180-10142-10162 . LEE HARVEY OSWALD, MEXICO CITY AND THE CENTRAL fe "| INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (OR: "IT'S AN UNTIDY WORLD") + 1 [. Introduction. ~A. Issues Addressed. B. Differences Between the Warren Commission investigation of Lee Harvey Oswald in Mexico City and the House Select Committee on Asssassinations'’ Thvestigation. C. Conclusions. ’ D. Structure’ and Relevancy. THIS COPY IS NOT FOR RELEASE. Il, Central Intelligence Agency Surveillance Operations in Mexico City in September and October 1963. A. Photographic Surveillance Operations Aimed at the Cuban Diplomatic Compound. oa o 1. General introduction. a \ 2. Physical layout of diplomatic compound and surveil- a . - lance bases. crea’ } Scope of coverage including equipment and prece- ve dures utilized. | ae . Objectives of the op | Oe oe 5. Disposition of production § from the ‘operation. ut. B. Photographic Surveillance ‘Operations: Aimed at the eer 7 ‘Soviet Diplomatic Compound. - oe _ sod. Introduction. 2. Physical positioning of surveillance bases. 1014 2-10 [GO
ae Xx of ae 2° y\ 4 3. Objectives of operation. 4. Scope of coverage provided by the operation. 5. Procedure and timing involved in processing the production from the operation. 6. Responsibility for cperation. - 7. Coordination of photographic and electronic surveil-— lance operations. vc.(Electronic Surveillance of Telephones at the Soviet and Cuban Diplomatic Compounds - 1. Existence. ' 2. Responsibility. a. b. General. Analysis and reporting of information obtained. 3.(Terepnone lines Jcovered. 4. Production from operation. a. b. Types. Handling procedures. (1) resuma (2) Cuban tapes _ - (3) Sowiet tapes. ~. (a). generat handling” (b) retention and re- use ‘of tapes (c) English. language conversations (dy) handling p(Tarasorts)
(e) expedited procedure for English lan- guage conversations or other conversa- tions of special interest (f) handling in the Station (g) format of transcripts c. Voice comparisons, IIIl. Information about Lee Harvey Oswald's Stay in Mexico og ASELES Known by the CIA Mexico City Station Prior to the Assassination and the Sources of That Information. A. Information That Was Available. | ‘LeTymenahion avaiable to the Mexico City Station from(electronic surveillance aimed at) the Soviet Consulate and Military Attache's office. a. September 27, 1963. b. September 28, 1963. c. October 1, 1963. d. October 3, 1963. 2. Information available to the Mexico City Station “from CIA Headquarters. © 3 Information available to the e@ Mexico City Station © tron(‘ectronic surveitence aimed a2) the cuban _ diplomatic compound. . Information available to the Mexico City Station - * from photographic surveillance of the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic. compounds.
2 Oe PY Ae SS a eS ween eee ee ne are Ce eee en oo) AO OEE GINA YET oT NTE IE Bee ee aE ET Seer aad ne SP entered ae me ee eed 5. Possibility that additional information from (the electronic surveillance 0 ) the Soviet com- pound was available to the Mexico City Station. . 6. Possibility that the CIA photo-surveillance ob- tained a photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald. a. Missing materials. b. Liklihood that the photo-surveillance operation would have missed Oswald. c. Reports of existence of a photograph. | (1) Phillip Agee allegation (2)| Jallegation , (3) Joseph B. Smith. allegation ~({(4) Joseph Piccolo allegation (5) statements of. Sd d. HSCA investigation of the possibility that the jiexico City photo-surveillance operation pro- duced a photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald. (1) introduction investigation of the allegations: oy 8. “Information Connected to Lee Harvey Oswald by: the: “Mexico city. Station Prior to the Assassination. 2 Introduction. ca Information available (tron, the Soviet seueasn) re Pe EO TAIL IMG, awa) Ne _was-commected-wi-th or involved Lee Harvey Oswald.
