7 ae re . Date: 08/12/93 : oo, a | Oo 7 ae ‘Page: 1... , - LO ee _  SFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM” . . IDENTIFICATION FORM aaa eee a este ene ate eee * ne - AGENCY INFORMATION | P . a Oo ‘“Boteasea under the John | - AGENCY: : wo . _oF. Eennedy : RECORD NUMBER : 179-40001-10256 - lhssassination Records i . . ollection Act of 1992 "RECORDS SERIES 3: oo coe , (44 USc¢ 2107 Note). 27: REP 3 . 7 CS ase#:NU 53244 Date: a ae oe Hé-13-2017 AGENCY PILE NUMBER : : TET TS ST TS mm mm mm mem mn en eee ne ee ee ee ee ee ee ee DOCUMENT INFORMATI ON ORIGINATOR zs We FROM. : TO : TITLE : DATE : 00/00/00 ~ pe Le PAGES : 16 | . | ; , SUBJECTS | : OSWALD, LEE, FOREIGN ACTIVITIES : . SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE DOCUMENT TYPE : ‘PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : S RESTRICTIONS : REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : P. DATE OF LAST REVIEW : / / OPENING CRITERIA : ' COMMENTS P. 17, 20, 56, 77, 86, 92-3, 97-8, 100-2, 104, 106, 109-10; COLEMAN-SLAWSON MEMO; 2 COPIES; BOX C02. - oo, STS SS Sm mm me me me ee ee ee eee ee ee  (R) - ITEM IS RESTRICTED HW 53244 Docld:32209897 Page 1
i ! th HW 53244 4 3! DocId:32209897 Page 2: .. that something behind the. Tron Curtain had been put in motion in his’ behalf, .Our investigation of this particular problem has come up with the following results: . . : In the first place, both Chayes and HeVickar. have their dates | : ‘Wrong. This does not reflect on their capabilities, ) because they are undoubtedly basing their conclusions upon State Department memoranda which were in turn based. upon statements made at the time by Oswald himself, and subsequent investigation has shown that these were probably inaccurate. Oswald's American passport, which he of course had in his possession at the time he traveled to Russia, was subsequently -surrendered. . to the Department of State, after he was repatriated, and has since been. - placed in the hands of the Commission. Stamps on this passport show that — the Soviet Tourist Visa was issued (not - ‘applied for) in Helsinki on. October 1).. Confidential information made available from | a source which the CIA says is "very reliable" relates that Oswald arrived by airplane from,London:in Helsinki on October 10. Everything wé know about his ‘trip ho points to the fact that he proceeded to his destination, Moscow, as rapidly and as directly as his financial resources would permit. Despite state- ‘ments made to fellow travelers along the way that he was only a tourist" or "just a student on his way to college," he in fact wasted no time in sightseeing but made connections as rapidly as he reasonably could. - Therefore, although we have no direct evidence indicating when he first applied for a visa, it seems highly probable that he applied for it as : soon as he arrived in Helsinki, namely, on the 10th of October. Perhaps, — “however, his airplane arrived in Helsinki too late for him to have reached the Consulate before it closed, that ; evening. Should this have
~100- Gutierrez came around a corner of a wall and tumpei into the Cuban wih was @ talking with the American, thereby seeing ther: bota for a split second ; face-to-face. He apologized, the Cuban gracicusly accepted the apology, and all three men inmediately continued walking in their respective directions. When he overheard their conversation, however, which must have been resumed almost instantaneously, Gutierrez turned arourd to get another look. Thus, he got a good look only of the backs of both men. Likewise, when he followed them to their automobile, he saw them only frcm a jistance and again only “their backs. The conclusion of the FBI representatives assigned to this case is that Gutierrez probably did see money being passed to a man who appeared to be an American, but that whether that :nan was Lee Harvey Oswald is by no means certain. From reviewing his work schedule, which 2.¢ says he rigorously r . adhered to, Gutierrez is able to fix the time at waich he must have seen the Cuban and the American as 10:50 a.m. on October 1,. give or take a very few minutes. From the CIA wire-tapping facilities in Mexico City we know that at exactly 10:30 a.m. on October 1 Lee Hervey Oswald telephoned into the Soviet Embassy and spoke very briefly with somzone there. The con- versation was short because he was not able to reach the person who was handling his case (the Consul) and therefore was quickly asked to call back on a different number. We do not know, nor do we have any way of finding out, from where Oswald was telephoning. At 11.230 a.m, exactly, he telephoned the mumber which had been given to him at 10:30 a.m. - the Russian Consulate - and had a slightly longer conversation about whether the telegram sent to Washington had been answered. The Cuban and Russian Consulates in Mexico City are located very close to one another, only HW 53244 Docld:32309897 Page 3
HW 535244 ~FOP-SECRET -100= Gutierrez came around a corner of a wall and bumped into the Cuban who was talking with the American, thereby seeing them both for a split second face-to-face. He apologized, the Cuban graciously accepted the apology, and all three men immediately continued walking in their respective directions. When he overheard their conversation, however, which must have been reswmed almost instantaneously, Gutierrez turned around to get another look. Thus, he got a good look only of the backs of both men. Likewise, when he followed them to their automobile, he saw them only from a distance and again only their backs. The conclusion of the FBI representatives assigned to this case is that Gutierrez probably did see money being passed to a man who appeared to be an American, but that whether that man was Lee Harvey Oswald is by no means certain. | From reviewing his work schedule, which he says he rigorously adhered to, Gutierrez is able to fix the time at which he must have seen the Cuban and the American as 10:50 a.m. on October 1, give or take a very few minutes. From the CIA wire-tapping facilities in Mexico City we know that at exactly 10:30 a.m. on October 1 Lee Harvey Oswald telephoned into the Soviet Embassy and spoke very briefly with someone there. The con- versation was short because he was not able to reach the person who was handling his case (the Consul) and therefore was quickly asked to call back on a different number, We do not Imow, nor do we have any way of finding out, from where Oswald was telephoning. At 11:30 a.m., exactly, he telephoned the number which had been given to him at 10:30 a.m. - the Russian Consulate - and had a slightly longer conversation about whether the telegram sent to Washington had been answered. The Cuban and Russian Consulates in Mexico City are located very close to one another, only —F6P-SECRET— DoclId: 3272709897 Page 4
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