13-00000 There are supposed to be LT attachments! where are they? r22? | How can they ‘be so sure that O$WALD political contacts 222 345. 22 May | 36, 26 May —-BaT. 2 June ! ! 3h8, 17‘June . ' | had no Where is 505503 ; “Ana attachnents 77 ! : 349, 18 June 6 : | 7 ' t memo may not be published, in part or in full, without the express consent of / Also,. Tourist Cards were | checked | of persons traveling at. the same : ‘time to establish any connection with him, or cars enterin and leaving, ‘etc. ; etc, this investigation, it was established without a doubt, that OSWALD had no contacts in with persons or groups affiliated with politics. / Finally, case closed. file! Signed by Lic. Luis ECHEVERRIA. AMEMBASSY A- 1359 . Mexican Report on Activities of OSWALD While in Mexicd - On 11 lapr 4 the Ehib delivered to Sec of For Relations note #1349, dated 10 Apr 64, requesting report on inyestii ati conducted by Mexi national agencies. into activites of (OSWALD. Emb note also requested tion of, the measures which were taken by Mexi Gov, etd. / Under cover of note, #504826, 14 May 64, the Sec of For Relations’ of Mexi has transmitted to Emb a confidential | memo forth info qa requested. The original note and attached meno are forwarded herewith, Ww request that they be made available to President' s Commission on Assassination. copy has been retained in Emb files. / Department's attention is drawn to the| res the Mex HMMA 23520. - Mexi Gov Report on Actions Taken and Investigations Made abver he teath Pres, Kennedy (Ref: HMMA 23443 - para 344 above) Same info as para 344) declaration of Silvia DURAN about her contact with OSWALD (nothing new). | | | NOTE: written by. cos - This copy of. the Foreign Office! 8 "edited" yersion of Lic, Luis report was given to me by | LEGAT on 2 June 64. We. already have copies. report as para 346 above. AMEMBASSY A1461 “supplementary Mexioan Report on Activities of OSWALD (re refs A 1359 - para 345 above) - Referenced airgram transmitted a note and a memo from Mexi Sec of For Relion | ; / Supplementing that info, Note No. 505503. dated 9 June 1964 transmitting loriginal of that note investigations, etc. a number of photostatic copies of documents pertinent to this case, | The. as OSWALD to bry L | sent to archy 8. A certifies copy of the Mexi note and memo is included for the Department's files, while an ofrttthed |above except the ple t Mexico @ descrip- date | setting | th the tion that Gov.| ' t of 1 i ' i : ‘ECHEVERRIA (attached | iis the saine ! ! ' i | and its annexes are forwarded herewith, with the request that they be made available + the President's Commission on the Assassination. A certified copy of. the Mexi note and it are included for the Department's files, another retained: in the Embassy; attention is drawn to the reservation thet. . «. May not be published. . Mexi Government. i | | Potomac: Cable No. 278 (Undiassifiea) (Sent via wireless file 6-12-64) - The Wi without permiss’ / Department tg ' { | annexes . po | i of | | rren Commissibn - | ! This is a two page document stating the aims:of the Commission, which was established on a | 29 Nov &, and that its wok report would be Published in July 1964. | | | | | | “SECRET | | | ad
13-00000 i ! gr 350. 19 June © | ! | MEXI 9948 (refs | MEXI 9681 - hot in OSWALD file; see ZATSKOV P-885) During subject's | ; ' . (Subject is LIOVAL-1). (John Emil BLANKENEAGEL) 11-12 June trip with Sov Consul Pavel Antonoviet ; YATSKOV (KGB), ls tter mentioned could do favor for Suvi and import rifle: free of duty from U.S for Subj' 8 hunting interests. ‘Subj casually: responded that Y could ‘probably prder one | from KLEIN discount store Chicago. ‘This' caused Sov to ask Subj. if though OSWALD actually Pres K's | assassin, Subj said definitely believed this true basis news paper accounts. XY dountered | saying did not believe OSWALD involved and briefly explained his position by | oll; "I|met OSWALD here. He’ stormed into my office land wanted me to introduce and récommend Him to the Cubans } He told me that he had lived in the USSR. I. told: him ‘that I would have to check veforé I epuld | recommend him, He was nervous and his hands: trembled, and;he stormed out of office, I fon believe! that a person as nervous as, OSWALD, whose hands trembled, could have accurately fired : a rifle." [ Above is full extent of, Y's Statement as recalled by Subj