¢ anew ae 1986-967 14 June Wer ey Disposition ~ This document was denied. ‘The document transmitted a: ". : raemoranduin written by a State Department official concerning a‘contack he had. :, with an individual allegirig having become acquainied with Lee Harvey Oswald . in Mexico City. The State Department officer's memorandum is an attachment” to this document. The attachment has been referred to State Depastment ot a . - which will deal with it directly. The Agency dispatch transmitting a copy of this memorandum Will not be released since it discusses the contents of the - attachment in such a way as to reveal completely the contents’, The Agency ... document also contains information confirming the existence of an A gency station in a specific city, abroad, information identifying Agency components ; Agency staff employees, Agency cryptonyms aad Agency: internal filing © instructions . The document i is therefore denied under, the authority of 1086 - 967 AMENDED COMMENT This document has been referred to the Department of State which has not yet responded as of 30 January 1978.
13-00000 te ¢ . . . feats ee ye sion ad pers —_ aie Cite REQUIRED as QUALIFIED DESK Sigzaa, : [Ska guoce INDEXING S FRO SENS mAY a RO Re TO \ Vi o MEXICS, TO DEPARTMENT. OFS Te | <i 2 IVOEUS th ar const ee ampico, MY. BoA Fo Ruyle, has sent to “the Department of State, Washington, D. C., a letter of ll May 1967, a copy of which is herewith attached. It was [Sent in response to 2 request by his desk officer in compliance Bis report constitu 6S “the first piece of substantive. nformation about Lee Harvey Oswald's sojourn in Mexico City to. | appear since the assassination of President Kennedy. .We under=. _ |. stand the reluctance of the unidentified source to become a _§ involved, but the fact remains that this information cannot con~ | tinue to be withheld or concealed. . , It is requested that you confer with Mr .. ‘Ruyle to deter- ine the identity of the source and the best way of approaching him. His desire to stay out of trouble seems likelier to be gratified through cooperation with U. SS. authorities than it would he if we were forced to turn the matter over to the Mexican authorities, ; a 7 It is also requested that you determine whether the : “| Ettached information has been made available to LNERGO andy it eo it has not, to request that this step be taken. The information needed is: the identity of the source, an. ce fapproximate date for the two days spent with Oswald, the identities - {of all others in contact with Oswald at. ‘that time, And : a | Getailed , oe ice he account of what happened. . 7 : ae es a7 Although the Werren Commission obtained no facts pointing. o homosexuality on Oswald's part, this allegation has been made . |. y elenents of the press covering District Attorney Jim Garrison's nm _ ee Document’ Number Loge- 967 Cees os 45) otk 7 FOIA Review on sep 876 gs COPY i Loe -  GASEP 4 sor Excluded tran astamates | CROSS REFERENCE TO DISPATCH ‘SYMBOL AND NUMBER dowrsrading and aes CBee 20BF eee Aa HOS FILE NUMBER : _ | \ ace Ceencccc reek cer tee te aneatn eae a RR A Sp ARE (ECR | EERE SA me ge ea amt stat at en ene potty ee RELEASING DATE gICER'S SIGNATURE aul “| - 53 Use PREVIOUS 20ITiION. "MPO, 1-68
13-00000 ' . . oe erty LASSIFICATION DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER at | * CONTINUATION OF . 4 ‘ DISPATCH | SECRET HMMW-15, 557 investigation in New Orleans. It is therefore necessary to bear this possibility in mind when interviewing the source and others _\|who spent time with Oswald in Mexico City. It is our hope that | the facts obtained through these interviews will help to.confirm that several of Garrison's allegations about involvement of anti- Castro Cubans, WOFACT, etc., are false. 8. We are coordinating closely in this matter with (rouuse) ; (trons Vv. mp ) | |. ATZACHMENT: | | |. setter from American Consul in Tampico) _ DESTRIBUTION: oe Orig & 1 [Ss Mexico City ty ovate fa 3 Qe (-DSIT24¢ ¢ Sondra |53a USE PREVIOUS EDITION. SECRET | CONTINUED
