Part 2 of 2
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D.C. 20535
December 14, 2007
MR. RALPH A FRAMMOLINO
APARTMENT 2
33 NORTH EL MOLINO AVENUE
PASADENA, CA 91101
Subject FREL, JIRI
FOIPA No. 1075190-000
Dear Requester:
The enclosed documents were reviewed under the Freedom of Information/ Privacy Acts (FOIPA), Title 5, United States Code, Section 552/552a. Deletions have been made to protect information which is exempt from disclosure, with the approximate exemptions noted on the page next to the excision. In addition, a deleted page information sheet was inserted in the file to indicate where pages were withheld entirely. The exemptions used to withhold information are marked below and explained on the enclosed Form OPCA-16a:
Section 552(b)(1)
(b)(2)
(b)(6)
(b)(7)(C)
41 page(s) were removed and 31 page(s) are being released.
You have the right to appeal any denials in this release. Appeals should be directed in writing to the Director, Office of Information and Privacy, U.S. Department of Justice, 1425 New York Ave., NW, Suite 11050, Washington, D.C. 20530-0001 within sixty days from the date of this letter. The envelope and the letter should be clearly marked "Freedom of Information Appeal" or "Information Appeal." Please cite the FOIPA number assigned to your request so that it may be easily identified.
Sincerely yours,
David M. Hardy
Section Chief
Record/Information
Dissemination Section
Records Management Division
Enclosure(s)
EXPLANATION OF EXEMPTIONS
SUBSECTIONS OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 552(b)(1) (A) specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and (B) are in fact properly classified to such Executive order;
(b)(2) related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency;
(b)(6) personnel and medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
b)(7) records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such law enforcement records or information ( A ) could be reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings, ( B ) would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication, ( C ) could be reasonably expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy,
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FOIPA # 1075190
MCRP
Jiri Froblich
R53-3-28-72
ALL FBI INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 10-25-2007 BY 60324 auc baw/rs/ljm
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
AIRGRAM
NO: A-286
UNCLASSIFIED
TO: Department of State (VO)
FROM: American Embassy, PRAGUE
DATE: July 18, 1969
SUBJECT: VISAS: NIV SPLEX Case of Jiri FREL.
1. VISAS DONKEY Jiri FREL, born Nov. 13, 1923 at Veselicko, CSSR, University Prof., Classical Archeology, Charles University, Prague, [DELETE]. Both regular passports.
2.
To accept appointment at School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ. under Prof. [DELETE]. Has valid DSP-66 signed by [DELETE]. ETA 20 Sept. 1969 by air at New York for 10 months.
3. Aliens claim no political affiliations. No apparent ineligibilities.
1969 JUL 24 AM 10 41
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RECORDED
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Copy to Newark
FORM 4-62 ds-323
UNCLASSIFIED
51 AUG 12 1969
REC'D DOM INTELL DIV
JUL 30 1969
JUL 28 1 47 PM 1969
Federal Bureau of Investigation Records Branch
Attention [DELETE]
Return to [DELETE] OPD
All References (Subversive & Nonsubversive)
Subject: Jiri Frel
Birthdate & Place: 11-13-23
Date: 7-28
Federal Bureau of Investigation Records Branch
Attention [DELETE]
Return to [DELETE]
All References (Subversive & Nonsubversive)
Subject: JIRI FREL
Birthdate & Place: 11-13-23, CZECH
Date: 4-2
FILE NUMBER
105-195963
Federal Bureau of Investigation Records Branch
Attention [DELETE] 818 D.
Return to [DELETE]
All References (Subversive & Nonsubversive)
Subject: [DELETE]
Birthdate & Place: 11-13-23, CZECH
Date: 4-7
FILE NUMBER
105-195963
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CLASSIFICATION PER OGA LETTER
DATED: 10-22-2007
DATE: 10-26-2007
CLASSIFIED BY 60324 auc baw/rs/ljm
DECLASSIFY ON: 25X 3.3(1) B6 B7C
10-26-2032
4/12/71
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SAC, Newark
Director, FBI
JIRI FREL
IS - CZ
[DELETE]
Newark refer to Department of State airgram July 18, 1969, indicating
subject with [DELETE] was to enter United States under the East-West Exchange Program, September 20, 1969, to accept an appointment at the school of Historical Studies, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. The East–West Center (EWC), or the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, is an education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peoples and nations of Asia, the Pacific, and the United States. It is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The East–West Center originated as a University of Hawaii at Manoa faculty initiative with a February 16, 1959, memo from professor Murray Turnbull, then acting Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, to political science professor Norman Meller, then chairperson of the faculty senate, that proposed the creation of an International College of Cultural Affairs. However, University of Hawaii President Laurence H. Snyder stated that budgetary constraints prevented proceeding at the time with the idea.
