104-10422-10024 - From a review of ‘the: Agency" ‘s file. on Lee Harvey “OSWALD, “it becomes, apparent. that the: Agency and its field stations, parti- ~ During the first few weeks | T bility that. OSWALD did not: act alone. a D ‘ sade 1.0 ‘ 5 nth ole sth have j ed a-role tt (Eniphasis added.) [DIR 85655, 28 November 1963] On 30 November d Headquarters asked the Mexico Cit Station to follow all: leads and tips. "The question of whether OSWALD acted solely on his own has _ _, | again asked the Mexico City Station to "continue to watch for . aE Soviet. and Cuban reaction to ction to investigation of assassination, evi- dence of their compl of. their complicity, si signs they putting out propaganda about case." “(Emphasis added. } y ~NEYT only, Soviet intelligence in India 4 ef ene cane aernanntertnnenrenasnt ' | had letters: sent to... (us) leaders demanding. full investigation - a hla es ~~" thorough review of itsholdingsin~ an “attenpt ascertain what-intor: ratte ~was—avaitable~on-bee Harvey-OSWALD;—his-presence-and-his— — ~ asttvter an enon: ckty thts review SF _— t—that-———- | Siavie: -DURAN-,--a- Mexican-national—employed. -by--the--Cuban- Consulate, — ----had_dealt_with_OSWALD_during-his_known visits to the Consulate_on_. clan and.28 September. In response toa. suggestion. from the Station, So coe a Ministry. of. Gobernacion arrested Silvia DURAN and. her. husband, Horacio, on. 23 5 November. (1963. _[MEXr- 7037 (CIN. oe iy, 23 November — . 1963] 1 _Later, the same day, an an - official of the. Ministry _ informed | cae Seven
13-00000 | the: Station that Silvia DURAN, was. “completely. cooperative and had given. a: written statement attesting to two visits by OSWALD to the rome Consulate. ~[MEXI: 7046 5 GN 3; 35 Novenber 19857 ATehough Ber ment wathorities, Silvia DURAN was the “only live witness on record 7 x ee ~ eyaraing_OSWALD'S activities tn wexteo” city tris trom her state- Sente be 36 wi Eusebio-AZevE;—the-Cuban-Gon—— te 3 SYCTACLO “On 5 Xs <” ee suiand-e-nenher-of-the-Cubun-inteliinencezuni tin Mexico. City. He vanes : S Me 9—OR )NOVeOMnS-e oO .3-——B Dosage L : . - oe on — There is no evidence inthe OSWALD file: that Silvia DURAN [was subj ected: to:a s stematic. elicitative interrogation that ‘would _ thave related her: ‘dealings with OSWALD, known. or ‘confirmed by inter- {cept, with: the. data held on the Cuban Dei (Direccion General de In- telligencia), its personalities and methods, in. Mexico City. . Was. it normal for. a case ‘like. OSWALD! Ss considering ‘the fuss he. allegedly - lmade with AZCUE , for the. applications to. be handled solely by a lo- cal ‘employee and: a -lame duck like AZCUE whose slot had been taken Whatever the answer to these “questions , they were by the DGI chief? And there remains the more. fundamental ques . jnot asked at. the time. | tion: accepting the DURAN story as it. stands, could it have hap . mre pended without the knowledge and participation-of DGI-personnet “in oe —Tt consulate? —This-seens—unTikety-espectalty-because-Manuel-En-— + lpento VEGA Perez*-tater-cited-by-aGuban-DGI-defector-as-having— > | stated-he-was~aware-OSWALD-hed-made-several-visits te the- Cuban---~—-— | sulate,—It-is clear-CASTRO!s_oversess-intelligence and. security. URAN statements. —_--- oe a oe mo {cr Staff Review dated 23 May_ 1975, pp. 6M) ee, j* “Wanuer Engenio” VEGA Perez,” alias’ ‘Maxees patie His “DGI assistant, |Rogelis RODRIGUEZ Lopez, were positively identified in February 1964 ‘by two indepéndént soiirces “as engaged*in the active development and ‘|facilitation of the. training of. Nicaraguan - agents . for the purpose of : ‘assassinating G General Annstasio SOMOZA. en 1 \
13-00000 of AS. of September 1 1964, Silvia DURAN gave up her Cuban | Embassy job. In-the spring of 1967, Silvia DURAN was reported by © a reliable and sensitive source to have cut all relations with "| Cubans. Her account in 1987, of how. she had been taken into “peated what was already known. She added, under circumstances not pernit t e “source to cha allengé-or elicit corrodorative “gone 6 ae with OSWALD during Hiss Stay ii México they amt etatmed she had sexuat vetations with kins [1bkds ports tpn tn ow hl, nent Almost. immediately after the President’ s assassination, | ssin o Presi ent Kennedy. a ‘ ‘ . : \ ot , ; : : - . AS the Warren Commission réporte ed on pages 305 and 307- ty teratty dozens of -altegations-of a conspiratorial Vv : : : pape see ele a — a _Among th 1ims_made were allegations that 00 | uu rs OSWALD had made a previous trip to Mexico . oe : S b to receive money ee and orders for the assassination [567], that. oe } ‘he had flown to a-secret airfield some- ne where in or near the Yucatan Peninsula “ —_ [568], that he might have made.contacts in - Mexico City with a communist from the United States shortly before the. assassination [569], “and tha assassinated the President at. the direction of.a particular Cuban who met. | ~~ with him-in-the-United-States—and-pai d-hin———__—_-- $F, 000. [570]. A letter received from some- . ; ba-alteging-the-writer_had—attended———_____-—- -. @ meeting. where the assassination had been | wn iS Cuss-ed.—as--part-of-a—plan-which-would-soon-. Se include the death of other non-communist os —______-» leaders. in_the. Americas [571]. The charge a "+ was made in a Cuban expatriate publication > ' _._ that.in a. speech_he_ delivered 5 days after the asSassination, while. he was undér the cho bnfluence of Liquor, Fidel Castro made-a ° '* slip of the tongue and said, "The first . time OSWALD was in. Cuba", thereby: giving ; _ away “the fact. that” OSWALD had made one or = ' .. more surreptitious trips to that country a SR
13-00000 “Some stories linked. the assassination to. anti-Castro, groups who allegedly were - engaged in obtaining illicit firearms | in that these groups killed the President as sart of a bargain with some illicit orga- nizations who would then supply them with firearms as. ent [573]. Other rumors place a., at various times, allegedly in pro-Cuban activities there [574]. “The assassination was —_ ~~ Tr claimed to have been carried out by Chi- t ; Cubans [575]. OSWALD was also alleged to na oan enna nmr tet with the—Cuban Ambassador-—-in—a——— Mexico City restaurant and to have driven off inthe -Ambassador's-car—for- a—private———___.._.___. .. talk [576]. Castro himself, it was alle- ; . + ged,-2_days after the assassination_called————_____. me , for the files relating to Oswald's dealings ae mbers of the Cuban diplomatic . Le. “mission in the Soviet Union; _the inference — _drawn was ~that the ‘dealings'.had occurred - and had established | a.secret subversive re- © i . i ip which continued through OSWALD's . S| ‘Without exception, ae and allegations of a conspiratorial con- basis, in some cases the product of of. mis- reference (bracketed numbers _in 7 see Attachment I for list Federal. Bureau of Investigation. _omty the first reference - the ; ALVARADO interrogation. - was furnished by the Agency. The Agency . did, however,. provide assistance. and information to the FBI in: the — [latter 's investigation of. three “ elmtoee allegations ‘(see asterisked |Exhibits). The results ef the Agency" s investigation of other, "| Fumors, and allegations ‘relating to- OSWALD and the possible involve- \ ment of the Cubans and ‘Soviets. in. the assassination, were dissemina- we ted. to the FBI, primarily, and to the Warren Commission (see attach- — Tent Or a 5st oO ‘disseminations to the FBI, and atta chient ITT OY a. Iist 6 Wenoranda £6 Ee warren, Commas 08} eet ~ 7
13-00000 . a ; - 4a 7 , | oe . Among these cases, which consumed: hundreds of man -hours Lin n Headquarters and abroad = and. similarly the FBI in the United . States and Mexico City ~. was the Nicaraguan, Gilberto ALVARADO, who. contacted the United States Embassy in Mexico City on 25 Novem-_ |ber 1963. nn 7 I 7 _ “The ALVARADO case ais taken up in detail by the Warren _ , ~ Conntssion, in its: ‘report, ander. the “eryptograph "ra s being —_ ~ lustrative : of ‘the attention “given £3 the most serious allega= etree errr tn nner sneeaanstneenintninet tenet sete mage
13-00000 " telephoned: thé United States ‘Embassy in Mexico city. _Later that oi day he met with, the Embassy security officer and a ‘Station officer (fat which: time he. claimed he had been in. the Cuban Consulate in 7 Mexico C City on 18 September 1963. lihiie in the Consulate he saw a man ~whom. he. Tater recognized as. Lee Harvey OSWALD receive $6, 500. 7 in cash to” IT an important person in the “United States. — AL. RE escribed fie Circuns ances as £0) ows Whi = ~~ standing by a 5a room door about “oon he-saw-#-group-of three — egro-witt cddish-heir;—o s51y-dyed;-who-spoke-repidiy—in- eek peah-nd pth ad grotannt-chsk bones anda —— | £-his_chin._.The second. SiKRADO had seen previously in awaiting The white pe . pass ort. erson had_ reén ‘The third person | allegedly Was “Lee Harvey OSWALD.. Al ALVARADO was ‘convinced of this from published photographs of OSWALD ) following ra ‘the assassination. OSWALD was wearing a black sport coat, but- | toned- up white shirt with short collar tabs, no tie, dark gray wenn ene tee ne pants, and clear eyeglasses. He had a” green passport in his pocket wore a wrist watch with a yel low band, and appeared to have a pis- tol in a ‘shoulder holster. A tall Cuban, joined. the group momen- “tarily and passed ‘American ‘currency to the Negro. The Nero then — “allegedly said to OSWALD in in English, mi want to EIT the man." ~ OSWALD replied, "YO are ot man én6 ugh, I can: do ite ~ The Negro then said-in-spanish,— “T-cantt i ae) ro with you: “T have a lotto dow OSWALD-repiied; “The -peopte—are-waiting-for-me-back-theres"—The-— ~--/-Negro- then-gave OSWALD- $6-; ,500-in large denomination-U:s $.-bilts,--- oe saying uThibisn't much." After -hearingthis-conversation, ALVA. radosaid that he telephoned the lS an Embassy in. Mexico_City . races times. on. 20. Sentenber. beforenthe assassination insan at-_ States” ‘was: to be 2 killed, dy but. was. “finally | told L bys someone at the _ syt to. stop. wasting his tine. time. |.
