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29 February 1980

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

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Office of General Counsel

SUBJECT: Freedom of Information Request to the Departmentof the Army Concerning Tscherim Soobzokov (S)

1. On 15 February, 1980, the undersigned met withj- andc 3 , Cover Staff; r

C/SE/PL; r.: IMS/FPLG; and 2,, U.S. ArmyFocal Point Officer, to discuss a recent Freedom of Informationrequest to the Department of the Army from Eugene R. Scheimanconcerning Tscherim Soobzokov in which Mr. Scheiman hadrequested all documents from the Department of the Armyconcerning Mr. Soobzokov's employment. Several recordschecks by the Department of the Army failed to disclosevirtually any record on Mr. Soobzokov or of the units mentionedin Mr. Scheiman's request. (This is not surprising sinceduring the period in question Mr. Soobzokov was an Agencyasset and the units cited in Mr. Scheiman's request were, infact, cover entities of the Central Intelligence Agency.)Following these searches, the reauest found its way, quiteby accident, into the hands of C. =., CIA's focalpoint at Army. (S)

2. During the meeting we were informed by -athat the Army had not surfaced any records on Soobzokov orthe cover units. However, = was in possession of twoArmy documents supplied by CCS, which recorded the formationand the dissolution of one cover unit. When I was asked howhe should treat these documents, I informed Cthat, in my opinion, all that he need do would be to informthe requester that a search had been made of the records ofthe Department of the Army which had surfaced the two refer-enced documents, and that no other records had been found.No other explanation was required, nor should a furtherexplanation be given. (S)

3. i offered to draft a response along theselines and promised to send a copy to this Of5i90. 1(S)

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Attached are the transmittals for records of Fort George G. Meade,Maryland. In talking with Mr. Daniel Rooney, of the National Archivesand Records Service,• in Washington, DC, I have been informed thatthese records are still in your Center. Do to pending situations,this office is requesting the material circled in "RED" be sent tothis office on loan. However, we would like only the materialcircled:in "RED".

Thanking you in advance for your immediate attention in respondin!to this most urgent request. •

The material should be forwarded to:..

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B,-,ER MARKS a UPHA■299 PARK AVENUE

NEW YORK, N.Y. 10017

TELEPHONE (212) 832-1700

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Department of the Army.Office of the Adjutant Generaland the Adjutant General Center

Washington, D.C. 20314

Attn: George A. Bailey .Colonel, GSDirector Admin Mgt.

Re: DAAG - AMR - S(FOIA 79-675)

Dear Sir:

This is in response to your letter dated 9 November 1979which forwarded certain documents to me so that I might reviewthem and determine whether any of the collection might containspecific documents I am seeking. I am herewith enclosing a copyof your transmittals which contain items circled in red which Ibelieve will constitute a fruitful area for your continued search.

You also asked in your letter of 9 November, 1979 thatwe provide a unit designation of the next higher headquarters ofM±. Tscherim Soobzokov, the subject of this FOIA request, and adescription of the exact research duties he performed as acivilian consultantonacontract basis. I am unable to furnishyou with any information concerning the next higher headquartersof Mr. Soobzokov as that information, if it exists, is wholly

• within your area of expertise and not my own. However, it has• been Mr. Soobzokov's testimony- that. he was hired as a civilianconsultant who was conversant with Russian ordinances and allegedlyspent time with the unit designated in my letter of 24 October1979 so as to inspect and advise his unit as to the uses of said

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This is in response to a referral frae the Chief, Rreedom of Info-fellation/.Privacy Office, US Array Intelligence. and. Security, Coeatand, Fort Meade,.Mary/and 20755 and your letter dated 24 October 1979. The referral was

received on 5 November 1979. Its purpose- was to ascertain whether Army --recordsr resporisive to your request are located in the Washington NationalRecords Center. - - • „ : .

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A check-was made of the Unit Historical..Data. Section of The-Adjutant -. --S-Generat , Center ..! •That activity could not identify the unit you describe,as tiattkrial Test Unit Nufeler 1, Fort Meade,. Maryland or the same --designation with the,rombees 87:-.C : Ixt Room 1B945, the Pentagon.. Unfort-unately, their system. Is such that totei- eze. )an organization the UnitIdentification Code (TTIC) must be furnished.- ' Tv, compound the probleas,._ITICs were not used during the time frame December 1955 through January --1958. Nevertheless, they did conduct a search which proved fruitless..:

We then cll!tclied the world-wide recordallocator data. These are the -recorcisAilla the Army has responsibility located in the Federal RecordsCenters. • The search failed to produce any GSA Form 135 (Transmittal of . A