Two months later, following radio reports of an April 16, 1959 speech in Washington, D.C. by then Sen. Lyndon Johnson (D-TX) that proposed the creation of an international university in Hawaii "as a meeting place for the intellectuals of the East and the West," history professor John Stalker and Meller urged President Snyder to respond at once to Johnson's suggestion. With the prospect of federal funding, President Snyder appointed a faculty committee chaired by Turnbull to rapidly prepare a substantive proposal for creating an international college.
On June 9, 1959, Sen. Johnson introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate to establish an educational center in Hawaii to provide for "cultural and technical interchange between East and West," with a companion bill introduced in the U.S. House by Delegate John A. Burns (D-T.H.); the Mutual Security Act of 1959, signed by U.S. President Eisenhower on July 24, 1959, called on the State Department to study the idea and report back to Congress by January 3, 1960.
On May 14, 1960, President Eisenhower signed the Mutual Security Act of 1960 which authorized the creation of a Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West (East–West Center) at the University of Hawaii, and on August 31, 1960, signed the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1961, which appropriated $10 million for the Center (including $8.2 million in capital spending for six new buildings), and on September 30, 1961, President Kennedy signed Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1962, which appropriated an additional $3.3 million for the Center.
On October 25, 1960, the University of Hawaii signed a grant-in-aid agreement with the State Department to establish and operate the East–West Center, and received its first installment of $1.1 million in federal funding on November 8, 1960.
University of Hawaii art professor Murray Turnbull served as interim director and acting chancellor of the East–West Center through 1961,[8] when anthropologist Alexander Spoehr, the former director (1953–1961) of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu, was appointed as the East–West Center's first chancellor, serving for two years before resigning at the end of 1963. University of Hawaii president Thomas H. Hamilton served as acting chancellor of the East–West Center for a year and a half from January 1964–June 1965. In July 1965, he was succeeded by former newspaper publisher and diplomat Howard P. Jones, the former U.S. ambassador to Indonesia (1958–1965), who served as chancellor for three years before being succeeded in August 1968 by linguist Everett Kleinjans, the former vice president of International Christian University in Tokyo, who had lived in Asia for sixteen years.
On May 9, 1961, then U.S. Vice President Lyndon Johnson was a guest at groundbreaking ceremonies for the East–West Center's first six buildings. Five of the new buildings, designed by architect I. M. Pei, were built along the new East–West Road where a new 21-acre (85,000 m2) East–West Center campus just west of Manoa Stream on the east side of the university campus replaced chicken coops, temporary wooden buildings for faculty housing, and the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station. A sixth building built under the federal grant for the East–West Center was Edmondson Hall, designed by architect Albin Kubala and built on McCarthy Mall.
-- East–West Center, by Wikipedia
Also refer to New York letterhead memorandum, November 13, 1969, reporting subject's arrival at New York on October 7, 1969. Copies of both communications have been furnished to Newark. Bureau files contain no additional information identifiable with subject [DELETE] or any information he has requested political asylum in the United States.
Newark, through established sources only, determine if subject is still at Princeton University and obtain all available data pertaining to him. Check local INS records to determine his status in the U.S. in view of allegation he has requested political asylum.
WFO check appropriate State Department records to determine subject's status. Submit results by letterhead memorandum and Newark include recommendation for further handling.
Enclosures (2)
2 - WFO (Enclosures-2)
WRS:klk
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SEE NOTE PAGE TWO
MAILED 25
APR - 9 1971
FBI
57 APR 19 1971
SECRET
Letter to Newark
Re: Jiri Frel
NOTE:
[DELETE]
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DATE: 10-25-2007
CLASSIFIED BY 60324 auc baw/rs/ljm
DECLASSIFY ON: 25X 3.3(1) 10-26-2032
10-25-2032
SECRET
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
DATE: 4/28/71
TO: DIRECTOR, FBI
FROM: SAC, NEWARK (105-27435) (P)
SUBJECT: JIRI FREL
IS-CZ
RE: Bulet to Newark, 4/12/71, no copy for New York.
