14-00000 364, 385. 386. 387. 388, 59. dol. P72... 2 5 Oct > ce) Oct So = tw | MEVO from LECATs Oscar RODRIGUEZ Molina ss cute _ | BCHEVERRIA bei sent a copy from the Amb. He had been "1 ‘| | | “exclusive: pictures of the FBI; commentary - Agustin BARRIOS Gomez - | . | | i on ic ~ SECRET) i i | 1 i | i | | L. i | i : | : ; ! ' ! i : . | i i { i i i : i i I 1 ! i | j | { | | MEX 1046 (Ref: ‘DIR 52929 - paral 385 above) Request KINGMAN: carry annex with photos, Station | already has basic report, obtained thru chief PESWING 26 Sept. ! on 1 | | (PROBABLY SPECIAL CHANNEL) (Refs DIR sorts - para 382 above) Per ref, operations suspended in LINMESA as of 1707 hrs 28) ‘Sept 64 and ell gear, removed, sam dey. THE NEWS - inside Washi gton = Mystery of, OSWALD's 6 Days inl Mexico? by Robert 8. Allen fand Paul ‘Seott - .«ethe reason: for the mysterious Mexi trip of OSWALD, . / Informational gap ‘ about OSWALD’ s eight days in Mexico... / while reporting that OSWALD escaped surveillance | during mich of his Mexican visit, the commission will reveal that the "limited" observations i by U.S. and Mexi intelligence authorities | i clearly indicate the trip involved more than an effort to obtain a visa for! travel to Cuba, and Russia, |....the surveilianc failure was'a | major U. s. blunder, since a: ‘number of government agenc es. had advance ee t OSWALD | planned to go'to Mexico. vee e okt was during these | fateful eight days | ‘they g. authorities , lost trace of OSWALD, although the CIA was prewarned to! i keep. a careful ete! on OSWALD. | because of his connections with ithe Fair’ Play for Cuba Comittee..... (ic veBby COS: ‘What: a | false steatement!!) | . | | i. | | | i : i i i ' DIR 53264 (Ref: MEXT 1040 | = para 385 above) Pls see. para four DIR 52398 (pare 380: above) “Mr, Rankin’ due returm 30 Sept and photo in question not | sent! to prifit, pend ing his return | and: discussions with us. / Will forward pertinent appendix a8 BK imps |avai lable. : : : | MEMO FOR: THE PILES from cos; Subject: Verren. Conndesior nepét aa sent copies of the Warren | Comm Report (book) to: | DIAZ Ordaz, UIELEGANT and Mr. Burn J . / I also asked that © igtedsby LEGAT. / I have retained a copy for the office. (/ All of the above are pithaut, apperdttes . too : | DIR 5271 -~ Galley proofs rece ived from Conn 2 Octo! denies h Oct. Background ‘4s completely - | blacked out. / Also learned. that, all ‘appendices wil »besmade’ public simultaneously sometime — (in Nov. This is change in schedule given in DIR oi ee 380 above). i You may wish modify timing and : planning of MEXI 1018. (para 279 above) HMM 12965 - Enclosed are the galley proofs of 2 photos mentioned in DIR SueTL. (para 390 above ) i EXCELSIOR - savertising Ty program one reconstruction of the Assess ination of Pres. JFK." | P| : COPY NO. _ bo | it SECRET ee t i i i - a i i : ; | t j | 7. | t t : ! i}
14-00000 i ! hs geORER : | | j MEXI 1120 ~ Per LIENVOY 50 Sept Silvia DURAN informed! Raul PEREYRA of Cuban Embassy that | _ phe bad been on an excursion with some students to Isla Mujeres and: Merida, | PEREYRA who recently returned from Cuba said Bisobio AZCUE sent greetings to Stivia. 