[Sample B: Approval/Signature Sheet] - George Mason University

FBI withheld information that Oswald had met in Mexico City with Kostikov, who,
despite Nechiporenko’s denials, was believed to be a KGB agent involved with violent
covert activities. Hosty stated that only later did he learn that Kostikov was indeed from
“Division 13, the KGB department in charge of terrorism, sabotage, and
assassinations.” 263 In fact, Hosty cited a declassified document called a CIA summary
report of December 13, 1963 about Oswald’s trip to Mexico City, in which U.S.
intelligence noted “A particularly sinister aspect of OSWALD’s dealings with the Soviets
in Mexico City arises from the likelihood that he met with Soviet Consul Valeriy
Vladimirovich Kostikov,” who is believed to work for “Department 13 of the KGB, the
Department charged with Sabotage and assassinations.” The summary report goes on to
say, however, “if OSWALD had been a Soviet agent in training for an assassination
assignment or even for sabotage work, the Soviets would have stopped him from making
open visits and phone calls to the Soviet Embassy in Mexico” as Oswald did several
times. 264
Hosty argued that there was a cover-up in the wake of the assassination to keep
from the public this potentially explosive information, but even so, Hosty supported the
“lone gunman” theory, writing that “I believe that Lee Oswald killed President Kennedy”
and that he “acted alone.” 265 The Warren Commission, according to Hosty, did not
satisfactorily answer the question of why Oswald killed Kennedy, but that “it is safe to
263 Hosty, 175.
264 Hosty, 313-314.
265 Hosty, 249.
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