_ Classification: (This form is to be vsed far ‘Jnoteriel. “extracted from Cuca document ie ie Vike Wb ee 4) . . Garro de Paz reported that she had seen Lee Harvey Oswald, accompanied by two other mer, at a party at the home of In 1967, Oscar Contreras Lartigue reported: that he met Lee Harvey Oswald on the canpus of the National Autono- - mous University of Mexico. 1061/ | | In addition, the test imony of ‘the Warren Commission's primary witness related to Mexico City, Silvia Tirado Duran, has been called into question by the critics: throughout the years. 1062/ Some of the information that is inconsistent with Ms. Duran's original story-- * that Oswald visited the Consulate on two occasions which were the only times she saw him--was available at the time of the Warren Commissicn's inquiry although it was ignored. 1663/ Some of the information has developed after the putlication of the Warren Report. 1064/ | The Garro and Contreras allegations, in- conjunction | - with the inconsistencies of Ms. Duran's story raise three ma- jor questioss: (1) did Lee Harvey Oswaid or an imposter. visit che Cuden Consulate it Mexico City?; (2) other: than nis visits to the Cuba: Corsulate,.what were Lee Har- wt t& vey Oswa> ‘i's activities in Nexicc Tity?; and, (2) was Lee Harvay Seweld travellint aiene in Mexico? Thase RW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 304 _ Ruben Duran Navarro, the brother-in-law of Silvia Duran. 1060/
NW 48327 ‘2canass | eee EOS Classification: A YoReeteds! extracted - 242 - three questions overlap somewhat “in detajl; e.g., if Os- wald was not traveling alon», did one of his companions impersonate him at the Cuba Consulate? Nonetheless, each of the three questions will be dealt with in. Separate sections below. | | In an attempt to ansver these questions the House Select Committee on Assassinations: has: 1) interviewed | Mexican 1065/— and Cuban ci:izens 1066/ who could have knowledge of Oswald's visit:; to the Cuban Consulate; 2) interviewed Mexican citiens 1067/ who could have know- ledge of Oswald' S$ activitie:: and associations in Mexico. City; 3) conducted an exten: ive review of the files of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation that perta n to Oswald's sojourn in. Mexico City. 1068/ B. Did Lee Harvey Oswald or an Imposter Contact the Cuban and Sov et Consulates in Mexico City? Lee Harvey Oswald hinself probably visited the Cuban Consulate at least once since his asplication for a Cuban instransit’ visa bears his s-gnature. 1069/ Though the cuban Consulate allowed vis:: a003 icants if° take blank Docld: 32263889 Page 305
Classification: (This formiy Is {to be used’ f rile a ttrocted . | from cue docuifont Hed G ; . e Wee - 243 - applications out of the Consulate to be returned when | completed, 1070/ Silvia Duran stated she was certain that Oswald signed the application in her presence. 1071/ Os- , | | wald’ S Signature on the Cuban visa application, however, does ‘not by itself rule out the possibility that someone |. | | impersonated Oswald in contacts with the Cuban and: Soviet Embassies. | An analysis of the t2lephone. conversations which. the CIA’ s Mexico City Station intercepted by tapping the Soviet Consulate and the Soviet Military Attache's tele- | phone reveals that someone, later identjfied by the CIA as Oswald, - visited the Cuban Consulate at least two times and the - Soviet Consulate at least tiree times. 1072/ On Septem- / ber 27, 1963, at 4:05 p.m. silvia Duran called the Soviet f Consulate. In this conversation she referred to an Ameri- can seeking an intransit visa to Cuba. 1073/ The substan- tive information given indi: sates ‘that she was discussing a ‘Oswald. 1074/ At this time the individual - using Oswald's name already had been at the Soviet Embassy at least once, f ‘since Siivia recuested the name of the Soviet Embassy offi- cial who dealt with the American. 1075/. Silvia also. © ‘ stated that che American Was, at that time, in the Cubdn Consulate. 1076/° At 4:26 pm. a Soviet Consular official Classification: jeweeibiate ep Vif ¢ a 2° 91955 ‘Jd NW 48327 Docld: 32263889 — Page 306
