MILITARY ATTACHE TRAVEL WITHIN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION

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MILITARY ATTACHE TIRAK WIT,,,, I,
Prepared By The
Interdepartmental Intelligence Conference
July 9, 1959
review(s) completed.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I.
INTRODUCTION...................... a ............
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II.
UNITED STATES POLICY..... . e ? .................. e
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S'UMMARY....??.... ...e.......??..e.s....e..ee.?
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IV.
INCIDENTS ......................................
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EXHIBIT A - TRAVEL PERFORMED WITHIN THE USSR BY
U. S. MILITARY ATTACHE PERSONNEL BETWEEN
APRIL Is 1958, AND MARCH 31, 1959
EXHIBIT BVEL WITHIN THE USSR REQUESTED BY
U. S. MILITARY ATTACHE PERSONNEL BETWEEN
APRIL 1, 1958, AND MARCH 31, 1959,
BUT DENIED BY THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT
EXHIBIT C - TRAVEL WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BY
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE OFFICE OF SOVIET
MILITARY, NAVAL, AND AIR ATTACHES,
WASHINGTON, D. Co
EXHIBIT D - INCIDENTS SURROUNDING TRIP WITHIN USSR,
JANUARY 24 TO 31, 1959
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Mn ITARp ATT_? CH 1 VEL WITHIN TL W
UNITED STATES HE SOVIET UNION
I. INTROD UCTION
Several recent incidents have served to focus
the attention of the members of the Interdepartmental
Intelligence Conference upon the circumstances surrounding
the travel of United States Military Attaches within the
Soviet Union as compared with the manner in which Soviet
Military Attaches are permitted to travel within the
United States. This review of Military Attache travel
has, therefore, been prepared for the use of the IIC members
and presents a compilation of the facts concerning the
travel in question as reported by representatives of the
three military services and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
No effort has been made to assess the intelligence value of
U.S. Military Attache travel in the USSR or of the Soviet
Military Attache travel in the United States.
On June 22,, 1.959, the United States Army Attache
at Moscow was called, as the senior United States Attache,
to the Office of the Chief of the Otdel Vneshnikh Snoshenti,
the Soviet office which handles liaison between foreign
military representatives and Soviet ministries, and informed
that the Soviet Union was contemplating action to place
Attache travel within the USSR on a trip-for-trip basis
under which the Soviets would approve a trip for United States
Attaches only after a trip had been approved for Soviet
Attaches within the United States. He was informed that this
action was contemplated because of changes which had been
made by the United States in two trips which had been
requested by Soviet Attaches. (Details concerning these
changes appear hereunder in paragraph two, page seven.)
The Military Attache was told that he would be advised
when and how this "reciprocity" would be established.
While at first glance it might appear that
reciprocity would be achieved by establishment of a
"trip-for-trip" requirement, the facts developed by
the IIC members demonstrate that a vast difference exists
between Attache travel in the Soviet Union and that in the
United States. The Soviet police state not only permits
but appears to encourage rough treatment of United States
personnel by the Russian "militia, " including physical
detention, 'strip searches, " confiscation of cameras, film
and personal possessions, and local, last-minute changes
in itinerary forced by dental of hotel and travel accom-
modations or of access to nominally open areas.
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II. UNITED STATES POLICY
Currently applicable policy was established by
the National Security Council and approved by the President
on July 19, 1954. This requires:
"Restrictions should be placed upon diplomatic and
official representatives of Soviet bloc countries
in the United States on the basis of strict
reciprocity for restrictions placed upon U. S.
representatives in each Soviet bloc country; as
determined to be feasible by a group composed of
representatives of the Departments of State, Defense,
Justice, and of 0DM and CIA. " (The Office of Defense
Mobilization has been replaced by the Office of Civil
and Defense Mobilization.)
The group established under this policy has
designated certain areas of the United States as closed to
travel by all Soviet citizens except Soviet employees of the
United Nations Secretariat. These areas are not closed to
travel by representatives of other Soviet bloc countries.
(An approximately equal area of the Soviet Union is closed
to travel by all foreigners.) it is thus apparent that
Soviet Military Attaches can use representatives of the
cooperative Soviet bloc governments to travel within
United States closed areas for the purpose of intelligence
collection, although no similar opportunity is afforded
United States Attaches within the Soviet Union. The IlC
members have received information from an unimpeachable
source that the Soviet Union is utilizing the services of
the Military Attaches of other Soviet bloc countries in
connection with its intelligence collection effort in the
United States.
In addition to the geographical restrictions
imposed as a result of the policy quoted above, Military
Attache personnel of both the United States and the USSR
are required to file an itinerary concerning any proposed
travel outside the Metropolitan Washington or Moscow areas.
United States Attaches in Moscow must inform the Soviet
Government by letter concerning proposed travel 48 hours
in advance of departure. (The period from noon, Saturday, to
8:00 a.m., Monday, is not included.) The letter must include
the names of the travelers, an exact itinerary including the
cities and specific points outside city limits to be visited,
the dates of the visits, and the mode of travel. If an
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automobile is to be used, the license number must be
furnished.
