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[26]CITE ST PETERSBURG 21162
[27]TO: MOSCOW INFO DIRECTOR.
[28]FOR: LIMIT SE/USSR/IO INFO SE/RR
[29]SLUGS: WNINTEL GTDANCER
[30]SUBJECT: KGB OFFICIAL NIKONOV
[31]REF: NONE
[32]TEXT:
[34]1. ACTION REQUIRED: NONE.
[36]2. DURING THE WEEK OF 3-9 NOVEMBER 1991, U.S. PROFESSOR
[37]£.B. ((SMITH)), HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS IN MOSCOW WITH "'SLAVA"
[38]((NIKONOV}), WHO IS A LONGTIME FRI?7ND AND NOW DEPUTY TO KGB
[39]DIRECTOR ((BAKATIN)). THE PROFESSOR HAS KNOWN NIKONOV WELL
[40]SINCE 1976. HE CURRENTLY IS INSTRUCTING ON A FULBRIGHT GRANT
[41]AT ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY UNTIL 22 DECEMBER 1991. SEE
[42]PARA 7 FOR BIO ON THE PROFESSOR. OCOB STEVEN R. HEIBERG HAS
[43]BEFRIENDEO THE PROFESSOR, WHO WAS DINNER GUEST AT HEIBERG'S
[44]HOME ON 10 NOVEMBER AND PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFO ON NIKONOV
[45]AND HIS NEW KGB JOB.
[47]3. NIKONOV 1S THE GRANDSON OF FORMER SOVIET FOREIGN
[48]MINISTER VYACHESLAV MOLOTOV. THE U.S. PROFESSOR TAUGHT NIKONOV
[49]1N 1976 AT MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY WHILE A FULBRIGHT
[50]PROFESSOR. NIKONOV WAS REGARDED AS EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT AND
[51]CAPABLE BUT GAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT HE WAS AN IDEOLOGICAL
[52]HAROLINER. THE PROFESSOR BELIEVED THAT HE WAS LIKELY TO BE A
[53]RISING STAR IN THE SOVIET SYSTEM AND RECOMMENDED HIM FOR AN
[55]. IREX-SPONSORED VISIT TO THE U.S. AS EXPECTED, NIKONOV'S VIEWS
[56]AND RHETORIC MODERATED VERY VISIBLY AFTER HIS FIRST OIRECT
[57]EXPOSURE TO ?7HE U.S. HE HAS HAD AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL
[58]IREX-SPONSOREO TRIP TO THE U.S. ANO HAS SPENT PERIOOS OF TIME
[59]Ae A PERSONAL GUEST AT THE HOME OF THE U.S. PROFESSOR IN
[61]ARYLANO.
[63]4, NIKONOV CAME TO WORK IN HIS POSITION AT THE KGB AS A
[64]RESULT OF BEING A CLOSE FRIEND OF BAKATIN. OURING THE AUGUST
[65]1991 COUP ATTEMPT NIKONOV SAID THAT HE REFUSED TO FOLLOW HIS
[66]BOSS'S ORDER TO ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARED STATE OF
[67]EMERGENCY. FE WAS DISMISSED BY HIS BOSS (NFI) FROM THIS - 2.2. > &
[68]POSITION AND CALLED BAKATIN TO SEEX ADVICE. BAKATIN SAID HE
[69]WAS ALSO ‘OPPOSING THE COUP ANO WOULD LOOK OUT FOR NIKONOV ONCE
[70]ORDER WAS RESTORED. SOON AFTER THE COUP BAKATIN CALLED HIM TO
[71]ASK THAT HE ASSIST WITH RESTRUCTURING THE KGB. AFTER {T WAS
[72]AGREED THAT NIKONOV COULD DECLINE TO ACCEPT TWO-STAR MILITARY
[73]oa KGB RANK ANO WORK IN THE JOB FOR AN EQUIVALENT CIVILIAN.
[74]COMPENSATION PACKAGE, HE CAME TO THE KGB AS BAKATIN'S DEPUTY.° ~
[75]NIKONOV SAID HIS FRIENDS WERE DELIGHTED THAT HE HAD DECLINED
[76]THE KGB COMMISSION.
