’ Released un John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Sa Nope ra Cwles By Pa te AO 20 ies) Gee by Oph! Cr i edeaea et a ne FE 5 AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10144-10093 RECORD SERIES: HO AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 62-109060-5051 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: DIRECTOR. FBI TO: DIRECTOR. DOS TITLE: DATE: 04/10/1967 PAGES: 4 SUBJECT: JFK, REACTION TO ASSA, SOVIET DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Secret NE CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: — 05/01/1997 UPDATE DATE: — 02/09/2001 STATUS  Redact - RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(B) JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: INC LHM DoclId: 32161732 Page 1
Released the Joahn 6 _KEn Hote). hate: 11-14-2017 y . kat 1 = Liaison | ALL FORMAT! iON COR TAINED 1 = Mr. Lenihan | HEREIN IS URCLASSIFIED _- | EXC ERT wi RE SHOWN Co | AND FTENQ OF} . So ‘,j7 Date: April 10, 1967 ADVISED. PNY ne : yy SLIP(S} of LL te a ~ To: Director DATE Fs ~ Bureau of. Intelligence and’ Rese: i . Department of State ro \ 3 ’ ag From: oe Edgar Hoover, Director - jul £ ‘ | i Subject: “ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT | if ie 4 eo Gow . JOHN FITZGERALD ‘KENNEDY —. | Bos v | _.DALLAS, ‘TEXAS. | y eR NOVEMBER 22, 1963 gh : os i. %, SF y : : “ uN. Reference is made to previous communications a | Ne vywhdch we have furnished to you in captioned matter. Uv a | | _  Y OO Attached is a copy of a memorandum dated or v= April 4, 1967, at Washington, D. C., which sets forth 4 “ ditional information we have received concernin —~ an 3 Soviet reaction to. the as Séassination of the late Lb ‘a | cay Preside: Sident i ; Kennedy. _ he. 5 It is Pediested ‘that this data receive no | | further dissemination by the recipients of. this a Jo communication ape prior reference to ‘this Bureau. 2U | 1- Director, u. S. Seeret Service (Enclosure) oF LIAISON) v ' Jy A | LI-6,7 . 4% APR 1B 196 . f REL: ascz2(6) Bicep. net OWE en N\ NOTE: See memorandum Branigan to Sullivan dated 4/4/67 — s | which approved this dissemination. This letter. classified wh "Secret" to protect the identity of our {"Shamrock" source and &] mu his information, the unauthorized disclosure of which would voleon result in erjous damage to the internal security of this Dellouch Ta ‘ 4 “country. fraecns, of pestessity $M on 7) i st ti } Exeis om SECRET , aa a Ws, Category * onion indefinite 6 Bo// Js 0 yim A Clasaffied by 7403 feRS Declassity one AAP ~~ WERK. eR Docld: 32161732 Page ?
i c 2107 Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 199? (44 USC Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 ay April 4, 1967 Jone eination ut President tzgerald Kennedy Ballas, Texas Koveuber 22, 1963 A confidential informant, contact with whom has J 196 teed thatae ae re wate’ ~ anuary, a in connection wi assassination Of President John Pitagerald Kennedy, it was concluded by the EGB Headquarters in t he was killed by representatives of a group of ists counected with the south and the east of the United States. This group of mOnopolists, characterized as the military- industrial complex, felt that Kennedy had tried to limit their activities and hurt their sts and therefore they Planned his assassination. Informant advised that this conclusion was drawn after the KGB had spent between six months and a year to study information to determine the cause of the \ assassination. Source stated that the most reliable i | GB agents in the world were mobilized, in addition to =) other official contacts in order to gather, in a wide aN (scope, informati concerning the reason for the “> assassination. MY ag Rye. A group of officers in Moscow carefully gathered ede the information and cenducted extensive research and So analysis and came to the conclusion that it was the N°: wild tary-industria 6x who were responsible for the _ a —Cts«é@@aatth of Kennedy. we) eo Informant advised that the Soviets felt sii Kennedy's death was « great loss, not only for the United © States, not only for the Soviet Union, but fer the whole world. He was realistic in his analysis of international issues, as well as the internal issues ofthe United States. Kennedy was highly regarded because he organized many research bodies and researchers to study many different problems with long-range prospects. are Vee yeh a am + DoclId: 327161732 Page 3
~Rel@ased under the Jphw F. ‘Kennedy Assassination Records Collegtjon Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 _— Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 | mY - 16 os 4 “udisG ! NOTE: lassified BGiocret inasmuch as this i mation came from |INY 5812-8* highly sensitive defecto Disclosure of this source cou cause gerious damage to the ternal security of this country. DoclId: 32161732 Page 4