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Marina. sia beet Harvey “OSWALD | -4nterrogation during a discussion about the difficulty a Soviet citizen, who marries .a foreigner, encounters in reason) not. to permit the Soviet citizen to emigrate, ; o nocei S* KGB's. sanction not a single Soviet citizen, whether - deare. the: USSR. the Soviet Union was typical, Subject replied that her - departure. from : ‘the Soviet Union was neither typical nor usual, ~ particularly. in: view of the fact that her husband, Lee Harvey . OSWALD, was ‘a very strange. individual, He had been in Cuba, 9° - -vand then came to the Soviet Union not as a tourist, but ag -.-- an American defector who. renounced his American citizenship ~ and attempted to become a Russian citizen, This in itself. . 4s unusual for.an American - it is not typical and very rare. - ‘for an American: ‘to-do so, and Subject believed that an — ere .°: American doing what OSWALD did (seeking Soviet citizenship © oan i and’ renouncing. American citizenship) could only do SO because ae ihe | was a bradtor. a Sop en  pswaLD case,” Subject said that all of his information was ‘based _ ‘OnLy on what was known to everyone who read the newspapers  .— . . . after. the KENNEDY assasination and on what he read in a Sens  -. densed version of. the Warren Report while he was in Western» es /. Europe, | ‘When pressed. for his personal opinion he said it was | ot - | ‘a very unusual situation, Normally a Soviet citizen (like . |... -. Marina) would. not be allowed to leave the Soviet Union, in ~~ fact the Soviet authorities would try in some way to convince ~~. _:.; the citizen not to leave. However, if a Soviet married a 2 .; foreigner, » and insisted on leaving he or she could always, as .. @ last resort, be refused an exit visa. There have been re eases where a Soviet citizen married a foreigner and received .— 7 an exit visa, however, din such cases the Soviet authorities ©. __ . - have conceded to the exit visa requests only because they felt. - [2° .: “that the foreign spouse may have had some influence, and could: . © |.) _° have created adverse publicity for the Soviet Government had = 9 |"): = ._ the exit visa not been granted, This was definitely not se. in OSWALD'’s case, OSWALD could not insist that Marina be. . granted an exist visa since he was not in a position to de so, '. and consequently the Soviet authorities were not compelled to . -do so unless they specifically wanted to let her g° to America" | with OSVALD. Ce! , _ , : ronartta® the case, Subject stated that in this case (OSWALD's), |... Subject couldn't guess, and in order te come to any kind of a | ‘walid conclusion he would have to know something (factual), - _ Union as a simple American is excluded, Subject believes that gp SECRET The: ~ subject | ‘of the OSWALDs was introduced inte the attempting to leave the USSR if the KGB chooses (for some. Subject: stated that it goes without saying that prior to he or she is married to a foreigner, would be allowed to = = “Asked af. the’ case ‘of Marina OSWALD's departure ‘from Tn, ‘answer ‘to a request for ‘his opinion regarding the | “When asked to still further ‘elaborate ‘on his. beliefs which he doesn't, His opinion, however, is strictly an opinion without any basis or fact, He thinks that KGB was | TO definitely interested in OSWALD while the latter resided in the USSR. To presume that OSWALD could have lived in the Soviet a aa? Bo - BN SECRET “azea- S34. SS June bs “nascent eo qlee ost eaane lente eemermeptry eating gests rte oh a Side ener ete et ene Se cate oe enmity 18 -nParaRRNNERSCPTTD ERRCNORENE RERE™
_- -the KGB kept OSWALD in “their field of vision" and ~ . undoubtedly worked with him. To Subject it is unthinkable ' that the KGB would miss such an opportunity, since it . ‘always considers using persons (such as OSWALD) for work | .- either directly in intelligence, as an agent, . or in any . _. other way. nto. inflict damage to the West", - “Asked: ‘whether the assaXnation of President KENNEDY ‘eould -be considered as "being damaging te the » West®, Subject answered an. the affirmative. . ‘Subject: ‘explained that the existence of a government such ‘asthe. United States is a threat to the Soviet regime, ' The United States is an example to the rest of the world _ | (Seviets included). that people can live, survive, and have ° a higher standard of living in a democracy. Therefore, the. _ Soviet Union tried, and tries, to cut the U.S. Government a ' down at. every . opportunity. Since President KENNEDY was looked © * wpen by niany. in: the Soviet Union as a popular personality, - _KENNEDY's.personal attraction further raised this feeling © ne -. that living’ in‘a democracy had its benefits, to an even igher De level with: the general population of the Soviet Union. = on “When: ‘asked, if. at was possible that KGB could or- would | ° ever sanction such an operation (the assasination) Subject ee ee answered “yes, at that time (KHRUSHCHEV's) it could have", poe ae -. KHRUSHCHEV. was. considered by Subject to.be an ignorant ee Oe  4dndividual who:was willing to take risks and adventurous under-. . . .. takings... Subject said, however, that this could never occur under the present. Soviet leadership. Subject considered that . the decision: to carry out such an operation, (the assasination) | _ could not have been made by the Chairman of the KGB since he . = +, dees not possess such authority, and, therefore, could only = fo of s a have ‘been. made. by KHRUSHCHBV himself, hoe gd wee Bo Py et, “Subject | was: asked 4f such an operation might not have ”anvolvea a: ‘terrific ‘wisk which could have possibly resulted. ... in an armed conflict between the two nations, had Soviet . involvement: been: ‘proven by the Americans, Subject felt that: “even 1f the Americans did accuse the Soviet Government of Complicity: in the ‘assasination, the Soviet Government would ' certainly deny such an American accusation, claiming that the | Americans. were. using OSWALD, a crazy man whe had been in the _ ~~ Soviet Union, would Say that the accusation was a provocation, nana. in all probability would repudiate such American claims. 7 To underline | his point, Subject mentioned that even | oo 7 though OSWALD was-in the Soviet Union, and was suspected | .. because. he was.in Cuba, nothing happened and. the Soviet Union wasn't accused | by the Americans, .