13-00000 ape Es theee | ‘896 para ° | Puy | vege ‘contanued « oy z dnoluding, “The Neve", J. which of 12 [Apr pain Mor 4 Do toe authoritida re oe 2 isit, -:/|On 10 Ap# at 1130 hrs, pith eppsra | mb, [COS took ithres and re 333. LV Aor 6 . SMPO 8 and acted as interpreter. / LITEMPO 8 o opert tive| and aed Gar to] 8 AB lea _ re For conplete| written report of |"Meagures| taken and in stigatio 8 ag ie Mexi author: ties! - after a sassination.” ‘They’ promised ithat|/any portion they: wished: to publi h n com Listes ® a on eee would gladly; assemble lfullireport bit he|asked that "in order to maké request reeds » Whet was -neconplished by Warren reps}. Amb should réquest this - report rom IMext Foreign Handster. | LITEMPO sald he would contact | under res irieted conditions? on » report youd, ‘be cleared with Me, 4 authorities! prior to publication, LI MPG 8 8 fi he ” o1° FORNMEN and tell him-to get’ request to|LTTEMPO 8, ‘ LITEMPO 8 said reports would odme back al vie same channel. f very. short eat / Ct Commies ton 7938 pens n doked if nen 8 objected Pad | ! to . if Mead citizens (such a8 mana er o noted where | gon « st “yes ta Me: i} w im bavsvi ae D. voluntadtly came intoiv, s. | ii og ve statonents ito a ete reps L si o| 8 said + the Mexd Gov! could not agree 40 this. Said this would! appear’ td be official nvestigation ‘by U.S. authorities ih Mexi, He said it| would belagaihst Mexi dovertignty. e thén suggested a7 that the commission reps. let his ‘office tnvite. ‘such Meficans to|1uncheons or dinners with ore of LITEMPOS's subordinates] and jthe commibsion reps. (Note: | This the| reps subsequently ; rist of Prenbe to Mexicans [ana | bad publi ity sinc thei x could» ' not take depositions and really. discuss hatter in|publio restautants )/ on ent pote ko | Foxnmin|GOROSTIZA on afternoon 11 Apr. /\ Believe COS end DCOS on asbure i i. | decided |would not be worth | i pleased: with: ‘sessions ‘they, had with |Station. Source (tel taps) [revehted | to them first. by Amb and|"take" from these (rath Soures known ito them) - vealed by cos They tate! they: . already |had been ; jtold of this source, They 8180 | aid already admitted to cldar ail drafts | i : ° qs that $ reps ! aan of mi ded ‘he with ii - | ‘aMA 23 io + Loh "daoles vs Vieit of Staff beeen of 'the Werre Co aeslon a | Attached are joopies | of a Memo for the Record to rqoord [talie hed with COLEMAN,| SLAWSON and {ILLENS | State Reps of Warren Commigsion| - ai o 9 Apr 6h) Messrs. ¢., Si and W, Staff: Reps of the Warren Comm, came to Anib’s office| 2.) Am bra}. on Apr}. Amb. asked that. GAT land “cooperate fullys these 3 would have [Top Secret clearandes, ete, ‘3, When|visitors jcame/in, Amb told hat ihe wished! then to éall | i on. hs for any and) all ‘help! needed, but that he wished ore ally to. pa approve in advance. any, and all contacts with Mexi puthe ities and/or Mex citizens ;: : ha} An! briefed | hem : mo 7 about secret’ and sensitive |pources, , ‘such! as tel-taps, and reminded them any published item — ! from those sources had to have prior oledrance with ARK and ODENVY., etc. 5. Amb out) ned oe A |S (rules for cnet 40 work. Amb made protocal call dn Echeverria, jetc.:6, (See MEXI 89 7 { : Men RRU RRO EE an a} saa ap em fo 7 333 above reported by Am Fre¢man | | Boonstra, LEGAT and I het thereat 0845 | | | (para 3 a 7. On 9 and) 10 Apr, OS and I met with| visitors} 3 hrs. dn 9 Apr ahd = on 10 ae ns al loft es, they! a. Reviewed the. "take" fdom LIENVOY fox 27,(28 Sept | °° y made al"schedule" of OSWALD's ‘activities. Note: i"Takes" were Ene translations.
