104104040194], eo ') CLASSIFIED MESSAGE 5 C/ 1 3.” Bustos: 32 A ,  WV3/texico 1 INDEX | SECRET | 1 en 340 GENO INDEX Fl ee C7 _ 29 Bovember 63 C§EFILE IN CS FILE NO, 202-2872h8 Destroy(3 | “THe SHITE HOUSE ATTN: MR. NCGEORGE BUNDY THR STATE DEPARTMENT ATTN: MR. U, ALEXIS JOHNSON GHov6] 18 UOe 4: CRRRAY CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY | AP b Le? 7, He Ge ¥ - » oat Fe C/WH 4 “ oay ’ cok at - oe iw teed J. yf ow Oc1, 0/DCI, DOP, C/CI 2, VR pe: © OU" 93563 ] INFO CITE DIR SUBJECE: ‘TRAVEL OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD , 85715 1. ‘THR FOLLOWING IMMPORMATION HAS BEEN GATHERED FROM RELIABLE SOURCES RSGARDISG THE TRAVEL OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD AND HIS WIFE: 7 A. 9 OCTOBER 1959: ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL BRITISH TRAVEL RECORDS OSWALD ARRIVED IN SOUTHAMPTON THIS DATE CLAIMING ON HIS LANDING CARD THAT HE HAD HO FIXED ADDRESS BUT PLANNED 00 REMAIN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ONE WEEK FOR VACRTION BEFORE GOING ON TO "SCMB SCHOOL IN SWISSK." (HEADQUARTERS COMMENT: PROBABLY RAR WIS WA IS KNOWN CONDUCTED on 24. MAY 1976 ; E__WMAPDET CL py 0/dd ok TO HAYB BEEN IN CORRESPONDENCS. ) B. 10 OCTOBER 1959: ACCORDING TO THE PRCORDS OSWALD LEFT LONDON THIS DATE BY AIR FOR HEISINKI. C. OCTOBER 1959: STOCKHOISM WEWSPAPER "DAGENS NYHETER" OF 25 NOVEMBER APR 1976 <1963 STATES LEE OSWALD PASSED THROUGH SWEDEW DURING OCTOBER 1959. ARTICLE ALSO ganDs THAT OSWALD WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING VISA TO THE USSR IN HELGKINKT WHICH © RESULIED IN HIS RETURNING TO STOCKHOLM. TWO DAYS APTER HE ARRIVED IN STOCKHOLM 2 oswata TRAVELED DIRECTLY TO MOSCOW. CONCLUDING SENTENCE OF ARTICLE STATES “THIS S spTCATES THAT THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY (STOCKHOLM) GAVE HIM A VISA." ~ ACCORDING — TO A RELIABLE SOURCE THERE WAS NO RECORD THAT THERE WAS ANY REQUEST FOR A USSR ~ VISA PROCESSED "ROUGH MOFOIAL, CHANNELS POR OSWALD AT ANY TIME DURINO 29594, AND COORDINATING OFFICERS ‘ cRouP 4 Eactuded fram autematic RELEASING OFFICER vod fc angrading and ‘ AUTHENTICATING SECRET . declavunestigs OFFICER a REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED. Up Copy No,
13-00000 | ') CLASSIFIED MESSAGE ) _ a262 ROUTING Se 0 INDEX SECRET it ee C3 Boe sy NO INDEX aay) Ed a C] FILE IN CS FILE NO. INFO CITE DIR SCURCE INDICATED If WAS DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN HOW OSWALD MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED HIS VISA IN TWO DAYS WITHOUT GOING THROUGH NORMAL CHANNELS. THE ONLY CONCLUSICN WHICH CAN BE DRAW IS THAT OSWALD MUST HAVE RECEIVED HIS VISA DIRECTLY FROM THE BOFIET IMGASSY IN STOCKHOLM WECICH OCCASIONALLY 1S DOME IN SHRCTAL CASES, BUT THE SOURCE HAD NO EVIDENCE TO CONFIRM THIS ASSUMPTION. an  '). 