13-00000 “ALVARADO was known: to this Agency as a former informant of Nicaraguan security service. His reliability was considered . “questionable by. American authorities although he had not been wholly discredited. ALVARADO claimed he was in. Mexico City working against the. Cuban communists for his service. The service, how- © owas ‘acting on its- ‘behalf. While investiga cou possi y hav mitted ‘in a Sis gned | statement that. his whole a Q 2 -about OSWALD. ~ was” ‘false. - He admitted he had not seen Lee OSWALD at all and ‘that_ he Rad not seen anybody: paid. money’ in the Cuban” Embassy. ‘He also: - if. admitted. he had not tried repeatedly to phone a-warning to the U. Se | _ Embassy in Mexico City on 20 September as he had. previously claimed Instead he had fitst) contacted the U.:S. Embassy after the assassi- | nation. ALVARADO said that his: motive in telling, this’ false story was to" help: get himself admitted into the United States so that he “could ‘participate. in action against Fidel CASTRO.- He said that. he | am hated C CASTRO and thought that his story about OSWALD, if believed, GO a en a tn ent a he above imterrogation; ALVARADO FetTaCtea the fesston-e-had-madetoee Hex 1e Mexican authorities asserting “that it Soros werent = veen-extortedfron-hin-umier-pressure:—ffe-was-then questioned . suthorities_using-e-polygraph-machine:—ALVARADO-volunta~— oa rily..consented-to-the. use- ofthis. equipment. During-the- quesioning | to-him that he was_not_being truthful,—according. to the polygraph, in identifying photographs of OSWALD. ~as_the_per-.. —-$0R. he saw ‘in the. Cuban, Consulate. He > replied that. he. hhad_ full _ sults, and. that he “must. have be been mistaken". dn addition, he a
13-00000 he changed his story regarding the day he visited the Cuban Consu- . late, finally deciding it. took place ‘on Tuesday, 17 September. It : a tener was concluded from the results of the, polygraph test that “ALVARADO had fabricated his. story from whole cloth. | [Memorandum to J. Lee RANKIN, General Counsel, dated 4 June 1964, “From Richard HELMS, Deputy Director for Pl Plans. J Onn EHE ome idea of tl e “tine and effort expended by the Agency = Hb NE ALVARNDOTSBYOEY WaY-DE FAUT ATOR © FOVIBT Of the woe : notogicet Sunnary-of the 6tiverto ‘ALVARADOinterrogation under a — ‘ehmash-th-tarron-fepors-bd-aned-the ANAMBO-cse-t — demon rate. he ype—of a: pation_the—Agency--had-had.to-contend— _ schw: . Report Teek lng ency_to_task_for_not_having doegone more suspicious. of DO sib! om ba in_involvement_in_the_assassi- Ination.- e . . e VE dy $ ein © LEW Sa dl. 2 To some extent the authors of the Schweiker Re ort are jright. There were other rumors. and. allegations indicating that. OSWALD may not have acted entirely on his own; however, » none of there rumors and allegations stood up under intensive investigation. Moreover, each rumor or allegation was treated, asa _Separate ‘and - _ [appears to have been no ‘suspicion on the part of the Agency that these rumors and allegations might have been. part of a larger decep- tion pian orchestrated by a foreign “counterintelligence service. — “only a thorough Investigation of all available information including a overt comments by Fesponsible Communist Officials could have allayed est e suspicions or generated additional: requirements~ to be levied - n-Agency-assets world-wide: Obviousty such-an_investigativn would- . cof these prerequisites-as-available,- especially in-light of — ndous_political_pressures_ under. whichthe Agency,..the FBI,” the. Warren Commission, and others. were working. precluded. the. dinitia- ttion of such an investigation. _ It. Was Not.u until eleven years, later that. the Agency Was
13-00000 : fa-- ; fT | _ ic asked to prepare a.review of allegations of Cuban involvement in || the John F. Kennedy assassination. On 15 April 1975, David We BELIN, Executive Director of the Rockefeller Commission, addressed - } a letter to ‘the Agency in which he Stated cf ww i
13-00000 oo CS WAS: you know, there have been allegations ~ that the CIA was involved in a plan to assassinate Fidel Castro. For the purposes . 2 er, we will assume_ that these. ‘allegations are correct, and based upon this assumption I would like to know the a answers to the following questions: a id anyone with the CIA tell any . . “member of the Warren Commission or- any j lawyer serving on the Warren Commission . staff that such plans had been aeeeay? W — said, what docunents there are to support and what response, if any, was received ; Om rhe. Wa wat ORE * he - one tnntnnan Commission was not told about this, why: = _._Was_ it no ae _:  . sion not to deliver such information 7 ” to the Warren Commission? Co 2, There is evidence that ‘Castro, rior _ ~ To €0 November >, 1963,:.knew about the. exis- ~ an _i-tence of such plans and the possible in- — nr “—--vorveme 0 fe-UsS-Covernment. Dig 9 “0 a ' the CIA at any time prior. to the comple- - or are —tko —of-the-WarrenCommisstor rinvestigatton———————— — oo, chave any documents. or other information in- - , such plans? If the answer is yes, would Oe such documents and details of any ‘such in- — nths prior to the_assassina: ; tion of President Kennedy there is evidence _ of.a public speech by Castro that was re- a ~ ported by the Associated Press whereby .Castro alluded te possible assassination. ~~ attempts on his Life and possible retalia-- tion. ~-Would-you please advise us if there * ——ts~any evidence that this Associated Press — report may have appeared in any newspapers - he-United-States;—including-specificatty Sb - | any newspapers in Dallas or New Orleans. ~ an is + Weuld-you--also—advise—us—of-you-have-any———---—-- -—-—------ other information of public statements of o now  anyCuban—leader prior _te-Novembér—22,—1963- ne oo indicating any. awareness of possible assassi- we nfocee ests oe nen nation..plots.. on- the lives. of..Cuban.- leaders. oa 4. Would you-please advise us if there is .. any information in CIA records to indicate = that at any time prior to November.22, 1963 _ any foreign government or -any foreign group was considering a possible assassination of = -. any American leader. If so, would you please. advise us of all details and also advise us “who “in” the United Statés Government. outside “0 ae the CIA was advised of these plans or possi- bi ritiess — Tone \ Fe ne eg ten af een etrepenteremeneeet treme treteetatfrge fp irnee senegal te ~ ty
13-00000 "5. Prior to his death Lyndon Johnson sup-. posedly. stated that he. believed that. although there. was no doubt that Oswald killed Kennedy , i s$—Oswald might—have—————————— been a part of a conspiracy in retaliation to assination attempts... in Cuba. Would you please advise us of any information in Agency files showing whether ‘or not there was any,communication to. President Johnson of any. possible plans involving the ras attempted assassinations of any Cuban leader |. and is the answer is yes, eupo sive us all de-- ~ Trig ero a etter -to-Mrr-Er Henry KNOCHD;Assistant-to-the Director, Central seer cies ne ete nse ce ecto: Comm ion on—C \ Activities within-the-United—— iS ma In. its response to. the above letter, the Agency noted i. that the. results of its review "add nuance , not evidence, to what. _ the Warren Commission and its staft had laid before them in 1964 in this subject". As to CASTRO!s remarks during an. informal interview by [the Associated Press correspondent, Daniel HARKER , the Agency com- mented that “there éan be no. question. from the facts surrounding the CASTRO appearance, which had not been expected, and his agreement | “[te the ‘interview, that ‘this event. ‘represented a more- -than- a attempt: to get a message ‘on the record in the United’: States. ~(Em-~ \ — P asis aaa THe gency commented further that There is no evi” — dence, in the: re fies on the KENNEDY “4583! ssination™ that this-CASTRO< es e ri SW WL ; co onsite Sd ir £51 owing” up teads: or in dealings” with— . : , hough-Mexico-Station-speci— y directed Headquarters-attention-to-the-AP-story_very-shortly skilLing.Moreimportant, the interview appears to. ave been forgotten in the contemporary. political consideration. of. rel tions with CASTRO's Cuba. _ There. is no evidence in Agency re- lt an an either, that the Warren Commission s taff itsel £ pursued the implication of the CASTRO interview in dealing with the conspiracy _| hypothesis. | There. is ‘Ro. evidence in. the files that, any thing. along oe ee. eee eee we ee eee these lines Was. stated by any other (Cuban | leader before the assassi- 4 bos a enn Sion, t-—____— i ae ne a pe a
13-00000 ee ae a c ‘the purpose. According to. the author of the review; sas to reconsider Lee Harvey OSWALD's activity on | the assumption * that as an avid news- [orteans? principal morning. paper, the Times - Picayune, on Monday, a 15 Septenber 1963 The resu: results oF the rev review, sani ttedly eae evidence, applying this phrase strictly, — o£ Soviet andor tuban-potitical,inted te ————————— 7 gence or security service involvement in| : eg ; at—Wwe at and | considered by. ‘the Warren Commission and . senor Ses £,—The_Commission!s_finding_that——___- ————— a oo Lee ‘Harvey. OSWALD was the killer of Presi- __ a dent KENNEDY and< a, "them in alone and- of his own’ determination "b. ‘Credible evidence! that would upset or significantly modify this judge- © nent did (and does ) not exist in Washing- on. such evidence cou exis . Moscow. ‘and/or Havana, whose voluntary. in-. ; rs to the Warren Commission were mpnimat in quantity and quality, designed to cover ; “nection with, OSWALD which might. be related . = \tion.: Therefore, “the belief that there oe " __ _— as Soviet—and/orCuban(KGBand/or— DGL}—________— i connection with OSWALD will persist and oo Aone eae enantio “A - by these governments of all elements of © : _ OSWALD's handling and. Stay and in the: Soviet. ; .... Union and his contacts in Mexico City: The’ oo _ > .°' Warren Commission report should have left.a - oo “.-... wider ‘window’ for this contingency. That, . indeed, was the opinion at the working level, ‘particularly in the counterintelligence com- ~~ a “ponent in-.the CIA in 1964. As-was indicated —— by Mr. HELMS in his testimony before the , Warren Commission, ‘CIA would continue to - . ee —“Yregard me: pect of the-OSWALD-case- as , still open. we , - oe a co Le "eo, “In the absence of ‘additional or new i cocoons aan Ear ~—-£. elements. of ‘credible--evidence-!-,-there..are...——-—-——-__-.. _ Joe 4, "nuances! in. ‘the record that emerge. as note- ” —— oo: "These are’ reviewed | and. summarized below, ‘item ae — an by. itent beeen Sue iene nen = “ber 1963-- if OSWALD did. indeed read it in -. _ New, Orleans - must’ be considered of great a oo *significance-in the - light’ of the” ‘pathologi- cal evolution of OSWALD's passive/aggressive . _ Makeup after his “attempt to Kilt General axa See “a CASTRO's; warning. and. threat: of 7 Septen- |
13-00000 ’ ae — WALKER early ‘in April 1963 and his . a - identification with Fidel CASTRO and the. oo Cuban Revolution which is directly trace- abe as Her back as his Marine Corps oe service in El Toro, California CASTRO's o_AP_correspon- ‘dent HARKER, irrespective of whether there. a —_ ; ] mandate, or even security a ~ service contact with OSWALD by the Cubans ve a __oF the Russians - was an act of singular irresponsibility and under no circumstances was excusable as retorsion for what the — an emigres were doing during the summer of 1963. mo, BS [ssessination. Cover Memorandum to DC/OPS dated 23. May 1975.] ie . These items are to be found on-pages 7 - a7 of the review, a ‘complete copy of which is. attached. ' See attachment V.4 ‘ ee ee am re rere Ne teeter re settee . i ' ’ i i 5 A I I nts teeta ements ee .
13-00000 irs TO_EXC RPT FROM oo —_———— a _WARREN COMMISSION REPORT,
13-00000 ATTACHMENT Exhibit no. 2949 | Synopsis: “An undated letter contained _ in an envelope Synopsis: Remarks by" Homobono ALCARZ Aragon regarding - Footnote no. 571 7 | CO a eee oe Commission Exhibit no. 2950 re rs —_ FBI Ag ent Report frOri Mi aii, “Florida,” “dated T March 16H TELE! Lee Harvey “OSWALD;-— nr ane ap Synopsisr better dated 1/317 64- from-a-writer—inHavana;- - [oa stated the assassination of- President KENNEDY--was~ | -+_committed-by--a-Mexi.can-named-"DUGLAS",.and—indicated— — a re that—OSWALD..and. Jack. -RUBY.. knew. nothing about. -it.. __This_.... | detter. Was. directed. to. Dr. Luis CONTE: Aguero ,. Miami, Fla. a has_ a. nightly. radio. program. beamed to Cuba. Dr. _CONTE stated the. author of the letter performs mai mainte- a nance foi for Cuban ships and has previously furnished
13-00000 ~ - information regarded. as valuable by Dr. CONTE. Letter to J. Lee RANKIN, dated 2 26 May 1964, from J. __ Edgar HOOVER, in which the latter makes reference to -RANKIN's letter of 23 April 1964, "wherein you requested. that certain investigation be conducted based upon _testinony 1 furnished. to your Commission by Mr. Carlos j — alleged - lapsus linguae' committed by Castro ‘ina speech given at. the. University ‘of Havana on November 27, 1963, ae at which time Castro altegedl y indicated OSWALD had been” — apc re a ae Commission Exhibit no. 2953 1Bnglosure ‘to above letter: a memorandum dated 15 May 7 Commission Exhibit no. 2954 Copy. of a. translation of Castro! Ss. speech of 27 November | a 1963. "A review. of this speech fails to indicate. any . slip. of. the: tongue as ‘alleged. It-is noted, however, that page 33, last Paragraph, of the enclosed Miami re- . port relating to CASTRO'S speech contains: a statement oe a ne ee et . “wherein CASTRO refers ‘to OSWALD's visit to the "Cuban Embassy’ in Mexico. City following which he corrected _ himself indicating “he means the. "Cuban Consulate! . This ~ could ‘possibly be ‘the “basis “for the siip OF the. tongue. ~"peféekred ‘to by: Herminio™ PORTELL= -VILA; "see" Commission”
