«REPRODUCTION | CONFIDENTIAL EX- /093L & cof tetloranan Midgley and the Der, v2 S" Dated 6 September 1975 1. The referent memorandum contains two points which require comments. The first point concerns allegations that were made shortly after the assassination of President Kennedy and that ve crept up every so often since then. In one form or &o: r, the allegations are that Lee Harvey OSWALD hador em connected with the Agency. The allegations are totalfy. wifounded. 2. The facts regGeaiis Bee - : hn a. On 2g Qdvenbse: Cage I was instructed by | | Mr. R.G. Roce@ Nay ipmiediwte superior at that time, to make a tho 4 checks} thin the Agency at Headquarters : | | | { | | | | atter are as follows: _ to determin e ee Harvey OSWALD had ever been used by the AgencKor been connected with it in any conceivable way. e ordered me to make the checks . directly and personally to the degree possible and not to accept statements of intermediaries. He also ex- plained that he was following instructions from-Mr. R. Helms, who was then the DDP and served as one ,of the Agency's key contact officials with the Warrén | Commission. a b. Although I had already checked the Main Index of IP (then RID) on the night of the assassination, I - yvechecked the Main Index and found no:-record beyond that which I had already obtained before (plus. those items which had been integrated into. the- records system since the assassination). There was nothing in the DDO records which indicated any Agency connection with OSWALD. . e ¢ recuaet tinier 1EB-(000 —— : a | 7 — or FOIA Review on NOV 876 | RecoRD COPY | | © BONFIDENTIAL 6 Lp 7s | a 161 28 7.48 . & aePeooucTigs : | 0002105 a PROWBIMED
13-00000 REPRODUCTION a PROLIBITED ( SONFIDENTIAL ( rar c. The n omponent I checked was DCD. There was no -“esord in their Headquarters files. Arrangements: were thén made for me to check telephonicafly, with -each DCD base in the US. The chiefs ofthe basés* ‘then serached their records . and spoke with Chesr officers. I was then advised by oe that ere efs or their designees individ- a ye ane been no contact with OSWALD. oN \ checked with’ Division D, SE Division, and LAY aS sion's Cuban Operations Group (COG) for any informal desk records. The results were like- wise negative. e. Through the Sec ity Research Section (GRS) of the Office of fatwPity I had the security ‘files checked. rw record of OSWALD. . fo <a “MO, records on Americans, igan, and Cuban holdings Shey may have recorded e ° ee was no record in those ces £. Mcneir Sat I checked their on the remote something on files. “ws g. iS Pp &. e the chief of the CI Staff's Administrative Office called the Office of Personnel and received the word that there was no record on an employee or an applicant for employment named Lee Harvey OSWALD. a h. I also checked the Office of Medical . Services and found no record on OSWALD. ane | i. The Covert Action Staff also tuo rc on him. ere . . _ j. Finally, I also checked thev-records: ‘of the CI Staff's Operational Approval Group: (CZ/0A)- with negative results. k. My checks were completed’ on: 4. ‘December 1963 and I then sent a brief informal note “to Mr. Rocca e CONFIDENTIAL
13-00000 REPREDUE THORN pvoztn? PROUBITED REPRODUCTION PROGIBITED ( Q§ONHDENTAR = C KGS SS specifying“al}the checks I had made and stating that the: ‘Kasults>showed that Lee Harvey OSWALD had newer had , SAYS onnection whatsoever with the Agengéy:. Eve y a statement to this effect was communica to the Warren Commission. OSs - Or "Sif checks regarding use or employment". of OSRALD p died pen requested by the foreign divisions ~~ of their ay priate stations, I was told, and the no results we negative. . 4. I recall very clearly that we were extremely oe _ concerned at the time that OSWALD, as an American: returning | from the USSR, might. have been routinely debriefed by DCD, thus having established contact with the Agency. The same point has now, quite understandably, beén made by the two CBS newsmen. Having some knowledge of this subject I have personally concluded that there is valid . reason for DCD's lack of interest in OSWALD at that time. He would surely have been contacted and debriefed by DCD - had he been to the USSR and returned to the US before 1957/1958. Travel to the Soviet Union by Westerners, particularly by Americans, before that time was quite uncommon and we were hungry for eyewitness information in those days. The thaw began in about 1956 and by the end of that decade thexe were so many persons travelling to and from the Sovre®sUnion that DCD was incapable of talk~ ing to all of Ahe m, Therefore, a program of selectivity and speci ficcraxge yet pplicability was instituted. In light of th& ve seems to me that OSWALD-- if he came to Deb sete m at all--would have easily been by~pass bec wae simply did not possess the type of Sion thet peD was seeking at that time. DCD would sure SY ave Sony ts limited manpower on travellers who ; ater access in the USSR. es hould be added that my above-described search in e Agency file holding produced no record or indication that any other US Government agency had -used him as a source or had considered him for recruitment. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 4 COPY NO. seed aap TERETE eh ee acreage tntannneoe ttet eEPRSEEPBSSPS 16
13-00000 REPRODUCTION —  PROEIBITED ‘6. The second point in the referent memorandum concerns the bre. eis that were available at i on Oswald before ay of the assassination. if ~ ically, there w@re: five documents which had been to had been sent® te us-& KX the FBI, two by the D State, and: one by<thes S Navy. A 201 file had bee opened on \QDecember 1960 on thed receipt) of the -fiyst of these five doc £i Contained He records that had bee any nexcamponent. The Mexico Ci of the moaitering of Oswald's activi tyes eae co had. not as yet be included in the 201 file. tinent cables i | | | | the Agency befsre the assassination. Two of th . coment s | Leavy ations eporting . from Mexico City were held at the viexico ® nch at Head~ quarters, while the data contained in them had been disseminated to the FBI upon receipt. The cables were incorporated into the file following the assassination - and were, of course, made available to all concerned, ‘including the Warren Commission. 7. j%&It should be noted that no particularly great urgency was attached to the handling of the records regarding Oswald hefore the assassination because Qswald's name had -no ws ar meaning before that ore A g acts regarding the records we gsiews a before ena ae as well as the Ore computer cords system were explaing®: Warren, ouberss s Commission, andcagro connie sien’ sta members when the GAS ® March.34964 for the expres en nethds and caittrols we employed i acthyiti ur 201 file on Oswald‘wa at the thge. From all I have heard regay ng this ‘visit, the visitors were satisfied with our records system and. the manner in which we kept our records. Peul iiartran ; - Qu02tne 5 oe 16
REPRODUCTION PROMI ED Telephone. Conversation between DCI and J. Edgar HOOVER ove r 19 20 PEND ’ PROHIBITED SECRET TABLE OF CONTENTS an P PROG IBMMED
13-00000 mee REPRODUCTION PRONIBITED : vy aad (622134 TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN DCI AND J, EDGAR HOOVER 26 November 1963 - 11:20 a.m. bee DCI: DCI: Dai: SECRET ‘REPRODUCTION = I just want to be sure that you are satisfied that this Agency is giving you all the help that we possibly can in connection with your investigation of the situation,in Dallas. I know the importance the President places on this investigation you are making. He asked me personally whether CIA was giving you full support. I said that they were, but I just wanted to be sure from you that you felt so. We have had the very best support that we could pos sibly expect from you. We will feel free to do that I think it is an exceedingly important investigation and report and I am delighted that the President has called on you to make it. We are trying to do it as fast as we can so we can dispel various wild rumors that have been circulating as to whether this man was the right man etc. that firedthe gun. But there is no question that he is the right man. There are a lot of aspects that we have dug up, for instance, with regards to the matter i: Mexico City. We have now found that the: photograph that was ta en was not that of Oswald. We do find from our informant do\m there that | Oswald did call at the Embassy that day and the informant has - . given us the conversation that he had. He wanted to get a permit : to go back to Russia and the Cuban Embassy couldn't give him the permit. The Soviet Embassy stated that it wald take three weeks. He had, I think, a visitor's permit for about a week or ten days so that is why he came back to the United States. i | Good, Well you can call on us for anything we have. Well, all of that ties in importantly into the story and we have those operational sources down there. We want to handle them very carefully. It involves some very high level people down . there. Sam pope and I have talked about that a couple of times. Me, Ketonbech "who is handling it for the Department - ; it is our intention when the Bureau finishes the report, he will of course go over it very carefully because it will be a report that will be released to the public, probably through the White PROMIBITED
