13-00000 PEt fF fb Ee | | SELKE: 306. (continued) | | | opposite Seats ‘Nos. 1 and 3,'ete., and possibly other items on the manifest. He sclnowledzed i that he had no personal ‘recollection of OSWALD, could not recognize his photo us -sing “ucio LOPEZ said he probably arote | “owt of anyone who had been at the bus terminal, and did not believe that OSWALD had :.:barked and "LARED" on the manifest, yet believes + (on the bus of 2 Oct 63. / LOPEZ said that the reservation was made by the individ:al in OSWALD did not make the trip on 2 get. i ; (person, as he did not recall having. received a reservation by telephone from any werzer | (who spoke ‘vary: little Sfenish and that he has no knowledge of English. / LOZANO szid his | company, the “Flecha Roja", and "Transportes del Norte" are the only bus lines wi. ‘ch afford 2 direct service between Mexi and Nuevo'Laredo, Tamps. / "Inquiry at "Flecha Roja" 2:s Terminal” | Jesus SAUCEDO,: Comptroller at the terminal or the Flecha Roja, Mexi, and investiz. cors made | 4 | | a search of manifests with negative sults, ... / Inquiry at Transportes del F-.-te Bus { t 6 os é ‘Terminal, | Ricardo BELTRAN Medina, Mgr of Mex terminal stated emphatically that r.cords had been searched by agents | of the Mexi Presidential Starr, Ministry or Gov., the Federal judicial eee and hayes and no record had been located identifiable with CSiALD. i { | f : ' . Washington Report 4 i! BACKGROUND FOR ASSASSINATION, published by The Americm Security C Counail Editorial Staff (good reading) Analysis | on “why and how" OSWALD's orde=s could | pave °om from Moscow. | | Check 308. 19°Mar DIR 08574: - Dallas ‘News: today carries: story to' ‘ertect chat Jack RUBY's lawyer, kr. Melvin M,. EELLI, was interviewed at border eh route to Mexico City, Interview does not +evael purpose trip. i Pls ‘report any info you can develop on EELLI's activities or significance . i this maneuver. ODACID and Pree teens commission extremely interested, ! 7 : ‘ MNTY 09 - + Pylon Mitinlontalia, assent of the Federal Judicial Police, informed Base i . that | one of ‘his contacts reported in late Feb that Gilberto LOPES, US cit, was involved in assassination.’ According this contact, LOPES entered Mexi on fcot from Laredo, i:xas a about 1200 hours on 13 Nov carrying U.S. passport #319962 issued 13 July 6° and pa -sageded Le” yy” - by bus to!Mexi where he' entered CubaniEmb. 0n-27 Nov he left Emb for Cuta or Th lna flt 65 and was the - only passenger allowed on thé plane. LOPES was issued Bexl travel . ‘form 8 No, 24553 at Nuevo Laredo, / HUIZ seid could not. verify this-infa. but believed it ¢€ EEA en vale baSe gnd ODACID files contain no identiflabiz traces’ | ~ on LOPES/LOPEZ. Pls advise” results Hqs passport check including bio data on LOFES if. 309. 19 Mer ae \ Check Enrique RUIZ Montalvo as mee Hey eR DAR SRO TCD ET ee te meen mAb nga etn RN ED EOE © Eh Ome LOPES /LOPEZ : i a i ' ! i | | ! - | il ie 2. be possible for further checking by Baseiand Station. / Background info r2 Fase contuet with RUIZ ‘contained in HMYA 2120,) 18 Mar being pouched 20 Har. : | ates ene |. | [ | i ~3107—~ 5 : ==} NEXT BST ‘Geri ok 8665-c hott ‘file: Tot” ~ehiteestea) = “peel ‘eadio broadcast : werning: Check; VELASQUE on KAPLAN ¢ a = 18 Mar told of BELLI's trip Mexi and intent visit "old friend" Victor VELASQUEZ. Stetion | nn | notified ODENVY.. /, Station traces on|VELASQUEZ: BELLI member of Board (Chairman) of Directors Of International Academy of Trial Lawyers,'545 Fifth Ave. N.Y, / Reply to Amb's requesi for trace! stated in Oct, 58 VELASQUEZ former History professor at UNAM and Faleangist lesder in » Mask 19h2 and directed drug smuggling |for party, Proceeds being used for Falangist propaganda. SECRET ' Be2 report 1945 says V pro-U.S, and no longer has Falengist connections. In inte. icv w/Amb described self!as anti-Commy, Royalist and: believer: in Porfirio Diaz policy. Was taviting a Saar tb -t-t |__| _ OSWALD, Pearl GONZALEZ, ete. | Th a es cme wg te 2 permet septs me a fees emma ae eo on ede sew aes ened
