Classification: Aes . ¢ ~ 206 - . TE?! et 7 | (This form is to be used for material extracted — from ClA——controlled documents.) Harvey Oswald's visa application was the same Lee Harvey Oswald who visited the Cons late. 802/ Mirabel was about 4 meters away from Oswald eech time he caught glimpses of him. 802a/ Oswald was at tre Consulate between 15 and 20. minutes on each visit. 802b, C. Elena Garro de Paz. On October 5, 1964, eleven days after the publication of the Warren Commission Report, Elena Garro de Paz' story alleging Lee Harvey Oswald's presence at a party in Mexico City attended by Cuban government personnel came to the attention aa of the Central Intelligence Agency. 803/ |. Elena's story as reported October 5, 1964 Elena Garro de Paz 8(/4/ and-Deba Garro de Guerrero Galvan, first cousins of Horatio, Ruben and Lydia Duran, -were invited to a twist parvy at the home of Ruben Duran in the middle of the week in the fall of 1963. 805/ Lee Harvey Oswald was alleged tu have been at this party in the company of "two other beatnik-looking boys." 806/ The Americans remained togeher the entire evening and did not dance. 807/ When E ena tried to sgeak with the Americans,’she was "shifted" to another recs Dy one cf. her cousins. 808/— The memo does not state whether Elena had coer as cousin iad not allowed her. te speak _ Class: ication: . NW 46327 Docld:32263889 Page. 269
2 5092 I _ Classification; Classification: . (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents. Cre NTT = 207 - TO? Bi mL to the Americans. One of E’ena's- cousins told her at the time that (he or she) d'd not know who the Americans were except that Silvia Duran (an employee of the Cuban Embassy and the wife of. Horitio Duran), had brought them to ‘the party. 809/ . The day after the party, Elena and Deba saw the three Americans on the Insurgentes, a main avenue in Mexico City. 810/ The Garrc's claimed ‘that they had recog- nized Oswaid's photograph wien it was published after the assassination. 811/ Siivia Duran’ 8 arrest "under- “lined the Garros’ certainty’ that the man had been Lee Harvey Oswald. gles" The source of the meno was [| fansy Central. Intelligence Agency asset krown by the cryptonym LICOOKIE/1 “whom the Committee identified as June Cobb Sharp while reviewing the LICOOQKIE file. According to Elena, Ms. Cobb was sent to her house shortly after the assassination for a few days, by 4a mutuat friend, a Costa Rican writer named Eunice Odio. 814/ Ms. Garro asserted that while at her house, Ms. Cobb exoressed interest in tne Kernady assassination. 318/ One nicht, Elena's Sister Deba, whe was yvisiting,- got drunk and told the whole story. 236/ Ciatming to be a CIA agent, cebb suggested that Elena and HW 48327 Doold:322963889 Page. 270 fo. tbo — exe “SE : ~ |
Classification: .. (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—¢ontrolled documents.) : oon gear’ ar ig: =] , | = 208 - Ta Se Deba go to Texas to ‘tell their story. 817/ Elena stated oe i EF Lae that when Cobb's suggestion was rejected, Cobb stated that she would arrange a meeting with the CIA Station Chief. 18/ The meeting dic: not occur because Ms. Cobb. ~ was asked to leave the Garro house evidently because she kicked Elena's cat. 819/° A notation on the memo says that LICOOKIE/1 never regained contact with Elena Garro de Paz. 820/ The LICOOKIE memo was not inserted in either the Elena Garro or Lee Harvey Oswald "P™ 821/ (personality) file but in a local leftist and Cuban project file. .The Committee learned about the memo from Wx-7241, a chrono- logical history of the Oswald case prepared by Raymond Rocca for the CIA in 1967. The memo was found in Decem- _ ber, 1965 by Stanley Watson. A marginal notation on Wx724] says, “Why was this not sent to Headquarters?" 823/ The Committee has been able to determine that the memo. was forwarded to Headquarters shortly thereafter, 2. Octazer 12..19€4 CIA Memo for the Record Gn Cctober 32, 1964 tre cra Mex: co-city 3¢ tation! s chief of Covert action, dim Tannery, wrote a memo for ( the record reporting at NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 271°