REPRODUCTION PROWIRITED o * . ” (ger en ne a a ora U.215o House, but it is the intention after it is in final form to be checked with each of the Government agencies that are mentioned init. State Department is involved in regard to the issuing of the passport to the man to come back to this country and that has got to be explained why it was done, the law requires it, etc. all of which of course we are gathering. The aspects of the Mexico City thing. It will have to be mentioned. It is his intention to check with the agencies, Secret Service, etc. to be sure that whatever is said in the report is conferred in and it is agreed to by the various agencies mentioned. So you will have that opportunity to go over it and see exactly what is said and I know he will welcome any suggestion that you care to make. Dect: Well that will be fine. Thank you . HB: Good bye. (tape) mcm ec: DDCI . DD/P a REPRODUCTION = PROGMSTED
13-00000 REPO THOR seer PROUIBITED CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII 1. DIR 74673, <0 ‘October 1963 - dissemination to Depattment™ of State, Denartment of the Navys.. andthe. -Federal Bureau of Investiga- tien. [FOIA Now,6-3] 2a Internal. Note ‘Brom ROCCA to HELMS, dated S.March.. ‘L964. [XAAZ-22803 - FOIA "No. ne <250}~ ~ . tn geal Note from ANGLETON to ROCCA, ‘dated 12 May 1964. [XAAZ-22809 - FOIA No. 689- 298] oy ae 4. Memorandum for RANKIN, dated 1 Jtly 1964; * subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD's Arrival Time in Helsinki on 10 October 1959. _{Duplieate of FOIA No. 758-325] we . Eee fox sy YX SS REPRODUCTION seone _PROTIBITED
1360000 REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED . asd 1 day 196) 4 wan we LON - ee ~ FCRANDUR. vans re. de Lee Pankin, General Counsel, at - _- President's paregeaies on the Agsessinetion Sons peat ee toe lsewey. Coveld’s Arrival Time in i. In regponse te peer memerandes of 25 “egy val, we have established that the only direct flight fraw torsion te. Helsinicl on 10 Orteber 1959 wae Fim Air flight. 052 wtiich. are.,, rived in Helsing! af 2333 (11:33 P.M). If -Sseald had taken: > this flieht, be could ost normally have olsarad custems and” landing jarselities and reanhed the Tornd Motel damtam by 2h00 (aidnight) on the seme day. This is besed dn tie jadg- nem of officers in this Agency familiar with the Nelsinid airport. 2. We ave presently attempting te determine if Comid could have taken a pore ciroenitenus Tiight fran london, with 8 atop at Stockholss: Copechagen, of some other city. wy additional inforsntion’ received will be forwarded to SR/CL/Research: S.Duncan:el | Rewritten: RHelms/ecd - 1 aly 6 Distribution: Orig & @ ~ addresses oe ee : Vinee) Richard Beles PAGE a
Oo | oT KAAZ- 22307 12 May 1964 1745 MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Rocca 6 Taterna | Meme R avcia A auc Is Posihen the . with. Haerion Comm Scien : ; Pa - Sg hs the ‘DDP called me this afternoon, 12 May; to: statec >’ < the, 2 dite actor has received a telephone call from_RANKIN “eS > Commission's desire to interview him at.1030. AMY?” Se Mr. HOOVER is scheduled to " et: (9200 on: Re 2. The DDP wishes to have from SS as en comprehensive memorandum which highlights the bast issues or positions entered into by the Agency in its dealings with the '.Gommission. For example, RANKIN indicated that the Commission would wish to hear the Dire ctor's views as to how improvements might be made in protecting the President's life. Further, they will probably ask questions regarding the possibilities that a con- spiracy existed. Such general questioning certainly necessitates that the DCI be made aware of the positions taken during previous interviews. I raised with Mr. HELMS the nature of the recent information which:y are processing which originated.% wath the sensitive WH’: Source, I informed him that in your wiew. this would raise a number “of mann with the Commissian;: that dé should not go tacthe: Con n prior to the Dire ctor's2 ‘appearatige unless we have fizst nad Wie preliminary reaction ox tnade Bare: that the Diredtox-is cay es are of its implications since if coma ell serve ax cehe Wasigardetailed questioning. ThaDDP 5 x sAReW tt hat he would NS 4 ed ig: Review Sor AER etey and made a see 3a 65 eee geeetion of timing. - Given the schedule, you NS “eS that the DDP will need a paper covering the above points 23 mas possible. Pealin J.A. 6249-4 Document Number Oyices 3 for FOIA Review on SUN 76 . ’ : OPA94 32
13-00000 ‘REPRODUCTION - PRORIBITED XAAZ~ 22763 5 March 1964 : 4 . Memo Inve passage ty G O °) nites | P a a: ¢ Dicks Warrier : emMm ss isn a4 - a orhis is , réspenbive to paragraph 3 of Rankin's letter. —— ~- . Gite JA does not desire to respond directly ta” SOf that letter which made a levy fox“our: materia’ - ad gotten into the hands of the Secret Service since’ : “va November, We found that, axeapt for thras: ‘telegrams, all that the Seeret Service had was material. werkad sent: to” McGeerge Bundy at the White House, Agparsntiy; Rewvhad simply passed it to the Secret Service as Seasteg ot internal | __informafion, _ Unless you feel otherwise, Jim would prefer to wait out the Commission on the matter covered by paragraph 2. If | they come back on the point he feels that you, or someone from here, should be prepared to go over to show the Gommission the materials rather than pase thern to them in. copy. Incidentally, none of these items are of new substantive interest, We have either passed the material in substance to the Commission in response to earlier levies, or theitems refer te aborted: ji s, for example, the famous. aix photo- graphit which werg not of Oswald, and the passenger manifest om am airline which alse did not pertain to Qewald, vat ~< : GF Lon & yom Gealve to take note of the levy tXparagraph ay we scopnmend that you indicate in: the: attached: ‘proposed aun solely that we will takaeare ok tt: separately, | DY Oacument Number Se 19-250 for FOIA Review of SUM 1978 : Rock — ma ie ramp mond GC. Res - aan Ti My: y £4 pee eFetirs: SOBA AO =, gpa2ey _ 866 acute tr DE A84 Ag COPY: NQ 0: ence
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED aol ; — roumns oe 1 4 2) a 6) Tie Der 63 2g ace 0" erre for a kore we Gan : ) SENSITIVE’ ‘SOURCE . oa MEXICO CITY INQUIRING WHETHER THE EMBASSY. HAD RECEIVED ANY. NEWS CONCERNING A TELEGRAM WHICH HAD BEEN SENT TO MGW NOLVOldISSv19 r e att WITH a "waa ‘HAIRLINE, é 988 ot LATER MADE: , ARRANGEMENTS ‘TaROUGH ra PNITED a ; tee | ate, Yermeheepes . 3s Sy In MOSCOW TO ‘RETURN TO “Wis soe BORN WIFE, MARINA! _eamouaiia Posai Docu: nt Numbd 3 Ys +} ot | or FOIA Review c on n APR ‘976 ol vse | TN ae 2 ot GROUP 1 . | Exetuded from automatic downgrading and declassification a SECRET:
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13-00000 PROMBITED US. CONTENTS OF: VOLUME IX 1. DER 90466, 20 December 1963 [FOIA No. 420-757] 2c DIR 97829, 29 January 1964 [FOIA No. 498-204] 2 CO. 2142
13- -00000 | pS —— REPRODUCTION oy | CLASSIFIED MESSAGE. ( __ 12.82 ~ ORIG sz. if ce AY _ ROUTING WNT go a 5 SECRET OO OM §613 NO ‘SP szenze | et] | DATE :. Tt. a Ci FILE IN CS FILE NO. rat a oereRkbol 2 TProurine 5 AUR EERE 70 US ot we) a srs unsere Aw canes Do anrmioe asorssomi. Yoo war wavs ‘TIME FOR US To ‘DCUNE I REPORE. “SND OF MESSAGE Cable sent at. request of Mr. Rocca of CI Staff. . | RECORDS OFFICER STAMP the following action is. * | authorized: "DE S St 124 | : | i ( a Hote: puction, cite | > and coordinate { a of if appropriate. | _ 99-20 ere | | Oocument™ Number 201 289248 for FOIA Review wf: | or FOIA Revie en MAY 1976 | | DHA, See . ‘608s M. WEIETES I COORDINATING OFFICERS cRour 1 , | Excluded from-automatic. . “AUTHENTICATING iCER downgrading and OFFICE declassification | noP _ RELEASING OFFICER oO SECRET REPRODUCTI ION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED. Copy No, mn
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROWEITED 1. Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 19 February 1964; Subject: Information Developed by CIA on the Activity of Lee Harvey OSWALD in Mexico City, September 28 to October 3, 1963. [XAAZ~-36365 ~- FOIA No. 553-808A] 2. Memorandum fonDiteDheverayy dat pril 1964; Subjéct: REP RARE TgiNest atives of Warren Commissjon. PROHIBITED SECRET TABLE OF CONTENTS REPRODUCTION seo PROMISED