4 HMMA obhes (Ref A; HMM 12889 - | park 568 above; 3: DIR 50732 - ~ para 373 above; | , C. MEXI 0969 - para 374 above) 1, Attached for HQS.are: An item dated Jan 64 recovered from Cub Emb- trash by LITAINT 2 which may have been prepared on the same typewriter used to prepare the visa application forn of Ref A; and 3 ‘Xerox copies of the signature of | _ | Mercy MARTINEZ (Mercedes MARTINEZ del Cueto) taken froma letter from her to{LTTAMIL- oS: - | dated Sept 64, / Mercy MARTINEZ is listed by Cub ‘For Min as Sub-Director of the Secretariat of the Ministry. . Her inmpdiate superior is Juan. ‘RIEQ, Nilo OTERO Rodriguez for whom she ' gigned the letter of Ref A. /\ Tt is. requested that every effort be made to insure: that the attachments are handled in such @ way as to protect -LITAMIL- 9 and the LETAINE- 2 trash operation from compromise, (No attachments ) 7 aes , Bree | een co 393. 5 Oct 6h a 394, 6 Oct ; | MEMO FOR FILES from CoS: (On 18 Sept 6h. I saw “LITEMPO/4 who advisealthae’ a. “Silvia DURAN, > at time she: was questioned about OSWALD. denied that she or her’ husfandevas & member of: the | i | Commie Party, the PPS or any other. ‘Commie or Marxist organization Her husband, when , | questioned at the same time, gave the same replies. bd. Silvia .an ‘us band admitted they _ believed in Marxism, tried to live so as to "conform to Marxist/Leninist! theories". Silvia said "I am a Marxist". of Silvie ‘has disappeared from her hotte?=Horacilo claims he does ngt know where she is, He continue s to live at Av Constituyentes 1523, and is able to pay rent, | lights, etc. / LITEMPO/4 said he could be quoted jas saying tat, "no Mexi except Communists | sb, | * | had worked for the Cub Bub in Next since Jan 59". | : Po § 395. 6.0ct ; 396. 8 Oct | fox P| THE NEWS - Pillion Insists OSWALD is Collaborator in Red sur - by Robert |S. Allen and a rt / . : | Paul Seott:! ......Documents delivered to the archives ‘wheienthe papers will be available -. : tl | -iff they do not disappear - to researchers, future inves? igators and students of history. | woes ePillion traced OSWALD 's activities | in the Sov Unt xhis close association with the = : | KGB, his marriage tothe niece’ of a Lt. Colonel of tHey, oriet MVD, and his later visits to. i py | Mexi, reporting: ".....Upon arrival in’ Sov Union, GgwaRD voluntarily became associated | with the Sov Secret Police (KGB). |....; whihe is yfegpensible for recruiting ‘and training | 7 of agente for sabotage, assassination, incitement fopeeiots and other forms of terror..... | I : Do KGB’ arranged press conferences: to publicize OSWALD's “Wefection, then provided a job for hin : i i . dn the isheet metal shop or 4 radio |factory in Minsk. | OSWALD was not 4 skilled sheet metal ; | worker. His job was a clerical Job of "checker" . This was a sham cover job. OSWALD was | : : a “| | te ' given a 5,000 ruble lump sum payment prior to going to Minsk. Thereafter, he received. 700 : 133. ~ vs cis publes per month as wages‘ and. an additional 700° rubles © per month from the KGB. The 700 ¢ Who is source?? “iat info dia we get ‘from | ruble payment from the KGB was! falsely represented as emanating frlm the Sov ‘Red Cross. PAGE fears The 1,400 ruble monthly incone of OSWALD was, compatable to salary of Gen mgr iof the factory : 7 whe re he worked,: XGEB provided OSWALD with & scarce and comparatively luxurious apartment | '. Reagarch this. . | | in Minsk for & period of hore than [two 3 years. SECRET | | a uo , | “aan Hl Station Moscov?? a 1 ‘ t ! i H i : i : poo : i : ' : ; of i : ! ' i ; i : ' : : : H j - } H : ! I
