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, Brown ". I,Hai r : , '"C o m p ~ e x l o n : DarkScars & marks: ' Scar on t i p of chin " 'Education: B.S. degree, 6 / V ' J J + ~ 'rexas A & X;

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, DR. J l A L I N A ~ s p e n t t ive years in Czecm-Blovakia s t u ~

an d i s reported'tO speak an d read both ",German, an d 'Russian . (Source o t Information 1'-3.) " 1 I. ~ l a t 1 v e s : .' , '

, Father, FRANK!lALINA,6IB So. ,, ' Bq lo r s t . ; , Br$nham, Texas

Criminal record: None known .W,11 t a ry reCord: ' D r ~ MALINAheld a Lieutenant 's

commission in the U.S. Amy unt i lJune 2h , 1942. Whim his resignation' was accepted by MACH m&EB8ON, Adju.taJlt ,General, Washiilgton,D.C., because su.bject hac1 been c lass i f i ed 8 S a k e y. : ' .faculty member 'of C&J,1foroia In s t1 tu t eo f T e c h n o ~ o 8 7 . (Source ,o t IntomatioD

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ORGANIZA'l'1()NS : Subjec t was reported to have attended Communist PartJ - '..:lIl::.;e:;.;;e;.::t=': : a : s ~ 'I.....:jba vin8 been held a t the bome 0

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WyAtT! AND Source ot ~ o r m a t 1 o n T-2 fiLdv1sed t h a t Dr. Il'RANK J . lW:.INA ACTIVITIES : Director of Gal-Ci t ' Project Bo. 1 , an AriDyA1r Corps re

s t r i c ted p r6 j ec t , b a s passed out Cominun1st l i t e ra tu re onib i s project to fellow wOrkers . ,Dr. ~ A i s repcirted by e r ~ to have held.. 'I

, ~ eoiunuirlst m ~ e t i r i g a a t 'his residence up 'unti l about Jqne o t 1 9 4 1 ~ these meet-', 1ngs being held every T u e s ~ T night . I n f o ~ t advised t h a t as fa r as he knOws

, no mel;ltings are being held a t th e p ~ ~ s e n t time.'%-2 advised also tha t MALINA was, active a t one time :1Jl,'

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_ _ _ _ _ _ ~ On November 4,1942 reportin& Agent and Spe,cial AgmtI Iinterviewed Confidential Informant T ~ l who s t a t e d ~ tha t he "

was well acquainted with the subject and knew considerable about 't-be personal'.l i t e ot subject 'a s well as tp.s business. When T-l was questioned, concerning

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(Ithe loyal ty of the subject he ~ l u n t a r i l y stated. that" "MALINA was associatedwith groups o f ' p inks ' a t Cal Tech about three years ago." When asked 'what .he meant l>7 ."pinks" he s ta ted "The group was radical but I b ~ l 1 e v e them to .

. ~ . have been merely p b i l ~ s o p h i c a l i n possessing their views and tha t tb'-lIOuld,", never be' active in doJ..D& anything to change the form of Government which ' "

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if-l s ta ted tha t about three . ~ m L a J m . . J -J.';1 ~ ........ ~ attend meetings a t the b"'f'WI:I-LI'~ - - - , . __ ~ : - = - - - = - - , = " " = , , , " _ . . . . .,:1 rl-- . L . . f . I u m d m : J & a . - - - . : l ~ . . . J l 3 r . a t . 4 . ~ a t d L _ _ , - ~ _ : _ _ J W ! i ' B a t tha t t i lnea;'. be was cer ta in tha t

r " a aDdI . ' a eee lllfjte' gs re was'a (p one c . 0 repor e 'oJDDJUnlst

' p ~ : r t y of Los Angeles a t ' these " . . . '1'-1 stated tha t there were appl'Oxi.. ::t:Y J : ~ eight" other members o f the tacul tyf .. I l a t t h e ~ e meetings and tha t a t tha t t1die . ' t . tne Jnee'tlllll t l i6 groUp, s u ea : e writi.Dgs of KARL ~ . an d STRACHEY" an English writer. (JOHNSTRACHEY 1s a noted Englisb w r i t e r ~ CoJgnunist lecturer. ) "%-1 s ta ted . that .

be a t t e n d : e ~ .s e v ~ r a l of t h e ~ e " ~ e ~ i n g B L . I. - .

T ~ l s:tated' tha t . to his knowledge the sQbject bas DOteo ' mrJl s t act 'Vit es th s t

. . 1'-1 s ta ted that" nAt present MALINA i s out to win th i s. war .and 1s sol idly behind the war ef tor t " . '. However" '1'-1 s ta ted tha t the

-ioyaJ.ty o t the subject lIOuJ.d be questionable -1t he had decide between ourfo rmot Govemmentand tha t of 'Russia. " " " . . . '

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I ~ ~ ~ _ ~ eonfidentialintormant T-5 ~ ), . O n ~ septembet 17, 1942 rePorting 'Agent' interviewed Con-'

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ra t ings . - Dr. MALINA- '1s i n charge of a ' r e s e a r ~ h _ project cons1deredot-v1talimPortance .by the, Uriited s ta tes Arfay Air 'Force. n - , - -- - '

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I t was' ascertained ~ l s o ' trom: T-4 tha t 'by- l e t t e r from headquar ters , Ninth Corp ... Area, Fort_ Douglas, utah, 'dated J ~ ' 7 ; 1942 endorsinl

