13-00000 mission. / 4. Re para 2 Ref B, Pan Am “Airways records show A 26 departed WAVE area 18 Noy oe | ' vie PAA flt 503 for MANA with transfer: in Guat to PAA flight 501 for MANA. PAA records : _ yeflect A 26 traveled as planned, however view fact A 26 hed to transfer in' Guat, it possible he traveled to Mexi, either prior visit MANA or: afterwards, No record ‘travel A 26 lecal | ODURGE office since A 26 permanent U.S. resident as of 7 Nov 62 and granted reentry permit 3 Jan 63 valid one yr. Latter allows A 26 multiple departures and entries without restrictions. | Request Hqs check ODURGE ZRMETAL to determine if A 26 arrived from Mexi on or about 1 Dec! 63. A 26 ODURGE registration No. A TT99507. / AMPALM 4 has obtained copy of LASAGA report. _ WAVE can pouch if Hqs interested. MEXI 7819 (Refs: MBXI 7776 - para 279 above) LITEMPO 4 reported on'16 Jen thet AMPAIM 26 | 283. 16 Jan was in Mexi on 21 Nov 63. LITEMPO 4 does not yet know arrival or departure. dates. / AMPALM - | 26 was invited to Mexi to attend "Colegio Nacional de Periodistas" to assist in series of. meetings organized by that group, according toL h, 284, 16 Jen Po MRID 0365 (Ref: MEXI 7764 - para 278 above, also see para 277) - Daniel SOLIS well known ; municipal policeman Cozumel of good reputation over past 11 yrs. / SOLIS does not know any person named Ylario ROJAS Villanueva. SOLIS wife's uncle named Eladio VILLANUEVA Ramirez from Guadalajara and believes originally from Manuel Doblado, Guanajuato. This uncle visited — SOLIS in Cozumel about first 2 weeks in June 63. Uncle arrived by bus to Puerto Juarez and : boat to Cozumel, broke, seeking work, with no luggage and nothing more than clothes on back. Check Eladio VILLANUEVA Ramirez Uncle said his suitcase had fallen from top of bus into water at unspecified ferry crossing enroute Merida. Uncle said suitcase contained "important papers" and all his personal belong- _  ‘dngs, SOLIS housed him and got him temporary job as bricklayers assistant. Uncle worked Cozumel until around mid-June and then left for Veracruz by boat to Puerto Juarez. Present & whereabouts Uncle not known to SOLIS. SOLIS gave him clothes and 500 pesos financial assis- ; tance on departure. / While at SOLIS house, uncle wrote three Jietters to skipper ferry boat trying recover suitcase but no answer. Uncle sent and received no other mail. Uncle had no | notebook of any kind. Uncle was not in contact with any Cubans on Cozumel. Only known assosiates | were Mexi airforce sargeant "Polo" and his bricklayer boss Leonel VILLANUEVA (no relation). — | (COMMENT: SOLIS said no Cubans or North Americans official named Albert in Cozumel in June fo | 63 or in period late Dec 62 to early March 63 other than visits Cubcon officials Mrid, This ; confirmed by Station/Base contact Joaquin NASSIM who highly knowledgeable Cozumel matters. | | : Base did not broach possible OSWALD presence Cozumel with SOLIS but NASSIM said highly doubtful). ! / SOLIS description of uncle; Age about 30, 5 feet 8, about 185 lbs, stocky, skin "moreno" black straight hair, mustache, long face. Usually works 1 as chauffeur or | farmer. SOLIS fo Ld. 2) said uhnele. did not seem dberrated.___. ae = Tt : ae Sa eS - : we ee ee cee Fe ee 28. 20 Jan MEMO to LEGAT from COS: Subjects . _ OSWALD - reporting info in para 28h above. SECRET ete
13-00000 ! | | | ' ! | ; : : : ' : i i : : ‘ { : | | ' 286. 28 Jan '  MEXI 7964 (Ref: MRID 0385 - para 28h, above) LEGAT, continuing interrogation of Ylario ! : ROJAS Villanueva of Guadalajara, has determined that: A. He is really i‘Bladio VILLANUEVA of | ! | wef and is the uncle of Daniel SOLIS wife. B. Eladio VILLANUEVA was in Cozumel from Apr 63 - '  yntil July 63 and stayed with Daniel SOLIS. He showed letters he had written to his wife. from there for this period. C. Daniel SOLIS knows address and true name of Eladio VILLANUEVA ; letters from SOLIS to VILLANUEVA to prove this point. / VILLANUEVA has ‘written to SOLIS to send his address book to VILLANUEVA, U.S. Con in Guadalajara; used excuse that wished vise to U.S. He insists SOLIS has notebook and still clings to story he saw OSWALD as he wrote to Mr. Rebert Kennedy. / For Hgs: VILLANUEVA has agreed take LCFLUTIER test and LEGAT | _ Wash Hgs asked him to ask COS if LCFLUTTER operator could come Mexi as was done in case of | _ ALVARADO (Nic). / COS agreed forward request to Hqs. / If agreed LEGAT would prefer Mexi or Guadalajara as location with Mr. Joe Garcia as interpreter if one needed, time within next ten days. / Pls cable reply. 287. 