8 ee Ronin Doll (622134 | i: eros | cs eed “—™s TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN DCI AND J. EDGAR HOOVER 26 November 1963 - 11:20 a.m. wes DCI: I just want to be sure that you are satisfied that this Agency is giving you all the help that we possibly can in connection with your investigation of the situationin Dallas. I know the importance the President places on this investigation you are making. He asked me personally whether CIA was © giving you full support. I said that they were, but I just wanted to be sure from you that you felt so. H: We have had the very best support that we could possibly | expect from you. DCL: Good. Well you can call on us for anything we have. BE: We will feel free to do that | DCI: I think it is an exceedingly important investigation and report and Iam delighted that the President has called on you to make it. #H:. ' We are trying to do it as fast as we can so we can dispel. various. wild rumors that have been circulating as to whether this man _' was the right man etc. that fired the gun. But there is no question ' that he is the right man. There are a lot of aspects that we have dug up, for instance, with regards to the matter i: Mexico City. We have now found that the: photograph that was ta cen was not that of Oswald. We do find from our informant dom there that Oswald did call at the Embassy that day and the informant has ~- — ' given us the conversation that he had. He wanted to get a permit i to go back to Russia and the Cuban Embassy couldn't give him the permit. The Soviet Embassy stated that it wold take three weeks. He had, I think, a visitor's permit for about a week or ten days . so. that is why he came back to the United States. mo DCI: a Well, all of that ties in importantly into. the story and we have . those operational. sources down there. We want to handle them “very: carefully. | “It involves some very high level people down — - there. Sam Papich and I have talked about t that a couple of times. H: - - oe Me. Katzenbach | _ a “Who is. handling it for the Department - - OG ; LN _ it is our intention when the Bureau finishes the report, he will _ oO 8 T - of course go over it very carefully because it will be a.report a oN that. will be released to the. publics probably # through the. White HW 53320 Docld:32389863 Page 9
— DCI: H: (tape) mcm ec: DDCI DD/P ° REPRODUCTION PROLIITED House, but it is the intention after it is in final form to be checked with each of the. Government agencies that are mentioned in it. State Department is involved in regard to the issuing of the passport to the man to come back to this country and that has got to be explained why it was done, the law requires it, etc. all of which of course we are gathering. The aspects of the Mexico City thing. It will have to be mentioned. It is his intention to check with the agencies, Secret Service, etc. to be sure that whatever is saidin the report is conferred in and it is agreed to by the various agencies mentioned. So you will have that opportunity to go over it and see exactly what is said and I know he will welcome any suggestion that you care to make. Well that will be fine. Thank you Good bye. REPRODUCTION — ; PROKIGITED = HW 53320 Bocld:32389663 Page 10
REPRODUCTION EL PROMIBITED CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII “~ am 1. DIR 74673, °10 October 1963 - dissemination to Depattment of State, Department of the Navy." and:,the.Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion... [FOIA Nov.,6-3] aS ss, ao Internal Note | ‘From ROCCA to HELMS, dated 5 March. 1964. [XAAZ-22803 - FOIA No. < Ee)" InNghal Note from ANGLETON to ROCCA, ‘dated 12 May 1964. [XAAZ-22809 - FOIA No. 689- 298] x 4. Memorandum for RANKIN, dated 1 July 1964; subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD's Arrival Time in Helsinki on 10 October 1959. {Duplicate of FOIA No. 758-325] ee, Pee XS NEPRODUCTION SEE PROMI (ITED ie. wide tee ema e HW 53320 Bocld:32339663 Page 11
eet : gg tie 8 ncpRoouericn PRORIBITED > VB3TF SRRNeT Ulam wLUs ORANO FORG Sieee de Leo Punkin, Generel Counsel an - - President's Goumienion on the Assaseinsticn summers 5 fee avey Osmald’s Arrival Tine in SER” Helsing enn 30 Ooteber 1959 ~ Uelsinkt on 10 Ootcber 1959 waa fiom Mir flight O52 stich arm, ; | Fived in Helainkt a6 2333 (11:33 P.M.). If Oswald had taken, > Bids ight, be orld ack normally tore claarea cuter oot tanding Zormalitias yeanhed Tornd ete tom by 2800 (atantzgirt) an the sums day. ids tn bend Sete jon nomt of officers in this this Agenay familiar with the ) Dy ai g (cited) Richard Fetes SR/CI/Research: S.Duncan:cl oO Rewritten: RHelms/eed - 1 july A Distribution: Orig & 2 - addréagpe ee) HW 53320 DoclId:32389863 Page 12
- aeooverton mL ° : » ° ” a , ’ Cc not oan ( ww te 8 * ° : 1} “ 2 id aera § KAAZ- 223079 12 May 1964 1745 MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Rocca S Ticternal Mews R avadin A auc Is Positron on Dealin with Wanrin “Commi ss low, : AN _" rn , ao a os L* ~Bhs* “ppp called me this afternoon, 12 May: t to: state aN ar <e ara Ditestor has received a telephone call from-RANKIN - “ye ¢ Commission's desire to interview him at 1030. AMS” Mr. HOOVER is scheduled to 'S cat, 9: 00 on. Re 2. The DDP wishes to have from ws as Sa comprehensive memorandum which highlights the bast 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 interviews. I ine with Mr. HELMS the nature of the recent information which are processing which originated: with the sensitive WHbource. I informed him that in your view.this would raise a number of addon prio with the Commission; that i& should not go tocthe Comitis matisaion prior to the Dire ctor'sSppearaiige unless we have: first had \agivie preliminary reaction ox rtiade sure that the Director. is Some of its implications sinte it couliell serve ws Basin fee Netailed questioning. ThADDP sta ss £0 that he would : tia cprefully and made a decision pate t stion of timing. S ONS S ~ & Given the schedule, you Nene that the DDP s will need a paper covering the above points as mas possible. J.A. Document Number by-at 3 for FO‘A Review on JUN 1976 CS G0PY So EN ae NS Oe Ne = en a eR ee men ee new. ’ . / Y A343 38 of =O SEAN ge HW 53320) Bocld:32339663 Page 13
‘REPRooueTio’ XAAZ~ 22703 5 March 1964 SN ww this: is x@apinbive to paragraph 3 of Rankin's letter (Bees a a _ktet roan aby JA does not desire to respond ditectiy ta Ne that letter which made a levy forour matertay” Shela into the hands of the Secrat  Sérvice oft vs November, We found that, except for thrse:telegrams, all that the Serret Service had was material Wwe-kad sent-te” McGeerge Bundy at the White House, intly, Re/had simply passed it to the Secret Service as tee OE internal _information, ___ , Unless you feel otherwise, Jim would prefer to wait out the Commission on the matter covered by paragraph 2, If thay come back on the point he feels that you, or someone from here, should be prepared to go over to show the Commission the materials rather than pass them to them in. copy. Incidentally, none of these items are of new substantive interest, We have either passed the material in substance to the Commission in response to earlier levies, or theitems refer toaborted: ki leads, for example, the famous-six Photo- graphi which wer vat ef Oswald, and the passerger ‘manifest on an. sais wea also did not pertain to Qewald,” eat a daz ¥e to take note of the levy. ti pardgraph 2p we would recemmend that you indicate inthe: attached proposed Qe = = um solely that we will takaccare okt tt Separately, Dacument Number 5 79-2a50 oT for FOIA Review oy == JUN 1875 Roc ey pe Ee ’ ) id he uM fi i cor SFstsT8 soba 28) os ZEIT 286 acer, Foers HW wai” bax DoctId: 32389863 “Page 14)
° ss epRopuerion — a PRORIBITED ame a AW es a a ae oa : OPE ve “ORIG: Con sigehn, a : . ROUTING oO /UNIT*:, WH/3/ xicd. "O INDEX Jee op ro (at Bed _ ETNO INDex 2p “DATE : Lo 0 263” EV FILE IN: SS. FLE'NC NO sp ee 0: SEE BELOW “ OS Papp oe oe {bors ti $22 || oeteRRdEN ds | ROUTINE - carers a MEXICO CITY INQUIRING ‘WHETHER TRE EMBASSY HAD RECEIVED ANY NEWS CONCERNING: & TELEGRAM WHICH HAD BEEN SENT TO M3IARH NOMLWOHISSVI9 ¢ WITH A’ "Eeaibma” HATRLINE. gi . 2. ir a\gRLIEVED THAT OSWALD MAY BE IDENTICAL. 70 LEE yok ee HENRY OSWALD, “BORN ON 48 OCTOBER 1939 TN NEW onLaNs, ‘LOUISIANA, ae i uh Ar sa Ne SENSE Ks A ‘yormin 0:8. ‘MARINE ‘WHO ‘DEFECTED * TO THE soviET “ORTON ay? rte 22 FP NNYEE oes Cae I on Bimmer a eT Gl. ocronen 1959 AND" ‘LATER MADE ARRANGEMENTS ‘TraROUGH Tee irre 7 SORE eee LES 5 _RMGSSY IN MOSCOW TO RETURN TO s\ ONITED. SpxTES WITH BIS seer no WIFE, MARINA _NIKOLAEVNA PoRAtO, _AND THE Docu nt a Anos Me 2L72 ve R) lo or FOIA Review on n APR 1976 A AM OFFICERS ace ? My RELEASING OFFICER... . ceived tom at som . wharetrine , VA ee cine dectassitication OFFICER a ; (3) -REPRODUCT ION BY OTHER: THAN" THE ISSUING. OFF E IS IS. PROHIBITED. Copy No. REPRODUCTION 0 ke U PAGE —_ of HW 53320 Docld:323689863 Page 15
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REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED ow, tn a “ec CONTENTS OF: VOLUME IX 1. DER 90466, 20 December 1963 [FOIA.No. 420-757] 2< DIR 97829, 29 January 1964 [FOIA No. 498-204] \ . oan ‘ aa REPRODUCTION bad. XS is as : ee HW 53320 Docld: 32389863 Page i?