The Soviet Foreign Liaison Office has frequently
denied proposed travel in whole or in part as late as one
hour before departure. On occasion, changes have been
received after departure of the travelers.
In contrast, Soviet Attaches in the United States
have, until very recently, been permitted to indicate that
their travel would include a certain period of time and to
then list the cities to be visited and the routes to be
utilized without designating the dates on which individual
cities would be visited or the means of transportation to be
used. The Soviet travelers are further accustomed to tour
freely within a twenty-five mile radius of the cities on
their itinerary, The freedom with which Soviet Attaches
travel in the United States is indicated in the details
of the Soviet visit to Texas during April, 1958, set forth
within Exhibit C.
Restrictions and harassments in force by the Soviet
Government which have no counterpart in the United States
include the following:
(1) All tickets for distant travel must be purchased
from a central point, (Trips may be unofficially
denied by refusal to sell tickets or by statement
that transportation is not available,)
(2) Travelers are normally restricted to "city limits."
These are flexible and imposed by local "militia"
who, on occasion, have established limits within
one block of the hotel at which U.S. Attaches
were stopping. Local authorities will refuse to
define restricted areas or to provide maps, and
travelers find "city limits" by encountering
militia roadblocks. Brief visits to areas of
interest along the route of travel are often
denied by militia who force the travelers to
detour around points of interest or to use
alternate travel routes,
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III. 8&WA
Between April 1, 1958, and March 31, 1959,
United States military attaches in Russia requested
permission to make 140 trips outside the Metropolitan
Moscow area. Twenty-nine requests were made by Army
Attache personnel, 48 by Navy, and 40 by Air Force.
An additional 23 requests were made jointly by a com-
bination of the military services. The Soviet 0YS (Foreign
Liaison Office) denied permission for 43 of these trips or
30.7 per cent. The details concerning the requests which
were denied and the reasons which were furnished for the
denials are set forth in Exhibit B.
A review of Exhibit B will reflect the frequency
with which cities are "temporarily closed." It is noted
that the city of Vorkuta, reportedly an administrative
center for labor camps, was thus five times refused although
located within territory nominally open to foreign travel..
United States Attache personnel actually made
97 trips during the period in question. Twenty-two of
these were made by Army personnel, 36 by Navy, 32 by
Air Force, and 7 by a combination of two or three of the
services. Details concerning United States travel in
Russia are set forth in Exhibit A.
Exhibit A reflects not only the dates and places
of U.S. travel within Russia but also,, in abbreviated form,
comments by the travelers concerning unusual harassment or,
in some instances, actual physical uiolence, encountered during
the trips. These comments reflect such matters as the
deliberate icing of train windows to prevent observation,;,
the denial of hotel accommodations; detention by the "militia'"
and the deliberate obstruction or restriction of movement
by the Soviet surveilling officers.
In contrast, Soviet Attache personnel in the
United States requested, during the period in question,
permission to make 33 trips outside the Metropolitan
Washington area. All of these were granted. Nineteen of
these involved travel to New York and four others to
Philadelphia or Baltimore. The Soviet Attaches asked to
make 10 extended trips, averaging two weeks in duration,
and details concerning these are set forth in Exhibit Co
Soviet Attache travel frequently involved personnel from
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more than one military service. Red Army personnel
participated in 23 trips, Navy in 6, and Air Force in 19'.
In connection with travel by the Soviet Air Attache
accompanied by an Adjutant to the Soviet Military Attache
in October, 1958, permission to enter two counties in
Nebraska and two counties in Iowa was denied by the
Air Force in reciprocity for a similar denial of travel
on the part of the Air Force Attache in the Soviet Union.
The balance of the trip was taken by the Soviets.
A careful review of United States and Soviet
Military Attache travel reflects the following;
(1) During the 12-month period under review,
Soviet Attaches asked to make 33 trips and
all were granted with a minor change in the
itinerary of one. U.S. Attaches asked to
make 140 trips of which.43 were denied and
alterations were made in many of the
remainder.
(2) U.S. Attaches are subject to harassment,
including physical Viollnce, detention, and
confiscation of effects. No Soviet Attache
has been subjected to any obstruction in his
travel by physical or other means. Soviet
Attaches have, on'occasion, been stopped by
local or state police for speeding Or
other traffic violation but have been
permitted to continue immediately upon
demonstration of identity.
(3) U.S. Attaches are normally not permitted to
explore beyond `'city limits" which are
flexible and established by local "militia"
to suit the circumstances. These limits are
learned by U.S. travelers when they encounter
roadblocks set up especially for them. No
Soviet Attache has, within the knowledge of
the IIC members, been impeded in any way in
his travel other than by the geographical
restrictions which exist in both countries.