[78]5. NIKONOV'S FIRST ASSIGNMENT FROM BAKATIN WAS MAKING
[80]ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE KGB-CIA LIAISON RELATIONSHIP WHICH HAS NOW
[81]COME INTO BEING. IN PREPARATION FOR ONE POSSIBLE QUESTION
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[99]WH'CH MIGHT BE RA!SEO, NIKONOV PERSONALLY REV'EWED “SB FILES TS
[100]DETERMINE IF LEE HARVEY ((OSWALD)) HAD BEEN A KGB AGENT. HE
[101]REVIEWED FIVE THICK VOLUMES OF FILES GN OSWALD. NIKONCV IS ‘GW
[102]CONFIOENT THAT ZSWALO WAS AT NO TIME AN AGENT CONTROLLES BY THE
[103]KGB. FROM THE GESCRIPTION OF OSWALD IN THE FILES HE DOUBTED
[104]THAT ANYONE COULD CONTROL OSWALD, BUT NOTED THAT THE KBG
[105]WATCHEO HIM CLOSE.Y ANC CONSTANTLY WHILE HE WAS IN THE USSR.
[107]HE COMMENTED THAT OSWALD HAD A STORMY RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS
[108]SOVIET WIFE, WHO RODE HIM iNCESSANTLY. THE FILE ALSO REFLECTES
[109]THAT OSWA.D WAS A POCR SHCT WHEN HE TRIEO TARGET FIRING IN THE
[110]USSR.
[112]6. IN PREPARATICN FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIA!SON
[113]RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SWEDISH INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, NIKONGV
[114]PERSONALLY PERFORMED AN INQUIRY FOR BAKATIN INTO THE FATE OF
[115]SWEDISH DIPLOMAT RAOUL ((WALLENSERG)). THERE 1S STILL PRESSURE |
[116]FROM THE SWEDISH SIDE TO HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON THIS
[117]MATTER BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUING {IMPORTANCE OF THE WALLENBERG
[118]FAMILY. NIKONOV WAS AMAZED TO FIND OUT THAT THE KG3 HAD NOT {
[119],BEEN ABLE TO PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISH WHETHER WALLENBERG HAD OIEO
[120]AND UNOER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES. HE WAS ABLE TO FIND PARTIAL
[121]EVIDENCE FROM FOURTEEN DIFFERENT SOURCES (NF:). NIXONOV NOW
[122]BELIEVES, BUT FOUND NO CONCLUSIVE PROOF, THAT WALLENBERG WAS
[123]EXECUTED LATE IN 1947. THERE WERE INCICATIONS THAT WALLENBERS
[124]WAS SUSPECTEC OF HAVING CONTACTS WITH OTHERS WHO WERE ACCUSED
[125]OF PROVIDING FALSE OIPLOMATIC IDENTITY COCUMENTS TO OTHERS
[126]BEYOND JEWS SAVEO FROM THE HOLOCAUST. . AMONG THESE WERE NAZI
[127]WAR CRIMINALS WHO WERE ALLOWED TO ESCAPE. THERE WAS NO PROCF
[128]OF WALLENSERG'S GUILT IN ANY OF THESE CHARGES.
[130]7. FULBRIGHT PROFESSOR WHO 1S NIKONGV'S FORMER PROFESSOR
[131]ANO FRIEND US:
[132]NAME: €.B. ((SMiTH)}
[136]DOB: C.1920
[138]CIT: USA
[140]OCC: PROFESSOR SF HISTORY AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND,
[141]RETIRED
[143]LOC: RESIDES NEAR ANNAPOLIS, MC
[145]OTHER: FULBRIGHT PROFESSOR FOR WINTER 1991 TERM IN ST
[146]PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY, USSR; TWO PREVIOUS FULBRIGHT
[147]ASSIGNMENTS IN MOSCOW AND SEVERAL IN PRC AND GERMANY; HOSTS
[148]FORMER STUDENTS FROM USSR AND PRC ON U.S. VISITS
[150]THERE ARE NO BASE TRACES ON SMITH. HE SERVED IN THE
[151]MILITARY AND IS VERY WELL DISPOSED TOWAROS THE U.S.
[152]GOVERNMENT. HE VOLUNTEERED {NFO ON NIKONOV AND OTHER USSR, PRC
[153]AND GERMAN CONTACTS TO HEIBERG AND CAN PROVIDE CONSIDERABLE 810
[154]AND ASSESSMENT INFO ON THEM. ‘
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