[DELETE]
[DELETE] [Handwritten: JIRI FREL]
Department of State Airgram dated 7/18/69 indicates subject with [DELETE] was to enter the U.S. under the East-West Exchange Program, 9/20/69 to accept an appointment at the School of Historical Studies, Princeton, University, Princeton, N.J.
Subject was born 11/13/23, Valelicko, Czechoslovakia.
On 4/28/71, inquiry was made at INS, Newark, N.J., and it was ascertained that INS file A18 587 955 pertaining to JIRI FREL, born 11/13/23, was transferred to INS, New York, N.Y., on 9/25/70.
INS records indicate FREL entered the U.S. at New York, N.Y., on 10/7/69. No record at INS, Newark was found for [DELETE]
NEW YORKWill expeditiously review INS file A18 587 955 at INS, New York, and submit results by LHM.
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
DATE: 5/24/71
TO: DIRECTOR, FBI
FROM: SAC, NEWARK (105-27435) -P-
SUBJECT: JIRI FREL
IS - CZ
Re: Bulet to Newark, 4/12/71.
Newark letter to Bureau, dated 4/28/71.
Enclosed for the Bureau are five copies of an LHM dated and captioned as above. Enclosed for New York is 2 copies.
[DELETE] advised there were no records at her institution concerning FREL. His location or activities in the New York City area are unknown to [DELETE]
Inquiry at Princeton University showed he was not employed there.Identity of source contained in Newark file.
LEAD
NEWARK
AT NEWARK, NEW JERSEY: On basis of information obtained by NYO from INS file of subject, will determine necessary investigative steps.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Newark, New Jersey
May 24, 1971
JIRI FREL
INTERNAL SECURITY - CZ
[DELETE],
a knowledgeable source in a position to have information of this type, advised that Frel was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, (IAS), Princeton, New Jersey, for the 1969-70 academic year. His major interest is Greek Archeology and while at IAS was in the Historical Studies group.The governing board of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute, called the Board of Managers, reads like a financial statement of the various Rockefeller holdings. Its principal director for many years was the late Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss, partner of Kuhn, Loeb Co., the Rothschild bankers in the United States. Strauss listed himself in Who's Who as "financial advisor to the Messrs. Rockefeller." He was also a director of Studebaker, Polaroid, NBC, RCA, and held government posts as Secretary of Commerce and as head of the Atomic Energy Commission. For many years he funneled Rockefeller funds into the notorious Communist front, the Institute of Pacific Relations. Strauss was also president of the Institute for Advanced Study, a Rockefeller think tank at Princeton, and financial director of the American Jewish Committee, for which he raised the funds to publish the propaganda organ, Commentary magazine.Another prominent director of Sloan Kettering was Dorothy Peabody Davison, a leading New York socialite for some fifty years. She had married F. Trubee Davison, son of Henry Pomeroy Davison, a Rockefeller relative who had been the right-hand man for J. P. Morgan. Davison was one of the group of five leading bankers who met with Senator Nelson Aldrich (his daughter married John D. Rockefeller, Jr.) at Jekyll Island in
a secret conference to draft the Federal Reserve Act in November of 1910. The Dictionary of National Biography notes that Davison "soon won recognition from J. P. Morgan, frequently consulting with him, particularly during the monetary crisis of 1907 . . . In association with Senator Aldrich, Paul M. Warburg, Frank A. Vanderlip and A. Piatt Andrew, he took part in drawing up the Jekyll Island report that led to the crystallization of sentiment resulting in the creation of the Federal Reserve System."
As head of the Red Cross War Council during the First World War, Davison raised $370,000,000, of which a considerable number of millions were diverted to Russia to salvage the floundering Bolshevik government. His son and namesake, Henry P. Davison married Anne Stillman, daughter of James Stillman, head of the National City Bank which handled the enormous cash flow accruing to the Standard Oil Company. H. P. also became a partner of J. P. Morgan Co.; his brother, F. Trubee Davison, married Dorothy Peabody, the nation's leading philanthropic family.
