13-00000 penne nee 188-1000 Jor FOIA Review on NOV 1976 wad we REPRODUCTION PRORATED ge ; ( ( CONADENTIL = ex - p09 MEMORANDUM rors Ghiet, i stare SUBJECT KE On we ge REFERI@OK a erondun of Conversation, Dan avvinyRather/Les Midgley and the DCI, Yer Dated 6 September 1975 which require comments. The first point concerns allegations that were made shortly after the assassination of President Kennedy and that ve crept up every so often since then. In one form or gio! that Lee Harvey OSWALD had/Pee The allegations are ark l. The referent memorandum contains two points 7 | a. On 2@ Nave SS Mr. R. j.mock wy immedi te superior at that time, to make a tho 4 checks} thin the Agency at Headquarters to determine e <wee Harvey OSWALD had ever been | | used by the Agenc\or been connected with it in any | conceivable way. e ordered me to make the checks | . directly and personally to the degree possible and not | to accept statements of intermediaries. He also ex~ | plained that he was following instructions from-Mr. R. Helms, who was then the DDP and served as one of the Agency's key contact officials with the Warren, ae Commission. on | | i j | | b. Although I had already checked the Main: Index of IP (then RID) on the night of the assassination, I rechecked the Main Index and found no record beyond that which I had already obtained before (plus. those items which had been integrated izito. the- records system since the assassination). There was nothing in the DDO records which indicated any Agency connection with OSWALD. . ! * 1 ‘ : “— ‘eT so his ~ 0002105 aePmepverion a a as PROMBITED COPY NO.
13-00000 oon REPRODUCTION PROWMGHT ED C SONFIDENTIAL ( eS. c. The nexe coltponent I checked was DCD. There was no -sesord in their Headquarters files. Arrangements: were Hen made for me to check telephonieatly wi; -each DCD base in the US. The chiefs pf the bag&s ‘then serached their records . and spoke\wi th thesr officers. I was then advised Py Se chy GE Eee ehiefs or their designees individ- - eee e had been no contact with OSWALD. en checked with’ Division D, SE Division, and ~ Division's Cuban Operations Group (COG) for any informal desk records. The results were like- wise negative. e. Through the Secuz -(GRS) of the Office of §a files checked. Therede ity Research Section wPity I had the security s2ho record of OSWALD. SN Sy (ON nO, records on Americans, Mex an, and Cuban holdings RK Bhey may have recorded . oaRhe was no record in those £. Although I checked their. on the remote something on 7 files. AKA g. In ‘Sy e the chief of the CI Staff's Administrative Office called the Office of Personnel and received the word that there was no record on an employee or an applicant for employment named Lee Harvey OSWALD. h. I also checked the Office of Medical. . Services and found no record on OSWALD. i. The Covert Action Staff also tub no’ record on him. gs ee je Finally, I also checked the records- of: the CI Staff's Operational Approval Group" (eT/0A). with negative results. ; k. My checks were completed on: 4 December 1963 and I then sent a brief informal note’ ‘to Mr. Rocca Fa eee vee meet eee ac et a i A NRE eR <ftr nn ERR rE ‘CONFIDENTIAL
PROLIBITED REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED iN speci fying“allthe checks I had made and stating _ that the: Rasu tsnshowed that Lee Harvey OSWALD _ had REBEL kad Sgonnection whatsoever with the - Agenéy.. Ou a statement to this effect ve ceomuniea to the Warren Commission. ES >> ‘Sitikla® checks regarding use or employment". ef O SED SDeen requested by the foreign divisions... ef their priate stations, I was told, and the oe results we negative. - 4. I recall very clearly that we were extremely. concerned at the time that OSWALD, as an ‘American: returning from the USSR, might have been routinely’ debriefed by ' pcD, thus having established contact with the Agency. The same point has now, quite understandably, been made by the two CBS newsmen. Having some knowledge of this subject I have personally concluded that there is valid . reason for DCD's lack of interest in OSWALD at that time. He would surely have been contacted and debriefed by DCD had he been to the USSR and returned to the US before 1957/1958. Travel to the Soviet Union by Westerners, particularly by Americans, before that time was quite uncommon and we were hungry for eyewitness information in those days. The thaw began in about 1956 and by the end of that decade were so many persons travelling to and from the Sowzr vie Qsunion that DCD was incapable of talk- ing to all of hem: Therefore, a program of selectivity and specific-faxye ‘ yet , pplicability was instituted. In light of sae Oe reke seems to me that OSWALD-- if he 1 nm at alli--would have easily been QR bi ans simply did not possess the type of info Se Soe D was seeking at that time. DCD would sure ky har ts limited manpower on travellers who se Gesater access in the USSR. an ee hould be added that my above-described search in e Agency file holding produced no record or indication that any other US Government agency had -used him as a source or had considered him for recruitment. CONFIDENTIAL 4 COPY NO. ete = an ne ne a | te Fee ne eet Pi 7 Eee ri teen at rete ee EP of 16
13-00000 . — REPRODUCTION | — PROETBNTEED '6. The second point in the referent memorandum | concerns the papers that were available at Readquarters ; on Oswald before eho vay of the assassination. ically, there wares five documents which had been oe the Agency bef re, “the assassination. Two of thee ents had been sent: te us-BR the FBI, two by the D | State, an@one by<theUS Navy. A 201 file QO SON had beam Opened-on \9gDecember 1960 on eS of. tires receipt) of the. “EE S of these five doc mts.” T Fik@ Soptained.Qe records that had b OSREgir y any Wwency: “component. The Mexico C stati ons eporting , of the monitering of Oswald's activi Lust co had. not as yet be included in the 201 file. THe) tinent cables from Mexico City were held at the Mexico branch at Head~ quarters, while the data contained in them had been disseminated to the FBI upon receipt. The cables were incorporated into the file following the assassination ~ and were, of course, made available to all concerned, ‘including the Warren Commission. 7. %&It should be noted that no particularly great urgency was attached to the handling of the records regarding Oswald kefore the assassination because Oswald's name had -no pares i Covent. ar meaning before that fate 8. Th acfacts regarding the records we gssees sed: before thecdieagss ation as well as the PAN £..our os computerxzed.> cakds. “system were explai AN hié >dstice up At Warren recat s Commission, anda pyre ten members when the 3 sired Hea arters in abaut ® Mare 64 for the expresavy rpo she ae the 8S and witrols we employed inoour ze ie keeping : acts Shur 201 file on Oswald “wa Shows to them at the e. From all I have heard regaxding this visit, - the visitors were satisfied with our records system and the manner in which we kept our records. Peul iiartran 7 QU0218 5 oe 16
REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED Telephone. Conversation between DCI and J. Ed HOOVER November 1963 - 11:20 a.m. SECRET ABLE OF CONTENTS REPRODUCTION “Pater - AePnnoweTion + set PRIGITED
13-00000 REPRODUCTION ‘PROTIBITED a TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN DCI AND J. EDGAR HOOVER 26 November 1963 ~ 11:20 a.m. tee DCI: i just want to be sure that you are satisfied that this Agency is giving you all the help that we possibly can in connection with your investigation of the situation in Dallas. I know the importance the President places on this investigation you are making. He asked me personally whether CLA was giving you full support. I said that they were, but I just | wanted to be sure from you that you felt so. H; We have had the very best support that we could pos sibly expect from you. DCI: Good, Well you can call on us for anything we have. BE: We will feel free to do that DCI: — I think it is an exceedingly important investigation and report and I am delighted that the President has called on you to Hi: . We are trying to do it as fast as we can so we can dispel various wild rumors that have been circulating as to whether this man was the right man etc. that firedthe gun. But there is no question that he is the right man. There are a lot of aspects that we have dug up, for instance, with regards to the matter i: Mexico City. We have now found that the: photograph that was ta cen was not that of Oswald. We do find from our informant do.rn there that Oswald did call at the Embassy that day and the informant has - given-us the conversation that he had. He wanted to get a permit to go back to Russia and the Cuban Embassy couldn't give him \ the permit. The Soviet Embassy stated that it wold take three weeks. He had, I think, a visitor's permit for about a week or ten days so that is why he came back to the United States. i. make it. j DCI: Well, all of that ties in importantly into the story and we have those operational sources down there. We want to handle them very carefully. It involves some very high level people down there. Sam Papich and I have talked about that a couple of times.: H: » Me. Katzenbach who is handling | it for the Department -_ . it is our intention when the Bureau finishes the report, he will SECRET of course go over it very carefully because it will be a report that will be released to the public, probably through the White REPRODUCTION === PROUIBIMED =
REPRODUCTION —_ PR ORIBETED eo hd : 7 PRR TE Oey me mm mee ome Fina , es i ne ee House, but it is the intention after it is in final form to be checked with each of the Government agencies that are mentioned in it. State Department is involved in regard to the issuing of the passport to the man to come back to this country and that has got to be explained why it was done, the law requires it, etc. — all of which of course we are gathering. The aspects of the ; Mexico City thing. It will have to be mentioned. It is his : intention to check with the agencies, Secret Service, etc. to be | sure that whatever is said in the report is conférred in and it | is agreed to by the various agencies mentioned. So you will | have that opportunity to go over it and see exactly what is said and I know he will welcome any suggestion that you care ta make. DCI: Well that will be fine. Thank you Hr Good bye. (tape) mcm | | ec: DDCI . ; ‘ DD/P | : _ | | | | RePROOUETION PROMIBITED
13-00000 REPRODUCTION OT PROMIBITIED CONTENTS OF VOLUME VITI * . 1. DIR 74673, 210. October 1963 - dissemination to Department of State, Denartment of the Navy.s. ‘andthe. “Federal Bureau of Investiva- tions: [FOIA Now. 6-3] a ‘tnternal. Nete from ROCCA to HELMS, dated oe. March. 1964. [XAAZ-22803 - FOIA "No. 5S 79 250” 3. Intérnal Note from ANGLETON to ROCCA,. ‘dated 12 May 1964. [XAAZ-22809 - FOIA. Now 689 298] mw : .a ~D ™ 4. Memorandum for RANKIN, dated 1 Jady~ 1964; subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD's Arrival Time in Helsinki on 10 October 1959. _ {Dupleate of FOIA No. 758-325] wee ees 0652136 Rac ges _ PROMIBITED
13-00000 . a fs ye Tica) Rchard eis z SOF re : | REPRODUCTION PROGBITED te cee gennane be For memoranda af 25 wy VB, 0 Helsinicl on 10 October 1959 waa Fina Ady flighb o52 ohich om. “ rived in Halsiniet a6 2333 (12:33 P.M.) Lf Csxald had tala > could net normally have olaared custeis and” landing farvelities and reashed the Torni Sobel camtoup-by 2h90 Gxidwizgirh) an the sums day. This is based dn) the jadz- nent of efficers in this Agency familiar with the Nelsinid ad wnetten 2. We ave presently attesphing te detersine if Comld could have taken a pOre circuiteus flight fra london, with & step at Steckhols, Copenhagen, or same oiher city. yon additional informtian’ received will bs oe foxwarded to Richand Helm SR/CL/Researeh: S.Duncan:rel =i. /Rewritten: RHelms/ecd - 1 uly Ai Distribution: Orig & @ < aaarvagee 2 = . oN ASE PAGE
Oo REPRODUCTION XKAAZ- 22307 12 May 1964 =—-1745 MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Rocca 6 Titernal “Mews R avdia A Qu ts Positron tw Dealin bee the. Weerion Comm ss low, : a . a oan Le. x The ‘ppp called me this afternoon, 12 Mays i to: state: aN a “that ther: Director has received a telephone call from-RANKIN - we oy ene ¢ Commission's desire to interview him at: 1030. “AMY. Y z ge Mr. HOOVER is scheduled to appear: at: 9: oo on that mo xe Sy . | YS EX 2. The DDP wishes to have from you a aneee ut comprehensive memorandum which highlights the basi issues or positions entered into by the Agency in its dealings with the .Commission. For example, RANKIN indicated that the Commission would wish to hear the Dire ctor's views as to how improvements might be made in protecting the President's life. Further, they will probably ask questions regarding the possibilities that a con- spiracy existed. Such general questioning certainly necessitates that the DCI be made aware of the positions taken during previous interviews. I raiged with Mr. HELMS the nature of the recent information which'y are processing which originated with the sensitive WHV-bouree. I informed him that in your view, this would raise a nunher‘of ne « factors with the Commissien;: that i& should not go tecthe Comitie n prior to the Dire ctor 'sappearaiige: ‘unless we have first hate ae, 2 preliminary reaction of inade are ‘that the Direttonis ft are of its implications since it couldwell serve ac as ‘Basis \Parsdetailed questioning. TheaDpP st aot hat he would thin Gjrefully and made a decisiog Sat 3 the gdsstion of timing. S ww ~ &s se, you WS pS Given the schedule, you wil ppieus e that the DDP s will need a paper covering the above points as sd0n as possible. J.A. Document Number 52° 1~ os be -298, for FOIA Review on “JUN 1976 | | | £3 c0PY | 53h atid \ = DEN 38 8 . PAGE me aR
13-00000 REPRODUCTION XAAZ~ 22703 5 March 1964 00 lutea | Meme In ye. ascage_ +, Dicks Waveed - C. mmMenss isn ov @vc mate viel wo ; . — ~ Y pveviousl Ivan te Secret S _ Weravs problem ere for your determina Sfuce. et oN vee &. — Enis ta xeapansive to paragraph 3 of Rankin's letter (eee, . wo. gterence tabby JA does not desire to respond directly te: graph 2of that letter which made a levy fox“our: material” re! gotten into the hands of the Secret Service sinca” : 23 N rbev. We fount that, except for threatelegrams, all that the Seeret Service had was material we w had sent: te” McGeorge Bundy at the White House, simply passed it to the Secret Service as information, __ Unless you feel otherwise, Jim would prefer to wait out the Commission on the matter covered by paragraph 2, If | they come back on the point he feels that you, or someone from here, should be prepared to go over to show the Cormmmission the materials rather than pass ther to them in. copy. Incidentally, none of these items are of new substantive interest, We have either passed the material in substance to the Commission in response to earlier levies, or thettems refer taaborted: Teade, for example, the famous-six photo-~ graph which wor 9 not of Oswald, and the passenger manifest on ae: = airline whieh alec did not pertain to Qaewala, 7 . a Sie you dente te take note af the levy, tkpasdgraph: a we Leoaia zeee mmend that you indicate in: n:the: ‘attached proposed Que sraadum solely that we will takaccare oars it. separately. wd SYN document Numbet 379-250 for FOIA Review orf. ‘JUN 1975 = Rock - Hin Meg, , , be The 4 y,> y EOE TTZeG zrT0 eer Ae Aaa
REPHODUICTION PROHIENT ED Ne Moe ssutne le an? a a DE SIREEN pn. m axicd BD. INDEX - nee EXT. a me .EP'NO INDEX _ DATE : - LO. 0 et 963" Oo FILE IN-CS:FILE NO: —_ - MEXICO ‘CITY INQUIRING WHETHER TRE ‘EMBASSY. HAD RECEIVED | ANY NEWS CONCERNING: a ‘TELEGRAM WHICH HAD ‘BEEN SENT TO MBIAIU NOLVOIEISSVI0 a ITED SaxTES WITH “Wis sees BORN_WIFE, MARINA pica ass, AND THEIR. Pocultent Numb == Fy) STATES ‘usgssy 1 In MOSCOW ‘TO ‘RETURN TO \ oe sot anna on 0 APR. 878 A rest =a downgrading and a) 7 c RET declassification Y peidete tet en eli Feel riches ba Ed
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PAONUBITED DEFERRED ROUTINE beta AVAILABLE TO TH pevromarron AND. Saronactzs? ON END 6 OF MESSAGE ia on Gk ~ Fe CY SCR ILV HOW BEAR. ane ape or an ayn BQ ete <9. oP er BY anata Brenan ete Be A LD Adan ; GROUP 1 < CFWE/R -| Excluded from-automatic |- CI/LIAISON. RELEASING. GFFICER | a - AUTHENTICATING | downgrading and - > § declassification “Ey a i OFFICER Oo : oa 2 . BROHBL no a “Cony ‘No. oe 5 oe 3
13-00000 PROLIBITED a, oO, oN. goM ee ao CONTENTS OF VOLUME IX l. DER: “S046, _20° December 1963 [FOIA.No. 420-757] 2c BIR 97829, 29 January 1964 [FOIA No. 498-204] 2142
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROGIEITED Ue a@ CLASSIFIED MESSAGE 1282 a Otte +. "SOHN M. WEETTEN : ___ ROUTING cows ems mee BG seceee | poe _ 5613. a aan Cl]. NO INDEX — I serea ree (] FILE IN CS FILE NO, f | perGedboc F ¥ T roumne VR SON (A REPO IB OSD'S ACEI OF MECN, PERSRDD -o.A3 10 PRORSCT YOUR SOURCES AND SECANTONES. PLS {AS EEORENG 70 TRIS ‘SUBJECT’ AND CABLE IW ANYTHING ADDITONAL You MAY HAVE EN TIME FOR US 10 END OF MESSAGE Cable sent at. request of Mr. Rocca of CI Staff. RECORDS OFFICER STAMP Yae following action is *- S sine authorized: "(DE “9 99 yh if appropriate, - Document: Nuniber -20 201-229248 | ) | | | | COORDINATING OFFICERS croup RELEASING OFFICER — a Clues ram atanati C/WE 3 ricarine is , ding 3 ‘OFFICER SECRE Tf . declassification - REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED. Copy No. aK
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13-00000 «REPRODUCTION SEORET PROWIBITED Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 19 February 1964; Subject: Information Developed by CIA on the Activity of Lee Harvey OSWALD in Mexico City, September 28 to October 3, 1963. [XAAZ-36365 - FOIA No. 553-808A] Memorandum for Dire Deora] Ag pril 1964; Subjéct: nn Sita Tg Nentacives of Warren ee NG TABLE OF CONTENTS REPRODUCTION sone PRORATED
13-00000 oo | ( | REPRODUCTION + Aree ts emo com ll April 154 MIOMOGRAW UUM sO, THE RIDIDORD FROM : W | SUBIZCT AS Three Staff Aspresentatives of Warren Commission N Qs 02,2: ae 1954 Mesars, Coleman, Slawson and Wille <N AN OS ives of the Warren Commission, came to Axi Sado YY Freem ice, ¢ t dj , & 2. Ambasgador Freeman, Mr. Clarence Boons Anderson and I met there at 0345 hours on 9 April. asked that Mr. Clark Anderson and I cooperate fully; f - thrae would hava Top Secret clearances and that he felt we Nhpuld not — try to be too secretive in talking to them. DC, ae 3, When the three visitore came in, The Ambassador told them that he wished them to call on us for any and all help they needed. He said, however, that he wished personally to approve in advance any and — all contacts with Mexican authorities und/or Mexican citizens, 4, Tha Ambassador told them that a great deal of our information came from some very secret and sengitive sources, such as telephone taps, and he reminded them that any puodlished item frem these sources ' would have to hav x clearance with(KUBAR) aad(ODENVY), He told them that r on of these operation? could have very serious consequences uld.do great harm to Mexican/U,S. relations. Ths visitors saidar eB ene from (KUBARK) and{ODENVY) included ; in the Cone Stasion Geer t would have prior approval of the origin SS me agency. QD) "<S i . ., QWs aaador outlined the "rules" under whic sod the Fy wk. He told them he had mada a wee - previons e gon Lic. Luis Echeverria, Acting Minj a - During that call, The Ambaa sador told Echeverria LY << a totes, oe re a ™ ov i) a eva te cad u lé HHMh-23244— “amano .
