Nae. aed _ oN _CLASSIFIED MESSAGE en a ORIG : - ; ae " ROUTING ~~ UNIT ; wat/3, Hani co INDEX SECRET i EY er : 5940 (HNO INDEX 2, CYS DATE: 29 Howenber 63  CKFILE IN CS FILE NO, 202-2872h8 Destroy) yp} 4] Re ‘Te WHETS ECUOSE ATIN: MR. MCGEORGS BIMIDY “| S32 STATE DEPARTMENT ATIN: MR. U. ALEKIS JOHNSON Yuli ih do no FEDERAL BUREAU CF INVESTIGATION “20 os sbeyo Pe ALED ory JRoy63 14 Wz FROM: ERSRIGSY CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY age GAP? WA GE? Of _ ce : : r EN cone: C/WH UO / wy anes . if [_|perBhGE a Oe a tA Wwe — || ROUTINE INFO: Ocl, D/OCI, DOP, C/c! 2, vR ef OM 8 Y 963 | T0 - _ INFO. ene OR 6o&® wg is . i. THs FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN GATHERED FROM RELIABLE ‘SOURCES | “REGARDING THE TRAVEL OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD AND HIS WIFE: | : A. 9 OCTOBER 1959: ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL BRITISH TRAVEL RECORNS OSWALD ARRIVED IN SOUTHAMPTON THIS DATE CLAIMING ON HIS LANDING CARD THAT HE HAD ~ HO FIEED ADDRESS BUT PLANNED TO REMAIN IN TH2 UNITED KINGDOM ONE WEEK FOR YACRTION BEFORE GOING GN TO "SCME SCHOOL IN SWIssz." (HEADCHARTEES, Comeavt:” PRORABLY REFERRING TO THE ALBKAT SCHWEITZER COLLEGE IN 24 a 17 TO SAVE BEEN IN CORRESPONDENCE: ) =— ON B. 10 OCTOBER 1959: ACCORDING TO THE ESCORDS OSWALD LEFT LONDON THIS DATE SY ATR FOR ERLSINCE. APR 1976 C. OCTOBER 1959: “STOCKHOLEM HEMSPAPER "DACENS WYESTER” or 25 NOVEMBER 51963 STATES LEE OSWALD PASSED THROUGH SWEDEH DURING OCEOBER 1959. ‘ARTICLE ALSO | 7 | ADDS THAT OSWALD WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN GBEAINING VISA TO ) THE USSR IN MELERTNCT WHICH PoswarD TRAVELED DIRECILY TO MOSCOW. ‘CONCLUDING SENTENCE OF ARTICLE, STATES. “TTS dene Soprcares THAT CHR RUSSIAN EMBASSY (STOCKHOLX) GAVE HIM A VISA. “ AccoRDING’ _ Document ‘nee 2. 4 “70 A RELIABLE SOURCE THERE WAS NO RECORD THAT THERE WAS ANY REQUEST FOR A USSR” VISA PROCESSED THROUGH NORMAL CHANNELS FOR ‘OSHALD AQ ARY TIME Duco 1959, AND y ~ COORDINATING OFFICERS | cacuP 1 = Exctuded from automatic downgrading and dectassification RELEASING OFFICER AUTHENTICATING OFFICER . REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED. - Copy No.