10 TO 15 OCTOBER 1959: ACCORDING TO A VERY RELIABLE BUT EXTREMELY SENSITIVE SOURCE CSWALD STAYED AT THE TORNI HOTEL IN HELSINKE FROM 107011 ~ OCTOBER AND THEN MOVED TO THE KLAUS KURKI HOTEL WHERE HE STAYED UNTIL 15 OcTOam, APPARENTLY WAITING FOR A VISA TO BE ISSUED HIM BY THE SOVIET CONSULATE IN HELSINKI. HS TRAVELED TO THE UGGR BY TRAE, CROSSING AT VAININKALA OH 15 OCTOBER. oo E. 13 MAY 1962: ACCORDING TO A DUTCH OFFICIAL SOURCE, ‘THE DUTCH CHARCE IN MOSCOW ISSUED A ‘TRANSIT? VISA TO OSWALD'S WIFE ON 13 MAY 1062. ‘THEIR . RECCHDS REVEAL HIS WIFE WAS BORN ON 17 SULY 1941 INSTEAD OF 19 JULY 1941 AND IN SEVERODVINSK INSTEAD OF MINSK. ‘THERE IS NO RECORD OF HER HAVING ACTUALLY TRANSITED ¥F. 1962: OFFICIAL BRITTEH RECORDS DO HOT REFLECT THAT OSWALD RETURESD.-- TO THS UNITED STATES FROM THE USSR THROUGH THE UNITED KINGDOM. HOWEVER, IF HE WERE MERELY TRANSITING, It WOULD NOP HAVE BEEN NECESSARY FOR HIM TO FILL GUT A LANDING CARD, AND THERRFORE THERE WOULD BE NO RECORD OP HIS TRAVEL IN Te OFFICIAL TRAFFIC INDEE. COORDINATING OFFICERS . GRouP 1 RECCASING OFFICER Excluded from automatic AUTHENTICATING . Gowngrading and BECRET declasssheation OFFICER REPRODUCTION BY “HER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS  HISITED. Ce; s No. + aterm # minateatie apgae ST eee eat
13-00000 Fe | © (CLASSIFIED MESSAGE Ce tre my (CO INDEX SECRET a oe ; a [) NO INDEX i nC? [] FILE IN CS FILE NO. 3p-—_—_—_= DIRECTOR PAGE THRES | | vererneo L ROUTINE - CITE DIR G. 1963: ACCORDING TO AN EXTREMELY SENSITIVE AND RELIABLE SOURCE, ON 23 NOVEMBER MARIA SNETHLAGE, HEAD OF THE "WERKGROUP INFORMATIE CUBA," TOLD AN WR. LER IN EAVARA, WHO DID THE MORDER.” SHE DESCRIBED HIM AS A MAN OF VIOLENCE BERN MISUSED BY A GROUP. SHE SAID SHE HAD WRITTEN TO "GIBSON" ABOUT THE BAD INPRESSION SHE HAD HAD OF THIS LEZ. (HEADQUARTERS COMMENTS: PLEASE REFER TO OUR TELETYPES HOS 85182 AND 85665 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON GIBSON.) ALMOST PORES HOURS LATER, SHETHLACE AGAIN CONTACTED THE CUBAN EMBASSY IN THE HAGUE AND BAID THAT'M® LAE OF THE FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA CCMMITTES" HAD BEEN SLANDERED AND THAT TP WAS ANOTHER PERSON NAMED LEE OSWALD WHO HAD DONE IT. SNETHLAGE SEEMED TO BE CLAD 10 HAVE HEARD THIS "CORRECT" VERSON. (HEADQUARTERS COMMENT: MR. LEE MAY BS TOENTICAL WITH VINCENT THEODORE LES WHO REPLACED RICHARD GIBSON AS HEAD CF THE FAIR FLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE.) H. ACCORDING TO RELIABLE INFORMATION SNETHLAGE WAS IN CUBA IN JANUARY 9,0 ADDI 0 4 EEA DOR ECS, SE AA UTD 0 6 FR oe oy END OF MESSAGE oe Ne PE oh 6a a6 ; 9 . ” geen: COMMENT: *DISSEMINATION APPLICABLE TO RYBAT GPFLOOR CABLES. a, agey” COORDINATING OFFICERS GrouP i RELEASING OFFICER. \ . tactuded tzom gutematic | - cad downgrading oné AUTHENTICATING ‘ \, 6 E CG R E T declarsfeation . { ‘ REPRODUCTION ‘BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED. — Copy No.