APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1993 CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM In the course of the research effort leading to this general report, there were newspaper stories relating to the assassination of President Kennedy and to CIA. Some of these appear to have been based on specially designed stories emanating from the House Select Committee on Assassinations. At the time of their appearance they were the subject of comments prepared in CIA. These newspaper stories and the comments are attached. The following newspaper stories and commen ts are listed below: Tab G.1 Tab G.2 Tab G.3 Tab G.4 Tab G.5 Tab G.6 Tab G.7 Tab G.8 Jack Anderson column on 6 May 1977 alleging CIA activity in Dallas, Texas in 1963. Jack Anderson column on 20 January 1977 alleging that CIA is tied to a false Oswald story. Norman Kempster story on 1 January 1977 alleging that CIA withheld data on Oswald. Clare Booth Luce involvement with Cuban exiles. Ronald Kessler story on 26 November 1976 alleging CIA withheld details of Oswald tele- phone calls, with report on handling of documents. John Goshko story on 13 November 1976 alleging that Oswald told the Cubans of his plan to kill Kennedy. Tabloid Midnight story on 2 August 1976 regarding CIA and Castro. Washington Post story on 1 October 1976 concerning CIA consideration of possibly interviewing Lee Harvey Oswald in 1960.
14-00000 SUBJECT REFERENCE 1. Action Requested: 2. Background: 10 Hay 1977 Director of Central Intelligence Deputy Director of Central intelligence Jonn H. Waller Inspector General Jack Anderson 6 May 1977 Column Entitled "Odd CIA Activity in Dallas in 1963" OLC Memorandum for Director of Central Intelligence ~ OLC 77-1816 (attached) mixture of some fact and error. to have been leaked by someone connected with the House Select Committee on Assassinations. None, for information only. The attached Jack Anderson coluan At least portions of it seem is a 3. Factual information on matters covered in the article a. “Alpha 65 was an anti-Castro Cuban Exile follows: Organization. founders. Veciana contacted Antonio Veciana was one of its the Agency on three occasions for assistance in an assassination plot against Castro (December 1960; July 1962 and Aprii 1966). On each occasion he Agency had no responsibility Alpha 66. was turnad down. The for or sponsorship of
14-00000 “¢. Bishop with CIA in Dallas; newspapers in Qatlas. have tried to identify Bishop with our DCD rept sentative in Dallas, tone cording Anderson attempts to connect one Morr to our records, no Agency ofTicers ever used the name of Morris Bishop as an alias. fo one named Morris Bishop was ever employed by the Agency. e. visited The FBI identified the three men who Mrs. Odio. Lea Harvey Oswald was not one of them. The Warren Commission was satis- fied that Oswald could not have been in Dallas at the time of the visit.. Attachment - 1 Distribution: Original - Ln ee ee nS EP Oe er POO i O1G/J.L. Leader: . (long) . \- “ Jota i if John “W “Waller Director of Central Intelligence wiatt. Deputy Director of Central Intelligence w/att. Assistant to the Director (Public Affairs) w/att. Office of Legislative Counsel w/att. Office of General Counsel w/att. Executive Registry w/att IG Subject w/att. ! IG Chrono w/att. - _ J.L.Leader Chrono w/att..—~ aal °% a af MAO iy
14-00000 Oda CIA ‘The secret files of the Huusa Assax - sinations Committee contain reports of strange CLA activities in Dallas on the eve of the Joan F - Keaned y assassila-. tion, «i eS Credible witnesses” have confirmed our past reports that the accused assas-.~ ’ sin, Lee Barvay Oswald, was in touch: .. with antiCastro Cunans in Daas. Cne confidential report states that “in 1943,.. waid In Mexico City.” Oswald was seen leaving the Dallas of-:;:>- fice of Alpna 66." This was a Cuban commando group trained by the CLA. A Cuban CIA operstive, Antonio Va- ciana, also ‘told investigators that he . had been summoned to Dullas ia Ave. gust. 1583, by his CLA contact—a myste- rious man who went by the nama of Morris Bishop. States a coufideatial-. summary:. “When (Veciang) arrived,” Bishop was accorapaaind hy anoider .. yan, Lee Harvey Cawald.’’ Another wimess who impressed the” . investigators, Sylvia Odio, told them that two anti-Castro Cubans had intro- duced her to an American by the name | of Leon Oswald. Sha was told that Os- wald was trying “io convince anth Castro Cuban groups. . .t0 kill Presi- dent Kennady.” After the assassina- Sion, she recognized this American as Lee Harvey Oswald. . - The House investigators don’t really beliave that the CLA bad any part in the raurder of President Keonedy. More likely, they suspect ihe CIA may have irted to cover up some einbar- rassing contacts with Oswaid in Dallas. In any case, the CLA took pains to givet tha impression that Cawalil was in. sfaxteo City at the tinta tbut svirnesses claimed be was ‘Wealing. with the CLA gui ided Cutans ta Dalles. Verlana, # for exa izols, told ofa stranye cal) h2 t Acté _nedy was silled, contact af fer Ke “ Tae CLA man, norris Bishop, 23 asked Veciana to contact bis couyin, Buile lamo Rujez, woo worked for tae Cuban ceived from his cL A . embassy in Mexico City. Relates a con- fidential report “Veciana was to relay Bishop's. offer ‘to’ pay Rulez and his‘ wife to say that they had met with Cs ae ° vn ~ Be. re wald out of Dallas but would have "thrown suspicion on the Castro gov- | ernment. The ruse was later called off. instead, the CLA cited secret‘tapes aad photographs as evidence that Crvald had been tn touch with doth tha Cuban ; ‘and Soviet embassies in Maxico City. The CLA kept tapes of all phone calls : going in and out of the two embassies. Photograpes were ago taxea al every- one entering and saving these embas sie. On Oct..1, iS6 tha CLA notified - otnar US. embassies that “an Ameri. cau mmale, who identified himseif a3 Lea Cswald, contacted the Sovist E Emr basey in Mexico City.” Cswald was described in the cable. as “angroximately $3 years old, with an athletic build, about six feet tall, with 2 receding hairline! Tae ccuamittee iiles note that this “in no way phys catty resembies the Lee ilarvrey Os- ald accused cf assassinating Presh leat Keanedy.” — .. ‘ Tue CIA souzat photographs irom the: Aavy to comnace with £3 pho- tographs of Cawaid at the Soviet om- bassy. Declares a committee resort “These pactograpas, though obviously “net of tae correct Lee nrvey Cswaid, became the Warren Commission's ax- hibit 297. The CLA admitted that tacre This not only would 2 pave placed Cs: 2 had been 2 micup but bever cleared the matter up.” Lee : A CLA Witness has told commits eo ine vastivators, maanwaile, tant taa CLAS monitoring camera happened to dreak _ down on the day that Cawakd allegedly visitad the Soviet Embassy. Bub tha CIA jap on the Soviet Smoassy’s phone produced an alleged telephone cail ‘ frorn someone who identified aimsell as “Lee deary Oswald’: - The CLA -vitness claimed that 2h3 ac- tual voice recording of the teleahone conversation “waa destroyed in row tme destruction procedures approx mately one week after it was re ceived.” Yet more than seven wee'x3 later, the FRI claimed to nave heard the telethone coaversation that fae CiA said bad been destroyed. Ts rae FSI's judgaient was that the voice did not beong io Oswaid. : Wrote tae tate BI direetor J. Zdgar - " Fleover on Nov. 23, 1983: “Tha Central gienigence Agency ddvisail taai on | Oct. 1, 1933, an extremely sensitive § source had reported that an individual | ‘indentified bimseif 23 Lee Cawald, : who contacted the Soviet Embasvy ia: Piexica City inquiring 2% 40 GY Messe | ges.” “Snactal ag ‘ants of this burean, bo bave conversa wita Cswald in Dajlas, Tex, have chserved phclograpns of : the individual relerrad to above and | have ustened to a recerding of his | yolce. To ase special agants are of ae : eninion that the avovereferrad-to in dividual was not Lea tarvey Oswa2id" The Sousa investigators ate Davia - ning to wonder wheter the CLA com ; os:ted tha whole Cswald adventures & Mexico City in aa attemot to coneaai * is Feat 3 activiiies in Dabas,
. ee Lo. “ Cinta? UY CCC tA o-@ ee aie GUA (RISTORICAL- REVIEW PROGRAM LA/COG/021-77 MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Operations Chief, Latin America Division G SUBJECTS so: A. Jack Anderson 20 January 1977 Column Coe . Titled "CIA Tied to False Oswald Story” B. Identification of the Mr. X in the Anderson Column 1. The attached column, citing the testimony of a Mr. X, alleges that a CIA agent tried to link Oswald to Cuban intelli- gence officers in Mexico. There is, of course, no substance to the column's allegations. The column identifies the source as Mr. X because of attempts on his life, but subsequently gives enough information on Mr. X to establish his identity. 2. According to the Anderson column, Mr. X was first met by his CIA contact in Havana before relations with U.S./Cuba were severed. Mr. X had helped to organize bank accountants to eia- bezzle Cuban government funds to finance anti-Castro causes. Mr. X was reportedly recruited by a Morris Bishop (CIA contact), to ‘plan an attempt on Castro's life. The plan was to fire a bazooka from a nearby apartment building while Castro was deliver- ing one of his marathcon speeches. According to the Anderson column, the plot was discovered by Castro's police and Mr. X escaped to Miami. Mr. X also reportedly tried to assassinate Castro in Chile in 1971 in league with the Venezuelan Luis Fosada Carriles, who is now being detained in Caracas for the 6 October Cubana airline bombing. The Anderson column ends with the report that Mr. X worked for CIA until 1975 for expenses, but ‘was paid $253,000 in cash by Morris Bishop.when he was terminated. i. oy DY PT BENSITIVE [INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METUODS “ENVOLVED 7 aa - 2 ne PO ROS Fa Se E2 IMPDET of
14-00000 a 3, From the above description of Mr. X, it is reasonably ctear that Mr. X is Antonio Carlos VECIANA Blanch ggggiigesienszirss sea VECIANA, an assistant bank manager and past president of ublic accountants association in Havana, first contacted CIA in Havana. in December 1960 when he asked the COS, Ss , to help in an assassination plot against Castro. VECIANA dsked ~-/ .for visas for ten relatives of the four men asSigned to kill Castro,» and also requested four MI rifles with adapters for grenades plus eight grenades. The COS did not encourage VECIANA and subsequently checked. with an Embassy officer who reported that VECIANA had made similar "wild-eyed" proposals to him. On 23 November 1961 the Miami News published a report of an unsuccessful attempt by Antonio VECIANA to kill. Castro. VECIANA reportedly had arranged to assassinate Castro and.Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos on 5 October in Havana, but the bazooka he was using: failed to fire. 4. There has been no Agency ‘relationship with VECIANA. A POA, which was granted for his use in para-military affairs in January 1962, expired in November 1962. VECIANA was born on 4 October 1935 in Havana. He was a member of the People's Revo- lutionary Movement, an anti-Castro group. in Cuba during 1960-61, and was one of the founders of Alpha-66. A certified public accountant by trade, VECIANA was with A D: in La Paz in 1968-72. a cmmemaliee id. On 23 July 1962 . m was interviewed, at his request, by Mex=aikeerrsye Real from the: DCD New York office. VECIANA asked Reb to. arrange a meeting with a senior CIA officer to discuss Alpha-66's plans to assassinate Castro and to request CIA's assistance (U.S.$100,000; 10,000 Cuban pesos; 48 hand grenades). There is no indication that this request was ever acted upon by CIA. Crh “S. In April 1966 a beBivisioa officer, eas the dpheueitionimemees,.met VECIANA in New York City.’ meeting was arranged by a retired naval officer, aaa - who ‘had informed Chief, WH Division that he had information of valuc concerning Cuba. When @@marrived in New York City for the meeting, he was introduced @§QRuRMREEEEENT to VECIANA. He imnediately launched a discussion of the Cuban political situation and noted his strong ‘feeling that the only solution was the assassination of Castro. Bivised VECIANA that he was in no position to provide him with assistance or encourage him in an assassinution attempt and was only interested. in gathering information which he thought was the purpose of the meeting. VECIANA subsequently said that his roommate Felix ZABALA, a Cuban refugee, had excellent contacts in Havana. It was clear to (ge however, VECIANA was attempting to use ation Ny tially to get Agency financial support for his any A . : . “8 y . SECRET
14-00000 + ee VECTANA suggested that $50, O00 would be needed to get his awe # activities off the ground. indicated to VECTANA that he would look into the ZABALA matter and would probably arrange for ZABALA to be contacted in Puerto Rico. 6.- There:is no indication in the file that any Agency officer “in contact with VECIANA ever used an alias Morris Bishop. There is no Morris Bishop listed in true name in the DDO rolls. There was never any contractual relationship with VECIANA and he was not .paid CIA funds.’ 7. On 11 January 1977 a: sanitized copy of VECIANA's 201-file was made available to staffers from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, | sioned Attachment SECRE T
14-00000 °. Jt was ¢ arson an nal MG lysiery 7 BY A mystery witness has sworn ‘toc cone gressional inves‘izxtors that 2 Central telligence. Agency agent introduced + him to Lee: Harvey Oswald in Dailas _three months before Oswald gunned down President Joan F. Kaanedy. -. > The witness, whom we have agreed - to identify oniy ag Mr. X because of at- - The group held wecret meetings at - ; 9126 Boilandale in Dallas betors the as. “gassination. Not long after Keanedy * wag shot, a Dallas deputy sheriff was . told by an informant that Oswaid had SS Hariendale.” hir, 2s dramatic. testimony. “casts new ight on the story Syivi Cdio, . daughter of a wealthy opconent of Cu. "ban Premier Fidel Castro, told to the--- _ Killing, she related, she was visited in - her Dallas apartment by three men_ - who identitted themselves as frends | -Ofherfather, «= ‘One was introduced to ber 2 23 5 “Leow ” Oswald.” When she saw the picture & _ the newspapers of the man who h * shot Xennedy, she fainted from stock. the same Oswald, she was cer- ' tain, who nad visited her epartment. Congressional investigators have -- now learned that the fate J. Edgar ‘sHoover detiverately misled the War- ~ : ren Commission about Odio’s mystart- ” ous visitors. She was such a persuasive - Witness that the commission staf? was . preparing to investigate her story thoroughly. Stalf members even speculated, ace . cording ia one internal memo, that the . LD). _ temots of his life, is the founder of a- : : Cuban terrorist group teat ‘Worked ' clesely with the CLA.. been associating with some Cubans at. FBL Two montks before the Seanedy °- THE WASHINGTON POST > anti-Castro forces might have re - eruited Oswald, a knew 0; ‘Pro-Castro_ activist toxil Kennedy. - . “The motive on this” statas the me “mo, “would of course be the exoecta- ‘thon ihat altar the President was - Killed, Oswald would de caught or at ? least his idantity ascertained; the law.. . enforcement authoritiss and the pub." : He would then blame the assassinatica . on the Castro government and the call Wedneslay, January 29, 1977 Witness | in J3 FK Inquiry’ . for 2 forceful overthrory would hei irre-.~. +, sistible.” vores - But Hoover ‘abruptly blocked: “this “line of inquizy by notifying the War- rea Commission on Sept. 21, 1564, that _ . the FBI had Iecated and identified “But the most explosive ‘deve! ‘opment. oor . is Mr 3's statement that he met Os. eli ‘ing whether ke had known about it in : advance or had merely been guessing. how Kennedy would die. Theat thers rab ble rouser added snowiagiy that Ken-7- 3+": nedy “knows he isa marked man.” -. 07 97 Milteer later admitted to the FBII+q that he had been in-Dallas in June -:3" 1963, but denied having any knowl”. 9.:- edge of the Kennedy assassination, However, the informant told the FBI. that he asked Milteer after the saoot-=. - “tT don't do any guessing.” replied 1 Mik. ‘wald in the company of a CLA agent.-: @:-: .. Gdie’s callers. He named them as .. “Loran Hall, Lawrence Howard and. .. William Seymour, all anti-Coastroites. ~ Hoover even suggested that Odio could: _ have confused the names “Loran Hall” a and “Leon Cswald.”. ‘Now the congressicnal investigators. . have uncovered evidence that ali three : ‘ denied visiting the. Odio apartment --: ‘and that the FBI had obtained their-: _deniais before Eoover wrote his letter ‘to the Warren Coumnission. The investigators have alse obtained the tape of a fascinating conversation, - . predicting two weeks in adv-nce that Kennedy would be shot “from an off- - . dee, , building wita a high-powered ri- . fle.” The prediction was made by the - late Joseph’ Miteer, a right-wing rab- . Mr. X on how he could be sure that . man was Oswald. bir. X replied, ae: "i\.cosding to the memo,:that he had’: learned “how to retain the character-+: ble rouser, who also Aappened to have close connections with antiCastro leaders. 9, 1963, in Miami by an FBI informant ; harmed Willie Somersett, who turned - the tape over to the F3I the next day. was .-- The conversation was taved on Nov.: ° . cluded that “his er sedibility is strength-- 5 ° ened by the d2tails he provides consist. a _, The agent ‘was accompanied by a man" : " whom Dir. X later recognized.as Ken-r’ oe - nedy’s killer. oa ios. __ Milteer is heard on the tape describing . Congressional investigaters questioned : 4-2" the mystery ‘witness cleseiy on three 97: Separate occasions. They finally con-~ ent with what he told us before. Slenif.: icantiy, he remains very strong on the. . Oswald sighting.” . *. The encounter occurred Ina downe: ‘. town Dallas building, where Mr. X nad. #-, an appointment with his CLA contact, : “When he saw it was Oswald that’ : killed Kennedy,” the investigators ra. “. ported in a confidential memo, “he'. 4: vearly freaked out, but he never said ar be anything.” — on: Soe The investigators tried to pin down oo ics of a person; he had trained himself" q-°). to do that. And if it wasn’t Oswald, it. th. was someone who was eactly like Ce ger, ‘wald, his exact double. oe ee ci tment y wher we om 6 as? ww Lhe wesad co aa: oe
14-00000 Co ereeTy 10 January 1977 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Counterintelligence Staff FROM | CI' Operations Group SUBJECT : Article by Norman Kempster Appedring in the Los Angeles Times of 1 January 1977 and Entitled "CIA Withheld Data on Oswald'' (copy attached) In light of the inaccurate and misleading statements attributed by Kempster to Sprague, the following comments are offered in rebuttal. a. "The CIA withheld from the FBI for almost two months in 1963 information that ee Tarvey Oswald had talked with Cuban and Soviet officials is desire to visit those countries Comment: Oswald's name did not surface in Mexico City until 1 October 1963 when a hitherto unknown male tance! the Sovise Embassy. Pont eomtgLophnone-Cakeyetiic' cetber identi- fied himself as "Lee Oswald." On 8 October 1963, the Mexico — City Station cabled to Headquarters ‘the highlights of the transcript of the conversation. (1) On 1 October 1963, an American male who - spoke broken Russian and said his name was Lee Oswald (phonetic), stated he was at the Soviet Embassy on 28 September when he spoke with a consul whom he believed to be Valeriy Vladimirovich Kostikov. Oswald asked the Soviet guard Ivan Obyedkov, -whe~anrswered, if there was anything new regarding a telegram to Washington. Obyedkov upon — checking said nothing had been received yet, but the request had been sent. (2) Mexico Station said it had photographs of a male who appeared to be an American entering the Soviet Embassy at 1216 hours, leaving at 1222 on | - 1 October. His apparent age was 35, athletic a build, about six feet, receding hairline, balding top. Wore khakis and sport shirt. £ i ‘etl meine ee