Classification (This form i Tt S\pe ‘Used ‘for, 'm etx octed from ClA—< telly. doc doc Aer ~ 244 - . returned Silvia Duran's call. 1077/. This official sta- _ ted specifically that Oswald had visited the Soviet Con- sulate. 1078/ On September 28, 1963, at 11:51 a.m. Silvia Duran called the Soviet Consulate. 1079/ She put the American, later identified as Oswald, on the telephone. 1080/ The . American, who was at the Cusan Consulate at the time, said that he had just been at the Soviet Consulate. 1081/ The conversation ended with the American stating that he: was returning to the Soviet Consulate. 1082/. Analysis of Silvia Duran's and Eusebio Azcue's testimony would tend to indicate that Oswald, or someone impersonating him, visited the Cuban Consulate at least “one and possibly two additional times on September 27, 1963. Silvia Duran says that Oswald first visited the Cuban Consulate at approximitely 11:00 a.m. requesting. an intransit visa to Cuba with Russia ‘as the final de- stination. 1083/ Ms. Dura sent Oswald to obtain photo- graphs that he needed for tie visa application. 1p8 4/ Eusebio Azcue recalls that this visit probably occurred on the dete on the visa application, 9/27/63. 1025/ Ms. Suran also state! that Oswald returned at ap- proximately 1:00 p.m. with four photographs. leeé/ Eusebio ‘Classification: a | “4 07 a ts ee as Te ve i Classified by derivation: oe tes aac f a a7 _ NY 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 307 LF £F =a. YR <A Grr, a ee a
Classification: extracted = 245 = Azcue also stated that the “Adividual later identified as Oswald returned to the Cuban Consulate about 1:00 p.m. with the photographs probab y on "the date that appears ‘on the application, that is to say on the 27th." 1087/. The Committee believes that there is a possibility that . the argument between Azcue and the individual occurred during this visit. 1088/ | . Ms. Duran stated tha: Oswald's third and last visit occurred in the late ifternoon after. working hours on the 27th. 1089/ This visit is confirmed by the CIA's tap on the Soviet Consulate. 1090/ ‘ | In addition to the a’ leged Oswald visits to the Consulates, there were other telephonic contacts that may have been between Oswald, or an imposter, and the Consu- lates. 1091/ Several deta: Ts about Oswald’ s visits to the Cuban Consulate, and telephonic: contacts with both Consulates suggest that the individual involved may not have been Oswald... i | Silvia Duran's description of Oswald did not re- “semble Oswald's true physicé i appearance. 1092/ This description, which appeared early in the reporting of in- formation obtained from Ms. Ouran was deleted from subse- quent reports and was act at al} mentioned in the Warren 2051953 | NW 48327° DocId:32263889 Page 308
Classification: (This form is to be used for Gterigi gtrocted _ a | | from TG mel ger Report. 1093/ (See iia V, C, for details.) Eusebio | Azcue's description of Oswald was similar. to Silvia | Duran's, but more detailed. 1094/ Perhaps the most re- © | markable thing about these descriptions is their simi- | larity to Elena Garra de Paz' description of one of Qs- wald's alleged companions. 1095/ a Another. possible incication that an imposter may also have visited the Consilate is the 9/28/63 intercepted conversation. 1096/ Silvia Duran adamantly denies that Oswald or any other American visited the Cuban Consulate on ‘Saturday, September 28, 1963. 1097/ In light of the CIA intercept of that date, Ms. Duran has either lied to the Committee | or the individual who visited the Consulate on September 28 was not Oswald. 1098/ Ys. Duran, in light of the in- consistencies detailed in Sections V, C and VI, A above, may not be the most credible witness, but there are indi- . did not visit the Consulate on September 28. . The Septen- ber 28, 1963 conversation was linked to Oswald because of the marginal notations nade by the CIA transiator on the transcript. 1999/ The translator noted on the trans- cript that the caller spokt “terrible, hardly recognizacte 206035). Classification ia - cations that she was truthful when she stated that Oswaid NW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 303 .