13-00000 pot a an dc MEXICAN hes AIRS . ia} a) wo CONSULATE. ~ , / we OF THE MAY 26 1967 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | pin.ww. J... €«ERCH 2 De Be eee EBVO. SPOTL eee AND Tampico, Mexico AFS......- ———— Official—Informal . Chee! og . a CONFIDENTIAL a aS Wesley D. Boles, Esquire ae Chief, Mexican Political Affairs, Office of Mexican Atfairs ae ‘Department of State, Washington, D. CG, 20520 an Dear Wos: . 7 Se The missing Lee Harvey Oswald airgram referred to in your letter of , April 14 is Tampico's A~43, which I drafted on March 16. It ought to have reached you before April 14. : Lo : I had originally debated with myself whether to send anything at all, considering my "informant" did not seem to offer anything new, How- | ever, in view of the admittedly "electrifying quality” of the subject, I finally decided to record the matter, Because of your letter, I invited my friend to lunch today, We went °° °° Vb ' over the ground in somewhat more detail, as set forth below, but he did not claim he was making world—shaking revelations, and’ Ido nob believe he was. | oo He said he and a group of fellow students met Oswald one afternoon (he does not recall the date) when they came out of the Cineclub, : ich I understood to be at the Egcuela de Filosofia (I am not Familiar with the University of Mexico). Ile described Oswald as raro' and URCMUEEERIE "introvertido", a person who obviously had complexes and problems, ‘ os Oswald was with the group during the remainder of the afternoon and cot EE evening and all the following day, They paid for his meals during this time. (It was of interest to me my informant. said that, in addition to recopnizing Oswald's photograph following the assassination of Prosident Kennedy, he easily recalled Oswald's name because both "Harvey" and "Oswald" connoted rabbit to him, something I hed not thought of.) Oswald ovidently had gone to the university to look for pro-Castro students °“}-.: who might help him persuade the Cuban Embassy to grant him a visq. He spoke littlo Spanish, but indicated he was from California, as well as that ho had | been a member of a prow’ Ce 9tre group dn New Orleans (no. + pew n-camqan
13-00000 2 gem, J Jovan), Ma alhea pov 73 vey unisrstand police azenci/es wihed Gortes Rad bus “Ae asta ios) Hoe ws 2u interes in Paicting _ hee me Uy frierd, rcnorta tho Guban Bicsascy turccl Covald dow from tho cutsct, - apEnres wy an tho Clrss place boowuss Gacy a no "previous"! on hin and in tho ceconmd placo beecune they sucscotod ho WAS a UsS. agents informen$s used the verd PlLorabes.. iat, Zinferred not literally, The ve nel ALY» . a pes eS 7 Or niA ins deeply upset over hotas palezted by the Cubans. Ly Zain provp rowno more of Usuivld cinch (ho ote Ba tas be 8 eee Koavret toying to be cor chews ov eS arantt el namo, I should ‘ rovertheless Like to protect din to tha evtent’ possible,. Ho clains qonringkeoags r Leh Qsrnld with anyone eo “copt nob to heva dicenseced bia a mt, Dosake tha with a grain ot 9, 3 he does. seen gonuincly *3 Searrnl of losing his jeb if he is say puplicly to this matter, Wo abey ccoma fearrul of hrovble with bin former pre-Gastro student Srderds it they get the irpression be teattes on anyono, I gather tad b Pen te thvesp ar3 not altogether nfornen", conridering he. says come of then ooh VW vicit him here from tims to time, Pactdentally, la claims to have et ed Guba, to bo woll acquaint ed wth Neil Rex and, to a Lesser deerca, with Castro, Ho claims further “so berg been feendly with omtioy ca Corea Proonga, wno I understood hin ‘io ray dofected from the Cuban i -cucy in Moscleo City and may now ‘ho on tank, coy Aten hg Grgyealed't during ore fier’) evening particularly intrigned ray (9 ecomad eubscauently, aml peohably vith justification, cepecially foor tw) of the vnpleasant consequences which might dorive from any - peolicisy regarding iit)» Ho asrorted Po was tho student: who porconally* 5 Tol tho Miguel Atetn statue on the UAM campus with a ae at Po res “t -@linhes FIC +t tho Agnsnibonnd belicve ho caid cyeomite-when'it wes mitilated somo wre is Prey. . aera "ie ivi easere my friend my havo fobricatel ovorything ‘ho told Bo My novsonal ovaluation * is tha’ he hes a nN teuthiute aan Cae ae ; o, a . te ag. IQ Je Ruyloe ce
