14-00000 ~ 13 May 1964 CSCI-3/781 ,351 | Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD's Access to Classified i Information about the U-2. mo, Recipient: FBI. [Warren Commission - DOP 4-2444] 19 May 1964 CSCI-3/781 ,386 | Subject: Paul DIMITRIK (aka Pavel DIMITRUK). ; Recipient: Navy. . | 5 June 1964 CSCI-3/781 ,543 (CI/R&A) Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. (Use of Machine Colla- 7 tion Program to Check Out Cubans Mentioned in Letter : of 27 November 1963 from Mario del ROASRIA Milina. 10 June 1964 CSC1-3/781,841 (CI/REA) an 5 _ Subject: Informaticn Concerning Jack Ruby. Recipient: FBI. ‘ 29 June 1964 CSCI-3/782 , 058 { ' Hemorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. j i Subject: Investigation of Allegation that OSWALD was i in Tangier, Morocco. " Recipient: FBI. (Warren Comnission] 2 July 1964 DOP 4-3401 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. ; Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. ' , Recipient: Copy to Fel. 6 July 1964 DOP 4-3470 | : femorandun from Richard HELMS, OOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. t i Subject: Statements Reportedly Made by George and , f Jeanne de MOHRENSCHILDT Concerning Lee Harvey OSWALD i and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy. t | Recipient: Copy to FBI. , | 1§ : 4 t SECRET Oe OR i DE Np der AD AANA OEE OTE Te ey te cette Rs tre Oot = ns “P+ id age BERT eth ae aREE EBA Pn as Se wena ene ae ~ seem eee
wt whee : 2.November 1964 ~SEGRET~ 27 August 1964 CSCI-316/00856-64 Subject: No Indication of Subject's Defection Having Been Used for Propaganda by the Soviet Union. Recipient: FBI. 3 September 1964 DOP 4-4600 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: OSWALD Documents Supplied by the Cuban Government. Recipient: Copy to FBI. 1 October 1964 DOP 4-5110 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. : Subject: Joachim JOESTEN. Recipient: Copy to FBI. 6 October 1964 CSCI-316/01446-64 Subject: VIADUCT Interview on 9 September 1964; His Comments on Seven Photographs Forwarded by the FBI. Recipient: FBI. a 23 October 1964 CSCI-316/01709-64 Subject: Raymond F. FRIESECKE. Recipient: FBI. €8C1-316/01779-64 Subject: Testimony in the Warren Commission Report in the Assassination of President Kennedy. Recipient: FSI. CSCI-316/02545-64 Subject: Allegation of Unidentified Scientist of Cuban Involvement in Assassination. Recipient: FBI. 23 December 1964 CF setae EE CE Ne de te de Fae. eae Rane Pocertnn Setar te Tie ear esc et eae 8 mee teintae pene ee Se eee eS t 4 ro soma bimeeenyseceensnendneeoal + 4 Cea etna sete teen meptaninete pe estes wr | { i i | atece wena nerenererrumeneine since ae co eveane! ramen dautnate unin se = . 1 & a Freestone oe a teoperrmne nwmnmaenineenn ansesnicmnpemeintcine etme ete at A = pete ne aoe . _— & = . : RS ae ri i 2 ake di Pe exes 7 ” a? im
74-90000 . if 3 : ! § i r SECRET : ~ | 2 March 1965 CSCI-316/00925-65 Subject: Marvin KANTOR, Possible Connection with Investi- gation of Lee Harvy and Marina OSWALD. Recipient: FBI. 8 Apri] 1965 CSCI-316/01398-65 | Subject: Correspondence to the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City. rie SEB, ; Recipfent: FBI. [Copy to Secret Service] en | 30 June 1965 CSCI =316/02654-65 Subject: Silvia DURAN. Recipient: FI. 2 September 1966 CSCI -316/04482-66 Subject: Rima 2M!1ROQOK, Lee Harvey OSWALD's Intourist Guide in Moscow. Recipient: FBI. "9 May 1967 CSCI-316/02153-67 , “ Subject: BEAUBOVEFF apparently to be used as a pawn by i . , dim GARRISON to show that OSWALD was a CIA agent and i was to be used to assassinate Fidel CASTRO. GARRISON alleges he has letters signed by CIA representatives or by Senator Robert KENNEDY authorizing certain Americans to®work with Cubans for the assassination of CASTRO. This memroandum is intended to record that such letters never existed and therefore could not be in GARRISON's possession. Recipient: FBI. 14 June 1967 CSCI-316/02669-67 Subject: Allegations of Unidentified Woman Regarding Mario GARCIAS et al. Recipient: FBI eo AEALLRe ef ATE ERTS A eh A eecttee ow Om een ss ve >) . v7 (SECRET me oe ieee ee Coe ee OS Penne ee i ee as Te new : Pooragion oe 2B Ss hanes A ESSE A ISO SEES
14-00000 + eens cate oe eenplee ghee” ae euegggme > | ~ SECRET moe ememepee es er mee eae 24 July 1967 CSC1-316/03243-67 Subject: Allegation of Oscar COUNTRERAS, Mexican newsman, that OSHALO visited UNAM Campus shortly after the Cuban Embassy refused him a visa to visit Cuba. CONTRERAS * statement of dubious credibflity; information passed to ; Mexican authorities. ran . ‘ Recipient:, FBI. : 7 May 1968 CSCI-316/01678-68 Subject: Promotional Literature Concerning the Allesed Assassination Conspiracy of JFK Written and Mailed by Joachin JOESTEN in Support of District Attorney Jim GARRISON's Allegations. Recipient: FBI. 16 September 1969 CSC1-316/03323-69 Subject: Charles William THOMAS. : Recipient: FBI. $e “aEENEEIRES fe: so a HERP + ame DISSEMINATION OF REPORTS TO CI STAFF Since CI Staff held the Agency's official file on OSWALD, ali cable traffic (theoretically) including disseminations by cable was sent to the Staff for filing in the official file, Ad- ditionally, cables disseminations were released by Cl/Liaison. Copfes were, therefore, available to the Staff. STO aR wp ees Since CI Staff released 211 long-form CSCI's, coordinated on short-form CSCI's, and maintained the CSCI log, the CI Staff received copies of all CSCI’s. , DISSEMINATION OF MATERIAL TO_THE WARREN COMMISSION 13 December 1963 (Commission Document No. 100] _ Hemnorandum Subject: Analysis of World Reaction to President Kennedy's Assassination. (Supplied by A. W. DULLES.) ne a seecceten Wetnhe seneetnpmtintttn nme se pee SR at aaa ate Sag ee Pe ee Seales tes te oer: papas BEES
14-0000 « | : | 1 SECRET 21 January 1964 [Commission Document No. 300] Note from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Attachments: a. Recent Soviet Statements on Lee Harvey OSWALD. b. FB1S-28 on OSHALD case. 21 January 1964 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Draft Questions for Submission to the Government of the Soviet Union. 22 January 1964 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Suggested Questions for Marina OSWALD. [Commission Document No. 691] 25 January 1964 [Commission Document No. 321] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Chronology of Lee Harvey OSWALD's Stay in the Soviet Union. Alphabetical List of Persons in the Soviet Union Who Were Known to or Mentioned by Lee Harvey OSWALD or His Wife. 31 January 1964 (Commission Document No. 347] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Information Developed by CIA on the Activity of Lee Harvey OSWALD in Mexico City, 28 September - 3 October 1963. 5 February 1964 Note from Thomas H. KARAMESSINES to J. Lee RANKIN. Fourteen attachments including recent Soviet State- ments on Lee Harvey OSWALD (as of 5 February 1964). 5 February 1964 [Commission Document No. 361] Memorandum from Thomas . KARAMESSINES, ADDP, to J. Lee RANKIN forwarding three copies of Appendix B, a summary biography of Mrs. OSWALD and her relatives.
14-00000 SECRET 8 February 1964 [Commission Docjment No. 1182] Letter from Thomas H. KARAMESSINES, ADDP, to J. Lee ~ RANKIN regarding Soviet weapon mentioned in one of Lee Harvey OSWALD's documents. {Information passed to FBI.] 18 February 1964 Memorandum for the Director, Federal Bureau of Investi- gation, attention Mr. S. J. PAPICH. Subject: Assassi- nation of President John F. Kennedy. (Request for information which might be helpful in interpreting available materials relating to OSWALD's activities abroad.) (Copy to Warren Commission. ] 18 February 1964 DOP 4-0860 Memorandum for the Director, Federal Sureau of Investi- gation, attention Mr. S. J. PAPICH. Subject: Assassi- nation of John F. Kennedy. (Request for information relating to OSWALD's attempted suicide.) {Copy to Warren Commission.] - 18 February 1964 DOP 4-0861 Memorandum for the Director, Federal Bureau of Investi- gation, attention Mr. S. J. PAPICH. Subject: Assassi- nation of President John F. Kennedy. (Request for copies of 47 photographs found among the effects of Lee Harvey OSWALD. ) . (Copy to Warren Commission. ] 18 February 1964 DOP 4-0862 Memorandum for the Chief, United States Secret Service; signed by Richard HELMS, DOP. Subject: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. (Verification of entry in “Historic Diary” relating to OSWALD’s attempted suicide.) (Copies to Warren Commission and the FBI.]J | PEE SOS Pein cat
140000 SECRET ™~ € 18 February 1964 DOP 4-0864 Memorandum for Mr. Thomas L. HUGHES, The Director of intelligence and Research, Department of State. Subject: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. (Verification of Entry in “Historic Diary". ) (Copies to Warren Commission and the FBI.] 19 February 1964 (Commission Document No. 384] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. (TS No. 187908.) Subject: Information Developed by CIA on the Activity of Lee Harvey OSWALD in Mexico City, September 28 to October 3, 1963. 19 February 1964 DOP 4-458] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Cuban Consulate and Embassy in Mexico City. *21 February 1964 DOP 4-0940 {Commission Document No. 426] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Translations of Interrogations Reports of Silvia DURAN. Attachments: OUT Telegram No. 85758, 29 November 1963. Translation of Interrogation of Silvia DIRAN and Horacio DURAN Navarro. CSCI-3/779,482 of 10 January 1964. Trans- lation of Official Mexican Polic Report on the Second Interrogation of Silvia DURAN. 5 March 1964 DDP 4-117] (Commission Document No. 448] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Summary of Findings in Regard to Allegations by Mohammed REGGAB Relative to Marina OSWALD. *§ March 1964 DOP 4-1224 (Commission Document No. 692] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Information in CIA's Possession Regarding Lee Harvey OSWALD Prior to Novenber 22, 1963. omen sientt -tren nNOS ENED AE RDASPADALE SOM @ oanetrinsabenstenieanertinthettgmageh wate <oees ie ° SPONTA NONEY thea ate NOT RA etna ptt aniphiLea e e ce m B meek? oe ag REY: $ xe y ae as SeoReT oe ete Ses eats
14-00000 SECRET. 18 March 1964 DDP 4-1423 [Commission Document No. 528) Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Article Alleging that OSWALD was Interviewed by CIA in Moscow. 24 March 1964 DOP 4-1555 (Commission Document No. 674] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DD0P, te J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Information Disseminated to the Secret Service but not yet made available to the President’s Commission. *24 March 1964 DOP 4~1554 [Commission Document No. 631) Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: CIA Dissemination of Information on Lee Harvey OSWALD, Dated 10 October 1963. Attachments: OUT Message No. 74673, dated 10 October 1963 OUT Message No. 77978, dated 23 October 63. } 25 March 1964 BOP 4-1576 Note from Richard HELMS to J. Lee RANKIN. Attachment: Five copies of “Rumors about Lee Harvey OSWALD", dated 23 March 1964. 27 March 1964 DDP 4-1606 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to Thomas L. HUGHES, Director of Intelligence and Research, Department of State. Subject: Verification of Entry in "Historic Diary*. [Copies to Warren Commission and the FBI.] #3) March 1964 DDP 4-1655 (Commission Document No. 698] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. | Subject: Reports on Activities and Travel of Lee i Harvey OSWALD and Marina Nikolevna OSWALD. | Attachments: OUT Message No. 86702, 4 December 1963, ; ‘ S) 22 Sesto RE 7 pees wernt . ee ee - + me ‘beh a pa eo tee edi he Rice Std eater eye 3° hae bes EEA Set St Ati ae DEO en +
Hg 90000 SECRET : to the White House, the Department of State, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with copy to the Secret Service. OUT Message No. 97520, dated 6 December 1963, to the White House, the Department of State, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with copy to the Secret Service. a . OUT Message No. 85715, dated 29 November 1963, to the White House, the Department of State, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with copy to the Secret Service. OUT Message No. 85182, dated 22 November 1963, to the White House, the Department of State, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with copy to the Secret Service. QUT Message No. 85665, dated 28 November 1963, to the White House, the Department of State, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with copy to the Secret Service. *3 April 1964 DOP 4-1699 [Commission Document No. 710] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Richard Thomas GIBSON. Attachment: OUT Message No. 89970, dated 18 December 1963, to White House, Department of State, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with a copy to the : Secret Service. 6 April 1964 ODP 4-1739 (Commission Document No. 708] ‘ Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DBP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Reply to Questions Contained in Your Memo- randum dated 12 March 1964. ("Certain Questions Posed by the State Department Files") 7 April 1964 ODP 4-1787 {Commission Document No. 726] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Actions of Silvia DURAN After Her First Interrogation. ~) 23 . meer enneme rhaetentinatinnn et oo SET ee ete er ee { Te eet ee es ge ot
