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Informant advised In December, 1955, that he hadrecently read in.a Ukrainian newspaper that MAYSLBWITCKY . was arrested in .Berlin, Germany, oncharges of-espionage. _Informant also advisedthat hellad,nospeciflo4nformation, but heardrumorlgat4;222TOKYwas • an-MVD Agent, Informantstated he knewof:Tive associates of =WIT=who areAll,the . USas:displaced persons,., unongwhom is , the.subjecti . , Information contained inNY files which may,Possibly . refer to the subject,set forth, as well 'as details concerning BORYSLEWITCKY's activities in Germany.

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This report is predicated upon the followinginformation furnished on December 27, 1955, by T-1,who has furnished reliable information in the past:

T-1 advised that he had recently read in anunrecalled Ukrshian newspaper that BORYSIEWITCKY hadbeen arrested in Berlin Germany, on charges of Espionage.T-1 Stated that .he had known LEWITCKY in Germany as anardent Communist who referred to himself as a "Marxist".

T-1 stated that LEWITCKY fornerly was anEditor of a newspaper in Munich, Germany, entitled-"ered11_. T-1-said that LEWITCKY was in a displacedWrsons camp in Munich, Germany, during World War II.

TL.1 said that while he had no specificinformation himself, he had often heard rumor thatLEWITCKY was an MV]) Agent. T-1 advised that he knew offive associates of LEWITCKY who are now in the UnitedStates as displaced persons. They are listed below,together with identifying information which T-1 saidhe could recall.

1. CI SWJATOSLAVPLEWITCKY„'also'knOwn-ati -LEMCKY, 30-35 years old, believed presently residingin unicago, Illinois, occupation unknown, believed tohave formerly been a writer in Germany. During WorldWar II, was in a displaced persons camp in Munich.

2, GRYHORY1 KOSTJUK, with the pen name of(FNU) PODOLAK, 45-50 years old, occupation, professorand .journalist, presently believed residing in New York.City.

3, WESEWOLD HOLUBNYCRW, also knownAzis WESEWOLDHOLUB, about 3035 years old, believed presently astudent at Columbia University, New York City Of notgraduated) and believed residing in New York city. DuringWorld War 11 was in a displacied persons camp in Regensburg,Germany.

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4.. MICHAEL (?) TURTCHMANOWICH, 40 6.45 yearsold, former Journalist, believed presently residing inMinneapolis, Minnecota. During World War II, was ina displaced person camp in Mittenwald, Germany.

5. (FNU) RYWAK, about 40 years old, formerJournalist. During World War II, was in Italy and wasin a displaced persons camp in Munich, Germany; believed .presently residing in New York City.

Concerning the above mentionrld five persons,T-1 . said that prior to World War II, th ,v were friendsof BORYS LEWITCKY and were associated in some unknowncapacity with the "Wpered" newspaper.

T-1 said that all five persons believed inthe Communist ideology. T-1 also stated that these five,together with BORYS LEWITCKY, infiltrated the UkrainianRevolutionary Democratic Party (URDP).

T-1 stated that KYRYLO . DACKO, who now residesin New Jersey, and a few other men, founded the URDPin 1945 in New Ulm, Germany, in order to organize alldisplaced Ukrainians into one political force tostrive for an independent and freetemocratic 1Jkrain4anRepublic.

T-1 stated that the above five persons andBORYS LEWITCKY, attempted to disrupt and disorganizethe URDP in what T-1 said was a favorite Communist tactic,first,infiltration and second, control or disorganizationof any anti-Communist Russian organizations.

,T-1 stated that these siz persons circulatedopen letters signed by them, in which they denouncedDACKO and the other founders of the URDP as "BourgeoiseCapitalists", "Capitalist Agents", "American Imperialists",and similar phrases which T-1 said were Communistic.

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T-1 said that this group advocated a CommunistState in tbA,Ukraine. 7-1 said that he was of theopinion tha this group tried to have the originalURDP founders expelled, but failed,and Nere themselvesexpelled because of their "pro ,-Communist activitiesand policies".

T-1 said that while it was supposition andassumption on his part, he felt that if it is true thatBORYS1,EWITCKY was actually engaged in ,.9spionageoperations in Germany, he would very lizely utilizethe above mentioned five persons,who ane in the UnitedStates oas.intolligence sources.

T-20 Who'furnished reliable informationin the past, advised in about November, 1955, thathe has ,known BORYSLEWYTZKYJ for a number of years, andthat he is alsoaequilT007With LEWYTZKYJ I s brother,SV1ATOSLAV LEWYTZKYSiwho'is connected with the AmericanCommitted7PUF-Lnaratiou From Bolshevism, a Ukrainianorgarlzation in New York City.

T-2'was of the opinion that SVIATOSLAV isnot a Communist sympathizer, but in view of the fact thathis brother, BORYS, is reportedly a Ru3sian Agent, T-2 .ha3 reported the presence of SVIATOSLAV in New YorkCity.

T-2 furnished in cbout Noembei4; 1955,Photostats oran article appearing in the Oatobery-1955issue of "MUenchner Merkur", Munich, Germany, whichconcerns the arrest of BORYS LEWYT2KYJ by United StatesIntelligence.

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T-2 also furnished a translation of the abovearticle, which is set forth below:

"AGENT LEWYTZ DELIVERS A SECRET REPORT-ON S.F.D. TO THE KREMLIN

-"Since the Big Four Conference He Nes Shadowed. Many Lower-rchelon Men got in the Net With Him.

"Once more the American Intelligence Servicestruck down. In the Berlin Zoo it arrested the Eastagent Borys Lewytzkyj who resided in Munich, andtraced out about fifteen more fellow-workers and lower-echelon men. Lewytzkyps bulky archives were secureda week ago after his arrest was kept secret till now.These archives will reveal the background of thisespionage affair.

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"MUNICH,. October—. Three weeks ago Ukrainianjournalist Borys Lewytzkyj, 40, bade his wife a farewillin the Grunewald hospital where she was placed. She shouldnot worry about him, he said, ithe were away for sometime. But the wife worried, indeed, but he was not disposedto give her more explanation. He was going to Italy, headded. A few days later he came to Berlin where he wasarrested. It 13 not known whether in Rome he visit dhis acquaintance, Greek-Catholic Uniato(BishoP)Iv chko.

"It hae been a long time since the Ukrainianjournalist attracted attention of the American IntelligenceService. Unperceptibly, he was shadowed, but his !sixthsense', which he acquired during the years of illegal aetivitieinduced him to be vigilant. Already long ago he told hisfriends that he felt as being under surveillance. In Berlinthe American Intelligence officers did not lose for amoment sight of him. As he took a ticket to the WestBerlin Aquarium in the Zoo and in a dark passageway began totalk to a man, they arrested him. During the examination

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"of documents. it came to light that Lewytzkyj's partnerwas . Uli, son of the known Communist Sculptor, Lammert.They have been talking, Ulidtrammert said, not aboutweather, but about recorda, / And what thereby dumb fishes

•might think, 11.glogas askediironicallY---

"Boxi; Lowytzkyj, born in 1915 in Vienna, sonof a grammar school master, his home was in Berezhany,Galicia. -Although it is a Ukrainian territory, afterWorld Wan I it was annexed by Poland. In the 193010young Borys studied In Lviv (Lemberg) psychology andpedagogy and obtained a raster of Arts degree. Buthe was inclined to go into politica. Already at hisuniversity time he published a Ukrainian newspaper,Nove Selo (The New Village). When in 1939 the Red Army75-664511-Elviv, he fled to Cracow. His parents remained.His . father was liquidated by the Soviets, while his motherand his younger brother wore deported. When the German-Soviet war broke out, Borys came back to Lviv and setup a wholesale business of .household necessities whichflourished extraordinarily well. His relations with theGerman occupation forces allowed him wide business travelswhich served at the same time the organization of anti-Soviet resistance. When Lviv was again to be. given up,Borys Lewytzkyj, with two Wehrmacht trUcks loaded with alibrary, household necessities and his then already ailingwife, fled to the West and came to Vienna. After a shortstay in Prague, he settled after the war in Regensburgand in 1948 he moved to Munich,

"The penniless emigre of Volish nationality butof Ukrainian origin, succeeded by means of his savedlibrary in securing an economic basis. As an Easternexpert, he furnished information to various newspapers andbroadcasting stations in the Bundesre ublie and abroad.With a few compatriots he founded a nian RevolutionaryDemocratic Party', which published a newspaper, VPered(Forwards). It remains a mystery until now from—Ogriburcecame his resources. What about his politics, for Lewytzkyj

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who was originally a hard right-winger, has slid duringthe years far to the left? After all, a very smalldifference existed between him and a genuine Bolshevik.But, perhaps to do him justice, we must characterize himas a ITitoist'.

"But his Marxist ideology did not prevent himfrom maintaining the relations with the Church and!capitalist' authorities. Therefore, 'The Office forExpelled Foreigners' in Duesseldorf endeavored in goodfaith to obtain Lewytzkyj's German citizenship. Fromthis office he drew monthly allowance, in addition, ofseveral hundred Marks His girl secretary was paid byDuesseldorf, too. For this Lewytzkyj furnished theinformation about the East. Especially he analyzed thenewspapers from behind the Iron Curtain and his excerptsgave a very excellent elpritary to the degree that theEast Department of Auswdrrtices . Amt made a use of theUkrainian journalist and paid him a,monthly salary. Anotherincome source came from England. There an expert on theEastern problems in a world-known newspaper made a use ofLewytzkyj's information. To what degree his East bossescontributed to this information will probably be neverknown. In any event the business flourished. Soon theUkrainian could afford to have, in addition to a servantgirl and a girl secretax .y, 'several assistants who translatedfor him the articles from the English, American and Frenchpress, as he was not master of these languages

In about November, 1955, T-2 furnished thefollowing information:

T-2 met DORI'S LEWYTMCYJ in December, 1952, inMunich, Germany, at which time, T-2 was on a special missionto Europe with the purpose of convincing Ukrainian emigreleaders to support United States psychological Warfareeffort against the Soviet Union.

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BORYS LEWYTZKYJ was contacted as one of theleaders of the Left-Wing fraction of the URDP (UkrainianRevolui;ionary Democratic Party), a dissident group fromthe larger URDP, which is the principal politicalparty of the Ukrainian refugees, former Soviet citizens.

LEWYTZKYJ called on T-2, together with Mr.IVAN MAISTRENKO, the actual leader of the Left-WingURDP . in West 'Germany. Both of these individuals were'vehemently opposed to United States foreign policy withrespect to the Stviet Unior . both stated that the Sovietsare far . superior to the Un.,ad States in conductingpropaganda warfare in the world; and both concluded thatin view of the fact that the United States does not supportths non-Russian peoples of the USSR in their strugglefor independence and sovereignty, they Could not supportthe propaganda efforts of the American Committee forLiberation from Bolshevism.

At the conclusion of this interview, BORYSLEWYTZKYJ proposed to T-2 the following:

1. He would pride secret information on howthe .n:assians are utilizing the Russian Orthodox Churchthe world over to foster their imperialistic designs;

2. He would furnish economic reports on thesituation in the Soviet Union and its satellites,particularly of East Germany;

3. He would serve as a confidant and contact.,man in any 'field where the Soviet interests may be detected,that is, among the political emigres, the West Germans; theUnited States, British and French troops of occupation,etcetera..

