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fice MemOrandum . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO MR. A. H. BELUONT DATE: June 5, 1959 FROM : MR. F.J. BAUMGAR eLoa Parsoos SUBJECT: SOLO INTERNAL SECURITY - C le.Room The purpose of this memorandum is to consider the 'necessity andlp. Gaody desirability of having Ny 694-S*, one of our top informants, obtain a valid and current passport at this time.. .New York and Chicago have recommended by Ietters dated 5-l9-59 and 6-2-59, respectiuely, that NY 594-s obtain a current valid passpo rt.. Ny 694-sx has been utilized by Eugene Dennis, national secretary, Communist Party (cp), UsA, for a number of years in courier operations with the Labor progressive Party (cp of Canada) and more recently in clandestine funds operations. CG 5824-S*, the brother of NY 694-Sx, has made two trips to Russia during the past year as the official CpusA delegate to the Cp of the Sotiet Union and it is anticipated that CQ 5824-Sx will make a third trip to Russia and China in August, l959, as Dennis' representatiue to present the current CpusA Iine. As you are aware, we have obtained outstanding. infornation as a result of each of informant's two earlier trips.to Russia.' Chicago notes and the Bureau concurs that the possession of'a. current valid passport by :NY 694-Sx would place informant in a position to accept an assignment as c courier to the Soviet Union or some other foreign |country at a monent's notice; thus enhancingthe possibility of tnformant Ibeing afforded such an assignnent. In addition, Chicago notes that if NY 694-Sx did possess c passport, this fact would indicate to the CP of the. danug dpnnnnnund ou sny yuauwanog *sa ay noyn ysndn ay? puo uogun nagaoy est in informant at this time and this would be an added reason for the CpusA to use informant in courier operations with foreign countries.. CG 5824-Sx has reported that Eugene Dennis recently stated that leuery Cp menber who could possibly do so should obtain a passport in the event it becomes necessary to travel abroad in the future. Therefore, the obtaining of a passport by Ny 694-Sx would not.place hin under Party. suspicion. Ny c94-Sx could explain if necessary that the passport was obtained in connection with Arisco (informant's cover company) inasmuch as un fo nrnsag p sp pudtuazngas woaf hugnbug uo pangaoad hrguanad spy oosgay advertisement in a trade magazine. ENCLOSURE 100-428097 1 - Mr. Belmont REC- 23 100 - 42809) 1 - Liaison n I - Mr. Baumgardner 1 - Mr. Donohue -Mr. Decker 10 dUN I81959 AJDmed ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED 6) HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE7-2y=0o_BX_SPYBTA-MLR B/E 906 #