Records) for the USA Material Test Unit Nuatber 1, Fort Meade, MD However,.the search did reveal that TAG Headquarters, 2d Array in Fort Meade retired ..several collections of files covering the time period of your search. Iam inclosing these transmittals for your review to determine whether any' ofthe collections might contain specific dceeteents you are seeking. Dependingon the classification of the dce-uztente,.. we can reproduce the unclassifieddocuments and send them to you. Thera will be a seerch and reproductionfee assessment once we can determine whether or not you wish us to proceedwith a recall of any of the files listed in the attachments. - •-•-•

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMYUs ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMP..4D

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755

2 November 1979

SUBJECT: Freedom of Information Act Request - Eugene R. SCHEIMAN

HeadquartersDepartment of the ArmyATTN: DAAG-AMR-S (Mr. Taborn)Forrestal Building, Room GA-76Washington, DC 20314

1. References:

a. Mr. Eugene R. Scheiman's request for records of employment byTscherin Soobzokov at the US Army Materiel Testing Unit Number 1 assigned.to Fort George G. Meade, Maryland during the period 1956 through 1958.(Inclosure 1). This letter was received in this office on 29 October1979.

id■;;: Telecon, between Mr. Taborn, your office and Mr. Andersen, thisoffice, concerning the availability of appropriate records at the WasbingtonNational Records Center.

2. We are unable to comply with Mr. Scheiman's request since our systemof records does not include the reports on the subject in which he hasan interest. We are therefore, under the provisions of AR 340-17 para2-6a(1), and reference lb above, forwarding herewith the request fornecessary action and a direct response to the requestor (InclosureWe have advised Mr. Scheiman of this referral action. A copy of Ourletter is included herewith (Inclosure 2).

3. We have also had previous correspondence with Mr. Scheiman regardingthis matter. Copies are forwarded at . Inclosure 3 for your information.

4. If you have any questions regarding this action, Mr. Andersen hasbeen appointed the point of contact and can be reached at (301) 677-4742/4011 or AUTOVON 923-4742/4011.

FOR THE DEPUTY COMMANDER:,

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Mt. Eugene R. SCheimanBaer Marks G Uphaa

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Dear Mr. Scheiman,

This is in response to your letter of 24 October 1979 forwarding documentspertaining to the US Army Materiel Testing Unit Number 1. Your letterwas received in this office on 29 October 1979. By analysis of themarkings on your documents we determined that the records pertaining tothe US Army Materiel Testing Unit Number 1 for the period 1956 to 1958may be located at the Washington National Records Center. Your requestis being referred to the organization responsible for these records fora direct response to you. In the interim, their address is:

HeadquartersDepartment of the ArmyATTN: .DAAG-AMR-SForrestal Building, Room GA-76Washington, DC_ 20314

Your documents are returned herewith as Inclosure 1.

If you have any questions regarding this action, you may contact thisoffice at the above address or by telephone at the following numbers,(301) 677-4742/4011.

Sincerely,•■■■

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Freedom or Information/Privacy Office

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Attn: Ax. Thomas F. Conley

Re: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUESTBe: Tscherim Soobzokov, a/k/a

Abdul Karim Soobsaqua

Dear Fir. Conley:

I am in receipt of your letter of 9 October 1979.It_js inconceivable to me that your office has been unable tofind anliv records of the activities of Tscherim Soobzokov.

Because you stated in your letter that you have norecords to indicate that any activity of the Army Material TestingUnit No. 1 was ever assigned to Fort Meade, I am enclosing here-with copies of documents received at the deposition of TscherimSoobzokov clearly indicating the Unit to which I refer and thefact of its existence at Fort George Meade.

With this further information, I trust I will receivea full and complete reply concerning my earlier request with no •

further delay so that this matter may be resolved without resortto the Courts.

Very truly yours,

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Mr. Eugene R. ScheimanBaer Marks Upham299 Park AvenueNew York, NY 10017

Dear Mr. Scheiman:

This is in response to your letter of 3 October 1979, providing additionalinformation. on Tscherim Soobzekov and reiterating your request forrecords concerning him under the provisions of the Freedom of InformationAct, 5 USC552. Your letter was received in this office on 9 October1979.

Based on the information provided in your letter, a survey was made ofthe Master Name Index of the Defense Central Index of Investigations(DCII) to determine the existence of Army intelligence investigativerecords concerning Mr. Soobzokov. This Index is also managed by the.Defense Investigative Service for the Department of Defense. The indexis keyed to the individual's name, date and place of birth, socialsecurity account number and service number (if any), and yields informa-tion about the existence of investigative files concerning the subject.We queried this index using the following name variations of Mr. Soobzokov,his dates of birth, place of birth, and social security number:

Tscherim SoobzokovTscherim SoobsokovAbdul Karim SoobzaquaSergei Zaravich

In addition, another survey was made of the Name Only Index of the DCIIto determine the existence of ,Army intelligence investigative recordsunder the following names: Tscherim Soobsokov and Sergei Zaravich.