He was rather frank and candid in statingthatfor these "invaluable services" he would have to be paidhandsomely in United States currency..

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Inasmuch as T-2 was not interested in his"offer" nor had any confidence in LEWYTZKYJ (he Was suspicioub-ly regarded by many Ukrainian leaders because of his selfpro-claimed"Titoiat"theories),LEWYTZUj i s proposal remained unan-swered. T-2 also furnished the following background informa-tion on LEWYTZKYJ:

BORYS LEWYTZKYJ is a son of Professor VASYLLEWYTZKYJ, former gymnasium professor in Berezhany, West-ern Ukraine - (Calicia). His father was also a poet andwas widely known in Western Ukraine •(under Poland)between 1920 and 1939. When the Russians re-occupiedthat portion of Ukraine in 1944, Professor LEWYTZKYjwas arrested and liquidated as a "traitor of the people".To the best of T-2 1 s knowledge, Professor LEWYTZKYJ wasnot interested in politics, and was certainly never asympathizer of Communism.

As editor of "Vpered" (Forwards), an officialorgan of the Left-Wing URDP, BORYS LEWYTZKYJ was advocatinga sort of "Titoism" in Ukraine, that is, to have Ukraineas a socialist-Communist state, but independent from'Moscow. His group was rather small and insignificant,politically and socially, inasmuch as the overwhelmingmajority of Ukrainians are conservative and againstCommunism and Rualian domination of Ukraine in whateverform or guise. lqm

BORYS LEWYTZKYJ has a brother, SVIATOSLAVLEWYTZKYJ, who has resided in the United States since1949 or 1950. SVIATOSLAV is one of the leaders of theSupreme Ukrainian Liberation Council (UHVR) and in1952 was closely associated with United States leaders ofthis group: MYK0LA:11,EBEDYR0SLAV0K0P,(Dr j LEV

-1"-S1-1ANK0VSICY, 'EUOENB.ITACHIV; and others. The group inclUnfra-tUEVR) ii allegedly, the only Ukrainian undergroundin Ukraine.

T-2 also stated that one MYKOLA LEWD / GeneralSecretary of the Supreme Ukrainian Liberation Council(UHVR), New York City, is a reliable anti-Communistindividual.

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T-3, a United States government agency havinginvestigative jurisdiction abroad, has furnished thefollowing summary of information concerning BORISLEWITCKY, with aliases LEWICKYJ, LEvicKI, LEVYTSKY,LEWYTZKYK, as appearing in the recordsof T-4, aconfidential source abroad.

1. BORYS . LEWICKYJ,born 19 May 1915 in Vienna,Austria,arrested in West Berlin on 22 October 1955 onsuspicion of treason, revaltd substantially the follow-ing information concerningTnis background:

LEWICKYJ•lived in Vienna until . about 1918(exact date unknown),at.which time he and his parents movedto Brzertany,Poland,where he attended high school. In '1938,LEWICKYJ graduated from the university in Lemberg,Poland,where he had majored. in philosophy.. In 1939,after.marryingin Lemberg,LEWICKYJ.fled,because of war conditions,to WestPoland,where. he reported to aerman.authorities. His fatherWas arrested by the Soviets in 1940 and transferred to theconcentration camp 'Tr:I-Lager', near MoscoW,where he. diedin 1941. LEWICKYJ believesthe Soviets to be responsible.for the death of three other relatives. One brother diedof tuberculosis in a Soviet concentration camp in Kasachstan,Russia; another brother was shot by the Soviets(detalls notavailable); and LEWICKYJ I s mother died in 1947 in Kasachstan(cause of death not known). During World War II, LEWICKYjworked in a wholesalér l s firm in Krakow and in Lemberg. In1943 0LEWICKYJ fled to Viennal where he remained until 1945.

'LEWICKYJ moved to Regensburg in 1945 andretained there until 1947,at which time he moved to'Munich, where he worked as an independent journalist,was a member of the Socialist Ukraine. Group, and waseditor of the Cologne journal I Verwaerts/ (Forward),witha special interest in matters ()oncoming Poland and theUSSR. In addition, from 1954 1.4nti1 arrested on . 22 October1955, LEWICKYJ regularly submitted material to thepolitical department of the West Berlin ne*spaperfTelegraft.

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.LEWICKYJ admitted having had 'loose contact withwestern intelligence agencies', but stated . that he hadnot worked as an agent for any of these agencies, didnot have a cover name or security cover name assignedto him, and worked strictly independantly.

2, LEWICKYJ I s statement concerning hisInitial contact with the Soviets and the events leadingto his arrest on 22 October 1955;::iEoaticifollOws:

• LEWICKYJIwas in May 1954 wjj.J.eConference. ( FNU OENLEWICKYJ.as a r prese

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s earliest contact with the Sovietshe was attending the GenevaSI /wag, introduced himself to

of the So...etjtes.a....Agertoz_.is time he alse—Tiritroduced LEWICKYj

to IVAN VLADIMIROVITSCH*RUKHUL a Soviet national, whotried to persuade LEWIC4Y77 .6 ret:urn to tha USSR as aHeimkehrer (returnee).

On 1 July 1955,LEWICKYJ received a telephonecall at his Munich residencerarom an unidentified personwho said, am a friend oD*OSMANCZYK, many regards fromMLA. I would like to come and see you.' The unidenti-field caller. arrived at 5 P. M. as previously arranged,showed LEWICKYJ an idelltification card from the GermanDemocratic Republic (MI), and mentioned his name.LEWICKW. did not hear the ViSitor t s name then, but laterascertained that it was ULE LAMMERT. LAMMERT claimed tobe an architect doing research in Munich, but the die- -cussion at this time centered on the USSR and its develop-ment. After the two had spoken for some time, LAMMERTsaid, 1 Rus8ian friends are following your activities veryclosely and would like very much to contact you.' Thisstatement interested LEWICKYj very much; LAIVERT seemedto be intelligent and well-informed on the USSR, andLEWICKYJ tried to find out if LAMMERT had any contactwith Soviet citizens because he (LEWICKYJ) would like to

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get some information for his independent journalisticwork. LAMMERT indicated that he had such contactsthrough some of his relatives and that a meeting couldprobably be arranged. LEWICKYJ suggested that LAMMERT,and maybe some of''or 'Ds Soviet acquaintances meet on6 August 1955, at 3 P. M., at the Berlin Zoo Aquarium,to which LAMMERT agreed.

LEWICKYJ asked LAMMERT if he would forwarda letter to the Institute for Virusology in Moscow.LEWICKYj had heard that this institute had discovered anew medicine effective in the treatMent of multiplesclerosis, a daease which had left LEWIMPs wife para-lyzed some years previously. A doctor (FITU)41METEMI, headof,a,MUnich , HospiT, had written -the letter in hopes -dr/

—earning more abou the medicine. LEUICKYj hoped in this

way to obtain some of the medicine to help his wiferecover, to which LAMMERT offered assistance. Then thedi:361'351°n Changed, as LAMMERT began to point out how manyelosigrated ..:RUssians . lhad resolved to return to the USSR. He

•Mentionedthattherewas a , .repatriation commission in13erlinthat .,:handied'this matter, and then asked LEWICKYjIf1e felt homesick and whether or not he would like to.return,to the USSR. LEMICKW . declined„ because he likedhis situation in Western Europe, he had a good Job, andhad,no . reasonto leave; also, he did not agree with thesysteMAA,theUSSR.

.,.,70n.2 4.uly_19551 LAMMERT and his wife had.lunchAitLENICKYj i sresidende,,and LEWICKYj and LAMMERTagain t'diScUbtedtheirplanto:meetAnBerlin on 6 August.LEWICKY.Vthen MentiMPtUtheit heifoUldbe covering theGeneywj_ConferenceAUFIrg July 1955 'for TInfg36=,1Qator___(FNUeVOWNEVDE fframthe Foreign Office in Bonn and wasbeing paid':2001DMW by VON. !W O gTlfhering informationabout delegations from Poland and the USSR.

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On 18 July 1955, during a cocktail party inGeneva arranged by Polish journalists, LEWICKYJ met •the East Berlin journalist MAX WONSIG. WONSIG hadLEWICKYj t s name and Geneva address in an address bookand indicated to LEWICKYJ that WONSIG was trying tocontact someone from the German Federal Republic (GFR)journal 'Die Bruecke l (The Bridge), Munich. WONSIG hada list of journalists attending the conference whereinLEWICKYj was listed as a representative of ! Die Brueckei.As a service in return for arranging a contact with

Bruecke t , LEWICKW.had . WONSIG arrange a meetingbetween LEWICKYj and a Soviet national. On 18 July 1955,WONSIG arranged a meeting with a Soviet, described asbeing approximately 5 1 6". tall, and having blond hair andprominent cheekbones. LENICKYJ And WONSIG met the Soviet,who introduced himself as IVAN VLADIMIROVITSCH, in a smallrestaurant, (name and address unknown) about 7 .kilometersoutside Geneva. During the conversation LEWICKYJ ascer-tained that IVAN t s complete name was IVAN VLADIMIROVITSCHKOUCHIN. Because the conversation was in Russian, WONSIGcould not follow it. KOUCRIN asked several questionsconcerning LEWICKYjls personal- historY,. parents, and •opinion's about the USSR. LEWICKYJ explained that he wasborn in. Vienna, but had lied in Poland. LEWICKYJ alsotold KOUCHIN that LEWICXYj l a parents had been arrestedby the Soviets, but gave no details concerning the reasonsfor their arrest.

KOUCHIN asked LEWICKW„ 'So you live from anti-Communist propaganda? ! LEWICKYJ answered that hecriticized the USSR exactly as he saw it, 'positively or.negatively.' At'this point the conversation changed.KOUCHIN explained that the USSR was very interested in therepatriation of emigrants and stated that it would beadvantageous for-LEWICXYJ Preturn to the USSR. LEWICKYJreplied that he was making a living in the West and therewas no reason to goto the USSR. KOUCHIN then statedthat he would be ordered to Bonn . as soon as the Sovietstuid-a-•delegation-therb-and.Ahat_he and LEWICKyJ couldthen meet more often. During the entire conversation,

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KOUCH1N and LEWICKYJ had consumed alcohol almostcontinuously. An appointment was made to meet KOUCHINon 19 July 1955 at the same restaurant at 1 P.M. ThenKOUCHIN I s driver drove both KOUCHIN and LEWICKYJ totheir quarters.

