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Classification: | LE 9 (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) -~17- The Mexico City Station that day requested #h@& a- Spanish speaking polygraph operator be sent to Mexico City p to polygraph Alvarado. (CIA Doc. MEXI 7120, 11/28/63) 6 CIA headquarters replied that no Spanish speaking polygraph On the morning of November 29, Alvarado was interro- gated for one hour by the Mexican authorities. He was i operator was then available.N(CIA Doc. DIR 85667, 11/28/63) : ( further interrogated for three hours that afternoon. At i the close of these sessions, the Mexican interrogator con- cluded that. either Alvarado was telling the truth or "he is the best liar I have talked to in* ‘many years and I have talked to some of the biggest." (cra Doc. MEXI 7156, 11/30/63) The Mexico City Station-tad also reported on November 29th that Alvarado had repeated his original statement to the Mexicans but that he had failed to identify a photograph did not believe Alvarado's story and would attempt to "break" hnim.@ (cra Doc. MEXI 7127, 11/29)” During the evening of November 29, Alvarado's Nicaraguan case officer, net with the Mexican interrogator {CIA ‘Doc. MEXI 17168 11/39 7and bre/fed the interrogator on Alvarado's background. | _|naa indicated to the Mexico Classification: of Silvia Duran. It was noted that the Mexican interrogator ¢ | Classified by derivation:
-~ 54 - Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) apprehended for Kennedy's slaying was the ys "President of one-.o: he Committees of the Fair that she had learned nothing else about the assassina- | /O/ tion and that she: had aie about the ass : on “let & : Tie unidentified caller only a little while ags. commented: | We think that if it had been or had seemed...public or had been one of the. segregationists or against - intergration who had killed Kennedy, then there was, let's say, the possibility that a sort of civil war would arise in the United States; that contradictio swours be sharvened... who knows © i Te Pele a Luisa responded: owt ist sey so Raymond Rocca, in response to a 1975 Rocke- Imagine, one, two, three and makes three. (She laughs.) feller Commission request for information on a ' possible Cuban conspiracy to assassinate President ' Kennedy wrote regarding Calderon's comments: Classification: Classified by derivagy on “HITS
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> : ee Classification: \ . be, (This form is to be used for material extracted , from ClA—controlled documents.) . Cover Sheet attached package of paper is the property of i Se¢lect- Committee on Assassinations, and is o CIA under an agreement whereby CIA is not i auce or ¢opy the draft or any portion thereof. \ Notes may he taken on materials in this package, ‘ and rough notes may be prepared as a basis for informal i anc oral exchanges with HSCA representatives. ‘These notes, however, are to be held: as though controlled and are to be destroyed-under aprecd conditions with HSCA. ; They are not to j copied or excerpted and are to be i heic until furt instructions are received for ; eventual dispos: These papers have been numbered for accountability anc. receipted eccordingly. ‘hey are to be handicd on ~ ® Secure basis as though constituting sensitive papers on & need-té-Bnow basis. % Me * \ ee | a Copy £fo0f K2 Classification: ; rn -| | Classified by derivation: a MEET aw
4 LT LT LY LY LF Classification: _ SECRET, (Gswddreh intebdadec dorsmatetial adwactetin from ClA—controlled documents.) Odessa; 2) We would like to see copies of the | 4 “intertepts, translated if possible, in all cases where the hit a D Lat s refer to the assassination. . ad: or related subjects; 3), We would especially like to see the jabezeert in which the allegation that money was passed at the Cuban Embassy - . a yy ent cee I Sts is discussed” (Ibid.)") aa an aie _The question initially posed by (Item 1). in : the above-referenced ‘memorandum of April 2 concerns sreptonre SeeeeeBt of Septenber*277-2963- . ie secat- nme peers Memorandum of apt aS - ¥ a6. pe 1) ) Sobviously, if Slawson found it necessary . to request the source of the information, he had . ; ; not as yet been provided access to the original material by the CIA. ... Item Number Two of the above listing: tends to show , of that the Commission had “not been giving, access to che-intercept concerning” ‘the assassination. a 7 rq oar | Le Ae, wpe ge SECREL og: i.  & Classification: = S$“ ""“"""* 000056  g Classified by derivation: |