14-00000 ~_w meee -- 2 -- _ (3) No local dissemination was being made by ' the Station. [MEXI 6453 (IN 36017), 8 October. ] (Note: Cablese has been rendered here into readable English, without substantive changes or omissions. Cryptonyms and pseudonyms have been omitted or put into clear text.) ' The above information was received in Headquarters on 9 October; the following day Headquarters incorporated this information in an electrical dissemination to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of State, the Department of the Navy, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. (1) On 1 October 1963 a reliable and sensitive source in Mexico reported that an American male who identified himself as Lee Oswald, contacted the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City inquiring whether the Embassy had received any news concerning a telegram which had been sent to Washington. The American was described as approximately 35 years old, with an athletic build, about six feet tall, with a "receding' hairline. (2) It is believed that Oswald may be identical to Lee Henry [sic] Oswald, born on 18 October 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana, a former U.S. Marine who defected to the Soviet Union in October 1959 and later made arrangements through the United States Embassy in Moscow to return to the United States with his Russian-born wife, Marina Nikolaevna Pusakova [sic] and their child. (3) The information in paragraph (1) is being disseminated to your representatives in Mexico City. Any further information received on this subject will be furnished you. This information is being . Made available to the Immigration and Naturalization - Service. [DIRECTOR 74673, 10 October 1963. ] (Note: It should be pointed out that for some unknown reason the Headquarters desk responsible for making the dissemination neglected to include the information that Oswald had visited the Soviet Embassy on 28 September 1963.) It was not until 22 November 1963, when the Station initiated a review of all transcripts of telephone calls to the Soviet Embassy
14-00000 te | - Le that the Station learmed that Oswald's qali~te the Soviet Embassy on 1 October 1963 was in connection with his request for a visa to the USSR. Because he wanted to travel to the USSR by way of Cuba, Oswald had also visited the Cuban Embassy in an attempt to obtain a visa allowing him to transit Cuba. Inasmuch as Oswald was not an investigative responsibility of the CIA and because the Agency had not received an official request from those agencies having investigative responsibility requesting the Agency to obtain further information, the Station did nothing other than ask Headquarters on 15 October 1963 for a photograph of Oswald. ([MEXI 6534 (IN 40357), 15 October 1963. ] On 25 October 1963, Headquarters sent a request to the Department of the Navy for a photograph of Oswald. [DIRECTOR 77978, 24 October 1963.] It was not until 26 November 1963, however, that the Navy Department apparently responded to this request by sending directly to the Mexico City Station a photograph of Oswald. In response to a question from the Warren Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on 6 April 1963 stated that: "The investigation of Oswald in 1963 prior to receipt of the Central Intelligence Agency commmication dated 10 October 1963 was directed toward the primary objective of ascertaining the nature of Oswald's sympathies for, and connection with, the FPCC (Fair Play for Cuba Committee) or subversive elements. The Central Intelligence Agency commmication which reported that a man, tentatively identified as Oswald, had inquired at the Soviet Embassy concerning a telegram which had been sent to Washington did not specify the nature of the telegram. This contact with the Soviet Embassy interjected a new aspect into the investigation and raised the obvious questions of why he was in Mexico and exactly what were his Yelations with the Soviets. However, the information available was not such that any additional conclusions could be drawn as to Oswald's sympathies, intentions . OY activities at that time. Thus, one of the objectives 'of the continuing investigation was to ascertain the nature of his relations with the Soviets considering the possibility that he could have been recruited by the Soviet Intelligence Services. The Central Intelligence Agency commmication, dated 10 October 1963, stated that any further information received concerning Oswald would be furnished and that our liaison repre- sentatives in Mexico City were being advised. On aaa IE lal
14-00000 rrr a w= 4 -- 18 October 1963, one of our FBI liaison repre- sentatives in Mexico City was furnished this infor- mation by Central Intelligence Agency and he arranged . follow-up with Central Intelligence Agency in Mexico City for further information and started a check to establish Oswald's entry into Mexico. Subsequent to the assassination, Central Intelligence Agency also advised us of Oswald's contact with the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City at the time of his visit there." (Commission Exhibit No. 833 (FBI Letter to J. Lee Rankin, dated 6 April 1964).] b. "Chief Counsel Richard A. Sprague said that the committee staff had learned that a CIA message des- cribing Oswald's activities in Mexico to federal agencies such as the FBI had been rewritten to elimi- | nate any mention of his request for Cuban and Soviet visas. The message was sent in October, more than a month before the November 22,1963 assassination.” Comment: It is not CIA practice to disseminate raw information in the form it is received from the field. Field reports are received in Headquarters where they are first reviewed by the action desk. The information is then written in a form suitable for dissemination to the intelligence commmity, including additional information, . if available, from the Agency's central counterintelligence files ‘ to make the report more meaningful to the recipient(s). Upon learning that on 1 October 1963 an American identifying himself as Lee Oswald had telephoned the Soviet Embassy, the Mexico City Station cabled to Headquarters on 8 October 1963 the highlights of Oswald's conversation with the Embassy. Because the Station at that time did not know that Oswald was Lee Harvey Oswald and that he had come to Mexico to apply for visas to the Soviet Union and Cuba, the Station reported only that information obtained through telephone © tap operation against the Soviet Embassy. On 10 October 1963, the day after it received the information relating to Lee Oswald and his contact with the Soviet Embassy, | -Headquarters incorporated this information in an electrical dissemi- nation to the commmity and included a brief summary of biographic information obtained from central counterintelligence files on the possible identity of Lee Oswald. Since Headquarters had no indi- cation before 22 November that Oswald had gone to Mexico to apply for Cuban and Soviet visas, there was no question of eliminating any
14-00000 mention of Oswald's request for such visas. Within its limitations and capabilities, Mexico Station had complied with the Agency regulations pertaining to reporting on Americans abroad. The Station had informed Headquarters which in tum had alerted those agencies with an investigative or policy interest in Oswald as an American in the United States. Headquarters also instructed the field station to inform the local representatives of those agencies. As mentioned above, the action desk in Headquarters neglected, for unknown reasons, to include the fact that Oswald had visited the Soviet Embassy on 28 September 1963. Had this information been included it would have indicated to recipients of the report that Oswald had more than a fleeting reason to be in contact with the Embassy; however, as already stated, the reason for the 28 September contact and the subject of the telegram to Washington were, at that time, unknown. c. The CIA's decision to withhold information was reversed shortly after Kenn y_was killed. Comment: This statement is patently false and misleading. It is totally incompatible with Sprague's remarks to Agency representatives in Headquarters on 24 November 1976, i.e., "he will not prejudge the Agency for any sins of 'omission or commission’." d. "Spra told a press conference that it was impossible without more information to know why the CIA nat censored its own message.' Comment: If Sprague needed more information, why did he not ask the Agency for an explanation, instead of making it appear to the public that the Agency has been dishonest in its dealings with the intelligence commmity? ; e. "But he said the incident raised two interestin questions: what mgt the other agencies have done ct erently 1 ey nad been more lly intormed, and . why did the CIA decide to remove ‘information that was cons idered pertinent enough to be put in an initial raft of the message’ Comment: As already mentioned, the Agency did not know initially why Oswald was in contact with the Soviet Embassy in October 1963.
14-00000 orate: Cy tie tet 6 =-- § -- It was only after the news of the assassination had reached the Station that the Station initiated a review of its holdings. As a result of this review, the Station learned that Oswald had also Visited the Cuban Embassy and that Oswald's contacts with the two embassies were in connection with his desire to travel to the Soviet Union by way of Cuba. As to what "other agencies" might have done had they had more information, attention is drawn to the FBI's comment in response to the Warren Commission's question. According to the FBI's response, some investigation had been initiated on or about '18 October in Mexico. By the 25th of October, FBI headquarters had informed its field office in New Orleans ''that another Agency had determined that Lee Oswald was in contact with the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City in the early part of October 1963.'' The New Orleans field office in turn informed the Dallas office which had juris- diction over Oswald's place of residence. (For further detail, see IV H 447 and 459.) There was, however, no request, official or otherwise, from any of the responsible departments and agencies in Washington for further details as to Oswald's presence in Mexico and his reasons for contacting the Soviet Embassy. f£. "The committee said its staff investigators had recently questioned a former CIA agent who had "personal knowledge’ of Oswald's visits to the Soviet and Cuban embassies in Mexico. As a result of that interview, the report said, staff members were sent to Mexico, where they found an questioned additional witnesses." Comment: Sprague's characterization "a former CIA agent'' is probably in reference to David Phillips. The latter's "revelations" to staff investigators (and also to Ronald Kessler) were unfortunate to say the least, in that they were inaccurate, so far as we know. There is no indication in the Oswald files that Oswald wanted to make a deal with the Soviets in retumn for a free trip to the USSR. fhe g. '' 'These witnesses had never been sought out before by any investigative body, notwithstanding the fact that they had important information concernin Statements by Lee Harvey Oswald in Mexico within 60 days of the assassination of President Kennedy,' the report said."
14-00000 -- 7 -- Comment: If "these witnesses" include people 1t would be impossible, at this time, to make an appropriate comment. The fact remains, however, that if Sprague had obtained additional details, he should hold such information and not make it public until the Agency has had a chance to review it and comment. There are many examples in the Oswald files of statements made by people claiming to have knowledge of Lee Harvey Oswald which have been proven to be fabrications. One such person was Gilberto Nolasco Alvarado Ugarte who, on 26 November 1963, came to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City. He claimed he had been in the Cuban Consulate in Mexico City on 18 September 1963 when a man he later recognized to be Lee Harvey Oswald received $6,500 in cash to kill an important person in the United States. After thorough investi- gation by Mexican authorities, the Mexico City Station, and the FBI, it was concluded that Alvarado had completely fabricated his story about Oswald. ggraieden 5 ui heise ste ie eae sega Attachment
14-00000 om a 32 Ses, e, one wee . ¥ of ge. es q . en Withheld at Assassinations Panel-+- 3 BY NORMAN REWPSTER «23 Te WASHINGTON—The’ CLA. with-": held:from: the ‘FBI for almost two. - Snanths'in 1963 information that Lee Harvey Oswald-had talked with Cu-".: ban and Soviet.officials about his de- size to visit these countries, a House ‘eamimilttee reported Friday-4© 722% i ‘s¢ The Select Committee on Assassin~.. ‘ations indicated in.a report ta the full ; "Hose that its investigation .of the- -xaurder of President John F. Kennedy. . “would focus early in 1977 on a trip . ‘Oswald had made-to"Mexico City im : , Octoher; 1963. wr8. ities emf. Pe ie *-? Counsel Ric ASpregue . Sagat the: committee staff hed - ‘Jearned‘that a CIA message describ- * fing: Oswald’s activities in Mexico to sfederal-egencies such.as,the FBI haa _ been rewritten to eliminate any mene...’ “tion. of his request for Cuban arid So= aviet-visas. The message: was. sent: in October, more than a month before.’ éthe-Nov. 22, 1963, assassination... “7=*~ 2:'The CLA discovered Oswald's. pre-~- Jsence cat.the ‘embassies: through its* > routine surveillance.of those facilities. j Beczizs2 Oswald had once ‘defected to athe Soviet Union, the CLA and Far Rhea" heen interested in his activities, 23 Issues Report to House Cee o Reg “oe oon" ee se eee a: 7 ‘Pes, ml a . oo e even. pefore the. Kennedy:assassimé~: ae do exp We yet ar grr) ‘ante OP te of Se ee ete ae ey oe Be ee aai srs decision to within Keb ed Sos eo “decision to withheld in-" *Foqaation was reversed shortly after | pRescedy.was kiled.. The agenty-re-: sported Oswald's efforts to-visit Cuba. ‘yencthe Soviet, Union.both to the FBL | _- committee and to roe we hk eee a er 1 January 1977-- - aoe dF and to the Warren Commission, which con- eluded that Oswald was the assassin and had acted alone. 7S res _+ Sprague told “was impossible without more information . * o know why the CLA had censored its own. nessage. at | -* But he said the incident raised two inter~ a press conference that it “said. - asting, questions: what might the other. : Ima igencies have done differently if they had seen more fully informed and why did the " @-pistict of Columbia's congréssional dele- gate and the chairman of the King subcom- maittee’ said that no decision had been made _ onaccepting Ray's offer.--. 27." + f° + Hopsvever, Sprague indicated that it prod-. ably would be accepted. 2 "7+ at ey " “Any and all people who have relevent information will be interrogated .” Sprague a personal statement issued.in co2- junction withthe report, Rep. Henry’3., Gonzalez (D-Tex.), who is to become com- ‘SIA decide to remove-“information ‘that “mittee chairman in the new year; sald @ was considered pertinent enough to be put thorough investi ‘. There were ‘no firm conclusions in the *, & "report, ‘which the 12-member committee -to discover whether cr after the first three months of its-.; : investigation inta the murders of Kennedy , val sand civil rights: Jeedéer Drs-Martin Luther vvestigation "King ten ih Ue Sit ST UeF GEE eb sk However, Technically: thé: coninittee-goes ‘out of :.2varie could go well " pusiness Tuesday, with the end of the ses~ . Kennedy and Kin sion of Congress in, which it swas-formed. - The purpose of the year-end report was to ‘urge the new .- . . ° give it.$6.5,million to pay forget -for the first year of whet could be a two-'* narrow escapes, 26 “year investigation.” ti #738385" . 2 rT vestig meas ee, Temp GL aiairget  thab the .C mbed. ment, the committee has initiated prelim ° inary investigations into new and pre- evicusly wnpursued leads in both. assassina-. tions,” thereportsaid. -<* % bag OS ET >" Phe committee said its staff investigators - “had recently “questioned a: former 2 -agent-who had “personal knowledge’. of . Osvwrald’s, visits‘to, the Soviet and Cubam’ - embassied in Mexico: As 2 result of thatin~ | terview; the: report’ said,, staff. members: were sent to Mexies,. were they found and “questioned additional witnesses. aa Seria =." “These witnesses had never been souzhtd - out belore-by- any investiga ive kody, note-| - syithstanding the fact that tuey nad impor</! ay i" iS ae ian a tead . Spih months since its’establish~. 3: #aaty bce ot Met's em te Re dant taformation concerning statements bz* “Lee Harvey: Oswald in Mexico ‘within-60- days of the assassination of President Ken~ mnedy,” the reportsaid; “5, S273 Sv f> . :" The report said also that the committee staff had interviewed a person wno,essert- “ed that he had discussed the King murder | swith Jamed Fark Ray, wha pleaded guilty | to the crime. The unidentified witness said ‘ that Ray had told him about contacting an ‘associate in Europe to receive. further in- »structions. The story, which was told tore- porters by a committee member: several reeks ago, bas not been verified. y-3."5 ! na letter to New York Times columnist “Anthony Lewis, Ray offered this week to testify under oath at a committee hearing. Tr Genes aa Wafer FL Panny i he P dbbeamo um Fw pet * “The committee can'shed light on the larger issue of political murder and vi- : Congress to reestablish the olence,” -Gonzalez said. “We should net ; ‘that President, Ford had his. own cia) sks tdghould face 4 ie] 2 2 6 Ce a tale os. os +": He. said the committea’s ultimate task _-was."to find out not just what happens | but why.” "3.543252 Se gation was needed:to ane Sey . alez seid that the committed Hoped ‘ former FBI Director J.. -Régar Hoover's now. well-known animost- ty toward King had affected the FBI's in- of the assaSsination: 57... . Gonzalez said, the committee's heyond.the killings cf prep SORE ye CS SS Fos member of the House pitol 7 Building; wes Raby SEG ost WeJ.sore Beh ee yo. oe Gt aps of, iv ay Fea ‘im an initial draft of the message?” 34. l ser huridreds af pressing questions... anata deren astnninnecoetetiennnencanattnanima asta heen etnsnrannnrrstamataroaapran at a en 1 . wernt tata i OM
14-00000 4 appRovED FOR SELEGTIONS eased DEEERAS CIA HISTORICAL Agta Rrreby inte ates MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence ran tt 3 on VIA : Deputy Director of Central Intelligence FROM : John H. Waller Inspector General SUBJECT - President Kennedy Assassination - Mrs. Luce Story 1. Action Required: None; for information only. 2. Background: In 1975, Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce telephonically informed Director William Colby of support she had rendered to certain Cubans who were conducting their own independent operations against the Castro Government in 1961] and 1962. Mrs. Luce stated that she and Mr. William Pawley, an American financier long associated with the Dominican Republic, helped finance a motorboat for three Cubans. The three Cubans, concurrently, were members of a CIA supported Cuban exile organization. After the 1962 missile crisis, all resistance groups against Castro were ordered to cease operations. At this time, Mrs. Luce and Mr. Pawley also ceased their financial support. In 1963, very shortly after the assassination of Presicent Kennedy, the Cuban captain of the motorboat, which Mrs. Luce helped to subsidize, phoned Mrs. Luce to inform her that "Oswald was a hired gun". She, in turn, informed him to tel] all to the FBI. At the behest of Director Colby, Mrs. Luce passed the story on to Senator Richard Schweiker, chairman of the subcommittee investigating the Warren Commission Report A version of the information was given to columnist Betty Beale and was published in the Washington Star on 16 November 1975 (attached). A staff member of the Senate Select Committee, on 10 December 1975, inquired as to what the Agency thought of the story. The Agency oral response was that it had nothing to add to the news- paper story and that since this query involved U.S. resident Cuban refugees, the FBI would be the proper agency to contact.
