i lett s eee me ; VW = * « a + an c a 2 * y t > i at 4 ~h 7 - a Le He DC/ a dee AVE! JOB. po fected Aged” Bs ON- 28 SEPTEMBER 1963{". <<" PHONE TAP REPORTED FOL: STARTS WOMAN | QUISIDE, FROM THE CUBAN CONSULATE, WHO SAYS THAT THERE IN HER CONSULATE ' 38 AN AMERICAN THAT WAS THERE IN THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY. MAN INSIDE TELLS “""Sqge 26 WAR. WOMAN OUTSIDE 1S SILVIA DURAN AND SHE SPEAKS IN ENGLISH WITH ' SOMEONE OUTSIDE AND COMMENTS IN SPANISH THAT APARICIO GOT A ‘TELEPHONE AND_ | SHE WRITES IT DOWN: 14 12 99. SILVIA TELLS ABOUT THE AMERICAN CITIZEN AND | THAT HE IS GOING TO TALK TO THEM. MAN OUTSIDE SPEAKS RUSSIAN. MAN INSIDE _;  GALKS TO HIM IN ENGLISH. SILVIA DURAN ASKS NORTHAMERICAN "DO YOU SPEAK | RUSSIAN?" "THEN WHY DON'T YOU TALK TO HIM?" MNORTHAMERICAN TAKES PHONE ! | AND SAYS IN BROKEN RUSSIAN "I WAS IN YOUR EMBASSY AND SPOKE TO YOUR CONSUL. | | JUST A MINUTE." MAN IN SOV EMG ASKS NORTHAMERICAN IN ENGLISH WHAT DOES HE | MART?" NORTHAMERTCAN: “PLEASE SPHAK RUSSIAN". SOVIET‘ "WHAT ELSE DO YOU waste" WORTHAMERTCAN: "I WAS JUST NOW AT YOUR EMBASSY AND THEY TOOK My | ." SOVIET: "I KNOW THAT.” NORTHAMERICAN: "I DID NOT KNOW IT | : THEN, I WENT TO THE CUBAN EMBASSY TO ASK THEM FOR MY ADDRESS BECAUSE THEY "| MAWE ER."" SOVIET: “wity Doli"? YOU COMB AGAIN AND LEAVE YOUR ADDRESS WITH f > Ug... £2 26 NOP FAR FROM THE CUBAN EymAssy." NORTHAMERTCAN: "WELL I'LL BE 7 THERE RIGHT AWAY." STATION[=SOURCE" [7 =. |) NOTED NORTH. | 3. OM ONE OCTOBER 1963 AT 1045 HOURS MAN CALLED SOVIET EMB AND SATD | | "HELLO THIS I8 LEK OSWALD SPEAKING. I WAS AT YOUR PLACE LAST SATURDAY AND ~ | SPOKE WITH THE CONSUL AND THEY SAID THAT THEY'D SEND A TELEGRAM 10 | | WASHINGTON SO I WANTED TO DIND OUT ZF YOU HAVE ANYTHING MEW? BUY I DOWT | | hw 53199 Docld:32106383 Page 4 OLOT i _
ee , Be 4 4 4 “48 IDENTICAL WITH PERSON PARA OWE SPEAKING BROKEN RUSSIAN ae et ate — ern - foe ewe A KS XN _ ae! REMEMBER THE NAME OF THAT consuL."” SOVIET (EMBASSY GUARD OBYEDKOV): "KOSTIKOV: HE IS DARK." MAN OUTSIDE: “YES. MY NAME Is OSWALD." SOVIET: “JUST A MINUTE I'LL FIND OUT. THEY SAY THAT THEY HAVEN"? RECEIVED ANYTHING YET. MO: “HAVE THEY DONE ANYTHING?" SOVIET: "YES “THEY GAY THAT A REQUEST HAS BEEN SENT OUT BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN RECEIVED AS YET." MO; "AND WHAT..7" SOVIET HANGS UP. he FROM CUBAN EMBASSY 28 SEPTEMBER TO SOVIET EMBASSY. oe \ N\ \ HW 53199) Docld:321906383 Page 5