° REPRODUCTION PROUIBITED 12-62 ROUTING tH 2 7 Br Mage ow ome . . <4 ‘CLASSIFIED MESSAGE OniG: JOEN M. WETTER: - oust: Cf 3 omx BS gecker EXT. : iE ye . [NO INDEX DATE :- O FILE IN CS FILE NO. _ MEKICO ‘erry. ‘ies ‘aiRECTO OR sect | CONF: C/WH NS i _ OCI, fect, DOP, c/ci, c v ee ee cre NY CITE DIR 7762 x. Pa Ra Ap MCE WN CORTON 2 SUE A SSCOEVED GUIDELINES WHAT THEY SPECT FRCM HIARK. ON SATURDAY 1 FEBS WILL erica . A REPORT TE OSIALD'S ACKVENTES 1 MECICO, ERED | So'A5. 70 PRGPECE YOUR SOURCES AND TECHIES. pis ¥ {AOU EEPOREING 0 US Oi TES SURNECT AND CANCE IW ANTEEENG ANDTOTOMAL YOU MAY HAVE IME FOR US TO ERD OF MESSAGE Cable sent at request of Mr. Rocca of CI Staff. RECORDS OFFICER STAMP , Yhe following action is_ ° a authorized: DE S. 2) 7 Ze : ae “gs COPY SO and coerdinate psd _ 9 99 h if appropriata, *aNeo> pe -20) 289 SS “——e ’ Document Number 201-2€9248 SS. ~ a 2L Pe for FOIA Review wn MAY 1976 ; Lf: A RICHARD HELMS se (SOHN M. WHITTEN COORDINATING OFFICERS RELEASING OFFICER : 7S REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED. Copy No, REP RODUCTION | CC.2143 PROMIBITED HW 53320 DBocld:32389863 Page 13 wan 2 3 Pili oo ** —— ANS IN wet a ene
° REPRODUCTION PRORITED oe sl _ CLASSIFIED MESSAGE We Oe ORIG :, JOHN M. WHITTEN’. oe A \ eins et: S613 | © CF NO INDEX 3 Fs Ed DATE : 20 DECEMBER 196 3 CU: FILE IN CS FILE NO. - mw O, rat... 16] ro + MEXICO crn ne oS ~~ FODece TH baz | | FROM : ‘DIRECTOR | ® ae in “a STAMP WY ROUTINE ‘| INFO : 2 PCI, ofoc, DDP, ele, eS VR" 4 x — ; : . ee -o Fr ~ Unis a meres “CITE oIR 564 bE : J Pe 25 _Teagoas_ and coordznate ‘ a al Ste — it  SPRropriate. 7 O™N, a iF; at a P PASSES INFO TO WARREN COMMISSION IS mo Spates at om i,m cane EE rook come orf ‘WELL RELY. Be N | C oO | Cece ce ec ee at | - ENON we . | NEIGH SOVEBES WE ODACID HERE FILS SHOWS BOTH OSWALD AND WIFE WERE" DICKERING 7 RENE SOMERS 15 MASKENONO ATL 4o GH PENESITON 10 BEALE 0 HOSSEA 4 2, SXACY.IMPAIIED THO FROM LIRAMILS ‘7 AND 9 ON JOSE WEAE SILVIA" DURAN AND 4 4 OFEER OFFICIALS SAID ABOU? OSWALD'S VISITS AND HIS DEALINGS WOULD HE VALOAELE | AND USABLE CORROBORATIVE EVITENCE. REQUESE YOU REQUESTION THEM CAREFULLY OW 4 Sm Fe Ae A EL AER Dk Af FORTE, Vs - C/S Comment:*Re interrogation of envi Duran, - . — Doc. MICRO. SER. ME nec 4 1974 [OS COPY . ey authority of - ' + EECHARD HELMS © ‘MICROFILMED : neeasine dfrideaL “OOS 7 <n ” B0/- ~IP PLP. 3 Ou — HW 53320 Bocld:32339663 Page 19
pee Poowerion er onnnns ~ Il April 164 a NIDMORAWOO NM YOR THE RESO 2 ROM & SUBIZ AN He Three Stafi Represontatives of Warren Commission Sy PAG se 1954 Messrs. Coleman, Slawson and Wille SX S Qt ives of the Warren Commission, came to k\ aado, Y FY reemanwy ice, NN} yo RK S 2. Ambaszgador Freeman, Mr. Clarence Soon oo Andersoa andl met there at 0345 hours on 9 April. asked that Mr. Clark Anderson and I cooperaie fully; three would have Top Secret clearances and that he felt we 3 try to be too secretive in talking to them. 3. When the three visitors came ia, The Ambassador told them thet he wished them to call on us for any and all help they nseded. He said, however, that he wished personally to approve in advance any and — all contacts with Mexican authorities and/or Mexican citizens. 4, Tha Ambassador told thern that a great deal of our information " came from soms vary secret and sengitive sources, such as telephone taps, and he reminded them that any pudlished item from these sources ' would have to hav x clearance with(KUBAR) and(ODENV)). He - en a told them that r on of these operations could have very serious De, conzequences ulddo great harm to Mexican/U,S. relations, The visitors saidd Neos from (KUBARK) and(ODENVY) included . in the Co iarlon kee would have prior approval of the one SS Lo - agency. Oe PY - ~ SX neG seador outlined the "rules" under whic nO _ tha x xk. He told them he had mads a protoc thas oh ~ - previonvs e gon Lic. Luis Echeverria, Acting Minj a During that call, The Ambaasador told Echeverria cee z me isi MI ale HHM-23244 HW 53320 DBocld:32389863 Page ?1 i
o- a ne Manner, 1A the no puolicity. When the visicors asked if they couid mS y- ¥ She Ambassador said tiat ] would arrange chat if tn2y ys “aS y 393+ for resort ou the visit of 19 April 1964 \ \ 9 April and again on 10 Aprii 1964, OCOS “ate with the nro isitor yin our offices. We spent three hours oril and about two and ona-half hours on 10 April in our on, I met with them twicein The Ambassador's offic visit Echeverria. In our offices, they: - a. Reviewed the "take" from isa Qe days OT, ee o Ns 27, 28 September and 1 October 1963 when Lesa OSW contacted and visited the Cuban and Soviet Embassies. They made a "schedule" of OSWALD's activities as far as possible for these days from this squrce, Note: They were given English translations of these “rakes'!, b. English translations of the two conversations of 26 Novem- ber 1953 between Presidant Dorticos of Cuba and the Cubam Ambassador to Mexico Joaquin Hernandea Armas were also reviewed, “ photographs of Sylvia a and her husband, ° . dy Had me review the casa of ‘Alvarado, the } Nicaraguan. ors acked what actions the Mexico City Station took c. Had me review the Sylvia Duran case. They were shown: - - | : peginning 2 ber 1963. I said we: GS. : SNea Headquarters, Ambassador Mann and (ORR) ~ - ent them all (in October 1963) data on ona Leas J fo is 3 his visit to Mex tico and his visiis to che Sqvist aid an ioe RO Threw all Station assets and sources QS all possible details of OSWALD's trave Q the place Xe had stayed, the contacts he had madé@s havea visited, . oe ee HW 53320 BDocld:32389663 Page 22
REPRODUCTION PROGIRITED SA SL AY CS Rene He ED Yontinuous co: seact with our Headyuarters on / awe xy cads they \ with loc ah { YUN ¥).to soordinacs the work eye their help in many cases Ae “_ S via Duran and Alvarado cae eRe cS of our two eC S se ANA » quarters aporoval, ,ot in to QS Mexican ay Nies ark e. Put all possible coverages 2 “A any v persons we knew of who had had contact RNG WALD. OSWALD had, but said two points had previous not been noted by | therm. These were that: : a. OSWALD stated he wanted to go to ODESSA; and b. OSWALD also wanted a visa for his wife "who was a’ Russian", 19, They said that Assistant Secretary Mann still has the “feeling in his guts" that Sastre hired CSWALD to kill Kennedy; they said, ~ S 9. Note: They knew !&ll abont" ge mG SY ex eltions . however, that (Ge-¢ mmission has not been able to get any ef of this, ot ll. (doeumeémts or photographs were given to Bes sitors. : The Eng anglapions (of transcripts) which they yar &S | by the Stany 26 are attached, — CY o » It etieved that all three of thes on WA ; 8 *s work on the OSWALD BOS | Disirioution: . a Co . ee ce 3- Hqs , . me a 7 pias ee -. “oe . —*" HW 53320 Docld:32339663 Page 23
REPRODUCTION PROLICITED CONTENTS OF VOLUME X— acanien Errsreaict 1. Memorandum. “dated. rie ied Ge, subject: Mexi - CIA Dissemination Of “Information on Lee haryeioagy HPS, h 24, 1964. WI ETT En a2) So = == 2 = [Ard =) acn2229 REPRODUCTION — og P ROMBMED | coPY NO. HW 53320 DBocld:32389863 Page 24
REPRODUCTION ee ke WIC:mfd Yor” 9 2- 36473 ba MEMORANDUM | Xan 26, 1964 SUBJECT: Mexi TA Dissemination of Informati Le y Oswald on March .24, 1964: ee EN E> aS cted a memorandum ~s Rank RYO Os S sapjent No. 631) in wnsencg LOS bt £6 en the WN oN of the information on Gee a realize that this memorandum is only a noe answer to our inquiry to the CIA dated March 16, 1964 and I hope that the the complete answers will give us/additional information we requested. Pal _ We would like to know just when tthe Mexican oa station} got the information with respect to Lee Harvey Oswald and what was the information and how was it obtained. How did the information get from Mexico to the CIA in eensions and in what a it come? és os sel when De t was “the informatio. Harv os the various te Bee < contained such information. ner words, I would like to know whether this was information available in vense “HW 53321 53320, ‘Docld: 32389863 Page 25 —~) pack 2 ‘of 3 COPY NO.
