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‘ings. Ga response on 4 November was negative. | OSWALD! s action, the Counter Intelligence Staff opened an offi- “November 1960; a final reply on 21 November 1960. Until early | “October 1963, ‘the contents of the OSWALD file held by CIA | consis-| ‘ted entirely of press clippings and reports disseminated by the “Department. of State, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the! Department of the Navy. ems Seen ae ne von wks can named Lee OSWALD had contacted the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City on “Tuesday, 1 October 1963. He had spoken in halting Rus $3 _ sian to the Soviet Embassy guard, Ivan ‘Ivanovich OBYEDKOV, to Saturday, 28 September. He asked whether there. had been a reply ; TOA Lee Harvey OSWALD first came to theudgnemag@=s attention “upon receipt of AIRGRAM no. 1301, dated 31 October 1959, from the ‘United States Embassy in Moscow, in which it was stated that — OSWALD had appeared at the Embassy on 31 October to renounce his” ‘American citizenship. He stated that he had appléed in Moscow ‘for Soviet citizenship after his arrival in the Soviet Union on - 15 October. The first public reference to OSWALD appeared in the Washington Post of 1 November 1959. vat On 2 November 1959, ‘the FBI liaison officer requestedga. eTAly ‘trace be rum on Lee Harvey OSWALD in the Meas central hold- _ — Because of ‘the counterintelligence implications of Cial file on Lee Harvey OSWALD to accommodate: biographic infor- mation developed by the Agency in response to a Department of ‘State inquiry, dated 25 October 1960, on a list of American. ‘de- . -fectors in Soviet ‘Bloc ‘countries. _ OSWALD". Ss “name was ‘one of those ‘appearing on the list. CIA forwarded an interim reply on3. | eet wee e On & October 1963, _ the CIA Station in Mexico City recetved Noh. Chak ; moe, ee whom he said he had visited the Embassy two ‘days earlier, on. =" | + “| to a telegram that the Consuly with whom he had spoken, but whose: name he could not recall, had promised to send to Washington.
13-00000 oe ott. rafter checking with Soviet, consular oe “aaaanee ¢ ‘OSWALD he -
13-00000 [wieh, whom “OSWALD had ‘talked: ig- it nad, ‘been a “dark person, _then=. ow ae: . . it had probably been. [Valeriy Viadinirevich], KOSTIKOV. - ~ OBYEDKQV,, tA fila stast on 19 October” by “Ag. enc Dersber esr ae a substanti | On. the same 7 10. ‘October 1963, “CIA (Headquarters | sent to, ‘the
13-00000 > Fecussts/from, recipients, ef eae aE oetober, dissemination naan was gree Tare aie leftist sympathizer. and: had: ‘formerly: { “|r worked | “for ‘the: Mexican- >Cuban. Institute’ of Gultural Relations. “$il-
13-00000 Tas 3 noted. that. this, would Fequire about = four onthe. 3 She. had asked 7 med e cuban Consul mselt, “Hug ebio ‘AICUE; to talk | to OSWALD. Gad they eave Mexico “instead
13-00000 a Paes he. Sovie Embassy, that equested a visa. to t Can , t os atthe Soviet Consulate. Also she indicated: ee . . whee < a iee at wee a ag ae Tihasel, RecLiD Ta ae eee
13-00000 reese hremmemaemen cman manatees etc sme ame 8 the Cuban Consulate could grant him a visa and arrange | immigration details if the concession of a Soviet visa were assured. b. 27 September. Pursuant to her inquiry, Silvia DURAN ~~ ' received a confirmation. from the Soviet Embassy that the American had been to the USSR installation. He had shown ‘cating that he had been long awaiting a visa for himself - and his wife to go to the USSR. No answer had come from ~~ ’ Washington; however, the waiting period was sometimes four |. or. five months. The ‘American also had a letter. attesting - that he was a member of a pro-Cuban organization but he had) - Claimed. that the. Cubans. would not give him a visa unless he a Shad already received a Russian Visa. 22 ec ee co nee ee “Although | the American was still at the Cuban Consulate on Silvia DURAN ‘repeated that she could not give himaa transit . visa unless a.Soviet visa was forthcoming, notwithstanding . the American’ 's wish to go to Cuba to wait there for his _ them a letter from the Soviet Consulate in Washington indi-|- Soviet visa. _According to DURAN , “the American knew no one in Cuba. and she intended to make an appropriate annotation be On. the American!s card. The Soviet official echoed her statement that the American was not known. 