29 Jan : MEMO to Boonstra, ce to COS from LEGATs; Subject: OSWALD - It is to be noted. that the White House was in receipt of a paper entitled "Possible Psychological Motivations in the Assassina- tion of Pres. Kennedy" written by Jose I. LASAGA of Miami, Fla. This speculative paper attempted to establish that the motivation of OSWALD in the assassination of Pres K was Fidel CASTRO or a CASTRO agent and that OSWALD was motivated during his trip to Mexi between 27 Sept and 2 Oct 63. The paper alleged that OSWALD held an extended interview with the Cuban Amb in. Mexi whom he met in a restaurant on the outskirts of Mexi from which restaurant they both later left in the Amb's car for a talk without being overheard./ Source of this latter info was alleged to be Salvador DIAZ Vergon. This individual was interviewed at Miami. He stated that while in Mexi 29-29 Nov 63 attending the ‘Congress of the International Federation of & , Professional Newspaper Organizations, he was at the offices of the newspaper Excelsior on : the night of 25 Nov 63. There he learned through the Mexi press that the Mexi gov had arrested one Silvia DURAN; thet DURAN allegedly had OSWALD as a guest in her house during his visit to Mexi; and that DURAN placed OSWALD in contact with officials of. the Cub Emb in Mexi. ; DIAZ Verson went on to claim that he was @ told by Dr. BORRELL Navarros, an exiled Cuban Check BORRELL Navarro, Eduasdo newspaperman employed by Excelsior, that OSWALD and DURAN on the day following OSWALD's arrival poo in Mexi went to a restaurant called the Caballo Blanco or possibly the Caballo Bayo where they _ met an official of the Cub Emb. DIAZ Verson claimed that he kmows nothing about OSWALD and the Cub official leaving ‘the restaurant together in a car. / It was ascertained that Dr. . Eduardo BORRELL Navarrp, a former Cuban Cabinet Minister who on occasion writes feature ' articles for the Mexi City Excelsior, currently resides at 1503 Homero St., Apart 301, Mexi. :. BORRELL Nevarro’was interviewed on 11 Jan at which time he furnished ‘the following info: ~ Salvador DIAZ Verson was in Mexi as claimed and discussed OSWALD with BORRELL and other Cuban - exiles, DIAZ Verson also visited BORRELL in BORRELL's home. / BORRELL did not tell the story credited to him by DIAZ Verson concerning the visit to a Mexi City, restaurant by OSWALD and ' Silvie. DURAN. BORRELL had never heard this story or any similar story before. / BORRELL knew | Of no meeting between OSWALD and Cub Eb officials other than the neetings which: occurred: at the time OSWALD visited the Cub Con'in Mexi. / BORRELL knew nothing concerning any visit by OSWALD to the home of DURAN. / It is to be noted that DURAN was. questioned by Mexi authorities | EVE
13-00000 - PE SECRET | So | on 23 Nov 63. At that time she confirmed that OSWALD visited tle Cub Emb in Mex during - the time he was in Mexi from 27 Sept to 2 Oct. She alleged that the purpose of: his visits to the - Cuban Emb was to obtain a Cuban visa. She stated she had given him a telephone number to! use | in calling her concerning the visa, but denied that he had ever visited in her home . f On . if Jaen 64 a source.... advised that he had been unable to locate a Caballo Bleno restaurant in Mexi, but stated there is a Caballo Bayo restaurant located on outskirts, of Mexi. ' Source went to restaurant, showed photos of former Cub Con Eusebio AZCUE Lopez, who was in charge of Cub Con at the time of OSWALD's visit there, of Cub: Amb HERNANDEZ, Armas, of Silvia DURAN and of OSWALD to employees of restaurant and conducted extensive | ‘interviews of these employees, He was unable to find anyone among the omployess s who opula ‘recall any of the . persons as having been at restaurant. : 288. 30 Jan MExI 8008 (Ref: DIR 97829 - pare 289 below) - Station has reported all available info . OSHALD activities Mexi, / Practically all info from LIENVOY and all other sources was also reported locally to ODENVY and to Amb Mann. It may be that some Station info included by: : local ODENVY reps in their reporting; believe however local ODENVY. will have indicated KUBARK as source. DIR 97829 - Fletcher M. KNIGHT appeared before Warren Commission on 28 Jan and received guide- lines on what they expect from KUBARK, On Sat, 1 Feb, we will give commission @ report on OSWALD's activities in Mexi, presented so as to protect your sources and techniques. Pls. review your reporting to us on this subj and cable in anything additional you may have in time for us to include in report. 289. O, Jan » 290. 1 Fep. | | DIR 98676 (Ref: MEXI 7964 - para 286 above) Before deciding on LCFLUTTER of ROJAS need much more info on his background for clearance purposes, Pls have ODENVY supply vital date, background, job history, some idea of physical and mental condition. Also need know: Would LCFLUTTER be done in secret or must Mexi authorities know? KUBARK: not in favor of cutting in local authorities because it hurts security and mobility of FLUTTER experts. / We have no traces on ROJAS with present identifying data. We in contact with ODENVY here on case. Pls ask ODENVY Mexi to supply added data, | | | | | / MEMO to COS from LEGAT; Subjects OSWALD = ‘Res. Yiario ROJAS! Villanueva ake Hilario ‘ROJAS Villanueva, Eladio VILLANUEVA, Eladio VILLANUEVA Rojas. Bio Data: ROJAS does not have any birth certificate but states he was born in 1932 or 1933 on a ranch