104-10268-10015 “G a eat ee ae aaa : a eatin a “crn -b39Q- *e L . Mr. Ste : March 21 198 ; ; Piles” . ; _ MELDR. 2ADUL : ; . foday, Priddy, March 21, 196, I moet ot CIA headquarie:3 with '. Me. Rocca to roview the CIA file on Les Harvey Oswold. The file - contains those materials furnisked to us previously by. CIA. in ~ eddition, 1t. contains the following mtcrials i ; : a. Cable reports from the CIA station in Mexico of Noverber Pe. 22 and 23, 1963. relating to photographs of a porson who had visited ! oe the Cuban ond. Soviet Erbassics in Mexico City duxing October and : Noveriber.1953; and reports. on these edbles furnished on Koveamber ot I a . 23 by CIA to the Sccret Service. ‘These messages are aceusoce . mo parcphrased in the attachments to the CIA memorandum of March 2k, Peo (Comul sion Document. wT). . b. Cable of October 10 fron CIA Hatsico City ctotion to CIA headquarters reporting on Oswald contact at Soviet Exbassy, and October 10, 1963 message from CIA headquarters to Moxico City station ” . or background information on Oswald. ‘hese messages are accurately mo xeported in tho CIA accorandum of January 31, 1964. ! . ; I did not review ony materials later than Novenber 23; 1963. Oswald documents In. the CIA electronic data storage systou. There . was no item listed which wo have not been Given cither in fun. texs ex pardphrased. . . When I evidenced an interest in the CIA olectronic data “processing system, Mr. Rocca said that he would arrange a ‘eotailed explanation at e future visit. ; : % TRAVEL PODGRAR ner | ~ PROGID RECORD 0 Py a , fo R ECGKR | | | i , | . | Mr. Rocea also showed me the “printout” of the referonces to - | , i oa re i 7 or oaeyayg 93572. a . gt 7 HW 53216 Bocld:32373019 Page 2
104-10268-10015 RE PRODUCTION *PROWBTTED MEMORANDUM Fon: Rive 3. eo Raskin SUBIECT: . | Suserention Developed by CIA on the : _ | Activity of Lee Harvey OSWALD in 8 = * Moastece City, cemtenber 2) to ‘Oxteber 3, 1963. a «Se The refers to your Inter of Féoranry 10, 1966, Specifically, thet paragraph ceorns to vefer to specalative information provided the White House by Jose te LASAGA co ae nothing to edd to the detailed iavestigation of this matter Do soutected by the Federal Bureon af Investigation, We . asvurae that the Commission is already in pesvessian, or will be ta the near future, af the detalles of the outcomes of that investigations . : 3. GIA to coupereting very closely with the FBI athe evelopment of ancthur Mexicen lead, aa lo probably atreasdy bnewn to the Conmission, Hin the course of this cooperation, CIA dewsiove oxigtanl, substantive meterial, i ia ow Intention nePRngg BwEDRO/TSCO ve _ : Ey ; eo - | 003573 Ua Se F HW 53216 DocTd:39373019 ° Page:3
HW 53216 104-10268-10015° - ta geport the detalis to the Comsnisosion concus ever ip rade avaliable to the Comeuisoton by Docla:32373019— Me Th foltowingroplion are hoyed tothe mameration of your letter af February 10: ae ‘We ase not ta a position to oupply copies ol - telegrams sent between the Soviet Embasaiee ty a eablagion and Mexico Cys "report. Sia DURAN are being forvasded tot & Commission under separate cover. in paragraph soven of our report, on pages four and - tive, ts haved on the siutements of Slivia DURAN and | meane thet OSWALD was et the Coumulate et least once. after his initial visit, and thet this ister visit waa co | the afterncos of a day on which the Cubes Cangaltelee. phoned the Seviet Consulates about OSWALD *s visa s prebiem, This may well have been 26 September, but We Conact be certain of this concnsion, |G, We Ap met knew whether Coban Consulate statements of Silvia DURAN, one could conciule that wae ~ paca _@ of “COPY HO. Page 4
104-10268-10015 -B, We do not thish tt would be ums pual on “DURAN to tell OSWALD. be could not have} nN tranois vise unlese he first got a Soviet v ea feonk statements are quite common in consular practice, as far as we tnow, 6. We believe thet Silvis DURAMn statesoinie thes - OSWALD kaow ao one ia Cuba meant Uterally that, and this would mean that so oe there could sponsor him, =, vouch for him, or insure that he would not become 3 o aa pubitc charge, Cn the other hand, the remark ofthe == Soviet official would neem te imply that the Sovieta had = ao previous rerord of OSWALD, at least In Meniso, M8 , tudesd the Soviet affictat wes talilag the trath, ee _ 7s ‘Wo bellove that OSMALD beth tolaphowed te the Ce eae mathe cure whet OSWALD meant by his as mo ‘hegre Ha wert to Mexico while he — Ee may have acqubred s ura Tease forwmrdiog midvecs. im the process whieh be gave firet to the Cuban Consulate, Las thea mislaia or forget, and Jinally recovered fram Cuban .— Sensulate files vo he could pase 2 to the Soviet Consulate. % could also be that. he wap talking about hie Mexico City . hotel eddrose which he might have momesturlly forgctten, while at the Soviet Conmnlate. % The Cuban Consulate and Cuban Embosey bn a Mexico City are separate offices located in separate. . builitage that stand on adjacent Inte separated by a. — ' Cuban official parking let. The Cebas Consulate te on i =a | sa TS TT ee . . , Sa 8 svar HW 53216 Docld:32373019 Paye 5
104-10268-10015 _ besa in Mexico far cighteon years pray as. early ae Septeriber £963 that AZC UE Wa: ais U a replaced, He replacement di arrive tn Septeaben eo, We de nat deaewe wins inight have tos OUWALD shah a woe AZCUE or any ather Cuban had been or was to be replaced, yo a might have montloned it if CSWALD complained about - os 1 ‘Groupe have produced what we regard oo hard information, aa . oa 22, We can caly guena why Silvia DURAN described — ALe CSWALD as ablonde, Perhaps his complexion ssemed | Sa. mo hight to her, compared with that of most Latin Americans, AR ‘When she was arrested, she had act seen CSWALD for a . about two monthe, but apparently she had noted him as cM . a blonde in her Consular reearde, nina Hees a ’ Distribution: Original & 2 = ‘Addressee 1-DDpP 1 - C/CI - X= CICYREA L~ C/WH/3. CUI/REA/RGRoccaxic/ 18 Fe Prepared by C/WH/3.,) \ y HW 53216 DocTd:39373019 Page 6
_ 104-10268-10015 ~ CLASSIFICATION on Chief of Station, Mexico City SUBJECT ‘ ZRTAFFY ACTION. RCQUIRED - REFERENCES Please transmit the attached envelope to Fletcher M. KNIGHT only. ©. 2 Witlard G, CURTIS REPRODUCTION ee, | |: ie cr a : . Distribution: 3- WH, w/att DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER HMMA~-22390: . “HW 53216 Doc