13-00000 ) | | - 222. 5 Dec. MEXI 7253 (Ref: DIR 8674 - LETEMFO 4 reported tio COS late 4 Dee that,| A. LOPEZ! crossed at Registered, in Roogevelt Hotel Mexi City jon 25 Nov at 1600 33 CL. Departed as| only passe ger jon ight : abana, oked out of |hotel at {1900 L nas LOPEZ taken at airport on departure. Wl t gopies. / Re | re flights to Cuba available. | to them. Stat at empty get |birth date. / 223, 5 Dec. DIR 86976 (Ref: |MEXI| 723 LT able * reserva tons about getting - Davis hro si ye assets gnyway. p | . Davis did arrive Ke your fin | | ls let us| in | your 22h. 5 Dec. 7256 (Refs | got through ms | terrogation at Apa #8 by i : NE _ P. : ckstopped| by being vented fdr Sy: : fut watchman, no | | bldgs. “yess I studie / WOODHEAD ste /P Garcia |pick) up ALVARA Mexi| police will agcompar | will not enter Dd. Will -ha wensor and Teed : not | be bilown |to lan to. : vs | | morning of Ded, vi: possible 225. 5 Dac. vex 7 7267 (Ref: MEXI |7256/- pare . ary huest Cheick ce. | Initial attitude mf one of jresex re) for yr his volunteering help and against Wexiver ns Por reating atove, question pf LCFLUTTER not yet broached. gracion inspectors _gdod mal tonight in |hopes pro! onging upswing of |rapport reached by end of session. |/ Hope know early afternoon 6 Dec whether. take LCF | cable fume ry after needing more defini ive point in interrogation.|. ‘ ! 226. 5 Dec | John Eyre asks if Paul DY hes gathered « any influ nce! on the Méxica Pol itica ne |LIFEAT . —_ = the, ass sass ination che has. not. got: en..a.thing!onit..-.- Lo cbr as k L D seas 2 only ¢ Ps mBrE 88 Jeng old Lith gat | pigrie.s e Mab ntly they did reapt spontaneously, eat then you eduld ook at Mexi's vote| FC T i the a. on the OAS, on Venpzuela-Cu and you cah see that it didn't make alot | of dif erence, No, iot on in srnational front. [John |does, not think it wo 1 nal ‘any difference to Mexi pdlitics. 3 | a
13-00000 227. 5 Dec. Check 228, 5 Dec. | 229. 6 Dec, check re t in ‘file, not) abstracted) Foll zest . | sinetion, KUZ said act| incomprehenst! ecause could no | especially |foreign pol be gcists. OSWALD Commie | : issie. had| ‘be. fe y opponent Warren Commisdion on this??? 231. 6 Dec.” ‘MANA PAA elt 501, 7|Dec.| eee ee oo anme faeee ceen eee of meee ceecere te — as on |Tuesday which woul, Me during testing,| decéption pattezms his he stated that he hdd uti ost | of, confidence interrogation with |
13-00000 114 SECRE! t he | must| ha: sats host ie tart ntle or SWAILD. /| WOO tes ALVARADO until 9 Dec 5s | Oo tal DIR |89188 (Re MEX 35 -| not in file; ets ME 7435.52 para 222 ab 233. 6 Dec. Where a setts | ODACID but do not tell him it from QODACID: ’ Policarpo is a firgt name - origin is passport n ir jon 6 Jan 4O jin Habana. \ Greek mythology. Js Gilberto Po fear ) para 230 above) / This man) is not identi LOPEZ iden with Gilberto LOPEZ G with pro-Castro goups | in Los in P-8672, memo from LEGAT dated 11 Lopez. | Wil advid . 64 with attached picture??? _ 234, 7 Dec. DIR 87666 (Relf: 789 - be |returned jto Nic. e- | Pres was @ hoax, / x4 True?? 1 resume (his fabricat no punitive measures age onething uepful and non-sensi d-up of t 235. 7 Dec. | 236. 8 Dece | 237. 9 Dec.
