104-10268-10011 ~ ¢ “CAS om* poops Pines . .Stern/aw/3- ~6) Mr. ‘Steyn | March 27, 106 MEODANDUL teense SA LEEPER | |". SUBIECT: CIA File on Omald | "Wi ER Today, Friday, March 27, 1964, I met at CIA headquarters with hiv. Rocca to review the CIA file on Lec Harvey Oswold. The file -¢gontains those materials furnished to us previously by CIA. In eddition, 1%. contains the following materials: — a. Cable reports from the CIA station in Mexico of Novexber 22 ond 23, 1653 relatin; to photogranhs of a person who had visited the Cuban ond Soviet Exbassies in Mexico CLt vy during October and Novenber. 1953; and reports on these cables furnished on Eoverber _ . 23 by CIA to the Sccres Service. These messares are accurately © _ paxcphrased in the attachments to the CIA memorandum of March ak, 1954 (Commission Document jG74). >. Cable of October 10 fron CIA Morieo City ctation to CIA headquarters reporting on Oswald contact at Soviet Embassy, and October 10, 1963 message from CIA headquarters to Mexico City station ef background information on Oswald. These messages are accurately xeported in the CIA momorandum of January 31, 1964. — . I did not review ony mterinls later than Novebor 23, 1963. Oswald decuments Im the CIA electronic data storase systea. There was no itea listed which we have not been ‘Given either in full text> or paraphrased. When I evidenced an interest in the CIA electronic date. processing system, tir. Rocca sald that he would arrange a dctalled explanation at a future visit. REPRODUCTION PROWEITED _ RECORD COPY arenes inn Ret AMMO | oe Me. Rocea also showed me the "printout” of the references to | or Fane tee we ee Nae te ee ere eee ae eee merece eet Se eM Sone aENENES eOE s nunents ee ncegrNER Aen Mi Senet eee we MiRGNRUY VR Sm © pre ee UuU3572
13-Q0000 MEMORANDUM FOS: Mr, 3, Leo Raskt SUBIECT:  tefoesantion Developed by CIA on the 8 ara Activity ef Lee Harvey COWALDin 9 = Mexiga Gly, September 25 to OO , October 3, 193 &. The second paragreph of your letter raises « question with regard te reparts on current aspects of investigation in Mexico, of concerning Mezican leade in the CSWALD cage. . Speciiically, thet paragraph ecems to refer to speculative tnfowmation provides the Witte House by Jose te LASAGA - with Salvador DIAZ VERGON, GIA has Nothing te ahd to she dovaitad Larastigation of thiw eateer conivcted by the Federal Bureau of Levestigation, We asourme that the Gonomieeion is already in possession, ar will bo tn She ner futures, ¢ ef the detells of the outcome of thet Envestigation. . F Bg wWRO/TS CO wae UES Uesonven / _ Zo COPY. NO. _ 0003573
13:00000 i : il a 4, The iollawing replies ave keyed to Olio Eb of your letter of February a6: he “We ave not tn a position $o apply copies of Sent between the Soviet Embasatien to Selegracss Washingtan and Mexico City. . _ Be Translations of the two police interrogation | ee reporte.of Slivia DURAN axe being forwarded to the a og Comminsion under separate cover, a 3 ‘From ali the evidence om hend, we deduce that. OSWALD vintied the Cuban Consulate in Mexice City on meee thet OSWALD sas of the Consulate at least once after bis initiel vielt, and that this later visit was on the afternoon of a day on which the Cuban Conmul tale~ phoned the Seviet Cansulate ahow CSVALD's visa prebiom, This may well have beea 28 September, beat We cannct be certain of this conckaston, . &» We do not heow whether Cran Consdlate statements of Silvia DURAN one could conclude that Po 903574
teaneit vies welese he first got a Bovits —— as sete 5. We do not think i would be unudedd fae |: DURAN to tell OSWALD be could notHlivy allt freak statements are quite common in a practice, ae fer an we know, . 6. We believe thet Silvia DURAN's stateméns that OSWALD knew no ont be Cuba meant Nterally thet, and thie would mean that ee gee there could sponser him, :  wourk for bie, or iowure that he woul not became 5 ae public charge. Ga the sther hand, the remark of the . no previous record of OSWALD, af least in DMesieo, if 8 , todeed the Soviet official wes telling the trath, Te. We delleve that OSWALD both telephoned to the : _ Bovies Embassy ow Conanlate, and was interviewed by a irom New Orleans to Texas, and new Texas forwarding address thea mininsa ex forges, gad finsity recovered from Cubase Gonguinte files ee he could pases it te the Soviet Consulate. % could alse be that he wap talking about his Mexico City . watbe at the dovies Commahee enemar ily founotien white at the Soviet Consulate. Ge The Cuban Consulate and Cubsa Exbasey in Consulate are beth located in a kext i0, We surmise that the references in OSWALD's | 9 November letter ta @ man who had since been replaced cor ee fae be ak pace 7 og 9 a
13-00000 been in hiextce for eightocn years and it was Knaalegieg/) . 48 aavly ae September 2963 that AZCUE was to be replaced, His replacement did arrive ia September. AZGUE was scheduled to leave in Octobev but dif not leave until 18 November. | | We do nok know whe might have told OSWALD that oe ae . AZCUE ov any other Cuban had been or waste be replaced, 8 —-_- BO but we speculate that Silvis DURAN or some Soviet official BE AZCUB's altercation with him, | | _ me EM We have no additional information oa OSWALD‘s | os gett tedes in Bextes City, Thia part of the investigation — fe what we regard a9 had information, “48, ‘We can only guese why Silvia DURAN deseribed Tt CSVALD as a blemise,. Ferheape his complecion seemed Heokt to her, compared with that af most Latin Americans. aS oe When she was arrested, she had not seen OSWALD for “| bat two months, but she an ae oo, a blonde ta her Consular records, OETA * pepety f Director tot Plans. Distribution: a a Original & 2 « - Addressee ate he DDP | | ; Thee ee eyrea LEE ae C/CYR&A — G/WH/3. o\ayntapacccoaste 18 Febsnary 1964 (Fara 4 based on draft Prepared by CiWwH/ 3.) _ mem UUU3576 * CORY i ee eet - wnt ra # oo
1300000 | een TS x CLASSIFICATION PROCESSING ACTION ay SATCH SECRET/RYBAT | ; 7 MARAED FOR UNDEXING Chisf of Station, Mexico City ' SUBJECT  BBREAPEY ACTION REQUIRED - REFERENCES Please transmit the attached envelope to Fletcher M. ‘KNIGHT only. . - 0  Witard G, CURTIS (Co) | - Attachment; _ Envelope © — Distribuhon: . 3~ WH, w/att cross REFERENCE TO : DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER . DATE : HMMA~22390 . | 25 October > _» CLASSIFICATION | HQS FILE NUMBER 70 /— a ® ero me on er nent ee PO : 4 a oo ae GF UO03577. at gle