OSWALD, THE SOVIETS AND U.S. INTELLIGENCE

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2004
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that innumerable'. secrets our . .nation's -.'''' i4rhe told his story: There had been nikon----? '' ;tTedora". confirmed Nosenko's story, point
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life lie ,buried in, the.vaults of the govern, ,.
' iiection whatsOever,Nosenko said. between'- by point. However, some of the information
meat's archives, atraiting the expiration of -;?3'..??oswsed and soviet intelligence- ,,? supplied by Nosenko and confirmed by
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75-year restrictions before comingto light,? , '. ?
,, .r..' Many ? experts' at the Agency-"doubt -"Fedora" turned out-to be false,* and this
few could have dreamed of the information ,:,i
smcev-.. ;'..,';',.riosenko'itredibility; and eventually. carne f,-,:? sUggests that both.?Nosenko and "Fedora"
Edward Jay...Epstein has somehow
s . and analyzed: in ,: one 5 : year . ,to that he had been sent over as ii...':., were part of the Soviet clisinformatien net
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most important books..: ,",'' 7:!::1,..,- Of :the ,_. .7:.--.:'-`clisinformation agent," who . told-, the__412::, work. ... ......, , ., . - .., -. :: :_ , ?,-, ''','"
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.1-Americans what they wanted to hear;;and,,,igi*f,All of this would be sufficient .to make
" The book's subtitle IS somewhat 'i'. thus protected Soviet interests. Mr. Ep-,,:f:i..-, the Epstein book significant, for rarely
leadinge; for ' while .--!Legand! ',4-nantalns **-. ,Iteie supporta thlsc theorY. and his. casele.:::::::: have we been given a view of the counter-.
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all the more because he pro-... intelligence process so lucid and so serious.
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The Bookshelf i yldes-an'excellent_ analysis of the history of ,,,,:,;-.;, But there is still more, for Epstein strongly
: ''.;"'.Legend.:,The Searet.World.;., ...similar operations by the Soviet Union. - -?),/ implies that the Russians may have
- For the most part, secret information --;- planted one of their agents?a "mole"?in
of Lee- Itaivey'Oswald!P4,- ... abOuttthe;U:S.S.Re. comes ' through two , --'4.the American counterintelligence establish-
By Edward Jay Epstein, McGraw..-.':'..:channels: technological devices and Soviet ,:', irient that was evaluating Nosenko's inf or-
Hal.,182Pagt.S.. itIZ95:114:.,...-.4,,A-v,..-1-kAii*K-defector In the cased information about A niatiOn. An important Sqviet defector told
--?....".----.. ___. ' . -.2,.. _ z,',, the.KGR; the latter , is -virtually the only ,?:,-the CIA in the:1950s that such a plant had
wealth; of information, about Kennedy- as-f'.,,,?ource,,, How could it. be otherwise?. In the ,,..,....,f-,, occurred, and the presence of "mole"
sass& Lea Harvey Oswald lta -real sakient,..triost:cloised,Orga.nizatdon of e,closed soci;`,,...-- might explain how Fedora knew enough .
Is .; the -deadly :10tertiationar straggle:,be-7,..? .e":-7-ety;'.-..-penettation' by Amerliair agents - ii4:.?;',!,:, to be able to corroborate Noienko's lies. *
-, tweeirthe-t intelligence '-sirvices of-",' tile.,,,, _ `Witt to impossible, and this difilcultY pro- c??":',.;:..1 It is specially interesting,. in light of this
'? UnitedStates:and the Soviet Thins, In aSe-::-.7.t4a. ducedl'Alw reliance: on defectors.. But thee '-'-, possibility, that several years after the Oe. :
? ries of fascinatingi and provocative cceinec44.4r Russians are well aware of this,: and ever.; Wald incident, Nosenko was . rehabilitated"
. ties*MLeEpstein...lead%us from Oswald'a:li'nisince_401*.49.11%;,revolution, they4..have:at-.?, by the CIA,: and his aersIsers were Purged
-lhfarine;yeark?at.n. top-secret, U-2 base - in: ?-,teroptixi.,..,.to,:,i plant.' ostensible ,defectors s , '?part : of the ? general irage---thich swept
Japan,. to the trial of 'Francis Gary Powers:, within: Wes-tern intelligence structures in -through Washington . in =Abe wake: of the
in Moscow; through an array of KGB Cu- 'order ?Iii'..'ilontize- failiparalyze'.their ene- .--'.:?'.. :revelations leaked by the Pike-and Chita'
ban and Eurepean agents, to the assassin*. 11,11M.- . _.*::.1..).',!'.4-.....,71.-RPL-6, Committees: Epstein's book is in one ainse.
