HW 532716 104-10268-10009 os ~ missions have abandoned the mission even without the assurance or the inducement which the DCI is here proposing. : . In making this suggestion,” Ane DC 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. d The DCI could also indicate that the Commission might desire to suggest that any C * legislation along these lines should be enlarged to include con~ spiracy to kill any Federal official's in the President's personal v7 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.), ETON PRO | | 7 on DocId: 32373013 "Page 54
104-10268-10009 X ; nn © . ; UNTE” ~“4L SECURITY MANUAL SENATE. ro ievise 86th Congress Docr 4 5 ; ; . a\ _ pp 275-277 : : Acroaie Wrarons Rewanns. Act PROMIBITED ‘Act of July 15, 1953 (69 Stat. 205, P.L.. 165, Sith, Gong.) Atomic J } Weapons Ieewards Act.of [955+ a SS : at “De it enacted bythe Senate and Touse of Be presen atives of the United Statexof: si yecrict in Congress assembled, That this Ace may bo cited ase “Atomic Weappis Rewards Act of 1955. *Sze..2. Any person w 61 guighes original information to the Gnited States— Ao" ““(n) luading to thoinding or other acquisition by the United States of any special nuclear miiterial or atomic ___ weapon which has beon introduced. into the United States, _ or which has been manufactured or acquired therein contrary tothe luws of the Unised States, or : .“(b)-with respect to. an_attempted introduction into the United States. or an attempted manufacture or acquisition “therein. of. any special nuclear material or atomic weapon, . “60% othe laws of the United States, . shall bolretrarded by the payment of an amount not to exceed > $500,000, “Src. 3. An Awards Board consisting of tho Sceretary of tho Treasury (who shall be the Chairman), the Secretary of Defenso, the Attorney General, the Director of Central Intelligence, and - of ono. 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 sy : award and tho amount thereof to be paid pursuant to section C * : 2. In determining whether any person furnishing informn- tion to the United States is entitled to an. award and tho 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 employee of the United States and, if so, whether the furnishing of such information. was in the lino of duty of . that person. - uo _ “Any reward of $50,000 or moro shall bo approved by tho '. President. . a ” “Sr, 4. If tho information leading to an award under section 3 is furnished by an-alien, the.Seeretary 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 isin the public interest and, 1a:that event, such alien and the mem- + bers of his immediate familxmry receive immigrant visas and i _ may bo admitted to the United States for permanent residence, notwithstanding the requirements of tho Immigration and Na- tionality Act. 7 ; “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. : “Sec. 6. Any. awards granted under section 3 of this Act shall bo certified by the Awards Board and, togcther with the approval of the President in those cases where stich 4 pproval is required, transmitted to the Director of Central Intelligence for payment: . -out of funds appropriated or available for the administration of ( = the National Security Actof19i7,asamended. al ; “Sec. 7. As used in this Act— ; : “(a) Tho term ‘atomic enerzy’ means all forms of energy re- Jeased in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation. - -*(b) The term ‘atomic weapon’ means any device utilizing. atomic 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 23, | or for development of, 2 weapon, a weapon prototype, or a weapon . “(c) ‘Tho term ‘special nuclear material’ means plutonium, or ©“ . - +f - uranium enriched in tho isotope 233 or in the isotope 235, or any * . 7 other snaterial which is found'to be special nuclear. material pure" | oo _ suant to the provisions of the Atomic Energy Actof 1954. . - -@¢d)y The tern ‘United. States, when.used’ in a geographical _ ¢ ” "+ =“ gonsa, includes Puerto Rico, all Territories snd possessions of thes . , oo United States and the Canal Zone; ‘except that in section ¢, the =~ |. : ; tes . term ‘United States’ when so used shall havo tho meaning given: | : -  toitin tho Immigration and Nationality Act”. © See nee anne eet erent ES EPE ree oH 2 emer merece owe tee . . aoe > : HW 53216 Docld: 32373013 Page 55
