| Gesaictions——SECEEL , (This form is to be used for material extracted - ~ from ClA—controlled documents.) _ Checking a file which was in Washington. _ Other inquiries might involve trying to see if.we could. locate. somebody » in some overseas country. i Obviously, one’ takes. longer to per- .form than the other. (Exec. Sess. Test. of Richard . Helms, (8/9/78,. Pe 25) : At times_ the CIA's concern for protecting its Commission to experience greater. difficulty in ae getting relevant | information than when ‘the protec- tion of. such sources and methods was not. at issue. 7 J. Lee Rankin expressed the opinion that the Agency' s effort to. protect its sensiti ve sources and methods, par tealar! sensitive sources and methods. caused: the Warren oe § wit ee4ATA te Ciftsarxiflance Spare em jy MEK Co & } $ ite. @ffectatthe quality Of the information to which — the Warren Commission and its ‘staff were given oS aceeas.” (sca, Class. Depo. Of | Je Lee Rankin 8/17/78, f / P85) As a. result of the CIA's concern,in some instances the Agency made ‘the unilaterial decision to. _dimit access to. CIA materials by the Commission. ~ (HSCA Class. Depo. of John Scélso, 5/16/78, p. 158) ic, re lad ) The Committee has identified two* areas of “concern in which the Agency’ s desire to protect its ; § sensitive sources and methods impeded the. Warren “Commission' ‘Ss investigation. These are: 7 : ~ . &€ fe @ ou. a2 at 4 . ~ Classification: : —_ 4 3 a0dt 6 re Classified by derivation:
Classification: | (This form is to be’ used for material. extracted | rom ClA—controlled documents.) Witholding information from the Warren | Commission Soe pertaining ‘to the-phote- “survetttance [amt telephonic’ surveillance a operations of the CIA' Ss Mexico City Station As a related consideration, the Agency's reticence to reveal the origin of the Photograph “now referred to as that of the "Mexico ‘City Mystery Man’ " developed log thea’ Mexicacety photo - ~ sacycilance osert lors \Qiate tnstiak Concern fer Repealing Sens ateee Sear tev Crk Meth ols The CIA's concern for revealing the existence of sensitive technical Operations, as “outlined above, . was evident ‘fxom the’ inception of the. Warren ‘Commission. Mr. Scelso ‘commented that "we were: ‘not, authorized at. first: to. reveal all our technical. operations." “(tbid., Pp. 158) - “But Scelso ‘did testify that: “We were going to give them intelligence © “reports which derived from all our sources, |. including technical sources, including the - telephone intercept Jand the information. Sy gotten from the interrogation of Silvia Duran, for example, which corresponded almost exactly with the information from. the [telephone intercepts. a Mr. Scelsco! s characterization is supported Py report furnished the Warren Commission regarding . ~ Classification: _ vanes? | ‘Classified bys derivation: : Ss f of 7.
_ Classification: | (This form is to be. used for material extracted — ' - from ClA—controlled documents.) | Lee Harvey Oswald's trip to Mexico City. (CIA — _. boc. FOIA +#509- ~803, 1/31/64, Memorandum for a. : hee Rankin, from Richard Helms) “Much | of the Ba "information provided to the Warren Commission in this-report. was based upon sensitive sources and methods, identification of which: had been - deleted completely from. the report. | ‘The CIA policy, Limiting Warren Commission knowledge of cra sources and methods. was. articu- 7 lated as early : as December 20, 1963, at which ‘time a cable was sent from CIA headquarters to the Mexico city Station which stated: sgl Our. present plan in passing information ‘to:the Warren C “to. eliminate | 2 Jin order to. _ - protect your continuing ops. Will rely instead on statements of Silvia Duran——. file a which Soviets gav FOIA. - #420- ~757, 12/20/6 ; 90466) Se _ The basic policy, articulated in the December _ 7 29, 1963 cabl is-also set forth! ‘in a CIA menorandgm | v “of December nese ait specifically concerned "the Cia‘s relations with the. FBI. | (CIA Memorandum ‘for File, 12/20/63, Birch 0! Neal, “included in with Soft . file materials) -In that memorandum, Birch or Neal of the CIA Counterintelligence Special Investigations a (| Rast that he had. been advised by sam oe assi ication: ee me
"Classification: SECRET ; “this form. i§ to be used for material extracted e Papich, FBS oditiAcennttaled dec uabas,) that ‘the FBI was anticipating. as ‘request from the Warren ‘Commission a fox ¢ copies of, ‘the: FBI! 's materials, which supported _ org complimented ‘the FBI! s five ‘volume report of me December 9, 1963 ‘that had been: submitted to the . Warren Commission. | Papich provid d of Neal ith “this report Which ‘indicated that t. some] United States Agency. was. €a1 pfin Mexico ce and asked him whether the, FBI could supply the © Warren, Commission with the ne concn th Classified by ‘derivation:
_ Classification: . _(This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—-controlled documents. ) He (Scelso) was quite sure it was ‘not _ / the Agency's desire to make available _ to the Commission. atleast in this - Coho. _-Manner--via the FBI~séensitive informa= 7 ye ‘tion which could relate- to[telephone = rer a a taps,) (CIA Memo for’ File, 12/20/63, by” 7 . .Bairch’o! Neal, Ancluded. in Soft File materials) * ete Me eect ne “-*. The opinion expressed by Scelso as of December _ 20, 1963 was set forth on January 14, 1964 ina . formalized: sasriong when Helms expressed - his” | Sones xegarding“exposure by the. FBI. of. Agency. ~ Sos al sources to the.Warren Commission... Helms. wrote i os that. the CIA had become aware that. ‘the. FBI had - already: a : - called ‘to the attention of the — oo, _ Commission, through its attorney, - . that we have information J@s deter= - mined from. Agency sources] coinciding — _ with the date when Oswald was in Mexico ~ vi City. and which may have some ‘bearing . -....On-his activities while in ‘that area.” oo (CIR dissemination to FBI, 1/14/64, _ CIA: # CSCI-3/779/510.. Mr. Helms. further indicated that. the CIA might ~~ be. called upon to provide additional information - acquired from checks of CIA records and agency sources. He suggested that certain policies be .. employed to enable CIA to work cooperatively | with the Commission in a: manner.which would wo protect CIA information, ‘sources and methods. a Among the policies articulated were two which Helms claimed would enable the Agency to control the flow of Agency originated information. In this way the CIA could check the. possibility. of revealing its sources and methods inadvertantly. The policies articulated» were: © Classification: oe 00 anon ho “Closed by derivat ion:
(This form is to be used for material extracted “from ClA—controlled documents.) . oe ae The CIA policy of eliminating reference to agency "sensitive sources and methods is further revealed re py examination of an” Agency cable, dated January | 29, 1964, sent from CIA “Headquarters to the CIA Mexico. a City Station. (CIA Doc. FOIA #398- 204, 1/29/64, DIR 97829) This cable indicated that knowledge of =e8 Agency sources” "and techniques: was still. being with held: £xom the Warren Commission, and stated that. on saturday, ‘February 1, 1964, ‘the cIA was | to present | a report. on Oswald! s Mexico city activities to. the. Warren Commission which would be | in a form | protective of the CIA’ s Mexico city ‘Station! Ss _ sources and techniques (thia.) oo a ( | (footnote cont’ a from PS- 23.). 1) Your Bureau not disseminate “information re- ceived from this Agency without prior concur- _ rence ™ » 8 ' 2) In instances in which this. Agency has . provided information to your Bureau and you consider 2 that information is pertinent to the ‘Commission's P interest, and/or compliments (sic) or otherwise |— y is pertinent to information developed or received by your Bureau througn other sources é and is being provided by you to the Commission, j _ you refer the Commission to this Agency. In_ E such cases it will be appreciated if you will cae advise us of such referral in order that we may 2 ' antic) agai ities ossible .. future’ interest of the: oo, of Commi QIN iate-certain_presaratory | “steps to Hy meeting ee asaien (Thid- )- aren Flos by. derivation:
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted . from ClA—controlled documents. yo ~ Prerepnone Taps. ij . Mr. Helms offered testimony regarding the ‘CIA! Ss , "reticence to inform the Warren ‘conmission, at least during. the initial stage of the Commission’ Ss work, of the cra s[te1ephonic ana note surveillance — 7 operations in Mexico City... The reason “for the sensitivity of these telephone taps and])surveillance was not only becpase it was sensitive from the Agency's standpoint, put the[telephone.. taps were [Funning i onjunction with: the Mexican authorities] and therefore, -if this had become pubfic knowledge, it would have. caused[very bad feelings. between Mexico and the United States, and that was the ‘reason... (Exec, Sess.’ Test. of Richard Helms, 8/9/78, pp. 51- 52) The CIA's unwillingness to inform the Warren . ; commission . in, the early stages of its investigation of the above-described surveillance operations is” a-.source of concern to ‘this Committee. It is: || indicative of an. Agency policy designed Sse in its favor the form and substance, of information . Be the CIA felt uncomfortable providing ‘the Warren Commission. (HSCA Class. Depo. of John Scelso, | 5/6/78, Pp. 158) This process might well have hampered the Commission's ability to proceed in ‘Classification: _ -9090e7 Classified I by derivation:
‘Classification: _ is it; d for material extracted PS -its inves {Us {Gh cap f St iA Ges 8 £0 ore | dee rom [A—contre Scuments AS noted previously, on Janazy 31, (1964, _ the CIA. provided the Warren Commission with av memorandum that - chronicled Lee Harvey ‘Oswald's Mexico City visit during. September 26; “1963: — on Doc. FOIA #509-803 1/31/64) | October 3, (1963* ‘That memorandum did not mention - that Oswald's various conversations. with) the. Caton and Soviet Embassy /Consulates had been{tapped and - : . : _gby the Agericy' s fexico City” Station Subsequently. transcribed Furthermore,” that: memo= 7” randum did not mention that. the CIA nad[tappea and Hranserived ¢ conversations between Cuban Embassy. employee Sylvia. Duran and ‘Soviet officials at ‘the . Soviet Embassy/Consulate nor was ‘mention made of the. conversations. ‘between Cuban President Dorticos. and ‘Cuban Ambassador to Mexico Aymas which the cIA® had |also tapped soa Jeranseripea. - On” February 1, 1964, Helms appeared before the Commission and | Likely discussed the ‘memorandum | of - oe January 31, 1964. (CIA Doc. FOIA F498— -204, 1129/8 DIR 97829) on February, 10, 1964, a. Lee, Rankin wrote oo | Helms in regard to the CIA memorandum: of January ae (JFK Doc. No. 3872 ) A review of Rankin's letter tee “het DR od ten Sat | Classification: a . : - Classified by derivatio
"telephonic: surveillance operation’ or ‘the production . Whether Oswald's direct communication with employees, | . Of the Soviet Embassy (as: stated in “Paragraph 1.. Lo Of: January | 31: memorandum). haa been. facilitated by: (this conclusion. Tt. was Rocca’ s recollection that "between the ‘time. period of January 1964 ~ April 1964, Be CIA's. headquarters in Langley, Virginia and had: ‘(This form . is to. be used for material extracted — . - from ClA—controlled documents.) "indicates ‘that as of his writing, the Warren Commission had no. substantive. knowledge ofthe ‘hes Jene tapes § and ‘transcripts: Jezon that cvrntion, J Rankin inquired in the February. 10, 1964 letter 6 r “telephone o Or. “interview. Manifestiy, had | the | Warren oo _ Commission nee been informed of. -the[telephonic ‘surveillance operation and. its. ‘success. in tapping] Oswald this inquiry by Rankin. would not have been. a ee: 4 7 Raymond Rocca! s testimony. tends to support. “Warren Commission’ s representatives had visited the ‘been shown various transcripts. resulting rronfene CIA's: telephanic surveillance operations Jin Mexico , City. (HSCA Class. Depo. of Raymond Rocca, 7/11/78, 3, p. 39) However, Mr. Rocca did not personally ‘make NEA. | i A. gg9050 Lo [ "Classified d by soit
(This form is to be used for’ material extracted from: ClA—controlled documents.) - . this material available to ) Commission ropresentan 7 tives: and was, not: able. to. state. under oath - - precisely ‘the point in “time at which the Warren moe - Conimission first learned of these operations. (Ibid. ) | On February 19, 1964 the cIA responded to Rankin’ Ss _ inquiry of. February 10. The Agency - ‘response did. indicate that. Oswald had phoned the. » Soviet Consulate and was also interviewed at ‘the | “Consulate. “However, the Agency. oe neither revealed | the source of this information in its response to .. | the Commission nor. indicated that this source “ would be revealed by. other, means ote. ge. by oral oo briefing) . (ibid, ye 7 Warren Commission. Knowledge cf[cra. telephonic Surveillance | ‘During the ‘period of March ~ April 1964, David Slawson drafted a series of memoranda which Be among other issues concerned Warren Commission know-- 2B a. ledge of and access to the production material | derived from the[CrA telephonic surveillance bperations in Mexico City. A review of these memoranda tends to support the Committee's belief that the Warren ~- Commission, through Mssrs. Slawson, Coleman, and ~~ — wee “On caw | Classification: _ 00083 so? Classified iby derivation:
Classification: _ ' and wirtesthiatermnisetoobe sed gtr fertogne from,ClA—controlled documents.) surveillance laterials until April 9, 1964. On that. date, Coleman, Slawson and. Willens met. with win. Scott, the CIA's Chief of ‘Station. in Mexico: | City, 5 who provided: them with various transcripts - | and. ‘translations[derived from CIA telephone taps ] | | of the. Cuban and Soviet Embassy/Consulates. (Slawson | Memorandum of. ‘April 22, (1964, Subject: Trip to a : ae City pee) | oe - Prior to ) April 2, it appears doubtful that ay the ‘Commissio been given even partial access ieGeferenced materia). Nevertheless, Cant 12, 1964, the. record indicates that the Warren s “ee,  S& 332 . Commission had at least become aware that [the CIA. "dia maintain telephonic oe the Cuban a Enbassy/Consulate. (Slawson mexorandun, March 12, C (1964, Subj: meeting with CIA representatives) . | Slawson' 's memorandum of March 12 reveals that. the Warren Commission had learned that the cra. possessed eran ; 7 scripts of conversations ‘between the Cuban Ambassador to Mexico, Armas, and the Cuban President Dorticos. = The -  — Dorticos- Armas conversations, requested by the Warren, . ~. Classification: _ try % Poe | - Classified by derivation: a
Classification:: SECRET - (This form is to be used for material extracted | oo _ from ClA—controlled documepitig)ancitt achat. Commission representatives at - sEnes Ting f with, CIA officials, including Richard Helms ,. concerned . Silvia. Duran’ s arrest and. interrogation by ‘theo | Mexican Federal Police. (Slawson Memorandum of : - ; g - April 22, 1964, pp. 3, 19, 45-46) ‘Helns responded | to the Commission’ s request for access, stating - that he would attempt to arrange, for the Warren. | Commission' Ss. representatives. to review. this material: | (Slawson Memorandum of March 12, 1964, p. 6). _ Another Slawson memorandum, dated March 25,0 1964 concerned Oswald's trip to. Mexico. in ‘that memo Slawson. wrote that. the tentative conélusions a : — were “derived from CIA memoranda of January 31, 1964 ang. February ‘19, 1964, (Slawson. Memorandum of March: : he had reached concerning Oswald's Mexico trip, ee a ; f 353 1964, Pe 20) and, in addition, a “Mexican fedéral-. A large part of it (the summary. report) — . to : is simply a summation of what the Mexican - .. police learned when they interrogated Mrs... _ oO ‘Silvia. Duran, — an employee of the Cuban a . Consulate in Mexico City, and.is there= © 2... é - fore only as accurate as Mrs. Duran’s | 7 7 testimony to the police. (Ibid.) a - Classification: - a : Classified by derivation: 9
Classification: | ae ‘(This form | is to be used for material extracted - from CiA—controlled documents. ) These comments indicate that Slawson placed qualified _reliance “upon the Mexican police summary . aa "Moreover, there is no ‘indication that Slawson had. been provided the Duran{ telephonic intercept tran- scripts. | In fact, by virtue of. Slawson' s comments 7 concerning the Mexican police report, it would appear that. the Warren Commission, as of March 25, had been provided little substantive information’ pertaining to Silvia Duran. As Slawson reveals, the Commission had been forced to rely upon the two” memoranda that did not make reference to the » surveil lance operations, and a summary. report issued by the Mexican Federal ‘Police. Thus, - the Agency had Sse we ee “for over three months! EoD. exposing ; ‘ ose rn . _ sad gS ‘the ‘surveillance operations te thetreview of the cegeecetemnetermr "concerned Warren Commission staff members.’ As ‘was stated in. the CIA cable of December. 20, 1964. to its Mexico city Station: 7 oe a — or Our present plan in passing information to the Warren Commission is to eliminate mention of[telephone taps,Jin order to. protect your continuing operations. Will - rely instead on statements of Silvia - Duran and on contents of Soviet consular file which Soviets gave[ODACID Jhere. (CIA Doc. FOIA #420-757, Dec. 20, 1964, CIA p. 2144, DIR 90466) SECRET - Classification: me Classified by deriva te dnd : a: 4 : |
ie . 4 Classification: (This form is to ‘be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) __ The Committee’ Ss belief that Slawson had { felepheace n ad 7 not been given access ‘to the Duran‘transeripts is: ' further supported by reference ‘to his ‘memorandum rae of March 27, 1964 (CD_ 692) wherein he states hie 2c conclusion that Oswald } had visited the Cuban. Embassy on three occasions. (bia, P. 2) this again conclusion, hé wrote, was based upon an. analysis of Silvia Duran's: testimony before the: ‘Mexican police: This. memorandum bears no indication that he had © reviewed any of the Duran transcripts. Furthermore, had Slawson been. given access ‘to these transcripts, certainly their, substance would have. been incorporated into his analysis. and accordingly noted ‘for this. - | purpase. His analysis would have reflected ‘the fact of” his. review either by its corroboration or criticism of the above cited Mexican: police summary. report. Logically, access to ‘thefcra’ s. telephonic fen surveillance Jproduction wa would have clarified ‘some, oo ; ambiguities. For example, on ‘September 275 at 4:05 p.m. (Slawson Memorandum of April 21, 1964, Subj :[ Intercepts ]} g rom Soviet and Cuban Embassies in Hexicor ) R: BEAT rentence « a Classification: _ Classified oy derivation:
4 ‘Classification:: = , Silvia | Darah tehenhoned the Bevie PURASSS ‘and stated tha (eaitiamenvedle’ dae"pebentay at the” Cuban Embassy requesting an in-transit visit to Cuba. ‘This american was. later determined by CIA analysts” te. be Oswald. | Again « on September 28, at. a: 51 a. Me Duran: telephoned the ‘Soviet consulate stating that an American, subsequently identified by CIA analysts 7 as. Oswald was at the Cuban Embassy. (Ibid. Dp. 4) Had this’ information*been made available to Slawson, . this calculations of Oswald's activities. in Mexico | city would have been more firmly established than | petiecetd sn has. ere ratdener. they were as*of March : 27, 1964. the record supports the Committee’ s | finding that as of April 2 1964 the Warren Commission had - stall not been given access to the aboverzet eren a th ‘series(ot telephonic. intercept So] 0 ad A mettoranduin of . that date by Coleman. and. Slawson, _ posed one. : question to . the CIA and made two- requests for information | from the Agency. (Slawson - ‘Coleman Memorandum of April 2, 1964, Subj: Questions Raised by the anbasBadot Mann File) “Coleman and Slawson wrote: . ap What is the information | source referred to in the November 28 telegram that Classified by derivation: Cocroleroking Se alas visuts polka Calan as ged -+ On isi r a ae e 1, | ers Z) 00 3 3° 35 | ae
‘Chis form is to be. used for material extracted from ClA—<controlled documents. yo “teem 4 number ‘three of the above’ ‘Listing Cer ees ee ene " xeveals | ae intercept ofthe Dorticos-Armas. "conversation. of. Novenbex 22, 1964,. in. which. the. “passing of monies was discussed had not as. of April 2 been provided to the Commission. ‘The. Commission | — haa : specifically requested the Dorticos-Armas transcripts at a “March 12, 1964 meeting between ° Commission representatives. and: Agency representatives. (Slawson, memorandum, March 12, 1964, Subj: Conference with CIA on March 12, 1964) - a . ‘On 1 April 3, (1964, Coleman and Slawson expressed “bac concern for receiving. complete access “to all materials relevant to. Oswald's. Mexico city. ytrip: © | ‘The most. probable final result of the “entire, investigation ‘of Oswala's activities “in Mexiéo is a conclusion that. he went | there for the. purpose of trying to reach a a Oe cuba and that. no bribes, + epee ete. took place. . . o+eeEn order to make. such a Judgment (that all reasonable. lines of investigation that . might have uncovered other motivations or apie SECRET annie 78 "Classified by derivation: | wi . f,