13-00000 a . . yo | Amb iO party. fOr Truman B TUCKER, - e ‘lawyer list d rr letterhead as Pre iden of. heademy | lof Trial Lawyers, Burhe11 ‘GOODRICH, COS jeontact, tepdrted Mar 6 that V was behind] attacks launthed | against U\S. Lawyers practic; g& in Mezi and co: rolled ah d fi anced group. students who dttac d U.S. lawyers. /iv was character reference if il sted| in PRQ of Jorge | oy check possible PRIS ro le implicatec on PRIETO.Laureng, wh prepident, of [Frenge Popular Anticom 1ista de Mexi and st of Sonfedera- i ! i | | - jedon|interamericana de Hefensa dél continante.|/ Thl/Oct 62 wien Mf. Robert |FLORSTEDT| (KUBARKER) | | | _ {hexe| from HQS collecting NIG material! he visited V whom described|as Mexicds outstanding 7 | criminal. lawyer and profound admirer of U. SS. Interview laste es hre ‘though im does not reveal in what way|V of; service. |/ ODENVY has no rebord but heir! inquiries reveal y outstanding opinion and my fellow lawyers" not to pase judgement on | onduct ini the Jack| RUBY, trial lant all "tedhnichl details of tne trial land the dbtenes « 8 known. 'l/ BELLI, discharged /as attorney for RUBY, convicted killer of iOSW, » made the statement through a spokesman, — , |VELAZQUEZ, well knbwn local |lawyér. / The indirect] statement followed a rqportéd criticism : i jot BELLI iby Walter C. CRAIG of Phoenix, Ariz.,|Ame rican [Bar ssn, presiden o | heeee | { | In - -cespect » this not ‘true . VELASQUEZ is. land highly respected trial lawyer here, / In absente ¢C and sinte JKB leaving town! 20 Mar qe 008. DO | ' |for weekend asking| ODENVY their ability follow | BELLI movements . if nil, w ‘11 atempt| cover | . ; via LIEMBRACE lsurvbiitance. | Will explore jobs r possibilities with TESSAROUO an GOO! RICH and | JKB after his lretwin 23 Mar, | | of. | , | | ll. 20 Mar | ' MEXT| B70 (Refs 0829 - jpasap09 beore) = hee thto Jibes leuay with that provided Station | . i : by LITEMPQ.E early (Deo 63. joint Assume ODENVY. furmished no further dnfo|on St ibJ after ; - - | DIR 87188 {ac "| not ebstiected) i i | 12, 20 Mar om Seve | - Fired By muty, SLLI i‘ Hele - iby Jaime Plenn: © sMgivin BELLE appealed to Mpublite | ‘ i i } town hotel, d was in. contact Did ESLLI make statement on RUBY case: ' Late r? |...BELLI arrived last. night by train,| and ‘checked ihto mid @ full statement of his re . bwith! VELAZQUES, tht latter saiditoday, /- |. BE LI sid ! ‘position supon | his bretval in Sari) Prancidod. do Theovy oniass sintion - owe fos | nidden beac | ‘of WALD Casel, ‘by |Ralph de Toledano; wwe 30 Mar History and backgrpund of time ih Moscow, |faciiity jin pee | A/ /OSHALD took a trip to Mexico just before of the + ged. [In apparatus Work | lof this sort, the Gireotion |is “Randied in a ni oring colin ry this; is standard ; . | operating pro¢edure. / the theory that OSWALD fas maak m oes hot match jhis behavior after ‘his | ; . . arrest, iThe mad political assassins ‘issue flat boyant atceere of their acts. |The; | ; : . traihed assassin olams | up. |This| is what QSWAL: did, / OSWALD really was and sito hie po - principals were will remain|in ol security unlesha new defe ‘But certainly} there are enough facta in €8€ dossier 1 H { 1 telligence services pail che ‘world to “put together” rluch” of “the story « - 8s others, did jin dlecovering the |background of; . 2 “TROTSKY "a murderer, a man who had much in; common psychologically with jOSWALD. | | | A, 31 tis ar : i ; | ct | MEXICO Cc DAILY BULLETIN tate! ained Paris, Mar 40 a) tA Paris r magazing has i been! Cho-k PUCTANAN QECRE ' publishing a series of extracts, from ES book by! U. s. | lawyer TI omas! Bue tarian| = which Book bound’
