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10 May 1982
Dear )q c
VALERIY VLADIMIROVICH KOSTIKOV-
1. Please refer to our conversation of 6_May. KOSTIKOV, born 17 MarchD
1933, Moscow, was posted to Beirut in 1978-s 1st Secretary and maystif
be there. He is identified KGBand served in Mexico City from 1961-71
There is a reference to him on page 307 of BARRON's KGB which su ests
that he may have been Department V. We do not appear to have
and are now doing so.
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 according to NOSENKO this was defensive.
3. The reason for our current interest in KOSTIKOV will be obvious. As
you are aware, our Embassy in Beirut, in common with other Western Mission
has been subjaet to threats and violence -in recent months, and in view oi
earlier hostile attentions from the KGB, we have been reviewing our record&
of KGB staff in the area who might have been involved in promoting strong-a
tacti
4 We wou d--e graefu-for your views as to wi ether the KGB are likely o
be behind any of the recent incidents (possibly through the Syrians) ancL fo
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
KOSTIKOis s-till in Beirut; is there anyone else in Be ut.orDamascu._whos
trae record suggests an Active Measures role, orworseJ
5. We should be grateful for an early reply and as I said on6 May will treat
anything you can tell us on a strictlyService to._Service basti6.
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