1300000 ( REP MODUCTION Ll April ljod SUBIZCT ASH Thrae Stali Representatives of Warren wonunisaion WS i : I 1954 Mesers. Coleman, Slawson and Wille Ay sQh epr@aehtatives of the Warren Commission, came to A ye Freemans ice, W) — ie 2. Ambassador Freeman, Mr. Clarence aoe Wy Ys s v2 9) “ Anderson andl met there at 0345 hours on 9 Avril asked that Mr. Clark Anderson and I cooperate fulb . thrae would have Top Secret clearances and that he felt we 3 aa not — try to be too secretive in talking to them. re 3, Wher the three visitors came in, The Ambassador told them that he wished therm to call on us for any and all help they needed. He said, however, that he wished personally to approve in advance any and | all contacts with Mexican 2 authorities and/or Mexican citizens, 4. The Ambassador told them that a great deal of our information _ came from some very secret and genszitive sources, such as telephone taps, and he reminded thern that any puolished item fram these sources _ would have to hav: vr clearance with(XUBARi) aad(ODENV}). He told them that r on of these operations could have very serious conzequeaces uld.do great harm to Mexican/U,S. relations. The visitors saidan se ene from (KUBARK) and(ODENVY) included a : t would have prior approval of the origina SS agency. SS <— NN oS .. g EN > SS : Pe "ee ( Sader outlined the "rules" under which RS tha Or rk. He told them he had made a protocoReal] ~ - previous e gon Lic. Luis Echeverria, Acting Minj of During that call, The Ambagsador told Echeverria RS i Git wed LS ‘Sera - tee goatee wasn +
13-00009 - REPRODUCTION and sail rh. aS S49 oublicity. When the visitors asked if they could 7 ‘aa 2 ee Pie \ dor said tint would arrange chat if unay c < n ’ April and again on 10 April 1964, DCOS 2 2x three Visitors in our offices. We spent three hours ae : Noel} and about two and ona-half hours on 10 April in our SS I met with therr twicein The Ambassador's "SS went <> a aan ae Reviewed the "take" from LIE We | mo, a . i . visit Echeverria. In our offices, they: Wah 27, 28 September and 1 October 1963 when Les ae contacted and visited the Cuban and Soviet Embassies. They madea "schedule" of OSWALD's activities as far as possible for these days from this saurce, Wote: They were given English translations of these "takes", b. English translations of tha two conversations of 26 Novem- _ ber 1953 between President Dorticas of Cuba and the Cubam. Ambassador to }fexico Joaquin Hernandea Armas were also reviewed, c. Had me review the Sylvia Duran case. They were shown - *. | photographs of Sylvia and her husband, a ve. da Had me review the casa of ‘Alvarado, the Nicaraguan. ors acked what actions the Mexico City Station took beginning 23 ber 1963. I said we: - d Headquarters, Ambassador Mann and (OPER) “ : ent them all (in October 1963) data on one LES 7 ; 7 ra s his Visit to Mexico and his visi.s to che Ce on oo oe all possible details of OSWALD!'s traveai\te anid exico, e had stayed, the contacts he had mad: WY a ight wv the place have visited. ~2-
13-00000 ( | REPRODUCTION . 9) 110) Yontinuous conucacr with our Head guurters on oA leads t EN Wit loc ah ij (ve NV XS £0 coordinace the work . ined their help in many casas = anding / via Duran and Alvarado ca Fee ~~ a of our woe AN oe SS OU 3 wy ON we ® “a Se aporoval s Ot ee’ & bh Mexican e 2h ’ SS  & e. Put all possible coverages on ie: Sana any v persons we knew of who had had contact eX WALD. 9. Note: They knew t&ll about" iw. WS versdtions OSWALD had, but said two points had previoushjnot been noted by | thern. These were thats 7 Be OSWALD stated he wanted to go to ODESSA; and b. “OSWALD alao wanted a visa for his wife “who was a Ressian!, 10, They said that Assistant Secretary Mann still has the “feeling in his guts" st a6S Qbear hired CSWALD to kill Kennedy; they said, ~ however, that a aS mmission hag not been able to get ~< SS of this, li. Gey s or photographs were given to — The Engi i iors (of transcripts) which they RS are attached, . GQY 3} | fon ne teoved that all threes of eee We *gs work on the OSWALD ARS Distribution:  _ ; , - | 3-Hqs ee oo. 7 9 oe en <a Seamer a _ | _ oc
13-00000 — PRO HIBTEB en asp Mexic co - “CIA gsenination we in ormation on Lee Harve Oana a h 24, 1964. a WMA Bal f = acn2229
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13-00000. oo -——-REPREDINCTIOR fa) ‘Roport @ EE-390, 9 HSNO FROM CARLOS BLANCO. - Gmbagay in Hastico. “ SOURGBs P-26.- Information raceived, @ “" . YEDAR Bemfngues, former Fo imately 30 years of serv. - Maries of the Assoalati : > officar with apprese He, oe aman, 9 t Foreiga Gexvice toh Ht by Decree No. 3031, Pos ited his credentialo on 23° Aug es Glo ‘Raturned to Havana in late 1962 or early 1963. Appointed as a — “3 ; a Delegate of tt of the Foraign Commerce Hinister, acting aa Divsetes” os inteznational ‘Organions of the; Vice Ministry of Commercial Policy.” | ed > Bawolution No. 40, dated 13 Mar 63, of the Mintoter of Foreign ©” vos fe. @. His yepresentation te the Brasilian Government was to rodaindea by Decree tio.-3296, dated 10-Ape 63. Resplutdon Ho. 63,- ~.- = Gated "22 Apr 63, of the Minister of Forsiga Comberce, rescinded, sal . ‘Resolution No, 40 dated 13 Mar 63 which had appointed him as Delegate ; a 02 the roreign Commarce Minister acting as Dizactor of iategnational ; . Ozganiens of the ninistzy o? Yoreign Commercs. Was appointed a8. . Anbassador to Mexico by Decrea No. 3321, dated 22 May 63t-"Arzived =) Be ts 2 Nesico on 23 Jun 63. Hasn't presented hie-credantinla yot. ; “Bag-the following universality Gagreess. Law, Dhilosophy, cna agzicultural a en in Pinay del nfo, Cvba. Approxinately 59 yonre old. (wizet Secretary. yea. ce ry —— Quiet man, da the absolute cones * Tay.) oof gunannandad quwa zen syembe COPY NO. —
13-00000, _ ep ROIOLNETIORD. ide, gree #/sB~390,,Cazlos BIANCO, ae (gont.) ; a Trt hee ingyALONso : a \ LENS ae —_ Jeely working on detik ached ma \ Solution Ne. 153;, 20 Aug 62, of the Foreign Commerce Nae ster. (a) Mada Coe Buyer. inp Mdeicoe Despotis individual. Not trustworthy. 7 gh asd A: : A Lass (Commercial AttachS.) FY .corr . Pa pointed as Commercial pttachd and agsigned to the Enbassy in § | Haxico-by Resolution No. 79, 23 Apr 62, of the Foreign Commerce ° . jem to “Minister! Government buyer. Also performs other finesdeney <->: = . wpanhez,’ Communiat: very dangere exous. Han in the confidance ‘of the . _:'.. £08 Government figures. Has a brother who “Lives in Rew York whe °" | a 2 is not a mupast, and a sister who belongs to a religicus ordex. a Pantone’ CASTE Bfneheas (Commercial attach. 76%. o srt ’ Appolhted as Commercial Attaché and asaigned to the Ecbassy in ; 2. Mesiea by Resolution No. 150, 16 Aug 62, of the Foxeign Commerce | ; ' 2 Minister, Dedicated to purchases, According to seperta, he ; Rag recently,dgen transferred. — Os vi GOMER ON Mandezes (Cag : Attach$.)/57.¢+ 7» i Ws and of care of persons \= Joeial affairs. Gly individesl. te " (geatotadt ath Class.) érevan = 5 ; aes SI f LJ ome 88°) 1762 air y = a Was an Enbassy doorsan. se a reeraan ciateee 220 ste fas then # i a an inp ey nn en a O14 Spanish Coamunist. ‘Dangerous. > . ou ot oF ; as 2 Te iy SBCRET . ; ; @ ? : ; -
13-00000. : Fe en % elven mrs Be : Haad of the Consulate. : AY : ix qheftiot tendencies. «2 "y 8 (Seeretary of the Commereinl Ofzis " GQanad CAOJJaM Ca 2ro0 pers 8 By : citizen, Sefuges. Communist, 3 eo. <p, H Geer sense, UY auy , ff aN ee : iy ‘i ia * *. HO
13-00000 10. ll. 12. 13. 14. 15. NY ~~ “mT REPRC JUCTION raustomnt  PROLIBTED Report No. EE- 390, dat aus 1963; Subject: Background infomnatigN urrent Personnel of: the Cuban Embassy j HMMW-11935, «\ xX Subject: Luisa CALDERON . Note, d aa to JC from Win, [FOIA No MEXI-7105 cn SY ws 27 November 1963 [FOIA No. 173-615 Memorandum for the File, dated 20 December 1963; Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. [FOIA No. 1542-1108] XAE-813, 7 April 1964; Subject: Actions of Silvia DURAN after her first interrogation. [FOIA No. 643-273] OTTA-1602 (IN 68894), 24 April 1964. XAAZ-22764, 24 April 1964 [FOIA No. 667-282A) WH/SA 64-368, 8 May 1964; Subject: Debriefing Report No. 65 of AMMUG/1 - Duties of DGI Offi- cers in the Field with Regard to Visa Applicants. DDP 4-2533, 19 May 1964; Subject: Hours of Work at Cuban and Soviet Consulates; Procedures and Regulations for Issuance of Cuban Visas; Mexican control of U.S. Citizens' Travel to and from . Cuba. DDP 4-3195, 19 June 1964: A No. 740-3194]. XAAZ-27167, 22 June 19G' MS and ROCCA chrono- logies of contacts Ws? rem Commission in 1964.) QS xX ee Lee Harvey 8. : S\\ \)} al , dated DDP 4-3401, OSWALD. Informatio S A 21 August 19% DDP 4-4882, 18 aN ver 1964; Subject: Techni- cal Examination of Photographs of Lee Harvey OSWALD's Application for a Cuban Visa. CO00Z255 COPY HO.
