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UNITED srT7S GOVRNyj'
Menorandum1
' CONFIDENTIAL
TO Chief, Dfestic Collection Division AS-700-74
Attn: Deputy Chief, CD DAr: 29 July 1974
FROM Chief, Washington Field Office
: I. Irv Davidson - Call-In to the DCIL
1. O 26 uly 974, 1. Irving Dar , Pbi eain
Specialist, suite 6 City lelations
ad teleponed th2e000 was contacted at his office. DavIdson
hada terene te Director of Central nelgec aliri
the reuest an eeidiate intrgence earlier i
arms shipment intoconcerning a Soviet
S ise that he had fairly reliable information
concerning the location of 15 thousand Soviet achnikov rifles
with 25 millicn, rounds of ammuition.Mn,.~
rifles are in th r amnto.Mnfcua n11570, the
d not establish originale t nd sell for 120 each; Da son
de entiestashhe Parie a theammunition. He can arrange for
the entire shipment to arrive at the free port in Ant erp, Belgium,
for transfer to any byer. Davidson hones h t ill
Purchase this entire sh_eat in order to prevent it from entering
the Western Hisphere. He pressee that he was not!fied of the
eitence of the io t because it is well-k -n that he has the
aonfhtebe o suenal goernat leaders throughout Latin America,an
thghtbe instr ental in selling the a--s. Davidson is appalled at the
thoubt f Svie ars Polieraionin he estrnr~iAmpe, and
hopes the shipment can be halted. ate Jhe
3. on 23 July 1974, Davidson re-.ured to the US after traveling
to a nUnber of foreign countries. He receivel a telepoe caln frn an
old fr'iend in 2uroe vhose ideatity he rei'tmei to re%-eal. The friend
Iadrised bin that Alz~dern had a souaj orcposa1 and wo-al- get in
touch with hin. later on 23 Juy, Aleandr called wuids from
lation 1which Davidaon believes to bade been aithin the cfotinental
. Alexaner related that he had the een and a itheon stored
outside of Eastern Zurope, and that the goods can ins tred
]Daidson and his client would go to hs rould be inspected if
insrucion* I reuesed ogo Par's,' 1?ances for fturther
a Sructos nIv requested to do so, Davidson is willing to escort
a MB representative to Paris for the Purpose Of inspecting the
merchandise. He would not accept a puissen on the transaction,
but night be per.-suaded to accept amense oney for the trip. He
insisted that his offer a pot ivated Purely by patriotisP and because
of his personal dislike for the aSi.
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