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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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ATTACHMENT C to EGMA 488744 4 January 1960
SUBJECT: The Visit by the Oberkomissar of the German Criminal
Police, Adrian FUCHS
From conversations with Ivan HAS:HUB& it was evident that the police
investigations of BANDERAls death were being handled by a young, very
energetic Oberkomissar, , Adrian FUCHS. I also learned from KASHUBA that
FUCHS had interviewed at least fifty people regarding thia matter.
Adrian FWBS telephoned. on 8 December 1959 and asked me whether he .
could 'visit me and talk about the subject of BANDERA's death: I agreed-,
and on Thursday, 10 December 1959, my first conversation with FUCHS
took place in my home.
Mt. FUCHS told me that from conversations with various individuals,
he learned that I was a friend of S. BANDERA end that I could express
some opinions regarding his death. I told Mk. FUCHS that I was in
Munich at that time and that I had been living in Paris, France, for
some time now, but that I cbuld discuss with him and analyze with him the
various statements regarding HANDEFA's death. •
I told him Of the five versions known to me (see my other report),
and we analyzed these various versions. Noting my objectivity in this
regard, FUCHS told me that he Was convinced that not only the members of .
the 55--KASHUHA and MUDRYK-- but also all members of the Zch/OUN leader-
ship were keeping certain facts from the Criminal Pollee,' facts Which
could bring to light the true cause of HANDERA's death. He stated that

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