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• Publication Date: September 18, 1968

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SUBJECT: Reports
1. Listed in the following paragraphs are 60 biographic
reports developed These
reports cover Americans participating in the Ninth World Youth
Festival, Bulgarians and three other foreigners in contact with
Americans at the Festival. and various other persons
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participating in the Festival:
Glenn LNU
Neil LNU (identified
Franklin and Kendra
Kenneth BAILEY
Marianne BALDWIN
Caroline BLACK
Tebbeth BROOKS
the following Americans
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Leslie LNU (identified as C OGEN) (b)(1)
Cassandra DAVIS and Barbara Jean LNU (b)(3)
Sarah DOLITTLE
Steve GERSHADER (military deserter)
Keith and Phyllis GLICK
Mike GOLD
Dr. Richard GOODLIT (probably Dr. Carlton Benjamin
GOODLETT)
Ina GORDON
Mark and Barbara GORDON
David GOTTLIEB (Press representative with American
deserters)
Kenneth 3. and Barbara GREEN
Ronnie LNU (identified as HELLER) (b)(1)
and Annie LNU (b)(3)
Alan JEHLEN and Kitty BERNICK
Bill JONES (military deserter)
Sharon KAHKONEN
Julie KAYE
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David KUO
Rena LIEB
Worth and Tosie LONG
Jeff MELISH
Laurie OLSON and Lonnie SCHLEIN
Charles ONAN (military deserter)
Scarlet LNU (identified
Sally PEW
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John PICCIANO (military deserter)
Mr. and Mrs. FNU RABINOWITZ
James RATONDA
Alexander and Bridget REFREGIER
Andy ROGERS
.Carolyn ROTH
David and Elizabeth SHACKETT
Mark SHAPIRO (military deserter)
\ Sharon SHAPIRO
Kenneth SIMPSON
Carol STORY
Mindy THOMPSON
Richard TOMCHAK or TOMCZAK
Jarvis TYNER
Martha and Elizabeth VELLNER (and another sister FNU)
Walter WOODS (military deserter)
Alan YOUNG and Fred KLONSKY
3. A number of foreigners, including Bulgarian interpreters
(Emile, Nicole) Mino, Sanya), other Bulgarians (Nicola, MILERSKA,
PHILIPOV), two Soviets (ALEXINOV and SHADOV).
girl (HESKETH) were
Americans at the Festival.
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and a British
as PATRICK) (b)(1)
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in contact with
an American Negro
(MINOR), a German worker (HEINRICH), two Germans with Students
for a Democratic Society (WOLFF and HENNIGE), and a French
student in Germany (WEDILLE).
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SUBJECT: Bill JONES
American Military Deserter in Sweden dnd Participant
in Ninth World Youth Festival �
1. Bill JONES, a U.S. military deserter living in Swpden,
has been acting as spokesman for the group. On 4:Ju1y 1968
he and Markt.-HAFIRO, another deserter, staged a sit-in at
the Amer:ran EMbassy in Stockholm, for which they were arrested.
Released on bond, they illegally left Sweden to attend the
Ninth World Youth Festival in Sofia, Bpluiria, as guests of
the Festival Committee and the Bulgarian Government. If JONES
does not return to Sweden because of the pending jail sentence,
someone else will replace him as spokesman for the deserters.
2. JONES will return to the United States only to
fight in a revolution against the U.S. Government. He feels
that the capitalists can be made to change only when there
has been a violent revolution and the power structure has
been removed from their hands. Ue views the war in Vietnam
as the logical end of American capitalism.
3. JONES is a Castro-type revolutionary and opposes the
Soviet view on revolution. He pointed out that it is easier
to land in jail in a Socialist country than in a neutral or
Western country, and that one must he very careful in expressing
one's views in a Socialist country. lie has no immediate plans
for his future.
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SUBJECT: Sharon KAHKONEN aka KAAKAN (phonetic) � ,4
Participant in Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Sharon KAHKONEN attended the Ninth World Youth
Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria.
She roomed with Sharon SHAPIRO and Carol STORY at the
Festival. She is 19, an ethnic Finn, and a member of
the Young Communist League at Cornell University.
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SUBJECT: Julie KAYE
Participant in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Julie KAYE attended the Ninth World Youth Festival
in Sofia, Bulgaria (28 July - 6 August 1968), arriving with
an American student group that had been touring Italy and
France.
2. KAYE and Carolyn ROTH were roommates at the
University of Wisconsin several years ago, living with Jackie
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3. KAYE and ROTH are not leaders and neither Itok an
active part in the Festival or in extra-curricular activities,
nor did they seem to have any contacts of intelligence .
significance. Both will be living in New York City next year.
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1, David KUO is American-born and claims American
citizenship. His parents.are Chinese who are now living e.APPliox
and working in Hong Kong. David is About 22 and has
Oriental features but does not look completely Oriental.
His address is 24.22_HoOcing_R90,_North_Vancouver.�BrWsh
Columbia�CAnalii-774 � he has beiirrirtfirtr ���;ripirir-s-iirce-49615 .
2. KUO has been traveling around the world and arrived
in Sofia, Bulgaria, in August 1968, after the end of the
Ninth World Youth Festival. He had traveled from Tokyo to
Helsinki, Finland, crossing the USSR by train, after sub-
mitting his itinerary to the USSR for approval. He was
traveling through Eastern Europe alone and was camping in. the
Sofia area.
3. KUO avoided divulging personal information and
shied sway from political discussions, confining his conversation
to sociological matters and to the various ways in which
people work. He proffered no information as to his source
of income. He appeared to be a "seeker of knowledge" rather
than a drop-out.
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SUBJECT: Rena LIEB aka LEIB
Participant in the Ninth World Youth Feltival
1. Rena LIEB attended the Ninth World Youth Festival in
Sofia, Bulgaria (28 July - 6 August 1968) but did not stay
with the American delegation. She had attended the University
of Wisconsin several years before that time and had worked
for the National Coordinating Committee to End the War in
Vietnam (NCC) at 420 West Washington Avenue, Madison, hisconsin.
2. In 1967 LIEB performed secretarial/clerical work for
a blood research project at either the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology or Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
This project was supported by funds from the U.S. Department
of the Navy. She has a tentative offer of a job with the Paris
office of International Business Machines. She was traveling
in Eastern Europe and on 7 August 1968 visited the American
Embassy in Sofia seeking information on the Republican nominee
for President of the U.S.
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SUBJECT: Worth and Tosie LONG
Participants in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Worth LONG, black, and Tosie LONG, white, who claimed
to be married, attended the Ninth World Youth Festival (28 July -
6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria. Worth LONG made some contacts
with members of the Biafran delegation at the Festival. The
LONGs were a quiet couple. They returned to the United States
via Aeroflot from Moscow, using the tickets of Ronnie LNU and
Annie LNU, who returned to the U.S. aboard the charter flight.
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StiJECT: Jeff MELISH aka MELICH
Participant in the Ninth World Youth Festival'
1. Jeff MELISII attended the Ninth World Youth Festival
(28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria. He wanted to
visit the USSR after the Festival but instead he spent four
days in Czechoslovakia. fle is from New York City.
