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12 April

Declassified and Approved for Releaseby the Central Intelligence Agency•Data:

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J. hoetin Ari-aneementa - This =attar wan arrem* (Ala I

kie cal l ed 4....ha r."7, ixtennion 2C C , 6. ked

tified hinnelf as Ibtors. The Isesetink::. took place in Str..-ect i n oar opl.oisitc

tt:e .

sov:I e t. 7 , 727,-) to'.C. Subject s. • . !... .15 main pIrr,

ft,r Conoerned a telerhone =11 IE . J.1 recv!vne. froxr

1.:racth 1Ltter edvieed Subject that be C c hat. recalvod a telephoek

o&i`',..17 mmber of a Soviet tourist group, exTvesel.;-,, cien1:..-e to meet ht_̂ .

paste,. this infor;matIon to Subject for the Itter tr.iS. J AiL3„

Althott*Th thla not expreseljr stated., Subject expLLined the this a clet..,-

urrIerstanditv between the two. Subject Ilan even 70C i 56(.1 4.0 rairibures C

for erv orvirt.tional etronses which obviously would onne. frotn thc

C related to Subject the following infortatit

a. On 23 :. ',erchC. recctinci a taiephorie oal1 fsror. one ISellis,-

YALtncvfkls. Tha latter , a mes:ber of a Latvian t.o,trist group

prase tit 1,y touri ay. Sweden,

b. )101111, vslis identfied himself an a ik.tviar. •::-2) Priem?

If.irzu- Kemp-, well-kr‘wn Letvihi pon. t arri frerr.1 of

stf . te,..! that he 1:1r.le....1 see C3 rt:13 requeet

K -esTr, They are t1_Jt 1Z 1 vottld t4.ek ul' inf:A•Sk13

tLei luitter l :.‘ hotel (The Palf.an),

c. 1 Lirkavski The raestLni:r le a tad fro=

NAZI WAR CRIMES DISCLOSURE ACT

EXEMPTIONS Section 3(b)(2)0) Privacy 0(2)(8) Methods/Sources

(2)(G) Foreign RelationG BE

2000 hours to 0200 how-r. From the hotel they vent to a cafe an.1

from there to • hone. No one else vas present during the insetting.

The-, agreed again to meet on Saturday, 28 March.

d. Melinovskis is *lout 50 years old, married. , tvo .Ahildren,

in alga and cla4ms to be A literary critic. C7 regalia that

be has heard ar4 rend abc • :t. Melinovskis in current Latvian nevs7

purere. IY:n•ir.g, this conversation 7 less . -11 that gelinovskis

travels exter.sively in Wertern Swope, specifically in Germanzr,

Belgium and Spain. lie Is a very tempermental an motional individtie

and war refused another drink at the Pal:.oe Hotel bar because the

bartender thourht he vas drunk. Actually, hs vas just heatedly

discufsing literary and art topics with E7 They discussed current

acr,denic freedoms in the Emit and West, literary achieetmente in

Latvia. on oocetsion really criticised the Cnerrunist

systeits limitations in exerting undue pressure atii censorship on

literary minds in Latvia. C:3 also learned that hslinovekis has

been a war-tine oorrespandent in the Red Division vhioh vai a Latvian

f.tviclon fighting. within the Soviet mg.

e. :elinovekis advised•C that it -iould not be ad-ft-liable for

him to lett= to Riga now sines high psrs lnalitiee In the Latvian

co .it partq consider C. 2 es unacoerttb3e. linovakis :ievie no

reftl:r( :.oe to a 1rovica5 attairrt on the pirt of the S,-Irlett to i7et

t" In 10 59 they 1.-frou-,,htU_ "D rcthe:-

• g !•(,.(16 re ct novsk.1 no r-f. f irsnett t/ thitt

to thie incident at all and[ did not bring it up either'.

f. A eeno.11 meeting took place between Yelinovekie and E

28 Yarch which lasted frce 19(Y) to 2200 hours. Thie meeting took

rhos in the studio of the Latvian sculptor Imlodta, Shure was

aprare-tly a mixup in the meeting schedules becruhae it .is 'orginally

intended for E "3 to meet with kielinovakis alone. However, when c•

are&red at tne Palaoe Hotel ani line waiting for Fnlinovtikia to

come down he ran into another local Latvian, the sculptor 641odie

who had a meeting with another Latvian official also living ,ht the

?slam, one fnik Kalnins Balodis had an appointment to meet with

&amine but since all for met in the lobt ,y, they decided to go

tozether to Balodie • studio. The actual parpose of these viaite

came to the strrface during this rooting. Both HeLinovekie and F.alnine

repreebented the views that it is nit aessa-y in the future for ,a close:

cooperation between the intellecrtual grope ,iwatern emigrants with

their oounterparts in the homela.nd. They indicated that progressive

aoademciCne in the emigration ■hould have a closer contact with the

homeland for mutual art shower mutual intellectual dieplf4ye and.

