Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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Classification:(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)ADDENDUM TO FOOTNOTE # 614 OF "LEE HARVEY OSWALD, THE CIA AND MEXICO CITY."Some controversy has arisen in regard to the question of whether the tapes existed at the time of the assassination due to a memorandum from J. Edgar Hoover to the head of the Secret Service which said:The Central Intelligence Agency advised that on October 1, 1963, an extremely sensitive source had reported that an individual identified himself as Lee Oswald, who contacted the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City inquiring as to any messages. Special Agents of this Bureau, who have conversed with Oswald in Dallas, Texas, have observed photographs of the individual referred to above and have listened to a recording of his voice. These Special Agents are of the opinion that the above-referred-to individual was not Lee Harvey Oswald.(Memorandum from Hoover to James J. Rowley, 11/23/63, pp. 4-5.) The HSCA has determined that this statement was probably based on ancther FBI memorandum which said:Inasmuch as the Dallas Agents who listened to the tape of the conversation allegedly of Oswald from the Cuban Embassy to the Russian Embassy in Mexico and examined the photographs of the visitor to the Embassy in Mexico and were of the opinion that neither the tape nor the photograph pertained to Oswald, I requested Shanklin to immediately send a photograph of Oswald to our Legal Attache.(Memorandum from Belmont to Tolson, 11/23/63, p. 1. Mr. Belmont was reporting the results of a conversation with the Special Agent in Charge in Dallas, Gordon Shanklin, that occured at 11:50A.M.)Classification:
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Classification:(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled cocuments.)ADDENDUM: Page Two.Later that same day SAC Shanklin informed the Director that the tape of Oswald's voice had been erased: "It should be noted that the *actual tape* from which this transcript was made has been erased." (Teletype from SAC Dallas to Director, # 232220, 7:30 P.M. CST, 11/23/63. Emphasis in the original.)The confusion about whether or not there was a tape apparently continued for several days after the SAC in Dallas informed the Director that such a tape did not exist. On 11/25/63 the FBI Legat in Mexico City sent a Cablegram to the director which said:There appears to be some confusion in that no tapes were taken to Dallas but only typewritten transcripts supplied by CIA, the tapes not being available because they had been erased.(Cablegram # 182 & 183, F. 2.)The FBI was asked to explain the paragraph from the Hoover memorandum quoted above. It responded:The paragraph appearing on pages 4 and 5 of the leterhead memorandum, which is quoted in your (FBI) request of March 17, 1978, contains some incorrect informatior regarding a tape recording of the voice of an individual who identified himself as Lee Oswald.Retrievable information contained in files of the FBI indicates that this Bureau received information derived from transcripts of tape recordings furnished by another government agency which conducts intelligence type inves-Classification:
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Classification: TOP SECRET(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)ADDENDUM: Page Three.tigations. The transcripts indicated that on September 28, 1963, and October 1, 1963, the voice of an individual identifying himself as Lee Oswald was recorded by the other government agency conducting intelligence type investigations. Additionally, this government agency provided the FBI with photographs of an individual who appeared to be an American; these photographs being taken by said agency on October 1, 1963.It is noted that the FBI never received the actual tape recordings from which the transcripts were derived, as the tapes were erased by the other government agency providing the transcripts....As a result, no FBI employee ever listened to a tape recording purporting to contain Lee Harvey Oswald's voice as no tape was ever provided to this Bureau.(JFK Classified Document # 131.) No FBI agent interviewed by the Committee recalled listening to any tape recording purporting to contain a corversation involving Oswald.Classification:
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Classification:(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)Copy #3 of 3# I. INTRODUCTION## A. Issues AddressedThe House Select Committee on Assassinations' investigation into Lee Harvey Oswald's activities in Mexico City has been directed at answering the following questions:1) Did Lee Harvey Oswald visit the Soviet and Cuban Consulates or Embassies in Mexico City?2) In addition to the visits which may have been made to the Embassies, what were Lee Harvey Oswald's activities while he was in Mexico City?3) Was Lee Harvey Oswald alone in Mexico City? If not, who were his associates and what were their activities?4) Did the Central Intelligence Agency maintain any surveillance operation(s) aimed at the Cuban and Soviet diplomatic missions in Mexico City? If so, what kind?5) What information, if any, about Oswald's stay in Mexico was known by the CIA Mexico City Station prior to the assassination and what was the source of that information?Classification: TOP SECRETClassified by derivation:NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page. 11 116
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Classification:(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)-2-6) Was the information, if any, in the possession of the CIA Mexico City Station reported to the CIA Headquarters accurately and expeditiously prior to the assassination?7) Was the information in the possession of the CIA Mexico City Station reported to the CIA Headquarters accurately and expeditiously after the assassination?8) Was the information developed by the CIA in Mexico City communicated to the Warren Commission in an accurate and expeditious manner?9) Did the CIA photo-surveillance of the Cuban and Soviet diplomatic compounds in Mexico City, if such photo-surveillance existed, obtain a photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald? If so, what became of that photograph"Classification:117Classified by derivation:NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 12
