Fe Sd CEES asians? ame ed nd oT a, ——n "Classification: {1 i po (Qe Scone) (This form is ‘to be sed for material extracted - from ClA—controlled - documents.) —=€6- tee ine Tarasoffs for transcriptior. (d} Handling by Tarasoffs Along with the reel: of tape that contained Russian language conversat:’ ons (and probably English language conversations) , Mr. Tarasoff received a copy of the Spanish transcripts .262/ When the Tarasoffs received the tapvs, they transcribed only ; those conversations that were denoted on the Spanish transcript as being in Rusiian.263/ © ” , a Mr. Tarasoff routinely received the tapes the day after they were made. 2:4/ Mr. Tarasoff testified that he would then immedia-:ely transcribe the tapes and turn over the completes tapes and transcripts to his contact the next mo-ning.265/ — Mr. Tarasoff said tiat she-vOTUNS7OT—wortire baste the transcripts were always firished in one day.266/ "Sometimes there was so Vittle work | in transcribing ‘the Russian ‘portion of ‘the tape that T was” just “hanging around doing nothirg. "267/ Ann Goodpasture, at ‘one time, put the. time fag for “completion of the @ .e oo Classification: - _ | . _ . ‘ | a Bi erivation: NW 46327 Docld:32263889 Page 78
er fat tas yf mE Classification’. ig A Aas i (This form is to be is for material extracted Gp from ClA—controlled cocuments.) -67- Russian transcription at approximately one week. 268/ In her testimony before this Committee, Ms. Goodpasture stated that it generally tcok Mr. Tarasoff one or two days to complete the translations and transcriptions.269/ (e) E>pedited Procedure for - English Language Conversations or other Conversations of Special Interest ' : There was a procedu-e whereby Mr. Tarasoff's a . transcription could be exp:dited if there was a special interest in a particular conversation.270/ When the monitor in the listening post encountered something. he considered imsortant enough to require expedited transcription, it was possible for him to Although Arnold Arehart was not the Tarasoffs' contact in September. or October ‘of 1963, he did serve as such at one time .272/ When’ he was interviewed by the House Select Committee on Assassinations, Mr. Arehart was asked whether there was a process whereby bring this quickly to the Station's attention:271/ : f tobe transcription of important conversations in English ee Classification: . : Le fe 6 ke oe RW 48327 Doctld: 32263889 ‘Page 79
Classification: i: (This form is to be used for material extracted > from ClA—controlled ciocuments.) — -68- or Russian could be expedited.273/ He explained that there would not have teen such a process. for a Russian conversation, sirce the importance of the conversation: could not be Judged due to the fact that no one in the listenirg post could understand that language. 274/ Arehari. did say that there was such a procedure for English language conversations .275/ When one of the Mexican monitors encountered a conversation in English, he would ask Arehart to listen to that conversation.276/ After listening @ | - to the. conversation, Arehat would decide whether or | not it 'warranted special a:tention.277/ If he deemed that it was iniportant enouyh, “he would mark the tape “Urgent, "put ‘it ina box, and deliver it to Ms. Goodpasture. 278/ Mr. Arehart's recol lection was confirmed-by an examination of the project files for this operation. One of the monthly project reports explains this | procedure and its purpose: 184 | ; | . Classified by derivation: 59 LF ke NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 80_
Classification: pais EI Ris Td QIU EG (This form is to be csed for votes extracted from ClA—-controlled documents.) ; -€9- Headquarters (is) nct well informed on the way the Mexico Station exploits operational leads from (this operation). The outside staff agent, Arnold Arehart has instructions to alert the Statior immediately if a U.S. citizen or English speaking person tries to contact any of the target installations. This is done by a telephone call from outside | ‘the tap center at a pay phone to (Ann Good- pasture) inside the Station. Emergency meetings are arranged in double talk...(Good- pasture) meets Arehirt within fifteen minutes at a pre-arranged: dcewntown location and receives the reel wth an extract of the pertinent conversat'on. The reel is then taken to the Station and given to the case officer responsible for the target the person was trying to contact. Headquarters is 7 notified by cable o° the action taken. oe Only in rare cases $s information on a U.S. > citizen passed without prior Headquarters approval.279/ If the tape was from a Sov et installation, the tape would have been delivered :he same day to the Tarasoffs by Mr. Zambernardi.280/ A ong with the tape, the Tarasoffs would receive a iote indicating which .. conversation was to be traiscribed ona priority basis. The Tarasoffs wouli then immediately transcribe that conversation and retu-n it to their regular contact that same day. 281/ It should be noted that the monthly report says thit the Soviet transcripts would be delivered to. the zase officer. responsible for the ref installation. oBel In ‘the ‘case of the | assification: — EEA tn HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 61—
