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[10]CONF: CIC/CEX-3 INFO: C/ORMO, CICEDC, CIDORECORD, DOCHRORS., DOOPS,
[12]MDSX, ODPD, ORMS/CI, FILE, c/CIc, CE/RBI, CED/CIC, CETF/W-S, CETF/W/BAL,
[13]CIC/CEG, CIC/CET, cic/CLFL, CIC/EOB, cic/IsB, cic/oG-4, CIC/PRB, cic/TA,
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[17]TOT: 041754Z APR 92 DIRECTOR 324829
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[19]STAFF 041754Z DIRECTOR 324829
[20]TO: VILNIUS.
[22]FROM: CIC/CEX INFO CIC/PRB, CETF/W/BAL.
[23]SLUGS: WNINTEL TAZZACEX LWOPUS
[25]SUBJECT : WASHINGTON TIMES ARTICLE RE KGB OFFER TO HOLLYWOOD
[27]REF: A. DIRECTOR 283424 (92 7575137)
[28]B. VILNIUS 10599 (92 7801082)
[29]c VILNIUS 10578 (92 7735236)
[30]TEXT:
[32]a ACTION REQUIRED: FYI.
[34]2. FOLLOWING ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE 27 MARCH EDITION OF
[35]THE "WASHINGTON TIMES:"
[36]“THE KGB SPIES WHO CAME IN FOR THE GOLD
[37]"MOSCOW: ON THE ‘STREET OF TRUTH, ’ RETIRED KGB
[38]SECRET AGENTS CAME TO TELL ALL.
[40]“WITH NO HINT OF SHAME, THE COLD WAR SPY MASTERS
[42]SAID THEIR MEMOIRS CAN BE HAD FOR CASH--ON EVERYTHING
[44]* FROM<LEE HARVEY OSWALD>TO KIM PHILBY AND THE SPY RING
[45]THAT STOLE THE SECRETS OF THE ATOM BOMB FROM AMERICA.
[47]‘'vTHE IDEA THAT ALL PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE IN ESPIONAGE
[48]ARE VERY RICH IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE, ‘ SAID ANATOLY PRIVALOV,
[49]VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION OF KGB VETERANS OF
[50]FOREIGN ESPIONAGE, OR FIVA, AS THE RUSSIANS CALL IT.
[52]“MR. PRIVALOV AND THREE COLLEAGUES FROM THE ELITE OF
[53]KGB ESPIONAGE CAME NOT OUT OF THE COLD BUT OUT OF THE
[54]RAIN WEDNESDAY TO THE OFFICES OF KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA ON
[55]ULITSA PRAVDA (TRUTH STREET) .
[57]“~HEY TOLD REPORTS OF THEIR PLANS TO ENTER THE
[58]CAPITALIST WORLD THAT THEY TRIED TO VERY HARD TO
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[67]UNDERMINE DURING THEIR CLOAK-AND-DAGGER DAYS.
[69]"FEAR OF POVERTY HAD SPURRED THE RETIRED SPIES TO
[70]SIGN UP WITH THE HOLLYWOOD FIRM ENTERTAINMENT AND
[71]COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS ASSOCIATION TO PEDDLE THEIR
[72]INSIDE HISTORY OF THE COLD WAR FOR FILMS, MINISERIES AND
[73]DOCUDRAMAS .
[75]"’DUE TO THE PRESENT CONFUSION IN OUR COUNTRY, MANY
[76]OF THE VETERANS ARE IN A VERY DIFFICULT (FINANCIAL)
[77]SITUATION,’ MR. PRIVALOV SAID.
[79]"OLEG NECHIPERENKO, A 25-YEAR KGB VETERAN, SAID HIS
[80]FORTHCOMING BOOK WILL GIVE DETAILS OF HIS TWO MEETINGS
[81]* WITH<LEE HARVEY OSWALD>IN MEXICO CITY TWO MONTHS BEFORE
[82]* OSWALD SHOT<PRESIDENT KENNEDY. >
[84]"THE OSWALD MEETINGS TOOK PLACE SEPT. 27-28, 1963,
[85]ON THE INITIATIVE OF OSWALD, SAID MR. NECHIPERENKO, THEN
[86]KGB STATION CHIEF IN MEXICO CITY.
