x 4 \ ° "e wy EJL First Draft Page 28 ever attended twist parties at the Duran homes, Sshe=stetted ioeat she recalled Elena attending one twist party at da ve ted | Ruben' s home in 1963 when sie returned to Mexico from ‘France. (HSCA Staff Interview of Sylvia Triado Bazan, 6/6/70, p. 90, JFK, Document No. ) All the Durans denied that Lee Harvey Oswald had attended any party at one of their homes.- The Committee next | asked the Central ‘Intelligence Agency to PEoride 2 interviews" eel————_tannan | (June Cobb), along with-a-List-of we Tacs have tod fo ute lel Le other assets |that _might-heip—ciecr the Lee Harvey Oswald y Calvillo), trip to Mexico City. ( dicho The. Agency declined to aid the Committee. 4 ~4— azgeet The Committee decided to return to Mexico and attempt to locate the individuals. The Mexican govern- ment told the Committee that June Cobb Sharp received a tourist permit, number 72781, on June 27, 1947 when she entered Mexico through Nuevo Lareda She.asked, but was denied, permission to represent the magazine, Modern Mexico. On June 21, 1948, she received a courtesy permit, number 25556 She disappeared in 1954 and never returned to Mexico. (See Procedural Writeup Trip 2 Mexico City) The Jf £ bony . ; Committe nowsythe information is incorrect. (ms. June pel? bee 22 Ve [err Cobb was also in Mexico from 1961 through 1966. (CIA ) fle { aa. ae ov oe pt Dae C8 ost . . a 7 yur IR wv | An AY fred ws.
EJL First Draft Page 29 Jost Le cau? file 365, coos  Natae Luk Gau wha eee fRepo t, 1966. June Cobb File] 201 No. ) The Mexican government told the Committee that Manuel Calvillo did not live at Cu@htemoc 877-5 as the ‘Committee had stated. Their agents in charge had “spoken to the superintendent at the apartments for the past twenty-five years who said that no Manuel Calvtllo had ever” resided there. When Committee staffers gave the Mexican government Calvillo's pen name, the Mexicans gave the same answers. (See Procedural Write Mexico City Trip 2). The Committee is quite certain that Mr. Calvillo lives at this address since it acquired the address from a recent CIA a fa Lig ple On Tt vos mm aA S> | pe phil ood f ( Ae eo etree Tent The Committee believes that there is a possibility that the Mexican government received orders from the Central Intelligence Agency to not ata Tey (See: Procedural Write-Up Mexico City Trip 2). /The Committee did interview Noc W. Palomares who told the Committee that "Elena was bt . s@ brilliant that anything she imagéd became real." (See HSCA Staff Interview of Noc W. Palomares, 8/10/78, p. 1, JFK Document No. ws wre /< .
EJL First Draft Page 30 ment No. 10016) he publisher stated that Ms. Garro was living in the Hotel S.A.C.E. in Madrid, Spain. The Committee staffer telephoned the Hotel in Spain and spoke to the manager who told him that Ms. Garro had moved out. (HSCA Staff Contact Report, 7/7/78, JFK Document No. On July 14, 1978 a Committee staffer xecalled_her publisher aan + Sune told ham that—he—shoutd call the Mexican Embassy rT N Aevhwey in Madrid, Spain. 7 He’ stated that Sys her checks were Bm meg A ; 4 he Heypicar- Embeds Elena 2 Sef ne. sent” thexe because whe-wase SS" Sarancid_that—she did not i even trust her publisher with her address. (HSCA Staff i Contact Report, 7/14/78, JFK Document No. 9950) Kane Com- mittee staffer called the Mexican Embassy in Madrid, . Spain and spoke to Adolfo Padilla, an employee who stated : that when Elena visited the Embassy a couple of weeks of b< s retrieve one Bt “her } ! before to joieglemap a’ Checks she looked financially poor | #4 sta? ae itcpeet, ef: at af ret Center” Dacve’ He stated that when he asked Elena her new address she declined to give one, stating that she would return every few weeks to pick up checks and mail. The staffer left the Committee's number and a message asking Elena to tele- phone the Committee collect. (HSCA-Staff-Contact Report, 8/31/78, JFK Document Now ) On September 5, 1978, Elena Garro called the Committee staffer. When the staffer explained that the Committee wished to talk to her in person and would pay both her daughter's and her travel from Spain, Ms. Garro
iain ent anne nmeatertoomatlt rami rerum eb ht ides j- EJL First Draft Page 31 asked why she should believe the:staffer was who he claimed. The staffer asked Ms. Garro to call back collect in the next few days when he could explain to her when and-to whom she could go in-the American Embassy to pick up a letter from the Committee explaining when and why we wanted to see her. (HSCA Staff Contact Report, 9/5/78, JFK Document No. _) The letter was written and — or arrangements were made with the American Embassy in Spain so that Elena could-pick up e letter. (See attached letter: also, HSCA Staff Contact Report, 9/5/78, JFK Do- cument No. ) On September 7, 1978, Elena Garro called the ean The Committee staffer explained that the letter should _ 4+ J Committee staffer and asked when the letter would arrive. ste pe b> pe be picked up on Monday, September ll, 1978 from George es Phelan, the Counsellor for Consular Affairs at the Ameri- oo we can Embassy. Ms. Carro stated that she would pick up pie the letter and follow our suggestions. (HSCA Staff wo Contact Report, 9.7/78, JFK Document No. AY Ms. Garro never picked up the letter. (HSCA Staff i) Contact Report, 9/15/78, JFK Document No. ) ? 4°” stk The Committee, hoping she would pick up the letter before her flight date, proceeded to purchase tickets for both Elena and her daughter. (HSCA Staff Contact Report, 9/12/78, JFK Document No. ) Elena never picked
EJL First Draft Page 32 . ( . up the tickets at the airport. (HSCA Staff Contact Report, Fag 9/15/78, JFK Document No. )“ Committee never regained contact with her. fed a he prick out phd AL iLth, zl ne” PC, laf ph des _hAod Zao tT a Gh s gua Lea iy pein / -