3. When were the intercepted conversations linked to Oswald? 4. The photograph of the Mexico Mystery Man. ACTIONS OF TAL Cis IV. Reconstruction of theYCIA Mexico City Station and” Head- : Ff get = . + . . quarter. &cESns Prior to the Assassination of Presi- dent John F. Kennedy. A. Introduction - CIA Interest in and Liaison with FBI Regarding American Citizens in Contact. with ‘Soviet. Bloc Embassies in Mexico City. B B. Narative. V. Mexico City Station Reporting of Information Concerning Oswald After the Assassination of President Kennedy. A. Reporting of Information Concerning the Mexico Mystery Man. Reporting of Information(t m the Electronic Inter- | cept Operation Aimed Jat the Soviet Embassy. C. Silvia Duran. fc ratte pate eres t EE eeEee ee eee V4] tntgrmation s Ppreernnns Oswald's Actiyities in Mexico A) / Sp nee eaN es _ a cA No! Available ‘at the Fine of the Marren Commission? . 4-4 ni / vA / : fos. f A fof 4 a in silvid. Duran. f /- a fo fi 4. ed | fe J “y f VA ME f Of | fo The cuvlans--azcud and Pepe . t f i foo a a fc. Flena/Garro“de Paz. Va | i fo vi /- of 7 | j / / | fe af Oscar Copitreyas ahiouf, | i a / ra vA i f ' ‘ IT (Reconstruction fof, Oswald's act(vities fin, Mexico. i : a“ i ” 7 A. Introduction:
—5A- VI. Information Not Available at the Time of'.the Warren Commission Investigation. A. Silvia Tirado (nee Duran) Ll. House Select Committee on Assassinations interview of Silvia Tirado. CIA information not available at thetime of the Warren Commission investigation. a (iarmc/2)attegation. b. The possibility that Silvia Duran was an-agent for either American, Cuban or Mexican intelligence. (1) was Silvia Duran an agent for American or Mexican intelligence (2) was Silvia Duran a Cuban intelligence agent B. The Cubans. i. 2. Eusebio Azcue Lopez. Alfredo Mirabal Diaz.. Cc. Elena Garro de Paz. Elena's story as reported October 5, 1964. —~ October 12, 1964, CIA memo for the record. November 24, 1964, CIA informant report. November 24, 1964 meeting between Elena and Legal Attache officers. Chales Thomas' first meeting with Elena Garro where Lee Harvey Oswald is discussed. Chales Thomas! meeting with.Elena Garro on December 25, 1965.
ae 7. December 27, 1965, Legal AttChe memo to the U.S. Ambassador re: Elena Garro. 8. CIA investigation of Elena Garro's allegation that she created a disturbance at the Cuban Embassy on _ November 23, 1963. 9. Legal Attache February 23, 1966, memo to the U.S. Ambassador regarding Elena Garro's allegation. 10. Leyal Attache memo re: Elena Garro's assertion that she had stayed at the Hotel Vermont. ll. Charlies Thomas' September 30, 1969, letter to the State Department and the Legal Attache's response. 12. House Select Committee on Assassinations investi- gation of Elena Garro's allegations. D. Oscar Contreras Lartigue. VII. Analysis of Lee Harvey Oswald's activities in Mexico City. A. Introduction. B. Did Lee Harvey Oswald or an Imposter Contact the Cuban And Soviet cOnsulates in Mexico City? Cc. other ‘Than His Visits to the Cuban and Soviet Consulates, O Mhat were, ‘Lee -Haivey oswala" Ss activities in. Mexico city? . Was Lee Harvey | ‘Oswald ‘travelling ‘alone in ‘Mexico?
i. INTRODUCTION. A. Issues Addressed. The House Select Committee on Assassination's inves- tigation into Lee Harvey Oswald's activities in Mexico City has been directed at answering the following ques- tions: | | 1) Did Lee Harvey Oswald visit the Soviet and Cuban Consulates or Embassies in Mexico City? 2) In addition to the visits which may have been made to the Embassies what were Lee Harvey Oswald's ac~ tivities while he was in Mexico City? 3) Was Lee Harvey Oswald alone in Mexico City? If not, who were his associates and what were their activi- ties? 4) Did the Central Invelhiqgecz Agency maintain any surveillance operation(s) aimed at the Cuban and Sov- iet diplomatic missions in Mexico City? If so, what kind? 5) What information, 1f any, about Oswald’ s stay in Mexico | was: known. by the CIA Mexico city) Station prior to the” assassination and what was the source of tha “information? | 6) Was the “information, if any, in the possession of the CIA Mexico City Station reported to the CIA Head- quarters accurately and expeditiously prior to the assassination?
