“_**u. , OPT QUAL FOM NO. 10 * „MK: JPDRTION GSA t’xtn (41 CIR) 101-11.6 • UNITED STATES GOV NMENT PNe Memorandum 7 Docopent Socil5 downgrade to 24\13 Vc Bow (033 TO DIRECTOR, FBI (105-28333) DATE: 4/29/69 FROM, : SAC, WFO (105-8906)(P) 111 SUBJECT:: Re™FOlet 2”
“CATONAL FORM NO. to MA21902 EDITION- .GSA FPMR (4: CFR) 10t-11.6 .UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT sell Memorandum Curb NHawir 35/08 070070 TO DATE: DIRECTOR, FBI (105-28333). 11/23/70 00 111E FROM : NEW YORK (134-3315) (C) Rus ‘ SUBJECT: SAM JAFFE IS - R 3 1 w ”
“• 3 OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 ( < •—K—oagy 1KiEDITION. iGDx ren (: CFR) 101-11.6 202 . 3 UNITED STATES GOC ANMENT Memorandum TO DIRECTOR, FBI (105-143202) .• DATE: 10/l9/70 FROM :/ SAC, NEW YORK (105-75111) (P) SUBJECT: IS - R (RADIO MOSCOW-KGB) Enclosed herewith for the Bur”
“* " 0° 1 ■ UNIT STATES DEPARTMENT OF YTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION • Washington, D.C. 20535 In Reply, Plecse Refer to — April 29, 1969 j File No. -SECRET / SAMUEL ADASON JAFFE CONTENTS Pags 0 —Iv-Jaffe’s Contacts with Federal Bureau of :Investigation (FBI)”
“Memorandum for Mr. Belmont ghesier RE : SAMUEL ADASON JAFFE, aka. 1 05=28333 / his interview * Background on 9-12-58. investigation of Jaffe was instituted as a result of has been No derogatory information has been developed and it appears that all of his contacts wit”
“SiENOARD FORM NO. 64 ffice Memorandum L• 55 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO DIRECTOR, FBI DATE8/19/58 .• 2®r: - 1 SAC, NEW YORK (134-new)■ ‘SUBJECT: 12 SAM A. JAFFE d 6.5 - 63-978-4 ■’ReBulet, dated 12/17/57, entitled which directs this office to develop persons ”
“49 DIRECTOR, FBI (100-361868) t12/15/58. SAC, NEW YORK (65-15026) ’. Enclosed herewith are an original and four ■' 6 ■ copies of a letterhead memorandum for the Bureau, and two copies of which are enclosed, for, the San Francisco ■ @- Division, .: 0n 12/10/58, SAMUEL AD”
“01 * OPTIONAL k*<M NO. 1o 3010-106 wor-s*smon• GSA CENto No. 27 Tolson -------------- Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT I- Mr. C. D. DeLoach 1 - Mr. T. E. Bishop 1 - Mr. W. C. Sullivan DeLoach-------- Mohr ----------- {were-eeo-o 3 Gasyer -------------- % Callahan ”
“[124-10179-10217) 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 % SECRET 1 Memorandum to Mr. W. R. Wannall Re: Samuel Adason Jaffe 105~28333 5 7 HW Soviet defector Sammy Kh advised that Jaffe was recruited by the KGB, in about 1962”
“Sty 5 * FD-36 (Rev. 12-13-56) Mr. Folsom_ .- Mr: Belmon-12 A FBI I Mr Mol axes £Mr Neason Aos 2Mr. Parsing_ 40 Date: 9/15/58 Roson IMr. Taniif=0 TMr. Treedis, —.1 Transmit the following in (Type in plain text or code) Mr. Neceaaity ]Telsa Koens .—J : AIRTEL I REGISTE”
“SECRET SAMUEL ADASON JAFFE . ■ "Komsomolskaya Pravda" is the Communist Party (CP) .youth edition of "Pravda". C . "Pravda" is the organ of the Central and Moscow Committees of the CP of the Soviet Union, 0 ’ It is a central newspaper 7 published in Moscow,. "Izvestia"”
“OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 t MAY 1862 EUTrION a CSA FFMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 ( UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT [) 1 TO Memorandum Paa , • DIRECTOR, FBI (105-28333) „SAC, WFO (105-8906) (C) SUBJECT: - IS - R - (00: WFO) CONF.INF ETO CONFIDENTIAL walbid DATE: die 3/16/71 ”
“ie V ,CONFIDENTIAL Letter to Director * . : Central Intelligence Agency 1 • Subject was last married on December 27, 1952, to 2. Josephine Clark Winter who was born in New York City and who .. resides at the above Fletcher Drive address. : . 4. -,G U "- ". - A confident”
