” ry Orne cam & CTR RRR MES fe ome oe, nm soe - . * ee ey Cc By John MM. “Goshko' Wr st'nston Post Stulf Wels The Justice Department hs discovered a 1964 memo-"  #& -randum by the late FBI Di- -# reeter J. _ Edgar Hoover Saye. ing that Lee Harvey Oswald.  revertedly. told Cuban offic,’ ’” {als in advance of President - Mennedy’s assassination that’ : the intended to, Hill the Presi." : -dent.* SOR, io Informed sources “terday that Hoover, in the memo, attributed this infor- : ‘smation to-a highly reliable - Informant who claimed to “have beer told it personally’ by, Cuban Prime Minister : Fidel Castro. - Toya :* Castro, according to the “'memo,- reportedly ‘said: he : thad been advised by officials © -of-the Cuban embassy in - Os swald Reported cli by wee? eee Ae Cuba ans OL Plan to Kill F F K x LEE HARVEY oswWauy et - Hoover memo found .- . : “the assertions reported. in * Mexico City. that they had -. the Hoover memo go further - met with Oswald before the : Noy.. 22, 1963, assassination -of ‘Kennedy in Dallas and° that Oswald informed them Bop. MF ": than any information cur- rently on the record. con- cerning’ alleged statements made by Oswald in. a prey- ‘of his intentions... - a5 -lously , disclosed visit to: ‘the - seh . von 4 Pr a a coe oa _ ernment in. the’ murder of’ _- Kennedy, possibly as a coun-, “ter stroke -against. CIA ef- Cuban leader. . ’ tion may have been the work. “of Cuban-exile terrorists. - However, all of these reports “Warren Commission, ap WTS thie 1S Nov ‘Ye Cobar etibassy” in “‘Mextco | City prior to the murder of | Kennedy. Be. - There has been persistent surmise about a possible In- volvement of the Castro. gov- forts to assassinate the’ There has also been. spec. ulation that the assassina-| have been fourth-or fifth- rand accounts otiginating- _ with Informants of doubtful reliability. ..° * +. ee ' ‘The. Hoover memo was described by the sources’ as \ haying beet’ addressed.to the:: pointed by former President | Johnson to investigate the ; assassination. But _ former | commission staffers said yes- | .terday that. they-. had no j recollection: of ever having | See OSWALD, Ag, Cot. te .~ t once eeee ne etn SRE nt mene ste seeusenseneeen? @ . . e oo 4, ‘
- Mer Lemeo C “On Oswald- Cuban Link | Citks Informant - tt ; OSWALD, From AL le sald thoug gh that they believed “fas an Poe oo o>? educated guess” that it was Rolando received such a memo or having ‘been “ ra * told by Hoover or other FBI officials - tro intimate whom -the CIA recruited “|| ; nt : in- 1961 and who later figured/in C1A. :* ‘ of. the Information int <- “. -. Officials of the Justice- Department - - £' Jthe memo’s existence or its contents, _t,. and other sources familiar with the “ :/ * assassination investigation said they . had no knowledge cof -whether it act-* - ually was sent to fee Warren Commis: * oh sion, gente mene ba mote .ington Post about the document said: - * “its | existence apparently had been un- oe known until ‘recently. It was discev- =, 7 ered, the sources said, as the result of 7° information that came to the atten- i, c"that prompted. .Attorney General Ed- ‘> > ward H, Levi to order a search of EBI.. ” files. °° 0 “wt Fy ‘of secrecy on the matter, and only a. _ small number’ of persons In the Juss" tice Department and FBI know about ~ - *. the document's existence. <.. '. -As a result, the Sources” said, they’ . are-unable te auswer such questions — :3.°° gs why the memo apparently never. phe te ses “ie wage _ whether the information was accuxate -; ..and, if so, whether Castra7was: In-*- formed about Oswald's intentions’ be - _, fore or after Kennedy was Killed? 1. -. - Documents released recently -by” ‘the - tion Act establish that Oswald visited _, Mexico City less than two months be- =: = gore the assassination and met- there, One of these CIA documents, (lated * May 5, 1964, states that prior to Octo- ’ embassy * ‘én’ two or three occasions “and was in éontact with three alleged: Cuban intelligence: agents. iden fri: as Luisa Caideron, ‘Manvet- t+» Perez and Rogelio - Tosriguez Lopez, - He also is. known to have talked” ’ with an embassy officlal named Siliva ” Duran. She reportedly has sud that 7 she dealt with Oswald only about his _£ unsuccessful attempts to obtain a visa-” to visit Cuba. sw. The sources were unable’ to identify | ~ the informant described in the Hoover + ene: s? fa lee wigs, Maemo as having obtalned the informa- | +c. tan from Castro. Some of the sources . . 7 . 2 2) penn aUSane IES e aad the FBI refused any comment on ,- “Those. sources ‘who told The Wash- - <..° “tion of.-the Justice Department and , >.> After the memo “was “found, the | a sources added; Levi put a-tight clamp ° = ga meee ' Jieve that sucha memorandum ex- “. veached the Warren Commission,.