Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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4. Do you have any information to the effect that Oswald might not have come to the Soviet consulate or to the Soviet Embassy in Helsinki to obtain his visa? Could he have obtained a visa in Switzerland or Sweden, then have come to Helsinki and, without reporting to the Soviet consulate in Helsinki, have taken a train to Leningrad and then to Moscow?5. According to your previous information, "any tourist - he buys a tour to the Soviet Union, makes out the *anketa,* and then comes to Moscow." In what country did Oswald buy a tour to the USSR? In what country did Oswald fill in the *anketa*? If the *anketa* goes to Moscow, to what office in Moscow does it go? To MID, KGB? Is it possible that all the data on Oswald from his *anketa* was sent to Moscow by a cable? Did you see and read Oswald's *anketa* or a telegram that Oswald is coming to Moscow? If you did not read the *anketa,* who among the KGB officers of the Second Chief Directorate or the First Chief Directorate read the *anketa* or had access to it? Who would logically have access to the *anketa*?6. According to your previous information, any person who wants to visit the USSR has to buy a tour in a foreign tourist firm in his home country or any other country, and the tourist firm will make arrangements for his stay in the USSR. It is understood that he must fill in the *anketa,* and in addition to the general questions, the common tourist should make requests for the cities he intends to visit and for the accommodations he wants. The tourist would know in advance when he receives his visa his date of arrival in Moscow, in what hotel he is going to stay, and what kind of accommodations he would be given. The question, then, is do you know when Intourist received Oswald's request and application and when it answered him that his demands are met and that he is welcome in Moscow?7. From your knowledge, when Oswald arrived in Moscow, was he handled by the Intourist Agency or by *Sputnik,* the Youth Tourist Bureau of the USSR, or by the Central Council for Tourism of the Soviet Trade Unions?**Note:** The Central Council for Tourism of the Soviet Trade Unions organizes exchanges of tourists between trade unions of the USSR and other countries. *Sputnik* was organized in June 1958 for the exchange of of tourists (students and other youths).
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8. What is the procedure after a tourist applies for a Soviet visa? Do you know at what tourist agency or in what foreign country Oswald applied for a visa to the USSR or bought a tour to the USSR? Who was the Soviet Intourist representative in that country who took Oswald's visa application to the Soviet Embassy?9. You stated previously that Oswald was not considered a defector. If he was not a defector, then what was he?**Note:** If the KGB did not consider Oswald to be a defector, then it is possible that Oswald was known to the KGB long before his arrival in the USSR as a tourist and Oswald was assured that when he arrived in the USSR he would be given Soviet citizenship or at least a permanent residence permit. Although he would be a defector anyway, it could be that Oswald did not like the word defector and the KGB decided not to call him a defector but, let us say, a volunteer. The Soviet Constitution states that the USSR grants the right of asylum to all foreign citizens "who are persecuted for safeguarding the interests of the working class or who are persecuted for scientific activities, for national-liberation struggle." (Article 129 of the USSR Constitution of 1936.)10. You stated previously that "since about 1960, every Soviet ambassador can give a visa in three to five days. If so, what was so special for the Soviet government that the ambassador would be personally involved in issuing a visa to Oswald?**Note:** It is known that in 1957 the Soviet government adopted some measures to improve travel for foreign tourists in the USSR. They mostly concerned currency exchange. The 1957 regulations said nothing about visas. Nosenko should be questioned about the 1957 decision of the Soviet government to determine if he is not mistaking the 1957 decision with that of 1960.11. You stated previously that since about 1960, every Soviet ambassador can give visas in from three to five days. The available information published by the Soviets unmistakenly states that a visa cannot be obtained in less than seven days (in some cases it takes five to seven days). Following are excerpts from a book entitled *Moscow, A Tourists Companion*, published in Moscow in 1969, and from the magazine *Soviet Life*, May 1978, p. 59.*Soviet Life* stated that "visas are issued within 10 days of receipt of application at a Soviet consulate."