Senn — - (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled, documents. ) her story to Eunice Odio. 824/ ere The Committee has no: been ite « to determine if. Elena Garro told Ms. Odio the story personally or if Ms. Cobb related the story :0 Ms. Odio who relayed it to "Tichborn." 825/ | The story is.not as jetailed as the 10/5/64 ver- sion. There iS no mention »f Deba Garro Guerrero Galvan. The story, perhaps because it is third hand, differs from the previous story in :wo areas: It states that the party was at the Cuban :mbassy, as opposed to Ruben Duran's; and that Elena tal<ed to a Cuban Embassy offi- ‘Attached to the memo was a note from Flannery to the Chief of Station, Winston Scott, which read, "Do you want me to send the gist of this to Headquarters?" Scott then noted that the memo should be filed. 826/ The file indications show that the momo went into the Oswald "P* file and the Elena Garro "P' file. 827/ 3: November 24, 1964 C°A Informant Recort af E 5 3a Rovender 24, 3854 2 Central inteliigence Agency agent 825/ “reported informitisn: a23 a23/ derived. from an asset "LICHANT/T. © $30, Tre age. asserzed brat une Cobb was Classific cation: = : ; cial instead of her cousins about the three Americans. : f 2008: $073 HW 48327 DoclId:32263889 Page 272
‘Classification: | - - er” : a oT AN (This form is to be used for material extro (ee Meta athe from ClA—controlled! documents.) i Ni " Bee an "American Communist" who rented a room from Elena Garro. 831/ In addition, the informant claimed that ETena had also told her stcry to an American official at the Embassy, who claimec to represent the Warren Com- mission. 832/ The Chief of Station noted that he had asked LICHANT/1 to pursue the story 833/ but there is “no indication that the. Chief of Station followed through with the request. 834/. 4. November 24, 1964 Elena Garro meeting with “Mexico City Legal Attache officers Elena and her daughter reported their story to the Mexico City Legal Attache on November 24, 1964. 835/ (The Legal Attache in 1964 was Clark Anderson.) They recounted the same story previously given to June Cobb Sharp tn Gctober 1964. 836/° Elena gave the date of the | party as September 30, October lor October 2, 1963. 837/ The agent who wrote the report 838/ noted that Lee Harvey | Sswald could not have been identical with the American 239/ allegecly cpservec by Mrs, Paz at the party if this party were Seid ce the evening of October 7 or October 2, 1963. 840/ Elena was queszionec regarding the identity of other persons attending tne party at the Ruben Quran home Classification: a , ses MT HW 46327 Docld:32263889 Page 273 —
Classification | (This form is to be used for material extracted * from ClA—controllec documents. yo FAD eranty . Bil | i Ay Rois is who might have been in a position to. observe the three Americans. 841/ Elena stated that in the course of the party her daughter met 3 young man named “Alejandro” at the party and.danced witi him. 842/ He was apparently quite smitten with the daugiter and tried to call her _ on several occasions after the party. 843/ The daughter ‘did not take the calls and is a result “Alejandro” wrote several letters to the daugiter. 844/ Ms. Garro exhibited two of the letters, as well as a business card which identified the young man as Ario Alejandro Lavagnini Stenius. 845/ , . | | The letter which Ms. Garro said was the first written by the young man to her daughter bore the date September 1, 1963 and. the Mexico City Post Office post- ‘mark dated September 2, 1963. 846/ When this was pointed out to Ms. Garro she commented that the Communists pro-. bably had facilities for falsifying postmarks. 847/ To investigate Ms. Garro's story further, repre- sentatives from the Legal Attache's office interviewed Ario Alejandro Lavagnini Stznius on November 27, 1964. 848/ 4 Lavaagnini recailed that these were approximately thirty A | ' people at Ruben ouran’ S party, few.of whom he knew. 849/ He recalled having met a Me cican girl who _had recently arene Clessification: 0) - - aioe pee - jet ES SEaa ee ee ee ee | EE, BEES setiom .NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 274
A do Classification (This form is to be used for material extracted’ from ClA—controllec documents.) | = 212 ‘returned from living in Fraice. 850/° He was unable to fix the date of the party bit felt it was probably early in September because of a heavy rain which occurred-as they were leaving the party abou: 2:00 a.m. 851/- : . Lavagnini said that 10 Americans were present at this, party. 852/ He was familiar with the physical de- scription of Lee Harvey Oswild because of publicity fol- lowing the assassination of President Kennedy, but other- wise had no knowledge of hil and had never seen him except Lavagnini was the only person interviewed by the Legal Attache representutives who attended parties: at the Duran house in the Septomber- October time frame. There is no indication in the FBI document that ; this information was given “so the Central Intelligence Agency's Mexico City Station. 854/ . 5. Charles Thomas' f rst meeting with Elena Garro where Lee Harvey Oswald is discussed for news photographs’ following the assassination. 853/ f On 12/10/65, Charles Thomas, a political officer at the American Embassy, write a memorandum about a cone _versation with Elena Garro de Paz. 855/ The meeting with Elena had been about on her re CER Seg 6 HW. 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 275