who did not ‘try elicit further. eee po : : i j : | ' : ; | LEGAT REPORT  (#iied in m Bulg) { | t i i ' ! | | i i | i : \ : H ' : ! | | | | } i i 351, 22 June Read carefully | | | | 352. ek June — . MEXI 0005 (Ref: ‘DIR 30547 - para 353 velow) - From 27 Sept 63 LIENVOY, time late afternoon, prior ; | L700 hours, unidentified Sov male talked with YATSKOVA. Presume male YATSKOV, basis endearing ' terms used. / 28'Sept LIENVOY about 0857 hrs: KAZANTSEV speaks with wife, and YATSKOV then: | talks with KAZANTSEVA, Gist of conversation is thet YATSKOV family, accompanied by BAZAROV: : : ' and KAZANTSEVS, planning day trip (possibly to Cuernavaca) and to depart this, date about 11600 | . hrs. From LICALLA 28 Sept 0952 hrs: Yasd and wife and KAZANTSEV seen chatting on terrace. | ' At’ 1000: hrs Y and wife went into garden.| LICALLA did not observe time of Y departure from: ib. : _ / Have no reporting fpr Sun, 29 Sept. / 30 Sept LILYRIC observed Y enter SovEmb in his dip car | — ; 0852 hrs, departed 1416 hrs. LIENVOY 30 Sept reports KAZANTSEV, speaking with a visiting Sov, | _ tells Sov call morn 1 Oct and speak with Y. / 1 Oct LILYRIC: Y,entered Emb O847, left 1416) | LICALLA’ observed Y at 1104 hrs talking with Valentin Vasilyevich BAKULIN and) Aleksey Ivanovich | | ' GARMASHEV. / 2 Oct: Ace LILYRIC Y entered Emb 0846, left 1106, | entered 1120. Departed 1122 | _ with Oleg Pavlovich MOSKVICHEV, entered 1128: with M, departed 1420 with wife.) According LICALLA ee seén with ¥XH Valeriy: Vladimirovich) KOSTIKOV | at 0852, seen. with: Valeriy Aleksandrovich | |ANDR NOV, at /1000, seen with Mos kvichey, at 12h, seen with GARMACHEV ‘at 1402. / Feel quite possible that | | ' OSWALD Spoke with YATSKOV basis. 1 Oct 63, LIENVOY: 2 When OSWALD spoke with OBYEDKOV,, OSWALD : , said had talked with a consul on Saturday, did not name KOSTIKOV. It was oe asked suggestively if it was K and OSWALD said yes, possibly without thought. ‘Dirett HQS at ention po this transcript. | Note however; KOSTIKOV. has dark’ hair, YATSKOV. light brown and very grey at temples, » giving appearance of almost white hair. Could also well be that OSWALD irst spoke | with KOSTIKOV who turned OSWALD over to his boss YATSKOV. ‘Also, given the apparent frankness weg poo : of Y's discussions with LIOVAL41, - articularly his vie! 8 Stalin: and Khrushchev, wpa appear PEG - | possible he tole Le truth xe OSWALD, at minimum re meeting OSWALD. | | | { { i [ \ i i : ' i | | ! | ee “SECRET _ | - i
13-00000 353, oh June : | | DIR 30547 (Ref: MEXI 9948, - pare 350 avove) = Pls ohn LICALLA and | Limnvor records try | ! determine if YATSKOV was in Mext city during period OSWALD tere and : ar YATSKOV in |Sov | | Emb Sat., 28 Sept, day which OSWALD | olaiied had visited Enib and talked to consul (NEXT 7025, 23 Nov. - para 32 above). . Also cable your views possibility OSWALD could have met YATSKOV | Tather than or in addition to KOSTIKOV. : od | ‘ H | AMEMBASSY Incoming Telegram Control #e : * President's Commission conéiders it absolutely . ; necessary publish documents supplied by GOM (with possible exception ‘Annex 3, reservation See para hk and 348 aboye. Where are, ' sheet of bus company, and Annex 5, qxcept the statements by! Mrs .: Duran and husband iwhich Annexes to GOM report?? | | extremely important to Commission). 8M You requested contact iGOM soonest indicating | : above. You may wish emphasize that. Commission desires publish as much info possible, ete, . | Report will be published at earliest late July or early August. FYI: Substantially alli info ‘ in documents supplied by GOM had also been supplied Commdse ton by other sources., ete. ete. 354, 3 guly | | | NOTE on above: Underlined: "other sources" ~ LIENVOY a Also - Amb” will Tequest from : Foreign Minister. Signed cos 355. 7 July |_ DIR 33368 - Call Station attention to DEPTEL 23 dated 2 guly to Mexi (pare 354 above) | dealing with commission intention publish most of docs’ received from. (COM. Station may | wish monitor. reply to Protect any of its Ops interests, 356. 