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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.

  • p. 3 …Stefan Benders committed suicide by taking cyanide. Each of these versions had some plausibility and at…
  • p. 8 …They entered the bilSalding together:and Benders went into his office while Binovsky went to the…
  • p. 9 …Theoretically there are possibilities that Bentsal could have been a party to the murder of Benders…
  • p. 11 …the CoMMUnists more to play along .silth Benders: through Byron Matviyeyko as they have to date?
  • p. 13 - 12 - Benders did in fact cancel the . planned conference and began to make preparations for the…
  • p. 14 …About a meek after Benders died, the informants of this group who are closely connected with…
  • p. 15 …unable to establish definitely whether or 'not Benders died as a result of potasaiUm cyanide by…
  • p. 16 …The daughters favored their mother and the non favored Benders. These violent scenes made a very…
  • p. 17 …There were tines when Benders brought Severe/ friends "his guards" along with him whom Hrs. Bandera…
  • p. 18 …Another group of individuals were also sent to the west in order to penetrate Benders's…
  • p. 19 …He threatened suicide and left home to go to the office before 8 a.m. !-- Benders…
  • p. 20 …7urther activities bolster the Zch/OUN accusations that Benders died at the hands of his enemies…
  • p. 23 …If that is true, then it meane that the 2ch/OUN and Benders were a pester…
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Benders did in fact cancel the . planned conference and began to make
preparations for the larger convention. Didn't the KGB consider that since
Benders once suspected Myron Metviyeyko to be a communist agent he also would
be suspected when be arrived in Germany? In the fight between Benders and
Matviyeyko, Bander& would win. If Benders were removed from the scene, Matviyeyko
would be able to take care of himself, insofar as the others were concerned.
Therefore, Benders should be liquidated before the convention and the battle
ShotrId be conducted with others who will replace Sanders., someone who is not
as refined as Benders.
Realising this he t requested that when the SB notifies the homeland about
Bandera's death, the homeland should be asked Whom they would like to have
misled to replace Benders. To date, there has been no reply. This reply would
clarify a lot for us. There is another opiestion to which I-ipersonelly find no
answer and that is: when and who gave Benders. the poison and in what form.
Neither I nor the criminal police can discover the criminal This version
should be 'completely discarded', It must be pursued, but we will perhaps be
able to clarify it only after many years, probably after the expected visit of
MatVijetyko to Germany in 1960.
The third vertioMursol Sanders was poisoned by Myron Maiviyeyko Who had
been in Germany since six weeks previous to Bandera't death-and withshom'Berelere
had secret Settings.

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