(180-10442-10045 ; v09-16-96cer | JFK RE ‘ORDS | Cross Reference: None Status in System: AGENCY : HSCA RECORD NUMBER ; 180-10142-10045 RECORD SERIES : CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 22-20-02/2 Other Agency Equity: None ~ DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : HSCA FROM : CIA TO : TITLE : DATE : 00/00/00 PAGES : 8 DOCUMENT TYPE : REPORT _. SUBJECT(S): ; 3 AMMUG; CIA, FILES; CLASSIFICATION : UNCLASSIFIED RESTRICTIONS : 3 CURRENT STATUS : POSTPONED In PART DATE OF LAST REVIEW ; 08/07/95 ; COMMENTS : Box 11 8 8 | - ~ Date in: 01/26/96 To FFF E FFF F F FF F F F MW 47055 Docld:32271349 Page 1
er ya AGSMUG/1 As cited with regard to Luisa Calderon, a defec- tor from the Cuban Intelliger.ce Services provided the CIA with significant information about Lee Harvey Oswald's ‘contacts with the DGI in Mexico City. This defector — | was assigned the CIA cryptonjm AMMUG-1 (A-l hereinafter) .* CIA files reveal that A-1.defected from the DGI on April 21, 1964 in — ) when he defected, A-1 possessed a number of DGI documents which were subsequently turned ove: to the CIA. ¢ ye 68894, 24 April 64) Following his defection, a CIA officer, Joseph H. Langosch, went te ‘Jeo meet A-1, debrief him, and arrange for A-l's travel into the United States. (See supra cite.) On May 1, 1964, 22 reels of Langessh's ‘ debriefing of A-1 were forwaided to the Chief of the CIA's Special Affairs Staff from o Co . ) B) Effective on May 1, A*l was under contract with the CIA for operational purposes. (Contract Approving Of- ficer memo, 6 May 44) By June 23, 1964, Langosch was convinced that A-1 would be of great value to the Agency. He stated: . There is no question =n my mind that AMMUG- 1. *Tt is now known that A-1 did provide significant leads to the CIA regarding Luisa Calderon. It is further apparent that little of this informa-:ion was made available by the CIA to the Warren Commission. Therefore, the possibility exists that A-I had provided other information to the CIA that was relevant to the Wa::ren Commission's work bet—that whic was not properly reported to the Commission. ' ¢ HW 47055 Doclid:32271349 Page 2
) is a bona fide defectcr: or that. he has furnished us with accurate and valuable information concerning Cuban intelligence operations, staffers, and agents. (Langosch memo to Director of Security, 23 June 1964) As an officer of the DGI, A-1 from August of 1963 until his defection was assigned to the DGI's Illegal. Section \in 68894 24 Aoril 64). This section was responsibile for training agents for assignment in * . . Latin America. His specific responsibility pertained to handling of agent operatioas in El Salvador. (Personal Record Questionnaire 4 June 1364; Otta In 68894 24 April sented Sectte cll A-l knrew-who-were the suban‘Entelligence « officers 64). assigned to Mexico City. In this Eedasd he intially i ube EE identified Alfredo MizabyT’ “in ne) Wea EES Fogel Rogeljo-Rédriguez and the ConmtSfoial a HE as DGI me sae the Cuban E in Mexico City. (supra) Langosch described A-1l's knowledge of DGI operations in Mexico as follows: In Mexico City, he knows who the intelligence people aré. One is th= Cuban Consul Alfredo Mirabal. He is called the Chief of the Centre. That is his title but he is actually the intelligence chief, or at least he was until the 16th of April at wiich time a replacement \ was sent to Mexico to take over. This fellow's name is Manuel Vega. fhe source says that the Commercial attache whose name is Ricardo Tapia or Concepcion (he is not sure which is an intel-— ligence officer) and aaother one is Rogelio. (I might say that some of. these names are familiar tome.) (p. 5 or reel 4,-23 April 1964, debrief- ing of A-1, 30 April 64) HW 47055 Docld:32271349 Page 3
