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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM
IDENTIFICATION FORM
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AGENCY INFORMATION
AGENCY: NSA
RECORD NUMBER: 144-10001-10125
RECORDS SERIES :
AGENCY FILE NUMBER : N1404
DOCUMENT INFORMATION
ORIGINATOR : NSA
FROM LOWMAN, DAVID
TO: SA/SDSOFD
TITLE :
SSCSGO-ASSASSINATION
DATE : 12/03/75
PAGES: 18
SUBJECTS :
OSWALD, LEE, PROPOSED RUSSIAN TRIP (1963)
DOCUMENT TYPE: MEMORANDUM, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY
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Serial: N1404
3 December 1975
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY AND
DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
SUBJECT:
Senate Select Committee Request for Additional
Information on Matters Related to President Kennedy's
1 Assassination
1. Please refer to my Memorandum, Serial: N1380 dated
24 November 1975 which forwarded our initial response to
the subject request.
2. Mr. Peter Fenn of the Select Committee Staff has
requested copies of the four messages referred to in our
They are inclosed for your review and
initial response.
forwarding to Mr. Fenn.
4 Incls:
a/s
Dand Lowman
DAVID D. LOWMAN
Special Assistant
to the Director
for Congressional Reviews
APPENDED DOCUMENTS CONTAIN
CODEWORD MATERIAL
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M/R: The four inclosures are messages numbered: 3/0/CUD/T1384-63,
2X/O/CUD/T2545-63, 2X/O/CUD/T2456-63, and 2X/O/CUD/T2440-63.
Mr. Fenn's request was by telephone.
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CUBAN STATEMENT ON VISA FOR OSWALD
FR Havana RAUL ROA
TO New York Cuban Mission to the UN
Msg Nr: 7469"
3/0/CUD/T1394-63
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am reproducing below the note given to the press by the
Ministry
With relation to the informat on published today in the
newspaper Excelsion in Mexico City, affirming that TEE HARVEY
OSWALD had 
requested a transit visa for travel to the Soviet
Union at the 
Cuban Consulate in Mexico in September Che Cuban
Government 
requested informat fon from the officials of our
Consulate in that city confirming that it is certain that
MELEE 
HARVEY OSWALD requested the transit visa for travel
the Soviet 
Union on 27 September, in the said Consulate
On being informed by the consular officials that their
office could not grant such a visa without the authorization
of the 
Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations which likewise.
would not 
grant it if it was not previously authorized by the
country 
of destination, Mr. OSWALD left the Consulate visibly
disgusted.
The said visa was never granted,
This detail in connection with the other circumstance
that surround the facts, confirm our suspicion that the
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assassination of KENNEDY was a provocation against world peace
perfectly and 
thoroughly planned by the most reactionary sectors
of the United States
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3/0/CUD/T1384-63
It is evident that these sectors planned beforehand to
involve Cuba and the Soviet Union in these deads
The inconceivable and inexplicable impunity with which an
the
individual of known penal antecedents assassinated OSWALD
principal accused of the assassination of President KENNEDY
the presence of the police themselves and in the [56] of a
prison, demonstrates in a scandalous and indisputable manner
that the powerful reactionary political forces within the
United States are making use of all their resources and influences
in order to conceal those who master-minded KENNEDY's assassination,
and the true motives for it.
World public opinion demands the enlightening of the deeds.
It is absurd that the political authorities and the prosecuting
attorney of Dallas have declared that the case is closed when
hardly 48 hours have passed since a deed of so great a result as
the assassination of the President of the United States.
Regards
MS
TI
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GHANAIAN PRESS EMPHASIZING CUBAN COMMENTARIES ON DEATH OF PRESIDENTIAL
ASSASSIN
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Accra: ENTRALGO
30. Nov 63
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Msg
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Nr: GH-214
The Ghanaian press emphasized in the headlines of the first
page on 29 November, the commentaries of the Prime 
minister of
Cuba concerning the death of OSWALD.
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CUBAN STATEMENT ON VISA FOR OSWALD.
FR Havana: RAUL ROA
TO New York: Cuban Mission to the UN.