13:00000 - . | Lo, Lee REPRODUCTION = RTE =, ae eS ae ee el MQ Pe ae | Ye SEP 1964 MEMORANDIUM FOR: Assassination of Prasident Kennedy ae oe SUBJECT: . Technical Examination of Photographs of Les Harvey OSWALD's Application ae oT ay for a Cuban, Visa oo Te _ ere . 2. X véfex to your raquest of 1 September 1964, that the . _ Central Intelligence Agoncy undertakes a technical analysis of oa photographed copies of Lea Harvey OSWALD's application for = sd ee. a Guban visa, prepared by him In the Guban Consulate In Moxles City, and the reply from Havana conditionally rejecting OSWALD!.s _ applicatlen, _ oo CO - 2. Quallited analysts of this Agency have examined and tented _ these documenta, and have made the following determinations: a & The signature "Lee H. Oswald" atfbred to the visa, application ls the slenaters of Lee en Mnexof the visa appll- 1O, Room 18-46-6006 — Ns AN, an employee — tw) make a definitive : 51", was probably weritt EER of the Guhan Conaulate ©) ‘ statement on this haz BN POA! and the sample of Mr catehandwrithne available for cosnparivos Is {madequate f aye state with confidences that thanotation was not weltten by Lea - | Harvey OSWALD, ae a ae a ppnouermm# PORTED i On eae a a | ~~ CGG2S55 pee a oad wR "S i$] ra) &, ; , aa & SAINTE UAT rertiateg Sree orate Rmuremu ciara mentee entree tg ma nrnent aia my eee eam Et OF ATR Ae te cy an ee ana Pa ete eae ae oe a :
ne —-PROWIBITED’ oF : . cpa | PRO : | SEGRE - co Ge The visa application sv Soy the Gubsn Government inp | im fact, a reduced photegraphies: “Ot a photograph. - eS a. Under stereagr Sagpameseiim it haa been daterroainad that the blurred passp TS mapRebacwat the entry “Pasaporte No.” on the application f aN & | @. No sea & lyais wera deemad necessary. - os 3. I returs nevewlta the Nocgrap of the vino applicatlonand . Cuban rejection of the sama, which wera furnished to thia Agemcy by  - | ths Corsmisasions. a a . S - | a MM ene Oe Fe --, Richard Helms =.) t! Doputy Directar for Plana. Distribution: : . nn Original & ] = Addressee 7 , . Se cea ‘2 DDP | 1-SR/CL | - \S 2 = G/CI/REA WW CI/RKA/TRHallink (18 Septe S — ; . . . : | . H COGZa57 . Sha
SECRE INFO FROM AMMUG-1L on AGENTS Recruitment of foreigners consists,@Res) organizations to which they. belor SS i . the schools in Cuba whare they SRPecaie Once recruited as possible as 6 ie ovate from the others and placed ruarrilla traininge | ain D&I houses, where they receive i*{s} ion as agents. Their life is normal; they use the cover of being scholarsittp students supported by the Cuban government. . The DGI supplied them clothes, food, and every sort of cara, such as medical and any other kind, The DGL takes care of their general expanfsese | Ce Ordinarily Kxy an attempt is made to kesp them from contact with me anyone in goverment circles so as to avoid indiseretionse Any agent recruited in a foreign . country is brought to Cuba and arrangemants are made so that he has no contacts © with persons in Cuba from his own country or any other. Once his. training is | completed, his departure from Cuba is not made known to anyona attached to hin. ‘In recruitment of Cubans, an effort is made to find those knowing the fewest possible parsons. “If the Cuban who is recruited is employed in an office or factory or works sowe other place, an effort is made to have him continue his © work so as to use his situation to provide true covers; instruction is given at hours when he is not working. If the agent has any trouble after he has been. recruited, the DGI tries to help him as mich as possible withont breaking down. conpartrentation or his covers Lo When he has completed his training and is sent abroad, the DGI covers the ex- penses of his family. If a Cuban who is recruited is unemployed, it looks for a cover adapted to his situation, and the NGI tates care of all the expenses the agent has, including those of his family if he is married. He receives his training in the hours adapted to his cover position. . His life, like that of the | agent who is working, mst contimue normal, just as it was before recruitment. Cubans trained as agents, if their depar' leave with foreign passports... SEERET a REPRODUCTION PRONIBITED
REPROCUCT "0H ~ ae — a oe Wanieds ee “ : "ee WKS Ce ~ lp 2 JUL Ed MEMORANDUM FOR: ‘Mz. I. Lee Rankin General Counsel : . . 7 . mo President's Commission onthe = . - Assassination al Preaident Kennaty ~. - SUBUECT: | Loe Harvey Oawald ee; BS 1. The following remarka have becn racently attsThutad te Soviet Gonsul, Pavel Antousvich Yatskov in Mexica City regarding the. subject. . . "Zi xraet Oswald here. He stormed inte my offices and _ wanted me to introduce and recommend him to the Cubans. He told me that hs had Uved inthe USSR. I told hirn that % would have to check hefore I could recommend him. He was nervous and his hands trembled, and ha stormed out of my office. I don't balieve that a person as nervous ha, - Oswald, whosa hands trembled could hoya een fired a rifle.” 2. Our Moxican Statica has ches period Oswald wns in Maxice Cl possible that Oswald thought bh roe far the ised itis quite | ayubice alexiy Kostikoy when he actually had spoke ES OS he first spoke to Kostlikey who turned to oS or Yatskov. . S) 3. The source of the Mrsation is a confidertial contact of this Agency In Mexico City Rad%s belleved to be reliable. In view of thin relationship, an appropriate sensitivity indicatas bas “ bean affixed to this memorandum. oe NG NOTICE oti _ G2 33 ; Oar SENSITIVE SOURTES AND toi wiles 33 sd EO con Samia [En WARN (San: SD Gs See» HO ES UTED So SERA. RS SPS SSPE = 2 ° . . . * . . e ’ : . cy co cat ps qs ro PAGE 115) of 319 7 w CTE BEES Seats Fite race teen arte tet pnentioneetenamgrecn ete wen antes wae aeate 4 MPRA RMGEE GET Bs eae ‘ a LS Ua rte seman wtget
13-00000. i Wiad loa Wie ed - ; . ide: elitr] . , g . . S < eu 4, A copy of this memo Co, =O forwarded to. the F¥odezal Bureau of tavactig@ SS \\ - | | (Sice2d) Richard heliss Richard Hela Distributian: : _. Ovlginal& Le Addresses =, . 2 DDP . Zo G/CI/R&A re a ° — = Le C/WH/3 7 : ot, ~ be CYUR@A/2M% = =. 4 moe, Rw CI/REAJAEDoolsy 2 | | | » FBI (via CSCI) Originated by: CI/R&A/AEDooleyinls 1 July 19 ee & 64) - - age cut : acy | WARNING Now SENSITIVE SOURCES Deputy Director for Plana AND | eo. ry 2 ff, [ Oe ° 2 ig +) a an ee a of. : rae § os Ye, se i; = : ae .y Pr a i- ttl
