Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 Rk Rte tees ee ey are Sr Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10151-10146 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: — 62-109060-1957 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LEG, LO TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: — 12/13/1963 PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : “IVANOY, ALEKSANDER KOSTERSKI, BKG DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Confidential RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 05/05/1997 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INCLUDES INTERVIEW < pOCTd:32163567 Page 1 34
Released undex, the, John. &, Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 edb . r) = Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 ' FBI Date: 12/13/63 ety 3 Ae | Transmit the following in : t Type i plain text oF cade] 1 _ AIRTEL 5 COREE # res CA HAS NG OBJECTION rq Via _S eee roi * ae q ry 's ‘2 . Be ey : (Priority or Method of Mailing} ¥ © pauald ATION ANDAY , wo Method of ating) RELEASE GH GIA INEGRMATION IN THI wadin 4 DIRECTOR, FBI S DOCUMENT. Jin 4) 16/4 FROM LEGAT, LONDON (62-359) (P) ra i “ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F, KENNEDY: Remyairtel 12/10/63 setting forth infprmation feceived from MI-5 concerning ALEK There is enclosed a copy of further report in this matter received from WI-5 on 12/12/63. XCIA, London has also received copy of enclosure pKa 3: - Bufeau (1 encl,.) ; TF / 1 ~ Liaipon Section (sent direct) . - 1 ~ fondon ‘ie | 77 : j CWBirn ‘! filooN Joyo vf 2 Cats of FacN csivicaton Indefinate CO te SFC AG Ngee 4 Seek Sw lace, — Approved: “Sent Special Agent in Charge DoclId: 32163567 Page 2?
'¢-Kepnedy. Assassination Records. Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107” ; KOSTERSKI was interviewed at the American ; “ ; the afternoon of December 5th and a report’ on’ this<inte aan . Was forwarded to the American Bubassy on December.’6th, Lo We now forward further, information on KOSTERSKI elicited’ trom : him at this interview and a further assessment ofthis ‘san ‘made as a result of enquiries, ~ “+ we ve 2. According to his own statement, KOSTARSKI was one of. & family of nine children. His father was a subordinate - railway employee and was killed while KOSTERSKI was still ; young. Being the eldest child in the family KOSTSRSKI felt respcnsible for the well being of the rest of the family, and since he spent his time looking after the family he did not have a chance to attend school regularly or acquire a skill in any trade, ws. S51 F182) SE 3, From the time of his father's death until 1939 KOSTERSKI says that he was in fact a small time criminal and his mein income was derived from smuggling across the German, Czechoslovak and Polish borders, As a result of these activities he was imprisoned on several occasions ‘in Poland, z “29-97 -? ONY REA 10 fonvy, pie O.. IF, ! SO6E4 i me" be About December 1939 when the Russians invaded his : a home town, Sambor in eastern Foland, he was arrested and -- deported to prison camp at Magadan in eas beria, Whilst imprisoned in Russig he met General KlemepeARUDNICKI, At that time KOSTERSKT was an old hand at prison life and knew his way around, He helped the General on several occasions with the prison authorities, i : f 3+ | __ Later when serving in the Polish Army in the Middle i Bast, KCSTEXSAi again found himself under RUDNICKI'3 command i though KUSTZSKI was then a sick man suffering from tuberculosis, i was unfit for fighting and was employed only in base employment, : . 6, |  KOSTERSKI came to Britain after the nar with the Polish i forces from the Widdle East; obtained formal discharge from the “4 Polish forces and due to his disability was granted an invalids : pension on which, to a large extent, he lives to the present ; day. At first he supplemented his pension by running his own © 1 transport businesa but had to give this up abcut two years’ ago . being physically unable to continue, ve S Fe ‘Whilst Ga this country /ROSTERSKI -g in touch with a young Felish woman in Poland, Ewa Magdelermyltaszax,i born ~ t 30.7.51.iaciersan, whoc ha induced to join him in this country. a Due to their old cequaintance General RUDNICKI helped KOSTERSKT to get this woman -into. 8ritain:from. Poland and:'sheent ered the:s « U.K. on the official invitation ‘of General -RUDNICKI OSTERSKI subsequently married Ewa °WASIAK and;they now’ have two, ohildr General RUDNICKI is Godfather to. the elder, * KOSTERSKI* helps to vrovide for the family by doing domes ti ( * . 8. We have now made enquiries about ‘the Gene al 2] ¥ KOST2SKI named as being a person who could speak for: himg..<G ‘ RUDNICKI is a well known and respected member. of the. Polishie; t compunity. During the war he was a divisional ‘comma der “in: theAs ¢ i ’ Polish Army and had a distinguished mar record, We are’ reliably... J informed that he is a trustworthy and reliabls person, al a we co a ‘ . r Lee at ie 4 nak [2eeves ; eo ce ay DoclId: 32163567 Page 3