Classification: 227° (This form is to be vied for moterial extracted from ClA—controlled c ocuments.) -7)- Soviet target, that case officer would have been - Mr. Herbert Manell.283/ Mr. Manell testified that. he had nothing to do with transporting the transcripts to or from the Tarasoffs except in rare instances when no one else was availaole to do the job.284/ Mrs. Tarasoff testified that the "urgent" tapes were delivered and picked up by their regular contact.285/ (f) Handling in the Station All of the transcripts were brought into. the Station to Ms. Goodpasture.286/ Ms. Goodpasture routed the copies of the transcripts and retained “one copy for her own file. .287/.- One ty of all of: WEN tO thd | the Soviet transcripts was ee berbara Manel by Ann Goodpasture the morning they were f rveceived.288/. Ms. Goodpasture routed the Cuban transcripts to either Robert Shaw or David Phillips.289/ ' One copy of all the transcripts eventually went into’ a chronological. file.290/ One copy of the Soviet transcripts was cut and pasted onto separate sheets. ‘of paper and filed in appropriate subject or personality ‘files. 291/ - The ‘resuma were “also maintained Classification: _ —_ : é ‘ “ | a “Clossified by’ derivation: “NW 48327 Docld:32263889. Page 82. 486
a : from, ClA—controlled documents.) -?]- in a chronological file.292/ One copy of the Cuban transcripts was routinely sent to Headquarters on a weekly basis.293/ (g) Format of Transcripts The format of the transcripts that Mr. Tarasoff produced was much the same as those of the Spanish © _ language transcripts described above.294/ Mr. Tarasoff's transcripts wer from Russian into English.295/ ® . Many of Mr. Tarasoff's transcriptions bear the notation . Ake (previously transcribed)" “after the meter number “referring to the reel footage location of a . conversation. 297/ Mr. Tarasoff indicated that this notation meant that: the conversation had already been transcribed from a tap on another embassy phone: “Previously transcrised"-means, for instance, I went. to the embassy first and the embassy ‘number. was 605055. Now this number 501264 betonged to the filn's office. So consequently if that particular call went out of the main building to the filns office and it had been transcribed before, that is exactly what I would do, put down “previously transcribed". . So there was no question of doing it twice.298/ “2. “2. “Ea. “A rr Classification: Ye Wimnghe go _ Classified by derivation: _. NW 48327 ‘DocId: 32263889 Page 83
ee ee RW 48327 (This form is to be ised for POL ay ol from ClA—controlled documents.) °72- C. Voice Comparisons In addition to his translation and transcription duties, Mr. Tarasoff as a matter of routine attempted to identify the voices of the participants ina | conversation.299/ | This eventually led to Mr. Tarasoff's collecting voice samples from tapes of Russian officials whose voices he had identified. 300/ Mr. Tarasoff also made comments about the personality. and dispositions of . the participants in conversations that he transcribed. . Generally, these comments, or "personality assessments" were made on separate pieces of paper and not on the transcripts themselves. 301/ -TII. Information About Lee Harvey Oswald's Stay in Mexico that was Known by the. CIA Mexico City Station Prior to the Assassination of John Kennedy and the Sources of that Information A. Information that was Available In 1963 the Central Intelligence Agency’ 5 Mexico City Station surveilled both the: Cuban and Soviet diplomatic compounds flectronically and... Piss Arrow am Classification: . —— ” Claiified by 2 derion Docld:32263889. Page ea . ‘|
Classification: , BE: (This form is “to be ised for material extracted from CiA—controlled documents.) photographically. 302/. The Mexico City Station received daily transcriptions of the telephonic surveillance of the Embassies. 303/ The. Station received twice, or three times, a week ‘the photographic coverage of the Embassies and Consulates. 304/ T. . Information Available to the Mexico City Station from Electronic Surveillance Aimed at the Soviet Consulate and Nilitary 7 Attache’ s Office. From the electronic surveillance of the Soviet Embassy, the CIA Mexico City ‘Station learned of the following conversations | ‘that were subsequently linked by Station personne? to Lee Harvey Oswald: a. September 27, 1963, Friday (1) At or avout 10:30 a.m. an unidentified man called ‘the Soviet Military Attache looking for a visa to Odess3.° He was referred to: . ' the Consulate. . The man thei asked for and | was given f { 1 directions to the Consulate office. The directions Classification: . : Wot 4 aa Classified by ‘derivation: "NW 48327. Docld:32263889 Page 85
