13-00000 ee ee ee | ; MEXI 7964 \(Ref: MRID 0385 - para 284 above) LEGAT, continuing inverrogation of Ylario |  ROJAS Villenueva of Guedalejera, has determined that: A. He is really Eledio VILLA.UEVA of ref and is the uncle of Daniel SOLIS wife. B. Eladio VILLANUEVA was in Cozumel C150 Apr 65 until July 63 and stayed with Daniel SOLIS. He showed letters he had written to his wife ; from there:for this period. C. Daniel SOLIS lnows address and true name of Bladic VILLANUEVA; | letters from SOLIS to VILLANUEVA to prove this point. / VILLANUEVA has written to ELIS to send his address book to! VILLANUEVA,; U.S. Con in Guadalajara; used excuse that wishk<1 vise . 236, 28 Jan I .| toU.S, He insists ‘SOLIS has. notebook’ and still clings to story he saw OSWALD as bk: vrote | ‘to Mr.) Robert Kennedy. / For Hgs: VILLANUEVA has agreed take LCFLUTIER test and 1cAT : : Wash Hgs asked him to ask COS if LCFLUITER operator qould come Mexi as was done in case of | ALVARADO (Nic).; / COS agreed forward request. to Hqs. / If agreed LEGAT would prefei Mexi or Guadalajara as Location with Mr. Joe Garcia as interpreter if one needed, time within next | | ten days, / Fis! cable’ reply. | | ; | . C i . | i MEMO +0 Bocnatra, od to £08 ero LEGAT; Subject: OSWALD ~ tt is to be noted that the White House was in receipt of & paper entitled “Possible 2 Psychological Motivations in the Assassina- tion of Pres. Kennedy" written by Jose} lI. LASAGA of Miami, Fla. This speculative paper attempted o establish that the motivation of OSWALD in the assassination of Pres K was Fidei 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 @ restaurant on the outskirts of Mexi from which restaurant the, both later left ‘in the Amb's car for a talkjwithout being overheard, / Source of this latter info was alleged to be Salvador DIAZ Verson, This individual was interviewad 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 Excele‘or on the night of 25:Nov 63. There he learned through the Mexi press that the Mexi gov nad arrested one Silvia ‘DURAN; thet DURAN allegedly had OSWALD as a guest in her house during hi: visit to Mexis; and that DURAN placed OSWALD in contact with officials of the Cub Ewb ir Rial. DIAZ Verson went on to claim that he was @ told by Dr. BORRELL Navarros, an 8x ctled Cuban . news pape rman employed by Excelsior, that OSWALD and DURAN on the day followlrg OSWALD's arrival C in Mexi went to a restaurant called the Caballo Blanco or possibly the Caballo Baye where they ~~ met an officialiof the Cub Emb, DIAZ Verson claimed that he knows nothing about OSJALD and the Cub official leaving ,the restaurant together in a car, / It was ascertained that Dr, Eduardo BORRELL' Navarrg, ‘a former Cuban Cabinet Minister who on occasion writes feature articles for the Mexi Clty Excelsior, qurrently | yesides at 1503 Homero St., Apart 371, Mexi, - BORRELL- “Navarrolvas. dnterviewed: To LL. Jan. at. which ‘time. he furnished the following In fos. sO Salvador DIAZ Verson' was ;in Mexi as claimed: and discussed OSWALD with BORRELL and ctner Cuban exiles|, DIAZ Verso also visited BORRELL in BORRELL's home. / BORRELL did not tell the story , credited to him! by DIAZ Verson concemng the visit to a Mexi City restaurant by OSWALD enc Silvia; DURAN. BORRELL had never heard (this: story or any similar story before. / BOwRELL knew of no meeting between OSWALD end Cub Emb officials other than the meetings which: occurred at the, time OSWALD visited the cw Conlin Mexi, / BORRELL knew nothing concerning any visit by OSWALD to ths home of DURAN. / Tt 3 i8 to be noted that DURAN was questioned by Mext authorities * i : 287. 29 Jan ' t ‘ i] t i i ‘ ‘ Gos | i | Meo coma ecmid vamou enemas em yes entemme ooe on nen : of Check BORRELL Navarro, Eduazdo $2 OP 89 © gee Cnmem a eee SAO Dw 6 Ow tem | Hane Ror ORES EY he Oe oe a on a cminre ne entheareen creer = wis ee eoaetorer or eamamnts ets et wont oe enki comes ae incomenm we dereee sere “98
13-00000 t Py EL bea | SEORET | | on 25 Nov 6. At that time she confirmed that OSWALD visited! tle cub Emb ih Mexi during the | t i | | time he: was in Mexi ‘from 27 Sept to 2 Oct. | She: alleged that the purpose of his visits to the | | i i i -, Guban 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 hom. / On 217 Jan 64 & source. !.. advised that he: had been! unable to locate a; Caballo Blano reetaurent | . ih Mexi, but stated ithere 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 : t -. | _ ; Charge of Cub Con at the time of OSWALD's visitithere, of Cub: Amb HERNANDEZ Armas, of Silvia \ CE ‘ DURAN and of OSWALD to employees of restaurant and conducted extensive | ‘interviews of these : _employees, | He was unable to find anyone among the employees who could | recall any of the po | Persons as having heen at restaurant. a 7 | 4 | : ; 4 H 1 ‘ ‘ i i l : _. $288. 