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104-10268-10013 “era 1. Memorandum for Winston m. SCOTT, dated 13 PRO 1966; Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. . 2. Note, undated, regarding contacts of ALFEREV. 3. Memorandum f Director, Plans, dated 23 No ontact of Lee OSWALD with a Assassination Department. aus 4. Memorandum sod ROH Ie November 1964; Subject: June COB FOIA No. 928- 927] 5. Memorandum for Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security Department of State, dated 16 September 1969; Subject: Charles William. THOMAS. [FOIA No. 1133-992] , 6. CSCI 3/779,814, dated 30 January 1964; _ Subject: Jack L. RUBY - Lee Harvey OSWALD. 7. PARI-1731 (IN 73050), 4 December 1963 [FOIA No. 298-697) 8. Note to Richard HELMS , dated 23 March 1964, regarding briefing at Allen DULLES’ home on 4 March 1964. (FOIA 618-793] 9. Memorandum of Conversation, dated 16 January 1964; Subject: CIA Work in Support of the Warren Commis - sion. [SX- 11057 - FOIA No. 482-193] 10. CSCI-3/779,135 to FBI, dated 16 December 1963; Subject: Peter DERYABIN' s Comments on the Kennedy Assassination. — [FOIA No. 413-76A] 11.. Memorandum for J. Lee AKIN, dated 5 June 1964; Subject: Allegations Regarding Intelligence Training | School in Minsk, USSR. [FOIA No. 726-314 XAAZ-17620] 12. Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 31 March 1964; Subject: Reports on Activities and -Travel of Lee Harvey OSWALD and Marina Nikolevna OSWALD. [FOIA No. 627-821] 13. DIR-92725, 6 January 1964 (FOIA No. 486-771]. 14. Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN » dated 6 March 1964; ; Subejct: afer 23 Ac session Regarding . Lee Harvey aH KR) vy 22, 1963. [FOIA 590- al : 15. Note from ~PROERTeR 6 March 1964 .16. Memorandum fo ated 20 February 1964; Subject: Documents Available in OSWALD's 201 File. [FOIA No. .563- -810] . , i7.:. Memorandum for J.- Lee RANKIN, ‘dated 23 July 1964; Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD.” [DDP 4-3769] © 18.° CSCI-3/778,881 to FBI, dated:27 November 1963; - Subject: Lee -H. OSWALD/Soviet Activities in Mexico . City, 13 - 24 November 1963. : [FOIA No. 187- 622) 19. DIR 85246, 26 November 1963 [FOIA No. 113-48} , 7 20." MEXT 7045. (1 an 67281), 24 November 1963 {FOIA No. ~~. 78-559] So - REPRODUCTION — PROMIBN BIED HW 53216 Docld: 32373017 Page 2?
HW 53716 104-10268-10013 21. 22. 23. 24. 2s. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. REPRODUCTION Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 31 vn ROAIBI IBITED Subject: Information Developed by CIA on the Activity of Lee Harvey OSWALD in Mexico City, 28 September - 3 October 1963. [FOIA No. 509- 803) . Memorandum for DC/OPS dated 23 May 1975; Subject: d Items in the Lee Harvey OSWALD Review of S File Regard LB eaE TRO Cuban Involvement ides Assassination. Memorandum £9 dated 15 May 1964; Subject: roid " witak ipiligence Service in Processing Visa # LH HEHE tion of that Service iW to the Assassination of Ab lead Kennedy. [XAAZ-36307 - FOIA No. 697-294} Note dated 10 April 1964 listing material from P-85S93 shown to Warren Commission. [FOIA No. 653- 828} : Brief for Presentation to President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, 14 May 1964. [XAAZ-27212 - FOIA No. 695-302A] Memorandum for ROCCA, dated 12 May 1964. [XAAZ-22809 FOIA No. 689-298] Letter to E. Henry KNOCHE, dated 15 April 1975. . Memorandum to Chief, CI/R&A, dated 19 June 1964; Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD [XAAZ-27166 - FOIA No. 739-319] : Memorandum for Deputy Director for Plans, dated 11 May 1964; Subject: AMMUG/1 Information on Lee Harvey OSWALD. [XAAZ-27213 - FOIA Np. 687-295] Blind Memorandum, dated § May 1964; Subject: Debriefing of AMMUG/1 - OSWALD Case.. . Chronology of RGR Meetings with Members of the Warren Commission. [XAAZ-27161] Memorandum for the Record, dated 1 April 1975; Subject: ome REPRODUCTION April 1975, ———-PROFIBTTED PSO me Docld:32373017 Page 3
Lb - Rocca De asi tron F sa fe eErny Altrt vst | 6 i. aren Fore O87- BAS | | ae an 23 Ma. 7S | Rocen means, enktte File 4 i nr [L Gpeit OY pe "Coleman - _S /arSon: oan Le co “an Apriiey Col Orman - _ Stet fom see, nce (2) z BTA cy, FOIA S Sog — s0F- oe Eee 2-2 _2ywWev 64, Fe! ATE FST oe eee 2 > a) ee i de 27 Dev. os Poin I37- ban ey 3a, As Bek te Fig e Ret 27) . a ve Saney, Perk. MB RAIT3.. a S Tansy” St sb —5y ; oom BAe a 7S a od Wt je Pecos ey 33%; ee G3, eolh age —6F97 ae Bt Santa 1 ¢ csci~ 3 779 rae ves an . “Pace J oP 12 COPY NO. HW 53716 Docld: 32373017 Page 4
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- REPRODUCTION PRONIBITED MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT:. Conversation with David W. BELIN, 1 April 1975 Q: ‘What was the line of reporting intAduring the period I served as working level point-of-contact: ¥ ith the Warren Commission Staff? e DSS A: Itwasa multiple leveledsthing? © (a): from the Commission and AWD B) ‘from. Helms to the two or personally via McCone-t0\ Dick-Helmss.. ; , N then SB, Dave Murphy; three components 43 “coneer LA, then WH; a “Tn practice the substantive $B input. worked up by one ‘of it Somes headed by Lee Wigren--Minsk 4* photo for examp}®, a pasted via CI. cl had own defector input. In addition, on sensitive nat ‘ tte f n, ’ o Ge m Did ‘you hear: 22 [two crypts, one sounded by * Jackenet" = fe I had not. Belin recalted that Castro had made a speech in which men 75 ¢ he had charged assassination intent by emigres and had promised en retribution in kind if there was official support. - ne Had any thought been given to the assumption that an anti-Castro assassination plot might have been underway, and fact it was known to Helms and-to Castro? [Mr. Belin said he now knew that Helms was, in fact, aware of somethin undeesaynregarding Castro. He had no evidence to show that I Ieee oa informed about it.j : Would that change any of the thinking -re Oswald’ s Mexican trip and i contacts? OE ! . traced-orga E2 IMPDET . CL BY 055431 | SECRE LY COeLETS PAGE - COPY No. of ele. 10. HW 53216 Bocld:323735017T Page 6
- REPRODUCTION PROUIRITED - SUBJECT: Conversation with: David WY BELIN, b. Our defector : Western milita ect 13th Department’ ue Oswald--were screened by the ' ¢. Thinness of Ae turned over by Soviets in. view of b. Ch ,acknouledged-in-retrospect-that-Cubanbypathesls was worth reron- sidering, though it would appear t i ni ce (KGB-UGI) reTattons began ree Ti.e. after 1967-68, Verceremos, etc.). Q: Why did Oswald's lies include a denial to Dallas police that he had made the Mexican trip unless there wa thing important to hide about it? All his other lies concerned ‘key factual elements of his cover story. Why also did Marina_deny<she knew anything about the Mexican trip in her first story «fa the FBl--which she later rectified before the Warren Commission? Wes Bel in: noted that he had Jeft the hypothesis of Castro/Cuban involvement -ape’in his book. He added that it would have been important to have known the facts about the anti-Castro plot at the ene er tie Warren Commission. investigation. He. felt the least he dSpave doneswould have been to have insisted on. the polygraphing o nas eet regarding her knowl edge of Oswald's Mexican trip. nana fe Rocca Counter Intelligence Operations © , | \ fEPRouCTIOg = oe PROIBITED pee fw, COPY NO. HW 53216 DBocld:32373017T Page f
104-10268-10013 - REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED i Meiobers of the munission 14 January 1964 RANKIN, WILLINS | 12 March 1964 RANKIN we 27 March 1964 ~ wituins 2" C Legiee) 26 May 1964 ‘LIEBLAND'/re DeMohrenschild 28 August 19644 , Commission" Galen) - 12 October 1964 "Commission"! ( ce Sy Ccispion at least one other day *Believe Mr. Rocca was at the C (probably Saturday, the 29th) reviewing pyoofs. Pj PID) 7 | | mace 5 of 212 -REPRoDUE HW 53216 DoclId:32373017 Page &