13-00000 239. 9 Dec. DIR 87770 (Ref: MEXI DO Pls ido npt erase . Bion e | _ til er notice. Advise how mu taps youneed. | |...) 2ho, 11 Dec, / Ni TGC RT was told yesterday but I im ; | op. ep bringing to me.{...We have a | eve 6 - if not needed | | hem s. |(This note at . | ra 239 above 2h1, 10 Dec. | NEW S - Oswald Met Offers of Friendship With Sul 1688 , /2h2.. 10 Dec. | | Ey S - FBI's Risk List Omitted Oswald. (Secret nne - by Joseph A. LOFTUS 243. 10 Dec. NE Beyond a ludes, He Acted | ys Report to Warren Inqut. ; —_ 2h, 10 Dee. Memo +d COs! : Vincent LEE| (U.S, head of | Fair] P 7 above) from Mexico to Cuba on 28 Dec : EE traveled f: Mexico dn 21/January 1963 / (Elizabeth to Cuba on) 30 Dec 62 with courtesy passport| #7864. Elizabeth | atie trave ed from a to Mexico a Jan|63 -| the same /plene as LEE) 245. 10 Dec. ner ak (Ref: | A. MEXI 7256 | para 22h above. 1B. DIR 87666 - pars | > Six tdpes $n whiich interrogation of Gilbertb ALVARADO done by Petes | Pouched by HMMA’ 22600 on/12 Dec. / Copies of these six tapes given |to LE interpreter for! WOODHEAD) on 10 Dec. Understand he pouching » hese |to his 2h6, 10 Dec. sior carried| story on 9. De :
13-00000 27, 11 Dec. eh8, 11 Dec. 2h9. 11 Dee. What did OSWALD te . 250. 11 Dec. Check. Gobernacion telis » and LEGAPe differen sto 251 ile Dec. Li visited one
253. 25h. 255. 256. 258. 13 Dec. 12 Dec. 12 Dec. 13 Dec.Where iis DIR ref Why no 13 Dees 13 Dec. tent ficance? 2) 2? wore glagses, in Emb. trip to the after first no contr buti quesiti and| ful | MEXI 30 (o 22660 (Raf: ted ifrom| the /..-LEGAT ac tapes Memo to BGA "second arre suggested to DIR 888 J outs spec!
13-00000 . 260. 16 Dec, Check 14-12-99 |2 261. 16 Dec. . Check DUA Ss 262. 13 Dec. Ie Ce | rc ec a er en ne ae Check Betty MORA! - authorities and forgery charges |: to a Mexi ait. at he ‘he time 2|p.m,! on a6 Se | | { | , Merins @n o N.Y. Cc. / As hoted most tpounipeo re ‘by airplan Mexi lest July. / deported ito the U. s. a nlifornia. yas residing & at ue eorner of | B arrest on 21' A t on| Fledha Roja. bbs Nd. 516. Spme fs MED 1335 -| para 246 8 ; prior to his) béarding Cubatia flight’ fies en” jes of the Passenger ifest of |Aeronaves| f1t % 3 2! Chpaes of Copies of Cubana Bie Copies of Aer in ree, Betty MO was |born| 19 Mar FYI anks |for peat’ s help| in ‘is all rue, We fave meanwhile| been : Hf eves (4). Robin was |involved | illjeat his hat i ultra-rightis 3." lone, mad “there af man.; John d abov =) - # ifest “for a f aver fit. #ho0 ory
13-00000 . ; | i oeater: ob — SECRET RG ! || | | | a (on 21 Jan 63) with Vincent ‘LEE. (All attachments in LEE P-8683) | | : | : | | | | Politica magazine publishes an article by Fidel CASTRO on “Cuba Ante pl Asesinato de Kennedy" 265. 1 Dec. 266. 20 Dee. : DIR 90487 - Request Station ‘photograph ‘entire station p- ‘file on Valeriy Visdimirovich KOSTIKOV and pouch one copy' or microfilm in first possible pouch. Also request Station | isubject comments : on file and on KOSTIKOV's activities and relationship to other Sovs Mexi. ‘This analysis would accompany photos if possible. If not, pls cable, / Little in HQs file on KOSTIKOV and your info and study will be & vital contribution to our presentation to Warren Commission. | | 267. 20 Dac. MEXI 7488 (Ref: DIR 90487 - para 266 above) Pouching copy KOSTIKOV file and analysis in priority dispatch HMMA 22652 o/a 20 Dec. Order meet pouch deadline and satisfy Hs request ASAP, Station unable excise: true staffer names. from file & routing sheets, memos, ete. 268. 21 Dec. MEXI m5 - pare 154 above ) DIR 90466 (Ref is. — an ea = sh ge ; ODACID here, | “Bile , shows both OSWALD and wife were , dtowsring with Sovs in Wash by mail. to get permission return to Russia. / Exact detailed info from LITAMILS 7 and 9 on just what Silvia DURAN and other officials ‘said: about OSWALD's visits and his dealings would be valuable and usable corroborative evidence. Request you ‘yequestion them carefully on these points, attempting get as much authentic date as possible, without mixing in what they | lmnow from newspapers. Pls cable summaries and pouch detailed statements. 