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TO VILNIUS _
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SLUGS WNINTEL TAZZACEX LWOPUS
TIMES ARTICLE RE KGB OFFER TO HOLLYWOOD
SUBJECT : WASHINGTON
REF A DIRECTOR 283424 (92 7575137)
B VILNIUS 10599 (92 7801082 )
C _ VILNIUS 10578 (92 7735236)
TEXT :
ACTIQN_REQUIRED FYI
APPEARED IN THE 27 MARCH EDITION OF
2 FOLLOWING ARTICLE
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
WHO CAME IN FOR THE GOLD
THE KGB SPIES
RETIRED KGB
MOSCOW ON THE STREET OF TRUTH
SECRET AGENTS CAME TO TELL ALL
HINT OF SHAME THE COLD WAR SPY MASTERS
WITH NO CASH -ON EVERYTHING
SAID THEIR MEMOIRS CAN BE HAD FOR
SPY RING
HARVEY OSWALD>TO KIM PHILBY AND THE
FROM<LEE
OF THE ATOM BOMB FROM AMERICA
THAT STOLE THE SECRETS
IDEA THAT ALL PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE IN ESPIONAGE
THE
SIMPLY NOT TRUE SAID ANATOLY PRIVALOV _
ARE VERY RICH IS
OF KGB VETERANS OF
VICE CHA IRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION
RUSSIANS CALL IT
FOREIGN ESPIONAGE OR FIVA As THE
THREE COLLEAGUES FROM THE ELITE OF
MR PRIVALOV AND
COLD BUT OUT OF THE
KGB ESPIONAGE CAME NOT OUT OF THE
KAYA PRAVDA ON
RAIN WEDNESDAY TO THE OFFICES OF KOMSOMOLSE
ULITSA PRAVDA (TRUTH STREET)
REPORTS OF THEIR PLANS TO ENTER THE
THEY TOLD
To VERY HARD TO
CAPITALIST WORLD THAT THEY TRIED
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UNDERMINE DURING THEIR CLOAK-AND-DAGGER DAYS
FEAR OF POVERTY HAD SPURRED THE RETIRED SPIES TO
SIGN UP WITH THE HOLLYWOOD FIRM ENTERTA INMENT AND
COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS ASSOCIATION TO PEDDLE THEIR
INSIDE HISTORY OF THE COLD WAR FOR FILMS MINISERIES AND
DOCUDRAMAS
DUE TO THE PRESENT CONFUSION IN OUR COUNTRY MANY
OF THE VETERANS ARE IN A VERY DIFFICULT (FINANCIAL )
SITUATION_ MR PRIVALOV SAID
OLEG NECHIPERENKO A 25 - YEAR KGB VETERAN SAID HIS
FORTHCOMING BOOK WILL GIVE DETAILS OF HIS TWO MEETINGS
WITH<LEE HARVEY OSWALD> IN MEXICO CITY TWO MONTHS BEFORE
OSWALD SHOT< PRESIDENT KENNEDY 7
THE OSWALD MEETINGS TOOK PLACE SEPT 27 - 28 1963
ON THE INITIATIVE OF OSWALD , SAID MR NECHIPERENKO THEN
KGB STATION CHIEF IN MEXICO CITY
HIS MOOD WAS BAD , SAID MR NECHIPERENKO
"BUT HE TEASED , THE OSWALD HE MET IN MEXICO CITY
WAS THE SAME ONE WHO WAS IN DALLAS
MI ANOTHER NECHIPERENKO TIDBIT : TWO OTHER KGB MEN
WERE PRESENT AT THE INTERVIEW AND AN OPERATIVE IN MOSCOW
WAS KEPT ABREAST OF THE DISCUSSIONS
EXHIBITING FAMILIARITY WITH OLIVER STONE S MOVIE
< JFK_ >MR NECHIPERENKO SAID HE WOULD AGREE WITH SOME OF
THE CONCLUSIONS OF JAMES GARRISON BUT ONLY BASED ON THE
FORMER NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT ATTORNEY ' S BOOK , NOT ON ANY
EVIDENCE
IF HE HAD THE DOCUMENTS MR NECHIPERENKO SAID_ HE
COULD GIVE A BETTER VERDICT OF COURSE NO TALK OF SUCH
AN<ASSASSINATION-TOOK PLACE IN MEXICO CITY AND THERE WAS
NO ENCOURAGEMENT OF SUCH A DEED . HE SAID
MR NECHIPERENKO HAS BEEN TROTTED OUT BEFORE BY THE
KGB ALONG WITH YURI MODIN _ THE HANDLER OF KIM PHILBY THE
BRITISH MASTER SPY WHO WORKED FOR THE SOVIETS _ PHILBY
DIED IN MOSCOW IN 1988
THE NEW FACE SHOWN WEDNESDAY WAS ANATOLY YAZKOV
CODE- NAMED YAKOVLEV ' IN HIS WORLD WAR II YEARS IN
