FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICE OF RUSSIA

Directorate for the Rostov Region

21.09.99 No. 8/16-173
Rostov-on-Don, 31 Bolshaya Sadovaya St.

To the Head of the City Health Department
A.I. Kurilov
Volgodonsk.

Dear Anatoly Ivanovich!

The operational-investigative group stationed at the department of the UFSB of the RF for the Rostov Region in the city of Volgodonsk is investigating criminal case No. 173, initiated regarding the explosion that occurred on September 16, 1999, near house No. 35 on Oktyabrskoye Highway. To clarify the full picture of the tragedy, we need your assistance.

Pursuant to Art. 70 of the RSFSR Code of Criminal Procedure, we ask you to instruct the employees of your department to prepare and provide to us a complete list of persons who sought medical assistance in connection with the explosion near house No. 35 on Oktyabrskoye Highway, according to the following formula: Full Name, year of birth, place of residence, which medical institution they applied to for help, diagnosis. Your cooperation will contribute to a prompt and high-quality investigation of the criminal case.

Head of the Investigative Department
of the UFSB of the RF for the Rostov Region
Colonel of Justice [signature] E.I. Protsenko

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Investigator [signature] S.V. Romanovsky