13-00000 cc REPRODUCTION PRORIGITED and zai th. « ors publicliy, When the visitors asked if they couwid Fhe \S said tint T would arrange chat if unay oe 7 ton ses SERRE NS esta AW S — < S934 for resort ou the vigit of 1D April 1964 AS | ww ENN WV 9 April and again on 10 April i964, DCOS a mS yor i =. NS oril mAs igitory in our offices. We spent three hours and about two and ona-half hours on 10 April in our I met with them twicein The Ambassador's offic . visit Echeverria. In our offices, they: aS a. Reviewsd the Mralcel from LIE fs days 27, 28 September and 1 October 1963 when Lee OSWABD contacted and visited the Cuban and Soviet Embassies. They made a "schedule" of OSWALD's activities as far as possible for these days from this sairce. Note: They were given English translations of thess “trakes'?, b. English translations of the two conversations of 26 Novem- ber 1953 between Presidant Dorticas of Guba and the Cubam Ambassador to Mexico Joaquin Hernandes Armas were also reviewed, ". photographs of Sylvia and her husband, 5 oe dy Had me review the casa of Alvarado, the Nicaraguan. , . ors acked what actions the Mexico City Station took beginning yar ber 1963. I said we: —_ c. Had me review the Sylvia Duran case. They were shown: * - 2 QS tisew all Station assets and sources int r all possible details of OSWALD's travet\t the place Ke had stayed, the contacts he had mad WS have visited, ~2=
; REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED Yontinuous conzact with our Headquarters on leads they AN LS with loc al | (ODENV SY ).t0o coordinate the work é As eS juarters aporoval, ,ot in io WW: Mexican < \SSeea their help in many cases KS ucatanding / @ via Durgn and Alvarado cages ~~) > e. Put all possible coverages on &S SS persons we knew of who had had contact RSS w\ 9. Note: They knew ‘4ll abont" iw, ~ i i | | Saversations OSWALD had, but said two points had previoushnot been noted by | , “ - 4 of our Rv and any / WALD. ve therm, These were thats a. OSWALD stated he wanted to go to ODESSA; and b. OSWALD alao wanted a visa for his wife "who was a’ Russian", a 10. They said that Assistant Secretary Mann still has the “feeling in his guts" ees been hired CSWALD to kill Kennedy; they said, ~ however, that Ae eG ramis sion hag not been able to cet any get of this, 4 ll. Soom ments or photographs were given to tees ae ae - The E Engkit ae {of transcripts) which they 7 Oe SS sare attached, — QY WY, , ox elves os 2 SS ea that all three of eS eased 's work on the OSWALD aS Digirioution: - 3- Hqs
13-00000_ REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED CONTENTS OF VORUME—X- l. Memoranduin dateal ae er Tew subject: Mexico - CIA Dis SnADeG ation Of Information on Lee Harvey ASA meni BT EL March 24, 1964. agne?29 er errr
13-00000 REPRODUCTION Wre:mfd | XAAZ- BEY 73 MEMORANDUM March 26, 1964 SUBJECT: Mexi IA Dissemination of Tnformatigg.en Le y Oswald on March 24, 1964 WY AWS 7S Ca Cc eDretec a memorandum tog Bie, Banign SSP Suptent No. 631) in. ers £@th the aN of the information ontee neo oom I baat this memorandum is only + 2 p answer to our inguiry to the CIA dated March 16, 1964 and I hope that realize the ‘complete answers will give us/additional information we requested. | . . _ We would like to know just when fthe Mexican station] got the information with respect to Lee Harvey Oswald . and what was the information and how was it obtained. How did the information get from Mexico to the CIA in eee and in what fo aia. “$t come? | G t was the information © ee EN SS ably the Lee — 1 at ad S arried to a Russia GAS “that when the various agencies ‘< contained such information. other words, I would like to know whether this was information available in S735 jp [78 COPY 0. .§ DEPANN nannies
13-00000 % . eS 8 we ME ° e f 8 Mexico or did t only after i being dis S 110 e Oswald soot of the memorandum of March 2h, 1554 sent CIA is not the answer which the Cra _ this inguiry. ‘We should also determines why . the “cra with copies REPRODUCTION cr ® ‘ ct oe is) 7) a @ uy) n“n a j-te i ju ¢t 5 de g AITO “| Cy poe s ditional trformation get in the message- formation was to get an explana- snoved Merguené > SSS ~ I hope that paragraph * NSE cok ve nN he eae the wey" never furritshed Ww e ae) | ENN OI 8e «Gf aD: of the most recent photog raphs of ‘Oswald. net a ‘ sp gear semerpowEP GED OTGAD g tere we 8 OO AE EPEC 0 Dont ae GrREREL AM HOM ORY EM: Et nea ate Soo es ie LETTS er te eee oe e ef SbS 54 WS paw.
13-00000 REP ROBLICTICR sie RORIBATED TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Report No. EE-390 - Memorandum from Carlos BLANCO, dated 28 June 1963; Subject: Back- ground information on current personnel of the Cuban Embassy in Mexico. 2. HMMW - ertre peas’ 1 September 1963; Subject: RON. — ‘REPRODUCTION * PROMIBITED REPRODUCTION 7 SECRET PROMBITED
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13-00000 igen +" Raport. e BE@390. HSHO FROM CARLOS BLANCOs -  SUBGROTs Background information Gn currap ‘Exbagay ip Raxico. : SOURECR2 B-26. Information received, VIDAL Domingues, former Fo \ ¢ officar with apprese - 2 imately 30 years of serv Gtty, now dalegata in =... - ae ” Maeiece of | the Assoalati oA ist Foreign Service ointed as , Rabasaa Saited to the Brasilion dove” Tt y Decree Noe 3031, ons ed his credentials on 23-aug * |. oe ‘Raturned, to Havana. in late 1967 or early 1963. Appodiated aa a : Lt: Delegate of tt of the Foreign Commerce Minister, acting as Dizector™ eg ° international Organions of the: Vice Mindstry of Commereial Foliey, . . oe Rasolution Noe 40, dated 13 Mar Gi, of the Minister of: Foreiga ” cM ree @ His yapresentation to the Brasilion Government Was *, ma ce redainde’d by Decree Ko. -3296, dated 10-Agr 63. Raselution No. 63,- -. : Gated’22 Apr .63, of the Minister of Yorsign Comberce, roseinded. °° Resolution No. 40 dated 13 Has 63 which had appointed his aa Delegate o2 the Foraign Commarce Minister acting as Dizactor of iatarnational -_ . Ozganions of tha uinistzy of? Foreign Comezco. Was appointed as .} oo, | Anbassador to Mexico by Decree No. 3332, dated 22 May G3tAgEiver =) 3s Mestieo on 23 Jun 63. Hasn't presented hia-credentials yot.. a “Bas:the following univeraity Gagreess. Law, Dhilosephy, and agztcaltuzal _¢ en in Pinay dal Rfo, Cvba. Approxinately 50 years old. : tC: (Firat Sacretary. ner, ce ry <—_ Q’ageaizes at preasnt. Quiet man, in tha absolute congi= ae ‘Genco of theyttiniotzy. G-a wamber. Dan Be we 23 | : " (Wadrd se Ne 8.c wee | 7 : Ga oom 8 fi guniannanday auen zon onde ew” vega ote
13-00000 ci ee oF ce we pugs 0" Rg 0/5 3~390, Carles a So! _ ool oes NSO Be Jongan os die Bh will act ‘aa secratay = -“""  ° Yormex head of the olf on oa ~ absodute coyifidence’@ latdiy working on detdeh ss Qyeroee Solution No. 153,, 20 Aug 62, of the Foreign Commerce ‘ane artomar » , Bas Desporie individual. vot trhatwmrthy. : ALaras (Commercial Attaché.) YF ¥ .cs7 ” inted ¢ as comercial attaché and agsignad to the Exhaesy in a Haxico-by Resolution No. 79, 23 Apr 62. of the Foreign Commarce “oo ne od “Minister! Government buyer. Aldo pesforma other fungtions Pc > On A \ pasbex.”Commniati vary dangere exous. Man in the confidence 'o? the - Sb Gavarnpent_figureds Haas a brother who lives in New York who. - a 7 8 ie not kK mmapist, and a sister who belongs to a religious ordez. P CASTE a4 (Commercial attach$.J7éP. «. e7? J Appoiheed as Comercial Attaché and agaigned te the Esbassy in; *. Medco by Resolution No. 150, 14 Aug 62, of the Foreign Comerce | ; ‘-" Minister: Dedicated to purchases, According to xeports, he _ . has rocent iy yen transferred. — "Try nabs a PCION Mandosas ( Attaché. )MF2.¢+7? pe iva recording te reports, he hag eG to soplace CASTSLIA2 i as a Sénches.. i 8 UJ rod “Fronongousmt uve 200i Was an Eobassy doorman. was a Spanieh citizen bat bas Jest F122" eemet cnn ketehg mcm ey ey tat i wae tn 30 ° ; a Old spanish Communist. Dangerous. = a en PROMIBITED — Bape Aen = ae See ee ene oe wee aoe
: Sie 9 ate Law. ee ee te oes aw eee? fh Eas ‘feelings, | but . e qheftist tendencies. & (Sscratary of the Commercial OF? " BRM ECO. PIATTES ery Citizen, refugee. . Gommnigt. = eed ., Assistant.) eo7-sraree a he ant of Taresa PROZNZA in Prose tk eo Wiese. ame wae not reported. considers hinsel? a Communist. * eee pac _170 ef 349 i | - COPY NO.
13-00000 co «REPRODUCTION _.  PROGIBITED Letter to JC REBAR 27 November 1963 [FOIA No. 1380-1073A] GHD MUCHO, MEXI-7105 (IN 6921 r 963 [FOIA No. 173-615] PR . Memorandum for RO RIBITED. December 1963; Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. [FOIA No. 1542-1108] TABLE OF CONTENTS Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 7 April 1964; Subject: Actions of Silvia DURAN after her first interrogation. [FOIA No. 643- 273] Memorandum for Chief, WH/PO/A, dated 8 May 1964; Subject: Debriefing Report No. 65 of AMMUG/1 - Duties of DGI Officers in the Field with Regard to Visa Applicants. Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 19 May. 1964; Subject: Hours of Work at Cuban and Soviet Consu- lates; Procedures and Regulations for Issuance of Cuban Visas; Mexican Control of U.S. Citizens' Travel to and from Cuba. eat FROMBITED
13-00000 = 7 7° 9. 10. ll. 12. 13. 14. 15... ot «= sREPPADUETION Report No. EE-390, dat a 1963; Subject: Background Infomnatieg\ urrent Personnel of the Cuban Embassy 4 HMMW-11935, \ ) Subject: Luisa CALDERON .. Note, d ae to JC from Win, [FOIA No MEXI-7105 cn Ww 27 November 1963 [FOIA No. 173-615 Memorandum for the File, dated 20 December 1963; Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. [FOIA No. 1542- 1108] XAE-813, 7 April 1964; Subject: Actions of Silvia DURAN after her first interrogation. [FOIA No. 643-273] ; OTTA-1602 (IN 68894), 24 April 1964. XAAZ-22764, 24 April 1964 [FOIA No. 667-282A] WH/SA 64-368, 8 May 1964; Subject: Debriefing Report No. 65 of AMMUG/1 - Duties of DGI Offi- cers in the Field with Regard to Visa Applicants. DDP 4-2533, 19 May 1964; Subject: Hours of Work at Cuban and Soviet Consulates; Procedures and Regulations for Issuance of Cuban Visas; Mexican Control of U.S. Citizens' Travel to and from Cuba. DDP 4-3195, 19 June 1964: A No. 740-3194] XAAZ-27167, 22 June 13 RY MS and ROCCA chrono- logies of contacts Ny Ets Commission in 1964.) a Lee Harvey & \) al dated DDP 4-3401, OSWALD. DDP 4-4882, 18 5 Woven 1964; Subject: Techni- cal Examination of Photographs of Lee Harvey OSWALD's Application for a Cuban Visa. Zt cory HO epeooucriON se Pas —-PRORIBITED
1309000 | | \ MEMORANDUM FOR: Preala i's Gommnission oan the - SUBJECTS a Assassination of President Keanedy Tochnical Examination of Phetographs | of Leo Harvey OSWALD's Application for a Guban Visa . % ‘8 SED 1964 .  L, &% vafer to your request of 1 September 1964, that the . .  Gentral Intelligence Agoncy undertaka 2 techuleal analysia of © aS photegzaphed copies of Lea Harvey OSWALD's appMeatlon for ee a Cuban visa, prepared by hha In the Guban Consulate In Moaxics ‘ City, and the reply from Havana conditionally rejecting OSWALD's application, oe - 2. Quallfied analysts of this Agency have examined and teated these documents, and haye made the following determinations: a a. The. ptgnature "Lea H. Oswald” atfixed to the visa application tu the signature of Lee “Aven 7 av cosmexaf the visa pple cation form, whieh reads "FieteNearCan EWS, Room 18-46-60 ’ 51", was probably writte; AAs WR4N, anemployae _ of the Cuban Conaulate, <j statement on this RON Eb, - 4: and the sasnple of Mr handwerithig available for ; a r ecrmparisa: Is fnadeguate f puspose, It is pasalble ta etate with confidence that tha notation was net written by Les - Hasvey OSWALD. . « SS , COPT Hoo Ho. pe eceecr nanan cermemarstnceatem seiantnanant te SPR gE Moy Seetetee, nN ne com ngnnnemtan teat neste Nene tates Honan, jetlemyteta ct hacen oti Tae pon nest Aetna ge at agente gee et pepe anne
me “Bil ie | SECRET ee The visa application ¢ g y the Cuban Government lop _ in fact, a reduced paaeaese CS \S "photograph. ne nit has been determined — at the entry “Pavaporte Noo oe yats were ‘deemed 7 necessary. a a 3. 1 retaran herewith. fhe | +2) otographs of the vine. application and : Cuban rejection of the same, which were furnished to this Agency by  -  . the Cormmisaion. eo . a . - pete EET ; - ne > Richard Helms 9s a! Deputy P Direstar for Plana Distribution: _ yoo Original & 1 ~ Addressee oo ; “Z2«eDDPF oo le SR/CI | NS _ 2 ~ C/CI/REA WW | CI/R&A/TRHallink (18 Septe 22) \ 7 . . LOW ere ‘ mes e8T oO ‘ prew 113, ot 2319 OUk RO.
