[1]AGENCY INFORMATION
[3]AGENCY: FBI
[5]RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10164-10151
[6]RECORD SERIES: HQ
[8]AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 62-109060-8169
[10]DOCUMENT INFORMATION
[12]ORIGINATOR: CIA
[13]FROM: DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS
[14]TO: DIRECTOR, FBI
[15]TITLE:
[17]DATE: 02/22/1980
[18]PAGES: 4
[19]SUBJECT: JFK, ASSA, ASSISTANCE, OPINION, SUSPECTS
[21]DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
[23]ORIGINAL Secret NEW
[24]CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION:
[25]REVIEW DATE: — 06/30/1997 UPDATE DATE: — 02/12/2001
[26]STATUS _ Redact ~
[27]RESTRICTIONS:
[28]JFK Act 6 (1)(B)
[29]COMMENTS: INC FBI MEMO
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[38]‘ CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENGY ae
[40]WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
[42]U.S. Secret Service ~
[43]Attention: Intelligence Division
[45]Chassis) OY Npirector
[47]poetic at es (Y\p - 8 . .
[49]Baetccaly Ce Oxiad Federal Bureau of Investigation
[50]Attention: Intelligence Division
[52]| ; FR , : Deputy Director for Operations , fy
[54]| GOVERNMEN
[56]FEDERAL & ; |
[58]SUBJECK, : Alleged Information on Assassination of
[59]President Kennedy ;
[61]4
[63]s ; i. _The following information was provided byfour repre-
[64]Sentat ivdgin Rio de Janeiro and is being forwarded for your
[65]information and such action as you deem appropriate.
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[72]a. An unidentified caller phoned the Consul General |
[74]in Rio de Janeiro 29 January 1980, to offer “s het informa~ }
[75]tion" on the. assassination of President John F. Kennedy.- An |
[76]Agency officer interviewed the individual on 30 January “S169 |
[78]Consulate. a
[79]#16 gel (52 -109000-
[80]b. At first, the walk-in refused to identify him-
[81]self or give the names of persons in his story, but agreed to }
[82]do -so after the interviewer impressed on him the importance
[83]when evaluating information of the identity of the source and
[84]‘of the other persons involved. The walk-in reluctantly pro-
[85]duced an ID card (106%51 issued by the technical police on
[86]8/29/66} identifying himself as Las zlOR KOVACS, born 30a0Cto-
[87]ber 1926 in Sao Paulo of Hungarian pareisfGergchy and Pasta
[88]SORBALO-~ According te RNS ot ape oN [Getech 80d gage
[89]_ '‘Eurons with his parents and lived in Hungary and Yugoslavia,
[90]i mostly the latter, until 1961 when he returned to Brazil,
[91], He stands about five feet seven inches, stocky build >"hazél
[92]a eyes, no glasses, light brown hair receding at the temples and |:
[94]? : ENE EOMPLes ANC cg
[95]graying. His hands appear those of a mason, whichsle*craing" |
[97]to be. The interview was conducted in Portuguese# of which
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[116]SUBJECT - : Alleged Information on Assassination of
[117]President Kennedy
[119]cause of Vlasenco's nationality, and the timing of the assassi-
[120]nation six months after the blockade of Cuba, Kovacs concludes
[121]that the assassination was ordered by "Brezhnev and Fidel
[122]Castro.": .
[124]e. Vlasenco told Kovacs in November, 1963 that he
[125]rented the apartment, dealt in precious stones, and had lived
[126]there for four years. Vlasenco was away from the apartment dur-
[127]ing the day, dressed well, had no family and no car. Kovacs
[128]guesses he saw him three times during the two week period.
[130]f, Kovacs asked that the above story be passed to
[131]Senator Edward Kennedy, and at first refused to identify himself
[132]and the characters in his story to anyone but the Senator or
[133]his emissary because he was afraid for his life. It was for
[134]that reason also that he claims he did not come forward until
[135]now. Kovacs was assured that his story would not appear in
[136]any newspaper or magazine (which he feared would happen), but
[137]would be sent to Washington by a coded message. Towards the
[138]end of the interview Kovacs alluded to his need for money
[139](CR $500,006 about US $11,500) to fund his inventions; one a
[140]dirigible which could carry “any amount of cargo," and one a
[141]pump which could pump liquids hundreds of miles. When asked
[142]if he had made an effort to interest local entrepreneurs, Kovacs
[143]replied that he had expended considerable effort, "but they
[144]laugh at me." Kovacs appears to have a confused thinking
[145]process and lively imagination and his story is contradictory.
[146]He probably came forward in the hope that his information
[147]would be worth money. We do not know whether he himself be-
[148]lieves the story he related.
[149]f)
[150]1! 2. jOur representative tn Rio de Janeiro has been advised
[151]to have no further contact’ with Kovacs. Should addees wish to
[152]pursie the matter, Kovacs’ present address is Rua A, 46, Vila
[153]Luiza, Pavuna, Rio de Janeiro.
[155]3, This Agency has no identifiable traces on Kovacs or
[156]Viasenco.
[158]CIR 316/00637-80
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