21 July ' THE NEWS by Holmes Alexander - Double-check, date lined Washington - - Nugh Aynesworth, @ | friend of Alexander; will publish anything the Commission omits. Aynesworth has been 7 * & conducting a parallel : investigation | of testimony, ‘affidavits and ballistic reports, : | «eee OSWALD's own words show him in| ‘his vacillating loyalty, swinging to the Communists , | and then swinging back to his native country. | When he : was pro-Russian, he took money from | the Soviet secret police, . When he was pro-American, he was able to raise! money for home- | ward passage. at the American Embassy. Aynesworth | ‘claimed that the fm FBI! knew OSWALD to | be a potential assassin. And FBI agent is quoted ‘as telling the Dallas police on 22 Nov. | "We knew he was capable of, essassinating | the President, but we didn't dream he would do it. 357. 31 July : ; E AMEMBASSY outgoing Telegram, Control 955: ~ ' GOROSTIZA told me that GoM has no objection to | publication of all documents except: istatement of Mrs. Duran’ (annex 5. mentioned in GOM | Note 505503 dated 9 June 1964) (see para’ 348 - antiexes. missing). Publisation ‘would be embarrassing. to GOM because of extensive; questioning of Mrs:, Duyan, ete. / I suggested | that another way of handling problem would be for GOROSTIZA to indicate parts of Duran — statement, publication of which would be: | particularly embarrassing to GOM, with view to deleting these from published document. GOROSTIZA agreed to re- read document with: this in view..... : : — hn, SECRET
13-00000 . 4 ) : : . i | SECRET i Memo of Tel Conversation between. ForeiLgn Secretary GoROSETZA and Minister Boonstra - 'GOROSTIZA gave permission to publish all of the dochment 8 concerning OSWALD, ineluding that document No. 5 relating to Silvia DURAN. .... 358. 5 Aug 64 | i i | | | i t t ! 359. 5 Aug ANENBASSY Outgoing Telegram gee fron Amb Freeman to Seastate advising info in pera 350 above, 360. 14 Aug Memo of Conversation between Amb Jose GALLASTEGUL, Secretariat of Foreign Relations, and | _Boonstra - Note from GOM dated 23 July 64 istated permission given to publish all info on, ‘OSWALD case, but omitted Document #5 (on DURAN). GALLASTEGUL said note had been written. ‘before décision was made to peralt publishing : info on DURAN ito return note and, another ‘would be sent....— : | | ! 361. 20 Aug i AMEMBASSY Mexico to Dept of State - Permission to Publish Docunents on OSWALD with attactied 362. 2k Aug | 'MEXI 881 (Ref: WAVE o767 - 19 Aug 6 =i. 19 Aug KUJUMP Houston advised | ‘KUJUMP WAVE : 'axea of foll: A. . Oscar RODRIGUEZ Molina DPOB. 10 Dec 29 Jaruco, Havana effected Black iRiver crossing from Mexi to Brownsville, Texas, 18 Aug. B. Subj picked up by and in oo . custody ODURGE Brownsville. C. Subj claims visit PBRIME May 61 for few months then returned | PBRUMEN with family, D, Worked food ration dept PBRUMEN until 64 when arrested for counter | | AMTHUG- 1 activities. E. Wile in jail approx 21 days was recruited by CIS for alleged | ‘mission abroad. F. Subj when picked up during above river crossing requested talk with’ ODYOKE intel rep. 2. WAVE sending Wilfred 0. CLOWER to Houston/Brownsville contact | KUJUMP Houston and assess Subj Brownsville order further determines nature CIS mission, |; ; ' | locus same and possible OP viability case. 3. WAVE traces possibly iden Subj previously Check thé@@e refs. | ; ‘forwarded addees, BELL 1989, 29 Feb 613 Swext ThT9, 2 Mar 613 WAVE 4375, 10 Mar 615 | . |MEXI 7999, 12 May 61 and WAVE 6382, 23 May 61.. Local ODURGE/ODENVY traces pending. 4. | | ‘Request addee- traces...) Station traces reflect Oscar RODRIGUEZ Molina arrived: Mext fr ; Hava 22 Jan 61. Gave contact address Independencia 17.; (LIFIRE B/Doc) MEXI 6 7026, eke | & ECBEVERRIA asked COS for.all info ion Subj. Said had heard on radio FNU RODRIGUEZ Mol. ‘picked up connection GFFLOOR and; RODRIGUEZ a Mexican. | 4 Sept . | = 47058 - 1. FYI. We are infornéa by Warren Comm Marina OSWALD has very recently provided additional documentary | materials: pertaining to late husband's ‘Mexi stay. fo wit: Map of Mexi cite conteining location marks and a Mexi cite, TV. guide, Our underatand ing that very detailed search of: Pain residence in Dallas has been conducted by appropriate authority and other materials with bearing on case have been’ produced. ODENVY has forwarded it rep Mexi ; ; : copies of map.and other unspecified materials on or about. 29) Aug.. We ,have been assured | | | . , copies from Commission ‘and will forward for we info iy mene fhe ne “infovsignitionnely | will bring this up with ybu on his own. / Apparently none o s new info sign What are new materials?? : | alters previous eenelisions re OSWALD" s stay. . ; 79 ! / 1 “erancy