13-00000 ~ 7 288. 26S. 50 Jan 290. 2 of Y i. (30 Jan i Feb. 6 Feb. “on 23 Nov 6. At that ‘tdme ‘he ala that ray visited! tle lout Emb in Mexti during the | ' time he: was in Mexi ‘from 27 Sept to 2 Oct. | Sha: alleged that the purpose ‘of his visits to the ~ .. Cuban Emb was to obtain a Cuban visa. | She stated she had given him a telephone number to use ! { fh ) 27 Tan 64 & source, !.. advised that. he; had been! unable to locate a Caballo Blano restaurant as | . th Mext, but stated |there is a Caballo; Bayo restaurant located on’ putskirts,of Mexi.! |. or “Souree went to restaurant, showed | ‘photos of former Cub Con Eusebio AZCUE Lopez, who was in a Pe i [ H Boe + . . . . te eee Toya fe @ . of rr | ° . « @ : rr a ‘ TPT n i Tee joka || SECRET | Cr a i a a in calling: her concerning the visa, ‘but denied ‘that he had ever visited in her home. :/ On’ a '- charge of Cub Con at the time of OSWALD's visit/there, of Cub: Amb HERNANDEZ Armas, of Silvia’ 7. _ DURAN | ‘and of OSWALD jto employees of restaurant and conducted extensive | . _ employees, | He was unable to find anyone among the employees: who ‘ould : jreoeih. any of. the root ‘interviews of these. Bprsons 8 as. paving been * restaurant. Poked i . . . oye os . | 2 ae pe MBXI 8008 \ (ness DIR ‘97629 «. ' para 289). ‘below) - ~ Station ‘has. ‘reported all available info ae _ OSWALD activities Mexi., / Practically all info from LIENVOY and all other sources was also | = reported locally to ODENVY and to Amb Mann. It may be that some Station info included by local ODENVY reps in their reporting; believe however iocal ODENVY. wild have indicated KUBARK as source, | ane ; : | DIR 97829 - Brcko GUMS appeared before ‘Warren 2 Commission on 28 Jan and received guide- lines on what they expect from KUBARK, On Sat, 1 Feb, we will give commission a report on OSWALD's activities in Mexi, presented so as to protect your sources and techniques. Pls review your reporting to us on this 6ubJ and cable in anything additional you may have. in. tame for us to include dn report. | ; a | i DIR 98676 (pets MEXI 796) ~ para 286 above) Before deciding on LOFLUTIER of QJAS naed : much more info on his background for clearance purposes, i Pls thave ODENVY supply vital data, — a background ; Job. history, - some: idea of physical and mental condition, Also need know: Would — -LCFLUTIER be done in secret or must Mexi authorities: know? KUBARK not in favor of cutting din local authorities because ‘it hurts security and mobility of FLUTIER experts... / We have no traces on ROJAS with present identifying data. We in contact with ODENVY here on case, Pls ask ODENVY Mexi ko supply added Sata. : : DY ; - a i : : i po DO Se oo eo MEMO to cos from Ladar; Subject: OSWALD ~ Res Ylario ROJAS Villanueva aka Hilario ROJAS vo a , Villanueva, Eladio VILLANUEVA, Eladio VILLANUEVA Rojas. Bio Data: ROJAS does not have any a . birth certificate but states he was born in 1932 or 1933 ‘on a ranch known as Guayabo de Santa’ i i - .. Rita, located. ‘néat the -téwn of Ciudad Manuel Dobladovin the. state of Guanajuato. His mother | still resides at the ranch and her name is Estefania ROJAS and is now about 80 yrs old. He did not know his father, therefor uses his mother’s surname, ROJAS, / ROJAS lived on the _ SO , ranch and went to primary school there}. finished sixth grade at age of 14, Worked at ax various Jobs about the ranch and:in 199 entered U.S, illegally and worked: in the Bl Centro, Calif.) ~ area, for a ‘person named Mo TLVANEY. near; ‘Highvay 99 and Roxy Street. ; MeILVANEY was engaged. in Sn rn = a