, - a l e t t e r o t June 26 , 1942 tD Lieutenant FRANK MALINA trom MACH'-lI&ERSON, Adjutant General, W a s ~ n , D.C., that the resignation of MALINA as a l ieutenant b6

' o t the United States Army had been accepted -and tha t he had been classi t ied b7 Ca s a k q , faculty, m e m b ~ r of CaUtorDia Instit ' ;lte o f Technology. ' b7 E

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business':ror'war'Department in"June, 3 : - 9 4 6 ~ .passpor t l a t e r aDiended:permitt1ng subjectto ..t r ans i t Germa!\1 em-oute to C H c h o s 1 o ~ a 1vhere he inten4ed :to V 1 ~ i t re la t ins in " . . . . . , . .b2september' 1 ~ 4 6 ~ . 'JlALINA i s s u ~ d 'passport i n " :: . ' ~ j J J . b 6

NI. . . March; 1941. i n " \ , ( f . o n n ~ e c t i o ~ w i t h , h i semploy- f r f P ~ : l f b7C. . , . ~ e n t with UNESCO.':Subject 1 s ' p a s ~ p o r t expired i f.'; "tf (( b7 D

! I ~ c . . . , . , ~ : io AprU, 19 ,1 . Bemewal of ,passp0:r- t . refut:lecl i ~ ~ J f i".1.. c . n w _ ~ a s i ~ ' w a s t l c o n s i & } r e d ~ t ' h 1 s fuJ"ther t ravel Cy{lj J'"~ ~ would b6," contra17', to the, best in te res t s ' ~ f ' ~ 1"' ' . l ' .

....J)t.$J the United States,." and , s u b j e c ~ surrendered. '.'.. - , j4'f),ir,v passpqrt 1;0' . A m e r i ~ n ~ o n B u l ~ t Paris . ' S u b ~ e c t " . ~ / J .

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and tha t he was engaged on secret and other class i f ied contracts . Heindicated tha t ,he desired ,to, v i s i t the European Theater of Operationson behalf of the Ordnance, Department of th e War Department. ' At tha t "

, time he re,sided a t 800, S o u t ~ Hudson A v e n ~ ; ,Pasadena, California,'and he ' indicated tha t he had previously resiqed 'a t 1288 CordovaStreet , P a s a d e n a ~ , He also indicated tha t he 'received a Ph.D. i nAeronautics in 1940 f ~ the California Ins t i tu te of Technology.

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, ' He s ta ted t h a t from 1934 to'1942 he was a cClDlllissionedoff ice r, s e r i a l Number 316,23, ' in the Corps of Engineers 111 the "Officers i ,Reserve Corps. United States A:nu;y;"For one month duringthe sumner of 1934 he served on active dutYe He reported t h a t heresigned his cOmmission as a ,F i r s t Lieutenant i n accordance withins t ruct ions 'received from the' Commanding General, ArrrJ,y' Air Force b 6 'Materiel cOmmand, in order to cont ime reseaX,"ch work connected ' b7Cwith th e war effor t i n a c iv i l i an s ta tus . Subject indicated thathe Reemployed by the California Ins t i tu te of Technology from 1934' to the date of h is questionnaire an d by the Aerojet EngineeringCorps from 1942 ~ t i l ~ e date of 'his personnel,f!ecurity questionnaire.

He indicated that, he had vis i t ed Mexico for several daysduring the summer of 1933, 1934,1936 and 1939.

, The following individuals were l i s ted as references ,byMALINA:

T -l also ascertained tha t the Czechoslovakian Press repor ted 'that on september 21 , 1 9 4 8 ~ the Congress of the World Federation ofSCientif ic Workers 'met a t ,the Writers ' Castle i n Dobris near Pa'r is ,Franc'e. " The Czechoslovakian Press reported tha t one DR. MALINA,United States c i t i zen and a ftUNESCO observer!' attended tha t Congress.

Fi les 'o f the P j ~ 1 i i o n , United s ta tes ,Department ofSta te , re f lec t t h a t f.H,ANK __. _ N A was issued United,States 'Passport number 80,158 ,on August 3 l ~ i9li4, by the ,Department ofState a t Washington, D. ee, validated fo r t ravel to the Bri t i sh I s lesand I re land. Subject ' s passport a p p ~ i c . t 1 o n , d a t e d A ~ t 2 8 ~ 1944,

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united Nations E d u c a t i o ~ , ' S c i ~ n t i l l c a.M Cul.tura1 o r g a n i z ~ t i o ~ ~ , : ':....

S U b j e ~ t ~ s f i l e conta,.ns a refusal notice dated November 13,: ".' " . . 1 9 4 7 - ~ .The ~ a s o n for refusal was l i s t ed .as' -member. of CODIIIlUnist

. ' . , ' par ty. par ty named FRANK PARtIA." ' , ' . ' . ' , b6b7Cr = ' ~ " ' N A was i s s u e d ' p a s ~ p o r t ' ~ b e r 8609' F S : ~ 6 1 5 3 6 ' ~ y the ,',

, , ~ ~ r i i t e d , ~ C O D S U 1 a t P a ~ s , France, 'on A p r l l l l , 1949. S u b j , e c t ~ s . " passport application dated A.pril l l , 1949, refle,cted t ha t he resided'

i n czecho.slovakia fram 19?O to 1925; England and France from October,19411. to ,November., 1944; England, F ~ a n c e and C z e c h o s ~ o v a k i ~ .from .. ,July, '1946, to November, 1946; F r a ~ c e J ,April 17 .. 1947, to October 26,1947; K e ~ ~ c o , N o v e ~ er , 194 7, . - a D d . . . . E I : a . I l . c . a . - - I l a . C i a m J : l 8 . I : . - . . . l 2 . I J L

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, .. . . O ~ March '16, 1951, :subject 's application fo r renewal ot "'passport dated. March 16, 1951, ref lected that ' he r.esided a t 89 rue',

. Erlanger, ~ a r i s , France. ~ y airgram 'aated liay 26 , ,1951, the 'Depart-ment of State advised the ~ r i c a n Embassy a t p a ~ i s j F r a n c e ~ tha t ..