Classification: il (This form is to be used for material extracted (> . from ClA—controlled documents.) -74- were not noted by. the tran:criber.. The entire. conversation was transcribed in Spanish. 305/ (2) At 10:37 a.m. a man called: the ‘Soviet. Consulate and asked for the Consul. He was told that the Consul was not in. The man outside stressed that it was necessary for him to get a visa to Odessa. He was told to call back at 11:30. This conversation was: also transcribed in Spanish. 306/— po | - (3) At 1:25 an unidentified man called : the Soviet Consulate and asked for the Consul. The iN ifs se man was told that the Consul was not in. The man outside asked, “When tomorrow?" The Soviet official told him that. on Mondays and Fridays the Consul was “in between four and five. This conversation was also . in the Spanish transcriptions.307/ (4) At approximately 4:05 p.m. Silvia Duran called the Soviet Enibassy. She told the person at the Embassy that an American citizen seeking a 4 visa was at the Cuban Consulate. Silvia explained 2 fo fy > that the American citizen wanted to know the name — © ‘Classification: pipes 490 j feos 7 , | "Clssifid “by derivation: we NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 86
Classification: : ; r Pi. (This form is to be ee moierial” ex! | Go - from CliA—controlled ¢ ocuments.) | | ~75- of the official he had dealt with at the Soviet Embassy. Silvia had sent the American to the Soviet Embassy, stating that his acquiring a Cuban visa was contingent on his previously acquiring a Soviet visa. Silvia explained to the Soviet official that - the American had stated that he. was assured that ‘there would be no problem. At that point, the Soviet official put another “official on the phone, causing Silvia to repeat the story. ‘The (official then asked Silvia to leave her rame and number so he could © - all later. This conversation was also in Spanish. 308/ (5) At 4:26 p.m.-an unidentified Soviet official called Silvia Duréin inquiring whether the. . American citizen had been 9 the Cuban consulate office. Silvia responded affirmatively, stating the American was at the office at that. time. The Soviet official told Silvia that when the American visited the Soviet Consulate offic: he had displayed papers. from the Soviet. Consulate in Washington, He ‘also had “a letter stating that he wis a member of an ‘organization 4 r- oo, that favored Cuba. The ‘American wanted to go to the u, §.S.R. with, ‘his Russian vife and remain there a -@ co Classification: : aa os] HW 48327. Docld:32263889 Page. 67
EEF iF aay adh Classification: . (This form is to be used for material extracted a from ClA—controlled documents.) -/6- long time. The Soviet official had not received an answer from Washington to the American's problem. The problem traditionally took four to five months to resolve because Washington had to secure authorization from the U.S.S.R. The Soviet official, added that the American's wife could get a visa in Washington very. quickly and she could have it sent anywhere, but he - felt that the American would not get a visa soon. Silvia said that the Cuban government could not give the SE American a visa because he had neither friends in Cuba nor authorization for a visa from the U.S.S.R. aa, The Soviet official added that the Soviets could ‘nat give the American a tetter of recommendation because they did not know him. This conversation was “SERA. _ also in the Spanish transcripts .309/ b. September 28, 1963, Saturday At 11:51 a.m. Silvia Duran called the Soviet Consulate. She said that there was an American citizen at the Cuban Consulate who had previously visited the Soviet Consulate. The Soviet asked wens . Tae an: Po , "Silvia. to wait. a minute. : Upon his return to. the 8 ae Classification: _ aenE: abe fee nee 0 . a an Schactiea, by derivation a -NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 88
