13-00000 | SECRET py | — during OSWALD visit were negative. / LEGAT sources d his hotel,| del Comercio, to be reputable. MEMO TO LEGAT from cos, Photog aphs!, A tached are, as | requested, twe prints of each nega tive. (Bee 2 338 be low) . : : i ; i i ; : | as ee 336, (continued) | inquiries of of hotel guests why did OSWALD choose this hotel?! Pro: imity  Teported that Guillermo GARCIA pene to Tus Terminal?? 1€ SP wba, dis he tine oe fo ‘ted 7 257. 27 Apr i i i : t : i : : i | : i ae 248, 28 Apr out 23331 - Attapned | ‘are photog made from film sent to this office by local ODENVY rep XN = eh Apr 64! / Local ODENVY rep requested two copies each.' He said .these would be sent ~ to fis Has. for Warren Commission. / he photos include | ‘ones of the local Sov Emb, the Local ; Consulate, Hotel del Comercio, bus tdiminal --| place's of interest to the Warren coun | beegase oe OSWALD's Mexi visit.| / It is|requested that this dispatch andjatts' be routed ee [ | pod 7 | DIR 1882 Warren conmisi requests we furnish f fpLlowing | lnfo:! A. Hours when Cuban ahd . ¢ € | scjp and! | Consulates in he are| open to public; their normed working hourg. Their ae ocedures pnd regulation 2 f al jand informal involved in issuing! permits for travel. hrough Cw ope E. Deg qcrip! ton lof procedures ‘and regulations of ‘Mexi! government for 7 tral tL of PBFRIME| cits to and + ough “a fi Teavpet Mexi ¢ cable summary of all that can be ! zoe 5 May eset rtained = appre | { 9 above) (Sov Emb gnd Con are not ope to public. Offices intment. Sov guards ar? ion outside gate around , ‘elook, Normal work. hdurs en_6 but jrecently changed to 0900 -to 1409: Monday through Friday. through Friday,! Soy con frequent change.| Now open 1100 $0'1300;Mondays ind Fridays. “Shrtaes Sor funliies itm. fo compou Visitors ring bell at pate te_at all.hours. Russian -- apes can |get J in anytd Yr ' i 210, 6 May | MEXI 9332 (net: prr 18827 |- pats : ot hers' usually burned avy by: guard d after hours .~ Sovs are not, be, / Cuban Enb and consulate inisame:compewid wc: have” a om ts entrances. Consulate feceives visitors fFoH\to00~ to 1NOO\ hrs | Monday ehroiigh _ i . ata Emb working hours are from 0900 |to 2400 hours jsame!days but ‘most, Emb visitors | | C sually ttended fore 1hO0 hrs, These ihr Oo applied during Bept 63.1 / Cuban Emb i | procedures id regulations for issuing permits for travel to and through Cuba; Visas normally valid for 3 months from date ‘of| issue, rior, & tion fron Hebana invariably required | bere ce visa. Applicant, completes visa application m form! at Consulute,” — 4 ‘permission , often obtaine exchange of |cable 8 between En! and Minrex Habana.| In many | io cases visas issued on “‘Bepar te sheet paper in| effort e inceal. fact of jtravel, | Mexi govt ce a on RNR LORNA ee et EU HC Ce ARR AARNE a ae A me CONT: See +m chem mem = ome “| provedures_ and regs re! travel PBPRIME cits to) and [bhrough . Cube, unchanged Since, HMMA 20887, .| ==" May “63, ‘PBPRIME eits with ‘passports “and Cut "vides are free to travel to Cuba. PORTE cits | ean obtain Souniep cards oon Mexi consul ae for retum| via Mexi! | | | | HMMA 23398 lattached Lire copies of pag e8 which: were mares by (StatLon for local ODENVY ( “| who! progured documents (on joan) from Seq de: Gob. ee ee SOP Tiedt NUE 2 Serorerems 2 eee, oer Documents are list of & persong | eatering
