1. Q. Why did you go the the USSR?
I went as a citizen of the US (as a tourist) residing in a foreing country which I have a perfect right to do. I went there to see the land, the people and how their system works.
Q. A. What about those letters? I made no letters deriding the US!!
In correspondence with the US Embassy I made no anti-american statements, any
critizem I might have had was of policies not our government.
2. QQ Did you make statements against the U.S. there? no
2. What about that type recording?
I made a recording for the Moscow Tourist
Radio travel log, in which I spoke about sight-seeing and what I had seen in
Moscow tourist circles. I expressed delight in all the interesting places, I
mentioned in this respect the University, mesuem of art, Red Square, the
Kremlin I rember I closed this 2 minute recording by saying I hoped our peoples
would live in peace and fr.
3. Did you break any laws by residing our taking work in the USSR?
Under US law a person may lose the protection of the US by voting or serving in the armed forces of a foringn state or taking an othe of allegence to that state. I did none of these.
4. Isn't all work in the USSR considered state work?
No. Technically only plants working directly for the State, usually defense, all other plants are owned by the workers who work in them.
5. What about statements you make to UPI agent Miss Mosby in 1959?
I was approched just after I had formally notified the US Embassy in Moscow of my future residence in the USSR by the newspaper agenties in Moscow including U.P.I. API and time inc. who were notified by the Embassy. I did not call them. I
answered questions and and gave statements to Miss Mosby of U.P.I. I requested
her to let me OK her story before she released it, which is the polite and
usual thing. She sent her version of what I said just after she sent it. I
immially called her to complant about this, at which time she apolizied but
said her editor and not her had added serval things. She said London was very
excited about the story (there is how I deduced that she had allready sent it)
so there wasn't much else I could do about it. and I didn't relize that the
story was even more blown out of shape once it got to the USA. I'm afraid the
printed story was faricated sensenlionilizism.
6. Why did you remaine in the USSR for so long it you only wanted a look?
I resided in the USSR until February 1961 when I wrote the Embassy stating that I
would like to go back. (My passport was at the Embassy for safekeeping) they
invited me to Moscow for this purpose however it took me almost 1/2 year to get
a permit to leave the city of Minsk for Moscow. In this connection I had to use
a letter from the head consular, to the Russian authrities in Minsk (the
Russians are very beaurocratic and slow about letting foreingrs travel about
the country hence the visa) when I did get to Moscow the Embassy immiately gave
me back my passport and advised me as to how to get a exit visa from the
Russians for myself and my Russian wife, this long and ardous process took
months from July 1962 untill_____ __ ___ _ __1962, therefore you see almost 1
year was spent in trying to leave the country. thats why I was there so long
not out of desire!
7. are you a communist? Have you ever know a communist?
No of course not, I have never even know a communist, outside of the ones in
the USSR but you can't help that.
8. What are the outstanding differences between the USA and USSR?
freedom of speech travel outspoken opposition to unpopular policies freedom to
believe in god.
newspapers, Thank you sir, you are a real patriot!!
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