Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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Classification: TOP SECRET(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)- 282 -at either the Hotel Regis cr Hotel San Francisco. Mrs. Contreras explained that since there were a few conventions scheduled in Mexico City that weekend she could not assure that he would be at either hotel. Mrs. Contreras told Agent Martinez that she would notify him if her husband should call.Mr. Martinez called toth hotels and inquired whether Oscar Contreras Lartigue was registered. He was not registered at either; they were completely booked up.Mr. Martinez attempted to reach by telephone Silvia Tirado Byazan at ther home to ask her whether she would be willing to travel to Washington to testify at a HSCA hearing and to ask if she knew where Mr. Ernesto Lehfeld Miller could be located. She was not at home, however.Agent Martinez explaned that he would attempt to locate Oscar Contreras Lartigue at the hotel where the Partido Republicano Institucional (Institutional Republican Party) was holding its convention early the following morning; after which he would meet the staff members at 9:30 a.m. at their hotel room.2000395Classification: TOP SECRETClassified by derivation:NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 345- 445
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Classification: TOP SECRET(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controllec documents.)- 2183 -At 9:45 a.m., August 11, 1978, Agent Martinez met Committee staffers at thei hotel room and explained that he was unable to locate Mr. Contreras Lartigue at the convention. Mr. Martinez chen left to check the whereabouts of Mr. Alberue Suot) and Silvia Tirado Bazan.at 12:30 p.m., August 11, 1978, Agent Martinez returned to the Committee staff members' hotel room. He telephoned Mrs. Contreras in Tampico who stated that her husband had not telephoned her since she had last spoken to Agent Martinez. At 1:5) p.m., another agent, Honorio Escondon, telephoned Agent Martinez at the Committee staffers' hotel room to inform him that Luis Alberue Suoto must be back in town because the scotch tape placed at the base of his entranceway door was no longer in place. AT 1:55 p.m., Agent Martinez telephoned Luis Alberue Suvoto. During the phone conversation, Alberue denied that he had worked at the Cuban Embassy in the Sixties, stated that he knew nothing about the assassination, and declined the Committee staff members' request to interview him.At 2:00 p.m., August 11, 1978, Agent Martinez telephonedClassification: TOP SECRET2000395Classified by derivation:NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 346
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Classification:ULUNCI(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)- 284 -Silvia Duran. Agent Martinez then gave the telephone to Committee staffer Lopez. Mr. Lopez asked Ms. Tirado whether she would be willing to testify sometime in September at a Committee hearing in Washington; she answered affirmatively. She stated that September 13th, 14th and 15th would not be "good days" because the Mexican Revolution celebration would be taking place and she was a planner and participant. When Mr. Lopez asked Ms. Tirado if she knew Mr. Ernesto Lehfeld Miller's phone number, she stated that she did not, but she stated that if we telephoned her husband Horatio at either 16-0398 or 515-8621, he would be able to help us.At 2:15 p.m., Committee staffer Lopez telephoned Horatio Duran, who have him Ernesto Lehfeld Miller's office phone number, 548-4839. At 2:20 p.m., Lopez telephoned Mr. Miller and arranged a meeting for 9:00 p.m. that evening.At 2:30 p.m., Agent Martinez telephoned Captain Ventura to report on his progress, pertaining to his work with the HSCA. When Martinez told Ventura that he had located Alberue,-4472000997Classification: TOP SECRETClassified by derivation:
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Classification: TOP SECRET(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)- 285 -Ventura asked Martinez if he was alone. When Agent Martinez lied and stated that he was alone, Ventura told him that he should under no circumstances allow us to interview Alberue. When Agent Martinez completed his phone call, he said, "I don't understand why nobody wants you to talk to him."At 9:00 p.m., August 11, 1978, Committee staffers interviewed Ernesto Lehfeli Miller 1221/At 11:15 a.m., August 12, 1978, Committee staffer Lopez called Luis Alberue Suoto at his home. When Mr. Lopez identified himself, Mr. Alperue immediately stated that he knew nothing. He further stated that he never worked for the Cuban Embassy. When Lopez explained to him that employees at the Cuban Embassy had stated that he had been employed there, Mr. Suoto hung up. Mr. Alberue's voice quivered throughout the short talk.At 11:45 a.m., Silvia Tirado called Lopez and stated that she had thought all night about travelling to Washington. She said she had seen a report in the newspapers in which Azcue had stated that the man who visited the Cuban ConsulateClassification: TOP SECRET2000003Classified by derivation:NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 348