rep RonucTiON aye Oo  PROnIB BITED | s nd 2 Mexico or did t ditional infcrmation get in the message. . the information was encies. trying to get an explan2a-— tion Qe showed Ma ensues ; Oswald 0 ter the assassination. I hone chads na raph % of the memorandum of March 2, 1554 sent Mrs penicin Be he = CIA is not the answer which the CIA intendat 6 gie@us as to - this inquiry. - . A? aw” mL : We should also determine’ why the nes By i ever furnished the ‘CIA with copies of the most recent photo graphs ¢ or ‘Oswald. 7 me { So ee RE OF 1 9 COP TT upset ern em: be 2 See seuar es on ate Fog + 0g cay ete ses ‘ e e Tah s s Dl A De pak ee hain eae rt ee NEPRODUCTION >= — PROWBITED — “WW 53391 53320 Docla: 32389863 Page 26
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aes Li Shin apse eget Report # EE-390.. ” , -, HBMO FROM CARLOS BLANCO: ; ; GUBCR6Ts Background information on curze 7 Exbasay in Naxico. ; d . : . 2 ES SOURCE -26, Information received OI 36 “‘Sup-63 - from tte. Ricardo’ Ysa "+ VIDAL Gomfngues. former Porddass)soarvinr esticar with ape -, a imately 30 years of serv » now daliegate in : Ff, aitisisha of the Assoolati at Fossign Gexvice ns soo . =] a F ; . poe Cet : a xe tea hia credentials on 23 -Aug | 62. -Ratuened to Havana in late 1962 or carly 1963. Appointed as. “ os Delegate of the Foreign Commerce Minister, acting as Dizector of) ° ; Zaternational ‘Organions of the; Vice Ministry of Commercial Foley, eh et , Resolution Noe 40, dated 13 Mar 63, of the Mintster of Yoreiga a : ew eye @ His yopresentation to the Brasilian Government was me cs fe zedainded by Decxee Bo.-3296, dated 10-Apr 63. Resolution Ho. 63, -*-- : Gated 22 Aps 63, af the Minister o2 Yorsign Comberce, roscinded. ~.>.”. . ; Resolution No. 40 dated 13 Max 63 which had appointed hin aa Delegate _ 02 the Foreign Commerce Minister acting as Dizector oe? international " a .  Ozganiens of the ninistcy o2 Foreign Commerco. Was appointed ae TL 7 Anbassator to Mexico by Decrsa No. 3322, dated 22 May 63¢-. “BgEives -— , an Mestico on 23 Jun 63. Hasn't presented hie- credentials yot.. _ wot “Bas.the following university Gagreesas. Law, Philosophy, and agzicultural _? Cuba. Approsizately 50 yeara ela. et s] BAS (wizet Sacretary. yer. ce ry . — Chazga Q’agzaives t at progent. Quiet man, in the absolute condi (Maney of thefttiniotry. Ge member. Da Be Se sya on ap 8s He 8.c re Gay ren gunuannonday ques zeny 5 twee REPRODUCTION ttn _ PRORUBITED io mune te, . : : : ~ tem mm te cee meneame! RONEN Senne e Wi 53320 Docld:32369363 Page 30 l
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a - Lot cree ~~ 7 | TABLE OF CONTENTS REPROMUCTION DIMEE co. the Cuban Embassy 2. HMMW-11935, 1 Subject: Luisa ele CALDERON . \ 7 \ ; 3. Note, d fe) Noes, to JC from Win. i [FOIA No: 0- 4, MEXI-7105 (IN 6Q2%3), 27 November 1963 [FOIA ] ( No. 173-615 5. Memorandum for the File, dated 20 December 1963; Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. [FOIA No. 1542-1108] 6. XAE-813, 7 April 1964; Subject: Actions of Silvia DURAN after her first interrogation. [FOIA No. 643-273] 7. OTTA-1602 (IN 68894), 24 April 1964. 8. XAAZ-22764, 24 April 1964 [FOIA No. 667-282A] 9. WH/SA 64-368, 8 May 1964; Subject: Debriefing Report No. 65 of AMMUG/1 - Duties of DGI Offi- cers in the Field with Regard to Visa Applicants. 10. DDP 4-2533, 19 May 1964; Subject: Hours of Work at Cuban and Soviet Consulates; Procedures and Regulations for Issuance of Cuban Visas; Mexican Control of U.S. Citizens' Travel to and from Cuba. 11. DDP 4-3195, 19 June 1964. A No. 740-319A] 12. XAAZ-27167, 22 June 1985 MS and ROCCA chrono- logies of contacts wWeaqa Commission in 1964.) 13. DDP 4-3401, : Lee Harvey OSWALD. . 14. Informatiori n Agents, dated 21 August 198% SS 15. DDP 4-4882, 18 September 1964; Subject: Techni- cal Examination of Photographs of Lee Harvey OSWALD's Application for a Cuban Visa.