SEO. A-1 was able to provide the CIA soon after oe Rens xe ‘ . | ; onsen SOR 7 a | 3 = his defection with accurate infocmation regarding DGI operations and DGI employees in ‘fexico City. ’ Phe Committee has reviewe i the CIA's files con-— cerning A-1. This examination wis undertaken to deter- mine: 1)whether A-1l had provided any valuable investiga- tive leads to the CIA pertaining to the assassination of President Kennedy; and 2) whe cher, if such leads were provided, these leads and/or other Significant informa- ‘tion was made available to the Warren Commission. The Committee's intial review of the materials provided by the CIA to the Warrei Commission did not disclose the existence of t e, AM we files. However, the dacs ry thecanree ¢ Committee did’ reviewva file containing..material passed CR APPR, ; acthis Fil€ was ference to AMMUG-1. . seine tiincludsd*a memorandum of May 5, 1964 written by Joseph Langosch shich concerned informa~ tion A-1 provided about the Oswald case. (Cite supra FOIA - 68-290) Also contained within taiis file were the A-l de- briefing memorandum of May 7, ani May 8, 1964. previously cited with regard to Luisa Calderon... (Cite) Following review of the memoranda, the Comnittee requested access to all CIA files concerning @& referring to A-1. From review of these materials the Committee has determined that the Warren Commission did learn during | | to the Rockefeller Commission. That file ateninarintred re~- mid-May 1964 that Lee Harvey Oswald probably had come in SE ne re eee = NW 47055 Docld:32271349 Page 4
. contact with DGI officers in Mexico City.—> aq Prionte-tearning OF Oswald's probable contact with DGI officers, James Angletor, Chief of the CIA's Counter Intelligence Staff passeé.an internal memorandém to Raymond Rocca, also of the Counterintelligence Staff. Angleton wrote in the. memorandum that he had been informed by the DDP, Richard Helms; that J. Lee Rankin had contacted John McCone. to request that the Director consent to an b eke ne interview Ay the Warren | Commission on May i, 1964. (J. ~ , Bagar 3 Hoover. also appeared before the Commission on that date prior to McCone' 8 appearance. ) Angleton also wrote: I discussed with Mr. Helms the nature of the recent information which | y2u are processing which originated with the sensitive W?rrre Soe Heuee source. I informed iim that in your - view this would raise a nunber of new factors with the Commission, that it should not go to the Commission prior to th2 Director's appear- ance unless we have first iad some preliminary reaction or made sure that ‘the Director is fully aware of the implications since it could well serve as the basis for detailed questioning. The DDP stated that he would review this care- fully and made (sic) a decision’ as to the question of timing. (Angle zon memo, ‘12 May 1964, FOIA 689-298) « wate. Lidl f- Undoubtedly the Wierte tous. source referred to in Angleton! S memo s&h A-1. Ths conclusion is based in part upon the date of this Memo which off quite close in time to A-l's defection. In addi-:ion, on May 14, 1964, Director McCone did appear before the Warren Commission. At Angleton's request, Rocéa's staff prepared a Brief NW 47055 Docld: 32271349 Page 5°
- 5 - for Presentation to the Warren Commission outlining various positions adopted by the CIA vis i vis its investigative. efforts and assistance to the Comaission. (Brief, May 14, 1964, FOIA 695-302a) At Tab E of McCone's brief i-- states: | ; | Within the past week, signif:.cant information | has been developed by the CIA regarding the re- lationship with Oswald of cei tain Cuban intel- ligence personnel in Mexico City and the reac- tion in Havana within the Cuban Intelligence . Service to the news of the assassination of President Kennedy. . The. Commission Staff is in the course of being briefed cn the Cuban as- | pect (cite supra May 14, 1964 FOIA 695=-302A). ‘The significant information referred to therein is | the information A-1 provided. On May 15, 1964, the. day ofvemm: Mel e-® Sf interview, the Warren Commission received its first formal communica- tion regarding A-1l. However, the Agen@y did not at that time identify A-1 by his real name or cryptonym nor did '-the Agency indicate that the source of this information was a defector then residing under secure conditions in the Washington, D.C. area. (See May 15 Letter from Helms to Rankin FOIA). The May 15 comaunication did state that. - the Agency had established contact “with a well-placed individual who has been in close and prolonged contac: with ranking officers of the Cuban Direcio} General de Intelligencia." (Cite) Attached to the May 15 commun..cation was a copy of Langosch's above referenced memorandum of May 5, 1964 re- i . : me noe 1 mee = _ | NW 47055 DocId: 32271349 Page 6
