EXPULSION OF AMCIT FROM USSR

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• Publication Date: May 15, 1985
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TAGS: CASC (SIPPLE, REGINA)
SUBJECT: EXPULSION OF AMCIT FROM USSR
1.M5. REGINA SIPPLE, BORN OCTOBER 29, 1952 IN COLORADO,
PPTr: 050007432 ISSUED SAN FRANCISCO MAY 20, 1983,
CALLED AT EMBASSY ON MAY 13 TO REPORT THAT SHE HAD BEEN
DENIED ENTRY TO THE SOVIET UNION.
2. MS. SIPPLE ARRIVED MOSCOW ON MAY 12 WITH HER TOUR
GROUP. SHE SAYS THAT UPON SEARCHING HER LUGGAGE SOVIET
CUSTOMS OFFICIALS DISCOVERED TAPED CHILDRENS'S MUSIC
ACCOMPANYING SMALL BOOKLETS. THE BOOKLETS CONTAINED THE
"SERMON ON THE MOUNT" PRINTED IN ENGLISH ANO RUSSIAN ON
FACING PAGES. SHE WAS ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO SMUGGLE
BANNED LITERATURE INTO THE USSR AND THE MATERIAL WAS
CONFISCATED.
3. AFTER BEING DETAINED OVERNIGHT SHE WAS REQUIRED TO
RETURN TO HELSINKI. SHE CAME DIRECTLY FROM AIRPORT TO
EMBASSY. WE HAVE ARRANGED HOTEL ACCOMMODATION FOR HER AT
THE RED CROSS (PUNAINEN RISTI) HOTEL, TEHTAANKATU 1,
TELEPHONE 176811. SHE IS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE AIRLINE
TICKETS FOR RETURN TO U.S. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
4. MS. SIPPLE HAS ASKED THAT HER PARENTS BE NOTIFIED
THAT SHE IS WELL AND THERE IS NO CAUSE FOR CONCERN FOR
HER WELFARE. PARENTS ARE MR. AND MRS. CHARLES SPENCER,
10971 COVENTRY PLACE, SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, TELEPHONE
714 832 6907. COOPER
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E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: ASEC, PREL, UR
SUBJECT: .MARINE SECURITY GUARD ASSAULTED AND DETAINED
REFS: (A) LENINGRAD 1634, (B) LENINGRAD 1667
1. C - ENTIRE TEXT.
2. SUMMARY: CONSULATE GENERAL MARINE SECURITY GUARD
(MSG), SGT. RONALD CAMPBELL, WAS ASSAULTED AT APPROXIMATELY
3:15 A.M. ON AUGUST 2 BY THREE SOVIET MEN IN PLAIN CLOTHES
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF FOUR SOVIET MILITIA OFFICERS.
SGT. CAMPBELL HAD FOLLOWED ON F00T A SUSPICIOUS AUTOMOBILE
THAT HAD BEEN CIRCLING BV THE CONSULATE GENERAL. WHEN
HE WAS ABOUT TWO BLOCKS FROM THE CONSULATE GENERAL, A
MILITIA CAR APPROACHED FROM BEHIND WHILE THE MEN IN THE
OTHER CAR RAN TOWARDS HIM. THE MILITIAMEN GRABBED SGT.
CAMPBELL AND THE MEN IN PLAIN CLOTHES REPEATEDLY HIT AND
KICKED HIM WHILE HE WAS BEING HELD. AFTER ABOUT ONE MINUTE,
THE MILITIA PUT SGT. CAMPBELL IN THETR VEHICLE AS HE WAS
STILL BEING ASSAULTED BY THE OTHER MEN. THE ENTIRE TIME
A PHOTOGRAPHER TOOK PICTURES OF THE INCIDENT. SGT.
CAMPBELL DOES NOT REQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION.
3. AFTER THE ASSAULT THE MILITIA TOOK SGT. CAMPBELL TO A
NEAR-BY MILITIA STATION.AT 5:30 A.M. ACTING DEPUTY
PRINCIPAL OFFICER HARMS WAS CALLED BY THE ACTING CHIEF
OF THE DIPLOMATIC AGENCY, M.A. VYBORNOV. VYBORNOV RE-
QUESTED THAT HARMS COME TO THE MILITIA STATION TO PICK UP
SGT. CAMPBELL, WHO, ALTHOUGH IDENTIFIED BY VYBORNOV, DID
NOT HAVE HIS DIPLOMATIC IDENTIFICATION CARD. AT THE
MILITIA STATION, VYBORNOV SAID THAT SGT. CAMPBELL WAS
PICKED UP BY THE MILITIA BECAUSE HE WAS SEEN THROWING A
ROCK AT A PASSING CAR ON LITEYNYY PROSPEKT. VYBORNDV
CLAIMED SGT. CAMPBELL WAS EXTREMELY DRUNK AND WAS YELLING
INSULTING WORDS AT THE TIME. HAVING INTERVIEWED SGT.
CAMPBELL AND OTHER MSG'S WHO WERE AWARE OF PARTS OF THE
INC.'IDENT, THE CONSUL GENERAL INTENDS TO LODGE A STRONG
PROTEST WITH THE DIPLOMATIC AGENCY AND RE-
QUESTS THAT SIMILAR PROTESTS BE MADE IN MOSCOW AND
WASHINGTON AT HIGH LEVELS. END SUMMARY.
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4. ON AUGUST 2 AT APPROXIMATELY 0300, CONSULATE GENERAL
MARINE SECURITY GUARD (MSG), SGT. RONALD CAMPBELL WAS
ASSAULTED NEAR THE CONSULATE GENERAL BY THREE SOVIET MEN
IN PLAIN CLOTHES WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF FOUR MILITIAMEN.
PARAGRAPHS 5 THROUGH 8 BELOW CONTAIN THE FACTS OF THE IN-
CIDENT AS RELATED BY SGT. CAMPBELL TO 850 JACKSON.