@ °@ e¢ a nd "3 ew SO Ie’ SEP 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR: roy l S \ ere te oy, Gormiasasion on the Assassination of President Kennedy SUBJECT! . Tochnical Examination of Photographs of Lee Harvey OSWALD's Application . ae for a Cuban Visa - . x * 1. X vafex to your request of J September 1964, that the . _ Sentral InteNigence Agoncy undertake 3 technical analysia of photegzaphed coplaa of Lea Harvey OSWALD's applleatlon for a Cuban yisa, prepared by him In the Cuban Consulate ls Moxice City, and the xeply from Havana conditionally rejecting OSWALD'a application, e these documents, and haye made the following dotexminations: a. The signature "Lee H. Oswald” etficed to the visa, application la tha algnature of Lee “—* SWALD. — of the Cuban Conaulate statement on this and the sample of Mr state with confidence that thamotation was nob written by Lee Haxsvey OSWALD, ——pepaooverion “ PROMIBITED PAGER A 72 COPY BO. HW 53320 Docld:323693863 Page 34 Te , ASM | ty ieee TED 2, Quallited analysts of this Agency have examined and tapied _ hag : oe he notation {s tee falnét 3 7 ndwriting ayallable for eosnparisas is Inadeguate f puspose, It is posatble ta f-YG52 :" ON e ‘ . ‘ . .e a ep heteumstheds . ‘ . ’ , 318 vn ne ee
in fact, a reduced photagraphigg __ that the blurred passp on the application f eR eS @e,. Wo additixe 2 3. I returs herewith the pHotographs of tha oe N, . . & photograph. , . were doomed necessary. hs vino application and aN ‘vom e. The vis vpoltesthn ae the Cuban Government Lop mit has been daterminad the entxy “Panaporta No.” Cuban rejection of the sama, which wera furnished to this Agency by  - the Commsisaion. a .- : a 7 \ we “a7 : OTR : . ; ~ | |_| Richard Helms Sob Deputy D Director for Plana lon Distribution: : ; yr te Original & 1 ~ Addressee ° . ° “Ze DDP 1 SR/GL Ws 2 - C/GI/REA WS - CI/REA/TRHallink (18 aC , i> betel . “REPRODUCTION PROWBITED HW 53320 Docld:32369363 Page 35 CU 4795 ia aesas
~ u C INFO FROM AIVUG-1 on AGENTS fhe difference between a “uban and a f: Recrvitment of forw'ghers consists, organizations to «sinich they RN ts can also be recruited in Wageut (of the VGL) is as follows. EX t, of agreements with the CARS verrilla training. . the schools ir. Cuba where “KS Once recruited as possible aS % tke SS separated fron the others and placed ‘in DGI houses, where they receive i%is} ion as agentse Their life is normal; they uso the cover of being scholarship students supported by the Cuban governzent.> The DG. supplic* +uu clothes, food, and every sort of cara, such as medical and any other kind. The DGX takes care of thelr general expandsese . a Ordinarily ies an attempt is mde to keep thou from contact with sy anyone in government circles soas to avoid indiscretionse Any agent recruited in a foreign country is brought to Cuba and arrangements are made so that he has no contacts with persons in Cuba from his ow country or any other. Once his. training ie. completed, his departure from Cuba is not made known to anyone attached to hime ‘In recruitment of Cubans, an effort is made to find those knowing the fewest possible parsons. “If the Cuban who is recruited is employed in an office or factory or works soe other place, an effort is made to have him continue his work so as to use his situation to provide true covers instruction is given at hours when he is not working. If the agent has any trouble after he has been. recruited, the DGI tries to help him as much as possible without breaking dow conpartrentation or his covere When he has completed his training and is sent abroad, the DGI covers the ex- penses of his family. If a Cuban who is recruited is unamployed, it looks for a cover adapted to his situation, and the DGI tates care of all ths expenses the agent has, including those of his fanily if he is married. He receives his training in the hours adapted to his cover position. His life, like that of the agent who is working, mst contimue normal, just as it was before recruitment. Cubans trained as agents, if their depar! ft the counkey is not illegal, leave with foreign passports. t SEGRE REPRODUCTION — PROWIITED ‘ ‘ AW 53320 DoclId:32369363 Page 36
HW _53320 DoctId: “2 JUL B64 MEMORANDUM FOR: Mz. J. Leo Rankin Gensral Counsel: . ee ge President's Commission on the . " ss Assassination af Preaident Kennedy ©. . . : 2 oe SUBIEGTs . ios Haxvay Oswald) L. The following remarks have been racently atixibutad te Soviet Gonsvi, Pavel Antonovich Yatskov in Mexice City regarding the subjact. . ; . - "FT mat Qewald here. He stormed inte my offica and wanted me to intraduce and recommend him to the Cubange He told mo that ha had ved inthe USSR. I told him that 3 would have td check before I could recommend hin. He was nervous and his hands trembled, and he stormed out of my office. I don't balieve that 2 person as nervous ha, Oswald, whosa hands trembled corld h=ve accuratoly fired a rifle.” records for tha agpised itis quite : faleriy Kostikey Oy, ONERSY he first spoke when he actually had spoken EQVES} to Koatikey who turned xs to NN Vior Yatskor. a 2. Our Moxican Station has che period Oswald was in Muaxico City possible that Oswald thought 2 3. The source of the ation is a confidential contact of this Arency in Mexico cary WA 3 belicyed to be relishie. In wilow of thin velationsbip, an appropriate sensitivity indicator has bean affixed to this memorandum. . ’ eo eee eee g Pi Ora pM Cad Exclst=4 tron i. COPY HO. | et St ae
4. A copy of this mera VYoederal Bureau of Inva oy . Distribution: Original & 1 + Addresssa , ™ Originated bys CL/REAARDooleyinic i July 1964) REPRODUCTION PROLNNTED HW 53320 Docld: 32389663 2-9 DDP Z« G/CI/R&A Le C/WH/3 “Lo CL/R2A4/Z20% 1. G/Cc?r Ln Cl/R&A/AEDoolsy 1» FBI {via GSCI) = ‘ ° ele Page 38 S¢ forwarded to the (Sic223) Richart hehss Richard Helaa Deputy Director for Plans Warw NG Nor "METHODS ‘INvoLe Je - ee eo be a oo inp sf 2: ot o: es i. ro ron - % ms  % PAGE 116-, of 319. COPY Ho.
Mr. Roccaz This hist S calls I had with lir. Raz wa the score of telephone . _ a tha Commission ¢ stat. a Dot cael 2 January 19S), - Messrs. Allen We Dulles, Rankin, Willen, , 1, :00- + 28 Jamary * 1215 12 Harch * 22:00 HW 53320 DoclId: 32369563 Page 39 Angleton, and Racca. Yr. Ravcin's offices - Mr. Raniin's office with Hessrse apy _ and Rocca oy Fessrs,. Slawson, Willems, and Stern with iir. Recca Chief Justice Yarren S _ NS Npirec or 7 ce es bi ? oy ” syéwr § Orne $2 2 2 ce seem geen any a COIZSE2 . “COPY HO. __ a
WEPRODUCTION PROMBITED Docld: 32389863 Page 40 HW 53320 @ REPRODUCTION SEN pa geieer eb Subject: Lee lan Weld De» No. 1542- 1108] TABLE OF CONTENTS Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 7 April 1964; Subject: Actions of Silvia DURAN after her first interrogation. [FOIA No. 643-273] Memorandum for Chief, WH/PO/A, dated 8 May 1964; Subject: Debriefing Report No. 65 of AMMUG/1 - Duties of DGI Officers in the Field with Regard to Visa Applicants. Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 19 May 1964; Subject: Hours of Work at Cuban and Soviet Consu- lates; Procedures and Regulations for Issuance of Cuban "Visas; Mexican Control of U.S. Citizens' Travel to and from Cuba. PANIES
