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DIRECTOR 404768
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TO: IMMEDIATE MINSK.
FROM: LIMIT C/CE/W/MB INFO C/CE/W
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SUBJECT:
WNINTEL RYBAT CODEL
152211Z DIRECTOR 404768
DRAFT BRIEFING PAPER AND OSWALD FILES
REF: A. MINSK 14140 95
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B. DIRECTOR 398108
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95 1311426.
ACTION REQUIRED:
PLEASE CORRECT DRAFT, BRIEFING PAPER TO
REFLECT CHANGES REQUESTED IN PARA 3, BELOW.
2. RE PARA 2, REF A: _THE_BACKGROUND OF THE OFFER. TO PROVIDE
*THE<LEE HARVEY OSWALD>FILES WAS TRANSMITTED TO STATION ON 9_AUG
VIA REF BJ THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE MATTER WAS TURNED OVER TO
*THE FBI BECAUSE OF THE SENSITIVITY CONNECTED WITH THE<KENNEDY>
*<ASSASSINATION.>> WE ARE QUERYING THE FBI TO SEE WHERE THE MATTER
STANDS. YOU ARE WELCOME TO PASS THIS ALONG TO THE AMBASSADOR.
WILL ADVISE AS SOON AS THE FBI RESPONDS TO OUR REQUEST
WE
.3.. PAGES ONE AND TWO OF YOUR BRIEFING PAPER ARE RIGHT ON THE
MARK. PAGE THREE HOWEVER CONTAINS SOME-ISSUES THAT_WE_REQUEST YOU
DELETE AND/OR SOFTEN.-
A. FIRST SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH 4. DO NOT DISCUSS ANY
UNILATERAL OPERATIONS WITH THE SENATOR. WE ARE CONCERNED WITH ANY
DISCUSSION OF SOURCES; IN THIS INSTANCE THE CASE IS INACTIVE AND
WOULD_NOT_ADD TO YOUR DISCUSSION.
B. PARAGRAPH 7. PLEASE REDRAFT TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
REGARDING EMBASSY SECURITY, OUR CONCERN IS THAT WITHOUT A 24 HOUR
PRESENCE WE DO NOT HAVE AN EFFECTIVE DETERRENT TO SURREPTITIOUS
ENTRY. ELECTRONIC SECURITY DEVICES WILL ONLY TELL US THAT AN
SECURITY AT
ENTRY HAS BEEN MADE, IT WILL NOT STOP AN ENTRY.
EMBASSY MINSK WAS RECENTLY DISCUSSED BY CE OFFICERS WITH THE SSCI,
THE FACT, OF
WHO HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERN TO THE DEPARTMENT.
COURSE, IS THAT STATE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO
HAVE MARINE GUARDS AT ALL LOCK AND LEAVE EMBASSIES AND NWBOLTON
APPRECIATES THAT. (FYI: THIS IS A PARTICULARLY CONTENTIOUS ISSUE
WITH THE AMBASSADOR. WE SEE NO POINT IN ALIENATING HIM BY PUTTING
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PARAGRAPH 8. PLEASE DELETE IT.
TO ALL OF THE PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS YOU NOTED SO WE WOULD PREFER
THAT THEY NOT BE DISCUSSED WITH THE SENATOR.
3.
PLEASE ADVISE IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE REF BAND WE WILL
RETRANSMIT. REGARDS AND GOOD LUCK!
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