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SUBJECT: Laurie OLSON and Lonnie SCHLEIN
Participants in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Laurie OLSON and Lonnie SCULEIN, who particjpated in
the Ninth World Youth Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968) in
Sofia, Bulgaria, were together frequently and visited the
Chinese Embassy in Sofia, where they were given a complete
set of the works of Mao Tse-tung. These books were confis-
cated by a Bulgarian in civilian clothes who stopped the cab
OLSON and SCHLEIN were taking to town. The Bulgarian gave
no reason for taking the books.
2. OLSON did not travel to Sofia with the official
American delegation. SCHLEIN was aboard the charter flight.
(Comment: OLSON may be spelled OLSEN.)
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SUBJECT: Charles ONAN
American Military Deserter in Sweden and Participant
in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. CharlesONANa deserter from the U.S. Marines living
in SwedOria-NTTITZZ-Ihe Ninth World Youth Festival in Sofia,
Buliiria (28 July - 6 August 1968) as a guest of the Festival
Tamittee and the Bulgarian Government.
2. OMAN, an orphan who grew up in Boystown,.Npbraska�
enlisted in the Marines and volunteered-fh-iii times for duty
in Viet Rair but, when he finally received his orders, he changed
his mind and deserted. He spoke with great sincerity and deep.
conviction, but without obvipus emotion, about his feelings.
He said that he. did not want to kill and, when he realized that
he had to kill, he desertedi. He commented on the insecurity,
dependent status, and changing political orientation of the
military deserters in Sweden. He said that the Marine Corps
would 'wipe out anything and anybody standing in its way in
Vietnam" but that the Army was not quite as "brutal." He
asserted that his "great awakening" came when he deserted and
that he was positive that he was doing the right thing.
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SUBJECT: Scarlet LNU
Participant in Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Scarlet LNU attended the Ninth World Youth Festival
(28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria. She became
quite friendly with one of the Bulgarian interpreters assigned
to the American delegation, Nicole LNU, and they were together
constantly during the last three days Scarlet was in Sofia,
6-8 August. They may have gone somewhere together after the
Festival. Scarlet is white, 23, and rather plain looking.
At one time she worked near Marianne BALDWIN, who also attended
the Festival. The two were acquainted but were not close friends.
(COMMENT:
a Scarlet
PATRICK attended the Festival.)
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SUBJECT: Sally PEW
Participant in Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Sally PEW attended the Ninth World Youth Festival in
Sof.La, Bulgaria (28 July - 6 August 1968) as a representative
arri.4v.,_1 agyjamatAric F444 a l_eftist front group in
aliff0-itla. She mingled freely with the American delegates
at the Festival and had a date with Nicole LNU, one of the
Bulgarian interpreters assigned to the American delegation.
She was seeking an invitation to visit the USSR after the
Festival as a member of the press.
2. She said that she had a friend in Sofia, Dimiter
Muir? who asked her to bring some of her Ameriali�FMnds
137TTaa visit. PHILIPOV lived at St. Dimo_H. Dimov 10
Sofia, and his telephone number war-S-2-89-52.
3. :PEW is 22 years old, has long straight brown hair,
fair skin, lovely features, and a full figure. She needed
no make-up.
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SUBJECT: John PICCIANO
American Military Deserter in Sweden and Participant
in Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Johnt�jQ, an Army deserter living in Sweden,
attended t e Ninth World Youth Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria,
(28 July - 6 August 1968) as a guest of the Festival Com-
mittee and the Bulgarian Government.
2. PICCIANO deserted from Fort Dix, New Jersey with
three-months' advance pay in his pocket. On 16 September 1967,
after traveling around for a while, he went to Vancouver,
British _Columbia, Canada. He still had his passport and money
at that-time.
3. PICCIANO had started reading about the war in Vietnam
while he was in high school and received copies of the Vietnam
Courier, printed in Hanoi. He never attended political meetings
or demonstrations and made his own decision to desert.
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SUBJECT: Mr. and Mrs. FNU RABINOWITZ
Participants in Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Mr. and Mrs. FNU RABINOWITZ and another couple,
names unknown, attended the Ninth World Youth Festival
(28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria, and planned
to visit the Black Sea after the Festival. Both couples were
in their 30's and both men wore beards that ringed their
mouths. Each couple had a young son, one named James and
the other Shawn. One of the couples was from New York State.
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SUBJECT: James RATONDA aka ROTUNDA or ROTUNTA (phonetic)
Participant in Ninth World Youth Festival
1. James RATONDA traveled to the Ninth World Youth
Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968) aboard the charter flight
from New York City. He is white, 22, and lives in New Jersey.
Both of his parents were born in Italy. He is very quiet.
He roomed with Alexander REFREGIER and Kenneth SIMPSON at
the Festival.
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SUBJECT: Alexander (Alec) and Bridget REFREGIER aka REFRUGIER
or REFRIGIER (phonetic)
Participants in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Alexander REFREGIER attended the Ninth World Youth
Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria. His
sister, Bridget REFREGIER also attended the Festival, arriving
from Italy and returning there afterwards. She did not seem
to be doing anything particular in Italy.
2. Alexander REFREGIER, an 18-year-old white student,
5'6" tall and weighing 120 pounds, has long blond hair. His
sister is 20 years old. Their father is a professional artist,
Anton REFREGIER.
3. Alexander REFREGIER was acquainted with a M S' -
who lives near the Alexander Nevski Church in Sofia. ohe a
bought one of his father's paintings for 60 leva.
4. REFREGIER shared a room with Kenneth SIMPSON and James
RATONDA at the Festival.
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SUBJECT: Andy ROGERS
Participant in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Andy ROGERS traveled to the Ninth World youth
Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968) on his own and 'Was
trying to visit the USSR.
2. Ho attended a joint meeting of the American and
Vietnamese delegations and protested when some Americans
decided to leave before the program ended. He obviously looked
up to the Communists and did not want the Vietnamese to be
offended by having people walk out on their program.
S. ROGERS is 21, white, and has red hair and a full
beard.
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SUBJECT: Carolyn ROTH
Participant in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Carolyn ROTH attended the Ninth World Youth Festival
in Sofia, Bulgaria, (28 July - 6 August 1968), arriving with
an American student group that had been traveling in Italy
and France.
2. ROTH and Julie KAYE were roommates at the University
of Wisconsin several years ago, living with (bX6)
at 416 West Washington Avenue, Madison, WiscCiiiIii.---TatliVEYW--
active in the National Coordinating Committee to End the War
in Vietnam (NCC), 420 West Washington Avenue, Madison, Wiscon-
sin.
3. ROTH and KAYE are not leaders and neither took an
activ-e part in the Festival or in extra-curricular actiyities,
nor did they seem to have any contacts of intelligence sig-
nificance. Both will be living in New York City next year.
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SUBJECT: David and Elizabeth SHACKETT aka SHAKETT (phonetic)
Participants in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. David and Elizabeth SHACKETT attended the,Ninth World
Youth Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria, %wits
and probably visited the USSR after ;he Festival. On the ,
morning of 10 August a Mrs. Mila fraTIERsicA walked into the.
American housing area and Ardifeirriurfiirent�tle SHACKETTs.
