The letter posted below was sent to the US Ambassador in Warsaw and has not yet (May 6, 2015) received a response from either the Ambassador or the Director of the FBI
April 21, 2015
April 21, 2015
My Dear Ambassador Mull
I would, in light of the recent contretemps concerning
the unwise and ill-judged statement of the FBI Director both ask him a question
and also suggest that he might wish to make some sort of apology for an earlier
FBI faux pas concerning Katyn.
As you may be aware, the Chief NKVD Interrogator at Kozielsk
prison camp was Kombrig Zarubin – the self same Zarubin who served as illegal
station chief in Washington beginning in 1943 and onwards (Zarubin and his wife
had been stationed in NYC since 1941).
Of course Zarubin operated under a different name Zubilin ;
nonetheless, although he was followed by the FBI from the start, he was tracked
by FBI agents starting with April of 1943, after his West Coast trip to meet
with Steve Nelson. Given the letter sent
by Vasili Mironov identifying Zarubin as involved in the Katyn Massacre
received by Edgar Hoover in August of 1943, there were several reasons to stop
Zarubin.
This was a singular, unique and missed opportunity for the
United States to have held a Soviet agent responsible for thousands of Polish
officer’s deaths.
Perhaps the Director could discuss the inaction of the FBI
in the case of this mini-holocaust of the Polish officer corps? Conversely, he could expand his area of
knowledge and read up on this matter before he pounced to erroneous judgement
on other matters which he clearly does not comprehend. For a private citizen to make a misstatement
of fact is one things for the head of a National institution is very different.
Finally, perhaps, the FBI director could agree to completely
open the files on Zarubin in possession of the FBI (they are still not
completely available) as a small token of apology to the Polish nation.
Respectfully yours and awaiting a response,
Respectfully yours and awaiting a response,
