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[18]ACTION: CE/R/XO (952) INFO: C/ORMS, CE/R/IO, CEDORECORD, CIC/NR, CTC/IFC,
[19]CTC/TA, CTCARCHIVE, LA/MCGMXB, LIMITO, MDSX, NR/CEG, NR/EX, ODPD, FILE,
[20]c/cTc,.C/LA, CIC/EA, CIC/LA, CTC/CENR, CTC/TRG, CTC/TRGBRB, CTC/TRGPSB,
[21].DC/LA, EA/ICOG,. .EA/ICOGIOB (13/W)
[23]93 4634535 ASR PAGE 001 . IN 4634535
[24]TOR: 2322082 NOV 93 NYFR 81563
[26]-S EC RET 2322012 NOV 93 STAFF
[27]CITE FR NEW YORK 81563
[28]TO: ‘DIRECTOR INFO NC NEW YORK.
[30]FOR: LIMIT CE/R/XO INFO CE/R/IO, C/CE/CIC, NR/CEG, LA/MBOS,,
[31]EA/ICOG, CIC/LA, (CIC/EA :
[33]SLUGS: WNINTEL GTDANCER
[34]SUBJECT: OLEG M. NECHIPORENKO
[35]REF: FR NEW YORK 81555 93 4634425
[36]TEXT: —_ .
[37]1. ACTION REQUESTED: TRACES ON SUBJECT.
[39]. 2. SUMMARY: ON 18 NOVEMBER, NOQPIGGIN PROVIDED FOLLOWING
[40]INFORMATION ON RETIRED KGB COLONEL, OLEGM. .( (NECHIPORENKO)), OF
[41]*<LEE HARVEY OSWALD>FAME, WHO WAS.IN THE U.S. TO PROMOTE HIS BOOK,
[42]*"PASSPORT TO<ASSASSINATION."> SUBJECT FLEW TO HOUSTON ON ;
[44]*18 NOVEMBER TO PARTICIPATE IN A SYMPOSIUM ON THE<KENNEDY>
[45]*<ASSASSINATION>AND HOPES TO RETURN TO NEW YORK NEXT WEEK. ; ’
[46]SUBJECT WILL BE PAID FOR HIS BOOK ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT INCOME
[47]EXCEED. EXPENSES (INCLUDING HIS CURRENT TRIP). HE-IS GOING
[48]THROUGH A PERIOD OF LONELINESS, AND COULD BE APPROACHED: UNDER
[50]- APPROPRIATE (WRITER /AUTHOR/ ACADEMIC). COMMERCIAL COVER - END
[51]SUMMARY . :
[53]3. DURING THE WEEK OF 8 NOVEMBER, NOP WAS OFFERED A.
[54]ONE-TIME INTERPRETING JOB BY A COLLEAGUE WHO COULD NOT ACCEPT
[55]THE ASSIGNMENT. ON 16 NOVEMBER, NPQ ACCOMPANIED SUBJECT AS
[56]INTERPRETER TO A FILMING WITH A PROMINENT AMERICAN T.V. NEWS
[57]PERSONALITY. THE ROOM WAS FILLED WITH PRINT AND MEDIA
[59]' JOURNALISTS AND THE NEWS PERSONALITY MADE A POINT OF STRESSING
[60]THAT HIS NETWORK HAS DEVELOPED EXCEPTIONAL EXPERTISE ON THE
[61]*<KENNEDY ASSASSINATION>AND IS DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB THAN THE
[62]FBI OR CIA. DURING A 3 1/2 HOUR INTERVIEW, SUBJECT WENT INTO AN
[63]EXCRUCIATINGLY ‘DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF HIS MEETINGS WITH
[64]OSWALD: WHO STOOD WHERE, WHO WORE WHAT, ETC AND EQUALLY
[65]DETAILED ANSWERS | TO. SUBSEQUENT QUESTIONS. SUBJECT RESPONDED TO
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[77]MOST QUESTIONS IN ENGLISH, BUT WAS OCCASIONALLY CONFUSED BY AN .