13-90000 0 ON “ ; t ee _ a on a ¢ . . . * * Bovey ety f oy tens Varo epg #3 Ls Sys a 48 el 3 aye ef . Rt? wo, J 20 : oe OS ere ged eb 70d 25, te Ro kent * . Aneeine nent Sa ant ee ae ey , 2 a en ae : Be Se aceon es ey v, im VY, Leni PAB LISS eB et = ah ie ts . 22 June > 1986 - a re Same We anes soe ce nt «oe ate onal, ; =e ° ° Eega 7 a Y £ Sa ge ES : K "AS OO ' an oe Mr. Rocca: , tl \\ rr wow a This list On he score of telephone co wo calls T had with ‘ire Rote tha Commission staffs Se ak Jamexy 195k ~- Messrs. ALlen Ve Dulles, Rankin, iiaens, me 1:00. _ Angleton, and Rocca. 26 Jamary * Mr. Raniin's office. hsI5 12 March . Mro Rankin's office with Hesarse Karp, ° * 22:00 . and Rocca . 27 March - Fessrs. Slawsen, "Willens, and Stern 2330 | . wWite Mr. Recca 2) June Chief Justice Warren Oo S a aa , Pareles 94 te Perna od ea Be 4 { cee 7 $c GRE EERIE TOO ig rae Te Ge
13-00000 SECRET REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED Letter to JC RES AG 27 November 1963 [FOIA No. 1380-1073A] RO? DUG ON MEXI-7105 (IN 692 963 [FOIA No. 173-615] PROMIB Memorandum for"tRe WOTED. December 1963; Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. [FOIA No. 1542-1108] TABLE OF CONTENTS Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 7 April 1964; Subject: Actions of Silvia DURAN after her first interrogation. [FOIA No. 643-273] Memorandum for Chief, WH/PO/A, dated 8 May 1964; Subject: Debriefing Report No. 65 of AMMUG/1 - Duties of DGI Officers in the Field with Regard to Visa Applicants. Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 19 May 1964; Subject: Hours of Work at Cuban and Soviet Consu- lates; Procedures and Regulations for Issuance of Cuban Visas; Mexican Control of U.S. Citizens’ Travel to and from Cuba. SOMOS TI
13-00000 REPRODUCTION ROGET TED "etme mine oath stamens on “MEMORANDUM won: Mes & ; , ma fal *. ar President’ ay smmiasion ¢ on the we ao Assassination of President Kennedy | a . | SUBJECT: . - ee a Hours of Work at Cuban and Soviet Consulatess” a ' : Procedures and Regulations for Issuancsa of «©. Po eo es 0 Saban Visas; Mexican Control of U.S. Citizens! . re Travel to and from Cuba 7 1, I refer to your memorandum dated 24 April, In which you 0 27-0704 request information on hours of work at Cuban and Soviet diplomatie. °: 0-05." installations in Mexico City, details of reguiations governing the ”’ fasuanes of Cuban travel documents and Mexican control of U. Se -- ¢itisens travelling to and from Cuba through Mexicoe Ze The Soviet Embassy and Censulate are not open to the . public; offices in the Soviet compound may be visited by appointment - only. A twenty-four-hour guard is mounted at the entrance tothe | ie. compound in which these Soviet installations ave located. Visitore 045+ ring the bel] at this entrance at all hours. Si G are permitted to enter at any time, bu$¢& veusually turned 0 . away by the guard after normal hourgi{ work. Normal work hours ~-. = - ' during September 1963, when AN Z visited the Soviet - z, the hours for he - ee aa ) g é be a & ay a oe 3 be] 3 », se % de The Guban Embassy ast one cael are located in thelr oe wos ae own compound, but thess installations have peparate entrances, 72° ” Visitors may enter the Cuban Consulate feorn 1000 to 1400 houra, ; . . . + . . ° 2 “7 Soe ta at . : * : . : . oe ta, _ 4 woot a . : . oo . . eo ot 7 Te, _ 8 . i a . : . . : . . : : et hoe . eos, . o + ot . : . ae . mo a oa 2 - ° ‘6 me ee : : « . 8 « i Exelsded fromm aureenatiel |
pe aE. 4 Lo Sibitt! . at. wo - é '” ‘Monday through Friday. Embassy worki ars 0959 to 1703 ; on the same days. Visitors to the £ owsver, uspally = at 7 appear before 1490 houra. Those A re alse in ollect during Septernber 1953. | &S - Do 4. Prior vaennaigso ne > ‘the Exterloy in 000) .. <- « Bavwana is required belo Dd oD ar vi betasued. Ons occasion, 9°. 2: - gequeets for permission tay vA ag the resulting decisiong. _. me _.. ate handled by cabla. The aps ills ovt a visa applicatiea form 2 | - .. > at the Cuban consulate. Cuban vi¥as are normally valid for three 7.0) 0S 2° months from date of issuance. Visas may de issued on separate oe ’.. oheets of paper ta conceal tha fact that travel to Cuba was pertormeds | ot ‘The Saviats are r not known ta Laue travel permite to Cuba... - ae me ge The Government of Moxico recognizes the passport : asan * oe ideatification document only. Moxican Immigration officials do not * — - - _ gecognize pagsport entries prohibiting the bearer's travel to Cuba, ~*~ ; if the bearer holda a visa valid for travel ta that country. Amendment of Mexican lawa to permit recogaitioa of travel restrictions affixed by _ 1 Pe _ goveraments lasuing passporta has beca nadsez consideration, but Ba a ne - : action therecn has. presently been taken. oat rn, Pe "  e Non-Cubaas, ‘Including UeSe citizens, entering M oxico Oe be |. fvom Cuba rauat have Mexican visas or toarist carda. Depending | ; - aa taelr outgoing fifght times, non-Cubane transiting Mexice do not . ~ always need a transit viea. The pagsports of all persons travelling = ° 2°: tio between Mexico and Cuba ara stamped in Spanish withthe phrasea o-oo) [:.  * “Departed for Cuba” or “Entered f20ra Cubal', as appropriate. AIL | .  passeagers, includlug noaeCubans, ente axico from Cuba are — openly photogzaphed while their dee mvt — meets your nead oy a re oe ae goof. . oe? : a paths poate AY = oper praeres being examined. Ferny} fick: 1 Res De ERS fepwers! Q wo . Richard Helms __ a Depaty Director for Plana " Distribution: — . . Orig. & 2 » Addressee. &2e« DDP Lis C/CI/R&A Originated By: CI/ R&A/ Hall: gwh . “3 May 1964 Doe | Based On: MEXI 93325 6 May rag IN 71522 SERET
7 6} gPREOUETIOR | PROT os WH/SA 64-388 08 May 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR: SUBJECT General : Specific : 65 of AMMUG-1 ini the Field with of agents of tha DGL Sst ENS Srppearing at the Consulate use a special phrase to indicats Meir relationship with the DGI. (Source does not know the particular. phrase used in every case. _ He does imow that agents from ©1 Salvador in requesting visas & always made mention of the name "Mauricio’) The DGi officers at a Consulate interview visa applicants to find out if they are agents, If the visa applicant does not use one of the indicated ’ phrases, the DGI officers, instead of granting the visa immediately, ' tell the applicant to return in a few days. The officer then notifies ‘ Habana and requests authority for the visa. ‘\. . Swenson GE Distribution: Orig &1 - Addressee Ck 1 - WH/3/ El Salv 1 - WH/SA/ESEC 2 ~ Chrono 1- Mary SECRET _ cones EPRIOUCTION ai a ‘PAGE TO ‘Cee EEE
- REPRODUCTION PROWBITED ‘ WA Ne Ss , . . SECRET sn NG NOTICE SOURCES AN Mer" COS INVOLVED ° " obtain yieaa in orier to visiz these coumbries, ati she had homtled hip case ot ibe Guzen Congulate. “2 The caly nev ites ta tha secount thet Silvia DOME Siar ‘of the Guzman o . 2? vise to visit ow te trenels the sonty. WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED SROUP 4 Exeleded trom automatic denvgradiag ead | ag tesiassilicaiian ¢ SECRET » souneT8 COPY NO.