14-00000 The transcripts were received by CIA's Inspector General on 22 December 1976 from Mr. Colby's secretary. At the suggestion of the Inspector General, the Office of Security sent copies of the transcripts and a background note to the Federal Bureau of Investi- gation in January 1977. We donot know whether the FSI passed this information to the House Select Committee on Assassinations. This story is summarized here for your background in the event that it should be replayed by the press as a result of releases which may be made by the House Assassination Subcommittee. - While it is not a new story, the actual CIA transcript of Mrs. Luce's conversation with Mr. Colby could be considered newsworthy and could be presented in a manner detrimental to CIA. John’ & Waller Attachment: a/s ec: Asst. for Public Affairs w/att _ Mr. H. Hetu = Distribution: - Original - Addressee w/att. - oct w/atts " ~ Asst. for PA/Mr. Hetu w/att. I - ER w/att.- -- fatt vT - Subject (Task Force) w/att. ~ IG Chrono w/o att. ) wa J.L.Leader Chrono w/o att. OIG/J.L.Leader:aal {
ya and wh “ gematian they came out with was remarkably accu- ne day in the latter part of October, Clare Luce re- ed a call from Sen. Richard Schweiker, R.-Pa., ‘eran of the subcommittee investigating the War- Cormmission Report. He wanted her to persuade .e Cubans she had known — Cubans wha had known ; ‘Harvey Oswald — to testify before his comeaittee. :, Luce’s efforts to locate the Cubans led to a same- | it bicodcurdling warning. But let her tell the story ; n the beginning. ; ; The year is 1961, a year of great American; ima,” she began her narration to recent dinner : sts in her aqua-colored Watergate apartment. “Tl -a friend named Bill Pawley who was brought up in ho was Truman’s ambassador to Peru and © zil. 1 got to Know Bill very well in India and China [ | ara he had built up a voluntary outfit called The | ‘ing Tigers. Bill was also called in by the CIA to re- | it Cubans for the Bay of Pigs operatian. Afterwards | was a very unhapoy man. 8 eS ‘One day he called me up and said, ‘How would you. > to get in on the Cuban Flying Tiger operation?’ He ; iin mind 2 fleet of moterzoats subsidized by Ametis | 1s and manned by Cubans who had been in the Bay :- Pigs operation — all these young kids who had been. anded after the Bay of Pigs. . . ‘| said, ‘Fine.’ So I heipad to finance a motorboat. @ three lads who manned mine came up to see me. reral times. They would leave the coast of Florida 4 land in Cuba and come out with information. The ‘a— that the Russians were building missile sites in ba. 1 was told that the information was eventually | t to Sen. Ken Keating and was passed on to the | tite House. You remember what an impression it ide and how accurate it was. “THEN CAME THE MISSILE showdown. Soon after » showdown I got a telephone call from Allen Dulles , ying the Neutrality Act had been invoked and all, nericans must cease and desist in any furthar efforts wards the liberation of Cuba. Of course, we Gesist- 2 her husband H rry (Henry) New York apartment listen- - — re 9 years later she and ware Sitting in thetr ce ti 2 to the televised reports of President Kennedy's Sassinatisn whem arcund mildnight she received a oa ry e - 4 a ; ROTA T ATF irae Pascimatii ion : _ phone call from New Orleans. “It was the captain of my motorboat,” said Clara, “A young man not more, - than 25, a young studant lawyer. He said, ‘tirs. Luce; I; want to tell you about Oswald.’ ; er “He said that immediately after the 1961 missile : showdown, FBI men had ceme to Miami and told the Cubans to break up all resistance groups and disperse. ‘He and the other two members of his crew had moved to New Orleans where they startad another ‘Free Cuba” grouo. They had been there a year and a half _ when who made contact with them but Oswald! “The Cubans all thought he was a kcok. Oswald ‘bragged about having been in Russia and said he was an ex-Marine. He said he could shoot anybady and he “would be happy to shoot Castro. He had no money, he was living with his wife in New Crizans and it loaked like he was presenting himself as a hired gun. They didn't like the cut of his jib so they turmed_him off. But they followed him and found he was in a Fair Play for Cuba Communist cell to whose members he was giv- “ing the same line. oO “And I remember this from the telephone conversa- ; tion — Oswald was telling the call that he could shoot anyone, including the secretary of the Navy. The Free Cubans continued to tall him and found that suddenly he had money, and he started going to Mexico City. He mad2 several trips. They continued their penetration of the Cuban Communist cell. He said they mace tape recordings of some of Oswald’s meetings and thay had . taken photographs of h etty Beale _ ar nearecamncenment ff + autos me ¢ om im distriouting handbills for the ’ Fair Play unit. The next thing they knew President ’ Kennedy was shot.” _ “TEE YOUNG CUBAN WHO called me,” continued former Ambassador Luce, “said thal there was @ Cuban Communist assassination team working some- where — in Dallas, New-Orlezns or wherever —I don't” remember, and that Oswald was their hired gun. Os-. _wald, he said, had tried to report the Communist plans to the FBI some time before the assassinati cause he was out for the dowgn they ci ination. But ba-: ‘r hel bad Re as 3 at ~ iave hira. : _ > seninued: 1 - |. | { wee gece ore mrmnnh mentee te 6 me eiarieaemengamenormeammtntmt a Yet er Serum acm 8
[ swscose that the FBI must hear from a thousand >  cracknets’ a week. a Lee - 0 _. Inany event, on the telephone my young friend told me that they had these tape recordings of Oswald and shotographs and what should they do? I said, ‘Go to the FBi and tell them everything you krow.’ That nav- ing been said 1 put the whole thing out of my mind, Comes the Warren Commission and says Oswald alone was resconsible and I forgot the whole matter. - - “Then, in 1967, 2 fellow named Jim Garrison, dis- -rict attorney in New Orleans, hit the headlines charg- ing that the assassination was a conspiracy. At that moment I was reminded of the information I had re-" ceived and I began to wonder whether or not the Warren Commission had got all the facts. I coulda’t remember the names of the Cubans but I finally locat- ed one cratvman who was living in Miami asked him what hagpened after he went to the FSI. an “Be said, ‘We turned over copies of everything. Ve - were then told.to keep our traps shut and that we would o2 deported if we said anything publicly.’ He said one of the crew was deported to Guatemala, and one was murdered — stabbed in front of a store. 3 ~ eEGTETR INFORMATION, HE SAID, never appeat-— ed in the Warren Commission report. He said, ‘f am married now, I live in Miami and 1 don’t want-to get - e involved initevaragain” " - 2 ts . When Sen. Schweiker made his request of Clare ‘Luce less than three weeks ago, she telephoned anath- , er Cuban friend to see if he could locate and persuade the young man to testify behind closed doors. Replied the oidar Cuban, if the testimony was behind 13 closed doors it would still become public. 2-2 <0 “Americans thiak they are playing games,” he told her. ‘They don't know they are involyed in a life or ceath business. No, I won't tell you where he can be found. Tne people working for a free Cuba would lose their lives. A lot of them have already. They are nat interested in making political headlines for politicians. You think the Bay of Pigs, the nuclear missiles, the assassination of the president was the end of the story? .Ltell pou itis just the beginning. What you Americans don’t understand fs, there are trained Communist ter- - rorists, assassination, kidnapping, bombing and sabo- “tage teams all over the country and the world.” . « again and! . . Z “* ".. Clare B >. “A year of great American trauma.” - The very day atter that conve: cothe Luce = Wide Werld Photos *, ‘s, rsation, observed seneee cee, capone emer at ta Ee . Clare gravely, bombs went off at the State Depart: ment here, ai the U.S.-U.N. mission and four banks in: New York and at three places in Chicago. And close to; the same hour she was recounting the whole fascinal _ing story to her guests ‘ leader was exploded into. o bits in his car in} Taam bbe a Cubana, anti-Communist: t
14-00000 Lo UALLASSLGICY Lo USE ONLY LJ SUATIUENI ral Lj 266act ‘a ; _. + { UTING AND RECORD Sh UT - SUBJECT: (Optional) ‘| EXTENSION NO. Inspector General | 6565 : - INITIALS RECEIVED | FORWARDED r oar 6 January 1977 " COMMENTS (Number each commen? to shaw from vhom | to whom. Oraw a line geross caluma after each comment.) TO: (Officer designation, room number, and ” building) 7 . LYO SUBJECT: Attached Transcripts The OLC and the IG concur that the attached transcripts should be provided to the FBI. A blind memo is also attached. i ° It is requested that the 0/S Poff pass the package to the FBI. 4, | TS. Boch Director of Security . . Son oo _ John H. Waller OLC ATTN: Lyle Miller ce 610 tine’ (] SECRET © [[] CONFIDENTIAL INTERNAL =] «UNCLASSIFIED
14-00000 6 January 1977 MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Transcripts of October 1975 Telephone Conversations a Between Director Colby, Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce and Mr. Justin McCarthy 1. Attached herewith are transcripts of two telephone conversations between Director William Colby and.Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce, and one between Director William Colby and Mr. Justin McCarthy. The conversations took place in October 1975 and discuss Mrs. Luce's concern that certain infor-~ mation, from a former boat captain, a Cuban refugee, regarding the Presi- dent Kennedy assassination, reached the proper authorities. While the information in these transcripts have been provided to investigating authorities, they may be of some assistance to the House Select Committee on Assassinations as it investigates various allegations. 2. The transcripts were received by the Agency Inspector General’ on 22 December 1976. The transcript of the 25 October 1975 conversation was typed by Ms. Barbara Pindar on the same day. The other two transcripts were typed by Ms. Pindar on 21 December 1976 from her stenographic records while clearing out the remainder of Director Colby's files. Ms. Pindar was Mr. Colby's secretary during his Directorship. 3. A version of the telephone conversation transcript was published in the Washington: Star on 16 November 1975 (attached). A staff member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on 10 December 1975, inquired as to what the Agency thought of the story. The Agency oral response was that it had nothing to add to the newspaper story and that since this . query involved U.S. resident Cuban refugees, the FBI would be the proper agency to contact.
14-00000 4. The attached transcripts indicate that the matter was brought to the attention of Senator Schweiker and The Federal Bureau of Investigation. (Telephone conversation between Director Colby and Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce on 25 October 1975, pages 2 and 3). Attachments: a/s
ae me te -~, —_ Review Staff: — 75/3637 - Date 10 December 1975 TO |. : CIA Task Force oe FROM: The Review Staff, Walter Elder SUBJECT : SSC/HSC Request e RECEIVED: Date ___ Time - . eer, * ’ ~£ “ . Paul Wallach, SSC: staff, asks what we think of, the --actached. ~ He is not writing a formal request and will ' be ‘satisfied with an oral reply. — et ey APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1°83 CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM - Comments: | “" Ketion - Info.
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14-00000 . oe Selephone Conversation B.. yeen Mr. Colby and Mrs. Cla’ ‘Boothe Luce at 12:40 on Saturday, 25 October 1975 (from steno notes of Barbara Pindar ~ “transcribed the same day) . .CRPPROVED FORREREASE1993 Mrs. Luce: I have a big problem, CUAAUSTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM rather deeply involved during and after the Bay of Pigs, and up to the time of the missile crisis, with a group called the (Directorate Revolutionario Estudiante; Note: the spelling of that is just a guess), the DRE. Whether you know this or not, it was me who fed the missile stuff to Keating. I knew a number of these leaders well; they were going in and out of Cuba, and I paid for one of the motor boats. Bill Pawley did too. We thought we were doing another Flying Tiger. The missile crisis came, and I gota telephone call from Allen telling me that the Secrets Act had gone into effect and that henceforth there would be no voluntary American efforts. That ended that, and I don't know what I was doing -~ maybe I went back to Arizona, or whatever. Then came the assassination. The night of the . assassination, right after Oswald was caught, one of my boys telephoned _ me from New Orleans. Didn't I ever tell you this? ; - Mr. Colby: - No. . Mrs. Luce: It was the captain of my boat. It seems that after the missile crisis -- a period of about a year had gone by -- he said that all the young ‘Cubans involved profoundly in all of this had been told to scatter and | scram, that he and two of my other lads -- a Mr. Colby: When, after the crisis? Mrs. Luce: (Yes.) (were told) to leave Miami. “- Mr. Colby: In 1962? | Mrs. Luce: .._ Yes. They were to stop their efforts to free Cuba; and if they did not, they would be deported. It has a very interesting end involving you. In any event, this one had been told to leave Miami after the missile crisis was over, and he had opened a cell in New Orleans. He telephoned me to tell me that Oswald was -- 1am telling you what his view was -- was a _ hired gun; Oswald had tried to penetrate their little cell; that they turned _ around and’ did a counterpenetration job on Oswald; all of this was done several months before the assassination. He said,-telling me on the phone, he was terribly excited -- he said you see he had no money, all of a sudden he began to get money, so we checked him and he had a little "Communists be Free" or "Be Fair to Cuba’ group going in New Orleans." He said ''We , oe ee nn ee oe ee ee EE OE OO ARR ce EA MRR ES EE EE EDS
14-00000 -2- had tape recordings of what he was telling his group." It was a @ unter- penetration they went on. He said, "We have photographs of Oswald, passing out handbills on the street, 'Be Fair to Cuba.'™ He said, ''We are absolutely certain that Oswald was simply one of three assassination teams, that they were working out of Mexico City (or funded in Mexico _ City) by Castro." He said there were three assassination teams. Then he said, ‘We have these recordings, these tapes, and we have these photos, what should we do?" These fellows always trusted me. I said, "The first thing you do, the minute you hang up this phone, you telephone to the FBI, give them everything you have got." Working in New York with these.Cubans is an extraordinary fellow, one of the most puzzling’ characters I have every met; he is a devout Catholic -- Justin McCarthy. | Justin is the American patron -- although he has no money, never had _ money -- of all these free Cubans in America. He never worked at CIA, . although CIA tried to pick his brains. He tried to help the FBI. I knew Justin McCarthy, and he used to send me bulletins; he said he had been — sending them to me for the past six months, and I had never received one of them. Out comes the Warren Report. I have many other things to do, © and I assumeimy lads had reported what they knew, and maybe it had been discounted, but I had taken the Warren Report at face value without poring over it -- and I forgot the whole darn thing. Then, this must be nine - years ago, up turns a guy named Lloyd Garrison*-- what was he, a sheriff or something? (* Bee vtens Zim Goeevisan ; . Mr. Colby: District Attorney. - Mrs, Luce: And he hit the headlines that the assassination had been a con- spiracy. Then it all flooded back into my mind that I had never been quite satisfied with what the Warren Report had brought out. Basically, I was troubled by the whole thing, sol said l thought I would call Garrison, - In order to call him, I had to have the names of the Cubans, which had gone out of my bean. Sol called Justin McCarthy. He, said one of them was now, my lad, was in Miami. I got him on the phone, my fellow, and I said, ''You remember your midnight call to me about the assassination _of the President, I want to know what happened after that." He said, "We went at once to the FBI, they took all the tapes and photos and all our information and told us to keep our mouths shut, and shortly after that they informed us that if any of us talked to the press or anyone, dire things would happen.'' He said one of the fellows on the boat was depérted to Guatemala or Chile, and one of them was murdered. He said, "lama lawyer, have two children, lam making my way in Miarni, and I never want to hear a damn word about the assassination of Kennedy because you Americans really do not want to know the truth."" He said, "We waited, expecting the Warren Committee would want to have us, and wenever heard a word." He said, "I want no part of it." Then the Garrison thing died nS nn See re eer. ee ee eee ee . eet aR ee a REET 1 ET OO 8 REND 1 OF AE OE AD OA ety AARNE ERD NNN 0 WO women emeee eae
14-00000 . - 3 = - _ down, and I am a busy woman, and I forgot about it. Three days ago, a reporter was in here -- a gal’-- asking about my life style and said, in passing, ''What do you think of the investigation of the assassination of the President?" I am afraid I hit the roof.. I said, NT think everyone must be absolutely off their rockers. “What possible motive would the CIA have for murdering their own President?" I said, "Even to assume such a thing is beyond belief because where _ there is a murder or assassination, there is a motive, and there could be no motive." I said, "Who had the motive was Castro; but perhaps not even Castro, possibly just a bunch of Communist Cubans or plain Communists." I said, "They always had a motive for that sort of © thing. '' Schweiuker called me up yesterday -- when the reporter said — tome, "What is the name of the young Cuban?", I said, ‘Well, let's call him Julio Fernandez.'' The Senator said to me "that is a fascinating . story." BOX wisyeh kA Cut XROT AWE Sink vegerker WElt Wihh Kwight HOonwigegerd ~ . oo os Mr. Colby: You told the story to Schweiker? . Mrs. Luce: He read it in-the Knight paper. Mr. Colby: You told the story to the Knight people? Mrs. Luce: Not in the detaill told you. Schweiker asked ifI could locate - any of these men involved for him, and I said 1 would try. That was yesterday. Ilused that opportunity to say, "J do not know what you are doing on the Hill." I said, "You are in the (Process?) for headlines and destroying this country's security." He. said, "Tf you have this informa- tion and you can get your hands on it, it would be a good thing to lay this story to rest."" He said, "If you can find me these people, I assure you they will be listened to in closed session." Now comes the big thing. Justin McCarthy runs an animal farm in Nyack: telephone number is 914; 647-8596. I have known him to be a man of complete integrity. He is a devout Catholic. He may or may not be a fanatic. — What makes one think he is is what he tells you is just so terribly alarming; as he was the one, along with Bill Pawley, who involved me with these Cubans, I tracked him down and had a two-hour conversation on the phone with him this morning that was really staggering. Whenl said to him, 'Would you tell these things in the closed session in the Senate?", he said, "I would find it more expedient and to shorten the. process to hire loud speakers and put them on top of the Empire State | Building." He said, 'You don't know, Clare, the Cubans have not lost their desire to free their country, and there are plenty of them working
14-00000 at it, and they trust me, and I trust them, and they all trust me.!! He said, "All these fellows on the Hill give a damn about is a big headline and political attention, and if this should involve my testi- fying and some of my fellows got bumped off, or their apparat shut down, I could not live with myself, no I will not testify." I said, "You know, Justin, if they send for you, you might have to.'' He said, “They are not likely to send for me unless you tell them.' He said, 'They do not know who to ask for anyway." (It doesn't appear in my notes, but my memory is that he added that the reason the Hill doesn't get to the truth is that they never know who tb ask for.) He told me a story about working once with CIA. He said, ''We did this -- DRE did one operation with CIA, as a result of which all the Cubans _ involved were caught and killed, and I do not want any part with the CIA." He said, "It too can be a sieve.'' I said, “You have me really . over a barrel." I said, "Justin, I have to tell someone, is there “anyone you trust?'' He said, ''There is only one man in this whole - . country whose word at this point I would take." I said, ''Who is that?" ‘and he said, "Bill Colby."" He said, "He is a daily communicant" -- Mr. Colby: No, no. Mrs. Luce: I did not disillusion him. In any event, if only to put my own mind at rest since -- he always says, which is fascinating if true, that my lads in New Orleans, yes, they did turn over the tapes to the ‘FBI but they kept copies. Mr. Colby: Really? Mrs. Luce: Sohe says. If so, you are possibly, if -- I think you should get hold of Justin and give him a couple of hours because he has plenty © to say. If what he says is true -- he also told me, which I had forgotten -- that during the time of the missile crisis, and I was the one he came to, Pp and naturally the one I went to was Harry (note: this is first mention of ed (. x''Harry''' maybe I misunderstood; could she have said _“Allen''?) because 4“ Icould trust him. Ina way, Justin McCarthy supplied a lot of background Le _ matedal on the Cubans to (note: could not hear what she said). He skid . ; ’ a few days ago -- Time is planning to do a (take-out) issue onthe - Z assassination of Kennedy. He said that, going back through their files, 7] ' they came across my name as an informant, and he said "they tracked me down too.''. He said, then he told me --~ I mentioned in passing that there — . . “~; ~ ge Ov OO Se Note Se Neh wet (eewin 5) “AA ke Ro Gank , tne ) eek GR Qheon het neat ay we WA *\: : ww a a
14-00000 was a wonderful girl on Time that knows more about the Cubans almost than anyone in CIA, Priscilla Badger. He said the Time people are now trying to get information. He said, “I will talk to no one because there are lives at stake" -- except you. For my . own ‘sake, if you have a go at him, I would be very happy to know how serious it is. , Mr. Colby: I will report back to you by all means. Let me do a little home- - work on just where this (looks). You do not remember the name of the Cubans in Miami? Mrs. Luce: There are so many names; he talked to me so fast. He kept saying "Chilo." I asked who "Chilo" is, and he said that was his code : name. os Ct Let, mY Jose Antonio La Nuza (Note: That last name may be all one word; she said it means "the nut. ") 7 Luis Fernandez Rocha a One of those fellows was the Director of the DRE. Then he also reminded me of a guy who used to come to see me -- Cardona. (He had been told by the American Government to get out of Miami) and he died, having - become the President of a university in Puerto Rico. These fellows were scattered all over the place. As I mentioned thatto Justin, he said, "I know where they allare."' The thing that alarmed me is that -- he does not talk in an excited voice, but the statements are -- he said "People think of the Bay of Pigs and the nuclear showdown and the assassination of Kennedy as the end of the story, it is only the beginning." He said, "If you knew what is being laid on for the U. S.," and he talks . like that. I asked him, 'What do you think happened?" He said, "Oswald went to the FBI.'' He said, "I know that, he was selling them information, - and they did not believe him." I said, "That is incredible." He said, "I do not know how much you know about the FBI, but no day goes by without desks being loaded with letters saying something will be blown up." (Note: I missed a little bit here due to something else happening in the office..) I said, ''What happened?" and he said, "The FBI got the word from on top 'Destroy the letters. '" Mr. Colby: From on top? Mrs. Luce: From the President, who was Johnson. I contended that if at that point the FBI had proven that Castro had in mind assassinating the President, we would have been in war with Cuba. It might have been
14-00000 an act of State to shut up about it. IfI had been the President, I would have had (Note: missed more due to outside interference). What is hideous about this is that the CIA is being accused or | Kennedy is being accused -- anyone except the people who probably were involved. If putting it at rest ina secret session will work, © if such evidence does exist, you are the man to present it. Mr. Colby: Schwéker does 1 not know about MeCarthy? Mrs. Luce: He only jnows this -- l said there is one manI know who! _might be able to tell you where the se Cubans are, and that is a fellow . named Justin McCarthy. He said, ‘Where is he?", and I said, "Ido - not know, I have lost track of him.'' He said, "If you find him, let me know." After talking with Justin McCarthy, I do not want him to talk to Schweiker. I do not know what to say if he calls again.’ Knowing the, - Senator, I may never hear from him. I leave it with you. ae TNBER KYSER PRDARXIKXDEMDER WK OER BROXRB AS CSMHARE EMSIRS RX Pons KAA KAR K. XXXAGKBGE MWK PSY KPA FMA PREAMIXKGRVEPSAN NS KE SOMA aX NOTE: Mrs. Luce closed the conversation by referring to a CIA paper entitled "Restless Youth" and asked if it had been declassified. Mr. Colby. said he would check on it, and Mrs. Luce said she would like to have a COpy if it has been declassified.
