MEMO: CORRESPONDENCE OF A US DEFECTOR WHO RECENTLY LEFT THE USSR HOMEBOUND W/ATTACHED LETTER
Originator: CIA
From: DEPUTY CHIEF, CI/PROJECT
To: DEPUTY CHEIF, CI
Document date: 06/22/1962
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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2023 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

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Deputy Chief, CI

22 June 1962

Deputy Chief, CI/Project

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Correspondence af & US Defector Who Recently Left the USSR Homebound

1. As may be seen from the attached news 1ten, which

appeared in tbe WASHINGTON POST, 9 June 1962, & former

Marine Sgt. Of Fort Worth, Texas; who defected to the USSR

three years ago, left Moscow recently, together with his

Infant child and Russian-born wife bound for the United

States. A search of the Project files ravesled that tbe

attached subject item vas sent to subject by his mother on

8 July 1961. In this item writer discusses sending & par-

cel and requests him to write more frequently.

2. This Item v1ll be of interest to Mrs. Egerter, CI/SIG,

and also to the FBI.

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Reuben: heron

Attacan

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OSWALD, Lee H. (Mr. &Mrs.

Minsk, IIb

OSWALD,

M. (Mrs.)

Box 608, Crowell, Texas.

28

July

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Summary

LB - 8 July 61. Mother writes to son. Writer mentions

the parcel which she sent the addressee. Writer also

inquires if addressee's wife Marina works. L Äddressee

is a former American who defected to the Soviet Union

in October 195917

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I Cheat

1804608

Crowell, Tex

5

alita Kalinina

House 7, Apartment 24

Minok

Prasid.

33

JUL 1 0 1961

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Fergusl

EMPOET CE BY 013421

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Dear lee: -

Boy 608

Chole Tex

July 8, 1961.

I deadrass

2 Bill agnola des

I pot holder

I Can opener (recognize it as the one you brought home.

you might check these items and just oay

in you letter (content Ot) ThA. way I wilh

Know of you are receiring then in a plan

Does Marin

Jo me:

I will check wit the Post Office to ace

Will perms ale to mail

you know

magozine. ed

The people I work for are real nice

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real hot me a ne i am bile

honse whil

el am preparing deiner: We eat at 1 2:06

o 'clock

and ecually by the time CO. was

the dishes. it is about i so when I am

this in the kitchen then (heline it a not

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big with a bof of cattle and horse. They

hare a Mexican bry working here from

mexico tick does not speck any Engleh.

at all. He is nineten iye all, Dis

you have a Chance to speck with any

you a dictmary?

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Line sex

Mother.

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