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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.
Stefan Bander& committed suicide by the use of potassium cyanide. This fifth and final versioajaccording to the facts iis the most logical. The fol- lowing facts support this version. (1) Handera's home life bad lately become so =bearable that his only escape could have been suicide. His home life was unbearable for severe/ reasons, the most important were; as a result from BOMb very difficult exper- ience in her life, and the fear of constant surveillance, Bandera's site had practically lost all of her senses. If it weren't for the fact that she Was the wire of the leader of the 71/OUN she would have been in an insane saylum a year ago. All of Bandert's close friends inevabout her situation. (Trans/ator: the rest of the paragraph talke abut Bandera's unsatisfactory eex life, his seeking such diversions outside his base AD4 the resultant un- controllable jealousy of his wife which lead to fights between them.) , (2) Handers 's wife forbid any of their female friends from visiting their bone even when accompanied by their husbands. She looked at everyone as a threat to herself. She forbade their male friends to visit themsbecause Bendera would use the excuse of driving them home as an_opportunity to get out for soma fun. In the past two years Stefan Hand&r& lived through such hell that it was difficult for anyone to imagine. Se used every available opportunity to get away from home, He gas always at work at 7:30, or the latest at 8, while all otheramployeee-report to work at 9. All the others went home at 1700 while he remained alone with bis troubled thoughts until 2200 or 2300, And at times he didn't leave for he until midnight. His wife would telephone bin a dozen times to be sure he van adtually at work. His wife made aIllorts of accusations against him even in front of the children,. The daughters favored their mother and the non favored Benders. These violent scenes made a very strong impresoion .on the children, Benders could find no way out of this situation. During these
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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.