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HW 532716 104-10268-10009 Lf REPRODUCTION. PROMBITED | Extensive iniScinatica ne hhagibeen made available to the Commission by CIA on QWs 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 head» ' quarters and in Mexico City. Within: the past week, _ significant information has. been. developed by CIA regarding Una epeeereeeaeneneeeeeenenennerneennnenemenemnenere aummmmnemmmmmemnaallal the relationship with’ Oswald of certain. Cuban intelligence personnel in Mexice’Clty-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 Cuhan aspect. ‘Mexican and Cuban phases of Oswald's It is suggested that the DCI handle any question on the . as "technical questions” which members of the Cott on: ‘can develop ad from or through their own stat witht the. — component of the A, ency. This aout ge a Site be em ; overall assurance that he nasicea his personnel to Place - t ‘their’ information completely at the Commission's disposition. . DocId: 32373013 ‘Page 57 “NBT fe, ce ce eee gettin enn eee he a ee a PAGE: 5 4 COPY NO. = eee. Pe pnpe ee ope eines manny 212
104-10268-10009 u co ae ny FY 3 —_— \ _ Ss ET : : | . Do 10 April 1964 | ° MATERIAL FROM P- 8593‘ V : SOMN MISSION: a S22. win Ost, LATE: Fey . | 1. Engligh translations of cae made By “OswatDo Russian Embassy: 27 Sep 63 (1037); 27 Sen X(626)5. 27 Sepea' (1605); 28 Sep § 63 (2151); | 1 Oct 63 (1031); 1 Oct 63 (AP Qene @r 2. English translation of conven 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 riamoe S3- 82 S : - ‘ os for FOIA Reyiew on. JUN 7 6 oc Tx. S292 ene ee RECORD cory] _ tore cage lo APR. a woes HW 532716 DBocld:32373013 Page 53
7 REPRODUCTION PRONEITED 7 ( OO pane - 36307 ” GeneralGounsel - BA Shisay £ intelligence Service - cossing Visa Applicants; Reattion 1) of that Service to the Asanasination of President Kennedy SUBINCT: lL, ‘Within the very recent period, this Agency has ascadlished contact with a well-placed individual who has been in clove asd ( >rolonged contact with ranaing oifiesss of the Caban Direccion ‘General de Intelligencia (Directorate General of intelligence ~ Dol). His knowledge of DGI activities, techniques and personalities ts direct and profound. This Agency has queried him in dutail on - possible contacts between Lea Harvey CSYALD and the DGI prior... . tothe assassination of President Kennedy. Avreport oa the infor= mation thus obtained Is: attached te itd memerandum. : 2. This source is highly’ s sieaditive and of great, immediais operational significanca to this Agency. The national counteriateili- . gence Interest abroad requires, thersiore, thal access to the attached pO report, 22 knowledge of the existence of this source be nantricteds | | Jo: gor the present ak least, to Fourseli aed a ainimum number of SR | salt. ae _ Document thumber STTagy _ : “SUN 1975. ‘Downgraded 19 Se CAC? ty’ authors of Eos . ‘far FOIA Review on ae | . wie Lt LE Bel - 2 os 7043 . _ HW 53716 DocId: 32373013 Page 59
a REPRODUCTION 3, Ax aopropriata sanaitivity indicator ae Deon affixed t to this memorandum and the atrached yeport. — 4. 4 zopy « of thia iathor sadam with ta attachment has been forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ‘Gigned) chard teins . Richard Heims ; . _ Deputy Director for Plana - | Distribution: ON Orig. &2Z - Addressee a . 2 - DD?’ ~ . 2 CCI RRA S “- 3 May 1964 Dow"graded to SEce er =. . — . fi, by authority of —” Z > . 0 date: a9 G21 BELTS ena ot ee HW 53216 Docld:32373013 Page 60
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HW 53716 a + ee? oo? SS : REPRODUCTION PROT - : Sttechment . OSPALD was pm agant 3 eavsied SSWALD's naane. BGI aersennad Syst commented abeut the in hie presence one day sitex lunch, . when a group of officers ware chaiting. Among thers was Mansel Consulate in slaxice City, where be wae tha principal DGI officer. ° VEGA menticned that OSVALD bad gone ta the Cuban Comrsulate ( Ere oe re Se ee Tne pplletien dering Grhethor OSWALD bad any contscs with VEGA om these sccasican {3 net known to the source. However DGT officerp staticnsd in consulstes customarily interview vive avplitants to determine if they aro DGI agents. 32 applicants: ard. identified se agente, thet travel fs axpadited. Ctherwise, they axe unally told to come back “ia few days. Darig the intevim avplicants’ names are submitted | to Havana for ierther checking and instructions. - Asterding to the - . sopree, OSWALD may inve igen interviewed by VEGA ay Sis , oe " assistant, Rogee RODRIGUSZ Lopes, but this is strictly con— - Joctare on hia part. The source docs not know Siivia SURAN sy caything pertinent shout hey exces Has jhe woe preoenh In the Cuban Dmbassy in Mexico in March 1954. — t . | Aes the news of the avoissfation of President Seanedy reached the LCi, andere were tssued Sor aff GE eacaponents ix Cowrigraded to t _ by. euinar! of oT dates ce Docld: 32373013 Page 62