13-00000 315. 1 | Has VELASQUEZ bee 316, i April. 7. 3 : ; = 318. an ape ee ee ee oe cee att ene to ' vee ya | i mnt book’ om sotase 3 of Pre ten Kennedy’ votleen, OSWALD was little more than a | "patsy" ih a qonspiracy put together by @ number of|men.: The 2h yr old was used. uc cording to Buchanan, to (2) acquire ‘the rifle‘used in K slaying,’ (b) facilitate the entrenc. into one lies Book Depository of a marksman and (¢) cover up for the rest of the gan Ly geceptiny 11} guilt fo thejerime. / (Buchanan claims thet Dallas Policeman: Tippit, who was shot down ty 0 IALD, shortly following ithe. ssespine ion, | had nis "job" the "gilending" | of OSWALD ‘|but that OSW. was quioker jon the dr she, Buchanan} ~ whose conclusions are also supported L |} by NLY. Civil |Rights Attorney Mark Lahe, appearing fore the Warren Com, “representing” the || slain OSWALD 4+ als. elaims that here} was ‘a sniper et the underpass bridge under which | |. 1. |the Kennedy motore : tes noving| and that his jsniper also opened: fire. / He says this second sniper might Have ie ho|showed up following the. killing in the office uw ciie "Dalles Morning News,') the onty anes of “qniok,| ¢ access for the sniper on the bridge.’ His conclusion is. oe alt % Ruby gunned d in OSWALD in the pol ice station just as it was . feared 0 par to ee "+ wage 8 ory. | | | MEXI| 8878. (Re a T 8737 + para 310 | above) -|As HQS knows RELLT| venained Maxi only y one : night an | Vioto LASQUEZ : eat ee press statement for him, / TESSAROLO end BENADUM - oo | | Ht both] repo ASQ) z eputetion amonkz local. lawyers is shabby. While he effective defense lawyer with e cellent dD tting average! said tolbe ¢ mpletely ‘without ethics. Interesting that} in curre t Mex par association attack agginst| U. S,| lawyers practicing Mexl, var apparently not risking a ae its| case by gllowing VELASQUEZ Join campaign.. / BENADUM not ovtimistic re his a vel naa 8 “em fetes tt BELLI/ QUEZ fiseussions. que'ried jrece ert t t i tf || NOTE; td by ¢ be sover ; ve 8878 above. |"I have @ friend, Gerald SCHUL!, who ‘is ne to er "he | =v I‘can get we some comment via Gerry, from Victor V. t veo ‘to im eco cos, Sub I ceslnotbera. Ref| is made to our conversation: of % Apr 6h and the paved for sixteen leopie 8 of| each of some five tems. / There are attached 18 copies lof e oh of the req ested items. (On file copy |is "See HMMA prem 9 Apr ai - para BRS: below) ; | | )- “President's, commission on asccseinitio: informed’ : : 1810 hrs i |. lpm, TMENT INCOMING TELEGI (Control! 133 . _ BApr ti _consection with. inves vd gation os |that Gabe advieieie fe Rest staff! plan| trave x heb SHALD's activities in Mexi during|perfod 26 Sept to B Oct 63,:/ Names of staff uembers are illiam TJ CO pri vis 3 Howard! P, WALLENS of Justice Tept.; currently lassigned to oc mmisdion taff, wid acco them, | hese lawyers} have; been instruc vad en ee . {€1) to: inform |the selves of invedtigative bro! b mare by; American! agencies | ‘abroad: (2) to - poi dey fl. | ot [become informa with as| much detail ab possib "regp rding investigative effert er Maxtean ee soes[smersoe team agenbies sand |(3): to consul with: app opriate-U.8 re Mexican officials ad to yhet further = investigation Ishould be! initiated. / mb’ shoul not disclose | ifact, of 8, "and 6 or its suspose ‘to anyone. Avoidance of publigity 8 of, paramoun interest’ to both U.S, Ge i Pls assist. eh Pepa Ede poe | i: {a oe ee 3 ORET | fod. oe :