P t no Aun ¥ 7) Was the information in the possession of the CIA Mexico City Station reported to the CIA -Headguarters accurately and expeditiously after the assassination? | 8) Was the information developed by the CIA in. Mexico City communicated to the Warren Commis-— — sion in an accurate and expeditious manner? 9) Did the CIA photo-surveillance of the Cuban and Soviet diplomatic compounds in Mexico City, if suc osu vie aM ZS existed, obtain a photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald? -If so, what became of that photograph? B. Differences Between the Warren Commission Investi- gation of Lee Harvey Oswald's Activities in Mexico City and the House Select Committee on Assassina- tions Investigation. The approach taken by this Committee's investigation (differs from that of the Warren Commission primarily in terms: of Scope. The Warren Commission and the investiga- tive agencies ‘at its> disposal went to great Lengths to, "establish Oswald! S travel. to and from Mexico, but devoted “minimal effort | to evaluating Oswald! S contacts with the ~ Cuban and Soviet Consulates. | It is ‘the conclusion of iy this. committee that the. Warren Commission | established _that Oswald had indeed traveled to Mexico City, Hence, this Committee has chosen not to reinvestigate Oswald! Ss tra- ~ vel to and from Mexico City. Instead, the Committee's approach to. ee tee fe ee dee Nee TAR ARAN eRe tt be RRA
tye Soviet and Cuban diplomatic missions in Mexico City and on evidence that was not available to the Warren Commis- Sion that could possibly shed light on Oswald's activi- ties in Mexico City outside of the Soviet and Cuban in- stallations. The Warren Report limited its discussion of Oswald's contacts with the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic missions to information obtained from Sylvia Duran and the Cuban Govern- ment. (See Warren Report, pp. 299-304, 733-736. ‘In sup~ port of. ‘thei account of Oswald's contacts with the So- SY viet and cuban diplomatic missions the Warren Commission published the following as exhibits: 1) A note from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Swiss Ambassador in Cuba. (Commission Exhibit 2445) | 2) Lee Harvey Oswald's visa application and the Ministry 3 of Foreign Affairs of the Public of Cuba's letter ir denying the visa. (Commission Exhibit 2564) 3) Letterhead Memorandum to J. Lee Rankin from Richard “Helms re: “Technical Examination of Photgraphs of Lee Harvey. Oswald’ s Application for a Cuban, Visa." “(Commission Exhibit 3127) | 4) The ‘pages of Lee Harvey Oswald's notebook with the _ _ telephone numbers of the Cuban Consulate, the Soviet | Consulate and the Soviet Military Attache's oF fice. (Commission Exhibit 2121)
5) 6) 7) 8) 9) ~ A letter dated 11/9/63 from Lee Harvey Oswald to the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C. (Commission Exhibit 14) | ~ A letter from J. Edgar Hoover to the Warren Commis— sion listing the contents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's file holdings on Lee Harvey Oswald prior to the assasSination. (Commission Exhibit 834. This document listed a Central Intelligence Agency "release" dated 10/9/63 that reported Oswald's con- tact with the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City.) A Memorandum dated 5/14/64 to the United States Em- bassy in Mexico City from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico. (Commission Exhibit 2120) A memorandum dated 6/9/64 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico to the United States Embassy in Mexico City. (Commission Exhibit 212”) 2 A letterhead memorandum to J. Lee Rankin from Richard Helms re: "Hours of Work at the Cuban and Sowiet y : : Puede Consulates." (Commission Exhibit 2568.) YY At one point: in- the Report the Comimission referred to other “information: os “By “far “the. most important confirmation. “of Senora Duran's testimony, however, has been supplied by confidential sources of extremely high reliability available to the United States in Mexico. The information from these sources establishes that her testimony
was truthful and accurate in all material respects. The identities of these sources cannot be disclosed without destroying their future usefulness to the United States. (Warren Report, p. 305) - The Warren Commission did not print anything in the twenty-six volumes of evidence to support its statement that. Silvia Duran's testimony was confirmed by “confiden- tial sources of extremely high reliability." In an attempt to answer the questions posed by Lee Harvey Oswald's visit to Mexico City in September and October of 1963, the House Select Committee on Assassinations has pursued the following investigative procedure: 1) Conducted extensive interviews, depositions, and executive session hearings involving Central Intelligence Agency personnel; 2) Interviewed Cuban citizens who could have know- ledge of Oswald's sojourn in Mexico; 3) Interviewed Mexican citizens who could have | knowledge of Oswald's activities and assoGia- tions while he was in Mexico; . — a?) Conducted an extensive review of the files of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal bl as = * Bureau of Investigation that pertain to Oswald's .. Sojourn in Mexico; 5) Conducted an extensive review of the public source documents that pertain to Oswald afd Mexico City.