' subject ' s passport renewal was. to be refv.sed., The Amel;'ican Embassy.a t Par i s , France, was also ' ins t ructed to ho1d'subject 'spas,sport, .i' n the Embassy arid to 'advise' 'the ~ p a r t m e ; n . t of State of subject ' s ,-re turn to ' the United States. , ' , '

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. par i s , France, ."advised ~ h e ' , P a s s p o r t Division t ~ a t he ha'd'received .. a l e t t e r from subject dated September 21 , 1951, which il'l:di:cated tha.t . .' i n Apri l , 1951, subject .s .passport had expired ,and t h a t in May,' 1951; .'a e had been infomed tha t the ' reneWal of 'his passport had not been.. granted. He' also indicated, t h a t he had s u r r e ~ ~ d his passport to",

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tha t ,lIe s t i l l . held an appointment' , ' " 'as 'a n in ternat ional ciY11ian servant with uNEsco i n Paris , France.He r e q u e s t e d , ' t t l ~ t he be informed of the reason for 1?he refusal othis , pa s spo r t . , ". " . , , ,'" '

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By t e ~ e g r a m elated November 9,1951,

the Passport Division,ins t ructed tb e American Embassy a t par i s , France, to advise :MALINA'o .

" tha1; consideratiC:>Jl had again been given to his request fo r renewal'of h is passport but tha t h i s passport,Was not being renewed sincei t was "considered that. his, fur ther t ravel would be ' contrarY to thebest in te res t s of the United Sta tes . " ' , . ,b2

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a t e C orm.a lns t1 u e o. ec no ogy and tna 1 ,J ~ " " " ' - e r e ~ " " " o - r e - ,.....~ y have been assumed tha t he was' also fa COJDDlU$.t..- This. c ~ u m . c a t i o n also , reported , that 00- iDfomation had been received

'y' , ~ , t Par i s , France, which 'would ind:).cate t h a t MlLINl.ba:l followed the ,C o ~ u n i s t ' ~ a r t y , l ine during his employment as a member of , the UNESCO~ J ' W f . , ' ,AI

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,The f i l e s of the Office of , S p e c ~ a l I n v e s t i g a t i o n ~ , Department "of the Air Force,' do not contain addit ional data concerDi.;ng th e subject

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" of the subj'ect f ran the , f i l es of T -l and the subject ' s Pas,spert,Division f i l e :

Born October 2, 1 ~ 1 2 , a t Brenham, TexasCit izenship United States '

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DATE: 0 3 ~ 1 0 - Z 0 0 8ALL INFORMATION CONTAINEDLASSIFIED BY 60324 UC B A ~ / R S / V HEREIN IS U N C ' : ~ I E D EXCEPTECLASSIFY ON : 25X 3.3(1)

FD-'Ja " WHERE SHOWN 0 1 ~ S E ( l - lHI I ) '" 03-10-2033

". ,' i ' ment on the tollowing. groundsr. (1) I n s u t t ~ c i e n t ' aval l. "\'. .~ able documentary evidence regarding the subject ' s membership""/ ~0 t ' : ' ~ :d in the Camnunist Party; (2) Lack o t sufficient supporting

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DETAILS: The t ac t s in th i s matter concerning the subject 's t a i lu reto l i s t m ~ b e r s h i p in the Camnunist Party in executingPersonnel Security Questionnaires with respect to Federal

employment and in executing applications to r passports with the StateDepartment, were presented to Assistant United States AttorneY, ANGUS D.

INTERNAL SECURITY - RI - o r o , . . . . UD AGAINST THE GOIEHNMENT

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. , ~ OCT 271961. Assistant United States Attomey, Los Angeles, declined b7C. . vJ I prosecution ot subject tor ta i lure to l i s t . Cammmist

_ ~ L ! Parly m e m b e ~ s h 1 p i n Personnel SecuX1.ty Q u e s ~ 1 o n n a 1 r e s Y: an d in applications to r passports 'with, the State Depart-

McEACHm, Los Angeles, on Hay 26, 1952., .

Oen August 7, 1952 Mr.. KcEACHEN advised that he had reviewed

the matter thoroughly and declined prosecution ot the subject to r fraudt.h$k;"...governmentto r the tollowing reasons:? : ~ ~ ' r

.. ~ (1) Insufficient, available documentary evidence regard1ng~ t ~ ~ . " .,' MALINA'S membership in the CcmmUJrl,st Parly. (Mr.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ >.,JMcEACHm reterred here to the absence of a Camnmist~ J ~ ~ ? ) ;In ., \ f ) Party card or book made ou t to the subject}.

