(404-10196-10027 an ° CtA AlTiVITECS ALU THE hee COMMSSTQG ELVES EEG STIS _ SUAARY ‘Thace is a aved to Aa westigate the role of the CIA and the FBI in the assination of Presi f Kennedy, and theic relaiioa- ae stings with Lee K harvey, Ossatd. Since several agencies had files on Oswald which \ 1 gaa be checked agalnse. each other, a useful case study of CIA peacticns is “ , 3 investigation of thé - possible. These cecowes should shed Light on the interception of daatt to Russia, . ota conceza about Cand Slle-keeping. on; doiestic: political. ace’ vithes, and othar ee _ questionable activictes. .. Le a we an Se 7 JA . ws Unresolved questions about the CIA and the assassination include cla 7 ' sgoverag? of “Oswald and maybe an impostor ia hexico, Cicy, reports © that ‘he was’ ” ° . ‘an faforaant, | and ‘a ‘eanituct with. a ‘Us Se intelligence operative - in: Hoscow. This at ‘Bere. sucaitizes” the ‘available. xecord and suggests specific inquirids. : ~ The cis ‘misled the FBI “about the. cla file on Oswald, and may not have . : - coopeiated fully with: the Warcen Comission fas the F3L and the. Defensa Depact- For example, the ChA may not have told the Copatssion about atl ; This memo specifies ‘ - * mant did not). . thelr records on Oswald's wife or his activities in Nexico, . documents. and: people who céula clarify the Warren Commis sioa® % | work with the cra - : . ~ fl : ee . a theie inve estigation ‘OE these, matters. Moe an hs sasstnation nore thoroughly and Loager - . * . The CIA may ‘Na @ lnvestigaced che, as .- than the Gomaission. The results “of the CIA Lavestigation, and possible actions . agalast Marren keport erktics, | stiould be clarified for. the public. _ , eo, -! : Previously unrepor ted evidence presented here is relevant to the reports ; ‘that. a. Cra attest. ‘to KELL Fidel Castro may have backfired agatase Ken naedy. _ Oswald or an Tapers sonator, in the couipany of anti-Castro Cubans, visited Cuban _emigree Sylvia Odio in Dallas and was-said to feel that Keanedy should have been - shot, These men were eppareatly friends of Odio’s father, who was imprisoned . - . in Cuba because of ‘his role in an assassination attempt againse Castro. Even without knowledge of this fact, the Warren Comnission staff considered the Otio. incideat very important and speculated that it might have reflected a. conspiracy. The Cuomnissieon’s Lavestigation was quite inadequate - for exacole, in not checking out reports of an Oswald look-alike in Dallas who was affiliated with the sane anci-Custco group as Odio's father's co-conspirators against Castro, The CIA's role in this particular attempt against Castro, and in the dissenination of . “gapacently false storizs that Robert Kennedy feared thot an utterpt against . ¢. . Castro which he had authocized had backfired, rust be examined fully. Cozscight ©) 1975, - Paul Li toch : ML viphts resecved . 1735 Hiishloa!: Pt., $25 Berteley, Ca 94709 Morch 24, 1975 SO OPILA IY 7 ETE TOE OTT OL IO
14-00000 “ e2 % 6 . ‘ : - “> . CLA ACTIVITES AND TEE HARRCN COMHESSION LeVesTig, ELON “J... ANTROOUCTION - ; . . oo ; / ae Federal inteliigesce agencies and the Kennedy -assassination: ; B.)° The utiLicy of 3 scedy- of the records So “ ee If, | THE-CLA-AND LEE RaRvEY OSHALD mT , oo ae: Questions’ ‘abode egnestic Cla intelligence gathering ; - , ‘Ye °°  Governtenc kaguledse of Letter sent. to Oswald in Russia an we, . ae. cha agceacion ta Oswald's polithcal activities. wo a ree 3. * Computecized file entries for Oswald and others: Pot ae 7 . fe” the 564: Ca: Street coazection- - Stee toe TS Bt. AMegations that -Osudld vas a CLA inforaant ; . . ee EL ed ee ET Be Unanisueted. questions about the CIA and the assassination Se So, eo ae . ode Photographs | ar possible Qsvate impostor : im Mexico Cley 7 - ~ en be 2e.-_ Incescepted edaversations by or about - ‘Oswald ‘in Mexico Dot me SOT NF eg “Did E, Howatd Hust: know. of Osvald's- activities before. the “asgaasinatica? an Te a . The hiddling of the story. ‘of “DY Co oe. i eo, ot ete ‘Cotrelation of vicious ‘agzacy files and: actioas concerning Osuakd | ob. ; so oe 6. 1. Possible unusual-CL\ interes: id defectors - oo, 7. 8 , . ay Possible CIA contact with Osuald through Alexis Davison. na, '-8.. Report of Dallas agent faciliot with Oswald - | - . ; a CU - ; . *. 9.  TAlleged presence of CIA Sgeat at Packtand lidspiral ‘ ee (ne . me es <r Questionadle records of Osuaid’s secuclty “clearance ‘ Sor “ot Ww . . “LLs ‘alleged photo of Runt and St urgis in Dallas - 8S . . ce ce “Ce. Statenent by“Janes angletoa” a rns © o ; _, De. -Availability of docucentary material. Cee TTB P “UNE. | THE CTA AND THE INVESTIGATION OF THE) ASS ASSL NATION, Oo . rn fe. >. Possibility that infocnatioan vas withheld From the ‘Comaisstion a OEE ‘Le False CLA statecent to the FSI on “November 22, 1963 rcs € . 2s ~ Topicson-which disélosure may have been Limited ran rte Se 7  ¢) _ Marina Oswald © - : Toe et eg ee Ua - @): Oswald's congact’s with Albert Schueitzer College a Jt le -€e) The unidéacified man photegcaphed in Nexico City... * . “ye CIA assertions of full disclosure . rrr 1) Key persons in the CIA - Warren Comaission lavestigation _ . . “ys lye The CIA's own investigation of the assassination . a Le Le CIA capability for an independent investigation — wy : ~ Ze ze Unknown CLA conclusioas nes Be CIA activities related to critics of the Warren Report st Li o. IV. | POSSISLE LINK BETWEEN YEE KENMCOY ASSASSINATION abv CIA ANTI-CASTLO ACTIVITIES 18 . ae Suansry of the factusl basis for an inquiry . . ug - Be Link between "Oswale™ and a plot to Kill Castro “oe mo me 53 ‘ 1. Sumnaty of the Sylvia Odio incidenc SO, "+ ys 2s _ Connection between Odio and an attempe to kill Castro — : ° . LS Cc. Press reports Barerareting ClA actions against Castro . . ; 1S D. Possible relevant koo.ledge outsice the CIA a 21 1. Basis for E, Nosard Huac’s blackmail of President Nixon . 2 . @e Hunt aad assassination attests ugainst Castro . 22 - 3. Nhite House concern . . on : 22 4, The Uerren Comtisston . . . 23 E. Unaassered qu2stionas in this area . . .. : "32 Postscript: Warren Comnission staff speculation about the Odio incident’ 35 ~ sos Paul L. tiock sarch 24, 1975
14-00000 , Lens ACTIVITIES ASO THE UaARRES COMALISUION PES T Gatiod ‘ Panik L. back a . , Marsh Is, 0): "oh, orntrepuctioy m Fe, _ . ae FEDERAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AND THE RENNEDY ASSASSIUATION . Even. ‘before che eisclosuces of the lust theee months, there wece angle : “ peasons: fur aa invest gathoa of improper activities by the CIA and the Fat in the . . cise of Lee Nacvey Oswald, and of the extent of the coopecation between these ; = _ agencies. and the Warsea Comission. os 7 oe oe . are nr , After he assassination, ‘allegations | were promptly, made that Osuald had been Y . an informant or employee e of 5 some- Antelligence agehey. ‘Cand that therefore the: “Secret, Service had” not been: warned. about him). took ‘these réposts vety ‘seriously, it, failed to \properly investigate either this. ‘sppecltte charge ot ‘the exact. ‘nature of the Felationships between Oswald and thie ors ‘Even: though the Nacrea Commission ~ Stay the FBI, ‘ana; pmilicacy) ‘|nceltigences whe, are oo ‘ Neots Ses “the bulk of the Commission’ s ‘investigation was done through various federat 2 * agencies ‘notably. the FBI. Thus these agencies were ‘in large part responsible ‘ oa fot the coverup of auch of what the Commission: ‘wae. supposed | to be reporting for. - “the ‘Amectcan people. - Ie is ‘clear, for exaaples: ‘that the FBI nisled the Warren: Connisston about: the extent of its: ‘files: ‘on Oswald, and also in cothee ways dis= sco. “couraged ‘the ‘edanission “Frofi-exaniining the implications of ‘some ‘of the Bureau's oo ae a . * favernig gericengathériag. ‘nethods, - “OeBes the interception of several ‘of Oswald® s- ee ole Hoover sidetracked the Commission’ s - we sletcers to left-wing political groups.  Livestigation of the allegation thate Oswald, had been an FBI informant, and went ~ through. senantic contortions to; “deny the fact that Jack Ruby had apparently deen .* seine a anna Ceiminat “Informant for ‘che FBI." ; roo mo ry ee a - ‘THE ULILITY OF A STUDY OF THE RECOXDS . - OT LE “fhe Oswald: case provides am unusual ‘opportunity to check: the practices and. a - records of one intelligence agency against: the files kept by other agenctes. “a oe gceat deal of information has been published by the Warren Cormission, made . aan -» available in the Nactonal: Archives, .oc preserved there but not released.* This _ includes the purportedly complete files on Oswald of the CLA, the State Departmeac, | - a ew eee ee & - and the Defense Depactzenc Cincluding the Office of aval Intelligence), ag vell as a list of the Fo Headquarters file. There is, however, evidence that those fites are not complete; -a and suggestions that sensitive or improper activities, domestic and forelyn, were not fully recorded in the appropriate files, an analysis of the flow of records in this ease could provide a “control study u.eful in other cases. This would be pacticulacly helpful if credible allegetioans Ps improper roe ectivities are cot supported by the cecords made available te “tae investigating coctictees. i oo e ‘ : * we perp ome ae meee ee
toe ste & . a es SF RGTS an The ovalt ole evidesce on phe FOt's relatiodstio uwbth, oad files on woin'a took f anwuriting. -This meno conceatrates on the v7 is on specific questions relevant to domestic CIA activities, Ca, WEL expt possible CIA non aisclosuce to the Warren C aaission, and po3sible links between the: assassination and CLA atterpts to KELL Fidel Castro. So Copies of available docucents which are cited can be obtained fron ce. dhece. possible, I have specified” Khown bud unavailable: ‘Eeeucd's which might be relevance.” ae have deliberately exélided éertain extrenely iaplausiote allegations for “watch the pus ported: evidence is weak. Charges - have even” been. made that the Cra” or the Fat was résponsible for the assassination. ‘Despite the Lack | of evidence © Or: “Togical support, for many of these allegations, ‘they are, I think, a matter of. subse anetat | public” ‘concern. (A! setious attempt to: ansuer speclfte questions which ~ have been. vilsed ‘seens appcoprlate. Tam concerned ‘that: bad evidence tends to drive out good evidence; the necessary rebuttal, of some of ‘the wilder: allegations | Bust. nat decome ‘an excuse for. avoiding more complicated, bac’ rote plausible, charges. SS CO, , ve 4s Bt gS , Considecation should’ be given. to the possibitity of disinformation being. used vy sone, “intelligence agency, to focus attention away! from less Sensational ‘ * tue nor. @ ‘Serious charges. Within the past year: soiteone has gone to the trouble’ of putting: together and- making ” available, to’ some Wacten Report | érivics a false” _Fpt document. réLating to purported connect ons. between’ Jack. Ruby and the federal” * goveranentst Also;. statements ‘have. been. made about a purported anth-Kennédy ° National ‘Security. Counéit nena which GE, it exists at all) may well be the result of a disinformation effort.” Il. THE CLA av LEE HARVEY OSWALD.’ : SS ann ar aa he JAS QUESTIONS ABOUT’ DOMESTIC: cla INTELLIGENCE GATHERING ‘ . Tone The first three of these questions. may not be very significant in ‘the ; assassination lavestigation, “but they might lead to naw information about the ; extent of certain questionable ‘CIA activities, “2. GOVERNMENT NOWLEDCE OF LETTER SENT TO OSWALD IN RUSSIA | Lp Bid the ClA intercept a letter and monay order which Oswald’s sother seat to hin shortly after he cefected to Russia? if, as the reeocd suggests, this did happen, why do the FEL and CIA files given to the Commission not fully reflect this? | The first known FOL repore relating to Oswald stacts with the staremant that Mes. Marguerite Oswald “is reported to’ haye purchased ‘forcign roney trans~ fer So. 142,699° at the First Rational bunk of Fort Wocth, Texes, 02° 1/22/60 by seans of which she seat the sum of $25 to her soa, Lea Harvey Osuvld, in cere of - ry . . . ty ~~
