eas a Pa wee tal me In the following are cited those’ ‘portions “Gncluding * ieee vce mee meee une a em ore ee a fe: : footnotes) of the SCHWEIKER Report pertaining. to Gilberto ALVARADO.” en Comments ‘relating to these portions are in roman charachters. ne ee ee cee cee en ne Ae nn inctee g rer emer a ma gan a | At noon on November 25, "D", a Latin Anertcan, appeared — at the American Embasey: in “Mexico City. = (PH: ; Thie- inetdent te. an - aed la let a . 2 xe | Vie ee ee ee | discussed in the. Warren ‘Report, pp. 308, "5093-Cab le from Mextca: 7 tw - . i { ence thee seate op nent esa “Station ‘to, CIA feadquarters, Bish ). "foment ‘The: first, “cable = | were “Embassy. sec 4 was in ‘the ‘cuban’ coneulate on on Sep eanber i? and 0 8 au) | o fabane ge He or = In fact, at. no tine, ‘aid. he. refer to the date” i7 ‘Septenber. “Later, “ree an were ee 7 | during his” ‘interrogation in: ‘connection with ‘the ‘polygraph ‘exanina> oe : tion on 6 December. 1963, ALVARADO"revealed “he was “unsure. of “the eel i day of week allegedly ‘Saw OSWALD. “Thinks. that it was on "Tuesday" -—| a | ro _ _—- hoo i ber 1963).] we Later repeated hia atory: to. ‘the tra Mexico. ‘Station | a : = : | 4 | which would have been 17 _September.” (HEX -7289 CIN 78588) 5: de Decen’ en we
Ae ane soe em ee ee mee ee. | Chief. (Comment: : J | Leer ti pee etn t-h rmnee st ~~ Chie£".--ALVARADO-first~told-his~story;-as~indicated-above;—to~two- = rar we ee a robftcers-tron-the-tibassy Security Offices The next-norning rhe = poy resale + 4 nS Peres poo -RADO was_ interrogated by vio. officers fron-the Station! “oictés a | the Record, ¢ dated 25 November. 1963, Signed hy PLAMBECK;” Me enoranduim for Clark ANDERSON, -leeal_a\ Attache, e, dated 29 Novenber 196 Tt. also” reported Other information. From @ Sensitive | ‘and "reliable "eource which tended. tos 7 tenis: ‘statement, [7868 Se nestle - ‘ speak Sooo with “contains “Anbassador” “MANN Sm wedsage” to RUSK, NecoNE; ana ate o- Set
#3-00000° ~~ BT FO ae ot sea ee hasty conclusions, we suggest that DORTICOS' ‘preoccupation with oe om oney~ angie: ze) f-interrogati on-of -S ilvia DURAN tends “to-orroborate a to some- extent~ authenticity-ofthe-Nicaraguan’s~ tatement> —Fhu 7 ‘there- ‘appears: -to—be- a~strong- possibitity—that—e-down -payment- = oo a _made- to OSWALD -in-the-Cuban—Embassy -there,, -presunably-with-promise “we ri: is. —— L1of. a. _subsequent. payment..af ter-assassination." ‘The Anbassadof-vas — - ~ tet a | reading. somewhat more_into-the. Situation than. was_the case--The ~ ? ~s - a |. reference “to. DORTLCOS_=_ the. Cuban President.- relates to'twa-tele-— et de _ ee ee = ersation between 1 ‘DORTICOS. and HERNANDEZ, i, the. CobenAnba= _phone.< conv > Ef as RF ghark Se to He: ssdqusttore ~ —s a thyeacehed Wee ae —wiase reporte certainly must have z “Fisted suspicions oF ““golvenent i in the: “assassination. Bavea”o OF eHe evidence tE “‘Pepieve > wee + the -warren conintysto on “tater determined-that~ “DE s ‘story. wae aw fabet ee aH-——--—+ -eation: ~-—[€onnent;—This~statenent-appéars to-be- gratitous— the ao L Warren-Connissidn-did-not—ask-dbout-the-ALVARADO-case-unt41-2—— - Apr 44--1964.—- On-th at--d ate—RAN Ki N-addressed—atetter-to-Ric! hard—" = HELMS —in_vhich-he stated inter alia— "We are—aware, ye coutse