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Mr. McEACHEN s ta ted that i t i s his be l ie ! tha t an omissionto s ta te membership i n the Camnun1st Par ty i n a PersonnelSecuri ty Questionnaire i s not a suff ic ient basis to con-duct a successful prosecution fo r perjur.y, or in this case,fraud. against the government. He s t a t ed tha t in the s i t u a -t ion a t hand there i s a lack of su ff i c i en t supportingevidence to . 8uccesstul ly 'prove subject ' s membership int ~ C : : : : ; P R : r ~ dpointedoutthatother thanI here i s no person available who can b6a u ~ o ; : a : : v : ; : : s t 1 t yas to ~ I J I i I A I S m o m b l l l ' l ! ~ p in the b7CCOIIIID.un1st Par ty ; and added tha . .. ould onlydo so in an indi rec t manner. .

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I roceedings should not be i n s t i t u t e d , sincei t i s l i k e l y . tha t France

would refuse ex t r ad i t i on under 18 U.S.C. 1001, using the E i s l e r caseas a precedent .aga ins t him by reason o fwould be l i t t l e l ike l ihood of h is re turn ing to

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OffiCeMe .ndum UNITED S y E S GOVTO s Direc tor, Federal Bureau of Inves t iga t ion DATE: r

t-Iarren Olney I I IAss i s t an t Attorney General ,

oSUBJECT: FRANK J . MALINA, wa.INTERNAL SECURITY - RFRAUD AGAINST '!HE GOVERNMENT

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Reference i s made to your memorandwn o f February 12, 1953, req

ling I'Iij'" comments with r e spec t t o the poss ib i l i t y of i n s t i t u t i n g ex t r ad i t i on proceedings aga ins t the subjec t under the 1909 Treaty withFrance. .I t i s noted t h a t the Passport Office of the Sta t e Department

has advised yo u t h a t France has been very l e n i e n t i n permit t ing Americans

to remain there without va l id United Sta t e s passpor ts . I t i s fu r the rnoted that ; . ;a l though the sub jec t ca n be requested to re turn t o theUnited Sta t e s s ince h is passpor t has been taken from him, i t i s theconsidered opinion of the Passport Office t ha t France would not cooperateshould the subjec t be unwil l ing to comply with the r eques t .

In view of these circumstances, i t i s concluded t h a t ex t r ad i t i on

Should the subjec t l ea rn of the indictment outs tandingan unsuccessful a t tempt a t ex t r ad i t i on , there

the United Sta t e s vo lun ta ri l y.

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... .. Mr. Toison. __Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVER ~ I B Mr. Belmont ._

t' Mr. Clegg. _ _Mr:J ~ i W i n . _ _T O . Director, Federal Bureau of Inves t iga t ion DATE: september 'lir :-1ratbo _ _

CBM:JAC:vb Mr. Rosen _ _Charles B. Murray 146-1-12-1 i r r. Tracy. __ . _A s s i s t ~ A t t o r n e y General, Criminal Division Mr. Laughlin _ _

CONF Mr. Muhr -. _F R A N ~ l ! ! ~ I N A , was. ,- " " ; ' = - " ' : ; ~ ~ F O O M r . Winterrowd ..FranK;>Parma . 'II Tele. Room, . -NTERNAL SECURITY - R \ Mr ollor:tan._

[ ~ ,s ail y _ _RAUD AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT I ~ - + l W ' d r "V l ' ' ' ' ~ ~ ' '

Reference i s maie to your memorandum of September 12, 1952, . . . - /' "i n which yo u request t.he Department to reconsider the record in the ~ . captioned matter and inform yo u of i t s opinion with respect to prose- ' , ' ~ ' ' 7 - Jcut ion . ~ & '_ J

Upon re-examination of the subject ' s f i l e , the Department i s .of the be l ie f t ha t the Government would be unable to introduce in to

evidence e i t h e r th e documents or the information contained there inwhich per ta in to Frank Malina t S membership in the Conununist Par ty andwhich are now i n th e possession of the Immigration and Natural izat ionService, in view of the prohibi t ion agains t the admiss ib i l i ty of h e a r s qevidence and th e recent deaths of the authors of these documents,

The Department, therefore , agrees withL . . . r ~ s ~ s r s = r - a n ~ ~ ' : : : ' n T r ' e ~ ~ ~ a ~ - : : s ~ : r r : : ! . o r n e yMcEachen t h a t no documentary evidence

i s avai lab le per ta in ing to th e subjec t s Connmmi.st Par ty membership.The Department was previously cognizant of the di ff i cu l ty in prosecutinga case of th i s type because of the nature of the par t icular quest ionposed and the qual i ty of the evidence avai lab le but , due to the prom b6inence of the subject in the sc ien t i f i c world, the Department was of b7Cth e opinion t h a t the United States Attorney's views concerning th e b7D

feas ib i l i ty of prosecuting the subjec t fo r fraud agains t th e Governmentshould be sought..

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... . ..... . .. ~ ~ ,T I A L .FORthe eVidence at hand i n view of the expiration of the statute ofl imitations on December 31 , 1952, and the possibili ty that furtherevidence mq be developed a t a l a te r date which wi l l strengthen theGovernment's case.

I wil l keep you advised. of a l l future developments i n theabove matter.

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. IOffice MenzllA:tndum UNITED S'l) 'tES GOVERNMENT

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TO' DIRECTOR, FBI (100-164610) . . OATH: 1/12/53'

~ FROM SAC, LOS ANGELES (100-8196)-J) . '.'

SUBJECT: FRANK J . MALINA, Wa.INTERRAL SECURITY - RJ'FRAUD AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT

Rebulet 1/2/53.