Msg. Nr: 7469
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I am reproducing below the note given to the press by the
Ministry:
With relation to the information published today in the
newspaper Excelsion in Mexico City, affirming that LEE HARVEY
OSWALD 
had requested a transit visa for travel to the Soviet
Union at the Cuban Consulate ir. Mexico in September, the Cuban
Government requested information from the officials of our
Consulate in that city confirming that it is certain that
Mr. LEE HARVEY OSWALD requested the transit visa for travel to
the Soviet 
Union on 27 September in the said Consulate.
On being informed by the consular officials that their
office could not grant such a visa without the authorization
of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations, which likewise
would not grant it if it was not previously authorized by the
country of destination, Mr. OSWALD left the Consulate visibly
disgusted.
The said visa was never granted.
This detail, in connection with the other circumstance
that surround the facts, confirm our suspicion that the
assassination of KENNEDY was a provocation against world peace
perfectly and thoroughly planned by the most reactionary sectors.
of the 
United States.
4
Cuban
3/0/cun/T1384-63
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It is evident that these sectors planned beforehand to
involve Cuba and the Soviet Union in these deeds.
The inconceivable and inexplicable impunity with which an
individual of known penal antecedents assassinated OSWALD, tha
principal accused of the assassination of President KENNEDY, In
the presence of the police themselves and in the [56] of a
prison, demonstrates in a scandalous and indisputable manner
that the powerful reactionary political forces within the
United States are making use of all their resources and Influences
in order to conceal those who master-minded KENNEDY's assassination,
and the true motives for it.
and the true motives for it.
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World public opinion demands the enlightening of the deeds
It is absurd that the political authorities and the prosecuting
attorney of Dallas have declared that the case is closed 
when
hardly 48 hours have passed since a deed of so great a result as
the assassination of the President of the United States.
Regards.
TI:
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GHANAIAN PRESS EMPHASIZING CUBAN COMMENTARIES ON DEATH OF PRESIDENTIAL
ASSASSIN
FR
Accra: ENTRALGO
30 Nov 63
TO
Msg
Havana: Foreign Ministry
Nr: GH-214
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page on 29 November, the commentaries of the Prime minister of
Cuba concerning the death of OSWALD.
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CASTRO SPEAKS ON PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S ASSASSINATION AND CUBAN
ECONOMY
FR Havana: Foreign Ministry
ΤΟ Accra: Cuban Embassy((A))
Msg Nr: 7555
28 Nov 63
FIDEL stated, "Events are demonstrating the sinister plot
behind the assassination of KENNEDY. Contradictions show that
OSWALD was made the culprit by the police or was prepared to
commit the act with promise of escape, and was assigned activities
so as to have responsibility fall on or be insinuated against
those whom the perpetrators wished. It is clear that United.
States reactionaries tried to make Cuba and the world the victims.
of their criminal designs, even at the price of assasinating
their own president. They sent OSWALD to Mexico to request
a transit visa to Cuba for later travel to the USSR. Imagine
the president's assasin just returning from the USSR and
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passing through Cuba. The visa to the USSR he could have
requested from the nearest European country and not have to come
to Cuba to later go to the USCR, which is much farther."
He also said, "By 1970 we will be in condition to surpass
10 million tons of sugar and to export it.. The economy begins
to improve solidly. We have sugar sold at close to 10 centavos
for 1965 and 1966. There shortly will be a notable increase in
meats and other articles. At the year's end, nougats, wine
and grapes will reappear as the result of the development of
foreign trade.
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((A)) This is a circular message sent also to Cubar Diplomatic
Missions in Algiers, Athens, Bamako, Beirut, Belgrade,
Berlin, Bern, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cairo,
Colombo, Conakry, Copenhagen, Djakarta, Hanoi, Helsinki,
Karachi, Lisbon, London, Moscow, New Delhi, Oslo, Paris,
Peking, Prague, Pyongyang, Rabat, Rome, Santiago, Sofia,
Tel Aviv, The Hague, Tokyo, Ulan Bator, Vatican City, and
Vienna.
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CASTRO SPEAKS ON PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S ASSASSINATION AND CUBAN
ECONOMY
FR Havana: Foreign Ministry
TO Accra: Cuban Embassy((A))
Msg Nr: 7555
28 Nov 63
FIDEL stated, "Events are demonstrating the sinister plot
behind the assassination of KENNEDY. Contradictions show that
OSWALD was made the culprit by the police or was prepared to
commit the act with promise of escape, and was assigned activities.
so as to have responsibility fall on or be insinuated against
those whom the perpetrators wished. It is clear that United
States reactionaries tried to make Cuba and the world the victims
of their criminal designs, even at the price of assasinating
their own president. They sent OSWALD to Mexico to request
transit visa to Cuba for later travel to the USSR. Imagine
the president's assasin just returning from the USSR and
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The visa to the USSR he could have
requested from the nearest Eropean country and not have to come
to Cuba to later go to the USER, which is much farther.
