Date:08/12/93 Page:1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATIO Released under the John . Eennedy AGENCY : WC hssassination Records RECORD NUMBER : 179-40004-10070 ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). RECORDS SERIES : ase#:NU 54653 Date: 08: NUMBERED COMMISSION DOCUMENTS | 0-23-2017 AGENCY FILE NUMBER DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : FBI FROM : TO TITLE DATE : 03/09/64 PAGES : 3 SUBJECTS OSWALD, LEE DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : U RESTRICTIONS : REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : P DATE OF LAST REVIEW : / f/f OPENING CRITERIA :* COMMENTS : P. 1-3; “3. COPIES; BOX FO2 HW 54653 DBocld:322711066 Page 1
. _ j i . i} UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ‘ WASHINGTON 25, D. G In Reply, Please Refer to’ ‘ | File No. March 9, 1964 LEE HARVEY OSWALD aa ALD ~ pEcassigien BY 2% On January 4, 1964, a contidential source, who has- furnished reliable information in the past, advised that a check was made on this date at Telegrafos Nacionales, a Mexican Government-owned telegraph system, which handles traffic with Western Union Telegram and other United States - cable companies to determine whether LER HARVEY OSWALD sent . This source advised on January 6, 1964, that it woulda institute an initial check of all banks in Mexico to which LEE HARVEY OSWALD would have been most dikely to have sent or received money in Mexico. oe = . ro On January 13, 1964, ALFONSO FRIAS, Assistant Chief of the Bank of Mexico Police at Mexico, D, F., Mexico, who. has furnished reliable information in the past, advised that a check of the records of Telegrafos Nacionales had failed ‘to disclose any record of money sent or received by LEE HARVEY OSWALD during the time he was in Mexico through use of communi- cation channels handled by this Mexican Government-~owned ‘telegraph system, i Downgrad4 Declassif HW 54653 DocId: 32211066 Page 2 . ; : aa
CONFIDENT FRIAS advised also that a complete check of three banks, Banco del Pais, S. A., Banco de Comercio, S. A., and Banco de Londres y Montreal in Mexico, failed to disclose any record of money sent or received by LEE HARVEY OSWALD to, these banks, , FRIAS advised also on January 13, 1964, that a check of records of all other banks in Mexico was continuing. On January 17, 1964, FRIAS advised that a check of records of all banks in Mexico, D. F., Mexico, had been completed and no information was found that OSWALD had sent: or received money during the time he was in Mexico. On March 6, 1964, FRIAS advised that all banks in Mexico, including all branch banks, were checked officially for LEE HARVEY OSWALD and no information was available that OSWALD had received and sent any money through these banks during the period in which he was in Mexico. FRIAS advised that these banks included not only the three listed above but also the following additional banks: Banco Nacional de Mexico Banco Mexicano, S. A. Banco Comercial Mexicano, S. A. Baneo de Londres y Mexico, S. A. First National City Bank, Sucursal en Mexico Banco de America. FRIAS advised also that the above check made of all records of Telegrafos Nacionales and of all banks in Mexico CONFIDE TIAL ~ 2. HW 54653 DBocld:32211066 Page 3
“CONFIDE could not include any possibility of money sent or received in Mexico if OSWALD had used any name other than that of LEE HARVEY OSWALD or his aliases which include the names of O. H, LEE and ALEK JAMES HIDELL. CONFIDENTIAL -~3- HW 54653 DoclId:32211066 Page 4