EXPULSION OF TWO RUSSIAN CLERGYMEN FROM THE RUSSIAN COMPOUND IN JERUSALEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002400340008-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 1998
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 28, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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SEPT. 1848
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COUNTRY
CENTRAL IN ELL IGENCE A NCY
INFORMATION' REPORT
Palestine
REPORT NO.
CD NO.
DATE DISTR,
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SUBJECT
Expulsion of Two Russian Clergymen
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from the Russian compound in Jerusalem
Following the arrival in Pa .estin,:e of Arcli i andrite Leonidas, Soviet
ecolesiaatica], x'presentatives members of the clergy who are loyal. to the
old'-R-404= Orthodox Ch..zrch repeatedllr were invited b Learaida
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V In services whch : was conducting at the Russian, Cathedral within
the Russian Compounds Two merzbem of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission,
Deacon M9ody Popovich and the mr , Nikefor Faswala (Fasala),, consistently
refused to participate in such services, informant states.
On l9 December l9 8 n ;srs.e1j. officer. served notice on the two
c er elthat they were being transferred within 21 hours to the Arab
Refugee compound, in > alaata, Upon their earnest please of illness they
were allowed a, repri xe,, but on 21 December they were moved to the
Upper Bakata Com ound. All documents, papers, etc., in their possession
we taken. from then.
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practice, the two men, as they are in destitute
cir MUM= Laces, are entitled to a relief payment of ;;I 0.110 daily.
" Major Maurice Basson, Military Governor of the Sou. ern
Jerusa .eaa district, in. whose jurisdiction the refugee camp is located,
suggested that the, two clergyxaen be given -EP 5.000 per month each, his 25X1X6
deputy, Joshua Si mon, replied 'q'e must firs what the Soviet Legation
has to say about this," the two men are receiving
blankets, food, etc., from t eir no ors in the refugee compound.
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Father Miletiy, member of the Russian Orthodox cler
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60y, apparen
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rema~S;ning in the Russian Cor pound, according to info,n .nt, who adds that
it is rumored th-.at l .etty has acquiesced to Archimandrjte Leonidas t
insistent invitations to partake in services conducted by Leonidas and
that, possibly, he is regarded by the Soviet representative as a converts
One other priest, or a n:)nk, is still With Father 1etiiy, informant states.*
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Me, o r Popovirh wao ' born in the Carpathian Maunta isx *
He is 38 years old and Kas en i Pal e..s. ~ ne ? 9 $.
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25X1 A6Jp. , N kef orw, Fa raja (Fasala) was born in Bessarabia. He is
76
years old and has been in Palestine since 1938.
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