AN OPEN LETTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000300130020-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 2, 1998
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: July 14, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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ALEKSEI NICHOLAEVICH ROMANOFF
dress: A. J . In I. It--P.O. Box 281 Muri iy I1i11 Station, New York, N.Y.10016.' W I
Ngr` YDRKAPRrIAWQd For Release 2000/08/27 : CIA-RDP75-00149R000
AN Ov N E
PYRGHT 'CPYRGHT
TO THE PERSONAL ATTENTION OF THE
DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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AP.QMRS,a~Q LANGLEY VIRGINIA
DEAR SIR(
(JAN. 12, '61) AND AUO REGIS, ; ETC. Jan. IL '6$Is truthful and c
TERED (FEP. 24. '611. DURING toct and II It Ienical That Mr. H-
Vr DEC. e, 65 sev FORCED TO USE ALIEN REG. R. trssional knowledge re: sold verlfic
TO VOV AND A SECOND ONE (NO 1 CARDS CONTAINING N O T H I N G Lon of CIA. Advised to send a car
1e)e31) ON DEC, ta, 65, ALSO SEN I? ELSE AS ARBITRARY NAMES AND of Ih6t letter to she DEP. Die EC O
!? TO YOUR PERSONAL ATTE NT,n t
JLI`IY 5. WARNER, WERE NEVER US JUST~FORTEMPORARY FUSE 'ISt I was Informed that IT. GEI
RESPONDED, THE SECOND LET CARTER have the authority to turns.
TER NOT EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED ON FEB. 14,. '41 BY SOME CIA mh with the necessary identillcati
I SAM COMPELLED IN THIS WAY REPRESENTATIVES, W LT H 0 U T proofs wilds are exclusively my p
~ww,GE 'ved~ your letter which you Sign
KIND OF NEGOTIATION WITH ME REGULATIONS.. as an authorized CIA Represenfall
DV THE PART OF VOJR REPRE- "Further details In this case In, and which Inlormed n;s that I,
SENTATIVES: 1 ON MAY 14, db I eluding what steps have been taken, AGENCY would at any lime discu
MAILED TO THE REPRESENTA? presents the OPEN LETTER of mY w,th me all my problems mentions
TIVE OF THE CENTRAL 1NTELLI- WIFE published-by the NY HERALD In m'J letter of Dec. IA, 0 and Ja
. GENCE AGENCY, MR. NEIL B. De- TRIBUNE Jan. 21, 66 and by the ' 13, 65. I cle.,rly slnled that I cane
C.'ZlIVF IM P IN WASHINGTON C WASHINGTON DAI V NEWS Feb -accept eammullicattons vie so-calll
t' EY'ERPTS OF WHICH ARE AS + dale not one of said vital matters i been no satisfactory results. Becau
61 FOLLO'.!'S: Is settled. In result of this status, my . I Sound just contact by phone one c1ory "RE: H. R. 3501, A.R.R.C. 1 W IFE-Iho mother of our 19 months the GEORGE"sfwho know i sal ofm 11
A12127379. `Advised by. the former old Daughter-who was already since ? I
a lend time not feeline well. because t Imo of RUSSIAN IMPERIUM, I w.
11 Y,irii'c , 1YasCIA, n, DHe "T" 8. III' during the Iasi weeks. Lialno In i with rn,s or simn.r to mm "genii
urnlnq Io USA where we take advantage of the men." On Mar. IS, 65 1 sent a re
P'epresent,tive you of as the authorized RIGHT OF POLITICAL ASYLUM, letter (4a pones- 12 end.) -to I
the CIA with the AND AFTER IN THE NAME OF GEN. GARTER Of CIA rot my _ e
revive^?I for the settlement of my H _ __ .. ,. _ I ,I !