e a see ER se eA A AN He OTD SA ae oa we rene nvnemuinD yb nee eR, spe Fe ISS ee ent ROTA C gtiy wat ew SGD Rye GAL CITE a A Lb SECRET & 7 April 1964 DDP 4-1786 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Mohammed REGGAB. 20 April 1964 DOP 4.1997 (Commission Document No. 817] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: BND Report Pertaining to Allegations ‘Con- cerning Anton ERDINGER. 21 April 1964 Letter from Raymond G. ROCCA to Mr. Samuel A. STERN. Attachment: CSDB 3/660,704 (Plan: of British and French Publishing Firms to Publish the Thomas BUCHANAN Articles on Assassination of President Kennedy. ) 24 April 1964 DOP 4-2099 (Commission Document No. 844] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Lydia DIMYTRUK; Acquaintance of Marina OSWALD. 29 April 1964 DDP 4-2160 [Commission Docment No. 871] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. SUBJECT: Photograph of Lee Harvey OSWALD. 4 May 1964 DOP 4-2256 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. ‘Subject: Additional Information on Lee Harvey OSWALD. 6 May 1964 DOP 4~2296 [Commission Document No. 902] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Criteria for Dissemination of Information to the Secret Service; Recommendations of the Central Intelligence Agency Relative to Presidential Protection. 8 May 1964 DoP 4-235] (Commission Document No. 911] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Marina OSWALD‘s Notebook. . 24 wn tees Seer emt otros on Lanny hepa AE
14-00000 SECRET 13 May 1964 DOP 4-2444 [Commission Document No. 931] Memorandum for the Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALO’s Access to Classified Informa-~ tion about the U-2. (CSC1-3/781,351 - copy to Warren Commission] 15 May 1964 [Comnission Document No. 935] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Role of the Cuban Intelligence Service in Processing Visa Applicants; Reaction of that Service to the Assassination of President Kennedy. [Copy to FBI] 19 May 1964 DOP 4~-2533 [Commission Document No. 944] Memcrandum from Richard HELMS, OOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Hours of Work at Cuban and Soviet Consulates; Procedures and Regulations for Issuance of Cuban Visas; Mexican Control of U.S. Citizens’ Travel to and from Cuba. *19 May 1964 DDP 4~2534 [Commission Document No. 943] Memorandum from Rixhard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Allegations of Pfc. Eugene B. DINKIN, U.S. Army, Relative to Assassination Plot Against Presi- dent Kennedy. Attachment: OUT Message No. 85770, dated 29 November 1963, to the Hhite House, State Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with a copy to the Secret Service. *22 May 1964 DOP 4-2624 [Commission Document No. 971] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Anonymous Telephone Calls to United States Embassy in Canberra, Australia, Relative to Planned Assassination of President Kennedy. Attachment: OUT Message No. 85691, dated 29 November 1963, to the White House, Department of State, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with a copy to the Secret Service. 2s SECRET. mam we ae poi pony ci att ora AE
14-00000 SECRET, 27 May 1964 ODP 4-2688 [Commission Document No. 985] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Letter Accusing the Chinese Communists of Plotting the Assassination of President Kennedy. Attachment: OUT Message No. 87796, dated 9 December 1963, to the White House, Department of State, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with a copy to the Secret Service. 27 May 1964 DOP 4-2692 [Commission Document No. 990] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Discussion between Chairman KHRUSHCHEY and Mr. Drew PEARSON Regarding Lee Harvey OSWALD. 1] June 1964 DOP 4-274) (Commission Document No. 1000] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, ODP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte. Attachments: OUT Message No. 85089, dated 26 November 1963, relative to Gilberto ALVARADO. QUT Message No. 85199, dated 27 November 1963; subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. : OUT Message No. 85662, dated 28 November 1863, relative to Gilberto ALVARADO. . OUT Message No. 86063, dated 30 November — 1963, relative to Gilberto ALVARADO. OUT Message No. 85666, dated 28 November 1963, relative to Gilberto ALVARADO. OUT Message No. 87667, dated 7 December 1963; subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. Memorandum, dated 12 December 1963; subject: Mexican Interrogation of Gilberto ALVARADO. 3 dune 1964 OOP 4-2764 [Commission Document No. 1001] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Documents on Lee Harvey OSWALD Furnished by the Soviet Government. 3 June 1964 DOP 4-2770 [Commission Document No. 1012] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject. George and Jeanne de MOHRENSCHILDT. 26 SECRET J alg RSTn IE ona ee - lene ee re ee ee ee ae - se —mne eeaREEEC Oe oy
14-00000 oe 9 Se (ash AE SACRO a Sots fine SECRET 4 June 1964 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Information Developed on the Activity of Lee Harvey OSWALD in Mexico City. 5 June 1964 DOP 4-2844 [Commission Document No. 1041] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Allegations Regarding Intelligence Training School in Minsk, USSR. 10 June 1964 DOP 4-2922 {Commission Document No. 1054] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Information Concerning Jack RUBY (aka Jack RUBENSTEIN) and His Associates. *12 June 1964 ODP 4-2988 [Commission Document No. 1089] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Letter Relative to Assassination of President Kennedy Sent to United States Embassy in Costa Rica. Attachment: OUT Message No. 88643, dated 12 December 1963, to the White House, Department of State, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. é 19 June 1964 DOP 4-3169 {Comaission Document No. 1131] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Soviet Brainwashing Techniques. 26 June 1964 DOP 4-3366 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Soviet Brainwashing Techniques 29 June 1964 DDP 4-3347 [Commission Document No. 1188] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Investigation of Allegation that OSWALD was in Tangier, Morocco. [Copy to the FBI.] 27 (SECRET oaag ett ~ Fath ott 8 NMI eH Oh A nam» FE coer et mero o8 = S arte 4, — Breed MIE Kas er Tee __. IEE ES RR NRPS on wick Se
H-00000 Fl | PNR aT Hie EE ese enon Hi date TP aa Ret om ang ON ee i ee i es SECTET 1 duly 1964 DOP 4-3389 [Commission Document No. 1201] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, OOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD's Arrival Time in Helsinki © on 10 October 1959. 2 duly 1964 DOP 4-340] {Commission Document No. 1216] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD (Remarks by Soviet Consul Pavel Antonovich YATSKOY). {Copy to the FBI.] 6 July 1964 DOP 4-3470 [Commission Document No. 1222] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Statements Reportedly Made by George and deanne de MOHRENSCHILOT Concerning Lee Harvey OSWALD and the Assassination of President Kennedy. {Copy to the FBI.] 22 July 1964 ODP 4-3712 {Commission Document No. 1273] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN, Subject: Apparent Inconsistencies in Material Fur- Sieee the Commission by CIA and the Department of tate. 23 July 1964 DOP 4-3769 (Commission Document No. 1287] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Lee Harvey OSKALD. Attachment: Affidavit respecting origin and circum- stances of a photograph of an unknown individual furnished by this Agency to the FBI on 22 November 963. 23 July 1964 DOP 4-3770 ‘ Memorandum from Richard HELMS, OOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. Attachments: Translation (original documents included.) car saan: tone ae eng oe
14-00000 (SECRET 3] July 1964 DOP 4-3916 [Commission Document No. 1358] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. ; Subject: Length of Time Required for Obtaining Soviet Tourist Visas in Helsinki and Stockholm, 1964. 7 August 1964 DOP 4-4037 (Commission Document No. 1356] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, ODP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Soviet Hunting Societies. 28 August 1964 DOP 4-4479 (Commission Document No. 1443] Memorandum from Thomas H. KARAMESSINES, ADDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Konstantin Petrovich SERGIEVSKY. 31 August 1964 DOP 4-458) Memorandun from Richard HELMS, ODP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Cuban Consulate and Embassy in Mexico City. 3 September 1964 DOP 4-4600 [Document No. 50, List 2] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. 7, subject: OSWALD Documents Supplies by the Cuban Government. i [Copy to the FBI] 14 September 1964 DBP 4-4775 [Commission Document No. 1483] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Length of Time Required for Obtaining Soviet Tourist Visas in Wester Europe in 1964. 11 September 1964 DDP 4-4793 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Publication of Documents Furnished to the Commission by the Central Intelligence Agency. 11 September 1964 DOP 4-4794 (Commission Document No. 1479] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, te J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Certain Questions Posed by the State Depart- : ment Files. (Revised) (Attachment to CD No. 1479)
14-00000 SECRET, Ti September 1964 DDP 4-4795 (Commission Document No. 1479] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Soviet Hunting Societies. (Revised) (Attachment to CD No. 1479.) 11 September 1964 DOP 4-4796 [Commission Document No. 1479] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Length of Time Required for Obtaining Soviet Tourist Visas in Helsinki and Stockholm, 1964. 15 September 1964 DOP 4-480] (Commission Document No. 1493] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Information Concerning Jack RUBY (aka Jack RUBENSTEIN) and His Associates. 17 September 1964 DOP 4-4823 . Memorandum from Richard HELMS, ODP, to J. Lee RANKIN. . Subject: Hours of Work at Cuban and Soviet Consulates; Procedure and Regulations for Issuance of Cuban Visas; Mexican Control of U.S. Citizens’ Travel to and from Cuba. ' 17 September 1964 , DOP 4-4838 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: State Department Files. 17 September 1964 DDP 4-4893 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Valeriy Vladimirovich KOSTIKOY. 1? September 1964 DOP 4-484] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. (Regarding Agency approval for the publication of memorandum, dated 2 July 1964, concerning Lee Harvey OSWALD. Not authorized.) See meee te te mm RR eee ate ga o 40 | SECRET : — WiBitden epee. ¢ ARDC NE Penne OE SG t a a gO Nitty ess se erin ae adit retpeemtee mete pe ff y Fad 07 Fe
#400000 SECRET. 18 September 1964 DOP 4-4847 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, ODP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: COmmunications from the Department of State. 18 September 1964 DOP 4-4848 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Departure from the USSR of Soviet Citizens Married to Foreigners. 18 September 1964 DOP 4-4850 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Passport and Visa Office. 18 September 1964 DOP 4-4873 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, te J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Intourist Hotels in Moscow. 18 September 1964 DOP 4-4882 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Technical Examination of Photographs of Lee Harvey OSNALD's Application for a Cuban Visa. 18 September 1964 DOP 4-4886 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Resettlement of U.S. Defectors in the USSR. 22 September 1964 DOP 4-4921 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. - : Subject: Silvia Tirado Bazan de DURAN. i 17 September 1964 DDP 4-4922 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Eusebio AZQUE [sic - AZCUE] - Former Cuban © Consul, Mexico City. | | | | | Seine oe en ad ane Semen ere ee vas
14-00000 SEER Gar tinea aE gt nan ARE mE: fA as nN at +R ames eee aS SBS Portes Bi yi ha Cee ce coe Soe Ph eat sti Pee ee eae vt eeonkd, 18 September 1964 DOP 4-4952 Memorandua from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lea RANKIN. Subject: Lee Harvey OSKLAD. (Information regarding OSWALD's stay in Helsinki.) 18 September 1964 DDP 4-4953 @ Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Identification of Persons Appearing in FBI Photograph tio. D 33-46 (Commission Exhibit No. 2625). 1 October 1964 DOP 4-5110 [Coumission Document lo. 1532] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lea RANKIN. Subject: Joachim JOZSTEN. [Copies to rBI, I&NS, State] 13 October 1964 DOP 4-5275 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, ODP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Publication of Documents Furnished to the Commission by the Central Intelligence Agency. 16 October 1964 DDP 4-5334/1 Memorandum for The President's Committee on the Yarren Commission Report. Subject: CIA's Role in the Support of Presidential Foreign Travel. 20 October 1964 DDP 4-534] (Commission Document Ro. 1545) Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Informaticn Developed on the Activity of Lee Harvey OSSALD in Mexico City. 29 October 1964 DOP 4-5558 Hemorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Transmittal of OCR Publication: “Foreign Press Reaction to tha Harren Report", and Follow-Up Report, dated 22 October 1964. 32 SECRET
14-00000 ~ SeGaeT. AGENCY DISSEMINATICNS TO THE FSI ET AL REGARDING RUMORS AND LEGATIONS ReGarcitG PReslocth? KENNEDY ASSASSINATICN 10 October 1963 DIR 74673 Lee Harvey OSWALD, Contact with Soviet Embassy, Mexico ; ‘ City, 1 Octeber 1963. Recipients: FSI, I8NS, State, White House. “23 November 1963 DIR 84915 Information relating to telephone call on 28 September ; mi: 1963 to Soviet Expassy in Mexico City. bw : Recipient: FBI. ene! 25 November 1963 BIR 84950 ‘Subject: Siivia T. DURAN, Mexican Employee of the Cuban Embassy [sfc ~ Consulate] in Mexico City; . Contact with Lee Harvey OSWALD. Recipient: FBI. 25 November 1963 OIR . 84951 : CIA requests information relating to OSWALD's ac- tivities in Mexico City (from FB1 interrogation of OSAALD). Recipient: FBI. 26 November 1$63 Subject: Reported Anonymous Telephone Message. Recipient: FBI. 26 November 1963 ; CSCI-3/778,826 Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD, Suspected Assassin of President Kennedy. Encloses transcripts of tele- phone calls mace on 27 and 28 September and 1 and 3 October 1963. ; Recipient: FBI. ‘ DARN Reset on rene Pees ne * es 33 Bem Mate Fem e so - Bet Dh le ates pele Pd ee te oA. aes : SRR Be ESS are