30 Jan Poo MEXI 8008 (Rees DIR 97829 - ' pare 289: below) + Station ‘has. s reported a all available info. A i OS OSWALD activities Mexi. / Practically all info from LIENVOY and all other sources was also ; Se reported locally to ODENVY and to Amb Mann. It may be that some Station info included by . : ' Local ODENVY reps in their meporténgt | believe however local ODENVY: will have indicated a .. Oo KUBARK as source, | 10 i | 2e. 50 Jan - Dm 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 a report on ‘ . ' QOSWALD'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. | : | ; | 7 | 290. 1 Feb. : DIR 98676 (Rees MEXE 7964 - para 286 above) Before deciding on LOFLUTIER of ROJAS need i .  tuch more info on his background for clearence purposes, : Pls ‘have: ODENVY supply vital data, background, job history, some idea of physical and mental condition. Also need know: Would - my , - LCFLUTTIER be done in secret or must Mexi authorities know? KUBARK not in favor of cutting = ; _  4n 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 Mexd to supply added data. ; : : ; 2971. 6 Feb. ' MEMO to COS from LEGAT; Subject: OSWALD - Res: Ylario ROJAS Villanueva aka Hilario ROJAS oo! . 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 a3 Guayabo de Santa Coane |. Rita, located néar the. town lof _Cludad_Manuel Doblado7in the state of Guianajuato.. His mother... ' still resides at the ranch and her name is Estefania ROJAS and is now about 80 yrs old. He did not know his father, therefor 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. “SECRET area, for a person named MoILVANEY. near. Highway 99 and Roxy Street., McILVANEY was engaged ih ~~ -- drainage and irv-igation work and ROJAS ‘worked far him shark Towne | / Th VOR wa ene att ans
13-00000 Pop ob ep a , oEUREI oe also calims a common-law’ marriage | ‘to Atiota GALVEZ and thet @ child was born in the u.S., of this marriage, Alicia still corresponds with him and lives at Celle Republica d.:: Salvador #152, Col,. Cuauhtemoc, Mexicali, Mexi. / In about 1954 he returned ts the ranch whe = he continued with his work on the ranch, : During 1946 or 57 he was employed by a bottl .. company | at Tijuana, Mexi which bottled 7-Up. ..... / In 1960 he returned to Guadalajara. i- had no i fixed ‘employment since his Tijuana job with the u-Up bottling. firm in 57 or 58,, occssional | temporary jobs since about 58, mostly involving: truckLoading, / He married his present wife, | Yolanda CORDOBA in 57 and now has:five childrens the youngest born 21 Oct 63. / Letters which { ' have been observed indicate vy postmark that ROJAS was in Cozumel, butz at a later . :riod than he has stated and apparently for at least three. to possibly five months, which ccontra- | i i | 291, (continued) | ' dicts ‘information received from. Daniel' SOLIS, who stated Ylario ROSAS Villanusve wa. tn Cozumel . for about 2 weeks in June 63.: ROJAS readily admits that he, ROJAS, is the uncle of 39LIS's - ' wife, | / Alverification of his reported travel to the U.S. border, namely, Nuevo Larsio, has ; i 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 rececis Why was 3m a telegram sent from Nuevo Laredo further reflect that a ‘telegram dated 51 July 62 at Nuevo Laredo suthorized the ChA ticket authorizing the CMA ticket office at Guadala- office at Guedalejara to! issue a ticket to Hilario ROJAS of 665 Chilerde Street, Guudalejara. Jara to issue a ticket 222 i f | (It is noted that ROJAS has stated that he formerly resided at Chilarde Street in Guidalajara. ) i _ ' / ROJAS appears to be in: normal physical condition and no outward signs observed of iuy nds. —2 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 mentality in a ; manner reflecting innate’ intelligence superior to that of his stated sixth grade edusstion. / | He does not volunteer any motive for furnishing info to the U. S. Gov concerning his alleged 7 -association with unidentified Cubans end with OSWALD, both at U.S. border and at Co:umel. / (Other than }discrepancies. umking noted in various interviews conducted with ROJAS, th: only apparently ‘unusual development concerns a reportedly second letter that he has directed to U. 8. Attorney General Robert Kennedy,i wherein he, according to his om statement, stated that he had additional info to furnish. According to ROJAS, this additional info concerned &' so-called camera which he sew in Cozumel in the possession of the unidentified Bul.cns and OSWALD, which camera reportedly had adaptations:which could be utilized to fire abou: five cartridges; which cartridges reportedly have @ small gas compartment and that said ¢cs was for the purpose of cutting