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14-Q0000 104-10176-10020] 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F_ KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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9 Beptombor 1960
MEMORANDUM FOR: Cuel MIDIveon D
SUBJECT: ZRGRACE Tokyo Aspect;
Geor8o PERIS aka Georgo PERLSTEROPOULOS %
George PARIS; IdcatlAd Contact 0 Valentin HAHN
eka Valentino VabIllyevich KHAN aks Won-oblo HAN;
SoU Coaleosed Sovtot Ageat
FollowLng informatdloa wab mada evallable to Lbo wrllor by
666; ~eC?2224YLE : t2cdg {+7- IL~ 0-+4l 7i-- M1 -
v lontfa HNM_ Ibe Lnlormetlon boreln reported wu provIded by oral brled-
oaly, ed 0a writer ru dol permitted t0 reviev tbe HAHN [ile Itself:
Followdne datullo are cbereforo baaed enddrely on notot laken durlog tho
meollng #Elch took placo [n CARRICO'0 ofce on 6 Scptember .
2. Fueto HAHN, wbo vas born 20 Yalentlne Vatfltyewlch KHAN o
22 Aprll 1928. Slevyanka Rasie, and wbo 19 0 Ruabian O Koreed origia
admlttod La tko courec 0L 2 Polygraph examiaation adminlstored on 4
rnopeciiied date. tat &8 aad actad a6 am #3emf im bahal{ %f tb3 Eoviata . Hax
bas booa tA t4o employ 0 CLA bloce approrimately [952, orlgtoally in Sooal
Xoroa Letar tn Tekyo, Japan)'abgequently trane(erred to Oktoeva.
Ho was termtatod: on untpecllied date & 4 coolract a80nE Of tbe SR Divefon
md cureally L0 or bao boon-rodeteled In Hokkatdo. wbare ho hee been glver &
Job 45 e trslator ritb the FBIS Uatoning Poxt #t Sapporo Hokkafdo, Jcpan:
Darlog tbt dobrloling #aich accompanled blo Polygrepa tosting: HAHN advoed
tbat durics Ms tervice In Tokyo. Japen Mo closoet abocdateo had bom t8o
following tdlrldualt In tho order listod:
Arsouly YANKOVSKY and wLe.
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Baoll EFREMOr] - CLA Stalt Employee o[okyo Statloe] sbo
2oo beea termlnatod '0n unknova date. Ho 5w IdontIlad W
Jopanoee Intelugenco egoot.
6. John Mc COY ad wLo Mc COY wu o5 Idll [o a0 eMaployoo 0t
53 DrIelon; statlodod Ia Jepaa
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8 Vadlm KEDISH CLA Ccntract Azeat In employ ot SR DIviolon
statloaed
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L Proce8o 0f belng terminated alter
Wentlllcaulon 00 ormxtt NKVD aget former Abwebr Agept,
ead subbequont agent euvlty In bebsll c tbe Sovlott sblle Io
DP compo.
Kosua KANAZAWA Coustn o Valentin HAHN; et: On0 dme w4o
propoeed (or operadiosal ua0 by thit Agency.
Cbarlotto BERGHOLTZ Close Irtend 0L Ankatablya SNOW poo
YANKOVSKIY .
Golll-Grlgorerna and Xarguerita PODSTAVINA PODSTAVINA
Is tbo Godmother 0 Arteniy YANKOVSKIY .
232 C5377277 7-iE ii cmployeo 01 3R Divoloa #Eug ac'
fo Pepartzent ot stargeovor. Formor FMI
ooployoo. IL
Georee PARIS (Spelling a plcked 4p ozlglnally by Olflce %
Securlty Ip wrItten report 0{ Poly3se?h eraminaton roport, and
tberelore Ukely phonetxc. ) Greek buslneetman In Tokro.
J. Ln the coureo 0 furthor debrleflng In connection with be Polygrapb
Tart HAHN :blzet 183f George ?ZEiS or PARIS 540 tbe Individuel Bbo had
Introduced HAHN to 0 clab fo Tokyo locste] off &e Gas4 the namo 0{ wblch
clab tranelated into Englob I8 "Tomorrov Ie Too Late" _ At thlo clab HAN
met & Japanovo hobtedo 67 tho name el Norlko ATAJL Fbosa real neme wed
bator establlobed t0 be Norkko MATSTZAKAYA slm %a subaequontiy aated:
Tboro Io n0 furtbor Informabion curreatly avallable O1 thio boctoeo, @ &ho
Iatertm HAHD hau obtalnad a dlvorce brom his wue: wbo bad boen 0 Uttlog
participant Lo bo egent actIvltlee for te Sovleto, ad Io knorvu currontly to ba
Ulrdog In 2 common-lov relstioneblp Itb Jepanese wbo mey bo Ldentcul
Atb Nor*ko LATSUZAXAYA.: Ae Lndicated aboves HAHN ed Nlo curreat
mlotoo aro carreatly Ia Sapporo, Hotkaldo.
1; Tbe ex-wlfa o Valentin HAEY, Phose fell aame [0 nat knovn t0 tho
prltor, and t 6vo HAHN s08, are currently 'poasored Ior reecttle-
mobt by tho Agency (n tbo Uulted Steted, wbore all tbro0 ar0 ecbadulod t0
rocelvo thebr U,S. clteenoblp undor QA "ponorseip.
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5. Wila roforence t0 tbo "Tomorrov Ig Too Lato" Cleb: HAHN oted
tbst 4 pumber o CLA Staft Employeer o &be Gokro Suuog} (requont o Rvo
Lroquentad 'tals etabllsbmont and have datad thbe Japapeto buetotsee employed
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tboro. Dato of HAHN'[ Introduction t0 tbe Cleb ad to Farlko MATSUZAKAYA
Dy Gjeozae P ARLS aka George PERIS wet eftimated by Ur. Sayle t baro been
somewhere betvcen 1954 1957 . Bith regard t0 Valesun HAHD' 070
Incllnatlone toward ,barlog bit keovledge o romnce Mtb otkaro, Mr . Sayle
advleed tbat Security (Mllco bad establitbed thet mblle etployed 40 8 conttict
agont 0L lbo" Eokyo Stauon? HAHN bad pimpea {or CLA Staff pertoudel In Tokyo.
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6 As attacbment berewitb tba mriter appondo edditlonal bsekgroand
data On the Profeseional intelligence activitiea and coptacts of Valeetin HAHN
Jnd {amally 48 poted durlng tbo oral briefing by Sayle.
7 On baolo 0[ the above, It can be #uely a88umed tbat tba Gcorge
PARIS kaown to HAHN ft Idontical witb Gcorge PERISTEROPOULOS ak
George PERIS, vell -known Tckyo busine{mBn and Honorary Deputy Contel
of tbe Royal Greek Contulate in Yaiobaz)Japan, 00 seported in SCTGKY-6}
and SCTOKY-624. K i notewortby tbat PERIS' contacto througbort alo career.
commeuclng ~ -[D 0s onginal reported employrent i9 Tientela Cbina tarough
blo actlrues and cortacto in Shanghai, Cainx, and Leter [n Tokpo, pot ercled-
Ing We marrlage l Anrella CZZRC INSKA bave boea erclusively Wlth
{ndirlduals 0 Ru8eian or Eastera Europetn backgrouna many 0l hem Of
Rueelan Jawibb background. Fbo &e eitber higbly Beopect or bare boen Iden-
tted as long-time #zen88 0f Sovist intelugence. PERIS' reported route O[
arrival Ia Tokyo via Hsrbln: Tienteio apd Shavghal, 1 Gell ap hib employ-
ment by Sondovick Brothore and_coutacts with individuals Ubo te in wtta &br
Borit SOLOMONIK complex and Bortol Fur Tradlng Corporations Imacke
very strtdgly of tbe old Comintert Apparet Of thbo 20' upd 30'. Nso it
parallelo tbo travel patterno 0f 1 npmaber 0f indivldualb icvolved in t@SOBLE
~a0e, prdnclpelly tha SOBLES themeelveo #bo sere exflltrated jrom te
Sovloet Unton wa Zokyo. Japap, to tbe U,S,A. and wbov mobt potably ol alL
#lac #ate uadar €over Oi operating & Eristie Butidets "1b Sondovich Brorbaro.
