“14-00000 ’ ■ SECRET April 1977 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Possible Identity of the "Unidentified Man" Photographed in Mexico City in October 1963 REFERENCES: A. Photos Taken in Mexico City by Mexico City' Station B. Paperback Book "Appointment in Dallas" C ”
“13-0000Q CONF I DENTIAL 181606Z MAR 77 STAFF CITE DCD/MTAMI 139.19 TOa DCD/HEADQUARTERS. WNINTEL/WOMACE INTERNAL USE ONLY MIAMI OIR-06870-77 SUBJECT : UNIDENTIFIED KGB OFFICER REF 8 DCD CASE 57845 CFLA-006877* 1. ON 17 MARCH 1977, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE CUBAN GENERA”
“13-00000 hmt ( CO N FID ENTIAL 181600Z MAR 77 STAFF CITE DCD/MIAMI 139 19 TO3 DCD /HEADQUARTERS. WNINTEL/WOMACE INTERNAL USE ONLY MIAMI 0IR-06870-77 SUBJECT 8 UNIDENTIFIED KGB OFFICER REF 8 DCD CASE 57845 “CFLA-006877" 1. ON 17 MARCH 1977, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE CU”
“000 0 156 SUBJECT: Julio PLATAS Urbina, born 10 October 1941 in Empalme., Sonora 1. It has come to our attention that Julio PLATAS Urbira, an agent of the Soviet KGB, is presently living in Bacobampo, Sonora. PLATAS has been known to us since 1961, when he was in contac”
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“14-00000 - 2 - the Cuban and Bulgarian groups quartered in the same building in Moscow. Any time the Cubans had a problem, Yuri would solve it for them. Yuri was a good friend of Juan (pseudo) a KGB officer who taught the Cubans about the Agency (CIA) and the West Germ”
“% L RLT - 14. Rudoiph Petrovich SHLYAPNIKOV: Soviet Youth Leader on UNESCO scholarship (suspect KCB) who visited Mexico during September 1964 and was in contact with Subject at this time. (81) Leonid Vasilyevich NIKIFOROV: INTOURIST Representative■ -in the Comrorrial Offic”
“CONFIDENTIAL 181690Z MAR 77 STAFF CITE DCD/MIAMI 13919 10s DCD/HEADQUARTERS. WNINTEL/WOMACE INTERNAL USE ONLY MIAMI 0IR-06870-77 SUBJECTS UNIDENTIFIED KGB OFFICER REF 8 DCD CASE 57845 CPLA-006877 1. ON 17 MARCH 1977, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE CUBAN GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGE”
“------ ------------ - ■f. Vladimir Nikolayevich RADVANSKIY (201-298171), code clerk at the Soviet Embassy in Mexico since September 1964, known KGB. Subject is not known to ’ have associated with RADVANSKIY; however, Subject's wife and RADVANSKAYA worked together in the scho”
“4-00000 6- HMMA - 27030 , h. Georgiy Stepanevich VISKO (201-243602), Commercial Counselor in Mexico since July 1962, suspect GRU. Subject’s wife and Mrs. VISKO taught together in the school and seemed to be good friends. Subject also seemed to be friends with Mrs. VISKO,”
“Officer, suspect deputy KGB Resident. Subject and : 1GARMASHEV flew from Mexico City to Tijuana in March 1963. (35) Oleg Maksimovich NECHIPORENKO: Vice-Consul and known KGB Officer. Subject and NECHIPORENKO are social contacts.: NECHIPORENKO called Subject at the Embassy on 2”
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“14-00000 • ,wt - -/29/ SiCRE1 FRP: 8e DEFERRED TELEPOUCH CONF: IP/DP-7 INFO: FILE, DF, OPPD-D, (9/P) ,78 0609005 PAGE 001 101: *51451Z Jon 78 WASHINGT 234172 SECRE T DEFERRED TELEPOUCH 0514512 ASHInr"Dr. 254172 TO: GUATEMALA CITY. - FROM KA/MGSP.INFO SE/X/LA SUBJ”