we “SEGRET— 26 Noverber 1963 CSCI-3/778,829 ‘ ‘ i Oo | | | | weenetanat passerines re tne ase On = trae Subject: Same as above. (Comment: This dissemination may be identical with CSCI-3/778,826. The above CSCI number appears to be the correct one, according to a copy of the docu- ment in CI/SIG file no. 568.) Recipient: FBI. 26 November 1963 DIR 85069 Subject: Travel of Pro-Communist Costa Rican Congress- man to Texas on 26 November 1963. Representatives of this Agency in Costa Rica suspect that Julio SUNOL Leal, pro-Communist, pro-Castro deputy to the Costa Rican National Assembly; will try to gather data in Texas to use in pro-communist-pro-Castro propaganda in connection with the assassination of President Kennedy. Recipient: FBI. 26 November 1963 DIR 85089 Gilberto ALVARADO, a professed Castroite Nicaraguan, stated to U.S. Embassy in Mexico City on 26 November 1963 [sic ~ 25 November 1963] that "on 18 September 1963 he saw Lee Harvey OSWALD receive six thousand five hundred dollars in a meeting inside the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City." Recipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret Service received a copy. [Warren Commission] 26 Novexber 1963. DIR 85176 Subject: Marina Nikolaevna OSWALD (information volun- teered on Marina OSkALD by Moroccan student Mohamed REGGAB studying in west Germany). Recipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret Service received copy. 26 November 1963 DIR 85177 Subject: Telephone Communication between Duban Presi- dent DORTICOS and Joaquin HERNANDEZ Armas, Cuban Am- bassador to Mexico. Recipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret Service received copy. 34 —SEeRET TS teem atten EEN et EULER Et nn Tee yt ata Neds chemait i Are Sie RMR Lah eS ATieaembearim Hee me eS vad nee cw ngne cn reaper tet reer Mate tan
j i i | | | | | i | | | | | | | | APRN ei ROTATE aa eet = WN Oe te ete re + esafp oO SECRET 26 November 1963 Unnumbered Subject: HUNTER Report No. 10815. Recipient: FBI. 26 November 1963 Unnumbered Subject: HUNTER Report No. 10816. Recipient: FBI. 26 November 1963 Unnumbered Subject: Passage of IN 68291 from Mexico City to the White House. (OSWALD's reported presence in Mexico City on 18 September 1963.) Recipient: FBI. 27 November 1963 CSCI+3/778 ,881 Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD, Soviet Activities in Mexico City, 18 - 24 November 1963. Recipient: FBI. 27 November 1963 DIR 85182 Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. On 23 November, Richard Thomas GIBSON, an American living in Switzerland, who was acquainted with OSWALD, made statements regarding latter to a close friend in Bern. Recipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret Service received copy. [Warren Commission] 27 November 1963 DIR 85196 According to information from Nicaraguan Security Service, Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte was a Nicaraguan intelligence source from 1962 to August 1963. Recipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret Service received copy. 27 November 1963 DIR 85199 Information solicited from Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte. Recipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret Service received copy. [Warren Commission] cK ) TSECHET € ary we wit eee" ooo ee reeset He Senet eerie eae areeticns nage at serene mee at, Whe
-. 27 November 1963 DIR 85222 Subject: Silvia T. DURAN, Mexican Employee of the Cuban Embassy [sic - Consulate] in Mexico City, contact with Lee Harvey OSWALD. Recipient: FBI. 26 November 1963 DIR 85246 Dr. Jose GUILLERMO Aguirre of Mexico reports information regarding Lee Harvey OSWALD. Recipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret Service re- ceived copy. (Also relayed to $. PAPICH of the FBI by CI Staff on 27 November 1963.) 27 November 1963 DIR 85471 Subject: Rearrest of Silvia DURAN. Recipients: FBI, State, White House. 27 November 1963 DIR 85573 Information from U.S. Ambassador MANN for Secretary of State RUSK regarding Ambassador HERNANDEZ, Cuban Am- bassador to Mexico, and Gilberto ALVARADO. Recipients: FBI, State, White House. 27 November 1963 ~ Unnumbered Information on Arnesto RODRIGUEZ relayed by telephone to S$. PAPICH. ; Recipient: FBI. 27 November 1963 Unnumbered Information regarding photographic coverage of Cuban and Soviet Embassies in Mexico City passed to $. PAPICH of the FBI. Recipient: FBI. 28 November 1963 DIR 85657 on 26 November a British journalist named John WILSON- HUDSON gave information to the American Embassy in so eee cerrrmnamttnpns te et Mt -
mee | | i | é ' \ t Serene eA “ SF sete semana mate 8 nae TE TB Bt By ae, “SEGREE— London indicating that an "American gangster type named RUBY" visited Cuba around 1959. Recipients: FBI, State, White House. 28 November 1963 . DIR 85662 Further interrogation of Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte. Recipients: FBI, State, White House. [Warren Commission] 28 November 1963 DIR 85665 The Hague Station reports that on 23 November 1963, @ local Castroite named Maria SNETHLAGE talked to Third Secretary Ricardo SANTOS of the Cuban Embassy. SNETHLAGE claimed she knew the Mr. Lee [sic] who murdered President Kennedy. Recipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret Service received copy. [Warren Commission] 29 November 1963 CSCI-3/778 893 Subject: Interrogation of Silvia Tirado de DURAN and Horacio OURAN Navarro. Recipient: FBI. 29 November 1963 DIR 85666 Acting upon an FBI request, the Agency requests ALVARADO be turned over to Mexican authorities for additional interrogation. Recipients: FBI, State, White House. (Warren Comnission] 29 November 1963 BIR 85668 Highlights from the interrogation of Horacio OURAN Navarre and his wife, Silvia Tirado de DURAN. Recipients: FBI, State, White House. 29 November 1963 DIR 85670 Sensitive sources . . . have reported that when the 23 November arrest of Silvia DURAN became known to 37 fre . & NET A yD SEL esa ALY a oe tere ead me” Pe emote tp tee + reeesgranes Heprenmurpetvete atatiinnntn, et MOAR
74-0000 SECRET the personnel of the Cuban Embassy there was a great deal of discussion. Recipients: FBI, State, White House. [Warren Commission] 29 November 1963 DIR 85691 Series of anonymous telephone calls to the office of the Naval Attache in Canberra, Australia, by a man claiming to have knowledge about a Soviet plot to assassinate President Kennedy. . Recipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret Service re- ceived copy. 29 November 1963 DIR 85714 Release of Silvia OURAN for second time on 28 November. Recipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret Service received copy. 29 November 1963 DIR 85744 Interrogation of Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte. Recipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret Service received copy. 29 November 1963 DIR 85758 Translation of interrogation of Silvia DURAN and Horacio DURAN Navarro. Recipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret Service received copy. [Warren Commission] 29 November 1963 DIR 85770 Series of incidents which have produced a report alleging advance information on assassination. Recipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret Service received copy. [Warren Commission] 29 November 1963 Unnumbered memorandum Telephone contact with §. PAPICH concerning rumor that OSWALD had made a bank deposit. Recipient: FBI. 0 . 38 (SECRET. | | } | | | | | | |. | noes ean ote ena oR i ee a eee
14-00000 SECRET 30 November 1963 CSCI-3/778 ,894 Subject: Article in 29 November 1963 issue of Washington Post suggesting two men involved in assassination. Recipient: FBI. 30 November 1963 DIR 86063 Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte Admits his story a fabrication. Recipients: FBI, State, White House. [Warren Commission] 3 December 1963 DIR 86496 Information relating to OSWALD's presence in Mexico. Recipient: FBI 7 December 1963 DIR 87667 Re-interrogation of Gilberto ALVARADO concluded. Recipient: FBI. [Warren Commission} 9 December 1963 DIR 87731 Richard BEYMER, American movie actor, in touch with Cuban Embassy, Mexico City. Recipient: FBI. 9 December 1963 DIR 87796 Letter mailed in Stockholm on 25 November 1963 alleging assassination arranged by Communist Chinese. Recipients: FBI, State, khite House; Secret Service received copy. (Warren Commission] Fd 9 December 1963 Unnumbered Memorandum Telephone contact with S$. PAPICH regarding identity of @ source who claims plot to assassinate Kennedy prepared and executed jointly by the Communist Chinese and Cubans through intermediaries. (See JMWAVE 8658, IN 75902.) Recipient: FBI. 12 December 1963 CSC1-3/779 048 Subject: WILSON, Carlos John (also: WILSON-HUDSON, John; WILSON, John Hudson.) . Recipient: FBI. 39 OE SHET eR ee a natn RRS Fea hae me SF Ete oe etme ne me ere eee Sem a, |
14-00000 as Se i i | | | { SECRET 12 December 1963 DIR 88643 Subject: Letter Relative to Assassination of President Kennedy Sent to United States Embassy in Costa Rica. Recipients: FBI, State, White House. (Warren Commission] 12 December 1963 DIR 88682 Cuban Ambassador to France received instructions not to coment upon the assassination. Recipients: FBI, State, White House. 12 December 1963 DIR 88747 Subject: Second Interrogation of Silvia DURAN. Recipients: FBI, State, White House. 13 December 1963 CSCI-3/779 ,136 ' Subject: Mexican Interrogation of Gilberto ALVARADO. Recipient: FBI. [Warren Commission] 16 December 1963 CSCI-3/779,135 Subject: Peter DERYABIN's Comments on Kennedy Assassination. Recipient: FBI. <== "is pecember 1963 DIR 89970 Sr Se Further Information on Richard Thomas GIBSON. Recipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret Service received copy. [warren Commission] 18 December 1963 DIR 89980- Subject: Actions of Silvia DURAN after her first interrogation. Recipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret Service received copy. {#arren Commission] 27 December 1963 CSCI-3/779,297 Subject: Assassination of President Kennedy (arranged by the Cuban Government and the Communist Chinese). Recipient: FBI. 40 i
14-00000 Latte meee 4 cam ee Me) meet niet er neonates mo F488 oO a oe ihe? RO a CoB Mee ee 2 ne ere SECRET 3 January 1964 Unnumbered Memorandum Telephone contact with S. PAPICH on 3 January 1964 regarding newspaper article aapearing in £1 Caribe on 27 November 1963 and possible connection with ALVARADO's interview in the U.S. Embassy on 26 No- vember. Recipient: FBI. 10 January 1964 CSCI-3/779 ,482 Subject: Second Mexican Interrogation of Silvia QURAN. ; Recipient: FBI. [Warren Commission] 27 January 1964 CSC1-3/779 ,729 Subject: Possible Relatives of Marina Nikolayevna OSWALD. Recipient: FBI. 30 January 1964 CSCI-3/778,814 Subject: Jack L. RUBY, Lee Harvey OSWALD. Recipient: FBI. 4 February 1964 CSCI-3/779 817 Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. (fnformation on names, addresses, and telephone numbers relating to the Soviet Union.) Recipient: FBI. ° 18 February 1964 ODP 4-0860 Memorandum for the Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Subject: Assassination of John F. Kennedy. ("In connection with our efforts to assist the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy by providing information which might be helpful in interpreting available ma- terials relating to OSWALD’s activities abroad, ay - Fae BY cee atts pte 5 ipl an lenis at wanes Sito : wR EEE } i |
7 Tm merece ate Sharman Simic sen Nba REC ty oy + we have considered the entry with regard to attempted suicide. We consider this entry as being of consider- able importance and one «hich might be subject to verification.*) Recipient: FBI. [Copy to Warren Commission] 18 February 1964 DDP 4-03861 Memorandum for the Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Subject: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. (*. . . 47 photegraphs which were among the effects of Lee Harvey OSWALD, . .. . It appears that most of the photographs were taken in the USSR and depict Soviet fontacts of OSWALD or scenes in the Soviet Union." Recipient: FBI. [Copy to Warren Commission] 18 February 1964 DBP 4-0862 Memorandum for the Chief, United States Secret Service. Subject: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. (Verification of entry in "Historic Diary” relating to OSWALD's attempted suicide.) Recipient: Secret Service. [Copy to Warren Commission] 18 February 1964 DOP 4-0864 _— Memorandum for Mr. Thonas L. Hughes, The Director of Intelligence and Research, Department of State. Subject: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy - Verification of Entry in “Historic Diary”. Recipient: State. [Copy to Warren Commission] 20 February 1964 CSCI-3/779 ,988 Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. (Information regarding Annette SETYAEVNA and Lillie May RAHM.) Recipient: FBI. 22 February 1964 DIR 03101 Subject: Further Information Provided by Moroccan Student Mohamed REGGAB. Recipient: White House (attention Secret Service.) re) 42 2 nevis ompeormagsen we eeenertnnen # rrmemen eeprgemones eth cn nO ee Serre eee ot perv ptee meyer ane ptt ee Se
