Cessestn: ae - 216 - had advised him not to report it. 1022/ The reporter granted B. J. Ruyle permiss on to cable the story to the American Embassy when Ruyle promised that it would be handled with the stricte:t confidence. 1023/ Ruyle wrote that he thought the reporter was genuinely con- cerned about his job. 1024/ | A letter from B. J. tuyTe to the State Department dated May ll, 1967 provided additional details of the reporter's story. 1025/ The reporter alleged that he and some fellow students ha met Lee Harvey Oswald. as they exited the Cineclub at ‘the Escuela de Filosofia , (School of Philosophy) at tie: National Autonomous Univer- Sity of Mexico. 1026/ Oswaid told the group that he had ‘gone to the National Autonoious University of Mexico looking for pro-Castro Stud:nts who might help him per- suade the Cuban Embassy to jrant him a visa. 1027/ Oswald claimed that he was from California and was a mem- ber of a pro-Castro group 41 New Orleans. 1028/ Oswald remained with the students the rest of that day. and even- - ing, as well as the followiig day. 1029/ The reporter described Oswald as a stranje and introverted individual who spoke very little Spanish. 1036/ NW 48327 DoclId:32263889 Page 299
Classification: 3 (This form is to be used for rey rotted from CiA—e Ps umrey ers oN, ~ Ne 3 Wit & ‘The State. Department forwarded a copy of Ruyle's letter to the Central Intelvigence Agency. 1031/ On June 14, 1967, CIA Headquar:ers sent the Mexico City Sta- tion a copy of Ruyle's letter to Bowles. 1032/ CIA Headquarters considered Ruy ‘e's report. “the first piece of substantive info about O-:wald's sojourn in Mexico" "cabled that though it under:tood the source's reluctance to become involved "the fac: remains that this info cannot continue to be withheld or concealed.” 1034/ Headquarters instructed the Mexico City Station to eli- cit the identity of the sou-ce from Ruyle. 1035/ In addition, Headquarters askei the Mexico City Station to bear in mind, while interviowing Ruyle's source, that Lee Harvey Oswald was a homosexual. 1036/ The final sentence of the dispatch, "‘t is our hope that the facts obtained through these inte -views. will help to confirm that several of Garrison's illegations about involvement of anti-Castro Cubans, the ‘IA, etc. are false," 1037/ explained the Central Intelligence Agency's motives for pursuing the story. - On lune 29, 1967, th: Mexico City Station cabled 20503959 oe is ay Bit Ay hes Classified by derivation: HW 48327 DocId:32263889 | Page 300 since the assassination. 1033/ Consequently, Headquarters | Cesseate yaA_L SANT, . Se ee ee ~. “EEE “Cit. .
Classification: (This form is to be from CIA ia Headquarters that a station officer had gone to Tampico where he had interviewed Rusle's source, Oscar Contreras. 1038/ The cable reported that Con:reras was a reporter for El Sol 1039/ | | _ in Tampico; was circa thirty years old; married, with three children; studied law at the National Autonom us University of Mexico (UNAM) from 1960 to 1964; belonged toa pro-Castro group | at UNAM; was persecuted by che Mexican police for this affiliation and moved to Tampico to escape the persecu- tion 1040/. . Contreras told the Mexico City Station official that he and four other individuals 1041/ had met Oswald as they exited a roundtable Liscussion held at the School of Philosophy at UNAM. 1042’ Contreras stated that Oswald had made inquiries on the U YAM campus about pro-Cuban groups and had been directei to his group. 1043/ Con- treras reported that though the group initially mistrusted Oswald fearing he was a "CIA provocation," they allowed Oswald to remain with them that day. and night and part of the following day. 1044/ Contrerss noted that Oswale he had to get to Cuba. 1045/ In addition, Cswald had. exhibited no homosexua} teniencies while he was with the never mentioned assassination but kept emphasizing shat ¢ NW 48327 . Bocld: 32263889 Page 301
NW 48327 2050952 Docld:32263889 Page 302 | | Classification (This form is to be used for material extrocted from ClA—controlled documents.) 4 a i group. 1046/— | yr eae eee? On July 4, 1967, Headquarters cabled the Mexico City Station that Contreras story should be explored to the fullest even though lhe might have fabricated it. 1047/ - Headquarters suggested that the FBI handle the story. 1048/ — The following day, July 5, ‘967, the Mexico City Station cabled that it preferred turning Contreras' case over to the Mexican authorities and to the F.B.I. 1049/ The "same day, the Chief of Stat-on informed the Legat of. Con- treras' story, but asked hin not to take any action with- out first consulting the: Me ico City Station. 1050/ On July 10, 1967, Jeremy K. Benedum ("JKB") wrote -@ memo delineating the results of a Mexican government review. of Oscar Contreras’ tile. 1051/ According to a memo, a lone Oscar Contreras appeared in the UNAM law school records, Oscar Contreras Lartigue, born 2/14/39 in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulifas. 1052/ The memo also re- ported that a newspaper article appearing in "Excelsior" ‘listed an Oscar: Contreras as a Signer of a protest for the Bloque Estudiantil Revclucionario 1053/ which had ‘been formed mid-1961. 1984) The memo speculat ed that. Contreras ‘probably signed tne oratest as a. Frent man to protect the real leaders of the group. 1056/ The Mexico Classification: —_ | | Wtlo * piped t Sm, ea. “Sa. a {sa aa. SE. “ks ST SEA
| Classification (This form is to be ygedstoy FAR al on in ona a docu TORE City Station cabled the information to senequacters the following day, June 11, 196%. 1056/ The Committee has de:érmined that the Central In- telligence Agency's main incverest in Oscar Contreras _was "to confirm that severa | of Garrison’ s allegations about. involvement of anti- Cistro Cubans, the CIA, etc. are false." 1057/ After tue CIA Mexico City Station official's interview with Contreras 1058/ revealed | - nothing that could.be useful to the agency, it decided to allow the FBI to follow :he story through. 1059/ Nonetheless, the: Agency's Maxico City Station inter- viewed the key witness, reviewed pertinent files and records about the witness i1 the Mexican government's possession, and reported ali the information to Head- quarters expeditiously. VIL. Analysis of Lee Harvey Oswald's Activities in Mexico City. A. introductten After che Warren Cenes ssion pudlishes fits renert two very important a?tegatiors related to Lee Harvey %s5- wald's activities in Yextcg lity came te the attention of the United States inveseigative agencies. in 1964, Elena a © Clessifiection: _ 2050953 “ye : NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 303