Classification: | (This form is to be used for material extracted © ; from ClA—controlled jocuments.) telephone, Silvia put the /merican on the line. At first the American spoke ir Russian and the Soviet spoke English. The conversation then proceeded in English until the Russitn discontinued ‘it and put another Soviet on the line. The Soviet spoke in English, but the American, speaking in broken Russian, asked him to speat Russian. The conversation resumed in Russian at that point. It also became incoherent and is thus quoted in its. entirety: a Russian: What else do you want? American: ‘I was [ust now at your Embassy and they tcok my address. Russian: I know that. American: /speaks terrible, hardly recognizable Russiar/I did not know it then. I went tc the Cuban Embassy to ask them fcr my address, because they have it. Russian: Why dor't you come again and leave your acdress with us; it is not far from the Cuban Embassy. American: Well, 1'1] be there right away. 310/ 3 | . _ Classification: (8) 7 : oo S , | Classified by derivation: aT yr A. a a a iad a er NW 48327. Docld:32263889 Page 89
eae RETIRE Cd Ce enerd — (oamaeneanaenenaned end Classification: , (This form is to be used for not ait & . from ClA—controlied clocuments.) ~73- : c. October 1, 1963, Tuesday - (1) At 10:31 acm. an unidentified man called the Soviet Military Attache and, in broken Russian, said that he had visited the Consulate the previous Saturday and had spoken to the Consul. The . man wanted to know if the Soviets had received an answer from Washington. At that point, the Soviet. official gave the man the Consulate phone number and ‘asked him to call there. This conversation is in the e English transcripts, indicating the man spoke in either Russian or English.2ll/ ~ _ ~ (2) At 10:45 a.m.312/ a man who, according to the translator's comment, had phoned a day or so before and had spoken in broken Russian, called the Consulate and spoke to an employee named Obyedkov. The man calling introduced himself as "Lee Oswald" and stated thet he visited the Soviet , ‘Consulate the previous Saturday. He told Obyedkov that he spoke with the Consul on that day. Oswald added that the Consul had : tated that they would send f a. telegram to Washington and he wanted to know if they: sere he erage ees o-- een) magento ‘ ™ om 2 “ * Chossifiéd: by “derivation: fl ay Ay A NW 486327. Decld:32263889 Page 90
Classification: : i lis i = (This form is to be ne for material extracted . ® ; from ClA—controlled cocuments.) -7)- had received an answer. Oswald also said that he did not remember the name of. the Consul with whom he had spoken. “Obyedkov asked if it had been Kostikov and.described him as "dark." The man outside replied affirmatively and repeated that his name was Oswald. Obyedkov asked Oswald to hold on-a-minute. while he inquired. When Obyedkov resumed the conversation, he stated that the Soviet Consul had not yet received an answer but the request had been sent. Obyedkov then hung up the telephone as Oswald began another > "> sentence with the words "ard what." This conversation is in the English transcrifts.313/ d. .October 3, 1963, Thursday An unidentified man called the Soviet Military Attache and spoke in broker. Spanish and. then in .- English. When the man inquired about a visa to Russia, he was. given the Consulate phone number. The man then inquired if they “ssued visas at the Consulate. ‘The Soviet stated that he was not certain but that the caller should ‘call the Cons ul nonetheless. 314) “bane NY 46327 Docld:32263889 Page 91
oS . i Classificatio -_ we e: es a> from ClA—controlled clocuments.) -80- 2. Information Available to the Mexico City - CIA Station from CIA Headquarters On October 11, 1963, three days after the Mexico City Station made the initial. report to Headquarters of Oswald's contact with the Soviet Embassy, the Mexico City Station received some information about Lee Oswald from CIA Headquarters. Headquarters informed Mexico that the Lee Oswald who visited the Soviet Embassy may be identical to Lee Henry (sic) Oswald.315/ G : Mexico City received this. cable on 1] October 1963.316/ This cable described Oswald as: | born 18 Oct. 1939, New Orleans, Louisiana, - former radar operator in United States Marines who defected to USSR in Oct. 1959. Oswald is five feet ten inches, one hundred sixty five pounds, light brown wavy hair, blue eyes.317/ The cable reported Oswald's defection in 1959; his desire to return to the United States in 1962; his employment in Minsk: his marriage to a Russian citizen; the return of his. passport; and the State Department's issuance of visas for.Oswald and his family.318/ oa _ Classification: 2: As 4 NW 48327. DocId:32263689 Page 92