14-00000 «Rach -3- - 28475 Pad . . 3 te : ts Hotel Metropole, NORCOM Russtla.”" The FUL told the YUarrcea Comaissisa Shae “ue catecmined an January 25, 1960, thut firs. Macguecite C. Oswatd hod tras ssalee ed 4: the sum 6f.$25" to Osuald at the. Retropele Hotel; this’ pra: sated kat eviews “of es. Oswald and her other son. _ ‘ — . os . ae ' ict seeas- atypical that the contemporary Fri. ‘report: gives no indicition of , “ that inform acton; that olssion may indicate a particulacly * ~ the origin of The recently disclosed cra project of “selective in tecception 4 . seasitive source. GF ‘matt from, the U.S.” to Busia. and China may, have ‘been davotved. The CIA has ° _— ce F eléinea ehat this progtea Was in operation ‘th 1960 in only ‘one eity.> an a Nt Pre: 18) also’ quite possible that. the ‘FOL. -got irs information about this private a, ‘transaction from ‘the- bank. The® money ordet was purchased an a Friday; ‘and the — ~ i 4 Monday. ~ which seems: a ‘bit fast for a mail ‘interception. “so ‘the Cra: ‘eile on ‘Odwatd. given to. ‘the Commission contains ro! Ainforaaticn: on a a, this. other -than the FoI Eeport. 9. the relevant FEL: file ‘was ‘Rot given to or Atstea - _ Dw "for the’ Comitssion.” The FOL shduld be as hed specifically about thet source for this report. ek ne we ea nS s cet . in the sumnez “o£ 19695, Oswald. engaged in various [teat political sects ga ae . in New Orleans on. behale of" the Fate PLay For Guba Committee. ; He. distributed : i _* Literature on the street several ‘times; once being acrested after getcing into, ee Cka ATTENTION 10 CSUALD'S POLITICAL. ACTIVITIES | pee ’ a-seuffle, and parcictpated ‘in (a Fadlo debate, —_ . i ts The FBI sent the CLA copies’ oF six reports ‘entitled "Lee » Hatvey osvata” or a en , "Funds Transmitted, to Residents of Russia,” including fout after his ret ra.ta . oo oa : +, thes." #1962. This seems propery. since. as a ‘former resident of Russia he was an ° . of ‘interest to the cla. “Ee may ‘be more significant, im terms. of the exteat of — 7 GIA attention to domestic dissent, that the FEL also seat the CIA a report . entitled “Fair Play for Cuba Canaittee - New Orleans vivision.” In face, this . . report dealt only with Oguald and "A. J. Hidelh,” later deternined to be his. ° alias.® , ; of _ . * An atterpt should be made to understand the dissemination of that regore inside the Agency - that is, to see whether it was promassed not oaly as a report on Oswald but as a repore on a politically active group. That might lead to a better understanding of the CLA's handling of such information on other groups. ° Xt'.should be determined LE any CIA personnel (emplayzes or’ informancs) vere aware of Gswald‘*s activities in New Orleans. The Warrem Repore says that’ che _ CIA “took note of his Faie Klay for Cubs Comittee activities in New Orleans."? Taere is no foatrote for thet statenenn; it aay refer enty te the Presen se of the FRI report on the rece in O.: wald's cin file, but toe Should be” check, - * ome ee .
14-00000 3% ° 3. CGIOLrentZsu FILS ENTREES ix) 2 OS 409 AbNO OTHERS In the Cha rile, the "Cs copy’ of the Fol report on the heu Orleans reece is scacpad “Index,” dnd handwcitten notations indicate that tuo oF the nases (presunably computerized) form. One - : meationed were indexed in a standardized was Oswald; the othar ‘was. Catlos ‘Bringuter, an enti-Castro ‘Cuban citizen living + co - in Rew Orteaas.! . foe . . : ; Apparently these man were indexed to record theit connections with the Fece . . Gad the org (Revolutionary, Student Directozate, possibly a CLA-suppocted eroup). , This is in itself of no particular significance ‘in. ccoanection. with -respactivaty.. a : Mee the ‘Ussassination, but an explaaacion may. shed sone Light on the era's: file-buildis ~ wt LE procedures. a a. ae Be at ae St tele See Say 7 me sea cane staeer connection eh ; ve. oe 7 a ~The “mést provocative link betueen Oswald's activities in New. Orleans and _— 7 a Sine €Ia is. his use: of the address 546 Cap: Street on some of his pto-Castro - ope a Liceratuces -One office’ in that building had, previously been ‘occupied by. one of | ; _ the’ ‘two: “principal o f€ices of: ‘the Cuban Revolutionary Council, a frone organization: _ ~ ‘established by. the. Cia (cepartedly ‘through Ee Howard, Huat) in’ Gonnection with . . J ehe Bay. of Pigs. invasion. | it is apparently true, as the Warren Report nated, t* ooo b . . that the CRC had left 54% Canp Street some tine eacliec, and that Osvald. nimsel€ . Hovever, at the time ef the assassination, | : . never “actually rented aa office there, . a ; [pee “OE Elica. at S84 Canp, was” “occupied b Guy Banister, a former EBL agent who oe | The Banister 7 : a) e [was still active ia intelligence work; especially Cuban - ‘activities. connection - ‘Was Never. pursued by the. Warren, Coz. mission. . . et : ° eee mente OF ER Cee emt ES As me oe The 344 Camp connection was extensively publicized. at. the time of Jin. - a Garrison’s *i investigation.” Numerous reports surfaced of ultnesses who could Link Oswald-with David’ Ferrie and others ho hung around Banister’ s office. yF chese Teports come ftoa sources who must be considered unreliable, an no might have had reusons of their own for exaggerating-this Link. : The most promising source of hard evidence on-cthis matter would be a close Study of the pre-assassinatioan FOI aad Cla records. : we : . . From a docunent not'given to the Varren Comaission but relcased to ae Juader ‘the Freedoia of Information Act, it coun be firmly established that the FBI knew efors. the assassination about Oswald's use of 544 Cano Strget as. an address, for rhe Fair Play for Cuda Comaittee. This fact was not pene Loned in the eppropriate coatengoransous rezorts, aad was _appareatly not checked out ‘at the tine, ever thoush e3y Field offices had been specifically asked to be on the. alers for ~ ry did: check our othe: similer lez ids (such as the Pose -FrOC ectivicies, end the cai Qrfice box on sane of Oswald’s Literature, gad the ® alia A, HidelL). bm aan eee deen eee A ee ee ee
14-00000 “+e os ->- 3726/7357 a fron the Conaission tthe facet than it wets a . *Peam pt weet ane’ ° : 2 * afece the arscrasiasiion, the Feb hid . Sad Kaows about Osuaid’s use of 544 Caxp street esrlier, ond suppressed the Link * ees to Canister by giving his address (531 Lafayette Street) withont indi icating that it was the Se: se cotasre building as 544 Cas Siceet, Even the Limited. an, Oude i i of docusentacy’ evider ce thich has not been Kept fros the Waccen Commission and , : ta . a 7 the public’ strongly. SuZgzests that. the Foi was keeping hands. off Oswald's activi ties, Ss . quite plausibly “because the buceay believed that ‘he was” fot in fact a pro-Castro . activist but was arkxiag ‘for- Banister or ‘for ‘sone e officiat tnrelligence agency.- . . ® ar aLLécaTIONs “Tear estan WAS a racy 1 SFORMAST a we Tne Commission heard, ‘acd: was concerned about. allegations ‘that Osuaid had . “been a. cla, or “FBI jafos caaac."? © ‘The. Connission’ 's rebuttal. rested: Largely, on affidavits provided ‘by CIA Ditector Joha NcCone, aad 3: ‘Edgar Hodver.)? However, 9 the fenders of ‘the Connissioa had been told in secret session by “allen, Dulles 7 oe that the CIA would gerietally not adaic, ‘someone had been an informant or agent, 'e é oe . . af even under oath, excezt:.at the: specific direct ica gf the Peesident.©* | This fact, | - : which was apparendiy’ not’ passed ‘on to. the Comaission’ s working staff, makes the. es, . . . * . « ro forma d2dial totally worthless... ‘ te OY a . iat . aa An attempt ‘to resolve ‘this Matter now should. include’ interrogation “OE. the. Se "appropriate lowee-ievel,, Cis, personnel > One should ‘also try toe specify and’ : évaluate the. specific sltuatioas in which Oswald’ might have been approached by. ake aneea tent oo the: Clas, One obvious. possibi Mey: was" éa RAYS: tery “a from Russia... From the ne re ’ a 15 . “existing record, ha. was “not debrieeed by ‘the CIA, which in itsele seems odd. : a . - . 2 “Unlike another defector who’ returaed at. about ‘the same tine; Oswald Was not e Sg aed . ; internal Securit Subconaittee,§ (Oswald was met on . a questioned: by the Sent ” his” xketurn by a ase vorker For the Travelers Aid: Society, who was also an- ” official of an ’anti-Bolshevik’ organization with strong intelligence coanections. > : ; ‘The extent of the CIA's routine coverage of people returning from Russia is not’ wee - known, bet it was: extensive enough to net 3 photograph taken by a tourtst- in va - Minsk which Cafter the assassination) was fouad to show Oswald. The question ote is, therefore, not just whether the CIA ever contacted osvaia{buc if not way nowy . - In 1962, Oswald pcepared €and. hid typed) a manuscript about his Life in : ; Russia which was full of the kind of details which eight logically be of interast te the Cia. The Wacren Report's brief account avoids the evideace that Osvald did not keep all of the matecial uhich wag typed fer hia, 8 inquiries should be. made to sce if the CIA got any of it, perhaps under circumstances which would not have led to it being filed under his name. ; ; Consicetable publicity has been given Co allesations that Oswald eas a Cla infoemsat for which there is ao substuntial direct evidence. It should & Rooted that Bat it Us considerably coce likely chac he had .an informant Colatioaship