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Classification: Iur SECRET(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlleci documents.)- 286 -in 1963 was not Lee Harvey Oswald. She stated that Azcue had only seen Oswald once while she had seen Oswald at least three times.Ms. Duran further stated that if she testified in Washington and the Committee concluded that she was lying she would be crucified when she returned to Mexico. Mr. Lopez reassured her and explained that when he returned to hashington he would send her a long letter explaining procedures.At 12:05 p.m., Agent Martinez met the Committee staff members at the airport. He stated that Contreras and Calvillo had not been located. The Committee staffers gave Martinez a list of questions to ask Oscar Contreras Lartigue. Agent Martinez stated that he would mail the results of the interview to Lopez at the Committee offices in Washington. The Committee never received any interview reports from the Mexican government.The Committee staff members left Mexico City at 1:55 p.m. and arrived at Washington s Dulles Airport at 10:35 p.m.Classification TOP SECRET2000390Classified by derivation:NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page: 349
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Classification: TOP SECRET(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controllec documents.)- 287 -Appendix 4: HSCA Procedural Write-up Cuba Trip 2On August 25, 1978, Congressman Richardson Preyer and HSCA staff members G. Robert Blakey and Edwin Juan Lopez Soto traveled to Cuba from Miami at 8:25 a.m. on an Air-Taxi Service charter plane. The Committee representatives arrived in Cuba at 10:15 a.m. They were met by the Minister of Justice, Armando Torres Santrayll; Washington Consul Ricardo Escartin; American Department official, Senen Buergo; and translator, Nellie Ruiz de Zarade. The Committee representatives were escorted to their suite, room number 2003, at the Hotel Riviera at 11:00 a.m.At 12:15 p.m., the Committee representatives met with Ricardo Escartin, Felipe Villa, Senen Buergo and translators Juanita Vera and Nellie Ruiz de Zarade. Also present were two Cuban stenographers. Senen Buergo, the spokesperson, welcomed the Committee representatives to Cuba and thanked the Committee for its correspondence. Mr. Buergo apologized on behalf of the Cuban government for the postponement of a previously scheduled trip of-450Classification: TOP SECRET2001000NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 350Classified by derivation: _____________
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Classification:(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controllec documents.)- 2:38 -May 24th and 25th, 1978. Mr. Buergo stressed that in his opinion there was a conspiracy to link Cuba to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. At that point, he handed four files to Congressman Richardson Preyer. The files consisted of: a) material concerning Santo Trafficante; b) a letter dated 25 November 1963 from Hernandez Armas (Mexican Ambassador in 1962 to Raul Roa (Minister of Foreign Relations in 1963); c) the results of the Cuban government's research into mis-information linking the Cuban Government to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; and d) the report of the Investigative Committee of the International Tribunal of the Eleventh Festival reporting on the defamation campaign to link Cuba to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.Mr. Buergo stated that both Eusebio Azcue Lopez and Alfredo Mirabal Diaz would that day be made available for interviews. Mr. Buergo stated that Nilo Otero 1222/ would be made available for interview the following day, 26 August 1978. Mr. Buergo stated hat Rogelio Rodriguez 1223/ was presently stationed in West Germany. Buergo stated that Ricardo Escartin previous y interviewed Mr. Rodriguez and2001001 Classification: TOP SECRET Classified by derivation-NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 351