7 28 September. Silvia DURAN was again visited at yo . the Cuban Embassy in. Mexico. City by the American seeking a : | Cuban. transit visa. Mrs. DURAN contacted at least two nen-| bers of the: ‘Soviet Embassy and facilitated a direct con- ee eee eee ents i etna * ne nee ena cee etn aves seen cetteees -sommmaeenee pa oe me cen eer cer eee te me ee eee “versation between one» ‘of the Soviets and the American. Speaking in poor: Russian, the ‘American ‘stated that. he alrs: wl ready had been to ‘the Soviet Consulate and had left an ad- if dress. The Soviet. official replied that he was aware of that. The American ‘suggested that he had-not “known, his | | address ‘then, and he had gone to the Cuban Embassy to i | for the address, because they had it. The American then —
13-0900 wat ee * aa _ cert on Ree Se tae op "os 2 speaking” broken Russian, “contacted ‘the. ‘Soviet e Military | | sun Attaches’ in exico city, He said, ihe had Been cy ‘the ae send a . egram Its. shandnuareers —sesordine to
13-00000 = OSWALD “contact with a imoya Ke B ‘offic : vr, particularly ; an a Of. the. “13th Department , was Aaa des == meee Nee ~ OA Ws ae ere oo es Ee ao i more Sinister reasons Than gto re at ob tain travel “documents” al owing AM . “to pass cs Troug ba on ts: t CEA | : Beomrenanroenas Finance a Bseecaces age
13-00000 OSWALD: was. ins Mexico City. tram 27 ‘September > 1963 through: 2°October 1963. . On October: ‘10, : 2 Headquarters was _pra' ided_ 2a. copy -of ‘a. CIA.cable 4 Which stated that. thee —Henr “OSWALD'= sic “had been” in contact with “ber 28, 1963. "36 gts no. 56: CIA cable from Mexico Station | -LEGAT ,. Mexico City to: FBI headquarters, 10/18/63. 2 Leora On 2t..the. ER Toone te. November | 22, +1963, on OSWALD's- activities: “in” Me Q: -came from the CIA. On October 3, - 71963, ‘the. CIA Mexico. Station reported to Head-~ “quarters ‘that OSWALD: had. been, in: contact with! t agency: disseminating Chis. “information” in" this matter. ~ ery ‘The’ « Nerice § bution. to. FBI and, State oo sericials in liste
13-00000 “office tag se atement tha 3 fas . “at. the Soviet Embassy. dimirovich KOSTIKOY ee. “det eT .4 eee of the: Conbuta eta - est." rr. “*
“venber. 26, 1963, -and after noting that. the “Presi nted to make sure the CIA was “giving. ‘the FBI full support ,. specifically ; offered. ‘to make ‘CIA's operational resources. ‘lin Mexico! available to th Le Bureaus. 3 eye en Committees Aas seen io evidence phasized. ‘the utmost apne ELUARD US 88 Government attached to. follow-up of this to- initial. questions’ and arranged. to meet with: TNANTTION/2Z0, INANITION76 in company with: the: FBT tepresentative . in Bern.’ “request. “for full. “information on source. _ cand origin of rumor. -about_{ five thousand - ee deposit. :
13-00000 : gf at. the. EBT: ‘requests ‘CIA: turn ALVARADO over. to.Mexican. authorities - ‘and’ that. CIA request the Mexican authori- © ties to., interrogate ALVARADO .in .detall. - a Tepor s. “Mexican ‘authorities. have a capability of eden! eqncersige erin from oer? had been Fe- m—a-—Wes te: Lonat—alleging- : aeatt of a el ot—prepared_andex ecuted_j. ointly by the Chinese. communists ‘and CASTRO through. -M TCH ated th that. the Bureau would like : to, evaulate, this information if possible. He | saic “the £ Bureau was. _very. much interested in, any: ‘information .we can give on where and how 7). ‘this diplomat got this information since it~ — ‘would. help the Bureau to evaluate. this “informa: - ; : ion, . He said that the Bureau would find t e