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Classification: TOP SECRET(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)-3-B. Differences Between the Warren Commission Investigation of Lee Harvey Oswald's Activities in Mexico City and the House Select Committee on Assassination's Investigation.The approach taken by this Committee's investigation differs from that of the Warren Commission primarily in terms of scope. The Warren Commission and the investigative agencies at its disposal went to great lengths to establish Oswald's travel to and from Mexico, but devoted minimal effort to evaluating Oswald's contacts with the Cuban and Soviet Consulates. It is the conclusion of this Committee that the Warren Commission correctly established that Oswald had traveled to Mexico City. Hence, this Committee has chosen not to reinvestigate Oswald's travel to and from Mexico City. Instead, the Committee's approach has been to focus narrowly on Oswald's contacts with the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic missions in Mexico City and on evidence that was not available to the WarrenClassification:
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Classification:(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)Commission that could possibly shed light on Oswald's activities in Mexico City outside of the Soviet and Cuban installations.The Warren Report limited its discussion of Oswald's contacts with the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic missions to information obtained from Sylvia Duran and the Cuban Government.[^1]At one point in the Report the Commission referred to other information:By far the most important confirmation of Senora Duran's testimony, however, has been supplied by confidentia sources of extremely high reliability available to the United States in Mexico. The information from these sources establishes that her testimony was truthful and accurate in all materia respects. The identities of these sources cannot be disclosed without destroying their future usefulness to the United States.[^2]The Warren Commission did not print anything in the twenty-six volumes of evidence to support its statement that Silvia Duran's testimony was confirmed by "confidential sources of extremely high reliability."Classification:![TOP SECRET][^1]:[^2]:
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Classification: **TOP SECRET**(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)-5-In an attempt to answer the questions posed by Lee Harvey Oswald's visit to Mexico City in September and October of 1963, the House Select Committee on Assassinations has pursued the following investigative procedure:1) Conducted extensive interviews, depositions, and executive session hearings involving Central Intelligence Agency personnel;2) Interviewed Cuban citizens who could have knowledge of Oswald's sojourn in Mexico;3) Interviewed Mexican citizens who could have knowledge of Oswald's activities and associations while he was in Mexico;4) Conducted an extensive review of the files of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation that pertain to Oswald and Mexico City.C. Conclusions1) Someone who identified himself as Lee Harvey Oswald called the SovietClassification: 1 October 1963 ThisClassified by derivation:
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Classification:(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)-٤-individual indicated that he had visited the Soviet Consulate at least once. Other evidence from the CIA wiretaps, and witness testimony, indicates that the individual visited the Soviet and Cuban Consulates on five or six different occasions. While the majority of the evidence tends to indicate that this individual was indeed Lee Harvey Oswald, the possibility that someone else used Lee Harvey Oswald's name during this time in contacts with the Soviet and Cuban Consulates cannot be absolutely dismissed.2) This Committee has not been able to determine Lee Harvey Oswald's activities outside of the Cuban and Soviet Embassies with certainty. There is a report, which has not been confirmed, indicating that during his stay in Mexico Oswald attended a "twist party" at the home of Ruben Duran Navarro, the brother-in-law ofClassification:
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Classification:(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)-7-Silvia Duran. There is also unconfirmed evidence which, if true, would indicate that Oswald, spert one night and parts of two days with a group of pro-Castro students from the University of Mexico.3) There is a report that Oswald may have been in the company of a tall, thin, blond-headed mar while in Mexico. This reporet has not been confirmed. If true, it is possible that this same individual may, on occasion, have used Oswald's name in dealing with the Cuban and Soviet Consulates. The man's name, if there was such a man, is not known.4) On the dates that Oswald was in Mexico, the CIA had photographic surveillance operations which covered entrances to the Soviet Embassy and the Cuban Embassy and Consulate. The CIA also had electronic surveillance on telephones in the Soviet Consulate and Military Attache's Office and Cuban diplomatic compounds. TheClassification:
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Classification:(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)- ٤٠-telephone at the Cuban Consulate was not subject to that surveillance.5) The CIA's Mexico City Station definitely knew of Oswald's contacts with both the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic compounds and of his desire to obtain an intransit visa for travel to Russia via Cuba. The source of this information was the electronic surveillance on the Soviet Consulate and Soviet Military Attache's Office.6) All information n the possession of the CIA Mexico City Station was not reported to CIA Headquarters in an accurate and expeditious manner prior to the assassination.7) With the except on of a few, possibly benign, irregularities, and considering the possibility that not all of the information ava lable to the Station has been provided to this Committee, the information in the possession of the CIA Mexico Station was reported in anClassification:Classified by derivation:
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Classification: TOP SECRET(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)-9-accurate and expeditious manner after the assassination to headquarters.8) With the exception of those areas that involved sensitive sources and methods, such as the information pertaining to the electronic and photographic surveillance of the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic compounds, information developed by the CIA in Mexico was generally relayed to the Warren Commission in an accurate and expeditious manner.9) It is the conclusion of this Committee that the CIA's photo-surveillance operations in Mexico City probably obtained a photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald entering either or both the Soviet and Cuban Consulates. The CIA denies that such a photograph exists. Hence, the dispostion of this photograph is unknown.Classification: TOP SECRET
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Classification: TOP SECRET(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)-5A-10) The CIA telephone surveillance on the Soviet Embassy taped several calls of a man using the name "Lee Oswald." These tapes were retained for a routine two week period and were most likely erased shortly after 16 October 1963. These tapes were probably in existence at the time of the assassination.11) The Committee is aware of the allegations that Silvia Tirado de Duran may have been an intelligence agent for either the Cubans, Mexicans or Americans. Ms. Duran was probably never employed by Cuban intelligence. While there is no direct evidence on the question other than Ms. Duran's denial, the Committee believes that the circumstantial evidence that tends to indicate that Ms. Duran had a relationship of some type with either Mexican or American intelligence is of such a nature that the possibility can not be dismissed.Classification: TOP SECRETNW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 20Classified by derivation:125
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Classification:(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled cocuments.)-10-D. Structure and RelevancyThe following report detailing the results of this Committee's investigative efforts regarding Mexico City is divided into general areas:1) CIA surveillance operations in Mexico City during September and October of 1963;2) Information about Lee Harvey Oswald's stay in Mexico City that was known prior to the assassination;3) Reconstruction of the CIA Mexico City Station and Heacquarters activity regarding Oswald prior to the assassination;4) Mexico City repcrting of information after the assassination;5) Witnesses from the Cuban Consulate;6) Investigation of related information that was not available to the Warren Commission; and7) Reconstruction of Oswald's activities in Mexico City.Classification:
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Classification:(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)-11-The reader should be advised at the outset that the first section following is technical in nature and may not appear cirectly relevant at first blush. But the report is cumulative in nature. The specific, detailed analyses of the standard operating procedures in the first section are necessary to, and form a partial basis for, the reconstruction of the Mexico City Station's handling of the Oswald case. There are many gaps left by the documentary and testimonial evidence concerning the manner in which the CIA's Mexico City Station and Headquarters reacted to Oswald's presence in Mexico City. A knowledge of the way in which the Mexico City Station operated and the procedures involved in those surveillance operations which detected Oswald is valuable in filling the gaps of the specific case which is the subject of this report.II. Central Intelligence Agency Surveillance Operations in Mexico City in September and October 1963Classification:
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Classification:(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)-12-A. Photographic Surveillance Operations Aimed at the Cuban Diplomatic Compound1. IntroductionThe Mexico City Station of the Central Intelligence Agency maintained photographic surveillance on the Cuban diplomatic compound during September and October of 1963. [^3] The purpose of this operation was to get identifiable photographs of all individuals who visited the Cuban diplomatic compound. [^4]2. Physical Positioning of Surveillance Bases and TargetsThe Cuban diplomatic compound covered one city block in Mexico City between Tacubaya, Francisco Marquez and Zamora Streets. The entrance to the Cuban Embassy was located on the corner of Tacubaya and Francisco Marquez. [^5] Next to this entrance on Francisco Marquez Street was another entrance for automobiles. [^6] The entrance to the Cuban Consulate,Classification:NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 23[^3]: [^4]:[^5]: [^6]:
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Classification:(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)-13-which was in a separate building from the Embassy, was located on the corner of Francisco Marquez and Zamora.[^7] The CIA surveillance post was located at 149 Francisco Marquez Street.[^8] An agent photographed visitors to the Embassy from one window in the third floor apartment at 149 Francisco Marquez Street.[^9] A pulse camera covered the entrance to the Consulate from a second window in the same third floor apartment.[^10]3. Objectives of Operation and Scope of Coverage ProvidedOne CIA officer, who claimed to have had a marginal role in this surveillance operation, remembers that they had trouble covering both the Cuban Embassy entrance and the Consulate entrance.[^11] "The Cuban Embassy coverage had more sophisticated equipment using a pulse camera which frequently developed mechanical difficulties."[^12] Two former CIA employees who were in Mexico City in 1963 remembered that there were two cameras covering the Cuban diplomatic compound.[^13] Ms. Goodpasture, a case officer in theClassification:NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 24[^7]: [^8]:[^9]: [^10]:[^11]: [^12]:[^13]:
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Classification:(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled cocuments.)-14-Mexico City Station, testified that she could not remember the locations of the two cameras.14/ David A. Phillips, Chief of the Cuban Section in the Mexico City Station, testified that the Consulate entrance was covered along with the Embassy entrance.15/ Mr. Phillips was not absolutely sure of his recollection, but thought that it was possible that the Embassy entrance had been covered ty a manned photographic base and the Consulate entrance was covered by a pulse camera.16/The CIA staff technician who serviced the cameras and trained the agents at the CIA photographic base that covered the Cubar compound was interviewed by the House Select Committee on Assassinations. The technician stated that he had set up the cameras in the photographic base at the inception of an operation in the early 1960's designed to provide photographic surveillance of the Cuban compound.17 For a short time after the inception of the operation, the technician had been responsible for maintaining liaison between the agents inside the base and the Station. After the agent's training was completed,Classification:
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Classification:(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled clocuments.)-15-the technician turned the liaison responsibilities over to a case officer.17/ He could not remember with certainty the identity of that case officer, but thought that it may have been Robert Shaw.18/ The technician remembered that the operation had originally covered the Cuban Embassy entrance with a manually operated Exacta or Leica camera. He said that this camera had been set up on a tripod and was equipped with a Bal-Scope.19/ Later, according to the technician, a pulse camera was installed in this base. The pulse camera was set up to cover the Consulate entrance, while the agents continued covering the Embassy entrance with the manual camera. The technician could not remember with certainty when the pulse camera was installed in the base. The technician told the House Select Committee on Assassinations that the exact time of installation could be checked by reviewing the project files maintained at CIA Headquarters.20/The technician remembered quite a few details about how the pulse camera had been set up and how it worked. He remembered that the shutter was triggered by a device attached to a spotting scope.21/ TheClassification:
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Classification:(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled ciocuments.)-16-triggering device was activated by changes in light intensity. The spotting scope was trained on a very narrow area of the door latch of the Cuban Consulate entrance. The camera itself covered a much broader field than the spotting scope. The camera was set up so as to make sure that a person triggering the camera by passing between the spotting scope and its target, the door latch, would be photographed from the waist up.22/1The technician stated that the agent in the photographic basehouse serviced his own cameras, and developed the film and made contact prints in the basehouse.23/ The agent covering the Embassy entrance kept a log corresponding to the photographs taken.24/The project files for this operation bear out the technician's recollections. An examination of these files by the House Select Committee on Assassinations revealed several of the technician's monthly reports. An examination of the chronological file of dispatches passing between CIA Headquarters and the Mexico City Station turned up one additional monthly report that was not located in the project file. A third relevantClassification:NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 27.
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Classification:(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)-17-dispatch was made available to the Committee on 20 November 1978. The report in the dispatch chronology covers the period of 1 September to 30 September 1963.25/ The dispatch reports that on 23 September 1963 the agent who ran the Cuban photographic basehouse called the technician into the basehouse to discuss the layout of the Cuban Consulate.26/ The entrance to the Cuban Consulate had been closed in 1961 due to harassment and stink bombings.27/ A few days prior to the 23rd, the Consulate had once again opened its door to the public. Prior to this reopening of the Consulate door, the photography agent had limited his coverage to the main Embassy gate.28/ He used an Exacta camera with a Bal-Scope with a 30-power eyepiece. The dispatch reported, however, from the position he had to cover the main gate, he could not cover the newly reopened Consulate entrance.29/ The base agent told the technician that at that time, approximately seventy percent of all the visitors to the Cuban compound were using the Embassy entrance and the remainder used the Consulate entrance.30/Classification:Classified by derivation: