Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 . e JFK Assassination system Laie. 4/12/2Vh Identification Form , Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10237-10124 RECORD SERIES: MX AGENCY FILENUMBER: —105-3702-1000 © a ; * Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI ~ FROM: TO: TITLE: . DATE: 00/00/0000 PAGES: 9 SUBJECTS : ' SEE FBI 105-82555-3909 DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS:  1B;1C;4 © CURRENT STATUS: _Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: © 04/19/1994 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF CIA COMMENTS : v9.1 . Docld: 3271682914 Page 1
Releated under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 4 ¥ Director, FBI (105-82555) - 5/18/64 Legat, Mexico (105-3702) (P) CIA HAS Hol OBIE Ag LEE HARVEY OSWALD, aka pec IS - R - CUBA yr ENCLOSURES Enclosed herewith to the Bureau are twelve (12) copies of a summary letterhead memorandum, including oo Table of Contents and Index, dated and captioned as above. REFERENCES Bureau cable No. 59, dated 4/22/64; Mexico caty cable No. 416, dated 2/28/64. ADMINISTRATIVE Joint ReportPa The enclosed summary letterhead memorandum constitutes joint reporting efforts of SAs FREDERICK E. RODERICK, HENRY J.. PRATT and ROLF L. LARSON. Investigation in connection therewith was conducted by Special Agents of the Mexico City Office as reflected in connection with the "SOURCES" Section hereof. Description of Contents of Letterhead Memorandum . The enclosed summary letterhead memorandum was prepared in an effort to compile and summarize investigation conducted in Mexico with respect to the travel and activities 5 - Bureau (Encs. 12) Kf : (1 ~ Liaison Section) Classified ¢ twilieeee Shs ga TIN (2 - Dallas, 100-10461) 2 - Mexico City RLL: jhk Se 7 2S , ~ om | ao /ES - 390) “fob 0 Docld: 327182914 Page 2?
Released under the John F.' Kennedy Assassination Records Collectipn Act of 1992 (44 USC. 2107 Hote}. | DATE: A- ia- 2017 *. MC 105-3702 ‘.in Mexico of LEE. HARVEY OSWALD and a large number of allegations which developed in this country in connection ' with OSWALD and the assassination of President JOHN F, = __ « . KENNEDY. While an effort. has been. made to document. as fully - as possible the. sources of information relating to the report, in several instances this office received information from | the Bureau or a domestic: field office by telephone or cable,.- with respect to which it was not possible to establish full and complete documentation as to sources of that information; — however, in order to make the summary complete, more readable. and more congruous, some items ef information were utilized . in the summary without the usual documentation thereof. In | those instances, the information, as summarized, was attributed to the Mexico City Legal Attache's files: | All the information of substance appearing in the enchosed letterhead memorandum has been reported previously to the Bureau in form suitable for dissemination, . 7  & great deal of information appears in the Legal’ Attache's files which was received from the Mexico City | Station of CIA with the admonition that it “not be. disseminated" outside the Bureau, and this information has not been included _ -in the summary letterhead memorandum. _Much of the above data [J related to the results of (cra technical] coverage of the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic establishments in” Mexico City and has been reported to the Bureau by this office. There also is reason to believe that. this information ‘has been disseminated to the Bureau by the Central Headquarters of CIA and to the President's Investigating Commission by that agency; therefore, that information and data are not being incor orated in the Administrative Section of this. cover letter /- Investigation by Bureau Agents © As the Bureau is aware, early phases of the inves-— ‘tigation in Mexico of the travel and activities of OSWALD were handled by various agencies of the Mexican Government and also by symbol informants of this office. . Since Mexican Government investigators were contacting numerous sources of ae . - . 