1300000 thoroughly investigated by Central ‘Intelligence “Agency ‘and ‘Federal is + Bureau~ of-Investigation-represontatives“in-Nekico City in-tiaison = = + -with- the: responsible-Mexican~Law-énforcenentauthorities: Refer + ae TA ———-—--+-enEe—i. s- made-to-the-dis cus: sion-of-these-al: leg at Sons—in-your-menc- O se nn _-randum dated _January—31, —1964,— at-pages 11-14. ———: { “ wo woe --- = 7 Mpon--Fevkew- oF our- - complete-file, On-- this: matter, ¥e we Supplenented. bys a _teport from _your Agency sup ty . arnt SSS Sg | undertaken. by" you ~ y and other" scons Sy 2 Ga a 2h See * averanlS | this: matte: ms Meat ES “Station £6 coc Weadguartere, PTT) ay cea ran cans ae “Hovenba®. 27, — he ables be tueen -¢ he text ao 8e ee. ‘| popatbittty thatthe: “story ware -fabrtoacion: : | November “28 oy Headquarters “eab ted a reminder “tat the Mexico oS ratte : a a to— sett -the-po paid clit iy OF tban-on-Bovipt-invo tvenent g ard eae See H x - eee Readquartera had-not. excluded. the. -posstbitt athat- other
13:00000 wae oy = heater—that day {24 Novenbor}-tenéquartore-towimié-thet = ae! | Meat can-authorities-planned-toarrestStlvia-DURAl_agatn—and-wa ced ___..... the. Station. thatthe Hexticans—musé-—take: ~reeponetbitity-for-she! ae ~ a gee af quarters alao_v med _ the Station Chief that she -anbaseadox tae —+-bushing th the _ 2988 too. hard. and | his proposals. " MOSWALD. situations? a ots gn: eaident: na “Se eaten ae “cation. ee sein a a aa "ST peported 3 tt had > reason to ES debe tte fia earlier “goncTuston that wp aS Paragon mi fe Pe -| mine“whether-the~ ‘earlier- “-GoneLusion-that-ALAVARDO=was-fabriceting- wa was: -an- accurate. conclusion.——The- facts_ayeas follows:— ——-- = -On - 2-De cembe: Fy Cap catnffineetocx| sa Connunist Section. ‘of. the| (ee an cet anpabgoech en | { | | j jie - rad
my . ' t } , : 3 é r - 5 On 2 ‘December, “captain fines i0& saw “ALVARADO during” the = wee Mage = os wet - aera afte rnoon-for--the--first—t. imes—In-a. -brief—int erview;—vhich-ias tea — _ onty-seven-minutes'y in-the-conpany-of two Hexizen_of fifa s = ~ - lear -ALVARADO_teverted_to_his_previous-st ory.—-He™ claimed_he-did: “seo 2... ;. OSWALD. and that_he- did_call the Embassy. ‘to_report._(Latter state- a Hi ce ment. not. supported by. Embassy. investigation “J. ALVARADO. ent on to. Soe xicans. he_w was_ | fabricating beat tae oe oe te oo | "mentally mistreated”; fe ue or ee ee) by. SCiark ANDERSO r H sot . . whe oe oe + . come 24 a eee Cas? 2M, <a _| Mexico in. tesponse. to. “Mexico. Station! S. ;_request.. for. "assistance in ae TT tee eee — “int errogating ALVARADO... | _For. -further details. see “accompanying ae 3 chronological summary on. Gilberto ALVARADO."