slian:Of-IcerineoY in Dallas-lt is impcesible ,, ' ' ' liosestko',:case was typical:. 'The the first reply from those who were the ,
:to read the30, pages Without believing that-,;..-- haeriCansbadlineeded information about ". '.. victims of that period; and,"Legend" will
,Oswalti:::- 'at a minimum-44 collaborated "iY.C.Geavald's Soviet connection, but by its very"1:-,:': Undoubtedly become part of the general de-
with 'itie.. KGB 'during his' years inthe -Soi`';',71.:nattire-'`thil.'Could only come front the Se 1-i-[... hate over the CIA which is about to begin
- viet Ilniiiti,' and that he maintained torltaCr';'''''n-Yit)t slid-% '-'131P: aPPearance? of Nosenke was,:','.,-: in washington on the occasion Of the pre-',
t. withRussian intelligence for time rest of his .;-".'), hence providential, :but it had all the ear-,' .'.....:. posed legislation dealing with the intent-
1:.";:'-'.:', 71:. MACS Of a ,:tplant"., How ?can such. infor.'-,,:' gence community.
2,Rii?:il;PlesereniarltaglePart,1611.47:,.,11.1:mation. be checked?:, In the Nosenko case, ''.',. -,- . , ..-----
. Epareinv: story?and ,the..-?most important '?z,:lthe FBI believed it had n way, i because a, :,,i=-1?4' Mr. tedeen is executive-editor. of The
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aspect et "Legend"-;-iakes place after on ., ;:?;?,I,Imown KGB agent-.-code-named.:!Fedora":,:,,..'?: Washington Review of Strategic. and Inter- ;
weld's- dotal., For ,American, ,e0trateibitd ;_eli,;.e.-Ilad been: passing. inforniation..to Hoe; national Studies. , ? ' ' . "?.!;. --
!-.1igence ekperte then' had to evaluate the ,.
.., 'possibility that- theresidentliarl, -been-';'. EL:WAII STREET JOURNAL .
murdered by an agent of foreign country.,
. - ,Published since 1509 by
'. J. Edgar Hoover, who had soinehow failed %,,,.:.. --i.44.4.1044.,..7,1..30)- .i, ? .W;1,,Telaphone (212). 2854000
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and there was plenty of ' evidence to sug- . . . _ . .
'.. gest that OswaldWas te. KGB agent. This., OW :JONES . it COMPANY INC -
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' was_proloundly.threatening to FBI director Editorial and Corporate Headquarters: 22 Cortlandt Street, Now Yorit,..N.Y.-10001.
nehingtoik Itiewefand. Salett,-.0filoa: 245 National Prose Bldg., Washington,' D.C. 20045
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to place, Oswald under surveillance, ., and. _
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' who: conicquently dreaded the thought that', ,- wq , '-'-i -
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in the even. of November 2, 1903. But the i
possibility. that the Americans might de-.,-, . -'kr.,, WARREN It PHILLIPS
i.-'1''Chairstan and President --::-.,-
cide - thati.fa-, Soviet,.. agent had murdered; iik.',stut'iw.:....; . ? .. DONALD: A. MADDoN ALD ,
Kennedy, was also threatening to.. the. Rut- . ' Executive Vice President:, ,?---.., ' Senior Vice Pram:4.4,10j .
sians?regardlese Of . the truth Of the mat:
.'s, GEORGE W.- FLYNN, -;!,,,,i.'a *'-p....
' ter. Sait was not inconceivable ?that events': Vice And Affiliated
of catastrophic proportions might hinge on ? .. -. Affiliated Companies ... ? . .,, :.
the answer to the 'question: Who was Lei, . ' - - '''" .,
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Harvey Oswald?' '';:' ''A,';'''''...:?.'`A, 4., WILLIAM L. DUNN' ,'?-, , .., , %.?:,-.., .:.
i,.. Vice President/general Manager ,. ? -, ,...
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perts were trying to answer this question - ? '''' W. GILBERT FALTLK JR.
by piecing together the jigsaw puzzle of Os-- ',-. Vice President/Legal
weld's life, a Soviet Citizen named Yuri No-
senko defected to the CIA in Geneva and
claimed to be the KGB official who had su-
pervised-the Oswald file in Russia. No-.
' Vice Presicknt/Administra'tion
senko had established a connection with
the CIA, two yearsi- earlier,- had passed ----STERLING E. SODERLIND .
same Lie ZIU: ir.fOrrri :tin tc tie Agmc,f, Vice President/Planning
and now insisted that he was defecting be-
cause the Russians had discovered his. WILLIAM F. KERBY, Chairman, Executive Committee
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treachery. Nosenko told 'e CIA that heI
might be killed if he were b , Perfibled EP Fke.10.40.1.#041MKOLOWATIMMOU2012427.
defect. Under the circumstances, it was ' . ' - "' ' '''. giving old and new address. For subscription rate; eee Page' 2.'
" EDWARD .R.-'DO''"k'ei
Vice. President/News' :-?
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FREDERICK a: is
Vice President/Finance
JOHN J. McCARTHY
FREDERICK TAYLOR
Executive Editor
LA.URENCE G. OTONNELL
Managing Editor -
ROBERT L. BARTLEY
Editorial Page Editor
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