104-10268-10009 NS DICE MEMORANDUM FOR: Mx. J. Loa Rankin General Counsel President’s Commission on tha . Assasstnation of President Kennedy. SUBJECT: LeacHarvey Oswald . Lo Ss olor Yee 1, Mr. James Wr Licheler of your staff phoned me last Friday and requeated thas. IAS rnish the Commission with an affidavit reapscting tha oxlgip d circumstances of a photograph of an yainavin tadivtiual;\ witich was furnluhed by this Agency to the F Faia ‘Bursaw ohikvestigation on November 22,° 1963, cS NX NP ; 2. QS orwarding an affidavit wita ls memorandum whleb I trust will satisfy your needs. Decausa of the extreme aénsitivity of the source involved, I have refrainsad from adding iurthor detalls, ; . a .* 3. Che Central Intelligence Agoncy recommends that .: this chotograph not be reproduced In the Commissioa's report, because it would feapardise a most confidential and productive operation... In addition, ts could be embarraasing to tho indie . vidual involved who aa far.as this Agoncy is aware, had no _ connection with Lee Harvey Oswald or the sasossination of ” Prasident Kennedy. — . 4, In view of the above, 4 sensitivity. indicator has bee _ affixed to this commannleatlone - . . . fer. a ff R ichard "Helse Deputy Dircctor for Plans — 3Czs AND ome De Neen COPY ‘NO. PRO me) HW 53216 Docld: 32373013 Page 113° So tera ae ee a ee ee pePuOOUCTION - PRTED on 2 e807 Coven ¢ x mk |
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- RPE TIE PROWeITED otal ors ~s | 20 February 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, CURE SUBJECT: / Documents Available in OSWALD's 201 File * 1 A machingdvéting. of: doa\irnents officially recorded as being in OSWALD's 201 file waSnequested and is attached. The actual machine work of this type’ x begun in 1963, but a few items of previous dates were also recorded. o , 2. A comparison of the documents physically available in the 201 file and those recorded as being in the 201 file has shown that 37 documents which should be in the. 201 file are not available i init. This total is “made up of: ; 2 dispatches. 7. memoranda from the FBI 1 CSCI 2 State Department docunients 25 cables. , os 3. Machine inquiries ‘for the location of these documents have not been made. ve f a “Besant BBO for FOIA Review on SUN 1976 162. 212 Hw 53216 Docla: 32373013 Page 1271
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HW 532716 104-10268-10009 REPRODUCTION PRONISITED 6/1224 | — XAAZ~22595° . & Mar OF -EMORANDUM FOR: Mz, J. Lee Rankin SUBJEST: | niet : ation in CIA's Possession ° “Bees, to Nowernber 22, 1368 as Traazei tel o ' . . ' i . Ne This referet to: your letter of February 10, 1964 address ‘ts thie: Director of Central InteNigence which ras been pas toa me for reply. 2. Paragraph three of your letter requested the Agency to suoply the Commission with a report on information in the Agency's possession regarding Lee Harvey OSWALD pricr to November 22, 1963. The request was predicated upon the _footacte on rage two of CIA's report to the Commission dated 31. January 1904, entitled: "Information Developed by CLS on the Activity of Lee Harvey CSWALD in Mexico City, 28 Sep- tember - 3 Cetober 1963", be ¢ is attached aa exact reproduction of the oseierjon Lee Harvey OSWALD begianizz \ vl the opening. Sheet dated. 9 December 1960, The entire dossier carries the security classification of Secret ant file up to early Cctober 1963, These inclote: oa [ATT consists of thirty documents arranged i in chronological order, Cn the basis of clearances from the Federal Sureau of Investigation, the Decartment of State, the Departznent 5 og Mavy, and the Immigration and Naturalization servig’? rte were queried by us after the receipt of your let able to make available exact copies of all: sates ints, is for EOIA Bei on pe : Me PT lGRly LIT: ao (002037 “FADED ee DocId:32373013 Page 123