104-10268-10009 ETTORE Ubnportauts” {iexportents. The waterial, pace cmsoitdated, was to be held pending faster Instractions. All travel by DOGl officers) CGI Headquarters’ personnal i Diices or bo keep the DGI avare restowed to segalas abouk 3 Decamibgs 1963. : os a a 4% Se Se fe we ae : arTe 5 . Fl pees - NYO Pa wove Els - eee Re j . a ee MY we eR ee ee ee ee HW 53216 Docld:32373013 Page 63
HW 532716 104-10268-10009 REPRODUCTION PROG aoe ° 23 May 1975 a MEMORANDUM FOR) - pc/oPs re SUBJECT 2 Review, of “Selected Items in the . Lee Harvey OSWALD: File Regarding ; i Allegations of ‘the)CASTRO Cuban - | Involvement: in* the ; , sonnP. FEANEDY “Assassination ; - | Gee . : S Ly ' 1. The m4 @ewtew. and summary was.written at the express request ofr. David W. Belin as a follow- up to Question 3 of his letter to the Agency of 15 April 1975. 2. The results - as I have already told him - add. ‘nuance, not evidence, to what the Warren Commission and its staff had laid before. them in 1964 on this subject. The results of the review are stipulated in paragraph 8 . of the Attachment. There-seemed to be no reason to... . = _ woe attach copies of tha-case reports from.the file to this:. sees oa summary. These can be made available promptly, however, Lae oe on request. This summary-does not deal with press,. ; oc ee magazine and books that dealt with the. subject during the pariod after the assassination. wort ney 3. My recommendation‘ fs to do: with this paper. ‘ago. elie we did with the earlier:one- requested by Mr..Belin on. - _— _ the unidentified man: let*him read the entire summary. . and -then decide how much of Fics ‘aE. any, is pertinent mae supper en pr 2S54 31 PACE G4 of 942 Doclda: 32373013 Page 64
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104-10268-10009 PROHIBITED SUBJECT : Review of Selected Items in the : Lee Harvey OSWALD ) File-Regarding Allega- REFERENCE : ney RRQGKS. 15 S Apedd 1975, eet Public Statement , attached . BACKGROUND i. 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’ ~Soncssponiente aed Daniel HARKER. 7 ae ; nr 2. HARKER's interview | reached eit. York on ‘Sunday, ; 8 September, and was in print throughout the country on Monday, 9 September. ‘There: ¢ ; “no question fron. the facts surrounding theZcASTR appiarance, which had not been expected, and his agreement to ‘the interview, that this event represented a more-than-ordinary attempt to get a : message on the record in the. United ‘States. HW 53216 Docld:32373013 Page 66 wn:
104-10268-10009 ho — PRORIBITED co . . | , os : . | | | Se KENNEDY, whom he ex- ‘(" ... KENNEDY is .-.. the BATISTA of his times ... the most opportunistic American President of | all time ..."). . ot ; —_ - j 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. . 5. In New: orleans, : where Lee Harvey OSWALD resided until the nidala‘of’ séptener 1963, the HARKER story appeared in the principal morning papex, the Times-Picayune, on Monday, 9 Sentenber-—page-?, . under a three-column head- line: "CASTRO Blasts Raids on. Cuba. Says U.S. Leaders _ Imperiled by Aid to Rebels." - The story followed under the - HARKER by-line:: , , "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” Cuba.’ /HW 53216 Docld:32373013 Page 67
