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Record:

DERYABIN, PETER S. (AKA PETR S. DERJABIN)

Sources:

CD 49, p. 41; CD 1552a (25-26); CIA 412-76; CIA 413-76A; CIA and Cult of Intelligence, Marchetti & Marks (184); CIA Diary, Agee (34, 530); Circus, West (104, 122, 148); Deception, Epstein (67); Espionage Establishment, Wise (15-17, 284-85); Foreign Intelligence Literary Scene, Feb. 1985 (4); Dec. 1987 (3); Games of Intelligence, West (82-3, 122, 144, 215); Intelligence/Parapolitics, Nov. 1986 (B6, B8); Secret War, deGramont (61, 148, 152-53, 165, 193, 347, 361); Sword and Shield, Richelson (17, 43, 243); Who's Who in Espionage, Payne (37-38); Widows, Corson & Trento (65); HSCA Reel 62, Box 34, Folder B (AMKW 33)

Mary's
Comments:

Russian MGB agent who defected to American intelligence in Vienna in Feb. 1954 (MGB became KGB in March 1954). Collaborated with Frank Gibney on book The Secret World. According to CIA document released Aug 23, 1993, Deryabin wrote memo one week after assassination and said KGB "did it." CIA 412-76 consists of 8 pages of single-spaced comments on JFK's assassination by Deryabin.

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