10048-10280] cee | “ als epi - : lo ay) ec G3 aan sae iapaeieanininne ‘ >: ) ET nd : ° - Discovery of COWALD in texico Cit Beiehing Vurpeses Civen (2 Dec €3. ‘Grane : Dette Cauleuewn, Ga 1 October 1963, the CIA Mexico City Station intercepted a telephona t 1 of Csnell Case. Prepavect Tee call Lee COWALD mede fran an unknown location in Mexico City to the Soviet» Embassy there, using hls om name. Speaking broken Russian ond using his true a none, OSWALD was talking to the Embassy guard, OBLIDKOV, who often auswers the hone. OGNAID gaia he bad visited the Exbassy the previous Saturday (23 Septexber 1963) ai spoken to a consul whose neme he hed forgotten, end who hed promised to gend a telesren for hin to Magshington. ‘He vented to know if there yere Venything new.” ‘he guard said if the consul was derk it wes (Valerly Vledimtrovich)} KCSTEXOV. the guard checks? with someones else ami said that the messages hed gone | : cut tet no answer had been received. Ne then lumg up. : fais plece of Information wes produced from & telephose tep center which We opercte [joinery] with the It is highly | secres$ anid not know to who heve [their own center, By 9 October, the CSWALD telephone conversation of 1 October “ had been transeribed and a mamery of 1t cabled to Washington. CLASSIFICATION REVIEW | ek conpucten on_2.5 MAY 1975 " Document Number 367-72, lo wees Ev impoer cL pyo/2 Lod for FOIA Review on MAY 1976 ams pe H . 2Ol~ 2VAIZES
panel Rasen 4 a ‘aie toni sti cera hye SE a tc . "Si chun el ep asf 66 0a 10 October. “3683, - artnet a _ eepart shout lee counts phone call to the sortet ¢ Exbaaoy the report went to. : ‘tee Er, the Depart of state + (becouse oswarD waa 1 a U.S. cttizen), | ‘end to : ‘the tary Depart (because bo vas @ fomer trims). due eaaan seers fn es | ; cqrcies Meiligiel te Littnot that the Lee HWA mation vas potly the "perme actecioes. A cony of th saan enble vee delivered ty bend to the “sgt ees Bary tn gh ht eat nt ‘he | | esa eg te et cat fo Me nig Staten a he - taciground of defector Lee COWNID ent eaiing for nove information. an "wus instructed to pass ite tnforuiion on the shone eall to the Hextoo City offices of the Yer, the Eubesay, the Bens sitet ou the Imation toa taint & bs Hoe a f
Our Hexeo ety & Station | very often a produces information on. U8. - ote contacting Soviet dioe ecbassies in Mexico 2 out » mm - i ue even. m beer, cule to upvc eat rebnn to the USA Anertoan matter poe 7 ms a who. are  attenpting to detect. In all such canes our = Hoedgartera | toa remesta « end. obtaine the: + epoca permission ot the penity I bisector for oe ” . ae ‘pas the Sexogatory tnforuntion on & BB. citizen to other goverment torte. ane Astor of wah acon the Yar asd other agenstes my Dave ten ab / ae ul nts ty shore ha stayed, ond whet he aid. ‘fo ‘svola nt eran 2 tinea waith, the mS me os Meteo Station unlertock no ‘local st ite ot. a to wa now |
