ag - SECRET | | pecs Las faeee OSWALD the ‘subject of ‘the OSWALDs was “introduced. into. ‘the interrogation during a discussion about the difficulty a. - Soviet citizen, who marries a foreigner, encounters in ae attempting to leave the USSR if the KGB chooses (for some reason). not. to. “permit | the Soviet citizen to emigrate. = | . “Subject. ‘stated. ‘that - at goes without saying that prior to. _. receiving KGB's sanction not a single Soviet citizen, whether —~ ‘he or she is married to a foreigner, would be allawed to oe leave the USSR... ey ooo Ts Asked if ‘the. case of Marina OSWALD's departure ‘from eee | the. ‘Soviet Union was typical, Subject replied that her. - : departure from. the Soviet Union was neither typical nor usual, . particularly in view of the fact that her husband, Lee Harvey oe * OSWALD, was a very. strange. individual, He had been in Cuba, and then came to the Soviet Union not as a tourist, but ee an American defector who renounced his American. citizenship _ and attempted to become a Russian citizen. ‘This in itself . ’ dis unusual. for an. American ~ it is not typical and very rare -for an American. to de so, and Subject believed that an =... - American doing what OSWALD did (seeking Soviet citizenship °: and renouncing: American citizenship) could only do so because. ‘ _ he was a. traitor. oo ; ; an : ne itn ‘answer. “to a request. for. his opinion ‘regarding the. oe, OSWALD - case, ‘Subject: said that all of his information was based only on what was known to everyone who read the newspapers .. densed version of the Warren Report while he was in Western _&@ very unusual situation, Normally a Soviet citizen (like. . after the KENNEDY assasination and on what he read in a | Europe. ‘When pressed for his personal opinion he said it was Marina) would not be allowed to leave the Soviet Union, in Stag ee -fact the Soviet authorities would try in some way to convince .-. —- _ the citizen not to leave, However, if a Soviet married a .. ‘foreigner, and. ‘Ansisted. on leaving he or she could. always, as | a. last. resort, be ‘refused an exit wisa. “There have been .. eases. where. a Soviet citizen married a foreigner and received =) f¢.. an exit visa, however, in such cases the Seviet authorities -. ' have conceded to the exit visa requests only because they felt _ Bhat the foreign spouse may have had some influence, and could . have created adverse publicity for the Soviet Government had BP the exit visa not been granted. This was definitely not so . - in OSWALD's case. OSWALD could not insist that Marina be... |. granted an exist visa since he was not in a position to de so, - and consequently the Soviet authorities were. net compelled to _ do -so unless they ‘Specifically wanted to let her go to eo Aarioe |: with OSWALD, a a "When asked- to ‘still further ‘elaborate on bis beliefs ee regarding the case, Subject stated that in this case (OswaLD's), Subject. couldn't guess, and in order to come to any kind of a. valid conclusion he would have to know something (factual), | ae which he doesn't, His opinion, however, is strictly an ‘opinion without any basis or fact. He thinks that KGB was : -definitely interested in OSWALD while the latter resided in the ‘USSR, To presume that OSWALD could have lived in the Soviet | oo . Union as a simple American is excluded, » Subject believes that aiBNT SECRET am. $0. azea- -DS34, fs June 68
1300000 * oe race ” oe wees oe sta oo mot ( Bones eee - ey ame en ee the KGB. kept ‘OSWALD. in "their field of vision" and undoubtedly” worked with him, To Subject it is unthinkable . that. the KGB. would miss such an opportunity, since it .. always: considers using persons (such as OSWALD) for work ‘either. “directly an intelligence, as an agent, or in any acne way "0. inflict damage to the West®. “Asked. whether the assas(nation of President KENNEDY - could be considered as "being damaging to the West", Subject . a vy answered an the affirmative. me a oe ~ down at every: opportunity. . takings. .- _- under the present Soviet leadership. . the decision. to carry out such an operation, (the assasination) | - could not have been made by the Chairman of the KGB since he a , Subject explained that the existence of | a government . such as the United States is a threat to the Soviet regime, :. ‘fhe United States ‘is an example to the rest of the world. (Soviets included) that people can live, survive, and have _ -a higher. ‘Standard ef living in a democracy. Therefore, the —— ' Soviet Union tried, and tries, to cut the U.S. Government - Since President KENNEDY was looked | upon by many.in the Soviet Union as a popular personality, ©. -KENNEDY's. personal attraction further raised this feeling ~- that living in a democracy had its benefits, to an even higher | ° ‘Level: with the’ general population of the Soviet ene : ‘When: asked. ar it was possible that KGB ‘could or- would. - .. ever sanction such an operation (the assasination) Subject me -» answered "yes, at that time (KHRUSHCHEY's) it could have", _ <  KHRUSHCHEV was ‘considered by Subject to.be an ignorant .... ee . “dndividual who was willing to take risks and adventurous = ‘Subject. ‘said, however, that this could never occur ~ does ‘not possess such authority, and, - therefore, could only - 7 have. been made » by. KHRUSHCHBV ‘Rimselt, —- Subject was. asked. af such an operation mteht 3 not: have |. Anvolved a terrific risk which could have possibly resulted — _-- in an armed conflict between the two nations, had Soviet i, Subjest felt that. ' dnvolvement been proven by the Americans, - even if the Americans did accuse the Soviet Gevernment of | --eomplicity. in the assasination,. the Soviet Gevernment would certainly deny such-an American accusation, claiming that the “Americans. ‘were using OSWALD, a crazy man whe had been in the and in all probability would ‘repudiate such American elaims. - Soviet Union, would say that the accusation was a provocation, an To underline his point, Subject mentioned ‘that even though OSWALD was in the. Soviet Union, and was suspected because he was. in Cuba, nothing happened and the Soviet eUnten _ wasn't accused by the Americans. Subject considered that mos