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must have been otherwise as, had he actually been dismissed for "political unreliability", he would not have been able to continue his studies at the Institute of Marxism-Leninism.

Because Subject had communicated to his father, using "hidden phrases" in their letters to each other, about his wish to leave the USSR, Subject's father arrived in the USSR in 1957 in order, Subject states, "to establish at first hand for himself whether Subject really wished to defect to the US". Subject's father remained in the USSR for a total of six months. As a result of his father's visit, Subject changed his tactics and began to submit applications for "emigration" to the US. As earlier, these applications were "denied"; however, Subject states he continued resubmitting them several times each year.

a. After he left the Barna District place of employment in February 1955, Subject found work as a "free lance translator" for the Moscow Torgovaya Palata. He earned 1100 rubles per month translating English language material related to the iron and steel plant which was being designed by the USSR for erection in India. In January 1956 Subject found work as chief of the translations bureau of the Puchkov-Iskryevsky Institute of Subterranean Machine-Building; his functions consisted primarily of supervising the translation of English language materials on technical equipment. Again, Subject admitted that his work was "nominal" as, in actual fact, he spent 1-2 days at work, spent the rest of his time at home, and devoted most of his time and energy to the studies at the Institute of Marxism-Leninism. His salary continued as 1100 rubles per month.

b. In August 1958 his work came to an end. Generally he provided a contradictory account in this respect. Initially he stated that the position had been eliminated but then changed this story to state that he resigned in August 1958 so he would have had to begin devoting his full time to his work. In any case, his resignation generally coincided with the completion of his studies at the Institute of Marxism-Leninism. Thereafter, until until his emigration to the US in 1962, Subject held no full time job. Nonetheless, he states that he received a pension from the State amounting to 1100 rubles per month. He also continued to translate for the Torgovaya Palata of Moscow. He stated that he also designed a sample of his translation efforts—see the attached to the response to our query, Subject admitted that his work was not checked, and generally he was a free agent, one can well say he pleased, and generally was responsible to no one. Apparently in order to

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