HW 53716 104-10268-10009 PRORNITED s RET --— “Bitterly denoniicing what he called 4 recent U. s. Prompted» ‘raids on Cuban terri- LY Eee if they are aiding terror- ist plans \ eliminate Cuban leaders, they themselves will not be safe.' . ; | e.. World affairs ... seemed to be entering a more peaceful climate a few days “ oo i, ago, but now this trend has changed with oo , - . attacks. . | ' ** The U.S. is always ready. to negotiate a ‘and make promises which later it wilt 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 | . crisis than October’ s eae’ 6. The New York Times, ‘in its’ ‘coverage on 9 September, *  usea a UPI wire ‘service xeport which omitted any reference “to ‘the’ warning and. threat which gave the interview its real. . significance. The Washington Post. dia an abbreviated te~ S write: o September, page A+?) ‘which, similarly, ‘omitted | oa any keference to. the. main. ‘thrust of CASTRO’ s remarks. aan - aoe Docld: 32373013 Page 68
an — PROIBITED | Zhe. Evening Star of" Washington, D. c., printed_the HARKER story nearly in its* enti ety in the second section of the ; epte 6 age B-4) and reworded the content. of ncuenee placing. the emphasis on the po- > ritical as@QGQPE in particular, highlighting the GOLDWATER elements and burying CASTRO's warning to the United States leadership in the middle of the piece. 1 i | t 7. There is no evidence in the files on | ‘aSsassination}that this CASTRO interview was considered in . t i i following up leads or in. dealings with the Warren Commission . and its staff although Mexico Station specifically directed | . Headquarters attention to the AP story yery shortly after 1 the Dallas killing. More important, the interview appears to have been forgotten in the contemporary political consid~ eration of relations with CASTRO's Cuba. There is no evidence 7 in the Agency records, either, that the Warren Commission staff Ttself pursued the implication of the CASTRO interview in dealing with the conspiracy hypothesis. There is no stated by any other Cuban leader beforé the assassination. : * 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 oe aS. - CASTRO warning and threat. as reported above. The ‘results . os SEC HW 532716 Docld: 32373013 Page 69 ; . . a
PROWIBITED : SEC . : , i | ~ Of ‘the review, adnittedly heavily using the 20-+-20 quality ‘of hindsight “may Be stibylated in summary: There: ‘ES nO increment of credible ee etidente, ‘applying this phrase st£ictly; of Soviet Rare: or Cuban political, intelligence or security service involvement. in the as- : 7 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. ; = 4 ae : b. * etnias ta would upset or significantly modify this judgement ‘aia (and does) not exist in Washington. But Sennen nerenenemaerneneaerear erento earner —_—e -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 eS 4 that there was Soviet’ and/or Cuban (KGB and/or - _ : : GT) connection with OSWALD will persist and a 5) HW 53716 Docta: 32373013 Page 70
104-1 0268-10009 a REPRODUCTION a“ oe SE ET a | t | | t (= "grow until there: has, een a full disclosure ren a ao ; LEE IN, ANTES ey, ™ by these governments , fall elements of wider "window" for this contingency. “That, a a aa . 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: still open. 1 c. In the absence of anit elements of “credible” ovGeine, aO Qa are os t4 "nuances" in the record that emexge as note- worthy, in the light of other conclusions. These are reviewed and summarized below, item- by-item. . | : ae CASTRO'S warning and threat of 7 7 September 1963. aS UE OSWALD did Andees 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 .- Mr. Helms: ‘Yes. =f ¢ would assume _ the case. could: ever be closed. a HW 53716 Docla: 32373013 Page Fi
HW 532716 104-10268-10009 it in New orteans.-“in ~ be considered of So | great significance: in | the Light of the pathological evolution of OSWALD'"s passive/ | svareieive makeup after his attempt to kill | General WAEKER. 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 mandates. 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 rétorsion for what the Cubari emigres were doing during "the sumer oF 1963. —_ oo "CUBAN CONTACT WITH LEE HARVEY OSWALD, danra ANA, CALIFORNIA, - - BARLY 1959. (220 . 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 SroUp — COCLSG2 Docid: 32373013 ‘Page 72
