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(H) what is the sequence of events on July 
17, 1947, when, according to Soviet officials, 
Raoul Wallenberg ‘‘died of a heart attack’’, and 
if he did die, what happened to his body; 
(I) when, and in what Soviet or Russian 
archival file, was the so-called Smoltsov Report 
discovered; 
(J) why were no handwriting samples from 
1947 for Dr. Smoltsov provided by Russian of-
ficials to forensic experts and why has no re-
view been granted of Smoltsov’s personnel file 
in order to determine whether or not he was on 
extended medical leave and thus unable to over-
see Wallenberg’s detention, as claimed; 
(K) what has happened to the letter writ-
ten by Minister of State Security Viktor 
Abakumov to Foreign Minister Vyacheslav 
Molotov on July 17, 1947; 
(L) will all records of the Politburo meet-
ing in Stalin’s office from August 9, 1947, dur-
ing which the Wallenberg case was definitely 
discussed, be declassified and released; 
(M) since researchers have not been per-
mitted to examine important Russian intel-
ligence collections that could provide valuable 
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insights into the reasons for Wallenberg’s ar-
rest— 
(i) will researchers receive access to 
Soviet foreign and military intelligence re-
ports from Hungary in 1944 and 1945, as 
well as additional Soviet intelligence re-
ports from Stockholm, Sweden for the 
years 1944 through 47 that have so far re-
mained classified; and 
(ii) will researchers also be permitted 
to review reports from Soviet Military 
Field Intelligence operating in Hungary in 
1945, which possibly interrogated both 
Raoul Wallenberg and Vilmos Langfelder; 
(N) since Stalin’s personal secretariat, the 
Special Sector of the Central Committee, was 
involved in the Wallenberg case, will the infor-
mation from its records regarding this case be 
made available; 
(O) since, in 1956 a Soviet citizen by the 
name of Shiryagin in Kharkov wrote to the So-
viet Ministry of Foreign Affairs claiming to 
have 
important 
information 
about 
Raoul 
Wallenberg, why did the Foreign Ministry re-
quest the KGB to silence Shiryagin on the 
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issue, where is the letter, and what are its con-
tents; 
(P) where is the documentation regarding 
the discussions that took place in 1956 between 
Soviet diplomats Viktor Vladimirov and Pavel 
Yerzin with Finnish diplomat A˚ke Frey about 
Raoul Wallenberg; 
(Q) since, on February 6, 1957, when the 
Soviet authorities informed the Swedish govern-
ment that Raoul Wallenberg had died in July 
1947, only limited information was presented, 
will all the records of the Presidium (Politburo) 
discussions regarding the preparation of the 
Gromyko Memorandum be made available; 
(R) since, in 1961 Swedish physician Pro-
fessor Nanna Svartz reported that her Soviet 
colleague Professor A. L. Myasnikov revealed to 
her 
that 
he 
had 
direct 
knowledge 
of 
Wallenberg’s presence in the Soviet Union, will 
the full documentation of these discussions be 
made available to Raoul Wallenberg’s family 
and researchers; 
(S) 
how 
and 
where 
exactly 
were 
Wallenberg’s personal effects discovered in 
1989, and were they collected and archived in 
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line with the standard Soviet administrative 
procedures of the time, including— 
(i) if Wallenberg indeed died in 1947, 
why weren’t the bills of foreign currency in 
his possession at the time of his arrest 
confiscated then (as was official Soviet ad-
ministrative protocol for prisoners of war) 
but instead handed over to some of his 
family members in 1989 and can proof be 
provided that the currency given to 
Wallenberg’s family was the original cur-
rency in his possession; 
(ii) how did the Soviet authorities 
know 
the 
amount 
of 
currency 
in 
Wallenberg’s possession, was he given a re-
ceipt for his currency upon arrival at 
Lubyanka, and if so, in which file was this 
receipt kept; and 
(iii) were Wallenberg’s diplomatic 
passport and address book archived in his 
Archival-Investigation file, has that file 
been preserved as has that of his former 
cellmate, 
Ro¨del, 
and 
if 
so, 
will 
Wallenberg’s Archival-Investigation File be 
made available; 
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(T) since in 1993, a former KGB official, 
Colonel 
Andrei 
Bachurin, 
indicated 
that 
Wallenberg had once asked for medical assist-
ance, requesting an appointment with a dentist, 
why hasn’t the actual register entry for this re-
quest ever been presented by the Central Ar-
chive of the FSB despite numerous inquiries; 
(U) since in 1993, a former Vladimir Pris-
on employee reported that a prisoner matching 
Raoul Wallenberg’s description had been held in 
isolation in Section 2 sometime during the mid- 
to-late 1950s, while a former prisoner in Vladi-
mir Prison, Zigurds Kruminsh, stated to his 
American cellmate, Professor Marvin Makinen, 
that he had met a secret Swedish prisoner dur-
ing his time at Vladimir, are there any for-
eigners imprisoned in Vladimir Prison during 
the years 1945 to 1975 whose names have thus 
far been withheld, and will the names of all 
Swedish nationals held prisoner in the Soviet 
Union during this time be released; and 
(V) since, on January 12, 2001, a Swed-
ish-Russian Working Group investigating the 
Wallenberg case for over 10 years produced 
contradictory reports and failed to reach a com-
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mon conclusion, what evidence is there to con-
firm that Wallenberg was most likely executed 
on July 17, 1947, as the official Russian report 
from 2001 stated; 
(3) urges the President, Secretary of State, and 
other high level United States Government officials 
to raise the case of Raoul Wallenberg to their Rus-
sian counterparts, and request direct access to the 
original and unredacted documentation in the Rus-
sian archives, including the questions specified in 
subparagraphs (A) through (U) of paragraph (2); 
(4) emphasizes the need of independent 
verification of any information provided by Russian 
officials; and 
(5) reaffirms Raoul Wallenberg’s ‘‘humani-
tarian spirit, personal courage and nonviolent action 
in the face of enormous odds’’, and commits to the 
continued pursuit of answers regarding Wallenberg’s 
fate. 
Æ 
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