1300000 ECHEVARRIA, to" permit- rato Hborrow ALVARADO: —The--pran Was to “pick “up” = — -ALVARADO-on-5 December~and- return-hiw-that”évenings—(MERI- 7229 anne ne INF 2877-53 -December—1963}-—ALVARADO-was—picked-up—as—pianned—am d- Ec ___. .... underwent-preliminary - -questioning- en-S— —December -—— Fhe-next-day- he ' a Ts: Fach im Sarees aves ——--— --—-undetwent. -a-polygraph--interview.— The- results-of-this-incervien. | indicated that ALVARADO was fabricating his_story-—Intérrogitia wu.- revealed. that he Was. “unsure. as .to- the exact_day-of the week he alles seal. Saw -OSWALD.—_He thought — it Was _on. a. | Tuesdey-which xould have Spaguan idformant who clained -t9 have. seen Lee=OSWALD- receive money’ to-assassinate Kennedy; : een concluded.: Our Mexico: City Station= ises.us that ALVARADO admitted he must have’ een!migtaken_in_saying that _he-saw OSWALD i he: Cuban: tema sy “Also,: he was uncertain mans “i Tuesdage ‘which would have made it 17 September 1 19632: Although the final report of the poly-. ~ “graph “int ‘interview is not yet.available, the pres “liminary, “finding 3 is -that ALVARADO e- evidenced. — a [representative ot your Bureau partici = = : “ pated in the interrogation of ALVARADO." Zz -_ IR. 87667, 7 December 1963) 2 ve : = i - pee tne ap ee ae cee ett eee oo tert A At A RA reported material: on ALVARADO, the Agency _ had “completed its aves: ome i a —t: tigation of the allegation.
13-00000 “.:. | OSWALD six thousand —— ~ Tramed—target.— -——-—---- = aan Rescate ae ae pea EY eer terat cacy ars: ee
13-000G0 ~--- == Page 2001162/3 (4,5) ‘The Ambassador's suspicions, cited above, were fueled two days later, on November 25, when Gilberto Nolesco Alvarado- Ugarte, a-twenty-three year old Nicaraguan national AppddAtdd telephoned the American Embasssy in Mexico City. He chaimed that on 18 September he saw Lee Oswald receive six thousand five hundred dollars in meeting inside the Cuban Embassy, Mexico City. (CIA Docs. IN 68291, 11/26/63) ALRAtAAS/ TE? PALLEA/LA/E MBAS SY /PELIEZALS /LUAL/ do / Zep Leber /IBL/LISAL/KE /KAd Witndssdd/A/PAy HEAL /DE/3E309/2d/ hd MAr dy /OSvALA/BY /A/CMvAn/ PRELERAT/TUMEREEO/EEEY [POU ASSESS TEAL E/PEOSEAEHE/REUNERY LE | LLYK/Dd¢/VEXY /7089 4/11/28 /83Y ON The next_morning, November 26, two Embassy officials interviewed Alvarado. The latter contended, at noon on 18° "September, MUZI¢/Ke/WAd /1H/ EME / CMAN / CONSUL ALA /AtFAM EEN /MES ’ LAAFEL/1D/CUBAL/KE / OBS E SEA / APB LOREM ALE Ty /AZ UY /PELS ONS ented / WU /DELLAE / HE /ENSERIS/ AL eve 6/2UE/ CARA / CoA MT /ZA MELT EB /EZ Ly / he went to the Cuban Consulate to turn passport photographs over to Azcue, the Cuban Consul. While Alvarado was sitting in the waiting room, he saw a group of about eight persons enter the Consulate and go into Azcue's office. However, according to Alvarado, AZ¢éA¢/WAs /AdE/1A/Vis BLEL LA /BAL/TALMEL/A/ CUBAN / AAR /AdE /KAdvd/2h/ AL ¥ALAdS/v As /seArdd _a Cuban man not known to Alvarado was Sitting at Azcue's desk. Ajl¥Afddd/ FEPSLLSA/LKAL / ALLEL / DUS EL HTAS/LUZS /MAn/Ud /Aedddd/A/VALK SSSA / VULCH /UE /FeALKEA/BY /VAIKZAg/LUSOAZK /A/pAss Age dy /DALd/A/pAL7S/ AL/YUE/PAVIDL/ AIH ALAAS/SLALEA/Md / db sertrdd/ Used /MeA/ Et oupsd/ ¢ddé¢k¢t¥/ A Cuban employee of the Consulate, known to Alvarado as "Juan-Jose" came out of the office and asked Alvarado for his photographs. Because he needed to go to a bathroom, Alvarado asked this man where one was located; he was shown through a door. to a passageway leading to the patio. While standing by the 0, bathroom door, Alvaradf saw a group of three persons talkin on the patio a few feet away.. One man was a tall, thin, red-haired negro, ... . The -third man was dressed in a black Sportcoat, ¥uift¢/ dark gray pants and af/dp¢xX buttoned-up white shirt with Se ey short collar tabs. He walso wore clear eyeglasses. atvarado /
13-00000 - la- ** The ClA-reported -on November 26 that Alvarado "is a well- known Nicaraguan underground member ¥KB/LS/ ALS 6/A/ te xALAL/ TAs ESLAANY/DE/TUE/RICALACMAM/ SE LMITLY (ser eees h/ Ad / BE ice rt / Of /MAT EH HAS /PEBHL AAA /LH TS /ALAHEY LLM KLE / Pep OE ES /EOE/ BFE /A/Y EAL We consider his reliability to be questionable although he has not been wholly discredited." (CIA Doc. PUT/TELerty pe /AP/ DIR- 85089, 11/26/63.)