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Classification:(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)was told by Rodriguez that he had had no contact with Lee Harvey Oswald. Mr. Buergo stated that if the Committee still desired to interview Rodriguez, he would be made available to the Committee. Mr. Buergo stated that an interview with Rolando Cubela Secades 1224/ would be arranged.Mr. Buergo asked if he Committee was still interested in interviewing Orestes Gullermo Ruiz Perez. 1225/ Mr. Buergo stated that the Cuban government had no record of a citizen named Griselle Rubio. 1226/ Mr. Buergo inquired whether the Committee representatives were interested in watching the videotaped statements of James Wilcott 1227/ and Phillip Agee 1228/ at the Tribunal. 1229/ Congressman Preyer responded that the Committee's representatives would want to view the Wilcott and Agee videotaped statements.Mr. Buergo stated that our schedule included dinner with the Minister of Justice at 8:00 p.m. on 25 August 1978, fishing on 27 August 1978 (Sunday), and a farewell dinner on 28 August 1978.Congressman Preyer thanked the Cuban officials for2001002 ClassificationNW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 352
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Classification: TOP SECRET(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlle I documents.)- 190 -making both the documents and witnesses available to the Select Committee.Professor Blakey stated that the Committee was no longer interested in interviewing Rolando Cubela. Mr. Blakey stated that Griselle Rubio had been found in Miami and interviewed by a Committee investigator. Mr. Blakey stated that the Committee wanted to interview Oreste Guillermo Ruiz Perez for two reasons: He worked at the Cuban Embassy in September 1963 when Oswald allegedly visited the Cuban compound in Mexico City; and, he is married to the cousin of a counter-revolutionary, Antonio Veciana Blanch. Mr. Blakey stated that Rogelic Rodriguez need not be interviewed.Captain Felipe Villa stated that the Cuban government, relying on the seriousness and honesty of the Committee's work, thought that the Committee should have knowledge of Cuebela's statements. Mr. Villa stated that the Committee still needed to provide the Cuban government with the following: a) a workable formula on counter-revolutionaries that could be used by the Cuban government to aid the Committee in its investigation of such organizations;-453Classification: TOP SECRET![image]Classified by derivation:NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 353
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Classification:(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)- 291 -b) copies of Lee Harvey Oswald's signatures that the Cuban government could use to perform its own handwriting comparison test; and c) E. Howard Hunt's aliases;Mr. Blakey stated that examples of Lee Harvey Oswald's handwriting would be forthcoming. Mr. Blakey stated that the Committee had not yet developed a formula for identifying counter-revolutionary groups active against the Cuban government in 1963 or a method for providing E. Howard Hunt's aliases. Mr. Blakey stressed that both these areas would be discussed in the Committee's final report.At 1:00 p.m. the first work session ended.At 3:15 p.m. House Select Committee on Assassinations representatives interviewed Juan Nilo Otero in Room 2003 of the Hotel Riviera. Present were Congressman Richardson Preyer, G. Robert Blakey, Edwin Juan Lopez Soto, Senen Buergo, Ricardo Escartin, Captain Felipe Villa, translator Juanita Vera and two stenographers. 1230/ The interview ended at 5:15 p.m.At 8:00 p.m. the Committee's representatives met Senen Buergo and translator Nellie Ruiz de Zarade at theClassification: TOP SECRET
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Classification: UI OLUMLI(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controllec documents.)292-Hotel Riviera's lobby. The group was chauffered to the Bodeguita del Medio--one of Cuba's most famous restaurants--where they dined with the Minister of Justice, Armando Torres Santrayll.At 10:15 a.m., 26 August 1978, Select Committee representatives interviewed Alfredo Mirabal Diaz 1231/ in Room 2003 at the Hotel Riviera. Present were Congressman Richardson Preyer, G. Robert Blakey, Edwin Juan Lopez Soto, Senen Buergo, Captain Felipe Villa, Ricardo Escartin, translators Juanita Vera and Nellie Ruiz de Zarade and two stenographers. The interview ended at 12:45 p.m.After the Mirabal interview Mr. Buergo asked whether the HSCA representatives wished to interview Jose Verdacia Verdacia, 1232/ the Warden of Trescornia while Santos Trafficante was a detainee. When Congressman Richardson Preyer stated that the Committee vould indeed be interested in interviewing Jose Verdacia Verdacia, Mr. Buergo stated that he would be available for an interview at 3:00 p.m.At 3:30 p.m., HSCA representatives interviewedTOP SECRET 455Classification:2001005Classified by derivation:NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 355
