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AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER : 124-10285-10182
RECORD SERIES : HQ
AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 65-66266-249, 250 !. Document Information
ORIGINATOR : FBI FROM: LEG, LO TO : DIRECTOR, FBI
TITLE:
DATE: 06/12/1961 PAGES: 202
SUBJECTS: CCL, AUTHOR, THE WAR WITHIN, REVIEW
DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT, NON-TEXTUAL CLASSIFICATION : Secret RESTRICTIONS : IB; 1C;4 CURRENTSTATUS: Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/06/1996
OPENING CRITERIA : INDEFINITE
COMMENTS: INC MEMO, S/S, ENV, BOOK
v9.1 Docid:32304170 Page 1 ! Release. d ;:under. -~·e. . John··--.. · F . 'Kf-JJlledy· Assassinatio1~oox ' d~.'\. Colle6t~on Aot o. :t-,.J,..~2 ( 44 USC 2107 Note) . : DAT · · ~ . ., \{ ·' · . •?' . ' • ..> .• · ' f.i ... ,2'.; •~\\?:~ · ·. · , ~NJJ,-pct~ ·Ncf. . ; . ~. d~.\ .~ . .~f ~- ;.. : .~ . · . : .· . (~ . 1 ~ ·· · " ; ; ' '/· r.o. . --:-~ . ~ . .· ,', l~, : ~·<~£(>''' ,' ' . • . \' : :.. ; \ I !• . J .. ~:·: ··~· ,,~:;_ /? '" ! ~ 1 · \ O.ffi~~)~.:'!Jil~inora1zdum G u~11 Jn. ~rAri Es GoVERi\IM:r~_~r~~~~~~--: ...? .. ! ·}· .) ~, ; "''r·' l 1,\f~1 ~·· rr " ""'~t "l"'l'i\f I' To : \ : . ~ : 'if:tfrt~~~ r, 'FBI (65 ~ 66266) · \>·v{'i . :.L ) ~ ~r:~~ ~ ;i'f!xTn: June 12.; 1961 'Q. ~ · . .. · -~ 9 - .
I . I • FRoM@t:}'~~~~iJ< i:ond~nA65-1053) I i· SUBJEC~~ -~~~-ON\~NOLD~NSDALE -q ·~ 4" \' ~-. ,. ~ . ~ ES:BI ONA\,GE - R . 1' r_ ' .. • . · · • } • · "~1· ' \<· · y· !o~ · . · , · r.. · .-1 · ~~~~ 1E. ed he e~ one ~opy of the book, "The~ Within 11 ~' QL~ . This is 'the second bocnr'to appear on the E"ng!lSh \ma:r!fe't'' ·w ich purports to relate the events and circumstances of the L. ·ONSDA. LE;\et al ca se (first book, Spy Trial 11 sent to Bureau 5-29-61H . h . . ·. . ' t ' ' . .. :\·; . 11 ~. :_. :,- : ;-\~.~ :~·;. war Within .like its predecessor · "Spy Trial'' and 11· newspaper t ~ ci':t" 't :Lc~l.a ,s of . the trial is 190 pages of misstatements, . ..J . ,_ . erroneous \. eqh'cr:!~~}t ons, fant~sy, and the end result of the. . author's ·' /1 , ~ overactive.:_:~:imag· ination with in many instances no regard or rela- . fl_ f~ f: ~.ion ' to tne facts. · · · · · · . . . The. author has run the gauntlet of past espionage ,.~r· .. from RICHARD SORGE through FUCHS .; ROSENBERGS; .ABEL, etc., and as a · I . . ·result thereof the FBI is frequently mentioned. . Outside of refer \ ; . - ~nces to ;the · FBI in a sometimes mi~leading manner indicative of th t' ' . · author 1 s unfamiliarity with our· responsibilities and ,,the facts, t · '• I '\• ';J'' .· smly apparently critical referenc~? is on page 106. This refere'nc ~ .