AMERICA WHEN HE HELPED RUN THE SPY RING THAT GAVE JOSEF
STALIN THE ATOM BOMB IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
ESPIONAGE PENETRATIONS IN HISTORY
BUT MR YAZKOV_ BEYOND ADMITTING THAT HE WORKED OUT
OF THE RUSSIAN CONSTULATE AT 7 E_ 61ST ST IN NEW YORK
CITY , ACROSS FROM THE HOTEL PIERRE WAS SINGULARLY _
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RETICENT
ASKED IF JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBERG _ WHO WERE
EXECUTED IN 1953 FOR PASSING ATOMIC SECRETS WERE INDEED
GUILTY , MR YAZKOV SAID HE PREFERRED NOT TO TALK ABOUT
PEOPLE WHO TOOK PART IN THIS OR MIGHT HAVE TAKEN PART IN
THIS
IT WAS NOT THE BEST ADVERTISEMENT FOR HIS
FORTHCOMING WORK
WHEN ASKED IF HE MISSED THE COLD WAR _ MR YAZKOV
REPLIED , THANK GOD THAT IT IS OVER
UNCONTRITE HE INSISTED HE WAS NOT SPYING AGAINST
AMERICA_ BUT IN SUPPORT OF THE SOVIET UNION IN ORDER TO
BALANCE THE TWO POWERS
ABOUT 5 0 00 FORMER KGB OPERATIVES ARE MEMBERS OF
THE ASSOCIATION
WHEN A PERSON LEAVES HIS POST_ HE IS LEFT ALL
ALONE SAID MR PRIVALOV _ A 42 YEAR KGB VETERAN. SO IN
ORDER THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT FEEL THEMSELVES ABANDONED WE
DECIDED TO UNITE AND TO ORGANIZE A CLUB WHERE VETERANS
COULD COME TO RELAX , TO DRINK A BEER OR A WHISKEY _ AS THE
ASSOCIATION OF THE CIA DOES
INSTEAD OF FEELING SORRY FOR THEMSELVES _ THE FORMER
CLOAK-AND- DAGGER MEN WILL WORK ON A_ FILM ABOUT THE ATOM
BOMB SPY RING ; A TV MINISERIES ABOUT U.S NAVY EMPLOYEE
GLENN MICHAEL SOUTHER A SOVIET SPY WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE
IN MOSCOW IN 1989 ; AND A DOCUMENTARY ON OSWALD' S BIZARRE
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE KGB
DOCUDRAMAS ON THE<ASSASSINATION>OF LEON TROTSKY AND
THE CASE OF NATO OFFICIAL ROBERT LEE JOHNSON KNOWN As
THE AMERICAN KIM PHILBY ARE ALSO PLANNED
FOR THE RECORD WE HAVE NOTED THAT SOME STMTLAR
THREADS RUN THROUGH BOTH THIS ARTICLE AND THE LWQPUS_ CASE
A THE TIMING OF THE OFFER BY THE FIVA GROUP ON
WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH _ FALLS DIRECTLY INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE
WINDOW ESTABLISHED BY LWOPUS (24 26 MARCH) ALSO LWOPUS
NOTED THAT IF THERE WERE ANY DOUBTS ABOUT GETTING THE
MANUSCRIPT-ACROSS THE LITHUANIAN BORDER HE WOULD RESORT TO A
RESERVE VARIANT BUT WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF OTHER PARTIES
I.E HE WOULD APPROACH SOMEONE ELSE
B LWOPUS SENT A SAMPLE OF HIS WORK TO US NOT FOR
PUBLICATION BUT FOR A CRITICAL READING HE STATED THAT IF A
PUBLISHING HOUSE SHOWED INTEREST IN HIS MANUSCRIPT AGREEMENT
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COULD BE REACHED REGARDING JOINT ACTIONS AND MUTUAL LEGAL CQMMITMENTS ~ALTHOUGH_MONETAR-Y_COMRENSATLON IS_ IMELIED-,
LWOPUS DOES NOT MENTION ANY SPECIFIC SUM _ RATHER HE SUGGESTS
THAT HE IS WILLING TO ENTER INTO SOME SORT OF CONTRACTUAL
AGREEMENT THIS IS COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT THE FIVA GROUP APPEARS TO BE ATTEMPTING THE FIVA GROUP STATES IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT THEY NEED MONEY _
C IN EACH CASE THERE APPEARS TO BE A LARGE VOLUME