i i i N ‘ “ 4 i © emer 39g "ta ina ethene of Ie GUD testi emeston wath the 7 _sessstnation of Prosigent Kenny on 28 Borebery CTA file checks vore tapi ‘sn tn tom eaton we ain Wy cle for er feranton on OED. sian owe, tuenty-seven cable reorte bed bean seut to the Ytte owe, the “CTA seta | stations provided nary Livtr of information during the week . . _s& after the assassination. ‘the textoo Clty Station esearchel Sta telephone tape vary Moroney an cae up Wt several. ore cotversetions probally nN / ss isis Gatco Sham City. Several Hextcans | were > arrested - | et ttn tM tri, diving thre of at eh . Wp toe A hont of saurteators, soe enaryaous, Sate een ent coon Gioeredited, but they are still coming tn. During tate winwe of aur Wk, wo carved urianetly a miyport of the Tr, wsich wan entrusted ty the Promident vith the major responsibility for the investigation. The Department of State photeerepbed its entire file on
“OBWAED, and passed them to US, ard the Fat geve us e copy of the Soviet’ . wed ggqar eo erg arama cee aetna 7 8 te secrete of sate | on Feta ¢ 6 Doceaber 2 1563, 8, yor com | 7 | Hatzstah invited: us. to — the FRE's comprehensive evar’ on the ¢ cave to — a come were ) not Saran end that our. tt wt si | vo an “We found the report niahly interenting and no threat to = security, ae | Attar the Firat fev dopp, the CLA investigation of the case wae henflat : etary 8 wy a th erin to ey _— vaxtes . As noon 8 our Hexion City Station realized thet Lee GIWAID vas the pring | iinet 18 Din recneroning ait tn written telemn temecrivte fn tbe Piles & covering ‘the Soviet Enbassy for the pertinent period. the actual tapes were aleo reviewed, Nat aay of then hat ween erage aver the posi Sw woeks weit. | Several calls believed to involve CSYALD wore Gtscovered ait and their moe ey tee
. Howse, the state » Depart, ‘the sacra Duro ot aoverakaras . mate cabled to Washington, share e they were 2 Gtosentnated to # the ratte | eae _ OSHA nene was not ecu meattoned a ta these a eddt tional caus, bat “sat of nh vr aa lt of ce 2 oa these Pe ; ; ts ee mamta ota matt eas “Bey cover tha yertod from i or Beptemer 1963 to 3 October 2963, the wots apm of cSwAID viatt te vextoo Clty an Later Learned from trowel records. - | EL Septenber Ayam hones the Goriet mistary Attache ext aaye he. ness a visa to g> to Olesen, Wen sowing nye eld ol 5-60-95 ad . (tere 4a uo epectel reason for Lskag fain oll fo OOM.) | EL pertesben, 4205 PM = The Cuben Gonmlate phonet the Soviet Conmulate. ‘stivie Daren, itexican nations elev of the Giten Consilats talked to 0 Soviet: official, saying that a nale Anerican citizen vas eb the Cuban Consulate asicing for a transit visa to pess through Cuba on his way to the Soviet Union. She have no problem about it. Tf a Soviet viee 12 camred, the Cuban Consulate scree y @3 fer: | QO 2ZSIZE9 ene b Along in Be ut
“can grant iin o tronalé vion ol elply mitity Guten ieration auterttien. | ae tet ea — to 0 watt, ena hen she haa: to. to extn the st = "count meter Soviet oft, tte a ethane mabe a | pmo‘ can. tee ts Siivia DURAN conelutes this call by telling the 2 = St ee rn ot St a | etn, so her to ome (sore Sewer) aE (bom Secretary “sho puta out the Bulletin) to give hin the nev edress end he asks who the Cuban See een on reanie : six , 126 a A Sova ston eae Siva RAN Yak ak | tee ner that the hs cron ttn to s00 th bri endl shows then 8. | letter frou the Bovtet connate | in washington tnAtesting that tbe tad been . 7 conctives four or five months. The "imertcan" bea shom the Soviets a letter ‘showing ke vos a maher of on organization in fever of Cubs end hod clntned that the Cubans could not give him a visa without a Russian visa. Silvia DURAN.