5. SGT CAMPBELL WORKED THE 1600-2400 SHIFT ON AUGUST 1ST.
HE WAS RELIEVED BY CPL. HOFFMAN AT 2400 HRS. AT APPROXI-
MATELY 0005 HE WENT TO HIS ROOM AND CHANGED HIS
CLOTHES. AT 0015 HE WENT TO THE MARINE HOUSE BAR AREA TO
RECORD SOME MUSIC (ALSO PRESENT WERE CPL. PITTMAN AND SGT.
FRISINA). AT APPROXIMATELY 0115 HE WENT TO THE MARINE
HOUSE TELEVISION ROOM TO WATCH TV. CPL. PITTMAN WAS ALSO
PRESENT; SGT. FRISINA HAD GONE TO BED AT APPROXIMATELY
0100. AT APPROXIMATELY 0230 SGT. CAMPBELL WENT FOR A WALK
IN THE LOCAL AREA FOR 20 MINUTES. UPON RETURNING TO THE
CONSULATE GENERAL,HE STOPPED TO TALK WITH SGT. JONES AT
THE TEMPORARY MSG POST IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING. SGT.
JONES INFORMED HIM THAT A BEIGE VEHICLE HAO BEEN CIRCLING
THE AREA AT LEAST THREE TIMES.SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE BEIGE
VEHICLE APPEARED AGAIN AND STOPPED IN FRONT OF THE CONSU-
LATE GENERAL. THE VEHICLE HAD THREE, POSSIBLY FOUR, MALE
PASSENGERS DRESSED IN SUITS AND TIES. SGT. CAMPBELL
APPROACHED THE VEHICLE AND ASKED THEM IF SOMETHING WAS
WRONG AND IF HE COULD HELP THEM. HE DID THIS IN AN ATTEMPT
TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM AS SUCH ACTIVITIES ARE
NOT NORMAL. THE PERSONS INSIDE THE VEHICLE DID NOT SPEAK
ENGLISH AND, UPON BEING ASKED WHAT WAS WRONG, STATED IN
RUSSIAN THAT THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND. THE VEHICLE THEN
DROVE WEST APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS AND SLOWED TO A STOP.
SGT. CAMPBELL ATTEMPTED TO APPROACH THE VEHICLE IN AN
EFFORT TO LET THEM KNOW HIS CONCERN ABOUT THEM STOPPING
IN FRONT OF THE CONSULATE GENERAL.BEFORE HE REACHED THE
VEHICLE THEY GROVE AN ADDITIONAL 400-500 YARDS DOWNTOWN
TO THE CORNER OF LITEYNYY PROSPEKT AND PETRA LAVROVA.
AT THIS TIME THE PERSONS INSIDE THE VEHICLE MOTIONED
TO SGT. CAMPBELL TO FOLLOW THEM BY WAVING THEIR ARMS OUT
OF THE CAR WINDOWS (80TH SIDES). SGT. CAMPBELL ATTEMPTED
TO APPROACH THE VEHICLE, BUT WHEN HE WAS WITHIN 100 YARDS
OF IT, THE VEHICLE DROVE AROUND THE CORNER AND DISAPPEARED
FROM HIS SIGHT.
6. BECOMING CURIOUS, SGT. CAMPBELL RAN DOWN TO THE CORNER
TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. UPON REACHING THE CORNER HE
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NOTICED THE CAR AGAIN APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS FURTHER DOWN
LITEYNYY. THE PEOPLE INSIDE THE VEHICLE AGAIN MOTIONED
FOR SGT. CAMPBELL TO FOLLOW THEM. AT THIS TIME HE OB-
SERVED A MILITIA VEHICLE APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH ON
LITEYNYY. THE MILITIA VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN UPON SEEING
SGT. CAMPBELL; AT THE SAME TIME THE BEIGE VEHICLE BACKED
UP ABOUT 5 FEET. WHILE SGT. CAMPBELL WAS WATCHING THE
CAR BACK UP, THE MILITIA VEHICLE MADE A U-TURN AND CAME
UP BEHIND HIM. BEFORE THE MILITIA VEHICLE CAME ALONG SIDE,
THREE MEN GOT OUT OF THE BEIGE VEHICLE AND RAN TOWARD SGT.
CAMPBELL YELLING SOMETHING. AT THE SAME TIME FOUR MILITIA-
MEN GOT OUT OF THEIR VEHICLE ALONG SIDE HIM. TWO OF
THE MILITIAMEN GRABBED SGT. CAMPBELL, HOLDING HIS ARMS AT
MIS SIDE. BY THIS TIME THE THREE MEN FROM THE BEIGE
VEHICLE HAO ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY ONE
OF THESE MEN NIT SGT. CAMPBELL IN THE LEFT EYE. AT THE
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SAME TIME THE MILITIAMEN FORCED HIS ARMS BEHIND MIS BACK
AND BEGAN FORCING HIM TO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. ONE OF
THE THREE MEN ALSO GRABBED HIS SHIRT, RIPPING IT WHILE
FORCING HIM AGAINST THE VEHICLE. THE MILITIAMEN DID
NOTHING TO ASSIST OTHER THAN TO HOLD HIM. HE WAS THROWN
AGAINST THE BACK OF THE MILITIA VEHICLE WHERE HE WAS
KICKED REPEATEDLY BY ALL THREE MEN IN SUITS. THE KICKS
WERE DIRECTED MOSTLY AT HIS LEGS, GROIN AND BACK. THIS
LASTED APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE. SGT. CAMPBELL RECALLS
THAT A PHOTOGRAPHER WAS PRESENT AND TOOK FLASH PICTURES
OF THE BEATING. HE WAS THEN FORCED INTO THE BACK OF THE
MILITIA VEHICLE BY THE MILITIAMEN. THE OTHER THREE MEN
WERE STILL HITTING AND KICKING AT HIM AT THIS TIME. WHILE
SGT. CAMPBELL WAS SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE,
THE MEN STILL ATTEMPTED TO NIT NIM, THROWING NUMEROUS
BLOWS.