Classification: fur Otone E (This form is to be used for material extracted | from ClA—controlle:! documents. ) 2 213 tioned knowing Oswald. 857/ Thomas noted that she was reluctant to talk but did. 358/ | Elena's story reported here is the same as that given in the LICOOKIE memo dated 10/5/64, but with more details. She said that General Jose Jesus Clark Flores (a friend of Ruben Duran's), Silvia Duran, Eusebio Azcue, Emilio Carballido {a pro-Conmunist writer-friend of the Durans), and a Latin. American Negro man with red hair (unidentified) were at the party. 859/- A marginal com- ment by this entry in Wx-7241 says, "How did Elena know about a red-haired Negro?" 860/ Elena also told Thomas that she had later learned that "Silvia Duran had been Oswald's mistress while he was there." 861/ A note by this entry in Wx-7241 says, "How did Elena Garro know about Silvia being the mistress of Oswald? This ts 1965." 862/ ‘The Mexico City Station did not hear about the ~ Oswald-Duran “affair” until July 1967 when a CIA asset, LIRING/3, reported it. . 863/ . Elena told Thomas that she and her daughter had gone to the Cuban Embassy on November 23, 1963 and shouted "Assassins" and other insults at the Embassy employees. 864/ According to Elena, that same day, a friend, Manuel Cal- ville, whom the Garros thougs 20 51033 Classification: TRE n the — NW 48327 .DocId:32263889 Page 276
Classification! Ur | (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlleci documents.) ~ 214 = Gobernacion, took her and her daughter to a smal] hotel in the center of Mexico City. 865/ Calvillo kept Elena Garro and her daughter. there for eight days under the pre- | text that they were in danger of: being harmed physically by Communists. 866/ Elena claimed she told Calvillo her story and that she want> d to tell it to the American. .authorities at the U.S. Embassy 867/ but that Calvillo dissuaded her by telling her that the American Embassy was. full of Communist spies. 868/ Elena said that some of the other people who had been at the party were. taken to Veracruz where they, were "protected" by Governor Lopez Arias. 869/ She said that Ruben Duran, reportedly “protected” by General Clarx Flores, was very: prosperous and was driving a big car. / 320/ Elena also claimed that. Ruben Duran told her months after the assassination that he was not really a Conmunist- and that killing. Ken- nedy had ‘been a mistake. 871/ Ruben Duran claimed he | had no reason to tell Elena that killing Kennedy had been a mistake since he had no iivolvement. 872/ | Charles Thomas circulated a copy of his memorandum concerning Elena's allegaticns in the American Embassy inciuding the Central Intelligence Agency’ $ Mexico City Station to aid them in thet investigation of the Jonn HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 277
S . ew ieee Classification! by (This form is to be used for moterial extracted from ClA—<controllec documents.) @ (15 = F. Kennedy assassination. 8.'3/ The COS. wrote a note on. “the memo: "What an imaginat.on she has!?! Should we send to Headquarters?" 874/ The. Officer replied, on the memo, "Suggest sending. There have been stories around town about all this, and Thomas is not the only person she has talked to.. .{f memory serves me, didn't LICOOKIE refer to Oswald ani the local leftists and Cu- bans in one of her squibs?" 875/ The Mexico City Station cabled the information in Thomas’ 12/10/65 memorandum of conversation to CIA Head- quarters. 876/ The cable reported that Elena's ‘story would be checked with LICHANT/1, against the production from the Cuban surveillance operation “and other sources." 877/ Winston Scott wrote, next to the routing indications on the cable, "Please ask Charles Thomas if he'll ‘follow up.' Get questions from Ann 6. 878/ Piease let's. discuss. Tharks.” 879/ After the December 10 memorandum of conversation, ~ Winston Scott 389/ and Nattan Ferris 881/ called Charles Thomas for a meeting. 882/ They asked him to get a more detailed account. of Ms. Garro's story. 883; At this meeting, Winston Scott made it clear that the FBI had full responsibility for an. further investigation in the Classification: PELLE € 2001033 rN wee 7 a ae ae ae nw 48327 “Docld: 32263889. Page 278 \ 4 , - 4