13-0000. Original & 3 - Addressee - 2-DDP 1 - G/WH/3 1 = G/SIG/CI 1 = C/CIL/B&A I - 201- CH/RUA/TRHalt:si/ 6664 oe Based on Dn ANS7OESD ' " PROKIBITED. S ——— _ / REPROOUCTIOR ~ REPRODUCTICN PRORISITED £o HS November. 1963 > COPY Y NO. __ : PAGE 135 , of 5 or 319
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROWBITED Document Nunber IAL" OZ. for FOIA Review on -gonsultation with Mr. Angleton’ and Mr. N 11S Mano & December 1963 apie om LS On 17 December Mr. captaws IRS advised that the Bureau was anticipating a request from the fquhission, named by President Johnson to look into this case, for copies of Bureau materials supporting or complementing the report already submitted. He pro- vided me with the attached copy of portions of a report passed by the Legal. Attache in Mexico City dealing with the ysylvia DURAN aspect in which it would appear rather clear that some United States Government agency was tapping telephones in Mexico. Mr. Papich inquired as to whether information in this report might be given to the Commission or whether this Agency desired to establish some other policy with regard to meeting the needs of the Commission. The matter was discussed with Mr. Whitten and he subsequently ad- vised that as a result of a conference with Mr. Helms and others in which he was directed to prepare certain materials to be passed to the Commission, he was quite sure that it was not the desire of the Agency to make available to the Commission at least in this manner - via the FBI - sensitive information which could relate to telephone taps. ember and after was agreed with ‘problems of thia RAs on, the Bureau should Ns Agency, but should onal information. to meet the needs re complete report or Mr. Papich again raised the question on 19 Mr. Papich that when the Bureau is fe of the Commission in a reports. BIRCH D. O'NEAL FEB 1978 Chief, CI/sIG Attachment — Ch 60. COPY NO.. 196 319 PAGE of
| REPRODUCTION + he 2; FROM. 4 yexico CITY MICROFILMED i ACTION: oj 4 (WH/3 NOTIFIED AND COPY SLOTTED AT ri INFO, pet, POPs c/cl 2, vR* Nov pM) A ON 4 RESTTOTR 3 atau rz M Sie. t200 SECRET 2721492 IMMEDIATE DIR nae m otc — _\ eat : Unit CLA . a: ATIN GALSOND If destruction, Boy 63 E924 3 . ' Feasons and co if appropriate. Saud | Ther pla 85245 | le SENDING PHOTOSTATIC COPY OF TEN PAGE STATEMENT B@YPILVIA . { —————— EE eer J. DURAN OBTAINED FROM ECHEVARRIA BY HAND OF ROGER T. KINGMAN IN Bopemmomenteetne ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO GALBOND TRUE SAwWe. Ze KINGMAN ARRIVING AT DULLES AIRPORT AT 3829 HOURS 26 NOV ER S3ER. ' HE WILL BE NET BY HIS WIFE, HOPES SHE WILL TELL HIM WHAT TO DO WITH | ENVELOPE. - a | Ls: LY | a Lo se SORRY NO TIME To _ TRANSLATE STATEMENT. oo, PFLOOR CABLES. | Siactoa table a a sraaclacs: version Sylvia frurants studs ease: a, "Document nine 73-615 : . | De aoe sl _ for FOIA Review on APR 1576 ol APTALE = anne - é ‘ Senseo ieltten netics h. “2 Mote A. TNalot SFO BG S., REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED _ Copy No. COPY NO. __
1 $-00000 - REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED oN Patti November 27, 1963 CS mu ty=to send. you, es of these twa uh. had the time to ~ ~ past few days we have Om A AE EE PL LEED AED Stee put ane a ge ; Dear JC, sone items I mentioned to you in § @ items are attached hereto. aE translate the longer one of t i been very rushed. eS a I've had no time to give to John\iuring his visit and Alen has had almost no time with him. We do hope, however, that he has been able to . get some idea of our Station and its work by his talks with the various officers who have been able to spend some time with him during these two days. ve eee ont at Perhaps when we are little less rushed, he can return to Mexico for another visit. We appreciate your quick responses and good instructions in the case which is taking most of our time these days. awe Sincerely, Distribution: Orig | i King NW ilvia DURAN P, js => WS 1: louise CALDERO} Nooo Vi” Document Number. Beo- 1073 A for FOIA Review on MOV wr
13-00000 SET REPRODUCTION vot or comms PROUIBITED Memorandum to Howard P. WILLENS from W. David SLAWSON, dated 4 February 1964; Subject: Letter to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Posing Certain Questions on their Letter to Us dated 31 January 1964. Memorandum for the Record, dated 27 March 1964; Subject: Tentative Conclusions on Lee Harvey OSWALD's Stay in Mexico City: Visits to Soviet and Cuban Embassies. Memorandum: from COLEMAN-SLAWSON, dated 2 April 1964; Subject: Mexico: Questions Raised by the Ambassador MANN File. Memorandum for Record, undated; Subject: Intercepts from the Soviet and Cuban Embassies in Mexico City. a i PROEMEMTED REPRODUCTION = PROWIBITED ‘See
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROLIBITED 31 Jul 78 NOTE FOR FILE: TOP SECRET DOCUMENT DTD 22 April 1964 by the authority of the National Archives, Marion M. _dohnson — has been regarded to CONFIDENTIAL Date of authority 3/25/76 Pe ae | PROWISITED
13-09000 - , ak @ Heaieo Uity 2t about 2: _Memorandjun will b with REPRODUCTION TRE eo he ae . ~- om é eo eeia we BOW Cb Ip APPLL D2. twat Teen Oe fats gg Fh SIN: Tein to ieates stty On weinesdny, He on) ED iounrd P, Ulilens, the start of the Commission, Flew recu “ashineten, D. Cc. te flwaico City. it Cn bed a ie, Cclenan ceturned 29, Honday afterncen, April 12. pPlelly summarise this on Sunday, April 12 and Si2zveon end ie. Filiens returned en an Birplene leaving Tht hed telp plus some of the meetin:s neld in preparation for 1t. Sesvretury of itate foo Latin American ArPfairs Bo. Thenoa farlich of the Office of the Leral assader te Saw S personally di: [vad Colesgn and Five. i Sha He<ican in “var QED the new of the reesid: Patio reacned rekico Ci to Ris: YY 2 ative ERB iap | Slavson eG with Agst Hexice at the tine cf the psoussinition and Anvestisatory effert anil our relatiois stent wy Hana was imacdiately afters ¥o A copy PAGE -": COPY NO.