14-00000 Ltr a information he mighs . ave deen ‘able to furnish of. a security natuce.” * records, can be provided by the author.) ‘Fee, - ‘where a study of the cocuze Goes into oaly a small Fractica of the defects in the Comatssi Mzay7s Hooch ~6- ? . . , with someone else, Ros apky che Fat, but algo per ‘haps military intelligence + ’ , apt ~ * ‘ %, ‘ Of 30.08 non-official LkLigencsea organization. f have studied in detail how the FSI failed to acequately redut the claia’ that Oswald was an infocmaat, aad - how the Warren Consissioa responded to Hoaver’s obvious displea: "ure ac being. investigated by failics to, press for ‘satisfactory explanations. ‘For exaxple, the F3et oalteed Econ their original Listing of O Oswald's address book the maze of one of the ‘Bureau's Special Agents; the record strongly. sussests chat thé. FIT Lied to conceal the fact that the- ‘relevant page of that that Osvald. was an inforaaat: fron several agents, Supposedly. all of those who were’ in: a- ‘Hsting was: ‘retyped. Alsas. the FOL subditéed a€Eidavits denying position to. “geerule, nia or. “knew: of his, seevice, Some of the affidavits were revised béfore being given, ro the Comtssioa, allegedly With no: matectal alter a ation’ the substance, but . erortgiaats, ate’ ‘withheld. disor. rio. “affidavies © ant act. with, che \. “V9 Oswata: case. an examination Of the circuastances under which these affidavies  entiae e were prepared might be productive. Another peculiar Fal explanation which the | Cozaission fever challéaged was Hoover's | statement that the FBI interview of (Oswald wheat he was in custody after the assassination’ Was Kot only to gather ‘facts or “admissions ‘about the shooting, “bur! was also aimed ac obtaining nany % eee otic Language sugges sts that Osuald had been ‘considere : ial source - . security “informatioa: These examples are by no means the ,anly- or noe ana * even, the strangest. indications that the FBI had something in their relationship - Pwien Oswald which they thought necessary to hide from the Meccen Comais sion. . * > 8 we pe a a * Ben UNANSWERED QuEstroNs| ABOUT THE CIA AND THE assassination: oe a oe Oo ‘This section covers a nuaber of questions ‘about the intelligence agencles - (primacily ‘the’ “CIA) and the assassination which, were not satisEactorily resolved by the Warren Commissioa. C’hey are presented: here in summary form. Further details: and the available docurentatioa, which cones malo Frama the Cocmission* $ within the mandate of the Rockefeller and ‘Church investigations, they do reed co be snaswered, There is no doubt that a nov investigation of the Kennedy assass~- ination should explore these issues, ameny,others. The focus here is on problems atary record is likely to be productive, so this meno @. on’s cause asainse Lie Harvey Oswald. - . : : e . . mo cared sey te ae RE ee Cem ee +o ere manne memo sery an Se ote iens Siew oem rece LEE NSP an Nib States
ae 3/2775 Pans ; ate Ls BHOCCSRAPHS OF FOSSTILE OSvaL Q LkPostok IN NSXICa CUTTY wd ede WY In Occober 1963 the CLA ‘teamed of Osuald’s visit te the Russian Esjassy in Mexico Chey. Several ph otugtaghs wire ubtuined, peesu: waasty froa a - ‘ surveillince Cameca at the Exbass of a stitkun ried” Ec adass; . wat visitor who does not pay steatiy § reseadle Oswald. This mon was identified as ae . 7 . iene rvnamepeaninsnaesitenrenmmpeah Al before, the: aueassinytios. | The 2 explanation | Osuald in. a-CIA telage of crc'ainin tx bdeactfteveiony 1 RE that is what” ic Gas, was not released by the: - ‘See OSE Warrga Gor wiission. “Same OLA exp¥anation,. true or not, is presuradly inthe: 3.) 2 on ‘withheld. docus ents: at the. “AES Leese. re may also be: that the uaidentified: ean oe cas wis can assoclate of. Osuald, ot at Aépostor, 7 — oo vege tas * ov 3 nae y “prtencéeted ¢ CONVERSATIONS BY -O8 ADUUT oswaln IN.sSxIco. is we praca “Aa Fut report, on ‘Qsuara ia; ‘Nexico” strongly” suggests that the cla: inter-. a ‘ , ; ~ cepted’ ac least tho phone calls ‘betueen tha: Cuban and: Russlaa & Exbdessies it whieh | , Oswald was discussed. Durirg one phone call Osuata.s was a$ apparently or on the he phones a ‘ hinsel és 22 _The cla also: had detailed koouledge of ‘Oswald's: conversation 1 with a guard at the Soviet Emdassy, including - ‘the fact that. he spoke broken Russiaa;  y . this convefsation ray also have beea bugged. 7? ; a recording of, these calls Mould rn be important, evidence as to, whetha: et an, Ampostot, was: “making sone of ‘these contacts ? conversations now exist, or to release any relevant, records: to Re. } on Osuald’s. behalf. The. cta- has declined to tell me nether’ any such recor Ee o § I 3. DID E. ‘HOWARD HUNT KNOW OF OSNALD'S ACTIVITIES BEFORE THs ASSASSINATLOS? . me te: . ie has been report ted hat .E. Howard Hunt was. the CIA’s. acting station chief : aan in} México city during August and September 1963, which: aighe overlap wich Oswald’ s.°* - oi visit! " starting: in late septetber.** Hunt has reportedly denied to the Rockefeller | Comaission that he ‘met ‘gswarta at. thac time. * Ie should be determined if Hunt or ot had “aay, Knowledge of Oswald’s gerivities, whether or not he’ met him. This requires aa examination of contemporaneous cla records: relating to Oszald,. and : aa understanding of the flow of comsuaiéations, within the CIa station. A number’ of the internal CTA, en munications were tucned ‘over to the Warren Commission Caad are still withheld)? , however » they muy not include alk the information needed to determine who in the CIA station had substantial coaract with the Oswald ‘case. e . . &. THE HANDLING OF THC STORY OF “0” ae - An attest shoul be nade to understand what role Cid personnel night have . played in building up, Gisseminating, and thea denigrating a report that Oseald “ hed received money to “ill Kenaedy from someone at the Osban Exbassy in Mexico . . : : * eonnections wa City. The circunstasces sugnuest that ‘serenne with iatelligence that the Cuban goveracent Was bemind the Keanedy assassi-= ush the ides,
14-00000 a : on -B- 26/75 Yasediate source? of the story was Gilberto Alvarado Usarce, a’. NMitevsguan who seid he was tcying to pet to Cuba on a pienehration misstoad toc the Uicacaguan Se t Service. After a few days he repoctedly cetracted his a __ storty, saying that he had nade Ae up to ect the U.S, to take aétion agains: ; - Castro; then he, withdedy thts recract ion. He ultimately, tock a lie detector test wateh snowed . -he was lying; he thea said. “ena: the Lie detector must be correct. ‘This kisd, of retraction ~susiests tnt Alvarad “At az Tet. the $ "Story. was Treated with “considecable respect, ‘The Cla cornun= tions Guhicd Meat: ‘ta, the hice House as ‘welt as the: Fal, the ‘Stave Department. oy 7 . o5, BA the ne Secret Servic _ show that” ‘the agency was, taking the allegation quite . i Alvarado was said to be of questionable reliability “but hot. wholly oseciously. ‘giseredited; the CEA descchbed hia as a very serious person who speaks wleh ao convictions? ot te cee it is known thac. Président Johason was concerned about a Castico plot whea he set. up “the Warren Comission, and that: he did not accept abl the conclus ions ; of. the. Warren Report; ic has, been reported that he specifically believed that: ; aan ‘the assassination was. a ‘Fetallatory: ger. by. che. Cuban Communists.” That ‘LS : = oa ac eh may ‘have been iatended -- Was. “ a Se 7 the ‘apparent effect of ‘the story, of ep “ : ' + to inpress upon President Johnson: Cand thus ultimately on ‘the Nartrea Comission) a "the! porencial threat of an. Laternattonal . ‘incident. posed, by. the. reports: that<* ar coe ae GaSeto was Behind the “asSassiaation, and (by extension) by any alternative to me a *° ’ e - Cae coe fee ‘the lone-assassin hypothesis. . se : , Lott . ; a " ‘The Warten Report concluded that Alvatado was lying about having seen . oof Lanted false sto _ Os wald, but did, not explore the possible. implications of a “ Ie ‘ts plausible that a major conscious or sudconscious motivation for a coverup was a desire to avoid allegations of cans piracy such as this one which were , , a Se . - thought to be untrue but which might lead to ‘very serious problens.” Some observers have recognized a pactern of anti-Casctro allegations | atising from ; , _ incelligence-related sources, including Watergate burglac Frank Sturgis.27 Te 5. CORRELATION oF VaR lous aGENCY FILES anv ACTIONS CONCERNING OSWALD The ‘files of tha FRI, State, and Narines on Oswald before the assassination reflect various peculiar actions which might be explained not oaly by Osuald being an agent ofr tha agency which was acting oddly, but by a@ belie! that he was working for somzone else. Such an evaluation, of course, would probsdly nevec be weitten Cowa; it vould be detectable only through resulting agency actioas or . Ny ° . A 2 kage, the Waccen Cémaicsion aevee cid the required kied of . * onissions. as fur as I kag
14-00000 Set i es ees - detalled oocgiretive study of the intelligence agesdey files. Considecedstle attention vas given to the cose ‘striking Aooaal tes ia the State Departneat file,” notably the Denartaent'*s efforts to facilitate Oswald? 8 retura ‘froa PB Russiay, and the ease with which he got a new passport ia Late 1963. Even in the case of the “State Depar teenth, havever, the Comtisstion. dia not get into ali the major questions , adout the evaluitioa of Oswald. For exacple, the Comission exaniaed the reasuas 7° |. ‘why ‘the Passport oF fice did not Téact to the Cra telegeaa” gdout Oswald? s visit a to” the Bussiaa panne but, failed, to explore the reaction of others, peloacily | 3 “mission for (ecg: ) attivagy intelligence, and’ ‘chat: the Agency thecefore kept, ° : 15 to question hia about. hb away Fron. his case, making | ‘no ag es 6." _ POSSIBLE UNUSUAL cla INTEREST IN pefector Se oe . s _ ta 1980,, the year after’ Osvald's move to “Russia; the Cla aad tiie State. . ath . ‘bepartnene exchansed some Gortespondence™ relat ing to defectors in general, - The . ., purpose of this study, which- inchudse compiling statistics and making lists of ° rr '. 1. Americans who had defected, Ls not clear, Although this material was. given ‘to . et oR» a cof yk ‘ the Warren.Coamission, appavently- no-explanation: ‘Was asked for or provided. en ; There: have been rumors that Orto Otepka, who. worked on this project and with | _ Oswald's file while he was head of the State Department? s Office ‘of Security, was “ss . “Suspicious of the way the Oswald case was: handled. tle should be given the . 2. opportunity to present any “relevant Aaforaation che might, have. 2 - UTR 7, -POSSISLE CIA CONTACT WITH OSWALD THROUGH (ALEXIS DAVISON Oswala*s fotebook contained the nane and addeess of a Russian Living in . Atlanta who was identified as the mother of the U.S, Embassy Docter, Alexis’. Davison. Davison had routinaly exaniced Osyald’s wife when the couple was eo a preparing to return co the U.S. in 1962. Davison Cave no persuasive explanation - . of why he pave his cothec's address to the Oswalds, suggesting only an understanding that they could: Look her up if they happened to be in Atlanta. Davison told the ‘Seerat Service he cid not reaember the Oswalds, but later recalled the compact 22 quite clearly for the FAL and said he did not ceeall giving his rotheec’s address ° to any other people who were going back to the u.s.tt : . . Im Oscenzer 1952, Davison was charged by the USS with receivi ing information fcom the Anericanassoay Oleg Penkovsky. rEvidesatly, in addition to his