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“NAME OF VLADISTOK KOMOSKID(KORMUSHKINO THERE. 5. ON 23 DECEMBER COS GAVE AM ASSADOR PI CUTES OF KORM USH KIN WITH FACT THEY GONE FROM MEXICO CITY FROM 9 TO 20 BEBz*BER1KRY CORRECT SPELLING FOR KORMUSHKIN. AMBASSADOR PASSED ]TO GARCIA VALSECA WITH SUGGESTION HE DO FOLLOW-UP ST”
“4-00000 SECRET b. to a report According to a report dated 16 Marcb 1962 from a reliable sburee. Subject participated in a Soviet effort to cultivate an American Embassy employee. C. report dated October 1962 from. a reliable Darce indicated that Subject believed to be ”
“5 F KULIET 1 16 RA D.D CLASSIFICATION 4 . PROCESSING ACTION 10 DISPATCH A SECRET Leonov MARKED FOR INDEXING Chief, WH Division NO INCELMNS RFQUIRED INFO. ONLY QUALIFIED DESK Ch ief, SB Divis ion CAN JUDGE OCDEUNG FROM Chief of Station, Mexico City MICRORU SUBJECT POA and”
“to The Buzzup seus perodez seu sg jo que Mexicali, ostensibly for the purpose of purchasing cotton. three times outside the capitals In March 1963 and agetu for the first two weeks of September he went to Tijuana, Ensenada, and Eince arriving in Mexico, KOSTIKOV is known to have ”
“'000 SECRET .6 - ~D. There are no Headquarters traces on fnu GURIY (para 5). •GURIY, fnu SEX:—W- P0B: -USSR ,t. - CTT: 055R0 OCC: KGB major LOC: USSR. Minsk - Known to Soviet emigre 201-0948382. E. Vladimir LAPSHOV (para 6) is possibly fden- tical to Vladimir Grigo”
“nvicD AJULs valC US lv 57) Valeriy Vladimirovich KOSTIKOV: Works in the consular departrent. *; >He goes out a lot at night and always alone. He travels often in the interior of the republic. He has Mexican friends. 1’c studied philology in the University of Moscow. He is ver”
“+ CLASSIFICATION PROCESSING ACTION TO DISPATCH SECRET X MARKED for DNDEXING Chief, SB Division MO twoexneS REQUIRED INFO. our QUALIFIED DESK FROM Chief, WH Division CAN JUDGE DDEXING SUBJECT Chief of Station, Mexico City MICROFELM REDTOP ___ Yuliy Mikhaylovich VORONTEOV”
“)4-00000 478 / JI.L 1 J: T02T ‘cony Je-o —maniention. If Sabjeet Itd called, in ance with lidsi innevuctionn, the fnet tie: Cr/: X was ::I TAR Ad : 0: it For: bo that a roxd i'>!:; lap could have developed. Psenuse of t rotentini probl.:. we would hr- precinte receiv”
“14-00000 de 8fl. ct s*a € 47l vEult . 5 MAP MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, OTS/GAB ATTENTION : Acting Chief, OTS/GAB/DIS FROM : George V. Lauder Deputy Chief, Latin America Division SUBJECT : Photo Comparison .This is the official follow-up, requested by you, of the visit t”
“14-00000 DO. INFO DISPATCH Chief, $A Dfvisto: Chief, 5ns Division Chief of Station, Mexico City/4 AnSt KCATICA *.D S. w103i 100 ID* ha aclinc ximo ON# (VAUD DeSa . (AM ADC InDEXIl . wicmonus ? "UrOLOK/LEEPRVE - Vitaliy anarry %_ — ACTION MLQUIRLO . REFERENC”
“14-00000 #• ACRE FILN J SECRET X^4 1965 ATTACHMENT TO HMNIA -28803 2P no SER. 000.MS DATED 2S APRIL 19.66 KGB Residency in Mexico City April 1966 Resident: S. S. KONSTANTINOV (known)go/ woti kNGA Deputy: A. V. TRIKIIODRO (known) 5nja 202da Mg77 : t**e__ cr Liaiso”