(4) U.S. travelers cannot obtain maps of the cities
which they visit. Soviet travelers pick up maps
at every stop, visiting Chambers of Commerce,
bookstores, libraries, and newsstands in this
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(5) U.S. Attaches must file precise itineraries
with exact dates and details concerning
method of travel, and travel tickets must
be secured from a central point. Soviet
Attaches have been permitted to file
more general itineraries and are free to
secure travel accommodations in the same
manner as the general public.
(6) U.S. travelers frequently are unable to
secure even a taxi for limited local travel.
Soviet travelers rent automobiles frequently
and use them to drive around military and
air bases and to permit observation of
activities of intelligence interest.
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IV. INCIDENTS
Although no Soviet travel request was denied during
the 12-month period studied, two recent efforts by United
States Armed Forces to achieve a closer approach to reciprocity
'have' apparently resulted in the Soviet threat to establish
a "trip-for-trip" standard:
On May 20, 1959, Soviet Attache personnel informed
United States Foreign Liaison Offices that representatives
of each of the three services planned to travel in California
and Nevada between May 25 and June 15, 1959. In concerted
action, the military services informed the Soviet Attache
Office that the travel would be permitted but that it must
be accomplished in commercial transportation media. This
restriction was designed to prevent the use of rented
automobiles and the observation of the numerous military
facilities located on the route which the Soviets proposed
to take, The Soviet Attache Office was also asked to furnish
the exact dates on which they would visit the various points
listed in their proposed itinerary and.to follow this practice
in the future, The Russians did not make this trip. On June 11,
1959, the United States Army Foreign Liaison Office was advised
that an Assistant Soviet Military Attache, his wife, and an
aide proposed to travel between June 15 and June 27, 1959, in
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois,
Ohio,, and West Virginia. The proposed itinerary indicated that
the travel route had been chosen so as to permit observation
of Fort Bragg and Fort Knox. The Soviet Attache Office was
advised that the itinerary should be amended so as to detour
around both of these installations. The trip was not made.
It will be noted that in neither of these
instances was the Soviet travel denied and in the second
instance only a minor change in itinerary was required.
The Russian threat of retaliation for these two changes was
made in the face of the fact that during the preceding
12-month period 43 American requests for travel had been
flatly denied while during the same period no Soviet request
had been denied,
Soviet harassment of United States travelers is not
limited to military personnel. During latter May, 1959,
Richard H, Davis, Minister-Counsellor of the American Embassy
at Moscow, reported that during April and May there had been
9 instances in which Embassy civilian personnel had been
refused permission to visit nominally open areas. One of these
involved the city of Vorkuta, Mr. Davit, in his report to
the Department of State, after furnishing details concerning
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these instances, stated that they did not include military
travel, where refusals, alterations, and harassments have
all been even more onerous. He recommended that consideration
be given by the Department of State to specific retaliation
and that this be as nearly as reciprocal as possible. The
T1'C has not been informed regarding the action, if any,
taken by the Department of State in response to this recommenda-
tion.
Soviet harassment has been applied apparently
impartially to Attache personnel of each of the three military
services. This is evidenced by a review of the travel
comments set forth in Exhibit A. An unusual situation arose
during travel by Army personnel between August 11 and 20, 1958,
when Captain Ulatoski, after eating a meal aboard an airplane
en route from Omsk to Khabarovsk became violently ill. Upon
arrival at Khabarovsk, an attempt was made by Soviet personnel
to evacuate Ulatoski to a hospital, preventing his superior,
Colonel McBride, from accompanying him. When Colonel McBride
insisted that he accompany the patient, he was told this would
be permitted if he would leave the rear of the ambulance and
sit in the front seat. Colonel McBride agreed and got out
of the rear. No sooner had he done so than the attendants
attempted to lock the doors and drive away. Departure of the
ambulance was prevented only by Colonel McBride placing
himself in the right of way where the driver would have had
to run him down. After an additional 20 minutes of argument,
Colonel McBride was permitted to accompany Captain Ulatoski
to the hospital.
During the argument, Mrs. McBride and Mrs. Ulatoski
were escorted by a courteous militia man to a taxi which
took them to a hotel where an extremely hostile attendant,
after a half-hour discussion, finally assigned them a room.
After thorough examination, the Soviet physicians
admitted that they were unable to find any cause for the
attack. The United States Embassy doctor concurs in the
theory that Captain Ulatoski was deliberately poisoned in
an attempt to separate him from fellow travelers in order to
administer a truth serum while he was in extreme pain or, at
least, to bring the trip to a closes It is noted that
Colonel McBride did not leave Captain Ulatoski until the
latter had recovered sufficiently to be fully in possession
of his faculties.
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The trip was continued but, in spite of prior
reservations for a separate compartment on the train from
Chita to Irkutsk, the travelers were forced to accept other
space and were separated, with Captain and Mrs. Ulatoski
sharing a compartment with two other persons and Colonel and
Mrs. McBride sharing another compartment with two persons.