NW 48397 Classification (This form is to be used 4or-: <nraterial extracted from UE oe SouRES 4 Russian.” 1100/ ~ On Octobe- 1, 1963, a man called the Soviet Consulate and identified himself as "Lee Os- wald." 1101/ This man also stated that he had been at the Consulate on Saturday, che 28th. 1102/ The transla- tor noted that this was the same man who had called the Consulate “a day or so ago" and had spoken in broken Russian. 1103/° From this iiformation, and possibly a '- voice comparison 1104/, the 9/28 caller. was ‘identified as Oswald. 1105/ The probl 2m with assuming that the caller on 9/28 and 10/1 was Oswald is that Oswald spoke fluent’ Russian. 1106/ Gran-:ed, Ms. _Duran's denial. of. Ve the Saturday visit and the sroficiency of the caller's Russian is not sufficient evidence to conclude that the person who visited the Cuba1- Consulate on Saturday and - who called the Soviet Consuiate on Saturday and on Octo- _ ber Ist was an imposter. Yet the information is suffi- cient to question the assumtion that it was Oswald, especially in Vight of Azcue's and Ouran's descriptions and Elena Garre de Paz' allugation. The Committee notes che possibility, but does not ~. conclude, that the missing producticn. fron the pulse. camera and the BILYRIC base has Something to do with tha - possibility that someone impersonated Gswat d in Mexico. Classificatio : 2e0c096)9 ated mn Docld: 32263889 Page 310 Se, =. Ee. Ve. Ee. ER, —
Three calls that als« occurred early on September 27, 1963 may have been by an imposter. At approximately 10:30 a.m, a man called the Soviet Military Attache looking for a-visa to Odessi: and was referred to the So- viet Consulate. 1108/° At 10:37 a.m. a man called-the Soviet Consulate and asked ‘or a visa to Odessa. 1109/ He was told to call back at 11:00. 1110/ At 1:25 p.m. a man called the Soviet Embissy and was told the Consul would return between 4:00 p m. and 5:00 p.m. that day. While only the calle:s' requests for a visa to Russia 1112/ (Odessa) conne:t these calls to Oswald, the HSCA believes that they do fit. logically into-a time sequence created by what is known from testimony and the electronic intercepts. about his actions on that day. For example, the following is a reasonable possible chronology of Oswald's actions on 9/27/63 based on analy- ‘sis of the available eviden:e. Oswald probably arrived | in Mexico around 10:00 a.m. on September 27. 1113/ By 16:30 Oswald had time to arrive at the Hotel del Comercio and to place a caifl to the soviet Military Attache who referred him to the Consul. Litas. The military atcacne also gave the cailer directions to the Consuiate. i11S/ _ 2000961 _ —— NW 48327 DoclId: 32263889 Page 311
“learned that he could conta:t the Soviet Consul at 11:00 _ Consulate, which lasted app-oximately fifteen minutes 1123/ Oswald returned. to the Cuber Consulate at 4:60-and Silvia Classifi ai mo, Classification. . (This for. ‘ xtracted from CIA-< a During the 10:37 a.m. call to the Consulate, the caller a.m. 1116/ This done, Oswald then visited the Cuban Consulate where he arrived round 11:00. a.m., on his way to the Soviet Consulate. © Tiis meeting lasted only approxi-. mately fifteen minutes. 11143/ Oswald was then sent to. obtain photographs and to tie Russian Embassy to get the necessary Russian visa. 111)/ - Oswald returned to the. Cuban Consulate around 1:00 p-m. 1120/ At this point he “had his encounter with Azcu2 and completed his application. Oswald realized at this poiit that he would have problems obtained the visas. 1122/ \fter this visit to the Cuban Oswald tried to contact the Soviet Consul whom Oswald ‘claimed had assured him thas he would have no problems Obtaining a visa. 1124/ Herce, the 1:25 call. 1125/ During this conversation Osvald learned that the Consul would be in that evenina berween 4:09 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. 1126/ Hence, tne 4:95 and 4:26 ok. Calis involving Duran. 1123/ Sut there is a seoel 3m with attributing the First three earls On September 2 7, 1963 to Oswate. . The conversa- Docld: 322638389 Page 312 “a4? SS a ee ee. ee ee ee ee ee a ee nN