13-00000 , _2- contended that, “following the -assassination and after the publi- cation of Oswald's photograph, he recognized this third man as Lee Harvey Oswald. (CIA Doc. IN 68376, 11/26/63.) Page 2001163/4 (5,6)Alvarado alleged that while gifpdA¢dd/Sh/ ChE / PALI BL standing by the bathroom door off the passageway leading to the patio, he observed gH¢ a tall Cuban VHO/KAd/Veen/ dared AY/KLEVEYS/AESKL/ ABBE OALK/PKE/ HAA /HAL EA A/M At /AMA/HANA/KIA A/dvn/ pf /Add¢y/P join the group for a moment and hand a sum of American money to the red-haired Negro.* Alvarado reported that the following exchange then transpired ... (CIA Doc. YEXY/7069/' IN 68376, 11/26/63.) Alvarado alleged ... (Ibid?) The CLAYS/W¢ki¢4/CILy¥/SLALZSx Headquarters received a report¢d on Alvarado's allegation ... Page 2001165: On the morning of November 26 Alvarado was questioned AL/LKE/ ARE LIL AA/ EMBASSY at a site outside the American Embassy by two Embassy officials, one of whom was a CIA representative; the other was an Embassy security officer. As a follow-up to Alvarado's initial ZAg¢¢¢¢sgdvisd interview, CIA/$/MéxL¢6/LiLy/ BLALIAA/tedudsedd/ALL/dF/UdAddhdrrer)s/efAces Headquarters was asked for any traces on Gilberto Alavarado-Ugarte. (CIA Doc. IN 68291, 11/26/63.) Page 2001166: FA/AAALELSA/PA/ASAPABSL/ZB/LUP/EYA/MEXLED/ CIES SL Lf (Excise entire paragraph.) In addition, in late November 1963, CIA Headquarters received two reports, from a highly sensitive and reliable source, regarding the concern of Cuban President Dorticos that Silvia Duran, during her interrogation by Mexican authori- ties, might have been forced to make a statement that the Cuban Consulate had piven money to Lee Harvey Oswald. In his reply to Dorticos, Joaquin Hernandez-Armas, the Cuban Ambassador to Mexico, stated that there had been no mention of money. (CIA. Docs. IN 68328, 11/26/63, and IN 69010, 11/27/63.) an een tne tn Ensue! bate FSRnt eee eratt—stnteiti tertteetteinanehHAStEE® femme crenen-memreeen rte—ereeeientteert
13-00000 , Page 2001167 (9): On November 27, £HE/LIAS /MEXZES/LILY /BLALTPA/LAVIEA CIA Headquarters received a report of Mann's request that an FBI representative be dispatched to Mexico City. (CIA Doc. MEXY/7GBR IN 68496, 11/27/63.) TFUP/MEXTLA/LILY /FLALISA/tep dre dd 7A Headquarters learned from a second cable on the 27th that "Mann feels not fully briefed on Oswald/Rubinstein case." (CIA Doc. WEX7/7092Z IN 68542, 11/27/63.) As a result, £X¢/LTATS VEXTEA/CILY /CULEL/DE/SLALZT SX the recommendation was made that the FBI dispatch a representative to Mexico City unless the State Department could convince Mann that he was being briefed fully by the Legal Attache on all information dg¢¥éZép¢d. (Ibid.) with B77¢K/P/N¢A a representative of the ¢7A/¢ Counter Intelli- gence Staff. (CIA Doc. VAO/AdAII/YA£S/FLI¢L/DIMEAL Memorandun, 