SECRET : Classification: (This form is to. be used for material extracted, from ClA—<ontrolled documents.) — ossible cons iracies have been - followed throu h.. with neg ative results) ; we. muse vals . Beeone: familiar: with ‘the. details. of what - PESORS SORSSSSE With the details of what ae ‘both the American and Mexican investi- Te een ta gatory agencies there have done. This os means xeading their reports, after trans- | . lation, it hecessar and: in. some. cases tA “(Slawson and Coleman Memorandum, April 13, 1964, ‘Subj: Additional lines of Investigation | in: Mexico Which ‘May Prove "Worthwhile, ‘P- ld. y Manifestly, coleman* s and Slawson! Ss. desire -..~ fora t thorough investigation had. been ey the CIA’ s concern lest its sources and methods, ~~ however. ‘relevant to. the Commission* Ss investigation, be exposed. "Considering the-gravity and signi-.~ | sicance. of the warren Commission" Ss. investigation _ - os .. the | | Agency's witholding of material from the ||| Commission staff was clearly improper. ted J al \ mz) : ‘Classified by derivation: talking with the | investigators themselves: ml & a 900038 “SR & >
» and: Winston Scott of the CIA (Ibid. PB. 9-7 =10) | Classification: — (This form. is- to’ be used - fot ‘material extracted © from ClA—conge lled documents. ) On April. 8, David. Slawson, Howard Willens, 2 and Willian coleman flew ‘to. Mexico city, Mexico. te) meet with the ‘representatives of the. ‘State "Department, FBI, CIA, ‘and ‘the Government of. Mexico.. (Slawson Memorandum, April 22, 1964, Subj: Trip -- to Mexico City, pe » ‘Prior to their departure, they. met with Thomas Mann, ‘the | u- Ss. Ambassador to. Mexico, during Oswald's visit to Mexico. city. and . at~ ‘the time (of President Kennedy’ s assassination. (tia. ). Ambassador Mann told the Warren Commission vepresenta~ aan tives that. the. ‘CIA's ‘Mexico ‘city Station was actively engaged in | photosurveillance operations against the. Soviet and: Cuban: Bnbassy/Consulates (Ibid. PB 3). “Upon, the group’ Ss. arrival in. “Mexico city, they were met by U. S. Ambassador Freeman, Claire. Boonstra of the state Department, ‘Clarke Anderson of the FBI, a That same. aay during a meeting ‘between the ge _ Commission representatives and | iWin Scott, “Scott. made available to the group actual transcripts[o£ the . crats telephonic surveillance operations Jacconpanied with ‘English translations of the transcripts. In. addition, 1 98 oo os “Classified by derivation: _ WHE, >
for the time period covered by Oswald's visit | Classification: i - he proviadit form, isto, be. oa ie resis! sisettache trom Be, SEOUP iw cuments. >: that had | resulted from photosurveillance of: the ‘Cuban and. Soviet Embassy entrances, David Slawson wrote: “...Mr. Scott stated at the beginning of his narrative that he intended to make_ a complete disclosure of all facts,. ~— including the sources of his- information, and that he understood that all three of. us had been cleared for TOP SECRET and — _-that-.we would not disclose beyond | the’ . gonfinesof the Commission and’ its immediate staff the information we obtain- ed through him without first clearing At. with his superiors in Washington. We ~ - agreed to this." (Ibid.) So Mr. Scott described ‘to the ‘Commission repre~ , LAN fe cel sentatives the CIA's. course of action ai Pek "following ‘the. assassination, indicating that his - staff immediately began to compile dossiers on. Oswald, Duran, and everyone else throughout weiss whom the CIA knew. had had some contact with Oswald ‘ | (ibid. y ‘Scott revealed that all known Cuban and Russian: intelligence ‘agents “had “quickly “been put und e surveillance following the assassination. Slawson i concluded -: | . | | "Scott's “narrative plus the material we | were shown disclosed immediately how _ incorrect our previous information -had been in Oswald's contacts with the Soviet and Mexican Embassies. Apparently the .. ey Classification: | | ‘om by 4 aapso ‘Ge. WE ETN.
"from, ‘the Soviet and ‘Cuban Embassies in “Mexico City. Classification: - - - (This form is to be used for material extracted. -- ee § di star tionaoanilediisadons to which our Se ; information had been subjected had - entered. some place in Washington, : ‘because the CIA information that we - were shown by. Scott was unambiguous ¢ on almost .allsthe crucial points. « We had. BS previously planned to.show Scott, ‘Slawson' s reconstruction of Oswald's probable. _ activities at the embassies to: get Scott's opinion, but once we saw how badly. distorted our. information was we realized that this would be useless. Therefore, instead, we... ; .decided to take as close notes as possible | fromthe original source materials: at some later time during our visit.". _(Tbid, Be 2a eo A ‘separate Slawson memorandum of. April 21, 1964 ‘records g the results of the notetaking from original source oo materials that he did following Scott! s ncn. - these’ notes ‘dealt. exclusively with tne[telephonic © | Antercepts pertaining to the ‘Duran and Oswald ‘conver=) -sations for. the period ‘Sept. 27 + al Oct. Ae 1963. (Slawson Memorandum, April 21, 1964 ‘subj [rrtercents |] It is ; evident from Stawson" S$ record ‘that ‘the Agency" Ss. "denial of. original source materials, in this, ee case ‘the[ telephonic surveillance. intercepts, Jseriowply, impaired the Commission' s ability to draw. accurately . reasoned conclusions regarding Oswald! Ss sojourn in- t., "Mexico City. ‘Te meant: that as of April 10, 1964, a NG de _onues Le Classified by derivation:
“this form: is ‘to be. used for material extracted . from ClA—controlled documents.) | nearing. the halfway point of the Warren Commission | dnvestigation,, the Commission was forced to. retrace | the factual path by which it had structured Oswald's activities in Mexico city. It further revealed’ that the Agency had provided ambiguous information to the Commission when, in fact "on. almost all the crucial, points" significantly more precise materials. could have been made available for. analysis by. the © Commission. (Ibid. y ‘thus, the: Agency’ s. early policy of not providing. the Commission with vitally relevant. “information derived from certain sensitive sources a and methods had ‘seriously undermined the investigation and possibly foreclosed. lines, of investigation e@. “Ser co Cuban involvement, that might have. been more. seriously “considered had. ‘this material been “expeditiously provided. = ; Mekies 2 City Strtion Phe fosurveillance And FAR . - . / On. November 23, 1963, FBI Special Agent odum a = showed Harguerite Oswald a photograph of a man SE, bearing. no physical resemblance to her son. (Warren | Classification: : ee ce cee - he ; Classified by ll 052 -.
