13-00000 2. 3. 10. ll. 12. 14, 16. 17. 19. 20. Memorandum for Winston m. SCOTT, dated 13 October 1966; Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. Note, undated, regarding contacts of ALFEREV. Memorandum ® uafente: Plans, dated 23 No ae WAfassass of Lee OSWALD with a WAfassassination Department. i Memorandum sod la. November 1964; Subject: June ‘4 : ri) FOIA No. 928-927] Memorandum for Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security Department of State, dated 16 September 1969; Subject: Charles William THOMAS. [FOIA No. 1133-992] CSCI 3/779,814, dated 30 January 1964; Subject: Jack L. RUBY'- Lee Harvey OSWALD. PARI-1731 (IN 73050), 4 December 1963 [FOIA No. 298-697] Note to Richard HELMS, dated 23 March 1964, regarding briefing at Allen DULLES ' home on 4 March 1964, (FOIA 618-793} Memorandum of Conversation, dated 16 January 1964; Subject: CIA Work in Support of the Warren Commis - sion. [SX-11057 - FOIA No. 482-193] CSCI-3/779,135 to FBI, dated 16 December 1963; Subject: Peter DERYABIN's Comments on the Kennedy Assassination. [FOIA No. 413-76A] Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 5 June 1964; Subject: Allegations Regarding Intelligence Training School in Minsk, USSR. [FOIA No. 726-314 XAAZ-17620] Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 31 March 1964; Subject: Reports on Activities and Travel of Lee Harvey OSWALD and Marina Nikolevna OSWALD. [FOIA No. 627-821] DIR-92725, 6 January 1964 [FOIA No. 456-771] Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN » dated 6 March 1964; Subejct: Ferrin 3 session Regarding Lee Harvey |f r 22, 1963. [FOIA 590- Note from PR 6 March 1964 Memorandum fo ated 20 February 1964; Subject: Documents Available in OSWALD's 201 File. (FOIA No. 563-810] Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 23 July 1964; Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. [DDP 4-3769] CSCI-3/778,881 to FBI, dated 27 November 1963; Subject: Lee H. OSWALD/Soviet Activities in Mexico City, 13 - 24 November 1963. [FOIA No. 187-622] DIR 85246, 26 November 1963 [FOIA No. 113-48] ee 869) (IN 67281) ,. 24 November 1963 [FOIA No. -§ a REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED
13-00000 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. Review of S File Regard pea Involvement = (BITE Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 31 Janua PROG Subject: Information Developed by CIA on the. Activity of Lee Harvey OSWALD in Mexico City, 28 September - 3 October 1963. [FOIA No. 509-803] ’ Memorandum for DC/OPS » dated 23 May 1975; Subject: d Items in the Lee Harvey OSWALD fi ya ASTRO Cuban Assassination. dated 15 May 1964; Subject: rede Hf (ype 1igence Service in Processing Vi: Reigetion of that Service to the Assassination of Presidént Kennedy. [XAAZ-36307 - FOIA No. 697-294] Memorandum £0 Note dated 10 April 1964 listing material from P-8593 shown to Warren Commission. [FOIA No. 653-828] Brief for Presentation to President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, 14 May 1964, [XAAZ-27212 ~ FOIA No. 695-302A] Memorandum for ROCCA, dated 12 May 1964. [XAAZ-~-22809 FOIA No. 689-298] Letter to E. Henry KNOCHE, dated 15 April 1975. Memorandum to Chief, CI/R&A, dated 19 June 1964; ‘Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD [XAAZ-27166 - FOIA No. 739-319] Memorandum for Deputy Director for Plans, dated ll May 1964; Subject: AMMUG/1 Information on Lee Harvey OSWALD. [XAAZ-27213 - FOIA Np. 687-295] Blind Memorandum, dated 5 May 1964; Subject: Debriefing of AMMUG/1 - OSWALD Case. Chronology of RGR Meetings with Members of the Warren Commission [XAAZ-27161] Memorandum for the Record, dated 1 April 1975; Subject: PANTER
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13-00000 c sep Raouen aN w _ ONS 1 April 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT:. Conversation with David W. BELIN, 1 April 1975 | Q: What was the line of reporting in God uring the period I served as working level point-of-contect with he Warren Commission Staff? A: It was a multiple leveledathings (a):-froin the Commission and AWD personally via McCone~t& Dick-Helmss...(b) from Helms to the two or three components petmently “coneernétSE, then SB, Dave Murphy; | CE}. | LA, then WH; a “Th practice the substantive $B input worked up by one of it Me ceokgonee vi headed by Lee Wigren--Minsk ‘de |G photo for exampl Teepe psed via CI. cr had own defector input. YY Ue” In addition, wsnatters cernto the investigation,  , | VES eo Dick Helms and Murphy aiso dealt direct! with the Commission. fe oe ae Did you hear: ? ?- [two crypts, one sounded by "Jackenet" 2]: ft °e . 8 I had not. Belin recalled that Castro had made a speech in which 4/ 95% UL. , he had charged assassination intent by emigres and had promised a retribution in kind if there was official support. er Q: Had any thought been given to the assumption that an anti-Castro _ assassination plot might have been underway, and fact it was known to Helms and.to Castro? [Mr. Belin said he now knew that Helms was, in fact, aware of somethin underway. regarding Castro. He had no evidence to show that I Ger bn informed about it. | Would that change any of the thinking’ ve Oswald! s Mexican trip and Sy contacts? E2 IMPDET CL BY 055431 CCb LETS | PAGE 3 ofc 1 P ROB fal) | | copy ¥9,— SS
13-00000 od PROMIBITED nena eas® N ~ eet we a Neer! - SUBJECT: Conversation with David W. BELIN, 1 April 1975 os “ b. Our defector : information strongly insists that al] Western military defectors--1ike Oswald--were screened by the 13th DepartmentXo* =6 aie Ss . vF Nis “? “oo : c. Thinness of Fite turned over by Soviets in view of b. I acknowledgedincetrosp ect—that-Cuban—bypothesis was worth reron- sidering, enough it would appear t OdeeO Finn SO be edan later (i.e. after 1967-68, Venceremos, etc.). Q: Why did Oswald's lies include a denial to Dallas police that he had made the Mexican trip unless there wascso ething important to hide about it? All his other lies concerned: key factual elements of his cover story. Why also did Marina.deny-she knew anything about the Mexican trip in her first story <€6” the ‘FBE}-which she later rectified before the Warren Commission?,<MrBelin- noted that he had left the hypothesis of Castro/Cuban involvement: ‘operp'in his book. He added that it would have been important to= ‘Have known the facts about the anti-Castro plot at the tdmevet the Warren Commission investigation. He felt the least he abd&-have doreywould have been to have insisted on the polygraphing o Mavi na. Set regarding her knowledge of Oswald's Mexican trip. - rafmont L Rocca Counter Intelligence Operations  CCCLETT NEPRODUCTION — oo PROWBITED mae A oD
13-00000 | REPRODUCTION : PROIGITED a 5 HAY 19d Subject= General: ODsbdeiefing oP Aline i nid : Specistos MAES CBS a qe Aare aly.. ERE A ae -N ‘ TES SCURCE DOES NOT AAVE DIES Tone Giomsinga oF Lee ‘ISB econ OSWALD Oh HIS ACTIVITIES BUT AS ABLE TO PROVIDES ITEMS‘OF ENDERSST BASED ON COMMENTS OF CUBAN DITELLIGSNCE i OFFICERS ASJIGNED TO THE DIRECOION QENSAAL DS INPELIOSCLA, OF WHICH Ti, SOURCE HIMSEL? WAS A STAFF OFFICER. THS DISOHMATION APPEARTIEG BELCH WAS FURNISHED OF THE SOURCE AND 15 REYED. TO QUESTIONS SUSMITTEZD BY KUDESI + woman 1, Prion te-Osbeber 1963, QsWAlo visited ths Cuban Embassy in Mexico Clty 09 tsbatiitiseenossanions Berore, and afcer these visits, OSWALD ||) waz in contact with fON GENERAL DE ELICENCLA (ESI), spechit cally with Inisa CALDERCN, Hamel VeGA Perea anck ogsito RODRIGUEZ Lopase VECA whose Cuban intelligence: pseudonyms is MARCOS is the current | ‘Cuoan I5 chis? in Mexico. He recently had had’ a. -bpur of duty in Habana, prior to which he held the same poat aa(Sen. as Cuban is’ chiet ‘in Nexico. 7 intelligence pseudonyms, V5 Castelo “end Jose Antonio, . , =~ 2s The precise relations! eR Iantsa CALDERON to the DOI is not.clsar, Sha scent about six months in Mexicd from which she returned to Cuba osarly in 195). RODRIGUEZ is a a st ape ottiese in Mexico, He has three Cubes COMMENT: WH/SA/CE has the following references concerming luisa CaLSER0N Carraleros: She was assigned to the commercial office cf the Cuban Babessy in Mexico City, and she had arrived in Mexico on 16 Jarmary 1963 and on 2. Decembex 1963 made a reservation to return to Cuba on Cubana Mrlinss MENT 7371, 13 December 1963 IN-80351, Hit-0153." Shs loft Hexleo Clty for Havana on 35 Dacember 1963 using passport £/63/7 "HEX 7423, 1? December 1963, L-62692, Another referencs "MMMA-2097L, 25 March 1963," said that her data. of arrival in Hexico was 19 Janmarxy 1963 end that. sha had replaced Rosario VAZQUEZ, mn Mextcan secretary in the commercial office. Other references apparently cone cerning the subject ars HMt-6913 and 4EXZ 3205 T-56592 dated 25 Jamary 1963 waicn de not appear to add anything of | interest to that. given above. 2. ‘The source does not know. whet oles or not the Cuban Services used OSWALD ia ary ager capacity or other mann eid siden’ Kennudy reached the 3. A. then news of the —— WY 0 of Fre al % OSWALD had been in the Cuban wal, 1b caused mech comnert concerning ag fac GOLEF TS PROWIBITED == tps 202
13-00000 (— . field officers of tha DOI to gort and ‘package | alt: a Hijo ad Yor alh headquarters and ‘documsnts according to whether they usre voeRy secrete" (very sgsrét), "Ss ecrata? Geers) 9» and “Srportante!! (imest want). The material once packaged waste te held santing further instruce Sions. In addition, all tyavel. by Dal af tteges and all 23or pouches Ware sus— pended temorarily. koe EY SAye7 3 SK “ye B, When the news that was the assasgin ruached the ror, Unare was no imsediate comment but, whon Mdsl CASYRO spoke on tolevision to deny Cudan involvenont, there was ” considerable coma concerning UNvALD's visit to tae Cuban Emtassy in Mexico, Abt this time VAGA, who has been mentioned previously, was in Cuba and commented te a group of DCI staf? officers that OSHALD had come to tho Cuban Embassy in Mexico to request a visa but had been refused. VAGA did not give any details and the subject was not pursusd. . hh. It is not known whether information on USWAID's visit to the Cuban ye Privacy in Heclee. In addition, ordsro. wary, ise: TS, Consulate in Mexico in September 1953 was relayed to any Cuban service, S. It is net knowm if the Cuban intelligence services had contuct with ‘the New Orlsans? Pair Play for Cuba Committee. 6 The only Melina who is recallad is "The Hook", the Cuban who was cme vicbed in New York City for the murder of a young girl during a clash between two Cuban groupg. The DOL staf’ officer who had been in tho United Nations in tiew York’, SANTICSTAQAN traveled to Cuba with "The dook" and with another Cubm named CRIGUELA and upon arrival in Cuba tried to obtain : employment fox both © individuals, The names Pedro Charlss and Peter have no known significance, 7e ‘Thea reaction of Sovlot officials in contact with the Cuban intelli- gence services is not known. 8 Nothing is known about Soviet provosals following tae news cf Presiders Kemedy's assassinatian. b>» 9. The only fabrication known 1s the special natter by Fidel CASTRO ors= viously mentioned, . 10. Hothing is mown about Jacl RUDENSTEOY axa Jack RUXY. ai. The name Gllserte LOPSZ is not familiar but, Lf he vialted DGX head= quarters, a photograph of him possibly could be identified. 12, OGWALD's photo was seen in tha newspapers but notalng is known about him other than what avpeared in the press. ere Pateal ‘ OLLPEG REPRODUCTION ls | { | . a a ae 2 ser uteseateter ei ae)
13-00000 “Vere the Cuben serviese us ed in eny agent capacity, or ‘in ' Was there any contact between the Cuben intelligence services end ‘known also as "Peter"? assassination? REPRODUCTIO: uN Proposed Questions on oSyala Case ry a , ow —_ e Come gs ™ Swe“ ans 4 eo Vas Lee Harvey osvALD meen" #o.4ue cubs: infeliig ence services before 23 Novenber ae ‘iv So vitich ‘service ? Wie ive wiber 19637 What wes the reaction of the Cuban intelligence services to news. of President Kennedy's assassination? To the news thet OSWALD was the assassin? . . any other manner, before 2 Was information on OSWALD's visit to the Cuben Consulete In Mexico City in September 1963, relayed to any Cuban service? Tf * 803 what action was teken? : the New Orleans’ Fair Play For Cuba Committee? — . Has - ‘subject ever heard of Mario del, ROSARIO Noline, 0 or Pedro Charles . How did the Soviet officials in conte 2ct with ‘the Cubsn intelligence services react to news. of the. essessine ation? _ . DL the Soviets propose eny type of ‘action or investigation to the Cubesn intelligence services following the news of President Kennedy's Was eny provocative material deliberately fabricated by the Cuben  ~ services or others and sent to the United States to coafuse the ° investigation of the OSWALD case? Was Jeck RUBENSTEIN aka Jag Je RUBY known to the Cuben Intelligence services? If so, In what way? Does subject lmow a Gilberto LOPEZ who entered Mexico on Novenber 23, 1963 at Neuvo Laredo, Texes and four days later proceded to - Havena by special plene. He was 23 years old od carried a . 7, U.S. passport. He also had e Mexican tourist permit. Develop me all information you can on this individual. Attached is a phot tograph of OSWALD, end a letter from Havena : ee which is self-explenatory for gwidence of the case officer. Under ‘ no clreumstences should the contents of the letter be mede know to the suoject. Tois information ceame-from the Secret Service and : oo on, 7) Oo oo 12 ED PAGE 8 of COPY NO.
13-00000 . REPRODUCTION PROMBITED 2 \assiFesa ee mis aL a ns i con *: mal SECRET ~ bat / ROUTING AND LRESORD SHEET fo 1 ECT (Optional) 7 a ae - & Chief, CIR. “ ~ aeeek TO: (Officer designation, room number, and bulbdie) @ ‘ m be Ke OFFICER'S COMMENTS (Number each comment to show frem whom : . : | necawven “f ronwanoto | te whom, Orow @ line ocrass column after each comment.) pp Document? wnte SB T-AY 5 Noe ee R- eraed rom 610 re [] SECRET 7 Efe D We ONY oO UNCLASSIFIED OCLEee REPRODUCTION — Sg co PROMBITED BE
13-00000 REPR e pePlooueTion PROSIBITED ine BXAAZ-27213 : eo a ll May 1964 | Ke 7 OK ye ° wy MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Plans SUBJECT: © AMMUG/1 Information on Lee a OSWALD ar 1, This memorandum ds ... and for action, The proposed lines of netisaass indicated, in paragraph 4, a we . ASS 4 oe? 2. AMMUG/ lp Bia Ctban, Intelligence Service defector, has produced infoxmation o of/interest to the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, CI Staff learned of AMMUGAY o2'30 April, A questionnaire was submitted by the Staff on 1! y (Attachment A), Mr. Swenson, who is handling the AMMUG/1 debriefing, provided a reply on 5 May (Attachment B). It was clear from Mr. Swenson!s summary that AMMUG/1 had information bearing on the OSWALD relationship with the Cuban Embassy and Cuban intelligence personnel in Mexico City, albiet his knowledge was not that of a direct participant in matters affecting OSWALD, A follow-up questionnaizve was submitted to AMMUG/1 on 6 May (Attachment C), Mr. Swenson!s reply was dated 8 May (Attachment D), Attention is directed particularly to the content of paragraph two of Attachment D, 3. We have the problem of reconciling the operational exploitation of AMMUG/1 and satisfying the responsibilities we have undertaken with Mr.. Ranking AMMUG/1 is suchan operational gold mine that.-Mr,. Swenson wants, at a maximum, two months to work fully.. It is palpable, however, that we must furnish to the Commission the substance of AMMUG/I1's e3 BOB i . Document Number CR TAGS . 20 /- ay ate COCLF es TS,
13-00000 REPRODUCTION | RTE information on OSWALD before thaty Oe ‘the, previous record of our association with the Commisston,: particularly with Mr. Rankin, it seems possible for the gency to: AyorRvout an arrangement with Mr, Rankin personally, siiat ‘would. take: care of their needs and ours © after a frank discussion of; the -Aquitjes, | a 4, Itis recommended War the DDP in person or via a designee, preferably the former, discuss the AMMUG/1 situation on a very restricted basis with Mr, Rankin at his earliest convenience either at the Agency or at the Commission headquarters, Until this takes place, it is not desirable to put anything in writing. Raymond G, Rocca Chief, CI Research and Analysis Attachments ce: G/CI | C/WH/6 (without atty ae C/WH/SA/CGI (without att) A8l-29924¢F CCULPES pczt1 gp 212
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13-00000 ° nevRonuenie PROWIBITED HES _ , o 07 May 1964 MEMORANDUM ron: Chis, ‘Counter + intelligence Staif Ae ention:: Mr. Roca ee SUBJECT Generst<Y’ ‘Debrigting of AMMUG-1 rd _ Specific : The Oswald Case 4 REFERENCE : Blind Memorandum dated 05 May [pst S l. Reference is made toa telephone conversation yesterday ml with Chief, CI Staff concerning this. matter, e 2. Because 1 am not aware of the information already available to the Commission investigating the Cswald Case or furnished by the Agency, my debriefing of the Source has been based on the questions prepared by the CI Staff and on what the - Source answers have suggested’ 1 shall be glad to pursue any ~ other topics meer eY Staff, 3. The Fo Nplforsiation in ra , addition to that in the of interest? oS Sv Cie a. Luisa CALDERON, since she returned to Cuba, has been paid a regular salary by the DGI even though she has not performed any services. Her home is in the Vedado section where the rents are high. reference might } b. Source has known CALDERON for several years. Before going to Mexico, she worked in the Ministry of Exterior Commerce in the department which was known as the fEmpresa Transimport". Her title was Secretary General of the Communist . Youth in the department named in the previous sentence. “Ts c. Luisa CALDERON ome directly from her position in the Ministry of Exterior Commerce to a post in México, a matter of surprize to the. Source. . D es oe aes d. Rogelio RODRIGUEZ Cope (DGI pseudo MORCOS), shortly before he left Cuba’ for ‘Mexico on or about 16 April 1964, 7 ee saw CALDERON. a“ NS” Na Se / AY, pare BLo27 yo 302 23, aN, mari =e a a od rates De Cy ae On Sp hempes ogee F vereiaeeetateeen SS ae zo asuys prsed url 3 eT ~ | ZAI 234 aay GOCLRET PROLIBITED |
13-00000 reveal the identity of the Souree,,” his. defection to KUBARK, or the extent of his knowledge of DGE. activities might prejudice the operationakuse of the. Source himself and of information which he has: ‘provided: » ‘Accordingly, it might be appropriate to paint out “to-the: Gommission (as agreed by DC/WH/SA) thakKUBARE. hopes, by using the Source, to obtain access to DGI persapmel including those mentioned in paragraph 3 above. S . 4. As explained to CI stati’ én any: -poblicity which would | } | ' Harold F, Swenson ° Chief, WH/SA/CI 20(- VLE ANS CoCineg “pace 15 or 212 COPY NO. ———
13-00000 PROMISITED Pee ene pe ag er He 6. May 1964 we : ne ~ Proposed Oestdin ox Onyatd Case REFERENCE: Debriefing of f MuG-1,, dated'5 ‘May 1964 1, ~The source says that pilon sd Qctohey 4963, Oswald visited the Guban Embassy In Sa mee ‘en two or three occasions, It is public knowledge hay: in tdmelee during the perlod 9-26-63 to 10-3-63,. : A) When did source learn of these visits « before or after the assassination? Please describe in detall the clreumstances under which soures learned this rane and Identitles of the persons invalved, SONG B) Did these visita take. place: daring the aforementioned pericd or is the source referring to previous visits. If the latter, try to get more speciiic details | Fegarding these trips and the orlgin of the Faas information, 2 The source state SeSotox’,. ‘Gating, and after these visits Oswald was In contact wit the’ DGI, specifically Lulsa CALDEROWN, Manuel VEG res and Rogelio RODRIGUEZ Lopez. This would appear to mean that one or more contacts were made after Oswald returned to the United States Le. , between 103-63 and 1922-53, A) What dees source msan by contact? B) Can he break down these contacts by the speetfic ine dividual named, place and fre of contact, and date of eceurence? C) Did Oswald know or have reason ‘to suspect the lntelli- gence connections of these persona? D) What was the purpose of these contacts? treet *f G3 XAF2-27213 REPRODUCTION = - ne : + geaggte-
13-00000 © REPHODUCTION PROLISITED E) If Oswald did not know baa i intelligence affillations of these individuals, what pretext, ary were ernployed In contacting him? ro . F) Did soureace ever see any documentary material on any : of these contacts, or any correspondence Initiated by or addressed to Oswald? G) Did the DGI ever employ physical survelllonces, technical devices or camera equipment to cover these contacts. H) The source says he does not know qvhether the Guban services used Oswald In any agent capacity or otherwise, This obviously makes it more important to check out what the source meant in question one. 3. Did the DG! ever Initlate an Investigation of Oswald? 4 What was the reason for packaging files at DGI headquarters and fleld offices after news of the assassination was received? | 5. Source was asked whether any provocative material was deliberately fabricated by the Cubans (Question 9) to confuse the Investigation of Oswald, The raply attributed to him was, "the only fabrication known Is the special matter by Fidel CASTRO previously mentioned." Pleage clarlfy.- REPRODUCTION ee PAGE Li of C= PROMIBIMED - | an copy HO.
