180-10142-10132 FRRST' DRAFT gee foes SE Dae - gk Fpbhe.' House Select Committee staffers Edwin Juan Lopez and Harold Leap traveled to Mexico City on August 7, 1978. The staff members were met by David T. Patton at the Mexican airport at 10:15 P.M. Mr. Patton then checked the staffers into room 1754, already chosen, at the Maria Isabel Hotel in a 7 Mexico City. Mr. Patton told Committee staffers that Larry Stetnfield wished to see us at 8:30 A.M. the following morning. On Tuesday, August 8, 1978, Committee staffers met wit frarry stefntielaffcra Chief of Station in Mexico city) He informed the staffers that the two individuals ‘the Committee | wishes to interview {[oanny Flores, AKA Luis aparicid]jand fasiton-aivarez_patane)) were “Yeady. ne aa a At 9:30 A.M., August 8, 1978, Committee staff members interviewed(panny FI Flores; ) (see write-up offfDanny Flores] interview. )— The interview ended at approximately 10: 15 A. M. . . Committee staft members returned tof Mr. ‘stefnfiela’ s oceied, + we. seelneiel tacos” that it appeared that the Mexicans had only located two witnesses for the Committee, Oscar Contreras Lartigue and Noe W. Palomarés. He asked who the staff members wished to speak to. Committee staff members explained that they would at some time like to interview ff ricrane 1]fsscookie rfGinuee Ht eae, 5] andj. cama Gee. " Steinfield stated that it appeared that the House Select Com- mittee on Assassinations had already asked the Mexicans to locate them. {Me stelntielghstatec that the HSCA's interview with ( Gasenanwave2-Durami Jwas considered “highly sensitive". He explained that three rooms at a nearby hotel would be usec. / O(Y@- /6/32.
First Draft ° Page’ Two: In one room {Ganon*Rilvancaebarams) would Sit, Committee staff members would sit in a second room and two CIA personnel officers would insure that the equipment worked properly in a third room. Mr. SteInfield then phoned Mr. Niles Gooding, who had been sentffto the Mexico City Stationf|from Headquarters’ to arrange the procedures. Mr. Gooding explained that in 1977 Stansfield Turner had created a new position at Head- quarters. He explained that his position, which he never fully explained though asked, was’ created to insure that important sensitive ‘meetings were within’ the ‘guidelines set. Mr. Gooding stated that the Central Intelligence Agency had been under greater Congressional scrutiny the past two years. Mr. Stansfield Turner, wishing to show the Agency's good faith, had allow the Army to lend them a retired officer to “act. as liaison at sensitive interviews. Mr. Gooding then ex- — “plained that we would be escorted ‘by two CIA . personne! to. Our interview with (Enon A amon. “Riwarez “parane| “at 10:55 AM., August 8, 1978, Committee staff ihembers snsorieus foes ‘Alvarég Duran ) (See (Sqn eaeEORND] interview write-up.) “At 12:30 P.M., Committee staff members telephoned Captain Fernandez Ventura Gutierrez. His secretary explained that Mr. Ventura was not in the office, but that she. would have him call us when he returned. At 6:30 P.M., since Mr. Ventura had not yet returned the staffers call, they again called his office. His secretary apologized for Mr. Ventura. and explained that he had not yet returned to the office and she assured us that he would telenvhone uvon his return. At
ve esaaend se pehe , . . First Draft Page Three 9:15 P.M. ,Dr. Jesus Yanez, the Assistant to the Oficial Mayor, telephoned the staff members explaining that Mr. Ventura was very busy on an important assignment and asked us to visit the Procuraduria General at 11:00 A.M. the following morning. - At 10:15 A.M., August 9, 1978, Committee staff members met with | State Department Official Richard Howard to alert him that the Committee would ‘request the Mexican officials -to make Sylvia Duran available in Washington for the hearings. “Mr. Howard explained that once we had permission from the Mexican government the State Department would insure that she -.was in Washington when necessary. - °°.» - At 11:00 A.M., August 9, 1978, Committee staff members met with Dr. Jesus Yanez and Ciprianio Martinez Novoa. Mr. | Yane2 “told Committee staff members that Ciprianio Martinez - Novoay: ‘the agent in ‘charge, would try to / aid” us in all our interviews. 4) ‘Martinez ‘then briefed the Committee staff members on their up- to-date progress: Oscar Contreras Lartigue had been,located and pre- interviewed by Mr. Martinez in Tampico, 7 We would fly to Tampico on Friday, August Tl, 1978 at 7:35 A.M. Noe W. Palomares had been located and could be inter- viewed on Thursday, August 10, 1978 in the afternoon at his office, Cerrada de la Presa 4. His phone number, 595-0891, was made available to the Committee. | : June Cobb Sharp received a trouvist permit, number 72781, on June 27, 1947. She entered Mexico through Nuevo Laredo,