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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.
“Bender”13 pages
The or.nizer of this meetins was . Yalav rientsal who maintains liaison between the Zch/OUE and the Germans. Zenon Pelensky also was supposed to have played a role in this meeting, or at least he had been well informed about the meeting. The meeting endeObout 24 hours . befUre Band era dietith a ddnner at the Dayerischer.' Jul these present ordered the mentis•but Stefan Sandera ordered cocoa instead of coffee: The question arises whether the Soviets oeeor about this reet. , n q therefore altered their version of the :tory On the death of to coincide with this? Was there a Soviet agent present among the Ger6an marticipants? Did the Soviets learn about, the meeting only after the fact, and did they independently announce their olrn version of the event of Eandenes deat? Th3 fact is that the Soviet versibn takes on a-new roaning for those who were present durins, the German-Ukrainian reet.ing. German crimjno 1niots ,31. ,2 e,i440. any possibility for the cyanide poisoning of Bandera during the dinner; either by the German participants or by any of the hotel waiters or kitchen help. I am not a chemist : end therefore it is difficult for ?ra to say whether it is posr :Able for potassium ,cyanide in capsule form to become effective only after 24 hours. In answer to 4y , qUestion.uhether the Zch/OUN had completetrast in the Germans who par- ticipated in the meeting,,the Zeh/DVE/SH chief 'stateLthat they have absolUte'trust in two of the individuals but there can be sere reservations insofar as the third was Con- . cerned; . , (He--the third man--lives in Ihnich and considers himself a specialist in Ukrainian affairs,) He was the one who requested such a me 'eting he held. As I learned after I started to write this report, there were only two German intel- ligence Men present at the meetipgand not three as :Cashuha had told me. This means that either 1:ashuba did not Know how many Germans were present or he purposedly cave me false information. A. F-e, the Carman political criminal ?once coMmisioncr, n.advanee
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