(This form is to be vied for material Pirilehe > . from ClA—controlled cocuments.) -Bl- 3. Information Available to the Mexico City Station from Electronic Surveillance Aimed at the Cuban Diplomatic Compound An examination of the production from the electronic surveillance of the Cuban diplomatic. compound’ s telephones failed to reveal any telephone conversation that directly mentioned Oswald or information that clearly. and directly referred to him. 319/ 4. Information Available to the Mexico City © . - §tation from Photographic Surveillance of . the Soviet and Cuban Diplomatic Compounds An examination of th: production from these operations failed to reveal a photograph of Oswald. 32 320/ This Committee has not been able to rule out the possibility that a photogra»yh of Oswald was obtained in Mexico City: by these ope -ations. since the material made available for review wus incomplete. 321/, The possibility that such a pho:ograph was obtained is. discussed in Section Tir. A.5. below. The photograph a fou . that was mistakenly linked “o Oswald by the Mexico . Cn ee “Oe City. Station s di cussed in Sections TIL, B. 4. Sw gt Class ‘ication: 2 eo Js eke “E! -Csied by erivatith: ; rd SY Sf ay way ew yd emmy a 4 a ee r a NW 48327 “pecla: 32263889 Page 93° a  S
ae ae a a a FNS CEPR: (This form is to be used tor material extracted Oo from ClA—controlled c ocuments.) : Classification: co . eB2e 5. Possibility that Additional Information from the Electronic Surveillance on the Soviet Compound was Available to the Mexico City Station Ms. Anna Tarasoff assisted her husband, Boris, in the transcription of tapes from the Russian Embassy.322/ Ms. Tarasoff testified before this Committee on 12 April 1978.323/ She was, shown the a: transcripts from the conversations that were a : intercepted on 10/1/63 at 10:31 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.; 9/28/63 at .11:515 and 10/3/63.324/. She recognized these transcripts as being her husband's work. 325/ She testified that she could identify his work by the style of his writing or typing and the use of slash marks.326/ . In addition to these transcripts, Ms. Tarasoff testified that she remembered one. more conversation that involved Lee Oswald. ees tore. Peng bb oe fet eS @O  ... + Classification: = 2" ep a Z oe , | Classified. iby defivation: iW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 94
Ne : {i a A Vy (This form is to be wsed for moterial sxtracted & re from ClA—controlled documents.) -83- According to. my recollection, I myself, have made a transcript, an English transcript, of Lee Oswald talking to the Russian Consulate or whoever he was at that time, asking for financial. aid. f Now, that particular transcript does not appear here and whatever happened to it, I do not know, but it was a lengthy transcript and I personally did that transcript. It was a lengthy conversation. between him and someone at the Russian Embassy. 327/ Ms. Tarasoff testified that the transcript that she a'/2 dou remembered was approximately” two pages long. 328/ She testified that the caller identified himself as Lee Oswald. 329/ She was certain that the 10/1/63, 10:45 a.m. © . - conversation was not the one that she recalled. Ve, This would not be the conversation that I would be recalling for the simple reason - that this is my husband's work and at that time probably the name didn't mean much of. anything. But this particular piece of work that I am talking about is something that came in and it was marked as urgent. 330/ ‘In the call that Ms. Tarasoff recalled, Oswald spoke only English.331/ Ms. Tarasoff testified that the 10/1/63, 10: 45 conversation could not be the call she remembered because the trdnscript indicates that Oswald spoke in borken Russian as opposed to English; the transcript is shorter than the one she remembers ; the transcript is in her ruboana’ s ‘style 3 as opposed © metre Classification: _ ifr: NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 95°
Pe ae ae ues PT ae ae 2 a . CranET Wily bike! (This form is to be used: for material extracted oO . from ClA—controlled c ocuments.} | — Classification: ./ ti! -B4-— . , - to her own; and there is no mention of Oswald's finances in the transcript. 332/ | Ms. Tarasoff remembers the procedure for urgent tapes.333/ Her memory is confirmed in this “narrow respect by the project. files reviewed by House Select Committee on Assassinations staff members .334/ Ms. Tarasoff recalled that there would be a piece of paper enclosed with the reel which would indicate the footage number where the ccnversation occurred and ask for priority handling cver the other conversations | on the reel .335/. After the conversation was transcribed, : the. Tarasoffs would immedietely notify their contact and then turn the transcrigt, over to him on the same day that it had been delivered. 336/ Ms. Tarasoff was questioned about the details of the conversation which che remembered. She stated that Oswald definitely identifie'd himself and that he was seeking financial a'd from the Russians. aertamen ste nl eon a . teyet @ fet: | Classification: | Yi ai a i a : 909 4 | ; me - . | Classified by’ derivation: ena 7 all a7 il a oa a HW 48327 | Docld:32263889 ‘Page 96