13-00000 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Countér intelligence Staff Attention ‘Mx. “Rocka | | SUBJECT General : Dethiefing “af. AMMUG-1 Specific DAG ‘The Oswald Case“ aS ye REFERENCE SA, Blind Memorandum dated 05 May 1964 v | B. Memorandum dated 07 May 1964 . | C. Conversations between CI Staff and C/WH/SA/CI | 1, When the Oswald Case first was discussed with the Source the | specific questions prepared by CI Staff were posed. The answers given by the Source were reported.in Reference A. That memorandum which I dictated to a CI Staff stenographer appears accurate except for sentence #9 which should have said that the only possible "fabrication" known by Source was the specific denial by Fidel CASTRO, ona television program, of any Cuban knowledge of Oswald. = 2. On 07 and 08 May 1984. I further discussed the Oswald Case - with the Source in order to clarify exactly what he knew and what he had heard. In the light of the explanation given by him, I believe that a clearer understanding of what he knows can be reached if I record his knowledge without using the question and answer format. Accordingly, in the following paragraphs I shall report all the information given by the Source paraphrasing his explanations and comments. \ " ] have no personal imowledge'c Lee Harvey OSWALD or his activities and I do not know that OSWALD was an agent of the Direccion General de Inteligencia (BGI) or any other directorate or department of the Cuban Goverument. I first heard of ogwai after thie assassination of President Kennedy when news media carried the name of OSWALD. Personnel in Hib f first.commented about the case, so far as I can recall, onday after lunch when a group of officers, of whom I was one, were chatting. The officers present were about. ten including Roberto SANTIESTEBAN, Norberto HERNANDEZ de Curbelo, Andres ARMONA, Pedro FARINAS Diaz and weer wo wf > 4 toe ailing te “al “G+ tinea or re vw we ‘ v . At © am iy mee “20 25T2IC | Ak 4G KANe-21a\2 CELLBEL PORTED EES
13-00000 e 7 ‘REPRODUCTION PROWBITED Oy | - Manuel VEGA Perez. Manuel VEGA Perez previously had been assigned to Mexi¢o-in.the Cuban\Consulate where he was the principal intelligence. officer. of the DGI. VEGA mentioned that t OSWAED had\gone’ fo the Cuban Consulate two or three fines: in connection with a visa application during the timestha YEGA,W as in Mexico. I gathered, ! although I do not now that VEGA made any specific | statement to this effect, that VEGA personally had seen OSWALD. I well could have reached this conclusion | because normally VEGA and his assistant in Mexico for the DGI, Rogelio RODRIGUEZ Lopez, would see persons | applying for a visa to go to Cuba. This is because DGI | officers are charged with expediting the granting of visas of agents of the DGI. Such agentston appearing at the 7 Consulate use a special phrase(to insicate their relationship \ with the DGI, (I do not know the particular phrase used in every case. I do Inovw'that, agents from El Salvador in requesting visas always made mention of the name "Mauricio" ) The DGI officers ‘Consulate’ interview visa applicants to find out if they @ugents,. ‘If the Visa applicant does not use one of the in idphrases,, the DGI officers instead of granting the visu immaddiatety, tell the applicant to return in afew days. The officer flien notifies Habana and requests authority for the visa. YI cannot recall if VEGA even made the statement that he had requested permission to issue a visa to OSWALD, but I feel sure that he would have done so because VEGA had said that OSWALD had returned several times and this would be the usual procedure, I believe that Rogelio RODRIGEEZ Lopez also would have seen OSWALD because he worlmwith VEGA and also would have screened visa applicants LS aN I thought that Luisa cataton aig have had contact with OSWALD because I learned: about-IRMarch 1964, shortly before I made a trip to Mexica: that asheth d been involved with gn American in Mexicg©)FBb information to which I refer was told to me by a DGI cage dfficex namied Norberto HERNANDEZ de Curbelo. ( rend gen with HERNANDEZ fhe 189 Grand ‘bi 8 srs batrsihe oy Ge . CUCLESS REPRODUCTION — an
13-00000 _ because he gave me $40, SE Sbuy some shoes and . = other items during my trip to Mexico, ) I had commented to HERNANDEZ thatit seemed strange that Luisa CALDERON’ swas receiving a salary from the DGI although site. apparently did not do any work . for the Service HERNANDEZ told me that hers was a peculiar case. and that-he-himself believed that she a . had been reerGited in: Mexico by the Central Intelligence - ~ _ Agency althoagh Manugi” PINEIRO, the Head of the DGI, did not agree. As Nrecall, HERNANDEZ had investigated Luisa CALDERON. This was because, during the time she was in Mexico, the DGI had intercepted a letter to her by an American who signed his name as OWER (phonetic) or something similar. As you know, the pronunciation of Anglo-Saxon names is difficult in'Syanish so I am not sure of how the name mentioned by HERNANDEZ should be spelled. It could have been Howard" or something different. As I understood the matter, the letterfrom the American wags a love letter but-ifidicated that: there was a Clandestine- professional relatior onship between the’ writer and Luisa CALDERON. alsqunderstood from HERNANDEZ that after the interceptYon 1 of thie\ letter she had been followed . and seen in the com an American. I do not know if this could have been OSWALD, I, myself, considered the case of Luisa CALDERON unusual because I had known her before she went to Mexico when she worked in the Ministry of Exterior Commerce in the Empresa Transimport Department where she was Secretary General of Communist Youth. She was transferred directly from that position to a post in Mexico which seemed strange. Se ee eS The. only other person about whom you asked me in connection with this, whom I recall, is Sylvia RAN and I know very little about her. What happengd\was that I was in the Cuban ° Embassy in Mexico on 23 Mapcho64 ut 1230 in the afternoon ~~ preparing to return to Habana: the same ay. I was talking to some other Cubans including. Rogelio. RODRIGUEZ Lopez and inu BUENAVENTURAof the Cuban\Einbassy; a courier named "Enio", a courier y: med" Tatot;. and one other Cuban whom I cannot recall. eo BAW a.pretty “girl standing at the end of sameone asked who she was, and one bf the group said it ¥ was ia DURAN (ft. PROWISITED «= yg QR
13-00000 I recall that, after the xiaws sof the ‘assassination of President Kennedy reached the DGK-orders were issued for all offics of thaDCI, at Headquarters and in the field, to sort and packsge alldocuments ‘according to whether they were "muy‘s stator (vexy secret), "gecreto" (secret), or "importante" stant): The material, once packaged, was to be held pending il instructions. All travel by DGI officers and all DGI pouches were suspended temporarily, In addition, I recall that DGI Headquarters personnel were instructed either to remain in the DGI Headquarters offices or to keep the DGI aware of their whereabouts so that they could be reached immediately. I do not lmow the reason for these nmeasures but I believe it logical that they were issued bécause of the possibility that the United State might take some type of action against Cuba and the DGI offices, As nearly as I can recall, we were able to unpackage DCI files . . and use them normally abou the aS 6f December 1963. " - SS S 3. In brief, the Source does not ‘claim to have any Significant about the activities of OSWALDG\If the, paraphrased comments of the Source are considered to feefurther: clarification, I suggest that Mr. Rocca, who is most fa. iligx with. the details of the OSWALD Dearie Case, talk to the sate ee cam bevarranged at any time. Mean- BE ra) E So 5 © g: re) ® 1 B 3] a9 oe 5 bb Al °° 5 1%. aye e. 2. @ = e 5 ae ot o | while, I shall have a q a forthcoming LCFLUTTER to determine whether or no the Sagres & seems to have concealed any information on this matter. Harold F, Swenson Chief, WH/SA/CI PROBED  — me
13-00000 ° ss RPRepUETION PROMMBITED ["] UNCLASSIFIED ©) -ygffRiAL C] conbSENTIAL KI) secret i 3 ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET 7 SUBJECT: (Optional) . EXTENSIGNS K.NO. FROM: BONO gf oy me ww . esas. . & se } + Soe . 0.7, vey vo . - Hl Chief, CI/R&A JO: (Officer designation, reom number, and ~~ t OFFICER'S) - @OMMENTS {Number sach comment to show from whom building) INITIALSN © io"whom. Draw a line across column alter each comment.) 7 | DDP a I think you will be | : ee . SY particularly interested ih para- 2. graph 3 of Mr, Dooley's memo | of record, attached, Art went 3. over to wind up/loose end we had with regard to the AMMUG information we had previously furnished, ' Chief, CI/R&A Rock _ BY HAND a S “5 . oa Document « Numbo, 139-34 9 - for FOIA Review on. “UN 1976 SME AS wn om GO “Ettise AE) Secret © ([] CONFIDENTIAL 7] [ATERNAL, © [7] UNCLASSIFIED PROMBMED 0 Be TE
13-00000 a ton ao ae] ii en A wedt ‘ eee pies ay Peace sat arisen gy aig ee ode + ade ar rn a. ys oe t wa Prasect§ ra Be iPS) ae coe Bes eee * : Ly 2°, ia fs i ues way y a satay * igs a yet: ro a ooh, fa aed Wirt inn a carepes net be <7) rare sy tebe OTE GT” “oe bit Fee eet pe eee fet herr Re E ae 1aTa / 4 ae CO BBINT eae tem satire tent ee ae Sates withyn Wily ade jena int ben he al a tem em, hed SOURCE EVALUATION: The Source is believed to ‘be. very reliable. -We have established through, inde pendent- vidence and cross- . Checking that the major _pa art-of she intelligence information funtiiihed by. himigtanique stionably true. For exsinply, we: ‘knew independent of this Source nies nuel LVEGA; ‘Perez and Rogelio RODRIGUES. ese Cuban intelligence officers in Mexico. RES oy WARNING NOTICE . SENSITIVE SOURCES AMD: METHODS INMOLVED. ae nee Culiseg PACE 23. of C12 BT rel) | COPY No. __
13-00000 | ; KAAZ~ LT EG 19 Juae 1964 a "cena Hens ve ANNU lm zy) : Chief, CL/RBA a wae) « wry and Werrea CHHISSION Mr. Raymond AC Boseay’” “ comes Nica PROT cies ie Be Co “> with relute d docunents. . Gey yor (202 ~289, Bu3) | -1. On 15 May 196%, we provided the President's Comuissioi with a summacy of our debriefing of Cuban defector AIfM™G 1 who had no personal lnowledge of Oswald and no information linklag him to the Cuban intelligznce services in any manner. As a follow-up, iv. Howard P, ‘liens of the Commission. asked if he could see the questions used in the interrogation. .. 2. on 18 june, I took the questions end source's responses to the Comalssion and shoved them to Mr. Wiltens. He studied thea and returned tha questions. to. me with oo eee eve icn cet they were ‘ vary thorough and fully satisfied his. péquirements. He said that he sav no need tu pursue this anghs any further. ‘The questions and enswers exhibited to Mr. Willensvare attached. At no tim: during our contacts with th: Comalssion did ve disclose the soures's Lldentity or cryptonya. . 3. il. wllicns indicated that the Commission wes winding up its investigation. He was highly complimentary of CIA, veferring to the ageney personnel he encountered here and in Mixico us "real necPessionals." Mr. Willens asked that convey his test regards to you. . Document Number 139- K wG AC ca Sb RB ee Ce, Sy tk Ze Doole for FOIA Roview obs. GUN 1976. . n a ae role woOLey Attachment; a/s SAME as ty 4) 13. Sv . aN 2)” ; “Orig & 1 - C/CI/RgA Sig 1 - CI/R&8A/AEDooley L - cr/kea /Chrono | du} ley 7 J y REPRODUCTION — oe
13-00000 & Zo as S&S = Ss = = AQCTICE ‘ ice a AMD . OLY ‘ED or . fav LoD ONS 6 May 1964 Feoposed Ques tions ‘on Oswald eee | REPERLNC; Debrdc ling of Gan, Source: dint 5 iny 1954 | . | XS ~ “yer a ° | } L. the source seys that priag to 6 Rober 1953, Oswald visitad the Cuban Embassy in Mexico C ‘@n two or three occasions. It is public knowledge he was in Mexico during the period 9-26-63 to 10-3-63. ; A) When did source learn of these visits - before ov after the assassination? Please describedin detail the circumstanses under which source learned this Qeetion and identities of | the persons involved. LOS B) Did these visits Nit plice. dteing tho aforementionsd period or is th: sour emveferring: to-prgvious visits. If the lattec, try to gst m@Pe Specific detafYs regarding these trips aad the origin os sa ‘gource*s information. 2. ‘thee sources gtate Ne Wore, during, end after these visits Ncvald vas in scntact Heporhs DGI, specifically Luisa ° CALDSRON, Manusl VEGA ‘ez and Rogello RODRIGUEZ Lopez. This would appear to mean that one or more contacts wics made after Osvala returned to the United States i.v., between 10-3-03 and 11-22-63. A) that does scuyce mean by contact? B) Can he brvek duwm these contacts by the specific Individual uamed, place ani type of contuct, and date of occurrence ? oN C) Did Oswald Inow or have reason to: suspsit the intclligence connections of these pes rsons ? D) What wag the pucpose of these contacts? &) If Oswald did not know the: inte sLligence affiliations of these ladividuals, what pretexts, if any, were employed in contacting him? F) Did soucee eves see any canting inatevial on any on , these conta:ts, o: ony correspondence initiated by or addressad ; bo Oswald? . Jor aod ia} b Fe 0g es caer Oe AY HA Ooh 6 TASTED OOS + KY Copy wh Yo
13-00000 REPRODUCTION = PROXIBITED - G) Did the DGL ever emp Loge. physical: surveillane es, technical devices ov cansra cand pment ter cove r these contacts? it) The source says Maus’ not know whether the Cuban survices. used Oswald ian any agent, capacity or otherwise. this otviously mak:s it : ace piporten -$6 chack out vhat the source meant in question ond Sb Ss” QS ) Sp hid the DGI 2a initiate en navestigation of Osvala? (‘eat was the reason for packaging files at DGI headquarters and tisid offices after news of the assassination was received? Source was usked whether any provocative material was delibera fabricated by the Cubans (Question 9) to confuse the invustiga of Oswald. The reply attributed to him was, "the only fabrica Inowm is the special matter by Fidel CASTRO previcusly mention Please clarify. Addtndun 18 June with vetegenee to 3s ‘he only possible fabricdtion ‘known by source was the sp:cific denial by Fidel CASTRO on a TV program of any Cuban knowledge of Oswald. ~ Lely tion | tion | 2d. ba) pace CO of 242. 30) 2 Gt.) ae) e
13-00000 c REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED SENSITIVE SON TS Aw amen INS fo) ~ Subject - General: Debriesing of ‘Cuban Source Specific: | SED: €ase . , oe ae WK? To The source does not have ses Cy eage of Lee Harvey OSWALD or his activities but was abl@to provide items of interest based on Cuban intelligence officers assigned to the Direccion General De Inteligencia. The information appearing below was furnished by the source and is keyed to questions submitted. ~S l. Prior to October 1963, osucAi.ns isited the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City on two or three, cdécasions. Before, during and after these visits, OSWALD was jxcontact with the Direccion General De Inteligencia (DGI), specifi€ally. with Luisa CALDERON, Manuel VEGA Perez and Rese RODRIGUEZ Dopez. VEGA wre Cian aeantigence pseudonym is MARCOS is the current Cub Sc ibe Mexico. He recently has had a tour of duty in Habana, prigr’to which he held the same post as now as Cuban IS chief in Mexico. _ RODRIGUEZ is a Cuban IS staff officer in Mexico. He has three Cuban intelligence pseudonyms, Eduardo, Casirmiro and Jose Antonio. The precise relationship of Luisa CALDERON to the DGIis not clear. She spent about six months in Mexico from which she returned to Cuba early in 1964, 2. The source does not know whether or not the Cuban Services used OSWALD in any agent capacity or other manner, 3. A. When news of the assassination of President Kennedy reached the DGI, it caused much comment concerning the fact OSWALD had been in the Cuban Embaasy in Mexico. In addition, orders were issued for all headquarters and field officers of the DGI to sort and package all documents according to whether they sof vf oS PAGE Ql of ele COPY NO. * .
— PROHIBITED Nee : . Me Sean . . ; _ Ub SENSITESE SA tnac fs ARO a wee srs 7 ad > METHOL S he POLVED , pnreer we Si were ''Muy secreto! (very secret), "secrete (secret), and "importante" (important). THé material once packaged was to be held pending further instruétions. In addition, all travel by DGI officers and all DGI pouskeeovere:sugporces temporarily. ypheny B. When the news that Sky XLp was the assassin reached the DGI, there was no immediate comment but, when Fidel CASTRO spoke on television to deny Cuban involvement, there was considerable comment concerning OSWALD's visit to the Cuban Embassy in Mexico. At this time VEGA, who has been mentioned previously, was in Cuba and commented to a group of DGI staff officers that OSWALD had come to the Cuban Embassy in Mexico to request a visa but had been refused. VEGA did not give any details and the subject was not pursued, 4. It is not known whether information on OSWALD's visit to the Cuban Consulate in Mexico in September 1963 was relayed to any Cuban service. 5. It is not known if the Cuban intelligence services had contact with the New Orleans! Fair Play for Cuba Committee. 6. The only Molina who.-is ‘recalled ig 'The Hook", the Cuban who was convicted in New York City for the murder of a young girl during a clash between two Cuban groups. The DGI staff officer who had been ° in the United Nations in New York, SANTIESTABAN traveled to Cuba with 'The Hook" and with another Cuban named ORIHUELA and upon arrival in Cuba tried to obtain employment for both individuals. The “ names Pedro Charles and Peter have no known significance, 7. The reaction of Soviet officials in contact with the Cuban intelli- gence services is not known. 8. Nothing is known about Soviet proposals following the news of President Kennedy's assassination, — 9. The only fabrication known is the special matter by Fidel CASTRO previously mentioned. - 10. Nothing is known about Jack RUBENSTEIN aka Jack RUBY. ll, The name Gilberto LOPEZ is not familiar but, if he visited DGI headquarters, a photograph of him possibly could be identified. 12. OSWALD's photo was seen in the newspapers but nothing is known about him other than what appeared inthe press. ..; keene. lal LES ayy SoS Dt ONBIED : j COCLSCL pacse CO of 2LL
13-00000 L. w cs mn o~ LO. ll, HH SONAR TN wat lS : REPRODUCTION PROGMBITED | Chita. filthy > MLOUICE we, StOE SENTINE be ork AND . METHOOS © OL VED AESOP 8 © 4 say oD aEESepiNe Was Lee Harvey QS WAED | kaows" to the Cuban intelligence services before 23 Novepster: 393K Tkso which service? Were the roe Shing OSWALD in any agent capacity, or in any other manner, REE 23 November 1963? . | i} What was the reaction of the Cuban intelligence services to news | of President. Kennedy's assassination? To the news that OSWALD ! was the assassin? . Was information on OSWALD's visit to the Cuban Consulate in Mexics . City in September 1963, relayed to any Cuban service? If so, what i action was taken? Was there any contact between the Guban intelligence services and the New Orleans! Fair Play for Cuba Committee ? Has subject ever heard of Mario del ROSARIO Molina, or Pedro Charles known also as "Peter''? . How did 'the Soviet Miele is in contact with the Cian , intelligence services react to sews, df the assassination? Did the Soviet propose aa type of action or investigation to the Cuban inte /igence service’ following the news of President Kennedy's assas sinatic: ; . Me ce Wasa ehcp atest deliberately fabricated by the.Cuban_ servi oF ou@tpand sent to the United States to confuse the investipationeF fhe OSWALD case? Was Jack RUBENSTEIN aka Jack RUBY known to the Cuban. intelligence services? If so, in what way? ; ‘ Does subject know a Gilberto LOPEZ who entered Mexico on November 3, 1963 at Neuvo Laredo, Texas and four days later proceded to Havana by special plane. He was ¢3 years old and carried a U.S. passport. He also had a Mexican tourist permit. Develop all information you can on this individual. 7 Y Rey “4 t! if 4 tat akg, ahi, a wan aon eve meme is) dni vee nce te semanas rea ewan jane HON ice nt . AND hone . a mee G2Cisce PAGE 29 6 212
13-00000 ee ae : c=) ~ Rig ———-PROBIBITED ¥aaculve Regtsiey COMMISSION ON CIA ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES Washington, DC 20500 Nelson A, Rockefeller, David W, Gelin, Chairman Executive Director Jonn T. Connor April 15, 1975 C. Douglas Dillon Erwin N. Griswold Lane Kirkland IN Lyman L. Lemnitzer a Co ~ Ronald Reagan an oe Edgar F, Shannon, dr. ro a a Qo Sy fe ; ns Mr... E. Roney Knoche.» Assistapf “to, the: DE ee Centr intelligence Asency Washinkan, Ory ace ° ‘3 Na Dear Mr. Kno As you know, there have been allegations that the CIA was involved in a plan to assassinate Fidel Castro. For the purposes of this letter, we will assume that these allegations are correct, and based upon this assumption I would like to know the answers to the following questions: 1. Did anyone with the CIA tell any member of the Warren - Commission or any lawyer serving on the Warren Commission staff that such plans had been underway? If the answer is yes, we would like to know what person or persons with the Agency delivered said information, to whom it was delivered, when it was delivered, what specifically was told or’said, what documents there are to support the answers to the fore- going questions, and what response, “if any, was received from the Warren Commissions\ If the Commission. was not told about . this, why was it net. ‘t62d and who made the decision not to deliver such information to the Warren Commission? ‘2. There is evidence. NS Castro, prior to November 22, 1963, knew about the. existencavof such plans and the possible in~ volvement af the U.S... Government. Did the CIA at any time prior to the compilation of” ‘the Warren Commission investigation have any docux@nts’ or.. other information indicating that Castro may have kngwas about cach plans? If. the answer is yes, would. you please f hish jug’ with copies of add such documents and details of any such in rmation. 3. Several months prior to. the assassination of president Kennedy there i Avidence of a public eech by Castro that’ was gaateied ok He Associated Press whereby Castro alluded Ya. 7 | oo ne coi | rr Te semantics + + and og GAPYy A Timm OG “tame am. SU ot rd tee ee an pene on ° a + eemopmarewame: * Si oe2l2 ‘AERA apni es OE ENB se
13-00000 YP RODE TION -PROENATED to possible assassivaticn. attempts on his life and possible retaliation. Would you pkease advise us if there is any evidence that sds. Associated Press report may have appeared in any newspapers: in the. Uiiited States, including specifically . any newspapexs. in Dallas, or New Orleans. Would you also advise us Beyoa have: any other information of public state- ments of @ uban.- header prior to November 22, 1963 indicating any awareness . ok: Ressible assassination plots on the lives of Cuban leaders. KS ee ec nen eg te ae aces  TEEEEEERE™ 4. Would you please advise us if there is any information in CIA records to indicate that at any time prior to November 22, 1963 any foreign government or any foreign group was consider—- ing a possible assassination.of any American leader. If so, would you please advise.us of all details and also. advise us who:: in the United States Government outside the CIA was ad- vised of these plans or possibilities. 5. Prior to his death Lyndon Johnson supposedly stated that ' he believed that. although there was no doubt: that Oswald killed Kennedy and Tippitt, nevertheless Oswald might have been a part of a conspiracy in retaliation to possible United States assassination attempts in Cuba. Would yow please advise us of any information in Agency files showing whether or not there was any communication to President Johnson of any possible ‘plans involving the attempted assassinations of any Cuban leader and if the answer is yes, also give us all details involving this matter. cere ernest + rts PLEASE rt aa PEE AAS HME OO a ecanenpe nea Sincerely yours, David W. Belin Executive Director GEC1965, CT eee cle oe ents 6 eee Ee 6 SRNODE HO geek «MEMO OEERENOSE: 9 6 SeROHE OE > 58 CUS cemibemeen mn mtt esa ERINENEEREEE > tt Ciematberehtnn 8 it neftttttnpete reer
13-00000 PROMIBITED XKAAZ- 22909 12 May 1964 1745 MEMORAN juMsBORy Mass. occa Itech Hane Heipeain Ageue 's Fess hen, 1 VDaalin LY tke ‘bpp called me this afternoon, 12 May, to state that the Dire weber received a telephone call from RANKIN regarding the Commission's desire to interview him at 1030 AM, Thursday. Mr. HOOVER is scheduled to appear at 9:00 on that morning. ” 2. The DDP wishes to have from you a short but comprehensive memorandum which highlights the basic issues or positions entered into by the Agency in its dealings with the _ Commission. For example, RANKIN indicated that the Commission . would wish to hear the Dire ctor's views as to how improvements might be made in protecting the President's life. Further, they will probably ask questions regarding the possibilities. that.a con- spiracy existed. Such general questioning certainly necessitates © that the DCI be made aware of the positions taken during previous aN interviews. I raised with Mr. HELMS the nature of the recent information which you are processing which originated with the we “"“7 sensitive WH source. I informed him that in your view this would raise a number of new factors with the Commission, that it should not go to the Commission prior to the Director's appearance unless we have first had some preliminary reaction or made sure that the Director is fully aware of its implications since it could well serve as the basis for detailed questioning. The DDP stated that he would review this carefully and made a decision as to the question of timing. 3. Given the schedule, you will appreciate that the DDP will need a‘paper covering the above points as soon as possible. » JeA. Cx es Document Number 6a -2 18 | @ : ; . . 4 7 “8 : : . aoe ., . . ° . for FOIA Review on SUN, 876 el- Ae é pn4E og ny e GabLICES Pe er TT. i ol
13-00000 U ey pene aera Bea der. 23 4 ony I (eo mo : ow Brief for Presentation £6 President's Commis@inn:on the. As 14 May 1964 ( ~~, 4 na " . 4} cD REPRODUCTI -— AROGIPIED {y May 1964 a ALN SERN RN | ER I Oe « 5 e . « . . | Document Numbar 695-302, aN for FOIA Review on, _ tS copy JUN i975 | . 2 . 7 | 4 2Ol- AFVAY F | . pate 34 e212 COPY NO. - . Fok nent eo ss nent ae ODS | eD OURY GEEEIENENS.? SartntimeMEE eG +2:
13-00000 Summary Outline PRORIBITED Fst ar "This brief is concegted with five topics which, it is sciemeaciommne noe anticipated, will ariagaG the ¢ course. of the Director's appear- SA EY . ance before the P meme _ Fate of the Commission's activities, _ prol ont Com imi ssion. These are: 1 a Qesiiansiea negation by the DCL of any contact or association, direct or indirect,. Harvey Oswald, This should be accompanied by the tabling of an affidavit signed by the Director and notarized. (TAB A) b. A formal assurance-by the Director that all information in the possession of the Agency regarding ARREARS UP SEE IST eT tse teh SSR rl A RR NN A ee TES TIO Pasrisgt scare | ; between the Central Intelligence Agency and Lee . - outside of the | Oswald's activities.an United States has been made available to the Commission through its staff, with which there has been close and frequent contacts since the inception c. An interim pronouncement by the DCI on the re TERRE ee ee cre ee Ee Te Rr | - | _PAGE 35 9 COPY NO. __ of 212,
13-00000 PROGIBITED ere SS \, a SS ‘activity. Itis suagestes. hat the DCI take the position information oa problem has been furnished to the Commission for evaluation and consideration in the framework of its total knowledge of the facts. The Agency, at the present time, is lacking any knowledge of recent information or documentation furnished by the Soviet 2 RR er EN AMERANE 6 ~ tempat Government to the Commission with respect to Oswald's activity in the Soviet Union, (TAB c) Co | | ‘d, The DCI's suggestions for. improving policy and organization with respect to. the personal security of the President. Certain: steps relating strictly to the Agency's jurisdiction have already been suggested by memorandum. It is proposed that the Director now make specific suggestions involving legislation which ‘would treat information bearing on the personal security of the President and, advisedly, other Federal officials directly related to national security affairs in a manner similar to what currently exists by statute for special
13-00000 ye REPRODUCTION , ( ( nuclear material or weapans introduced to the United States or manufacturéd therein (The Atomic W eapons Kis-Tuly 1955). (TAB D) | e. Oswald's agtivityin ‘Mexico and his possible relationship to the Cuban Intelligence Service. . | Substantive information of grave concern to the security of sources and methods have been developed on both of these topics. The information and, in certain | instances, knowledge with respect to acquisition has been made available on a highly restricted basis to ( Mr. Rankin and to certain elements of his staff. It is recommended that the DCI not respond on the record to queries on these topics. He should suggest that all such "technical questions" be worked out in detail through the channels and proce £ ctioned very well sieeeee poets wo meena gt te aeons ~— We believe -- between the Commission and particular , a, CIA components. (TAB E) ,  emnaaeed . cere pee ate ae cee ee eR * . rns nee 37 of 212.
