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Floran GuguAlso Known As (aka)Floran D. Gaga,Floran Dimitrii Gugu,Florea Guga,Florine Gugu,Gugd Floran,Gheorghe Floran,George Floran,G. Floran,Gheorghe Crisan;Adriana Kiseleff, akaAdriana Seodreanu,Adriana Scodreanu,Adpiana SpathiIValerian,TrifaInternal Security - Romania

Another government agency which conducts intelligenceinvestigations furnished information in July, 1973, from anoccasional source of untested reliability, that Asociatia"Romani, the association organized one yearago to cementre-IF:Eras abroad with Romanian emigres, is a front for theRomanian Intelligence Service. (RIS) (Securitate). Sourceadvised, that one Adriana Kiseleff recently travelled to theUnited States on behalf of Asociatia "Romania'. Kiseleffwas to visit one Gheorghe Eloaen, also known as Gugu Floran,a Romanian who allegedly defected in the United States(possibly about 1968) and whom source suspected of beingan EIS agent.

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Bucharest Consular Files revealed that AdrianaKiseleff, born November 30, 1914, in Tuzla, Romania,travelled to the United States in May, .1973, for a stayof three months, to.visit her husband, Gugu Floran, whoresides at 1407 Turnpike Street, Erie, Pennsylvania.'Their files also reflect that ore Gheorghe Florea, bornSeptember, 1908, immigrated to the United States inOctober, 1968.

The same government agency mentioned above•furniched information in October, 1973, from an occasionalsource of untested reliability, Source stated that AdrianaKiseleff is a Secuxitateco-optee and is the mistress ofGheorghe Floran, an employee of the Secuxitate publicationfor Romanian emigres, hTribuna Romaniei". According tosource, Fioran had the rank of major in the Securitate in1968, when he left for New York, ostensibly for scientificstudy. Apparently, Floran visits Romanian refugees in theUnited States in order to organize among them a net ofinformants for the Romanian Embassy in WashingtOn. Sourcestated that Kise/eff visits Floran periodically in order todeliver new Securitate requirements to him. BucharestConsular Files revealed that as well as visiting Floran,Kiseleff has had business with the Paramount Corporation inHollywood and with a Euram Book Publishing Company inNew York.

Floran Gugu, currently residing at the TurnpikeHotel, 1407 Turnpike Street, Erie, Pennsylvania, voluntarilyappeared at the New York Office (NYO) of the FederalBureau of Investigation (FBI) in July, 1975, and two timesin October, 1975.

• Gugu, on January 26, 1971, advised that he wasapproached by Doctor (Dr.) Charles Kremer, 253 West 72ndStreet, to write a book against Bishop Valerian Trifa ofthe Romanian Orthodox Church of America. and Canada. Thisbook would be entitled "Murder - and the Bishop". Kremeradvised that Moses Rosen, Chief Rabbi of Romania, wouldfurnish the anti-Trifa material to be used. Gugu wouldreceive five thoucand'dollara and the rights to the .book,which would be pablished - in Israel.

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Gugu learned that Alexandra Cerna Radulescu,press officer for the Patriarch of Romania and SecretaryGeneral of the Literary Revieu for Romania - stated thatthe Romanian Government desires to obtain contraof thethe Trifa branch of the Romanian Orthodox Church and theysent the monk, Valeriu Anania, to the United States forthis purpose.

Gugu refused to author such a book against Trifa,and he did not know if Kremer had asked any other individualto write this book.

Plan Gugu, on December 5, 1972, advised thatDr. Charles Kremer was attempting to have Gugu go withhim-to the Department of justice in New York City in orderto fUrnish information regarding Bishop Trifa.

Gugu advised that Kremer had been attempting overalong period of time to discredit Trifa, inasmuch asTrifa ls . susoected . of being a member of the Romanian IronGuard during the early 1940's. Gugu advised that Kremerhad been in contact with Nicolae Irinoiu, former SecondSecretary, Romanian Embassy, Washington, D. C., and withCorneliu Bogdan, Romanian Ambassador to the United States.Gugu was not certain, but he felt that Irinoia and Bogdanwere directing Kremer l s activities. Gugu felt that theRomanian Government was attempting to discredit Trifa inorder to obtain control of the Romanian Orthodox Churchin America.

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.Gugu advised on August 2, 1973, that anarticle appeared in the April, 1973, issue of the "UnitedIsrael Bulletin" written by Ion Roman. Gugu advisedthat he was Ion Roman. At Kremer's request, Gugu wrotea ten-page memo reflecting what he knew about Trifa. Guguunderstood that these ten pages were to be given tothe Department of Justice and not . to .th.: press Kremerhad shown him many letters which he had written to many .high US Government officials and Gugu felt that Kremerhad some connections with the American Government.