13-00000 ag ete abner eae eee ee + A SEAT Golan a eet N alate clita Chagas: A eR OHIO OB eet eter 291, (continued) Why was Sm 8 telegram sent from Nuevo Lared authorizing the CMA ticket office Jara to issue a. ticket my | f ‘ iy we miemmancisee bem 6 mies tne see ae meme Ce es teehee | | | | { H Hy ; i 1 | | | eee ee ee neem a ies ASD ORO OME oe O° i Guadala-. a te perm oe Government 7 Echeverria! ' At the’ same time, he ‘canlalso be told hat. general results of ‘exam would be furnish.a him, . 4  scenenamedemeaeieaemeietens tamed i doit fo] 4 4) | SECRET: alga calins 8, common-law naviiane: to Auiote GALVEZ ond that B “ehild was born in tie U.S, of this marriage, Alicia still corresponds with him and lives at Celle Republica d.:1 Salvador ‘#152, Col. Cuauhtemoc, Mexicali, Mexi. / In about 1954 he returned to the ranch woos he. - continued with his work on the ranch, ; During 1946 or 57 he was employed by a vottl ov company at Tijuana; Mexi which bottled 7-Up. ‘...¢ / In 1960 he returned to Guadalajara. i: had no fixed ‘employment since his Tijuana job: with the:u-Up pottling firm in 57 or 56., cecsisionel temporary jobs since about 58, mostly involving! truckloading.: / He married his present wife, Yolanda CORDOBA’ in 57 and now has: five: childrens the youngest born @1 Oct 63. / letters which have been observed indicate by postmark that ROJAS was in Cozumel, buta at a later .:riod than he has stated.and apparently :for at least three to possibly five months, which contra- ' dicts ‘information rgceived from, Daniel' SOLIS,. who stated Yilario ROSAS Villanueve wi. in Cozumel for about 2 weeks in June 63! ROJAS readily admits that he, ROJAS, is the uncle of SOLIS's wife. | / Al verification of his reported travel to the U.S, border, namely, Nuevo Larzdo, has been established, elthough not .on ithe specific dates furnished by ROJAS. CMA reconis reflect: one Hilario ROJAS was 'flt ‘from iGuadalajara to Nuevo Laredo’ on 3 Aug 62. CMA reewnis. | further reflecti-that a telegrain dated 51 July 62 at Nuavo Laredo authorized the ChiéA ticket office at Guadalajara to} issue a ticket to Hilario ROJAS of 665 Chilarde Street, Guudulajara, (It is noted that ROJAS has stated that he formerly resided at Chilarde Street in Gu: adalajara,) / ROJAS appears. to be in: normal physical condition and no outward signs observed of uy. mest —1 deficisnoy, He’ did mot reveal any méntal quirks. He tends to be voluble in his conversa- tions ‘and to wander ‘from! specific ‘lines of questioning. / He appears. to react mentgily in a manner reflecting innate: ‘intelligence superior to that of his stated sixth grade education, / . He does not volunteer any motive for furnishing’ info to the U. S. Gov concerning hix alleged - association with unidentified Cubans end with OSWALD, both at. U.S. border and at Conumel. / Other ‘than | discrepancies, noice noted in various interviews conducted with ROJAS, tic only ‘apparently: ‘unusuel development concerns a reportedly second letter that he has directed to U. 8. ‘Attorney General Robert. Kennedy, | wherein he, according to his om statement, stated ‘that he had additional info to furnish: Aceording to RAS, this additional info cosicerned a! so-called camera, which: he. say ini Cozumel in the possession of the unidentified Sulins and “" "QSWALD, which camera reportedly had adaptations jwhich could be utilized to fire about five - cartridges; which cartridges reportedly have a small ges compartment and: that said -cs was - for the purpose: of cutting down on the: noise. mede in firing said camera, He elso described - gi rifle supposedly in the possession of these previously . mentioned individuals, .He claims to |: have beenxgul told by the Cubans that the "camera" was worth about $50,000 end was a Russian __ Apvention, | / Attitude touard Polygraph! Examination: It was explained to ROJAS that it. might oak.» ween, ba ngbbsedty Ai ‘the- sfutiige “v6. afford. nia sodentifio: examination with the .use.of certainic.. . mob bvermean| He said helwould be ‘agreeable! to dtich an examination, / Attitude of Mexican’ re Polygraph. Examinations It de assumed that, as in the past case of the Nic, should ‘be ge consulted ‘and his authorization obtained to conduct said examination, - /| Tt is further! suggested that the full name of |ROJAS should be furnished Echeverri: und the ieee that he wold be examined either | Guadalajara! or Mexi, | There does not appea: to be any reason for Echeverria to be fu Gd the . iden of the Polygraph examiner... a a eee ‘nie al eepevnensee bes renrmiecbevereee a a a | nnevemateme ont ce ; wie ne Poe, home :
