104-10431-10075] poeument sumer 376- | 5 u - _..: MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Bino-§ oviet. Bloc Area - wy ere for FOU Review on "FROM a Decesber 99h “PROUGH |: chteg, Soviet Internal Affairs Branch: _ 84 Chiez, Soviet Division’ SRE. = Neil Buntley SUBJECT. | 3S “addtional Notes and Couments on the oF At u St bg ~ Sswal a56 —"“Simmca fos met € 6 ele (oS. Socio os SHE | dre RAieliinllad Jo ae - he According to. ‘the New York Tines for 19 December, the FBI report. on the assassination of President Kennedy categorically states that Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin, that he acted alone, and that there is no evi- . dence to indicate that he was the agent of any foreign = government, These disclosures presumably eliminate the possibility of further confrontations with Mr, Robert — Slusser, .In the event that Mr. Slusser continues fo _. insist that the President was murdered by the Soviet 5e~ cret police, the following additional negative indications and . observations may be of some value, ee 3. Loag standing KGB practice generally forbids agents serving outside the USSR to have any contact with domestic communist parties or with Soviet embassies or consulates, This prohibition, designed to reduce the . possibilities of compromise to a minimum, is probably most ,  gtringeatly applied to agents on extremely sensitive mis- sions, Yet Oswald blazed a trail to the Soviets which was a mile wide, He corresponded with the national headquarters of the Communist Party USA--appareatly with some regular- ity--and visited the Soviet Consulate in Mexico City. In addition to his well-known leftist political activities, yy Deck ane D0)- DSIVUE SEUEET - - BACK WUT USE ONLY i : ads és wh ds, . * i
13-00000 © 7 re-validated for travel to. the: UBBRe bakdee ee he also subscribed to the Daily Worker and. a Trotsakyite ~ publication, allegedly received newspapers from the Sove tet. Union, and asked last June that his. passport DO 3. Certain facets. of ‘Oswald's ‘detivitiee ia tbe oo ‘USSR also argue strongly that the KGB would never have. recruited him for a mission of any -kind.. First, theres. is no doubt that Oswald was debriefed by the secret. police shortly after his arrival in Moscow, | They. were. interested in him not only because he was a political wa defector, but also because be boasted publicly-~in the. Embassy on 31 October 1959--that he intended to tell - ae the Soviets “everything he knew" about Harine Corps a radar installations on the West Coast. / According to. Oswald's former commanding officer, this included. the Be locations of all radar units and their secret call Bigne, : authentication codes and radio frequencies—all of which: — knowledge was grist for the Soviet intelligence mill. re Given the £GB penchant for keeping its “illegals” under the deepest possible cover, however,/it is extremely”: unlikely that Oswald--with his Russian wife--was even seriously considered for subsequent repatriation to the United States.as 9 XGB asset. As a re-defector from. the USSR he would immediately be suspect and thus under surveillance by the FBI, Furthermore, any indication — that he had made good on his boast about the radars could easily lead to arrest and indictment on a charge of treason. _ be Secondly, Soviet. “executive action” agents (assassins, saboteurs asd terrorists) are carefully selected by the KGB and specifically trained for their missions, Oswald very probably ruled himself out of . any consideration for this kind of operation, On | 14 November 1959, Moscow refused his request for Sov Zet citizenship. ; Shortly thereafter, he became des~. ‘pendent and reportedly attempted to kill himself by. Slashing his wrists, Ewen if the EGB bad not esrlier noted signs of mental aberrations, the suicide try pre- sumably furnished convincing evidence - that Oswald was not agent material. _ : 5 Oswald's activities on a Dallas rifle range on 17 November are of some interest both as circumstantial evidence of prior planning to assassinate the President and aS one more negative indication of XGB involvement...
13-00000 Shunk! Su The ee Lan cr 5 ee B=, - Bute, za .°.: Oswald was firing at a range of 100 yards. He was assigned. to target number 8, but according to witnesses, was actu- ‘ally firing at ‘targets 7, 8, and 9, Se was thus firing - through an‘are of approximately 15 degrees and obviously | seems. to have. ‘been simulating fire at a moving target. — .: It is, of course, most unlikely that a KGB agent on an /* executive action mission would be permitted (or would | -? permit himself) to. practice tiring under such obvious and _ public circumstances, a So '@, The evidence presently available to us seens — © tatedy conclusively to rule out any Soviet involvement in _ the President's assassination, There are, however, — . several rather fascinating inconsistencies, loose ends -" / and unanswered questions about Oswald, Some, if not all, _. Bay be treated in the FBI report. Pending its publica- _ ‘tion, they are listed below for whatever they may be worth.. a)” In an interview last August, Oswald stated that his. father-in-law was a Soviet army colonel who | -taught him to drink vodka when he came to court Marina, After the assassination, however, Mrs. Ruth Paine (some- time Oswald friend and landlady) stated that Marina's | father, & eolonel, had died when Marina was an infant, b)- “To the time of some $437, the US picked. — the tab. for Osgald's return to this country. This loan was repaid between October 1962 and January 1963. During this period, Oswald was earning $50 per week, > Thus, over halZ of his total earnings went to the govern— ment and he supported himself, his wife and child on somewhat less than $25 weekly, His rent at that time -was $59 per month. The possibility that he received out- . Side help in repaying the government apparently basnnot been raised in the press. -¢) In contrast to the letters Oswald wrote to his mother, Governor Connally and Senator Tower, his letters to the Fair Play for Cuba Committee are rather surprisingly literate, They do not appear to contain his frequent misspellings and ungrammatical language. There have been no suggestions that he received help in framing the lettera, and he told the FPCC that he was financing his activities on its behalf out of his own pocket.