300000 ¢ : So é SECRE ? INGO FROM AIMVG-L on AGENES The difference between a Cuban and a fc Recruitment of foreigners consist GY organizations to which they. NS in DGI houses, where they receive i ion as agentse Their life is normal; they use tha cover of being scholarsittp students supported by the Cuban government. . The DGI supplied them clothes, food, and every sort of care, such as medical and. any other kind. The DGI takes care of their general. expangsese ; the schools in Cuba whare they Cre Sx Once recruited as possible 2S gS Separated fron the others and placed Ordinarily kiexg an attempt is made to keep then from contact with na ‘enyone in goverment circles soas to avoid indiscretions. Any agent recruited in a foreign country is brought to Cuba and arrangements are made so that he has no contacts with persons in Cuba from his owm country or any othere Once his. training is - completed, his departure from Cuba is not. made known to anyone attached to him. ‘In recruitment of Cubans, an effort is mada to find those knowing the fevest. possible persons. “If the Cuban who is recruited is employed in an office or factory or works soe other place, an effort is made to have him continne his work so as to use his situation to provide true cover; instruction is given at ‘hours when he is not working. If the agent has any trouble after he has been. recruited, the DGI tries to help him as much as possible without breaking down conpartmentation or his covere - When he has completed his training and is sent abroad, the DGI covers the ex- penses of his family. If a Cuban who is recruited is unemployed, it looks for a cover adapted to his situation, and the DG tates care of all the expenses the agent has, including those of his fanily if he is married. He receives his training in the hours adapted to his cover position. His life, Like that of the _ agent who is working, mst contime normal, just as it was before recruitments Cubans trained as agents, if their depar' a the comb is not iegal, heave with foreign passports.. Ss ee Oo a... om nee 114 Re g19_ cory RO. nen
13-00000 “iMele fy ee un ae 9 JUL B64 - MEMORANDUM FOR: Me.IebeoRania 7 —_ . Gensral Gownsel - Co a oo ow , President's Gommission onthe = an “ss Agsassination af President Renmedy 9.62 9 = 5 oe 7 SUBJECT: | Loo Harvay Oswald - Do i. The following remarkna have becn racently attsthutad te Soylet Gonsul Pavel Antoasvich Yatskov in Mexica Gity regarding . the subject. a. . og "% rset Oswald hare. He stormed inte my offics and — wanted ma to introduce and recommend him to the Cubans. He told mo that he had ved inthe USSR. I told him that i would have to check before I could recommend him. He was nervous and his hands trembled, and ha stormed oud of my office. I don't balieve that a person as nervous ha, Oswald, whosa hands trembled could hove accurately fired a rifle.” 2. Our Moxican Station has cheatxht records far tha ed itis quite , alexiy Kostikey he first spoke Or Yatskove . 2. possible that Oswald thought} AGS when he actually had spoke a : to AX te Koatikey who EK SSiation ia a confldertial contact . 6 3, The source of of this Apensy in Mexico City s) 3 believed to ba reliable. In . view of chia relationship, an appropriate sensltivity indicator has “ bean affixed to this raermoraadusn » Lo WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED ae ? ese coeur e meeemennGr ETE oe et LN YE GS SE : . Le . ‘ nee . PAGE 2s 175 : “COPY NO. 2 7 -
13-00000. gw Se a « pues . e 8% ND . id he Bond EPany tf?» eeiiss z| 4. A copy of this memo \S ha ey forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Inyasti oS CS - Richard Helms _ Deputy Director for Plans Distribution: | . oy Oviginal & L «Addresses ., , 2 DDP a 7 . woe _) BeGICUReA Co ™= Ze C/WH/3 a co sO | “be CUYURBA2Z0 am pa fos a Le CI/RuA/AEDoolay © rn a ere Le FRB {via CSCI) _ Se rp 8 Originated by: CI/R&Af/AEDooleyinie 1 July 1964) _ ; . te : i. be Oy, /; OG ate “ . . . , 8 COPY HO.
13-Q0090 | a \ an - RPReoUETION ,  PROWITED’ =| a This hist S 10S \ score of telephone .. _ calls I had with ‘Tire aH na. Commission stat Se 2 January 198k _ Messrs. Allen Ue Dulles, Rankin, iene, mo :00- . = Angleten, and Rocca. . 26 Jamary * Br. Ravidn's offices e235 a2 March Mre ‘Rankin's office with Hessrs. Sap, ~ “22:00... and Rocca, 27 Harch ~ . Nessrse Slavson, Willems, and Stern _ 2:30 . with If. Recca 2h June ~ _ Cnier Justice Varrer » a, -_ nan a9 C. 4 lite, ton el 43 ft teamed b ae, . wae} fy He ‘fi fi cmon 177. at COPY BO. — : a Bee EN ne vananncanee snetrhigeasans cies:
13-00000 - REPRODUCTION : RTD Be . : " SEGREI an re ot vom daze] ‘MEMORANDUM FOR: Mes < . . . me fal an ee ote - President'a\Commiasion on the ye Assassination of President Kennedy — - 6. SUBJECT: 20. Hours of Work at Cuban and Soviet Consulates ay ‘ OM a eho" > Breeeduves and Regulations for Issuance of Be, ' .  Gaban Visas; Mexican Control of U.S. Citlzena! .. re Travel to and from Guba . 1, I refer to your memorandum dated 24 April, inwhich you 9.“ -. equest information on hours of work at Cuban and Soviet diplomatle. ‘- installations in Mexico City, details of regulations governing the -' fasuanca of Cuban travel documents and Mexican control of U. 5. .. ¢itisens travelling to and from ( Cuba through Mexico, 2 The Soviet Embassy and Consulate are not open to the 7 et nes . public; offices in the Soviet compound may be visited by appointment : et 8s, only. A twenty-four-hour guard is mounted at the entrance to the : compound in which these Soviet installations ring the bell at this entrance at all hours, are permitted to enter at any time, b away by the guard after normal hound ' during Septernber 1963, when PAWNS gs e located. Visitors at 3. The Cuban Embassy me neulate are located in thelr , SINT op own compound, but these installations have separate entrances. - -- wee a | Visltera may enter the Cuban Consulate from 1000 to 1400 houwa, 5s | ° . : . . - : “ - a ae.oe : . .: . ne mo ° : * Me .® : « * : . ‘ : : e * > — Vevenens ‘ten aurematie
13-QQ000, st iBT " ‘Monday through Friday. Embassy worki are 0950 to 1703 - nthe same days. Visitors tothe £m owsver, usually : appear before 1400 houra. These \ 3 mere alze in oliect during September 1963. : , S a. mo 4. Prior authortaatl, of the Exterlor in Pcs ‘os. Bavana is required befo = betssued. On occasion, 92.0 ."! _., ate handled by cabla. The app? ills ost a visa application form 200 7: >...) @€ the Cabas consulate. Cuban vi¥as are normally valid for three -. 7.1) >: 2 4° Rponths from date of izsuance. Visas may de issued on separate ‘. 1. @heets of paper te conceal the fact that travel to Cuba was pestormed. | requests for permission tos = ag the resulting decislong . hoetit. a ‘The Saviets are y net RRO te isaue travel permits to Cubae. ie Pict. 8. The Government of 3exico recognises the passport 1 asan: “o! ..  ideatification document only. Moxican immigration officials do not + -. " | gegegnize passport entries prcklbiting the bearer's travel to Cuba, . ie _ "ol af the bearer holde a visa valid for travel ta that country. Amendment | of Mexican laws to permit racogaitioa of travel restrictions affixed by _ goveraments Issuing passports has been under. considerations but ao eo 4 . action thereca has presently baen taken. Dt, oo} ; . _ | be Non-Cubaas, ‘including UeSe citizens, entering Mexico - rat 7 _ feom Caba rauat have Mexican visaz or tourist carda.. Depending | : * en thelr outgoing flight times, non-Cubana transiting Mexice do not | # always need atransit viea. The passports of all persons travelling ‘ between Mexico and Cuba ara stamped ia Spanish with the phrasea ‘ -  :-: SDaparted for Cuba” or “Entered frora Cuba, as appropriate. All - OP ; '. passengers, includlag noa-Cubans, ento exieo fzom Cuba are = openly photographed while thelz des SWS a @ macta your need a ibe being examineds ; id caw oS, , Richard Holme bly Depaty Director for Flaaa. et --«sDistributinns ete . Orige & Z » Addressee Fo a 2eDDP 1 ~ G/CU REA Originated By: CI/R&A/ Hall: gwh - "13 May 1964 . et "Based Ont MEXI 9332, 6 May 1964, 1 IN 77522 a - 8 .f! i SEERET zi ree :
13-00000- ' phrases, the DGI officers, instaad of granting the visa immediately, tell the applicant to return ina few days. The officer then notifies 2-| REPRODUCTION PROBATE 08 May 1964 65 of AMMUG-1 SUBJECT General : Debriefing Rey abo int the Field with Specific : Duti DGI officers are cEargert? wv of agents of tha DGL Suet EONS use a special phrase to indicaté their relationship with the DGI. {Source does not know the particular phrase used in every case. He does imow that agents from ©] Salvador in requesting visas % always made mention of the name “Mauricio’) The DGi officers at a Consulate interview visa applicants to find out if they are agents. If the visa applicant does not use one of the indicated Habana and requests authority for the visa. ar. Distribution: a eW Orig &1 - Addressee CS _ 1 - WH/SA/ESEC 1 - WH/3/ El Sal 1 - Mary a : . S ——SEORET egg2gt2. PAGE op 1S castes eee TT teen cece aera vse ciate a iO Stare ete Se RN NU met *
13-09600 ~ 7 © 0 URE cousin. soueces ie £72 METHODS 15 Ine 4 ° fore? 2. phe War recy Comte econ ae 3k. Reterence ig made to the attechmerbs to sy seuorsnia dated 32 January 1966 ani 21 Fehraary 196%, . both of which resert informmtion on Allria DUSAR, & Berican eltizen emplowed.»b the Caren Coamilake in Mexice Gisy. Infomation an the actions of Silvie Taal on hex retura to waa wh tae Cuban ew | CG . weet oninet naiee OB $213 for FOIA Review ¢ on JUN 1578 7 a “AOs\- 289348 WARMING NOTICE SENSITIVE SOURCES AND METHODS IAN VED SE
REPRODUCTION PRORATED Ae yo » SECRET SEs, NG Notice SOURCES A MET Cos INvor xtvED * Be ha only aww iten fa the sccount thes Stivia LOS bad threatened to extradite her te the Gaited States for a vies to viait ov te transit the combry. | WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE SOURCES AND - METHODS INVOLVED - GROUP Enxclated from autenatic . Gewngradiag aad Beclassiticaties “SET a
BO PROMIBITED Original & «<3 ~ Addressee - 2«DDP 1 - C/WH/3 So 1 « G/SIG/CI 1 - C/CI/R&A Le 201- CI/R&A/TRHall:nk/6664 Se YS fa ed by C/WH/3) — — : Lot
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROWEITED Jes Mauwo WS December 1963 MEMORANDUM FOR THE FILE | RS Y SUBJECT: Lee Harvey mes RY AY On 17 December Mr. S&S é x anticipating a request from the Cquitission, named by President Johnson to look into this case, for coples of Bureau materials supporting or complementing the report already submitted. He pro- vided me with the attached copy of portions of a report passed by the Legal Attache in Mexico City dealing with the Sylvia DURAN aspect in which it would appear rather clear that some United States Government agency was tapping telephones in Mexico. Mr. Papich inquired as to whether information in this report might be given to the Commission or whether this Agency desired to establish some other policy with regard to meeting the needs of the Commission. The matter was discussed with Mr. Whitten and he subsequently ad- vised that as a result of a conference with Mr. Helms and others in which he was directed to prepare certain materials to be passed to the Commission, he was quite sure that it was not the desire of the Agency to make avallable to the Commission at least in this — manner - via the FBI - sensitive information which could relate to telephone taps. was agreed with problems of this CO. ‘on, the Bureau should Ww Kents Agency, but should Zonal information. consultation with Mr. Angleton’ and Mr. Mr. Papich that when the Bureau is fe : not pass to the Commission inforye refer the Commission to the Ag reports. Document Number .—=-—=—=.. IS4a-\( NOS . ; BIRCH D. O'NEAL ' for FOIA Review on | FEB 1978 Chief, CI/SIG Attachment ee PAGE. 196 .319 of TETAS,
13-00000 "REPRODUCTION a ——— PROKIBITED. i : ( "3. _CLASSIFIED MESSAG* * eT 2 MF SECRET ————— = ee ip ed TO : DIRECTOR ‘07. i) FROM M coc , ITY . MICROFILMED _ ACTION: cf 7 (wit/3 NOTIFIED ‘AND COPY SLOTTED AT 17 “nro. , DCI, DOP, C/Cl 2, VR* 4 NOV OM) ACPTCOTR STUMyp ei RS ae Myris is eset SECRET 2721492 NOMI ES se IMMEDIATE DIR CITE) MEXL-7195 QW QO Hast | el a ee | y\S 0, #1 - Unit Lup | Filoy 8n6 9213. ‘ATTN GALSOND . sta fate ae Note: I¢ destruction, Cc} gen - reasons and co REF Dla 6 5245%% 4f appropriate. i | 7 le SENDING. PHOTCSTATIC COPY OF TEN | PAGE STATEMENT B ILVIA . cn AOD DURAW OFTAINED FROM ECHEVARRIA BY HAND ‘OF ROGER Te KINGMAN IN ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO GALBOND TRUE HAWE. 2. KINGMAN ARRIVING AT DULLES AIRPORT AT 3839 HOURS 26 NOVENSER. HE WILL BE MET BY HIS WIFE, HOPES SHE WILL TELL HIN WHAT TO DO WITH ENVELOPE. 4 se “SORRY NO TIME TO TRANSLATE STATEMENT. _ Ae. ALSO INCLUDING 22 NOVEMDBE( » EMPLOYEE) TALK TO UN KNOWN “HAN FROM BGA -- SECRET c/s COMMENT: .*DISSEMINATION APPL IG rants ites, sabre Sot Sol costae ae ad see oY ett “SY ‘i Reorested vacdoa ct ale a craacieves version Sylvia tm: Me “eminent Mint (7361S a ; a Di. jo. “Ss - Y ( for FOIA Review on APR 1976 - 76 ( ag Tae ” REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE “1s PROHIBITED > Copy Ne “STD a i. a
~ REPRODUCTION 8} D ; a4 i ; i November 27, 1963 Dear JC, ; > John Horton's return tonight giv YS ne Mnity~to send you some items I mentioned to you in a ES %O es of these twa_ Ps items are attached hereto. I 2 Re) Kyo ve had the time to ~ so translate the longer one of t Nas, b past few days we have i been very rushed. Y S I've had no time to give to John Gu?ing his visit and Alan has had ' almost no time with him. We do hope, however, that he has been able to get some idea of our Station and its work by his talks with the varions officers who have been able to spend some time with him during these two : days. : _ Perhaps when we are little less rushed, he can return to Mexico for : another visit. : We appreciate your quick responses and good instructions in the case t which is taking most of our time these days. Sincerely, Distribution: Orig: JC King : \W | aE ilvia DURAN Pw fs EW 1: Louise CALDERONods Ol ! Ses | Document sre Bdo- (073 “A . for FOIA Review on NOV 9770
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROGIBITED Nemorandum to Howard P. WILLENS from W. David SLAWSON, dated 4 February 1964; Subject: Letter te the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Posing Certain Questions on their Letter to Us dated 31 January 1964. SeGRET TABLE OF CONTENTS Memorandum for the Record, dated 27 March 1964; Subject: Tentative Conclusions on Lee Harvey OSWALD's Stay in Mexico City: Visits to Soviet and Cuban Embassies. Memorandum: from COLEMAN-SLAWSON, dated 2 April 1964; Subject: Mexico: Questions Raised by the Ambassador MANN File. Memorandum for Record, undated; Subject: Intercepts from the Soviet and Cuban Embassies in Mexico City. rae REPRODUCTION — PROGIBITED  -—«SEGRET.