: : viewed: Detohrenschilde: an Tengen in: 1937 after’ hts trip to > Yugestaving. tte ‘did one + ee aa reports chat the government had indicated chat Osvald was not someone who had Ss 9. | ALLEGED PRESENCE oF cta AGENT at PARKLAND’ HosPrtab . yl pe . what he--knew about Oswald, aad What he “may have told Detiohrenschilde or anyone 7 a -10- > Lo Bf 2f75 ohosa ee offscial duties as a medical doctor aid an Assiss ant Airc Atecacne, Davison was eagiged in very suasitive intelligence work. 1b should be de termined Uf he. hae wy contact witr c sald in thet PAE» or r Eeported to acy intelligeace tt , ancy. woour. hay Oe ae ee 2TH say 7 George betiohzénscittde,. a mon with magy tin Sr Tacelligunce connect idas . “ia his own background whe helped. the Oswald’ ‘eariily in Ballas Se tes atttied chge before foits so’ ches asked one ‘6 as BoEe « of nis” telends if chat. Ru) . . nes _ Mave. an, attics ta a. government bultdieg -and- was. Listed, ‘as an n “employes 2, U.S. ae eee : + Dee Can. Warren Conaiasion seems ‘noe: to. ‘have been Unterested in this orc other’: a? .* - to. be avoided?” An attempt should be made to identify Noore* g ‘employer, determine Tse. i oe Be on a ee eT . . oe a « Na Pe . . ae lee a et we . - on é o-- i wie 8 a a ° Within an hour of ‘the assassination, a Cla" ‘agent presented his credéntlals’ . _to.a Secret Service agent at Parkland Hospital and said that he would be - ben “available.” Ic is, not ‘clear what he might have ‘been expected to do. my shoct, : aan . ‘cinie Later aa unknown Fat ageat had to be forcibly. ‘restrained fron entering the: energency room. Appareatly the Comission did not investigate either of these occurrences. As fac as I know the CIA Was not asked. what action. they may have’ taken’ in Dallas or. in | Washington after Kennedy was shot or aoe eee po was why ° 10. QUESTIONABLE RECORDS OF ‘OSHALD'S’ SECURITY cue ease Le, ae One of the peculiarities in Osucid’s military records which is sugusitive . -O£ an intellipence connection has to do with his security clearance. The personnel. | Onmi i ected only that file wnien was given to the Comaission by the Nacine Corps reflec Oswald had been civen a Confidential clearance. However, pecsuasive tescticony _ Sr TEN d indicated chat Oswald (Like the other. men in his uate) must have been cl ‘least for Seeret informacion. shen the Commission stratt as ked about this disccep- i rearennreny iiaarrare -@acy, the Nacine Corps S3ic, in effect, that if ‘Oguald’ was doing Secret kork thea 358 he cust have had Secret clearance. The Comission appaceatly did noc press for @ peoper ansver or otherise resolve this provlen, ‘ ‘
Mythaes while actu shy continuing govergmest enploymonat for mot Eclling the teuca eh ' “ae , oo 3/28/75 Trcegulaciiies of tats Kind -ae- beast raise the poysibllicy thas Oswatd “mad beea “sheen Gicsoet™ + taat is, thae he was formally dis charged foo tee sone sore of (ntelligence works There is fiem evidence chat the Departae at of Defense was man EG, claimed that kt had givea the Varren Co amission all of its recetds on Osealde His pay records, for example, were subsinted These is solid documentary evidence of other omissions. the. Fai ‘was told soon after soaths after that etais There ate also hints of further’ missing’ records: the assassination shat the cre and ciD fties at the Cali€ornia base where Oswald "had, served in. 1939 aad. Roching on Osvald; some of tha CalLfornia Marine Corps | a The ALLEGED PHOTO OF HUNT ayo stuNCis INbabas; aor ‘Contain. the records: GE any “inv: flies” ‘had. Bean Fore ed" to, Mashtagton. > “the stiles iy he, be cckad te Ace i. The Rockefeller Consission, ‘ks Feportedly. checking out ‘and rebutting the . allegation that &. Howard ‘Huat aad Feéank- Sturgis €alse known as Flocini) appear several men ‘apparently picked up by the Dallas police’ in the. ‘photographs @e These photographs tepresent an guthentic¢ inmediatély after the, assassination, ‘unresolved mystery, St is teue; however, ‘the mea pictured have been “positively ". identified” on previous, oscasions; as other “suspects” in the assassinations. Aside from the adsence of. any striking similarity in appearance, it is a inherently most unlikely chat’ a ‘professional intelligence operative Like Huat 7 (sho got a wig just to inter sview Dita Beard) vould | get himself photogcaphed ve * without a disguise at the scene of an assassination if he had anything todo = |. . . : aes | with ite: . . a While’ such allegations “should. ‘be seriously checked out, they should not be - allowed to distract atcention from more plisible but less spectacular evidence S ‘of impropec CfA activities in connection with Oswald or the assassination . investigation. To allos that to happen would be ta invite disinformation. efforts by the Agency and its friends. oo, ms .. C. STATEMENT OY JANES ANGLETON ; in . . . oe Ie is quite pas ssidle that a CIA investigation of the assassination of President Kennedy was among the domestic activicies which Kecently coused concera the tire of his resignation as head of che CIA's Counter- ” within the Ageasy. a “Lntelligence bivisies, Janes aAagleton was quoted 2s-making the followiag cegarks when Seymour Hersh assed about alleged CIA «congdotiag and his domestic activities: “4 gansion hag macy Teacts and there were many things going on during the period ef the [aaci-wut C32T addisioa)]} tombings. J’a aot privy to who struck Jona. e at . z . . - °
© Peas ’ es an : . . B42 FS: - . ‘ From the context of Aastecon's stateneat, it ts iepossitle to decide wel he may have been celercing to, “une: steuck Jona” Bay de oa Literary - refecence of cliche which ts not’ familiac tome, It Say have beet a rucarence . to sosie othee Joha - @-3+> uitcneth. Also, Lt is conseivesic thet ‘tha Stcucx the Neainiy assassination. . Johan was “some soct” of- -cate nave foe -a Cid study. of Hy . “ Angletoa should be asked co explain: that statements. aad uh ethee he is : To ° avare ‘ef ‘any-CIA ‘Lavest tigations of Oswald r. the assassinatic Re ‘partheukacly . an y. which may Have reac ched conclusions different froa the Wasren Commission's. . an Regardless of ‘wiat . Angleton now Says- Fe meant by his ¢ox ment, anintended . . 2) - eaaetimnt _ J ha Kennedy. szens as Likel, i : other exglisas a wot XetSinise £ . eet : . » ~ a “ale - . “e sot ree De AVAILASILITY ‘oe DOCUMENTARY naTeRiAL” as ST ee pe - “Warren Corhission ‘Docanent feo} 692 ‘putports to be ax exict ‘copy of the Be - era's *s- peé-assassination, dossier on. Oswald. ‘Of the material predating Osuald’s , October "1963 trip to Mexica, almost. all has been reléasal; cust is infordation.- i from orher agencies. A‘ good part of the: Hexico materiel fs ‘Stull oicnnata.2? . - on A number of other Cox aission Documents and internal ‘Rendranda daal with os the Cia’s pre-. and post-assassination investigations, Sone of. the withheld 2 935, 3 Top Secret Cla geno dealing ia ° co's would be very Anteresting: e. Bere ‘ . > part with the reaction of the Cuban Intelligence Service to the assassination." ne Ernougtt o£ the cla material submitted to the Commission has been releagad-to.  - San : . provide a” basis for the. formulation of appropriately specific questions. a CT, Certainly most ‘of the still withheld material should de released at this oe eS ; tine. However, overenphasis on the matecial at the Archives should be avaided. — . : Erroneous: claims are “Frequent ly made ‘chat many of the Warren Conaission Files . : . nk have“been locked up for 75 yzars fron the date of the assassination. In Fact, ‘there is no such Fixed-tern withholding. All of the withheld materlal is i cee ' yeviewed every £' ve years, and in additton is subject ta agency and fudictal . ~ Fe : ' xvevhew. undec the ‘Freédon of Information Act when a vequest is made by any citizen, | ; ‘Some of the withheld material might even remain withheld for sore than 75 years. In fact, an extraordinary amcuat of investigative matecist Clazgely cas data ina , e Fal reports) has been released oc published. This was done to some degree over ‘ . . , the objection of the FBI. oO eo Ey . it is probable that thé most sensitive material in goverazent files on Oswald never reached the Yacran Commission, I sia sure that wes the case with the Fal files, only 2 small fraction of which were given to the Coazission. we In response ta = Feeedon of Information Act requests, the Cla has told ae that they “are high: vy in favor of declaysifying everything possible in conection with the recoces of the Uarcren Cornission. The most convincing motive for us to co
_ Stncert e opinion,’ i. office intetviewe ~i3- a 1 BY 24/75 s is ouc firm Sabie’ Ehat all the infarction so declassified would’ ak week oe eer fe 9 f zen Cunmaission and dispel any Sercely go Co support the coaciusioas of the War tinted chessification may have sossiste ‘confusion or Suspicios that the ‘oot : a4 om raised.” L this Totive has bega! dalancal against the protectiod’ of classified information ina intelligesce sous sce | sand methods.) I expect “that this is a at Least as it) applies te the cis méterial ia the “Acchives.. (the. follawing : section exaninas - the. indigations that: the CIA. did. not make a ult Aisclosure to. tnd Cornissivoa: : Of. courses, even the. currently available “s conclustors.- ~ v télease of the Warren Someisston’s ; for full disclosure. . ‘At cha very a THE CIA ANDTHE INVESTIGATION “Oe THE ASSASSINATION | rea _POSSIBILITY Taal INFORMATION WaS NITHKELD FROM THE Cod MISSION Ligevest TO THE F31T° oN NOVEMBER . 22, 1963, On the dayof, the assassinatica, an FN ageat: fron che lgahingtoa field “Siz ch, BD, Of Neal of the: ‘CLA for the purpose of. ‘obtaining "any : we i . information" in the cla- ~£iles on Oswald. “According to the FGI" $s xepore, he_ Soak _ Furnished to CIA by the FSL and the Deparcaent of Scate.” That was certainly | “untrue, most conspicuously with regard to the important ClA-originated material _ apparently was forwarded quite scon; “learned there is nothing in CIA file [sie] regarding Oswald other than material: 42 . - a: . . . 43. avout Osuald’s trip to Mexica.. 3 ; - - 2 an ete the Warren Cornission. - Whatever “otNeat's (act. statenent about the CIA file was,” it seems clear that the CLA did mot want ) ” be ps iy 4 iv a) re o io i] cs a] 6 oF pe ed 52 Yi rt te ~ “ i] a 7 G ° g . a) as full extent of their coverage of Oswald, by the photographs of tha visitor to the Russia The significance of this FSI repore i withheld from the Fal, since sone of false statement about che extent of their Osuald File, teste eno ecru ba eeeneminnemmntntaemaned nae eee 2. TOPICS ON WHICH DISCLOSLR AY HAVE BE SEN LISITEU ee a . . Ca) Marcin: Ose l ' ' , et The FAL cole veh Warren Cormission thot their Case on Lee Harvey Gsuald “as * a vernon a:
