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T ® UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to Washington, D.C. File No. .00-428091 July 20, 1961 Re: Endorsement of Gus Hall's Political Thinking By the Presidium of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union A source, who has furnished reliable information in the past, furnished the following information in July, L961: Pan / / 4 ef Timur Timofeevich’“Timofeev, elder son of the late Eugene Dennis, former Chairman of the Communist Party, United States of America (CPUSA), was a member of Premier Nikita Khrushchev's entourage when the latter attended the United Nations General Assembly in September, 1960. He is Head of the Economic Department of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, an important branch of the Inter- national Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CCCPSU), the said International Department being under the direct control of Boris Ponomarev, and under the over-all control of Mikhail Suslov, member of ‘the Presidium of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). Timofeev has a very close personal relationship with Premier Nikita Khrushchev, with Anastas I, Mikoyan, Deputy Premier and member of the Presidium, and also with the latter's son. Timofeev also has close personal friends who hold important positions in the Political and Economic Departments of the CCCPSU. Among such persops” are the Political Secretary of Premier Khrushchev, and one /{Leondid", who is engaged in "Secret Service work" for the CCCPSU. ~ //, ‘SP U3 ees sowted OUCside