JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10303-10122 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: = CR 64-200-221-8-39 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LEG, MX TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE : DATE: 08/29/1955 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : PRJ, TRA, GAMBLING ACT, ASSOC, CP DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: —Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 05/06/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld:32310508 Page 1
DELL gig iis Bey X68, Swf. Ni ie 5 eed y, Date: August 29, 1955 K fs” a duty Pa ‘ é a 4 : pod bW . Lee wether. a To: Director, FBI (64-200-221 ( Lesgaf a beces | fee et A | eee boty belies ene sels Viel es a ate Bev From: Legat, Mexico (100-280) Att: FOREIGN LIAISON PES $ - Ry WP saojects COMUNISE FARIY OF MRXLGO. __ Hlassteebyyifd hy IS -_MEXECO Federal DisTricT .  Decieseiy tn: URLS : | : a #2, 526 | Re San Antonio letter dated July 14, 1955, requesting - | the comments of the Legal Attache as to the background of | Lic, JAVIER ROJO GOMEZ and Professors MANUEL HERRERA ANGELES - and RODOLFO ENCISO, \, ‘ Go L _«: U. S. Embassy files, Mexico City, reflect that JAVIER. exw ip (ROJOKGOMEZ was born in Bondo jito, Hidalgo in 1898, of Spanish- _ Pe? Indian descent. He graduated from the National Law School in : om From.1922 to 1934, he held various minor positions in the\ an) "add Distyict Courts in the State of Hidalgo and in Mexico City. When. i474 y.¢ General LAZARO CARDENAS became President in 193l.,” the new adminis- < i Nd » tration used JAVIER ROJO GOMEZ as a candidate for the Governor of y 2 y Hidalgo. (While Embassy files were not specific, it appeared that _ i" ai) ROJO GOMEZ was elected Governor of Hidalgo.) This information further) ° eg disclosed that during the campaign of President AVILA CAMACHO, +} WY , 'ROJO GOMEZ supported this candidacy with all the available state <4 | _ i funds, and he depleted the treasury but assured himself a position “oxy under AVILA CAMACHO, As a reward, he w. head of the De- > y PSsTEEBn Kes tetas —~ . yX Npar trent of the Federal District which/is variously referred to ij eS . \ as Mayor or Governor of the Federal District, FN EE ye tem Dal I 2 * Embassy files in a report dated November Io. Toh; ; | S »3, Stated that ROJO GOMEZ was charged with using his political mee! [ _ \o"P'_,posi tion to profiteer on articles of prime necessity, such as a aie charcoal, food, etc. This stated that he may be said to be a der ky’ leftist but has no connections with international radical move- ae ” Ya ments . It said he is a Catholic but not devout. . A . 4 m at ie »Y, ~ 4 . if vit ais gb Former Confidential tn formen Sxnx-191, for unknown (f i ny ae yjreliability, advised that on September 6, 19h "Sevéral deaderk Lew of the Mexican Communist Party interviewed several. department: ..- a vo , ry: \ VL * Ul. - rr : t’ , a\\ ve . on RECO IEN ae AY Be ee & Bg \gfe TECORDED ag me ont os CD; SOS SORRENTO “2g ai . ‘ie . alt pat a“ : fp . BED . 4 Jrecceosies mads lA. 7 a He a DoclId: 323105058 Page 2?
Let. to Director, FBI ' August 29, 1955 Re: COMMUNIST PARTY OF MEXICO , IS = MEXICO "T would have recognized as my duty the assistance at her wake and accompanied her on her last sojourn, thus to comfort her family as is done among friends. "I am called Red; I am not..." The article described JAVIER ROJO GOMEZ as ex-regent of the city and one of the most vigorous personalities among the revolutionaries "a la Mexicana," s Confidential Informanéf MEX-1advised that while JAVIER QR) ROJO GOMEZ was head of the Government of the Federal District, he was considered anti-Communist. He named his cousin, Colonel JOSE GOMEZ ANAYA, as Chief of the Secret Service and instructed him to use strong-armed methods against the Communists, Ac- cording to this source, ROJO GOMEZ is not known to associate with the Communists. ar be sympathetic with the Communists at the present time, wy) tA) J. JESUS GALINDO VAZQUEZ, who has furnished reliable’ information in the past and who is ex-Assistant Chief of the Mex- ican Secret Service Police, advised that he occupied this position while the first cousin of JAVIER ROJO GOMEZ, Colonel JOSE GOMEZ: ANAYA, was Chief of the Secret Service and during the period that ROJO GOMEZ was head of the Government of the Federal District, which was from 1943 to 1946. GALINDO VAZQUEZ stated that JAVIER ROJO GOMEZ was very anti-Communist and under his instructions the Secret Service Police were sent out all the time to harass the Communists, GALINDO VAZQUEZ stated that ROJO GOMEZ was an enemy of VICENTE, LOMBARDO TOLEDANO and referred to him as a simple charlatan. (; . fl GALINDO VAZQUEZ stated that during the time JAVIER ROJO GOMEZ was head of thé Government of the Federal District, the Colonias La joyita and Bondo jito were formed and the land in these two tracts was sold at 2 pesos a meter to members of the , police force and government employees, -He stated he feels certain j that JAVIER ROJO GOMEZ never gave any of this land to the Com- munist Party but stated it was possible that they could have secured some of the land through a member. of the Party who was Giso a government employee or police ees” OU | DoclId: 323105058 Page 3
ste Re Let. to Director, FBI August 29, 1955 Re: COMMUNIST PARTY OF MEXICO IS - MEXICO -_- " Falgieygas _Farener C. PB P member _ Regarding MANUELAWERRERA}WNGELES, the Mexico City daily, "El Universal,” dated May 20,1941, stated that MANUEL HERRERA. ANGELES, Secretary of Internal Affairs of the School- teachers Union, and three others had, on the previous day, sent to the National Congress of the Communist Party of Mexico their resignations as members of this Party. They gave as their reasons that the Communist Party of Mexico had not been properly organized, former vices had not been corrected, and they were not in accord with its policy regarding international affairs. The Mexico City daily, "La Prensa," dated May 18, 19h, carried an article reportedly based on information furmished by some members of the Schoolteachers Union regarding the Communist Group within this union. This stated that at a secret session of the Communist teachers, some were awarded the Dionisio Encina "medal" as prizes, Among those listed by the arti¢le as receiving this medal were MANUEL HERRERA ANGELES and RODOLFOAENCTSO.< Nisy & oe DIONISIOKENCINA has been Secretary General..of_the Mexican . Communist. 1 Party  si/n £8. gt Ih.0.-- However, “this office has never heard of a Dionisio Encina "medal," other than in the article mentioned above. , The files of this office contain inforiftton attributed to SIS-239 in early 195 that JACOBDAHURWITZ 1 was instrumental in the formation of a book club undér ths name of Club del Libro "Mexico.| Among the numerous members listed was the name MANUEL HERRERA ANGELES ,! Rio Blanco #190, Mexico, D. F. HURWITZ has been. Adentified 88... ; long-time > Gomintern agent.  . i The files further reflect that RODOLFO ENCISO was one of A the promoters of the American Continental Congress for Peace held Te in Mexico City September 5 - 11, 1919. Legat and & Embassy files contain no additional inf. rma tion on either MANUEL HERRERA ANGELES . or RODOLFO ENCISO, @MEX-l4nas advised that neither of these men sz times] (i have any Communist connections or sympathies at this time, Additional..copies of this communication are being en- @1osea for the ingoYmetioh of the San Antonio Office (100-8061). Pending. = DoclId: 323105058 Page 4