“09 SEP 1969 CEPDET -onEl TO: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security‘ Department of State - : : - FROM: Deputy Director for Placs 0 SUBJECT: KOSTIKOV, Valeri Vladimyrovich .. " 1. Reference la made to your request dated 25 July 1969 concerning Subject. 2. In a report dat”
“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”
“, , Valeriy Vladimirovich KOSTIKOV . a * %.Valeriy Vladimirovich KOSTIKOV is approximately 35 years of age, . corpulent and paunchy, with a round somewhat fleshy face that sports a 5 o’clock shadow, and wears oversized tinted glasses In dark heavy frames, which partially obsc”
“SECRET., SPR PREPARED BY: Vera T. VEISCARVER ) DATE: isFebruary 1965A 201 NUMBER: 305052 A-NUMBER: 18973 1. NAME: Valeriy Vladlairovich KOSTIKOV 2. DPOB: 17 March 1933, Moscow. (1) 3. CITIZENSHIP AND PASSPORT DATA (including past citizenship and passports, with dates): ”
“CLASSIFICATION PROCESSING ACTION DISPATCH SECRET *47 MARKED roe INDEXING TO : Chief, WH Division X NO WDEXING REQUIRED into. : FROM : : chief, SR Division Chief, KUDESK Chief of Station, Mexico City' 00 w*0 Operatlonal/RECOATLCIMPROVE/Characterization of Valeriy Vladimiro”
“CLASSIFICATION PROCESSING ACTION ve DISPATCH S EC RET MANYED FOR DOEXBIG Chief, SB Division XX #EDEONG EFOUIED WO. ONE. QUALIFIED DESK Chief, WH Division 0 CAN LG BDELNS PRON suid Chief REDTOPof Station, Mexico AEKICK, MICROFezs Valeriy Vladimirovich KOSTIKOV (2”
“CIASIGCATION PROCESSING NTCS 10 DISPATCH SECR E T MARKED FOR acexnS Chief, Soviet Bloc Division NO INDEXING PECR"020 INFO. ONLY QUALFED 5S< Chief, Western Hemisphere Division CM OGE WotIEG FROM SUBJECT Chief of Station, Mexico City 02 2 MICROFIL PREDTOP/AEKICK - Vale”
“24 SEP 196a SECRET TO: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security Department of State, FROM: Deputy Director for Piano 201-305052 SUBJECT: KOSTIXOV, Valeri Vladimyrovich t. Reference is made to your request dated 25 August 1969 concerning Subject. . . . ■ - 2. The files”
“Chief of StAtton*Mexico City erool, OLLEtl GO.-liInt CAA.55: Ska TAPE XX jnourtcrous equzd BERS W ML *orsk Can AE mncoun FRA Chief, SR vis Chief, UK. ucainsa sh/yovazbriy Visaimtrova Sect REDWOOD/LCIMPROVE) FILE TETLE/NU4 227-6 3 2-4 ) (201-305052) ACTICBTREQUIRED IUCC”
“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”
“Nov. DIR 84837 - Urgently require info Valeriy Vladimirovich KOSTIKOV travels outside Mexi, hour by h ou r whereabouts: 22 Nov, all details his activities during Nov., names an d bac kground s his contacts also future contacts and activities KOSTIKOV via unilateral coverage, any ”
“CLASSSCATION 21 CER PROCESSING ACTION 4 - A A g ii/s (r7 y ,,-4 7 5 to DISPATCH MARKED foR INDEXING NO INDEXING REQUIRED. Chief, SR Division XX nio. ONLY QUALIFIED DESK CAM JUDGE INDEXING Chief, WH Division FROM __ Chief of St.ation, Mexico City e SUBJECT• S CROFIL”
“27 Fe. . EO TO: Director : Federal Bureau of Investigation Attention: Mr. S. J. Papich PROD: Deputy Director for Plans SUBJECT:- Valeriy Vladimirovich KOSPIKOV •Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Murrow Per your request, enclosed are the following most recent photographs availa”
“A fluent Spanish speaker, he had travelled abroad at least som еловком ізненийтаке знounced are 6567 KOSTIKOV applied for a visa to accompany Premier Bikita Bergeye- vich KHRUSHCHEV's party to the United States as an official of ΣΤΑ ΚΑΘΟΣΟΝ ΜΕ ΤΑ ΛΟΧΙΑΣ BUBJECT: Valeriy Vladimiro”
“: Note DI R 848 37 - Urgentl y require info Valeriy Vladi mirovich KOSTIKOV travels outside Mexi, h our by hour whereabouts: 22 Nov, all details his activities during Nov., names and backgrounds his contacts also future contacts and activities KOSTIKOV via unilateral coverage, an”
“14-00000 KOSTIKOV, Valery Vladimirovich 1. HSCA Request, 1 December 1977 (OLC #77-5333) for_____________ 16 Warren Commission Documents, by number (these documents in possessio n—of “National Archivesand withheldfrom—re 1ease by CIA). _____ 1. CD #347,_ 1/31/64_re_Informati”
“/ Me Feddmen 0dgd - CLASSIRCANOM PROCESSING ACTION DISPATCH SECRET ERAKED POL INDEXING 3. to XXX .3 : Chief, SR Division no INDEXING REQUIRED 0oo. ORLY QUALIFIED DESK : Chief, WH Division ; CAM JUDGE INDEXING FROM : Chief of Station, Mexico Cit; SEHOFLI DECT REDWOOD/T”