14-00000 _. Telephone Conversation Between Mr. Colby and Justin McCa rthy at 3:45 “an Tuesday, 28 October 1975 (this transcript was typed on 21 December 1976 . from steno notes of Barbara Pindar) Mr. McCarthy: Iam glad to know you, even if it is over the phone. Mr. Colby: Mrs. Luce talked to me yesterday (sic). She gave me a capsule version of some of her chat with you. It puts me ina bit of a jam, obviously, because there are some things that really hold some potential for being very important in these days (of) post-mortems of everything. I wondered if maybe we should chat about it some- time, or, quite frankly, one of the main things I would suggest is that you might want to go to this Senate Committee looking into this. Mr. McCarthy: No. There are several reasons why not. Lam sure we do not need to discuss them, but there are many reasons. Over the period of time there have been so many things. We were theonly ones who had the information about the missiles in Cuba for many months, and we beat our brains out trying to get someone to do something (or believe?) and regrettably (in) Washington there are too many political (opportunists?), but there are too many lives at” stake, We risked our neck for allthese years. We are interested in doing the right thing. ; oe “Mr. Colby: I wondered if you could (slice?) off that New Oxeans thing (and not go any further than that?) . Mr. McCarthy: As I said to her -- (can’t read the next few words). For me to be seen in Washington, it is (can't read the next few words). We do not trust anyone. We did so many operations for so long, and we were entirely successful and never lost a man, and then one day we did an operation for the Government and lost 22 men. Lives depend onit. Someone sent a Top Secret memo, and the one he sent it to left it on his desk and someone came in and read (it) and the men were arrested. She asked, "Would you talkto Bill?" [I . said IL would. We think it would be a good idea - - for me to go down ~- I do not want to blow my cover, but I would like very much to chat with you and tell you. ; mt Mr. Colby: My problem is then I get information, and then what are my obligations. Mr. McCarthy: From the point of view of (seeing?) how to do it through persons other than me -- to get the end result.
14-00000 Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Colby: It might be that one of your fellows awa re of some of the things | (would not mind telling Schweiker?) under some protection and assurances of anonymity. That would be enough of a (can't read the next word) to get started. McCarthy: There is plenty | to get started on. Colby: Thea (he?) could cut your people aut as a source, McCarthy: She said it vo uld be aclosed-door hearing. I - said there (would?) still be someone come out of the meeting and (can't read next word) their names in the press. You see Jack Anderson's column on Monday. It is vitally important, and it is true evidence, It is not conjecture, Lam concerned about what it ties into -= it is all the same ball of wax. " We sat on the information about the missiles. This has been going on for a good twenty years, and we have accumulated an awful lot of information, Weare more concerned today than when we had the missile information. It is appalling, and itis frightening, and people do not want to believe it. Last night I enlightened people about some of the things that are going to happen. We feel the time has come that some of this should come to light. It is necessary and essential to go back and bring out some of these things that need to be brought out, but — , not at the expense of (next word missing), We have done this on our own and at our own expense, One of the reasons my people trust me is —_ Iam thinking of a book ~- we did not want to doa book before. The - American public wants to know. It is all part of what went on then. I think it should be clarified and straightened out what went on then. But lam so terribly wary. I went to everyone, including the President, about the missiles. We had evidence -- what ships they were on, _ where they (docked?), anda few days later they came back and said there is no credibility of what you say. a Mr. Colby: The only thing that bothers me is the story: about the « existence of some records (you?) still hold. The important part of that is that indicates some (part?) of a failure, or possibly even worse --~ that is the kind of thing that does need investigation or (correction?) -- protecting your people that are in on it. The other possibility would be to ask Schwdker or one of his men to go and talk to you or one of your people who would have factual knowledge of it. Mr. McCarthy: When (Dorothy) told me about you overa period of time -- Note: ... could be, (Dorothy) said we have been through this so many times -- I took this to editors of Life. That was the time when the guy sent the Tam not positive about the "Dorothy" above, but don't know uh at else it I had written in long-hand, 'Doroth." My only guess at this point is Dorothy Farmer, Mrs. Luce's secretary. > cence Gn me Meee 10 eRE EG canentetieeentem cnttnutetnlty = Ae me > the nee mercer
14-00000 Top Secret memo and it got left on a desk in Miami and we losta lot of people on that. Inadvertently so many things happen. We work so carefully. We have information now that no one else has. because it has come to the point where so many of the people I work with find they cannot trust people because of the opportunists. I have never met such overbearing and obnoxious (can't read next word). We sat on this year inand year out -- we never know when we might get calls. I was up all night long the night before last, Time is doing a big cover story on the thing -- the next issue -- the T Today Show is bugging me. Washington is a funny place. If] -- by and large, when your life is on the line -- one of (our?) guys hung himself after one of the escapades we went through. He committed suicide because he felt guilty about it, Up here it is terrifi¢ because Iam ananimal nut. A lot of the guys divulging some of this stuff | that they would not normally do. Mr. _ Colby: Let me talk with Clare again as to ‘how we handle this. “The main thing is not so much the overall stuff about Cuba -- the main thing is the story about records, about Oswald. That comes ata time when that is a serious subject of study here by the Congress, If we could in some way shake that information loose without putting the finger on any of your friends, I think we are sort of obliged to do this in terms of clarifying the record against the (facts?) -- this is a very key aspect of it anda very serious problem that if it was suppressed . at the time. Mr. McCarthy: That is not all that was suppressed, Mr. Colby: That is the thing. They are looking into it. Let me talk to Clare again and see if I can figure out some way in which we could talk to you (maybe?) and if you could in the meantime think of a way of (can't read the next word) out or (can't read the next word) out this (feature?) of it so that you give the (final result?) but not the sourcing, and let the investigators (find their own source later on?), we would have done our duty. My problem is that I really cannot sit on it with my obligations. I can be‘reasonable about protecting other people, and I have to be, but I also have to have the responsibility for responding to proper investigations of things that really should be looked into. Mr. McCarthy: Let me (can't read next word) this in. Some of our guys (can't read next several words), Mr. Colby: That is what she said.
14-00000 ss “Mr. McCarthy: They and Iare scared to death. I was Executive Producer of TV programs for years -- ] cannot make -- T have earned the respect and confidence of these people éver the years, The other night I talked all night long, IfItry to push my guys -- Clare said .it needs to be laid to rest, and it does. I would like to ‘see it get laid to rest, but my people -- . : Mr. Colby. I can assure you Lz amas interested (as) you in protecting that part of it if there were some way of having part of the cake and eating part of it, so that you do not lose the one or the other but to work out some vehicle -- a way in getting the substantive information. loose but protecting people involved. There may be ways to do that if we put our minds to it. Let me talk to Clare and see what really -- I will not do anything except with her without your permission, . NOTE: Mr. Colby tried to call Mrs. Luce on 29 Octaber, but could not reach her. He contacted her on 3] October (see separate notes}
14-00000 ‘Telephone Conversation Between Mr. Colby and Clare Boothe Luce at 4: 07 .. on Friday, 31 October 1975 (this transcript was typed on 22 December 1976 from steno notes of Barbara Pindar) Mr. Colby: I got the Restless Youth for you. And I called Justin McCarthy. We had a long chat. He does not want me to do anything about it, but I said you put me in an awful position. (Note: The ''you'' there refers, I believe, to McCarthy.) JI understand what you mean about -his strong manner of talking. I think both of us are (hung?) witha rather tantalizing story. . a an Mrs. Luce: If I had not known the guy for 25 years, I would take him much less seriously. Mr. Colby: The only real point is the thing about the tapes and the photos and - the allegation about the FBI. Itried to (argue?) him into figuring out some way in getting rid of those but keeping himself out of the act. Mrs. Luce: He called me back and said he talked with you and that you left him ina box, and I think he feels now that there is some kind of a question of conscience involved. He said, "Iam going to let you and Bill Colby decide what is best to do." , Mr. Colby: I said I would be in touch with you and try | to > figure out something sensible, Mrs. Luce: Why don't we suggest that he bring you or me -- perhaps he feels safer with me -- the tapes and photos if he has copies of them. Mr. Colby: And then you pass them over to Schweiker. Mrs. Luce: And let them decide, and I will maintain his cover -- he keeps saying it is not worth it to him after all these years to blowthat -- the paradox, he tells me he is going to have to write a book (and whether he is indeed going to?) so that he is not altogether a crackpot. On the other hand, what he is doing is sufficiently crackpot. He is _taking-care of broken-down animals from his entire area. However, -- Mr. Colby: Ithink that is a good idea. You say that you and I have talked, and we are all ina kind of box at this point, and we really in conscience cannot sit on this stuff -- all these charges that there is remaining evidence that (can't read next word) was held backand disappeared
14-00000 oo. “ - into the FBI, and maybe the way to do it is for him to provide it to you, and you to Schweiker, and then I would just as soon drop out -- it does not really have much to do with me -- and in that way you would protect him from Schweiker, and you would say you got it from _ a friend -- and the source is whatever he and you agree on. . Mrs. Luce: I will do that. Mr. Colby: I think that is the best thing to do. If he does not buy that, I do not . know what we do about Schweiker. a oo a ; Mrs. Luce: (I am going to ignore it if Schweiker comes to me. } - a 7 NOTE: The conversation continued, but it did not pertain to this subject. 7 7
14-00000 30 November 1976. MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Comments on Ronald. KESSLER's Article: "CIA Withheld Details of OSWALD Call," which Appeared in the Washington Post of 26 November 1976 The following comments are keyed to the attached. Washington Post article, i.e., the paragraph numbers below correspond to the paragraphs as numbered in the margin of. the xerox.of the article: a 1. COMMENT: While CIA knew that a man identifying him- self as Lee OSWALD had been in touch with the Soviet Embassy by telephone on 1. October 1963, this information had no unusual significance until 22 November 1963 when President Kennedy’s assassination occurred. ASaerRsumi Lie Sala Oe a 2. COMMENT: This statement is not substantiated by our files. 3. COMMENT: The information regarding the 1 October 1963 contact with the Soviet Embassy -- received in Heauquarcers on 9 October -- was disseminated on 10 Ogtcber 1963 to the Department Ye
14-00000 of State, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of the Navy, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. A copy of the 10 October 1963 dissemination was made available to the Warren Commission on 24 March 1964. (See Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 24 March 1964, from Richard HELMS, Deputy Director for Plans; Subject: CIA Dissemination of In- formation on. Lee Harvey OSWALD, dated 10. October 1943.) On 16. October 1963, our Chief of Station sent a memorandum to. the American ambassador on the subject of Lee OSWALD's contact with -. the Soviet Embassy. . The original of this memorandum was routed to the ambassador, the minister, the counselor for political affairs,. the regional security officer. . A copy was sent to the legal attache, naval attache, and the I[&Ns. In April 1964, Messrs. COLEMAN, SLAWSON and WILLENS staff representatives of the Warren Commission, visited the U.S. under provi IA in March 1964 as Document Number 274 and in September 1976 as Document Number 658) See follow- ing: a. Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 31 January 1964, from Richard HELMS, Deputy Director for Plans; Subject: Information Developed by CIA on the Activity of Lee Harvey OSWALD in Mexico City, 28 September - 3. October 1963. - b. Letter to Richard HELMS, Deputy Director for Plans, dated 10 February 1964, from J. Lee RANKIN, General Counsel. | ; c. Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 19 February 1964, from Richard HELMS, Deputy Director for Plans; Subject: Information Developed by CIA on the Activity of Lee Harvey OSWALD in Mexico City, September 28 to October 3, 1963.
14-00000 “Naturalization Service on 10 October 1963. 4. COMMENT: See comments in Paragraph 3, above. §:. COMMENT: The Agency disseminated the information concerning OSHALD's contact with the Soviet Embassy on 1 Octo- ber to the Department of State, the Federal Bureau of Investi- gation, the. Department of the Navy, and the Immigration and a LAs +5 A) Bn OE BV-V Oe once 2b idoobletaasidetchin Joplin Gehl oaiemn es 1 Gas ee tobarmaee 7. COMMENT: OSWALD was in no-sense "under investiga- tion" (before 22 November 1963). None-of the facts of his trip to and stay in the USSR and return to the United States, 1959- 2 1962, were known to the Mexico’ Station before 10 October 1963, when the bare bones of his biography. were forwarded by Headquar- ters to it in response to a Station cabled report of 8 October 1963 which forwarded, on a routine basis, what appeared to be a contact by an American for a visa to Cuba in transit to th
14-00000 did not know of his activities, Geygaeaeaes 8. COMMENT: No comment. | 9. COMMENT: 7 aaamcammpesenppere=sttqsorenesh rains msniunepanelh 10. COMMENT: No comment. 11. COMMENT: Files do not support this statement. 12. COMMENT: Files do not support this statement. 13, COMMENT: The information “given by DURAN* is sup- ported by her int interrogations. . 14. COMMENT: "OSWALD later: referred in-a letter to ‘meetings’ he had in the Soviet Embassy." Although ‘KESSLER chooses not to give details, this statement is in reference to-a letter OSWALD wrote on 9 November 1963 to. the Consular Division of the Soviet Embassy in Washington.. (Commission Exhibit No. 15, Vol. XVI of the Hearings before the President's Commission on the Assassination of President. Kennedy.) 15, COMMENT: No additional comment. 16. COMMENT: With regard to the press statement that "CIA claimed 1t did not know of most of OSWALD's activities in Mexico City until after the assassination": this 1s true , CIA tiiirmiomemmenme® It should be noted that after the “dissemination on TO October 1963 of the 1 October 1963 contact, no requests were received from the dissemination customers for further in- formation or follow-up. Without some customer intarest being expressed, particularly from the Navy, the FBI or the Department e “
14-00000 of State, who had the greatest interest in OSWALD at the time, there would have been little motivation for the Station to in- ~ dependently pursue such a tenuous CE lead. 17. COMMENT: The discussion in this paragraph of: the article rests on assumptions and allegations developed earlier in the article, followed by comments by. Messrs. BELIN and SCHWEIKER, apparently based in turn-on information provided ‘them by reporters. No further comment seems relevant, beyond those! comments made earlier. 48. COMMENT: Is BELIN here referring to Gilberto _ ALVARADO. Urgate? If so, information regarding OSWALD. provided by ALVARADO was passed to the Warren Commission as attachments to a memorandum. for J. Lee RANKIN,. dated 1. June. 1964; from . Richard HELMS, . Deputy Director for Plans.. (See also Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 4 June "1964, from ‘Richard HELMS; Subject: Information Developed on the Activity of Lee Harvey OSWALD in Mexico City. This memorandum — became Commission Exhibit No. 3152 contained in Vol. XXVI af Warren Commission report.) 19. COMMENT: We do not know what BELIN actually said to the. reporters, when, or in response to what. We beljfeve, how- ever, this may be referring to BELIN's letter of 15 April 1975. to E. Henry KNOCHE of CIA. BELIN at that time was Executive Director of the Commission on CIA Activities within the United States (Rockefeller Commission). In his letter, BELIN refers to the photograph of an American male and the question whether or not this male was Lee Harvey OSWALD. He continues: "The CIA and the Warren Commission both determined that the picture was not of Lee Harvey OSWALD and that the picture was taken after OSWALD left Mexico City. "Although portions of this record have been released to the public, other portions have remained classified because of concerns by the CIA at the time that a release of the full picture might disclose sources and methods which the CIA felt were not in the national interest to disclose at that time. In light of the false allegations about the assassination of President Kennedy and the 5
14-00000 false allegations of CIA involvement, 1 feel that it would be appropriate to re- consider whether or not the entire. matter can be fully disclosed at this time." An interim reply was forwarded on 23 April 1975 by E. Henry KNOCHE, Assistant. to the-Director, CIA. On 2 May 1975 a review was completed of Agency holdings regarding the photograph of the unidentified’ individual ‘in Mexico City pub- lished:by: the Warren Commission. ela > ca ae Attachment: Article oy
_ ud Li Ry Renald Kessler Washinstass Post Stall Weiter tn Jate Septemter, .§ befere fe assassination ‘of nat Nennedve-Lee Harvey Os: i triephened tae Soviet ambassy, viexiva City’ and tried to maxe a- wet * , Py) o ane oom a sp fu-, on a if Saneel winks alee bot 3: tn exchange for unspecific d ‘inte souk wanted a free trip & a Oy the Central Unicel ney at the time, But it was) to tne le $P:03,, and it was not A over tot 8 existence: of ent of Oswe a: aid's conversation in ity and te e contents of the’ transeript Rave been verk. ston Post, The ag aiso veriiied that the CIA to term over the complete 19G3-—~elgnt .6 Oswald’s offer of Information a FB" na resnonsiilé ‘y for investi: Se Warren Come ° ing its invest isation of the : aswered question is why the CIA tetephene | ne nheld transcript to citar the FBI. or the Warren Commission, { Instead, the CIN ony 4 & gave the: FRI ‘ta October, 1963, only a “brief report say: . 5. ing Oswald’ had’ made contact with : the Russians. ] We gave the Warren: ~Ceminissicn a transcript of the taped conversation bul-for unexrlained rea - sons failed te include in the transcript and his . would + ., suggestion that the Russians The Post has” also. ‘aclerinined that’ the CIA, for unexplained reasons, told - the Warren Commission that ft * learned of mest of Cswald’s activities 7 in Mexica City only afler the assas- sination, The fact is, hewever, that the CIA monitored and tape-recorded : his conversation with both the Rus- ‘sian and Cuban embassies in Mexico City in the fall of 1953, acfore Ken- nedy's eset : . |. Th was the xe CIA's be! fof that the two embassies were heavily {nvelved in 8 the spy “business and fhat, specifi _eally, they were operational bases for “intelligence activities directed at. the ih United States. : Detai y is ‘So, ‘with. the full, ‘cooperation of the’ ation’ Was Satereniea| Ww want! ‘to pay ls Way. to, the Soviet \-| 1 before th ji . we ° on: Mexican government, CIA wiretaps were installed en telephone lines po-. _ing Into both embassies. .- he CIA was especially interested -In U.S, citizens. who saade contact with the embassies. . 5 Thus, when Oswald showed. “up. in’ Moxieo City In lale Seplember and telephone 4 the Russian embzssy, -his conversation. was picked op frum the |. -Wiretap. A transeript was ma we pind? clidy ‘lated in-the CIA. offices in the “American embassy in Mexico City. ‘ne 'statian chief at that time was ‘the late Winston M, Scott; who per: sonally reviewed all: transcripts ema- nating from wiretaps oh Sovict bice inst allallons. ‘The Oswald {ranseript, according to a CIA (ransialos who worked with Seatt, argused a lot of interest. “Trey usually pleked up the trans: ecripls the next day,” he sald.. “This they wanted right away.” ; What that transcript contained ‘is Oa matter of some dispute, and the CIA says it rewtinely-deslroyed the tape assassination, But sonie See OSWALD, AT, Col 1°. suamiadiiemieeiie nasa enataanarnemenamememmaamenaneanenat roo] , eran wi LES NARVEY “OSWALD telephoned Soviet embas toe ‘SRL i *Ol61 FSQWEAON 97 LSCd NOLSNIHSVS a
14-00000 Bow ye! “9 saw the trarseript: or heard ae fape pefera the assassina- den 7 cal that Oswald waa trying to’ one of ¢ them is David A. Phillips, a former CIA officer, who now heads iQ 9 she Association of Retired Intelligence: - i | | | t Ll mo OSWALD, From AL. + ifiserg and is a leading defender of CIA activities, Philllps was sta: - 3 tionod-i4n Menxileo City at the tims. Tre transeript revealed, Phillips res: ; “enlled, that Oswald told the Scvict ee woe ot. encbossy; “I have* information you would be interested in, youcean pey my way” fo Russia. the stenographer who typed up the necripe end the are nad sircilar recollections. said he nad some information them,” the typist said in an we in Mexico. “His main con- ant ting aotting to one of the two iRussic or Cuba] and ha 9 pay for tt. He said es 8 oF |e [5 oe LAV OEren. Corsmission later -cone eluded the Russians and Cubans were not mach impressed by Oswald. This - viow ds supp ported by Sylvia Duran, exican citizen whe worked in the : emoassy at the time of 'Os- owwald’s visit. Ene talked to Oswald on cpt. 27,1963, and reeciis ing in seme “Gata, th a joint. interview In Ke) “ico City with this reporter, and Fost t specie I i Marllse Sim 23 id toa he: tact h i to Cuvee and Rus he wanted sig ond dis- th dceuments to show na wes ./ a nd” of the Cuban revalution, Dewald at gue € she a Du i nad obtained the nec ; fons Duran said she ° ict greasy and was i and I know transiater who pre- | the mect- ne one things a3, ac chimed to be | a vr of the Am rerienn Coram asia he. 9. ion from | ists, Oswald want off and ree. : in ‘the day to infor m15 or. interest cation for a Visa - a ae ee ae | % would take three to four months’ to process, Informed of-this, Duran said, - Oswald “got really ansr He was gesticulati had to call for help wee te phage Pye, SYLVIA DULAN ae Yocalls talk with Cowal and red. “Travan said she ) from. the Cuban const who got into a shouting match A ith Oswald end teld him to get out. uran said she never saw him 2 gain, s, Duran I ee Duran's story covered ‘on she first day of O toe i in Mexico City. Os: ferred hed liow - Oswal bassies is uncertain’ |. ' The ¢ filed the trar conve “Intere waid laler ¥e- aasy aasy. aa d's dealings with the two cme sanslater and ty sation reealled that was high. Bub the CIA's nseript of 1. han- : 2.2 intereepte. the level” sist awho own actions lead to a different con clusion, The agency + to notify the wht ward 7. walted- until Oct, 14, cr Osw alas : WL7 swold’s five-day” ~ in 2 lotter to “meetings” he” a1 the Sox ovief Erab sted the CIA ‘was in | activities, And fig weletypea reporc mede no mention of Oswald's offer of information in exeha: ze for a tree trip to Russia or of his attempts to travel fo Cuba and Russia. “On Oc: tober 1, 1963," the teletype message sald, “a relinble and ecnsitlve source in Mexteo reported that an American male, who identified himself as Lee Oswald, contacted the Soviet Enibassy °, in Mexico Cily Inquiring whether - the eribassy hed received any news | concerning a telegram whicn nad been * sent fo Washington.” .. That was strictly a routine handling , of the matter, and similar, to the standard reports made to the FRY at that time on other contact? with the communists by American citizens in Mexico. Even after Kennedy's assassination, the CIA failed to turn over to the Warren Commission the full trans- eript of the tclephone intercept it had ade in-Mexico City. Gswald’; offer of information to the Russians’ in ex change for passage was cmilted from the t ranzcript, and tae CIA claimed t ald not know of most cf Oswald's activ $lies In Mexico City until efter the assassination. The significance of the CIA actions - ? vot a forcizn cons: . Who led the Sens ta intet wv mittee Rad been aware sf "RSM Beal LTEe te dow HAE boecse foe are wecmn "City said the CIA ¥ have hag*a relationship aid .that fs sought to conzeal. Tae CIA Bas ide. : nied this. . David W. Bevin, with an. fs “ o UNSS mi ssion and jater executive re ‘ef the Rockefeller cammission of the CIA, sald that if t Commission had known 0! conversations and ather mation, it would have been ice that the assassins ation wa iracy. Senwaiker - Sen, Richard 5 mitteo’s probe of the said that inveaticetion taxen on an “entired: rection and perspective’ | ~eonversations, . Who documented th “Castro in his conne iy is difficult to assess. The FEI in the”: fail of 1863 was alveady showing in- termittent interest in Oswald and might or might not have Intensified that Interest if it nad been told of Cawald’s conversations, "  - ‘Whether the new information w ald aave affected the Warren Commis. sion’s delideraticns is also an epen question. The commission investi- . gated the possibility ef a foreign cone Spiracy, and concluded there was : evidence to show Oswald acted on penal? of a foreign power. ; Nevertheless, there is yet no x. planation for the CIA’s handling of Oswaid’s conversations, Tae CIA to. day refuses to comm rent, saying it _ world not se appre opziate in the Hight of an impending investigation by the ‘House Select. Conimiltee on Assas- sinations. When asxed se they could explain the a agency's acllons, some CIA cf- ° a mecting petveon Ost In Interviews + ant Heater 5.02, reyeziog the CIA: delb-the Warren Cem, report irom an RICE é Gizrector af wala and Cub: pan T Gatellinesee -At the time, Cuban anentis cas nated their more important i with agents of the KGB intelligesce service. Belin called on the CEA is gui! disclogure of Us 3 Oswalé and Cudans 7 oe enue orcas his eontsets Warren Osw ald wags cf Ned RENNCSY. the CIA’s concern Saat sceret sources and @ inten slaves, But he said a- tional Interest would disclosiag the truth. A CIA spokesman nied that the agency be serves t agents. “The Beency is ene such specHie au wes de banked," she
14-00000 SECRET MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Operations ~ SUBJECT . > Senate Select-Conmittes jou_tateLligence rae oppzations War LL a) éitha | neetesaeus Attached, in response to the Senate Select Committee a> ig request of 27 ‘October 1975, are separate. memoranda on the > DRE and several Cuban exiles. nor Chief Latin America Division - Attachments Fo -  . O o o] nro riceypnnryT
14-00000 SUBJECT: Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil (DRE, Students’ Revolutionary Directorate) The DRE was founded by a group of students at Habana University in 1954 as an instrument of opposition to the regime of President Fulgencio BATISTA. The original members of this group were also members of the Habana University Student Federa- tion (FEU). Several leading members of the DRE were killed by Cuban authorities. during and following the attack on the Presidential Palace, Habana, in March 1957. The remaining DRE leaders, as of 1958, were in exile. The DRE worked as a secret underground organization in Cuba, generally in Habana, laying plans and making preparations. The theory of the DRE was that success of the revolution depended on quick and efficient elimination of BATISTA which Fidel CASTRO's forces at that time could not achieve alone. The DRE finally turned against CASTRO on the issue of communism.
