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SLUGS: WNINTEL TAZZACEX LWOPUS SUB,JECT: WASHINGTON TIMES ARTICLE RE KGB OFFER TO HOLLYI'JOOD
283424 (92 7575137) REF: A. 0599 (92 7801082) B. c. 0578 (92 7735236)
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~-- .-----l-· ACTION REQUIRED: FYI. -~--~------~~------2. FOLLOWING ARTICLE .1\PPEARED IN THE 27 MARCH EDITION OF THE "WASHINGTON TIMES:" "THE KGB SPIES WHO CAME IN FOR THE GOLD "MOSCOW: ON THE 'STREET OF TRUTH,' RETIRED KGB SECRET ?.GENTS CAME TO TELL ALL. "WITH NO HINT OF SHAME, THE COLD WAR SPY MASTERS SAID THEIR MEMOIRS CAN BE HJlJ) FOR CASH--ON EVERYTHING FROM
"'THE IDEA THAT ALL PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE IN ESPIONAGE ARE VERY RICH IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE,' SAID ANATOLY PRIVALOV, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION OF KGB VETERANS OF FOREIGN ESPIONAGE, OR FIVA, AS THE RUSSIANS CALL IT.
"[v!R. PRIVALOV AND THREE COLLEP..GUES FROM THE ELITE OF KGB ESPIONAGE CANE NOT OUT OF THE COLD BUT OUT OF THE RAIN WEDNESDAY TO THE OFFICES OF Kot-1SOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA ON ULITSA PRAVDA (TRUTH STREET) . "THEY TOLD REPORTS OF THEIR PLANS TO ENTER THE CAPITALIST WORLD THAT THEY TRIED TO VERY HARD TO SECRET 13-00000
r------1 SECRET \sENS.HTD ( PAGE: 2 ~ -· ----- ~- -- ~· ------UNDERMINE DURING THEIR CLOAK-AND-DAGGER DAYS.
"FEAR OF POVERTY HAD SPURRED THE RETIRED SPIES TO SIGN UP WITH THE HOLLYWOOD FIRM ENTERTAINMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS ASSOCIATION TO PEDDLE THEIR INSIDE HISTORY OF THE COLD TflAR FOR FILl\1S, MINISERIES AND DOCUDRAMAS.
"'DUE TO THE PRESENT CONFUSION IN OUR COUNTRY, MAJ\JY OF THE VETERANS ARE IN A VERY DIFFICULT (FINP.NCIAL) SITUATION,' MR. PRIVALOV SAID.
"OLEG NECHIPERENKO, A 25-YEAR KGB VETERAN, SAID HIS FORTHCOMING BOOK vHLL GIVE DETAILS OF HIS TVJO MEETINGS * WITII
"THE OSWALD MEETINGS TOOK PLACE SEPT. 27-28, 1963, ON THE INITIATIVE OF OSWALD, SAID J'vlR. NECHIPERENKO, THEN KGB ST_i'\TION CHIEF IN MEXICO CITY.
"'HIS MOOD vJAS BAD,' SAID MR. NECHIPERENKO.
"BUT, HE TEASED, 'THE OSWALD HE MET IN MEXICO CITY WAS THE SAME ONE WHO WAS IN DALLAS.
"ANOTHER NECHIPERENKO TIDBIT: TVJO OTHER KGB f"'EN WERE PRESENT AT THE INTERVIEW AND AN OPERATIVE IN MOSCOW WAS KEPT ABREAST OF THE DISCUSSIONS.
"EXHIBITING FAMILIARITY WITH OLIVER STONE'S MOVIE * <'JFK, '>MR. NECHIPERENKO SAID HE WOULD AGREE WITH 'SOME OF THE CONCLUSIONS OF JAMES Gl',RRISON, ' BUT ONLY BASED ON THE FORMER NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S BOOK, NOT ON ANY EVIDENCE.
"IF HE HAD THE DOCUMENTS, MR. NECHIPERENKO SAID, HE COULD GIVE A BETTER VERDICT. OF COURSE, NO TALK OF SUCH * AN
"MR. NECHIPERENKO HAS BEEN TROTTED OUT BEFORE BY THE KGB ALONG WITH YURI MODIN, THE Hl'A.NDLER OF KIM PHILBY, THE BRITISH MASTER SPY I'VHO WORKED FOR THE SOVIETS. PHILBY DIED IN MOSCOW IN 1988.
