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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. 121 …WT: c. 60 kg. BUILD: Thin HAIR: Gray EYES: Unknown OTHER PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Erect posture; lined…
  • p. 122 …WT: c. 70 kg. BUILD: Medium HAIR: Gray EYES: Unknown OTHER PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Wore glasses PERSONAL…
  • p. 126 …Very thin HAIR Dark and gray EYES: Unknown OTHER PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Has long neck, a long…

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NAME: DEHCVSCV, Saskatchewan DEGREE OR RANK:

OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: Commercial specialist POB: Unknown to source

POSITION: Chief of the Commercial Section of A/C Kate1, USIA

HT: WT: BUILD: HAIR: EYES: Unknown

OTHER PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: have a round Ukrainian face and wears his hair combed straight.

PERSONAL HISTORY: Graduated from the Academy of Foreign Trade (Akacemiya Vneshny Torgovli) in Moscow in 1947.

EMPLOYMENT; MILITARY RECORD: served as Commercial Section chief in a division of USIG in East Germany prior to coming to Austria in December 1953 Military record unknown to source.

PARTY APPILIATION; POLITICAL ORIENTATION: An active Party member and a loyal Communist

REMARKS: He was only one he not know his specialty well.

BASIS OP INFO: Acquainted through work from January to December 1954

DATE OP INFO: December 1954

OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALITY: Electrical-technician. (Tekhnik-elektrik) PCB: Unknown

POSITION: Engineer in the Production Section of A/C Kabel

HT: c 167 cz WT: c c cg BUILD Short, thin HAIR Thick, blond EYES: Unknown

OTHER PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:

PERSONAL HISTORY: Varrie.

EMPLOYMENT; MILITARY RECORD: Had worked in East Germany for USIG prior to January 1954 when he arrived in Austria and began working as an engineer in Production Section of A/O Kabel, USIA Military record unknown

PARTY APPILIATION; POLITICAL ORIENTATION: An active CP member

PENARKS: art atle engineer

BASIS OP INPO: Acquainted through work DATE OP INPO: 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.