Classification: . (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) - 28 - the Governments of Mexico and the United States, a4 CD 2 a LEE be OE a ECE Ey, Mt The record does reflect that both CIA and FBI re- presentatives in Mexico City fully cooperated dur- ing the course of the investigation of Alvarado's allegation. Nevertheless, the Committee review of FBI and CIA files tend$Sto show that by November 27, 1963, prior to Alvarado's interrogation by Mexican authorities, FBI and CIA doubted Alvarado's vera- city. As a result, the subsequent investigation of Imp jeg oh Alvarado was colored by the CIA and FBI position that Alvardo was a fabricator. Whether this stance ultimately affected the resolution of Al- varado's allegation cannot today be determined. 5) The record further reflects that Ambassador Mann, following Alvarado's polygraphying by etA~end.EBIL, reports on December @ agreeisy with the FBI and CIA position that Alvarado was a fabricator. How- over, Ambassador Mann persisted in his belief, though not supported by the evidence, that the Cuban government was in some manner connected to the assassination of President Kennedy. 2 cLbs, Classification: Classified by derivation: ES <P SF LF ~ tt seine
re 6a s6h6—/ae Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) - 29 - 4) From FBI and CIA files reviewed, the record tends to show that the FBI and CIA investigation in Mexico City was subject to some jurisdictional uncertainty. Whereas, with regard to the Alvardo investigation, it was the FBI's initial stance that this was a @TA matter, the CIA did not become \ actively involved in resolution of the issue until it had received authorization to do so from the PBI. However, this concern of proper jurisdictional . ‘authority does not now appear to have impeded in any manner the substance of the investigation undertaken by both the FBI and CIA. ) Et would have better served the expeditizers resolu- tion of Alvarado's allegation had Alvarado been sub- ject to.a. polygraph examination prior to December 6, 1963. Such an examination might well’ have helped to resolve Alvarado's contentionthat Oswald was in Mexico on September 18, 1963. As the record indicates, Os- wald's presence in New Orleans on September 18 has never been definitely established. However, based upon the sum of evidence reviewed by this Committee, oF . | | Classified by derivation:
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) - 30 - Alvardo's allegation was thoroughly investigated, resulting in the ultimate conclusion that Alvarado's allegation was indeed fabricated. Classification: Classified by derivation:
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(1) (This form is to. be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) _ Purpose and Scope of Study The Central Intelligence Agency's per formance in its role (of support to the Warren Commission poblic. concern dur. has been a source ofGontroversy seen Psst inept e es 480". Critics have repeatedly charged that the CIA participated in a conspiracy designed to suppress information relevant to the assassination of President Kennedy, | During 1976 the €ritic's > 2S. assertions were the subject . of official inquiry by the Senate. Select Committee to Study . CShC) © Governmental Operations (themeim@PTemOSC) . The SSC, in its report regarding "The Investigation af the” Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: Performance of the Intelligence Agencies" reached rinAin the following Soke e Bon: The Committee emphasizes that it has. not uncovered any evidence sufficient to justify a conclusion that there was a conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy. — The Committee has, however, developed evidence which impeaches the process | Classification: Clossitied 6088: Y ee. ah
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- 19 D - contact of mine I mentioned the fact to him and let him proceed to do whatever he wanted to." (Ibid., p. 16.) Mr. Hidelgo further stated that he never resolved the issue. (Ibid., p. 6.) With no corroborating evidence for Mr. Hidelgo's memory, the Committee must conéGlude that Silvia Duran was probably never employed by Cuban intelligence.