11/27/63.) During the course of their conversation, Papich AXA OYXKAL suggested AYdé¢usddd/ALFALAADYS /ATIESAVL ONS //1L/4AS/VAPICKIS ¢pikigdh that "the Ambassador ... . G@/¥#dZ The CI Staff repre- ' $entative responded, "It might ... Page 2001168 (10): Alvarado was undergoing a detailed reinterrogation ebdAMeL dd /BY/ CYA/tep ee sen LAritdd /AL/A/LIA/SALEUSUSE/ by United States officials after being moved to a safe address. (CIA Doc. MEXI/799, IN 68530, 11/27/63.) Page 2001169 (11): Excise entire second paragraph. Replace with following: On 27 November Ambassador Mann informed the Department of the Cuban President's concern over possibility that Duran might have been forced into making a statement about the passage of money. He also noted that Alvarado was being questioned #¢JAxr¢¢73/ gated by an Agency representative By/LIA/feprdddn ye Ari ¥ ds /TA/MELI ES £ity/ The Ambassador VY¢ commented: Page 2001170 (12): That day CIA representatives in Washington met with Alexis Johnson of the State Department to discuss Mann's re-
13-00000 . quest for arrests. Later, in-a cable to W¢xZ¢ZA/L7LyY /SLALI SH the field dzygdvddZAkf/2KI¢ /WddxIin¢g, CIA Headquarters noted that: ... Page 2001172 (14): Furthermore, the same FBI memorandum noted: "Legal Attache instructed to follow with CIA{/MéXi¢d/Cify{ represen- tatives steps being taken to locate and identify the uniden- tified Negro and Canadian referred to by Alvarado-Ugarte." (Ibid.) Nevertheless, by November 27, the record indicates that CIA doubted Alvarado's veracity. CIA Headquarters reported ABI AA/ENE /MeXLed/LLLY /BrArioA/LAdi¢Aring that FBI had placed Oswald in New Orleans continuously between ffpx September 17 YU¢dugK and September 25th. The ¢AiZ¢ report concluded that the placement of AJ¥Af#dddg Oswald in New Orleans was a further reason not to believe Alvarado's allegation. | THE /MEXLEb/ LILY / BEALL On / eb dtedd/ 4d On 27 November CIA Headquarters received information that Alvarado's story ... THA /BYAVLOA/dbdbSStEA/ THAD MV AILVAYAASY MZEAPAEAAA/ #486) BELL LELL/BE/BYESEAL/AL/AIVALAAS) 8 /TALELIOSALTOA/ EB / AAA HET EKE- EA/tXe /Ands tioning /LEKSMEK, (ydu7d | Page 2001173 (15): ASK/AD/Aud sei ddd /Y// LIBZLASY In A/d¢dbnd/CIK/Ud Add MALE S/CABIE message 16/U¢xi¢d Zizf~ sent on November 27, CIA Headquarters stated that "In the face of mounting avidence it appears that Alvarado's story is a fabrication." VUYr¢e/¥bn/72S/ LOTT OA/ MB /AZLU/UZS /M LAr AgMAK/ CAs? Offi¢¢¢/ (CIA Doc. DIR 85616, 11/27/63.) - On November 28, FUF/LIA/S/WEXL LO /CILY /BLALI ON fABA¢dA CIA Headquarters received a requestiAg that Alvarado be turned over... . It was noted By/ZK¢/ZSLALIdx that the "[lJatter point ... ."  ... VHE/MEALES/LILY/SLALISA It was ‘proposed that 7£/édAd¢ contact with Alvarado would cease after £d1JdO¥id¢g his release to the Mexican authorities. (Ibid.)