13-00000 dD. ‘Eng sleranélatdons des 2 bonvebsatilons ee 26 w Nov betuden P Pres DORTICOS and Cub Anis (SRANANTES, ” C, | Had ame review Silvia DURAN pase }] the were shown pics of Silvia and husband, d. Nad me: | review case of ALVARADO; the Nis, 8, - Visitors asked what: actions Mexi Station toox beginning 22:Nov.j I‘said we: a. Reminded Has, Amb Mann and ODENVY Locally thet we nad - sent them all (im Oct /63) data bn OSWALD regarding visit to, Mexi and visits to Sov wil Cub Emb. tof. b. | Threw al} Station jassets an ‘sarees into, sob fs trying! to get all possible detulis: of ns <1 OSWALD's ‘tbrayel + and from Mex; -place he. sthyed,, contact, etc,| ¢, Stayed in cont Lnuous “contact ith|Hqs Jeads with PDENVY tol coor: inate work, d, With igs approval, gox in touch with Mexi authoritle and obtained |help in eases ime the outstanding ones bain. slivie DURA id AL ARADO, _ e. t+ coverages on DURAN, KOSTIKOV and contact in Mexi with GOJALD. Lh 9. Hot TE 2 knew aout el. conveysations OSWALD had | except for A, OSWALD wanted 19 go ‘I to | dessa, ‘end De if OSWALD - anted a ee or. his wikis ad yho Wps 8 Russian" | 10.: The; said : ; "| thet Asdistant See St411 bas the "feeling in |his guts") that Castro hired ‘OSHALD. to! k£11 ate ‘| Kennedy they said, hquvever, th t. the Co miss fon Has not been able to get, any proof. of this. . 11.| No el i e given sitors. ong trans ations read were kept dy Station, The ops attached, 1 an hat all ui 3 of P visitors vere’ pleased with Station's: ntemenqnnneenenncteinanene sce; = in + uns dinnnntnntaneny ae i on . . Anb 1 Mann was th I What: did they & somish Work, on OSW, ) case, oP. | | _ | 7 ok ME ‘Prom ‘LEGAT to cogs" ; y |OStd. D, otel / accommodation of OSWALD in Mest: ‘city, of aie ifying OSWALD istayed at Hotel del Comercia, logated! at Calle Bernardino de 'Suhagun ro,| 19. in rom No, 18. OSWALD, registered as! "LEE, HARVEY OSWALD, USA, TEXAS, PHOTO, US -eittzent|... Owmer nnd ‘meneg) Y of] hotel, G illermo ARCIA Luna cooperated with LEGAT, LECAT FBI Labobatory check hendwr; ting of otel registry | of OSWALD with true signaturm snd was na idgntical...|/ Ligt of] namgs and residences, room numbers and dates of occupancy 336. OO 23 Apr | | | of jthos registered. at hotel dutring |time |OSWALD was there, | / GARCIA'Luna. received OSWALD | _at Hotel del/ Comercio ‘at tween: 1000 and 1100; 0 WALD {8 ” room No. 18: was 16,00 pesas daily . with bath, that the regist book iridicates OSw. stayed at hotel night of 1- 2 Oct and, departed during the day .of [2 Ook 63 GARCIA Luna eould ‘not: recall eireumstances of OSWALD's ‘Check other gue ts de sual . ar . a | departure noy the! hour, : He palieve OSWALD neither spoke’ nor understood pany Spanisir, pe bo at be » totes : a. | “Te OSWALD was neye os B. the | had) not lobserved OSWALD ‘dnjthe hotel during the d ly and he Was never ‘accompanied by any, 4 gay, time, why was he| never sean with a jooat on | person, ‘He. recalled that WAL earried|/a mediumasize ‘prow handbag,» which had aizipper elnee he ‘apparently pas out at nigh At when cat Hess and was jeither of, Naugahyd¢ or canvas material. He did not! remember: that, OSWALD had ever 7 ¥ouli naturally be chi ~ | worn a goat and believed he usually jappeared in: a [sho ~B8leeved ishirt of a. knit variety, . oo Matdide GARNICA, Inada |e the ‘hotel del Cc merelo, recognized, photo of ‘OSWALD ag being the * young of who had Ricca No, {18 for almost a veek during! the jatter. part of| , last year, , She arrives at|work between 0900 ‘pnd 4000 nd leaves at 2100, Clearly, recalls arte * OSWALD, [as few . Awericans stay-a't the hot as id few personal effects,| carried iy a , ae =f ats ous” aad gippered™ Handbag" “carves “oy “Lint Catt on *“ledther material.” " She had seen OSWALD '™ | ‘the day lof his arrival and} the ollowing Baturday. 2s w still was in his room when she “checked to determine which ‘rooms were avellable for cl oning, When she saw him in! the room “ on a Satu fay 2. Said " ood pone n En plist, | ang a 8 ort itime ;later left the hotel. ~-|seprer one em tie "ae ne ete ee
