AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10073-10426 RECORD SERIES: MX AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  105-3702-1365 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LEG. MX TO: DIRECTOR. FBI TITLE: DATE: 09/30/1969 PAGES: 7 DOCUMENT TYPE: ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW _DATE: STATUS COMMENTS: HY 50953 Docld: 32144389 SEE FBI 105-82555-5617 PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 09/24/1997 Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(B) Page 1 NEW CLASSIFICATION: UPDATE DATE: — 06/08/2001
Gn HAS NO OBJECTION TO. -DETLASSIFICATION AND/OR, RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION Sept. 30, 1969 \_- LEE HARVEY OSWALD ; a IS - RUSSIA - CUBA ReBulet 9/12/69 to Assistant Attorney General, Internal Security Division, copies of which were forwarded to this office. Enclosed herewith are two Xerox reproductions of the Mexico City file copies of Mr. CHARLES THOMAS’ memorandum dated 12/10/65, and the memoranda from this office to the Ambassador 3 dated 12/27/65 and 2/23/66. Background ELENA GARRO DE PAZ, or Mise GARRO as Mr. THOMAS calls her, is a well known figure in Mexican political, social and. literary circles. She was a playwright’ and well known to many officials of the Embassy including the then ‘Ambassador 7 JOR. .FREEMAN, the then Deputy Chief of Missien CLARENCE ‘and many others. All of those officiale@ expressed: ‘to: @ various .cccasions the opinion that Mies GARRO ig a. very: nteresting person and a scintillating conversationalist, but’ that she has. a vivid imagination and frequently appears to be. sabe to fistinraish between truth and fiction. Although interesting, they. alle her’ as highly unreliable as a source of’ information “except ore - Mr. THOMAS who apparently placed consistent | redone’, An’ WARE. oe XQ GARRO said. Aye? one St os When Miss GARRO vis. this ortica in Ko = OQ) ct claimed that she had seen VEY GOWALD ‘at a: part S| the home of RUBEN DURAN on. September. 30, October 1; » & 1963 ,as reported in Mexico, City letterhead: wenoranduia 2° As previously reported, Miss GARRO claimed that: her. dw #3 5  BLENA PAZ GARRO, who aecompanied her at that. party, 7 ASE S first time a young man later identified by ‘her. ae ABO is G LAVAGNINI STENIUS. Identification of this. indi vigen: iS 3 4 ~ Bureau (Encs.-6) . (i = Liaison Section) ~ Mexico City /ako (5) ce" oo . . "yeh SEARCHED cu gr ‘ u EB ; Pa few % HW 50953 Docld:32144389 Page 2? ~
Pai 7 Rate Se Spe ae MEX 105-3702 TAB NIEIE ad whe acquired this intelligence information, I feel a responsibility for seeing it through to its final evaluation." It appears, therefore, that Mr. THOMAS has now decided that he and not the FBI or the Department of Justice is the one to decide how the story given by Miss GARRO is to be evaluated. The concept that every person who passes on to another govern- ment agency information relating to matters within the jurisdiction of that agency has the responsibility and authority to review and evaluate the action taken by that agency is, of course, untenable. J Further question concerning Mr. THOMAS' judgment is raise / officials,if true, is a very highly classified matter and any "leak" or revelation to unauthorized individuals concerning such an arrangement would, in view of the delicate Mexican political Situation, be disastrous to the Mexican Government as well as to Mexican-American relations. The delicacy of the situation / has recently been greatly augmented by the published Cuban f allegation that one of the officers of the Mexican Embassy in v Havana was_acting as a CIA spy with the knowledge of the Mexican Goveranen t¥G ir THOMAS, however, included such a highly classified reference in a memorandum which he classified only as "confidential", contrary to regulations relative to classification of documents. While this reference relates to the activities and , operations of another Government agency and therefore is not of \ primary concern to the Bureau, it is nevertheless called to the \ Bureau's attention for,consideration in evaluating Mr. THOMAS’ \current allegations. (&) Ss An additionél copy of this letter is being forwarded for.,use in the event the Bureau desires to forward a copy to Dallas which received a copy of referenced letter. j ay item 3 of paragraph 10 of his memoran d , the Secretary of State. Any reference to the >| / relationship between the head of CIA Mexico a top Mexican HY 50953 Docld: 32144389 Page 3