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 Another individual that we investigated to some extent in connection with the Schevchenko case was Vladimir Morkovin, who was employed at the Bill Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, Now York, as a Research Aerodynamicist. Our investigation showed he was contact with Schevchenko. He was designated in the information from under the cover name of Author. Morkovin left his employment at Bell Aircraft in August, 1946, and in January, 1947, took employment at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he presently is working in the Aeronautical Engineering Department, this department having had contracts with the Navy and with the Air Force. We presently are conducting an active investigation concerning Morkovin.

Another individual who was associated with Schevchenko, according to our investigation of him, and who is also mentioned in information, is William Pinsly. Pinsly was employed by the Curtis Wright Corporation in Williamsville, New York, on December 22, 1942, in the Aeronautical Engineering Department. He held this position through 1944 and was noted to be in contact with Schevchenko on several occasion. He was designated by the MGB under the cover name of Cork. Instructions have been issued for current investigation of Pinsly.

You will recall that in the Spring of 1944 Kravchenko defected from his position with the Soviet Government Purchasing Commission in Washington, D. C. The informatics from reflects that thereafter he was designated by the cover name of Komar by the MGB and they were active in determining his activities and associates. They had a woman designated by the cover name of Ola who was to travel from Washington, D.C., to New York City to establish contact with Lydia Estrin, the mistress of David Dallin, both of whom were active in Russian Social Democratic circles and were assisting Kravchenko. We have not been successful in identifying Ola as to date, although we have conducted an extensive investigation in this respect. It also was reported that Ola was acquainted with Laura Peabody Cunningham and the Soviets knew that she was employed by the Naval Communications. We have interviewed Cunningham who is now married to a man by the man of, as she is still employed by Naval Communication. There is no definite information to the effect that she was ever used by the MGB. We also have interviewed Alexei Stoopenkov who apparently was acquainted with