IEWICKYJ and KOUCHIN met. as scheduled on19 :,July 1955 and talked for approximately one hnur.KOUCHIN spent- most of the time trying to persuadeLEWICKYj to go to•the . USSR with him. KOUCHIN Stated,''If you go to 'Russia with me, I will get promoted, .and, as a service in return, I will help you with youractivities. LEWICKYJ refused, but agreed to meetKOUCHIN when KOMI-11N was assigned to Bonn. LEWICKYJmentioned that he would be in Berlin on 6 August 1955,and KOUCHIN immediately suggested that they meet in .the Soviet Sector of. Berlin at Marx-Engels-Platz.•Not intending to enter EastBerlin, LEWICKYJ refused, -but-suggested that they meet in the Tiergarten, -Berlin-Tiergarten (British Sector), on 7 August 1955.. KOUCHINsaid that he might be there. Upon his return to Munich,LEWICKW. submitted reports concerning'his • meeting withKOUCHIN to VON MENDE and to the Political Sectbn ofiNandwest Deutscher Rundfunk (Northwest German RadioNetwork), Cologne.

On 6 August 1955, LEITICKYJ met LANNERT, asplanned, at 3 P. M, in the Berlin-Zoo Aquarium. LAMMERTtried to persuade LEWICKYJ to accompany him totheSoviet Sector of Berlin to talk with-some• A Russian friends',but LEWICKYj agaiprefused to go. LANNERT then askedLEWICKYj to:be.816..the. aquarium at .9. M. on 7 .August1955. . At the appointed time, LAMMERTAmt,LEWICKYT andintroduCed.him : to two Soviets. Then'LAMMERT left andLEWICKYJ spoke with the Soviets for about an hour anda half. The Soviets again tried to get . LEWICKYj :to. goto East Berlin, where , 'other friends ! were waiting, andsaid that they would like to have a serious conversation

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with LEWICKYJ, but that it was impossible in WestBerlin. LEWICKYJ again refused, but his suggestion thatthey meet in Vienna on 27 August 1955 in front of theSinger Sewing Machine Shop near Stephan's Cathedral wasaccepted. The. Soviets Were still disappointed thatLEWICKYJ Would not come to East Berlin, and triedagain to persuade him, promising that he would returnto the West a free man and that he should have no fearof arrest. -LEWICKYj declined and repeated thesuggestion of a meeting in.Vienna.

On 27 August 1955 at 12 noon, LEWICKYJ wasmet at the appointed place in Vienna by one of theSoviets he had met in Berlin. They then drove to ahouse in the center of the city, where another Sovietwas awaiting LEWICKYJ's arrival. This man and LEWICKYJbegan a conference which lasted for appi ,oxtnately sixhours and centered upon the following points:

41) Political problems and developments inthe US52.R.

(2) The emigrant repatriation problem, whatmethods could be implemented to help theprogram, and some minor information thatLEWICKYJ had on emigrants in the West.

(3) The Soviet tried first to determineLEWICKYJ's ideological beliefs. Then,having Mentioned that he knew of LEWICKYJ'sreports to various news Services and VONMENDE, he offered LEWICKYJ some supplementarymaterial Which could be interwoven into thereports. The Soviets expressed a greatdeal of,interest in the various,GFR newsagenC and relationship between them,and theyey wanted to stay Inclose contactwith LEWICKYJ in order to keep constantlyinformed about the agencies.

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(4) Another trial was made to get LEWICKYJto return to the USSR. When this wasrefused, the Soviets suggested a newmeeting in the Soviet Sector of Berlin..This, too, was declined, but all agreedto a meeting at the Berlin Zoo Aquariumon 22 'October 1955 at 11 A. M. andLEWICKNj t s suggestion that LAMMERTattend was also accepted..

.3. LEWICKYJ I s account of his arrest at theBerlin Zoo Aquarium:

On 02 October 1955, LEWICKYJ arrived onschedule at the Berlin Zoo Aquarium carrying an envelopecontaining reports. LAMERT was already there. Thename I APKE I was printed on the outside of the envelope,.but, according to IEWICKYJ, the name had no significance.(It is noted, however, that during 1954 LEWICKYj hadworked for a Herr-(FNA.XPEKE-of. the olitical sectUon of -the West Berlin news a er I Telegraf i . . e documents inthe envelope,: allegedly n en ed7r6r the Soviets: but not

„1,Decifical1y.expected . .* them,1ncluded a report on OTI1__-.1%NnEmz, a•Soviet citizen'and agent, and a list of

TarT6-66-176fiiir. in the news services.LEWICKYJ included .a report'on:LIPHOLZ, whom he knew tobe a Soviet agent, for the purpose of causing'LIPHOLZ'srecall,. and thereby, asthr as LEWICKYJ was .concerned,LIPHOLZ's neutralization, The..'list•of individualsconnected withthe news.services.Wds.allegedly.inaccurateand 'contained . information LEWICKYJ'had • bought from unidenti-fied persons.' This list was intended to keep the •Soviets interested in LEWICKYJ and to demonstrate hisability tellocquire that type of information.

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At approximately 11 A. M. on 22 October,1955, both LEWICKYJ and LAMMERT were arrested by :Americanofficials' shortly after LEWICKYJ arrived at the BerlinZoo Aquarium. Both men were informed that they were beingheld under suspicion of having violated paragraph 100e ofthe German Criminal Code (Treason). According toLEWICKYj, just prior to arrest,. LAMMERT had said, 'Well,today you will come and see me in East Berlin'. LAMMERTdenied making the statement and also denied that hehad met LEWICKYj previously at the Zoo Aquarium. DuringLEWICKYJ's interrogation, he stated, 'The Americansarrested us (LEWICKYJ and LAMMERT) Immediately after Iarrived. If they had watched us for a little while longer,they might have been able to arrest some Soviets ormiddle-men'.

LEWICKYJ admitted all of the above but insistedthat 1 activities were conducted for the sole purpose ofobtaining information which would further his professionaljournalistic work and denied that these activities wereconducted for purposes of espionage. He ,further deniedbeing a-Communist and maintained that he is, if anything,an anti-Communist.

4. ULE LAMMERT, born 15 April 1926 in Essen,residing prior to arrest in West Berlin on 22 October 1955on suspicion of treason, revealed substantially thefollowing , concerning his background:

LAMERT lived With his parents in Essen from1926 until 1933, at which time LAMMERT and his parentsemigrated to Paris, then to Moscow, and later to KasenRussia. The family left Germany in 1933, because LAMMERT'smother was Jewish. While in Russia LAMMERT studiedarchitecture at Kan Univer.5ity. After World War II,.LAMMERT, his wife latd parens received permission to returnto Germany, and have lived in Berlin-Niederschoenhausen,

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Waldstrasse 82, since December 1951. In the latterpart of 1952, LAMMERT was graduated from the Institutefor Architecture in Weimar With an engineer's degree.On 23 Januwy 1954, LAMMERT married MARLIES LAMMERT neeSCHULZE-LOECHER, in Rangsdorf.

About the beginning of June 1955, LAMMERT'sfather, who is a sculptor, received a visit from the Polishjournalist OSMANCZYK, who was ostensibly gatheringinformation for some articles about the arts in Germany.During . this visit, LAMMERTJuet OSMANCZYK for the firsttime. While they were talking, LAMMERT mentioned thatbe intended to travel to Munich to gather some informa-tion for his doctoral dissertation in architecture(until his arrest, LAMMERT was allegedly receiving 500DME monthly to aid him in his work), and that his wife,an expert in the arts, would accompany him. OSMANCZYKsaid that he had a good friend named LEWICKYj in Munichwho could probably be of aid in showing the LAMMERTSaround the city.

LAMPERT and his wife visited LEWICKYj at hisMunich residence on 1 July 1955, after LAMMERT had intro-duced himself over the phone and greeted LEWICKYJ forOSMANCZYK. They talked about the USSR very little andspent most of the time (about one and one-half hours)talking about LAMMERT's work, politics, and LEWICKYjiswife's paralysis. LAMMERT agreed to ask his mother,whois a doctor, about the new medicine that LEWICKYj men-tioned, but he (LAMMERT).denies promising to forward aletter to the USSR concerning the medicine. On the eveningof 1 July 1955, LAMMERT and:LEWICKYJ Met at 9 P. M. andwent to Schwabing, where they drank wine and talked until11 P. M. On 2 July 1955, LAMMERT and his wife had lunchat LEWICKW's residsnce. They talked for about two hours,but did not discuss politics. Before LAMMERT left, heand LEWICKYj agreed to meet again at the Berlin ZooAquarium between 11 and

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was to bring news of the medicine and LEWICKYj indicatedthat he might bring along some materials, particularlyphotographs that might help LAMMERT with his dissertation.It was at this meeting that the two were arrested onsuspicion of espionage.

5. LAMMERT disagreed with LEWICKYj t s versionof the events :leading up to their arrest on the followingpoints: LAMMERT denies LEWICKYj f s allegations.. thatLAMMERT is a Soviet etn.onageHagent or:middle .4an. Hefurther denies trying to persuade LLW:CKYj to return tothe USSR or to meet himself or some Soviets in the SovietSector of Berlin. LAMMERT denies, too, that he everoffered to put LEWICKYJ in contact with Soviet nationalsor that he met LEWICKYJ at the Berlin Zoo Aquarium at anyother time than on 22 October 1955. LAMPERT could giveno reason why LEWICKYJ should make false statements abouthim or try to implicate him in espionage.

6. In T-4 1 s file on this case, there is a:sectionpresuthably .givento the pOlith:by'T:.5W-eorifidentialtburOeabroad,that carries-anotation to the effect thatinformatiOntherein may be•usea c.a a guide in "thelnterrogation-of.LEWICKYj,but.that this information should by no meanS:bementionedto LEWICKYj himself. This section revealed substantiallythe following concerning the accused from December 1954until their arrest on 22 October 1955:

In December 1954, an unidentified Sovietnational from East Berlin visitectLEWICKW(preaumablyin Munich) and offered financial support for the emigrantJournal !VPered l (Forward). It Is not known whether ornot LEWICKYJ accepted this offer.

On 1 July 1955, LEWICKYJ received a telephonecall from an unidentified person who spoke perfect German,claimed to be an engineering architect, and stated thathe was in Munich to do some sight-seeing, The caller

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stated that he lived in EOrGermany, and that 4journalist, MARYANOODKOWINSKY, had asked him to visitLEWICKYJ. •An appointment was made for 3 P. M. that dayat LEWICKYJ I s home. The caller; later identified asLAMMERT, arrived as scheduled and showed LEWICKYJ hisEast German identification card. The discussion betweenLENICKYJ and LAMTT revealed that the Polish journalist,EDMUNDPOSMANCHIK SMANCZYK), not PODKOWINSKY, hadasked LAMMERT to°See—LEWICKYj. LEWICXYJ and LAMMERTdiscussed the Indo-Chinese Conference in Geneva, the.Soviet 'Committee for Repatriation' in the SovietSector of Berlin, and some of .LEWICKYJ I s critiques ofthe Soviet Press. Another meeting was arranged for9 P. M. that same day in a small cafe in MUnich (nameand address unknown).