[88]"THIS MOOD WAS BAD,‘ SAID MR. NECHIPERENKO.
[90]"BUT, HE TEASED, ‘THE OSWALD HE MET IN MEXICO CITY
[91]WAS THE SAME ONE WHO WAS IN DALLAS.
[93]"ANOTHER NECHIPERENKO TIDBIT: TWO OTHER KGB MEN
[94]WERE PRESENT AT THE INTERVIEW AND AN OPERATIVE IN MOSCOW
[95]WAS KEPT ABREAST OF THE DISCUSSIONS.
[97]"EXHIBITING FAMILIARITY WITH OLIVER STONE'S MOVIE
[99]* <’JFK,'>MR. NECHIPERENKO SATD HE WOULD AGREE WITH ‘SOME OF
[101]THE CONCLUSIONS OF JAMES GARRISON,’ BUT ONLY BASED ON THE
[102]FORMER NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S BOOK, NOT ON ANY
[104]EVIDENCE .
[106]"IF HE HAD THE DOCUMENTS, MR. NECHIPERENKO SAID, HE
[108]COULD GIVE A BETTER VERDICT. OF COURSE, NO TALK OF SUCH
[110]* AN<ASSASSINATION>TOOK PLACE IN MEXICO CITY AND THERE WAS
[111]NO ENCOURAGEMENT OF SUCH A DEED, HE SAID.
[113]G]
[115]"MR. NECHIPERENKO HAS BEEN TROTTED OUT BEFORE BY THE
[116]KGB ALONG WITH YURI MODIN, THE HANDLER OF KIM PHILBY, THE
[117]BRITISH MASTER SPY WHO WORKED FOR THE SOVIETS. PHILBY
[118]DIED IN MOSCOW IN 1988.
[120]"THE NEW FACE SHOWN WEDNESDAY WAS ANATOLY YAZKOV,
[121]CODE-NAMED ' YAKOVLEV’ IN HIS WORLD WAR TI YEARS IN
[122]AMERICA WHEN HE HELPED RUN THE SPY RING THAT GAVE JOSEF
[123]STALIN THE ATOM BOMB. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
[124]ESPIONAGE PENETRATIONS IN HISTORY.
[126]"BUT MR. YAZKOV, BEYOND ADMITTING THAT HE WORKED OUT
[127]OF THE RUSSIAN CONSULATE AT 7 E. 61ST ST. IN NEW YORK
[128]CITY, ACROSS FROM THE HOTEL PIERRE, WAS SINGULARLY
[129]SECRET
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[134]RETICENT.
[136]"ASKED TF JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBERG, WHO WERE
[137]EXECUTED IN 1953 FOR PASSING ATOMIC SECRETS, WERE INDEED
[138]' GUILTY, MR. YAZKOV SAID HE PREFERRED ‘NOT TO TALK ABOUT
[139]PEOPLE WHO TOOK PART IN THIS OR MIGHT HAVE TAKEN PART IN
[140]THIS.
[142]"TT WAS NOT THE BEST ADVERTISEMENT FOR HIS
[143]FORTHCOMING WORK.
[145]"WHEN ASKED IF HE MISSED THE COLD WAR, MR. YAZKOV
[146]REPLIED, ‘THANK GOD THAT IT IS OVER.’
[148]"UNCONTRITE, HE INSISTED HE WAS ‘NOT SPYING AGAINST
[149]AMERICA, BUT IN SUPPORT OF THE SOVIET UNION IN ORDER TO
[150]BALANCE THE TWO POWERS.’
[152]"ABOUT 5,000 FORMER KGB OPERATIVES ARE MEMBERS OF
[153]THE ASSOCTATION.
[155]"'WHEN A PERSON LEAVES HIS POST, HE IS LEFT ALL
[156]ALONE,’ SAID MR. PRIVALOV, A 42-YEAR KGB VETERAN. ‘SO IN
[157]ORDER THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT FEEL THEMSELVES ABANDONED, WE
[158]DECIDED TO UNITE AND TO ORGANIZE A CLUB WHERE VETERANS
[160]COULD COME TO RELAX, TO DRINK A BEER OR A WHISKEY, AS THE
[161]ASSOCIATION OF THE CIA DOES.