104-10268-10009 REPRODUCTION Bureau of tavestigarin, Mand ten docusieita received from the Department , oa ‘docimetts received fror the Depar tment ‘ot ~ pes One document la mame check reausst) for the Immigration and Naturalization Service. e. Four newspaper clippings, — & Yive internal CIA notes, ge CIA report dated. ax: 1964 to the Gommission - which covers all substantive develormenta affecting CIA in the matter of Lee Harvey OSWALD irom 9 Cctover to . 22 November ‘1963. The report, indicated the disseminations r ; : of information: developed by: ClAthar. were zaade. to other , Federal agencies during: that period. This itera, 28 was ; i 3 time, is particularly sensitive and bears ; rity indicators. . ° / - ~ . a. Seven documents received from the Federal | ' | 4, You will note that almost all of the documents carry markings required for CIA's internal records processing, A few of the papers contained the names of cur employees or identifications of. specific organizational components, We have. taken the liberty of blockiag out these items as they do not bear. on the substance of the Commission's request. Richard Helms Deputy Director for Plans . Attachment. . . . . Original & 2 Addressee © = 15 C/CI/SIG- _.: "A DDP Subject,’ 4 C/CI/R&A a - DDP Chronos. LOFT 1» C/WH/3 = ~C/CL . " 1'e 201-289248 GLRGRoceasda/7468/4 Mach 1964 (Inventory of documents contained in file attached. fo a bes Sitzesase) Le 201289245 ot SS Pane HW 53216 DocId: 32373013 Page 124
PAOUerTeD Inventory of Documenta Contained in OSWALD Dossier Forwarded to the Commigsion . , fl, State Telegram Noe 13g, October 31, 1959. (Confidential) vA va S26 Newspaper. Asticle from the Meshingtos Post, November 1, 1959 »~vw3, CYLeN ‘Tntes'nal Note dated 2 , November 1959 (oral FBI name - ree and. NR reply d dated 4 November 1959 (Confidential) a -/4, F ° - as ~ ‘4 + A, State T degram 1358, November £9 1959 (Confidential) » i 8 Despatch 234, November 2, 1959 (Confidential) Sf r+ v6, State Telegram 1443, November 9 1959 (Confidential) a +’ “1. Newspaper Clipping from Washington Post, November 16, 1959 . + 8, Newspaper Clipping from Evening Star, November 26, 1959 — + v9, DBF 49478, 25 May 1960 (Confidential) - a“. we -t0. Internal CIA Biographic Profile dated ¢ circa 2 May 1980 | (Confidential come 4 ! te Ali, Letter from the Department of State. (Cumming) to DDP Bissell} . adated October 25, 4260 an P 0=5679 ~ Secret) : * 12, DDP Response to sere 21 ‘November 1960 (DD/? 0-6003 ~ ; Secret) we , ‘ « Yi3, Internal GIA Request for Opening of 201 file, 3 December 1960 Lo (Secret) woos eee a “& /14, State Memorandum of Conversation dated January 26, 1961 {Ouo) rd x AS. State Instruction A-273, April 13, 1961 (UO) / Ab, Foreign Service Despatch 806, May 26, 1961-(OUO) - “ Ae Foreign. Service Despatch 29, July 11, 1961 (QUO) Y © > 13,. DFE g2iel, July 13, 1961 (Confidential) - Ate i te KAAZ- sae gS cory ” CoE HW 532716 Docld: 32373013 Page 125
104-10268-10009 es REPRODUCTION - PRORIBITED +/19, Internal Cl& Memoa,for the Record, 28 September 1961 (Secret) . ¥ £20. Feréign Service Despatch 317, tober 12, 1961 (owe) Y a \ - AR SIUNS Na Name. Check-Request, December 5, 1961 S22, Ny Mensage 2 20197/RB/3, 3 March 1962 (Confidential) | » /23. DNA 1624, 26 April 1962 “724, Newspaper Clipping from Washington Post, June 9, 1962. + #25, DBA 20883, September 7, 1962 (Confidential) 3-26, DBA 51407, 10 September 1963 et waee® - » 727, DBA 52355, 24 September 1963, 7 Howie’ 2l5~ dae woes . Bi Oc\ob , 28, DBA 55715 (number ‘abtibar),"t November rT, 1963” Bf octeien 14¢s[Ace ol Ave)” vy 72% DBA 55777, November: By: 1963. t , : 2 ow So. CIA Summary Report cin Activities of CSWALD in Mexico City, ; dated 31 January 1964 y ~ Ate onl - a HW 53716 DocId: 32373013 Page 126