She was about 70 years old and spoke English, which she said
she had learned in school. She wanted to exchange correspondence
with Americans so that she could maintain her ability to write
English. Ker_gslares isiglAaargsRleau,Lt124
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$3,000 which they planned to use traveling around the world.
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SUBJECT: Mark SHAPIRO
American Military Deserter in Sweden and PArticipant
in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. , an Army deserter living in Sweden,
attended Ninth World Youth Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria
(28 July - 6 August 1968) at the invitation of the Festival
Committee and the Bulgarian Government. He and Bill JONES,
another deserter, staged a sit-in at the American Embassy
in Stockholm on 4 July 1968, for which they were arrested.
Released on bail, they violated their parole by traveling
outside of Sweden to attend the Festival. SHAPIRO fears
arrest if he returns to Sweden.
2% SHAPIRO, a native of Minnesota, had spent one year
in Vietnam and was slated for return there when he deserted.
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SWIJECT: Sharon SHAPIRO
Participant in Ninth Korld Youth Festival
1. Sharon SHAPIRO traveled to the Ninth World Youth
Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria aboard
the charter flight from New�York City. She is from the New
York City area and was seen off at the airport by her obviously
Jewish parents. She is probably a member of the Young Com-
munist League. She roomed with Sharon XAHKONEN and Carol
STORY at the Festival. She is not known to be related to
Mark SHAPIRO, one of the American military deserters attending
the Festival.
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SUBJECT: Kenneth SIMPSON
Participant in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Kenneth SIMPSON attended the Ninth World Youth
Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria,
arriving on the charter flight from New York.
2. SIMPSON is black, about 25 years old, 5'6" tall,
and weighs about 115 pounds. His address is Canfield Street,
Houston, Texas. He works but also attends summer schools
and has attended either the Texas Christian University or
Southern Methodist University. He tried to form a SNIC group
at whichever university he attended, but this was prohibited
so he founded an Afro-American Society. He is a member of the
Du Bois Club.
3. During an evening discussion about 2 August SIMPSON
indicated that he hoped that George WALLACE would be elected
President of the U.S., as this would "speed the revolution"
because the people of the U.S. would not "tolerate WALLACE"
as president. Asked about Richard NIXON, SIMPSON stated,
"If he is elected, I'll kill him (by gun)." When those present
showed consternation, SIMPSON reiterated his statement. He
sounded quite serious.
4. SIMPSON was sensitive over references to his race
as "colored" instead of "black."
S. He shared a room with Alexander REFRIGIER and James
RATONDA at the Festival.
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SUBJECT: Carol STORY aka STOREY
Participant in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Carol STORY traveled to the World Youth Festival
(28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria, aboard the
charter flight. She lives in Cleveland, Ohio, where she has
studied drama, and she may be a member of the Du Bois Club
in Cleveland. She is about 22, blond, and extremely fat.
She left Sofia on 8 August to visit the museums in Vienna
before picking up the charter flight in Prague for the return
trip to New York. She roomed with Sharon SHAPIRO and Sharon
KAHKONEN:at the Festival.
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SUBJECT: Mindy THOMPSON
Participant in Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Mindy THOMPSON attended the Ninth World Youth
Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria.
She is 17, appears to be mulatto, and is interested in the
union movement.
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SUBJECT: Richard TOMCHAK aka TOMCZAK
American with Kiev University Delegation to Ninth
World Youth Festival
1. Richard TOMCHAK aka TOMCZAK attended the Ninth World
Youth Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria (28 July - 6 August 1968).
He arrived with a delegation of students from the University
of Kiev but lived with the American delegation.
2. TOMCHAK, an American citizen, is studying at the
University of Kiev under a five-year program sponsored by a
Slovak organization in the United States. He was just com-
pleting his first year of study at the time of the Festival.
He is studying Soviet philology and has lectures in both the
Russian and Ukranian languages. He hopes to teach in an
American University following completion of his studies.
S. TOMCHAK was tight-mouthed about his background and
made no reference to his life in the United States. He is
about 20 years old, has black hair, and the appearance of
a clean-cut American.
4. He gave his address as: SSSR-USSR
Kiev-37
�Ulitza Prosvegheniya #4
Obsheghitie Kiev State University
(KGU) #2
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SUBJECT: Jarvis TYNER
Head of the American Delegation to the Ninth
World Youth Festival
1. Jarvis TYNER, black, is president of the Du 'Bois
Clubs of America, with offices in New York City. TYNER,
who was in charge of the American delegation, arrived in
Sofia, Bulgaria, before the opening of the Ninth World
Youth Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968) and, with his
assistant, Caroline BLACK, met the American delegates
arriving on the 27 July charter flight from New York City.
TYNER worked closely with BLACK. TYNER had a car and chauffeur
at his disposal. TYNER and BLACK were leaders of the American
Preparatory Committee for the Festival and TYNER attended many
meetings of the International Preparatory Committee for the
Festival. He had visited the USSR several months prior to
the opening of the Festival.
2. TYNER attended the ceremonies opening the Vietnam
Solidarity Center on 29 July.
3. TYNER was criticized for his lack of organizational
ability in connection with the Festival and also for his
ineffectiveness as a public speaker.
4. TYNER was somewhat sympathetic to the complaint of
American delegates over the lack of post-Festival plans, and,
in at least one instance, refunded a portion of the 582.50
paid for the package deal. He maintained, however, that there
was no promise on the part of the Du Bois Clubs for a prepaid
post-Festival tour of Bulgaria.
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SUWECT: Martha VELLNER
Participant in Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Martha VELLNER (phonetic) and her two sisters, one
of whom is named Elizabeth, attended the Ninth World Youth
Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria. The
three visited Prague after the Festival. They are between
18 and 24 years of age.
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SUBJECT: Walter WOODS
American Military Deserter in Sweden and Participant
in Ninth World Youth Festival
1. lialtei="\igDS, a U.S. Army deserter living in Sweden,
attended the krnth trilld Youth Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria,
(28 July - 6 August 1968), as a guest of the Festival Committee
and the Bulgarian Governmentl.
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2. WOODS, a 20-year old Negro, was'torn in New Drittana.,
Louisiana, and had lived for 15 years in Los Angeles, California.
rre'was a draftee who found 1.!t impossible to accomplish anything
effective in the Army and did not wish to waste his time in
jail; therefore, he deserted. He is studying the Swedish language.
He wants to become a teacher and to help the black people. He
hopes for an amnesty or pardon so that he can return to the
United States and teach in the ghetto areas. If he cannot return
to the United States and help the black people there, he may go
to Africa.
3. During a 1 August meeting of some members of the
American delegation with the deserters, Marianne BALDWIN, of
the American delegation, was quite hostile and asked numerous
questions of WOODS.
4. WOODS could become a black militant leader because he
has become increasingly incensed over the fact that the war
in Vietnam is preventing him from achieving his goals-in life.
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SUBJECT: Alan YOUNG and Fred KLONSKY
Participants in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Alan YOUNG and Fred KLONSKY attended the Ninth World
Youth Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria.
YOUNG is press representative of the Liberation News Service
(LNS), the best-organized left-wing news service in the
United States. He was covering the Festival for LNS. KLONSKY
is a well-known leader of the Students for a Democratic Society
(SDS) movement in the United States.