13-00000 The Decenber "1963. Subject: owned .t by _Lee 2 Harvey. ¢ OSWALD. Toe, we of, your” A ‘enc 5 ou “develor ugh av possible relating to the above ‘quoted statement "in Jan. "effort. ‘to: resolve the- allegation” ‘that. : “Aetached fs" a. copy of “Federal ‘Bureau of Investiga vey = OSWALD dated 31 December-1963 and an enclosure —.-.° 2p UES te the memorandum containing names” ~and addresses _ “3. -found in OSWALD's address book ‘and other papers ‘at the time of his arrest. in Dallas, Texa Texas. It WELT Be | noted that the Bureau has asked 1 us to Oe
13-00000 * addresses: or: “telephone numbers. have in- ‘the: past. been ‘connected with the Soviet, intelli- = otter Stew” -lattache ‘for the ‘deyglopment 88, ‘information goncerning, one panier = ae “subject and that" with ROJAS™ “agreement plat “to give hin a Ppl ohn re om et ee ae and rose; SOULE & Pelee Statement, of, the. resukts. Of ‘the. test. ans = ro ~e . hice . ) ~__{ 12 Februar merase ee a additional sista pu to > Daniel ‘souis:
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13-00000 he e-never™ had: the. opportunity: to ques="" On-the. ‘morning | he arrived® in-: Le: ned At: ove e D ‘Mexican’ ‘police ‘and: denied. thesupervisor's. epeated requests to interrogate. 'D'..-He: ‘learned: thatthe Mexican: police: had Sxhaus~ ‘tivel -interro ated 'D' and that. he had. re- emt Ba ;_Acpording to MEXI-T: Na . [of che text, that the CIA had’ been -obstfuctive. “
13-00000 mation ‘that'a"Novembe 22° Cubanavairtines” “sone—£t ‘from. Mexice City. to Cuba: was” senayes one: ~OrOU vet . to wep “pana. passing: ‘through customs, where- he would have needed to the indi himself b ec » BELG, - & 1K ao The passengers ae PEN ah Indication wyvner © that anything "yas done. in. "response. to Wea og es has witlen sbcnacle
13-00000 vues 10m: Decenber 3. ‘from the: Mexico: Station. Ep gn Otelce peconde hie File there’wes checked ne : Office records, his” File there. Was. checked : : LE non ned enber’S, the Mexi co. Statian- «bled: ‘that -a source saw.the .Cuban-American: ““board.-a' flight from Mexico_City_to. Hayana—_—-— reported: eet ‘he looked. en known abat Tt a ake ‘suspicious" «this! int .
13-00000 . "102: The evidence also establishes. that — thane nas confuatan ast o_which U.S. agency—was———-———__— conducting the investigation tn Hexteo. Although Cre tres tn t Washington believed that the PBI was “conducting Lf Ge oF was that, although the FBI “bould cooperate, only ICOUCLG LEV. eB LPT Ol LOVE zs 6, . getting tnvestigattive resulte abroad’. (fenoran- dum to A. Belmont, 117277 "Trontecally, netther the Legat nor the Bureau | “Supervisor sent down to "dtrect and coordinate the = yo the investigation’ knew whether the State Department or the A was tn fact investigating un Mextco. " A is whe. footnote no. 102. age iE don't believe ‘this ‘statement. The FBI had the “primary 3 responsibility for the. investigation in the United | se _ States and because of the FBI position in Mexico, the Legal Attache’ conducted investigations, there; “however, he worked [ Co _closely 1 with our Station relying upon us” for matters which . oa - clearly fell within our Fesponsibility for foreign intelli ne e gence. ste se aa an adequate inve ies ‘6: et sw surethere-nay-have-been-some-shippage-bu —_——hothing serious enough to cause as sFious disagreemen se ween chan