14-00000 _ | | 397. °° 10 Oct 64 398, 12 ost Check Bléna { i ' \ i | { i i 399. hoo. 5 Oct se carte mes temie shane eenenee tanec efeb i Why a was this not sent to ras 22 [ 8 | from Mos Gow is not at al sprprising, independently of any opecitice contained in Conn report. i { i vv i H ; i | i : : /MEXI 1191 - on 9 Oct LICOWL- 1 reported ¢ as: foll; 10 Oct Aleksey Ivanovich GARMASHOV (deputy - KGB resident Mexi) asked L-1 re availabily apts immediate vicinity LIMERICK installation, ‘and specifically asked ‘about quarters above Leal store. ‘L-1 described | quarters which too: ‘small for Sov8. GARMASHOV (G) added two owners of nearby apt bldgs and refused rent to Sovs. \L -1 then volunteered try rent apt in his name for Sovs which) G accepted. / Later same day an | L-l discovered two apts be ing vacated 15 Oct in same bldg which houses ( unknown’ to L-1) | !LILYRIC which Sta reactivated 8 Oct. on 9, Oot G again visited L- 1 after being informed of ivacant apts and stated he would like to see larger jof two apts, L-1l escorted G to apt top |floor which G inspected closely .. L-1 reports G Looked out front window which faces LIMBRICK | for extended period, L-1 noted that ‘activity inside LIMERICK compound could be seen from . this. point. After inspection, G stated not interested because apt dirty and did not have | garage for cars. (Le=L notes that Sovs aware bldg had no garage prior ito re, nspection tour.) | if Sta believes above is concrete} indication Sovs looking for, likely f ERoto base sites. | 'LILYRIC is one of eight or nine apts which could give same coverage as J « No possible janticipate what Sov next step will be nor timing. Request Hgs comma ge Pociy | Surrounding report, annexes priro to rr | velease and possibility So se neve already | obtained 1 i i es i 1 : i : i j 8 i i | memo FOR | ‘THE RECORD fron Flannery (c/ca) - - Blena GARRO told Eunt 1 5 (who relayed to _TICHBORN ‘on 9: Oct): that she and her duaghter were invited to.a party~at the Cuban Emb during — ; the ‘period she now finds out that OSWALD was here in Mexi prig, to the assassination. She |}was invited by a Mexi secretary in the Cub Em whose husband e cousin of the GARRO : family (Horacio DURAN?772), At the jparty, she saw three Grin 8, not drinking, not mixing, | | and more or less Just standing around together like tre ted ‘on &ilog"”. They were so obvious ly out’ of place ; she! asked someone | in the Cub. Emb st pou them and was told that “they were just passing zko through". | She | iclaims that on accogngs rs) @:0f the way these three gringos | stood out she! ‘took a good tong look at them as: did lher Gatehter. | When assassination occurred | and OSWALD's picture was spread into! ithe newspapers ’ tie lena and her daughter innediately | said that he was one of the: three gringos “without | afdgube" at the party. | | nots covering above memo to COS: ; Do lycu vant me SY the gist of this to Higs? Cos wrote: : | tes. but we should follow up first. Flennery ‘then wrote: Nothing further. DIR 56876 (Ref: MEXI 1191 . io pare 397 above) Bas has no evidence that Sovs have advance cory of photo, Comm sources assure us ite copy of photo furnished by ‘the FBI has also been altered to black out the background. At present the annex is scheduled for release aramd | mid ‘Hov. / Considered opinion here id that Sov action per ref would seen to te a logical Cr én £9 opt 33 step-as-a- precautionary measure..on. basis- -of:. -published. comm report .-- -That a thorough : NO.” — ecurity, survey should be done at this time either on Sov Enb?s own initiative | or on vecuedf®! . r i i \ ee eee ee ac i poo | re : ‘ : :
