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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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Chief of Station, Kerion City 15 December 1961 Possible Exploitation of Links of Soviet Density Officer with Sudan March of July Movement 15 JAN - OCT 1961 MARKED FOR RECOVERY NO INDEXING REQUIRED For your information INDEXING CAN BE JUDGED BY QUALIFIED HQ DESK ONLY Nizolai Sergeyevich LDNOV returned to Mexico in July 1960 and has been assigned to the Soviet Embassy staff, Third Secretary, diplomatic rank, as an assistant to Vladimir NUKOV in the Office of Cultural Affairs. While the Station feels that Pixel CASTRO Rus's recent public statements attesting his long-time sympathies and associations with Communism owes what lessene the exploitation impact of this "expose", it is also felt that LDNOV's Mexican background, dating back to 1955 and including the incident played up by the Mexican press in 1956, is worthy of press replay. LDNOV's return and present responsible position in the Soviet Embassy of Mexico will provide added interest in the story. The Station will therefore attempt to obtain the Mexican press accounts of the 1956 incident, updating this information into a press article for exploitation as suggested in reference. Millard C. Curtis Millard C. Curtis 14 December 1961 Distributions 3 - END 5 - Files
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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.