e...;n,.e,m that n,s levier is eased I, J w 1 Ire; (i.e. cc,ore we arrived Rrountl my support for the nation
the e'lusfvely on ethe endation c rty of CIA, tea of IWf the U. S.) !Very support. help xrrurily of U,S.A., etc., and also co
Chief of Security c E. K msey,
-r?1 ,. .?. by IA. and protecl;on on the part of the corning mode "eranda; CIA Repr
- -- - LAW. 1, sale that CIA ond..its repro, lily, with the request for a correcti
To settle Immediately my claim sentatives are solely responsible: A. , of my FAMILY'S and my siluetl
against the. CIA In the sum of app?oxi- For all financial difficulties ,caused and Also for a transmission of the r
rnalely $162,000 re: the Breach of by the BREACH OF CONTRACT In. 1 purls and conclusions relating to 11
u. macs or my Familys and m o very difficult situation. They were "ht response to said letter (see Leg
iubsi`tence, protection and livelihood, during JAN. 61 by strong recommon- Not. NY HERALD TRIBUNE, No
8. For all damages caused to the ! (excerpt) THIS ACKNOWLEDGE 0
health of my WIFE and myself. espe- YOUR LETTER OF MAR. Is, 6
cially for the ereatioh of a situation,; ADDRESSED TO LIEUTENAN
which prevents me to take the ncces? GENERAL MARSHALL CARTE
sary case regarding my horeditary WHO IS AWARE OF ITS CO
during Mar. 64 by GUY RICHAROS, our THAT DOCUMENT AND 0
NY JOURNAL AMERICAN and of THE COV)'RINO ENVELOPE 0
RAND 0 U C N ES 5 ANASTASIA mtr'Warner, Is really concerned or . GRAVE" I am es'dng ycu herewil
nr Vii, Ar1VNA OF RUSSIA whether this was a veiled threat to ecknewledge. this letter lmmed
vii For reason of their own the
e:.resc tatives of said AGENCY ra-
tied this contract with me by the
identify of COL. MICHAEL M.-
r:C:.:: IEWSKI which contains no
l f r nee to my real Identity, my
herctlily alc. It was legalized amongst
nccr? by a LEGAL NOTICE pubs
sic' Nov. 65 by N. Y. HERALD
RIBUNE and Dec. 65 by NOVOYE
USSKOYE SLOVO.
-p:-T,-0 THE U.S.7IN 1922), IN reserving further rights to express
:.~'.C. ON DEC. 31, '63 (SEE STATES my epinlon re: other maniputalions
?. N1 5: FRANKFURTER Al I r_ against me Including my rlghis to
IC't fTY CHIEF..c.....nkigvthose~prob?' GOLENIEWSKI" 2./ Copy of sal
r' To induce the replacement of our (ems, 1 ask you very urgent) fo ; letter to Mr. N. B. DE GRUVI
sr..., ... ..,? ,..w,. .. I.n,nd .._ __.. _ _ ..___ ~_ ___ ,Y...,_ was sent for Information .a rI
Ih,.r documents-after my WIFE'S CIA, Mil, HER AN,~E. KK1(r1,5EY, In ;.: ?` r?~ ?-??-???v~
cd ? my legal marrlage_ documented eonneettott"t}11MlOW grdml6e Out this or MAY. 14, dd. REPRESENTATIVE
CITY CLERK, N.Y.C.-are- showing CHIEF OF CLANDESTINE ?OPI;RA~ PLACE - CONVENIENT 'TO_ YOU
!ready our rightful family name, In. TIONS OF CIA A LETTER, conlnln-' VERY TRULY YOURS, NEIL B. 0
luding the U. S. PASSPORT for our, rng a formal request that CIA should GROVE". I answered said letter o
n the meantime born Daughter. The transmit to me the report and con- MAY 23, 46 by reg. mall (Ne.195713
epiacement of our Allen r,r. cards elusion relrting 10 each of the Idenli?
as to serve the exclusive purpose to? ficetlan tests concerning my person which contained my agaLOment I
a2alafe our daily life." and conducted with my cooperation -.meet the CIA REPRESENTATIVE
An Allen re rec. card (FORM I^ 1161 by CIA, ifs Representatives in NEW YORK on MAY 13, 26 e
-- - B' .?9L'A' n. 6AAV Ya !6 ..d An M1k1
riphthd-ha!der of that card has been, tive~reir~ls, verified my "Identify as - of?1ECIIRITY..,QF.. CIA informed in
rc9 stsred as an ALIEN In accord- the HEIR APPARENT TSAREVICH 1'.brpl1011-Pe: said' correspondent
once with the r0huIremAnh of the' AND GRAND DUKE OF RUSSIA,,1 ; with Mr. N, 0? RpafrKUVE and lot
rx(drpl of the Ass. Commissioner o verifiiallen made by Mr. H. E. KIM- -1` ? name, called in
and?~wn
F L YH A M/TtN Os a the Qlo~r6m C his m'
1ol ) I. fu3 h1~04~16 6~ddolt9id
? . N. B. 0 ORUVE'S letter -
ara m" regressed eoreemenh Re-
fusing these anonimous and strange
pro,ositlons, I Informed nboul fuse
mete the CIA SECURITY C4 r_7 by r
letter of ,r Im
to Inform you personally about these I
strange deveto,meet.
