MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD FROM L. K. WHITE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01284A001800110072-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 27, 2005
• Sequence Number: 72
• Publication Date: July 30, 1969
• Content Type: MFR

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
Morning Meeting of 30 July 1969
DD/S called the Director's attention to two reports of coup
plotting among the Kurdish elements in Iraq.
The Director asked the DD/I what was meant by "dramatic prog-
ress" in the Jordan item in today's CIB. DD/I agreed with the Director's
observation that we were trying to convey a lack of progress in bilateral
discussions on the Middle East problem.
Estimate will be available today, and the Director asked that a copy
be provided for his review.
for D/ONE reported that a draft of the Sino/Soviet
Maury noted receipt of the Pike Report and said that it is being
reviewed by the DD/I. He added that they are attempting to obtain the
transcript of the related hearings.
Maury reported that he briefed Bob Michaels
case and that the briefing had gone well.
the transcript, which is being reviewed by
Maury reported that the Director's appearance before the full
House Armed Services Committee yesterday went well and that we have
Houston related that he has provided the Executive Director with
the results of his review and with recommendations on how to handle
the transcript of the Director's appearance before the Ervin Subcommittee.
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Bross related that he got in touch with Gardiner Tucker and
found that he is reviewing problems related to peripheral reconnais-
sance in response to Deputy Secretary Packard's letter to 303 Committee
members.
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Bross noted that appeared before PFIAB's
communications panel. He was prepared with detailed comments on
the information handling system but had little opportunity for input.
DD/I noted that one of the problems is that the panel's competence lies
in the technical aspects of the state of the art rather than in an ac -
quaintanceship with the practical problems involved.
DD/S&T briefed on work in support of the verification problem.
In response to the Director's question he noted that our immediate
requirement is to participate in the preparation of four annexes, one
being on how the Soviets test and the others being on collection capa-
bilities. A lengthy discussion followed which doubted the capabilities
to prepare Gerard Smith adequately for the upcoming Geneva disarma-
ment talks, given next week's deadline for completion of all necessary
back-up papers.
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The Director asked the DD/S&T and Maury to brief him on the
ground the DD/S&T intends to cover in his scheduled briefing tomorrow
of the Zablocki Subcommittee.
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THE NEW YORK ? IMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1969
Anatol y, Kuznetsov, Liberal Soviet Writer, Is Reported Missing in London
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By ALVIN SHUSTER
Speclalto The New York Times
LONDON, July 29-Anatoly
V. Kuznetsov, a liberal Soviet
writer recently criticized in
Moscow, was reported missing
from his hotel in London today.
The Soviet Embassy disclosed
the disappearance of the author
to the Foreign Office, which in
turn informed Scotland Yard.
There were no official indi-
cations that Mr. Kuznetsov had
defected to the West. British
officials said that no approach
,
had been made on his behalf which appeared last week, the
for political asylum and that
they knew nothing of his
whereabouts.
Mr. Kuznetsov, who is 39
years old, was recently at-
tacked by conservatives in Mos-
cow for giving a negative view
of Soviet life in his latest novel,
"The Fire." The novel, pub-
lished in the magazine Yunost,
dealt with life in an imaginary
metalworks town and depicted
Named to Editorial Board
In the latest issue of Yunost
name of Mr. Kuznetsov was
added to the board of the
magazine, which has a circu-
lation of more than two mil-
lion and is popular among
young people in the Soviet
Union. Three liberal writers,
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Viktor
S. Rozov and Vasily P. Akse
nov, were dropped from the
board at that time.
Reports from Moscow to-
night suggested that if Mr.
Kuznetsov had defected, there
could be sharp recriminations
against liberals on the ground
they could not be trusted to
travel to the West.
Last Seen at 11:15 P.M.
Mr. Kuznetsov, who arrived
here Thursday, is believed to
have come to write several ar-
ticles and meet officials of a
London publishing company.
He is reported to have arrived
on the same Soviet airliner
that carried Gerald Brooke, the
British lecturer released .last
week after four years in Soviet
prisons.
Mr. Kuznetsov checked into
the Apollo Hotel, several blocks
south of Kensington Gardens
in an area of small hotels and
rooming houses, but he did not
sleep there last night. Hotel
workers reported that he was
last seen at about 11:15 P.M.
when he went out.
His luggage was left in his
room, and Mr. Kuznetsov, who
speaks no English, apparently
left no word with his traveling
companion and interpreter, G.
Andjaparidze, described as a
professor at Moscow University. I where the author was born.
Employes at the hotel said Mr.
Andjaparidze appeared worried
about his colleague and left
the hotel this afternoon with a
man thought to be from the
Soviet Embassy.
Mr. Kuznetsov was also criti-
cized by Soviet conservatives
after the publication three years
ago of his documentary novel,
"Sabi Yar," which described
the murder of more than 100,-
000 Jews by the Nazis in a
ravine on the outskirts of Kiev,