. | | Classification: | ih | ' (This form isto be ised for mote extracted cc . from ClA—controlled documents.) Non naan a rset. ~5-~ . City. 378/ Within an hour or two, Ms. Scaleti had located the photograph of Jswald visiting the Soviet © Embassy in Mexico City.379/ Mr. Agee went on to say: | | | | I don't know, don't recall in. factghow she had been able to reconcile or how they were able to reconcile ia Mexico City the photo- graph with the name, unless someone had known the face. Bezause the problem with these observation posts is that you can get a lot of photographs from them, but to find out the exact identity of the people is not always an easy thing to do. And it may be- that as they. were. listening to the telephones ‘of the Soviet Embassy, and also the Cuban eG Embassy, that she remembered the name. Oswald or Lee Harvey Oswald from the telephone tap, if in fact he had identified himself over the telephone, and tried to make an appointment -with the consul or whoever. And then they were able somehow to reconcile the telephone conversation with the photograph that was taken from the observation post the same day or more or less whenever the appointment was ‘made. On the other hand it may be that this photograph had not been identified until the time of the assassination but that she had heard or recalled perhaps either reading the transcript from the telephone tapping or getting a condensed report perhaps a weekly report or something of the take from the telephone tap that she remembered the name ,Lee Harvey Oswald and then went back into the files of all the photographs and looked through al] the. photographs until eventually she found a photograph that was similar to ae all the photographs of Oswald that immediately i Loe me began to come over the television and the news. . | PoE CO ‘Services. So those ay I. don’ t remember | & , Se , | Classification: ele Pe : - Oy AY. oo . Ne . pad i Clasiitied By Herivation: NW. 48327 Decld:32263889. Page 107
. | Classification: (ff (This form is to be ised for material extracted < from ClA—controlled documents.) -16- exactly, but I do recall that it was considered a coup of some sort for her to act so fast in digging out the photograph and the information. on. Oswald's visit t» Mexico Ci ty <380/ a on tani et s g ‘ Mr: Agee could not remember whether he had actually seen the photograph that Ms. Scaleti ; allegedly found.381/ When Mr. Agee was told that the photograph that the CIA produced from the Mexico photosurveillance operations did not look anything at. all like Lee Harvey Oswald, Mr. Agee said that that was the first time he had ever heard that. (N&< atotod ; Ted to believe. that that was considered a very significant achievement on the part of the Agency «and Elsie in particular for having done thet so fast. And so accurately. But ncw there seems to be some doubt. And it wasr't anything that was particularly secret around the Branch. It ‘was just -one of these shop-talk stories that . persist over the years.382/ Mr. Agee speculated that the production from i : the photosurveillance was routinely sent to CIA “Headquarters and that Ms. Scaleti would have had access to the file at Headquarters. 383/_ eee whoa i { NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 108 7 [a ..-1 was led to believe'all along that jt in Jy, ,04 @p ! / A fact was Oswald's photographic! had (beer ' oe
Natu Ne "Neat matted hanes PON A) PE? Classification: & Ay Garé RP . ue Ree te 43 F ‘NE 1 (This form is to be. used for moterial extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) -O7~ (2) Danie! Stanley Watson Allegation On June 4, 1978, tie House Select Committee on Assassinations interviewed Mr. Daniel Stanley Watson in Mexico. Mr. Watson served as a CIA officer in Mexico City from approximately 1965 tol | Mr. ‘Watson was the Chief of (overt Action (propaganda) from 1965 to 1967. He wa: the Deputy Chief of the Mexico City Station from 1967 to[ —_|.384/ Mr. Watson told the HSCA staff members that sometime between 1965 and 1967 he had had occasion to request Lee Harvey Oswald s perio € city Station Personality file 285/) Wren this file was delivered to him, it contained only one or two photographs and intercept transcripts. 386/ Mr. Watson stated that the file was very thin and that the Photo(s) was a 3/4 shot from behind ~~ "basically an ear and back ‘shot."387/ Mr. Watson said that he did not think that there was anyone else in the photograph and he thought that it was a Photograph of Oswald. 388/ yan SEY «ay 7 cram cman — NW 48327. Docld:32263889 Page io9° eo fy aa o. , | Classified by derivdfion: SEA. NEA OWEN Swe ele ren,
. at rr QQ nme wee from ClA—controllec documents.) © -98- Mr. Watson said that he cculd not recall why he had requested to see Lee Oswald's file in 1965 or 1966.389/ Mr. Watson said that it was his understanding that the file was the complete Mexico City personality file on Oswald.390/ Mr. Watson said that he would be "surprised if Oswald's Mexico City personality file was seven. volumes long.391/ Wr. Watson was asked whether. - or not Winston Scott, the Chief of the CIA Station - in Mexico, would have destroyed files or photographs. 392/_ Mr. Watson said that that would not surprise him. 393/ At that point, Mr. Watson volunteered that Mr. Scott often kept highly sensitive. information in a personal safe in his office. He said that this information would not have been filed or indexed in the usual manner. 394/ Mr. Watson said that when Winston Scott retired he: had taken the contents of this personal safe with , - added. TEkeate him and stored them in a safe in his home. | When - ADEE ae Mr. Scott died, James Angleton Flew to Mexico and: removed the contents of this safe before Mr. Scott's) funeral..395/ Mr. Watson said he did not know what had been in Mr. Scott’ s safe or what happened to the 2 oe Classification: : I Classified by  derveion: LE SF Lae NW 48327 Docld:32263889° Page 110 “im “EEA . SEER. “>. “ENT. “GRA “EA. he
Classification: ; Wg (This form is to be tsed for material extracted from ClA——controlled documents.) , -9- things that Mr. Angleton removed at the time of Scott's death. Mr. Watson said that his source for this allegation was Winstor Scott's widow, Janet. 396/ Mr. Watson stated that he ihought the CIA Mexico City Station had given the Warren Commission all the material in its possession but, he added, he also knew that Winston Scott was capible of. "“phonying a photo if asked to produce one. °: never believed Win Scott the first time he to’d me something."397/ / (3) Joseph Burkholder Smith Allegation Mr. Joseph Smith, a retired CIA officer, was interviewed by the House Select Committee on Assassina- tions on 19 October 1977. At this interview Mr. Smith mentioned that! the Mexico City Station had been very proud of finding “the picture of Oswald."398/ He mentioned this in conne:tion with a woman who _worked for Winston Scott in Mexico.399/ Mr. Smith was reluctant to speak about tiis at the time and. the topic was not. pursued.400/ @ e HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 111.
Ae nee EE ammo ee “Pash ay, Oa i ae Classification: ; TOE  Gaaubieh , (This form is to be csed for material extracted Ga from ClA—controlled documents.) -~1C0- Mr. Smith was reinterviewed by. the House Select Committee on Assassinations on 20 Apral 1978. Mr. Smith was shown the omribus CIA release letter and fully cooperated in answering the staff investigator's ' questions at this interviev .401/ At this time, Mr. Smith recalled hearing a story that someone, at the time of the assassination, had remembered seeing Lee Harvey Oswald's face scmewhere in the photographic coverage of the Cuban or Rissian Embassies.402/ This person went back through tlhe files and found the ©) . picture. 403/ Mr. smith sa'd that he does recall that | the discovery of the picture had greatly pleased | President Lyndon Johnson ard that it had made Winston Scott his "number one boy.'404/ Mr. Smith said that he could not recall when he had first heard this story about the photograph, but he said hé was certain however, that he had earliest that he could have possibly heard the story heard the story more than once.405/ He said“ that the 6 "was in 1964 while he was s:ationed in Argentina. 406/. ¢ He said. that not long afte the assassination he may “agen have heard the story from. someone "coming through" ot % Se Classification: a ee cp vy = eee ‘Classified by" derivation: etm, NW 48327 ‘Docld: 32263889 Page 112
Classification: | (This form is to be used for material verocted from ClA-—centrolled Jocuments.) -"O1- Argentina. 407/ Des (Fitzgerald) mijht have even mentioned it when he came throug), which was in early ‘64, or Gerry Droller mijht have mentioned it when he came through, taiking about how the Mexico City Station was he |ping out during the investi- gation. 408/ ; Mrs Smith stated that he did know Elsie Scaleti. He.described her as a “very Severe person and very diligent and very much the Counter- Intelligence mentality."409/. Mr. Smith stated that he also knew Ann Goodpasture. He said: . Annie was another one of Win-Scott's case G officers. She was in Mexico City for about. 14 years. Annie was what we called the "resource person." Annie knew everything. 4] 410/ Mr. Smith said that Win Scott also had another very knowledgeable woman who worked with Ann Goodpasture in. the Mexico City Station whose name he recalled as “Leach or Lynch.411/ Mr. Smith's recollection... -~ associated Ms. Leach (or Lynch) with the discovery of the photograph of Oswald, but Mr. Smith was not at all sure of this recollection.412/ When asked if he had any. recollection of Ms. Scaleti finding the. photograph, he said: 2 . , Classified by derivation: , he NW 46327 Docld:32263889 Page 113
setaseabeeecinater ————ae es = seme anette eee o> 65D Oa [RA OP Classification, OR (Ot Phe ry ey 3 4 a: bits f (This form is to be use for’: material extracted — aR from ClA—controlled cocuments.) | ~102- It could very well have been, and Annie, too. ‘But I thought it was this other girl, Lynch.. But no, I don't think I ever heard specifically who found the. damn picture. I guess...1 didn't care. 413/. (4) Joseph Piccolo, Jr. Allegation Mr. Joseph Piccolo, Jr. was interviewed by. the House Select Committee on Assassinations on 11 August 1978. Mr. Piccolo is an operations officer in the CIA. He was stationed in Mexico City from. ' December 1957 to January 1960 and again from August © 7 1965 to January 1968. Mr. Piccolo was involved in . -anti-Cuban operations: from 1962 to (1968. 414/ ‘During this- interview, Mr. Piccolo told ‘the ; HSCA that sometime after the assassination of John Kennedy he had seen photographs of Lee Harvey Oswald. 18/ Mr. Piccolo said that he had been shown these: photographs by an individual who told him that they Ao: were photographs of Lee Harvey Oswald that, were obtained from the. CIA’ S Mexico City ‘surveillance of the Cuban diplomatic compound, 416/ Mre Piccolo could not remember the: identity of the Person who showed - him. the photographs. ‘nor when nor. where he’ saw the ry reap eo : - Classification: : Hal ian . Tet ME ds a eye yer” OE WE “a ‘NW 46327 Docid: 32263889 Page ii4-
saucmanenta Pred Pd AEE a yd ee aa a Classification: ia ELE pa ied “i ok : if wd (This form is fo be us for Denotes & oe from CiA—controllec documents.) -103- Nee ratun eaten we photogra phs Bel be o tft bho i | jihe first picture shown was a three-quarter full shot of Oswald, exposing £ vert profile as Oswald ' looked downward, + 7Gne “Second photograph which Me. AC_ Preeote remembered seeing was a back of the head view | of Oswald.418/ Mr. Piccolo remembered that both of these photographs were taken from above Oswald and to his left.419/ Mr. Piccolo was shown a copy of Warren Commission Exhibit #237, the famous Mexico Mystery Man photograph. He stated that this was @o definitely not the man in the photographs exhibited to him.420/ ‘Mr. Piccolo correctly identified an unlabeled frontal photogrash of Lee Harvey Oswald p shown to him by the HSCA.421/ . Mr. Piccolo was als) asked whether he knew anything about the circumstances Surrounding the Agency’ Ss initial discovery of, the photographs he claims to have seen. He stated that he did not have : any first-hand knowledge o* their discovery, but that it was the type “of thing, "a coup,” that would - have traveled _ through. the Agency.’ "grapevine. "422/ a oe Be ne ae weiect!* ° eeu y Classification: | a - - as ie ar * Chassis’ by derivation: NW 48327. . DocIda: 32263889 Page 115 -
epPa - , ‘3 ae: Classification: a cE air _ (This form is to be ‘sed. for material extracted” from ClA—controlled Jocuments.) @. a . ~104- Mr. Piccolo stated that he had heard stories about a surveillance photograph of Oswald being found both in Mexico City and at CIA Headquarters in Langley.423/ He stated that Ann Goodpasture may have been the person who found a photograph of (swald in Mexico City. 4247 Mr. Piccolo said that he hes heard several times that Elsie Scaleti oping -a photocraph of Oswald. 425/ ote pecet foct 1 rn last time ‘thet he hearc this Story was two weeks prior to his interview by the House Select Committee on Assassinations.426/ Mr “Piccolo Stated that he currently shares an © oF | office at CIA Headquarters with a man who worked on | the Oswald. case during a recent CIA "in-house" . investigation. 427/ Mr. Piccolo said that they were discussing Oswald's case because of the House select Committee on Assassinations’ release of several . unidentified photographs. Mr. Piccolo stated that during the course of this discussion his office- mate, Mr. Dan Niescuir, : stated that Elsie Scaleti, “the gal at the Mexico desk , " hal found the surveillance. photographs of Oswald. 428/ Mr. Piccolo stated that he assumed Mr. “Niescuir had become aware of Ms. : oo Scaleti’ Ss coup through his research into the Oswatd Classification: _ Scie rar wd A | Classified by derivation: : NW 46327 Docld:32263889 Page 116
Classification: :_1 47 (This form is to be ued for material extracted (> . from ClA—controlled documents.) -+105- case.429/ Mr. Piccolo was not certain “as to when he first heard the story that “s. Scaleti had found | , the photograph, but he was certain that he had heard it prior to hearing it from Mr. Niescuir.430/ Mr. Piccolo speculated that the Mexico City Station may have routinely sent photographs of unidentified Americans who visited Communist Embassies to Headquarters for possible identification. 431/ — ‘Mr. Piccolo also told the House Select Committee ' , on Assassinations interviewers that he was aware, when © oe he was in Mexico, that Win Scott had a personal safe in his office. He said that "restricted materials” were held in Mr. Scott's safe. "Restricted materials” wee defined as very sensitive materials that did not find their way into the routine files and indexes .432/ | 7 (5) Statements of Dan Niescuir ; Mr. Neiscuir stated that he. had never been involved in any of the CIA's “in- house" investigations. ee RRR Sa eRe ee Te of the Kennedy assassinaticn or Oswald. 433/ He . of did state, though, that he had once worked on an. i ~ Classification: _ 7 - | an a _— “I oF 8 NW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 117
GrAME é wi | BUSTA, § _ (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled ¢ ocuments.) Classifications: _ ~106- "Oswald Task Force."434/ He said that this occurred in late September or October of 1975, Lorton... —At—that—time, there were tho or three FOIA suits ae & f. Hrought @gainst the Agency concerning the Agency' s Ne ieee l Fit thence. files on Oswald.435/ /rhese files had to be processed and the task was delegated to the Counter-Intelligence Staff and he was assigned to the task force.436/ Mr. Niescuir stated that he was also one of the primary contacts with two investigators from the Senate Select Committee whe were looking into the <> -. Agency's files: on Oswald a! appr pimately the same — We gta led thet time.437/ The task force ihat he Was part of conducted no research and inalysis of which he was aware. 438/ Mr. NeiscuiF stated that the only photograph he remembers secing is the Mexico Mystery “Man photo.439/ He said thit he did not recognize the name “Elsie Scaleti."4:0/ He stated that he did not recall ever being told that there was a photo of Oswald from the Mexico lity surveillance operations. 44l/. He denied ever ‘telling anyone that such a photo was —found.442/ He did admit, however, to discussing the assassination with Joseph Piccolo. EY i oF Ss CL. , Tafel iy e ne | Classification: #21 gee me mere ae ay - HW 48327 DoclId:32263889: Page 118
i (This form is to be used for material extrackd’ @ from ClA—controlled c:ocuments.) ! 1. i 4 ‘=— 107 -. d. HSCA Investigation of the possibility that ; the Mexico City Photosurveillance Operation Produced a Photogr.iph of Lee Harvey Oswald (1) ‘Introduction | This Committee has conducted a general investigation into the CIA's photographic surveillance Operations in Mexico City in. 1963 denned aise Specific investigation into the allegations mentioned above. 444/ ' In an attempt to dete:‘mine whether the CIA's Mexico city photographic bases did, in fact, photograph Oswald, this Committee requested the CIA to make available ‘to @ the HSCA the production of these bases. 445/. The CIA has in part. responded to ‘this request. 446/. However, the production from LILYRIC; the second base that covered the Soviet Embassy entrance, and the pulse ‘camera that covered the Cuban Consulate entrance, has not been made available for review. 447/ “he Agency.’ s withholding of certain production materials from the photographic bases has prevented the Committee :rom determining whether. a photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald was taken by these Pphoto- surveillance operations. : - Also in the course of its General investigation by . ~ into the CIA’ s surveillance operations in Mexico City” : tr. on e oe 7 - Classification: . ne . ; | “¢ sifi by derivation: ee Se LF LE 4 <a a mat al 4 NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 119
Beste atrewaten (This form is to be used for material Miah from ClA—controlled clocuments.) - 108 - and Oswald's visit to that city, the Committee has inter- viewed many CIA officers who were stationed in Mexico City, or worked in 1963 at CIA Headquarters in support of Mexican operations. They iniformly testified that the Station had not obtained a photograph of Oswald from the photosurveillance operations: in Mexico City. 448/ (2) Investigation of the Allegations Ms. Elsie Scaleti worked on the Mexico Desk in 1963. 449/ Ms. Scaleti coulji not recall her particular responsibilities ‘while she was assigned to the Mexico Desk. 450/° She told the HSCA that she would have been doing routine case officer work which would have involved name traces, projects, budgets, et cetera. 451/ She could not recall any specific projects that she worked on and she stated that the case officers on the desk would « - not have had specific titles such as. "Chief of Support Operations." 432/ She stated that ‘the. work of the Desk was assigned to. the case officers by project and that work that was levied that was not’ part of an assigned project would have been done by anyone on. the desk who happened to be- available. 453/ | _ One of Ms. Scaleti's supervisors, Mr. John |. Classification: take Classified by “derivation: g ‘7 HW 48327. DocId:32263889 ‘Page 120
Classification: .../ ~.. s B (This form is to be uied for material extracted ‘from ClA—controlled ¢ ocuments.) ‘= 100 ~ Scelso, Chief of the Mexico-}Iranch in 1963, remembers that: (Elsie Scaleti)...was the, sort of the Major Domo of the Branch. She managed all the records, handed all of the cables from Mexico that dealt with security suspects, or asked for traces on security suspects. 454/ Ms. Scaleti was in the. position that Mr. Agee said she was in 1963. 455/ A major part of the a..legations is dependent upon whether or not the CIA Mexico Station sent the photo-- production to Headquartrps. HSCA review of CIA files ' has revealed no evidence tha: the photoproduction was at routinely sent to Headquarte:s in 1963. 456/ HMMA~22307 detailed the installation of a pulse ; camera to cover the Cuban Consulate on September 27, 1963. 457/ The dispatch sta:es that the results of the testing would be sent to Headquarters as soon as they a _were availble. 458/ MEA Coimittee dia not find any indication that photographs ‘rom this camera were sent to Headquarters prior to 6/19/64, when Headquarters ‘was notified that some production was being sent by un- accountable transmittal mani ‘est, 459/ with the excep- 3 9. tion of HMMA-22433, 11/7/63 which sent samples of the | . photographic production from the camera. 460/ These (hee. , Bo Me a e “. Chassification: .: a af id era Ao fis wt WL at Tt a _ “ Closstied by d <erivation: SF HW 48327. Docld:32263889 Page 121 -
Classification: . (This, form is to be u.ed for material extracted & _ from ClA—controlled cocuments.)' - 110 - six samples when reviewed by the HSCA did not include a photograph, 461/ Ms. Scaletti was. asked about the allegations, how- ever, her memory of 22 November 1963 is not good: Q: When was the next time after you sent a cable to Mexico City Station and you teletyped thoese other ag2ncies, when was the next time’ you heard of Le2 Harvey Oswald? A: I don't remember. The only thing I can say is that based on what is in the file that I must have heard about it when the Station ~ came in and asked--well, if there was nothing else in the file the name popped up again, I just don't remember about the assassination or whenever. a . Q: ‘Would the testimony be that to the best of your recollection the next time you heard the name was when you heard about the assassination? A: Probably. Q: At that time did the name Oswald ring a bell? Did you remember-the earlier’ cable. traffic about him? A:.I just don't krow. When he was assassinated,. I don't even rémember how long it was before . they got the neme of Oswald. Q: Oswald was piched up within two hours after the - assassination and the name was made public. A: Immediately? Q: Yes. A: If I were in “the office, unless I had the radio “on--we didn't of ANE e a radi¢ LQ ed i. “neces- enti Dasara eee | . ‘Clossification: ar elon ad HW 46327 DocId: 32263889 Page 122 Ate
Classification: tu REEL es 2 | 2 yf As eae b (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled cocuments.) | sarily--I would not have heard the name Oswald until the next day probably. I.’ would assume this was a little bit unusual, ‘I mighthave tied .t in. I am sure the first thing they vould have done is make a name trace when they came up with that name and they would come up with a 201 file all over again. Do you recall wher: you were on Friday, Novem- ber 22, 1963? The only thing I remember about it is going home and finding iny husband sitting in front of the TV and talcing about it. I probably was at the office but I don't remember any- thing. I blanked out. I must. have been at the office. Do you remember bringing John Scelso the Oswald file on that day? I. wouldn' t rememb 2r that. If he had asked for it I probably did. It would have been natural for me to if I dii. r just don' t know. Did you ever find a photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald at CIA Heaiquarters? I don't remember aver finding an Oswald -photo- graph. Right around the time of the assassination? I don't remember it. Did you find a photograph of someone. whom you thought to be Lee Harvey Oswald? I don! t remember that either. Do you know Philip Agee? =e Classification: = a NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 123
AM o a om Ae an: Classification: B st | (This form is to be used for material extracted , © from ClA——controlled jocuments.) wee ~ 1ll2 -. Q: Did you ever tell Joe Smith or Phillip Agee that you had found a photograph of Oswald or someone you thought to be Oswald? MCaet A: I @id-Aot—knew Jcseph Smith in Mexico City. I had never seen Joe except at the station in Mexico City and Fhil I asdy saw when I was in “ad Mexicdg ans. gare 90d gat fF Mae at GN ee alg eS tantra nat at Bote. lp Pik ee, ta a vR LS Phe - Q: .So your answer tc the question is no? “ A: I don't recall it and I don't see that I would have any reason. Q: I guess for the purpose of clarification I would like to ask the question one more time. Did you ever tel] Phillip Agee or Joseph Smith that you found a picture of Oswald or someone whom you_thgeut to be Oswald? — ‘| en ae ~ & " A: Not that I can recall. 462/ — : At the tlime of the assassination theCIA's 201 personality file on Lee Harvey Oswald was in the possession of the Mexico city Desk 46:5/ That desk had had posses- sion of the file from 10 October -1963 when. ithad received a report that a man claiminy to be Lee Oswald had been in "contact with the Soviet Embiissy in Mexico City. 464/ Fortunately, Ms. Scal.eti's supervisor had a better memory of the events that t:-anspired at CIA Headquarters on the day that President Kennedy was assassinated. He said: . | | weal do not know how long after the actual oe Shooting. it was vee en came _ gd oo  — _ Classification: - ne | a «cased pemecanes snags + iy ee ae : a . oe | Classified by by derivation: AT ea eT ae me me “NW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 124
oge : = PF Classification: : ie 7 - (This form is to be vsed ‘for motiais Chen from ClA—controlled clocuments.) a - 113 - known, perhaps an hour, hour and a half. Within minutes after that, they were out with the cables in their hands. Q: Within minutes of the name Oswald being on the radio, an officer came in with Oswald cables? A: Yes. -Q: Who was that officer? A: 1 believe it was Mrs. (Elsie Scaleti) who was the, sort of the Major Domo of the Branch. She managed all the records, handled all of the cables from Mexico that dealt with security suspects, or asked for traces on security suspects. a Q: Did you ask her tow she was able to obtain the Oswald cable: so quickly? Ww A: No, Tl know where she would have gotten them. We have copies o° them right in our Branch. Q: At that time, did she also have a photograph of Oswald? A: No, I do not think sO. Q: Do you know whet rer(Elsie Scaleti ever discovered a pho:ograph of Oswald at CIA Headquarters? A: 1 do not think s)...I-do not remember any é photograph of Osvald at that time, the day , of the assassination, or even later. I do remember our asking -- we had to ask ONI for SO a photo, and so on. As far as I recall, they never sent us on2. .It could be that jater on she found one, bit I don't recall.—— 6 HW 48327 DoclId:32263889 Page 125 7
Classification: 4 pit Sa : ry Whalaga ad § (This form is to be used for material extracted ~ from ClA——controlled jocuments.) The chief of the Mexico Branch quoted above was alsc responsible for the initial CIA investigation into the assassinaticn of John Kennedy. 166/ “Mr. Scelso a1so testified that, at the time of tke assassination, the name of Lee HarveyOswald did not ring a bell with him because Ge usands of names were crossing my desk every month .262/, He was asked why Ms. Scaleti, who came across as many names as he did, would have remembered Oswald “ken he had not. He fi 3 . 4 She was concerned only with Mexico and I had five or six other countries to work with as well. She has. a fantastic memory,. {TEVsie Scaleti) in her job a as the manager of Iie ; traces and files, in this Mexico. desk, was an a mo, outstanding officer to whom I gave, in one of her fitness reports, the highest evaluation,. outstanding, number 6 and so on, that can be - boy given, that was very rarely given at that time. *<s Her work.was pretty near flawless and she 31588) fe was an outstanding trainer of new employees. ; Material removed from Win Scott's safe now in possession of the CIA provides critically important circumstantial evidence. that the CIA photo-surveillance operations. obtained photographs of Oswald: “(Oswald's) visits and conversations are not - hearsay; for persons watching these embassies photographed Oswald as he entered and left. each. one; and clocked the time he spent on each visit." “469/ This” Committee believes that. a photograph of Lee Harvey. Oswald was probably obtained Py CIA ‘photosurveillance ine Ne en end | Classified 1 Fy ‘derivation: HW 48327 Decld:32263889 Page 126 :
from ClA—controlled c ocuments:) | & oe - ~ 115 - i Mexico. There are allegations that such a photo was found; . there is testimony, f that such 3 photos should ‘have been obtainedi» | ene awd a oP renee yy Ms. Scaleti' S strange lapse of memory regarding the events of 11/22/633, and Mr. Scott's manuscripts thesethings;—in-the Committee's view, _——would tend to indicate that 4 photo of Lee Harvey Oswald was obtained. On the other hand, the consistent testimony that a photo was not obtained in Mecicossthe absence of any record of transmittal of the photo :o Headquarters - (Fhe weight, of this. consideration is mitigated bys the fact that there were methods of communication available tiat were not incorporated into the CIA's record keeping systems. )& and the testimony of ‘Ms. @ _  Scaleti and Mr. ‘Scelso that 3 photo was not discovered would : ‘ * tend.to indicate that, in fact, the allegations that Ms. Scaleti a found a photo of LHO are false, | ‘TIT. OB. Information Connected ‘to Lee Harvey Oswald by the Mexico City Station Prior to the Assassination. 1. Introduction a . This study has demonstrated that the information from the Soviet Embassy taps and From Headquarters was available to the Mexico City Station prior to the assassination of President. John F. Kennedy. In addition to the Agency acknowledged information; there is a distinct possibility that “A | Classification: oo i si 48327 DoclId:32263889 Page 127
(This form is to be used for woe nd Bibs & . from ClA—controlled ciocuments.) oeV17 = DATE TIME | _ a SURWARY 9/27/63 10:30 AM —s Man calls Soviet Military Attache : : regarding a visa for Odessa. (Spanish. ) , 9/27/63 10:37 AM _ Man calls Soviet Consulate regarding a visa for Odessa. (Spanish) 9/27/63 © 1:25 PM - Man calls the Soviet Consulate and asks for the Consul. (Spanish) steepness aneetsneitietestetttentee rf SSFP shraaen~Seenenene 9/27/63 4:05PM Silvia Duran calls the Soviet Consulate. (Spanish) ere TE ES SESE SEs tere ESD | 9/27/63 = 4:26PM Soviet Consulate calls Duran @ a . (Spanish) ; 9/28/63 11:57AM ‘" .  , Duran calls Soviet Consulate and puts a man on the phone. (Spanish Russian and English. ) ern treet sufueasnsnine 10/1/63 . 10:31AM Man calls Soviet Military Attache. ' (Russian) . 10/1/63 - 10:45 AM Man calls Soviet Consulate identify- ing himself as Lee Oswald. (Russian and English) 10/3/63 a Man calls the Soviet Military “Attache. (Gpanish | and English. ) , | Classified by. derivation: ss a. rr) : z = a) oe = *] 2 _ NW 46327: Docla@:32263889 Page 129 .
