Kelley Lynch
1
October 2019
Director
Gina Haspel
Central Intelligence Agency
Office of Public Affairs
Washington, D.C. 20505
Office of Public Affairs
Washington, D.C. 20505
Re: Documentary proposal
Dear Director Haspel,
I am writing this letter on behalf
of my Russian friend, Stanislav Stankevich.
Mr. Stankevich is a Lieutenant Colonel and veteran of the FSB’s
anti-terrorist special forces team “Alpha.”
He and his partner, Pavel Evdokimov, editor-in-chief of the “Spetsnaz
Rossii” (http://www.specnaz.ru/) newspaper, would like to invite
Martha Peterson to Moscow to participate in a documentary that will center
around a conversation between her and Colonel Vladimir Zaitsev, who was part of
the KGB operation on the Krasnoluzhsky
Bridge.
According
to this proposal, “the meeting of Martha Peterson and Vladimir Zaitsev will be
a landmark gesture of peace and a step towards a potentially harmonious
partnership in the midst of the new Cold War era currently taking place between
the US and Russia.”
Mr.
Stankevich recently met with Oleg Matyveev, head of FSB’s PR Service. They have been quite positive and supportive
of this project. At the meeting, FSB’s
PR Service displayed the materials available for this project, including previously
unpublished surveillance videos and audio control tapes. Additionally, with the assistance of FSB’s PR
Service, the co-producers spoke with a production organization that has
experience with films about special services and additionally received the warm
support of the Deputy General Director of VGTRK (State TV channel
“Russia”). Vladimir Zaitsev has personally
consented to participate in the documentary and FSB’s PR Service offered access
to a number of veterans of operational units involved in the special operation
on the Ogordnick for the documentary.
I have
attached a copy of the documentary proposal for your review. The authors of the proposal are open to any
comments, input, or suggestions CIA might have.
At this point, it is really simply a matter of Martha Peterson and CIA
agreeing to participate in the project.
We look
forward to your response. Thank you in
advance.
All
the best,
Kelley
Lynch
Enclosure: Documentary proposal
cc: Messrs. Stanislav Stankevich and Pavel
Evdokimov
