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104-10014-10064 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (11/20/1991)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch70124 and id is 1 raw text is: 104-10014-10064 2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET * OPERATOR BADGE: DATE : 14 SEP 93 it * OFFICE PHONE: TIME I5:24 it * ROOM : PRINTER: PAGE : 001 * REQUESTER: HM877 * DSN:| 21162 DOC DATE: 20 NOV 91 'HF#: / SECRET FRP: , , , STAFF ACTION: SE/USSR/10-3 (752) INFO: C/ORMS, DOMOS, LIMITO, ODPO, SEDORECORO, FILE, 000-2, SE/RR-3 (91W) ------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 91 6320813 ASR PAGE 001 IN 6320813 TOR: 201455Z NOV 91 21162 ------------------------------------------------------------------ S E C R E T 201454Z NOV 91 STAFF CITE 21162 TO: D INFO DIRECTOR. FOR: LIMIT SE/USSR/10 INFO SE/RR SLUGS: WNINTEL GTDANCER SUBJECT: KGB OFFICIAL NIKONOV REF: NONE TEXT: 1. ACTION REQUIRED: NONE. 2. DURING THE WEEK OF 3-9 NOVEMBER 1991, HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS IN MOSCOW WITH SLAVA (NIKONOV), HO IS A LONGTIME FRI?ND AND NOW DEPUTY TO KGB DIRECTOR ((BAKATIN)). HAS KNOWN NIKONOV WELL UNTIL 22 DECEMBER 1991. LEE PA RA 7 FOR BI I HAS BEFRIENDED WHO WAS DINNER GUEST AT HOME ON 10 NOVEMBER AND PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFO ON NIKONOV AND HIS NEW KGB JOB. 3. NIKONOV IS THE GRANDS F FORMER SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTER VY V MOL TnV. AT STATE V WAS REGARDED AS EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT AND CAPABLE SSION THAT HE WAS AN IDEOLOGICAL HARDLINER. BELIEVED THAT HE WAS LIKELY TO BE A RISING STAR IN THE 50E SYSTEM AND RECOMMENDED HIM FOR AN IREX-SPONSORED VISIT TO THE U.S. AS EXPECTED, NIKONOV'S VIEWS AND RHETORIC MODERATED VERY VISIBLY AFTER HIS FIRST DIRECT EXPOSURE TO ?HE U.S. HE HAS HAD AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL IREX-SPONSORED TRIP TO THE U.S. AND HAS SPENT PERIODS OF TIME AS A PERSONAL GUEST AT THE HOME OF 4. NIKONOV CAME TO WORK IN HIS POSITION AT THE KGB AS A RESULT OF BEING A CLOSE FRIEND OF BAKATIN. DURING THE AUGUST 1991 COUP ATTEMPT NIKONOV SAID THAT HE REFUSED TO FOLLOW HIS BOSS'S ORDER TO ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY. PE WAS DISMISSED BY HIS BOSS (NFI) FROM THIS POSITION AND CALLED BAKATIN TO SEEK ADVICE. BAKATIN SAID HE WAS ALSO OPPOSING THE COUP AND WOULD LOOK OUT FOR NIKONOV ONCE ORDER WAS RESTORED. SOON AFTER THE COUP BAKATIN CALLED HIM TO ASK THAT HE ASSIST WITH RESTRUCTURING THE KGB. AFTER 1T WAS AGREED THAT NIKONOV COULD DECLINE TO ACCEPT TWO-STAR MILITARY KGB RANK AND WORK IN THE JOB FOR AN EQUIVALENT CIVILIAN COMPENSATION PACKAGE, HE CAME TO THE KGB AS BAKATIN'S DEPUTY. NIKONOV SAID HIS FRIENDS WERE DELIGHTED THAT HE HAD DECLINED THE KGB COMMISSION. S. NIKONOV'S FIRST ASSIGNMENT FROM BAKATIN WAS MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE RELATIONSHIP WHICH HAS NOW COME INTO BEING. IN PREPARATION FOR ONE POSSIBLE QUESTION <<< TEMPORARY WORKING COPY - DESTROY AFTER USE >>> SE C R E T

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