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104-10431-10092 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (5/10/1982)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch48620 and id is 1 raw text is: S1O4~iO431~1OO92 - 9-. 'r 10 May 1982 .. Dear _ _ VALERIY VLADIMIROVICH KOSTIKOV- 1. Please re er to our conversation of 6_yH. KOSTIKOV, born 1T7Mar0c 1933, Moscow, was posted to Beirut in 19798as lst Secretar-yand maysti be there. He is identified KGB-and served in Mexico City from 1961-71 There is a reference to him on page 307 of BARRON's KGB which suggests) that he may have been Departmen V.1 2. We also note that EPSTEIN in Legend claims that according to a CIA telecheck KOSTIKOV was Lee Harvey OSWALD's KGB case officer in Mexico City. According to BARRON (page 335) OSWALD was in Mexico between September and November 1963 and was seeking to obtain a Soviet visa. There was certainly a KGB interest in OSWALD, although accoirding to NOSENKO this was defensive. 3. The reason for our current interest in KOSTIKOV will be oEvious. A you are aware, our Embassy in Beirut, in common with other Westein Mission has been-subjeet b threats and violence in recent months, and in view of earlier hostile attentions from the KGB, we have been reviewing our records) of KGB staff in the area who might have been involved in promoting strong-ar tact i 4. e would Fe grateful fo6r- your views as to whether the KGB are IlkeIy o) be behind any of the recent incidents (possibly through the Syrians) ancL foQ any information on KOSTIKOV and his activities in Mexico and in Beirut. In particular, what are your comments on the OSWALD story; can you confirm that KOSTRIOV isstill in Beirut; is there anyone else in Be rut.or-Damascus who t e record suggests a n Active Measures role, or worse?9 5. We should be grateful for an early reply and as I said on 6 Ma will treat anything you can tell us on a strictly Service-taService basia DO_ _ _ _ _ _ j4 DO NOT DESTROY Y~ee~... -j 2Mr David Blee I~ r

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