HW 532716 anit = pen fa} ste oA = Ty i se RENO INDEX Dee : E = tad: 7853 944 FILE IN CS FILE NO. CONF 3 104-10268-10009 , ( CLASSIFIED MESSAGE ° ( 70 * BERLIN- FRANKFURT FROM: DIRECTOR ~ * c/n 4 IMFO + 70 ier CONNECTION MARINA OSWALD HEADQUARTERS 7 er ; DOES NOT D. SIRE: LONG-RANGE OPS" INVOLVEMENT SUGGESTED PARAGRAPH to 3 REF, . END OF MESSAGE r ° GfS COMMENT: *Reggab has number complex financial, documents and persoral problems which leading him consider return to: Moscow for further study in cinematographic institute. Believe he would definitely return if” encouraged by us and that he susceptible to recruitment as KUBARK agent during Moscow sojourn and possibly. as s long. range asset in Morcoee c an -_ RECORDS OFFT LASSIFICATION REVIEW | 7 (The Retiowing ace Tue. [Sonpucten ov_25_HAY 197] 56 ~ Z cs copytstersed Deis is, . |E_UIMPDET CL BYWAY | docdment Number ————_—--— ; BY: ONS ry be i | fos FORA Review on as 878 . - : Stgned: “Ro. ay - p-200-5:44, _ mo pe rer TB pteprante, _ ADDP- : COORDINATING OFFiceRs 3 REPRODUCT ION BY OTHER THAN THE. ISSUING OFFICE iS PROHIBITED: covarat 168 or212. Docld: 32373013 Page 127 cease ce ee ee me eee eg
HW 532716 i PRODUCTION f oy . fl N Oe “XYAAZ- 22015. ot us »te i ee ‘ \ : ead to the seconml paragraph of your menzagatam dated. wr ebruary 1964, and the second nara- graph ot 7 mmeméramdium of 16 March 1964, relative to a dissemisatigue Sf information made by CIA to the Secret od Service, 2. Immediately after the assassination of Presidert ennedy CLA undertook to assemble through its siaticecs in Butope all available data, including information in tha files | of sther governments and intelligence services, onthe. | teaveis and activities af Les Harvey OSWALD and Marina Mikoleyna OSWALD, This information, as it was collected, was made avallabls te the White House,. the Departmert of State and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Copies of these messages werealso. Sent to the Secret Service. . 3. Attached to ‘this \Getnorandum are exact copiea of “two teletyped messages relative to the travels and activities of the CSWALD= fAttachmerts A and B). Paragraphs ¢ and h ' of Attachment © are paraphrased, In Attachment C, OUT ‘Teletype No, 85715, are found references to two other tele- ‘typed messages (OUT No, 85382 and OUT No. 35665) which — ; : describe one Rickard Thomas GISSON, a negro journalist . . S16 une ¥° moon Vio 10} | l2e-heg wns i > . Sc oo oo6erge : to os pags LOS 169 212 “ETE Docla: 32373013 Page 1236
104-10268-10009 = now residing in Switzerland who has been active in the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. Peraphrases of No, 35132 and. No. 85665 are inched aa Attithments D and 5. Access to origival texts of paraphras ans will be provided when members of your staif’ visit Bangley. The information on which paragraphs g and h of Attachment © are based was received at Gis Headquarters ani 7 November and disserni-e rated on 2a Ni . - ‘This, momorsadum and the attachments contain very conaitive ted ion which kas a direct bearing on sources and mm: as Anagpropriate sensitivity | indicator | has therefore been affixed, Richard Helms Deputy Director for Plans Attachments- as stated Distribution: - Original & 2 - Addressee w/atts; _ 1 DDP Chrono w/z o 1+DDP subjecfw/atts - Mr, Rocca w/atts 1l- C/CEISIG watts” “le CEES an 1-= 201-~ OS in CI/RUA/TRHalL/6664/26 MaYch 1964 oe REPRODUCTION . ———, fe FB eel eee emcee se ee ree ee ame eee ee PermOUCTO = PROGIBITED Docld: 32373013 Page 129