13-00000 ‘a 1 tania ttn ABABA Bg nt tt « : ° . | : ‘ AE sin ees een ate Lh . ae Sebeotien PEREZ. i bmneciiez, to| ho had not rsed| with OSWALD but ibe red oh clearly be tausel few |Americang; Btay at the * 336, (continued) ane a hote 1..." eon said OSWALD lef{ the| hote pie mokning and ldid not return until evening, possibly -. (22 = -ceetheserersen prem Sense ee De, ‘ “after PEREZ ernandez had. ompléted his working day and lefp the hotel. | aya wa, alone | penal usually ore @ knit, sHort-sleeved sport Shirt) and ino obat or Jadket. id not rémen a | , Pedro RODRIGITEY Ledesma, stale wate ‘| seeing OSHA depart the hotel on th » morning] ‘of. 2 oot, but] te tt v ad poss thle tha the| pe hotel, claims os SWALD left hotel at 063 or’ “Tl night & watehm > who vehiadn at the ception: esk g the night might have heen j Reval of | a 9700 hrs, for RODRIGUEZ was bh able! led get ajo: | OSWALD 'g, depdrtui from the hotel, Wateliman is Peliro ODRIGUEZ Who dould| be located at|the | pos taxi for him; however, the maid, Mat de aaipcal hotel after 2100 pe during |the- darly mortiing hours). / edro| RODRIGUEZ Led sma wa: king ous claimed she spoke to‘OSWALD that Sat indey mornin are from 2100 to. 300, | however, | he often lis able to leave the hotel by. 0800 ox earlier Lf of his departur: when he said |"#60E" morning" and |. the| owne. and, mang, eer, Guilierm GARCIA und, | hes arrived to relieve |him dnd hi nt reception | . he was in his room. ‘Matilde CARNICA enters. work ‘duties, He glear ‘recalls the young Amdrican whom he [late identified his! mind as | | between 9900 and 1000, Time discrepanby?? | | .| OSWALD and remembers that én the- date of |the latter's deparbure from |the pote on the «|. 7 | 1 [| | basis’ off sigd language and |the yord taxi" which he understood that OSWALD wanted "textes, pb _ | RODRIGUEZ waiked around the corner from the hotel Wwhere.he obtained a taxicab.! He |belidved | - OSWALD left the hotel betwen 0630 and 0700 since At was ge ting: light whén ho! wend in | - | ‘search of the taxieab.| | He joould not) be Hore precise conee ing. he time.| He belidved | ' OSWALD gave Him a!small tip of 6ne 4 two pesos, OSWALD cafried! his lown luggage downstairs | ; and) waited in front of the ihote] aft the luggage RODRIGUEZ returned with the taxicab.) ‘RODRIQUEZ. commentéd - thet ae ad little ia pelt] obtaining a taxi at a early hour, | |; : _. j He . “o# ' 1 H \ . it becones vary difficult Oo s@eure taxi jtrendportat io between 0730 and 5830 ecause 0 the’ | heavy traffid at that. time RODRIGUEZ related the OSWALD’ Always arrived|at the hotel late | midnight or thereafter", but He never noticed any indication that OSWALD had been’ i | | | at night, drinking. 4 Salerno GIA Luna paid lof Pedro RODRIGUEZ Ledesma ‘el RODRIGUEZ is [ , } { | | | | without wearing a coat??? i : RAMIREZ de BARREIRO, owner’, manager ‘and dometines cook jat shall restauran : adjacent! to Hotel| det Comercio, | stated tHat because of proximity, of Hotel hotel guests, 7 eat meals at jreste urant, She. menbezed OSWALD who hed eatén several mealé at: the [restiurant in the late afternoon @ period of one wekk. OSWALD appeared at |the testarant afte tr the i diately . “hubble tout ry derious, deep fel gious, a| family man, and 1 Beek cot i { Dolores ‘If OSWALD at= meals at hoo | at restaurant | { | i offee, ard was very - | next door to hotel, why wes he never seen at. nook rush hodr or some. ‘ine after 140,. always elche, and ordered food by pointing : at menu: _netal during «". uay? Did he never enter his . “Ate| soup of day, ice,: and jeithex meat or eggs, but re ected dessert jand : room. during th: day, after lunch, to wash his | money (cost) | lconsoious. Meals cost five |to six pesos, 4 /(/7/) Individuals in neighborhood of ~ hands? Why, i he were in area of Cubjor Sov. .| hotel were queried with nedativé results, ///// Guillermo GARCIA Luna advised: thet on the basis ofj a adarch|of. abanddned éorrespon ence} review df hié records ‘and accounts, ‘and freshing his| memory th roug discussions with pthex personne, at: dnote, he! had ‘been | able! to. deve lop Emb or Colonia ‘Condesa, would he return to the | the! followin datas Antonio OLIVA ip a Negro:who | ad been considered Cuban but had clarified | . hotel location to eat, yet not be ‘seen/at the - hovel 2? oe a i to GARCIA Luna that. lie’ ‘had | grown ‘up. on east, coast. of Mexico; where "Cuban Spanish" is spoken .i-. He’ regis’ tered as “musician butiwvas known bo have been employed @3 a cook'or cook's helper -:— in an unidentified Mexi City restaurant. | He had been living at the hotel jwith & woman to. - |. whom he referred a8 his "wife" but GARCIA Lund judged that sho might ‘have | been| his paramour.) They left tha hotel withow ut paying a substantial hotel ppat and | GARGIA Lit Lune has be been attempt trolta Tannte them withnit ‘aueeaae . & Hogrot?) Any uv “nnection?? Brovght up by GARCTA | Lunn because -’ efforts to locate jaim &0 he}. comida nav the 1.417277 . ! i ArAnrT .