13-00000 et i . SReTRA tt mot i roa a ed . 4) Thera is. inereasing evidence that Cswald aan ee and his wife were not happily married. She was well- is io — . liked and be was unpopular. She seeped genuinely fond” ' of the United States, did not share his aoti-Anerican - ‘fet Usion. Oswald resented her friendgs and best her. ap on at least one occasion. Since he could. aot: have | oo _ planned the assassination of the Pregident prior to a 26 September~--when the Dallas trip was announced-<could © Li. dt be that his application for a passport (without one | ~f. > for Barina) on 24 June, bis application for a Nexican visa on 17 September and his trip to Mexico City on — 26 September simply indicate that he planned to desert | his wife and seek refuge in the Soviet. Union? . a e) Despite irs, Paine? 8 ‘testimony that ne Oswald could hot drive, witnesses said he drove himselt to the Dallas rifle range on one of his visits. Be was @riven there by an usidentified man on his other trip. - views and sometimes spoke of the hard life in the oS One witness also claims that two men were involved in the ~ attompt~—evidently by Oswald--to shoot General Yalker last April. Distribution: oe ’ Orig. & 1 - Addressee coed . 7 lm CD/BOV LY | 1 - CB/SRI cok’ 1 - SRI File ao - 3 ~
13-00000 _ MEMO: FOR. THE: RECORD: ne Spector to ceceed a ; ae  suBsECTS: “DCT. ‘Testimony. before ‘the’ Warren Commi jon): . a, USK Galled: je. in-re: matter: of otrecting record: of DCI's a ‘ttestimony: ‘before. thée«Warren ‘Commission: On° page~6582 "of: ‘transcript, ~aME. Allen: DULLES asked ‘one: of: ‘the-keyquestions in’ the~ inquiry... - : Unfortunately ;: ‘the question was badly phrased and contained an in-. a ‘accurate. statement. It -was usggested that the following modification we be. made: ‘for. the final: record: oe BD ? Does:.your - ‘answer ,: Mr e- McCONE; include: a negation ove Bete belief::that. OSWALD was: working: for or on behalf. . Of the Soviet. intelligence services (originally phrased: . ON behalé, of. the: Sovéeet Union)’ ate any time?” ia “This. would. require. a “slight. change in’ Mr. McCONE 's testamony in which the .words.. ‘“ntebligence: services" ‘would be substituted for . JYnion".. tu Rig alfwan, thas avbar dheractova to a5 1 Usd Bigs In, ‘response..to. “C/SR's. ‘request: provided } him ‘with | ‘a brief “statement to the effect that other defectors to the USSR had received ae .,, . Subsidies or salary Supplements vis the MVD. The Statement also in- ob... ¢luded information concerning the role of the MVD. in 1959 - 61. wh "(Copy attached) eee Q° Lee H. Wigren a ~ C/SR/CI/R Note: I was advised by telephone ¢ that C/SR. used this on ys 8 May 1964, | —/s/ | Document Numbor 305 for FOIA Review on jo-e76 a — [Récorn copy] ot eas aah erat 6 MAY 4 26) -ABIAN6
13-00000 varying. amounts... vos oe According to his. own statements, ‘Lee ‘Harvey OSWALD’ reteived. a lump sum of 5000 old rubles and “a monthly Salary. - . . supplemented by 700 old rubles. These funds’.were: ‘provided _ .. to him through the Soviet Red Cross, : but: OSWALD. indic . belief that. these funds actually came. from the. ‘Minis “Internal: Affairs: (MVD). ed. his, a of 2. “Several other Amevicans are. “known. to have received. salary supplements while resident in the USSR... In. two. ‘cases. .. ‘the Soviet Red Cross reportedly . supported the- defector and his = family for as. long aS six months. prior. to. resettlement. - -other ‘cases it was not specified’ where the aid camé from,. - tother than’ Soviet Government ‘or Soviet” ‘authorities .\” -indluded payment” of - yoapenses: until “Tésettlement, -medci _In-, BE aaa 3 ‘Until ‘January 1960, “the All- “Union. ‘Ministry. ‘of: taternal Affairs (MVD) of the USSR was responsible for civil. ‘police. func-, . tions (crime detection; traffic controls,‘ etc.) , ‘administration .~ -of internal document. controls, fire fighting and civil ‘defense’. * In, January: .1960,:. the All-Union MVD was: abolished-and its. func- '. .tions-were: transferred. to:the MVD's of .the fifteen: republics.:: of the USSR. The republic MVDs were. renamed: Ministeries. for ‘Maintenance. of Public Order (MOOP) in ) mid: 1962. oe ee Prepared for and delivered to Notified by phone that C/SR on 18.May 1964 (AM). _ C/SR used this on 18 May.
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