424-10289-10058 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-16289-10058 HQ CR 105-99401-21, 22 Document Information FBI LEG, MX DIRECTOR, FBI 03/16/1965 10 CC, CORTEZ, RAYMOND, TRANSCONTINENTAL S.A., LIAISON WITH FOREIGN AUTHORITIES PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B Redact 06/21/1996 APPROVAL OF CIA INC 3 MEMO, NOTE HW 50953 DBocld:323059276 Page 1 4/16/201
. « a 4-3 (Rev, 12-14-64) URGI RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION yf oinecror IN THIS Docu, AS Shitnéd FROM LEGAT MEXICO ClTY NO. 17, SUB a-€-qu O RAYMOND CORTEZ ACT. &fRaNSCONT INENTAL SeAe, ET AL3 EXPORT CONTROL Tolson Belmont Mohr DeLoach Casper Callahan. Coégrad Felt Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele. Room Holmes say cS * ANOVOR, Meat a _—— (ne ele titel ote ween ae REBUCAB MARCH 715 LAST. ald KE MATTER MENTIONED RECAB DISCUSSED WITH ee ECONOMIC SBNOFFICER HARRY R. ZERBEL THIS DATE. HE ADVISED THAT Wit APPROX IMATELY THREE WEEKS AGO HE WAS INFORMED THAT REPRESENTATIVE OF US ATTORNEY FOR EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS WOULD COME TO TS MEX 1CO AND CONTACT HIM FOR PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING INSTANT CASE NAND OBTAINING PERTINENT DOCUMENTS. TO DATE THIS REPRESENTATIVE ey fy ~ N/E HAS NOT COME TO MEXICO. o XN ZERBEL FEELS 1T WOULD BE PREMATURE AT THIS TIME FOR THIS if | aos US OFF ICE TO .CONTACT.. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MEXICO AND REQUESTED VM aie S. SWE TAKE NO ACTION: UNTEL® HARECE IVES ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS colle , | S}- Ty, ROM US DEPARTMENT’ OF COMMERCE AND FROM:US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR = f= mS PASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. . ZERBEL MENTIONED CONF IDENT IALLY THA FR rN APPARENTLY SOMEONE .IN WASHINGTON. SOME AGO “APPROACHED CIA ABOUT | =e = CSUOBTAINING TRANSCONT INENTAL DOCUMENTS| | a | ee Jog > Df ATTORNEY GENERAL .OF .MEXICO ANTON HAPERSONALLY KNOWN ©)" TO LEGAT AND. 17. kS FELT HE’ WOULD BE_ COR IRLETELY | COOPERATIVE IN ATTEMPTING OT OBTAIN DOCUMENTS PROV: "ERAMEWORIC OPE XI CAN \, LAW WOULD PERMIT HIM TO DO SO. . IN, oer OF i Hine ™ AND UACB NO FURTHER ACTION BEING Nas N Hate MAF 49 Y's 5 TIME PENDING Wy ADD ONAL BURFAL R ON — ———— aN ; WAY Ae. ot De ST CLARK D. ANDERSON y Xy CO pth Duy eee Ff ie x 2 RECEIVED, 8233.PM JLD ( i ye 3RD CO: MR. BREN AN If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably SS HY paraphrased in order ta protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. S0953 DBDactd: 32305976 Page 2?
- Mr. Belmont ~—— - Hr. Sullivan... ~ Liaison fe ~ H. C. Flemister. H \e Assistant Attorney General ‘or a Ch : wh. yt * foot fh fo pot AYHOND CORT Bhvector Re. a9 108-99 YO / ~ N GIA HAS NO Gate | SRAROUGRE £5 aS. A., EE AL. 7 | 4A oCdeanth Rompe as / EXPORT CONPROL ACT “(50 U.S.C. APP. 2025). (pp en 2ful4 sy! 7 TON TO 3 ae Reference is made to your letter dated March 10, ' 1965, your file 146-12-3212, and to our letter dated 3 March 15, 1965, both.concerning the captioned case. - . Fhe matter, as outlined in your letter, was discussed with Harry Zerbell, Economic Officer, United States Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico, on March 16, 1965, by orr Legal Attache there. a  Serbell advised that approximately three weeks ago he: was informed that a representative of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas would come to Mexico.and contact him for the purpose of discussing this case and the possibility of obtaining the documents referred to in your letter. .Zerbell stated that as of March 16, 1965, the United States Attorney's representative had not come to Mexico. = | Zerbell was of the opinion that it would be prewatere at this time for our Legal Attache to contact ~\ the Attorney General of Hexico and. he..requested that we. . take no action in this regard until he receives additional instructions from the United States Department of Commerce and from the aforementioned United States, Attorney*s office. ‘In view of the foregoing and. in the absence of a “TNR APS RIT 8 og specific request from you, We plan to take no further action: in-this matter at this tine. a HELPS en ) }) -1 - Legat, Mexico City _ a fe, by HeZRea/peR "1 <Foreign Liaison Unit (Detached) / * Tolson I eet Belmont ot > : oo re ‘ a, 3 cw HOF jad ), ki fj ad Casper a C3 i é ~ fy i y Callahan - , \ Conrad — : ‘ i Felt f . Fe SEB NOTE PAGE TWO} yap 19 1965 ye Rosen _. , wo an Sulli a . a! y Tele Ro ne Q if ' Hojmes . ‘ . ty 4 FES oy Magegooml | receryec yy fo HW 0953 Docld:32305928 Page 3
Mr. Herbert J. Miller, Jr. Assistant Attorney General NOTE: . _Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, by a letter 3/10/65, requested our assistante in securing information from Mexican Government in connection with a case being handled by Department. Subjects in violation of embargo shipped American- made automotive parts from Texas te Mexico and subsequently te Cuba. Cortez, who is President of frapscontinental $. 4., was granted prosecutive immunity and is scheduled to be a key — Government witness. He told USA for Bastern District of Texas that certain documents of his firm would serve as corroborative evidence, Cortez’s firm, however, has. been liquidated and liquidator has declined to show records to U. §. Government representatives. AAG, in veferenced letter, indicated that he. Wag aware air Legat was in contact with AG ef Mexico on almost daily basis and requested that we have eur Legat request AG of Mexico to persuade Liquidator to nake his records available. saG suggested we have our Legat contact Harry Zerbell, referred © above. ea, , iH addition to information in this Letter, Zerbell confidentially told Legat that someone in Washington sometime ago approached CIA about obtaini instant documents as CIA : ‘ans Of obtaining documents - in Mexico City had (elandestina if necessary. Légat advised’ Of Mexico personally kewn te him and would probably ‘be cooperative in attempting tobbtain documents providing framework of Mexican law would permit him to do so. | Naser: HW 50953 DBocld:32305978 Page 4