7. SGT. CAMPBELL WAS ASSISTED BY THE MILITIAMEN IN
SHUTTING THE DOOR. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL JAIL
APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES TRAVELING TIME. WHILE EXIT-
ING THE MILITIA VEHICLE, THE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS AGAIN PRESENT
TAKING NUMEROUS PICTLN2E5. SGT. CAMPBELL ATTEMPTED TO
HIDE HIS FACE AT THIS TIME. HE WAS PUT INTO A JAIL CELL
OCCUPIED BY SIX SLEEPING SOVIETS. WHEN THE JAIL DOOR
WAS CLOSED, SGT. CAMPBELL INFORMED THE MILITIA OFFICERS
PRESENT IN RUSSIAN THAT HE WAS AN AMERICAN DIPLOMAT. HE
AL50 GAVE THE CONGEN TELEPHONE NUMBER IN RUSSIAN. HE
REPEATEDLY ASKED TO MAKE A TELEPHONE CALL AND WAS LAUGHED
AT. THE ENTIRE TIME HE WAS HUMILIATED AND JEERED AT. THE
PHOTOGRAPHER CONTINUALLY TOOK-PICTURES WHILE HE WAS IN
THE JAIL CELL. ALSO PRESENT AT THE JAIL WERE THE THREE
MEN THAT BEAT HIM, WHO WERE LAUGHING AND POINTING AT HIM.
AT SOME POINT, APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS LATER,A MAN (PRE-
SUMABLY M.A. VYBORNOV OF THE DIPLOMATIC AGENCY) APPEARED
AT THE CELL AND ASKED IN ENGLISH IF HE WAS RON CAMPBELL.
SGT. CAMPBELL HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED HIS NAME. THE
MAN SAID "WE CALL MR. MAGEE" AND CAMPBELL RESPONDED "YES,
PLEASE."
8. A SHORT TIME LATER HE WAS INFORMED THAT THEY COULD
NOT REACH MR. MAGEE AND THAT MR. HARMS WAS ON HIS WAY.
THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND THE MEN WHO BEAT SGT. CAMPBELL DIS-
APPEARED JUST PRIOR TO MR. HARMS' ARRIVAL. SGT. CAMPBELL
WAS NEVER ASKED HIS NAME OR HIS DIPLOMATIC IDENTIFICATION
DURING THE ENTIRE INCIDENT. BECAUSE HE HAD NOT INTENDED
TO GO OUT ANYWHERE, SGT. CAMPBELL FIAD LEFT HIS DIPLOMATIC
KARTOCHKA IN HIS ROOM.
9. AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 M.A. VVBORNOV, ACTING CHIEF
OF THE DIPLOMATIC AGENCY, CALLED RONALD HARMS, ACTING
DPO OF THE CONSULAI''E GENERAL. VVBORNDV SAID THAT SGT.
CAMPBELL WAS AT THE MILITIA STATION ON CHEKOV STREET AND
ASKED THAT HARMS COME GET HIM. VYBORNOV STATED THAT
ALTHOUGH SGT. CAMPBELL DID NOT HAVE HIS DIPLOMATIC IDEN-
TIFICATION CARD, HE WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY HIM. HARMS
REQUESTED THAT SGT. CAMPBELL BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY, BUT
VYBORNOV REFUSED INSISTING THAT HARMS COME TO THE STATION.
10. AT THE MILITIA STATION, VYBORNOV EXPLAINED THAT THEY
HAD PICKED UP SGT. CAMPBELL AT 3:15 WHEN THEY SAW HIM
THROW A ROCK AT A PASSING CAR ON LITEYNYY PROSPEKT.
THE MILITIA CLAIMED THAT SGT. CAMPBELL WAS EXTREMELY
DRUNK, AND WAS LOUDLY SHOUTING OBSCENITIES. REFERRING
TO THE PRIOR ALLEGATIONS AGAINST SGT. CAMPBELL (REF A),
VYBORNOV SAID, "THIS I5 ANOTHER SERIOUS HOOLIGAN ACT BY
CAMPBELL. WE WILL DISCUSS THIS FURTHER." CAMPBELL
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SUBJECT: MARINE SECURITY GUARD ASSAULTED AND DETAINED
WAS THEN RELEASED AND RETURNED WITH HARMS TO THE CONSU-
LATE GENERAL.
11. SUSSEOUENT INTERVIEWS OF SGT. FRISINL4, SGT. JONES,
AND CPL. PITTMAN ALL INDICATE THAT SGT. CAMPBELL WAS NOT
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. CPL. PITTMAN ADVISED THAT
SGT. CAMPBELL HAD HAD TWO MIXED DRINKS PRIOR TO HIS LEAV-
ING THE CONSULATE. SGT. JONES SAID THAT HE TALKED WITH SGT.
CAMPBELL JUST PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT AND THAT SGT. CAMPBELL
WAS NOT THE LEAST BIT INTOXICATED AND WAS IN "COMPLETE
CONTROL". ADDITIONALLY, RSO JACKSON AND ACTING OPO HARMS
OBSERVED THAT SGT. CAMPBELL WAS COMPLETELY SOBER AT 0600.
12. CG'S COMMENT: I RECOMMEND THAT TKO DEPARTMENT AND
EMBASSY MOSCOW IMMEDIATELY PROTEST THIS INCIDENT IN
STRONGEST TERMS AND AT VERY HIGH LEVELS. I WILL BE PRO-
TESTING TO THE DIPLOMATIC 4GENCY HERE AS SOON AS I CAN
GET AN APPOINTMENT. THIS IS THE UGLIEST, AND MOST SERIOUS
INCIDENT TO OCCUR IN LENINGRAD DURING MY SIX MONTHS HERE,
AND THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY ND JUSTIFICATION FOR IT. THE
PHYSICAL BEATING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HUMILIATION TO WHICH
SGT. CAMPBELL WAS SUBJECTED WAS APPALING BY ANY CIVILIZED
STANDARD. THE LENINGRAD SECURITY ORGANS ARE THREATENING
TO GET TOTALLY OUT OF HAND. WE ARE NOW TREATED TO THE
SPECTACLE OF SOVIET "GOON" SOUAOS CRUISING THE NEIGHBOR-
HOOD OF THE CONSULATE GENERAL AT NIGHT, PRIMED TO PROVOKE
FURTHER INCIDENTS AND PHYSICALLY HARM MEMBERS OF THE CONGEN
STAFF WHO VENTURE OFF-COMPOUND. I AM SERIOUSLY WORRIED
FOR THE SAFETY OF THE MARINE (AJARO WHO WILL BE ON DUTY
AT NIGHT OUTSIDE OUR BUILDING FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS
UNTIL THE FACADE AND ROOF REPAIR PROJECT IS COMPLETED.
