“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 usc 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 6/9/2015 Identification Form Agency Information — I | AGENCY: FBI | RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90153-10051 | RECORD SERIES: HQ \ AGENCY FILENUMBER: = CR 105-104811-2290 , Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI - FROM: NY TO: HQ - TITLE: DATE: 12/06/1965 “PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : _ FEDORA NOSENKO, OSWALD AND JFK DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1C ; CURRENT STATUS: — Redact : ee DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 10/29/1998 : OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : AT; v9.1 14 Docld: 32339957 Page 1 ;
Released under the John Ff. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. . * Date: 12/6/65 Transmit the following in wo ROULEEN- ENVELOPE TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (105-104811) one py See FROM : = SAC, NEW YORK (134-7846) — PRS OH ER SUBJECT: | “_. FEDORA 8-2 / 1 8 OMY KEV “r FEDO preOae f ‘ Y IN VIEW OF THE HIGHLY SENS war ff ee _ OF NY 3653-S*, EX CAUTION MUST ITIVE EOSITION , jv’ hen’ HANDLING INFORMATION SET iy oat Ma 5 CTION SHOU TAKEN WHICH WOULD POSST f . JEOPARDIZ “SECT 2 OSSTBLY . | Re NY investigati (Zo : 11/23, 11/26 and 12/2/65, igative airtels, 11/20, xg Recommunications set. forth considerable /4.° a information concerning the intent: soe a : ntions of the KGB to 9 <**"" ‘ anata the US, approximately 1500 copies of a letter . 3 Co progressive American people, including Senators and. |” 2 ngressmen, " designed to attack and embarrass both the _. - New York (INV) HEM: chm (7). ] | (3- Bureau (RM) REC- Bos - 7 a - 2.29. Approved; | yer Docld: 32339957 Page 2°
[ Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records DATE: 11-14-2017 . O - es NY 134-7846 os . Informant said that while he could not say iSYCHEV' is an employee of Department D, he feels thatthe operation which: SYCHEV:@escribed to him, as set out above, was originated or approved by Depart- ment D of KGB. . . Informant's Comments Concerning Colonel (FNU) SITNIKOV and a Wew "Active Action" Department in the Central Committee of the'cp (CCCP) of the Soviet Union aes - i ) In connection with the [your #3") operation, informant recalled that on the preceding day ,"11/25/65, _ he had om one occasion visited the "PR" room in the KGB ‘/ space at the Soviet Mission. Informant said that when he “~ walked in YURIV GERMASH, VSEVOLOD GAPON, and IVAN BELOV 7 “3 . were engaged in conversation. Informant said that as he joined them these three individuals began to speak x about a Colonel: (FNU) SITNIKOV, who uscd to be a Deputy Yr | to the Chief of the former 16th Department, First Main ad \, Directorate, KGB. Informant said that as he has told us NY in the past, this department is now known as Service ‘{ Number 1 (Information Department). Informant added that yo at the present time Colonel SKRYABIN is Chief of Service \w\ Number i, a : Informant said that YURIY GERMASH mentioned the fact that for the past eight months, Colonel SITNIKOV has not been working in KGB Headquarters proper, but has. - ~ in fact become the chief of a new department which has Pu been created in the cccPp of the Soviet Union, which new department is known as “Active Action," Informant said he personally asked GERMASH to describe to him the functions of Active Action, inasmuch as he did not understand its nature. GERMASH replied that when KGB ~ 7 = }Doclda: 32339957 Page 3 Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote} :
+ ; P 44 USC 2107 Hotey der the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 { po Released unde . bos DATE: 11-14-2017 ee =< NY 134-7846 \ now wishes to carry tan unusual or complicated action, such as the (“wour #3! peration, it is necessary for KGB to secure thé authority of the cccp, GERMASH said that it can readily be seen that most of the members of the CCCP are-not knowledgeable in intelligence matters. He said at the present time when a Plan for an unusual Or complicated intelligence operation has been formulated and approved in KGB, it is sent directly to Colonel SITNIKOV who studies it and becomes thoroughly familiar with ‘the operation, GERMASH said that after SITNIKOV So Ba, has done this, he, as Chier of Active Action, takes the bo plan to -the appropriate person or persons in the CCCP / for approval, GERMASH said that on many occasions it is necessary for SITNIKOV to g°0 directly to LEONID . BREZHNEV, (First Secretary and member of the Presidium, cP, SU). GERMASH told the informant that at the present time there are Seven op eight employees in the a Active Action Department, _GERMASH also said that SITNIKOV was chosen for this positic- inasmuch as he is noted for his "brillant memory" and his reputation as a "thinking man," informant said that this'was the first time that he had ever heard of the Active Action Department of the CCCP. He said that although he has never seen the Colonel SITNIKOV, referred to by GERMASH, IVAN BELOV i" Claims to be. personally acquainted with him. Informant Said BELOV told him, in addition, that BELOV had_given SITNIKOV, personally, the first Edson Institutefdocunent that informant had received from his agent "x ° > Informant. said he feels that because SITNIKOV is “an old ou and experienced KGB employee, YURI NOSENKO undoubtedly must know him, ~ 8. SECRER Docld: 32339957 Page 4