4 ALLEN-SCOTT REPORT BARGHOORN WILL BE BACK

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600040077-1
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 77
• Publication Date: January 16, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

N01Z_,.}_~ri nitized - Approved For Release
VIRGINIA SUN JAN C;PYRGHT
4llen-Scott Report
Barghoorn
Will Be Back
By ROBERT S. ALLEN
CPYRGHT AND PAUL SCOTT
The mystery-shrouded case in? Under questioning by Repre-
volving P r o f e s s o r Frcdcrickl sentative Michael Feighan, D- /
Barghoorn's surprise Imprison-1 0., cchairman, The Yale professor
ment and release by the Russians revealed that the Soviet employe
is going to "make new headlines, who serves as Ambassador Foy
The Yale "expert" on Soviet 1 Kohler's ehaffeur, witnessed his".
affairs. has privately admitted arrest but did not report it to
signing several written state- V U.S. officials. The ,IneidLn:t took
meets under threat of long pris- place in front of Barghoorn's
on sentences by his Soviet in- Moscow hol'el 'after the chauffeur
derrogators during his 18-day drove him back from a meeting
confinement do Moscow last No. at 'the U.S. embassy.
vmber. Bar.ghoorn was held 12 days
Under intensive grilling by 1 before Russian authorities not!-
members of a House Judiciary Pied Ambassador Kohler of his
Investigating subcommittee, Pro? arrest, and American officials
fessor Barghoorn disclosed that never were allowed to talk to
the signed statements contained him. He was finally released on
detailed information on his ac- the personal intervention of the'
tiviltics and travels in The Soviet late President Kennedy.
Union and his work with the This reluctant testimony of
State Department. Barghoorn, which " t'he subcom-;
While admitting that he didn't mittec plans to make public lat.
know whether any of the infor- er this mondh, already has cast
motion given 'Lire Russians could : a dark shadow on U.S.-Soviet;
be used against the U. S. he negotiations to, extend (the cul-I
flatly denied his s+ta'toments were ? tural exchange,?prograan and for!
confessions.'the opening of consulates in both
countries.
Barghoorn, a key figure in These Moscow talks are dead-}
U.S. - Soviet cultural exchange locked over the Soviet's refusals
programs, stressed that the doe- agree to a demand by U.S.
umen'ts ho signed were .'"prate- negotiators to sign an agreement
cols" containing his answers to permitting U.S. officials imme
questions Put to him in daylong diate access to any U.S. citizens
grilling's by his Soviet interro- taken into Russian custody. I
Although the Russians (lid not
mistreat him during his unpris-
onment, Barghoorn reported That
food was Withheld from him dur-
ing part of his confinements and
that bright lig'h'ts were kept on
in his cell e.'t aU 'times.
Barghoorn also startled the
legislators, who are making a
thorough investigation of the
U.S. Soviet
cultural exchange
The _ group made this demand.
in the form of a letter signed
by every member - Represen-
tatives Feighan, Frank Chelf,
D-Ky? Peter Rodino, D-N..J.,
Arch Moore, R -W. Va., and Rich-
ard Poff, R-Va.
The negotiations, which were'
resumed last week in Moscow, f
had been suspended in Novem-I
bcr in retaliation for the arrest)
of Barghoorn on espionageI
Charges. I
Ture legislators are planning]
to recall Earghoorn to question
him further about his Imprison-
ment after receiving additional.
information from intelligence.
sources about this strange of-'
hair.
On or lers from Secretary of;.
State Rusk, State Department,
legal, officers have been direct-1
ed to press their; ouster case
against su;spended security offi-
cer. Otto Otepka. They have
I to engage in (the new negotiations sent ntm a list of six foreign
program, nvithh someheretofore service officers from which be
on the ground tare benefits are
unpublished details, concerning h
f; is to select one as the officer
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avor o
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to hear the Department's chars
Russia as to make further U.S. participation ridiculous and mot es against him and his -appeal.
in the national interest of our; President J'ahpute efforts toI
country.',' r. mediate the dispute )ailed.
This safeguard was sought by
I the State Department after]
members of Feighan's subcom-
mit'tee, who grilled Barghoorn?
demanded that extension of the
cultural exchange program be
held up pending a ;thorough in-1,
vestigation.
By unanimous bipartisan, ac-
tion, the subcommittee vigorous
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