13-00000 DIR! al 12635 - - Nish alert you that three menbers of Warren Cofmission Legal start, WILLENS, | SLAWSON | and COLEMAN, will arrive Mexd. without publics ...$0 cohfer hrith you btation, EBFINCE, and! ; ODENVY ahout vestigative actioh taken on i cee case, Main [purpose 1: assure ; 319, = 7 Apr ' themselves atone ompleteness ° investigation by fae ~ ENVY, and Mexicans), All he: S “studied ur reports in! detail. KUBARK endorses pu POs rip / soe able aie guidelines on wha onspoted fron your Station| “ye mo 320, SApr | | oma| 13026 (Refs | IR 12633.,- pare 319 above) Subjects lative. ..4/ They + want ¢ pat if |Mexicans : have further written investigative reports, want clarification of many points fn o | investigation, eto,..Some highly touch subject they w discuss| are whether they shoul oo: ( | see | Mexi officia themselves » try to talk to} Silvia DURAN \whet! er Mexicans lL let them a | later publish jus what Mexicans’ did} in case, i/ These dhe dow know we have ta assets, _ i mey! have! guessed from coverage, we have photo | points and a ource in cuban Emb), but do not know details ior olr arrangements with Mexicans. Request CURTIS lend ‘all neede assistance P with minimum possible disclosure of assets and techniques, and no aed at all. | 721. 9 Apr — ee HG} “DIR: 1328) (Ref: MEXT 8925 | - ‘pata 322 below) "Your! visitors | ae | for, conference here...’ / Consultation with Division ..|....| tenet eee ermsenceme, stir ttn t= Sateen ene at em etter een Aree ansnepanrepesnunsvet :. : pet nme a esteem na may Santee nee eine ementntent nett ———itt tentteenrridterennenenecme NPs CERAM vasteey er emcees mt now! CURTIS must lbave - B Apr | | i i . i |. | | ] i { 4e2. 3 Apr Co | MEXT B925 - Station Chiefs meet g first ion adenda £ followed |by consultations with Division j and: Desk, Pls confirm, Also number of days.i... | ODACID télegram of! 7 Apr probably will be: | fairly Gemendiing and CURTIS, who was: Station r wil be expected to participate in aisussions, i 1 | 5 323. Q Apr - HMMA. 23229 Attached are otptes of abouneate | rtabent +0 OSWALD's trip t Mexd in bot ¢ 63. | ; | / These copies were made (as extra ches) when lODBNYY- asked station to ma ke photographic | ‘copies | | for| them, / Attached are fbr H only for completion of HQs files. (ATTS | lare &8 follows: ( i Reproduced above is a "Solicitud de Reservacion" (Reservati Request), also described as a | "Poket Purchase Order! of: Tran portes Chihuahuenses Travel lAgency, Mexi ity, | issued to ! Mr. iH. 0. LEE for "one! seat fro Next to Laredo, confirmed Mr. SAUCEDO" i the, amount of 93.75 pesos and dated 50 Sept 63. . | Reproduced above is a "Greyhound International | Exchange; Order" issued’ by srenshorteb" ¢ Chihuahienses Travel Agency, Mexi City on 1 Oct 63 : to HE. 0.) LEE for travel from Laredo, | Texas to|Dallas, Texas , 4 fotlowing entry t the. U. s. via! [txentportes ‘del Norte. \ - |. 1 | | | ! | | | os wad 1 victor an | on ba MENO FOR THE lpr from COS, Subject Theodor Vincent LEE On 10 Apr 6 I SENAbUM | orl | ‘ that his! "American source" had talked to Elizabeth! Catlett de MORA (Betty :MORA) on Q Apr. | / Among the items idiscussed was iSubject- (see his file).) He was. formerly Chief] (in U.S.A.) of "Fair Play for Cuba, Committee" (which Was dissolved after OSWALD's. assassination of K and : publication and proof of OSWALD's involvement in the "Fair Play" activities), A Bubject has |now organized |and is directing aj Revolutionary Aid Committee in the U.S.AL". reports that this |Committee: is teing| financed jfrom! the Comminist! Chinese vis Htuhaner poet ‘Masti 1 324, ll Apr ; ' Chi ak Subject. |