Documents / FOIA release
This CIA file, whose date is not given, contains a secret debriefing report on a 1960 tourist trip to the Soviet Union. The traveler, a Library of Congress employee, went to Moscow, Kiev and Lviv in September 1960. The report includes an operational diary, biographical information on contacts, material on intelligence requirements, and transcripts of Ukrainian Radio interviews. The briefer's comments call the operation successful and say the traveler detected Soviet surveillance. The document does not discuss UFOs.
“Siberia”2 pages
-38- 3-E-C-R-E-T 6. What measures, if apy, are being taken to lessen friction between Great RUssians and members of minority groups? Is there considerable friction in the area with regard to the study of languages and the teaching of Russian vs. Ukrainian. 7. Is there considerable friction centered on economic matters; are Great Russians given preferential treatment in obtaining choice jobs? What economic positions are closed to Ukrainians because of their nationality? Is such discrimination by official policy or by established custom? 8. Give details'On any case involving members of a minority group moved to the New Lands or to the mining areas of Siberia. Any incident of their return home Would also be of interest. 9. Discrimination of Poles or Ukrainilms; special controls imposed; improvements in job opportunities and relations in general with Great Bassians. Local Governments and Special Activities 10. Names and titles of local Soviet governmental, Party and industrial officials. Also give location of offices and areas of jurisdiction. U. .Organization and atracture of the city governments, including as much information as available on various departments. Information on personnel and administrative policies.; pay scale; promotions; records maintenance. 12. Details of any conflicts in local government echelons either as a result of policy disagreements or personality clashes. 13. With the abolishment of the MVD, to what higher organ or body is the city militia responsible? Row is liaison maintained? Names of personnel of the higher organization? Does the city militia maintain relations or liaison channels to other organizations at higher levels than the one to which it is directly subordinate? Which one? Row arranged and maintained? 14. Describe in detail the major problems faced by the various cities visited; i.e., crime, food supplies, traffic, housing, etc. 15. Civil defense program, including names of officials, construction of shelters, training programs, air raid exercises. 16. Restricted areas or secret installations reports on specific locations, security guards, gences, guard towers, etc. Describe all vehicle traffic entering area to include license plates and bther vehicle markings. L: :ks S/SRYRQ -38-
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 88 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.