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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.
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SECRET At 13.00 hours ra Passion friend of the day before arrived. I net bin in the hotel lobby, and vs valked out to the street. Re mated to go to the exhibit of Russian Polk Art, sad we took the Metro to get there. After visiting the art exhibit, we soaked to Red Square and saw the Lenin-Stalin mausoleum I'm the outside. Hy friend said that the matusoleun is being extended to sake it larger, and he remorked, "Nikita ScroyeNioh is also a aortal." The aws- solves Wae closed because of the coastructios work. We elated into Saint Basil Cathedzel, *Joh is now a allASIMS. Hy Russian friend vas surprised and said that he had not visited the church for site a Whiles but that the last tine he had been there, SA satimweligious exhibit into being displayed. Be sea surprised that this exhibit had been reamed and that the (aura vas now a *mem Ity that time it VMS 1/400 hours and tine tor both. We went to the national Restaurant ant had batch (The service vas terrible end took * very long tine). About 3.6tV boars we went to the Lenin Wiser of Art. &mold seven o'clock we vent to his hem, to Which he bad invited so. Be lived on some alieby backstreet. His apertmst was typical Ow Soviet citizens, that is, one rose with a kitchen to share with other talents. B. lived with his mother. We talkad, and he played, ja gs records ands in the Soviet Union (Asetioon Jam) ant also an "Ave Marla." Be shoved sos boa. on art, in vhieh be is interested, and then we watched television. About eleven O'clock we left his house, and he aceseo, panted me to the hotel by bus. In the hotel testavant we had a drink. Be wanted to see se gain the next day, so we arranged that either he Or I would call at 6 p.a. by telephone. After we ported I vent to bed. .2160Sag. After breeticttuttI vent to the United States Wow to register. A in owloyee Awedso vpsteixs Where a *Axe corporal pee en a registsatiat tore to till oat* At easetime after 1100 Wm* walked down the streets looking for bookstores to MA acme technical natsvaines width the Library of Comma Ina *shod tor. I went to eirreral bookstores, but the esgesinca were not available * I west to the University ailneryi there was *Skid for a as which I ILIA set I was seat to the Chine of the Pass laspertsent, who advised me to 1st* arvenipments *MO Istoutisto I then it to Iateutist, where ther te3A no thst all the eaterial I needed was in the Lenin Wow and Viet I *WA go there. When I arrived, I vas asked to fill ant two TOM la order te get a pass. 0340 bad to pleat** ogy paespoot. I received * plass with the tion K4 and I observed that any Soviet visitors to the library(sthibmts) rem:teed the weee SECRET
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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.