The Peabodys may be said to have invented the concept of foundation philanthropy, the first major foundation being the Peabody Education Fund, set up in 1865 by George Peabody, founder of the J. P. Morgan banking firm; it later became
the Rockefeller Foundation. Dorothy Peabody's father was the renowned Endicott Peabody, founder of the Establishment training school, Groton, where Franklin D. Roosevelt and many other front men were educated. Dorothy Peabody was on the national board of the American Cancer Society for many years, as well as director of Sloan Kettering. She was also a noted big game hunter, making many forays to India and Africa, and winning many trophies for her prize animals. Her husband was Secretary of War for air from 1926-32, and was president of the American Museum of Natural History for many years; this was Theodore Roosevelt's favorite charity. Her son, Endicott Peabody Davison, became secretary to the J. P. Morgan Co., and then general manager of the London branch of the firm; he has been president of U.S. Trust since 1979, director of the defense firms Scovill Corporation and Todd Shipyards, also the Discount Corporation. He is a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Markle Foundation, which makes key grants in the communications media. Eisenhower's Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, was also related to the Rockefellers through the Pomeroy family.
-- Murder by Injection: The Story of the Medical Conspiracy Against America, by Eustace Mullins
Source advised that Frel allegedly sent [DELETE] home and was residing in the New York City area. [DELETE] advised source of this information was unrecalled and the reliability of the information was unknown.
Source said to the best of his knowledge Frel is not in the Princeton, New Jersey area.
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency.
105-195963-4
ENCLOSURE
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Office: NYC
File No.: A 18 585 955 (S)
Date: 5/5/71 S/JG
DIRECTOR, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION,
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
Washington, D.C. 20537
Attention: RECORDS BRANCH
Please furnish any derogatory information contained in any file -- other than fingerprint records which your Bureau may have concerning the following person:
NAME: FREL, Jiri
DATE OF BIRTH: 11/13/23
PRESENT NATIONALITY: Czech
PLACE OF BIRTH: Veselicko, Czech.
MALE
PARENTS' NAMES / DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH / ADDRESS
Father: (till 1945 Frohlich) FREL, Antonin/ 6/11/1894 / Doini / Ujezd, Czechoslovakia
Mother: TOMANOVA, Marie / 2/1/27 / Vienna, Austria / Deceased
RESIDENCE LAST: c/o Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue & 82nd. Street
Institute for advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.
EMPLOYMENT LAST: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue, 82nd. Street, N.Y.
LAST ADMISSION TO U.S.: 10/7/69 NYC N-1
PRIOR ENTRIES AND DEPARTURES: 105-195963
SOCIAL SECURITY # 054 48 1251
FOR RELIEF OF: Investigations
NOT RECORDED
9 MAY 25, 1971
Please resubmit in 60
105-195963
60 MAY 284971
[Handwritten note: xerox copy to Newark, Nw Jersey for action 5/25/71. WRS/hrm. Remarks: Note attached from INS. NY and WVO expedite investigation and RK submit [ineligible] & your recommendation for further action.
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
DATE: 5/27/71
TO: DIRECTOR, FBI
FROM: SAC, NEW YORK (105-111900) (P)
SUBJECT: JIRI FREL
IS - CZ
(00: NEW YORK)
ReBulet to newark, 4/12/71, no copy for NY, and Newark letter to Bureau, 4/28/71, two copies for NY.
It is noted for the information of Newark that subject's INS File Number is A18 585 955, and not A18 587 955, as previously reported. Numerous contacts with the NYC office of INS concerning this case were unproductive due to the fact that the INS file could not be located until 5/21/71, at which time it was reviewed.
[DELETE] [Handwritten: Jiri, Frel, Czech]
Subject is currently a Research Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, and resides in the NY area with [DELETE]. Subject's previous position was visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, from October, 1969 until April, 1970. Subject is divorced from [DELETE]. Subject is estranged from his [DELETE] who is also currently residing in [DELETE].
[DELETE] [Handwritten: Jiri, Frel]
In view of the foregoing, the NYO will assume Origin in this case.
Newark is requested to provide the NYO with any pertinent information concerning the subject and specifically a copy of reBulet to Newark, dated 4/12/71. In addition, copies
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[In addition, copies] of any further information concerning subject's possible intelligence connections should be forwarded to the NYO.Upon receipt of the necessary information from Newark, NY will submit results of INS file review and investigation by LHM.
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
DATE: 5/28/71
TO: DIRECTOR, FBI
FROM: SAC, WFO (105-104484) (RUC)
SUBJECT: JIRI FREL
IS-CZ
(OO:NK)
Re Bureau Letter, 4/12/71.
Enclosed for the Bureau are five copies of an LHM; two copies each for Newark and New York.