The actions of these persons indicate that they were
"planted."
On arrival at the hotel in Irkutsk, the travelers
were told that no space was available and they were given
the same story at the airport hotel although this was
obviously untrue.
The group thereupon decided to continue on to
Yakutsk; At this point they, attempted to secure a taxi to
travel around the city but waited one hour without receiving
one although it had been promised.
Return travel to Moscow had been scheduled to enable
the travelers to pass a number of targets during daylight
hours and the trip was purposely scheduled on a "puddle
jumper" airplane to obtain maximuza intelligence value by
frequent stops. On arrival at (husk, the travelers were
informed that their plane would not continue due to bad
weather but that there was a TU 104 which would take them
directly to Moscow and that seats had been reserved for the
group on this plane.
Although the travelers indicated that they were
willing to wait for better weather, they were informed
that their plane would be delayed indefinitelye Recognizing
that further 'resistance would be useless, the travelers
returned to Moscow on the TU 104.
A fully detailed account of travel performed by
Naval personnel is set forth in Exhibit D. This recounts
a number of efforts to involve the travelers in an
"incident' and insistence that the travelers sign a
statement containing fabricated charges.
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TRAVEL PERFORMED WITHIN THE USSR BY U. S. MILITARY
ATTACHE PERSONNEL BETWEEN APRIL 1, 1958, AND
PARCH 31, 1959
Service
aa Z Participatinri
T
dates
of
Places Visited Comments
r
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March 18
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Tashkent - Termea Surveillance
constant.
April 5,
1958
Kabul Train windows
erately iced.
delib-
Train
attendant entered
locked compartment with
pass key during time of
airfield observation.
April 1-12, 1958 N
April 4- 7, 1958 AT
April 8-10, 2958 N
April 13, 1958 AT
April 15-20, 1958 A
April 20, 1958
April 20 - N
May 2, 1958
April 29 - N
May 2, 1958
April 29 - N
May 2, 1958
Iharbarovsk,
Irkutsk
Leningrad
Yaroslav l1,
Rybinsk, Ugl ich,
Rostov
Zago rsk
Stal ingrad
Oslo,
Leningrad
Sukhumi, Foti
Surveillance normal
Surveillance constant
but discreet
Surveillance normal
Denied exploring
north outskirts of
town by civil cans,
later by militia.
Confined to city
limits. Surveillance
close but indiscreet.
Denied visit museum
on north side of town
by militiaman dropped
off by surveillant car.
Permission to travel
Leningrad to Moscow
by auto denied.
Limits of Baku very
narrow.
Only center of Foti
open to observers.
Surveillance complete.
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Service
Dae.sof Travel ParttciDatin PlaceaIis?_ d
May 8-14, 1958 AT Rostov-
Simferopol
Dnepropetrovsk
Zaporoabye
Kharkov
May 12, 1958 Al
May 18-21, 1958 N
May 20 -
June 10, 1958
Leningrad
Kharkov
Rostov
Tbilisi
Lake Se van
Sukhumi
Sochi
Yalta
Simferopol
May 25-28, 1958 AT
May 26-30, 2958 N
Leningrad -
Helsinki
Dneprope tro oak,
Kherson, Odessa
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Comments
Travellers held 1 hour
by surveillants near
Rostov Aircraft Plant,
charged with violation
of forbidden zone.
Travellers delayed 1
day on flight .Rostov-
Simferopol. Denied hotel
accommodation
Simferopol, Zaporoabye,
Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov.
Tula. Required to drive
25 hours without sleep.
Surveillance extreme.
Surveillance discreet.
Additional portion of
trip by boat to
Belomorsk, Onega,
Archangelsk, Yytcgra,
denied.
Delayed 2 days,
failure to provide
license number of
Embassy auto and
failure to specify
points to be visited
within 40 km radius
Sochi and Yalta,
Return via Lake Bevan,
Tbilisi denied; forced
return via Kazakh.
Authority to travel by
auto Simferopol-Kharkov
rescinded.
Trip requested by air.
Tickets sold for non-
existent fl tght.
Travellers were required
to go by train.
Surveillance obvious
on boats, discreet in
Odessa.
EXHIBIT A
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Dates g-f T avel
Service
Participating
June 1-13,
1958
A
June 7-12,
1958
AT
June 9-11,
1958
N
June 13-16,
2958
AT
June 14-19,
1958
N
June 25-30,
2958
AT
Paces Visited
Comments
Adler
Sochi
Yalta
Simferopol
Kiev - Odessa -
Kherson -
Dnepropetrovsk
Archangelsk,
Nargan-Mar,
landalaksha,
Murmansk
Leningrad
Stalingrad,
Rostov,
Voronesh
Tula,
Stal inogorsk,
Ryazan, Pensa,
Kuybyshev, Kazan
June 27-28,
1958
N
Leningrad
June 28-29,
1958
AT
June 29 -
N
Gorkiy
July 2, 1958
None indicated.