13-00000 oe “reean that t they have the al e protien 4 ‘the "her tenn" ia. sti et ‘the oa “cones “they cennot give bin ¢ a transit visa unless be is assured, of & Soviet. a or eh J tk a ee Ms ort! vie oe "storia DI ene Sa she WL note tte cn Kia Toad,” and the 4 the Ancouventence he has cused end eiivia Doan eae it ts an. taht oe aoe 6 "sR ertemer - guia man atte te Soviet mana fen the Coen - conmtate. she says that she haa the Anertean with her egain. the ee ie ree | te Raglan. the fuertean ose hin to wpe Rasatmn. + et ‘tat Sort Ronny an the any a tg a teken bis slaress. the Sovict replies thot i iaidies “thet “ave Amen-team then pays, souevhnt enignatically; “I did not know tt then, I went to the Cuban _ Eutansy to ask them for my eidress because they have 2 4%." She soviet iuriven his to atop ty again nd lve than te eticens, un the hnartcanagroea to do 20-
13-00000 a tae conversations th the focriean was spesking barely secant Russion, a) ho rs sn, SIDA ten he vot m= sa at “The contents of his Later calls soem to show he Gta not ay october 20: - Ama cate the Soret imidtary Attsie tn token o = ana oaye 1 be hed been at their - place ’ ‘the 2 previous Soturday (2 Serta) 7 . o he a to — there vere expt new. ‘The Soviets ast him to call fe a cote ons fat = (ute to atone cmnoea wiie 2 soe ea shatch was thacefure cabled to Weskington on 9 october 1963.) i le csi called the Soviet petaany ond anand his on noe, coe Ne bas new. He did not remexber the nese of the Consul. The Soviet, who was Eubessy ‘guard OBYEDKOV replied: “KOSTIKOY; he ie dark.” OSWAID replied: "Yes, my ¢* fae t etre! ur oie seh bla
o 1O « name ie OGWALD.” ‘The Soviet excused himself for a minute ani then said they _ Chatia'6 received anything yet. OSHAID asked if they hadn't done enything on — en yet." CGUALD otarted to sey: "And what...", but the Soviet hung up. “3 October 1963 ~ A mam speaking broken Spanish at first end then Engliah / “phouel the Soviet Military Attache and asked ebout @ vies. The Attache's office _ refesved hin to the consulate, giving the number 15-60-55. the caller wote it “down, ‘he sttache official shrugged off another question sboxt whether the caller ‘tie this in with OSWALD, who is now known to have re-entered the U.S. at Laredo the saree day.) information on Lee OSWALD alse cena to the attention of President LOPEZ Hateos | after 22 November. The next day, 23 November, he enlled it to the attention of our Chief of Station, who was already working feverishly on the casa. Similarly, the Mexteens noticed the involvement of Cuban Consuler cemloyee Silvia DURAN, 3 ae oy
13-00000 | ebout OSWALD. The Nexleen authorities had the cam idea acd she and her husband ware errested on 23 Hovember 1953, in the midst of a party at their home. ALL Konoedy, hia vite bad recognized the nme end recalled she hal vatted on OSWALD wien he cua to opel Zor a Coben trenait visa) he reseubered she nd sald be che dealt with the Soviet Gonnilate ae will to find ash vbather he had a Scrat call out the Cubans Comat, Buseblo AU, to quiet hin. | | Silvia DURAS told the same story. She was a leftist sywpathizer with recalled OSHALD well, described hin securately, related how he had wented a Cuban visa but could not get one without the assurance of a Soviet visa, end venembered his tiff with the Consul. She admtttea she hed phoned the Soviet Rubessy about hin. f . s
13-00000 w~ [P » The sua total of the statements of Silvia DURA and her husband was _ to mit? confira that OSWALD ves in Mexico to get o Cuban visa so he could watt ‘Prat, Hrs. Nerina OSWALD, and later her husbani, ext the Soviet Consulate in. “Washington about theis requosta for permission to ret to the Soviet Union. | Gert es ett vetting to the Sortets dn tachkigton shows this an late a - citrta DORA wns avested acain on 27 Bowmber wd Sola ith 2) Se eed | vontptaon gourees within oe Cakes Pebensy fo Saeiva in et an oe : nat when filvia DURAS wes rolewmei from police are: - os , oe wn 25 Soverbar » ane wes gaibe plecsed ck. bernalts tha oad baer (BOS Line iets (tag seme story wet ous BBoVE» abating ealy that the Mewes gelato ‘te reanety*s death wna sombre. Ts éxea, there is act ermildlea txcomemcisn tu SEGRED oe tap Caben intelligence sarviere
13-00000 - o a ;: Poe wins question of ubether Lae osualp eed OCTET cots Jar: pers of the evidence todfeate te the corurary, Silrta OURAN «22 tre . 2ol- 297245