HW 532716 a 1, Prick ie tataber 2 3 ALD visited ths Cuban Frbassy in Nezico ; Citz 09, iaabibiirmencscasi.ona Sefore, after these visits, OSWALD [It/ 338 in contact with ON GaiERAL Dz: H  Cudan is chie? in Mexico. He room bas sat pant RANE a 104-10268-10013 REPRODUCTION PROKISITED 5 MY sdk waekrory : | o. Sh sart. Cay a Subject= General: DebwiePsr ], Gszeseued fos Specific: OSWALD CASE oa COL eetrpedg LEA oo" —— TEE SCURCE DOES iOT HAYS SBI uOaS G80? LEB LEB eed CBMALS Oh HIS ACTIVITIES. } BUT siAS ABLE TO PROVIDES TIS \oy GE BASED ON MMTS CF CUBAN DITSLLIGSNCE . TICERS ASSIGNED TO THE DIRECCTION ee Ds TMEetneyctA, OF WHICY THE SOURCE UL? WAS A STAFF OFFICER, Tas DIFORMATION APPEARIEG BELOM MS FURNISHED BT ol Tus SOURCE AMO 15 KEYSD- TO QUESTIONS SUBMITTED BY KUQESK.. oo | TELICENCIA (DSI), spechit ically RODRIGUEZ Lopez. with Inisa CALDzt BO, Marne) VEGA Peres anc Hoge] sadonye 13 MARCOS ds the current — ur af duty in Habana, price RODRIGUEZ is a are < offizer in Mexteo. Ho bas three Cuban intelligence pseudonyms, vad: worn Joga Antonios : The precise reaabimsniQ Sntsa CALDERGN to the DOT is not clear, Sha © spent about six months in ph which she returned to Cuba early in CGMENTs WH/SA/CE has the following references concerning iiss _ CsalSiRQ0N Carraleros She was assigned te the commercial office ef the Cuban Eakessy 7 in Mexico City, and she had arrived in Mexico om 15 Jarmmary 1963 and on 22 December 1963 mada a reservation % to return to Cuba on Cubana Airlines "EXE 7372, 13 December 1953 IN~20351, HE-0153." She loft Mexico City for Havana on 15 Dacember 1963 using passport £/53/ "EXI 7423, 17 December 1963, D1-32692, Another references "MYHA-20971, 25 Horch 1563, ® said that ker data.of arrival in Hexico was 19 Jamary 1963 end that. she nad replaced “Rosario VAZQUEZ, a Hextcan secrstary In the commercial office. Other referssces apparently con= certing the subject ara HMt-6923 and MEXL.3205 Ti-56592 dated 2% Jamary 1953 “whicn do not appear to add anything of interest to: that ‘piven above. . 2.. The source does not know whether ¢ or nob. the ‘Cuban Services used OsWAID ja ay agems capacity or other nannere oe . ye ; — 3 AL ien news of the assiagisints oy or ?resident Kennsdy’ reached tre | it caused mech coment concerning fact OSWAL) had been in tha Cuban Tar => £2 BOOK e Saeigrstiag ae} “Greinsstisniog “pace 6 of 212 COPY NO. DoclIda: 32373017 Page 3
HW 532716 104-10268-10013 they uere Ry secrsto" (vory sgaret)', ; c— * “the New Orlsans* Palr Play for Cuba Comnittes. REPRODUCTION - PROHIBITED fntcussy in dexico. In addition, oma. Ware, Ssned Yor al) headquarters and d officers of tha DGY to sort and ‘packaze | all Gocunents according to whathar "Secnsta? Gecrat), and “importante” (itmertant). The material. ones packaged. wz 3. bas nald pending further instruce-. tions, In addition, ald Ree DaLgée tos and ali SGI pouches ware sts— NC pendsd tamorarily WN a" ° Ss? GS Sy B, ‘When the news that yas the assasein roached the DGG, tirare was no immediate comment but, when Fidel CASTRO spoke on talavision to deny _ Cuban imvolvenont, there was considerable coment concerning USwAL2!s visit to , tae Cutan Satassy in Mexico, At tiis tine VAGA, who hag been mentioned previously, } was in Cuba and cemmented.to a group of DCX staf? officers. that CSiALD had come “ ¥es 32 uke Embassy in Mexico to request a visa but had been refused. VACA oad not sive any details and the subject was not pursued. he It 4s not known wheather information on GS¥AID'g visit to the Cuban Consulate in Hexico in September 1963 was. relayed to any Cuban service, 5» It 4s nob know if the Cuban intelligence services had contact with Reoaity 6, The only Molina who is recallad is "The Hock", ‘the Cuban who was cone victed in New York City for the murcer of a young girl during a clash detveen tuo Cuban groups. The DOI staf? officer who nad. been in the United Nations in New Tork, SANTIDSTARAN traveled to Cuba with "fhe. Zook" and with another Cubm. named CRIBUELA and upon arrival in Cuts tried to. obtain employment for both — : individuals, The names Pedro Cherden, sad Peter have no leon significance. . i 7. ‘The veaction of Soviet officials 4n contact with the Cuban intelli. gence services is not known. 8 Yothing is known about Soviet proposals following t “ae news of President’ Kemady's assassination. : —pb> 93. The only fabrication ‘own is the special natter by ¥ Fidel CASTRO vra~ viously mentioned, ' 106. Hobhing 33 known about Jack RURENSTIEDY aka Jack RUT. ii. The name GilSerte LOPS2 13 not familiar out, i* ha visited DGE head Garters, a photograph of hin possibly could be. identified. . 32. _ OHALD 8g photo was seen in the nawspapers but nothing is knew about © hin other than what appeared in | the presse: " CocieeG DoclIda: 32373017 Page 10
HW 532716 104-10268-10013 REPRODUCTION PROMBITED *~ 1. Was Lee Harvey ostiALD nn :, before 23. Hovember Ge tn eny agent ‘capecity or Neer 19537 , 3. What. was the reactica of the Cuben intellizence services to news . of Président Kennedy's assassinetion? To the news thet OSMALD was the ass assin? . 2. “Were the Cuben servie vc US . any other manner, before 2 \ ‘h. Was information on OSWALD's visit to the: Cuben Consulate In Mexico City in September, 1953, relayed to aay Cuban service? Tf  BOy whet action was teken ? 5. Was there eny contact betveen the cuben intelligence services end the New Orleans' Fair Play For Cuba Comittee 2. See, 6. Has: “subject ever heard of Mario’ det, ROSARIO Weltne,or Pedro Charles known also as "Peter"? ; ; . 7. How did the Soviet officials in contect with: “tne” Cuban intelLigeice - = services react to news of ‘the. easessinetion? . ; a 8. Dia the Soviets propose eny “Sybaot ‘action or investigation to the _Cubsn intelligence services Following the news cf President Kennedy's .. assassinetion? . 9. Was my provocative material dellberately fabricated vy the ‘écben , - services or others and sent to the United States to confuse the . investigation of the OSWALD case? . . 10. Was Jack RUSENS TSI aka Jacke RUBY know to the Cuben anteliigeace services? If so, in what way? iL. Does subject mow a Gilberto LOPEZ who entered Mexico on Novenher’ 23, 1963 at Neuvo Laredo, Texes and four days later proceded to Havana by special pleme.. He was 23 years old and carried a . U.S. passport. He also had @ Mexicen. tourist permit. Develop all inforzetion you can on this individual. . 22. Attached is a photograph of OSWALD, ad.a letter from Havena which is self-explenatory for guitdence of the case officer. Under . _ RO cireuustences should the contents of the letter be made nom to the supject- Tats information came.from the Secret Service end ve ee re Doclda: 32373017 Page il —a oe
HW 53716 104-10268-10013 \ 2 610 “eres [] secret Dy S ~~ Se VERNAL CAG ANA - REPRODUCTION DoclId: 32373017 Page 12 s Cy tat . a y con Yama LD) secret — REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED OX AAZ.- 272-1 COMMENTS: (Number. soch comment to show from whom fo whom. Drow o line ocross columm offer each comment.) f | net ie BT-AY E | Soy ‘for FOIA Review on ”_ JUN 176 Ne . SONFIDENTIAE’ (ise amy © C]_ UNCLASSIFIED” GOLFER: pace 9 ; of 2120 COPY NO. 0s
104-10268-10013 ‘REPRODUCTION — PROHIBITED BXAAZ-27T2N> 1) May 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Plans SUBJECT: © AMMUG/1 Information on. ; Lee Harvey OSWALD ~ * ‘, -™, le This. memorandum for \ikformation and for action, The proposed lines of awa O Indica: red i in paragraph 4, 2. AMMUG/ Gavan intetlizence Service defector, has produced infoxGnz a n of-interest to the President!s Commission on they Sfnatidn of President Kennedy, CI Staff learned of AMMuG? dB30 April, A questionnaire was submitted by the Staff on I’MayAttachment A), Mr. Swenson, who is handling the AMMUG/1 debriefing, provided a reply on _ 5 May (Attachment B). It was clear from Mr, Swenson!s summary that AMMUG/1 had information bearing on the OSWALD relationship with the Cuban Embassy and Cuban intelligence personnel in Mexico City, albiet his knowledge was not that of a direct participant in matters affecting OSWALD. A follow-up questionnaire was submitted to AMMUG/1 on 6 May (Attachment GC), Mr. Swenson!s reply was dated 8 May (Attachment D). Attention is directed particularly to the content of paragraph: two. sat Attachment D. 3. We have the problem of reconciling the operational exploitation of AMMUG/1 and satisfying:the responsibilities we have undertaken with Mr, Rankin, AMMUG/1 is such an operational gold mine that Mr,:.Swenson. wants, at a maximum, two months to work fully... 2° is palpable, however, that we must furnish to the Commissionthe substance of AMMUG/1 ‘so Document Number BT805 for FOIA Review a JUN 1976 oan Set Gy ecciees - REPRODUCTION ee “pice 10 212 - COPY NO. HW 53216 Docld:32373017 Page 13
104-10268-10013 - REPRODUCTION ' information on OSWALD before: tha On’ ‘the previous record of our association with the Commisston,. particularly with Mr. Rankin, ’ it seems possible for the. Agency to;woxRout. an arrangement with . Mr, Rankin personally, fiat ‘would take. care of their needs and ours after a frank discussion@f: ‘the equities. . ; i 4 Itis zecomm nied the DDP in a person or via a designee, preferably the former, discuss the AMMUG/1 situation on a very restricted basis with Mr, Rankin at his earliest convenience either at the Agency or at the Commission i headquarters, Until this takes place, it is not desirable to put H anything in writing. Raymond G,. Rocca | Chief, CI Research and Analysis f Attachments me a a i ee araa/6 (without attr a C/WH/SA/CI (without att) mo A81- 2.99249, cccaKed: HW 532716 DocId: 32373017 Page 14 paced oe 212 COPY NO.
