104-10326-10008] ae SECRET | MHFNO: 98-1545922 SENSIND: "PAGE: 1 poy - SECRET FRP: ,2, 7,457 STAFF ACTION: LA/DEFLT (045) INFO: CIC/CEG, CIC/CEGLA, CIC/LA, ta/icn, tal | LA LA , LADORECORD, LIMITED, MDSX, ODPD, ORMS/LA, FILE, C /W) 98 1545922 ASP PAGE 001 IN 1545922 TOR: 221701Z MAY 98 29121: ._$§ BCR ET 2217092 MAY 98 STAFF _ CITE 29121 TO: PRIORITY DIRECTOR. FOR: LIMITED DISSEM LA/SA INFO LA LA CIC/LA SLUGS: ‘WNINTEL IHSOMBRERO SUBJECT: IHSOMBRERO RESPONSE TO THE JFK ASSASSINATION REVIEW BOARD QUESTIONS REF: - NONE TEXT: '1. ACTION REQUIRED: NONE, FYI ONLY. _ 2.. ON 6 MAY 1998, IHSOMBRERO PROVIDED WITH A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE 10 QUESTIONS POSED BY THE JFK ASSASSINATION REVIEW *BOARD (ARRB) REGARDING TELTAP TRANSCRIPTS OF CALLS MADE BY<LEE HARVEY> *<OSWALD>TO THE SOVIET EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY. THIS REQUIREMENT WAS TRANSMITTED TO | VIA E-MAIL CORRESPONDENCE FROM LA/SA. 3. AS THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES FROM IHSOMBRERO ARE INCOMPLETE, WE . ASKED THEM FOR REPSONSES TO THOSE QUESTIONS THEY DID NOT FULLY ANSWER. WE ARE. NOT CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL GET ANY FULLER RESPONSES SOON, OR AT ALL. FYI, WE MADE NUMEROUS TS OVER THE PERIOD OF SEVERAL WEEKS FOR THIS INFORMATION. THE EQUESTED THE INFO DIRECTLY FROM IHSOMBRERO/6310 WHO THEN PASSED THE REQUIREMENT TO _THSOMBRERO/7154. C/EXT GEORGE R. CRIALEX THEN REMINDED S/7154 REPEATEDLY OF OUR INTEREST IN THE RESPONSES TO THESE QUESTIONS. WE DO NOT THINK THAT IHSOMBRERO DELIBERATELY STONEWALLED US ON THIS. MORE LIKELY WE BELIEVE THAT THEY CONSIDER THIS MATTER TO BE A LOW PRIORITY FOR THEIR SERVICE. A. CAN WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS? ACCORDING TO IHSOMBRERO, THERE ARE DOCUMENTS AND TWO INFORMATION CARDS. CONCERNING .THE DEBRIEFING OF MEXICAN NATIONAL SILVIA ((DURAN)). ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS CONCERNS AN AMERICAN BY THE NAME OF VINCENT THEODORE ((LEE)), AND THE OTHER ONE CONCERNS NICARAGUAN CITIZEN GILBERTO -((ALVARO)) UGARTE ALSO KNOWN AS ALBERTO ((SANCHEZ)) WHO SUPPOSEDLY *MET WITH<LEE HARVEY OSWALD.> AT THE SAME TIME THERE WAS A NOTE ON THE VISIT OF OSWALD TO MEXICO CITY.’ (IHSOMBRERO DID NOT REPLY AS TO SECRET
13-000Q@. 4 Od y: . . * * - ‘ a e . - SECRET | MHFNO: 98+1545922 SENSIND: PAGE: 2 WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN HAVE THE DOCUMENTS. WHEN ASKED, WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY WILL CHECK AND GET BACK TO US.) B. DOES THE DATE AND LOCATION APPEAR ON THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS? IS THERE ANY INDICATION AS TO WHEN AND. WHERE THEY WERE ADDED? IHSOMBRERO PROVIDED NO ANSWER RE THE DATE AND LOCATION OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. IHSOMBRERO REPLIED THAT THERE ARE DATES AND THAT THEY z\ THE. LOCATION OF THE. FILES THE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED BY THE C. IS-THERE A SPANISH VERSION OF THE TRANSCRIPT AND IF SO CAN * WE HAVE ONE IF IT EXISTS? IHSOMBRERO RESPONDED THAT THERE IS ONLY .ONE TRANSCRIPT ON SILVIA DURAN .. THEY ARE STILL DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN HAVE A COPY. D. WHERE WERE THE TWO TRANSCRIPTS FOUND? WHO FOUND THEM? THERE WAS NO ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION AND WE ASKED AGAIN FOR A RESPONSE. , E. WHAT ELSE IS IN THE FILE OR BOX WHERE THESE TWO TRANSCRIPTS WERE FOUND? THERE WAS NO ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION AND WE ASKED AGAIN FOR A RESPONSE. F. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL FILES ON THE ASSASSINATION OR POST-ASSASSINATION INVESTIGATION STILL IN EXISTENCE? YES, THE DEBRIEFING OF SILVIA DURAN. — G. WERE ANY FILES ON THE ASSASSINATION OR POST-ASSASSINATION INVESTIGATION DESTROYED UNDER A ROUTINE RECORD DESTRUCTION SCHEDULE? IHSOMBRERO DOES NOT KNOW IF ANY FILES ON THE ASSASSINATION OR POST-ASSASSINATION INVESTIGATION WERE DESTROYED UNDER A ROUTINE RECORD DESTRUCTION SCHEDULE. H. ARE THERE ANY TELTAP TAPE RECORDINGS FROM THE ERA 1960-63 STILL IN EXISTENCE? THERE ARE NO TELTAP TAPE RECORDINGS FROM THE ERA 1960-63 IN EXISTENCE. I. ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE TELTAP, THE SILVIA DURAN INTERROGATION, AND/OR ANY POST-ASSASSINATION INVESTIGATION WHO COULD BE INTERVIEWED BY THE ARRB? FERNANDO ((GUTIERREZ)) BARRIOS AND LICENCIADOS FERNANDO ((ORTIZ)) DE LA PENA AND CARLOS ((DURAN)) LANZ DEBRIEFED SILVIA DURAN. IHSOMBRERO DID NOT SAY IF THESE INDIVIDUALS COULD BE INTERVIEWED BY THE ARRB. WE ASKED AGAIN AND ARE AWAITING A RESPONSE. J. ARE THERE ANY PERSONS KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT. THE FILING SYSTEM AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT BOTH IN -1963 AND TO THE PRESENT WHO COULD BE INTERVIEWED BY THE ARRB AND MIGHT HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THE DISPOSITION OF ANY TELTAP INFORMATION, ANY SILVIA DURAN INTERROGATION RECORDS, AND/OR ANY ASSASSINATION OR POST-ASSASSINATION RECORDS IN THE ARCHIVES? THERE IS NOBODY THAT HAS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE 1963 FILING SYSTEM AND/OR RECORDS MANAGEMENT AT THE PRESENT WHO COULD BE . INTERVIEWED BY ARRB AND WHO COULD HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF ANY TELTAP INFORMATION, ANY SILVIA DURAN INTERROGATION RECORDS, AND/OR ANY ASSASSINATION OR POST- ASSASSINATION RECORDS IN THE ARCHIVES. SECRET
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