8. According to eurUer reporting Io tba ZRGRACE (nvettigatlon
'Geor8o PERIS I6 alleged €0 bare been codract Of Killiem Hamilton MARTIN
Jo Tokyo: snd to bava Olferad MARTIN t0mae {ypo 0f job or bueleeo' Partder -
oblp doel Io connectioa with the $ug bunldest .
9. Ms . Carrico Informally Lndleuted (hat bo Pertoaally buspecto tbut
MARTLN' Introducuan t0 tbe fipo art O muochibtc tortare by en unldend -
{led Jepenoso (amalo. 08 repozted by MrD . Ardelle GASDA to FBI e3ep1,
mey Asvo effectod 4t OT tbrouga bit Putronago 0f tba Tomorrov 1o Too
Late" Clab t0 #bicb b may Zoll bavo bood teken or introdaced by Bo (rterd
PERS. Tuio Poat bllity. Io subject t0 furtber tcveotizadlen:
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10_ ^ Inltlel Iollov-Up tCctor3-6J ud[ctor36s vettolat cuble
0l 7 Sopt. 60 requesupg furthar cbeck-oee 0t tbe Cleb 6, Vu Prepared:
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K second cable to bo peut by Prlvacy Llok to Sooul, Korea Lur also beoa
drafted, and roquedto cback 0[ PERIS' arrival, acuvlues %n4 contactt,
doparture Irom Koree rubeequont t0 28 January 1960. Tbls cablo heo beeo
Prebented gedarately {or Youf approvel and may likoly bo eeaject to revieloa
piereforo no copY [e attacbed. It Ie furthar suggestod tbat ( ice O SecurIty
bo authorieed {0 PA8e to NSA Security Zorklng o tbio ca80 tbe
tnlormaton o@ PERIS relsyed In above
Acsok
Yableo. eucb [dformation t
be proporly sterIlleed of couree. Jnd that NSA fn turn be reszested to check
Ind obtuln from U.8. Navy Peraomol Records iul copioe ta dvpllcate of tha
oxglaal reporto on tbo epecufic sttona or abo1gument, includlng datee
01 Borvice t eacb to which MARTIN and MITCHELL were cetailod: alao
dotullad leave recorde, trarol rocordt, and orber pertInent background data
coptalded Id |ncb filoo, t cover gbe entre Perlod of thelr reepectve Bervico
Mtb tho 0.8. Mavy . It Is albo euggested tbat NSA officlale be requetted to
obtaln slmllar detallod orlginal reporto In duplicate {rom tbo Doonrtrant V
E= ==; 3300 48 porjOA OI MAK H JN'0 civilian employrent In Jepan;
Mea epecial cmphable on any feporto 0I MARTIN' ertra-cuzicular actlvltlee.
coctacto, club membertbipo, Identiled pereonal contacto with pertons aot
employod In blb Own Gllce: leave travel etc., whicb may be roflected Ln
adtlclal rocordo. Oae coPY 0f all suca roportb j6 reqposted {or thlo Agedcy:
t0 Pormlt {urtbor cbecklae of know OF nowly idontilled contecta bo may kave
Ead An Jepan.
ANITA POTOCKI
Attchmont: % etated
FIIDIAP:mem
Distribution:
Orig & 1 ZRGRACE File
MARTIN 201 file
PERIS file
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