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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0692.00005.] The set of generating vectors in \(L_ 2[0,1]\) for a Volterra integral operator \(M\) with the kernel depending on the difference of the arguments in the vicinity of the diagonal in \([0,1]\times[0,1]\) is investigated. A complete characterization is given asserting that a function \(g\) is generating if and only if \(\int_ 0^ \varepsilon| g(t)| dt>0\) for all \(\varepsilon>0\). The proof is based on the clarification of the relationship of the operator of the described type to the \(n\)-fold integration operator, and on the analysis of the asymptotics of such kernels near the diagonal. Also an elementary solution of a nonlinear convolution equation pertinent to this and related problems is given.