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Chief, EE; Chief, SR; COS/G,CC._ :2FROM DATE

Chief, Munich Operations Base 27 March 1963SUBJECT. RE: "43-3" -(CHECK "X" ONE)

CAMOG/DTDORIC/PBCHORD/OperationsMARKED FOR INDEXING

Leonid Markovsky xx NO INDEXING REQUIRED

ACTION REQUIRED INDEXING CAN BE JUDGED

As appropriate BY QUALIFIED HQ. DESK ONLY

REFERENCE(S)

REF: MUNI-5285, 22 March 1963

Per reference, we are forwarding (usc) detailed reports of PBCHORD

contact with and handling of Subject during Subject's visit to Munich

March 21 - 22, 1963,

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March 25 9 1963

AACORIPIRRBTIAL

Deputy to the President, Europe

Director, Audience Roseereh Division

Follow.upleport on At. Sakoutes Contact with L. Markovski

On Itereh 22, the undersigned telephoned. with Mr. Sakouta at6.1116 and found out that be had left Markovehi in good spirit* the

previous evening around 11 p.a. On the way to the office 1. plekedup Mr. Sakouta and we discussed relation° with Markovski. By thetie* we got to the office we found that Atrkoveki had already triedto reach Mr. Sakouta by telephone.

Before. Mr. Sakouta wont to toot Ntrkoveki again, we got downa report on the preceding dayl s contacts and discuseed the lineto take in future talks withNatkovski.

Mr. Sakouta cancelled the 1RC meeting.

At 12.20 p.n. Mrs. Samsonoff of the Tolstoy Foundation saidover the telephone that she will shook the voluntary agencies'Wilms that night have dealt with the Aorkovski case. Sho dein tol:did not offor formal Taster Foundation support.

Mr. Sakouta telephoned at 2130 p.a. and reported that his'meting* were proceeding satioftetorily. Re did not think itnecessary for his to escort Markoveki to Brussels and felt thatthe latter would follow his advise and return to trustVls theme day, if necessary.

Mrs. Samsonoff called to eay that AruP in Brussels had givaahousing support to WarkoOki. APRP Counsellor marina BahliFFetele IT 99 27 (head office in Frankfort telt 721079). TheEhtroaide Socialist* is 9 according to Mrs. Smasoneff, a verybureaucratic organisation and eh* learned that they had assigneda young ex-policeatn with dictatorial leaning* to Markovaki.This sight well have been one of the reasons why Narkoveki did notfeel happy in Brusvels.

At 3s1, p.m. the undersigned met with 2) and informedhim up to date.

At WO peost. a tioket for trussele was purobseed. At 'soXr4 Sakouta was advised to suggest to Markoveki that he take thetrain at 84 35 p.m. and the former said that his conference withMarkovski proceeded in a friendly atmosphere.

At 5 p.m. the undersigned talked to Mr. John Riley of LEWin Frankfurt* The latter said that he would be arranging for aeounsellor to .meet garkovski upon arrival in Brussels* Mr. Rileywee most cooperative.

At 0440 p.m. Mr. • Sakeuta caned the undersigned to report thatMarkovekl had left by tranma53. due in Brume/els at 70• Silin4 OnSaturday morning. Re also mentioned some strange incident*.

The lest half hour before the train's departure Mr. Sakeutatook Markoveki to a restaurant at the railroad station where theyhad a .glass of beer. Upon enterin g the restaurant Markovski suddenlysaid to Mr. Sakentas "Iet's sit at this table." A youmg man wasalready sitting at the table, but on Markevski l e insistence, theysat down. Then Markoveki saids "Look, those people sitting at thattable are from the Turkish intelligence.. They tortured ne, this inan unexpected meeting, I'll so and talk to then." Markovski gotup and went to the table whore five men were sitting, one man gotup, shook hands with him and they exchanged a few cordial words.The man sitting next to the man who was talking to Markovskiturned as white as a Sheet and was obviously much disturbed byMarkovski's presence. After exchankimg a few words, Markoveki camehack and set down with Sakouta, sayings "Well, 1 never expectedanything like that, if only I could get even with those people Iwould." On saying this, he switched up two beer gleam,* in hisbands as if is were going to :.rush them together and added:"I would aria& them as I could orutel these two beer glasses inmy hands."

