104-10300-10201 ; . Date: 02/18/98. . ~ Page: 1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION: FORM AGENCY RECORD NUMBER RECORD SERIES AGENCY FILE NUMBER AGENCY INFORMATION CIA 104~-10300-10201 JFK 80TO1357A ORIGINATOR FROM TO TITLE DATE PAGES SUBJECTS DOCUMENT TYPE CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTIONS CURRENT STATUS a DATE OF LAST REVIEW OPENING CRITERIA COMMENTS DOCUMENT INFORMATION CIA ~ NOBEL, JOHN D. HEADQUARTERS WITHHELD 03/11/64 14 OSWALD, L. PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT SECRET 1A, -1B RELEASED WITH- DELETIONS 01/27/98 OSW-SF:F6 1998.01.27.10:47:02:763092: “PREVIOUSLY SANITIZED DOCUMENT” ARE 2 COPIES OF THE SAME 7 PAGE THIS IS ORIGINAL OF THE PROCESSED UNDER 104-10300-10199 . THERE REPORT. Docld: 32373221 Page 1 t - ITEM IS RESTRICTED
a 0 BE OPENED BY ADDRESSEE ONLY District Field Office Od 11 March 1964 - "MEMORANDUM FOR: Headquarters oe : - al SUBJECT tL . - . Bo a | 7262 622 6 SD/L oo —_ So 1. Reference is made to Headquarters letter of assignme sau) tn ene this case dated & March 196k. - 2. During the period 20-28 February 1964, while SUBJECT was en! under the protective custody of Special Agents Stanley Cc. LACH, . - r George R. BREWER and Alfred B. McGARRAGHY, SUBJECT voluntarily =" nt furnished information concerning his background and activities, ~~ ; : ag well as other information’ of. operational interest, the substance ~ - ae a of which is set forth in the succeeding paragraphs. "Tt is to be * nt noted that at no time did any of the above-named agents solicit ~~ , ny any of this information or make inquiries of the SURJECT regarding any of the matters discussed by him. SUBJECT spontaneously related these Incidents in casual conversation during leisure periods and while enroute with the agents to and from places of entertainment ete, In most cases newspapers, magazines and TV programs prompted the ( SUBJECT to make conments relative to these matters. Following is i r a sunmmacization of this Information: BYORTS, HOBBIES (a) On 20 February 196 SUBJECT disclosed that he enjoys the following sports: football, hockey and billiards. FOREIGN ERAVEL july of He . (bo) He also revealed that he has previously been in tha United States while enroute to Cuba, Venezuela and other Latin American countries He has at one time or another during his service with the KGB vinitea and worked on operational projects for the Soviet Union in practically all of the countries of Europe; however, he has never Docld: 32373221 Page 2
O BE OPENED BY ADDRESSEE ONLY District Field office 1 March 190% MEMORANDUM FOR: Headquarters SUBJECT : | yeo 262 622 C SD/L 1. Reference is made to Headquarters letter of assignment in this case dated 4 March 196k. 2. During the period 20-28 February 196h, while SUBJECE ww under the protective custody of Special Agents Stanley C. LACH, George R. BREWER and Alfred B. McGARRAGHY, SUBJECT vol. untarily _ furnished information concerning his background and activities, | as well as other information’ of operational interest, the substance of which is set forth in the succeeding paragraphs. Tt is to be | noted that eat no time did any of the above-named agents solicit any of this information or make inguirles of the SUBJECT regarding any of the matters discussed by him. SUBJECT spontancously related _ these incidents in casual conversation during leisure periods and while enroute with the agents to and from places of entertainment tee In most cases NEWSPAPers , magazines and TV programs prompted the SUBJECT to make comments relative to these matters. Following Is a swwarization of this information: (a) On 20 February 1964 SUBJECT disclosed that he enjoys the — Following sports: football, hockey and billiards. FOREIGN TRAVEL — icity . ihe (ob) He also revealed that he has previously been in tho, United States while enroute to Cuba, Venezuela and other Latin American countries. He has at one time or another during his service with the KGB visited and worked on operational projects for the Soviet Union in practically all of the countries of Europe; however, he has never DoclId:32373271 Page 3
ye62 622 C SD/% traveled to the Far East, except while handling an agent who was active against the Japanese. He (SUBJECT) stayed in the Kurlle Islands which are within sight of Japan. This was in 1949. He said that he was active in the picking up of agents by ‘plane and ship in this area. ; S FAMILY BACKGROUND (c) In the latter part of the evening on this same date, 20 February 1964, the SUBJECT stated that his father was a meniber of the Communist Central Committee, one of the first merbers of the Coumunist Party, and that he had great respect for his father. The SUBJECT also indicated that his father was a shipbullder end later became one of the first to organize and set up the Russian Atouie Energy Plant. It was during this latter activity thet he (the SUBJECE's father) and three other officials came in contact with radiation, which affected his father's liver and a few years later at the age of 54 his father died of cancers The SUBJECT. y went on to state that his father, being a very prominent Communist, | was given treatment for this cancer in a special hospital which is _ located in the hills outside of the city of Moscow, and during hia ~ tenure in this hospital the family resided with his father. They © had five room living quarters beside the room in which his father was confined. This privilege, he said, is only given to the espectally prominent VIPs of the Comminist Party, indicating that his father ws one of the top men in the Commmnist Party. (ad) The SUBJECT revealed that in 1919, at the age of 16, he wis a Naval Cadet. He was called into the service before graduating from what is our equivalent of a high school. He had taken part in the _ fighting In the Black Sea Area where he described hand-to-hand combat with Germans, claimed he was wounded, and beceuse of his bravery he — wag awarded the Soviet Order Medal and the Order of Stalin. ‘The SUBJECT stated this was unusual for a person of his age and gained him great respect. At the end of the war he had no more desire for military lite although his superiors tried to keep him in the military. Instead, he went Lox four years to the Institute of Foreten Relations and learned the English language. Upon graduation, a man came to him and told hin thet he had a job lined up for him. He stated that this actually was more Like being ordered to take this particular job which turned out DoclId:327373271 Page 4 ts
