RED SPIES ARE IN THE CIA, STATE DEPARTMENT: DEFECTOR

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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 1999
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• Publication Date: March 2, 1964
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CHICAGO
DAILY, NEWS
MAR 2 1964
CPYRGHT
CPYRGHT
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,j. A-re in the CIA'!)
State Dwartmeifl:
NEW YORK (AP) - 'I I
clew York Journal-Amcric:
reported Monday that a d
rector from the Soviet seer
e ect ri
e potice as intotmeu . 1. I- C d 1 \ a . , a l .1-
n ciair: Moscow h.is placed active moos Alger Hiss else.''.,
cell," in the''('enlral Intclli-
t gene,.- A-encc and the State
Dcp::riment.
rr~e newspaper said the de-
fector is Michal (161cniewr'.ki,
41, :i Polish-horn agent. It said
he ";.s a high-r:uiking operative
in Russia's KGB until his de-
fectiosi in 1961-and is sure
the cells" still are operating
it the two high government
agencies ill Washinglon .1114.1
ovea'.crls.
'l he Journal-American ac- secrets arc working for the
count s,licl of the defector: K(R, They have ties to others
He has named names. He ' in the same category Whose
jhas provided Washington with identities are unknown to him,
details of , what looms as a But he has clues to al. number
of them.
KGB bas been ab)e: to
infiltrate all American embas-
sies in important cities abroad,
. THE STORY lisi d these
disclosures said it, have been
made by (iolenicvsski:
-"'Appro~imatel~ d t.2-nut
lion ot CIA hinds in Vienna
recently was passed secretly
:don: io the ('onimunists--
onc-third to K(R (she Soviet
secret police), one-third to the
Malian (bnnrniniss party and
one-third to the American
(communist party.
--"Three Americ:n scien-
tists with access to defense
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WASHINGTON
DAILY. NEWS
MAR 3 1964
C ie Over to Our Side 6 Ve 's w x a
CPYRGHT
A defector from the Soviet
secret police, now living in New
York, has been feeding U. S.
intelligence agents since 1958
with information which has led
to arrests of important Red
spies abroad.
It was learned yesterday that
the defector, a Pole identified
as "M i c h a e I Goleniewski,"
came to the U. S. in 19Gi with
his wife, He previously had
been in contact with U S. in-
telligence sources in Poland.
FALSE NAME
Ile was given the name of
"Goleniewski" to conceal his
true identity.
According to one report, this
information has been turned
over to the FBI and, in some
eases, has resulted in the ar-
rests of important Soviet . bloc
agents operating against the
Western world outside the
United States.
The New York Journal Amer-
ican, in a copyrighted dispatch,
said Goleniewski had been a
high-ranking operator in the
KGB, Russia's all-purpose in-
telligence agency, and had in-
formed U. S. officials that Mos-
cow had placed active "cells"
in the CIA and the Sta De-
partment, both in Washington
and overseas.
NO COMMEN T
White House Press Secretary
Pierre Salinger said: "The
White House doesn't comment
on intelligence matters." It
was understood elsewhere, how-
ever, that the Journal American
story was not consistent in all
respects with accounts of the
episode reaching Washington.
The story described Goleniew-
ski as 41, husky, handsome and
resembling "t h e Hollywood
prototype of the suave, lady-
killing spy."
Among other things, it cred-
ited him with breaking the
Irwin Scarbeck "sex and se-
crets" case in Warsaw in 1961.
Scarbeck, a -U. S. Embassy
official, was ' blackmailed by a
Polish woman, spy. He is serv-
ing a prison .term.
BIGGER THAN HISS CASE?;.
The Journal American said
Golenieswki, naming names. had
"provided Washington with de-
tails of what looms as a greater
scandal than the famous Alger
Hiss case."
His "shattering disclosures,"
it said, included one that the
KGB had been able to infiltrate
U. S. embassies in all important
countries abroad, as well as
"every U. S. agency except the
FBI." This was one aspect of
the story challenged here.