, | | Classification: ; Bi DeUiud § a (This form is to be used for material extracted © SO . : trom CiA—controlled documents.) ; ; After thé assassination the CIA's Mexico City Station [ passed copies of seven of the above listed conversations to | | the U. S. Embassy Legal Attache. 42)/ The 9/27/-10:30 and the | 9/27 1:25 calls listed above are not included in this ; | dissemination.472/ = the: cover memorandum states: | ; Attached are photostatic copies of transcripts : -  . Of all conversations from technical operations { of this of tsss which are Possibly pertinent in | | this case. 4/3 . , : The HSCA has not beei able to determine why the 9/27 —_ : 10:30 and 9/27 1:25 calls were not included in this memorandum: While the 1:25 call could be considered unrelated, ‘it is a | unlikely that the Same would apply to the 10:30 call since the 9/27 10:37 call is inciuded in the memorandum. At the bottom of eact attachment page to the Scott memorandum, a summary of the conversation is provided.474/ | “ER YG The Station questioned the relevancy of only one of the seven calls presented in the mrmorandum, — The summary of the 10/3 ‘call says: By the context of other conversations by Oswald ‘and the fact that this called (sic) spoke in broken Spanish and Enjlish rather than Russian. which he: used previously, ji is probable that. this caller is not Os vald.4/5/ ot (Ibid., p.9.)_ A judgement that -thi | S call did not pertain to Lee Harvey i. 7° Oswald could be based on ‘the following facts: : Classification: oe a org “EAR ARL gb uty . o.---- 7 Che oF . t PF & t . ; | Classified by derivation: NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 130
Moe . Nearest ae be noted that the. aA ranscript listed above indicates that - the caller spokéjin brok Spanish. 477/ The fact that this true in light of Delgado's allegations and the 9/27 10:30, 9/27 10:37 and 9/27 1:25 calls which were also in Spanish. 473/ ‘called the Consulate it is likely that he had the number prior Probable that the: 10/3 conversation did not pertain to Oswald. | Classification: FT : are a Rim BD 4 2 (This form is to be. used for material nes from ClA—controlled documents. ) ) | - 2 T9- . Se 1) the caller spoke broken Spanish; 2) the caller did not have the number of the Consulate; 3) the caller did not know that visas were issued at the Consulate; and 4) the caller states that he is seeking @ visa, not that he is. checking on an application already made. The majority of the evidence indicates that Lee Harvey Cswald could not speak Spanish.476/ In Tight of Delgado's assertions, it is possible that Oswald had at least a limited knowledge of Spanish. It should conversation was in Spanish, slwould not by itself rule out the possibility that Oswald made the phone call. This is especially The record reflects that Oswald had the phone numbers of both the Soviet. Consulate and the Soviet Military Attache in his notebook. 479/ It can rot be determined when Oswald entered the numbers in the i10tebook. Since Oswald had previous] 4 to 3 October. . It is also clear that Oswald knew that the Consulate. was responsible for issuing visas due to his prior dealings with the Soviet and Cuban Consulates. Thus, it is Roos B — =, ans Se af te note Classification: — peg DERE | of FOr ee . owe . . ij ange ° ae . ; _ |. Classified by derivation: ay Sac NW 48327. Docld: 32263889 ‘Page 131
- cee gs FIG Classification: foe (This form is to be used for | mantis pte ad © from ClA—controlled Jocuments.) - 120 - - ; The 10/1 10: 45 call is clearly relevant because the caller identifies himself as "Lee Oswald" The 10/1. 10:31 conversation is probably relevant due to the similarity | with the 10/1 10:45 call and the marginal notations about the quality of the Russian spoken by the caller, The 9/28 11:51 4 call is clearly" relevant, acain due to the marginal notations | and the involvement of Silvia Duran. Duran's calls on 9/27 clearly related to Oswald die to the substantive information discussed in those calls. In summary, the above listed calls contain the substance of the information available to the CIA MCS prior to the . Ga | assassination from the Soviet electronic intercept operation. | | The first three calls on 9/7/63 and the one on 10/3/63, if they were indeed Oswald, add little of substance to the information that was availalle from. the other calls. 3. When were the Intercepted Conversations Linked to Lee Haivey Oswald. , . } — HSCA staff researchers reviewed the transcripts from the liaison wiretaps on the Soviet Embassy. The chronological production from this operat'on is on microfilm at CIA Headquarters. 480/ Ip addition to the choronological file, numerous copies of the tran: ‘cripts that pertain to Oswald were found throughout the CIA's “Fles on Lee Harvey Oswald, Bro It is obvious that. the Mexico city $ Station inked the : eé : Stas | Clessification: — = a reRnT oo "Of Dn a ~ g : a ner ss ) NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 132 .-
Anternrarrnese dneapoapremney Foe ed oman om “Classification5 Ph a erie Reoqe L (This form is to be wee mo suet deta s ay OO from ClA—controles | locuments.) | 10/1 10:45 call to Lee Harvey Oswald because Oswald identified himself in the call and the Mexico City Station reported ‘ag1/ Oswald's contact with the Soviet Embassy to Headquarters on 10/8/63 On this transcript the translator added the notation: |. the whe same person who phoned a da ay or so ago and spoke in broken Russian. 4827. - ; | The transcript from the 9/28 11:51 call also bears marginal notations from the translator. "MO (man outside) takes the phone and says in broken Russian ... speaks terrible, hardly recognizable Russian. 484/ The first copy of this transcript in Oswald! s Mexico City "p" fi 1e485/ also bears routing indications that show that the transcript.was sent to & Win Scott, Ann Goodpasture and Robert Shaw. 486/ These routing - indications were made by Barbara Manell. 487/ Mrs. Manell ‘testified that these routing indications would have been made when she first saw the transcript. 488/ Mrs. Manell also wrote an instruction on this transcript to file it in the "Soviet Contacts” file at the same time.489/ The 9/27 4:05 transcript also bears Mx..Manell's routing and .file instructions490/ | The 9/27 4226 transcript also bears Ms. Manell's _ routing and filing instructions. 4g1/ In addition, this transcript also bears a notation, from. Win Scot which says. "ts it possible to identity 2"492/ Herbert Nanell wrote an instruction on this transcript 1 to. file Jt in Oswald! s "p" file. 493/ | Classified by derivation: ; pe : Classification: ie an a — _ a - Ss | 3 | NW 48327 Doecld: 32263889 Page 433°
a ee) a baeig Classification: "a9 ATARES . ids = Be dad, G f (This form is to be used for material extracted ‘ fram ClA-—controlled iocuments.) The above four conversations which occurred on 9/27 and 9/28 contain almost all of the substantive information that was available to the Mexico City station: on Oswald from the Soviet electronic intercept operation., These conversations were not linked to Oswald prior to 8 October 1963 when MEXI 6453 was sent to Headquarters reporting Oswald's contact with the Soviet Embassy on 1 October, 1963.—— The conversations discussed above were linked to Lee Harvey Oswald by 16 October 1963, the date that the Mexico city | tation opened it’ s "Pp" file on Oswald. 495/ The process by which, and the events leading up to, the linkage of Oswald <> ; to. the intercepted calls will be discussed in the following section on the Mexico City Station's actions regarding the ; Oswald case prior to the assassination. | | 4. The Photograph of the Mexico Mystery Man. A photograph of an ur identified individual who visited the Soviet Embassy was incorrectly linked to Oswald prior to the assassination. 496/ The manner in which this mistake was made and the consequences of that mistake will be discussed in the following sections on the Mexico City Station's actions prior and subsequent to the assassination of President John. ; F. Kénnedy.. Se | ph iy 63 Classification: , ig ao ee gayh Uehenet Aur I. Classified by derivation: HW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 134.
(This form is to be .sed for moterial extracted from ClA—controlled « locuments. ) - 123 - ‘ ssreuuectskeconstruction of the CIA Mexico City Station and Headquarters Actions: Prior to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. - A, Introduction--CIA Interest in and Liaison with FBI Regarding American Citizens in Contact with Soviet Bloc Embassies in Mexico City. The Central Intelligence Agency has claimed that no investigation of Oswald was made. in Mexico prior to the assassination of President Kennedy. For this reason, the. “Agency claimed,, the fact that Oswald was seeking a visa and that he had also been to: the Cuban Embassy was not discovered until after the assassination: | - It was. not until 22 Kovember 1963, when the Station initiated a review of all transcripts of telephone calls tc the Soviet Embassy that the Station learned that Oswald's call to the. Soviet Embassy on 1 (ctober 1963-.was in con- nection with his reqrest for a visa to the USSR. ‘Because he wanted to travel to the USSR by way. of Cuba, Oswald had tlso visited the Cuban Em- bassy in an attempt io obtain a visa allowing him to transit Cuba. Inasmuch as Oswald wis not an investigative responsibility of the CIA and because the Agency had not received an official request from those agencies havinu investigative responsibili- ty requesting the Agency to obtain further in- formation, the Station did nothing other than -ask Headquarters on 5 October for a photograph of Oswald. 497/ © Neither of. the above assertions. is accurate. An . analysis of the information available will show that the First assertion of the abov quote, that. the Station did not ‘learn of Oswald’ s conta: t with the ‘Cuban’ Consulate and : . STN were wh Un mary “aE oe oe “ ‘| ~=S Cloisifieg by: ‘derivation: I LT ae ia trace ee ‘Classification! 2 HW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 135
Classification” POP Ame mee : Pies (This form is to be ae pi acted | ij trom CiA—controlled cocuments.) the fact that he was seeking a visa until after the as- = 124 = -sassination is incorrect. 4933/ CIA's IG Report inaccurately implies that no. ac- tion would have been taken b: the wexToae City Station with respect to an- American in contact with the Soviet Embassy in Mexico other than merely reporting the contact unless the Station had receised-a specific request from ‘an interested U.S. governmen: agency. The IGR's implica- tion is inaccurate because, is will become apparent in the following discussion, th: CIA had an understanding with the -FBI regarding this :lass of cases and often did © nore that ‘just report witrout any specific interest | being expressed by any other agency of the United States government. 499/ In fact, tie station often monitored and mounted operations against Americans in contact with Bloc Embassies. 500/ At a minimum they attempted to col- lect as much information as possible-on Americans—in con- tact with the Embassies. This was routine, it was also the case with Lee Harvey Oswald. B. Narrative of Mexico City Station Actions Prior. Ao The Assassination On 27 September, 1963 Silvia Duran contacted. the a Soviet Consulate on behalf of Lee Harvey Oswald: Sou " TRENT (gE me Classification: - Tigi yaemeal:- Classified by derivation: NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 136
Classification: "AA AraNty | eS rs : {This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled cocuments.) — | | — 2s | Later that same day, the Soviet Consulate returned Ms. Duran's call. 502/ Unde - normal procedures, these transcripts would have been in the CIA Station by the first of October and Ms. Goo ipasture brought these trans- cripts into the Station on tiat morning and put them on Ms. Manell's desk. 503/ As. Manel] recognized the transcripts as containing. information of a possible coun- terespionage or counter-intelligence interest and routed “them to Mr. Shaw; Ms. Goodpasture and Win Scott (ine reverse order.) 504/ Mr. Scott wrote, at the top of the 9/27/4:26 call, "Is it possible to identify?" 505/. © This was the first interest in Oswald recorded by the a Mexico Station even though the caller was.as yet uniden- tified. It indicates a routine interest in an American who is in contact with the Soviet Embassy. ‘After the © transcripts were routed they were Filed in a general subject file. 506/ . The 9/28/ call was probably received at the CIA Station on Monday, 30 September 1963. The routing and Filing instructions indicate that its was handled in much the same way as the 9/27 conversations. ( ote? | a ae On 1 October 1963 a conversation in which an-En- i a glish speaking person identified himself to the Soviet se es ame oe _ Classification: . HW 48327) Docld:32263889 Page 137
Po ed Classification 228 = ’ te . AIT (This form is to be | aid mera: & , from ClA—controlled c ocuments.) . 126 - Consulate as Lee Oswald came to ‘the attention of a moni- tor in the electronic surveillance base- house. -507/ The monitor immediately notified the American technician who then listened to the tap>. 508/ The technician had instructions “to alert tie Station immediately if a U.S. citizen or English speacing person tries to con- tact any of the target installations" 509/ The techni- cian called Ann Goodpasture: and a meeting was arranged. 510/ The technician marked the tape "Urgent," specifying where the conversation occuyed on the reel, put it in. a box, and delivered it to Ms. Goodpasture within fif- a teen minutes of the telephone call to Ms. Goodpasture. 511/ : The tape was delivered to Boris Tarasoff who transcribed it and returned it to the Station on that same day. 512/ As’ soon as the Staticn learned that an American had contacted the Soviet Emtassy (Ms. Goodpasture began to screen the photographs from the Soviet Surveillance ‘operations. 513/ The photocraphs from the coverage of the Soviet Embassy, however. were not delivered as prompty as the transcripts. The photographs from Octo- ber 1, 1963, were not removed from the camera until 3 or. 4 October. 514/ Hence, they Would not have been received F until 4 (Friday). or 7 (Mondiy) October by the Station. 515/ Classification: GEG orn te ee wee anaes o-. cond wee ty a Se “ 41 +: Classified. by derivation: _ ,- HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 138 -
‘uumeescemme Lagoon rm Classification: ++ ait, PED ER are (This form is to be «sed for no SED ie ) ap oo from ClA—controlled .Jocuments.) - 127 - A cable reporting Lee Oswald's contact with the Soviet Embassy was written and sent to Headquarters by Ms. Manell on 10/8/63. ‘Various reasons have been ad- vanced to explain the seven day delay -in sending this cable. David Phillips explained the delay by saying ’ that Mr. Manell. was too busy to be bothered by something. ; “ns AX . . of such a routine nature. 516/ . 7A Lips A- aaa Mr. Manel! was a busy man, sometimes pro- - crastinating. His wife was working for him, and on one or two occasions I spoke. to Mr. .Manell kiddingly saying, hey, where . is the cable about this fellow, or something _ like that, or maybe to his wife. I am not sure. In any event, what happened a few qa days passed and Mrs. Manel} prepared a message--she was working for her husband, . and as I recall ityste typed it herself, but I am not positive on that point, but in any event, she prepared the cable |. ; and took it to Mr. Mznell at which time he ' signed off on it. Otring that process, it~ did come to me, also to sign off,” because ~ ‘it spoke about Cuban matters, and then went S17 to the Chief of Station and was relTeased. 577/ ars A blind CIA memorandum entitled "Delay in sending - the first cable about Oswalc" was located in a soft file on the. Unidentified Man photograph. This memorandum as-. serts that Dave Phillips ."d'-dn't know what he was talking. about." The memorandum's assertion is correct. Mr. Manel a did not sign off on the cab e reporting Oswald's contact we Xs, ’ Classification: —- M2) Ney, “ ” NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 139
Classification: rH PAR Ar raed = Gren rie ui aa B (This form is to be used for nob Lids & ie from ClA—controlled Jocuments.) | with the Soviet Embassy. 518/ Mr. Phillips did not sign fo --off on that cable. 519/ The cable did not mention any- | : thing about. the Cuban Consulate or Oswald's contact with . it. 520/ Mr. Phillips never discuss d the cable with ORT TOR Laser £6 the Manel 1sy 521/ “En fact, Mr. Philips 's on a tem- porary duty assignment in We shington, D.C., and Miami, Florida, from.at least late September PO to October 9, 1963. 522/ The blind memorandum referred to above regarding ' the delay offers another explanation for the seven day lapse before sending the cable. After explaining © - oo that the photoproduction would not have arrived at ‘the | Station until Monday, 7 October, the memorandum says: A name trace could hive been requested on the basis of the name alone but that wasn't the way Win Scott ran that Station. He wanted the photographic coverage tied in with the telephone cuverage...sometimes | there was'a U.S. automobile license num- — ber. It was also part of the “numbers game" of justifying « project by the -num- ber of dispatches, cibles or reports pro- duced. 523/ be Li In all 1ikelihood the delay” in sending this ini- tial cable was’ due to a compination of factors. Mr. Manell _testified that, in fact, he was not too concerned with the task and left it to his wife. Me ated « > aN uate Classification: | © Cleid by d derivation: ¢ NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 140°
en ud ba , (This form is to be ‘sed for material extract: @ from ClA—<ontrolled clocuments.) . | - 129 - : The only action I took was the action my 4 ‘wife took, was to send the cable to Wash- j ington summarizing th2 information we had on Oswald and his contact with the Embassy... We also asked our headquarters for a trace i of an American. That was routine. §24/ The delay could also have be2n partially due to the wait for the photo-production. Ms. Goodpasture did check the photographs and did add a paragraph to the cable concern- ing a photogaGph. 525/ Another reason that the cable was delayed was . that there was some question within the Station about who had the responsibility to report Oswald's contact with the Soviet Embassy. Atlee é ia Croduenliln Fe posal. A Q: What action did you take after seeing this transcript (from the 1O/1 conversa- : tion)? of. A: I think I was the third or beyond person |““¢ Fhe memernede 4 who saw it. It was brought to my atten- SEAL tire 0s. tion by the chief, the Head of the Soviet|% 4% odu-cusmmg Section, and by Ann Goodpasture who was \téoxX discussing this and who was going to noti- fy headquarters and \whose responsibility jt was. As I recall, I was told to write it up. eel: . , Q: Why was there discussiom about whose re- , sponsibility ‘it was? A: I think because when it was an American it ~ sort of fell between whether we should poo. | have to do it, whether it was our responsi- _ a bo — ‘bility to send this up because it. had to. . ; ’ _ | “ee i oe uo , , . ~ i ° Gasatiaa ‘by derivation: . NW 48327 Docld:32263689 Page 141
NW 46327 23 OBE ‘Classification: A ital 3 | it bis (This form is to be used for mote nian fai from ClA—controlled clocuments.) = 130 be accompanied by 1 memo and it took time, or whether it was Ann's responsi- bility. It was: just a little, not argument, but a discussion about, well, "you do it, I don't want to do it, you handle it,” and I had to do it. 526/ “The reason that the responsibility would have Jain with the Soviet Section is obviously because the American was in contact with the Soviet Embassy. Ms. Goodpasture ‘also had a potential basis for responsibility because she was ‘responsible for liaison functions with the Legal Attache, Army, Navy and Air Force on routine couter- “espionage cases. 527/ She also assisted the Chief of- Station and Deputy Chief of Station. on these ‘cases as they occurred. 528, The primary reason For the delay was most likely a combination of the responsibility dispute and the routine nature of the case is perceived by the CIA-of- ficers at that time. Bro bara Wlarcke tated : (Ann Goodpasture) probably came in--it was really a matter of here is another one - of those things again and we were having a little gabble abou: who would send it up because it was pain to do these. I pro- bably, I think I haniled it as soon as I got it but I think trere was a discussion, as I say maybe a half-a day, about who was going to do it. It was done because ‘ft was required but it was _Gonsidered un~ ‘important. or , . - oN boat met ie ye eee rh Aa “| “Classified by derivation: DocId: 32263889 _Page 142 . o£
Closification? AB EAM rer (This form is to be lk for. 2s i hae ¥ from ClA—controlled documents.) : an _* 131 - Important or significant information was usually sent to Headquarters by cabl2 as opposed to the slower dis- patch which was sent to Headquarters by diplomatic. courier. Bein fein fete exp Cet nae Cables were sent if the information was - of such a nature that it had to be acted. on within a day or a day and half. or two days. Dispatches took so long that you really could not take any kind of opera- tional action predicated on dispatch. 530/ Mr. Manell, the Chief of the Soviet Section in Mexico City recalled that the criterion fora cable as opposed to a dispatch was the perishability of the informa- tion being transmittedy ¢ . The normal criterion would be the urgency a attached to that information, the perish- ability of the information, not its im- portance necessarily. The perishability was the criterion...If it was something that concerned an event that was going to happen in the two or three days you did not want to use a mecium which was going . to take a week to get to Washington. 531/ Hence, it is possible that Oswald's contact was reported by cable because it was considered significant by the Mexico Station; but this interpretation is not. supported by the weight of the testimony. - Co Tro other: criteria fer reporting by cable were pointed out: information corcerning Soviets, ‘Cubans and | fey t+ 4 ‘Americans. Generally, “éverything Soviet was of ‘Aigh t 4 . ; i IRE mt ete ee _ Classification: - er “Classified ‘by “derivations NW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 143
Classification: : = (This form is to be ue Nor material” extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) ~13r-. priority. Cuban Operations, a lot of cables were sent." 532/ And, in the. case of Oswald: sa this specific case. a cable was used to send this information to Headquarters only because it. concerned in American, not be- . cause it concerned a inatter was considered to be of importance. 333/ The tesimony of forme- CIA Mexico City officers consistently supports the position that Oswald's ini- tial contact with the Soviet essy was considered fairly routine. 534/ The te gimony indicates that the routine procedure of the Station was to report such a r _ contact by cable whether it was considered routine or not. 535/_ The Station had instructions to report Ameri- cans in. contact with the Bloc ‘Embassies ‘to Headquarters. because it was of interest to the FBI. 536/ The follow- @ othe ret AM. _Q: Was Oswald's contact at the Embassies in Be A Mexico, considered to be important? ing quotes illustrate these. points. Allan White said: YG A: At the time it first occurred? Q: Yes. A: I would have to conclude that it wasn't. recog- nized as anything extraordinary at the time it first occuged. | Classified by derivation: _. a . i ee Q: Why do- you conclude that? _ . . @ 4 . ‘ope PRESS. GaN es > wpe pons Classification: Bit ors B ay . EN GAG cep oo, WOE bie : 4 NW ASZ27 © Docld: 32263889 Page 144 .