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BO REPRODUCTION 07 May 1964 MEMORANDUM ron: Cet, , Counter Intelligence Staff een fons * Mr. Roca | SUBJECT Genes? " Débrieting of AMMUG-1 rd _ Spectfi : The Oswald ( Case ‘ REFERENCE + Blind Memorandum dated 05 ‘May 64 S 1, Reference is made toa telephone conversation yesterday = with Chief, Cl Staff concerning this. matter. SS, 2. Because I am not aware of the information already available to the Commission investigating the Cswald Case or furnished by the Agency, my debriafing of the Source has been based on the questions prepated: bY the CI Staff and on what the 1. hall be glad to pursue any ormation in addition to that in the’ 7 ct a. Luisa CALDERON, since she returned to Cuba, \ has been paid a regular salary by the DGI even though she has not performed any services. Her home is in the Vedado section — where the rents are high. b. Source has known CALDERON for several years. : Before going to Mexico, she worked in the Ministry of Exterior ‘Commerce in the department which was known as the fE&mpresa Transimport". Her title was Secretary General of the Communist _ 2 Youth in the department naried in the previous sentence. an ‘ ¢. Luisa CALDERON wasQvansterred directly from her. position in the Ministry of Exteric?’ Commerce to a post in México, a matter of surprize to. the dures.  @. Rogelo RODRIGUEZ ‘Lopez, (DGI pseudo MORCOS), — shortly before he left@uba’ for Mesito on or about 16 April 1964, a saw CALDERON. Cs : > BLeLzyyToO seth ea, ‘Str dees bites sean . . coacare7 pace 14 op 212 COPY NO. __ HW 53216 Bocld:32373017 Page 17
HW 53716 104-10268-10013 REPRODUCTION PRORIEITED 4. As explained to CI Staffany: publicity which would reveal the identity of the Souree,. his. eee to KUBARK, or the extent of his knowledge. of DGK act Hvities might prejudice the operationalase: of the. Source himseif.and of information which he has) provided. , “Accordingly, it might. be appropriate to point out to-the Commission (as agreed by DC/WH/SA) thakKUBARR. “hopes, by using the Source, to obtain access to DEI p el including those mentioned in paragraph 3 above. Harold F. Swenson Chief, WH/SA/CL . Sto eric ie eee nee ee a ey ree = 9 pe ee ee re s 2of- QV’ aud “pack 15 op 212 COPY: NO. DoclIda: 32373017 Page 16
A . . . ‘. ’ 4 . , ! i i i 6 ‘May 1964 ‘REFERENCE: Debriefing off 1. ~The souree says that gilonta October 1963, Oswald visited the Guban Embassy In Maxic¢d CU on Wo or three occasions. It Is publle knowledge ha peice during the perlod 9-26-63 | to 10-3-83. . : A) When did source learn of these visits - before or after the assassination? Please deseribe in detall the circumstances under which soures learned this info $lon and identities of the persons involved. : B) Did these visita take. pate daring the aforementioned period or ts the source rofetstag | to; , latter, try to get more spectt! and the origin of the rcehs 2 The souree state afore, lng, and after these visits Oswald was In contact with ths DGI, specifically Luisa. CALDERON, Manuel VE rem and Rogello RODRIGUEZ Lopez. This would appear to mean that one or more contacts were mase after Oswald returned to the United States Le, between A) Whae does source mean by contact? , B) Can he break down these contacts by the specific Ine dividual named, place and a Sree of sontack. and date of cccurence? 2 Cc) Did Oswald jniow or awe ceasei to suspect the Intelli- gence connections of’ these persons?” : . D) What was the purpose of these contacts? GHSE XAAZ-27213 AEFREOUETON oo - : i | bo HW 532716 DBocld:32373017 Page 19
a REPRODUCTION a a PROMIBITED E) If Oswald did not iene fis intel tgence affil{ations of these individuals, what protests, inary.) were employed in | F) Dids eiever see any documentary matertal On any 4 _ of these contacts, or any correspondence luitiated by or i addressed to Oswald? , G) Did the DGI ever employ physical surveiliances, technleal devices or camera equipment to cover these contacts. H) The source says he does nat know guhether the Guban Tener exe services used Oswald in any agent capacity’ or otherwise, This obviously makes it more important to check out what the OG source meant in question one. roe 3 «Dia the DGI ever initiate an tnvestigation of Oswald? 4 What was the reason for packaging: files at DGI headquarters and fleld offices after news of the assaszination was received? | 5. Source was asked whether. ‘any provocative material was deliberately fabricated by the Cubana (Queation 9) to confuse the Investigation of Oswald. The reply attributed to him was, “the only fabrication xnown Is the special matter by Fidel CASTRO previously mentioned." Please clarify. — ~2-: CCCLBEG COPY NO. ee HW 53216 DBocld: 32373017 Page 20
HW 53716 404-1 0268-10013 . . When the Oswala Case first was discussed with the Source the eT “PROWIBITED 08 May 1964 FON MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Counter Yntelligence Staff Attention?’ Mr. >Roeea “S SUBJECT General : Debriefing of AMMBG-1 Specific ; <The: Oswald:¢ TN eS cae REFERENCE : VA vind slémorsndam dated 05 May 1964 , B. Memorandum dated 07 May 1964 C. Conversations between CI Staff and C/WH/SA/CI ow perenne: ee tare ine sine oo Sent en aa specific questions prepared by CI Staff were posed. The answers given by the Source were reported.in Reference A. That memorandum which I dictated to a Ci Staff stenographer-appears accurate except for sentence #9 which should have said that the. only possible "fabrication" known by Source was the specific denial by Fidel CASTRO, ona television program, ‘of any Cuban knowledge of Oswald. 2. On 07 and 08 ‘May 1964 further discussed the Oswald Case - with the Source in order to clarify exactly what he knew and what he had heard. In the light of the explanation given by him, I believe - that a clearer understanding of what he knows can be reached if I record his knowledge without using the question and answer format. Accordingly, in the following paragraphs.I shall report all the information given by the Source paraphrasing his explanations and : comments.. ‘e ' | have no personal imowledgs Lee Harvey OSWALD or his activities and I do not know thatOSWALD was an agent of the Direccion General de Intelligencia, (BGI) or any other directorate or department of the A Catan, Goyrament. I first heard of OSWALD after the assassination of President Kennedy when ‘media. carried the name of OSWALD. Personnel in first.cemmented about the case, so far as - I can recall, on @ftey lunch when a group of officers, of whom I was one, were‘shatting. The officers present were about. ten including Roberto SANTIESTEBAN, Norberto HERNANDEZ - de Curbelo, Andres ARMONA, Pedro FARINAS Diaz and - “Qo-ATTAC Sm os PAGE 18 ot 212 COPY NO. Docla: 32373017 Page 71
ee - REPRODUCTION Lays’ | Manuel VEGA Perez. Matiuel’ VEGA Perez previously had ¢ | been assigned to Mexi¢e.in.the Cuan\Consulate where he was the princtpal telignce tees ‘of the DGI, VEGA | mentioned that OSWALD had\zone’ to the Cuban Consulate | two or three {fnés'in connection with a visa application during the timeStha: MEGAjw as in Mexico. I gathered, | although I do not: Imow that VEGA made any specific | statement to this effect, that VEGA personally had seen 1 OSWALD. I well could have reached this conclusion because normally VEGA and his assistant in Mexico for the DGI, Rogelio RODRIGUEZ Lopez, would see persons | applying for a visa to go to Cuba. This is because DGI ! . officers ‘are charged with expediting the granting of visas ‘of agents of the DGI. Such agentston appearing at the | Consulate use a special phrase‘o inslicate their relationship | “X with the DGI. (I.do not know the: particular phrase used | in every case. I do mo agents, from El Salvador in i requesting visas al ay The DGI officers ata a few days. The ‘fier notifies Habana and requests , ‘authority for the visa. YI cannot recall if VEGA even made the ‘statement that. he had requested permission to issue a visa to OSWALD, but I feel sure that he would have done so because VEGA had said that OSWALD had returned several times and this would be the usual procedure. J believe that Rogelio RODRIGEBS Lopez also would have - seen OSWALD because he worded ith VEGA and also would have screened visa applicants I thought that Luisa catnniton ip have had contact with OSWALD because I learned. shout LW arch 1964, shortly before I made a trip to Mexicas “that she} been involved with qn . American in Mexica@ FRB i ipation to which I refer was told to me by a DGI caer cex‘nagied Norberto HERNANDEZ de Curbelo. (I remembs ver with HERNANDEZ 7 a: bel1eS2 , COPY NO. __ —_—_——— . HW 53216 DBocld:32373017 Page 22
i REPRODUCTION PRORATED ~ _ because he gave me $40., 10,65 buy some shoes and. ; '. other items during my trite Mexico.) I bad commented to HERNANDEZ thatit seemed strange that Luisa CALDERON:was receiving a salary from . the DGI although s ge. apparently did not do any work - "" for the Service HERNANDEZ told me that hers was _ a peculiar case and. that:hevhimself believed that she . . ’ had a ae in: ‘Mexico by the Central Intelligence - ; Agency Manugt PINEIRO, the Head of the DGI,. did not agree. As Kyecall, HERNANDEZ had investigated Luisa CALDERON, This was because, during the time . she was in Mexico, the DGI had intercepted a letter to ” . her by an American who signed his name as OWER (phonetic) . a or something similar. As you know, the pronunciation of Anglo-Saxon names is difficult in‘Spanish so I am not sure of how the name mentioned: by HERNANDEZ should be - spelled. It could have been Howard" or something different. As. I understood the matte, - the letter from the American was a love letter butifidicated that there was a clandestine-— professional relationship between the writer and Luisa . CALDERON. €& aqunderstood from HERNANDEZ that after the interception at thi Metter she had been followed . and seen in the com an American. I do not know if this. could have been ALD. I, myself, considered the ease of Luisa CALDERON unusual because I had known her before she went to Mexico when she worked in the Ministry © of Exterior Commerce in the Empresa Transimport Department where she was Secretary General of Communist Youth. She was transferred directly from that position to.a post in Mexico which seemed strange. The. only other person about whox m you.asked me in connection - +. with this, whom I recall, is SylyixRURAN and I know very little about her. What happened was that 1 was in the Cuban ° ‘ Embassy in Mexico on 23 March 06 _ preparing to return to Habaha-the same some other Cubans inch ig Rogétio S f- the’ bassy; a courier named d ator; and one. other Cuban whom I apretty “girl standing at the end of - - ine asked who she was, and one _ df the group ‘said it Was. givia DURAN | -“Enio", a courier nsme - cannot recall. ePROOUETION ; “ a | ‘PROSIBITE . pace 20 _ e2h2_ cory NO. _ HW 532716 DBocld:32373017 Page 23
