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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

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95 1311426 ASP PAGE 001 TOT: 092204Z AUG 95 DIRECTOR 398108

TO: PRIORITY MINSK. 092204Z DIRECTOR 398108 FROM: LIMIT C/CE/W/MB INFO C/CE/W/IS, C/CE/W SLUGS: WNINTEL RYBAT GTDANCER SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE REF: MINSK 14072 95 1207999

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13 ACTION REQUIRED: INFORMATION BELOW PROVIDED AS BACKGROUND FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE AMBASSADOR

  1. WE RESEARCHED THE GYVAPOROUS PROMISE TO DELIVER FILES ON * WHILE NOT MUCH ON THIS SUBJECT IS REFLECTED IN THE FILES, WE DID COME UP WITH INFORMATION WHICH INDICATES THAT THAT MATTER WAS TURNED OVER TO THE FBI FOR ACTION! THE ORIGINAL OFFER WAS MADE BY JIVAPOROUS/1 (V/L) TO FORMER CEDIN MAY 92. IN OCTOBER 1992, DC/CETF/W VISITED MINSK FOR FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSIONS CWITH V/1 RE THIS AND OTHER SUBJECTS THE FOLLOWING IS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE TRIP REPORT:

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"WE OPENED THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TOPIC OF THE FILES; TELLING THE FBI IS PREPARING A LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER KEBICH, ASKING PERMISSION TO SEE THE FILE. /1 BECAME IRRITABLE_AND DEFENSIVE, SAYING THAT SINCE THE USG DID NOT DEIGN TO MAKE PUBLIC ALL MATERIAL PERTAINING TO ITS OWN INVESTIGATION OF THE (THE WARREN REPORT), WHY SHOULD НЕ ВЕ PRESSURED INTO SURRENDERING HIS FILE. WE SAID NO PRESSURE IS INVOLVED WE ARE ONLY FOLLOWING UP ON HIS OFFER. (STILL DEFENSIVE HE STATED HE WOULD NOT ALLOW ACCESS TO THE RAW FILE, WHICH WOULD EXPOSE SOURCES AND METHODS USED TO SURVEIL AND INVESTIGATE OSWALD IN MINSK HE OFFERED INSTEAD SUMMARIES CONTAINING THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION AND SURVEILLANCE, WHICH OSTENSIBLY WERE PREPARED AT THE TIME OF OSWALD'S STAY IN MINSK HE WOULD ALLOW OUR "EXPERTS" (PRESUMABLY USG) TO EXAMINE THE DOCUMENTS CLOSELY AND TO CONFIRM THEIR AUTHENTICITY AND COMPLETENESS. HE HINTED THAT WE (NWBOLTAN REPRESENTATIVES) MIGHT BE ALLOWED TO LOOK A BIT INTO THE RAW FILE. WE SAID WE WOULD RELAY THIS TO OUR SUPERIORS, BUT EXPLAINED AGAIN THAT, DUE TO THE SENSITIVITY AMONG SOME AMERICANS *STEMMING FROM THEIR DISTRUST OF NWBOLTAN VIS A VIS THE

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