o --pepMooweTion ATED | PROMIBI ae me te E oa SERET re Co [oop 4.as23 me. - .. President's\Commission onthe "| OM AEOREE S * Assassination of President Kennedy 0". rated ; ; Hours of Work at Cuban and Soviet Consulatess _ Procedures and Regulations for Issuance of 7 Sea |. ,Cuban Visas; Mexican Control of U.S. Citizens! ee oe Travel te and irom Cuba a . Le ae 1, I refer to your memorandum dated 24 April, in which you (oth tea) request information on hours of work at Cuban and Soviet diplomatic. ‘- .! installations in Mexico City, details of regulations goveraing the ole aes | issuance of Cuban travel documents and Mexican control of U.S, 2. 2/0 f 07S  eltizens travelling to and from Cuba through Mexico, og nS 2. The Soviet Embassy and Consulate are nofopentothe 99h ‘public; offices in the Soviet compound may be visited by appointment ; wet a Only. A twenty-four-hour guard is mounted at the entrance tothe 992i compound in which these Soviet installations ring the bell at this entrance at all hours axe permitted to enter at any time, but - away by the guard after normal hours) _ during September 1963, when Leaf) ., dnatallation, were 0900 to 18 <A) 5 “« . Mondays and Fridays hava % x -...-, Sixteen Soviet families Ui Ys oN tormal work hours © i Be aon PS QAP visited the Sovies 0°: over, the hourg for _ ‘. am 3. The Cuban Embaasy aX nsulate are located in thelr ws att sieges ows compound, but these installations have separate entrances, | :. - “e . Vinltors may enter the Cuban Consulate from 1000 to 1400 houra, ene. : . et .. ny f. 4 ' : :. , ; . Fue, ‘ oe on : . 7 ak te te Te ae eens we * ‘ . : . ‘ ' eo, Se ee ar) fe . tn i ee . . . HW 53320 Docld:32369363 Page 41
REPRODUCTION 7 RROD ‘Monday through Friday. renbassy worki ars 0930 to 1709 on the same days. Visitors tothe £ owsver, usually . appear before 1460 hours. Those a Ss alzc In olicct during September 1983. ; be Prior authoriaati © ‘she Exterlor in "- . Bavane {3 required befo * S be fssued. On occasion, _ requests for permission tas ae @ths resulting decisions. _, ate handled by cabla. Theo wonky iNs ost a visa application form 0: | -... ° at the Cuban conzulate, Cuban vilas are normally valid for three... °) 4° months from date of issuance. Visas may be issued on Beparate *. <.: an: ‘+ 2. beets of paper to conceal the fact that travel to Cuba waa pertormed. | * nr ‘The Soviets are r not i known to loaue travel permite to Cuba... - ae . -? =? sat. 8) the Government of Mexico recognizes the passport 2 asan > PY “yo. idaatification document only. Mexican Immigration officials do not 7°: “+ ° | wecogniae passport entries prchibitiag the bearer’s travel to Cuba, ". |. af the bearer holda a visa valid for travel to that country. Amendment . of Mexican laws to permit recognition of travel restrictions affixed by | a _. goveraments issuing passposts has been under considezation, but a0 OE mG onan . . aetion thereon haa presently been taken. 7 . op heh 8 be Non-Cubaas, Including U.S. citizens, entoring Mexico oe ge PB vom Cuba muat have Mexican visas o> tonrist carda. Depending | " " ' en their outgoing {Nght times, son-Cubans transiting Mexico do net . always need a tranait visa. The passports of all persons travelling between Mexico and Cuba ara stamped ia Spanish withthe phrasea | - or | “Departed for Cuba” or "Entered fzora Cuba", as appropriate. All | passengers, including noa-Cubans, ento exies from Cuba are — openly photographed while their dcs being j exmemineds 1. We hops that the faforrpalieaniv meets your peed for data on travel between 2e PAWS ~ - se 2 Richard Mele Depaty Dizsctor for Plans " Distribution: Orig.s & Z » Addressee 2~-DDP 1 « C/GCI/R&A 1 » C/CI/SIG : nea Originated By: CI/R&A/Hall:gwh . “B May 1964 a ee | Based On: MEXI 9332, 6 May 1964, IN 77522 UERER HW 53320 DBocld:32389863 Page 42
’ phrases, the DGI officers, instead of granting the visa immediateiy, ' tell the applicant to return ina few days. The officer then notifies ° 6! heMoowerien PROMIBITED mm WH/SA 64-368 08 Ray 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR: SUBJECT General : efing RE SS 765 of AMMUG-1 of agents af the DGL SUR agent SPappearing at the Ceosulate use a special phrase to indica heir relationship with the DCI. (Source does not know the particular: phrase used in every case. He does know that agents from il Salvador in requesting visas & always made mention of the name "Mauricio’) The DGi officers at a Consulate interview visa applicants to find out if they are agents, If the visa applicant does not use one of the indicated Habana and requests authority for the visa. . Swenson 4 WH/SA/CI &. Distribution: rE Orig &1l - Addressee Ck 1 - WH/3/ El Salv 1 - WH/SA/ESEC 2 - Chrono . 1 - Mary 7 a NEPRODUCTION | oe 188 ,,319 Doclda: 327389863 Page 45 HW 53320
° ‘REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED WAH “IG NOTICE Ce ays | SENSIT!. Sours ; arp £-/2E7Z. METHODS ineennycn | DUP aL. ial WS yas 1B an Qa LPR 54 ‘ Y) SUBIECT : “Actiona of Sitvia Dag after her [OO a So. She Warner Comm issrey ie BZetexence is taeda to the attachnerbs to ay Berorerta dated 31 January 196% and 21 Yosruary 1564, both of which pssovt information on Alivia DEAR, 8 Bezican etéicen emllayed ab the Guban Comailatae in Mexico Cisy Infomation on the actions of Conmitate om 25 Noveabur 1903, follovring her fines interrogations ty the Meuisen authorities, is attached to this sesersmdee. This ites may ba useful to the Cosstosxion 44 the evaluxticon of Are. DURAH's story. ; ~~ rN : CS ea _ eaaciaest | _ Document Number o43- 3 ; far FOIA Review oa, SUN “7 . econ 1 Bm BE oo —— Qo1- 28448 WARNING NOTICE extleces (ren eatrnatich, evsrecinz aq Cetlessitic soisy HW 53320 Bocld:32339663 Page 44
REPRODUCTION PaaCseTED _WAR” NG NOTICE S MET" COS aor ato indloatet that eecording to DURAH,  OBVALD bad visited the Cuban end Sovied Consulates to obtain yinaa in order to visit these countries, and she baad bemiled his case a% the Cube Consulate. gqve bor oolanguse we ber clain tnt the tncicma sollze =? vise to vials ay to Sranatt the comtry. WARNING NOTICE aKa N OOK AND AE] eae a automatic . davonratiag aad f dectassiication PROHIBITED 1 HW 53320 DBocld:32389863 Page 45
° REPRODUCTION PORTED . t ot eee, s ’ . . , ” - ¢ , rr | Original & 3 ~ Addressee 1 oswHys \S trefmerer AS 1 - C/CI/R&A \ : CI/R&A/TRHall:nk/66640 SS by C/WH/3) FON 9 November 1963 HW 53320 DoclId 132389863 Page 46 t
. ~-pePRonucTION PROMIBITIED 1[USie Mano a December 1963 MEMORANDUM FOR THE FILE Qs SUBJECT: Lee Harvey OSWALD % On 17 December Mr. Papich S PRS anticipating a request from the Kgmitission, named by President Johnson to look into this case, for copies of Bureau materials supporting or complementing the report already submitted. He pro- vided me with the attached copy of portions of a report passed by the Legal Attache in Mexico City dealing with the Sylvia DURAN aspect in which it would appear rather clear that some United States Government agency was tapping telephones in Mexico. Mr. Papich inquired as to whether information in this report might be given to the Commission or whether this Agency desired to establish some other policy with regard to meeting the needs of the Commission. The matter was discussed with Mr. Whitten and he subsequently ad- vised that as a result of a conference with Mr. Helms and others in which he was directed to prepare certain materials to be passed to the Commission, he was quite sure that it was not the desire of ” the Agency to make available to the Commission at least in this manner - via the FBI - sensitive information which could relate to telephone taps. consultation with Mr. Angleton’ and Mr. Mr. Papich that when the Bureau is fa ts ‘problems of this nature in meeting the needs of the aR ‘Ss on, the Bureau should not pass to the Commission infors@ ons Sk Agency, but should refer the Commission to the Neneh N [or a ME gional information. It was mentioned to Mr. Pag bite e ted to meet the needs of the Commission in angi ore complete report or reports. Document Number \54Q- WO" BIRCH D. O'NEAL FEB 1978 Chief, CL/SIG for FOIA Review on Attachment REPRODUCTION = — PROSIBITED HW 53320 DBocld:32339863 Page 4?