13-00000- - .-~ In its response to the above message, CIA Headquarters Fes sndga/LhAL/ dAy /VY /CABIE/EB/ ENE /MERLLA/LILY /BLALT ON/ ted ugsrs / UddAddvdtedeys instructed its representatives that Alvarado was not to be turned over to the Mexicans pfidf/%d before discussion of the matter with the FBI. TUe/MEXki¢h/LiLY/BLALL bn /vds /dfddtéd/ td ud¥ify CIA Headquarters was to be notified if the FBI/E¢gd¢ - Legal Attache in Mexico City attempted 2£4/p¢7/3phddd/LkE/SLALZ dx to #¢7¢dg¢ have Alvarado turned over to the Mexicans. ... Page 2001175 (17): CIA Headquarters subsequent ly eaNTEAL EMA IHMASES OEY BLAL On reported that the FBI tee *Apparently, the FBI and ( CIA had differing views regarding the MEAZES/EZLY Mexican aspects of the assassination investigation. A BZ#¢K/O/REAZ -memorandum, dated November 29, 1963 reveals that — GY¥¢AL CIA on November. 28 had advised Sam Papich of the FBI that the CIA was not yet prepared to turn Alvarado over to the Mexicans. Acting: on instructions from Richard Helms , OMNeAT the Agency ins - formed Papich that the ‘CIA considered it-the FBI's responsibility — to decide. whether Alvarado would be turned over to the Mexicans. . Papich responded that. he believed the responsibility was the. CIA's. Papich, after consultation with his superiors, informed OPE AT his Agency contact that the FBI had officially decided that Alvarado “would be released to the Mexicans for interrogation and poly- graphing. @/¥¢AZ CIA later informed Papich that the CIA was imme- diately complying with the FBI instructions. (CIA Doc. @JK¢AZ Memorandum to the Record, 11/29/634/CY/BYGL/BHLL/FLIE/ OA /UMO.) Page 2001176 (18): Excise first paragraph. is the best liar I have talked to in my many years andI ... TUE /MEXTED/LTEY /BEALIOA/ ALSO /tE pdr 4¢d/dA On November 29th, CIA Headquarters received the report that Alvarado had repeated his original statement ...
13-00000 During the evening of November 29, a reliable source who knew Alvarado J#/NidAtAghdn/¢Asd/ Off Ider met. with the Mexican interrogator. (CIA Doc. WEXI/1716% IN 70860, 11/30/63.) The source briefed the interrogator on Alvarado's background/ and indicated £A/2U¢/MEXZEA/LL LY /BLALI SA that Alvarado's reporting had been... . U¢ Source did indicate, however, that Alvarado ... . (Ibid.) Page 2001178 (20): "Ambassador Mann] accepts fact that story was a fabrication but continues to feel Castro may have been behind Kennedy's assassination" It was further noted that Mann based his feelings in part on £K¢ BAsLLEds/AL AAS /edkv¥essArZdx information ¥KZZK concern¢gding possible questioning of Silvia Duran about Cuban offers of money to Oswald to carry out the assassination. (FBI File 105-82555-879) Page 2001180 (22): | | On December 2, Alvarado sssveroren| —_fowaaruseassense GASA/DEEZLEL/ / BULLAE / TUE L / Mee LIAEs/AT¥ALAAS asserted that he had been ¢fp¢¢¢¢A/id¢d/AdhILLingadmitted to his Mexican interrogators YXAL his story was a fabrication because they had threatened him with physical harm. This information was received in ¥Ag/¢¢pdt¢ted #6 CIA Headquarters on 2 December 1963. (CIA Doc. IN 71902, 12/3/63.) YuE/SLALISA ALES /ASYEA/LUAL / AIPA AAS/ WAS / 18/8 /Ad od ttEA/ rarasesesesurvish sss /esesiarassasasrertsarovesns LY6Za/Y/ Page 2001181 (23): , ThE /MEXLED/CLLY/BLALISA/EABIEA CIA Headquarters received a message on December 3 noting Mann's cable to the State Department about Alvarado's retraction of his confession. YJR¢/SLAL1 dx It was also noted in the message that Mann had recommended #XAz a polygraph operator be sent to Nicarapua to examine Alvarado. (CIA Doc. MUXY 77222 IN 72684, 12/3/63.) CIA Headquarters ... Page 2001182 (24): for his temporary release to GYA/LUSSAZK/LUE /VEXIEAd Ss /¥ Ere /AdL/2¢ BE/TALOPAEA/DL/LUE/ Abr ivd /AGAInA/KLS/té1¢As¢/ American authorities. Fn asdition, -A/ZYA/ Ad TY AfAAn/ an_Anerican polyeraph oncrator was
