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124-10273-10070 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (01/01/1963)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch49602 and id is 1 raw text is: 124-1027310070 S-e fC9 8 v. a U GOVERNMEN CLASSPICAMON TO MR. BOARDMAAM ACfON c5: January 22, 1958 PROM :A- ONT ~ ¾''~ /I.,~7I'-,,~~ o I.,. - _ - SUBJEr: TGE OFo MAII_ TO .S. 8. R Tamm Nease On January 10, 1958, Harry Stone) -5, ison Representa- Winerowd ,vtive with the Bureau, confidenta advised that his ervice had an 1,(0 determined that oviet illegal agents all over the world, when they want a f' , eet with their pincipal, are under instructions to send a proper com icat Ion -' ri 1 4o K. S. Smirnov, Central Post Office, Vladimir, U.S. S. R. Mr. Stone stated(5) 50hat e orementioned information was being made available to the Bure and the CMP only. On the*basis of this information, we immediately instructed the Washington Field and New York Offices to institute confidential inquiries with appropriate Post Office officials to determine the feasibility of covering outgoing cor~espondence from the U.S. to the(. S. S. R\ looking toward picking up a cdmmunication dispatched to the aforementioned address. On Yanuary 21, 195 8, SA Powers the New York Office called advising that his preliminary inquirlc at first disclosed that such coverage could- possibly be effected at LiGuardia Airfield. Powers stated that he subsequently received a call from the Chief Post Office Inspictor who told him that he would not be able to make such arrangements and explained that something had ha.ppened in Washington on a similar matter and that Bureau Headquarters should take up the matter with Post Office Headquarters here in Washington. The Post Office Inspector said that it did not involve our agency and because of what-was going on in Washington at the present time, he just couldn't do it oni his own. Almost simultaneous with this advice, Mr. James Angleton of CIA approached our Liaison Agent, Sam Papich on a persofnal basis. He indicated that if it were known within CIA at he was volunteering this information to the Bureau, he would lose his job. Mr. Angleton stated it had come to the attention of CIA, through the Po Office, that we were making inquiries concerning the coverage~~~ ofmiIote...) and as a result CIA -was expecting to- receive an inquiry in Washington from the FBI. Mr. Angleton then admitted that this coverage was one of the biggest and most secret operations being conducted by CIA. He stated the coverage is actually maae flir the Po t Office in -New York E14) WAB:hm.m - Boardman - . 8 20 f' ~-Belmont j; I l-Braniganf er=. ' --

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