104-10014-10064 MINISTER VY, V MOLOTOV. | AT STATE | V WAS REGARDEO AS EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT AND 6 SECRET Seve ve ve Seve deve de ve te se te deve ve de ve seat fol dese IIA OTN TOG Et eve de fe de ve %  QPERATOR : . BADGE: - BATE : iu SEP 93 * * OFFICE 9: (7 PHONE: TIME =o: 15:26 ‘ % ROOM : PRINTER: PAGE : 001 * *% REQUESTER: HM87?7 x *  OOSN: 21162 DOC OATE: 20 NOV 91 “HFA: [id ok Iodiiguooodundavodcocooodondoougon: COMET  toedeiededovedcietotetetetetoter a deve ve de ve deve de ve ve ve ye deve ve ve se ve ve / f¢ SECRET FRP: 5 5 5s ow ht STAFF ACTION: SE/USSR/10-3 (752) INFO: C/ORMS, DOMOS, LIMITO, OOPO, SEDORECORD, FILE, 000-2, SE/RR-3 (9/W) en Ob wo oh ww ty Gn an a OD Gy Om aH GD GD OD GD am oH aN Oh Oe We a GO GD at GE GO aD as GD GD oH Om om a MD ww GY wm oe ED ie OF Oo Am OD ou ME aD tes uw wm am am ay Gio Ge Gy SD GR my - 91 6320813 ASR PAGE 001 IN 6320813 TOR: 201455Z NOV 91 [J2! 162 S$ ECR E T 2014552 NOV SI STAFF CITE 21162 To: [.__] INFO DIRECTOR. FOR: LIMIT SE/USSR/I0 INFO SE/RR SLUGS: WNINTEL GTOANCER SUBJECT: KGB OFFICIAL NIKONOV REF: NONE TEXT: 1. ACTION REQUIRED: NONE. 2. DURING THE WEEK OF 3-9 NOVEMBER 1991,| , HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS IN MOSCOW WITH "SLAVA™ | CINTKONOV]), WHO 1S A LONGTIME FRI?NO ANO NOW DEPUTY TO KGB DIRECTOR ((BAKATIN)). HAS KNOWN NIKONOV WELL SINCE 1976. HE CURRENTLY ISI UNTIL 22 DECEM ‘ HAS PARA 7 FOR 510 ONL BEFRIENDEO! WHO WAS OINNER GUEST AT | HOME ON 10 NOVEMBER AND PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFO ON NIKONOV AND HIS NEW KGB JOB. 3. NIKONOV 1S THE GRANDSON OF FORMER SOVIET FOREIGN CAPABLE BUT SSION THAT HE WAS AN IDEOLOGICAL HAROLINER. BELIEVED THAT HE WAS LIKELY TO BE A RISING STAR SYSTEM AND RECOMMENDED HIM FOR AN IREX-SPONSORED VISIT TO THE U.S. AS EXPECTED, NIKONOV'S VIEWS AND RHETORIC MODERATED VERY VISIBLY AFTER HIS FIRST DIRECT EXPOSURE TO ?7HE U.S. HE HAS HAD AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL [REX-SPONSOREO TRIP TO THE U.S. ANO_HAS SPENT PERIOOS OF TIME AS A PERSONAL GUEST AT THE HOME OF | | 4, WNEKONOV CAME TO WORK IN HIS POSITION AT THE KGB AS A RESULT OF BEING A CLOSE FRIEND OF BAKATIN. OURING THE AUGUST 1991 COUP ATTEMPT NIKONOV SAIO THAT HE REFUSED TO FOLLOW HIS BOSS'S ORDER TO ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLAREO STATE OF EMERGENCY. FE WAS DISMISSED BY HIS BOSS (NFI) FROM THIS Se ae POSITION AND CALLEO BAKATIN TO SEEK ADVICE. BAKATIN SAID HE WAS ALSO OPPOSING THE COUP AND WOULD LOOK OUT FOR NIKONOV ONCE ORDER WAS RESTORED. SOON AFTER THE COUP BAKATIN CALLED HIM TO ASK THAT HE ASSIST WITH RESTRUCTURING THE KGB. AFTER iT WAS AGREED THAT NIKONOV COULD DECLINE TO ACCEPT TWO-STAR MILITARY KGB RANK ANO WORK IN THE JOB FOR AN EQUIVALENT CIVILIAN. COMPENSATION PACKAGE, HE CAME TO THE KGB AS BAKATIN'S DEPUTY.* ~~ NIKONOV SAID HIS FRIENDS WERE DELIGHTED THAT HE HAD DECLINED THE KGB COMMISSION. 5. NIKONOV'S FIRST ASSIGNMENT FROM BAKATIN WAS MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE | |RELATIONSHIP WHICH HAS NOW COME INTO BEING. IN PREPARATION FOR ONE POSSIBLE QUESTION <<< TEMPORARY WORKING COPY - DESTROY AFTER USE >>> SECRET