During the meeting at 9:00 P. M., 1 July1955, the discussions, as before, were in German, untilLAMMERT 'began to speak in apparently perfect Russian.and said, 'Let t s finish this game, and let us speakfreely. I'm no German. I am a Soviet citizen, but Iam no : Russian. Our Soviet friends asked me to go andsee you. Lot's go someplace where we pan speak freely'.•ANNERT excused himself for having used the 'sight-seeing'story to meet LEWICKYj, explaining that he had only usedthat story to preclude LEWICKYJ I s calling the police.LANMERT explained that the Soviets had ordered him tovisit LEWICKYJ but that neither PODKOWINSKY nor OSMANCHIKwere aware of this. LAMMERT further stated that aschoolmate of LEWICKYj had originally been:given themission of contacting LEWICKYJ but had requested that Some-one else .be given the mission. LAMMERT mentioned thatthe Soviets had extensive information concerning1JEWICKW,were aware . of his activities since 1940, had copies of allreports and broadcasts made by LEWICKYJ, whether under hisreal name or a cover name, and were convinced that LEWICKYJwas extremely well-informed on Ukrainian matters and theemigration in Germany.

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It was further indicated that the Sovietswere apprised that_UyICKYJ had connections with WesternIntelligence off1ce:but the Soviets believed that,In spite of these and connections with other 'Westernoffices', LEWICKYJ was not against the Soviet and hadcollaborated, for purely financial reasons. The Sovietswanted LEWICKYj to collaborate with the Ukrainian-SovietMinistry of Foreign Affairs and to travel to EastBerlin, where he would write reports about Soviet propa-ganda and reports concerning his work for West GermanUkrainian groups as well as Western captalistic groups.In addition, LEWICRYJ would write reports about Americancountenapropnganda. During the conversation LAMMERTpointed out that the Soviets admitted they had been wrong'in their treatment of LEWICKYj's family. LEWICKYJ wasoffered 100 DM (presumably DMW) as expense money for thetrip to Berlin: where he agreed to meet the Sovietson 6 August 1955 at 3 P. M. at the Berlin Zoo Aquarium,Berlin-Charlottenburg (British Sector), Budapesterstrasse..LEWICKYj declined the 100 DM, stat:laig that he could bereimbursed later for any expenses incurred.

'During the Geneva Conference in July 1955,LEWICKYJ met TODKOWINSKY and OSMANCHIK and asked themwhether or not it would be all right to continue hiscontact with LAMMERT. They indicated that LAMMERT wastrustworthy and that LEWICKYJ could go to the meeting inBerlin without hesitation. Also at the conference,LEWICKYJ attended a dinner in honor of the Polish DemocraticRepublic With BOGDAMADCHTIK, a. journalist_who is well-known in West Berlin and the Gerffan7Pederal Republic. Onthis occasion, he met IVAN KUKHIN, a. Soviet national fromEast Berlin. KUKHIN first tried to persuade LEWICKYJand his wife to return to the USSR as Heimkehrers. Thenhe tried to get LEWICKYJ to direct his journalisticactivities toward the repatriation of Soviet emigrants,in return for which he promised LEWICKYJ valuableInformation that could be sold to the 'Western SecretService'.

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At 3 P. M. on 6 August 1955, LEWICKWmet'LlIMERT as planned at the Berlin Zoo Aquarium.LAMMERT tried to persuade LEWICKYJ to go with him tothe Soviet Sector where two Soviet officer's werewaiting to see LEWICKYJ. LEWICKYJ refused, on thegrounds that it was agreed IMIT Munich that he (LEWICKYJ)would choose the meeting p1aes.. LAMMERT then left totell his superiors of LEWICKW T s refuSal, but toldLEWICKYJ to be at the Aquarium agah at 9A, M. the nextday. On 7 August 1955, while LEWICKW was , waiting inthe Aquarium, a person whom he had never seen beforespoke to LEWICKW, using LEWICKYJ's real name. Thisunidentified person, a Soviet national, introducedLEWICKW to another Sov:tet national, and the threeirmediately began making up a cover story to be usedin case they might be arrested. The Soviets expressedtheir disappointment that LEWICKYJ had refused to go toEast Berlin, where they alleged that Important KGBofficers were waiting for him. It was .emphasized thatthe KGB had observed and Studied LEUICKYJ I s activitiesand that it was concluded LEWICKW was anti-capitalistic,and had cooperated with the West only for financialreasons. The reasons why the KGB allegedly wanted tocontact 'ZWICKY,' were as follows:

(1) LEWICKYJ was highly recommended.

(2) The Soviets had obtained possession ofa document from the Amerikanischen Gegenspionagedienststelle(American counter-espionage Office), wherein it was noted •that the Gehlen organization suspected LEWICKYJ of '.einga Soviet collaborator.

(3) Professor VON MENDE had stated thatLEWICKYJ was his best collaborator.

The two Soviets suggested that emigrants ofall nations 'have sold themselves to many Secret ServiceOfficers , . and that LEWICKYJ should attempt to discover

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the names of these emigrants. They also mentionedthat LE7WICKW was being considered for the position ofchief editor of the Ukrainian newspaper ! Zapovorat NaBat Kivohchiun l (translation unknown) which was to beestablished in the near future by the Soviet 'Committeefor the Return to the Homeland'. While working for thenewspaper, 'ZWICKY)" should stay in Munich and forwardmaterial to theeditorial office concerning the collabora-tion of persons and groups with western intelligenceoffices. LEWICKW stated that he agreed with the KGBabout the emigrants, but explained that, on the

' other hand, he desired to follow his Journalisticactivities, sincelOb wished to remain on good terms withthe West Germans,TIEWICKW accepted the offer andpromised to give oral monthly reports. During the meeting,which lasted approximately one and one-half hours, itwas agreed to meet again on 28 August 1955 at 12 noon infront of the Singer Sewing Machine Shop near Stephan'sCathedral in Vienna.

On the afternoon of 7 August 1955, LEWICKWmet PODKOWINSKY (presumably in West Berlin, address notavailable), who brought him a list of the names ofPolish diplomats Who were to be assigned to Bonn.LEI.JICKW included information from this list in a reportabout Eland which he submitted to VON MENDE. LEWICKWwanted VON MENDE to believe that LEWICKW was an expertin Polish matters as well as an important middle-man forPolish communist groups.

.While making preparations for his trip toVienna, LEWICKW attempted to terminate his businessaffairs and to take precautions against .his being arrestedby the Soviets .. LEWICKYJ removed several compromisingde4uments from his home. He also left a written statementwith his wife, instructing her to release the Statement tothe press in the event that the Soviets declared that"ZWICKY' defected to the East.

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On 28 August 1955, in accordance with theirprevious agreement, LEWICKYJ was met at 12 noon in frontof the Singer Sewing Machine Shop in Vienna by one of thetwo Soviets whom he had previously met in Berlin. Theyentered an automobile and drove to a one-family house onthe outskirts of Vienna. LEWICKYJ was introduced toanother Soviet who called himself 'the Boss' and who .ostensibly had come to Vienna for the Sole purpose ofmeeting LEWICKYJ. 'The Boss' explained that the USSR hadbeen waiting ten years to establish contact with LEWICKW,and that LEWICICYj had been under Soviet observation since1945. 'The Boss' further stated that reports aboutLEWICKYJ I s activities had been sent from Berlin andalso from KUKRIN in Geneva and that these reports indicatedthat LEWICKYj agreed with Soviet ideology. The Sovietsstated that they had complete trust in LEWICKYJ I but thatLENICKYj t s f trlitt-in-return' would be the basis for anyfurther collabofttion. LEWICKYj replied that he did notbelieve the Soviets trusted him'and as a . ca0e in point,brought their attention to the fact that in January 1955a Soviet middle-man (name unknown) visited LEWICKYJ,prOmised to return, which he never did, and warned two ofLEWICKYJ I s friends (names unknown) that LEWICKYJ was aWestern agent. 'The Boss' explained that at that timethe middle-man had visited LEWICKYJ without orders to doso and had been forbidden to visit him again. LEWICKYjistwo friends being warned that LEWICKYj was , a Western agentwas part of a plan to make it appear unlikely that theSoviets, believing that LEWICKYJ was a Western agent, wouldhire him to work for them.

On the following day, LEWICKYJ again met withthe Soviets from about 1 P. M. to about 9:30 P. M. Theywanted to know exactly what his political ideologies were.They also asked for LEWICKYJ I s suggestions for improvingtheir redefection program. The Soviets indicated thatthey knew LEWICKYJ had made Several reports concerningNTS (National Alliance for Solidarity - a White Rubsianorganization) and that LEWICKYJ had sent these reports to

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, VON MENDE andto other offices. The Soviets wanted togive LEWICKYJ some material prepared by them to beincluded in LEWICKYJ's reports to Western offices. TheSoviets showed a keen interest in all emigrant organiza-tions and news services in West Germany and therelationship between these emigrant organizations and •news services. The Soviets desired that close contactbetween them and LEWICKYj be maintained. They thenscheduled the next meeting for 22 October 1955 at theBerlin Zoo Aquarium, and agreed that 'the man who hadcome to see him (LEWICKYJ) in Munich,' namely LAMMERT,should also be at the meeting.

T-3 has also furnished the followinginformation respecting LEWICKYJ and persons possiblyidentical with associates of his who are believed tobe residing in the United States:"0.RE: LEWICKYJ, BalS aka LEVICKI,

MVW8KYI raYTZEI7K-

Personal Data:

BernResidence

19 May 1915 at ViennaNovember 1945 - Munich -arosshadern,Sonnblikstr 6December 1947 - Munich -IsManingerstr 4/1August 1949 - MunichDaenkhelstrasse 4/1JournalistStatelessHeight 5'8"Weight 158 poundsHair DarkEyes BrownUkrainian, Russian, Polish,Czech, Georgian, German

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-itONTEIM.I.CA-.:-SWIATOSLAW LEINCKYJAs of December 1950: 627 East9th Street, New York, New York.Immigrated to the U.S. inMay, 1949.

In 1947, LENICKYJ was a supporter. of theleft win& of the URDP7Ukrainska Revolutsyno Demokratychnarartya' ..AUkrainian Revolutionary Democratic Party). Asplit occurred within the URDP in May 1948 and threeleft-wing members, LEWICKYJ, ROMALADITSHUK, andIVANkMAISTRENKO, former members of the CentralCommittee were ousted from the Party. They formed theUSO (UKRAINSKA SOTSZALISTITCHNE OBYEDNANYA - UkrainianSocilist Union) whiMfi claimed to be carrying on the

.policies of the original URDP, whereas the old organizationhad turned entirely anti-socialist. It was also reportedthat IVAN MAISTRENKO and BORIS LEWICKYJ of Regensburgwere prominent members of the GSH '(Group of SocialHumanists), A splinter of the URDP which was ousted forits communist or leftist tendencies.

In early 1950, LEWICKYJ was a frequentvisitor of the Yugoslav Consulate in MUnich where heprovided (Vice ConsUMUN with information concerningemigree activities. LEWICKYJ was described as aTrotskyist-sympathizing Ukrainian socialist and wasreported to be corresponding with Mrs)0-TROTSKY, thewidow of the late LEON TROTSKY.

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• that LEWICKYJ was in close contact with the anti-communist OTTOKSCHLOEMER, Berlin-Zehlendorf, Kaunstrasse1, editor . of the magazine 'Pro und Contra'.