$3-88 890 rn nn -7- being sent to Mexico City on-December 4. CLAINA/ ANdd td or A representative of the Legal Attache's office was designated as the interpreter for the polygraph sessions.* (CIA Doc. DIR- 86563, 12/3/63.) FindALI¥s/CYA/MdAddhdrrd ss /SLALEA/LKAL LA/AALILTPALZ OA / DE /LUE /AATY ALABK/PLARLAALT AAS /ALPALAdS/v As Yb/BE/MALL/ EAA L/EESEAAL/ AMA /WAL/TM/ EAL / O/B SALLY [MASH // AS / EDL /MIS/ PEE AIA/ED/ML CAL ARMAS /LUE/ 1S sud VAS /2b/ feiArA/open/ sd / YUAL/EUE /PSLY eA ApU/ Sher Ards /VonLd/MA¥d //hAx rome (Mane nde eAe/ YADA S//LEYA/DDEL /DIRABBSBBL/TZ/IB/GBSY/ (FE OA/ ENE / PENT N/ OE LUE/PELOLALLLLS STITT | * This same cable noted that Addé¢¢dxX this - representative was to be used... . The original M¢XZ¢6/CZLf /SLALL OA ‘request for ... . Page 2001183 (25): ALAALAAS/ WAS BOTS EL ABUEA/ AL/A/CIA/SAROMOUSE/ TR WELL EB/ LILY /LETA/BOE//MEXT/72866/12/3/ 92) //OA/DEEAIBER/ BL YUE/CIK/BSLYSEABU/ OUELALSE/ AMA/LIALKE/KRAYS OH / MELE /ABTE/ YS ASLABIISU/A/TABDORE/VALK/ALYALAAGL/ USE NEEL /EME/EMBIELE/OE/A/ ‘WO1Y API /YAS/MOLENEA/AIAESAAOAL//EB/ BORE IWEXE/ T9674 /12/8/951/. Alvarado was ‘polygraphed on December 6. a 8 During: the course of his. interrogation only the ‘FBI repre-— . sentative and the polygraph eee 8 eee gg although not known. to Alvarado, a ¢7JA technician tape-recorded the questions... Gonsequent to Alvarado's polygraphing, Afidd¢¢¢fA the FBI repre- sentative notified FBI Headquarters ... Page 2001185 (27): - in Mexico City, the allegations of Gilberto Alvarado-Ugarte, and gispé¢¢/ecdnvdtsari dad /PdrtvddnA the expressed concern of the Cuban President BAseiédd/And/EKE/ CUBAN / ANB ASS AADE/ ED /MERLED/ KAS that Silvia Duran might have been forced into making a statement that officials of the Cuban Consulate in Mexico City passed money to Oswald.
13-00000 ? I Page Page Page Page Page Page * 2OGLAS2 . ~ * ae 2001165 2001136 2001137 2001168 2001168 2001169 ' Line _Line Line Line Line Line Line Line Line Line Line Line Line Line Line - co a3 23 22 11 17 21 oe “WUCTA Doc, | aq a4 This is not a CIA document. It is a catile sent by MANN from the Embassy in Mexico City. ‘The Agency does not have a copy in its files. (CIA Doc. VEREIT EG IN 68376, 11/26/63, FOIA No. 125-52) eeowerty ene etetes eerie winrar ane raateare (CLA OAg/ZELEL INE Doc. DIR-85089, 11/26/63, FOIA FOIA No. 109- 44.) (CIA out Teletyvne no. 85089, 11/26/63.) Wrong document - should be IN 68376, 11/26/63, FOIA No. 125-52, and DIR-85199, 7/63, FOIA No. 136-S5S. (CIA Doc. YWEXY/7969 IN 68376, 11/26/63, FOLIA No. 125-52.) © [Ibid.] Wrong document - should be CIA Doc. IN 68291 > 11/26/63, FOIA No.. 124-54. ; (MEXI 1182, 11/25/63). - This is an Embassy Cable sent from the US Embassy in Mexico City - it is not a CIA docu- ment. (CIA Doc. WAXZ/7G0H% IN 68328, 11/26/63, _ FOIA No. 129-59.) (CIA Doc. WEXI/797Z IN 68406, 11/26/63, FOIA No. 128-590.) (CIA Doc. WEXY/7984 IN 68496, 11/27/63, FOIA No. 168-612.) ~ (CIA Doc. WEXI/799Z IN 68542, 11/27/65, a rete anereepen we hate e mtt FOIA | No. 169-612A.) "that "the Ambassador there wants nuts" I assume this was a Freudian slin, it should read “the Anbassador there went nuts". (CIA Doc. MEXI-7093, 11/27/63.) _ Inas- much as the preceeding sentence does not appear in the document cited in foot- note, assume citation is inaccurate. "(CIA Doc. WEXE/7698 IN 69127, 11/27/63, FOIA No. 164-69.