Classification: tions are all in Spanish. With the exception of the testimony of Delgada tre evidence indicates that 0Os- wald did not speak Spanish “Hence, either the above detailed calls were not made by Oswald or Oswald could speak Spanish. | . There is not enough evidence firmly to conclude that some one did impersonate Oswald in Mexico. On the other hand, the evidence is of such a nature that the possibility cannot be dismissed. C. What were Lee Harve ey Oswald's Activities in Mexico City? . When the Warren Commission wrote about Lee Harvey Oswald's activities in Mexico City, it concluded: The Commission undertook an intensive investi- gation to determine Oswald's purpose and.acti- vities on this journey, with specific reference to reports that Oswald was an ascent of the Cuban or Soviet Governments. As a result of its investi- gation, the Commission believes that it has been able to reconstruct and explain most of Oswald's actions during this time. — ’ Lee Harvey sas at bota =. rrom Sunday, By Saturday, September 23, 19 Gswaid nad failed te obtain v the Cuban and Soviet Embassie september 29, through Wednesday morning, Qcto- ber Z, when he left #axico city Sn a Gus d0und for the tinited States, Oswald scent considerable time maxing his travel arrangements, sightseeing and checking again with the Soviet Embassy to NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 313
"Classification; (This fos — from C Ghirolled nscunt = 251 - learn whether anything had happened on his visa application. 1131/ Subsequent to the Warren Commission" § Report, the allegations of Elena Garro 1132/ and Oscar Contreras Lartigue 1133/ came to the attention ‘of the United States investigative agencies. The main allegation of both these people, that they met Lee Harvey Oswald in Mexico City, remains to this day without direct corro- boration. Yet the Committee feéls that it cannot dis- ' miss these allegations without giving them any considera- tion. The testimony of Silvia Duran and the Cuban Consu- late Officials Azcue and Mirabal place Oswald's last contact with the Cuban Embassy on Friday evening, Septem- ber 27, 1963. 1134/ The transcripts from the CIA's wire- taps on the Soviet Consulate place Oswald's last visits to the Soviet and Cuban Consulates on Saturday morning, September 28, 1963. 1135/ Oswald's last telephonic . contact with the. Soviet Corsulate came on Tuesday, Octo- ber 1, 1963. }136/ Cswald’s activities on the days be- tween September 28 and Octcter 1 are not clearly recorded... The Warren Commission spectlated that. ne spent most Of inis time sightseeing ard making travel! arrangements. 1137/ 0954 Clessificatio : | , may 2048S MN Bepprrs OC . NW 46327 DocId:32263889 Page 314
yy . Elena Garro has claimed. Ruben, Horacio, Lydia and Silvia ties in 1963. 1139/ Only Silvia Duran recalled Elena - Elenita, attending one twist party at Ruben's home in 1963. ay The other Durans adamantly denied that Lee Classification: (This The. SER -—- extracted from Cc otet - 252 -— | It is entirely possible that Oswald did spend some of his time during this weekend sightseeing and making his travel arrangements. It is also entirely possible that, after his failure to obtain his visas on Saturday, September 28, that Oswald did not give up completely and did attend a party where he would have come into contact with the Cuban Consular officials and, later, sought help from pro-Castro students. It is entirely possible that Ruben Duran had a “twist party" on September 30, or October 1 1138/ as Duran all admitted that they frequently had twist par- Garro attending any of the "twist parties" at the Durans' home. 1140/ She recalled Elena and Elena's daughter, Harvey Oswald had attended a twist party at one of their homes. 1142/° | Man vy of the detaiis of Elena Garro's allegaticns have nct been, or cannet be, corroborated. For exampie, ee 2 2: @na s aliegation that sone of the people who had teen acanasy. Clas: } HW 48327 Docid:32263889 Page 315 &