HW 53716 4104-10268-10009. 9 oT ne , possible operational significance than is reflected by the ee REPRODUCTION PROWIPITED Wan diplomatic officials in this coun 7 which DELGADO at first took to be tone of his lies, but later believed.'"2 _ . 10. Actually DELGADO" s testimony says a lot more of language of the report, and its implications do not appear , to have been run down or developed by investigation.. Thus, the recora of the beginning of OSWALD's_relationshi Re with “the Cubans starts with a questi mark., ce il. The period was one of transition im v. S. ~ Cuban 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: - ; . oo ; | | " ... I didn't know what to tell him, so- I told him the best thing that I. know was to 2 cited as Report,. p- 687. classy Docld: 32373013 Page 7T3 Report to the President's Commission on the Assassination Jy of President. John F. KENNEDY (Washington, 1964), hereafter. ; PAGE ey _ of 212. -_
104-10268-10009 - = 7 ~ REPRODUCTION, I told’ him to see then. "after a while he told me he was in ' contact with them wee " .e- I seen this envelope in his. foot— locker, wall-locker, and it was addrizssed te nee se ae ng z 7 _ i as far as I could recollect Ge was. Se 4 a . Los Angeles e and he was tells State 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 coe . . wee he had one visitor after he started receiving letters he had one visiter. It was . a man, because I got ‘the call from the MP . guard shack, ond they: “gave me a call that on | Oo an visitor, at. the front gate. This man 1 hag. €o be a. sivilian, otherwise they would. have et; him in., . $0. I had to find somebody to. . relieve OSWALD; “who was. on guard, to go down. _) ortega HW 53216 DocId:32373013 Page 74. . . . ‘ Ra ———
4 HW 53716 104-10268-10009 mia ee | DocTa: 32373013 Page 75 / and. distriputi there to visit ‘with "this fellow, and they spent are about an hear 3 and CON, a two hours, talking, I guess‘ ns z I don't know who the / ae nonchal aoe the whole thing when he came back. He never mentioned who he was, nothing. "Mr. LIEBELER: How long. did he talk to. hin, do you remember? "Mr. ‘DELGADO 2 two hours one " "Mr, LIEBELER: > “SND who this fellow was wets eS to? "Mx. DELGADO : No. No - "Mr. LIEBELER: Did you connect this visit that OSWALD had at that time with the Cuban Consulate? Oo . . "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 *. ‘received mail Exc home: because I made it a policy, I used. te’ pick up the mail for our. unit i fhe guys in there, and very , aa SS SEES . 4 seldom did I ever see one for him. - But every so oof often, after he started to get in contact with BO 10 SE @RET cclasgs - REPRODUCTION PROBE a 212 Cwm,
104-10268-10009 ———— PRONIBITED _ ae SEC . : | | | | | - these Cuban rong ptt getting letter . pamphlets and or » Lee ee EN rted receiving letters, — | you kn ’ maybe pamphlets, you : AS re RS church, things we get from church, you now, but it wasn't a church. "Mr. LIEBELER: Were they writteh ds "Mr. DELGADO : no. PON our. LIEBELER: oon ee to believe that these things & ; from the Cuban Consulate? ~ oe SO . "Mr. DELGADO : Well, I took it for granted . that they did after I seen the envelope, you know ... something like a Mexican eagle, with a. big, impressive seal,.. “how. ‘They had dif- ferent colors on it “red : sd white; almost © ow. But I can't recall the s¢a: WT ete) ew it was in Latin, United, s ng stand. It MMROXS "Mr. LIEBELER: You don't know for sure that. I couldn't under- whether it was from the Cuban Consulate? - HW 53216 DoctId: 32373013 ' Page 76 ; — : . : t
HW 53216 104-10268-10009 REPRODUCTION PRORISITED “us o. But he had told me ound that envelope in pis as receiving mail from theng’ on tine he. offered to show it. to me, but SI eee 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. his ~< | correspondence with the Cuban Consulate was _. about? ; . “Mr. DELGADO : No, he didn't’ S “mr. LIEBELER: Did. he ever jrid S Sy you that it had to do with the. =e that you had about going over ‘to Cuba? oy '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 Sy . was going to Switzertand wee "3G 12. OSWALD' 8. application to Albert Schweitzer. College, Chuiwalden, Switzeriand, was dated. 19 March 1959, and he was. prestimably‘to xeport there on 20. april 1960. Destined : for. discharge £x0 the Marines on’ 7. December 1959, OSWALD ~ 3 yo - Hearings, Volume VIII, pp. 241 - 243. -, a SEC “cosas Docld: 32373013 Page 7