14-00000 Weak. ae a! Fmt!” Julio FERNANDEZ, Molino (No crypt) ~, DPOB: 23 March ]Q3 201- 752511 B 4, Havana Subject was of% K: nterest to AMWORLD program as a yAdio operator in 1964. RQ Part I was submitted to Heagquarters ‘by JMWAVE, but there me no follow-up, and Subject Was not hired. He had previouSiy been associated clandest#nely with RESCATE (anti~CASTRO) gRQUp in Cuba. He came tofu.S. as - exile in May 1964. Inl . he lived at 430 SWllth Ave., Miami. Julio FERNANDEZ Bencomo a (No crypt) x DPOB: 10 April 1917, Havana “3 201-742497 a Received POA 14 January 19, Which cancelled 24 February 1964, because he was not interes®@ in employment with CIA since salary was insufficient. Ya signed secrecy agreement and was terminated without prejydige. He took SGSWIRL 10 January 1964. No derog, but hg had&\told his wife and one Cartos MARQUEZ that he would Ye worKing for CIA. He was originally recruited for AMW#RLD by @ne Pedro BLANCO, and was to be used as PM asset on afCIA vesseq = Julio FERNANDEZ Gonzale 4 (AMOT-99) 4 DPOB: 10 May 1935, Hgrana . 201-299222 | , He was employeg "by the Intelligence arm Security Commission ‘of the Frente Revofucionario Democratico (AN RON/ AMBRUSH) for it by Julio HENRIQUEZ the FBI (who about two months 7n 1961. He was brought in PASCUAL Abril. We stated in a letter to Hern Lorca, anti-CASJRO Cuban in Madrid who informe told us in memof dated 2 November 1961) that he Xwas about to take a trip tofCuba to take material to anti- CASTRO elements, trip being fiffanced by CIA." He received POA 10 Ray 1961 for use as membey # of AMOT Admin Staff. File does not‘%say who dropped from it, buf when last contacted was working for Dixie Lily Products Company (a wholesale grocery outfit) as an‘eccountant at $50 weefly in December 1961. POA cancelled 24 Juthy 1962. e
14-00000 QE oN ee Luis FERNANDEZ-ROCHA Rodriguez (Formerly AMTORIC-2, AMHINT-53) DPOB: .3..May 1949, Havana 201-316766 POA granted RQ April 1962. According to file#he quit his job as Secretaty General of the Directorio Rgfolucionario Estudiantel (DRE) im July 1964 to pursue his megfical studies. He was paid his finaksalary payment of $425 ga 1 September 1964 under the DRE pr@&ject. He was to do sgfe unwitting work for JMHOPE, Swan Islan& propaganda broadcagting, and WIBALDA. There is no furthetLindication in,gfile that he was terminated, no quit claim, no OA or ROA cancellatgOn. However, there is no information on his use since 1964. gPer document dated 7 June 1965, he was studying at Umiversitg of Miami and working as switchboard operator for Cuan Catholic Children's program in Miami. According to Cuban Fagi#ies Yearbook of 1974, Dr. Luis FERNANDEZ Rocha living at 6024’W. 14th Lane, Hialeah, Florida, 33012 with wife and four chifdten. He became naturalized U.S. citizen on 15 September 1967. . r Julio FERNANDEZ Travejg 4 (No crypt) £ % DPOB: 10 August 1934, Havana y 201-297828 4 F 21 March 1961. POA 4 December 1961 notes to Frente Revolucionario POA requestgd for use as PM train&g cancelled 4 Apr#l 1962. FBI memo dated’ that he told FRI of CIA financial suppor Democratico (FRD) and to Antonio VARONA, ‘ane of its leaders, to the tune of ¥Six million dollars." Subjeck told FBI he himself belonged tof#group led by Rolando MASFERRER\Which NOT getting CIA supporg. Subject visited FBI 21 November 1960 after incident gn which some paramilitary trainees\of MASFERRER's group onfNo Name Key in Florida had come to PRI's attention. - rt . That gyup was called "Ejercito Nacional Cubam
14-00000 Jose Antonio LANUZA ose LANUSA was a leader of the DRE, restding in ida, in November 1965. At that tipe, he was providing inBgrnation (does not say to whope "Commandos L,'@ i 1 get whether he is idmgtified with the folle* gn anti-CASTRO organizatign. Not clear fing LANUZA. Jose Antonio LANUZA (on microfiche) 201-339258 Only information Jy citizen who in 1962 ye _ He is the Subject Inter-Source }; According to 4 dagfument dated 1 Novery 1968, "SD 10658 is terminated witpout prejudice by the DeRartment of the Arny, and any addigfonal information should pewgeferred to the Army Source Regiftry." A note in the file als®msaid that there. was no presey i that Subject is a Cuban: 1705 SW gard Avé., Miami. registry No. 9518. contact with Subject, dated 29 October 1962. No traces Justin MacCarthy LARA a
14-00000 oa - \ _ _ an — Sian’ ary ee 5 on GRE! ty iy Pag . i wt rch tae SR Ag H 3 am a of ome a2 cao etiam en anncaes mae semen © MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence FROM . ¢ John H. Waller Inspector General Washington Post Story of 13 November 1976 "Oswald Reportedly Told Cubans of Plan to Kill JFK" . SUBJECT l. The Post story on Saturday states that a J. Edgar Hoover memorandum reported that Lee Harvey Oswald told Cubans in advance of his plan to kill President Kennedy. The attached package was prepared by Ee CL Sta tl. Tt i is for- warded for your information. 2. A copy of the Washington Post story has been added to the package. John HW. Wailer Attachments s:a/s SDBreckinridge:js (16 Nov '76) Distribution: Original - Addressee w/atts 1 - IG Chrono 1 - IG Subject (Task Force File) LK w/attsin above file - SDB Chrono 1 - Seymour Boltenw/atts L - John Waller w/atts lL - Andrew Faikiewicz wfatts 4 . ,
14-00000 | 3 | ovember 6 - APPROVED FOR RELEAGEIS93 15 Novender 297 : _ CUA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, CI. Staff FROM > Se 5 SUBJECT | +: “Oswald Reportedly Told Cubans of Plan ..to Kill JFK" by John M. Goshko, Washington - Post, 13 November 1976. 1. The memorandum"...by the late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover saying that.Lee Harvey Oswald reportedly told Cuban officials in advance of President Kennedy's assassination that he intended to kill the President" 4s cited in Commission Exhibit No. 3152, Volume XXVI, of the Hearings Before the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy pp. 154-157 (See Tab A). CE No. 3152 is cited in support of statements made by the Warren Commission in it's Report on pages 307-308 (see Tab B). This memorandum is based upon information which the Agency had passed to FBI Headquarters and it's repre- . sentative in Mexico City. — 2. On 26 November 1963, the Mexico City Station reported to Headquarters that a Nicaraguan named Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte (referred to as "D" in the Warren Report) came to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City. He claimed he had been in the Cuban Consulate in Mexico City on 18— September 1963 when a man he later recognized to be Lee Harvey Oswald received $6,500 in cash to kill an important person in the United States. (See Tab A for complete -memorandum. ) 3, The information obtained from ALVARADO was pasSed-~ in Mexico City to the Legal Attache, Mr. Clark D. Anderson, by our. Chief of Station on 29 November 1963 (See Tab C).
14-00000 _ Report and accompanying exhibits. ICED ITT et f een eee Oy Se A short dissemination (DIR 85744) alerting customs agencies . - to ALVARADO's allegation, was made on 29 November 1963 to the White House, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of State (see Tab D). A second dis- semination (DIR 87667) was made on 7 December 1963 (see Tab. E). (NB: In the latter dissemination, mention was . made that a representative of the FBI participated in the. interrogation of ALVARADO.) © , Lo 4. On. 13 December 1963, the Agency forwarded under -. CSCI 3/779, 136 a translation of the Mexican police 2 inter ogatzon report on Gilbarto ALVARADO Ugarte (see Tab F). oO ee, ; : 5. In.summary, the Agency and the FBI knew of ALVARADO's allegations concerning Oswald, which were sub- sequently retracted by-ALVARADO himself as being false. In addition, the FBI was able to prove that Oswald was. still in New Orleans at the time ALVARADO claimed he saw Oswald in the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City.. The information was forwarded to the Warren Commission by. the Agency and the FBI as evidenced by its inclusion in the Warren Commission.
ran a, oe, pee eee ~ 2 ree fk By John M. “Goshko’ AGS shinston Pose tat Wette The . Justice Departnient " has discovered a 195¢ memo.’ *randum by the late FBI Die. 3 .. Edgar Hoover say-- ing that Lee Harvey Oswald,” _lrevertedly. told Cuban offic,’ . lals in advance of President reeter ‘J - Mennedy’s assagsination thal . che intended ta, kill the Presi. . -dent.,« a coe Informed sources said yess ‘ terday that Hoover, in the memo, altributed this infor: : “amation to-a highly reliable . - Anformant who claimed to “have been told it personally by. Cuban Prime Minister : Fidal Castro. -< «1. * Castro, according to the “"meno,: reportedly said: he ; Thad been advised by officials ©. oe ‘Of -the Cuban embassy in”. "Mexico City. that ‘they had - - met with Oswald before the . Noy,. 22, 1963, assassination ‘of ‘Kennedy in Dallas and’ that Oswald informed them . :of his, intentions. cia Bye Me swald Report a aS, Cubans of Plant to Kill JF Ko “Coban: enibassy in “Mexteo | _ volvement of the Castro gov- . ernment ia. the’ murder of’ ; - Kennedy, possibly as a coun-. ‘ter stroke .agalnst. CIA ef- ‘t Cuban leader. WAS tb iMcGaoy S no’ City prior to the mutder of | Kennedy. 2: ’ There has ééen persistent i surmise about a possible in- } forts to: assassinate . the There has also been spec: | ulation that the assassina- 7: | tien may have been the work | “of Cuban-exile terrorists. - However, all of these reports | i have been fourtheor filth- vhand accounts otiginating- acto _Feliability, .-" ~ “LEE HARVEY osWaLD ges - Hoover memo found . “the assertions reported in the Hioover memo go further ‘than any information cur- rently on the. record. con- cerning alleged statements made by Oswald in. a prev- , with informants of doubtiul | "Warren .terday that. they. had ono: to uly, disclosed visit to: the © peerne ae teat The. Hoover memo was described by the sources as having been addressed.to the’: Commission, ap- pointed by former President Johnson to lavestigate the assassination. But . former commission staffers said yes- recollection. of ever having _See OSWALD, Ag, Got. i we TG narntpn snes ede 9 meen saree eats A
1 “Memo Cites Iiformant at . OnOswald-Cuban Link “1 gala though that they believed “as an ona Bhan tee “fs p OSWALD, From AL | -"-/ + Sald thou a or ore ot. Se .e2 educated guess” that it was Rolando __ received such a memo or having been = Cubela, a high Cuban official and C2s- | told by Hoover or other FBI officials tro intimate whom the CIA recruited { gn of the information Inf +o dv 1961 and who later flguredvin CLA, ae + Officials of the Judtlee Department -‘plansto kill Castro «7 , ! and the FBI refused any comment om .- In the Senate intelligence comunit- | . roe * the memo’s existence or its contents, _. and other sources familiar with the : assassination investigallom said they . had no knowledge of whether it act. * *.. wally was sent to the Warrer Camumis< ’ sion, .- - 8 _ “Prose sources who teld The Wash- ington Post about the document said “its existence apparently had been un known until recently. It was discove ered, the sauress said, as the result of° ; ‘information that came to the attan- tion of.-the Justice Department and -“that prorapted: Attorney’ General Ed- >; ward H. Levi to order a search of FBL.. ~-- After. the m _sources added; Levi put ** of secrecy on the matter, . sraall number’ of persons tice Departmen =". the document's 7, -As a result, _are-unable te asw as why the memo apoarently ne . reached the Warren Commission, whether the Information was accurate - aad ee eee emo was found, the atight clamp - and only 2 - er such questions — vec," Oswald’s intentions be nuedy was killed? |. -- ed recently -by the .formed about fore or after Ke 7 ---Deeuments releas ", CIA under the Fre ~ tion Act establish that Oswald visited, + _” Mexico City less than two months be-°- ‘ pare the assassination and met there ’ with officials of the Cuban embassy. i-s One of these CIA documents, dated” May 5, 1964, states that prior to Octo: . ber, 1983, Oswald yisited the Cuban-- ~ o embassy “6n° two or three occasions are aod was in éontac Cuban intelligence” agents identified ~ as: Luisa Calderon. “Manuel. Vegas. > Perez and Rogelio “oArigvez Lopez. - -, He also is. known to have talked” _ "with an embassy official named Siliva { *" " Duran, She reportediy has sid uit. i ghe dealt with Oswald only about his . Jkt unsuccessful. attempts to obtain a visa-- to visit Cuba, se a»: The sources were unable to {deatity ~ the informant described in the Hoover memo a having obtained the informia- ton from Castro. Some of the sources . ~T Fa re ‘e ose ” elosed that the CIA emeloved a highly T era director at the time, sald in a tel.” in the Juss t and FB! know about ~"" @XISEENCE. cease cee cee the ‘Sources ‘said, thay’ | po-- qmisston.” ..and, if so, whether Castra was) {n-:. ~ Warren Coma Jthave absolutely nr edom of Informa”) .. Hoover an & -~while the t with three alleged: *-tee investigation last year it was dis- © | t placed Castro government . official _, with the eryptonym AMLASH in ef forts to assassinate the Cuban leader.. - Cubela and AMLASH were- publiciy reported to have been the same Man, -. “The sources also were unable to say how Hosver came. into possession of information from an informant inside “|; ’ Cuba, sitice foreign intelligence is a CIA. rather than an FBI function. Some said they thought the informa: tion had first been given to ‘the CIA,. [+ which then turned it over to Heover. “hy : However, Joho McCone, who was . : éphone interview yesterday that the | ‘Information reportedly in the Hoover | memo was “unknown to Me “Ig the first I’ve ever heard of it,” { McCone said. “It’s hard for me to be- Jeve that sucha memorandum (ex- sted without it being known to me ‘and to the staff of the Warren'Com- - i ¥ ome os The same point was made by David‘ W. Belin, who served a3 onelef the. ission’s legai counsels.:: none interview, ."T , abs 9 ‘recollection of such’a memo. If such 2 document did .. exist, I'm sure that we never saw ie “Other documents that, have ‘been: made public recenlly indicate that . d top FBI officials. knew-—’ ; buraat was ‘investigating the Kennedy-assassination — that the” LCIA was exploring the possibility of. ‘T Raying- Castro killed. However, Hoover never. informed ‘the Warren | Corm-~ ‘asion of ‘the CIA’S plotting against © Ae, ast He said,;in a teles te * we? a fb ee, . é Tat. “Te * ¢ ; ae ~ .@ that |:
fee e Me, [SRANL, DORVITE wae telephostenily contacted fa b, . drtory te wake an appolatacat fer aa intervie, Ue was conte sod ak telephone susber EX 47250, Mr, NOIWITZ gcknovledged thetj abant © - three voeke ago Be moved big Busissca roa 1106 Voss Lawreace Chicago, Uiceds, 16 0344 Borth Brosdway, Chicege, wbiknotet Ye gtated thal bie ourreag busiaoss oporetestndar the nase Shor Fines . Mr, YORVEITE sckaowledged that be bas besa knowa tn the : musta business 60 Chicage under the wane of TACK UOWARD forminy FeRTas | ir, HORWITZ atated that be would not discuage the matter devolving JACK RUBENSTEIN ag he wanted no part whatesever of this a Qndividual, Ur. HORKITZ refused to wake hiuvel? susidabdbe for as intesvioy ang stated ho wished be bad never ackaoulsdged having “knova RUDEKETEER zeny year ago vheo AUDZMSTEIY Lived da Chicsge. Le, UORTITE stated BUDENSTELY wag only & pessisg aoquabstaace Of bis and be koow potaing aateserabeg biz. t . ® 3 . 4 oa Oe gp ALLTLG Aaa tt oe PNASRES. TDL INCL memes FUG 8 ameetite BAS meme mnemenens "yp oA FILLIAM Rp DNODEATCR/cbw $] Bate dersted 242/84 «hus dquuwest aunuien nothé wrosmacdattons oot genstalnon of a Pts Won the yrepeny of a FEF sad fo Ivonad fe "yes e gamers & ond Be BeoeEAts Sg Bot 1d ‘be Ghee ated eedenge Pont g genet, . on _. Comsaussion Exusnry No, 3151--Continued ae . . : me , ay oy ae Ata cay enema een EE SD EERE ST FY UEREy OGD FEE Tas POOP TSE oe . ° . oa) GENTRAL, MT LAG Ame MO CUSY _ Wapemerem Bie B68 « MEMONANDUM TONs My. Ff, Lee Rankis Ganeval Counsgt . - Preeldent's Commicaton on the . Ssesealnstion of President Kenasdy SUBJECT: ‘  ‘Gnformation Develaped on the Activity of Leg Harvey OSWALD Ib Mostleo City . 1, Oa 26 November 1961 @ young Lotig American, valersed to herein ac "B®, game te the U.S. Embassy In Mezles Clty, He claimed he had been ba the Cubsa Conevilete in blenice Clty on 18 September 1963 when a man he later secegnised to be Leo Harvey OSWALD received {6,500 fn cash to kil) an important pessoa fn the United ftatese . 2. "D" described the circumstances aa follows: While standing by s bathroom door about noon he saw a group of three parsons cane veosing on a patle e dew feck away, One wae a tall, tha Negro with veddloh hale, obviously dyed, who epoke gapldly in both Spanish and Enclish. He had prominent cheek bones and & noticeable etary on the lower right alde of his ching The scecnd wag a white person whom the subject hed esa previously in 6 watiing roant cavzylag a Canadien ‘passport. The white poyson bad green eyea, biondich hair, with pempadeur hsivda, and dork eyeglaceess She tied paren allegedly a0 bee Harvey OSWALD. “DY was cofnpletely convinced of this Year published photos af OSWALD following the aseassinaticn, OSWALD wae wearing a black sport coat, buitoned-up white shisk twelth hort callag tabs, no ile, dark gray pants, and glesy ays glaesedo ” Commission Exurarr No, 3152 aaa 0 TO Bg end ate mee we toe 8 9 cae ree ape eb OF ett Sener ete mpettom e PRY OMT EE PT CLIT BUSTLE a 3 Sot Saas eat Ep AE LINRSRNEN EENF TURD TNE BEET! PW HENgS a cnt e OAH A To SG, 2g NDT HDD STS adel S? Man ore e pia oot!" 6 u%e oom