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13-00000 PROMIBITED TAB A immediately after the assassifation which branded Oswald : as ao U.S. Government agent. In many instances, CIA has been named as his sponsor. The authership, geographical dispersion : es : throughout the world, the idgattiyeot ¢ themes and the timing lend . os strong support to the saaasion 1 that these charges are elements | TT 7 Ne! A . oe Ve “ea* ys . program. “& aye” LW & As DCI, Mr. Mc e welcomes this appearance before the Commission to make a categorical and unqualified denial of | these unprincipled distortions of the historical and personal responsibilities for what was.a dastardly and heinous act. In witness of this, the DCI submits to the Commission an affidavit which formalizes this statement. The affidavit is attached. It is recommended that the: DCL state concurrently with this action that he desires to draw the Commission's attention to the fact that the irresponsible charges that have been made, sponsored GUCisg a mene Ley “Pade 39 ee een ee oo EERE ANNAN EEE 21 2_
13-00000 RERUN - PRARITED and Tepiayed by Soviet bless Cand Communist individuals and & Pee 4 i 1 . ig ina ation of the’ ‘Pre sident, recall the . Tr te be, : : Sead baw Syed or po organs since the ass methods and: thie pu ‘Gores sfaig broader campaign against wd American intelligence ana Sourity components which has built — up momentum over the past six years. We have traced the. ‘sponsorship of that campaign directly to individuals and com- ponents within the Soviet police state apparatus. Their un- scrupulous treatment of the Oswald case was neither new as a method nor a surprise as an occurrence. If the DCI is challenged by an one on thie Commission about the substance or implication of his affidavit, it is recom-_ mended that response be along the following lines: CIA is a democratic institution. The DCI has incorporated in his affidavit the results of detailed and painstaking examination. Igaay ‘any qualification is raised with respect to the affidavit, he willingly a on the Commission's task> a cee] 7 efi pose oe ed Kos ated ae me re aera ee a, eee on etme Cee ome Se een a Stee mm emma ee coe ee one ee mem re + a Fn Seboe co an .
13-00000 ° REPRODUCTION PROWIBIVED AFEIDAVIT OF JOHN A. McCONE STATE OF" VIRG Ss IEA. re we ee Py Oe ‘. & oo ” ~ } > > ’ - counté: OF Pama RS onesterame JOHN A, McCONE, being duly sworn, deposes and saya that heis . lene Director of Central Intelligence; and that based on his personal . | knowledge of the affairs of the Central Intelligence Agency and on detailad inquiries he caused to be made by the officers within the Central Intelligence Agency who would have knowledge about any relationship Lee Harvey Oswald may have had with that Agency, he certifies that: i Lee Harvey Oswald was not an.dyent, employee, or tuformant of the Central lntelligence’ Agency; the Agency never contagted: hima, tnterviewed him, talked with him, or received ¢ or solicited any reports or information from hirn, o¢ Reommunicatedwith him, directly (2 or indirectly, in any S | | | | | s nanners af fe ea hina any funds or mousy, or compensated him, aa indivectiy, in any fashion; and Lee Harvey Oswald was never associated or connected, directly or indirectly, in any way whatsoever with the Agency. (L.5.)} JOHN AL McCONE Subscribed and sworn to this day of : 1964, before me, a Notary Public in asd for the State of Virginia, by tha gaid JOHN A. McCONE, who is parsoually known to me and he duly acknowledged ta me the execution of the foregoing instrument. ame le Notary Public i i My com:nission expires (Seal) ee : oe | eer wm wae FF SAGE * SE @ ABO 7 sm SSE AeeNY We ePID | SOT oer seen
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13-00000 c REPAODUCTIOE PROSISITED 8 TAB B ' Dissemination of Inforriation to the Coimimission eet of aN ee a > ara The DCI shou make, tha general statement that CIA has supplied all the informéNon in its possession rexprdin the activities, affiliations and associations of Oswald, Copies of the reports and access to original data, in specific in- stances, has been given to Commission representatives in accordance with the DCI's expressed instruction from the — CO inception that the Agency place itself completely at the | Commission's disposition, i eee eee ee ee or my a FE eR oy ey ” Sas sevee ee & aad ca COCi SES Shap GuneERRRETEREERIRE nw 50 Ge es enETDe te «+ meet mse om ~ woes Swe te ee wee : +18 ++ wens emememesneast naman (teh cee tefEINAAt/ ATONE URSReDUrm as”
13-00000 PROMIBITED ( TAB C The Problem of conspizacy aon SS The’ Bet should note that fortis start he had given specific indications rokeciar Ber spbnel working on the 230, Ns S) YY Gommissionits proieeeyt information bearing on Oswaldis possible vention tes with foreign sponsors be made available to the Commission, The DCI may state that he is gratified that his meee have been carried out diligently and promptly, Asiiongthe items of information provided the Gommis sion have heen’ studies on the organi~ Sa zation and functions | & ‘components of the Soviet police AE state which are iawarto, ineluile individuals and units vy 1a SS Sy charged with the = foigibice of what is euphemistically referred to as "executive action! -. but is, infact, charged with assassination and sabotage, The DCI should state that no firnieyidence has thus a aa fax developed abroad linking known. a. Soviet, Soviet bloc or aro Fa wy . NSS Boy NS vs > SN Dallas on 22 November 13> SS ~&S & > omy 7 e PRS « :
13-00000 pe ie eaten ee a SAL Selene Toma SS C | | “e nearest PMA \ owt A It is recommended is recomme iat. ~the ‘DCE ‘Handle an jquestions from the Commis sion with zespeefto the apparently favorable “. treatment stot onrall te USSR ; the withdrawal of his | wife, his possible. ‘CO -there with Soviet State Security (the KGB), and related questions which would tend to establish "technical questions" and, therefore, beyond the scope of present testimony. Itis suggested that he rest on the fact that the Commission has taken up these points item-by~item with the technical levels of the Agency and that the ultimate findings Cc and evaluation can only be determined by the Commission, | Oswald's associational link with Soviet intelligence as corte . Xe SS | = ¢ = ett i ee ee. tas 8 ees ee ete tym omy se . se + et Oma ee oe ° ce” oN Sw GE ea. semen ae vee " es : ' Oem e+ Meee meme te a ne NR Ut RIED RIEN EDT RD EIEN rhe HONEY cre ae
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13-00000 o- - RerRooUeT: PROWIBITED nN TAB D | Su uggestions for Improving Policy and Organization Regarding | oh _ Ezegidentist Security’ vee “2, Mr. Rankin rained thi Sas a dire ctly by letter. In to its statutory mission. Specifically, it was suggested that: ae The Secret Service, or Treasurys record with the Office of Central | Refertice a. formal require-~ ment for informationaiGlating to Presidential security. % gétted that,. if. the? ‘Secret Service -" its response, the Agency confined itself to elements relating intended to expand i bonce coverage of possible threats to the President's security, our experience | showed that it would need a specialized organizational | component to handle that task within the Secret Service itself. - c. The CLA reply also noted that the Agency was in direct touch with the Secret Service regarding the possible utilization »y that agency of our experience in Ns machine data processing. ‘On. the public record, it is / : suggested that the DCI not repeat this detail. i t) pm. ee re a ee ce ea ewer + ie Pet et hh adda
13-00000 REPRODUCTION (3 so o - PRONIGITED In his presentation to ne ‘Commission after referring to these earlier suggestions, ‘the Dershowlerstate that he desires NY? to take the oppor tunit Sa atieg ai eStion which he has not Ag 8 se AN tabled heretofore: a . Ys “The Commission's major problem has been the assessment , of personal motive and the relationship of an individual act to possible conspiratorial guidance, Because conspiracy is the core of the problem, the DCI should point out the possibility of legislative action which might be an assistance in preventing recurrence of the national calamity it is investigating. There is an analogy at close hand between the problem of developing in advance information xelating-to Presidential security and the problem faced by the county & few years ago regarding the clandestine introduction or manufacture in the U. s. of special nuclear material or atomic weapons. The remedy devised at that time was embodied in the Atomic Weapons Reward Act of 15 July 1955 (29 Stat 365, PL.165, 84th Congress). In essence, the Act estab- lished a substantial reward ($500, 000) for information bearing on the Act provided by any person, and in certain instances privileged treatment for such persons -- for example, asylum if they were PAGE 49 of 212
13-00000 “ foreigners, was assured. Finally, a Reward Board was | ! created to administer the purposes. of.the Act. y) The, RGLshould stig egbdthat the Commission consider a . recommendation for original legislative action designed to induce individuals to furnish information bearing on Presidential security by offering a substantial reward and preferential treatment. The DCI should assure the Commission that he is convinced that the substantial award, the special treatment, and the publicity which would attend the implementing legislation in this matter could represent a significant inducement even to staff officers and personnel of secretassociations and state security organs abroad whose functions include assassination and sabotage. It is these individuals who would be privy to plans of executive action. The reward would constitute additional inducement for such individuals to take the risk of making important disclosures. The suggestion does not SSeoe The material elements of reward and special treatment. The DCI can assure the Com- mission that we are aware that personnel in police state apparatuses charged with the assassination and sabotage functions have repeatedly expressed and, in many cases, acted upon their repugnance for Crete shoe A pee a A A a # Cola 2G os PROWBIMED ce es Leirmme aes te twee ccm we amare meen were, en eames ag wt ne SD. romps awa we Pw tamm +O ct nme ee owen eee om Pr a es oy, ~ Ce oe ee
13-00000 ‘REPRODUCTION «ts en te Loe such work and for the systeni which calla upon them to do it. There are specific tases in the past temyears which document this asserti Be: esate gone re with assassination missions have abandoned the mission even without the assurance or the inducement which the DCI ie here proposing. ‘In making this suggestion the DCI may go one step further in advising the Commission to suggest that the Commission examine the advisability of legislation making it a Federal offense to conspire and to kill the Chief Executive, 3) The DCI could also indicate that the Commission might desire to suggest that any legislation along these lines should be enlarged to include con~ spiracy to kill any Federal official in the President's personal circle of official associates directly concerned with national security affairs, (The Agency's Legal Counsel states that draft bills have been considered on the Hill.) , 2 RCE RS “pace 51 of 12 cummabemmnieenass, re ee ad
13-00000 IN TE L SECURITY MANUAL SENATE On * N aroaic. Wravons Tewarns cr’ “2 it enacted bycthe Senate and Totse scorn of , iY NS ‘ 2 e 9 _ 2 o' tha United Statexof alurcrica in: Congress, sscmbled, That this Act may bo cited as.tho Atomic Weapons Rewards Act of 1953", -*Sue. 2. Any person “Vie original information to the Weapons Lewards Act.of [955+ United Seates— ‘ oe “(a) lending to thoWinding or other acquisition by the Gnited States of any special nuclear material or atomic _.. Weapon which has been ustroduced into the United Staies, — _or which has been manufactured or acquired therein contrary to the laws of the United Scates, or .“(b) with respect to an attempted introduction into the United States or ani attempted manufacture or nequisidion “*thereinvof. any special nuclear material or atomic weapon, “éontrary to the laws of the United States, , ~ shall bolrewarded by the payment of an amount not to exceed REPROD PROBED. en ee wee REEF $500,000. “Sec. 3. An Awards Board consisting of tho Secretary of tho Treasury (who shall be the Chairman), the Secretary of Defense, tho Attorney General, the Director of Central Intelligence, and of ono member of tho Atomic Energy Commission designated by that Commission, shall determine whether any person ‘fur- nishing information to the United States is entitled to any award and tho amount thereof to bo paid pursuant to section 2, In determining whether any person furnishing informa- tion to tho United States is entitled to an award and tho amount of such award, the Board shall take into consid- eration— . “(a) whether or not tho information is of the typo specified in section 2, and “(b) whether the person furnishing tho information was an officer or employee of the United States and, if so, whether the furnishing of such information was in tho lino of duty of that person. “Any reward of $50,000 or moro shall bo approved by the . President. . “See. 4 Tf the information leading to an-award under section 3 is furnished by an-alien, the Secretary of Stata, the Attorney General, and the Director of Central Intelligence, acting jointly, may determine that the entry of such alien into tho United States is in the public interest and, in that exent, such alien and the mem- bers of his immediate family.mny receive immigrant visas and may bo admitted to the United States for permanent residenco, notwithstanding the requirements of tho Immigration and Na- tionality Act. “Sro. 5. Tho Board established under section 3 is authorized to hold such hearings and make, promulgate, issue, rescind, and amend such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. rt Saad G. Any awards granted under section 3 of this Act shall be certified by the Awards Board and, together with the approval of the President in those cases where such approval is required, transmitted to the Director of Central Intelligence for payment out of funds appropriated or available for the administration of the National Security Act of 1047, as amended. “Sre.7. AsusedinthisAct— _ *(a) The term ‘atomic energy’ means all forms of energy re- leased in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation. ° “(b) The term ‘atomic weapon’ means any device utilizing atomic energy, exclusive of the means for transporting or pro- pelling the devies (where such means is a separable and divisible part of tho.device), the principal purpose of which is for uso as, or for development of, a weapon, a Wespon prototype, or a weapon test device. . “(g) Tho term ‘special nuclear material means plutonium, or uranium enriched in tho isotope 233 or in the isotope 235, or any ~ other material which is found to be special nuclear material pure suant to the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1054. “(d) The term ‘United States,’ when used in a geographical senso, includes Puerto Rico, all Territories and possessions of the United States and the Canal Zone; except that in section 4, the term ‘United States’ when so used shall llave the meaning given to it in tho Inuuigration and Nationality Act.” + ae wend ee DOF EERE CS omE dem mY © UCTION © eg TOP Te OTB geome pee mee we ete SONY wa eet ene nee ere eee peneme wee my jRevise 86th Congress Docr 3 (3 nt znd Session No. 1 EPROOUCT! Uh Oks ran . pp 275-277 ‘Act of July 15, 1955 (69 Stat, 905, P.L. 165, Sith CCCLE 25 PAGE 57 of COPY NO. - a7 et
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13-00000 PRONIRITED Pan TAB E Mexican and, Cuban Phages’ of Oswald's Activity . ee, ° Extensive iagbrination } hagbeen made available to the activity in Mexico City in September and October 1963, The Commission Staff has been in detailed communication and conversation with the Agency working levels both in head~ quaiters and in Mexico City. Within the past week, ena significant information has.been developed by CIA regarding compre eS (> the refationship with: Oswald of certain. Cuban intelligence personnel in Mexico City ‘and the reaction in Havana within the Cuban Intelligence Service to the news of the assassination of President Kennedy. The Commission Staff is in the course Commission by CIA on gw orking level regarding Oswald's of being briefed on the Cuhan aspec ° It is suggested that the DCI handle any question on the Mexican and Cuban phases of Oswald!s asi ie as “technical a from or through their own staff with- the appro} fate component “ao a " questions" which members of the Cotimteatn can develop | t { | of the Agency. This woul be entirely. gotisistent with the DCI's ANGE Y |. , overall assurance that he ‘nasQepcies his personnel to place : CL, their information completely at the Commission's disposition, COCLE 27 sae oe cee tees we ernee seme ee oo vo egret Gy eames + same PERS se eeene sygmmee net aed ie tenia mee seweene me meme elt eee ee se
13-00000  o | REPRODUCTION >. ‘ 10 April 1964 s \ _ZOMMISSION: es i hans OS ke A LID ne lop? “et renga l, English translations of calle made by “oswanmo Russian Embassy: 27 Sep 63 (1037); 27 Sepr63{1626); at Sep6a(1605); 28 Sep | 63 (1151); 1 Oct 63 (1031); 1 Oct 63 (AY3 O & (ay 2. English translation of come SS between President Dorticos in 3, English translation of conversation between Cuban Am to Mexico and President Dorticos in Havana on 26 Nov 63. Document viumb le Be a- 2, Bg for FOIA Reyiew on. JUN 1976 eT / _— a RECORD COPY | tv 2 892%? Havana and Cuban Amb Joaquin Hernandez Armas in Mexico on 26 Nov 63. an nen ood A e « PAcE 55 __ of ele
13-00000 , PRORIBITED 4 & MAY 725. a MEMORANDUM FOR; Mir. J. Lee Rankin ~~ General-Counsel . President's. Commission on the Aasgeetastion of. Pregident Asunedy \\ SF “ . SUBIZOT: Roi Sith, Subse intelligence Service ia Processing Visa Applicants; Reaction of that Services tothe Assassination of President Kennedy 1, Wihthin the very recent period, this Agency has sstablished coutact with a well-placed individual who haa been in clove and ¢ prolonged contact with ranxing oificers of the Cuban Direccion Goneral de Intelligencia (Directorata General of intelligence ~ DGI). His knowledge of DGI activities, tachniouss and personalities ts direct and prefound. Thia Agency sas queried him In dwtail on possible contacts between Les Harvey CSWALD and the DG! orior,, to the assassination of President Kennedy. A report on the Infor- mation thus obtained |s attached to this memorandum. 2. This source is highly senditive and of great, immediate operational significanca to this Agency. The national counterintelli- gence interest abroad requires, thersiorg, that 2xccess to the atiached report, 23 knowledge of the existence of this source be raatricted, aN ior the present at least, to yourself and a minimum number of your stall, i. Document Number OT I-z “Bh Le SUN 1975 Downgraded ts eCreET i y authority of ee. ia 33 ‘for FOIA Review on pmsze. REPRODUCTION
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED s . “ . twee Fann TT + ; 0 are 2) anion vet = wet g ae 36 Aa aopropriate sensitivity indicator :a4 deen affixed to this memorandum aod the attached report. 4. 4 copy of thia nremoraadum with lta attachment has deen isrwarded to the Federal Burean of Investigation. ‘Gigned) Schard dels Richard Hema Deputy Director for Plaas Attachment Distribution: ; ie Orig. & 2 - Addresses — 2-DDP ad 2« C/CI/ RRA a Sy ‘. : | be C/wH/3.. SY ote GURA/z0NY cdr elen., >? Originated By yap Hali:gh 13 May 1964 Dow"araded Ye ty nut thority ar as by, \ cocared REPRODUCTION mon ST ot 212 _PROWMBIMED om we. 22 EPEEPRRAT - *, ee a en 2 rey
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13-00000 REPRODUCTION REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED SUB Ect: ine Hasvey OS¥ALD ce The soturew hae no paryehont lmoylinige of Lve Harvey OS€ALD now w ter OSWALD was az agent Sg penis (OLD oy any ches dirsc- sora or Sapastmnt th Conan some, Hs rst 2 oh OSWALD iter ths asvassination of Prasiktent hia presence ous day afer lunch, when a procs of oifieere wice chaitings Asmong ther: was Manuel VEGA Peres who previously bad Seen aadigned to the Cuban et Consulate in Mexico City, where be was thw principsi DOI olficer. VGA mentioned that OSWALD Bad gaxe ta tha Cubes: Condulais tbe tiaoe thot VEGA tea te Matos en eee tha tims teat VEGA was in Mexico. . --. Whether OSWALD had any coniscy with VEGA om these occasions is not known fo the source. However DG officers statiomed Ip consuletes cueiemnarily interview vise zeplicants to determine they exe DGI agemts. U applicants ard. identified as agents, thei travel ig sxpedited, Ctherwise, they are uowlly told to comm back in a fow days. Durisg the interim nvplicarts' nares are submitted 2o Havana fir Sarthe thecking ain insiractiens. Actomiing ta the sontee, OSWALD may have beon interviewed by VEGA ov his | assistant, Rogelia RODRIGUEZ Lopes, but this is strictly con- _ joctars on his part. Te source doce not brow Slivie DURAN a sorythiing pestinens sbovs Bow scented 2b wae recent Ie She Subhas Inobassy in Mexico ts March 1954. Adter the sews of ts ausassination of President Xennedy veacked the GI, arders were jsseed for all OGt components in the country to sort amd package sil.documents secomiing to whether they were "muy secrete” fyevy secret), “secrete” {seerst), or 4 Crease : ae ; é ine S ap eae 363" ms oe} Sibroeg ; OSWaALo's nase. ODGI nersaasel EOt 2zeaureg pa: te em * GOCLS Se PAGE D9 COPY NO. een of 21e
13-00000 “ieportauts™ (teaportastS:. “She material, ouce cousolsated, was to be haid pending Surtier Instructions. All travel by OGi officers. was puspended tamyporaxily., Spadditias, Deed Sleadquarters’ personnal wore instructed te-rernain indhady oGices or to eoup the DGi avare of their whereabouts. se thai timey could be poarhed lmonediately, Toe source dese not know tie zwasos Jor these measures Dub bellaves Gained Seen aipeeNN tates some typo of aacian agaieok Oem, resfeared ta regulay abouk 3 Decesaber 1963. — Downgraded *9 | eee oe by suthorit oe Te see 197 ‘date ‘ REPRODUCTION ay . =," Semen ene wy at ab oo ee ee ee a a ce ar ery wee me seen oy (© Sam catty Nett yep e stone Ce ee ee ey rr ot . . stew - seater ogame 9.6) one Bie a
13-00000 23 May 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR! DC/OPS ss | ce SUBJECT § Raview of “Selected Items in the Lee Harvey OSWALD File Regarding ve Allegations of the CASTRO Cuban | Involvement: in the . oe #. KENNEDY Assassination . . 7 Ya oo a BES * oe 1. The srsactea Seip and summary was. written at a | . the express request o - David W. Belin as a follow- _. up to Question 3 o£ his letter to the Agency of 15 April 1975. oo . 2. The results - as I have already told him - add.. nuance, not evidence, to what the Warren Commission and its staff had laid before them in 1964 on this subjact. The regults of the review are stipulated in paragraph 8 of the Attachment. There-seemed to be no reason to  . attach coples of the case reports from the fille to this. summary. These can be made available promptly, however, on request. This sunmmary-does not deal ;with press,. magazine and books that dealt with the Subject during the period after the assassination. . 3. My recommendation. ‘fs to do. with this paper. ag we did with the earliexrone requested by Mr.. Belin on - the unidentified man: let him read the entire summary and then decide how much of it, i£.any, is pertinent SECRET. COCLS 38 REPRODUCTION a
13-00000 e REPRODUCTION : PROMISED to his and the Cownission's needs md then decide how much will go into the classified record. Te (S8 Raymond G. Retca. y Attachment ‘ - REPRODUCTION = oe
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROLISITED Review of Selected Items in the Lee Harvey OSWALD Pile ‘Regarding Allega~ tions of CASTRO Cuban’ Involvement in the John F. KENNEDY. ‘Assassii ation 3 SUBJECT REFERENCE ‘Letter by. ‘pavia, We Belin to ' Mr. E ‘Henry Knache, 15 April 1975, parag 3 Bewrding Public Statement by CAS 1 Seay, attached BACKGROUND — 1. On Saturday evening, 7 September 1963, — Fidel CASTRO appeared at a Brazilian Embassy reception in Havana; even more unusual, CASTRO submitted to an informal interview by the Associated Press correspondent, cement aeeeneeateeneeneatneemenemmemnormmamanammanaaiae Daniel HARKER. . a 2. . HARKER's interview reached New York on Sunday, 8 September, and was in print throughout the country on Monday, 9 September. There..can. be:.no question from the facts surrounding the “CASTRO: appdarance, which had not been expected, and his agreement ‘to the interview, that this eR ERERH event represented a more-than-ordinary attempt to get a message on the record in the United States. ~ ® “SE OC R-E“T REPRODUCTION gg sate,
13-00000 CASTRO'S "message" was, significantly modulated. REPRODUCTION PROGIBITED 7 SEC R ER oF . | | | 3. CASTRO's statements: to BARKE ea) covered a range of topics but dealt pringjaitty wien stican political (" ... KENNEDY is . times ... the most opportunistic American President of all time ..."). | 4.. The interview also contained an uncomplimentary reference to Senator GOLDWATER and Cuban delay in signing the Limited nuclear test ban. There were differences in the replay by United States newspapers like the New York Times and Washington: papers, with a result that 5. In New. Orleans, where Lee Harvey OSWALD resided ee until the middle ox -séptember 1963, the HARKER story appeared in the principal morning papers the’ essPicayune, on Monday; 2_ES r~page—?y under a three-column head- line: "CASTRO Blasts Raids on Cuba. Says U. S. Leaders Imperiled. by Aid. to Rebels." The story followed under the _ HARKER by- line: PROKIGITED = — "Havana (AP) - Prime Minister — Fidel Castto said Saturday night: U.S. leaders would be in danger if they helped in any attempt to do away with leaders of”. SECRET. cacarg7 ‘cantanrpetnsneteeSEEED COPY NO.
