CIA Profile of Soviet Officer Valery Kostikov (1982)

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Dear Anthony•
Regarding your letter 6/705 of 10 May 1982, our
traveled to Mexico,
the u.s. and Cuba
during the period 1959-61.
In 1961, he was assigned
permanently to Mexico City as a consular officer and
served there until August 1965.
He was variously
described as a translator, vice-consul, and attache.
During this tour he attempted to cultivate a U.S.
Government employee assigned to our embassy in Mexico
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In September/October 1963, Lee Harvey Oswalc
approached the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City in an attempt
to get a visa allowing him to return to the USSR.
Kostikov, as a consular officer, handled this visa
request.
no information
which indicates
relationship between these individuals other than for the
purpose of Oswald's making his visa reguest.
Kostikov returned to Mexico City for a second tour of
duty in July 1968.
During this tour he was again assigned
to the consular section and was a second secretary.
appeared that he was tasked with following the activities
of the Central American communist partieş and left-wing
groups, and he met often with members of
these groups,
reportedly providing them with funds
and technical
guidance.
In July/August 1969, Kostikov made
TDY trip
to Moscow lasting
remained in Mexico.)
In July 1970 he made a four-day trip
to Havana.
Kostikov's tour in Mexico ended unexpectedly in
September
1971.
not due to leave for another three to four months, and at
the time of his departure, there was some speculation that
the suddenness of his departure was due to the fact that
he was known
to Lyalin.
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While in Mexico he was considered by some to be the
mont
effective and dangerous of intelligence officers in
Mexico.
He has been described as being without morals,
education,
and manners.
Mexico in
1968, he was arrested in front of a house of
prostitution after becoming, involved in a fist fight with
some locals.
It appears this incident did not affect his
position in Mexico City, despite the fact that it
received a good deal of press coverage.
June 1978.
We are aware only that kostikov arrived in Beirut in
We are unable to confirm his presence there
Although our file indicates that Kostikov may have
a member of Department 13 Executive Action)
(Department V's predecessor), we have been unable to
confirm
Also, to the
best of our knowledge the KGE
has not engaged in such executive action since 1959.
Sincerely,
/s/ David
David H. Blee
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(21 May 1982)
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