“ENTERING Celm6,A AND WOULD TRAVEL TO LIMA ON 23 APRIL. ARIZALA ADDED LEONOV WAS AN IMPORTANT MEMBER OF THE SOVIET EMBASSY IN MEXICO BUT HAD NOW GIVEN UP HIS DIPLOMATIC CARREER AND IS A MEMBER OF THE APN "TEAM". MORALES LATER TOLD ARIZALA THAT HE HAD LEARNED FROM DAS THAT LEO”
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“Sana11 000 59 EA,87 C-CSPT *6 -*k1 12 May 19 59 MBYORANDUM FOR: Hr. Nathan L. Ferris Legal Attache FRON 3 Winston M. Scott susscr 2 CHEN (fnu) CTC #7115___ WANG (fnu) CTC #3709 (105-6578) 1. Reference is made to your memoranda dated 18 Jani ry 1968 and 25 April ”
“14-00000 / Wess, 4 - a t SECRET ! ATTACHMENT TO EMMA - 28808 DATED 23 APRIL I960 CRU Residency in Mexico City : . April 1966 Resident: V. N. SOKOLOV (known del vefie eerelet € Deputy: C. A. SliChUCHNIN (known) / 299 2-9- Rrdeu Pe. Case Officers: gait , 0952 ‘mossy, ”
“"VALERIAN" USUALLY MEET IN OFFICE OF "KUNETSOV", SOVIET PRESS any -r-ow -nu . wavesneevanev6 1 ATTACHE.. 2. THERE NO SOVIET OFFICIALS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED MEXICO CITY WITH FIRST NAME "VARIAN". IT POSSIBLE "VALERIAN” IDENTIFIABLE WITH “ VALERY VLADIMIROVICH KOSTIKOV (201-3”
“An[the same and although Subject’s birthdate is different we believe he is identical with the OBYEDKOV who served in Mexico City. Recently a conversation was recorded on ROARC during which Subject used several Spanish words and expressions. It is possible Subject acquired a kn”
“Nikelayeuich Golonzov as KGB under cons, cover, and two men of Commercial Sec. of Sov. Emb. Both Sistone and Farele- independently identified as one of two commercial types from mug book-were unable identify the other. who was quiet and hardly talked as he tagged along. Golon”
“the .: same time that Subject was there.) Cf. below for report of . Subject’s having taken CHMYKHOV with him to Cuernavaca. to meet ZAREBSKI.. Subject has also been reported in contact with the following Soviets not stationed in Mexico: 4) Vitaliy Konstantinovich BOYAROV (”
“AUULALILK TUK IRtDENIAIIVN IV RDULAILr O A. / NUUDELION Valeriy Vladimirovich KOSTIKOV: He is a 38-year-old officer of the KGB who occupies the cover position of Second Secretary. He first visited Mexico in 1959 for a Soviet Industrial Exposition |and later came from Sept”
“7014 (para 13 above) should be 1 Oct 63. Sire Subj visited Sovemb 4 Oct but not recorded LIENVOY th at d at e. Also pouching 4 Oct photos. Making effort determine OSWALLS activities Mexico. : MEXI 7024 Station's check indicates no other KOSTIKOV travel outside MEXI. 6 thru 19 Nov”
“14-00000 242 SECRET 11. CURRICULUM VITAE: Continued.. - .. 11 May 1962: Subject, his wife and son transited Mexico City travelling from Havana enroute to Montreal (4), presumably on their, way to Moscow on home leave. 3 2 September 1963: Subject and his family left Havan”
“361 ant. 23, Moxoou. Subj was not sure he had the correct numerical address, nor did ho know what region of Moscow the street was in. Tanya further explained that KIRASOV was engaged in some unspecified underground work, possibly **** anti-government activity, and that one m”
