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104-10012-10022 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (5/21/1982)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch07553 and id is 1 raw text is: VI 6SECRET 21MAY 1992 US/82/71 Dear Anthony, a Re ardin your letter 6/705 of 10 May 1982, our records indicat t V aleri Vladimirovich Kostikov traveled to Mexico, France, Spain, the U.S. and Cuba during the period 1959-61. In 1961, he was assigned permanently to Mexico City as a consular officer and served there until August 1965. He was variqusly described as a translator, vice-consul, and attache. During this tour he attempted to cultivate a U.S. Government employee assigned to our embassy in Mexico City. In September/October 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald# approached the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City in an attempt to get a visa allowing him to return to the USSR. Kostikov, as a consular officer, 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 requdst. Kostikov returned to Mexico City for a second tour of duty in July 1968. During this tour he was again assigned to the consular section and was a second secretary. It appeared that he was tasked with following the activities of the Central American communist parties.-ind left-wing groups, and he met often with members of these groups, reportedly providing them with funds and technical guidance. 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's tour in Mexico ended unexpectedly in September 1971. Our information indicated that he was not due to leave for another three to four months, and at the time of his departure, there was some speculation that the suddenness of his departure was due to the fact that he was known to Lyalin. CROSS TILE COPY FOR DO NOT DESTROY SECRET 2, /V/V2- 0 o~- cj /9L2 2 /

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