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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.
- All these are arguments in the 1:GB's favor. "Aurcver,,for, Vie sake of objectiv- ity, I will introduce arguments to chow that the =, could have done this. a. The KCB were so well prop .e.re .l. to their attempt. on Bandera's life that they wore sure the cause of his death would never be determined. After the first medical investisation, the doctor in the hospital siLnea a formal statement of death in which he stated that the cause of death was a stroke. This statement is available. The 2.;ch/OUN leadership accepted this statement, as did the wife of stelan sanders.. Doubt were expressed only some time later. b. The KGB considered that the game between MatViveyko and Bandera was ended and, therefore, in conside-ation of future, more important plans they decided to liquidate Handers. For some time Bandera had certain doubts about Myron Matviyeyko. Be began to suspect KGB control. The British intelligence felt that there was a new hand func- tioning. In the early summer of this year, Bandera received a completely false reply to a question he sent to .:tl.tviyeyko. This awakened•in him even further doubts In connection with this he used the control question which is asked only in eases where enemy control is suspected. In late September of this year a reply was received to this control auestion. The reply was in every detail in accordance With the original agreement. This satisfied Bandera but it is not known whether the KGB was convinced that KGB control was not suspected. Further, in addition to this reply a request came from Myron tt.tviyeyko to postpone the conference planned for November until late 1960, . and instead to hold a. convention of the Zch/OUN , with,the GUN. Myron .Matviyeyko announced that he would arrive, along with representatives from his home country, to this big con- vention.
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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.