. Assis tant U. s. Attorney ANGUS D. McEACHEN; Los Angeles, Cal ifornia , was recontacted on 1/8/53, a t which time he s ta ted tha t he bas noplans , proposals, o r suggestions for sub jec t ' s re turn to the United s ta tes ,inasmuch. as he has no plans fo r subsequent prosecution'. .

lIcEAqHEN' explained tha t notwithstanding h is previously expressedopinion o f wealme.ss i n t h i s case and resul t ing di ff i cu l ty of a successfulprosecution, .he had' gone ahead and secured an indictment against MALINAbecause of the Department's communications to him. and. h is awareness of a considerable in te res t i n th i s matter b.Y the Ihreau. With reference' to thel a t t e r comment, the Bureau's a t t en t ion i s cal led to the fac t tha t a copyof th e Bureau's l e t t e r , dated 9/12/52, ' addressed to Assis tant Attorney . .General CHARLES B. llURRAY o f th e Department, set t ing for th a review ofavaUable evidence and requesting a .reconsideration o f t h i s matter, 'wasforwarded to Ass i s tmt U. S . Attorney McEA.CHEN by th e Department and . isnOW' a PaJ;"t of h is f i1e . .

. Although no active steps w i l l be taken by' McEACHEN to secure .MALINA's re turn to th i s countr,y for ' prosecution, he s ta ted . that in . the eventMALINA.volunt&ril,y returns to the United s t a t e s , ~ e outstanding warrant .would, o f course, then be served on him, and the Department would t h e ~ pre~ b l , y proceed wi ~ h proseCution or otherwise make a determina t ion a t tha ts; time. " - .

~ ' . .'If r . .As to ~ h e prac t ica l aspect o f securing the' re turn of a Un! ted .

\ t ~ v ~ ~ s t a t e s cit izen. to t h i s countr,y from abroad, McEAOHEN advised t h a t th 8 matter.I v}; 1"s controlled exc1usively'by' the Internat ional Extradit ion Treaty exist ingV...... between the United s ta tes and the foreign count17 involved, and fur ther, .o J / ~ whether or not such treatY' specificall ,y covered the viola t ion fo r which the

~ c i t i z en ' s re turn i s sought. I n t h i s instance the e x i S t 1 n ~ ii ~ n / ! ' .I \ - A " ~ ' ' Jhe United state., and France would necessar11Jr haveAP,ninc . e QI' :,/,-1'I:YI'\) Fraud Against the Government or i t s eQutvalent./thlltii4 o t s I / ~ . .i n f a c t i s currently unlmown. to him. l.J /)_6. . L /12J11 L ~ : - -7(..,il! . . ' . . RBXJHOED~ . , u : : : : r M ~ ~ Y ' f/ ' i}f? .~ , r " ~ . e . ~ . - ( '

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c:- ~ also been ascertained. from the U. S. -Attome;y's Officel . . . . - indictment against MALINA was off ic ia l ly ' f i l ed on

A Bench warrant cur r jn t JJr i n possession of the U. S. Marshal 'so c - e ~ w : ~ a ~ s issue4 _and bond. se t a t $10,,000.00. Because of.th e imposs ib i l i t t o l se rv i ce 0; th i s warrant, MALINA i s now considereda 1'ugitive by the U. S. Attorne;y's Office.

In view oj ' the above indicated a t t i tude o Assistant U. 5.Attorney lIcEACHEN toward' prosecution i n t h i s matter, no fur ther contactwith him i s contemplated by th i s off ice a t t h i s time. I t i s suggestedtha t the Bureau may a t a l a t e r date again desi re to present this matterto the Department to r i t s reconsideration as to active praS8cution.

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SUBJBCT: .'FRANK J . NA, :was . b7CINTERNAL SEaJRITY - RtL . FRAUD AGATNST' THE OOVEmMENT"

. .Re Lo s Angeles l e t t e r dated 1/12/53 concerning the. poss'ible. plans fo r

subject ' s , re turn to .the UIl;1ted s t a t e s .. , . .

. .. Fo r c o n s i d e r a ~ i o n 'o f the Bureau as regards the possibil1 t y of ' .

effec;:ting subject ' s re turn to the 'United Sta tes , the fo l lgwing ' i s s e t fo r th :

In the ~ s e of 8In i l t r a t ion 'o f the United Nations by SubversiveAmerican Cit izens , IS - -aft. (Bufi le 105-13893). AUSA, SDNY' SILVIO MOLLO ha s ; ,requested infonnation on an y subversive Americans employed by . the United Nations

I . and i t ' 8 specia l ized agencies. In th i s connection the Bureau may wish to furnish: J 1.nfonnation concerning subject to AIJSA MOLLO. Thereupon, AUSA MOUD may wish

to m8:ke arrangements to effec t subje.ct 's return from Europe. ' . . ' ,. ' ' . . . .~

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L I t i s noted that SUbject i s not a U.N. employee but ra ther an\ employee of a Special ized A g e n : a w h i ~ ~ 4 e o r e t i c a l l yh ~ s autonOni;ous be1.ng. . . ~ \ ". ' ~

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i s known thatl_ _ _.--Jhas asserted h is influencein the pas t,'\. '\ . ' ; '~.\ ~ . : : s eSpecialized A;gencues a 1 f t " " . matter may do so. mc., ' . .