269. 26 Dec. | | MEXI 7527 (Refs DIR 89366 - para 260 above) 14-12-99 is home nunber of Raul APARICTO Nogales, . Cultural Attache of Emb. Doubt any connection OSWALD as APARICIO was' on sick leave! during 8 ignifi- , po cant period. / Re pera two Ref: See MEXI 7033 (para 41 above). ‘Ho further info available as 5 tapes have been erased, ' (See para k above ) 270. 27 Dec. | | . MEXI 7550 (DIR 88680 - para 258 above) Pls air pouch 30 doz. tapes. About 20 doz’. tied uP with cae Sov and Cub traffic 22 Nov to 13 Dec. Additional 10 doz. needed for STGANG oP, Fe 271. 2 Jan 6b . . MEXI 7615 (Refs: DIR 9OK66 - pare 268 above) LITAMIL 9 hes nothing additional to offer beyond . account of MEXI 7115 (para 154 above) except that Silvia said at that) time that she was perfectly | | : : ‘willing travel to U.S, to cénfront OSWALD. if necessary.’ L9 Mid not talk to Silvia about OSWALD | visit, merely stood around with other staff members while Silvia | recounted arrest, interrogation, ‘release, Silvia did not mention any details of her encounter with OSWALD.: / L9 reported on 27 Dec mo | that Silvia has not reutrned to work Since release from second arrest. Her husband was angry SS sf acondectearnsnny cece oi yer FOMIN - ROA-note- whiech-made— nfs mare) ROME ‘ oa oO pert ® inaccurate in claiming Silvia mistreated by Mexi police.
13-00000 2T2. 6 Jan’ ' DIR 92766 Request very discreet check: to ‘learn whether AMPALM 26 (xen), unwitting Cuban propaganda writer for AMPALM project at WAVE, has visited Mexi since assassination of Kennedy. ; . AMPALM 26 has originated.a report that OSWALD had a long conference with Cub Amb in Mexi in restau- : , ' rant on outskirts of Mexi. AMPALM 26 report has found its way xt into unofficial analysis of | whole case prepared by Cuban psychologist, Jose I. LASAGA in Miami. / Do not wish AMPALM 26 to, . learn his identity as source this info has been divulged by LASAGA. Pls cheok tami. graté.on records and local sources who might know. | 275. 6 Jan . , DIR 92767 (Ref: DIR 92766 ~ pare 272 above) ILEN is Salvador DIAZ Vereon, 274. 8 Jan Note to BENADUM: Pls determine whether or not @ Cuban writer, presently in’ Mian, has visited Mexi. His name is Salvador DIAZ Verson, MEXI 7690 (REFS: A. DIR 90487 - para 266 abowe; B. MEXI 59h3 ~ not abstracted, not in file 3 C. HMMA 22652 - para 267 above) Believe foll info which ‘supplemental Ref C report worthwhile iin inclusion HQS presentation: The unidentified Sov of Ref B who met Sergey Nikolayevich ANTONOV (Chief Latin American Dept KGB) has now been positively identified wh ‘LIFRE. as being Valerty , Viadimirovich KOSTIKOV. 275. 8 Jan 276. 8 Jan : MEXI 7682 - Although assume info below probably not pertinent since first name OSWALD's wife i is Marina, wish nevertheless report foll: 7 Nov 63 Aeronaves. flt 400 to N.Y. manifest lists passenger "de OSWALD Elena". No other apparent pertinent names among other 16 passengers. : 2TT. 13 Jan MEMO to Boonstra, ce to Cos, from’ LEGAT: Subject: OSWALD - Attached is a memo setting forth the Chgck results of an interview of one Ylario ROJAS Villanueva of Guadalajara who wrote ‘a letter to Attorney | General Robert F. Kennedy which"contained into allegedly having to do with assassination of K. Letter, postmarked 31 Dec 63, Guadalajara to Robert F. Kennedy said. cooel Ma am a Mexican... — I am communicating with you because I do not trust anyone in the matter I intend to deal with. ..-death of your brother.....I used to be a friend of OSWALD and also of Albert, as well as three more people. I knew about the plan, but I never thought that it would turn out tobe a | : true plan......Signed Ylario ROJAS, Manuel Acuna 1367, Guadalajara. / Upon interview on 10 Jan . 