, Neds alk Classification#y A Crs fhe im RU WAU SeG dL >. (This form is to be ued for material extracted _ ‘ & , - trom ClA—controlled documents.) - 133 - “~ ; A: Because had it beer, it would have been pulled out and seni to Washington either with a complete trénscription, a com- plete excerpt out cf the transcription, or the entire tape and transcript would have been sent to Washington by the first -available pouch, probably by special cour-. jer. Q: Does the fact that Mexico City Station “ sent to Headquarters a cable reporting Oswald's contact suggest that the sta- tion considered the contact to be im- portant? sa A: You are asking what. is the significance “of the cable? co Q: Yes. A: Well, operational, that is all. Here is © an American citizen, at least a man who appeared to be an imerican citizen, speak- ing broken Russian and in contact with the Embassy. This is of operational interest. This is the kind of informa- tion that we were directed among others, to get back to Washington because they passed that kind 0° thing to the Burea~ Q: Were contacts by Americans with the Soviet Embassy considered to be unusual? A: Well, we were 1963 then. They were consi-- '. dered worhty of noze, Tet me put it that way. Of course, f-om an operational point of view we were lodking for any way we could exploit a coitact with the Soviet Embassy. Q: Were such contacts by Americans frequent? ' A: Not terribly frequint. Not terribly fre- C3 : ' quent. There were members of the exile Cy @ xvas, Classification: ace | . * Classified & iby srt HW 46327 DoclId:32263889 Page 145
Ey , Ase ed — . a Classification: » ——_— ——s § : Gi Vlweabl (This form is to be used for material extracted i LO from ClA—controlled documents.) - 134 - colony. in Mexico City who were in kind of routine contact with the Soviets, usu- ally on cultural mtters. No, I-would L say they were relaiively infrequent. That is why-- ; Q: The cable was sent’ A: Yes. 537/ The Chief of ‘the Sovizt Section testified on this point also: Q: Was this particular contact considered to be unusual or routine? , . ' A: Routine. Q: Why is that? @ A: During the summer period, particularly, or toward the end of the summer period, . a relatively large number of Americans, for various reasors, made contact with -the Soviet Embass). This appeared to me, when I had the information reported, to ‘be just another case of an American contacting the Embassy, for no signifi-. ‘cant reasons. .. Q: In each case that an American contacted — the Embassy, would a cable be sent to Washington? “A: Yes, indeed. 538/ | oo. - reporting, also considered the case to be routine: 'Q: Was the Oswald contact with the Soviet Embassy considered to be unusual? ~ ae oa Ar No. Mrs. Manell, the person who actually handled the . ¢ @ serrate Classification {222 = ae i . Classified by derivation: NW 48327 Docla:32263889 Page (146
Classification: ae Seer (This form is to be used ‘for moterial extracted from ClA—controlled Jocuments.) . -~ 135 - Q: Why not? A: Well, there were cases of other Americans who contacted the Embassy for various rea- sons. We were only obliged to report the contact of any American with the Soviet Embassy. Q: So in Oswald's case it was just a routine contact by an American as far as you were concerned? . A: Yes. Q: If that is: the case, then why was the cable ‘sent concerning Oswald? , ‘A: That is why I asked you earlier, because ‘in the case of Americans we were required to send it by cable and not by dispatch. © . Q: Was that a written regulation? A: I don't know if it was written but it was understood at our Station that any Americans who were in touch with the Soviet - that that fact hac to be known/to Headquar- ters by cable. It was always sent that way, - whether we considered it very unimportant Or routine or not. So there must have. been a regulation but I am not aware of. it. 539 (ee ed. be. noted. “The reader—should be. reminded here that. the only conversation that had been linked to Oswald. at that point in time was the one that occurred on 3 October. 540/ The other transcripts had passec over the Manells’ and Good- pasture’ s desk 541/ but had not been linked to Oswald. i fo , because his name was not mer tioned in them. Mrs. Manell i SS PASS BU Tee @ erase Classification: _ : | Classified by derivation: __ NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 147_
Classification: - oo : : OF ere Srik (This form is to be ured for material extracted ay from ClA—controlied d >cuments.) = 136 - did not recheck the earlier oranscripts, but-did check the Station's index system t».. see. if it had any record LG Petia & 3 ; : of a Lee Oswald, which it did not. 542/ [ Q: (H)ere it says in orackets, comment. ext the translator, "the same who phoned a day or so ago ani spoke in broken Russian. A: Right. Q: Despite this indication here I believe your tesimony is tnat you did not go back to check the transcript because by virtue of your nemory you knew that Oswald's name had not come up in any ear- lier.conversation, is that correct? ® | | - A: Yes. 543/ So, Ms. Manell drafted the first paragraph of the 10/8 cable on the basis of the 1€/1/10:45 conversation alone even though the other infornation was. available. 544/ That paragraph of the cable provided. an accurate summary of the intercepted conversation. t said: Acc (Soviet wiretap) 1 Oct 63, American male who spoke broker Russian said his name Lee Oswald (Phoretic); stated he at Sovem on 28 Sept when spoke with Consul whom he believed to te Valeriy Viadmiro- vich Kostikov. Sujb asked Sov Guard Ivan Obyedkov who answered, if there is anything _ new. re telegram to Wishington. Obyedkov ; upon checking said nothing received yet, but request had been sent. 545/ Ann Goodpasture added. a Second Paragraph | to the © Se Classification: a | ; Z _— P v , at 4B Ar | . ; 7 -. | Classified d by derivation: a a a a a NW 48327 Docld: 32263889. ‘Page 148
(This form is to be used for material ‘extrocted © —— from ClA—controlled cocuments.) (- 137 =. cable. 546/ . ; . This paragraph concerned a photograph that she. had found in the production from'one of the photosuveil- | -Jance bases that covered the Soviet Embassy. 547/ This paragraph said: | Have photos male appears be American entering Sovem 1216 hours, leaving -1222 on 1 Oct. Apparent age 35, athele- tic build, circa 6 feet, receding hair- line, bagi ng top. hore Khakis and sport shirt. ource: -HHHED 548/ LHe PTY , The explanation for nistakenly linking this photo- graph to Oswald advanced by the CIA officers in Mexico. oS . who had knowledge of the circumstances is that this was the only photograph taken or October 1, the day that the conversation occurred, that appeared to be of a non- - Latin, and, hence, possibly an American. 549/ lave Cel pli De Re ote Q: Do you know how that photograph was ul linked to the person mentioned? ~ A: By date. It was uaken entering the Soviet Embassy and leaving on the same date this conversation took place. I remember that proceding |. - because we were combing through the ’ takes for that da: to determine any “person who looked like an American male. JI believe chis was the only one. 550/ ; 17 The testimony also. corrobortes that the photographs would . } have been. checked for sever il. days. prior tQ the, date of PY o- wae _ Classification: a | Clesitied b derivation: , HW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page. 149
. ° 2 * ie : a iat Classification:, Mie: (This form is to be used for material extracted from CiA—controlled clocuments.) = 138 - the conversation. Q: You checked the photosurveillance materials for approximately a four or five day perioc, is that correct? A: Yes, I think it is.. Q: During that four cr five day period... this man was the cnly non-Latin ap- ‘pearing man whose photograph you found, is that correct? A: I think it was the only non-Latin ap- pearing person's fhotograph that we found that we could not identify as somebody else. A lot of the people who went to the Scviet Embassy all the time, we came to know who they were. After they had been identi- fied, they made frequent visits there. “551/ The review of the phctoproduction from LIMITED y. the one base that has been made available to ‘this Commit- tee, makes the explanation of the mistake about the iden- tity of the individual due io his being the only non- Latin implausible. The record reflects that.unidentified American males: were listed on the log sheet as "U A M" after the time was given. “he photograph that was linked to Oswald was the. only “U A M" that appeared on 2 October . 1963. But on September 27, 1963 another "U AM" had ap-. peared. The Committee has concluded from a review of a. note that Ann Goodpasture wrote on the log sheet that ae Classification: 2 TR ag islee d Lobe +e ; | Classified by derivation: | % this. ‘individual had not been identified t by the | time that Kd HW 48327 - Docld:32263889° Page 150.
Classification: 3 (This form is to be used for material extracted . i: | a oe from CiA—controlled documents.) | -~ 139 - | the 10/8 cable was written. The note says: "This is | | : a ‘Mexican named Gutierrez-. license plate changed in Feb 64 to Mexican. " 552/ _ This Committee cannot be certain that other "Y A M's cate nalts 5 did not turn up on the production from the LILYRIC base. because that production ha: not been made available i for review. | | | | Ms. Goodpasture was asked about this and explained od that the man, Gutierrez, wes known in the statiom and that the base house agent vas mistaken in identifying him as an American. 553/ (0 fo . This Committee finds the above quoted explanation hard to accept for other. reasons. The October 1 transcript does not indicate tnat Oswald visited the Embassy on that day, however, it does: indicate a visit on the pre- vious Saturday. (554/ Even if he did visit. the Embassy On ‘the: ‘first of October, the photograph referred to in the cable was “not taken until the second of October, 1963. 555/07 | | | The photographs from the one surveillance base for 1, 2 and 3 October were on one rol} of film and one og Sheet was prepared by the base. The text of - rin) | @ ee Classification: “fe ‘Closed by derivation: NW 48327 DoclId:32263889 Page 151
eens GP Classification: : ara rae ‘ cg wala Bie f (This form is to be ised™for material extracted & , from CiA—controlled clocuments.) ae ee aes 2 140 - the log sheet is in black type. The separate days cover- ' age is set off by a row of red typed percentage (%) marks. 556/ Ms. Goodpasture attempted to explain this mistake. .Q: Looking at the log, can you now ex- plain to the Committee why the cable referred to a photograph taken on October Ist when actually it was taken on another day? -A:s’ If you look at the log here you see at the top--it was jist an oversight on . the part of the person who was writing that cable. It Icoks as though the date : . ds 1 October, but if you read it very. _ ' closely you see there are only two frames @ Oo .that were shot on 1 October and 2 Octo- ber, it starts up with fram number 3, et cetera, et cetera, and there the shots occur. That is the only explanation I can. give. -Q: Is your explanation that whomever refer- red to the log sitiply looked at the date at the top of the page, the date being October Ist, and «lid not see any reference to the date October 2nd? A: Right... 557/ . This Committee finds it implausible that Ann Good- pasture, who had ‘the specif c duty of "processing for. operational leads all. Station photosurveil lance info per- j taining to the Soviet targe: " since 1960 and had. received {3 a rating of outstanding on ver annual fitness reports, oe Classification: 8 ere “ . . . 4 il ‘S12 Claisified By derivation: HW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 152 (nen ed
. LSE aaa” Pe PET aa ae aepeaaacetay ad Rd Classifications. nes _ ay Fe iy * WY aden 5 a8 _ (This form is to be ured for material extracted G from ClA—controlled documents. ) - 14) : wourd make such an oversight mistake and not discover it until 1976. 558/ This Cormittee thinks that the fact that the mistaken date of the photograph was not dis- covered for so long is especially suspect in light of | the fact that.on the day after the assassination CIA. Headquarters. sent a cable to Mexico which said: "(FBI) says that photos of man entering Soviet Embassy which 4EX] sent to Dallas were not of Oswald. °?resume MEX] has double-checked dates )f these photos and is also checking all dertinent other photos for possible siots of Oswald. 559/ Headquarter's preseumption was evidently mistaken. No record exists that would indicate a reply to this eable by the Mexico City Station. - | ‘The likelihood that a photograph of Oswald was indeed obtained makes the "explanation," proferred by . Goodpasture, et al., even more implausible. 560/ At this time the Committee can not conclude why the original | mistake was made even though it does find the explanation offered by Goodpasture, et al., to be highly. implausable. | Regardless of why the mistake was made, Oswald's contact with the ‘Soviet Embassy and the mistaken photo- . graphic identification of him were reported to Headquarters. The 10/8 cable was received at Headquarters on. 9. October : 3 Classification: _ weg ve | * Classified by derivations <a v4 Pw dl SED yg nee —— ee es - NW 48327- DocId:32263889 Page 153.
(this form is to be ured for moterial extracted from ClA—controlled d scuments.) . - 142 - . . 1963. 561/ The cable, as wat. “routine, went to the Mexico Desk for action. 562/ The person who handled the case for the Mexico Desk was Elsie Scaleti. 563/ Ms. Scaleti initially considered the information. routine. 564/ She took the routine steps of request- ing a name trace. 565/ From the name trace she learned that there was a 20] file on a Lee Henry Oswald but that it was restricted to a branch of the Agency kriown as "“CI/SIG." 566/ The custodian of Oswald's file, in October 1963, was Ann Eli.:abeth Goldsborough Egerter of the Counter-Intelligence/pecial Investigations” o Group. This group's purpose and interest in Oswald is detailed in another section of ths final report deal- ing with whether or not Lee )swald- was an agent or asset ‘of the Central Intelligecne’ \gency. 567/ Ms. Scaleti went to M;. Egerter and asked to see Lee Oswald's file which vas provided to her by Ms. Egerter. 568/- Once the information from the Oswald 201 and the information in the cable from Mexico. City was combined, the Oswald contact took on more significance: Q: Now, once the information...had been obtained by you, did that in any way - - increase the significance of Oswald's 3 $4 contact with the Soviet. Embassy?. oe a ° mo Classification: ina HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 154
Classification: Ms at af Shure f _ (This form is to be 4 for Renee | rac d & . . from ClA—controlled documents.) - 143 - A: As I recall that is what Tr thought made it very significant. Q: Can you explain wh)? A: Any American who hed tried to renounce his U.S. citizenship in the Soviet Union, now having.again a relationship with the Soviet Embassy would lead one to wonder. why he had tried to renounce his citi- zenship in the first place, and why he was still in contact wth the Soviets, whether there was a possib lity he really was , working for the Soviets or what. 569/ Ms. Egerter remembers that the cable from Mexico city caused alot of excitement. She was shown the 10/9 cable. . | Is this the cable chat cause the excitement? Yes, one of- them. : Why was excitement caused by this cable? "Contact with Kostikov.’' a PP © = 6 What is the significance of the contact with Kostikov? - I think we considered him a KGB man. ‘Q: Any other reason for the excitement? A: He had to be up to something bad to be so an- - xjous to go to the Soviet Union. At least that is the way I felt. 570/ After reviewing Oswald’ § 201; which CI/S1G loaned to the Mexican Desk where it reamined until the time of fo the assassination, Ms. Scaleti drafted a response to TAR PATO GIP ge gre gry Classification: | ° Classified by derivation: MW 48327 . Docld: 39963889 Page 155
Classification! eR ! CE i aval pierre a (This form is to be u: ‘ed for material extract & . from ClA—controlled dacuments.) = 144 - _ the Mexico City 10/9 cable and also disseminated in-. formation about Oswald to other branches of the Ameri- ‘can intelligence community. o71/ These two documents: were drafted at the same tim and were sent within several hours of each other. 572/- S:veral aspects of these two documents are interestinj and illustrate various points, as well as raise sérious questions. The cable which Ms. Scaleti sent to Mexico says, in full: . | ]. Lee Harvey Oswald who called Sovemb 1 : Oct probably identical Lee Henry Oswald ee (201-289248) born 18 October 1939, New Ga Orleans, Louisiana, former radar ‘opera- tor in United States Marines who de- fected to USSR in Octy 1959. Oswald is five feet ten inches; one hundred sixty x five pounds, : light brown wavy hair, blue eyes. ; Le 2. On 31 Oct 1959 he attempted to renounce his United States citizenship to the United States Embassy in Moscow, indicat- ing he had appliec for Soviet citizen-— ship. On 13 Feb the US emb Moscow re- ‘ceived an undated letter from. Oswald Five postmarked Minsk cn Geb 61 in which . subj indicated he desired return of his US ppt as wisted to return to USA if. “we could come to some agreement concern- ing the dropping cf any legal proceedings against me." On & July on his own ini- tiative he appeared at the Emb with his : ; wife to see about his return. to the States. dopo Sub stated that he actually had never ap- eR? ° Oo plied for Soviet pashan and that his” @ ce Classification: i. Clositied aby derivation: NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 156
ee RE A ey poe | Classification: ,: 1 _- oA 7 er: edna b (This form is to be ued for moterial extracted © ae from ClA—controlied documents.) 2 145 = application at that time had been to . remain in USSR and for temporary exten- - sion of his Tourist visa pending out- come of his request. This application, according to Oswald, contained no ref to Soviet citizenship. Oswald stated that he had been enployed since 13 Jan 1960 in Belorussian Radio and TV Factory in Minsk where worked as metal worker in research shop. Oswald was mar- ried on 30 April 1961 to Marina Nikolaevna Pusakova, a dental technician born July: 1941 USSR. No HDGS traces. He attemped arrange for wife to join him in Moscow so she could appeer at Emb for visa ~ interview. His Anerican ppt was returned to. him. US Emb Mcscow stated twenty months of realities of life in Soviet Union had clearly had maturing effect on Oswald. a 3. Latest HDOQS info was (State Department) report dated May 1962 saying (State) had determined Oswald is‘still US citizen.and both he and his Soviet wife have exit permits and Dept State had given approval for their travel with their infant child to USA. 4. Station should pass info ref and para one to (U.S. Embassy, Feieral Bureau of Investiga- tion, Navy, and I:nmigration and Naturaliza- tion) locally. Ilifo paras two and three ori-. ginates with (State). ae 5. Ref-and possible identification being dissemi- nated to HDQS of (FBI, State, Navy and 18NS). Pils keep HDQS advised on any further contacts or positive identification ‘of Oswald. 573/ nt wee . Ad cq Ms. Scaleti wrote this cable. 574/ Ms. Egerter. was one of the people who reviewed the cable for accuracy. 5/5/ et Ae Ot ee ¢ 3 . | . Sia | ‘..* | The cable was released by the Assistant Deputy Director CN eo |. . Classification: {Ee 4 , OT , 3 “| *~“Chassitied-by derivation: Ps — SF <P EF NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Paye 157
ce a ae ee a ad _— summa amano Ar RPA ee Classification: aud. Sys 4 f PR eh 7 (This form is. to be used for material’ extracted @ . from ClA—controlled d scuments.) " ’ - 14t = of Plans, Thomas Karamessines. 576/ The teltype which Ms.icaleti wrote was sent to the Department. of State, the Federal Bureau of Investi- “gation and the Department of the Navy. 577/ This tele- ‘type Says: : 1. On 1 October 1963 a reliable and sensitive - source in Mexico reported that an American male, who identified himself as Lee Oswald, contacted the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City inquiring whether the Embassy had re- ceived any news concerning a telegram | which had been sent to Washington. The - _ American was described as approximately 35 _ : _ years old, with an atheletic build, about . a six feet tall, with a receding hairline. 2. It is believed thet Oswald.may be identical to Lee Henry Oswald, born on 18 October 1939 in New Orlears, Lousiana, a former U.S. Marine who defected te the Soviet Union in October 1959 and ater made arrangements through the United States Embassy in Moscow to return to the United States with his Rus- sian wife, Marina Nikolaevna Pusakova, and their child. a 3. The information in Paragraph One is being disseminated to your representative in Mexico City. Any furthe- information received is being made availayle to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. 578/ The first substantiv2 conflict between these two ‘documents are the dissimilar descriptions of Oswald. The 5 Pa i t% response sent to Mexico gave a. fairly accurate descrip- . tion of Oswald while the dissemination to other government. OF } Classification: =" oe ERT. apc ain Lg t’ “Classified by derivation: ff oa: ae ae ae a a a a4 NW 48327 DocId:32263889- Page 158°
| me OEGHEE (This form is to be ised for moterial extract from ClA—controlled Jocuments.) agencies gave the descripticn that had mistakenly been connected to Oswald by the “0/9 cable from Mexico. City. 79/ a Ms. Egerter testified that she could not explain why the . description discrepancies occurred. 580/ When Ms. Scaleti was asked why this occurred she first responded at there was 4 rule that preveited the Agency from dissem- inating any information obtained from a third agency of the government. 581/ Hence, the accurate desdfipttion of Oswald which. was from information furnished to the - Agency ‘by the State Departrent could not be included in the dissemination. 582/ | It was pointed out to Ms. Scaleti that the informaticn in the second paragraph of” the teletype was from the “tate Department sources and that the Mexico city Station had been instructed to dis- seminate the description. locally which she claimed could not be disseminated due to a third agency rule. . She was asked the question again and the following exchange occurred: | . “A. Let us start over again. The actual physical description on Lee Henry Oswald from (the 10/10 cable) was sent to the Station to assist them in further investi- gation to see if. they knew. of anybody or had anybody down there that really fitted what we thought was an accurate physical description of the Oswald that we had a | Te o> | “ Clonified by derivation: Fi EY 7 4 ae A — maar NW 48327 DocId: 32963889 Page i159
My ET eae ama eae ae oT Cd aumaimaneanager ETT . 2 TAR REAM T Classification:" oe : hws GN rary: die b - (This form is to be vied for matericl extracted @ . from ClA—controlled cocuments.) - 148 - file on.:.When we same to...the teletype to State, FBI and Javy, we did not, and I would not normally even today, provide those investigativ: agencies with the physical description of Lee Henry Oswald as we thought it t») be then. We provided them oily with our intelli- gence, not with Stite Department intelli- gence which gave tie stuff out about the audio and the possible physical descrip-. tion. The wording here in paragraph 1 on our teletype...is vorded that. the American was described. As I told your man from your Committee earlier, it possibly would: have been better, although it did not occur to me at the time and this is the way those things were writteo in those times, to say that an American d2scribed as this could _ possibly be identifiable and qualified but the normal procedure in 1963 was to ©. provide to the oth2r government agencies information and intelligence from our sources. 2X Q: Were you aware when you sent out the cable and the teletype that. you were giving differ- ent descriptions? A: Yes. I assume I was. I don't remember now. This is Some time ary age. Q: Was there any intention of your part to de- ceive any other agencies by giving a descrip- tion contained in that paragraph in the tele- type? ; A: None at all. 583/- Ms. Scaleti was interviewed by Committee staff mem- ‘ bers on 3/30/78. She was questioned, as she indicates > SO in theVabove?quots) at that time, about the : description & @ oe Classification: _ | aN ad _ i “Closed dby derivation NW 48327 DoclId:32263889 . Page’ 160
or rs | = Classification: ° oA Store 7 : : OH | Gib Rid Bike f Co (This form is to be used for material extracted @ ; . _ from ClA—controlled documents.). - 149 - discrepancy. When Ms. Scales was shown the 10/9 cable on that occasion she sated that. she would not have taken the description of the ndividual in paragraph two ' to be a description of Oswald. 584/ ~The description discrepancy was specifically pointed out to Ms. Bustos and she was specifically questioned on that point. - The report of that interview says: | We next pointed out t> Ms. Scaletti the fact that the respons: to Mexico had a ; ‘correct description of Oswald and: the dis- to '  gemination had an incorrect one. She said ‘ that the info in the first paragraph of the. © - | dissemination came from MEXI 6453 and that, . explained the incorrect description. We | pointed out to her the fact that she had the ‘correct description and that had already told us that she did not associate the de- scription in 6453 with Gswald, and that she had said that the cable and teletype had been prepared simultaneously by. three knowledgable people. She said, first, that the correct ‘description would not have been put in the dissemination because it came from the file review. I pointed out that all of the infor- - mation in the second paragraph of the dissemina- tion was from the file review. She responded ‘that they had not been sure that the “Lee 0s- wald" referred to in 6453 was the same as “Lee _ Henry Oswald" on whon they had a file, hence . they would not have tad included a description from 6453 that she did not think was connected to Oswald. She said that it had obviously been a mistake that coesn't matter now, but if she had it to do cver again, she would not | (i oe | _ put any description in the dissemination be- — . ae a cause she was not sure that either applied to ty @ ee Classification: /= = anne oS 3 f . ¥ ri me “Slositiea! Ks derivation: LF SEY SEP A NW 48327 Docld:32263889. Page 161
