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Valeriy Kostikov was a Soviet diplomat under cover at the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City from 1961 to 1965. CIA Mexico City station cables and the Lopez Report (1978) identify him as KGB and place him in the Department 13 (Executive Action) line of the residency. CIA monitoring captured a documented contact between Oswald and Kostikov on September 28, 1963 at the Soviet consulate. The contact, and the agency's subsequent handling of cables describing it, was a central topic of the HSCA's investigation of CIA pre-assassination knowledge of Oswald.
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“CIA · From: BLEE, DAVID H., DDO/CI · To: [[DELETION]] · OSW16 : V57 : 1993.06.24.13:18:45:210800 : · Release: Redact”
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Identification of Kostikov as KGB and the Department 13 attribution.
HSCA staff analysis of CIA Mexico City station product on the September 1963 Oswald contacts.
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“FORGOVT · From: WITHHELD · To: WITHHELD · OSW16 : V57 : 1993.06.24.13:24:21:680800 : FILE CONTAINS TWO IDENTICAL FILE ORIGINALS THAT ARE ONE PAGE EACH. THE REMAINDER OF THE DOCUMENT DECLARED NBR BY ARRB. · Release: Redact”
“FORGOVT · From: WITHHELD · To: WITHHELD · JFK-RH18 : F6 : 1998.12.16.11:10:51:920128 : REMAINDER OF DOCUMENT DECLARED NBR BY ARRB. DUPLICATE OF 104-10012-10024. · Release: Redact”
“CIA · JFK-M-17 : F24 : 2000.02.22.09:53:49:310044 : UNIT INDEX · Release: Redact”
“CIA · From: DDO/CI/BLEE, DAVID H. · JFK-RH18 : F6 : 1998.12.16.11:08:50:826128 : · Release: Redact”
“CIA · JFK-M-17 : F10 : 2000.02.14.15:37:00:280044 : UNIT INDEX: 4 PAGES DIF. · Release: Redact”
“HSCA · From: CIA · Box 30 · Release: Redact”
“CIA · JFK64-53 : F8 : 1998.04.29.14:54:21:250120 : NOT BELIEVED RELEVANT (NBR) · Release: Redact”
“DOJ · JFK-RH08 : F154 : 1998.11.27.10:48:39:623120 : MULTIPLE COPIES OF SOME ITEMS INCLUDED. · Release: Redact”
“CIA · SSCI Box 352, Mexico City Chron Folder · Release: Redact”