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED tc SECRET? wee “"Bitterly denonficing what he called recent U. Ss. profipega’s raids: on Cuban terri- on” tory, Casto satay, AG U.S. leaders “a kind. themselves will not be safe.’ " ... World affairs a seemed to be entering a more peaceful climate a few days ago, but now this trend has changed with attacks. | | "the U.S. is always_ ready: to negotiate a and make promises which later it will not. honor. This has happened to promises nade during the October crisis. They have been broken as can be seen with new attacks. : "'But I warn this is leading to a very dangerous situation that could lead to a worse erisis than October's eee" | . 6. ‘The New York Times, in its coverage on 9 September, used a UPI wire service report which omitted any reference to the warning and threat which gave the interview its real significance. The = Washington Post did an abbreviated re~ write (9 September, page A-7) which, similarly; omitted | any reference to the main thrust of CASTRO's remarks. -% , 3 SECRET
13-00000 REPRODUCTION rear * . SECRET ao\ " the Evening Star of Washington, D. C., printed_the HARKER story nearly in its: venta Kety in the second section of. the of tie; ‘upanen ahegivtew, placing the emphasis on the po- paper (9 Sptenber age B-4) and reworded the content Ned aS NO litical rage in particular, highlighting the GOLDWATER elements and burying CASTRO's warning to the United States leadership in the middle of the piece. oo | 7. ‘There is no evidence in the files on aSsassinatiom)that this CASTRO interview was considered. in following up leads or in dealings with the Warren Commission and its staff although Mexico Station specifically directed - Headquarters attention to the AP_stary very shortly after the Dallas killing. More important, the interview appears nee to have been forgotten in- the contemporary political consid- eration of relations. with CASTRO! 's. “Cuba. There is no evidence. in the Agency records, either, that the Warren Commission sta Tiseit pursued the implication of the CASTRO. interview in dealing with the. conspiracy hypothesis. ‘There is no. aan aaa aia evidence in the files that anything along these lines was. stated by any ‘other: Cuban leader beford. the. assassination. 8. ‘The. purpose: of ‘this : review, undertaken. at. ore E Belin's | request, is. to reconsider Lee Harvey OSWALD’ s activity: on the assumption that. as- an avid newspaper” ‘reader’ which we. ‘know . from testimony of Marina OSWALD and others" = “he read. the CASTRO warning ana threat as reported above. “the. ‘results “SECRET
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED f e . ; SECRET ' "of the review, admittedly heavily using the 20----20 quality of hindsight,“ ‘may. Be = acibylated in summary: a There’ is° “$6 increment of credible e eee ao! fictl , of > > ettidente,..appiying this phrase st Soviet Savor Cuban political, intelligence or security service involvement in the as- ‘cccentnnsanesentnnetentepeneeno ase DDERSENUBNNM ERNST ET TSS LITE TET TT TONITE TE ETT TORTIE D sassination to what was developed and con- | | sidered by the Warren Commission and its ! staff. The Commission's finding that . | Lee Harvey OSWALD was the killer of . ‘President KENNEDY and Officer TIPPIT and did them in alone and of his. own determination stands. | oe | | b. " zedible evidence" that would — upset or significantly modify this judgement ‘dia (and. does) not exist in Washington. But ‘SroeneenmanraeseatasreroT SOEEeReNtn nn ryeoneeaRAREERES cramer such evidence could exist in Moscow and/or Havana, whose voluntary inputs to the Warren Commission were minimal in quantity and quality, designed to cover up any admissions of knowledge of, or connection with, OSWALD which might be related directly or: indirectly with the assassination. Therefore, ‘the belief that there was Soviet and/or cuban. (KGB. ane fe DGI) connection ‘with OSWALD will persist and 5 SECRET. cocas a0
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED A SECRET ™~ ; | faa (--~ "grow until there HiasNbeen a full disclosure yo, eS EES SICRD AA TOT RY Ly OEE ERD by these acs all elements of | tay in the Soviet Union OSWALD & Randring BON wider "window" for this contingency. That, '. indeed, was the opinion at the working level, particularly in the counterintelligehce com ponent in‘the CIA in.1964. As was indicated by Mr. Helms in his testimony before the Warren Commission, CIA would continue 28S still oom - _ oe &® _In the absence of sgaititnal: ‘ob new SRI NSS ! elements ‘of "credible" evitente, are "nuances" in the record that emeige as note- “worthy, in the light of other -conclusicns.. These are reviewed and summarized below, item- by-item, : | | | d. CGASTRO's warning and threat of 7 September 1963. ME OSWALD did indeed read ~~ Investigation of the Assassination of President John F.. KENNEDY. Hearings Before the President's Commission onthe Assassination of. President KENNEDY. (Washington, — 1964), ~ hereafter ‘cited as. Hearings, Vol. V.,: ‘pp. ..120. ~ 129..See especially’ p. 124 ~" "Nr, Helms: ‘Yes. I. would assume the case: could never be closed.'" ® , <— 6 SECRET * C604°44
13-00000 _ Cuban revolution which is directly trace- warning and threat, given to AP corres-. /, REPRODUCTION PROMBITED SECRET. it in New orleans <i t be considered of great significance: in ‘the light of the pathological evolution of OSWALD's passive/ osazeinive exeun after his attempt to kill Genessi- WEEKER. early in April 1963 and his identification with Fidel CASTRO and the able as far back as his Marine Corps. service in El Toro, California. CASTRO's pondent HARKER, irrespective of whether there was any formal mandate, _ OF. even security service’ contact. with “OSWALD: by the Cubans or the Russians = Was an act ef singular irresponsibility and under no circumstances was excusable as retorsion for what the Cuban emigres were doing during the summer of 1963. CUBAN CONTACT WITH LEE HARVEY OSWALD, ‘SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, EARLY 1959 (?) 9. The testimony of Nelson DELGADO contains an assertion of germinal significance to any review of the background of Lee Harvey OSWALD’ s feeling toward and relations with CASTRO's Cuba, DELGADO was probably the closest peer group 7 SECRET cOCi S42 of ele
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROGBITED "Mf SECRET ; =. >: member to QSWALD during his specialist training period at El Toro Marine, Corp&\Base December 1958 - September 1959. The Warren Conpifésion. ‘Weport takes note of this: ae a4 : aS CroswALR tava DELGADO that he was in 39 WBS San diplomatic officials in this ouge which DELGADO at first took to be ‘one of his lies, but later believed.'"2 10. Actually DELGADO's testimony _ says a lot more of possible operational significance than.is reflected. by the TST RTO oT, I TN SS TD * language of the report, and its s_implications | do not appear - tt A aianeiaesinmaiead STE REREAD to have been run down or developed b investigation. Thus, se” the record of the beginnin OF OSWALD «relationship. with the Cubans ‘starts with. a questi n mark. ol _Ll. The period was one of transition in “U.S. ~ Cuban rélations after CASTRO's takeover. OSWALD, and DELGADO at the outset, were CASTRO supporters, OSWALD being particu- larly keen about how to get to the island. DELGADO testi- sted: . | . | ~ _— oo. I didn't know what to tell him, so. I told him ‘the best thing. that I know was to oo: 5 — — Report to the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. KENNEDY (Washington, 1964), hereafter cited as Report, p. 687. re 7 8. SECRET b AEPRODUCTION CClise3 | pacg 70 or 212.
13-00000 - REPRODUCTION PRONIBITED _ SECRET . owe Lo eee fo get in touch with. a, Cuban Embassy, you know. were on fxiendiy teins with ¢c Cuba, you know, ome 7a ~ oN But at that, time, that B)told him this - we — | so thig wasn! #6ndSsubversion or malintent, SLES?” you kndy. BS n't know what to answer him. ‘I told’ him to see them. | | "After a while he told me he was in | - eontact with them ... . : - ow | " ..e- I seen this envelope in nin fone | locker, wall-locker, and it was addréssed too | him, and they had an official sei « on “ity and” as far as I could recollect 65 win nay? from Les Angeles, and he was tei Guste v was a Cuban Consul. And just after he ‘started. receiving these letters - you. see, he would never go out, but stay near the post all the time ... | . ees he had one visitor after he started receiving letters he had one visiter. It was aman, because I got the call from the MP guard shack, and they gave me a call that. OSWALD had « visitor at. the front gate. This ra "man had, “Eo: be a civilian, otherwise. they would | oN have Tet him in. So I had to find somebody, to relieve OSWALD, ‘who was on guard, to go own 9. of. SECRET ORIEN a : ae a “COPY 10.
13-00000 PRODUCTION = ” REPRODUCTION ¢ — a5 ECRET — eos there to visip“with “this fellow, and they spent about an hoor and Be énae, two hours, talking, . oe san hey talked about, but he looked Yay KY) nonch Lad Sut the whole thing when he came back. He never mentioned who he was, nothing. "Mr. LIEBELER: How long did he,talk to hin, do you remember? "Mr. DELGADO : two hours .-.- "Mr, ‘LIEBELER: of wis who this fellow was tea ete 2 “Mr. DELGADO 3 ‘No. v0 "Mr. LIEBELER: Did you. connect ‘this visit. that OSWALD had at. that time with the Cuban Consulate? "Mr. DELGADO : I did; because I thought it funny for him to be receiving a caller at such a late date - + time. Also, up to this, time he | hardly ever received mail; “in fact he ‘seldom . received mail from: home because. IT made | it a policy, I cased te pick up the mail for our, unit and, distripate oF a seldom did r “ever. see one for him. But every so often, after he started to get in. contact with | so, oe 10 SECRET PROHIBITED PRONIBITED ‘itcte ithe guys in there, and very crtas4s PAGE 12 of 2le . _ COPY NO ee
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROLIBITED ae . SECRET ~~ i | | | | ‘—- -* these Cuban. neh AN Natarted getting letter pamphlets and " ny om receiving letters, you kn S ee maybe pamphlets, you know, ~ GSS church, things we get from church, you Rhow, but it wasn't a church. "Mr. LIEBELER: Were they weitteh te Spanish, any of them, do you knowé 2 "Mr. DELGADO : Not r ‘can os SOY "Mr. LIEBELER: Di ha Gs ny reason | 7 OC to believe that these things 38 Ss to OSWALD | from the Cuban Consulate? "Mr. DELGADO : Well,. I took it for granted that they dia after I seen the envelope, you know eee something like Mexican eagle, with a big, impressive seal, we ow. They had dif- a ferent colors on ite: : white; almost _ looked like our hier Anow. But I can't recall the ad joety) new it was in Latin, . . United, Rg AS: that. I couldn't ‘under= stand. KOSS - - - oo . Mr. LIEBELER: You don't know lox ace PROMBIMED ot : - a COPY NO.
13-00000 ua was presumably\to xeport there on 20 April 1960. yo om for dischazse eon. REPRODUCTION PROITED ‘REPRODUCTION PROMISITED ¢ SECRET 8 | | , ~S . "Mr. perenne But he had told me prior, just.before Xa ound that envelope in his oO. SS) Ors wall Logkery, thatthe as receiving mail from | theng’ ana oneC bine he offered to show it to me, but <n Neh interested because at the time we h work to do, and I never did ask to see that paper again, you know. "Mx. LIEBELER: Did he tell you what we about? "Mr. DELGADO : No, he dian, os a "Mr. LIEBELER: Did he Rig S that it had to, do with the conversa Que that you had about going over: ‘to Cuba? "Mr. DELGADO : No. . ‘The only thing he told me was that right after he had this con- versation with the Cuban people was that he was going to. ~ once he got out of the service - he was going ‘to Switzer¥and cae 03. F we ec em en ee ee ce ee ee nn ee 12. OSWALD’ 8. apphication to Albert ‘Schweitzer. college, <; Hearings, Volume VIII, pp.’ 241 - 243. - . ae | 120 & . ° SECRET Churwalden, Switzeriand, vas dated. 19 March +1959, and he ‘Destined: the Marines on i” A December 1959, ‘OSWALD . cme eae ~ a i "Page 4 212, COPY NO.
13-00000 3 é w SECRET : AS — accelerated his exiten grounds of family hardship in early . ‘The event was unique in DELGADO's recollections and” actually | % t ‘REPRODUCTION. PROUIBITED 4 September 1959. ea Z7” ‘Sep@enber 1999 he was issued a Were Lex) U.S. passport GAN é fos ENG vel - among other places to ws SF ~ ntered the Soviet Union from Cuba and. SY S Finland on . eRe - 13. DELGADO! testimony has the cast of credibility. Granting that, it is of basic. importance to focus attention on the male visitor who contacted (OSWALD at BI Toro Camp” and talked with hin for between one and x: half: to, tio! outs. ee there is nothing. Like. it - on the record - in, everything else we know about OSWALD's activity in the United States before or after his return to the United States. ‘The record reflects no identification of the El Toro contact.’ DELGADO's presump- & tion is that he was fx the Cuban. Consulate in Los Angeles. Assuming that, the gestions are: “whe was it, and was - there reporting sin: ioatiapeles to Washington and. Havana 2) that could, in Gtteced represent the opening of a Cuban file on Ze oY sppeprcrtosS IDENT KENNEDY'S DEMISE BY COMMUNIST’: PARTY CELL. LEADE MORSE BENITEZ ZABOLA, 1962 : ss ¢ ‘ 14. Guatemala Station forwarded to. Headquarters, on, i 9 January 1964, a duplicate copy of. a raw: report by a ops woe. Z aa ee ao sr Ue S. /Cuban diplomatic ‘and consular. relations wézevsevered on. 3 January 1961. NEN SEC. RET
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED -penetration dated 5. dha 1962 describing events at the yearly Communis#" Party cell Meeting. The cell leader, Morse BENTTES,  yabolay’ oai@ that, the Communist Party in Guatamaiia’ a shoaaCforws Single new party; "We need not a, ; preoceupy ougeanes. over the politics of President KENNEDY | because we know, according to prognostications, that he | will die within the present year, 1962." 15. This report apparently had been discounted when it was received and was not forwarded ufibil the Station re-reviewed all of its material after, tha assassination. The file reflects no follow-up or formal dissemination of the report. ENIGMATIC THREATS BY CUBAN THIRD SECRETARY IN THE ante, 7 NOVEMBER 1963 16. A sensitive liaison source, reporting after the KENNEDY assassination, indicated that at the Soviet reception on 7 November 1963, the Cuban Third Secretary, | Ricardo L. SANTOS Pesa, discussed the recent. refugee raids on Cuba and their implications with a host-country diplomat, concluding with the admonition: " .e. Just wait and you will see what we can ‘do. It will happen soon." Asked to be more specifi, what would happen soon, SANTOS replied: "Just wait, just wait." “17. These data were “passed to- the. Warren Commission by memorandum, 31.March 1964. SANTOS was reported to have . ae Se ON S ECR ET
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROMIRITED SECRET . we ™ . .@ history of medical instability and was summarily recalled from The Hague reportedly for reasons related to that fact in April 1966. of a ) INTERCEPTED- CONVERSATION“‘OF CUBAN EMBASSY EMPLOYEE r LUISA CALDERON , _ APTERNOON OF 22 NOVEMBER 1963 “As SD KENNEDY assassination, a Cuban Embassy employee named. ” | "Luisa" received a telephone call in Spanish from an uniden- tified male outside. . ce | | 19. The caller asked her if she had heard the latest news. "Luisa" - jokingly replied: "Yes, of \sourdé, “knew it almost before KENNEDY ... Imagine, one, ‘two, Sires and now; that makes three {she laughs], what barbarians! cee | 7 | "20. Both speakers agreed on the seriousness of the | assassination. "Luisa®\adso stated that the party at ooo Y Silvia DURAN's had: been’ “called off so it would not appear _ wa that they were. celebfating. the death of KENNEDY, nor would they have the: vparty: coindide with the burial. Finally she 37 said shepiginess ig ive that night into the house of a doctor (a Siena. 21. Latin: hyperbole? Boastful ex post facto suggestion of foreknowledge? This is the only item in the intercept coverage of the Cubans and Soviets after the assassination that contains the suggestion of foreknowledge or expectation. 15 SECRET eam Oe
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED SECRET . ae ~ ™~ ; 22. The tenuous, enignmatic character of-the-.conversation aes mee: is "sharply highlighted by the following facts: an _“iuisa”™ “wed pipbabl OF ide pireSedrate « preva of Int velligence (DGI). NaS returned to Cuba in 1964 and was reported —— eee “ to be working in DGI Headquarters. pe cee Re : : | b. The DGI element in Mexico City in the fall of 1963 was headed by Alfredo MIRABEL Diaz who had arrived on 2 September 1963, formally ‘as the replacement of the Consul’ Eusebio AZCUE (departed 19. November 1963). The" deputy” DGI chief (and as of June 1964, MIRABEL's successor) was Manuel Engenio VEGA Perez. c. The "Silvia DURAN" named in Luisa’s conversation was the receptionist, a Mexican national, who dealt with OSWALD during his known visits on 27 and 28 September to the Cuban installation in connection with a Cuban visa application for stay and/or transit. Silvia DURAN is the sole live witness on the record regarding OSWALD's activity in - Mexico City. Her testimony, however, in its . entirety was taken and presented, solely, by the Mexican Governmental authorities. A direct | 16 SECRET COCLE Si PAGE 18 of _2ie
13-00000 ae ‘SOUT as REPRODUCTION PROUIeNTED . SECRET N L. confrontation with Ber was requested by the Warren ‘Commission staff but rejected by the , Mexican: Sautnorieite. It is from Silvia DURAN's | : statements: that it was learned that OSWALD ; pevenetengaged in a personal altercation on. 7 27 Sept Smber with Eusebio AZCUE. dad. Manuel Engenio VEGA Perez, ; | | alias Marcos, and his DGI assistant, | | | Rogelis RQDRIGUEZ Lopez, were positively | identified in February 1964 by two independent oo sources as engaged in the active development ” ‘and facilitation of the training of Nicaraguan agents for the purpose of assassinating General Annstasio.SOMOZA. VEGA, it is estab- ‘lished, was’ on post in Mexico City during OSWALD'’s stay there 27 September - 2 October 1963. He left Mexico City on 3 November 1963 for Havana. It was reliably reported about VEGA that all individuals going to Cuba, legally or illegally, had to pass through him first. He took the biographical data and sént'it to Cuba for name checking, a procedure which normally took fifteen days. For example, VEGA would have handled the details of the _ Visa action and. facilitation of the trip to Cuba via ‘Mexico City from 28 December 1962 - 21 January 1963 that * | | 17 SECRET eee £52 -pacs 19 of Cle
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PRORIBITED , ™ gAnn sen i 9 me Be Oat ot of eek bes F "8. After the assassination of President Kenney and the arrest of Lee Harvey OSWALD, an Intensive review of all ~ avallable sources wa 2g weidertaies in Mexico Clty to dcterraine the purpose « aco8i. ALDN visits Ie was learned that CSWALD “N ONS had also ss the ‘Cuban : Conguiste in By Mexico City and had talked there Se 2 clerk, a- Mos on 7 national, named Silvia DURAN. After the assassination and the publicity about Lee OSWALD, Silvia DURAN had tole a nuraber of relatives aad frlonds that she had talked to OSWALD about a Cuban visa. | Silvia DURAN and hes husband, fHorazio DURAN Navazzo, wera | dvtalned and questlened by the Mexican polices: from 23 to 25 November 1963. | & After giving some of the details of her own personal background ~ she ig an adraitted Leftist sympathizer and bad formeszly work ced for the Mexican-Cubaa Tnstinute af Cultural Relations ~ Silvia DURAN said that when she f flrat heax d. oc the | daath of President Kennedy gti been deprossed ang thought . of) “s ed the assassin must naxe bean’ maniac. When ske learned that a veils the "Fats Play for Cuba Goraxalttes!! SY ho was assoctys she did net X vee 7. She talsed Bout tha cas¢ to her husband and when che heard the aame af Lee CSWALD mentioned, -Ghe recognized ita et eT i WARNING NOTICE | can A SENSITIVE SOniTrs AND es METUAST AMET of je 7 oie - FR 00 90 oe emmn cement Ota tL COPY NO.