[78]UNEXPECTED QUESTION AND WAS FORCED TO RELY ON NQP.. FOLLOWING
[79]THE TAPING, NQP INVITED SUBJECT (AT FBI REQUEST) FOR COFFEE AND
[80]LATER TO DINNER AT HIS HOME. BOTH WERE GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED AS
[81]SUBJECT, WHOSE HOTEL WAS PAID BY THE PUBLISHER, HAD NO WALKING
[82]AROUND MONEY. THE DINNER SUBSEQUENTLY DID NOT TAKE PLACE SINCE
[83]SUBJECT COULD NOT RESOLVE A SCHEDULING CONFLICT WHICH HAD HIM
[84]PARTICIPATING IN AN INTERVIEW AT THE SAME TIME.
[86]. _4. SUBJECT ENJOYED HIS CIRCA 10 YEARS IN MEXICO AND CUBA.
[87]HE. CHEERFULLY LAMENTED THAT THE REZIDENTURA IN MEXICO. HAD TO USE
[88]COMMERCIAL PHONE LINES TO TALK TO THEIR CUBAN COUNTERPARTS:
[90]"THE CIA KNEW EVERYTHING WE DID." ‘FOLLOWING HIS EXPULSION FROM
[91]MEXICO CITY IN 1971, SUBJECT WAS ASSIGNED TO THE ANALYSIS
[92]DIVISION OF THE FIRST CHIEF. DIRECTORATE FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND
[93]MADE SEVERAL TRIPS TO CUBA AND NICARAGUA. HE BECAME ELIGIBLE TO
[94]RETURN TO MEXICO AGAIN WHEN THE THEN MEXICAN PRESIDENT STATED
[96]. PRIVATELY DURING A. STATE VISIT TO MOSCOW THAT SUBJECT AND
[97]APPARENTLY OTHERS WHO WERE EXPELLED WITH HIM COULD RETURN
[98]ANYTIME.
[100]5. FOR APPROXIMATELY SEVEN YEARS, CIRCA 1975-1982, SUBJECT
[102].WAS ASSIGNED TO VIETNAMESE AFFAIRS. BASED ON THIS EXPERIENCE HE
[103]DISAGREED COMPLETELY WITH THE ALLEGATIONS BY KGB GENERAL —
[104]((KALUGIN)) THAT AMERICANS POWS WERE HELD IN RUSSIA. ACCORDING
[105]TO. SUBJECT, KALUGIN IS PARANOID AND TRULY BELIEVES HIS OWN
[106]CLAIMS. SUBJECT SAID THE KGB OBTAINED THICK FILES ON POWS FROM
[107]THE VIETNAMESE WHICH THE KGB THOUGHT SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR AN
[108]EXCHANGE OF SENSITIVE (NFI) EQUIPMENT THAT THE VIETNAMESE. .
[109]WANTED. AFTER REVIEWING THE FILES, HOWEVER, IT BECAME APPARENT
[110]THAT THE FILES WERE USELESS, BECAUSE THERE SEEMED LITTLE
[111]OPPORTUNITY TO RECRUIT A POW AS AN FI SOURCE. CONTINUING,
[113]. SUBJECT SUPPORTED HIS COMPLAINT ABOUT THE USELESSNESS OF THE
[115]- FILES BY COMPLAINING THAT THE VIETNAMESE NEVER. INFORMED THE KGB
[116]ABOUT THEIR OPERATIONS OR CONTACTS IN SOUTH VIETNAM: "WE
[117]‘SUPPLIED THEM WITH EVERYTHING, INTEL, MATERIAL, WEAPONS, AND:
[118]THEY WOULDN’T TELL US ANYTHING." ;
[120]. 6. CIRCA 1985, AS VIETNAM FADED AS AN ISSUE, SUBJECT GOT A .