oe ~ SSEGRERK 11 March 1964 CSC1-3/780 ,344 Subject: Summary of Findings in Regard to Allegations by Mohamed REGGAB Relative to Marina OSWALD. Recipient: FBI. 20 March 1964 CSCI-3/780,632 Subject: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. (Photograph of an individual closely resembling OSWALD. ) Recipient: FBI. 16 April 1964 CSCI-3/780 ,881 Subject: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. (Information regarding Lydia DYMITRUK.) Recipient: FBI. 8 May 1964 DOP 4-2351 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Marina OSWALD's Notebook. Recipient: Copy of attachment forwarded to FBI. {Warren Commission] Tl May 1964 CSCI-3/781,172 Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. (Traces on Soviet names, addresses, and telephone numbers from an address book belonging to Marina OSWALD.) Recipient: FBI. 13 May 1964 CSCI-3/781 ,282 Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. (Identification of photographs sent to CIA by FBI.) Recipient: FBI. 15 May 1964 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Role of Cuban Intelligence Service in Processing Visa Applicants; Reaction of the Service to the Assassi- nation of President Kennedy. Recipient: FBI. (Warren Commission] mee peat tiees pate etme
5 June 1964 Subject: tion Program to Check Out Cubans Mentioned in Letter —SEGRET— CSC1-3/78) ,543 Lee Harvey OSWALD. (Use of Machine Col la- of 27 November 1963 from Mario del ROSARIA Milina.) Recipient: 10 June 1964 Subject: Recipient: 29 June 1964 FBI. CSCI-3/781 ,841 Information Concerning Jack RUBY. FBI. a CSCI-3/782 ,085 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, ODP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Investigation of Allegation that OSWALD was in Tangier, Morocco. ; Recipient: 2 duly 1964 27 August 1964 At tt ett” etn SOREN EG SNH a ee ecient nb en caw 6 October 1964 Subject: Been Used for Propaganda by the Cuban Government. Recipient: 3 September 1964 Subject: Comments on Seven Photographs Forwarded by the FBI. oO * Bete ates ae a te pea te Bleck ow deh a OTB hee tA Recipient: > . * tng ed) - capt oe taate oe Ae athe ee ta eut Sr FBI. [Warren Commission] DOP 4-340T Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN, (Remarks made by Soviet Consul Pavel Antonovich YATSKOV.) Recipient: FBI. [Warren Commission] CSCI-316/00856-64 No Indication of Subject’s Defection Having FBI. [Warren Commission] DDP 4-4600 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, ODP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Government. Recipient: OSWALD Documents Supplied by the Cuban FBI. [Warren Commission] CSCI-316/01446-64 VIACUCT Interview on 9 September 1964: His FBI. een ead, eee ae nem ne senteemiemenent + 2 pte ere mtn cergrrate eh em meee
te 1 sieevienencaaneninbenneaiteteinienttenetet mete 3 rebte Mme S sete Doo a ad ten ab! a wt an, tout take ma UR mete gta ap pate ee Re 23 December 1964 CSCI-316/02545-64 Subject: Allegation of Unidentified Scientist of Cuban Involvement in Assassination. Recipient: FBI. 2 March 1965 CSCI-316/00925-65 Subject: Marvin KANTOR, Possible Connection with Investigation of Lee Harvey and Marina OSWALD. Recipient: FBI. 30 June 1966 CSCI-316/02654-65 Subject: Silvta DURAN. Recipient: FBI. 2 September 1966 CSCI-316/04482-66 Subject: Rima ZMITROOK, Lee Harvey OSWALD's In- tourist Guide in Moscow. Recipient: FBI. 14 June 1967 CSCI-316/03243-67 Subject: Allegation of Oscar COUNTRERAS, Mexican Newsman, That OSWALD Visited UNAM Campus Shortly & After the Cuban Embassy Refused Him a Visa to Visit Cuba. CONTRERAS’ Statement of Dubious Credibility; Information Passed to Mexican au- thorities. MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED BY CIA TO THE WARREN COMMISSION ON RUMORS AND ALLEGATIONS RE- LATING TO THE PRESIDENTS ASSASSINATION 31 January 1964 Subject: Information Developed by CIA on the Activity of Lee Harvey OS#ALD in Mexico City, 28 September - 3 October 1963. 45 MADE aE ah we
ee Teena meaeera yeettalremeteam sesame remem tim * "tat Wi Ree TCO 6 A, TRE ot By Bee een —SERET~ § March 1964 Subject: Summary of Findings in Regard to Allegations by Mohammed REGGAS Relative to Marina OSWALD. 18 March 1964 Subject: Article Alleging that OSWALD was interviewed by CIA in Moscow. . 31 March 1964 DDP 4-1655 Subject: Reports on Activities and Travel of Lee Harvey OSWALD and Marina Nikolevna OSWALD. Enclosures include the following: Teletype Message No. 87515, 29 November 1963 ~ paragraph g - Marina SNETHLAGE. Teletype Message No. 85182, 22 November 1963 - Remarks made by Richard Thomas GIBSON. Teletype Message No. 85665, 28 November 1963 - Remarks Made by Maria SNETHLAGE and Third Secretary Ricardo SANTOS of the Cuban Em- bassy in The Haque. 3 April 1964 DDP 4-1699 Subject: Richard Thomas GIBSON. 7 April 1964 ODP 4-178 Subject: Mohammed REGGAB. 4 May 1964 DDP 4-2256 Subject: Additional Information on Lee Harvey OSWALD. "A survey of Agency files indicates that all... information known to the Agency on OSWALD's association (with communists or criminals, either in United States or abroad) has been made available to the Commission." 8 May 1564 DOP 4-2351 Subject: Marina OSWALD‘s Notebook. (Compilation of traces on what appear to be Soviet names, addresses, and telephone numbers from an ad- dress book identified by Marina OSWALD as belonging to her. eereed STF Ter amo 2 tee Bg BO ig te ET ee eae TL enlitee Sette LEME atten ernie one rte oe carte teen weees beaten cee EE tee ene
34-0000 SECRET 15 May 1964 Subject: Role of the Cuban Intelligence Service in Processing Visa Applicants; Reaction of that Service to the Assassination of President Kennedy. 19 May 1964 DDP 4-2534 Subject: Allegations of PFC Eugene 8. DINKIN, U.S. Army, Relative to Assassination Plot Against Presi- dent Kennedy. 22 May 1964 DDP 4-2624 Subject: Anonymous Telephone Calls to United States Embassy in Canberra, Australia; Relative to Planned Assassination of President Kennedy. 27 May 1964 DDP 4~2688 Subject: Letter Accusing the Chinese Communists of Plotting the Assassination of President Kennedy. (Comment: Letter received at U.S. Embassy, Stockholm.) 1 dune 1964 DOP 4-274] Subject: Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte. 8 Enclosures: Out Teletype No. 85089, 26 November 1963. Out Teletype No. 85199, 27 November 1963. Out Teletype No. 85662, 28 November 1963. Out Teletype No. 85666, 28 November 1963. . i Out Teletype No. 86063, 30 November 1963. . Out Teletype No. 87667, 7 December 1963. Memorandum, 12 December 1663, Interroga- tion of Gilberto ALVARADO. 3 dune 1964 DDP 4-2769 Subject: Documents on Lee Harvey OSWALD Furnished by the Seviet Government. & June 1964 ope Subject: Information Developed on the Activity of Lee Harvey OSWALD in Mexico City. 47 SET. | Ae EBay Riga STR WRT & oe te nt on re a Hy aah ee eat eee on oe 77 cote mer ee
14-00000 Fe eee nee meng tee ate teat crete sue . Na A EY beatae tO eh oy (SECRET 10 June 1964 Subject: Information Concerning Jack RUBY (aka Jack RUBENSTEIN) and His Associates. 12 June 1964 Subject: Letter Relative to Assassination of President Kennedy sent to United States Embassy in Costa Rica. 29 June 1964 DDP 4-3347 Subject: Investigation of Allegation that OSWALD was in Tangier, Morucco. 2 duly 1964 DOP 4-3401 Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. 28 August 1964 DOP 4-4479 "Subject: Konstantin Petrovich SERGIEVSKY. 15 September 1964 DOP 4-4808 Subject: Information Concerning Jack RUBY (aka Jack RUBENSTEIN) and His Associates. 17 September 1964 DOP 4-4839 Subject: Valeriy Vladimirovich KOSTIKOV. 17 September 1964 DOP 4-4922 Subject: Eusebio AZQUE - Former Cuban Consul, Mexico City. 18 September 1964 DOP 4-4953 Subject: Identification of Persons Appearing in FBI Photograph No. 0 33-46 (Commission Exhibit No. 2625). 48 Fy on rode] ws eBTO See oe IES cee this At ee Ae en ae eat OS meme ee ee
14-00000 as taba he cee bathed soon emcee eg ta MEXICO CITY COVERAGE OF OSWALD VISIT _aVL J > 7 Sa
¢e pee to nem er nent orem viet ame Ht Ceased Soper ave ey anne cnenenenate renee AARON FEE Ot I: PR tata ROR eh AIS SE AAS ANE 2 Intelligence Sources on Oswald's Visit to Mexico City in 1963 1. Unilateral Coverage: From the time the Mexico Station was opened in April 1947 until the arrival of Mr. Win Scott as Chief of Station in 1955, the Station had developed a support apparatus to exploit leads from the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City. This umbrella type project (LIPSTICK) consisted of multi-line phone taps, three photographic sites, a mobile surveillance team and a mail inter- cept operation. Telephone taps (LIFEAT) were placed by an employee of the local telephone company who was handled by a Station case officer. The number of lines tapped was limited only by the avail- ability of a listening post nearby and the availability of language (English, Spanish, Soviet, Polish, Czech, etc.) transcribers. Generally, these were Mexican or Mexican-American recruited agents. Three photographic sites were handled by a Station case officer assisted by technicians on TDY from Headquarters who advised the Station on the best types of cameras, films, and con- cealment devices. These operations had sub-crypts under project LIPSTICK (namely: LIMITED, LILYRIC and LICALLA). LIMITED was a fixed site directly opposite the Soviet Embassy (across the street) which had both a vehicle and a pedestrian entrance. The (ci, srheas ra at, id bie we ewe te Teena pee cen annem mee nt
gyroee09 2 Fw oO ie et a, CoP Eg Eh ta RUMOR ee ames eer en Tr yee wrt TO PE ree errenre ecermeny Sarena al ed eta tantin fs Womb wh aa s ae gate to the Soviet Embassy was on the northwest corner of the Soviet compound and the LIMITED site was diagonally across a double laned street on the southeast corner of that block (See attached diagram). LIMITED was the first photo base and opera- ted strictly on an experimental basis in the early stages. This base, however, was closed when the Station received word that the photograph of the “unidentified man" was being released by the Warren Commission. LILYRIC was an alternate photographic base. It was located in an upper story of an apartment building on the same side of the street as the LIMITED site but in the middle of the block south. It had a planted view of the front gate of the Soviet Embassy. LICALLA, the third photographic site, was located in one of a row of four houses on the south side of the Soviet Embassy compound. This site overlooked the back garden of the Soviet Embassy compound. The purpose of this operation was to get good identification bhotographs of Soviet personnel. The three photographic sites were managed by a recruited agent who was a Mexican citizen, the son of an American mother and Mexican father (deceased). This agent collected the film from the LIMITED and LILYRIC sites three times a week. The film was then devleoped and printed into 8 x 10 contact print strips. LICALLA film was ori- ginally processed in the Station but in early 1959, due to the resignation of a technician, this film like that of LIMITED and LILYRIC was processed on the cutside by a recruited agent. * ao 6 0 see, ate! bpentinreten a TT thd ode ae eT et rt eee 2k mettre tienen gees Untemtinin rvs ane meet ewer tee weet apeeerieme ere 5 eee eR
Bow ee Tee pace enim eth ees he a NAST thn th PL det emer Area Ae tot Hr Rn Sf rea amma A RI A EY eB HITE F AN of Mobile surveillance was conducted by two American staff officers. These two officers organized a surveillance team of six recruited agents which used late model cars and a panel truck for surveillance. The team could be activated by radio from the LIMITED site whenever someone of interest left the gate of the Soviet Embassy. These agents were aware of the LIMITED site since they had been issued LIMITED photographs for identification purposes. The Station also conducted a unilateral] mail intercept operation, LIBIGHT, which was handled by an American case officer. A recruited Mexican agent, who had a semi-official status, obtained selected letters from a sub-agent employed by the Mexican postal system. 2. Liaison Coverage: Liaison coverage was unreliable and insecure as charac- terized by the nature of the Mexican services at that time. The Mexican Direction of Federal Security (DFS), with which we con- ducted liaison, was a hip-pocket group run out of the Mexican Ministry of Government. This Ministry was principally occupied with political investigations and control of foreigners. Their agents were cruel and corrupt. A Station officer trained a number of them in name tracing and travel control. , In 1958, at the instigation of a Mexican official, a joint telephone tap operation came into existence. The operation, Pre poe eg : * yaa = methageptt Tyan wees pom ot atest sarin apne de com te et Foe OR ahh Min Banat te S DENRA anrnamre aes sect ehastenewaR CO. onan ase ae mepne wie ee Norte eet ow See arena ae meee md _ a Te ek ot caren sense nie mater
cinouederemeaaniniceag, °° 72 which became known as LIENVOY, was run by a Mexican officer. The listening post had 30 lines connected at one time. The transcription rcom was staffed by Mexican Army officers. In 1961, because of mismanagement by the Mexican principals, the Station Chief, himself, became the project case officer. A Station officer assisted him in the daily supervision of the listening post and in picking up the transcripts and the tapes. There was alsa an American technician inside the listening post. 3. Oswald Coverage: In mid-1962, the Mexican officer in charge of LIENVOY (the joint tap operation) asked the American officer at the LIENVOY listening post for the telephone numbers of the Soviet, Cuban and Satellite Embassies in anticipation of possible cever- age. The Station immediately disconnected all of the unilateral telephone taps on these Embassies so that they would not be dis- covered when the Mexicans hooked up their taps. The Mexicans soon thereafter connected five Cuban lines, five Soviet lines, three Czech lines, two Polish Tines, and one Yugoslav line. At the listening post, a live monitor made short summaries of con- versations of interest which were then included in a daily re- sume for the Chief of Station. ‘Later, when a reel was completely recorded, full transcripts were typed and passed to the Station; however, there was usually a time lag of a day or two. Reels which contained Russian or a language other than Spanish or Sidalsaeharte een amatsen nvimemmmnsiveenets oo wempaneni sewntins aacsphsemntrmniis unvict mieovanesnes sass onnnens cane . co at Se hehe segesesnneti mains 8s SANE eee yTE 2 nk SEE ENED ete eT Beta OEE Bee at nee te TEs 6 Ria, Miele ay eet mee