13-00000 Commission Exhibit. no. -2955, p. 5 ] I : Br Report, ‘dated ‘15: May 1964; subject: ‘Lee Harvey ~~ OSWALD. ~. "This is the part of the article to which PORTELL-VILA was referring above, '. the source of which is the message from _ his unknown source in Cuba. "It is also diidicated . in the same . eres Tae ON OE HIS aTeTCLS, that he fur- _ ther states ‘that: ee Besides, the information from the. oa ant-communist-underground-nove | , ment which operates right under A-Garcia,—in————- the Ministry of State in Havana, — | _ shows ‘that OSWALD's relations Ld me | with _the "Fair Play for Communist . when 7% returned from the Soviet Union, and that they had been spon- sored by .CASTRO's diplomatic agents a et A te etna nce et gn s p y pointed out, PORTELL- a VILA in his interview of May 13, 1964, in- icated-that“his-onty—information-in- this’ regard was the message from his. source in. - 4-;—he~-stated-that— - the article expressed his interpretative yo ; : £this—information. fe eb tt is_noted_that_th etr ans. ati on-a Ls. o—--—~ states that: During his speech of November 27, __.1963, at the University of - Havana, te —_ when CASTRO said ‘the first time ee a _that OSWALD was in Cuba', his tongue was under. the influence of ioe} —___—- -.cognac, and he revealed Something ; — seen FE) $ . . of the tongue or as’ the result of influence of: ee ee ne oe LLquor ,--madea..coment--which-suggested-that.—..- . -.. OSWALD may have previously made. at least one uba.._He conj. _that this trip. . Of OSWALD could have taken place while he was _ aad in _Mexico_ last year -perhaps_ while he was _in__. - -  . “Russia, He said at the time he had no additional information. in, this s_. regard. el , 1963, “interview t that in a Speech. on November . — 27-1963, Fidel_-CASTRO—whether—through—a—sip—————— j ~~ Comm ss10n “Exit NO. 2959 rr pr Se | : a oe Santen int Toca mates cece a o ane
13-00000 o Secret ‘Service Field Report, dated 3 ‘December 1963, “fron. Chicago. _* Summary t ] A white nale, American, of unknown ‘yeliability, cain Decenber™ 1963, “had been attempting to jegotiate’ a : sale of Tac ine guns. to a, ‘uban - revo utionary whose ~ hamé is” known. é Cuban is a Teped to have wate a ~ ennedy—thet—We-how: have-plenty-of-money———our-new——— a pon - backers are-Jows-—as-soon-as-weforthey)-take-care-of— nedy ; a [ Footnote. ‘no. 574 Commission Exhibit no. 2951 | | a FBI Field ‘Report, dated 30 March 1964, “From Mobile, - yropsis JERRY 1GICHANAN-interviewed-3/267 9¢;-Patrhope;” 7M rere he-was- temporarily residing.Stated that he -}-____as-one~of agroup-whieh-fought-members-of Fair Play for— Baba Conn ttee who were distributing pro-Castro_litera-— Front_Park,Miami,Fla., October 1962. Stated publicity given. to subject OSWALD, he he recogni-_ od = . ‘zed OSWALD as having ‘been one of the members | of Fair - Play for Cuba group with which. group he had fought. Also. __ Tecalled that . ‘OSWALD had been in Miami in March 1963 . distributing pro- -Castro ‘literature. Stated his ‘brother sim BUCHANAN has specific information concerning: OSWALD s . deing ain Miami during’ these periods. 2K Gommtsaton 3 Exhibit, no. 2946 el nr Portion of an FBI Field ld Report » dated, Az December 1963, _from Miami, contianing 3 information (probably" from the SEN! that a "diplomat had. reported that the assassination ome seeteimmmemare 4: ae ren ay
13-00000 - § - prepared and executed jointly by. the Chinese communists | and FIDEL CASTRO through intermediaries. " E-commission Exhibit no. 3047 J ‘Portion (three pages) of an FBI Report. This portion _ : __entitled Miscellaneous Inquiries and Allegations relating to. OSWALD refers to an Allegation by Salvador DIAZ Verson “concerning OSWALD and Silvia DURAN. _ The White House at Washington, Dd. Cy) "wp gical Motivations. in “the Assassination of 2340. Ne E. “Teh Aveue, ‘Apartment 4, ‘ant ~ iS. j _attemtped to. “establish that the motivation of OSWALD in _the assassination of President KENNEDY was FIDEL CASTRO or a CASTRO agent and that OSW was so motivated during his trip to Mexico eptember. ' paper included the allegation that. "OSWALD. had : “an extendéd interview with the: Cuban Ambassa=— ~~ dor to Mexico, , whom he met at. a restaurant on Se. < GO Je _ they departed together i in the “éuban Ambassador! s Srtconon < S = 0 Ory a jon et —_______________—- wo. e a no. 577 co ° . - e€ 7 ~ Commission Exhibit n no. 2952 Letter to. J. Lee RANKIN , dated 26 May 1964, from J. ' Edgar HOOVER, i in which, on page 2; appears the “For Lowing paragraph: The enclosed aeROTaWaNAT - of Ma ay IS; rr 1964,. states that according to PORTELL- VILA, 7 the original ofa message received from an, unknown source in Cuba pertaining to eo ER Eft ote ot  . cow, Russia,. with two Cuban Ambassadors to coo Mariada-Arensberg,-Secretary—of- “‘the-—-— Cuban Freedom Committee in Washington, D. C. - —___-PORTELL-VILA_believed_she_passed_the message. ‘on to an unknown Government agency. mol. . we . —a — a — ae -Comnission. Exhibit no. 2955, PP, 4 _PORTELL: VILA. Contains information’ on. OSWALD! s alleged -
13-00000 -. relations with two Cuban Ambassadors during his fo, - sojourn in the Soviét Union. oS carmen ements ee a eee oe a oo te ent arene | ae me ange cnn eee ene see a a a . — | es
13-00000 te er A COP AF A OP . 7 S TO. THE AGENCY DISSEMINATION FBT ef a1 REGARDING RUMORS
13-00000 “10 ‘October 1963 DR 74673 oe i Lee Harvey: OSWALD, Contact with Soviet ‘Embassy,. Mexico. City, 1 October 1963. Recipients FBI, TENS, State, White. House. — | as. Novenber 1965) DIR 84915 ; ~ Information relating to telephone call: on 28 _ September 1963 to Soviet Embassy in Mexico .. City.. Do Te | - : oa Recipient: —— 1.25 Novanber_1963—____p1e_s4as0____ | _ ee a Tne sae Et sie baat $$ —_ ———+ yf the Cuban Emb (sic ~. Consulate] jm ____ ; Mexico City; Contact with Lee Harvey OSWALD. _ - Recipient: FBI. 7 - senor —1963— DT R849 Ls as nh requests informatiton-retat ing to be sWaitssetivi ties—in-Mexico-Gity—(from————— ee ee — =RBI_intorsogati on of OSWALD} “Subject: Reported Anonymous Telephone CSCI-3/778, 826° "Subject: “Lee Harvey OSWALD, “Suspected “Assassin of President Kennedy. “Encloses _ 7 ‘transcripts of telephone calls made on “27 ¢ ‘and 2 28 September and 1 “and. 3 “October. 19 1963. _ — Recipient: EBT: ce 126 Novenber™ 1963 ser: =3/ 778,829 eo ee on one “Subject? samea BS BBOVE
13-00000 ’ +. (Comment: This dissemination may be identical aon ie with CSCI- 3/778, 826. _The above CSCI number ae "appears. to. be: the. correct. one, according 1 to. a copy. of the document in CI/SIG. file no. — —_ 7368, yy — REEIDYSHE! 3) rs 7 26 November 1963. par 85069 oo Joo, Le Subject: “Travel of Pro-Communist Costa. - "Rican Congressman to Texas.on 26 November a 7 1963. SO re se = suspect :that Julio SUNOL Leal, pro-Communist, pro- CASTRO. deputy to the Costa Rican National A Assemb ly wil ty 6 ‘gat er data in Texas t ASTRO propaganda wo rnante O ectton-witt: the-ass assin ation~o €-Pres : ne — 26 Novenber 1968. =~=*«CiTR SOB Gilberto -ALVARADO, a professed Catsroite. a cn : Nicaraguan, stated to U. S. “Embassy in om HeRTCO Clty on 26 November 1963" [Sie 2 —— i as woven T96sT-that“wo Ie September ALD-recéive-six——— ive-hundred-doltars-in-a- meeting —————_— — a o- uban-Embassy—in-Mexice-City.!——— ne ~-f ++ Recipiente HBT; State, White. House; ‘Secret Warren Commission] _ | —— «| 26 Novenbe? 1965 “DIR BIR . 85176 ae | — } - an rs. Subject ‘Mating’ ‘Nikolaevna OSWALD’ (ines ~ oe ee ae nation volunteered “on Marina” ‘OSWALD By nn ores - = _—wersecar “student Mohamed REGGAB” studying, Srp
13-00000 : in West Germany). * Réecipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret Service recievd copy. DIR. B5177 26 November 1963” Subject Telephone Communication between. Cuban President DORTICOS and Joaquin ‘HERNANDEZ | Armas, Cuban Ambassador to Mexico. Recipients:.. FBI, State, White House; Secret Service received copy. | 26 November 1963 Unnumbered ‘Subject: . ‘Passage of IN 68291 from Mexico . city to the White House. | © OSWALD’ s repor- po — ted presence in in Mexico “City o on 18 September To — ‘1963. FT ; a oy Novenver 1963 | esct_3/778,881. Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD, Soviet Activi- ties in Mexico citys 18 - 24 November 1963 _ Recipient: FBI. 22 Movonber 2308 orn ss ee oo Subject: _-Lee: Harvey. OSWALD. _On 23 Novenber, — Richard Thomas GIBSON, an, American ‘living | in _ Switzerland, who: was” acquainted with OSWALD, nee statements régarding latter. to a close
13-00000 '.. friend in Bern... | ‘Recipients: FBI, State, White Housé; Secret: —_ _ Service received copy. [Warren Commission] _ {27 November 1963 ____DIR 85196 ~ , _ = According to information from: Nicaraguan _ _ a Security Service, Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte | was a Nicaraguan intelligence source from ; 1962 _to August 1963. “Recipients : - FB I, ‘State, White House; Secret. . Service received. copy. _— ALVARADO Ugarte.. oo | ‘FBI, “State, White House;. Secret. Recipients: |. Service received copy. [Warren Commission] _ we ET received copy. ton. ns | . 4 27 November -1963-—DIR-85222-——————— EEE ett tse tere ed a a Mexico city, contact with Lee... ‘Harvey_OSWALD... _—— i 0 £the-Cuban_Embassy—{si C= Consulate}—in—————~ re 7 Repent pr he NeveRber 1963 | DIR 85246 ——_ TOTS CUILLERMO AQUITTE OF Mexico Fe= ee + ports hnfontattonregarding-bee-tarvey——— —_ a —_ — sent fenton” er Setter Mite Howser Seeret” a — ee: {the FRI by CT Staft_on 27_November — — a C5. [87 November 1963 DER a5471 : ~ subject “Rearrest “Of ‘Silvia. ‘DURAN. ~ a ~~ Recipients? “Fer, state, witte House.” ee
13-00000 Pe November 1963 oo DIR 85573 Information from U. Ss. Ambassador MANN po of 7 for Secretary of State RUSK regarding . ‘Ambassador HERNANDEZ, Cu f ban Ambassador ite House. - Unnumbered. Information on Arnesto RODRIGUEZ re- 7 layed “by ‘telephone to S. _PAPICH. Lo . ; oo Recipient: FBI. wo oe “ a ——|22 Novenber 1965_tUnnunbered____ ed_ Information regarding photographic . . _coverage of Cuban and Soviet Embassies ‘in Mexico city. passed to S. _PAPICH of the FBI. ~ Recipient: BBI. Ca ce / ; aan ~ : SO AA IE _-.28 November_1963__piR_85657. a cae tri _ pie laces a Bedttah Journals : _ nl | _hamed John WILSON- HUDSON gave information_ ee | chef te the American Embassy in Mondon indica-- | _ i= _______ ting that an-"American gangster type named | ee i 7 _ RUBY" visited. Cuba "around 1959. 7 a Po Recipients: FBI, State, White House. ---}28-November—1963-—_-___DIR-85662-- mest aen enn ata ne ~ Rts interrogation of Gilberto——--——.---____-__-____- (ALVARADO. Ugarte.. moe Coe nn _. | _____Resinionts:_PB1. State, White House, ee 78" Novenber™ 196300 “DIR watts pe i Lene “The Hague Station” reports” that” On 23007 Sone ——-riovenber-1963;"a" local-Castroite-naned ce a
13-00000 “(Maria SNETHLAGE talked to Third Secretary “Ricardo SANTOS of the Cuban Embassy. ae eee nnn "SNETHLAGE ‘claimed she knew the Mr. Lee [sic] State, ~ White House; Secret “Recipients: FBI, ‘Warren’ ‘Commis sion) Service received copy. ______ | 29 November 1963 -  CSCI-3/778,893 Subject: Interrogation of Silvia Tirado een a anette erent nt ee ROR TEE RR A de ‘DURAN cand . Horacio DURAN Navarro. ‘Recipient? FBIL secscrunsee ene 4 | bys NoveRDer 1963 ' ne Cee :_ SsUrcEs ; Sensitive s urces - Recipients: “per, State, White House. [Warren Commission]. | —Hightights. fron_the_interropation of Horacio. - Recipients: FBI, State, White House. 7 DIR B60 Shave “re por ted nee dante i } onan SOaeE * seat-whren_th-25 Novenher-arrest of- a | tee nee sth parannh —— Donn OF ENE Cuban- Embassy--there- WaSs-a- great vu [deal of discussion. —_ a prone meRecipients t...EBI,—State, White House. nn - j (Warren. Commission] Oo + as navaabee 196s ~~~ DIR- 85691" | ee as cre “Series of anonymous — ears” to : 7 a cee ee en
13-00000 the office of the Naval Attache in Can- _ berra, Australia, by a man claiming to. ~ ; have’ knowledge about a Soviet plot to assassinate President Kennedy. - 1 eer nt neater Mtn Ee cee ep ne _ FBI, State, White House;. Recipients: or eh - Secret Service recéived copy. — a 129 November 1963 DIR 85714 oo Release of Silvia DURAN for second time ' oo on 28 November. : oe — pect nee ne —T ; - - sear . Z . RE : Recipients: FBI, ‘State, White House; Secret 29 November 1963 DIR 85744 _ _Interfogati on Of Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte. oo _FBI, State, White Houses Secret Service received copy. Recipients : ‘Service received copy. a ar “series oF “Gaeidents watch have proaucea—— —_ — — - report alleging advance information on: —_ _ eee ae oe ~~ Recipients +--FBI; State; White House;-Seeret nin on Serviice-received-copy.— [Warren. Commission]! ~ a a 99 November 1963. Unnumbered memorandum a - "Telephone contact with Ss “PAPICH cons - cerning rumor that OSWALD had made a_ “bank deposits” ~ a | _ 7 ~~ “Recipient! FBT. ~ a a oe
13-00000 lg. '|30 November 1963. — _csct- -3/778, 894 | Subject: Article, in 29° November 1963 issue of Washington Post Post suggesting two - - — ‘i 7 men involved ain assassination. —_ SE RI <=s 5: CCAS 2: > SC Senn REE ~ pn aoe | 30 November 1963. _ DIR 86063 : a ee i _ Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte adngts his epee near nn Tae i . cape orn ee ee ee nen . story a’ fabrication. . an an ete SOR aR oo a Recipients: FBI, State, ‘White House. . a —_ | a (Warren, Connission] - —_ 7 3 December. 1963 _ _ _ DIR 86496 a _ _ Information relating to OSWALD's ‘presence — | 7 a in Mexico. | L Recipient: FBI. eon December-1963 —————DIR-97667——— == ~~o——j a Reninterrogation-of Gilberto ALVARADO - a __ —_ —Retipienti—EBL Warren Commission] a | _ a 9 December 1963" DIR =. 17) nn —_ | “Rie ard BEYNER; “Aieri can: movie actor, in an in ur Wh Cub Babassy;"Mexico- Cty DIR 87796 9 December 1963 Letter mailed. in ‘Stockholm on 25 November et tn 1963. alleging Sssassination arranged by 7 a oo “Communist Chinese. a i ~~ a —— ‘Recipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret ~s i «Service received copy.” [Warren commission] ~ oo 9D December 1963 _Unnumbered Memorandum | . _ ‘Telephone contact with s. PAPICH regarding,
13-00000  Adentity: of a source who clains plot to | assassinate Kennedy prepared and “executed “jointly, by the. Communist Chinese ‘and Cubans (See JMWAVE 8658 ‘through intermediaries. IN. 75902) 7 —— “Recipient: FBI. aes 12 December 1963. CSCI-3/779 ,048 | Subject: WILSON, Carlos John (also: petra eee ne mene we WILSON- HUDSON , John; WILSON, “John Hudson. ) Recipient: FBI. | ou |__subject:_tetter Relative. to Assassination _ —— 7 ee | af President Kennedy Sent to to United States, - Embassy in Costa Rica. boo. _ Recipients: FBI, State, White House. a [Warren Commission] . Ghat Ambassador to-Rrance received. ine ———____— | + Structions_not_to_comment_up ONL. the_assassi- en a . _ Recipients: FBI, State; White House. fonts FRE, State, Wbite, House. Be a 13 December. 1963 . “esct- 3/779, 136 _ Subject: . Mexican Interrogation of Gilberto | "ALVARADO. 16 i pian CSCI- “3/7791 135 | _ eae Peter DERYABIN's Comments on fe
