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Dr _ H: 'Kuiov prorcssor, Univer sy 0f Toronto, VIsited
Mosce: from Septeloer 1-14, 1975 to undertake resezrch at tne USSR
Acadezy of Sciences, uncer the i3S3/Canada General Exchange
Acreezen:_ Tne rezcarch #9 carried out 2t the Acadcn of Scierces
Coz?eter Centre, 40 "avcoha Street . Ku.S;'s host 83S Iwrit I,
T02337, 2nd in charge of thc Ccnputer Centre &nd 0n wh om a separate
pez} onality sketch Is attached.
On Septenber 3 While having 2 coffee break in the Computer
Centre KUvOV kas approached by a man siho identified hinself as
Millian MART Ebout 2n izerican who defected to the: USSR in 1950. MARTIH
openly spoke his past and stated that he non lives in Moscow
and that he 1s a consultant to TurGOV 's group at the Computer
Centre: He said much of his vork is done at home but he does drop
Into the Centre weekly.
It was at this tIme that NARTIN told Kuiov that he would
#e to get out 0f the USSR even if he has to ru certain risks, He
also sa1d that Bernon) HITCHELL feels the sane end has voIced his:
desire to the Soviet authorities.
MARTI asked KUOV if he might enquire with the Canadian
'authorities on his behalf ta see Ihat his stetus would be in this
country or 1f there was chance of his alloxed in rerc as
a Poliiical refugee.
Ruzoy chzeee
t0 contact the Canadian Zrbassy
In; Rosco: to see what the official view would be end notify HRTIi
at 2 later dete. "RTIM seered most pleased at this and left Kuiov
his hcme telephone ruaber cautioning hin not to say anyth over Bhoze that would tip off
the
Sovict authoritles as to his intentions_
first meeting lasted a little_ over onc half hour and took place
in the coffce lounga area 0f the Centre. There #ere other Sovicts
present in the lounge, however, TORZC; was not among them, KUHOV does
not believe the others Here. awarc of their conversation.
On the 5 Septenber .75 KUIOV cailed at the Canadian Embassy,
Mogcow and spoke to a doornan asking hin_wno hc night speak to
regarding SOFe Americans living in the USSR who would like to immigrate
to Canzda, The doorman referred KUIOF to' che office of 2 Krs. Louise
0 'COKTcz KUiOV thcn zpokc to a Uf who stated that he was the
under to Mrs. 0 'Coiio? _ KUOv enguired about the Anericars
living in the end asked could be allowed to imnigrate to
Canada_ The Zabassy official would not Osnit hinself and stated that
KUNOV should enquire Officially with the nearest office of Kanpower
and_ Irnigration when_he_returned to Canada _ Kuiov did not this
Official MRTCI or KITCHZLL S nanes . KU:OV telephoned MART
Eve
after
the Eabassy visit and stated that the_reply fro5 the Zmbassy was negative: BARTIN scened upset that KuO; should phone: then he
later stated that it would probably be all right .
NARTIN Net KUROV ` On at Zeast two occasions after the
5 Septenber, all at the Certre, usually ir the coffee lounge and in
the Enenan; presence of others. spoke Erglish at 2}l tines.
JART thanked KU:CN for his trouble in enquiring at the Zntassy and
cautioned KUFOW not to get personally involved with nim in this
venture 23. it woulc be bad nets , KUKOR pronised KIRTI! that he would
check #ith Canadian Fanpower and Irigration euthorities on . tne
natter when he returned to SEeHEF
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The folt _Ming observations werc ma.
