“Released under. the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USct Fi0T Hote). DATE; 11-14-2017 BIADINNA A Ol LOI LY 1+ JON FU Resus National Archives and Records Administration 5 Kennedy Assassination Collection Full Results eViewing/Ordering Information, Hits 1-1 of 1 peninesminn Hit 1 of 1 AGENCY RECORD NUMBER RECORDS SERIES AGENCY FILE NUMBER ORIGINATOR FROM TO TITLE DATE PAGES DOCUMENT TYPE SUBJECTS CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTIONS CURRENT STATUS. : DATE OF LAST REVIEW OPENING CRITERIA AGENCY INFORMATION \ FBI 124-10158-10044 HQ 105-82555-3491 DOCUMENT INFORMATION FBI DIRECTOR, FBI LEG, MX [No Title] 04/30/1964 2 > PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT WC, INSTR, LHO, POST-RP, SIGHTING, MX UNCLASSIFIED 4 RELEASED WITH DELETIONS 06/18/1996 INDEFINITE Audit history for this Record Identification Form Hits 1-1 of 1 National Archives and Records Administration webmaster@nara.gov Doc iP ey' B%9 wong fede e5tapRonew.e 1
> DATE: My 4- ~2R17 9° ry 0 / qi | i 1 - Mr. Stokes L i TIA é : CON 4-30~64 j ‘CODE : : CABLEGRAR ye URGENT - | “pmcnassErren #75. bi Sub/rade= /* 9) LEGAL ATTACHE MEXICO (105-3702) | i FROM DIRECTOR Far (2105-82585) LUE HARVEY OSWALD, IS - R - CUBA, REUR LETTERHEAD APRIL TWENTY THREE LAST DEALING ‘e PART WITH REVELATIONS or[mex Cu) | EIGHTEEN AND MEX NINETEEN)'RE CHARLES SMALL WHICH WAS REWRITTEN == \ : AT BUREAU TO FURTHER PROTECT SOURCES AND COPY OF WHICH HAS BEEN & : FURNISHED TO YOU. | | Q . 2 DESPITE THE OBJECTIONS VOICED IN YOUR APRIL NINE AIRTEL la aI =\C 4g TO INTERVIEW OF SMALL BY MEXICAN OR AMERICAN OFFICIALS, IT 18 by : (UNL | POSSIBLE THAT COMMISSION MAY DESIRE SMALL BE INTERVIEWED. ay a einer CONSEDER THIS AND SUBMIT YOUR OPINION AS TO BEST | 1 < MANNER’, -IN WHICH SUCH INTERVIEW COULD BE HANDLED CONSISTENT WITH 3 S JS pxorecrine YOUR SOURCES. IN VIEW OF COMMENT: § OF YOUR SOURCES Ee ETTERHEAD, IT IS DESIRED THAT YeU REVIEW YOUR FILE ON SMALL AND CHECK RECORDS MEXICAN TC RN TON SERVICE BE 19 g i TO DETERMINE SMALL'S ALIEN STATUS) IN HEXICO AND. TO UEvELOS sany 97 Qe B an Be 6 4 SPECIFIC INFORMATION AS TO DATE HE DEPARTED NEW “YORK IN se Yi 6 a8 > SEPTEMBER, SIXTY THREE, AND DATE, HE RETURNED To MEX MEXTCO Coy ot KG ADE DITION, Junduer[ Mex EreHTERN, MEX RIK gs ma : TO DEVELOP FURTHER SPECIFICS RE \ CABG AM “4/ [8G | Docld: 327165519 Page 2?
. Bb -DRTES 11514-27017 og fm CABLEGRAM TO MEXICO RE: LEE HARVEY GSWALD_ 2105-82555 ‘\ THE NATURE OF THE ASSISTANCE SMALL GIVES TO THE AMERICAN COMMUNISTS WHO, WHEN VISITING MEXICO, APPEAR AT HIS PLACE OF BUSINESS, IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR SURVEY OF KEY INFORMANTS CONCERNING OSWALD REFERRED TO IN YOUR CABLE NUMBER FIVE EIGHT ONE SET FORTH IN LETTERHEAD RE SMALL THE NUMBER OF SOURCES WHE COULD FURNISH NO INFORMATION TO INDICATE THAT OSWALD EVER APPEARED AT SMALL'S STORE, HANDLE IMMEDIATELY, “~~ | | , portntsne mtn j | uN APPROVED BY _¢ _ [tex 18 and Mex 19jare part of a group of 4 individuals i Mexico City active in communist circles' and in affairs of FPCC. One of these individuals is Charles Smail-whe,-in-December—and January, told the informants that he was worried about possible harassment by Mexicen police as he considered it possib e Oswald fer may have visited his jewelry store when in Mexico,! No infe has L%! been developed to establish that suchcwas the case and Small has oe not_ indicated to sources that he, in fact, knew or met @swald. Small claimed to sources that he was out of Mexico during Cswald's trip te Mexico City; however, the sources report that Small returne to Mexico, exact date not stated, pricr co the time Osweid reportedly left Mexico., In view of Commission's intense interest 10 in identifying all places visited by Oswald in Mexico City, we egard it as likely they will ask that Small be interviewed. . fecat's 4-9 airtel recommended against this as interviewing him . about Oswald and a possible visit to Small's store would point to. the informants as sources Furthermore, Small has heart condition Believed advisable to alert Legat to possibility of request for ui) interview of Small and to have him thinking as to bést means to accomplish this, Requested inquiry if negative and if ‘we can show Small was in US during 5-day period Oswald_was in Mexico, may forestall request for interview of Small, {Informants believe that Small's fear of Mexican police harassment was part of the © general concern e¢ members of the American communist group in. Mexico after reading that Oswald had. been in Mexico.X@e) ye Docld: 327165519 Page 3