13-00000 - REPRODUCTION PROLIBITED to gcta visa to transit.& esp his way to the USSR. She ycalized that erie oa Lid. nS Was married tea Russian and thas ee a he } meen to the "Fr fain Play for Cuba" | group. She checicad hes AN “on hit In the Céngular archives and frora the desestive “'s data, she A sure it was the same man. He was short, blope, - | poorly dressed and his face got red when he tallied 5 ie was dealed a Cuban transit visa because he did not yet have a Soviet visa, and he was told to get the Soviet visa flsst, but it was noted that this would take about four months. . She had asked the Cuban Consul himself, Eusebio AZCUE, to talk to OSWALD and they | | had an a .rgument when AZCUE urged OSWALD to leave Mexico | instead of waiting there. The Gensul had phoned the Soviet Cone sulate and talked to the person handling OSWALD!'s casa, who had said it would take about four months to hear from Moscow bout the Soviet visa. ‘The eax \aaaaee OSWALD had come. LLY same thing. ‘Sha’ a gave OS SS Re) ry oy, AN OSWALD a cup Se with wr and telephone number oa back again and she ~~ it in caso eee got his Soyiee visa, He did not call back, she sald. 8 «Silvia DURAN NUS husband, Horaclo DURAN Navarra, gave essentially the same story, as he had previously heard it from his wife aiter the assassination. sie had never had any persoaal contact with OSWALD. a a eae wake WOUCK ¥ ‘gives 9 Pi “3 =! Se we * . R30; f* PT Ops e s we 3° ate AND : 7 om PLP _SENSHIVE.S ‘Sepucas--7 BO; BRO a Day Cg THODS” IN¥ FOYE eet, GOCeC 42
13-00000 REPRODUCTION Dy ui! 0 ci oo PMEy on : inkl eee ern ete tee , AMEE BECE seeintty ’) 9. Silvia DURAN wes reiatesrosa ated by the Mexican police from 27 to 29 Nover: bee cz Bey oh did not change or add materially fo her story 3 apenit osw. ALD, Ao = za ie enon, that ths) Cuban Amb me Cuban Government sent the Moestican Government 2 stil note of | protest, which th e Mexicans 2; jected, a ' —_ ae , Weare celiahiy intormand that on 26 2 len wy she” | | day after DURAN!a telease, Cubsa ProbidonkBOnmICes ¢ queried - | HERNANDEZ bout his sesort, HERNANDEZ confirmed that , | there had been an alterca tion between CSWALD and Consul we AZCUE, DORTICOS made a nereictent but unsuccessful cffort ee ‘ to determine from HERNANDEZ whether the Mexican authorities had questioned Mss. D URAN ‘about rnoney, or thought that the confirmed 7 as which have a bearing on Mra, DURAN's account: i . “27 Sertember, In mid-afterneos, Silvia DURAN . tufor med the Soviet Embass sy that a mals. American citizen: | had requested a visa to transit Cuba on his way to. the + ee nb= AEING 1G NOTICE . = anon ‘ spy om. wer age} At! i an age . ie ve. bey eateds « = = @ . @ > a err eae waa hiss TOSS * TES TOU on - . ; ; : me ee rise seeranpenananttine ane “ - a ar) Serta. he ot RR ce wr tw ee te iy + lel ee NEw Mn ote 8 im ithe, gt! » ay? co 8 et ae, 6062013 PAGE 140 of 212 COPY NO. ee
13-00000 on the SBN DGI, its personalities and methods, in DGI chief? Whatever the answer to these questions, they Peedi REPRODUCTION ‘applications to be handled ‘solely by a local employee and REPRODUCTION PROMISITED en SECRET aN , ye SS. ae 23. There-is no evidence in the OSWALD case file that Silvia DURAN. was subjected to a systematic elicitative an intemfogation that would have related her dealings with anna ¢ ara OSWALW, seit confirmed by intercept, with the data held Mexico City. Was it normal for a case Like OSWALD's, - i considering the fuss he allegedly made with AZCUE, for the a lame duck like AZCUE whose slot had been taken: by the - were not asked at the time. And there remains the more EEE EALERTS fundamental question: accepting the DURAN story on its face, could it havé~happened without the knowledge and participation of the DGI personnel above cited? This seems unlikely especially because VEGA is later ited by a Cuban DGI defector as having stated he was aware OSWALD made several visits to the Cuban Consulate. It is clear CASTRO's overseas intelligence and security service could have more in its files than was surfacéd in the DURAN was taken by Vincent Theodore LEE, the organizer of the Fair Play Committee for Cuba, with which OSWALD established relations from Dallas during the period 19 April - 2 November 1963. ‘There. is an overlap between LEE's and VEGA's travels to Havana during that period: VEGA. departed Mexico City on 6 January | for Havana and returned on 13 Pebruary 1963. — 18: s 8 BCRET « . vo. . o * . eo Ae re Cuvaie ss "PAGE 80. oe 212 PROHIE OnE oo a COPY ho.
13-00000 SsaGOC Te as . f . 4 _« SECRET " statements., Coming baek to the beginning: Luisa" ~ Luisa CALDERON - as a meéitber of the DGI unit in Mexico City - what uld ver wet have known something that would make ‘ we. AN she sabato. “her unidentified caller less a matter of boastful -sels~induigence than was assumed at the time. 7 : SILVIA ap AMPLIFICATION OF ADMISSION OF ALLEGED PERSONAL RELATIONS WITH LEE HARVEY - OSWALD, 1967 24. The defects viewed in hindsight of the Silvia. DURAN testimony already have been suggested above. (In that context of criticism it would also be relevant’ to reconsider the implications of the two intercepted telephone conversations on 26 November 1963 between the Cuban President, DORTICOS, and his Ambassador to Mexico, Joaquim Hernandez ARMAS, because the -thrust of the conversation dealt. with the ques- tion whether Silvia DURAN had been asked about for been offered? ]_ money. payments by her Mexican interrogators. ) 25. As of September 1964 Silvia DURAN gave up her Cuban Embassy job. In the spring of 1967 Silvia DURAN was reported by a reliable and sensitive source to have .«. cut all relations with Cubans. Her account, in 19674 0f ae how she had been taken. into custody and had been interrogated after the assassination repeated what was aretaay, Known 2 She added, under circumstances that. did ree ‘permit’ ‘the: source to challenge or elicit corroborative scKiay that a 19 wo CBO RER. Gotis54
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PRORIBITED t —_ .f SECRET a wo vee tA IN EPRODUCTION = tt she had gone out with OSWALD during his stay -in Mexico City and Claimed she hagegxual relations with him. Win oe ALLEGATIONS QR. “CON: 3PIRATORIAL CONTACT BETWEEN OSWALD AND CUBAN GOVERNMENT AGEMES WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO: ALLEGATIONS OF (A)‘-ESENA GARRO DE PRAZ AND (B) OSCAR ‘CONTRERAS, ~ ele kes RONG 20s 2 Ge tarren Commission reported, "Literally dozens of a egations of a conspiratorial contact between OSWALD and agents of the Cuban Government have been a investigated ..." n6 Among these cases, which consumed woos hundreds of CIA man-hours in Headquarters . ia abroad. . - = and similarly the FBI in the United states = was the” Nicaraguan walkin in Mexico City, 26 Novembeks S i883, Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte. 27. The ALVARADO case is taken up in detail by the Warren Commission under the cryptograph "D."" ALVARADO claimed that he had seen an American, whom he identified as OSWALD, receive money some time in mid-September 1963 in a meeting ina parva ge mes Cuban Consulate in 6 See Report, p. 305 ££. ~Some of the others were the cases of Ylario ROJAS. Villenueve in Cozumel and Guadaloupe, the allegations of Enrique Ruedolo GONGORA in New York City, the ¢laims.of Robert. Edward GALLANT, Santa Clara Prison Farm, California, and the allegations of Ray DOBKIN's. 7 ee See Report, pp..307 - 308. 20. SECRET COCLESS “pace 82 of 212
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED on , SECRET Mexico city. ALVARADO's story was ultimately broken by the use of the polygraphson which ALVARADO showed evidences of deception, and by bringing ALVARADO's former Nicaraguan security service conkx into the case. erie 28. The ALVARADO. sstory is a particularly acute repre- sent fonvot the “ai ticulties that beset the evaluation of No er RY _ observed etjaurice: certain elements of the story persist despite the impeachment of its major premises. aLyasabo, whose account ‘did not become public until the release’ of the Warren Report in October 1964, talked sosbistentty of) the presence in the Cuban Consulate trapgiceion of a Negro ix % with red-dyed hair. Ly’ ae 29. Elena GARRO de Paz is a mecurial, a iBulate and socially prominent Mexican writer, married, but separated ‘from a high-ranking Mexican foreign service official. She is also the cousin of Horacio. DURAN, the husband of Silvia DURAN, cited above. There is a strong personal antipathy between the two women descending from Elena GARRO's trenchant anti-Communism, 30. From October 1964 until his retirement in the fall of 1969, a wu. ‘Se Embassy officer, kept up a stream of reports: and memoranda. reflecting GARRO's account of what haa actually = gone on. between OSWALD, the Cubans and: dn’ ‘particular Silvia DURAN in September 1963, including a veneéted reference | to a Negro with red-dyed hair. 2. SECRET » persistently COPY NO.
‘REPRODUCTION PROBED " SECRET 31. The, first reference to the GARRO story was notea in a Mexico Station Henge @ndun of Record dated 12 October 1964: "Elena. GBRRO teaia that she and her daughter’ Sere. invited, ‘to a party at the Cuban mabey diting. the perioa she now finds out enak Soya was’ here in Mexico prior to the assassin eon ‘She was invited by a Mexican secretary in the Cuban Embassy whose husband is a cousin of the GARRO family [Horacio. DURAN]. At the party she saw three Gringos, not _ drinking, not mixing and more or less just standing around together. like three bumps ona leg. They were so obviously out of place that she. asked someone in the. Cuban. Embassy about | them and was told that | ‘ehgy 1 were “just passing - through." ‘she’ claims that on “thie. way these ‘three ( Gringos. stood out she took. a good look at. them as did. hex daughter. When the "assassination occurred and ‘OSWALD's picture was spread. into the newspapers, both. Elena and her daughter immediately said. that, he was’ one. “of the three Gringos. ‘without a doubt! at the. party. 7 - 32. GARRO repeated her story to Mrs Charles William THOMAS , an. Babassy political officer on: 10 December _ 1965: SECRET. Sexeter a pass 84 oe 212
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROWIBITED ¢ ‘ ok SECRET “tn September reg Agtter her return from abroad, she went Le to a party x” Gcepitpanied by her daughter, at the home of auben (Sina Tenptadys added]. Ruben is one of the two seaman ar ecwraneeemeunamummmnd ut . peSthers of Horatio DURAN, who married her cousin. She ee ostihea ana ¢ two other young Americans. At the party she woe “discouraged from talking with him. Other guests | were the Cuban Consul AZCUE, General Clark FLORES, Silvia DURAN, who she later learned was OSWALD's mistress while he was here, Emilio CARBALLIDO and a Latin American Negro man with red hair [emphasis added] . In November 1963 when the identity. of the assassin became known, she and her daughter went to the Cuban Embassy and shouted "assassins" and other insults -at the staff there. ° Shortly ” afterward, she and her 4 aughter were visited by a friend, Manuel CARVILLO lor CALYILLO!, then an official in the Secretariat of sie gollen@aton and were told he had orders to escort thes C03) (a sinakDand obscure hotel in the center we Qe Qe ae! ne of town.. Ww Re keet there for eight days under pretext that. they. ex ger. When she told CARVILLO she wanted to go to the BaSkican ‘Embassy. and explain what she knew of OSWALD, she was told that the American Embassy was: _Full of . Communist spies. . . 33. On 25 December 1965 and 9 January ge. in further: © interviews: with THOMAS , ' GARRO and her daughter elaborated and 8. These particulars \ were. “not confirmed by independent observers “at the = time. oo ; og EC-RET SCHE58 macs 85 op 212 COPY NO.
13-00000 And ae eQGioms's retirement from U. S. Government , _ OCT a ag fg 282 REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED. f | | , os SECRET RN in certain partiguiats significantly modified her earlier account. she’ (also: acknowledged that she and her daughter had neon terrieved 2) Embassy officers to whom she claimed — they Gia not ‘sive a “very complete story because the Embassy ectieyis did not appear to give much credence to “anything ‘grey said. | . ; ra 34, It developed that GARRO and daughter had been a | interviewed by the Leqa fos ner 1964. Her ‘information had been similar to what s ‘clained:in er account to THOMAS but had not been subst Gated: py Shquiries. The FBI represéntative therefore considered the. mittex closed and reaffirmed his disengagement from the matter to the CIA. Chief of Station on 27 December 1964 and to the Ambassador on 25 February 1965. 35. The Embassy Political ofsicer, however, persisted in his interviews and zeportins: Ina ‘memorandum of conversation, 13 guly 1966, GARRO ABthgified the place to. which she had been _taken by CALVILLO as the Hotel Vermont. (This detail checked out aifimatively: Ca: ~GARRQ. vas vat the. Hotel. 23.~- 24, 25.= 27. and 28 - 30 avepbex 1983. )- ‘In another, on 7 ‘February 1967, a RS : GARRO's ¢ eae Nissituaes with the. Cubans are set out. service, the, Department of State, at his request, _4 28: August. 1969, disseminated to. CIA and FBI ‘a compilation of NS his reporting of the Elena GARRO interviews. 24 SECRET. ccliess of
13-00000 A oa "36. There the matter rests. GARRO's chronology of the (rroreecvouarenereenasenenenticente tata ae events. she described. as: ‘havine ° urredin_the Mexican an_ capital in September 1963 fever coincided with the confirmed data. of OSWALD's presence there. | Her story, however, had two points. roe wathicatlegations by others regarding _ OSWALD: W GY | : ae SSno's allegations regarding the ‘Negro: with the red-dyed hair [this detail could, however, have been gleaned from the Warren Commission's published account of ‘the . ap case] and - os os . : fey b.. Silvia DURAN's ‘Later claim of intimate personal contacts with OSWAL CO 4 -y 37. “Beginning in March and amplifies n 4 the American Consul, Benjamin J. RUYLE, in Tampico developed a contact with a local Mexican journalist, Oscar CONTRERAS Lartigue, who claified to have encountered | OSWALD with other PrOo~CASTRO students at the University of Mexico campus in September 1963. 38. In: June 1969 CONTRERAS was interviewed by a CIA officer: aa He. stadied tay = at the University of Mexico ea Gey QRS: for three ¥é approximately. 1960 - 1964. He : belonged to: a clandestine’ pro=CASTRO revolutionary “group at ‘the University. Regarding the OSWALD. wo SECRET GOC4°E0 ‘emma as ee SECRET. | | | | | | | | | a c Ca eeaeal
13-00000 held in the faculty of Philosophy < ‘OSWALD _ “plot but. kept - travel ‘to: ces 396 At. ania turned over. to: ‘the: Mekican authorities who determined that REBT f' i SECRET: case he was extremely cautious and although he oN was not able Regpiins to give dates and names, ne CSD D visited the University Sd eee im a visa to visit Cuba. uiries. regarding pro-Cuban ei groups at the. University and was directed to CONTRERAS and his friend. OSWALD met CONTRERAS and four other persons. as they came out of a round-table discussion told the group it was urgent, tiathe visit: Cuba and the Cuban Embassy Baa-Gentea: him a aed -wisa. He requested aid from CONTRERAS’ group. CONTRERAS and others mistrusted ‘OSWALD because they felt he was. 4 CIA: provocation. The group allowed OSWALD to accompany them the rest of the day, ‘that night and part ¢ Qf.the next. “day. OswaALD owas 1 very introverted and apeared | to ‘be: slightly cc : erazy.. oswaLD made no; mention. of an assassination ERNE Rosse se Soe point he had to a um ow! ~ h FBI knowledge, the. matter was ‘CONTRERAS was. indeed at the “University of Mexico. but: ‘only SECRET  GCiseL PAGE 8 8 of
13-00000 REPRODUCTION ~ PROIAITED f SECRET eee cerserrmsnneneenses for the years 1959 - Row and that he had been publicly associated in protest. activity for the Student Revolutionary | Bloc (BER) in’ jinaary “198. However, the group ceased | | functioningcas stch-ir. 6 middle of 1962, and | ! Oscar eiessis sg, iver one of its leaders. No further | work & car in. the files on the CONTRERAS allegations. | Apart from the unsustained claims made by CONTRERAS about | . his own presence at the University, there is an additional element: that undermines the credibility of his. “accounts, | | OSWALD 's Spanish, which was barely adequate:'tc to get him a peals : near the hotel, seems hardly likely to Have. permitted “him to carry on for an extended period with QWpiversity’s student | group. ye : 27 SECRET % (Gis Ez ‘Seve eeseeterae . COPY NO.
13-00000 oe PROHIBITED 31: Samay 964 ee _ af - oo .! oS, ‘ . ; & S. mo + . Sikcsestatton of the information a developed by CIA on oF Lee Harvey CSWALD in Mexico: City. We have included in this paper only hard, substastive: , {nformation, Any judgments that are meade represent proe. fessional evaluations by individuals who have worked over. the years as. specialists in their fields, Speculation,. rumor, amd vague. detail not directly related to OSWALD Ss: activity have not ‘been inchxied, . Ze Pursuant to our disensatan oa 14 Sanuary 1764, - have given the enclosure an appropriate: Classification, The. coripremise of this material in its present form would lead : 7 . directly to: the destruction of current sources and methods: af. this Agency in Mexico ant elsewhere, i:  Dectarent Number 509- 509-go 3. : (signed) - for FOIA Re  Richasd Hels an sors Jim 78 Deputy Director for Plone gb ; Orig. &le = Addressee w/att va “Lew DDP w/att - ; ~ WH/3 (Mz{Zj, ‘Her) wie -1.SR/CI w/atty en Chief, 1 CUR&A wlate " CLRGReceaste/ 31 January 1964. ae oe oe 8 copy 7 | ATT. oe EPROOUETION PROMI iSITED
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED 2" = .o7 meet mse: a - cuss ~ Sti : css Arig ie ns i vnD ol January 19 | . | boa rt | Information an De veloncd by CIA an the Activity of v.34 Lee Harvey CSWALD in-Mewics Cit . a5 Senten rmibor = 3,Oete) 953 on a on CSWATS ts Activity fn Mexico. City a a le On 9 octet tte CIA's Station in Mexico. City reccived ws the: following information frin a relizble and proven source: ¢ Axa American named awe OSWALD had coatacted : the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City on Tuesday, 1 Octobex 2963, He had spoken in halting Russian to the. Soviet ; SO Embassy g guard, Wan Ivanovich OBYEDKOV, te whorn © a he seid he had visited the Embassy two days. earlicr, | Satur day, 28 September: 2 &o asked whether th re had been a seply to 2 telepram that the Conaai with whom ke - had ‘spoken, but whose name he could not recall, had promised to send t to o Washington, OBYEDKOV had 7 atternpted to ostabitoh the. inentity of the Consul with whora OSWALD had sated» ie wt had been a dark vorson, _ then # bad prebably been MOSTIKOV, OBYEDXOV, . : wy earvpraereelan Soe om tem? . “Ort aed d- WARRING NOVICE. = s i ‘eer a , : ‘Oh ie aa SENSITIVE SOURCES AND | ’ ae Coe Brew FNS sneer irtn we — pr he eae setere ron ewe oe Cece2ecs COPY No. OTe
13-00000 ac pe pepe  aE EES ee ¢ : RT oe — eee PROMIBITED - PROBIBHTED ose osm" et . ’ ° ct ae iT 3 EP . en soo. -™, ; re oa oe “ Awtrieeg Bo: ane after a check with Sovict Consular personnel, assured OSWALD the telegram had been sent to Washington but no answer had been xe ceived, Tho information was forwarded b SG Io ta CIA Headquarters the same any it was secetyade> | Ne yoo ‘3 a & file cheer: & Wearinge® Mich ig routice in thease ° wn Ss ; my N NON matters raveay Sethe possibility ‘ofan ideatity between the Lee ; SY - OSWALD wko had epokon. with OS FED KOV, and presumably with KOSTIKOV, and the defectar returnees, Lee Harvey OSWALD,* 3, Onl0 October 1963 CIA Headquarters disseminated by cable the report in substantially the form and in the detail | indicated above, in paragraph 1, to the Federat agencies whose je isdictional interesta had been established by a review of OSWALD's file; the. Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Depast- % The GIA file on Lee tamiey OSWALD was opened on 9 Decomber 1960 ta accommodate ‘biographic information developed by CLA ia " gesponse to an inquiry from the Department of State on a Ust of _ dmmerican defectors in Soviet, Bloc countries, OSWALD! was among the names in the list, “Th ke Department: of State inquiry was, dated. 25 October 1960.0 An interim reply was given by CLA: on 3 Novernber. 1960; a final. reply, ‘93.21 November 1950, Until axly- October. 1963 the contents of the OSWALD file held a Cla cons: sisted entircly of press mateziala and disseminctions ; -Fecdived fron the Depertmest of State, the Feder al Bureau of oe Tevestigation, peat the » Navy Department, mae Be ES , seNeTive SOURCES: “AND a CETL fo gerops: vou _} ao fee} + Na oo ae: : . at eee we cane sw enemeraemangeerenmen +e ose JT” Se pintela “Seok: “pte 2h Re a al aa ara mais soar = ats ae tant See ea ees ISS ae oo eccerc wa eer ere
13-00000 PROMPTED 2 Or atteg a ee, + , . : : ears cas Stree STE St Obine: AMD See . os evi OTA wave ° “yg enna waent of State, the Navy Departine ext, andthe Tamigratioa and anne Naturalization Servige., eS comment was included in the report oe B noting the llfelihood that: +8 Sa c\subject, Lee OSWALD, was | “3° : | . I , or obigbiy identical with the former Marine who had defected to i the Sovies‘ Union in 195 9. (The report disseminated by CIA in \ a Washington on 10 October also includ od 2 physical descriptisn of an individual who was believed to have been the OSWALD WR, + at ac’ a \ oe . | bad costacted the Soviets in Mexico City, It was sub nequentiy: Se - established by investigation that the description di dia not pertata , to OSWALD.) | 7 &. On the same day, 16 Cctebor 1963, CIA Headquarters sent a lengthy. cable summery to the Mexico City Station of the voy background information held inthe Neadquarters! file on OSWALD, An instruction was inchuled for the Mexico City Station to pass the substance of its 9 Cctoner report to the local representatives of the same Feder al departments aad agencies that hod been given the information ia Washington, This instruction was immediately carried outs Ia this manner the information on. OSWALD a coutnct with the Soviets on 1 Ostaber to ‘the Embass , the FBI repr esentative, was vag sed in Menics Ct ths Naval Asackey aod to the office of the Immigration a: ond 7 Netwrelize esion a Service, Ther @ were ‘Rg necus sts from recitents of “the report fs xf uzthor information or for follow-up tavestigation, — pteainime wovmers coe wo « * a WARIIES | ashen i ane: as! 4 SENSI TIVE SOURCES AND he ay a: ; METHODS tNVOLYEO igngoseeameanasma ee 2 ee eee wee er ee a NE ete 60 Se anes Me a kee? OTA acementias Seas “tt Na - wt on! Aes annette wm ° pop 137 op 212 COPY NO.
13-00000 fee ee ee nner + enammanerecmee casas io cers > ‘nie oe Consulate, A REPRODUCTION PRORISITED ee . Oe =~ . . ‘ iad eee ee eee SMe ES OEE oom a REE jo) Dr » | ee . . - 2 Bay Sevict Union. Sue desired ta know who the American had talked with at she's Sovict Consulate, Also, she indicatad that the Gran Consulate coulda grant kim the visa and oe arranye: immigratio details if the conceagsion of a Soviet - eS) No” . : > ~ , & isawers agguréd, . _ Ee SS) cay Nw S “yY : N27 September, Pursuant to her inquiry, Silvia DURAN received a coafirmetion from the Soviet Etabasoy ‘that the American had becnt to the USSR santallation, , He a had shown them 2 letter fora the SGiint Consulate. ia? o oad W eahington indicating that he hodbeén along, awaiting a visa for himself aad Lis wits to go to D Use. No ‘ - answer. had some from Washington; however, the waiting : pertod was somatimes four. ox five months, The Am merican - also had @ letter: attesting that he was 2 member. of & pro= | . Cuban oxge ination out he bad imed that the Gubaus al’ . would not give hiss 2 visa. walees ho had already received a Russian visag 7 Altho sgh the Americe 23, Was atill at the Cuban - SR Y repeated that she dould not give hima transit visa Galess & Sovie t vioa was fortheoming, notwithstanding the American's wish to go to Cuba, to wait . . . . ee F + & cane en . temo ~. . ofa ME PaSere ‘ Pe a sents * : cr. See SOUR . C8C2014 - | pace 141 ce ele
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED there for his Soviet visa, According to DURAN, tho Q\ aA (ONS. x American know x6. Seep Cuba and sho int sorted to a a aad , appropriatély eanotate-tity American's card, The Soviet oo ‘echoed her sgotinent that the Amorican weg not Xe eae - \ . - G. 28 Septemiser « Stivia DURAN was again visited fata dati ~ ° : , Po “ st the Cuban Embascy in Mozsico City by the Americay’ secking a Cuban transit visa, Mrs, Dl URAN contacted at ») least two members of the Bowne Bidboasy and = facilites @ divoct conversation between ons 6é £ the: Sovigty deat the “ We : American, Conversin in poor Rucsi the- American ' stated that he already had been to the Sovict Consulate anc had loft anaddresa, The Sovict official replied that 7 he was aware of chat, The American sugreste o ak ha had not known his addresa then, and he had gone ta the Cuban Erabassy ta ask for the address, because they ked ite The American then necoded to the Soviet official's invitation to come by and give: fhe the addreaa, | re 1 October. in mid-moraing an unidentified .. tolividual, speaking’ tr olen: Ruscian, contacted the Sovict : eR ~ 7 a aaitieary sachet in Mex ico. City. Ho aid he had been to.
