404-10147-10829 ” SECRET . FRP: ;, Mader *, . Ay -f4a/ oo # 8 @ ® ee a STAFF CONF: LA=B. INFO: FILE, VR, DDD|4. DDA, C/PCS, CCS2, Cle COMMO=7, CWOe?, DDO/DD. EPS/EG=2, IP/DMS, LSN/ID, ODPD=D, OGC-2, PCS/LSN. SECUR@3, (43/P) . - . . 7 omy - . Se eo a a ee Sa cay ay ay oy ey 5 Sy a Sy a ay TF oy ay oy ay oy OL ae OD oe MY gy Sw ow 77 0115183 | PAGE oot ; OS ro ToT: 1000147 DEC.77..  _ pIRECTOR i SECRET -—- | STAFF 1000142 DIRECTOR, 437063 TO: IMMEDIATE WNINTEL RNVIEW MHSPLASH REFS: A. DIRECTOR 136271 B. DIRECTOR 135665 1. ON 9 DECEMBER HQS FORWARDED VIA TeMe NO, 214249 COPIES: OF DOCUMENTS FROM THE FIRST 60 VOLUMES ON OSWALD. - THERE ARE Two ~— SECTIONS PERTAINING SOLELY TO MEXICo WHICH ARE ENTITLED "INVESTIGATION RELATIVE TO SUBJECT'S TRAVEL" AND "MEXICO.' THE LATTER SECTION °- INCLUDES INFORMATION ON INTERVIEWS WITH TRAVELLERS AND CONTINENTAL TRAILWAYS EMPLOYEES. AMONG OTHER INDIVIDUALS. THE FOLLOWING ARE DOCUMENTS OF INTEREST: . A. SECTION TWO = FBI INTERNAL MEMORANDUM DATED 2 DECEMBER 1963 RE INFORMATION RELATING TO 6.5 MM -MANNLICHER@CARCANO AMMUNITION USED IN THE ASSASSINATION. PORTION OF MEMO READS: "THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS ORDER IS YHAT IT IS FOR AMMUNITION a WHICH DOES NOT FIT AND CANNOT BE FIRED. IN ANY OF JHE USMC WEAPONS, TH IVES RISE TO THE oO US SPECULATION AT_IT 18 8} A R TON A H WESTERN (CARTRIDGE CORPORATION) UNDER A USMC COVER FOR CONCEALMENT PURPOSES," . ; NOTE FROM FBI'S DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE DIVISION DATED 25 NOVEMBER 1963, PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SYLVIA T. DURAN OF REF 8. “SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE ARRESTED BY MEXICAN AUTHORITIES ON 23 NOVEMBER 1963 FOR INTERROGATION. SHE WAS- COOPERATIVEAND FURNISHED WRITTEN STATEMENTS RE TWO VISITS BY OSWALD . TO CUBAN EM6ASSY IN LATE SEPTEMBER 1963 FOR PURPOSE OF OBTAINING VISA TO TRANSIT CUBA TO GO TO USSR. CARLOS LECHUGA, CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS AND FORMERLY CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO. AND DURAN DESIRE TO MARRY." . B. SECTION THREE =MEMORANDUM FOR MR. BELMONT DATED e7 NOVEMBER 196%. (DOCUMENT IS RELATIVE TO TELEPHONE CALL FROM DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL KATZENBACH ON HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH ALEXIS JOHNSON, DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE.) JOHNSON TOLD KATZENBACH THAT "INSOFAR AS THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS MATTER IN MEXICO IS CONCERNED STATE DEPARTMENT FELT THIS SHOULD BE COORDINATED AND DIRECTED BY THE FBI. STATE TOOK THE POSITION THAT THE PRESIDENT'S DIRECTIVE TO THE FBI EXTENDED TO ANY ACTIVITY QUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. AS WELL AS WITHIN THE COUNTRY. ‘INSOFAR AS THE AMBASSADOR IN MEXICO IS CONCERNED JOHNSON BELIEVED HE SHOULD BE KEPT RETURN TO CIA Background Use Only SECRET o/7O Do Not Reproduce - ( e
