JFK Assassination System ; Date: 7/7/2015 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY:  SSCIA RECORD NUMBER: — 157-10014-10168 RECORD SERIES: MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS OF THE CHURCH COMMITTEE AGENCY FILENUMBER:  07-M-73 Document Information ORIGINATOR: SSCIA FROM: TO: TITLE: REFERENCES TO FBI REVIEW OF TAPES OF OSWALD'S OCT. 1, 1963:-MEXICO CITY CONVERSATION DATE: 03/05/1976 PAGES: 27 SUBJECTS : OSWALD, LEE, POST-RUSSIAN PERIOD, TRAVEL, TRIP TO MEXICO CITY FBI DOCUMENT TYPE: MEMORANDUM CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: — Consulted CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 01/08/1999 OPENING CRITERIA : ° COMMENTS : CCBOX 354 v9. 1 Docld: 32423556 Page 1
. Date Page 08/07/95 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY RECORD NUMBER RECORDS SERIES AGENCY FILE NUMBER AGENCY INFORMATION SSCIA “ 157-10014-10168 MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS OF THE CHURCH COMMITTEE ORIGINATOR FROM . TO TITLE DATE PAGES SUBJECTS DOCUMENT TYPE CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTIONS CURRENT STATUS DATE OF LAST REVIEW OPENING CRITERIA COMMENTS DOCUMENT INFORMATION SSCIA REFERENCES TO FBI REVIEW OF TAPES OF OSWALD'S OCT. 1963 MEXICO CITY CONVERSATION 03/05/76 27 OSWALD, LEE, POST-RUSSIAN PERIOD, TRAVEL, TRIP TO MEXICO CITY 1, FBI MEMORANDUM SECRET . . REFERRED ) POSTPONED IN FULL 01/08/99 CCBOX 354 Docld: 32423556 Page 2? [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED
RATA v SECRET March 5, 1976 To: Senators Schweiker and Hart From: Staff Re: References to FBI Review of. Tapes of Oswald's October 1, 1963 . Mexico City Conversation On February 19, 1976, the staff received a November 23, 1963, Bureau memorandum which Hoover forwarded to President Johnson under cover letter of even date explaining that the memorandum set forth "the results of the Bureau's inguiry into \ the assassination of President Kennedy and background infor- mation relative to Lee Harvey Oswald."* In relevant part the memorandum states: The CIA advised that on October 1, 1963, an extremely sensitive source had reported that an individual identified himself as Lee Oswald, who contacted the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City inquiring as to any messages. Special Agents of this Bureau, who have con- versed with Oswald in Dallas, Texas, have observed photographs of the individual referred to above, and have listened to a recording of his voice. These special agents are of the opinion that the above-referred-to individual was not Lee Harvey Oswald. You are aware of the significance of this language. You are also aware that the stated position of ‘the CIA --as reflected in the testimony of David Phillips and contemvoraneous CIA cables -- has alweys been that the actual tape recording of this conversation was erased sometime in October of 1963. . * A copy of this memorandum is attached at Tab. On February 2, 1976, the Bureau delivered us. a copy of a 11/25/63 Legat Cable- gram which is attached at Tab, alona with the more complete version that was furnished to us on February 24. You will note that the references to the Oswald tapes and their erasure on page two of the cablegram were deleted from the copy we first received. , Docld: 32423556 Page 4 {
é By letter dated February 19, 1976, we asked the Bureau to deliver "all materials pertaining to the receipt, analysis, review and present whereabouts of the voice recording" referred to on page five of Mr. Hoover's report to the President. The Bureau's response, dated February 24, 1976, stated, “The re- cording in question was never in the possession of the FBI and was not listened to by FBI agents."* Prior to receipt of this response the staff met with the agents responsible for its preparation. The agents then showed us an unexcised copy of the attached November 23, 1963, teletype from SAC Dallas (Tab) which advised that "the actual tape from which this transcript was made has been erased," and the November 25, 1963, cablegram from Legat to Headquarters which in relevant part reads "Tapes obtained by [deletion] here erased after: two weeks following making of typewritten transcripts of contents of these tapes. There appears to be some confusion in that no tapes were taken’ to Dallas but only typewritten transcripts supplied by CIA, | the tapes not being available because they had been erased." (Memorandum attached at Tab.) The staff submits that the matter is_not as simple as the Bureau asserts. Attached at Tab is a Belmont to Sullivan, Novem- ber 23, 1963, memorandum in which Belmont recounts his 11:50 a.m. telephone conversation with SAC Gordon Shanklin . In the second paragraph, Belmont states: * A copy of said response is attached hereto at Tab. Docld: 32423556 Page 5
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