NTT EPC E red eee ee AS: Classification: FAR OT AMET dugdd  OSkewa hike (This form is to be used for material extracted & _ from ClA—~controlled cocuments.) -. 150 - the man who identified himself as Lee Oswald at the Embassy in Mexico. 585/. ~ The second point of iiterest that is illustrated by the 10/10 cable and teletype is the inference that can be made from reviewing paragraph 3 of the teletype, para- graph 5 of the cable, and Thomas Karamessines signing off on the cable, that the CIA was asking for, and pro-~ mising, a further investigation of Oswald without a speci- t ah wight fic request rom any ‘other government agenc mig : _ have had, as the ‘77 TGR Says; “investigative esponsibility. Habart Monslt y i Aehe Chief of the Soviet Section in Mexico City , J ; recognized such a routine irvestigative responsibility as part of the normal course of his duties. Newtek : One of our responsib: lities was to assist the FBI in identifying people who might be- . come Soviet agents, particularly in America. 586/ “As a matter of fact, the Chief of the Branch of the CIA responsible for the Mexican operations at ‘Head- quarters thought this was oue of the Mexico. City Station’ ‘5 strongest and most successfil areas of endeavor. They (Americans) wer: detected enough so that J..Edgar Hoover used to glow every . sO time that he thought of the Mexico City. boo, 7 Station. This.was one of our outstanding Loto. _ areas of cooperation with the FBI. 587/ 4 ; : TB Te Ee @ 7 . Classification: 7 Classified by derivation:, | NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 162
RW 48327 E or Gio dae BS (This form is to be used for moterial extracted from ClA—controlled c:ocuments.) ‘Classification: $ - 151 - The request for further investigation and dis- semination contained in paragraph 5. of the 10/10 cable to Mexico was the reason that.the cable was sent to the Assistant Deputy Director of Plans for release. 588/ ‘The Chief of the Mexico Branch was questioned extensively on this point: + . | A: Well, it went up to Mr. Karamessines be- cause it involved disseminating information on an American citizen to the U.S. government agencies, you see. At that time--probably | still--the CIA dic not investigate or pass around informatior on American citizens un- less it were requested to by another govern- ment agency, either in that particular case or by some standard operating procedure. In other words, the CIA, seeing an American abroad, observing an American abroad, observ- ing an American abroad engaging in some | skullduggery, wou'd inform the responsible U.S. agency here ind sit and wait for instruc- tions before doing anything further. In this case, ‘we were passing on information. to other U.S. government agencies in Mexico City and this probably went to other places in Washington as well. Q: This particular information was disseminated to other agencies without a request of any such agency. Is :hat correct? A: Yes. Q: This fit into the other category of cases where disseminations were made? A: Disseminations woild be made to other interested agencies, and any information we came across had action taken to follow up to take investi- i Classification: ee RIE Oy ae SF Bags lay aos pelted by a derivation: AT LT ae Docld: 32263889 Page 163 | t :
SEELEY GRABER Ee a] oes . ES Classification: . TAA AP Ane ne Moh g : : J Ujd tote a ble (This form is to be used for moterial extracted | = from ClA—controlled ¢ ocuments.) - 152 - gative steps. Dissemination would only be taken if another agency requested it, either specifically in that case, or unless it were a part of standard operating procedure, _ which would have been agrees upon with another ageicy. Q: Was any follow-up action contemplated byt the (10/10) cable?.. . A: Yes. "Please keep Heidquarters advised of any further contacts or for positive identification “of Oswald." Q: That would be conside-ed follow-up? ‘A: Yes. They were instructed to stay alert and report any further evidence »f this man's presence. There-. fore, Mr. Karamessine; had to sign off on it. Q: Mr. Karamessines had to sign off on it because follow-up action was “contemplated? ; With regard to a U.S. citizen abroad. 5 Q: For purposes; of clarification, I think you said that there were two situations where Mr. Karamessines - would have to sign off. One would be where another agency requested the jissemination? A: Yes. No--not the question of the dissemination. It isa question of orerational action being taken. Q: A request for operational action. What is the. second .example? A: Well-- Q: Would the “Agency. itself decide to take operational - action? A: Ordinarily, operation] action in an ordinary. case would not require Mr. Karamessines approval at all. It was only because a1 American citizen was involved. i (3 That interest in an Anerican citizen might come about ° . because of a. specific statement of interest. about . @ | : _ Classification: /= 5 “Sse ee AM ye Clossitied-by derivation, ‘96 cena <7 a cw aw ow \ NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 164
- Classification: | (This form is to be used for material extracted -. oO from ClA—controlled ciocuments.) + 153 - this individual from another U.S. government agency or it might come about because of a standard operating procedure. _ For example, we had_an agreement with the FBI that we would follow up leads on any American citizen in Mexico City who appeared around the Soviet Embassies, and so on, or anybody who was down there appearing to defect, which we might learn through our telephone intercepts. We could just as well have sent this cable ‘out without Mr. Karmessines releasing it. I do not know why we did it. Q: In fact, you pcinted to something which I was going to ask ycu about. I was wondering why somebody as hich up in the Agency as Mr. Kara- messines was the releasing officer. - ; A: I would have been because of the U.S. citizen G aspect, because so many other U.S. Government "agencies were involved, State Department, FBl and the Navy. I suppose ‘one of these things is the Navy. (ne of them could be the Immigra- tion and Naturilization Service. Q: Let me attempt to summarize again. Karamessines would be responsible for signing off on this because operat’ onal action pertaining to an American was tiken? A: Yes. Q: Either pursuan: to the request of another go- Vernment agenc’ or pursuant to some standard operating proc: dure of the Agency itself. A: Yes. Q: Any other reason that you can think of? A: No. ; . . . %. 3 Q: I believe you rate med chat; “preree “wa S an r arrangement, i i ih: y ; aa | Classification: i Re . a | Classified 4 by. derivation: fF AT LT LT eT Sh ba br Niky id : AST LEP Es RW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 165
4) GMP OL, PT : Wiebvtee (This form is to be used for material extracted co . , from ClA—controlled ciocuments.) — Classification: PE B ap - 154 - or an agreement, with the FBI that any activities by Americans around the Soviet.or Cuban Embassy would be reported and followed up on by the ‘Agency. Was that agreement in writing? A: 1 do not know. It probably was in writing some- where. It antedated my tenure, and the agreement was not in the files. It would-have been in the files of the DDP or of the CI Staff. 589/ The Chief of the Mexico Branch hence believes that further investigation of Oswald was requested by CIA Headquarters without the. prior expression of. interest - from another government agercy with "investigative respon- sibility." This, request for "operational activity" concern- 2 . ing an American abroad is ailvanced as the reason for the Assistant Deputy Director o° 6Plans signing off on the cable. Even though ‘the cab! e was brought.to Karamessines' “attention and he did sign off on it, Mr. Scelso told this Committee that that was not necessary due to. a- standing agreement with the FBI under which the CIA had agreed to + investigate Americans in Mexico in contact with the Soviet ¢ Embassy without any specific request from another agency. 590/ This recollection is corroborated by other testimony and : documents. 591/ Elsie Scaleti also recalled that it would not have been necessary, int 1963, to bring such a. request : rs, - ‘for operational action to the ADDP' s attention. 592/ ‘She: B 8p ae . Classification: —E— OE a : a re ro “| - = Classified ‘by-derivation: “suggested that the reason for., bringing it ‘to the: -ADDP s - oo NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 166
SEF LS I CZ iA <a ar i ce: peel cae = Classification:! -— — (This form is to be om for mower extracte ( from ClA—controlled c ocuments.) . --155 - attention did not have to do with the request for operational “action, but because Oswald's contact was considered impor- tant enough to merit his att2ntion: Q: Why would someone as i1igh up in the organiza- tion as Karamessines isk to be the releasing officer of this particular cable? ~A: I can only surmise now that I might have thought or what several of us might have thought at the time, that since it involved somebody of _ this nature who had tried to renounce his citi- zenship, who was in the Soviet Union, married to a Soviet, got out with a Soviet wife pre- sumably, which is very strange, and now the con- tact with the Soviets, we could have a security, @ major security problem. This was one way of ‘ . informing him and getting attention at the Ge . higher level. 593/ Even though the CIA denies Such an agreement (if it was in writing) that covered the CIA’s investigation of — , American citizens in Mexico, this Committee is certain, on the basis of the above detailed evidence, that such’ an agreement existed, either formally or informally. 594/— Hence, the assertion in the 1977 IG report that "Oswald was not an investigative responsibility of the CIA" 595/ is seemingly inaccurate and misteading. This Committee has attempted to determine what actions, if any, were taken by the CIA's Mexico City Sta- f3 ‘tion after Headquarters responded to the initial report. of. Oswald's contacts with tre Soviet Embassy. ‘In this — ai\’ f Classification: 2: SO ee oe : : 3 ak an HE .-, Ls, Classified by. derivation: ao a ee sae nat on HW 48327 Docld: 32263889 ‘Page 167
NW 48327 the Cuban ‘Embassy until Noveriber 22, 1963; and 2) that already reported about Oswali. It has also been shown it should be pointed out that Headquarters communicated ‘be noted that the CIA Headquarters also,. by notifying Cb y Classification: | (any CPARTT — ais ER Waedisdee £ (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled d >cuments.) — = 156 - respect, two assertions of the '77 TGR are. important: 1) that it was not discovered that Oswald was seeking a visa to Russia. and that he hid also been in contact with the Station did "nothing other than ask Headquarters on 15 October for a photograph of Oswald" because no other government agency had mide an official request for further information. 596/- ‘t has already been shown that the "official request" chat the Agency claims was not forthcoming was, in fact, not necessary and that, as a matter of fairly routin» operating procedure, the CIA Headquarters requested’a follow-up on the information that the Oswald matter, afte- the name trace,was done at Headquarters, was considered to be fairly significant by the Headquarters officials involved. In this regard, its concern to Mexico by requesting in paragraph 5 of DIR 74830 more information on Oswald. It should also the interested government agencies that “Any further in- formation received on this subject will be. furnished, to. you" 597/ belied the necessity -of one of the agencies Classification: “= (ENE ate Ds teens, +t enor a Docld:32263889 Page 168
Classification®: Aye i koe ‘Wied die & (This form is to be used for material extracted @ a, - from ClA—controlled documents.) ay Re AAS eda Cag, “= 157 - making an official. request for further action. Hence} ‘the excuse offered for the c aimed lack of action by the Mexico Station is invalid and the question becomes 1) whe- ther or not that Station did any follow-up; 2) whether they did discover additional information about Oswald prior to the assassination; 3) whether that information, if any, was reported in an accurate and expeditious man- ner; and 4) if it was not reoorted, what was the reason 'for the failure to report. i “The Mexico City Stati an received DIR 74830 on e a WW October 1963. — The Mexico City copy of this cable is | in Lee Harvey Oswald's Mexico City "P" file along with the Station routing slip. There are several interesting aspects to this copy of the cable and there is evidence that provides indications of the Stations’ actions and the timing of those actions. _ | | There are several marginal notations on this docu=- ment. Perhaps the most interesting is the notation "Sic" with an arrow ‘drawn to the 'Henry" in the name "Lee Harvey Oswald, " That notation was made by Win scott when he read the cable on the day ii was received in Mexico. 598/ This notation struck Commitiee investigators as very. j OS strange because it was a po: sible indication that. Win 24 e...-...,. Classification: HAR: Arne | aw wh — --Cleisitfied: ‘by derivation: <a LF ae NW 486327. Docld:329263889 Page 169
Classifications ("1 ‘ ae @Y Pages B _ (This form is to be ised for material extracted — Yd] from CiA—controlled :iocuments.) _ - 153 - Scott knew, at the time the cable was received, that Lee Oswald's middle name was not "Henry." David Phillips was questioned about that possibility: . Q: Do you have any reason to believe that when this cable was received in October of 1963 Mr. Scott knew that cable's reference to Lee Harvey Oswald was incorrect? OS A: No, I don't recall that, but reading this ob- viously at whatever time he wrote that "sic" on there he felt it was incorrect or he would not have spotlighted it that way. But I don't have any recollection. I don't have any re- collection that wekncwbefore this cable came back down that-it was Lee Harvey Oswald. 599/ The explanation most oft2n advanced was that Mr. a Scott often used the symbols "Sic" and “aka" interchang- eably and that all he was indicating here was that the “Lee Oswald" from tne. taps Wis alsototbe indexed and filed under the additional name "Lee Henry Oswald." - 600/ Mr. Phillips was also isked about this explanation: Extie tease Q: Was heAthe kind of iniividual. that would have interchanged or used interchangeably the words, the letters "aka" and "sic" interchangeably as having the sdme meining? Do you appreciate that? - A: Yes. I don't think so. He was an intellectual. His great secret was that he wrote poetry. He didn't want anyone else to know. that. He was very well educated, ectremely well read, and no, he is not the kind of man-- | aa ya] He would appreciate tie distinction? - ; TOPE GTR ery Classification: — = Ce ce rn re ONS f-. nati pM an 6 Eee a é a ae | "Classified by derivations. _ " " ° HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 170
EAT ARE cere “ at a gf ‘he . ‘ 7 . c 23 - Classification: +H Lil 2 ee i Na toa dae ik (This form is to be uied for material extracted . ae from ClA—controlled ¢ ocuments.) - 159 - A: He would appreciate tie distinction between the two. 601/ If Mr. Scott did in fact make this notation prior to the assassination of John Keinedy, this Committee has not been able to determine why "sic" was used. 602/ The description of Oswald is marked on this cable with a double black line, a check mark and the notation "24 years old" in Ann |, Goodpastur2 s hand- writing. 603/ - At at eurfiat point x -F het Le ace this point at least Ms. ~Goodpasture and Allan White, the . — en DCOS, realized that the photograph they had described : _ in MEXI 6453 was not of Oswald. 604/ But this realization a was evidently not shared by all the officers in the sta- | tion.- Ms. Goodpasture remembers that there was some con- troversy in the station about whether the man described . in the 10/11 cable was the same man who had been picked up by the Station's photographic surveillance. Ms. Good- pasture remembers that she believed, based on the cable, -that-the photograph reported in MEXI 6453 was not of Os- wald. She said that she argued over the identification with Win Scott and that he said, “Oh, that may be incor- rect “and so forth. ° But there was some quibbling over . it." 605/ The routing slip on the 10/11 cable: ‘indicates some of oN mee a ; i i e So ope yens Classification: wet te Me ee dn rs NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page ivi
Classification: + ili | (This form is to be u ed’ for. material extracted a - oy trom CiA—controlled documents.) - 16) - = the dates when subsequent Mecico City Station actions occurred. te Godapasture noted. that "We should ask HQ for photo. No?" Barbara Manell noted that the dis- semination requested by Paragraph 4 of the cable was | done on 15, October 1963. Win Scott wrote, "Please set up "P" file on Lee Henry OSWALD and put all data we have into it. Photos?" 606/ The document was sent to the files on 15 October 1963. 607/ Hence, we know that Oswald's Mexico "P". File was opened on or about 15 Oeto- ber 1963 and that Win Scott asked that "all" informa- EE tion be included in the file. There is substantial rea- ) son to believe that most, ii not all, of the information available to the Station wa: incorporated into the file ‘at that time. 608/— | The 10/11 cable greatly increased the significance of Oswald's contact with the Soviet Embassy in the eyes. of the Mexico City Station just as the name trace results reported by that cable had inade the matter more signifi- cant to the officers involved at Headquarters. 609/ | This cable aroused the Station's operational interest i in Oswald. Mad oT ti gree) Ne Q: i your knowledge did that (the 10/11 cable) - oS in’ any way enhance the importance of ‘Oswald’ Ss. ay eo Clossifcation:- ae _ i an ed ' UP Soiled pf}eivoion , may cca a gem mz Aa yn — «7 — _ NW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page iv2
LF LP La aay AF MT nell Ey rm EPR MAREE ; Classification:” AG a. ae ; i | Age 5G dime (This form is to be used for material extracted Oo ; _ from ClA—controlled documents.) contact with the Soviet Embassy? A: Oh, yes, sure, it did. The fact that he-had that kind of background. Sure, he became someone. of considerable Operatiunal interest. Again, there was nothing Other thin operational interest. Q: In all Likdihood tha: cable would have prompted - the people at the stution to 90 back and Took at the edrlier. transcripts? ‘A: Yes, I would think so. 610/ | This Committee believes that Station personnel did, between October 11 and Octoher 15, go back and recheck the transcripts and connect the important substantive calls to Oswald. Under norial.operating procedures a “tape of Oswald’ Ss calls” to the Soviet Embassy should not have been erased until 16 0: ‘tober, 4 to 5 days after the case took on added significance. 611/' The one trans- cript of the call on 10/1/63 that had definitely been | . linked to Oswald prior to ruceipt of the 10/11 cable bore a reference to an earlier conversation by a man who spoke broken Russian, the text of the 10/1 call allowed that the prior call had propably occurred on September 28 1963. 612/ It should have been possible. at that point to compare the. tapes. to see ‘if they were in fact .the same | Ca caller. Indeed, a notation made by. Ann Goodpasture on a- ; Se newspaper article in 1964 suggests that this was the case. AN @ | Classification: _ a | . Classified ‘by derivation RY 48327 DocId:32263889 Page i73
ae” aay May ney Aas a amy _gaener EP SEES x Classification: SEE . (This form is to be used for material extracted . qa . - from ClA—controlled cocuments.) - 162 - The notes says. The caller from the Cuban Embassy was uniden- tified until HQ sent traces on Oswald and voices compared by (Tarasoff.) 613/ The cable traffic after the assassination confuses this point rather than clarifies it. This will be dealt with in more detail in a subsequent section. An examina tion of documents in Lee Harvey Oswald's Mexico City Sta- tion P file and the cable traffic from Mexico City to | Headquarters after the assassination, raised a possibility that at least one tape of Cswald's voice existed as late as 16 October 1963. 614/ | . o ae _ Assuming. that the 10/1/63 call in which an individual ddentifies himself as "Lee Oswald" was handled in an ex-  pedited manner, the tape ard the transcript would have been in the Station by the following day at the latest. 615/ If the tape had been held jor the normal two-week reten- tion period, it would have been erased on or about 16. ‘October. The tape fromthe 9/28/63 conversation would have probably been in the “baer by the first or second of October at the latest. 616/ 18 would. not have normally been erased until on or about 16 October aso. It seems a clear that the tapes, unde~ norma} procedures ‘would have been retained. until at leasts,¢ @e |. ~ Classification: | Classified by derivation Ay «ay «ay <a Cay 7d iy «ay Ey NW 48327 poola: 32263889 Page 174 —
ee om eran Ow . aaa : Classification: . ie (This form is to be wed for material ontrocted ) from ClA—controlled documents.) . 163 - “October. An examination of che documents does not clarify this question but rather add: confusion to the issue. Several] documents and calles deal with the tapes and a voice comparison of the resorded conversations. In) Oswald's "P" file there is a newspaper clipping of an article from the 21 October 1964 Washington Post The article, by Robert S. Allen ind Paul Scott, is entitled “CIA Withheld Vital Intellig2nce from Warren Commission. " One paragraph from that arti:le says: The investigators also are trying to determine why the CIA in its: preassassination report to qa the State Department on Jswald's trip to Mexico City gave details only of the defector's visit to the Russian Embassy and not the Cuban Embassy. The CIA did not report the latter visit until after Kennedy's assassination in Dallas. Next to that paragraph Ann Goodpasture wrote: ' The caller from the Cuban Embassy was unidenti- fied until HQ sent traces on Oswald. and voices: compared by (Tarasoff). 617/ That statement is very: clear in saying that a voice comparison was made. The cable traffic that went from. Mexico to CIA- Headquarters after the assassination is not so clear. e | : Classification: i): a - ot fiery . 2 - . Serene me SUE . . _|  . Classified by ‘derivation’: _ r 4 NW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 175 ~
FPR OF Aner ‘ ee Baek Classification: eae We ip aes Glee & (This form is to be u.ed for moterial extracted a , | , from CiA—controlled documents.) - 164 - on 23 November, the CIA Neadquarters asked the Mexico City Station to send “he full transcripts of Os-— wald's conversations and “or ginal tapes if available" to Headquarters as soon as possible by a special courier. 618/ On that same day, Ann Goodpa:ture sent a cable to Head- quarters reporting the 9/28/13 conversation. That cable | said, in part, "Station unable compare voice as first tape erased prior receipt %€ second call." 619/— Later ‘that same day Ms. Goodpastu-e wrote another cable which said: ; (Tarasoff) who did trans:riptions says Os- © wald identical with person para one speak- ing broken Russian who called from Cuban ‘Embassy 28 September to soviet Embassy. 620/ ~The next day the Mexico city Station informed Headquarters: that it had been unable to locate any tape of Oswald's. | ‘voice. "Regret complete recheck shows tapes for this period already erased." 621/ The statement. in MEXI 7023 .that-a voice comparison “was not possible because of the first tape being erased prior to the second tape being received is- inconsistent . with the statements made in testimony and in other cables 622/ and with the procedure then in effect at the station at Pea ate, that time. 623/ It is, therefore, considered highly oe. | Classification: — SO RUE Sven | RW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 176
ma NTR Sarit re Classification:: = zu Bre ciel it Ridetie! B Lie | ao (This form is to be Aw or material extracted e from ClA—controlled documents.) ~ 135 - unlikely that a tape would be held only one or two days,. the situation that is implied by the-statement in MEX! 7023. The other statements by ls. Goodpasture in the cables and on the newspaper article; clearly indicate that a voice comparison was made. 4s. Goodpasture was questioned about this, : Q: To your knowledge, was a voice comparison - ever made between the tapes to deterimne whether the Same person was speaking ine each one? A: I do not -know. I did not make one. I do ‘not know whether someone else made one or not. There is a transcript, a cable here; a in which. the transcriber of the Soviet tape says that it is the same voice, which would lead one to believe that he made a voice comparison, but it just may have been that he, from his memory, came to that conclu- sion. 624/ Q: On the lower righthard corner of the newspaper -article that is contzined there, marked off | with a dark line is @ paragraph. Kindly . read that paragraph, starting with the words "The investigators. .' (Pause...) This would suggest--. One moment. --Tarasoff compared “he voices on a tape of October. Whose handwriting appears? S £0 > 2 = : That is mine. ; a oe » Classification: _ Z NW 48327 Bocld:32263889 Page 177
ALS ve Classification: © Pred ams ms Wd eared Sif (This form is fo be used for material extracted ‘ from ClA—controlled ciocuments.) - 165 - Q: That indicates that tre caller--could you please read that to us. Reai what you wrote that day. A: “The caller from the Zuban Embassy was unidenti- fied until Headquarters sent traces on Oswald.” Now, that would have deen in. answer to the cable - that was dated 8th October. I. believe their cable was 18 October, “and voices compared by Feinglass." Feinglass was the pesudonym used by Tarasoff. Q: In fact, that indicates-- A: He compared the Cuban Embassy voices with the others, with Oswald's call, in which he used his name. — , . Q: When would that have happened? A:-I said 18 October because I thought that was the date of the cable. 10 October. - 625/ & _ Boris Tarasoff testified that he had not been queried . at all about Oswald in 1963 and that he had not done a voice comparison. 626/ Herbert Manell testified that Farasoff did not do a voice comparison but connected the two con- versations in his marginal comments in the transcripts on _the basis of memory. 627/ a | Whether or not Mr. Tarasoff or someone else did a voice comparison of the tapes, it is likely that the tapes did exist until at least the 16th of October and would fo have been available for such a comparison. It is possi- bo ble that the connection between the 10/1/63 call and { ‘oe the 9/28/63 call was made on the basis of Mr. Tarasoff's’. a! 3 3 - aren poe ae. ee : 1 SESE PO thee, oS . # e Classification: mE SHER A . , Classilied ‘by derivation: q NW 48327 Docld:32263889° Page 178.
