CIA has finally released the “Family Jewels” report.
utilize the services of local police to repel
invaders in case of riot or dissension as
opposed to utilization of our GSA guards, who
are not trained in this type of activity. This
equipment has been issued over the years to
local police, principally Fairfax and Arlington
County Police Departments.
William Martin dies in 1987 from cancer in Tijuana. Apparently he was never allowed back in the country after his defection. However the State Dept. did send a condolence letter to his sister.
R 2021502 FEB 87
FM AMCONSUL TIJUANA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 1397
~Ml3ASSY:M EXICO
UNCLAS TIJUANA 0238
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: CASC: (MARTIN, WILLIAM H.)
SUBJ: DEATH OF AMCIT WILLIAM H. MARTIN
1. WILLIAM H. MARTIN DIED OF CANCER AT HOSPITAL DEL MAR
IN TIJUANA ON JANUARY 17 , 1987.
I
THERE IS NO NEED FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO NOTIFY ANY NOK. THE
CONDOLENCES OF THE USG WERE EXPRESSED IN A LETTER SENT TO
SUBJECT’S SISTER BY POST ON FEBRUARY 20, 1987.
3. BURIAL TOOK PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES.
EMMONS
Bernon Mitchell phones the US Consulate in Leningrad
R 2 8 1 2 5 4 2 FEB 7 7
FM AMCONSUL LENINGRAD
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2996
INFO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
EXDIS DECAPTIONED
FOR SCA/VO
E.O. 11652: XGDS-4
TAGS: CVIS ( MITCHELL , VERNON F , ) , CGEN, P I N S , UR
SUBJ: INQUIRY ON EXTRADITION FROM NSA DEFECTOR
REF: LENINGRAD 0203
1. ON FEBRUARY 28, 1977, SUBJECT CALLED CONGEN TWICE.
DURING FIRST CONVERSATION, CONSOFF REPLIED TO
SUBJECT ‘S INITIAL QUERY PER REFTEL . SUBJECT STATED
THAT HE WAS GLAD TO HEAR THIS AS HE WAS TOLD RECENTLY
BY WILLIAM H. MARTIN, WHO DEFECTED WITH HIM IN 1961,
THAT THE TWO HAD BEEN TRIED IN ABSENTIA AND SENTENCED TO TWENTY
YEARS AT HARD LABOR. ACCORDING TO SUBJECT, MARTIN IS
LIVING IN MOSCOW AND HAS CONTACT WITH THE EMBASSY. LATER,
SUBJECT CALLED BACK TO ASK FOR “HARD COPY” OF REFTEL
BUT CONSOFF REFUSED PER CONSUL GENERAL’S INSTRUCTIONS.
2 . SUBJECT ASKED TWO QUESTIONS DURING TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS
WHICH ARE WORTHY OF NOTE :
(A) DOES CONGEN TAPE TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS. BY WAY
OF EXPLANATION SUBJECT SAID THAT KGB CERTAINLY DOES ANDASKED CONSOFF TO CONSIDER TAPING THEIR CONVERSATIONS SO THERE
WOULD BE RECORD OF THEM. FOR HIS OWN SECURITY, SUBJECT
WANTS CONGEN’S VERSION OF CONVERSATIONS IN EVENT KGB WERE TO
CONFRONT HIM ON CONTENT OF CONVERSATIONS. CONSOFFRESPONDED THAT CONGEN DOES NOT TAPE TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS;
( B ) ASKED IF CONGEN LIBRARY HAS BOOK ENTITLED “THE CODEBREAKERS”
BY DAVID KAHN- SUBJECT SAID KAHN WROTE HIM
A LETTER I N 1961 SEEKING ADVICE ON SUBJECT OF HIS BOOK.
SUBJECT DID NOT RESPOND TO KAHN’S LETTER BUT UNDERSTANDS THAT
HIS BOOK GIVES IMPRESSION THAT ALL CODES CAN BE BROKEN,
WHICH SUBJECT SAID IS FALSE. CONSOFF REPLIED THAT LIBRARY
DOES NOT HAVE BOOK, BUT SUBJECT MAY USE THE LIBRARY IF HE
ABLE GET BY MILITIAMEN.