"THE NEvJ FACE SHOWN WEDNESDAY vJAS ANATOLY YAZKOV, CODE-NAMED 'YAKOVLEV' IN HIS WORLD WAP. II YEARS IN AMEIUCA vJHEN HE HELPED RUN THE SPY RING THAT GAVE JOSEF STALIN THE ATOM BOMB. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ESPIONAGE PENETRATIONS IN HISTORY.
"BUT MR. YAZKOV, BEYOND ADMITTING THAT HE WORKED OUT OF THE RUSSIAN CONSULATE AT 7 E. 61ST ST. IN Nmv YORK CITY, ACROSS FROM THE HOTEL PIERRE, WAS SINGULARLY SECRET 13-00000
~---::-~~ SECRET EN::J.LNv: PAGE: 3 -· -G- - - ______j ------RETICENT.
"ASKED IF JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBERG, WHO V'JERE EXECUTED IN 1953 FOR PASSING ATOMIC SECRETS, ltJERE INDEED GUILTY, MR. YA.ZKOV SAID HE PREFERRED 'NOT TO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO TOOK PART IN THIS OR MIGHT HAVE TAKEN PART IN THIS.
"IT WAS NOT THE BEST .ZI.DVERTISEMENT FOR HIS FORTHCOMING WORK.
"WHEN ASKED IF HE MISSED THE COLD WAR, l'1R. YAZKOV REPLIED, 'THANK GOD THAT IT IS OVER.'
"UNCONTRITE, HE INSISTED HE WAS 'NOT SPYING AGAINST ?~ERICA, BUT IN SUPPORT OF THE SOVIET UNION IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE TWO POWERS.'
"ABOUT 5,000 FORMER KGB OPERATIVES ARE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION.
"' ltJHEN A PERSON LEAVES HIS POST, HE IS LEFT ALL AIDNE,' SAID MR. PRIVALOV, A 42-YEAR KGB VETERAN. 'SO IN ORDER THAT PEOPLE WILl, NOT FEEL THEMSELVES ABANDONED, WE DECIDED TO UNITE AND TO ORGANIZE l~ CLUB WHERE VETERANS COULD COME TO RELAX, TO DRINK A BEER OR A l"lHISKEY, AS THE ASSOCIATION OF THE CIA DOES.
"INSTEAD OF FEELING SORRY FOR THEMSELVES, THE FORMER CLOAK-AND-DAC:GER MEN WILL WORK ON A FILM ABOUT THE ATOM BOMB SPY RING; A TV MINISERIES ABOUT U.S. NAVY EMPLOYEE GLENN MICHAEL SOUTHER, A SOVIET SPY WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE IN MOSCOW IN 1989; AND A DOCUMENTARY ON OSWALD'S BIZARRE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE KGB.
* "DOCUDRAJv1AS ON THE
FOR THE RECORD, \'IE RAVE NO'TED THAT SOf'/lE SIMILA:R RUN TI-lP.OUC::H BOTH THIS fuTTTCI,JC: l\ND THR UyQPUS CASb =------~==-==~---~~~------~ !-1.. THE TI!"liNG OF THE OFFER BY THE FIVA GROUP ON M!\RCH, FALLS DIRECTLY INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WIN!Jm\1 ESTABLIS.HED BY L\"lOPUS (24-26 MAP.CH). ALSO, LV-70PUS NOTED Tl-1:"'\.T THE 1YJANUSCRI RESOR'f TO
2-~ESERVE V?.RIAlJT BUT WITH THE -p;:;:;:;~~ OF OTHER PARTIES, J L_ I . E. , HE WO~~PROACH SO~:?_::<~ ELSE. ~------__)- B. LI-'JOPUS SENT :1:\ SAMPLE OF HIS WORK TO US NOT FOR PUBLIC.ll.TION BUT FOR ~ll. CRITICAL READING. HE STATED THAT IF A PUBLISHING HOUSE SHOW.ED TNTEREST IN HIS MAl\iUSCRIPT ,_AGREE!\;~ ... SECRE~ 13-00000'
SECRET 92-7827323 PAGE: 4 ------BE REACHED REGJ\RDING JOINT ACTIONS AND fvlUTUAL LEGAL C0!>1l\1ITIY!El:HS-.-A±iF-H8T:JGH-iVJ8N-&l"A:R.:t::._GQM-P-ENSATION_IS_li!1..RLI.ED-,------. L\'JOPUS DOES NOT MENTION ANY SPECIFIC SUM, RATI-IER HE SUGGESTS THAT HE IS WILLING TO ENTER INTO SOME SORT OF CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT. THIS IS COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT THE FIVA GROUP APPEARS TO BE i'I.TTEMPTING. THE FIVA GROUP STATES IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT THEY NEED MONEY.