HW 532716 104-10268-10009 REPRODUCTION PRORIBITED Teletype message, OUT No, 80702, dated ¢ December 1453, filed at 1411 hours, to the White Mouse, the Genartment of State and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with copy to the Secret Service. ; 1 —™~ ; ; ; . ; ! Attast bment A , l | | SUBJECT: Lea Harvey OSWALD East Germany to Holland.on 3 Juns 1962. She traveled by rail, crossing into West Germany at elmatedt on 3 June and enter- | ing Holland by rail at the Bentheim crossing point. She kad West German visa 694/62 issued at the West Germany # Embassy “in Moscow, She listed her final destination as U.S.A. Corsment: This confirms information. fr rom the uw Se. Embassy in Moscow : to the effect that the OSWALD family traveled from Moscow to Rotterdam by rail around’ 3 June 3962, Helmstedt and Bemtheim are oa the 3 rsain rail routs from Russia to Rotterdam. ‘While. Lee CSWALD himself and their infant saughter are not recorded. a in German recards this is probably because little attertics a - paid to U.S. citizens and to infants in keeping travel recorder j ipa a . | ar “Baar: zs) * KS 250 cacet4 “ST RRS DocId: 32373013 Page 130
HW 53716 7 "REPRODUCTION pROuIBITED ; reliable put ateeieny aOaaisve perce CSYALD stayed ; ~\ ( d. 10 to 15 October 1959: According toavery > — . ‘3 he Tara Hoel la Baa oom 10 to 11 Ocsabver at oe | visa to OSWALD's wife on 13 ie, mae sétoras " reveal his wife was bara on 17 July 1 Stead of 19 Jely 1942 and in Sever odvinel instead of Minsic. There ia no record of her haying actually transited The Netherlands, . | £. 1962: Official British records do not reflect _ that OSWALD returned to the United States from the - USSR through the United Singdoms However, £ he were merely transiting, § it would nat ‘Lave been . neceasary for Taira to fi out a& landing card, and ; therefore there ‘would be no record of his travel in. the official traffic imteox, - _ eBe Pa DoclId: 32373013 Page 134
104-10268-10009 Ro oe PRORATED reliable sourcs, ont 23° Now Wember Maria SNSTHLAGE, head of the 1 Werlkgroup Informatie Cuba" Workgroup . a Infpriatton Cuba), told’ aa ‘employee of the Cuban — 7 { Ze 1963: According te an extremely seasitive and | | Subse ts The ke that she was sure she had met - | - . ‘that Mr. Sei is Havana, who did the murder", .She | . described him a9 2 man of violence ani extirely full of a hate and indicated that it was possible that this man had . | been misused by a group, She said she lad written to | "GIBSON" about the bad impression aha had bad. of this 2 LEE, (Headquarters Corument: Please réfer to or | . ! teletype Noa. 83182 and 85665 for additiocal information | on CIGSGN,) Later, SNETHLAGE told Castro Cubans in The Hague that "Mr, LEE of the Fair Play for Guba . . Cornmittee had been slandered and that it was another person named Lee CSWALD whe had done it, SNETHLAGE seemed to be glad to have heard this ‘eorrect" version, — | (Headquarters comment: Mr, LEE may be identical with Vincent Theodere LES who replaced Richard GisscN as Heed of the Fair ‘Play for Guba Committee, ) HW 53216 DoctId: 32373013 Page 135
ee — - PRET bh, According to retiabiaeiSemation, SNETHLAGE ~~ ‘was in Cuba i in January. 1963 “and according to an official ' Dutch source, six ‘agate traveled oe for the May Day » PRON ar HW 53716 Docld: 32373013 Page 136.