= ns mM »  @ -SD/1 to be with the Naval, Intelligence. He claimed that there vere ty military intelligence organizations at the time, the Navel and the Ground Force military type. (e) On 23 February 1964, as SUBJECT approached the table for the evening meal, he noted that the Time magazine lying on the coffee table in the living room had a picture of Marie OSWALD. As he sat down he hit the table with his fist and sald, "I feel that I could have stopped OSWALD". At this point Special Agent Stanley ¢. LACH asked him “how?". He proceeded to state that he (SUBJECT) was head _ of the KCB Tourist end Visitors Section which kept control over the © acbivities of OSWALD while he was in the Soviet Union. He said ab the time, OSVALD was of no special concern or interest to the KGB because he lacked intelligence background. Therefore, when he applied for permission to leave Russia, they (KGB) under his (SUBJECT) divection informed CSWALD that he would have to make his application through the appropriate channels of the State Department, who in turn vould request | his velease from the Russian counterparts in handling of visas. This he said was all done for propaganda ond show purposes. He went on to state that if they really vanted to release OSWALD, 1b could have been done on the spur of the nioment, but since OSWALD had nothing and was ~ not worth anything, they decided that this was an opportunity to show the American State Department that they did not mind releasing individ- uals if they applied for release through the appropriate channels, Prior to this application for release of OSWALD, the SUBJECT stated that since he was of no particular interest to them and there was) nothing in Moscow that they could use him for or place him into, they decided that they would send OSWALD to Hinsk where he would be placed in a factory working on radios in the hope that some training in the electrical and electronic field might result in his development Into > an electronies engineer; however, he showed no capability in this field. The SUBJECT then stated that it was Just at this perlod, before sending 0 : ae ry SVALD to Minsk, that a very strange thing happened.. OSWALD was supposed to have a meeting with a travel agent in regard to preparations for his going to Minsk at h o'clock in the afternoon. At 6 otelock he still did not report to the travel agent, so the travel agenk decided to go to the hotel. where OSWALD was staying to see if he could Locate him. When he got to the hotel he asked the clerk if OSWALD SECRET ow Jue DoclId: 327373271 Page 5
: | {e262 622 ¢ BD/L . weg was in his room, the clerk nodded affirmatively, and the travel agent proceeded to OSWALD's room. He tried the door, but the door was loc cad. He knocked, got no response, and then with the assistance of the ele vk they broke Into the room and found OSWALD lying across the bed wlth both of his wrists slashed. The travel. agent and the clerk resnonded dmiudiately by taking OSWALD to the near-by medical facility where he was given blood transfusions and after a period of time regained his strengthe During the investigation the following day the SUBJECT stated that the doctor indleated that had OSWALD not been found for approximately ten more minutes, he vould have been dead. Tt is here that the SUBTECT again pounded the table and _ said if the travel agent had not broken into the room, but had Instead contacted the KGB office like they are Iustructed to when they do not geb any response from people with whom they have appointments, thal he (SUBJECT) would have most likely directed the travel agent to forget about him, and on the following dey or later that evening he would have sent one of the KGB agents to check on OSWALD, at which time he would have been found dead. This, he went on to state, is what hurts him when he realizes that he could have been instrumental in’disposing of OSWALD without any special inquiry or serious investigation, OSWALD — being nothing, and at the same time’ today the President of the United States, President KENNEDY, would be alive. The SUBIECT then went on . to state that after OSWALD was sent to Minsk it was there that he met Marie. Like himself (OSWALD), Marie was a girl from a peasant family with no special background and somywhat illiterate. Ib was because of hey poor background that she was given permission to marry OSWALD and return to the United States as his wife. . The SUBJECT then went on to deseribe what took place on the day that President KENNEDY was assassinated, Ue cald that this was actually on Saturday In Moscow, the 22nd of Novernber., He was home at the time and happened to have the radio on, when he heard that the President of the United States had been assassinated. Approximately one hour later, the radio Informed him that the assassin was Lee OSWALD. ‘This announcement, he said, really stunned him. He grabbed his coat and dashed to his offlec. Immediately wpon his arrival he searched Yor the OSWALD file. When he found the fille he reviewed it and found that OSWALD had not been need or even approached for use by the Russian Intelligence. He put ina long distance call. to the Chief of the KOB Section in Minsk and inquired whether they had used, trained or prepared OSWALD in any way for intelli- gence activity. The Chief informed him that according to what he could recall, they hed not made any use of OSWALD.. Just about this time, he (SUBJECT?) stated that his superior walked into the office and directed SECRET who Docld: 32373271 Page 6