13-00000 oe ® . @ =< , ro aby. s+ e . j epeeses mite Sewers ves es Lees ; “a We Gita fb. ta SEITE ners ap MSTHOUS Be. 2 BID 8, tac Excbassy tho previous Usturday (28 September) and ~ | had talked with 2 exten head said they would send a | telegram, to Ww asbingtony hid there becnareply? He - wascieferred to the © Coidilate for the information, oe State, and the Federal 5 Bureau of investination. ao e. 1 October. Seo pore. waph ] zbove for Lea OSWALD 'g contact with the Soviet Consulate. a MI, Vatoriy Viedisairovich HOSTING = ye . 13. Kis believed that the Seviet ost icial widt whem OSW ALD dealt % in Mexico City wes Consular Attache Valeriy Visdimirovieh i * RESTO, born in Moscow, 17 March 1933, Ax photog: Tapa of KOST TROY, is attached, In his letter cf. 9 November to the Soytet Cpdeulate in Washington, OSWALD KOSTIN (sic) of the - wrote about his siheetings Zor” Soviet Unioxt in 2 Mesico! Bats: 7 M 1 Comrade exico," Thexe is no official es eZ of the Siew = Embasa septs Mexico City with a name resembling \” ita NKOSTIN", otha Vian Consul § (OSTIXOV, 14 _ KOSTIXOV is the eenicr cfficer of five Sovict Consular jz repredontatives who déal with visas and related len rte 74 loners SS Gate ace Re SP EE. pLoSsmoes hve? m a COPY NO.
13-00000 oe Oe ———-pePRoDUCTION ee ee _— mp ons win ‘action ig” get pesrlsni.e coe ed Bae vi emee! -"O  -- s DIRECTOR ROM + MEXICO CITY - Lis sey \CTION: C/SR 5, (MR. BAGLEY, SR, "MR. REICHHARDT Wr ANGEDS: Bid ta! . ~  COPLES ISSUED AT 0030, 24 NOV 63 : ADDP, C/Cl, c/ci7ors,. fF ly, C/WwH2, D/OS'2, VR Note: Jf destruction, cite NFO a\ reasons and coordinate 3): . ce ee © 4 SPPrOPTARtaa . Te ee 2408S = _ “ @¥SAP REDVOQD\LCTHPR REF DIR we a PROVIDED BENG” SUFFICIENTLY DEFINITIVE SURTAR CONTACTS IVAN GAVRILOVICH ALFERIEV (UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, "18, 19) 23 NOV 6@ CONTACTS WITH ENRIQUETA GOWIEZ OF LOCAL JFIRVILE INFO FROM LIENVOY). OF GOM RE EXTENSION OF COURTESY PERMIT FOR SELF REMAIN IN MEXI, 10, 11 NOV 6@ WITH FNU VARELA RE DELIVERY OF SUBJ’S FURNITURE. . 3 NY 69 AND 7 MAR 61 WITH JUAN SEDILLO RE INSURANCE SUBJ CAR. .. 8 NO’ 6@ SERGIO DURAN OF NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK RE PICKUP OF HONEY. 14, 15 NOV HUMBERTO GONZALEZ RE PICKING UP NEW CaR. 25 -28 NOV SUBJ TREATED AR SANATORIO REFORMA <USUALLY USED 8Y ‘Do MINDY VIO 10f SOVS) BY WELL KNOWN yer DR. CARLOS NOBLE HOYO WHO USED FREQUENTLY BY SovS. 23 DEC'y ITH THIRD SEC CUBAN CULTURAL ATTACHE TERESA PROENZA’ RE mo 7 CONFERENCE FOR ROLANDO CUSELA a 18 FEB AND 20 MAR 61 WITH DENTIST DR. ~ a SSS AUL LATIN owned él Udi WAR ARRANGES MEETING WITH 2 !ACIO ACISY a gee “&! a LESLIE ay noes ‘AP REQUENTLY USED SY SOVS. 1 AGUNES, PROMINENT PRO COMMIE AIDE OF GEN LAZARO CARDENAS. 28 AR FNU FEMALE MANJARREZ (PH AG 0 — -Y [ — 0 am GECRER— ; Nea REPRODUCTION. BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE iS PR OHISL ed TED Copy “Ne. a Se ee He +m oer ERCEEENNNNINY 9 + Gavery> COFY NO. P ROWBY ED) eR on ee EEE ERE
13-00000 8 REPRODUCTION ee PROHIBITED 2 omens + on ney CLASSIFIED MESSAGE TALKS FAMILIARLY WITH SUBJ AND INVITES HIM TO PRESS CONFERENGI“W En. TURE AT HOTEL REFORMA wah A CUBAN TO SPEAK. 3 MaY WITH guAgaLy PEREZ HACIA OF GOBERNACION RE OBTAINING CUNDETERNINED) VISA. & JUNE AND 6 JULY WiTit’ SOSCARE ‘SANT AELL Ay FORD SALESMAN. 7 JUNE WITH JUAN RARCIAS AND FNU PEREG” oR OZCO, DODGE SALESUEN. 2 AUG CALLS ROGER OR “ROBERT KATZ - OF “FRANCE PRESSE” TO INVITE TO SOvENB PRESS” CONFERENCE. ey AY AND 16 JUNE 1962 CALLS EDMUNDO JARDON OF PRENSA LATINA TO GET TOGETHER. 14 JUNE ASKS SPEAX WITH DR. GUILLERMO MONTANO ISLAS, PROMINENT MEXICAN PRO COMMIE LEADER WELL KNOWN HOS. 22 JUNE HE AND TASS REP ANATOLIY PAVLENKO INVITED TO LUNCHEON BY MEXICAN PRESIDENT'S PRESS SEC HUMSERTO RONERO. 25 SEP IS INVITED TO LUNCHEON WITH DR. IGNACIO CHAVEZ, RECTOR AT UNAM. 3 DEC ACCEPTS INVITE ATTEND BUFFET FOR PRESS ON BEHALF CARL J. MI@AIL, U-S. NEYS AND WORLD REPORT. 23 JAN 63 HORACIO CHANCACLINI OF UNITED NAT IONS POST PONES HIS APRGENEIENT WITH SUBJ. .19 FEB FNU SABINO CASRERA OF INSURANCE: FIRM RE PAYMENTS, 8 WAR INVITES CANADIAN NEWSPAPERNAN JOHN ALIUS TO sta DINNER. 30 APR REQUESTS APPSSINTHENT | NUERe ; | | WITH RICARDS. CPoERY CERVANTES, pe GGINENE LEFTIST “JOUB NeL Ist IN ow! a 86 my TIT eld «CL OSE FREQUENT sage “Sovs. 15 "AND! "ET iY TALKS, Wifa NEW YORK KE 5 Ee yee end or anend TIMES REP PAUL EDY WHO INVITES -SUBY DINNER 26 WAY. 13 “AY DIRECTOR OF VOZ DE MEXICO AND PCM CENTRAL COMMITTEEMAN GANUEL TERRAZAS GUERRERO, ASKS SUBJ FOR Sov FINANCIAL SUBSIDY S: 2s HAY" SUBJ CALLS JOHN RETTIE (SEE MEXI 4745). 14 JUNESCALL'S WELL. KNOUR oe LEFTIST CLEMENTINA BASSOLS TO INTERVIEW HER. 14 ont INVITES” ae ESS IQUE L OUSET OF EXCELSIOR TO SOVEMNE RECEPTION BEHALF cos? SONRLTS _ one REPRODUCTION ee RB ee eeten TE Ee Dees ms ot wee ee a
13-00000 q) - a ‘REPHODUCT ON PROHIBITED | C ( 2 Penmeettraepemmne tS ec races ees 2 (aay = i CLASSIFIED MESSAGE fia IN. PAG ; ee ea ee eee tens . we " 14 OCT INVITES JAVIER SANT OS LORENT OF HOVEDADES T3 SANZ eEuT.i 7 5% OCT UNSUCCESSFULLY IRIES CONTACT CLEMENTINA BASSOLS. 14 40% | TRIES CONTACT RICARDO POERY CERVANTES, . 14 AND 15 NOV ARRANSEA GLE : VIRGINIA GOM re 1%; LEFT Ist ‘AND PAR AMOUR OF POERY. SE CRE 1 wee ; | — a C/S COMMENT: *-REQUESTED INFO RE TRAVEL VALERIY VLADIMIROVICH KOSTIKOY, Ll QCIary REPRODUCTION = ne aus pase COPY NO. _ __PROGMBIMED CG Cer. Ge RIFE CERN GRE GED ACRE EARS’ OE: eynaD ge i
13-00000 PROHIBITED ti meee . ne mormees - ome: Sohn obitig\ ee oy IMDEX zat; + ° : C] uo INDEX ‘ C] FILE IN CS FILE NO, cons: a y _— an) i g, 70 . . : INFO : m CITE OR : oe ~ TPCT tO P. MORAGK, UNITED STATES BIFORAAIIOS/CPETCER TH MEXICO CITT: * RIA ROORICUZZ DS LOPEZ, SATD A SON IN LAW GF Cpismest Reva, Fann RIE nuennene ramen amma SSG IETES Tt  ataA vis Wa, acuiATineD wages cswaln. Son Iv LAW IS A CUBAN WHO LIVES AS 212 JEFFERSON PARRISH, NEW ORLEARS, 2 JOSH \GUTLERIMO AGUIFRE OF MEXICO TOLD ou FOLLOWING ne | | | i t i TAL: VER 5-9658. ARNESTO RODRICUEZ RODS A SPARISH LANGUAGE ScxocL Au IS ANTI CASTRO. ACCORDISG TO MARIA RODRIGUEZ DE LOPEZ BER Son mm as HAS A TAPED CONVERSATION FOS SP Number ! 3-48 for FOIA Raviewdn APR 1976 END GF MESSAGES c/S COMMENT: * DISSEMINATION APPLICABLE TO RYBAT GPFLOCR CABLES. Di aw -- 4 / oe | 26 (RETA Ne ofa fn Wh 7 Zam a too, C’ ThUtMATING OFFICEAS . ROREASING OFFICER —S-E9-R-E-2~ REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN .THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED. Copy No. REPRODUCTIC ON | | | "PAGE 147, of C12 PROMBINED a
13-00000 ww filets cs AS eet we bequ . Conte ig wire - BOC, MICRO. SER, MAY 15 1975 MICRO FILMED TO : Director oo federal Bureau 62° ‘Investigation Attention: iff, Ss v3. Papich FROS ; bepaty Director 7 Ree | sussect: “Lee H.-OS%ALD/doviet activit uazten | +3 = "24 Novenber 36a is, ermener, ess, ee one lets = Zu ee se 4 | a v. Abs7a Ke uv aae Gietdiaitiaaiad EO es ge BS" 7 fe) See Saed ag Attackaent alc sl — of the observed oti fea of Valeriy Viadinirovic# 2csTINc7 and Lyan Govriloe Biol Ott | gira panel az reper ted by ar ble source in Haxico city. | 25 sentenbor. 1933. (s 3825, 25 November 1563). ALFERIZEVY trave elled with 4OSTisoy to Horthern kemico during the varly part ct September 1963. ‘Source reported that during the period under reyiew the observed activities OQ £OSTIZOV and ALFORISV appeared to be normal, as did the petiytties of the entire Soviet Embassy conplesent. al a. Forwarded as Attachwent. Bis a resume of telerhons calls placed to and from _the ‘Soviet Eabasay on the afternoon of 22 November, ope scree calls made.the morning of 22 Noveaber nnd the "and afterndca oz 23 November re~ vealed no pertinent ini A os 3. Technical nance of the hemes of ssveral known and suspected Soviet intelligence officers produced no perti-~ nent informat: 4. Forwarded a3 Attachment C is a list icentifying the Soviets whose naues appear in Attachments A and B, 5. Saecause of the extreme sensitivity of the enclosed information, we urge that the source data and the information tbe given the most secure handiing possible, This- information ig for background use only and may not. be cisseninated without permission from this Agency. “Document Number \IST-622. [ RECORD COPY C3CI-2/778,831 for FOIA Reyiei on APR 1878 CLASSIFICATION REVIEW 7 27 few 63 91 - 289K GoC2e 2a
13-00000 wH/S/ilexico/Terry Ward:ard Distribution: UPLZe - Addressee L = RI (201~239248) L= CL/LIA ; . ; - CI/R&A - oe CI/SIG a #» SR/CI as Z, — WH/S/ilexico- “eS ce WHR - % a NEPRODUCTION PRORATED 37 Novenber BASICS: I= 7O50 Heal-7038 sSsIl~ 7036 MESTI=@7034 MEXI~7032 HO. PROJECT PROMISED 1363 (IN-S7292) (IN-67253) (IN=67 237) (IN-67231) (1N-67198) goal 22 PAGE 149 0 COPY NO. REPRODUCTION ech eee
13-00000 ¢ - peflonucrios pROOITED Enclosure a 18 November 0857 ~ Alferiev enters Embassy alone (Departure not noted) af | 1556 - Zostikov enters’ alone . - 1629 ~ Kostikev ‘departs: alone ‘ or on | 16556 aGastizer enters. alone yess Sister departs alone . | | 1735 = Rostikov enters alone 19 Novenber 2210 ~ AlzZeriev enters Embassy alone 1312 — Alferievy departs with Garnaschey 1352 = Alfericv and Garuaschey return 1415 = Kowtakev. departs alone. 1333 = Alferte? enters alogs \ Caer departure not noted) 1653 = Zostikov\ enters alc alone 26 Novenber No coverage 21 Novenber 0852 ~ Alferiev enters Esbassz.aith wife ClC20 25 REPRODUCTION ge t50 2s COPY NO.
13-00000 0916 0317 0949 1133 1206 1240 1310 isd 1333 1427 1630 0353 0904 1005 LOLS 1028 1030 1250 1302-1312 kXostizov enters alone Alfertey departs alons Alferiey enters alone Zostikoy departs with Shubin Alferiey departs alone Kostikov enters ‘with Shubin ~Kbstikov departs aprcar driven by EGB chautleur Kalinin — os Boatixor enters “with Halinin Altered “enters alone Xostikov departs alone Rostikov enters alone Alferiev enters Embassy alone Xostikov enters alone Kostikov has discussion with Shubin Kostikov departs with Shubin Kostikov enters vith. Shubin Eostikey departs. with ify’ and Shubin = Kostixew,, wite and: shubia return .22 Novyenber - Koatdicov: epgats in garden with Kazantsev 1236 ~ Kostikoy departs with Shubin, Shpakevich, Turygin, 1402 » All above return driven by Kalinin PROBED EUR COC2E 24 cscs 151 e212 COPY NO. __
13-00000 1130 1133 240 1410 1425 1420 1440 1200 1207 Xe OD, eo REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED xhstikov taling tm garden with Alicriev, sadreyev, aud Durygin | Sostiliov veparts 2a car with fanily Alferiey depatts ‘alone Alferfev enters, slene ; | - ae ‘Mteriey departs one ~Kizerter enters alone \ aod xosbunay enters alone 23 November host ilkov speaks with Kazantsey and Shublo Rostikey departs with Kazantseyv and Shubin Alferiev enters alone Xastikov, kazaatsev and Shubin enter Kestikov oer ‘volleybatl vith atskov, Shubin, ne) Xostikov seeuleg sails and Slavnoy Kostikov departs with Shubin and Romanchenko Alzeriev departs alone 24 Hovenber Alzerlev centers Embassy alone Kostikoy enters wigmnate and Shubin PROMIBITED
13-00000  @ REPRODUCTION PROMIGITED 1326 ~ Alferiev departs with: ‘Shengalev | 1410 « Aiferiev enters: with Sheigalev 1440 «© Alzeriew,: ‘Kostikov, Kazantsev and 2 unidentified \e' Soviet visitors depart’ Gs car) ® “ + ” Ne - we . ~ GIU020 cg COPY NO.
‘PROMIBITIED 22 November coverage of Soviet =mbasay normal. 22 November coverage follows: - MN os 1230 - Cuban Consul. Alfredo NiFabad Diaz asks to speals wits Yatskov. Latter apparently unavallable and Koutikot. comes on line. With-Lollowing conversation ensuing emt ipestor) Tay? ~ aS se Forgiva(agy tor arriving lata. Hin: Did you recover the suitcage? "SOS: Yes WIR: Then it was arriving on the other trip. _ KOS: Yes WIR: I called to tell you the fnllowing, that regarding that matter that we had talkad about, to see if ° we would spend Sunday in Charultepec Fark because my wife is preparing some food to eat there. BOS: I'm sorry but I've just sade plans for another trip and I'm leaving this very cay. So pleass 7 forgive me for not being able to go with you. Bins I*°d like to talix..to Pavel” Yatskey. en EOS: Wait a minute, hetil cone. enogi® sf Se WIR: I? hats busy” 1? Up ena be ra later; but I*ll be _ available for then half hour at telophone £03: OO. E. 1334 = Reporter requestS statement. Unicentified Soviet male refuses. ; %, 1323 ~ Female implies to: canazenka that the Soviet Anbassador has said to makes no, statenent. 1445 — Yugeslav. Anbassation. Wighov calls and speaks with Soviet Aubassador Bazarov in\taSsian. Talk briefly about aasaguinaticon | pence: each other what they unow, which ee we wo! Sve ni >) Goc2l 27 REPRODUCTION yg BB at meee | 110
13-00000 appears to be cnly waat they vot from tie radia. L550 « Unidentizied woman advises Scyiets of acsassination. Lady a Unidentified yeporter esi Por XKazmantsev, acvised peat fasantsev aa will be back sour, OST 1LI0G. am 1645 ~: Upddentizsed: mal eiisks for Yulharenks, told he isn't ow” % . we LGS2 Unidentified female reporter told Soviet Snbassy not working today, Saturday or Sunday. t i : | . ” I i i L715 = Reporter calls for statement. tone given. ~» Sazantsey cails his residence, personal call. 1744 - Reportee told to call back Zonday. 1750 = Unidentagied male asks for Leonov. Mot in. 19755 = above calis again . ~ meporter told call back Nonday.. ~ gac2t 28 REPRODUCTION — gg 188 ne COPY NO.
13-00000 ATTACIGISNT C TO CSCI@3/773, 331 1. ivan Gavrilovich ALFERIEV 2. Valeriy Vladimirovich XOSTIZCV - 3. Aleksey Ivanovich. GABSIASCHEY Se Vitaliy Barisovich SEUBIN Se rufig’ fat trityevich, ZALININ 6. Eoris asus 7 Vladimir’ Ivanovich SHPAXEVICH 8. Viadimir Ivanovich ANDR&IEY 9, Vladimir Vasilysvich TURYGIN Pavel Antonovich YATSKOY Viadimir PORZEUNOY Gennadiy STROGANOY Nikolsy Fetrovich SLAVROV — . Vladimir ROMANCHENEO Lev Fedorovich SHENGALZY es Sergey Semyonoyich ZUSBARENED Nikolay Sergeysvich LEONOY Svich BAZANTSSV = Oleg Maksimovich NZCHIPORENEO. << Pravda Correspondent Chaufzeur REPRODUCTION PRORIBITED Attache Consular Office Consul | Attaches . . Counselor Third Secretary First Secretary _ Third secretary Attache Code Clork Radio Operater Code Clerk Second Secretary Employee, Commercial Offics Yice Consul Second Secretary; So- viet Information” pBulletia Third Secretary REPRODUCTION PROIBIMED PAGE 156 of 212 COPY NO.
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROICITED saclosure 3 oy 22 tovember coverage of Soviet inoessy normal, Bees Dw . » oN 22 Navemeer coverage 7ollowsas \ - a | 250 — Cuban Consul Alfredse dipabal viaz asks to spealks with Yatskov. Latter anparently unzyallable and : Kostikey tomes on lina swith following couversation : g faster form “tu” - a8 ¢ Forgive, Be for arriving late. IRs pid’you recover the suitcase? wie: Then 1t was arriving on the other trip. S63; Yes MIRs « calied to tell you the following, that regqurding that matter tnat we had talked about, to see if we would spend Sunday in Chapultepec Far: becsuse my wife is preparing some food to eat there, ROCs: "sm sorry but I've just mace plans Yor another trip and I's leaving this very day. So please forgive me for not. being able to go with you. HIRz I'd like to talk to Pavel Yatskov. ZOS: Wait a minute, he'll come nov. Sims if he’s busy I'11 call him later, but I'll be PO available yor the next half hour at televhone Ho. 1l-28=47, OS: 9. Ke \ 1334 ~- Deporter requests statextat, oN ateentaties soviot sale refuses. “ye .e a oR L223 «- Pensle inplice to axnaZoat’SDrat the Geviet Ambassador bas aaid tormake neo Btatenent. 1445 ~ Tugoslayv apesandet “Thahey ealis and speaks with Soviet Anbassador £ ay Russian. als triefly wbout asgasainatios ny g each other what they hnoy, which gacet cv COPY NO.
13-00000 o REPRODUCTION PROWIBITED appears to be only what they got from the radio. 1550 = Unidentified woman advises Soviets of assassination. 1644 - Unidentified reporté> asks for Kazantsev, advised that Kazantsey ot iny will be back Monday, 0920-1400. 1645 = Unidentified male skater Kuxbarenxo, told he isn't | 1653 = Unidentified fenale: ‘reporter told Soviet Embagsy not : vorking .today,, Saturday or Sunday. 21716 = Reporter calls for statement. None given. - Kagzgantsey calls his residence, personal call. 1744 ~ Reporter told to call back Monday, ; 1750 - Unidentizied male asks for Leonov. Not in. 1755 ~ above calls again # Reporter told call back Monday. GU02F 34 REPRODUCTION Ly a8 212 COPY HO.
13-00000 i. Je de Se Se Ve Se 9. ii. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 13. REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED STTACTEES ZNT.C TO CSCI 3/773, 881 Ivan Gavrilovich ALYESIEV. ~ Yalerly Vladimirovich KOSTI OY - Alexsey, Ivanovich cansiSciy Se Vitaliy. Bor isovich suit ie Yuriy Dat tH yortch “RALIVIN - Boris Aleksandrovich KAZANTSSY = VYisdinir Ivanovich SEPAESVICH Viadinir Ivanovich ANDRETZY = Viadinir Vasilyevich TURTGciInS ~ Pavel Aatonovich YATSNCY - Viadinir POREHUROY 7 Gennadly STROGAESCY oe izolay Petrovich SLAVIOV =~ Vladimir RCKANCHESEO = Ley Fedororvicn sa av ~ we Oleg Waksisovich Sergey Semyonovica 20% Nikolay cergeyevich LEOuOV . Fravaa Correspondent Attacke Consular O2fice Consul attacke - Chautieur Conse Lor Third Secretary First Secretary Third Secretary Attache Code Clerk ae Cperator Code. Clerk Second secretary Employee, Commercial ofiice Yice Consul Second Secretary; So=8 viet inforuation Enlistis” Third Seer Secretary CCQ Se PAGE 1 : 9 cory Now _ 212
13-00000 REPRODUCTION — an 180 91 PRONIBITED ec Foe Tuo POET C owe ee a xt ck | 23 Jw. MEMORANDUM FOR: Myr. J. oa Rankin General Counsel . . ' President's Commission on tha . Assassination of Prealdent Nenncdy. - SUBJECT: LeeHarvey Oswald 1, Myr. Somes We Liebeler of your ataff phoucd ma last friday and requested that: Loa urnish the Coramlaston with an affidavit reapecting the oxlats nd circumstances of a protograph of an usiknowa Individual witich was furnluhed by thiz Agency to - | the Fedoxat’ Bureau ofidvestigation on November 22, 1963, id ae ye ’ 2. 7 orwarding an affidavit with this memorandum " which 1 trust will satisfy your necds. Dacause of the extremio sensitivity of the source lavolved, I have refraluad from adding iurthor detalls, le : 3. Che Central Intelligence Agoncy recommends that...” this shotograph not be reproduced In the Commission's report, because It would jeopardise a most confidential and productive operation. In addition, it could be embarrassing to tho Indi- vidual involved who as far as this Agoncy is aware, had neo connection with Lee Harvey Oswald or the Basasaination of ' President Kennedy. 4, In view of the above, a senaltivity. indicator has bee alfixed to thia comnuunication, . a 1B ant ‘ nine test MPs a Richard Helms» Deputy Director for Plans Py Attachment - a/s GOL 3S COPY NO.
