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1. A copy of the attachedMadrid representative of Radioconfessed to a certain uneasinessbut stated that he did notpersonal off-duty contacts.

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the Soviet services. It accordingly shouldseek to exploit these contacts with RLSuch exploitation could run from simple

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Andro YudigaroffItosistont to the ProRadio Libor-LIP Cbmmi10 'Zest 42nd' StreetNow York, llov York

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Ploiya de Pala• 7 April 3.170

On 15 Maroh a-Soviet cargo ship carrying a lead of wood tor aCorona pdpor faotory arrivod in Palamos .and romainod until thelOth. During the oourso of Ito atoy the orow onjoyod the rolaxaland boopitablo polloy adoptod by the Spanioh officials and hadvow conoidorablo contaot Author° and to a leaoor . oxtont aboard.the rihip with the Rusaian-opoakingomployocos of our Promo& Coorsdination Dopartmont.

One individual in partioull

ar, Victor Sionlamvich, wont on' a. kindof °motional bingo, inviting the orsarmodbora to his . hcco4 drinkiing exoosoivoly with them in local bars and, finally, aeoing theboot off with a mall gift for eaoh of the 25 membors of the crow.Amoricto Dbrnandoo aloo bmi thom to his home in Palamos and ConsuoloArgdollos brought a amall group of thou as far ao Mafranob in her,oar,: drivon'by her husband* Arturo 'Diaz del fool, a waer of our .lochnioal Staff.

Although in on intorriewwith . me aftor tho ship sailed Sionkiovichat'arst.admittod that the crow 1oarno4 hie iW..1 name and whore he •-works and then tried to ()amino° Os that that wan not the cam, oneof the otbor omploycot, the repatriate ‘lose . Coizart,statod that .queries Alt to him by the 6210V whon he ap0.4toacted . ,tho Obip rovealedthat thoy bad Obtained said datli'

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Sionkiovich-advioed Oiii444g4000#*10:was on' its way and this wasoonfirmod with the arrival yootordayi : 6 APril, of the saw. The pre.viouo ovoning . I had briefed Maz folio, who bad arrivod from. Petrie,' onthe situation, tly opotifio oonoorn.in oo'far no Max was involVod wag,that nothino be don° which might came otbarraoomont to our boat Gov.ornmant. Throuthl Fernando Friol I had in the moantioo attomptod todotormino what the Spaninh official poaition la . to bo in thod0 mattore.The Corona polio° ohiofwao adviood of the oontaoti that our poot10had had, the comploto liborty of movomont that the Sovieto had Onjoyod,&to,. Friol, in hiti oapaoity aq a Membor 0.f:tho,Spaniah police, ougcostedthat groater vigilance hp' affOiidedto tho'movoMonto of th000 pooplo butnot in the form Of a roquost from -1Z booause I did not want us to havemado a roocmmondation coUntorlo-what might turn out to be the offloial,considorod pallor of the governMont, The Corona polio roquodted Madridfor guidance but ,have boon grootod with total ollonce, oven ao late notoday following iho#, ropott 0 Madrid that the'aocond ohip boo arrived,.

The 0000nd part of my briefing of Max conoiotod of filling him in on thevarious obados of political ditiforonoo among . our Russion-opoaking por.normal.. I Wad aosiotod in this by Paul North, who accempaniod tio to the•boting with, Max on Sunday. Max came out to the otation yootorday anddobriofod Argilolloo and Ebrnandoti Whon ho mot with Sionkiovoioh laterin the day, for the lattor =croft tuld had to be advised by opooial pots*.ongOr tit beet Rene in Palamos, Sienkiovioh bad already made oontaot withthe net., ship and van in, a bit of a hum Wawaa be and the captain aad.first ':itite-rgara 'meat for drink. sboI thereafter.

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1ac Lien:ALSionhiovioh advised Max that the 'two ahips had it in Gibraltar •after the atilt one pailod and that thd-d000nd : ship mnp, cannot:vont•

•briofod on,tho rather intoroating oxporienco of the firot. Max ioquite anxious to oxyloit th000 contacts and haa t apparently, come tothe conclusion that Sionkievioh in his bout bet for the purpOsen.

• Max tailed Paul forth this morning. boforo lowing fOrEareolOna end• Fare to nay that ha mot with Sionkiovich this morning and, togother,

not the captain and /irat °Moor. Max had spooifically told no thatho would not mako an ouch contact. Ho otatod that ho thought it would

.:be 4 good idea if Sionkiovioh could got aboard to attend a dinner part:and r000mmondod that wo into:van° to got tho Marino Comandant to amigohis orders in thia =swot * I have &added not to do so sinoo I do notPea that VII should at thia time tako ouch a positive official otop

l• ti/ both we and the Spanish have had a ohanoo to digest this natter morethoroudhly. Friol advioon mo that his panto sources have askod him tobe their oleo and Oars and that they ampartioularly deoirome of getting..

I jfoodbadk on life in the USSR,

It incur underotandtng that the wood is of .":Tottieh origin, bought 'froma Finnish company which, in turn, contracted the Ixoneportation out tothe Soviets. The firot ohip is from, Tallinn and I harp a copy of the.monifeat, r don't yot her) dotails ta the second but I bolisve I willbe able to keep getting topics of the crew nenifbot. The firot chip.brought 1500 tone of wood ea hap the second, I Axidorntand that the total'order oonoist • of 15,000 tons oo at the contprs to there could be atotal of 4. ;,.40" ehi7a involved.* It in roportod that the Japanono arealso in the bidding no it remainn to be coon how many moro Soviot shipswill come. The prospect of mato ahips la the reason why I have at thinpoint vetoed the idea of Sionkievioh getting on board the precont ship.(While r was writing Ms ho or:a/ea Vriel here in Tv offieo. The latterhaa agreed with vs to intorvene to cpt 5io1k1o7ich on board. A000rkA/6to Sionklovich, who iz prom:Awing In. this respect bdcauce ho fonin thatho has a mandate frota Lolia (AI* qlvo. 'Am acme money for his orcv-onter-tainmont notivition)„ the tram rattes that they have a radio on board withwhich they are in oonstant oontaot or direct contaoto rathor, with Loninsi.grad, Sionkiovich la tryin tb to.coevice us that bingpttiag on board willresult in some kind of ini(;trimation,,,satherixte inopeotion of suoh radioequipment, to ma's benefit, but ho in nob a toohnioion4

I an trying to balance soourity oommon eons* and the very explicit man-date I r000ivod from Mr. sargemt when I came on board (EL, not tho ship)to not do aAything to disturb our relations with the Spanish novornmontion the one haad, with the noods and mitaiaa of the Comittoovra the other.

have little control over the private aotivition of oar omploy000 andhave not issued any oloar orders in that pospoot, even as a bluffs booause.of the ambivaionoe of the local official pooltion so I would vory much,ommociate your guidance and instruetiOns. Liam poosibilitioo pr000ntthemoolvos in this, for um, rather unuoull chain of ovonto * Who knows butthat we may wind up with a dortotor on our halide? I ?nouns that we woadwant 4o romnin in the badkground *few ovents that might roach 'the Was."papers, is that not oorroott

Hoping to war fro* you and Fita She matins to koop you intoned*. .

oo, Soong, Donnie & Burgonor