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[2]Iit04-10326-10092)y | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
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[9]MHFNO: 93-4593421 SENSIND: PAGE: 1
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[11]ADV: CE/R/IO (16132) STAFF
[13]ACTION: CE/R/IO (479) INFO: (C/ORMS, CEDORECORD, LIMITO, MDSX, OPPD, FILE,
[14]CE/R, DC/CE (4/W)_
[15]93 4593421 ASP . PAGE 001 IN 4593421
[17]TOR: 191613Z NOV 93° ~ MCOW 62359
[19]S$ E C7R-E_T 191610Z NOV 93 STAFF
[21]CITE MOSCOW 62359
[23]TO: PRIORITY DIRECTOR INFO ST PETERSBURG.
[25]FOR: LIMIT CE/R/IO INFO C/CE/R, DC/CE
[26]“SLUGS: WNINTEL GTDANCER NQHAYWIRE
[27]" SUBJECT: 11 NOVEMBER 1993 MEETING WITH THE. SVRR
[29]REF: A. MOSCOW 62226 93 4516923
[30]B. MOSCOW 62260 93 4536763
[31]C. MOSCOW 62261 93 4536806
[33]TEXT:
[35]1.° ACTION REQUESTED: SEE PARAS FOUR AND FIVE. SEPARATE
[36]CABLE TRAFFIC CONTAINING SPECIFIC REQUESTS FOR ACTION WILL BE
[37]FORWARDED TO. APPROPRIATE HQS ELEMENTS.
[39]2. ON THE MORNING OF 11 NOVEMBER 1993, LEONID
[40]((RYABCHENYA)), DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE FOREIGN LIAISON
[41]DEPARTMENT, RUSSIAN FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (SVRR)
[42]TELEPHONED TO ARRANGE AN "URGENT" MEETING WITH COS. THE :
[43]MEETING TOOK PLACE AT 1600 HOURS AT KOLPACHNIY PEREULOK. REFS
[44]CONTAIN STATION’S TRANSLATIONS OF THE ITEMS RYABCHENYA PASSED
[45]DURING THE MEETING (TEXT OF A LETTER TO THE DCI FROM PRIMAKOV
[46]‘CONTAINING HIS THOUGHTS ON THE MIDDLE EAST AND. THE CURRENT
[47]PEACE PROCESS; A PAPER ON AID TO THE BOSNIAN MUSLIMS; AND A.
[48]‘PAPER ON THE SITUATION IN SOMALIA, RESPECTIVELY.)
[50]' 3. RYABCHENYA ALSO RAISED THE NAME OLEG ((NECHIPORENKO) ),
[51]RETIRED SENIOR KGB OFFICIAL. AS WE KNOW FROM PRESS ACCOUNTS,
[52]NECHIPORENKO'S BOOK, "PASSPORT TO ASSASSINATION" WHICH PROVIDES .
[53]*NECHIPORENKO’S ACCOUNT OF<LEE HARVEY OSWALD’S>INVOLVEMENT IN
[54]THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY IS SCHEDULED TO BE
[55]PUBLISHED IN MID-NOVEMBER. RYABCHENYA SAID THAT NECHIPORENKO
[56]IS PLANNING TO TRAVEL TO THE U.S. ON BOOK PROMOTION TOUR.
[57]RYABCHENYA STATED THAT HE WAS BRINGING THE SUBJECT UP IN ORDER
[58]TO PUT ON RECORD THAT THE SVRR HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE BOOK,
[59]ITS CONTENTS, OR NECHIPORENKO'S TRAVEL. RYABCHENYA WAS ADAMANT
[60]THAT THE ENDEAVOR WAS "100 PERCENT PERSONAL."
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[69]4. NEXT RYABCHENYA INQUIRED WHETHER ANY DECISIONS HAD BEEN
[70]MADE WITH REGARD TO THE SCHEDULING OF THE NEXT EXCHANGE ON
[71]YUGOSLAVIA. . HE RECALLED THE NEXT ROUND OF DISCUSSIONS WERE ~
[72]TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN DECEMBER 1993 IN.
[73]WASHINGTON. REQUEST HQS ELEMENTS INVOLVED ADVISE. INTENTIONS
[74]FOR THE SCHEDULING OF THE NEXT EXCHANGE .
[76]5. RYABCHENYA ALSO INQUIRED ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE
[77]“UNCLASSIFIED PAPER PRESENTING THE FINDINGS OF THE U.S.
[78]SCIENTISTS INVOLVED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE EFFORT
[79]SCHEDULED TO BE PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER 1993. HE REMINDED COS OF
[81]‘. OUR PROMISE TO PROVIDE A COPY (A. PROMISE MADE FIRST DURING THE
[82]VISIT OF THE ETF TEAM IN JULY AND LATER REPEATED BY THE DCI .
[83]DURING HIS 9 AUGUST. MEETING WITH SVRR LEADERSHIP). RYABCHENYA
[84]EXPLAINED THAT THE SVRR HAS HELD SOME MEETINGS WITH RUSSIAN
[85]SCIENTISTS AND IS WORKING ON A PROPOSAL FOR AN EXCHANGE OF -
[86]VIEWS BETWEEN U.S. AND RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS ON THIS SUBJECT.
[87]AFTER THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE. PAPER, THE SVRR
[88]WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD AND SCHEDULE AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS BETWEEN
[89]U.S. AND RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS. (AN EVENT MOTIVATING THE SVRR‘S
[90]DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS INITIATIVE IS, OF COURSE, THE
[92]. GORE/CHERNOMYRDIN MEETINGS SCHEDULED TO TAKE ‘PLACE IN MOSCOW IN
[93]THE MIDDLE OF NEXT MONTH.) REQUEST HOS PROVIDE A. COPY OF THE -
[94]UNCLASSIFIED PAPER BY THE MOST -EXPEDITIONS MEANS POSSIBLE.
[95]LENGTH PERMITTING, SUGGEST USE OF SECURE FAX TO THE STATION.
[97]5. FILE: 74A-002- 001. -DECL OADR DRV LIA 1-87.
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