13. THIS INCIDENT AND THE OTHER RECENT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
OUR MSG'S (REFS A AND 8) INDICATE THAT THERE IS A CONCERTED
CAMPAIGN TO HARASS AND DEMORALIZE THESE YOUNG MEN. SINCE
THE SECOND ALLEGED INCIDENT (REF A), OUR MSG'S HAVE RE-
CEIVED "LOCK-STEP" SURVEILLANCE EVERYWHERE THEY G0. ALL OF
THIS HAS HAD A SERIOUS EFFECT ON THEIR MORALE. FOR THE
PRESENT, WE HAVE DECIDED TO RESTRICT THE MARINES TO THE
CONSULATE GENERAL COMPOUND TO PREVENT FURTHER HARASSMENT
OR ASSAULTS, ALTHOUGH I 00 NOT LIKE TO GIVE IN TO SOVIET
PRESSURES IN THIS WAY. BUT IT IS NO LONGER SAFE FOR OUR
MARINES TO LEAVE THE COMPOUND EVEN TO TAKE A SHORT WALK
AROUND THE BLOCK. THE LENINGRAD AUTHORITIES HAVE GOT TO
BE MADE TO RESPECT THE RIGFITS OF OUR DIPLOMATIC PERSONNEL,
AND TO STOP THESE CRUDE SET-UPS WHICH HAVE SEVERAL TIMES
RESULTED IN PHYSICAL INJURY.
MAGEE
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E.O. 12356: DECL: OAOR
TAGS: SCUL, SHUM, UR, US
SUBJECT: TASS ACCUSES AMERICAN CHAPLA_I_N IN MOSCOW OF
- ANTI-SOVIET ACTIVITIES ~ -~
2. SUMMARY: ON OCTOBER 11 TASS ENGLISH ACCUSED
FORMER CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN TO THE MOSCOW FOREIGN
COMMUNITY, EJGENE LA PLANTE, OF CONSPIRING WITH
A LOCAL ROMAN CATHOLIC TO NURTURE AN ILLEGAL CON-
GREGATION OF BELIEVERS WHD WERE DIRECTED TO DISSEMINATE
ANTI-SOVIET MATERIALS. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC INTERMEDIARY',
VLADIMIR NIKIFOROV, WAS ARRESTED IN 1983 BUT CHARGES
HAVE NOW BEEN DROPPED SINCE HE HAS ALLEGEDLY REPENTED.
END SUMMARY.
3. ON OCTOBER 11 TASS ENGLISH ACCUSED THE FORMER
CATHOLIC CHAPLIN "AT THE U.S. EMBASSY IN MOSCOW"
(IN FACT HE IS CHAPLAIN TO THE MOSCOW FOREIGN
COMMUNITY) OF "SUPERVISION" OF AN UNREGISTERED
CONGREGATION OF 50~12ET BELIEVERS AND OF INSTRUCT-
ING THEM "TO STUDI' ANTI-SOVIET LITERATURE AND SPREAD
IT AMONG MUSCOVITES. TO PREPARE TENDENTIOUS ARTICLES
AND SEPD THEM ABROAD". LA PLANTE WAS ALSO ACCUSED
OF PROVIDING VLADIMIR NIKIFOROY, A LOCAL CATHOLIC
CHARGEC WITH SERVING AS LA PLANTE'S INTERMEDIARY TO
THE CONGREGATION, WITH COPYING MACHINES, TAPE-RE-
CORDERS AND MONEY. HE IS SAID TO HAVE VISITED
NIKIFOROV'S APARTMENT AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH,
"STRICTLY OBSERVING PROFESSIONAL RULES OF CONSPIRATION".
4. ACCORDING TO TASS, CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS WERE
INITIATED AGAINST NIKIFOROV IN MARCH 1983 (LA PLANTE
DEPARTED MOSCOW IN SUMMER 1983). INVESTIGATION
REVEALED THAT HE HAD CONVERTED TO CATHOLICISM
"UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SOME WESTERN DIPLOMATS"
IN MOSCOW. NIKIFOROV WAS REPORTEDLY REWARDED FOR
HIS SUBSEQUENT EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH AN ILLEGAL
"CATACOMB CHURCH" BY BEING SECRETLY ORDAINED A
VICAR-GENERAL BY THE VATICAN.
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5. THE TASS ARTICLE GOES ON TO STATE THAT CRIININAL
PROCEEDINGS HAVE NOW BEEN STOPPED AS NIKIFOROV FULLY
ADMITTED HIS GUILT AND PROMISED TO DESIST FROM MI5
"UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITY". HE REPORTEDLY SAID
THAT HE PROMISES NOT TO MAR RELATIONS BETWEEN
BELIEVERS ANO THE STATE IN THE FUTURE.
6. ACCORDING TO KESTON COLLEGE PUBLICATIONS, VLADIMIR
NIKIFOROV, A ROMAN CATHOLIC, WAS DETAINED AT THE END
OF FEBRUARY 1983 WHILE CARRYING 40 KILOGRAMS OF
RELIGIOUS BOOKS IN RUSSIAN AND WESTERN LANGUAGES.
NIKIFOROV WAS REPORTEDLY RELEASED AFTER TWO DAYS
ONLY TO BE REARRESTED ON MAY 19, 1983. HE WAS
CHARGED UNDER ARTICLE 142 OF THE RSFSR CRIMINAL
CODE FOR PREPARING CHILDREN FOR CONFIRMATION.
7. EMBASSY IS REFUSING COMMENT IN RESPONSE TO
FOREIGN PRESS INQUIRIES. WHICH HAVE BE"cN FEW IN
NUMBER.