14-00000 * ¢ ie" Bre SECRET STAFF woveceeeneeetentennteintnennnrentcccceccccececccecemeneenenanatueseemecentel 77 0115183 eo, _ PAGE 002 | i . a TOT: 1000147 DEC 77. . DIRECTOR 137063. wevteneeetneeedtoneneonetesonenetennnnescnrncenmeemennenenenssgtonsenned INFORMED OF. ANY PERTINENT DEVELOPMENTS BUT THAT THE AMBASSADOR. srl. NOT BE RUNNING THE INVESTIGATION," . “ow (CONTINUED FROM ABOVE) ‘IN CONNECTION WITH THE 4k INVESTIGATION IN MEXICO, IT IS RECOMMENDED KATZENBACH BE INFORMED i THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT. AND CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE aGencyYy (CIA) hy HAVE JURISDICTION IN DEALING WITH FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND IN GETTING oe INVESTIGATIVE RESULTS AND INTELLIGENCE COVERAGE ABROAD? THAT WHILE WE . z ARE COOPERATING FULLY WITH STATE AND CIA IN MEXICO, THE RESPONSIBILITY —— # IN THIS MATTER SHOULD REST WITH STATE AND CIA.® vi AIRTEL FROM LEGATT» MEXICO, DATED 22 NOVEMBER 1963: \ "INVESTIGATION MEXICO HAS FAILED TO DETERMINE ANY INFORMATION | ii ' CONCERNING. SUBJECT'S ENTRY INTO OR DEPARTURE FROM MEXICO, - LAST ef “KNOWN INFORMATION, AS SET OUT IN RECAB. CIA ADVISED IN "SECRET" COMMUNICATION SUBJECT IN CONTACT SOVIFT EMBASSY. MEXICO CITY, 28 SEPTEMBER 1963. AND 1 OCTOBER 1963. INVESTIGATION CONTINUING.* C. -SECTION SIX = LEGATT. MEXICO CITY MEMORANDUM. DATED 3 DECEMBER 1963 (RELATIVE TO PORTIONS OF MEXICAN TOURIST CARD | - JSSUED TO OSWALD. BY THE MEXICAN CONSULATE GENERAL (EXCISED)): THE TWO PORTIONS OF THE TOURIST CARD WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO THIS OFFICE ON 12/3/63 BY. (EXCISED) REQUESTED THAT THESE DOCUMENTS BE | RETURNED TO HIM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SINCE THEY ARE OFFICIAL RECORDS | i SY OF THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT AND UNDER MEXICAN LAw ARE NOT SUPPOSED Z TO BE RELEASED TO OUTSIDERS." CABLEGRAM TO MEXICO CITY RE. GILBERTO POLICARPO | LOPEZ (UNDATED): "AMERICAN CONSULATE, NUEVO LAREDO, CONFIDENTIALLY ADVISED BY CEXCISED) NUEVO LAREDO. THAT HE FURNISHED INFORMATION CONCERNING SUBJECT'S ENTRANCE TO MEXICO TO DR. RAFAEL HERNANDES,. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MEXICAN IMMIGRATION. MEXICO CITY, WHO. ; REQUESTED TO HANDLE THIS EXCLUSIVELY WITH MEXICAN GOVERNMENT. CIA ai ADVISES SUBJECT'S TOURIST CARD WAS ISSUED MEXICAN CONSULATE. TAMPA, a FLORIDA.® eee SECTION SIX ALSO CONTAINS BUREAU NOTE ON SILVIA DURAN, D. SECTION 27: WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE AIRTEL DATED 27 NOVEMBER 1963: LEE HARVEY OSWALD APPROACHED CARLOS BRINGUIER, HEAD OF CUBAN STUDENT DIRECTORATE (CSN) IN NEW ORLEANS, LAwe DURING ‘APPROXIMATELY EARLY AUGUST 1963 AND HAD OFFERED, 310 CONTRIBUTION TOWARD FURTHERANCE OF ANTI@CASTRO CAUSES OF. CSD. SINCE HE WAS A FORMER U.S. MARINE.HE ALSO OFFERED TO ASSIST IN MILITARY TRAINING OF MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP. THE CSD wAS SUSPICIOUS OF OSWALD, SUSPECTING HE WAS POSSIBLY A MEMBER OF THE FBI GR CIA WHO WAS ~ ATTEMPTING TO PENETRATE THEIR ORGANTZATION. E. SECTION 39 = UNDATED DOCUMENT "SA 10S 2909": THE INTERVIEW WITH RAYMOND BUENROSTRO CORTEZ APPEARING IN THIS REPORT WAS PREDICATED ON INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE. MTAMI DIVISION FROM. CIA, MIAMI.IN A CIA MEMORANDUM CLASSIFIED "SECRET." HOWEVER IT IS \ NOT. BELIEVED INSTANT REPORT SHOULD BE SO CLASSIFIED AS A RESULT OF _ SECRET
14-00000 ee " SECRET ed see rs ante Gas! eo ~ STAFF 77 0115183 _ PAGE 003 . TOTS 1000147 DEC 77... DIRECTOR 137063. INTERVIEW WITH BUENROSTRO AND THEREFORE IT 1§ NOT BEING . CLASSIFIED. (NOTES CIA MEMO REFERRED TO WAS NOT. INCLUDED.) Fr SECTION 42: . MEMORANDUM FROM SAN JOSE. CAs» OFFICE DATED 16 DECEMBER 1963: INTERVIEW BY FBI OF ROBERTO EDMOND GALLANT, - INMATE AT SANTA CLARA PRISON FARM IN SAN JOSE, CA, oo . GALLANT ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEEN ACTIVE IN ANTI#CASTRO UNDERGROUND IN MEXICO FOR PAST SIX YEARS