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This Central Intelligence Agency dispatch from the Chief of Base, Munich, dated 2 May 1960, forwards reports by a source called AEDOGMA-1 on the October 1959 cyanide death of Ukrainian nationalist leader Stefan Bandera. The attachments review five theories: poisoning by German intelligence, by Soviet agents, by Myron Matviyeyko, by Mykola Lebed, or suicide. They also describe interviews with Munich criminal police officer Adrian Fuchs, who said the police were convinced Bandera committed suicide. The document has no UFO content.
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A't.,DOCIMA-1 Investigation of Death of Stefan BAND
RE: "A3.3- -ICHECK -X" ONEI
MARKED FOR INDEXING
NO INDEXING REQUIRED
ACTION MIRED
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MUNI 7994 , dated January
1. At000MA-1
in late 1959 investigating
illness which cropped
an 18-page report on
in the matter. This
undersigned, as indicated
cornpiete report of
was about to return
supplementary reports
this dispatch as Attachments
2. In essence,
that
even stronger following
aparIment with Adrian
squad (these contacts
tact with .AED0GNA41,
interviews with about
one passed AEDOGMA -1's .
about the matter.
that an unidentified
by AEDOC4A-1) AKDWMA-1
take charge of the
DERAla death and that
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• Attachments
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the death,of Stefan MEDEA.
up during the course of this
23 December 1959 which sumarites
report is-forwarded as Attachment
in the reference, that he
hi& investigation when he returned
to Paris in early January 1960,
on the -death of BANDEHA. These
B-D. •
,
AEDOGEA-1 - became convinced, as
BANDBBA committed suicide. His
t4o interviewv(10 . and 17
FUCHS of the Munich Kripo political
spent several months
Due to an .
TOY, he submitted
his findings
A. He told the
would write up 'a
to Paris. As he
he submitted three
reports accompany
the •result of his
convictions became
December 1959) at his •
investigations
A). • In his first .con-
the course of his •
emigres,- save-
know- something
with AEDCOMA-1, he said
the word used
Who was appointed to
to investigate BAH:-
ADDOGMA-1 , s aide. . .
(Bandera's Secur-
and who remained in
funeral (it .
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are described in Attachment
FUCHS tolsiALEDOGMA,1 that, in
100 BANDERLites and other Ukrainian
name as an emigre who , possibly,might
In his second and last contact
BANDERAite identified ("denounced" . Was•
as the Z0b/OUN member (sic)
Zdh/OUN orgap4ational commission
VolodyMyr DEICHAKIVSKYY was
by AEDOGMAJ.1 as a fOrmer . SB
who lives permanently in•Canada
he came to Munith . to attend, BANDERA's
since has returned to
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