Pid iene ae oe Classification: (This form is to be used for’ material extracted from ClA—controllec documents.) - 216 - Oswald case. 884/— 6. Charles Thomas' Meeting with. Elena Garro on December 25, 1965 Thomas met with Elena again on December 25, 1965. On that date, he wrote a memorandum of conversation which provided a much more detailed. restatement of Ms. Garro's alleged encounter with Lee Harvey Oswald. 885/ Elena admitted that she had spoken to two men at the Embassy, "presumably from the Legal Attache's Of-- fice." 886/ Elena said thet she did not tell them the complete story because "the Embassy officers did not give much credence to anytt ing she and Elenita said." 887/ She stated that the party had been at Ruben Duran's home. 888/ She was unclear about the date of the party. 889/ She thought ii had been a few days before the Soviet Astronaut, Gagarin, visited Mexico; she thought that this would put the party around September 2 or 3, 1963. 890/ She believed that the party was ona Monday or Tuesday because it was in odd night for a party. 897/ . ‘Elena could act check her calendar to refresh her memory at the: time of. this interview because the calendar was in a desk that had been stored away. 892/— Classification:. oe - ; “ : Pi va HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 279
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) a fT ~~ 217 - \ ? sary ne During the conversation, Elena described Oswald & and his companions. 893/ Th: man who she thought was Os- | wald wore a. black sweater. 394/- She said he was quiet "and stared a lot at the floor." 895/ One of his’ com- panions “was very tall and ilender and had long blond hair and a rather long prot-uding. chin." 896/— The other companion was also tall, with short, light brown hair and no distinguishing chara:teristics. 897/ The three. Americans did not dance or nix with the other guests. 898/ Elena saw the same three mei on the street the next | day. 899/. Elena was certain that Eusebio Azcue, Horacio Duran, Silvia Duran, Lydia Juran, Deba.Guerrero, General Clark Flores and his mistress, a doctor from Dalinde Hos- pital, a young American cousle who were honeymooning in | Mexico, and several other p2ople were at the party. 900/ she said that Ricardo Guerra, whom she claimed converted Horatio Duran to Communism, and his wife, Rosario Castel- ‘lanos, were supposedto be at the party but did not at- tend. S01/ | - | Eiena alieged that the red-haired man and Emilio Carballido were not at the sarty that Oswald attended . but at another party where Sarballido and Azcue got into ; Classification: are aa.. 2009929 re NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 280 Sa aa > “. “== “see, as, SE, a SSE
Classification (This form is to-be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) a ee Ty 7 2 7 ~ 28 =. BEB Gi iow)i tite a heated argument about Pre: ident Kennedy. 902/ "They came to the conclusion that the only solution was to- kil] nim.*904/ Elena was not clear on whether this party was before or after the par-y where she met Oswald. 905/ Eusebio. Azcue stated that this conversation never | occurred, 906/"' . | | Elena reitereated that the incident. at the Cuban Embassy, where she and her daughter shouted “assassins,” etc., at the Embassy employi:es, occurred on November 23 at or about 3:00 p.m. 907/ Elena and Elenita were driven to the Cuban Embassy by Eleua's brother who was embar- rassed by their behavior. 908/ This occurred before _ they had seen photographs 0° Oswald. 909/ Ms. Garro claimed thit later in-the day she and Elenita were visited by Manuel Calvillo who told them that they were in serious danger from the Communists and that he would take them to « small hotel, where they would be safe for a few day. 910/ Elena said she —: trusted and believed Calvil'o because he was a known, undercover agent for the Me::ico Government. 911/ He was also a friend of Noe 72) omares 912/and of President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz. $13/ ‘Ciulvitlo also told Elena and # ed her daughter that Silvia Duran had been arrested. 914/ | Classifications 2: FE Se a aes atHNIss NW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 281
