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 '' has advised that Davila was known under the cover name of Docker and that on October 9, 1944, he was definitely recruited by the MGB and that more than mere political collaboration was expected both at that time and in the future. According to the source, Davila understood the nature of the work expected of him.''

''Whn Davila applied for employment with the National Committee for a Free Europe in 1950, CIA went through a name check on him. By letter date August 22, 1950, CIA was advised of the pro-Russian activities and statements of Davila in the 1940's. They were not advised of information at that time.''

''A report showing recent activity of Davila was disseminated to CIA in May of this year. This report showed the results of an interview with Dovila.''



''According to in 1944, an individual designated under the cover name of Greg was in the U. S. and was planning to return to South America. He was a Soviet espionage agent. We identified this individual as Galdames, and found that he had made a trip in November, 1943, from Chile to the U. S. for study in the pharmaceutical field. In June, 1944, he returned to Chile to form a drug company. Our most recent information indicates he is presently in Santiago, Chile. We have not previously given CIA any information in this case, as our only source of information is the information. We did make a name check of CIA and found that they had no data on Galdames.''



''Gebert was identified by us as identical with an individual described by under the cover name of Ataman, who was apparently used by the MGB in connection with Polish political activities in the U. S. in 1944. Gebert was in the U. S. as a Polish alien from 1912 to 1947, and was an important Communist in the Polish field. He returned to Poland in 1947 and investigative reports have been disseminated to CIA. These report, of course, did not include the data.''