7 - a - > scone cas ssosn Paye 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: °11-14-2017 “ “MC 105-3702 — HE it -was observed in several instances that Agents . were able to gain the confidence of persons whom they had to interview on more than one occasion, as required by new .., developments and additional basis for inquiry, and when new - and pertinent data not furnished at previous interviews was . Obtained and inquiry was made as to why such information ‘had not been provided ‘earlier, the characteristic reply - Was, "¥ou didn't ask me." - a While the following is well known to the Bureau, it is considered worthy of mention that the investigation reported in the enclosure is based on interviews conducted _° an the Spanish language, informant reports written in. Spanish, documents and signed statements in Spanish and in accordance - with a different legal system and basic culture, and documents, - yvecords, files and basic business procedures which differ from those in the United States. Because of the effective liaison of this: office with sie OGRE oF the | of Gobernacion, it was possible ~ '.to -borrow originals and copies of key documents in-the files. of that Ministry, although on the supervisory level from where the documents were obtained, there was considerable - resistance to the numerous requests of this office which . required voluminous file searches for documents ard to allowing them to physically leave the premises of the Ministry in the possession of Bureau liaison personnel for copying and ‘Study. “tt ts desired to assure the Bureau that all: inves— tigations conducted by Bureau Agents in Mexico: have been - handled with discretion and care; however, it is quite certain that investigative activity of this type by Bureau Agents over an extended period of time inevitably would cause serious embarrassment to this office and endanger the security of the Bureau's operations in Mexico; therefore, in view of the fact _- that the investigation which is outstanding in Mexico in connection with this case consists of efforts to identity, - BEOR 6 2914 Page 4
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-2017 a e 7 | @ wee ify . . . MC 105-3702 locate and interview passengers of the buses on which OSWALD traveled and guests at the hotel where he stayed, every effort will be made to resume the established policy of handling operational investigations through liaison and established informants in so far as possible in keeping with the Bureau's requirements and instructions in each instance. SOURCES Bureau Agents and officials of-the Mexican Govern- ment have been referred to in the enclosure by T-symbol and as "confidential sources abroad," and in order to obviate the need for an evaluation memorandum in connection therewith, symbol informants of the Mexico City Office and sources whose identities required concealment have been described as "T-(symbol), confidential sources, who have furnished reliable information in the past." The identities. of those sources are as follows: Source = = Identity _ First Confiden—- Mexico City Legal Attache tial Source |. Office and Legat file Abroad - 105~3702 T-1 Lic. RAFAEL HERNANDEZ OCHOA, Assistant Director of Central Immigration Section of Ministry of Gobernacion (Interior), . Mexice, D. F., Mexico (concealed -because initial information fur- ‘nished unofficially and on a confidential basis). T-200 8A ROLAND E, TRENT 7.3 7 SA MATTHEW D, CRAWFORD, JR. ~ § = SECRED Docld:32162914 Page 5
od TE Al- 14- 2017 “3 ; . ad 3 - Re MC..105-3702 Source 7-5 7-6 T7 T-8 7-9) T-10 . T-11 T-~12 T1300 T-14 f-15 | a a esta: 32182918" Page 6 Ministry of. Gobernacion (interior), Q Moker. DATE: 1" the John F.. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC ‘2107 H DA , Identity aber) (uex-170,) who furnished infor- mation to SA_ROLAND E. TRENT (imx-225) i ‘furnished infor- “nation to SA ROLAND E, TRENT Lic. SANTIAGO IBANEZ LLAMAS, Chief, Inspection Department, Wv Mexico, D. F,, Mexico (concealed .. because information furnished on- a confidential basis). ‘SA ROBERT T. NISCHWITZ SA ‘EDWIN, at JONSON fiex_27 a N urntened information SAs JOSEPH S. LEO and ROBERT T. NISCHWITZ | 8A ELDON BD, RUDD - SA FREDERICK E. RODERICK - SAs HENRY J. PRATT and FREDERICK E, RODERICK 8A ROLF ts aes ; Gxr06 fs =a furnished information o SA ELDON D. RUDD (ex-34, who ‘Furnished information to BA HENRY C. JOHNSON. ‘SECRED
“under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 - Note}. DATE: 11-14-2017 ar owe Ow _ Aon = L- MC 105-3702 Source T-16. T.17 T-18 T-19 T-20 -— 7-21 T-22 T-23° T-24 TH25 1-26 TH27 ‘T.28 _Docld: 32182914 Page 7 @ : : Identity | 1p Aud’ (PaBLO GARCIA ROMERO] confidential contact at Cubana Airlines Office Mexico, D. FX who furnished fa information to SA MATTHEW D, CRAWFORD, oR. CLARK 'D. " ANDERSON, » Legal. Attache, Mexico City (8A JOSEPH S. LEO SAs ROLAND BE. TRENT and HENRY J. PRATT . SA JOSEPH B, GARCIA SA HENRY J. PRATT | ah) imt_1f tna (ix, who furnished nformAtion to SA*NATHAN L. FERRIS Giex..g)$ha (wex-1 96 f dno furnished sateen GN to. SA ELDON D. RUDD - (x23! and (3 thie fh o furnished. information to SA DON D. RUDD (uex-467] ef} furnished information to SA NATHAN L. FERRIS. uy. Gex-se 1S O furnished information to SA EDWIN 0. JOHNSON SAs JOSEPH B. GARCIA and EDWIN O, JOHNSON . S4s JOSEPH B. GARCIA and HENRY J. PRATT