AEEETEREP AERA ad aad o_o cave 2 oy tee tg Classification: : iy ) & ial ame F FS Wied tke . _ (This form is to be ved for matericl extracted & - from ClA—controlled documents.) — - 167 - memory. In any event the record clearly indicates that the tapes should have been avilable, ’and probably were available; as late as 16 October 1963. 628/ This is significant because it was after receipt of the 10/10 ca- ble from Headquarters that tie Oswald case took on a more than routine coloring. The increased significance that the Oswald visit took on during ‘the period from October 171 to Octo- ep ber 16, 1963, could have provided the station with reason... | to retain the Oswald tapes. 629/ . | | Ms. Goodpasture was asked what became of the Oswald tapes, ° Q: What happened to that tape containing Oswald” s voice? A: What happened? Q: What happened to that tapes yest , A: I do not know. Q: Do those tapes exist today? : A: What? | Q: Do those tapes. exist: today? . CF AD TE they do, I do not. know where they ares ; ae” @ oe | Classification: ~ ; ao NETS TES |!" Classified by derivation: ¢_ NW 46327 DocId: 32263889 Page 179
‘Classifications ne an aranrp Rabe ete (This form is to -be used for material extract Gq from ClA—controlled documents.) ~ 166 - 'Q: Are you aware of the fact that, after the as- - sassination, it has been alleged that some - tapes were given to ‘the FBI to listen to and that it was said that ‘these tapes contained Oswald's voice on: them: A: Someone asked me about that,. but I do not think . that I had those tapes. 1I-do not remember if I did; and I was not cware that we gave any to the FBI. I do not know whether Mr. Manell got tapes from Mr. Taraso’f and passed them to the FBI, or if the Chief of Station or Deputy passed anything to the FBI. I just do not know. 630/ On the whole most CIA off cers who testified stated that, if a tape of Oswald's voice existed at the time of the assassination, they did rot know anything at av about ats — it. 631/ One CIA officer, tie Chief of the Branch respon- sible for Mexico, testified that he believed the tapes did exist at the time of the assassination: oo Q: Were they able to locate the original tapes? I think so. oo : Do you recall what was. done with ‘those tapes? >: No... A Q A . Q: Did you ever-- A: I never heard them. A: You never heard them A: No. : | Q : On what basis do you say the original tapes were found? | Ate Classification: “ eo - . v i yong : : os es (>. fem ee v4 <7 Sa i ae me aaa Aa NW 48327 _Docld: 32263889 Page 180
laecifications2 2° Dt tp ay we Classification:: 2M & = (This form is to be by B, material Sree 8 4: from ClA—controlled documents.) - 169. - A: I had the impression chat after the assassination they did a lot of traiscribing. I may be wrong. +) ee @ a : . Q: Let us look at (MEXI '025.) Paragarph four there, which indicate: that the person who did the transcript and savs, “Oswald is identical with the person in an earlier paragraph who spoke broken Russian ind called on 28 September." That- indicates that some sort of a voice compari- .-$On was made, a A: Yes. Tapes were probably Still in existence. 632/ The Tarasoffs do not remember ever doing, or bein g 633/ asked to, do, a voice compari:on of the Oswald tapes. But the evidence, albeit circumstantial, seems to indi- cate that the tapes were in existence and that the voices “ . were compared by someone: 636/ Herbert Manel suggested | that Tarasoff may have confirmed the fact that the two ‘calls were made by the same jerson by memory after re- ‘ceipt of the 10/11 cable. 63!/ However, the Station made the connections, whether by voice comparison and/or by comparison of the substantive information in the 10/11 cab'e to the substantive informa- tion in the. transcripts, the conversations were linked to Oswald prior to the assassinétion and probably by the time that the "P" file was orened on or about 16 October 1963. 636/ Ms. Goodpasture vas also asked about this: fob Q: On October Ist, you fcund out that Oswald — ke had been at. the Russiztn Embassy the preceding . By . Classification: 2285. me ded ae eee oe pee ‘hs VGlassified by derivation: * + rreesiepomapoer sy 8 ee wy han om, ae at HW 48327 - Docld:32263889 Page 181
LS ae i ae aw ae ae ae x Classification™ cat: Caledon iy (This form is to be Az for | iby sir + # © . . ; from ClA—controlled (locuments.) - 170 - Saturday. Was any effort made to check your materials from the surveillance opera- tion, the photographic surveillance opera- - tion, or from the telephonic surveillance operation to get additional information on this? | A: I do not know whether I checked it immediately "or not at this stage. I do know that they were checked thoroughly after the assassination. In fact, I think they were checked thoroughly after _ the information came back from Hasnington iden- tifying a Lee Oswald. 637/ On October 15, 1963, a 'P" file was opened on Oswald. 638/ That same day the CIA Mexico City Station requested that Headquarters send them a photograph of de - Oswald. 639/ On that date also Ms. Manell drafted a | local. dissemination memo rejarding Oswald's contact with the Soviet Embassy. 640/ By this date at least the 10/1/ 10:45 call, the 9/28/11:51 call, the 9/27/4:05 call, andthe 9/27/4:26 call had .een linked to Oswald. 641/ On 16 October 1963 the nemorandum drafted by Ms. Manell was circualted at the U. S. Embassy. It said: 1. The following information was received from - a usually reliable and extremely sensitive source: On 1 October 1963, an American male contacted the Soviet Embassy and identified himself as Lee OSWALD. This officer (sic) determined that OSWALD had been at the Soviet Embassy-on 28 September 1963 and had talked with Valeriy Valdimirivoch KOSTIKOV, a mem- “SX Va Ta, (4 ber of the Consular Section, in order to learn — rd if the Soviet Embassy had received a reply ai . -from Washington concerning his request. We : . BELONG | | eo ij ith ire 5 he pe 2+ Classified by derivation: . Vis g Ae cae ae Aa ys real al away a ne rene NW 48327. Docld: 32263889 “Page 182
= ed emma cee ed Fn ie nnn on ed z Classification? Am € ee A ess . _. (This form is to be Bay whiisibaiee ¢ ‘ te from ClA—controlled :locuments.) -anm- have no clarifying information with regard to this request. 2. Our Headquarters has informed us that the OSWALD above is probaoly identical with Lee Henry OSWALD, born on 18 October 1939, in New Orleans, Louisiani, a former radar opera- tor in the U. S. Mariie Corps who defected to the Soviet Union i1 October 1959. 3.. This office will advise you if additional , information on this mitter is received. 642/ When Ms. Manel] was asked why she had stated that it had been .“determined" that Oswald had been in contact with the Soviet ‘Embassy on 23 September she ‘said. that: it must have been ‘because sh: had rechecked the trans- > -cripts by this time as othervise she would not have used such certain language. 543/) When asked why the 10/16 . - memo said that there was no :larifying information on Oswald's "request" when it Wis known by this time that he was seeking a visa, Ms. Manel] said that “They had no need to know all those other details: 644/ ' There are no indications that any other actions were taken by the Mexico City-Sta-:ion prior to the assassina- tion. 645/ . Even though the Station’: actions after the 10/11 cable were not highly extensive, it is inaccurate and fof ob. misleading to say that those actions were limited to. re- ® nei (qs a Classification: wits Meee . ete ere cf eras “Ee * Classified by derivation: “HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 183 ast <7 <a amy ay amr
Classification: ‘AR evanes i él ga Grim add ade | re) oo, (This form is to be “Wed for moterial extracted r from ClA—coritrolied clocuments.) ~ 172 7 ‘questing a photograph of Oswald from Headquarters. o- ther actions included rechecking the transcripts and discovering the substantive ones, that concerned Oswald and reporting the informaticn in MEXI 6453 and DIR 74830 to various components in the U.S. Embassy in Mexico. City in a misleading manner. Hence, the fact that Os- wald was seeking a visa and had been in contact with the Cubans as well as the Rissians was known prior to the assassination, and the Station's actions prior to the assassination were more comprehensive than merely “> requesting a photograph; alchough if any action other oo 3 than a file check was taken, no record of that action : has been made available to this Committee. | It is unlikely, but possible, that this information : that was developed by the Mexico City Station after 10/11/63 was reported to Headquarters. Elsie Scaleti pointed out that a report of this additional information on Oswald’ s activities in Mexico “would have been expected. " 646/ Ms. “Scaleti's belief that the information should : have been reported to Headquarters is shared for identi- cal reasons by. her superior at Headquarters. 647/ : 4 : The testimony from the people involved, both at head- | BS oe ; a Classification: SRR “ See | | 9a 5 po NS Ae obo : a 2 DE | ec “ Chaiified by decivetion _ ey aT SEP a SF LF PF Aa MW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 184
aaa Aes Pg ancama AE ee Classification: ~ : | if ry 6 F (This form is to be used for materia Led bage J 5 & | from ClA—controlled cocuments.) - 173 7 quarters and in Mexico, while often uncertain, is, gen- erally, that thy do not remenber that such a cable was sent. Ms. Scaleti said that she could not recall that Mexico had sent any other in’ormation to Headquarters prior to the assassination, hut added, I "could not “Swear to that." 648/ The head of the Mexico Branch at Headquarters was certain “hat this information was reported but he could not recall the form of the report _or whether. it occurred before or after the assassination. 649/ Robert Shaw first. testified “chat, to hiss knowledge, the a ; information was not reported prior to the assassination and then added “but I would have no way of knowing. " 650/ The ‘Deputy Chief of Stution in Mexico, Mr. Allan White, was also unsure on ths point: oe LON Q: Adid they ever indicate to Headquarters that Oswald had been to the Cuban Embassy as well as to the Soviet Emba: sy and that he wanted a visa?. : . A: I would have to assume that they did. I ; ; realize that “assume” is a bad word. Q: You don't have personal knowledge one’ way or ' another? A: No, prior to the assa:: sination I would not. 651/ Ann Goodpasture was ‘also unsure of her recollection in this area: 0 SVRMRA Sd taney sy SO Classification: ___ oe a, SO BEL _—— wo ees a a | . _ ; Classified by derivation: | Fa asaya ‘ } , NW 48327 Docld:322638685 Page 185
ye ee ae ae ee ae ae ane x GF Rrasd 3 Se 6 (This form is to. be vied for material extracte ‘i from ClA—controlled ¢ ocuments.) Classification: . 4 - 124 - | Q:. But Headquarters was iever appraised of that voice comparison? Jf A: I think they were in : cable. A: Prior to the assassinition? A: No, I do not think th2y were ‘prior to the assas- sination.yxx* ee & Q: It is determined that the same person was talking on each tape and. ther? is no follow-up to head- quarters, even though Headquarters clearly consi- dered this to be significant? , A: The follow- up was mad2 by disseminating this information from the traces locally and trying to identify Oswald, trying to locate the man. That is the way the follow-up was made. We thought that he may still be in Mexico. . ab - ‘Q: The point is, however, that ‘upon the making ‘of : a voice comparion, if, in fact; that was done, , that information was not communicated to anyone. A: 1 do not know if it was or not. You would have to check the file comoletely, the cable traffic, to see if it was. To the best of my knowledge, | it was not: until after the assassination..x Q: In fact, headquarters did not know: that he had » also been ‘to. the Cuban Embassy? ee % A: At that point, no. Q: At. least, according to your recollection, it was not until after the assassination that Headquarters was informed of that fact? ; A: That. is probably right. ,§52/ Only one person who was interviewed by this Committee was certain of her recollection. Ms.~ Barbara Manell was Ee _ Classification:.. —- SS tits ee 3 “ . ., es *t oa "iii derivation: . Ps amr va ee 7" <r a <r a NW 48327 pocta: 32263889 Page 186
a a a ae ye ae”: ae“ % Classification: al hs (This form is to be vied for material extracted > . from ClA—controlled ¢ ocuments.) ; ~ 75.7 certain that a second cable veporting Oswald's contacts ‘with the Cuban Embassy had been sent to Headquarters "prior to the. assassination. Q: It does not strike you as more significant that the American con:acts the Soviet Embassy and he also contacts che Cuban Embassy? To me that would make hin seem more significant and therefore, if you found out about this after the time the (f rst) cable was sent you would have sent another cable. A: I did not send anothe: cable but I Know another. - cable was sent. .I didn't send it. Q: Another cable concern’ ng Oswald was sent? . - A: I think so. Where is the whole file? Wasn't & _ there a cable saying he was in touch with the - Cuban Embassy? We have not seen. one. I am pretty such there. was. Did you send that cab e? PP © jF 0 No, I did not send the cable. When I found out about. it I remember this, 1 said how come? i ) Who did? Do you know” A: I don't’ know who sent it. 1 think Ann (Goodpasture) might have. She migh: have sent a follow-up one with this information 653/ The staff of this Commitee. suggested that Mr. Phil- lip's clear recollection of involvement in reporting {4 > Oswald's visit to the Cuban I'mbassy and that he was seeking .. ; oo ae BE . ay @O 9 oaevaee ‘Classification: _ a ae Se . i _ "| Classified by derivation: . Sy a . cmap Sear ae | A oe ae NW 46327 Docld:32263889 Page 187
_ (This formsis to be used for moterial 1 extracted © - - from ClA—controlled Jocuments.) Classification: | a visa along with the fact that Mr. Phillips was not in Mexico at the time that the first cable was sent, 654/ could possibly be an indication that he is recalling a second cable. When asked atout this, Mr. Phillips. stated that he had no knowledge of a second cable sent. prior to the assassination. 655/ Some corroboration of Me. Manell' s assertions were © found in the materials from Win Scott's safe. Abie: se ~ A(O)n page 777 of (the \larren) report the erroneous statement was made that it was not my known that Oswald had v.sited the Cuban Em- } S$ , bassy until after the assassination: [Every — 0 fe co piece of information coucering Lee Harvey Os- Ve U wald was reported immediately after it was received to: U. S. Amba;sador Thomas C. Mann, by memorandum; th: FBI Chief in Mexico, by Memorandum; and to my headquarters by cable; and included in each ani every one of these reports was the conversition Oswald had, so far as it was known. Tiese reports were made on all his contacts wit? both the Cuban Con- sulate and with the Soviets. 656/ If the cable was sent ‘it is not in the files made available to the HSCA by the CIA. The head of the Mexico Branch admitted that the information should have been reported and that, if it "had been, the Oswald case would have been handled dif- ferently, at Teast as. far as the dissemination of infor wine steamieh yep. & - : mation about: him was concerned. _— _. oe MN Se — Classification: oe es % 7 Clie by derivation: re ee en NW 46327 Docld: 32263889 Page 188.
OrARES , 4, 3 - Classification: aie eee i Ur Gala a din: (This form is to be used for material extracted co from ClA—controlled ciocuments.) ; - “4777 Q: Had the information concerning Oswald's visit - to the Cuban Embassy in addition to the Soviet one, that Oswald had seen requesting a visa, if it had been sent t) CIA headquarters, would his case prior-to the assassination have been “handled in any. differ2nt manner? A: It would have been in the case of dissemina- - tion of information avout him, but I do not think that any operational action would have taken to apprehend hin or to contact him or to try to force him bick to the United States. aw) Q: . Gi would the diss2mination have been treated differently? A: Well, it. simply means that we would have dis- seminated any additioial information that we got. 657/ a It-cannot be determined vith exactitude whether or not this additional information about Oswald was reported to Headquarters. In all lik21ihood it was not. The Chief of the Mexico Desk was asked whether or not the Station Was ever criticized for this. failure to report in the face of a specific request t)» do so by CIA Headquarters. No. That was not becaus> we were trying to go. easy on them, it is simply. because. it is in the nature of the business. What you “are trying to do is engage, as I used to say, in important il- legal manipulations of society, secretly. We were running, at that time, a vast poli- _ tical action program in ‘exico City to try to i eS - . « Swing Mexico around from its Leftist direction {Sn *. - toa middle of the road direction and it succeeded. | _ . moe. a PAAR po ee | By. ae ee "Classification: ai es gS | mye he. 4 7 an “ vt Spey “Classified si derivation: 47 a7 ee aw a ee me oe NW 48327 Doclad:32263889 Page 189°
eee 1 Peg Oeemeye ere tee ee ee tee NW 48327 as soon as possible Co Ted a only Teitor to. od |. Classified by derivation: Classification: | (This form is to be used for material extracted from CiA—controlled ciocuments.) - (178 - J I do not know whether you informed yourself about the magnitude of our political action program at the time--absolutely enormous. We were “trying to follow the Soviets and all the satellites ard the Cubans. At the same. time, the main thrust of the Station's effort was to attempt to recruit Russians, Cubans and satellite people. ABM . Perhaps the nature o7 the CIA Mexico city Station's handling af the Oswald case prior to the assassination can best be summed up in Dive Phillips: response when he was asked how he would’ characterize that handling: "At the very best, it is not professional, at. the. best." 659/ V. Mexico City Station Reporting of Information Concerning _ Oswald After the Assassination - A. Reporting of information concerning the photograph of the Mexico Mystery Man Even though some pecple in the Station clearly dis- associated the photograph that was described - in esgh ' 6453 - from Oswald after receivirg the. 10/11 cable, ore it is: clear that some people st‘ VW considered it possible for some reason that the photograph was of Oswald. In Octo- ber, Ann Goodpastyre had urgued this very point with Win- ston Scott. 657/ On the day’ of the ‘gssassination, the 7 “Mexico City. Station cabled aioe o ; Classification: Docld:32263889 Page 190 a oh
Classification? Ei AQ eam : , | ; ate | eT Bb fant bp | E fo. (This. form is to be’ us:d for material aS _ from ClA—controlled de-cuments.) - 179 - | £59C./. a Sovemb 28 Oct who could be identical with Oswald.’ 658/ D 1 The date was later corrected to read 1 October. 6522 D/ 3 Mr. Scott was not the only person in the Mexico Station “who still thought that the. photo could possibly be eet setn' ee Oswald. Mr. Manel] testified on this pointy $ ; _ Q: As of the day of the assassination, you - thought that there was still a possibility 3 that there was a photograph of Oswald? A: Indeed. As I recall, we tried to get that c a photograph to headquarters as fast as we could. As it turned out it wasn't neces- . Sary to send it. But fet was our intention. 660/ taste oes The photograph was sent to Dallas where Special Agent . a Odum of the FBI showed it to urs. Marguerite Oswald on | 23 November 1963. 661/ . Mrs. Oswald would later claim | “4 it was. a photograph of Jack Ruby, 662/ beginning a pericd | of controversy arid uncertainty about this photograph that - has continued to this day. The interaction of the Warren : Commission and the CIA on this Question is detailed in another section of this rerort. On 23° November. Mexico informed: Headquarters that “ke obvious photos sent to Dallas were not iden with Lee Oswald. " 663/ Since the time of — Ny casictene met the assassination, this man his ‘been identified as Yuriy - Ivanovich Moskalev, a Soviet: <6B officer. The identifica- Pf 5 tion is unconfirmed and. comes from only one. Source. ~64/ : . (TNE ye fry" iy. a oo Classification: _ : . aad ; mo, | Classified by derivation: NW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 191
(This form. is to be: bi errs " from ClA—controlled documents.) In any case, it is unlikely that this man had any. con- nection with Oswald outside of the mistaken belief of several CIA officers in Mexico. 665/ B. Reporting of information concerning Lee Harvey Oswald from the electronic intercept operation aimed at ‘the Soviet Embassy: The first cable that Mexico sent to Headquarters after the assassination referred Headquarters to the cable traffic conprning Osweld that had occurred prior ‘to the assassination. 666/ “Headquarters replied that ‘they had also noted the “cornection." 667/ | | The cable traffic on the day of the assassination, and the early traffic from «he following day, deal al- “most exclusively with the photograph of the person who later became known as the Mexico Mystery Man. . The first cable 668/. obviously referred to the October 1 contact and brought it to, Headquarters’ attention by “referring Headquarters to M:XI 6453. ‘The first cable that specifically refers to the transcripts occurred on the following day. Headquarters cabled Mexico that it was important that the station review al transcripts % _ Classification: _ roar Ko oy o | bles - te . Classified by. detivation: NW. 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 192
Classification: : “tig VN io ie be bee LIE Ridwlabs ae b (This form is to be used for material extracted - © from ClA—controlled c ocuments.) . . = 181 - "since 27 September to locat2 al material possibly per- tinent." 669/ The cable went on to instruct the station to send the full transcripts and original tapes to Head- quarters by special courier. 670/ The cable also asks - if the original tapes are still available. 671/ \ This Committee has not been able to determine how the — CIA Headquarters knew, on 23 November 1963, that a review of the tap material should begin with the production - from 27 September, the day Oswald first appeared at the Soviet and Cuban Embassies. - There is no recrd that Headquarters had been informed of the 9/27 visits prior | to, this cable having been sent. It is possible, as some witnesses have suggested, that his information was provided to CIA Headquarters by the FBI in Washington. 672/ If that is the case then it merely shifts the question. This "may indicate that the CIA Headquarters was aware of the 9/27 visits prior to the assassination. An even stronger inference is that they were aware of those visits at least by the day after the assassination. The manner in which they learned of these visits by that date has not been determined. It is possible that. Headquarters was- informed ane ee me Pete 4 ae eet Se en Classification: 27/3 * “Ap wih . UL “classified By derivation: NW 46327 Docld: 32263889 Page 193
Classification’: i 6 ed” eines saab (This form is to be uted for- moict Sos from ClA—controlled d scuments.) - 18e 7 by telephone. Even though w’tnesses generally. denied that there was telephone communication between Mexico City and Headquarters at the time of the assassination, there is strong evidence that. there was such communica- tion on at least two instancus. 673/ As will become evident, “:he transcripts were cabled to headquarters that same dav. It is not clear why Head- quarters asked that the transcripts and tapes, if they existed, be sent to Headquar:ers by special courier as- opposed to cabling the transcripts which would have been faster. 674/ There is no record that indicates that = these transcripts of Oswald'; calls were sent to Head- quarters by. special courier. _ a On the 23rd, the Mexico city Station reported all of the substantive Oswald coiversations to Headquarters by cable. — “Logically, one woild expect that since the circumstantial evidence indicates that these conversa- tions were linked to Oswald. rior to the assassination, - that they would all have bee reported in one cable, es- pecially in light of the request from Headquarters in DIR 84886. 675/ At this points according to the files and records made available ‘to the HSCA staff by the CIA, f oe i the Mexico City Station had informed Headquarters of. . a - Classification:. Fics Ah 3 RE te Os _ 1° “Claisified’ By-derivation: oe # . a NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 194
NW 48327 " Classification: ata AP Aro (This form is to be use La motte aD) Ate i from ClA—controlled documents.) 7 18: ; only the 9/28 and the 10/1/10:45 conversations. It should-be noted that the 10/./10:45 conversation makes reference to the fact that O;wald was also at the Em- bassy on 9/28. The next cabie that Mexico City sent to Headquarters said, in part, ‘Other than Info already | "sent re Oswald's connection vith Sov and Cuban Embs, no other info available." 673/ The next cable reports a literal transcription of tie 9/28 and 10/1/10: 45 con- versations. 677/. The next cable that refers to the transcripts of Oswald's convarsations. reports the 9/27/ 10:30 call, the 9.27/4:05 call, the 9.27/4:26 call, the 10/1/10: 31 call, and the 10/3 call. 678/ With this cable Mexico City informed Headquarters of all the ‘sub- stantive information available from the Soviet “Embassy: electronic surveillance. 679/ Mexico City also informed Headquarters ‘on. 11/24/64 that the tapes from the period in which Oswald had. vi- sited the Soviet and Cuban Embassies had been erased. 680/ A cable on the previous day had informed Headquarters | that it was "probable" that the Oswald tapes had been erased. 681/ An earlier cable that same day reported that "Station unable compare voice as first tape erased - - . | Classified by derivation: AP | DocId: 32263889 Page 195.