13-00000 292, 7 Feb, 294. 8 Feb, ll Feb. . What is tha ROMP 7 Gheek PERMSTSIN 256. le Feb. 295, . 12 Feb, ' is NEXT leur (nett ‘DIR ‘98676 “pare "290 ss | [Rotioing reo'd 1 fron Local “openvy on, Feb, : mo (Reporting contents, of pare faa above). he fee Be po pho, : rr pn oe Note. on cover ‘shest of DIR 00508’ - . Advised 1 Henzy ohnson (uB0K) on a Feb cw Signed cos MEMO ‘to ‘cos from SREENADUM: teouree): | Note written in margin ‘ ‘of ‘above Memos Should -I report for figs fate ay ? by cos. to MRID . . TL yequeste -the- following additional questions be put-to Daniel SOLIS: “A. ‘Verify if SOLIS has crea oT - | : 4 pos t. i to. § i 7 : | Bey be ot ; bod Oat  S DER 60302: ‘Creer ext ‘8117 “pare 292 ‘above) i yay: trace ‘and. clear ROSAS, | iy Since he Mexi rs SG .. CLt, gre do not want to LOFLUTIER him in Mexi with lmowledge of government there. ALVARADO | a 7. | -CaS@ Was different because we knew ALVARADO would be sent straight back to Nico. Will conzer: eb apes ‘ODENVY here on Pros, and. « (eons of aking, him to Roxas, ‘where facilities would be potters . " i on Betty MORA to endeavor to find out any additional info which she might have re OSWALD and ° ' his activities on behalf of the Fair Play For Cuba Committee, in New Orleans, La. prior to the assassination. (See para 264 above) In this connection it will be recalled that MORA | Stated after the death of the President that she hoped that the FBI would not look too hard in New Orleans because it could be very bad"for us". / Source also reported that Reva BERNSTEIN, former Chairman of the FPFCC in Detroit, Mich., has been in Mexi for more than a month, that she had been in Puerto Vallarta for a month, that she had wanted to go to Playa Azul but that she did not do so because “it was not good to do so - so soon after the assassination", that she. was leaving Mexi to go ‘to Zijuatenejo. Source’ does not believe she was in Puerto Vallarta, nor that she is presently in Zijuatenejo. / BERSTE IN ‘also told source that she had been questioned in Detroit, prior to her departure for Mexi, by the RCMP, but that no inquiry had been made of her by the FBI or any U.S. police or investigative agency. The interroga- . tion had to. do with. the FPFCC, its activities in the Detroit area, and the fact that she had reportedly acted as a mail drop for Canadian communists, ‘This interrogation took place in. the office of her lawyer in Detroit. : She admitted to source that she had, in fact, acted as a drop, but that she told the RCMP that she had merely soted as the addressee for ‘progressive publications" for har Canadian friends. a | a 7 RIGGS wrote: Since’ this deals with OSWALD case and has already been reported by the source to ODENVY, I believe we should not send to Hqs. It adds nothing to the case and if Hqs should decide to dissem, it would blow ‘source to ODENVY (our use of source). Signed RIGGS A. MEXI 8194 (Refs MRID 0385 | pare 28h above. “and B, : received two letters recently from Eladio ROJAS Villanueva aka Eladio VILLANUEVA regarding — notebook, 3B.’ Ask SOLIS to forward notebook if found to: Mr. Edwin 0. Johnson, Consulado Americano, Guadalajara, Jalisco, ©. Letters in possession VILLANUEVA indicate he in Cozumel with Daniel SOLIS for at least three. months in 1963. Can SOLIS recall dates? -D.. Ask SOLIS if VILLANUEVA in contact with Cubans or Americans while in Cozumel: Ask him how VILLANUEVA "Source has ‘been, 41d to drop everything else and concentrate cae