He had 6 greea paceport ia ble pocket, wera a welet watch with a yellow band, and eppeared to have & pletol in @ shoulder bolsters A tall Cubse Joined the group momuntirily and pasead American currency to the Negra, The Negro thea atlegedly sald te OSWALD in English, "4 want to bill the man.” OSWALD veplied, "You're cot man eacugh, Leas de to The Negro then sald in Spanteb, “T cant go wlth you, Bhave a foste dao” OSWALD replied, “The people ase walting foe me back there.” The Negee thea gave GSWALD $6,500 in large denomination U.S, SNls, saying. "The leat much.” After hescing this converasiloa, "D% gaid ° that he telephoned the U.S. Embassy in Mealea Clty several Umes on 20 September beloce the ageacoination in an siiempt fo, ¢aport his belied that someone imporiant in the Untied States was bo be Kilind, but wae Slnalty told by someone at the Ombasey to step _ waating bis thine. . : $. “D" way knows to thie Agancy a6 6 lormur laformant of 6 Latin Amevican securlty service. Hie gellablilty wag considered questlonabla by U.S, sutharitles alikouch be had not beeg wholly . discredited. “D" chalmed he was fu Mextce City wording sgalnet the Cuban Conununtate fox hie scevice. The sezvite, bowavav, hes denied that ha wag acting om its behalf, While Investigation ¥a the United Stsise showed thas OSWALD could ace pozelbly have beta ln Mealee Clty oa 18 Segternber (he weg kpown to beve beeg fa New Osteans on both 17 and 19 Septemdar], inienalyas intexsogaiion istled ig obaks “0's? story. . : «de Oa Jb November 1963 the Mentcen police taterviawsd Mme: | , At Brat “D” peraleted in bis atory bus on 36 November hoe admitted fn a olgned statement that hie whels eccount sbout OSWALD was , felon, Be adniltied Bo bad not sean Lag OSWALD af all snd haps + f : . he bad act seen anybody paid marey in the Cuban Embsstys ie .. alse edinitied he bad not geled repeatecly te phone 8 warning te {he U.S. Embassy in Meuleo Clty on 29 Saptember es he had Froviowsly claimed. Hnatuad ho had fivbs contacted tha Vids Enso . . bassy aMer the sasaselarticn, "D" sald thet bla motive Ja telling cs this dalen story wae te help get Mmeelf admlited Into the United . . Stated op that bo could parucipate in actloa ageinas Fidel Gastegs - * Ye eald shat be hated Casteo sad thoughs that hip atcry about OSWALD, tps Mf delieved, would Belp cause the United States te fake action agaiast _ Gaateg. Ba Comaissing Exuimnrp No. 3152—Cantinued eet ae Pencetepe itbier ptitnetrticntastnentrinetnetlin ett Sut tne Yt * . . . . “3 ntanatet gettin Cteen CER SSPEOO DTS OG ft . : : 3. Following the stove interrogetian, *D¢ a - weteected the coaleesios he had made te the Menteea cobertties ° an Sseasilag that 63 had been extoried from him undeg pregeure, ° .’ Hie was thes questioned by U.S. authorliles walag a polygraphs . 4+ machines “0” voluntarily consented be the uee af this aquipe , : . cers parla the apatienlng a was pointed out to bins thas be wo we} baling teuthiud, accgrdlag to the polygra . Photogeaphe of OSWALD as the porsoa be ae arte ehcenlltriog Gontulais, He seplled thas be hed gull Calth fa the polygraph, that be would nag attcmpt to solute the weeulis. and that bs . “avast have besa relatabens” fe additiin bs changed Sle sory > vegerding the day he wisited the Guan Consulate, Sealy deo . . cling 0} touk place on Tusedsy, bY September. 13 wae concluded fsom ths results ef the polygesph teas that “DY had fabricated hia story about OSWALD in tote, “DY bas sings basa deported by ide Mexlcan guihoriites te bls native Sounltys Arthetrddebentene : we * . Richard Helme Deputy Director for Plazs ‘ . . . i [ . * ° s a . . ‘ rn te : ‘ : : ” ” Commission Exniorr No, 3152—Continued teas teabete eT Lt Cotte AE ER i Grab RAT de oo RBar «St 5,
14-00000 HZ, ALYCATION DY ¥-32 Oa Hoveuber 35, 1963, T-32 sade conteot with the Uaterg States Mabasey 6t Koxled, DB, Fes bad advised the Zeliowiags . pega eatored Moxico Sitegstly from Custensls 08 August 29, 3093, traveled to Moxice De Fog and gubssqucntiy atiet vit datet Fs Toxice Citys . ks gravel te ‘ ia vardere tackles, Ile had eceogion te - wicht the Cubsa Conculate ia Noxzice, Be Yep Savoral sbagorest nade coatact vith 8 Nicaraguan coozunset woatding ia From thig contiat @ tie wae dovabogad Ser F-93 be Cuba to study guorrs! fince gor the purposs of obtstaing travel documestation for cube by guradabiog gaive Sdoatbticatsos peperd es 8 Waxigan € tBe . . Be atated that on Soptonber 38, 3063, he went to the Gubse Consulate, and whilo sitting fo the welting roos civ a group of spproxinately oicht persese enter the Coseulate and the offiee of Cubss Congul SUSENIO Azcun. A parcoe yakaowa go him was shttiog at ASCUS‘a desk. & abort tise Jatoy, while — gource vag standing near the docr te qhe xon's roce 28 the Cuban Conguiste, be noticed throe mon goavorainag a gow geet auay frou .ble, Soe of then wag & Gall, thde Hegre with vaddigh bairy the gecond Wea & Ba ébon T-$3 ‘hed -swon previously holding » Canadtan pagspcré iu the gaiting roog ofthe Cqnsuletes acd the third Persea was LIS Uayey QS¥ALD, | : gcuree stated that & tell Cuban Joined the above rreup mosontariiy and passed goue Uatted Btates currency te the Mogres . . a sae following conversation between the Vegre oad QSTALD wag cvarkosré by gouross : oe Negro (im Suylishja 3 want to E1T2 The Bae OCI; . Youtse sct mea ancugh, $028 Co ie . o 336 a _ Comanussion Exanarr No, 9152--Continuod . . 4 3 : Le oF gem maa ont, at rer vegro (in Epsutsh)s Z cantt ao with you, F have : & Bet 8 % Oa OSYALD: The people ere waiting for no heck therds F.$9 stated that the Noare thea gave GLAID 98,330 fe Valted Gtates currency af tavee dononlaationg, stylings "Tale $en's nuch.” Of thin sum, $2,600 waa for extra aspengea, The Kogre sloe gave Osyvaia phous 308 HexSeag pordss Sa a later interview, source abated that tho Matted States bake aotes vore ia a ovall pach shout ong geurth Cae eee races loess Eus0D getek FoF expeonee a6 48 ag 6a ore peeer pnyoonted ’ anbe SOF expenses ang $3,600 9-92 ghated that Gsvald bad caryéed & greea . paasport fa bie pocket, 6nd he holinved he cae OLWALD woarkng B pistes ia a choulder holater, but be eae nat sure of this polat. Ne etated that OSVALDO bad inag aho 8: 5 Bith a yeblow-sedal bang, dccordiag fo noes ne tD water _ bppsared to ba couplotely af hang a6 the Cansulsty and to knov aad te be bnows by Cubsa Conaulage peracanels 032 wae arrasted and taterregated by Woxteai authoritieg Gs Kovoubor 38, 3962, and 3 copy or the interroe getion yeport by thy Mexican authorities revealed the goliovingt At the outgot soureo’e story generally receabliod Bheé Focorded abews, We repeatod ta the Hontean sather ities the detalig ef the scose ia which be aay the Hegra, the ah ate the Aeagicos sonvoraing togothors the delivery ey to the dagricsa @20e te operhearte y the Nearo, gad the coaversatiog %o33 adviaed the interviewing Keziean efftel that upos geogag the photograph cf OS4ALD aa the sevepapers gellowing the seeaggination of Prealdent JOin F, UPMULDy, be gocogaizeé OFVALD ga tha daeritan Be had seen ab the Cubas Cavoulates aa excerpt tree gource’s otatenont te Koxt auéteritiee, 30 tragelated fvou Spaniah, dq ov followed -¢0 _| Cosnnssion Exutsrt No. $152--Continued
soos Spontanceualy gad aftor racnanidnring he geatres te atate theb tbe dmarinan ke when he raferged a the body of hin atatranak aad whoa be aw the £8th of Baptoxbar ag thie gene iu the bee Conauiaga Rad p eorlaia gripalbange, abeug oixty per cent, to LEN MANYRE OURALE feagaaaia ‘ of the Sresideat of the Undind Gielen}. That alter the sagasainatian oF Oraakdont ERNKEGY tha eikncas took advantage ef this fae8 te hig favor 80 explolé Gt, Surninhing veratona auen ee these Saktsatly cok forth, for the Purgnnn Of provoking 60 enorgetig roaction from (un palitigal polut of view oa the garg of the Untied Kisten of Anerdes Sgainet the goveruscal af yiugt. CATA GUE and thet he Bad a0 sellve other Ian the profavad hatved he feels for conauntua. Tass st) hie Bafe &he witacas had dediestad hiaantf ga Coubatiag Sennvaiag and ha rcerece ab thin aterat nat haviag accusplished bis objective dm the seuss of sauaing & feackien oa the park of dhe American Seversacas bgaings FICE Casta,” , .Becauga of She fact that ‘aubaequen? to-eaking ‘the abovacnantlongd statement to Heuicag autheritkes, seuree Giaieed that he tsa Shangog his stateapat because a2 fear, he was Saterviewad at cunaidgrable bongth on Docenber & ahd 6, 4863, ta Hoxled, Bo Be After voitovatiny Ade story, 3-34 was afforded & eolyzraph exaalnation on Pceraksr &, 8803, Ovriag the courae Aacriess you sae $6 the Cubsa Congubated® As She thae he wag shawn photographs Of tho cuaalaation ho wag anzod, “le this the of O3aLo, Zack ting 20 wae aahed this ueetion & *deceat be gofinitely ‘ peegoadedy “Yea,” Dut 43 was nebed tha! the polpgraph Sndieated tf % Fespenae™ oo thoas anavars, Those Fedponses aad those with feapect to other Ruestiona fed te the eopelusioa 34 waa @ fabvicater, It wie apeodfically polated Suh 3@ Ada Gag the polygrapr * Se ‘et be ° ‘, aa . Le ; Connussion Esquore No, 3152—Continued ; + ory 2 ew dodicated tbat Be sie nog being truthtua dm ddantieytag photecrs , Sor biz explanation thorcot, Eonsulate, oad be via tated He replied that he And full faith in the . Dolygraph an@ would not att t ont OB te say Ghat the anky caphenn. fun be contd aide 3 ees Be mee sree ko Ay eptonbor 3, “ba renoabled OS¥ALD Sosing the photograph of OSVALD fa ah @ Boworapar; he fb complete bebe geht teee sranctously ee auveusstigusine es Gsnsulite wis oszitp, —— PO*808 BO bd seee da tas Oud Cosousaton Exuirp No, MS2—Cuartienaeel . ; oe Ty a = aan
14-00000 Mexico City in early September to receive money and orders for the = gssassination,** that he had bean flown toa secret airfield somewhere in S; ornear the Yucatan Peninsula," that he might have mada contacts in 1. Mexico Gity with a Communist from the United States shortly _- before the assassination,** and that Oswald assassinated the Presi- "=. dent at the direction of a particular Cuban agent who met with him in **" the United States and paid him $7,000.7° A letter was received from #< someone in Cuba alleging the writer had attended a-meeting where *”.. the assassination had been discussed as part of a plan which would -** soon include the death of other non-Communist Jeaders in tho Ameri. ‘um cas®™ The charge was made in a Cuban expatriate publication that in <") aspeech ha delivered 5 duys after the assassination, while he was under «the influence of liquor, Fidel Castro made a slip of the tongue and said, — “©The first time Oswald was in Cuba,”. thereby giving away the - . J<E fact that Oswald had. mada one or more surreptitious trips to that “1.1. "FE Some stories linked the assassmation to anti-Castro groups who - >; allegedly were engaged in obtnining illicit firearms in the United : ? States, one such claim being that these groups killed the President as + part of a bargain with some illicit organizations who would then : supply them with firearms as payment" Other rumors placed ~ Oswald in Miami, Fls., at various times, allegedly in pro-Cuban ac-- . gh--tivities there." ‘Tha assassination was claimed to have been carried ,, out by Chinese Communists operating jointly with the Cubans. 5 Oswald was also alleged to have met with the Cuban Ambassador in. “<"_..@ Mexico City restaurant and to have driven off in the Ambassador's =" car for a private talk.** Castro himself, it was alleged, 2 days after “jon, the assassination called for the files relating to Oswald’s dealings with £55. two members of the Cuban diplomatic mission in the. Soviet Union; = the inference drawn was that the “dealings” had occurred and had :, 7" established a secret subversive relationship which continued through _ “, ist Oswald’s life ‘Without exception, the rumors and allegations of _ #8i48 conspiratorial contact wers shown to be without any factual basis, “2223, in some cases the product of mistaken identification. os ; 57. Illustrative of the attention giver to the most serious allegations. . “cis the case of “D,” a young Latin American secret agent who ap- ‘aie proached U.S. authorities in Mexico shortly after the assassination %&, and declared that he saw Lea Harvey Oswald receiving $6,500 to kill 3, tthe President. Among other details, “D” said that at about noon on ux September 18, waiting to conduct some business at the Cuban con- ay i “ aS Fan » . . . . peas os 00 URES RENO FO HE SUPER, mo NA EER UNS a en ome ere > . o* eee! + Se sulate, he saw a group of three persons conversing in a patio a few “& feet away. One was a tall, thin Negro with reddish hair, obviously pe *:dyed, who spoke rapidly in both Spanish and English, and another’ “Was a men he said was Lee Harvey Oswald. A tall Cuban joined the - group momentarily and passed some currency to the Negro. The * Negro then allegedly said to Oswald in English, “I want to kill the. man.” Oswald replied, “You're not man enough, I can do it.” The Negro then said in Spanish, “I can’t go with you, I have a lot to do.” ' Oswald replied, “The people are waiting for me back there.” The 30T . . . . ei Se aN A gen MN SA Reg A NSO GU © RL AF PHO GRE, APSE 28 mE v4 . . . ’ oe
14-00000 a) i ar \ ‘ Negro then gave Oswald $5,500 in large-denomination American bills, saying, “This isn’t much.” Arter hearing this conversation, “D” said that he telephoned the American Embassy in Mexico City several times prior to the assassination in an attempt to report his belief that someone important in the United States was fo be killed, but was finally told by someona at the Embassy to stop wasting his time. “DP” end his allegations were immediately subjected to intensive investigation. His former amployment'as an agent for a, Latin Ameri- can country was confirmed, although his superiors had no knowledge of his presence in Mexico or the assignment described by “D.” Four days after “D” first appeared the U.S. Government was informed by tha Mexican authorities that “D” had admitted in writing that his ’ whole narrative about Oswald was false. He said that he had never seen Oswald anyplace, and that he had not seen anybody paid money - in the Cuban Embassy. He also admitted that he never tried to tele phone the American Embassy in September and that his first call to ’* the Embassy was after the assassination. “D” said that his motive in . fabricating the story was to help get himself admitted into the United -- States sothat he could there participate in action against Fidel Castro. ~ -. ‘Efe said that he hated Castro and hoped that the story he made up -:.+ spould be beliaved and would cause the United States to “take action” against him. | ot : ‘SHil later, when questioned by American authorities, “D” claimed that he had been pressured into retracting his statement by the Blex- . ., ieam police and that the retraction, rather than his first statement, + yas false. A portion of the American questioning was carried on with tha use of 2 polygraph machine, with the consent of 6H” When told that the machine indicated that he was probably lying, “D” said words to the effect that he “must be mistaken.” Investigation in the : meantime had disclosed that the Embassy extension number “T)” said ‘he had called would not have given him the person he said he spoke : to, and that no one at the Embassy—elerks, secretaries, or officers— _., had any recollection of his calls. In addition, Oswald spoka little, if any, Spanish, That he could have carried on the alleged conversation with the red-headed Negro in the Cuban Embassy, part of which was ” supposed to have been in Spanish, was therefore doubtful. “D” now ’ said that he was uncertain as to the date when he saw &serneone who looked lia Oswald” at the Cuban Embassy, and upon reconsideration, he now thought it was on a Tuesday, September 17, rather than Se tember 18.. On September 17, however, Oswald visited the Louisiana State Unemployment Commission in New Orleans and also cashed 2 check from the Texas Employment Commission at the Winn-Disie Store No. 1425 in New Orleans. On the basis of the retractions made by “D” when he heard the results of the polygraph examination, and on the basis of discrepancies which appeared in his story, it was concluded that “D” was lying” . Se The investigation of the Commission has thus produced no evidence that Oswald’s trip to Mexico was in any way connected with the assas- '  sination of President Kennedy, nor has it uncovered evidence that the - 308 a> ee eeee a tn see marr rire or serreenilnen lien AER AO at EI tte
14-00000 ~He non APPROVED FOR Ke. CHB HISTORICAL: REVIC! ° rea a VecaeAM ase mires THD «+ ras eer rr ee a wae VIA : SUBJECT : On 30 Ju ed at he h ontative told | 8 informat ae x me in te ¢ bays po $2 "IO fuk bod ped fA ern m0 0D o> “a Oo ie oO rh «f ook (Betr rovided < New York 7 rth af wose on wt te @ br] pon TIO rf OO ha For OO WM rtrno pa Qry eH rhe aide $2 6ugus tc PM PLwH OD ke thd Ww fo fp uv Ot 3in} fo fo fy “<“ rice ae a. Pres GARCIA KXonly Nixon would Cuba would 6 killings wou b. Brit there w 1960, and. Kennedy Knew the public. that The star @opress ¢ e informa ) OT 4 BD 1 DO tes ra Aan x ry $9 ct ct =O : a a fe y. aval } on the Times ’ and oth they were not removed until wn America Division ¢ Deputy Director for Operat ions Chief, Latin Possible Accusations Against the CIA nours, Latin America Divis the Office of Legislative ad just talked on the phone to a staff ai Thomas Downing, Democrat of Virginia. nite that Representative Downing had just ion from a Mr. Robert Morrow, author of a John F. Kennedy assassination. Cnis alie ged information to the Los Angel es a Richmond newspaper (Times or : : According to this information, in the New York ly 1976 at 1630 fs WRIA Times on ers. id is to appear ident Richard Nixon promised ‘a Mr. Mario that if an invasion of Cuba were successful; arrange that all Cuban leftists outside e killed.’ The implication was that these ld be carried out by the CIA. overflights froi the Bahamas Showed Soviet missiles in Cuba as early as 1964, President but withheld it from ish ere of this information, £ aide said that R conferel On, ice on Monday not nece 4 oe - + 1 wa Oued fits ow