aoe 622. 6 Sp/. the SUBJECT to get all the 4nformatton available on OSWALD ane prepare a@ summary to be furnished the top officials of the Commnist Party. Ee The SUBJECT then directed the KGB Agent in Minsk to likevise prepare a summary of his file on OSWALD and informed him that within tyventy — ninutes a KGB agent would arrive by special military plane to pick up the summary for return to Moscow. He said this was accomplished, and within one hour they vere preparing a detailed report on OSWALD ' s activity in Russia. This, concluded the SUBJECT, is the SS oe OSWALD in Russia. C. P. AFFILIATION (¢) The SUBJECT also indicated that he did not join the Comnnict Party until he was 27 years old, and he did this out of respect to his father, who at the time was on his death bed and asked him (SUBJECT) whether he would do him one more favor before he died. That is how the SUBJECT stated he joined the Communist Party. Otherwise, ms probably would not have been a member to this day. DIPLOMATS AND INTELLIGENCE TYPES (g) The SUBJECT stated that the KGB are able to difverenttate — botween Americans who are assigned to Moscow and are actually the : State Department type, from those who have an intelligence backeround, by the fact that the Intelligence type of people do not associate with we Russian girls, that is they will not go out with them alone, wherens _ he State Department type will. Also, over a period of a month or two, ie ey invariably are able to find evidence that the tntelligence types have been masturbating. This is usually detected through close eran- ination of the individual's towels and bed sheets. (h) On 25 February 196) during the evening meal, a discussion was had regarding the recent airplane crashes noted in the newspapers and on TV in the United States. The SUBJECT commented that he has a lot of friends who are test pilots and who are now engaged in testing what ‘he referred to as a U+l type of aircraft that is faster than any other atreraft in the world. He added that these friends are highly pata put they have very dangerous jobs, : : SECRET we Ene Docld: 32373271 Page 7 he ASE: visto nare w ween sige stint a oop fe pete naptime nny omen ct, wer nna, 2 Ct oo ae peer nee aste tent eS eta ints ast stietec nate sbi tet
622 ¢ SD/i - SUBJECT'S FATHER (1) The SUBJECT also made reference to his father during this” meal, describing him as a very tall and extremely well-built individual, and one who was extremely intelligent and a self-made, self-educated mane He learned the shipbuilding trade mostly through his owm research and study, and also from the SUBJECT's grandfather, who was one of the first shipbuilders in Russia. The SUBJECT added that his evandfather died at the age of 94. He also stated that after the death of his father, a memorial was built in his memory since he was considered a very capable director of the government shipping Industry. ‘That was about the last time he saw his mother and brother and oO? as they all went to this ceremony in honor of his father, He also indicated that there was a periodical which gave a complete run-down on his family background, including that of his grand? ather and his — father, and it vas well publicized; and this he believes hada lot. to do wit th his being able to get some special preference and move along as fast as he did in the KGB organization. KGB PRESSURE ON FAMILY (3) On 27 February 1964 during lunch, the SUBJECT stated ‘that he has been informed that the KCB ts putting 2 cecure on his immediate family, particularly his mobher. However, he said he vas nob overly worried about hex because she Is well-off financially, and being up in age there is not mich they can do to here However, what concerna hin most is the fact that they have already started to play on the © sympathies of his two children and his wife. The SUBJECT stated that he vas anticipating this; however, he did not think that they would _ start so soon to pressure the family. However, he does have some hope that in due time he may be able to get his family out of Russia. This hope he said was etven to him by the Chief of SR Division. : LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PENETRATION (xk) On 25 February 1964 during a sightseeing tour of Washington by vehicle, as we passed the Library of Congresa, the SUBJECT pointed to the building and stated that "we have people vorking in there’. Special Agent Stanley C. LACH said, "who is ‘we'?" and the SUBJECT answered, "KGB". He continued by stating that this was a good place to place people because they could readily learn by just watching what research was being done in the Library of Congress by the military SEGRET -6- | Docld: 32373271 Page 6
and thereby get an idea as to what the military was pennies dn the: way of armaments and things of that nature. The SUBJECT also advised that the responsibility for getting information surreptitiously from Ancrican Exbassies in foreign countries who employ indigenous personnel, falls within the confines of the KGB. He stated that the way they go about this is to work through the indigenous personnel end arrange to enter the embassy at special times during the night. They would first make a close survey and a photograph of the area in which the enbassy keeps its classified material, then they would subsequently enter this area and open up the safes then he was asked how this was done he stated, “oh, combinations to safes are not hard to acquire" . He said that the important and difficult part of this activity is taking the material out and photographing it and then placing 1% exactly as it was before they touched it. Docld:32373271 Page 93 t t i i 4 Fe : i |