13-00000 con ~, : ‘ j j : Hf Seviat Commlar offleialse syoke of hos eo a wan wlth “nm © ry "9m the ene hen, gad es @ San set “ances RA Ce 1S FLED Cay he ES a tina. - Tae wery wpanmecs of hia visita sad ihe pose colle fie amass So rey he oo : . a weret yele. dis trip to Naxleo wes net itpelf a ceerci: ati: wrEreies cee 7 eager hia Feel sexe ot a close verter? af Lt, Lived esenty in veel oa me satebay asd serracpended with i2e cerita tareaya the open uails absast oe [ oo 7 nesessury because 14 wes tho nesreut Caban aiplensntic sep iatlen Tosrs . .)  perpleiag aapect of OSMLD's treffiaking vith ts Cumas at | a cs lls. Bewleta $a Mentos Clty ta bis eesertion in ais call of 2% | qginber foes ot Lancma@ be cenld net meen, end that whee he ces t) “ett. aa wma tno a
13-00000 ley hands ou 1¢ when he was in the Soviet Consulate that day. Parhaps he had earlier given the eddress to Silvia DURAN and wanted to look it-up on her ecard. A particularly cinister aa aovect of corms Sentings with the Sovicte 2 in yeaeo City axtoce from the 1iidihood that he net with Soviet Gon Valesty (2e- 305652). . . Visdimirovich KOSEIEGY. Da Ris 1 Ostoter yhone call to the Soviet Rubasay, the ‘oust EISIEOY magpie the Coon CHAD Ha ein to wan EEOREOY 2 “was dark. COWED wows to agree with this, tt the {dentitostion te vexy cama tn his 9 tovesher letter to the Soviet Consulate in veshtngton, OSWALD gives the meme of the nen he dealt with as -"KOSTIN,” but there ip no person of that exnct name in the Sgviet Bubessy in Mexico City. KOSTIKOV 1s accredited as a Consular Attache od does actually do a lot of consular work, ‘bub-he is known, on the - basis of hie position, associates, work habits and operational intelligence activity, to to be 8 Soviet KGB officer, ani there is reason ta believe, on the ' basis of PBI information, that he yorks for Department 13 of the RGB, the Department charged vith sabotage end easassinations.
_ So ‘4 Exbessy guard Ivan Ivanovich OSYEDKOV is himself believed to be a GB ce “an ron previous pestgmenta as a bodyguard ond curveillent. put unless sone . atroct evidence of soviet complied ty 48 dtcooveret, it ie wost Likely tat, | . - couitD's decking vith X03 men OBYEDEOY ami Kos ETCCY was nothing nore than @ grin - “eatnotdence, a cobnetdence due tn part to the Soviet hetit of placing tntelligence “visitors and phone calls. ALL of the five consular officers in tha Soviet Exbesay a ‘exe known or suspected intelligence officers. Although it 19 not usual for a KGB agent on a senetiive mission to have such overt contact with a Soviet Rubessy, top seeret Soviet intelligence documents wich set forth Militery _installetions using as cover for their presence there soma sort of open business. Thus, vbile it is unlikely thet OSWALD’s contacts with the Soviet - Embassy had a more sinister purpose, it cannot be eachuied.
| DURAR vas released from her feet cron. 18 opi that roms, rresent DOMICGS whence Inbemeador fro Haven an eakeh in several. qustions bout report viich the Astassatar bel cent in on the arrest of Stivia DURRN axl the ‘Lee OSWALD case. the wole cowersation 1s consistant with the theory that QEWAED merely vented a visa. the Aubassador G18 mention the alterestion vitch OSWAID had with Consul AZCUR, emi be says thet Haxiean police bruised Silvia DURAU’s earns a little shaking her to lupress her with the importence of their questions. ‘They hed asked her if she hed been intimate with CQWAID end she had denied it. President DORPINGS twice asked Aubasaador
13-00000 Py y- ta i = sone ~ = no pollce eal ane Eilvte AAS crmstios — ‘thomht ths Cubans bend mata COWALD oe ae oe Sand DOBTICOS beck, saying be had quustisned “that person” aaia asd sian ‘Ks os “they bed threatens’ ber 52 tat sha vould snice & stxtemen. ioat the -. . Compalste had given mosey te the menti"tent dmupicsn.” Zech Actasaader ach ayes ‘oc ~— te ker.” vomssce sees te bye we é0 nat know for sums —_ mate Preaident DOXTICSS press fer inleee- sion etout Cuban maney paseod te CEMALD, bet ramers were cxrrent 4 an Mexico hcl FF, we woaaretend, ic dn tig Gok, thay woh ooh
13-00000 —— os chaep 8 0 Des 63 Clty with ekout $5,000. Perhaps DORTICOS was trying to learn whether the arrest end detention of Silvis TIRAB, tut the Mexicans rejected te note. of oe ht Ws bows on 22 Mover, the Tagoelerfebaanaior to Mexico, Oistar |. WLAROV teleyhoned end insisted oa speaking to soviet Anbansodor toi Melee RAZAROW.. an mh a conversation concerning news of President Kennedy's assassination, VLAHOV 2DOl~ DSILYeE