[163]"INSTEAD OF FEELING SORRY FOR THEMSELVES, THE FORMER
[164]CLOAK-AND-DAGGER MEN WILL WORK ON A FILM ABOUT THE ATOM
[165]BOMB SPY RING; A TV MINISERIES ABOUT U.S. NAVY EMPLOYEE
[166]GLENN MICHAEL SOUTHER, A SOVIET SPY WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE
[167]IN MOSCOW IN 1989; AND A DOCUMENTARY ON OSWALD’S BIZARRE
[168]RELATIONSHIP WITH THE KGB.
[170]* "DOCUDRAMAS ON THE<ASSASSINATIONSOF LEON TROTSKY AND
[171]THE CASE OF NATO OFFICIAL ROBERT LEE JOHNSON, KNOWN AS
[172]‘THE AMERTCAN KIM PHILBY,’ ARE ALSO PLANNED."
[175]83. FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE NOTED THAT SOME STMTUAR:
[176]THREADS RUN THROUGH BOTH THIS ARTICLE AND THE LWOPUS CASE
[178]A. THE TIMING OF THE OFFER BY THE FIVA GROUP ON
[179]WEDNESDAY, 25 MARCH, FALLS DIRECTLY INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE
[181]WINDOW ESTABLISHED BY LWOPUS (24-26 MARCH). ALSO, LWCPUS
[183]NOTED THAT IF THERE WERE ANY DOUBTS ABOUT GETTING THE
[185]MANUSCRIBE-AGROSS THE LITHUANIAN BORDER, HE WOULD RESORT TO A
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[188]:_{RESSRVE VARIANT BUT WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF OTHER PARTIES, }
[189]I.E., HE WOULD APPROACH SOMEONE-ELSE. a =
[190]LEE. BE WOULD _AEPKOACH soMEOME %,
[192]B. LWOPUS SENT A SAMPLE OF HIS WORK TO US NOT FOR
[193]PUBLICATION BUT FOR A CRITICAL READING. HE STATED THAT IF A od
[194]PUBLISHING HOUSE SHOWED INTEREST IN HIS MANUSCRIPT, AGREEMENT “—
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[204]COULD BE REACHED REGARDING JOINT ACTIONS AND MUTUAL LEGAL
[205]COMMITMENTS..—_-AL FHOUGH-MONELARY COMPENSATION _L IMPLIED,
[206]LWOPUS DOES NOT MENTION ANY SPECIFIC SUM, RATHER HE SUGGESTS
[207]THAT HE IS WILLING TO ENTER INTO SOME SORT OF CONTRACTUAL
[208]AGREEMENT. THIS IS COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT THE FIVA GROUP
[209]APPEARS TO BE ATTEMPTING. THE FIVA GROUP STATES IN NO
[210]UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT THEY NEED MONEY.
[212]C. IN EACH CASE THERE APPEARS TO BE A LARGE VOLUME
[213]OF MATERIAL. LWOPUS STATED THAT UP TO NOW HE HAS PREPARED
[214]SEVEN FOLDERS ON FOURTEEN COUNTRIES AND FORESEES WRITING 22-
[215]25 SMALL BOOKS OR EPISODES ON DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. THE FIVA
[216]GROUP ALSO IMPLIES THAT A LARGE VOLUME OF MATERIAL EXISTS.
[217]LWOPUS CLAIMS THAT HIS WRITINGS WERE BASED ONLY ON DOCUMENTARY
[219]SOURCES. THE FIVA GROUP MAKES NO SUCH CLAIM, BUT IMPLIES THAT
[220]THEIR MATERIAL IS FROM PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE.
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[224]D. BASED UPON THE GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY OF THE
[225]MATERIAL AND THE TIME SPAN IT ENCOMPASSES, WE SUSPECT THR
[226]LWOPUS MANUSCRIPT MIGHT BE A JOINT EFFORT. IF IT IS NOTA
[227]JOINT EFFORT, COLLECTION MUST HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG
[228]TIME BY SOMEONE WITH EXCELLENT ACCESS TO ARCHIVAL MATERIAL.