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED 31 Jul 78 | NOTE FOR FILE: TOP SECRET DOCUMENT DTD 22 April 1964 by the ~ | authority of the National Archives, Marion M. Johnson has been regarded to CONFIDENTIAL Date of authority 3/25/76 : Roma PROMIBTED
13-00000 - wr _ "Ns - REPRODUCTION ‘ * ie abe oe ue ° ° Fj a aa n ~ . We 2OPR SEURE SD ca ee & : ae ECs 8 we = SYBJE02: Gein to iHeates stty ' On weime Son? a IB TED pecava : P, Uillens, - Ba. Viliiam T. Golerun, dJr., and Me, W. David Slavson, all es $ tae ses’? of the Canmission, Plev Peou “ashineten, BL. C. te. figatco City. We. Celeuan returned an Eunday, April 12 and Ur. Slavson and he. Viliens re turned en an airplane leaving Heoateo idby at about 3:23, Monday afterncen, April 12. ‘This _memoranjum vill briefly sweuarlse this trip plus some cf the mectin ws held in preparation for 1t r ee I Milens, Colesan and Slavson wet ow a pre et Po od a to i 3 isa Pox avetury of State Por Latina Amerionn Arrfairs Themas Hann, fe. Thonss Farlich ef tne Orfice of the Legal Adviser for the effice at akeunt 19:29 a.m. Austatant Secretary Hand was Asbassader te bexice at tne tinie ef the assrssiniticn and Fe cmm amie | oe eemeenny ee 86 coe ee em 4 personally diy: “rar QED Depp efi fort and our relatiors the nev of the i cae peacned riexlco City. A ecpy with 5 ig Mcdican 1 LOL® ye wn
“REPRODUCTION PROWIBITED Rah we amy wee enue eH of the file created by his efforts, consisting of telecrams between Mexico City and the State Depertment in Washington, had previously been forwarded to the Commission. The purpose of our mecting with Ambassador Mann ras first, to inform hin of our intent to go to Mexico and discuss with him our propose K The file turned over to the Coumission by fmbassador actions there and sec about his thoughts an assassination. Mann contains statements of opinion by hin that Oswald was probably involved 4n Fa] sinister fashion, cspeclally by way of LAKIN &@ UrLvDe, Wien une Cupan Emoassy 1n mexico ULUY OF WLEn some other Castro avency. These susvicions were reinforced by estions with him et PROHIBITED WWNedtatery after the fete care ee gener ete ene ete a er PEgsnttngenygennpsaneegaethr eee ep = the allegations of a certain "Alvarado" who at the time was’ being interrogated intensively by the Mexican authorities and by representatives of the American Embassy in Mexico City pecause he claimed to have seen Lee Harvey Oswald take $5500 in American bills from an individual in the Cuban Embassy. We asked Ambassador Mann what particular evidence aside from the Alvarado assertions he had for these suspicions. He replied that he had suns or BEE general feeling "in his guts" that Castro was the kind ot Ik | REPRODUCTION — PROWBITED — PEE ‘eramecapeeeetein memereteros meres orm = sewn fe carried out. this SanSOarONT SOD OP SECR -cug345e pace 20 COPY NO. 485
13-00000 | So “HEPRODUCTION kind of ruthless action, either throurh some hope of gaining from it or simply as revenge. Tie Amoassador added that not even the allesations of Alvarado or other rumors which may have ‘been current in HMexi REPRO TIT money had been given to Oswald were Ss suspicions, since the Alvarado ariecation RAH RE poe? | a day or so later but that the fact that Oswald had visited the Cuban and Russicn - Embassies in Mexico City shortly before the assassination, which “he had learned from his security officers at the Embassy, plus _ what he believed about Castro's character, seemed sufficient to “him to raise the gravest suspicions. Later, he pointed out, when he had a chance to listen to the Dorticos-Armas intercepts, his suspicions were strengthened. Ambassador Mann knew of no contacts by Oswald with anyone in Mexico City other than his visits to the Cuban and Soviet Embassies and his staying at the Hotel del Comercio. Ambassador Mann said that our intelligence took and was still taking photographs: of both the Cuban and Soviet Embassies whenever anyone lett or entered their main entrances, at least during the normal. ~ on Monday. through Friday, during the daytime wn mr agg 2 ES
ee ~Fepeonucrien Tne Anbassador said that he had been kept informed Anécerson and Winston Seott. “He learned of it informally, that is, Anderson and Seobt revorted crally to him as soon as they received from ul % any news about how Ee WW p ogressing, of the Silvia Duran interrosa ticn threugh his aides, Clarke ot In response to our Wie Anbassador recom= ‘mended that when we got to Mexico City we should york through the representatives of the FBI and the CIA at the American . Embassy and, through them, with the Mexican officials they recommended, but that we should do all of this as quietly as possible, without «any newspaper publicity. We also asked y 2 Ambassador Mann to what extent it was known in Mexico City cece that the Hotel del Comercio was a headquarters for pro-Castro activities. The Ambass ador oe that it was not known iw inn ' MISE Anker stone’ ore ‘eireles.  PROLIB arr Ambassador Mann said that ¢t rE, fhe’ file from his Embassy —— generally at all : current only in which had previously been forvarded to the c the Commission consti- ; tuted the entire file which was in existence .on this particular _ i subject, with the one exception that it may not have included si sma cuy3t 58 ee | : a - | a = ot
ference, for which he was already a half-hour iate. As the benefit of ee REP Commision staff felt | that his recommendat | NS after the were unduly rash, Kr. Slawson re in what tne Ambassador had done to have been unjustified, in REPRODUCTION PROGEITED the report fram the FRI referred to therein, We eonfimsed tnat it had net included that report. We said that he uas sure that this report could be ob stained from Clarke Anderson in Mexico City, 1f we thouzht it was necessary. In response bo & similar question about the "Alvarado" file, he replied that TT i autherities ? probably be — any additional papers ¢ that mizsht be in existence ‘obtained through the CIA PACHA HER speak to Mr. Scott about this. He said that he had never seen any papers or . formal atatements by Silvia Duran; all his information about what she is supposed to have told the Nexican police was pPapetywoesd Kye ynnedl at? renkh ¢hpaneh hia atdae Seaakk and Andeaps 5p Ambassador Mann was then called out to another con- de mecting was breakinz up he- asked tir. Slawson whether, with the assassination had been a we thought. they i pii that although the inves~ tization of the specific allegations ef Alvarado had shown that they were in all probability a fabrication, he found nothing “yy3158 COPY: NO. a ae
13-Q0000- - | | «REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED POP SEGRET ee ee {+3 view of the facts known to him and his assistants at the tine end in view 9f the ext Heh sericusness of the occurrence, PRODUCTION 30 p.m. H.3 i AG 3:30 in the PROUT ul etTeD,. ie Mitten of the CIA came to the Commission offices and conferred there with Slarson, Willens and Coleman. This conference grew out of a - Suggestion made by Mr. Richard Helms of the CIA about tuo weeks previous, in which he had mentioned ‘that it would be a save renner etree PGP ee good idea if a representative of his agency met with those a a, ee Bian mamed oops bate! 2 yan ae pene ote mo FUR so72 2 ee Sar age it ak eaany eet wae weg sem ww yy awed BO mm enn MOM nes DAP wets ee et iep ate properly advise us of any last-minut : arrangements and properly . alert its people in RES oan of our arrival. . a ° - . We discussed NO ODE TION... to Mexico oo officially and openly 6 PROHABET Eppes" to, and ir, Wit ten -offered to make arrangements to get usa into Mexico completely unnoticed 1£ we desired to do so. We told him that we did not want to try to keep the trip entircly secret. We would do our best to avoid any kind of newspaper publicity or public announcements. We intended to introduce ourselves at the 6 POP SECRET. 2 Gm are aaa o_o ome a ome ome
So PROUIBITED emt emp eh a Coe ant Fnbassy and to Mexican officials as wiat xe in fact were, an represcntitives of ot wWiscion, 2 Coin “tten said ep Seal 10. Vinston Scott, the CIA Chief for cexteo, |i) inp. ° with one of the top foreign spcratives in Pf NOt i wanization. He said that the CZA would give us complete cooperation. We outlined to Mr. Witten cur entire proposed plan once we arrived in Fe; | terms, and asked for his - comments on how bent_to_achieve_our_gogls. His reply in every . OT . . . instance was that we should deal on the spot with Er. Scott. PALE bhuuglle Wwiew vu prupyoud Juulticy nas a voy EVE ducts He repeated wnat Er. user ip Gin had sald awhile ago, — that there 1s no sub Rl Wer HON AGING fficer” being "on ees Posen 7 | VEDNESD — 6235 Oem. to 7:00 p D.M. , Gur plane was sche duled to ‘leave Washington from | Dulles Airport at. 9:30 in the morning and accordingly all three of us mot at the vashington Air Terminal in the Albert Pick Motel at about 6 215 and iater arpived at the Airport at about
9:99. Novever, weatner and technical difficulties held up the plane in tn inal ROOT ION the creund in Vashinston until almos fo bare) the afternoon, After a nol NOMETTED.... we arrived in Nexico City at about 6:00 p.m., Mexico City tine. We were met as we came cff the airplane by a representative of Eastern : Airlines, Mr. Jorge Villageomez, “who addressed each of us by name, gave us his business ecard end cased our way through ' Mexican customs. An unidentified meri approached ie. Willens and asked ir we vere ‘from the Fmnba soy » Willens replied that we were not. The individual asked if it was true that people yere conins to investigate the assassination. Willens refused e Meee oe mee Oe roe ete ean RR 0 cern nge pp 4 err FPN eae CS to confirm this report. Me. Colexan had some minor difficul- ties with the Mexican Immigration officials over whether or not he had been vaccinated recently, and in the course of discussions on this the Eastern Airlines representative men- tioned to the T Teteray gomcthing to the effect that. Hr. Coleman was. a- OC io Commission. . This comment could novi RG iid inal by the person who had | approached Tir. ulliens, who in Di oH tine hed walked back towards Me. coleman. If all this occurred as we suspect it | may have, it could explain why there was an announcement in two ow A+ omer tate eames OO aenepeneertin rem ese te in ete .
Oe ~” REPRODUCTION of the Mexica City iN fete ba) mf the follovlng sorninsg naming 2 Me ra Oe CTO Mon business for the Just inside the airport terminal we were met by us and statins that fie. Clarke Anderson and Mr. Rolfe Larsen from the American Eubassy. These men were later identified, respectively, as ' Chief of the FBI in Hexteo City and an FBI agent temporarily “assigned for duty in Mexico City. Anderson and Larson took the . three of us to our hotel, the Continental Hilton. | : . | At 9:00 “o e0iareE met in the FBI offices | at the Enbassy with Mr, Larson and discussed gencrally with him the progress of the assassination investigation while we were walting to meet Ambassador Freeman, Clarke Anderson and Winston Seott, the CIA Chief in Mexico City, were conferring» with the Ambassador and briefing him on the Nexican aspects of the assassination investigation. Ambassador Freeman had been at this post only two days, having just presented his ere~ | : 7 ‘dentials to the President of Mexico on Monday, April 6, | 2 | TOP SECREZ
13-90000 - " REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED Ce eT Ve met with the fiabas dor ab about 9330 in the morning. Fresent eT the Ambassador wore Minister Boon3tra, PROAIBITED and Clarke Anderson. ir, Colenan explained in el D. terms the purpose of our trip, He said that we vanted So learn as much as “ pessible about what investigations weee currently being carried out, with special emphasis on the Hote:21 del Comercio and on Oswald's northbound journey out of Mexico City, and that we wanted to @gecide won and initiate wnitever new lines of invcse fAreatian wa Palt vowe anlled foo. Ir eomncstiss with Tecitny into these investigations, we wished to. satisfy curselves that everything reasonably possible was) being done and, in additica, we wanted to become as eurrent as possible on evidence being ~ . produced. Also, ue hoped to make contact wlth one or more Mexican officials so as to learn directly from them what part they had played in +f TRIG mor and what they had learned that va BQ of value In particular, we PRL MBE Epox what Mrs. Silvia — 7 Duran, the elerk at the Cuban, Inabas sSY who dealt frequently with wanted to find out 25 £ Osuald, knew. Finally, we hoped to make arrangenents fors and
1 90080 “Pepmonuerien PRAT TOP SECRET and perhaps acconplis isp) si wig of our evidence obtained in Mexico, . EE gle Mer ION, ons or by invit- ing witnesses to appear PROGR ieee to testify. . Mr, Coleman added that we hoped in all this to be guided by the counsel of the Ambassador and his staff, because we did not want to do anything that would disturb the good | . relations of the American and Mexican governments. Ambassador Preeman replied that he and his staff “would ccoperate completely. He said that he saw no objection whatever to our talking directly to Mexieans who had some information to contribute, but he felt that this should be done — only in the Embassy and only on the clearly stated basis that all appearances and testimony were totally voluntary on the part of the Mexicans. As to speaking to Mexican officials. the Ambassador again said that this would be fine and he asked only that we work through his staff in setting up appointments, etc. Tae Ambassador pointed out that the taking of formal depositions in a foreign country could be a very difficult and technical . Pe) f D ' ate section of the Embassy for information on how toed Us HON. . ‘The econ il eA FTEB:. and Anderson felt “ 7 a matter. He referred Cug31s5 on eS ot
13-00000 - REPRODUCTION PROMIRITED that our seeing Silvia Duran vould be a highly sensitive matter and that it should be discussed fully with the Mexican officials, but they agreed that it did not differ in principle from our seeing other Mexican witnesses » L.e., the Ambassador approved so long as R REP ROCCO can Embassy, and made clear to her tha tirely voluntary. There then ol ROI BITED. of views on how besi: to approach Mexican officials, what Mexican officials would be _ most valuable for our purposes, and the general substance of our work. At about five minutes to ten the Ambassador had to excuse himself for his first stcff meeting, which he had calicd for 10:00 a.m. | | | 28 em em ake tan eR et mee ee Pe ee PSEA A tt Saasnenr nesta pe UACD ETE CRT Te SP RENEE + rt 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Willens, Coleman and Slawson retired to the office that had been assigned to them at the Embassy, room 510, to the Ambassador and generally to © discuss .the conference ; draw up outlines for NE P iP 4 NN He) ith the FBI, the ” . CIA and te. Boonstra. PROEIBITED - - a | 11:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Mr. Anderson and Mr. Scott came to room 510 after
TOP S EC RET the staff mecting had ‘adjourned, We agreed that te v0euld confer with iir. Anderson immediately and mect Mr. Scott later in the day, at about 3:30. Mr. Anderson was welcome to come with us at our meeting with Mr. Scott, if he desired to do 80, ~.. and he said that he would make up his mind on this after he had conferred with us, because he of course had-other work to do and would not want to attend the meeting with Scott if it obpeney vovered' ; PROBIBITED. Accordingly, we met immedintely with Clarke would simply involve Biwi Anderson in his offices. He invited Rolfe Larson and a Mr. Trent to take part in the conference. Mr. Trent was also an | - agent of the FBI temporarily on duty in Mexico. — One of the topics of conversation was Reverend ° eee Sennett Albert alexander Osborne, also known _as John Howard Bowen. | ee neneneints Mr. Trent had been the agent primarily ensazged in tracking down and talking with Bowen, although Larson too had been somevhat involved. Briefly, the agents deseribed Bowen as an elderly white haired gentleman who was probably engaged in some kind of violation of the ic his fund raising, because it was not oe for religious = TOP . SECRET. a rr : : ‘clear that he actual pace at =o nie a erent = we remanent i . . . .
; sePROOUETIOR ‘PROSIBNTED. ey purposes, at least of the kind he represented that he would use the money for, *REPRODUETION as someuhat unstable mencally. ‘rent NOT UG TIE vhen he first approached Bowen he re 2) ree aS ees Osborne,” and the reply was that he, Trent, must be mistaken, because he, Osborne, was Bowen, Osborne then went on to say that he was . often mistaken for Osborne but that he had not seen that other gentleman in some time, and believed he was in some other section of Mexico, ete. Trent said that Osborne carried this ‘eff very well. It was not until later that Osborne admitted that he was really Osborne but that he often used the name ‘Bowen. When asked directly how they thoughs Osborne would a TC Rt A —_ react to being asked or compelled to appear to testify before A te aa Le te estan ant nagagRET EAST crore ECC Jaan aan, Le ene . the Commission or a staff member, frent and Lars son were inconclusive. They thought that there might be trouble but they were not sure. Trent and the other PBI representatives then described the procedures the Mexican immigration Author- ities were using in dealing with Osborne. In sum, the -author~ ities had not acted as yet to deport Osborne but they believe _ | 7 that they had suffictent grounds to do so at any time. In the meantime they were ee ORUOTION were questioning _ him: oceasionally. ° PRORTED felt that af we | “cS Cad j—4 Co oS ANCOR PRO BED pace 7S 3 2 a 5 copy NO. —_—_ wae : \
"Rep A UIETIC RTE ZOP SECRET wanted to pu: im it, ohER Pi UGTION: AN] woura ceport Osborne quickly. PROB ~ PNGHBITED The discussion then continued on to other investiga tions. Larson gave @ detailed sumnary of recent results of the investigation of Oswald's northbound travel on the fransportes del Norte bus. tI will not go inte.what he said 7 here because it is now reflected in an FBI report in the pos- ‘session of tie Commission. We advised him to include as much detail as possible in the reports which he sent through channels in Yashington to our Commission because the detail which he had told us orally seemed ts fit what we knew about Oswald's bacl:ground and was therefore valuable as confirmatory material in the overall picture, even though it perhaps seemed important to Larson. We then suvplicd various detallis about Oswald's background and character which might assist Larson in . interrogating witnesses in Mexico. Larson, Trent and Anderson agreed to include * a a1 i or future reports from Mexico. | Larson and EOL aE into a discussion of the Hotel del Comercio invest ion. Here, it appears that the aan eneaencnn conclusion of the Mexican vavestigatacs: thet ae one-at Ene hotel ios + catenins ewe sae sem emettetie ays reent
13-00000-. -after several interroz - both items were ee PROG cost o : -——— RePeooweTION PROWIBITED ee ee ey renenbered Csvald and that the only ¢vidence of his stay ee there was his name o eons Th AES rect. Lerson, satlor ING : Ne the maid at the — TAY a hotel did remembor coo P give some bits of information about him. For one thins, Bhe, as did other wit- nesses ,confirmed that he was always alone when she saw him. te _: Purther, she said that he invariably had left the hotel before. ' ghe cleaned his room at about 9:00 in the morning. Larson had ‘also found out that the proprietress of the little restaurant - next deor to the hotel was able to ijientify Osv wald, although atta tcttlae en Larson was not completely certain on how: much sne really remembered and how much she may have picked up by susrestion | from newspaper reporters. Anyway, gre has stated that Oswald frequently ate lunches and dinners at her restaurant, that he invariably ordered very cheap meals, that he always ate alons, and that he was not able to converse suffleiently in Spanish ‘so that he really Iznew what he was ordering when he ordered 2 meal. For example, he often refused soup and dessert, apoarently believing He PROD HOP AO although t full meal Various other TED. coc Osuald and of places — | where Oswald may have been in Mexico City were also touched upon, 16 | TOP SEGRES PAGE _~ = “455
"REPRODUCTION PROMINTED such as the bull fight arena, the jai alai games, and the places where he may have purchased tourist items. For example, Larson and another one of their arents had col ed silver shops in an attempt to locate ARH wald may have purchased a silver bracelet tnseriped hart The response had been - negative at each shep and subsequent investigation has shown that such bracelets are probably not sold in Mexico at all _ because they are made in Japan and the duty on importing then “ anto Mexico would make their price non-competitive with local products. We then asked what was the status of the Gutierrez a SRE OE” Ne IE tin investigation. Trend and Larson : and Anderson all agreed that ee Gutierre 2 was sincere and was doing all he could toe cooperate . ane ate ee te a oo with the investigation of what he claims to. have seen, In fact, Gutlerrez has spend a considerable arcunt of time trying to get more. valuable information and he has never tried to receive any compensa it PR OIC HORT veakness in a 4 Gutierrez’ story, accord Ghigiren FBI IG “eee? * is the identification of Oswald dhe |Dputtercez has failed | to identify Osvald as the man he saw at the Cuban Embassy ” pecelving money when shown a picture of Oswald passing oust pace 3 of 159
a " REPHODUCTION a PROT TOP SRERENT Fair Play fer Cuba p - -REPRORHETIOR Gurin, the sum: - of 1963. Gutierrez says th: aut he never saw hig man in prefile, only from the rear ana DRG PG ALE bs | aay from a direct foruard view. His best picce of identification is to the automabile he saw "Qsyold" and the Cuban enter just outside of the Embassy. Even here, however, asgumi:;; that his deseription of the automobile is completely accurate, there are probably ; dozens of such automobiles in and around Hexico City. Renault 4s a@ popular make of car in Hexico, znd the color des exibed by - Gutierrez is a popular color. One automobile ansverins this . Gescription and frequently seen around the Cuban Embassy has been located, but it is still registered under the name of the man who owned and sold it several yenrs ago. Tais situation is apparently eormon in Mexico. Mezicaus often resister a car’ under the name of its former owner 1n order to avoid paying 2 gales tax on the transfer, However, investigation is continu-~ _ing to see if the present owner of this particular automeblie can be located. In addition, a constant surveillance of the ; | Cuban Embassy and itt be being kept, to spot this or F similar car, and AP REPRE Hone 4nvestication will | be carried out. 7 — PROHIBITED . Slawson then mentioned that we had brought with us from Washington all the items of physical evidence thich might | FeReOTED 7 CORY os ce oe A nn en PO ee ee me
So " REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED TOP SECRETE oo f relate to Hexico. It was aro ned that Slawsen and Larson would go throuvh these items later. We then inquired as to our seeing the reports REPRESS HOR of the FBI in Mexico. Anderson rep at these were open to cur cxami- nation at any time Pi RO MB BWA GQ) azents would show us . ‘whatever we would like to sce, We agreed that we would look at particular reports later, as the occasion warranted. — Silvia Duran was then disc issed. It eppeared that en ne her signed statement had finally been obtained from the . Mexican Police, Previously, the existence of such a statement — . had not been_known. We agreed that we vould see that later in the day or tomorrow and. that it would also pe rorwardea through nana : _— channels to the Coma zs4on in Washinton, ve emphasized that we wanted not only a translation of ‘she statement but, if Cc area nee ete ae ner pit pee eC . poss ible, a copy of the statement itself. The FBI representa- tives described Duran as best they could, basically, as a "Mexican pepper pot, "a devout communist, and "sexy." (The CIA | later shoved us & ch substantially con= firmed this deseri “PPPONETIOR would be the best : ‘approaches to our © pop GRE eB. Anderson felt that this would be a touchy point but agreed that we should try to _ 7 do it if we eould. Ke thought that the Mexican official that we should see about this as well as all other aspects of our sence cote tee emt ap e aE B  e
13-6Q000 - questions written in Se to ask. | Anderson would then ask Alvarado the que n in Spanish. REPRODUCTION PROLIBITED investigation was Luis Echevarria, Acting Secretary of the Intericr. ne onl COD he was well acquainted with Echevarria and tna Ele CHO with him, as aid Willens, Slarson and Coleman each got the impression from this conference that the FBI in Mexico City had been ' completely frank and open with us. So far as we can determine every question we asked was answered without an attempt at _ evasion, and much information volunteered which we had not -asked. Both: Larson and Anderson give a very good impression of competence and Anderson's knowledge of the details of the assassination investigation was especially umpressive since his duties are primarily supervisory. The Alvarado investigation was @lso reviewed, Clarke a Anderson said that he was present at the Alvarado interrogation which was taken under a polygraph mashine. The polygraph eet teed ttt ENON CATT . operator, who did not speak Spanish, stood behind Alvarado when he was fastened to the machine and pointed to various re eee er net «rae enue oa ’ ' In response J our NORMENTED... Anderson replied | that now that the investigations were more or less complete | 7 20 TOP SE c RET $ - COPY No.