-In all cases, we have received a NO RECORD response.

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Historical records, and records holding and storage documents, atHeadquarters, Fort Meade and at the US Army Materiel Development andReadiness Command were also surveyed for information concerning a USAmy Material Test Unit Number 1. We can find no records to indicatesuch an activity was ever assigned to this post. If you have availableto you any record which indicates this activity did exist, we will bepleased to review this material and reinstitute a search based on anydata we mdght be able to extract from your. material.

If you have any questions regarding this action, you may contact thisoffice at the following address: Freedom of Information/Privacy Office,US Army Intelligence and Security Command, ATTN: IACSF-FI, Fort Meade,Maryland 20755. The telephone numbers are (301) 677-3942/4743.

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Attn: IACSF-FIFort Meade, Maryland 20755

Re: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST Re: TscheETE=i5R5V7-F7K7Y-

Abdul Karim Soobzaqua

Dear Sirs:

Pursuant to your letter of 25herewith furnish you with the followingmy Freedom of Information request datedreceived by your office on 24 September

September, 1979, Iinformation concerning21 September 1979 and1979.

Mr. Soobzokov has variously claimed birth dates of24 August 1924 and 1 January 1918, at Tachatamukai, KrasnadorRegion, Union of Soviet Socialists Republic. His social securitynumber is 1. For your further information, Mr. Soobzokovwas allegedly employed or had contact with the United States ArmyMaterial Test Unit Number 1 1 Fort George Meade, Maryland during aperiod of time encompassed at least by December of 1955 throughJanuary, 1958. While so employed or'having contact with yourdepartment, Mr. Soobzokov was given an alias by your department,to wit: Sergei Zaravich.

For your further information, Mr. Soobzokov was allegedlyemployed by your department under special provisions by which theMaterial Test Unit Number 1 (8723) was authorized to conduct re-search programs. During his period of contact Mr. Soobzokov hadcorrespondence and contact with, among others, the followingpersonnel:

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Mr. Eugene R. ScheimanBaer Marks 4 Upham299 Park Avenue .New York, N.Y. 20017

Dear Mr. Scheiman,

This is in responseto your litter of 21 September 1979 requestingrecords 6ncerning Tscherim Soobzokov under the provisions of the Freedomof Information Act. Your letter was received in this office on 24September 1979.

To determine the existence of Army intelligence investigative records:responsive to your request, a .survey was made of the Name Only Index ofthe Defense Central Index of Investigations. This Index is managed bythe Defense Investigative Service for the Department of Defense. TheName Only Index is an index of names of individuals for whom the personalidentifiers (date and place of birth, and social security number) arenot available. A search was made under the following spelling variations:Tscherim Soobzokov, Abdul Karim Soobzaqua. In all cases we have receiveda NO RECORD response.

If you will furnish biographical data concerning Mr. Soobzokov, a moreconclusive search of the system of records maintained by this commandcan be conducted. If you will provide the following specific information,we will be pleased to conduct_an additional search - place and date ofbirth, social security number4 and armed forces service number, ifapplicable.

In the event Army intelligence investigative records are availablepertaining to Mr. Soobzokov, there may be information in these recordswhich is exempt from public disclosure, as specified in SUSC 552. Wenote, on page 2 of your letter, your reference to Mr. Soobzokov'spereonal privacy rights. However, it may be necessary for you to provideMr. Soobzokov's written authorization for the release of the records at .that time, as specified in SUSC 552a(b).

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CommanderUnited States ArmyIntelligence AgencyFort meade, Maryland 20756

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Re: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST Re: Tscherim Soobzokov, a/k/a

Abdul Karim Soobzaqua

Dear Sir:

I am an attorney involved in the defense of an activecivil:litigation* in which the above-named person, TscherimSoobzokov, is a plaintiff. In order to adequately prepare thedefense of this matter, I hereby make demand upon you, pursuantto Title 32, Chapter 5, Part 518, Subpart A for the followingdocuments:

1. Each and every document evidencing or referring tothe employment of subject by your department during the years1940 to date.

2. Each and every document evidencing or referring tosubject's use as an intelligence agent by or for the use ofyour department during the years 1940 to date.

3. Each and every document evidencing or referring toany security or other investigation made of subject by yourdepartment during the years 1940 to date.

4. Any information obtained by your department havingreference to, or concerning, subject's activities as an agentor operative of any Fascist or Communist government duriyears 1936 to date.

* Soobzokov v. CBS Inc., et a ., 78 Civ. 4908 (GLG)