‘04-10404-10264 ‘\ CLASSIFIED MESSAGE £ . C/ . av Paste: 32 rrrers QD: ROUTING SoM ee INDE SCR? is ee 3 5940 [HNO INDEX 2, | 29 Bovenmber 63)  orFiLe IN CS FILE NO. 202 -2872H8 =i — tk ‘THE WHITE HOUSE ATTN: MR. NCGEORGE BUNDY THE STATE DEPARTMENT ATTN: MR. U. ALEKIS JOENSON GHov6i Ih de ‘CMEXOHEK CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 2209 207 He Gy ot | 7 Joo SIRCEN ee a ye || ROUTINE pci, D/oci, DOP, C/cl 2, VR chee ‘53 3969 | a IMMEDIATE INFO CIEOR 9p SUBJECT: TRAVEL OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD g5715 1. THE FOLLOWING IMPORMATION HAS BEEN GATHERED FROM RELIABLE SOURCES REGARDING THE TRAVEL OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD AND HIS WIFE: A. 9 OCTOBER 1959: ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL BRITISH TRAVEL RECORDS OSWALD ARRIVED IN SOUTHAMPEON THIS DATE CLAIMING ON HIS LANDING CARD THAT HE HAD HO FIXED ADDRESS BUT PLANNED TO REMAIN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ONE WEEK FOR VACRTION BEFORE GOING ON TO "SCME SCHOOL IN SWISSE.” (HEADQUARTERS COMMENT: PROBABLY RLAS SHI WHI ee IG KNOWN CONDUCTED — mo, REFERRING TO THE ALBERT SCHWEITZER COLLEGE IN TO BAYS BEES IN CORERSPORDENCE. | B. 10 OCTOBER 1959: ACCORDING 10 THE voce coun tare sania wv vate né sma tems, °° C. OCTOBER 1959: ‘STOCKHOLEM NEWSPAPER "DAGENS NYHETER” OF 25 NOVEMAER APR W/b gn STATES LEE OSWALD PASSED THROUGH SWEDEN DURING OCTOBER 1959. ARTICLE ALSO Somme IN HIS RETURNING TO STOCKHOLM. ‘TWO DAYS soun'in jinn WED IN STOCKHOLM ” 2 oswat TRAVELED DIRECTLY TO MOSCOW. CONCLUDING SENTENCE OF ARTICLE STATES "THIS Somprcaves THAT THR RUSSTAI EMBASSY (STOCKHOLM) GAVE HIM A VISA. "- AccoRDING os ee TO A RELIABLE SOURCE THERE WAS NO RECORD THAT THERE WAS ANY REQUEST FOR A USSR ” % VISA PROCRSGED THROUGH NORMAL CHANNELS FOR OSWALD AT ANY TIME DURING 2959, AND Direo-~o- yy Be 28724 6 COORDINATING OFFICERS , : iin RELEASING OFFICER Excluded from automatic iin and 8 [| seener | [| seener | B E T declassification REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE JS PROHIBITED. Lie Copy No. AUTHENTICATING OFFICER
13-00000 _ ‘) CLASSIFIED MESSAGE 5 — apge . . ROUTING Sa ORO in SECRET ie es Ce Pes pane: aay) El Big ay Gre incs reno, AFSL ALL BY u 5 | INFO . CITE DIR SOURCE INDICATED It WAS DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN HOW OSWALD MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED HIS VISA IN TWO DAYS WITHOUT GOING THROUGH NORMAL CHANNELS. ‘THE ONLY CONCLUSION WHICH CAN BE DRAW IS THAT OSWALD MUST HAVE RECEIVED HIS VISA DIRECILY FROM THE SOVIET EMBASSY IN STOCKECIM WHICH OCCASIONALLY 18 DONE IN SPECIAL CASES, “BUD THE py, 10 TO 15 OCTOBER 1959: ACCORDING 10 A VERY RELIABLE BUD EXTREVELY SENSITIVE SOURCE OSWALD STAYED AT THE TORWI HOTEL IN HELSINKI FROM 10 TO 11 APPAREBTLY WAITING FOR A VISA TO BE ISSUED HIM BY THE SOVIET: CONSULATE IN HELSTWUCL. HE TRAVELD 10 THE USSR BY TRATH, GROSSING AT VAINIKKALA ON 15 OCTOBRR.  