64 ROJAS furnished the following info: Ing June or July 62, ROJAS (was in Mexico. ‘City, -oe-& Cuban | : approached him about smuggling Cuban propaganda into Mexi. The Cuban said he would see him later ; : in Guadaleajars.. / Around middle of Aug @, the Cuban arrived in Guadalajara in an automobile and drove ROJAS to Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. E ROJAS went to. a movie in Ciudad Juarez and : : apparently the Cuban went over into El Paso. / When the movie: was ‘over, ROJAS was picked up in of nn tom of the theater. by the-Cubancwho-at-that time-intrrodueed=hi : JAS——: has no independent memory of this individual's name, but: recognizes him by phot. as OSWALD. The three went to a bar where they discussed the introduction of CASTRO propaganda into Mexi . via Cozumel, an island located....They talked at length, ineluding discussions of everyday SECRET matters, for about four hours and they also did quite a bit of drinking. The Cuban apparently : Scere turned his car:over to OSWALD and the Cuban and ROJAS spent the night in a hotel.../ ROJAS said the following morning they left Ciudad Juarez on a flight of Aeronaves: and flew to Monterrey. SS,
13-00000 — : ; : It is to be noted that Aeronaves has no such flight as thet described by ROSAS. | After arrival! in Guadalajara the Cuban gave: ROJAS 400 pesos and told him he would receive further structions at a later date, / In the latter part of Dec 62 the Cuban came to Guadalajara and gave ROJAS | | 900 pesos and told him to proceed to Cozumel by bus within about five days. | ROJAS arrived in . Cozumel just after Christmas 62. There he was met by 2 Cuban men and a Cuban woman whose first Check Danig1 SOLIS , name was CRISTINA. ROJAS explained that, although he cannot recall the, names of | the bans, he , has them written down in ‘a notebook which he left with Daniel SOLIS, a municipal | ‘policeman in : Cozumel. ROJAS stated SOLIS would not deliver the book to anyone but him. | About 28 Dec 62 | OSWALD arrived in Cozumel, having proceeded there from Jamaica via Mexicana de Aviacion. lOSWALD, the three Cubans and! ROJAS again discussed the introduction of; Cuban propaganda..... «! , During | the time of these discussions ' OSWALD and the three Cubans: stayed at the: Hotel Playa in Cozumel and | § ROJAS stayed with Daniel ‘SOLIS. I OSWALD remained in Cozumel, for 2 or, 3 days and then returned to Jamaica by air. The three | Cubans and ROJAS continued to reside jin Cosumel until about 115 Feb 63 , when OSWALD again came to Cozumel from Jamaica. On this occasion OSWALD stayed three days in | Cozumel, The day after his arrival an American by the name of ALBERT arrived from Jamaica. All conversations between this American, OSWALD, and the three Cubans were in English, ROJAS stating that all three Cubans spoke very good English. The Cuban woman, CRISTINA, told ROJAS: that they had discussed the elimination of Pres Kennedy. She stated that OSWALD was for killing Kennedy | but that ALBERT end the Cuband did not agree with OSWALD. / ROJAS stated that he has ALEERI's | last name entered in the notebook which is in the possession of Daniel SOLIS. He claimed he got ALBERT's name from a U.S. Gov credential in the bath house of the Hotel Islena where ALBERT ! stayed, .....OSWALD' allegedly stated that, no matter whet the opposition, he would have to go : through with it. (the killing). because otherwise he might lose his life, indicating that he was | | : acting under orders. / ROJAS stayed in Cozumel until early March 63 then returned by bus to Guad. seeee/ ROJAS could not explain why he cannot remember the names of the three Cubans in Cozumel * & Co after having been with them for nearly three months, He described them...../..../....ROJAS : stated he is willing: to go anywhere ig his expenses are paid to make any indéntification and to pick up his notebook: with the full’ names of the individuals mentioned. | It was noted during the interview that he appeared sincere, but stated he is desperately in need of money. He lives in a slum area of Guadalajaara, is 31 yre old, about five feet: nine: inches, medium build, dark brown hair, dark complexion, brown eyes and has a mustache. | ae SECRET 278. 14 Jan. ; MEXI 7764 - _ LEGAT requests following which connected with, investigation. of ai lead on OSWALD. I | | . - It is requested ‘that the foll investigation be conducted at Cozumel. A Determine whether a muni-' : cipal policeman named Daniel SOLIS actually exists and is- living and working in Cozumel. B. If : SOLIS does exist, determine whether he is acquainted with: . -ROJAS..../ Cc. Determine whether SOLIS : _ has a no& ebook in his 5 possession which belongs to. ROJAS. + + +.0 _/ Pl Pls cable reply... one Coipnataaipaaied ~. viieene acta eon Ne tte cae en Cee amen pe