HARTMAN
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INFO RUEHIA/USIA WASHDC PRIORITY 7995
RUFHLG/AMCONSUL LENINGRAD PRIORITY 8208
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C O N F I D E N T I A L
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SOV AND CA/OCS; USIA LEMAITRE PASS
SUBSTANCE IREX
E. 0. 12356: N/A
TAGS: CASC, UR, US(CHERON, GEORGE)
SUBJECT: HARASSMENT OF IREX PROFESSOR IN LENINGRAD
1. (LOU-ENTIRE TEXT)
2. SUMMARY: SUMMER IREX GRANTEE GEORGE CHERON WAS
PICKED UP BY PLAINCLOTHES MEN IN LENINGRAD JULY 28 AND
TAKEN TO POLICE STATION WHERE HE WAS QUESTIONED FOR TWO
HOURS. HE WAS DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTACT THE
CONSULATE. HE WAS RELEASED AFTER SIGNING A STATEMENT.
END SUMMARY.
3. USC GEORGE CHERON, OPOB 8/23/52 CALIFORNIA BEARER
OF U.S. PASSPORT 030713390 ISSUED 12/23/83, VISITED
THE CONSULAR SECTION AUGUST 3 TO RELATE STORY OF HIS
JULY 28 DETENTION IN LENINGRAD. CHERON, WHO TEACHES
RUSSIAN AT CAL TECH ARRIVED IN THE SOVIET UNION UNDER
IREX SPONSORSHIP JtlM1E 26 AS PART OF SUMMER EXCHANGE OF
LANGUAGE TEACHERS. FIE HY15 SPENT HIS TIME IN MOSCOW WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF THREE DAYS IN LENINGRAD. HE HAS BEEN
MEETING WITH SCHOLARS AND POETS, BUT NOT, HE CLAIMS.
PERSONS WHO COULD BE REGARDED AS DISSIDENTS. IN LENINGRAD
CHERON HOPED TO MEET IVAN MARTINEF WHOM HE DESCRIBES AS
A WIDELY PUBLISHED SPECIALIST IN 18TH CENTURY RUSSIAN
LITERATURE. HE PHONED HIM FROM THE HOTEL AND SET UP A
MEETING FOR 3:00 P.M1.
4. UPON ENTERING MARTINEF'S APARTMENT, CHERON NOTICED A
MAN LOITERING NEAR THE ELEVATOR. THIS INDIVIDUAL INQUIRED
WHOM CHERON WAS VISITING, WHEN HE GAVE MARTINEF'S NAME
CMERON SAID THREE OTHER MEN "APPEARED FROM THE WOODWORK"
AND SEIZED HIM. THIEY TOOK HIS PASSPORT AND VISA AND
SHOVED HIM OUT THIS ODOR AND INTO A PADDY WAGON WHICH HAD
APPEARED AT TFIE CURB. CHERON WAS DRIVEN OFF TO A POLICE
STATION ACCOMPANIED BY THE FOUR PLAINCLOTHES MEN.
S. AT THE STATION CHERON WAS QUESTIONED FOR APPROXIMATELY
TWO HOURS. HE ASKED TO CALL THE CONSULATE AND WAS TOLD
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IT WAS CLOSED. ON TFREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS CHERON
ASKED TO HAVE A CONSULAR OFFICER PRESENT DURING THE
INTERVIEW. TFIE MILITIA OFFICER TOLD CHERON THIS WASN'T
NECESSARY.CITING THE NEW LAW WHICH TOOK EFFECT JULY 1,
HE SAID SOVIET LAW ODES NOT REQUIRE THAT FOREIGNERS BE
GRANTED ACCESS TO THEIR CONSULAR REPRESENTATIVES UNLESS
THEY ARE BEING DEPORTED. CHERON WAS ORDERED TO EMPTY
HIS POCKETS AND BRIEF CASE AND WAS FRISKED. ALL HIS
PAPERS WERE SUBJECT TO CLOSE SCRUTINY INCLUDING AN
EhlASSY WIRELESS FILE WHICH MILITA LABELED TAMIZDAT.
ACCORDING TO CHERON, WHO SPEAKS EXCELLENT RUSSIAN, THAT
PARTICULAR ISSUE OF THE WIRELESS FILE CONTAINED AN ARTICLE
ON SAKHAROV'S HUNGER STRIKE, WHICH HIS INTERVIEWERS
COMMENTED ON EXTENSIVELY WITHOUT ONCE DENYING ITS
VALIDITY. AS HE WAS BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT HIS DESIRE
TO MEET WITH MARTINEF, CHERON ASKED WHETHER FOREIGNERS
HAO THE RIGHT TO MEET WITH SOVIETS. THE MILITIA
OFFICER ALLOWED THAT THEY DID, BUT SAID SUCH MEETINGS
SHOULD TAKE PUCE AT SOVIET'S INSTITUTE 1.E., PLACE OF
WORK.
6. CHERON WAS RELEASED AFTER HE SIGNED A STATEMENT IN
WHICH HE STATED HE HAD BEEN PLANNING A MEETING WITH
MARTINEF, DESCRIBED AS A"SPECULATOR" AND IN WHICH HE
APOLOGIZED FOR THE INCONVENIENCE HE HAD CAUSED TO THE
LOCAL AUTHORITIES AS WELL AS TO HIMSELF. HE ALSO SIGNED
A STATEMENT ACCOUNTING FOR THE VARIOUS SLIPS OF PAPER
AND WIRELESS FILE WHICH HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM HIM.
7. EMBASSY PLANS TO PROTEST DENIAL OF CONSULAR ACCESS
IN VIOLATION OF U.S.-USSR CONSULAR CONVENTION.
