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Embassy of the United States of America. Office of the Legal Attache United States Embassy Moscow, Russia File No. b6 Your File No. 204 31 January 2001 b7C Nikolay Platonovich Patrushey Director Federal Security Service Moscow, Russia RE: THEFT OF RUSSIAN ART BY KONSTANTIN MAKOVSKY Dear Director Patrushey, This letter is a continuing response to your request of August 23, 2000, concerning the possible. theft of an oil-on-canvas painting by the artist KONSTANTIN MAKOVSKY (see our previous letter dated October 18, 2000). On November 30, 2000, the San Francisco Division of the FBI contacted b6 M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, and presented db7C the photograph of the captioned painting provided by your service. advised that she did not recognize the painting, but that she would show the photograph to the records department in an attempt. to produce historical documentation for the painting. On January 11, 2001, M.H. de Young Memorial b6 Museum was contacted by FBI San Francisco. advised that the museum could not identify. b7C records of the painting based on the photograph and requested that a copy of the painting's identification. sticker be sent to her. Accordingly, the following request is made of the FSB: REQUEST OF THE FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICE The FSB is requested to provide this office with a copy of the identification sticker affixed to the reverse of the captioned painting. Thank you for your continued assistance in this matter. Sincerely b6 Legal Attache b7C By: Assistant Legal Attache 113401 O3tm Av 03.Ltr