104-10013-10318 SECRET | 20 January 1964 MEMORANDUM TQ Mr. Clark D. Anderson, Legal Attache FROM : Winston M. Scott vocae" ‘Ny f SUBJECT Lee Harvey OSWALD 4 a | 1... Reference is made to Mr. Anderson's memorandum of 14 January | 1964 requesting that certain information be obtained from Cosumel. | 2. The following reply was received on 17 January 1964 from ° in Merida: . a. Daniel SOLIS is a well known municipal policeman in Cozumel. ~. -.. He has been in thisposition for the past eleven (11). years.: -He has.a good. ‘nate ates soy reputation. i \ il b. Daniel SOLIS stated that he had no knowledge of any person ramed Ylario ROJAS Villanueva. Daniel SOLIS' wife hae an uncle who is named Eladio VILLANUEVA Ramirez and is from Guadalajara. SOLIS believee this uncle was originally from Manuel Doblado, Guanajuato. Thies uncle visited SOLIS in Cozumel abaut the first two weeks in June 1963. The uncle arrived by bus to Puerto Juarez and by boat to Cozumel. He was “broke", seeking work. He was without luggage, had only the clothes he wore. The uncle said his suitcase had fallen from the top of the bus into the water at an unspecified ferry croeging en route to Merida. The uncle said the suitcase contained some “important papers" and all his persmal belongings. c. Daniel SOLIS housed and fed this uncle and got him a job (temporary) as a bricklayer's assistant. The uncle worked in Cozumel until about mid-June 1963 and then left for Vera Cruz by boat. Be _ a... The present whereabouts of this uncle are unknown to Daniel. ‘soLis. ‘SOLIS gave him some clothes and $500 (pesos) upon departure. hab e. While at the home of Daniel SOLIS, the uncle wrote three letters to the skipper of the ferry boat trying to recover his suitcase; sECREL [ar — rut eects and i Thhes pF PP
13-00000 SOLIS as: 30 years old, 5'8", abaat 185 pounds, stocky, skin "moreno", _ eeem subject to aberrations. - have heard of “Albert”. e but he received no reply. The uncle sent no other mail and he received no mail during this time. The uncle had no notebook of any kind. f. The uncle had no contact with any Cubans in Cozumel as far as SOLIS knows. His only associates were a Mexican Air Force Sergeant named "Polo" and his bricklayer bose, Leonel VILLANUEVA (no relation). g- The uncle, Eladio VILLANUEVA Ramires, is described by black straight hair, mustache and with a long face. He usually worke as a chauffeur or farmer. SOLIS said Eladio VILLANUEVA Ramires did not 3. Neither Daniel SOLIS nor any of several other contacts in Cozumel THIS INFORMATION IS FROM A CONPIDENTIAL SOURCE, IT MUST NOT BE DISSEMINATED IN WHOLE OR IN PART OUTSIDE YOUR OFFICE WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE ORIGINATING OFFICE IN MEXICO CITY. Distribution: | : | Orig & Ib Addressee l: 50-2-4-1 1: P-8593 (OSWALD wms/dh , | oe
Le SOR 22s ct neta tet eee CIA HAS RO OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION ANPYOR RELEASE OF THIS DOGUZAENT RE: LEE HARVEY OSWALD 2. It is requested that the following investigation be _ conducted at Cozumel: & Determine whether a municipal policeman named DANIEL SOLIS actually exists and is living and working in Cozumel. {- If SOLIS does exist, determine whether he is acquainted with YLARIO ROJAS ‘VILLANUEVA, a 3i-year | old Mexican citizen residing in Guadalajara. q.. Determine whether SOLIS has a notebook in his possession which belongs to ROJAS. Latter has alleged having been in Cozumel from late December, 1962, to early March, 1963, to have known SOLIS there, to have seen OSWALD on two different occasions there, and to have written down in a notebook the names of three Cubans with whom he was in contact in Cozumel and the full name of ALBERT LNU, an alleged official of the American Government said to have been in contact with OSWALD in Cozumel.