13-00000 tetany 9 one 3h2, 13 May Check, This is very ‘odd. | * aS, 12 May Suh, 19 May u pi cy where ar? ‘ha attachments to this??? What is ‘this | ! 1 i i | | | OSHYALD tricd to Brror the: WTthTy i about? ? cat a divorce?? r travele 1 by car to WU. of. Station lundetetands CAMERON intends SECRETs tussle divorce in Mexico. | . sort MEXT 9430 = ODENVY req'd laree mre through pouch fron domittee countel NKIN| wit instruc ons | pass} unopened | to Dr. Dale CE RON ae syonts tric|conventidn here. bn , ined turnover CAMERON opened package] ODENVY o ffice| and IC/o could see| only that! 1t contained out] CAMERON ces out of S Next, with  dhsort tied, manner @ 25 ‘pile do uments stamped top seoret with classification | 4 -of fice garrying papers, probably to fae Maria Isabel. where most con aventiLone ovate /. delijyer talk on ps chiatric lessesamen of lOSWALD, pre- sumably | on basis these: papers. Although Station fenofat pontent or origin documents | appears’ todd bee top secret | i docs! soda vat | CPFTOOR case declassified prior suance comméttee report. / Haye not informe ODENVY this able, although c/o said he cabling hig Hqs| | which he thought probably ¢ aid not know cbntents fe) pac Le ; “MEMO to IBoonstra. Prom moat, coby to COS) -~- Th! gccordan¢ wil h our conversation, ale is attached a copy of the report forwarded o the Sec of For Relations by the Acting ec of i Gobernacion. | if While the réport! at. the end bears a da f 6 May, 64, lsource who made a copy | of the repo available for copying ladvised that it was acthally del iverefl to Foreign | Relations on, 9 May Oe (see pare a below) | ‘| | | a4 | | i | ; AMA 25445 | Attached are copids of! the obemaci of 118 Mdy ) been ceived by U.S. Amb from tha Sec! of For Affairs; / The attached was received from LITEMPO/1. | A edpy was also seht tp! a Station by the LEGAT who réceived a lbopy unofficially Erom tie, antiggo l Nez as, Director of Investigations, Governkcion, / Pls pass copy to Chief, ask. | (Highlights lof Report, in rough trahsiation) ‘= Jubt as; soon as GOM learned of| the heat of | Pres, Ky the co try closed it's bokd ere, in jcase) the | assassin would try lto ihe Dallad into Mexico.| / Also t: oops| were sent to roe towns. in. case it \would be necedsary / Upon learning the n of. the sashin, inves tigaté ional! were begun pesause it was Known |0SW. was in Mexico. in'1963., / Thro rh Imhigration Depart ment we jcould establish for sure that OSWALD éntered Mexi via Nuevo Laredd, Tamps, 26 Sept 63 as & tourist} eto), etc., and made a photostatic copy of document of. entry into country, ete. / On 27.Sept he Stayed at:the Hotel del‘Comercio, etc. / 4 During his five day stay in Mext | ony OSWALD can bee. 7 obtain a Cpban visa jin transit to’ . the Soy Union, eto. / Interviewed are . Silvia DURAN, éte. | i/ OSWALD cancelled |his reservations at the /hotel on Ia Oct and. reserved | 8 seat on. the ,bus of Transported, Frontera |to return to : ... Ndevo. Laredo. the. following. day. However, he did! "HOt. travel on: this! bus,: nor)any other ‘bus : was asked for by lthe three members of the Warren Comnissio who| visited Mexi 6-13 ‘Apr bh, The attached copies are ee The Report not yet (as -| R2; ort |on the steps taken) and inves tigal ions; made byi the Mexi | |Gov as a res t of} President K's! assassin tion, / As will be recalled, thik Report i | { 8 H t t i "- line which travels to Nuevo. Larédo} Tamps. . a i Confirmed~that OSWALD. left Mexico at Nuevo Larado: on 3 Oct. etc, / On 26 Nov an jinspector, Jose Mario del VALLE, .went: to Nuevo jLarsdo to beaia os ® OSWALD's travels and:also, the existent rumor that OSWALD had teen there iprevio to obta -Tmmi gration Office in Nuevo Laredo| stated OSWALD’ “had travelled! | in by car from there td his | S. 29? countrys however, pro#f was not found in a search of maTata inionatama thet AWUATR task wee tae etc... [Because of an ‘error of one of the stenographers, Form 1I, in;th> oe vom ARR rc ere