Cumi clairadthat the article which appearedin the "United Israel Bulletin" was published without

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his permission. Kremer chose the name of Ion Roman withouthis consent. The ten-page memo written by Gugu containedmany anti-communist statements and none of these statementswere contained in the article.

Gugu described Kremer as a good friend of theRomanian Embassy and, in his opinion, the article wasedited by the Romanian Embassy.

• Gugu spoke with David Horowitz, the editor ofthe "United Israel Bulletin 7 and Gugu told Horowitz thathe did not give Kremer permission to publish his articleconcerning Trifa. Gugu told Horowitz that he gave his •memo to Kremer for use by the Department of Justice andthe FBI.

Gugu, for a number of years, has promised tofurnish the FBI with information he knows concerningBishop Trifa. He continues to make these promises, but,to dale,he has not furnished all that he supposedlyknows about Bishop Trifa.

US Government records reflect that when AdrianaKiseleff first came. to. the United States in 1973, she wasdestined to the address of 253 West 72nd Street, NYC.This is the residence of Dr. Charles Kremer.

Dr. Charles Kremer, -residing at 253 West 72ndStreet, was contacted by Special Agents of the FBI athis residence in May, 1975, and he furnished the following.information:

Dr. Kremer aAvised that he has a lifetimeambition to have Bishop Trifa of the Romanian OrthodoxChurch of America deported from the United States foratrocities committed by him against the Jewish peoplein Romania while he was a member of the Romanian IronGuard in the early 19400. Dr. Kremer came to the UnitedStates in 1919, and he has no personal knowledge of thecharises-against Bishop Trifa. Trifa came to the UnitedStates in the 195ds and he is now an American citizen.

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Dr. Kremer recognized a photograph of Gugu andadvised that Gugu claimed that he was a newspaperman inRomania and up to one and a half years ago he would visitKremer unannounced about once every two months. Kremerdescribed Gugu as being very secretive and he would notgive his address or telephone number where Kremer couldcontact him in case of an emergency. Gugu usuallystayed at the Empire Hotel at Broadway and West 63rd Street,NYC. Kremer had no knowledge of what Gugu's activitieswere in NYC or outside -of NYC.

Gugu, for a period of time, made arrangementsto pick up his mail periodically at the residence ofBernard Kripzmen, 340 West 72nd Street, New York, NY,telephone number TB 4-1090.

Kripzmen is a pianist who has given a seriesof concerts in Romania. He is connected with OSTA, anorganization which arranges concerts in Romania.

. Gaga furnished written statements to Kremerregarding his knowledge of Trifa and Gugu Claimed that hecould back up his statements with documents. Gugusupposedly had proof that Trifa and Horia Sima, the leaderof the Romanian Iron Guard, were spies for the Soviet Union.

Gugu wrote an article regarding Trifa and itappeared in the April, 1973, edition of the "UnitedIsrael Bulletin'. Kremer advised the article appeareain the newspa per jast as it was written by Gugu. No oneedited this article.

Gugu told Kremer that Trifa was a member of anexecution squad which executed 'famous personalities inRomania. One of those killed was a First Name Unknown (FNU)•Largeanu, Secretary to (FNU) Madjearu; who was PrimeMinister of Romania. Trifa's squad members were DumitruGroza and (NJ) Boeru.

In January, 1973, Gugu was to join Dr. Kremer in aradio broadcast denouncing Bishop Trifa, but Gugu neverappeared.

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Despite the run-around given to him by GugU$and even though Kremer has not seen any documents to backup Gugu i s statements regarding Trifa, Kremer statedthat Gugu l s statements must be true because Gugu wrotethem.

Kremer advised that Gugu also wrote articlesagainst the leaders of the Romanian Orthodox Church ofAmerica, whom he attacked as communists.. Kremer receiveda document three or four years ago, supposedly written.-by Ion Patriotu, but Kremer is almost positive that itwas written by Gugu. This document attacks leaders of theRcmanian community in New .York City.

Based on the information that Kremer hasreceived from Gugu, Kremer feels that Gugu must have beenan eyewitness to those atrocities committed by Trifa.Kremer did not know Gugu i s present whereabouts, butwas interested in locating Gugu so he could be a witnessin any procedure regarding Trifa.

Kremer feels that the possibility of gettingGugu as a witness at this time is not very good. Evew.though he has no information, he would not be surprisedif Gugu was working for the Romanian Intelligence Service.