by KuoT
regarding BARTIN:
(a) Phygtcal Descrietzon
5'7' or 3" tall Zeir hair, crercut, belding &t the
terzples , Dct
beiliea:
thc Ray suffer from 2 nervous condit[on, and bearz
mark of 2 Fan: who has expericnced rouzh tincs,
always dressed Xith a shirt, tie a3d jacket,
spoke pezfect English with a sligh- Russian accent
on certain words:
(b) HARTIN" provided KUBOV with the follosing hone eddress
and tclephone cautioning hfm tnat his
telephore :nas
BuGged:
telephone nuaber 433-03-81
117421 Obruchcva Street
4-l
Apt _
Bpiidizb
ZoscOw , USSR
(c) MARTIN gtated that hls fricnd HITCHSLL lives In
Leningrad and is parried to the Dean of the Husic
Conscrvetory in Leningrad_ MITCHZLL is very urhap?Y
and hc has ozcnly asked Soviet authoritics for
to leave Russia and return to the USA . Eeratentoy
he has ne ver bcen ,ablo to adjust to thc
Soviet kay of lifc and s noll very desrcrate:
HITCHELL 1s willing to divorce his wife &nd take any
risk to Out Of tbe. USSR . To date ho:icver Ue has
been met with a wa 11 of silence by. the Soviets.
(d) MARFIN is unnarried. Ho clains to ha ve a confortable
apartnent and feels thav he has adjusted to tke Satiat
Lfe and is accepted in thc USSR. He does` not xant t0
return to the: USA but . would like to Out of the USSZ ,
Ke said he +ould have a story to tell about his
life in Russia 6s xiell as his past and that nc #Dule najiz
no
cozpunctions about telling all abcut_ thc Rwssiars.
MARTIN at one point stated that he would not consider
attempting to escape from the: USSR;
(e) HARTIN clalms that he
is constantly harressed Jy Soviet
Officials. His amrtment has been broken into on
several occasions and he refused to use the Soviet rail
system. He has also refused to shox up for wczk in the
Past as a forn of protest . MARTIN also indicated that
he has hed several contacts with Americans in ioscow
and that they have not shosmn
any anizosity toerds hin:
He actually rated an Anerican woran for sode tine but
did not Dention her nane .
(f) #ARTII stzted that in the past Anerican jourtalists
have tried' to contact him nany times, asking {or inter-
viewts but their rco"ests have been refused 63 Zussian:
authorities: fle said he; hoped so3e jisz that coe: Gis
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TORGCV and KUIOV szote in general terns about KARTIII
agwer the frst reetIrg: TCzcov does rot clai to %non #iRTI
wcll . BAPT I hzs been at tee centre for approri-tely 6 to &
to TczCO7's oupa Prior 20 that he worked &5 a Eonsuitantigned
aroihcr ercz the icadez; of Zciences. FcrGOv
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T;ch of his %ork at hozc :e said
C eZneited
for icRTI} beczuse he Xs not accepted by the
he sorTy
e elso steted that: he felt %ARTIN was
Russians_ In the Acadeny.
a_ basIcally mnest cna
KUOV said hls motives for trylng to assist #ARTIN
and HTTCHELL are bzsed on hZinatarian grounds, only& as he feels
they are suffering under the Soviot system: Kc docs' not. Interd
to take any further actiori to assist them in leaving the Soviet
Uniona KUOV hopes to return to the Soviet Union next for
a Gore extended period of study.
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Igoryevich_TorGov
NUn6iv _ [Ca 5 uune i932 vitebsk USSx Kead of Lab-
oratory . Computer Centre_ Academy of Sciences _ Moscow was a
Vlelting professor in Toronto Ottawa Canada , for Eour
eonths Novenber 1974 to.February 1975.
A nudber; o€ souces. vere impressed by' TORGOV ' 5: frank-
nebg ana hig wIllingness to speak out at social gatherings
on current probles arcas' in the Soviet systce. For exazple
ne discusged dissidents Jn Soviet society ard comnented on one
occabLon that: Fresent; day Soviet soclety allowed for far greater-
Ereedot of expresgion than had been allowed prevlously. He
Jald that things vere said in ogcow that one vould never
have heard in Stalin' g era, Neverthelesa_ TCRGOV argucd that
1 return to 01 terror tactics" under Soviet rule was always Poss-
Ible. He considered that Buch tactics were unlikely at this
ene because of the personal phlosophy. Of Predier Leonid BRESHEV
TORGOV Lo reported to be the Bon oE a 8CLentist and party
peaber and he hinsclE 18 an admltted party nembcr . He i8 married
#Ith three children. He 18 considered to be one Of the top exs
perte 00 hls field (computers) in the Soviet Union. He mentioned
havIng travelled to' other Western countrlee two or three time8 .
