104-10418-10306 os SECRET/EYFS ONLY. Deputy Chief, Cl 83 September 1964 - Deputy chiefs cI/Prosect oe ‘RILINGUAL - - @usoomn ; _ Correspondence of: Marina OSWALD | oe 1. The attached eubject item is fron subject toa girl friend in Leningrade The writer evidently in reply to - ‘| gddresseets letter discusses at length reproaches made to ber ~ '. by addressee which indicate that she would like to contime -her friendship with addressee. She mentions her present living _. conditions. and. reminisces about the tine she spent | with ad= an dressece ey ee _ po a Be: “this. Aten » will be of interest. to othe Fa to... Mes. Peerter « of. cV/stc oo Oo ce Attachment | oo OO 7 SECRET/TYES ONLY
13-00000 to {GONTULEVA, Galina ekrevnes : ' . General Delivery — » Beningrad, RT: fr “OSWALD, Marina, Mess 629 Belt Line Ra. » Richardson, Texas. an ‘Language: - Russian rs 7 Dates “49 Septesber 1964 | OO | | oe . | Summary & Partial Translation. oo : co - - eS Writer starts her long 7-page letter with an inscription on top of "| the page ! "My confession to you Galka (dimimtivefrom Galina Writer further states "quite a long time passed since I received” ‘wonderful? ‘letter from you. However I am not angry at you. Your reaction has ~ been quite normal. I decided however to wait with my reply. This morning and the previous days I thought S====e= whether it is worth while to write to you again." Writer then continues wondering what the Russian :° newspapers had written about her and feeling hurt: that addressee had _ forsaken and apparently criticized her in her previous letter which she “f° -- * peldeves also a consequence of some news items that addressee had read a  . about writer. Writer indicates that addressee should know her better “4 °°... than anyone else because they were so close for such a long time. She . peminisces about the time they spent together and reminds addressee that _ when she obtained her first job, the first thing she dic was to buy — - - addressee a present. Writer further tells addressee that her conscience ‘is clear and that she does not have to apologize to addressee for anythi . however she would like to hear from addressee and to continue their friend- - ghip,which is of course,up to addressee to do. Writer repeats that she _. ds the same and has not. changed since they parted. Evidently in reply to --. addressee's reproaches writer states that she is not “money mad", she. _. must however think about her two children and for that reason since: *-.. geporters somehow got hold of her husband's diary and. published it, she then agreed to let LIFE Magazine publish the diary with her remarks for: which she received renumeration. This money will help to educate her - children and will enable them not to depend on other people. Writer . @alls addressee's attention to the fact that the children have a "mark" _ against them and for this reason she has always to think about them > _ first. Writer further indicates that addressee apparently reproaches her for not returning to the "homeland". Writer points out however that things are not as simple as it looks from afar. It appears that addressee suggested that writer should not have taken any money from newspapers. . Writer states that it is easy.to talk about humanitarian deeds and ideas ‘but if is difficult for one to act on a high plain when one is faced with - the problem of feeding oneself and little children. Writer then discusses _ \ performance of the Leningrad ballet in New York and indicates that she is daha
13-00000 De ee proud: of the accomplishments of "our ballet". Writer further discusses her present living conditions, states that the neighbors are very nice to her? west states that she reads PUSH”. .'s poetry, and that she t#33 Zé&cee/ to speak to her older girl in Russian, however, the latter answers in ; English only. At the end writer again reminisces about the time they . Spent together and hopes that she will hear from addressee. ; i
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