Kremer advised that he did not soonsor'AdrianaKiseleff's visit,to the United States in 1973. He wastold that his address was used, butt he again deniedsponsorship. Re did not know anyone at his address whocould have sponsored her..

. Kremer advised that when Kiseleff first cameto the United States, arrangements were made by BernardKripzmen to pick her up at the airport. Kremer wasinvited to accompany Kripzmen to the airport at the lastmoment because Kremer spoke Romanian. Kiseleff stayedat the Riverside Plaza Hotel on West 73rd Street betweenBroadway and West End Avenue, New York City.

'Before coming to the United States, Kiseleffwas in Paris, France, w:ere she stayed 'aith Gheor is'le 2coa.

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Kremer advised . that Kiseleff has been in NewYork City several times, but she has spent most of her timein careof Viorica Beachea, 709 Uestmoreland Avenue,Apartment 308, Los Angeles, California, telephone number(213) 380-8397.

. .Kremer was not certain, but he believed thatKiseIeff was connected with the OSTA office in Bucharest.Romania. Kiseleff has been described as Gugu l s girlfriend,but Kiseleff is supposedly disappointed with'Gugu. .

Kiseleff is also aware of KreMer's activitiesto have Trifa deported and she has also promised to senddocuments to himk bu.l to date,he has not received anyof them.

Gugu, in July and October, 1975, furnished thefollowing information:

Gugu related that up to approximately one and ahalf years ago, he was a frequent visitor to the office of theRomanian .Jewish dentist, Dr. Charles Kremer. Kremer hasbeen attempting, over a great period of time, to gatherdata against Bishop Trifa of the Romanian Orthdox Church ofRomania, in order that he could get Trifa deported. Kremeralleges that Trifa committed atrocities against theJewish people in Romania while a member of the RomanianIron Guard in the 1940s.

Gugu explained that he was a member of theNational Peasant Party (NPP) in Romania and he also wouldlike to see Bishop Trifa deported from the United States.His reason is different than Dr.,Kremer's, because Trifakilled Virgil 'Macearu, the General Secretary of the -National Peasant Party, in November, 1940. This assassinationtook place in Pustnicu Uoods, located between BuchareStand Ploiesti, Romania. Magearu was a great promoterof American and Romanian relations in the 193c and-in theearly : 1940S. Gugu heard of this killing from the wifeof Magearu, and the wire of Magearu claimed that she wasan eye tdtnoss to the assassination. A Dumitru Grose andTraian Boeru were aasociates of Trite in Romania.

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In 1940, Trifa, Groza and Boeru participated ineighty-two killings of former Romanian Vlinisters of theRomanian Government. .Gugn - obtained this information fromreading the report of Nicolae Penescu, who was connectedwith the National Peasant Party of Romania. Gugureceived this report from Penescu, inasmuch as Gugu wantedto write against the atrocities that were being committedin Romania during that period of time. Penescu wasconnected with the Romanian Government at that time andapproximately four thousand arrests of terrorists weremade by Penescu.

Gugu advised that Kremer's main source ofinformation concerning Bishop Trifa is Rabbi Noses Rosen, ofBucharest, Romania, He has also received information fromJewish people residing in Romania and Israel.

Constantin Tanasache, who resides in Queens,York, had told Guguahalt Dr. Kremer's fight to deport Trifafrom the United States. He even told Gugu of Kremer's -radio broadcast regarding Trifa.

Guge., who is also against Bishop Trifa, contactedKremer and furnished Kremer with ten written pages concerningBishop Trifa under the name Ion Roman. Kremer gave theseApages to David Horowitz to include in his newspaper "TheUnited Israel Bulletin". However, when it ap peared there'were a number of unauthorized changes to the informationthat Gugu had provided to Kremer. Gugu complained toHorowitz, and :Horowitz in turn told Gugu that Kramer hadgiven his communication to the Romanian Ambassador tothe United States.

• Gugu told Horowitz that this was against thepolicy of the National Peasant Party of Romania, inasmuchas the goal of the National Peasant Party is to work fora free Romania and against the Romanian communists.'

• Horowitz told Gugu that Kremer was extremely friendlywith the officials assigned to the Romanian Embassy in.Washington, D. C. Kremer wanted Gugu to write about Trifafrom -the positim of the 1:ational Peasant antAalso wanted Gugu to give this information to the

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and Naturalization Service (INS). Gugu did not give thisinformation to INS and told Kremer that if he received anofficia?. invitation from INS he would consider giving theinformation to them. Gugu was never invited by INS.

During his contacts with Kremer, Kremer proposedto give Gaga forty thousand dollars to write a bookcaptioned "Murder and the Bishop': and Kremer would givehim ten thousand dollar's to start it. Gugu told Kremerthat the United States Government could have all thisinformation regarding Trifa.