-- misston/” . tt officials of the Cuban embassy. i> 9+ with offict A y. 2 Shite the~-bureau was ‘Investigating “": ber, 1963, Oswald visited the Cuban-\: tified. mmission “oF the CIN. Vegas -* ~ Castro, . <0. 4 Cubdela, a high Cuban official and Cas- ‘plans to kul Castro. - .In the Senate intelligence commit: | “tee investigation last year it was dis- ~ | closed that the CTA employed a highly ’ placed Castro government . official with the eryptonym. AMLASH -in ef- “forts to assassinate the Cuban leader. - ‘Cubela and: AMLASH were: publicly reported to have been the same man. The sources also were unable to say how Hasver came. into possession of information from an informant inside ~|; © Cuba, since foreign intelligence is a CIA “rather than an FBI function. Some said they thought the informa- tion had first been given to the CIA,. - which then turned it over to Hoover. +. However, john MecCone, who was | CIA director at the time, said ina tel. - éphone interview" yesterday that the - information reportedly in the: Hoover — memo was “unknown to me.” ~+ “IPs the first ’ve ever heard : of it, n cCone said. “It’s hard for me to bee, _isted without it being known to me “and to the staff of the Warren’ Com: . The same point was, inade ‘by David’ 7 Belin, who served as onblof the- * Warren Commission's legal counsels.; He said,,in a telephone interview,-“E have absolutely no "recollection ‘of -") CIA imder the Freedom of Informa“ stich a inemo. If such a document did. _Sxisty I’m sure that we never saw jt.” : Other documents that, have been made public recently indicate that - Hoover and top FBI officials. knew-- the Kennedy-assassination — that the ‘CIA was exploring the possibility of ‘ having-Castro killed. However, Hoover -: never. informed ‘the Warren Cor-~ ee against — | | - 3 re . Peete) A H i t H f |
. ‘ ‘ oe . a ‘ ’ ‘ : * ew 4k « * . of ° . . . e os" e ae . e e . » . . i . ' ‘ . » 3 + \ 4 ’ . ‘a a a . . ° . bey ‘ ' * . e, a > ¢ ° a on . * . *, te . ‘ - , ‘ - * ’ ‘ ’ . y eos ‘ >. * . nr ‘ ‘ . e . + r . . . . . , o ‘ enn nr hen ee een ‘ Ba pee wee 9 OF OMe PUDE DAG Heal OF IVE ST Mam Pome CENV Ale (OFELLIG Eads RORY Wapensre, Oete LOS Bere PALISE4 Mr, ISRAE2, PONYITS wae telephonically centested in br . . Co nO, June 1966 detort te aske an sppointaent for an interview, Us was contected mets a Lo . ! : at telephone ausber EE 4-1250, ure HORWITZ scknovledged thay about - : ; : throes weeks ago Bo moved Liz buginess frou 8 : : . Caicago, Tints, to 0344 Yorth Sroadvay, Chicego, Tibinote.t Re , : . MEMORANDUM Tor: Me. f. Lee Ranks stated that bis current business operstesindsr the sane Show Tine, ; Generel Counsel Mr. TORYITZ acknowledged that he hae been known in the | . Presidentis Commiesion on the er, TOR acknowledga 2 ry ; : Inatl 4 musie bueiness in Chheazpo under the usse of JACK UOWARD faraany yerFa, . , Avsacalnetion of Prosident Konasdy Ur, HORWITZ stated that he would mot digcuas the matter ‘ — SUBSECT: information Developed on the Activity fnvelving JACK RYDLNSTEIN ag he wanted no part whatsoever ef thig of Lee Harvey OSWALD In Mexico Clrp “ individual, Mr. HORYITE refused to msko himgel? eveiladle for an iaterviow and stated ho wished bs had nover acknowledged having knows RUDENSTELN sany years ago when RUDZNSTEIN Lived in Chicago. L Er, WOnYITE etated RUDENSTEIY wag only 3 passing acquakatasce of . te On 26 November 1963 a young Latin American, refergod hig sod he knew noting coscerasag biz. to a to hereln az "DY, came to the U.S, Embacry in Mexico Clty, He : . claimed he had been in the Cuban Conculate In Mexico City on 18 Septernber 1963 when a msn he later recognised to be Lee Harvey OSWALD received $6,500 in cash to kill an important persoa In the United States, ° 2. "D" described the elyeumstances ag followar While standing by a bathroom door about noon he saw a group of three perzens cone versing on a patio a few feet away, One was a tall, thin Negro witls reddish hale, obviously dyed, who spake rapidly in both Spanich and Englishes He had prominent cheek bones and a noticeable sear on the lower right aide of his ching The seecnd wae a white perzon whom . the subject had eeen previovsly ine waiting room carrying a Canadian . . : . : pacsport, The white person had green eyes, blondish halr, with a ° : oo . pompadour hairdo, and dark eyeglasses, The third poreon allegedly +86 Leo Harvey OSWALD, "D‘ was cofapletely convinced of this Trom published photay of OSWALD follow!nyg the assassination, OSWALD was wearlng a black eport coat, buttoned-up white shire : 5 with short collay tabs, no tle, davk gray pants, and closy eyegiacsess ‘ ' : ' Commission Exwrnrr No, 3162 Oe TLL hen Gh eo SDALREG, TIAN Ot ranimmerree PUD F snare AeA ovement : by SA FELLIAM Re Droonntexyobe Dote diateted wc? LIZE4 : 1 ; FO CT SE yee AAT tangs mn ee Pa ee aeene - . on Comnussion Exnizrr No, 3151--Continued ‘ re - s ’ ‘ ‘ Fe EE a gab OE Ram eee OL ere ae yt ee MOP?