8. PRIVACY ACT WAIVER SIGNED.
HARTMAN
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TAGS: SHUM, CASC, UR (SEGAL, SHEILA)(ARONCHICK, JUDITH)
SUBJECT: AMCITS DETAINED AFTER REFUSENIK VISIT
TWO AMERICAN CITIZENS, SHEILA SEGAL AND JUDITH
ARONCHICK OF PHILADELPHIA, WERE DETAINED BY LENINGRAD
POLICE YESTERDAY FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS. BOTH
WOMEN WERE STOPPED BY PLAIN CLOTHES MILITIA
AS THEY TRIED TO VISIT YAKOV GOROOETSKY, A
WELL-KNOWN LENINGRAD REFUSENIK. ALTHOUGH THE AMCITS
ADVISED CONSULATE OFFICERS THAT THEY IMMEDIATELY
ASKED TO BE ALLOWED TO CALL THE CONSULATE GENERAL.
PERMISSION TO DO SO WAS NOT GRANTED UNTIL THEY
HAD BEEN DETAINED FOR AN HOUR. TWO CONSULATE
OFFICERS WENT TO THE POLICE STATION AND WERE
PRESENT DURING QUESTIONING AND WHILE THE WOMEN'S
HANDBAGS WERE SEARCHED. BOTH WERE THEN RELEASED
WITHOUT BEING CHARGED AND WERE TO LEAVE MOSCOW
AT 0900 LOCAL TIME TODAY (DEC. 19) ON KLM TO
AMSTERDAM. DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED IN A
FOLLOW-UP CABLE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER
ACTION AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE.
ALLIN
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TAGS: KREC, UR
SUBJECT: EMBASSY RAISES HARASSMENT OF DIPLOMATS WITH MFA
REFS: A) 84 MOSCOW 16115, B) 84 LENINGRAD 3087,
C) STATE 00534
2. WHILE MEETING WITH MFA USA DEPARTMENT DEPUTY CHIEF
MIKOL'CHAK ON JANUARY 2 ? ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR
BROU3FIT UP TWO REGENT INCIDENTS OF HARASSMENT AND
MISTREATMENT OF EMBASSY DIPLOMATIC PERSONNEL. THE FIRST
SUCH INCIDENT OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 19. WHEN EMBOFF PETTIT
WAS GRABBED BY A PLAINCLOTHESMAN AND FORCIBLY EV C FROM
A COURTHO REFTEL A). THE SECOND WAS HE FORCIBLE
DETENTION OF ASSISTANT NAVAL ATTACHE LIPSCOMB A-D HIHIS
WIFE WHILE Y R 7 (REFTEL B).
AC NG POLCOUNS EMPHASIZED THAT SUCH MANHANDLING AND
DETE~TIOtJ OF U.S. DIPLOMATS VIOLATED THE PRIVILEGES AND
IMMUNITIES ENJOYED BY DIPLOMATIC PERSONNEL AND WERE
COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.
3. MIKOL'CHAK TOOK NOTE OF THE FIRST INCIDENT WITrgUT
COMMENT. ON THE LIPSCOMB DETENTION, HE SAID THAT THOSE
INITIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FPREHENSION WERE SIMPLY
CONCERNED WORKERS WHOSE SUSPICION WAS NO DOUBT RAISED BY
THE LIPSCOMES' PROXIMITY TO OBJECTS OF MILITARY SIGNIFI-
CANCE. MIKOL'CHAK WENT ON TO CLAIM THAT THE ASSISTANT
NAVAL ATTACHE HAD BEEN SEEN PHOTOGRAPHING FORBIDDEN
06JECT5. ACTING POLCOUNS REJECTED THIS CONTENTION,
POINTING OUT THAT LIPSCOMB HAD NOT USED HIS CAMERA AT
ALL AT THE LOCATION IN QUESTION. HE WENT ON TO STRESS
THAT, EVEN IF THERE HAD SEEN A VIOLATION OF SOVIET
PHOTOGRAPHY REGULATIONS, MANHANDLING AND ATTEMPTED SEARCH
OF DIPLOMATIC PERSONNEL WAS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. ACTING
POLCOUNS SAID THAT IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE PERPETRATORS
OF THE DETENTION WERE FULLY AWARE OF THE LIPSCOME?S'
IDENTITY AND DIPLOMATIC STATUS. MIKOL'CHAK REPLIED THAT
THE CITIZENS WHO DETAINED THE LIPSCOMBS HAD WO WAv OF
KNOWING THEIR IDENTITY AND ATTRIBUTED THEIR BEHAVIOR TO
EXCESSIVE ZEAL.
KAMMAN
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LENINGRAD CDR PO AND RSD
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TAGS: ASE:
SU6JECT: ASSAULT ON MARINE CORPORA: JON HILDRETH
.. lUl SUMh14R~: AT APPROXIMATEL\ C~30 HOURS ON
MARC'i 6. 1985, MARINE CORPORA_ JON HILDRETH w'AS 6RUTA~L\
ASSAULTEC B\ TWO UNIDENTIFIED SOVIETS INSIDE THE
INTOURIST hIOTEt IN MOSCOw'. ONL1 AFTER SUFFERING A
SERIES OF 6tOW5 WHICH RESULTED Ih A6RASIONS TO HIS
HEAD, NECK, LEFT ARM, AND CHEST, DIC HILDRETH MANAGE
TC BREAK FREE OF HIS ATTACKERS, ESCAoE THE HOTEL, AND
RETURN TO THE EMBASSI'. A SUBSEQUENT EM64S51 INVESTI-
GATION 0~ THIS INCIDENT COULD DETERMINE NO PLAUSIBLE
REASON FOR THE ASSAULT. Eta SUMMARI.
2. (C) AT APPROXIMATELY 0230 HOURS, MARCH 6, 1985.