13-00000 a . i _ (~ 10 - Kennedy, Assassination. ~ Recipient: FBI. - on Richard. Thomas GIBSON. _Further Informatio Recipients: ‘FBI, State, White House; Secret’ Service received copy. . [Warren Commission] : | — cn sete tae * e via DURAN—after— _ ce we ye _. Re ipien s: FRI, Sta 2, lthite House; Secret_ _— oe Se ice received on Warren Commission} _ BT pecenber 1968 CSCI =3/ 779,297 A “SubyectT Assassination oF president Kennedy nnn Foe = “tC rangedby the Cuban Goverment “and” the : — Communist~ ‘ehinese}; ee a oo eer coc mentee teeter aE cant tn nero eS 3-January 1964 — _ Unnumbered Memorandum a ee ane a Telephone. contact with S. PAPICH on “article appearing in El Caribe on 27 . op ovember an possibte connection. with ALVARADO"S cAtervi ew in the Ul sv an 7 10 January 1964... | ~CSCI- 3/779, 482, , | “Subject: . “Second Mexican Interrogation oe ee Se a ee — os Of Silvia DURAN. © . - nee nen ee FBI. Warren Commission} 27 January 1964 a cSct- 3/779, 729. “Subject! Possible Relatives of
13-00000 - 1b = Marina Nikolayevna ‘OSWALD. Recipient: FBI. _ 0 2 " ary 1964 eo . a 5 B14 — Subject: Jack L. RUBY, Lee Harvey OSWALD. ae ‘Recipient: FBI. : 7 | ES February 1964 SS DDP 4- 0860 ne ‘Wenorandun for the ‘Director, Federal — Ct comm EEN OE EFFORTS to assist ci ‘the President! ‘s Commission on the Assassina~ . tivities abroad, -we have: considered the entry _with_regard_to_attempted—suicide.—We- eons i--—-—__--_--—- . der this entry as being of considerable im-- =. a —+-—__+-+_portance_and_one_which-might-besubject—tee verification.) . oe -— —=—Recinient:—Ei1.—{cony to Warren. Conmiasion}_ 18 February 1964 _DDP 4-0861_ . . Memorandum for. the. Director, Federal Bureau of: Investigation. “Subject: Assassination of President John F. ; a a nee ones eee ; Kennedy. . . CO _ c". ee 47 “photographs which were among the . nn oe uns ffects-0f Lee. -Harvey-- -OSWALD-;--~. - fo appears that most of the photographs. were oe ef __taken_in_the USSR_and_depict— Soviet-contacts-—-___ of OSWALD or scenes in the Soviet Union. ") Recipient: ~ ‘FBIL “Teopy ‘to Warren Commission] 18 February’ 1964 a DDP 4- 0862. - ose fp a! Memorandum for the Chief, United: States” o
13-00000 ‘Secret Service. | Subject:. Assassination of President John F, "Kennedy. (Verification of entry in “Historic —— Diary" relating to OSWALD's attempted suicide.) Recipient: Secret Service. [Copy to Warren — pe ommission = : - —— SR te tae eter erent tan seen rere eee tte TEPPER retentions nrg ee 18 February ‘1964. DDP 4-0864 “Memorandum for ‘Mr. ‘Thomas L. Hughes, ‘The Director of. Intelligence and Research, . | —_ Department of State. fo. Subject: ‘Assassination of President John F. +o a : — 120 February 1964 . /  CSCI-3/779,988 |. Oe Subject: 1 Lee ve Harvey OSWALD. (Information a ~—|___tabiests“ nurs ect: ther Information Provided a — = by: Moroccan ‘Student. Mohamed. REGGAB. se a _ Recipient: “White - House (attention yn Secret _ . ' Service.) _ ~ il March 1964 BS _esct- 1-3/780, 344 “Subject: Summary of Findings ; in Regard to = conten nace nena nents nate ne — ae Allegations by Mohamed REGGAB ‘Relative to. Ro “Marina OSWALD. a oo a Recipient: FBIL / I (20 March 1964: -eScI-3/780, 6120” ne Subject: | Assassination. ‘of, President. a . John F. Kennedy. _@hotograph. of an oe Saar aia ‘ we eee ee cee ne es Sapa eS Ser aa a caveat tenia erie: enrcenen ne erantpe arene ne ee 3 . ——
13-00000 a ae : SO . ~ . : _. -individual closely resembling OSWALD.) : pe Recipient: FBI, oe a a ee $n ornare oop 6 April 1964 ___CSC.-5/780,,996 _ ee j :__Yuriy Ivanovich _NOSENKO . ae _ ce Recipient: FBI. ne —— TCSCT=S 77805 BBE ee ectr Assassination of President ——————— rn eee ———---—Fohn—-F 3 edy=—€information-regar dmg a stant ee ae —_ — 8 May 1964 _ DDP 4- 2351 oT | | oven ee _. | - : Memorandum from Richard HELMS , DDP, to Je Lee a —_ “Su ject: Marina” ts" Notebook.. — te cipt ent Copy-of atta chim en: t-fo rwarded- Tc oe ~ -er—Commisston}——-———_—-— © CSCI~3/781,172 yall May: 1964 “ Subject: Lee. Harvey OSWALD. "(Traces on Soviet _ names, addresses, and telephone numbers from an “Recipient? - “FBT.” __cSCI-3/781, 282 Lee Harvey: ‘OSWALD. {Tdentification | _ Subject: js Memorandum, fron. Richard. HELMS, _DDP, to J. Lee | _RANKIN., : A. a _ Subject: - Role of Cuban intelligence | Service. oo _ ‘in Processing | Visa sa Applicants; Reaction of 2 a
13-00000 a Lo. - . * 14 - the Service to: the Assassination of President Kennedy. FBI [Warren Commission] Recipient: Subject Lee Harvey OSWALD (Use of - Cubans Mentioned in Letter of 27 November 1963 from Mario:del ROSARIA Milina.) - (eee nate ne et i eet eeerte erent ernest ee ‘Recipient: FBI. a a vom} June 21964. SCT 3/781, 841 — Recipient: FBI. i 82,05 Sn $< ypenroramdun from Richaré-HEEMS ;-DBP~-to———__—-_-—- BRAN EN ns - a — ppp 4-3401 . | “Nenorandum from Richard” HELMS, DDP, to a 7 FJ Ne a : —TRemarks qiaee~ bY So vier re 27 August 1964 CSCI-316/00856- 64 “Subject: No- Indication | ‘of ‘Subject 's S- - Defec~ Cuban Government. : “Recipient: oo [Warren “commissioa)” — [3 September 1964 oe _DDP4- 4600 oS
13-00000 ‘Mengrandum from Richard HELMS , ‘DDP, to od. ‘Lee. ‘RANKIN. : “Subject: : OSWALD jcunents Supplied by the - Cuban Government. | = Recipient: FET. [Warren Conntssion 6 October 1964.” _ -sct- -316/01446+ 64 : ‘Subject’ VIADUCT. Interview on § Septenber 19645, His Comments on Seven Photographs For- warded by ‘the FBI. “»Recipient: ‘December 1964... __—sCSCI-316/02545-64 a Subject: ‘Alleg ation of Unidentified Scientist of Cuban ‘Involvement_ in Assassination. Recipient: FBIL. reese -eset~316/00925-6§ ‘ vin-KANTOR;Possible-Conneetion—————— 30 June 1965 CSCT- “316 02654-65 ee ‘Silvia’ DURAN a ae oo “CSCI +316/04482- ~66 a ‘Subjects Rima ZMITROOK, Lee Harvey OSWALD's i — | Inturist Guide in Mos cow. | : — i, Beobotent BR re oo _ CSCI: “316 /03243- 67. ee - _ Subject. Allegation. of Oscar- COUNTRERAS , oe ; _ - Mexican ‘newsman ; that. OSWALD visited UNAM - oo a cor Campus Shortly after ‘the Cuban Embassy. Re- a
13-00000 - 16 - | | . | .. |. fused Him a Visa to Visit Cuba. CONTRERAS’ | Statement of Dubious credibility}. information . passed to Mexican authorities. a nl
13-00000 “AGENCY MEMORANDA CONCERNING RUMORS AND ALLEGATIONS RELATIVE OTHE PRESIDENTS” ASSASSINATION; —
13-00000 \ | - IN MEMORANDA. SUBMITTED: “BY CIA TO THE WARREN COMMISSION ON RUMORS AND | ALLEGATIONS RELATING TO THE PRESIDENT’ ASSASSINATION. on the Activity of Lee Harvey_ OSWALD in tol Mexico City,. 28 September - 3 October 1963. 18 March 1964 - “subject AFEICT@ ATER enat- OSWALD y_ En Mos tows ee _ Subject: - “Reports. on: Activities and Travel "5° November — a Persp oo no. 1963 “> paragraph g - “Maria SNETHLAGES BE NERRGE BO BSTNT-WovenDe o 3 Mas iy Richard Thomas orn nnn 7 Mes age-no 85665; ope 19635 -Renarks- Made.-by .Maria SNETHLAGE.. and _ = tary Ricardo SANTOS of the Gu ban Embassy. in. The: Hague... oe cece cece ences weno __ ee Thomas ae . | i a — -
13-00000 i 7 April 1964 1 DOP 4-1784 - Subject: ‘Mohammed’ REGGAB . vip 42256. 7 _ Subject: Additional Information on Lee Harvey OSWALD. “A survey- of Agency files indicates that all - + + information known to the Agency on. OSWALD's association (with communists: or. criminals, either. in United States or abroad) has. been made available to the Commission. o 18 Ma 1964 _DDP p 4:2551. Subj ect: Marina OSWALD's Notebook. (Compilation of traces on what appear to be Soviet names , addresses, and telephone num-. bers from an address’ book identified by Marina OSWALD as belonging to her. ) | Subjents tole of the Cuban. Intell Ss rice ——___. 22: May | 1964 oD a “Subject? : Anonymous Telephone Calls to United — TP 4- 2624 ~~ States es Embassy in Canberra, hustralia; “Rela> “tive: to ‘Planned ‘Assassination OF: presiaent™ ee Kennedy.” Ae ete AE one a Nt NN AEE Ne Es sa aes - “ es
| 27. ‘May 1964 DDP 4-2688 | Subject: Letter “Accus ing the. Chinese - Communists of. Plotting the Assassination _ a President Kennedy. _ (Comment: Letter received at U.-S. Em-— 7 assy; Stockhoin. ). I Sune 1964 a | ppp 472741 - Subject: "Gilberto ‘ALVARADO Ugarte: Enclosures : - Out Teletype" ho, 85089, 26 November ‘1963. _ - Out Teletype no. 85199, - 27. Wovenber 1963.. . . en - Out: Teletype no. 85662, aoe ch November 1963. | : a | Out Teletype 3 no. “85666, —_ — Novenber 1963. oe _— - ee : We TETSRYPE HO. “86063, ——_ 7 ut-Febetype-noy 876677 mber_1963.-_ i i “Tune 1964 “DP a a as Dee 7 _ re Subject: _information (Developed. on the _ a Activity of Lee Harvey OSWALD in | Mexico a City. a . ~ ae ae anne ‘ : ec resypcoeercinnd camaen nth meen tet poo tte @ ere date a ey ee ee ae ere ee eee ee rae nee ae ee ee _— ~ ; eee June. “i964. are | cen i a Infomation. Solicerning. Jack RUBY. s 4 — Sime cet ae ae
13-00000 | ; | _. (aka Jack TUBENSTEIN) “and His Associates. eee ue bases asians ta Aina enn Sub ect :-—Letter Relative-to- Assassination-——-—————~ ____of Presiden Kennedy | 2 United States a _ Embassy in Costa Rica. 29 June 1964 ___DDP 4-332 — + Subject? ‘Investigation of Allegation that vo (2. July 1964 _ DDP 4- 3401 | Subject! Lee Harvey OSWALD.” . ns . 8. Aue L264 DDE A~AATG Subj ect: ’ Konstantin Petrovich SERGIEVSKY. “TTS September 6A DvP BBE ES oe — ubject: “Information Concerning Jack RUBY — a = Face RURENSTEEN) ent HtsAssbct ates ———— 17 Septenber 1964 ‘DDP 4- 4839 - de "Subject Valeriy Viadinirovich KOSTIKOV. a ubjéct: __Busebio. AZQUE_- - Forme r Cuban Consul, oo. _.. i Mexico Cit Me oo i paereteree-o oie 53 OO “ cti—Identificarton” of PersonsAppe: ~ BY Photograph nov -D-$5-46-(Connission————— — en a ee a =
13-00000 : ALVARADO Ugarte, Gilberto Nolasco, eine ene ee ce cae ene eee ne 1 pe enna meee came one ee 7 : In the following are cited those portions (including i } (- we “7 tere ee footnotes) of the SCHWEIKER Report pertaining | to Gilberto ALVARADO. a wien oe nen wetter nee we ence ce ne ee Comments. ‘relating 1 to these portions are in roman charachters. } i At noon on November 25, mpm, a Latin American, appeared neem et nme see cent cee Ja eo teen ce te see =e rs “ “1 ¢ at, the American ‘Embassy in “Mexico City. 35 (PN: This ineident ts eee ee ef ee ee ee cet conn ce ee - = discussed in the “Warren Report, pp: 308, 309; Cab le “from Mexico eo Station to CIA Headquarters, 11/25/63.) {Comment: The ‘first cable HW the Fie “annouieing ALVARADOTS ‘claim is WExI-7067 ‘CIN 68291), _ “26 November “1963. “ALVARADO ‘at “Ro ‘time appeared at the American — Babassy - “some. ‘Of ‘our own “reporting | is ‘in error, e.g., DIR 85089, 26 Novenber 196373 a dissemination to “FBY, State, and “eng "watts— “House; “states! OR 26" Novenber ‘1963, “Gilberto ALVARADO, a pro- twee + abe ~fessed-Castroite- Nicaraguan” owl. Came to the “Anéyri can Rabas sy” in” ! Mexico! and-made~a-statement “about~Lee~ OSWALD:"" “According “to” ALVA - ~- « =} ~RADO!s— interrogation’ by-Mexican- authorities; he- ‘called the: Ameri-~"~ =e can--Embassy—on- -25-November- and "sueceeded- ‘in- speaking~-to- a-high- - 4 official with-whom.he- made-an—appointment- for that- -Same—day- a fb siso -p.m...near.. the:Hotel Maria Isabel. Two. individuals appeared -— for. ‘the appointment." According to a note in. the Mexico-Station.... L file, signed by the Enbassy Security Officer, A.C... PLAMBECK-_._. ey ee ee we pia ted 25 5 November = these two men | were SNIGHT and. PLAMBECK;. both... | were_ Embassy security. officers.) __ ‘He told Embassy personnel_ that he. _was in the Cuban consulate on September 17 and. sau Cubans_ who _dte- __ | cussed assassination pay OSWALD a sum of money. — [Comment : _ During _ be | his first meeting with Embassy officials, _ALVARADO claimed. he had | 1 {been : at the Cuban Consulate on the 18th « of September, not. ‘the 17th. \ | In fact, at no time, did. he. refer to the date 17 ‘September. _Later, ne nn . | during his interrogation incconnection with the polygraph examina- ton on 6 December 1963, ALVARADO: ‘Fevealed he was "unsure. of the on anaenennnin day of. week allegedly Saw OSWALD. “Thinks. that it was on Tuesday" which “would have been 17 September. (MEXI~ 7289 (IN 75588) , 7 Decem- eee i ce ee ee ee ce ee ee eee tn ee me ee eh ene He se tae a ee See ee ee ee eae cern see cteneege roe soa tone . ber 1965). ul He later repeated his Btory to the CIA Mexico Station
13-00000 chief. - [Comment : At no time, at least there is no mention in the op Bikes did: AWARADO- repent hte story" to: the “CTA Mexico-Station— ee —— Shieétt; ALVARABG-firet-told-his storys" as~indicated-above;-to-two-~ atten tron-she abe Sanity Ofte The -next- morning;~he ~~ ~~~ met_with-PLAMBECK—from-the-Embassy. Security Office,-and-a Station-— | ] | officer..__During another. meeting-that. evening. (26 November):,. -ALVA- -- -RADO. was_interrogated by two officers fromthe. Station. (ote for . ¢ the Reco ord dated 25 November..1963,. signed. by_PLAMBECK;. Memorandum_. r Clark ANDERSON, Legal Attache, dated . 29 November 1963, from Wi inston M. SCOTT. J The CIA-and the “Warren Commiseton Later con-_. i ' { [ po | Lf | I 1 ow a i i | Luded | that the etory was a fabrication, but _the Agency vas clearly 8 concerned with "D" ls atory at the _time. rt later admttted. | that the _etory about. OSWALD had been fabricated. — Cable from Mexico. ' i ~~ ab nee neha ene | city to CIA | Headquarters, 11/30/63. _ It had also been determined | ae [-— { _} by _the PBI that OSWALD was probably in New Orleans. on September 17. ol Cable from CIA Headquarters to Mexico Station, 11/28/63. d “[Conment : -—~. nS woes | There: were actually two. cables, DIR 85258, a7 November 1963, and — ae ee eee ct er amet nee Sem ne am anette | DIR 85653, 28 November 1963, which indicated OSWALD» was in New /| Orleans on “17 and 19 Septenber 1963. J vo i i Later in “that day [26 November 1963), ‘the. Mextco Station 7 ; 9 | cabled ‘Headquarters on 1 the details of its interrogation of "DM, 39 ieee post eee ne enn eee i ve neg cen lee meee eine ~ eee nee PM: Cable from Mextco Station ‘to ora Headquarters, 11/26/65. ) | [MEXI- -7069 (CIN 68376) , 26 November 1963. ] It also reported “other i i __iatermatto. from a sensitive and reliable source , which tended ‘to i Y | =f confirm "DM's “story that “OSWALD may have ‘been paid by ‘the Cubane | to. assassinate ‘President Kennedy. [Comment : “It would ‘appear fron © this: ‘statement, “the authors of ‘the report were referring ‘to MEXI- — | 7069 ee 7069" (CIN 68376); “however, this” cable ‘does not. ‘Contain. ‘any remarks — alluding to" “Information which "tended to ‘confirm "D's story or his i: pfornation ‘appears “in “MEXT= 7072 - “CIN 68406), 26 November 1963, “T which” contains” ‘Ambassador MANN'S™ wessage “to RUSK, MCCONE, and(" ai mores: rtetnent rent folder wr recognize — _ [packers ‘Of ‘established’ POLLanA ICY, Of Nicaraguan ‘and ‘danger of. ‘Yeaching ee tf Z oa