HW 53716 .104-10268-10009 accelerated his exit, file on cage . QS RSS ESS 8 ' "PREDICTION hae PARTY CELL LEADER” MO ‘REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED ET. oe ounds of family hardship in early 6 September 1959. September 1989 he’ was issued a LEQ U.S. passport isa fox a ~ among other places to Cuba and sec Gsnh Ge teres the Soviet Union from — Sy" ; Finland on 1959. 13. DELGADO'S testimony has the cast of credibility. | Granting that, it is of basic importance to focus attention on the male visitor who contacted OSWALD at El toro Camp. and talked with him for between one and | x hale. to ‘two: hours. The event was unique in DELGADO's recoiiections: and ‘actually there is nothing like it - on the record - ik 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 fndta the Cuban Consulate in Los Angeles. ’ Assuming that, the questions are: Who was it, and was _. there reporting sera to Washington and Havana = that could, int ENT KENNEDY'S DEMISE BY COMMUNIST’ eK oe E BENITEZ ZABOLA, 1962 oe Gj By . 14. Guatemala Station forwarded to Headquarters on a 9 January 1964 a duplicate. copy of a raw report. by a 4 ' U.S. /Cuban: diplomatic and. consular relations werg-severea -on 3 January 1961. ; : . “S . . COCLSIS DoclId: 32373013 Page 78
HW 53716 104-10268-10009 =. REPRODUCTION — — PROGIBITED rs “< _ The cell leader, ET * “Penetration sete 1962 describing events at the i : . | preoccupy waa 3 over the politics of President -KENNEDY co because we know, according to prognostications, that he will. die within the present year, 1962.” a ots 15. This report apparently had been discountéd. when wea ‘it was received and was not forwarded uAeEL the Station , ; re-reviewed all of its material after the “assassination. a The -Lile reflects no follow-up or formal dissemination of the report. ENIGMATIC THREATS BY CUBAN THIRD SECRETARY IN THE 2 mide, 7 NOVEMBER 1963 ; ; _ 16. +A sensitive liaison sxe, reporting after the KENNEDY assassination, indicated that at the Soviet reception ‘on 7 November 1963, ‘the Cuban Third Secretary, oS | . Ricardo b. SANTOS Pesa, discussed ‘the recent refugee raids on Cuba and’ their implications with a host“country diplomat, -- eoncluding with the. admonition: * 2. dust wait ‘and you will see what we. can ao. It will happen soon." “Asked. to be more ) specific, what would happen soon, SANTOS replied: "Just | wait, just. wait." te an These. data were passed ‘to. the Warren Commission by menorandum, 31. Maxch 1964. SANTOS was reported to have, UE ee anee Docld:32373013 Page 79 - - , ae i
HW 532716 ROTI PRORNEITED "ow ™ . ._.& history of medical instability and was summarily recalled . ; _ | . ; wN, ; - from The Hague reportedihy for reasons related to that fact in April 1966. ; | = on fe les, 2) INTERCEPTED: CONVERSATTONOF CUBAN EMBASSY EMPLOYEE, LUISA CALDERON APTERNOON OF 22 NOVEMBER 1963 18. ge éxico City time, about five hours after~the Or news. "Luisa" jokingly replied: "Yes, of Ss it almost before KENNEDY ... Imagine, one, two, three and now, that makes three [she laughs], what barbarians! ..."- os "20. Both speakers: agreed on the seriousness of the assassination. “aise so stated that the party at doctor ae Siena. | 21. Latin » bpecbotes Boastful ex post facto suggestion |. of foreknowledge? This is the only item in the intercept a . ' coverage of the Cubans and Soviets after the assassination that contains the suggestion of foreknowledge or expectation.. - - J 15 “NETE 1) BS DoclId: 32373013 Page 60
AW 53216 ~ "22. The tenuous, entganatic character of-the conversation i is sharply highlighiteaby | the following facts: “to be working in DGI Headquarters. b. The DGI element in Mexico City in the . ; i 104-10268-10009 REPRODUCTION PROGMBITED t ‘ . 14 SE T , . ide _fiuisa™ wasi-pepbabl LDERON; oxdre worker of the Cuban pizedtorete Gorcral of Intelligence (DGI). re dad to Cuba in 1964 and was reported ~ i fall of 1963 was headed by Alfredo MIRABEL Diaz who had arrived on 2 September 1963; formally . ‘as the replacement of the Consul Eusebio AZCUE ~ (departed 19. November 1963). “Thecdeputy DGI ™ chief (and as of June 1964, MIRABEL's successor} was Manuel Engenio VEGA Perez. ‘ce. 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 _installation§ 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 ‘Mexico City.. Her testimony, however, in its ‘entirety was taken and presented, solely, by the . Mexican Governmental authorities. A direct. yg PRGRET a  COCLE SI . COPY NO. Docld:32373013 Page 681