MARINE CORPORAL JON HILDRETH, ON AUTHOR:ZEO LI6EKT1, W'AS
LEAVING THE INTOUR~ST HOTEL AtONE w-EN NE WAS CON-
FRO\'E^ :'~ '''E hlA:~ LCoS~ :.= THc H.. -- = '',;~ l_1
h!4~E S.^.\:_TC A"IRE; IN :I\'iLiAN Su:'i. S=EAK:N: :'~ ,
F_UEti ENG_'S^. TH. SO\'.ETS iNS:S'Z_ ON SPEAti'N' M"'r
1 J ~
HIh!. WHEN HILDRETH ExPLAINEC THAT H, HA: NC DESIRE TO
TALK W'I7r THEN' AN/ INTENDED OM \ TO RETURN TC THE
Ah!EK:CAN EM3AS51, THEE AGAIN INSISTE= THAT HE TALK M:T~
THEE. $TA'ING ...TREK= IS MJCr TC TALK A6OJT'. AT
THIS POINT, HILDRETH OBSERVEC A PERSON IN THE L055'~
a'-_ 6E _ I . vE. TO EE .. C:.!:aC: A^.. l Tom: 5 was
R:_=K~ SHALKA, 'CJN'S_L_OK AKA "OKSU.., CANA^:~\ =_Nj:,:c~ . i
IN AN E?FOK- TO DRAh THIS PERSON'S ATTEN'ION T~ HiS
S:TU4':ON. H/LDRETr AGAIN CLEAR.\ STATEC IN 60TH.
ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN HIS INTENTION TO IMMEDIATE L\ RETURN
TC THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, ACCORDING TO ROBERT SHALKA, WHO
WAS INTERVIEWED BY THE REPORTING OFFICER ON MARCR ', HE
OBSERVEC HILDRETH BEING DETAINED BY THE TWO SOVIETS AN:~ IN
4N EFFOR', TO ASSIST, MANAGED TO ASK HILDRETH IF HE WANTED
SHALKA TC h"JTIF1' THE AMERICAN EMBASSY. HILDRETR REPLIED
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IN THE aFFIa~+ATIVE AND SHCL~A IMMECIaTE~v REPCR'ED
~ILCRE'H'S s:'~a~ CN "0 '!-E E\BaSS\ By E_;-~C~E. :v
THE HEaNTi~'E. "-c?SCv:E'S ?CRCED ~IL_FE'H :NT? a Sva~_
ROOM aC~4CENT '0 Ti^E LCE6Y. THERE THEE ~ROCEE~E~ TC
ASSAULT HIM WITH THEIR ":STS aN0 BEET. CtiL1 aF?ER
nn^ECEIV:NG A NUMEER CF 3LvWS WAS HE ABLE '.C 5REaK FRE=
OF HIS ATTACKERS AND IN FLEEING THE ROCK+, HET SH.:LKa aT
THE DOORWAY. -+;~DRETH 4PPEARED IN GREAT CISTRESS AND
INTEhT JN LEa~: w TrE HOTEL aS ~UiCKLV a5 =CSSISLE.
SHALrCa ~,O~E^ T!-'a ;,-CN H:S ahR:vML aT TAE .,-".-Q C,.CtNa'.
THE SCE:ETS iMMEDIaTEL~ RAISED THEIR Ha~;CS a5 :F TO
INDICATE THE\' HAD Vol TOUCHED HILDRETH. HOWEVER. SHALKA
OBSERVED BLOOD DRIPPING FROM HILDRETH'S LIP. HILDRETH
IMMEDIATELY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF SHALKA'S INTERVENTION AND
RAN OUT OF THE HOTEL. HE SUBSEQUENTLY TOOK 4 TAXI BACK
TO THE EM6ASSY ANO REPORTED THE INCIDENT.
3. (C1 4FTER QUESTIONING BOTH CORPORAL HILDRETH AND
THE TWO MARINES WHO WERE WITH HIM AT THE iNTOURIST HOTEL
UP TO 4N HOUR PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, 4S WELL AS INTER-
vIEWING ROBERT SHALKA, wE BELIEVE THE ASSau~T wAS
COMPLETELY uNPROVCKED BY HILDRETH. SHALKA aDVISEC 'HAT
HILDRETH WAS PERSCNALL~ SEEN BY HIM SITTING 4LCNE IN THE
DOLLAR E4R CF 'HE rOTEL FCR APPROXIMATELY 3J-a5 MINUTES
PRIOR 'C TH, INCIDENT :N ,:UESTION, ANC 'HAT HILCRETH'S
ACTIONS WERE ENTIRELY NDN-PRCVCCATIVE.
a. (C! WHILE THE =URPCSE OF THIS ATTACK :S NCT aS SET
CLEAR '0 US. WE INTEND NEVERTHELESS TO Sl'6MiT a STRONG
PROTEST WITH THE MFA, STATING CLEARLY THAT wE BELIEVE
THIS 6RUTAL ATTACK WAS OFFICIALLY SANCTIONED ANO THAT WE
EXPECT SOVIET AUTHORITIES TO ENSURE THAT A REPETITION OF
SUCH VIOLENCE NOT OCCUR IN THE FUTURE.
5. lU) A COPS' CF CUR NOTE TO THE MFA WILL BE FORWARDED
SEPTEL. HaRTMAN
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SU6~IECT: ASSAULT ON MARINE_C_O_RPORAL JON HILDRETH -- THE_
OFFICIAL SOVIET VERSION
1. SUMMARY': COLONEL NIKOLAI FOMENKO, CHIEF OF DIPLO-
MATIC MILITIA, REQUESTED AN URGEtv'T MEETING WITH THE 850
ON MARCH 7, 1985. AFTER SETTING THE PROPER STAGE EV
RELATING A NUMBER OF PREVIOUS INCIDENTS ALLEGEDLY
INVOLVING CORPORAL HILDRETH; FOMENKO AND HIS TWO AIDES
PROCEEDED TO DESCRIBE HILDRETH'S ACTIVITIES AT THE
INTOURIST HOTEL ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 6, 1985, SPECIFI-
CALLY ACCUSING HIM OF PHYSICALLY ASSAULTING AN ELDERLY
MALE EMPLOYEE OF THE HOTEL. WHEN QUESTIONED A SECOND
TIME BY THE RSO ON MARCH 8, HILDRETH STATED THAT AT
NO TIME DID HE ASSAULT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE INTOURIST
HOTEL AND ONCE AGAIN AFFIRMED THE ACCURACY OF HIS
ORIGINAL ACCOUNT OF HIS ACTIVITIES ON THE DATE IN
QUESTION (REF A). EMBASSY CONTINUES TO BELIEVE THAT
HILDRETH WAS THE SUBJECT OF A PREMEDITATED ASSAULT AND
THAT THE SOVIET COUNTER-CHARGE IS CDMPLETELY SPURIOUS.
E1~ SUMMARY.
2. EMBASSY SECURITY OFFICERS MET WITH COLONEL NIKOLAI
FOMENKO AND HIS AIDES AT HIS REQUEST AT 1730 HOURS.
MARCH 7, 1985. AFTER A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF SEVERAL
ON-GOING ROUTINE MATTERS, FOMENKO BEGAN RELATING A SERIES
OF INCIDENTS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVING QUESTIONABLE ACTIVITIES
ON THE PART OF CORPORAL JON HILDRETH. (IT WAS IMMEDIATELY
APPARENT THAT HIS INTENTION WAS TO ESTABLISH THE APPRO-
PRIATE CONTEXT IN WHICH TO RELATE THE INTOURIST HOTEL
INCIDENT; I.E., HILDRETH IS AN HAEITUAL TROUBLEMAKER.)
FOMENKO BEGAN WITH AN INCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED IN MID-
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DECEMBER 1984 IN WHICH HILDRETH ALLEGEDLI' ENTERED A
MOSCOW HOTEL ATTIRED "IN HIS UNDERWEAR," AN ACT THE
SOVIETS CONSIDERED INAPPROPRIATE. A SECOND INCIDENT
MENTIONED INVOLVED MILITIA RESPONDING TO A NOISE COMPLAINT
AT THE HOTEL ROOM OF TWO AMERICAN FEMALE STUDENTS.
HILDRETH WAS IN THE ROOM WITH THE TWO STUDENTS AT THE
TIME. A THIRD INCIDENT INVOLVED HILDRETH. ARRIVING AT
THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN AN INEBRIATED STATE AND FAILING TO
PAY THE TAXI DRIVER FOR THE RIDE. FINALLY, FOMENKO
BROUGHT UP THE INCIDENT AT THE INTOURIST HOTEL lHE
MIS-IDENTIFIED THE HOTEL AS THE COSMOS HOTEL) WHICH HE
DESCRIBED AS A SERIOUS AFFAIR AS IT INVOLVED A PHYSICAL
ASSAULT ON AN ELDERLY MAN EMPLOYED AT THE HOTEL. ACCOR-
DING TO THE MILITIA REPORT, HILDRETH ENTERED THE RESTROOM
NEAR THE LOBBY OF THE HOTEL IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
OF MARCH 6, 1985, TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS. AND WHEN APPROACHED
BY THE 64-YEAR-OLD MALE TOILET ATTENDANT, ASSAULTED THE
ELDERLY MAN BY PUNCHING AND KICKING HIM. ONLY AFTER A
SECOND SOVIET EMPLOYEE ARRIVED ON THE ~~ENE WAS HILDRETH
OVERPOWERED. TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, AND BROUGHT TO THE
MILITIA OFFICE LOCATED NEAR THE MAIN LOBBY. THERE.
ACCORDING TO FOMENKO. HILDRETH ASSAULTED TWO UNIFORMED
MILITIA OFFICERS WHO ATTEMPTEC TO QUESTION HIM. HE
SUBSEOUEyTLV BROKE FREE OF THE MILITIA AND FLED THE
HOTEL WHEN A CANADIAN CITIZEN, NOT IDENTIFIED BY THE
MILITIA tBUT KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN ROBERT SHALKA) INTERVENED
ON HILDRETH'S BEHALF. WHEN SPECIFICALLY ASKED BY THE
REPORTING OFFICER WHY THE MILITIA OFFICERS DID NOT PURSUE
HILDRETH WHEN HE RAN FROM THE ROOM, FOMENKO EXPLAINED
THAT THE MILITIA OFFICER IN CHARGE AT THE HOTEL WAS
YOUNG AND INEXPERIENCED AND HESITATED TO PURSUE HILDRETH
ONCE THE "CANADIAN" IDENTIFIED HIM 4S AN "AMERICAN DIPLO-
MAT". FOMENKO CONCLUDED HIS REPORT BY STRONGLY REQUESTING
THAT THE EMBASSY TAKE MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT SIMILAR
ACTIVITIES DID NOT OCCUR IN THE FUTURE. HE DID NOT INDI-
CATE THAT HILDRETH WOULD BE THE SUBJECT OF PNG ACTIUN.
~FrI: CORPORAL JON HILDRETH DEPARTED MOSCOW ON ROUTINE RE-
ASSIGNMENT TO CANBERRA ON MARCH 8, 1985.)
3. ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 8, 1985. CORPORAL JON HILDRETH
WAS AGAIN INTERVIEWED BY THE RSO, THIS TIME WITH
SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE SOVIET CHARGE THAT HE ASSAULTED
A HOTEL EMPLOYEE IN THE RESTROCM OF THE iNTOURIST HOTEL.
HILDRETH AGAIN AFFIRMED THE ACCURACY OF HIS ORIGINAL
STATEMENT AND DENIED THAT HE ASSAULTED ANYONE AT THE
HOTEL ON THE NIGHT IN pUESTION. HE WAS THEN OFFERED
FULL IMMUNITY FROM DISCIPLINARY ACTION AND GIVEN A FINAL
OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE HIS STORY, HE DID NOT.
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4. BASED UPON CORPORAL HILDRETH'S FIRM DENIAL OF
IMPROPER CONDUCT, OUR KNOWLEDGE OF HIS CHARACTER AND
PAST PERFORMANCE, AND THE COMMENTS OF E'rEWITNESS ROBERT
SHALKA, kE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO BELIEVE THAT HILCRETH
:JAS THE SUBJECT OF A PREMEDITATED ASSAULT. CONSEOU~NT'_r,
WE VIEW THE SOVIET COUNTER-CHARGE AS SPURIOUS.
5. WE PLAN NO FURTHER ACTION AT THIS TIME AND WILL
AWAIT A SOVIET RESPONSE TO OUR NOTE. HARTMAN
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