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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.
“Siberia”2 pages
SECRET They asked the question, "lthy did you au youreelves in the first placer I said that ve did it for one simple reasons After the ver ve disarmed and aminteined au army of about one-half million. Atthat time the Soviet Union had an army of four million. "And hew do you know it?" they *shed. That is es established fact. Maw admitted that and everybody knows shout it At that time, vhem the Soviet *icor armed and vs disarmed, they started the Berlin Elsokede, the Oretik shish initiated the /rumen Wootrinw, end finelly, the Korean War. These teats oonvineed vs that ve hove to ONM6 They said, "law should you be afraid of us? Er never started a var." I pointed out Finlend, Ittland, end so forth. To Poland they re- plied that they did net attrok it they only liberated Western Unikine and Mortigtelay I mentioned that *en the oar with Ilitler started, Molotov made a pact with Ritter. They then asked, "Idly se way rocket bases lireitua the Soviet tisient" I said they ere a sarestard. The rockets might rust on the lambing pads, but once the Soviet Union starts it oar, they will fall direetly en Wosear. They knos that if Amerieea troops we not in Europe, they could moth the Atlantic in a cotter Of hours, and then WI would have to start another naady.• They sensed to moon of luir estimate, and they emiled. They switched the convenatita to Mertes* generals and said that the generals are conneeted with big business aid that in Ameatea the generele come only trots rich families. I disagreed aml told the. it works. I *antlered West Mat t an academy *Leh menses a large arstiber of future generals, Ng odd that I myself eppliod to *et Point and that only for physical reasons Goad net be accepted. They asked he I knew about the avenisation of the AINICIANO2 am, and I repUed, "Everyone knows. It La mitten *bout, ad there is no secret about it." I sated them what kind of stlitery aceduries they had, but they *MA not disouse it. * then disclosed prat:sus of religion and atheism and them Shevehenko. The colonel, who paid he vas a Modals*, mentioned a Stw titles or politi- cal poems(ifm gi) tad asked se if Ihad reed them. There vas also a disaussion y —m in general, of the prom, of Speech, and finally, or the alcation system. They said that their peopis elect their leaders, to *SO I replied that Malin it Iwo been elsetal by the people for about thirty yaws. They did not sw, a word to this, but Om young men sitting at the next table oho heard this discussion wore looking at me with epprokal. ft had a lot or voila during this discussion, and Int telked in Way loud voices. During this diwassion they did not particroluoly counter my ergestents, end they did not we an egit.prop SECRET
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