Contact maintained by an important member of the Soviet Embassy here with a member of the American Nazi Party –and watched by the F. B. I. — led to an order by the State Department yesterday expelling the Soviet official from this country.
The expelled Soviet diplomat is Valentin M. Ivanov, First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy. He was ordered to leave the country on the ground that he had paid Roger C. Foss, who described himself as a member of the American Nazi Party, a “substantial amount of money” urging him to get a job with the Federal Government.
Mr. Foss, 32 years old, said he reported his contacts with Mr. Ivanov a few weeks ago to the F. B. I. However, the F. B. I. was reported to have been watching Mr. Ivanov independently of the information from Mr. Foss.
The Washington Post reported that Foss stated he decided about a year ago to get information on emigrating to Russia. He said that, after visiting the Soviet Embassy, Mr. Ivanov contacted him and suggested that he apply for an American Government job. On this occasion, Foss said, Mr. Ivanov advanced him $50. While waiting for results of a civil service examination, Foss, according to his story, kept contact with Mr. Ivanov and from time to time received additional sums of money, totaling $500. In the meantime, Foss added, he had heard of the American Nazi Party, and joined it.
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