1-34 the voices, take the voice samples, cut out the section of mr-23 the tape. w Mr. Genzman. Were you able to identify any of the people wm See a a with whom Oswald spoke during this conversation? | de “ 7 Mr. Tarasoff. Here, for instance, "Pl", the first, a = Obyed Kov was a guard at the gate. Usually they changed un fr) = 7 every eight hours. The first call comes through him. Con- = | sequently, Lee Oswald was talking to Obyed;Kov. He said that| Sc | ~ | he does not remember the name of the consul who was speaking oo 7 . © | to him and yet it was probably Kostikov' It says, "My name is: z 10) S c | Oswald". : m Tl 2 | Mr. Genzman. Were you at any time asked prior to the e = 3 : assassination of President Kennedy whether you could identity, 5 . = a | any of the people who spoke to Oswald? a { ‘ | f s Mr. Tarasoff. Would you repeat that, please? ~ | w 3 4 2 i . . | ti a Mr. Genzman. Did anyone ever ask you to make any identi+ 3 | | ~ | | ~ | fication of the people who spoke with Oswald at any time “ Wa P ‘ ! = ta | before the assassination of President Kennedy? | x i e . ~ 7 Mr. Tarasoff. You mean from our field office? = 9 i € 20 | Mr. Genzman. Yes. | 4, | Mr. Tarasoff. No. No one approached us. “SS aa Mr. Genzman. Did anyone ask you after the assassination: es ae I 1  ] 43 | to make any identification of the speakers in these transcripts? Mr. Tarasoff. Again I would say no, not that I can re- | collect. i . : | ALDERSON REPORTING COMPANY. INC. HW 54756 Docld:322763406 Page 36
mr=-24 | 1-35 1! Mr. Genzman. Did anyone ever ask you to compare tapes to try to identify any of the speakers in any of the conver- | ; | sations? | Fi | Mr. Tarasoff. No. Sometimes those tapes would be erased. P : Mr. Genzman. Did Ann Goodpaster ever contact you regard ; ing the surveillance operation on Oswald? | 5 | Mr. Tarasoff. No. | , | Mr. Genzman. Do you happen to know Ann Goodpastor's ! 5 function in Mexico City? | | 10 Mr. Tarasoff. She was a pretty important person as far { -as I can judge because she was with the chief of the station Mr. Genzman. Would you say she worked closely with the t ! - ) and they kind of favored her quite a bit. - | i | JON 7TH STREET, S.W. REPORTERS BUTEDING, WASHINGTON, N.C, 29024 (202) S5"-2345 13 | ‘4 | chief of the station? sf Mr. Tarasoff. I would say so because -- well, she was 1s | one who was getting one of the carbon copies. Another one 7 went to Rose -- I do not remember her family name. | el Mr. Genzman. Are you saying then that Anne Goodpaster «| ves involved in the telephone surveillance operation in win ! 10 | Mexico :City? | a! Mr. Tarasoff. Not the telephone surveillance. She was : ONE i wD to , | busy with something else but, anyway, she kept the records. Mr. Genzman. You are saying that she did receive one of the carbon copies of your transcription? 2 uw 25 Mr. Tarasoff. Yes, when I was working inside the ! | ALOERSON REPORTING COMPANY, INC. HW 54756 Doeld:322963406 Page 37
mr-25_ 1-36 embassy on TDY I had to give one copy to her, one to Rose | 2 _ and I think one went someplace else, the original went to the chief. de Mr. Genzman. Do you know whether AnneGoodpaster had LU LL em : fg any knowledge of the photo surveillance operations in Mexico |, & P | City? | x "| Mr. Tarasoff. I believe she did. | - & | Mr. Genzman. Did she work with the surveillance opera- | Se 1 ~ . : | - 5 | tion directly, to the best of your knowledge? . a Mr. Tarasoff. Let me dégress a bit. As I remember, ' : ; S S Hs there was a sort of flurry between all the employees at the = 12 | station. What was happening, they were trying to recruit | 2 z i one of the defectors. = 7 | They tested everything, walkie-talkies and stuff like s | I i & ig | this. One day the place was practically empty. I thought, a2. wa tt 2 | FS 7 "What happened?" I did not know. | a 7 | When I came back a few hours later, they did return with) c ia such a dejected air that I did not know what the heck happened. & . = 15 || Then it was explained by somebody that said that this opera- FT| | : é 20 | tion fell right through on its face. a | Naturally I know Ann@Goodpast¢r” felt badly about it and : - t DOSE . See? the chief and everybody else was concerned. | | | . \ iN hn bo i 1 | Mr. Genzman. Mr. Tarasoff, referring you back to the document labeled "Pi", you stated earlier you were able to / I a e 25 determine that Lee Oswald spoke in this conversation and that, ALDERSCH REPORTING COMPANY, INC. HW 54756 Docld:322763406 Page 33