Classification: , (This form is-to be used for material extrocted | from ClA—controllec! documents.) eas L 4 ; ne — wean Duran’s arrest was not public information at that time. 915/ | Elena could not remember the name of the hotel so that same day (12/25/65) she took Thomas to the sec-. ‘tion of Mexico City where she thought it was.°916/ They found the hotel, the Hotel Vermont. 917/ Elena said | ‘that she assumed that Calvillo had registered them as rela- tives or friends from San Luis Potosi. 918/ They. stayed at the hotel until the following Friday, November 30, 1963, _ hardly leaving their rooms. 919/ Elena claimed that while she and Elenita were at ‘the hotel they saw the photos of Oswald ‘and realized that he had been the man at Ruben Duran's party. 920/ When Calvillo visited them at the hotel, Elena told him that she wanted to report ter story, which she related to Calvillo, to the Americen Embassy. Calvillo, however, . dissuaded her by saying thet the American Embassy was full of Communists. 921/. ‘Elena stated that when she returned hone, guards were ‘posted outside her house. 92 922/ Elena alleged that zfter she returned heme she saw. her sister, Deba Guerrero, who had independetly come to the conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald ned been at Ruben Duran's. party. 92:/ Peba was “terrified® be- cause approximately two mor ths after the assassination ‘NW 48327 Docld:32263689 Page 282 —
| Classification (This form is to be used for material extracted from CiA—controllec documents. ) een aed two "Communists" personally warned her never to reveal © “that she had been to a party with Oswald. 924/ Deba, consequently, would not accompany Elena to the American Embassy to tell her story 01 November 24, 1964. 925/ ‘Elena stated that it was "common knowledge’ that Silvia had been Oswald's mistress. 926/ When asked who could verify the allegation, she could only remember one person who had. told her this. 927/ .Elena claimed that person was Victor Rico Galan, 928/. a "pro-Castro journa- Vist." 929/ (See Section VI, A,.2, a, above. ) Subsequent to December 25, 1965, Elena found her calendar and reconstructed the date of the party as Tate September and not early September. 930/ When Tho- _ mas went to Ferris’ office and informed him, Ferris re- plied that Elena had given the late September date when she had originally reported her story at the American Embassy. 931/ However, Mr. Ferris explained to Thomas. that someone who had been at the twist party had stated that there were no Americans there. 932/ Mr. Ferris did not tel? Mr. Thomas that Aris Alejandro Lavacnini -Stenius had provided this information in 1964. 933/ Mr. ferris suggested tnat ft was not necessary for Taomas to pursue Elena’ $ allegaticns since he considered the. Fc aii an arene 333 Classification: en TERT ° 333 Decld:32263889 Page 283° =a QA @Aa “VA ~]ra wr = = |= wee 7h “Gee,
HW 48327 Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controllec. documents.) Te oe i : . Oswald case closed and had neard all the rumors before. 934/ Thomas forwarded (the same day) a copy of his memorandum to the Central Intelligence Agency's Mexico City Station to aid in its investigation of the John F. Kennedy assassination. 935/_ On the first page of the memorandum of conversation, Winston Scott wrote, "Shouldn't we send to Headquarters?" Someone responded, “Of course." 936/ The Mexico City Station sent a cable to Head- quarters on December 12, 1955, reporting that it was "following: up" and would casle the results. 937/ 7. December 27, 1965 Legal Attache Memo to the United States Ambassador re Elena Garro On December 27, 1965 Nathan Ferris wrote a memo to the Ambassador reporting that Elena and her daughter were interviewed on 17 and 24 November 1964 by the Legal Attache's office in Mexico ‘ity. 933/ The memo recorded. that Elena and her daughter had furnished information si- miiar to tne informaticn resorted in Taomas’ 12/19/65 memo. 929; Tne meno further stated, “inquirfes cenducted at that tine (tevember 1964), Bowever, fafied te substantiate the Classification: | “324 LD - ay 2NG5038-1 DocId: 32263889 Page 284 — v PN
Classification: - (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) _ ~- 222.2. Lo allegations made by Jirs. Garro de and her daughter. Ii view of the fact that Mrs. Garro de Piz’ allegations have been previously checked out without Substantiation, no further action is being taken concerniig her recent repeti- tion of those allegations. 940/ ‘The Legal Attache forwarded a copy of the memoran-. dum to the Central Intellig:nce Agency's Mexico City — Station 941/ prior to 12/23/65. 942/ A cable written by Anne Goodpasture on December 29, 1965 reporting the Legat interview with Elena and the Legat Office's failure to substantiate Elena's story was sent to: Headquarters. 943/ The cable promised to keep Headquarters advised if any further information was to developed. 