In Kay 1951 it was reported that LEWICKYJ,publisher of the Ukrainian newspaper Wpered l (Forward)received a copy of the CDJ (East) 'Union Press-Dienstland replied to the CDU Main Business Office that hewished to be kept on the distribution list. It wasale° reported that LEWICKYJ claimed to have the publish-ing rights to the STALIN biography by LEON TROTSKYfor all German-speaking countries.

On 16 June 1953, LEWICKYJ applied for aeemi-permanent travel permit to visit the press corres-pondent SOF, Berlin, Eanauerstrasse Go, and the editorialoffices of the Berlin edition of the I Telegraf t and the'Neue Zeitungl•

In March 1954, LEWICKYJ was identified asthe editor of illpered l , the official news organ of theleft wing of the URDP. In December 1954 the LFV(Landesamt Fuer Uggrassungsschutz - State Office forthe Protection of4he Constitution) Hesse, reportedthat LEWICKYJ was a member of the executive committee ofthe URDP. The LFV described the URDP as follows:'Political tendency: Fight for Ukrainian autonomy.Socialistic with a tendency towards national communism,but not anti-religious or anti-Christian, Politicalactivity within the Federal Republic: Only publicity work(newspaper 1 17pered 1 ). No emigration policy. All membersof the group are publicists and Journalists of a qualityabove average. Contacts to many left-socialistic,titoistic-parties; organizations and institutions all over the world.Collaboration in German and other foreign newspapers.Collaboration in American scientific institutions. Contactsto Yugoslavia and Poland. Contact to several WesternIntelligence agencies. Indirect Soviet contacts arepossible.'

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In May 1955, the LKA (Landes Kriminalamt -State Criminal Police), Hannover, reported that LEWICKYJIsname was included on a lisT-of persons which was in thepossession of a suspected hostile intelligence agentwhen he was apprehended by the LKA.

• On 22 October 1955 LEWICKYJ And one-ULELAVINMIT were arrested at the aquarium in Berlin-Zoo by -an American agency with the assistance of German author-ities. LENICKYj had been investigated by the Americanagency for a long period prior to the arrest. It wassuspected that LEWICKYJ was in contact with SovietIntelligence. At the time of arrest, LEWICKYJ had in hispoSsession'a list of persons residing in West Germany whoworked for American, British and German intelligence.agencies.

On 8 November 1955 French intelligenceinformed American authorities in Berlin that LEWICKYJwas well known to French intelligence in Paris and in'the Zone 1 where he was an agent. French intelligencefurther indicated that it was possne that LEWICKYJIscontacts with the Soviets were under the direction oftheir agency.

RE: SWIATLOSLOW LEWYCKYJ

Informatnn dated April 1949 indicated thatLEWYCKYJ,born 11 June 1914 at Vienna, Austria, residingat MUnich, Ismanningerstrasse 4/1, was the sUbjectof visa screening case EC #33485. No derogatoryinformation was developed.

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RE r-k-frOSTIUKI HRYHORIJ (GREG OR )akaODOLAK, hTRYHORIrka BORIS--

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5,5n162 - 167 poundsBlueBrownMARIA (RAISA ) nee BUTKO,born12 Au&-ust 1915-at_Dobr6Wirka.UfpêiMarried 2d September 1941 atSanotschek, Poland.T1EODOR, born 12 August 1944.at Plaue Germany.

Personal History:

1944 - Taught primary school at Sanotschek/sanok,Poland. In June taken by Germans to Plauen,Germany, where he worked as forced laborerima.thread factory.

1945 - Sent to Offenbach in February where heworked in a brick factory until April whenfreed by U.S. forces and entered DP camp .at OnjenbaCh.

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1946 - Transferred to tilt DP Camp in March andKorntalfE Camp in August.

1947 - From January to April resided at Korntal,Deckerstrasse 5, and worked as a journalist

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for the Ukrainian DP press. (Informationdated September 1947 listed one (FNU)PODOLAK, second editor Of the Ukrainianpublication 1 Prometei l l as representativeof the center Wing of the URDP (UkrainianRevolutionary Democratic Party). Movedback to DP camp at Korntal in April.

1948 Resided at Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen,GrenadierKaserne.

August 1949 to June 1950 - Schoolteacher, IROCamp, Zuffenhausen.

June 1950 to June 1951 - Unemployed, resided in Ulm.

June 1951 as of November 1951 - Writer of literatureitems for the newspaper 'Ukraine Today' ,Munich.

Visa Investigations:

a. 1949 investigation:

KOSTIUK, using the name HRYHORIJ PODOLAKAka HRYHORIT KOSTIUK, was the subject of visa screeningcase EC, #4847 in 1949. A file card regarding thisinvestigation listed KOSTIUK I s occupation as a farmhand. Dr±g the course of this investigation, KOSTIUKrevealed that he had changed his name froM KOSTIUK toPODOLAK'befOre the time when he was moved to Germany as aforced laborer in order to avoid arrest by the Gestapo.Thedocument:which showed him to be PODOLAK was providedby the' . burgermeister (mayor) of Sanok, Poland. KOSTIUKcould not explain the fact that after being 'caughtby the: Germans aniMllegedly knowing that the Gestapowas looking for him he Still held on to his genuinepapers proving him to be KOSTIUK, keeping them amonghis personal belongings and not even secreting them.

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Interrogation, of KOSTIUK further revealedthat KOSTIUK had applied for immigration to the UnitedStates through the American Consulate in Narch 1948, atwhich time he was sponsored by the IRRC (InternationalRescue and Relief Committee) under the name of HRYHORIJKOSTIUK. KOSTIUK later applied for immigration to theUnited States through the Displaced Persons Commission,using the name of PODOLAK and again being sponsoredby the IRRC. KOSTIUK explained that the reason for hisapplying twice for immigration was that he had beentold by IRO (International Relief Orgallization) officialsto apply a second time, although he (KOSTIUK) had toldthem that his papers were already with the Consul.

It was later revealed that KOSTIUK wasinformed by.a letter from the American Consulate dated24 August 1949 that he had been rejected 'for immigrationto the United States.

b. 1951 Investigation:

KOSTIUK, under the name HRYHORIJ KOSTIUKaka PODOLAK, was the subject of visa screening case -EC4266817.in1951. During the 'course of this investi-gation, KOSTIUK revealed*:that he was using the nameBORISPODOLAK„to signartibleswritten by him for the •newspaper !Ukraine Today ! . This alias was used to pro-tect, the security of his parents who still resided in theSoviet Union. 'KOSTIUK:.stated that he was rejected forimmigration to Australia in June or July 1950 1 . reasonunknown.,

RE: HOLUBNYCZYJ, WEEWOLOD aka HOLUB HOLAB,nux vE7Pgrlics-

Personal Data—117-

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Soviet.Single6l2"167 poundsBrownGreyNone

Munich, Germany - FreemannWarner 1(x:erne

New York, New York

In March 1950, HOLUBNYCZYj was the subjectof visa screening case EC #143098. No derogatoryinforma':iOn was developed. Information subsequent to1949 flats HOLUBNYCZYJ as a co-worker within theAuswaertige.Vertretung des . Ukrainischen Hauptbefreiungsrates-Foreign Representation of the Ukrainian Council forLiberation.

Information .dated March 1954 indicated thatHOLUBNYCZYJ„ . then'residing in New York, New York, Was theUnited States representative for the publication IVPeredf(Forward), the official- news orgari . of the left wing of theURDPAUkrainian'RevolUtionary Democratic Party), which ispublished In Munich. It was reported that.HOLUBNYCZYJcontributedmost .Of-the-articles•written . by the newspaper

• I Vpered i : .many of the articles with the aliasesHOLAB,./BLIX,or .VS, PELIKS.•

RE:ttURCHMANOVITCH, IIIKHAIL,. aka..URTSCHMAtTOCE, •vIYHYLO.

----7-111-Marn--1948; MIKHAIL TURCHMANOVITCH, thenresiding in Stuttgart, was reported to be the editorof the newspaper l Ukrainski Wicti l (VISTI)(Ukrainian. News)locatdd in Neu Ulm,

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MYBYLO TURTSCHMANOWITSCH, a member of theCentral Committee of the URDP (Ukrainska RevolutsynoDemokratychnd Partya - Ukrainian RevolutionaryDemocratic Party), a resident of Mittenwald, JaegerKasernei was formerly expelled from the URDP by thesecond congress of the URDP held on 15 and 16 May 1948because of his leftist leanings.

RE:-K-RYWAK, WASYL (BASILIUS)

InforthAtion dated July 1950 indicatedthatRYWAK, born 19 December 1911 at Torky/Przuomysl,Poland, residing at Munich 9, Eduard Schmidstrasse31/0, was the subject of visa screening case EC h165274.RYWAK listed his former residences as follows: January1945,Triaste; December 1945, Rome;. January 2948, Munich.RYWAK also listed New York as his destination in theUnited State's.

RE:44DATZKO, fDAZKOIMMO CYRIL

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7 June 1905 at KirvliwkarbyKiL-6-77476-t180 poundsGreyBlackUkrainian.Greek Catholic

"OLGA nee.BORYSIW,born 23 July191)4 at_Kowe1,Po - - -MICHAELrborn-I-September 1938OLGA, born 3 March_1940ANNA; born-1:47615ivary 1-948

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-Wartime History:

Residences: 1941!= 1949 Neu Ulm, ReinhardtKaserne, DP Camp

- 1950 Emigrated to New YorkCity.

- 1951 Plainfield, New Jersey

Reports concerning DATZKO l s activities, during the time of World War IT-06-4uite conflicting.During his. visa investigation in June 1949, DATZKOstated that he served as an officer In the Soviet Armyuntil he was taken prisoner by the Germans and held atKerch, USSR, until March 1943 when he was released andallowed to return to Kiev. DATZKO stated that heremained in Kiev until October 1943 when he was takenby the Germans to Weimar where he worked on the railroaduntil July 1944. From July 1944 until 1945, DATZKOsaid that he was publisher of a Ukrainian newspaper.In April 1945 he returned to Weimar where he remaineduntil June 1945 to avoid arrest by the Gestapo. Hethen went to an . Augsburg DP Camp where he resided untilOctober 3.945 when he went to the DP camp At Neu Ulm.

Other sources reported that DATZKO, a deputycommander for Communications in a radio division of theSoviet Army, was taken prisoner by the Germans on the KerchPeninsula in Crimea in 1942. From 1942 until 1944 DATZKOwas said to have been a propagandist for theReichskommisariat in Rowno, Ukraine. In 1945 DATZKOwas reportedly 5,.n Berlin as chief for Ukrainian propagandaOn the staff of t.çeneraHArDRUK. DATZKO was reportedto have come to Augsbu.rg in July 1945.

'Political Activity:

.DATZKOL has reportedly been associated, usuallyin a propaganda capacity, with the following organizations:

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Ukrainian Journalistic Union - elected leaderon 16 October 1946.

URDP (Ukrianska RevolyutsiynedemokratichnaPartiYa - Ukrainian RevolutionaryDemocratO,Party) - one of originalfoundersrand member of central committee.

Ukrainski Visti (Ukrainian News)

TUVO (TOvarus Ukrainskikh Vet eranov - Union_of Ukrainian Veterans)(changed to SUIT).