- & Classification: . 2 eh EWw5 (bd ade 4 (This form is to be ued for moterial extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) ‘= 184 - prior receipt of second call “ 682/ This would imply that the tape of the 28 September conversation, which | may not have been received a. the station until the 30th or the Ist of October, was destroyed before the ‘tape of the conversation on che Ist of October was re- ceived in the station on tha: same day. In light of the standard operating proce ijures in effect in the sta- tion at that time, that possibility is highly unlikely. 683/ In view of what is now kiown about the standard operating procedures and about the Station's actions prior to the assassination, the Station's confusing and. somewhat contradictory reporting after the assassination is strange. 684/ It is possible that these confusions and contradictions: arose out of the crisis atmosphere at the station and the rush to report information. This Committee has not found any solid evidence that. there were sinister qualities in the reporting after the © assassination. | HW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 196 ._
(This form is to be used for material Balacied ee " from CiA—controlled cocuments.) FOOTNO'ES ‘FOR LEE HARVEY OSWA'0D, MEXICO CITY AND. THE CENTRAL INTE .LIGENCE AGENCY - 1/ See Warren Report, pp. 299--304, 733-736. In support of “ats account of Oswald's :ontacts with the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic missions, the Warren Commission pub- lished the following as echibits: ~ 1). A note from the Cuban Ainistry of Foreign Affairs to the Swiss. Ambassado: in Cuba. (Commission Exhi- bit 2445.) 2) Lee Harvey Oswald's vi3a application and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of zhe Republic of Cuba's letter ‘denying the visa. (Conmission Exhibit 2564.) - 3) Letterhead Memorandum to J. Lee Rankin from Richard Helms re: "Technical Examination of Photographs of -, ' Lee Harvey Oswald's Apodlication for a Cuban Visa." ° (Commission exhibit 3127.) 4) The pages of Lee Harvey Oswald's notebook with the ee . telephone numbers of tie Cuban Consulate, the Soviet Consulate:and the Sovi2t Military Attache's office. (Commission Exhibit 2121. ) 5) A letter dated 11/9/63 from Lee Harvey Oswald to the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C., (Commission Ex- hibit 15.) | ; -6) A letter from J. Edgar Hoover to the Warren Commission listing the contents of the Federal; Bureau of Investi- gation's file holdings on Lee Harvey Oswald prior to. ‘the assassination. (Commission Exhibit 834.. This document listed a Central Intelligence Agency."release”- dated 10/9/63 that reported Oswald's contact with -the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City.) J) A memorandum dated 5/14/64 ‘to the United States Em- bassy in Mexico City from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Mexico. (Commission Exhibit 2120. ) 8) A memorandum dated 6/9/64 from the Ministry of Foreign ; ae _ Affairs of Mexico to the United States Embassy in bf bao Mexico City. (Commission Exhibit 2123.) | CPP ear: raat ee e He Classification: HW 48327 Docld:32263889- Page 197.
AVEDA FSP Classification: ‘fi! : 4 Lgel Jit Sent yada e ‘(This form is to be used for material extracted a) ; , from CliA—controlled ciocuments.) - 2 = 9) A letterhead memoranduin to J. Lee Rankin from Richard Helms re: “Houcs of Work at the Cuban and : Soviet Consulates.” (Zommission Exhibit 2568.) 2/ Warren Commission Report, p. 305. 3/ Classified Staff Summary of Review. of CIA Documents, un- dated, pp. 1-2; David A. Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76, 5. 123; HSCA: Outside Contact Report, David A. Phillips, 5/11778-,JFK Document No. 008321; Thomas Keenan Inter- view, 3/24/78, Ps 2: Robert Zambernardi Interview, 6/3/78, P- 2. ~ Ns iA. wh ch “Fry, As ane re de Cet liege @ - Soe wy tbe? BM ree ay fan Sf ee ; be 4/ Robert gambernardi Interview, 6/3/78, p. 4. ‘S/ See JFK Exhibit. F-438, reprinted at page. 6/ Ibid. ‘Tf Ibid. | @o | 8/ Ibid. » 9 / Ibid.; see also Section II, A, 3, below. 10/ See JFK Exhibit - ‘F438 and Section Il, A, 3, below. A , pulse camera is a camera equipped with a device that automatically triggers tte shutter of the camera thereby exposing the filn. , 11/ Keenan Interview, 3/24/78, p. h3 i2/ Undated Draft of 1977 CIA Staf£ Report, Tab F, "Mexico . Station Coverage of Soviet and Cuban Embassies (1963)," p. 5. Hereinafter cited as Tab F Draft. 13/ David A. Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76, p.|23; Ann Good- pasture Testimony, Af/A3f" 8, p. 44. —-14/ Ibia. _ 15/ Phillips Testimony, 11/27/16, p. 123; Pirrtttps-testimofiy, pfod. APSTTE, Pots 7 7 | a wpe ge : a ® | _ Classification: _—— ae | ee , Co I : | “Classified by derivation: Sar ae sear -_ a ee a, HW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 198 |
Classification: ait Qe caged at aa he (This form is to be vsed tor material extracted & an from ClA—controlled documents.) - 3+" 16/ Outside Contact Report, David A. Phillips, 5/11/78, JFK _ Document No. 008321. 17/ zambernardi Interview, 6/3/78, p. 2. 18/ Ibid. 20/ Ibid., p. 3. 21/ Ibid. 22/ Ibid. 23/ Ibid., p.-4. CF: Phillips testimony, 11/27/76, pp. 107- 108 and Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 45-46 in which Zambernardi As. saic to have printed the contact sheets. 7 24/ ClaSsified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, un- & dated, PP- 1-2. . 25/ HMMA 22307, 10/18/63. 26/ Ibid., para. 5, °c. There vere two common means of communi- cation between the CIA Mexico City Station and CIA Head- quarters: cables and dispatches. A dispatch from Mexico City to Headquarters always has the letter prefix “HMMA.” A dispatch from Headguar:ers to Mexico City always has. the letter prefix "HMw. ' A cable from Mexico City to Headquarters always has :he letter prefix "MEXI." A gable from Headquarters always has the letter prefix. —27/ HMMA 22307, 10/18/63, para. 5, c. 28/ Ibid. 29/ See JFK Exhibit F- 438. _30/ HMMA 22307,, 10/18/63, para. 5, Cc. ro 31/ Ibid. There is general agr2ement that Robert Shaw was : fo “the case officer for this Operation. The only person @ oo oc Classification. i Bee Be es oo, ’ : . | Classified by derivation: NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page. 199
megs pe ge I Classification: :: (. : (This form is to be used for material extracted _ from ClA—controlled ¢ ocuments.) -4- ee So who takes exception to thiut characterization of Mr. Shaw's’ role in the projec:: is Mr. Shaw. (See: Phillips. Testimony, 11/27/76, pp. :.07-108; Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 45-46; Zambe:nardi.Interview, 6/3/78, p. 6. But see: Deposition of Robert Shaw, 5/16/78, p. 34.) 32/ HMMA 22307, 10/18/63, para. 5, c. 33/ Ibid. 34/ Ibid. 35/ Ibid. The Committee decline; to assume that there had been no production by the time of this dispatch in October. The handling of the produ:tion, i.e., when it was picked up and taken to the Station, when it was developed, etc., ‘is not known. But as, the following analysis will show, there is a strong likelihcodthat: the pulse camera. was operating in late Septemb2r and early October 1963. 36/ HMMA 22433, 11/7/63. Ibid., para. 1. Tbid., para. 2: 40/ Ibid.,para. 3. 41/ Ibid., attachment Be 42/ Ibid. , Para. 3. 43/ Ibid. . 44/ Ibid., Attachment C. 45/ HMMA 22307, 10/18/63, para 5, Cc. 46/ HMMA 22433, 11/7/63, para. 3. AI) Ibide To gon boty ; | Classified by derivation: HW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 200 ‘Classification: 2.) chee 8%
Classification: (This form is to be. sed for moterial extracted’ from ClA—controlled clocuments.) - 48/ Ibid. 49/ Ibid., para. 4, 50/ MEXI 9440, 6/19/64. 51/ Ibid. 52/ Ibid. 53/ Ibia. 54/ HSCA Classified notes of discussion with CIA employee, 7/20/78. 56/ HMMA 22726, 1/16/64, CIA #4098. 57/ Ibid., para. 5, g- a  -58/ HMMA 26414, 6/22/65. 59/ Ibid., para. 1. (60/ Ibid., para. 3.. 61/ HSCA Classified Notes of discussion with CIA employee, 7/20/78. The cryptonym was changed on 8 July 1964. (HMMW 12725, 7/8/64.) | 62/ Letter from. Blakey to Brec] inridge, 7/21/78. 63/ See Sections III, A, 5 and 6 below. | 64/ JFK Classified Document #12. 65/- Ibid. 67/ Ibid. f } 68/ Ibid. a ae — OS | ype _ Be Sy. a , ; lassi ication: fc , ; i . Classified by derivation: HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 201
ST SP ES SERS Ai oe aed manmer a — Classification: oe oe tPF “ee . . . . 7] f he Bers wih & ae (This form is to be sd ‘fo? material” extracted o - from ClA—controlled documents.) . - 6 - . 69/ HMMA 22307, 10/18/63, para. 5, c. 70/ HMMA 22433, 11/7/63. 71/ Ibid., para. 3. 72/ Ibid. 73/ Ibid. 74/ Ibid., and para. 4. 75/ HMMA 22726, 1/16/64, para. 5, g- 76/ HMMA 22307, 10/18/63, para. 5, c. [> | ~™ HMMA 22433,' 11/7/63, para. 3. This assumption is considered reasonable in light of the desire of the Mexico City Station to establish coverage of the newly reopened Corsulate entrance. ‘See HMMA (> 22307, 10/18/63. | —_ 79/ HMMA 26414, 6/22/65, para. 3. od a) ~ 80/ See MEXI 9440, 6/19/64; HMMA 26414, 6/22/65, para. 5. 81/ Zambernardi Interview, 6/3,78, p. 4. 82/ 1966 LIONION Project Renewal Request, 1/1/66. "LIONION" was the CIA cryptonym fo: photographic surveillance operations aimed at the Cuban diplomatic compound. - 83/ Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 43-44. B4/ HSCA Outside Contact -Repori:, “David A: Phillips, 5/11/78, JFK Document No. 008321. oo . 85/ MEXI 9332, 5/6/64. 2 fs inh eS SELOU Ey Classification: 1={5\ * ba op " Classified by. ‘derivotion: femme SF 7, a Cull Aa “7 NW 48327 DecId:32263889 Page 202
° a . RY Ry. sr Ba ie eres Classification: “2 * 7 we (This form is to be vied “for. materia) pois aH oo * from CiA—controlled cocuments.) oT, = Fe 87/ Zambernardi Interview, 6/3//8, p: 2. rr 88/ Ibid., p. 4. 90/ HMMA 26414, 6/22/65, para. 53. 91/ See pages 24-27,. ; above. 2/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, undated, pp. 1-2. 93/ Ibid. 94/ Ibid. 95/ Ibid. | 96/ Ibid. @ = °7/ wi. 98/ Ibid. 99/ Ibid. 100/- Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 47.. 101/ Robert Shaw Testimony, 5/16/78, p- 35; HMMA 26006, 4/30/65, para. 8. ; ; 102/ Ibid.; HMMW 13645, 5/13/65; HMMA 26160, ‘8/21/65, paras.1 and fed oO . fad ~ See MEXI 9440 and HMMA 26414. 104/ JFK Classified Document $142. / 105/ Notes made by A. ' Goodpastur > for John Leader, IG Staff, ‘Ye: "Background on Mexico Station Support Assets (Coverage of Soviet and Cuban Embassies)", 2/10/77, p. 1. Here- oa inafter cited as Goodpastire Notes. See also: Tab F i 3 mo Draft, p. 1; _ Goodpasture festimony, 4/13/78, p.. 15. “ OO . ce ug ee ow) e . Classification: srrntig Oe SESSA bane %D “ oe t "Classified by. dérivation: sap NW 48327 Docld:32263889 ‘Page 203°
Classification: oa ey aarti : ty ~ fy bey 5 (This ‘form is to be used” for: material “Srrdctsd from CiA—controlled ¢ ocuments.) - §- 106/ Review of Project LIEMPTY, attachment to HMMA 15979, 11/18/60; Memorandum from Chief DDP/PG | to Chief of Operations/DDP, 2/3/61. 107/ HMMA-23343, 4/30/64, para. 7}. It is possible that the — Saturday coverage was mor: extensive in 1963 during © Oswald's visit. See following discussion of Review of Project LIEMPTY, attacliment to HMMA-15979, 11/18/60; Keview of Project LIEMPTY, attachment to HMMA 17999, 10/31/61; Rev:.ew of Project LIEMPTY, attachment to HMMA-20052, 10/18/62; Reivew of Project LIEMPTY, attachment to HMMA-22387, 10/25/63; and Section B. 4, following. "|.IEMPTY" is the CIA cryptonyn referring to the overall photo-surveillance operation aimed at .the Soviet diplomatic compound. 108/ -Sketch based. on HMMA-4300, 3/12/56 with attachments; . Goodpasture Notes, 2/10/7", p. 1; Tab F Draft, p. 1; HMMA~14793, 4/8/60, para. 3; _Goodpasture Exhibit #1, 11/20/78. a (109/- Goodpasture Notes, 2/10/77, p. 1; rep F Draft, p. 1; : Goodpasture Testimony, (AL13/78, - 15. 110/ Ibid. 11/ Ibid. 112/ Ibid. See Map above. Even :hough LIMITED is referred to as the "primary" base becuse it was the first to be put into operation, the LILYRIC base produced the best. photographs. “(HMMA~14793, 4/8/60, para.. 3) 113/ Tab F Draft, pp. 2 and 5; H5CA Pxecutive Session Testimony of Ann Goodpasture, 4/13/78,. p- 13; HSCA Staff Inter- view of Thomas Keenan, 3/74/78, p. 3. 14/ Ibid. on all preceeding; HSCA Staff Interview of Herbert and Barbara manell, 3/20/78, p. 5; HSCA Deposition of Herbert Manell, 4/28/78, Dp. 18-19; Memorandum from Chief DDP/PG to Chief of Operations/DDP, 2/3/61. = mn sy Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 13. Classification: 220.3 ssh. “| Classified by derivation: ' NW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 204
apo . ANTS at sea Classification: —: nim fi ert! aT & 5 See | i (This form is to be sed ae material extracted & oe "from CiA—controlled documents.) ~ 9 -- 116/ Herbert and Barbara Manell Interview, 3/20/78, p. 5. “417/ Tab F Draft, p..5; parenthetical in original. 118/ Goodpasture Notes, p. 9. 119/ MEXI 9332, 5/6/64. (120/ Ibid. (121/ Herbert and Barbara Manell Interview, 3/20/78, p. 5. 122/ See also ‘Section II, A, 3 above. 123/ Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 23. Ms. Goodpasture stated that the case officer handling the project was Thomas Keenan. (Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 34). . Thomas Keenan could not remember with certainty the scope of the photographic coverage of the Soviet Embassy gate. (Thomas Keenan Interview, 3/24/78, pp. 3-6.) 7 a> - 124/ Goodpasture Testimony, 4/12/78, pp. 28+29. 125/ See below for more detail. 126/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 5/12/78; a Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 10/31/78; CIA File entitled "LIMITED 17 July 63 (J 110) 'to 9 Dec. 1963 (2 163) £10m Archives- -Job #70.209 Box #1 LIMITED Production Material .™ 127/- Ibid. - 28/ Goodpasture Notes, p. 2; HSCA Staff Interview of Thomas Keenan, 3/24/78, p. 4; Ciassified Staff Summary of Review - of CIA Documents, 5/12/7%; HMMA-31303, 2/7/67 with attached map; HMMA-23343, 4/30/64, para. 2. fF 129/ Goodpasture Notes, p. 2. See also map printed above at p. 32. 30/ Classified Staff Summary o:: Review of CIA Documents, 5/12/78; Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, | 10/31/78; CIA File entit!.ed “LIMITED 17 July 63. (J 110). C3. - to 9 Dec. 1963 (J 163) fiom Archives-Job #70.209 Box #1 A LIMITED Production Mater:.al." co “eee Classification: ao o eens Sr oo > po Classified by derivation: HW 48327 Docld:32263889. Page 205 —
° ge : yd ae . ey TE: r ~ : - Classification: errr ; . , 4 A (This form is to be used ‘Yor “material “extieete from CIA-—controlled cocuments.) aii Fe = lo - 131/ See above chart. 132/ Keenan Interview, 3/24/78, >. 4, 134/ Ibid: 135/ Review of Project LIEMPTY, attachment to HMMA 15979, 11/18/60. | Emphasis added. "LIMERIC\". is a CIA cryptonym meaning "Soviet." Review of Project LIEMPTY, ittachment to HMMA 17999, 10/31/61. a as an ~ | ae) bs oud ~ See Review of Project LIEMP'TY, attachments to HMMA 20052, 10/18/62 and HMMA 22387, 10/25/63. Memorandum from Chief of FI/OPS to Chief of operations /DP, ' 1/8/60. ~ bad oO ~ (139/ HMMA.14793, 4/8/60, para. 5 a 140/ HMMA 23343, 4/30/64, para. 2. Emphasis added. r41/ iiemoranduia for tne Record, 1/19/78 £Erom Gabielson/cornvel1. 142/ Letter from Blakey to Breckinridge, 7/25/78 _See also J°K Classified Documents. #'s 142 and 146. 143/ Memorandum entitled "Response to HSCA request of 25 July _ 1978," 8/20/78; HSCA Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 10/31/73, p. 1. CF. Goodpasture Testi- E mony, 4/13/78, pp. 47-51, Goodpasture Deposition, 11/20/78, - pp.50-~- -5}, where Ms. Goodpasture testified that although the logs and the contact. srints from the LILYRIC base are missing, thenegatives are on file at the CIA. 144/ Memorandum entitled ° "Response to HSCA request of 25 July 1978," 8/20/78; HSCA Classified Staff Summary of: Review of CIA Documents, 10/31/73, ‘p. l. . 45/ Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 41. HMMA 23343, 4/30/64, ( rs para. 2. Win Scott was tne Chief of Station in Mexico AG ee seg BP OL peat peel Classification: a . . , a net ne | : ; oy a wpe Classified ‘by’ derivation: - NW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 206
Classification: ae el Cp tnit a Nee (This form is to be sed “fae ‘material extracted from CiA—controlled documents.) - ll - City in 1963.. He was a d2manding and "hard" bose. (Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. ll.) -He was also a stickler for detail and for recording information in a retrievable form. (Ibid.; Goodpasture Notes, p. 6; Keenan Interview, 3/24/78, p. 6; Phillips Testimony, 4/25/78, p. 30.) | Log Film 144; Keenan Interview, 3/24/78, p. 2. re ra nn ~ Log Film 144; Goodpasture Notes, p. 8; Tab F Draft, p. 5; 147/ Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 41. 148/ Ibid. 149/ Goodpasture Notes, p. 7. Tab F. Draft, p. 2; Goodvasture Notes, p.~2. In 1962 or .1963 a cut-out was institited in Alvarez's dealings with the LIMITED photographic »oase.. The films were still de- veloped and processed by Alvarez. (Project Renewal Re- quést, attachment to HMMA-22387, attached to Memorandum for DDP from J. C. King, 11/27/63, section I, B, 1.) i) in © ~ Goodpasture Notes, p. 2. 52/ Goodpasture Notes, p. 7; Ke2nan Interview, 3/24/78, v. 2. 53/ Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 33. 54/ Ibid.; Keenan Interview, 3/24/78, p. 2.. 155/ Ibid. ) 156/ Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 34. 157/ Ibid., p. 38. | - 58/ Keenan Interview, 3/24/78, o. 1. 59/ Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 33-38, 14-15. ; 60/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 6/26/78, ‘ pp. 3-5; Annual Fitness Report on Ann Goodpasture, 1/14/64. t e pikties  - Classification: |v: Bey i ae ; i Classified by derivation: _ NW 46327 DocId:322638689 Page 207
gk ame — Es) fas wo f oe ed “hie . 7 al a | “t ope ° DTG Fab - Classification: ane eh yy i ‘3 i of bs LE ea? bs ti peed HA (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled clocuments.) . = 12- he nn. ~ ~ Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 14-15. ~ an ND ~ Goodpasture Deposition, 11/20/78, pp. 38-39. ro) a iad ~ Ibid., p. 40. ~ n b> ~ Ibid., p. 41. H ~~ an ut ~ Alan White Deposition, 5/18/78, p. 7. ~ a Bea ~ | Ibid. | a] n od ~ Ibid., p.-9. - co) @ ~ ‘Ibid., p. 15. See H. Manell Deposition, 4/28/78, p. 4 ; where he calls Ms. Goodpasture "an assistant to the Chief of Station: ‘B. Manell Deposition 4/28/78, p. 9 | , where she calls Ms. Goodpasture "Win Scott's right-hand person"; Robert Po. Scelso Deposition, 5/16/78.p.22  , where he calls Ms. Goodpasture. "sort of the svecial assistant to Win Scott"; © Robert Shaw Deposition, 5/16/78, p. ll , where he says that Win Scott "relied vecy heavily | on Ann Goodpasture." ow] 0 - ~N 170/ Goodpasture Deposition, 11/20/78, p. 34. 171/ Ibid., pp. 8-9. See Section II, C, below for detail on the telephone tapping operation. 172/ Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 34-35. 173/ Ibid., p. 35. | | 174/ Ibid., pp. 42-43. 176/ HSCA Deposition of Barbara Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 11-12. 177/ HSCA Deposition of Herbert Manell, 4/28/78, Pp. 15. Herbert bo ' Manell was in charge of the Soviet Branch of the CIA Sta- : tion in Mexico City. Barbara Manell was his assistant. © Classification: et [- Classified by derivation: NW 48327 | DocTd:32263889 | Page 208
Lyapage Classification! = aed AP (This form is to be v pt, mate iar reve o> from ClA—controlled documents.) - 13-: 17B/ Ibid. ge ans herbert and. parbardfanell Interviéw, 3/20/78, p. 3. OSS * Seen Beppe tc ce Ce 1967 HSCA Deposition of Herbert ‘Janell, 4/28/78, p. 15; HSCA Deposition of Barbara Man2ll, 4/28/78, pp. ll-12. 1827 ‘Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 64-69; Arnold Arehart -Interview, 6/2/78, p. 4. ood parte 7 GE. 182/ wast eres = sad) § sLind Mememorandum entitled "Delay in sending the first cable about Oswald"; Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/15/7&, p. 4; Socdpeee Gerod, partase . . , . : ww Ibid. 7pei- of e . 185/ Herbert and Barbara Manel Interview, 3/20/78, p. 12. fe fol / Blind Memorandum entitled "Delay in sending the first cable about OSWALD"; ssified HSCA Staff Summary oF Review of CIA files, 3/15/78, p 4. 187/s Goodpasture Notes, Pp. 1; Goodpastuge” Testimony, pp. 12-13; HSCA Deposition of B. —Mé1ell, p. 6; HSCA Deposition of R. Shgw, pp- 21-24. fi 186/ CIA Component report on wicetap operations prepared by Paul Levister entitled "ZRSOL) and ZRJOINT: Two Telephone Tap Operations," pp. 10-11. _ Hereinafter cited as Levister Memo. Paul Levister (seidonym) was a Headquarters tech- 5 nician. He was in Mexico City from 22 September to 1 ctober, 1963, preparing a report on this electronic “intercept operation. (HMMA-22267, 10/8/63, para. 8.) This report will be referred to in some cases in this dis- cussion of the intercept operation., The report, however, was simplified in order "not to rye losing the reader. (Memorandum from Chief, WHD, to S, Mexico City, 12/30/63,. para. 2.) This simplification was mainly in the area of -a distinction between reels of tape and transcripts and in the procedures — . SO | Classification: wee aA’ | = oS "Classified by derivation: HW 48327 Docld:32263689 Page 209