2. YOUNG and KLONSKY tried to enlist the support of the
American delegation for a "spontaneous" demonstration at the
American Embassy in Sofia on Vietnam Day. YOUNG and KLONSKY
were the only two Americans known to have participated in this
aborted demonstration, which was organized by4adatfori-best
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3. YOUNG is 24, intelligent, refined, and an intellectual
leftist. He is an excellent linguist and speaks both Italian
and Spanish fluently. He is not an emotional leader, but is
an accomplished writer. He met with the Italian delegation
and was seen with some foreign women who appeared to be Spanish.
He attended the meeting of the American delegation with the
American military deserters attending the Festival. He was
planning to visit the USSR before returning to the United
States in September 1968.
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SU4JECT: :lulgarian Interpreters Assigned to the American
Delegation to the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. The Bulgarians listed below, last names unknown, were
interpreters assigned to the American delegation to the Ninth
World Youth Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The interpreters were between 21 and 25 years of age,
2. Bmil,.the chief interpreter, said that he 145-S graduated
a few years ago from the Harvard University School of Interna-
tional Marketing (or the International Marketing Institute at
Harvard University) and hoped to return to the United States
soon. He had volunteered for the interpreting job and would
receive no pay for his services. He said that Bulgaria was
a long way from Communism and that it will take several genera-
tions for the people to develop the correct spirit. He fully
expects the time to come when each man will contribute his
utmost and the State will satisfy all of his needs. He admitted
that he had two cars and, for this reason, he considered him-
self selfish.
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Em.
3. Nicole, 23, is a political science major and is about
to complete his schooling. He hopes to enter the Bulgarian
foreign service and eventually come to the United States. He
said that he had been separated from his I9-year old wife since
May 1968 and was hoping that the separation would help mold her
to his pattern. He spent much of his time with the women of
the American delegation.
4. Mino (accented on last syllable) said he is a chemistry
student and will work in a chemical plant until 1969. He
learned English in school.
S. Sanya, one of three female interpreters, said she is
a student and lives with her parents in Sofia. The girls were
quiet, unfriendly, and apparently serving as interpreters because
they were ordered to do so. Sanya complained of the long hours,
admitting that she retired at 0200 hours and had to arise at
0600 hours.
6. Another male interpreter, both names unknown, was in
the tobacco business and was frequently absent because he was
attending conferences, one of which was in Plovdiv. He was
short, fat, in his 40's, and resembled Khrushchev.
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Allgarian Contacting an American Participant in the
ivorld Youth Festival
1. Nicola LNU was at the Vinzavod, a wine-bottling plant
outside of Sofia, Bulgaria, about 30 July or 1 August 1968,
when the American delegation to the Ninth World Youth. Festival
visited the plant. He struck up a conversation with one of the
delegation members, stating he wished to practice his English.
He said that he wanted to visit the United States and was
awaiting a visa. He indicated that he would be working for the
Bulgarian Government in Washington, D.C.
2. Kola is about 38 or 40 years old, 5'9" tall, has black
hair, and is of medium build, weighing from 155 to 160 pounds.
He is from the seaport of Varna on the Black Sea, is married
and has two children, a boy of 15 and a girl of 8. His English
is quite limited as he has studied for only six months. He
was unable to engage in a meaningful conversation. He finally
admitted he was in the Bulgarian diplomatic service, but below
the rank of Ambassador. He seemed to lack foreign-language
ability, other than his limited knowledge of English. He
appeared quite naive, particularly in his questions concerning
prices, living conditions, and schooling in the Washington, D.C.
area. He was friendly and was quite proper in his behavior,
asking no provocative questions. He said that he worked in a
government office in Sofia and spent the weekends with his family.
3. Kola met the delegation member at the American Housing
Area the following morning, by arrangement, and the two went
shopping. Kola bought $10 to $15 worth of gifts for the
delegation member and his family, including a wooden half-liter
flask and an embroidered handkerchief. Most of the purchases
were bought in ZUM, the Bulgarian State Store and Kola pocketed
receipts for each purchase.
4. Kola did not meet with the delegation member again, but
took his name and address in the United States and said he hoped
to contact him there.
5. None of the Bulgarian interpreters admitted knowing Kola.
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SUBJECT: Mrs. Milka P. MILERSKA
Bulgarian Contacting Americans at Ninth World
Youth Festival
1. Mr ,:n_MTLBRIp--eicie;ed the area where the
American dIatioIIV�Virginib World Youth Festival was
housed on the morning of 10 August 1968 and started a con-
versation with David and Elizabeth SHACKETT. She said that
she had met other Americans during the Festival, but did
not mention any names. She is about 70 years old and said
that she had learned English in school and corresponded with
a relative in Kansas City, Missouri, whose name she did not
provide. She wanted to write to Americans to practice her
written English and gave the following as her address:
Boulevard "9 September" #124 (1,2,3,), Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Bulgarian Friend of an American Participant in the
Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Sally PEW, representative of American Documentary
Films at the World Youth Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968),
said that she had a friend in Sofia, 14r4tle_ PI I
asked her to bring some of her Americiii'rFlen o a
visit. She gave his address as: St. Dimo H. Dimov 10,
Sofia; telephone, 52-89-52.
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SUBJECT: Richard ALEXINOV aka ALEXIGOV (phonetic)
RIEMTWTFONT Rerorter Attending Ninth World 'youth
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1. Richard'ALEXINOV, a Soviet, is employed by Moscow
News and attended the Ninth Norld Youth -Festival .(28 July -
6-KUgust 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria, as a reporter. He is
between 35 and 40 years of age, has black hair, a medium-
ruddy complexion, and is of Imedium build. He admitted that
he was born in London and seoke with a decided British accent.
He was Wearing the official oviet Festival uniform.
2. He had a brief, SO-Minute, conversation with several
members of the American delegation during an evening spectacle
early in the Festival. Americans participating in the con-
versation included Kenneth and Barbara GREEN and Neil LNU,
No addresses were exchanged during the conversation.
3. In response to a question from Neil, ALEXINOV said
that, as Czechoslovakia progressed from Socialism to Communism,
certain latent Capitalistic tendencies became evident. He
stated that the Soviets felt that too much capitalism had
become apparent.
4. He admitted having heard of Gil GREEN, noted Com-
munist author and Kenneth GREEN said that Gil was his uncle.
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SUBJECT: Valeri SHADOV
SZVIii-Tarticipant in Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Valeri SHADOV attended the Ninth World Youth Festival
(28 - 6 August 1968) as a member of the Soviet contingent.
He exchanged addresses with a member of the American delegation
while they were waiting for the opening parade to form on the
afternoon of 28 July. He suggested that the American contact
him if he was able to visit Moscow. SHADOV said he was a stu-
dent in Moscow, and gave the following as his address: Moscow_,
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SUBJECT: Kathryn M. HESKETH
British Participant in Ninth World Youth Festival
1. K thr n M. HESKETU attended the Ninth World Youth
Festival (2 u y - ugust 1968) as a member of the British
delegation. She is a "yoting liberal" and a member of Students
for a Democratic Society. She works as a florist. Her
address is: /3 Powis Court, Yowls Villasx. Brighton 1 Sussex,
Euland.