13:0Q000- em ume amet etme ong | qe e . ; 8 or the file created by his efforts, consisting of telesrams between Mexico City and the State Deportment in Washington, had previously been. foruardea to the Commission. The purpose of our meeting with Aubassador Mann ras first, to inform him of our intent to go to Mexico and discuss with him our proposed actions there and seco estions with him about his thoughts an Jmyediately after the The file turned over to the Commission by Ambassador’ _ Hann contains statements of opinion by hin that Oswald wag probably involved in a sinister fashion, especially by way of LALLNS &@ ULE, Wien une Cupar Emoassy in mex2co ULUY OF Wltin some other Castro agency. These susvicions were reinforced by the allegations of a certain "Alvarado" who at the time was’ being interrogated intensively by the Mexican authorities and by representatives of the American Pabassy in Mexico City because | he claimed to have seen Lee Harvey Oswald take $6500 in American bills from an individual in the Cuban Embassy. We asked Ambassador Mann what particular evidence aside from the Alvarado assertions he had for these suspicions. He replied that he had none lit general feeling "in his guts" that Castro was the kind or IB oli ie carried out. this OP SE B Rs Cuds156 REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED vee ae emt ane oe et ec ane as ene ee eee eh tee rE CREO in enpeeanrgeanrapnsaghanenatan erp Hines =r
"REPRODUCTION kind of ruthless action, either throu,ri some hope of gaining from 1t or simply as revenge. The Amoassador added that not even the allegations of Alvarado or other rumors yvhich may have been current in Mexi i up ij no money had been Given to Oswald were S&S Suspicions, since the Alvarado ariecation RAAB PRE pots. a day or so later, but that the fact that Oswald had visited the Cuban and Russicn - Embassies in Mexico City shortly before the assassination, which he had learned from his security officers at the Embassy, plus _what he believed about Castro's character, seemed sufficient to “him to raise the gravest suspicions. Later, he pointed out, when he had 32 chance to listen to the Dorticos-Armas intercepts, his suspicions were strengthened. Ambassador Nann knew of no contacts by Oswald with anyone in Mexico City other than his visits to the Cuban and Soviet Embassies and his staying at the Hotel del Comercio. | | Ambassador Mann said that our intelligence took and was still taking photographs of both the (Cuban and Soviet Embassies whenever anyone left or entered their main entrances » at least during the normal. ‘lle on Monday through Friday, : coves ; Pi oe without no P SECRET during the daytime wh _ zeae ¢u93157 OO - 7 = oO ee cere mc erneneramaiteee ©
13-9Q900 . "REPRODUCTION. BROT Tne Anbassador said that he had been kept informed of the Silvia Duran interrogation threueh his aides, Clarke Angerson and inston Seott. “He learned of it informally, that is, Anderson and Scott revorted crally to him as soon as they recelved from ti any news about how the aa AY ‘ ogressing » , PROF BY i. . in response to our quese wS3 the Ambassador recon= ‘mended that when we got to Mexico City we should worl: through the representatives of the FSI and the CIA at the American .Embassy and, through them, with the Mexican officials they recommended, but that we should do ali of this as quietly as possible, without any news paper publicity. We also asked © entero Ambassador Mann to what extent it was known in Mexico o city ne A that the Hotel del Comereto was a headquarters for pro-Castro activities. The Ambass ador aa that it was not known generally at_all, J OULSo-T NeASLASE sit infedigencs oirer ‘eireles. De OE . IT Ambassador Mann said that #0. fLle from his Embassy ee il Wy current only in- which had previously been forvarded to the Commis sion consti- tuted the entire Pile which was in existence on this particular . subject, with the one exception that it may not have included
SO REPRODUCTION Gxmmp came eet Ee att cig the report from the FEI referred to therein. Ve confimsed Snat it had not ineluded thet report. ne saic that he uas sure that this report could. be ob dbtained from Clarke Anderson. im Mexleo City, 1f£ we thought it vas necessary. In response to & Sinilar question about the "Alvarado" file, he replicd that rene HN il erican authcerities | that might be in existence 7: | probably be | ' obtained through the CIA PaGKBTTER speak to Mr. Scott about this. He said that he had never seen any papers or any additional papers ¢ formal atatements by Silvia Duran; all his information zbout yhat she is supposed to have told the Kexiean police was reaptived tyr yan AP ravuth fhreanckh hia atdag Gaakk gnc] Anders 3 pr Ambassador Mann was then called out to another con- Be ference, for which he was already a half-hour late. As the mecting was breaking up he vabked tir, Slawson whether, with the benefit of cee ED if it Commission staff felt 7 | that his reecmmendatl\y Ou Tin Ne after the | assassination had v= PROM ED we thought- they were unduly rash, Mr. Slawson rep “chat although the inves— tigation of the specific allegations of Alvarado had shown that they were in all probability a fabrication, he found nothing ‘in what the Ambassador had done to have been unjustified, in REPRODUCTION 7 muosass | | 7 | os es 5 .
13-G0000- ’ Suggestion made by Mr. Richard Helms of the CIA about tuo weeks previous, in which he had mentioned that 10 would be a good idea if a representative of his agency met with those REPRODUCTION PROGBITED view of the facts know im to him and his assistants at the time end in view of the ext POP ness of the occurrence, 2:30 p.m. ROD UC ON At 3:30 in the @ P ROGET ALTE, k Mitten of the CIA came to the Commission offices and conferred there with Slawson, Willens and Coleman. This conference grew out of a pon ena cept EP nen neg eset epee persons from the Commission who planrcd to go to Mexico just =| . . ad be a Pann F Yo gue Yo fds Baw madmag fom FB yea tes Bote mm FUP R moe? 2 OF Ge ap Way we Re MIE Bao TAP 5 - Ee one a Bam wna 2 ww BRED OD Aes AED EE ranw SEF tet EP Ae? GP CE amp TD properly advise us of any jast-minut : 2 arrangements and properly — | alert its people in RES CON of our arrival. . - We discussed NO OOUGTION.... to Mexico officially and openly § PROB BB nite, and ir, Witten offered to make arrangements to get us into exico completely unnoticed if we Gesired to do so. We told him that we did not want to try to keep the trip entirely secret. We would do our best to avoid any kind of news spaper publicity or public | - gnnouncements. We intended to introduce ourselves at the 6 . TOP SECRET. ¢ tm ame ead oma amen Gans Gunny ttm eam
13290000 -. Hotel at about 8 $15 and. later arrived at the Airport at about “REPRODUCTION. PROMISITED @ume qoey dime emo ee md Fnbassy and So Mexican officials as wiat ne in fact were, entitives of the Conmsiscicn. on Witten said RE 1000. Winston Scott, the cra Chief for Lexico, PRE lng with one of the en oT top foreign operatives in th Ait ganization. He said that the cZA would give us complete cooperation. We outlincd to Hr. Witten cur entire proposed plan onee we arrived in Fie: Gneral terms, and asked for hi “¢omments on how bent_to_achieve_our_gogis. His reply in every uments on how be instance was that we should deal on the spot with Hr. Scott. PA LUEL Chuiugiae Wilke WUE phupvoul suu tay WA & VoA YY BVUR Bucals He repeated wnat Er. rice ii ZA had said a while ago, — that there 1s no sub NG ies TGN Q GIN fficer" being "on wos Pare 7 WEDNESDAY - APRIL § . “62:15 a.m. to 7:00 o.m. Our plane was schec duled to leave Washington from Dulles Airport at 9:30 in the morning and accordingly all three of us mot at the vashington Air Terminal in the Albert Pick 7 “BOP SECRET PACE 0
13-00000 .- 9:99, However, ween " REPRODUCTION PROWISITED ov and technical difficulties held up and asked ir we were from the Embassy. were conins to investigate the assa the plane in atic “REPRODUET Cro. off the exound ie in Vashington until almost tne afterncen. After a nol ROUBITED. eans W @ arrived in Mexico City at about 6:00 p.m., Mexieo City tine, We vere met as we came uff the airplane by a representative of Eastern Airlines, Mr. Jorge Villagomez, who addressed each of us by “name, eave us his business card and cased our way through Mexican customs. An unidentified man approached tir, Willens _Willens replied that we were not. The individual asked if 4¢ was true that people ssinatiou. Willens refused to confirm this report. Mr. Colexaa had some minor difficul- ties with the Mexican Inntzration officials over whether or not he had been vaccinated recently, and in the course of discussions on this the Eastern Airlines representative men= tioned to the Ievic =— methings to the effect that. Hr. Coleman was a-re TORY. Nl nen Commission. . This c ecomnent could ad Ph Fyby the person who had time had walked back tovards Mr. Solenan. If all this occurred as we suspect it. may have, it could explain why there was an announcement in two — PROHE ama | mete COPY NO.