| “sECREL Classification: — _ connissiox Waser ipt 103 ba) usedyfog spisebNihae been from ClA—conirolted document supplied to the FBI on November 22 by the CIA's Mexico ‘City. Station after Agency representatives ; had searched their ‘files ‘in an effort ‘to ‘locate 7 bid... information. on, Oswald: (CIA ‘Doc... ‘ppp 4- -1555, 3/25/64, . ythis photograph, which was ‘one Warren Commission Doc. 67)7 ina series resulting ‘from the CIA's photosurveillance ., \ operations against the Soviet, and Cuban ‘sabessy/Consuiatsy { Prior to the: assassination, ( chad been linked by. oo a | the Mexico City Station. ‘to Lee “Harvey Oswald. (Tia. ). a ee Richard Helms, ina sworn affidavit before the Warren Commission, ‘stated that. the photograph shown to Marguerite Oswald had been taken on October 4, 1963. “Gn Mexico city and mistakenly dinked at that. time to. ~ Oswald. ‘(Warren Commission Affidavit “of Richard Helms: 8/7/64, Vol. XI, pp. 469- ~ 4703 On February" 10, 1964, “Marguerite: Oswald testified before the Warren Commission and recounted the: cir-. cumstances” ander which she. was shown the photograph. a” (Warren Commission Report vol igiss)irs. Oswald 1 tMeisiea that. she believed this photograph to have been of Jack SpA, Ruby. “(ibia) > Se ae 990003 ws ryt kud “a aa _— Classification: — * Classified by ‘derivation: ————_
‘Clessification: (This form is to be ‘used for “material extracted ‘from ClA—controlled documents. ) ‘Thereafter, on. February 12, 1964, J. Lee ; Be Rankin wrote to ‘Thomas ‘Karramesines, Assistant DDP .... . requesting both’ the. identity of the “individual the circumstances by which this photograph was depicted ; in. the photograph and an explanation of : ( obtained by. the Central Intelligence Agency. f (Letter of Je Lee Rankin, Feb. 12, 1964, JFK Doc. - 83872). On that same day, in a separate letter, Le Rankin: wrote to DCI McCone_ regarding materials that! the: cIA had disseminated. since ‘November 22, 1963 to. the Secret’ Service but. not. to the Warren = "Commission." Rankin requested copies “of these : materials which included. three CIA cables. The by ‘the ‘FBI to Oswald! s mother of the individual ‘originally identified by. the Mexico city Station a as Lee Harvey Oswald. (Letter of J. “Lee Rankin or . oy Feb. 12, (1964, JFK Doc. #3872) | / cables concerned the photograph subsequently shown _ | f fk Among the materials disseminated by the CIA ' to the Secret Service was a November 26 dissemination. (CIA Doc DIR 85177, 11/26/64) _ That cable concerned Classification HS _sona4 _ Classified _by derivation: .
a 43 - Classification:. an or comm ena a a -- (This form is to be used for material extract cted re the DorticasaAiRas oRPONkS BEAhERES and disclosed the = . existence of[CIA ‘telephonic surveillance operations mt “dn Mexico ‘City. at the time of the assassination and Oswald's earlier visit. As a result the CIA was” reluctant to make the’ material disseminated to oo 7 oo ; 7 § the Secret Service “available to the Warren Commission | : for in so doing the Agency would have necessarily exposes [ies telephonic surveillance operations rs) the Commission. ct —-"-. John Scelso testified regarding the circumstances surrounding the eventual explanation given to the | Commission’ recounting the origion of. the photograph in quéstion. Scelso stated: "We did not initially disclose ‘to the ' Warren Commission all of our, technical | ‘operations. ~ In other words, we did not - -initially disclose to them that. we had _ photosurveillance because the November — . photo we had (of MMM) was not of. Oswald... Therefore. it did not mean anything, you see?" Mr. Goldsmith: ...SO the Agency was’ making a unilateral _ ‘decision that this was not relevant to the Warren: Commission. ~ a wn 4 Scelso: Right, . we were not authorized, at first, - —— Co to reveal all our technical.operations. - (HSCA Class. Depo. of John Sceiso (3/16/78. p. 150) © In summary the records shows that _ a By February 12, 1964 the Warren Commission had inadvertantly requested access ss to[ telephonic Jrurveitiance production, a cause . for concern within the a - Classification: _ | 8 EC CR we I  , a “Classified by. derivation: _
"Glassification: _secket assitication: _. (This form is to be used for material extracted - bis Cones terinobted isdirfentsnpterial extracted from ClA—controlled documents:) | - —44— due to the sensitivity of “Agency * sources cand methods. - Similarly, ‘the possible disclosure of the photosurveillance — . operations to the Warren Commission. had also. begun to cause concern within the Agency. . | ‘On March s, 1967, Raymond Rocca wrote in an internal memorandum to Richard Helms. that “we have a ‘problem here for your determination." Rocca outlined’ Angleton! s desire not to respond directly “to Rankin's request of February 12 regarding the CIA. . material forwarded to the Secret Service since 4 November: 23, 1964. Rocca: then stated: "Unless you feel otherwise, . Jim would prefer to wait out the Commission on the matter covered by paragraph 2 (of the - above-referenced February 12 letter to McCone requesting access to CIA reports provided the Secret Service after November 22, 1963, 4JFK Doc. 3982). If they come back on this point he feels that. you, or someone from -here, should be prepared to go over .to show. - the, Commission the material rather~ ‘than pass a then to them-in copy. Incidentally, none . Of these items are of new substantive interest. We have either passed the material in substance to the Commission in response to earlier levies or the items refer to aborted _ leads, for example, the famous six photographs - which are not of Oswald...". (CIA Doc. FOIA #579-250, 3/5/64; see also HSCA Classified Deposition of James Angleton, 10/5/78, pp. & a. 090086 7 “fo loi yates Si Berk she