[229]THE FIVA GROUP IS A COMMON EFFORT OF AT LEAST FOUR (AND
[230]PROBABLY MORE) RETIRED KGB OFFICERS.
[234]E. LWOPUS NOTED THAT HE IS CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY
[235]AND THAT OF HIS FAMILY. HIS FAILURE TO SHOW AT THE EMBASSY IN H
[236]VILNIUS DURING THE WINDOW MIGHT BE THE RESULT OF HIS CONCERN.
[237]AMBASSADOR JOHNSON STATED THAT HE HAD ALREADY ALERTED THE
[238]EMBASSY, INCLUDING THE LITHUANIAN FSN IN HIS OFFICE, THAT THEY
[239]SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE RETURN OF THE LWOPUS MESSENGER. IF ;
[240]LWOPUS BECAME AWARE THAT THE LITHUANIAN EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN TOLD
[241]TO WATCH FOR THE MESSENGER, HE MAY HAVE ELECTED NOT TO RETURN.
[245]IN SUCH CASE, ASSUMING THAT YURASOV IS CONNECTED WITH THE FIVA
[247]GROUP, THEIR OFFER TO THE HOLLYWOOD FIRM MAY BE AN ALTERNATE
[248]PLAN .
[250]F. IN EACH CASE, THE MATERIAL PRESENTED WOULD HAVE
[251]APPEAL FOR THE GROUP TO WHICH IT Is OFFERED, I.E., THE OFFER
[252]TO US OF INTELLIGENCE RELATED SNIPPETS REGARDING IN-PLACR
[253]AGENTS VS THE OFFER TO THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY OF THE MORE
[254]SPECTACULAR CASES THAT WOULD APPEAL TO A MASS AUDIENCE.
[256]G. THE NAME OF YAZKOV (TRUE NAME ANATOLIY YAKOVLEV)
[257]IS SIMILAR TO YURASOV. ALTHOUGH IT IS CERTAINLY NOT TRUE IN
[258]EVERY CASE, THE FORMER SOVIETS FREQUENTLY USED COVER NAMES
[259]SIMILAR TO OR WHICH HAD THE SAME FIRST LETTER AS THEIR OWN
[261]NAME.
[263]HT LWOPUS IS OBVIOUSLY HEDGING HIS BETS. HE ASO.
[264]MENTIONED THAT HE HAD MADE Two PREVIOUS UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS
[267]13-00000.
[269]“SECRES—
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[272]TO CONTACT US. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CONFIRM EITHER
[273]Ob THESE -AFPEMPES;—£E—ES—NO PEWORTHY-THAT—-THE—MANUSCREPT-HE
[274]PROVIDED TO US WAS A CARBON. BASED ON THE QUALITY, WE BELIEVE
[275]THAT IT WAS NOT CARBON NUMBER ONE.
[277]4. WE ARE CURRENTLY CHECKING THE FILES OF THE FOUR FIVA
[278]OFFICERS TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER THEIR BACKGROUNDS MIGHT OFFER
[279]THEM ACCESS TO THE SAME INFORMATION THAT LWOPUS PROVIDED. WE
[280]ALSO PLAN TO COMPARE THE MATERIAL WE RECEIVED FROM LWOPUS TO
[281]SEE IF THE FILES OF THESE FOUR OFFICERS INDICATE THAT THEY HAD
[282]CONTACTS SIMILAR TO ANY OF THOSE MENTIONED IN THE LWOPUS
[283]MATERIAL. WE WILL ADVISE YOU OF THE RESULTS OF OUR RESEARCH.
[285]5. WELCOME VILNIUS COMMENTS.
[287]6. PILE: 201-1478016. DECL OADR DRV HUM 4-82.>
[288]ORTG CICACEX—(BORGRINK)_;_ COORD.:__C/CIC/CEG_ (ROBINSON) ,
[291]C/CIC/PRB (BANNERMAN), CETF/W/BAL (MILLER) ; AUTH: C/CIC/CES
[292](SANDERS); REL: C/CETF/W (MORRIS). CL BY 0710601.
[294]END OF MESSAGE SECRET
[296]RET