3. SUBJECT SAID HE WOULD CALL CONGEN AGAIN IF HE
HAS ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
NEUBERT
CONFIDENTIAL
NNN
State Dept. determines that Bernon Mitchell lost his US citizenship by taking Soviet citizenship shortly after his defection in 1960.
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FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMCONSUL LENINGRAD PRIORITY
INFO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY
C 0 N F I D E N T I A L STATE 269158
E.O. 12065: GDS 12065
TAGS: CPAS : PINT, (MITCHELL, BERNON F. )
SUBJECT: LOSS OF U-S, NATIONALITY
REF: LENINGRAD 3670 OF SEPT. 28 AND PREVIOUS
1. DEPARTMENT HAS DETERMINED THAT NOTE KU-1486 FROM
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND MR, MITCHELL’S ADMISSION IN
AFFIDAVIT OF EXPATRIATED PERSON SHOW THAT HE WAS NATURALIZED
AS A CITIZEN OF TKE USSR ON 8/16/60, HE THEREFORE PERFORMED
EXPATRIATIVE ACT UNDER SECTION 34 9 (A) (1 ) INA.PAGE 02 STATE 269158
2. DEPARTMENT IS ALSO SATISFIED THAT MR. MITCHELL WAS
NATURALIZED VOLUNTARILY AND WITH THE INTENT TO RELINQUISH
HIS U. S . NATIONALITY. NATURALIZATION IS CONSIDERED IN ITSELF
HIGHLY PERSUASIVE EVIDENCE OF INTENT. IN ADDITION, WENOTE IN PARTICULAR THAT HE SIGNED AFFIDAVIT BEFORE CONOFF
ON 12/19/78 AFFIRMING VOLUNTARINESS AND INTENT. EVIDENCE
IS SUFFICIENT TO MEET DEPARTMENT’S BURDEN OF PROVING LOSS
OF U.S. NATIONALITY.
3. DEPARTMENT HAS THEREFORE DETERMINED THAT MR. MITCHELL
LOST U. S. NATIONALITY UNDER SECTION 349 (A) (1) INA ON 8/16/60,
HOWEVER, CLN PREPARED 12/19/78 DISAPPROVED AS TO FORM.
CERTIFICATE DID NOT MENTION SUBJECT ‘ S AFFIDAVIT OF
EXPATRIATED PERSON, WHICH CONSTITUTES BEST EVIDENCE OF
VOLUNTARINESS AND INTENT. CONGEN REQUESTED TO PREPARE NEW
CLN CITING ONLY NOTE KU-1486 AND SUBJECT’S AFFIDAVIT,
TELEGRAMS CITED IN PREVIOUS CERTIFICATE ARE SUPERFLUOUS
AND NOT CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE FOR ATTACHMENT. PLEASE
SUBMIT TO DEPARTMENT FOR APPROVAL ASAP. FOR RECORD
PURPOSES ALSO SUBMIT ORIGINAL RUSSIAN LANGUAGE VERSION OF
NOTE.
4. FOR MOSCOW: FOR RECORD PURPOSES, PLEASE ATTEMPT TO
OBTAIN ANY RECORD FROM AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY RE SUBJECT’S
CLAIMED ATTEMPT TO APPLY FOR AUSTRALIAN VISA AS REPORTED
IN MOSCOW 5934 OF 4/29/77. IN PARTICULAR, DOES AUSTRALIAN
EMBASSY HAVE ANY RECORD OF HOW SUBJECT DESCRIBED HIS
CITIZENSHIP STATUS IN CONNECTION WITH HIS ATTEMPT?
5. PLEASE SUBMIT ANY VISA APPLICATION BY SUBJECT FOR
SECURITY ADVISORY OPINION TO OFFICE OF VISA SERVICES
(CA/VO/L/C), VANCE
Secretary of State instructs the American Embassy in Moscow to inquire with the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs whether William Martin has Soviet citizenship.
