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[38]David H. Blee
[39]Chief, SB Division
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[55]("available to SR/CI/Research on that particular sub-
[56]ject. Some of these studies were sterilized sub-
[57]sequently for passage to a.wider list of recipients «
[58]‘than the sensitivity of the original production
[59]permitted. Some studies were translated and given
[60]to foreign liaison services.* Many of these studies
[61]were the result of suggestions for research topics -
[62]from other SR Division offices, CIA-wide components,
[63]and organizations outside the Cra. |
[64]Throughout the period of this history, SR/-
[65]Reports, in coordination with Chief,SR/CI, had re-
[66]sponsibility for the dissemination of timely general 7
[67]- Cr reports on the RIS. The area division concerned
[68]"disseminated CI reports on the RIS which were clearly |
[70]MS of only local significance.
[72]J. Warren » commission Studies
[74]The President's Commission on the Assassina-
[75]tion of President Kennedy , also known as the Warren >
[76]‘Commission, through its General Counsel, Mr. J. Lee
[78]_ Rankin, frequently called upon the CIA for information
[80].* Attachment C lists the more important studies
[81]disseminated by SR/CI/Research and its predecessor
[82]organizations.
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[94]in 1964. SR/CI/Research Branch responded to many
[96]of these requests for information working through ©
[98]CI Staff which assumed managerial control for CIA
[100]communications with the commission. the branch
[101]furnished information to the commission on a wide
[102]variety of topics concerning the RIS, Lee Harvey
[103]Oswald, and Oswald's associates in the USSR. *
[104]Ina meeting between CIA representatives and
[105]Messrs. Allen Dulles and Rankin of the Warren Com-
[106]mission on 14 January 1964, Rankin asked that CIA .
[107]draft questions to be included in a letter to the
[109]Soviet Government concerning the Oswald case. The
[111]questions were to be "not too technical," should
[113]be sent soon, and were to be phrased in generalities
[115]in order to allow the Soviets more flexibility than
[116]would a longer, more pointed letter based on con-
[117]crete US Government findings. These questions con-
[118]stituted the first direct involvement of Wigren and
[119]his Research Branch in the commission's work.
[121]The commission wished to account in detail
[123]for all of Oswald's activities outside the United
[125]* See Attachnient D.
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[135]States. Bagley, Chief, SR/CI, subsequently di-
[136]rected Wigren to begin a chronological tabulation
[137]of Oswald's activities in the USSR as collated ©
[138]from various sources, The commission made avail-
[139]able to Wigren documents and reports already ac-
[140]quired from other US Government investigative
[141]agencies. The commission agreed in principle to
[142]honor CIA sensitivity classifications to documents
[143]originated in the Agency for use of the commission.
[144]The Agency's role was limited to written communica-
[145]tions to the commission.” .
[146]By 21 January 1964 Wigren and his colleages
[147]had prepared and transmitted the questions to the
[148]commission for relay to the Soviet Government.
[149]Soviet defector Petr Deryabin had contributed to
[151]this endeavor. The questionnaire had four basic
[153]parts. The first series of questions sought to
[154]Make an assessment of Oswald's mental and physical. —
[156]- condition. The Soviets were requested to furnish —
[158]information on his medical treatment in the USSR
[159]while in the hospital following his suicide at-_
[160]tempt in 1959. as well as any psychological evalua-
[162]tions of him. The second series of questions
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[173]sought to assess Oswald's. use of and dependence on
[175]_ weapons. He had owned a shotgun in the USSR and
[177]had joined a hunting organization there. The
[179]third series of questions sought to complete Warren
[180]Commission documentation of Oswald's background and
[181]career in the USSR. Those items particularly |
[182]sought were his correspondence with the Soviet Gov-
[183]ernment, Soviet Government documents issued to him
[184]concerning his request. for asylum and permission
[186]to reside in the USSR, documents and registrations
[187]of his residence and employment in the USSR, and
[188]documents concerning his departure from the USSR.
