AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : “AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 JFK Assassination System Date: 8/27/201 Identification Form Agency Information Released under the John Kennedy Was5assination Records ollection Act of 1992 KISS/SCOW 178-10003-10131 CHURCH COM. (44 USC 2107 Nate). ase: NW 54655 Date: wO-25-2017 Document Information 7602957 (3) FBI HOOVER, J. EDGAR WATSON, MARVIN REACTION OF SOVIET AND COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIALS TO JFK ASSASSINATION 12/01/1963 7 OSWALD, LEE, RUSSIAN PERIOD OSWALD, LEE, RUSSIAN PERIOD, DEFECTION TO RUSSIA OSWALD, LEE, RUSSIAN PERIOD, SUICIDE ATTEMPT OSWALD, LEE, TRAVEL, PROPOSED RUSSIAN TRIP (1963) OSWALD, LEE, TRIP TO MEXICO WARREN COMMISSION OSWALD, LEE, GOVERNMENT AFFILIATIONS NEWSPAPER, PROGRESSIVE LABOR NOSENKO, YURI NEWSPAPER, PRAVDA NEWSPAPER, IZVESTIA FBI CONSPIRACY THEORIES, ULTRARIGHT COUP REPORT Top Secret Consulted Withhold 07/18/1993 Attached to 1781000310109. 24 HW 54653 Docld:32204434 Page 1
t as . ‘DY ? . oy Setate fey) = . ao ; TOP SECRET . D ee COLA OF IS DETRE TOM. ‘ UNITED SPATES DEFERMENT OF JESTICK. ; Yo OPE DEICAL BEN EAU OF ENVESPECATION | ! ~ mV. December 2, 1966 BY LIAISON 178-10003-10131 | | | co Honorable Marvin Watson oo - Special Assistant to the President | ; The White House Washington, D. C. | ! Dear Mr. Watson: For your infomnation, I am enclosing ; . - . @ communication which may te of interest to you. 7 Upon removal of the enclosure, if ified, this transmittal form becomes class nelassified. as unol Sincerely yours, sel. . Edgar odbc Director “ _— _ : \ C Mn ee Exc. : ot a ' ; In accordance with your request . on November 29, 1966, there is attached a memorandum summarizing information in our files concerning reaction of Soviet and oe Communist Party officials to the assassina— , tion of President John F. Kennedy. This data. , “4 has not been furnished to the Acting ty - ; “ «Attorney General. - . 3 TOP SECRET ae AUWdGIT GUO °Y ATwuaD AHL NOUd KdODOLOHA HW 54653 DBocld:322704434° Page 2
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FREDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Reply, Eleuse Refer to WASUINGTON, D.C. 20535 «Ne. | . | December 1, 1966 REACTION ‘OF SOVIET AND COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIALS TO THE ASSASSINATION OF ‘“ PRESIDENT JOHN F,. KENNEDY A source who has furnished reliable information in the past and who was in Russia on the date of the assassination of the late President’ John F. Kennedy advised On December 4, 1963, that the news of the assassination of President Kennedy was flashed to the Soviet people almost immediately after its occurrence. It was greeted by great shock and consternation and church bells. were tolled in the memory of President Kennedy. According to our source, officials of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union believed there was some well- organized conspiracy on the part of the "ultraright" in the United States to effect a "coup." They seemed convinced that the ass2ssination was not the deed of one man, but that it arose out of a carefully planned campaign in which several people played a part. They felt that those elements interested in utilizing the assassination and playing on anticommunist sentiments in the United States would then utilize this act “to stop negotiations with the Soviet Union, attack Cuba and thereafter spread the war, As a result of these feelings, the Soviet Union immediately went into a state of national alert. “a GTwaa5 FHL WOua AdODOLOHa adiT Gaoa °2 Our source further stated that Soviet officials were fearful that without leadership, some irresponsible general in the United States might launch a missile at the Soviet Union. It was the further opinion of the Soviet officials that only maniacs would think that the "left" forces in the United States, as represented by the Communist Party, USA, would assassinate President Kennedy, especially in view of the abuse the Communist Party, USA, has taken from the "ultraleit'' as a result of its support of the peaceful coexistence and disarm ament policies of the Kennedy administration, . ! TOP SECRET Group I Excluded from automatic downgrading and declassification sv emement ses weet ens arene epee « ry Vi HW 54653 DocId:32204484 Page 3