PAGE 01 STATE 071434
ORIGIN EUR-12
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INR-07 NSAE-00 /028 R
DRAFTED BY EUR; SOV; LWILLEMS : REH
APPROVED BY Sa;RTHENNEMEYER
PPT/F – FRANDO —————— 3122022 108859 /44
P R 3118582, MAR 77
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY
INFO AMCONSUL LENINGRAD
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE STATE 071434
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: CPAS, UR, US (MARTIN, WILLIAM H. )
SUBJECT: MARTIN’S CONTACT WITH EMBASSY
REF: A. MOSCOW 1082, B. STATE 32154, C, MOSCOW 4124
(ALL NOTAL)
1. EMBASSY SHOULD SEND MFA DIPLOMATIC NOTE =REQUESTING
CONFIRMATION THAT MARTIN HAS ACQUIRED SOVIET CITIZENSHIP,
AND IF SO, ASKING THE EXACT DATES OF APPLICATION AND ACQUISITION,
AND THE APPLICABLE SOVIET CITIZENSHIP LAW, IN ITS
NOTE THE EMBASSY SHOULD SPECIFICALLY SEEK CONFIRMATION
THAT MARTIN OBTAINED SOVIET CITIZENSHIP UPON HIS OWN
APPLICATION.
2, EMBASSY SHOULD ALSO MAIL TO MARTIN THE FORMS TO APPLY
FOR REGISTRATION AS A US CITIZEN BY MAIL.
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 02 STATE 071434
3, ALL REPORTING ON CITIZENSHIP CASE SHOULD BE SENT
ACTION PPT INFO EUR;SOV, DEPARTMENT WILL REPLY TO VISA
QUESTION PARA 5 REF C AT LATER DATE.
CHRISTOPHER
In the same time period as William Martin’s inquiry to visit his parents in the US or Canada, the Secretary of State made inquiries to the US Embassy in Moscow as to whether Martin’s co-defector, Bernon Mitchell had relinquished his US citizenship.
PAGE 01 STATE 076015
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INFO OCT-01 SCA-01 ISO-00 V0-03 EUR-12 1017 R
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DESIRED DISTRIBUTION
SCA / VO —————— 0600502 075544 166
P R 0523112 APR 77
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY
INFO AMCONSUL LENINGRAD
UNCLAS STATE 076015
PASSPORT
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS : CPAS : (MITCHELL, BERNON F . )
SUBJECT: LOSS OF NATIONALITY
1. AMEMBASSY MOSCOW REQUESTED TO ASK MFA BY DIPLOMATIC NOTE
IF BERNON MITCHELL DPOB: MARCH 11, 1929, CALIFORNIA, HAS
ACQUIRED SOVIET CITIZENSHIP AND IF SO, THE DATES OF APPLICATION
AND ACQUISITION, AND THE SECTION OF SOVIET LAW
INVOLVED, OUR RECORDS INDICATE HIS FIRST NAME AS BERNON
RATHER THAN VERNON.
2. UPON RECEIPT OF INFORMATION IF NATURALIZED AS A SOVIET
CITIZEN, AMEMBASSY ALSO REQUESTED TO PREPARE AND FORWARD
CERTIFICATE OF LOSS OF NATIONALITY IN HIS NAME. PLEASE
REPORT STATUS OF CASE.
VANCE
UNCI;IASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 02 STATE 076015
UNCLASSIFIED
Telegram from American Embassy in Moscow concerning William Martin effort to visit his parents.
PAGE 01 MOSCOW 07536 2′719072,
ACTION PPT-01
INFO OCT-01 EUR-12 ISO-00 SCA-01 SCS-03 CI.ZU3-00 INR-07
NSAE-00 FBIE-00 L-03 VO-03 /031 W —————— 2814462 089520 140
R 2715492 MAY 77
FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 7997
C 0 N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 7536
FOR PPT AND EUR/SOV INFO
E.0. 11652: GDS
TAGS: CAPS, CVIS, UR, US (MARTIN, WILLIAM H,)
SUBJ: FURTHER WILLIAM MARTIN CONTACT WITH EMBASSY
FtEF: (A) MOSCOW 4439, (13) STATE 71434, (C) MOSCOW 4124
(ALL NOTAL)
1. WILLIAM MARTIN TELEPHONED CONSOFF TO DISCUSS FURTHER HIS
WISH TO VISIT PARENTS IN US. HE SAID HE HAD BEEN TOLD BY SOVIET
SOURCES THAT CONSOFF HAD MISINFORMED HIM ABOUT PRIOR INQUIRY.