13-00000 en ae ‘iia ybed fue Easikh rv iF “he CMA et ae eaters pS . Don : mention of Texas). He also pave thei to understand police agencies . ‘in the United States had harrassed him ("lo Hostilizagan"). He showed an interest in painting and paintings. ; My friend reports the Cuban Embassy turned Oswald down from the outset, apparently in the first place because they had no "previous" on hin and in the second place because they suspected he was a U.S. agent. Oswald was deeply upset over being rejected by the Cubans... Hy vo informant used the word "“lioraba", but I inferred not literally. The ©.. group suw no more of Oswald after the second day. a, I am not trying to be coy about my "informant's" name. I should nevertheless like to protect him to the extent possible. He claims ,,.,; not to have discussed his acquaintance with Oswald with anyone except me. J tako this with a grain of salt, but he does seem genuinely fearful of losing his job if he is tied publicly to this matter. He also seems fearful of trouble with his former pro-Castro student friends if they get the impression he "“ratted" on anyone. JI gather they are not altogether "former",. considering he Says some of them 4 ‘still visit him here from time to time. .Incidentally, he claims to have visited Cuba, to be well. acquainted with Raul Roa and, to a lesser degree, with Castro. He claims furthex to have been friendly with one Maria Teresa Proenza, who I understood hin to say defected from the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City and may now be in Miami. . 2 ty sp ramen oat weeny One item he "revealed" during our first evening particularly intrigued : \ me. (He seemed subsequently, and probably with justification, especially. | fearful of the unpleasant consequences which might derive from any ie | publicity regarding it). He asserted he was the student who personally # climbed XXXXXXXXXXXKK the Miguel Aleman statue on the UAM campus with : ; the dynamite--ZI believe he said dynamite-~when ad was mutilated some . ‘| years ago, | I am aware my friend my have fabricated everything he told Ge By ok | personal evaluation in that he has been truthful... an Slacerely,- Benjamin J. Ruyle. American Consul (  ). weet enna an Ey Ml een a oan
13-00000 1186 - 999-A 31 July 1975 — ee ‘Disposition = This document was denied. The document i is a review of. information in the Oswald.201]-file which still warrants continued. protection under the classification system. The document identifies and explains the nature of the hazard that would be involved for a number of foxeign intelligence sources and operational methods if this document or other documents containing information on the same activities were to be released. The information is properly classified and denied. This particular document also containg information identify? ng an Agency staff employee and Agenc y internal Fiti instructions. The document was therefore denied under the: authority of exemptions (b) CD), (b) (2). and (©) (3). _— 7 SO a
13-00000 a ae 2y e.-: ~ pb wi ‘1 * << _ -_ ' ‘31 July 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR: LA/EICOY | i r. William Sturbitts) SUBJECT - Opeview of Lee Harvey OSWALD 201.File for Freedom of Information Request REFERENCE : Request Number 75-105, 2 June 1975 — has been completed byfthe Mexican Branch) in connection with nformation request. Most of the information contained ins the Tile that pertains to Mexico ame from/sénsitive Sources and metnhoos, such as photo “2: +A review of (i Lee Harvey OSWALD file (201-289248) reference Freedom of surveillance, |bilateral] teltap and mail intercept: operations.24 Although the mail intercept and photo surveillance activities have been dicontinued, the fq that they were in operation in Mexico continues to be employe Report, however, it is not attributed to the Agency. came to both the GOM's and Agency's attention via .the ilateral}Vteltap, all mention of Agency knowledge or has been marked for non-release, b. Photo of unidentified man (taken in front of) he Sov let Embassy gin Mexico. This photo was taken’ by Cation Mexico photo Surveillance of the Soviet Embassy during the month of October 1963. When news cf the arrest of OSWALD as Kennedy's assassin became known, he Station immediately forwarded copies of the photo to the FBI in the mistaken assumption that the photo was of OSWALD taken while he was in Mexico that fall. It was later determined that. the photo was not of OSWALD. _ . and in fnet-had been taken after che Jind: departed México. OSWALD was in Mexico from’ 26 September | thru 3 October | 1963. yo Even though the photo was not of OSWALD it had been shown 2, “The Mexican information reviewed covered th] ee Ro 8. (2, ) areas: ; je sari Sylvia DURAN Tirado. A Mexican female i