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meemegar to" wo ©'* How CIA Plot To " tayal,”” pubtisned py the Henry Regnery Cu.. Chisago. 8 A oe e+ ee Spe cae toteeten ae + OL EY Ae ety AA AAT IIE came Reta ia Se wer YR Pe RL Dte en NOR Str a ee eet eet Cee SCT ce eo ice i ¥ ek RA EARLE SS ee ee Le Dena ; never Ot gta I OY UA Re ace aca . se eobee rr MT Cee Steen dada’ ves Unt ene oe > 8 4 _w , HARRY ALTSHULER MIONIGHT Statt Writer The CLA and Fidel Gasize were both betting on the same agent =o and Gasive wan. The CIA plotted te murder Cage tro Sy using a Cuban agent code-named Am/Lash, whe agreed tolead 8 coup te overturn the Castro government : Hat \i Lash was o double agent. A letting Rasndat sad af Castro, miticd Malumde Cubvhe. he tows the CIA's ntones ons end sailed ats pleas - inte Castie’s ure. : Ia angry retaliation, Custra setup - the ussassinutivg uf Presivent John fF. Rennedy, 8 «. EDGE is the story oe already hinge peoy te fe Laowan ia sone Washington cities Fist nt i” 4 | ‘Kennedy . -. .Was Trying To Get Casira, But ~ Castro 5 Got Te om behind the reope: P thtes tide, Pte” fed ; F} oa JF Ks ourden “ aby ib Him Firs? Hut the inuth may he-even more Cla blamed Kennedy JOHNSON refused to _ oof BJ. cungles. Now aformer Ch upeme 5 igs failure. - spill any details. rive. Rupert 1), Morrow, hae spriteg OF Bay Of Pigs fasture. = - spill any +3 Semee £Ry Sa i194" “PER FOB asuape 2 4 Hee Ber. Sb Ploves, working under orders, He bud nuidea wh it wasad ubasae ve where are awn ucts fitted ingo the pistury Lea Hurvey Oswald was aut ite anmaawa. Murrow ane § pioup imade the CLA seit, working chisely with Tes a dues veors of seurete ints 4 suatessiunal Pook, “Bee Metts, i aftntled Cubun cuiles. plotted ibe ussustinution, says Man | i { eS Oswitid was just the chump set up te take he lume, wile Tow. cee Ser ee the tout Adlers escaped. Oswald's bres was another CLA employed, Jack Rupy. NaS iy Cl weiess | Avcordiag tu Marrow, Oot sid was 0 conulleteme CLA em | Ruby Kaew the scope af ihe plat and wanted ne part of it, , But Ruby Rad o mecet of tis own on the side, drugerunning from Cuba. tt made Aim sulnerante to bluckenaal. : tackali: Ruby was tre Dallas aygatclub operstor whu wathed up te ROLANDO CUBELO, almost a Casira iGokaliz Dswald and, as the qution watshed oa TV, shut him ut clos « with the heard ang cigar. ‘wore hs on tke aonee us ninge. Ruay wor saw dead, but hin cium was he performey . 23 4 result of wounds he received in the res ifte inet out of fuve for tne dead Present. Morrow suys tha. Gential Palace takeover in Havana on Casa is the truth about Ruoy: . h behalf, oo. ” He was ordered to frguidate Oswald, to keep his muuth , now dead. a New Ort . . . . ‘ . . sem ca nit coe wae ¢ + hari, a Be cans budineseman who was a power’ phat. ao threucened With a jail sentence ant a drug charge tt | the CLA, Vnerow quotes him as deciasing: “The axcaxsia swilialenl. ¥ : a a? 7 ow oa What did she CEA cuba hive aginst JFK Morrow ew ; aerate fesident may ~— a snearttoay 242. but nut ifes niains the CEA group cad as Cuban evils triends Bhemed ! ° att Amertea inder come meet Kennedy tar the Hey of Pigs uasasnin falure. And th Lung afterward. Shaw wus indicted on # conspire vharged ont with ahiy ity politics i the Cuhaa mieaide crisis. charge, und scwuitted 34 innocent, : : a : Reaernales But meanwhile, as Morrow teila it, the plot w shez, “Hour President und hus brother de on the misstie infor. e He id ells it, the plot went * mution. be won't live through his fiese term. Mocrow neatd Oswald was picked as the fal guy. to be fed to the sole. = 4 ° from an inuder while the men who uctuslly fired the shots in Dallas u:. ag insider. : . Sav. 32 got away, a ; The CLA-Cubun eaile plotiers regarded JFK aya tnuner, Thie part of the story fre in with recent Senate Inte! aney felt he en cen pela ert td Castro, HUM rence Commites revelations af fie Cuba-connecied fir, Cheie fiest plas was to ram Castro by counterfeuing ves following the usainsamation. One fled Tews for Meu, Cuban currency to smash the ecunumy. They were runnin, he wcraanhey jada Cubs Sound wrliner was held back : their counterfeiting operatiun with U.S. government funus . ‘7 . sae face . and salaries, but aaturaily iney had to xeep it dark romthe __ TRE other reached Mexico tne fallowing ay. aad White Haus: ? immedintely Nown out to Cuda on an airliner with no ott ite Huuse, | . Passengers, - Their secrecy succeeded tom weil == fue the Nocret Serve Avcording to Morrow, these were the men wh Var tee HOKE In any arrestcy them ws ordinary CuUniertener. ja ce artes amie neers ee tates Sloraw ninaseil’ was Ratded “at af Seaterce, suse: wher “Hes siming i the one Ovwald auined. who . netted ae rorittetnan tah cna ce ERE OMB “ny Peasnde Mm adilen vantage pats: The capi i 2 ins ti ie sc . The insiders fe ine White House Rad ia id wile their List dope == snort of vieletve af Srenaing Casita “If we can't get Castro because of the President, «e's ear the President first, so we can et at Caaira."’ one of them wirned Morrow, ames ne * . Phe Kinggin of tne group, ars Sok says, was Clay Shaw, Peay eh; S yon ane Sat there was more thon one arent feng accounts fur: Puséiing srotusion uf wounds. . . ifthe truth KEuwe or suscected in Washington. vs Aus te Sgen se lang comtene inte the omen? . Current talk in the auton’. cupmtal is that the Hist ones : Feahee Castru's involvement Aud a termble fear thet were upenty wccused, it wotd lead ty a confrontation ac net Scher, Kussia oo Pussisly the aucleur holocaust t2 whole world drenced. . . So they ( quiet —- ever the man in che White Hous. ater Howard K. Sth nas now reveales enti conversicion vit Jobs, wag 220. Stell sou something spout Renteds’s murder that rock yu.” Juhnson cantiess. “Kennedy was trping to 2 oe ut Cantera set te fie firs.” H4, "Pats Fawn aid eghe, | seme for deta. Downed wei come wet some wat. atve MSS eee hep seme, one SS ached est wer fete wis he CEL peenene . se a. Ae E Varta tite & BE Net eeerets Leet the PES artitize acer 1 Sesan Perce Cnet. Eigen Ameavas: F se Tagerg: anc ROLANCO CUIELO, an ing ever Saale fu Sele alg ete oe en Bene “ oro ahem Maesteg atom i: . . davata oneeersity Present wuanm MMarnadg, im ing aarty ca,s sf ine Casira .:etsry. ; ye : “- ans ~~ ew
14-00000 APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1993 a Wee, CIA HISTORICRI-REVIEW PROGRAM MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence FROM Vr; Chief, Latin America Division VIA : Deputy Director for Operations SUBJECT : Citations from Robert Dietz Morrow's Bcok, "Betrayal" in "Midnight," a Weekly Tabloid, entitled, "How CIA Plot to Kill Castro Backfired" REFERENCE : Memorandum for DCI from C/LA, Subject: "Possible Accusations Against the CIA," Dated 31 July 1976 ° ~ 1. Attached is ‘a copy of Subject article from the 2 August 1976 edition of the tabloid "Midnight." 2. Also attached is a copy of a 24 March 1976 memorandum for the Deputy Director for Administration from the Director. of Security relative to Robert Dietz Morrow. This memo indicates that Mr. Morrow was granted a Secret contract clearance in September 1962 for use by the Office of Commu- nications which centracted with Morrow Products, Baltimore, Maryland, to produce an adapter which would greatly reduce interference on radio receivers. The adapter was deliverec in February 1965 and found te be worthless and the contract was terminated. Subsequently, Morrow became involved with Mario GARCIA Kohly and made. the plates from which Kohly produced counterfeit Cuban pesos. Morrow and his wife, Cecily, were arrested along with Kohly by the Secret Service on 1 October 1963. At that time Morrow told the Secret Service that he had become associated with a "certain agent" after building a device which he demonstrated to €IA. . gree means ~ me qt Wiewbeeatias AOTCE | ALN! METROOS (NUL YEU (ea AEG SEED oe NRCC tt tee ADS Po
er aa 3s pera . a rf > BN 3. To our knowledge the allegations in Subject article have no basis in fact nor did we have any relationship with Jack Ruby, Clay Shaw or Lee Harvey Oswald. 2 Attachments, a/s ce: DbcI CONCUR: Chief, Counterintelligence Stare ate ARE : 7 _ for ; a Deputy Director for Operations Date
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14-00000 ” SR Nees mene ey ag cent * { eet Ft eee 3a ere oy ow APPROVED FOR RELEASE 199 CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGR MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence FROM : John H. Waller Inspector General SUBJECT : Washington Star Story, 1 October 1976 1. This is for your information only. 2. On 1 October 1976 the Washington Star published a news _ story with an Associated Press credit line, headlined CIA. Viewed Oswald As Information Source (copy attached). The lead stated: ; 2 Contrary to sworn testimony, the CIA once con- sidered using presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald as a source of intelligence information about the Soviet Union, according to a newly released CIA document. In sworn testimony before the Warren Commission, former CIA Director Richard Helms said the Agency never had "or even contemplated" any contacts with Oswald. The news story, in another section, made tne following statement: The November 25, 1963, memo explained that the Agency's interest in Oswald as a potential ‘intelligence source was due to his ‘unusual behavior in the USSR, '' to which he had defected in 1959.
feos fee 3. There was such a memorandum, written by a case — {2 officer then stationed in Paris, recently released under FOIA. Writing three days after President Kennedy's assassination, this case officer recalled that there had been interest in Oswald, ‘ As soon as I had heard Oswald's name, I recalled that as Chief of the 6 Branch I had discussed -- sometime in the summer of 1960 -- with the then Chief and Deputy Chief of the 6 Research Section the laying on of interview (s) through KUJUMP or other suitable channels... I remember that Oswald's unusual behavior in the arr USSR, had struck me from the moment I had read rn : the first ODACID dispatch on him, and I told my a subordinates something amounting to ''Don't push too hard to get the information we need, because this individual looks odd. "! + « « « Ido not know what action developed there- after... . 4, The Helms testimony before the Warren Commission on this subject was.as follows: Mr. Helms.. On Mr. McCone's behalf, I had all - our records. searched to sée if there had been - BS any contacts at any time prior to President Kennedy's. assassination by anyone in the Central Intelligence , Agency with Lee Harvey Oswald. We checked our card files and our personal files and all our records, Now this check turned out to: be negative. In addition -I got in touch with those ‘officers who were in positions of responsibility. at the. times: ‘in, question to see if. anybody had any recollection of any contact having © even been. suggested with. this man. This also turned -out to be negative, so ‘there is no-material in the | Central Intelligence Agency, ‘either in the records or _in'the mind of any of the individuals, that there was 7 any contact had or even ‘contemplated with him. ee aaa
14-00000 i . . a ul wfakts - £535 Chrono ; . a way tegen 3 FE 3 Fit. wudig dived PD ied ated acm ty 5, Mc. Helms did state exactly the words quoted in the news story -- "or even contemplated.'' But the context of those words was what was reported to him as the result of -a search of records and memories. To this day those. familiar with the extensive Oswald records state that there is no reflection in those records that anyone even undertook to propose or approve a contact with Oswald. It would have been natural to do so, but apparently any such thoughts did not progress to formal action. From the memorandum quoted, it is apparent that.someone at Branch level did think about it, even if nothing ever came of it. This hardly con- - stitutes a responsible or official or serious "contemplation"! of the idea. Mr. Helms! full statement on this point seems literally correct in the full context of his statement, although more refined qualifications might have reiterated the basis for his conclusions. The news story is misleading on this point. ° _ 6 The news story statement that Oswald was considered due to his "unusual behavior in the USSR,'' is exactly the opposite of the staternents of the quoted memorandum, which reported the care that should be used if Oswald were approached, because of his strange conduct. 7. The statement in the news story about Mr. Dulles consulting with Agency personnel on how to answer questions is basically true. The interpretation to be placed on this counselling will depend on the interpreter. The inference of the news story is that Mr. Dulles was counselling slanted responses on the Oswald issue, thereby tending to reinforce the interpretation of deception attributed to Mr. Helms. LO ,, LE oon hit Lo eZ Kili Le. VA “John H. Waller / f Attachment: As Stated cc: DDCI w/fatts DIG: SOBreckinricce:js (R 1407) § Getonar 13756 Distribution: ‘Orig ufacts - Addressee’ Twfatts - BoCl. - | Sy lou/fatts - ER wfatts - Té Chrono - 3 - wfatts - 1GPSuby FT
4 x Tr CLE APPLE wee va em _—, porters emer oe =" nt ” pasoctaicd Pease ; Contrary to. swom testimony, the “CTA once considered using presiden-~ ' Hal assassin Lee Harvey Oswald a5 a4 ” source: of ‘intelligence . information. : about the Soviet Union, according to. anewly released CLA document. leet In sworn testimony. before - "the Warren | Commission, formers, CIAZ. Director Richard, Helms, said the: ! ugency nevar had.“or even ‘contem- ~ plated” any contacts with Oswald, | ‘The newl y released document, : writtea by an unidentified CIA officer. three days after President John F. | feanedy was killed in Dallas on Nov. - 27, 1983, says that:“‘we showed intel- ‘ligence interest, in Oswald's and "dis- cuss ed. * oe ~ thezJaying “on of inte views." oan ay ns tae? . The anidentified- -oHicer 2 -that-# “TE do not know. 1 wha action developed : thereafter. “ : +e ae : . He MEMOLYAS AMONG hen deeds of pages+of. documents. from: ‘the CIA’s HileonLee Harvey Oswa Id. The material wasireleased “to.. The* ‘Associated. Prass. yesterd2y- under: “the Freedom ‘of Infoemation Act. > &. second document - -reveals. “that: <form er CIA: Director Allen D: ulles,; j while serving as.a member-ol the A Wareen Commission, privately. coune-. \answe CIA officials on the best way to. eS wer cuestions-from. the. “Oswald, valid Wasa CIA agentin th. Sa pein tte . Dulles “Thought - language" which: mada it clear. that. Lee: Hacvey Gs- _ wald was never an employe or ageat of CIA would suffica,” an unidenti-. fied CTA officer wrote Helms in April wns es ana i itsion abaut allegations , that. Os: ik he *y agres with.J him that a carefully - phrased denial of the charges ef in-| volvement with Oswald se emed most appronriat e, * the un identified ¢ificer, ad- ay od - et Sis ae a “services, testi PLN EE Pe eel al H Sew id pte Sve tmmenan 2008 Sindoretinat ose cay ae Wher he “abpedred before the.com- ‘mission in May: 1934, Helms, then “head “of. the. agency’s. clandestine fled underoath » “that | ““there’s no imaterial in- the- Ceatral | cntalligence’? Agency,‘ either. .in ‘the * “records oc ia the mind of any of the _individuals {that thers.was any, ‘cone tact had or even n comtemplated wit” Oswald. ° TR NOV 25 “1953, ‘iemo explains | that the agency "s interest in Oswald | as a-potential intehigence source was _due: to. his “unusual behavior in the ~USSR,”: to which he had defected i in? . 1959.- * ole! : "We: were *s articulatly interested “ia the (delet 2d) Oswald might oro-- ‘vide on the Minsk factary in waich he thad beea emoloys d, on certsin sace- ‘tions. of the city: itself, and of course: iwe thought.the usual (deleted) that “might help develop (deleted) person- ‘ ‘ality dossiers,” the memo states.” ~The memo-indicates.that Oswald. rwas also of. interest to.therCIA, be-:: i Cause of concem that! his: s-Russi te vgs “born wite, “Marina, riz he have ‘been ipart of a trend for Soviat women to “mazry foreigners, leave the country “and settle overseas where they could _serve eas spies, ae ae gee . : THE MEMO ‘ABOUT the ‘agéney's “interest,” int Oswald said the: discus- ‘sions about Oswald occurred ‘ ‘some- time in ‘summer. 1960." The author! coal inued:"T: don't recall if this was! discussed while Oswald and his fami-! ly were en route te our Country. or if it: was after their arrival.” oe S8P Se tele Peed
14-00000 RLESMORANDUM TO: accompanied by Mr. Subject in a parked cay on the atatemeats, unless otherwise noked, are thage of the Subject:, a Interior 513, telephone 46353-37, M J 'Drogfegsgor Edelherto TORRES, who lives at General Zuazua, © 2 ot ~ APPROVED FOR RELEASE £933 CA HISTORICAL REVIEW PRGA, 2) Novemoes 195 fine > Co pene “Her Ces Fygstce Fe get te. Clark D. Ancersoa,| Le; al iouton Mi. Saatt er of this Section, * °. Afiice, interviewed | °° OE es uth edge of tyfe city. The following . ve naan deteeeaaieie eee ene at NECROSS Gee EOD CE OE A GT MUTA mnie EEE trans DDG yeN OOH NC mn mm FY Subject was born 31 Janua {in Ciudad Rama, Departamento Zelaya, Nicarafpa. | oa bea on 2) August 1963 on his way t Cuba to study guercillazarfare . oe, tactics. Ha was to wait in Mex.§f until false documentation , - aa a Mexican citizen could be agianged through the Cubaa an Consulate in Mexico, The reaW/pipose behind hia travel ~ Soe et involved a penetration missiog! for the Nicaraguan Secret Service, oan Wis superior in Mexico City Js Majar Roger JEREZ, Nicaraguan 9 9° Military Attache, whose of i¥ee is lodated at Pasaje Latino, Bico City. - On 2 Septernmber Subject reported i Maxice Cityto :  - a Number 37, Interior J TORRES is a Nigaraguan anc is in charge of Nicaragua /Com«uaist travellaks to Cuba. He isa well-known Cormugist and has a daughtertin Moscow who ef : «. ne travelled there on poe Mexican papers. On 2 Seotemper Subject discussed anti-SQqmoza guerrilla » with TORRES activities in Departamento Atleniica, Wicarazy alavera. . oe and the brothers Gustavo and Humberto Jerez siumbesrto is ajteacher ina Mexican femate nore al school. TORRES roldBubject that he would receive 500 Mexican p23s03 monthly#subsistence allawance pending the aysangement