13-00000 “t0n the same day; a eable listing DDP- + _aeis 2s the veleasing-officen-uae—deepatehed . to CIA stations in Europe and Canada. This ee tnt atte ert eq ‘7 2 a ca " examine matertal obtained from a spect fied TIC z GO Le  SOCa a VEGaunSEe Oo obvious “stgnt ficance of any serap of tnforma- Ys on (tha) agsasatnadtton tasuée. The Desk Officer in charge of the CIA inves- | a as _ etgatton Was unaware that such a message had ~ | bean sent out. and was at the time unaware o the pgqnatiive and reliable source mentioned. ' [V. Comment : Tie cable in question is DIRECTOR 85133 written (R- T. WALSH, WE/SPO. "Desk Officer in charge of the CIA investigation" should — WH shows on distribution, therefore, have seen it. He: should also have been aware of. the - specific source - "Because of obvious significance any serap_ information which bears” on President! Ss Assassination desire "addressee, stations screen carefully all audio tapes since infor- _22 November. 1963. for comments ‘and cable an significant mation so obtained." i
13-00000 Dinter este Tal with jhom. he: "made: an ‘appointnent:, for. that. sane ses
13-00000 oo “After ‘OSWALD’: 8 return. to. this country in June ooo ES ee rs trteruteued tutes by FBI age 3 oe On @ach occasion he repeaatedly lied. He also ; "Papas to be polygraphed about hts negative = SS answers to questions of ttes with Soviet intel~ tgence. Yet the FBI elosed the OSWALD Securtty case immediately after the second intervi The case was re-opened tn March 1963, but OSWALD Was not tinteryteved by tha FBI until August 19, 1963, when he requested an interview after his aans.—far-disturbing th On the oecaston of this third interview, he again gonte.—4-nonth tater —— OSWALD visited Mexico City, where he visited. both — . and contacted a vice consul at the latter who was Sa a Feet RB age —— . V4) Comment + “tt is believed that the Soviet official with whom OSWAED ‘| dealt in Mexico. city, Was Consular Attache Valeri Vladimirovich 4 _ _XOSTIKOV, born in Moscow, 17 March 1933.” mS a “In his. letter of 9 Novenber 1963 t get ae Ty eg ae Ee Ben ae 8, ¥ Was the Senior OEETCET 0! “Te epresentarives waned ea s firm evidence for the conclusion that KOSTIKOV 3 t wit visas and related matters. ee ee ttn + nasnnnsntnnttnnmntktntn neuen personnel. serving under official cover. -It must. be. clearly stated that Soviet intelligence and — A NEGA ed DP AS A ARR + § re EET security officers: Placed abroad ‘under official cover normally are ai required | to perform the routine and legitimate business demanded by. in the cover job in an embass Sy or consulate. ____KOSTIKOV was: first Spotted as = KGB _ man hecausé of bis | | | _travels around Mexico, his habitual association with known K6B_— ( . ~ofticars,—andbecause-consuls,in- Soviet practice, are-usualiy KGB — —~hen tr tntentne rvierof the fttor of oer este hy EAC _ ~was-undertaken—immediately-after the y assassinatien to comb out any previously unreported information about KOSTIKOV's activity. No use- 4
13-00000 ful new information bearing upon the assassination resulted from this effort. ' A close observation was maintained on the Soviet personnel, KOSTIKOV in particular, for days after 22 November. Nothing unusual or out- -of- “pattern was noted in. the activity or movements of the ___ Soviet ‘personnel. [From ; a memorandum indum, dated 31 Janua 1964, passed " a: _______of the Warren Commission. See AAZ- 94 (500-80 | —_________It_is_a1so_possibie-that OSWALD -may-have-spoken oe Te —sthez_ Soviet officer, Consul Pavel_Antonovich HATSKOV—The-fol owLiE ——Fenerks-wore-ateributed-to-YATSKOY im ie ico ti rip i 3 te am fat “OSWALD aRET— Ta stormed into my office oo “Gnd wanted me to introduce and recommend him to the ba “Hé told me that ha had lived tn the. USSR. rs told him that I. would have to check before 2 7 CO . Recommend him. He waa nervous and hts hands trem- . : : _ ‘ bled.. d he = ormad QO G Me, 2 ‘don! = ne “believe that @ person aa nervous ae OSWALD, whose _ anda rambled bouts kaue_acouratet: Q be ——~ ______ our Mexican Station checked_its_reco: ds—fe 3 od—6 : ————__in Mexico City and advised it-was—quic TOg9-S-ih $ 6 B oup a BS BUBBLE YRTSROV = — ae aie “TWenorandam for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 2 July 1964, from Richard HELNS |) "There te ‘| —Kecording to a memorandum dated 23 May 1975, °c