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VALERIY VLADIMIROVICH KOSTIKQV
1 Please refer to our convergation of 6 KOSTIKOV _ born 17 March
1933 Mo8cOw wa8 posted to Beirut in 1978 88 lst Secretary and may 8till
be there _ He i8 identified KGB and served in Mexico_City_Erom 1961-Z1 _
There i8 a reference to him on page 307 of BARRON 8 KGB which suggeet8
that he may have been Department V, We do not appear to have e8ked LYALIN
about and are now doing 80 _
2 We al80 note that EPSTEIN in "Legend" claimg that according to a CIA
telecheck ROSTIKOV wa8 Lee Harvey OSWALD' $ KGB ca8e officer in Mexico
According to BARRON (page 335) OSWALD wa8 in Mexico between September
November 1963 and wa8 seeking to obtain a Soviet visa _ There wa8 certainly
a KGB interest in OSWALD , although according to NOSENKO thie w88 defen8ive _
3 _ The reason for our current interest in KOSTIKOV will be obvioug Ae
you are aware our Embagey in Beirut, in comon with other Western Misgions,
ha8 been subject b threats and violence in recent months and in view of
earlier hostile attentions from the KGB _ we have been reviewing our recorde
of KGB 8taff in the area who might have been 1nvolved in promoting strong-arm
tactics _
4 We would be grateful for your views 28 to whether the KGB are likely to
be behind any of the recent incidents (possibly through the Syrians) and for
any information on KOSTIKOV end his activities in Mexico and in Beirut . In
particular, what are your comments on the OSWALD story; can you confirm that
KOSTIKOV is still in Beirut; i8 there anyone else in Beirut or Damagcug whose
trace record suggests an Active Measure8 role, or worse?
5 _ We bhould be grateful for an early reply and as I said on 6 will treat
anything you can tell u8 on a strictly Service to Service bagis
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