14-00000 pee ge nes ome scat 4 nn ~~ = per Sudjsct wenc to the Suban Coamiate to 7 od Rene amy nhotos ta Consul AZOU=. » ng saw a group of ap5¢0) peacely 3 turn over pasapo® in the waiting roo persona enter the Gonsulate and go into AZS. f= "3 office, but Lt awn person Was sitt aly at AZCUC's desk. | 7 . a’ Ba t0 Subjectin “<> s alias as Juan Jose, alput 40 years old Lf ustacha, normal. °° build, straight hair, em Prargzed from th, foffica and aaked Lee Subject to turn over nial iohotoyranhs, # At this point, Subject asked to be showa the lo@ation of vad mien’ g room and was | directed through a door tqa pasaggeway leading toa patio. i . | ‘The door of the patio open off ris passageway. ts _. While standing py the se MLoce ¢ door, Subject saw a Pts . group of 3 persons conver si g on the patio a few feet away- : ") *, One waa a tall; thin Negroy rh 3 reddish hair waich appeared. -:"- : te be dyad. He | had promiaealychaekbones anda noticeable -- . scar on hig lower right #ida ofthis chin. Me apoks repeatedly oe - with a Cuban accent ‘agit also spoke some Zuglish. Another. -* one waa a white man ghom Subdjact had previously geen . holding a Canadian phesport ; in the waiting room. This person. ve had green eyes andar: blond h which was arrenged ina . . Nexiatentialist" hafrdo with 2 pormpadour. He wore glasses of ae the type with a mi feror-like outers sirface. Ths third pezgon . was Lee Harvey OSW! AL LD (Sobject a completely convinced OSWALD). He said there OSWALD was wearing 4 black sport coat, ‘puttoaed ap ‘white shirgwith short collar tabs, no tig, daxkk gray pante and leas ey oglasses9. (Subject stuck to this istory that he was Wearing Ayegiassea despite the fact that they were not present fn2d photoa of OSWALD.) ja publi . omentarily and Sgoject saw a tall Cuban join the group 3as9 @oms America currency to the Negro. This unidentified - Cuban man had apparently come out of AZCUE's office into the Gikeet o #6975
14-00000 pico. itu is iescribeaas tali, solid, & F ior : cusly hair, w2aring a browa suis and cio2d tie. Sabject estimated his age as approximately 37. Subject never gaw this can after 13 Ssotemoaer. . . Sabject overheard tae iollowiag conver3ation between tha Negro aad CSWALD: Negro: (in English) I want to kill the man. Ce CSWALD: You're not man enough, I can do it. Negro: (in Spanish) I can't go with you. Thavea lotto da.» OSWALD: The people ara waiting for me back tere.” a ; pe $ . ra Pape “Tae Negro then gave OSWALD 5,500 doilars in large ae dersnination U.S, bills saying "this ien't much". Of this aum, | 1,500 dollars was for extra expen3=s. The Nezro alse gave - | OSWALD about 200 Mexican pesos. Later the Subject saw a pretty girl believed ta be a Cuban emoloyee of the Consulate _ give OSWALD an "abrazo" and tell him that she was living ak Galle Juarez $407 in case he wished to find her. The girl | aporeated to be about 20 years old and her manner reminded. Subject of a prostimte. OSWALD, the Negro and the Canadian, _then wentupstairs. . , Sudject left the Consulate building momentarily to buy a . popsicle at the corner and saw these threa persons leave by the inmbassy gate near the corner of Tacubaya where they entered 2 parked black car, probably a Chevrolet. Subject — - reentered the Consulate waiting xoom and later was approackad by the tall unidentified Cavan wha came oul sf AZCUZ's office and told Subject to return the next cay at which time his finger- prints would be takan and he would complete a farm for . obtaining travel documents. . se Subject returned to the Consulate on 19 September at ‘= about 9325 and filled out the form. He was told at this time thet he would be aporoached by an Embassy officer to make up a story for his false Mexicas papers. Many people were in room on the moraing of 19 September and the door Se — oy ont par Hy od Oo
14-00000  PORRES entered AZCUE's office alone and later emerged .. °. _ contact you." At this point, an unidentified girl entered the | ‘Consulate and graetad TORRES. TORRES replied "notmew, . - |, a come back tomorrow." ee ns 7 oo ‘that he was aot acquainted with the area. ae on #3 > id ca] was finally closed to keep others frorn ontering. Subject was then told to coniact TORRES, Wasreuj03 zo TORRVES' home but TORRES wife, 2 Cuatemalus, Sudject that he was at the Soviet = woans. Gabject went 2 Javiet Embaasy about 1130 but was not allowed to enter - oe . although he had been thers on earlisr occasions with TORRES. _ re At this point, Dr. Noel JARQUIN Toledo, Nicaraguan . 4% - a . cote Communist, who has been in Moscow, approached and saw 20-0 Wn & suse Subject standing atthe gate. He asked Subject way hewas . +7. here and Subject said ha was looking for CORRES. JARQUIN 3°) informed him that TORRES was inside. TORRES soon came Po a out and accompanied Subject to the Cuban Consulate. nr re telling Subject “you have nothing further to do hereuntiLD 77) ee Ot « aan ase On ‘the night of 19 September TORRES presidad over a © “ee meeting of akout 18 Nicaraguan Communists held at his home |” 4 to discuss a recent guerrilla attnchita the Segavia Region of CO Nicaragua, TORRES announcad that 6 guerrillas hadbeen © 0 7 killed and aaid that the next year would he a tough one becausa the U.S. nolicy might change and the Communist might find themselves isolated. TORRES asked Subject ig he knew the . ee . Laguna de Perlas area of Nicaragua where the U.S. istraining oa Cubans. He referrad toitas "zona gringa". Subject replied On 28 September TORRES sant Enrique CUADRA Collada, a "an amoloy se of Carton Envaszes ‘de Maxics, Lago de Canala 13, . 1) to rell Subject that he should go to tha Cuban Surgulate, Sibject » to the Consulate out was told to wait because the Conarcl “WAS very busy. = toe While waiting for the Consul, Subject saw the Canadian- , again. The Canadian was gmoking a cigarette and wearing 2 Roles wristwateh which a Consulate employee waa trying to buy from him for 1,000 pes0a. Tre Canadian cefused to sell, saying
74-90000 “by pnone but was finally told "quit wasting our time; wa are working here and not playing." oe t - < bbs LS) re je 4 és 5 ¥ a? € that he nad vurchased the watch ia Manica a4 ume as a gouvenir. Toe Canaan carried a carmety atzapped across his cheat and also carried a batch of paotagrapas waich as was snowing to Consulate smpioyess. ine vad haired Negro mentioned sariier then cris in and sook as, Seem the Canadian uustairs. As he waz Laaving the waitiag coom,: <* ° the Canadian Mashed a large wad of U.S. Sollars aad said "Im |.” qouiag. The skies are clouding up aad they'rs waiting fpa me athome"™ © 0-0) -. oo A, oa, At tae end of September Subject phoned the American’ Smbassy several times to report his belief that samsona — eg important in the U5. was ta ‘a kVled, In mating these calls, he used the name Jorge KYNAUT (phonetic) to protect hia *.. ~ identity. He waa asked if the call related to visa matters and. he replied "no, it involved a political matter, he wished to speak with a person af confidence." His fizat call waa screened by two females and he finally apoke to a man who took Subject's phone number (30-19-52) and said he would call back. The man never called, Subject tried repeatedly to contact the Embassy © ® . J . “When Subject.saw the photograph of OSWALD in a local news= paper, ke contacted the Embassy Security Citice on 25 November... 2. The officers interviewed Subject on 24 Novermbex and agreed . that he was a young, quite serioua person who spoke with conviction. #te showed that he knew enough English to uadarstand rudimentary . conversation in that language. Subject said thar be had taken training ia the Panama Canal Zone when he was with the Nicaraguan Army aad admitted thas na waa still a member of the Nicaraguan Communist Party, having originally been 2 convinced Marxisk. Later he-became. disiliusioned and for the past four years has worked as a pene~ tration agent for the Nicaraguan Government. He said he expected to enter Cuba within 2 months. - Subject explained that he was outriged by the agsassination of President Xennedy waich he was "30 percent sure! was a
14-00000 office. He said that he was positive of these identifications. — - oe Chomezanist plot. Tie said as did not winl fa Dbecowe involved 7 in aay big pwalicity aplash anc hoped that hia naine would ae apt useret, but that he would be willing to do "whatever necessary." At thia time, Subject waa living at Dino iT3, Col. Santa Maria dala Ribera, telephone a1-G7—-33_ . Contact arrangements were made 30 fat he could be vicked 2 . 2 _ ~g * 4 . .- . . . . . ntarrogated cdurther. . ar . . 3, On the night of 26 November ha was interxragated by of this Section. His stery remains substentially the game as set forth : _ hove, He recognized photographs of the following Cuban Embassy - | Toe. ty. ergonmel: Silvia DURAN, Franciaco LLAGOSTSRA, Orestes RUIZ, + amuel PEREZ, Rogelia RODRIGUEZ, Raul APARICIC, Rolando .° 5 >: STEVA, Heberto TORRIN, Oscar CONCEPCION, Antonia GARCIA. a wll Jose Fernandaz ROA, Andres ARMONA, Joaquin HERNANDES Armas, - 7°. NRaul", Pereguina ALONSO, Luisa CALDERON, and difreda MIRABAL, e ty i He did not know any of thesa persons by nama, but waa able to give “1 ot et partial descriptions auch as duties, height, skia coloring, condition of | ren teeta, disposition, accent, etc. He idex ified the photogzraphof Oscar | we CONCEPCION as the tall Cuban mentioned abovs anda photograpa of Luisa CALDERO?. as the pretty girl mentioned above. He also identified Wronctace LLAGOSTERA as the mustacked Cuban whom he hadkmown-- -_ under aliz3 of Juan Jose. This was the sams person incidentally who was trjtng to buy the watch from.ihe Camadian, Subject quickly identified . the New Orleans mug shot of OSWALD which hac been supolied by your | ° a «* 7 ve Tt see 4, At this interrogation, Sudject said re OSWALD had carried a green passport in his pockst | * and Subject believes he saw OSWALD wearing 2 shovider < . mH holstay pistel. He did not geem to ba too gure of this 2 0,” , point, He said OSWALD wors long shoes and had a. wrist’ ' watch with a yellow metal band. He illustrated OSWALD's) | mannar of slouching in a chair at the Conaulate while in . the wailing room at about noon on 13 Sectember. He said : that CSWALD seemed to ba completely at home and appeared to know and be known by Consulate personnal, At one paint he heard OSWALD use the Mexican slang expresaion "Cabron",
74-90000 conveciacdica ot at this time . his first reply te the a . Negso; hesce, tyouts2 aot tha man. I can LE him.) are cs, .7 . . , . . , “: ay: Cehe * 3 Se said thatthe U.S. bank notes wers paamalho- oll ., | pack about 1/4 inch. thick baund with a pager band which the ar Megro broke before countiag out 1,500 dollars for extra: - expenses and 5, 400 dollaxs as "advance payment.” j ' Subject said that he is atilba sargeant in the Nicaraguan 00 Civil Guard and that ha entered Mexico illegally on 29 Angust ©. ' Fe, without travel decumerts, paying a bribe at tha border and 3.0755. ae . having transited Honduras, Guatemala aad il Salvador sn -.. Sl oS woute. He said that ha had been to Mexico in 1941 on. a mission ~~ for the Nicaraguan Secret Service after a contrived escape eo a from false arrest in Nicaragea, followed by aperiod of asylush a ose in the Maiican Embassy. He said that hig training received in the Canal Zone took place in Fort Glick in March 1956 {mote =>; - F Subject would have only been 16 years oldatthattime). — - Roe i - Subject said that ne had been to the Cuban Consulats on ; Bors . 2 ar 3 September, 15 or 16 September, 13 September, = Sse (19 September, 26 September and 25 Novemoer. . ie . We admits to having visited the Soviet Embassy aporoxig °° OT mately 6 or 7 times; about + timea with TORRES. Hewas - — ; - somewhat fuszy on reasons for thesa visits and was mot | a ae pressed for detail at this seasion. CO 3, In order to keep Subject available for further interrogation, ha wag instructed to find other living quarters where he shoula register inan alias. On the following morning, 27 November, he reported that ne had registered as Alberto SANCHEZ, Room 293, Hotel Neca. . Oa 23 November he was arrested by Mexican police at the hotel. This odfice has no further contact with Subject. . Ot DISSEMINATION OF THIS INFORMATION OUTSIDE YOUR Or SIck=. SUOULD BE CLEARED WITH CGR EEADCUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, «= < i ntl race ™ , as . EO97S pam (2 CFP E y om oad * oom / Pare i
14-00000 Moe oem oo pee ae = wean 13 DEC 1963 eb be u 4 sup avee d S02 2, 9 _ fits bosuty Director (Finns) vA . _ em ap epetta® . ® 2 woes nam fe eo fos g qe. ae sR eure wUReASEs Mexican Zrtersoca slo of (i SES. BRAIN . eh onc FATALE PTAA TY . e *» * 2 ge, i. Attecked ia a cremation of tha Hexizas sobice Enters. (SADo, Sitazasnna wie cininsd to have ; =. —— wees on citbeses 207) ett | tion 2695 ngesastizece President Zemcoiy. Tha seaport Slates tint ALVASS the UL. to tne sire er eelion a. sisst Unite , os Se * Fay . . ata" LO ’ L¥ARASO met and to wioer te Pinel toils 2. ie teo percoms yhoo ALTA. 533 story ast tmésnaredly e@Pticera ef this Araazy. Eis cleaa ct taoy vex PRE crsdeaciela in, of courte, 2 a] B officers wee no credemiinis in Mentico Citys. 3. 49 you mace, ALYAM) resrenned the coclesscoo oP 2abert in ’ aap oP ge mmeig fo # = a Tea js _s ‘Enterpnsited by repress “artyes OF Laks A soey and par Tete. %, Be This later inverraatiss siowed tat he wau provably lyimre a rer S/TT3.335 ‘a. nan) Dis sr Lbut 12 Decenber 1963 ~~ C21 = AE 2 =~ RE, w/ore L - cI/Liz w/ai -= "BASIC: « Hone KO Peoyecn 2
ee Rep NTT eT tae pe Dew e eee ty 8k ; . wate tg Diets he tee te Lh ot ae ae cert TD AL eer ero oo ipta oS . . : i wets nt * Same t Ay ~~ n Le This persom ALF ANAND} aodd anan se wes Ga seass sla, Pe Qn eof @ abl Aste ae ae oremrrisd, » Tarsolis, & o8 wieeur, who come Tima o2Gs5 Uesaetuen': of Colagn, Semebhic ex Siomra.us, e& v moe so falls Hino Noe LTS in. vuis copltal (erica Clty}. . & fed ts 4s " gP 2, Hm indicated teat os Aus: 29 of this year he ermiered - texics illorslly, triblia: an empLopss of the Migeniicocs Urrics ‘om AQ Waa repeailacio, come=saina sod for that Ymasen the cbiess Pf ohis comes to Masico was to my +e in@ilorgte the irouse af rate porpese o© pasainy informacion to Beyer Lover JBTES Alonso, tiilicery lovesha of cae Hieerssctan Subasay in ene with dae he passes bo sald SllLicey Atiects or be senks 26 divectiy ta 3. ALYASADS cald tha by prawedin, to te a sometdss, —— . ook thie h Poofasace Sceltas.6 TOSS, vell-keove Goarapss ti Pr oad commrtist, =a met an jadbrideal ty che cmos of Sncbos Saad y 4 = ‘éo. See, no yp on : D . « * tags Egptemser 3 or 45.. Too prevexs o? une mesticg wan that ALZASRO vented to co io Cuba, and for thas reason be told Osrles Teme wat he ees a ited gpomenist. On the 20th ar LAt8 ob Rapa liense wae a? the suse wonth, sn employee 6 toe Coma Euheesy bad bis PLL out 6 guestioscoizs sm ngead bis: Tox tires ren scape, which he bos not piven her as yote bh. Tm the secs memcer te tritested ties usie, variogs « tte a= a - "@ owes : obtain invermation to send ta Mager IES or ta General MOPTioLe ia cee oocasten they tobi kin in che Sntassy that in oxder 20 erable hin wo srecoin in the comier (musa), thoy were coing to hase a levyer cet for ain 5 peespe*, pinta cersif acl ceriifieste of adlitesy service a2 Yeedoan and in thas’ soy re vould srevel to Cuba. Do
14-00000 5. im midod a. ono, LLG aR. he wre 22 cho weditin, Tose yim comeniate {sie} ask ae te obeawevenl a Norin 22 "5 cantizeters La tink, 4 sediie idl, bus mether chin, wrarige, Pay totnuers, Dieses Spore noas, vabse shirt, & ‘temns-styla cord tie and brosa shor. =  nosteet the Individual beseusa he was very Deir chiroad, cad Teckia,, ’ ged had seory derit sunken ayove se Tad Lowzee bo win Lise «a drug stator. Te also noticed that thin can's tai ves, Por the tess Paets, Cork, Sah eas gtrested wlth Blond. Ho eotimated rhak the conn sae the civest.cosd be saw that wpacaize cho Cameilate a ps a pulled up carmyias te neeplei ove & negro, tll, a? shen 1 motes Op eanctseters tall, o thin mc, but straa,, with tmbsin cpse, bisa shees tomes, thics Lim, reddish, wicker hols, asd weevon a brown suite «the other was white, 5 gous Sas o& abous 2D, rather bencnine Clue cost. He yea abont 1 rete 72 centicsters in height, ef @ rod mysasart, m Fasspaxs eaion Pron the colos be Ju@je¢ ta te Cormwiiae, When thess tro ioiivicesis axvived, the Soros Sucrices - vert inte the Comulate tocether. ee the Camanlate to po to the retss ream, ans on Znoeenkins $Re staixs, be tay a very powertoh Loosis; imiividesl, Gar in coles, tait, veetin, vhite rinsed classes. ‘The saa worse’ in tae Soma ' Eibsasy, because ALTAZADO nad sent hin there DePars. He soe hin sive the red reized yore B yecknue which appeared t> coniais noreye Upon esau; cat cf tha pest roe, be om tat ine bekz noouy and giving 1% te the Yorkh Ageyirnte ALNANSIQ) beac thew a epuztia,, to the sss of 25500. AUEABADD wert tects touars the yest *- pags acd notase3 tant the Socth Azavieen and toe Cammaian vost ' srepitcdcesr hobetexs Lise can otor Use, ont te enrd the Dau coy tg the Becth Ameriemt, "I can £9 wits you.” ‘fee Foett American arsyevad, “Yom ora cob a mon,” os aéfed, “Kosn doit Fcan kL im.” ALYREADS legs, end on retusa; ay ze Lobey, noticed txt office of che Comma tat they stosped 6 fey morerts to els with an oxployee oF the Conslats who Lodted Like @ yroattticte ana ynose nome wes Horia Lutza. ; -
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144 90000 SRT Ste dnd east ve cee elt NNN RY UAT eI TH . 4 22 and 25 November to Havana were passenger flights, white the one : on 27 November appears to have been essentially a cargo Flight, with F one passenger, the man referred to in the SSC discussion. All flights F to Havana apparently carried some freight; CIA conducted regular surveiTlance of Cubana flights, filing ‘cable : reports Vs eadquarters. There was doef a Jota si surveillance chy) 3 Lean that observed arrivals and departures of ‘Cubana flights, = reporting any unusual incidents and providing copies of flight manifests. The 22 November 1963 Flight | At pages 30, 60, 61 and 103 of Book V of the SSC Final Report, [ reference is made to a reported five-hour delay of a Cubana flight from : Mexico City to Havana the evening of President Kennedy's assassination, — 4 22 November 1963. The SSC Report describes the delay as being from 6:00 P.M. EST to 11:00 P.M. EST. The especially intriguing aspect a of the report was that the reported delay was to await arrival at '& 10:30 P.M. EST of 2 private twin-engined aircraft, which deposited e an unidentified passenger who boarded the Cubana aircraft without customs I; Clearance and traveled to Havana in the pilot's cabin. The SSC Final i Report emphasized CIA's apparent failure to follow up by inquiring further into the matter. oat Eats seuss tat ntact ts Oba toh aih Wiel ad eam ASH AAAS bb PLR MAL TAL OMA Riad EIR AR, OL! oop omen