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NY 161-1428 SEBRET; uggestea?_ das a “ potential on +t a up his projected b7¢ organization said is acquainted with b7D Soviet Premier NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV and has conducted successful negotiat the release of prisoners held in the Soviet union! also mentionea[ ee NORMAN COUSINS as other poss Ss, FORTAS, the Washington attorney. Teed described FORTAS as an old friend. He said he to get in touch with FORTAS to determine whether he wanted to join t undertaking as the washington representative. o) NEEDLEMAN emphasized that the biggest problem would be the c Washington for Department of CYRUS EATON, as committee .g of the Federal recently trave the Soviet Uni included the ec indicated that and he stated industrial are reation of a favorable climate in the issuance of export licenses by the Commerce. NEEDLEMAN also recommended a "splendid" person to have on the (DB b6é b7C n July, pec Bencs Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that he had bID led in Western Europe and had then visited on for a period of eleven days. His tour ities of Moscow, Leningrad, and Kiev. He it had been primarily @ sight-seeing trip that ,at no time was he allowed to view any as. ZW) New yori __fand New york[___}rurnished the following info rmation during 1957 concerning NEEDLEMAN: pe NEEDLEMAN is &@ practicing i attorney in New York City. He was formerly employed by the Amtorg Trading Corporation, the registered Russian trade agency in the United States, in a | legal capacity and he continues to represent this agency from time H to time. NEEDLEMAN has represented |. current and former members of the , CP before Congressional Committees Ww and in the courts, and has served as