—_ - - REPRODIICTION PRORIGITED i recall that,’ after the aise af the-agsassination of President Kennedy reached the DGK\-orders were issued for all offidS of thaDGI,-at Headyuartérs and in the field, to sort and packale ain ocuinents*according to whether they were "mw uy aeatetos (waxy Secret), “gecreto" (secret), | or "importante" mpepsaaty: The material, once packaged, | was to be held pending her instructions. All travel by DGI officers and all DGI pouches were suspended temporarily, In addition, I recall that DGI Headquarters personnel were instructed either to remain in the DGI Headquarters offices or to keep the DGI aware of their whereabouts so that they could be reached immediately. I do not know the reason for these measures but I believe it logical that they were issued because of the possibility that the United State might take some type of action against Cuba and the DGI offices. As nearly as I can recall. we were able to unpackage DGI files and use them normally abort th Srd ct December 1963." ad 3. In brief, the Source does net to-have any significant information concerning the assagsination,of ‘President Kennedy or about the activities of OSWALDG\IE the: par Heety her: Clarification, I suggest that Bt ties with: ‘the details of the OSWALD his cancbearranged at any time. Mean- asked a forthcoming LCFLUTTER to wes seems to have concealed any ‘Mr. Rocca, who is most faz Case, talk to the Source determine whether or nore phe information on this matter. Harold F, Swenson Chief, WH/SA/CI "pace 21 of 12 COPY nO. __ —_— ee HW 532716 Bocld:323735017 Page 24
104-10268-10013 - | REPRODUCTION i a PROMIBITED E] UNCLASSIFIED © (] affthat, CO contBentiat L-seceer . . ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET SUBSECT: (Optional) Chief, CI/R&A BERET 9 [i 2 designation, ber,.:and = ae he Petiacad esignonon, room number ‘ “b ~ GOPAMENTS {Number each comment ‘to show from whom } . mn . hap“ehom. | Draw a line across column atter each comment.) I think you will be particularly interested ih para-- - graph 3 of Mr. Dooley's memo of record, attached. Art went over to wind upfioose end we had with regard to the AMMUG information we had previously furnished... Rock — number 139-319 for FOIA Review on_ UN 1976 . nn SAME AS, Av anes tee abd 204 24 g eu Tar ae a CONFIDENTIAL [7] jer omy - C] UNCLASSIFIED COPY HO. HW 53216 DoclId:32373017 Page 25
HW 532716 104-10268-10013 SOURCE EVALUATION: _ DoclId: 32373017 true. For eX aphy,, wa knex independent of this. Source tha aAbel 3 EGA;Perez and Rogelio . _ RODRIGUE Sal Cuban intelligence officers WARNING NOTICE | 7 THUR "ES AND Mt TrIDS. ANVOEVED CUCL ESE. PAGE 23 COPY NO. _ Page 276 REPRODUCTION PROWIBITED The Source is believed ta ‘be very reliable. established through, independent.ev vidence and cross- checking that the majorpa a rt-of sha intelligen We have ce information fuxfashed’ by. hing \istdaque stionably of. 12. ———e
Se REPRODUCTION a Se XAAZ- 27166 19 June 190% "O  : Chief, CL/RRA *b. & RA Pesto» ve AHHUG- "Mrs Raymond Ga@bde “ees aad Woerren CHHISS 100 POY: CL/Rea/ar Wer 2 f with reluted docunents. Lee Iarvey OSWALD Ww i (261 -289 ,248) SUBS 1. On 15- May 1964, we provided the President's Comuissios with a summary of cur debriefing of Cuban defector AIfMG 1 who had - no personal knowledge of Oswald and no information linking him to th: Cuban intelligence services in any mannzr...“As a follow-up, Me. Howard P. ‘fillens of the Commission asked’ if he could see the questions used in the interrogation. : 2. On 18 June, I took the questions ‘and source's respons2s to. the Comaission and shoved: them to Mr. Wilkens. He studied thom . and returned the questions: tome with thy-observation thit they were “e yvory thorough and fully satisried “his, péquirements. He said that he sev no need tu pursue this ang}> any” Turther. The. questions and answers exhibited to Mc. WillensVare attached. At no tin: during our contacts with th: Comaission did we disclose the sourse's Identity or sryptonyn. . . 3. ie. willens indicated that the Commission ves winding up its investigation. He was highly complimentary of CEA, vefe rring’ to the agency personnel he encountered here and in Mexico as “real nrofessionals." Mr. Willens asked’ that. convey his best regards to you. . : fA “ke P AE oe Ce, a N ‘3 Attachment: vfs rig & 1 - sume a "oe C1/R8A/AEDooley AL, een oem. we. ny Chou 1- Excloted train welvetati dela HW 532716 Docld:327373017 Page 27
HW 53716 104-10268-10013 800 ee - ppenoucme WARNI Ww NOTC E OL VED REVERENCE: Debriefing or gan: Source: 1. ‘he source says that ‘pri eta gebdber 1953, Oswald visited the Cuban Embassy in Mexico Ci ‘Qn two or three occasions. It is public knovledge he vas in Mexico during the period 9-25-63 to 10-3-63. . A). When did source learn of these visits - before ov after the assassination? Please describe detail the circumstanzes under which source learned this iphtee tion and identities of. the persons involved. : © B) Did these visits Oh Lice,dixing the aforementioned period or is th? sours’ eferring- ta. -prjvious visits. If the: latter, try to g-t ‘Specific: ‘deter: 3 re. cgarding these trips and the origin KEE 3 ‘sources +S Information. 2, Ih: sonree state YSivat wer <ey/during, end after these visits ‘ ' ovald was’ in contact’ thothe DGI, spe cifically Luisa : : * CALDERON, Manuel VEGA eZ and Rogello RODRIGUEZ Lopez. This would app2ar to man that one or more contacts wire made. after ‘Oswald returned to the United States ieee, between 10-3-63 and 11-22-53. A) What does scurcce mean by contact? B) Can he orzak dum these contacts by the specific individual named, place and type of contuct, and date of occurrence ? c) Dia Osuald mow or have reason te: suspect the int slligence connections of these persons? .. on D):- unat vas the pu:pose of these contacts?” “8) Ie Oswald did not know ‘the. “intelligence | affiliations of these individuals, what tprétexts, Af anys were employed in contacting him? --° i) pid sources eves see “any ie oy material — on any or . these conta.: its, ov -ony correspondent: faitiated by or addressed to Oswald? - Bos a y 4 ms Ws TaTICe SENSITIVE sOunty. AND - _ Mbiioir. Wey iat | 6 Copy ‘GOCLASS DocId: 32373017 Page 275
104-10268-10013 REPRODUCTION Wirectltis NOT Ice | ES AND oun METHODS Ib: VOI INVOLVED G) Did the DGI ever emple liysical’ sw vveillances, 9° echnical dsvices or camera equi pricnt: te ss ar these contacts’ 3 pot know “yhether the Cuban me apicity or otherwise. this 50 chack out what the source iH) The sources says Qi survices used Oswald Joxanye’ agen obviously makes it RC paporte meant ia questicn on i) Se 3. bid the DGI var initiate an Yn vestigation: of Oswald? : os 4, \het was the reagon Por packaging files at DGI headquarters and ticld offices after news of the assassination was received? 5. Source was asked whether any provocative material was deliberately: ' Pabricated by the Cubans (Question 9) to. confuse the invzstigation of Oswald. The reply attributed to him was, "the only fekrication lnown is the special matter by Fidel CASTRO’ previcusly mentioned." Please clarify. ‘the only possible fabrication know by source was the sp:cific denial by Fidel CASTRO on a TV program of any Cuban knowl sdge of Oswald. . WARIIIG he: Lice SEN i: * HW 53216 Docld:32373017 Page 29
104-10268-10013 REPRODUCTION ae PROHIBITED or his activities but was abl®to provide items of interest based on Cuban intelligence officers assigned to the Direccion General De Inteligencia. The information appearing below was furnished by the source and is keyed to questions submitted. mS l. Prior to October 1963, OSWALD isited the Cuban Embassy in Mexico: City on two or three eecasions. Before, during and after ‘these visits, OSWALD was ink Sontact wi nthe Direccion General De Inteligencia (DGI), apecifi€ally. with. Kuisa ALDERON, Manuel. VEGA Perez and Rogsh@ RODRIGUEZ J Népez. oo \ The source does not WS 6 nowledge of Lee Harvey OSWALD | } | | | | Oc VEGA wo QRdan & tellizence pseudonym is MARCOS. * is the current Cuban‘IS AEE Mexico: He recently has had a tour of duty in Habana, prigr’to which he held the same post as_ now as Cuban IS chief in Mexico. RODRIGUEZ is a Cuban IS staff officer in Mexico. He has _ three Cuban intelligence pseudonyms, Eduardo, Casimiro and Jose Antonio.. The precise relationship of Luisa CALDERON to the DGI is not clear. She spent about six months in “Mexico from which she returned to Cuba early in 1964. '. 2. The source does not know whether or not the Cuban Services used OSWALD in r any agent capacity, or other: manner. 3. A. When news of the: ‘assassination Lot President Kennedy _ reached the DGI, it caused much comment concerning the fact OSWALD had been in the: Cuban Embassy in Mexico. In addition, orders were issued for all headquarters and field officers of the ‘DGI to sort and package all docyments according to ‘whether a iii . oa + Pena ee ae vetoes Ebssats WARNING HW 532716 DBoclId:32373017 Page 30 pamee
104- 10268- 10013 7 ae fs Pate TED "importante" (important). THE material ce packaged was to be held pending further instryétio ns. In “ad dition, all travel by DGI officers and all DGI pou So ee Rupert temporarily. | B. When the news that oS PXLD was the assassin reached the DGI, there was no immediate comment but, when Fidel CASTRO. spoke on television to deny Cuban involvement, there was considerable comment concerning OSWALD's visit to the Cuban Embassy in Mexico. At this time VEGA, who has been mentioned previously, was in Cuba and commented.to a group of DGI staff officers that OSWALD had. come ‘to the Cuban Embassy in Mexico to request a visa but had been refused. ‘VEGA did not give any details and the subject was not pursued, the Cuban Consulate in Mexico ‘in | September 1963 was relayed to any © Cuban service. 5. Itis not known if the Cuban intelligence services had contact with the New Orleans! Fair | Play for ‘Cuba. Committee. | 1 i] | 4. It is not known whether information on OSWALD's visit to . | t { 6. The only Molina: whist ‘recalled ig ''The Hook", the Cuban who H ‘was convicted in New ‘York City for the murder of a young girl during : . . a clash between two Cuban groups. The DGI staff officer who had been . ° in the United Nations in New York, SANTIESTABAN traveled to Cuba t _with "The Hook" and with another Cuban named ORIHUELA and upon i arrival in Cuba tried to obtain employment for both individuals. The ? names Pedro Charles and Peter have no known significance, 2. The reaction of Soviet officials in contact with the Cuban intelli- gence services is not known. 8. Nothing is known about Soviet proposals following the news of President Kennedy's assassination. : 9. The ‘only fabrication known is the special matter by Fidel CASTRO Previously mentioned. ; - . + AO Nothing is known about Jack RUBENSTEIN aka Jack RUBY. ll, The name Gilberto LOPEZ is. not familiar but, if he visited. DGI headquarters, a photograph of him possibly ‘could be identified. | . 12. OSWALD's ‘photo’ was seen in the: newspapers but nothing i is known about him other than what appeared in the press. : re WARUICT., SCriSHps HW 532716 Docld:32373017 Page 31