The information from the USDS, EUR/SES, was furnished to SA [DELETE]. SA [DELETE] reviewed the Visa file, USDS.
SA [DELETE] received the negative information from the Office of Security, USDS.IC [DELETE] was advised the files of the Central Office, INS, reveal that subject's file A-18-585-955 is located at INS New York City. The lead to have this file reviewed is being left to the discretion of the office of origin.
The LHM is classified "Confidential" as it [DELETE]Confidential
This is the lowest classification level of information obtained by the government. It is defined as information that would "damage" national security if publicly disclosed, again, without the proper authorization.
Examples include information related to military strength and weapons.
-- Classified information in the United States, by Wikipedia
ENCLOSURE
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Washington, D.C. 20535
May 28, 1971
JIRi FREL
INTERNAL SECURITY - CZ
[DELETE]
The files of the Visa Office, USDS, were reviewed May 25, 1971. They contained a letter of April 27, 1970, wherein it was noted Frel had previously asked for asylum in the United States, giving the reasons that under conditions in Czechoslovakia he would be persecuted for coming to the United States and he would be unable to con-
CONFIDENTIAL
GROUP 1
Excluded from automatic downgrading and declassification
ENCLOSURE
105-195963-6
JIRI FREL[They contained a letter of April 27, 1970, wherein it was noted Frel had previously asked for asylum in the United States, giving the reasons that under conditions in Czechoslovakia he would be persecuted for coming to the United States and he would be unable to con-] tinue his work in classical archaeology.
A letter dated September 17, 1970, from the USDS to the Immigration and Naturalization Service advised the USDS interposed no objection to Frel's remaining in the United States.
A representative of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was advised on April 26, 1971, that the files of the Office of Security, USDS, contain no record of Frel.This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency. It and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
CONFIDENTIAL***
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
DATE: SEP 17 1971
TO: DIRECTOR, FBI
FROM: SAC, NEW YORK (105-111900) (C)
SUBJECT: CHANGED
JIRI FREL aka
Jiri Frohlich
IS CZ
(OO:NY)
Title is marked "Changed" to reflect former birth name of subject, before the name FROHLICH was legally changed to the name FREL.ReBulet to NK, 4/12/71, no copy for NY: NKlets to Bu, 4/28/71; and 5/24/71; NYlet to Bu, 5/27/71; WFOlet to Bu, 5/28/71; and NKlet to NY, 6/9/71.
[DELETE]
One copy of this LHM is being sent to INS locally.
Subject was interviewed on 9/7/71, with SAC authority. The results of the interview are set forth in the enclosed LHM. It is noted that numerous attempts made to interview the subject prior to this date were unsuccessful due to a short illness of the subject as well as his vacation during August, 1971, which extended until 9/7/71.
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It is further noted that
FREL was extremely cooperative during the interview and volunteered information concerning his alleged part in the [DELETE] trial in Czechoslovakia, in 1953.
During the interview, FREL accurately substantiated the information set forth in his INS file number A18 585 955.
He advised that he is not in contact with members of the United States Czech community and does no have any knowledge of any activities of Soviet-Bloc intelligence services nor is he acquainted with anyone affiliated with these services.
In view of the fact that FREL appears to pose no security threat to the United States and has little informant potential at the present time, this case is being placed in a closed status.
NYO indices reflect no further information regarding FREL. Credit and criminal checks of the Greater New York area were negative concerning the subject.In the event information is received by the NYO concerning FREL which would merit further investigation, the Bureau will be immediately advised, and investigation will be instituted pursuant to the provisions of Section 105, M of I.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
New York, New York
SEP 17 1971
Par 1-3, pg 1 & par 1, pg 2
Jiri Frel also known as
Jiri Frohlich
Internal Security - Czechoslovakia
[DELETE]
SECRET
GROUP 1
Excluded from automatic downgrading and declassification.
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
105-195963-7
ENCLOSURE
SECRET
Jiri Frel also known as
Jiri Frohlich
Internal Security - Czechoslovakia
[DELETE]
On September 7, 1971, Jiri Frel was interviewed by Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at New York City, and furnished the following information:
Frel advised that he was born as Jiri Frohlich on November 13, 1923, at Veselicko, Czechoslovakia. His father Antonin Frel was born June 11, 1894, at Dolni Ujezd, Czechoslovakia. His mother Maria Frohlichova, maiden name Tomanova was born February 23, 1900. Frel stated that both his parents are deceased. On September 24, 1946, the name of Jiri Frohlich was officially changed as requested by Frel to the name Jiri Frel by the authority of a local district court within Czechoslovakia, having legal jurisdiction over such matters.