14-00000 . . * CLASSIFIED MESSAGE _ 12.62 ORIG : ” —~ ~ ROUTING UNIT : KS Cl] INDEX SECRET TT OT + tye? ay, NO. INDE a i! DATE : Pg Ir, OV FILE IN CS FILE NO. BEERS BY Ep ro Ne “Yo a res ot NOHE | FROM: DIRECTOR 02S >>, aD . Pega) payee hE Kee || oes CONE: FON — aloe . DEFERRED Z a, NT | ROUTINE INFO: OMe, TO CITE DIR ‘SoURCS THDICAID Tn WAS DIFFICULT 10 EIPLATH HOW OSWALD MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED HS VISA IN TWO DAYS WETHOUT GOING THROUGH NORMAL CHANNELS. “THE ONLY CONGLUSION "WICH! CAN BE DRAWN IS HAM CSWALD MUST HAVE RECEIVED HIS VISA DIRECTLY FROM ‘TiTE "SOVIEN RMEASEY IN STOCKHOLM WEIGH OCCASIOUALLY 15 DONS Tit SPECIAL CASES, “BUT THE SOURCE EAD HO EVIDENCE TO CONFIRM THIS ASSUMPTION. ” "Dp. 10 TOS OCTOBER 1959: ACCORDING TO A VERE RELIARIZ BUT EREMRLY | SENSITIVE SOURCE OSWALD SEAYZD AT. THE TORNI HOTEL IB HELSTNKT FROM 10 TO moi COTORER AND THEN MOVED’ TO HE KLAUS KURT HOTEL WaERS HE SEALED UNTIL 15 ocrdBm, APPARENTLY WAITING FOR A VISA [0 BE ISSUED HIM BY THE SOVIET CONSULATE IN HELSTINC. HE TRAVELED TO THE USSR BY TRATH, CROSSING AT VAINIXKALA ON 15 OCTOBER. oo EB 13 MAY 1962: ACCORDING TO A DUTCH OFFICIAL SOURCE, THE DUTCH | GSARR TH NOSCOW ISSUED A TUNED VISA TO CSUNLD'S WHFS OH 23 Mar 2962.” TERR | erm SED ce EE. “SNERE 15 NO RECORD OF ER HAVING ACIUALLY TRAISIIED THE RETEESLANDS. PF. 1962: OFFICTAL BRITISH RECORDS DO HOT REFLEC? ‘HAT OSWALD REXIEIED 0 THE UNTTED STATES FROM THE USSR THROUGH THE UNTZED KINGDOM, | HOWEVER, IF HE “WERE MANELT URANSITING, T? WOULD NO? HAVE BREN NECESSARY FOR HIM TO FILL GUT A LADING CAND, AND SHERAPORE (HERE WOULD AE NO RECORD OP HIS TRAVEL TW THs OFFICIAL ‘TRAFFIC ‘INDEX. : “COORDINATING OFFICERS. ‘f ) groue 1 . e Exctuded. from automatic. : , RECS =ASING OFFICER . ; BE c R ¥ m ‘downgrading and. AUTH Eee NS : oo . Geclassification (CER a "| REPRODUCTION BY. THER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS{ HISITED. Cony No.
14-00000 . ORG se) UNIT 2 DATE : TO : DIRECTOR aka 8% (CLASSIFIED MESSAGE Cy ag ey , INDEX SECRET er acs DALE IN GS RLE NO | ri PAGE THRES | | oererren || ROUTINE _ . CITE DIR Ge. 1963: ACCORDING TO AN ESTREMELY SENSITIVE AND RSLIABLE SOURCE, OY 23 NOVEMBER MARIA SNETHLAGE, HEAD OF THE "WERKGROUP INFGRMATIS CUBA," TOLD AN SMPLOYNE OF THE CUBAN EMBASSY I THR HAGUE THAT SHE WAS SURE Suz HAD MED “niAg 38. LES IN HAVAHA, WHO DID THE MORDER.” SH DESCRIBED HIM AS A MAN OF VIOLENCE TELSTIPSS Nos asige aw 85665 FeR ADDETICNAL INFORMATION ON GIBSON.) ‘ABST THREE HOURS LATER, SUEIELAGE AGATN CONTACTS) THE CUBAN EMBASSY IN THE HAGUE AND SAID THAP'M LSS oY THE FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA CCMA" HAD BEEN SLANDERED AND Tar ZP WAS ANOTHER. PERSON HAMED LEZ OSWALD WHO HAD DONE Ir. ‘SUEIELAGE SEEMED 0 BE GLAD 10,BAVE HEARD THIS “CORRECT” VERSON. (BEADQUARTERS COMMENT: MR, LEE MAY BS | MONICAL WIE VINCE? THEODORE IR WHO REPLACED RICHARD GIBSON AS HEAD CF TH FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE.) _ | | Be ACCORDING 0 HELIASLE TPEMASTON STAGE WAS TH CUDA TH SKOOARE 1963, AND ACECRDING TO AH CHTCTAL DUNG SOURCE, SE AGAEN TRAVELED 0 Gund Fat Sa _ ERD OF MESSAGE | _ O97. HAGU 063, igus aml ep ae ce ate TH 6 }. (69140) fc/s COMMENT :. -*DISSEMINATION. MST (CABLE TO RYBAT GPF LOOR CABLES. -. : fae = — COORDINATING OFFICERS ‘Grour 1 " RELEASING OFFICER’ F tee eenadinng | AUTHENTICATING "| . ; SE é R g rae . Geciassification . OFFIGER . serr00uCTION Wy OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED. - ' Copy Now