HW 53716 oe Sec tO Jf . XS sete ; sonfrontation | with ger was requested by the Warren Commission “state but rejected by the et ao: Mexican‘ authorities. It is from Silvia DURAN's Pn Sat it was learned that OSWALD beta égngaged in a personal altercation on 27 September. with Eusebio AZCUE. . . of d. Manuel Engenio VEGA Perez, oo, _alias Marcos, and his DGI assistant, : Rogelis RODRIGUEZ Lopez, were positively identified in February 1964 by two independent ‘sources as engaged in the active: evelopment ‘and facilitation of the training ‘of 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 ‘er illegally, had to pass through him first. He j 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 _ . coe ono | oe 79 of 212 copy NO. Docla: 32373013 Page 62
HW 53716 104-10268-10009 ‘applications to be handled solely by a ‘local. ‘employee. and ‘REPRODUCTION PRORIBITED 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 .were not asked at the time. And there remains. the more eed fundamental question: accepting the DURAN story on its face, could it havé@™happened without the knowledge and : ; 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 ; made several visits to the Cuban Consulate. It is clear ’ CASTRO's overseas intelligence ‘and security service could — . have more in. its files than was ‘surfacéd. in the DURAN a was taken by. Vincent Theodore LEE, the organizer of the Pair 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 oe on. 13 February 1963. “pact 80 _ of 242 COPY NO. Docld:32373013 Page 83
104-10268-10009 So ss REPRODUCTION PROSIBITED ~ statements. Coming back to the beginning: Luisa" - 4 _ Luisa CALDERON - as a ‘geiber of. the DEI unit in Mexico City - uld ve woth have inden, something that would make what SILVIA ac SUBSTANTIAL AMPLIFICATION OF ADMISSION OF ~ ALLEGED PERSONAL RELATIONS WITH LEE. EARVEYOSWALD,- 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 for 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 cut all relations with. Cubans. Her account, in 1967008 source to challenge or elicit corroborative deteis/ that - Se a C:) “REPRODUCTION = ote HW 532716 DBocld: 32373013 Page 84 PAGE L of ed 2 COPY RO .-
HW 532716 ‘104-10268-10009 Nicaraguan walkin in’ Mexico City, 26 Novembeke: - 6 REPRODUCTION PRONIBITED s ET ALLEGATIONS ge CONSPIRATORIAL CONTACT BETWEEN OSWALD AND CUBAN GOVERNMENT AGENTS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ~ ALLEGATIONS: OF (ay: -BLENA GARRO DE PRAZ AND. (B) OSCAR. CONTRERAS ~ SERV S 2 EG & arren Commission reported, "Literally dozens of egations of a conspiratorial contact betwden OSWALD and agents of the Cuban Government have been. investigated | eee n6 among these cases, which gonsumed wr , Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte. 27. The ALVARADO case is taken up in detail by the Warren Commission under the cryptograph "Dp." ; ALVARADO claimed that he had seen an American, whom he identified as OSWALD, receive money some time in mid-September 1963 ina t meeting in a patie of the Cuban Consulate in 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.’. catasss COPY NO. __ Docld: 32373013 Page 65 12
HW 53716 . Cubans and< Docld: 32373013 Page 66 104-10268-10009 REPRODUCTION PRORIBITED ~ oo , sg RET. Mexico city. ALVARADO's story was ultimately broken by the use of the polygraph on which ALVARADO showed evidences of deception, and by bringing ALVARADO's former Nicaraguan cap h temneten that beset the evaluation of yo ce: certain elements of the story persist vane red-dyed hair. _ » NS EX mn | 29. Elena GARRO de Paz is a mecurial, bi iL socially prominent Mexican writer, married, but ‘separated A from a high-r 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 . an 7 antipathy between, the two women descending from oO - Blena GARRO's trenchant anti-Communism, . ee 30. From October 1964 Mintil his retirement in the fall oo of (1969, a U.S. Bubassy officer, charles manus, persistently. kept up a stream of. reports: and memoranda reflecting GARRO''s account of wh ad. actually ‘gone on ‘between “OSWALD, the. particular Silvia DURAN in September 1963, including a Fopgated reference to a Negro with rea-dyed hair. >. a . oo SEC a "pace 83. of 212 . cory Ho. c