| Classification: (This form TAA ME sed QE oe a from cia—<ah {t docusy 7 - 253 - at the party were taken to Veracruz under the protection of Governor Lopez Arias 1143/ has not been verified. Ruben Duran denied that he had ever discussed the assassination | with Elena Garro. 1144/ Eusebio Azcue denied that he had discussed President Kennedy with Emilio Carballido ata party at the Durans’ home as alleged by Elena Garro. 1145/ The Committee has not been able to verify whether or not guards were posted outside of Elena's home in 1963 as she claims. But other details of Elena’ °S story are very credi- ble. Perhaps the most striking is the suggestion that Oswald’ $s. relationship with Silvia Duran was more exten- - sive than just the business contacts in ‘the Cuban Consu- | late. 1146/ Another detail is the manner in which Elena's © allegations were handled, and the manner in which this Committee's attempts to investigate those allegations have been frustatred. 1147/. | In 1965 Elena Garro reported that Silvia Duran had been Oswald's mistress ahile he was in Mexico City. 1148/° In 1967 this report was confirmed by a CIA agent who talked to Silvia Duran. 11439/ The CIA Station did not consider the information significant and told: the agent “to end his contact with Ms. Duran. 1150/ If that informa- 646 NW 48327 DoclId:32263669 Page 316
Classification: . (This form is to be ‘used f acted from CIA aca “« rag +3)" an P.-E tion is accurate, then that Silvia invited Oswald to a party would not have been surprising. Silvia Duran admitted that the Mexican police had questioned her on this point but denied that she had had an affair with Oswald. 1151/ Ms. Duran denied having any extra- marital — affairs while she was married to- Horacio Duran. 1152/ This denial is not consistent with evidence of her reputa- tion at the Cuban Consulate. A CIA penetration agent there reported to his case officer that all that would have to be done to recruit Silvia Duran, whom he referred to by using the Spanish word for whore, would be to get a blond blue-eyed American into bed with her.. 1153/ There is also CIA informat ion’ that indicates that Silvia Duran had an affair with a Cuban Ambassador to Mexico in the early 1960's. 1154/ The HSCA attempted to- interview the CIA penetra- tion agent about Ms. Duran. 1155/ An interview with the agent was also desired $0 as to-attempt to verify whether . Elena Garro had created a cisturbance at the Cuban Embassy on November 23, 1963. 1156; The Committee's attempts to interview this-agent were frustrated. 1157/ - Ms. Garro's claim that she stayed at. the Hotel — — Yermont was verified by the Mexico Aan LegaLAstache on A ‘a! ae At 3 i ; - c aww dee ot Clossified by derivation. LF LP HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 317
Classification: (This forg Ath be Walsidr extracted from ClA-econpbllec $.) - 255° - October 13, 1966. 1158/— Ms. Garro claimed that she had been held there by Manuel Calvillo whom she believed worked for the Mexican Ministry of Government. 1159/ In 1963, Mr. Calvillo was a4 unwitting asset of the Central Intelligence Agency. 1160/ Ms. Garro claimed that she told Mr. Calvillo her story on November 23, 1963. 1161/ Yet the CIA Mexico City Station did. not receive a report from Calvillo on this matter until November 24, 1964, the | same day that Elena first told her story to American of. ficials. 1162/ For these rzasons-it was felt that Manuel Calvillo could well 1e a key to determining the veracity of Ms. Garro's story. The. Committee's attempt — to interview Mr. Calvillo were also frustrated. ‘There: is also circumstantial corroboration of Ms. Garro's allegations regardiig June Cobb Sharp. For exam- ple, Ms. Cobb was indeed a cA agent and she did file the first report of Ms. Gar-o's story. 1164/ It should be noted that this first reoort was accurate in its detail in that Ms. Garro's story ramained essentially the same in subsequent repetitions. Ms, Garro claimed that she kicked Ms. Cobb out of her iouse. 1165/ There is a nota-— tion on Ms. Cobb's report tiat she was not able to regain i Steary . 2000362 omneal BH bs] rn ns a 4 NW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 318 iN