Surveillance severe in
Dnepropetrovsk.
Travellers not
permitted to exploit
city.
Only trip from Moscow
to A rchangelsk
permitted. Ship travel
refused.
Travellers misrouted
by militia on several
occasions. Police
escort through Kuznetsk,
and across dam at
Stavropol. Detained by
Soviet Army Troops at
Kuybyshev, charged
with transgressing
closed area. Detained
3 times in city of
Kazan, manhandled and
threatened with
shooting.
Surveillance normal.
Road blocks and detours
to prevent observation
of airfield.
Surveillance normal.
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Service
gates of Travel arttotpatPlaces pisited
July 5 - A
Vya2ma
August 5, 1958
Smolensk
Minsk
Brest
Warsaw
Germany
July 9-23,
1958
N
Stal ingrad,
Astrakhan, Baku,
Pahleui (Iran)
Ju l y
12-14,
1958
AT
Ugl ich -
K4moy
July 14-18, 1958
N-A
Makhachkala,
Baku, Mist.,
Odessa
July 20-29, 2958 AT
July 21 - AT
August 2, 1958
July 23-24, 1958 N
July 23-27, 1958 AT
Tashkent,
Samarkand,
Tb ilia i,
Sukhumi,
Adler
Comments
Routine surveillance.
Discreet surveillance.
Some foot travel
prevented in Baku.
Surveillance discreet
Trip completed as far
as Tbilisi when travel-
lers were informed
they had to return to
Moscow from Tbilisi on
the first flight on
July 18. Surveillance
close but not unduly
troublesome.
Kharkov - Kiev - No harassments.
Finn itsa - Minsk -
Vitebsk - Pskov -
Leningrad -
Fyaama
Travel shortened
because air tickets
not available for
scheduled return. Sur-
veillance believed
almost nonexistent
first d&y but corrected
next day.
R iga
No harassments.
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Dates o_ Travel
Service
Par icip tiny
Places Visit
July 25-27,
1958
A
Stalingrad
July 25-29,
1958
N
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov,
Novo roasiyak,
July 27-28,
1958
A
Tuaps e,
Sal in in
Sochi
July 29 - A
August 1, 1958
Minsk
August 3-4, 1958 A-AT Hunting Lodge
for Diplomatic
Corps
August 11-21, 1958 A
Shabarousk
Chita
Irkutsk
Yakuta
August 12-14, 1958 AT Tashkent
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Comments
Surveillance discreet;
no incidents
Discreet surveillance.
Surveillance continuous
but discreet; no
incidents.
Surveillance discreet;
no incidents. Trip
delayed one day due to
inability to get
tickets.
Very severe - Possible
deliberate food
poisoning in meal
served to Capt. Ulatosht
Attempts to prevent
McBride from
accompanying Ulatoski
to hospital and from
visiting him while in
hospital. Crude and
rude overt surveillance;
delays in providing
hotel and travel
accommodations.
Trip requested by rail
but denied. Accona.
pl iahed by air. One
traveller separated
from others, hands tied
and taken to "sobering-
up" station, was
stripped, placed in cold
shower, held several
hours prior to release.
EXHIBIT A
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Service
Dates of Travel Part is inatino Places Vie it d Comm
August 23-27., 1958 N Astrakhan, Baku Discreet surveillance.
Baku naval harbor
closed by shore patrols.
August 12-27, 1958 A
August 23-19, 1958 N
Tashkent, After dinner on Aug" 22
Samarkand., a group of ostensibly
Bukhara, friendly Soviet citiae-as
Mari attached themselves to
the travellers.
Portalup.64, who was
accompanying Captain
Dahiquist, became
separated and was
seized by two police-
men who tied him hand
and foot, searched him,
photographed him, and
held him for approxi-
mately 4 hours. He
refused to sign a
statement that he had
been found drunk on
the street by a clean-
ing woman who
allegedly summoned
police, and he refused
to state that he had
physically resisted
the pol ice, and declined
to identify himself.
All charges except
that of resistance
were false. His camera,
notebook, and personal
effects were confiscated
but returned the
following day`. The
travellers were unable
to obtain tickets to
Bukhara and returned
to Moscow on August 14.
Sukhumi, Foti, Surveillance constant
Odessa but discreet.
August 27, 2958 A Zvenigorod Obvious surveillance.
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Date's of Travel ?ar_ticinatinq ?hogs Visited Comments
August 18-24, 1958 AT Leningrad - Travellers denied to
Zharkou - Odessa exploit areas of
Kharkov. Were turned
back several times.
No incident.
August 21-24, 2958
August 22-29, 1958
N
AT
Nougorod,
Leningrad
Kirov - Kazan
August 28 -
A
September 1, 1958
August 28 -
AT
Murmansk,
September 1, 1958
Leningrad
Sept. 3-6, 1958
N
Murmansk,
Archangel sk
September 6 -
A
Orel, Kharkov,
Sept. 13, 1958
Dnepropetrovsk,
Yalta
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Return travel via
Puskin not permitted
by "tail" car.