[189]The final question asked whether Oswald had a police
[190]record in the USSR and requested information and
[192]A comprehensive SR/CI/Research paper on the
[194]Oswald case went to the commission on 25 January
[196]1964. This was a detailed chronology of Oswald's
[197]sojourn in the USSR together with an alphabetical
[198]listing of persons in the USSR whom the Oswalds |
[199]knew or mentioned. Identifying information was in-
[201]cluded whenever available. This chronology was in
[203]preliminary formbut the commission urgently required
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[211]collated material to. support the taking of direct
[212]testimony. The source material for the chronology
[213]included personal documents , interviews, and official
[215]and private correspondence. Traces were based on
[217]CIA files and the Moscow and Minsk telephone direc-
[218]tories. “These preliminary name traces were also
[220]sent to the commission on the same day as the chron-. | .-
[222]‘ology. The final version of the name traces based
[223]on a review of the Oswald papers came to over 150
[225]names; the results were furnished to the commission
[227]in late March 1964. a |
[229]SR/CI/Research prepared for the commission at
[231]its request a paper survey of known data on Soviet
[233]use of assassination. This study was intended only
[234]for background information of commission members.
[235]with the caveat that CIA as an organization did not
[236]believe that the Kennedy assassination was a Soviet-
[237]sponsored operation. Much of the material in the
[238]assassination study had been published previously
[239]within the Agency ~~
[241]A fortuitous aspect of the SR/CI/Research
[243]concerning the Oswald case occurred when fiir. Alex-.
[245]‘ander W. Brasko'Jof the branch discovered by accident
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[261]a photograph of Oswald in Graphics Register in
[263]March 1964, Brasko was seeking photographs of
[265]| buildings in Minsk, USSR, where Oswald was resettled |
[267]by the Soviet Government after 1959, Brasko found
[268]a copy of a color transparency which showed in a
[269]casual setting a young man who bore a remarkable
[270]facial resemblance to Oswald and was wearing a
[271]shirt identical in pattern and color to a shirt
[272]- Oswald was wearing in photographs found in his ef-
[273]| fects following the Kennedy assassination. (Figure 1, .
[274]page 77). The photograph was taken by an American |
[275]tourist in Minsk's Central Square in August 1961 at
[276]the Palace of Culture. Copies of the photograph ,
[277]were also furnished to the FBI. The Bureau inter-
[278]viewed the photographer and her companions who could
[279]contribute little to their original statements when
[280]first interviewed by Agency representatives following
[282]their Soviet tour in 1961 (not about Oswald, however,
[284]- whom they did not recall). A-copy of this photograph
[286]was published on page 268 of the Warren Commission's
[287]report. .
[288]Some of the reports prepared by SR/CI/Research
[290]were deemed suitable for publication in the Commission's
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[300]Palace of Culture, Central Square, Minsk, USSR
[302](Oswald is the young man on the right)
[304]Figure 1.
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[315]report in the public record, either as textual
[316]material or as footnotes. backing up general com=
[317]ments. This required explicit permission from the
[319]DDP, and the rewriting or declassification of some
[321]‘material previously submitted to the commission.
[323]In August 1964 Warren Commission Assistant Counsel
[324]W. David Slawson requested permission to publish
[326]in the commission report some memorandums submitted
[328]'. to the commission by SR/CI/Research via CI Staff.
[330]Since some of the material submitted to the commis-
[332]sion earlier was intended for background use only
[334]or contained operational information, the reports
[336]in question were resubmitted to the commission in
[338]sanitized versions modeled on the originals. The
[340]_ revisions were identified as coming from CIA and
[342]appeared primarily in textual and footnote material
[344]on pages 258 to 280 of the commission's report.*
[346]-
[348]K. National Intellii ence Survey on.
