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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
HABORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
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4 May 1981
SUBJECT: Briefing of Mr. Maurice Oldfield,,MI-6, by WR/4, Clark Simmons
1. In view of the request of Mr. Maurice Ofield, MI-8
representative, for identities and further particulars regarding the
Bobert Horton Geddes case anmeeting was held on 2 way. 1981 with WH/4/C1,
Clark Stease, . Cleveland C. Cran and John C. Roberts of WB/6
also present.
At the outset Br. Oldfield provided the following information:
a. Robert Borton Goddea is a British subject born in
Lima, Peru, on 7 April 1832. He holds Bittan passport No. C-34880,
issued at Macagua on 14 June 1958.. No not reglagered at the
British Consulate in Havana and was regarded as being American or
Canadian.
Two employees of the British Embassy, Havana, has visited
Geddes in the Barann jail (ailitary G-2 section) on Sunday evening,
30 April 1961, and had a 15-sincite conversation with Geddes alone under
etroudstances which they felt were not monitored. Geddes stated to
thea:
(1) On 19 April Be was arrested by the militia (in civilian
clothes) at his hotel; (a) He had been interrogated three times and
gave the impression that he had not disclosed anything of importance;
(S) was accused of being a CIA agent, and told that he could bo
shot because of the existence of civil war: (4) During the third
interrogation Goddes
that tho Tessage in Spanish
signed by Gedde which was sent allegedly by him by radio-transaitter
asking that CIA send arms to Cuba..
c. The British Embassy in Bavana learned on Saturday,
$9 April 1961, that Goddes had regularly been "picked up" at the
Havana airport on his tripe to and from Miami. (kr. Oldfield, vaa, not
certain vit¨exact 15tsrpretation could be given to the tera
"picked up").
3. After relating the above, Mr. Oldfield #tated that his corvice
is interested in chtaining an estimate of sort of story the Cubans
might use against Goddes or in provocation agalant the British Embassy,
perhaps to prove that the Brition Bebey had been in collusion with
the C. 3: referred to the following specific questions which he
had submitted earlier on 2 Hay and which were relayed by 72/8 tɔ wa/4;
R. Hopkins for answers to be given in the afterates session by Clark
81NSORS:
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a. What was the identity of the agent vide Cuba who gV GAUDES
the message 
he brought to the CIA 
contact in. Mas on 11 march 1961;
b. That was the identity--or case or named by the CIA' case
officer in 
Miani;
d.
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Was Geddes given any means of clandestine radio-transsisaton;
What 
were the instructions give to GEDDES by bis case officer.
Simmons replied as follows:
The caly sans of communication given to Gedden, besidan his
open cōde phone 
contact with his 
wife in Boca Raton, VBS a very simple 87
systen, Coddes was not given any means for 
clandestine radio-transmission.
b. Siasons then read and related the following chronology of
Goddes' 
activities from WH/4 files:
C-4 put
Geddes
11 March! Gaddes case to Mast on the sight of 11 Barch and made contact
51th Cabbage/4, a Cuban in Minst who was 
it contact with the CIA office.
Gaddon had a consage from Cabbage/1 a CIA 
contact inside Cuba.
Geddes in contact with a 
CIA case officer in Miani on 12 March.
claimed to be an active 
Rester of the United Revolucionaria, a resistance
group inside Cuba of which C-l was a 
25. At The Goddes said the
Cuban Navy has a plan to attack all pro-
Castro facilities and then flee
Cubs on or about 22 Bärch. Code 210 
cot aek for any more);
was not known. The case officer 
Statructions to Gaddis vere related solely
His antivation
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to Geddea' report that the Cuban 
Navy bould defect.
Havana,
16 March: Geddes departed for Avaga,
Geddes returned
to
20 Marchi We beard indirectly
That the individual (C-D with whom he had been collaborating in Caited
Geddes had phored his wife and indicated
Revolucionaria was in treable. The fact 
behind this was that one of our
agouts (neer of the CB) issie Cuba bed 
against instructions visited his
wife la Cuba. As a result VR Bet of 
repeat was arrested including
C-1. Besides C-1, scue of the others of 
the net knes of Codden' activities.
21 March: Gedden returned to Miami.
28 March: Gedden came to Havana.
Beginning about 28 March we had reasse to suspect Goddea as a possible
He was given a simple 8# system.
provocateur since the defection had 
not come off and possibility of keeping
the defection of the Navy ascret in itself 
was implausible.
27 March: Geddes sent a SW sage to Mint regarding the possible Cuban
HAVAI defection.
28 March:
For to
39 March:
Through open ocde telecom with wife said defection of Navy aat
April.
Caddes called wife on telephone.
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1 April: Geddes sent on 87 asssage which was hand-carried to
KIST by a courier. Goddes also had a telecos with his wife on
this day.
2 April: Osides said in telecen to wife that faval conspirators
Would Beet on 3 April and Geddes would give on on 5 April a final
date for the defectioa.
4 April:
Caddes indicated in telecon to vife that the Naval
defection would take place "any day" 203.
7 April: Se received age from Goddoa Selivered by a thiré
perty (courier) that the Navy plans to defect od 6 or 7 April.
Geddes returned to Niami and maid the date was set for 8 or 9
April.
10 April: Geddes returned to Havana,
11 April: Gaddes telephoned his wife that the defection could take
place on 13 or 14 April.
16 April:
Geddes in telecon with wife reported that the defectica
would be on 17 or 18 April.
0. During the account of the above eksology, Bixecas
made the following comments :.
(1) The CIA agent inside (C-1) vouched for Geddes but we here is
Beadquarters do not know to what extent Clad probed into the back-
ground of Goddes and his contacts. Be here 14 advise Hisai not to
take any sution until we had obtained Erities concePrance bat by
that time Geddes had already returned to Havana, He reiterated that
Geddes was a walk-in and was tever treated as an agent.
(2) Gedóna and his forecast regarding the defection of the Caban
Havy or pet free the batset. He claimed to be a Brition
sitisen but was already performing for the E.3.
(3) To . Oldfield's question so to wasther Coddes had any access
to a /, Sissons replied that to his kasvledge Geddes caly had
phone ccatact with his wife, SW and use of courier.
(4) Ye arms deliveries were involved in the contact with Gadles.
(8) Simmons said he would look into whom Geidos could certaminata
or put the finger ona.
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(6) To E. Oldfield's sim repeated request for identities of
C-4. C-1, the Hisal case officer, and the net that was arrested on
18 March, Sissons replied that caly the DCI has the authority p
le such information.
(T)
Kiani case officer RoTOP EST ved lastés Cuba.
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After Mr. Oldfield had put a number of questions to Biamoas
the latter anked Olefield whether Goddes is possibly a British agost
which Oldfield 
emphatically answered in the negative.
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6. Mr. Oldfield said that he would now sond off a comunication.
to his 
service 
fadicating that Geddes might be a phoney--a provOCAṭOUP.
Revever, he asked that 
be be provided with the following: "
$. CIA appreciation of the United Revolucionaria;
C-1 was arrested on March 18 (
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b. Identities of C-1, C-4 and wesbors of the net with whồn
Slamore acknowledged that besides
C-1 conceivably several other evabere of this set aight have known of
Geddes and his 
activities.)
Ideatities of the couriers who had contact with Coddes
The identity of the CIA case officer--the naso OF NARSS.
qsed by him in 
contacts 
with Goddes;
Chronological summary of the visits of Geddes to Missi
and returns to Bara; also a list of the store of his communications
to Rimal (by 
telecoa, courier, etc.) and communications seat to him in
gavans.
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John G. Boberts
DC/W8/6