13-00000 f | There are aa to How can they be so sure that esuitD had tno i | political contacts?? 7 ?, a ieee ethene ae : | | 545. 22 May ! | | 546, 26 May | | ! 347, 2 June | S| 348. «17 'June | | | |; Where is 505505 Ana ane 2 | = lL be LT oes nte a where Ce ome “e9)t Nov" poe “gnd that its AGO fe TE a mato me, not be po shed Pryside t's ea on ithe ones ae at ention is dravn to the : Medi. Govern nt. we ore Potomac Cable No, 278 (un lassified (sent: via . ipeless file 6-12-34) - The Warren Commissibn o -.This is! a two ps be Gooument stating! the laims oft the. Commission, | which was. “eeupbhish ‘ad on... fe J .f | ! i apace .d , i are the ran | i , P bone] | : | | / Also,! Tourist Cards! were checked of persons traveling at the same time! as OSWAL") to try to! establish any! connection with him, or cars entering and leaving, ete.; etc, / ‘to complete this investigation, it wad established without a doubt, that QSWALD had no contrci: in Mexico with persons or ero th politics, / Finally, case closed; . fi : file sen: £0 Srehives. AMEMBASSY 1359|— Hebete Report on Ac ivities of OSWALD While in Mexico - On ll Apr the Emb delivered to Secjof For Relations note #1349, dated 10 Apr: 64, requesting report -: investigation conducted by Mexi national agencies) into activites of ‘OSWALD. Emb note also requested. a descrin- tion of| the j jmeasures which were taken by, Mex{ Gov, etq. / Under cover of note #50. 20, dated | May phy the Sec of: For lRela dons] of Mexi hag tran's jitted to Emb a confidential -semc setting forth it req ested. The ofiginal note and attached memo are forwarded herewlta, with ‘the request that the be !node | available! to President's Conmiss ion on Assassination. A certified .copy of| the iMexi|note! and lmemo| is’ included for the Department's. files, while another certified copy h been retain d in fs ‘Lles|, f Depa menti's attention is drawn to the: reservation that in pe cal full, without the | express consent of, the Hex: iGov.: Lom | ! " “HMMA 235k20 |. Mex Gov Report F Actions Take Il and Investigations Made After the © rath! of Pres. Kennedy (Ref: HMMA [2344 pare Shih ab above)| Sane info es para Ht Jabove. except the | deplaration | ‘of 5 we DURAN about her ogntact with OSWALD (nothing new). 7 NOTE: written ‘by cos | | This copy of the rai Office! 8 Feaitea’) version of Lic, huis RCHEVERRTA' report was given|to me by LEGA on June ad We; | already have copies. (Attached is the same: Teport QB pare 346 above. | | | oe , Po: : AMEMRASSY Alen supplementary Mexican Report on Activities of OSWALD (ref: A 1359 - para B45 above ) Referenced alrer transmitted & note and a memo from Mexi See of For Rel-on Anyestigations , ete. / Supple nting that info, Note No. 505503: dated 9 June 1964 transmitting | a number of ‘photostatio copies of documents rtinent to this case. The joriginal uf that note -and its] annexes are forwarded herewith, with the request that they be. made available to the! A certified copy of the Mex note and its anneacs , les,! another retained in the Embassy; / Deparinent's | rese etion thet. “| may not be published. .i.without permission of | { i j ' : : . { : 1 i H | | | | | ineluded for|the Department's f os port] wou a “pe Published in n duly 29844 i i | i | ‘on a st