“ure sooner en pre DIR 84837 - Urgently require info Valeriy Vladimirovich KOSTIKOV travels outside M exi, hour by hour whereabouts 22 Nov, all details his activities during Nov., names and backgrounds his contacts also future contacts and activities KOSTIKOV via unilateral covera”
“3 March 1966 HMMA 28421 File: 201-305025) (KOSTIKOV) From the LICOWL-1 Progress Report HMMA 28421, 3 March 1066 (Original filed in 201-741655) Processed by Millie Rodriguez, SR/O/WH. Date Process: 28 March 1966: OK %Valerly V. KOSTIKOV (201-305025) [Subject reported on KO”
“180-10145-10239 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 1 -- - 1C1 Box- SURELL BRADY F44 3/7/78 # 10 KOSTIKOV, VALERIY VLADIMIROVICH 201 -305052 HIS COPY IS NOT 3 VOLS FOR RELEASE. 11110762 VOL.1-1959-1962 [some type a prone me”
“NVY Hars sensitivity of Photos you are sending and also relayed names of travelers with similar name s. Not e radio says OSWA LD lived under alias of 0. H. LE E. ! DIR 84837 U rgently require i nfo Valeriy Vladimirovich KOSTIKOV travels outside Mexi, hour by hour whereabouts 22 N”
“LEE. i 1 17 through 30 Nov.j DIR 84837 - Urgently require info Vale riy V ladimirovich KOSTIKOV trav els outside M exi, hour by hour whereab outs. 22 Nov, all detaila his activities duri ng Hov., names and backgrounds his contacts also futu re contacts and activities KOSTIKOV ”
“that the transfusion did not help. B says yes, that he died. V says "I knew that he was wounded eve n be fore the Americans. Both laugh, Merely by accident. Bayd yes, there they were calling an emergency meeting of Congress. V says yes, I've heard that the one who is chief here”
“1 4-00000 , -11, e"ibanl@iwn r SEC in - 21 Oct 69 2s : deputy Assistant Secretary for Security A.. Pepartment ot State CAIT honked Ebt- FRC a ieputy firect r f«r Plans olDJEC f VI 1.4. V, Valeriy: 6 mokes ohifitenninnusoinwe (aka. VCI. cv. Valeriy Vasilyevic”
“13-00000 While in Mexico he was considered by some to be the most effective and dangerous of intelligence officers in Mexico. He has - been described as being c. without morals. education, and manners. Shortly after his arrival in Mexico in 1968, he was arrested in front ”
“1 4-00000 CON XAE-852 7 October 1975 MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: MPhoto Identification of Valeriy Vladimirovich " KOSTIKOV, XAE-852, 20 June 1975 The attached photo identification request was generated by DJR himself on the basis of XAE-851, also attached. It is being proces”
“hen you know nothing more? B says nothing except what was broadcast on radio. Basks Vif V has any th ing new. V says no. That is why V phoned. B says no about other things, besides nationality. Basks V if he heard a broadcast from Washington. V says they only told me that he was ”
“V says no. That is why V phoned. B says no about other things, besides nationality. Basks V if he h ea rd a broadcast from Washington. V says they only told me that he was wounded Vasks and : were calling an emergency meeting of Congress. V says yes, I've heard that the one who i”
“: t/S ECRET .• 2 • , ■ . 7. RELATIVES (inclusing DPOB, location/address, passport and other personal information where available and appropriate): S. Father: Not known. b. Mother: Not known. C. Spouse (including maiden naae and date of marriage):. Roza Aleksandrovna KOSTI”
“ess. B answers. Vasks if h e got any additio nal news. B says no. what nat ionality, nothing is know n says no. V V says because (muffled word) here, that the nationality is Latin American. Do you understand? B says yes, I think so also. It is very important. V says then you know”
“13-00000 F JEbREI 1 While in Mexico he was considered by some to be the most effective and dangerous of intelligence officers in Mexico, He has been described as being without morals, education, and manners. Shortly after his arrival in Mexico in 1968,he was arrested in ”
“of the KGB, who left for the USSR in July 1964; Ivan Gavrilovich ALFERIYEV, Pravda Corres- . ~ pondent and KGB officer, who left for the USSR in October 1964; and Oleg Maksimovich NECHIPORENKO, Vice-Consul and identified member of the KGB, gst who is still in Mexico, and who ha”
