800.01B11 Registration/10–1049
The Acting Attorney General (Ford) to the Secretary of State
My Dear Mr. Secretary: As you know, the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia expects very shortly to begin presenting the facts to the present Grand Jury surrounding the failure of the Amtorg Trading Corporation to file a registration statement with this Department as required by the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Section 7 of this Act holds criminally liable the officers and directors of a corporation who fail to cause the corporation to file the required statement. It is likely, therefore, that the Grand Jury may see fit to return indictments against the individual officers of the Amtorg Trading Corporation as well as against the corporation. In such an event, this Department should be made aware in advance of any privileges or immunities possessed by these individual officers which could possibly render them immune to court process. It is my understanding that each of these individuals is in the United States on 3.(1) visas.
According to our present information the following are now the officers of the Amtorg Trading Corporation:
| A. V. Zakharov | — Chairman of Board of Directors and President |
| V. P. Rebrov | — Vice-President |
| D. I. Bagrov | — Vice-President |
| A. A. Istchenko | — Secretary |
| S. A. Shevchenko | — Treasurer |
| G. N. Ogloblin | — Assistant Treasurer |
In view of the imminence of Grand Jury proceedings it will be appreciated if your Department can give this matter prompt attention.
Sincerely yours,
- This undated letter was received on October 10, 1949.↩