garding Ad@¥l's knowledge of Oswald's probabi@ contact with the DGI in Mexico City. (Cite above. ) The attachment made no reference to the source's status as a defector from the DGI. | As set forth in the section..f the report concerning Luisa Calderon, on June 18, 1964, ioward Willens of the Warren Commission reviewed Langos:h's May 5 memo and the questions upon which the info-mation set forth in the _memo was elicited. Neither the qrestionsGe the memo shown to Willens made reference to the source’s status as a de- fector collaborating with the CIA. (Cite arthur Dooley ‘memo, 19 June 1964, FOIA 739-319) . - ° Based upon review of the Lan yosch memoranda, the Com- mittee has determined that significant information regard- ing Luisa Calderon was withheld f-om the Warren Commission (Cite Calderon section). This in formation was derived from oo: debriefings of A-l. (Ci-:e May 7 and g Langosch memos. ) From the Committee's review of the A-1l file pro- vided by the CIA, the. Committee has. not found any. credible evidence indicating that other | in. ‘ormation provided by A-1 to the CIA was- ‘relevant to the wo:-k of. the Warren Commission. However, in its review the Commit:-:ee has. determined that . - Qire specific documents referenced in--:he A-1 file. #% not present in that file. One 4S " "HS missing item*of considerable concern to the Committee, HW 47055 DoeclId: 32271349 Page 7 , 7
ous gem “eon 12 yon saw NS soe ano 4a qh iS a debriefing report of A-] entitled “the | Oswald Case." (Dispatc “$035, 23 Marck 1965) On March 23, 1965, a CIA dispatch records the trarsmittal of the report, along with eleven other A~1 debriefing reports. (Cite supra.) Next ‘to the listing of the "Cswald Case" debriefing report is the handwritten ration "Sr." A CIA employee who has tol A a Comm tee worked xtensively with the Agency files system bedieued Stat Orbe” wat Ha Symbo (tar Jen aen @S this notation @ Sbandeher the CIA component Special In- telligence. OeneX CIB Tepes entatines petieved the yStL.. —tion-te-~gtand—far_theCiA-som ponent-Seesiatinteltagenth. Other CIA representatives believed the notation was a re- ference to the Counterintelligence component CI/SIG. In a CIA memorandum dated 7 it as stated Quote Barbara's memo. The Agency has been unable to locate this document and therefore the Committee cannot pass judgement upon the _ substance of the missing materials. The Committee has querie A-l's case officers regarding additional information that A-l may have supplied Sherer Oswald. Joseph Lanogsch when interviewed by the Committee _ Stated that (HSCA staff interview Joseph Langosch, August he did not have contact with the Warren Commission and does not know what information derived from.A-l's de- 21, 1978 briefings was supplied to the Warren Commission. (Gite also. Hidalgo and Piccolo.) He als) stated that he does not nk ora 6 NW 47055 DoclId:32271349 Page 8
- § - pons recall that provided ary other thin eoyaid s Sortinwte Le ae 9, conde, contact with the DGI other tha end ete néceiae (cites ll intefview.) Ina aLl effort to clarify the substance of informa- A tion that -AAM@Ge provided to the CIA regarding Oswald, the Committee has attempted to locate heads. The CIA has also attempted to locate ahdwt (give date of separation from CIA) but has been unable to determine his present whereabouts. A-f Thus, gaps do exist regarding information AMMUE may nave a igre lied the CIA, about. ig f we Ys cicepth Ree the e Calderon , | ormation investigative significance@/a broader question remains however. The agency, as noteij earlier did not reveal to the Warren Commission that A-l was present in the Washington, D.C. area and, under controlled conditions ,accessible ‘to the . , Siv sry Aenk tuwn §,httrhoon Te Commission. Exen—eensidering. the CIA's serious concern for protecting its sources, the fact that A-l's status was not disclosed foreclosed the Warren Commission from exercising a possible option, i.e. to take the sworn testimony of A-1 as it concerned Oswald and tie Kennedy assassination. On this issue, as the written r2cord tepds .to show, the Agency bya sty oF €xee ceases aff unilaterally rejpeted theP option. td~n ot ~fab ty ~in-A=1" s case” the enormeus—prébiems—establ isht TT Ponantide.ag_ jt ate With NOsEMko . te light of the establishment of A-l's bone fiaxe‘ (Cite Langosch's quote supora), his proven reliability and his depth of knowledge of Cuban ver Taek ce potivities , ASE ON Kt ah Li wuy lendY, 5 aCe “ | NW 47055 Docid: ie atte usr | Qe fF forwaem Chetty £, = Camemiteiss