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## Intourist's suggested plan of visits in Moscow (continued)11. The Maurice Thorez Embankment (formerly Sofiiskaya) Red Square, Stolllov Square, along Gorky Street, Sadovoye Koltso, Kutuzovsky Prospekt, Leninsky Prospekt, past Moscow University on the Lenin Hills back to the National.2. A tour of the Kremlin and Red Square. A visit to the Kremlin Cathedrals and the Armoury. The tour takes three hours. If you have another day in Moscow, be sure to visit the Exhibition of Economic Achievement of the U.S.S.R. (see p. 60), which will give a good idea of contemporary Soviet life and the cultural or economic achievements of Moscow and the rest of the Soviet Union. The excursion takes four hours. In the afternoon, pay a visit to the famous Tretyakov Art Gallery or the treasure trove of Russian fine art. The excursion there takes something like three hours.Do your best, too, to see Moscow's glorious Bolshoi Theatre ballet.If you have a few more days in Moscow, pick tours to suit your taste and inclinations.## Continue Your TripFrom Moscow you can make a tour of the Soviet Union-the subtropics of the Black Sea coast and the Siberian taiga, the Ukrainian steppelands, the mountains of the Caucasus, and the ancient towns of Russia and Central Asia.Here is the list of cities where Intourist offers its services:*   Leningrad, cradle of the Russian revolution, a city of magnificent architecture:*   Black Sea health resorts of Batumi, Odessa, Sochi, Sukhumi and others:*   Crimean and Far Eastern cities:*   Novosibirsk- the largest industrial centre and city of science in Eastern Siberia:*   Bratsk, a new Siberian town neighbouring on the Bratsk Hydro-Electric Station on the Angara, which is one of the world's largest:*   Irkutsk, the city near the legendary Lake Baikal:*   Khabarovsk, a major Soviet Far Eastern city.8
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# Aditional information ott VisasQUESTION: I would like to ore un article aboutIntourist arevices, priors, etc. (I. I. Krause,Minneapolis, Minnrouta; M. Suparof. Peshoro,Massachusetts; and many other renders)ANSWEI Intourist in our state-oferrated commerامدtravel agency. It works with me 700 firms and traneport companies in nearly 100 countries, including about100 in the United States Intourist arranges tours forSoviet citizens abroad and for foreigners in the SovietUnion. We estimate that 25 million foreign travelerewill visit our country between 1976 and 1980 and that18 million Soviet people will pu abroad.We will deal here only with Intourist services forforeign travelers. They include sighterring excursions,trips to muscuros and theatera, meetings with. Sovietworkers at factorire and farme anul with Soviet students,round table discussions and other afforIntourist offers aliwatos individual motorindifferent kinds of grotupand symposiums, excursions for schoolchildren andyouth, cruises, art festivals and more.Many visitors coune for root and medical treatmentat spas in the North Cauca (Eentuki, Theleznovodsk Patagoreks or on the Black Sea(Sochi, Yalta. Oda told a roomat a sanatorium, spreid diet meals, medical care andother services,A new tour called the Russian Language Seminar israpidly gaining popularity. Besides seeing the country,the traveler has a chance to brush up on Russian withspecial courses.Cost depends on the clam and type of the tous, dis.tance, season and nüciber of services, Intourist offers adiscount on off season tours, frequently as low as onefourth of the full price. There are special cut rates foryouth and student groups, as well as for children.Entry vivas are issued within 10 days of receipt ofapplications at a Soviet Consulate. Foreign currencyformalities are limited to derfaring your currency atcustoms. Intourist also arrepts credit cards fromforeign banks and firens.Itineraries include 135 cities of the country and aredesigned to suit all tastes. You can choose a separaterepublic or the whole country, the Caucasus, Siberia,Central Asia, the Far Fart, the leading cultural centers,health rents or acires heFor instance, Gener 1major US. partners, ties the following tours:1) "Spotlight on Rumia and the Crimea"--10 days,   Moscow-Kiev-lalta-Leningrad, price 999 to 1.123   dollars, depending on the day of departure by air to   the Soviet Pravin (Th includes   air fare, hotel mandatis clic; f (Wo   than for one-three meals a day and guide services)2) "Destination Black Ses and Caukastis 16 days   Leningrad -Sochi-Thilise-Yerevan - Moscow, 1,159   to 1,458 dollars.The American Express Company, another major Intourist partner, offers a 22-day "The Complete USSR"SETTI LIFE, May 1975, 54tour through Moscow, Hratok, Ichutok, Taslıkent, Dok.haza, Samarkand, Baku and Leningrad, for 1,09 to2,085 dollars.Incidentall, if you do plan to come, for more detainget in touch with the intourist ofhoe:Vitaliy burgashev, Intourist Travel Information, 40Fast Forty-nimh Street, New York, New York, 10017.Telephone: (212) 371-6953.9