13-0000 “" " SECRET RE a fe aR eI AER Rea lack ki atte eta * OPERATOR : BADGE: DATS : 1h SEP 93. * % OFFICE 9 3 (27 PHONE: TIME 3 18:24 x % ROOM : PRINTER: TOTS PAGE +: 002 rt *% REQUESTER: HA877 it % OSN:[ 1162 DOC DATE: 20 NOV S$} MHE#: re deve de dese deve ve Tene Fest at eae se ve te ve ve Te ve ve ve re se vevedesevesess | COMET tert derece dade de cere dade Seve drac ah de neae ae ger 15 95 re 28 oe Ue ree Ba ve ere Tere me WHICH MIGHT BE RA!SEO, NIKONOV PERSONALLY REY'EWED GB FILES TS DETERMINE IF LEE HARVEY ((OSWALD)) HAO BEEN A KGB AGENT. HE REVIEWED FIVE THICK VOLUMES OF FILES GN GSWALD. NIKONCV IS ‘OW CONFIOENT THAT “SWALO WAS AT NO TIME AN AGENT CONTROLLED BY THE KG3. FROM THE GESCRIPTION OF OSWALD IN THE FILES HE DOUBTEO THAT ANYONE COULD CONTROL OSWALD, BUT NOTEO THAT THE KBG WATCHED HIM CLOSE.Y ANG CONSTANTLY WHILE HE WAS IN THE USSR. HE COMMENTED THAT OSWALD HAO A STORMY RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS SOVIET WIFE, WHO RODE IM iNCESSANTLY. THE FILE ALSO REFLECTES THAT OSWALD WAS A POCR SHOT WHEN HE TRIEO TARGET FIRING IN THE USSR, 6. IN PREPARATION FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF Al NIKONGV ONALLY PERFORMED AN INQUIRY FOR BAKATIN IN — FATE OF SWEDISH DIPLOMAT RAQUL ((WALLENSERG)). THERE IS STILL PRESSURE | FROM THE SWEQISH SIDE TO HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON THIS MATTER BECAUSE CF THE CONTINUING IMPORTANCE OF THE WALLENBERG FAMILY. NIKONOV WAS AMAZED TO FIND OUT THAT THE KG3 HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISH WHETHER WALLENBERS HAD OIEO AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES. HE WAS ABLE TO FIND PARTIAL EVIDENCE FROM FOURTEEN DIFFERENT SOURCES (NF:). NIXONOV NOW BELIEVES, BUT FOUND NO CONCLUSIVE PROOF, THAT WALLENBERS WAS EXECUTED LATE IN 1947. THERE WERE INCICATIONS THAT WALLENBERG WAS SUSPECTEG OF HAVING CONTACTS WITH OTHERS WHO WERE ACCUSED OF PROVIDING FALSE DIPLOMATIC IDENTITY COCUMENTS TO OTHERS BEYOND JEWS SAVED FROM THE HOLOCAUST. AMONG THESE WERE NAZI WAR CRIMINALS WHO WERE ALLOWED TO ESCAPE. THERE WAS NO PRGGE OF WALLENBERG'S GUILT IN ANY OF THESE CHARGES. WHO 'S NIKONOV'S /, ANO FRIEND 15: . NAME: | | OOB: C€.1920 CiT: USA Occ: RETIRED LOC: RESIDES NEAR ATHER. THERE AR: NO BASE TRACES ON] DHE SERVEO TN THE AILITARY AND \ — | O7&6-O00ES-Ol!, 201-0005925 vores 8. FILE: OEFER. DBDECL OADR ORV HUM 4-82. END OF MESSAGE SECRET END OF DOCUMENT “<<< TEMPORARY WORKING COPY - DESTROY AFTER USE >>> errner