oe RepRonucrion ‘i ; ( ae CLASSIFIED MESSAG* '- , 7° + DIRECTOR . DEC 4 1974 Eweiw 3; FROM + MEXICO CITY a ‘ - | MICROFILMED ‘a ; ACTION: G/wH 4 (WH/3 NOTIFIED AND COPY SLOTTED AT 17 NOV DM) : INFO, DCI, DOP, C/CI 2, VR* EX SY OrrICra STINe ; WS A eas / ROY. 0 LN tioa i p . | SECRET 2721492. LOO" SZ IMMEDIATE DIR CITE\MEXI-7125 QS mre Wass \ : NS NO, #1 - unit CLM? eR ATIN GALSOND Vote: Tf destruction, Ver pe k - reasons and co REF Dik 65245** if appropriate. | . j : i le SENDING PHOTOSTATIC COPY OF TEN PAGE STATEMENT B ILVIA DURAW OBTAINED FROM ECHEVARRIA BY HAND OF ROGER T. KINGMAN IN Begeeeeens 7 ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO GALBOND TaUé Waive. 2. KINGMAN A&RIVING AT DULLES AIRPORT AT 3839 HOURS 25 NOVEISER. HE WILL BE NET BY HIS WIFE, HOPES SHE WILL TELL HIM WHAT TO DO WITH ENVELOPE. ~ . * | < 36° SORRY NO TIME TO TRANSLATE STATEMENT. , or. Serer an ”~ x 4. ALSO INCLUDING 22 vovensede EMPLOYEE) TALK TO UNKNOWN “aN FRONGW “SECRET se ay BS ser .. rage el a a” . aw <Q weir Pa en So ’ A T i — ~ sissies Stacioa cable a traavlate* version Sylvia Drsrants stacdmianis, Document Number 173-615 _ C | . ) ( 278 -S- Y ( for FOIA Review on APR 1976 el Ag AVY ree Tee oe me : 27 Nov 63 — | —_ _ REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING.OFFICE 1S PROHIBITED Copy Ne. | =. . | oozes - REPRODUCTION ce cg AST COPY NO... — PROUD . HW 53320 DBocld:32389663 Page 46
Devens tee ete ee ig oe rd ° - pePRoouerion PROSIBITED oN — November 27, 1963 Dear JC, mity~to send you es of these twa >. had the time to ~~ past few days we have some items I mentioned to you in 3 as items are attached hereto. I apy translate the longer one of t been very rushed. ) ES I've had no time to give to ota Sing his visit and Align has had almost no time with him. We do hope, however, that he has been able to get some idea of our Station and its work by his talks with the various 3 officers who have been able to spend some time with him during these two days. , Perhaps when we are little less rushed, he can return to Mexico for another visit. We appreciate your quick responses and good instructions in the case which is taking most of our time these days. Sincerely, Distribution: Orig: JC King \N = Tlvia DURAN P, fs EW l: Louise CALDERON— We oe Document Sumber Rga- 1073 aN for FOIA Review on NOV 1977 REPRODUCTION — cet HW 53320 Bocld:32389663 Page 49
REPRODUCTION PROMIBITIED 1. Memorandum to Howard P. WILLENS from W. David SLAWSON, dated 4 February 1964; Subject: Letter to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Posing Certain Questions on their Letter to Us dated 31 January 1964. TABLE OF CONTENTS 2. Memorandum for the Record, dated 27 March 1964; Subject: Tentative Conclusions on Lee Harvey OSWALD's Stay in Mexico City: Visits to Soviet and Cuban Embassies. 5. Memorandum: from COLEMAN-SLAWSON, dated 2 April 1964; Subject: Mexico: Questions Raised by the Ambassador MANN File. 4. Memorandum for Record, undated; Subject: Intercepts from the Soviet and Cuban Embassies in Mexico City. PROABITED NEPRODUCTION PROBED SEoRET HW 53320 DBocld:32389863 Page 50
REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED 31 Jul 78 Po, | NOTE FOR FILE: po TOP SECRET DOCUMENT DTD 22 April 1964 by the authority of the National Archives, Marion M. Johnson has been regarded to CONFIDENTIAL Date of authority 3/25/76 ~ - REPRODUCTION | PROGBITED HW 53320 DBocld:32389863 Page 51
REPRODUCTION 3 ra fio, Vilitem fT. Goleman, Jdyr., and mm. W. Pavia Slavson, all oi wi stn’gf of the Conmissian, Plew Pecu Yashinsten, DB. f. te 20 & ilweaico City Me, Ceolenan ceturned on Sunday, April 12 and Gree. Sliavson end tie. Filiens returned en an eieplene leaving -Meatoo ity at about 3:20, Monday afterncen, April 13. This ’ gemorandum will beiefly sumnarise this trip plus some cf the Meetinis neld in preparation for 1t. Gerrans y acnerTr © PyroRay - APRIZ 7 10:70 avm. fe 11299 a.m Whllens, Colesan and Slavson uct with Assistant Coowetury state For Latia American Affairs Thenas Hanna, iin. Thomoo Frrlish ef the office of the Legal adviser fer the State Cen nivtment, asd tuo aides te {, Hann in Ne. Earn'’s office at about 19:29 a.m. Assistant Seerctary Hana was Ambaszeder te Hexice 2t the tine cf the p53: :ssination and nd OEE personagliy divest i investisatory effort and our relatiors f vw DED mieciately aftces the ncw of the ra . > - with She Me«ctean 1 Mico City. <A copy AS og 1E SI HW 53320 DBocld:32389863 Page 52 ated
probably involved in a sinister fashion, esvectally by way of “ peoonverion PROGIBITED bd . 78 . . of the file created by his efforts, consisting of telesrams betveen Mexiso City and the State Department in Washinston, had previously been. forwarded to the Commission. The purpose of our meeting with Aubassador Mann ras first, to inform hin of our intent to go to Hexico and Giscuss with him our proposea actions there and Ri rp about his thoughts an Tne file turned over to the Commission by fuabassador _ assassination, P R HITED | _ Hann contains statements of opinion by hin that Oswald waa Lacing a.urive, wivn une Gupan Emoassy 1Nn MEXLCO LLLY OY Wltin. some other Castro agency, These susyicions were reinforced by ' the allegations of a certain "Alvarado" cho at the time. was- being interrogated intensively by the Mexican authorities and by - representatives of the American Embassy in Mexico City because “he claimed to have seen Lee Harvey Oswald take $6500 in American bills from an individual in the Cuben Eubassy. We "MTT eee HW 53320 Castro was the ‘kind or lk oh ED) eROBUSHION °° carried out. this, asked Ambassador Mann what particular evidence aside from the Alvarado assertions. he had for these suspicions. He replied that he had none vl general feeling "Sn his- guts" that Otay PED S00SIS. ” Docld:32389863 Page 53
“ RemRooucTio kind of ruthless action, either throurh some hope of gaining from it or simply as revenge. The Amoassador added that not even the alleyations of Alvarado or other rumors which may have ‘been current in Mexldp ERD Mert money had been given to Oswald were s suspicions, since the Alvarado ariegation REY THB FRE res a day or so later, but that the fact that Oswald had visited the Cuban and Russicn - Embassies in Mexico City shortly before the assassination, which ‘he had learned from his security officers at the Embassy, plus _ what he believed about Castro's character, seemed sufficient to “him to raise the gravest suspicions. Later, he pointed out, when he had 2 chance to listen to the Dorticos-Armas intercepts, his suspicions were strengthened. Ambassador Mann knew of no contacts by Oswald with anyone in Mexico City other than his visits to the Cuban and Soviet Embassies and his staying at the Hotel del Comercio. Ambassador Mann said that our intelligence took and was still } taking photographs: of both the Cuban and Soviet Embassies whenever anyone left or entered their main entrances, at least during the normal TDR on Monday through Friday, BOG Hy ue without | OP SECRET during the daytime wh ja y9315 REPRODUCTION _ PROGIBITED Wee NW 53320 Docld:32389863 “Page 54 ae a |
HW 53320 Docld: 32389863 Page 535 - The Ambassador said that he had been kept informed of the Silyla Duran interrogation threugh hls aides, Clarke — Ancerson and } “4inston cSeott. “He learned of it informally, that is, Anderson and Seott revorted crally to him as s00n as they received from Hip any newB about how the interrogation W 2 ogress ing. in response to oop. the Ambassador recom- ‘mended thet when we got to Mexico City we should work through the representatives of the FBI and the CIA at the American . Enbassy and, through them, with the Mexican officials they reco: rnmended, but that we should do all of this as quietly as possible, without any newspaper ‘publicity We also asked | ot Ambassador Kann to wheat extent it was knoyn in Mexico o City that the Hotel del Comereto nas a headquarters for provcastro The Ambassa ador replicd that it was not known | generally. at all, th: nH PURE intelligence ‘airet ‘circles. * p R 0 A IR B Anbassador ann said that a. file from his Embassy ——— =—o—o—o activities. y current only in - which had previously been forwarded to the Commission consti- tuted the entire Fle vhich Was in existence on this: particular . subject, with the one exception that it may not have. included _ “PTD D . ep Roowertons wee me nen wenn e ee eee bee en eee ee
ep RanweTioN the report from the FRI referred to thevein, We econfimsc that it had not ineludged that report. he said that he uas sure thet this report could be ob btain 2d fron Clarke Anderson Ain Kexico City, if we thought it was necessary. In response to a similar question about the "Alvarado" file, he replied that PIER (i i authorities that might be in existe ‘ probably be | obtained through the CIA pat ER speak to Mr. Scott about this. He said that he had never seen any papers or any additional papers formal statements by Silvia Duran; 211 his information about ‘what she is supposed to have told the Nexican police was reeetwed tar yan aP rantkh thranch hta satAarg feakh and Anders pn Ambassador Mann was then called out to another con- ference, for which he was already a half-hour late. As the . necting was breaking up he asked tir, Slawson “whether, with the benefit of a ee NCD 3 Hi Conrail ssion staff felt a that his recommendat } _ in , assassination had been DAA —— we » thcnne they ne that aithoush the inves- were unduly rash, Kir.. PRO Ot rep . t2 gation or the specific allegations of Alvarado had shown that | they were in all prob bability a fabrication, he found nothing , 7 in what the Ambassador had done to have been unjustified, in “HW 53320 - Docld: 32369863 ‘Page 56