13-0800. Oo ee a REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED TOP SEGRE his expert opinicn was that no foreign conspiracy arising out or or connectcd with the berritery of Hexice existed in con- nection with the eae fc] TOW tuat he felt that if such had existed, al HIN not have solved that it was in ee FI wh ons were in fact , . dacking. We asked Anderson how many different allegations of | Se oN este  eonspiracy hed been received by his office and he he repliéd, six. parent OS atten These were: the Gutierrez allegation, the Alvarado allegation, ee ‘the_Diaz Verso Verson 1 allegation, the Martino-Roja allegation, the Letter from Victor Cohen, and the allegation concomning the QS Star fant Vie 4 genwmen B dawe 40 Gane od on om do Blan CF eeee een men ge he om pF Bola de Gam bef gw Vos CT ee oom oo won ov in ow ad wa MISONO GAP Hee WRereey sehh bh Yap enh eR AAR 8 TERRA EY EEE SE ATA wane RENE at Se ere eer Ste espe Thema ae —neeeenancme. serious and that, after enaiyeis, the only one that still seened —_* serious | was Gutlerres!. _Anderson meadtly agreed. 3:20 p.m. to 6:00 elle Arter lunch Die three of us went to Hr. Scott's office, | ‘ana were there aiblaaoe Alan white: The conference was begun ad # us @ complete . narrative of the CIA's PROC (i a with Lee Harvey | Oswald, beginning. in September 1953 when they first picked up ! ‘information that Oswald had appeared at the Russian and cuban | Gomey GReine | Gea Que Geren GRA Gam aot omen 38 we 155,
13-00000 © _ through him -VWashington. -We agreed to this. REPRODUCTION = ess C, REPRODUCTION PROGIBITED msOF his narrative tha t he intended to make a complete Gisclosure_ ot all facts, ee ee including tha sources of has aAnformation, and- that he un Leta stcod that all three of us had been cleared for Top Secret and that we would not disclose beyond the confines of the . Commission and its immediate staff the information we obtained vithout Pia rae Peis: superiors in IN Mr. Scott's nar OGANTED. took a rather long time to complete, and we interrupted him at many points with specific questions. During the ccurse of the narrative we were et ero ae shovn the actual trans eripts, ¢£ plus the _translations, or all the telephone intercepts involved, and ve were also shown the reels of photographs for all the days in question that had been taken secretly outside the Cuban and Soviet Embassy entrances. Me. Scott's narrative disclosed that the CIA's action immedi - ately after the assassination consisted basically of alerting | | all its confidential sources of information throughout Mexico ! to imacdiately channel all information into their headquarters, and of compiling as complete dossiers as possible on Oswald and | everyone else Ghroughout Mexico who at that time the CIA knew — had had some contact Vif oe ene especially Slivia. Duran, who. because 5 been having an GO of 155, . PAGE _
7 REPRODUCTION ee affair with meme, tn the fexmer Cuban Ambassador to Mexico and peesentiy the Cuban representative z 1G the United Nations, had previousiy been of substantial interest to the ocIA, Eusiblo Azque, Duran's superior at the Cuban Embassy, Kostinev, a KCB representative at the Soviet Embassy, and others, and conveying this information to Vasnington. In addition, the cr worked closely with the FBI and with the Mexican authorities, especially on the Silvia Duran interrogations. Finally, . ' Mx. Scott, along with Hr. Anderson, was in constant contact with “ Ambassador Mann, to xed Rd) RET FE) Rest 2° on all '  4nformation coming in and Priel BED Ohi Scott pointea out tnat nis heauguarters naa picxea up 1 the name of Lee Harvey Oswald from commerclal radio broadsasts and had begun compiling information on him from its Mexican: files even before being requested to de so by CIA in vashineton. - 4ll his men were taken off any other assignment they may have been on and told to concentrate solely on the assassination, All the persons previously mentioned who might have been in contact with Oswald, plus other people who in Seott's opinion misht possibly be involved, were put under surveillance. This included, for example, the Cuban Ambassador and all known local Sea liaison ves i } 1 OMe vs Echevarria | Cuban and Russian intell ‘set up with Mexican offi
13-00000 - (| — REPRODUCTION PRONIBITED to the American Tnbassy at this time disclosed thet Echovarria and President Lopez Hateo had orderec’ the Mexican border closed for travel both ways, without having been requested to — do so by the American “RED inh id that the horder closure was so thoroush aR 3 CON children were trapped on both sices. PROHIBITED Scott's narrative plus the materials we were shown disclosed immediately how incorrect-our-previotis information had been on Oswald's contacts with the Soviet and Mexican our “information had been “pubjected had entered some place in tp neh A A Jasnington, becaus? the ULA inrormation tnat_we were snovn by Scott was unambiguous on almost all the crucial points. We cneeneinnaans ‘Seceemrmeemser nt 0 had previously planned to show Scott, Slawson's reconstruction ae ES of Oswald's probable activities at the embassies to get “tent Scott's opinion, but once we saw how badly distorted our infor- "~Ssnaerrtereraa=S=outnrascyesgangpntnayieastatemngenannemapusiaece Tt It mation was we realized that this would be useless. Therefore, the original source materials,  PRORIBITED. visit. - Embassiess Apparently the distortions and omissions to hich ee Party ss possible from | i time during our | In view of what we had learned. about the photographic ‘coverage of the Cuban and Soviet Embassies, we inquired whether photographs of Oswald coming or going from one or both REPRODUCTION _ PROUBITED ~ougsn7® oo 155 42 £ COPY Won
RTD TOP SECRET embassies might be available. Scott said they were not. He explained that photographic coverage was limited by and large to the daylight weekday hours, because of lack of funds and because no adequate technical means for taking photecsraphs at night from a lonz distance yw 4 clal light, which was of course out of FO ETM cc omstance » had been developed. PROBED . We brousht up the question of Gutierrez and received "from Scott and White basically the same information we had . previously learned from the FBI, though somewhat attenuated because, as Seott and white pointed out, the FBI was carryine the primary responsibility with Gutierrez. We suggested that Gutierrez' story might be confirmed or refuted by photographs taken by the CIA, that in particular the automobile he claimed to have seen might show up on the fringes of some of these photographs, and we inquired whether an appropriate examina-~ tion of the picture reels had.been made, White replied that | such an examination had not yet been mage and that he suspected that it would’ diselose nothing new, because the photographs covered little more than the entrance itself, . day later Scott report ED EPROOUETIBI Ene had. - been made and proved “rae t | However, he promised a make Di an examination. (About a | | | } Ca3 }— vom d co
13-00000° In answar to cur question, white and Scott pave 7 & ry their profes sional opinions that there probably was not a foreign conspiracy connested with Mexico involving the assassination of the President. They, like Anderson, felt ! that had there been suc ater cil at least by : this time have had some “PRO CITED or its existence, | { ‘We asked Mr. Seott to set 1 EDD a with Secretary ' Echevarria for all three cf us at th: earliest pessible tine. ! fe wanted both him and Mr. Anderson there, if possible, both as a interpreters and because their previous personal acquaintance with the Secretary would facilitate cur dealings. Scott tele- phoned Anderson and confirmed this request. | We then reenteree our discission of the assassination in general, as it related to Mexico, It appeared that the CIA | - ‘ ; T forwarded certain material developed elsewhere to Scott, even though these materials might have “reasonably related to the Mexican investigations. For example, eee the contents of the letter wnich Oswald wrote to the Russian Embassy after he returned ta the United states, describing certain aspects of hi pi. had never been disclosed to Scott / or his staff. - We we : Mf salgiite) | Hit ft this letter at | this meeting. PRRGTED | zor SECRED an
13-09000 REPRODUCTION ' ofthe nein n existence aside from the Comulssion copies” ‘this time Boonstra's only comm would involve substant ii REPROD ‘the Foreign Office be a con PROLIBITED ea) owcm qa mqum ocomii qamp 9 Gome Dacing this seneral digeausgzion ue, Willens ras called out vo meet with Minister Escnstra in regard to the publicity wrich had anpeared in the local nevspapers about our visit. This involved the draftinz of a telesran to the State Departnucnté in POR ONG Hs puvlicity and an estimate as to the PROG 7 LE Villens learned at this time frem Eoonstra thatt ail d not have a copy e forvarded to the Commission by Ambassador Mann. Apparently, Ambassador Mann's personil file is the only one it, all 2+ ee eects eens Sateettert) + eterna other copies having | been destroyed when the Ambassador left his ‘post: in Bexico. Boonstra told YWidiena “that he {Econstra) is the nn a only person other than Scott-and-—-Andorson--who-was_involved with Ambassador Hann in the assassination investigations. Mr. liens asked Eoonstra to begin thinking about how best we could forward a request to the Mexican officials for a complete report on their role in the assassination investigations. At | ent was that such a report should, if possible, be obtained prior to its being reviexed by the Mexican Foreign Office, because such a review micht censor out substantial portions for political reasons and in ariy event ed that review by _ENTED Ss E c RET caren nee te neneneeran tet an-teemenmince tet ners natant ana uanpenen went se "REPRODUCTION __ FRO ITED once 45. of 155. COPY NO. o . — |
BO REPRODUCTION TOP SECRET ee ey OB a time, but that it wo EP Ole Wy (ON. the information at this stage. : PRORBITED Back in the CIA offices, during Willens!_abscenece, Slauson and Colenan discussed the cable traffic fron the Soviet and Cuban Emoassies both during the time of Oswald's visits there_in_September-October 1953 and imme immediately after the . assassination. Scott and White said that no increases or _ : umysual variations had been noted at either time. We then dis-. _ cussed briefly the possibilities that the National Security | _ Agency might be able to "break" the nodes for the times when Oswald was in Mexico City, using as a key the fact that Oswald's attempt to obtain a visa was probably communicated to Washington on Friday or Saturday, September 27 or 28. Scott pointed out that all his office did with coded materials was to send them back to the National Security Agency in Washington in the form in which it obtained them. They felt that the code- breaking might be “mee On and should be tried. Coleman, Willens and Slawson appeared at ‘the FBI offices at 9:00 a.m., as we had agreed to do the previous ‘evening, and there met Rolfe Larson. The plan had been that we
13-G0000-- | ;  REPRODUETICR were fisnedintely to depart on a tour of the spots which Os.ald had visited during his trin to Mexico, but Larson told us that he had just been eRe ROT that time we expected some SSAPLS the hour when ve eculd meet with scores GUD ED therefore sat in Anderson's cffice and discussed with Larson the relative il 9:45, because by locations aad other physical espects of the places we were to “gee later in the morning. Soon Anderson cane in and told us thnat the appointment with Echevarria was firm for 11:30. The Ambassador had been told about the meeting and again approved . it, repeating his conditions that wren we ask Echevarria for permlissicn to speak directly with Mexican citizens that we make clear that we wanted all interviews to be within the American Embassy and to be completely voluntary. We then had a brief discussion on how we would handle the meeting with - Echevarrie. Willeng and Slawson said that we had agreed the previous evening that Bill Coleman would carry the discussion _ for us and that Coleman would spend the first few minutes in ~ eonveying the gratitude and appreciation of the American. . Government to the Mexican Government for its assistance to date, dts satisfaction with the quality of such assistance, etc., and other matters of etagiye aan which we had been ‘ _ told were essential "p a nL manner with . 7 OP ul am a awe SECRET PAGE 47 og 155
tn TOP SECRET mexicans. Anders on and the others present at this conference agreed that this ““REPRONUCTION $:45 a. . e a lp | The three of us were driven by Rolfe Larson in an unmarked automobile around the various points that had been touched upon by Oswald. We saw the Transportes del Norte bus . terminal, the Transportes Frontera bus terminal, the Plecha _ dél Comercio, the restaurant next door to the hotel where ; Oswald repo.tedly ate many meals, otuer hotels in the neighbor- hood of the Hotel Gel Comercio and “ne vartona hia ataticna: and this netghborhood generally, the Cuban Embassy and Roja bus teaminal, the Chihuahuiences travel agency, the Hotel | | Consulate, end the Russian Embassy and Consulate. | i | Several observations yere immediately obvious. The two embassies are close enough together so that Oswald almost 7 certainly walked back and forth between them when the occasion ecgelled for it. The embassies, althougn theoretically reachable from the Hotel del Comercio or the inter-city bus stations by bus would be much too [RMB ane was not familiar with the bus lines in’ ally for someone - mop SE CRET | a local bus, are in co RD so lecated that reaching them by | j t ate one pact ret ae : remem. ne eee oe : ai
13-00000 ~ " REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED who did not spcack epar 145h fluently cisuch to ect precise directions. The Hotel del Ccemercio, althowsh certainly a cheap hotel and one in which Americar tourists would ordinarily never stay, has a an appearance and, according to Larson, is in fact oD ncside, and stands out from its | | ERO =ialeaa than the other | surroundinss as being alk hotels in the seat Although one-way streets make it difficult to drive from the Flecha Roja. bus terminal to the Hotel del Comercio . except by devious routes, for someone walking, as Osyald was, it would be an easy distance and a natural direction to walk. The hotels near this particular bus terminal are almost all | grouped around the same arca as the Hotel del Comercio, and — | it would seem very possible that Oswald could have been | | directed towards this neighborhood if he inguired of the whera- abouts of an inexpensive hotel. Moreover, coming from the direction of the bus terminal, the Hotel del Comercio would very ‘Likely be the first reasonably clean and attractive hotel that : one would notice. Sone.of the other hotels in this neighborhood . eloser to the terminal than the del Comercio are also attractive, although pemnape mers quite so as the Hotel del Comercio, bat Rolfe Larson pointed earlicr and therefore Oss
" REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED corn the street if he intulesd at one of thom for a rcon and was turned dovn. “Larson confirs voll : aec Lor Cuban revolutionaries ‘SOF _even for Cubans, | ee said that she of course had inves-_ tigated this possibility and that his examination of the hotel . register for the periods around Oswald's visit there had dis-~ “glosed only one Cuban name. Further investigation showed that this belonzed to a Cuban family man who had his family withhim and that they were tourists traveling throuch Mexico. The Caban ond Soviet Imbassies have no remarkable characteristics except that both are surrounded by high adobe walls which make observation of their interiors extremely difficult. The Cuban Consulate, where Oswald did most of his cealings, is a small separate pbuilding on the corner of the Cuban complex of buildings, with its exterior walls. coterminous with the adobe walls which surround the area. Its front coor therefore opens onto the street. Exit and entry into the = au Sas Sas ' Consulate, thercfore, tes NE ay le Cote TON in thet it can easily be observed by persons