“03 SECRET . Source: AEWIGWAG/2 YX): Date Acquired: 13 August 19664 UZR 701 -875492 Valeriy LEDNEV allu Works for Sovietskaya Kul’tura. Speaks no foreign, e th *0 X 2 languages. Blond, almost bald. Blue eyes, very nearsighted; j1% Wears glasses. Roman profile. A ”
“s. wife Roza has a tolerant-attitude towards KOSTIKOV’s probable Incur- 1.9 sions into the domain of maItal infidelity, since, on one occasion, when KOSTIKOV had been invited to a supposed stag party at ALFERIYEV’s home, and Roza KOSTIKOV had phoned to caution KOSTIKOV again”
“eoenver vamiss ____ S-E=C-R-E-T. .0006 KOSTIKOV, FNU....... .......................... ...... ------EGQA-89069 ----- -. C.... -..... IS.OFFICER: EASTGERMANY ........... 13MAY57 . - ----- 11 MAY 56 . _________________________________________________________________________ A”
“CLASSIFICATION h.JING ACTION 10 DISPATCH -S MARKED roe INDEXING XXX NO INDEXING REQUIRED INFO. Chief, SRDivision ONLY QUALIFIED DESK FROM Chief, NH Division----- —------- CAN JUDGE INDEXING McrOFLI SUBJECT Chief of Station, Mexico City -- REDWCOD - Ivan Dmitriyevich AC”
“t the nationalit y is Latin A merican. Do you understand? B says yes, I t hink so also. I t is very important. V says then you know nothing more? B says nothing except what was broadcast on radio. Basks Vif V has anything new. V says no. That is why V phoned. B says no about othe”
“friendly. She is in charge of the Embassy’s■ dining-room. Her co-workers treat her with a good-humored tolerance and -« ' ■ ■ • . sod*. e a slight contempt. KOSTIKOV’s daughter Svetlana, born In 1959, seems to ′ "be an average child, who does not present any outstanding problem”
“"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”
“KOSTIKOV, we are convinced beyond reasonable doubt that he is a staff officer of the KGB. Contributi ng to this conclusion are his associates, his movements, his Mexican and other contacts and his cover position, as well as his involvement in the TUMBLEWEED operation. "KOSTIKOV's”
“- DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENT (A) (B) RECIPIENT(S) 27 November 1963 CSCI-3/778, 881 Subje ct: L ee H. O SWALD/Soviet Activ ities in Mexi co City, 18 24 November 1963 "1. For ward ed as Attachm ent A is a resume of the obs erved activities of Valeriy Vladimirovich KOSTIKOV and Ivan Ga”
“s staff at 1730 hrs 22 Nov.) 5. 24 Nov. MEXI 7051 - Contacts of Valeriy Vladimirovich KOSTIKOV (ref: DIR 84 83 7 para 25 ab ove) see para 45 abo ve. 7. 24 Nov. - 8. 24 Nov. 19. 24 Nov. 0. 24 Nov. : SECRET NW 6592 4 Docld :32108 146 Page 14 - DIR 849 20”
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“d: 32374480 Page 13 SECRET SECRET : in one of the st at es i nitiasi ng aid projects. B says I unde rstand. If there is anything new I'll phone you promptly. (Only other pertinent portions concern fact that Amb BAZAROV held a conference with apparently most rembers of his staff a”
“that he was tasked with following the activities of the Central American communist parties and left-wing groups, and he met often with members of these groups, reportedly providing them with funds and technical guidance. In July/August 1969, Kostikov made an unusual TDY trip”
“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”
“B says yes, that he died. V says "I knew that he was wounded even before The Americans icans . Both laugh, laugh, Merely by accident, B says yes, there they were calling an ng an emergency meet eting of Congress. V says yes, I've hemd that the one who is chief here terminated his”
“short blond hair. He is very nearsighted and wears glasses. He dresses modestly and inconspicuously and has the appearance of an "educated and cultured" person. 3. KOVALEV is married to Tamara nee. MATVEYEVA, and they have a son, born in about 1972, who attends a special kin”
“[104-10181-10154) 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 0 & C ONFIDENTIALGm SX-32554 26 Sept:77 93 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD 1"1-2 SUBJECT: TwooMVD Officerswin MinskoWho Are-Engaged in the doo Surveillance of Foreignerse,wn.r~”
“0 SECRET KGB 201 FILE REVIEW CHECKLIST NAME: Valeriy Vladimerovick KOSTIKOV 201-305052 Jan 65 ACTION N DATE /= FULL TRACE CONSOLIDATION 05 Dane RIS INPUT SYSTEM INTEL AFFILIATION Amman RGB (AEBURBLE, LINGLE Jo) Sepur- ASSIGNMENTS Attache + Vice Consul in Mikiso FU”