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.SUBJBCT: FRANKJ?kLlNA w ~ . : : ' " . ( ) ~ ~ ' " : i ~ ' " .-:d ~ w ' . . . . . . , , . .. , . . " . " " . ' . !S':- 'R; F A G ' , : . . . .i{IY' .: i i e b ~ . ~ i i ~ 2 / 5 3 ~ g g . s t , ~ gt h a t ~ 1 l ~ . 1 ~ 5 ~ O ; " i d " ~ p ~ a C i ~ ~ , . .. ij .. stop agains t t h e , s ~ b j e c t with :the' I ~ e n t i i c ~ t i o n Division of' the Bureau. : i n l i eu of . a fugiti ,ve : ~ o r m ' lEi ' t ter. I ~ was ~ h e r e ~ ~ . p o i ~ t e d . ou:t tl)a:t ~ n - .

~ asmuch a s . i t was known t ha t ~ L I N A w a s : ~ h e n ~ o c a ~ e d . i n P a r ~ s , .France,: he. \ .. , could' 'not . ~ e considered. a . B u r ~ a u fugi.tive. . '.. ' ' ' : ' " ' . ,., .. : . : .... , "K:" . . ' . ' . . . . . " , . ' . ,

'. ' . ' : , In ~ c c o ~ a n c e therewi th , :a .stop has .been placed With, th e Ident i - "~ - f i ca t ion Division. However, inasmuch as Buairt 'el t'o New Yqrk dated 2/12/53

a d v i ~ e s t h a t MALINA ~ s i g n e d f . r o m .UNEscO, on' ?/ lO/53 a t Par i s , ' France with' . ' .

presen tw h e r e a ~ u t s

,nqt being indicated, ' yOlJ ar.e req'!lested to aqvise " ..whetl:>:er or nQt i t i s .desired ~ a t : MALIN! now b e " c ~ n s i d e ~ d 'a fugf t ive .. . .. .' ~ .' ~ '. " : . . " . .. . . . . . .. '\ . " .

. Reference i s also made:to a' copy of, bule t dat'ed' 2/12/53 . a d d r e s ~ e d .to Assistant ' .Attorney O e n ~ ~ a ~ : W A ~ N ' O ~ , I n ..regarding' thf..s matter. ' I t ,i snoted tha t Page .1, p a : r a ~ r a D : 4 : ~ t s . f o r t h t h a t a sealed indictment'was r et ~ r n e d again.st MALINA[... __ _ I I ~ ~ h A ,A'tTAnt, t .hg+. ~ , . , ",', ' , . nnl'l .are ner t inent . i t i s n o ~ r i t e 01.1 t ha t I

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193 -3. , Ca . l i f o rn i a I n s t i t u t e o f ' I 'ochnology, Pusadena. , C a l i f o rn i a , and wa s an a s soc i a . t e o f l':iALINA d u r in g 1936-41 l'11111e 'Horkinga t the J e t pro :u .1s ion Labora tory. Pasadena , C a l i f o r n i a . l'.AtINAand a s s o c i a t e l _

Iendeavored t o i n d o c t r i n a t o t ho se

employed and s udy:Lng a t J e t i 'rdpu:Lsi on Laborcctory i n COIr1I1'lUnist

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doclaredL . , - - - - - , . ~ ~ . . . . . . - = ~ ~ = = _ _ = _ = _ = ~ _ = r _ _ = _ : : ~ : : _ _ : = _ = _ ' = " ' = " ' = " = " "o persona _y wes engago as a a s s ~ s an ~ n e ae ror e s e ~ r c u n a u t i c a l labora tory a t C a l i f o r n i a I n s t i t u t o o f Tochnology as o f '3-1- 39. Thore work was concerned pr imar i ly wi th th e developmontof tho rocleot and funds Wel'G obt.ained through Guneral HI..P ~ ' ~ R N O L D " and the Nat ional Dofense Research Colli,cil.

During l a t e 1939 nnd oar ly 1940 the C a l i f o r n i a I n s t i t u t e o fTechnology b u i l t i t s f i r s t j e t propu l s ion l abora to ry i n Pasadena,

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he was descr ibed by as being an oxtromely good f r iond ofHLLINA.

b6I IdoclQrod dur ing :the timo ho was acquaintod wi th ~ L ~ L I l ' U ~ inb7Cthe 1934-35 per iod , ho found i t cxtremoly d i f f i c u l t to m ~ i n t a i n

harmoni aus rGla t i o n s wi t h Mtr.nU.] He recD.llod N i L I N ~ ' ~ was e . x t r Q m ( ) l y t heo re t i c a l wheroas ho l .was p r a c t i c a l . He never f e l tcl090 or f r i e n d l y towards l ~ ~ L I N A advis ing thoy wore n a t u r ~ l - b o r

onemics.I I d ( ; c l D . r ~ d ho workGd on the p r o j o c t ongllgod by tho Cal i fo rn ia