ae Secret Service. materials. Rankin: wrote. to Helms _ on ‘March 16. ‘that: it was his understanding that the - : SECRET Classification: . : “(This form is to be used for material ‘extracted. from ‘ClA—controlled documents.) ” oo ee On March i2, 1964, “Tepresentatives of: the | Warren Commission and the CIA confered regarding, the February, 12 request | ‘for’ the: materials forwarded to. the Secret Service by the Agency. (Letter of a. Lee Rankin March 16, 1964, OFK Doc. a 3872, ‘Slawson ‘Memorandum, March 12, 1964) | . The record indicates ‘that. the, Commission at. ‘the. March 12 meeting pressed for access, to the cra, would supply the Commission with a paraphrase of. “each report or. communication pertaining to the Secret , ; Service materials "with all ‘indications of your © confidential communications techniques ‘and confidential "Sources deleted. You will also afford members of. our. staff working in this area an opportunity to review the actual file Fete) that: they may: give assurance | ‘that the paraphrases are complete." (letter of J. Lee 7 Rankin, March 16, 1964, paragraph 2, JFK. ‘Doc. No: Shaye Rankin further indicated that the same 4 | fd , ? a procedure was to be followed regarding any material in the possession of the CIA prior to November. 22, fee »—, Classification:: 1 . Classified 4 by derivation: ne
cate weet elee sinotaks | Classification: = (This. form is to be used for material ‘extracted ; from ClA—controlled documents.) * - a 1963 which had not. as yet been furnished because . “at concerned sensitive. sources and methods. (ibid. oe par. 3) | “Helms responded to Rankin’ s. March. 16 letter. on “March 24 (FOIA $ 622- -258) by two. separate | communications. (CTA Doc. DDP4- 1554, hereinafter cDe631,- 3/24/64, CIA Doc. , DDP4'- 1555, 3/24/64, cD 674 hereinafter) ep) 631. provided ‘the: ‘Commission, with a copy of the october 10, 1963 CIA dissemination to. FBI, State Dept.» : INS and. Navy Dept. (and: to the Secret Service on. 22 Nov. ) regarding Lee Harvey. Oswald’ and his ‘peeseoe at the Soviet Consulate in Mexico City. The tesponse | - further ‘revealed that on October 23, 1964.) CIA had the Navy we ; i requested two. copies: of the most recent: photograph — of Oswald in “order to. check the identity of the person = believed to be Oswald in Mexico city. Furthermore, _ the CIA’ stated, though, it did. not indicate when, | that it had determined that the photograph shown to, Marguerite a ae oe Oswald on Hovember 22, (1963, aid not refer to Lee Harvey Oswald. The. Agency explained that it had checked the a photogra wm, against the press photographs of Oswald generally oo available on November 23, 1963, CD 674 reveals that on Nov. 22, 1963 immediately follow 90089 “Classified by ‘derivation: Classifications a Eh.
a cabled reports were received at CIA. headquarters - — 47 - 7. - Classification:. Z (This: form is to be’ used for imaterial, griracted. . - the assasd |e (oh fant ot de er. 1963, three from the CIA Mexico City. Station regarding: photographs of. an unidentified man ‘who had visited the ‘Cuban and. “Soviet Embassies during October and November 1963.- Paraphra o£ these cables, ‘not revealing sensitive “sources and wt methods, were attached to CD. 874. ‘The Agency wrote that the subject: of the photo referenced in. these. cables was not Oswald. Tt. was further | stated that: . "In response to our meeting of 12 March and your memo of 16 March, Stern and Willens _ will review at Langley the original copies of these 3 disseminations to the Secret. _ Service and the cables on which. they were. . based,.as well as the. photos. of the unidenti- fied man." (CIA Doc. Dpp4-1555 cn634,24 March 1964) : "On March 26, Willian Colenan wrote in a memorandum _ for the record: "The CIA directed a ‘memorandum to J. Lee Rankin on March 24, 1964 (Commission Document No. 631) lin which it:set. Forth:the dissemination of: the information on Lee Harvey Oswald. I retelizg .. that this memorandum is only a partial answer to our inquiry to the CIA dated March 16, 1964 - - .and I hope that the complete answers will give’ us the additional information we requested.” (Memorandum of William Coleman, March 24, 1964) Coleman went. on to state: "As you know, we are still trying to get an explanation of the photograph which the FBI showed Marguerite EECE et after the a - Classification: ~ : | - Classified by 89070 & NG.
ee 48--SECRE F _. Classification: (This, form is-to be-used for material extracted : from ClA——controlled documents.) assassination. I hope that paragraph 4 Of the memorandum of March 24, 1964 — (CD 631) sent Mr. Rankin by the CIA ae .. ‘is. not: the answer. which the CIA intends... ~ to give. us as to (this. inquiry." (Ibid.) moa The following day, as agreed by Warren Commission - "and Agency representatives, Samuel Stern of the | _ Commission visited CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. | | ‘Sterns’ memorandum of his visit reveals” that = he’ reviewed Oswald! Ss ‘file with Raymond Rocca. Stern indicated that Oswald’ s file contained those materials furnished previously to the Warren. Commission by “the CIA. “The ‘file also ‘contained: "Cable reports of November | 22 and November 23 from the CIA's Mexico city Station 7 7 relating to the photograph of the unidenti~. ~ fied individual mistakenly believed to be | Lee Harvey. ‘Oswald and the. reports on those | ables, furnished on November 23, 1963, to 7 oe oe 7 the Secret Service by the CIA." " (Memoranduin a ~ of Samuel Stern, ‘March 27, 1964) * “Stern noted that these messages were accurately paraphrased in “the attachments to CD 674 provided | the OAR x Reser n 4 ok ED 31s thkeA thet CIA concludect: rhe hote ar aah Mier i indivicuadl A id rot Lepict~ - Suu val ie aa st asi aridoe, phe teacephs. ot Oswalt | ae oo  ggnerei s5iP De ventee RSH | a a | Classified by oA D074 0 0 “1 — :
Le gate eames al | Mexico city Station. £0, a CIA headquarters ‘reporting Oswald's. ‘contact with ‘the Soviet Embassy - in Mexico. City. - “In addition, Stern examined the the Mexico. City Station reporting background infor- “mation on Oswald." (Ibid.) . Stern recorded 31 memo to the Warren, Commission reporting Oswald® ‘Ss. oo gor Ris xeview a computer printout of the references ‘that “these © messages were _ a 49" _. Classification: | " (This: form .is to ‘be used for. ‘material extracted - Warren ComitescGlon-<ontralledcheuments) 964. He also reviewed the ‘October A0, 1963 cable from CIA's October 10, 1963 cable from CIA headquarters to paraphrased accurately, as set forth in the CIA' s January Mexico city, trip. “Lastly, Stern. noted ‘that Rocca provided him to Oswald -related documents located in the Agency's no item listed on. the printout which the Warren Com-. electronic data storage system. He stated "there is p “mission. has not. been given either ‘in full text: or. "paraphrased." — (thid. ) oe oo. 7 a, ee *: Thus, by the 27th of March, a Warren Commission — Sin. Ne OX ae representative had. been apprised of the circumstances NN oe surrounding the mysterious Photograph. 9 909072. | Classified by d derivation:
ea ne eter tt pant °- the Commercial Attache! s office at ‘the ‘Cuban 2 Consus Kennedy’ s assassination a Cuban government ‘employee in Mexico City named "Luisa" received a telephone oe —[rnis call had been intercepted and recorded by the | -LIENVOY (tel. tap) operation. Jemia. i” “the Mexico : City Stationyas subsequent ly reported to. ‘CIA “headquarters, identified the. Luisa of the conversa—_ late. (tbid.) “unidentified caller asked Luisa if she had. heard (Ibid.) ait states that the caller told Luisa _.. the person Classification: : (This form is to be used for material extracted from CiA—<controlled documents.) Luisa _calderon . “Approximately five hours after President | ee call from an. unidentified man speaking Spanish. - (CIA Doc. For XI 7105, 11/27/63, 173-615, attachment) ‘CIA's Mexico ‘City Station as the result of, dts tion as Luisa Calderon, who was then employed in. During the course of the conversation, the (of the assassination) = the tatest news. _ Luisa’ replied. in a joking tone: "Yes, of course, I. knew almost before Kenney. ad . ‘CIA's , Paraphrasing the] telephone intercept transcript, ° Classification: ‘Classified by sa: i oe woe
~ 54 --eeAnnem Se pa fo al - Classification: < oe Ae a (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents. 7 apprehended. for Kennedy ' s slaying was the — "President of one of the Committees of the Fair = Play ‘for Cuba." “Luisa replied that. she also knew held for the killing was a "gringo." The unidenti- fied caller replied, "yes." Luisa told her caller — that she had learned nothing else about the assassina- tion and that she had: learned about the assassination this. Luisa inquired whether the person being. ce - 3 oO p . only a little while ago. ‘The unidentified caller commented: a - , eg We think that if it had been or: had seemed...public or had been one of. the segregationists or against - - -intergration who had killed Kennedy, . then there was, let's say, the © - possibility - that a sort of civil : war would arise in the United States; that contradictions would be sharpened... who knows a Matiee MER Luisa responded: Imagine, one, two, three and now, that makes: three. (She laughs.) » (Ibid, P- ye & Raymond Rocca, in response to a 1975 Rocke- feller Commission request for. information on a ‘-possible Cuban conspiracy to assassinate. President Kennedy wrote regarding Calderon's comments: _— GRE, MEN ordi Pe he Frei =< Poe, re ao fh ks : Classification: s = a i Classified by cervoge 5 7 2 4 7 7 mo
Wthis i cm fs nee ql ue | for sate SAESEE oN —con ocumen Torn A-—con cumen ~55=] Latin hyperbole? Boastful ex post ‘facto a § ‘suggestion of foreknowledge. This is- the eG only item in theJintercept Jcoverage of . | oe, the Cubans and Soviets aftér the assassina- mo tion that contains the suggestion of fore-. f knowlege of expectation. (CIA Doc., — , Memorandum of Raymond Rocca for DC/OPS, 5/23/75, p. 15) * (gee p, SSa.Gor®) - f Standing by itself, - Luisa. caideron's cryptic comments do. not merit. serious attention. Her words. may. indeed indicate foreknowledge of the assassina~ _ tion but may equally be interpreted without such a sinister implication. Nevertheless, the Committee has determined that Luisa Calderon's case should a have merited ‘serious attention in _the months» following the assassination. In connection with the assassination, Luisa gs Calderon's name first surfaced on November 27, 1964 j in a cable sent by then Ambassador Mann to the State . Department (CIA Doc. DIR. 85573, 11/27/63). - . & In that, cable Mann stated: "|. Washington should urgently consider. . : & feasibility of requesting Mexican authorities : _ E to arrest for interrogation: Eusebio Azcue, Luisa Calderon and Alfredo Mirabal. The two men are Cuban national and Cuban consular officers. Luisa Calderon is a secretary © in Cuban Consulate here." (ibid. ) , a aay ction Z WC. = _ ML Le
“*Regarding the. issue of whether. Calderon' s comments. could reasonably be interpreted to indicate possible... foreknowledge, the CIA position is as follows: - Glesiiction: Secret (hi form is fg ‘for masa snd ram, CHA—een 3 Y2 documents) “ agsa~ ‘During the Rockefeller Commission. inquiry; Calderon's conversation was identified ~ as a possible item of information from the[Agency's Cuban and. Soviet[ telephone intercepts [that might suggest . foreknowledge an of a plot €o assassinate the American- Presi~: — dent. This ‘involves a faulty translation of an. answer Calderon. gave to her caller. In answer to the latter's question as to whether she. -had heard the latest news, Calderon saids "Si, claro, me entere casiantes que Kenned The verb entere. is mistranslated. Me en ore. e : (the first person of the verb enteratsafie, past tense) should be translated as I found out. (or I: learned) /about it -- the assassination? almost before Kennedy. /did7. © -In other . words; -— Calderon was saying she heard: about the shooting of Kennedy. almost at the time the event took. place..." (CIA Doc., Memorandum. Regarding Luisa Calderon conversation, p.l). The Committee fundamentally disputes the narrow interpretation of Calderon's comments assigned by the Agency. It is the Committee’ s position. that translation of Me Entere as_ either “I found out" or "I learned about". does not foreclose. interpretation of Caldero®s _ e. comments as a suggestion on her part of possible — foreknowledge of President Kennedy's assassination. The ynterpretation, »nany ever’, should have eon | ett Te: judeprSatoktedarrentonmsssion snot The C/A he 4 NRT cn, mo.