13-00000 =“of-titerugation-of- Siivia~DURAN tends” “to-corroborate™~ aaah to-some-extent-authenticity-of the Nicaraguan's statement: —Thusy— “te there—appears- to-be- “a-strong- possibitity—that—a-dewn: payment—was—— - made t0-OSWALD-in--the--Cuban_mbassy: there, -presumably--with- _promise-—- hoo. a _subsequent._payment. after-assassination. "The. Ambassador-was.. - i a . | reading. somewhat..more_into. the. situation -than.was.. the case..The — . 5) | -naference-to Bonrrcos =the Cuban President... relates to. two..tele-... _...|_.phone conversation. between. DORTICOS. and. HERNANDEZ, the. Cuban Amba-.. ssador. to: Mexico; on. 26 November 1963. The first. conversation, Wi hi ich. took. place. at. 0924, Was: forwarded, in -resume, to Headquarters on 26 November 1963. (MEXT-7068 IN... )3 the: second “conversation, Which took place at 1839, was forwarded, in resume, tO Headquarters: bee reen ae nthe en ree a on 27 November 1963 {MEXI - 7097 IN, J) In the first conversa: i. tion DORTICOS asks” G8). “the Federals of that: country wanted Senora DURAN to Say ‘Something, that they had some interest in, and had — i wen offered some money to the American?" To which HERNANDEZ answers that there was nothing about money. In the second conversation, " DORTICOS is quoted as saying: ony was referring as to whether they procera “had threatened her : Te) that. she would ‘make a statement. that the Con- Lod —— ee | “sulate had given. money ‘to the man - ‘that. American. " “HERNANDEZ ans~- t hy wered ‘that “nothing absolutely was ‘given her" [sic]. - It “would not . “appear from a close- reading of ‘these two Conversations ‘that they i ne we ee ee contain _information “which | tended to confirm 'D' 's' story ..°.".] oT This ‘veport has never been ‘satisfactorily “explained, although tt — “| was” made abattab te “to the Warren Commieeion Staff. In any event, - i these reports certainty. must have fueled susptetons of Cuban in- ~~ “Y ‘potoen ene in rhe “aseasetnation. “Based on the evidence tt revieued, “the War re a Comme seton late er dete ymined: that "D"'s st ory was a fabri. \ ; -eatéon:'*-[Conment :~~ This~statenent appéars tobe gratitous-~-the~~~ | Warren-Commission-did-not—ask-about~the ALVARADO-case-unti1— — disatentns niet ere . ae ,--April- ~1964.-— On that--date-RANKIN- ~addressed-a—letter-te-Richard—-———_ - =| HELMS in-hich-he-stated-inter-alia-We -are-aware;-of-course;——— oo ~~ from: previous reports-that- tho. aLepattons-made:by-AIVARADO-were—
13-00000 : a | thoroughly investigated by Central Intelligence Agency and Federal ~~ Bureau-of-Investigation representatives ‘in Mexico City” in-laison~ T | pH 7 | “Ty “ _ with- the responsible-Mexican~taw-enforcement -authorittes: ~Refer-—~ -ence-is-made—to-the- discussion- of-these- ~allegations~in-your- ‘memo-~ randun-dated Janiary31,-1964,-at-pages 11-- 14.- ” a stows nnn MUpon_review -of . our. complete. file on. this. matter,-we- find that we. Jack. full. documentation.of the investigation_conducted of these. allegations, It_vould ha-helpful_ ifs our.records could he — e rogardin g. the investigation undertaken 1. by-your, Agen cy. and other con- | _| cerned Agencies” into’ this matter_ and your evaluation as to the truth of ALVARADO's- assertions. In particular, it would _be helpful | if a _ report ‘could be submitted by the expert who conducted the polygraph examination which emphasizes. the specific conclusions which, he made based on the Tesponses. by ALVARADO ‘in answering key questions on a this matter." (Letter to Richard HELMS , DP, dated 21 April 1964, = oo | i I |. ae TR | | | i oo i } 4 eo § | | j ! whe F | i i i ae "tf i wa. | mJ. Lee RANKIN, General Counsel. ) The Agency responded on 1 in | ne “1964. ~ (Memorandum to J. “Lee RANKIN, dated 1 June 1964, from Richard HELMS, DDP; Subject: “Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte. yD The. American ‘Ambassador in Mexico ‘Later ‘gent a eable i “exr-7 7072. GN 68406), 26 November 1963] to State Department through CIA ‘channels. -In that “cable he gave hie opinion ‘that the “Cubans a puere involved” in the assassination, ‘and recommended certain inves- a -- . -40--- tigative atepe ‘which ‘should be taken ‘in Mexteo. (FN: Cabte from ‘Mexted Station to Cra Headquarters, 11/26/63.) By Naveriber 27, “the “Mexteo Station and Cra Weadquartere were” also beginning” to question” the aecuraey of "D"'s etroy. The -eables between the ~Mexieo” Statton and Headquarteré~ ‘indicate the -pogetbitity-that -the- story -was-a fabrication: ‘Nevertheless, on ~~~ November-28,-Headquarters -cabled-a reminder to the Mexico Station” to-"follow-atlteads"< The Statton was inatructed to-continue tn~ —-vestigating-the possibility of Cuban-ov Soviet involvement, because Headquarters: had: not. enoluded. the- possibility. that other ‘persons: . lee ca ene tee ert eters een mene a ee ee ane nse - - wee eee
13-00000 ‘were tnvolved with, OSWALD. cation. . ¥ Captain Fran : Communist Section of. th #¢ (FN: A eable from CIA Headquarters “to Mexico Station; 11/28/63: )~~ [DIR-85655;~28-November 1963] ~Later that day -[27-.November] -Headquarters tearned that . Mextean. authori ties—planned-to arrest-St-lvta DURAN--again and- warned .the. Station..that the Mexicans—must-take' responstbility. for.-the-ar- nest. . After learning that the_U.S.. Ambassador was. continuing. to press for a. vigorous investigation.into: Cuban involvement, .Head- quarters also warned the Statton Chtef that the Ambassador. was pushing the case too hard and hts proposals could lead to a "flap" with the Cubans.4° (FN: A cable from CIA Headquarters to Mexico Station, 11/28/63.) [DIR 85655, 28 November 1963] Finally, the Agency concluded that "D"'s story was a fabrication and terminated 47 its interest in him. (FN: Ibid.) On November 30, Dtreetor McCONE met wtth the President at 11 eM. 6 2 « while there was a discusston of the allegattons made by “De the memorandum records no action was required on the "OSWALD situation”. 49 (PM: Memo-andum for the Record by Director Mecone, 12/2/63) {Comment Memorandum not available in the file. j on December 1, MeCONE ‘met with the ‘President and BUNDY. MeCONE's memorandum of the meeting indicates they again disaussed "DM's story. Later that day, Headquarters ‘eabled the Mextco ‘Statior ‘and stated that the White House had been told the story was a t fabri. . Later that day [2 December], the Mexico Sta-_ reported it had reason to doubt its earlier conclusion that "Dp" * was fabricating. - [Comment: “The authors of the Report give no source for this statement. ~Moreover, they-leave the reader in the ‘-air as to what was the outcome of: further investigation to deter- - mine whether the-earlier-conelusion-that ALAVARDO was fabricating - WaS an-accurate conclusion. - The-facts.are-as follows:. On .2. December, Captain fuinetocd) saw. ALAVARDO during “the
13-00000 bi . : 6G. C On 2 December, Captain(WHEELOCK) saw ALVARADO during the - afternoon for the first time. In a. brief-interview, which lasted - only seven minutes, in. the-company of--two-Mexican-officials,-. -- ALVARADO. reverted to--his.-previous--story... He claimed-he did see... , OSWALD and that .he did call.the..—Embassy.to report... {Latter.state-_ ment. not supported by Embassy.investigation..) ALVARADO went on. to say that he told the Mexicans. -he_was fabricating because he was | he would be } hanged by the testicles. _ Actually he was not physically mistreated. (wieeiocd said he was unable to come to any definite * conclusion as to ALVARADO! s veracity; however, he would be able to ' do so once he returned to Managua and had a chance to complete the | interrogation. (MEXT- 7923, IN 71702, 2 December (1963) — On 3 December 1963, Headquarters tells the Mexico Sta- . tion that although Headquarters is confident that “ALVARADO is a ' fabricator and that his retraction of his confession is false, it 4 has been decided that he should be placed o on ‘the polygraph. Head- quarters asks that the Station arrange to have ALVARADO released ~ to CIA custody for several days and a ask WHEELOCK) to r remain in Mexi- co. to. assist. ‘A polygraph operator from the Office of Security will "arrive on 4 December. He will be incharge of the polygraph inter- ~- view, but will be assisted by Clark ANDERSON (Legal Attache), who — “Has beeh selected as an interpreter. The FBI will notify ANDERSON ' of this. (DIR 86563, 3 December 1963) :. Communist. Section of the | . . ol - . 1 . - ; . + we . . ee * Captain (Franklin Anthony WHEELOCK Garcia) Chief of the Anti- . arrived in.Mexico City on. 29. November .1963. GHEELOCK) went to. Mexico in response to Mexico Station's request for o sistance in interrogating ALVARADO. For further details see accompanying chronological summary on Gilberto ALVARADO. |
13-00000 7 — ECHEVARRIA, “the acting minister of gobernacion, agreed | og petit CFA co trorraw KEVARADO: ~The phanr-was “to “pick up + <--—--AEVARABO-on-S-December—and-return-him-that- evenings —{MEXI~7229-- --}-AN-72877,-5-Becenber 1963} ~ALVARADO-was~—picked-up—as—ptanned- and- ~ vce: __-underwent-preliminery “questioning-on-S- December -—-The-next- -day-- he-- e- --- 4 underwent. a-polygraph- interview.-The- results.-of—this— interview. _ «| indicated that ALVARADO nas’ fabricating his story.’ Interrogation. — . _. revealed. that. he was unsure. as.to.the exact.day.of.the.week he.alle- .gedly_saw. OSWALD. _He thought-it_was.on a Tuesday which would have. _ been the 17th of September. When ALVARADO was. shown, a series of _ | photographs during. the, testing, deception patterns _ became evident. | When | he_ was. confronted with| this he answered that. he had the utmost | confidence: in.the polygraph- and d that it. must" be correct. The’ in- . Te ae ste ST. terrogation was, concluded. _with ALVARADO. admitting’ “he must have made H an "honest mistake" in relating the original story in his identifi- ‘cation of OSWALD. (MEXI - 7289. IN 75588, 7 December) | Following the. receipt of the results of the anove inter- +o a weitere ste te emt ome age enn i view with “ALVARADO, Headquarters disseminated the: results to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. \ : yn “The re- interrogation. Of Gilberto ALVARADO, { wus Cope ln Nicaraguan. informant—who-..claimed to--have-seen .—... Lee OSWALD receive money to assassinate Kennedy, ojo ..has-been conelnded.. Our..Mexico.City Station ads. 222. vises us that ALVARADO admitted he must have 4 | | i aa i ...been mistaken in saying. that.he saw OSWALD in... i the Cuban Embassy. Also, he was uncertain. of mu the date on which he might have seen someone _ | .1irke OSWALD and thought it must have been on a fo Tuesday, which would have made it 17 September. a graph interview is not yet,available, the pre- =. liminary finding “is -that ALVARADO evidenced a _deception Yeactions when talking: about _OSWALD. a “1963. Although the final report of the poly- == so "It is | expected that ALVARADO will be de- po ported to Nitaragua on oe December 1963." ——— .9 representative 6f your: Buréal partici=— pated in the interrogation of ALVARADO. " a te tn re ee eee eee ats eae . (DIR 87667, 7 December 1963) Except for forwarding to the Warren Commission + various [se material on ALVARADO , the Agency had completed its inves- en ee one nr ee ee ee ee ee ee pte nee et | eigetion of the. allegation- that the. (Cuban, Consulate had given 4
13-00000 8 | OSWALD six thousand five hundred dollars to assassinate an un- | wae Oe emer ater nde mn St ma rs 9 | | | ! | | I i | t ' | | pe meee fe cerenene a peers seen tet ee tm i et att ween eepcee 1 . : 1 i : : . . H H t a i i i i : H i i i Sata aT aa a Jootorerertt tte tee renee eng rcnane a erence : |
13-00000 ~ CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY :} Gilberto Nolasco ALVARADO Ugarte en —_- — _ According_to-ALVARADO!s-statenents-nade-during-an_intor— ee Caw cond edin he mo ning! of: 6 November 1963-by ‘an American a _Embas: y sé urity officer and = nember_of the Mexico Station in Mexico Cit ALVARADO went at_noon on 18 September to the Cuban Consulate to turn over passport photog raphs to the. Cuban Consul ’ Eusebio “AZCUE . Loe While standing by a-rest room off a passage- way leading to a. patio; ALVARADO- Saw a group of three persons con- * versing on the - patio a few feet away. One man.was’a tall, thin. Negro with’ reddish hair, obviously dyed. He had prominent cheek bones , and a noticeable scar. on the lower right side’ of his chin. He. spoke radpidly with a Cuban accent: and: did speak some ‘English. “Another: member. Of the group was a white ‘person whom ALVARADO had Seen previousty, in the waiting room, carrying a Canadian passport. a “green eyes, blondish hi hair conl combed in in an 1 “existen- = —~-___egargse"- Wanner With “© ponpadour He -was-wearing dark “eyeglasses oof type with amirror-like reflection onthe outer surfaces The” oo -thind-member—of the group-was-Lee-Harvey- OSWALD:—-He-was-waering-a~ ~pvvp-bhack-sport-coat, a-buttoned—up-white-shirt-with-short-collartabs; ~ —|-no-tie, gray pants, and.clear_eyeglasses-—— — — oo So ALVARADO. Saw. a.tall_Cuban. join.the. group_momentarily and. ee pass American currency to the Ne egro. This unide entified d Cuban ap- _ i Oo | parently came out: of AZCUE's office onto the patio. ALVARADO des- _ cribed the Cuban as a tall, solidly built mulatto, with curly hair, who. appeared to: be about 37 years old. He was wearing | a _brown suit i and a red- striped tie. ALVARADO never Saw this. man again after 18) September. ; ALVARADO claimed he overheard the | following conversation “between. the Negro and OSWALD: “Negro (in English) : oa want. ‘to ‘kill the man”. “OSWALD. ee , youre not man “enough. “-I.can do poe ree