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- 32 - During the conversation Elena described Oswald and his companions. (Ibid.) The man who she thought was Oswald wore a black sweater. (Ibid.) She said he was quite "and stared a lot at the floor." (Ibid.) One of his companions "was very tall and slender and had long blond hair and a rather long protruding chin." (Ibid.) Theother companion was also tall, with short, light brown hair and no distinguishing characteristics. (Ibid.) The three Americans did not dance or mix with the other guests. (Ibid.) Elena saw the same three men on the street the next day. (Ibid.) © Elena was certain that Eusebio Azcue, Horacio Duran, Silvia Duran, Lydia Duran, Deba Guerrero, General Ctark Flores and his mistress, a doctor from Dalinde Hospital, a young American couple who were honeymooning in Mexico, and several other people were at the party. (Ibid.) She said that Ricardo Guerra, whom she claims converted Horatio Duran to Communism, and his wife, Rosario Castellanos, were supposed to be at the party but did not attend. (Ibid.) Elena alleged that the red-haired man and Emilio Carballido were not at the party that Oswald attended but at~ another party where Carballido and Azcue got into a heated argument about President Kennedy. (Ibid.) "They
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@® . - Classification: _ (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) ‘station as well as officers. in finance, registry, the Soviet Branch and counterintelligence. _A The-Comarkttoelsa. nefotedWileottis-abhegation. During the course. of their employment in the | i Station, none of these individuals intérviewed had ever seen any documents. or heard any information indicating that Lee. BaENey Oswald was -a- agent. Sf . ‘This allegation was not. ‘known to anyone until t warren oe annette Can the late 1960's. / ‘Some of the individuals, including ‘the chief of counterintelligence within the Soviet Russia. Branch in _| expressed the belief that it was _Rovesste , that beexinerey Oswald had been recruited by the KGB during his military tour of duty y in Japan, as the CIA's | __ [station had identified a KGB program aimed at recruiting. Classification: Classified by derivation: - LF Commission cribvieal—Literatuse-end—the~Gasni-son~investigation~
ata AP Ria Ne! Peet ened cate tes tet eee se sant er on Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted — fromm ClA—controlled documents.) _€ _ U.S. military personnel in Tokyo during the period that Oswald was stationed there. An intelligence analyst whom Wilcott had specifically named as having been involvedry Smarenrpnnepr ese ett oe : ; ; cp Rae ok fo: ; ae f follewing—the-assessinationgy in a conversation begazding— OF i the Oswald+-6t-agent allegation told the Committee that he ‘ { t i i ? | | was not in the| _|station at that time. A review of this — individual's Office of Personnel file confirmed that, in fact, he had been transferred from the |Station to the ._ United States in 1962. ‘The chief of the| _|station, from 1961-1965 stated that, had Oswald been used by the Agency within ERéer jurisdiction, Gnef certainly would have known about it. . | Similarly, almost all those persons interviewed who worked : ‘ in the Soviet Russia branch of that station indicated that they would have known if Lee.Harvey Oswald had, in fact, Classified by derivation:
4 —~ 88 — Sept. 14, 1978, p. 1) The Special Affairs Staff was headed by Desmond Fitzgerald and was responsible for the AMLASH operation (SSC, Book vy, pp. 3, 8, 79) Langosch,as the Chief of Counterintelligence for the Special Affairs Staff, was responsible for safeguarding SAS against penetration by foreign intelligence services, particularly the Cuban Intelligence Services (HSCA Classified Affidavit of Joseph Langosh, 9/14/78, p. 3) It was Langosch's recollection that: that the AMLASH operation prior to the assassination of President Kennedy was characterized by the Special Affairs staff, Desmond Fitzgerald and other senior CIA officers as an assassination operation initiated and sponsored by the CIA (Ibid. p. 4) - Langosch further recollected that as of 1962 it was highly possible that the Cuban Intelligence Services were aware of AMLASH and his association with the CIA and that the information upon which he ' based his conclusion that the AMLASH Operation was insecure was available to senior level CIA officials including Desmond Fitzgerald. (Ibid., p. 4) However, the issue before this Committee is not simply whether the AMLASH operation was an
assassination plot prior to President Kennedy's death. The broader and more significant issue, as the 1977 IGR has identified it, is whether. the AMLASH operation was of sufficient relevancy to have been reported to the Warren Commission. in the case of the AMLASH operation this determination is a most difficult matter to resolve. Reasonable men may differ in their - characterization of the Agency's operational objectives. Based upon the presently available evidence it is the Committee's position that ‘such informa- tion, if made available to the Warren Commission, might have stimulated the Commission's investiga- tive concern for possible Cuban involvement or complicity in the assassination. As J. Lee Rankin commented before this Committee: +--when I read...the Church Committee's report--it was an ideal situation for them to just pick out any way they wanted to tell the story and fit it in with the facts that had to be met and then either blame the rest of it on somebody else or not tell any more or polish it off. I don't think that
- 90 - could have happened back in 1964. I think there would have been a much better chance of getting to the heart of it. It might have Only revealed that we are involved in it and who approved it and all that. But I think that would have at least come out. (HSCA Class.. Depo. of J. Lee Rankin, 8/17/78, p.91) The Committee is in agreement with Mr. Rankin that had the AMLASH operation been disclosed to_ the Warren Commission, the Commission might have been able to foreclose the speculation and conjecture that has sourrounded the AMLASH operation during the past decade. As history now records, the AMLASH operation remains a footnote to the turbulent relations between Castro's Cuba and the. United States,