104-10326-10092] » a@ SECRET MHFNO: 93-4593421 SENSIND: PAGE: 1 / / ST SECRET FRP: 2, , pp nt ADV: CE/R/IO (16132) a . _ ‘STAFF ACTION: CE/R/IO (479) INFO: ‘C/ORMS , CEDORECORD, LIMITO, MDSX, ODPD, FILE, CE/R, DC/CE (4/W)_ . 93 4593421 ASP ; PAGE 001 IN 4593421 TOR: 1916132 NOV 93 | 62359 S ECR E T'191610Z NOV 93 STAFF CITE 62359 TO: PRIORITY DIRECTOR INFO FOR: LIMIT CE/R/IO INFO C/CE/R, DC/CE ‘SLUGS: WNINTEL GTDANCER NQHAYWIRE | SUBJECT : a1 NOVEMBER 1993 MEETING WITH THE. SVRR REF: A. 62226 93 4516923 B. 62260 93 4536763 c. 62261 93 4536806 TEXT: 1. ACTION REQUESTED: SEE PARAS FOUR AND FIVE. SEPARATE ' CABLE TRAFFIC CONTAINING SPECIFIC REQUESTS FOR ACTION WILL BE FORWARDED TO APPROPRIATE HOS ELEMENTS . 2. ON THE MORNING OF 11 NOVEMBER 1993, LEONID ((RYABCHENYA)), DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE FOREIGN LIAISON DEPARTMENT, RUSSIAN FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (SVRR) TELEPHONED TO ARRANGE AN "URGENT" MEETING[_—s——=sé| THE MEETING TOOK PLACE AT 1600 HOURS AT KOLPACHNIY PEREULOK. REFS CONTAIN[ _—_—si| TRANSLATIONS OF THE ITEMS RYABCHENYA PASSED DURING THE MEETING (TEXT OF A LETTER TO THE DCI FROM PRIMAKOV ‘CONTAINING HIS THOUGHTS ON THE MIDDLE EAST AND. THE CURRENT PEACE PROCESS; A PAPER ON AID TO THE BOSNIAN MUSLIMS; AND A. _ PAPER ON THE SITUATION IN SOMALIA, RESPECTIVELY.) 3. RYABCHENYA ALSO RAISED THE NAME OLEG ((NECHIPORENKO)), RETIRED SENIOR KGB OFFICIAL. AS WE KNOW FROM PRESS ACCOUNTS, NECHIPORENKO'’S BOOK, "PASSPORT TO ASSASSINATION" WHICH PROVIDES | *NECHIPORENKO’S ACCOUNT OF<LEE HARVEY OSWALD’S>INVOLVEMENT IN THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F.. KENNEDY IS SCHEDULED TO BE PUBLISHED IN MID-NOVEMBER:. RYABCHENYA SAID THAT NECHIPORENKO IS PLANNING TO TRAVEL TO THE U.S. ON BOOK PROMOTION TOUR. : RYABCHENYA STATED THAT HE WAS BRINGING THE SUBJECT UP IN ORDER TO PUT ON RECORD THAT THE SVRR HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE BOOK, ITS CONTENTS, OR NECHIPORENKO’S TRAVEL. RYABCHENYA WAS ADAMANT THAT THE ENDEAVOR WAS "100 PERCENT PERSONAL." SECRET
13-00000, . a -" : - SECRET MHFNO: 93-4593421 SENSIND: PAGE: 2 4. NEXT RYABCHENYA INQUIRED WHETHER ANY DECISIONS HAD BEEN MADE WITH REGARD TO THE SCHEDULING OF THE NEXT EXCHANGE ON | | HE RECALLED THE NEXT ROUND OF DISCUSSIONS WERE ~ TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN DECEMBER 1993 IN. WASHINGTON. REQUEST HQS ELEMENTS INVOLVED ADVISE, INTENTIONS FOR THE SCHEDULING OF THE NEXT EXCHANGE. 5. RYABCHENYA ALSO INQUIRED ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE ‘UNCLASSIFIED PAPER PRESENTING THE FINDINGS OF THE U-S. SCIENTISTS INVOLVED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE EFFORT SCHEDULED TO BE PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER 1993. HE REMINDED COS OF ‘. OUR PROMISE TO PROVIDE A COPY (A PROMISE MADE FIRST DURING THE VISIT OF THE ETF TEAM IN JULY AND LATER REPEATED BY THE DCI. DURING HIS 9 AUGUST MEETING WITH SVRR LEADERSHIP). RYABCHENYA EXPLAINED THAT THE SVRR HAS HELD SOME MEETINGS WITH RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS AND IS WORKING ON A PROPOSAL FOR AN EXCHANGE OF . VIEWS BETWEEN U.S. AND RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS ON THIS SUBJECT. AFTER THEY. HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE. PAPER, THE SVRR WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD AND SCHEDULE. AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS BETWEEN | U.S. AND RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS. (AN EVENT MOTIVATING THE SVRR’S DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS INITIATIVE IS, OF COURSE, THE GORE/CHERNOMYRDIN MEETINGS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN MOSCOW IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT MONTH.) REQUEST HQS PROVIDE A. COPY OF THE — UNCLASSIFIED PAPER BY THE MOST EXPEDITIONS MEANS POSSIBLE. LENGTH PERMITTING, SUGGEST USE OF SECURE FAX! | 5. FILE: 74A-002-001. DECL OADR DRV LIA 1-87. END OF MESSAGE - SECRET SECRET