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jamie peone te ene, mm WEN sKW = 3 rat oak C NY 100-94061 “reasearch job in Mongolia, and the individual gets expenses and his salary. Then you assign the individual a theme, slightly touching on intelligence, Some of these people don't bother to inquire sbout this, and they work full-— hearted because they are liberal or Communist-influenced. Some become reluctant, and wo tell them that they have been compromised by having received monies from us and having worked for use" BERZIN asked this Informant if he was going to China at that \/ A / time as this Informant had a contract with the FORD MOTOR COMPANY for trucks to be delivered to Mongolia, At that time BERZIN mentioned the fact to this Informant that the two most promising and most brilliant young men that the Soviet Military Intelligence had in the-Institute of Pacific Relations in China were OWEN LATTIMORE and JOSEPH BARNES, This Informant believed that the reason BERZIN told him thiz concerning TATTTMORE and re ee ee ee ee le eee ee Se ee ek eh eS BARNES was that he wished to place him in contact with them in the event he went to China. This Informant said that he did not go to China, and so he had no further contact with Institute of Pacific Relations or BARNES or LATTIMORE, This Informant stated in.1937, ha defected from the Soviet Gevernment Service and he met WALTER\XRIVITSKY in Paris, France, at which time he had a conversation with KRIVIT concerning KRIVITSKY's knowledge of Soviet Intelligence operations in the U. S_. KRIVITSKY, among other things at this time, told this Informant that the Institute of Pacific Relations was being used successfully as a cover in the U. 5. by Soviet Military Intelligence, also that it was operating in the U. S. at that time and was "going strong."