emeeeanacntenennngni \ Fa 5 y the Cuban Embassy in Mexico who pene le Noes — a AS assistance to OSWALD in his attempts to obtain a Cubleras visa. Information regarding DURAN appears in the Warren The Government of Mexico (GOM) did arrest and interrogate DURAN re her connection with OSWALD, and a copy of the. GOM deposition appears in the Report. The deposition was turned over to the Commission by the GOM via State Department, Since knowledge of DURAN's contact with OSWALD originally artiecipation in DURAN's arrest and subsequent interrogation g 9 € 8 Oo § > § 3 Pon al 2 Fs . = 2 - oe ft. Fo] _ qtr = fo] al, t ad To} a @ 1O one Pr 7 |__| PROGRAM, considered sensitive. The [bilateral teltap is till fro PL ARSTRAST activel, and, therefore, is sensitive.) _ — tix sh , percRiy| —Weeiraae Fan rae io oD i) [at co rr y fone to OSWALD's wife and mother, with the background partially es Gre ons nd 7 so
13-00000 e¢rapped in an eftort to disguise the place. where the ‘* photo had been taken. The photo became somewhat of an issue when the Warren Commission decided it belonged * _in the Report as part of the exhibits since it had been ‘ shown to the OSWALDs. The Agency finally allowed the ° picture to appear in the report with the background completely blocked out and with the agreement that no mention would be made about where it had been taken. As far as can be determined, the Agency has never admitted publicly that the photo was taken in Mexico, even though there has been a great deal of speculation to that effect by several authors and journalists. As / a matter of fact, one of the lawyers, who worked with the Gare, later leaked information (to an attnor raraing t he photo, but erroneously said 1 ; front of the Cuban Embass in Mexico by CIA ; I gency has not revealed t\ tOe "Tocation, only saying it was taken somewhere outside the U.S. AI1l mention of the photo has therefore been marked to be withheld, because of sensitive sources and methods involved. c. Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte. ALVARADO, a e | Nicaraguan citizen, walked in to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, claiming to have knowledge re Kennedy's assasination. t was lear RADO was an agent for the Nicaraguan) Intelligence Service (NIS), however his story re the ssassination was ere from bis work for the Nis): After determined that * ALVARADO had been fabricating a story claiming he had seen OSWALD receive money from a Cuban official at the Cuban Embassy in Mexico. The ALVARADO story appears in the Warren Report but it does not reveal his dake Sas order to continue to protect ALVARADO and the Nicaraguan government from possible embarrassment all mention of ALVARADO has been marked for non-release. —— A list and copies of douments from the OSWALD file ave heen forwarded to your office for review by other(LA branches and possibly other Divisions. The documents dre marked according to which volume they belong in the 201 file (there are 57 volumes plus many bulky atachments. 3. During the review, it was necessary several times to refer to the Warren Report and the exhibits to ascertain exactly what was already known about the Mexican aspect of the case, It is doubtful that the other branches will find this necessary, but in case they do, the Warren Report is held in the Library. ae ack: ya thews aoe * 7LA/Mexicg a (20- o2%f 2‘ go _
13-00000 ant tet, *, | an rs oe > q eve ae a 1194-985 = |. 24 November 1963 SO oe Disposition ~ This document was numbered and inciuded in this list in error. The document originated with the Department of Navy, to whi ch it has been referred for direct response. ?
13-00000 Ls Date = oa Sal Doc. Date 24 ~JoOv B63 ae 419763, Number of Pages - me of Attachments ATTENTION: This form will be. placed on top’ of and attached to each Top Secret document received by the Central intelligence Agency or classi- _ fled, me, Secret within the CIA: and will remain: fo Top Se te the” document until such time as. itis downgraded, destroyed, or transmitted outside -. NOTICE OF DETACHMENT: Whar this form Is. detached fram Tep Secret material it shall be completed in the appropriate Spaces below and trans- - mitted to Central Top Secrat Control for record. 7... : - ‘. DOWNGRADED: + ~ - oo . . . “ DISPATCHED (OUTSIDE CIA) on To a ’ BY>(Signature)-<—-
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