NW 48327 ‘her allegations. were handled in an irresponsible manner filed and forgotten. 1168/ The Legat, after talking to “Elena, dismissed her story after interviewing one person Classification: (This form is to GR & ae j from ClA—centroll 4 AS, - 256 - access to Ms. Garro. 1166/ The Committee attempted to obtain an interview with Ms. Cobb, but was once again frustated. 1167/ | | Reviewing the manner in which the CIA Mexico City Station and the Legal Attache's office -in Mexico City handled Ms. Garro' s allegations reveals that, at: best, because they were dismissed after a superficial investi- gation. . The First report that came to the CIA was mis- | whom she said may have been at the party. 1169/ The manner in which the official American community handled Charles Thomas! reporting is detailed in Section VI, Cc, 11, above. Mr: Thomas ‘speculated in 1969 about why Ms. Garro's story had been largely ignored by the American officials in Mexico: It would appear that whereas the FBI has discounted the Elena Garro. allegations, the CIA is still considerable disturbed by them. The CIA may not have pressed for further investigation, however, for a num- ‘ber of reasons: 1) considering the sensi- tive overlap and subtle competition setween | two intelligence collecting agencies, it had to yield to the FBI's clear jurisdic- tion; . 2) there are cbvious complication is 7 Classification?” ae a = 200n 359 OO | ET we hase é 4 ‘S28 « * we “these th Cleasified by derivation: Docld:32263889 Page 319
LM LI I LI FF HW 48327 DoclId:32263889 Page 320 Classification: — in conducting such an investigation ina foreigh country; 3) there is a close and delicate relaticnship between the CIA ‘Station Chief and the former Minister of Interior--President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz; and 4)-some of the feople appearing in the Elena Garro scenario may well be agents of the CIA. Under the circumstances it is unlikely that any further investiga-_ tion of this matter will ever take place unless it is ordered by a high official in Washington. 1170/ . The Committee attempted to locate Elena Garro. Although the Committee esta lished telephonic contact with Ms. Garro, the Committee was totally frustrated in this aspect of its investigation, but yet believes that there is a possibility that Lee Harvey Oswald did attend a twist party at the home of Ruben Duran. The Committee also considers it possible that Lee Harvey Oswald contacted pro-Castro students at the. National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, hereinafter UNAM) as claimed by Oscar Contreras Lartigue. Vive) Silvia Duran admitted that she had told Oswald of two ways in which he could get a Cuban visa: 1) he could get an intransit visa by first obtaining a visa to- another communis? country such as Russia; 2) he could obtain a reguiar Cuban visa by knowing someone in Cuba who would vouch for Aim. 1173/ Classification: : : 3 * Sei coc by Gerivation; Se A Sa SA GA |.
Classification: . (This form is to be used for mo It is possible that after Oswald's attempts to obtain a visa by the first method were frustrated on Saturday, September 28, that he made one final effort to locate someone trusted by the Cuban Consulate ‘to vouch for him. There is no direct evidence about how Oswald could have learned of the rro-Castro. group at UNAM. There is a possibility that Ernesto Leffeld Miller, a friend of the Durans who borrowed Horacio's car often took Lee Harvey Oswald to the campus of the National Autonomous University. On the days when Lee Harvey 0s- wald allegedly visited the Consulate, Mr. Miller did also. it is possible that Silvia Duran asked him to escort Oswald to the campus. Mr Miller denied having ever met Oswald. JI74A/) Oscar Contreras says that Oswald first contacted him as he was leaving a round-table dis- - cussion at the school of. pl ilosphy. Vi74/ It is known that, in 1963, the Durans vere close friends with the Chairman of the Philosochy Department at UNAM, Ricarde Guerra, who held seminars on Kant, Hegel and Marx in the - Durans' home. tiv5/ It 38 po ssible, if Silvia Duran hac- more than just a pureiy. Sus iness relationshi 9 with Gswate, 201097; Gestion Gy) Nei “428 3 ea. aorts ’ Clossified by derivation: NW 46327 Daocld:32263889 Page 321