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12. Some questions about visas could be put to Nosenko based on information provided in the book, *Your Trip to the USSR* (A Tourists Manual). The book is published by Foreign Languages Publication House, Moscow. Although there is no date of publication in this book, the information provided in the book strongly suggests that it was published no later than 1962. The information states that "it should not take more than a week to receive one's visa." The applicant must fill in and sign an application form (sample enclosed) and enclose three photographs of passport size as well as a copy of the Intourist or Intourist contractor firm voucher to the effect that the applicant has paid the full cost of the tour. The tourist need not apply to the Soviet consulate in person, as the tourist firm will take care of the matter.APPLICATION FORMFor Persons Who Wish to Obtain an Entry Visa the U.S.S.R. or a Transit Visa Through the U.S.S.R. (Write clearly in ink or type all answers in full)| QUESTIONS                                                                                                                                                                                                      | ANSWERS || -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- || 1. Surname, name and patronymic (persons who have more than one surname, or who have pen nantes. must list them in full; marned women and wideres inust give their maiden name and their hus- band's surnaine) |         || 2. Date and place of birth                                                                                                                                                                                     |         || 3. Nationality                                                                                                                                                                                                 |         || 4 Citizenship. If yo. Weformer- ly a citizen or subject of another Vountry, indicate former citizen- ship                                                                                                      |         || Place & present ind profe...                                                                                                                                                                                   |         |
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6. Reason for going to the U.S.S.R., duration of and itinerary. Note: Persons applying for a transit visa through the U.S.S.R. must have an entry or transit visa of the country which or through the applicant proceeded upon leaving for the U.S.S.R.7. If minors under 16 years of age are accompanying you, indicate the surname, name and patronymic of each child.8. Were in the U.S.S.R. before: (If so, indicate when, where and purpose of stay)9. Surnames, names, patronymics and addresses of close relatives in the U.S.S.R.10. Your signature:Date(day, month, year)Signature1.  55DOCUMENTSVisasTo enter and leave the U.S.S.R., a foreign tourist must have a valid national passport and Soviet entry and exit visas. It should *not* take more than a week to receive one's visa.Citizens of foreign countries are issued Soviet visas through Consulate of the U.S.S.R. in their own country. The applicant must fill in and sign an application form (see sample), and enclose three photographs of passport size, as well as a copy of the Intourist or Intourist contractor firm voucher to the effect that the applicant has paid the full cost of the tour. The tourist need not apply to the Soviet Consulate in person, as the tourist firm will take care of the matter.Citizens of Bulgaria, Hungary, the German Democratic Republic, the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam, the Chinese People's Republic, the Korean People's Democratic Republic, the People's Republic of Mongolia, Poland, Rumania and the Czechoslovak Republic have the right, according to a reciprocal agreement, to enter and leave the Soviet Union without applying for Soviet visas, on the basis of their national passports alone.> [Figure: A drawing of an airplane.]> A simple black and white line drawing shows an airplane taking off. The plane has visible passenger windows and appears to be climbing.