Oa hour earlier, at about 6150 in the evening, 'Od le sittingin a private room of the Merdbad Restaurant, a man and a woman(tarrying a heavy briefease walked in and approached the table.MArtevaki got up and shook kends with the woman. Mr. Sakouta got uptoo thinking they were MarkoVekl e s friends* The woman said verypleasantly in RAISMiSMI "WI MUSA be the first to arrive." At thismoment Mr, askant& said in German: "There must be sons mistake,

rosily don't know you," She aside "Isn't this a meeting of **01,9which is supposed to take place at the restaurant?" When Mr. Sakoutasaid that it was not, the men and women apologised and went outbut left the briefcase on the chair. When Mr* Sakeuta mentionedthat the couple had left their briefcase behind* Markowski becamequitelegui, jumped up, and wasted to leave in a harry,. Mr, Sakouta/enema at his sualtions, ends naturally, two minutes later the eau

• and woman came book to fotoh thra.

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In the course of the conversation with Markovski. M. Sakoutaobserved again and again the fear and doubt with whichMerkowski groomed to regard events * The briefcases inoident heinterpreted as an attempt to blowtia up with a plastic toib orfuse. In previous narratives the tame kind of notion was present.In Brussels Markoweki SM*4 he had boon introduoed to an XTSrepresentative who staNested that he could find hie a job inan automobile factory. But Markovski told Mt. %don'ts that heturned the offer down because he feared if he got this job throughthe NTS, he would be forever obliged to follow thrlr. instructions.Se had heard about listening to some tape-recorded radioprograms but he also turned it down because he felt there wassome kind of test that would involve him in an intelligenceoperation. At that time his mind was set upon joining the USArmy and he did not want anything to interfere with thisprospect. Se looked upon most of the other contacts he had hadsince his arrival in Belgium in the same vein. It wasMt. Sakouta g e impression that since hie defection. Markovekihad had no previous heart to heart talk of this nature in hisown language witn a man who was patient and who could tell himthe answers to his questions.

In the many hours of talks thor had together, Mr. Sakoutabelieves that he succeeded in dispelling this preitionceived ideaMarkowski had that the Wept is obliged to help him because heleft the Soviet Union. Mt. Sekoista was apparent17 sucoessfelin telling Metkovski that there is absolutely' 40 commitment tobin, that he is on-bi&elani*...that there are many agencies andindividuals interested . isalosIping him but these will come fromprivate quarters, frieddly relations and not by any official order.This misconoeption might help explain some of the difficultiesVerhowki previously had in his dealings with officialinstitutions. Besides dispelling this miesonceptioui : Mr. Sakoutaspent a lot of time in telling him about the problems ofadjusting himself to life, In a small Wooten' country and thekind of assistance he sight got. Mt. Sekouta believes , he con-veyed to Varkovski the need for self-discipline and patience,in order to gradually ascertain: his position in the ias.t.

When Mr. Sakouta met Markoveki on the 22nd the latter had asketch reedy of a person they had *tested discussing the previousday to illustrate a story he was telling. Mr. Sekouta madebrief notes on Markoveki l s alleged knowledge of Radio Libertylistening which will provide the basis for a eapplementaryTarget Area Listener Report. We received a Mail questionnaire fromMarkovski while he was in Tarim and Mr. Sakouta mould not findthe smallest contradiction in what MarkevakI had elated on paper afoe months ago and what he told Mr. Sakouta now.

Mr. Sakonta restated his impressions of the previous dig, tothe West that Markovski was most cooperative, strlightforwardand his only desire was to find employ/ant suitable to hiequalifications in automobile construotion work. Mr. Sakontathinks that with adequate counselling Markevski should have nodifficulty in becoming adjuste4 to Wester* life. The formerwas appalled that voluntary agencies had not even providedMaskovski with a few basic items of edeqnate Western clothing.