“SECRET SAMUEL ADASON JAFFE ■ Activities with "Slava” / - ■ Jaffe was asked if he could recall any United States groups visiting Russia in which "Slava" expressed an interest. Jaffe mentioned the Time-Life Group and the Business International Group. He was asked if "Slava" ”
“its UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE « FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION New York," ew York h Reply, Please Refer to November? 3°, 1970 Ble No. Bureau file 105-28333 New York file 134-3315 O0INEA r A1 UUni IVL € I AL Sam Jaffe On October 16, 1970, a confidential so”
“ten E 13 Office Memorandum BAUDARO FORM No. 64 • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO DIRECTOR, FBI (105-28333) C. DATE: ■ 11/4/58 N 0 TROM SAC, NEW YORK (134-3315) :’ SUBJECT: 0 SAMUEL ADASON JAFFE, aka.’" PSI .t {_.ReNYlet, 9/22/5810. I. Indices of this office reflect a”
“WFO 105-8906 67% or leading questions were put to him. For example, the disclosures he made to dmdiot were confirmed in interview only after leading . questions. During the interview on. 3/27/69, JAFFE was advised that interviewing agents were concerned regarding a number o”
“Not WFO 105-8906 -twees , Fromsren comments, it is clear that KGB -considered JAFFE .as at least a cooperative source and it is clear that JAFFE was furnishing some type of infor mation to KGB officer KUSKOV. -5- 3) Since/JAFFE’s arrival in Washington, D.C. in the Fall”
“Lus 0 % SAC, Washington Field July 19, 1954 Director, FBI (105-28333)-3 SAM A. JAFFE INTERNAL S ECURITY = R He New York let 6/11/54,c aptioned.1.08. above and PFO airtel, 7/10/54,90aptioned, Squigdeniaidak Gadauniya In te rnal Security - R,” and WTO let 7/15/54,-enti”
“the daily activities of the Soviet delegation, Byelorussian delegation, Ukrainian delegation, and also those Soviet nationalists attached to the U. N. Secretariat, all of which are in New York City. Pages 1, 8, 9, and 11 of the above report reflect that T-1, who has furnished ”
“• SECRET SAMUEL ADASON JAFFE (Leonid Mitrofanovich Zamyatin has been reported as connected with the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs) (MVD) 0 wise identification of Soviet Nationals in Contact with Jaffe Jaffe was then shown photographs of individuals,all but one id”
“SECRET SAMUEL ADASON JAFFE HI« Allegations of TIP T-2 Concerning Jaffe ‘Nof State Security (KGB), advised in-nnniiuine, that Sam I- A/ WF T-2, a former officer of the Soviet Committee wO /Jaffe. of ARC correspondent in Moscow, is a recruited agent of /Jaffe, ABC - KGB. H”
“"Slava" : told Jaffe he had worked with him ("Slava") and knew several ra re of his contacts, including Jaffe. "Slava" then told Jaffe • "If you are ever asked anything about me, deny any knowledge X 85802eveoors of me." Jaffe emphatically denied "Slava" ever made any ”
“SECRET SAMUEL ADASON JAFFE Jaffe stated that "Slava" might have thought that he (Jaffe) was "Slava’s" agent. He continued: "Little things came out of Slava', but I never knew exactly what he. did. I do know I would tell him what I would think, which is not a secret," Jaffe”
“SECRET SAMUEL ADASON JAFFE On WF T-2 advised that the visits to Russia of the two American groups about which Jaffe reported information to Kuskov occurred in -MB and one involved a group of Congressmen who signed a treaty connected with limi- tations of nuclear explosions”
“not believed desirable to continue inquiries in regard to him for the purpose of considering his development as a source of information in regard to Soviet activities. The Bureau concluded that no further investigation should be conducted regarding JAFFE unless additional inf”