- 259 - that she referred Oswald to one of Guerra's Marxist seminars in his search-for help. Unfortunately, Contreras. does not name who headed the round table dis- cussion at which he met Oswald. 1176/ Silvia Duran denied that she referred (swald to anyone for help. 1177/ Ricardo Guerra is present y the Mexican Ambassador to East Germany and was not ivailable to the Committee for an interview. On both of the Committee's trips to Mexico, the Mexican Government told the Committee that Mr. Contreras would be mace available for an interview. The interview never occured. 1178/ Although the Con- -mittee's attempt to inves: igate Mr. Contreras’ allegat- tion met largely with fru;tration, the allegation can not be dismissed. 0D. Was Lee Harvey O;:wald alone while he cravelled to Mexico? The Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Os- - wald travelied alone wnil2 he was in Mexice. 117 1i79/ All of the witnesses, wits the exception of Elena Garro de Paz who stated that Osvald was accompanied by two “beatnik looking boys” 1430/ at Ruben Duran's party, ‘have stated that when the, saw Oswald in Mexico he was Classification _ oe NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 322
é | 7 Classification: (This form is to be used for, may | from A ps ara | | a ut Lee . . or t : ee ‘ alone.. Although the American authorities did not handle os * ; toe ™ the Elena Garro allegation properly, the Committee does 7 not believe that it can readily dismiss Ms. Garro's . allegation that Oswald had a companion in Mexico in light of: 1) the corroboration of details of Ms. Garro's story; 1181/ 2) the possibility that soneone impersonated Oswald in Mexico 1182/ and 3) the siniliarity in the description of Oswald by Ms. Duran and Mr. Azcue and the description of Oswald's companion by Ms. €arro. 1183/ | | | | 7 NW 46327 DocId:32263889 Page 323
Classification: (This form is to from €CiA—-controld Appendix I: HSCA Procedural Write-up — Cuba Trip 1 Select Committee memoers Chairman Louis Stokes” ‘and Congressman. Christopher Dodd, accompanied by G. Robert Blakey, Gary Cornwell and Ed Lopez of the’ Select Committee staff arrived in Cuba at 3:30 p.m., March 30, 1978. They were.met and escorted through Cuban Customs . by the Mayor of Havana, Honorable Oscar Fernandez Mell, the Minister of Justice, Dr. Armando Torres Santrayll, Sefior Buergo, Ricardo Escartin andthe Cuban government translator, Juanita Vera. At approximately 7:30 p.m. Senor Mell escorted the Select Committee staff to a restaurant in Old Havana. The following day Congressman Richardson Preyer arrived in Cuba at 7:00 a.m. At 9:30 a.m. on March 31, 1978 the Select Committee representatives met with Ficardo Escartin, Senén Buergo and Captain Felipe Villa cf the Ministry of the. Interior. Tne Cuban Government gave the members and Committee its ese a e t ‘ . . official reply to.the Comeittee's questionnaire, given to the Cuban government prior to the Committee's trio to fuba. | At 3:00 p.m., the Setect Committee. met again with Classification. 2) ‘: | NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 324 |
Classification|| Ua ‘(This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) fe - 2B to Rio Neba-16 Apartment 40. On May 24, 1972, Ms. Odio was found dead in her bath:ub. The official presiding at her autopsy concluded that Ms. Odio had poisoned herself. | | | | | . | Emilio Carballido Fortanes was in Carcas, Venezuela, on vacation and scheduled :0 return to Mexico in early =n “a “aA. ~~. ~~, September. His address is Constituyentes 207. His phone number is 515-8345. eo . Consuelo Esperon's. (. ITAMIL 7) ‘personnel record in Mexico could not be located. When the Mexican officials inquired about her at the cuban Embassy in Mexico City prior to the Committee's trip, no one at the office remembered that she had worked there. Committee staff members were told that Esperon was probably dead. No basis was given for the Mexican government's conclusion. Carlos Jurado J. Delmar (LIRING 3) was born in Cuba on November 3, 1927. He entered Mexico July 1, 1965 and taught Graphics: and Art at U.N.A.M. until January. 1, 1968 when he disappeared. The Mexican officials assumed that he returned to Cuba. NW 48327 Docld:322638893 Page 341