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124-10273-10070 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (00/00/0000)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch80637 and id is 1 raw text is: 2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 -. T ~ 4 uGOVBERNMENk .5 --m CLAsSAo - ro : MR. BOARD N AC ION DAT January 22, 195 /V Tel'Tol _ /'I f»` 1/tit - f . ~oat an .. , ........ . elmc h sUAGr: OF MAIL TO T .', S. - -_ ,- f - TEQ .Parso ___ ,f, Ros _____ - '14gt' Tamm I ~~eas ___ __ On January 10, 1958, Harry Stones --5 ison Representa- ner °wd tive with the Bureau, confidentialy advised that his ervice had Hlan ' o determined that oviet illegal agents all over the world, when they want a l z iet with their pnmipal, are under instructions to send a proper comm icat on Seu 11.pfo K. S. Smirnov, Central Post Office, Vladimir, U.S.S.R. Mr. Stone stat d(5) t 50hat the orementioned information was being made available to the Buru and o the M only. -'. On thd*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 outgoi g - cor~espondence from the U. S, to the(U. S. S.R looking toward picking up a communication dispatched to the aforementioned address. On fanuary 21, 1958, SAq Powers the New York Office called advising that his preliminary inquir at fir disclosed that such coverage could- possibly be effected at LiGuardia Airfield. Powers stated that he subsequently received a cani from the Chief Post Office Inspector who told him that he would not be able to make such arrangements and explained that something had happened 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 on his own. Almost simultaneous with this advice, Mr. James Angleton of CIA approached our Liaison Agent, Sam Papich on a perso al basis. He indicated that if it were known within C at he was volunteering this information to the lBureau, he would lose his job. Mr. Angleton stated it had come to the attention of CIA, through the Pos Office, that we were making inquiries concerning the coverage of mail to the .S. S.R , 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 made tiro. gh the Po t Office in tNew ork WAB:hnm - :- Boardman - . - F , 20 1-Branigan . - */......- 1124-10273-100701

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