[349]‘USSR Intelligence and Security
[351]‘An important, recurring document written in
[353]* Report of. the President! Ss Commission on the
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[358]Appendix C
[360]Source References*
[362]Survey OF. CE in SR Division, Volume II, by
[363]Robert H. Hicks, CI Staff. Aug 55. TS 110604.
[365]. FY 1955 USSR Operational Plan. TS 91403.
[367]SR Division's Operational Program and Budget
[368]. for the USSR, FY 1956-57. TS 107830.
[370]' Memo, Chief, SR for the DDP, sub: Field Trip
[371]- Report, 3 Oct 55.
[373]. _ Survey of CE in SR Division, by Robert H.
[374]‘| Hicks, CI Staff, Aug 55. TS 110604.
[376]1958 Inspection and Review Staff review of
[377].SR Division: "The Role of SR Division,
[378]' 23 Dec 58. TS 153028.
[380]Memo, I&R Staff for the DDP, sub: Inspection
[381]of SR/CE Staff, 22 Dec 58. TS 153026.
[383]SR Division Opérational Program, FY 1961,
[384]‘pp 16 ff. 22 Mar 60, TS 175603.
[386]| | SR Division Notice No. 450, 17 Aug 61. See
[388]is: also CSHP 76, pp 57-64, for a more detailed
[389]-l:! @iscussion of the 1961 functional reorganiza-
[390]tion, and a list of the members of the
[392]10.““Memo o of Conversation, 16 Jan 64; sub: CIA
[393]‘Work in Support of the Warren Commission;
[394]by Tennant H. Bagley.
[396]ll.  XAAZ~22407, 21 Jan 64, sub: Questions to be
[397]. submitted to the Soviet Government, filed
[398]in 201-288248 (Lee Harvey Oswald).
[400]* Unless otherwise indicated, all source references
[401]may be considered classified SECRET.
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[417]XAAZ-22414, 28 Feb 64; sub: Soviet Use of
[419]in Minsk, — 203-289248. |
[421])/RID- AEPAGAN file 74-6-67/1, Archives Job
[422]‘\| No. 64-619/32.
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[428]XAAZ-22409, 25 Jan 64, sub: The Oswald
[429]Chronology, filed in 201~-289248.
[431]XAAZ-22410, 25 Jan 64, sub: Name List with
[432]Traces, and XAAZ-22416, 26 Mar 64; sub:
[433]Name List with Traces, 201-289248.
[434]Assassination and Kidnapping, 201-289248.
[436]XAAZ-22420, 29 Apr 64, sub: Photo of OSWALD
[438]| 201-91182 (Irma Jung); SB/CI/P Archives
[440]DA file-Germany.
[442]. ' 201-96494 (Anatoliy Nikolayevich Krushin) ;
[443]|, SB/CI/P Archives DA File-Germany.
[445]iy 201-46344 (Gennadiy Kotorovich); RID File
[447]74-6-67/25, Archives Job. No. 65-117/79;
[449]‘| SB/CL/P Archives DA File-Germany.
[451]- 201-89924 (Willi von Hohenegg); SB/CI/P
[453]Archives DA File-Germany.
[455]; -201- 286975 (Guenther Faltlhans1) ; ‘SB/CI/P
[456]j Archives DA File-Austria. -
[458]201-231917 (Calvin Floyd); SB/CL/P Archives
[460]DA File-Sweden.
[462]- 201-313667 (Olafur Eggertson Briem) SB/CI/P
[463]Archives DA File- Iceland.
[465]201- 248427 (Guenther Schulz) ; SB/CI/P
[467]|. Archives DA File- -Germany |
[469]201-314343 (Carlo Gulino); also RID 48-6-28; |_|
[471]SB/CI/P | Archives DA. . File- Libya
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[481]SR/CI/RESEARCH ITEMS
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[497]" ~ 4. 21: Jan. 1984 Questions to bo cubnittead ta tho Soviet Government.
[498]y - 2. 22 Jen. 1964  Questionsixva for Karina OSWALD.