UNDER THE NAME OF GENERAL ROBERTO DE EDMONDO CORTEZ AND THAT HE HAD UNDER HIS COMMAND A. SECRET ARMY OF 3500 MEN THROUGHOUT MEXICO. THIS I§ AN, ANTI=COMMUNIST FORCE CONCENTRATING ON THE CUBAN COMMUNISTS IN MEXICO! | | co, GALLANT STATED HE HAD A "SECRET AGENT" WHOSE IDENTITY HE ABSOLUTELY REFUSED TO DIVULGE AND WHO IS PRESENTLY WORKING IN __ THE CUBAN EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY. THIS SECRET AGENT ADVISED GALLANT THAT OSWALD WENT TO THE CUBAN EMBASSY ON 12 JULY 1963 IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET A VISA TO CUBA AND ALSO TO RUSSIA, OSWALD STAYED IN MEXICO CITY FOR ABOUT ONE WEEK. THIS WAS HIS FIRST TRIP TO ‘MEXICO CITY AND HE ARRIVED BY AIRPLANE. ALONE, So | .. GALLANT STATED THAT HIS SECRET AGENT POINTED OUT OSWALD TO HIM ON 12 JULY 1963, OSWALD HAD ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF THE AGENT BECAUSE OF HIS DESIRE TO OBTAIN THE AFOREMENTIONED TRAVEL VISA WHICH WAS THOUGHT TO BE UNORDINARY FoR A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. . eo THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS CONTAINED IN SECTIONS TWO, SIX, 20225, 41 AND 42 AND PERTAIN TO GILBERTO NOLASCO ALVARADO UGARTE, THE NICARAGUAN CITIZEN WHO CLAIMED TO HAVE SEEN SUBJECT (OSWALD) PAID A LARGE SUM OF MONEY IN THE CUBAN CONSULATE IN MEXICO CITY ON 18 SEPTEMBER (1963): Se | A. A MEMORANDUM DATED 30 NOVEMBER 1963 INDICATES THAT ALVARADO CONFESSED TO THE MEXICAN OFFICIALS THAT HIS STATEMENT ON OSWALO WAS FALSE. HE STATED HIS MOTIVE WAS PERSONAL AND-DID NOT INVOLVE HIS COUNTRY. HE SAID HE WANTED TO THE GIVE THE U.S, A REASON FOR OVERCOMING CASTRO. oo, . | B. A 7 DECEMBER 1963 CABLEGRAM FROM MEXICO CITY INDICATES THAT A SOURCE IN MEXICAN IMMIGRATION ADVISED THIS MORNING THAT ALVARADO BEING DEPORTED TOMORROW MORNING, DECEMBER 8, TO NICARAGUA, CABLEGRAM NOTED "CIA HERE ADVISED BY US OF ABOVE INFORMATION," | | C. AN 8 DECEMBER 1963 BUREAU INTERNAL NOTE INDICATES THAT /f ALVARADO HAD BEEN POLYGRAPHED BY CIA. HE INDICATED DECEPTION WHEN’! © TALKING ABOUT OSWALO. HE NOW ADMITS HE MUST HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN. HE IS TO BE DEPORTED TO NICARAGUA ON MONDAY 9 DECEMBER BY “MEXICANS, D. A 11 DECEMBER 1963 MEMORANDUM FROM LEGATTs MEXICO CITY, BASED ON A 3 DEC 1963 CONVERSATION INDICATES THAT THE CIA SENDING POLYGRAPH EXAMINER TO MEXICO CITY To INTERVIEW ALVARADO AND THAT LEGATT SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN INTERVIEWS AS AN INTERPRETER. MEMO SECRET
14-00000 aed . - 77 0115183 PAGE 004 ao” \. ‘TOTS, 1000147 DEC. 77; DIRECTOR 137063 4 ah ak POINTS OUT THAT ENTIRE INTERVIEWS HAD BEEN TAPED By CIA: AND THAT: cl POLYGRAPH EXAMINER WAS CALVIN DAVIS. © E. THE ATTACHMENT TO A 13 DECEMBBER 1963 MEMORANDUM FROM LEGATT. MEXICO WAS A COPY OF FINGERPRINT CARD. AND PHOTOGRAPHS . -- oF, OF ALVARADO. SANTIAGO IBANEZ LLAMAS, HEAD OF THE INSPECTION ‘SECTION -- OF THE IMMIGRATION SERVICE WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO MADE THESE ITEMS AVAILABLE TO THE LEGATT. 3. WE HAVE FOUND NO REFERENCES 10 TELTAPS IN THE riest 60. SECTIONS OF THE OSWALD FILE WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN RELEASED UNDER FOIA. . 4 4, FILE: 200e}$20150. E2,_ IMPDET. > co, nn: ORIG: LA/MGSB/M X1034)3 COORD: PCS/LSN (CANTRELL)3 AUTH: ae C/LA/MGSB (HAWKINS); 2 DC/LA/NR (DESMOND): CL BY: 029163. oe (| —— Paes € iene as OF, Bate. SR 2 RTS snk cet ton, SKEET a oe ate oe + } END OF “MESSAGE SECRET 0 %,