em OE te peer. ee Some te ere no inerenent of eredible evidence, applying this phrase strictly, of Soviet and/or Cuban political, intelligence or security service i nen SRE Onn ne involvement tn the assassination to what was developed and eonsi- — |" dered by the Warren Commt aston and tts staff. The Commission's find-| ing that Lee Harvey OSWALD waa the killer of President Kennedy and Officer TIPPIT and did them in alone and 2) his own determination - stands. St _ | "!Credébl le evidence’ that would upset _an signi fiadntly | _—__ modify thia judgement. did (and does)_not_exist in tashington,—But— | tant ts ts sas teeteion sow meet nen inputs to the Warren Commtsston were minimal in quatity and quality,
13-00000 é ' designed ‘to cover up any admisstons of knowledge of, or connection wtth y OSWALD which might be related directly or indirectly with the assassination. ‘Therefore, the beltef that there was Soviet and/or Cuban (KGB and/or DGI) connection with OSWALD will persist and grow unttl. there has been a full. disclosure by these governments of abt | | elementa of OSsWALD'e handling and stay tn the Soviet. Union and his ' contacts tn: Meztco City. The Warren Commi sston rep ont should have left a wider fytndow! —Assassimation—of-President_John_Fy Kenedy Headings Betoré—the——|_ on sidents- : rtssion—on the Assassination of President Kenedy - wv vas: ing oa TI96IT Ve ~V., pp. 120-129.” See especially P- 124 > : "HEL! $ ~ Yes. T would assume the case. could never be closed.'" | "—"iemorandun” for DC/OBS, dated 23 May 1978 from Raymond G. Rocca; a ‘Subject: | “Review of Selected Items in the Lee Harvey OSWALD file Re- | . garding Allegations. of the CASTRO Cuban Involvement in the John F. | KENNEDY - Assassination. 1: =
“ghotrly | after. this meeting with ‘AMLASH, CASTRO | ts sued a public warning reported prominently in the U.S. press about United States! meeting with OT1lsts who wished tc eliminate Cuban leaders, He threatened that Cuba would CC On Saturday evening, 7 September 1963, Fidel CASTRO ap- t . _ peared at a Brazilian Embassy reception in Havana; even more un- usual, ‘CASTRO submitted to an informal interview by the Associated _ . Press correspondent, Daniel HARKER. HARKER ' s interview reached ‘New York on Sunday, 8 Septem- ber, . and was in print throughout the country on Monday _9 Septem- ber. There. ‘Can. be no uestion from the fs SU suse ie _____attompt_to get a nestage onthe sacosd in the United ste ai —CASTRO!s_statonents—to-HAR R-covered aE - pe top eed —but doait_principely-with-Anericar poltticat texte mips tn par’ rer] sidont KENNEDY; whom Ne excoviataz in extraordinarily | T ne TearviEW a sO contained an “anconplimentary reference a 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- (neuen taeeneeemnienmneetanne anni it eemenmemnnenimmna*emaiarmmenmenmemmntameaner emma result that CATSRO!'s "message" was significantly modulated. | _ In New Orleans, where: Lee Harvey OSWALD resided until the middle of September 1963, the HARKER story appeared | in_the principal morning paper, ‘the Times- ~Picay une on Monda 9. Se temb — under a three-column odie, ste ttm Sa Sa Leaders Imperiled_ by Aid to Rebels "The story _followed-under—t é _HARKER by=Lin 2 . . . said Saturday night: 'U/S. leaders would be in -_s with leaders of Cuba’. _ ———"Bitterly “denouncing what he called recen U.S. prompted : raids. on Cuban territory, Castro ‘Saidy —We-are preapred to fight them and answer ! in kind. U.S. leaders should think that if they pS snhoui¢e chink th ——— are aiding terrorist plans to eliminate Cuban . WU tt cmmenamee mamma ae er cree es ememmare cs mae «5 gre sy come tentang nes rem et ee a ah SF hen ee a nee me ae em ree eee ee ee en ee ne eeee mem tee ee ce eee ee meet