utned to getive status ia diaeeh 19S aocesulft of information obec siaet Curing aa lnvestigsctios relatiag to Als sits Carina. Fat agent Hosty teszitied ‘tras 3t was the F2L's prectice to interries isaigranis froa Consunist countries "on 3 selective dasis,” aad that pwéina Moet) Schad Seen Se elected.” The . . . . “ . . . . ‘ssUTRia, * . tae Tarts sty and properly: to be of iaserese . to the CLA, . “Towever. the CIA- File’ on. Lee Renney does not. give any | indication of f Cia taterest win Slav faa’ specifically.” Tres! is no appacent reference’ to acy ef ffort by os wheh the Fal relatia 2S ‘to Russian ianijsadts. (The routine transaitcal ~ elips for the Ful ‘Kagorcs on Lee ‘Oswald. ap met refer to the FOl's case Ga Macinas ). The CLA shourd be ask cod to produce aay reeords ic has on Marina ‘Osuale. Sas A 7 ce eee So iF arerremrte AF tatecs, pane eee ~ 7 * excess zi: sted her a3‘a potential infocaant, f v of ‘conseatty. , eo to, ; oes ; ood . o 4d) Osuald's contacts wich Albert Schveizses College Lo _ eo. _ oe ; 7 hae Shen Osuald Lefe the U.S. “in 1959, he nad indicated On his. passport “>pali- coe ae “Gation that he ‘intended to attend Albert ‘See eitzer, College. This is a scall - “ot " Unicartan-affillacéd ‘school in Svitzerlan? agec ializing | in advanced studies in” oe _ philosophy: and the. Liberal arts.“ (Oswald sat indeed been accepted by that school, , despite the apparent absence ‘of the PrOpaz . reiereaces, aad background. | had, he "failed to show UP, . an: “‘investigatioa was uAlet ake a by. the Fal ° - throuzh its Leg3 of € Osuald’s: mother throuz? oun oo Con wressman. : Since. the relevant. FBI. — have noe, been made available, I aa vs L : da not know whether, any of then’ were. sent tr the ‘cra, but thac vould lave been - _approyirlate. It should be determined if thece vas any FRI-CIaA Liaison on this’. .~ : _ “mattec Cand if not, why noc); and, if so, sky. there is no record of it in the - ‘Cla file on Osuald, CO. 692. a ; Le re The CIA, the FBI, and ONE should also 32 asked if there was any intelligance . : interest in Schweitzer College, or any direct er indirect government Support. ae Theat aigns explain Oswald's peculiar contatis with the College. IE£ the CIS “evaluated this matter in documents provided 72: the Warren Commission, they should be nade publ ic. . . : ve (eo) The unidantif ied mon photographed in heise city . . (See section 11.0.0 supra.) 1 am configers thut the Cla ultimately aid , p=9 vide an explanation of chis “mis tuke” shict “us good enoueh to satisfy the Mareen Comnission. Hosever, there are srsect iedieations thet che Cla was nan Gendid with the Cocnission at first. tne 3 zatigsston Firse Learned sbout che
14-00000 ~ wees + . ae . ae ltd ne a o . . . " . . ,- . photo Steause it had beea shown to Narcuorite Osuuld shoclly after the o3sa3s- rye *  G{natien. Nowevec, a9 late of Maceh YD che Commission was asking the CTA about Osvalt's accivities ba Mexico acd adaut the photoycaph apparently elthcut krowiag 4a? — : 9 shar these matters wert related. ne Ca had apparently mot yet replied to ° a latter which had Seen sent a month previously esking for sa eapipracion of thy photogcaph. : Be Ss ee we . . , . 2 4 : ot . ae 3. ta assenttoxs 67 FULL DISCLOStRE , a cra Director NeConad. and beputy icector ‘ilelms: cestifted that. the su s3slaace _ of. ali relevant pre-assaisidacion infocnatioa had ‘been supplied to the Comatssion.*® .- 69 692, was descridied “ta 3 ‘covering & ene) as “on exact reproduction. of the. ‘Agency’ s° i official’ dossier on’ ‘Lee Hazvey ‘Oswald, "duet ic included only a “sumaaty of soze of 49 ~ > the. pre~assassination internal. Cla messages’ ‘avout Oswald. A Comaissica staff ‘menber: went to: ‘Langley ‘and’ Saw a computerized princout, on Oswald, which he - - .* described as including no » document watch the Commission had not been piven in full” Cn ey ‘ . - e “oa 50° : mo, 2. or ta paraphrase. . - ~ . — os re The CIA should be asked to List Cand, Lf possible, to release). av records See EE etna 3 suald. Specificstly,. since -sone | fot in the “official dossier” which seon} ‘records had Oswald" s middle nane "as tency, lene. extent of. their search Tavonviag , i - : ° ee , . ot, i oa - «he 3 , variant names shoutd be! examined. " ee PEs ete. . , . +. . . . . . ve “} , , B. KEY Feasoss IN THE.CTa - WARKEN COMMISSION INVEST{GATION _. “Raymond Rocca, who recently resigaed from the. CounterintelLigeace Division, Waete . wea the CIA's Liaison with the Varrea Comaissioa. Arthur Dooley, who retired in te. - - . Lo ne « 1973, ‘was “apparently one ‘of the CIA mea cost involved in the investigation. According to a. ‘Com snission meno, Richard Helms was one of the twa rea al a poet, ‘Meeting on Nacch ‘12, 1954 who would have Keown: ie Oswald had been’ 3 Cia informant. a Boat name of the secoac man has been withheld. He should be identified and both $ « ‘ hould be questioned. . 2 . . : ale it might: be. particularly ‘usefyl to ask “the following people fron the Warrea -Comaission staf£ about the issues raised in this eno, and about the cesree of * * . 2 + . . . - ? cla cooperation with the Con waissioa,. ‘ . . ; ; H. David Slaysoa, pow at the U.S.C. Law School, was the junior lacyer uhe ‘ apparently had the most extensive dealings with the CIA. fis area of invesci- LS . os ay teu Yock Times has reporsed that he YW rs _ ution was Osycld’s foreign activities. The, oe recently ‘said that the investigation should be renpened. a . Willian T, Coleaan, now Secretary of Teadsportatioa, was the seaiot Louyer in. the same area. @. . Wesley J. LieSeler, now wich the redecsl Eovernicene in Washingtoaa, was repoctediy invelvey LA the invescisazioa of the unidenr iCied jaa phato, aad was meme ae os Fe ta ee mee me -- . - * woe . : : - " e
. . . . . : eased madle toons a satisfactary evstanetiva froa the CLA fur theis . wv S3 - - Satuel a. Ste oy woe rc Wis er Cucler aad Fickerias ia Washington, examined the Cla evaluation of. oswatd, parti teutacly froa the viewpotar ay ne . : Liaison with the Seerec Secvice aad procedeces, for. Presidential Protection, , a oo He Was also involvec vith investig ating che | allegations that Oswald was aa. Se . For or Chay infornant. | oO ; ee < an pt : 7s ae ee aes ér ang oud ENvE sticatton OF THE ASSaSStNATION |? soy wore cia CAPABILITY rok AN INDEPENDENT ENVESEEGATION ‘fhe Clay of course,” openly” worked wire the Witten Connission in ‘aseas | “{avelving ‘foréign activities. in additions ahe’ agency” yas given’ the “abil ity ro) a) : a weet we ote > ‘Sssass auch of. the evidence in other: ave 23s. ‘aw the. Comaission’s request, ‘the | £31 sent the CIA not only material wien ‘foreign aspects, but? also ‘reports oan lt, . ‘possible Subversive activities by Oswald: in. the U.S.7 the FRI also forwatded to an the CIA ail the major investigative reports <oxzing out aft the Dallas office. , ; The Secret Service was also asked" ta" send the CEA a nunbet of its reports, : : $3 . we ry - including: all. intéeviews ar teste Coe 6 . son OY aig am 2 “e - On occasion. duringéthe’ sion, the cla actively suggdseca” S| iuccher investigation. Fo fexarphes one agency neve said At was ‘of considetadle ortance fo investigate he" report | what Os sald had’ attempted suicide. in Russia, pat ghac i€ necessacy his body should be exhuted: to sée L€ he really aia ave 3 The Warren Comaission, constrained by (ears other things) the ‘need to make . a “public report within a redsonable tine, did sot even adequately. pursue all ‘the. important leads in the material the fF8I aid submit. The CIA was nat'so « . * . ‘ . eee he constrained. . . . oo Co tt : 2. UNKNOWN CIA CONCLUSIONS LO So Ste Tete . The CLA intecest in the assassination continued aftee the Warren Cozmission sy “finished its work. For example, more than iwa months after the Warren Report — ” cane out, the ClA asked for a copy of the Zeprwier film of the shooting. “Accont- 2. me . ? ing to the FBI, it was re equesied “For training & purposes." Preesunably this wi means. for training ph hotoanalysts, . The FOL ~ Commission study of this fils vas cuperfichat. Nost notanly, the Warren Repors failed ta weation, gucht less ertiaia, the fact that Kennedy uss dviven forc2fully backwacds by the fatal shet Cshich, uccornding fo the Commission, cane Froa behind hin). Concracy to eapertat iots, 9 Carget dacs somatinas recoil ae 3 know if the CLA care ria back towards fhe eun. would be interes? this explanation. In any case, the Aagesc evesl what use ic made of, ase LAT,
ur Pee Lecter ot a oa a aoe “Lot. ,? FE wo fay bol oe - ts ae i- " Sf 2asis fhe Zapcuder fila. in May 108% tisat tray had fonad na eviceace ‘Cauging hed Deen gy conspiracy, but that the cuse would eves The ETA saould be astod to produce t thete. intecasl reports a ASS45Si ingtian, pacceutocly any which reached conclustons orc postdated | Lo. tae Marten R REpOC ee me ; : . . . e ‘ 3. CIA ACTHNITICS 2 BELATED TO-CRITICS CF- THE WALREN REVORT” a a cot Feerly proper if the CIA has in Nigaced chatges tad by the . So ezitics, atieite ing foretea | Savelves reat ia the assassina ion, Such Lavestiggtive orhes tesearchers. who: have- been: more active in the i egtigation than he: could : Se no doude provida decatts. about some ‘of ithe suspiciouy incidents aid persons. , Jim Garrlgsa charged that the Cha was involved hie ‘dered his investigation. Since the former charge. has ceceived wide attention, Cha should be. agked-to 20 ris on matter. This. should : athe wssassination and also — * despite Gactison’ s Lack. of substantiacing ‘evidence, “with | any. of the principals in the : explain. its links ineludé suspéét sy pe viphecal. “Eigures associated with then, investigators, and weer some of ‘the. Witnesses and their: attorneys; ‘CIA connections with David Ferrie and. 7 Guy. Banister should be given ‘special attention. © - If it is true, as Vieror ~ 2. n Marchetch has reportedly said, that Clay Shaw ‘had been a CLA contace in coanectioa are with his foreign trade activictes: and ithe CIA was concerned about keeping bids. Sopa fect sscostenth ar bight “explain same o£ ‘the strong opposition to Cacrison (although . he would net add to Gaccison' $ flimsy case that Shaw _conspiced to Kill: Kennedy) .. . The extent of CIA efforts to disseminate derogatory information about the critics should be examined. The Agency did give the Wacrea Commission a 1937 ~ oe Gestazo mero on Ja3chia Joestea, the author of one of the’ first ecitical books . . 62 or the assassinat iba. Inforaation that Joestea had been a member of thd Germad Communise Party, Faken from the same momo, was latet introduced into the Congcess- . : jonal Recosd in g repore (atlepedty written by the Cta) which claimed that his eviticisa of tha Warren Report. was pact of a "Connunist bloc de famation caspaiga.© The Agency shoud #lso be asked ig ict intercepted. the maid of, or otherwise mo interfered with), aay of the critics of the Wacren Keport, ‘kn the Uniced States or sbrosd.
