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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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## LEONOV, Nikolai Sergeyevich MEXI-839 Personal calling card of subject found in address book of Fidel Alejandro CASTRO Ruz, Cuban revolutionary who was arrested by Mexican police on 21 Jun 56. (LIVESTOCK-3; B-Doc) USArma MexCity At time of his arrest Cuban revolutionary Fidel CASTRO had in MEX C-20 wallet personal card of Nicolas L. LEONOV, adminis officer 28 Jun 56 in Soviet Embassy and Secretary to Soviet Ambassador. HM4-1752 Translator for Soviet delegates to Eighth Internat'l Radiology 5 Sep 56 Congress at Mexico City, 22-29 Jul 56. Tele 566 Embassy today issued C-3 visas to: AnEmb MexCity Mikhail CHERKASOV, b. Moscow, 16 Sep 1909, Counselor 1 Oct 56 Nicolai Sergevich LEONOV, b. Russia 22 Aug 1928, Clerk Valeria Ivanovna LEONOVA, b. Russia, 30 Apr 1928 Nicolai Dementievich LARIN, b. Riazan, 15 Jan 22, Clerk Praskovia Artenovna LARINA, b. Riazan 30 Nov 1923 minor children AlexandreLARIN and Irina LARINA Departing Mexico 17 Oct by train via LAREDO; dep NYC 24 Oct 56 via QUEEN ELIZABETH.
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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.