PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
Originator: SSCIA
From: BRANIGAN
To: MR. SULLIVAN
Document date: 2/7/64
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination: System

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MEMORANDUM

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 62-104090-79.

Document Info: mation

ORIGINATOR: SSCIA

FROM:

BRANIGAN

TO: MR: SULLIVAN

TITLE: PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION

DATE:

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02/07/1964

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PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF

PRES KENNEDY

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON 1149

ASSASSINATTON OF PRESTDUNT

TENNEDY

Pursuant to ur Linison Arent's request, we are

p/si

in receipt of a communication fron the Central Intelli ence

Arency (CIA) with respect to the means by which information,

which has been or may be acquired by CIt, Should be mare

known to the Presidential Commission.

"21:

CIA reviewed this cer icatiother ches artache interest

in the assassination investigation.

CIA advised that

they would arran'e directly with the Conmission for the

protection of information developca by theil ard they

anticipated that certain of their personnel would appear

before the Commission. CIs requested: i

..: "1:

That the Bureau not disseninate infor

nation received fron CIA without prior concurrence of

that Agency.

2.

In those instances in which Cls provided

informatich which ve considered pertinent to the Connission's

interests and or complementary to information developed: or

we should refer the Commission

received by the bureau cIA asked to be advised of such

In such cases

referrals in order that they could initiate

action

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preparatory to meeting a request which could be

anticipated

directly from the Cormission.

3. CIA requested that in any instance in which

the above procedure does not meet

the needs of the Burcau

that we inforn them througi

our liaison in order that

the matter can be resolved.

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DECLASSIFICATICN AP DICE.

RELEASE OF THIS DO SUMENT

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RELEASE

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Memo for Mr. Sullivan

RE:

LEE HARVEY OSWALD

105-82555

SENSITIVE

FOREIGN

INTELBIGEHCE

SOURCE

either false or exaggerated. He

Rodin as the

head of Department 13. TriAder dicentolmation was subsequentl

in the sumer of 190s corroborated brour intorman

of these sources furnished uny specife intomacion indicating the (sa

plans to assassinate leaders of the lestern nations.

Both suld.

however, that Department 13 is i highly secret organisation and

operates its own agents indepen ently of other sections of the kit.

The Legal Attache in lonn in June, 1962, reviewed infur-

mation furnished to the Germans by Bagdan Stashinsky which individ

that he was

redruited by the hol in 1952, traincu at an intori.mo

school in Kiev, then

transferred to Karlshorst in East Berlin In

1954 where he operated

as a KGB officer until 1958.

duties vere to service dead dross in lest German cities and certi

rovarenda material.

In 1?58 h: was told that because he had

himself he would be given an important mission gainst lirainit

emigre groups in the lest.

Thi, mission turned out to be the man-

ment

to assassinate Dr. Lev. Kibet and Stefan Bandera.

emigre t....i

in Minich. He murdered Rebet

i1. 1958 and Bandera in 1959 usins

ingenious

weapon manufactured b; the KGB which emitted a poison

"!.:

into the face of the victims and which made death appear

to ho it"

heart attack.

After Stashinsky's confession to the West Germans.

Congressmán Charles J

Kersten on 5-18-62 advised the attorner 1.

that he was to participate in the trial in lest Germany as con

copy of his letter was sent to the Bureau which indicated tha:

desired to show the official connections between Stashinsky

Soviet Government and recueste a conference with the detorne:

Kersten's statement to the Geran

court as reported in the

Correspondence,

" a publicatio, in Munich, included the foll:

statements concerning Stashir y:

"He was to learn Englis.

his field would probably be lirat Britain and the U.s.

On 12-3-63 the Admin strative Assistant to the Ati!:

president Joined to the Burean cupies of a letter from hur

hennedy,

cupy of which was sent to

General, dated 11-7-63 in which he pointed out that the Sent:

'wi:

Security Subconmittee wanted e bring Stashinsky to the l.s.

testimony but the State Depart ent nas opposed. He advocated

Stashinsky to the U.S. to expoe ictivities of the Soviet i.

In his letter he said

"before nis defection Stashinsky was hi

trained for high-level killing in tinglind and the bos. Tier.

undoubtedly others in such trining.

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Memo for Mr. Sullivan

LEE HARVEY OSHALD

105-82555

There is no indication that Lee Harvey Oswald was ever

recruited or trained by Department 13.

During interview in 1962

he claimed that he worked in a radio factory in Minsk while he was

in Russia.

His, diary and corrc:pondence to his mother ind brother

while ne was in Russia plus the intervens of his widow conflimeu

this.

•It is considered verv unlikely that Oswald would have been

recruited by Department 13 because of his suicide atremor a few

days after his arrival in Russ; his demanding and arrogant

personality and critical remarks about the Soviets contained in hi:

diary,

in correspondence with the terican Embassy in 1961 and his

correspondence with his mother nd brother in 1961-62. It is

inconceivable that the Soviets sould have used an individual of this

kind to carry out assassination of leaders of lestern countries

even if the Soviets have such plans:

ACTION:

None. The above is for information.

NEUREL.

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