104-10268-10005 10. Ll. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19, 20. —SEGRET eee Memorandum for Winston m. SCOTT, dated 13 PING 1966; Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. Note, undated, regarding contacts of ALFEREV. Memorandum f. | Director, Plans, dated 23 No ontact of Lee OSWALD with a Assassination Department. 4- i. bieirep 25 November 1964; A FOIA No. 928-927] Memorandum For Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security Department of State, dated 16 September 1969; Subject: Charles William THOMAS. [FOIA No. 1133-992] Memorandum vod Subject: June A CSCI 3/779,814, dated 30 January 1964; Subject: Jack L. RUBY - Lee Harvey OSWALD. PARI-1731 (IN 73050), 4 December 1963 [FOIA No. 298-697] Note to Richard HELMS, dated 23 March 1964, regarding briefing at Allen DULLES' home on 4 March 1964. (FOIA 618-793] Memorandum of Conversation, dated 16 January 1964;. Subject: CIA Work in Support of the Warren Commis- sion. [SX-11057 - FOIA No. 482-193] CSCI-3/779,135 to FBI, dated 16 December 1963; Subject: Peter DERYABIN's Comments on the Kennedy Assassination. [FOIA No. 413-76A] Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated S June 1964; Subject: Allegations Regarding Intelligence Training School in Minsk, USSR. [FOIA No. 726-314 XAAZ-17620] Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 31 March 1964; Subject: Reports on Activities and Travel of Lee Harvey OSWALD and Marina Nikolevna OSWALD. [FOIA No. 627-821] DIR-92725, 6 January 1964 [FOIA No. 456-771] | : Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN » dated 6 March 1964; Subejct: session Regarding» Lee Harvey r 22, 1963. {FOIA 590- Note from Pann 6 March 1964 - Memorandum fo 1e ated 20 February 1964; Subject: Documents Available in OSWALD's zO1 File. {FOIA No. 563-810] Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 23 July 1964; Subject: Lee Harvey. OSWALD. ([DDP 4-3769] CSCI-3/778,881.to FBI, dated 27 November 1963; Subject: Lee H. OSWALD/Soviet Activities in Mexico City, 13 - 24 November 1963. [FOIA No. 187-622] DIR 85246, 26 November 1963 [FOIA No. 113-48) MEXI~7045 (IN 67281), 24 November 1963 [FOIA No. 78-559] | SECRET
13-00000 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. STREP RODLNCTICR Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 31 (PRO MIEIT Subject: Information Developed by CIA on the Activity of Lee Harvey OSWALD in Mexico City, 28 September - 3 October 1963. [FOIA No. 509-803] Memorandum for DCs OES 3 dated 23 May 1975; Subject: d Items in the Lee Harvey OSWALD Review of S File Regard PETA HBAS S ASTRO Cuban Involvement \\ ad Assassination. Memorandum fo eer RANK dated 15 May 1964; Subject: REL ac lne, | Cpe lligence Service in Processing Visa & street tion of that Service to the Assassination of Presi ént Kennedy. [XAAZ- 36307 - FOIA No. 697-294] Note dated 10 April 1964 listing material from P-8593 shown to Warren Commission. [FOIA No. 653-828] Brief for Presentation to President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, 14 May 1964. [XAAZ-27212 - FOIA No. 695-3024] Memorandum for ROCCA, dated 12 May 1964. [XAAZ-22809 FOIA No. 689-298] Letter to E. Henry KNOCHE, dated 15 April 1975. Memorandum to Chief, CI/R&A, dated 19 June 1964; Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD [XAAZ-27166-- FOIA No. 739-319] Memorandum for Deputy Director for Plans, dated 11 May 1964; Subject: AMMUG/1 Information on Lee Harvey OSWALD. ([XAAZ-27213 - FOIA Np. 687-295] Blind Memorandum, dated 5 May 1964; Subject: Debriefing of AMMUG/1 - OSWALD Case. Chronology of RGR Meetings with Members of the Warren Commission [XAAZ-27161] Memorandum for the Record, dated 1 April 1975, ‘Subject: NEE _RernanOET SCRE PROMI rH aH Y i 3 D ! '
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13-00000 ~ PROKIBITE cu Bi. Fercis +e cs, Secthe. a &. (3. Oct Ge 1 O37. CfErce. eS ee a . . 4 : i - _- —— weenie ee ee eee nee bcc wee - ~ aad a as ee ee a ec a ee 4 ne ae eee = - eee ee a ene ne ee ee ; ee ie dt aa a ~—— —— a ~ rr a oe a ee my pee me Ce eet inal ¢ CCC1875 REPRODUCTION — PROMIBITED pace 2. of 212 COPY NOQ.
13-00000 REPRODUCTION s PROGIBITED - SECRET Ts EY ia ONLY | 1 April 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD What was the line of reporting inet quring the period I served ite as working level point-of-contact wi he Warren Commission Staff? ae aN “Ne It was a multiple leveledathing? ° (a)-from the Commission and AWD personally via McCone-40\ DickHelmss... fe) from Helms to the two or three components prfnarthy “concerned £5) then SB, Dave Murphy; LA, then WH; a EB} Tn practice, the substantive SB input worked up by one of sR eenrch Conponett headed by Lee Wigren--Minsk a cRapsed via CI. oes photo for examp! A In addition, on sensi’ Dick Helms and Murphy 2 Did you hear: ? ?- [two crypts, one sounded by "Jackenet" ?]: pt fe: I had not. Belin recalled that Castro had made a speech in which © g/of/9s ¢__.' a cI had own defector input. SUBJECT:. Conversation with David W. BELIN, 1 April 1975 | | ane t= in estigation Fa g with the Commission. ro | he had charged assassination intent by emigres and had promised retribution in kind if there was official support. Had any thought been given to the assumption that an anti-Castro assassination plot might have been underway, and fact it was known to Helms and.to Castro? [Mr. Belin said he now knew that Helms was, in fact, aware of something und regarding Castro. He had no evidence to show that I Teeny had “been informed about it.] Would that change any of the thinking: “ Oswald’ § Mexican trip and contacts? L f ye been pursued: <S QS a. Fact that his _two et consular contactsin. traced“oerga ona ttyto tne T3tn bantment assassinations). E2 IMPDET CL BY 055431 “SECRET EYES ONLY Chet ETS | PAGE 3 of 1 COPY yo. ee
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROLIBITED fe ~ SUBJECT: Conversation with Datid We’ BELIN, 1] April 1975 b. Our defector” Fnforiatton strongly insists that all Western mil itary desectors-s bike Oswald~-were screened by the 13th Department<" = c. Thinness of fi I acknowledged inwretrospeciethat.Cubanbyp ICE ee sidering, though it would appear t LO dnO fen SO- ce - re ons began later (i.e. after 1967-68, Venceremos, etc.). turned over by Soviets in view of b. Q: Why did Oswald's lies include a denial to Dallas police that he had made the Mexican _trip unless there Wasco mething important to hide cover story. Why also did Marina deny: she knew anything about the Mexican trip in her first story 68 the FBI=-which she later rectified before the Warren Commi ssion?,~Wr.< Bel in noted that he had left the hypothesis of Castro/Cuban involvement: ‘oper“in his book. He added that it would have been imgortant to“ have known the facts about the anti-Castro plot at the ineseT the Warren Commission investigation. He felt the least he “pave ‘doneswould have been to have insisted on the polygraphing o na-Osnadit regarding her knowledge of Oswald's Mexican trip. ONS nabrort fs Rocca Counter Intelligence Operations | | SECRET E “VES ONLY GCCLETT REPRODUCTION | oma | | | | oe ; pace 4 of 212. COPY NO.
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROWIBIT yPAB 7 276 ¢ 14 January 1964 RANKIN, WILLINS 12 March 1964 RANKIN al 27 March 1964 wittins et * C Liegiee) 26 May 1964 NLIEBLAND! re DeMohrenschild 28 August 1964 # ~ "Commission" Gielen) 12 October 1964 | "Commission" Crm oe oN *Believe Mr. Rocca was at the on. at least one other day N , pace 5 op 212. COPY NO.
13-00000 = REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED ecm 5 MAT 16h Ph Oe ehee uf . | Wase gene heey ; emma ceanaer en ose Sate ates | Subject~ Genera Debs ing REG amma = PSE SCURCE DOES NOT HAVE ma GX Gi tonsa SOF iss HARVEY OSWALD Oh HIS ACTIVITIES BUT w&S ABLE TO PROVIDES ITEMS‘OF K Based ON COMMENTS CF CUBAN DITSLLIGSNCE . i CFFICERS ASSIGNED TO THE DIRECCION SRUDAL Dz Im PRETGHNCIA, OF WHICH THY SOURCE HIMSEL? WAS A STAPF OFFICER. THS DIFORMATION APPEARING BELOW JAS TURHISEED BT THe, SOURCS AND IS SEYSD-TO QUESTIONS SUBMITTED BY RUGE 28 UMS le fale visited the Cuban Embassy in Mexico i City c ra ec: . and afcer cnese visits, OSWALD |/ ; wag in contact with the DLRECCLON GSNERAL DEEHTELICENCLA (BGI), specitically with Inisa CALDERON, Mamel VEGA Perea anck Hogelto RODRIGUEZ Lovage ‘ YEGA whose Cuban intelligends: ‘pasudonym 3 is MARCOS is the current . ‘Cuban IS chief in Mexico. He recendlx fay had’ avtour of duty in Habana, prior ta which he held the sane post aa @enes Cabaa ‘13’ chie? in Hexico. od RODRIGUEZ is a ae Sta of 3 in Mexico, He has three Cuban int alligence pseudonyms, 3, 6 “and Jose Antonio, . The precise relations! See Sha scent about six months in He Woh. uisa CALDERON to the DGI is not clsar, from which she returned to Ouba varly in COMMENT: WH/SA/CI has the following references concerning Iuisa GaLSeRON Carralero: She was assigned to the commercial office of the Cuban Eabessy im Maxice City, and she had arrived in Mexico om 16 Jamary 1953 and ‘on 22 December 1963 made a reservation to return to Cuba on Cebana Alrlinss EXT 7372, 13 Cecember 1953 IN-20351, Hit-9153." She left Mexico Clty for davyana on 15 Dacember 1963 using passport £/63/7 "MEXI 723, 1? December 1963, LI-62692, Another references "H¥MA~2097L, 25 Harch 1563," said that her data.of arrival in Hexice was 19 | Jammary 1963 end that. sha nad replaced Hesarlo VAZQUEZ A Haxtcan secretary in the commercial office. Other references apparomtly con carning the subject ars ae6923 and 2EXD 3205. IN-5659L dated 25 Jamary 1963 weicn do not appear to add anything oF interest: to: that given above. 2. The source does not know whet thee ox net the Cuban Services used OSWALD ia ary ager capacity or other ANNETy an oe 3. A. then news of the assa aatsiition of President Kennedy reached the rar, it caused mich coment concerning“taa fact OSWALD hed bean in tha Cuban neem Pe the ms i Exctsdad te ayiacety, _ Waxserstiag aes Ceciesstii te tiics REPRODUCTION PROHIE Vel | race 68 or 212
13-00000 \ “We wt) was to too Cubali Embasay in Mexico to raquest a visa but had been refused. VAGA did c— e REPRODUCTION PROWIBITER co | i i Ssivusuy in hexcieo. In addition, orda sa. Tar Yseued Lor all he aadquarters and - Liaid afficers of the DOI to sort anda ‘packaze | alt \docunents according to wheter Shey were ey secrete" (vory sgaret); KSeoneta? | ‘Qe erst), and “importante” (icsort tant}. The material ones ‘packaged. een 3B @ hald vanding further instruce tions, In addition, all ave. “bp DUE Of PbSg 3 and all, SGT vouches were suse pended temorarily. IN Me AS SY ER” B, When the news that was the assassin reached & 226 ots thera was no imsedilats comment but, when Fidel CaSIRO spoke on television to dem Cuban involvenont, there waa ’ considerable comers concerning USWALO'’s visit t the Cuban Embassy in Mexico, Ab this time VAGA, who has been mentioned previously, in Cuba and cormented te a zroup of DGI staff officers that OSNALD nad come not give any details and the subject was not pursued. 4, It 4s not know whether information on USHALD's visit to the Cuban Consulate in Mexico in September 1963 was relayed to any Cuban service, Se It is net known if the Cuban intelligence services had contact with ‘the New Orleans? Fair Play for Cuba Commi ttes. oe 6, The only Molina who is recalled is me“ Hook", the Cuba who was cone | victed in New York City for the murder of a young girl during a clash between -: twe Cuban groups. The DOL staf? officer who nad been in ths “Unit ted Nationa in ‘ew Yorks, SANTIESTADAN traveled to Cuba with "fhe. Zook" and with another Cubm _ famed ORIGUELA and upon arrival.in Cuba tried to obtain employment for both — : individuals, The names Pedro’ Charies: aad Peter have no mom significance, > ; 7. The reaction of Sovist officials in contact with the Cuban inbelit- gence services is not known. . 8 Nothing is known about Soviet proposals following wie news of Presiden’ Kemady's assassination. —b> 9. The only faorication kmowm is the special natter by Fidel CASTRO ors viously mentioned, 10. #othing is known about Jacke RUBE aR iSEEEY aka Jack RUM. Li. The name Gilserte LOPSZ is , nob familiar ous, if he visited DGr head~ G:arters, a photograph of hin possibly eould ba. identified. 12, OSWALD's photo was seen in the newspapers but nothing is know about hin other than what appeared in the presse .— ot te ot Pine ae ae ewe | e aj toate ‘| REPORT ee
13-00000 _ assassinetion? Ge 10. a we, My Deed crhoouei ‘Yere the Cuben services us eaten in eny agent capectty, or in any other manner, before 2 Soncer 196 32 ' Was there any contact between the Cuban intelligence services ena ‘mown also as "Peter"? REPRODUCTION PROLIBITED o% Proposed Questicus on.eRyeld Case Lee Harvey OSWALD ingen tocthe Gubsn Snséiligenes services . “Tf 60 iich sexvice? . NN Vas before 23 November What wes the reaction of the Cuban intelligence services to news . ; te of President Kennedy's assassinetioa? To the news thet 0S} WALD was the assassin? . Was information. on OSWALD’ s visit to the Cuben Consulete in vexico Gity in September. 1953, relayed to any Cuban service? _s Oy what action was taken? . the New Orleans’ Fair Play For Cuba Committee 2 Has ‘subject ever heard of Mario del ROSARIO Moline, or Pedro Charles | A How did the Soviet offictals in ‘contact: with’ “the Cuben intelligence - services react to news. of the. assassination? ; . a Did the Soviets propose eny “tyoa ‘of ‘ection or investigation ta the Cuban intelligence services Following the news of President Kennedy's Was eny provocative material deliberetely fabricated by the Ciben . services or others and sent to the United States to confuse the . investigati ion of the OSWALD case “ Was Jack RUBENSTEIN aka Jacke RUBY known to the Cuben Intelligence services? I? so, in what way? ; Does subject mow a Gilberto LOPEZ who entered Mexico on Novenber’ 23, 1963 at Neuvo Laredo, Texas end four days later proceded to . Havena by special plene. He was 23 years old and carried a4 . “2 i US. passvort. He also had a Mexican. tourist permit. Develop ae . RS all information you ean on this individual. re be which is self?-explenatory for guidence of the’ case officer. Under no cireumstences should the contents of the letter be made known 2 the suo ject. This infornat tion came. irom the Seeret Service end Attached is a photograph of OSWALD, end @ letter from Havena ; * ere, } : see ate ae : S CO
PROMIBITED ao dassieiga ON Wy on “gm USD secret ~ Poa “5 “ _ See A ‘ . te 7 ws DATE il May 1964 ‘Chief, CH/REA and bah Meer designation, room umber, COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom te whom. @ line seress column alter each comment.) Fd te BTHS S| Poe ah Le Cum fe id \ 4 610 “ise secret aie DENTAL Oo OSE OMY | oO UNCLASSIFIED "REPRODUCTION | 7
13-00000 me a  Seppey (2 REPRODUCTION PROB EVES OFY <« \ LON SS BXAAZ~- 272.13 | LL May 1964 . MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Plans SUBJECT: © AMMUG/1 Information on Lee Harvey OSWALD 1, This memorandum os bformation and for action, The proposed lines of actisast Rare: tad icses in paragraph 4, OXY 2, AMMUG/ Gia Cibam InteNizence Service defector, has produced inf on. of; tuter est to the President's Gommission on the\ jination of President Kennedy, CI Staff learned of iaaeveh April, A questionnaire was submitted by the Staff on 1 y4Attachment A), Mr. Swenson, who is handling the AMMUG/1 debriefing, provided a reply on _ 5 May (Attachment B). It was clear from Mr, Swenson!s summary that AMMUG/1 had information bearing on the OSWALD relationship with the Cuban Embassy and Cuban ‘ intelligence personnel in Mexico City, albiet his knowledge was not that of a direct participant in matters affecting OSWALD. A follow-up questionnaire was submitted to AMMUG/I1 on 6 May (Attachment C). Mr. Swenson!s reply was dated 8 May (Attachment D), Attention is directed particularly to the content of paragraph two.ok Attachment D, 3. We have the problem of recoriciling the operational . exploitation of AMMUG/1 and satisfying the responsibilities we have undertaken with Mr... Ranking’ AMMUG/1 is such an operational gold mine that-Mr,. Swenson wants, at a maximum, two months to work fully... tis palpable, however, that we , must furnish to the Commission the: substance of AMMUG/ ltg ra ey . Document Number 627-295 SPORE GET : for FOIA Raview ch JUN 1976 i 204. wei ae - eetiees ‘PAGE 10_ of O12 COPY NO. ____.
13-00000 REPRODUCTION a PROHIBITER cs Le | i a a 5B *@O 8 Lg > E o B. ant i ae ay 3 ce] 4, © .§ be | g Re ro 2 our association with the Cominis ston,: particularly with Mr. Rankin, it seems possible for the Agency to Workout an arrangement with Mr, Rankin personally, Piet ‘would:takecare of their needs and ours after a frank discussianos: the Aquitjes. 4 Itis recommended Wear i the DDP in person or via a designee, preferably the former, discuss the AMMUG/1 situation on a very restricted basis with Mr. Rankin at his ' earliest convenience either at the Agency or at the Commission headquarters, Until this takes place, it is not desirable to put Raymond G, Rocca Chief, CI Research and Analysis Attachments ce: C/CL | a oe C/WH/6 (without atty C/WH/SA/GI (without att) oo 2 oo Penny est” tara) ag ap ee “yf re) Ly Bins 241 330 A48l-2IIAYI cclieed | pace Ld _ or 212 COPY .NO. ame oT
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REPRODUCTION PROLIGITEE : SERRE 07 May 1964 MEMORANDUM von: Che, Counter’ ‘Intelligence Staif & ention: Mr. Roca SUBJECT conor? DefGrieting of AMMUG-1 2 § REFERENCE : Blind Memorandum dated 05 May 984 / 1. Reference is made to a telephone conversation yesterday a} with Chief, CI Staff concerning this matter. ae 2. Because I am not aware of the information already available to the Commission investigatl g the Cswald Case or furnished by the Agency, my d debriafing of the Source has been based on the questions prepated by the CI Staff and on what the Source answers have suggested’ I Shall, be glad to pursue any ~ other topics suggested-by FF Stagh, we OS 3. The Fo igs inforiation in addition to that in the reference might 1s interest?” CO ; a. Luisa CALDERON, since she returned to Cuba, \ has been paid a regular salary by the DGI even though she has not performed any services. Her home is in the Vedado section where the rents are high. b. Source has known CALDERON for several years. - Before going to Mexico, she worked in the Ministry of Exterior Commerce in the department which was known as the 7Empresa Transimport". Her title was Secretary General of the Communist ' Youth in the department named in the previous sentence. _ on c. Luisa CALDERON eis vansferred directly from her position in the Ministry of Extetic? Commerce to a post in México, -amatter of surprize to the Geusse. yn | oe a oS a Rogelio ROORIGUEZ ‘Lopéz (DGI pseudo MORCOS), shortly before he left Cuba for. ‘Mexico on or about 16 April 1964, ——— saw CALDERON. ¢ _ ladies ION | 7 | | 7 | 7 - pace 14 oe _ COPY No.
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROUIBITEE LUnct a At EVES may | ES 4. As explained to CI Staffan any: publicity which would reveal the identity of the Source,, his. ‘aetivities to KUBARK, or the extent of his knowledge of DGHactivities might prejudice the operationaluse of the. Source himself and of information which he has’ ‘provided. ‘Accordingly, it might be appropriate to point: out ‘to-the: ‘Commission {as agreed by DC/wWH/SA) thak KUBARS. Ag pes, by using the Source, to obtain access to DGI aoe including those mentioned in paragraph 3 above. . ” . Harold F, Swenson ‘ Chief, WH/SA/CI 20-25 ANG | Co an a - ST CoCi Res COPY No.
PROMI | | | | 6.May 1964 Proposed Questidis. on ‘Onwata Case REFERENCE: Debriefing Ean Sted May 1964 1, “The source says that pilon to | Ocbiher 1963, Oswald visited the , : Guban Embassy in fee Clef on:tivo or three occasions. It is publle knowledge a Sitlce during the perlod 9-26-63 to 10-363, \ A) When did source learn of these visits - before or after the assassination? Please deseribe in detall the clreumstances under which souree learned this info tion and identitles of the persons involved, er & B) Did these visita take piace: daring the aforementioned period or is the source referring to previous visits. If the latter, try to get more speciite fs esting these trips and the origin of the Infor 2 The source states Qi dete: dating, and after these visits Oswald was In contact Sher DCI, ‘specifically Luisa: CALDERON, Manuel VE rea and Rogelio RODRIGUEZ Lopez. This would appear to mean that one or more contacts were made after Oswald returned to the United States LL. , between 10-3-63 and Il+22~63, A) What doea source mean by contact? | B) Can he break down these contacts by the specific Ine dividual named, place and  typs of ‘contact, and. date of occurence? Ps WB ne C) Did Oswald know or ‘have 2 reason to suspect the Intelli- gence connectlons of these persons? BD) What was the purpose of these contacts? 7 i Wp ste XAF2-27213 SEE “el 297 ays | ay a | oo | a core Ho. :
13-00000 a REPRODUCTION E) If Oswald did not kow. thie ‘inte lligence affiilationa of these Individuals, what pretents, | iar Bye) were employed In EF) Did soureke ‘ever see any documentary material on any of these contacts, or any correspondence initiated by or addressed to Oswald? G) Did the DGI ever employ physical survelliances, — technical devices or camera equipment to cover these contacts. %) The source says he does not know whether the Cuban services used Oswald in any agent capacity or otherwise, This obviously makes it more Important to check out what the source meant in question one. 3. Did the DGI ever Initlate an Investigation of Oswald? 4, What was the reason for packaging files at DGI headquarters and fleld offices after news of the assassination was recelved? | 5. Source was asked whether any provocative material was deliberately fabricated by the Cubans (Queation 9) to confuse the Investigation of Oswald, The raply attributed to him was, "the only fabrication known is the special matter by Fidel CASTRO previously mentioned."' Please clarify. . we — ~ 6cciaeso gE el , COPY NOe meet
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROWMGHT cE ae MaUSeTRe § . EVES GNLY 08 May 1964 ZN MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Countér. Intelligence Staff Attentignt* “Mr: > Rocra “y SUBJECT General : Debriefing “of AMMUG-1 . | Specific ; ~The Gawald. Case” . VK S we aos REFERENCE : NAL ¢ find Wfemorandam dated 05 May 1964 v B. Memorandum dated 07 May 1964 | C. Conversations between CI Staff and | | | C/WH/SA/CI 1. When the Oswald Case first was discussed with the Source the specific questions prepared by CI. Staff were posed. The answers given by the Source were reported.in Reference A. That memorandum which I dictated to a Cl Staff stenographer-appears accurate except for sentence #9 which should have said that the only possible fabrication" known by Source was the specific denial by Fidel CASTRO, ona television program;. of any Cuban: knowledge of Oswald. 2. On 07 and 08 May i964. I further discussed the Oswald Case - with the Source in order to clarify exactly what he knew and what he had heard. In the light of the explanation given by him, I believe that a clearer understanding of what he knows can be reached if I record his knowledge without using the question and answer format. Accordingly, in the following paragraphs I shall report all the - information given by the Source paraphrasing his explanations and comments. a " I have no personal mmowledgo Lee Harvey OSWALD or his activities and I do not lnowtha®OSWALD was an agent of the Direccion General de Inteligencia. (BGI) or any other directorate or department of the Saban Goyerament. I first heard of oSwar after® ‘the assassination of President Kennedy when ‘ mredia: carried the name of OSWALD. Personnel in tee first.commented about the case, so far as I can recall, on after lunch when a group of officers, of whom I was one, were’shatting.. The officers present were about. ten including Roberto SANTIESTEBAN, Norberto HERNANDEZ de Curbelo, Andres mney. Pedro FARINAS Diaz and ak Et Kade. Za? OE SO QO-QIT2YE 7 | 7 : ~ | oe ; COLLBSL ( pF =a; | PAGE 18 of 212 "aOR : | 8 COPY NOe tn | Re tf f
13-00000 _ Curbelo. ({ rem UB epuiversation with HERNANDEZ REPRODUCTION Manuel VEGA Perez. Masiael SEGA Perez previously had been assigned to Mexico\in the Cuban\Consulate where he was the principal intelligence officer: of the DG. VEGA mentioned that OSWALD shad\gone’ to the Cuban Consulate two or three Sin connection with a visa application during the timesthat MEGA ‘was in Mexico. I gathered, although I do not now that VEGA made any specific statement to this effect, that VEGA personally had seen OSWALD, I well could. have reached this conclusion because normally VEGA and his assistant in Mexico for the DGI, Rogelio RODRIGUEZ Lopez, would see persons applying for a visa to go to Cuba. This is because DGI officers are charged with expediting the granting of visas of agents of the DGI. Such agentXon appearing at the Consulate use a special phrase(fo indicate their relationship AN with the DGI. (1 do not know the particular phrase used . in every case. I do knowthat agents from El Salvador in requesting visas always: made mention of the name "Mauricio" ) The DG officers at@ Consulate interview visa applicants to find out if they ¢ gxyQugonts, .1f the visa applicant does not use one of the indies hrages;: ‘the DGI officers instead of granting the v IN Yenmetiatsty, tell the applicant to return in afew days. The ‘ffien notifies Habana and requests authority for the visa. YI cannot recall if VEGA even made the statement that he had requested permission to issue a visa to OSWALD, but I feel sure that he would have done so because VEGA had said that OSWALD had returned several times and this would be the usual procedure. veces ements os meereeerte enna mente, ere nee ee et a tenn anne ann I believe that Rogelio RODRI Lopez also would have seen OSWALD because he worked\with VEGA and also would have screened visa applicants; ke SS LQ ‘I thought that Luisa cagnaron’ have had contact with OSWALD because I leayned about: arch 1964, shortly before - IT made a trip toM SS that : she d been involved with an — American in Mee tion to which I refer was told to me by a DGI c cer: nawied Norberto HERNANDEZ de at; . EVES nu 3S G33 nae GEnery ike GCL1 ese COP LT NO neers
13-00000 “Pen ‘REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED SECRET pes PY . * ym, because he gave me $40. dw some shoes and - other items during my tfip te Mexico.) I had commented to HERNANDEZ thatit seemed strange that Luisa CALDERON: was. receiving a Salary from the DGI although she. api : for the Service HERNANDEZ told me that hers was a peculiar mori that: heshimself believed that she had been ree d in: ‘Mexico by the Central Intelligence Agency alt gh Manuel PINEIRO, the Head of the DGI, did not agree. As Krecall, HERNANDEZ had investigated Luisa CALDERON, This was because, during the time she was in Mexico, the DGI had intercepted a letter to her by an American who signed his name as OWER (phonetic) or something similar. As you know, the pronunciation of Anglo-Saxon names is difficult in\Spanish so I am not sure of how the name mentioned: By: HERNANDEZ should be spelled. It could have been: "“Boward" or something different. As I understood the matter, : the letter from the American was a love letter me ciated that there was a clandestine- professional re reine between the’ writer and Luisa | tease anraennatenaneecnanenutanmnnnusnsint stnnarearner are Beangptiietanaye rue nttienee CALDERON. stood from HERNANDEZ that j after the intercey ice eth ja\ietter she had been followed . , and seen in the com an American. I do not know if this could have been ALD. 1, myself, considered the case of Luisa CALDERON unusual because I had known her before she went to Mexico when she worked in the Ministry of Exterior Commerce in the Empresa Transimport Department where she was Secretary General of Communist Youth. She was transferred directly from that position to a post in Mexico which seemed strange. Y s The only other person about whom you asked me in connection = with this, whom I recall, is Sylvia: DURAN and I lnow very little about her. What happenedwas that I was in the Cuban Embassy in Mexico on 23 Mare3964-about 1230 in the afternoon preparing to return to Hababa the 2day. I was talking to some other Cubans including Rogelio RODRIGUEZ Lopez and fnu BUENAVENTURA GE the Cuban  “Enio", a courier name *Tato's and one other Cuban whom I . cannot recall. : -. .the- reception roomcand bassy; a courier named eone asked who she was, and one. ot the ‘oup said it Was via DURAN © TO ects ti Ln, ie 1: > ‘ues & =a ree BET Bap a girl standing at the end of CcLE SS | once 20 of 212_ COPY NO.
13-00000 - REPRODUCTION I recall that, after the awe oft cagsassination of President Kennedy reached the DGKorders were issued for all offids of the DCI,-at Headquarters and in the field, to sort and pa “aldocuinents ‘according to whether they were Vmay\estetor «(ary Secret), "secreto" (secret), or "importante" mpaetanty. The material, once packaged, was to be held pending her instructions. All travel by DGI officers and all DGI pouches were suspended temporarily, In addition, I recall that DGI Headquarters personnel were instructed either to remain in the DGI Headquarters offices or to keep the DGI aware of their whereabouts so that they could be reached immediately. I do not know the reason for these nmasures but I believe it logical that they were issued because of the possibility that the United State might take some type of action against Cuba and the DGI offices. As nearly as I can recall. we were able to unpackage DCI files and use them normally about as 3rd 6f December 1963." A. 3. In brief, the Source does not claim to have any significant information concerning the assaaSination of President Kennedy or ’ about the activities of OSWALDE <lf the paraphrased comments of the Source are considered t sx. Clarification, I suggest that Mr. Rocca, who is most ina a Uline with. the details of the OSWALD Case, talk to the Source his cant bevarranged at any time. Mean- while, I shall have a q acre forthcoming LCFLUTTER to determine whether or n seqres seems to have concealed any information on this matter. Harold F, Swenson ‘Chief, WH/SA/CI Pit ley cctroty Bad ee, wo he ww Send —CltReg 7 ‘PAGE 21 of 12 COPL NO eee”
13-00000 REPRODUCTION ("] UNCLASSIFIED [7] yifeial 2 CONSENTIAL KX] SECRET aa | ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET 4 SUBJECT: (Optional) Chief, CI/R&A JO: (Officer designation, room number, ond Soy ve hes - building) . ck “ PAMENTS {Number each comment te show from whem Draw a line. across column after each comment.) I think you will be particularly interested fh para-. graph 3 of Mr, Dooley's memo of record, attached, Art went over to wind upfloose end we ! . had with regard to the AMMUG Chief, CI/R&A information we had previously furnished, , | Rock for FOIA Review on SUN 1976 SAME AS. scvsties 9955 fom G10 “ssn AL] secret ©] CONFIDENTIAL =] INTERNAL «= 7) UNCLASSIFIED COC1RE5 PAGE GS 22 _ of 242. COPY No. __ a ae
13-00000 . tee © oee aa 8 here eh So aa Se gf Neat St ber SOURCE EVALUATION: The Source is believed ta be. ‘yery reliable. We have established through | independent. vidence and cross- checking that the |: me, jon-pa art ot she intelligence graphy, we kniéy) Independent of this. ariel VEGA: Perez and d Rogelio _true. For Source tha RODRIGUE?# in Mexico. aes Ul 7 WARNING NOTICE | a | SENSITIVE 2 SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLV! Do. em eens oe Tee Se
13-00000 5 0 Gy, | | _ : SECHET eet recede Fa REPRODUCTION PROWMBHTED VEUIE I ° KAAZ-~ 271 66 1G June 1954 PO o: Chief, C/A a Mr. Raymond GaRbces e we Ne N e, we i pate releted Jecomevts. SY SUBJ +: Lee Turvey osuaLD ye —~ : i (261. -289 ,2h3) | FRO oo: CI/ReA/Me. L. On 15 May 1964, we provided the President's Commission with a summacy of our debriePing of Cuban defector AMG 1 who had no personal Imowledge of Oswald and no information linking him to i th: Cuban intelligence services in any manner. As a follow-up, dv. Howard P, Wilions of the Commission. asked if he could see the questions used in the interrogation. — — 2. on 18 June, I took the questions ami source's responses to the Comaission and shoved them to Mr. Willens. He studied thom and returned the questions. to. m¢ with thg-observation that they vere * vary thorough and fully satisfied. his. eéquirements. He said that he | sav no need tu pursue this anghs:: any further. The questions and answers exhibited to Mr. WillensNare attached. At no tim: during © our contacts with th: Commission did we disclose the sourse's Ldentity or cryptonya. . 3. ih. Willens indicated that th: Commission ves winding up its investigation. He was highly complimentary of CIA, veferring to the agency personnel he encountered here and in Mexico as "real nvofessionals." Mr. Willens asked that.i\convey his test regards to you. . ant . a Document nonser BRED al Orig 1 K Reole, “arte j a. Dooley for FOIA Review ob: JUN: 1976 - “Attachment: a/s S&S SAME AS W3- 953 | . KR” Orig & 1 - “cler/ree tS L- _CT/REA /AEDooLey Rorsdlng 2d elas ids C4887
13-00000 7 cement nee REPRODUCTION == (it REPRODUCTION PROWIGITED a a _ |) WARNIWL NOTICE oe ~ cect | SENSITIVE SOURCES AND METHOUS INVOLVED SA 6 May 1964 1. ‘he source says that Spek “ia Geltins 1963, Oswald visited the Cuban Embassy in Mexico Ci ‘en two or three occasions. It is public knowledge he vas in Mexico during the period 9-25-63 to 10-3-63. | A) When did source learn of these visits - before ov after the assassination? Please describe detail the circumstances under which source learned this Sette and identities of the persons involved. Sn B) Did these visite Soke’ place, txing the aforementioncd period or is th: source referring ta. previous visits. If the : latter, try to gst ws Specific: ‘datas! 8 regarding these trips and the origin ws “gource*s information. 2, the suuree stats Mat “fare, -@uring, end after these visits Nswald vas in contact igothe DGI, specifically Luisa’ CALDERON, Manuel VEGA "ez and Rogello RODRIGUEZ Lopez. This would appear to mean that one or more contacts were made. after Oswald returned to the United States i.c., between 10-3-53 and 11-22-63. ‘* A) What dees scuvce mean by contact? B) Can he tesek duwm these contacts by the specific individual uamed, plaze and type of contact, and date of occurrence ? ~ c) Did Osvald know or have reason to” suspect the int-lligence connections of these persons? . D) What was the: puspose of these contacts &) If Oswald did not know ‘the inte Migence affiliations of these individuals, vhat -pretexts, - if any, were employed in contacting him? Nees ™ F) Did source eves see any aoouiacn tary material on any ov ‘these conta:ts, or any corres pondenice initiated by or addressed. to Usvatd? Soe ay cad . WARNING NOTICE SEN: ITE an HG . AND ts con ‘SECKET CoCLASE |
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROUIeYTER Wheeling | NOVICE nie | SENSITIVE SO i Th "ES Ab METHODS HOGS INVOL yep 4D tte tn, G) Did the DGI ever emplaje physical ‘sy rveillances, technical devices or cameraceqai pment ‘tas ar these contacts? Ss “ Y tl) The source says Ke does not- know whether the Cuban services used Oswald jaNany agent, capacity or otherwise this obviously male:s it nC Piportant. $6 chack out vhat the. soure meant in question oN Or’ bid the DGI var initiate an bovostigation: of Oswald? heat was the reason for packaging files at DGI headquarters and field offices after news of the assassination was received? Source was askud whether any provocative material was deliberately fabricated by the Cubans (Question 9) to confuse the investigation of Osvald. 2 reply attributed to him was, “the only febrication know is the special matter by Fidel CASTRO previously mention2:d." Please clarify. b Addtndua 18 June with vetegence “to 453 Sy : ‘ths only possible febricdtion ‘yndia by source was the sp:cific W ‘enial by Fidel CASTRO on a TV program of any Cu ban knowLedgs of Oswald. ne SECEEI pin 7 bevee GOCisss
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROUIBITED Wat YAK Tae? > SE Sere bee REPRODUCTION = etorite Be ee sao . W AlOsINGS it “She rare SENSHiPZE SOURIS Ano SEH | AET EOS ty OLVF 5 May 1964 Subject - General: nebniethe o of Guban ‘Source Specific: OS AED: ‘ase: ice YO?" alcsse’ The source does not have a of Lee Harvey OSWALD or his activities but was abl@to provide items of interest based on Cuban intelligence officers assigned to the Direccion General De Inteligencia. The information appearing below was furnished by the source and is keyed to questions submitted. rN 1. Prior to October 1963, os@ALDS isited the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City on two or three, éecasions. Before, during and after these visits, OSWALD was jnScontact withthe Direccion General De Inteligencia (DGI), specifi€ally with Luisa CALDERON, Manuel VEGA Perez and Rogge RODRIGUEZ: ‘épez. VEGA w werent fatettigence pseudonym is MARCOS is the current Cub ‘ig Mexico. He recently has had a - tour of duty in Habana, prWgr‘to which he held the same post as. now as Cuban IS chief in Mexico. RODRIGUEZ is a Cuban I5 staff officer in Mexico. He has three Cuban intelligence pseudonyms, Eduardo, Casimiro and Jose Antonio. The precise relationship of Luisa CALDERON to the DG] is not clear. She spent about six months in Mexico from which she returned to Cuba early in 1964. 2. The source does not know whether or not the Cuban Services ; used OSWALD in any agent capacity or other manner. 3. A. When news of the assassination . of President Kennedy reached the DGI, it caused much comment concerning the fact OSWALD had been in the. Cuban Embaagsy in Mexico. In addition, orders were issued for all headquarter s and field officers of the DGI to sort and package all documents according to whether qo tof abd Fans tenmenee. _ WARMIHG HOTICE : tan te SEMAINE sya: , 1 aba PAGE 2 Tq of 212
1,3-00000 | _ . Bn OO REPRODUCTION po OTE - j » enetTty fe SOHGRC ff AND at hb aobte LR MENHOUS. I VOLVED were "Muy ‘secreto" (very secret), Msécretolt’( yécret), and "importante" (important). The. material once packaged was to be held pending further instruétions. In) ‘addition, all travel by DGI N officers and all DGI poudesoverg ceapiised temporarily. B. When the news that oS RL was the assassin reached the DGI, there was no immediate comment but, when Fidel CASTRO spoke on television to deny Cuban involvement, there was considerable comment concerning OSWALD's visit to the Cuban Embassy in Mexico. At this time VEGA, who has been mentioned previously, was in Cuba and commented to a group of DGI staff officers that OSWALD had come to the Cuban Embassy in Mexico to request a visa but had been refused. VEGA did not give any details and the. subject was not pursued, | 4. It is not known whether information on OSWALD's visit to | the Cuban Consulate in Mexico in . September 1963 was relayed to any Cuban service. 5. It is not known if the Cuban intélligence services had contact with the New Orleans! ‘Fair Play for ‘Cuba Committee. oa | 6. The only Molina who-is recalled ig ''The Hook", the Cuban who | was convicted in New York City for the murder of a young girl during . a clash between two Cuban groups. The DGI staff officer who had been * in the United Nations in New York, SANTIESTABAN traveled to Cuba with 'The Hook" and with another Cuban named ORIHUELA and upon arrival in Cuba tried to obtain employment for both individuals. The names Pedro Charles and Peter have no known significance. 7%. The reaction of Soviet officials in contact with the Cuban intelli- gence services is not known. 8. Nothing is known about Soviet proposals following the news of President Kennedy's assassination. 9. The only fabrication known is the special matter by Fidel CASTRO previously mentioned. 10. Nothing is known about Jack RUBENSTEIN aka Jack RUBY. . ll. The name Gilberto LOPEZ is not familiar but, if he visited DGI headquarters, a photograph of him: Pos sibly could be identified. 42. OSWALD's photo was seen in the newspapers but nothing is known about him other than what appeared inthe press. . qin the presse yo PES ls WARHIE. bre Ce. | SCMISHIND "ot. te) Seedey Lot
13-00000 - lL. 10, il. REPRODUCTION oo 8 Gents - PROWBITED AAETH Oe Paces sLVED_ EE 8 wean we natn wert Vio otidits 5 HOTICE Ww StGHEL [ seine Cen eS AND ee (NS Was Lee Harvey os RAED Know to the Cuban intelligence services before 23 Noversber 963% Tf ‘80 which service? SS - Were the Cubs Sees OSWALD in any agent capacity, or in any other manner, 23 November 1963? What was the reaction of the Cuban intelligence services to news of President Kennedy's assassination? To the news that OSWALD was the assassin? Was information on OSWALD's visit to the Cuban Consulate-in Mexico City in September 1963, relayed to any Cuban service? If so, what action was taken? . Was there any contact between the Cuban intelligence sé rvices and the New Orleans! Fair Play for Cuba Committee ? Has subject ever heard of Mario del ROSARIO Molina, or Pedro Charles known also as ''Peter''? , a ad ote How did the Soviet giitials in contact with the Cuban intelligence services react to, Mews bt the assassination? Did the Soviets propose. ay type of action or investigation to the Cuban intelligence ser\iegs following the news of President Kennedy's assas sina BP a Sveti ’ material deliberately tabricated by the Cuban servi tereand sent to the United States to confuse the investi one OSWALD case? , Was Jack RUBENSTEIN aka Jack RUBY known to the Cuban Intelligence services? If so, in what way? Does subject know a Gilberto LOPEZ who entered Mexico on November (23, 1963 at Neuvo Laredo, Texas and four days later proceded ta ~ Havana by special plane. He was 23 years old and carried a U. S. passport. He also had a Mexican tourist pe rmit. Develop. all information you can on this individual. a a a wf ays {: J ml % ~ AUD fukn l toe: og : it oa) he e heli ‘e| |: . eewrettitg a aA ee eee
13-00000 ‘REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED an ere sth “WAR LIS NOTICE SENSITIVE SOURCES AND ~SME THODS pacers 12. Attached is a photograph of aswaLp, and: a letter from Havana which is self-explanatory for. guidance: OF +E We case officer. Under no circumstances should the: content: of ‘the letter be made known to the subject. This i mn : FBI. Aul- 22 ~ ty" i a 4 § | “WARNING NOTICE . ; <2: seat SOURS ANB ; oo, (| ClC1SC3 PACE == 30 212
13-00000 fee REPRODUCTION — PRORIBITED Uegeutve Bagg COMMISSION ON CIA ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES Washington, DC 20500 Neison A. Rockefeller, ; David W. Belin, Chairman ; ; Executive Director John T. Connor April 15, 1975 C. Douglas Dillon Erwin N. Griswold Lane Kirkland Lyman L.. Lemnitzer Ronald Reagan Edgar F. Shannon, Jr. oy WY Mr. E. Heng R ‘noche. tr chetares Be ‘Direetor Centrak& abelligence’ ‘Agency Washington, , BEGes* Dear Mr. Kno es As you know, there have been allegations - that the CIA was involved in a plan to assassinate Fidel Castro. For the . purposes of this letter, we will assume that these allegations are correct, and based upon this assumption r would like to | know the answers to the following questions: . 1. Did anyone with the CIA tell any member of the Warren Commission or any lawyer serving on the Warren Commission staff that such plans had been underway? If the answer is ‘yes, we would like to know what person or persons with the Agency delivered said information, to whom it was delivered, when it was delivered, what specifically was told or’said, what documents there are to support the answers to the fore- going questions, and what response, LE any,-was received from the Warren Commissions: If the Commission. was not told about this, why was it net. ‘te?d and who made the decision not to deliver such information. to the Warren Conmission? 2. There is evidence. NS Castro, prior to November 22, 1963, knew about the. existencevof such plans and the possible in- . volvement ofthe U.S...G@vernment. Did the CIA at any time prior to the completion of the Warren Commission investigation have — any documents’ ox- other information indicating | that Castro may have kngwavabout.. <sch plans? If the answer is yes, would. you Please fiehish) jus’ with. copies of all such documents and details of any such infprmation. 3. Several months prior to the assassination of: President. Kennedy there TaD astoe of a public speech by Castro that’ oS was FERS: pg HG Associate Press where y Castro alluded. - a | ua 11) 1. (7 py
13-00000 . - REPRODUCTION. PROWIAITED +6 —aenietemerentenstiteteres 4 to possible assassination attempts on his life and possible retaliation. Would you pkease advise us if there is any evidence that Ss. “associated Press report may have appeared in any newspapers. in the-Ufited States, including specifically . any newspapexg.. in Dallas or New Orleans. Would you also advise us &yodu have: any other information of public state- ments of eny Cuban. ‘Leader prior to November 22, 1963 indicating any awareness gf pessible assassination plots on the lives of Cuban leaders. \¢ Le cree EOE MFO! OOP TOR CREAM + monn 4. Would you please advise us if there is any information in CIA records to indicate that at any time prior to November 22, 1963 any foreign government or any foreign group was consider- ing a possible assassination.of any American leader. If so, — would you please advise us of all details and also advise us who. in the United States Government outside the CIA was ad- vised of these plans or possibilities. 5.. Prior to his death Lyndon Johnson supposedly stated that. : he believed that although there was no doubt that Oswald ' killed Kennedy and Tippitt, nevertheless Oswald might’ have been a part of a conspiracy in retaliation to possible United States assassination: attempts in Cuba. Would yow please advise us of any information in Agency files showing whether or not there was any communication to President Johnson of any possible plans involving the attempted assassinations of any Cuban leader and if the answer is yes, also give us all details involving this matter. , pavid a Belin Executive Director _ Sincerely YOUrS, . - — 6oC49C5,
PROMIRITED | XAAZ- ALOFT an ,. 12 May 19641745 Duaalin ; . % % . en. [pew the . . : <S a Caml ss ow ON Va ~Y ; . . S , aie DOP called me this afternoon, 12 May, to state that the Diré as received a telephone call from RANKIN regarding the Gommission's desire to interview him at 1030 AM, Thursday. Mr. HOOVER is scheduled to appear at 9:00 on that. morning. : 2. The DDP wishes to have from you a short but comprehensive memorandum which highlights the basic 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 BN interviews. 1 raised with Mr. HELMS the nature of the recent information which you are processing which originated with the “=? sensitive WH source. I informed him that in your view this would raise a number of new factors with the Commission, that it should not go to the Commission prior to the Director's appearance unless we have first had some preliminary reaction or made sure that the Director is fully aware of its implications since it could well serve as the basis for detailed questioning. The DDP stated that he would review this carefully and made a decision as to the question of timing. ‘S will needa paper covering the above points as soon as possible. JA. 2 7% Document Number 66-2 8 for FOLA Review on JUN, 876. 2of- 2 7 gue 3. Given the schedule, you will appreciate that the DDP . = es cory —e ge BR
13-00000, PROGID Summary Outline anticipated, yn | ance before the P ualified negation by the DCI of any contact or association, direct or indirect, Harvey Oswald, This should be accompanied by CC. the tabling of an affidavit signed by the Director and notarized. (TAB A) b. A formal asmurance-iy the Dizastoxshatal information in the posession ‘of the A enc re arding ~~ Oswald's activities an: ; t between the Central Intelligence Agency and Lee — . [ United States has been made available to the Commission through its staff, with which there has been close and frequent contacts since the inception . @, An interim pronouncement by the DCI on the TTT TE a A, pr ohlem-of-eonspiratoriel-responsibility for Oswald's | of the Commission's activities. (TAB B) | . | |  CCLaCS | Ce
13-00000-. REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED Sebi! . \ “> activity. It is, suggested jhat the DCI take the position é en that-at this timgatiere is no _sainclapive evidence of. information beastie 28 = problem has been furnished to the Commission for evaluation and consideration in the framework of its total knowledge of the facts. The Agency, at the present time, is lacking any knowledge of recent information or documentation furnished by the Soviet Government to the Commission with respect to Oswald's activity in the Soviet Union. (TAB ° d. The DCl's suggestions for i improving policy and a , P- , organization With we spect to the personal security of the President, Certain steps relating strictly to the Agency's jurisdiction have already been suggested by memorandum, It is proposed that the Director now ~ make specific suggestions involving legislation which would treat information bearing on the personal security _ of the President and, advisedly, other Federal officials directly related to national security affairs in a manner similar to what. currently exists by statute for special . LeCiseg - PAGE 36 6 Re ee een tee pn me TERE TEE
PRORIRITED . ( ( nuclear material or weapars introduced to the United States or manufactured therein. {The Atomic Weapons Awards Act oka. July 1955). (TAB D) Sewanee Nitysin Mexico and his possible relationship to the Cuban Intelligence Service. _. aaa : Substantive information of grave concern to the security of sources and methods have been developed e ne . ’ on both of these topics. The information and, in certain instances, knowledge with respect to acquisition has C~ Mr, Rankin and to certain elements of his staff. ‘It is been made available on a highly restricted basis to | recommended that the DCI not respond on the record to queries on these topics. He should suggest that all . 7 : such "technical questions" be worked out in detail through the cin eenanet EE TTT an SS channels and procedures.thathaye functioned very well -=- we believe -~ between the Commission and particular ER TT OT Oa I EE SERENE CIA components. (TAB E) . is a |  CCCLSLS . PROAMBITED | ; - _ - meee
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13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROWMEHT ED TAB A Formal | Disclaimer of any ‘Relat elonshtp with, ‘Ree Harvey Oswald U.S. Government agent. In many instances, CIA has been named as his sponsor. throughout the world, the idgiitiyct themes and the timing lend oaN, strong support to the condlusion | that ‘these charges are elements CC | of a world-wide, So Se: onsored sy aganda and misinformation program rN gs | | As DCI, Mr. Mc e welcomes this appearance before. ‘the Commission to make a categorical and unqualified denial of these unprincipled distortions of the historical and personal responsibilities for what was a dastardly and heinous act. In | witness of this, the DCI submits to the Commission an affidavit . which formalizes this statement. | The 2 affidavit is attached. | It is recommended that the Der state concurrently with this action that he desires to draw the Commission's attention to the fact that the irresponsible charges that’have been made, sponsored SAU pace 39 so ton meeegteteteastetie ita! GaN <2 ONSEN"? UALR EEN 212
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROMIITED methods “thie pury ses e “ose campaign against American intelligence Sense components which has built _ - up momentum over the past six years. We have traced the sponsorship of that campaign directly to individuals and com- ponents within the Soviet police state apparatus. Their un~ scrupulous treatment of the Oswald case was neither new as a method nor a surprise as an occurrence. If the DCI is challenged by anyone on the Commission about the substance or-im lication of his affidavit, it is recom- mended that response be along the following lines: CIA is a democratic institution. The DCI has incorporated in his affidavit the results of detailed and painstaking examination. a qualification is raised with respect to the mit EN willingly | CCC1913.. meee me eee coon ro emnesenca an ae eines ce neem cee eS ee cee oe ee mem Be ee ae ce a ee ie oa tee r
REPRODUCTION cat ep dm -oup aE ere aN 2) sane OF JOHN A. McCONE i. | JOHN A. McCONE, being duly sworn, deposes and saya that he is = llthe Director of Central intelligence, and that based on his personal. Knowledge of the affairs of the Central Intelligence Agency and on detailed inquiries he caused to be made by the officers within the Central Intelligence Agency who would have knowledge about any relationship Lee Harvey Oswald may have had with that Agency, he certifies that: - Lee Harvey Oawald waa not an.dgent, employee, or | informant of the Ceatral Intelligence’ ‘Agency: on the Agency never contacted. hin, interviewed him, | talked with him, or received ¢ or solicited any reports or information from him, 2ecommunicateg with him, directly or indirectly, in any ether. manners Lp | the Agency MSE faite him any funds or money, i or compensated him, seat indizectty, in any fashion; | and | Lee Harvey Oswald was never associated or connected, directly or indirectly, in any way whatsoever with the Agency. _(L.S.) JOHN A, McCONE : > Subscribed and sworn to this __ day of | . 1964, before me, a Notary Public in add for the State of Virginia, by the said JOHN A. McCONE, who is personally known to me and he duly acknowledged te me the execution. of the foregoing instrument. ana an A  EEERTETETNNY entree GUETY OE ter PEERED COED PTT EPS AA Rtas ER SUASSEEEFTELGOUNCUOTLRMREOLRPOH creel a REITER Sestnpasltiniteeangeeaparattaraiamsmarelpmmnmpsspenieabisraeiaarinieapaintg-apimaiiaanem amet - = vane aeane tment ve a f A — : a Do oo — Notary Public | My com:nission expires a | FOR anne eet a ga eae REL EEE RE OO ats memcemee
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13-00000. ff. REPRODUCTION PROMI ED a TAB B I has supplied all the informaXjon in its possession regezding the activities, affiliations and associations of Osw Copies of the reports and access to original data, in specific in~ stances, has been given to Commission representatives in| a accordance with the DCI's expressed instruction from the C - inception that the Agency place itself completely at the Commission's disposition, ~*~ a eater Muy tee a 4 fa meet a a PaO ane cneae cient tne oe naan =e nape ee stem kee be ee ere ee ne : cee bs eee esas ee sama rump tae
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; - - oe REPRODUCTION PROLIBITED The Problem of Conspiracy 2 = a ene CTR eNO ae The Bet should note that at fone) start he had given - e ve working on the specific indications toAgency, Lox DS (REBOY Commission's Proiiees  eeaG ID inkormmation bearing on Oswald's possible vention te, with foreign sponsors be made available to the Commission, The DCI may state that he is gratified that his ieee have been carried out diligently and promptly. Aiongthe items of information a, C. provided the Commission } have been: ‘studies on the organi~ Va . para zation and functions @ components of the Soviet police state which are krown YS | S EX) charged with sis rtetyance of what is euphemistically | to inedute individuals and units referred to as "executive action! «« but is, in fact, charged | with assassination and sabotage. 7 | | f : | | ets
REPRODUCTION PROLIBITED | BG dee tag cael | It is recomme ifr the Ber ‘jane an qauestions 1 from the CommissiGa with seine the apparently favorable id Gitte USSR, the withdrawal of his | . treatment affok i sf. 00re wife, | his possible cont here with Soviet State ° Security (the KGB), and related questions which would tend to establish’ Oswald's associational link with Soviet Intelligence as _ present testimony. Its suggested that he rest on the fact that the Gommission has taken up these points. item=by-item with the technical levels of the. Agency and. that the ultimate findings Cc and evaluation can only be determined by the Commission, | "technical questions"! and, therefore, beyond the scope of oe & re ~ sty ee oe EIR eee ee a cee ee mmm ne ne ne ee ummtts nee oo Segoe oon Lae a wom - oe Staten eee ee te te we . oe Fe ete eet ar er tetany : : o CS a ae RN NRE TR OR EREEREEREREGS re RCT Peng ape = i
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REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED a en er er hee { ant. ae ce me TER mn > Soke? ARS ANS So)? ‘Mr. Rankin raisdd a dire ctly by letter. In its response, the Agency confined itself to elements relating to its statutory mission. Specifically, it was suggested that: a. The Secret Service, or ReAgERY? record Ae with the Office of Central Referéice a formal require-~ ae ment for information avélating. to Pre sidential security. b. It was Xyactiea that, . if, ene Senet Service intended to expand its Bierce coverage of possible threats to the President's security, our experience showed that it would need a specialized organizational component to handle that task within the Secret Service itself. c. The CIA reply also noted that the Agency was in direct touch with the Secret Service Fegarding the possible utilization byt that agency of: our x experience in. . we Para "machine data processing. “On the public z record, itis “> ; suggested that the DCI ‘not repeat this detail. _ Ne Oo enmcenee f TAB D 7  uaaneseapynnennntnsnesearnteenntn-anrennepaanssgnssnatssntnqeeeeSita tata Speenepeyeentnvtensseaseteereutangeseteinesiati t+ ameeeeunnenpecnne + sanegnueegpnite = + _eenientptetepttmmeentey = ) . — COPY NO.
13-00000, REPRODUCTION  PROIIBITED In his presentation to the Commiss sion, after referring | one to these earlier suggestions, t the” DEr-shoalestate that he desires on SP to take the opportuni tabled heretofore.” , The Commission's major problem has been the assessment _ possible conspiratorial guidance. Because conspiracy is the core of the problem, the DCI should point out the possibility of legislative action which might be an assistance in preventing recurrence of the national calamity it is investigating, There C ; is an analogy at close hand between the problem of developing in See advance information Relating-to F Presidential security and the: problem faced by the county # cw years ago regarding the clandestine introduction or manufacture in the U. S, of special nuclear material or atomic weapons. The remedy devised at that time was embodied in the Atomic Weapons Reward Act of 15 July 1955 (29 Stat 365, PL. 165, 84th Congress). In essence, the Act estab- lished a substantial reward ($500, 000) for information bearing on ; . the Act provided by any person, and i in certain instances privileged of personal motive and the relationship of an individual act to - | treatment for such persons -- for example, ‘asylum if they ¥ were 7 | |
13-00000, iePwOOUCTION PROweNTED ~ recommendation for “signal iSgiatative action designed to security by offering a substantial reward and preferential treatment. The DCI should assure the Commission that he is convinced that the substantial award, the special treatment, and the publicity which would attend the implementing legislation i in this matter could represent 2 a significant inducement even to staff officers - and personnel of secretasvociations and state security organs abroad whose functions include assassination and sabotage. It. is these individuals who would be privy to plans of executive action. The reward would constitute additional inducement for such individuals to take the risk of making important disclosures. 7 The suggestion does not Soe ba the material elements of reward and special treatment. | The DCI can assure the Com~ mission that we are aware that personnel in police state apparatuses charged with the assas sination and sabotage functions have repeatedly od induce individuals to furnish information bearing on Presidential | expressed and, in many cases, acted upon their repugnance for a | ! | | j PAGE. 50 ( of C1C er Sa gee ee Se i oes ee eae La es ee etme ane ne re es em nee ee, YEE a SH oem! Oo.
‘REPRODUCTION = _PRONIITED such work and for the system: ‘which calls-upon them to do it. - ue wk ‘ There are specific: vases in the past tem years: which, document oa Trategepee gone! charged with assassination this ass éztion, mis sions have abandoned the ‘mission even without the assurance or the inducement which the DCI is here proposing. In making this suggestion the DCI may go one step further in advising the Commission to suggest that the Commission examine the advisability of legislation making it a Federal offense to conspire and to kill the Chief Executive. 3) The DCI could also indicate that the Commission might desire to Suggest that any legislation along these lines should be enlarged to include con-~ Spiracy to kill any Federal: official in the President's personal. circle of official associates directly concerned with national security affairs. (The Agency's Legal Counsel states that draft bills have been considered on the Hill.) , | pacs 51 1 COPY NO. REPRODUCTION ROK
13-00000, L, at | oo INTET-"AL SECURITY MANUAL SENATE 7 a ievise 86th Congress Docr int Co scnsis, “" AEPRODUCTUOE pp 275-277 oe . Aroatic Wrirons Rravanos Acr . PROMIBITED Act of July 15, 1955 (69 Stat. 305, P.L.. 165, Sith: Gong. —tomie UN D Weapons Rewards Act of (985: we eS “Pe it enacted by the Senate and Mouse of Evpresentatives of the United Statcs.of siurcric: in Congress. assembled, That this Act may bo cited as.thie “comic Weapons Rewards Act of 1953". “Sec. 2. Any person whe fagnishes original information ro the United States— Naan . (a) leading to the\inding or other acquisition by the United Siaces of any special nuclear material or atomic __. Weapon which has been introduced into the United Straics, _ or which has been manufactured or acquired therein contrary to the laws of the United States, or .“(b)-with respect:to.an_attempted introduction into the United States or an attempted manufacture or acquisition “therein.of any spitcial nuclear material or atomic weapon, ; “€ontiary to the laws of the United States, . shall boreivarded by the payment of an amount not to exceed _* $500,000. “Sec. 3. An Awards Board consisting of the Secretary of tho Treasury (who shall be the-Chairman), the Secretary of Defense the Attorney General, the Director of Central Intelligence, and - of one member of the Atomic Energy Commission designated by that Commission, shall determine whether any person ‘fur- nishing information to the United States is entitled to any ry award and the amount thereof to be paid pursuant to section C ° : 2. In determining whether any person furnishing informa- tion to the United States is entitled to an award and the amount of such award, the Board shall take into consid- eration— “(a) whether or not tho information is of the typo specified in section 2, and “(b) whether the person furnishing tho information was an officer or employce of the United States and, if so, whether the furnishing of such information was in the line of duty of that person. “Any reward of $50,000 or more shall be approved by the . President. - a “Sue. 4. Tf the information leading to an award under section 3 is furnished by an-alien, the.Secretary of State, the Attorney | General, and the Director.of Central Intelligence, acting jointly, may determine that the entry of such alien into the United States is in the public interest and, in that event, such alien and the mem- bers of his immediate familymry receive immigrant visas and | may bo admitted to the United States for permanent residence, notwithstanding the requirements of the Immigration and Na- tionality Act. ' “Sec. 5. The Board established under section 3 is authorized to hold such hearings and make, promulgate, issue, rescind, and amend such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. ; a a G. Any awards granted under section 3 of this Act shall - bo certified by the Awards Board and, together with the approval of the President in those cases where such approval is required, transmitted to the Director of Central Intelligence for payment 7 oo out of-funds appropriated or available for the administration of ( = the National Security Act of 1047, as amended. ‘— : “Sec.7. As used in this Act— : _ “fa) The term ‘atomic enerzy’ means all forms of enerzy re- leased in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation. - “(b) The term ‘atomic weapon’ means any device utilizing atoniic energy, exclusive of the means for transporting or pro- pelling the device (where such means is a separable and divisible part of tho device), the principal purpose of which is for uso as, or for development of, a weapon, a weapon prototype, or a weapon ‘test device. - —- . '  (¢) The term ‘special nuclear materia? means plutonium, or . uraniuni enriched in the isotope 233 or. in the isotope 235, or any ¢ | i - ether material which is found to be special nuclear material pur- ot * os suant to the provisions of the Atomic nergy Actof lst. | co — ae Cd) The term ‘United Sates,’ when used’ in a geographical | ( ‘sense, includes Puerto Rico, all Territories and possessions of the oo United States.and the Canal Zone; except that in section 4, the . — a : terin ‘United States’? when so used shall have the meaning given. , =. toitin the Immigration and Nationality Act.” N tm te ste te cooeicmanetn SI ORME HOS ERS AE e mo one eRe REPRODUCTION PAGE 5 2 of PROMOTED a ; oe = san Bh erin sommes ee wee ee BR ae ee ee ee i oT mre eee cee me Le scat ceutvee vamers uteme a 2 —— rr. ee = a eee : : mee eae nite 4 ee aed
Lo ara PROMI IBTED a GCL ' - REPwODNCTION PRORIGITER . ; ogee ngroren cnet : . . “ . . . Ad . .t a ® ‘ . , e . oe . a ‘pace 53 or 212 - COPY NO. —
; eA -PROLBRTED we wet en ee ee ee mene memes it oped ae ae ao ts» AEST caters 6 atm =F RES ete ermet A genG ET emer a eee mee mem Mm eens em meme “REPRODUCTION PROGIBITED ‘ Rae a aes mo extensive Sgn hasbeen made available to the . Commission by CIA on ec level regarding Oswald's activity in Mexico City in September and October 1963. The Commission Staff has been in detailed communication and conversation with the Agency working levels both in heade quarters and in Mexico City. Within the past week, _ suena Rat significant information has. been developed by CIA regarding the relationship with- Oswald of certain,@uban intelligence personnel in Mexico City-and the: reaction in Havana within the Cuban Intelligence Service to the news of the assassination of President Kennedy. The Commission Staff is in the course of being briefed on the Cuban aapect. _ ‘It is suggested that the DCI handle any question on the Mexican and Cuban phases of Oswald's , as "technical an Ss questions" which members of the Coimmis; on can develop from or through their own stat with the. the apgrapetate component ONE 3 of the 2 Agency. This wipe be entivaly cotisistent with the DCI's OY SS “ | overall assurance that he nade his personnel to place their information completely at the Commission's disposition. ClCiS 27 an . pace 54 COPY NO. : 212
| — rae SECRET 2) remem > 10 April 1964 ° MATERIAL FROM P- 35932 \ro WARREN BOMMISSION: a EDZi “inf OF te: Are ae bop il. English translations of calls madé by “‘Oswanmio Russian Embassy: 27 Sep 63 (1037); 27 Sepb3q{1626); 2 Sep, \6a(1605); 28 Sep 63 G15); 1 Oct 63 (1031); 1 Oct 63 (AY3 A OX (aye ol + 2. English translation of come OS between President Dorticos in. Havana and Cuban Amb Joaquin Hernandez Armas in Mexico on 26 Nov 63. 3. English translation of conversation between Cuban Am to Mexico and President Dorticos in Havana on 26 Nov 63. Document -mGB3- 82 S$ fer FOIA Reylew or. we 976 aK BIZ [nattio oo PY ony | (Bo/- 2 G7 ASP oO APR. ey IMO aaa Pe) Laotian ~ ao ne I Ee PE ETP tA Eee te eer ur ener ce. eee sas om egrumm mane netnon: 2 ERTIES EERE Ore my TERT eraRtreetnt whee spennsntteerdean Nee oe ° ; " ‘ a : . . ‘ a a
13-09000 — om | fy nmadigl REPRODUCTION may oa { i f - ea ON mp ong * 24 ta . 1 Oe Nf AZ - 26307 1B MAY i25e ‘MEMORANDUM FOR: Mx. J. Lee Rankia >” General-Counsel Dzeaidiont! s compntanite on the \i vau SUBIZOT: Soiwafitne a Intelligence Service in pclae Visa Applicants; Reaction of that Service tothe Assassination oi President Kennedy il, Within the very recent period, this Ageacy has astadliskhed contact with a well-placed individual who haa been in close and prolonged contact with ranzing oificers of the Coban Direccion General de Intelligencia (Directorate General of intelligesee ~ DGI). His knowledge of DGI activities, techniques and personalities ta direct and profound. Thia Agency has averied kim in detail on possible contacts between Les Harvey SSW ALD and the DGI orior,, to the as2azzination of President Kennedy. dc report on the Infor=— mation thus obtained Ls- attached te: thie memorandum. ‘ ry ' oo = uP RDN CERES ORES ESET eEReMSt Sree tr weer mentite NIA mh eine Ate tter €¢ maboRtint nets HOARE tat Aititer cE rots ch EE 1GErtE Mn Ste “EME COREE aE we ° . . . Ze ~Lhis source le highly aensitivs and of great, immediate operational significance to this Agency. The national counterinteili- gence interest abroad requires, thersiore, that 2ecess to the attached report, as knowledge of the existence of this source be rsatricted, sy Zor the present at least, to yourself and a minimum namber of your . seal, Lo - Document bhumber £ ETD SUN 1975 Downgraded to = SECRET by authority of OBES LIL date 0" 3 ros ER [725 ‘far FOIA Review on Bol - a 289043 oo 6c C4s23 | pani 56 __ of ge
13-09000 @ REPRODUCTION 3, ja dopropriata sensitivity indicator tas seen affixed to this memorandum and the attached report. 4, + copy of thia nramoraadum with | ita attachment has been forwarded to the Federal-Burean of investigation. Richard Helms Deputy Dirsetor for Plaaa Attachment Distridvation: oS « &Zo Addressee = 2=DD?- em a2 « CcéCl/ Red eS ’ *. . 2 - C/WH73.. NG ° ' . oF -cu ia 13 May 1964 Dow-graded to Seer. by aut thority es ee date —__A 2 G2. Leber aL oF. no at ere ne Naty SRE AAC NC ETO weed iS NOT land fom Lg. j ann mes sc ine rsa - oo —. . “aN ems "ye oom nag | emotive COPY NO. ee Fae am mene ee ene oe arene ieee nen nee aN ca an
13-Q0000. REPRODUCTION PROLIBITED . g rt ro ° ad cd The seurce has no parseiial iowiadge of Lee Harvey OSTALD Fe ee ee nes ev OSPALD was am agent’ Ze {OGD oe any other direc on hin precemes man inp aiheelonhe when a group of aificers ware chatting. Atmong them was Mansel Consulate in Mexico City, whore be was Bea principal D&T olficer. VEGA mentioned that OSWALD had gous te the Cubax Consulate ho tate that VEGA oe tn Mactan eaten ers > wD catty “Whether OSWALD had any contech with VEGA on theva occasions is net known te ths source, Howeyser DGI officers stationed Ip, consuletss cneiemarily interview vive 2ephicants to determine if they ere DGI 2gemas. If applicants are, identified a8 agents, thely _ travel is axpedited. Ctherwise, they are unuwlly told ta come back in a fae days. Dariig the interim aypiieacts’ names are vebnoitted So Havana for Serther checking amd instructions. According ia the | sospee, COSYALD way hove Seem bterviewed by VEGA ay Sts assistanh, Rogelia RODREWEZ Loyges, but this ia stricthy con- jectare om Sis pet. The sources docs not know Silvia SURAN ae) me potted repeeiierierteg i raariovrd aaliiad ahedeadl ot Cuban Irobasey in Mexico in March 1954. Aiter the mews of the aveassination of Provident Sennedy reached the UGE, arders were issued for all DO components in the country te sort amd package ail. decuments sccording to wether they were “may secreto* beer secret), “secrete” {eeerst), ox . Sowngraded to SECkEl . mo, oa — . oof . YT ee 9 Reco ; . : : Eon af Fz PYrS cel 3% af. - — 7 ( Atiachmens | |
a REPRODUCTION < SSN Uimrportants™ (inapertunt}. “Phe material, cuce consolidated, Was to be held pending pier Iustructions. All travel by OGI officers was suspended temporarily. “ypdditien, DOE Headqearters? personal were instructed te-rexrala im tacie oiices or bo keep thes DG] avare od their wherealoute. ao that iiey could be paached immediately. The source inés net knw jhe reason for thase measures buk belleves ees tate sonoe type of action against Guba, rosbewed ta regulas te abonk 3 Desemben 1963. & é . ChE T. | Downgraded ae a “2 , date - fy oo ; , of d. ou. 3 rae oe i a a oe | “ 0nbis35 33 REPRODUCTION 60. 212
13-00000 - REPRODUETION — PROMIBITE ~ REPHODUCTION PROMI ED SECRET 23 May 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR! DC/OPS =>. ‘SUBJECT : Review of Selected Items in the Lee Harvey OSWALD.File Regarding “ Allegations of the’ CASTRO Cuban - | InvOlvement-in “the ~ | | | John F. EME Assassination oo | 1. The atta ad Gevgar the express request of\ir. David W. Belin as a follow~ up to Question 3 of his letter to the Agency of . 15 April 1975. . SF ‘») wand gummary was written at. a 2. The results - as I have already told nim =- add. . nuance, not evidence, to what the Warren Commission and. its staff had laid before them in 1964 on this subject. . fhe results of the review are stipulated in paragraph 8 — of the Attachment. There.seemed to be no reason to... _ attach copies of the case reports from. the file to this.. tee vee ‘summary. These can be made available promptly, however, ow on request. This summary-does not deal with press,. magazine and books that dealt with the Subject during the period after the assassination. - “2 3. My recommendation is. to. do with this. paper. as we did with the earlier: ‘one. requésted by Mr..Belin on. - the unidentified man: let him. read the entire summary. and then decide how much of. Lt, “RE. any. is pertinent SECRET. e__smpner et ey232 92! cece PAGE 64 arth . COPY NO.
13-00000 ‘REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED ' é ee f ‘ . - . SECRET . . . | ‘ j aN | : Review of Selected ‘Items in the Lee Harvey OSWALD ban Inyolvenen Allega~ SUBJECT REFERENCE : - Letter by David, wr. Be tin to . Mr. Henry Knoche, 15 April 1975, aph’3 (Regerding Public Statement by CASTR ee: attached - BACKGROUND 1. On Saturday evening, 7 September 1963, Fidel CASTRO appeared at a Brazilian Embassy reception in Havana; even more unusual, CASTRO submitted to an informal interview by the Associated Press correspondent, Daniel HARKER. a | Lo ee | | 2. HARKER's interview reached New York on Sunday, 8 September, and was in print. throughout the country on Monday, 9 September. There. can. be no question from the facts. surrounding tne{ Casino appdarnce, which had not. been expected, and his agreement’ 0. the interview, that this event represented a more-than-ordinary attempt to get ay message on the record in the United States. 7 7 _ - — - 7 7 COCLeag Oo
13-00000 “REPAOUCTION 3. CASTRO's statements, to. HARKER covered a range of | | times ... the most opportunistic American President of i all time ..."). 4.. The interview also contained an uncomplimentary — reference to Senator GOLDWATER and Cuban delay in signing ‘the limited nuclear test ban. There were differences in : the replay by United States’ newspapers like the New York Times and Washington: papers, with a result that CASTRO'S “message” was significantly modulated. | 56 Tn New. orieans,. where Lee Harvey OSWALD resided ae until the middle ‘of: ‘Séptember 1963, the HARKER story appeared in the principal morning paper, he. Times-Picayune, on Monday, 9 Septembery—page-?, under a three-column head— . line: "CASTRO Blasts Raids on Cuba. Says U.S. Leaders Imperiled by aia to Rebels." The story followed under the HARKER by-line: OT . oo 7 7 . “Havana. (AP) ~- Prime Minister : Fidel Castro said Saturday night: ‘U.S... leaders would be in danger if they helped in any attempt to do away with leaders of” | ONO cee
18-00000 en REPRODUCTION PRONIBIT ra SECRET ~- "Bitterly denouncing what he called recent U.S. prompted™% ‘raids on Cuban terri- tory, Casto said: ie, re prepared to ~ a4 in kind. U.S. leaders Rereetate TERR Cem ag shoul’~ nes GRE if they are aiding terror- ist plans eliminate Cuban leaders, they themselves will not be safe.' * ... World affairs cee seemed to be entering a more peaceful climate a few days ago, but now this trend has changed with . , attacks. *'*tThe U.S. is always ready: to negotiate oe and make promises which later it will not. honor. This has happened to promises made. during the October crisis. They have been broken as can be seen with new attacks. "*But I warn this is leading to a very dangerous situation that could lead to a worse’ exisis than October" S eee . | 66 ‘The. New York Times, in its coverage on. 9 September, used a UPI wire service report which omitted any reference to the warning and threat which gave the interview its real significance. The Washington Post did an abbreviated re- write (9 September, page A-7) which, similarly, | omitted | any ‘reference to the main thrust of CASTRO": 's remarks. - oo 8 SECRET _ EFMABUCT or — PROHIG a “sace 65 ot 12 COPY NO.
13-00000 assassination)that this CASTRO interview was considered in REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED i “f SECRET _— MN | The Evening Star of Washington, D. C., printed_the HARKER story nearly Af its: entazety in the second section of the elements and burying CASTRO's warning to the United States leadership in the middle of the piece. 7. There is no evidence in the files on\the KEND following up leads or in dealings with the Warren Commission d its staff although Mexico Station specifically directed Headquarters attention..ta._£the Ab..story _very..shortly_after the Dallas killing. More important, the interview appears ed to have been forgotten in the contemporary political consid- eration of relations with CASTRO's Cuba. There is no evidence : . ‘ESSE hc Ett ets eT EE CT REET, in the Agency records, either, that the Warren Commission staff Itself pursued the implication of the CASTRO interview aetna maaan taataaeataaiaaaaie aaa aides aaaaasaaiaaaiaiassaaiaia aiid in dealing with the conspiracy hypothesis. There is no canteen ane eSATA NSD AT OSE ET Te nS evidence in the files that anything along these lines was stated by any other Cuban leader beforé the assassination.. Ea ones tSN FRSA eS TLS OTT OTE Oo SS ELE 8. The purpose of this review, undertaken at Mr. Belin's request, is to reconsider Lee Harvey OSWALD’s activity on the assumption that as an avid newspaper reader which we ‘know | from testimony of Marina OSWALD and others - he. read the CASTRO warning and ‘threat as reported above. the results SECRET | COCLS35 COPY NO.
13;00000 Cpe ws — rere, REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED SECRET "of the review, admittedly heavily using the 20--.-20 quality of hindsight“may, be sti lated in summary: ES & Viioy _ There®: is: SS increment of credible ? Me ND 7 unseen meg tesa => eGdence, applying this phrase stfictly, of . anes Lavor Cuban political, intelligence Soviet or security service involvement in the as- sassination to what was developed and con- sidered by the Warren Commission and its staff. The Commission's finding that « Lee Harvey OSWALD was the killer of President KENNEDY and Officer TIPPIT and did them in alone and of his- own determination stands. aoe b. " redible evidence” that would upset or significantly modify this judgement did (and does) not exist in Washington. But LL ea Sa aA Rr NEE eaten) such evidence could exist in Moscow and/or Havana, whose voluntary inputs to the Warren Commission were minimal in quantity and quality, designed to cover up any admissions of knowledge of, or connection with, OSWALD which might be related directly or indirectly . with the assassination. “Therefore, the belief ao —— that there was Soviet and/or Cuban (KGB and/or | DGI) connection with OSWALD will. persist and Ss ERAT ee
13-00000 a REPRODUCTION “ ¢ . ° iow SECRET “—-- —"grow until there. Hass een a full disclosure f all elements of by these governments CONN tee soem OSWALD! s.’andling:ang} tay in the Soviet Union ee ssc. an Ea contacts. on Mexico City. The Yon report should have left a wider "window" for this contingency. That, eT SAO TES TSO rT TSO Bea . indeed, was the opinion at the working level, particularly in the counterintelligence com- ‘ponent in‘the CIA in.1964. As was indicated by Mr. Helms in his testimony before the Warren Commission, CIA would continue to regard this aspect of the OSWALD case as _ > OS still open.” SR ON ec. In the absence of additional ox new *aG ase” O LON 7 AXES? | {elements of “credible” evidente, are _ | "nuances" in the record that ens as note- worthy, in the light of other conclusions. These are reviewed and summarized below, item- by-item. . d. CASTRO's warning and threat of 7 September 1963. Af OSWALD did indeed read Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. KENNEDY. Hearings Before the President's Commission on the. Assassination of President KENNEDY (Washington, 1964), hereafter cited as. Hearings, Vol. V., pp. 120 = 129. See especially p. 124 -""Mrv Helms: ‘Yes. I would assume the case. could never be closed.‘" ” . ce «g SECR ET 00a,
"REPRODUCTION PROHIBIT ct , . f SECRET. it in New Orleans. cine be considered of ' great significance. in the light of the \ pathological evolution of OSWALD's passive/ agg eGsive inakeup after his attempt to kill Generl WALKER. early in April 1963 and his identification with Fidel CASTRO and the Cuban revolution which is directly trace~ able as far back as his Marine Corps _ service in El Toro, California. CASTRO's warning and threat, given to AP corres-. pondent HARKER, irrespective of whether there was any formal mandate, _OF. even . security service contact with’ OSWALD: by the Cubans or the Russians - Was. an act of singular irresponsibility and under no circumstances was excusable as retorsion for what the Cuban emigres were doing during the summer of 1963. | CUBAN CONTACT WITH LEE HARVEY OSWALD, SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, ’ EARLY 1959 (?) 9. The testimony of Nelson DELGADO contains an assertion of germinal significance to any review of the background ‘of Lee Harvey OSWALD's feeling toward. and relations with CASTRO's Cuba... DELGADO was probably the closest peer. group 7 SECRET cocieg2
‘REPRODUCTION PROWIBIT i . e " SECRET “member to QSWALD . during his specialist training period at El Toro nagtne, eona\gase December 1958 ~ September 1959. The Warren ‘Commission, ‘Heport takes note of this: = :- | wi Saban diplomatic officials in | 7 | | | this country, which DELGADO at first took to be ‘one of his lies, but later believed. '"2 10. Actually DELGADO's testimony says a lot more of possible operational significance than is reflected. by the ‘eases OE ST SO a EEE : language of the report, and its implications S_ do not appear — to have been run down or developed by investigation... Thus eel RES ASE AEE CEE mee. >. the record of the beginning of OSWALD"s.relationshi ip_w with the Cubans starts with a questi n mark. ae Ll. The period was one of transition im U.S. - Cuban pw relations after CASTRO's takeover. OSWALD, and DELGADO at the outset, were CASTRO supporters, OSWALD being particu- larly keen about how to get to the island. DELGADO testi- . ‘fied: | | | * wee I didn't know what to tell him, so I told him ‘the best thing that I know was to 2 ' Report to the President's Commission on the Assassination ‘Of President.John F. KENNEDY (Washington, 1964), hereafter Cited as Report, p. 687. 3 SECRET | REPRODUCTION
13-00000 4 SECRET Se - eontact with them ... - ; X REPRODUCTION PROMI ¢ . . @ ao eS get in touch with a Cuban Embassy, you know. But at that _time:, that d)tola him this - we were on ecienaly emi with Cuba, you know, ard so thig wagn' + eas OY” Lan you know. t)\dédn t know what to answer him. “subversion or malintent, X told him to see them. "After a while he told me he was in Cn, ++ I seen this envelope in his. foot~™ an locker, wall-locker, and it was addressed t to” him, and they had an official seal. on ite. ana” ae Aves as. fax as I could recollect that was-mai}/from ORY Ga” Los angeles, and he was tell Bg \ there was a Cuban Consul. And just after he ‘started | receiving these letters - you see, he would never go out, but stay near the post all the time ... " ... he had one visitor after he started receiving letters he had one visiter. It was aman, because I got ‘the call from the MP guard shack, and they gave me a call that . ; 7 7 OSWALD had a visitor at. the front gate. This man had. ‘to be. a civilian, otherwise they would. have Tet him in...” ‘So I had to find somebody’ to relieve OSWALD, who 5 was on guard, to go down.“ 9 SECRET - etlasag ARAN re Pace 7] cp llc:
13-00000 preteen em RSPROOUCTION ~ PROHIBITED REPRODUCTION SECRET —_— Cus = there to visiyinat “this fellow, and. they spent about an hear ‘and, ene, two hours, talking, I guessié and’ he ‘cane back. I don't know who the Zoe wha e they talked about, but he looked BESS nonch laQabout the whole thing when he came back. He never mentioned who he was, nothing. "Mr. LIEBELER: How long. did nes talk to hin, do you remember? os re "Mr. DELGADO : About an a@ir ahd-halt, two hours ... SS "mr. LIEBELER: You Sey astied, swap who this fellow was ene LARS to? "Mr. DELGADO : No. No. "Mr. LIEBELER: Did you connect this visit that OSWALD. had at that time with the Cuban Consulate? PROSIBITED "Mr. DELGADO : I did; because I thought it funny for him ‘to be receiving a caller at such a late date - time. Also, up to this, time he hardly ever received mail; in fact he seldom | " yeceived mail from. home because I made it a policy, I used te’pick up the mail for our unit. and distribute it-te the : guys in there, and very seldom did I ‘ever see one for him. But every BO . often, after he started to get in contact with ne SECRET PAGE cra of 212 COPY NO. _
, PROGIBIT _-=- ~ these Cuban ae getting letter | | pamphlets and Re re rted receiving letters, . | you Kn ESP ne RRP ON ’ abe pamphlets, you know, ¥ won Saurch, things we get from church, you Rhow, but it wasn't a church. an | “Mr. LIEBELER: Were they witb Spanish, any of them, do you knows "Mr. DELGADO 3 HO "Mr. LIEBELER: to believe that these things from the Cuban Consulate? | ; | "Mr. DELGADO :_ Well, I took it for granted | that they did after I seen the envelope, you know ee. Something like & Mexican eagle, with a _ big, impressive seal, ee pon They had dif- ferent colors on ‘Ate white: almost looked like our ase ‘ now. But I can't recall the sea, new it was in Latin, United, Rtg RS eet I couldn't under- stand. It was” BONS - oo So "Mr. LIEBELER: You don't know for sure whether it was from the Cuban Consulate? Al “SECRET coliegg . em ea PacE | 3
13-00000 - REPRODUCTION oy ¢ SECRET * ws "Mr. DELGARO. 4S Oo. But he had told me prior, just. betgre 1 Oe that envelope in his wall logier that Re as receiving mail from theng’ and one tine he offered to show it to me, but \ eee Bch interested because at the time we had work to do, and I never did ask to see that paper again, you know. | "Mr. LIEBELER: Did he tell you what nee correspondence with the Cuban Consulate was. about? _ | "Mr. DELGADO ;: "Mr. LIEBELER: Did he ever Ghai that. it had to do with the coeur that you had about going over to Cuba? "Mr. DELGADO : No. - The only thing he told me was that right after he had this con- versation with the Cuban people was that he was going to - once he got out of the service ~ he was going to switzertand eee TS 12. OSWALD's. application to Albert Schweitzer college, Churwalden, Switzerland, was dated 19 March 1959, and he was presumably to. report there on 20 April 1960. Destined for discharge fiom the Marines on 7. December 1959, OSWALD 3. a ] " Hearings, Volume VIII, pp. 241 ~- 243. ' ae SECRET
13-00000 - gp RaaeTHOR September 1959. AB September 1969 he was issued a U.S. passport ¥@lid sok Heel ~ among other places to Ped Cuba and HELIER « Finland on Sl 1959. | | | 13. DELGADO's testimony has the cast of credibility. Granting that, it is of basic importance to focus attention Ce dnterea the Soviet Union from — on the male visitor who contacted OSWALD at EI Toro Camp | and talked with him for between one and a half. to. two hours. The event was unique in DELGADO's recoliections, and” ‘actually ! CP ¢ e w SECRET . a accelerated his exit,6n. grounds of family hardship in early , | ! | ‘ there is nothing like it - on the record - in, everything else we know about OSWALD's activity in the United States before or after his return to the United States. The record reflects no identification of the El Toro contact. DELGADO's presump- tion is that he was fxGathe Cuban Consulate in Los Angeles. Assuming that, the gestions are: Who was it, and was ~~ - there reporting gon! Los dr les to Washington and Havana Ro) y? . that could, in affects Fe resent the opening of a Cuban oy SS file on eoge® S wy OG "PREDICTION or GaSe IDENT KENNEDY'S DEMISE BY COMMUNIST: PARTY CELL LEADER’ MORSE BENITEZ ZABOLA, 1962 "> ~~ 14. Guatemala Station forwarded to Headquarters. on . o> 9 January 1964 a. | duplicate copy of a raw report by a 4 " U.S. /Cuban diplomatic and consular relations were severed on 3 January 1961. © . Sy ® = - 13 SEC.RET CoCLS2S COP? tery Oe een
~ REPRODUCTION PROKIBITED SECRET -penetration dated 3. siuay 1962 describing events at the yearly Communiget Party Y on meeting. The cell leader, eS. Morse BENTTEZ, fabola; yo atte = cuatandta: \ should fOr 2 single new party; "We need not PN preoccupy otis es over the politics of President KENNEDY that the Communist Party in because we len, according to prognostications, that he will die within the present year, 1962." 15. This report apparently had been discounted when ‘it was received and was not forwarded unit ‘the Station re~reviewed all of its material after the ‘assassination. The file reflects no follow-up or formal dissemination ef the report. ENIGMATIC THREATS BY CUBAN THIRD SECRETARY IN THE c mide, 7 NOVEMBER 1963 . 16. A sensitive liaison source, reporting after the KENNEDY assassination, indicated that at the Soviet reception on 7 November 1963, the Cuban Third Secretary, | Ricardo L. SANTOS Pesa, discussed the recent refugee raids on Cuba ‘and their implications with a host~country diplomat, concluding with the admonition: Fee Just wait and you - will see what we can do. it will happen soon." . Asked to be more specifid, what would “happen soon, SANTOS replied: | a "Just wait, just wait." | . 17. These data were passed to the Warren Commission by memorandum, 31 March 1964. SANTOS was reported to have oe, No “SECRET
ci ~ PRONIBITED epee perenne sere ce tee SECRET . we ™ _ _._@ history of medical instability and was summarily recalled ‘ ao, — from The Hague reportedly for reasons related to that fact in April 1966. = 7. INTERCEPTED- CONVERSATION“OF CUBAN EMBASSY EMPLOYEE, LUISA CALDERON, ,ARTERNOON OF 22 NOVEMBER 1963 18. 4 Ue Seoico City time, about five hours ee KENNEDY assassination, a Cuban Embassy employee named Se "Luisa" received a telephone call in Spanish from. an uniden> tified male outside. on a _ 19. The caller asked her if she had heat the latest . es a news. "Luisa" jokingly replied: | "Yes, of ‘wound, “knew 0 » it almost before KENNEDY ... Imagine, one, two, three and now, that makes three [she laughs], what barbarians! ..." | ‘20. Both speakers agreed on the seriousness of the . assassination. ruuisa Miso s stated that the party at “NS sy Silvia DURAN's had-been™ called off so it would not appear om that they were. éelebrating the death of KENNEDY, nor would they have fie partyceoindiae with the burial. Finally she said she<pienned om that night into the house of a . doctor (a ‘roma S: riend. | . = oo 21. Latin hyperbole? Boastful ex post facto suggestion . |, of foreknowledge? — This is the only item in the intercept | coverage of the Cubans and Soviets after the assassination ‘that contains the suggestion. of foreknowledge or ‘expectation. 15 SECRET — a oO |
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROGMBT t . . .@ SECRET 22. The tenuous, enignmatic character of: the- conversation | is sharply highlighted By the following facts: l ~ . : . | prpbabl iden a a. "buisa” Saab wy Luisa’ CALDERON, a eadre worker of the Cuban <<. * pirectorate @ eepsral of Intelligence (DGI). returned to Cuba in 1964 and was reported “ to be working in DGI Headquarters. —————"f. The DGI element in Mexico City in the... fall of 1963 was headed by Alfredo MIRABEL Diaz who had arrived on 2 September 1963, formally _ ‘as the replacement of the Corisul Eusebio AZCUE-™ (departed 19. November 1963). “The deputy” DGrI chief (and as of June 1964, MIRABEL' successor} was Manuel Engenio VEGA Perez. c. The "Silvia DURAN” named in Luisa's conversation was the receptionist, a Mexican . national, who dealt with OSWALD during his known visits on 27 and 28 September to the Cuban installations in, connection with a Cuban visa application for stay and/or transit. | Silvia DURAN is the sole live witness on the record regarding OSWALD's activity in 7 Mexico City. “Her testimony, however, in its entirety was taken: and presented, solely, ‘by the Mexican Governmental authorities. A direct . - . SECRET Celi esi “REPRODUCTION — PRONIBTTED PAGE 18 ‘of _2le COPY NO.
13-00000. PROIBIT _ t SECRET RN beeen confrontation with ber was requested by the . a Warren ‘Comission ‘staff but rejected by the a Mexican: Fauthorities. It is from Silvia DURAN's an SY . s “that it was learned that OSWALD beeam Cengagea in a personal altercation on 27 September with Eusebio AZCUE. d. Manuel Engenio VEGA Perez, alias Marcos, and his DGI assistant, Rogelis RODRIGUEZ Lopez, were positively identified in February 1964 by two independent sources as engaged in the activé development ‘and facilitation of the training ‘9. Nicaraguan agents for the purpose of assassinating General Annstasio SOMOZA. VEGA, it is estab- lished, was on post in Mexico City during OSWALD's stay there 27 September - 2 October 1963. He left Mexico City on 3 November 1963 for Havana. It was reliably reported about VEGA that all individuals going to Cuba, legally or illegally, had to pass through him first. He took the biographical data and sent it to Cuba for name checking, a procedure which normally took fifteen days.> 3 . _ - , . For example, VEGA would have handled the details of the _visa action and facilitation of the trip to Cuba via | Mexico City from 28 December 1962 - 21 January 1963 that «SECRET oo otassa REPRODUC “ 79 212 _ COPY NO.
13-00000 ‘applications to be handled solely by a local ‘employee and were not asked at the time. And there remains the more REPRODUCTION PROMIBITER 7 . 4 $ ‘ ge SECRET 235. there-{s, no’ evidence in the OSWALD case file that Silvia DURAN was # sapped to a systematic elicitative Os ed VANS on oF as DGI, its personalities and methods, in Mexico City. Was it normal for a case like OSWALD's, © considering the fuss he allegedly made with. AZCUE, for the a lame duck like AZCUE whose slot had been taken: by the- - DGI chief? Whatever the answer to these questions, they peepaercuereeseeseptebrtebeecenttter fundamental question: accepting the DURAN story on its face, could it hav appened without the knowledge and a participation of the DGI personnel above cited? This seems unlikely especially because VEGA is later pited by a Cuban DGI defector as having § stated he was aware OSWALD CASTRO's overseas intelligence and. security service could have more in its files than was surfacéd in the DURAN me, was taken by Vincent Theodore LEE, the organizer of the Fair Play Committee for Cuba, with which OSWALD established relations from Dallas during the period 19 April <. 2 November 1963. There is an overlap between LEE‘s and VEGA's travels to Havana during that period: VEGA departed Mexico City on 6 January for Havana and. returned © on 13. February 1963. 18 yo SECRET. pace 80_ of 212 . COPY No.
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROHIBIT ¢ . @ _ SECRET ~ statements. Coming back to the beginning: Luisa" - Luisa CALDERON —- a8 a ‘peiiber of the DGI unit in Mexico City - uld ver eth wh she sala. her unidentified caller less a matter of have kendien something that would make what boast Sul 'se1£<inaulgence than was assumed at the time. SILVIA DUES , SUBSTANTIAL AMPLIFICATION OF ADMISSION OF ALLEGED PERSONAL RELATIONS WITH LEE HARVEY OSWALD, - 1967 24. The defects viewed in hindsight of the Silvia, DURAN testimony already have been suggested above. (In that | context of criticism it would also be relevant to reconsider the implications of the two intercepted telephone conversations on 26 November 1963 between the Cuban President, DORTICOS, and his Ambassador to Mexico, Joaquim Hernandez ARMAS, because the thrust of the conversation dealt with the ques- tion whether Silvia DURAN had been asked about [or been _ offered?] money payments by her Mexican interrogators.) 25. As of September 1964 Silvia DURAN gave up her Cuban Embassy job. In the spring of 1967 Silvia DURAN was reported by a reliable and sensitiye source to have SS, cut all relations with Cubans. Her account, in 196768 how she had been taken: into custody and had been interrégatad after the assassination repeated what was alséady. known. a _ She added, under circumstances that did ret: ‘permit: the.” a ae a rey) + source _to challenge or elicit corroborative detains >nat o 19 > J % 25 OS BCRET.. | P ROMIB —_ page 1 of —or 212 - COPY NO.
13-00000 - REPRODUCTION ¢ ° oo SECRET “She had gone out with OSWALD during his stay -in Mexico City and claimed she np gana relations with hin. OS ALLEGATIONS or “CONSPYRATORIAL CONTACT BETWEEN OSWALD AND CUBAN GOVERNMENT AGENT'S WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ALLEGATIONS OF (AJ:-ELENA GARRO DE PRAZ AND (B) OSCAR. CONTRERAS, Co CS" 2 Ska BES arren Commission reported, “Literally oS dozens of a egations of a conspiratorial contact between OOS OSWALD and agents of the Cuban Government have been ad investigated ... n6 Among these cases, which consumed “ hundreds of CIA man-hours in Headquarters iia, abroad. a Co. and similarly the FBI in the United States = wag the” "e oe wo "Nicaraguan walkin in Mexico City, 26 Novembex Sas. Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte. 27. The ALVARADO case is taken up in detail by the Warren Commission under the eryptograph "D."" ALVARADO claimed that he had seen an American, whom he identified as OSWALD, receive money some time in mid~September 1963 | | in a meeting in a patio of the Cuban Consulate in | - 6 See Report, p. 305 ££. .Some of the others were the cases of Ylario ROJAS: Villenueve in Cozumel and Guadaloupe, the allegations of Enrique Ruedolo GONGORA in New York City, the claims of Robert. Edward GALLANT, Santa Clara Prison. Farm, California, and the allegations of Ray DOBKIN's. See report BE 307 - 308. -20 SECRET _RereaeUE Oe a
7 ‘REPRODUCTION “PROWIBITED ‘oe SECRET Mexico city. ALVARADO's story was ultimately broken by the TEES ESAS aE Dee Se Ste er emanate use of the polygrapinon which ALVARADO showed evidences of deception, and byt ‘brtnging ALVARADO's former Nicaraguan security service. conker eo Y into the case. io caeapsichaiaaiinmnmmmemnmantatc ania 28. mite ALVARADO, ‘story is a particularly acute repre- Oe QC ap sent Sen sok the: “aif ficulties that beset the evaluation of ¥; A, SR ie observed estusiice: certain elements of the story persist despite the impeachment of its major premises. ALVARADO, whose account ‘did not become public until the release’ ‘of the Warren Report in October 1964, talked cousistently. of) 3 the ‘presence in the Cuban Consulate trapgaction of @ Negro | : i with red-dyed hair. LY & S | Os" . 2 urate and | 29. Blena GARRO de Paz is a mecurial, a socially prominent Mexican writer, married, but separated from a high-ranking Mexican foreign service official. She is also the cousin of Horacio DURAN, the husband of Silvia DURAN, cited above. ‘There is a strong personal antipathy between the two women descending from Elena GARRO's trenchant anti-Communism, | 7 . | | 30. From October 1964_ until his retirement in the ‘fall | of 1969, a U.S. Embassy officer, charles Toms, persistently kept up a stream of reports and memoranda reflecting GARRO's account of what had: actually” gone on between OSWALD, the Cubans and < in particular Silvia DURAN in September 1963, including a reneated “teference toa Negro with | red-ayed hair. SECRET
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROGBITED SECRET 31. The first reference to the GARRO story was noted in a Mexico Station Memorandum of Record dated 12 October 1964: - "Elena. GARRO™. Teaid) that she and her daughter’ ere. invitea to a party at the Cuban Embaésy , ading: the period she now finds out thas Vewain was” here in Mexico prior to the accassinSt on: ‘She was invited by a Mexican secretary in the Cuban Embassy whose husband is a cousin of the GARRO family [Horacio DURAN]. At the party she saw three Gringos, not drinking, not mixing and more or less just standing around together like three bumps on. a log. They were so obviously out of place that she asked someone in the Cuban Embassy about ~ them and was told that "they were just passing through." She claims that Sa the way these three Gringos stood out she took: ‘a good look - at them as did her daughter. When the assassination occurred and oswaLD's picture was spread into the newspapers, both Elena and her daughter immediately said that he was one of the three Gringos. ‘without a doubt’ at the party." | 32. .GARRO repeated her story to Mr. Charles William THOMAS , ‘an Embassy political officer on 10 December 1965: a SECRET
13-00000_. LNs et on ReruaeC Ne i ad SECRET “In September iséAafter her return from abroad, she went to a party “accompanied by her daughter, at the home of | Ruben DORAN Tenpfiads added]. Ruben is one of the two ! pebtners of! foxaelo DURAN, who married her cousin. She | met OSWAED, 8a two other young Americans. At the party - | she was discouraged from talking with him. Other guests” were the Cuban Consul AZCUE, General Clark FLORES, Silvia DURAN, who she later learned was OSWALD’ Ss. mistress while he was here, Emilio CARBALLIDO and a Latin American Negro man with red hair [emphasis added]. In November 1963 when the identity of the assassin became known, she and her daughter went to the Cuban Embassy and shouted *"assassSins" and other ‘insults at the staff there. Shortly ~ afterward, she and her ¢ daughter were visited by a friend, Manuel CARVILLO lor CALYILLO}, then an official in the ion and were told he had orders Secretariat of te GoBernae to escort thent f to/a stiallVana obscure hotel in the center Se of town.. AS 248) eet there for eight days under pretext that they\\ Sree ger. When she told CARVILLO she wanted to go to the Américan Embassy and explain what she knew of OSWALD, she was told that the American Embassy was full of” Communist spies. — - 7 Pos Sy 33. ‘On 25 December 1965 and 9 January 1966 in further?“ interviews with THOMAS, GARRO and her daughter elaborated and These particulars were not confirmed by independent observers, at the time. ; SECRET C&CASSS ‘pace 85 of 212 ‘COPY NO.
13-0000: - 800 fo, eo interviewed by the REPRODUCTION PROMMBHTED t e ¢ 7 Ne SECRET ae in certain partigaiars significantly modified her earlier account. a“ (also “acknowledged that she and her daughter had neng, @Sterrieét » Embassy officers to whom she claimed Git not | give a “very complete story because the OS v 3? Embassy officers did not appear to give much credence to ae ASN anything they said. ; ES ae 34. It developed that GARRO and daughter had gen S a. ° LN account to THOMAS but had not been subst tieted: by oy uiries. The FBI representative therefore considered the. eter closed and reaffirmed his disengagement from the matter to the CIA Chief of Station on 27 December 1964 and to the Ambassador on 25 February 1965. . 35. The Embassy Political.officer, however, persisted in his interviews. and oportans- In a memorandum of convergation, 13 July 1966, GARRO _t8Bhgi fied the piace to. which she had been taken by CALVILLO as the Hotel Vermont. (This detail checked out affimatively.. - “GARRO was at the Hotel 23 ~- 24, 25 =— 27 and 28 = 30 yovember: 1983. ) In another, on 7 February 1967, ce sone 2} SS? GARRO's cath ting eisettudes with the Cubans are ‘set. outs And ‘tinal u OMAS‘'s retirement: from U. S. Government. , service, the Department of State, at his request, oo a 28 August 1969, disseminated to CIA and FBI a ‘compilation of his reporting of the Elena GARRO interviews. ~ | 24 SECRET CECLSSS pace 86 og
13-00000 | | ¢ | , SECRET ™ | “~~ “36. There the matter rests. GARRO's chronology of the Prenat I aD events she described. as havin os d_in.tthe. Mexican an_ capital in September 1963. fever, coincided with the confirmed data points. Peal “with atlegations by others regarding oswatp: QQ” er a. RADO's allegations regarding the Negro with the red-dyed hair {this detail could, however, have been gleaned from the Warren Commission's published account of the . ap case] and . ron Pree b. Silvia DURAN's later claim rr SS } Ps of OSWALD's présence ‘there. | Her story, however, had two | | | | | intimate personal contacts with OSW. DS | 37. Beginning in March and amplified American Consul, Benjamin J. RUYLE, in Tampico developed a contact with a local Mexican journalist, Oscar CONTRERAS Lartigue, who claimed to have encountered OSWALD with other pro-CASTRO students at the University of Mexico campus in September 1963. 38. In June 1969 CONTRERAS was interviewed by a cia . officer: He® ‘studied lav at the University of Mexico for. nies a ~ approximately 1960 - 1964. He belonged to a clandestine pro-CASTRO revolutionary , group at the University. Regarding the OSWALD: 2 - 25 | SE CR eT cacao. 212 pace 87 of COPY No.
13-00000 39. At thi REPRODUCTION ¢° ° a co SECRET i case he was extremely cautious and although he oN was not able KS idling to give dates and names, he AROS D visited the University ; | RD of Mexig® ¢ ‘Sane URE AYXS aon Emb Sense im a visa to visit Cuba. 6 ‘Ss S guiries. regarding pro-Cuban revolutsy Sey groups at the University and was directed to CONTRERAS and his friend. OSWALD met CONTRERAS and four other persons~ as they came out of a round-table discussion - held in the faculty of Philosophy... “OSWALD _ we a told the group it was urgent. iat ne visit, a Cuba and the Cuban Embassy hgd-dented hin a A 'wisa. He requested aid from CONTRERAS" group. CONTRERAS and others mistrusted OSWALD because they felt he was a CIA provocation. The group allowed OSWALD to accompany them the rest of the | day, that night and part’ x the next day. OSWALD was very introverted anid appeared to be slightly crazy. OSWALD mew ‘nos ment ton of an assassination . a On x) plot but kept Anaing wee point he had to ‘ SY travel to << Yo S Or oL FBI knowledge, ,» the matter was turned over to the Mexican authorities who determined that. CONTRERAS was indeed at the University of Mexico but only » . 26 SECRET . ECCASGL pace 88 of COPY NO. ee
¢ SECRET come for the years 1959 ~ aX and that he had been publicly associated in protest, activity for the Student Revolutionary i ms Bloc (BER) in sanuary ‘se. However, the group ceased functioning-as such. dn ewe middle of 1962, and | Oscar Reged was sever one of its leaders. No further | work is Yref . in the files on the CONTRERAS allegations. Apart from the unsustained claims made by CONTRERAS about his own presence at the University, there is an additional element that undermines the credibility of his. account: OSWALD's Spanish, which was barely adequate- to get him pbals a near the hotel, seems hardly likely to pave, permitted “him to carry on for an extended period with pt versigy student group. . . | 27 SEC RET 604° 62 _ BeFSSOUETIR a pes 89 e212 nner PROMIBITED 7 - : | | Oo | : | = * —_—
13-00000 . REPRODUCTION PROWBITED ae , XAAZ- 22594 31 January 1964 1. Tam enclosiig & abieeentation of the information developed by CIA on or Lee Harvey CSVALD in Mexico City. We bave inclaied in this paper only hard, avhstastive iaformation, Any judgments that are made represent proe fessional evaluations by individuals who have worked over Ae . wy as y Tene some “Head t+. Warren Ca: er aT ee . ence | 1 _ the yeara as specialists in their fielia, Speculation, rumor, and vague detail not directly related to CSWALD’s activity have not been inchaled, 2. Pursuant to our discussion on Yadaomary 1964, Z - Bave given the enclosure an appropriate classification, The: compromise of this material in its present form would lead directly to the destruction of current squrces and methods of this Agency in Mexico and eleewhero, - Docunrent Number 509. 509-203 (signed) - | for FOIA opus; Deca fe Fone | ere °F; SN 7S Deputy Director for Plane e Enclosure ° , oF ee, ot siRS 7 . 10 Orig & Le ° | Addressee watt v a | leDDPw/att - sc 1 - WH/3 (Mr, Whitten) wate’, 1 SR/CI w/att v i t Chief, CI/R&A w/att / “yh _ CI/RGRoccasie/ 31 January 1964 . a ATT, ne oo wr ae upearee EceetC7 ‘COPY NO.
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROWBITED ™~ we Sit te AMO Mrs ghd BLD | 2 3 Eervey CStfFALD in a tanic 2 Cit Les Harvey OSWALD takeavies City % a Ss = 22 Sentarmber - 3, Getebas” 1963 gen “OS I, OSWALD 's agai Mexico coy, “s oo 1, Ong Octods ae the SIAS tien in Mexico City received NSF the following information fsien a reliable and proven source: An American named ive OSWALD had contacted the Soviet Embassy in Mexico Gity on Tuesday, 1 October 21963, He had spoken in halting Russian te the Soviet Embassy guard, Ivan Ivanovich OBYEDKOV, to whom ‘he said he had visited the Embassy two days earlier, . Saturday, 28 September, Heo asked whether there had been a reply to & telegram that the ‘Consul with whom ke’ had spoken, but whose name’ he could not recall, had prornised to send to Waisbington, OBYED KOV had “e attempted | to establish: the. montity of the Consul with Nv then it had probably bean KOSTIKOV, OBLEDKOV, whom CSWALD had tated: Pe w had been a dark .rson, * * power We em 96 6” seme Beastie * oy “erprnd’ 7 WARING NOTICE "a | - gol. iit i SENSITIVE SOURCES ANG . e a oo 1 ery ot FENENS Neri en 0 tee PAGE 135 of 545. " COPY NO. a eee nee anette Speen ae mtneningnngent eet pie tr Sg FP EFS
13-00000 PROMBITED ° ee : ak. dogo SRE be cap re ~ wie ISS . 2 Arwtratrg | a3 after a check with Sevicts Consular personnel, assured OSWALD the telegram had been sant to Washisgton but as answer had been received, The information was forwarded a lo ta CLA Headquarters OAS the same day it was oe = | . 2. A, file cheek. i Washing hid is routine ia these os <a yoke matters revealed the ‘possibility of fan identity between the Lee | So} OSWALD wko had spoken. with OSYEDKOV, and presumably an with KOSTIKOV, and tke defector returnce, Lee Harvey OSWALD,* 3, On 10 October 1963 CIA Headquarters disseminated by * cable the revort in substantially the form and in the detail — indicated above, in paragraph 1, to the Federal agencies whose jurisdictional intcresta had been established by a review of | OSWALD's file; the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Departe * The CIA file on Lee Harvey. CSWALD was opened on 9 Decomber 1960 to accommodate biographic information developed by CLA in response to an inquiry from the Department of State on a st af American defectors in Soviet Bloc countries, OSWALD's was among the names in the list, The Department of State inquiry was dated. 25 October 1960,. “An interim reply was given by CLA on 3 November 1960; a final resiy, on 21 November 1950, Uszt azly October 1963 the contents of ths OSWALD file held by Cra. consisted entively of precs materials amd disseminstions _ /seceived from the Departmest of State, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Navy Department. so sh ewetres ~ - : : ogee te ae . . my — i Wares ST ee a ee cee ; - i. me oe 2 ta: é . ot aie Nett (ODS INVOLVED | ‘ a) _ ¢€ ad Le arn ny EclZ6S
REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED “oe - @ ; soos oe Pr er _ as, , 4- rep eqn AMD noting the. likelihood that-tha\subject, Lee OSWALD, Was . Yr obghiy Wontical with the former Marine who had defected to the Soviet ‘Union i in 1959. (The report disseminated by CIA in NS i wn -t Sees st Tl : ~ See THOS WAT , . | { | I | Washingtoa on 10 October also includ od a physical descriptiesn of an individual who was belicved to have been the OSWALD whov\ bad contacted the Soviets in Mexico City, It was schseguastiy: whe, * established oY investigation that the eee Sid not perta fo wots : to OSWALD,) : i | Co &, Onthe same day, 10 October 1983, CIA Hoadquastara. sent a lengthy cable summary to the Mexico City Station of tas “oe background information held in the Meadquarters! file oa SWALD, An instruction was inciuled for the Mexico City Station to pasa the substance of its 9 Cetoner repor$ to tho local representatives of the same Federal departments aad agencies that had been given the information in Washington, This instruction was immediately carried outs Io this manner the information on OSWALD 3 eoutact with, the Seviets on 1 Cctaber as passed in Mexico “City t to the Embassy, the FBI representative, tas Naval Attache,” aad to the office of the immigration a: oe ene pares ener si AT = See Nz syolication Service, There were. 59 reguasta from recitsnts of ow the report £ zthor information or for follow-up investiga sion. ; _— a: 5 SENSHIVE SCURCIS AND a 5 METHODS JNVOL VED [ + cocmngmms + am Se me mmm eeepc oes sem PER ecesTnnensperetinn we oh won ond AP rate. ne ae . 8 tf 7 Soa LAS ot teetatoe ae ee ee ’ Le. se heme OTS Tambo, sem Ne ta PACE 137, e212 copy Ho. __.
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED . % ° _ ai ve ae nee eee, ~ Ger es REM LoS Loves o£ ‘aA efter ST eer penn, i 5. iter the assassination of President Menncuy and the | arrest of Lee Harvey OSWALD, an intensive review of all | Ae avallable sources was. midexenicon ln Mexico City ta écteorraine the puxpous,ef(081 Sw. ALDS 4 visits: It was learned that OSWALD With, . ; : aed . . : had also\et od the ‘Gubsn Condulate ln Mexico City and bad 7 talked there v Nath ae clerk, a Mexican antional, named Silvia - DURAN. After the assassination and the publicity about Lea OSWALD, Silvia DURAN hed told a nuraber of relatives and fvlenda that she had talked to OSWALD about a Cuban visa. : Silvia DURA AN and hes hushand, Horazio DURAN Navazzo, were | cetalned and questlaned by the Mexican police. from 23 to 25 November 1963. | & After giving some of the details of her ‘own personal background ~ she ig an adzattted Leltist sympathizer and had. . formes sly worked for the Mexican-Cuban Institute of Cultural Relations ~ Silvia DORAN said that waen she firat st neard of the AN dea sesident Keanedy ait ha . been depres sea ang thought the assassin must naveBeca’a maniac. When she learned that ho was assoc weit, ‘the "Pals Play y for Cuba Coramittes" . —— she did net b ‘ ve ite o* ° ee . er w ‘She talked about the ease te her husband and when. she heard the name of J Lee os WALD mention nod, sae recogniz zed ites ee Cr htt T on taat heros $ ° WARMING by pd ieee | ats SENSITIVE SOT wr FS AND ee METURA OT AVET Ca woken “TMs : Le =. a . - : RT or ao “Ae ae te! . . - te : : a . Gea 44 COPY NO. PAGE 138 of 212, a
13-00000 een eraice nent ORME NE SA A OSWALD a slip be i in case Here got his ‘sovlde _ REPROBUET “instead of waiting there. his contact with OSWALD. REPRODUCTION PRONIPITER the man who had corae to the Consulate about two months before to gct a visa to transit UE. GRE we his way to the USSR. She at as vealised t ieee said he was co wried to’a Russian and that She chacked I z iins’o: on. | a in the Con: sular archives and from the éescistiv ~ - NS . data, she wis “a sure it was the same man, He was short, blanc, - poorly dressed and his face pot sod when he te |=«FLG Was | } i i cenied a Cuban transit visa because he did not yet have a Sovict visa, and he was told to get tho Soviet visa first, but. it was noted that this would take about four montas. She had asked the Cuban Consul himself, ‘Euseblo AZGUE, to talk te OSWALD and they had an 2 .rgument when AZCU ed OSWALD to leave Mexico The Consul had phoned the Soviet Cone sulate and talked to the person handling OSWALD's case, who had said it would take about four months to hear from Moscow about the Soviet yisa. The won | OSWALD had come. “pants again and she had SS ys same thing. ‘Sha’ gave | wit i a LG and telephone number oa visa. He did not cau back, she sald. 8. Silvia DURAN husband, Horaclo DURAN Navar FQ, gave essentially the same story, as he had previously heard it from wif after the assassination. ‘He had never had any personal. weve rene ie ote 9 crf ra ren fee nne | AND oo oe = ney gore Bees: —- hp | Oe A =S05 58. boo Mas HODS: iNvO OLE emer, ye an CUC20 72 = ON _ - , ; : ‘nace 139 ne 212 COPY NO.
REPRODUCTION PROWGITED * é o ae ? a _ cert - J ] 9. Siivia DURAN wes reiate srogeted by tho Mexican police from 27 to 29 Novera aber Bes che did not change or add materiaRy to her story ahovit ‘osw ALD, : ck ta Jaown that the: at a = Cuban Amba Joaq hav SERNANDE Be Armac resorted on tb Guban Government sent the Mosican Government a othte note of protect, which the Mexicans sejected, ll. We arg xeliahly a thation day after DURAN!s release, Cuboa Precident DOR writs auexiegd HERNANDEZ about hig report, HERNANDEZ confirmed that ne there had been an altercation between OSWALD end Consul a AZCUE,. DORTICOS made a persistent but unsuccessful effort to deter mine from HERNANDEZ whether tac Mexican authorities ~~ had gues stioned M Ss Dur RAN ‘about money, or thought 1 that the ~ , ‘ ~ confirmed x mae which have a bearing on Mss, DURAN!s accounts a 27 September, In mic-afternooa, Silvia DURAN _ . informed the Soviet Embass sy that a mals American citizen. woe - had requested a visa to transit Cuba on his way to the : é . 7 . Le rosa men ow ey TS, CE TEE” . mee « eer oy at: tot & Jed, wane a , oF 8 Been - HEPRONUETION |S pte PROWIENTED nn
13-00000 a any REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED + seen een sammie na ® “ee a ‘ -™ ‘ o AEM He ON oUES weEEe coe COMER NcMeD Lf 3 tek evpers 5 to ‘8 torte pe : | periens » | ome : . 2 one esired to know who the Amorican had Sovicot Union, She d aN, talked with at the Soviet Consulate, Also, she {ndicatad that the Cuban Consulate coul’ grant kim the visa and a fe arrange immigration detail if the couceagsion of a Soviet Crtza. were assured, _ ~ eer September. Pursuant to her inquiry, Silvia aS DURAN received 2 confirm=tion from the Soviet: Embassy that the American bad beon to the USSR installation, He, bad shown ther a4 icttar from the Soviet Consulate in? Waal ington indicating that he had. beta Jong 2 awatting a MS SS > : visa for himself and his wife to go to th USSR R. No . ok tem ampere se & 6 emer - answer had come from Washington; however, the waiting A period was sometimes four or five months, The Am mericen also had 2 letter attesting that ke was a member ofa pro# : Cuban organization but he had. ae imed that the Cubans would not give him a visa alesse pets) had 1 already received a Russianvisa, ~ “> Although the. America i) was still at the Cuban . Consulate, Sti Se repeated that ene dould not give him a transit visa unless a Soviet viea was forthcoming, notwithstanding the American's wish to go to Cuba to wait - 9 «3 a ; é wn _4| 33 octet eotan i areal Stee rie ‘ atte Oren aot a) qui > (C7) ee wt + ow omy 9 ret “abi wv REPRODUCTION = rtfen zt PROHIEETED
13-00000 ‘pom there for his Soviet visa According te D are American know wae ‘Bae Cuba and sha inteaied te <- appr opr iatédy ye sanctate: sient American's card, The Soviet mo echoed her = etatiiment thst the Amorican Weg not in e Jateéna a tha ct v SY * ~ Se anes any ’ oo eet at c. 28 SeptemSer, Silvia DURAN was cgain. visited oo aN at the Gubexn Embascy in Mozico City by the Americans secking a Cuban transit visa, Mra, D TRAN contacted ae a least two members of the Soviet  Basboasy and £ facitigaehd & divoct conversation between ede of she Soviet’ 2 ‘ond tne 5) Ws’ frmerican, Conversin ng in Dooz nussind the- American ' stated that he already had been to the Soviet Consulate . and had icft anaddresa, The Sovict official replied that he was aware of that, The American sugrested that he had not known his address then, and he had gone ta the “acter reve nrennemte . Cuban Embassy to ask for the address, because they ped nel it, The American then acceded to the Soviet official's invitation te come by and give: therm the addresa, d. y Cctober, In mid-marning an unidentified individual, apeaking be: oken Russian, contacted i the Sovict Military Attache in Mexico City, He said he had been to w PARPENG ~ GoCRTT 5 REPRODUCTION — gh? 22 PROXIBITED RE
is: 00000 “REPRODUCTION PROUIBITED 3 ® : e = om sercir = eee ~ ean | RASTES CEN A  fD | @ ae e @ : a _- . tac Excbassy tho previous Cnturday (28 Septeraber) and t had talked with 2,Cousubiwha hed said they would send a telegram to. Washington, had there becna reply? He va ) we. n9feferred to the Condulat e for the informatian, Loe oe 2 oa and, These additional materizls were nrorantly diges we ° Washington b = se ae aN State, and the Federal Burcan of is AMGGLLCSE ORs ene . . . . . aod @. 1 October, Sea par zaph 1 above for Lea an OSWALD 's contact with the Seviet Consulate. i, Valeriy Visdirsivoevich KOSTINOV - Ss en ane : . 13, Kis believed that the Seviet official witit whom OSWALD dealt in Mexico City was Consular Attache Valeriy Viscimirovich KOSTISOV, barn in Moscow, 17 March 1933, 4 photograpa of KOST KON - § Novermber to the Soviee GaSeutase im Washington, ROA FOP) Gomrade HOS (sie) gf the is attached, In his letter ef Ly wrote about his Hiaoetings, : Soviet Unies i in 1 Mexico! ou} atest o," There is na offictal y} cL! of the Soviet E Embasé Bs Mexico City with a name resembling Ne, RY NS Cae. NOSTIN', ottey Vion Consul KOSTINOV, 2 i4, KoOstTiIxov is the senicr efficer of five Soviet Consular representatives who deal with visas ant relate apes og TTY “| oe. af a ae er sveminmemenpiene | ++ om eee eee uns ees cee = on . . eo LY i a" = Tenth. wae te ~ ar ‘we G002 46
a “REPRODUCTION ao ne CLASSIFIED MESSAGE (— wt 7 a pm pr poe | BBCORDS-OFPECER: STANP———~ - “1 ‘7 SECRE] - The jfollowing racer “E577 a Pigeteea DE-SE. eUSITIZ ‘O —-s DIRECTOR _ 4 eoetnmnsty enim 9 wa oe ROM + MEXICO CITY Li ene \CTION: C/SR 5. ” (MR. BAGLEY, sR, MR. REI CHHARDT Why ANOFOSs: BALINOLL | “eoPies tssuep AT 0030, 24 nov 6 | NFO: ADDP, C/Cl, c/ciférs, fF ls C/WH2, D/Os'2, VR Note: If destruction, cite aN ON reasons and coordinate 3) = OnE oe _ Af appropriate. SECRET 2464062, —— ss “Sith , . vb _ IMMEDIATE DIR INS 728 | SRE REDW OODLE Lee Pay Ki REF DIR easy wt EAB (POET ot my OZR SP . Tuto Pp PR OV IDED BENG “SUFFICIENTLY DEFINITIVE. SUMMARY“OF LOCAL SF7ILO CONTACTS IVAN GAVRILOVICH ALFERIEV (UNLESS OF HERWISE STATED, INFO FROM LIENVOY). "48, 19, 23 NOV 6@ CONTACTS WITH ENRIQUETA GOMEZ OF GON RE EXTENSION OF COURTESY PERWIT FOR SELF REMAIN IN MEXL. 10, 11 No 60 WITH FNU VARELA RE DELIVERY OF SUBJ'S FURNITURE. 7 . Se .f NO 62 AND 7 MAR 61 WITH JUAN SEDILLO RE INSURANCE SUBJ CAR. w PRESIDENT OF ‘cUSAN: FEU” 18 FEB AND 28 MAR 61 WITH DENT IST DR. aP OLNT ME NT FIX SON°’S TEETH. . VALERY ~ aal- eid a LESLIE VALERY e ox FREQUENTLY USED SY SOVS. 1 MAR ARRANGES MEETING WITH IGNACIO acd ; s Se 3" .8 N® 69 SERGIO DURAN OF NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK RE PICKUP 7 8 | OF MONEY. 14, 15 NOV HUMBERTO GONZALEZ RE PICKING UP NEW CAR. > g | 25 -22 NOV SUBJ TREATED ) AR SANAT OR IO REFORMA CUSUALLY USED SY 3. a i & oa! SQVS) BY VELL KNOWN LEFT Est DR. CARLOS NOBLE HOYO WHO USED [2 i bad i FREQUENTLY BY sovs. Bx DEC: ITH THIRD SEC CUBAN CULTURAL ATTACHE ; | sy ; — TERESA PROENZA>RE aRRaNerye | PRESS CONFERENCE FOR ROLANDO CUBELA : aS Sn:, om { | 1 ! LAGUNES, PR OM INE NT PRO CONMIE AIDE OF GEN LAZARO CARDE NAS. 2s MAR FSU FEMALE MANJARREZ neh oh MONIT OR SEL IEVES Di B60 °S 4 1 aun | ‘REPRODUCTION. BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE 1S PROMI . Capy No. : on Le ehateichanamantemnaeemeenrametetl ee oe ey COFY NO.
13-00000 © ee ue C ( ; Sse CLASSIFIED MESSAGE TALKS FAMILIARLY WITH SUBJ AND INVITES HIM TO PRESS CONFER ENT mie TURE AT HOTEL REFORMA _HHERE A CUBAN TO SPEAK. 3 MAY WITH GUABALUTe _ PEREZ MACIA OF GOBERNACTON RE OBTAINING “CUNDETER} 1INED) VISA. tt JUNE AND 6 JULY with: ‘oscan SSANTAELL A FORD SALESMAN. 7 JUNE wird JUAN MARCHA. AND FNU PEREZ “onazco, ‘DOD GE SALESMEN. 2 ‘AUG CALL s _-ROGER on® “ROBERT: “KATS~ “OF ” FRANCE PRESSE" TO INVITE to “SOVEKB PRESS: | CONFERENCE, ay TAY AND 16 JUNE 1962 CALLS EDMUNDO JARDON OF PRENSA LATINA TO GET TOGETHER. 14 JUNE ASKS SPEAK WITH DR. GUILL ER NO . MONTANO ISLAS, PROMINENT MEXICAN PRO CONNIE LEADER WELL KNOWN. HOS. 22 JUNE HE AND TASS REP ANATOLIY PAVLENKO INVITED. TO LUNCHEON BY MEXICAN PRESIDENT'S PRESS SEC HUMBERTO ROMERO. 25 SEP IS INVITED TO LUNCHEON WITH DR. IGNACIO CHAVEZ, RECTOR AT UNAM. 3 DEC ACCEPTS | INVITE ATTEND BUFFET FOR PRESS ON BEHALF CARL J. HI@al, U.S. NEws AND wGRLD REPORT. 23 JAN &3- HORACIO CHANCACL INI OF UNITED | NAT TONS POST PONES HIS appothnenr WITH-SUBJ. 19 FEB FNU SABINO. CASRERA OF INSURANCE. FIRM RE (PAYNENTS. 8 MAR INVITES CANADIAN NEW SPAPERMAN JOHN “aL IUS TO srge DINNER. 50 APR REQUESTS APPSINTEENT cnn ete ren wenncars 8 tee samo WITH R ICARDA‘ CPOERY CERVANEES, PROWINENE: .L EFPLST T” {SUR NAL ist IND -° aes conan oe CLOSE FREQUENT cee SovS. 15. AND $7 “ey TALKS, wiga NEw YORK KE peethy adi _ TIKES S REP PAUL EDY WHO INVITES. SUBS DIONE "26 BAY. 1S FAY DIR RECT OR OF VOZ DE MEXICO AND PCM CENTRAL CONMITTEEMAN WANUEL TERR AZAS GUERRERO, ASKS SUBJ FoR Sov FINANCIAL SUBSIDY: - 23° WAY SUBJ CALLS JOHN RETTIE (SEE NEXT 4 4743). 14 JUNE: CALLS VELL “KNOW : - us re: «7 ; LEFTIST EM MENT INA BASSO. S- TO INTERVIEW HER. | iM oct INVITES - a “EN [QUE LOUBET OF EXCELSIOR TO SOVENB RECEPTION BEHALF costoNaLt Fe - @ (np weg] eee] eee © eee: eer Germ ce eds Sane aeeng wieneene seneteteteen EAE 2 SEO 2S SAAR ae mites e ements 2 ee oaceras ‘COPY NO. ee ee wee ce een ae teen mm me ele meee Sage . _ - 2 Oat On SD NNO ap Stee + etree + a amen
a creme ore met me | Onemen ste ne CLASSIFIED MESSAGE 38 OCT UNSUCCESSFULL ¥ wits ‘Dowr ACT CLEMENT INA BASSOLS. (4 TRIES CONTACT RIGARDO POERY. CERVANTES. . REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED Re oe. ” ee come mmnccenmactaes £ FR" 52 omemnemime - enemy eaten ear ge - meen ow ~ oo Ca od On. Pn Gi ee ” me T3 eae FIR el a. aw ABD 15 Nov ae Pantene SRE C/S COMMENT: *-REQUESTED INFO RE TRAVEL VALERIY. VLADIMIROVICH KOSTIKOY, +5 emtvee cetreenten ee CONE ‘REPRODUCTION __PROWBITED fb frets ermene on on ftom ey ht) matiny-etoning erenmnpctittiretansihntctttnttepsissseunpoenioanetssnpeenpeaenen ai . : * ' . ® : e- DiC mace 146 ote 2 COPY NO.
13-00000 a REPRODUCTION a ee a ewe ee Se wetteerumnanne 0. nan teem ee : fC} INDEX C) NO INDEX C} FILE IN CS FILE NO. TS WHITE ECUSE ATTN: MCGEONGS BUNDY TO : DEPEND OF STAT ATR: MR. U. _ADEESIS JUBNSON ov: GES GEAR INTELLIGENCE AGENCE ZONE: nae h Lf . FA) a i OEFERRED ROUTINE CITE DIR 85246. - Sri ox cane oti wigs eo 'SOn ‘IH Law IS A CUBAN WHO LIVES AS 212 JEPFERSON PARRISH, WEW ORLEANS, TEL: VERON 59653. ARNESTO ROURIGUEZ RUNS 'A SPANISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL AuD IS ANTI CASTRO. ACCORDING TO MARIA RODRIGUEZ DE LOFEZ HER soN Iu LAW HAS A TAPED CONVERSATION WER SHS Number 13-498 for FOIA Raviewdn APR ‘76 | CLASSIFICATION REVIEW GONGUCTED ON END OF MESSAGS | &IMPOET CL BY.2/22 25. ~¢/s COMMENT : * DISSEMINATION APPLICABLE TO RYBAT GPFLOOR CABLES. Di ate - a7 a Derren ys GROUP 1. . “G@eLeasine OFFICER - . “Seong sed - AUTHENTICATING | REPRODUCTION ‘BY OTHER THAN. -THE ISSUING OFFICE 1S PROHIBITED. ” Gapy No. GOCAELS PRONISITED
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROMBITED oes —™ ~ ‘ BOC. MICRO. SER. | Mav 1517S | 27 OE es | | MICROFILMED ie vee TO : Director I? som! ¥IECS , sederal Bureau 62° ‘Investipation ttention: it. S,°J. Papich rao oo; Deputy Director (Plans) de f=) as Attachzen? i isa resume of the observed sie1opetss ies of Valeriy Viadimirovic#'ZCsTIxsy and I ivan Sayvri iow ole -ViGIDaLZSRIZY ag reported by a rediable source in Haxico City. ‘erSul Attention was given to,, CSASUR . that he is the consul“was int BS september _ lw Medes Ys: 826, 25 November 1563). ALPERISY trav— sem Glled with KOSTIXOY to Northern Kexico during the early part AANS bem c® September 1$63. Seurce reported that dering the period .wCatvt under review the chserved activities OQVESSTIZOV and ALFORISY | frames \ ap appeared to be normal, a3 did the getivities ¢ of the entire Soviet Enbaessy complenent. Naan ae 3. Forwarded as Attache@at 3 is a& resume of telephones calls placed to and from tier Soyiet. Babasay on the afternoon of 22 November, Analy, AE af, ealls: made-the morning of Oo 22 Noveaber and the m&err “ina vend af ternGon of 23 November re~- ; a Wat 3. Technical surve: of the hemes of several known and suspected Soviet intelligence officers produced ao pertie nent informatica. 4 Forwarded as Attachnent Cis a list identifying ‘the Soviets whese mazes appear in Attachments A and 5. 5. Because of the extreme sensitivity of the enclosed information, we urge that the source data and the information be given the most secure handling possible. This..information is for background use only and may not. be disseninated without. permission from this Agency. “Document Number 210s OT 2X “recon OFF | CLASSIFICATION REVIEW an stone a CONDUCTED Ta a NO FOPEIGN DISSEN 27 for 63 : Soy 2844S Gocet 24. este) :
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROLIBITED a DET oa ‘ . ym aa ~ oo No re 4 DISSED WH/3/ilexico/Terry Yard:mrd 27 November 1363 | Distribution: BaASics: Urig. & L = Addressee . MEXI=-7650 (IN~-S7292) L= nz (201~239248) MEZI-7028 (IN-67253) L= CI/LIA os MEXI~7036 (IN-$7237) 1 - CI/R2A - oS _ HEXI-7034 (18-67231) 1» CI/SIG oe MEXI-7032 (1N-67198) - SR/CI 28) _ 2.— “WH/3/slexico.~ an NO. PROJECT a “a coy a” SECRET NO FOP EG DISSES ‘tchotte, ee race 249 e242 PROUD oe
13-00000 ‘REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED Enclosure A 18 November 0857 - Alferiev enters Eabassy alone (Departure not nated) 1856 - Xostikov enters\ a Wlone - 1629 Koatikov: ‘departs ‘alone | S56 =(estizor enters alsne cm \ixeatiny departs: alone ce ee eg ner 1733 = Koatikev enters alone 13 Movember 1210 - Alzeriev enters Embagsy alone 1312 - Alferiev departs with Garmaschey 1353 - Alferieyv and Cafuaschey return 1415 = Kostaxcy departs atone. 1333 = Alfertey enters: alone, an res 1633 = Kostikav\ enters lone : M0 i at iS se
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PRORIBITED \ Ete 3 0916 — Xostizov enters alone 0317 - Alferiev departs alone . 0949 —- Alferiey enters alone | 1133 — Rostikoy departs with Shubin | | 1206 - Alferiev departs alone . . | . 1240 - Koatikoy ‘enters with Shubin | | 1310 ~Kbstikov departs. apdar driven by KGB chauffeur Kalinin : 1341 =~ Rostikew enters ‘with Kalinin | 2353 = Algerte¥” enters alone 1427 ~ Xostikov departs alone 1630 ~ Zogstikoy enters alone 22 Noyenber C853 - Alferiev enters Embassy alone 0904 ~ Xostikov enters alone 1005 ~ Eostikov has discussion with Shubin 1016 - Kostikov departs with Shubin 1023 = Kostikov. enters ‘with Shubin 1030 - Kostikov dovarts witht wigs’ and Shubin 1250 ~ Kost ior, wate and: ‘sb | 1302-1312 - Kotter. speaks in garden with Kazantsev 1336 | - Kostikov depts with Soubin, Shpakevich, Torvetn, driven by Kalinin | 1402 . ALL above return iS
13-00000 | 14923 1339 1425 - 1430 1440 1100 1207. Kostizov enters wits REPRODUCTION PROLIBITED xéstikev talt cing in garden with Alferiey, Andreyev, and Turygin asostikov departs aa ear with family Al?eriey dopatts atone Alferfev enters alone . emai <Giteciov aepaitn ne Alferiev enters alone. 4 xophanse enters alone 23 Noveuber Bostikov speaks with Kazantsev and Shubin KXestikoy departs with Xazantsey and Shubin Alferiev enters alone Kostikov, Kazantsev and Supe atskov, Shubin, ‘Rostikov Teague and Slavnov Kostikov departs with Snubin and Romancchenko Alizeriev departs alone 2% Nevenber  _ Algeriev enters Embassy alone . . nad shaman MRUES , . ‘ ceeet yrs) aK
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED oo Aheae 1326 = Algeriev departs with ‘Shéngalev 1410 «- Alferiev enters with Shéhgalev 1449 ~ aisexDow, \Kostikxov, Kazantsev and 2 unidentified Soviet vi visitors: depart és car} ads Yow pram cate weir, nq NO EH mene a | PROKISITED a
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROKISITED Zncliosusve B 22 Hovenber coverage of Soviet =mbassy normal. Fan 22 Movember coverage follows: 9°. : 4 nd 1250 = Cuban Consul. Alfredo. Mirabaa Diaz asks to speak wita Yatskoy... Latter apparently umavailable and Kostikog cones on ine. With following conversation cusuing fantiiae- form,” aS ¢ Forgiv@ ag: tor arriving lata. Hints Did you recover the suitcase? ' KOS: Yes WiRs Then it was arriving on the other trip. _ KOS; Yes WIR: I called to tell you the following, that regarding , that matter that we had talked about, to see if : we would spend Sunday in Chapultepec Park becauge my wife is prevaring some food to eat there. 3s «6d X'm Sorry but I’ve just made plans for another trip and I’m leaving this very day. E50 please forgive me for not being 25le. to go with you. BiRs i'd like to talk-to Pavel” Yatsiay. AY 2 HOS: Wait a minute: UhetiL cone, nog NIZs I? hats busy teat ia later, but I*21 be available tor tie Se Ba hour 2t telephone KOS: O. K. 1334 - Reporter requests statement. Unidentified Soviet ‘pale refuses. 1323 © Female implies to: Sukbarenko that the Soviet Anbassador has said to make: Ao statenent. 1445 = Yugeslay_ Anbassador - Wiehov calls and speaks with Soviet sereoeT, Anbassador: Bazarov in\iwSsian. — Talk oriefly ahout |. assaseination telling each other what they know, which ae  —m By. a Owe’ g CERRET i 592 te ES \ HO FOPEGH Ts cil PROGBITED goe2t 27 ‘once 154 op 212
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROWMEHT Fm RATT { Nase Nd) Fa PEG WISSEL , agpears to be only waat they wot froma the rudio. 1556 © Un dentified woman advises bavi Zeta af assassination. 1a44 ~- YnidentTf ted ° vesorter asks for Xazantsev, advised tbat Sazantsev mot\in, will be back wonday, 0959—1400. mon 1543 ~Unidentitied. males for tukharento, told he isa't Vinee 5 eae . ; ~ 1632 - vatigotitiea female reporter told Savict Yuhassy not —__ working today, Saturday er Sunday. (1715 - Raperter calls for statement. None given. ~ Sazantsey cails his residence, personal. call. 1744 — Reporter told to call back Monday. L750 = Unicentizied male asis tor Leonov. ‘Mot in. 1755 = above calls agais oS 7 neporter told call hack tondaye) PROMIBITED
13-00000 iO, Ht REPRODUCTION PROWMGITED ( aes Ng rire A pissee ATTACIGIENT C TO CSCI-3/773, 8381 | ivan Gavrilovicnh ALPERICY - Yaleriy Vladimirovich KOSTIZCV - Aleksay Ivanovich GARMASCHEY ~ Vitaliy Banteovien SHUBIN ie AK Snttrizerich EALININ - Boris Atpksaadovich KAZANTSSV - Viadimin tyanovich SHPAREVICH «= VYiadimir Ivanevich ANDREYZY = Vladimir Vasilyevich TURYGIN Pavel Antonovich YATSROY = ‘Vladimir PORZHUNOV - Gennadiy STROGANOY. - Nikolay Petrovich SLAVROY ss ws Vladimir ROWANCHEYEO- = Lev Fedorovich SHENGALEY = f Oleg Haksimovich NECHIPORENED © = Sergey Semyonovich AUZHARENED = Nikolay Sergeyevich LEONOV - - SECRET Pravda Correspondent Attachs Consular Office Consul Chaufzeur | | | Attache . . | ! Counselor Third Secretary First Secretary | ~» Third Secretary Attache Code Clark Radio Operator Code Clerk Second Secretary _. Raployee, Comercial Offtica ‘¥ice Consul Second Secretary; viet tatormaten= E53 Stiga . Taird Secretary “NO FOREIGN Sse REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED — PAGE 156 of 212 COPY NO.
13-00000.. REPRODUCTION PROLIBITED et) AS oy 22 Eovember coverage of Soviet cuosssy normal. . 22 Hoyemper coverage Followst - a“ 1230 — Cuban Consulé Aisreae Sijrabal Diaz aaks to speak with Yatskov. Latter : apparently unavailable and kostikoy) Genes on linajwith following conversation ousqing familiar Samia eur - BOBS Forgive.ne ‘tor arriving: late. BIR: Did reeover the suitcase? KOS: Yes Hizs Then it was arriving on the other trip. S65: Yes SIRs I called to tell you tha following, that regarding that matter that we mad talked about, to see if we wruld spend Sunday in. Chapultepec Park because ny wite is preparing. Some ford to eat there. Zone {*s sorry bat five just made plans for another tris and I's ieaving this very day. So please forgive me for Rot. deLlng able to go with you. | HIB; I'd like to tal: to Pavel Yatakov. RSS 3 Wait a minute, ke’ll come now. Ia; if he’s busy I*11 cail him later, tat I'll ke . availasle tor the next half nour at telephone He Llelsed7, - £082 G. RB. x 1334 = Leporter requests. statements» a Woteentittea Soviet : - : male refuses. . _ a 7S . 1228 ~ Fenale inplies- to * Runtas oni tat the Soviet obaseador has said to make no" statenaat. 1445 - Yugoslav Aghadanded. Viahioy calis and speaks with Soviet Se Anbassador ne : x ‘in Passiaa. Salk briefly ubout eaca other what they kaov, which gerry Pay -ty°? , ena Mi pF tissu COPY No.
13-00000 appears to be only what they got from the radio. 1550 = Unidentified woman advises Seviets of assassination. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED 1 HSS brage fet 4 + FEL ca Ou Co Le ee ae i rm j yard t i ri 1é44 —@ Unidentified reporté> asks for Kazantsev, advised that Kazantsey Rot. aa, Will be back Monday, 0920-1400. 1645 ~ Unidentified male eae ime ~ 7 ee . ares ‘een 7, a for Kuxharenko, told he isn't ~ ee ; 1652 o Unidentified fenale- ‘yeporter told Soviet Zabassy not working today, . Saturday or Sunday. “1716 2 Reporte cdita for statement. Hone given. o- Kazantsey calls his residence, personal cail. 1744 — Reporter told to call back Monday. . 1750 = Unidentified male asks for Leonov. ‘Not in. 1735 = above calls again ; | - Reporter told cail wk ean . aranes iy af nme eee ee mn ceeeteee en a erence tet dC 34 Pau oe
13-00000 ‘REPRODUCTION ‘PROHIBITED a He. NO FOREIGN DISSE | | STTACELENT C TO CSCI-3/773,351 | l. ivan Gavrilovich ALYERISY., = Pravda Correspondent | 2. Yaleriy Vladinirevich KOSTIEOY | ~ Attache Consular Office Be MexSer. Ivanovich cARRASCIEY = Conaul . Le Vitaliy. Borisovich. suis = Attache 7 5. Yurty DattPayentcs RALININ: = Chauffeur 8. Boris Aleksandrovich KAZANTSEY - Counselor 7 VYindinir Ivanovich SHPAKEVICH - Third Secretary 8. Vladimir Ivanovich ANDREYZY = First Secretary $. Yiadimir Vasilyevich TURYGIN ~ Third Secretary 20, Pavel Antonovich YATSXCY - Attsche — 21, Vladiair PORSHURCT — Code Clerk 18, Gennadly STROGAECY ~ adie Operator 13. Nikolay Petrovich SLAYS0Y at Code Clerk 14, Vladimir ROMANCHEIZO ~ Second Secretary — 15. Ley Fedorovica | ~ Mplorre, Comercial 16. Oleg Yaksimovich ‘om Vice Consul | 17. Sergey Semyonovich cmon ~ erty: intoraatioa is. Hikolay Sergeyevich LEONOV = Third Seer Secretary , *, =) we ~ SECRET: 2) FOREIGN DSSEM | REP aOOUCTION 7 —— ve zee + 2u _ PROGIBITED OS i ; .
13-00000 -REPKODUCT PRORIETTED i WAS aes aw: Tbe | | a a fs cs, 283d CaM re xt Pak | os, CECH 29 JUL it. | | | MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. J. oa Rankin General Gounsel - President's Gommission on tha Assassination of President Kennedy. - SUBJECT: | LestHiarvey Oswald Vs 1, Mr. Phe ie Liehelar of your atafi phoned me last Friday and requeated thas. SES urnish the Commission with an affidavit , respecting the oxriginind circumstances of a photograph of an uaicnewa- fadividual; Wwitich was furnished by this Agency to the F Pedant Bureau of vestigation on November 22, 1963. “ NIN wo 2. 1 orwarding an affidavit with this memorandum a | which T trust wlll satisfy your needs. Decause of the extrema. senaitivity of the souscea involved, I have refrainad from adding iurther detalls. a 3. @he Central Intelligonce Agoncy recommends that.” this chotograph not be reproduced In the Commission's report, because It would jeopardise a most confidential and productive ‘operation. In addition, lt could be embarrassing to tha indie _ vidual involved who as far as this Agoncy is aware, had no - connection with Lee Harvey Oawald or the assassination of ' President Kennedy. 4, In view of the above, a sensitivity indicator has bee aillced, to thia cammanlcation, - sh vant y Titeet cr r Richard Helms Deputy Director for Plans _ ee Attachment - a/s eee re ea PROM mre COPY NO.
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROWIBITED ee F&F ae . . ° ° | amp © | ee _ 5 ne, 2T : “ ~ wt theo @ ; : Distribution: Orlg & 1 Addressce | 2-DDP aN . 1 = CI/R&A/Oswald 201; No . 7 a 1 + CI/R&A/Dooley -~ Le WH/Whitten 3 CUA iA/ claps | . «Soi \ez July 1964. 1 tore nnn ane re a atm net uA wets + Ne 2 ortPey [ . Sou PROHIBITED a
13-00000 Co) SECRET C EYES QALY 20 February 1964 SUBJECT: Documents Ail in OSWALD's 201 File ° l A machine dtéting of docuthents officially recorded as being in OSWALD's 201 file was quested and is attached. The actual machine work of this woe bes begun in 1963, but a few items of previous dates were also recorded. 2. A comparison of the documents physically available in the 201 file and those recorded as being in the 201 file has shown that 37 documents which should be in the 201 file are not available init. This total is made up of: _. @ dispatches 7 memoranda from the FBI 1 CSCI 2 State Department documents 25 cables. 3. Machine inquiries for the location of these documents have not been made, ; . ‘Docunient Number wt et one ete Bu Vw a aol NR ‘ 7 fe , if \ - a ’ for FOIA Review on JUN “Us fae AS SORE coe2t Jo 7 REPRODUCTION : Oe 7 | . ; E 162 4 222 PROHIBITED REPRODUCTUON PROFITED 212 ad
13-00000° ~ pepaORUITIOR pRGMIRITED Mr. ve lee Raniein — “AY . Would you please be good enough to tele= - phone me on Monday, 9 March, bx which time TO) oy Dance At thie mterile co » (Senet) 2 a ect Wabard ao ewe Richard Helms - 6 March 196, Crane: ‘Say eM a ge 189 au -— PRORIBITED
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED 224 KAAZ~-22595° & Mar 64 MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr, J, Lee Rankia b SUBJECT: ation in CIAtg Possession = <R me Lee Harvey CS¥VALD a Peter to Nowemiber 22, 1363 as  Jranze'teel ct ~ 7 a a “plavren Cement Fe peo, We reine ao \e *Shis refers to your letter of February xb’ 396% address ‘tothe: Director of Central Intelligence which has been ras to me for xeply. 2. Paragraph three of your letter requested the Agency to supply the Commission with a report on intormatian in the Agency's possession regarding Lee Farvey COWALD prior to Riovermber 22, 1963, The request was predicated upon the footacte on rage mvo of CIA's repert to the Gommission dated 31 January 1904, entitled: ‘“Inforrnation Developed by CIA on | the Activity of Lee Harvey CSWALD in Mexico City, 28 Seze= te mber « 3 Cetober 1963", —_ ‘here is attactied aa exact reproduction of the z's cificial dossier]/on Lee Harvey CS\VALD beginning With the opening Sneet dated. 9-December 1960, The entire dossier carries the security classification of Secret and consists of thirty documexts arranged in chronological order, On the basis of clearances from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Devartment. of State, the Depastznent_ef Navy, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Hho were queried by us after the receipt of your letter, wecare: able to make available exact copies of all materials. ia oon file BP to early Cetober 1963, These inclode: Te _ - : a: Ze aia sonar eng, DID =ASAK £SL6Ts 2b IT? RO oR for FOIA Review on N aor VANS coeacay PROWBITED rn Qe QITIDFET
13-00000 a REP ROIUCTION PROLIBITED a. Seven documents received from tae Federal Bureau of Tavestigation, mon Ten documents received from the Department . One document (a name check request) Gora the imrnigration and Naturalization Service. e, Four newspaper clippings, £, Five internal CIA notes, ge GIA report dated 3r Janua y 1964 to the Commission which covers all substantive: developments affecting CIA in the matter of Lee Harvey OSWALD irom 9 Octover to 22 November 1963, The report, indicated the disseminations . of information ‘developed by: ClAthat were zaade to other Federal agencies during that > period, This itern, as was printed ont at te time, is particularly sensitive and bears apar opriate senbitivity indicators. & You will note that almost all of the documents carry rarkings required for CIA's internal records processing, A few of the papers contained the names of our employees or identifications of specific organizational components, We have taken the liberty of blocking out these items as they do not bear on the substance of the Commission's request. . Richard Helms Deputy Directer for Flans - Original & 2. . Addressee “ le C/Cl/SIG _. 1» DDP Subject. t= C/CI/R&A "1 » DDP Chronar. oe 1» C/WH/3 . 1 » C/CI yO DUET 1° 2014289248 | GURGRoccade/ 7468/4 March ee (Inventory of documents contained . in file attached foe Si bes Sitesase! | BO BSIDES Fone |
‘REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED to the Commission ‘a 4 J ., . State Telegram I Nos: 130g, October al, 1959. (Confidential) va vv. Be Newspaper. Asticle from the W ea sae Post, Novernmber 1, 1959 v3, cy, Lt Internal Note dated 2 _ November 1959 (oral FBI name - bho request) and NR reply ¢ dated 4 November 1959 (Confidential) —~ oo € .. “+ H4, Seeeue Despatch 234, November 2a 1959 (Confidential) / 1. 4S, State 7 Negram 1358, November 9, 1959 (Confidential) + | s+ #6, State Telegram 1448, November 9, 1959 (Confidential) or «« 1, Newspaper Clipping from Washington Post, November 16, 1959 » 8, Newspaper Clipping from Evening Star, November 26, 1959 ~ P Inventory of Documents Contained in OSWALD Dossier Forwarded { i + v% DBF 49478, 25 May 1960 (Confidential) — “ wt0, Internal CIA Biographic Profile dated « cirea : May 1960 (Confidential) ~ fil, Letter from the Department of State (Cumming) to DDP (Bissell) _ Gated October 25, 1960 (DD/P 0-5679 - Secret) , headed Cota * 12, DDPR tesponse to mayueprnae) 5 21 November 1960 mp/e 06003 - = Secret) a V13. Internal CIA Request for Opening of 201 fle, 9 December 1960 (Secret) | ena ee ee «14, State Memorandum of Conversation dated January 26, 1961 (OU) f “5, State Instruction A-273, April 13, 1961 (OUO) v ~A6, Foreign Service Despatch 806, May 26, 1961 (OUO) AX . Foreign Service Despatch 29, July 11, 1961 (QUO) ee, pFBg218l, July 13, 1961 (Confidential) - Te KOR Z~ 2. |S ORY dor-avnaee “suum
13-00000 ‘REPRODUCTION PROMIAITED foe : “ ~, */19, internal Gla Meme,for the Record, 28 September 1961 (Secret) v “20. Foreign Service Penpeten 317, Ceotober 12, 1961 (OUO) VV te A LNS Name Checle Request, December 5, 1961 S22, 3 f Maissage 20197/RB/3, 3 March a 1962 (Confidential) v /23. DNA 1624, 26 April 1962 . ; “ #24, Newspaper Clipping from Washington Post, June 9, 1962. $ 25, DBA 20883, September 7, 1962 (Confidential) ; one ° . Pa x “27, DBA 52355, 24 September 1963, 7 thwewle’ U5 date tweed oo SCN 9 Ly en a ve y 28 DBA 55715 (umber untiibar},"% November 7, 1963" af ochele 146 [Acie ok Ave) y #29, DBA 55777, November: 8, (1963 w Ad. CIA Summary Report on Activities of OSWALD in Mexico City, dated 31 January 19640 Mer Qo\- 2ST2¢4P oc2049
13-00000 scam = = Be an CLASSIFIED MESSAGE °C 1282 first Erich W. Isenstead:br .e ROUTING — S/EE Sd i sige RENO Inox --RYBAT SECRET a = ed ; : o¢ C] FILE IN CS FILE NO. st} a | . yee i§ diz | BERLIN FRANKFURT , . FROM= DIRECTOR . Ba - . J | ROUTINE MEO: , o/oci, pop, OOP: pe/el, c/ci/st, VR | 7 N ec vO BRLN : INFOS FRAN | yp - CHEDR |, tee RE: BRLN 5267 (IN 9os4e) © Ry - fr | rae SN iRIRGOAD CONNECTION MARINA OSWALD HEADQUARTERS - DOES NOT Destine LONG-RANGE OPS INVOLVEMENT SUGGESTED PARAGRAPH 3 REF. . END OF MESSAGE: G/s. COMMENT: *Reggab has number complex financial, “documents and persoral problems which leading him consider return to Moscow for further study in cinematographic institute. Believe he would definitely return if | encouraged by us and that he susceptible to recruitment as KUBARK agent during Moscow sojourn and possibly. as 3 long range asset in Morg aces . _-REconng orrrcEn CLASSIFICATION REVIEW “uB6 1 Co The Seton att STAMP = [CONDUCTED oS 2 1 authors, “ction is E_.-IMPDET CL BY_./7A 07 Document Number ————-— os coPy — Di: 2 se 6s PFOA Review on RAY 75 OO Stgnea: D-200- 5 41 ahd * MEE: : vif “fee we tet Note; P< des+ Tuctig fos 700208 Rese 2 Boas ; and eon Site . ze : SS @inat pe/scr 7” PPfoprehte. ° hia 7 an - w Ne me Y ADDP .._... _ GOORDINATING OFFICERS cRouP 2 | RELEASING OFFICER ec eeneadigeg eb _ AUTHENTICATING: . — : ‘ - a: . Seetassification . “  % OFFICER . . 7 oe Fas s . : * . -REPRODUCT ION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE: IS PROHIBITED. . an | Copy No, REPRODUCTION | ; | | 7 | | - : : | . ; aa es ae aan ee eee a em ate a mee ec mapa
‘REPRODUCTION ee “X¥AAZ-~ a2ecy ee al mee, ere MEMCRANDUM FOR: Myr, J.. Lee Rankin - SUBIZCT: , Masten 3 witolewma CSYALD as aes: veent Tod ake ‘Reference: ts ends to the second paragraph af your menmurasiium dated.12' February 1964, and the second para- — graphet yeut memerandum of 16 March 1964, relative to dioserinatigas Sf information made by CLA to the Seeret Servise. 2. immediately aiter the assassination of Presideat kennedy CLA undertook to assembie through its stations in Europe all available data, including information in the filles of cther governments and intelligence services, on the traveis and activities of Les Harvey OSWALD and Marira _ iiolev== OSV ALD, This information, as it was collected, rade available te the White House, the Department of State and the Federal Surean of Investigation, Copies of these messages were also. Sere to the Secret Service, | 3. Attached to this \einorandum are exact copies of. two teletyped messages relative to the travels and activities of the CSWALD= fAttachmerts A and B). Paragrapas ¢g andh of Attachment © are paraphrased, In Attachment C, OUT Teletype No, 85715, are found references to two other tele- | typed messages (OUT No, 85182 and OUT No. 35665) which — describe one Richard Thomas GESS ON, a negro journalist 3/6 NAF Yo Mapoy Wigg so} OLB Joquiny juownoog res te , , . : A i oy 20l “ATTLZFY ‘oooara2 - oo - paGE 169 212 _ REPRODUCTION 7 rt PRORBIMED |
13-00000 REPRODUCTION lay for Cuba Committee, Parapkrases of No, 35132 and No. 85665 are included aa Ateicoments Dand =, Access to original texts of paraphrased: Hans will be provided whan - members of your staff visit Langley. The information on which paragraphs g and h of Attachment C ars based was received at CIA Headquarters on27 November and disserni- rated on cae Noversber.. _. crea oo ‘this mémorsodum and the attachments contain very ccnsitive te S ion which has a direct bearing on sources and = 8. Anagpropriate sensitivity | indicator has therefore been aifixed, / ~ i now residing in Switzerland who has been active in the Fair | i | | | | | | i i i Richard Nelma Qeputy Director for Plans x Attachments« 7 as stated Distribution: a : Original & 2 ~ Addressee w/attac*\ ane 1 » DDP Ghrono watts.” o 1 ~ DDP subject w/atts” a - Mr, Rocca wiatts . — l= C/GISIG wfatts®: 1 = G/ WEL w/ atts: ° 1 ~ 201-~ Qs - CI/REA/TRYaL/ 6664/26 Mafch 1964 , aetna co02t 4s sane 170 of 212.
13-00000 Wp eee Pew inEnrIns oe ERROR Heme SammeAT Inoue ano * | Nikotsyevna Pusakova OSWALD crossed West Germany from in German records this is probably because little attentios ie oe “BS, REPRODUCTION PROMIBHTED Teletype message, OUT No. 96702, dated 4 December 1553, siled at 1411 hours, to the White House, the Genartment of State and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with copy to the Secret Service, ~— —_ “\ Attachment A i | | SUBJECT: Lea Hasvey | CaWALD oN we RNs Records of the forsigners recards office of the German cy Federal Republic in Gélogne) Germany, show that Marina me SS, East Germany te Holland on 3 June 1962, She traveled by rail, | erogesing into West Germany at Helmstedt on 3 June and enter- ing Halland by rail at the Bentheimn crossing point, she had West German visa 694/62 issued at the ‘V est Germany Embasay in Moscow, She listed her final destination as Ue SeAe Gorsment: This confirms information irom the U. Ss. ‘Embassy in Mescow to the effect that the CSWALD family traveled from Rlovcow to Rotterdam by rail around 3 June 1962, Halmstedt and Dentheim are on the: main rail ould £ fromm Ruseia to Rotterdam. While - Lee CSVWALD himself and their infant daughter are not recorded.” paid to U.S. citizens and to intanta in keeping travel recordg, 2 | : + fipe PY ao Gal we X je 2dIZ# XAAZ- ae) me  €e 3 cacecs4 | cory NO. Fens 7
13-00000 . ra) Attachrrert B uy Teletype message, OUT No, 87520, dated @ December 1553, filed at 1829 hours, to the \/hite House, the Denartrment of Staite aml the Federal Bureau of Investigativua, sith copy to the Secret Service, SUBJECT: Lee —o— A SSS Cotas Pa “Reference ts, sadeto ow OUT telegram Now 36722 of. a “A Betenber 11963-which gave information oa the travel of - warid(CaWALD {and presumably alac Lee oe ALD acd their daugnter) acroea West Germany on their return from the Soviet Union, Information 2ow available f om Puts} authorities seers to confirm this, On 3 June 1962 ome | seco a M,. CSVALD, listed as a male Russian citizen, extered The Netherlands by train at the Oidenzaal border point. Commest: B is believed that the listing of this persca_ as a male instead of férmals was just an error of the border officials, Note that Olderadal is ppposite Bentheim, the ezman border point where Marina oSvALD left Germany. AA nary be bey ene? PROBED — 3 (te a -/ vq REPRODUCTION PRORIBITED
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PRONIGITED 4 ttachoment CG EERE Eee eRe TRE EER a trte tee idee sf Teletype message No. 85715, dated 29 November 1963, filed at 1320 hours, to the White House, the Department of State and the Foderal Bureau of Investigation, with copy to the Secret | Service, Lee Farvey CSwALD on ‘The fttonig infor mation has been gathered from _& 9 October 1959: According toveificial OT a" Pe) \ British travel records CSWALD serhee ia Southampton this date claizning on his rally & Gera that he had no fixed address but planned to remain in the United Kingdom ons week for vacation before going onto "some school" in Switserland, {(Head- | quarters comment: or chasly referring to the | Albert Schweitzer College-in Switzerland with which he ts knowti to have been ta correspondence.) 7 Be 19 October 1959: According ta the same | official British travel records CSWALD lett Lorion — "thle date by air for Holainkt, - | - 201- 235 1243 ey Han” 764 ia
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROGIBITED Ge Cetober, 1959: Stockholm newspaper, Dazens ATR, | Nyheter, of 25 November 1363 states Lee CSVALD | ~ passed through oni during October 173}. Article alse ade: ag OSWALD Was unsucceastul i obtaining visded Bo USSR in Helsinki which resulted in his ; a returning ta Stockholm, Two days after be arrived in , Stockholm OSWALD traveled directly to Moscows'. a, Loe Conciuding sertence cf article states "Ehis. Silcaten that the Russian Embassy (Stockhoim Eve sie a. visa, n 2 NG on ua According toa reliable source there Se Re ecged that there was any request for a USSR visw ve ocented through normal channels for CSWALD at any time - during 1959, aud source indicated it was difficult to explain how OSWALD might have received his visa in two days without going through normal channels, The. only conclasion which can be drawn is that CSVALD _ must. have peceived his visa directly from the Soviet | Embasay i in Stocldastn which occasionally is done in ~ ASS aod special cases, but the source had no evidence to confirm . this assumption, pRONUEITED a
13-00000, te ae event pe SS Baden Boe tos, Sas REPRODUCTION —-PROGIBITED d. ldto 15 October 1953: According toa very: reliable Ree extremely, sdasitive source CSVA LD stayed a . at the % Torn ‘Hotet in weainkt from 10 to 1L Cctcber and tome Many Soni Hotei where he stayed 2 Stabes; apparently waiting for 2 visa ta he - issued him by the Soviet Consulates in Helsinsl, He . freer GIRS ne Gate MBH ee 8 Prod ' traveled to the USSR by train, crossing at Vainikkala on es 13 May 1962: According to a Dutch oitiatas’ ° “a, source, the Dutch Charge ia Moscow: issued a transit. 8 woes ee visa to OSWALD 's wife on 13 Dain, 2962, _ Their: setords ‘reveal hia wife was barn on 17 Jwy {Guiiteaa af 19 July 1941 and in Sever odvins’s instead of Minsk, There is no record of her having actually transited ‘The Netherlands. (£, «1962: Official British records do not reflect that OSWALD returned to the United States from the Sa through the Gaited Kinglom However, if he were merely transiting, § it would not fave been necessary for ‘him to fill: out a. landing card, and | therefore there would be no record of hia travel in - the official tratfic intex, 7 oo Sen “Hin ra
13-00000 . | re REPRODUCTION ~, { ge 1983: According to an extremely sensitive and reliable source, on 23 Boveeaber 3 Maria SNETHLAGE, head of the. 50% ferkgroup ‘Infor matis Cuba! (Workgroup | Infgeiation G uba)s, told  ae-denplayes of the Cuban | Embseeyta The. want that she was sure she had met | | - | that ste SESE is Havana, who did the murder", Sha | described him as a man of violence and | entirely full of | ‘hate and indicated that it was possible t thas this man had | been misused by a group, She said she tad written to 'GISSON" about the bad impression she had bad of thia : LEE, (Headquarters comment: Please refer te our teletype Nos, 85182 and 35665 for additional informatioa on GISSON,) Later, SNETHLAGE told Castro Cubans in The Hague that "Mr, LEE of the Fair Play for Cuba Cornmittee had been slandered and that it was another person named Lee CSWALD whe had done it, SNETHLAGE _ seemed to be glad to have heard this “correct” version, (Headquarters comment: Me, LEX may be identical with ‘Vincert Theodere LES who replaced Richara GISSON as Head of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.) PROUBMED ==
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROLIBITED b. According to reliable Teedbmation, SNZETHLAGE was in Cuba in Jacmary 1 263, ‘and ‘according to an official 7 oo iN a: ' Dutch source, she againts traveled tet tease for the May Day celebrations Eas 963. ° PROMEITED ;
13-00000 pePHOOUCTION PROUIBITED Attachment D vg ; Teletype Mo, 35152, dated 22 November 1963, filed at 1932 hours, to the White House, the Degartment of State and the Federal Bureau. of Investigation,’ with copy ta the Secret Service, (paraphrase) _ “, —™ * : LOE meee ae tne ty eR tS ae = = + -< Te et DS 4 = i oe at d - * * ra Ze ! | Switzerland, on 23 November 1963, Richard stones SOM. oO remarked that OSWALD is "one of us", OSWALD and G Gisson~” oO had correspanded two years previously, cere eSHALD, had joiced the Committee, (Comment: Reference ia\prssumably to the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. } GIBSON added that he had destroyed all bis. Lstters. trom CSVALD. CSWALD is crazy. cmson then remarked tat he ia happy that he was , as ar ve ae net in Ne@ Yor, “He felt sorry for "LEZ" in New Yorkand =~ Na an wee for © TIBOR", "or _ extremely sensitive source who is usually reliable, 3, According to other information that was available, - Richard Thomas GIBSON, born 13 May. 1931 in Les Angeles, California, isa negro journalist who has beemactive ia the ATT. toh - XAAZ-2266! | | Je ata es | PAGE 178 of 212 COPY NO. -_ ———
REPRODUCTION PRORIBITE Yair Play for Cuba. Committee NN 1960, He has resided since April 1363 at Laysatom, Srekne rlami, In thia latter country crpsempha ee participated inthe publication af La aN oN iid . Revolution Ae ateee Sy 27
REPRODUCTION PROMIGITED Attachment E Teletype message, CUT No, 35565, 28 Novernber 1963, filed ‘13826 hours, to the W “nite Houst, the Department of Stats and 2 Federal Bureau of Investigation, with copy to the Secret ervice. (paraphrased) oat ee o Dn aa ‘ ° _—) . 2 oD 1. na behav ta the’ Hague has reported that on “ e | | | | { | Nd 3, a iceal Castroite named Iéiaria SNETHLAGE 23 November | told Third Secretary Ricardo SANTOS of the Cuban Exbaesy in The Hague that she knew the "Mr, LEE" (sic) who murdered Prasident Kennedy. She described " en as a man full of hate and viclence, and speculated thas he had. been misused 7 by a group", She said she had.w‘iten toG :BSON {undoubtedly 5 Rickard GIBSON, Bise ¢ sittten of 1 Lausanne, Switzer land, born ,\@ 13 May 1935, a Castro rv, who had visited The Netherlands recertiy and had been in contact beth with the Soviet Ambassador and the Cuban Excbassy). | ‘2. Later that. same day Maria CNETHLAGE told Secretary SANTOS that "Me, LEE of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee - bed been slandered. The assassin had been another person, Lee CSWALD, SNETHLAGE is + reported ta have been in Cuba in January and again i in bay 1965, . .