13-00000 Negro (in Spanish): "Tl can't go with you. I have a lot ‘The People are. waiting for me back. OSWALD ‘there. | “one™ ir ars ‘Was For extra expenses. The 4 SgFOaTSO-gave tw about 200-Mextean” pesos O-saw—a pretty girl whom he-believedto ber | possibly a. . Chvrolet. Oe 7 At, the end of Septenber, ALVARADO telephoned the ‘American Embassy several times sto report his belief that someone important - . in the United. ‘States was, to be killed. 7 oo ‘When “ALVARADO saw OSWALD’ s photograph in the newspaper, 4 . soe tena anion ane nenete weds a ‘| hee again contacted the ‘Enbassy on 25 November. —_ Pe 6 CN BESTEY TE NOvERBET THEE 1963) 1 ; 25 November 1963 ee . | That same ALVARADO called the United States Embassy. enn 5 evening he met with the Embassy security officer, ~ [MEXL= 7168 (CIN. 70860), 30 November 1963] et rea Ten _ {Comment : According to the Mexican police ‘report of the interroga- tion of ALVARADO, the ‘latter. called ‘the “American Embassy and ““succeeded i in n speaking to a high official with ‘whom he made an ap- “pointnent for that” ‘same day at 3: 230 ‘P. m. “near ‘the Hotel Maria “sabes tT OT —
13-00000 Two. individuals appeared for the 3: 30 p.m. appointment. ‘They, identified themselves, and were carrying the credentials. of | FBI agents. + ALVARADO ‘told about his seeing OSWALD, etc. Another 7 “appointment was made. for 9: 15 the next “morning at the Jena. Restau- | genes oo —_ a a [ANNA-27S61, 5 December 1963; CSCI=5/775, 136, 137 Decenber 963] a —{®UoniiteHET ~The two individuals were S-SNIGHT; “the Enbassy security cote 1764 tcersra the AMBECK s ; fexican-Station-officer> ALVARADO a ray-have—mistake Embassy- identi fication-documents—for-FBI-creden— as 25 November 1963 “ALVARADO Claimed inter alia that two.persons. were. -in. the Saban Embassy the morning of 35 Novenber 1963 at 1100 who are in-. volved in t & D! [ot to agsassina e President Kennedy. ‘He “described a en as ‘one being aw ite person with a Targe crete noses The ther tad t0sed—cropper tr-with-a~copote-fste} ~ or ae —A JARABO—c cer bine re Sth-of September, he-wes—in- -_____|_ the _Cuban-Embassy_in-Mexdco Citi and_he-saw—Lee—Harvey—OSWALD-re-— a ob ae 500 _OSWALD asspeaking-with-s Begrashout_29.years_of. eae oe “be bly “tinted, The Neg ro spoke Eng lish. well and might. be a North: _Aner ican. - OSWALD was. speaking of eliminating som someone. The Negro. _ “then said he was SOrry that he could _accompany: OSWALD, saying: | "You understand my situation. a To which OSWALD replied: "That's | all right, I can do this. mysel£. " The "source" (ALVARADO 2). was of the opinion that OSWALD had come. from Havana, When. OSWALD entered (the Consulate ?) he was affectionately greeted by a female ‘employee of the’ ‘Cuban n Em- ; bassy, ‘who has. blue eyes and lives at ‘Calle Ju Juarez 407. 7 ~~. te : The "Source™ also stated that OSWALD was. given iT, ,500 a For extra” expenses. “Source ‘stated ‘that when he went to ‘the ‘bathe a i “¥o0m he Sa “saw “OSWALD counting “the. ony, ‘in’ Me EL CaN ‘dollars, on ‘the — “patio “whiten “ts adjacent - FR a aoe enema a . , : con mne ne meee ene ene ~ - ao ee a ine . ce ee ee ee ee
13-00000 [Blind ‘nemoxanduni dated. 25 November (1963) ~[AConment : There is no indication in the file that. any ‘follow- up - ‘was made on. ‘the. information given in this ‘paragraph. This parti- cilar ‘information appears | no where. else in "ALVARADO" s interroga- tions. 5 26 November 1963 ALVARADO meets the, same ‘two men from the Embassy whom he had the evening before, at ‘the Jena Restaurant on the Avenida More- “Los and the Paseo de la Reforma. _ The two men were accompanied by a third man’ named Rodolfo GAVALDON. | ALVARADO went, with these three -men to the’ cafeteria of the ‘Hotel Francis after which they drove “Up and ‘down, a ‘few streets. "ALVARADO told them’ again what he had y~ observed in the Cuban Consulate and they gave him 100 pesos and —to1d him ‘they woudl Gall hinat the Humber SI-07-31; which Is the 7 FeTephions GuNbEY OF Che PIECE WHETe ALVARADO Was T1VINE>—ALVRRRDO senna was called thes Sane day at 8r4S-pom, - ANDERSON Legal Attache, dated 20 November 1065;_é1d HOIAA22561,— a —_— 5 enber_1965,and_CSCI-3/779,156, 13 December 1965.__—____ 26 Novenber. 1963 oo . : “Station officer and local security: officer are inter- ; “viewing aN Fearaguan, who claims that” on 18 Septenber He saw Lee —_ a OSWALD" “Feceived “Six” nOUSERd fiv e hundred dorTere during # weet L. ---fComment-+--This-cable-was—the-first -report--to-Headquarters—on—the-- “26 Novenber 1 1968. ~2°*°*~~SCO At ‘the “appointed place: and ‘time the: evening of 26 26 Noven™
13-00000 go . . . ‘for-them; together they cross the street and enter an apartment in ‘a building at the corner of Oxford. and Reforma. After talking with these men, ALVARABO received 500 pesos and was told to move to.a hotel and to tell them which hotel he moved into. ~ [HMMA~ 22561, 5 December 1963; CSCI-3/779,136, 13 December 1963] ~ . . \
13-00000 - & - 26 November 1963 (date of. cable) Managua Station “reports on identity of ALVARADO and suggests that "Should | case develop ‘to point where Mexico and Head- quarters believe “it desireable to break “ALVARADO, the Station. “éould probably arrange to havd officer who handled him come to mnt Max ti co to question himst -[MANA-~4609--CIN—-68452)-;—-26-November—1963-}-——- nn anes} (Comment. coo 26 November 1963 (date of dissemination) = = . -° “DI SSéii ination by ¢ able to th e FBT, “State, and the White -House~ reporting-preliminary-results~of-ALVARABO- interrogation and — oe results—of Headquarters name—trace— eee ieee OE ee eee nents ces On 26 November 1963 Gilberto ALVARADO, a_ professed Castroite Nicaraguan born. 31 January _ ees Gee 1940 in Ciudad Rama, Zelaya, Nicaragua, came to the American Embassy in Mexico and made a Statement about Lee OSWALD. He said that on — a = & September 19 63 he saw Lee OSWALD receive ~~ six thousand five hundred dollars in a meeting ; osteo ~ inside -the- Cuban-Embassy—in- Mexico--Gity----- 5 - e---- - (2. About. himself, ALVARADO said he in Mexico. City awaiting false documentation so he could 89 tO Cuba for sabotage training. He name three other members of his organization in Ni- Caragua as Juan LORILLO, Rolan ALVARADO, and m “Carlos FONSECA Amador. ‘Questioning of ALVARADO | is continuing. . "3. (Comment: Gilberto ALVARADO is a well-known ye ~Nicaraguan~communist underground-member whois’ ~<——--~~~ also a regular informant of the Nicaraguan Security nnn on nn SOPVE CE and officer-of-which has—provided-this-. -------—--. Agency with his reports for over a year. We.con- ———-—-|-__--__-.---..-__-sider_his—reliability—to. be.questionable-although..... .. - he has not been wholly discredited. The other men ene cote _he_ names are well-known Nicaraguan communists... A... .. , check of the files of this Agency does not show ee foes eee eee where Lee OSWALD actually was on 18 September 1963, when ALVARADO says he saw OSWALD in the Cuban Em- ee c a bassy in Mexico, but based on the information available to this Agency as of this date OSWALD visited the Cuban Embassy in Mexico for the first | “tine after (25 September T9632)" oe een EDI 85089, -26-November 1963 po 27 ‘November 1963 ee | ee een ectene eeeeeie Oe ee i Headquarters suggests to Mexico Station that "In your investigation, suggest | you contact: ct ALVARADO'[ Ease officer + eens ven cee ne ne eet nena cone
13-00000 97 November 1963 [DIR 85198, “27 ‘November T5963] 27 November 1963 (date of dissemination) ‘(IR'Ss199, 27 Novenber 1565 —_ Co a * an in Mexico city: and ask him whether ALVARADO | has ever told him this ? o. . story or. - anything like at." - [DIR 85178, 27 November 1963] 7 Headquarters tells Mexico Station that "After considera- | tion by BRENT and KNIGHT, we feel that investigation and analysis of ALVARADO' S- story, should be pursued further before | more excutive ‘action is taken." Headquarters makes. dissemination to FBI, State, and the White. House incorporating information forwarded to Headquarters in MEXI-7069 CIN 68376, 26 November 1963 (a. Vv.) 27 November. 1963 ALVARADO''s story being checked as. thoroughly as Station assets make’ possible. He also being re- interviewed in much greater detail. ALVARADO is being moved to safe address. MEXI-7 27 November 1963 (date of cable) : Two Station officers interviewed ALVARADO in safehouse | again night of 26 November. ALVARADO!s story. remained substan- . tially the same. ALVARADO says he has been to Cuban Consulate on 2 or 3 “September, | 15 or 16. Septenber, 18 Septenber, 26 Septenber , and 25 November. The Station comments that "Station D! otographic coverage Of the Cuban Bubassy did not inelude consulate gate untir ~ October.” A ARADO did not appéar in p otographs of-persons—using ‘Embassy. ga ee “He adm s-vistting the Soviet-Embassy-¢-or-7-times+ ronever; tetas not“been-hdentitied in photographic coverage of —
13-00000 27 November 1963 Ambassador MANN send message via CIA channels to RUSK, “MeCONE, and HOOVER in | which he suggest inter alia that ‘Washington “should “urgently consider feasibility of requesting Mexican authori eT "ties to “arrest for interrogation: Eusebio AZCUE, Luisa CALDERON, — ae ana AL£PSdo MIRABAL SI annem reno a amen ann | (MEXT-7104—CIN-69225)-5-27-November 2965} ca | corner te tinnein semaine on ties ne 27 ‘November. 1963, (date of cable) FBI says OSWALD applied for ‘unenployment™ ‘insurance in _ “New Orléans on I7 September, one day before ALVARADO Says hé saw” him in~Cuban-Embassy; Mexico. FBI -checking~all airlines to-see if 1—he-could--have-flown-.to-Mexico_by-18.-September....He-was.in. New... —- orteans on 25. september and left that_ day for Texas without. paving _|_his rent. He is believed to have been without funds during this _ . period. _FBI _says his- New Orleans _landlady believes he was” there ‘continuous ly between 17 and 25 September. ‘(DIR 85258, 27 November. 1963] | 27. November 1963 (date of. cable) a an cr According to Mexico Station, ALVARADO story after two in- stallments tends prove only that he has been in Cuban Embassy and _ knows some of employees by Sight, name or both. To resolve doubt > only effective way is to have cooperation of Major JEREZ directed by his headquarters in interrogating ALVARADO. If HQ agrees sug - gest he be cabled urgently to cooperate without “question with American officer who will contact him morning 28 November. Station | official weight behind it, “put not to participate except in portion ~yelative ALVARADO'S alleged mission for JEREZ. UT ‘[MEXI~7107--CIN-69310) 5-2 7 -November 1963p 27 November _ 1963 Headquarters states that "in the face of mounting evi- ptf Fe dence—that-—ALVARADO is fabricating his—story—of-_seeing—... OSWALD take money in ban Embassy, urge you fol- HAL tow apwrithe his Foca ase officer—and—avail-yourself co coerce pecree we nee i i
13-00000 q - £ - 2 of the_help of chef Jorvice, which can send (WHEELOCK), *.a good. CIA asset, to help in the interrogetion. We find it incredible -- that -the--Cubans--would-brief -and -pay--an--assassin - in front of a NIC interloper. We think it pos- co ww -- Sible_oreven_likely.that_he_has_been.inand_out. on of the Cuban Embassy as a NIC agent trying to _........4nfiltrate Cuba and has picked up the names and faces there in so doing. All he has said about OSWALD he could have gotten from the newspapers, except f£6r Certain incorrect items such as his statement that OSWALD woré glasses. wom nnnnn or Ph @ Fact that- ALVARADO~is~a—calm,-nice;~and——-~——~~ intelligent young man does not mean he is not a . fabricator.---FYI--we-and-.other--agencies--are-being--. - -.- flooded by fabrications on the OSWALD case from _.. ... Several continents, some originating with people oo. .on the fringes of the intelligence business. Such fabrication are not usually done for money , but out of sickly fancy and a desire to get into _ the. intelligence game. 3. We do not think it a remarkable coincidence Hea =~ that—both—DORFIGOS--and—ALVARADO—t-alk—about-money--—-—~ --—-- paid to OSWALD. For one thing, pay for an assassin ; LS. a factor which_immediately_rises_in_the mind of —— _ expert and layman alike. Secondly, DORTICOS may “in the “Mexican Government that DURAN was asked whether the Cubans Paid OSWALD for the atleged —— ee" assignment 7" os 7 November 1963 06 _____ |. pir 85616, in ] _ Captain | Franklin “Anthony WHEELOCK cares. (Name encrypted in | text.) ~z5- Novenbér 1963 (date of Cable) ee ce. Paar ee ot eh eee ne ae EBT “says their follow-up investigation of OSWALD's-actt=— ——_——+|-vities~ has-rpoduced-"reasonabte~indications"-that-he-was- in~New-—— Orleans-on-19-September~1963.—~-This;—coupled-with-earlier—evidence— that. he. was.in. New..Orleans..applying-for—unempLoyment-insurance_on.... _.| 41. september. 1965, means OSWALD-vould have. had_to-fly.to-Mexico_and. back between 17 and 19 September in order to be at the Cuban Embassy oe netting hs. pay-off, os ALYARADO claims, on 18 September. With ALVARADO as fabricator and tailor interrogation 1 accordingly. | [DIR 85653, 28 November 1963) _
13-00000 28 November 1963 : Headquarters informs Mexico that iL, We have just’ heard by. phone from KINGMAN , story may have been seriously warped -by a piece of misinformation which has crept into this case. From conversation with your officers, KINGMAN, has - the. _impression that they believe there is me C nee that Lee OSWALD wade a bank dé= ' posit of five thousand dgllars in the United oo ape ——States—after _he_get—backfrom-Mexico—on-3_October: ————— 1963. This would tend, if true, to corroborate —_ cee — TARADO.'s_ story that he saw OSWALD get five . an ‘thousand for the job and fifteen hundred for ex- a me __penses. __KINGMAN thinks he heard that CURTIS Winston SCOTT) got the information about the. bank deposit from an FBI man named Clark. 122° -We. know of no such bank deposit and have n they never heard this story: The story of the ee z = a Tests s i OL Wa ans almost certainly erroneous .. Please check it ee sith FBI there We hea dvised FRI that this 7 rumor exists in Mexico. ~~ Te . oe @ ° BI has just tevied on us, s—otfictal-request— for. full information on source and origin of an ; " | - — Puan © abet PMOUs ana dol ar_bank-deposit————— 28 November 1963__ oe Headquar érs stresses fo Mexico that "there should be no let down in your. Sffort to follow alt teats “and investigate which-bea on . ase. We ave~by—no-means—exctuded — —— e-possibs ‘ty het-other_as-yet-unknown-persons-may-have-been-in~ —— je ved_or—even—_thatother_pe ors may. nave-_played—arole,—Please— -_———— -< ontinueall your_coverage of Soviet and Cuban_installations and _— ____| -your liai on _with Mexicans.". _ DIR 8565 5, 28 November 1963] Comment : This remark by. Headquarters was in support of its posi- tion in response ‘to Ambassador MANN! s earlier message, in which | Headquarters expressed its distinct feeling that "t "the Ambassador . is pushing this case too hard, and . . . might well create flap with Cubans which could have serious repercussions."’]
