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AIRTEL TO BUREAU NY 100-134637 Two days later, NY 694-S* received a telephone call from GRECHUKHIN stating that NY 694-S* was to accompany GRECHUKHIN to the Headquarters of the CCCPSU at 10:00 a.m. sharp on the same day. The informant was driven by automobile to the Headquarters of the CCCPSU, where he was met by GRECHUKHIN, who escorted him to the office of DIMITRI SHEVLYAGIN, Deputy to BORIS PONOMAREV. SHEVLYAGIN was acting Head of the International Department of theCCCPSU on that date, owing to the absence of PONOMAREV, who was out of town, The matter reported in the letterhead memorandum was only one of several other matters discussed with SHEVLYAGIN on that date. Information contained in the letterhead memorandum is classified LU because, by its nature, it tends to disclose NY 694-S* as the source thereof, This informant provides extremely high-level intelligence information, and continued acquisition of this information is vital to the national defense interests of this country. To give added security to this New York informant, the letterheadnemorandum is being given a Washington, D.C. dateline as was suggested by the Bureau in their letter of 11/2/60, captioned as above, with respect to information furnished by CG 5824-8*, ;