13-00000 : | | | ‘REPRODUCTION PRORIBITED 3, #ccording to Dutch authorities on 7 Moversber 1563, in talking about attacks by Cuban rotugees against ths Cuban } cainland, SANTOS had replied I “past walt and you v “il. sve what | > we can do, Beil ‘happen Soon, | "Asked to be more precise, Toes : NTCS 5 fad replied. efust vrais “fast wait, SANTCE is reported to have a oronCastpabrether inthe U.S.A. 4, A very sensitive source reports that attox nis conver= sations with SNETHLAGES, SANTOS waa very angry because she had contacted. hirn, | bo bare Sees : og, 7 Kof-274¥ §2UF corr HO. — PINE
gw REPRODUCTION PROWMEITED WARNING NOTICE SENS OURCES A. ME! dos INVOLVED XKAAZ- 17626 PASMORANDLUS FCR: Me, J. Lee Hoosin Pale Comeges _Pyeskdeng’s Commalasion oa the | Ageasulnstion of Presidant Kanmedy ° 2legutions Ragarding Inteilisence Training Scheel is 2 ino User as Trawse! teel Te i. Hagations ofthe e mistence of a Soviet intelligence’ endfor’ sabotage training s school in Minsk, UASR, have come to the attention af the Agency frese preas reviews. Also, thers Ass bavn an informal inauirvy from a caumber of thy Commission, am Indies, very recently on this detsii. I # tis epportuntty Bir. ow? to furnisi: fo the Commission the iniermatione eaich, the Agsy has on this topic. SS Sor’ fe *% carertal review of Sb files i Bags prodeced ae bard jaformation regarding Zovizt intalll: gence or sabotage training in idinsk since 1947. Una itera of information supplied by a Soviet © - tefector in E49 reported the axistemce, as of 3947, of an intelligence raining school in Minsk. No adiitienal detaila, however, were syaitabts regarding ifs eayriculam or location in Minsk, Information ceys fenerd iftOm our gources ¢ or cavrobersted the continued «= aivtencs of the inst tailation. 3. * another reference in cL: files te trafaing is Minsk relates ta the existence of a sabetags echeei which functioned im MMinak antil ihe Germaon attack on the = Soviat Uaien in 1941, #38 snoyenk to ) Lemmings Fs after | wien the school WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE SCURCES AND i METH 295 INVOPVED | 7A a I aera BUR RENT, Tieemn som ap cemerom ee ines 10429 haa not montiousd, confirmed, . z «6B a 3 ® $§ ‘= 2 Z 461 or
13-00000 ee REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED @ . ; { 7 - i ' i Se . ‘ 5 | ' ad 4. These twe items of iniorriatos, are the only gags in the pavazazion of this Agency rubeting to Intelligenes agd zabotey3 training in Mins. They avo Sornighud te the Commissica ia qvicr te completes ta séeords. Beckuse of the sansithes searces invelvad, it has beeh e ecaseary tS aie sensitivity indicator to this memeraaaee, © aw so richard 3 # tahoe Cepety Oiccetor for Fians Original & & le Addvossae . Z~ DOP i. 7 {TI7R P= “eles Griginated bya” CH/RBA[Badlattenats S04, 4 June 1964) Sor WARNING NOTICE - SENSITIVE SONI ees AND  OMETHORS rover St oi a en even “sunra re
REPRODUCTION PROMIBITE | | 16 December 1963 veeras Daweka ai tives iqutioe Aicamtbems. Se. 3. 3. Mure  Sueaice Vows Pon EERNGTI9 Sommemsoon tho Eeneety Aarmsmincs oa a de sacaniied tae your seveend are toe wrtttan ccmoeats or BS Foaeataee Stine Po Somat. 3% . kate, SERS doferted ona Jae Te 263 abe th Ge es. came. t ween yeortedee t¢ cot. 2D te date, Deh he Bee staged icceek with: Soviet tagettisonss 2 eeLonet te ther bee. cf bie aidlttkp. Ele commas on bor ey Gren Xen Sts Site oeat Bove ee ee wT ne eae Lee Be va heme deeiiat 1a gase ct bis wiew yitheu sitting, * a cl nie games Ones st apeelolekiiy tices Gin ecco \ SD Peretetices.
13-00000 en: PROMBITED quereemennenmmnrene—reinanaaniti eninge vo tena | | Federal Burem, of Investigation Attention: Mr. 6. J. Papich i. stGchea-for your yeriisel are the uritten coments of KGB | DERYASIN. on “scse. aspects. of the assassination of | Preniaant tak Ra Rey. As you mow, DIRYABIN defected fron the £03 bout <gudirs ago, and his personal Imowledge is not up to date, has stayed in touch with Soviet intelligence dsveloements to the bast of hia ability. fis comments oa how Lee CSWALD an@ his wife muet have been handled by Borlet intell- igence authorities while they vere inside the Soriet Unien are particnlerly interesting and his suggestions for therquestioning of tars. Marina CSWALD are equally provocetive. Be Ye have decided to pasa cu his views without eiiting, Seen nee Senettieally eaiaese bis’ conclnsicne “eoer-3/719.185 Enclosures: Per paragraph 1 7 omens any wipoeT GL 2 Talaw.|- -C/wa/3/I-M.Whitten:eny. a | | 12 Decesber 1963 Distribution: BASIC: ee Hone» Orig. &1 - Addressee -1 - RI NO PROJECT — 1 - CL/LIA - - i = CI/REA - CL/SIG 2: . ae Document Number. 413164 A* a for FOIA Review on a REPRODUCTION | ECRESB . : 7 185 ot 212
13-00000 Batic a SUBIZCT os Peter DEXYASE!'s Compermts on Prenident Kemeady's Agsespinktics . dhe ¥e should understanl that my ccauents which fallow are not based ealely cn the thesis thet COVALD was # Gispatehed to murder cur President. ; Tha we President?" T believe ve can aul a oa cou am to tm precisa: grisa oxcreeling to the ISS sia nent apocficaly aocmeting 10 tory mntion thet thea USA was the chief propenent for nob extending. long rvenge oredits te the USSR. Extension of long rome credits is vital to the USES 03 this jucetare. . >. Tits leads us inte the most pressing problem within the USSR. The Yes’ persistently wderrstes the extent of the _ Boviet internal situation. It ves my prediction that es a reenlt ' of the mismanagement of the 1963 harvess and the CHICO! argueenta Seen Cente Posey Or nee tle ee ee ee te c. Ta the tuben eitustion ony USA ar Cuban expatriate ara vengeful acts against Cuba because of OSWALD's wie then ” associations. . < ad. ‘A more mmendile iacrtea vill strengthen KINGROREY's ‘hand in his ruraring bebtle with the CHICO. He will thus have Sa ee te gn fam of peaceful cosxistencs 18 superior me rete, : % ‘| ew i beet .
13-00000 REPRODUCTION elsction year are this sabotaged by the President's murier. 2. Tee Soviets coricusly welerstecl that the denth cf President SEIRZDOY wenlad reanit im the emergence of DeGAULLE as 2 strong Yestern lesder. DeGAULLE cf ecurrse saya “whei's Spo8 far Srnase ie nok necessarily vai for the TER." 7 » Be Toe Geath of President SSSNGOY reaoves a popular \ é wii e. Conmeivably ony of President KEXSEDY's planned | Sam the flowering af the srte vender" the SDT « ae i a %, ond sicht in America. Tn fact the USER pronagamia machine beam to cay the waxder was camubbted by the redical risht as soo as the deed wes Gone and before OSHALD was cagtured. " to Bussia’s S en wttteana, as the Soviat intelligence services hove suffered sane very real reverses recently vi th PEMAOVBEY, - GGLEIIS's defection, ‘thelr igneaizicus expulsion trem the Congo, ve brietly view the CSVALD operation 98 a momted or) PAGE 187 of ele COPY HO. REPRODUETION PROMISITED cry
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROMISED a one we Jeo b. - , Ta such om opeert hen the Kod could not use a Soviets citizen though the very real possibility existy tit counto-was~ “CESESEEA by & Soviet tllegal Of the HEB 15th Pepartant- Sticking OS SERED on TE SS LE ali syeceed. "Ge Ha @2@ get to a theater which could have been bis point. of contact wlth Gis Diegs) case officer. Certainly we _imow the AGB' a penebest for ming theaters for meeting places. Rae “peter is exvest, which wha caly due to Bis ute Loti ab the esoeutinis of his Part ta ie peas © en Be -FARY had access to the poliee station. Reperts — sey he persmally knew most policeum. be He muecesetnlly sllemeed COWALD. e. EUSY rewains sllect and his cover is helding up. " a “Se line a good legend of temporary insanity. ae Re hes & xeascnable chance to escape the Canta centence. the CSWALD aspects of this ease if ua tmew the follaving about ; 7 his activities priar te bis decerture to the USSR: (s., b-, and c. below offer three possible soswers to the questicn, — (ad he go to Hescuwi” , Be First, CGWALD was @ self-ende Mexxist or Cocmmist the ected to gn ta hts om that is, he uade this deciaicn by hinself oxi praypted by no che. Ee possibly was looking for . (& better life without muaring what the Eovlet Unis realty io. b&b. Second, after CSVALD's discharge as an “imidesirshie” \.. from the Merines, he fami hiewel? in « difficulé ani umpicasmt sitvation: 1b it possible thet in this situation be vas noticed. © Sy dy a spotter ozereemiter for the Dilegals or scem cther depert~ sent end vas considered ap a possible caniidate for use or Re REPRODUCTION co : tase 188 oe 212, PRORISITEN _
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROGIBIT TED ‘“yeernitiwenc’ Thr fell informetion abook COFALD wes sent to Moscow, aod og Hescow's orier em investigation of G5eALD was made and seed davibe’s the aeaneeleom: Servite’ hin to Sioseow. Using the CTs > “ghtsa, CSUSID weerk to Houcow, or was seak to Boscov, oa vy scone. pro-Sovtat, tro-Comeist, prowuben organization(s) , having in mind thet he would stay in the Sovist Unien for a few aoe pean oradelgstonle polit Pt ena ated taal Be So vhoa dia be talk, whem dia he contaet st this cory bine, nok bow much Sine clapsed betron thes talks axa eottacts and his eopliesticn? Ge Hoy, Ween smd trough whem 444 CGHALD eet his oO 3 9. ‘Then ema how Gia CSUALD travel to the Ussa (air, seny through weleh combtries; in viich comtries, if any, aid be meke stops; how long were such stopa)? Hother, brother, relatives, frienis, neigcbors, gizh friends, boy fries, old mekiies, ete? To whom did CONSLD say s | }ePore he left for the USSR: persamally or by teleshene, by meh? Did ‘be ever esk anyone say questicns on traveling to the VESR? When? Pa ONG ag Beane PROWBITED |
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED Ta tiers Satine cane lan the Sonate Gaia? Dinewienate tex). Being under the comkrel of the NGS, at tha same time Ke was under heavy investigetion directel at amswering the quasticn of why this whether they iniaw in advance about CSWALD or not; anyway, they vould. condnet such an investigstion). Byery possible biz af infoo | Reatien was taken fraa CS8ALD anewt the GSA, especially about hia : praia fsmerheen had-eame to tha WSR (it docen’t make any atrfersnce a . | service in the devin Come, cts. A ne OS ee ee | | | 9. Afbex being a few weeks er mouths in Hoseav, OSWALD ‘ epressed a wish to stay forever in the Sovieh Union ana to be a Seriet citizen. Then the 4GB ssid to nim: “If you really are vant to bo a Soviet ettizen and serve the Comamist cause, eal mo ee Embassy end Sancunasd hia t. 5. citictaghip- After this uct) mo Stete Seourity decided to give OSHAID some kina of Jee mH VP eecordence with bis imewledce and capebilities, 2b the tiem - contiming to steiy him ss a potential agent. Gin in a. more\or les ¢ open way. ai. “thew CSHAID shewea seme Siscatiefestten shout the - Soviet. uny.ek Lite (4% 29 wsual for Soericans)--end by this tine Se me min Ah Selene Cae MD emaely Neleee a iu: id at “af Go PEFRAOHE EN gg gan ae COPY NO. PROMISED
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROIITED 4 \ Nee om tt oct a wn ‘hin to Pind hew--te mike him hapoy acd to maze sure thet he would not leave tha Sovieb Uolon)--the KGB at the sume time comtimed to train him, peobebly in the way of en oli-Peehioed Hexrxtat, telling him tact he would be a sood fighter against isperialista . end against Aeericen williomives, such as SOCKZEELLE, KERIEDY esd chhers.. ie samovbers bere, vhile in this kind of training, _-- @ lew level esse officer of State Security told bin thet to have we, ee bey iene petag ie Berth sey tontbes vie ay . 3 this is not a tall ey i$ is the way in which State Seeurity operates with the 1a Harciste and with neive follovera of the Cosmmist move- 4 Seeae ue give von parcisaicn pecouse ue Deatéve you ore a. atetag * Heoeist to vein to the USA and to do seewthing for cur came) _ couse, exh o3 to help axy Averican pro-Dorist orgenisabions or;” foxy instance, beceme 4 mesber of a Pree Cuba Committees or In case of crisis te do semething cutstendiizne—tha’ will be noticeable eyeryunere-—theat wll orove that you ame a real Cogmmist.§ Thom, = -  +Stasvhere bere, Lf be vas already a Soviet agent or nai, the gizk shoved wp, cr she wes these before, but by this time ohe uaa pregnant ami OSWALD decided te go to the TEA. ‘The he was told. fitter this talk, COWALD shouted—uwhere Is you freedont a | pny wife, we have a chila, oma I would like ta go. If he aid make a big noise, they decided to let hin ani ber go: ar if he . @axaeky was a tieained agent, then without sony xink cf noise on a er bo en eee ken Teetemittes, pantisaion was granted Sor ‘tether they se Commiata or not - 6002064 | COPY NO. “ni arm
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PRONIBITED a Pirst, vwno is shet Eer cineation, profession, ege, fomtly backgramd, Party affiliatlog (Kossanol mesbership).— tlh tana any shenw Canethle ancines then the Komscmol < gna ube Gla 2t on her om will; a nob. neuber of the Kasscal invited ber to such offices, then the whole ich vas done ty the ioS-saecthly and quietly, with no tele godas arcumd aboot i+. @.e Yho palved her and how meny times to urtte racers for the Soviet’ Himniatiry of Foreien Affsies to say that she ha@ porried an Asericen citizen and woul’ like te =o with him to the HSA? Tf 26 was done a few times and with gress diffioulties, then probeblly it was dene only with a little help from the RGB. If, however, ihe Devers vere eS ee oe ee aeons anf tee A = 5 Savas Pallas sene,,.§ te by Sis Koa. SF Peminticn to cumm to the U. 8. wes processed very gasily and quickly. } . | werb to Rime? the these Minek—<dita he or 2d sassene aleet P» ‘ho vere her Iumbend's friends? Pros vhet eirelest Yorkers? Tete Lectuals? . aived togetnanoteyited to the police otaticas or euy other Boviet affiees, tosether or seperately: (S0TE: There is ne other office them the KGB which vould mae such en invitation. ie “makes no difference 1f they vere egeuts or net.) Guectey - vega! i 8 2 ite i | ae RON | coeares acs 192 pa2 PRORIBITED
1 — REPRODUCTION PROGIEITED wae bh. How smart (Intelligent) is she: Dows she really speck 30 English? Is her English bebber then she shows or better than It showld be after bring hore caly tvo years: te WOLSe’ ie Vise does che pay cout live in the Sorist Union: ae Did her Insband bave a gum veils be vas in the Sevisct Unicon: - If so, how does she Inoy sbeut it7 When did he gat 36: Did he beve special permission to carry a emt Did ke nN a cornet fea (BOTS: For » regiler worker in the Soviet bring this gm with him serosa the border? Yar your intormaticn, nobody carries.¢- cm in the USSR without the EGR eventrally earning ot. 26 Least of sll = Anerieane . tho gave Pinenelal help to they before they lots Unicon, it is impessthle to save omongh to buy e tickes. and he Sho gave instructions to OSWALD ta esk for fimmefial asaistance at the American Sbessy upca bis retin to the USA? the USSRT Ef ac, in weet cmeorch? “hose ides wos iti Tid they beptize thelrasecen’ child, born in the U. 8.7 : n. If COWADD never had a permanent job here in the USA, then who ves going to Pinence his next trip to the USSRT Mk. The investigation af the wife should be made step by step, keeping in mind ond never forgetting thet OSRALD as well es che hersel? vere under coontent coservaticn and with constant ecutacta vith organs of tne ila. withert such observation end cantacts with oargens of the NCS, no foreigners cen live within the Soviet Unica. 35. ™ eoy investigation of this case ve shoulda not lose _the Intiiative.. In view of the extracridtinary eirewsstances . “guromiing this case, the FSI, through the Department of State, could logically enough request thet the 05S2 provide ail » qyadishle info on OSHALD's story in tha TGSR eal the -mrpose "ot Bay visit %6 the Soviet Inbassy Im Mexico City. A friendly “gesen can be expected to honor such a regwest. We tle Learn | Sereat deal fron the Soviet realy. REPRODUCTION  eceaces PROHIBITED pace 193 oe 21 COPY NO.
13-00000° REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED sp. a 3 ATF a8 DAG Ce de fetta: ached la ae A: January 1964 E: ts Fa) ieeneate ca reene, cq. Bagby Ae a he Pata Julees Aakash, | ELAS tet eg Pee af 0.A rem 1 MWEMCRANLUM OF CONVERSATICN et ween . “A tO: Chief, SR NO cupsecr: _ ota Work: in Support ot the Warren Commission . ot > iA Below iso8 summary of the matters discussed in our \Sedting with Messrs. Angleton and Rocca on the evening of 15 January I 64. In turn, Mr. Angleton was reporting. ta us the \gubs betance of his meeting with bir. Allen Dulles, x. a Rankin, Chief Counsel, Ur. Wellins of the dustice~~ ' Beyartment, ih. Zelms and Br. Rocca, whica tock. place « on the afternoon of 14 January 1954. ~ Ne 2. Hr. Angleton said that we. mis mipaentty $e yoked by oress accusations that the Warren’ Commission has . been dilatory, asked CIA for sug estions of Guesticns or requests to be included Ope + _covernnent. This letter, 2rom the Warren Commission andVYto be transmitted throngh the Denartment of State, would seek additional evi- dence which is presumably avallabie in Soviet files which could assist the Commission's deliberations. Mr. Dulles did not have a detailed idea of what he wanted to ask the Soviets _ for but did say that the questions should be “not too tech nical." Although Mr. Angleton thought that the letter should - be written only after the CIA report and coments have been complated, in order to make the letter as effective as possi- ble, Mr. Dulles feit it should go now, be phrased in generali- ties and allow the Soviets more flexibility in their handling of the matter than would..a.more pointed letter based on our concrete findings. Mr. Dulles asked CIA only for the qvestions and not for a draft Ietter. Mr. Murphy suggested that we ask « only for certain. records rather than put specific questions to the Soviets. Hr. Murphy suggested that these might include Soviet tospital records connected with Lee Oswald's attempted suicide, © “eaty. visa and registration records for Moscow and ,Hinsk, factory personnel records from Cswald’s place of employ— ment, ete. ~AIlso Oswald's diary noted that bis case had passed | through two ) Commissions in the USSR; we might ask for the ‘‘vecords of these commissions as well. Hr. Angleton said that in transmitting our suggestions to Mr. Dulles we can include any introductory paragraphs or explanatory comments that we _ | «AS paca Ce : Document Number <—-"~yitias post nage OS ~ Rab2 99245 7 | we sv fer FOIA Review Bn BBY wee cara sac Se aceite sotet. ona ea bein TO operon en ep nee Pee) me BE BE el a a . tsi os
13-00000 ~ 2 = felt necessary to explain to lir. Dulles the direction of our thinking about these proposals. (Note: I instructed Mr. Wigren to prepare a drait of suggested queries, using the assistance of DERYABIN and to have this ready, . 12 possible, by the close of . business today. ) cone te “ 3. “Rankin stated that the Commission wants to account in detail, minute: by minute and hour by hour, for Oswald's tine ‘outside the United States. Mr. Bagley suggested that . the narrative chronology of Oswald's stay in the Soviet Union be. converted. to-a chronology tabulation which would permit us nore sin “to tnsert added details and dates as we learned of them(iy other documentation which we can éxpect to receive shortly. This was agreed. ; f . i (Note: I instructed %. Wigren to begin re— f casting the narrative immediately into this form. ) 4 Mr. Rankin said that the Commission has a walst<-high stack of documents and reports received from the FBI. and Secret Service which CIA has not yet received. These include Secret Service interviews with Marina Oswald, letters from-Lee Oswald in the USSR and other material. He promised to send this material to Hr. Helms shortly. . (Note: We will pass appropriate parts of this material to DERYABIN for fuxther analy~ sis along the lines of his earlier work on documents already in our possession. ) 5... Yessrs. Angleton, Murphy and Rocca considered DERYA- BIN's initial analysis. of Marina Oswald's documents, and the ques ons to-which it gave rise, to be brite-and.," impor sontribution. CIA would be unablé to make any Beri- ous anal \er even hypothesis until some of DERYABIN's questions been answered. Mr. Rocca suggested that DSRY¥A- BIN'’s paper be recast into more of a questionnaire form. and. tir. Bagley agreed, pointing out that DERYABIN’s comment and — speculation could be put off to the side as explanatory con ment on exch question, as appropriate. Mr. Angleton and Mr. Murphy thought that it would be desirable to send this paper to the Warren Commission in advance of other CIA reports with a memorandum informing the Commission that we would need ms answers to this interim questionnaire in order to reconstruct | a detailed chronology of Oswald's time in the USSR and to comment on his activity there. The Commission would be asked to procure the information from Harina through any Agency it . might choose. . . PO PROBED oo
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED - 3 - (Note: I instructed Mr. Wigren to prepare the DERYABIN paper in this format urgently.) 6. Ur. Angleton reported that he had asked the Commis- efor representatives certain questions pertaining to our use f defectors. an. analysing the Oswald papers: os Tal Was the- Commission formally requesting us to _uive ‘defectors. analyse the material? SN ath Yor" ee “vellins thought that the ansver QW to this question is yes. .However, . oo Mz. Angleton asked for a formal request from the Commission to this ~. effect. The FBI has stated that its -~ | reports are not to be passed to | a? ABLADLE, which may cause sone Sompit- ~ cations. ; on . we DN b. Would the Commission be. piepared to-assume the burden of responsibility if such; a ‘defector. ‘should disa= * gree with the Commission's opin: Or> Comey ip with a radically different hypothesis or 1 Cexpeetation? . The persons present said that the Commission would. . ec. if a defector who had contributed to the analy— | | sis of the documents should be unwilling to appear pexrson— ‘ally and formally before the Commission, would the Commission exercise its subpoena powers against hin? Ur. Rankin thought that if there was avisk involved for the defector, the ‘Commission would not do so. However, Rankin promised to get a fornal answer from the Commission on this point. d. Will the classification we put on our corres= pondence to- the Commission be honored? The answer was that in principle our classification: would | be honored. How= ever, \ilx, Rankin thos t that ChA's ou not nope £0 evade eriti~ no. — , . PROUD
13-00000 REPRODUCTION i aa Sx- Was f 6 Mr. Angleton reported that Mr. Richard Davis is repre- senting the interests of the Department of State in this inguiry. xr. Thompson had ruled himself out because he was Ambassador toe the Soviet Union at the tine of the events in question. 7. -One matter which had been brought to light by the Oswald. ease was the need for a mechanism in the United States Government to record’ and assimilate our knowledge of the Soviet handling of American defectors to the USSR. The Bureau is ~ ' apparenthy in: Sone danger of criticism for its failure to keep an eyo swald after his return. Similarly CIA kas not | systematically collected nor compiled information on Soviet defector handling. Berlin Base had kept a list of émerican defectors at one time, but these individuals have not been debriefed on thelr return to the West. ‘ 8. The Commission representatives at the 14 January 1964 meeting estimated that the Werren Commission would need from three to six months to complete its task. 9 Me. Bagley raised the question of the desirability of having DSRYABIN participate personally, representing the FBI as an interpreter perhaps, in a debriefing of Marina. , | Hessxs. Angleton and Murphy were convinced that CIA must avoid arect involvement with this investigation. Although it is jess efficient as a method, we will content, ourselves wath ‘putting written questions to Marina to be Se y whatever Agency the Commission may choose to use. ” Tennent H. Bagley Chief, SR/CI Lal-2 8924 & PRORITED
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROWEITED . : XARZ- AVNET 2. Rocca nefe fo HELAS on 23 March 1964 1X RR on: om Ev PHared, ‘Had a briefing at Alen Dulles! house on Saturday! after- . noon, (We were assembled to discuss his taping session with / “ eel h™ >: Deryahin, Helen Macinses,-Donovan-en-Hanson-Balawin in New York tonight. None of the others were present.) _ AWD showed me a letter he had received feom Rankin : : recently expressing the desire to reach a modus vivendi in - . ‘order to allay the story raf CIA's possible sponsorship of Oswald's, . activity. The point of the communication to AWD was to:suggast — Cik | thai he serve as gills xeyviewax fox the Commission, The letter _ outlined alternative possibilities in this matter {affidavit from 2 8 the DGI, ete.).. G 3 . > § In my presence,. AWD wrote the answer: ey z , 8 * a 3 @.. Declining the invitation to serve as file =z F ee . S 4 = reviewer for good and sufficient reasons, - £- ss ~ be. - Stating ‘te witlingnane te Provide a state- & - & edge of Oswald during his tenure as DCI, He my noted in the tail-off of the letter that aes far 2 ag he could - of © . remember-he had never had any knowledge at any time prior to the date of the assassination, » aot ? 299 ay g - & al ee : ‘Rock 7 as) Har oe i RePRAOUCTION) cocarrs ~— PROGIBITED