SLR TaS ser cs.. ver nudunemete: @ { English were taken to another location for translation and typing. Mr. Boris Tarasoff did the Russian translations but because of the volume of Russian conversations, the trans- lations usually ran about a week behind the date of the con- versation. All transcripts were made in either Spanish or English since the Chief of Station could read only these two languages and because he personally screened the transcripts for operational leads. As soon as the Station learned that an American iden- tifying himself as Lee Oswald phoned the Soviet Embassy, Miss Ann Goodpasture of the Station started screening al] photographs. However, here again, there was a backlog because the photographs were picked up three times a week, but those picked up were usually for dates a few days before Since the technician who was proces- sing the film did se on a night-time basis. Further, photographs were not made initially until a cemplete roll of film was used. Later this was changed and the operator cleared the camera at the end of each day regardless of amount of unused film remaining. The instructions were to cover the entire work day (office hours) and to photograph all Soviets, their families, all foreigners, and cars with foreign license plates. Human error did occur but generally the agents were conscientious. The Cuban Embassy cover- age had more sophisticated equipment using a pulse camera which “ frequently developed mechanical difficulties. ; ee etre Sees Se Ue eT TON ene meme ertadte ae Fe fe me cham mmm name ge rate Montag er
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§4-00000 aes aaa pos et ee a” < x cee nmemer ae meunas ae eee ~~) eens ee gets wo eemeernaraa Anta Pen ht lind Gert CY jhe eorocineren me a In the course of the research effort leading to this general report, there were newspaper stories relating to the assassination of President Kennedy and to CIA. Some of these appear to have been based on specially designed stories emanating from the House Select Committee on Assassinations. At the time of their appearance they were the subject of comments prepared in CIA. These newspaper Stories and the comments are attached. The following newspaper stories and comments are listed below: Tab G.i Jack Anderson column on 6 May 1977 alleging CIA activity in Dallas, Texas in 1963. Tab G.2 Jack Anderson column on 20 January 1977 alleging that CIA is tied to a false Oswald story. Tab G.3 Norman Kempster story on 1 January 1977 alleging that CIA withheld data on Oswald. Tab G.4 Clare Booth Luce involvement with Cuban exiles. Tab G.5 Ronald Kessler story on 26 November 1976 alleging CIA withheld details of Oswald tele- phone calls, with report on handling of documents. Tab G.6 John Goshko story on 13 November 1976 alleging that Oswald told the Cubans of his plan to kill Kennedy. Tab G.7 Tabloid Midnight story on 2 August 1976 regarding CIA and Castro. Tab G.8 Washington Post story on 1 October 1976 concerning CIA consideration of possibly interviewing lee Harvey Oswald in 7960. - EE See : Te: fie Sige, gece ae ae
14-00000 , : | Rarer Pn, ARAL NEONATE me NAAT CORY Py, 0 sein trim ee on me ene OP He ate meet wet emi OF t . EVENT Cy Tage ‘ - Tce Cuber lias a 7 ooo tele.” VO a 1977 1: HEMOPANSUM FOA: Director of Central Intelligznce | i VIA : Deputy Director of Cestral intelligence? ined FROM : John H. Waller Inspector General SUBJECT : Jack Anderson 6 Nay 1977 Colusa Entitled "Odd CIA Activity in Dallas in 1953” OLC Femorandem for Director of Contral REFERCHCE : Intelligence - CLC 77-1816 (attached) 1. Action Requested: one, for inforzaticn only. 2. Background: The attached Jeck Anderson colin is a mixture of some fact and error. At least portions of it seen to have been leaxed by someone connected with che House Select Committee on Assassinations. 3." Factual information on matters covered in the article follows: a. Alpha 65 was an anti-Castro Cutan Exile Organization. Antonio Veciana was ene of its founders. Veciana contacted the Agency on three ; occasions for assistance in an assassination plot against Castro (December 1960; July 1252 and Agri] 1986). On each occasicn he wes turrad cown. The Agency hed no responsibility for or sponsorship of Alpha 66. b. Veciana was reaistered in tiv: Inter-Service magistry by the U.S. Arny for the period Novesher 1962 to July 1655 at which time he wos terminated without orejudice. . c. Veciana reportedly collaborated with a Cubes Governmeaat Int2lligence Officer, Guillermo Ruiz, in connection with Alpha 56 activities. Puiz is rarrdoe to a cousin of Veciana. £2, (re CL WY AG lose ; aA haaty «Mig AR Pigs Meta aten tre tk AB Fe ST ~- ae - . os Bp dotys Weseey ey on Date at Sat . . 3 od deta Kae . a ee : SP aS ‘ee SHEEP ERS EA te Ss pessoa ae ; mira: ee ar
400000 d. anderson atternts to coarse? Gnd Mor-is ; Bishop with CIA in Oallas; qevspazers in Batts: haye tried to identify Bishoo wits our BCD resre- sentative in Dallas, Mr. J. haltoy Mosre.  fe- cording to cur records, ro Ajancy ufficers ever used the nane of Morris Bishop as an alias. ito one named Morris Bishop was ever ecployed by the Agency. e. Tha FBI identified the three men no visited irs. Cdio. Lea Harvey O3s..ald was not one of them. The Warren Cotmission was satis- fied that Os.ald could not have been in Dallas at the time of the visit. o Petes h John BR. valler Attachment - 1 ' Distribution: Original - Director of Central Intelligence w/att. : ] - Deputy Director of Central Intelligence w/att. 1] - Assistant to the Director (Public Affairs) w#:/2tt. , 1 - Office of Legislative Ceuesal w/att. : 1 - Office of General Counsel w/att. j 1 - Executive Registry w/att 1 - 1G Subject watt. ! 1 ~ 1G Chrono s/att. - 1 - J.L.Leader Carono wfatt..-—7 OIS/J.L.Leader:2a] . ‘ ee ve ee et Ae ome — tee gots a eared 8 a an oF woe « “~ ete a an
s ° ™ “ om, «Ae . ‘ Jee! Ay Fee py? 7 Le TH Sas a : : Cx LTE “s Oy nan pn eed [iitian . “0 . 7 - ——, rae | “3 ee NT 6 Dela CIA Aenyii youn Delias ra iio UTIL Cy ane a | aA wh ON ae ee ae peer D i "fhe secret files of the House Ausab | selved from tis CLA centactalier Rene bed beea o micep but never cleazed s'aat.ons Commmittes contain reporiaol = nedy was che the waiter 22.” H swanze CLA activ:t2s fa Oslas un ta2 Te CLA wan, Morr's B Busha, 2 ACA aa eS Bas Sl Cucimites eve ui the soum F. Renney aasasiaae Veciana to contset his csuya, Saude vestlc.tory, meageice, Paal t tse Clas ton. . . weet Credible witaesse have confirmed our past recorts that tha accused assae.” sia, Lee Uarvey Cswaki, was in touea with antCastro Cubans 1s Dailaa One cosl:dential re. port states thal “in Lad Cswaiid was seen leaving tae Datizs fice of Aipaa GL” This was a Cubaa commaaco 2roup trained by the CL. A Cudaa CIA overative, Aniwaio Ve ena, 2isp {oid inveshiyatnes tat he . had been summoned tu Dallas ia Au Rust 2383, by bis ChA contact—« myste rious maa ho went by tna tame of RMorvis Bisaoo. Siates a conf:deatial summary: “Vehea (Veciana) arcived, Eisaco was 2ecerniaind hy asuiaer - haa, Loe Harvey Caza” Axcother witnas whe inpeesei lavestizgators, Syivia Ore, tad them teat 2wo anCastro Cuhany had iatse duced her to aa Amesican bv the name of Leon Oswald. She was tobi that O» wand was trying ‘i0 cOnvinne ontk Castra Cuban cevune . 40 kul Presi cent Kencedy." Step the ssc ton, she pecoemir] this Amencag as Lee no aiarvey Oswaid. . ta house lavestizators don't resily dDelleve that the Cit bad any pact la the ciurdee of Presidest Reanedy. More ukely, they suspect toe CIA may hava igiel (9 cover Up some em ot- resting contacts with Ose vid in Dallas, Ja any casa, the CLA tos , 25s to ere: sae wapresien teat Cawotd vas ia ciaxios City at the tinit Diet * irngsces clamed he was desiay with the Ci o& lame Rwiez, weo weeked for tre Oban embasoy ig Mesico City. Nelatzs a con fidentlal reser “Vec:ana wis to reiay Lushop's ole to pay Paice wald 'a Llexico Cow ee : wuld out cf Dallas Sut would bave thrown suspicion ca the Castes joe ecnment. TSe ruse Was juler owed ¢ eet. Instead, the CLA ered sarst tates on photovrapas 23 evidence that Creal bod been io toncs wth ba tbe Cuban aad Soviet zmbaseres ia Meco Cory. The CLA ceot tages of Ai pbene cals ing la sed uutof ine ies embassy’ a Photugrases we wee tasea we eeesy- ene antersag 300 228 ing tae sie, Gn Cet. aX: the Cia noLied other US. embassi- tas “2a Amari- €2m mua, VhD leat: sp bist 23 Lea Cevala, coats sctetl ts tse Soviet Exe bassy an Liesico Cucy. Oswald was tesaripel : ig che cadie 3$ “JpornRimsiciy G3 gran ¢ fd eth 73 aiudetie build, abo srg foot tall, with 2 geeeding bartis2.” Se ef. sc ne sles note taak i326 “1a nO Bay BoM ely reembles the Lea tarvey Os wank accused cas Assassinatiog Pr sie ati Keaneay.” oa ‘Tha CLA sought pivicer wks is the Alvy %8 esppare wma TS wm togragas of Ceaui ot t fa? Sovizt tte hasay, Declares a > a2 Teter ese Piwwee pas, ong fiwh sv net of cae correct Lea Bs ves Oraals, sad bis. wife 20 cay tzat they } had met  ™a Te menncrigy camara happened 19 074s Ginn Gath: aay tur Caveat aiiegey Vietel the Soviet Embassy. Sus te CLA tsa na the Soviet “moansys 7 done mnCLerd 23 3lexak talephuae goad oom ameuda why teailiad aunseil akoed * Tals net anly would % nave placed Ce. rae “Lee Hoary Cre ad”: Ter Cul wisess claumed that tha ac- tust yoice recording of the taieccons Coavertubca “ac: destreyed ia ron tine Ueswuctios c~wedures anprad Maicly Che were . tee ak was Te cciven” Yet tare Lan Seven wee'ss hier, the FSl Siaced to nave beard tha telethone conversation chat tte CA Said nad casa testroysd. 3E ree Fls 2c ment vig teat the voice C4 34 dug BOs . “rete ice ime SE! ciractor J. Ssaar Teever 62 ow. 24, 1532 OR? Canrdl senbwence Agency advised vaai o2 C+ 1, Med, aa eteemely coasiivae gouree had rverted Saat ar inovieual Istenufied tisell 23 Lea Creald, vu timMacte] tze Soviet Dmbass ia 2 isa Cty inguring cs 3m “Sambal gents ef? this hserrean, -=23 hive cenvert=t eit Csaid is aslay Fer, haze Ouerved puchsecanus of ‘a3 indivinual rilarrel to atove and cave stem er mae 2 recording of “is agents or? Od ae Sevevelerratio | ® Sey ed tad Bouse j inaenti BELG EP Cae re wheises she erie i Ss} a ike Fault 2Cavald tdventerein : 8 Beememore me SG AY Ginkide 1: miciet Cutens fa Dallas Vechiaa, fee became the Varrea fs mission's "ae exansis, told of a stracge cal he te | hubit 207. Tae Cla ade: sited Sai ShTe2 ® e ° ° . cy . — : . ° . ; ' a | } : . wee ene Ae
t AVOG/U21-77 2 I. MEMORASOUH FOR: Deputy Director for Gperations FROM + Raymond \. warren Chief, Latin America Division 4 bef SUBJECTS oo: A. Jack anderson 20 January 1977 Column Titled “CIA Tied to False Oswald Story” Lee. B. Identification of the Mr. MN in the Anderson Column 1. The attached column, citing the testimony of a Nr. X . alleges thot a CIA agent tried to link Oswald to Cuban intell - gence officers in tlexico. There is, of course, no substance - the colunn's allegations. The colunn identifies the source a Mr. X because of attempts on his life, but subsequently gives enough information on Ur. X to establish his identity. ; H ae 2% $s 2. According to the Anderson column, Mr. X was First ret by his CIA contact in Havana before relations with U.S./Cubha sere severed. Mr. X had helped to organize bank accountants to en- bezzle Cuban governnent funds to finance anti-Tastro causes. Mr. X was reportedly recruited by a Horris Bishop (CIA contact), to ‘plan an attcapt on Castro's life. The plan was to fire 2 bazooka from a nearby apartment building while Castro was deliver- ing one of his marathon speeches. According to the Andersor column, the plot was discovered by Castro's police and Mr. 3 escaped to Miami, Ur. X alse reportedly tried to assassinate Castro in Chile in 1971 in league with the Venezuclan Luis Poesald Carriles, who is now being detained in Caracas far the 6 Merover Cubana airline boubing. The Anderson colunn ends with the report that Mr. X worked for CIA until 1973 for expenses, but was pitic $253,000 in cash by Morris Bishop «hea he was terninated. a. ape BARNING NOTICE ; [ro SZ) 1. ORENSITIVE [NTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHONS INVOLVED ; ee | we | “SECRET E2 WAPDET mo ae EN a CL BY 025231 ; . 2 —o- od cepa. <x saemgsennete oe me : eye cee me © —~ z = not | mg ~ « 4 Me ’ ’ ae oe ee ee rd « Pte 6 ot & eee . é ‘ s ® ® ¢ & ee, +e! s OEE SEPARATE TAIT, A ET LE A I - { ARLE RA PPC CE Te SERRA RES PR A RAEI SA LS ae ohh ete A Sepik te Tie eatin AB ASEAN OS SOLS“ * wee aa wane sermg,? 4 h { i ‘ ' i ' i