SUIT (Sojus.Ukrainskich Veteranov - Union ofUkrainian Veterans) - chief propagandadeparvment.

UNR (Ukrainskaya Narodoya Reapublika -Ukrainian People's Republic workedin War Ministry.

UUC (Union of Ukrainian Combatants) - councilmember.

SUN. (Sojus Ukrainskuch Narodiw - Union ofUkrainian Nationals) - Co-founder anddeputy leader.

Ukrainian Aid Committee.

Political Policy Board of Ukrainian CongressCormittee of America.

Intelligence Activities:

In December 1947, it was reported that DATZKOwas trying to obtain . the aid of former high ranking Germanintelligence officers to assist in the formation of aUkrainian army.

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In February 1948 a source reported thatzmamm, who talked as if he had influence with U.S.Headquarters and CIC, called several military personsto a conference between 14 and 21 December 1947. Atthis conference DATZKO stated that he had been authorizedby aZMAjortMARSHALL Of the U.S. Intelligence_ Service toorganize an intelligence servne. DATZKO instructed thatall Ukrainian groups which work for the Americans shouldgive him a copy of all material whichthey submit to theAmericans.

A source of another American intelligenceagency reported that he had talked to DATZKO on 16 January1948 at which time DATZKO revealed that he had had twoconferences at the U.S. Headquarters in Frankfurt/Main.At the first conference . DATZKO gave some intelligenceinformation, warned that the former German General StaffOfficers in American employ were not forwarding all the.reports that they received, outlined a plan wherebyIMEKKO would receive a copy of all reports from Ukrainiansources and thus the Germans would be exposed, andinformed the Americans that he, DATZKO, intended todevelop his intelligence information on a political basiswith .support from the UNR, the Organization of UkrainianVeterans, and the Eagrianij faction of the URDE% Anothersource reported that the conferences with the Americanstook place between 14 and 21 December 1947 and that aU.S.. Major MARSHALL allegedly authorized DATZKO toorganize an intelligence net.

Several U.S. intelligence agencieJ were con-•tacted and indicated that no Major MARSHALL was knownto them. Nor could it be ascertained that DATZKO had.visited any intelligence officer connected with Head-quarters, EUCOM.

Allegations:

in 1946 Um letters were written by Ukrainianrefugees to the Soviet repatriation officers in Stuttgart

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-410.denouncing DATZKOree a war criminal.

In 1950, another U.S. Agency reported that,sometime prior to his emigration to the United Statesin October 1949, DATZKO told BORIS LEVYTSKY, a memberof the URDP in Manich, that he had had an easy lifeunder the Soviet regime. At that time, DATZKO was aninstructor at an NKVD,school and, in recognition ofhis excellent work, had been presented with a villa

near Kiev."

• T-15 1 another governmental agency whichconducts security and intelligence investigations, advisedon August 13, 1956, that BORIS LEWYTSKYI, aka; WILHELMLAMBERT, PAUL SIKORA and UL[ LAMMERT I 1US (RussianIntelligence Service) courier I were arrested in October,1955, in Berlin, Germany, by the GCIS (German CriminalInvestigation Service) on suspicion of espionage. At thetime of their arrest, LEWYTSKYI had in his possession,the names of seventy-four persons who reportedly werethen or previously employed by intelligence organizationsIn West Germany.'

It Was alleged that LEWYTSKYI, whose residenceaddress was Nr. , 4 Daenkhel Strasse, Munich, Germany,was in Berlin on the date of arrest for the expresspurpose of.turning-those names and other materialsover to LAMMERT.

The investigation by the German authoritiesrevealed LEWYTSKYI had extensive intelligence connectionswith Western interests during the past several yearsin addition to his affiliation with the RIS.

T-15 recently learned that LEWYTSKY: andLAMMERT have been released from custody by order of theFederal Court at Karlsruhe, Germany, and the case againstthem dismissed. The dismissal of this case was based

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on an-agreement between the East and West Zone GermanGovernments, that LANNERT, the son of an East ZoneCommunist Party functionary would be released and returnedto East Zone, Germany; with the release and return toWest Zone, Germany, of an Important member of the GehlenOrganization, who had been sentenced to life imprisonmentin East Zone, GerMOPY. With LAMMERT I s release, LEWYTSKYIalso was released id it is reported he has again takenup residence at his former Munich, Germany address.

With reference to BORYS LEWITCKY and hisalleged five associates, who are presumed to be residingin the United States, the files of the New York Office, •as of September 10, 1956, contain the following informationwhich may possibly refer to these individuals.

GRYHORYI KOSTJUK aka:(FNU) PODOLAK

The New York Office files contain information.which altears to refer to the above captioned - individuals

and ±3 cet out irimedlately belaw. 'or•set out under the-captions'VESEWOLD HOLUBNYCHYJ, and BOWS LEWITCK K, oris . set . forth in'other portions of this report

1T-1, upon . recontact on April 5, 1956, believed.

GRYHORYI KOSTJUK, aka: (FNU) PODOLAN, is identical withGREGORY PODOLIAK, aka: JURY KOSTTOK; and may possibly beidentical with IVAN KOSTUK-PODULIAK.

T-1 feels that the first name IVAN may not bea true name. T-1, however, stated that the name KOSTUK-PODULIAK must certainly refer to GRYHORYI KOSTJUK, aka:

'PODOLAK.

IVAN KOSTVK-PODULIAX, Apartment 9, 747 NinthAvenue, New York City, was interviewed on January 5, 1955,

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by SA WALTER C. GUTHEIL concerning MYKOLA STEPANENKO. Hestated that he met STEPANENKO in 1946 at Ulm, Germany.At that time, STEFANENKO was a journalist for theUkrainian Revolutionary Democratic Party newspaper and theYworked together at the Voice of America, New York City,in the Ukrainian Section.

(ENU) RYWAK;'MICHAEL TURTCHMANOWICH

The New York Office files contain no additionalpertinent information concerning the above, captionedindividuals, other that what is set forth in anothersection of this report, which possibly refers to the abovecaptioned individuals.

BORYStEWITCKY4 was: B...011YS___4{1,EWYTZW„.._BORYStSJEWICKYJ,.45KI;,itsEvyrrsicY,A-rzwIrTzrnc,BORIS-?-IEWYTSKYI, WILHELM

PAUIASIKORA, BORIS_-irc-LEITrTSKITI BORIS-1EVICKY

MYKOLAtTEPANENKO was interviewed on June 11and 174 1953, by SA ,folitLy. SHINDOLER, and he furnishedthe following information: •

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He (STEPANENKO) was\LIZOr_n_POS_PMIDPrTyshkiwci, Ukraine. In 1943, he was taken as a forcedlabbrie-r—tc-rn-rmany, where he was a displaced person until1949, when he Ift Europe and arrived in the United Statesat New York City on December 15, 1949. He was associatedwith the URDP while in Germany,as a member.

The URDP was organized in 1945,at New Ulm,Germany, under IVAN BAHRIANY, a well known anti-Communist

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writer from the Ukraine whose family was liquidated bythe Soviets.

According to STEPANENKO, the URDP was foundedin Germany and It proposed to struggle against SovietRussia for an independent Ukraine. The founders, inadditOon to BABRIANY, were: PAULO MALAR, MIHAIL()WOSKOBIJNIK, IVAN DUBYVEC, GRIGORYj PODOLJAK,aka: YURIJKOSTIJUK, MIHAIL° TURKMANOVIC, ROMAN PALADJUUK,BORIS LEVICKY and .IVAN MaSTRENKO.

According.-to-STEPANENKO, on February 2, 1948,a group led by IVANXMAYSTRENKO split from the majorityand formed its own faction, also bearing the same name,Ukrainian Revolutionary Democratic Party. In this groupwere GRIGORYJ PODOLJAK, aka: YURIJ KOSTIJUK, BORIS,LEVICKY,MIBAILO TURKMANOVIC, ROMAN PALADJCHUK and several othersof lesser importance. This split was caused by thisgroup's advocating-a Socialist program similar to thatof the Italian pro-Communist Party of Nenni, for afuture liberated Ukraine. It started publishing a,monthlynewspaper for working people called "Vpered"(Forward) inGermany, which favored Ukrainian National Communists and-Attacked "so-called American Imperialism", although anti-Soviet.

The Maystrenkd Group was excluded by a Congressof t.a URDP, held in Germany in May, 1948, and denounced as

' Socialists. There then remained the "Orthodox" Group of'BABRIANY which favored a Democratic Government for theUkraine with no socialism or totalitarianism of any kind.

T-6, another governmental agency which conductssecurity and intelligence Investigations, advised inNovember, 1951, that BORIS LPVITSKY was Editor Of "Vpered",the Left-Wing newnpaper of the URDP, at Aschaffenburg,Germany.

T-1 advised, upon recontact on April 5, 1956,' that BORIS LEVITSKY and BORYS LEWITCKY are identical, and

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SVIATOSLAW LEVITSKY and BORIS LEVITSKY are brothers..

T-4 also furnished background informationconcerning BORYS LEWITCKY, aka: 'BORIS LFVITSKY, as follows':

He would be about forty-forty five years ofage now. He went to school in Lviv, West Ukraine and hisfather, taught school in a high school in West Ukraine.He became a journalist and was also married. Before WorldWar II, BORYS was in the Bandera Group. During World WarIII he broke with this group. After the War (1945) he wasan organizer of the URDP. In 1943, the URDP threw BORYSout and BORYS formed his own left-wing group called theURDP.

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This latterlatter group formed in Nunich, Germany,and had contact with left-wing groups in France, Hungary,Mexico and other countries. He published a paper called"Vpered".

T-1 believes, that BORYS is a Cominunist becauseat a meeting of the URDP (before the split), at Which T1was present, IVAN NEISTRENKO, one of the founders of theURDP, stated that EFTMEISTRENKO, was a Marxist and aCommunist. BORYS supported MEISTRENKO inarery way.

. -T-1 also had several talks with BORYS and

he always spoke against "Capitalism" and said everythingshould be controlled by the State.

BORYS and the left-wing group of the URDP wereanti-STALIN and pro-TITO-TROTSKY. The last T-1 heard of.BORYS was that he had been arrested in Germany for espionage.

SWJATOSLAW LEWITCKY,aka: LEWYTCKY

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information which possibly refers to the above captionedindividual:

On October 20, 1954, VLADIMli STEDROWSKY, 622 Main Street, Metuchen,_New JerAey, and T-1 furnishedthe following information to SAS BILL WILLIAMS and ROBERTJ. KIRWAN concerning SVIATOSLAW LEVITSKY.

He was born in the Ukraine and is a formerSecond Lieutenant in a German SS Division. After WorldWar II, IEVITSKY joined the Bandera Group in Germany,and in 1950 or 1951, he emigrated to the United States.IEVITSKY has a brother BORIS LEVITSKY, who resided inMunich, Germany. KEDROWSEy and T-1 advised that BORISLEVITSKY was .a Communist and was on tYa Editorial Staffof the pro-Communist newnpaper ."Upered" ("Forward"),which newspaper is Orted in Muni, Uermany.