He also said, "By 1970 we will be in condition to surpass
10 million tons of sugar and to export it. The economy begins
to improve solidly. We have sugar sold at close to 10 centavos:
For 1965 and 1966. There shortly will be a notable increase in
meats and other articles. At the year's end, nougats, wine
and grapes will reappear as the result of the development of
foreign trade.
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Missions in Algiers, Athens, Bamako, Beirut, Belgrade,
Berlin, Bern, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cairo,
Colombo, Conakry, Copenhagen, Djakarta, Hanol, Helsinki,
Karachi, Lisbon, London, Moscow, New Delhi, Oslo, Paris,
Peking, Prague, Pyongyang, Rabat, Rome, Santiago, Sofia,
Tel Aviv, The Hague, Tokyo, Ulan Bator, Vatican City, and
Vienna.
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MINREX, HAVANA VERIFIES OSWALD'S REQUEST FOR FRANSIT VISA FOR RUSSIA
FR Havana: MINREX
ΤΟ Circular (Warsaw;
Msg. Nr:
7482
25 Nov 53
Cuban Embassy ((A))
MINREX reported yesterday that the information in the newspaper
Excelcior of Mexico City concerning LEE OSWALD's request for a transit
visa to go to the USSR, which was requested from the Cuban Consulate
In Merida, is true.
consulate, which stated that it could not grant the visa without.
This visa was requested 27 September from said
permission of MINREX, and unless permission had been granted pre-
viously by the country of destination.
consulate, and the visa was never granted,
OSWALD gave up annpying the
This detail, and others, confirm the suspicion that the KENNEDY
assassination was a provocation against world peace by the most re-
actionary sectors. It is evident that these sectors planned
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beforehand to involve Cuba and the USSR in the acts. The Inconceiv
able impunity of a person who, with a known police record could
murder OSWALD in the presence of the police in a prison basement,
demonstrates the scandalous means which reactionary forces are.
using in the United States to cover up the perpetrators and the
motives for KENNEDY's assassination. World-wide public opinion
demands a clarification of the facts. It is a urd that the Dallas
District Attorney is closing the case of the death of the President
scarcely 48 hours after the deed.
((A)) Same text sent to Cuban Embassies in Conakry, Prague, Accra,
Cairo and Algiers. Similar text sent to Cuban Embassy.
Mexico City.
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MINREX, HAVANA VERIFIES OSWALD'S REQUEST FOR TRANSIT VISA FOR RUSSIA
FR Havana: MINREX
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Circular (Warsaw:
Msg Nr: 7482
Cuban Embassy\((A))
25 Nov 53
MINREX reported yesterday that the information in the newspaper
Excelcior 
of Mexico City concerning 
LEE OSWALD's request for a transit
visa to go to the USSR, which was requested 
from the Cuban Compulate
in Merida, is true. This visa was 
requested 27 September from said
consulate, which stated that it could 
not grant the visa without
permission of MINREX, and unless 
permission had been granted pre-
viously by the country of destination
.
consulate
, and the visa was never granted.
OSWALD gave up annpying the
This detail, and others, confirm the suspicion that the KENNEDY
assassination was a provocation 
against world peace by the most re
actionary sectors. It is evident that 
these sectors planned
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beforehand to involve Cuba and the USSR in the ac's. The Inconceive
able impunity of a person who, with a known police record could
murder OSWALD in the presence of the poline in a prison basement,
demonstrates the scandalous means which reactionary forces are
using in the United States to cover up the perpetrators and the
motives for KENNEDY's assassination. World-wide public opinion
demands a clarification of the facts. It is a urd that the Dallas
District Attorney is closing the case of the death of the President
scarcely 48 hours after the deed.
((A)) Same text sent to Cuban Embassies in Conakry, Prague, Accra,
Cairo and Algiers. Similar text sent to Cuban Embassy
Mexico City.
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