C. Conclusions 1) 2) | of the evidence tends to indicate that this Someone who identified himself as Lee Harvey Oswald called the Soviet Consulate on 1 October QO - 1 1¥63. This individual indicated that he had visited the Soviet Consulate at least once. - Other evidence would indicate that the individual visited the Soviet and Cuban Consulates on five or six different occasions. « While the majority individual was indeed Lee Harvey Oswald, the possibility that someone else used Lee Harvey Os- wald's name during this time in contacts with the Soviet and Cuban Consulate cannot be abso- lutely dismissed. ee ee This Committee has not been able to determine Lee Harvey Oswald's activities outside of the Cuban and Soviet Embassies with certainty. There is evidence, which has not been confirmed, indi- cating that during his stay in Mexico Oswald attended a- "twist party" at. the home of Ruben | Duran Navarro, the brother- in- ~law of Silvia Duran. There is. also unconfirmed evidence which, if true, ‘would indicate that Oswald spent one night and parts of two days with a group of pro-Castro stu- dents from the University of Mexico.
- 12 - om ee There 1S some evidence that Oswald may have 7 been in the company of a tall, thin, blond- headed man while in Mexico. This evidence has not been confirmed. If true,it is possible that this same individual may.on occasion have used Oswald's name in dealing with the Cuban and Soviet Consulates. The man's name, if there was such — a man, is not known. 4) On the dates that Qswald was in Mexico, the CIA had photographic surveillance operations which covered entrances to the Soviet Embassy and the Cuban Embassy and Consulate. The CIA also had electronic surveillance on telephones in the So- viet Consulate and Military Attache's Office and Cuban diplomatic compounds. /The{telephone at the ) “Cuban Consulate was not subject to that surveil- PARTE ee as 5) The CIA's Mexico City Station definitely knew of | Oswald's contacts with both the Soviet. and Cuban diplomatic compounds and a= his desire to obtain “an ihtransit visa for travel to Russia via Cuba. “The source of this, information was the(electronic ) surveiliance on the Soviet Consulate and Soviet’ “Military Attache's Office.
7) 8) - ]3 - fas 6) “Ee information in the possession of the CIA. Mexico City Station was not reported to CIA Headquarters in an accurate and expeditious man- ner prior to the assassination. With the exception of a few, possibly benign, irregularities, and considering the possibility that not all of the information available to the Station has been provided to this Committee, the information in the possession of the CIA Mexico Station was reported in an accurate and expedi- tious manner after the assassination to headquar- ters. With the exception of those areas that involved sensitive sources and methods, such as the infor- mation pertaining to the(erectronic ana) photogra- phic surveillance of the Soviet and Cuban diplo- matic compounds, €aSs information developed by the CIA in Mexico was generally relayed to the Warren Commission in an accurate and expeditious manner. It-.is the conclusion of this Committee ‘that. the “CIA's photo-surveillance operations in Mexico — city. probably obtained a photograph of Lee Harvey “Oswald entering either Or both the. Soviet and ' Cuban Consulates. The CIA denies that such a photograph exists. Hence, the disposition of the ERISTEO photograph’ which the Committee believes so-exise”
-~ ja ~— LS unknown. D. Note” “onthe. ‘Structure and Relevancy Of. the“ Following=- _Reportslor Apologia-of the “Analytic Method. _Emp Loyed):; am The following report detailing the results of this Committee's investigative efforts regarding Mexico city is divided into general areas: 1) CIA surveillance operations in Mexico City during» September and October of 1963; 2) Information about Lee Harvey Oswald's stay in Mexico City that was known prior to the assassina- tion; 3) Reconstruction of the CIA Mexico City Station and Headquarter's activity regarding Oswald prior to the assassination; 4) Mexico City reporting of information after the assassination; . | | 5) Silvia Duran; VO ios _ 6) ‘Investigation of related information that was not: available to. the. Warren Commission; and | ) Reconstruction, of Oswald’ s- activities “in Mexico “the reader should be advised at the outset that the first section following is technical in nature and may not appear directly relevant at first blush. But the report is