C. IN EACH CASE THERE APPEARS TO BE A LARGE VOLUME OF MATERIAL. LWOPUS STATED THAT UP TO NOW HE HAS PREPARED SEVEN FOLDERS ON FOURTEEN COUNTRIES AND FORESEES WRITING 22- 25 SMl'ILL BOOKS OR EPISODES ON DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. THE FIVA GIWUP ALSO IMPLIES THAT A LARGE VOLUME OF MATERIAL EXISTS. I LWOPUS CLAIMS THAT HIS WRITINGS WERE BASED ONLY ON DOCUMENTARY
SOURCES. THE FIVA GROUP ~AKES NO SUCH CLAIM, BUT IMPLIES THAT THEIR MATERIAL IS FROM PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE. I r D. BASED UPON THE GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY OF THE MATERIAL AND THE TIME SP&'J IT ENCOMPASSES, vJE SUSPECT THE I LWOPUS MANUSCRIPT MIGHT BE A JOINT EFFORT. IF IT IS NOT A JOINT EFFORT, COLLECTION MUST HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME BY SOMEONE I'JITH EXCELLENT l~CCESS TO ARCHIVAL MATERIAL. THE FIVA GROUP IS A COMl\10N EFFORT OF AT LEAST FOUR (AND PROBABLY MORE) RETIRED KGB OFFICERS.
E. LWOPUS NOTED THAT HE IS CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY I» OF HIS FAMILY. HIS FAILURE TO SHOW AT THE EMBASSY IN l 1-----L..!::..:::..:.~~...... =.~c,I'HNDOW MIGHT BE THE RESULT OF HIS CONCERN. -F~~~~~HAD ALREADY ALERTED THE '-==-==~-:::-=-'FSN IN HIS OFFICE, THAT THEY ~iU~Illi~~OPUS MESSENGER. IF LWOPUS BECAME AvJARE THAT THE EMPLOYEE I-LAD BEEN TOLD TO \'lATCH FOR THE MESSENGER, VE ELECTED NOT TO RETURN. l IN SUCH CASE, ASSUfHNG THAT IS CONNECTED WITH THE FIVA r
GROUP, THEIR OFFER TO THE HOLLYWOOD FIRM MAY BE AN ALTERNATE PLAN. I F. IN EACH CASE, THE MATERIAL PRESENTED WOULD HAVE ( APPEAL FOR THE GROUP TO WHICH IT IS OFFERED, I.E., THE OFFER TO US OF INTELLIGENCE RELATED SNIPPETS REGARDING IN-PLACE II AGENTS VS THE OFFER TO THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY OF THE MORE SPECTACULAR CASES THAT I'JOULD APPEAL TO A fvTASS AUDIENCE.
G. OF \ IS SIMILAR TO AL~rK~~-rr-~i1~~AINI~TRYf~TTRRU1JEE:JI~N~ EVERY CASE, ~.~-;=;--==~ SOVIETS FREQUENTLY USED COVER NAMES SHULAR TO OR WHICH HAD THE SAl\1E FIRST LETTER AS THEIR OWN NAME.
~-----:n-.-:cvJiJPUS IS OBVIOUSLY HEDGING HIS BETS. HEA'DS8·--_____, .~"' MENTIONED THA'!' HE l'U\D M.Al'JE T0I.O_P.RKV.I.O.US__JJ_NSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS SECRET ------~ 13-00000.
~ SECRET ~ 92-7827323 \.__§ENSHJDf PAGE: 5 ------_j- - - - - ______:;~ -- .. . ------~------.. ------TO CONTACT US. ALTHOUGH f'lE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CONFIR~1 EITHER OF TEESE-Nl"-1'-E-MP'f-S-,-I-T-:T-S-N0T'EW0RTH·Y-TH:i'\T-THE-MAl'JT:JSeR-I-P'f-HE-----, PROVIDED TO US WAS A CARBON. BASED ON THE QUALITY, WE BELIEVE THAT IT WAS NOT CARBON NUMBER ONE.
4. WE ARE CURRENTLY CHECKING THE FILES OF THE FOUR FIVA) OFFICERS TO ASCERTAIN 1'1/HETHER THEIR BACKGROUNDS MIGHT OFFER THEM ACCESS TO THE SAME INF0Rt1ATION THAT L'V 5. WELCOM COMMENTS. 6. FILE: I ORTG·:~__CI.C. C/CIC/PRB I CIC/CEX REL: ER[)(IT~~~1E~S~S~A\rG~EE<------~------~:SECRE~------~~ SECRET