I n s t i t u t e o f Tochn logy dur ing 1934-36 a t which t i ~ o he r o l i nquished h is p o s i t i ~ with tho . j e t propuls ion l ~ b o r c t ~ ~ J ngQinresurndng h is work i n 1 0 - He r o c a l l o d dur in t h i s l a t t o rp e r i ad one oftho C o m m u n i s t - ? ~ the innor c i r c l e of t h n uls ionID.borntory, j ~ i n o d t h o ~ r . rgnniz l l t ion . He notod ane ~ r Q m Q l y c10s0 D . s s o c i D . t o ~ o f M : ~ L I N A . FUrther, tnQthe "koy o f -Communi s t Par ty a c t ~ v iG" ahad considerable i n f luence on M : ~ L I N ~ . a number of "bu l l sess ions" amoIl tho nnar c r c l e of tho j o tp r ~ p u l s i o n l a b a r a t o r y r o g u r d i ~ ommunist Par ty i d e o l o g i o s .FUrther, tha tI jand sUbjoc t J.t'LINl . ondeD.vorod to indJ c t r i n a to th0s0 nra1IDd thom i n Communi s t ideology. H;Q d Q c ] n r Q ~ on many occasions they at temptod to indoc t r ina te him. I Jdoclarod in 1940 he subscr ibed to tho Dai ly Workor, a Now Yo r k .C o m m u n i s ~ pub l i c c t i Jn , und was of tho opinion ho gave h i s subs c r i p t i o n fo r tho paper t:> I L L I N ~ i . who i n turn f l t rn i sh0d i t to

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" ..I Iat2twd ho ~ t t G n d 0 d s 0 v o r ~ 1 Docial a f f a i r s a t tho ~ ~ L I N ~ - r - c - s ~ i ~ d ~ o - n c o , 1288 Cordova S t r o o t , PasadenR, C a l i f ~ r n i u , dur ing1,939-41. Many of the meetings which ho had a t th u 1 1 L L I N f ~ r u s i -donce wore of ~ b u ~ i n o s s nature an d very l i t t l o di t-cussion. iP

"any, wa s had concerning Communism cn d i tc. u c t i v i t i e s . 1... _ _ """"="' _r o c a l l e d s e e ~ . n g u numbor Qf pamphlets , brochures , Lnd misce l l anoous l i t o r a t u r o around th0 r'1\LIHL res idonce whicll ho f o l t worosubversivo i n t e x t bu t weB unabla to r e c a l l tho nQmos of. an y orth o "a . r t ic les , magazines or pl1I11phlotn which h 0 SUi-1.

~ ,1"1,,;,10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . .....,:m or about 1938 ,Jr 1939 ho was inv i tod t::> thohome in . P f 1 s a d o r ; Q ~ Cr,lif:)rnic. , on an afiurno,:m

L . . - w ~ - c ~ ~ - w ~ ~ ~ B - a ~ . p - p ~ u ~ r ~ o n t l yun i n d o c t r i ~ a t i o n meoting. Those in a t t e n dance were as fo l lows:

su Je yeung man.b6

This r o ~ i d o n c o , according ta l I was located" nor th of tho b7 CC a l i f o r n i a I n s t i t u t e of Technology and nbout tw o or throo blocks

.from tho to i n tho v i c i n i t y o f Le..ko nnd H i l l" ~ v o n u e s .

Ins o f a r ns CQuId roc a l l , thoro wore c.pprEX1matelY o ,gh t p o r-SQns in a ho " i n d o c t r i n n t i on meoting. fI _ Jrecc . l lodhe and l o f t the mooting pl ' ior tQ i t s a c t u a l boginning an dp r i o r t o S c8.vi.ng h0 ffseuncud off ! ' on th0 sub,ioct 0 f COnllllUnismi n d i c a t i n g hin d'i.:J.tns.to e.nd dis respec t f e r any C J l ~ . 1 l i l . 1 l n i s t idoologywhich might bo fUl' thor p u t t r ) him. He declared t h i s undClub":JedlyfW;Y>JTOd tq d2.!npor ::my f u r t he r op.thusiasm on th e pa r t o f H L L L { [ ~ ant iI _ J to indoct r ino . to him in Communist ideology o r y e f u r t h o ra t ompt tQ r e c ru i t him int i) llny p a r t y a c t i v i t i e s c.nd ho WOoS nover a u p i n i nv i t ed t ~ a t t e n d cny such meotings by o i t h e r 1 ~ ~ I N ~ . orI I " "

1 Idec la red thoro i s no doubt vlhat S'.)OV0r i n ~ i s mindthn t ~ u b j c c t ~ L I N A he ld up tho progress of thc j e t rocko t p r op u l s i o n u n i t s by a t l o a s t t w ~ yoars . He doclDrod r ~ ~ L I N L accompl i shed t h i s by vir tuQ o f i n s e r t i n g numorous tecIDncal Objec t ionsand roques t ing considornble unnocossary analysos. v u ~ i c h were com-p lo t e ly unnocessary. 1 ~ o s o ind iv idua l s working op. the p r o j e c tworo unnble to aPJroach tho problan fr8ID a p r a c t i c a l p ? i n t o fviow. I _ eclared i n h i s opinion th0ro we,s o n t i r e ly

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to o much s c i e n t i f i c o .na lys i S ,upon th o p a r t o f H A L I N ~ ' ~ which vias.i n , t h o ond a b s o l u t e l y i n c o n c lu s i v o .

