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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.
Annex 4 sait Interview with the Representative of the Ukrainian Radio in Lviv The girl from Intourist mentioned the name of the man who interviewed me, but I have forgotten it. He was ,a young man, 30-35 years of age, with black hair combed to the back of his head, about 5 feet 6 inches tall, black eyes, dark complexion, a round face, and very fast and talkative. For the first few times he addressed me, he used the name "Mr. Kravtsiv", but he excused this as a slip of his tongue. In the preliminary discussion after the girl left, I told him that the purpose of my visit was not tourism, but that I was interested in some research and study and that I did not agree with the Soviet political system. To this he replied that it was a17 right and that it would be even more • interesting for his listeners. Because I was not a common tourist, he always addressed me as "Mr.". From his accent and behavior, I assumed that he was a Western Ukrainian. He asked me to start right away without any preliminary preparation and started the tape recorder. Question: Answer: Mr. 0, tell the people of Lviv who you are, where you are from, and what your impressions of Lviv are. I am an American who was born in the Ukraine in the Stryi area, but as a young boy, I emigrated to the United States. I am a student at Georgetown Univeristy in Washington. I have a tourist visa, but I came to the Soviet Union to do research work in libraries and to interview people of the local governments. This work is needed for my dissertation. Question: Have you seen anybody from the local administration? Did they give give you the information you required, or did they make some difficulties for you? Answer: Question: Answer: 'I do not think they made difficulties . There were some difficulties with the Oblvykonkom, but I understand that they are faced with the harvest season. I have only been to the Rayvykonkom. my time is limited because I was permitted only five days stay in Lviv. What are your impressions of Lviv, of the city and of the people? What in your. opinion are the positives and the negatives? I have noticed some material progress. I have noticed that some people are better dressed than in previous years and that Lviv is expanding. But compared with last year, I noticed some negative things, such as some shortages of fat, meat, and so forth. Lviv is, in thy opinion, very much like Vienna as far as architecture is con- cerned. There are 'nice girls and prettily dressed girls. -76- 4unGli_1
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 88 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.