“SECRET SAMUEL ADASON JAFFE .510 X Jaffe also advised he became acquainted with (/Andrei N, tskov when Itskov was the number three man in 1 5/ ! the Press Department of the Soviet Foreign Ministry in ■ Moscow. Jaffe recalled Itskov did not like his assignment and was ev”
“SECRET SAMUEL ADASON JAFFE • . Jaffe was asked how he was placed in contact f with "Slava". He replied he was introduced to "Slava" by' •2 Yuri Fedorov. He continued; "I was dating a Russian girl and this girl got herself in trouble." Jaffe then stated: "She came to me and”
“REC 22 Legat, Hong Kong 9-14-66 Director, FBI (105-28333) - 90 00X03321 SAM A. JAFFE SOURCE OF INFORMATION 1 Reurlet 8-29-66. REC D-READING JL.P Srp K will be permissible for you to establish contact with ’ I "5~2 1 1 N Jaffe; however, you should be most discree”
“Restaurant, 1737 DeSales Street, N. W., which they entered at 8:58 pm. They departed the restaurant at 11:18 pm and walked to the vicinity of the FEDOSEEV residence where the couples separated. JAFFE and his wife then entered a taxicab and thereafter engaged in strenuous effo”
“DIRECTOR, FBI (105-86457) .; 1/25/66 SAC, WFO (105-35316) (P). 'ColrxDAIRX/3. (ls) (00:P0) . • ReNYlet to Bureau, 12/0/65, captioned as above.‘ Enclosed are six copies for the Bureau and two copies for New York, of a L.S X, dated and captioned BS above, which sets forth ”
“I WE 105-8906 £ of whom have been identified by informants as being connected with KGB or GRU. Characterizations of these Soviets have been included in the LHM; however, no attribution to sources was included in order to protect those sources who have not been surfaced. A”
“Office Men STANDARD FORM KO.84 i IM o UNITED ST ERNMENT TO DATE: September 12, 1955 DIRECTOR, FBI (105=28333) 111 28 SUBJECT: FROM SAC, WFO (105-8906) @ .Me € 11 3 SAMUEL ADASON JAFFE 1 *4.• 7 IS.R 1 Reference is made to WFO letter dated August 25, 1955,Lyto the”
“1 NY 134-3315 -. source advised that the American' SURE / correspondent, SAM JAFFE, was approached by the KGB in Moscow. However, he did not know the details concerning -5 - this operation. -C- Source stated that he did not know if the KGB was successful in recruiting J”
“action is recommended. . . ., . 2. In view of the actions of Jaffe in the matter and as we - now know the reason for his contacts with the Soviets, no further: consideration should be given to an 'interview with him for possible : development as a source of information regar”
“FD-36 (Bov. 12-13-56) FBI Date: 8/28/58 Transmit the following in (Type in plain text or code) Via AIRTEL (Priority or Method of Mailing) TO: DIRECTOR, FBI - Ton 1 .# FROM: SUBJECT: SAC, NEW YORK (134-3315 ) CHANGED . 0 SAMUEL EDASON JAFFE, aka., Iyh 5-1 73 .S”
“A*wwt*.oxeSardcilhithtus4e STANDARD FORM NO. 24 • INDEX Office Memo UNITED STA .IRNMENT■ TO NoE Director, FBI (105-28333) DATE: 1/6/56 FROM SAC, San Francisco (105-3646) SUBJECT: SALIUEL ADASON JAFFE. INTERNAL SECURITY * R 17 On 12/29/35 JAFFE telephonically contac”
“‘ 3 1 CONFIDENTIAL 1 SAMUEL ADASON JAFFE he receives no invitations to Soviet Embassy receptions. Sokolov stated that that was not his (Sokolov's) fault and added that there ‘are two people who like you, Bubnov and I". Sokolov gave Jaffe his business card and said that”
“ED-36 (Rev. 12-13-56) 6 2 FBI Date: Transmit the following in @opreshid-of73y *---- =.. telc. in (Type in plain text or code) AIRTEL Via (Priority or Method of Mailing) NY 134-3315 -4- on January 2, 22 and February 2, 1954 by Bureau Agents and was cooperative.”