104-10268-10009 REPRODUCTION. PROMIBITED ‘ ¢ . : ; 4 31. The: first reference to the GARRO story was noted in a Mexico Station Memorandum of Record dated 12 October 1964: | "lens. CARO teaial that she and her Sesh here in Mexico prior to the assassination. 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 ona . log. ‘They were so obviously out of place that. she askea someone in the Cuban, Embassy about © then and: was told that "they were just passing ‘through. ' She claims that on the, way these three Gringos" stood. out she took a gooa 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." ; , a ; 32. ciind epeitn her story to Mr. Charles William - ; ma a THOMAS, an Embassy political. officer on 10 December 1965:- cclass7 "COPY No. HW 53216 DocId:32373013 Page 87
a ETHER ——— PRORIBITED “In September 196\after her return from abroad, she went toa Parixe Gabibaniea by. her daughter, at the home of Ruben ‘DURAN: Tempiiads added]. Ruben is one of the two . * Ne  geGiess 9 i Hoxsicio DURAN, who married her cousin. She OS . 4 ossianay aaa two other young Americans. At the party Oy ASS { | ' | she wats discouraged from talking with him. Other guests © were the Cuban Consul AZCUE, General Clark: FLORES, Silvia DURAN, who she later learned was “OSWALD's 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 “assassins” and other insults at the staff there.® Shortly ~ afterward, she and her Gaughter were visited by a friend, Manuel CARVILLO lor canvatzo) then an official in the ans errs there for ‘eight days under pretext When she told CARVILLO she. wanted to go to the Américan Embassy and explain what she knew of- OSWALD, she was to1a that the American Embassy was full of Communist spies. -33. On 25 December 1965 and 9 January, 1966 in further> interviews with THOMAS , GARRO and her daughter elaborated and ‘8 These particulars were not confirmed by independent observers "at the time. a 23 PRO oaiers iG COPY BO. HW 53216 - DocId: 32373013 Page 6a
HW 53216- 104-10268-10009 0 interviewed by the Lega "out affirmatively: and 28 - 30 oven’ em Docld: 32373013 ' Page 39 REPRODUCTION PAGRIBTED The FBI representative therefore considered — gltter 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 Palitical officer, however; persisted in ‘his interviews and reporting. In a memorandum of conversation, 13 July 1966, GARRO id@ntifiea the place to. which she had been "taken by CALVILLO as the Hotel Vermont. (This detail checked -GAREQ was at the Hotel 23. 24, 25 ~ 27 nS ). In another, on 7 February: 1967, 2 with the Cubans are set out. - And naa time, OMAS ' s. retirement from U. S.- Government. , = service, the ‘Department of State, at his request, . 228° August 1969, disseminated to CIA and FBI a ‘compilation of. N his reporting of ‘the Elena GARRO interviews.
HW 53216 104-10268-10009 REPRODUCTION _é s ET , ‘ “36. There the matter rests. GARRO's ‘chronology of the . ~ ee events she described. as havin {2} d_in_the Mexican capital in September 1963. ‘hever “coincided with the confirmed data of OSWALD's presence ‘there. Her story, however, had two - points. co. ee OSWALD: < SY)” ES ae a. O's allegations regarding the Negro with the red-dyed hair [this detail could, gage phlegations by others regarding however, have been gleaned from the Warren Commission" s published account of: the "Dp" case] and b. Silvia DURAN's later claim of <. intimate personal contacts with OsHAg ow 37. Béginning in March and amplifieds 4 ay3se7, the. American Consul, Benjamin J. RUYLE, ‘int ampico 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. Docld: 32373013 38. In June 1969 CONTRERAS was interviewed by a CIA | officer: , | ‘at the University of Mexico “approximately 1960 - 1964. He belonged to a clandestine pro-CASTRO revolutionary | _group at the University. Regarding .the OSWALD. <*" ‘COPY NO. Page 90 - pacz 87. We eee nme a ence eae pe tl AR RN ET 212.
i _ REPRODUCTION ‘ a . ft . oto SE ET : | ‘im a visa to visit. Cuba. quiries. regarding pro-Cuban _ - SO revolutienary 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 a held in the faculty of Philosophy. “OSWALD. told the group it was urgent that he visit: ; Cuba and the Cuban Embassy Raa? eniéd: him | a | visa. He requested aid from ‘wsgnis" 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 qf the next day. OSWALD . or ; turned, over | to the Mexican authorities who determined that CONTRERAS was “indeed at ‘the: “university of Mexico but only 26 HW 53216 Docld:32373013 Page 91 a , : oO L. “COPY NO. ;