ee a ae a Ee oe ZT 6a Aa Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted ( from ClA—conirolled documents.) teacher from the south of Russia and one who was married to an American. The latter was very frightened by the prospect of going to the United States. She stated that she was going to Texas with her husband. Davison said that if she and her husband traveled through Atlanta on their way to Texas, his mother, a native-born Russian, would be happy to see her. He gave his mother's name and address in Atlanta to the woman's husband, who was “scruffy looking." This was not an unusual thing to do,. since his family had always been very hospitable to Russians who visited Atlanta. In retrospect, he assumes that he gave his mother's name and address to either Lee or Marina Oswald, but he is uncertain in this regard.  / \ After the assassination of President Kennedy, Davison was interviewed first by a Secret Service agent and later by an FBI agent in connection with the entry of his mother's Classification: aN a , ee mM | Classified by derivation:
. ff eT ee Oe he se es oe Oe Classification: (This form is to ‘be used for material extracted 6 from ClA—controlled documents.) name and address in Oswald's address book. The FBI agent also interviewed Davison's mother, Mrs. Hal (Natalia Alekseevna) Davison. Davison indicated that the Secret Service and the FBI were the only government agencies to interview him about his contact with the Oswalds.  / Davison admitted his involvement in the Penkovsky spy case. Specifically, he stated that in connection with his assignment as U.S. Embassy physician in Moscow, he had received some superficial intelligence training. This training mainly involved lectures on Soviet life and instructions on remembering and reporting Soviet names and military activities. During his tour of duty in Moscow, Davison was asked by an Embassy employee, whose name he no longer remembers, to observe a certain lamp post on his daily route between his apartment and the Embassy and to be alert for a signal by telephone; Classification: { H : - t Vf t i) | Classified by derivation: a a I I I y |
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) Davison agreed. According to his instructions, if he ever saw a black chalk mark on the lamp post or if he ever received a é telephone call in which the caller blew into the receiver three times, he was to notify a person whose name he no longer remembers. He was told nothing else about this Operation. Davison performed his role in this operation for approximately one year. He participated in no other operations during his tour of duty in Moscow, but he did perform some desk work for the Air Attache. On just one occasion, toward the end of this year, he observed the mark on the lamp post and his wife received the telephone Signal. As instructed, he reported these happenings. Shortly thereafter, the Soviets reported that they had broken the Penkovsky spying operation. The Soviets declared Davison persona non grata just after he left Moscow because his tour of duty had ended. He does not Classification: 8 | Classified by derivation: as ee te le y
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA-——controlled documents.) recall any intelligence debriefings on the Penkovsky case. / Davison denied participating in any other intelligence activity related work during his employment in Moscow, and provided the Committee with an affidavit to this effect. The former deputy chief of the CIA's Soviet Russia clandestine activities section during 1960-62 confirmed Davison's position, and characterized his involvement in the Penkovsky case as a "one shot" deal. In addition, a review of Davison's CIA and Department of Defense files was also entirely consistent with his Committee testimony. Accordingly, there is no basis for concluding that Dr. Davison was Lee Harvey Oswald's intelligence contact in Moscow. Classification: LN za. EE. Sa. Sa, | Classified by derivation: a ye ee en a *\
EP LF EF LF FI IF LF LD Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) 7. George. deMohrenschildt George deMohrenschildt was a prominent member of Dallas! White Russian" community who befriended Lee Harvey Oswald. This friendship has engendered considerable speculation because of the contrast between the backgrounds of the two men. DeMohrenschildt was described as sophisticated and well educated, one who moved easily in the social and professional circles of oilmen and the so-called "White Russian" community, many of whom were avowed right-wingers. Oswald's "Lowly" background did not include much education or influence, and he was, in fact, shunned by the very same Dallas Russian community which embraced deMohrenschildt. DeMohrenschildt committed suicide in 1977 shortly after having been contacted for an interview. by a Committee investigator. In his Warren Commission testimony, deMohrenschildt Classification: | Classified by derivation: “ <a “A “Ga ‘WEA. Ga, i” «fw ff fw wf a
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) stated that he believed he had discussed Lee Harvey Oswald with J. Walton Moore, whom deMohrenschildt described as "a Government man -- either FBI or Central Intelligence." / DeMohrenschildt said Moore had interviewed him when he returned from Yugoslavia and that he was known as the head of the FBI in Dallas. _/ DeMohrenschildt said that he had asked Moore and Ft. Worth attorney Max Clark about Oswald to reassure himself that it was "safe" for the deMohrenschildts that "the guy seems to be OK." _/ This admitted association with J. Walton Moore, a known employee of the CIA's: Domestic ContactsDivision, gave rise to the question of whether deMohrenschildt had contacted Lee Harvey Oswald on behalf of the CIA. Classification: to assist Oswald, _/ and was told by one of these persons § | Classified by derivation:
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) In 1963 J. Walton Moore was employed by the Central. Intelligence Agency in Dallas, Texas in the Domestic Contacts Division. - According to Moore's CIA personnel file, he was assigned to the Domestic Contacts Divison in 1948. In a fitness report for the period April 1, 1963 through March 31, 1964, Moore's duties in the Dallas office included "supervising and managing a resident agency; exploitation of source's reports; keeps informed on foreign situations and intelligence ~ requirements in order to better orient and exploit sources; and searches for and develops new sources." In an Agency memorandum dated April 13, 1977 contained \ in George deMohrenschildt's CIA file, Moore set forth facts to counter a claim which had been recently made by WFAA-TV in Dallas that Lee Harvey Oswald had been employed by the Classification: | Classified by derivation: complete intelligence potential by debriefing...; writing ;
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) CIA and that Moore had known Oswald. In that memorandum, Moore is quoted as saying that according to his records the last time he had talked with George deMohrenschildt was in the fall of 1961. Moore said that he had no recollection of any conversation with deMohrenschildt concerning Lee Harvey Oswald. The memorandum also says that Moore recalls only two occasions when he met deMohrenschildt -- first, in the spring of 1958 to discuss the mutual interest the two couples had in mainland China; and then in the fall of 1961 when the deMohrenschildts showed films of their Latin American walking trip. Other documents in deMohrenschildt's CIA file, ‘ however, indicate more contact between Moore and deMohrenschildt dated May 1, 1964 from Moore to the Acting Chief of the Contacts than was stated in the 1977 memorandum by Moore. In a memorandum : Classification: __I | Classified by derivation:
TE FS 2S SS FF ES T°” a Classification: | (This form is to be used for material extracted : from ClA—controlled documents.) Division of the CIA, Moore stated that he had known George deMohrenschildt and his wife since 1957, at which time Moore got biographical data on deMohrenschildt after a trip to Yugoslavia for the International Cooperation Administration. Moore says also in that 1964 memorandum that he had seen deMohrenschildt several times in 1958 and 1959. DeMohrenschildt's CIA file contains several reports submitted by deMohrenschildt to the CIA on topics concerning Yugoslavia, including "Lack of Interest in Communist Ideology," “National Pride/Feeling of Superiority over Soviet Satellites," and "Effect of Decentralization in the Oil. Industry." DeMohrenschildt testified before the Warren Commission ™~ that he had never been in any respect an intelligence agent. The Committee interview with Moore and its review of the CIA's Moore and deMohrenschildt files confirmed that deMohrenschildt Classification: Acorns cee | Classified by derivation: i __ _  a me
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) had never been an American intelligence agent. In this regard, it should be stressed that, upon returning from trips abroad, of Americans annually provide information EE “=A TS ~R. to the CIA's Domestic Contacts Division on a nonclandestine basis. Such acts of cooperation should not be confused with an actual Agency relationship. * 8. William G. Gaudet William G. Gaudet was a newspaper editor who was issued : the Mexican tourist card immediately preceding Lee Harvey Oswald's on September 17, 1963. Two days later, he departed for a three- or four-week trip to Mexico and other Latin *DeMohrenschildt's file also makes reference to an occasion where he may have been involved in arranging a meeting between a Haitian bank officer and a CIA or Department of Defense official. A Department of Defense official interviewed by the Committee stated that the meeting was arranged by Department of Defense officials and that deMohrenschildt's presence (in the company of his wife) was unanticipated. The ¢ Committee does not regard this incident as evidence of any Agency relationship because there is no indication that any United States governmental official actually solicited deMohrenschildt's assistance with regard to this meeting. Classification: | Classified by derivation:
Classification: | (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) American countries. This happened to coincide with Oswald's visit to Mexico City between September 27, 1963 and October , 1963. After the assassination, Gaudet advised the FBI during an interview that he had once been employed by the CIA. Speculation about Gaudet's possible relationship with Lee Harvey Oswald was created when it was discovered that the Warren Commission Report contained a list, provided by the Mexican Government and purporting to include all individuals who had been issued Mexican tourist cards at the same time as Oswald, which nevertheless omitted Gaudet's name. _ Sf At a Committee deposition, Gaudet testified that his contact with the CIA was primarily as a source of information : reflecting information that he had obtained during his trips abroad; in addition, Gaudet maintained that he occasionally per- formed errands for Agency personnel. Gaudet stated that his Classification: = === f | Classified by derivation: iW sIAaAaaAaaaa“#