‘1. FOLL ADDITIONAL CALLS [|] TELEPHONE TAP PROBABLY REPEAT OSWALD: A.. ON 27 SEPTEMBER 63 CALL TO SOV MIL ATT (TRANSLATION FROM SPANISH: "MAN CALLING SAYS HE NEEDS TO GET A VISA TO | GO TO ODESA. "MAN INSIDE TELLS HIM TO CALL. 15 60 55 AND ASK FOR THE CONSUL. MAN OUTSIDE: ASKS FOR THE ADDRESS, MAN INSIDE GIVES IT TO HIM.") | B. ON 27 SEPTEMBER 63 CALL TO SOV CONSULATE 1605 HRS (TRANSLATION FROM SPANISH: "WOMAN OUTSIDE FROM THE CUBAN CONSULATE SAYS THAT OVER THERE SHE HAS A MALE AMERICAN CITIZEN ‘WHO CAME TO APPLY FOR AN IN-TRANSIT VISA FOR CUBA BECAUSE HE Is GOING TO THE USSR AND HE WANTED TO KNOW WITH WHOM HE HAD TALKED BECAUSE SHE SENT HIM TO THEM (FROM THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY) SAYING THAT IF THEY MADE OR ACCEPTED THE VISA, THEN THE CUBANS WILL ALSO GIVE IT TO HIM WITHOUT FURTHER PROCEDURES ONLY BY NOTIFYING IMMIGRATION IN CUBA AND SHE WANTS TO KNOW . _. WITH WHOM HE TALKED BECAUSE HE SAYS HE DOES NOT KNOW EITHER WITH WHOM HE TALKED WHO TOLD HIM YES, THAT HE WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM. MAN INSIDE ASKS HER. TO WAIT. WOMAN OUTSIDE IS SILVIA DURAN FROM THE CUBAN CONSULATE AND EXPLAINS THE SAME. THING TO ANOTHER MAN INSIDE. THE LATTER ASKS HER TO LEAVE HIS “TELEPHONE AND NAME SO THEY CAN CALL HIM LATER, SILVIA THEN AW 53199 Bocld:32106363 Page 6
=) (PAGE 2) _FURNISHES IT TO HIM AS WELL AS TELEPHONE 11 28 47 AND SHE TAKES THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY AS SOMETHING PERSONAL OF HER THAT SHE CHANGED HER ADDRESS AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO NOTIFY THEM SO THEY CAN SEND HER THE BULLETIN AND THAT NOW SHE CAN GIVE IT TO THEM, MAN INSIDE ASKS HER TO CALL KOURKHARENKO TO GIVE HIM HER CHANGE IN ADDRESS AND THE MAN ASKS FOR THE NAME OF THE COUNSELLOR OR CULTURAL ATTACHE.. ‘SILVIA SAYS THAT HER NAME IS TERESA PROENZA AND SHE CAN BE ~ CALLED AT 14 13 26, MAN INSIDE SAYS THANKS.") C. ON 27 SEPTEMBER 63 AT 1626 HRS OUT CALL FROM SOV EMB TO 11 28 47 (TRANSLATION FROM SPANISH: "MAN INSIDE ASKS SILVIA IF THAT AMERICAN HAS BEEN THERE, SILVIA SAYS YES, THAT HE IS THERE, MAN INSIDE SAYS THAT ACCORDING ‘TO THE. LET- TERS HE SHOWED HIM FROM THE CONSULATE IN WASHINGTON HE WANTS TO GO TO THE USSR FOR A LONG TIME WITH HIS RUSSIAN WIFE, BUT ‘THE ANSWER STILL HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED FROM WASHINGTON ABOUT HIS PROBLEM, BUT THAT ACCORDING TO THE PROCEDURES THIS TAKES SOME FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS BUT THAT WITHOUT THAT PERMIT FROM © THE USSR THEY SHOULD ASK AND RATHER THEY CANNOT GRANT THE . VISA THERE WITHOUT ASKING WASHINGTON BUT ACCORDING TO THIS. ‘ MAN HE SHOWED HIM A LETTER SHOWING THAT HE IS A MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZATION IN FAVOR OF CUBA AND HE HAS SAID THAT CUBANS CANNOT GIVE HIM THE VISA WITHOUT THE RUSSIAN VISA AND NOW ' WW 53199) Docld:32106363 Page Tf