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Classification UI ULURLI(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controllec documents.)- 293 -Jose Verdacia Verdacia in Room 2003 of the Hotel Riviera. Present were Congressman Richardson Preyer, G. Robert Blakey, Edwin Juan Lopez Soto, Senen Buergo, Captain Felipe Villa, Ricardo Escartin, Arais Gutierrez, translators Juanita Vera and Nellie Ruiz de Zarade, and two stenographers. 1233/ The interview ended at 4:20 p.m.On Sunday morning, 27 August 1978, the Cuban Government's representatives took the Select Committee representatives to Veradero Beach.At 8:35 p.m. Select Committee representatives interviewed Orestes Guillermo Ruiz Perez at the Hotel Internacional at Veradero Beach. Present were Congressman Richardson Preyer, G. Robert Blakey, Edwin Juana Lopez Soto, Richardo Escartin, Captain Felipe Villa, Senen Buergo and translator Juanita Vera. 1234/ Because there were no stenographers present the Cuban representatives tape-recorded the interview. The interview ended at 9:20 p.m.On 28 August 1978, at 10:25 a.m., HSCA representatives interviewed Rolando Cubela Secades in Room 2003 at the HotelClassification: TOP SECRET-4562001003Classified by derivation:NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 356
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Classification ||UP SECRET(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)- 294 -Riviera. Present were Congressman Richardson Preyer,G. Robert Blakey, Edwin Juan Lopez Soto, Ricardo Escartin,Captain Felipe Villa, Sene Buergo, translator JuanitaVera and Nellie Ruiz de Zarade, and two stenographers.Also present was Antonio Hernandez who escorted Mr. Cueblafrom prison to the Hotel. 1235/ The interview ended at11:45 p.m.At 3:25 p.m., HSCA representatives interviewed MariaTeresa Proenza y Proenza in Room 2003 of the Hotel Riviera.Present were Congressman Richardson Preyer, G. Robert Blakey,Edwin Juan Lopez Soto, Richardo Escartin, Captain FelipeVilla, Senen Buergo, Antonio Hernandez, translator NellieRuiz de Zarade and two stenographers. 1236/ The interviewended at 4:15 p.m.On 29 August 1978, at 9:30 a.m., the HSCA representativesmet the Cuban delegation for a final work session in Room 2003of the Hotel Riviera. Present were Congressman RichardsonPreyer, G. Robert Blakey, Edwin Juan Lopez, Ricardo Escartin,Senen Buergo, Captain Felipe Villa, translators Juanita Veraand Nellie Ruiz de Zarade and two stenographers. 1237/Classification: TOP SECRET 456AClassified by derivation:NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 3572001007
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Classification: JUP SEGRET(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)- 295 -The Cuban delegation spokesperson, Senen Buergo, explained that Mr. Manuel Piniero 1238/ was out of the country and therefore an interview could not be arranged. Mr. Buergo explained that the Cuban delegation had located Luisa Calderon Carralero 1239/ but because she was ill an interview could not be arranged. Mr. Buergo suggested that the HSCA forward questions to the Cuban Government. Ms. Calderon's answers would then be forwarded to the Committee.Mr. Buergo explained that Raul Roa 1240/ had a very busy schedule. Mr. Roa felt that he could not add any more information to what Nilo Otero had already provided and declined the interview.Material handed to the HSCA representatives at this time included:a) a list of persons whom the Cuban delegation believed to have had close relations with Santo Trafficante;b) photographs depicting what the Cuban government believed to be a Central Intelligence AgencyClassification. TOP SECRET![photo of classification top secret stamp]Classified by dervation:
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Classification: TOP SECRET(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)- 236 -photographic surveillance base targeted against the Cuban Consulate and Embassy in Mexico City during 1963;c) an essay entitled "Imperialism's Political, Economic, and Military Organizations and Agencies of Crime, such as the CIA" andd) an article entitled "Finally We Have Eliminated That Pinto in the White House, said Bob, When He Heard About JFK's Assassination"The final work session ended at 11:00 a.m.At 1:00 p.m., the Cuban delegation escorted the Committee's representatives to the airport. At the airport they were bid farewell by the Minister of Justice, Armando Torres Santrayll, Senen Buergo, Juanita Vera and Nellie Ruiz de Zarade.At 3:30 p.m., the HSCA representatives and Washington Consul, Ricardo Escartin, departed Cuba.-4582001000Classification: TOP SEGRETNW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 359Classified by derivation:
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Classification: Iur SEORET(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controllec documents.)- 237 -Appendix 5: Biography: Elena Garro De PazElena Garro de Paz was born of Spanish parents in Puebla, Mexico on December 11, 1917. (All information in this section culled from Biography Data form prepared by Charles Thomas.) Ms. Garr) attended the National Autonomous University of Mexico and later did graduate work at Berkley in California and at the University of Paris. In 1963, Elena had long been married to Octavio Paz, a career diplomat who is also one of Mexico's finest poets and leading intellectuals. When Octavio was named Mexican Ambassador to India, the couple separated by mutual consent. Elena's daughter, also named Elena, has always resided with her mother.Since Elena spent seventeen years of her early life in Europe she had a ratner un-Mexican objectivity about her native land and had a reputation for being one of its more articulate detractors. At the same time, Elena was considered emotionally committed to many aspects of Mexican life and made an important contribution to its artistic development200101) Classification TOP SECRETClassified by derivationNW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 360
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Classification LUP SEGRET(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controllec documents.)- 298 -In the 1960's Elena Decame a significant writer.Hogar Solido, El Rey Mago, La Senora en su Balcon, Ventura Allende, Andaise por las Rumas, Parada Empresa, and El Viaje are plays that have had appreciative audiences in Europe, where they were translated into German, as well as in Mexico.Ms. Garro's short stories are collected in a volume called La Semana de Colores. The Literacy Supplement of the London Times has called her novel, Los Recuerdos de Porenir, "a splendid success." Critic: have said of her: "For Elena Garro, there is no frontier between reality and fantasy; in any case, the latter is a second reality--perhaps more intense--to which one may penetrate without passport or forewarning, thanks to the effectiveness of a literature fired with passion, flavor and life." Many people who knew Elena have asserted that the frontier between reality and fantasy is also difficult for her to distinguish in real life. (Biography Data Form on Elena Garra de Paza prepared by Charles Thomas)Ms. Garro, for many years, was an active worker in the Confederacion Nacciona Campesina (CNC), the agrarianClassification SCOOPTClassified by derivation:
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Classification: IUT OLUNDI(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.)- 29 -arm of the Partido Reformita (PRI). Because Ms. Garro was a tireless propagandis: and agitator on behalf of the poorer Mexican peasant, she was on close personal terms with and enjoyed the respect of peasant leaders from all over the country. (Ibid.)Elena was considered a witty, urbane and opinionated woman with an unflagging sense of humor. Her forthright opinions and sharp wit tenied on occasion to ruffle feathers in Mexico, but her important social, literacy, and political connections rendered her fairly immune from serious cunter-attack until 1968. Then, 1s. Garro was forced to flee the country with her daughter, Elenita and her sister, Deba Guerrero de Galvan, in the midst of the student strikes. The House Select Committee on Assassinations has been unable to determine the exact reason Ms. Garro had for fleeing Mexico.Before her disappearance from Mexico, Elena was well disposed toward the United States and had been friendly with Embassy officers. Her broad range of significant personal friends, the views of many important to theClassification PSPCENW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 362Classified by derivation:
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Classification # TOP SECRET(This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controllec documents.)- 300 -American Embassy, made her a useful Embassy target. (A "useful Embassy target" is a person deemed important enough because of acquaintances to merit frequent contact, either witting or unwitting, with American Embassy officials.)2001013Classification # TOP SECRETClassified by derivation:NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 363- 462