'· ' O relat.es to the COHENS and ABEL and the statement is made that in !; l :' ~~ .: , , this case· it was the 11 American FBI' which had slipped up - and badl, ;' .; :·~:::"~;, .. ~ · There is no new or~rtling information in the book· ( ..Jd· ;·:; \ as pertains to LONSDALE, et al, · n. .. is there any i~.. ; ormation . whicb).'.;, : .1f, : 1 . should. be checked o~ ·or follo . with our sources..;{,~>. . ~ .· 1 7:' .. ,
I I ' , The foregoing . is for the information of the Bureau and .·' . .~::Y this· office will obtain and review ariy subse ent books wh ch dea'J. ::?'· ··. ': with this matter. · l,•u .t · • iJ.a.~ : 'ii:t!~"'"" :.;nN~~ ,.ll\iV'tlr..q. · · !\ ~:·~{~~i:~~c~r~~mr~~ ,\. ' .•. . ~ ·- ··-• •·· -· -- - ~ - - . . Dooid:32304170 Page 2 eleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act o:f 1992 . (44 USC 2107 Note). DATE: ~::!:- J~fiONAC'fOA..., NO. Ill "' "'- • Tolsnn_· _ Belmont_ UN!TED STATES GOVEF ..CNT Mohr __ Call:~ n~ ! each · M11morandz.,,n _r,L.<' 1 - Mr. Belmont ) vans __ 1 1 - Mr. Snllivan ~:::e== TO : MR. SULLIVAN \.1\l~. DATE: 61 :3W"61 ~SECRET ~:~;~~a~ u.; Trottet -- 1 - l\lr • Branigan Tele. Room - FROM 1 - Mr • Lee lnqr:' .== SUBJECT: -a)~ I . ; : SYNOPSIS: I . t . This ~orandwn reviews .a book entitled-· The\War Within" ' ! o w)-i !ten__ by_ C9mer. Clarke, ~rit _i ~ aut11o.r,. and deal · wi tfi the . · I e:) Lonsdale and Cohe cases. Buf1les negat1ve on Clarke. f ~ :,~ By lette:r··-67'n/61 Legat, London~-· furnished a copy of ~ ~8 ... ) "The War Within." A review of the book reveals it is full of \c, -g: . > inaccuracies, erroneous assumptions, and conclusions and other · ~ I ~ · ·.: _items which are outright lies. He mentions the FBI in one place ·· ' ' ;~ ;:' : in a derogatory fashion. The author claims we had seen r~torris and~ ;.:5 :·:· ..: ·:Lona Cohen meeting with Colonel Rudolf Abel and had investigated ' ;~ ~~ :, ~Abel but Abel's cover was so good we decided he had no espionage 'l"' : U '': ;!connections. As a result of this, the author states " ••• FBI ,. ~S<·~J had slipped up-- and badly." Th1s statement is pure.fabrication ~ - ,.., -and has absolutely no basis in fact. It is an obvious attempt · ~ .. to shift the blame to the FBI for the fact that the Cohens ~1 · ' operated in England for over six years without being detected,;. . \ This book appears to be thrown together hastily in an · ffort to profit from a timely book. ·It apparently relies heavily , I r(; n British newsp~per accounts which were very ,il!!,cc;m;a~e- and proved I \ distruthful under an active analysis. REC· 95 ~~~() . \ ln~ • •. ACTI(f!: ~ - v~ 2!5 JUL 12 12 6i · ! .. , Fo:r your information. A detailed review of ..t~ors f _, __ j in the book 1s attached. , ·. /::)... . . j -QJ>WJ f{lb ~ t~=c~-1' ~ - ~ t)::_~ 'i · JY:. -1)~u··~"_,. t: I u-. .. fJ ~ IY ~""' ~----~ - 1 _ XER~X JJ:1 ~- · .~ ~-l Jill 117 .,.,:--\~ / - - 7,4~. } .i ~ i Docid: 32304170 P~ ~'- t ' : · ·"·-tfl ~ · ------:....---... ;;~ "" , <"l 1QnfV"' 111•- ~Released under · ffie Johri F-: Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act o:f 1992 (44 US(: 2107·Nojte). DATE: . 11-14-2017 .. .~ ( · ~1emorandtun Branigan to Sullivan Re: GORDON ARNOLD 'LONSDALE 65-66266 MORRIS COHEN; ·- LONA COHEN 100-406659 T11is is not correct. Fuchs' name and British address were in Halperin's notebook. page 51 T11e author claims that Fuchs came to the United States in 1946 and asked fellow scientists about the duties of a conuntmist scientist which was reported to the FBI. Then the FBI watched Fuchs · and reported to I\U-5 that Fuchs had been seen meeting Soviet agents. T11is is ~complete f~ation. We identified C0 ~uchs fronMureau Source ~J~nf~rmatio old the Britis~ who . interroga-d!8 Fuchs... and he c6nfessed::Jl ) page 52 The author claims the FBI followe~ . the Cohens after the arrest of the Rosenbergs. The author claims the FBI found out that the Cohens were friends of the Rosenbergs. This is false. page ·53 The author states Lona Cohen was co-director of "Save the Rosenbergs" campaign. This is false. pages 54-55 Theatthor tells of Lonsdale's training in Winnitsa which is alleged1y the town in Russia which is set up like an American town. We have received. reports of the existence of this town, however, it has never been proven. . I i ' page 55 The claim is made that an FBI source in the United :States stated Lonsdale was trained in this town. This is a lie. page 61 Contains a fanciful description of Lonsdale meeting the Cohens in Tokyo in 1954 on their way to ·Canada. This has no basis in fact. - 4 t:"t'j...\_- RE]' ... .: . rs- ---~- ..- I D~cid: 32304170 Page 4 ~eased under the John F.- Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act 0~ 1992 DATE: 11_14_2017 ( 44 USC. 2107 .N,e) . • i 4 • ,.,: ..- .. ' ~ .\ i ! . ... 0 C Memorandum Branigan to Sullivan Re: GORDON ARNOLD L page 144 The author· claims MI-5 identified the Krogers as the Cohens before the arrest by comparing photographs of Krogers and the Cohens. and that the FBI confirmed this fact • .. This is completely fal~e~ {jt was only after the arrest when the fingerprints of the Krogers were compared with the fingerprints of the Cohens which we had furnished to the British earlier that a~ identification was made~(S) page 149 The author states that· a locket found in the sho~ of Cohens contained a microdot which was a newspaper article concerning the Abel. case. Again ·this is wrong. A locket was found, however, it contained photographs and no .. microdots.- Bufiles negative on Clarke. - . 7 - Docid:32304170 Page 5