[499]ay 3. 25 Jon. 2964 . Tho “OSWALD Chronology".
[500]t . & «6°25 Jan. 1964 Noma lint with traces (preliminary varcion).
[501]. Se 5 Fab. 1964 Bicgraphie tuformation ca Ura. OSWALD ead her relatives.
[502]. ll eS Bebe. 1964 Letter explaining cppendtx daafgnarione.
[503]HE Fe) B Veb, 1964. Lotter ragardéing OSWALD'o weapon dn tho USSR.
[504]: . » 8. 28 Feb. 1964  ~ Soviet uso of sgsassfastion and kidnapping.
[505]-- Qe 28 Feb. 1964 Soviet prasz rzécticn to tha asaasaination of President
[506]~ : Tt , Kennedy.
[507]- Ho .) 10.) 26 Mar. 1964 Nese list with traces.
[508]"8 , 41. 6 Apr. 1964 ‘Rasponse to "Covtaia Questions Poacd by tha ‘Beate
[509]eo 4 . _ Dapartncat Plica".
[510]_ 4 aa. 23 ape. 1984 — Adddtdons to tha Chronology of OSWALD in the USSR.
[511]- «43. 24 Apw. 1964 = Lydia DINVTNCX.
[512]_ 14, 29 Ape. 1964 ’ Photo of OSWALD in Ninok.
[513] § " 45. 6 Hay 1964 Contacto bstwoca tha GSWALDs and Soviet citicens,
[515]—_ 13 Juna 1962 t4 22 Novamwber 1963.
[516]-. 16. 8 May 1964 Marina OSWALD'o notabsok.
[517]- 1%.. 3 Jua. 1964 Docuneate on Les Karvey OSWALD furniched by the
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[520]t Soviet Governzcat.
[521]218. 5 Jun. 1964 Allegations regarding Tatelligenca Training School
[522]ety . _ dn Minck, U552.
[523]7 qo 19. 22 Jul. 1964 Apparent inecnginteactas in materiel furnished tho
[525]. ; ; Conunisaion by CLA cud tha Department of State,
[527]20. 24 Jul. 2964 Yehkatorina VUNTEEVA.
[529]22. 32 Sud. 1964 Langth of tina requirad for obteinicg Soviet Tourist
[531]Visas in Ealoiak? ond Stockholm, 1964
[532]22. «7 Auge 1984 Soviet hunting eockotics..
[534]23. 26 Acg. 3964 Konstantin Patrovich SERCRIVSKY. : :
[535]24. 9 Sopt.1964 KGB footnote. So i
[536]25. 20 Sope.1964 KGB Handting of Forotgnora ta the USSR, /
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[550]26. 10 Sept. 1964 Acquaintances of the OSWALDs in Minak.
[551]~m 27.. 10 Sopt. 1964 - Financial afd for foroignara in the USSR. .
[552]eb 28. 10 Sept. 1964 Sacrot training locations end procedures in the USSR,
[553]- 29. 10 Sapt. 1954 Rates of cospencation in tho U6SR. _
[554]_ 30. 10 Sept. 1964 Emigration and travel of Sovict aationals.
[556]ae foo 31. 11 Sepe. 1964 Geographic-descriptive data on Minak. -.
[557]a 32. 12 Sept. 1964 Certain questions posad by State Department files.
[559]; . 33. 22 Spt. 1964  Sovict hunting societics. -
[560]a { 34s 11 Sept. 1964 . Length of tine required for obtaining Soviet Touriec
[561]> — _. Visas in Westorn Burope in 1964.
[562]35. 168 Sapt. 1964 Identification of persons sppoaring in FRI photo D 33-46.
[563]yo 36. 18 Sape.. 1964. - Passport: and Viea offica.
[564]a! 37. 18 Sapt. 1964 Rasettlement of US defectore in the USSR. .
[565]- 38. 18 Sept.. 1964 - taturist botele. fa Moacow. -