[handwritten: Czech]
Frel has been twice married. He is legally divorced from his [DELETE]. On July 5, 1948, in Prague, Frel [DELETE] followed on [DELETE]. On December 26, 1958, in Zbraslav, Czechoslovakia, Frel was legally divorced from [DELETE] who was granted permanent [DELETE]
Shortly after the divorce, Frel married [DELETE] is currently estranged from Jiri Frel and is [DELETE]. Frel advised that upon his first arrival in the United States on October 7, 1969, [DELETE] followed him to the United States on November 7, 1969, but later departed on February 2, 1970.
DELETE]
[handwritten: USA]
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SECRET
Jiri Frel also known as
Jiri Frohlich
Internal Security - Czechoslovakia
Jiri Frel is a full professor of Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology and as such, was employed as a professor and lecturer at Charles University, Prague, from July, 1948, through October, 1969. During World War II, and immediately thereafter, Frel was a student at Charles University studying for his advanced degrees. During his professorship at Charles University, he resided at Mikovcova 3, in Prague. While engaged in his work at Charles University, Frel stated that he had many occasions to visit and study at various institutions of higher learning and universities throughout Western Europe and the Mediterranean. he stated that he often performed work and study at the Museum of the Louvre in Paris, as well as various universities and museums engaged in archaeological study in Greece.
On October 7, 1969, Frel arrived in the United States at New York City, with a J-1 visa which was to expire July 20, 1970. His travel was in connection with an East-West cultural and educational exchange program, which provided a position for him as a visiting scholar in the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. While at Princeton, Frel resided at 103 Einstein Drive, Princeton, New Jersey. Frel held this position from October, 1969, through April, 1970. He is a current member of the American Archaeological Institute.
During April, 1970, Frel officially requested the authorities of the New York City Office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that he be allowed to permanently remain in the United States. In addition, during April, 1970, Frel was offered and accepted a position of Research Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue and 82nd Street, New York City, where Frel continues to be employed. At the time of the acceptance of this position, he transferred his residence to 110-18 64th Avenue, Forest Hills, New York,
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SECRET
Jiri Frel also known as
Jiri Frohlich
Internal Security - Czechoslovakia
[DELETE]. Presently, Frel is the Associate Curator of the Greek and Roman Art Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Recently, Frel changed his residence to 67-25 Kessel Street, Forest Hills, New York. [DELETE].
[DELETE], who was also born in Czechoslovakia and educated at the [DELETE] of the United States. [DELETE], also of Czechoslovak extraction, is employed as an [DELETE]
Frel was officially aided and assisted in his application for permanent resident status by [DELETE] and by his attorney [DELETE] of Lord, Day and Lord, 25 Broadway, New York City, which law firm also represents the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In addition, Frel advised that he was also assisted by former United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union, George Kennan, who is now at the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, at Princeton.George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904 – March 17, 2005) was an American diplomat and historian. He was best known as an advocate of a policy of containment of Soviet expansion during the Cold War. He lectured widely and wrote scholarly histories of the relations between the USSR and the United States. He was also one of the group of foreign policy elders known as "The Wise Men".
During the late 1940s, his writings inspired the Truman Doctrine and the U.S. foreign policy of "containing" the Soviet Union. His "Long Telegram" from Moscow during 1946 and the subsequent 1947 article The Sources of Soviet Conduct argued that the Soviet regime was inherently expansionist and that its influence had to be "contained" in areas of vital strategic importance to the United States. These texts provided justification for the Truman administration's new anti-Soviet policy. Kennan played a major role in the development of definitive Cold War programs and institutions, notably the Marshall Plan.
Soon after his concepts had become U.S. policy, Kennan began to criticize the foreign policies that he had helped articulate. By late 1948, Kennan became confident that positive dialogue could commence with the Soviet government. His proposals were discounted by the Truman administration and Kennan's influence was marginalized, particularly after Dean Acheson was appointed Secretary of State in 1949. Soon thereafter, U.S. Cold War strategy assumed a more assertive and militaristic quality, causing Kennan to lament what he believed was an abrogation of his previous assessments.
In 1950, Kennan left the State Department—except for a brief ambassadorial stint in Moscow and a longer one in Yugoslavia—and became a realist critic of U.S. foreign policy. He continued to analyze international affairs as a faculty member of the Institute for Advanced Study from 1956 until his death in 2005 at age 101.