I ~ ( ) n S i d 0 r o d MLLI1-TA'to be e n t i r o l y s y m p a t h e t i c t o tl1.nCornrnuni.t c au.o b u t ho h " 6. no di roc t p o . i t i ro O V i : ~ , , ~ p a r t , . . "membors::~ n tho pc . r t p f W' .. LINA. Ho n o t e d _ _ I s ~ ~ l b - A RI v l a S n e t n09.r ly as sympcl,thotic . , ,0 .corom: ... ~ t d e o log y,o.s \ o 1 ~ , S - ~ I \ l ~ . I I , ' ,;

I 1dcclc . rod ho novor nt tu 'ndod o:ny moo t i n g a t th o 1 ' f 1 . l ' ~ L I N Ahomo a t 1288 Cordova S t r o o t w ~ i c h ho r e g a r d e d us e n t i r e l y Comraunis t : ' , i n n a t u r e o t h o r tho.n tho m o e t i n g m i c h oc c u r r ed i n tho

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I IUdvised ho l a s t s(;:w F T I ~ NK I'1l'.TrIN il. jn 191,9-"50 f 'PprDXi-Ilk". t o l y 0. t Now Yo'.rs t imo 0. t tho h:)me of t . \-1];'11 wasa f o r m e r a s s o c i a t e o f ~ ~ I N ~ I S a t th o ~ u r o - J e t L ~ b 0 r u t o r y . l ~ i L I N A a t th[ ' . t t ime was a f f i l i a t o d w i t h UNESCO.

The Communist P a r t y has b o o n c i t o d by tho Lt to r noy Genorn l o f thoUni tef.1 S t a t e s u s b e i n g wi t h i n tho purView o f E x o c u t i va Order' 9835.

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ident i f ied ' p r e v i o u s ~ f wh:n Questioned' abou . fI Ias a .possib1eL J . ! L ~ o m m e ' . t t h e . '.. employees of' the Natu'ra:r ciences Section seeined' to s h a ~ the s.8me ' . .:

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" . . ~'. " : ~ "at ie: i :" : ~ ~ e , . s ~ d . ~ a t M A L N A w a ~ ' ~ p d o ~ g good ,110 J ~ d was "!811 1 i k ~ ~ by ~ e m b e r s . of .' < .the S e c ~ t a r i a t e e s t a e " ~ ~ v e r he resumeslALINAr:.s posi t ion: I

(U)': i.sQP..the l e f t since he was picked but.. $dded he had 'no 'p r e c i s e ' I n f 6 ~ a t i o n o n w h e : r e . : J W . I N . A..@ ~ ~ .

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Inforinant . T ~ 2 ; preViously ident.i;fiedj .adVised, uNEsco. ~ o ~ c e f m . n g ' . . .... .allegationS ma4e t ha t MALINA was' act t ve in CoDimWdst P ~ y : a f f ~ s . .i n California from .1938 tQ 1942. This i s the same information, already

(U) ..d e ~ e l ~ ~ e d . i ~ . ~ s c ~ ~ ~ .~ . . . -: . . ..... . ..... : . . ' .. ' ..... : ~ . ' '.: :.:. ::' .:" ".': ." .'On Apri l 22, i948 Ithe UNEsCo .

Secretar iat i n Paris a d v i s e d o r i l ~ d e n t ~ a rIrifonnant '1'-2 t ha t MALINA'sI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - J At t h i s t::4ne, T-2 .

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. ' . c o ~ c e m i n g .the' a l l e g a t i q n ~ and' 'MALINA d e n ~ e d ' e:verhavirig' been: a '. '.. member ~ ' the C q n m y n i s ~ Part.y; ~ t s ta ted he was working w:tth: : . . . . . b6b7 C .

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:.1 ." ' ..' a f t e r 'having r e ' c ~ v e d 'word :that MALINA .was to ' bE! assigned t o . :- . .. '; '. technical, assistance Walk for, UNEsco, '1'-2 objected to h is receiViDg

such.an a s s ~ g m i l e n t on t h ~ .. g r o ~ d S t h a t he was' . . ....

every e. 0 . e. rna e m . ~ ' . U UTe. . . ' : . ., (U) " . .

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technical ass is tance ' worle '. referred. .to above' :

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.. . ~ o w s t h a t ' p ~ o r to .'t1'l;iS,: ~ h : : J l ; U l e . 1 3 , . l 9 5 . ~ ; MALINA r e p ' o r t ~ . to:.". : ... (0.) L = d ~ t ..--.u m f : h i S _ p a S ~ ; M i l b E i e n d e n 1 e d ' : , ; ' ' ........ ...

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',,' ' . 'on N';"ember 'lh J . 2 ~ 2 . thq' m..ShOWB that/.; 2 a d v j , ~ ~ ".tJNESCQ ..tha t i n l i gh t o ~ Jrecent act'ion a t the mr .'. . '. ' .

.. ' Secretar.Lat .1n NeW :York, :c0l?-Cerning disloyal: U. S ~ nat ionals , .there " . ' . .can be"nq f ~ e r ' e x c ' u s e ' for not tElnidnating the ' e m p l o y m ~ n t o f

: c e r l ~ U. S . :nationals over who'se .. employment T-2 has e x p r e s ~ 8 d ' ' ... "', ( U ) : ~ ~ ~ ~ s . p i e a s u ~oD: ' . n u m ~ ~ ~ c a ~ ~ o n s Sncl some of w h o ~ ~ e r e . a p : P o t ~ e ~

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"..... : : : U . S ~ par t ic ipat ion InuNE5CO.: T-2 furtheradv:1.sed.UNESco t h a t i t ." .. (u). ~ ~ . : : W i l l . C Q n t i n u e , on basis of suff ic lent advance not i e to,; d v J . s ~ ':on

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, " On N ~ v e m b e r 6, t9,2, accord:tng to 'the 'Director. '. . . . \.. . G'enera:l: of UNESCO', advised' T-2 tha t h!3. -t'elt he co .no . "take .. the ~

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