The newspaper said Goleniews.
ki was blocked by. the CIA from
testifying on, espionage matters
before Senate or House commit-
tees alto he and many law-
makers were said to favor such
a course.
C olenieivski is not the only
X C13 operative to defect to the
U. S. Last month, the U. S.
granted asylum to another, who
had been in Geneva with the
Soviet delegate to the disarma-
ment conference.
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MAR 1 1994
k'ed S ?ies In U.S
.. eld er?atet.
CPY,R rk,~Tn nnnTnv
-~Rrt.mr. .nrrntr o T?',',,,,
;ir,rtnn. March 2-Pnhlished
port, that there are. active
; .u Rtttanlt5t. n enI in all iniport-
;nn: An,eijean embassies and most
sovr'rnmcnt: departments are
r':rtly exit aerated," it wash
Ir n nr.d here t.o(lay.
11 rillrged source of Oiese re-
o t. Michael Goleniewski. k
I oli.; i-horn defector from the
ovict secret. police - is well:
known here and has been funnel-
1
f, informatio
the Gove
t
n
o
rn-
itcut since 1968.
Report On Money
He has provided information
vhieh has led to the arrest of,
i But the information credited ltr
iim today and published promi-
`rvcw York: Baltimore and else-
'k~'here is not consistent vrith in-
iurmalio livvu to the United,
titaiPS r;%rw'rnment.
t;nlr^wki is reported to have
mint-'r-i that. Communists have
j nfiltrated all Government agen-'
ies exrcizt the Federal Bureau of:
nvestigation.
lie is said to have declare+d
i Mat. $122OO,OO of Central lntelli-
vay from Vienna into the hands'
)f Communists, including the.!
ommunist parties in Italy and'
ave complained that he has tried!;
tell his story to the properr
Itthorities but has been th,rartetill
y amateurs and Stalinists.
Among other things, the reports
uhlished today charge that. Gnle-
iewski has knowledge of ac-,
five Communist cells in the Cen-~
ral Intelligence Agency.
Pierre Salin,er. White House]
ress secretary. took note of thei
ewly published repnrtR but stated'
my that. as a general practice
do not comment on intelli-
pokeernan , said: "We haven't
/,get? is'
irs f 1f 111)T (,lied
1!t'n>ti.rr;,.%o,r farrnrtu of ?/i. arqt
Wa:;6iii inn. march 2 -- Anv
rvici !a.;cnts attemptin; to oper?
Le inside the United States-and
rticti)arly inside agencies of the
sited States Government-would
d lift most difficult, authorita-
e sottrc(~s said today.
For anv general Communist
eratitln to be under way inside
c Unified States Government in
e face of the FBI's tight finger-
irl ret.'vork of checks and cross-
ec:lts :tvas held to be all hot
possible.
ord."
The Central Intelligence Agency
e have no comment."
And a staff member of the 5en-
ally informed on the matter but
as not talking.
United States intelligence agen
ies are known to he maintaini1?
nntact with 'Goleniewski tndal .
nd it is presumed that since b(
field of knn%vtedge has been pretty
acll canvassed.
'
l
Today's reports credit. t;ne
iewski with providing the iofor-
"
sex and ?
ation that broke the
crets" case that involved Irwin
Scarbeck, an official of thei
nited States Embassy in Poland,;
19f,1.
The reports st?rte that the for-,
er Soviet agent still has infor?,
ation that would touch off a;
It is alleged also that he has
een prevented from telling his
s efforts to testify before con-:
?essional committees.
He is said to have named
amen.
Goleniewski is not the defec-
ir's real name.
He took that name in 1961 when
is wife from Poland.
He had contact with United
tates intelligence agencies in
He is credited with providing
great deal of highly accurate
formation to the United States
elligence community-informa-
ion which the FBI has checked
horoughly. -
The F'BI's official spokesman!
leeJared only that "we have fine
onunent."