Guareiterated that he visited Kremer many timesand received letters in Erie. Pennsylvania, from Kremer.Suprisingly to Gugu, he also received a letter fromVicolae Irinoiu, former Second Secretary of the RomanianEmbassy, Washington, D. C. Irinoiu invited Gugu tovisit Irinoiu at the Romanian Embassy. Gugu was notSure, but it possibly had something to do with Dr. Kremer.

Kremer contacted Gugu, requesting him to come toNew York and participate in a demonstration concerning theactivities of those who killed Jews in Romania in 1941.Kremer also sent the material concerning Tri.fa to Gugu,which material was prepared by Constantin Antonovici, a sculptorwho resides in New York City.

When °ugu first met Kremer, he received-theimpression . that Kremer was working for the United StatesGovernment. He later-visited Kremer at his residence andobserved pictures of Kremer with the Patriarch Justinianand letters from President.Truman and President Kennedy.Gaga also reiterated that Rabbi Moses Rcaen of Bucharesthas furnished a great deal of information regarding Trifato Dr. Kremer. Kremer has been in Romania and on oneoccasion he wanted to interview Petre Gbeata, the secretaryof Gbeorghe Duca, former Prime Minister of RoMania,andltataskilled by the Romanian Iron Guard in 1933. Kremerintroduced himself to Gheata as Guga's friend. However,Gheata refused-to be interviewed because the National PeasantParty membcra presently in Romania Kern warned by Gugu .of Kremer's activities.

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. -Gugu claimed that he wanted to make available tothe United States Government all . the information he hasconcerning Trifa, but he has furnished it to Kremer. Hehas promised for a number of years to furnish the FBI withthis information, but, to date, he has not made it' available.

Gugu advised that Kremer has attempted to • .contact him since their last visit, but Gugu has refusedto have any, more dealings with Kremer. Kremer contactedTanasache and advised Tanasathe that he would give twothousand dollars to Tanasache and Ougu to start amagazine. Gugu advised that this offer was refused. Kremeralso proposed that they institute a radio program, whichalso was refused.

A confideltial source, NY T,1,• who has furnished-reliable and unreliable information in the past, advisedthat he met with Gugu and Tanasache in July, 1975, and Guguadvised thnt he was in a hotel in Cleveland, Ohio,and he denied to the source that he was the author ofthe article under the name of Ion Roman, which appeared •in the "United Israel Bulletin".Of April, 1973. • He -promised to be in contact again with the source in August, 1975:

At a later date,- the source was contacted byTanasache and Tanasache asked the .source for hls opinionregarding starting a new Romanian language newspaper. Thesource learned from Tanasache that the main purpose of thisnewspaper would be to discredit Bishop Trifa. Source feelsthat Gugu would play a big part in the operation of thisnewspaper if it ever . started publishing.

A confidential source, NY T-2, who has•furnishedreliable information in the past, advised on October 11 : 1975,that Gugu had advised him that he has teen questioned bythe FBI regarding his personal knowledge of the atrocitiescommitted by Bishop Trite. Gugu said he 'personally knew

•Trifa when Trifa was President of the student arm of the -Romanian Iron. Guard in Romania from 1937 until 1941. Guguthen stated that Trifa was a member of the Comninist Partystudent organi7ation in Romania in 1936 end hc is a communistagain.

Goo' has not furnished the information he toldto NY T-2 to the FBI regarding Bishop Trifa.

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Ougu also told NY T-2 that he has problem: withthe FBI because the FBI, through some unnamed politician, whois in US Government, is trying to get him deported as herefused to cooperate with. the FBI. He then told NY T-2that he 'was a permanent resident alien of the US.

Gugu ' last appeared at the NY0 on October 8, 1975,and told the NY° that he would visit the INS office inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in order to make application tobecome:a permanent resident alien of the United States.He had mentioned in past intervieus that he was a permanentresident alien, but he could not give any proof.

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ROMANIAN IRON GUARD

The Romanian Iron Guard was a political movement:'founded in Romania after World War I to strengthen unstableeconomic conditions, eliminate Semitic and foreign influences,achieve educational reform, boycott large industrial andgovernment intcrests,.and promote interests of the peasantry.It was pro-monarchy, pro-German, and anti-communist. Activein the 1930& to the early 1940b when the pro-Nazi regime- •was ousted by the communists. Leadership presently existsin exile in Madrid, Spain..

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Based upon available information and/Orinvestigation, Nicolae Irinoiu is considered to beconnected with the Romanian Intelligence Service.

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