SVIATOSLAW LEVITSKY was a member of"The Defense of Four Freedoms" in New York City, and wasconsieored dangerous to the United States by KBDROWSKY.andT-1, because of his close association with ProfessorKO•ONENKO and IVAN VOVCHUK.

KEDROWSKY and T-1 described KONONENKO as havingtaught finance and Marxist theory in a cooperative collegein Kharkov, Ukraine, while the Ukraine was under Sovietoccupation : during 1920-1922, and taught at this schooluntil German occupation.

In 1945 or 1946, he appeared in displacedpersons camps In Germany and lectured on Marxist theory.In 1950 or 1951 he came to the United States.

KEDROWSKY and T-1 described VOVCHUK as havingserved as Director of Technical Schools in Kharkov, andwhile he was Director, several of his students were burnedIn a theatre fire. As a result of this incident, all theteachers Involved were punished, except VOVCNUK. He was

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not punished, according to KEDROWSKY and T-1, becausehe was a Communist, but KEDROWSKY and T-1 could offerno proof of this. KEDROWSKY and T-1 stated that a

. few years ago the Ukrainaian newspaper "Nedila",published in Germany, contained an article which statedthat VOVCEUK was employed by a Soviet State Hospital.during 1936-1941 or 1942. This article includedcorrespondence signed by several persons telling aboutVOITHUK I s beastiality in Soviet State Hospitals.

T-7, who has furnished reliable informationin the past, and is generally acquainted with Ukrainianactivities in the United States, advised on September 13,.1956, that the-Defense of Four Freedoms (DFF) is one ofthe large Ukrainian organizations in the United Stateswhich advocates support of Ukrainian and UkrainianNationalist Groups. It is anti-Communist, but is verymuch influenced by the principles of Naziism andFascism.

The DFF advocates a separatelindependentNational State in the Ukraine.

T-7 was uncertain but believed the headquartersof the DFF was located in New York city.

Upon recontaat on April 5, 1956, T-1advised that SVIATOSLAW LEVITSKY and SWJATOSLAWLEWITCKy. are identical and SVIATOSLAW LEVITSKY andBORYS LEWITCKY, aka: BORIS LEVITSKY, are brothers.

T-1 also stated on April 5, 1956, that theinformation which he furnished on October 20, 1954, whichis set forth above, concerning SVIATOSLAW LEVITSKY, is •still true, T-1 added that when the Bandera Group splitcompletely in 1954, SVIATOSLAW went with the REBET Faction,Which is 'left-wing".

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WESEWOLD HOLUBNYCHYJ,aka: WESEWOLD HOLUB

New York Office files contain the followinginformation which possibly refers to the above captionedindividual:

On June 22, 1953, Mr. MYKOLA STEPANENKO,677 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, a formeremployee of the Voice of America, and a student atColumbia University, New York City, advised SA FRANK C.KEMER that he considers GREGORY PODOLIAK, aka: JURYKOSTTOK, to be of the same political complexion asV.SZVOMD HOLUBNYCHYJ and his father SERGEAROLUBNYCHYj.

According to STEPANENKO, VSEVOLOD wasemployed by the For(1-42wndation i s Russian Research Program,and a student at CO1u14;ia University. STEPANENKOConsidered the HOLUBNYCHYJs and PODOLIAK to be Ukrainians,anti-Stalinists, anti-Capitalists, and' uTitb-Iike" inpolitical belief.

STEPANENKO explained that these personsbelieved that Ukrainia should establish a nationalist,classless society or worker's state, in which the workerswould control the methods of production, manufacturingand agriculture, etcetera.

STEPANENKO considered them to be "TrotskyiSts"insofar as they are anti-Stalinists. STEPANENKO statedthat PODOLIAK was employed at the Russian Research Programof the Ford Foundation at Columbia University.

T-6 advised on September 24, 1953, thatVSEVOLOD HOLUBNYCHY was a young Ukrainian journalist whoemigrated to the United States in 1949. He was reportedto have once been a member of the Komsomal, and since 1946,

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a member of the URDP.

It was Also rOVOrted that since his arrival inthe United States, he hal-Written on American subjectsfor the publication "Wered". 'These articles havebeen anti-American and anti-Administrati.on,

T-8, who has furnished r liable informationin the past, reported that THO TONE, InternationalRepresentative of the Libertarian Socia:difue-------CUTEriaiiised in.Apri10-1953,--Ed'hdd-bem1-11r1M-Y5rkCity on April 10, 1953, to confer with JULIANDIAMONDand FRANKYSNITH, National Officers of the LibertarianSocialist League and o.-Ae -"HOLAB-7-a native of Ukraine;-

- according to STONE, represents the anti-Communistunderground of Europe in the United States.

STONE related that "HOLAB l s" organizationhas headquarters in Munich, Germany and has amembershipof eilt hundred in Western Europe with groups establishedin Ukraine, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Thisgroup has been working with the "International SocialistLeague"; however, fundamental differences developedand the underground group has turned to the-LSL. Accord-ing to STONE, there will be a series of meetings with"HOLAB" and a manifesto will be issued. STONE said"HOLAB I s" work in the United States must be top secret .to prevent 'Communist and Russian Secret Police from . find-ing out about this work. As a security measure, any".public announcements by LSL of meetings with "HOLAB'will, reflect that the meetings took place in Paris orLondon. "HMO" is reported not to be asking for moneybut it would be welcome.

"HOLAB f s" group publishes a thirty-two pagemonthly publication in Munich which is smuggled through

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the Iron Curtain. "HOLAB" reported to STONE that hebelieves dictatorship in Russia will end with STALIN'sdeath and that now there will be several parties inRussia instead of one. "HOLAB" is reported to have beenwith a guerrilla organization which fought againstboth Germans and Russians during World War II andafter Stalingrad had to clear out of the country.

On June-Ipr 1953, T-9, who has furnishedreliable informatnh in the past, said he knew ofone VSEVOLOD HOLUB, whose real name is VSEVOLODHOLUBNYCHYJ, a Ukrainian emigrant in New York City. T-9said that this individual has been sending contributionsof articles to the monthly Ukrainian newspaper,"Vpered" ( Forward). He said "Vpered" is a Leftist,Social-democratic, anti-Communist, anti-Soviet newspaper.

According to T-9, articles from "Vpered"have been reprinted in "Labor Action", the publicationof the Independent Socialist League. (ISL).

The.IndependenZ-ZPA1a1isti_League has beendesignated by the Attorney General of the United Statespursuant to Executive Order 10450.

T-9 further advised that "Vpered" isan organ of the Ukrainian Revolutionary DemocraticParty (URDP). This Party was organized in Germany in1945 having the goal to lead the fight for the indepen-dence of Ukrainia and against the Soviets. Later thisorganization split into two groups over Socialism. Onegroup, a Leftist one, is led by JOHN MAYSTRENKO, andhas a branch in the United state=11573755EFIF (Demo-cratic Union of the Ukrainian Persecuted by the Soviets).

T-9 said he knew nothing about the foundingby HOLUB of an organization in Germany or about theLibertarian Socialist League. ' He also said he knowsof no one named "HOLAB".

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On June 18, 1953, VSEVOLOD HOLUB, 319 East70th Street, New York City, was contacted under pretextand the following information was obtained:

He is "business representative" of "Vpered,"an anti-Communist, non-Marxist publication, for whichhe is paid. He also said he is employed by the ColumbiaUniversity, Ford Foundation Research Program of theUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Airing the course of the interview, Mr.HOLUB said he knew 6404ao other indvidual having thename of . "HOLAB" or."HeLUB." He said he never heardof the. Libertarian Socialist League, nor of Mr. DIAMONDor Mr. SMITH of. the Libertarian Socialist League. HOLUBsaid he has heard'of the Independent Socialist League asa group which "supports" the Ukrainian "cause". Accordingto BOLUB1 . the connections with the Independent SocialistLeague - and -,the Ukrainian "cause" is through "Vpered" and"Va. Feliks", of the Editorial Board of -"Vpered" in.Munich, Germany.

Description of VSEVOLOD HOLUB ascertainedduring contact:

About 26 years•5' 10" .190 pounds, heavy, stockybuildDark brownBrownRi h bout three

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Sbeaks with Russian accentand has a low pitched "throaty"voice.

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Citizenship According to HOLUB, he isnot yet a citizen of theUnited States.

The records of the Immigration and Naturaliza-tion Service, New York City, checked by SE.THOMAS J.

.MC GUIRE on June 29, 1953, reflected no record of-SSRGE HOLUBNYCNYJ or VSEVOLOD HOLUBNYCNYj under thatsurname or under the surname of HOLUB.

It isr-to be noted the following names appearon the mailbox Of HOLUB at 319 East 70th Street, NewYork City.

S. HOLUBNYCNYJLYDIAtSHYHYMAHAVSEVOLOD S. HOLUB

On June 28, 1953, ilys.)JOEIETTLE, Superin-tendent, 317 East 70th Street, New York City, advisedSA- KEMER that LYDIA SHYHYMAHA is the wife of VESEVOLODHOLUB and HOLUB I s parents live in the apartment adjacentHOLUB's.

Mrs. ZETTLE said these individuals aredisplaced persons having come from Ukrainia . about threeyears age. According to Mrs. ZETTLE, all the individuals

. go to work daily with the exception of TiEVOLOD-HOLUB,who does a great deal of typing in his apartment. Mrs.ZETTIE could give no information regarding the activitiesOf these people.

On May 8, 1953, T-8 advised that on April 4,1953, at a meeting of the Libertarian Socialist League,(LSL) National Executive Committee, it was reported that

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on March 13, 1953, the LSL had corresponded with the"Vpered" . Representative regarding future cooperationbetween LSL and the Ukrainian Socialist Movement.

T-100 who has furnished reliable informationin the past, advised on August 27, 1951, that VSEVOLODS. HOLUB, 511 East 73rd Street, New York City, Was intouch with WILLIAM ST)W.NSWORTH, 16 Rowdale Road,Birmingham, England, who is a leading official of theCliff Group of Trotskyists.

This is a roup of Trotskyists in the UnitedKingdom, led by one T. LIFF. According to T-101 HOLUBis a regular reader "Socialist Review", the periodicalof the Cliff Group, d appears to be in sympathy withTrotskyist views expressed therein.

HOLUB, according to T-10, has also writtenarticles in the German magazine "Funken", which he,HOLUB, said can be printed in "Socialist Review", ifAINSWORTH is interested.

. .T-11, who has furnished reliable informationin the past, and who is familiar with some of theactivities of VSEVOLOD HOLUB and SERGE HOLUBNYCNYj,319 East 70th Street, New York City, reported that onJuly 31, 1953, SERGE HOLUBNYCNYj received a letterbearing the return address "J. J. DIAMOND, 2109 WaltonAvenue, Bronx 53, New York."

The Election Records of the Borough of theBronx, New York, as checked by SA DENNIS 14. CARINHSS onSeptember 29, 1952, indicate JULIAN JACOB DIAMOND residedat 2109 Walton Avenue, Bronx, New York, since 1940.

On April 9, 1956, the person who identifiedherself as Mrs. JULIAN DIAMOND, was contacted underpretext and Mrs. DIAMOND stated that she and her husbandreside at 2109 Walton Avenue, Bronx, New York.