Constant surveillance.
Trip postponed due to
non-availability of
tickets. Air travel
Kazan-Moscow denied.
Kazan city bus rerouted.
Train attendants
attempted to enter
locked compartment
while passing aircraft
plant. Aircraft plant
obscured from view by
smoke generators.
Surveillance was
discreet throughout
entire trip.
Train attendants
attempted to enter
locked compartment.
Travellers placed in
aS*le seats on aircraft
to prevent observation.
Surveillance normal.
Difficulty with car,
possibly due to
deliberate tampering.
The route from Alushta
to Sudak was blocked
by a militiaman who
claimed the road was
under repair.
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Dates of Travel Partic iDatin Places Visited
Sept. 10-12, 1958 AT Orel, Bryansk,
Smolens, Vyaama
Sept. 10>15, 1958 A-AF
Sept. 13-14, 1958
Sept. 11-20, 1958 N
Sept. 14 -
October 2, 1958 N
Sept. 22 -
October 6, 1958
Sept. 26 -
October 3, 1958
Sept. 28 -
October 6, 1958
October 7-8., 1958 N
Kursk, Kharkov,
Kremenchug, lieu
Leningrad
Sukhumi, Po t i,
Tskhaya, Tbl is to
Baku, Astrakhan
Odessa,
Istanbul
Convents
Travellers detained
near Orel, cameras
taken, film processed.
Travellers were
separated. Surveillance
severe.
Surveillance close
throughout the trip.
Militia & Army
personnel blocked
travellers in
eastern part of Kursk.
Surveillance normal.
Rail rather than taxi
travel required Poti
to Takhaya. Movement
or observation
restricted eleven times.
Very light
surveillance.
Kharkov,
Rostou-on-Don,
Kraanedar,
Sukhumi, Tbilisi,
Ordzhonikidze.,
Makhachkala, Baku
Tashkent,
Samarkand
Observation of airfields
hampered by train
attendants checking
tickets, etc.
Ka1 in in,
Leningrad,
Novgorod
Leningrad
Militia kept travellers
moving along
Embankment. Close
surveillance.
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l artioiDatina
I? of Trave X
a to s 5.
s Visited
~'~$~
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October 22, 1958
AT
Zvenigorod
October 17-21, 1958
N
Gorkiy
October 25-31, 1958
N
Riga,
Leningrad,
Helsinki
Nov. 6-8, 1958 N
Leningrad
Nov. 6-8, 1958 N
Nov. 12-17, 1958 AT
Nov. 16, 1959 N
Nov. 20-24, 1958 AT
Vitebsk,
Gomel
Zvenigorod
L 'vov,
Uingo ro d,
Baronouichi,
Minsk
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Comments
Travellers denied
access to normally
"open" tourist
attractions.
Travellers separated
on train and forced
to share compartments
with police
representatives.
Efforts to create
incident foiled.
Entire trip planned by
auto but trip to
Leningrad had to be by
rail because highway
"temporarily closed."
Normal discreet
surveillance except
at all water front
vantage points when
shore patrol
intervened.
Rescheduling required
by Soviets which
prohibited views of
installations during
daylight.
Surveillance normal.
Travellers accused of
violating frontier
zone, though trip
approved by Soviet
Tore ign Liaison Office.
Travellers later
awakened and ordered
to leave town on next
train (35 minutes).
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Dates of Travel Participating P lacse Visited Comments
Dec. 2-10, 1958 AT Voronezh, Travellers removed
Rostov, Tbilisi, from city bus in
Baku, Stalingrad Tbilisi, accused of
photography and taken
to militia headquarters
where it was necessary
to surrender film.
Denied visit civil
airport, Baku. Sur-
veillance severe
throughout trip.
Dec. 9-25,
Dec. 11-18,
1958
1958
N
A
Khaborovak,
Nakhodka, Japan,
Stockholm
Odessa,
Kishinev, Kiev
Dec. 14-26,
1958
N
Leningrad
Dec. 15-20,
1958
A-AT
Kiev, Vinnitaa,
Lrvou,
Baranovichi,
Minsk
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Surveillance in
Xhaborousk-Nakhodka
close and constant.
Train travel held to
hours of darkness.
In all tours travel
was restricted to city
1 imits. Overt
surveillance; possible
attempt to provoke
an incident.
proceed. On train,
windows intentionally
blocked to deny views
at defense installa-
tions.
Surveillance varied
from discreet to close.
Militiman entered
trauellerta taxi at
Minsk, and
accompanied them
throughout sightseeing
trip. At Ltuov,
denied observation of
rail yards. At
Baranovichi military
troops were used
throughout city to
deny travellers to
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Dates of Travel articciiaatina
January 2-8, 1959 A
Places Visited
Leningrad,
Catch ina,
Petrodvorets,
Zelenogorsk,
Paulo vak
Comments
Trip performed
without incident.