13-00000 —) PROMIBITED a0 SESGED Distribution: Orltz & 1 + Addressce | 2-DDP ‘ 1 « CI/R&A/Oswald 201. ‘ 1 * CI/R 7-4 / Dooley : - WHIG/AL ci! R&A/Dooleys | Pra )22 July 1964. ’ enpett~ ts Label os
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PRORIBITED. 20 February 1964 + MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, CRE AS o SUBJECT: Documents ‘Available in OSWALD's 201 File ° . . ~ oa \ lL A machina Jiéting of doguthents officially recorded as being in OSWALD's 201 file was quested and is attached. The actual machine work of this type $ begun in 1963, but a few items of previous dates were ulso recorded, , 2. A comparison of the documents physically available in the 201 file and those recorded as being in the 201 file has shown that 37 documents which should be in the 201 file are not available init. This total is made up of: . & dispatches 7 memoranda from the FBI 1 CSCI 2 State Department documents 25 cables. 3. Machine inquiries ‘for the location of these documents have not been made. ; roa - for FOIA Review on JUN 1976 REPRODUCTION == PROHIBITED Bh Gig” "Document Number wt ele
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROWIGITED Mire J. toe Rann a 4 —_ 7 ease be be. good enough to 2 tale oe us oe vee Phone me on on vind » BR which , ‘ a assum eatin hare ren an: opperbaatty te y Ne | “eas Richart Helms ott, p . . Lote . ; ana Attachment . PEPRODUETIO a tea ~ PROWIBTTED
13-00000 PROWIBITED KAAZ-22595° G Mae 64: MEMORANDUM FOR: Mz, J, Lee Rankin SUBJECT: ation in CIA's Possession “ Rewas ¢ Lee Harvey CSVALD . Prior to Novermber 22, 1563 a3 Trangnitteel  . | _— “— - ac Javren Cometes ian. ‘ : “ye “This refers to your letter of February 12, 1964 ane Director of Ceutral Intelligence which has been sas to me for reply, 2. Paragrapn three of your letter requested tha Avency to suoply the Commission with a report on information in the Agency's possession regarding Lee Harvey COWALD orior to ovember 22, 1963, The request was predicated upon the footacte on rage two of CIA's report to the Commission dated 31 January 1904, entitled: “Information Developed by CLA on the Activity of Lee Harvey CSWALD in Mexico City, 28 Sep- tember « 3 Octover 1963", ere is ttached an exact reproduction of the = : gency!s cfficial dossier/on Lee Sarvey OSWALD beginning With tke opening sheet dated 9 December 1960, The extire dossier carries the security classification af Secret aad consists of thirty documents arranged in chronological order, Cn the basis of clearances from the Federal Sureau of Investigation, the Devartment of State, the Department of Navy, ami the Immigration and Naturalization Servicg,. who were queried by us after the receipt of your letter, ‘We. gre able to make available exact copies of all materials id ia file up to early Cetober 1963, These inclode: ° Document, Number 290-2 Sas TPeUITS UN or, SET2 3 z. ee, i ee itor 8 261-2ITLFES & Mor bt enone wane aes + ee wes cname: ‘emcrerree ot REPRODUCTION PROMMBIMED
13-00000 Bureau of Investigations be Ten docusekts received from the Department ; of State. . i Yes ete _ Two documents received frorm the Department ie . _ . One document (a name check request) orm the Immigration and Naturalization Service, e, Fou newspaper clippings, £, Five internal CIA notes, ge CYA report dated 3Ir° saaaby 1964 to the Commission which covers all substantive developments affecting CIA , in the matter of Lee Harvey OSWALD irom 9 Octoter to 22 November ‘1963,.. The report, indlented the dissemizatisns of information, developed by ClA-tfiat were made to other Federal agencies during t that period, This itera, as was pointed ont at atime, is particularly sensitive ard bears appropriate senkitivity indicators. / - = a Seven documents recetved from tae Seceral | | & You will note that almost all of the documents carry raarkings required for CIA's internal records processing, 3 few of the papers contained the names of our employees or idemifications of specific organizational components, We have taken the liberty of blocking out these items as they do oct bear on the substance of the Commission's requast. Richard Helms Deputy Director for Flaas é.tachment Original & 2 » Addressee “Le C/CY/SIG . . 1 » DDP Subject. » C/CLI/R&A - ~ DDP Chronox. pani Ll» C/WH/3 «» G/CI L w 2010289248 CLi:RGR occarde /7468/4 March 1 4 (Inventory of documents contained in file attached for all but aidresaes) : 2dl- 4 2IdF 2 aa) PROWMBITED
13-00000 PROMIBITED to the Gommission ‘ey J le . State Telegram No. 1304, October 31, 1959. (Contidential} ae “tM Ze Newspaper, Article from the Sestingten Post, November l, 1959 Aww3, CYULSN Internal. Note, dated 2 | November 1959 (oral FBI name - € Check request) and NR reply ¢ dated 4 November 1959 (Confidential) ~ eo, 2. laventory of Docurnents Contained in OSWALD Dossier Forwarded | Wf M4, v treiga Service Despatch 234, November 3s 1959 (Confidential) / | -- WW, State 7 Negram 1358, November r 9, 1959 (Confidential) \ | ry #6, State Telegram 1443, November 9, 1959 (Confidential) va | «« #4, Newspaper Clipping from Washington Fost, November 16, 1959 | * 8, Newspaper Clipping from Evening Star, Novernber 26, 1959 | + v9. DBP 49478, 25 May 1960 (Confidential) ~ » Vr0, Internal CIA Biographic Profile dated circa May 1960 (Confidential) ~ “il, Letter from the Department of State (Curmming) to DDP (Bissell) dated ree 25, 1960 ined 0-5679 = Secret) Qk . » 12, DDP Resecas es amr dated 21 November 1960 (DD/P 0-6003 ~ ~- ‘Secret) -/ Ai3, Internal GIA Request for Opening of 201 file, 9 December 1960 (Secret) | veew meee « /14, State Memorandum of Conversation dated January 26, 1961 (OUO) é « 15, State Instruction A-273, April 13, 1961 (OUO) / ~A6, Foreign Service Despatch 806, May 26, 1961 (OUC) “ Av Foreign Service Despatch 29, July 11, 1961 (OUO) ’ v 18, DFB $2181, July 13, 1961 (Confidential) - ATT. | te: KAAZ- 22595 ES OGPY | | aa | | Q6l-2dSTAYLS a a oT a: . wens Id a PROKIBITED
13-00000 ; © pe Rone Tues PROWIBITED pote, : | K4&A2Z-22575 Mod, 7 3 | — | + aS oo “ G Mar €¢ oo: ~ ¥/19, Internal CIA Memo,for the Record, 28 September 1961 (Secret) ¥ 720, Foréign Service Despatch 317, Cetober 12, 1961 (QUO) VW le Ae pens Name Chegl Request, December 5, 1961 /2. ry Meséage 20197/RB/3, 3 March 1962 (Confidential) v /23. DNA 1624, 26 April 1962 “#24, Newspaper Clipping from Washington Post, June 9, 1962, j 25, DBA 20883, September 7, 1962 (Confidential) 26, DBA 51407, 10 September 1963 we cane : + “27, DEA 52355, 24 September 1963, 7 Hrewbe’ (% dave wooded Chol are 7 vy 28 DBA 55715 (number ‘eabtbas), November 7, 1963” 3S ochre 196 S[dcte ol Ave) »y 29. DBA 55777, November: 8, 1963 ! w A 0 CIA Summary Report on Activities of OSWALD in Mexico City, dated 31 January 1964 " i3 COPY AO 2ITLAGF C2049 PROHIGITED a
13-00000 oo ae emu in oa fh CLASSIFIED MESSAGE 1262 te _ Re sEUG ee WwW. ~ SC ROUTING SSS af rai . 1064 a FILE IN CS FILE NO. — To: oo vee i§ 132 TJ SERLIN FRANKFURT Wey FROM: DIRECTOR Bg cone, C/WH ee ; DEFERRED ” $ dhaiias Lo of Ge ROUTINE miro, ect, 0/OCI, DOP, ADDP,-C/c1,c/ci/Si, VR oy 7 corres i GPFLOOR | 7 BREN INFOS.” FRAN | NO ene on RE: BRUISI67 cv soese) » . fe | of AB CONNECTION MARINA OSWALD HEADQUARTERS 7 DOES NOT D IRE LONG-RANGE OPS INVOLVEMENT SUGGESTED PARAGRAPH | 3 REF. _END OF MESSAGE’ G/Ss COMMENT: “‘*Reggab has number complex financial, “documents and personal problems which leading him consider return to. Moscow for further study in cinematographic institute... Believe he would definitely return if ” ericouraged by us and that he susceptible to recruitment as KUBARK agent during Moscow sojourn and possibly. as long range asset in Moree _ RECORDS oppy . The Beli 4 156 mH cs. copyistes "De ict FOIA Review on - Na 78 CLASSIFICATION REVIEW CEE Stamp — |conpucreo on” 9 MAY 19 | nocument Number r= D-200-5-41. . cope: re ‘gooasivarixe OFFICERS cROUP 1 . RELEASING OFFICER nn oo . | Exciuded from autematic . rar dest ‘struct tion ; nyeorat DC/CI. . Govwngrading and- a, " arnenvicaring: a declasification ve OFFICER “REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN, THE: ISSUING OFFICE. IS PROHIBITED.. mo Copy No, | Pen ee En eee re Oe een ny a ee nem tamed eg een anal Mate eee eee ep ie Ee tc etme ne oe oan zoe
13-00000 REPRODUCTION «= tt ACI: 42) 39 LOT ° REPRODUCTION TE eo oe en SAAD nae “XAAZ 2261) / AOS MEMORANDUM FOR: Myr, J. Lee Rankin F-) a SUBJECT: Reports on 4 ctivities ara Travel af Bee Harvey OS" ALD and " BMaxiza Nizolevam CSWALD as Tens: veeat Tol wom : te WW Oe we Cc: smmitas ot . Oy ke “Reference ts. mpd’ to the second paragrapa af your memuoranium dated 12 February 1964, and the second sara~ graph ‘nf yeur. memdéranduro of 16 March 1964, relative to disseminatigas ‘bi inforrnation made by CLA to the Secret Service, 2.. bmmediately after the assassinatioe of President Kennedy CIA undertook to assemble through its stations in Europe all avallable data, including information in the flles of other governments and intelligence services, on the traveis and activities of Lee Harvey OSWALD and Mariza Nikaleyvna OSWALD, This information, as it was collected, was made available te the White House, the Department af State and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Copies of these messages weremalso sent to the Secret Service, 3. Attached to this memorandum are exact copies of two teletyped messages relative to the travels and activities of the CSWALD= (Attachmerts A and B). Paragrapas g and bh of Attachment C are paraphrased, In Attachment C, OUT Teletype No, 85715, are found references to two other tels~ typed messages (OUT No. 85182 and QUT No. 85665) which describe one Richard Thomas GISSON, a negro journalist S/6L NAf Yo mepoy Wig so RQ BG mm eee Su RESTRICTED TO CL/AH 3) fer 1164 GUO2C42 PROBED ny ‘ “wer “we N 4equinyy juownoog Le 8-19 ar PAGE 169 ote le COPY NO. __
13-00000 PRORIBITED slay for Guba Committee, Paraphkrases af No, 35132 and No, 85665 are included aa Attachments Dand E, Access to original texts of paraphrased. italns will be provided whan members of your staff visit Langley. The information on which paragraphs g and h of Attachment G ave based was received at CLA Headquarters. an27 November and disserni- cated on 28 November.” ee | NS . a je - ‘This. mémorandum and the attachments contain “ | i I | / aN { a now residtag in Switzerlacd who has been active inthe Fair — | | very sensitive nigritmtion which has a direct bearing on sources ami =m 8, Anagpropriate sensitivity | indicator kas therefore been aifixed, Richard Meims Deputy Director for Plaas Attachments~_ as stated Distribution: Original & 2 ~ Addressee wiattacS = 1 »« DDP Ghrono watts”; ” l1=DDP subjecfw/atts =~ Mx, Rocca watts . — 1» C/CI/SIG wfatts™ 1 - C/WERELY w/atts: lL = 201-~ YE CI/R&A/TRHall/6664/26 Match 1964 genrenioat 2 S oo Lo Gul 2ol-2Ii24s caeearas ‘REPROBUCTION eet PROWIBTTED
13-00000 “PROBIBATED Teletype message, OUT No, 96702, dated 4 December 14953, filed at 1411 hours, to the W hits House, the Derartment of State and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with copy to the Secret Service, — SUBJECT: Lea Harvey OSWALD ae . ° Records of the foréigners records office of the German E Federal. Republic in. Coldgne) Germany, show that Marina Nikolgyevas Pusakova OSWALD crossed West Germany Som —, . ; | - | ; | a Attachment A ; i | | East Germany to Holland on 3 June 1962, She traveled } by ral, crossing ints West Germany at Helmstedt on 3 June and crexbaee ing Holland by rail at the Denthsim crossing point. She had West German visa 694/62 issued at the West Germany 2 imbassy in Moscow, She listed her final destimation as U.S.A, Cormmerxt:. This confirms information from tks U.S. ‘Embassy im Moscow to the effect that the CSWALD family traveled from Lloscow ts Rotterdam by rail around 3 an 1962, Halmstedt and Bentheim are oa the main rail routs from Russia to Rotterdam, While | Lee CSWALD himself acd their infant daughter are not recorded oe in German records this is probably because little attention a es Sy paid to U.S. citizens and to infants in keeping travel recordar hie ro a OE = “S60 559.245 AUT. %"XAAZ~ 2260 | & cocet44 PROISITED
13-00000 oc REPRODUCTION — PROWIITED ' | i ra) éttacsizment B erro if Teletype message, OUT No, $7520, dated @ December £553, siled at 1829 hours, to the ‘ihite House, the Derartrsert of State aml the Sederal Sureau of Investigation, with copy to the Secret Service, ‘ al : , . SUBJECT: Lee Harvey CSWALD 7 ~ | _. 7 Reference is made/to our GUT telegram No. 36792 of - 9 om. & December: 1963-which gave information oa the travel of aarinaOSWALD {and presumably alac Lee Hacvey OSWALD azxl their daughter) acroes West Gerrsany on their ow rars from the Soviet Union, Information asw available &om Duts authorities seems to confirm this, On 3 Juna 1962 one M, CSWALD, listed as a male Russian. citisen, exmered The Netherlands by train at the Oidenzaal border point, Gommezt: It is believed that the listing of this person, as a rsie instead of female was just an error ok the bomier officials, Note that Cldensaal is ppposite Bentheim, the German border point where Marina CSW ALD left Gepmany,. a nam a 8 Ey BOI 2PIDET ATT. 2 te .X@AZ- 22401) | PROABITED
13-00000 ° ————epRRooweruan » PROGIEITED Attachment G Teletype message No. 85715, dated 29 November 1963, filed at 1320 houra, to the White House, the Department of State acd che Federal Bureau of Investigation, with copy to the Secret Service, SUBIZOT: Traval.ss Lee Harvey | CS ALD ~ a “YS The following information has beex gathered irom 6. ‘feliable sources vegarding the travel of Lee Garvey CSWALD _ i “ant wite Oo os? a. 9 October 1959: According to: official SE ED alg oo a a A ae a ee ee tee nn enna British travel records CSWALD arrijed’ ia Southampton this date claiming on his nal card that be had no (ized address but planned to remain in the United Kingdom one week for vacation before . going on to "seme school" in Switserland, (Head- quarters comment: Probably referring to the Albert Schweltser College in Switzerland with which he is known to havs been ii correspondence.) b. 10 Octoder 1959: According to the same official British travel records CSWALD leit London this date by air for Helsinil, vay . 294 2 Y ; W148 = /76 y ATT, 3 te, KAAZ- 296.61 REPRODUCTION = gata PRORIBITED
13-00000 PROHIBITED Ge Cetober 1959: Stockaclm newsraper, Davyons Nyheter, of 25 Noverber 1363 states Lee CSWALD passed taecigh Sweden during October 17937. Article oy also adds thagicd WAL was unsuecessial i in, obtaining ye 2” viakedie v USSR in Helsinki which resulted in his - returning ta Stockhsim, Two days after nus arr rived ing Oe Stockholm OSWALD traveled directly to Mose ows. - “ Concinding sentence of article states ''This. Gatcates that the Russian | =mbassy Stocknainy gee bisa a. viaa, " | ra According toa reliable source PONS ag: ecord NC “i wo that there was any request for a USSR visa er ocessed through normal channels for CSwWALD at any time during 1959, and source indicated it was difficult to explain how OSWALD might have received his visa in _ two days without going thr ough normal channels, The only conclusion walch can be drawn is that CSwALD raust have received his visa directly fom the Soviet Embassy i in Stocicholm. which occasionally is done in | NOS? : » special caseny but the source had no evidence to confirm this assumption, wae Lee om get cee mee wet tee wee ae ee am C4 cy cn nm PROWIBTED
13-00000 o se ReoueTICRN PROGIBITED a& ldto 15 October 1959: According toa very : reliable Ree satrensely edasitive source CSWALD stayed . wf at the ' t Torni Hotel fase from 10 to 11 Cetcber and 7 wt thea. ‘moved to. the Kans Kurki Hotel where he stayed <. read e ra | 13e or Setieei “appar ectly waiting for a visa ta be | issued bin by the Soviet Consulate i Welsinkl, He traveled tothe USSR by train, crossing at Vainikiala on ot 15 October, | nt ms e, 13 May 1962: According to a Duteh oftictay source, the Detch Charge in Moscow insusd a transit: 5 ee ome visa to OSWALD 's wife on 13 May, 962,, Theis regords seveal hia wife was barn on 17 Jwy 1a ‘witead af 13 Joly 1941 and in Severodvinss instead of Mins. There is no record of her having actually transited The Netherlands, £, 1962: Official British records do not reflect that CSWALD returned to the United States from the USSR through the United Kingdom, However, if he were merely transiting, it would not lave been necessary for ‘him to fill out & landing card, and therefore there would be no record of hia travel in the official traffic index, | ‘= 3e@ PROWBITED
13-00000 > ee Rooweruon PROFIRITED Be 1963: According to an extremely sensitive and ef. A, reliable source, on 23 ‘Novembes Maria SNETHLAGE, head of the MWerkgroup 1 Informatie Guha!’ (Workgroup Inforttiation Guba), told, amy’ eapioyes af the Cuban Embssoy. tn Tha Hagee that she was sure she had met. eal - ‘that Mr, “LE is Havara, whe did the murder", .She ? described nim a3 a man of violence and extirely full of ‘hate and indicated that it was possible thas this man had peen misused by a group, She said she had written to 'GISSON" about the bad impression ane had had of this LES, {Headquarters comment: Please refer to our | teletype Nos. 85182 and 35665 for additional information on GIBSON,) Later, SNETHLAGZ told Castro Cubans in The Hague that MMr, LEE af the Fair Play for Cuba Committee had been slandered and that it was another person named Lee CSWALD who had done it, SMETHLAGES seemed to be glad to have heard this ‘correct! version, | (Headquarters cormmment: Mr, LEZ may be idantical with Vincent Theodore LES who replaced Richard GISSON as Head of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.) sega = (rere S10 0 RAREST AD We BE
13-00000 > ~ pepRooucrion PROHIBITED ¢ Teletype No, 85182, dated 2Z. November 1963, [led at 1932 hours, to the White House, the Department of State and the Federal Bureau of Investigation,: with copy to the Secret Service, (paraphrase) -~ POUT com SHE tym - wade "7 ao A 4 a0 SUBIECTE Lee ° Harvey oswALD pe Rg NG on on Se ces eens ar 1, In conversation with a close friend in B Bern, Switaerlamd, on 23 Novernver 1963, Richard Thomas GIBSON. vemazked that OSWALD is "ons of us", OSWALD and GISSON - ° kad Sorresponded two years previously, and OSWALD had joined the Committee, (Comment: Referexce is \pré sumably to the Pair Play for Cuba Coministee, } GIBSON added that he had destroyed all bis, letters from OSWALD, OSWALD is CPazye cmson thea remar ced tat he ta happy that he was Pa net in N a He felt SOrry for "LEZ" in New York ard - Wa for "TIBCR", on Nod “ : , 2. The information given above was supplied by an extremely sensitive source who is usually rellabla, 3, According to cther information that was availaole, Richard Thomas GIBSON, born 13 May 1931 in Leos Angeles, California, is a negro journalist who has been active in the ATT. + te. XAAZ-2266! : Rei -asta45 gccet PRONIBITED
13-00000 ° ———_RePHODUCTION oe en ay wnt. Fem NA . ated since April 1963 at Lausanne, Switztrland, In this latter country GIBSON) has participated imthe publication af La Sevolitioa Afvicaines “ cw? { Pair Play for Cuba Committee ae He has resided | | | \ | | mm + ee eomgqpemnpe 8 nema ae © + ame epee weno PRORIBITED
13-00000 peeRooucrio PROWIBITED Attachmert E Teletype message, OUT No, 35065, 23 November 1963, filed at 1626 hours, to the White Hous, the Departmert of State and the = Fedecel Bureau of Investigatign, with copy ts the Secret Eervice, (parephesse) - Rye 2 i. Sur co in The’ Bague bas reported that on \ Lye 23 Novermper 1963, a loeal Castroite named Maria SNETHLAGS told Third Secretary Ricardo SANTOS of the Cuban Exbaesy in The Hague that she knew the "Mr, LEE" (sic) who murdered President Kennedy. She described "LEE a3 a man full of hate and violence, and speculated that he tad been misused by a gzoup", Ghe said she bad veces toG ISSON N (undoubtedly at ~ Rickard GIBSON, Bes eitizen, of Lausanne, ' Suttzer land, born Pr aiiara 2 mk a 13 May 1935, a Castro sy; Tas wes who had visited The Netherlands recently and had been in contact beta with the Soviet Ambassador and the Guban Embassy). 2. Later that same cay Maria CNETHLAGSE told Secretary SANT OS that “Mr, LEE of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee!" hed been slandered, The assassin had been ancther person, _ Lee CSWALD, SNETHLAGE is reported to have been in Cuba in January and again in May 1963, ATT. S te: KAAZ-2D2661 ~ ‘ . ee wt me te vil he OP
13-00000 3. sc cording: te Sutch authorities « on 7 Nevers in taiking about atmciss by Cusan rotug 8e@5 against the Suban REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED 1963, rmaioland, SANTOS had replied ' just wait acd you Will sce want we can do, a wilh ‘happen soon, ' ' Asked to be more precise, Ce y to mave &@ ar o-Castsd Weiner inthe U.S.A. 4, A very sensitive source reports that after his conver- | SANT CS Bad replied. nfust wake just wait', SANTCS is reported . | j sations with SNETHLACE, SANT CS was very angry because she had contacted him, ‘REPRODUCTION PROAIBITED oS cary gclet s4 ee — yaa ee Ko[- 25429 F COPY HO.