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T-8 furnished, on December 7, 1954, a copyof the report of the "Seventh National Convention of theLibertarian Socialist League, September 4,5,6; 1954",held in Washington, D.C. This report reflected thatduring the conference, J.D., identified by T •-.8 onDecember 7, 1954, as JULIAN DIAMOND, had been elected'Conference Chairman, a member of the National CoordinatingCommittee and National Treasurer of the LSL.

T-8, on January 26, 1955, made available acopy of "Worker's World", Volume I, number 1, dated.December, 1954, which reflects that the publication was.formerly known as "Sovialist Views" and is the officialorgan of the League For A Worker's World, formerlyknown as.the Libertarian Socialist League.

On the page preceding page 1, the followingis set forth:

-110-"Prgtiam Of The League ForA Worker's World"

. "1. Affirming the necessity of a struggleto the end apAinst the Capitalist system, founded onthe exploitation of a class of wage workers by a classof possessers of the means of Production;

• "2, Affirming the necessity of a struggleto the end against the Russian system of State Capitalism,based on the exploitation of a class of wage Workers bythe State;

! 1 3. We have fixed as our objective, theabsolute abolition of the wages system by the takingover of the collective instruments of production l by thecollective economic organs of the workers themselves ina world-wide Socialist community, thereby putting an endonce and for all to poverty and war, and ushering in anera of real human freedom".

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On August 12, 1953, PAWL° MALAR, Editor of"Prometheus", a Ukrainian language weekly newspaperpublished at Hamtramck, Michigan, advised SAS THEODORES. KLIMASZEWSKI and PAUL M. W. STERNER substantiallyas follows:

There is no known organization in the UnitedStates sympathetic With or controlled by JOHN MAYSTRENKO'sSocialistic faction of the URDP, which is in oppositionto the JOHN BAHRIANY Democratic faction of the URDP.Both URDP factions desire an independent Ukraine, freefrom the control of the USSR.

The Maystrenko Group of the URDP in Munich,Germany, publishes "Vpered" ("Forward") and MALAR believedthat there'were possibly some Ukrainians in the UnitedStates who were sympathetic toward the MAYSTRENKO Social-istic faction of the URDP.

In this connection, he mentioned that VSEVOLODHOLUB/ Post Office Box 24,New York 21/New York,apparently re-ceives"Vpered"from Germany and sometimes forwards it toMALAR's . newspaor.

March,1951,SA GEORGE G.MC KENNA purchasedtwo copies of "VPered" #4,1950,at the ISL Headquarters,114West .14th Street,New York City. This publication,whichdescribed itself as a "Ukrainian Review For Workers",waswritten'in.the Ukrainian language and its partial translationreflected that it supported the URDP and the UkrainianArmy of: Liberation, the goal of which was to liberate theUkraine ancLestablish an anti-Imperialist, Socialist,Classless state, after the liquidation of Sovietbureaucracy.

The January 12, 1953, issue of the weeklynewspaper "Labor Action", the publication of the ISL,

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according to T-9, contains a story entitled"DiscussionIn The Ukrainian Forest". The story was described asfirst published in "Vpered", the organ of the URDP inGermany. The story deals with the Ukrainian PeoplefsArmy which was fighting guerilla action against the.Soviets in 1945. On page eight of this issue of"Labor Action", it states that the program of the ISLis for "Socialist Democracy and against two systems ofexploitation, which e,ride the world, Capitalism andStalinism".

T-13, who has furnished reliable informationIn the past, advised on February 10, 1954, that PostOffice 'Box 24 3 New York 21 1 New York, had been :rented.since October 13, 1951, by V. S. HOLUB, and a foreign.language newspaper called "Vpered", whose address wasgiven as 319 l'ast 70th Street, New York City,

T-12 1 who has furnished reliable informationIn the past, advised on May 26, 1953, that VSEVOLOD HOLUB,Post. Office Box #24, New York 21, New York, had been sentthe My, 1953 issue of the "Yugoslav Review".

The_Zggoslav Information Center 816 FifthAvenue, New Yorkl:New York, is registered with theForeign Agents Registration Section, Department of Justice,Washington, D.C., as an Agent of the Yugoslav Government,Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

The Yugoslav Information Center publishesa monthly periodical in New York entitled "YugoslavReview".

T-14 1 who has furnished reliable informationin the past, advised as follows on August .3, 1953:

ALBEreATES,_National Se.c.retary-of-the-ISL,

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made a check dated June 16, 1953, in the amount often dollars, payable to "Vpered". This check wasendorsed "Vpered", Post Office Bcx #24, New York 21,New York, WSEVOLOD HOLUBNYCNYs'.

This information Supplied 1-4;;.. T-14_should not be made public except in the usual pro-ceedings following the issuance of a subpoena ducestecum.

IWAN DUBYNEC, 328 East 6th Street, NewYork City, a Ukrainian and founder of the URDP inGermany In 1945, Who IS sympathetic with the BAHRIANY

. Group of the URDP, advised SA JOHN W. SHINDOIER asfollows, on February 10, 1954:

There is no known organized - group of Ukrainianssympathetic with the JOIN MAYSTRENKO Socialists of theURDP in the United States. However, there are someUkrainians in this country who 5ollow MAYSTRENKO l s ideology,namely VSEVOLOD HOLUBloand L MAYSTRENNO, JOHNMAYSTRENKO's son. "-

VSEVOLOD HOLUB, has, in the past, been. listedIn "VPered", the Ukrainian newspaper printed in Munich,Germany, by JOHN MAYSTRENKO l s Group of the URDP, . •

as being the "representative and distributor" ofthis irregular newspaper in the United States.

This newspaper has no circulation sincethere is no demand among Ukrainians for its "SocialisticIdeas" regarding a future liberated Ukraine.

Only HOLUB and LEO MAYSTRENKO compose whatmight be called the MAY3TRENX0 Group of the URDP inthis country, and their sympathizers, according toDUBYVEC, would not number over ten persons of "littleinfluence". He could not recall the names of anyother sympathizers.

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HOLUB and LEO MAYSTRENKO want an independent.Ukraine of a "Socialist type", but they are anti-Stalinist in political thought with views very similarto TITO in Yugoslavia, They are Ukrainian Socialists.

According DUBYNEC, HOLUB and LEO MAYSTRENKOare not known to be cooperating with any Trotskyist Group,however, that could be possible, since like TrotskyistsMAYSTRENKO's sympathizers so hatStainism that they mightcollaborate with the Trotskyists in fighting the USSR.

The MAY3TRENKO Socialists, like HOLUB;fmtr revolution and then Socialism for the Ukraineonly

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Concerning KYRYLO VASILJEVITCH DATZKO, also known asDazko, Datsko, Dacko, mentioned previously by T-3 as possiblyIdentical with one of the associates of BORYS LEWYTCKY, whoare residing in the United States, the New York Office filescontain the following information:

On November 25, 1953, KYRYLO DACKO was interviewed bySAS ROBERT E. MANGAN and BERT P. STICKLER, at DACKOlsresidence, 8 Highland Boulevard, New Market, New Jersey.During this interview, DACKO stated subsequent to beingsent to the front lines as a member of the Soviet Army, onJune 2, 1941. he was captured by the Ge7mans. After beingcapturedinhe Simmer of 1942, he becane a consultant ofUkreltienIntelligence to the German Army. DACKO statedthat between 1942 and 1944, through the Gentian Army, he triedto form an independent Ukrainian Army tO fight the Russiansand eventually liberate the Ukraine into an IndependentDemocratic State. HoweVer l .DACKO l s proposal was turned down.In 1944, he was permitted by the Germans to organize aUkrainian Army, consisting of Ukrainian prisoners of warheld by the Germans, but under the supervision of the SSStandarte Kurt Eggart. DACKO stated that he heard that theGermans formed another Ukrainian Army and were using themagainst the English and Americans, DACKO stated that uponhearing this, he advised the German authorities to removethe Ukrainian Army from the western front or he would dispandthe Ukrainian Army. DACKO stated that at this time, thewar was within two or three months of its end, and he wasappointed chief Of Ukrainian Propaganda Section, underOberkommando"der Wehmpacht in Germany. His duties were topublish two newspapeM the "Ukrainian News" for the militaryand the "Voice" for Civilians, both containing news andpropaganda to further the aimc and ideals of the Ukrainians.

DACKO stated that he never knowingly worked withthe Gestapo. He admitted that he tried to locate capturedUkrainians to train and utilize them in fighting the Russians;however, he said he only located one or two and the warended before they could be used. DACKO stated that he didnot ferret out and attempt to . liquidate Soviet Generals.,

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who had defected to the Germans and was serving in a lessercapacity.

DACKO stated that during his career in the RussianArmy, he attended a 11ffsian Military Sellool in Kiev. He saidthat this as compulsory upon graduating from college.He also advised that during his training he was taughtsabotage and espionage. At no time, DACKO claimed, did heknowingly engage in espionage or sabotage or ever teach aclass of individuals belonging to the Russian Secret Police,or for that matter, ever work with them.

DACKO advised that after the war, he became DeputyCommander of A Displaced Persons Camp in New Ulm, Germany.When the Russians learned that he was there, they attemptedto apprehend him but,DADKO Stated a friendly Americancaptain at the DP Camp would not permit the Russians toarrest him. In this connection, DACKO stated heused thename of VICTOR TROITSKYJ, YAROSLAV and YAROIY DATSKO andKYRYLO TROITSKY.

DACK0 stated that one day while he Was still DeputyCommander of the DP Camp in New Ulm, Germany, a'soldier,BORYS DIATLOV, who had fought under him and who was wantedby the Russians, came to him and asked for help. DIATLOVstated that the Russians were looking for him (DIATLOV) forsome reason and that if they located him, he would probablybe murdered.. DACKO stated that accordingly, in order tosave this soldier's life, he gave him papers which identifiedhim as his ton, MALTY DACKO, who had been in the UkrainianIndependent Army. DACKO explained that his son, VITALIYDACKO, when the Red Army captured Prague, returned to Germany(1945) where he contracted pneumonia and died.

DACKO stated that while he was in the DP Camp inNew Ulm, an attempt was made on his life. He said he Wasreturning from the printing office where the "Ukrainian News"was being published when three men attacked him. He saidhe fought . themoff and they ran away when some friends of hiscame to his aid when he cried for help. DACKO said he believedthat his attackers were hired by the Russians.

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DACKO stated that his first wife was MARIE DACKO,whom he divorced for political reasons. He explained thatMARIE's father did something wrong and was sent to Siberia.DACKO said that this Aaion would have hurt him as anofficer if some drastii&measure was not taken. Consequentlyhe divorced his wife so that he could keep his reputationand status in the Army.

DACKO said thatin 1949, he came to the United Statesunder the sponsorithip Of KALENIKLISSIUK and was employed.by him approximately four months when he resigned and startedworking for theMarris_Struetural_Steel Company, New Market,New . Jerseys_as a'lanivir. He said that, he left thid—cOMPanya few months ago and is presently working at the CondensorCorporation in South Plainfield, New Jersey.