HW 532716 104-10268-10013 “10. ll. ‘Cuban intelligence servi REPRODUCTION FRONTED Kittie > MOUICE ¥ RTOS tae POLVED 1 MAY 1964 - { 1 before 23 3 Noversitr Na ‘Tfs0 which service? ON Were the cuSemred peSising OSWALD in any agent capacity, or in | any other manner, b& 23 November. 1963? . | ! t What ‘was the reaction of the Cuban intelligence services to news of President Kennedy's assassination? To the news that OSWALD was the assassin? . . Was information on OSWALD's visit-to the Cuban Consulate-in Mexico City in September 1963, relayed to any Cuban service? If so, what ” i action was taken? Was there any contact between the Cuban intelligence services. and the. New Orleans* Fair Play for Cuba Committee? “ Has subject ever heard of Mario del ROSARIO Molina, ‘or Pedro ’ Charles known also as "Peter''? en ce How did the Soviet GRriate in contact with the Ciiban intelligence: services react to few sdf the assassination? x og ay type of action or investigation. to the ee following the news. of President ‘Kennedy's Did the Sovieté:px‘o “Was a roca Oe material deliberately fabricated by the Cuban. . servi . orfereand Serit to the United States to confuse the investi joni] tee OSWALD case? ‘Was Jack RUBENSTEIN aka Jack RUBY known to the Cuban. tedigence services? If'so, in what way? Does subject know a Gilberto LOPEZ who entered Mexico on November 23, 1963 at Neuvo Laredo, Texas and four days later proceded to. Havana by special plane. He was 23 years old and carrieda U. Ss. ; “passport. He also had a Mexican tourist pe rmit, Pevelop 2 all , OO oe DocId: 32373017 > information you can on this individual. : = WAR ATT 5 cd wey a . Ae Page 32
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104-10268-10013 ge ee | PRONIBITED fs. Fe COMMISSION ON CIA ACTEVITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES ~ Washington, | DC 20500 Nelson A. Rockefeller, . , : David W..Belin, Chairmen : Executive Oirector John T. Connor April 15, 1975 ‘ C. Douglas Dillon Erwin N. Griswold Lane Kirkland Lyman LL. Lemnitzer Ronatd Reagan Edgar F. Shannon, dre fo: erent 2 : Centeat nh pues ‘Agency . 7 . Washin Dear Mr. As you know, there have been allegations + that the ‘CIA was involved in a plan to assassinate Fidel Castro. For the purposes of this letter, we will assume that these allegations are correct, and based upon this assumption I would like to know the answers to the following questions: . 1. Did anyone with the CIA tell any member of the. Warren ‘Commission or any lawyer serving on the Warren: Commission staff that such plans had been underway? If the answer is yes, we would like to know what person or persons with the _ Agency delivered. said information, to whom it was delivered, . when it was delivered, what specifically was told oxr’said, | what documents there are to support the answers to the fore- going questions, and ghat response, “if any,-was received from the Warren Commission If the Commission :was not told about this, why was it ne da and who made the.decision not to deliver such information to the Warren Commission? 2. There is evidence « ; Castro, prior to November 22, 1963, knew about the: existenca7ot such plans and the possible in- volvement ofthe U.S..Givernment. Did the CIA at any time prior to the completion of the Warren Commission investigation have. any docur@nits’ or-.other information indicating that Castro may have s-about;suich. plans? If the answer is yes, would. you please whisk) wy? with copies of all such. documents and@ details of any such infprmation. 3. .Several months prior to the assassination of President. Kennedy there g@vidence of a public speech by Castro that: “was Saree: eb Associated Press whereby’ Castro alluded wa _—e | 7 : : ; : a on ab : ou ; eles ce Be ee ee eee tt * So { = . HW 532716 DocId: 32373017 . Page 34
104-10268-10013 - REPHODUCTION pAORIRITED to possible agsassiisth n attempts on his life and possible retaliation. Woufd.you pl@ase advise us if there is any ; evidence that tits “ASsociate “Press report may have appeared \ in any newspapsrs.in the. ‘Uwfited States, including specifically . oo any newspapess.. an DallaS 6r New Orleans. Would you also advise us &&ydu have: any other information of public state- ments of SayyCubas. tgader prior to November 22, 1963 indicating any aware! gf possible assassination plots on the Lives of ‘Cuban eases. Oe 4. Would you please advise us if there is any information in CIA records to indicate that at any time prior to November 22, 1963 any foreign government or any foreign group was consider- ing a possible assassination.of any American leader. . If so, would you please advise us of all details and also. advise us who. in the United States Government outside the CIA. was ad-- vised of these plans. or possibilities. . . 5. Prior to his death Lyndon Johnson supposedly stated that . he believed that although there was no doubt: that Oswald killed Kennedy and Tippitt, nevertheless Oswald might” have -been a part. of a conspiracy in retaliation to possible United States assassination attempts in Cuba. Would yow please advise us of any information in Agency files showing whether or not there was any communication to President Johnson of any possible ‘ plans involving the attempted assassinations of any Cuban leader and if the answer is yes, also give us all details involving this matter. é . Sincerely yours, _ " pavid W. Belin Executive Director “COCLRGS HW 53216 DoclId:32373017 Page 35
HW 53716 ——— PROMIBITED 1 May 1964 1745 Pesshen a Darla ; ; Se beer called me this afternoon, 12 May, to state that the wy has received a telephone call from RANKIN. regarding the Commission's desire to interview him at 1030 AM, Thursday. Mr. HOOVER is scheduled to appear at 9:00 on that morning. - 2. The DDP wishes to have from you a short but comprehensive memorandum which highlights the basic issues or positions entered into by the Agency in ‘its dealings with the Commission. For example, RANKIN indicated that the Commission : would wish to hear the Dire ctor's views as to ow improvements might. be made in protecting the President's life.” Further, they | will probably ask questions regarding the possibilities. that a con- spiracy existed. Such general questioning certainly necessitates that the DCI be. made. aware of the positions taken during prévious Oe interviews. I raised with Mr. HELMS the nature of the recent — ’ information which. you are processing which originated with the — 7 sensitive WH source. I informed him that in your view this would ° raise a-number of new factors with the Commission, that'it should not go to the Commission prior to the Director's appearance unless we have first had some preliminary reaction or made sure that the . Director is fully aware of its implications. since it could well serve as the basis for detailed questioning. The DDP stated that he would .review this carefully and made a decision as to the question of timing. | we 3. Given the schedule, you will appreciate that the DDP: will need a paper covering the above points as soon as possible. FAL fo. poameat nentae OS -SUIB, | Document Number ss 5 a for FOLA Review on SUN, 876 26]. Ad GUE eee ae Docld: 32373017 Page 36
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fee a | By SS . Sain Ler gion, These | are: IS 3) 1 Gastonia negation by the DCL ance before the P. a. For of any contact or association, direct or indirect, between the Central Intelligence Agency and Lee Harvey Oswald, This should be accompanied by : CC. | the tabling of an affidavit signed by the Director and notarized, (TAB A) information i in the. posdession of the. Agency reparding United States has been rade available to the Sn eae CIO . Commission through its staff, with which there has. ° - , Co ‘been close and frequent contacts since the inception of the Commission's activities. (TAB. B) ec. An interim. pronouncement by the DCI on the NE arenas , problem-of-eenepiratorialresponsibility for Oswald! s by oo ES eter e ye lam HW 53216 DoclId:32373017 Page 38
104-10268-10013 | ee a ‘PROLIBITED \ | nth ‘So information beni s problem has been furnished to the Commission for ‘evaluation and consideration in the framework. of its total knowledge of the facts. The Agency, at the present time, is lacking any knowledge of recent information or documentation furnished by the Soviet Government to the Commission with respect to Oswald's | ~“ an a . . C . . ad The DCI's suggestions for. improving policy and activity in the Soviet Union. (TAB C) . _ organization with respect ‘to: the: personal security of _ the President, Certain: Steps relating strictly to the Agency's jurisdiction have already been suggested by . memorandum. It is proposed that the Director now make specific suggestions involving legislation which” would treat information bearing on the personal security : of the President and, advisedly, other Federal officials. dixectly related to national security affairs in a manner ‘ similar to what currently exists by statute for special i - a PROMOTED HW 532716 DBocld: 32373017 Page 39
104-10268-10013 PROHIBITED relationship to the Cuban intelligence Service. Substantive information of grave concern to the. security of sources and methods have been developed on both of these topics. The information and, in certain a Sa : ' to instances, knowledge with respect to acquisition has | been made available ona highly restricted basis to C~ ; Mr. Rankin and to certain elements of his staff. Itis ' recommended that the: Der not pespond on the record to queries on these. topics, He- should suggest that all SS nen neerermeemeeneentane . such "technical questions" be worked out in detail through t the oe ee channels and proc es . ctioned-very well --,.we believe ~- between the Commission and particular ——————— CIA components. (TAB E) ; ———— 2 ee on cee a eer erecempinrs anes Sem pete meee eet pene meaner eee gn ge etic “3 Fa .O HW 53216 DoclId:32373017 Page 40