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SUBJECT: Kenneth J. and Barbara GREEN
Participants in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Kenneth J. and Barbara GREEN attended the World
Youth Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria.
They talked for about 30 minutes with R C LEINV
Moscow News reporter, during an evenin pec
the Festival. The Soviet gave them pins. Kenneth is a
nephew of Gil GREEN, a noted Communist author, and is a
shoe salesman. After the Festival, the GREENs went to the
Black Sea with one of the Bulgarian interpreters assigned
to the American delegation. They live in New York City.
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SUBJECT: Ronnie LNU (possibly identical with Ronnie HELLER)
Participant in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Ronnie LNU, who may be identical with Ronnie HELLER,
and her close friend, Annie LNU, traveled to the Ninth World
Youth Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968) via Soviet Aeroflot
and_ reached Sofia, Bulgaria, from Moscow. The two girls
visited the Black Sea for four days after the Festival, and
returned to New York aboard the charter flight, having given
their Aeroflot tickets to Worth and Tosie LONG. Ronnie said
that she had a $200 emergency fund but did not consider this
as living off of her parents. Both girls are college students.
2. The :two girls told Alexander REFRECIER that they
knew a Mrs...A4ANS1( in Sof a and that Mrs, PLENSK1 wanted
REFRECIER to return er um sella and pick up 60 leva she
owed in payment for one of 4is father's paintings.
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SUBJECT: Alan JEHLEN and Kitty BERNICK
Participants in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Alan JEHLEN and Kitty BERNICK, who were living
together, hitch-hiked from Athens to Sofia, Bulgaria, to
attend the Ninth World Youth Festival (28 July - 6 August
1968). JEHLEN is a psychology student at Harvard University.
BERNICK is from Chicago and at one time was national secre-
tary of the Du Bois Clubs.
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SUBJECT: David GOTTLIEB
Press Relations Officer for American Military Deserters
Attending the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. David GOTTLIEB handled press relations foi7..the U.S.
military deserters in Sweden who attended the Ninth World
Youth Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria.
GOTTLIEB is white and is not a deserter.
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SUBJECT: Mark and Barbara GORDON
Participants in Ninth World Youth Festival
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1. Mark and Barbara GORDON attended the Ninth World
Youth Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria.
They are white and in their early 20's.
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SUBJECT: Ina GORDON
Participant in Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Ina GORDON attended the Ninth World Youth Festival
(28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria. She did not
return to the United States aboard the charter flight op
14 August 1968. She was a graduate student of library science
at the University of Wisconsin several years ago and was a
friend of Mike EISENSCHER in Milwaukee.
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SUBJECT: Dr. Richard GOODLIT (phonetic)
Member of World Council of Peace attending. the
Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Dr. Richard GOODLIT and his son Jerry, both of whom
are with the World Council of Peace, attended the Ninth World
Youth Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria.
They stayed in the Hotel Pliska. They were contacted by
Glenn LNU of the American delegation who was trying to enlist
the support of the Soviet-American Friendship Committee in
arranging a trip to the USSR after the Festival.
(COMMENT: Dr.
canton Benjamin GOODLET, member of the
Presidential Committee of the World Council
of Peace.)
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SUBJECT: Mike GOLD
Participant in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Mike GOLD attended the Ninth World Youth Festival
(28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is white,
21, and was hitch-hiking around Europe. He stayed in the
Youth Hostel in Sofia. He was disinterested in political
matters. His address is 34 Linden Terrace, Leonia, New
Jersey.; telephone, 947-2556.
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SUBJECT: Keith and Phyllis GLICK
Participants in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Keith and Phyllis GLICK are white, married,�andlive
in San Francisco. They attended the Ninth World Youth Festival
in Sofia, Bulgaria (28 July - 6 August 1968), and traveled
in the USSR for several weeks after the Festival.
2. Keith GLICK, a longshoreman, told his union boss that
he was going to take his vacation and attend the Festival.
lie is an obvious sympathizer with the Communist Party and of
its efforts within the union movement, and is probably involved
with the Socialist Workers' Party.
3. The GLICKs were not known to have had any contact with
the ALEXANDERs during the Festival, although both families
were from San Francisco.
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American Military Deserter in Sweden and Participant
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1. Steve GERSHADER is a U.S. Army deserter who has been
living in Sweden since May 1968. He attended the Ninth World
Youth Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria (28 July - 6 August 1968),
at the invitation of the Festival Committee and the Bulgarian
Government.
2. GERSHADER, a draftee, had expected to receive some
political education in the Army but remained uninformed and
no explanation was ever provided as to the Army's role in
Vietnam or the reason it was there. He felt that the Army
placed no value on his life and began reading material made
available by North Vietnam, the National Liberation Front, and
anti-war groups in the United States. He discovered sufficient
information in this material to cause him to be concerned over
his future, which led to his desertion. He denied that he
had been victimized by propaganda, claiming that he had sought
information on his own initiative and had reached his decision
on his own. He deserted "through the underground" but Commented
that 1t is possible to desert through the National Liberation
Front in Vietnam. He is presently "reinforcing his political
conscience and is finding reassurance." He claims that all
deserters are not knowledgeable of or believers in the Marxist
theory, maintaining that it is not necessary to be a Communist
in order to hate "the capitalistic way, the American way, and
the military way."
3. GERSHADER is very sincere in his feelings. He is a
pacifist who hates killing. He was open in stating that he
was finding reassurance and support from the leftists who are
teaching the deserters "about the world." He does not feel
at home in Sweden and does not wish to remain there the rest
of his life. He will return to the United States only if there
is a general amnesty or after a general revolution.
4. He attended helicopter school in February 1967.
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SUSJECT: Sarah DOLITTLE
Participant in Ninth World Youth Festival
Sarah DOLITTLE attended the Ninth World Youth Festival
(28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria, and remained
in Sofia with Jarvis TYNER and Caroline BLACK of the Du Bois
Clubs until the return charter flight to the United States
on 14 August. She is white, engaged, and will be married in
October 1968.
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Participant in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Cassandra DAVIS and Barbara Jean LNU, both black,
traveled to the Ninth World Youth Fair (28 July - 6 August
1968) together. Both were selected as part of a group of
eight or nine DU Bois Club members to tour the USSR for
several weeks after the Festival in response to a request
from the Soviets for such a group.
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SUBJECT: Leslie LNU
Participant in Ninth World Youth Festival
Leslie LNU attended the Ninth World Youth Festival
(28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria. She is
white, 21, a student, was traveling on her own, and
received money from her parents.
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American with the French Delegation to the Ninth
World Youth Festival
1. Tebbeth BROOKS aka MAILMAN attended the Ninth World
Youth Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria,
as part of the French delegation, and spent most of her time
with that delegation.
2. BROOKS, currently living in Paris, has been absent
from the United States for over a year. Her American passport
has expired and she feels that she will have some difficulty
in reentering the U.S. She was cautious in any statements
she made to Americans but did indicate that she has been
working covertl ,for the underground in Paris and is asso-
ciatedShe may leave 1F 1s or a ew weeks w th-thi, underground in
with th istance in The Arm fRIT.A9 group there.