13-00000 : OEUNE, ae 279. lk Jan. | MEXI 7776 (Ref: DIR 92766 - para 272’ above) No evidence to date: of travel to Mex by AMPALM | 26 | during 1963. / Foll volunteered by C/ODENVY in Mexi, on evening 13) Jan lin his oral review to Cos | ; of current problems ‘in their investigations of leads: pertinent to OSWALD cases A. ODENVY Has sent cable to Mexi stating (AMPALM/26) was source of analysis prepared by Cuban psychologist, Jose I, LASAGA of Miami. B. ODENVY interviewed AMPALM 26 who said: Silvia DURAN took OSWALD to Caballo Bayo restaurant near Chapultepec Golf Club where they met Cuban Amb to Mexi, Joaquin HERNANDEZ Armas. Then HERNANDEZ Armas took OSWALD for a ride in his car 80} that: they could ; talk privately. C. AMPALM/26 told ODENVY his source was Eduardo BORELL Navarro, Mexi Check Eduardo 'BORELL Navarro : _  newspaperman who writes editorials for'Excelsior. ®. C/ODENVY sent Matthew Crawford, Assistant, to interview BORELL Navarro on 12 Jna. E. BORELL Navarro said AMPALM/26 had "imagined" whole | story. BORELL Navarro said he did nto: know. any more than that OSWALD had been to Mexi and had | visited the Cub Emb and Silvie DURAN. -BORELL Navarro said everything he knew had been published | end was public knowledge, / C/ODENVY, ‘Mexio said he knew AMPALM/26 well “when both @ were. in Habana. He said AMPALM/26 "noted for reporting = based upon his intuitive feelings" ‘and very rarely reported facts, / Believe ODENVY told AMPALM/26 he had been cited to: them as source by Jose I, LASAGA. | 28. 15 Jan. : . : : A bulletin from Fundacion del Cardenal Mindszenty, with address: & P.O, Box. 321, ‘Clayton ; Branch, St. Louis 5, Missouri, the following was translated "Consigna Comunista de Propaganda | : en Relacion Con la Muerte del Presidente Kennedy", published by Comite Mexicano Para La ; Divulgacion de los Objectivos, Estrategia y Tacticas del Comunismo. Article pointing out the assassination was the work of the Communists. = (From LIHUFF/1) 281. 16 Jan. HMM 8289 (Source: LITAMIL 9) Officials of the Cub Emb in Mexi received very few Christmas greetings from Mexi Gov officials. (It is believed that the lack of the traditional exchange of Christmas greetings between Mexi Gov and Cub. Emb was the result of the resentment caused among Mexi officialdom by the strong note dated 26 Nov 63, rec'd by the Mexi Ministry of Foreign Relations from Raul ROA Garcia, Cub Minister of Foreign Relations, over the detention by Mexi PG ehorsties of Siiviea DURAN in connection with the visit to the Cub: Emb in Mexi of WAVE 0569 (Refs: A. MEXI 7776 - para 279 above: B. DIR 92766 - "pare 272, above: C. WAVE 2341 - not rec'd: D. DIR O4473 -.not rec'd: EB. WAVE 1856 - not ‘rec'd: F. PACY 1245 -. . (In 6457), 12 Nov 63, OTDORIC TPRANSACK, filed 200-124-117/3)\: G@. WAVE 1393 -~ not rec'd. 1. Re para 1 Ref B according WAVE sources (AMRAZOR 1 and AMBUCKLE 1) AMPALM 26 ‘stated planned {1 depart WAVE area for Mexi 20 Nov-63 in: order attend seminar. Federacion- iInternacional. de - . Organizaciones de Periodistas Profesionales (FIOPP) held Mexi 18-29 Nov 63.’ Para 2 B Ref F confirms planned attendance FIOPP by AMPALM 26. On return WAVE area A'26 told AMBUCKLE 1 Check AMPALM 26 trip to Managans abes He he attended FIOPP seminar / 2, WAVE agrees para 3 Ref A that A 26 noted for skeptical reporting know ALVARADO 77 particularly re his ‘association with ODEARL. (See Refs C, E and G. ) In reply query para 3 - SERET ref E, Ref D informed WAVE A 26 not ODEARL agent. FYI AMRAZOR 1 reported learning from A 26 dames that the latter scheduled make speeches at FIOPP seminar and later continue on to Central America — probably to Nicaragua. In similar statement to AMPALM 4, A 26 implied ‘confidential ODYOKE ~ 282. 16 Jan. fou a ee