‘they: themselves. will not ‘be- safe! leaders .. De _. - World affairs ‘ seemed to b oe —_ entering a more peaceful climate a few days - ago, but n ee attacks. 2r8 . “and make promises which later it will not™ oh. | during the October crisis. They have broken ' | _——_——_—_———_ a5 ean-be—seen vith new-attacks.—— ehhh - "“'But I warn this is leading to a very | | == tangerous situation that could lead to a worse crisis than October's . . oN - | _The New ork Times, in its coverage on 9 September, u used _ | a UPI wire service re ort which omitted an earning, __and threat which ave the in a9 p rage bo 4 “and Fewordec e content 0: > placing the emp asis on the political aspects Pe itge ighting t e GOLDWATER elements and burying | oo ac TCRSTRO"S warning ‘to the ‘United: States leadership in the middle cof oh. — nation that this CATSRO interview was considered in following up. | ‘leads or in dealings with the Warren Commission and its staff al- - L _ though Mexico Station ‘specifically directed _ Headquarters ai attention to the AP story very shortly after the Dallas s killing. More ose tant, the. interview appears to. to: have >-been forgotten in the contem= por ary political consideration of relations with CASTRO's Cuba | “there is no evidence in the Agency records, either, thet the Warren| Comission sta££-itseltpursued_the-impiication-of the €ASTRO-in-— —serviow-in- dealing with the-conspiracy hypothesis; — Tiere £510 evidence in the fites thatanything along these lines was s stated | by “any uther-Cuban-_teader before the assassination, _ CASTRO'S WaFTING and CHESS OF T Septenber 1963 - if ' OSWALD did indeed read it. in New Orleans Orleans - | - must be considered of great significance in the.. Light of the pathological evolution ‘of
13-00000 1 i 6 RT ee me _OSWALD's passive/aggressive make-up after his attempt to kill - General WALKER early in April 1963 and his identification witna Fidel CASTRO and the Cuban Revolution which is directly traceable as far back as his Marine Corps service in El Toro California. CASTRO's warning and threat, given to AP correspondent HARKER, irrespective _ of whether there was_any formal mandate, or even_security servi ce ae a ontast ith OSEAL0_be the nbans om the ans sian: 45_an_act—o£— —______singular_irre: pons-ib —and—under—ne—cireumstances—was—exeusabie— Te tenthn dee shsecthe titer eines neeteinnn ii :
13-00000 Pe a CO , “The ‘Committee ‘emphasizes that this, ‘Report! Ss “Ro diseussion-of investigative defieiencis anrd a failure of. American intelligence agencies to in- does not ‘lead to the conclusion that there was a (tances ete mepore places paretci emphasis on the effect their Cuban op erations ‘seemed to have on the investigation. —————yRe-Report details these operations to illustrate why they were relevant to the investigation the CIA operation involving a high- level Cuban of- _fici to illustrate why that operation, and its possible = fications, _should_have—been—examined—as— _ the assassination investigation."
13- 00000 "The Committee did not attempt ‘to ‘duplicate ‘the : work ofthe Warren Commission. (t-did-not review —— the (findings and conclusions of the Warren Commi-. time to time; rowever, % 7 eee ee eee AIEEE ee eS A ETON Fe NY 8 RR SCG Fm noe en eae eee ee ree an nearer mgt ecole tn one ee nS Meant ene pan LO oe UR aR em ren LG PRET Ne Mah ne a ee emer eat le ae enema eee ae nd die
13-00000, rey 5 -(4) Identify ‘and describe the records with regard to this ae | activity. a nee See enn ‘The material relating to Lee Harvey OSWALD (internal "Agency documents ,- reports, to and from other government agencies "and departments, correspondence with the Warren Commission, etc.) " is held” in the Agency" s official file on OSWALD. The official” a -£ile. no. 201-289248 is held. by the CI Staff and comprises 57 - “volumes , i. e., well over 200 separate file folders and envelopes. In addition to the. official file, there are ancillary files wee eee ens _ covering. various aspects. of the investigation and later: develop- . ments, - FOIA