' suggestion made by Mr. Richard Helms of the CIA about two weeks previous, in which he had mentioned that 1t would be a 7 good idea if a representative of his agency met with those ( . g REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED view of the facts known to him and his assist:ints at the tine end in view of the REDE soericusness of the occurrence, PRODUC CTnON Me 30 p pt nh. “~ AG 3:30 in the | OE aITED,. itten of the CIA came to the Commission offices and conferred there with Slawson, Willens and Coleman. This conference grew out of a . CE LCL A CAC SERGE A Gen pe Sa persons from the Commission who planr.cd to go to Mexico just — 4 Se ee ee 2 Pan sranw tn Sno tens ee IPR mye 2 aw mes wes + weney awe ey ee we ma ate we uae w50Ot wee Ww eRe properly advise us of any last-minut : arrangements and properly alert its people in RES or our arrival, : - Ke nen B a) OOUETIO ON eney to Mexico officially and openly §F PROF BET Eppet>- and Mir, Witten -offered to make arrangements to get usa into Mexico completely unnoticed 1f we desired to do so. We told him that we did not vant to try to keep the trip entircly secret. We would do our best to avoid any kind of newspaper publicity or public announcements. We intended to introduce ourselves at the HW 53320 c Pace 24 —— Docld: 323896863 Page 57
| ~" epMoouerion ROTTED. Witten said a BP “ts WOR. Winston Scott, the CIA Chief for Lexleo, PREG ng with one of the “top foreign operatives in AO 41r oT ED. nization. He said that the CIA would give us complete cooperation. We outlined to Mr. Witten cur entire proposed plan once we arrived in fex cneral terms, and asked for hii ~ gomments on how bent to_achieve_our_gogls. His reply in every mmentS on now instance was that we should deal on the spot with re, Scott. PALYER Chiuiugiat Vilaw vu phupvesd yuulicy nao a very BVVE ucts He repeated wnat Er. A had said a while ago, — that there is no es Robes GN WGNrercox being "on the spot." PROMIBITED oe | WEDNESDAY - APRIL 8 , 6:15 a.m. to 7:00 o.m. Our plane was scheduled to leave Washington from Dulles Airport at 9:20 in the morning and accordingly all three of us met at the Washington Air Terminal in the Albert Pick Motel at about &:15 and later arrived at the Airport at about CUU31E1 PAGE ~~ 7) — or pees cen ee ee HW 53320 Bocld:32339663 Page 58
REPRODUCTION ~ — . — PROGIBITED — wee - se tees + Fa ienns Amee Ocarina sites nena ee A te On eneemermpeni ory pupnnnsn-aantrtareociei . HW 53320 9:99. Novwever, we r and technical difficulties neld up the plane in at EB RAONETINNE” eff the srcound 4) in Uashington unbil almost tne afternson. After a snl NOMBTED... ns we arrived in Nexico City at about 6:00 p.m., Mexico City tine, We vere met as we came off the airplane by a representative of Eastern ; Airlines, Mr. Jorge Villagonez, ‘who addressed each of us by ‘name, gave us his business card and cased our way through Mexican customs. An unidentified man approached Mr, Willens and asked iY we vere from the Fmbassy. Willens replied that we were not. The individual asked if it was true that people yere conning to investigate the assassination. Willens refused to confirm this report. Hr. Coleman had some minor difficul- tics with the Mexican Ianipration officials over whether or not he had been vaccinated recently, and in the course of discussions on this the Eastern Airlines representative nen- tioned to the I: eal mothings to the effect that. He. Coleman was a- cols Nlevn Commission. i Ne the person who had This comment could navp) epproached fir. Willens, who i bil 4 I ame had walked back towards Me. Coleman. If all this occurred as we suspect it may have, it could explain why there was an announcement in two Cyg31e2 Docld:32339663 Page 59 " ResonucTION PROWIBITED . erm pete eee none ene ca coe gem: Semen cpONNET 9 ee oremmenpen—en, nets eae eterna:
; " epRoouenion ome wee \ ew ote ew es eee of the Kexiee City nevag: hAfollovlng sorning naming us and statin; that VAD Just inside the airport terminal we were met by on business for the Mr. Clarke Anderson and Mr. Rolfe Larsen from the American Enbassy. These men were later identified, respectively, as ' Chief of the FBI in Mexico City and an FEI agent temporarily “assigned for duty in Nexico City. Anderson end Larson took the . three of us to our hotel, the Continental Hilton. elerey-, At 9:00 a.m Pieler met in the FBI offices at the Enbassy with lr. Larson and discussed gencrally with him the progress of the assassination investigation while we were waiting to meet Ambassador Freeman. Clarke Anderson and Winston Scott, the CIA Chief in Mexico City, were conferring with the Ambassador and briefing him on the Mexican aspects of the assassination investigation. Ambassador Freeman had been at this post only two days, having just presented his cre- retreat e eenecenmnee nie rmeee, ] dentials to the President of Mexico on Monday, April 6, tes Ins pace 2! s Le a “WW 53320 Docla 53320 DoctId: 32389863 Page 60 |
" pepRoouerien PROUIBITED We met with the Habassador at about 330 in the morning. Fresent bootie ODEO T ORE d the Ambassador wore KMininter Boonstra, PRODISTTED and Clarke Anderson. ir, Colenan explained in ED. terms the purpose of our trip. He said that we wanted to learn as much as ~ pos ssible about what investigations weee currently being carricd cut, with special emphasis on the Hot-21 del Comercio and on - Oswald's northbound journey out of Mesico City, and that we wanted to gecide woon and initiate whatever new lines of invcse Hinatian wm Polt poms anlled fon Tr corncctton wetr testktin: into these investisations, we wished to satisfy ourselves that everything reasonably possible was being done and, in additica, we wanted to beccme as current as possible on evidence beins — . produced. Also, ue hoped to make contact wlth one or more Mexican officials so as to learn directly from them what part 1 they had played in REP ROE had learned that as PRO of utc in particular, we siamo: what Mrs. Silvia 7 Duran, the clerk at the Cuban Enbassy who dealt frequently with igation and what they vanted to find out 2s Oswald, knew. Finally, we hoped to make arrangements for, and PAGE Peo “HW 53320 Do 53320 Docla: 32389863 Pa Page 61 61 l
would ccoperate completely. @ (. " pepRonuevrion oe PROGIBITED TOP SECRE era of our evidense RS) z and perheps acco: lis iyo obtained in Mexico, ERO er ons or by invit- ing witnesses to appear oninener to testify. Mr. Coleman added that we hoped in all this to be guided by the counsel of the Ambassador and his staff, because we did not want to do anything that would disturb the good . relations of the American and Mexican governments. Ambassador Freeman replied that he and his staff He said that he saw no objection whatever to our talking directly to Mexicans vho had some informaticn to contribute, but he felt that this should be done only in the Embassy and only on the clearly stated basis that all appearances and testimony were totally voluntary on the part of the Mexicans. As to speaking to Mexican officials. the Ambassador again said that this would be fine and he asked only that we work through his staff in setting up appointments, etc. The Ambassador pointed out that the taking of formal depositions in a foreign country could be a very difficult and technical _ matter. He referred Pe v> ate section of the Embassy for information on how to -gé ~ C3 cc (on) Cw > (on) on! HW 53320) Bocld:32389663 Page 62
HW 53320 ‘that had been assigned to them at the Embassy, room 510, to ; ° ~ peeRoouerion PROMIGITED that our seeing Silvia Duran vould be a highly sensitive [rc {09 {t matter and that it should be Giscussed fully with the Mexican officials, but they agreed that it did not differ in principle | from our seeing other Mexican witnesses, i.e., the Ambassador | approved so long as REPROOUCTIO can Embassy, and | made clear to her that her ‘apsearenec tirely voluntary. | POTTED, 2: ve | There then followed c of views on how best: | | | | to approach Mexican officials, what Mexican officials would be _ most valuable for our purposes, and the general substance of our work. At about five minutes to ten the Ambassador had to excuse himself for his first stcff meeting, which he had callcd for 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Willens, Coleman and Slawson retired to the office the Ambassador and generally to le) co Neen the FBI, the CIA and Mr. Poonstra. PROAIBITED ; | - 11:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. discuss the conferenc draw up outlines for our Mr. Anderson and Mr. Scott came to room 510 after pact 30 og “75. a - - : en ee ae ee Docld:32389863 Page 63
: would simply involve already roveres . PROWETTED * gepRoouerien ET ED fOoP SSCRET — ot ee ow om the staff meeting had adjourned. We agreed that we vould confer with iir. Anderson inmediately and mect Mr. Scott latcr in the day, at about 3:30. Mr. Anderson was welcome to come with us at our meeting with Mr. Scott, if he desired to do so, and he said that he would make up his mind on this after he had conferred with us, because he of course had-other work to do and would not want to DSpIp all meeting with Scott if it ne GTO] crouna he had Accordingly, we met immediately with Clarke Anderson in his offices. He invited Rolfe Larson and a Mr. Trent to take part in the conference. Mr. Trent was also an agent of the FBI temporarily on duty in Mexico. One of the topics of conversation was Reverend - ne, Albert Alexander Osborne, also known as John Howard Bowen. Mr. Trent had been the agent primarily engaged in tracking down and talking with Bowen, although Larson too had been somev:hat dnvolved. Briefly, the agents described Bowen as an elderly . eee eae a etee wee eee ee white haired gentleman who was probably engaged in some kind of violation of the Bear ag his fund raising, because it was not “cw for reli gious clear that he actual HW 53320 PAGE 3h s Docld:32369863 Page 64 , L