January 7-11, 1959 AT-A
January 7 - A
February 13, 1959
January 6-l0, 1959 N
January 14.16, 2959 N
January 16-19, 1959 A
Jan. 24-31, 1959 N
(See Exhibit D for
details of this trip)
Yaroslavl,
Kostrama,
Ivanovo, Rostov
Yyaina, Minsk,
Warsaw, Brest
Leningrad
Leningrad
Odessa,
Tevpatoriya,
ral ta,
Novoroseisk,
Krasnodar
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Surveillance discreet.
Surveillance and
obstructions. Tails on
several occasions tried
to surprise travelers
photographing targets,
but were not
successful.
Surveillance unusually
close and in greater
strength than usual.
Constant surveillance.
Travellers stopped by
militia at Zhdanov
Shipyard.
.
Surveillance was close
but not obstructive.
Surveillance close and
constant. Series of
events, apparently
intended to compromise
travelers, of such
consistent pattern
that they could not be
coincidences; an act
alleging "hooliganism"
drawn up against two
travellers in Odessa
based upon a poorly
manufactured incident.
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Dates of Travel Partic iaat_
Plac
esVis it d
Jan. 25-29, 1959 AT
Jan. 27-29, 1959 N
Feburary 3, 1959 A
\
Go rk iy, Kirov,
Kazan
Leningrad
Zven igo rod
February 5-8., 1959 A
Leningrad
Feb. 16-18, 1959 A-N
Vladimir,
Suzdal,
Vyazn iki
Feb. 22-25, 1959 A-AT
Pskov
Feb. 25-26,
1959
N
Leningrad
March 3, 1959
AT
Zuenigoird
March 4--6,
2959
A
Kaluga,
Vy 2 a
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moments
Travellers denied
exploit Gorkiy to
city limits. Trip
modified to e1 iminate
Kuybyshev by Soviet
Foreign Liaison office.
Surveillance normal.
In Zuenigorod the
travellers went to the
Monastery Hill but were
stopped by the tail
car and told it was a
closed area and had to
turn around.
Trip was made as
scheduled. No
incidents indicated.
Trip was approved for
Vladimir & Suadal only.
Vya2niki was closed
for reasons of a
telporary nature. Trip
tp Vladimir and Suadal
made as scheduled.
Restricted travellers
to the city limits of
Pskov. Clumsy attempt
was made by an
individual en route to
examine Zenith Portable
Padio and to determine
contents of travellers
pockets.
Return by air prevented
by "unavailability of
tickets."
Surveillance discreet.
Routine surveillance;
no inc tdents.
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Dates of Travel
Service
FartioiDatin
Places Visited
March 7-10,
March 9-11,
March 9-13,
March 15-18,,
1959
1959
1959
1959
AF
AF
A
AF
Kharkov, Kiev
Kharkov,
Dnepropetrovsk
Minsk, Zh itomir,
Kiev
Leningrad
March 18-20,
1959
N
Len ingrad
March 26-27,
1959
AT
March 26-28,
1959
AF
March 26-28,
1959
N
Len ingrad
Comae n is
Surveillance discreet.
Surveillance constant.
Routine surveillance;
no incidents.
Attempts to visit
normal tourist
attractions on outskirts
of Leningrad (Gatchina
and Krasnoye Selo)
were thwarted by Armed
military man at 8 km
marker from Leningrad.
Very close
surue illance.
Surveillance discreet.
Trip requested also
to Rahev which was
denied. Surveillance
discreet.
Surveillance normal.
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TRAVEL WITHIN THE USSR REQUESTED BY U.S. MILITARY ATTACJ '
PERSONNEL BETWEEN APRIL 1, 1958, AND MARCH 31, 1959,
BUT DENIED BY THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT
Dates of
j onoaed Travel
April 1-3, 1958
April 3-7, 1958
.April 3-9, 1958
eta y 11-14, 1958
May 1-19, 1958
May 23-27, 1958
June 20, 1958
Tune 24-27, 1958
July 10-15, 1958
July 11, 1958
Service Places To
Reguestina Bg Ft$tted
N.
Kharkov
Stalingrad
A.
A. -N.
N.
N.
N.
As-No
N.
N.
A. -N.
Vorkuta
Gorki
Leningrad
Rostov
Simferopol
Yalta
Kirov
Kaaon
Rybinsk
Che re p ove is
Vyte gra
Lent ngrad
Archangeisk
Mezen
Yakutsk
Ti ks i
Reasons for Dental
"Temporarily closed,"
Temporarily impossible;
no reason given.
Temporari/ impossible;
no reason"given..
Alternate trip was
suggested, but was not
acceptable to travelers.
Not possible for
several days.
Boat travel not allowed
on ground Soviet Attache
to Washington not allowed
to travel on Southern
Coast, USA.
Air tickets reported not
available,
Travel by boat to Leningrad
denied. Could go by air
or rail. Remainder of
itinerary not authorized.
