LETTER TO HONORABLE J. EDGAR HOOVER FROM C. P. CABELL

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• Publication Date: December 26, 1961
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Honorable J. Edgar Hoovnr,p~Director
Federal Bureau of Iaavertigation
United States Department a[ Justice
shington Z5, D. C.
Thank you for your two letters of 39 December
addressed to Mr. McCazae and for the enclosures con-
cerning places and people in the Soviet Orbit and
Communist interest in youth.
Your t oughtfulness in bringing this to our
attention is appreciated, and I have forwarded it to
our specialists for their information on a need-ter
know basis.
Sincerely,
C. P. Ca-beU
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Deputy Director
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON 25, D.C.
December 19, 1961
BY LIAI SON
Honorable John A. McCone
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Administration Building
2430 E Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. McCone:
Material contained in the enclosed memo-
randum was supplied by a source who has furnished
reliable information in the past. Information in
this memorandum concerns relations between Albania
and Czechoslovakia, the Tenth Party Congress of the
Progressive Party of Cyprus Working People and Sema
Kuznetsov of Moscow, Russia.
Because of the sensitive nature of our
source, we have classified this communication and
its enclosure "Top Secret." This information is
being furnished to other appropriate officials of
the Government.
Sincerely yours,
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
December 19, 1961
PLACES AND PEOPLE IN THE SOVIET ORBIT
Relations Between Czechoslovakia and Albania
In early December, 1961, a member of the Inter-
national Department, Central Committee of the Communist
Party of Czechoslovakia, in charge of relations with
communist parties of all capitalist countries, made a
number of comments in regard to relations between Albania
and Czechoslovakia. The essence of his remarks as related
by our source, is as follows.,
"We have had real difficulties with the Albanians.
In the past we have had many Czechoslovakian citizens in
Albania for the purpose of assisting Albania in the develop-
ment of its economy. Recently, the citizens have been
abused, have found themselves in difficulties and could
not work. For example, our people formerly lived in a
housing compound and had their own homes. In their homes
they would hang pictures of Khrushchev on their walls but
the Albanians would come into these homes and remove such
pictures. Because of such abuse, we have had to withdraw
our people and now there are probably :Less than a handful,
maybe three or four Czechoslovakians, in Albania.
"Up until last year we had over 200 Albanian
students attending schools in Czechoslovakia. This number
was about half of the total number of all foreign students
enrolled in our schools. Although the number of students
was out of proportion, the Albanians insisted that they be
allowed to come and it was agreed. Last year these students
began to create provocations against us and the number of
Albanian students in the country was reduced to 38. Last
summer they all went home and only 17 returned this fall.
Of this 17, 11 have now been told to return to Albania
because it was apparent they had been sent to Czechoslovakia
to engage in propaganda and agitation against us. Now, of
the remaining six students, some do not want to return to
Albania."
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Tenth Party Congress of the Progressive
Party of Cyprus Working People
The Progressive Party of Cyprus Working People
will hold its Tenth Party Congress, March 8-11, 1962. One
of the main subjects to be discussed at this Congress will
be the Party program which, in the main, was approved at
the Ninth Party Congress.
During the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of
the Soviet Union (CPSU) held in Moscow, Russia, October, 1961,
the Progressive Party of Cyprus Working People solicited
messages from the various communist parties represented
which might be read at its Tenth Party Congress. Such
messages should be sent to the Central Committee of the
Progressive Party of Cyprus Working People, 10 Rahtivan
Street, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Sema Kuznetsov
Sema Kuznetsov is employed as a Technical Secretary
in the North and South American Section of the International
Department of the Central Committee of the CPSU in Moscow.
She works in the office of Nikolai Mostovets, who heads this
Section. Her particular job places her in possession of the
intimate working details of the Section. She has the respon-
sibility of handling confidential matters.
She is approximately 38 to 40 years old and
recently moved into an apartment located in the same build-
ing in which Victor Jeremy Jerome, an American citizen,
resides. Her husband is deceased.
As of January, 1960, Jerome resided in Apartment
Number 20, Pervaya Ulitsa Stroitelei Number 4, Korpus 3,
Moscow B311, Russia.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
December 19, 1961
BY LIAISON
Honorable John A. McCone
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Administration Building
2430 E Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. McCone:
Material contained in the enclosed memo-
randum was supplied by sources who have furnished
reliable information in the past. Information in
this memorandum relates to the mutual interest on
the part of the Communist Party, USA;, and the Com-
munist Party of the Soviet Union to :influence American
youth by sponsoring trips of young Americans to the
Soviet Union for communist indoctrination during 1962.
The Soviets also desire to encourage an increased
exchange of visits and ideas between the youth of
the United States and the Soviet Union and thus
assist in the spread of communist dogma.
Because of the sensitive nature of our
sources, we have classified this communication and
its enclosure "Top Secret." This information is
being furnished to other appropriate officials of
the Government.
Sincerely yours,
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WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
December 19, 1961
COMMUNIST INTEREST IN YOUTH
A World Youth Festival is scheduled to be held at
Helsinki, Finland, during the period July 27 to August 5,,
1962. Gus Hall, General Secretary of the Communist Party,
USA (CPUSA), has asked the Communist Party of the Soviet
Union if it might be possible to invite 100 or 200 young
Americans to the Soviet Union prior to or subsequent to
this World Youth Festival so that they may attend a seminar
for the purpose of impressing upon them ideas of communism.
In November, 1961, Pyotr Reshetov, Chairman, Com-
mittee of Youth Organizations and Secretary of the Young
Communist League, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, took
this request under advisement in Moscow, Russia. The essence
of Reshetov?s remarks concerning this request is as follows:
Reshetov desired that the CPUSA furnish the names
of six or seven individuals who will be recognized as the
United States Festival Committee. The Soviet Union will
make every effort to bring a number of young Americans to.
the Soviet Union for a period of ten days.: subsequent to
this Festival. He desired to consult with the official
United States Festival Committee concerning the matter
and stated that such young Americans can be invited to
the Soviet Union as tourists and there will be no expense
for them.
Contacts by the Soviets with the "bourgeois" youth
organizations in the United States have been "frozen" for
the past three years. However, during 1961, the Soviets
have sent two high-level delegations to the United States.
One such delegation consisted of four Soviets and was sched-
uled..to remain in the United States until December 15, 1961.
The delegation was to negotiate with all major youth organi-
zations in the United States and propose that a conference
of American and Soviet youth be organized in 1962 or 1963.
Such a conference could be held in New York, New York, or
in Moscow. The purpose of the conference would be to discuss
ways to continue contacts between the young people of the
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United States and Russia. If the proposal for such a
conference is not acceptable, then the Soviets might offer
a proposal for a cultural festival to be held in the
United States or Russia or propose that "ships of friend-
ship" be exchanged between the two countries. Reshetov
commented that "we" desire to make contacts with American
youth and attempt to determine whether or not "we" can
break the United States State Department's hold over such
youth contacts.
Reshetov stated that arrangements are being made
for student contacts directly with some universities in
the United States. Such contacts would be made for the
purpose of having United States students travel to the
Soviet Union to work in laboratories, render services on
farms and perform similar duties. The Soviets to date,
however, have not made any decision as to the universities
to be contacted but under consideration are the University
of Chicago and Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa, according
to Reshetovo
With regard to the question as to how non-Party
conservative youth in the United States could make contact
with the Soviet youth, Reshetov noted that there had been
established recently an "Institute for Soviet-American
Relations" in Moscow which deals with studies and subject
matters relating to both countries and other matters of
common interest. He stated that it would only be necessary
for non-Party conservative youth to write to the Youth
Commission of this Institute,
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