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SR/2/B-60 -282
5 December 1960
IMEMANDUK FOR: Chief, SR/2
SUBJECT : Contact Report - AEK1L0/2
1. On 1 November 1960 at approximately 1115 hours C/Of:: contacted Azaw/2 in New York by telephone at his office, Committee for A Free: .Latvia, WAbash 4-5320, to arrange a meeting for 1800 hours in the lobby of the Hotel Statler, 34th Street and 7th Avenue, New York, New York. The meeting was held as scheduled in the course of a meal at the hotel due to the press of time to permit C/O to make a rail connection.
2. AEKIL0/2 informed C/O that he planned to contact and assess the knowledgeability of Mks. Liliya VEDNERS Z:1, a recent Latvian immigrant in New York, the following day. (This report was received on 22 November and forwarded to FDD on 23 November for trans- lation.)
3. Since APIL0/2 intended to visit Chicago o/a 19 November, he was asked to contact and assess under a suitable pretext the know- ledgeability of a recent Latvian immigrant:
Zelma OZOLINS nee BLOMNIEK tL:=7 DOB: 1 April 1895 POB: Valmiera, Latvia c/o: Aim A.,SVANBEROS 2313• . Saiyer Avenue Chicago, Illinois
Subject will be reimbursed for operational expenses and information so obtained.
A. In regard to his trip to London, Ontario, o/a 12 December, he was asked to obtain any information regarditw4i1 LAPENSON a recent Latvian immigrant now residing in the Toronto area. AEKIL0/2 was thoroughly briefed and cautioned about being discreet and very careful in making any inquiries of EUBARK interest while visiting Canada in connection with his DeUPWIS Vanagi activities. .11.1W.C/
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5. No positive results were reported on AEY L0/2 s attempt to procure films of Riga taken by Danish and Swedish sources. He feels that he will be able to get some for showing to local DaUgavas Vanagi chapters in the near future.
6. MILO/2 will continue his search for suitable Latvian REDSKIN candidates who were born in the United States or immigrated here prior to 1939.
T. In response to a query about fnu WEIBBEROS from LlELVARDE whose name appears in L. ::7 ease and was mentioned by Mrs. Minna JAAELSINS andIAEMARSH/15, AEXIL0/2 could supply no information beyond the fact that WINBERGS had been a former colonel in the Latvian Army.
8. In an effort to obtain recent copies of DZIMTERES BALSS, the Return to the Homeland Official publication, beginning with July 1960, AEKILO/2 was asked to furnish us any copies in his possession. He willingly agreed to do so at the next meeting, stating that he had a complete file.
With respect to materials by AEKIL0/2 to the undersigned the following items were received:
a. List of Schools in Riga (Attachment A) (C/O s Comment: While this list can be compiled from the Riga Telephone Directory, it is useful in this ready reference form.)
b. List of Movie Theaters in Riga (Attachment B)
c. Biographical Summaries on ,3 (Attachment C)
d. A, lead to a Latvian lady living in Brazil who might be a suitable REDSKIN candidate was received. This individual has a father still living in Latvia.
Mrs. LIVIIA KIKUTS Rua Aleksandre Mackenzie 69 Service Internacional Cia Telephonica Bras ileira Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL
e. Two leads to potential REDSKIN travelers in Denmark and Germany respectively were received: ,
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1. Paula KOVALEVSKIS aka Pavils KLANS DUB: 2 May 1912 POB: Liepaja, Latvia Residence: (13b) Weilheim/Obb. Steinlestrasse 25, West Germany Marital Status: Married Business Address: Imanta, (I. REITMAN S) Oldmarken 12 Kobenhavn-Soborg, Denmark 98 1 8 26 Foreign Languages: Fully fluent in Latvian, Russian, German; Partially in English and French Education: Finished Second High School in Jelgeva, Latvia Graduated Latvian War Academy as Lieutenant Studied law in the U. Profession: Writer, Journalist, editor Citizenship: Probably W. German Remarks: Wife - ERNA =MUM painter. Graduated Latvian Academy of Art. Has had exhibitions in Germany and Scandinavia. Painting hanging in U.S. and other galleries.
2. Voldemars KREICBERGS LOB: 12 May 1912 PCS: Riga, Latvia Marital Status: Unknown Residence: Schnechenbuseherstr. A. 34 (?) or possibly Landshuterallee 102, Munich W. Germany Foreign Languages: German, Swedish, English, French, Russian - probably fluently. Business Address: American Consulate General Munich, West Germany Education: University of Latvia - jurisprudence Profession: Diplomat Citizenship: Latvian, possibly Swedish Remarks: 1936 - 1938 Latvian Foreign Ministry in Judicial Section. 1938 - 1939 3rd Secretary Latvian Embassy in Geneva 1939 - 1940 Latvian Embassy in Stockholm 1940 - ? American Embassy in Stockholm 19-- VOA in Munich Presently in Munich either at American Consulate or VOA. Has worked by Latvian National Fund in Sweden Has translated books from Latvian to English. f. A biographical summary of C. ;:lwas furnished (Attachment D) Itd,u •
g. A list of 130 Latvian Press Association representatives with addresses in the United States was supplied. (Attachment E)
h. A list of Organizations and Publications in Canada allegedly Communist inspired. (Attachment F)
i. A list of 6/ American Latvian Association lecturers with addresses who are members of the Cultural Bureau. (Attachment 0)
j. A list of 73 members with addresses of the Latvian Officers Association in New York. (Attachment H)
k. An article from LAMB 19 October 1960 concerning ZITA MANUS, a Latvian who was a recent visitor to USSR (July-August 1960), not to Latvia. She is a graduate of Indiana State University in languages. She received a National Defense Foreign Language Scholarship, part of which was used to undertake a European trip. She contacted some Latvians while there who were vacationing in the USSR proper. These Latvians asked her to greet Latvians in the Free World and ask them not to forget their homeland. (C/O Comment: The Latvian desk will have her interviewed by one of its principal agents or a desk C/O.) (Attachment I)
1. Two copies of DAMPS VANAGI, numbers 1 and 3, 1960.
m. A copy of a pamphlet printed in Stockholm entitled "A Smell Nation s Struggle for Freedom," A. Plensness, Stockholm, 1955.
A copy of ACEN News, October 1963.
o. A copy of a pamphlet in Swedish concerning Latvians entitled FRIBET OCHMATTVISA, Goteborg, 1960.
10. AE1010/2 accompanied C/O as far as Newark on the train where they parted at 1950 hours. No surveillance was detected at any time.
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