13-00000 _ Should not be surfaced to. the Mexicans or turned over “to them. 38 November 1963 (date of dissemination) — ee 4 ~ eo oo 28. Novenber 1963 | Mexico Station requests OPIM -authoritization turn ALVARADC over to Mexican authorities with a. brief explanation 1 he claims to admits is in Wexite illeyally; -aanits “Communist party cenbership ; dni $-visitsto-Soviet-inbassy;—ciaims-that-Cuban-consulate-now— involved in-docunenting-him-with false Mexican_papersfor_travel—— to Cuba Latter point alone would _ give Mexican authoriti rities g¢ ood. reason to subj ect hi him to detailed interrogation. [MEXI- 7113 CIN J: 28 November 1963] -Headaua 2 es porded o the ation 18 . . not to turn ALVARADO over to the Mexicans. "We have officially asked the FBI for their position on this move, and pending the FBI's answer. and our. final consideration, ALVARADO | M2. Advise us if the FBI in . Mexico. attempts to get you to. act one way or the “other on. the, question of turning ALVARADO | : over to the Mexicans. " , Teaaquart ers cone udes-tts-merrape to Mexico by-comentin % EENAN * PB “espe taity >—fa coe tae eo tre mine anutintien nas . Headquarters disseminates . sy cable to the FEY; States and the White House, e information 06 ained from ALVARADO during— nig 3 “26 Noveriber 963. Info atio obtained from ALVARADO on the Tatter"“date-was-forwarded-to-Headquar ters~in-MEXI-7098-C1%——
13-00000 Be 28 November 1963 Mexico Station reports that 7 ny, Mr. Clark ANDERSON, Legal Attache, told whee ne the.-COS—and..Ambassador.. MANN of rumor that... __ cee eae "OSWALD had deposited five thousand dollars $e in.abank in the United States’. _ vec ene nen ae "2, On 27 November Ambassador. in presence oo of COS asked ANDERSON about this again and Ls une ANDERSON said rumor was on television and radio in Mexico. ANDERSON said he had no 97 7 _ information from his Headquarters to con- a ~~ ' firm’ or deny this.” Hé said he would check “TU his’ Headquarters. , "3, COS has not ieard rumor regarding five Tro on thousand dollar deposit—on-television—or— ~~ radio, but feels sure ANDERSON or some of rer ee nooo bes -office- did--hear—this .---This-Station—-had .. | -.-.. -...-. no additional information concerning this; mo —-—. -but--assume-. ALVARADO_may—have-heard same. 000 oo on... radio or television report and thus have had a 60 basis. for five. thousand. dollar _payment." . ad 4. [MEXI=7114 (IN. 69621), 28 November 1963]. | Tie ‘wanaguia Station in Nicaragua stated that it~ had ene ees ie - Yequested (Generat~ Gustavo MONTIEL cooperation Mexico through Major JEREZ and x TE — possible by sending-Captain WHEELOCK) # QGtO _ Mexico ob (ONTIEL) said ALVARADO in Mexico with- renee, nena ~out--(Servicets). “authority and- passed- -off--sug- -- gestion use peneZ br but agreed immediately to ements cab oe en send. (WHEELOCK)o He ‘WHEELOCK)%now..in. process getting visa “Sha plane reservations ww. and will_probably_be..in Mexico .today.unless _... Headquarters and Mexico wish to cancel. — 12. Even though his “story regarding OSWALD _—- cn... . ,. May be false it possible he has been working other angle to penetrate Cubans and eae will be able to assist in getting facts 's straight. " -_,  IMANA- 4613 (IN 69629), 28 November 1963] o% . —[* (General « Gustavo NontrEi), { i Nicaraguan Army. (Name encrypted in text.) Major Roger JEREZ Alfaro, Military Attache, Nicaraguan ; Embassy, Mexico. City. . aL ome ee « . wae 3) ae cette eee Captain ‘ranklin Anthony WHEELOCK ‘Garcia, Chief_of Anti- - ' Communist Section of ‘the (name Gh | encrypted in text.) eee ee ee eee abo . . . wee ee - ~ dee tence cee eee ee a
13-00000 over to Mexican authorities and that the Agency request Mexican authorities to interrogate ALVARADO in detail. "2, The ‘FBI reports “that it understands that tua —-Mexican.authorities.have..a_capability_of poly-_ ow www. _. graphing and requests that the Agency request Mexican authorities that he be polygraphed. _ "3. The FBI expressed a desire to have, the “results of the interrogation as soon as possible and that the Legal Attache be kept advised of morn nrnrncepemnrrermnrmen nnn = nn ear EL ODMeNt Se Tre Torneo wife ae © ALAS. .-The.EBI..takes.-the-position.that-inasmuch.as . --~- -— Silvia DURAN may be released some time today (28 .November), according to. information. which the FBI... has from the Legal Attache, ‘ALVARADO should be ‘ turned over to the Mexican as soon as possible, so that their storiés Can bé checkéd against each > | other. . "S. “Mexico Station is instructed to carry out the - —--FBIts—requests—s et— out-above.--Givefull- coopera---—- -----—- tion to the Legal Attache. ... | [DIR 85663, 28 November. 1963] _ 28 November 1963 |  Manuagua Station reports that at Granktin ‘Anthony WHEELOCK ee ey eee — | Garcia) a Captain National, and chief ‘of the Anti- Communist Section of the /will arrive in Mexico at 0945 on 29 November 1963. —_—. ones ~ [MANA- 4614 (CIN 68671), 28 November 1963} ° oS a _. ee : . 28 November 1963 (date of dissemination) rn See ee eee vee eee ‘Headquarters disseminates the following to the FBI, | | Stare Department, and White House: -- 7 resenanee! a a nr ee re ep ee te teem cere "Acting on a request “made ° to this “Agency by | oan oo = oo the.-Federal. Bureau_of_Investigation -on..28.... co een nce . November 1963, our Agency is instructing its. . — i office in Mexico City to turn_over Gilberto. ALVARADO, Nicaraguan informant who claims that he saw Lee OSWALD accept six thousand five ...:.. - hundred dollars in the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City on 18 September 1963 to assassinate Presi- ~~dent Kennedy, to officials of the Mexican Minis- ~~~ try of Government for further interrogation and ~Lavestigation. On 28 November; “ALVARADO had? still not changed his story, despite increasing —————-—<—doubt that it was truey~ The Nicaraguan -iIntet lie ~~ gence Service, for which ALVARADO once worked, Towns dispatching -a-senior-official to- Mexico City —— to assist in the interrogation and investigation ——-~-—---—-----@-¢_the-diseretion—ofthe-Federal Bureau—of— a vestigation. Notification of the appropriate
13-00000 ; ars 7 “Mexican office for the turnover ‘was effected. at, 1630. Washington time on 28 November 1963." co 7 85666 $_N venber-igggp lie first time that. President Kennedy -__ i, | was mentioned as the tar et of OSWALD's alleged mission described _ by. ALVARADO. The conversation between the ted-haired Negro and | OSWALD, as reported by ALVARADO, makes: no mention of a. specific person, 7 28 November 1963. : _Mexico- Station: requests that a. - Spanish- speaking Poly: _ _Sraph operator be made available- for ALVARADO and possibly. for: “others. ‘TEXI- -7120 aN +), 28 November 1963] 28: Novenber. 1963 Headquarters responds that there is no ) Spanish: speaking - ‘ Ny polygraph. operator. — _ _ . . m2, ‘For reasons of security and compartmenta- fons e nO o—have operator double=-——____.. “tracked with Mexican “operator. Would only con- ee nceae eas eet anemone p hehe Se a - ; ‘ can resources Sxhausted before we decide if we — _ ; want to resume. management of case including ee Jo | pOlygrapne. me : oo 13, Seasoned opera ‘Ors available here on shor _ notice." ; . . ; a [DIR 85667, 28 November 1963] on of oo Gobernacion Luis ECHEVARRIA at 1430 hrs Mexi- __- co City time and ECHEVARRIA grateful that ALVARADO being turned over. to. Gobernacion. me 7 as y—ECHEVARRIA was” given A ARKDO'S“presene—————— a address and alias under which he registered. oO ~.. Mexicans will pick him up and question hin ne _ on basis. of “very brief story given ECHEVARRIA a ~ . . . DY GU °
13-00000 29 November 1963 _ALVARADO. had identified her when he ‘was being questioned by the “0900 Mexico time. Be sure to keep us informed of what information of 7 ° 13 - 2 November 1963 Mexico. Station ‘reports that the cos is handling the OSWALD case personally and that continuous liaison with the Ambassador and the Legal Attache. is necessary. The COS wishes to control these contacts personally. v =7176- (CIN 70104), 79-Novenber 1963] 7 ~ An. official. of the Ministry of Governacion reported to the Station that Al ALVARADO claims he present inside ‘the Cuban Em-. “bassy w len OSWA ALD given six thousand five hundred dollars: The Statio =con or tha REV ARADO FAVE he NEKTCANS VE SmESOTY—— gave-Stationoffieers:;—One-dit ce— is~that-ALVARADO-faiied— fe identi ye ilvia DURAN. om_s.e oral. photographs_hewas_shown.— “Station: [MEXI-7127 Tanya. 29. November 1963] 1 Novembe 365 eada 2 = a_i Mexico Station ", . . (to) continue " i -to keep us filled ‘in on status of interrogation of Silvia DURAN ALVARADO, and others implicated as fast as you | can get iriformation. ; We have no “other: “ready. source of information on 1 these cases. Re- quest you ‘utilfze: capable officer for liaison with Gobernacion to skim off details. and relay them to your office. for cabling to us. at regular intervals. Request status report, even negative, by if any is leaked to public information media." [DIR 85672, "29 Novenbex 1963] _ 29 Novenber 1963. In the’ interest of speed, Headquarters wishes to be: "sure that you. are immediately giving the Legal Attache everything you get about ALVARADQ arid DURAN so. the Legal Attache in Mexico | City can cablé the same data direct to FBI Headquarters. Please _—
13-00000 ae - re ‘satisfy yourselt that the: Legal, Attache there has. adequate ‘commo | | facilities: and Secretarial staff, to keep its Headquarters informed ‘as fast as, you keep us informéd, and advise us: on this. - "2. ) . 4. Tf you fin “t att @ Legal Attaché there does not~— ave adequate Cone or Ss a +€-ant-wants-to-Tety-on-us_to_reaythe— a = ra s tat;-th ey zy. of-se rse send— ressages-Fight—through-our———— - or 6u_can_re ‘on to slay the information as we DIR 85712, 29 November 1963] oe - — +O—MO ee S ation. espondéd 2 the above meé sage by ce _' "1, “The Legal “Attache” is ‘Locally being advised by COS personally of everything atio nm concerning. OSWALD case and, now, on ALVARADO ee in STYORRthON pron ~ HE ISTE HEA Sgt . - almost same size-as the Station, has adequate oo = —__staf£_for_reporting. " Usual. procedure here is that COS notifies | ——- - Headquarters, reports to the Legal Attache and - to the Ambassador orally then subsequently ad- a vises the Legal Attache’ by EMOTE EM réacduta = grea Cite Poor F ae 1. known to Station on these cases” is ‘being given to. oo > = ‘eq Qo a “3 * oH Siow CF a x —~ 29 Novenber 1963 (date of ‘dissenination) ; ‘Headquarters disseminates to the FBI, “State iepartnent oo and the White House that "The First very SkStEhy Feport on the-pro: gress 0 the. Mexican 0 icia in rerroga ton of G1 berto-A VARADO; > a shows “he is; te ling essenttiatty o—same torys— y MEXi car otetcist doing the-tnterropstion-of ALVARADO-says-he—— a doub ? DO! s-story-and Witt begin. work to-tbreak!bin.—. 5 fd: AL ss o aw o rs
13-00000 ik - D. ANDERSON,. Legal Attache, containing the results of three inter- views, conducted by the local security officer and members of the Mexican Station ‘on 26 ‘November 1965, of Gilberto Nolasco. ALVARADO" Official of. Ministry of Gobernacion stated ‘that after his first session yn with ALVARADO | he believed ALVARADO's story to be | a fantastic lie; after “second session and all previous and interin | aie jistevrorations, ALVARADO Sticks to” Same Story on OSWALD. ~ Official” “rstated-"Although this stilt preliminary ;—either ALVARADO--is—telling- the tenth essentially-orhe-is-the-bect—tiar I have-talked.to-in-ay ..'' He is in- clined to believe ALVARADO is telling the truth in general outline, but believes he is mixed up on dates. IMEXT- 7156 CIN, Js 29 November 1963] eee 29-November..1963.. cm eeceecten ss eee ee rene ne enone es ee Mexico Station reports that Captain GuterLdex) has arrived _ in Mexico City, and is staying at the Geneve Hotel. _ aL: jin Mexico Gity ane 4s staying at oe _ | bia. : EEE ‘29-November 1963 ~ a . — ——— Tan orn ei ern 6 + - -- tn net Capt ain (HHEELOCK) meets —wi th_official . from. Ministry..of-—-.... ____...._ | Gobernacion; hetells.the official that ALVARADO has-been 75%... ee rn had. had access to and furnished good _ 4 3] -information on communism in the past. (WHEELOCK)said, however, _ _—| ALVARADO is inclined to "go off on his own" at times and impossible to 9 control. ; wee 7168 (IN 70860), 30 November 1963] a st -EO -Noyentber:- 1963- be ee ote ene ete eee ener nme Senet cane eet nw ee ene ee veces en en " -----A¥-1050-hours_(Mlexico.City tine), official. from Ministry. ~~ -of.. Gobernacion.told the Chief of Station: that"ALVARADO has signed. ——-----a-Statement saying t that story of seeing OSWALD inside. _the_ Cuban a 3/py. ____| Embas: sy_! is completely false: Heals. 0.-Stated--t hat-he-had-nge" a r
13-00000 - 1 - seen anyone handed money. by Cuban consular officers. He said too he ‘had not called the U.S. Embassy (as he had previously claimed) on 20 ‘September to warn them. His first call to the ‘Embassy Was ‘on 25 November, the evening he saw the U. S. Embassy security ~~ SEEICEY ect eth ee eo nn wee een eae nee eens lf MEXE-7-168-CIN--70860) 5-3 0- November--1.963.]2--2--- tn ee BQ November | 1963" EEE EEE EEE eee - Mexico Station reports that the Legal Attache is being — ———————t-#Ftopmed” of the “above™ ‘information (as: well-as~ other information ~-~— | -contained —7-R-MEXL -F16- 8) .--- eect ee neenememteetee caceieet soem es wp eee cman ae ae _[MEXI=7168.(IN.70860)., 30 November 1963) ee en aap erro e ate aean —_— won he ete eee ——— ¢ 3 a _ — - ~ aoe = nee _ 30 November 1963 (date of dissemination) -pepartment';-and the White House ;-that-ALVARADO-adnitted-his-story—~ was: a—fabricata on. i . LDIR. 86063.,..5.0. November. 1963). “30 Wovenber 19637 ~—Headquarters-asks-the-Station-obtain-all--details~on— ~~~ ——--—-} AEVARABO''s—eonfession-<-.-The-Station—is-askedto-'continue—to—follow — | aaa leads—and--tips.._The question_bf whether OSWALD acted_solely._. a —j-on--his—own.has_still not been finally resolved. oe ——____—--_-|--[DER..86064,.30 November 1963] = _ 2 December 196377 Op ee —_ j ~ Captain (wre E LOCK) Ss aw-ALVARADO-during~ afternoon for first- recta cy i he ~time.-~Meeting lasted-only-seven-minutes.—In—brief-interview-in——— ——————---_-company~ of two-Mexicean—officials, ALVARADO reverted to his_pre-—. -Vious--story..—He.claimed.he did see OSWALD, did call the U.S... | Embassy. toreport.... (Embassy_investigation does not support latter -Statement.) He went to say that he told the Mexicans he was fabri- | cating because he was "mentally mistreated", i. er threatened with | physical harm, although he was not actually physically mistreated.
