H4-43992 10 May 1982 YALERIY . l. Please re er to our conversation of born 17 March} 1933, Moscow, was posted to Beirut in 197Bh?s Secretary and may be there. He is identified KGBrand served in Mexico City from 1961-71; There is a reference to him on page 307 of KGB which suggestg that he may have been Department VLJ 2. We also note that EPSTEIN in ?Legend? claims that according to a CIA telecheck KOSTIKOV was Lee Harvey OSWALD's KGB case officer in Mexico City. According to BARRON (page 335) OSWALD was in Mexico between September and November 1963 and was seeking to obtain a Soviet visa. There was certainly a KGB interest although according to NOSENKO this was defensive. 3. The reason for our current interest in KOSTIKOV will be you are aware, our Embassy in Beirut, in common with other Western Mission has been?sn?jeft threats and violence in recent months, and in View earlier hostile attentions from the KGB, we have been reviewing our re?ssag of KGB staff in the area who might have been 1nvolved in promoting strong-aji? tacti 5e gratef?lwform your Views as to wheth?r the KGB are li?eiy t? i be behind any of the recent incidents (possibly through the Syrians) an?,fo? any information on KOSTIKOV and his activities in Mexico and in Beirut. Int partiCU13r, what are your comments on the OSWALD story; can you confirm that KOSTIKOV 15 still in Beirut; is there anyone else in Beirut.10r_Damascus_mhosQ Ltrace record suggests an Active Measures role, or worse_? 1?5. reply and as I saiawon ken ything you_ can basisef?JL?-? Wm_1r CROSS FIEE igig E/KEhrs? ever/ (fl-(f 1:83 15 201David Blee 19/ 235%;