14-00000 - Eaen eo * ° & . wv : SASSER TON ASD CUS ANT E-CAS CHO ACTON GP ESS Rw Sus OSU TY The consicecazle actuntiod recent? given to the possibility of a connection gebween the CLA und tae ke Ue assassinst ing as been Laucgely based on two significant coccs, The First is that the cla: Very provocative and undoudcuddy Fount tried to KiLL Fidel Castro, working On occasion throush the Mafia, ‘This Cla plot was repor tedhy an e basis fdr fears that Castro had retalbated against : . | The secon sd is one of the major unresatved questions of Watergate: Ee ” Renaedy. ‘Howard Hunt's appat encly. sensational, krowletae adour “the whole Bay of Pigs . can . , thiag” which, led ¢ resident ° ixon’ to cut: of fe the investigation. - Since the basic oe i . facts: ‘of the Bay. of: “Pigs ‘ate hacaly, gece cet, and Hunt has adhiteed proposing a a oe the ‘asBassination “OE: Castro. ‘in connecthow with that. operation, it is reasonable . to. speculate chat “che, whole aise Pigs thing” tas a reference to knouledze 7 : Vt enn: ) ia Such a plot or ‘tes “condéque , , ; ‘These. matkecs uadoudt aly should be giver major attention ‘by those who. ace” now investigating the CIA. 1 would Like to suggest that they should be studied . Dec Jicn che: perspective provided: by a third fact a definite link between a man” . representing himself as "Leon. Oswald" Cpechaps Lee Hacvey Oswald hinsete) and oe : . . ran + ae of the assassination attempts against Castroe. ' - ar « . . woe . . a arr oe ‘ - 5 . ‘ . . we ay ste oe a . . 6 . + NS ee ot wet, - Be Libs BETWEEN, “OS sta” AND a PLOT To RIL castRo Lote tte 1.  SUMSARY OF THE SYLVIA‘ ODIO INCIDENT: | COT RE An episode, which causal the Warren Comission state a a great deat of concern ' ns - was reported by Sylvia Odio, a Cuban active in the anti-Castro movement, she — yok identi£ted Lee Hacvey Oswald as’ ane of three men-who had visited her home in ae Dallas about two months before the assassination: Odio said that this manwas 0° :- , introduced to her agmbeon Oswald” and was daseribed as-an American ex-Maring oe _~ “great, kind of nuts" ~ who Thought that President Kennedy should have been aE shet after the bay of Pigs “because.he was the ofa who was holding the Freedom oo of Cuba."*4 The nen theaselves Linked atteapis against Kennedy and Castro, 7 _ g$ayings that Leon Oswald “could do-anythiag Like getting underground in Cuda, - . Like killing Castro. These men said they wece seeking Odio's help in their - anci-Castre activicies gad. persuasively claimed to be €riends of hee father, who was imprisoned in Cubz. Gdio's «veracity was strengthened by the way her story came out, and ys the fact that if tied Oswald to a movement with which : _she Sy vepachized €sp ically the relatively sod erate JURE group, hee ded by uenolo tay).? - . . 7 oe : ‘fhis ineidenc is importune whethér or sot the ceal Osuale was, involved, | , 2 AA attemps to inpefaenite Osuald da such o situation would establish 3 eoaspiracy a . a
2 yaaa Te F @ BAL werry OT Senses : ° ~ ay ol 3424475 . . * . - es POL oAly avalest Reanedy but ageinse Oswald. The Camstosida statf& rccogntecd . ine slgnificance of GAlo’s story. David Slusson called here “Phe most slenif- re 6% : btnoss Linking Uswald tovanci-Castra Cubsuus.” Assisgint Counsel Suct swald aight ihe dati-Castro ; Gt ftia said thac “the mes ceusonasle situations uncer wach” Nave had conspirators oo. ‘decive from-his wfforts to Cudans and to. obtain'a ‘visa te Cuba"; ‘he ‘suid.that ‘the Warred Hepoct. "s should explore ate ‘Length the utlegattons rade” by ‘Sylvia odio. «8? Jusc tea days’ before: the Warres Report came out; Wesley Lieteler wrote ther “Gio. nay, well bz right” ot eke, thas “the Comatssicn: WELL. ‘look ‘bad.i£ igs turas: out she is, 70° “ _ , yes : “The Coraission's investig ation never really got beyond a search Geagonadty,, | CC we (2. " cosnectrou pETHEEN epio. AD AN ATTECOT to KILL Castzo : eo “as ” Sylvia ‘Odlo* .S facher, with whoa her visitors claimed to be wet sequainted, was generally described as a “political pisoner."72 The fact Ls that-he was arrested by the Cuban ‘government because of his involvemere in 2a “dtterot to s  eeaaeeeeatemenanmmanmannel hsm cemnennsenen emmemeanel taemameoniannaansennewttveneret® — civtewrsoeth 7 ASLLL Castro. _The senior Odios ‘had harbored one “o£ the assassins after ‘this » watpenpe, on Castro failed. © °° SE re Le Bt ae ge ; ’ These faces re established by 2 combination of Anvéstigative repores - ye subnicced, td the Warren Commission and press repocts which appeared before the ~ Keeney assassination. - I am not merit Loning- the name of the-nia~ atrested with dete * ef . > Odie in: this ‘meme, because I think an investigation should be conducted ‘ before this material is made public. CL do not knoy anything other fhaa what | .is in public sources. ’3) : rs ana a Me in vate Bécause’ this assassination attempt. occured eeangnably « close in tine to the Bay of Pigs, it “is reasonable Co suspect, it. Im any casé, the CIA must have Learned the details © of the S ploé, Lf only after it happened. Ic is clearly important thac © Agency records ond witnesses sassassiastioa und an ectlan of the bind the CLA was mouncing egaiast Castro. Cc. PXESS REPORTS INTESPAETING CIA ACTIONS AGAINST CaSTe Alleged CIA attempts to kill foreign leaders, notably Castro, have received ; - Fe - - - . a great deal of attention Lately. * The latest reports mske explicic what was’ “strongly suggested eirlier: that the publication of che(srcries) about possible retaliation by Castro was in itsel€ on act with political sigeific dinee and it i Coasequences. Given the infornation in the previous sectios, is icportant t 2 ro : - . 4 er
14-00000 3/26/75 . Haan my ~20- ae ° ’ . fovexaaing Chese Tepaccs ehile keeping im aind the possibility thuc che CLA, t attention Froa this potticulsurc link between its dacs Anderson reported | in. 1967. that “Pres ideat ohasen is sitting oa a pottticat H-tomd - “an ‘unconfiened répoce that Senatoy . Robert Kennedy’ may have. eporoved gn assassination plot which then possibly bdck£ited against his Late 7S: wv = bracher, Anderson" sald that a plot against Castrd was considered while’ ~ me "“Rodert Xgar redy was wria! tag neta: ‘on the Agency” after dhe Bay of Pigs. "Insiders" , ‘es tole Ander rson" that for th ve plot to “reach: the high leva) de did,” it must have wee _ Been faker’ ua with: Xedeedys one source “insisted that Robert Kennedy played a. key. role in “ene: planning.’ adetson also cited Joka Kea edy* Ss: disillusionment’ . + Listen the. CIA, “aad a Fepoct that Castro ith ‘characteris ic futy" iaunched: a she oye - ‘gountecpios; he’ ‘said that the: Fut told. “President. ‘Johns : hosed. For. Kennedy's ‘death. 76 Anderson suggested that Roberc “behavior after the assassination might have heen due to the “terrible thought that Cuban leadecs had sory ennedy "ys Worose that ‘he chad helped put into mation forces’ thae indirectly may have brought about . a a * 7 Abs? brother" marty tdom." Bs ‘ an woo oan aL ar 7 ° : ‘In is7, ande cson erpanded his SEOEY >. xeportins, that thee | vera ‘six cia , 7 7. wece renoreeey Gite “These ‘coluans repeated the suggestion that the “piers aight . Sos have backfired agaist Keanedy ‘when Castro learned’ of them, 78 ; . See, se Pon ‘The ‘Anderson colims did not go- into the possibility ~_vather,. the proba- , me bility =. énae there were other CIA attempts against Castro.” ioe did they ; .. | - raise the possibility that a plot had backfired uted’ che Kennedys or the CIA 2 \ tried to call it off, and the ‘resentful gunmen. cur arainse the Unired States. 2, . there is. at least as much political logic to this hypothesis as to the alternate | version. [ec is known that “some anti-Castro Cubans resented President Kennedy's lack of suppoctt in 1952- -63, typified by the vell publicized raid on an anti-Castro training cacp near New Orleans in August 1963°° and by the repocted withdrawal of support for a second invasion around the time of the Missile Crisis. ° Le. Caétro had decided co recaliate wgainse Kennedy, ict. is. gost unlikely thar he — 71 ahaha , es cat, A ee. Would Rava usec Osuald, wiose pro-Castco activities vere a matter of record in Cis and FOL files, and knoud to the public (because, of his radio appearanceg) and “to the anti-Castro Cuban comunity. Surely the Cudin governmect had agents in « * « . . . 2 the U.S. with solid oati-c Castro covers. Sts ; . : . . Supported not only by
14-00000 -2t~ > , “3728473 5 " , Heen os 7 . . . zs his citacions of "tofulticials” as sources, but by inforaation provide? ty . Sat Dy oly ateaa ee route) suggesting that Aadercson thought the sro ry hes oeen given to hist wich the ap yroval of che Director of the CIA. Whoaver , . qramertenaning, the soucee, I can only. 5 pecubate about his intentions. There aay have. heen bcos een a de site to affect tha.ses sained telationship between Presidcat Johason dnd’ “nay have been reasons related to Kennedy's continuing a . ‘Robert Kennedy; or. these Ye Warren, Report in the face of strong public” concern . . “passive eadorsenent of th padour the assassination. Even if the only. true pare ¢ of the 1967 report was: ‘that. . eda Leaked “for ‘thie i outbaie w of £ petsuailing Rovere Kennedy: ‘to ‘continue his ‘silence , © It: Should be noted ‘that the mio has. “a parently .. /. fa pout his brother’: 's ; duath.. "ye -has just ‘cecently: been revealed that Robere Kéanedy vas voutraged” by “He told two of his assistants that he had stonped, ° Cit appears that he was referring to se ee the 1987 Anderson coluzn. : not stasted, the plot az yainse Castro.°? - can attempe using the Mafia, presumably Roselli. ) One news Kepore indicated that 7 - : one of the Kennedy aides Rad eciphasized that Robece Kennedy -L2acned. of the Cla-Mafia Link before ‘his brother became President, thus implying thee Castro _ ‘Obviously the ; wT ao could, not have. retaliacéd against the Kennedys because of: ite 3 extent. -and chronohogy of all cha attempts agatast Castro must be cleared ups - oe ee ° + . : ae" bobs fee wm, on roan, ete al ad _ D. POSSTRLE RELEVAMt Ki OuLEDGE oursiDé ‘THE cia - oy Ae a "ode BASIS FOR £.-iO0ds2D HUNT'S BLACKMAIL OF PRESIDENT RIXON | es, rr As many observers have’ noticed, President, Nixon's reactions to Muat* 3. ae _ demands for moiiey seem C0. be based. on a fear that he would Givulge information | ‘on something even more damaging than Vatergate. . On June 23; 1972, Nixon rold = “aldeman to have the Cla cut off the FOI investigation on the grounds thas it” os might open up “the whole Bay of Pigs thing.” That was presumably related a 7 to the long-time C14 links of Nunc and some of the men on his team, Of course, many detaLlls of the CIA's ‘involvement _in the ‘Nay of Pigs - have -. ® been known for years. Whether oc not Nixon's fear ia that area was genuine, ‘the must have had some. reason. to believe chart the CIA would have . : “- It is quite plausible that “che whole some idea of what he was referring to. ‘a, euphemisa for CIA ‘Bay Of Pigs thing" was it seems essential - Castro which had- grown oye of the Bay of bigs opedition. and the a Py * « * . ” ne RIE SEETHER ee Peoeere ERIE ET ES TPR RL OL IM EOS pomemareneemete ° A AOE EOI LE COLT TE IE PEI CE TET ITE PITMAN I LETT IDIS OGE LAR PERMIT IIS TEA ter
