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95 1366774 ASO PAGE 001 TOT: 1522112 AUG 95 DIRECTOR 404768

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TO: IMMEDIATE MINSK.

FROM: LIMIT C/CE/W/MB INFO C/CE/W

DIRECTOR 404768

SLUGS: WNINTEL RYBAT CODEL

SUBJECT: DRAFT BRIEFING PAPER AND OSWALD FILES

REF: A. MINSK 14140 95 13601.7.8 B. DIRECTOR 398108 95 1311426.

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1- ACTION REQUIRED: PLEASE CORRECT DRAFT BRIEFING PAPER TO REFLECT CHANGES REQUESTED IN PARA 3, BELOW.

  1. SRE PARA 2, REF A THE BACKGROUND OF THE OFFER TO PROVIDE THEFILES WAS TRANSMITTED TO STATION ON 9 AUG VIA REF B THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE MATTER WAS TURNED OVER TO THE FBI BECAUSE OF THE SENSITIVITY CONNECTED WITH THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION. WE ARE QUERYING THE FBI TO SEE WHERE THE MATTER STANDS. YOU ARE WELCOME TO PASS THIS ALONG TO THE AMBASSADOR. WE WILL ADVISE AS SOON AS THE FBI RESPONDS TO OUR REQUEST.

  2. PAGES ONE AND TWO OF YOUR BRIEFING PAPER ARE RIGHT ON THE MARK. PAGE THREE HOWEVER CONTAINS SOME ISSUES THAT WE REQUEST YOU DELETE AND/OR SOFTEN.

A. FIRST SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH 4. DO NOT DISCUSS ANY UNILATERAL OPERATIONS WITH THE SENATOR. WE ARE CONCERNED WITH ANY DISCUSSION OF SOURCES; IN THIS INSTANCE THE CASE IS INACTIVE AND WOULD NOT ADD TO YOUR DISCUSSION.

B. PARAGRAPH 7. PLEASE REDRAFT TO READ AS FOLLOWS: REGARDING EMBASSY SECURITY, OUR CONCERN IS THAT WITHOUT A 24 HOUR PRESENCE WE DO NOT HAVE AN EFFECTIVE DETERRENT TO SURREPTITIOUS ENTRY. ELECTRONIC SECURITY DEVICES WILL ONLY TELL US THAT AN SECURITY AT ENTRY HAS BEEN MADE. IT WILL NOT STOP AN ENTRY. EMBASSY MINSK WAS RECENTLY DISCUSSED BY CE OFFICERS WITH THE SSCI, THE FACT, OF WHO HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERN TO THE DEPARTMENT. COURSE, IS THAT STATE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO HAVE MARINE GUARDS AT ALL LOCK AND LEAVE EMBASSIES AND NWBOLTON APPRECIATES THAT. (FYI: THIS IS A PARTICULARLY CONTENTIOUS ISSUE WITH THE AMBASSADOR. WE SEE NO POINT IN ALIENATING HIM BY PUTTING

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C. PARAGRAPH 8. PLEASE DELETE IT. HOS HAS NOT AGREED TO ALL OF THE PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS YOU NOTED SO WE WOULD PREFER THAT THEY NOT BE DISCUSSED WITH THE SENATOR.

  1. PLEASE ADVISE IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE REF B AND WE WILL RETRANSMIT. REGARDS AND GOOD LUCK!

  2. FILE: NONE. DECL OADR DRV HUM 4-82.

RELNO: E224938 ORIG: C/CE/W/MB (DOWDON, 73516); AUTH: C/CE/W (WEBER); REL: C/CE/W (WEBER.) CL BY 520992.

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