8to English 1s good_ He was very frfendly towards Canadians dur-
Ing_ hls vislt but Jt was observed that' he did not associate With
chree other Soviet regearch students at the same Institution, On
Ox J occagion In Ottawa be was berated quite severely by a Sovict
Enbassy officfal for hie fallure to report Periodically, ag re-
quJred; to the Ezbasgy: TORGOV Rater told 2 source that thl8 Em-
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Bernon Fergueon MITCHZLL
Purther to your letter og 6 October 1975 , ve have
IdeneIELed and Bpoken €o the Canadian progegeor, Dr ; Hane
EuMov ro €erred to In your letter 88 Harry XERNOV Tha
aecichment outlInee the contact betwean RUNOV and HRTIN
und MITCk:LL _ KUNOV hae proven 'CO-operatIve 89 0 sourc0
O prevloue occablong and wo beJLevo he VIJI continue to
baeLat u9 vthfn Linlte _
Aso aeeachad Le 0 report on Yurfy Igoryevich
TORGOV , Kuxov ' g hob € at the LSSR Acadomy of Sclencea
Capue Center_ In addition to any comentb you Eay
bIef €o make concornIng MARTIN ' 8 approacne9 to Ke*Ov
t0 could velcoua: an. 089088ment of TORGov , Je avaiiabio_
Tha F.B.I . b08 rocaived the inforatlon con-
talned Ln the attachment8 :
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D : Hans KUOV professor, University 6: Toronto, visited Moscaw Sroa Septeaber 1-14, 1975
to unde-take rescarch at tse USSR
Academy of Sciences, urder tre FsSR/Cara-a General Excharge
Agreerent _ Thc research was cz-ried Out at the Acadeny o Sc Lerces
Cozpute: Certres
9
L0 Yavcoha Streez, KieCT's host #as Iujij I
TOZCCY _ 2nd In ckarge of the Ccaputer Ceztre and on wh Om a separate
Personality sketch Is attached.
On September 3 whiie havIng
2 coffee break In the Computer
Centre Kucv was" approached b; a man who identified hinself as
dIlliam MARTT an Anerican kro 'defected: t0 the USSR in 190. "XRTI openiam spoke abou8
his past and stated tnat he now lives In %oscOw
and that he is a consultant to TURCO" 's Eroup at the Computer
Centre. Ke said much of his work 1s done at home but he does
Into the Centre weekly.
It wag at thls tIre that MARTII told KuNvOV that he would
#e to oxt of the USSR ewe? if he has to run certain rIsks, He
also sald that (Bernon) KITCHZLL feels tre same and has voiced hIs
desIre to the Soviet authoritiesa
NARTIN asked KURICV 1f he mlght enqutre WIth the Canadian
authorIties on his behalf to see what his status would be In this
country or 15 there was chance of: his belng allowed in hero as
8 Poliiical refugece
{uzoy
a greed to cortact the Canadian Zhbassy
in Hogc Qlv to sce what the officsal yiew vould be and notify BIRTII
at a later date. NHRT IN seemed nost pleased at this and: lefe KuGV
hts hora telephone nunber cautioning hij not to say anythfng over
that vould tlo off the Soviet authorities as to nls irtentiors, Phene
{Irst ceet Ing lasted a little over ore half hour and tcok place
In the coffee lounge area: .0f' the_Centre- There Were other Soviets
present In the lounge, however, ToRGov vas not among then. KunOV does
not believe the others were axre of thefr conversation.