14-00000 . * sen ar =22- - . _ 3/26/75 ° . . 2 : . . . aC . . > 2. . RENT AND ASSASSINATION aTfesrTs acalNsT CASTRO : ot ~ Euac chose to briag uo the matter of assassination attespes againse . 7 Castro in his book. He said that he had preposed such an attenpt in coanection — eda e ala \ wien his work on the Bay ef Piss. He recon mended, evidently in webting, that ; - Castro be ‘killed befote-or at the tine of the invasion, Hunt was told that his . Tt ‘connsensionemamsimmynzaaaea Aaa TTI . recorzencat ion: Was "ha the hands of 3 special croup.” ‘Per haps choosing his - words to conceal or hfar. atuns e he knew, rather thaa to reveal ic, he “ucotes . sate 84 .exite grotizs. 33. SEITE HOUSE coxceRy - oe : ‘In the process of unraveling the ‘starles about. the cla -attedpts - ‘against: ‘gous : . a ts “Castie, it‘ aight be- h. ipful to explain the nite louse reaction to the L97L In. the “Senate Watergate Conmalttce hearings, vhere this was, anderson columns. touched» ony there is: some indication. that these columas UCouched of f’a miner S flurry, GE ‘aezivit 25 ~Since the purpose of the Matergate break-in has never ~ : : ee been publicly. clarified, and” ‘there has been fuch’ speculation that Larry O° Brien’ = oO . . knowledge of Hlowa ed Hugnes* activities was somehow involved, it may’ be relevan that. ‘andetson did specity ‘that the cra had recruited Roselli. through. Robett ‘ : ia . te . ; Naheu,, atop Hughes aidan - ar nee - ( . &y THE WARREN COMMISSION, . rd _ The CIA apparently néver volunteered to the Warren Commission any infor= i tee mation about the Odie family” Link to an assassination attempt against Castro. 7 - . ~ That hisk should have been estatlished the first time the CIA ran the name of 7 roe - Sylvia Odio through chair files. 1€ the link was not noticed within the government earlier, it. may be relevant that, shortly after the 1971 Ancecson .° .eolusas appeared I sent hia the details im my possession, in the hope the he | he eventually decided not to, but he nay well have “would pursue the matter; “ghecked out some of the details with his CIA contacts. ~ . . a Te is reasonable to assume that by now the CIA has done an internal investigation of possible agency Links to the Odie visitors. any such report, whether or not it was given to the Warren Connission, -should be made public. . * , t. E. UNSSSERED QUESTIONS IN THIS sakes oy AS indgicated Bove, there ace many aspects of the CIA*’s actions against Castro chick should be exaninad. “Qae of the many possible sources ‘is Victoc tarahercci, whose toes canisins a Feotnoie cocmenatiag on thase CLA “activities, end aoting a published report that President Johason: thought that Keaaedy had .
ate neon . “ — 723- te" oo 3/24/75 . beea Killed in retaliation, The related section 1 of the text was deleted by the Cia before peslicstions ae shouid be made public now. be asked about the indications that the CLA leaked i ; om ; ar : J The observations of ; a Various, sources should “intoxaation avout the Roselli plots to Ja aides. keter Edelmaa end Adaal 1 Watiasly should be ‘made’ pare of . RESIST Kennedy" s ‘the formal public record. * vee es: some * re oe - -There™ are many aspeces of. the. Olio matter which ‘should be’ investigated. . oe ‘ soy! nay, ‘people named in televant decusents. ‘were “nat thoroughly. duestidred by the ; os ta 7 FBL at the Warten Commission. First, the activities of thé thrée mei who the . oo! a Report suggested were Qdio® s visitors. “should - be closely examined; they . L. Wack should bd “asked £6 provine, any relevant information. rr Loss. od One" of ‘these'nen,. ‘Loran. walt, cacie to the ategation of the FEE oa tha’ “day sot a ws ak er the assassination, utien ic was reported that he had retrieved. a pasned a whl 1 a3 presumably the F3i’s ,source suspected Hall of complicity in the death . “of Keatiedy. ' Te. is not cleat shy.-the Fai then’ ‘dropped ‘the. matter quickly, and Met dt oe repoz ted it ‘to the Warren Commission’ inadequately and only aftec a Long ‘delay. . : A friend of Sylvia’ Odio insisted that.she had ‘told her that - anti-Cas tro. wt ‘|cusans in New, Orleans had warned some Dallas Cubans: before the assassination © | oH - { ‘ that Oswald was hougke t6. bs a double, “agent. trying to infiltrate anti-Castro: he oo . groups; Odio emphatics Ly deaied having said this. Some of the Ney Orleans a Cubans who- had encountered Oswald, including ‘Odio’ $s uncle, were associated " : BOR with: the CLA-sponsored Cuban Kevolutionary Council. - . - son a wore , wo to aan  The-mose important ¢ new topic for investigation is,.the attempt to wih 2 wes | sponsorship’ or - knowledge oF” it’ must b determined. a ., a r ton 7 “The whole story of links betweeg Cuban activities (pro and anti-Castra), sa . Oswald, sand the assassination is a domplicated one. ‘The most sigdificeat : evidence might emerge from sone of .[he clues which were too complex to attract the attention of ‘the Warren Coanis ion. The Odio incidence and its famifications . 7 “(sone of which were not ‘known to the Commission) can properly be explored without a formal recognition of tife overall inadequacies of the Comnission’s work. Hopefully some members of fhe Commission stuff will be whlling to adaic that their work tas at Least inco ° ‘entice investigation. plete, and Will endorse’ a reopening, of the r * ° g ‘ : M 2 Particularly relevant here gre tvo examples of leads which vets, nat obvious but which should have been checkfd out by the Commission Caad stiould; be! checked out now). The Firse stecy involves a louyer froa“the Firm which in mid~1963 Ps he e San Giancanaa egeinst FoI hacussneat. : (Gisneas plete | oo : hehe" 7 a a ne ee defended Chicago syndicerea Figu . 4
14-00000 met ate =26-— ; 3/24/75 ® -- = fered as a Mafia leade cwho say have ‘aided the ClaA-in spying agains a Destro.) Wa the day after the assassination, this Lawyer sent a telors to Osvald efrecing his servicesvi€-Osuald had not been avle to obtain counsel. Pow. I adi Goavirce ced that this gesture taag ¢ made on proper civil- Libectarian. eccunds, ine FeSponse to the apparent violation of Oswald's riglits ia the absence of an , , attorney. . The Lave €ien iavglved nad. a good reputacton for civil Tights work. ae This: lawye? should be ‘given the: ichadte to answet for the record any: ‘suspictoas ma . ort geSentation oF Ghancana. ay . “ en 2 we ly . ne yf BRas aight: — reised by his: fire’ 8 prion va second § gcoty Uebght turn out to ‘be. a new’ and valuable clue to the. . , Ja ~ 3 mem gonna oe Besaedey, ies acpeses,_and.prganizational ‘Links, of-the_ men who visited sylvia Tarte ame ET A eT end OFS." Taere, “as, aa aati-Castre Cuban. in Dallas, Juha apparently resembled Oswald - _—- : . . . . ue se auch” that. a gas station | operator wic® sau: hia: a few days befor @ the assass~, ee . re mation Later told the FOr that" ‘he thought: he had seen Oswald. The FOI was * -tatd by an. iafocmant that this man was “violencly” anti-Kennedy; he denied that. ; Ke was the presidesc. of. the Dallas braach- of ‘the aati-Castro organization which _ was headed by one of the principals in the attempt on-Castro® s Life which had ; Jea- to the avdest “of Odia’s parents. The ballas group. held meetings ac 3126 . . ‘ % Kollandale rsereet]}; the Marren. Commission received but did not resolve an . 4 aa “ allegation reported to. a Daklas Deputy Sheriée£ : that Oswatd had attended meetings 7 of a Cuban eroup act 3128 Maclendate." ' This man is named in several Warrea | :t *-conaission secérds, but ‘as far as I know: the ‘state never took note. of the Ce! er iT apparent ‘resendlance to Oswald, and nevet checked out the possibility that he had been the “Leon Oswald" who visited Sylvia: Odio or that he had otherwise been involved in a conspiracy. _ eo . = een ee ee ee ee eee ne meee o * \
‘* consaicuous} F niss tes from Rost of the Final repoce. _ . oat ey fact = 25~ HISSTON STAGE SPECULATION asOLT THE colo INCTOENT cten, | received €roa the hational scchives a cnal Céanisston meso ia which the Odio incident is. - th. Tris juadated meso was uritten by Willian Coleasn aad! David Slausda at roughly the ‘fitdpotat of the investigation, to present to thie Coasission Genders the evidence pectainiag to foreiga iavolvemant ia the rssicon Fe ciscussion of the Olio Incident refkects the xind ‘of . reasonable: gnecutation add intelligent critical analysis which is so” “s This ‘ana sis 's ‘quads ‘as LE it was written by..one of the wore “knowtedg Zeable _erltics af the Warren ‘Regorct. after sutmartzing the Known: facts in the Odio case, Colenaa. amt Slawson: wrote: To, . ; ale “the evidence: Rere could: lead to an anti-Castro Cudea involvedent:. a in the assassination on some sort of basis as this: Oswald cavld have ~ i become krona to the Cubans as being stroagly pro-Castco. He made no 1 * geeret of his synpathiés, and so the aati-Castro Cubans must have realized .; , , that the law ~enforcenent authocicies Rete also audcte of Oswald's feelings \ and that therefore, i€ he got into trouble, the public would alsa sie) feaca of than. The anti-Cuban [sic] ‘praup may even ‘have believed the Eletion . a Oswald cried to create that he..Nod orgsaized some sort of Large active .- : _Faic Play for Cuda. group in New Orleans. Second, someone in the anti-_ . Castro organization might have béen keen enough to sense that Oswald had , &@ penchant for violence that. might “easily be aroused, - This was evident, for exarale, - xhen, he Laughed at the Cubans-and told then it would he eusy _ to KiLE Kennedy. af ter the Bay of Pigs. - On thése facts gs, it is possible that /* some sdrt of deception was, used to encourage Oswald to kill the President whea ha case. to Vallas.: Perhaps ‘double agents* were even used to persuade Oswald that, pro-Castro Cubans vould- help in the assassination or in the’ | pet-away aftecwards. .. The motive on this would of course be the ex- . . pectation that after ‘the- President was killed Gsvald would be caught or “at least his ideattty: ascertained, the law-enforcement authorities and, the public weuld thea” Dlave the assassination or the Castra government, , and the call for its forceful overthrow would be irresiscable. aA ‘secdnd Bay of Pigs Invasion’ would begia, this time, hopefully, to end successfully. The mnemo’s naxt sentence calls for the comment that speculation which seemad “wild™ eleven years ago may not be so wild todays “The forezoirg is probably only a wild speculation, but the facts that we alceady know are certainly sufficient to warrent additlonal . kavestigation.” . wots . The Coazission'’s additional investigation was not adequate, and facts known now but not knouan to Coleman and Slawsoa in 1944 make additional Anvestigation even More aacessary. :, : : oo , ' 5 ak .
