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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F_ KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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SUbJECT: KGB 0F F icial nikonov
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2 dur ing The Week of 3-9 NOvEMBER 199 / U,$ PROFESSOR
E 8 (Smith) ) HAd SEVERAL 0iscussions in
Hoscow With
"SLAVA"
((N/KonOv} Who IS A Longtime FRi?nd ANO Now deputy To KG8
D |Rector (BAKATin)_ The PROFESSOR HAS Known nikonov WELL
Since 1976_ HE CURRENTLY IS instructing on A FULBR i GhT GRANT
AT ST Petersburg StATE UN VERSiTY Until 22 deceMbER 199 1 SEE
PARA 7 foR 8 /0 on The Professor dco8 SteveN R HE BeRg HAS
BEFRIENDEO THE Professor, who WAS dinner GueST AT HEibERG ' $
hohe ON 10 novembER ANd ProvidEd The FolLowing info On Nikonov
And his NEw KGB JOB _
3 nikonov 1S The GRANdSON Of FORHER Soviet FORE igN
minister VYACHESLAV HOLOTOV_ THe U.S PROFESSOR TAUGHT nikonov
In 1976 AT Moscow StATe UniVeRSiTY While A FuLbR | GhT
PROFESSOR _ nikonov WAS 'REGAROEO AS ExtRemely NtelLigent AND
CAPABLE But GAVE The impression THAT He WAS An idEoLOGicAL
HARDLineR ThE PROFESSOR BELieved THAT He WAS Likely To BE A
Rising STAR in The Soviet SYSTEM And Recommended him For An
iRex-sponsored Visit To ThE U.$ AS Expected, nikonov' $ ViEws
And Rhetoric HodeRATEd VERY visibly After hs First direct
EXPOSuRE To 2he U.$ HE HAS HAD AT LeASt One AoditiONAL
IREX-SPONSOREo Trip To THE U.S AND HAS SPENT PeRiods OF Tine
AS A PERSONAL Guest AT ThE HOME 0F ThE U,$ PROFESSOR in
MARYLAND _
nikonov CAHE To work in his Position AT The KGb AS A
RESULT 0f BE iNG A CLoSE FRiENd 0F Bakatin during ThE August
199 1 COUP Attempt nikonov SA|d THAt HE Refused To FOLLOW his
Boss S ORDER To Act I AccordaNcE with The DE CLARE d STATE 0f
EmERGENCY Pe WAS D/SmiSSEd BY his 80ss (Nf i) FRom This
POS Tion AND CALLEd BAKATin To SEEK Advice BAKATin SA/0 He
WAS ALSO oppos ing The COUP And WOULd Look out for nikonov Once
OROER WAS Restored Soon AfteR The couP BAKATin CALLEd Hin To
ASK THAT HE Assist with Restructuring ThE Kgb AfTER Xt WAS
AgREed THAT nikonov COULd OECLine To Accept Two-STAR AILiTARY
KGb RANK And woRk in The Job For AN EQUiVAlENT civiliAn
COMPENSATi On PACKAGE HE CAME To The KGB As BAKATiN S dEputy
nikonov SA /0 his FRiEnds WERE OELiGHEd THAT HE HAD ECLiNEd
ThE KGb cohMISS |On
5 _ nikonov'$ FiRst Assignment Fron baKATin WAS MAKiNG
ARRANGEMENTS FOR The KGB-CiA LIAiSON RELATionship which HAS Now
cohe into Be |nG . in PREPARATi On FOR one PossiBLE Question
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Wk:Ch hight BE RA ! Se0_ nikonov PERSONALLY Rev'EweJ Ksb FLES TC
deterhine F Lee AARVEY ((OSWALD) ) HAD bEEn A Kgb Agent He
Reviewed IVi Tkick VOLunes 0f Files Cn OSWA_0 nikoncv IS Vow
CoNF dent THAT :SWA'd WaS At no Time An Ageat controlles By The
KG3 FRoH The gescription 0f OSWALD in The files HE ooubted
THAT AnYONE cOUl) control OSWALD_ but noted THAT Th: KB}
WAfcheo him closea Y Anc conStanTLY WH Le He WAS in The CSSR _
HE ComhENTEO ThAT OswA:0 HAO A StoRMY RelATiqnship with Kis
SOv|ET MIfe Wko RodE Aim {ncessantly_ The file Also Reflectec
THAT 0swA'0 WA: A PocR Shct When H: TR/E0 TARGET FiRing in The
USSR _
6 In PrepARATicn f0R IS7A3i ShMent 0f A Lia! Son
RELATiONSAIP hith The Sweoish inteiligence Service nikcmgv
PERSONALLY PERf Orhed An nquiry F0R BAKATin into The FATe 0f
Swedish 0 /PLOMAT RAQUL (WALLENBERG) ) There iS Still Pressure
FRon The Swedish Side To HAVE A def initive AnSwER ON This
HATTER BECAUSE Cf The continuing MpoRtancE 0f Tke WALLENBERG
FAHILY nikonov WAS AMAZEd To Find out THAT The Kg3 HAD Mot
Be EN ABLE To PReviously ESTABLiSH Whether WA_LenbeRs HAD 0 /E0
And under WhAT circumstancES HE WAS AbLe To F hna PARTIAL
Evidence FRoh fcurteen 0ifferent sJurces (NF ;) nixonov Now
BE:_IEves But Found no CONcLus Ve PROOF THAT WALLEnaERG_ WAS
Executed LAte in 1967 There Were incications THAT WalLENBERG
WAS Suspected 0f HaVing CONTACTS with others Who WeRe Accusec
0f Providing FALSE 0 iPLohaTic identity oocuments To others
be yond JEWS SAVEO From The HoLOCAUST _ Ahong These weRe Nazi
WAR cRiminals Who WERE AlLowEd To Escape ThERE WAS no ?r0Cf
0F HAllenberg = S GUi{t in Any 0f These CHARGES _
7 FulbrighT PRCF ESsoR Who iS Mikoncv' $ FORMER PRCFEsscR
AnO FRIENP iS;
NAME € 8 ((smith) }
008 : C 1920
Cit USA
Occ: PRofessor CF h:stoRy AT UnivRsiTY 0f MARY AN: _
Retired
Loc; Resides NEAR ANNAPOLiS AC
OTHER: FUlbR GkT Professor For winter 199 } TeRA in ST
Petersburs StAte UniVeRsity UsSR ; Two Previous FUL3R GPt
Assignhents in Moscow And SEvVERAL in PRc And GERMANY ; HCSts
FORMER Students From Ussr And PRc ON U.$ Visits
There AR: no BASE TRACES On Shith, He SeRved in Tnf
HILiTARY ANd IS VERY WEll 0isposed TOWARDS The U,$
GOVERNMENT He Volunteered info On Nikonov And other UssR PRc
And GERAAN contAcTS To HEibERG And CAN PRov ide considerable 8 | 0
AnD ASSESSMENT info On Them.
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