On the 5 Scptember 75 KUNIOv called at the CanadJan Embassy,
MoscOw and spoke to a doornan asking hio#ho he nleght; speak to
rezarding SC.e Americans llving in the USS? who would like to izolzsete
Canada_ The doornan refeerred KUIIOV to the office of 2 "3. 89coanod3
Kurov then spoke to a UfM who stated that he was the
under to Iirs _ 0'ComCR= KUNOV engutred about tre Anericans
lvIng in the and asked could be allowed to: imaigrate to
Canada_ The Zmbassy official would not C-mit hinself and stated that,
KUlOv should enouire officially With the nearest office of Panpower
and Immigration when he returned to Canada _ KuOV did not zive this
official NARTCI or ITCHELL S reres , Kcov telephored MARTCI after
the Embassy visit and stated tret the reply from the Zmbassj was
negative . R3TIN seened upset trat KunO: should phone hin, then he
lator stated that it would probaE be all right .
BARTIN met KUFON on et least txo occasions after the
5 September, all at the Centre, usually in the coffee lourge and In
the Eenehar
presence of others _ spoke English at 2ll times,
YART thanked KUTOT for his trouble in erquiring at the Zbassy and
cautJoned Kuxot not to get personally inzolved with him in this
venture 2s it would be bad nes . KuiOV promised KARTIN that he vould
check with Canadian Bnpowser and Innigration authoritLes cn the
matter when he returned to
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Tne Kollewits cbzalwatlocz wer? 5ed2 S7 EI*OV
regarding BARTDl:
(a) Fhygical Zescrietien
5'7' or 3" tall fair hafr, crewcut, balding at the
temples, pot
beiliea.
may suffer {rom 2 nervous condItioz, and bears the
mark of a man who has experienced rough tices ,
always &ressed_with-a shirt , tie and jacket.
spoke Perfect English with a
siight Russian accent,
on Certain wcrds,
(b) MARTIN provided KUOV with the follering home address
and teleghonc nurber, cautioning hia that his
telephone was , bugged,
teiephoze number 433-03-31
117421 Obruchewa Street
4-1 Etidizs
Moscou, USSR
(c) MARTIN stated that hfs Sriend MTTCHELL LIves In
Lenlngrad and is Darried to thc Dean of the Muslc
Conservetory In Lenlngrad, KITCHZLL 1s 88 Yoznhappy
end he has openly agked Sovlet authorities
to leave RussLa and retun to the USA . Reratento;
ne has raver been able to adjust to the
Sovlet nay of 1fe and is no very Cezperate
MITCKELL_Is. WIlling to. divorce hls wife and take any
risk. t0 Out of the USSR, To date however-:ho hag
been mot Mith a wall of silence by tbe Sovlets.
(a) BARTIN is, unmarried. He cla Lmg to bave 8 confortable
epartment and feels that re has adjgsted_to the Sovlet
Jfe ard 18 accezted in the USSR, ` Ge does not want to
return to the USA but would like to get out of the USS?.
He said he-Kould have quite a_ story €0 tell about his
I1fe in Zussia as Nell as his past and that he wuld have
no C Onpunctions about telling all about the: Russfans _
MARTIN a one: point stated that he vould not consIder
ettempting to escape from the USSR,
(e) BARTIN clajms that. he Is constantly harrassed by Soviet
officials. Kis ajrtment has been broken into on
several ocasions" and he refused to use the Soviet nail
systeni. He: has also refused to: show up for vork in the
Past as a form of protest: BARTI also indicated that
he has rad several contacts Kith AZericans in %oscOW;
and that they hare not shawn any anizosity torards hin.
He actually dated: an American_ woman for some tice but
did not nention rer nane .
