2 U.S. ARMY DEFECTORS LINKED TO SOVIET POLICE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700270031-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 27, 2004
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: November 30, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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u.S. kmy Defectors,
Linked to ZSoviet Police
By the Associated Press
Two European-born U.S. sol-
diers who defected to the Soviet
Union more than four years ago
were disclosed today to have
had prior connections with the
Soviet secret police.
The two,.both World War II
',displaced persons, were sta-
tioned in West Germany with
' U.S. Army units when they
crossed over to the Russians
,separately in' the summer of
1960. Their defection and identi-
ties were disclosed then, but not
their prior connection with the
Soviet secret police.
One was Vladimir Sloboda, a
native of the Ukraine, who is
now 37. The other was Joseph
Dutkanicz, a native of Poland
who died a year ago today at
,A he age of 37.
. Their defection was men-
tioned two months ago in the
Warren Commission' report on
i the assassination of President
John F. Kennedy.
i~. Fled on Security Check
In discussing Soviet defection
procedures - Lee Harvey 'Os-
wald, Kennedy's assassin, had
defected to the Soviet Union
after leaving the U.S. Marine
Corps - the commission report
quoted the Central Intelligence
Agency:
"Two defectors from U.S.
"Army intelligence units in West
Germany appeared to have been
given citizenship immediately,
but both had prior KGB (Rus-
sian secret police) connections
and fled as a result of Army
security checks."
The CIA did not Identify the
two defectors in the, Warren
report.
The Associated Press asked
the Army for., their' names and
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records. Now, two months Iater,I
the Army - after consulting l
with the CIA - reports the de-:
fectors referred to by the CIAO
and the two who crossed over inI.
the summer of 1960 are the
same.
There were indications the
CIA was reluctant to elaborate
on the Warren Commission ref-
erence. .
Second Now Dead
Sloboda has made . broadcasts
denouncing the United States
and "has also written articles
for the Soviet press which follow
the Soviet propaganda line," the
Army said. He now lives in
Lvov, a former Polish city now
part of the Soviet Union.
Dutkanicz worked in a televi-
sion factory before he died in
Lvov, the Army said.
After the defection, the Rus-
sians quoted Sloboda and Dut-'
kanicz as saying they ? acted)
partly 'out of revulsion against
U2 plane flights over the Soviet
Union. This was shortly after'
Francis Gary Powers was shoti
down over the Soviet Union,
while on a U2 flight.
The Army supplied no details,
on how, where or when the two,
men had had connections with
the Soviet secret police.
Basic in U. S.
Army in Februa
Its summary said Sloboda was
born in Podkamien in the Ukra
ine and during World War II
was sent to Germany as a
forced laborer.
After the war, he spent time
in a displaced persons camp In
Germany, emigrated to Eng-
land, and then returned to
Germany where he .enlisted in
the.U. S. Army in 1953.
After basic training in the
United States, Sloboda was, as-
signed in August 1958 to an
Army military intelligence;
group in Europe. Two years
later he defected.
The Army' summary said
,Dut!tanie:, was ?a native of Car-.
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the United States December)
1946 and was inducted into the.