13-90060. REPRODUCTION Arter Geiving around with frirson we retuened and parched the car in frent of the american iabasay and waited jact oubside the car ror Seott and Anderson to eoeme out, as we had asreed beforehand. They cane out shortly after 11:00 a.m, 3 vere linistry of the Interior to mea r Fohevarrt sans PROBED We arrived at Senor Echevarria'’s office somewhat and we all « early but were nevertheless immediately brought in to meet hin. “We were soor joined by his head assistant for this kind of york, Senor Lhancez, Chict of Inepections, Clarke Anderson acted as interpreter, under our instructions that he should feel free to elaborate as to courtesies and detaila at any tine, and Winston Scott also interpreted at a few points. As previously acrecd, Me. Coleman did the talking fer ee natn the Aneriean commission in particular, for the the three of us. govermicnt, and of the cooperation our natiec n his ageney.and fron the Hexican government generally, and in general exchanged pleasantries and courtesies. Coleman also told Echevarria that eremege peer 2 areanirs eeenrae tan eee eNO, + ee sameeren etree — e+ PAGE ==
ee -—— RePROBNETION _ TED Coleman asked that the Mexican povernement give the Commission a complete and as detailed as possible report on all the inves sticat thai A Fai eHETION in connection with the ass Yr ac ? ssassination and on_any other such as closing the border, 4t had curricd PRON) EAB ese | readily agreed to do this, saying that all the basic reports which would go inte such an overall report had already been prepared and that he ; could deliver the overall report on 48 hours notice. He | asked, however, that we deliver a formal request for this . report to the Mexican foreign office, addressed to his atten- tion, in order that it not be mistakenly sent to some other police or investigatory agency in Mexico. (we had learned . from other sources that there are 25 different police forces operating in the Mexico Federal District alone.) He said that he would telephone the foreign office immediately after our eonference to alert them that he was the person responsible for the note and would appreciate its being forwarded to him for his appropriate action. We agreed that ve would deliver such | a note that afternoon REP ROBE denM his attention as . -he had mequested. Mr. Coleman PR OUIBITED...... that we were treating all communications from hexico on this subject as Ao eee ae oe 9 amare erate tateenen stm Linen geet en sy me = cam men 7 ‘ confidential and that we would do the same fo. the report he was , 3h . f OP s E. C RE £
13-00000 j " REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED ZOP SKHRCRET out Cems ome Bt gmey anew going to deliver to us. We would publish only after recelyvin.: elearance from the Nexican government, which clesrance ve Pianned Co seck at some later point in our investigation. Echevarria egreed that this had been his understanding all alons and that it pe Sel ay tanding upon which he would convey the f ace TON Echevarria neDR KOREN LED the overall ‘situation and gave his etrong opinion that there was no foreign . cons spiracy involved in the assassination, at least no conspira~- “ey connected with Mexico. Coleman then brought up the matter of our intervicwe ing witnesses for documentation purposes and to find out additional information, if possible, in Hexico. To give a specific illustration of what we had in mind, Me. Coleman used the manager of the Hotel del Comercio as an example. Echevarria replied basically in the affirmative, but he made two important qualifications. First, he felt that the inter-_ vievs should not be in “iti ecause to hold them there would &ive the ig TON esos investiga- mre nO FE nent on Mexican soil, and this, he felt, would oi very a sadvantageous tion being carried on by politically Yor the present exican gover maent. He pointed | out
13-08000 eo ——— REpREDUCTION a RTE ZO 2 neat eae BUR em ede on aH bas <3 tJ i] oo [% ra baat an election for preaident was scheduled to be held in July, that such cleaticns were neld only every six years in Mexico, and that the present tine was therefore eztrenely sensitive politically. One of the most effective prevasanda weapons the cemounists have in Eexaico is the alleged American comination and interference with the Mexican rovernment and any unduly public investigatory. activities cn our part would * lend themasives to this kind of propayanda. Second, Echevarria requested that the interviews with Mexican nationals not be 7 formal but that Anstestp ; wht to arrange to have lunch or cof'fee, (EPROD UCTioN with whom ve Our reply to this, made through Mr. Coleman, waa tht we did not want any appointments for lunch or otherwise made at this time because we wanted to leave the entire problem open. We had not in our own minds decided whether and to what extent we wanted to proceed on this basis. . Echevarria agreed that he would take no ection until we requested it. ny ane There was an interruption here while Echevarria spoke in Spanish to Ibanez. The three of us took the cppor- i tunity to consult oo we 2 ify ene another, | " Coleman felt that Ain ew 7 ni reluctance to permit - TOP MT Co | Cc Cad | €9 > a
13-00000--. importance as to silvia Duran, etc., a8 outlined in the previous spiracy had been hatched during Oswald's visits to Mexico. AG “REPRODUCTION. PRORIBITED formal meetizis cven with unimportant witnesses such as the hotel clark, thas the p s“cponal ve had for dealing with Silvia Duran oi cnt to mmm oun » He proposed to do. this by shiftins the ronan o the overall report, Duran! S interrosation was of the hake importance, and then hopefully shiftins the conversation ento the subjest of how ye ' eould deal directly with Duran. Willens and Slawson agreed with this apprceach. Coleman then again spoke tc Echevarria, referring back to the overail report and describing our feeling of paragraph. Echevarria rcplied by emphatically agreeing that Duran's testimony was of the greatest importance and promising Fate eee me eo pene nem a cnet mee ener epee tennant to go into as much detail and documer.tation as possible in _ connecticn with her evicence in his final report. He commented that it was upon the information his men had obtained from her that he had relied most heavily in concluding. that no con . about this point, Echevarria abruptly took ste ps to end the 7 . meeting, He said = PEER nt to have lunch with Gueen ane ‘yho wa ON en an official visit 7 | wa = 93 185,
13-00000° looking Cuban but on to say that he /Thanez/’ was completely at our disposal for . “but that in some instances we might find it rather too informal . - with some of the witnesses. . Ibanez replied that in that case ‘this was in line aR R ARIE oe ee that REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED to KMexieco, end that he of course nad to be on tine. Coleman uSed the opportunity to say Jokinjly that we would like to have lunch with Slivia Duran while Echevarria was with the Queen. Echevarria replied in the same vein that we would not gen was not 2 go0c- result on Duran, the mp yagi BITED As we were leaving and walcing down the stairs to have as much fun as i a rather inconclusive 4) _ the entrance of the building Senor Ibanez came up, behind and - asked Clarke Anderson to stay a minute and speak wlth hin, vhich Anderson did. The rest of us proceeded to our car in the parking lot outside to await Anderson. Anderson later told us thas Ibanez had held him back making any arrangements for lunch or otherwise with Mexican nationals. Clarke Anderson told Ibanez that we appreciated this at a luncheon to transact the kind of business we hoped to do he would be happy to set up appointments at his office in the Ministry of the Interior bullding.— Anderson questioned whether Echevarria hoped to PRE Ibanez that perheps it + TOP SECR E Tv PAGE _ 5 ost 158.
13-00000 . Minister Boonstra's office as soon as we arrived at the American . Embassy. We reviewed with Boonstra vhat had occurred with '" Echevarria. We decided that we woulc. submit the note to the ' Wexlean governmnent that afternoon, it possible, althoush ever was not. However, the possibility of usin Ipnnes' office vas not foreclosed. | We then Re fr the mubassy, arriviny there about noon. NOG | The three of us plus Scott and Andersen went to one recognized the difficulty of delivering tne note te the proper Mexican officials which was created by the visit of Queen Juliana. Eoonstra pointed out that not only was there an . official lunch, at which Echevarria was now in attendance, but that a state dinner was planned for that evenings. Boonstra requested that we draft the substance of the note immediately ‘and that it then be given to him for shaping into final form. We then discussed with Boonstra the problem of Silvia Duran. We pointed out that our only interest in wite nesses other than “RES an gig Mae testimony for authentication. ‘purposk wer LGN there was any- thing we. could learn then that fr. Larson and otner FBI agents had no rned. This was not. " REPRODUCTION PRORIBITED oy . e eres co eee epee ie me ene entree tn te npn gente oes erences eal tirana HS 9 ALR REN ALLEGE ONLY Oe te eS ENTE EP yA SC gE ne ER 9
13-Q0000-». ».. best approach to try to speak to Duran. Boonstra frankly stated ee SO, REPRODUCTION PRORIBITED ZROP SECRET teuc of Durnn, novever, baonuse she had been interviewed only by the Mexican police and we ecnsid cared that interview Anadequate. (I should potet out that we do net consider it totally inadequat “REPRODUCTION Getalls such as Csuald's physical appear: ire 2Onments or Pemacks he may Hl interrcuate Mrs. Buran further, Qn the essential poiat of whether or not his . have made, ctc., that ikaly contacts with the Embassy consisted of anythin other than ‘an attempt to travel to Cuba, Silvia Buran'’s knowledge has . probably been exhausted. ) We discussed with Roonstra the that at this point it vas his epinion that we would not be shle to get through to her. He felt that the Mexicans were too politically sensitive to risk having her picked up a third time under arrest and that she, being a comunist and especi- ally because her husband was a very militant communist and 2 very bitter person in general, would not azree to any kind of voluntary appearance. Kevertheless, he feocnstra/ would raise no objection to our attempt to orrange a meeting with her. te , therefore agreed that Scott or Anderson would recontact : Ibanez and if necessary Echevarria as well to try to arrange a (ii NI out that even ' Nee as stated by ‘at i) P SE BIL PACE ~~ $——
13-00000 . POP SECRET Echevarria, possibly for lunch, we could arrange that the luncheon would be in @ private place and that its lecation “would not be disclosed to Mrs. Duran prior to her arrival there. She could be picked up in an Embassy car and driven to some other part of the city. Also, if necessary, the room and/or our persons could be fitted with recording pmparatus so that no notes would “EP RODEC HON proof of what was discussed could be obtained and kept mg Mi indefinite period “nearer, PROSIBITED Boonstra suggested that we consider the use of a “eutout" for Duran. By this he meant that she could be taken to the Unived States on some unofriciai journey, for exampie, to give her story to an American magazine, and while in the nr vos United States she could then appear before the Commission. We discussed the pros and cons of a cutout and decided that it was worth considering, and that we would bring it. up at the highest _ levels of the Conmission after we returned to the United States. constra lasted only about onee The conferengs ris half hour. All of us the office which had PRE - Coleman at the Embassy, and 4 wson, Willens and the note to be sent BO REPRODUCTION adi AQ Mets20a to room 510, . oe a a wate
13-00000- oe “REPRODUCTION — — PROHIBETED PPielal pecurt’ on cr gt @ or pa is o is “% feo @ es 3 ow po eo: f es o cS Ee r¢) ad ad 4 o Bt 3528 st Le Nas the nore was desen up ‘At WAS Gelivered bask to Bos IPO debe Fe oC abinues ous senfcrenec. Tis soaference eensisted of a raat Puller dig- cu ssicn of tre alternatives of getting Duren toe testify eithe: to the Comaission or to representatives cof the Comminsion. . Fhe - details, difficultics and pozsible virLations ef a "eutout® . were vone into by Seott. wer also informed Scott end Andersen in detail of the kind of paydents whicn Turan ecaald Llesitimst+ly ; expect if she vere to journey to wasninetan, that ia, the usual | witnoze Pees, ner hosel and weal expenses, the hetel and mead me mo tg! FO. amy ee Pe ge ay TE dy & a. te te gs eZ > Lo « Be a a Bey + om mm Re iain 0 Heed TS Mth ay ND AO Bat Ge a oe eh F Seb cn Bo BO Sag 86 te 00 ae Won te SOW SW Pawar Sf se we Bel he ee fees, and of course the travel expe:ses for keth of them. This conference ended vhen we Cesided 16 vas time te break for 2unsh. it was agreed that Anderson would contact Ivanez to tey to work cut aun imnediate followeup ca Duran in Hexieco city. while we were re eres RED RD reaches to Duran, ‘for exemple, a request to Much ON. Washingten or elsosere in the peste spancees bafore the Commission, the ' "eutout” approach, etav, would be deferred ee . pending reeetpt of the outcome of ‘Anderson's conversstion with Ibanez. Ti einem teen pans pte apenas ert nee ee Ing 1D he 149 Te 19 =) bees [+3 D : : | i COPY NO. a weet Poneneee) neem De ene tem te ee cee eres cet ae : * on -
"REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED ter a ee ¢ Clarice Anderson. ack Me. Anderson vas not ~ Fu By TED W seeinz Tbanez, but we were acconpani BED) 2. Larson had two Gocuments for us read. Tne bert was Slivia Duran's signed statement, accompanied by a translation, and the second was a - group of reports on the exit of Oswald from Mexico by ansportes del Norte bus. We also used the occasion to discuss with Larsen the best procedires for authenticating the evidence gathered in Mexico. Since the conditions set up by Echevarrla were not amenable to our getting direct authentication from the Hextean witnesses involved, we propos ed that the FBI agenta who had | heard the testimony or received the pertinent itens of docu- | | mentary or physical. evidence from the Mexicans would them= | selves be asked to give testimony before a representative or | the Commission and,. by reference to the source of their | | materials, nase EPRODUE TIO explained in some _ . detail how this would work and as n to conduct his _— ! procedures 80 as to ee CEH FBhcatson as firm and as . easy 23 possible, and to convey this message to all other FST agents in the area, who’ were working on ‘the assassination. . Golenan, espectelly, “emphasized to Larsen the > desirability or PAGE. ~iy _ PROAIBITED - : 7 oe : : - COPY — —
13-00000 = ' ghowxed Ehite and Scott the result of our work, for their seein PORTED REPRODUCTION PROGIBITED Ce ee ae) pt to ; a mininum and that each decument wo RU MH el BiBpoey of a reliable person at all times. Larson gave the impression of readily understanding all this and he of course agreed to our sugges-~ tions. 3330 p.m. to 3230 - By pre-arrangenent we met at 3:30 with Winston Scott. With him again was his assistant, Alzn White. The occasion for this meeting was to give us the opportunity to go through all the intercepts carefully and to use them as a basis for reconstructing Oswald's activities insofar as they touched upon the Cuban and Soviet Embassies. This we did, and we then comment. They agreed in every respect with our conclusions. Zz wiil not go into great detail here because these conclusicns will of course be ine ive report on Oswald's activities in Heat coe is e the conclusions On Friday, September 2T: . fine 10:00 a.m. Flecha Roja bus arrives in oo Mexico City PAGE” 82.5158,
13-00000 TOP SECRET | Ee i BY li ae 5 | ta 337 Mes Sometime sone -PaGAlBINE®. visits Russian still Asdiste. — Sone time later still, which includes the period 4:05 to 4:26 in the afternoon Saturday, September 28: Tine Morning Some time includ~ . ding 11:51 a.m. Some time later Tuesday, 0 Time 24:20 a.m. _ We then discussed the Dorticos-Armas intercepts and examined them in some detail. REPRODUCTION — PROHIBITED REPRODUCE AN REPRODUCTION PROGMBITED Oswald tel eephone? the RBussicn FRAN get uv Cuban Consulate. Osvald visits the Cuban Consulate and durins this visit Silvia Duran. calls the Russian Consulate and soon thereafter the Russian Consulate telephones her back. Osvald visits the Russian Cousulate Oswald visits the Cuban ' Consulate and durinz this visit Silvia Duran phoned the Russian Consulate. Oswald probably again visited the Russian Gonsulate d i . 10: 31 = ROH aa telephenes the Russian : y and is told to exll = CC: the Russian Consulate instead. Oswald calls tne Soviet Consulate. He is hung up on. We asked Mr. Seott for his PAGE 263 sp cory NO. _ "1 7 ance man pp gttra tte I : wo « pees