“with suspect KGB Pavel Antonovich YATSKOV (who not available, so KOSTIKOV come on line) (One time K OSTIKOV in error addressed MIRABAL as AZCUE and MIRABAL corrects him. COMMENT: MIRABAL replaced Eusebio AZCUE Lopez, former Cuban Consul). ! ! ! MEXI 7036 - LIENVOY Sovemb on 22 No”
“14-00000 r SECRET -_3- EMMA - 27030 / On 17 August 1963 Subject stated that he had just returned from a trip with Valentin Vasilyevich BAKULIN (201-261813) (1). /BAKULIN is an identified CRU officer. The Station has no further information on the nature of this trip, no”
“14-00000 SECRET cranes - 7- 14. (cont’d) the Embassy cars on errands, ile kept a ledger of the telegrams sent out by the Embassy and notified other Soviets” when cables came in for them. IS. CONTACTS: a. Soviet friends and associates. 1. Valeriy Aleksandrovich ANDR”
“which is normal. He had a courtesy visa to visit Cuba. NW 65990 Docld:32396944 Page 9 SECRET/SEROTIV On the general question of identifying Kostikov as a KGB officer in Mexico City and his relationship to Department 13 of the KGB, this was checked with appropriate office and feel”
“14-00000 SECRET Soviet Intelligence Officers Stationed in Mexico 1. KGB (Committee for State Security) Chief Sergey S. KONSTANTINOV Deputy Chief: Aleksandr V. PRIKHODKO OFFICERS: . . 1Yevgeniy I. BEDRIN fej W - Ivan A. BEKETOV - sa i- ■ - Alckuandr M. BROVKIN - 36 Vli”
“SUSPICIONS VALID AND KGB FEARED. FLAP POTENTIAL IS PETROV'S abz CONTINUED PRESENCE IN MEXICO.2. a. 2. VALERIY VLADIMIROVICH KOSTIKOV (201-305052), ■KNOWN KGB AND SUSPECTED DEPARTMENT 13 OFFICER, DEPARTED MEXICO 4 DE 6.1s WITH FAMILY 20 SEPTEMBER 71. KOSTIKOV ARRIVED MEXICO”
“14-00000 SECRET 1. A trace reply prepared for the FBI in November 1976 indicated that from 1956 until 1961 LEONOV was in Moscow during which time he was reported to have attended the KGB school from 1958 until 1960. From 1960 until 1961 LEONOV was at the Fifth Department o”
“(Third Secretary, suspect KGB officer). The .caller was told BROVKIN had left Mexico and -Sr. KOSTIKOV had taken his place. (24) . 6 January 1963 Subject was in Vera Cruz " (25) 2.7 April 1963 Subject departed Mexico City, via Sabena- : no. 556, accompanied by his family for ”
“City with a different, un- jo? identified Soviet. On 6 May 1963 AEBURBLE was met in accor-j DATE “dance with the above arrangements by Oleg Danilovich BRYKIN Je- (201-292588), a translator assigned to the United Nations c.. RECEIVI U! Seorotariat in now York City?"eavain fan ”
“ADRESS BEL ONGS TO LEONOV ON WHOM BOGOTA OBTAINED FOLLOWING C TRAVES: NIKOLAY SERGEYEVICH LEONOV DOB 22 AUGUST 1928 IS A KGB OFFICER WHO USES THE COVER OF SECOND SECRETARY AND PRESS ATTACHE OF THE SOVEMB IN MEXICO. ALL OF HIS FOREIGN ASSIGNMENTS HAVE BEEN IN MEXICO WHERE HE”
“14-00000 Soviet Intelligence Officers Stationed In Mexico 1. KGB (Committee for State Security) Chief: Sergey S. KONSTANTINOV Deputy Chief: Aleksandr V. PRIKHODKO OFFICERS: Yevgenty I. BEDRIN Ivan A. BEKETOVA Aleksandr M. BROVKIN Vladimir A. DOLGOV Yevgeniy N. GORLITSY”
“>* Gadaan SECRET -9 - 15. (cont’d) RADVANSKAYA took over the camp after Subject’s wife left Mexico. RADVANSKAYA asked Subject’s wife to tell her (RADVANSKAYA's) daughter to enter the institute when she saw her in Moscow. 7. Vladimir Aleksandrovich ROMANCHENKO (201-727”