He had s green pagsport in his pocket, wore a wrist watch with yellow band, and eppeared to have & pistol ins shoulder holsters A tall Cuban jalned the group momentsrily and psseed American currency to tha Negro. The Negre then allegediy sald to OSWALD in English, " want ¢o kill the man.” OSWALD replied, "You're rot man enough, 2 ean de tts" The Negro then sald tn Spantely “DT ean't yowRh pou, Ihave a lot todo. OSWALD replied, “Phe people are waiting for me back thare.” The Negro thea gave OSWALD $6,500 in large denomination U.S. tis, saying, “This lent much.” After hearing this conversation, "D" sald that he telephoned the U.S. Smbaesy in Mexlea City several Umes on 20 September before the argaaeination in an attempt to report his belle? that someone Important in the Vnlled States wae to bs killed, bub was (nally told by sorneoag at the Embasay te stop wasting he tinge : 4, "D' was known tothis Agancy a9 6 former tafoymant of a Latia Amesiean security service, Hie rellabiilty wae considered questionable by U.S. authorities although he had not beeg wholly discredited, "D" elatmed he wag in Mexico City working agains? the Cuban Communists for hie service, She service, sowever, hee dented that he wae acting om Its behalf, While Investigation Ya the United States showed that OSWALD could aot porelbly have been in Mexice City on 18 Septernber (be wag known te have been in New Orleans on both 17 and 19 September}, intensive interrogation, . failed te ehake "O's" gtory. : 4, On 28 November 1963 the Mezieas polles laterviawed hime - At Mrst "D" perslated in bls story but on 30 November he sémitted in a signed statement that his whole account about OSWALD was |, fales, He admitted be hed sot geen Lea OSWALD af albendthag 3) he bad not seen anybody paid meney inthe Cubas Embassy, He “ also admitied he had not tried repeatedly te phone 6 warning to the U.S, Embassy tn Mexico City on 20 September a9 he had proviously claimed. Instead he had rhe comscied the U.S. Eme . pacay afer the sesasatnitions "2" eald thet his motive in telling his dalee atory was to help get himeelf admitted into the United States oo that be could participate in action agalagt Fidel Gasire. Fle aad Shit ba hated Castro and thought that bis story about OSWALD, Uf balleved, would kelp cause the United States to take actos against Gaatree . ’ . . oBe Comission: Exumepr No, o152—Coantinued Je Fetlowing the above interrogation, "DY retracted the confersion he had made to the Mente tien aseorting that £2 had deem extoried from him ander preg ire, He wae thea questioned by Wed. authoritles galng 2 polyyraph + Machines "DY voluntarily consented to the use of this aquipe mént. During the questloring if wae pointed out te him that ae wee not belag truth, according te the polygraph, tn {dentifylag : photographs of OSWALD as the person ha azw in the Cubaa Consulate, He replied that he had full faith in the polygraph, ‘shat he would sot attempt to refute the results, and iat ke ‘must have been mlttaken»” La addition be changed hla story regarding the day he wivited the Cuban Consulate, Mnslly de» ; ding {8 teak place on Tuesday, 17 September, 12 wae concluded rom the reaults of the polygraph test that "DY had debrigated ble story about OSWALD In tote, "D" bas elnes bran deported the Mexlean authoritles to bis natlya country. , Art hctrelblelanasene Richard Helmo Deputy Dirseter for Plazes _ ode : 2 \ Commission Exutarr No, 3152—Continued