THEY SAID INQUIRY FROM EMBASSY HAD GONE TO FBI RATHER THANDEPARTMENT OF STATE AND REPLY ALSO HAD COME FROM FBI, CONSOFF
TOLD MARTIN THAT HE DID NOT INTEND TO DISCUSS US GOVERNMENT
COMMUNICATIONS WITH HIM, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO ALLEGATIONS
FROM QUOTE SOVIET SOURCES UNQUOTE. MARTIN REPLIED THAT HE
WANTED CONSOFF TO KNOW WHY HE (MARTIN) HAD BEEN VACILLATING.
CONSOFF TOLD HIM TO FEEL FREE TO VACILLATE AS LONG AS HE WISHED.
2. MARTIN THEN SAID THAT HE WANTED TWO THINGS: FIRST, TO
APPLY THROUGH OVIR TO VISIT RELATIVES AS SOVIET CITIZEN AND
LEAVE QUESTION OF US CITIZENSHIP IN ABEYANCE; SECOND, TO
HAVE FIRMER GUARANTEES THAT HE WOULD NOT BE PROSECUTED IN
THE US. ON SECOND POINT, HE SAID HIS PARENTS WERE REQUESTING
SUCH ASSURANCES FROM OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT ON HUMANITARIAN
GROUNDS.
3. CONSOFF TOLD HIM THAT WHEN NIV APPLICANTS HAW POSSIBLE
CLAIM TO US CITIZENSHIP, INSTRUCTIONS GENERALLY ARE TO RESOLVECITIZENSHIP ISSUE FIRST, SINCE NIV’S SHOULD NOT BE ISSUED TO
PERSONS ENTITLED TO ENTER US AS CITIZENS. CONSOFF SAID HE
WOULD REQUEST INSTRUCTIONS ON THIS POINT FROM WASHINGTON AND
ADDED THAT THERE WAS ALSO QUESTION OF MARTIN’S ELIGIBILITY
FOR NIV UNDER SECTION 212(A) (9) OF INA, WHICH COVERS CRIMES
OF MORAL TURPITUDE.
4 . ACTION REQUEST : DEPARTMENT REQUESTED TO INFORM EMBASSY
WHETHER IT MAY ACCEPT NIV APPLICATION FROM MARTIN PRIOR TO RESOLUTION
CITIZENSHIP ISSUE. IF SO, REQUEST RESPONSE TO VISA
QUESTION PARA 5 J3EF C.
MATLOCK
CONFIDENTIAL
Second telegram from the US Embassy in Moscow to the Secretary of State concerning William Martin’s effort to visit his parents in Canada.
PAGE 01 MOSCOW 04439 0208462,
ACTION PPT-01
INFO OCT-01 Em-12 ISO-00 SCA-01 SCS-03 L-03 VO-03
1024 W —————— 0219212 029054 143
R 0207502 APR 77
FM AMl3MBASSY MOSCOW
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 5803
C 0 N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 4439
E.0. 11652: GDS
TAGS: CPAS, UR, US (MARTIN, WILLIAM H.)
SUBJECT: MARTIN’S CONTACT WITH EME3ASSY
REF: (A) MOSCOW 1082, (B) STATE 32154, (C) MOSCOW 4124,
(D) STATE 71434
1. EMBASSY SENT NOTE TO MFA RE MARTIN (PARA 1, REF D)
ON APRIL 1 AND IS ALSO MAILING HIM FORMS TO APPLY FOR
REGISTRATION AS A US CITIZEN BY MAIL (PARA 2, REF D) .