14-00000 hol. 4O2, Who was LANE's infor 403, kok, £00 21 Oct | | 29 ™ ; | after 1900 hus “one John FEYPIC £ Sj pode. i i \ ri i i mant??, i : i | Sea para 398 on Blena caneo de PAZ i i | . Smee ee ee mi 9 eee rr Esur ipptnor—r teeteereervn armen nmenans jenerrmerenrat ant ] oes -nuin tes cx ne ERT ee I PHR NEWS. Inside Washington CIA witme Intelligence from Warren Commission - by I Robert $4 Allen and Paul Scott “| .». «Despite the commission's written request for all documents that might shed light on the assassination, CIA failed to turn over ainational intelligence | estimate | warning. that it is| Kremlin -policy to remove Western’ officials who actively oppose Soviet policies, titled "Soviet Strategic Executive Action" sees -McConé furnished the Comm | j with the: ‘CIA's secret surveilance reports | on OSWALD's eight days ‘in Mexi before assassination, including details of OSWALD! s contact with the head KGB: agent in jthe Sov Emb there.:... | Ex Invéstigators also are’ trying to determine why the! OIA in its pré-assassination report | to the State Department on OSWALD's trip to Mexi gave details only ofthe defector's visit to the Sov Emb and not the Cub Emb. (CIA did not report | the latter visit until after the | assassination, (In DCOS handwriting is the note: Who talked to these guys? - ‘about the: secret surveillance reports - and Annie G. write: ‘The éaller from t ; j Bib | was unidenti- | | | *#e8 untdl RS sent traces on OSWALD | jand yolces compared by FEINGLA Si) \ | | ; | NEW YORK: TIES Plot ties Studies by | Varren Group - , Doubts May Re Examination ~| 26 volumes of Comm data released yesterday include, of the John Birch Society..... named 'Revilo P| Oliver, professor, University. ‘of Illinois, ",,.cover up for Communist Conspiracy". «++ Article carries picture which was shewn to, OSWALD'*s | mother... ..Comm found that the picture was of an unid¢n fied man’ in a foreign | country with shom the GIA thought OSWALD might have been associated, ....-Thomas B, Buchanan who ‘wrote } "Who Killed Kennedy" and Mark’ Lane, a N. Y. lawyex who was; briefly Mrs. OSWALD's lawyer (other of OSWALD) . | Lane declined te disclose $< alleged informant... 1 ; i DIR: (66600. (Het: DIR Sho - para. 390 above) First | pict Story" appear, on page 19 of. 25 Nov issue of N. Y. Times, of original Photo in Comm! 8: | Posdeseion obliterated; MEMO FOR, THE PILES from cos Sub: June COBB - on 2h NO Ves which he: had learned from LICHANT/1: | a. The former grt} a Octavio PAZ rents | ‘a room to an American: Communist, June COBB. Mrs. :PAZ is afraid | ff Mtes Cobb who broke legs | ‘and smashed ribs of a pet cat..... bd. COBB is promiscuous andaBigeps with men..../c. Mrs. PAZ ~ believes: COBB may ‘have. “been “planted” on her by Commumists.... Mrs. PAZ tried to talk to Robert Kennedy when he: was here to tell him she had personally met OSWALD at DURAN's house coos PAZ: | reported : ‘this: info to Anerdgen, official of Enib; who said he was Warren Comm, TEPs sees j i Rafael ‘LOZANO with Dudley DOUST, DD just got iback; oD talked to TELLO and asked him LIFSAT about OSWALD. | OSWALD was here this year. Abdut the OSWALD ‘incident,’ the roughing up business is nocsense and the reason they ‘rejected the Note of course was because it was not passed in the formal way and was Just a rude note. Hs (TELLO) does not. think it was very serious. | 133 gg, PR of SES Hod : COPY NO. sectors ; ‘ i i : i i f, H i $ of ‘ ; i j . i i oa] | a fT | : | | a7 7 fs SECRET po ' : : Powe i : : ; ! : : : : : a : Ppa cont ATTIRE OP