HW 53199 DoclId: 37106383. Page 6 (PAGE 3) | | THE MAN INSIDE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HIM, BECAUSE THEY MUST WAIT FOR AN ANSWER FROM WASHINGTON. SILVIA SAYS THAT THEY TOO, BECAUSE HIS PROBLEM IS THAT HE KNOWS NOBODY IN CUBA AND THAT WAY IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO OBTAIN THE VISA, BECAUSE HE WAS THINKING IN PROCESSING HIS VISA, BECAUSE SINCE HE KNEW THIS WOULD TAKE LONG HE.WAS GOING TO WAIT IN CUBA FOR THE RUSSIAN VISA AND FROM THERE GO TO THE USSR. MAN INSIDE SAYS THAT THE THING IS THAT IF HIS WIFE IS NOW IN WASHINGTON BUT IS GOING TO GET RIGHT NOW THE VISA OR THE PERMIT FROM THE USSR TO RETURN TO HIS COUNTRY, SHE IS GOING TO GET HER VISA IN WASHINGTON BUT HAVING HIS VISA SHE COULD BE NOTIFIED AT ANY PLACE, HERE FOR EXAMPLE, OR ANYWHERE ELSE, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT NOW. SILVIA SAYS OF COURSE AND THAT BESIDES THEY CANNOT GIVE HIM A LETTER BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW IF HIS VISA WILL. BE GRANTED, MAN INSIDE SAYS THAT THEY WILL ONLY GRANT THE VISA ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS, ‘SILVIA SAYS THAT THEN THAT'S WHAT SHE WILL. PUT IN HIS CARD, MAN INSIDE SAYS THAT BESIDES HE IS NOT KNOWN AND EXCUSE HIMSELF ~~”. FOR THE INCONVENIENCES. SILVIA SAYS IT'S ALL RIGHT AND THANKS HIM.") | 7 D. .ON 1 OCT 63 CALL AT 1031 HRS TO SOV MIL ATT IN BROKEN RUSSIAN: "HELLO. 1 WAS AT YOUR PLACE LAST SATURDAY AND I TALKED TO YOUR CONSUL. THEY SAID THAT THEY'D SEND A TELEGRAM
HW 53199 TO WASHINGTON AND I WANTED TO ASK YOU IF THERE IS ANYTHING NEW?" SOVIET; "I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO CALL ANOTHER PHONE NUMBER."" MAN OUTSIDE: "PLEASE." SOVIET: "PLEASE WRITE IT DOWN 15 60 55 AND ASK FOR A CONSUL." MAN OUTSIDE: ‘THANK YOU."" SOVIET: . "PLEASE." _E, ON 3 OCTOBER 63 CALL TO SOV MIL ATT: MAN OUTSIDE SPEAKS IN BROKEN SPANISH THEN IN ENGLISH TO ‘SOVIET, "HELLO, VISA FOR RUSSIA." SOVIET: "CALL ON THE OTHER PHONE." MAN OUTSIDE: "I'M LOOKING FOR A VISA TO GO TO RUSSIA." SOVIET: “PLEASE, ,CALL ON THE TELEPHONE OF THE CONSUL." MAN OUTSIDE: "OH, THE CONSUL." SOVIET: "THAT'S RIGHT,.15 60.55." MAN. OUTSIDE: "ONE MOMENT PLEASE, I'LL HAVE TO GET A. PENCIL. TO WRITE .THE NUMBER DOWN, THEY ISSUE THE VISA THERE?" SOVIET: "THAT DEPENDS ON YOUR CONVERSATION, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS BUSINESS. PLEASE CALL, THE OFFICE OF THE CONSUL AND ASK YOUR QUESTION." MAN OUTSIDE: ASKS THE NUMBER OF THE TELEPHONE: AGAIN, SOVIET: GIVES THE NUMBER TO HIM AND TELLS HIM TO ASK FOR THE CONSUL. OF THE SOVIET EMBASSY IN MEXICO. MAN OUTSIDE: "THANKS." END. OF MESSAGE DoclId: 37106383 Page 9