[121]JOB AS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE KGB SCHOOL, AKA THE RED BANNER
[122]INSTITUTE OR ANDROPOV INSTITUTE. THIS ASSIGNMENT WAS REGARDED
[123]AS PLUSH DUTY BECAUSE THE COLONELS COULD RELAX. AND ENJOY THE
[124]BENEFITS OF THEIR RANK IN EXCHANGE FOR TELLING WAR STORIES ABOUT
[125]GREAT OPERATIONS THEY RAN.
[127]7. IN 1991, SUBJECT REACHED MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE OF -
[128]60. SINCE THEN, HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH AN. "INTERNATIONAL
[129]COUNTER-TERRORIST TRAINING INSTITUTE". IN MOSCOW THAT IS STAFFED
[130]WITH OTHER OLD COLD WARRIORS AND WRITING HIS BOOK. ON THE
[131]OCCASION OF THE VISIT OF THE LEAD SENATOR ON POW/MIA ISSUES TO
[132]MOSCOW, SUBJECT’S KGB SUPERIORS TOLD HIM TO SPEAK FREELY WITH
[133]THE SENATOR.
[135]8. UNDER FBI DIRECTION, NOP TRIED TO ELICIT UPDATED CI INFO
[136]BY SPECULATING OUT LOUD THAT "YOUR GUYS PROBABLY DON’T HAVE
[137]ANYTHING TO DO HERE" AND WAS TOLD, "YOU'RE BASICALLY RIGHT.
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[141]_ THEY. DO MORE BASIC INFORMATION GATHERING LIKE THE INSTITUTES."
[142]NOP (AND THE BUREAU) WERE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT SUBJECT KNEW
[143]‘NO ONE AT THE RUSSIAN MISSION IN NEW YORK. NOP USED SUBJECT’S
[144]PENURY AND DEARTH OF PLANS TO INVITE HIM HOME FOR DINNER THE
[145]_FOLLOWING EVENING. SUBJECT WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE EVENING,
[146]NOTING THAT NOT ONLY DID HE. KNOW NONE, HE WAS HESITANT TO LEAVE
[147]HIS HOTEL ROOM (WHICH HE DESPISED) AT NIGHT. AS IT DEVELOPED,
[148]HOWEVER, SUBJECT’'S PUBLISHER ARRANGED HIS SOLITARY INTERVIEW FOR
[149]THE SAME TIME. THIS, COMBINED WITH THE RAIN, LED SUBJECT TO -
[150]CANCEL. SUBJECT. HOPES TO VISIT NEW YORK ON HIS RETURN TRIP AND
[151]WILL CALL NOP IF HE DOES.
[153]9. SUBJECT DOES NOT KNOW IF HE WILL RECEIVE ANY INCOME FROM
[154]THE BOOK. HE WILL BE PAID ONLY AFTER ALL THE EXPENSES OF
[155]PUBLISHING AND PROMOTION ARE PAID. NQP OBSERVED THAT SUBJECT IS
[156]LONELY, AND COULD BE APPROACHED SECURELY UNDER AN APPROPRIATE
[157]COMMERCIAL GUISE, SUCH AS THAT OF A WRITER. WHETHER HIS CURRENT
[158]ACCESS WOULD JUSTIFY THE EFFORT HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. ; :
[159]STATION WOULD PROPOSE THAT SUBJECT COULD BE AN INTERESTING
[160]SPEAKER FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS.
[162]10. ACCORDING TO HIS CARD, WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN
[163]PRINTED IN ONE OF THE LOCAL $5 FOR 50 CARDS MACHINES, SUBJECT’S
[164]CURRENT ADDRESS IS:
[166]26/2-269, UL. AK. KAPITSA
[167]117647 MOSCOW
[169]TEL: (095) 429-54-17
[170]FAX: (095) 939-83-67.
[172]HIS TITLE IS "COLONEL KGB (RETIRED) INTELLIGENCE AND
[173]COUNTERINTELLIGENCE EXPERT".
[175]“11. PILE: HQS: ASSIGN/ADVISE. DECL OADR DRV HUM 4-82.
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