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A person's national passport should not expiie beforethe date of his departure from the U.S.S.R.A Soviet tourist visa is valid for entry into theU.S.S.R. and exit during the time specified and is validalong the cities enumerated in the visa. A touristcan enter into and leaves the U.S.S.R. only through the bor-der-points indicated in his Soviet visa.Should your plans change unexpectedly, your visamay be extended, the itinerary altered and the borderentry and exit points changed without any additionalformalities if Intourist is able to provide accommoda-tions and transportation to comply with the change. Inall events, you must notify Intourist of a change in plansfew days ahead.Visitors visas for visiting relatives in the U.S.S.R.are granted through relatives and friends.Group visas may be issued to tourists on cruises andto large tourist groups travelling together.Visas are issued, extended and itineraries andborder-points of entry and exit are altered free ofcharge.Transit VisasSoviet transit visas are issued for three days oftravel by Soviet Embassies. No Soviettransit visas are necessary for persons of any na-tionality flying over the territory of the U.S.S.R., oncondition that all reservations (of connecting flights)assure passenger no longer than 24hours' stay in any given point of change) have been36made for him along the entire route through theU.S.S.R. and that the passenger has the right to enterthe next contiguous country.Health CertificatesTourists from Africa, South America and Asia musthave an International Vaccination Certificate, and tour-ists from India and Eastern Pakistan must have a certifi-cate stating that they have been inoculated againstcholera. Tourists from other countries do not need topresent any health certificates and there will be no med-ical examination at U.S.S.R. Public Healthoffices. Additional proof of health fromtourists arriving from countries known to have an epi-demic at the time of arrival.- 37 -12
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# 13. It would be useful to ask Nosento his comments on the information on"Passports and Other Formalities" taken from the book, *A Motorist'n Guide to the Soviet Union* by Viktor Louis and his wife Jennifer Louin.The book was published in Moscow in 1967.*Note:* Viktor Louis and his wife are "slightly" known to Nosenko.## Motorist's Guidehand-cinbroidered shirt or *blouse* (15 routiles upwards); toys; gramophone records (12 in. LP--1 rouble); books (comparatively inexpensive); traditional silver-gilt-and-enamel ware (e.g. tiny fork for lemon or butterballs--1 rouble); child's spoon with animal hande--3 roubiles); wood, alabaster or potter ornaments.If you would like to visit the markets, you should go as early as possible in the day. You will be able to find in the market good quality fresh fruit which is often lacking in the weeds. Also on sale there are honey, fresh eggs and dairy products; there may be various items of local handwork as well. The markets close at 5.00 p.m.## PASSPORTS AND OTHER FORMALITIESIn order to enter and leave the Soviet Union a foreign tourist must have a valid national passport and a Soviet entry visa. Soviet visas are issues free of charge usually within a seven-day period from the time of application to the Soviet Embassy or Consulate in the tourist's own country. The border points through which the tourist enters and leaves the Soviet Union must be those indicated in the Soviet visa.Foreign tourists' arrivals in the Soviet Union are registered when they first hand over their passports at the first Intourist service point indicated on the visa.In addition to Soviet visas, it is required that the citizens of most Western European countries obtain vises for the Communist countries through which they will drive on their way to and from the Soviet Union: East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Rumania or Bulgaria; East German visa are obtainable on entry to that country.Besides an International Driving Permit, motorists must bring an international automobile registration certificate of the country of departure, stipulated in the 1926 International Automobile Traffic Convention. Tourists' cars can be brought into the Soviet Union and taken out again without payment of duty on condition that the tourist gives a written guarantee to take the car out of the country upon departure. This guarantee is to be handed over to the customs authorities at the Soviet border.It is forbidden to bring the following into the Soviet Union:(a) arms and ammunition(b) printed matter, films, photographs, negatives, drawings, etc. "which are hostile to the U.S.S.R. in political or economic respects".Printed matter, plants (fruit, seeds, etc.) and animals are liable to inspection by customs authorities.It is forbidden to take out of the Soviet Union:(a) arms and ammunition13