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Frankfurt-am-Main. This activity is primarily concerned with
military deserter groups formed under ACT ("Act Now"). ACT
is a RITA publication. BROOKS was not-TE the Students for a
Democratic Society office in Frankfurt on 13 August.
BROOKS is a member of the Du Bois Clubs and paid
Jarvis TYNER, president, five dollars for her annual member-
ship card. The card was made out in the name of TEBBETH
MAILMAN but she signed her check as Tebbie BROOKS. She was
on friendly terms with TYNER and spent an evening in conver-
sation with him during the Festival.
4. She is between 25 and 30 years old, 5'3" or 5'4" tall,
has black hair, brown eyes, weighs 95 pounds, is very slim, and
gives the appearance of a very small person. She is married.
She seems to have quite a bit of money and reportedly spent
a $200 donation to some organization in the United States. She
speaks excellent French.
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SUBJECT: Caroline BLACK
Delegate to Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Caroline BLACK is assistant to Jarvis TYNER, president
of the Du Bois Clubs of America, with offices in New York City.
2. BLACK went to Sofia, Bulgaria, prior to the .-4en1ng
of the Ninth World Youth Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968)
to assist TYNER in preparations for the Festival. She and
TYNER served as leaders of the American Preparatory Committee
for the Festival.
3. BLACK is black and is highly emotional, resorting to
profanity when she becomes upset. She made a very poor
impression during the several meetings of the delegation
she chaired when TYNER was absent. She apologized for her
inability to handle meetings, stating that TYNER was called
away on Festival business. She made it clear that she would
tolerate no disruptive or divisive influence in the American
delegation during these meetings, stating that she would be
held responsible if anything went wrong. She was emphatic-
in stating that the American military deserters attending the
Festival were not connected in any way with the American
delegation.
4. During a meeting of the American delegation on the
afternoon of 28 July, Students for a Democratic Society (SAS)
delegates accused BLACK of being overly partial to Du Bois
Club de1egare3. BLACK called the SAS delegates racists who
opposed her and TYNER because they were both black.
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SUILJECT: Marianne BALDWIN
Participant in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Marianne BALDWIN attended the Ninth World Youth
Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria (28 July-6 August 1968), during
which she spent quite a lot of money. She returned to the
United States aboard the chartered flight on 15 August.
2. During a meeting with a group of American deserters
living in Sweden who attended the Festival, BALDWIN seemed
quite hostile and asked numerous questions of one of the
deserters, W 1 r s ----Some of her comments during the
Festival in 1 e she might be pro-American. She was
frequently drunk and tended to disrupt meetings on these
occasions. She was accused of having been sent by CIA to
spoil the Festival.
3. She lives at 213 Vassar Avenue, Newark, New Jersey.
About 28 years old, she is a divorcee with two children. She
is quite dark complected. She claimed to be a dental plate
technician, working only eight to ten months of the year.
She reportedly quit her job when she left to attend the
Festival.
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Participant in the Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Kenneth BAILEY attended the Ninth World Youth Festival
(28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria, and probably
visited the USSR after the Festival. Me is a Black Militant
and a member of the Du Bois Clubs.
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SUBJECT: Franklin and Kendra ALEXANDER
Delegates to Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Franklin ALEXANDER was former president of the Du Bois
Clubs of America and is a brother of Mrs. fnu MITCHELL, U.S.
Communist Party (CPUSA) candidate for U.S. President. The
ALEXANDERs attended the Ninth World Youth Festival in Sofia,
Bulgaria (28 July - 6 August 1968), as representatives of the
CPUSA. The ALEXANDERs appeared to be on their own during
most of the Festival and probably visited the USSR either
before or after the Festival. They flew directly from Copen-
hagen to San Francisco on 15 August, instead of transiting
New York City.
2. The ALEXANDERs are black and are married. They
formerly lived in Chicago but are now residents of San Francisco.
He is intelligent, impressive, a good organizer, a fine,
emotiowal speaker, and has a good sense of humor. He has
modified African "bush" haircut.
3. The ALEXANDERs probably would go along with Jarvis
TYNER, who replaced Franklin as president of the Du Bois Clubs
of America, and Caroline BLACK, TYNER's assistant, who maintain
that white people have a built-in sense of racism.
4. Kendra ALEXANDER stated during a meeting of the
American and Vietnamese delegations (31 July) that the black
and white men must join in opposing war and racism, both of
which result from the evils of capitalism as it is found in
the United States.
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SUBJECT: Neil LNU
Participant in Ninth World Youth Festival
1. Neil LNU attended the Ninth World Youth Festival
(28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is a
white revolutionary from Hawaii who hitch-hiked to the
Festival. He has been traveling around the world and had
been on his way for six months. He had long hair and a long
beard and resembled Beethoven. He dressed neatly and was
not a hippie.
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ABERCROMBIE from Hawaii attended the
Festival.)
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SUBJECT: Glenn LNU
Participant in Ninth World Youth Festival �
1. Glenn LNU attended the Ninth World Youth Festival
(28 July - 6 August 1968) in Sofia, Bulgaria. He wanted to
visit the USSR after the Festival and contacted Dr. GOODLIT
(phonetic) of the World Council of Peace, seeking support
from the Soviet-American Friendship Committee for his trip.
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1. The American contingent to the Ninth World Youth
Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968)in Sofia, Bulgaria, com-
prised 85 delegates. A group of 10 delegates left New lork
on 23 July aboard a Soviet Aeroflot plane, arriving in Sofia
via Moscow. Twenty-one delegates left New York on 25 July
aboard a Scandinavian Air Lines plane, changing in Copenhagen
to a Bulgarian Air Lines flight, and reaching Sofia on 27 July.
This charter flight was sponsored by the Du Bois Clubs o
America:and was arranged by Euge 0' OURNOUR, aka Gene TOURNOR,
of New lork City.ff 'The 45 other American delegates, primarily
members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and those
opposing the war in Vietnam, arrived separately, either with
student groups traveling in Europe or individually. Six
American military deserters living in Sweden attended as guests
of the Festival Committee and the Bulgarian Government, with
all expenses paid by the Bulgarian Government. They were not
considered part of the American delegation.
2. The group of 21 was met at the Sofia airport by Jarvis
TYNER, president of the Du Bois Clubs of America, and his
assistant, Caroline BLACK, both of whom had gone to Sofia earlier
to participate in Festival preparations. Student delegates from
Uruguay were aboard the same plane.
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3. Festival officials were disappointed that the 300
expected delegates from the United States had not turned up,
particularly in view of the fact that 400 had attended the
affair in Helsinki. The officials were curious as to whether
this indicated that the youth movement had lost support in
the United States or whether it was becoming better organized
and therefore more exclusive. TYNER explained that organization
of the movement had improved and that standards were higher.
No Festival applications had been sent to either Harvard or
Stanford Universities, which had sent large contingents to
previous Festivals, because many of,those from these schools
had proved to be disruptive Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
plants. During a discussion of the youth movement in the
United States with a Bulgarian Youth representative on 4 August,
the disorganized state of the American youth movement was
brought out, along with the competing roles of the SDS and the
Du Bois Clubs for leadership of the socialist movement in the
United States. Strategy and tactics of youth groups was also
discussed.