130000000 a poi od for bey | Gof MLUNEE i, OOF, 18 Feb, a \ ; | FOR JACK STEWART, MERIDA), «from Joe Garcia. (uBcar) requesting information containei in para _— | EE GE 896 hove. | | re : | —_ 298. 18 Feb. | pp Ook (Ref: MEXT 8194 - ‘para’ 296 ahove) 1, Foll SOLIS reply para l Ref; A. ‘iad nob so weeeived two letters recently from VILLANUEVA. B. Would forward ag requested any sotebook . ee that turned up. C,; Best. recollection’ VILLANUEVA arrived Cozumel very early June 2, left Check, VILLANUEVA claimed friendship with | n 4 July 63 on ferry boat Alberto fori Puerto Juarez. SOLIS received theee letters, since ene ALBERT, See para 277 above. | Now ‘the i burned, from VILLANUEVA in Guadalajara. in months immediately following VILLANUSVA 1: carture . ferzy boat is named ALBERTO. foe | from Cozumel. ‘SOLIS. answered ell: ‘three. . In lest of three replies SOLIS asked VIL’.ANUEVA ; i ‘repay 500 peso Loan; SOLIS never’heard from VILLANUEVA % after thot. VILLANUEVA i: one of | three ‘letters asked: ‘af SOLIS: would like to be "gecret police agent" con Cozumel, SCLIS had | fe if ODENVY still wants, ity . Have “ie ODaNVY here end awedting. their decision. no. cad, MENO 4 to “008 from LEGAT; Subjects loswatD., ‘(See | para’ 197 above) Ai reported previ: ously, |S souree’ made. available a copy of the bus ‘manifest of & company called Transportes Frontera which _ . govered the trip of the bus which \departed Maxi '2 Oot 63 and scheduled arrival tims. at- Nuevo - —Laredd: Of: 62a, my: on ‘B.- ‘Oot...The "passenger-listed gs .ocoupying . seat. yon this manifest was:. ore OSWALD, noifirst name. given. | Destination was given. ae. Laredo; / No ticket number we: listed _ |=. by OSWALD'a name although ticket numbeis appeared beside the names’ of the remaining passengers. . po Dats manifest was poorly prepared iin longhend with: names of some of the passengers “zing . . Incomplete ' ‘and in some cases illegible} Toward ‘the bottom ofthe manifest is a notution, "3 Laredo, 7 Monterrey"; haever, including the name of OSWALD, 10 passengers appear cn the List with a destination of Laredo, /® Franoigco ALVARADO, ticket salesman and / dispatehies at ‘the. i i 4 | bE : re . ° | . | no further! infd'on possible contacts VILLANUEVA|with Cubans or Americans on Cozumel, VILLANUEVA DO . . : when not working as lajbanil, spent his! time at SOLIS home “chapsando" (weeding, cutting brush) ae ; | and usually in hemmock by 2030 hrs, SOLIS and VILLANUEVA sometimes visited Mayalux night~ a ooa™ oO | -@lub together, { VILLANUEVA did not appear ku be much of a drinker. / 2. SOLIS als: said: no What happened to VILLANUEVA'S sul casd | VILLANUEVA| arrived Cozumel with Sergeant second!cless "Polo" (niclmume); Polo was arriving on which contained "important papers}! which ; new assignment ‘of Cozumel Military Basa; VILLANUEVA said hed met Polo in Mexi City: Polo came : had fallen from top: of bus into wi ter. | around SOLIS house twice! after VILLANUEVA departure looking for VILLANUEVA. (COMMIT: Base - See Para 284 ‘above. | asked NASSIM JOAQUIM discreetly obtain! all info;possible on Polo; will advise. Lase and 1 oe ! ;  JOAQUIM concur SOLIS seems be telling straight forward story. SOLIS daughter, appirently ; Could Polo be Abert 2? : Or gould! Polo be. r _unprized, confirmed. jburning of letters, from VILLANUEVA . - . i. °° gonheeted with VILLANUEVA's first contact | io. bo [ | : in Mexi - the Cuban’? | | fe | [ polo Ped : ! - i to 209, 18 Feb, | - | | : MEMO to TEGAT fron cOS:. Subjects OSWALD - - Memo reports info contained in pare 295 cbove. ee 300, 20 Feb, | - | MEX. esha to MRID ‘ ‘Mr. Joseph Garcia, LEGAT, going to Merida 21 Feb. Said would . scntact ped Ce 7 -f.. | . COB soom after arrival. f. Garcia, would! like to meet and talk to Daniel SOLIS re Vili ANUEVA. ae Po. fous | he He alo has “few other reads" in area, but did. not Speeity. whether. pertinent orFLGe. or not... SN ne cad ad Feb. - a s: “PIR oséo7 ! ‘No eracds ROSAS ‘aka. vituanueva,!. . - KUBARK now prepared to LOFLUTIER him in Texas ~, ae. 20 OF, + Berd a at 6m 00a lite GLONEP UREN CPE Oe EMERSON aE © Ab aaneseR: ane > ne sue. + #9809 One CRO EOS me eteren oon = « semen cone ann soe Why no ticket dumber 7? Ce eee en ee ey + memaney Meee er Mee epgUIN . . a ’ . * . ‘ . a . : . . . oF . fe oe