“1 WFO 105-8906 situations like the Cuban crisis. He also requested the eLB source to bring him a — -h — --- miniphone *A: — — recording ahi— Fxom machine from VLU the United States. Source stated that he had never ex perienced anything else which would indicate the Sovi”
“SECRET - SAMUEL ADASON JAFFE ■ VII. FBI Interviews of Jaffe in March, 1969’ ._ At the request da Special Agent, Jaffe ) voluntarily' appeared for interviews at the Washington Field Office of the FBI on March 20, 21, and 27,1969. March 20, 1969 ! /At the inception of the ”
“ini Office Men STANDARD Font No. 64 dum & UNITED GOVERNMENT TO DATE: DIRECTOR, FBI (105-28333) August 21, 1956 111Wita FROM : SAC, WFO (105-8906) e SUBJECT: SAMUEL ADASON JAFFE IS - R 0 6 tt advised 8-17-56, that SAM JAFFE (PH), NYC, M 5-1 contacted employee IVAN”
“SECRET SAMUEL ADASON JAFFE Jaffe later indicated that "Slava" warned him of the defector shortly after Jaffe read the story in the press that a Soviet national disappeared in Switzer land. Jaffe continued: "He (Slava’) was actually concerned because the man had a lot of ”
“■ SECRET SAMUEL ADASON JAFFE During interview on dhe" concerning his handwritten report, WF T-2 furnished substantially the same information. - He stated he did not know whether Jaffe- was a KGB agent or operative contact; however, he knew Kuskov was meeting with Jaffe an”
“fataillasn’t " W STANDARD FORM No, 64 Office Me dum © UNITED S .OVERNMENT TO. DIRECTOR, FBI (105-28333) DATE: 8/25/55 IRK L FROM SAC, WFO (105-8906) SUBJECT: CHANGED K SAMUEL ADASON JAFFE SE Store. J5-1,7 Job2 IS - R . The title of this matter has been marked chang”
“SECELT TA 0 th9-9-10 (S) 105-28233 115 ered. Pire CONYter REC-52 BY COURIER 20 CJAGRDOKN ;Date: Fix 1 Coptember 4, 1970 V- by 9 C To1 Director / ‘• Central Intelligenco Agency Attention: 1 — Mr. Peterson Deputy Director for Plans , From: John Edgar Hoover, Dire”
“«a@e“9wo • Letter to Director, FBI (105-28333). 470800 he From SAC, San Francisco (105-3646) pto exceed two weeks. JAFFE stated that he had contacted FEDOSEEV in hopes • :to obtain a visa for a longer period of time but FEDOSEEV had advised him that the issuance of such a v”
“5.0 CONFIDENTIAL 1% Y . ) , MAILED 4 ' DEC 1 8 1956. / NAME CHECK , December 11, 1956 V ‘SAMUEL ADASED JAFFE- _ Born: June 19, 1919 - - San Francisco, California 0 .: No investigation pertinent to your inquiry has‘ .been conducted by the FBI concerning the captio”
“1 ast SECRET 1 - Mr. Devitz August 9, 1972 0 -SALLA JAFFE * ‘i- Born: June 19, 1922 • San Francisco, California 3 A31 JH In response to your name check inquiry, there are enclosed two reports which may relate to the subject of your inquiry. In addition, a review 02 ”
“) * WFO 105-8906 SECRET / of disloyalty. It would appear that this may be a - propitious time to interview JAFFE in an effort to com pletely debrief him concerning his contacts with Soviets during his tour in Moscow and in Hong Kong, as well as concerning his recent cont”