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104-10181-10236 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (4/26/1963)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch00457 and id is 1 raw text is: 104-10181-10236 ieleased under the John F. Kennedy Assas inat Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note) NW 53216 6/27/17 0 C04MA.1 ion NOTE FOR FInE I viae l iifax on TithL'arch to inter'i - '44; . SLOBODA. I arrived atPolfco :uadquartors at 4. s.. -.: e. SLOW0DA ws eventually produced at about 6 o'r meantime I talkd over the cao with otctivConstable Thompsoh the-pecialDranch fithe i-lifax Polico-Force, and read his paporo in order to refrooh my ne-ory. I: invited etective -Corstable ThOmpsoirto be present during the interview although in fact he took no part. in it.; 2* ira. SID30DA gives the impression of being a rather quiet nervouo and not very itelligent north country ro.an, ill-oquippod to grapple with tho.upheaval of the past two years. At the outset I told her that I was not a police officer but- -ieb -f -rthe War ffice in Londoi concerned with security zatter 'adin' this connection there rere a few questions I wviahci to ask her. However, she was under no obligation-to answer any qtcations or indeed 'to be interviewod at a2l, but should che agree to arzzwer ,b7 questions then she should bear in mind that the contents of our interview mst not be discussed 'with anyone else at' any time. She said that. she was quite prepa;ed to be intorvieod although che did not think that she had any information of value to us. I should mention here that at the beginning she was obviously very nervcus and reticent, then for a period she seemed mruch more colf-aSsurod, and towards the end of the interview, when ono or two rather delicato matters were raised she became somewhat distressed, fliushed and ulcertain of herself. Before recording what she had to say I feel bound to make the reservation that I do. not bel! ive.% she told t~o tho whole truth and that I do not consider that sho is quite so guileleos as the impression she gave me at the beginning of the interview led me to believe. In brief, she may not be very intelligent, but she has lots of native cunning. 3. She susPlied the following ansers to the questions put by me on the basis of the quotionnaire received from as at 88a:- A. Un.der .at circua t:c - che ror tted to z-eturn to -1r n, rd ? oe he Dan tG return toh ..T 2 .d ? i~c3the .S.R.7 Her object in returning to this country from the U.S.S.R. ;in Jlarch 1962 was to take a holiday which, cho said, she felt she badly needed. It was obvious from what Srs. SLOEODA had to say that she had found life in Lvov very difficult, largely because.of her lack of Rhsian, and the fact :hat her husbard's parentu wore living in the' sae apartment. Afte- discussing the matter with her husband ohe first aplicd for exit vis In August 1961 and sae admitted that the Russian I.:clience Officer responsible for her husband's recottlezar asked her more than once why -ho wic..ed zo leave her husbar. in Russia and return home to Engzland. 2ho rseattlc:ent office, i. lorodah huaband to bring oa ren sur e obear on her on the rourde that her husband was now li.ving in Rus3sia and that it was up to her to knuckle down and become accliLtised and stay by his side rather than to return to the . However, in the and hex' persistence won the day and. aftor deosi~ting her ;-as:;:ort . the authoritios -'n Lvov aac-raceived It back ag ain in L:arz: with an exit visa staped therein. She wished to ta':o z-. cy 'her small daughter but aluo her seccnd con with her and om arrival in Loscow from Lvov by Aeroflot Ghe visited the 3 -ish Embaosy to discuss the status of the son in question, Victor c 1 CS~5-

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