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* PROGIBITED 7 There have beenaurhors’ nd)allegations which began .- a We ~ immediately after the as cease tion which branded-Qamald asa U. S- Government agent, In many instances, CIA has been named as ‘his sponsor. The autigship, geographical dispersion ~ throughout the world, the tpt themes and the timing lend S strong support to the conclusion program. & a c As DCI, Mr. M e welcomes this appearance before the Commission to make a categorical and unqualified denial of responsibilities for what was a dastardly and heinous act. In witness of this, the DCI submits to the Commission an affidavit which formalizes this statement. ‘The affidavit is. s attached. it is recommended that the: Ber state concurrently with this action: that he desires to draw the Cominissién's attention to the a $ i q i I | | } i these unprincipled distortions of the historical and personal ee . fact that: the irresponsible charges: that: ‘have been made, cponsored - | . { i ‘emai a - hae 39 o12 HW 53216 DocId: 32373017 Page 42
104-10268-1001 3 : ‘REPRODUCTION POUIEITED : ses of:the/broadexr campaign against methods sea td's 3 AF the) : 7 7) NS American intelligence and, sécurity components which has ‘built sponsorship of that campaign directly to individuals and com- — | | t up momentum over the past six years. We have traced the : ponents within the Soviet police state apparatus. Their un- - scrupulous treatment of the Oswald case: was neither new as a method nor a surprise as‘an occurrence. ; OC ‘ lf the DCI is challenged by anyone on: thie Commiesion * - about the substance 2 oF implication, of:his affidavit, it is recom- mended that response. be along the following lines: CIA isa s democratic institution. The DCI has incorporated in his affidavit the results of detailed ‘and painstaking examination. _ qualification is a N raised with respect to the ne aeSea a willingly on the Commission's task> oO . : . a aa q 4 | HW 53216 DocId:32373017 Page 43 cee hem ne ee i os cS a ee i ee ee ee ree _ eee ee ie
HW 532716 ~ RePaanerna — PROMBITED = SA. McCONE i ’ ! JOWN A. McCONE, being duly: sworn, degoses and’ saya that he is . lene Director of Central Intelligence; and that based on bis personal. ..° |: | knowledge of the affairs of the Central Intelligeuce Agency and on detailed inquiries he caused to be made by the officers within the Central Intelligence Agency who would have knowledge about any relationship Lee Harvey Oswald may have had with that Agency, he certifies that: Lee Harvey Oswald was not an. jent, employee, or. informant of the Central Intelligence A ‘Agency: talked with him, or received ¢ or solicited any reports or information from him, g&e ommnunicated sith him, directly or indirectly, in any othe vi  faxabgen’ him any funds or monay, oY compensated him, aired Sr indirectly, in any fashion; and Lee Harvey Oswald was never associated or connected, ; the Agency never contacted: htea, interviewed him, ! { | directly or indirectly, in any way whatsoever with the Agency. 4 Subscribed. and sworn to this me gay of. : 1964, before me, a Notary Public in and for- the State of Virginia, by the said JOHN A. McCONE, who ta parsonally known.to me and he duly acknowledged to me the execution: of'the foregoing instrument. 7 | a Se ORs a RE : Notary Public , My commission expires we ee epee ate eee « Mm DoclId: 32373017 Page 44
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104-10268-10013. “REPRODUCTION PROMIGITED has supplied all the So in its possession re arding ‘the activities, affiliations and associations of Osw: Copies of the reports and access to original data, in specific in~ accordance with the DCI's. expressed, instruction from the. inception that the Agency place tele completely at the . Commission's dizposition. - stances, bas been given to Commission representatives in ; HW 53216 Docld: 32373017 Page 46
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i REPRODUCTION CT \ ‘TAB CG & SS ee Commission's rome tak information bearing on Oswald's possible setation Nos with foreign spons orsbe . made available to the Commission, The DCI may state that hei is gratified that his ~— have been carried out diligently and Poe mong the items of information. Ze, Y2 SD . ‘charged with the Lae of what | is euphemistically referred to as "executive action” on but is, in fact, charged with assassination and sabotage, ~<s ae~> ' 1 ‘specific indications to-ueney. . sghnel working on the me A - 7 | i | Cuban intelligence and assassinglion perdeune or organi~ | | ' ‘ eset = crepe pe ese ment eee TY HW 532716 DBocld: 32373017 Page 43
- ; | | ne ; - Sep ROnIETION - PROMIBITED Fac ee < ; wife, his possible: CO there with Soviet. State ° Security (he KGB), and related. questions which would tend to establish Oswald's associational link with Soviet Intelligence as a te of technical questions" and, therefore, beyond the scope of , present testimony. Itis suggested that he rest on the fact that the Commission has taken =P these points. item-by-item with. the technical levels of the Agency and. that the ultimate findings C and evaluation can only be, determined by the Commission, pesmi mem eee a! wee TTT ee ee aH - + a a eee nt ete Aman elt ener { HW 53716 DocId: 32373017 Page a9
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- REP AOOUCTIEE PTD TAB D Suggestions for Inaproving Policy and’ Organization Regarding | 4 Presidential Security” , « ‘Mr. Rankin raised tl its response, the Agency confined itself to elements relating to its statutory mission. . Specifically, it was suggested that: a. The Secret Service, or Benen record \ with ‘the Office of Central Referéace a {exmal require - ‘ment for informati i ; De. “te wae sage f wees oe intended to ‘expand <a coverage of possible threats to the President's security, our experience showed that it would need a specialized organizational ; component to handle that task within the Secret Service ‘itself, a Ge The CIA reply also noted that the Agency was . ; ‘in direct touch with the Secret Service repaiding the possible utilization by! that agency | at our experience in ‘machine data processing. “ [On ‘tke public record, it is “S wo, 7 ; suggested that the DCI not repeat # this detail. . Gagvtion a dire ctly by letter. In | | | - f | ; ? HW 53216 DBociId: 32373017 Page 51
HW 53216 104-10268-10013 Pip AMOOCTION - PRODI BITED | ot ote tabled heretofore: 7 The Commission's major problem has been the assessimesit _ of personal motive and the relationship of an individual act to possible conspiratorial guidance. Because conspiracy is the core of the problem, the DCI should point out the possibility of " legislative action which might be an assistance in preventing recurrence of the national calamity it ie investigating. There Cc ; is an n analogy at close hand between the problem of developing in | advance information Relating to! sresidential security and. the problem faced by the county & few years ago regarding the “clandestine introduction or manufacture in the U.S, of special nuclear material or atomic weapons. . The remedy devised at that , time was embodied i in the Atomic Weapons: Reward Act of 15 , July 1955 (29 siat3 365, PL, 165, 84th Congress). In essence, the 2 Act estab- lished z a substantial reward ($500, 000) for information . bearing on | the Act provided by any person, and i ‘in certain instances privileged . treatment for such persons -~ for ‘example, ‘asylum if they 1 were ae “ oociea2 ae amr e Docld:32373017 Page 52
~ recommendation for original legislative action designed to ' security by offering a a substantial reward and preferential treatment. The DCI should assure the Cortimission that he is. convinced that the substantial award, the special treatment, and the publicity which would attend the implementing legislation i in this matter could represent a significant inducement even to staff officers C . and personnel of secrehiasvociations and state security organs abroad whose functions include | assassination and sabotage. It is these. individuals who would be. privy to plans of executive action. The. reward would constitute additional inducement ‘for such | individuals to take the risk of making important disclosures. : ‘The suggestion ‘does not Soren the material elements of . reward and special treatment. The DCI:can assure the Com- mission that we are aware that personnel i in police s state apparatuses charged with the assassination and sabotage functions have repeatedly “expressed and, in many cases, ‘acted upon their repugnance for | induce individuals to furnish information bearing on Presidential. : _ | | | | HW 53216 Doclda: 32373017 Page 53
HW 532716 104-10268-10013. | _, such work and for the system: ‘which caila-upon them to do it. There are specifiactéiaes in: the past ten\years which document . 1 Tatstedy — charged with assassination missions. hav abandoned the mission even without the assurance. or the inducement which. the DCI is here: proposing. In making this suggestion, the 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. 3) The DCI could also. indicate that the Commission might desire to. suggest that any 2 legislation along these lines should be ‘enlarged to include con~ spiracy to xi any Federal: official in the President's personal” 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.) , PAGE 51 1 REPRODUCTION -——-PROBIBITED i ee 8 A pn _ 212 DocId: 32373017 Page 54