944/ . LICOOKIE's 10/5/64 memo is attached to the 12/29/65 - cable. Wx-7241 expiained this in a marginal comment, "This " document by LICCOKIE was not in (Oswald's file), but was copied from {a project file) and attached ‘to MEXI 5741, 29 Dec. 65.° 946/ 27%, “EEE, “GSR “GR. “ESS “ee <=SEe, ““|=35 =or, A note Stapled to this cable by: Allen Whi ‘te stated, "T don’ t know what FRI ‘¢id in November 1964, but the Garros have been te? cing about this for @ long time | and she is said ts 98 extremely brignt.” ya7/ Anne Good- pasture wrote that the Fel had. found Elene's allegations ea =A ow. 2050225 NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 285
Classification : (This form is to be used for material extracted _ | from Aromat cameras a fren - 223 - emawces: Soe 1h L unsubstantiated but that "we will try to confirm or . | refute Ms. Garro de Paz’ information and follow: up." 948/ | Win Scott wrote, "She is also ‘nuts. '" 949/ | | 8. CIA Investigation of Elena's altegation that she created a disturbance at the Cuban Embassy | on November 23, 1963 | 7 On February 3, 1966, Anne Goodpasture forwarded Thomas’ December 25, 1965 memo to the Cuban section at the Mexico City Station with an attached note asking oe the section. to check whether Elena was "Seen creating “such a disturbance as they claimed in front of the Cuban Embassy." 950/ . . One Cuban section officer responded, “No bells ring with me." Another one wrote, "Me neither." The | third officer wrote, “Nc pictures either, " 95i/ There is no indica _tion, after reviewing cra files, that the penetration agents in the Cuban Embassy were queried about flena's allegation: 952/. That there are no pictures is reisonable ‘Since Elena claimed f that tha evant haavenad: 1} on a Saturday at 2:30 9.m. when the Cuban labissy was 19% normally phctographically — surveilied; $33/ and 2) the “disturbance® occurred in- ; side the Cuban cemgouns. RSCA exami ination cf the CIA a opens | Classif Fegtion: _ - — — = | “8G. f HW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 286
Classification (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—contrellec documents. q> EERE | Cuban Embassy photographic surveillance showed no sur- veillance on 11/23/63. 954/ The Committee found: that Central Intelligence Agency made no other effort to corroborate Ms. Garro’s allegations. 9. Legal Attache 2/23/66 Memo to the United States Ambassador Regarding Elena Garro's Allegations On 2/23/66 the Legal Attache wrote a memo to the Ambassador reporting that "axtensive investigation" failed to disclose that Oswald had traveled to Mexico prior to. September 26, 1963 and that no information had developed that would show that he had not. been in New Orleans dn the early part of that month. 955/ The memo reiterated that no further action was being taken by the FBI because Elena‘s allagations had not been substan- tiated by it. 956/ Tne Legal Attache forwarded a copy ef this memo to the Central Intelligence Agency's Mexico City Station. 957/ A marginal comment made by Raymond Zecca next to this entry in Wx-724] says, “How can it ba ascertained that Cswala did not travel te Mexico srier to eariy Sestemder 1953? There must be scme basis Tor Elena's reporting.” 988/ NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 287
Classification: | (This form is to Be! MB er aN mie from ClA—controlled documents.) vt an oan roe er » 22h = 10. Legal Attache Merio to Winston Scott re Elena's - Allegation that She Had Stayed at the Hotel Vermont from the Day After the Assassination Until November ii, 1963 Sf f On 10/13/66, the Legi.l Attache wrote a memo to Win Scott reporting that a reliable confidential infor- mant had reported that the records of the Hotel Vermont disclosed that one "Elena Piz, housewife from San Luis Potosi,” had registered at the Hotel Vermont on November 23, 1963. 959/ She left on November 30, 1963. 960/ The memo said, "The above individual may or may not be identical with Elena Garro ce Paz." 961/ The House Se- “lect Committee on Assassinat.ions has been unable to deter- mine why the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigations waited until 1966 to investigate this aspect of Elena's story. Charles Thomas' 12/25/65 memo stating "She and her daughter did not person] ily register at the hotel. She tsinks Calvillo registered them as relatives or friends of his from San Luis. Potosi, © corroborates Eieta garro's presence at the Hotel Vermont. 962/ The 2009253 Classificéfion: = NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 286 |