~ JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM ” , IDENTIFICATION FORM . AGENCY INFORMATION . Peleased under the John . ; , Kennedy AGENCY : CIA WSsassination Records RECORD NUMBER : 104-10125-10125 RECORD SERIES : JFK AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 80T01357A Ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NW 53294 Date: DOCUMENT INFORMATION 6-14-2017 AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : ACTING CHIEF SR DIVISION TO : ASSISTANT DEP DIR, PLANS TITLE : CONTACT OF LEE OSWALD WITH A MEMBER OF THE SOVIET KGB ASSASSINATION DEPARTMENT. DATE : 11/23/1963 . PAGES : 2 ' SUBJECTS : JFK ASSASSINATION OSWALD AND KGB DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER CLASSIFICATION : SECRET RESTRICTIONS : 1B CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED IN PART PUBLIC - RELEASED WITH DELETIONS DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 05/26/04. COMMENTS : JFK56 : F4 :, 20040225-1049119 [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10125-10125 HW 53294 DBocld:32364160 Page 1
rot one, ? _ 23 November 1963 . | LK-LSESO MEMORANDUM FOR: “RSsistant Deputy 1 Director, Plens a FROMD: “Acting ee a SUBJECT: Contact of Ne DM . ar Soviet KCB Coe - - ; . a . = ee PRO i Bil ITED . Cot, es oe i 1. "According to an intercepted phone call in Mexico city; Lee OSWALD was at the Soviet Embassy there on 28 September 1963 and spoke with the. So Consul, Veleriy Vladimirovich KOSTIKOY. This was learned when OSWALD called . the Soviet Embassy on 1 October, identifying himself by name and speaking . ‘broken Russian, stating the above and asking the. guard who answered. the phone whether there was "enything new concerning the telegram to Washington." - The guard checked and then told OSWALD thet a request had been sent, but an nothing had as yet been received. (MEXI 6453, 9 October 1953) . The FBT. liaison ao officer, Mr. Pappich, told me on 23 November that the Bureau has reason to: © | believe that OSWALD's visit was to get Soviet support for a U.S. pas rt or visa matter [perhaps the 1 new passport mentioned in the ‘Bress srideles/. - “8, KOSTIKOV_is ified KoBofficer. He was a case officer in an operation woich is evidently sponsored by the kaae Sk Dees ont (responsible for sabotage amt essussimetron, nis operation, which js controlled hy the — - FBI jinder the eryptonym TUMBLEWEED, involved a Cerman-national resident of - sh Depaxtnent, officer, Oleg BRYKIN, ERD [sn tthe two officers, 3, (pinpointing eae involvensné in“the case, he sam= KGB component, the — objectives for sabotage) ard ae g kets left no doust that both of then were yorking Yor 3. OF course it is not usuel for at on & sensitive mission to - have such overt contact with a Soviet Embassy. However, we have top secret Soviet intelligence documents, describing Military Intelligence doctrine, whi which sho at very impartant agents can be met in official installations 1S using as as cover for their pres ce there some sort of open business: Vice Admiral =u pains co ‘| CO “) oA) | mia) Cc ma @) 2220/ Co } 83 _. 186 a CORN HOS ae HW 53294 Docld:32364160 Page 2?
semana L. BEKRENEV, ina ‘top secret lecture to a Soviet Military Inteligence course | at Military-D) iplonetic heady 1960, sald, | _ beyond official otal co . — Also, such contact in « contact in offict TN a @ ave atts 2 om co carelessness. Again eps- Again Admiral 3 Bear if 5) "Some agents, because of Te lren Whee of > deliberate assignments as backstopp sereone meetings with certain agents whose p Ay, eeyciauy associate =. them with the previously " fiat bt stitutions. Howevery. . such non-clandestine meetings within a legal residency should be restricted to a minimm both as to place and time, Meetings of Ce this type should be carried out only in exceptional cases with a tested and reliable agents in ander to_avaid provocation by. the ocal, counterintelligence service against the Soviet instellation — . heing Wsed as cavers Such meetings are held as a xule in the work | offices of the case officer oF of the age ent during vorking hours. it is necessary that such meetings be conducted naturally, that they do not attract the attention of outsiders, and that the receipt - and transmittal of intelligence ma tters, properly cemoufleged, be-« . -. earried out discreetly. In setting up such meetings, measures against  _-  tapoing must be taken. -One must beer in mind that a meeting with ' persons outside official premises and during non-working hours ‘usually signifies a relationship between the two parties that is above and He ace vga sent, occ of Hoe Eecuiiar personal rashnesS,-.ee. approached our case ‘officers at p places 1 not stipulated as operational meeting sites, Othsrs tétéepnoied the case officer at HiS"SSviSe Wstal ation aud eiecussed personal contact arrangements, _ nar otetinene men in order to contact the case ofricer.” hk. I called the above connections to the attention of Mr. Pappich aa oe Phone to his FBI office at 1030 hours on ®3 November. . _HW.53994-: ¥ ~2- "Case of ficers ‘Who us a a FAQ soviet Trade 7 7 Representation, TASS or at AWA elr cover ~~. ne 2