-- George F. Kennan, by Wikipedia
On March 25, 1971, [DELETE] petitioned the Immigration and Naturalization Office at New York City, to reclassify the status of [DELETE] Jiri Frel to that of an permanent resident, and requested that the issuance of an immigrant visa be effected for Frel. On April 23, 1971, the petition was approved. As of August 11, 1971, Frel advised that he has become a United States permanent resident.
Frel stated that while at Charles University he was a candidate for the Czechoslovak Communist Party. He stated that he became a candidate only in order to keep his position at the university. Subsequent to making application however, he advised that his candidacy was rejected and he was expelled on the grounds of his independent political philosophy which did not conform to the accepted Party precepts and maxims. Frel advised that he has never been affiliated
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with any type of intelligence service either in the United States or abroad and is not connected with anyone whom he believes to be intelligence affiliated. He stated that during his extensive travels while a professor at Charles University, he was never assigned any type of intelligence mission nor did he receive any financial assistance or reward for any work performed. He did state, however, that
when he would return to Czechoslovakia from his travels, he was required to report to the educational authorities of the Czechoslovak government and report his activities and contacts while outside of Czechoslovakia. He stated that he was also required to fill out a lengthy form enumerating any acquaintances made during his trips and furnish background information about them including personality assessments. He stated that while he was never aware of this information being used for intelligence purposes, he often suspected that the Czechoslovak Intelligence Service reviewed copies of this form. He advised that while travelling in connection with his studies he rarely, if ever, met anyone outside of his field of academic study.
With regard to his political activities while in Czechoslovakia, Frel advised that he was very inactive in any matters political. He did state, however, that he was somewhat suspected of siding with the Communists due to the results of a political trial in Czechoslovakia, in 1953, which sentenced [DELETE] professor at Charles University to prison.
He stated that he never testified at this trial nor had any part in it whatsoever. He advised that to his knowledge, the trial was held in secret and was publicized only after the conviction of [DELETE] [LC: Ruzena Vackova, a professor of classical architecture in Prague]. He did state, however, that since he was one of her proteges at Charles University in Prague, a rumor began to spread of which he was aware, that he had somehow cooperated with the Communist government in her demise. He stated that this was patently false and that he continues to -5
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be a friend of [DELETE], although they do not correspond with each other. In 1969, while in Prague, he stated that he inadvertently ran into [DELETE] in the Charles University Library. From that meeting, he stated that it was obvious that he and [DELETE] continue to remain friends.He stated that he does not keep in contact with members of the United States-Czech community and continues, generally speaking, to associate only with academic figures involved in Greek and Roman archaeological research. He stated that he has never been contacted by anyone whom he thought to be connected with any type of intelligence service while in the United States.
He stated that he does not intend to return to Czechoslovakia and hopes to become a United States citizen. Because of this fact, he has never been in contact with any officials of any Soviet-Bloc country. He stated that furthermore, he would not ever make contact in view of the fact that he vehemently disagrees with the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, and considers the United States to be in his words "a great and good country.Frel stated that in the even that he is contacted in the future by anyone who he deems to be connected with any type of Soviet-Bloc intelligence service, he will immediately notify the FBI.
A short physical description of Frel follows:
Race: White
Sex: Male
Height: Six feet two inches
Weight: 185 pounds
Build: Medium
Complexion: Medium
Hair: Thick, gray, wavy
Eyes: Gray
Scars and Marks: None
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THIS COMMUNICATION IS CLASSIFIED "CONFIDENTIAL" IN ITS ENTIRETY.RE PARIS TELEPHONE CALL, MAY 20, 1985. [Handwritten note: U.S.]
ACCORDING TO A NEW YORK TO FBIHQ LETTERHEAD MEMORANDUM DATED SEPTEMBER 17, 1971, JIRI FREL, A CZECHOSLOVAKIAN PROFESSOR OF GREEK AND ROMAN ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY, ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON OCTOBER 7, 1969, IN CONNECTION WITH A WORK EXCHANGE PROGRAM BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. IN APRIL, 1970, SUBJECT MADE A REQUEST OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCY. SUBJECT CAME TO FBI ATTENTION AT THIS TIME, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT SUBJECT WAS NEITHER A CZECH OPERATIVE NOR A SECURITY THREAT TO THE
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