- : PROWIBITED opinion of then and he told us that after re-reading then many tirics and risted EPPA) He ABN criginal he was of the opinion that Pa Cuba was not referring to the fact that money Csuald aft the Cuban Embassy. He emphasized, however, that the telephone connection was a very bad one ~- he said the voices rose and fell extremely, as will sometimes happen on a radio connection ona ; long distance overseas call -- and he suggested that ve have the tapes re-translated by some Sp2 ni sh-speelcing Cuban who is - familiar with the dialect of Spanish current on that island, insluding Sjang and nuances, He said the tapes were currently 7 | with the CI( in Washinton and that we eantd arrance far such a re-translation xhen we returned. He emphasized, however, | that his own opinion was firmly as he just stated it. He Suggested the re-translation only as a means of eliminating any doubts which might be in our minds and as a doublecheck on his own opinion which after all, under the circumstances would be in error. Willens REPRCNCTIEN. Helms to begin | the process of re-tra nen he, cott, saw “ Helms in Washington au PRE RBI in| ree scheduled for the | s) - week of April 13. Scott said he wo th is. We. then aiscussed what the commission could eventually publish to the American public out cf all the material ve had. TOP SECRET eee
13200000 - TOP SECRET received in Nexico and in Washington from the CIA. All of us AIG Di i TN afternoon could be tentative only, ee) cna decision would have to be made at the higher echelom pax OHH eedppze and the Comuission. Slawson put out the suggestion that the Commission might realized that any coef ED publish a narrative containing all the detail obtainable from Silvia Duren's statements and from the "open" investigations _ carried on by FBI agents and Mexican police agents throughout PAGE 6 65 ofl 55 55 0) x. 2 ; Mexico, supplemented to some extent by the information obtained through the CIA's wire-tapping activities and the CIA's ; 4nformants. This supplement, however, would not be in detail; rather, for example, it would use phrases like “in the after- noon" in place of "4:05 p.m." Also, no absulute quotes would be used. Only the substance of conversations would be given. The sources for this narrative would be stated to be Silvia Duran's interrogation,. the "open" investigations and "other confidential sources considered reliable by the Commission and the federal intelligen ved." Mr. Scott's reply to this suggestion waiig Ono... be acceptable to the CIA. He said ene REDE lved a certain amount of compromise of his security wii the compromise was acceptable when balanced against the importance of the occasion. We asked whether he felt it would disclose to Russian and Cuban on | TOP SECRET “eer rrrerem mm m= Es net ae ap er neste ne ceteris HA eee nt eee nn ger angen nem eee oe ate oy C. REPRODUCTION PROWEITED
13-00900- C , —RGEIBATED intellicence the oxistense of thiz particular wire-tapping by - he CIA. His renly EPR jj I ropably assused its existence anyray. : i I oanaian the proposal put forvard would disclose PRE arreRy existence of any t e pnotosvanhie observations. Nor, ve, would it disclose anythin; that would permit enemy intelligence to discover who the CIA's informants are in Hexico or where they are Located. } We then briefly discussed the statement of Silvia Duran which ve had read earlier in the dey in the FSI offices. Tae CIA had not yet seen this Statement, 5330 p.m. to 5: to 6:00 p Dome Tre three of us then returned to Clarke Anderson's office... Anderson yvave us a report on his meeting with Ibanez, © He toid us that Ibanez and he had dis eussed our making arranze- ments to see Silvia Duran. . The outcome of the discussion wes that Ibanez himself’ was very agreeable but said that he would have to clear it REP RODE Echevarria. = OBIT : ye ‘returned to PROMI IB (ED. .. the way there vere _ handed a copy of the formal request to the Mexican Government ee ea ee ‘for its complete ‘pepert on the assassination. _ A copy is - ‘cree RNITgER gS -eme— en rs : : see eee ce ce me ee tee mee , : : nes Te TT
PROMIBIVED cuet ae a Ce attached to this memorandum. We were told by bir. Montlior, political officer choush an attempt had been mace to PROC TION... it had failed because all. the respond (ie TH ippeta2s were out entertaining Gueen Juliana. Another attempt would be made at approximately 6:30 p.m. this sane ‘day, and 4f that failed, continuing attempts would be made ‘on Saturday, (We were later ~ 4nformed thet the note had been delivered late Saturday .morning.) os. We took the copy of the note which had been handed to * us to lir. Harry Bergold, Second Secretary in the embassy, and asked him to sce that the Commission be informed throush channels in Washington of the contents of this note, when it was delivered, what the response was, when the response was received, and in general a full documentation and report on the entire series of transactions. He agreed that he would see that this was done. "| IN Coleman, Wi -RONaaRe met in room 510 and spent about an hour or slightly Me n reviewing what we had — | — accozplished to date and what. further work we hoped to get cone 49 TOP SECRET
| — PROGIBTTED POP SECnES before returning to REPRO We agreed at this time DUCTION there was sufficient work remaining so that PRO Re FED. snould stay over at least until Monday afternoon but that unless Thanez | replied to the effect that an interview with Silvia Duran could be arvanged shortly, Mr, Coleman was free to return to the United States on Sunday. 12:00 Noon to 3:00 v.m. After having decided among ourselves what further work had to be done while we were in Mexico, we went to Mr. Anderson's office where we met Me. Anderson and Rolfe Larson. The following points were covered, with the econelus~ ions as stated: We asked that the exact tine, rather than the scheduled time, upon 's bus from Nuevo Laredo arrived in Mexico alale Rone Kian Hg GM ef be ascertained. : | We pointed out that en RG if nil RoE ant in determining — . whether Oswald immediately began STEN... calls and/or - ; his visits to the embassies or whether he first checked in at his hotel. ‘The FBI agreed to do this. We reminded. Anderson and Larson that we had some ' Items of physical evidence which, although not of prime Paseo | : moe etme ee eee wosee cee met eee ne, epee
ROTTED TOP SECRET imnortance, might be helpful in thei: further investigations, eearuii ii ajieaini\ iam meet early Monday morning to &O rough. these. We asked enor NCLB TED, the hours upon which both the Cuban and Russian Consulates were open to the public and it was decided t during the dates when Oswald would have had excess to them. Also, if possible, the FBI should deermine if it was common - practice to stay open later than the normal hours or be open on days such as Saturday when they were not officially open. Once again we asked Anderson to review the GutLerrez investigation, which he did. We asked if there were any reports either being prepared or that had already been sent to _ Washington on this matter which we had not yet received. We were told that there were not. The status of the Gutierrez investigation is therefore that the surveillance of the Cuban Embassy will continue indefinitely in an attempt to pick up the | . automobile which was identified by Gutierrez, all other lines of investigation which EDR ) a IG of seemed to have been followed as far as a) led, W. hy negative results, — For purposes PROB ITED our Mextean evidence ye told Anderson that ye would want a ‘list of the names of ail ee ae ee Trt cement oases ‘ the FEL agents who had obtained evidence in Mexico and we 51 7 @OP SECRET | | a | SIMO OT
13-00000 - PRORIBITED TOP SECRET Giscunsed briefly what vould be the most convenient place to have these agents meet with a representative of the Commissic,, for the takinz of their depositions. Anderson replied that either Washington or New Orleans would be fine from his point of view. We review : wRAt-bhs hoped to follow in an ROU He IHUANY ae: 12 | agents, as we had ent SER on Friday, and | | | Anderson agreed that it would be a workable arrangement. In this connection 1t came out that Osvald's tourist card appli- . gation, which was made from New Orleans, was not handled by . the FBI Mex’.can office and therefore authenticating it would be a probies to be handled elsewhere. We agreed that we xouldé ' pursue this when we returned to Washington. We requested an itemized list of the cost of the items and services that Osvald probably purchased while in Hexico and while DEB RO DUD to and from Mexico. It was agrect RUE PD ae OUCH go through this seenit. — PROBIBITED We then discussed the desirability of our obtaini* that Silawson and Lar a more complete knowlecge of the procedures of the Cuban Embassy, especially as they re elate to the practice tn grat - visas and the different kinds of travel permits which woul! | 52 | POP SECRET PEAOUET a PROG BED _10 COPY NO.
" REPRODUCTION ——PRORIBETED available to someone in Oswald's circumstances. Likewise, we were interested in learning what obstacles to travel between HG wap Fil ROC ON from the Mexican, rather than the Cuban, Bats TE. agreed to give us as full 2 report on L | but the difficulties are obvious. In general, he. told us that, largely at the . Mexico and Guba ti instigation. of the United States government, the Mexican author-~ ities are very strict about Americans traveling between Cuba and Mexico. For example, their passports are stamped "Departed for Cuba on 51964" before the traveler gets on an airplane ‘bound for Cuba. Likewise, the Mexiczn Immigration officials will not permit anvone, whether Mex! an or American, to depart for Cuba unless he has the proper Cuban travel permits. No special Mexican travel, permit is required for Americans at least, but the Mexican officials indirectly enforce Cuban law | by insisting upon eccmplete Cuban documentation. (It should be pointed out that this is unusual. Normally, border officials are concerned only “RE PROUT. country or with | | ‘their own nationals vho m We pointed out to : Anderson that the reo GRE that we get this so | information was that we needed it its the plausibility, and thereby the reliability, of the other evidence we liad on what Oswald was doing and trying to do at the Cuban and $s Soviet Embassies, J.e., we wanted to see whether his activities made TOP SECRET
13-00000 © Oc REPRODUCTION TO P SEC R ET sense in the light of the normal Cuban and Mexican precedures. 4 We then betefly discussed the "two suitcase problem." we related how we no ER RO EHO Nb wor left New Orleans for Mexico he was carry ‘AG but that all our evidences relating to hi that he had with nim only a single suitcase, 2 small blue ‘aujico pointed to the fact _ @ipper bag. Marina's testimony and the testimony of lirs. Ruth - Paine both tended to confirm the one-suitcase evidence. We said that we did not want the FRI to undertake any kind of . search immediately, because we had not yet had an opportunity. to re-interrsgate our witnesses in New Orleans who had testi-~ OS og B Be Be tay gue ‘@ Ya oe Baw. dee ee 2. it om ococem Fae mm inten an fim woe «tbe die ato ee ls was wabtwan tad oan say we one Gl Remains WP That cer ta aD SP 3B = Uh oe Tem Rad Geld RDO Rn Er wrens ee ee tote OS Be _ ve-interrog.tion confirmed their testimony in this respect, we wondered what kind of searches in or around Laredo, Texas 4 or Nuevo Laredo, Mexico for such a missing suitcase might be practical. Anderson and Larson both felt that the FBI was fully capable of searching Laredo and Nuevo Larede fer a | missing suitcase, n REPRODUCTION °° as to make such a : ' geareh unreasonably ‘Ding | ae PROMBITED ; Ye told Ander not yet come to a firs decision as to whether we would want ‘to bring Albert Osborne j Sie ett = ee ED ot ar om SF ete oa me mee ® to Kashington or elsexhere in the: United States to testify before the Comaission or a representative of the Cormission, TOP SECRET _ 7 rs |
13-Q0000°. 7 ‘FePHODUCTIO RToP SECRET even on a voluntary basis. Certainly if he were soins to resist testifyins and we had to subocona him, we wanted to think further about it PEPPOMUC TION ncores vhat the FBI in Mexico could do “B TETTED of Osborne so that we could obtain him cn PRU Te... if we desired to - do so in the future. After some dis cussion or the alternatives open in Mexico, where Osborne was at last report, for ‘keepin: - tabs" on an individual, Anderson replied that he would ask th2 Mexican police to put Osborne on a "two week reporting basis." "He felt sure the Mexicans would comply. This means that Osborne, bet ng a person under suspicion and being an alien, is. told that be must come into a certain police station and repert on a regular basis. To weeks is a common interval for this sort of thing, but is sometimes even done on a daily basis. A daily reporting schedule is extremely burdensome, however, especially for someone who cannot afford to travel by auto- _ mobile, as we believe REPRO Ry REPRO SEAT FRR wine and especially | when that person is Dp the police station to which he has to report. PRG ene Person, the Mexican police at our vecuant will order Csborne deported and give us advance warning of when and where he will be pushed across the border. Je could then arrange to have someone waiting. for hin . north of the Rio Grande with a subpoena. Anderson of cour 55 POP SECRET.
13-00000 REPRODUCTION ~ PROMIBITED TOP SECRET We a: sked Anderson if ha had a ecpy of the "“dessier" on Csuald mentioned in the Ambassadoe Mann file. He revlied thet he did not have cne but assumed that it could be found soncolace, since 1% AEP ROBUST OM: tine, and said that he would forward a BRD SSITED We then discussed the Alvarado situation and pointed ' out that we had never reecived a final report on him. | . Anderson replied that his agency had not teken the primary _.reaponsibility here but that the CIA had handled this investi- " gation. We agreed that we would bring this up with Winston scott, . Winston Seott had previously mentioned to us that he thought that Anderson had heard some vague rumors from expatriate American communists in Mexico that might bear on the assassination and suszested we ask Anderson about them. | Seott had aod that Anderson had spoken with him about this information many weeks FO ~ to inquire whether the CIA could en PROSE CHION the subject up with Anderson. “i at an Ameriean expatriate | : com nist named Elizab DRE Alle Pins left wing cireles in i ‘Mexico as "Betty Mora,” had made some rather vague assertions shed any light on it ‘about Oswald which, through infor rants, Anderson's: office AS TOP SECRET. COP NO. —f— -
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROBED TOP SECRET trying to follow up. For the last month or two, however, Betty Mora had been this whole line of investigation yas Ube r several years Betty Mora has not be and in Ande erson's opinion she is not a reliable person anyuz,.80 he did not feel that her assertions would ever amount to much. He promised us a report on them, hovever, notwithstanding his feeling that ' they were not to be accorded a great deal of weight. Finally, we posed the question to Anderson whether he knew of anything further, important or unimportant, which we &2 representatives of the President's Commission ought to be told, <aAfter so:1re thinking and after asking Larson whether _he haa anything along these lines and receiving 2 negative . response, Anderson replied that he believed he had given us everything he knew. We then briefly dropped into the CIA's office again and saw Scott and White. We were told by White that the examination of the reels of photographs pertaining to the tine periods covering out ROBUE HOR: Cuban Embassy had been examined and ne pie : ere negative. No auto- Hie BCT no persons were shown mobiles appeared in the 'p who ansvye ered the des eriptions given by Gutierrez or who might have been Gutierrez hinself. (I will note here that we did TOP SECRET co cu Cc Cad NO i >) COPY NO. __ em so tareteemaeteren tere Meet OPER re oe.
13=00000 LO , REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED 7 | TOP SECRET not ask the CIA to have these photocraphs displayed directly to Gutierrez. This PED ROUGH OM. the easicst way: of determining whether ntificd as the Cuoan who passed the money A ; Ell in one of the photo- graphs, but this would also have involved such a serious breach of CIA security arrangements that we did not believe that it was justified.) We then asked Scott and White the same question we had asked Anderson about there being any further information - we should be given. His answer, concurred in by White, was to “the same eftect as. Anderson's. REPRODUE THOR ——-PRORIBITED. « ae re er A AN AE AE COA APS He ae ane Hn A enero eae ete A ° 7 59 TOP SECRET oo oa.