Trip cancelled because of
these restrictions.
Denied at time requested,
Tickets reported
unavailable.
The only portion of the
trip which could be made
was by air from Moscow
to Yakutsk and return,
No reason given for not
allowing remainder of
trip, Trip cancelled.
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Dates of Service Places To
Proaosed Travel Recuestina Be Visited
July, 12-140 2958 A,. Ugl i oh
Kimry
Savyolovo
July 21-August 2.,
A.
July 23-28, 1958
N.
July 27-August 2,
1958
N.
July 31-August 50
A. -N.
1958
Kharkov
Kiev
Zhitomir
Vinnitsa
Gomel
Yi nak
Pskov
Leningrad
Odessa
Sukhumi
Poti
Sukhumi
Poti
Odessa
Odessa
Ismael
Ye opatosi ya
Simferopol
Reasons for De_nial
Travelers were informed
that under no circum-
stances could they buy
tickets at the ticket
office. They should get
them through Burobin or
Intourist. There was no
time to make the purchase
so trip was cancelled.
Trip could not be
registered due to
"conditions of a
temporary nature," Would
not state which portion
of the trip would be
permitted.
Series of harassments
regarding tickets 'and
hotel reservations.
Only air trip to Sukhumi
and return permitted;
remainderl 'dented for
"reasons of a temporary
nature." Trip cancelled.
On July 300 the Soviet
.Foreign Liaison Office
called to say that the
Odessa-Ismael trip could
not be made because
Ismael is temporarily
closed., " however., the rest
of the trip could be made
provided the steamship
"Lensovyet" departing
Odessa on August 2 (in
place of the "Rossiya"
departing August 4) was
v*f,iaed. An immediate
telegram for reservations
was sent to Odessa; the
reply: No tickets, Since
the purpose of the trip
was to ply the Black Sea,
the trip was not made.
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Dates of
Pro2osed Travel
Service Places To
___ fes tfi_ Be flit' teA
August 5-7, 1958 N.
August 5-11, 1958 A.F.
August 14-19, 1958
A. -.k'.
August, 1958 N.
(No specific date)
September 20-30, 1958 A.F.
October 15-22, 1958 A.-A.F.
October 20-22, 1958
A. -A. F.
December 8-13, 2958 A.
January 5-11, 1959 A.-N.
Alma Ata
Odessa
Kishinev
Karul
Arkhangelsk
Dilcs on
Tiksi
Tashkent
Samarkand
Bukhara
Stalinabad
Dahankoy
Kherson
Dnepropetrovsk
Khorkov
Voroneyh
Kars k
Kalinin
Rzhe v
Vyazma
Vorkuta
Reasons for Denial
No ticketa before
August 8. Press announced
completion of maneuvers
on August 7.
Denied due planned
mode of travel.
Trip denied for reasons
of a temporary nature.
Steamship tickets
reported sold.
Denied "reasons of
temporary nature. "
The Soviet Foreign Liaison
Office stated the route
requested was temporarily
closed but that travelers
could make a trip to that
general area as follows:
Moscow-Sim1feropol-by rail,
Simferopol-Zaporoyhe-
Dnepropetrovsk-Khorkov-
Kurak-Tula Moscow by
auto. Itinerary not
accepted and was mildly
protested for not being
allowed to travel in a
supposedly open area.
Trip denied by auto-
mobile but allowed the
trip by rail. Trip
cancelled.
Denied for reasons of
a temporary nature.
Temporarily closed.
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Dates of
Proposed, .ravel
January 13-17, 1959
January 13-17, 1959 A.
Service Places To
Be sues na Be 7i s
A.F.
Riga
Pskov
Riga
Pskov
Bob gee
January 18-24, 1959 A.-N,&.F. Vorkuta
Salekhard
January 21-25, 1959
A.F.
Rostov
Tazavrog
February 12-13, 1959 A.F.
February 16-18, 1959 N.
February 16-20, 1959 A. -A.F.
February 19-23, 1959 A.-A.F.
March 3-6, 1959
March 4-10, 1959
A. -A, F,
A.
Dne?apetrovsk
Starista
Vyazniki
Korov
Novgorod
Pskov
Op oohka
7itelsk
Smolensk
Vyazma
Minsk
Baranovichi
Bobruyak
Portaluppi
Arkhangelsk
Solombaba
Reasons for Denial
Trip as planned denied
but permitted if itinerary
reversed.
Soviet Foreign Liaison
Office informed
that trip was not
registered but that the
travelers could make the
trip "in reverse." This
was found impractical and
the trip was called off.
Area temporarily closed.
Denied. No reason stated.
Denied. No reason stated.
Closed for temporary
reasons.
The travelers were to go
by train and were to
confine their activities
in Fekov to the city
limits. The trip was not
made due to the restric-
tions imposed.
The trip was registered.,
it must be made by train,
and travelers must stay
within city limits of
town. Trip was not made
due to restrictions
imposed.
Reasons