“ reservations to. return to Havana on ‘Cubana Airlines. on “tems: “they, may quickly ‘be returned to. Havana in: “December. i, 1963, less: ‘than’ four, weeks: after the» nor detained for questioning by the Mexican federal - police. However, ‘Silvia ‘Duran, a friend and associate of Calderon’ Ss and the one person believed to. ‘have. — ¢ 00527 oa Classification: _ Secret _ Classification: = (This form is to be used. for material extracted oe fre Glan fensolled Serer tinaterial. extracted. from CiA—controlled slgcuments. yo ‘This cable does. not state ‘the basis for |. Gable. bears a handwritten notation on its routing page. That notation states: "Info from. Amb Mann for. Sec Rusk re: + persons involved with Oswald - ] arresting calderon.* ; ‘However, the CIA's copy of this | 7 7 j in Cuban Embassy." ae ‘Mann. went on. to state. in urgent order to. eliminate any possibility that. ‘Mexican government could use them as witnesses." (Ibid. ) "According to CIA files, Calderon made assassination. (CIA Doc. cscI-~ -316/01783- 65; 4/26/63) ‘calderon, Azcue and Mirabal were ‘not arrested Gaim. | *It is the Committee's bélice that Marin’ was prompted to request the- arrest of Calderon.on-the basis of Gilberto Alvarado Ugarte's allegation: that Calderon -was present at the Cuban Embassy when Oswald was allegedly given a sum of money presumably to carry out the assassination of President Kennedy. (CIA Doc. DDP4- 2741, “lL June 1964, Attachment C) 900077 | | asian secret : ¢. Berk lassi
leeifection cine This ‘orm is 1g @ ysed for tia Sai sstee rom ClA—eantr3 Sd SSSyMENs) - -57— “had repeated contact with Oswald while he was in® Mexico City, was arrested and questioned by ‘the. Mexican police on “two Separate occasions. (CIA Doc. DIR 84950, 11/23/63, CIA Doc. DIR 85471, 11/27/63) During her. second interrogation, Duran was questioned | ‘regarding her. association with Calderon. There is no indication in the reinterrogation report | “accounting for the questioning of Duran about: Calderon. (CIA Doc. DDP4- -0940, 2/21/64) . The information ‘regarding ' on February 21, 1964, more than two months after. ‘Calderon had returned to ‘Cuba. (Ibid. ) Information was reported to the CIA during May 1964, from a Cuban defector, tying Luisa . Calderon to the Cuban Intelligence, apparatus. ‘ewe defector, AMMUG~1, was himself a Cuban Intelligence @  ° ‘Officer who supplied valuable and highly reliable | information to the CIA regarding Cuban Intelligence, - operations. (CIA Doc., Memorandum of Joseph Langosch to Chief, Office of Security, 6/23/64) Calderon's | essen: —Secrep 900078 sified a, Co Berk Be x ZS " Duran’ s. interrogation was passed to. the Warren Commission 1
ee Fis fe orm ig 4g. RS, ued fst material sanssted rom A Cra santa ed SEURERE) . | 7 57am tes t to Cuban intelligence were | xeported ‘ ‘to. the. Warren. - Céiiission on June 18, 1964. (CIA Doc. POTA #739-319, 6/19/64) However, the Committee has determined from Le its review that» ‘the CIA. did not provide Calderon’ s conversation of November 22 to the Warren Commission. _ Consequently, even - “though | the ‘Warren Commission was aware ‘that . F B, RAMEN nN oh 7 SCRA = 0080 13 Keates ‘
-~ 58 - | Classification: moor cs am (This form. is to be used for material extracted . from CiA—controlled documents. ) Calderon chad connections to. intelligence work, as did: other Cuban Embassy officers, the vital: Link 3 between her background and. her comments | was: never, established. for the Warren ‘Commission by the CIA. The Agency' s oversight in: this regard may have forclased the, Commission fron —_ actively ‘pursuing a lead of great significance. — -Calderon' s- 201 file reveals. ‘that she arrived in Mexico city from Havana. on January 16, 1963, carrying Cuban Passport £/63/7.. Her. date of. birth was believed to be 1940 (CIA doc. Dispatch HMMA21612, no date given) Calderon’ Ss. presence in Mexico, city was | first reported by the cra on, galy 15, 1963 ina dispatch from the CIA's Miami field office to. the CIA' S Mexico City station anc to: othe Chief of. the CIA's Special Affairs Staff (for Cuban - operations) . ~ (CIA Doc. Dispateh|[ 008s, 1/15/63). That dispatch had attached to it. a report containigs biographic data on personnel then assigned to the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City. At page ‘three of the § attached report Luisa Calderon was ‘listed as Secretary of the Cuban Embassy! Ss commercial office. The |. : oe € : ~ Classification: , eats — Ls Classified by derivation: .
= 59 -- ‘Classification. wT secret (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents. ) : notation indicated that a report was ‘pending on No Saar te post Calderon. (Ibid., Pp. 3 of. attachment) ‘The’. |. -in Calderon's 201 File. 2”. Agency has. attempted, without success, to locate _the report. ‘Luisa Calderon's association with the Cuban -DGI was first ‘recorded by the CIA on May Sy 1964. (CIA poc.“Slind Memorandum of [Harold Swenson, 68- 290 5/5/64), Oat that. time, Joseph Langosch, ee Chief of Counterintelligence for. the ‘Special Affairs © Staff, reported the results. of his debriefing of the Cuban defector, AMMUG=-1._ The memorandum seated - that AMMUG-1 had no direct knowledge of Lee Harvey. Oswald ‘oer “his activities but was. “able ‘to: provide items: of interest based upon. the comments of. certain. . Cuban Intelligence Service officers. (Ibid.) . " Specificaliy, -AMMUG-1 was asked if Oswald was ‘known to the: Cuban. | intelligence services before November 23, 1963. ; AMMUG-1- told Langosch "Prior to October 1963, Coa ‘visited ‘the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City-on two or. EAD. three occasions. Before, during and after these - visits, Oswald was in contact with the Direccion NS, Classification: eee ” oe 7 , "Classified by derivation:
Classification: ____ SECRET _ (This form is to be used for material extracted _ from ClA—controlled documents.) General De Intelligencia ‘(DGI), specifically - [ | with Luisa Calderon, ‘Manuel. Vega Perez, and , fP De Rogelio Rodriguez. Lopez." | (Ibid. 7 as precise relationship to the DGI was not clear. | Langosch. thereaf that Calderon's As a comment to this Statement he set forth the CIA cable: and dispatch traffic. which recorded her arrival in Mexico during January 1963 and departure for Cuba. within one month after the assassination. (Ibid. ) “on ‘May 7, 1964, ‘Langosch recorded additional information he had elicited. from AMMUG-1_ ‘regarding . Oswald's possible contact with. the DGI. (CIA Doc | FOIA 687-295, attach. 3, 5/7/64) Paragraph 3 of this, memorandum stated in part: "a. Luisa Calderon, since: she returned to Cuba, has been paid a regular 7 Salary by the DGI even though ‘she has not performed any services. ~*~ | a Her home is in the Vedado section ~— S » ° e where the rents are high. 7 . . b. Source (AMMUG) 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 "Empress Transimport." a ‘Her title was Secretary General of the Communist Youth in the department named in the previous sentence. (Thid.) SEC -RET CE Se. | Classification: - } 9 00 63 2 22 2 - Classified br ¢ derivation: |