; "ep aierioR TOP ECRE?T NaN] MG the following morning naming iP Wee saacage business for tne Just inside the airport terminal we were met by of the Mexice City us and statins that tir. Clarke Anderson and Mr. Rolfe Larson from the American Eabassy. These men were later identified, respectively, as / Chier of the FBI in Mexico City and an FBI agent tomporarily “assigned for duty in Mexico City. Anderson and Larson took the . three of us to our hotel, the Continental Hilton. | At 9:00 “i 0uiarEE met in the FEI offices | at the Enbassy with Me. Larson and discussed gence erally with him the progress of the assassination investigation while we | were waiting to meet Asbassador Freeman. Clarke Anderson and | | Winston Seott, the CIA Chief in Mexico City, were conferring _ with the Ambassador and briefing him on the Nexican aspects of ; the assassination investigation. - Ambassadcr Freeman had been at this post only two days, having just presented his cre~ dentials to the President of Mexico on Monday, April 6, Z OP SECRET wer
PROT Heo _ ra = = = ae ons “RePRORUETION PROKIBITED ee ey O:;29 a.n. to 253 R-Me We met with the Aiabassador at about 9330 in the morning. Fresent EROS TION: the Ambassador wore Minister Boonstra, PROB ITED and Clarke Anderson. iy, Coleman explained in ist 0. tor 28 the purpose of our trip. He said that we wanted to learn as much as ~ possible about what investigations weee currently being earricd . out, with special emphasis on the Hot:21 del Comercio and on - O8; sald's northbound journey out of Mexico City, and that ue wanted to decide won and initiate whatever new lines of invcse ro eee pee Ped ovmwm AAD V ect Paw Te encnacht —— = =f dae wnat: we tae? - a beiw es - Became owe = wa = on into these investigations, we wished to satisfy ourselves” that everything reasonably possible was being done and, in additica, we wantcd to beceme as current as possible on evidence being — ° produced. Also, “ue hoped to make contact with one or more Mexican officials so as to lcarn directly Prom them what part they had played in +f ri : had lear ned that might Bp of valis In particular, we CET ep eou what Mrs. Silvia | : i Duran, tne clerk at the Cuban Exabassy who dealt frequently with Nimo and what they wanted to find out 25 Py Osuald, knew. ‘Finally, we hoped to make arrangenents for, and 10 ‘TOP. SECRET i REPRODUCTION — 8003 ae - -. PACE” Sp
~—“ RepRopueTiOR oe PROMISITED and perhaps accomplish Or ertg of our evidence obtained in Mexico,. ol Dy SQ GN, ons or by invite ing witnesses to app oo PROM IBTEM to testify. Mr, Coleman added that we hoped in all this to be guided by the counsel of the Ambassador and his staff, because we did not want to do anything that would disturb the good . relations of the American and Mexican governments. Ambassador Freeman replied that he and his staff “would ccoperate completely. He said that he saw no objection whatever to our talking directly to Mexicans whe had some informaticn to contribute, but he felt that this should be done only in the Embassy and only on the clearly stated basis that all appearances and testimony were totally voluntary on the part of the Mexicans. As to speaking to Mexican officials. the Ambassador again said that this would be fine and he asked only tnat we work through his staff in setting up appointments » etc. Tae Anbassador pointed out that the taking of formal depositions in a foreign country could be a very difficult and technical - matter. He referred P ate section of the Embassy for. information on how ‘The ane: Pl ROK 2 and Anderson Pelt ee
13-00Q00- REPRODUCTION PROWIBITED Ce ee that our sceing Silvia Duran would be a highly sensitive matter and that 1t should be discussed fully with the Mexican officials, but they agreed that 1t did not differ in principle from our seeing other Mexican witnesses, i.e., the Ambassador approved so long as R REPROOUCIION.. Embassy, and made clear to her tha tirely voluntary. There then oP RORIRITED, of views on how best te approach Mexican officials, what Mexican officials would be . most valuable for our purposes, and the general substance of ‘our work. At about five minutes to ten the Ambassador had to excuse himaclf for his first staff meeting, which he had called Re oe cet ee ee ere © fe ATED Rat nent et He CE PEEPLES EY Ce TOME EO © ot wt for 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Willens, Coleman and Slawson retired to the office ‘that had been assigned to them at the Embassy, room S10, ta discuss .the eonferenc the Ambassador and generally to | Hp the FBI, the ee PROSIBITED 11:00 a.m. to 2: 4S p.m. draw up outlines for owe Mr. Anderson and Mr. Scott came to room 510 after a — cug3156 : - 7 a ais
13-09000.- Rea ETIOR TOP SECRET oe ee ee ee oe the staff mecting had adjourned. We agreed that we v6uld confer with ir. Anderson immediately and mect Mr. Scott later in the day, at about 3:30. Mr. Anderson was welcome to cone with us at our meeting with Mr. Scott, if he desired to do so, -. and he said that he vould make up his mind on this after he had conferred with us, because he of course had-other work to do and would not want to Deo Al meeting with Seott if it : would simply involve ne OTOH] ground he had already tovered.. PRESET - Accordingly, ve met immediately with Clarke Anderson in his offices. He invited Rolfe Larson and a Mr. Trent to take part in the conference. Mr. Trent was also an > agent of the FBI temporarily on duty in Mexico. One of the topics of conversation was Reverend 8 . el Albert Alexander Osborne, also known as John Howard Eowen. Me. Trent had been the agent primarily ensaged in tracking down and talking with Bowen, although Larson too had been someyvhat fy foe cree ne eee enamine te Ree ew ore owen involved. Briefly, the agents described Eowen as an elderly white haired gentleman who was probably engaged in some kind of violation of the oe his fund raising, because it was not ee for religious 7: TOP. SECRET clear that he actual aa aan ap eeninnenaenee ne .
" REPRODUCTION PROBIBITED z 9 [ro as) ms Q wz os +3 purposes, at least of the kind he represented that he would use the money for, *REPROGUE TION: as somewhat unstable mencally. approached Boren he ref OT Bin ae Osborne,” and the reply was that he, Trent, must be mistaken, because he, Osborne, wa: Bowen, - often mistaken for Osborne but that he had not seen that other gentleman in some time, and believed he was in some other , _ section of Mexico, ete. Trent said that Osborne carried this ‘off very ve31. It was not until later that Osborne admitted | that he was really Osborne but that he often used the nane Bowen. When asked directly how they though: Osborne would react to ‘being asked or compelled to appear to testify before “the Commission or a a staff f member, | Trent and Lars son were inconclusive. They thought that there might be trouble but they were not sure. ) | then described the procedures the Mexican Imnigration Author- ities were using in dealing with Osborne. In sum, the author~ Trent describe how when he first Osborne then went on to say that he was ° . : 7 remmnme 2 cometcgmn wena: magmas Soest erat eer fewer wae ee eee neme a cee meee Trent and the other FBI representatives ‘aties had not acted as yet to deport Osborne but they believe . 7 . that they had. sufficient grounds to do so at any time. In the meantime they were ie: et were questioning _ - him occasionally. "TE felt that if we _ eehaaeTR PROG IBTED Cug31sa. a - PAGE 2S 32 oa COPY NO. —— ae nom aman panne enmee rn rt oe peRep a t
1360000. ' the Hotel del Comercio investication. Here, it appears that the “cna 7 REP ROnUCTIOR ETE TOP SECRET ee yanted to pu: ih it, Bi RO UC HION wouna e ae port Osborne dauickly. | PROMBITED Tre discussion then continued on to other investiga tions. Larson pave 2 detailed summary of recent results of the investigation of Oswald's northbound travel on the Transportes del Norte bus, I will not go into.what he said . here because it is now reflected in an FBI report in the pos- ‘session of tie Commission. We advised him to include as mush _ detail as possible in the reports which he sent through channels in Yashington to our Commission because the detail which he had told us crally seemed $2 fit what we knew about Oswald's bact:ground and vas therefore valuable as conrirmatory material in the overall picture, even though it perhaps seemed | inpertant to Larson. We then supplicd various details about | Oswald's background and character which might assist Larson in | interrogating witnesses in Mexico, Larson, Trent and Anderson agreed to include “ a a1 erie * future reports from Mexico. Larson and PROL =I into: a discussion of conclusion of the Bexican investigators that -no-one-at—the hotel
- REPRODUCTION PROMBITTED Oe remembered Csvald and thni the only cvidence of his stay rrect. Larson, eee ee there 23 his name o Bixby, eyAR a ALS ul “after several interrowe lb: IN yG the maid at the t eee eer hotel did remember ona CED? ive some bits of information about him. For one thins, She, as did other wit- nesses,confirmed that he vas always alone when she saw him. _: Purther, she said that he invariably had left the hotel before. ‘ ghe cleaned his room at about 9:00 in the morning. Larson had ‘alse found out that the proprietress of the little restaurant Larson was not completely certain on how-much she really remembered and how much she may have picked up by suggestion | | from newspaper reporters. Anyway, oe has stated that Oswald frequently ate lunches and dinners at her restaurant, that he invariably ordered very cheap meals, that he always ate alone, and that he was not able to converse sufficiently in Spanish ‘so that he really knew what he was ordering when he ordered 2 meal. For example, he often refused soup and dessert, apparently believing He PROD MOR pine money, although both items were ineiseotDD cost 0 full meal, Various other investigatio: Osvald and of places where Oswald may have been in Mexico City were also tcuched upon, 16 TOP SECRET we
132900003. ch ss such as the bull fight arena, the jai alai games, and the places where he may have purthased tourist items. For example, Larson and ther one of their egents had ae tee Silver shops in an attempt to locate Bian may have purchased a silver bracelet inscribed ete! The response had been - megative at each sheep and subsequent investigation has shown that such bracelets are probably not sold in Hexico at all | _ because they are made in Japan and the duty on importing then ‘4nto Mexico would make their price non-competitive with local products. - We then asked what was the status of the Gutierrez investigation. Trend and Larson and Anderson all agreed that a Gutierrez was sincere and was doing all he could to cooperate “with: the investigation of what he clains to have seen, In ee AREY EAE We tee ‘mee ceemnetrtmme an aetna stsete-viteni fact, Gutierrez has spend a considerable amcunt of time trying to get more. valuable information and he has never tried to receive any wor EPROOUET! {RT weakness in. a i ' Gutierrez! story, neon ° ii FBI representatives, is the identification of osvatde utierrez has failed to identify Oswald as the man he saw at the Cuban Embassy “peeciving money when shown a picture of Oswald passing out 17 TOPS E CRET cre Gees een em mm em amet eth ae ee meri ee perenne te a nA ee 5