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IV. Belorussian KGB and MVD.1. It would be useful to question Nosenko about his knowledge of the chiefs of the KGB and the MVD in the Belorussian Republic. A list of names follows:KGB and MVD Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs of the Belorussian SSSR.ChiefsLt. General Lavrently Fomich Tsanava - NKVD, MGB (State Security) 1941-1953.Maj. General Mikhail Ivanovich Baskakov - MVD 1952-1954.Lt. General Aleksandr Ivanovich Perepelitsyn - KGB (State Security) 1954-1959.Aleksandr Nikiforovich Aksenov - MVD 1960-1965.Lt. General Vasiliy Ivanovich Petrov - KGB (State Security) 1959-1973.Lt. General Yakov Prokopyevich Nikulkin - KGB (State Security) 1973-DeputiesMaj. General Aleksandr Ivanovich Perepelitsyn - MVD 1952-1954Arkadiy Denisovich Rudak - KGB (State Security) 1959-Aleksandr Nikiforovich Aksenov - KGB (State Security) 1959-1960.Maj. General Stepan Alekseyevich Smorodinskiy - KGB (State Security) 1962-Ivan Leopoldovich Lysakovskiy - KGB (State Security) 1971-2. What do you know about Aleksandr Nikiforovich Aksenev?Note: (a) Aksenov was Deputy Chairman of the KGB of Belorussia from 1959 to 1960. It is assumed that when Oswald arrived in Minsk in January 1960, Aksenov was Deputy Chairman of the KGB and would definitely know about the Oswald case. From 1960 to 1965, Aksenov was MVD Minister of Belorussia. Therefore it would be under his direction that Oswald's passport and the departure of Oswald and Marina from Minsk was arranged. If Nosenko had access to Oswald's file, he must know about Aksenov. From 1965 to 1971, Aksenov was First Secretary of the Vitebsk Obkom of CP Belorussia, and since 1971, Aksenov has been Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Belorussian CP. He has been a member of the CC CPSU since 1976, and he is also a deputy to the USSR Supreme Soviet. On May 9, 1978, Aksenov arrived in Columbia. He headed the Soviet delegation on the invitation of the Columbian Communist Party.
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(b) A. N. Aksenov is no doubt identical with a Colonel Nikolay Aksenov with whom, according to Epstein's book, (page 146) Marina Oswald had an interview in 1961. Aksenov is also mentioned in McMillan's book (pages 132-133). Aksenov allegedly said to Marina: "Tell your husband not to worry... I believe your request will be granted." Also see page 125 of the same book,3.  Did you know or know of Arkadiy Denisovich Rudak?Note: Rudak was Deputy Chairman of the KGB during 1959 to 1960 and might have taken part in the Oswald case while Oswald lived in Minsk.4.  Did you know or know of Major General Stepan Alekseyevich Smorodinskiy?Note: Smorodinskiy was Deputy Chairman of the KGB for Belorussia in 1962 and most likely know about the Oswald case. His name would most likely appear in the Oswald file.5. Do you know Lt. General Vasiliy Ivanovich Petrov?Note: Petrov was KGB Chairman for Belorussia from 1959 to 1973. Therefore, it would be his agency, the KGB, which would watch Oswald in Minsk. It is safe to assume that after the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, Petrov, as Chairman of the KGB of Belorussia, would review the Oswald file and send it to Moscow. He would also have been called to Moscow KGB headquarters to take part in the preparation of the *spravka* (summary) of the Oswald file.6. What do you know about Lt. General Aleksandr Ivanovich Perepelitsyn?Note: Perepelitsyn was Chairman of the KGB of the Belorussian Republic from 1954 to 1959. Nosenko should know him or at least about him. Nosenko should be asked if Perepelitsyn took any part in the investigation of Oswald. (Perepelitsyn was Deputy Chairman of the KGB of the USSR from 1959 to 1967. He died in Moscow.)7. What part, if any, was played by General Sergey Grigoryevich Bannikov in the Oswald case, especially after the assassination of President Kennedy?Note: Bannikov was mentioned by Nosenko as one of the Deputy Chiefs of the Second Chief Directorate and later on as one of the Deputy Chairmen of the KGB of the USSR. From 1968 to 1978, Bannikov was Deputy Chairman of the Soviet Supreme Court.V. Nosenko - Nikolayev1. Can you explain why you went to England and Cuba under the name Nikolayev and to Geneva using your true name, Nosenko? What would have happened if some Englishman or English intelligence officer had met you in Geneva in 1962 or in 1964 and greeted you in the presence of the other delegates15