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104-10219-10097 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (12/19/1963)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch45794 and id is 1 raw text is: 104-10219-10097 19 December 1963 MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Plans SUBJECT: Discussion with Mr. Richard Davis, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs 1. I visited the Department today for discussions of the Cherepanov and Martin cases with Mr. Richard Davis. Also present was Mr. John Guthrie, Chief, SOV/EUR, 2. I first showed Davis and Guthrie a copy of the preliminary traces on the Soviet officers whose names appeared in the Cherepanov papers. They were particularly interested in learning the true name of Counselor of the Soviet Embassy Fomin. Both officers were cautioned that this was sensitive information and could not be used overtly. I also informed Davis that the University of Illinois Librarian Miller had just returned from his trip and that Mr.L i ihad left for Illinois to interview him. 3. With respect to the dinner at the home of the Soviet Consular Officer Begunkov attended by-Mr. Thomas Fain in Moscow, I informed Davis that our records indi- cated that Begunkov was an intelligence officer. Davis said he suspected as much and that in his view the Soviet's principal interest in wining and dining Fain was to dis- cover how we got the Cherepanov documents and why we re- turned them. Davis added that if he needed anything to convince him further of the mistake in returning these documents, the Fain-Begunkov dinner party offered final proof. Both Davis and Guthrie remarked that Ambassador Kohler would recognize the error and would insure-that the error was not repeated. 4. Finally, on the Cherepanov matter, Dick Davis asked if we had any objection to his showing these papers to Ambassador Thompson. I said we had none and I mentioned that you were also interested in the Ambassador's seeing the papers. I asked that when the Department is finished with them they be returned to us. S. On the Martin case, Davis was told that Drs. Renninger and White had a second meeting with Martin who alleged that he had been told by Soviet authorities L i I

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