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In 1962 CIA employee Donald Deneslya received a debriefing report from the
New York City field office concerning a Marine "defector" who recently returned with
his family from the Soviet Union. The report was approximately four to five pages in
length and provided organizational details about the Minsk radio plant, where Harvey
Oswald worked for 2 1/2 years. 62-07108 The report was signed by Major Andy Anderson,
who conducted de briefings for the CIA's domestic contacts division, and was filed with
the Industrial Registry Branch in the Office of Central Reference.46
In 1978 Deneslya was interviewed by the HSCA, who then requested
the domestics contact report and any additional information the CIA had concerning the
Minsk radio plant. Fallowing is the context of a letter from the HSCA to the CIA's Scott
Breckenridge.
September 27, 1978
Select Committee on Assassinations
U.S. House of Representatives
3331 House Office Building, Annex 2
Washington, D.C. 20515
Mr. Scott Breckinridge
Principal Coordinator, HSCA
Office of Legislative Counsel
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Mr. Breckinridge:
In connection with its investigations into the circumstances surround-
ing the death of President Kennedy, the Select Committee on Assassi-
nations has been informed that during the summer of 1962, a CIA con-
tact report concerning the Minsk Radio Plant was routed to the Foreign
Documents Division in the Soviet Branch of the Directorate of Intelli-
gence. The source of this contact report is believed to have been a
former Marine and defector to the Soviet Union who returned to the
United States with his family during the summer of 1962. The source
is believed to have stated that he had been employ ed at the Minsk
Radio Plant. The Committee has been further informed that this con-
tact report was filed in a volume of material concerning the Minsk Ra-
dio Plant, and that this volume is retrievable from the CIA's Industrial
Registry Branch which, in 1962, was a component of the office of Cen-
tral Reference. The Committee therefore requests immediate and com-
plete access to the above referenced contact report and the volume of
materials regarding the Minsk Radio Plant. In addition, the Committee
requests access to all files and file references concerning or referring to
the following individuals:
Edwin Strakna
George L. Green
Leonard Nurk
NOTE: The CIA responded by providing materials on the Minsk radio plant. But the
contact report. which would have identified the name of the CIA agent who provided the
information (probably Oswald), was missing. The HSCA reported, "The employee ad-
vised the committee that the contact report had been filed in a volume on the Minsk ra-
dio plant that should be retrievable from the Industrial Registry Branch, then a compo-
nent of the Office of Central Reference. Accordingly, the committee requested that the CIA
provide both the contact report and the volume of materials concerning the Minsk radio
plant. A review by the committee of the documents in the volumes on the Minsk radio
plant, however, failed to locate any such contact report. "48 Once again the CIA had ma-
nipulated their records and was content to "let the records speak for themselves."
(Armstrong, Harvey & Lee, p. 396-7)
In 1962 CIA employee Donald Deneslya received a debriefing report from the
New York City field office concerning a Marine "defector" who recently returned with
his family from the Soviet Union. The report was approximately four to five pages in
length and provided organizational details about the Minsk radio plant, where Harvey
Oswald worked for 2 1/2 years. 62-07108 The report was signed by Major Andy Anderson,
who conducted de briefings for the CIA's domestic contacts division, and was filed with
the Industrial Registry Branch in the Office of Central Reference.46
In 1978 Deneslya was interviewed by the HSCA, who then requested
the domestics contact report and any additional information the CIA had concerning the
Minsk radio plant. Fallowing is the context of a letter from the HSCA to the CIA's Scott
Breckenridge.
September 27, 1978
Select Committee on Assassinations
U.S. House of Representatives
3331 House Office Building, Annex 2
Washington, D.C. 20515
Mr. Scott Breckinridge
Principal Coordinator, HSCA
Office of Legislative Counsel
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Mr. Breckinridge:
In connection with its investigations into the circumstances surround-
ing the death of President Kennedy, the Select Committee on Assassi-
nations has been informed that during the summer of 1962, a CIA con-
tact report concerning the Minsk Radio Plant was routed to the Foreign
Documents Division in the Soviet Branch of the Directorate of Intelli-
gence. The source of this contact report is believed to have been a
former Marine and defector to the Soviet Union who returned to the
United States with his family during the summer of 1962. The source
is believed to have stated that he had been employ ed at the Minsk
Radio Plant. The Committee has been further informed that this con-
tact report was filed in a volume of material concerning the Minsk Ra-
dio Plant, and that this volume is retrievable from the CIA's Industrial
Registry Branch which, in 1962, was a component of the office of Cen-
tral Reference. The Committee therefore requests immediate and com-
plete access to the above referenced contact report and the volume of
materials regarding the Minsk Radio Plant. In addition, the Committee
requests access to all files and file references concerning or referring to
the following individuals:
Edwin Strakna
George L. Green
Leonard Nurk
NOTE: The CIA responded by providing materials on the Minsk radio plant. But the
contact report. which would have identified the name of the CIA agent who provided the
information (probably Oswald), was missing. The HSCA reported, "The employee ad-
vised the committee that the contact report had been filed in a volume on the Minsk ra-
dio plant that should be retrievable from the Industrial Registry Branch, then a compo-
nent of the Office of Central Reference. Accordingly, the committee requested that the CIA
provide both the contact report and the volume of materials concerning the Minsk radio
plant. A review by the committee of the documents in the volumes on the Minsk radio
plant, however, failed to locate any such contact report. "48 Once again the CIA had ma-
nipulated their records and was content to "let the records speak for themselves."
(Armstrong, Harvey & Lee, p. 396-7)