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Leonov, Nikolay Sergeyevich, 201-132139

Central Intelligence Agency · 1963-06-08 · 165 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This Central Intelligence Agency personality file on Soviet official Nikolay Sergeyevich Leonov (201-132139), with material dated 1953 to 1963, compiles cables, FBI documents, surveillance reports, press photos and passport copies. It records his Soviet Embassy service in Mexico City, the finding of his calling card in Fidel Castro's address book in 1956, and his role as Castro's interpreter in the USSR in 1963. A source identified him as a KGB officer, and a DIA item alleged he was planning Latin American insurgency.

  • p. 102 It is reported that MCFAN discussed on various occasions the mechanics of credit modifications with MAYEWSKI…
  • p. 113 …Chief of the Suppl, and Sales Office of A/O Kabel, USLA HT: c. 120 cm…
  • p. 119 …came from Morceau to Austria in the summer of 1953; replaced YERSH Military record is unknown…

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the young priests undergo a thorough study of Harrist-Leninist doctrine. After graduation they are appointed to parishes where they exercise their public preceptive by proaching Communion to the faithful. After completion, when one of these young priests is first appointed to a given parish, his first step is to go to the Society of the Holy Communist Party secretary and ask him what the Party wishes in the area are and how the priest would be of assistance in carrying out these missions.

6. Communism that religion is becoming a tool of the Communist Party of the UILR since most of the older priests of the last generation, who would have fought Communism, have died off or have been purged and the younger priests, who have replaced them, are completely annihated by Communist Party influence.

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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 165 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.