\ 104-10268-10013 \ So . sO uNTET "AL SECURITY MANUAL SENATE ae hevise — - 86th Congress Docr } ance < , , . 2nd Session. No, 1 EPRODUCT _. Pp 275-277 ‘Act of July 15, 1955 (60 Stat. 305, PL. 165, sith’ | Weapons Rewards Actofs9a7:  — PCr Atomic Wraroxs Brvtanns. Acr pans “Pe it enacted bythe Senate and House of Etpresentatives of the United Statexof snterica in. Congres assembled, That this Act may bo cited astie™Acomic Weapois Rewards Act of 1955, "Suc. 2. Any person w sighes oviginal information to the Gnited Scates— LY Se oo “(a) leading to theinding or other acauisition by the Gnited States of any special nuclear material, or ‘atomic ___-wveapon which has been introduced into the United Staies, . or which has been manufactured or acquired therein contrary tothe laws of the United States, or . -“(b)-with respect :to.an. attempted introduction into the . United States or an attempted manufacture or acquisition “therein.of any spécial nuclear material or atomic weapon, . "€ to the Inws of the United States, . . shall boireiwkrded by the payment of an amount not te exceed ~ $500,000. “Seo. 3. An Awards Board consisting of tho Secretary of tho Treasury (who shall be the-Chairman), the Secretary of Def tho Attorney General, the Director of Central Intelligence, an - of ona member of tho Atomic Energy Commission designated by that Commission, shall. determine whether any person ‘fur- nishing information to the United States is ‘entitled to any 4 : award and tho amount thereof to be paid pursuant to section C * : 2. In determining whether any person furnishing informa- tion to the United States is entitled to an award and tho amount of such award, the Board shall take into consid- etation— ; “(o) whether or-not tlio information is of tho typo specified in section 2, an : “(b) whether tho person furnishing tho information was an officer or employce of the United States and, if so, whether the furnishing of such information was in the line of duty of that person. wo : _ “Any reward of $50,000 or-more shall bo approved by tho . President. -. as os “See. 4. Tf tho information leading to an award under-section 3 . ‘¥s furnished by ‘ancalien, the.Secretary of. State, the Attorney General, and the Director.of Central Intelligence, acting jointly, may determine that the entry.of:‘such alien into tho United States isin the public interest and, 1n:that event, such alien and the mem- ; bers of his immediate family\mry receive immigrant visas and | : “pos may bo admitted to the United States for permanent residence, notwithstanding the requirements of tho Immigration and Na- tionality Act. i : '  4See. 5, Tho Board established under section 3 is authorized to so .. hold such hearings and make, -:promulgate, issue, rescind, and oo amend such rules and regulations as may be necessary tocarry out ~ the purposes of this Act. . ~ : nore. 6. Any awards granted under section 3 of this Act shall bo certified by the Awards Board and, together with the approval of tho President in those cases where such approval is required, transmitted to the Director of Central Intelligence for payment _ out of funds appropriated or available for the administration of . ( - the National Security Act of 1947, as amended. 8 — ; ; “Sec. 7. As used in this Act— / : . “(a). The term ‘atomic enerzy’ means all forms of energy Te- Jeased in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation. | “(b) The term ‘ntomic weapon’ means any device utilizing . atomic enerzy, exclusive of the means for transporting or pro- -pelling the device (where.such means is a.separable and divisible. ’ part of the device). the principal purpose of which is for uso os, or for development of, a weapon, a weapon prototype, or 3 weapon *(¢) Tho term. ‘special nuclear material’ means ‘plutonium, or “uranium enriched inthe isotope 233 or in the isotope 235, or any * ‘other material which is fourid to be.special nuclear material pur- ‘ guant to the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. . . “  “(d) The tenn ‘United Srates, when usgd’ in a geographical ( : ‘' * , genga; includes Puerto Rico, all Territories and possessions of the: . Unijed States and the Canal. Zone; except that in section 4, tho i . _ term ‘United States’ when so used shall have tho meaning given ; ; * toitin the Inmmiyration and Nationality.act.”— - Coe 2 emo n eee tere mnnetinme ee eae rere es et HW 53216 Docld:32373017 Page 55
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HW 53716 104-10268-10013 ‘ REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED * Commission by CIA on th 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 i in head~ - quarters and in Mexico City.’ Within the past week, areapeeneneneronsannamesamaansnnmeeesiri significant information has. been developed by CLA regarding aa UIIN anemeenenagmnne nn an anene REE EEeen enenieiemnemmneantl the relationship with- Oswald of certain.Cuban intelligence anna ER SETS ene eereer mene per sonnel i in Mexi¢o” City-and. the: reaction in Havana within . . ne the Cuban Intelligence ‘Service to the news of the as sassination of President ‘Kennedy. ° ‘The Commission Staff is in the. course of being briefed on the Cuban agpect. ; Mexican and Cuban phases of Oswald's ' ‘It is s suggested that the DCI handle any question on the as: "technical questions" which members of the Coftmisaton can develop’ | from or through their own stati with: the of the Agency. This wos: eae ~_ PRONE BITED cee ce i eee Sete a nea eee ee AT em ee eee ee a See a ee aN ppro ate component Se?” overall assurance that he: had& wicted his personnel to place , ‘their information completely at the Commission's disposition, ° “eo Doclda: 32373017 Page a7 sistent with the pet's ee cise oT es pace 54 of COPY NO. | ie -”
. . _ . - 10 April 1964 : 1 ZOMMISSION: ° MATERIAL FROM P- -8593 4 “et S72, Yon, Osu eArare of: 1. English translations of ‘cals. Shade: by ‘OSWA ~) o Russian Embas sy: 27 Sep 63 (1037); 27 Pain: 1626); 27: 'Seprea'(1605); 28 Sep 63 Q151); 1 Oct 63 (1031); 1 Oct 63 PIES ; 2. English translation of KS 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. for FOIA Reyiew on. ~ Tr 97 6 | | | | AD f= (2 b7 ave lo APR. aos ‘ - ECCLES Serene Oe ee . | pick §5 of 212 HW 532716 Docld: 32373017, Page 56
104-10268-10013 TOE as ” ow MEMORANDUM OR: Bix. J. Lee Rankia General-Counsel © i i { ! t | 3 . SUBJECT: é Intelligence Services | ceseing Visa Applicants; Raaction H of that Service to the Assavsination od | President Kennedy co , { | ' | | | | | ' t L. Within the very recent period, this Ageacy bas sscablished contact with a well-placed individual who has been in close and prolonged contact with ranking officers af the Coban Direccion General de Intelligencia (Directorate General of intelligence — DSI). His knowledge of DGI activitins, techniques and personalities ts direct and profound. This Agency has queried him In detail on con - possible costaats between Les Harvey CSYALD and the DGI ostor... |  t0 the assassination of Prasident Kennedy. A- report on the Infor- “mation thus obtained is: attached to rhb: ) memorandum. 2. This source io highly Senaitivs and of great, - immediate operational significance to this Agency. The national counterinteili- gence interest abroad requires, thersiore, that recess to rhe attached _ eaport, 2¢ knowledge of the existence of thiz source be restricted, , Xx . \ ‘Zor the present at least, to yourself and 3 2 sninimum mrmber of your | - od stall. . _ Document srumber & ETT AG a _ | ; | SUN 1975 * for FOIA Review on Geta 25 HW 53716 Docld: 32373017 ‘Page 59.
Oo oe rer 3, 3a aopropriate sensitivity indicator : wae esa affixed to this memorandum and the attached rveport. 4. & sopy of thia mrathor andura with ita attachment has deen forwarded to the Federal. Burean of investi gazion. : — Bine} Schad bias Richard Heine Deputy Dirsetor for Plaaa - | f Attachment _ Distridation: , = NK Orig. 22 Addressee a 2-pp?”” 2 Originated 23 | 7 ann 13. May 1964 Dow-graded to by authority % - date, sas cocaeeg Tome ee ee De OR ee em gece oe at eee ee eget HW 53216 DBoclId: 32373017 Page 60
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HW 53716 xs REPRODUCTION Sttachmenk sROSWALDE yo asoasbination of President — oof VEGA Bacon whe previously had been ataigned te the Gotan — } wad oe’ ° VEGA mentioned that OSWALD bad gous te the Cuban Consdlate ( Bee are een PEC re re Meee Pee aS Consoiate in Manico Gity, where be was tha principal DGI olfleer. Whether OSWALD had any contact with VEGA on theve sceasious is net known te the source. However DCI offiesrs stationed In consuletes cneterssrily interview vise. suphicants to determine if . they ere DGI agemss. If applicants arc identified aa agents, theiy travel ig expedited. Ctherwise, they are usially told ta come back in a fow days. Dariig the interim avplieants' names are vebritted bo Mavana tor iprther checking and instructions. . According to he sosrce, OSFALD may have Seen interviewed by EGA ay Kis - assistant, Rogelie RODRIGUEZ Loyes, tut thie is strictly con jectars on bis part. The source dose not kaow Stivia DURAN ar Ck, Cuban Smbassy im Mexico im March 1964. ; ; Adtor the newe of the avorzsiniion of Precideat Sennedy veached the DCI, arders were jssned for all DOL compenerts inl the country te’ sort and package sil. documenta according to whether . they wore “nay searctol frery seczuths | “secrete” {oecrat), or . 7 Cowngraded to Fees eee | a - sees ce ee spree cee ey ee Docld: 32373017 Page 62
a REPRODUCTION o® . . NN » os Headquarters? persugnal were bistracted be pentax in dadir piices or to keep the DGI aware og their whereabouts ae thal tiey could be peacbed immediately. 1s wok knecthe season Jor these meammes bot bellaves to be ata oan Genportentt {Phe material, oie camsoliiated, was : “Bowngraded 49 = 3 Ee Soe by euthor eS won Geto uEe Lie Te gee ! : date. AL ' : ’ HW 53716 Docld: 32373017 ' Page 63 : .
HW 53216 104-10268-10013 DoctId: 32373017 Page 64 REPRODUCTION PROMIGITED 23 May 1975 "A ne _MBMORANDUM FOR: DC/OPS = 7 Oy: _ . SUBJECT ‘: Raview of “Selected Items in the Lee Harvey: OSWALD: File Regarding Allegations of the) CASTRO Cuban Involvement: in: tHe aehn: Py KENNEDY Assassination . ’ need 1. The atta Gexdaw and summary was. written at the éxpress request of\Mr. David W. Belin as a follow- up to Question 3 of his letter to the Agency of 15 April 1975. 2. The restlts - a& 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 o£ the Attachment. There-seemed to be no reason to. ... : _ attach copies of the case reports from.tha file to this.. . .... a . - summary. These can be made available. promptly, however, a on request. . This sunmary-. ‘does not deal.with press,. Lo tee magazine and books that dealt with the. Subject during the period after the assassination. mon 3. My recommendation: ts to do with this. paper. as Lone, eee we did with the earlier‘one. requested by Mr,.Belin on - * the unidentified man: let him read the entire sumhary and then decide how much. of Lei, aE. any, is pertinent’ , e_impoer et sy02 5.43" Pace GL of 210
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HW 53716 104-10268-10013 (" ... KENNEDY is --- the BATISTA, of his times... the most opportunistic American President of all time ..."). 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 resuit that CASTRO'S "message" was significantly modulated. 5. In New. Orleans,’ where Lee Harvey OSWALD resided ee woe ‘until the middlecoe: ‘Séptember 1963, the HARKER story appeared in the principal morning paper, the Times=Picayune, . on: Monday, 9 Sept i--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." “SMa oo DocId: 32373017 Page oT COPY NO.° REPRODUCTION PROEIEITED ete ene tiene ee rere te nagar meme - 212.
