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G-2 has requested that IAC prepare an estimate of the O/NE - A copy of the
"Likelihood of the USSR Deliberatelg Initiating War request to Mr. Reber.
- During 1952".
Mr. Armstrong has forwarded: (a) State's draft position Mr. Becker.
paper on the subject of security controls and the
contractual arrangements with Germany; (b) preliminary
comments of Defense on German contractual No. 2/1; and.
(c) draft of a convention on security controls prepared
- by Defense. He notes that State feels that (1) Item (c)
above should not be discussed at the forthcoming working
level three-power meeting in London next week; and (2)
Item (c) should not in fact be included in a convention
on security controls which must be published and ratified
by legislative bodies, including the Bundestag.
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The Tolstoy Foundation reported through the N.Y. Field Office
that final steps in the legal commitient of defector M.I.
Samarin (also known as Michael Gregory) at tie Institute of
Living, Hartford, Conn., had run into difficulties. Samarin
was removed from another institution to Hartford on 24 August,
and Conn, law prescribes procedure culminating in examination,
hearing and opinion by 2 independent psychiatrists, certifying
that the individual's commitment is required in the interest
of public safety. One of the 2.psychiatri 'tsroughtin for
this purpose has expressed doubt as, to the diagnosisof.
paranoiac schizophrenia. If his final decision should be that
Samarin is not dangerously insane, Samarin would be discharged
from the hospital. To arrange timely steps against this
contingency, if possible, the Executive Director of the
Tolstoy Foundation' and the assigned case officer in N.Y. will
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