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Memorandum for Mr.*Belmont RE:SOLO 100-428091 who. is a traveling salesman working the New York area:' A bank account will be established for informant under the assumed.name with $3,Ooo of the Solo funds at the Chemical Bank-New York Trust Company, New York city, where. George Burlinson is assistant vice president.' 'This account can be.used by. informant in obtaining credit cards to further legitimatize his new identity.. Burlinson will issue instructions to bank employees that inquiries concerning. this. account should be answered that "Brooks" has an account and a good credit rating. In view of informant's possession of a New York operator'g license, New York does. not believe that~informant will need a witness for identification in applying for his passport. However, in event one is needed, New York requests that an Agent of the New York Office be used. as. [a witness and this Agent would not indicate his FBl employment. OBSERVATIONS: It would be to our advantage to have Ny 69l-S receive.this assign- ment which will quite likely result in the establishment of a courier system between the CPs of Czechoslovakia and China. In effect, the Bureau will be in the position of controlling this apparatus and.obtaining all inf ormation developed. During informant's stay in China, Wang Chia-hsing, head of the . International Liaison Department. of the .CP of China, offered the CpusA $25,00o within two months and $i0o,o00 within six months. The money is to and the Soviet Union not be advised of. this arrangement. We will' attempt to prevent the delivery of this money by instructing our informant to point out to Eugene Dennis and/or Gus Hall that the Russians.would be incensed. if they learn of this arrangement and that sufficient funds are being received from, the Soviet Union. Informant will be instructed to obtain permission to gracefully decline this money. It is believed' that the CpusA leaders will recognize the possibility of damaging its relations. with the CP, Soviet Union, and will agree to informant's suggestion. Our relations with Mr. Robert. Johnson of the Passport Office of the Department of State are such that we will be able to assure that the promptly without risk to the.informant. Through arrangements' with Ii Mr. Johnson in December, 1958, we. obtained a passport for cg 582l-s 'in conar. negtion with his second Solo mission. On this request Johnson was merely advised that we were interested'in seeing that this"individual received a. Ithe FBl had an interest in this individual. Bufiles have been reviewed and contain no data which wouid preclude the use of the name "Jack Brooks" by informant.