B.) 13 MAY 1962: ACCORDING TO A DUTCH OFFICIAL SOURCE, THE DUTCH CHARCE IN MOSCOW ISSUED A ‘TRANSIT VISA TO OSWALD'S WIFE ON 13 MAY 1962. ‘THERIR . RECORDS REVEAL HIS WIFE WAS BORE ON 17 JULY lol INSTRAD OF 19 JULY 1941 AND IN SBVSRODVINSK INSTEAD OF MINSK. THERE IS NO RECORD OF HER HAVING ACTUALLY TRANSITED HE NETHERLANDS. -¥, 1962: OFFICIAL BRITISH RECORDS DO NOT REFLECT THAT OSWALD RETURNED-- ‘TO THE UNITED STATES FROM THE USSR THROUGH THE UNITED KINGDOM. HOWEVER, IF HE WERE MERELY TRANSITING, IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NECESSARY FOR HIM TO FILL QUT A LANDING CARD, AND THEREFORE THRE WOULD BB NO RECORD OF HIS TRAVEL I THR OFFICIAL TRAFFIC INDEE. COORDINATING OFFICERS. GROUP 1 RELSASING OFFICER Excluged from automatic AUTHENTICATING ’ _ downgrading and 8 & Cc R B Tt feclassific cation OFFICER ane secretes REPRODUCTION BY ‘HER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS' HIBITED. Copy No.
13-00000. _ | CLASSIFIED MESSAGE Ce on 12-62 a Cl INDEX SECRET Ha rors ; - C) NO INDEX nc? ; C] FILE IN CS FILE NO. es ; DIRECTOR PAGE THREE || DEFERRED Ge 19633 ACCORDING TO AN EXTREMELY SENSITIVE AND RELIABLE SOURCE, GH 23 NOVEMBER MARIA SNETHLAGE, HEAD OF THE "WERKGROUP INFORMATIE CURA," TOLD AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CUBAN EMBASSY IN THE HAGUE THAT SHE WAS SURE SHE HAD MET *Tuag NR. LES IN HAVANA, WHO DID THE MORDER." SHE DESCRIBED HIM AS A MAN OF VIOLENCE AHD RWPIRELY FULL OF HATS AND INDICATED THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT THIS MAN HAD BEEN MISUSED BY A GROUP. SHE SAID SHE HAD WRITTEN TO "GIBSON" ABOUT THE BAD IMPRESSION SHE HAD HAD OF THIS LES. (HEADQUARTERS COMMENTS: PLEASE REFER TO OUR TELEPYPSS; NOS 85182 Alp 85665 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON GIBSON.) ALMOST THRES HOURS LATER, SNETHLAGE AGAIN CONTACTED THE CUBAN EMBASSY IN THE HAGUE AND SAID THA'HE LEE OF THE FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA CCMMITTER” HAD BEEN SLANDERED AND THAT TE WAS ANOTHER. PERSON NAMED LEE OSWALD WHO HAD DONE IT. SNETHLAGE SEEMED TO BE GLAD 10 HAVE HEARD THTS "CORRECT" VERSON. (HEADQUARTERS COMMENT: MR, LEE MAY BE SDESTICAL WENH VINCE! TEOKIDGHIE LEE WHO REFLAGED RICHARD GIBSON AS HEAD OF TH FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTER. ) H. ACCC To RELEASE FCRIAMI GRENSLAGE WAS I CURA Th SARARE SE warn GREATER 3565, 9729S END OF MESSAGE oak ee, wel, apf , C/S COMMENT: *DISSEMINATION APPLICABLE TO RYBAT GPFLOOR CABLES, 4, = Dp/P - COORDINATING OFFICERS GROUP 1 Excluded from automatic |. . t RELEASING EELS 5 downgrading and AUTHENTICATING : \, & B ¢ R E ra declassification OFFICER . ; . REPRODUCTION 'BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE 15 PROHIBITED. 7 ; Copy No,