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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.
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SECRET -€- NAME: SIGNATTEV, Sergey Ivanovich DEGREE OR RANK: NATIONALITY: Russian DOB: c. 1903 OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: Electrical engineer (Inverter-electrical) POB: Unknown POSITION: General Director of Wienor Kaei and Arisune plants autoricate to A/O Late. USIA WT: c. 15 cu. WT: c. 10 cu. BUILD: Inl. HAIR: Dark EYES: Unknown OTHER PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: None that were outstanding. PERSONAL HISTORY: Unknown to source. EMPLOYMENT; MILITARY RECORD: worked as a plant director for USIG in East Germany before cozing Austria in December 1953. Military record unknown PARTY AFFILIATION; POLITICAL ORIENTATION: An active CP member REMARKS: Honest, a good technical specialist BASIS OF INFO: Acquainted through work DATE OF INFO: December 1954 NAME: YEVLEV, Alekran Ivanovich OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALITY: Financial specialist DOB: c. 1912 POB: Unknown to source POSITION: Chief of the Financial Section of A/O Kabel, USIA HT: c. 165 cm. WT: c. 60 kg. BUILD: Thin HAIR: Dark EYES: Unknown OTHER PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Hunched shoulders, thin face, straight nose, eyes reading glasses. His right hand has no index and middle fingers up to the second joint. PERSONAL HISTORY: Married EMPLOYMENT; MILITARY RECORD: Unknown to source PARTY AFFILIATION; POLITICAL ORIENTATION: A CP member but not active MARKS: Liked to drink and was often drunk; considered a cultured, decent fellow who was well-like. PASIS OF INFO: Acquainted through work from DATE OF INFO: December 1952 February 1953 to December 1954
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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.