IN VIE`.V OF THE FOREGOING
AND MY SITUATION I AM ASKING #
YOU VERY URGENTLY TO LOOK
INTO THIS MATTER AND TO IN-
11 UCE THE SETTLEMENT OF THE
MENTIONED IN THE LETTER Ti)
YOUR REPRESENTATIVE 14.5. DE-A
G-2UVE REQUEST, AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. ADDItIONAL I S40ULD
LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT:
O 6 I sent vnu via your
,ASS IS T4 T , , oRt .'1_'
MDE,R...a req. ,-Ie11 Jj4o..__ljIt.'
wfifi N. ?als3'5 her. acknowledge
nbr "answored -1a dole..11 contained.
amongst other, reference to my claim. 1
agalnsl the CIA and my information.,;
that In the meantime I was forced !
to discharge the Attorney In this
matter ET7, Per MAY
9, 66, 6fCause said Alllorney denied
In time the prosecution of an action
by the U.S. COURT against the CIA
and Its Representatives during 4
months. _
At; ccm!,arlson materials and the
Idenfiltcalion repojfs concerning the
verification of my Identity, conducted
by CIA with aid of the Brillsh Secret
Service and with my cooperation In
1961 are exclusively my private
possession and as such have no
reference to the national security of
U.S. While said scientific identifies. 4
lion tests were based in 1141 en
comparison materials from certain
sources, was the, principal material
used by these tests, based on In-
formations and proofs, which my
FATHER, H.I.M. EMPEROR NICHO. I
LAS II placed In BRITISH trust prior-
to our exile from Russia. With re.'
gird to this fact I made Interven.
11ens by HER MAJESTY'S CONSUL
GENERAL of N.Y.C. In FEB. 64
and MAR. 66. The BRITISH CONSU
LATE GENERAL sent to me on
MAR. 23, 66 a letter, `excerpt of
which Is as follows:
" " I am directed by HER MAJES-
TYS' CONSUL-GENERAL to refer le
your letter of the 14th of March.
I am to say that EARL MOUNT.
BATTEN of BORMA no longer holds ?I
the position of CHIEF of the DE. :
-FENSE STAFF In the MINISTRY
of DEFENSE. I em to suggest that I
any communication which' you may
wish to send 10 EARL MOUNT-
BATTEN In a personal capacify
should be sent to him at his private `y
address. As regards the various other
millers raised In your teller uneer
reply 1 em to sugnest Ihal you should
refer these to your duly appointed Legal Advisers who will be able is
ti
advise you as to any epproprlale
steps you may be ahfe - to take
through the proper legal channels.
I em, Sir, your obedient servant-
SIGNED: THOMPSON, CONSUL. " "':
I request you as already urged In
my letter to the DEPUTY DIREC-
TOR of CIA, jj,,;,GEN,,M..GARTER
of MAR. 15, 65, for the release of
the identification material concerning
11o verification of my Identity to my disposition. Said Idenllficallon tesls'
were conducted here n U.S.A. during
1961 with my cooperation by CIA as
the REPRESENTATIVE of the US
GOVERNMENT which granted me"
the RIGHT of POLITICAL ASYLUM,,
Further I request you once more in ,
this gray to Induce the replacement
of our Allen reg. rec. cards and the
correcllbn of our plight. Both of this
problems are caused by arbitrary
dec'slor% e' some r'IA Represent.
olives (Including the BREACH of Me
US CONTRACT(.
The determInallon of certain CIA
officials (respectively former CIA
officials) I. make IN mystery of whet
,I 134 maller It common knowledge In
I many circlet In the WEST and In
the EAST, may support more the I
Interest of se-called foreign agents
end private persons than the real
Interest of the Yelled slates.
Awaiting to hear from Test Beim,
A n' nn4' rlora''
GRAND,OVKR OF RUSSIA.
;;.Aw~-
JUL 14 1966
CPXRGHT