LEAR fe at EE LE AED A ce ne te ese . . tee m the Commission or a staff member, Trent and Larson yere REPRODUCTION - PRORIBITED purposes, at least of the kind he represented that he would unstable imencally. rent describe how when he first approached Bowen he re D Ree a ee Osborne,” and the reply was that he, Trent, must be mistaken, because he, oven as somewhat use the money for, anQ)i€ Nal LU Osborne, wax Bowen, Osborne then went on to say that he was . often mistaken for Osborne but that he had not seen that other gentleman in some time, and believed he was in some other section of Mexico, etc. Trent said that Osborne carried this ‘off very we3l. It was not until later that Osborne admitted that he was really Osborne but that he often used the name Bowen. When asked directly how they though: Osborne would ae rnnnnenNen NER nnnn enna ——ee react to being asked or compelled to appear to testify before inconclusive. They thought that there might be trouble but they were not sure. Trent and the other FBI representatives then described the proccdures the Mexican Immigration Author- ities were using in dealing with Osborne. In sum, the author~ ities had not acted as yet to deport Osborne but they believe that they had sufficient grounds to do so at any time. In the meantime they were ARePRO DUCTION: were questioning him occasionally. PROG ED felt that if we. 14 D : HW 53320 Docld: 327389863 Page 65 pace 3% of) > COPY NO. __ = ewe
° " ReeRoouerion ger ep SyBuC RE £2 SE wanted to push it, eK EDD pt aN would eccport ' Osborne quickly. PRO-IE NOIBITED The discussion then continued on to other investiga-~ yes }+3 tions. Larson pave ea detailed summary of recent results of the investigseation of Oswald's northbound travel on the Transportes del Norte bus. I will not go into.what he said . here because it is now reflected in an FBI report in the pos-~ ' the Hotel del Comercio investication. Here, it appears that the — ae conclusion of the Hexican investigatecs that-no—one-at—the hotel “session of tie Commission. We advised him to include as much _ detail as no3ssible in the reports which he sent through ‘channels in Yashington to our Commission because the detail which he had told us orally seemed ts fit what we knew ahout Oswald's bac!:zround and vas therefore valuable as confirmatory material in the overall picture, even though it perhaps seemed | impertant to Larson. We then supplicd various details about | Oswald's background and character which might assist Larson in | interrogating witnesses in Mexico. Larsen, Trent and Anderson from HKexico. . p Larson and Ee RORIBITED into a discussion of agreed to include ai) pie aihint see HW 53320 ct trenton Docld: 323896863 Page 66
‘so that he really knew what he was ordering when he ordered 2 nepRooue;rioy PROBIBITED ay Ry IN rd Ron Me the maid at the — hotel did remembcr Se P give soize bits of information about hin. 2 one thins, Bhe, as did other wit- nesses,confirmead that he was always alone when she saw him. : Further, she said that he invariably had left the hotel before. ‘ she cleaned his room at about 9:00 in the morning, Larson had ‘also found out that the proprietress of the little restaurant - next dcor to the hotel unas able to ijentify Os wald, although Larson was not complctely certain on how-much she really remembered and how much she may have picked up by suggestion | from newspaper reporters. Anyway, st.e has stated that Oswald frequently ate lunches and dinners at her restaurant, that he invariably ordered very cheap meals, that he always ate alone, ee and that he was not abie to converse sufficiently in Spanish meal. For example, he often refused soup and dessert, apparently believing POE RGD Jing money, although both items were meme DR Pe gay cost o full meal, TED. Oswald and of places Various other investigs where Oswald may have been in Mexico City were also tcuched upon, ten Shee Hw 53320 PAGE % wntlacnie DoclId: 32369363 Page 6?
"urn 5 en 533: 53320 " Lend themselves to this kind of propayanda. Second, Echevarria requested that the interviews with Mexican nationals not be Z formal but that instef ht to arranse to have iuach or coffee, € REPRODUCTIO Ss with whom we wwe oe PRORIBITED “we wanted to proceed on this basis. - Echevarria asreed that he ‘Docld: 32369963 Page 66 REPRODUCTION an PROMIBITED gantb an election for president u3s scheduled to be held in July, that such cleaticns were held ‘only every Six years in Mexico, and that the present tine uns therefore eatremely sensitive polit sheally. Qne of the most effective proevasanda apens the ccamunists have in Eeaico is the alleged American Comination and interference with the Mexican government and any widuly public investigatory. activities cn our part would Our reply to this, made through Me. Coleman, was th2t we aid not want any appointments for lunch or otherwise made at this time because we wanted to leave the entire problem open. ve had not in our own minds decided: whether and to what extents would take no action until we meaues tes it. a a 7 . There was an inter rruption here while Echevarria spoke in Spanish to Ibanez. Tne three of us took the cppor= tunity, to consult oo ote =. ae ene another, | - ; : " Colema an felt that in view Of-is MC reluctance, to permit oF __PROHISTTED, —_—— . : se 4
HW 53320 " RepRoowerioR BRE RBETED such as the bull fight arena, the jai alai games, and the places where he may have purchased tovrist items. For example, Larson and ther one of their agents had ne ePRONC ICN. silver shops in an attempt to locate PROBED may have purchasca a silver bracelet inscribed teeta The response had been - negative at each shep and subseauent investigation has shown that such bracelets are probably not sold in Mexico at all _ because they are made in Japan and the duty on importing then “$nto Mexico would make their price non-competitive with local products. We then asked what was the status of the Gutierrez investigation. ‘Trend and Larson and Anderson all agreed that 1 tet eee ne oe eee oe ae eeerennenee: ee —_ =e Gutierrez was sincere and was doing all he could to cooperate with the investigation of what he clains to have seen, In nna LS LE A fact, Gutierrez has spend 2 considerable amount of time trying to get more. valuable information and he has never tried to receive any compensated ROD AE TIGHT weakness in a Gutierrez’ story, ~ Pegi FBI representatives, is the 4Sdentification of oowade utiercrez has failed to identify Osvald as the man he saw at the Cuban Embassy "receiving money when shown a picture of Oswald passing out os ow oe eee ee ee ow owe DoclId: 32389663 Page 69
8 ~ peotoowerien PROMIBITED Jo Jro iso _'s,, time, but that it no pean ‘0M. the infornation at this stage. PROF ‘Bl TED Back in the CIA offices, during Willens'_abscnee, ene Sin Ofeass Slawson and Coleman discussed the cable traffic from the Soviet On and Cuban Emoassies both during the time of Oswald's visits ~ there _in September-October 1963 and immediately after the : unusual variations had been noted at either time. We then dis- cussed briefly the possibilities that the National Security | Agency might be able to "break" the nodes for the times when Oswald vas in Mexico City, using as a key the fact that Oswald's attempt to obtain a visa was probably communicated to | Washington on Friday or Saturday, September eT or 28. Scott pointed out that all his office did with coded materials was to send them back to the National Security Agency in Washington in the form in which it obtained them. They felt that the code- | breaking might be ee REP however, and should be tried, oo Pg a : a . Coleman, Wiliens and Slawson appeared at ‘the FSI | offices at 9:00 a.m., as: we had agreed to do. the previous a . evening,. and there met Rolfe Larson. . The plan had been that ve “Pater noe 48 oegh BS “ “COPY. NO. _ » “Wr 53320 Docta: 32369863 Page | 60 —_ —
' September 27 - 4:26 p.m. _ Consulate is Silvia Duran. RUSSIAN EMBASSY: September 27 - 4:25 p.m. Ja [> {ted 13 REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED Someone at the Soviet Embassy telephones the Cuban Embassy. the Cuban Consul? VOICE AT THE CUBAN EMBASSY: Someone at the Soviet Embassy telephones into the - Cuban Consulate. SILVIA DURAN: RUSSIAN EMBASSY: showed from the Consulate in Washington, he wants to go to . REPRODUCTION VOICE FROM THE SOVIET EMBASSY: PROWIBITED. Its 11-28-47. ; The person answering the phone at the Cuban - Has the American been there? Yes, he is here now. ’ According to the letter that he What's the number of . . oo een 0p ete cE tS Sr eras meee eee Russia to stay for a long time with his wife who is Russian. But we have received 2 probably take four to f without asking Washingt first getting a Russian visa. XI have to wait for an answer from Washington. NEPRODUCTION PROMIBITED HW 33320 DoclId: 32389863 Page 17272 CUUI225 on, and it will . | t give a visa here : Gisrepao to a pro~Cuban . ! organization and the Cubans cannot give him a visa without his I do not know what, to do with him. ° e °.. : centers ates 89 of 155 eey i: 88 188