requests. for. information, documents (copies) cleared . , for release in _Fesponse to such requests, the Rockefeller. Com- | ‘mission, _ ete. A machine index of the material held in the official file- ; “teaches a total of 1829 decunents-or entries. There is some "duplication and ommissions. It is not! possible to tell from ‘the machine index the subject of many of the documents , particu- “larly cables, nor is it possible. to ascertain the originsof See the attached list of files and folders reviewed 0” - "many of the documents appearing under those entries marked + | “| wad i a
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- ~ Be. “Vol. 53~-XAAZ-22448, 121, Vol. 53 XAAZ-22449, 5.5.65 ee ceo Exhibits} 9 aaa “ha. “Vol. 55 XAAZ-22451, 5.5.65 Items -1-40] : 123. _ voeee 2 wDtems. 41-181} 2 noe. _... 124... Vol. 53 .XAAZ=22452,, 5.5.65 125. ..Vol. 53 _XAAZ-22452, 5.5.65 nae nnenin hb 26., VOLs_S3__XAAZ= 22455, 5.5.65. ss Items 182-187] _ 127. Vol. 53- XAAZ- 22454, 5.5.65. _[News _ clippings]_ i 129. Vol. 53 XAAZ 22943, So ee iss. “t36. hs ake an — 131. Vol. 53. _SX- 24516, 2. 8. 65 {SE Division so: soft t file) aananta 338. . pes _ Sion) | Vol. 54 ‘S$. 66 | - 4. 67 132. [FBI Investigation Report and ~~ [Copies of FBI documents, ~~~: [Part 2.-.duplicate]...-  lcopies. of FRE. dosunentss———- 133. Vou. 34 “DCE- 18035, 30. 7.1 65. [Part u 134. “Vol. 55 1.5. 67 - 10. 67 “Vol. 55. Vol. 35 Vol. 56° j ‘1.11.67 = 30.12.71 “15.3.68 139. 140. Vol. 56 ‘TX-1942, i “Voi. 87 “701072 roe | 7 fo | | . fs ~ ~~ —s ——v— . . ~ pec ne oe wee oe one + Vol. $4. “DCE- 18035, 30. 7.65 [Part 2] sesernee esti Settee Oo cts A et tp tn nett ee NF os eet set an A vol. 4 DCE- 18035, “30. 7. 65 ‘[Part. 3]. ‘XAAZ- 22560, “10, cP 67° OS Vol. 56. XAAZ- 27163, 17. 11. 67 5.5.65 [State Department file] —---~~-- --Vol..53- XAAZ-22452, 5.5.65 [Copies..of.FBI documents ;—----- [Part.1 - duplicate] _____.._.- .23.3. 65. [Part 2, News’ cdippings]__ -XKAZ~55715,_ 19.5. 67 ; a | Vol. 53 _XAAZ- 22943, 23.3. 65. _[Part_ 1,. News, Clippings] _—s__! ce XAAZ - 27164, 2. 2. 65 _[DDP''s. file. on Warren Commis-
“Title . “No. of vols. ‘HTLINGUAL Memoranda SIG 568 | 2 / HTLINGUAL (clippings, etc.) 1 -— a. “oswaup, St¢ sea oa mens os a — ar Special Project a meee ee A OO “Record of ‘Action ‘= Warren Commission — Oo —_ a pone EG.980 -— 2. a pees te enn nnn re RS cir teem = ee ene A ot aeaenneie eget te Sa . ‘DDP!s File. [Correspondence ‘to and from Sees es anaenat aan ; Warren Somnisston] (duplicate) a | - a eee mete : a a a ee oat Rocca" s files Laat). nepal  m hoe _NOSENKO handling _ Ce Oe Sa —_ Dealings with Warren Commission _— 1 HOCH Letter : 2 _ CASTRO Interview, 7 September 1963. _.. 1 “Mexico ‘Chrono, Record i 1 “Unidentified Individual Report, ts eeeeeemenie oP eet ernie ttt ee scheme hese eet RRR SRE mS oe RR Se + - _ Unnamed file Se 2: eee nee enna wena SESE ———| . Rockefeller Commission ; notes” Te- garding Warren Commission 1 _Mexico City, Station Files oe ee TO Goastsin) en ee - each he Deanne ae Master File Released. Documents: (FOIA) | em ~-Ast- -series (released 2/3 1975)---—--———_-—_—_----- send | EN ONE ee oe a Be ee we oe 1 i] i 1 i) i} i H File. (copies) of Released. Documents Dob iee te nee fo ae meee ane mins seemed . (FOIA) Second Series .: Released September 1976 . | —...- ..--..10 mre = ee ce |
13-00000 cable ‘for: more: information: ‘on OSWALD. “Within. ‘a week: ‘twenty: seven” i cabled reports had:been Sent to the, White House, othe: ‘Department: ve
13-00000 material possibly ty pertinent to OSWALD. other material Toa a him {DIR 4914] men ae | On: 24 Novenber, chief, 2 WHS» asked the Mexico. city’ “Station's
13-00000 . Brussels “London, wadvia[_Jortawa, ” . Paris, Rote gang. The Hague requesting | station. ‘an traces “on See aretn get tas ce 28: November. “1963, “Chiefy WH/3,, stressed in sen to the with. Mexicans." [oT as6ss}_ 2 tales ee ates we Se a ee Ne rete en te te neste al ole ata Samet tn le ZatS on he SS a, na ete en iee oh BO