down on the: noise mede in firing said camera, He also dvzcribed a rifle supposedly in the possession of these previously mentioned individuals, He claims to have beenxgal told by the Cubans that the "camera" was worth about $50,000 and was a Russian invention. j/ Attitude toward Polygraph! Examination: / It was explained to ROJAS that it ment —be-nedessary—in- the -futiire: ‘to--afford- him. a- ‘sclentifio® examination with ithe use of certain: instruments, . He said he | would be ‘agreeable to such an examination. / Attitude of Mexican Government | re Polygraph Examination; It is assumed that, ag in the past case of th: Nic, Echeverria should be sp consulted and his authorization obtained to conduct said exasination, At the same time, he canialso be told that general results of exam would be furnish:i him, i: It is further: suggested that the full neme of | iROJAS should be furnished Echeverri: and the fact thet he would be examined either in Guadalajara’ or Mexi,: There does not Bppea: to be . . | | . any reason |for Echeverria to be fiirmished the iden of the Polygraph examiner. ee cohen on io sect cd a ja a Se eT} Bo i ; i | i i 1 i meant eect 8 mt ts ey me aes we =e = wt + 0 pce | | | | | . m . ee a Se ee
13-00000 eta tg ~oee eemnareehnnSTSNSTENAGEEATASEnseehe ie 2 mat sateen EPEC mt in sftdanesesansnannanne Soe e9e. 7 Feb. 293, 8 Feb. 294, 8 Feb. 295. ll Feb. 4 What is the RCMP 7 Cheek RERNSTE IN 296. 12 Feb. to MRID _ SECREL $ ud i NEXT ‘au7’ (ees DIR 98676 = pera 290 o ateve) "Following rec'd tron Local open on; 7 Feb. (Reporting contents of para 291 above) : ie 7 ne sage se sere mr am DIR 00302: (Rees MEXT 8117 : od para 292 above) ‘Wal trace and clear ROJAS.| 'y Since he Mext . cit,.we do not want to LCFLUTIER him in Mexi with knowledge of government there. ALVARADO : case was different because we knew ALVARADO would be sent straight back to Nic. Will conzer: . . with ‘ODENVY here on pros and cons of taking, him to Texaa, where facilities would be. better. Note. on cover sheet of DIR 0302 ~ Advised Henry Jotnson (IGA) on 11 Feb cs Signed cos MEMO to cos from JKBENADUM. (source): " Source has peen told to drop everything else and concentrate on Retty MORA to endeavor to find out any additional info which she might have re OSWALD and- his activities on behalf of the Fair Play For Cuba Committee in New Orleans, La. prior to the assassination. (See para 264% above) In this connection it will be recalled that MORA | Stated after the death of the President that she hoped that the FBI would not look too hard in New Orleans because it could be very bad"for us". / Source also reported that Reva BERNSTEIN, former Chairman of the FPFCC in Detroit, Mich., has "been in Mexi for more than a month, that she had been in Puerto Vallarta for a month, that she had wanted to go to Playa Azul but that she did not do so because “it was not good to do so ~ so soon after the assassination", that she was leaving Mexi to go to Zijuatenejo. Source does not believe she was in Puerto Vallarta, nor that she is presently in Zijuatenejo. / HERSTEIN-also told source that she had been questioned in Detroit, prior to her departure for Mexi, by the RCMP, but that no inquiry had been made of her by the FBI or any U.S. police or investigative agency. The interroga- tion had to do with the FPFCC, its activities in the Detroit area, and the fact that she had reportedly acted as a mail drop for Canadian communists, “This interrogation took place in the office of her lawyer in Detroit. She admitted to source that she had, in fact, acted as a drop, but that she told the RCMP that she had ‘merely | acted as the addressee for “progressive publications" for her Canadian friends. Note written in margin of above Memos Should I report | for Hgs info only ? by ¢ coS. RIGGS wrote: Since this deals with OSWALD case and has already been reported by the source to ODENVY, I believe we should not send to Hqs. It adds nothing to the case and if Hqs should decide to dissem, it would blow source to ODENVY (our w use of source). Signed RIGGS ' A. _MEXT, 8194 (Ref: MRID 0385 - - para 284 above and B, MEXI 7964 ~ para 286 above) LEGAT . requests -the- following- additional questions ‘be: put- to Daniel SOLIS: -A. ‘Verify if SOLIS has received two letters recently from Eladio ROJAS Villanueva aka Eladio VILLANUEVA regarding notebook, 3B. Ask SOLIS to forward notebook if found to: Mr. Edwin 0. Johnson, Consulado Americano, Guadalajara, Jalisco. C. Letters in possession VILLANUEVA indicate he in Cozumel with Daniel SOLIS for at least three months in 1963. Can SOLIS recall dates? D. Ask SOLIS if VILLANUEVA in contact with Cubans or Americans while in Cozumed.. Ask him how VILLANUEVA | anewrmdtas l= £4mea Plasan meatten wanle