The undersigned is strengthened in his assumption based onthe long verbal reports by Mt. Sakouta on his ousting. withWarkevski that, so long as an authoritative psychiatricexamination does not establish that subject is mentallydisturbed, it would appear moist difficult not to 51:441 subjectthe benefit of the doubt in Ms apparently normal reactions in theWait.

004 Mr. BartrandiasMr. Schein

21 March 1963

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

FROM: Director, Audience Research Division

SUBJECT: L. Markovsky

At 1:30 A.M. on 21 March I was informed by Mr. Edward Scholtzof the sudden appearance of Subject in Oberwiesenfeld.

As an offshoot of a conference with C :Dand advisers,undersigned contacted by telephone Mrs. Samsonow of the TolstoyFoundation. Mrs. Samsonow stated that Subject's case had beentaken from the Foundation's jurisdiction and transferred sometimeago to the World Council of Churches. Subject is a USEP eligibleperson and was resettled under a special scheme for handicappedrefugees through the World Council of Churches in Belgium.Earlier the undersigned was told that the Entr'aide Socialistein Brussels was the agency to which the World Council of Churcheshad referred Subject in Belgium. It is understood that Subjecttravels on a document issued by the United Nations Refugee Officewhich authorizes resettlement in Belgium. It appears that Subjectdoes not require a visa for entry to Germany but can stay in thiscountry only as a tourist up to two months.

Another telephone contact was established with Miss Laursen,Director of the Bavarian Office of IRC. Miss Laursen regrettedbeing tied up all day today and suggested a meeting with Subjectat 2:30 P.M. tomorrow. She also said that IRC funds for a Russiancase worker and psychiatric treatment have been cut as of the 1stof January, but she recognized the urgency of this exceptionalcase and would see what could be done.

-Dsuggested that in the absence of Col. Kromiadi, Mr.Sakouta, who had many years of experience dealing with refugeesduring his employment with the Tolstoy Foundation, talk to Subjectoutside of ACL premises.

The undersigned briefed Mr. Sakouta to take charge of Subject uponhis arrival, to give Subject an opportunity to tell his story,to be prepared to tell Subject that Radio Liberty premises areoff-limits for all but employees, and to interview him on hisknowledge of Soviet radio sets and Soviet anti-jamming devicesin particular.

At 12:45 P.M. Mr. Sakouta left with Subject for lunch.

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21 March 1963

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

FROM: Security Officer, ACL

SUBJECT: Leonid MARKOVSKY

00:30 Hrs. Scholtz received call from ACL guard that Subject person hadarrived at ACL premises, that he had no money, and asked whether itwould be permissible for him to sleep on the premises. Scholtz askedthe Guard specifically whanSubject wanted to see. The answer wasGHAZI KHAN who is not an ACL employee. It was learned the next day that"Ghazi Khan" is Ghazi Khan BESSOLT, formerly associated with the WorldCouncil of Church—e—snow in Munich and the father of ACLemployee Aza BESSOLT GROTHE.

01:00 Hrs. After having talked to Bertrandias, Scholtz instructed the Guardto arrange hotel reservations for Subject for the night and give himDM 20.

02:00 Hrs. Guards called indicating that hotel reservation made and thatACL night driver NAHORNIAK was taking him to the hotel.

09:00 Hrs. ACL driver Nahorniak reported to me that he had taken Subjectto the Bahnhof to eat and then delivered him to the Rotes Kreuz PlatzHotel and that he had promised to pick him up at about 10:00 hours.In order to gain time for discussion with1:1 :=1Bertrandias and CI informed Nahorniak, who was off duty, that I would handle Subject'spick-up. Nahorniak advised that Subject had told him he had expectedto stay with "someone" but in finding no one there had gone to thenearest police station and had obtained the address of ACL.