ne cenamneh 6) 20 eres Abe SOIT OREN NEE Hs echt ieee ste ok MR f ° _ df a 3. Frou the above description of Mr. X, it is reasonably _tear that Mr. XN is Antonio Carlos VECTANA Blanch (201-312966). VECIANA, an assistant bank manager and past presicent of a public. accountants association in Havana, first contacted ClA_in Havana in December 1960 when he asked the COS, at that fime to help in an assassination plot against Castro. ‘ECTANA asked for visas for ten relatives of the four nen assigned to kill Cast and also requested four NI rifles with adapters for grenades plus eight grenades. The COS did not encourage VEC{ANA and subsequeatly checked with an Emhassy officer who reported that VECIANA had made similar "wild-eyed" proposals to hin. On 25 Noverber 1961 the Miani News published 4 report of an unsuccessful attempt by Antonio VECTAYTA to kill Castro. VECIANA reportedly had arranged to assassinate Castro and Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos on $ October in Havana, but the bazooka he was using failed to fire. ro, 4, There has been no Agency relationship with VECIANA, A POA, which was granted for his use in para-military affairs in January 1962, expired in November 1962. VECIANSA was born on 4 October 1935 in Havana. He was a nember of the People's Revo- lutionary Movement, an anti-Castro group in Cuba during 1960-61, and was one of the founders of Alpha-66. A certified public accountant by trade, VECIANA was with A.I.D. in La Paz in 1958-72. VECTABA was registered in ISR to the U.S. Aray in November 1962 and he was terminated without prejudice in July 1966. Cn 23 July 1962 VECIANA was interviewed, at his request, by Mr. iiarry Real from the DCD New York office. VECIANA asked Real to arrange a meeting with a senior CIA officer to discuss Alpha-66's plans to assassinate Castro and to request CIA's assistance (U.S.$100,000; 10,000 Cuban pesos; 48 hand grenades). There is no indication that this request was ever acted upon by CIA. , 9a °S. In April 1966 a LA Division officer, the alias John Livingston, met VECIANA in New Yorx City. h meeting was arranged by a retired naval officer, Janes Cogswell? who had informed Chief. WH Division that he had information of valuc concerning Cuba. when Jarrived in New York City for the meeting, he was introduced by Cogswell to VECIANA. He imzediately launched a discussion of the Cuban political situation and noted his strong eeling that the only solution was the assassination of Castro. dvised VECIANA that he was in no position to provide hin with HeSTetance or ecncuurage him in an assassination attempt and was only interested in gathering information which he thought was the purpose of the meeting. VECIANA subscquently said that his roommate Felix ZABALA, | _ refugee, had excellent contacts in Havana. It was clear to however, VECIANA was attempting te use ZABALA poten- tially t Agency financial support for his erganization. sin e > none. eo ae . 7 . lite inc AVR ME BREEN Bae oS tenant BM de Tacs a natn Neer eth EERE FIC ee ateeceveseeee ener oa An arte nents Serene eemitane ti cage
groom i $ } 1 VECTANA sugeested that 350,000 coutd be needed te get his activities off the ground. imiicated to VECIANA that he should lock into the Z\BALA ®W@ETET and would probably arranze for ZABALA to be “contacted in Puerto Rico, 6. There is no indication in the file that any Agency officer in contact with VECIANA ever used an alias Morris Bishop. There is no Morris Bishcp listed in true nane in the BDO rolls. There was never any contractual relationship with VECIANA and he was not paid CIA funds. 7. On Li January 1977 a sanitized copy of VECIANA's 201 file was made availuble to staffers from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. | wee Oe Rerrendé 2. Marrca Raymond A. Karren Attachment ? DDO/C/La/coc/oPs| fis (9229) (21 January 1977) - Distribution: Orig & 1 - Addressee - ADDO. - LA/COG/Chrono C/LAD 201-312966 ~ held LOPS 4 - ASST. TEODCE mt yrs pe et te \ na anne rater ands wes omneypinaet ee TTT ATR eters ARM NRE Caen? RRR Guactetetaen ennenee we tee ene eae eee ee ie tenn empeeg ep muemennn renee i re le ~My & H wen erate teres meets ammsete deesemeeemin oreng anit anna eee ROR OET ROOMBA eo wee ee eee Che TED
yrooee -_ + GF ber farses. © Jack Anderson ard Las Whitten imess in ne x eae - : “y ag By liysiex yy i A leystery witness has sucrs to con. gressional inves.iz:1ors thot Cereral Intelligence Agency sect introduced him to Lee Harvey Osweld in Daltas three mentks cefcre Cywald guased down President Jona FP. Kennedy... <The wimess, whom ve have agreed - to idendly cniv aa Mr. X because of ae *_leripts of bis life, is the founder a7 a Cuban terrorist arsua that worxed . + Closely wich the CLA, The group heid zecret meetings at , - 31% Eovancale in Dallas betore :ne 23- sassizaton. Not long alter Keazecy was shot, 2 Dallzs deputy sheril? was . told by az isforman: that Oswiid had . bean asscciating with seme Cubans at 1. "31.23 Bariendale.” me “" fir, X's dramatic testimony casts ” pew Mak: om the story Svitza Cdia, : Gaughter of a wealtny erponeat ef Ca ~ ban Presaier Fidel Castro, te'd te the £oL Two months hefore the Remnety - * Jeast Sis Mears 4 THE WASHINGTON POST agtiCestro forces roitht have re crusted Oswald, a Exewa, proCastro aon vist 20 wil Kearardy. “phe mouv2 on thus,” states the ma mo, “would of corrse Le the exnsets- Gon ibst alter the resident was Kiled, Crrald would bs caught or at asertzined: the jaw Meee Wedeweday, Jemasory 19.1927 ot BIS. < JK inguiry a ; élforcement authorites and the pub. Le would then blacss the assassinstica 03 the Casto governe.ent and the es! for 2 forceful overthrory would be irre. Ssticie.” But Hoover abruptly blocked this - Une of isquizy by gctiyieg the iWar- rea Comm so104 on Sent 71, 1554 that the FBI had lecttad ced ientilied Odio's calers. He tamed them 2s ‘Loran Hail, Lawrence FBoward and . Wiiam Seymour, all antiCostroites, Hocver even sugzested that Odio eatid - Killing, she related, she was ciszed ia - her Dalias acariment by teree mee who icenciied themselves as fmeads ’ - One was introduced to her 23 “Leon ” Oswaid.” When she saw the picture ta the newspapers of the man whe 2d "> shot Xenredy, she fa:nted from sacck, - Ht was the same Oswald, she was evg- " -taln, who Bad visited her epartment. Congressional invesczaters brave ‘Gow learsed that the late J. E’zag *Hoover deiuberately misied the “Var- _ ten Comm sien about Cdio's myscari- * ots visitors. She was such a nersuzrve - “‘witoess that the cormmission sraff wag have confused ine 13 e3 “Loran Hall” asd “Leon Cewi'd” Now Ue corgresicral lasestigators have uncovered ev-deace that 34 three 8 gare, how Rensedy wevlt die. Thes the rsb- ‘} Dis rouser al fed know siy thar Sen. -- ney “xneasheisacursed man” 0° Milteer later admused to the FRI: that he had bees ta- Dallas in Jue, - A952 but Cemed Baving aay tnowl’ ez of the Kerrecy assa.csination. Hovever, the isvormant told the FRI. toat he asked Muteer after the saccee- ing whether ke 4 ksown about it is. advance or bal serety been guessing, * “T Con't do any guemeng.” tephed Lub. But tee nost explosive deve!cnment- is bir, X's statement (sat he cet Os. wald ia the comraty of 3 CLA azeak- Congressional invest: ;3ters cuestoned ; the mystery ovress closely oa three Separate Otcasecs They finsly con. - Clidad that “hs ezatibusty is Strengths - cenied waiting the Cid'o atartment - asd that the FBI had obtained theic . Geniais before Hoover wrote his letter to the Warrea Commiss:ca, The invesn gutors have aise chtained tha tape of a fascinating eons cssation, predicting two wees in ads :ee thae Rensecy would be shot “fre.a an c'f- - dee Suddieg with a bizgh-powered ri- Re” Tee precietisa w23 made by the late Joseph Slitees, a Kigat-sing rab bie rouser, =o aise Aapeened to hive close ccnaections wih a.tiCastro jeaders, : . Prepasing to investigate her story 9, 1933, ia Miami by an Fel informant thorocghly. Lo named Wille Somerton, who turned Stalk embers even speculated, ae the tape over to the FSI the next day. cording +0 one internal Memo, that the Milteer is heard on the tape describing med by (2e C2taus be crovices cors:ste. ent with wit he told ay bevere, Seal. icantly, ha remiizs very stroagoathe 9°": Oswald sighan2” The enccuacer ccrurre’ tn a dow. . town Dalias buidicy, where tie, X A-d - 2B ippoinimest aus bes CLA ecatact, ‘The agent was atcammasued oy a mag” whom Sir. X later ri Keno” nedy's kilar. . ° - “waen he saw it was Cewald that Killed Kensedy,” the isvesti gacors re. posed is a cosSidesual meme, “he . searly freaked cut, tut be cever said | acything.” : “. ‘The investiasters tied t9 cin down. ais. X on bow be coud Se sure that man was Oswald its. X resiied, am: . * cesding to the mena that he had‘ “* Tbe conversation was tared on Nov,’ learnea “how to retta the charecter.»: ies of a persoa: he hed travneq sumself*- to do that. And if @ sasyt Oswald, it + Was someone eho was exact'y lice Os i . wali, bis exact doute. Te me me amet ae canes ob vale *, . - 2 e ~ - rs + 8 * : a &. ~ @ _ - e . e . . « rer a a ae’ enttnctinihl shee 4 1 eee ete te ae. te Creare er aren Cr ae eee oh eee oferta’ moan wemooramere ot en eRRE RATED NATO MAEM ee ee vernon 2 Rare ah at neire
geoon00 ¥ (ety ove me orewtremaim nine TAARaD nen Beatty San art neil ete = + methane Te Ae Rm nts tm enna NARI naar nts Sian smear ve ye ER Rees nae d 10 January 1977 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Counterintelligence Staff FROM : Russell 3. Holmes CI Operations Croup SUBJECT : Article by Norman Kempster Appearing in the Los Angeles Times of 1 January 1977 and Entitleé “CIA sithheld Data on Oswald" ' (copy attached) ' In light of the inaccurate and misleading statements attributed by Kempster to Sprague, the following comments are offered in rebuttal. -a, “The CLA withheld from the FBI for almost two months in 1069 information taat Lée Farvey Uswald had talked with Cuan and soviet orriciais5 450 $ - “< . desire tO visit tuose cOltries . Comment: Oswald's name did not surface in Mexico City until I October 1963 when a hitherto uncon male telephoned the Soviet Embassy. During this telephone call, the caller identi- fied himself as “Lee Oswald." Cn § October 1963, the Mexico City Station cabled to Keadquarters the highlights of the transcript of the conversation. @ (2) On 1 October 1963, an American mile «ho spoke broken Russian and said his name was Lee Oswald (phonetic), stated he was at the Soviet Embassy on 28 Septerber xen he spoke with a consul whom he believed to be Valeriy Vladinirovich Kostikov. Oswald asked the Soviet guard Ivan Obyedkov, who answered, if there was anything new regarding a telegram to Nashington. Obyedkov upon checking said nothing had been received yet, but the request had been sent. (2) Mexico Station said it had photographs of a male who appeared to be an American entering the Soviet Embassy at 1216 heurs, leaving at 1222 on : | October. His apparent age was 35, athletic ' build, about six feet, receding hairline, balding tep. Wore khakis and sport shirt. > ae TP mth ove oe : & eee crcaontertie mm an xete= serece nants on nar tentgpormnpe neqgersnemnttargtemrs uy OF
14-00000 (3) No local dissemination was being made by the Station. [MEXI 6453 (IN 36017}, 8 October.] (Note: Cablese has been rendered here into readable English, without substantive changes or omissions. Cryptonyms and pseudonyms have been omitted or put into clear text.) The above information was received in Headquarters on 9 October; the following day Headquarters incorporated this information in an electrical dissemination to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of State, the Department of the Navy, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. (1) On 1 October 1965 a reliable and sensitive source in Mexico reported that an American male who identified himself as Lee Oswald, contacted the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City inauiring whether the Embassy had received any news concerning a telegram which had been sent to Washington. The American was described as approximately 35 years old, with an athletic build, about six feet tall, with a “receding” hairline. (2) It is believed that Oswald may be identical .. , to Leé Henry [sic] Oswald, born on 18 October 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana, a former U.S. Marine who defected to the Soviet Union in October 1959 and later made arrangements through the United States Embassy in Moscow to return to the United States with his Russian-born wife, Marina Nikolaevna Pusakova [sic] and their child. (3) The informtion in paragraph (1) is being disseminated to your representatives in Mexico City. Any further information received on this subject will be furnished you. This information is being made available to the Ismigration and Naturalization Service. [DIRECTOR 74673, 10 October 1963. ] (Note: It should be pointed out that for some unknown reason the Headquarters desk responsible for making the dissemination neglected to include the information that Oswald had visited the Soviet Embassy on 28 September 1963.) It was not until 22 Noverber 1963, when the Station initiated a review of all transcripts of telephone calls to the Soviet Embassy EER RES POM yd aye ag ee tee crac ee meee _ t sR
14-00000 that the Station learned that Oswald's call to the Soviet Embassy on 1 October 1965 was in connection with his request for a visa to the USSR. Because he wanted to travel to the USSR by way of Cuba, Oswald had also visited the Cuban Embassy in an attempt to obtain a visa allowing him to transit Cuba. Inasmuch as Oswald was not an investigative responsibility of the CLA and because the Agency had not received an official request from those agencies having investigative responsibility requesting the Agency to obtain further information, the Station did nothing other than ask Headquarters on 15 October 1963 for a photograph of Oswald. [MEXI 6534 (IN 40357), 15 October 1963.) On 25 October 1963, Headquarters sent a request to the Department of the Navy for a photograph of Oswald. {DIRECTOR 77978, 24 October 1963.] It was not until 26 November 1963, however, that the Navy Departnent apparently responded to this request by sending directly to the Mexico City Station a photograph of Oswald. In response to a question from the Warren Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on 6 April 1963 stated that: "The investigation of Oswald in 1963 prior to receipt of the Central Intelligence Agency comumication dated 10 October 1963 was directed toward the primary objective of ascertaining the nature of Oswald's sympathies for, and connection with, the FPCC (Fair Play for Cuba Committee) or subversive elements. The Central Intelligence Agency cormumication which reported that a man, tentatively identified as Oswald, had inquired at the Soviet Embassy concerning a telegram which had been sent to Nashington did not specify the nature of the telegram. This contact with the Soviet Embassy interjected a new aspect into the investigation and raised the obvious auestions of why he was in Mexico and exactly what were his relations with the Soviets. However, the information available was not such that any additional conclusions could be drawn as to Oswald's sympathies, intentions or activities at that time. Thus, one of the objectives of the continuing investigaticn was to ascertain the nature of his relations with the Soviets considering the possibility that he could have been recruited by the Soviet Intelligence Services. The Central Intelligence Agency cocmunication, dated 10 October 1963, stated that any further information received concerning Oswald would be furnished and that our liaison repre- sentatives in Mexico City were being advised. On $ t L i q j : ‘ pao See ttl TS Shag OSE sabe Beaks