13-00000 350. 19 June Poy io] bor | i : i 351, 22 June | Read carefully | 352, e June | : -Mext 9 Ls (ree | NEXT ‘968t ~ not th OSWALD Fite see ATSI v 3885) Da ing “bates (Subject is |LIOVAL-1), (John Emil BLANKENEAGEL) 11-12 June 64 trip with Sbv ee sul Pave anton YATSKOY v| (KGB) i tten mentioned could dd favor fo Sullj an import ifle free| of duty from U.S, Subj's ie efes interests. |SubJ! casially| resp! nded that Y could lprobably ried one | fron assassin, | Subj said definite believed thié true basis n we paper acco ts. / Y aountéred saying Hid not believe OSWALD involved and vriefly « lainéd his positio by foll/ = "Ilmet OSWALD ere | He stormed into thy’ office land wanted me to introduce ‘and ré comm nd Him to the| Gubar.s. _ He! told) me that he had lived in thei USSR. I; told: him (that |I 1 would have fe check heford I could recommend him. He was nervous | and his hands’! | trembled, | and! he stormed out of office} TI Bon tt: ( believe} that-a pérson| as ‘nervous asi. OSWALD, whose; hands . trembled, cduld have ecurate fired a rifle." /: Above is full extent of Y's ptatenent as recalled by. SubJ whd did| not ity licit further. of | | - | | _ ae discodnt store Chicago. |This| caused Sov to ask [Subj |i though cote al ‘ually Pres i IEGAT HEPORE (fi f | . MEXT 0005 (Ref: DIR 50547 - pira 365 below) i - From 2 Sept 63 | ranvor, time | Late ‘afternoon, pricr LTOO hours, unidentified Sov male talked with YATSKOVA. Presume male ‘YATSKOV, bas is endearihz ‘terms used, '/ 28iSept: LIENVOY about 0857, hrs: KAZANTSEV speaks; with wifé, and YATSKOV|then' talks with KAZANTSEVA Gist of conversation ; is thet YATSKOV family,’ accompanied by BAZAROV: and KAZANTSEVS, planning day ttip (possibly +o Cuernavaca) land to depart jthis| date about 1100 | hrs, From LICALLA 28: Sept 0952 hrs: Yasd and wife and KAZANTSEV: seen chatting on terrace. | At: :1000; hrs Y¥ an wife went into garden| LICALLA| did not observe time of Y departure from Emb. / Have ho reporting for Sun, 2 Sept. / 30 Sept LILYRIC observed xX enter iSovEmb in his ‘dip har 0852 hrs, departéd 1416 hrs, LIENVOY 3Q Sept reports KAZANTSEV, speaking with a visiting Sov, tells Sby call morn 1/Oct ‘dnd. speak| with Y. / 1 Obt LILYRIG: Yj entered Emb O847, Left 1416} ( LICALLA| observe Y ab 12104 hrg@ talking with: 'Valentin Vasilyevich BAKULIN andj Aleksey Ivanovich | 7 GARMASHEV. / 2 out: Ace LILYRIC ¥ dntered Emb 0846, left 1106, entered 1120., Departed 1122 | with Oleg Pavlovich MOSKVICHEV entered 1128 | iwith! M, eae 1420 with wife. |. According LICALLS: ed th Bulky) | | ab eon Ly. | | | seen with XH Valeriy}. Vladimir ch KOSTIKOV | at obs2, seen with! Valeriy Aleks ndrovich ‘ANDRIANOV at:1000) seen with Moskvichev at 1124, seen with GARMACHEV at 1402. i/ Feel quite possible that OSWALD b poke with YATSKOV basis 1 obt 63, LIENVOY: | . When OSWALD b poke! with OBYEDKOV.,, OSWALD. | said had talked .with a consul én Saturday, did no e KOSTIKOY.~ It was OBYEDKOV, who | lasiced suggestively af. it was K and OSWALD) said, yes, nee without thought, lpirebt HQs attentioa this transcript. Noté- however, KOSTIKOV. has ‘dark hedxy YATSKOV! light brown and very grey at temples, giving appearance of dimost white hair. Could also well be, that OSWALD first ‘spoka with KOSTIKOV who turned OSWALD over to his boss YATS ov. ‘Also, given the apparent franknes; - Of Y's: discussions: with LIOVAL-1; particularly” nib views © Stalin; and. Khrushchev, would appear posedbib he told Pt | jLed. truth re OSWALD, at minimum te r | i OSWALD. | 1