2. CANADIAN CONSULAR OFFICER TOLD US MARCH 31 THAT
MARTIN HAD TELEPHONED HER ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF ENTERING
CANADA AT VANCOUVER IN ORDER TO VISIT P-NTS THERE:
RATHER THAN IN THE UNITED STATES. MARTIN HAD APPLIED TO
CANADIAN EMBASSY FOR VISITOR’S VISA IN SUMMER 1976 AND
WAS REFUSED BECAUSE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT BELIEVED THERE
MIGHT BE CHARGES PENDING AGAINST HIM IN US AND PROBLEM
OF REQUEST FOR EXTRADITION MIGHT ARISE. IN HIS TELEPHONE
CALL OF MARCH 31 MARTIN TOLD CANADIAN OFFICER THAT
US EMBASSY HAD STATED THAT STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS HAD
EXPIRED AND THAT NO CHARGES PENDING AGAINST HIM.
HE THEREFORE WISHED TO REAPPLY FOR CANADIAN VISA.
3. CONSOFF CONFIRMED SUBSTANCE OF MARTIN’S STATEMENT
BUT STATED THAT QUESTIONS OF CITIZENSHIP AND VISAPAGE 02 MOSCOW 04439 0208462
ELIGIBILITY REMAINED TO BE DECIDED.
4. IN VIEW OF FACT THAT MARTIN HAS BEEN TOLD BY
SOVIET AUTHORITIES THAT HE MAY NOT ENTER US EMBASSY(REF C) HE MAY BE SEEKING ALTERNATE MEANS OF OBTAINING
V I S I T WITH PARENTS. I T IS ALSO POSSIBLE, OF COURSE, THAT
HE DOES NOT FULLY TRUST OUR STATEMENT THAT STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS APPEARS TO HAVE EXPIRED. TOON
CONFIDENTIAL
The first document provided by the State Dept. to my FOIA request concerning NSA defectors William Martin and Bernon Mitchell.
PAGE 01 STATE 139813
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NSA, FBI, CIA, INR/OIL, D/HA —————— 1621252 099230 175
R 1616232, JUN 77
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMErnASSY MOSCOW
INFO AMCONSUL LENINGRAD
UNCLAS STATE 139813
TAGS: CPAS, CVIS, UR, US (MARTIN, WILLIAM H,)
SUBJECT: MARTIN CASE
REF: MOSCOW 7536
1. IF MARTIN CONTACTS EMBASSY AGAIN ABOUT VISITING PARENTS
IN US, DEPARTMENT SUGGESTS EMBASSY INVITE MARTIN IN FOR
CONSULAR INTERVIEW AND DO FOLLOWING:
2. INVITE HIM TO APPLY FOR REGISTRATION AS US CITIZEN
(FS 176, 176s AND CITIZENSHIP QUESTIONNAIRE), IF HE DOES
SO, SUBMIT APPLICATION TO PPT AND TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION
PENDING FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS- IF HE DECLINED,INVITE HIM TO
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 02 STATE 139813
EXPLAIN IN WRITING WHY HE DOES NOT WISH TO APPLY FOR REGISTRATION
AS US CITIZEN, THEN ACCEPT HIS FORMAL APPLICATION
FOR NIV.3. IN ACCEPTING NIV APPLICATION, MAKE XEROX OF DATA PAGES
OF HIS SOVIET PASSPORT AS EVIDENCE OF HIS SOVIET CITIZENSHIP
FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE USE IN AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP CASE.
4. AS PART OF NIV APPLICATION’, INVITE HIM TO MAKE WRITTEN
SWORN STATEPrlENT WHETHER HE EVER COOPERATED WITH SOVIET
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES OR ACTED IN ANY WAY IN VIOLATION OF US
LAWS.
5. SUBMIT VISA CASE TO SCA/VO FOR ADVISORY OPINION, WITH
CONSULAR OFFICERS RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARD TO POSSIBLE
VISA INELIGIBILITY INCLUDING 212(A) (9) , (27) , (28), AND
(29) -
6, PROVIDE SOVIET PASSPORT DATA TO MFA WITH FOLLOW-UP
REQUEST FOR MFA CONFIRMATION OF HIS ACQUISITION OF SOVIET
CITIZENSHIP. CHRISTOPHER
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