Classification: | (This form is to be used for material extracted . ; from ClA——controlled documents.) last contact with the CIA was in 1969, but that the relationship had never been formally terminated. The Committee reviewed Gaudet's CIA file, but found neither any record reflecting a contact between him and the Agency after 1961 nor any indication that he had "performed errands" for the CIA.* A memorandum, dated January 23, 1976, seemed to confirm the absence of any further contact after this time: The Domestic Collections Divison (DCD) has an inactive file on William George Gaudet, former editor and publisher of The Latin American Report. The file shows that Gaudet was a source of the New Orleans DCD Resident Office from 1948 to 1955 during which period he provided foreign intelligence information on Latin American political and economic conditions resulting from his extensive travel in South and Central America in pursuit of journalistic interests. The file further indicates that Gaudet was a casual contact of the New Orleans Office between 1955 and 1961 when, at various times, he furnished fragmentary intelligence and tried ‘ unsuccessfully to obtain financial loans from the Agency, *The file did contain a routing indication, which the Agency has failed to explain, to the effect that someone "agrees with the manner in which this case is being handled." / Classification: | Classified by derivation:
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) through DCD, to support his publication. There is no correspondence in the DCD file on Gaudet after 1961. Gaudet could not recall whether his trip to Mexico and other Latin American countries in 1963 involved any intelligence related activity. He was able to testify, however, that he did not encounter Lee Harvey Oswald, whom he had previously seen on occasion at the New Orleans Trade Mart, during that trip. Gaudet was unaware that his Mexican tourist card had been issued immediately before Oswald's and could not recall having seen Oswald on that day. Finally, Gaudet did not have any information concerning the omission of his name from the list published in the Warren Commission Report. Based upon this evidence, the Committee does not find a basis for concluding that Gaudet may have contacted Lee Harvey Oswald on behalf of the CIA. Although there is a conflict between Gaudet's testimony and his CIA file concerning Classification: | Classified by derivation:
Classification: | (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) the duration of his Agency contacts as well as the performance of errands, there is no indication from his file or testimony that Gaudet's cooperation involved clandestine activity. Again, it should be stressed that the Domestic Contacts Division, which was the Agency component that was in touch with Gaudet, was not involved in clandestine operations. , 9. Oswald's Trip to Helsinki and the Issuance of His Entry é Visa into the Soviet Union , ’ Oswald's trip from London to Helsinki has been a point of controversy because his passport indicates that he arrived in Finland on October 10, 1959 and the Torni Hotel in Helsinki had him registered as a guest on that date, but the only direct flight from London to..Helsinki landed at 11:33 p.m.; according to a memorandum signed in 1964 by Richard Helms, chad Oswald had taken this flight, he could Classification: —_— a “A “EA | Classified by derivation: a et te et ee
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) not ‘normally have cleared customs and landing formalities and reached the Torni Hotel downtown by 2400 (midnight) on the same day." _/ Further questions concerning this segment of a TZ “a Gh Oswald's trip have been raised by his ability to obtain a Soviet entry visa within only two days of having applied for it on October 12, 1959.% The Committee was unable to determine the circumstances ‘ surrounding Oswald's trip from London to Helsinki. Louis Hopkins, the travel agent who arranged Oswald's initial transportation from the United States, stated that he did not know Oswald's ultimate destination at the time that Oswald booked his passage on the freighter Marion Lykes; consequently, *Since Oswald arrived in Helsinki on October 10, 1959, which. was a Saturday, it is assumed that his first opportunity to apply for a visa was on Monday, the twelfth. Hopkins had nothing to do with the London to Helsinki leg of f Classification: f | Classified by derivation:
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) Oswald's trip. In fact, Hopkins stated that had he known Oswald's final destination, he would have suggested sailing on f another ship that would have docked at a port more convenient to Russia. Hopkins indicated that Oswald did not appear to be particularly well informed about travel to Europe. The travel agent did not know whether Oswald had been referred to him by anyone. A request for any files that the CIA and Department of Defense may have pertaining to Lewis Hopkins resulted in a negative name trace. The Committee was unable to obtain any additional sources of information regarding Oswald's London In contrast, the relative ease.with which Oswald obtained his Soviet Union entry visa was more readily amenable to ao) PAT TP This issue is one that was also assitication: \ to Helsinki trip. ; | Classified by derivation:
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted . : from ClA—controlled documents.) of concern to the Warren Commission. _/ In a letter to the CIA dated May 25, 1964, J. Lee Rankin inquired about the apparent speed with which Oswald's Soviet visa was issued. Rankin noted that he had recently spoken with Abraham Chayes of the State Department who contended that at the time Oswald received his visa to enter Russia from the Soviet Embassy in Helsinki, at least one week ordinarily passed between the time of a tourist's application for a visa and the issuance of the visa. Rankin contended that if Chayes' assessment was accurate, then Oswald's ability to obtain his tourist visa in two days might have been very significant. The CIA responded to Rankin's request for information t on July 31, 1964. Richard Helms wrote to Rankin that the Soviet Consulate in Helsinki was able to issue a transit visa (valid for 24 hours) to U.S. businessmen within five minutes, but Classification: = . | § ay : . | Classified by derivation: *