> F, wbott Fooinetes <-3- 7 3/2%f95 . és. eneral discussion, see We 32-4 and Heugher, “Accessectes ‘ ; "9, 376-357, e 85. Ga tclo’s veracity, see ug. Meagher (note 64), ps 380. ; — : - 87. There wete oOlher incidents where soc Sone might have beea impersonating Oseald. Davi 2 SYausoa has said that “the iatercposition of an impostor, LE chat Jhappesed, is. a political acc.” (Ref. 52) See also p. ; supra. 7 ~- 63, Rudest -a: ad Grizita aeco of April 7, 198 to Rankin. | ee vo le (69; ‘iftra seme of augest - 20, 1956 ‘to Willens. | ; ; *. cd BT 570, Lieteler aero of September. 14, 1964 to Willens. ee . a “ Fe Neagher (note 63), p. 397; compare WR 324 and CD 1553. a ee - rs ~ "72. BS - 3226 : ; : fc on ‘ . se o _— a wikt -be glad. to sead this material to sevious Aavestigaters.” ‘Coples have ready beea given to gevetal researchers. ve . oe 7 S3., T March LOWAS7S, poke ren : 75. . Brew Pearson coluna of ‘March 3,.1967 in Ce. g6) the S.F. Chronicle. Apparencly. a this coluna did rot aopesr in the  Mashiagcen Yost except for a vary short version on March 7, 1947, tk . ve 76. This may be 2 reference to. Co: £359, a  gtill-withheld, Top Séeret Letter of . 8/17/88. from Hooves te ‘Rankins re statements by ‘Castro on the’ assassinatioa, “"- 97, The first two atcecpts involved poison capsules, and the other four involved . teaas.with rifles ard explosives whe vece taken to Cuba by Roselli. 73, Jack daderson coluans of Jan, 18,. Jan. 19, and ‘Feb. 23, LO7L. 29 For other attesats agains st Castro, see Szulc, Esquire, Feb. ‘74, Pe 90-91, so wand Scott, Rasparcts, Nov. °74, p. L4-15,. 54, ok . ot -: , 80. New Orleans Times-Picayune, August 1, 1953, p. oo i we Fw) ro Sy, a had @ ae] be Gg we a7 ee] ® pa pea s ’ rs * « LoBeos RYT, 4 O35, Po 82. NYT, Mac. 10, 1975, pede rr roe es 83. This was a national TV network news repoct; the text is HOt avaliable ro me now. ee 84, Hunt, “Give Us This Day," p. 38-39. 85. Senate Natergate Committee Hearings, pp.. 9723, .9749~ 55. ot *, oon ‘ ° 86. anderson ‘colucsrs Jan. 18, 1971 (S.F. Chronicle, p. 39).. ne 87, Narenetcl & Narks (ref. 63), p. 290 (paperback edition). a : . BS. CD LSAS, p. 179; CE 3L47, p. 5. Oo Sy 89. INT, Nac. 10, LIS, pe Le - re ; 90, 191534. wee ome ee ee me te ee
et o e . . re" aacn . Footnotes 72+ : BPEaf25 © a7, i 597-8; atso CO 1034, section IX. ; ; , i3e “CD L000. Sore passeges are stilk withheld. ; - 23. ‘fire, Fed. 10, 1975, p. 1G; “fhe Vantege Point," p. 26-7 Cgspertccs atition); Atlantic, July 1973, p. 39. 1. ; 7 ‘ 30, Petes Dale Scott, warparts, Kov. 1973, pe 13. . ce - . 3h. Cb 87, $8 $39} CD 235; CV 409, p. 3; CL LILS-XITL-103; Wise & Ross, “Tavisible Coverarent," p. 268 (paperback edition). . 32, 911235765 CU S55, Pe 76+ | cs es “33, €p 555, p. 78 es ST ON hs 34. See, C.8e0 want Ceash 1" by Harold welsbecey Ch. 6; co 950. , se , * a 33. L8H79S~6. |. ee ee ar _ 36, .CE 1961} Raakia Lecter of. 5/19/64 to Folsom, - ATS De tee 38. NYT Dec. 25, 1974, pede re ne 39. Ege cb 692g). - et Co tt . 400. Lists of uirnhéld CJ's and CIA €D's are: available Eran the author Te . ae Le - : 61. Leecer of, Dec.” 145 L97L, from L.-K. whi ‘te, to ‘the -author. : an ye 42.7 CO 49, pe 22. RS re 43. Sea po 7 supra.” - ‘ 7 a . ; . _ a . ls . T : we a - oa \— | en a a ar “46. “TH2U3; CD 120, p. 4-5; CE 834, items 13, 15-18, We eg er: 47. ° Memo of 3/12/64, Slawson to the files, ps 7 (also p. 8); Coleaan Fann) OF 3126/64, 48. SUL22. © SF _ eS, 49. Slawson nemo of 3/12/64, p. 8. a . = oo woot oT : re 50. Stern memo of 3/27/64 to Kankin; SHI22. re mee S51. Slawson memo of 3/12/64, p. 8. oo oes oo a - . “52. RYT, Feb. 23, 1975, ps 32. rn arr “tnguese,” pp. 93-95 Chard cover edition). tein 3 ee en $4 Rankin letter to Noover, 1/31/64; Hoover letter to Rankia, Fed. 5, 1965 "$5, Rankin letters to J, Rowley (USSS), Jan. JL and Fed. 7, 1984, _ Ae - . - $6, eins memo to Papich Cen : $7. Woover letter to Rankin, Feb. 4, 1964 (ieisberg, “Photographic Whiterash,” p. L43.), 58 This has been confirnaed hy an experiment J helped another iavestigrtor perfora, 5). ty requast for this information under the Freedon of Information act bs pending. COL SHL2I-4. ; 61. See, for example, Jia Squires® article in the Chicezo Teibunc, 3/25/75, p. 1. ° , j 62. Cl 1552, sckli withheld. , . . . 63. Cong. Rec. 9/23/65, p. 23393; Marchetti & ticks, “The Cla and the ule ef InteLliseace,™ P- 349 (paperback ‘alicton). porate
Ci wars ‘13. 14, “a an an 16. 17. 1S. WR 19. “20. 2. ts CBee Footnotes : ; ts M24s75 “pecfocaivs inforaation funztions” 4 ths falss dscsment says that Ruby twas po Nisow and HUsC in 1947, In fuet, Ruby cid tcy to contact the Retauvec ‘hme Co sibttew in that year, possibly to act as an inforrant; thas wo cessed by tha 243i und not’ explored by the Wareca Commission. — ; co te ry an 2 upp Hew Yorks Tisses (hereiaaste dee sve], Feb. 3, 1975, ‘De “LA. \ ‘CE {i-e., watren Comrissioa Exhibit ] B2L (L7H700 [i-e., Hearings: Before . - the Peesident’s Consission on the As sassination of Peesident Reanedy, Vol. 17, page 7¢a]). ; me, .- fee, : ce 834, question eh (.78789- 790), ‘ . . NYT Jan. 18," 11975, ps 31. Yn 1960 the cra Lntercepted a lecter senc to ‘the " Soviet Unioa by Bella Abzug, in connection with her Legal vork La laa estzce case; (MYT, tiacch 8, 1975, p. WWD eas ea ‘cD [1. e., Warren Cocnission. Docuzent Cine the: atonal srehives)] 692, : : ae part (a). (See section {r.D' Ainfra. ) . an _ . a a “That is, ‘tie file entitled “Funds ‘Transmitted to Residents. of. Russia," ass . : ‘distinguished from the file enzitled “Osualds” _ oe Cb 692, part, (a), item a eo . - rs Ww [t. ee, Reporte of - the President’ 8 Comaission on the Assassination of | President Kennedy ] 326," : . : no ’ a - CD 692, pact €a), iten ce pp. 1-2: 7 . ay i a eoatl . »s . oe - “es . e < ae 1R. 408; see also WR 290, See, for example, a memo to the Files from General Counset J. Lee Kankin, undated but approximately January.24-27, 1964, enticled “Zusors that Oswald | was’ an undercover egent." The reported CLA informant number, 110669, whs ~ apparently not checked olt.* For the Commisgion’s reaction to thesa rumors,. see "Whitewash IV - JEK Assassimation Transcript," written ‘and published by . flarold Weisberg. 2 . ; a ee . : WR 325-7. se i et Washington ‘Post, Nov. 22, 1974, Pe 3; Commission executive sessioa transeript 7 for Jan. 27, 19454, p. 53-4 (reprinted in Nelsberg boolc, | note 12).- . - oy . The CIA also denied having intervieuwed Oswald ia tloscou. See Cd 528. The other defector was Robert Edward Webster. See NiT, 3/25/62, p. 5. WR 713; Pretec Bale Scott, Ramparts, November 1973, p. L7. , ul: 700, but compare Si330-343 and CE 92, oo : ot Compace CE 825 with ce 826 and CO 692(a)4. ra Milton Kaack and Warren C, Nebrueys. CE 835 (171516). . . See the article by Feaster:ald and O’Toole in the few York Review, April 3, 1975, and the Nurcen Comalssion records cited thereia. ; : -, CD 10840, pp. 4-5. Cb 10849, pn. 5-5; also. ‘See’ drafe nena of Aprhl 1, 1964, by Colensn and Slasoa, p. 3. ‘. Tad Szuic, “Cospulsive Sny,” p. 96-97. ; los : . ; : . _ RYE Har. 2, 1975, p. WL, Doe a te - Sore are presusuuly in pact Ce) of Ch 692, for exanple. ct