13-00000 Eh. —  & ep Ronuerion PROSIBITED MEMOCALNDUS FCR: Me, J. Lee Raskin General Comes _-Pyssldent’s Commission os the _-” dAssadalnation of Presidant Ranueady et School in Minsk, USSR as Trawemitheed Te ee a Jerre emi sallow ge t. “tagations ofthe exiutence of a Soviet intelligence end for sabotage training school in Minsk, U3S2, have come to the on attention af the Agency [rem preas raviews. Als Sog-thers hee bean an informal inanivy from ao chamber of the, Commissioa, tir. Tallies, very recently on this detail. take this opportunity to tarnish bo tae Commission the indormation\ebish Cie e Agzary 2. \ carefal voview of SLi Mles bas produced ns bard . faformation regarding Soylat intolligence or sabotage training in }4insk since 1947. Cre iter of information euppliad by a Soviet dafector in IMG reported tha existence, as of 1947, of an intelligence training school in Minsk, No additional details, however, were availably regarding its curriculam or location ia Minsk. Informatien. ° dsveleprd from our sources slace 1949 has not montionsd, confirmed, or corroborated the continued existence of the instzliation. = ry a “WET actye _ @ 2Ueg atlomua Revayding Intelligence Zrsining . : UO MEIGY WI] sug #equny yuownsory 9261 Nar 3. “nethey reference in CL. Bley to trafaing le Minsk relatss to the existence of a. s2be wee seboul which himetioned in Minak anil} thi. Germen attack oa the Soviat Unien in 1941, akior which the uchoot was moved to Leningrad ve ow Gt oon a 7 “2 ole APPAYE wa VN try 8008 8 An BT er BaP aw a ORE SS | a hoe 182 of 2le CaPY NQ. pC SC dada
13-00000 Oe REPRODUCTION PROMPTED 4. These two items of iniormintios, are the only oose ia the posvesasion of thiy Agency rubsting to Intelligences acy galeotaga - training Is Mingk. They aro tavstobeid te the woremisaion ia Grice to completes ga _secords. 2 Becdure of the sensitivg vourtes inavelvad, it has deal neces sary te az % sensitivity indjestor to this memeraees | os » male eT es ichard soines Seputy? Dircetor for Fians _ Distribubivns: : — \ Qrighaal & 1 - adiressse 2 ODP Be SRS/TTZR be O/CL/SES se CURB sao . s + \ ’ %, Griginase byt" capmaa[astaitiantes o3, ¢Juna 1964) in REPRODUCTION - susie a iy 88 2 ‘PROHIBITED _
13-00000 —_ ~ 16 December 1963 oot tent Fiiaeris, mote. a0 Ieee. quien eae) . Teeny Pteeror (Pines } et hol ss de amcucied toe your perecal ere the wthten scams w 55 Savassey Somer BYES? ce sane amaeerta of Yee aseercionscicn 22 frevicess Stee 7. Sees. su yon kace, EATTAUIS defected Tray whe 403 ahah to geome 2m, Gad. bbe perscuml heorlebee toe mot <3 te date. tot. be ber steed imtuoes with Soviet incetiiconss VLOEece Ce So bes of Re sin tip. Ete corseerka oc iter Ww We ca ble alte mat ees Oe bacdied by Soriet istaite ame Se a ones the Geetoc “gion sso | ely meen EE Be va ewe doektad, ta sane an his view iho. sitting, - SSEASBEMCR = = . > * ~~ - 2o« EE = ay a ~ STyEss ? om Oh © Se Rca “8 i frome fo 2~ C/ sas er. x oor) = PRODUE eat ‘ roparnes . - - ON Cubel o7 PAGE 184 5 212 COPY NOe meena
13-00000 _ CSCT~3/779,135. . : TE tt weep . a ry a TS '  ¢ Dbrector Federal Bureau of Investigation Attenticn: Hr. 6. d. Panich PRCH : Deouty Dizectér (ions) BIECL : Pater. DEREABINS Comentston the Kemedy Assassination a “ 2 . l. Avtachea- for yar yerusal are the written cocments of KGS dofectorc Fates DEATASES. ca-sose aspects. of the assassination of Presidents sein ein Pc: Kennedy. As you mow, DENYABIN defected fren the XC3 xSeut guars ago, and his personal Imovledsge is not wp to date, bubGw has stayed in touch vith Soviet intelligence dsrvreloaments to tha best of his abllity. is camzents on hew Lee CGWALD ani his wite must nave been handled by Sorlet intall- igencs authorities while they vere inside the Soviet Unien are ee ee iuteresting and his suggestiens for ther questioning oF Eres. Murine GOWALD are equally provecetive. 2. We hove decided to pasa cu his views without editing, end this Agency does not specifically endorse his conclusiais er reccnmemiaticas. =" CLASSIFICATION REVIEV! Enclosures: Fer paragraph 1 c/wa/3,(e yhirer_}, omy. 12 Dacesber 1963 Distribution: . BASIC: Hone Orig. & 1 - Addressee ; _ -l - RI . NO PROJECT 1 - CI/LIA 1 = CL/REA -l1 - CI/SiIc 2 - C/WH/3 : Lb eA 1- w/a Document Number for FOIA Review or "Ye pe So 63
13-00000 SUBJECT os Peter DERYABIN's Caments on President Xemedy's Assassinkticn L. We shoula understand thet ay ccmants which Zollov are President?” T beldave ve can male & Geol cone a9 te the precisa RUSECEEY. he tessonteation af Eesiedk Ga | De, vestenn yoeewue bukit the lesdership of'ine-0EA oo | would autcautically case up. Witness Preaident coimeci's ineediate | concilistery telegras to KEHEMGHIGV, after the mmder. te Wight. mention thes the USA waa the chief ropenent for Dob long yvenges credits te the USSR. Ixtension of long range credits | 7 is vital. to the USER of this juncture. - 4 %. Tris leads us into the most pressing problem within the USSR. the Vest persistently underrates the extent of the ~ ge Da the Cuban situstion any USA or Cuban ampatriate eotions against Cube vill not be tainted by the fect that these - ars. vengeful acts ageinst Cuba becsuse of OSWALD's “Faix Play ; ‘ far Cuba” patpecerars ibang rene properly dat ad. <A more ememable fmerica wilh strengthen KHRUSHCREY's hend in his rumiing bettle with tin CHICO. Ea will thua have encther reasen to Sgn Tome OF peanetak comxisteare is mmpertior to thst of the Ciictss'. -
13-00000 e. Comeabvably any of Presldest KESH2DY'’s plauned ecticns to gob oven move Tics with the Soviets during the pre~ . election yeay axe thus sabotaged by the President's muminr. Pe iho Soviets cavicusly understood that the death cf Presiient ERMEDY would zusalt in the emergence of DetAULLE as a strong Nestern lesdar. Decals of sarrse says “whet 's (Good Tor Symnce 19 nob necessarily bad for the ER.’ aa on "Be roe’leath of Presiduat ISN renoves a popuies <2... :gablying point’ for aur allies. Fuethermrs, and nore pertinent, LA \Ge oa We tents Sain tuetaione conenivene istellectuals whe have oT enitatly made invidious comparisons Letveen their om intellectual -? See the eteliewereks de ben Une dhe oat bed Tike ‘ | Nea ads. ‘cane trtatly view the (SUALD operation as 2 mouzted ; the hen Laymen will aaprecate “the value that the KGB abtechen”. toe such on the spot assecament. niso say that Cow. Set was smusotpercperly vould not bs Se ee ee eee Rovever s erly mow types. parareeee NEPRODUCTION ctotes vice 287 ot 212 rhe lo Zl Wye cory 10.
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROSIBITED b. , In uch om gpernblon ths KGS eek) not use a Soviet cltizen though the very real poasibility GHSte- tant” COUN I | ta esoentinle--Jé was 9 moe plas thet Ji ouecnel. @s Be dia get to a theater which could have been kis - | point. of contact wlth his Dlegal case officer. Certainly we | Imew the SGS's penchaxt far using theaters for meeting places. Se @. Reter his exvest, vaieh wos adly dus to his um- ° ‘gotbaate enocastar wit Polissan TIPPER, CSHALD did remain “ “7 Benes Sor Lite the beri of Cal AZBLwms his babavice in i GE's Gast Ts Ee Or pocegetae Os jerome. et BBY soe las 9 Ka bale ee | Locking SE Uke Gare essentials of hia pest th the ca WE ~ ve Be RUBY had. access to the police station. Reverts — say he perscmally knew most polices: e. ROSY rewains sllent acd his cover is heliing up. " de 3s mea a good legend of temperery Insanity. e. Ee has 3 reusemeble chance to escape the desta sentence. his activities mrlar te his devartaxe to the USSR: (2., b., and c. below affer three possibile acswers to the questicn, "Why did he go to Meseowi" : Be First, OSWAID wes a self-ends Marxist or Commish ~ who decided to gon on his om; that is, he mis this decision by himself ami pravptea by no one. Ea possibly was leolcing far. a better life without Mowing what the Soviet Unico really is. Second, after CSWALD's dlacharge as an “undesirable” fron the Mesinae, be feud himgel? in difficult ani unploamn’ situation: 45 1¢ pessibis thet im this situation be vos noticed ~ (by 8 spotter convectulter for the ieee nee ment ond was considered ab © poskibie coniiliete Tur use oF . e . ‘. Noo ; wat § *, ages e :" * . . NS ona bane dow PRORIBTTED a
13-00000 PROMIBITED reernuiivens? Th fll UI oan abou, OSWALD wes sent to Hescow, anil om Hescoy's omer am tom of CSWALD ons made ond thers followed’ ceciaian to ' “iezevite” hin to Moscow. Using toe ward “invite, ee waaers: rg 3 aka te IG pow finanetal easistance abi cose advice ta hov to Zo this. we > “Thésa, CSHALD went to Houcow, or was sant to Nescow, oe by: sexe pro-Goriat, pro-Cagmnist, proeGoben organization(s) , Baving ia wind that he vould stay in the Govist Unien Zor a few id CSWALD first begin to oxoeess ta go to so the Soviet Caton b. Yo vhoa did bs talk, whem dia he contavt st this contacts asd his eoplication 3 Ge Hoy, ween ani through thom G18 CGHALD oot his . Soviet visa? nd ‘de Bow long did 1% take for bis to get get the visa? £. Wen eed how did CSVALD travel, to the Usss (alr, Seay through whieh comtrles; Ne Sn SAT aid be meke stops; he long were such stops)? 6. Pogetber vith the above, # is very tmortent to ‘mow of CSUALD's ciroustensts before his Yeip Lo tpalsianl. vere ima in advance thas be ves Boing sad who imew thet he bad gone: ; Mother, brother, relatives, friends, neighbors, givl friends,. bay frienis, old tukdies, ete? To whom did COWALD say goalbys vefare he left for the USSR: personally or by telephana, dy mall? Dia be ever ask anyone ony questicns on traveling to the USSRY When? PROBED
13-00000 ° eee ruen PROWIBITED T- COULD tn Yonant,—thon-CSWAED-unrtred Hos bina wiley Oosge Lereks 5 i Rann sa Mane. seh Quen: Pry ob Sie GS. Is 0 7 Particular cnoe, wodur the Second Chie? Directorate {Cl)- Baing unter the coutrol of the EES; GE tha suas Liss be Gus iY heavy investigetion dizectsa ot ansvaring the question of why this Se ee ee ate Tee COND se ee ay See eronce whether they kuew In advances about CEWALD oy not; anymy, the would. conduet ouch on Investigstion). Eyery possible bis of infer tatien was taken froaa CSWALD about the OfA, especially about his service in the Morine Corps, cts. Bt be seas tine, CRA ae the KG3 makes tts comelusions: that CSNAID is clear and is whe Rrerates*vo he and taat ba might milga posmdaly be used or usemnl for Scyiek Intallioencs or CI Service. TTS; the tanleraaael Sa-~y eves thal Curihy His” (CowAL'S il. “any sheved, scase Mssatisfactton ebout the : SBA te alseaty (1% is usual for Sueriesns)--and by this tine Lar te COPY HO.
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROGBITED bin to fini hereto make hin hapgy aad to maim gure that he would not leave tha Sovbet Union)——the KGB et the sume tims contimed = to train him, protebly in the way of an old-fashioned Marriat, Katiing hin tant be would be o good fighter against izperlolista KERMEDY 45 return bo tha USA end to do scathing for cur comer , . cause, such &3 to help cay American pro-Doviet coxgenisations or; for instasce, beceme 3 member of a Free Cuba Comiities or in case of erisin to de simthing tutstaniing—thab will be noticeable ereryuhere--thas wilh prove that you ara a real Coummish. Then, .  ~sesavkere hese, Lf bs wes already a Soviet agent or nok, the gizk shoved, up, os Bhe was thers before, bub by this tims she una pregsant and OSWALD decided to go to the TEA. When be was toll. ifter this talk, CSUALD shouted-—-where is your freedeat She ig ny wife, va have a child, od I would like to go. If he did make a big noise, they decided to let him and her go; or if ha elreedy was a trained agent, than without ony Kind of moive at . His post, but. with seme difficulties, permiszaion wes granted Yor - er to go with Rim a er ce: State Seourity on bow vo banile orelguers—i% mise no Oiveresce whether they are Comsuniots ar nob. 23- Invest. ion of CSWALD'g vite should be untertalen &G som es poosihls, wi ions to Follow) , ‘CapemeegEPae Glu wd . GUURTE4 REPOOOUCTION na thea COPY NO.
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROHISITED -T- a - Be First, vhno ls shet Eer education, professicn, egu, family backgramd, Party affiliation (Keseanol, mexbership). if she was % mosber of the Nemsanel, then the Kansqnnl orgenizazion > Faee, ee ee ead ee Ee em eling to the U.S. Also, she must be expelicd fran the Kesonol, and then che auto- neiicelly would te cumsidered a medbey of the Imperialist Cum, fsen, 2f she wie e ember of the Kansemol and this ection did - nob take place, 1% was because of HGS interference egninst euch Coe father, metlaer y brothers... -1F they verve members of the CPSU ae Tf ale was invited fe pas offieial Sevier cetices, . end iP these offices asked her not to marry a foreigner and nes to  €o with bia, then Ercbahy aha weuk mob @ manibetr cf the (ommcainil ‘and she did 26 on ber com will; bub if she anewers that no one invited her to such offices, then the whole jcb was dons by the  EoBemocthhy and quietly, with no talk goings around about it. -@. ‘Yio batved her axl how zeny times to urite papers 5 ee Soviet Ministoy of Foreien AtYsies to say that she hed married on American citizen and would Live to 20 vith hin to the USA? Tt 26 was done a few times and with great difficulties, Keine rin onsShiayinenigtiaias-Ae-pel-vigneaeghat atch lh ala _&; popers_ yore peo by Wis Kas (icconting to Se fon S. was processed very wasily ani | Gutekly-) f. So vero bee usbendi'a Priests? Prom vhat circles? Yorkers} Iotellectvals? Ge or remy tives ware she end hex basband—siilie. Uber lived together--inyvited to the police staticos ar any other Goviet govermmant affiees, together or separately? (NQCE: ‘There is ne other office thm the KGS which would male such en invitatien. It makes no (ifference if they were agents or net.) PROLIBITED
13-00000 PROIBITED ° ee ae h. Yow surt (intelligant) ia sho" “Deve she neatly speck bo English? Is hey English betber then che shows or better than it ochonld be after being hore only two yeuras Ge WOVSe’: 4. Viet does she say chout Life in the Sovist Union: ge Did her husband have a gum vhile be vas ia the Seviet Thies: If so, how does she lnewy abouts 167 Non did he = Bab As: Did be have special pentissice to carry & sun: Dia be eae ke tho gave financial halp to they befare they lozt the Soviets Unteny (BODE: Yor u regular worker in the Soriet Union, it is ispessthle to save emongh to buy @ ticket and tices exy ind of preparations to go abrced.} . ie bo gave instructions to OSWALD to ask for Pisencial asoistance et the fM=ericaen Exbassy upon his retien to the USA? the USSR? . If ac, im woat church? Whee debe wos 2% “da they begiiae theirasecand child, bam in the U. S.% Ne if CUALD mever hed a permement job ire in the _ USA, then who vas going to Pinence his next trip to the USSR Yew mach Gi his wite imo about his plan to return to the USSR - “wha Cobas 1h. The imgestigation af the wire cheuld be made step by step, keeping in mind and never forgetting that OSKAID as Se ae ee Le ee On en tithe en ee costamt comacts vith orgms of the Als. Withest such Ghaervstion ebd\contects vith argens af the MIS, no forelars em Live within the Soviet Oaicn. 456 ta my investigation of this case ve should not Lose 2 -of Bis, visit to the Soviet Ixbassy Im Mexico Cliy. A.friextily H con be expected to honor such a remiest. Ho nekere learn ggreat deal fron the Soviet realy. Duwb aves TIRTTTATLTTS ae = oe w wi] 6) PROGSITED
13-00000 PROLIBITED a ca ~ hg wpb feet, Sed a4 " 8 . al oS, i ah. AS oo ae We: Ge Cte tees wh Ay 1s January 1964 fo Sugsenl af a vera Cations Fiend Bets! ant dev eure eae = a). ¢ | aa ae ve . gigegeieys is Faw CAs eto, Teena. Screee ayy Tad 1 Pytay an WE fe oo. oy keke eke bys. LST “tere :, Fig” a “pe i) ” Hm es semen. 5 MENCRANLUM OF CONVERSATICH ee EA ‘, TO: Chief, SR % \ Nw cupse _ €I4 Workin Support of the Warren Coumission ACY ‘ ‘we An 3 Below is-e summary of the matters ; discussed dn our \nee weéting: with Messrs. Angleton and Rocca on the evening of a fanuaxry-t964. In turn, Me. Angleton was reporting tous the ‘substance of his meeting with bir. Allen Dulles, Nr. -* J. L8e Rankin, Chief Counsel, Hr. Wellins of the Justice: ~ ' Department, tir. Helms and Mr. Rocca, which took place on the afternoon of 14 January 1954. 2. Nr. Angleton said that ur. Daitgs, » apparently pro- yoked by vress accusations that the Vaxren Commission has been dilatory, asked CIA for su estions of-Guestions or requests to be . iovernment. This le , 2rom the Warren Commission andvic be transmitted through the Department of State, would seek additional evi- cence which is presumably available in Soviet files which ' could assist the Commission's deliberations. Wr. Dulles did not have a detailed idea of what he wanted to ask the Soviets for but did say that the questions should be "not too tech- — nical." Although Mr. Angleton thought thatthe letter should © be written only after the CIA report and comments have been completed, in order to make tke letter as effective as possi- ble, th. Dulles felt it should go now, be phrased in generali- ties and allow the Soviets more flexibility in their handling of the matter than would a more pointed letter based on our concrete findings. ir. Dulles asked CIA only for the questions and not for a draft letter. Mr. Murphy suggested that we ask « only for certain records rather than put specific questions to the Soviets. Ur. Murphy suggested that thesa might include Soviet kospital records connected with Lee Oswald's attemptod suicide, city visa and registration records for Moscow and _YWinsk, factory personnel records from Oswald's place of employ— i ment, etc. ~AIsoe Oswald's diary noted that his case had passed t ‘through two commissions in the USSR; we might ask for the ‘ ‘records of these commissions as well. Mr. Angleton said that t in transmitting our suggestions to Mr. Dulles we can include 4 any introductory paragraphs or explanatory comments that we | 89 IO doar on ne ——e a . pureen tm cea ee, mr we mee RED II 2Y F Bui ot Rt ti* & 3 af ca Y ir FOI Review fn way BPS * — LY ee Te Pe tr ae a et eer te oF
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROLISITED - 2~ felt necessary to explain to lx. Dulles the dixection (of our thinking about theses proposals. (Note: .I instructed Mr. Wigren to prepare a drait of suggested queries, using the assistance of DERYABIN and to have this ready, if possible, by the closes of busines today. ) oe ” 3. _Rankin: stated that the Comission wants to account in detail, minute: by minute and hour by hour, for Oswald's tine ‘outside the United States. Mr. Bagley suggested that. tie narrative chronology of Oswald's stay in the Soviet Union be ‘converted. ‘to~s chronology tabulation which would permit us more siz to insert added details and dates as we learned of them(in’ other documentation which we can: expect to receive shortly. This was agreed. { ; . ; (Note: I instructed Max. Wigren to begin re~_ / . Casting the narrative immediately into this form.) 4 Mr. Rankin said that the Commission has a walst-high stack of documents and reports received from the FBI and Secret Service which CIA has ‘not yet received. These include Secret Service interviews with Narina Oswald, letters from-Lee Oswald in the USSR and other material. He promised to send this material to Mr. Helms shortly. . (Note: We will pass appropriate parts of this material to DERYABIN for further analy~- ‘gis along the lines of his earlier work On documents already in our possession. ) 5... Yessrs, Aneteton. > urphy and Rocca considered DERYA-_ BIN's. initial analysis of Marina swald's documents, and the Sti wht : nitre~and 7Econtrabut on. @ unable to Hake any Seri- ous salar even hypothesis until some of DERYABIN’'s guestions been answered. Mr. Rocca suggested that DERY¥A- BIN’s paper be recast into nore of a questionnaire form and.. tir. Bagley agreed, pointing out that DERYABIN’s comment and speculation could be put off to the side as explanatory con-= ment on exch question, as appropriate. Mr. Angleton and Ur. Murphy thought that it would be desirable to send this paper to the Warren Commission in advance of other CIA reports with a memorandum informing the Commission that we would need . answers to this interim questionnaire in order to reconstruct ; a detailed chronology of Oswald's time in the USSR and to ; comment on bis activity there. Ths Commission would be asked to procure the information from Marina through any Agency it might choose. copy i
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROWIPITED. w« 3 = (Note: I instructed Mr. Wigren to prepare the DERYABIN paper in this format urgently. ) GS. Hr. Angleton reported that he had asked the Commis-—- sion representatives certain questions pertaining to our use of def ectors 8, in analysing the Oswald papers: Be Was ‘the- Commission formally requesting us to — _have defectors analyse the material? ; ae” Vellins thought that the ansywer Sw this question is yes. However, Mr. Angleton asked for a formal request. from the Comission to this effect. The FBI. has stated that its reports are not to be passed to AELADLE, which may cause some compid~ cations. = b. Would the Commission be piepared to- assume the burden of responsibility if such: a defector should disa- . gree with the Commission's opinivzs op> Corie, up with a radically different hypothesis” or i Gerpretation? Commission would. c. If a defector who had contributed to the analy— , sis of the documents should be unwilling to appear person— ally and formally before the Commission, would the Commission exercise its subpoena powers against hin? The persons present said that the . . lir. Rankin thought that if there was a xisk involved Zor the defector, the ‘Commission would not do so. However, Rankin promised to get a formal answer from the Commission on this point. d. Will the classification we put on our corres= pondence to the Coumission be honored? The answer. was that ‘in principle our classification. would be honored. How= that Chi should not hove te evade cri that CBA should not hope to evade criti- rs or-resporstpirtry— tr COPY NO.
REPRODUCTION 9) iN ‘* i | | ( oo Ag” . “( Sx- {0S { -4- 6 Mr. Angleton reported tkat ur, Richard Davis is repre- senting the interests of the Department of State in this inquiry. Mr. Thompson had ruled himself out because he was Ambassador to the Soxtet Union at the time of the avents in question. ~ 7. -Qne matter which had been brought +o Light by the Oswald’ case was the need for a mechanism in the United States Government to record” and assimilate our knowledge of the Soviet i { i I handling of American defectors to the USSR. The Bureau is | apparently in: some danger of criticism for its failure to keep } an ey Swald after his return. Similarly CIA has not syste cally collected nor compiled information on Soviet defector handling. Berlin Base had kept a list of American defectors at one time, but these individuals have not been debriefed on thelr return to the West. . 8. ‘The Commission representatives at the 14 January 1964 ° meeting estimated that the Warren Commission would need from three to six months to complete its task. 9. Mr. Bagley raised the question of the desirability of having DESRYABIN participate personally, representing the | FBI as an interpreter perhaps, in a debriefing of Harina. \Girece. Angleton and Murphy were convinced that CIA must avoid) direct involvement with this investigation. Although it is ,4ess efficient as a method, we will. content, ourselves with ‘putting written questions to Marina to be euesesd_by whatever Agency the Commission may choose to use. Tennent H. Bagley Chief, SR/CI Lolz 8924 J | ‘WDUCTION | : 8 ERE TS | Gory abel: ede.
13-00000 po REPRODUCTION oe PROBED . ' XARZ- AWE Bhocca note fe Hein 5 oa 23 March 1964 BIR with OULLES on Ai Hareh, | PE Ae este e remem . . a ? re Dick: au! af f } Had a briefing at Allen Dulles! house on Saturday! after- - ———— > noon (We were assembled to discuss his taping seasion with eee” Doryahin,Halen Macinuss,-Donovanand Hanson Balduin.in New York tonight. None of ths others were present.) . ; AWD showed me a letter he had received from Rankin | o recently expressing the desire to reach a modus vivendi in - order to allay the story of CIA's possible sponsorship of Oswald's. . activity. Ths point of the communication to AWD was to suggest — ‘STARLET, that hs serve 3 as’ Pile xeviewan fox tha Commission. The letter _ outlined alternative possibilities in this matter fattwaavit from the DG], ete. ).. | | In my presence, AWD wrote the answers: a.. Declining the invitation to serve as file aaa xeviewer few gene and sufficient reasons, : ~< “ ee: a : be. Stating blg-willingness te provide a state-- \aserk. tgatiniony to the Commission with xespect to S461 np YOMeHOY Vids 13 onesie soquingy quewNsOg his ‘ledge of Oswald during his tenure as DCI, He noted In the tail-off of the letter that ae far as he could - remember-he had never had any knowledge of any time | prior to the date of the assassination, L Ag 9 ad gy. | ae ’ ‘R ock 2.3, Har Oi - | REPRODUCTION = tn PRONISITED