HW 53216 104-10268-10009 . SUBJECTE.. < SS “net ia Ne@X tor TBA, Oi we REPRODUCTION ~ PRONIBTED 2 | Attachment D | | 4 Teletype No. 85182, dated 22 November 1963, filed at 1932 hours, to the White House, the ‘Department of State and the Federal Bureau cf Investigation; ‘with copy ta tha Sscret Service. (paraphrase} Leo Harvey. OSGALD Re nal \e 1. In conversation with a close friend in Barn, ae Switaerland, on. 23 Novernper 1963, Richard Thomas: GIBSON. a ST S, remarked that OSWALD is ‘one of us", OSWALD and G GIBSON a kad cortespanied two years previously, aad OSWALD bad Awe | jolzed t the Committee, (Comrent: Reference io prasumably to the 3 Fair Play for Cuba Commihistoe, } GIBSON added that he bad destroyed all Bie. letters: trom CSWALD. OSWALD is crazy. cmscet then remarked that he ts hapoy that he was . : ee He felt satty for MELEE in New York and. NNO 2. The information given above was supplied by. an- extremely sensitive source who is usually reliable, 3, According to other information that was available, o Richard Thomas GIBSON, bern 13 May. 1931 in Los Angeles, : California, isa negro Journalist who has beemactive in the ATT. + ti. os gery — - - Lit _ P36) “XAAZ- ane! ; ° : pease raRTED os COPY NO. __ __ Docld: 32373013 Page’ 137
“ane -™ t 5 Fair Slay for Cuba Committee <a. Be has resided ; iiwerland, In this later | i if ! en atin oo - ca oe : a DY coe a | “PaDATED | HW 53716 Docla: 32373013 Page 1536
HW 532716 104-10268-10009 Teletype message, CUT N to the White Hous, the Department of Stats and at 1826 hours, to REPRODUCTION PROeeITeD Attachment E 9. 35565, 23 Noverrber 1953, filed the Federal Sureau of Iavestigation, with copy to the Secret Eervice, (paraphrased) 6 ‘ 1. WOE ww 23 Novermber 1 3, a local Castroite named Maria SNE THLAGE told Third Secretary Ricardo SANTOS af the Gubaa Embassy in The Hague that ske Iknew the: President Kennedy. and vidlence, and speculated that he Bad heen misused t oy a no group". Richard GIBSON, ee pitiien, ox: Lausansie, Switzerland, born 13 May 1935, a Castro a The Hogue has reported that a3 “ | | | | | i ! She described * Lien as. aman full of She said she 2 ta elton to CBSON (undowstedly . LEE” (sic) who murdered fhate aX B) z, “eho had visited The Netherlands recectly and had been in contact beth with the Soviet Ambassatlor and the Cuban Embassy), 2. Later that same cay Mazi ia ENETHLAGE ‘told Secretary SANTOS tha: tea been slandered. . LEE of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee" The assassin had been another person, ice (CSWALD, SNETHLAGE is reported to have been i in Cuba - in 3. Samary and again’i in May 1965. o mie Le ° - PROwATED Docia: ‘39373013 Page 139 AGE 180. of! 212 core 30.