' Tolson — WW. i. > *. Sb Se -~ ae . f™: Belmont —-. Mohr i. Casper Calichan Conred DeLoach Evans “| DECODED COPY = B=) t { t ! | Sullivan Tavel oo we Trotter GA GAM XX CABLEGRAM OO RADIO. & TELETY?= Tele. Room — PA " TKO -—””«#FROM LEGAT MEXICO CITY. ——NO,:-182°@ 183 | MPR \TIUiL INSPECTOR HANDLING HIS EXIT, INTERVIEWED TODAY BY LAREDO R, oy AAD i 10 RECOLLECTION: MHATSOEVER OF SUBJECT OR HIS MEANS OF TRAVEL THIRD Agewey INFORMATION EXCIS100S fer 3© Acenicy Reauesr .G If the ints! gence contained in the abe : “message is to be disse minated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably paraphrw : in order ta p protect the Bur. we cryptographic systems, ,
. ' 4-3 (Rew. 4-17-63) . | ; . ; ~ -, : kN i : : : Belment —_—-— + ‘ : a : Ree : x, Mohr eee . wom | co : an : : . Casper —_——— ; : i , : : wet . » 2+ Callahan _ Conrad DeLooch —____ Evars ————____ : ‘DECODED copy —— | Sullivan — Tavel Trotter THIRD AGENCY INFO RMAT ion | gui vin!tiRADO DE’ DURAN WHO IS A MEXICAN “CITIZEN EMPLOYEE OF cuban | “EMBASSY. HERE AND IDENTICAL WITH. SILVIA DURAN, ABOVE, WAS HITERVIEWED “EXTENSIVELY NUVEHBER 23 LAST BY MEXICAN AUTHORITIES CF THEIR OWN VOLITION. SHE IDENTIFIED OSWALD FROM PRESS PHOTOS AS PERSON ¥HO0 CALLED AT CUBAN EMBASSY HERE LATE SEPTEMBER OR EARLY OCTOBER 1 APPLY FOR A CUBAN TRANSIT VISA, STATING Hé HAD A RUSSIAN WEEE AND \DESIRED TO RETURN TO SOVIET UNION.VIA CUBA, DURAN CLAIMED SUBJECT IN POSSESSION OF AMERICAN PASSPORT WHICH WAS EXAMINED BY HER 70 MSCERTAIN WHETHER IT CONTAINED SOVEZT VISA, SHE SAID PASSPORT DID- NOT CONTAIN SUCH A VISA AND°SHE ADVISED SUBJECT HE WOULD RAVE TO OBTAIN A SOVIET VISA BEFORE HE COULD GE ISSUED CUBAH TRANSIT VISA, SHE STATED SUBJECT HAD CONSIDERABLE ARGUMENT WITH HER AND CUSAN CONSUL EUSEBIO AZCUE OVER THIS MATTER. SHE PUT SUBJECT IN TOUCH WITH SOVIET EMBASSY.AND IN A LATER CONTACT HE MADE AT CUBA 4 EMBASSY, LHE TOLD THEN HE HAD BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING SOVIET VISA. x ACCORDING TO CIA,° SILVIA DURAN IS A COMMUNIST AND DURINS TIME WAP CARLOS ‘LECHUGA, PRESENT CUSAN AMBASSADOR TO UN, SERVED HERE AS CUBAN Dy, "AMBASSADOR DURAN: WAS NOT ONLY HIS “SECRETARY “BUT ALSO HIS FISTRESS. vs a ~ GIST OF STORY OF DURAN: CONCERNING SUBJECT'S VISIT TO MEXICO PUB- “LISHED TODAY IN MEXICO CITY NEWSPAPER NEYCELSIOR" AND BELJZVED TO “HAVE - BEEN LEAKED BY SOME HIGH MEXICAN GOVERNHENT OFFICIAL, FPOSSEBLY” IN ERFORT TO SHOW SOLE PURPOSE. OF SUBJECT 'S TRIP TO MEXTCO WAS TO MS i ai the intelligence ‘contained in the above massaxe is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is ‘s suggested that it be suitably paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. eat oh ese ee i ae Sey, Doc eeresirs Page D5 yD
C5 ce Mee Ne tee ; . . en . . \ . : _ 1 Be linoat -——e | ‘ey ” Ohf —. : “LOBTAIN VISAS AND HAD NOTHING: TO DO WiTH ASSASSIWATIGN CF PRESIDENT ‘| KENNEDY. IT ‘IS UNDERSTOOD FROM EMBASSY SOURCES THAT THIS STORY HAS di ft ‘ \ ‘|.T0 MEXICO WITH SUBJECT, | LAND PURPOSE OF HIS TRIP TO MEXICO WAS TO SET UP GETAWAY™ ‘ROUTE. Do | ISCOW VALID “OHLY: FOR RETURN. U.S. IT IS BELIEVED WHERE? S9UTS OF THIS 7 2 ou) Colishua 2 : ; Cenead “ . DeLoach | DECODED Copy. | PAGE FOUR » FROM LEGAT-MEXICO CITY. NO. Tati BEEN PICKED UP BY NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS AND WILL PROBABLY SE PUBL [S20 THERE TOMORROW, 7 EVERY AVAILABLE STEP BEING TAKEN HERE TO FILL IN DETAILS’ OF SUBJECT'S ACTIVITIES WHILE HERE. ALL KEY CONTACTS iN POLICE. AND MEXICAN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE BEEN ALERTED TO IMMEDIATELY REPGAT ANY IHFO ALONG THESE LINES THEY MAY RECEIVE AS RESULT CF PUBLICITY GIVEN SUBJECT. : oe : ) Oo , - | IF.NOT ALREADY DONE SUGGEST BUREAU CHECK STATE EPARTHENT RECORDS TO DETERMINE WHETHER NEW PASSPORT. ISSUED TO SUBJECT SINISE HIS. RETUAN FROM RUSSIA IN 1962 SINCE IT IS BELIEVED PASSPORT ISSUED TO HM i LATTER PASSPORT SHOULD ALSO BE ASCERTAINED. _ UF NOT ALREADY. DONE, NEW ORLEANS. SHOULD CONTACT MEXICAN CONSULATE AND OBTAIN NARTS AND IDs Tic TIES OF PERSONS WHO SECURED MEXICAN TOURIST CARDS THERE GH — SEPTEMBER. 