CPYRGHT
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1SS `tNN G" ON 1OST
H :T LLD
AND 'TIMES
CPY
;.earned yesterday, has re-
ceived from a Polish defector
valuable intelligence informa-
tion since 1958, leading to the
arrest of Communist bloc
agents outside this country.
It was ?understod the defec-
MAR 3 1964
Pole Gave U.S. Agents iiiforination
That-Led To re of Red S .es
r, 41-year-olC- Micha(4 Gole- It was learned on highest-
a es in , F, tree years a -
r his initial contact with
newspaper account - was . o?a-
merican cou:tter-intel14geneel
sidered not only inaccurate,
gents. He reportedly was
but inconsistent with informa.
iv en his present but false
tion Goleniewslci has provided
ame for security reasons.
American officials.
Goleniewski was described
(Goleniewski' is generally
s a "valuable defector" who
credited in intelligence circles
aad turned ove_ substantial in
with providing information
ormation on Soviet blob Intel
Administration officials were
not commenti..g puolicly on
igence ac iv res in the ree
world. He is r?ported to be a
i_ormer membe_ of the KGB, a
ip Soviet security ageticy. '
the case. It was known, how-!
giver, that a number of gov-~
rernment departments, includ
ing the CIA, White House,l
1=B1 and the State Department C
spent much of this afternoonl,
discussing t h public an-
inouncement of the defection.
The information on Gole-i
}iiewski was carried in a copy-
righted story by the New York)
Journal American. The` news-
, paper said Goleniewski had re
counted Red penetration of a~
number of official U. S. posts,1
both here and abroad.
beck spy case in Warsaw. in'
1961. Scarbeck, a foreign serv-1
ice officer, was convicted of
passing diplomatic secrets to
Polish Communists.).
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rirA O TRIBUNE MAR 3 1964
CPYRGHT
,: ollars of CIA fundq in Vienna
S " I c T A C ''
U G i L EIT ecently were passtd secrel
ly
.
o the Communists-tine-third t
o
CPYRGHT
l: 3 R T G. B.,, one-third to the Ita1-
T L 0 A n Communist parry and one-1
ird to the American Commu-
~~ st party,
c Americai scientists
Defector from Secretlworking for this K. G. B.
out the K. G. B. men on Amer-
ican payrolls, tho he fed the
facts and exposures on them
to the CIA, starting in 1960.
formation used for the clean-
out job he came here for, he
charges, he has been thwarted
by amateurs and Stalinists in
the CIA, and even kept from
active cells in the Central In- CIA "Does Nat:ong" i communicating his plight to re-
telligence agency and the State He is quoted as disclosing i sponsable higher officials here."
department. 1 t at "littlo if anytiing, has
The newspaper said the de-'l en done to run down o,- clean
fector is Michael Goleniewski, " ~.-.
41, a Polish-born agent. It said
he was a high-ranking opera-
tive in Russia's K. G. B. [soivi-
et secret police] until his de-'
fection in 1961, and is sure the
cells still are operating in the
two high government agencies
in Washington and overseas.
Defector Told Names'
The Jour n a 1-American ac-
count, written by Guy Rich-
ards, said of the defector.
"He has named names. He
has provided Washington with
details of what looms as a
igreater scandal than the fa-
mous Alger Hiss case."
The story listed these dis-
closures said to have been
made by Goleniewski: (
--"Approximately' 1.2 million 1
ey ave ties to o#iers in the
ame category whoi:~ identities
re unknown to him. But he
New York. March 2 a
New York Journal-American -"K. G. B. has been able
reported today that a defector t infiltrate all American ern-
from the soviet secret police ssies in important c i t i e s
has informed United States of- iroad and `every United
ficials that Moscow has placed. . ates agency except the FBI.'
it Police Quoted
ith access to defe4sc secrets
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