4. A meeting of the American delegation on the afternoon
of 28 July was attended by about 65 persons and was primarily
concerned with such administrative problems as issuance of meal
tickets, issuance of Festival passes in exchange for passports,
payment of fees by those arriving separately from the tour grou
etc. Several were excluded from the delegation because theirfe
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had not been paid. The meeting was chaired by Caroline BLACK,
because TYNER was occupied with other Festival business. BLACK
claimed that some reactionaries were present and expressed her
fear that CIA people might also be present; for this reason,
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she would decide who would live in the housing area with the
delegation. SDS delegates :most of whom had arrived separately,
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challenged her from the floor, accusing her of being partial to
Du Bois Club delegates. BLACK then labeled the SDS delegates
racists who opposed both her and TYNER because they were black.
S. No American delegates were accused openly of being CIA
spies, although Du Bois Club literature from the University of
Wisconsin and the Festival press organ emphasized that CIA was
out to destroy the Festival. There was such a paranoid fear of
CIA actions that late American arrivals were suspected of being
with the CIA and were therefore not allowed to join the American
delegation. One of these was a Quaker pacifist who requested
housing with the delegation and was turned down by BLACK, who
accused him of being from the CIA.
6. Some bearded American hippies were prevented from
entering Bulgaria and were forced to camp outside the country
until they washed and shaved. American hippies and other similar
types were reportedly being kept out of Bulgaria as an excuse
for preventing unkempt Czech students from entering the country
because it was feared that the Czech students would cause trouble
at the Festival. The Bulgarian News Service released an English
language item picturing the Czech students.
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7. The press representative of Liberation News Service,
Alan YOUNG, gave American delegates pins inscribed, "I am an
AMLRICONG." Festival activities were also covered by Sally
PEW, who represented American Documentary Films, a leftist
front group in California.
8. American delegates expressed their dissatisfaction
on several occasions over the failure of TYNER and BLACK to
provide adequate leadership. One of these occasions was an
interdelegation meeting on 29 July, when the Americans were
generally upset over the endless delays, over-all disorganization
and long meaningless speeches, each of which had to be translated.
TYNER's ineffectiveness as a speaker increased their irritation
at this time. Another occasion was on the afternoon of 4 August
during a meeting with the seven Bulgarian interpreters assigned
to the delegation and a Bulgarian Youth representative to discuss
post-Festival activities. No formal tour of Bulgaria had been
arranged, although such a trip had been implied in the $82.50
package deal for Americans attending the Festival. Each delegate
had to make his own arrangements for the week between the closing
of the Festival and the departure of the charter flight from
Sofia on 14 August, and had to finance himself during this period.
TYNER and BLACK maintained that there had been no promise of a
week's tour of Bulgaria for the Du Bois Club members at no extra
cost. The American delegates asserted that a great deal of time
had been lost at the Festival due to the failure of TYNER and
BLACK to make appropriate lans and arrangements in advance.
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Most of the American delegates found the Festival generally
successful because it had accomplished the aims for which
it was created - "peace, solidarity, and friendship" - but
claimed that this had been possible only through, the individual
efforts of the delegates and not because of demonstrated abiliij
on the part of the leaders. Some delegates, however, said that
they did not feel that the Festival was woyth the $500 it had
cost them.
9. The Festival opened officially on 28 July and there was
a parade of all delegations through Sofia that afternoon. It
was dark when the parading elements entered the Nevski Stadium,
which was packed with 75,000 people and fully equipped with
modern lighting. Ceremonies, including dances and other spectacl
by 17,000 Bulgarian students, lasted until midnight. Only the
Soviet, Bulgarian, North Vietnamese, and American delegations
received the "red card" treatment from the crowd. The American
delegates had no flag, were poorly dressed, did not march in
step, carried a small sign reading "USA-CAW," and, in general,
made a poor showing, but were greeted enthusiastically when
then they entered the stadium. There were cheers of "Kennedy,
Kennedy." Bulgarians explained that this was because Kennedy
was the only American political figure that the Bulgarian press
had presented to the people in a sympathetic light.
10. On 1 August 15 American delegates met with the U.S.
military deserters living in Sweden who were attending the Festival.
The,deserters were Bill JONES, who has been acting as spokesman,
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Steve GERSHADER, Charles ONAN, John PICCIANO, Walter WOODS,
and Nark SHAPIRO. David GOTTLIEB, press representative of the
deserters, stated that no secrets would be revealed by the
deserters and that they would only provide informai'ion normally
given out at any press conference. Each deserter made a state-
ment explaining his situation and beliefs. This was followed
by a short question and answer session. The deserters seemed to
have their own individual psychological and behavioral problems.
They appeared generally agreed that they had never felt so clear
in their thinking; that they found it impossible to kill; were
pacifists; believed that war in general was immoral and that
American participation in the war in Vietnam was illegal; and
that they had no immediate plans or goals but all wanted to return
to the United States eventually, either under an amnesty or after
a revolution. They maintained that they were mixed up in their
minds at the time of induction into service but that this had
ended with desertion and that they finally were able to see issues
clearly for the first time. They were quite friendly and one of
them spent the night with the American delegation'. During the
meeting Marianne BALDWIN, one of the American delegates, seemed
quite hostile and asked numerous questions of Walter WOODS. The
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11. Two trips were taken by the American delegation, one of
which was a tour of the Vinzavod, a wine-bottling plant outside
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the plant and in hosting a banquet lavish with food and wine.
Additional bottles of wine were presented to the Americans when
they boarded the bus for the return to Sofia. Thee workers had
contributed the money used to defray housing expenses for the
American delegation. The other trip was a mountain-climbing
expedition, with bag lunches eaten atop the mountain in the cold
and a two-hour descent to the bus in a driving rain.
12. Two members of the American delegation, Lonnie SCHLEIN
and Laurie OLSON, who visited the Chinese Embassy in Sofia, were
followed when they left by Bulgarian secret police who confis-
cated 'material picked up at the Embassy, including the complete
works of Mao Tse-tung. No reason was given for the confiscation.
13. None of the following were noted at the Festival: Joan
BAEZ, Avery BRUNDAGE, Cassius CLAY, Stokely CARMICHAEL, the
ROLLING STONES, CORE representatives, Louis VALDES' theater group,
or outstanding black American athletes boycotting the Olympic
Games.
14. There were rumors-of deep-seated dissension at the
international level. Some said that there was trouble because
revolutionaries could not Ilk and argue as they wished and that
the moderates were in control. Castro and Mao radicals found the
Soviet brand of Communism too conservative and insufficiently
revolutionary. They also classified the USSR as too capitalistic.
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arrive. There were two Canadian delegations, one of which was
from the Province of Quebec. There were rumors of fighting
within the West German delegation between members of Students
For a Democratic Society and other students. Some of the
Soviet 800-member delegation appeared fairly well along in year
to be classified as students; these delegates were uniformly
dressed and spoke English.
15. Most delegations seemed so totally preoccupied with
dissension within their ranks that they avoided contact with
other delegations. Contacts between Americans and other
delegates at the Festival were confined generally to exchanges
of greetings, exchanges of addresses, presentation of pins or
souvenirs, and the like - all on a more or less formal basis.