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY -(OR: "IT'S AN UNTIDY WORLD"). IT. Introduction. A. B. C. D. Issues Addressed. ~ Differences Between the Warren Commission Investigation of Lee Harvey Oswald in Mexico City and the House Select Committee on Asssassinations’ Investigation. Conclusions. Structure’ and Relevancy. - Central Intelligence Agency Surveillance Operations in Mexico City in September and October 1963. A. Photographic Surveillance Operations Aimed at the Cuban Diplomatic Compound. . EMEA) Introduction. Positi oni Nes 2. Physical payout of rT lance bases’ eens . Provided by the operation. 3. Scope of coverage Gheliding—eaiipment and praca. 4. Objectives of the operation. ns erent sz wali — wean ang surveil- 5. Disposition of production from the operation. Photographic Surveillance Operations Aimed at the Soviet Diplomatic Compound. 1. Introduction. 2. Physical positioning of surveillance bases¥. Sey,
3. Objectives of operation. 4. Scope of coverage provided by the operation. 5. Procedure and timing involved in processing the production from the operation. : 6. Responsibility for operation. 7. Coordination of photographic and electronic surveil- lance operations. : c. (crectronic Surveillance of Telephones at the Soviet | and Cuban Diplomatic Compounds.) ~_ 1. Existence. - 2. Responsibility. a. General. b. Analysis and reporting of information obtained. 3. (Telephone lines) covered. 4. Production from operation. a. Types. b. Handling procedures. (1) resuma (2) Cuban tapes (3) Soviet tapes (a) general handling (b) retention and re-use of tapes (c) English language conversations (d) handling by Tarasoffs) ;
(e) expedited procedure for English lan- guage conversations or other conversa- tions of special interest (f) handling in the Station (g) format of transcripts c. Voice comparisons. III. Information about Lee Harvey Oswald's Stay in Mexico ARID Known by the CIA Mexico City Station Prior to the Assassination and the Sources of That Information. A. Information That Was Available. L.Ipfoemation avaAilabls to the Mexico City Station from(electronic surveillance cimed PY the Soviet Consulate and Military Attache's office. a. b. c. d. September 27, 1963. September 28, 1963. October 1, 1963. October 3, 1963. 2. Information available to the Mexico City Station = from CIA Headquarters. _ 3. Information available to the Mexico City Station from(electronic surveillance aimed at) the Cuban diplomatic compound. 4. Information available to the Mexico City Station from photographic surveillance of the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic compounds.
5. Possibility that additional information from {the electronic surveillance o) the Soviet com- pound was available to the Mexico City Station. 6. Possibility that the CIA photo-surveillance ob- tained a photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald. a. Missing materials. b. Liklihood that the photo-surveillance operation would have missed Oswald. c. Reports of existence of a photograph. ~_ . (1) Phillip Agee allegation (2 laltegation (3) Joseph B. Smith allegation (4) Joseph Piccolo allegation (5) statements of d. HSCA investigation of the possibility that the Mexico City photo-surveillance operation. pro- duced a photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald. (1) introduction (2) investigation of the allegations B. Information Connected to Lee Harvey Oswald by the Mexico City Station Prior to the Assassination. 1. Introduction. 2. Information available fron tne Soviet wiretaps) sctain ing, to ; ine ES nas “Caner ted tth or involved Lee. Harvey Oswald.
3. When were the intercepted conversations linked to Oswald? 4. The photograph of the Mexico Mystery Man. ACTIONS OF THE ip IV. Reconstruction of theCIA Mexico City Station and’ Head- quarter®s (CED Prior to the Assassination of Presi- dent John F. Kennedy. A. Introduction - CIA Interest in and Liaison with FBI Regarding American Citizens in Contact with Soviet Bloc Embassies in Mexico City.» ~ B. Narative. - V. Mexico City Station Reporting of Information Concerning Oswald After the Assassination of President Kennedy. A. Reporting of Information Concerning the Mexico Mystery Man.. B. Reporting of tnfornation(seom the Electronic Inter- cept Operation Aimed )at the Soviet Embassy. C. Silvia Duran. Introductio Narrative.