13-00000 -ll- “a synopsis for COS background briefings.to assist in the evalua- tion of any. operational leads generated by the investigation. A second cable was sent out on the same day to Frankfurt and The Hague asking for evidence of travel of Lee OSWALD and | his Russian- born wife during their return to the United States during May and June 1962. [DIR 85973] On 2 December, headquarters sent a priority cable to “Ber-_ “iin, Bonn, ‘Frankfurt, ‘and The Hague asking for ‘confirmatory. infor mation ‘relating ‘to the travel of OSWALD, his. wife, “and oldest a / “child on ‘their return from the Soviet Union Cin 1962) ‘to the — ‘United States. {DIR 86077]. On: 12° December 1963, “Chief; WH/3, asked Mexico City Sta- tion to. continue to. watch for Soviet and Cuban reaction to the investigation of the Presidentts assassination, evidence of their complicity, and signs that they were putting out propaganda about | _ _—-the case. .. Mention was made that Soviet intelligence officers in _India had letters sent to American leaders demanding a. full in- | vestigation of the assassination. [DIR 88680] ee
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13-00000 Saeed 2 re quirements? ‘given ‘below. under each « cable. - DIR $4608.22 Nevenber 1963 Response? sae tet
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13- 00000 IG - - c. On 27 November, Ottawa reported no traces in Station ; or files. [OTTA 1275 (IN 69005)}] d. On 27 November , forwarded» a hegative ‘report [pass (IN 69011)] | e. On 27 November, London Station reported ‘that the "Traf- ‘fic Index" showed that OSWALD had arrived in ‘Southampton on 9 October 1959; he left the following day by air for Helsinki. _ — TLOND 6097 (IN 69100)] ee -€. On 27 November, Ottawa Station sent a second cable con- taining information on the initial reaction of the Cuban Ambassa- “dor CRUZ and his staff to the report of the assassination. After]. _ further information was received (by the Cubans) that OSWALD had ‘connections with the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, there was some “ ~= apprehension concerning !ossible United States reaction. --~---.—~—- woes su fOTTA 1277 (IN 69233)] -. | . eee eee ee nee te lee neat an ge On 27 November, Station cabled a response that .__ .. there were no traces on OSWALD in Station or files. = | [ Jed90. CN.69290)) te he On 28 NOvember, the Madrid Station replied that there _ "Was no information in Station {tt am sr an | 69328) ] | i. On 29 November, ‘the. Brussels Station stated there | were no traces on OSWALD. [BRUS 8739 (IN 69852) ] je On 29 November, the Rome Station reported ng + traces on - OSWALD. (ROME 1258 (IN. 70111)] _k. On 5 ‘December, the Paris ‘Station reported that “Station | and races were negative. [PARI 1770 (IN. 74234)] a ‘1. On 10 December, the Paris Station reported that the : French. press was giving sensational coverage to the possibility ~ that the assas$ination was "a many-angled plot", [PARI 1853 (IN : _ BIR 85817, 29 November 1963 DIR 85973, 29 November 1963
13-00000 Marina “OSH D was tra aa Station indicated ‘that, at Eves forwarding as. Soon as. : possibte oples_ A. “subsequent “cable “sent ‘the same day from Mexico city, indica: ° ted that. the: Station had: ‘photographs of the Same “unidentified Aneri~ » [ean (referred to. in the ‘above cable) who is ‘possibly. OSWALD “entering ~ [he Cuban = Embassy on is (October, NEXT 701s es Seat) pT a weal! one Sa ade X
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13-00000 ~~ ar — expect Wayor soviet ‘Pressures over é next several “HOE! 33 or ade—carefut; tor " Department officers rat eee eotonerta te - ree esr So LEghe on AIDS a “thieg, SR/CE, pointed « out ‘that, the SR Chief's, ‘comments ‘come — va opel cry nee ; “sant Ts: -snaee by TaTeReINg hat “anoth er, _Fecent: ey a .