13-00000 ~ 1s ~ (WHEELOCK) said he unable to come to any definite conclusion as to ALVARADO's veracity; however, he would be able to do so once he re- turned ‘to Managua and had chance to complete the interrogation. BEE Tans CHCTI70N) 7 MweARDET TIES a a 3 December 1963 Headquarters tells “Mexico Station that although we are “confident ‘that. ALVARADO ‘is a “fabricator “and ‘that his retraction of his confession is false, ‘it ’has been decided that he™ should” be” | placed on the polygraph. Headquarters asks—that-Station-arrange-~ to-have-ALVARADO-to-be-released-to-us—for_several-days—and-ask———. \GivEBLOCK)to_remain_in Mexico to assist. Calvin DAVIS of the Office of Security will arrive on _4 December. Polygraph should be administered. in safehouse and all _Sessions should be recorded. DAVIS will be in charge of the poly- Staph interview; however, he will be assisted by Clark ANDERSON, “who “has been selected here : as interpreter. ‘The FBI will notify Oe ANDERSON of this. The idea is “that ANDERSON would be able to tes-— tify at any later hearing. 3 December 1963 ECHEVARRIA, acting minister of Gobernacion, agrees to rere teen ee ee permit the COS to "borrow" ALVARADO. “Station submits plan for oo handling LAVARADO: SN OG ee ees a, ~ Clark “ANDERSON “and bf Legal Attaché ~ OFLC tO pick up ALVARADO from Gobernacion. — ee ee - BL ALVARADO Ww: {Il be taken to safehouse or -hoter————- cog , ee af eaves tof tances tncorpretera es ————d= —Pran- te—"borrow!!-ALVARADO-early--morning- of. —--..---.... —— 5-December—and—return.-him_that_evening. MEXI7229.. (IN--72877)., 3_December_1963]
13-00000 . 4 Decenber- 1963" . "exact “role of, the FBI men is up to their ‘Tocal_ chief . eat Bo, f fo, . ae Co oe To “Headquarters: ‘approves Station' s plan and adds that the = The FBI. has specified that Mr. ANDERSON act as their Sarticipant in the interrogation and any variance should nave approval of Mrz f TAND RSON. —— a — rr a 5 December 1963, .More plans by Station. or interrogation Of AEVARAD . MEXI-7256 IN- A S December 1963. TO 5.: December 1963 : Mexican Station forwards copies of Mexican interrogation report on Gilberto ALVARADO. Ugarte. Station notes that a copy of _| this report was» handed to the ega A ane “TRMIMA= s1;-S December 1963} ————~ , _ 5 Decenber 1963" “Preliminary questioning of ALVARADO took place. - "(MEXT TIT CIN THB9Y 6 Decenber 15637 & December 1963 _ALVARADO submitted to examination by polygraph. ‘The. [results of this examination indicated that he was fabricating his story. Interrogation revealed that ALVARADO was unsure as. ‘to the | day. of the week he allegedly Saw OSWALD. He thinks it was on Tues- day which would have been 17 September. When ALVARADO was Shown . a series of photographs during the testing, deception patterns became. ‘evident. ; W en he was, confrinteéd With this he answered a é shad He an TOS “confidence at a: ope yerapir md-that—i | TU ~ye - OF sctt ein - sgatio vas cic tuded-wi th ALVARADO-aénitting— 8 jon
13-00000 Qh. ‘1 December 1965" (date of dissemination) i Headquarters. cables. a dissemination to the. FBI on the “results of the, examination by. polygraph of Giberto ALVARADO. — ‘The re-interrogation of Gilberto ALVARADO, Nicaraguan informant, who. claimed to have — ~ seen Leé OSWALD receive money to assassinate ~ __ Kennedy, has been concluded. Our Mexico a 0 ray e cr ALVARADO—admitted——_——____- ’ he must “have been mistaken | in saying that he — - _ . -OSWALD ta the Cube Eabassy~—Algo,—he-was——————-—- uncertain of the date on which he might have. en someone like OSWALD thought it must oo have been on a Tuesday, which would have made - . . it 17 September 1963. Although the final ~ "report of the po yerap interview is not yet Be _available, the preliminary finding is that v_. ALVARADO 6vide decep ton reactions when ———— mee, talking about OSWALD. ‘ re "It is expected that ALVARADO will be deported Oo.h aragua on 9 December. € <} ~ = ne TA \ representative of your r Bureau partici ated _in the interrogation of ALVARADO." | DIR 87667, December 196 }. 7 December 1963. _ “An. official of the Ministry of Gobernacion advised the Chief of ‘Station that ALVARADO will be returned to Managua by . TACA flight no. 773 leaving Mexico at 0930 hours on 8 December. ae = IU 1; " é > VECEND ET os = - : - . ee 13 December 1963 (date of. dissemination) Headquarters forwards. a translation of the Mexican | police, interrogation report on Gilberto ALVARADO. to the FBI. “1. Attached: is a ‘translation. of the Mexican police errogation report on Gilberto _ “ALVARADO, Nicaraguan. who claimed to have seen __Lee OSWALD accept. $6500 in. the Cuban Embassy ‘in Mexico City to assassinate President - Kennedy. The report States that ALVARADO rev nacted these assertions and admitted that” . made them: to induce the: U. S. to take stronger act LOM, “against Cuba. wo-pers' i —ALVARADO-met—and-te—__-______- ‘whom } he. first told. his” story are undoubtedly 1 ee oe used RBI credentials is, of course, absolutely ‘ait - = Se ale ei ele Ty 2 & “Mexico City. Lai 4 Re amis lene ATIPAT ATA wen eee wae Da.
13-00000 cn oe vos Mextcan: police ‘and: had to be reinterro- “oo \gated by representatives of this Agency - -and your Bureau. This. later interroga- tion: showed that he was probably lying."  [escr 3/779, 136 “13- December 1963. (Comment :” Trandiation was . nade of the Mexican police report forwarded to Headquarters as an attachment to HMMA-22561, 5 December 1963.)] 31 January 1964 | | The Agency forwards a memorandum to the: Warren Commission enclosing a . presentation of the information ‘developed by, CIA on or- = 7 about Lee: ‘Harvey OSWALD. in | Mexico City.. A summary of the informa- A ‘tion relating to the ‘monetary payment to OSWALD ‘and the investiga: tion of this allegation appears: on pages lithrough 14 of the en- “Closure. -. “[Menorandum for Mr. J. -Lee RANKIN, dated 31 January» 1964; subject: , Information Developed’ by CIA on the hetivity of. Lee Harvey OSWALD . | Septen er - 3 October 1963. Y sion forwards the following memorandum ‘to the Deputy Directer for Plans: "On. behalf: of the Commission I would like — sen oo fine “cooperation which was extended to represen-. op tatives: of the Commission during the course of their work in Mexico City from April 8- through: April 13, 1964. I am informed that Mr. SCOTT, the Chief of your Station in Mexico City, was particularly generous with his time one advice . oe of our mission in Mexico. a ee coe ~ "During their stay in Mexico City the “yoo Commission representatives discussed-with-— Mr. SCOTT and agents of the Federal Bureau jos = of Investigation thet-portion of the bee —-o—— + ————— Harvey. OSWALD investigation ‘which concerned are, ‘course, . from- previous reports that the allega- +-_tions:_made_byALVARADO were thoroughly inves=-- . | tigated. by Central Intelligence Agency and Sethi ten ven Federal. Bureau. of Investigation. representatives _ ‘in Mexico. City in. liaison with the responsible “Rawr enforcement. ‘authorities. Reference is ame oe oh om -. .made to the discussion of these allegations in i VanT mamnarandim ‘Aatad Tanwaws 1 PNA A ne wma wae
13-00000 “ingpon - review of. our ‘complete. file on “ehis matter, we find that. we lack full docu- i mentation of the investigation conducted of: ‘om your “Agen : supplying more details re- “garding the investigation undertaken by your Love, _ Agency and other concerned Ageneies into:this ee matter and. your evaluation ‘as to the truth of - ee, > TALVARADO's assertions. “In particular, it would - . . «be helpful if a report could be submittéd by a - ‘the. expert ‘Who ‘conducted the imal saan exami - nt. le Mahone wine -Dojuty-pineotod foe tiene; dated—2 APEEL-1864,—from_J-—Lee RANKIN, Genezad_Counsel.}———— d ‘Tune 1964 “In _Tesponse to the above letter from the General Counsel of the ‘Warren Commission, the Agency forwarded by memorandum the TExtsS OF the fo rowing disseninations rélative to 7 ALVARADO tha t were made to 61 U.S. Government” a agencies: OUP Teketype-Nov 85089 5~dated-26-November-19635-—— ~ . relative to Gilberto ALVARADO. i - ~ b. OUT Teletype No. 85199, dated 27. November 1963, ~—+| —_________Subject:—_Lee=Harveyx-OSWALD. 4 oe | 6 oun teletype No-_25662, dated 21 28_November_1963, relative to Gilberto ALVARADO. d.. OUT Teletype No. 86068, dated 30 November 1963, _relative to Gilberto ALVARADO. OUT Teletype No. 85666, dated 28 November 1963, —_ re ative to. Gilberto 3 ALVARADO, fo. _ “ _ emorandum, da téa-17 (sic =" T3] Decenber-19635— Subject: Mexican Interrogation of Gilberto ALVARADO. OUT Teletype No. 87667, dated 7 December 1963, ‘Subject: —Lee-Harvey-OSWAED st Nenorendune for tre Jee _MMKh-dated-t-June-186¢7-fron—<—$ 3 : 13 ‘October. 364” - ——s TS > —— ty oo “The! “General Counsel forwards the following: letter to “the: “Honorabre Jenn A. “MECONE DCT? Ss -- ae 10a awe Pe ee eae wh onesie (OT ANTM Sues eee: enn eee ee ee ee et nee we ae ee
13-00000 dated: January 31,. 1964, éoncerning informa- i . ‘tion developed by CIA:on..the activity of ~ 14 ee” Harvey | OSWALD. in ‘Mexico City, 280 September — - Sea synopsis of this document which may be a ublished . Aaa luster t to John A. McCONE, Director,” Central Intelligence Counsel. _ Enclosures : “comnission Documents 347 and 1084.] | tha tatters tester of 15 october 1966, — "The Commission's Re ort (pages 307-308) J , contains information furnished by this Agency _ in memoranda dated 31 January and 1 June 1964. 7 “Since both include information relative to in= ee telligence methods and operations which should: : “not be placed in the public domain; tT suggest ‘the use of the revised:and consolidated ver-. SEER, Fite OH oC formar ted ae an attachment. We : ‘ Z 7 ttre
13-00000 SP Sonnection? | ° “any efforts made to develop an OSWALD/Cuban ota ane . a ‘sia ay fs a wes tienes tore thresh 6-5-0 th sbjeceh— Ni , » . ‘ / - ‘ t : ~ : s = - ‘ . ° a “ ; ; r < ~ , = 1 - .'s ‘ 7 _ . . re ee ; * ' \ : - arn ca, — - =I . a “s : ~ ‘ ae / ~ ~ a ; ' \ - - . - 7 * ts - ‘, : va 7 \ ‘ a ; ~ . a a L \ . - 7 — ' % . ~ 3 — \ ?