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Memorandun to Mr. Belmont RE: SOLO 100-428091 .New Drk notes that Nr 694-Sx obtained a frauduIent passport under the name of John william Fox on 6-ll-32 for traueI to Russianand subsequent- ly without the informant's knowledge, this passport was used by Cp functionary Philip Bart. The pssport file of John William Fox contains an undated memorandum stating that John WiIliam Fox is possibly identical with our informant NY 694-Sx. New York believes that if the informant reuiews its indices, the possibility exists of associating our informant with John Willian Fox. The matter of a passport for NY 694-S% has been discussed with CG 5824-Sx and NY 694-Sx by our Chicago and New York 0ffices and ha s been discussed by informants between themselves. The informants are in favor of this step as it ca ld potentially increase the value of NY 694-s*'s Services to the Bureau. OBSERVATIONS: 1. It can be expected that the cpusA will step up its contacts with foreign communist parties and that Cg 5824-Sx will be unable to handle. all courier assignments with communist parties abroad without help. It is certainly to our advantage to have our informant, Ny 694-Sx, in c position. where he will be able to accept a courier assignment on a moment's notice. 2. We should keep in mind the fact that CQ 5824-Sx is suffering with angina pectoris and his future trips abroad will, of course, depend to a large extent upon the co ndition of his health. Ny 694-Sx has worked closely with CG 5824-S in connection with the Solo operation and the obtaining of Aunds from the Souiet Union and would be Eugene .Dennis' logical choice as an alternate in the event Cg 5824-S is unable to carry out an assigned mission and, of course, if our informant, NY 694-S*, possesses a current ualid passport. 3. It will be necessary for NY 694-Sx to obtain a passport under his true nane inasmuch as Dennis has insisted recently that passports D yuanaad op hynnuapp andg diayg up paugdnqo aq suapnar do hq paugdaqo uiolation of the passport laws. It is believed desirable that our liaison. Agent with the passport diuision of the State Department consult with our confidential source in the passport diuision to determine the current status of the John Willian Fox passport file and the exact obstacles which we must overcome to cssure that NY 694-Sx can obtain a passport without jeopardizing his security. mjc