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Dear: @nthonyk
Regarding your letter 677055) of 10 May,1982 , our
records Indicate that.Valerly Vladinirovich Kostikov
travelea to Mexico France , Spain, the U.S. ana Cuba
during the period 1959-61- In 1961
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he was assigned
permanently to Mexico as a consular officer and
servea there until August 1965, He was variqusly
aescribed as a translator vice-consul_
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and attache _
During this tour he attemptea to cultivate a 0.S.
Government employee assigned to our embassy in Mexico
In September /October 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald
approached the Soviet Embassy in Mexico in an attempt
to a visa allowing him to return to the USSR _
Kostikov, as a consular officer
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handled this visa
request_ We have no information which indicates any
relationship between these individuals other than for the
purpose of Oswald's making his visa request.
Kostikov returnea to Mexico City for a second tour of
duty in July 1968 _ During this tour he was again assigned
to the consular section ana was a second secretary It
appeared that he was tasked with follow= the activities
of the Central American communist parties<ana left-Wing
groups and he met often with members of these groups ,
reportealy providing them with funds ana technical
dance In July/August 1969 Kostikov made an unusual
TDY trip to Moscow lasting three weeks _ (His family
remained in Mexico. ) In July 1970 he made a four-day trip
to Havana.
Kostikov tour in Mexico ended unexpectedly in
September 1971 _ Our information indicated that he was
not due to leave for another three to four months ana at
the time of his departure_ there was sone speculation that
the suddenness of his_departure was due to the Eact. that
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While in Mexico he was 'considered by some to be the
effective ana dangerous of intelligence officers in
Mexico_ He has been described as being without morals ,
cducation, ana manners , Shortly after his arrival in
Mexico in 1968
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he was arrestea in front of a house of
prostitution after becoming involvea in a fist fight with
bome locals _ It appears this incident dia not affect his
position in Mexico City, despite the fact that it
received a gooa deal of press coverage.
We are aware
only that Kostikov arrived in Beirut in
June 1978 - We are unable to confirm his presence there
now
Although our file indicates that Kostikov may have
been a member of Department 13 (Executive Action)
(Department v's predecessor) we have been unable to
confirm this_ Also, to the best of our knowledge the RGB
has not engaged in such executive action since 1959 .
Sincerely,
Is/ David
Davia H, Blee
Mr _ Anthony C, M DeVere
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