1 ee reso we § 18 October 1963, one of our FBI liaison repre- sentatives in Mexico City was furnished this infor- mation by Central Intelligence Agency and he arranged follow-up with Central Intelligence Agency in Mexico City for further information and started a check to establish Oswald's entry into Mexico. Subsequent to the assassination, Central Intelligence Agency also advised us of Oswald's contact with the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City at the time of his visit there." [Commission Exhibit No. 833 (FBI Letter to J. Lee Rankin, dated 6 April 1964).] b. "Chief Counsel Richard A. Sprague said that the committee statf had learned that a Cia messace des- cribing Oswald's activities in “Mexico to tederal agencies such as the Fsl had been rewritten to elimi- nate any mention of his request tor Cuban and Soviet Visas. ine message was Sent in October, more than a month before the November 22,1963 assassination. Comment: It is not CIA practice to disseminate raw information in e form it is received from the field. Field reports are received in Headquarters where they are first reviewed by the action desk. The informaticn is then written in a form suitable for dissemination to the intelligence commmity, including additional information, -gf available, from the Agency's central counterintelligence files to make the report more meaningful to the recipient (s). Upon learning that on 1 October 1963 an American identifying himself as Lee Oswald had telephoned the Soviet Embassy, the Mexico City Station cabled to Headquarters on 8 October 1963 the highlights of Oswald's conversation with the Embassy. Because the Station at that time did not know that Oswald was Lee Harvey Oswald and that he had come to Mexico to apply for visas to the Soviet Union and Cuba, the Station reported only that information obtained through telephone tap operation against the Soviet Embassy. : On 10 October 1963, the dav after it received the informition relating to Lee Oswald and his contact with the Soviet Embassy, Headquarters incorporated this information in an electrical dissemi- nation to the commmity and included a brief summary of biographic information obtained from central counterintelligence files on the possible identity of Lee Oswald. Since Headquarters had no indi- cation before 22 November that Oswald had gone to Mexico to apply for Cuban and Soviet visas, there was no question of eliminating any cage eS Oe Mea Me Hae . ate we ek tant Smet er whet op Sask meinen memmgteevsies oe Arce ype Perea, euMteERtet re enter ato ae
A att - - oe weg tye acs Pe or +h ie ables BR ale 8 teen WLR 8 arertet : eo ore SOBEL ayy to Ba EE? teeny ee lead tang th ete Bret, Sete Rot Mae atin at oa . etn achyetnanette MERRIE Ena LaeS8 goed Stee om caren v mention of Oswald's request for such visas. Within its limitations and capabilities, Mexico Station had complied with the Agency regulations pertaining to reporting on Americans abroad. The Station had informed Headquarters which in turn had alerted those agencies with an investigative or policy interest in Oswald as an American in the United States. Headquarters also instructed the field station to inform the local representatives of those agencies. As mentioned above, the action desk in Headquarters neglected, for unknown reasons, to include the fact that Oswald had visited the Soviet Embassy on 28 September 1963. Had this information been included it would have indicated to recipients of the report that Oswald had more than a fleeting reason to be in contact with the Embassy; however, as already stated, the reason for the 28 September contact and the subject of the telegram to Washington were, at that time, unknown. c. “The CIA's decision to withhold information was reversed shortly after Kennedy was killed. ecermceccxDenmenr SEDGE OO EOOCOPO4S Cad EeREPPrE sD MOS SESE AAGOGED teeter tes efit xEERREND DD PCED CADPR Comment: This statement is patently false and misleading. It is totally incompatible with Sprague's remarks to Agency representatives in Headquarters on 24 November 1976, i.e., “he will not prejudge the Agency for any sins of ‘omission or commission'." ; ‘d. "Spra told a press conference that it was po ssible without more information to know why the CLA FF rrr tememmreneaecenetennentenenipnatteet ei mE ad censored its own message. Comment: If Sprague needed more information, why did he not ask e Agency for an explanation, instead of making it appear to the public that the Agency has been dishonest in its dealings with the intelligence commmity? e. “But he said the incident raised two interestin uestions: what might the other avencies have done differently if they had been more fully intormed, and whv did the CIA decide to remove ‘information that was considered pertinent enough to be put in an initial draft of the message?" a Comment: As already mentioned, the Agency did not know initially why Oswald was in contact with the Soviet Embassy in October 1963. om |] TH aya . “} Fe tw tamer cee een ee 7 ae
740000 ‘ ceata we yO -- 6 -- It was only after the news of the assassination had reached the Station that the Station initiated a review of its heldines. As @ result of this review, the Station learned that Oswald had also visited the Cuban Embassy and that Oswald's contacts with the two embassies were in connection with his desire to travel to the Soviet Union by way of Cuba. As to what “other agencies" might have done had they had more information, attention is drawn to the FBI's comment in response to the Warren Commission's question. According to the FBI's response, some investigation had been initiated on or about 18 October in Mexico. By the 25th of October, FBI headquarters had informed its field office in New Orleans "that another Agency had determined that Lee Oswald was in contact with the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City in the early part of October 1963." The New Orleans field office in turn informed the Dallas office which had juris- diction over Oswald's place of residence. (For further cetail, see IV H 447 and 459.) There was, however, no request, official or otherwise, from any of the responsible departments and agencies in Washington for further details as to Oswald's presence in Mexico and his reasons for contacting the Soviet Embassy. £. “The committee said its staff investigators had recently questioned a former CIA agent who hea ; § Visits to ti oviet and Cuban embassies in Mexico. As a result of cna> interview, the report said, Stait members were Sént to e@xX1co, where ey *Ound and questioned additiona, witnesses." Comment: Sprague'’s characterization "a former CIA agent’ is probably in reference to David Phillips. The latter's "revelations" to staff investigators (and also to Ronald Kessler) were unfortunate to say the least, in that they were inaccurate, so far as we mow. There is no indication in the Oswald files that Oswald wanted to make a deal with the Soviets in return for a free trip to the USSR. The “additional witnesses’ in Mexico, it is believed, are 2oris Tarasov and his wife, both of whom had been under contract with the Agency in 1963. We have not been informed, officially or otherwise, by Sprague what Phillips and the Tarasovs told the staff investigators. g- " "These witnesses had never been sought cut before by any investi gative body, notwithstanding on act that thev had important informaticn concerminz Statements by Lee Harvey Oswald in ‘exico within ce vS Oo € assassination of President Kenne tne report said. Te me ners re cee armen meets ert sremete bee eo rare erga
ee ase SOT = coreeeeencanay sii. aman nit mertneeet0 teeth EM AGia Raat > mn 1 ott ean Lian we wb te tetines Ae tempwnmanman eae = eee Sea w= Jee Corment: If "these witnesses" include people other than the Tarasovs ‘It would be impossible, at this time, to make an appropriate comment. The fact remains, however, that if Sprague had obtained additional details, he should hold such information and not make it public until the Agency has had a chance to review it and comment. There are many examples in the Oswald files of statements made by people claiming to have knowledge of Lee Harvey Oswald which have been proven to be fabrications. One such perscn was Gilberto Nolasco Alvarado Ugarte who, on 26 November 1963, came to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City. He clained he had been in the Cuban Consulate in Mexico City on 18 September 1963 when a man he later recognized to be Lee Harvey Oswald received $6,500 in cash to kill an important person in the United States. After thorough investi- gation by Mexican authorities, the Mexico City Station, and the FBI, it was concluded that Alvarado had completely fabricated his story about C swald. Russell B. Holmes , Attachment ' adel | e-
i aon Oia i s 2 foe “4 323% Ae, £i/Assassinations Pent “Bi Issues Report to House ee hee, Bee a vo BY NORMAN REMPSTER toe ; 5S, 33 3 y Times Snel Writer: fags: VASENG GTON-—-Tie’ CHA. withe “held siren. the ‘FBI for almost two ‘Snontes in 1533 icformation that Lee "Harvey Cawald-had talked with Cu- ban’ and Soviet officials about bis ¢2- 2se to visit taese countries, a Howe segenenittas resorted Friday. 2 <2-- cy, ¢ Tne Select “Committee on Sssassiae nel Fations Sinc:cated in a resort ta the full -j “Boise thet its investiz atioa of the ernurées cf President Jo Wa F. Kenned “woud § focus ealy in 197 on a tip . VOswald bed made-to” Bexico City ia £Octe: Sea aee, had yest Ses rae “te, « in Chizi. Coun sek Richard Acs oregue _ Said thet the committee. “ siait hed : earned tS that a CIA message eascria~ * : fing Oswald's activities ia Mexics to efegeral agencies such.<s, the FSI had “pees rewritten to eliminate any mene =gion. of his request for Cuban arid So- qvict. visas, The message was sent in LOctobes, more than a aonth befs: the Nov. 22,1953, assassination, 7+.) Pee Tre CL. ciscavered Osvvald’s p prge- sence: etetke | ‘embassies-througs its eroutine $: wrveillance of th tse facets wives, Beri Oiwald had ence defected to athe "Soviet, Union, the CLA and Fat Shed been interested in his activices eres beicre the Kenzecy: assassina- | abo prt tae age oP ase t o*~ * red £3 Te 6 Sins decision’ *) arritksola ise"; »iomaztion was reversed shortly after a sted Osrvald’s efforts to.vis sit Cuba a eihe Soviet Unio. both io the Fat ee gees paeoiety, was Kiked..The 2¢ ancy re 4 THE LOS ANGELES TIMES | 1 January 1977 &. S -District ef Colu- “v's cangteasts shal dele= # Galeand the ens 2 AGties Hers eubcom- eluded that Oswald was the ais sassin zed saittee’ said that n2 Ges sina Bat seen mids ‘wad acted alana, os on acceating Ra ysck : - Sprazua told a press conference ‘teit it *  Hogve rer, Sprague ind’ .¥25 impessiste without mace infermation ably trouldbeecceated. . “o know why the CLA had cossoreditsown’ | “Any and all people who have: lever peseage, ets bret “dalormetion will bs intersogaced ed," w Sprages Bethe seid the incident rafsed lwo ieter= ‘said, . oe 4 sting. questions, “what misht the vines “Ina personal statement issued in tens! iwencies kaze done cifferent’y if thsy hed junction with the report, Rep. Henry 3. yeen meze felly inforraed and why c:d the Gonzalez (D-Tex), who is to Lessme Comte aA decide to remove“infcrmalion that + ultee chairman ia the new veer, ead & was coaciared nertinent ensuth to: be pu ub: thorove’ i ny estigation was neeten to ane | a | é j { a i | - eo wg ae =e and to the Werren Commission, which ¢o- in an iniviat draft of the mesi: ger"? eeny f[seeest reds af pressing quesuenn “. There were no firrt corelustons ih the repest, sghiea the 22-mertse ce cymittea £5 distover Whelhes formes FE+ Ps _ prepared aftec the first three months of its. Degas Ecaves's now wel-x7 96 investigation inta the murdors af Kennedy ty toward King hed affected he ; tand eivid rights leader, De, Martin Luther’ STestigation ol the assassination; 1. ‘st “Rings ODE e NE SI aeE Cae Sea EG Eowever, Gonzales s2id, tha coxcaittes's . Techs! catty: “the corcniteen 3233 cub of Kors cc uld go well heyosd the anings ef “business 7 veszay with the cad o: the sese Kennedy and King Beg haa crate sion of Corgress in which it was-formed. | * “The commites ca n'shed Lsht ¢ on ths .e purpose of the year-end rezert was to Is cger issue of political musder and vie urge the new Congress to reestablish the > oleces,” Gonzalez said. “We should nzt Commie zndto give it 63.8 mikion tapey fosget that Presicent Ford had his con -for the Rect year of what ce.td be a to. “Harrow escapes; no meraber of the Hevts Tae ated oD Reyer Nishoutd . ae ae i ce ot oe tt “fer ike & Cl spaniel get: sthal the Capitch 7Buccing . wes is ss establishes Bombe oe EN fae oe” hate: cee 3 a * He, e2xid the commiltes’s ultirele task was-"to find cut not just whet cen jbutwoy.” sida gtiyiel ye a Sacer Siat® Pee DE Won “Géncel ee: sid th not the commiites jog’ ster J, yeu investigation, “ f In the three months sint i ment, the committee has intiated prelea- ney, investigations into new and pres i8y UnpoS sued leads ia Dots ass2esina~ ‘Yeas, therenortsaid, -- 4 “east. ttt The commuttee said its sta! invest! ators ‘bed recenuy questioned a formes os sagent REO ied. “perssnal knowtedge”. of . Os swald’s. TS - to the Soviet, and Naa" exbarsies init fetea: £5 2225 thas ine | .terview, the resort ssid, stat Were sect tt? Mexice: ware they found and iquestcre ddsignal witnesse3.-> ‘tee opmees wimesees kad zx . : “out belcre ky any invest: ‘ivabe svithstanding the fzct tha! pen ete 42a infarmatioa concer: 3 gratements byt Lee Harvey Osrald in Biico WO | days cf ths assassination of Presigent 5 cnedy,” the segert suid: © eee! oe ‘The repert said also that thee cc= sree ‘Staff hed interviewed a perssa Wao csseste Lo. “ed that he hed discussed the Hing murdes: with James Ezrl Ray, who pleted eenty ' .to the crice. The unidentiiied witness sad “that Ray bed told hima about contzc ng an . Bsseciate bv a ELzepe to rective free ine sgtructises. The story, which wes toils {3re- -portess by a committee rerier several es ago, masnotbeen veries 5 | "Yn alesies to New Yor: Ties c2° soaist “Anthony Lexis, Ray clisred this week to! testify uncer oath af a comcatee bearing. i But Sprague and Walter 3. Faiess SZ, the: yee ° Ete a @ a) ee Gemma  e Meee =