09:15 Hrs. Discussed matter with Bertrandias, who called in Aza Bessolton the matter. Aza Bessolt stated that she knew of Subject and thather father, through his past connections in Turkey and present knowledgeof ACL interest in interviewing defectors, had learned of Subject'spresence in Turkey and had at some time in the past passed the worldalong to Ralis for whatever interest he might have in the matter. Shestated that her father did not know Subject and had not invited him toMunich -- that her father had few funds and had been in the hospital fora month and that his physical condition was such that he could speak tono one. Again, with the view of gaining time, Bertrandias requestedAza Bessolt to telephone Subject at his hotel, indicate that she hadlearned that Subject was trying to contact her father, explain herfather's condition, and tell him that he should wait at the hotel andshe would attempt to place him in touch with someone as soon as possible.

09:30 Hrs. Bertrandias called Reynolds requesting that he joinBertrandias,E ::]Scholtz as to disposition of matter.

10:00 Hrs. Bertrandias briefed= Ilre. developments of case inpresence of Scholtz and c: =requested that CI nimmediatelyexplore possibilities of putting Subject into hands of Toliioy Foundation,IRC, Cox at the Consulate, etc., while awaiting Reynolds arrival.

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li:30 Hrs. El :ncalled Scholtz to alert him that Subject had justleft RFE apparently on his way to ACL. Condon stated that he had notseen Subject but was told that he had created quite a disturbance in theRFE lobby, among other things, indicating that he had been a lieutenantin the KGB and that his father was a General in the Russian Army.

18:45 Hrs. Reynolds arrived. Previous group met with addition of Mahool.Reynolds reasserted the Headquarters and COB position in the matter.C: 771and Bertrandias indicated concurrence but stressed the fact thatalthough we had not invited Subject to Munich, he was here to see usand that in light of his drastic violent reactions when angered orfrustrated, hopefully could be handled without necessity of resortingto police and attendant adverse publicity. E: :3briefed the group asto result of his telephone conversations with the outside organizationsto whom Subject might be referred (this attached). In order to keepSubject off ACL premises it was agreed that Victor Sakuta, as one whospoke Subject's tongue, would be assigned to meet him in the ACLreception area, take him to lunch, debrief him in radio listeningmatters, explain to him about condition of BESSOLT, and that we hadarranged a 2:30 P.M. meeting for him with IRC on the following day.This also would enable Subject to have earned enough money to pay hisown hotel for the night without ACL's having made an outright gift.

12:30 Hrs. Subject arrived at ACL premises and was met by Sakouta whoproceeded to take him to the Nordbad Restaurant, being driven in anACL vehicle driven by Ivan CHERNOGOROFF. Sakouta is to return at15:00 Hrs.

15:15 Hrs. I contacted Herr HUBER, my usual contact in the PoliticalSection of the LfV, notifying him of Subject's presence in Munich andthe fact that he had stopped here. I informed him that we might expectproblems, describing his visit to RFE as described by Condon. I informedhim that we were attempting to place him in the hands of some suchorganization as the Tolstoy Foundation.

15:30 Hrs. Met with 17 :Dindicated that Sakouta hadreported back but was spending additional time with Subject and gettinghim settled in a hotel. Sakouta reported tot 23that Subject wasvery quiet, well-mannered and cooperative, and had asked for nothing.He indicated that Sakouta had not yet said anything to Subject aboutputting him in touch with IRC tomorrow.

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Sakouta further reports that he talked in private to Mr.B/ake.Cox who clearlyetated that subjeat cannot be supported by P.Mr. Sakouta also talked privately to Tolstoy Foundation officialswho told him that they have to authority to handle this case.Interviewer's knowldge of voluntary agenciee sakes him believe thatIOC could not he of any possible assistance In this case at this time.

it is Mr. Bahouta's feeling that *ending subject back to Belgiumwould only contribute to his *templet. demoraliestich. Mr. sahoutethink, that is possible through private donLiethte help to get subjectwork in Ostrom% industry in the Rhineland and he is also ready topursue this line if he is encouraged to do sow

2he undersigned feels that all oantrovorsial points that mighthave shed doubt on subject's credibility have been dissipated in thesonic that subjeot's side of the story is up to now void of anyinternal contradictions. As long as an authoritative psychiatricexamination does not establish that subjectles mentally disturbed,it appears very difficult not to gill* subject the benefit of thedoubt.

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