exhibits and closer 000peration. They made no !specific Iropoaltions

ht this was obviously the new line. tapec.iaLly Melinovakis t.r' ied

be conciliatory in his 6xpression of political developments. Se

t- „toe, .1" ,r instax.oc, that things have changed in the Soviet !.:40n;

•th,;. them c.re /cage- matie• deportations and Met the develo}:raente

of !Isl .-, lam's YrrOled more or les!, bj, voluntary rt cruits ; r.lthouh

r.d. • lttad that elne of the reople who work ir. tht n.r1J

'tel.-0 been ars:,,iutoil t, this

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Concerninf i:u:WarY Melluskis ?tte ,.1 that the reI_ vne not

int1rtd L-Ly er:crtn impari p-Jimm wr,a the res% !liternal

eocial injUsticee which have since been adjuated.

g. indicated a detailed knowledge of the Latyien

emigve :-roup in Sweden and even knew some Swedish.

L. Kalnine, oontrary to MelinOvakia t was a staunch communist who

parroted the official communist line ant had nothing original to way.

E: believed him to be a security official. When asked for his

oocnpation he stated that be was a government official without epecifyinF

the organisation with which he is affiliated.

asked Melinovskis about c: , 23 brother, if he had men him

or had any messaces from him, to which helAinovskia replied in the

negative.

j. This meeting ended 'on friendly terms an:IC Ddelivered to

Melinovskis two books which he Is to deliver to Mirsa Kemp) at her

request. The two books are by a Latvian emigre author, Erika Adattons.

4. . When the underaigned asked 02/4 16 ' 145 if E7had any additional

comments to :aake about this meeting or if he wished any other information

paseed t/4 UM, AEI/LA.1'6E repliA'in V,. negative.. This. meeting has not changed

C- J attitude about his anti —communist activities and he intends to ocintinue

his active work in the local emigration.

5. Re E: Subject stated thatC:D Is a professional anti.■dammunint

who is *scrotal,' of the Swedish Latvian National Committee, which is mostly

nn honorary job vtthrnl-,, oompensation. L: 3 pabliahee book and writes for

the Latvian emigre papers. !ie earns very little for these efforts.: Fortunatel:,

Li wife in emp1oye-d • an6 ele providem !.;:x3 : surda for a living. Concrning his

temporary break until such time as either be or we find something of operational

significanoe whiah would require future meetings. Subject was advised that if

something happens in the future ooneerning emigre affairs which ho Considers to

important operational eignifioanoe, be ia to cell on the operational telephons

and requesta meeting. Conversely, we will , contact him if la havs OCA2 tasks

for Subject. Subject vas quite disturbed by this and brought up again his leagthy

complaints about our poor handling of hta and his disappointmsnt_in tbs AIS, Ha

stated that he well not understand . that his efforts in the past hmo boon without .

vales pad that we were no longer interiated in utilising his good inside sontasta

for the purpose . of eollecting positive intelligence. Subject did not believe that

his inaide frieades C could be ntder opposition

oentrol or pressure and that we submit proof that thie la the case. The

usdersigned indicated to Subject that be should have learnsd tly wet, after several

years of experience in clandestine operations, that his request to not realistic.

Subjeat was again tali that we had no interests in hie inaids contaots acid thnt •

he ia not to oonsider himself in any way associated with us in writing future-

letters to his inaids oontacts. When Subject caked what be should do in coos they

write, I edvited him that ha can. writs them anything he wante to on a parsonel

-basis. However, that ne As not to consider himself as acting on our bobalf when

oorresponding to this* people. It was (suggested to Subject that be try and break

off this oorrespondence and definitely not to intiate new lettere of his own but

in crder to give this a normal appearance, only answer letters which he rocmives

and then Only in short general personal nate°. Than Subject stated that waa

very muoh impressed by our lack of operational interest vie el vie his three sub-agents whom he has recruited to provide him with courier channels to Latvia.

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Subject WM3 advised that to the dmst of my knowledge he LAB lever been instviotad

to recruit these people on our behalf and if he lisz done this he should atttnpt

to deactivate such friends tines ue have no interest in using Subject's sidekicks

to provide uz with sailor leads to Latvia, Subject's partinF: oamment wan L x1 hou

do I receive my cigarettes now/

9, The Stockholm telephone directory indicates the following 8klodies

klvin Karns Balodis, Oesterregen, Solna i 82 10 07

Prof. Frances Balodis, Lesingesterakeyegen 36, 1 50 14 42