i ae ae: ae: ae ae a ae: ae Classification! mate . : tile 2 . % “e . . (This form is ‘to be ‘ised fer materiel ia agp ” @ / from CtA—controlled documents.) Po i ~ 14 - -used in the collection and distri- bution of the reels and transcripts. ({Ibid.} In this discussion of the operation other sources will be relied upon in these areas. In addition to the telephone surveillance main- tained by the CIA Station in cooperation with the Mexi- can Government, the Station a.:so maintained some unilateral surveillance on. the Soviets w:.thout the knowledge or cooperation of the Mexican of:iicials. The unilateral surveillance was not directed at the Soviet diplomatic compound but rather at the pr’.vate apartments of Soviet officials in Mexico City. (Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 56; Manell Interv:.ew, 3/20/78, p. 7; HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 7; HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 16-17.) There was also uni- lateral coverage of some Cuba targets. (Gdodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 51-52.) Ann Goodpasture testi- fied that she believed that some of these targets were located in the Cuban diplomat. .¢ compound. (Ibid.) Ms. eS Goodpasture's memory is not borne out by the project file for the unilateral intercept. The only Cuban tar- get of this project was the home of the Cuban Commer- ‘cial Attache. (HMMA~ 22536, 11/9/63, para. F.2.) i89/ Project Renewal Request, 1/11/65, attachment to HMMA~25141; Goodpasture Notes, p. 5. 190/ HMMA 21845, 1/30/63, para. 8. '191/ Goodpasture Notes, p. 4; Arehar: taterviews’ 6/2/1780 ps 1: Levister Memo, p. 22. ° , ~ 192/. Goodpasture | Notes, p- 5; Goodpa sture ‘réstimony, 4/13/78, oo p- 54. 193/ Goodpasture Notes, p. 7. . 194/ Tab F Draft, p. 4; Levister Mem>, p. 21. 195/ Tab F Draft, p. 4; Memorandum t) DDP from Chief WHD, 1/21/64, para. 5. Bom, t Fe thiataie. yao ‘ “ 196/ Manell Interview, 3/20/78, pp. L-2; HSCA Deposition of | , - - " H. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 4. oo Oo . oO : 4 : ‘a ir) . Classified: by derivation: Pci YP Fo ae | <p Fal _ AEP = HW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 210
art OEY OH EET oem pares iva! oat A 2 ty TS REN Classification: ~ _ _ (This form is to be Say a mova Sirah J from ClA—<controlled c ocuments.) - [5 = ro 197/ Manell Interview, 3/20/78, }. 2; HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 7, 3... .198/ Manell Interview, 3/20/78, ». 2. ‘ 199/ HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 22-24. 200/ Memorandum to the Ambassado-: from Winston M. Scott, 10/16/63, re: Lee Oswald/Contact wi:h the Soviet Embassy; Manell -Interview, 3/20/78, pp. 1/-18; HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 21, 31, 36; HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 51-5), . , EDD. Sr 201/ Phillips Testimony, 11/27/75, p. 19. 202/ Ibid., p. 20. 203/ HMMA~22005, 8/23/63, para. 4. See also HMMA~22267,. 10/8/63; ; para. 4; HMMA~-22135, 9/13/63, para. 4; HMMA~22452, 11/7/63, para. 4 which all list reports of intercepts of American citizens, or Snglish- speaking people, in . i contact with Communists in Mexico. HMMA~-21845, 7/30/63, , para. 4, reports that the "traffic" is reviewed daily for English Speaking persons making contact with the Soviet or Soviet satellites embassies. 204/ HMMA 22267, 10/8/63,- para. 2. 20S5/ Ibid. In addition to the lines at the Soviet and Cuban conm- ~~ pounds, telephones of interest to the Mexicans, lines at the Czechoslovakian and Yugoslavian Embassies were sub- jects of taps. (HMMA-22267, 10/8/63, para. 2.) The two lines disconnected on 23 September at the Cuban Embassy © were put on lines at the Yugoslavian Embassy on the - “Same day. (Ibid.) 206/ HMMA 22452, 11/7/63, para. 2. 207/ Classified Staft Summary. of Review of CIA Documents, 5/12/78, ‘p. l. 20 8/. See “above; HMMA 22267, 10/18/63, para. 2. tb 20 9/ Classified Staff Summary of Review. of CIA Documents ¢ 7/26/78, p. ol. SERIE uehen a . eel aa al peti * Clossified by derivation: i : 1. So Classification: * nue : at a! HW. 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 211
Classification: 22 swt “i Cy lan Tt ci = Huet 3 i (This form is to be u.ed for material extracted oO from ClA—controlled cocuments. ) 210/ Ibid. 2ii/ See Tab F Draft, p- 4, which states that five Cuban lines were covered; Goodpasture Notes, p. 8, which also states ‘ that 5 Cuban lines were covered; and ‘Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76, Pp- ll, and -Gooipasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 51-53, in which they state their belief that more than three lines. in the Caban diplomatic compound were covered by this liaison intercept operation. 212/ Project Renewal Request, 1/11/65, attachment to HMMA 25141, section D, l, (b), (1). N 13/ Phillips. Testimony, 11/27/76, p. ll. See also Section III, A, 3, below. ; , . “214/ Classified HSCA Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, undated, entitled "Periodic File Summary ~ Dave Phillips - 3 Components," p. l. (> 215/ Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, p. 5: tevister Memo, t p. 22. 7 | 216/ Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, p. 2.- | 217/ Ibid. Levister Memo, p- 1}. 7 218/ Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, p. 3. 219/ Ibid. , Pe 23 Levister Memo, p..11; HSCA Deposition of R. Shaw, 5/16/78, P- 20. N 20/ Ibid. See also Tab F Draft p. 4. Cf. Herbert and Barbara Manell Interview, 3/20/73, p. 8, in whcih the Chief of. the Soviet Section in the Mexico City Station claims never to have heard of sich summaries. 221 1l/ Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, pp. 2-3. 222/ Ibid.; Goodpasture Notes, >. 8; Levister Memo, p. 11; Me- t morandum from Paul Leviszer to Chief/FI, 10/2/63, para. 2. i _s-223/ Ibid. | i _ Classification: __ . ay & i : Leer | sees aa , mo Classified by derivation: ra Say ew <a aw ee a a vd NW 46327 Docld: 32263889 ' Page 912 -
a el el ee ee eel . Classification? ee (This form is to belly after mitatial 1 cit deted is. © from ClA—controlled cocuments.) ye - 224/ Letter from Blakey to Breck nridge, 7/6/78. 225/ Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, >». 2; Levister Memo, p.- ll. 26/ I Ibid. 27/ Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, >. 2. 228/ Ibid., p. 4; Project Renewal Request, 1/11/65, attachment to HMMA~25141, Section D, (2). 229/ Ibid. 230/ Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, p. 5. 31/ Ibid. | 32/ Ibid., p. 2. The ‘resuma provided quick summaries with the oo full detailed transcripts arriving at the Station ‘one eG or two days : after the resuma. 233/ Ibid. 234/ Ibid. 235/ Ibid. 236/ Ibid., p. 3. 37/ Ibid., p. 5. 238/ Ibid. . 239/ Ibid., p. 2. . 40/ HMMA 22267, 10/2/63, para. 8; HMMA 21845, 7/30/63, para. 8. For handling of English language conversations see Sections II, C, 4, b, (3!, (c), (d) and (e) below. - 241/ DIR 88680, 12/13/63; Goodpisture Testimoy, 4/13/78, p. 63; i . .Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76; " P. 43. ar 242/ ‘Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, Pp. 3. & oe | - Classification: BRR) OY mh “Classified by erivation: ne RW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 213
Classification: = Sie sal l Us ee (This form’ is to be used for moteriol extracted @ from ClA—controlled ¢ ocuments.) -~ 18 -- 243/ Ibid. 244/ B. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, P- ll. 245/ After. the assassination ‘Hea iquarters asked Mexico City not to destroy any of the Soviet tapes from this opera- tion. (DIR 87770, 12/9/63) A note written by Ann Good- - pasture in 1963 seems to confirm Arehart' S assumption - that the tapes were retained at the station. (The Soviet tap operation) people just keep bring- ing in the reels to me (the ones I give them are not labeled so they don't necessarily know which ones | return.) The storage problem is one for us and as the reels come in with transcriptions, I store them. When we can erase then, I'll take off the labels and send them back out. {Note by Ann Goodpasture, 12/10/63, attached to DIR 87770, 12/9/63. Second: parenthetical in original. ) nw & ~ _Zambernardi Interview, 6/3/78, p. 5. Emphasis added. Mr. Arehart was absolutely positive that Cuban tapes were retainec for thirty days because he maintained them in the special rack. (Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, p. 3.) Hence, the two week “usual practice" is probably not correct insofar as the Cuban tapes are con- cerned. Bb a ~d ~ | ®D ib io] ~ Phillips Testimony, 11/27/'6, pp. 40-47. Nh fe .o ~~ Ibid. Ibid., p. 47. i] an lo] ~ iS) wi fd . ~ p- 5. . bho ui bh ~ .P- 8. S) wn ve) ~ 54/ Ibid.; Goodpasture Notes, >. 8; Tab F Draft, p. 5; HSCA - ne Deposition of H. Manell, 3/28/78, pp. 28-29; Boris Tara- soff.Testimony, 4/21/78, B-..7;, HMMA-22267, 10/8/63, paras. Bo - Classification: - ae 6 a iss) - | - ” Clastitied ‘by “derivation: NW 48327 Docld: 32263889. Page 214
EF  kiaTe gee ae hc MT am <a Aa Classification: - (This form is to be ured for material, extracted ©) from CiA—controlled documents.) . ~ 19 - 3 and 8; HMMA-21845, 7/30/€3, paras. 3 and 8; Zambernardi Interview, 6/3/78, p. 4; Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, p. 4. 255/ B. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/17/78, p. 19. 256/ A. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, pp. 2-3. 257/ Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, p. 5. 259/ Ibid. | See also Section (e: below. 260/ Classified Staftf- Summary ©: Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78, pp. 2-4, 261/ Levister Memo, p. 32. 262/ A. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/1://78, p. 8; Boris and Anna Tara- soff Interview, 4/11/78; Boris and Anna Tarasoff Interview, 11/30/76, p. 17. The Span.sh transcriptions had the name of the Embassy which was tiped at the top of the first rd] page of each transcript. (ranscript here means one day's , coverage on one telephone -ine.) Following the name of the Embassy, the number of the pnone covered is given. The date and times of cove:age follow immediately after the phone number. The reel number is also given at the top of the pagé. Along th: left-hand column of the page is the cite to the meter number on the tape recorder where the transcribed conv:rsation is located. Generally, the time that the conversa-:ion occured, and a notation as to whether it is an incomiig or outgoing call, appears at the beginning of the transcribed conversations. (Clas- sified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Document, 3/9/78, p. 1: Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 69-70.) The format of the transcripts from the Cuban Embassy was essen- tially the same as the fornat of the Spanish language transcripts from the Soviet Embassy. (Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA documents, 5/12/78, pp. 1-2; Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78, pp. 1-2.) Conversations that were. in Russian were noted on the Spanish transcript were a number referring to the place on the reel where the conversation occurred (Classi- fied Staff Summary of Review of CIA. Documents , 3/9/78, P. ai CIA Transcript, CIA No. 32.) go Soatagt * Ge Classification: ; er ka ee i Classified by derivation: NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 215
a” 7S ne J J) ae ae ie ae ‘% Classification: . (This form is to be ued for material extracted & | | from ClA—controlled Cocuments.) | gon BAH - 19 -- a” 2.1 ace nF pre id i mm > marasoff Interview, 4/11/78 Tarasofg-interview, 11/30/76, pp. 17-18.; 70 26k) booapasthre Notes, p. 8; B. farggote Testimony, 4/12/78, PB. 9. . . ~ Ibid’ Mr. Tarasoff prepare an original and two carbon ~~ copies of all of his trayscriptions... All three copies were delivered to the Station: (B arasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, p. 15.) One ca-bon was cut and pasted onto a separate sheet of pape-:, with the conversations grouped by identity of the calle: or by subject matter. This -.was done by Mrs. Tarasof£. (Ibid’, and p. 19.) The original, one intact caroon and the one cut up carbon were all delivered to th: station. (Ibid.) a | ‘Classification: | | | = oe an Sp Ce : | ) | 328 P ; - ; oo . Classified by derivation: SES SO ST Ps as Aes | EE ease Peg NW 46327 Docld:32263889. Page 216
Classification: = ual scsi (This form is to be used for moterial” extracte from ClA—controlled c'ocuments.) cd - 20 - 266/ B. ~Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12,/78, p. Oo. i ae / Bee Notes, p. 8; rair/s Draft, p. 5. / Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 61 270/ 6e om — RARE POT De He Phillips Testimony, oo 11/27/76, p. 367A. Tarasoff timony, 4/12/78, pp. 8-11; B. Manell eposition, 4/28/78, p. 28. ‘ a | 271/ Tab F Draft, pp. 5- 6: PhihLifs Testimony, 11/27/76, pp. 36-37. be 292/ Arehart rikkeview, /2/78, >. 53 himmayé2267, 10/8/63, para. 8; HMMA 45, 7/30/63, para. 8; HMMA<32452, (11/7/63, para. 8. f Le OO / Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, 2. 5. 25Y/ Ibid. The daily resuma | for spanish language conversations o> “(See Section II, C, 4, b, (1), above) largely negated ' the need for a smiliar procedure for Spanish language conversations in “that the important and/or: interesting ones were summarized in th: resuma. / Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, 9. 5. Ibid. 3177 Ibid. Ibid. HMMA 22005, 8/23/63, para. 4. See also Lev¥Ster Memo, p. 19. 280/ A. ‘tarasofs/Testimony, 4/12/78, PP. 8-12. Ibid. Tey 2@2/ HMMA 22005, 8/23/63, para. 4. 83/ HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, p. a wee e — | Classification: . Classified by derivation: WW 486327 Docld:32263889 Page 217 -
ats . %. PAS Cy Sibi | ‘qadtao Classification: . ee a - (This form is to be sed “tor moterial, racted © _ from ClA—controlled ¢ ocuments.) BO ie.2) ny ~ Ibid., p. 6. i) fea) wn ~ A. Tarasofé£ Testimony, 4/12/78, pp. 8-12. tO oo fea) ~ Ibid., p. 12;.Goodpasture T2stimony, 4/13/78, pp. 62-63. i) © od] ~ Ibid. Ibid.; HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 8. ho ces] co ~ No ies) <2) ™~ | Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 63; Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76, p..14. . : 290/ Manell Interview, 3/20/78, 2. 3; Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76, pp. 14-16; Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, PP- 54, 63. 291/ Ibid. - 292/ Project Renewal Request, 1/11/65, attached to HMMA 25141.. 293/ HMMA~22135, 9/13/63, para. 3; HMMA~22005, 8/23/63, para. 3. a 294/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78, p-. 1. 295/ B. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, p ~ 7. 296/ Ibid., pp. 16-19; Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78, pr. 3-4. 297/ Ibid., pp. 2-3. 298/ B. Tarasoff. Testimony, 4/12/78, p. 30. 299/ Ibid., p. 13. | | | 300/ Ibid. | “) 301/ Ibid.,p. 14; Manell Interview, 3/20/78, pp. 4 and ll. 302/ See Section II above. 303/ See Section II, C, 4 above. . ee Oo | Classification: 2 Classified by derivation: | HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 218 -
Fe a Classification: . a bbe ee} cars (This form is to be used for material extracted & . from ClA—controlled ciocuments.) - 22 - ‘ 304/ See Sections II, A and B above. 305/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78, p. 5; MEXI 7025,. 11/23/63. 306/ Ibid.; CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 9/27/63. - 307/ Classifiec Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78, . p- 6. ; , . 308/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78, pp. 6-7; CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 9/27/63. 309/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78, pp. 7-10; MEXI 7025,, 11/23/63; CIA Transcript from Rus- sian Embassy, 9/27/63. 310/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78, pp. 10-12, CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 9/28/63. 311/ Classified Staff Summary 0/7 Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78, a p. 12; CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 10/1/63. 312/ CIA Mexico City Investigat:.on Chronology, Bulky #WX-7241, vol. I, p. 3. The transcript of this call does not give the time the call occured. (CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 10/1/63 ) -313/ Classified Staff Summary o: Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78, pp. 12-14; CIA Transcrip: from the Russian Embassy, 10/1/63. ; /314/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78, p. 14; CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 10/3/63. ; . 315/ DIR 74830, 10/10/63. See also MEXI 6453, 10/8/63 and Section IV, B, below. 316/ DIR 74830, 10/11/63. (Mexico City copy.) 317/ Ibid. _ | | | “4 318/ Ibias PRESSES mae ei Classification: _- bee F Classified by derivation: _ RW 48327 DocId:323263889 Page 219
Classification: - (This form is to be Sod tor moterial extracted ~ @ from ClA—controlled documents.) -~ 23 - 319/ Classified HSCA Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 5/12/78, p. 1. On September 27, 1963, at 10:54 a.m., the following call occured. . A woman named Silvia named Guillermo Ruiz. Ruiz tells her that he has not’ yet been able to reach the consul and because of that: he has not called her. Silvia tells him that "we" ' have no time for that and asks him for the Consul's phone number.: Ruiz respords by asking her not to get annoyed and he wants to krow if Silvia wishes to speak to the Consul personally. Silvia responds that she does. Ruiz says that the number is 11-28-47. Silvia says that is. fine and the conversation ends. (CIA transcript from Cuban Embzssy, 9/27/63.) It cannot be determined whether this céller was indeed Silvia Duran or — if she subsequently callec the Consul since Duran's of- fice phone. was not tapped. The tap was on the telephone used by Ruiz. _ 7 bd Is o ~ . Classifed Staff Summaries of Review of CIA Documents, undated and 5/12/78. See Sections II, A and B above. bad [s f==t ~~ 322/ See Sections II, Cy, 4, b, (*), (c) and (dad) above. 323/ A. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12,78. 324/ See Section III, A, 1 above. 325/ A. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12,'78, p. 4. 326/ Ibid. 327/ Ibid., p. 6. 328/ Ibid. © a —— 329/ Ibid. , 330/ Ibid. 331/ Ibid. See also Sections Il, C, 4, b, (3), (c) and (e), above. — 4 eee, ey oo ~ Classification: 2)" | Classified by derivation: HW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 220,
ae ay say x Classification:. cae ans - et, : ; / (This form is to be vied. for materiol extracted oo from ClA—controlled cocuments.) ~ 24 - 332/ A. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, pp. 7-8. 333/ Ibid: 334/ See Section II, C, 4 b, (3), (e) above. 335/ A. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, pp. 7-8. a 336/ Ibid., p. 9. gs 337/ Ibid., p. 10. 338/ B. Tarasofé Testimony, ins7e, p. 25. 339/ Ibid., p. 26. 340/ Ibid. 341/ Ibid., p. 27.— | ra Bo ~ Ibid., p. 33. - . Ibid. 1 be us ~ / See Section II, C, 4, b, (3), (e), above. we jw & |b ui [am /. See Section III, B below. Blind Memo re: Lee Harvey. Iswald/Silvia Tirado de. ‘Duran, Source: LI/4, 11/26/63, 2. 5. Gd if Loa) ~ | tad ib = ~ A. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, p. 10. It is also in- teresting to note that Ms. Duran's statement that Oswald had blond hair, is also left out of subsequent CIA and Mexican official reports. (See Section V, C and VI, A> below. } | ‘Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76, pp. 52-53. WwW r oO ~ | wd Ro 2) ~ | Daniel Stanley Watson Interview, 6/4/78, p. 1. Ibid., p. 2.¢ ve) wn oO ~ | athe Taha van ere vi 351/ Ibid. James Angleton testified that he “had in fact cleaned . out Win Scott's safe but that he had not found any. Classification: re: f: 2 * ‘Chossified: d:byserivotion: . NW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 221.-
acne” = iegnaintsay = ammimmumamemcmnay =—aeanteaneer sdamaenamnseetey seve ed my epee SENS, fl oS oon gee Classification: 2-3 2 “8 (This form is to be ued for moterial extracted e from ClA—conirolled documents.) - 2h = photographs or intercept transcripts pertaining. to Lee Harvey Oswald. (HSCA Deposition of James Angleton, 10/5/78, p- 116.) a tab 52/ Classified Letter from Blakey to Breckinridge, 7/6/78. tad 53/ Draft of letter from Scott :o John Barron, 11/25/70, © p. 3. Emphasis added. co 3 uw 4/ Foul Foe manuscript, p. 267. oh | | 55/ See discussion above. 56/ hed Blind Memo re: Lee Harvey Cswald/Silvia Tirado de Duran: Source: LI/4, 11/26/63, fF. 5. 357/ See Sections Vv, Cc and VI, A, below. t i 358/. Busebio Azcue Public Testimony, 9/18/78, pp. 33-35. | (> | 359/ See Section II, Cc, 3 above. _ | 7 , 360/ See Sections II, A and B, :bove. (361/ See below. | _362/ See below. 363/ It should be noted that the two sets of photographs which ~~ ‘are missing are the most relevant of all the photographs ‘ produced by the Mexico C.ty surveillance operations. Had a photograph of Oswald been obtained, it would have most likely have be2n done by one or both of the bases from which production is missing. Oswald visited the Cuban Consulate whici was covered by a pulse camera. “The photographs of peopl: entering the Cuban Embassy have been made available to this Committee for review but the material from the pulse camera which covered the entrance to the Consulate which Oswald visited has not been forthcoming. (See Section II, A, 3, above, for _ ‘details.) The documented standard operating. proce- dure of the Soviet target bases indicates that LILYRIC, the base from which production was not forthcoming, -would have been the one in operation at the time of Bi ne _ Classification: 2:¢ = ad bacr —. Classified by derivation: ___ NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 222 = my
LS LE AT MEF Ma MED Pee SET Pe | See ge ORR Ge Hayy oe Classification: 2.3) s,s . . . ; ofa = oar, re i ; (This form is to be ued. for material extracted © . from ClA—controlled documents.) 1 ~ 26 - Oswald's visit. (See Sec:ion II, B, 4 above and Section (b). below for details.) In addition, HMMA- 14793, 4/8/60, indicated hat the base from which pro-. fo - duction is missing "perfo:ms the best photography of Gs persons visiting the fron: gate." , ee 364/ Deposition of John Scelso, 3/16/78, p. 95; HSCA Deposi- —_ tion of Elsie I. Scaletti, 5/19/78, p. 65; HSCA Depo- . sition of Allen White, 5/18/78, p. 42; HSCA Deposi- , tion of H. Manell, 4/28/73, p. 51; Ann Goodpasture, 4/13/78, p. 98.- | tod 65/ See preceding Section III, A, 1. In fact, Oswald may — have visited the Soviet Embassy 3 times also. See analysis in Classified: Letter from Turner to Stokes 10/25/78, JFK Classified Document #146. 3 t6)) 6/ Zambernardi Interview, 6/3/78, p. 6. “tw 67/ See Section III, A, 1, above. e a | 3 8/ See Sections Il, A and B, <bove. “3 oa) 9/ See Sections II, A, 3 and JI, B, 3 above. | Gd 70/ HSCA Outside Contact Repori:, Phillip Agee, 1/6/78, JFK Document No. 004578. — ; 371/ Phillip Agee Interview, 1/..1/78, p. 1, JFK Document No. 004633. 372/ Ibid., p. 3. 373/ “Elsie Scaleti" is the CIA assigned pseudonym of this» - individual. . , a 374/: Agee Interview, 1/11/78, p>. 3-4. 75/ Ibia 76/ Ibid. a 377/ Ibid i fo : ; » 378/ Ibid. : = Classification: ase NW 48327 Docld:32263889. Page 293...
