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COLD OPEN This episode presents the document titled “13 May Personnel,” a memorandum dated April ninth, nineteen eighty, originating from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is notable for its discussion of a proposed transfer of an individual identified only as VNUK to a location in Los Angeles, and for the cryptic footnotes that reference a series of earlier classified communications. PROVENANCE The text was released to the public through The Black Vault archive, uploaded as part of a Freedom of Information Act collection. The entry lists the document under the identifier “13may personnel” and provides a downloadable text file at archive dot org slash download slash 13maypersonnel slash 13maypersonneldjvu dot txt. No specific FOIA case number is cited; the declassification authority is noted as the archival release by The Black Vault. THE DOCUMENT YEN ON A ■«f. Ho: 3/NBF/T2286 Issued : A265/09/04/1980 Copy Ho: \. PROPOSED TRANSFER OF VNDE TO LOS ANGELES Fro: SAH FRAHCISCO To : MOSCOW i 194 13 Msy 1946 To VIKTOR [i] According Co our information VNUK (11) [27 groups unrscovsrsd] work In chs Sixth Lina. [33 groups unrscovsrsd] [BX will bs able Co solve] the problem of his son and you will not object in principle to the transfer of VHUK to KAI [ill] we will inform you of our plan [4 groups unrecovered] there. X ask you not to delay your answer. Ho. 88 HAJ [iv] Footnotes i [ i] VIKTOR: Lt. Gen. Pavel Mikhajlovlch FITDI ( 11) Vnuk : la "GRANDSON" ; unidentified; alao occurs in SAH FRAHCISCO' a Ho. 627 of 30 November 1945 (i published), 638 of 13 Deceaber 1945 (unpub- lished), 34 of 30 January 1946 (3/HBF/T1209) 36 of 31 January 1946 (3/NBF/T853), 140 of 5 April 1946 (3/HBF/T2287), 226 of 3 June 1946 (unpublished), and 197 of 15 May 1946 (3/HBF/T2285) [ill] KAH : Probably "CAEN"; probably LOS AHGELRS [ iv] HAJ : Stepan Zakharovich APRESTaH DISTRIBUTION .Copies M-2 N S A F B I C I A Security Seryi'ce I S J r (via > C I A) A S I D (via N S A) Security Service taeii - W A S H I N G T O N ‘J J / N B F / T2286 YEN ON A I’ T CONTEXT The Black Vault’s editorial summary notes that the memorandum appears to be part of a larger series of communications concerning the movement of a person or persons designated by the code VNUK, and that the footnotes reference a chain of earlier documents spanning from late nineteen forty‑five through mid nineteen forty‑six. The archive entry does not provide additional agency commentary beyond the raw text. OUTRO This is what

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COLD OPEN This episode presents the document titled “13 May Personnel,” a memorandum dated April ninth, nineteen eighty, originating from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Agency: National Security Agency (NSA)
Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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COLD OPEN This episode presents the document titled “13 May Personnel,” a memorandum dated April ninth, nineteen eighty, originating from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is notable for its discussion of a proposed transfer of an individual identified only as VNUK to a location in Los…

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What was 13may Personnel about?: COLD OPEN This episode presents the document titled “13 May Personnel,” a memorandum dated April ninth, nineteen eighty, originating from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Why was this case declassified?: This material was released by the National Security Agency (NSA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.

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