</s>104-10106-10194 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET 10 March 1978 Background Use Only MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD 90.00% Heproducts FROM: Robert D. Clark Office of General Counsel SUBSJECT: Meeting in New York: PDLADLE On 2 March 1978, the undersigned and Vasia Gmerkin of CI Staff met in New York City with the defectors.and his wife at the apartment of Bernard MONCURE. There are and his wife.put a first mortgage on a New York CITY property of theirs located at 163 East 71st Street, New York, New City, in favor of a devised facility nominee of 24 the Agency (Roush-Walker Company, 48 Alabama Street, S.V.) Atlanta, Georgia, for a recited indebtedness of $167,429.88. They signed a classified document acknowledging that the devised facility is an instrumentality of the United States Government. This document was witnessed in alias by Mr. Gmerklin and the undersigned.registered strenuous objections to the "mortgage." 20 RDC:kas Robert D . Clark Distribution: Original - DEFECTORS 1 - RDC Signer 1 - Chrono SECRET 035777/1 VIP/

Summary: The memorandum dated 2 March 1978 details a meeting in New York City between Robert D. Clark of the Office of General Counsel and Vasia Gmerkin of CI Staff with defectors and their wife at Bernard Moncure's apartment. A first mortgage was placed on the defectors' property at 163 East 71st Street, New York, in favor of Roush-Walker Company (a nominee of the Agency) for $167,429.88. The defectors signed a classified document acknowledging Roush-Walker as an instrumentality of the United States Government. The document was witnessed by Mr. Gmerkin and Clark, who registered strenuous objections to the mortgage.  

Key People: Robert D. Clark, Vasia Gmerkin, Bernard Moncure, Defectors (unnamed), Roush-Walker Company (nominee of the Agency)  
Key Locations: New York City, 163 East 71st Street, New York  
Key Events: Meeting with defectors and their wife at Bernard Moncure's apartment; placement of mortgage on property; signing of classified document acknowledging Roush-Walker as a U.S. Government instrumentality  
Key Organizations: Office of General Counsel, CI Staff, Roush-Walker Company (Agency nominee)

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