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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.
-7- The German criminal police experts state that thace was no act of violence on the stairs. This also was my humble opinion after I had gathered the facts. This version was idly spread by the Banderites on the first and second days following Bandera's death and they took ill> various details during the funeral servidc. The second version is thet Bandera was poisoned by KGB agents in the Zch/OUN by giving the potassium cyanide to Bonder either in some candy or fruit. This version was from the very beginning denied j:7 the Eanderites but, at the some time, most thoroughly investigated by the German police and by me personally. In order to better understand this version it is necessary to vhsider the following facts.. On she moaning of 15 October 1939 about tan minutes t6 ei it Vasilf.,Ninovs'ky (true name Skoidra) i one of the SE guards .,w.aited by the home of Staten Bandera: Five minutes t2 eight Bandere left his home, walked Over to the garage and drove out Irith hib ear to Zepptlinstrasse Vasil Ninovs'ky escorted him all the any to the gate. They entered the bilSalding together:and Benders went into his office while Binovsky went to the printer's shop Where S1llJi MEMOEY- was already ecino assembled. About nine o'eloc all the ocher members began co arriNei :Whether anybody entered Bander's office between eight and nine has not bees dbtermined. T.t„sel:iba like no one did. This Means Benders was there alone. Between the heurs of nine:4nd' . 11'30 the following people encered his office: 1. Yaroslav Bentsal S. ' Dr.'GregoryVashkovych 3. doman bet)rts'ly r 4. Bvhenis Matviyeyko: Matviyeyko - Mak (wil6 drove off with Benders abOut 11:30 to the market plaCe to buy fruit.): near,: four above-mentioned illntvtdenit dould hsve figured in the mucder.. Tne permeb dal police and I personal]:' devoted special attention them.
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