13-00000 0 during | “OSWALD isit wer negative, / LEGAT sources | d He hote ut del | \Comereio,’ to be reputable, | saan £0 Lacan from cod, “Photog | 9 are; ad requested, twe prints of @acn nega ' |e. beens rt: fob bop be HMMA 23531, Astapnea are photo made from film Bent to this office by local ODEHVY r-o ~\ h Apr 64! / Local ODENVY rep requested two copies each.! He said .these would be sont ~ to hi Has. for Wee nt Comm4s8i0 o- Aad photos include lones' of the local Sov Emb, the local . cut Consulatd, Hotel del Comerclo, b because jof OSWALD! Me visit. f to Phiefl,. ‘HUDESK. ioe foes oe ee ‘56. (continued) a “Why did. OSWALD choose this hotel? Pro, inity at to Bus Terming}?? €s $e wl, dil he bine “| Cente | | t 57, QT Apr ae 238, 28 Apr : roingl =~ places of interest to the Warren Coin , is requ atec that this: dispatch and) atts! be roused , DIR| 18827 - rreh conntsd dn re ueste we furnish spitoting nfor A. Hours when Cuban and ‘Sov Eabepeiel “and Congulet 8 in| Mexi City are open to publics their normad working hour | Thety procedures. bna regul tions, .farmal jand. formal involved in issuing! permits for travel, ‘to And % rough Cuba. B Dedeription lof procedures and regulations of ‘Mexi! government for travel of PB oits to and t “ “T ‘eer Next ree sumnary’ of all that can bey 239, . 5 May " aseg rtained nm ab ve. | | St . MEXT 933 (ees DIR 18827 | - pe 9 above) | Sov | Emb arid Con are not ope to public. Offices To. "| are in compound accessible to pyblic, by appo ent. Sov guards are on outside gate around , 7 ‘@look, ‘Normal work. hours Ro : b Poecreit changed to 0900 to 140d: . "| Monde throwgh Friday ,! Soy con| frequent hange.| Noy. open pen. 1100 $9°1300' Mondays tnd Bitdays. Jo Sixteen-Soy families Tia 1n-con ompow: fisitors hrs ig Bell of gate at all: hours, Russ wh a speakers can (get in anytime . Others, usu y burned away by! guard after hours. Sovs ere not wdeceyf > [mown td_iss ; taal. | ‘ -Enib and consulste inisame! compovid in: have : in fic, (separate entrances. Consulate cedves (uses frOii\LOOO~tG“1400\ hrs | Monday through "| aa an ore Sst Emb. working hours are from 0900 |to 1700 hour jsame! days “put ‘most|Enb visitors” | ate uplly atterded fore 1h00 hrs. These [hyd"giso applied during Bent 63.1 / Cuban mb i: 7 | protedures and regulations |for issuing permits. for! travel to and through Cuba; Visds normalli ep valid for 3 months from: date of| teste *rLor: fron Habana invariably required | ct “Pepe PE Sp bert visa. Appl: cant, completes visa epplication ¥eau form! at Consulate >" ~~ | ae yi aa before dha often botaines® exchange of joable 8 peltween Emb! and Minrex, Habana,| In many: |. fo .| gases visas issued on separate. heey papgr in onrcre e neeal fact of jbravel, j Hext govt. . a teams, arid regs ‘re travel. abs ports olde. 1 to) and, ithxo gh. Cuba unchanged. since, HMMA 20887,_ Log "ES Mey. ,  PBPRIME “oLtS wit h. passpo Cul vies are free to travel + Cuba, PURTME cits © Jo], Can obtain t gartoh cards f om Mpxd fae Habp ® ‘for. * turn) via, Maxis ye [ { EMMA 23398 = Jattabhed ‘are dopies ot P . who) progured documents 3 (on loan) fr ; 7h0,, 6 May ceien > hnemiamareal tee tata ga ieiag seehercpnt vce cot lee reset eeergeere leer eerste Ce te gas sebarerese me Serres ree eo 2 ° [vee were reproduced by Station for local ODENWY = & persons entering | ; f | | to as Ww Gob,: (Do uments are list. of; HED © oF epee eee