CONTACTS WITH FOREIGNERS BY SOVIET CITIZENS ABROAD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005900650001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 19, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 14, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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NFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains Information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the ffspionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which In any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
SECRET/US OFFICIALS ONLY
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DATE DISTR. 14 February 1955
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it was necessary for Soviet citizens traveling abroad
to be cautious about talking with foreigners.
the case of a Soviet who was involved in an incident with a
foreigner while abroad in early 1954. In a seemingly innocuous conversation
with a Russian-speaking girl, this Soviet expressed his personal views
on various Soviet problems. The contents of this conversation were published
in an English newspaper, and he encountered considerable difficulty upon
his return to the Soviet Union. He was spared severe punishment only
because another Soviet, who had been present during the conversation,
testified that the remarks made to the girl had been "misinterpreted".
2. Apparently this incident is being related to Soviet delegates traveling
abroad as a warning in an attempt to discourage contacts with foreigners.
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Contacts with Foreigners by
Soviet Citizens Abroad
SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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