as fost Classification: - : 1 . (This. form is to be us:d for material extrocted : e . ; from ClA—controlled d¢-cuments.) | - 27 - . ‘ 379/ Ibid., pp. 5-6. 380/ Ibid., pp. 6-7. (381/ Ibid., p. ll. 382/ Ibid., pp. 18-19. .383/ Ibid., p. 12. 384 Daniel Stanley Watson Interview, 6/4/78, p. l. 385/ Ibid. . 386/ Ibid. _ 387/ Ibia. -388/ Ibid. Do 389/ Ibid. tis . 7 ' @ = 390/ mia. | 91/ Ibid. 92/ Ibid. | 393/ Ibid. and p. 2. 394/ Ibid., P. 2. - 395/ See HSCA Deposition of James Angleton, 196/78 , p.lleé. “396/ Watson Interview, 6/4/78, p. 2. | 397/ Ibid. | | 398/ Joseph B. Smith Interview, 10/19/77, p. 2, JFK Document No. 003012. °399/ Ibid. r4 0/ Ibid. Bote ae oe ee a> 8 if oe  . Classification: _ , . | Classified by derivation: aw mw mw me we a ae ae oe NW 46327 Docid: 32263889 Page 224
. po ey Gs ARTES 1 ad Classification: a —: «yd eam as bide (This form is to be used for material extracted from CiA—controlled clocuments.) = 28 - 401/ Joseph B. Smith Interview, 4/20/78, p- aq, JFK Document No. 008279. 402/ Ibid., p. 6. 403/ Ibid. 404/ Ibid. 405/ Ibid. 406/ Ibid. 407/ Ibid. 408/ Ibid., and p. 7. Des Fitzg2rald was the Chief of the CIA's Cuban Task Force in 1964. Droller. was a CIA Officer. -409/ Ibid., p. 7. Mr. Smith explained the "Counter-Intelligence mentality"by saying that people who had it were "rabid anti-Communists” (Smith Interview, 11/2/77, p. 3, JFK. Oo . Document No. 003012) and “confirmed believers in the > a world. Communist conspiracy theory...These guys actually , » believed that the split between the Russians and Chinese waS a great deceptive operation. Colby (former Director | ‘of Central Intelligence) even says something more amaz- iny.. He claims that Angleton absolutely believed that all CIA operations were run by the KGB, (Soviet Intelli- gence.) He says Angleton (former Chief of Counter-In- telligence for the CIA) kelieved that every top Soviet defector we took in’was 6 plant. I think that's incredi- ble but I know there were some guys on his staff were his true believers." (Smith Interview, 4/20/78, p. 3, JFK Document No- 008279.) 410/ Ibid., p. 7.° 412/ Ibid. 413/ Ibid. i é } 414/ Joseph Piccolo Interview, €/11/78, p. l. e i ; - Classification: 2 a oie Sey owe .e . ran : |’ - Classified by derivation: RW 46327 Docld:32263889 Page 225
Pond + @ascareey ° Fed CEES =a SIRT we ERP - Fed aT e mE Classification: 2" “4 Aer hid Qbank (This form is to be used for material extracted @ from ClA—controlled - Jocuments.) - 29 -- \- Be an wn ~™ Ibid., p. 4. | os i) an ~ Ibid. are = | ™ Ibid. | ‘ \ f= pe o ~ Ibid. | é bs he Oo ~ Ibid. \ ca NO © ~ Ibid., p. B ¥. \ sh RO = ~ Ibid... p. 7 » a N nN ~ Ibid..y pS. s nN Ww ~ Ibid. oh ND i ~ Ibid. ‘Ibid. | eC NY eft RS wi ~N me / NS) n ™~ Ibid. \ of BO ~ a Ibid. ~~ x Cs Ss) co ™~ Ibid. | X st N <2) ~ Ibid. fe td (=) ~ Ibid. Ibid. -ppr4=5. Ibid., p. 6. | Ko “, YN fac oh ta} tad BRO _ SOON N\ tad dad ~ Dan Neiscuir Interview, 8/29/78, p. 1, TPR Chass / Ibid. uJ i> x fy bad un / Ibid. | NS ry fad io) | / Ibid. ip Segoe Classification: "ee rear EET eee ; oo. 1 Clossitied by derivation: SSE . Pcs! yo ye Ay Asay a av RW 48327 Docld:32263889. Page 226
- ope . wy Classification: —_— oe S ~ (This form is to be used fo material extracted from CiA—controlled docume 1s.) - 30 - 437/ Ibid. 438/ Ibid.  439/ Ibid. 440/ Ibid. . *. 441/ Ibid. 442/ Ibid. . 443/ Ibid. 444/ In considering the above detail2d allegations, it is im- portant to distinguish between the allegation that a photograph was found at headquarters as opposed to the assertion that a photograph was found in Mexico City. It is also important to remember that these allegations are what can be termed “grapevine stores." There was © a photograph found in Mexico City of a man that was thought possibly to be Oswaleé. This photograph and the circumstances surroundine it will be dealt with in a subsequent section. Ms. Arne Goodpasture of the Mexico City Station found this photograph. (See below.) In the absence of any evidence otherwise--Note: The . Watson allegation says there was 4 photo “in Mexico City in the “mid-60's; not that it was found there--it is most likely that the grapevine stories about a photo being found in Mexico arise from M:. Goodpasture's report- | ing the photo of the man who has since become known as the Mexico mystery man in the same cable that reported Oswald's visit to the Soviet Embassy. (See below.) The findings of. this Committe regarding the general Mexico City surveillance opecations are presented in Section II, A and B above. In summary, this Committee | found that there were three shotographic surveillance bases (four cameras) that may have photographed Lee. Harvey Oswald in September and October of 1963. This was determined from analysis of project files for these operations and the testimony of CIA officials. (See _ preceding sections.) ‘ . . ; oo, : . if » 445/ Letter from Blakey to Carpentier, 3/2/78, JFK Document No. 005879. ° .t ore @ . o) & _ Classification: _- __ ° . | Classified by derivation: NW 486327 Docld: 32263889 Page 227 .
Classification: =. i dbo i tae * be oe oa 1 Wi Ve hee 2 S Blas (This form is to be- sed for material extracted a) > from ClA—controlled documents.) - 3. 446/ See JFK Classified Document No. 146; HSCA Classified a Staff Summary of Review 0: CIA Documents, undated; HSCA Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 5/12/78; JFK Classified Document No. 142; and Sections “II, A, 4 and II, B, 3 above. fs ray o~J ~ See JFK Classified Document No. 142; JFK Classified Docu- ment No. 146. 7 HSCA Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/78, pp. 37, 96; HSCA ‘Deposition of Ann Elizabe-h Goldsborough Egerter, 5/17/78, p. 73; HSCA Deposition of Robert Shaw, 5/16/78, p. 56; HSCA Deposition of Allen White, 5/18/78, p. 25; HSCA Deposition of H. Man211, 4/28/78, pp. 20, 47; David Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76, p. 67; David Phillips Testimony, 4/25/78, p. 44; Ann Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp..77, 97. : - & > oO ~ a fa \o. ~ - HSCA Deposition of Elsie Scaleti, 5/19/78, pp. 6-7. | Elsie Scaleti Interview, 3/30/78, pp. 3-4. i [=] ~ of wi feet ~ Ibid. | & wi NO ~ ‘Ibid. | cs wi tad ~ Ibid. Sy ri if ~ | HSCA Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/78, p. 31. Ro uw in ~ Ibid.. oe a S In addressing this questior, the HSCA staff reviewed ail the cable and dispatch traffic between Mexico City and Headquarters for the period from October 1, 1963 to 26 November 1963 in an attempt to determine whether Os- wald's photo may have been sent to Headquarters. This ‘examination also revealeé¢ no evidence that a photograph of Oswald was sent to CI/. Headquarters. This Committee did find that there were several types of communications between Headquarters and field stations. that were treated as non-record. material. Because of the non-record nature : of these communications, it was not possible to review a that material. ne - a _ ve oe - ; a y @ : . Classification: _- is — AY" | Classified by derivation: __ NW 46327 Docld: 32263889 Page 228
> ua ~d ~ | if wi [se] ™~ se wm Oo ~ | & i* a) © ~ r= nn a ™ | & Rn RO ™ tt an ive) ~ Rs a b ™~ be n ui ~ & a nr ~ of na ~ ~ an an Ks] o we be ~ © ~ 471/ & wl Bo “~ & ond uJ ~ Ro ~J oo ~ > wl ut ~ he ond) a ~ 0 caaemamearemnee ements RN Classification: _. Gddd  - teayedu goa (This form is to be ssed for material extracted from ClA=-—controlled Jocuments.) rine ER ee ee a See Section II, A, 3 above. HMMA 22307, 10/18/63, para. 5, c. See Section II, A, 3 above. HMMA 22433, 11/7/63, attachments B and C. HSCA Deposition of Elsie Scaletti, 5/19/78, pp. 44-47, HSCA Deposition of Ann E. ¢. Egerter, 5/17/78, p. 70; HSCA . Deposition of John Scelsc, 5/16/78, p. 31. Ibid. Ibid., and p. 32. Ibid., p. 7. Ibid., p: 47. Ibid. Emphasis added. Foul Foe manuscript, p. 272. See Section III, A, 1 above for a more detailed exposition of the conversations. ; - mc Memorandum to Clark Andersen from Winston Scott, 11/27/63, with seven attachments. 7 Ibid., p. l. Ibid. Ibid., p. 9. Warren Commission Testimony of Pamela Mumford, 5/19/64, Vol. II, p. 217; Warren Commission Testimony of Evaristo Rodriguez, 7/21/64, Vol. II, p. 341;. Commission Exhibit ® | Classification: 65> mee te 8B | Classified by derivation: - 4 NW 48327 DocId:32263889. Page 229 —
Pe nd aaa ad mem oom Classification: 4:2 2 i ’ TS Sa MEY SS ile 3 (This form is to be used for material extracted @ from ClA—controlled <locuments.) 7 33 - 2120, p- 7; Commission Exnibit 2121, p. 54. CF, Warren Commission Testimony of Nelson Delgado, Vol. VIII, p. 236. and 237 in which i: is claimed that Oswald spoke Castillian Spanish. - ' ~ £977/ CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 10/3/63. -.478/ If one assumes that Oswald sould not speak any Spanish then only two conclusions about the first three calls of 9/27/63 are possible: 1) either these calls do not pertain to Oswald, or 2) they do pertain to Oswald but were made by someone other than Lee Harvey Oswald. This second possible conclusion will be addressed in a more detailed fashion in subsequent sections due to its ramifications Vis a vis Oswald's activities and pos- sible associates as opposed to the substance of the in-_ formation available to the CIA Station prior to the © assassination. , 479/ Warren Commission Exhibit 2121, p. 112. = ‘> .. 480/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA ‘Documents, 3/9/78. . 481/ CIA Transcript from Russiar Embassy, 10/1/63; MEXI 6453, 10/8/63. -This cable was sent from Mexico on 8 October and was received by Headcuarters on 9 October. Hence. 4 it is alternately referred to as either the 10/8 or Le 10/9 cable. ; : . a --482/ CIA Transcript from Russiar, Embassy, 10/1/63; B. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, pp. :'6-28. 483/ CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 10/1/78. . .484/ CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 9/28/63. cot 485/ A "P" file is simply a personality file. It was the Mexico. oe ‘City Station equivalent of a 201 file. ___486/ Ibid. pie thee ' y+? ats 4 : | . . ; | Classified by derivation: J NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 230
7 - . Classificatior:: en) Ga , . (This form is to- be used for material extracted © | from ClA—controlle 1 documents.) | 7 2 24 = 487/ HSCA Deposition of Herbert Manell, 4/28/78, p. 38; HSCA Deposition of Barbara Manell, 4/28/78, p. 72. 488/ Ibid. 489/ HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 46. 490/ Ibid.; CIA Transcript fron Russian Embassy, 9/27/63. 491/ Ibid. | "Seem, 492/ Ibid.; HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 76. 493/ Ibid., HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 46 494/ HSCA Deposition of Barbara Manell, 4/28/78, p. 69;HSCA Depo- Sition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 38-39, oe | 495/ HSCA Deposition of Alan White, 5/18/78, pp. 33-34; HSCA —_ Deposition of Herbert Manell, 4/28/78, p. 46; HSCA @ Deposition of Barbara Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 84-86, 88-89. 4 6/ Ann Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 107; MEXI 6453,10/8/63, para. 2. ra Hg | 497/ 1977 CIA Inspector General's Report, Tab G-2, pp. 2-3... Hereinafter cited- as '77 IGR. : : 498/ See Sections III, B, 2, above, and IV, B, below, 499/ D. Phillips Interview, 8/24/78; Report on Oswald from John Scelso> to J. Angle:on, 12/24/63, p. 4. 900/ Ibid. ar. 501/ CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 9/27/78. 502/ Ibid. | JEN 503/ See Section II, Cc, 4, b, (3), above. . 04/ HSCA Deposition of B. Mane. 1, 4/28/78, Pp. 72; HSCA Deposi- *, .° tion of H. Manell, 4/28/'8, p. 38, f . on i all es Se me @ : | Classification: we. 99 owed Classified by derivation: —— a HW 46327 Decld:32263889 Page 231
FPP Paner . Classification: aes as : : ; Es unl i thas cee’ F Gen & re (This form is to be u.ed for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) - 35 - 05/ CIA Transcript from Soviet Embassy, 9/27/63; HSCA Deposi- tion. of B. Manell, 4/28/7t, p. 76. 506/ CIA transcripts from Russiar. Embassy, 9/27/63. 507/ Tab F Draft, p.- 5. . 508/ Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, pp. 4-5. 509/ HMMA-22005, 8/23/63, para. «; see also Section II, C, 4. above. , _ ; 510/ Ibid. 511/ Ibid. aArehart Interview, 6,'2/78, p. 5; Testimony of B. “Tarasofé, 4/12/78;. p. 10. 512/ Testimony of Boris Tarasoff. 4/12/78, P- 11; Testimony of A. Tarasoff£, 4/12/78, }). 14. 513/ Tab F' Draft, p. 5. @ sy mia. 515/ Tab F Draft, p. 5; Precediny Section II, B, 5; Log Film: , (144; 10/1/63 through 10/3,'63. -516/ See Nightwateh, pp. 140-141. 517/ David A. Phillips Testimony. 11/29/76, p. 64. _518/ MEXI 6453, 10/8/63. ($19/ Ibid. 520/ Ibid. 521/ HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 58; HSCA Depo- sition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 35. $22/ Classified HSCA: Staff Summacy of CIA documents, undated, entitled "Periodic File Simmary -. Dave (Phillips - 3 _ Components." . wees | - Classified by derivation: vine menor a vem pense ete og “NW 46327 Docld:32263889 Page 232.
Classification: | [ cal — ; iinw saan t (This form is to be sed | for material extracted & .. from ClA—controlled Jocuments.) uc - 35, - 523/ Blind Memorandum entitled " elay in. Sending the first Cable about Oswald. " 524/ HSCA Deposition of Herbert ‘fanell, 4/28/78, p. 30. 25/ Tab F Draft, p. 5; MEXI 6453, 10/8/63; HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 62-63; HSCA Deposition of Herbert Manell, 4/28/63, 2. 21. ° 526/ HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 56-57. 527/ Classified HSCA Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 6/26/78, p. 4. 528/ Ibid. 529/ Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 65. cr. "Foul Foe" manuscript, p. 268, where Win Scott writes: "In fact, Lee Harvey Oswald became a person of great interest to us during this 27.September to 2 October 1963 period"; -and-on page 269, where.he writes: "Because we thought at © first that Lee Harvey Oswald might be a dangerous po- tential defector from the U.S.A. to the Soviet Union, he was of great interest to us, so we Kept a special watch on him and his activities." ; 30/ HSCA Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/78, p. 25. 531/ HSCA Deposition of Herbert Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 25-26. 32/ HSCA Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/78, p. 26. 533/ HSCA Deposition of Herbert Manell, 4/28/78, p. 36. 34/ See above. Ce. "Foul Foe' manuscript,. pp. 268-269. 535/ HSCA Deposition of Barbara Manell, 4/28/78, Dp. 52. 36/ HSCA Deposition of Alan Wh:.te, 5/18/78, p. 26-28. 37/ Ibid. | , 538/ HSCA Deposition of H. Mane:.1, 4/28/78, p. 30. ny ey ek, @ «Classification: on ae nae e : HW 46327 Docld: 32263689 Page 233
“oes PORE “t cai) Cre PES TA Classification: _ pia tal Wes - ee cathe f oe Goha ce a a ; es wt ae (This form’ is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled <iocuments.) 539/ HSCA Deposition of B. Manel, 4/28/78, pp. 51-52. ~The HSCA has requested a copy of any internal regulations © or any liaison agreement with the Federal Bureau of Investigation that may have been in existence in 1963. (Letter to Breckinridge, //20/78.) The CIA responded "that there are not now, ‘10r were there any, agreements between the CIA and FBI..0o.: other U.S. government agen- ‘cies concerning CIA respoisibility to report on contacts of U.S. cutizens with Comnunist Embassies or officials. The CIA under operative legislation has a counterintelli- gence responsibility for counterintelligence cases but it is notamatter of ag-eement with other agencies nor does it concern simple coitacts of Americans abroad with Communist Embassies or officials. (Memorandum to Breckinridge from Shepane<, 7/31/78.) HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 69; HSCA Deposi-. tion of H. Manell, 4/28/73, pp. 38-39, © w & oO ™ wi i. =) ~~ See Section III, B, 2, abov:. | ur ic NO ~ HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 59-60. | ry Lo ~ | Ibid., p. 62. 544/ Ibid., p. 59. 545/ MEXI 6453, 10/8/63, para. Le. 546/ Tab F Draft, p. 5; HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 62-63, 66; HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 21; MEXI 6453, 10/8/63, para. 1. 547/ HSCA Deposition of B. Manell,. 4/28/78, pp. 62-63. 548/ MEXI 6453, 10/8/63, para. 2. The connection of this photo- graph to Oswald by including the description in the cable that reported Oswald's contact. with the Soviet Em- bassy has created more ccnfusion and controversy. than perhaps anyother CIA related issue stemming from as- sassination. Consequently, this Committee has made an attempt to determine the circumstances surrounding the mistaken linkage of this photograph to Oswald as well as the consequences of that mistake. The consequences ‘Classification: ~-" ~" a ‘Classified by derivation: NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 234
“4 BRS Classification a aes _ Raa re? [ & ae Ne fisgevias 3 : Gases a (This form is to be used for material extracted from CiA—controlled Jocuments.) S - 38 - of the mistake will be dealt with in more detail in subsequent sections. 549/ HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 33; HSCA Deposi- tion of John Scelso,.5/16/78, p. 35; Ann Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 81, 86-87. . 550/ HSCA Deposition of Allan White, 5/18/78 , p. 28. 551/ Ann Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 107. See also Ann Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 84; and HSCA. Deposi- ‘tion of Allan White, 5/18/78, p. 32. , el 552/ Log Film 143, 9/25/63 through 9/27/63. | 53/ HSCA Deposition of Ann Goodpasture, 11/16/70, pp. 57-58. 554/ CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 10/1/63. 55/ This mistake was evidently not discovered until 1976. See WX7241, a chronology of the Mexico City.investigation @ prepared by. Raymond Rocca in 1967 which lists the date . aS ] October; A note on EMMW-15488, 5/18/67 which indi- cates that Ann Goodpasture checked the photographs and that "negatives are in LIMITED ) Photo chrono for 1 Oct 1963." 556/ Log film 144, 10/1/63 throvgh 10/3/63. 557/ Ann Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 102. 558/ See Classified HSCA Staff cummary of Review of CIA Docu- ‘ments, 6/26/78, pp. 3-5. 559/ DIR 84888, 11/23/63. 60/ See Section III, A, 5 above. 561/ MEXI 6453, 10/9/63. 62/ Ibid. — 3/ HSCA Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/78, ‘p. 34; HSCA Depo- q 3 sition of. Elsie Seateti, 5/19/78, p. 26. Classification: 7/2 OP ae} : 3 ete te [ . we af om, ee i HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 235
Classification son mn ARARET (This form is‘ to be (ed “ter material ma od from ClA—controlled ciocuments.) © . , , . , - 34. -  564/ Ibid. 565/ Ibid. 566/ Ibid. A restricted file is « method of keeping abreast of — any information that deve!.ops on the subject of the file. The file is marked to ind:.cate that it cannot be reviewed without the permission of the person who made the re- striction. The effect is that if anyone wants to see the file, the custodian o: the file learns of that de- sire and the information ‘eading to it. .(HSCA Deposi- ‘tion of Ann E. G. Egerter. 5/19/78, p. 51.) 567/ See Section 568/ HSCA Deposition of A. Egerter, 5/17/78, p. 77. 569/ Deposition of Elsie Scaleti. 5/19/78, p. 29. 570/ HSCA Deposition of Ann 1 Eger’:er, 5/17/78, pp. 78- 79. l/ Ibid., pp. 70-71; HSCA Deposition of Elsie Scaleti, ©. , ' 8/19/78, p. 33. . 572/ Ibid. The Zed (Greenwich) times stamped on the cable and the teletype indicates thit the teletype was sent before the cable. . 573/ DIR 74830, 10/10/63. 576/ Ibid. .577/ Teletype from CIA to State, FBI and Navy. DIR 74678, 10/10/63. 78/ Ibid.» . 79/ The mistaken identification of Oswald as "Lee Henry" is dealt with in another section of this final report. BO/ | HSCA Deposition of A. Egerter, 5/17/78) Pe 77.0 arty Classification: so € | i ae Se led & a | | Classified by derivation: NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 236°
Am APART ; Panay i (This form is to be used for materiol extrocted from CiA—controlled documents.) Classification: -~ 41 - 599/ David A. Phillips Testimony, 4/25/78, p. 30. 600/ HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 90-91; Ann Good- pasture Testiony, 4/13/73, p. 142. EER, 601/ David A. Phillips Testimony, 4/25/78, pp. 92-93. 602/ Scott's manuscript may provide a clue when he writes that ~~ during his first contact with the Soviet Embassy, Oswald "gave his name very slowly and distinctly." (Foul. Foe Manuscript, p- 267.) If Oswald used his middle name at that time it would explain why Scott wrote "sic." by "Henry." But it should be noted that Oswald's name does not come up in any of the transcripts made available py the CIA until 10/1/62, and Oswald's middle name is not given in that transcript. It is possible that there is one additional transcript, possibly of the con- versation that Scott, or page 267 of his manuscript, refers to as Oswald's "first contact," which, if in exis- tence, has not been made available to this Committee. (See Section III, A, 5, above.) SrA ora Se DIR 74830, 10/11/63. | a 03/ 04/ HSCA Deposition of Allan White, 5/18/78, p. 35; Ann Good- pasture Testimony, 4/13,/78, p. 104. an | 05/ Ann Goodpasture Testimony. 4/13/78, p. 105. \2 a 06/ Emphasis in original. | n | 07/ Routing and Record Sheet for DIR 74830, 10/11/63. . 08/ HSCA Deposition of Alan Wiite, 5/18/78, pp. 33-34; HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, Dp. 46; HSCA Deposi- tion of B. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 84-86, 88-89. a | 609/ HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, pp- 43-44; David “A. Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76, p. 89. | , 610/ HSCA Deposition of Allan White, 5/18/78, p- 37. 611/ See Section III, A, 7, akove. | esata ee EEE Classification: 2 : Se 4 ' . Heath ae pik dais ” pre BTA i , ; oo - | | Classified by derivation: Se. NW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 238
| Classification (This form is to be vised. for materiol ‘extrocted from ClA—controlled Jocuments.) @ | . a AQ im 612 / See Section Til, A, 1, above. 613/ Note on Article by Robert S. Allen and Paul Scott, "CIA Withheld Vital. Intelligens e from Warren Commission, 10/21/64. ; 14/ The Chief of the Mexico Branch at Headquarters has told ———~—sethis Committee that it is his belief that the tapes were probably still in existence at’ the time of the assas- Sination. (HSCA Depositicn of John Scelso, 5/16/78, p. 76-77.) But the tesitmony of the persons at the Mexico City Station is.ccnsistent in saying that the tapes did not exist at the time of the assassination. (See HSCA Deposition of Fobert Shaw, 5/16/78, p. 29; HSCA Deposition of Allan White, 5/18/78, p. 20; David A. Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76, p. 63; David A. Phil- lips Testimony, 4/25/78, pp. 17, 23; Ann Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78,.p. 94.) 615/ See Section II, C, 4, by (2), (e); Tab F Draft, pp. 5-6. a 616/ If the 9/28/63 conversatior received expedited handling © also it is possible that it would have been in the Station prior to the first or second of October. 617/ A. Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 95. 18/ DIR 84886, 11/23/63, para. 2. 619/ MEXI 7023, 11/23/63, para. 2. 620/ MEXI 7025, 11/23/63, para. 4. 621/ MEXI 7054, 11/24/63, para. 3. 22/ See discussion in text above and below. 23/ See Section II, C, 4, above. . 24/ Ann -Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 94, 625/. Ann Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 95- a See. also pp. 77, 93, 110. Classification: | Classified by’ derivation: _ NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 239 a