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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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LIMERICK TS 90085 4224-370 24 Jul 53 P. 5 Mikolai LECHOV, "collaborator", and his wife, Valeria LECHOVA arrived at Veracruz aboard an Italian vessel 11 July 1953. Forwarded with this report are copies of photos of the subjects taken by LIVESTOCK. LECHOVs were met at Veracruz by Alexander EELIAKOV. Nikolai Sergeevich LEONOV and his wife, Valeria Ivanovna LEONOVA arrived at Veracrus by ship 11 July 1953. Forwarded with this report are the following perti- ment photographs taken by LIVESTOCK. 6 copies of the pair leaving the ship 6 copies of LUNOY leaning over the ship's rail 3 copies of BELIAKOV speaking with LEASIOVA at the dock 1. copy of pages from LANOV's passport 1 copy of pages of LKLEOVA's passport Foreign Ministry cards with photos of LEONCV and wife are also attached (see Attachments 2 and 3)
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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.