‘(180-10142-10349 a v e THIS COPY IS NOT FOR RELEASE. ' FIRST DRAFT f€ Le a ies iy LITAMIL 4 eee House Select Committee staffers Edwin Juan Lopez and Harold Leap traveled to | jon August 7, 1978. The staff members were met by |_ | “Jat the[ airport at 10:15 P.M. ] then checked the staffers into room 1754, already chosen, at the| | Hotel in | told Committee staffers that| | Juisnea to see us at 8:30 A.M. the following morning. On Tuesday, August 8, 1978, Committee staffers met wi thf] I j He informed the staffers that the two individuals the Committee wishes to interview, banny Flores, | | J] were ready. At 9:30 A.M., August 8, 1978, Committee staff members interviewed{ Danny Flores.) (See write-up of Panny Flores] interview.) The interview ended at approximately 10:15 A.M. (a Committee staff members returned to | office, | stated that it appeared that the [sd had only located two witnesses for the Committee, Oscar Contreras Lartigue and Noe W. Palomares. He asked who the staff members wished to speak to. Committee staff members explained that they would at some time like to interview (| pichant I, Licookie I, LiHuff. I, Litamil 7 and Litamil 9. Mr. | Ltated that it appeared that the House Select Com- mittee on Assassinations had already asked the [1] to locate them. Ah [i stated that the HSCA's interview with [Ramon Alvarez Durant\fwas considered “highly sensitive". He explained that three rooms at a nearby hotel would be used. /O1/4A-/0399 .
t  "  Pirst Draft s+ + Page Two In one room, (Ramon Alvarez burant Jrould sit, Committee staff members would sit in a second room and two CIA personnel officers would insure that the equipment worked properly in ‘a third room. [c chen phoned Mr. Niles Gooding, rc “4 who had been sent|to the Jexom Headquarters | to arrange the procedures. Mr. Gooding explained that in 1977 Stansfield Turner had created a new position at Head- quarters. He explained that his position, which he never fully explained though asked, was created to insurethat important sensitive meetings were within the guidelines set. Mr. Gooding stated that the Central Intelligence Agency had been under greater Congressional scrutiny the past two years. Mr. Stansfield Turner, wishing to show the Agency's good faith, had allow the Army to lend them a retired officer to act as liaison at sensitive interviews. Mr. Gooding then ex- plained that we would be escorted by |two CIA personnel \to our interview with[ Ramon Alvarez purant. ] At 10:55 A.M., August 8, 1978, Committee staff members interviewea{Ranon Alvarez purant] (see(‘kamon Alvarez Durant ) interview write-up.) At 12:30 P.M., Committee staff members telephoned Captain Fernandez Ventura Gutierrez. His secretary explained. that Mr. Ventura was not in the office, but that she would have him call us when he returned. At 6:30 P.M., since Mr. Ventura had not yet returned the staffers call, they again called his office. His secretary apologized for Mr. Ventura and explained that he had not yet returned to the office and she assured us that he would telephone upon his return. At
BSN? First Draft - Page Three 9:15 P.M. Dr. Jesus Yahez, the Assistant to the Oficial Mayor, telephoned the staff members explaining that Mr. Ventura was very busy on an important assignment and asked us to visit the |General at 11:00 A.M. the following morning. At 10:15 A.M., August 9, 1978, Committee staff members met with State Department Official Richard Howard to alert him that the Committee would request the | officials to make Sylvia Duran available in Washington for the hearings. Mr. Howard explained that once we had permission from the | government the State Department would insure that she was in Washington when necessary. At 11:00 A.M., August 9, 1978, Committee staff members met with Dr. Jesus Yanez and Ciprianio Martinez Novoa. Mr. Yanez told Committee staff members that Ciprianio Martinez Novoa, the agent in charge, would try to aid us in all our interviews. Mr. Martinez then briefed the Committee staff members on their up-to-date progress: Oscar Contreras Lartigue had been located and pre- interviewed by Mr. Martinez in We would fly to on Friday, August 11, 1978 at 7:35 A.M. Noe W. Palomares had been located and could be inter- viewed on Thursday, August 10, 1978 in the afternoon at his office, | His phone number, | | was made available to the Committee. June Cobb Sharp received a trovist permit ,- number 72781, on June 27, 1947. She entered[>__] through