13-00000 SO REPRODUCTION rs fi “| #@ ry ra are a a EL ee ee nen eS Ses SI EL ey w# ay 2 Pe, STH, A Selene nt em, Be ami cue olthes Fat ccoeuke Verdous rays Of tie Padsvel Dictsict of fetes (iuich iuelwios Moieo City) v comined and we agreed that . one oF the ls SMSC, Clear ones would beab serve as the exhibit fax showing tue Location of variows places wnich Lee Eervey Gavald provcbly vieited while he was in Mexico City. Mo. Levson said that he woold hove this roe emropriately movie 2nd forwarded to the ey Commission in tha near future. For my personal uss in the tine while tne larce formal iop wes boing orepercd, Me. Larson delivered to me @ Broller ise vilich had thoce same location: navked on it. Ye then vent through esch of the items cf physical evidence vitich Z kei tat com aleng to lexieo City. For a ésseriction of these i itusa, references is here mde to the "avorandum for heeord”™ dated 30 Furch 196 from Ue subject: “Ztens of Faysical al hus been ebtechad to tits Ske three of us nore .. signiziccece eculd . be Gireovsrea by further work dn comnoction with silver identification | bracelet ingesibad “Marinas” Ne. Largon end Hy. Clorke A wedorson had. | provic ously 7 pointed out thot insre then 320 silver chops an, ticles | City had been quastioned es to this bracelet on tt e basis of a. photesrorh of it and, decyite the fnct that some rt Snox most ETS ~. 60 - ! PROMBITED nn a not — 9 HS by
13-00000 ae . ¢ | REPRODUCTION or eo - 28, re. ot rea wn | Sagat a ee ae pions emgnear ca vhe Lomenies decabr .ovkel Cad mes ghia wo Be ge ne ny 00g cement amy pee Blea atin i «st fot 5 ete. Lb the: = alee ot “ate “akg RN CS se dlcset “, ne the . Fen = ote as DB £9. 2 ep tli cortndrdy aocain ba nagjativee We gico felt br. a a, i nd > ete o Pd ches ta diseevacal) yt PRO ROMBITED, ary h- oovhy abl hie ww yee ye 9° "uP fein a ct aiex enoaléd tall uw S012 the brecalet ta someone. He. Iorson no ted dom all the words.on the beck Gf the Seanich-laslish dicticnary ond he alco notes on ases 5, 113 exd 210 met te vericus Ssanish words. ae & these writings ard mordinca, rub ve felt thet Me. Lerson at len: oumit to have thes with hin. .Gne Movican velivious megel tes golt to be so cosson as to te probably iwrtrateable end, in « q thet it 4 in Copter ney not have bean purcitsa: Zuto the United Roms hey ub could per obtzined by Orwald some Ha ire Larson noted dovn eh tite diress book. lis caid that he would check each of the telerhoue mubers and a os to sce if they wefcared to the exbassics ona Fr] vlines to viichs thoy 6-207 to rere, ond, bed | cver Bixesat up ‘et the /cugsais hind end the FEPRORHE ON woud olsock te eg iiryey chat 3% Los, the markinss esuid cco any narticular help at this tine which would cowe fro: aaition, from its ase we gues ter 1953 fn iforico City . f8 agg to .e Semrees ond (Neer in Dallas or as on poze AT o2 Ommld's if thoy did not, ke v= ol be | could to find ous vacther Lee ! Narvey Cove the address PROMIBITED he prowcbly tne RRR EY OP Sm UD Eone of us ‘stvammaemes cow ao seagate tenrannepenerttrefteteeneteene/ getter gree nF sed age, >a a Ln acdition, 79 of +=. 155 PAGE __'Y COPY: NO. _
13-00000 _ ere sronorly & ~, REPRODUCTION PROWGITED hd “ ra ey a> A Coew epmen one an: Seether Beanies sae es see Te ms Naftinccrenege ae ce % ie 97 ay LE oe, oy <! - “ am fe eed ap fue a2 ya 3 a Be Le bus tis of mavrne wALL peavont dooa Cifdloubtics cst my aok be : ae w t «2. Fee. . Cm. is SUeLy Ch aa, gee noe, % fs a Gia a Bo is guise a: wppbongd, Bolom investigation ¢ te Aes . ?. ~ 4 4 = : . 2 4 ¥ ‘ PP 2 thin wontioksa If TED... SiS CLS? ont tink pat tolé her, after he retumed fron Eacieo, tiat while thore he isa visited the Cuvan and Russian Eohas sfc c3 to do.alLL he could to gt to Goa end had clso sean a POL fight, virited come musouts and dene cone sight-seeitg. Mre lercon said thet the bull fight arena had alrond py boom choche:! out insoter es possible with te result bat that no one there rouenbers Ommld vinitinc the orema on the fuxiayr in cucschion but alse that no one trere in ct all cortoin that he did rot vicit the arena. Further cose, there it nu coction in the areng set ecife for perstons vho are not formally drcesecd acd therefore Csunld could pave got & scet cover the soy he @44 ret esas ea cont and neehtile with hin. Ie ues mombiconed in this connection that the gal alsi gems in Moxtco GLb; ere strictly voservel for porsons the con enter without a necktie. Ni who 2s a ,a20 in itscdeo City, cays Talis plus the fact tha pescticel profersional in eintioally tuat Osweld did not cppede Gt Lend us to ccclite that Covnld mover wot to tha fat eloi grucs ceenite the notcticn in kis frarnt int pefimorienz aiettor. ary inizeoting that ne. int pence 4 to ¢5 oS. 2, 8, . “ee = ep? . 2 a ors tye Tie fret that he falled to mansion anyéhans abowt the Jai olei saves ; 9° 5 5 BEE 2, @ Oso0 o 7 : . . to Darina efter he relura ol Point 53 be om this genie conclusion. COPY NO. feet eee ee atte eatin innate eeenae apt NRT NS as ene NN af “Ohne ns = NEUES GE DHE
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13-00000 REPRODUCTION Oo - PROUIBITED work fn Iexico cated caly from wieut inte Vebrusry, vhon FEE egouts with ecomericato tu lioeies bad boom cosicmac to the fob. En. Yillons + Ih frlorser B ae er nitec} that the delay | was tufortumats. Tia wall i. tac. pncessination oP tuose in the Eauessy vio vere reaponsdb?e ved bias the bast: results vould be acaieved by working 2 primcrily thromsgh the Met euthoriiios, écsize to elese their countiy oF 4 any Cuban ar otaues conemis Petats Be er a eugede 9.96 goto aw gm ey te de « ee ey ae wow ye OF have hed 2 oyera the insédec i’ i he we 2ortenn po sppoare] on thant tie se 9 Serpe ay ae é Bases AMICI, o£ tha Jobe ih aenm ed Se mo efrorte F404 Ma gto 93 Feared ee — Balvomen oe. of. Se riney ay. tt fist. wo at the ve Sate th. & ita oe, were certainly hichly motivated by the any imyOlvermens by discovering acy or instigation which misht have soncare! sinsonably sorpetent. Andersoa pointed a wedn diam dat. ae mae ee maows a yy equ ade Bt a Se Bee oe, ao® hate may © seams OrE Ree HD RST mee BaD gm me Ee ae r= endesatannnnaagpraatinneepetnti 4 effects ani tharet Tore heave hindored the Dat, he , scrattet, subsequent xosulis, such 2s / muste Eotel del Cxureic investizat sion end the feilure ef Lee to Look bayond the fnet thet the nome “Cevald® Pte 2 Temeertes Prontera paesencer manifest, showed mo not cool exouch. then that (i arr PROBED 12 oteloe'ts now wet 12279 ane fa the nerning, et noze time abcub noosa, Hoomrd w LENSE ty encospaniad uy 2h. cr ooze fader on, visited Lenk ge ar we Bavnstre, cindicter fc r Political attains ct. the fmorlecn Tobnesye To poines wor: carcussal whith the VAX gente S- “PAGE 83 af “155 COPY NOe ©
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13-00000 REPRODUCTION ‘PROHIBITED a 9 3 Bor eC A 8 soem fe, AR owen, ° os os.%, 2° hen as Be . wees GOOG Wecokes disuucsel wlth Glee Meonuti was the Moe qe BE, ae eo .2*, 28 2 gt, a *, be A, ee Gt gor, tn) é cS = R¢.ret mr | Fond pas ps we, Fo. PORT Boe Spr) Ae MF ste fad isivecavidiliy Of the Viilbed fsoetas @rwermunh rogvesting theeuch Pom wo on ge Gee ce ent eg Bae Forecen ss tous tive nodD INE? its couslete fils Ow. wpe: oP anda} 43 be T43 2s pointe? oth thas the Fy 5 oy? ages” ey c inionamicnit evidence ayvaiiehie to us indieate strongly Chat Lee Larvey Cyuslé achvally ve G2 its Tapvay Me pgp ronk & 4 venee, é e m Poy Yousnd Spas head vs a. Bib mada cube fereal ars Sion fox a ‘Cuban yicn, vlich promaably is in nis hankedting or at leect signed by hin, end the Goxn goverment wort oo far cs to act on teds apmiicntian ini anmthorize the issuance ef a vica eanditionnl ently when his firs: obtaining a fursian visa abext 15 days after bis visit te tha Cnben rouncey. Ehould these oe, wow mor, Se oe an dain - Ade Pe wm oP sw a -_ 37 . “2 © eee: ores he Tee nF os ee =o eo oe. eo cram ct BD Hip ts Met ap wee, 7 sia be aor omy Telhotdtntoted Bd GE Qrekeerientl, aute ated throuch Gmwidld's imndvriting. Iie. Doonstra wis incline] to feck thet such a request nicht not coly serve the moponis ef the Coemteric on bub eauid aise ke of polities! benefit to the United State & Cavorrantte Xe eamumiel that the Cuban govertamms misht choose to comply Tecause 16 vas presontly cociting 5 a tre United States, snd beenuoe 26 efow lescaning of t eh & a, bs gled. of th re Cy IN Speen) wits Oseld with the iieriean all ry sor RECLGOI cor g think of any mtcriph adverze 3 petistscd meraitg Shieh would aris: frat such a YOHUCSS, siuco. beth 2 Tolt thes it was the ness raturul tung in the vorld for s joverruent to vent to investicnte — ne Ts | eases 3 nination or its pres sider ond gush 2 2 recusst world be feny - &f - Ga)
13-00000 ( — REPRODUCTION — PROTIBITED Foe ee. gan, fe At, OF . WR gees s 7 nares oe alk te reo ae ro. fo LS oe he wand dow ss cee wae Bd sevegtt = werky ; ~ Fae * Cn A! Be ~ Ke 2 ee ot v PII Ly Ceh Sint MoT lap Vesta ryt wees WED), Sod ast few claates of Wiktoss® ond Glavsoa's tine vere taken tp cayhbiy gow Tye to toe individusls im tho imuessy vith vin we hnd worked ami thansing thea Zor thety ecp=s causiote Ke also imide ees lest rwimite crrasseumts to have cur retes am] dccumentery * - ft, a a ; wsteriil, most of which vas clascificd “Convidintich” or “Sserat, delivered to us in Weehington, D. f. by diricnatie pouch. ‘This vas to be hensied by | te Clovis fndoreo's office. Guee the goodbyes and dsLivery expences WTO Guspieesd VO Mele tus Tilewezs Bad: - Junch cud were Lalor wet at the Con: jdnsisal, i{LLter Motel by Clerie Anccxccon md Mclts soon, weo deve vs to the airport. Ve deported | en cu listen Airlines flit for Vasa ninvien Viz Nov Crle:w:s at 2:20 s.r - | REPRODUCTION PRORIBITED _ ee "PAGE ae 5g 188.
13-00000 ( oe REPRODUCTION MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD Dated 21 April 1964 (see memo- 22 April 1964) FROM: W. David Slay REPRODIN qT ie SUBJECT: Intercepts fro d_ Cuban Embassies in . Mexico City . P OE (1D, ATED The following are my lo fal) reading the inter- cepts in question in the American Embassy in Mexico City, translated from the Spanish by Embassy personnel, on April 13, - 1964. These notes are about as accurate and detailed as I ‘could make them without actually quoting the entire trans— ': @rpipts. In a few instances, either where it was very 4mportant . or where the meaning was obscure and therefore difficult to paraphrase, I have quoted exactly. I have noted these. portio: ns by placing them in quotation marks. ° ire merair. speaking poor | Spanish, later identified as Leet d telephones the Soviet Embassy. - PRORIGTTED OSWALD: May I speak: to the Consul? September 27 - 10:37 a.m. ‘A person who > INSIDE VOICE: He is not in. OSWALD: I need sonie visas in order to go to Odessa. | INSIDE VOICE: "Please eail at 12:30. "OSWALD: Unt when? | INSIDE VOICE: (Hangs up) gt PACE" | sta tee ag - 2 & eens 6 as a RG Mente oe neta Mw ane .
13-00000 number and we will call you back. TOP SEC RET September 27 - 4:05 p.m. A woman's voice, speaking in Spanish, later identi- fied as Silvia Duran, NEP RODUCTION: Consulate, calls into the assy Soviet | SILVIA DURAN: Ho FeBhscan here who has requested an in-transit visa because he is going to Russia. _I would like to know whom he spoke to at the Russian Embassy, because I sent him to you thinking if he got a Russian visa that I.could then issue him a Cuban visa without any more processing. Who did he speak to? He claims he was told there were no more problems. INSIDE VOICE: Wait a minute. (The inside voice . then | explains to someone else on his side o* the line that Silvia Duran is calling, that she is calling in reference to an American who: REPRODUCTION to the Soviet Embassy, etc. PaO ii) AA leave the name and ANOTHER INS SILVIA DURAN: (She. leaves her name and her telephone _. number and ‘she then engages in some personal ‘conversation in regards to the fact that she has recently changed apartments | | PROGIBITED and therefore. ‘would like. the "bulletin" sent to her new | address. The voice in the Soviet Embassy agrees. ) jr lo [ro 1m ow 0 Es {te jr EOC 0155. COPY NO. rer
13-00000 -- Le REPRODUCTION PROWIBITED September 27 - 4:25 p.m, . . , ; Someone at the Soviet Embassy telephones the Cuban Embassy. the Cuban Consul? VOICE AT THE CUBAN EMBASSY: ’ September 27 - ~ 4:26 p. m. Someone at the Soviet Embassy telephones into the “ ; Cuban Consulate ° Consulate is Silvia Duran. RUSSIAN EMBASSY: SILVIA DURAN: Yes, he is here now. RUSSIAN EMBASSY: — , REPRODUCTION OICE FROM THE SOVIET EMBASSY: The person answering the phone at the Cuban - What's the number of PROWSITED: Its 11-28-47. ; tr a meme mene @ eps gp unter eeraadteneter-eer unpre Has the American been there? According to the letter that he . Showed from the Consulate in Washington, he wants to go to a | without. asking, Washingte Russia to stay for a long time with his wife who is Russian. But we have received REPRO | probably | take four to ERE months. We on, and 1t will ° | t give a visa here CUB TE Bp ones to a pro~Cuban os ; organization and the Cubans cannot give him a visa. without his 4 first getting a Russian visa. I do not know what, to do with him. IL have to wait for an answer | from Washington. * REPRODUETIOn PROWISITED “PAGE ~ 39° 58 COPY WO.
13-00000 ( ( 7 REPROD THOR ‘ SILVIA DURAN: We have to wait too, because he knows no one in Cuba and therefore it difficult to give him a visa. He says he knew it vou EERO RACHON CC the Soviet | | visa but hoped to await that in Cuba 7 | RUSSIAN nreassip AE AIT [ED nae if his wife is | now in Washington she will receive the visa for return to Russia. | ; She will receive it and then can send it any place but right now | ‘she does not have it." . | - SILVIA DURAN: “Naturally, and we can't give him a | ‘visa here because we do not know if his Russian visa will be approved." . ’ - | RUSSLAN BUDASSY: “we can 1ssue a visa only accoraing | to instructions." SILVIA DURAN: "That is what I will put in my plans." RUSSIAN. EMBA PEPRODUGT "We can't give him a letter of recom COU CTON.- Please pardon the bother." — . Pantie . SS - SILVIA DURAN: 4 SOBEL mie you very much." September 28 —~ 11:51 a.m. mendation either, pect Someone at the cuban Consulate later identified as . Silvia Duran. ‘telephones into the Russian Consulate. - “PTE ) _ pace 90 Sh
ee SILVIA DURAN: There is an American here who says he has been to the Russian Consylate. site, “REPROCSETD IN Silvia Duran is en rh a ak in English to someone apparently PRO ETD this conversation goes as follows: & femen many corer acces runes mapengecnnesaee ‘"He said, wait. Do you speak Russian?” "Yes." “why don't you speak to him then?" | ‘"Z don't know ... " The person who was at the side of Silvia Duran and ® . 21 otra tO ESERIES SONY te et+ $F —intetentte REECE pC SENS otOcPasngren oe who admitted to speaking some Russian then gets on the line and speaks what is described as "terrible, hardly recognizable Russian." This person was later identified as bee Harvey Oswald, OSWALD: REPRODUE THEA: spoke to your : Consul.” ROGIE . | RUSSIAN EMB BITED. you want?" OSWALD: “TI was 5 Just now at your Embassy and they took my address." ot me . RUSSIAN EMBASSY: bi I know that.” — Oo 7 | ET wot _ me COPY wo. 2 .
13-00000 \. ae OSWALD: "Y did not know it then. REPRODUCTION PROWIBITED Ce ee I went to the Cuban Embassy to ask them for my address, because they have it." RUSSIAN REPRODUCTION by and leave it. then, we're not far. OSWALD: " wei PRG ROLMORRED ie = away." October 1 -~ “10: 30 a.m. A person later identified as Lee Harvey Oswald, “speaking in "broken Russian," telephones into the Soviet Embassy. OSWALD: and talked to your Consul. "Hello. I was at your place last Saturday They said they'd send a telegram to Washington, and I wanted to ask you, is there anything new?" | RUSSIAN EMBASSY: Call another telephone number, if you will. - | _ . "| OSWALD: . Please. | ° RUSSIAN “RED RAI 55, and ask for ‘a Consul. OSWALD: RUSSIAN a October 1 - - Ll: 30_a The same voice, still speaking tn token’ Russian, telephones the Russian Consulate. REPRODUCTION - PROHIBITED NU OUCTION - Nie He speaks to a man identified  @ e : . ae eo Ae a ERR pee Nnfee tee EE <META SI EI ERG SG“ unaterseeptteterteerpere EPO ° 39 — CUU3 oe PAGE i COPY NO.
13-Q0000 REPRODUCTION TOP SECRET as "Obyedkov. OSWALD: Hello, this is Lee Oswald. I was at your place last Saturday.and talked to you Consul. They said ei (one to ask you whether there was anything new, emember the name woe cma PROLTTED OBYEDKOV: _ "Kostikov. He is dark?" they'd send a telegr OSWALD: "Yes. My name is Oswald." - | OBYEDKOV: "Just a minute. ‘I'X1 find out. They say ' they have not received anything yet." —— OSWALD: “Have they done anvthing?" _OBYEDKOV: "Yes, they say a request has been sent out, but nothing has been received yet." . “om PROBE TION 7 - Dee | . , — PRORIBITED
aN MEMOF UM : . wil 2, 1964 foe A re FROM: Coleman-Slawson - pepaouiienas SUBJECT: Nexto: Questions Raised by Sada iiiatiallhigin) 1. What actual evidence is there that Oswald departed Mexico on October 3 by automobile? Can we see the ‘documents involve Ht sk to be introduced to the proper EP RODE TION. purpose of making our investigation... PROMBITED — 2. What is the "rather complete dossier" of Oswald's referred to in the telegram of November 287. We would of course like to see it. io 3. What is the source 6f information referred to in the November 28 telegram, that Oswald intended to settle’ down in Odessa? 4, We Ree EPROP ann on Silvia Duran, for example, the ovine romiscuous. type." 5. We we ROE [BU TEDLeptes oc of the transcripts of the "intercepts", translated if possible, in all cases where the intercepts refer to the assassination or related subjects. In particular, we would like to see the intercepts SECRET Fi 33 hE PaaMlTs SEE ewe COPY qo. : — 20/- 0287 2V8
13-00000 REPRODUCTION SECHET PROMIBITED TABLE OF CONTENTS Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 24 March 1964; Subject: CIA Dissemination of Informa- tion on Lee Harvey OSWALD, dated 10 October 1963. [FOIA No. 622-258] Copy of document as released under ‘FOIA. 1G PROWIBITED cribed above. IA No. 622- REPRODUCTION sm =,
13-00000 - «REPRODUCTION SOULD BE "OF ANY. eS STANCE. y DISSUSS! ne: SNOW THAT. HE HAS RECEVED ALL THE IN GERMANY, HE SU RICUSLY EN we OER G eS. SAID HE iS tN COMMS T~ 62. “(see ‘PARAGRAPH, 6, OLLA- 1426 cr 1S De-" TS -GNLY ASSIGNMENT HAS SEEN TG ESTABLISH OcVER, S CONF/ERMED ‘BY OrR=12541 oF 22 Mav 1962 ano - SCUSSIONS — th HEADQUARTERS IN Jucy Pso2. 27 mee ; LS. ST+HLL NOT IN PLACE, ALTHCUGH ‘SSUE.. OF THIS WHE Him re AuGust 1953. WHETHER -HE- |NTENDED TO COMMIT HIMSELF TO THIS ASSIGNMENT REMAINS AS STRONG DOUBTS. ~QUWINE Ss” PERSGNAL H» STORY we" AND THE HABIT .OF HEDGING HiS BETS iS THIS DOES NOT IMPLY A SECURITY UNDLGATE aTHAT HE HAS DISCUSSED HiS--— PTH ANYONE SEXCEPT 5 PERHAPS, ws WIFE. ro aHIN ‘BY. TRUE: ‘NAME. “ROZENEY USEO THE Pts ASSUMED - THAT HE HAS ‘1OE NTF FED mee _tK CveY NOe
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