There was little interdelegation contact between American and
Soviet representatives and what little there was appeared to
be accidental. There appeared to be little or no socializing
among delegations, even though several ate at the same restaurants
le. Delegates from North Vietnam were very popular and
were cheered at parades and spectacles, but none spoke English
so interpreters were required for all contacts, which were there-
fore maintained on a very formal and impersonal basis. The 3/
July visit of the Americans to the Vietnamese delegation involved
numerous lengthy speeches by both sides, all of which had to be
translated. Among those speaking were two girls, one of whom said
that she had killed 18 Americans with 26 bullets and the other
of whom claimed that she had been tortured by having acid applied
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to her face and throat. Young Vietnamese, reported to be orphansi
were toasted for their courage in facing life without their parents,
who allegedly had been killed by napalm or other means of torture.
Kendra ALEXANDER, of the American delegation, said that blacks and
whites must join in opposing war and racism, both of which result
from the evils of capitalism as it is found in the United States.
The Vietnam Solidarity Center opened on 29 July to the accompaniment
of long speeches and gift donations. The British delegation
presented eight motor scooters and the Americans, two Nordmende
(German) shortwave radios, one for North Vietnam and the other
for the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam.
Exhibits included parts of American aircraft said to have been
shot down over North Vietnam and numerous propaganda photographs
some depicting what appeared to be hard-working North Vietnamese
and others showing troops said to be American pictured as engaging
in various types of purported atrocities. Other photographs
showed pointed bamboo stakes, barbed-wire traps, and booby traps.
A propaganda film on the war was entirely in the Vietnamese
language and was highly repetitious. The American delegation
donated blood for North Vietnam on two occasions, 18 delegates
on 29 July and 15 delegates on 5 August.
17. A meeting with the West German delegation scheduled
for 29 July never materialized.
18. At a meeting of the Lao and American delegations, the
Pathet Lao delegates presented rings allegedly made from aircraft
claimed to have been shot down oyer Laos. The figure "700" on
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the face of each ring reportedly represented the 700 American
aircraft claimed destroyed. Many Americans discarded the rings
subsequently as they maintained they found it distasteful to wear
a portion of aircraft that reportedly had brought death to so
many in Laos and North Vietnam. During this meeting TYNER said
that the black people in the United States were facing the same
struggle against white imperialists as the Pathet Lao and that
the blacks were fighting for the same cause and the same goals as
the Pathet Lao.
19. All delegations were housed in the Garishka subdivision
a new development that will be made available to the Bulgarian
working class. There were 102 apartments in each building, fully
equipped except for stoves. The apartment buildinse
constructed and both workmanship and materials seemed low in
quality. For the Festival, there were three beds in each bedroom
four in each dining room, and one in each kitchen. Maid service
was available during the Festival, as was free medical and dental
care. A special post office was set up to handle mail for the
delegation. Laundry was cheap and haircuts cost only $.25. The
American, Australian, and Argentine delegations ate at a restaurar
called Lebed on the Lake, five miles from the housing area.
20. Currency controls were strictly enforced. There were
no acts of hooliganism, there was no thievery, and there were
no arrests. No peaceful protests were permitted so there was
little occasion for the police to become active, but there was
no evidence of heavy-handedness or brutality on the part of
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21. The Festival closed on the evening of 6 August with
a huge demonstration in the stadium and prizes were awarded
to various delegations. Most delegates began leaving on 7
August, and only eight or nine members of the American delegation
remained in Sofia after that date. In response to a Soviet
request for a group of Du Bois Club members to visit the USSP,
TYNER selected eight black delegates to tour the USSR for two
or three weeks after the Festival. About 16 or 17 Americans
flew to Prague for sightseeing before boarding the return
charter flight from there on 15 August. Others went to the
USSR or to various places in Europe before returning to the
United States.
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SUBJECT: Cecile lq:DILLE
French Student Traveling in Germany
1. Cecile WEDILLE, a philology major at the Sorbonne in
Paris, was-visiting Munich and was staying at the Fremdenseim
on 11-12 August 1968. She said that, since her final examin-
ations had been postponed because of student unrest and she
could not obtain employment ,until her studies were finished,
she was spending the summer In Germany, studying and improving
her German language ability. 1 She is a very pretty girl and
has some knowledge of English. She said that she was living
at Jaegerstrasse 12A in Wurzburg for the summer and that her
address in France was: 53 Rue floche 92 Colombesi_Fxange.
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1. Karl WOLFF is head of the West German portion of
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), tilt:V./man-American
Committee for Peace in Vielzaw, located at WilhailiTalifferStrasse
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whose position lies somewhere between that of Castro and that
of Mao Tse-tung, and he is obviously hostile to the Soviet
position. He was leader of the aborted anti-American demonstratio
at the American Embassy in Sofia during the Ninth World Youth
Festival (28 July - 6 August 1968.) He was quite bitter over
the fact that the East German delegates had denounced him as
a "fiscist Goebbels" and because so few Americans participated
in the demonstration.
3. WOLFF plans to arrive in the United States in September
1968 to participate in a seminar at Columbia University sponsored
by the SDS. His travel plans are indefinite, as are his funding
arrangements and backing. He was hopeful of setting up other
meetings in the United States during his visit.
4. The SDS office seemed small, as did their budget. The
office contained old wooden desks and old manual typewriters.
All of the workers appeared to be absent on vacation.
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Atrtnahl nini a West Germany Portion of Students
For a Democratic Society
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1. Jerry HENNIGE, assistant to Karl WOLFF in the Students
for a Democratic Society movement in West Germany,--expects to
arrive in the United States in October 1968 and will be studying
for six months at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington,
D.C. He knows Art 1NASOb and others at the Institute.
HENNIGE is 35 years old, blond, 5'8" tall, weighs 170
pounds, is stocky, and has a vaguely defined U-shaped scar
on his left cheek. he is a revolutionary and is probably
more radical in his views than WASOW, who agrees with the leftist
position that work must be done within the structure of Western
institutions and who is pushing a Fourth Party (peace) candidate
for U.S. president.
hENNIGE speaks English well and on 13 August 1968 had
just returned from a visit to London.
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SUBJECT: Winfried HEINRICH
Young German Work&
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1. Winfried HEINRICH was in the car with a member of the
American delegation to the Ninth World Youth Festival while
the latter was traveling from Frankfurt to Hamburg after the
Festival. The car was provided by the Frankfurt Mitfahrer
Centrale on Moselstrasse. HEINRICH, 21, said he was a worker
and was returning from Switzerland, where he had been seeking
employment. He was returning home because he had spent all
of his money. He wanted to write to the American and gave his
address as: 2000 Hamburg, Warthestrasse 37* West Germany.
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SUBJECT: David MINOR
American Negro Traveling in Eastern Europe
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1. David MINOR, a Negro lawyer from Chicago, Illinois,
was in the airport at Copenhagen, Denmark, on 15 August 1968
awaiting a flight to Chicago. HINOR, between 45 and SO years
of age, had just completed a pleasure trip through Eastern
Europe, including Rumania.
2. MINOR said that he liked to be where the action was
going on and had been in Berlin when the Berlin Wall was
erected. He does not like rioting but is highly sympathetic
with the Negro fight for equality as he understands that Negroes
have no hope for the future with matters as they are in the
United States.
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