} This citation should also include IN 68376, 11/26/63. IN 69127 has statement that ALVARADO identified photograph of ... Luisa CALDERO as pretty girl of para 12 ref. (See IN 68376, para 12.) (Ibid.) This footnote refers to IN 69127, 11/27/63. Latter cable states that ALVARADO identified photorraph of Oscar Concepion MENDOZA as tall Cuban of para 9 ref [IN IN 68376]. Nowhere in either cable docs it sav that the tall-Cuban was sitting at AZCUE's desk. Citations’ from IN 68376 are as follows: Paragraph 5: At noon on 18 Sen subject went to Cuban Consulate to turn passport vhotos over te Consul AZCUR. Sat in wai-
a * -« §& - . . . Line 15 - (CIA Doc. YEXI/7239 IN 75585, 12/7/63, , FOIA No. 341-713.) ~~ Quote "an honest mistake" taken fron ‘this cable - "3. We concluded interrogation with subj admitting that he must have made honest mistake in relating original story in his identification of OSWALD." Pape 2001184 Line & - (CIA Doc. DIR 87666, 12/7/63, FOIA Xo. | 351-141.) | a Line 10 - CIA Doc. WEXY/7289 IN 75588, 12/7/63) ‘NB: According to DIR-87667, 12/7/63, a dessimination to the FBI, “it is expec- ted that Alvarado will be deported to Nicaragua on 9 December 1963." IN 75835, 12/7/63, indicates that Alvarado "will be returned home at 0930 on 8 December." IN 75588, 12/7/63, FOIA No.- 341-713 DIR-87667, 12/7/63, FOIA No. 349-717 IN 75835, 12/7/63, FOIA No. 343-138 Line 15 - (... see also CIA Doc. MEX /7289 IN 75588, 12/7/63, FOIA No. 341-713.) _
Page Page 2001169 2001170: Line Line Line Line 17 22 ting room and saw proup of approx cight persons enter Consulate and go into AZCUE office but unknown person was sitting at AZCUE desk. Paragraph 9: Subj saw tall Cuban join group momentarily and pass Amcrican currency to negro. This unidentified Cuban annarently came out of. AZCUE office into patio. Described as tall, solidly built mulatto, curly hair, brown suit, red striped tie, about 37 years old. Subj never saw this man after 18 Sep. There is no place in either cable that indicates that the person described in paragraph;S and paragraph 9 are one and the same. Nor is it clear that the per- son seated at AZCUE's desk was the one who handed a large amount of currency to the red-haired negro ... Rather than making reference to "Ibid" which would be the preceding cable IN 69127, the writer should have cited IN - 68376, 11/26/63. (CIA Doc. EXT /7997 IN 69010, 11/27/63, FOIA No. 175-617.) (CIA Doc. VEXZ/719# IN 69225, 11/27/63, FOIA No. 174-616;:... -) : Quotation from DIR-85573 not quite ac- curately. done. a rr Washington should urgently. consider. feasibility of requesting Mexican authorities to arrest for in- terrogation: Eusebio AZCUE; Luisa- CALDERON and Alfredo MIRABAL. * eee They may all quickly be returned to Havana in order to eliminate any possibility that Mexican Sovernment - could use them as witnesses. ... "6. While I realize enormous difficulty in giving us instructions, I nevertheless feel obliged to point out again that time is of the essence here." (Ibid,) Statement not accurately quoted. "3. oe. there distinct fecling here in all three agencies [FBI, CIA, and State] that Ambassador is pushing this case too hard. ... and that we could well create flan with Cubans which could have serious repercussions. Understand from Mr. Johnson that he. sent telegram through State channels to Ambassador this afternoon attempting to give him better perspective on this whole problem. ..." (CIA Doc. DIR-85469, 11/27/63, FOIA No. 178-620.) {*Azcue and Mirabal were Cuban intelligence-officers assigned “to the Cuban Consulate in Mexico. ]