known as Guayabo de Santa eee ee nee ene bane Poe Dp - Rita, located near the ‘town of Ciudad Manuel Doblado!in the state of Guanajuato.: Hig. mother 2.2 | | still resides at the ranch and her name is Estefania ROJAS and is now about 80 yrs old. He did not kmow his father, thereéor uses his mother's surname, ROJAS. / ROJAS lived on the ranch and went to primary school there; finished sixth grade at age of 14. Worked at ax various jobs about the ranch and in 1949 entered U.S. illegally and worked in the El Centro, Calif. - CRET area, for a person named McTLVANEY near Highway 99 and Roxy Street.. McILVANEY was engaged in ~ drainage and irrigation work and ROJAS worked for him about 7 yrs. | In 1954 he was allowed : te leave the U.S. voluntarily by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. / ROJAS 60 -
13-00000 . also calins @ common-law marriage to Alicia “GALVEZ and that a child was born in the U.S. of this marriage. Alicia still corresponds with him and lives at Calle Republica del Salvador | #152, Col. Cuauhtemoc, Mexicali, Mexi. / In about 1954 he returned to the ranch where he . continued with his work on the ranch. During 1946 or 57 he was employed by a bottling company at Tijuena, Mexi which bottled 7-Up. ..... / In 1960 he returned to Guadalajara. He had no fixed employment since his Tijuana job with the u-Up bottling firm in 57 or 58., occasional temporary jobs since about 58, mostly involving truckloading. / He married his present wife, Yolanda CORDOBA in 57 and now has five children; the youngest born 21 Oct 63. / Letters which have been observed indicate by postmark that ROJAS was in Cozumel, buta at a later period . then he has stated and apparently for at least three to possibly five months, which contra- dicts information received from Daniel SOLIS, who stated Ylario ROSAS Villenueva was in Cozumel : for about 2 weeks in June 63. ROJAS readily admits that he, ROJAS, is the uncle of SOLIS's wife. / A verification of his reported travel to the U.S. border, namely, Nuevo Leredo, has been established, although not on the specific dates furnished by ROJAS. CMA records reflect : one Hilario ROJAS was on flt from Guadalajara to Nuevo Laredo on 3 Aug 62. CMA records Why was s@ a telegram sent from Nuevo Laredo further reBlect that a telegram dated 31 July 62 at Nuevo Laredo authorized the CMA ticket authorizing the CMA ticket office at Guadala- office at Guadalajara to issue a ticket to Hilario ROJAS of 665 Chilarde Street, Guadalajara. jara to issue a ticket 222 (It is noted that ROJAS has stated that he formerly resided at Chilarde Street in Guadalajara.) / ROJAS appears to be in normal physical condition and no outward signs observed of any mental deficiency. He did not reveal any mental quirks. He tends to be voluble in his conversa- tions and to wander from specific lines of questioning. / He appears to react mentally in a manner reflecting innate intelligence superior to that of his stated sixth grade education. / He does not volunteer any motive for furnishing info to the U. S. Gov concerning his alleged association with unidentified Cubans and with OSWALD, both at U.S. border and at Cozumel. ; & : Other than discrepancies mekimg noted in various interviews conducted with ROJAS, the only apparently unusual development concerns a reportedly second letter that he has directed to U. S. Attormey General Robert Kennedy, wherein he, according to his own statement, stated that he had additional info to furnish. According to ROJAS, this additional info concerned @ so-called camera which he saw in Cozumel in the possession of the unidentified Bubans and : : OSWALD, which camera reportedly had adaptations which could be utilized to fire about five “| : . cartridges, which cartridges reportedly have a small gas compartment and that said gas was for the purpose of cutting down on the, noise made in firing said camera. He also described a rifle supposedly in the possession of these previously mentioned’ individuals. He claims to have beenxagzl told by the Cubans thet the "camera" was worth about $50,000 and was a Russian oo 7 ; ; invention. / Attitude toward Polygraph Examination: It was explained to ROJAS that it might Do es - pov eet be-necessary in the future to afford him.a scientific examination with ‘the use of certain, . 9... i instruments, He said he would be ‘agreeable to such an examination. / Attitude of Mexican 291. (continued) Government re Polygraph Examination; It is assumed that, as in the past case of the Nic, _ Echeverria should be am consulted and his authorization obtained to conduct said examination, SECRET At the same time, he can'also be told that general results of exam would be furnished him. 5 / It is further. suggested that the full name of ROJAS should be furnished Echeverria and the — fact that he would be examined either in Guadalajara or Mexi. There does not appear to be bl, any reason for Echeverria to be furnished the iden of the Polygraph examiner....