(f) MARTIN stated that_ In:the past American Journalists
have tried to contact hi Zany tizes, asking for inter
views bjit their requests hawe been refused: b; Zussian
authoritzes_ He `s2id he soze that oxe 0f
these jonrnalists %oul
Gecaf =T
knock on his
door a3i talk to him:
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TORGOV an: :JOV spoke In general terts about KARTIH
ifter the first neet Lz?' TC?GJv does nct; clalo to knon ViZTIN
well MA2TC; has bee? at tne centre for approxi-azely 6 to 3
to_ZCZC0T29. Op: Prior to that he Worked as a consuitas: {ned
anot:e- area o2 the Acadery of Zciences . TCRCOV
consenteatthata%ozg; %ea: Puch:
of kis %ork at hone . He said
fonented
feli SorTJ for Hi?TIN because he was not accepted bY the
in the Academj, He also stated that he felt BAPTI wag
Russlans
a basically bnest Dana
KUOV saId.his motives for trjIng to assist FARTIN
and MTTCHELL aro baged on
hujinatarian grounds, only, as he feels
suffering 'rder the Soviet systen: He does not Intend
they arc
further action to assist them in leaving the Soviet
to take ar
retwrn' to the Sovict Union next year for
Untone KUEOV ho?es to
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0 U Re: Yuriy Igoryevich_ TORGOV
ToRGOV DOB 6 June _ 1932 VItebsk USSR Head' of Lab-
oratory , Computer Centre, Academy of Sciences _ Mobcou , vas a
VIBIting professor in Toronto ottawa; Canada, for four'
Gonthg November 1974_ to Pebruary 1975 _
A nunber 0€ 8ourceg were ippressed by TORGOV' 8 frank-
ress and hla_Willingness to speak out, at social gatherings ,
oni' current proble: areas In the Soviet: systen: por example
ne' -discugged dissidents in Soviet socety commented on one
occagion that present day Soviet Boclety allowed for far greater
Ereedon OE expresgion than had been allowed previously. He
Batd: that things were: belng--Sald in_ Moscow that one would never
Fave heard in Stalin' 9 era' Neverthelesa_ TORGOV . argued that
8 return to "terror tactlcs" under Sovlet rule vag always Pob8-
{le: Ke congidered that such tactics were . unlikely at ths
etbe because Of the pergonal Losophy of Prenier' Leonid BRESHEV .
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TORGOV L8 reported to be the Bon of a gCientigt ana party
Denber and he hinself is an adnitted party wember . He i9 :married
MIth three chfldren. He 18 conbidered to be one of the top ex-
perts on hlg fJeld (computers) in the Soviet Union, Ke mentioned
bavlng travel led to other Hestern countries two or three tideg .
HLe_English 1g good _ He Vas
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Dear Harry ,
He have Icarned that on thc evening of 8 Septenber 1975,
Janes MILAISON of the: U.5 Embassy In sloscov had a conversation
cf. Interest with a Canadian Embassy OffIcer; Wilkinson stated
thee whilc attcating a socia] function at the' Australlan Embassy ,
he engaged Canacian Consular Officer Geoffrey FARRON In conver-
setion , Farrow advised: that ho had been recently approached byi
DI _ HartY KLR;Uv an Associatc Professor 0f English a[ tho
UnTversity J[ TToronto In Canada regarding Anerican defectors
Bernon Fa MITCIALL and Iiilian M, ARTIN_ Kernov Implied that
He had had recent personal contact with Onc or both of the
defectors and recoruendcd that che Canadian governnent
Martin ond Mitchell perrission [o eigrate to Canada . Farrow
{urnshed no further Jetails regarding Kernov '9 contact.
DurIng tho sa00 conversat ion Farrow asked ` NIIkInson Jf he
coulu: supply any basic background nateria] on Mitche)l and NartIn.
MIkAngon replied that he; Kould pass Ferrow S request On1 to
the Consular Section of the Lnbassy. Subsequently, Fartow we $
gIven an unclassifled ereicle concerning the' dcfectors vhfch
ePpeared in cho Juno 1961 Issuc of Irue marazine.
Ne vould, of courge, be Interested In eny IndIcattons that
MartJn end Sftchell aro attenpting co. Icave: tho: USSR-and would
De grateful for any Infornetion You @ay b0 0b10 Eo provido u3
Jn regard to the adove .
I ap usLng the CAZAB channe) Io chfs Instance 93 this
JnforpatIon be3 been passed to us Informally .
Yours,
T: Kcxrig
Ceorge T. Kalaris
Mr , Harry Brandes
DDO/CI/RGA/T:LHNigren(20ct75)
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