mr-26 1-37 , he, in fact, identified himself during this conversation? { Mr. Tarasoff. That is right. — = a Mr. Genzman. Did you at any time or in any manner indi-!| wo 3 | | cate to any of your contacts in Mexico City, which other | “ ; | conversations were those of Oswald besides "P1"? : : Mr. Tarasoff. No. I passed the whole shebang to the : | contact, in fact, we had to call'a special meeting. In other: . i words, we got the name and immediately had to work on this “ 5 | one. I sent the. whole thing back. 3 3 i ; | J ‘0 : I thought okay, if they got the tape, everybody should ! : | be able to listen to it because it is in English. Whatever | : | broken Russian he spoke was terrible. , g 3 ) Mr. Genzman. In characterizing your contact with the e : : | Lee Harvey Oswald case would you say that any of your contact 14 i é | with the case was out of the ordinary, aside from the request 3! : a to your subsequently transcribing the conversation on "P1"? | oO: = | Mr. Tarasoff. Would you repeat that, please? , 7 8 f | Mr. Genzman. Certainly. We have been discussing docu- | : ‘| ments allegedly dealing with conversations which Lee Harvey | : | Oswald had with the Soviet Embassy. Would you characterize | " : your handling of these conversations as in any way out of the! EE | . ) : : E35 4 | ordinary other than your previous statement that you received 5 an urgent request to do one of the transcriptions? Mr. Tarasoff. Well, the two previous ones were just in the ordinary course. We had a suspicion that Lee Oswald Ww a ALDERSON REPORTING COMPANY, INC. HW 54756 DBocld:322763406 Page 39
mr-27 1-38 could have been a defector, according to this. To me it was a routine thing to do, to type up all this transcription and send it back to the station. Then came the request to see if I could get the name the next day. doa w fs So, when I got this particular name, which I underlined | : P | to bring their particular attention to it, I sent it back | ann | S 7 to the station with the reel. They would like to listen too. | z ; They had all the facilities at the station for doing so. | ; .! Mr. Genzman. Other than your contact with members of : a this committee were you ever at any time contacted by any | z al government agency, the CIA, the FBI, the Warren Commission, | ~ 2 2 or any other agency to explain your connection with the sur- | e g 13 | veillance operation against Lee Harvey Oswald in Mexico city?| : | Mr. Tarasoff. Not a word from anyone. | . : 1 Mr. Genzman. Thank you. : a ts Mr. Chairman, I have no further questions at this time. | = 7 Mr. Fithian. Mr. Sawyer? 7 E va | . Mr. Sawyer. No questions, Mr. Chairman. | : «| Mr. Fithian. Do I understand that this completes the | ¢ 20 | entire questioning of the witness by counsel? | a Mr. Genzman. Mr. Chairman, we will have several more | $27 22 | questions after either you or any of the other Congressmen | € 2 have concluded with their questions, if you have any. uw no i Mr. Fithian. I have no questions on this segment of the: | . witness' testimony. Ww nr | ALDENSCh REPORTING COMPANY, ING. HW 54756 DBocld:322763406 Page 40
mr~28 1-39 | | Mr. Genzman. Mr. Tarasoff, do you have any independent | recollection of any other conversations involving Lee Harvey |. Ww | | Oswald which you dealt with other than the three documents | | 3 r ) we have been discussing today?- a | Mr. Tarasoff. If there were any conversations outside = Sj | ‘ # of this, I do not recollect. Ve) fe] = | Mr. Genzman. Do you have any recollection of any other & 7 , | ~ | subject matter which Oswald discussed in any conversation , S385 | x } other than the --- : 3 if : : a | Mr. Tarasoff. Personally, no. z 10. E i Mr. Genzman. Mr. Chairman, I have no further questions. | = od | 3 Mr. Sawyer. You answered as to whether you had any. = 12 | | e © | recollection of any other subjects that were discussed. You | 12.5 eh eae = f said, "Personally, no". Is there any significance to the |: ec ia | . | ef : word "personally"? Do you have information on it some other | & 1s 4 & way? eo 14 4 | > Mr. Tarasoff. Well, my wife thinks that there was another “ Wa i & | conversation, but I do not recollect it. G18 | | | & | Mr. Sawyer. Did she say what she thought it was about? | = : | Mr. Tarasoff. Pardon me? | = 20 | : 7 | Mr. Sawyer. Did she say what she thought the other con-| OSS ae ‘ e ’ “se | sversation was about? Mae 12 3: a3 | Mr. Tarasoff. She said there must have been another one, x | a much longer one than this.. © 3 | Mr. Sawyer. That is all I have. Thank you. ALDERSON REPORTING COMPANY, INC. HW 54756 DBocld:322763406 Page 41
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