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Cryptonym: PAWNEE-5

Definition:

REDSKIN student in Helsinki during the summer of 1959. Flirted with Gregoriy Golub, the Soviet consul in Helsinki. During Sept. 1959, Golub began to offer "instant visas" for foreigners seeking to enter the USSR through Helsinki. Lee Oswald was one of the first to use this new arrangement. PAWNEE-5's identity is unknown.

Status:

Documented

Sources:

104-10172-10302: DISPATCH - REDCAP (WITHHELD)-(WITHHELD) CONTACT WITH GRIGORY YE GOLUB

Pawnee-5 and her friend Pawnee-3 had a very friendly dinner with the Soviet consul in Helsinki and his wife.

104-10172-10291: DISPATCH- REDWOOD/REDSKIN/REDCAF/A/5 GRIGORIY YE GOLUB

The American consul gave his Soviet counterpart Gregoriy Golub two tickets to see Leonard Bernstein. Golub took Pawnee-5 to the show. On Oct 13 the two consuls had lunch, Golub thanked the American, and told him citizens could now obtain an instant visa to get into the USSR thru Helsinki. (Note: Oswald did just that on Oct. 14) After a great amount of flirting, Golub gave Pawnee-5 his wife's pajamas, only to return and "found her standing nude in the middle of the room." The story is that Golub slept in another room and didn't call her after that visit.

104-10172-10283: PERSONAL INFORMATION DATA, GRIGORIY GOLUB

Early 1960 memo: Golub and AEPAWNEE-5 (is that the proper digraph, hard to read) are seeing each other once a week.

Contributors:

Bill Simpich

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