14-00000 esl an IS ut pati eta sien I se cnneeantetiee ceretsgaie eter Fe MEMORANOUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence VIA : Deputy Director of Central Intelligence FROM : John H. valler Inspector General SUBJECT President Kennedy Assassination - Mrs. Luce Story 1. Action Required: Hone; for information only. 2. Background: In 1975, Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce telephonically informed Director Willian Colby of supzort she had rendered to certain Cubans who were conducting their own independent operations against the Castro Government in 1961 and 1952. Mrs. Luce stated. that she and Mr. William Pawley, an Anerican financier long associated with the - vperanes Dominican Republic, halped finance a cotorboat for three Cubans. The three Cubans, concurrently, were members of.a CIA supported Cuban exile organization. After the 1962 missile crisis, all resistance groups against Castro were ordered to cease operations. At this time, Hrs. Luce and Mr. Pawley also ceased their financial support. In 1963, very shortly after the assassinasion of President Kennedy, the Cuban captain of the roterboat, which Mrs. Luce helped to subsidize, phoned Mrs. Luce to inform her that "cswald was a hired gun". She, in turn, informed him to tell all to the FBI. At the behest of Director Colby, Mrs. Luce passed the story on ‘0 Senator Richard Schweiker, . chairman of the subcommittee investigating the Warren Comaission Resort. A version of the information was given to columnist Betty Beale and was published in the Washington Star on 16 Novexber 1975 (attached). A staff member of the Senate Select Committee, on 10 December 1975, inquired 2s to what the Agency thought of the story. The Agency oral response was that it had nothing to add to the news- paper story and that since this query involved U.S. resident Cuban refugees, the FBI would be the proper agency to contact. re need
14-00000 fi { i i t i i The transcripts were réceived by CIA's Inspector General on 22 December 1976 from Mr. Colby's secretary. At the sugcestion of the Inspector General, the Office of Security sent copies of the transcripts and a background note te the Federal Sureau of Investi- gation in January 1977. Ne do not “nce whether the FBI passed this information to the House Select Committee on Assassinations. This story is surmarized here for your background in the event that it should be replayed by the press as a result of releases which may be made by the House Assassination Subcommittee. While it is not a new story, the actual CIA transcript of Hrs. Luce's conversation with Mr. Colby could be considered newsworthy and could te presented in a manner detrimental to CIA. f . . 7 et eo o¢ .. £ _ - ue hf, Lid, John’ H. Waller . Attachment: a/s i_- ec: Asst. for Public Affairs w/att Mr. H. Hetu Distribution: i Original - Addressee w/att. | ! - Doct w/att. | - Asst. for PA/Mr. Het . : y - ER w/att. ¥ ¥ wratt -T - 16 Subject (Task Force 1 - IG Chrono w/o att. ) watt. . 1 + J.L.Leader Chrono w/o att. j OIG/J.L.Leader:aal SP ae ne eT Lae Pe cee Tt _
14-00000 _ ived a call from Sea, Richard Schweiser, K.-Pa., + ¢ "eet 0 ° e & or Sere A Clare Bu ° * H * 7 o Dne day in the latter past of October, Clare Luce re- | i} girman of the subcommittee javestigating the War- i 3 Commission Report. He wanted her to persuace | me Cosas she had known — Cudaas who hac keowa | 2 Harvey Cswald — to testily before his comraittas. | re. Luce’s efforts to Ioeate the Cubans led toa same! iat bicedcurdiing warning. But let her tell the story | om the beginning. 5 “The year is 1951, a year of great Arnerican; aum3," she began her narration fo recent dizaar! tests in her aqua-colored Watergace a artment. “Tt ida fiend named Bill Pawley who was brought cp ia ba and who was Truman's arabassacor to Peru on saziL, I got to know Biil ve well ia India and Chira | here he had built up a voluntary oullit calted Tre: lying Tigers. Bill was also czlled in by the CIA tore. uit Cobaas ioc the Bay of Pigs operauen. Adierwarcs 2 WAS 3 vary Urnapoy man. . ‘ . “One day he called me uo and said, ‘How wouid you se to get in on the Cuban Fiying Tiger operation?’ Ne ad in mind a flest of moterzeats subsidized by Ameri- ans and manced by Cubans who had been in the Bay ' Bigs operation — all these young kids who had been tanéed after tha Bay of Pizs. . . “9 said, ‘Fine. So i helped to finasce a motarbeat. he three lads who manned mine came up to see me sveral Urnes. They would leave the coast of Fiorida nd land in Cuba and come out with information. The iforraation they came out with was remarkaoly 2¢Cue : ate that the Russians ware building missite sites in: tuba. I was tcid that the informatica was eventually + ad to Sen. Ken Keating and was passed on to ties {nite House. You rememser what aa impr2ssion if aade and how accurate it was. rer ee a “THEN CAME THE MISS:L2 showdown. Soon atter he showdown I got a telephone call from Allan Dulles | aying the Neutrality Act had been invexed and all | (morcans must cease and desist in any further efforts | usares the liberation of Cuba. Of course, we desist; a ‘Tro yezrs later she and her husbaed Harry (Henry) : soe ware Sitting in thatr New York apartment Esten- ag to the televised reports of President Keanedy’s | saszsgination whan around midnight she received 3 ; Feed i 4 ° : 4 ° . . 1 4 ; a . . a etty Beale . ° ad . phone call from New Orleans. “It was th2 e2ptain of my motostoat,” said Ciarz, “A young m2a not moze - than 25, a young student lowyer. He said, ‘Mrs. Luce, I want to tell you aSout Oswald." See He said that immediately afiec thd 1351 missitz showdown, F351 men hed come ic Piiami and told the wheoe Geeks Cubaas to break uo all resistance croups and disperse. He and the other two members of his.crew nad moved to New Gsleans where they siariad anoues ‘Free Cuba” groug. They had bees there a year and a hall _ When wo mada contact wita them but Oswald! “The Cubaas all thougit he'was a kook. Oswald brageed about having brea in Russia and said he was an ex-Marine. He said he could shoct aaybudy and he would be Razoy to shect Castro. He had no money, he was living with his wile ia Hew Orleans and it looked like he was presenting himself as a hired gua. They dida't Vise the cut of bss j{5 sa they turned Sim off. Bat (© emanate os eeprom ee eo ae - ee they followed him and fgurd he was ina Fair Play for * Cuba Communist call to whasz members he was giv- . ing the sama Hine. : _ “And I remember this trem: the teleshoma conversas ; tion — Oswald was telling the cell that he could stcot anyona, inching the secretary of the Navy. Toe Free i Cubans eeatinued io tall him and found that sucdaniy | he had money, and he started going 9 ?fexico City. de made several triss. They continued thelr pengtratica U. of the Cuban Communic: cell. He said they mace tape! recordings cf same ef Oswald's meetings and they had . taken photographs of him distributing £3 dbills for the Pair Play unit. The next thing they knew President Kennedy was shot. “TEs YOUNG CUBAN WHO cottec ma,” continued | former Ambassador Luce, ‘said that there was 2} Cuban Communist assassination igam working some- where ~in Dallas, New Orteans or Wherever —I don't! remember, and Liat Cswald was their hived gua. Os-.! _wald, he said, had tried to regart te Communist plans j to the FB! some time before the assassination. But bz; cause he was out for the dougn they Gidn’s believe hiss. ; 7 ° . a i . : . \ i « * ° * a + : . ° . i i . . . . i &, Siete wm Sat a teeth Ab tw me we eee ms x bers ae aes Sad boas eg ae Boe Pats s : Seas
I seecose that the FBI must hear from a thousazd - — eracknois’ a week, weet In any event, on tha te! ashoae my yours friend told me that they had these tace recore:333 of Oswald and photngrasns and what should they ¢9? I scic, ‘Go to the F Eland tell them everytaing you Know.” THat fave fng been said I put the whole thing out of my mind, Comes ing Warren Commission and says Cs waid signe was responsible and I iccgot the whole raatter. - “SThea, in 1967, 2 feow tamed Jim Garrison, dis- trict amerney in New Or:eaas, hit the healings Chars: ing that the ggsassinaiion W3S 3 conspiracy. At that momest [ was remiadzd af tha infosmation I had re- eeived and 1 began to wonder whether? or not the Warren Commission hac got all the facts. I coulca’t remember the names of the Cubans but I finally locate ed ona crewman who was living in Biiami again and 4, esked him what happenzd alter he want to the FSi. + “He said, ‘We turmad over copies of ovarything. We were then told.to keep our [raps shut and that we qvould be desocted Hi we said anything publicly.” He gaia ona of the crew was deported to Guasemala, an one was murdaced — stabbed in front of a sicre. : “THER INFORMATION, HE SAID, never appeal> . ed in tha Warrea Commission reoort. He said, “Lam miaried now, Llive in Miami and I don’t want to get - involved inigeveragzia’ . 7° When Sen Schweiker mace his request of Clare “Luce lass than three weeks ago, she telgpnoned anol. _ er Coben friend to see if he could locate and persusce the young man to testify behind closed écors. Reaiied the olger Cuan, if the testimony was benind 13 closed doors it wou'd still become public. .. . . me Bade Wi . : “americans think hay ate playing games.” he told Lo Fee the Lut i. cen Ur her. “They don't know they are javolved in a life or ° : . Clare Boothe Luce Nu dear business. No, I won't tell you where he can be .. » MA year of great American trauma. | foucd. The pesaie working for a free Cuda ‘would tose . * 0 Bees Te . : their lives. A lot of them have already. They are xct eo wee som | . : R - The very day atter that conversation, observed; . ‘ interested in masing political headings for politicians. C ; _ You thins the Bay of Pigs, the nuciese rissitas, the ” “Clare gravely, bam=s went orf at tie Stale Depaste- assassination of the presicent was tha end af the story? ment here, ab the U.S.-U.N. mission and four baaks ia: ~ «Ltell you i is just he haginaing. What you Americans New Yors and at tires places in Caicags. And Close Dy : § 3 3 : : : ; i i con't undersisad is, there are trained Commumise tee- the same hour she was recouns-33 the whole fascinat< : .TOris:S, assassination, xidrapping. bombing and sato- _ing stezy te her guests, a Cuzaa, anti-Communist *! tage teams all over the country and the world.” . * leader wes exploded into bits in his cas in [lami i: eof fe * * . . © iaee eee . aa _. wo BS ° ry ° . 2 . - * “. : “as ’ e . . - rn a a 3 ES naeck pp eteckparahes caaraa segs tc utes tence ade aps SE ee ee Ta eaap iad eee ae Se rah io BPE R as eat
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a a eeled 6 January 1977 MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Transcripts of October 1975 Telephone Conversations Between Director Colby, Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce and fir. Justin McCarthy . 1. Attached herewith are transcripts of two telephone conversations between Director William Colby and Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce, and one between Director William Colby and Mr. Justin McCarthy. The conversations took place in October 1975 and discuss Mrs. Luce’s concern that certain infor- mation, from a former boat captain, a Cuban refugee, regarding the Presi- dent Kennedy assassination, reached the proper authorities. while the information in these transcripts have been provided to investigating authorities, they may be of some assistance to the House Select Committee on Assassinations as it investigates various allegations. : 2. The transcripts were received by the Agency Inspector General oa 2? December 1976. The transcript of the 25 October 1975 conversation was typed by Ms. Barbara Pindar on the same day. The other two transcripts were typed by Ms. Pindar on 21 December 1976 from her stenographic records while clearing out the remainder of Director Colby's files. Ms. Pincar was Mr. Colby's secretary during his Directorship. 3. A version of the telephone conversation transcript was published in the Washington Star on 16 November 1975 (attached). A staff member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on 10 December 1975, inquired as to what the Agency thought of the story. The Agency oral response was that it had nothing to add to the newspaper story and that since this query involved U.S. resident Cuban refugees, the FBI would be the proper agency to contact. + a ; t i H
re ‘ re rs } 4. The attached transcripts indicate that the matter was brought to : . the attention of Senator Schweiker and The Federal Bureau of Investigation. e (Telephone conversation between Director Colby and Mrs. Clare Soothe Luce : on 25 October 1975, pages 2 and 3). Attachments: a/s < 2 oe RF om oN sem yo Co lees ioale ee ee atte oe