OO | REPRODUCTION a PRONIBITED "Bitterly denonicing what he called recent U.S. ‘Prompted ‘raids on Cuban terri- tory, caste. ‘gada: feeynre prepared to . | ig Ra thiem ing avis ; ‘in i i hou Cae gnt if they are aiding terror- ist plans Wo eliminate Cuban leaders, they | themselves will not be safe.‘ ‘® ... World affairs ees seemed to be entering a more peaceful climate a few days ago, but now this trend has changed with : attacks. | *'The v. S. is always ready: to negotiate ws and make promises which later it will, ‘not, honor. This has happened to promises tiade: ‘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 weet 6. ‘The New York Times, in its coverage on 9 September, used. a UPI wire service report which omitted any reference to the warning and ‘threat which gave the interview its real significance. The Washington’ Post aia an abbreviated: re-. . write (9. September, page A~7) which, similarly, omitted _any reference to ‘the main thrust of CASTRO" s j remarks oe _* HW 53216 DoclId:32373017 Page 68
104-10268-10013 ‘REPRODUCTION PORTED ~-Bhe. Evening Star of Washington, D. C., printed_the HARKER story nearly if es enpagety in the second section of the Q _ SW) litical ashe - in particular, highlighting the GOLDWATER elements and burying CASTRO's warning to the United States leadership in the middle of the piece. 7. There is no evidence in the files on assassination)that this CASTRO interview was considered in following up leads or in dealings with the Warren Commission and its staff although Mexico Station specifically directed Headquarters attention to the AP story very shortly after 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 (erase eraser in ‘the Agency records,~ either, that the Warren Commission staff Itself pursued the implication of the CASTRO interview in dealing with the conspiracy hypothesis. ‘There is no evidence in the files that anything“along these lines was 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 “1 he. read “the CASTRO warning and threat as reported above. . The “results AW 53216 Docld: 32373017 Page 69
HW 532716 | a REPRODUCTION -, i . I 20-—-20 quality eBdince, apeiping this phrase st actl , of ? ° = Soviet aayor Cuban political, intelligence or security service involvement in the as- ES, nt oemnmmameeniemememecneeanmad t | | sassination to what was developed and con- 7 . | 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. . vet . : b. "credible extdencs” that would upset or significantly modi fy this judgement did (and does) not exist in Washington. But erent neve wen 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 . that there was Soviet -and/or Cuban (KGB and/or _ DGI) connection with OSWALD will persist and Docld: 32373017 Page 70
REPRODUCTION wider "window" for this contingency. That, en etree renee, _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. te; . elements of “credible” ev Kars, re are “nuances” in the record. that oS note- worthy, in the light of other conclusions. These are reviewed and summarized below, item- by-item. a . a. CASTRO'S | warning and threat (of 7 September 1963: SNit oswanp did indeed read ‘Investigation of the. Assassination of President John F. - .KKENNEDY. Hearings.Before the President's Commission on the ' Assassination - of President KENNEDY (Washington, 1964), ereafter cited as. Hearings, Vol. V., pp. 120 - 129. See especially p. 124. =""Mr. Helms: ‘Yes. I. would: assume wnever be closed. " ms . HW 53716 Docld: 32373017 Page 71
104-10268-10013 ' ; PRORITED. it in New orteans Ainge be considered of great significance: ix the Light of the pathological. evolution of OSWALD's ‘passive/ assxeieive akeup after his attempt to kill cenesSi WALKER. 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 nee ee ey warning and threat, given. to AP corres-. pondent HARKER, irrespective of whether : there was any formal mandate, _ OF: ‘even security service’ contact with’ OSWALD: by the Cubans or the Russians - was an act: of singular ixresponsibility and under no circumstances was excusable as retorsion for what the Cuban emigres were doing during | the summer of 1963. “CUBAN CONTACT WITH LEE HARVEY OSWALD, SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, EARLY 1959 (2) 0 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 5 Cuba. DELGADO was probably ¢ the closest _peer group HW 53216 Bocld:32373017 Page Tf?
104-10268-10013 TOR ——— PRORIBITED member to OSWALD. .during his specialist training period at El Toro Mart compé\Base December 1958 - September 1959. The Warren Gonmiset mm Keport takes note of this: & OSWALD eer DELGADO that-he was in Rud LQ this cowry, which DELGADO at first took RN LG Wan diplomatic officials in to be ‘one of his lies, but later \ believed.'"2 — 10. Actually DELGADO's testimony says a lot more of —— aca) . possible operational significance than is reflected by the Se ee . language of the report, and its implications do not appear © rn A EE NCEE areal —wnt to have been run. down or developed by investigation. ‘Thus, amnesia iia) . >. the record of the beginning of OSWALD" s_relationshi Re with the Cubans starts with a questi marke: en a ; ; flog - ll. the period was one of transition. im U. Ss. - Cuban _ Yelations after CASTRO" s takeover. | OSWALD, and DELGADO at the outset, were CASTRO supporters, OSWALD being particu- fied: - larly keen about how to get to the island. DELGADO testi- " wee I didn't know | what to tell hin, so a told him: the best. thing. that I know was to. Report to the President's Commission on the Assassination - of President. John F. KENNEDY (Washington, 1964), hereafter. cited as Report, p. 687. Clisss. HW 532716 DocId: 32373017 Page 3
104-10268-10013 _ PROHIBITED ae es I gue ind” h back. I don't know who the LSS Tass a oe the whole thing when he came. an back. He never mentioned who he was, nothing. °Mr. LIEBELER: How long did he talk to. hin, do you remember? . "Mr. ‘DELGADO : two hours ... "Mr. LIEBELER: who this fellow was oe "Mr. DELGADO : No. No “ure LIEBELER: Did you connect this visit that OSWALD had at that time with the Cuban . Consulate? ; ; 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 Se 7 hardly ever received mail;” in fact he seldom - received mail Exc home ‘because ir made it a : - , ft policy, x used te pick’ up the mail for our unit the guys: in there, ‘and very ae a seldom. dia | I" “ever.see one for him. But every ‘so 7 often, after he started to get in contact with 2, MS HW 53216 Docld:32373017 Page 75
HW 53216 104-10268-10013 REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED (+ SEC T “—-—- -- these Cuban people, <@Agbarted getting letter . + “SA) . — pamphlets and eR pers ... & peal rted receiving letters, LQ? you kn och , Iaybe pamphlets, you know, teage church, things we get from church, you but it wasn't a church. co ne | "Mr. LIEBELER: Were they writted ds Spanish, any of them, do you knowX “Mr. DELGADO : no. | our. LIEBELER: to believe that these things % from the Cuban Consulate? _ — i - | "Mr. DELGADO : Well, I took.it for granted oe : that they did after I seen the envelope, you know ... something like Mexican eagle; with a ’ big, impressive seal, . ow. They had dif-- ferent colors on ‘it aed white; almost. ; - SS looked Like rege Oe OW. But I can't 7 . se rand SOF BD i ew it was in Latin, Bin. _ Fecall the sxe United, s “al I couldn't under- stand. It was” a. "Mx. LIEBELER: You-don't know for sure _ “whether it was from the Cuban Consulate? © coves DoclIda: 32373017 Page 76
\ HW 532716.-. 104-10268-10013 _ Churwalden, switzeZiandy | . was presumably to..report there on 20 April 1960. Destined for discharge REPRODUCTION ——— PRORIBITED ‘ wall oe prior, - just. before k-found - that envelope in his as receiving mail from 2 ihe offered to show it to me, time we ha ont to ao, and I never did ask r ~——— "Mr. DELGADO: But He-had told me | | | a | to see that paper again, you know. } i ' t "Mr. LIEBELER: Did he tell you what his. correspondence with the Cuban Consulate » about? . "Mr. DELGADO : No, he anes "Mr. LIEBELER: Did he oven na ied SS $o you that it had to do with the coeaue that. . a you haa about going over to Cuba? , : "Mr. DELGADO’: No. - The only thing he told me was, that right after he had this con- vexsation with the Cuban people was that he. was — going to - once he .got out of the service ~ he an SS was going to Switzer?and one "3 OG : 12. OSWALD''s- application to Albert Schweitzer. College, was dated. 19 March 1959, and he ee he Marines on 7. December 1959, OSWALD © 3 Pen a DoclIda: 32373017 Page Tf? earings, Volume VIII, pp- 241.- 243. ae t ne “SECkEn "PAGE _ 14 of 212 1 a Aan
HW 532716 104-10268-10013 ’ and talked with him for between one and. -or after his return to the United States. The record reflects : u We SS . file on osm << gS . Poe mane on poota:32373027 Page 7 | — PROGIBETED 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: half: to, two hours. The event was unique in DELGADO's recollections, and” ‘actually Sone pe omen ae, ee et te gt AR RENNER, there is nothing like it - “on the record - i everything else we know about OSWALD's activity in the United States before no identification of the El Toro contact. DELGADO's presump— tion is that he was txGathe Cuban Consulate in Los Angeles. Assuming that, ‘the geestions are: Who was it, and was - - there reporting £0 Rosh les: to Washington and Havana oe, that could, in @ffects: Egpresent the opening of a Cuban. nS Sor SS IDENT KENNEDY'S DEMISE BY COMMUNIS® : PARTY CELL LEADER’ MORSE BENITEZ ZABOLA, 1962 . 14. Guatemala Station forwarded to Headquartérs on - 9 January 1964 a duplicate copy of a raw report PY aos 4 U.S. /cuban diplomatic and consular relations: Méxevsevered on 3 January 1961.. a . “ey . 2
HW 53716 404-10268-10013 ae DocId: 32373017 Page 79 - REPRODUCTION ‘PROHIBITED a ; cuatanét shoulda ony single new party; "We need not Wer AGEN YO? reoccupy o S over the politics of President KENNEDY P S because we know, according to prognostications,. that he will die within the present year, 1962." 15. This report apparently had been discounted when “it was received and was not forwarded uifki2 the Station re-reviewed all of its material after the assassination.” The file reflects no follow-up or formal dissemination of the report. . | ee. ENIGMATIC THREATS BY CUBAN THIRD SECRETARY IN THE HAUGE , 7 NOVEMBER 1963 . 16. A sensitive liaison source, reporting after the KENNEDY assassination, indicated that at the Soviet reception on. 7 November 1963, the Cuban Third Secretary, Ricardo L. SANTOS Pesa, discussed the recent refugee raids ’ on Cuba and their implications with a host-country diplomat, concluding with the admonition: ose. Just wait and you - "will ‘see ‘what we can. do. It will happen soon.” Asked to be more specific, ‘what would happen soon, SANTOS replied: "Just wait, ‘just wait.” 17. These data were passed to the Warren Commission’. by memorandum, 31 March 1964. . SANTOS was reported to have COPY NO. -