17 LAST, DATE. SUBJECT ASSUED HIS MEXICAN. TOUR PST Fano. THERE IS REMOTE POSSIBILITY - ‘SOME OF THESE PERS HS HA MAYE TRAVELED | - ANBASSADOR’ HERE = “FEELS * “SOVIETS? MUCH: TOO" SOPHISTICATED: 70. PARTICI- “PATE IN DIRECTION: OF: ASSASSINATION: ‘OF: PRES I DENT BY “SUBJECT” “BUT “THINKS CUBANS _sTUPIO ENOUGH. TO HAVE* PARTICIPATED : IN -SUCH* DIRECTION EVEN “10 EXTENT, OF.-HIRING: SUBJECT» “= IF=:THIS~ SHOULD: BE ©THE : CASE, ws ‘VT °WOULD’ AP= PEAR. LIKELY: TSTHAT = CONTRACT. WOULD. HAVE.BEEN MADE WITH SUCJECT IN U.S. y the intelligence contained in the above | message is ta be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably ‘Paraphrased t in order to protect the Bureau's cryptographic systems. ee 5, eld: 32499556 eae —
: -  Tolson — : . Belmont —— hoo 4-2 (Rev, 4-17-63) , . i . : : : : Mohr ._-: —_-_-__— } : Casper —~—— Callaisa oH i Conrad : Kr : DeLoach - —_—_ 7 - Evens __— Gale ——-—-_--—— Ff DECODE D cory ===. Taovel _ x ft Trotter _— CO AIRGR DAM “yp CABLEGRAM “ORARIO- eS TELE nm PE Tea Se eet ceareny a aan Te | PAGE FIVE» 1) BUREAU “MAY DESIRE.TO GIVE* CONSIDERATION TO°POLLS/C ‘ALL’ CUBAN SOURCES uN “IN EFFORT CONFIRM OR REFUTE THIS THEORY. aa ~ SIN: US. DETAILED | MEMO WILL ‘SE SUBMITTED  LNOVEMBER 28 NEXT. COPY OF MEXICAN TOURIST CARD iSSUED SUS SECT WILL (Be. FORWARDED AT SAME ‘TIME FOR POSSIBLE COMPARISON as SiGHATURE ON ‘ tTELY oki THIS CARD WITH KNOWN SIGNATURE OF SUBJECT IN ORDEN 19 pers ESTABLISH HE WAS PERSO: TO WHOM THE CARD | JAS 1SSUZG IN HIS NAME IND IN FIRST AVATLASLE POUT cr wl oe 'NEW ORLEANS. BUREAU REQUESTED TO IMMEDIATELY FURNISH ANY INFO DEVELOPED IN U.S. IRVESTIGATION WHICH WOULD SERVE AS LEADS TO VERIFY SUBJECT'S ACTIVITIES HERE, INCLUDING: ANY” LONG. DISTANCE: CALLS MAGE” v8 WIFE OR - RELATIVES BY. SUBJECT: WHILE® HERE ot. | - | -\ on oe a -_ CLARK D. ANJERSON | “7 ENT RECEIVED: i 44-26-63 , . ‘ae a ‘lime "hen re
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE © FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535 — | February 27, 1976 roy rere oe , U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TO STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC) eo we crane Ae eg ee Reference is made to the February 19, 1976, letter of the SSC containing requests for material from the FBI. j - . : j | _ - Delivered herewith is material responsive to that ( | letter pertaining to a voice recording referred to on page five of an FBI report to the President of the United States, dated November 23, 1963,. concerning» the assassination of President John F..Kennedy. | ! As was discussed with SSC Staff Member Paul Wallach ” "on February 24, 1976, the recording in question was never in x , the possession of the FBI and was not listened to by FBI Rats i Agents. One item reviewed by Mr. Wallach at FBI Headquarters ‘/ on February 24, 1976, is not being forwarded with this response. oi at the request of the originating agency. Mr. Wallach was advised iy. on February 25, 1976, that the Legal Attache, Mexico City, is forwarding to FBI Headquarters an additional document : ie pertinent to this inquiry. This document will be furnished to the SSC upon receipt. In answer to personal contact and telephone requests ; of Mr. Wallach, the individual who prepared the previously i mentioned November 23, 1963, report was Fletcher D. Thompson. The handwritten initials at the bottom of page 5 of : Legal Attache, Mexico City, cablegram of November 25, 1963, are possibly those of Richard D. Cotter. Both are now - i _  xetired from the FBI. , , ee ta Rt ce A nn a wee: | This document is prepared in response to } your request and is not for dissemi- en, . 2. nation. outside your Committee. Its use is limited to official m1 ‘acecdts ngs OM | G “a your Camuitt'ee and the content man not he disclosed ta neetiapized g, 2 TeLVSQN-~ nel without the express aprrevel of the Fe] ,