Possibly the most important book to read regarding Oswald's Soviet adventures

A Scientist at the White House The Private Diary of President Eisenhower's Special Assistant for Science and Technology by George Bogdan Kistiakowsky (1976) 

Much space is devoted to the Test Ban Treaty negotiations from the late 50s and early 60s. The snapshot below summarizes the cause of consternation on the Soviet side - and the manner in which the administration skirted the Hawks to get a deal done. 




Project VELLA 



On Sep 2, 1959 the CIA issued an internal instruction to increase operations in the Soviet Union utilizing and extending existing programs REDSOX, REDCAP and REDSKIN.

On Sep 4, a Marine Private secretly trained in the Russian language and who had previously trained as a courier on the docks of New Orleans where intelligence, business, and mob intererests often intersected, obtained his passport.

Meanwhile, Ike's special team was working out "ingeneous schemes" to give the Soviets data without it becoming known.

In another part of the country, a young man was planning to give the Soviets blueprints on spray bottles for the application of heat resistant formula to rocketry. 

Quid pro quo 

We give you this (radar blueprint) and this (spray gun blueprint) and this (a Soviet double-agent named Pyotr Popov^). and you give us this (your test ban cooperation) and that (permission for someone to stay a year or two. make observations, and return to US with a Soviet wife and as a bonus, we both get to see how our agencies handle it all).

But the CIA got wind of the "ingeneous schemes" for a safer world and made sure via the U2 episode, that the Soviets would walk away from the summit. 

John Manning picks up the story from Oswald's return stateside and his handing over his report to ONI via the office of Robert Sansom, a direct relative of future Oswald Employer Roy Sansom Truly and a relative and close associate of Navy Secretary, Fred Korth, before being passed over to the FBI...

^^{Popov was by then a drunk who had not provided the US with useful information in a fair while. He had become expendable, which ironically made him useful as a sacrifice in a show of good will.} 

Good stuff there Greg. Thank you!

Brandon wrote:Good stuff there Greg. Thank you!

Thanks Brandon. It is a new take on things, which can often mean resistance to acceptance, so I apprecaite anyone who reads with an open mind.