UNICEF INVESTIGATES REPORTS SOVIET EMPLOYE SOUGHT TO BUY MISSILE PARTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00475R000402850001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 13, 1966
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/12/20: CIA-RDP73-00475R000402850001-8
JAN 1 3 1966
UNICEF Investigates Reports Soviet Employe
Sought to Buy Missile Parts(
By SAM POPE BREWER ?
Special to The New York Times
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.,
Jan. 12 ? The _Un,ited....Nalions
Childr.eri;s?,,Fund bega.n. an, in-
vestigation.tonight into charges
that one of its Soviet employes
had tried to buy ..missile com-
ponehts.' that. are restricted by
the':UnIted States .for.security
reasons. ?
Vadim Isaltov, a, pi:mu:meat
officer ac-
cuSed: by: ,,Ner,sy.dealer
in , government equip-
Ment of having, tried to
bitrittirr7errirnvoq,Vb.le1es
anet2thei?J'esea.reV": "
'Leonard pstein, vice presi-
dent of the Trans-American
Machinery &
tiltor-
poration in Yale-non, N. JTITId
that he and the
?
company's president George
Yohrling, were approached in
June by Mr. Isakov. His work
for the agency involves buying
laboratory supplies. ,
After a visit to the Soviet
Union during the summer Mr.
Isakov returned in September,
Mr. Epstein said, with a de-
tailed list of equipment he
wanted for "a customer."
Say He Had Model Numbers'
Mr. Epstein said he and Mr.
Yohrling became suspicious be-
cause of Mr. Isakov's evident
ignorance about the use of the
equipment, although he had de-
tailed information on numbers
and manufacturers.
The businessmen reported
their suspicions to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and
said that they had continued been committed but said, "If 1962.
to be in close ? touch with
Federal agents.
The New 'York office of the
F.B.I. said that it had "no com-
ment whatsoever" to make on
the account, which was given
to newspapers by Mr. Yohrling
and Mr. Epstein.
Mr. Isakov's office said that
he had been there earlier in the
day but had left and that it
was not known where he could
be reached.
An agency spokesman said:
"We have nothing so far but
newspaper allegations,. but we
are conducting a complete in-
vestigation and are in consulta-
tion with both the United
States and the Soviet missions."
He noted that reports in The
Vew York Journal-American had
not asserted that any crime had the agency. since February,
the statements are true, there
will have been administrative
violations."
Among the items Mr. Isakov
is said to have attempted to
buy were an "underwater ro-
bot," six accelerometers, which
are tiny instruments used in
missiles for delicate measure-
ments of changes in direction
and velocity, and a miniature
computer of a 'type used in
space. shots.
Mr. Epstein said Mr. Isakov
had originally sought to buy
second-hand machinery, used to
make tiny screws that had been
discarded by the Elgin Watch
conipany.
Mr. Isaltov, who is 35 years
old, has been employed by
61a:ten-lent issued tonight
,by the agency's director, Henry
Labouisse, said: "We know
:nothing of these charges, but
would be greatly concerned if
'there were any substance to
.them." .
Mr. Labouisse added: "No one
iii UNICEF has any authority
Whatsoever to make purchases
of -the type referred to in the
newspaper allegations. Actions
of the type alleged would not
be protected by any United Na-
tions privilege or immunity and,
if established, would be grounds
for termination by UNICEF."
U.S. Checking on Case
Special to The New York Times
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12?A
State Department spokesman
said today that the United
States Government had been
:checking on the reported activ.;
'ities of Mr. Isakov but had
reached no judgment on whether
the had violated United States
laws.
The spokesman said the de-
partment had heard reports
sonic time ago of Mr, Isakov's
.activities but was still
"endeavoring to obtain the Per-
tinent facts." The investigation'
being carried Out by the
.Justice Department.
The business men discovered
:at that time that some of their
equipment should never have
.been put on the market. It was
'then withdrawn. Other items'
isought by Mr. Isaltov were not
'restricted as to sale to. Amen-
'cans but cannot be exported.
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/12/20: CIA-RDP73-00475R000402850001-8