OF MATERIAL LWOPUS STATED THAT UP TO NOW HE HAS PREPARED
SEVEN FOLDERS ON FOURTEEN COUNTRTES AND FORESEES WRITING 22 -
25 SMALL BOOKS OR EPISODES ON DIFFERENT COUNTR IES THE FIVA GROUP ALSO IMPLIES THAT A LARGE VOLUME OF MATERIAL EXISTS
LWOPUS CLAIMS THAT HIS WRITINGS WERE BASED ONLY ON DOCUMENTARY
SOURCES THE FIVA GROUP MAKES NO SUCH CLAIM , BUT IMPLIES THAT THEIR MATERIAL IS FROM PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE
D BASED UPON THE GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY OF THE MATERIAL AND THE TIME SPAN IT ENCOMPASSES WE SUSPECT THE LWOPUS MANUSCRIPT MIGHT BE A JOINT EFFORT IF IT IS NOT A JOINT EFFORT COLLECTION MUST HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME BY SOMEONE WITH EXCELLENT ACCESS TO ARCHIVAL MATERIAL
THE FIVA GROUP IS 4 COMMON EFFORT OF AT LEAST FOUR (AND
PROBABLY MORE) RETTRED KGB OFFICERS
E LWOPUS NOTED THAT HE IS CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY
AND THAT OF HIS FAMILY HIS FAILURE TO SHOW AT THE EMBASSY IN VILNIUS DURING THE WINDOW MIGHT BE THE RESULT OF HIS CONCERN
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON STATED THAT HE HAD ALREADY ALERTED THE EMBASSY _ INCLUDING THE LITHUANIAN FSN IN HIS OFFICE THAT THEY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE RETURN OF THE LWOPUS MESSENGER IF LWOPUS BECAME AWARE THAT THE LITHUANIAN EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN TOLD TO WATCH FOR THE MESSENGER . HE MAY HAVE ELECTED NOT TO RETURN
IN SUCH CASE ASSUMING THAT YURASOV IS CONNECTED WITH THE FIVA
GROUP _ THEIR OFFER TO THE HOLLYWOOD FIRM MAY BE AN ALTERNATE
PLAN
F IN EACH CASE THE MATERIAL PRESENTED WOULD HAVE APPEAL FOR THE GROUP TO WHICH IT IS OFFERED , I E THE OFFER TO US OF INTELLIGENCE RELATED SNIPPETS REGARDING IN_ PLACE
AGENTS VS THE OFFER TO THE ENTERTA INMENT INDUSTRY OF THE MORE SPECTACULAR CASES THAT WOULD APPEAL TO A MASS AUDIENCE
G THE NAME OF YAZKOV (TRUE NAME ANATOLIY YAKOVLEV)
IS SIMILAR TO YURASOV ALTHOUGH IT IS CERTA INLY NOT TRUE IN EVERY CASE _ THE FORMER SOVIETS FREQUENTLY USED COVER NAMES SIMILAR TO OR WHICH HAD THE SAME FIRST LETTER AS THEIR OWN
NAME
H "LWOPUS IS OBVIOUSLY HEDGING HIS BETS HE ALsO
MENTIONED THAT HE HAD MADE TWO PREVLOUS_ UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS
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TO CONTACT US ALTHOUGH WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CONFIRM EITHER
QF THESE_ATFEMPFS , FFFS-NOTEWORTHY THAT-THE-MANUSERT-PT-HE
PROVIDED TO US WAS A CARBON BASED ON THE QUALITY WE BELIEVE
THAT IT WAS NOT CARBON NUMBER ONE
4 WE ARE CURRENTLY CHECKING THE FILES OF THE FOUR FIVA
OFFICERS TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER THEIR BACKGROUNDS MIGHT OFFER
THEM ACCESS TO THE SAME INFORMATION THAT LWOPUS PROVIDED WE
ALSO PLAN TO COMPARE THE MATERIAL WE RECEIVED FROM LWOPUS TO
SEE IF THE FILES OF THESE FOUR OFFICERS INDICATE THAT THEY HAD
CONTACTS SIMILAR TO ANY OF THOSE MENTIONED IN THE LWOPUS
MATERIAL WE WILL ADVISE YOU OF THE RESULTS OF OUR RESEARCH
5 WELCOME VILNIUS COMMENTS
6 FIUE 201-1478016 DECL OADR DRV HUM 4 - 82 . >
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