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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.
What Pandera did during these 40 minutes is hard to Say. l',verything pointr to the fact that he was deatained someplace for at least 15-20 minutes, because if be drove directly home he would have been there within 20 minutes. One thing points to the fact that Bander either returned once again to the market or stopped at some store. Evhenia tt.tviyeyko-nak states that, in her presence, Bandera did not buy any dill for 'pickling tomatoes. However, after he died there were five sprigs of dill found in the baiket. This means that after arriving at Zeppelinstrasse he purchased the dill someplace. Where? From whom? When? At my request, the SB drove Bandera's car from Zeppelinstrasse to the market where dill is sold, lingered there for several minutes and drove on to Bandera's home. The ' entire trip took 20 minutes. This means that if Bandera was at the tarket, then there . . . still are 26 minutes missing, or let us say 15 or even 10 minuted.. EN-hen S Matviyeyto-Mak is papable of anything. But I do not believe that she per- sonally fed cyanide to Tandera. The German police Are of the same Opinioh. And now let us analyze other aspects. a. Potassium cyanide is . not a weapon the Soviets use in their fight against their , political opponents. If it is proven that'Bandera was really poisoned by the Spviets then this wv1J. be the first time they have used this means. b. in view of the present political situation; would the Comnuhistitry to do away With Bandera . '(at this time)? c. Wouldn't the KGB have considered the fact that the death' of Bandera gate :the Ukrainian emigres to mobilize their fight against the . dommunists in the 'whole world? d. 'Would it not benefit the CoMMUnists more to play along .silth Benders: through Byron Matviyeyko as they have to date?
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 28 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.