_ AGENCY: RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: ° . CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 530860 Docld: 322371433 JFK Assassination System \ Identification Form Agency Information HSCA 180-10142-10129 ‘CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION 23-15-05 Document Information HSCA CIA 00/00/0000 7 CIA, METHODOLOGY ARRESTS, DURAN, SYLVIA NOTES Unclassified 1A; 1B Redact 01/01/2003 Box 12 Page 1 Date: 2/16/201 Released under the John . Kennedy kSs5assination Records Oollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NW 53080 Date: He—-O1-2017
Sylvia Duran Statements " ine C3 M1 Heres . y fe g / \ rage °° U af Ge" fre O ee ae At this point, the Central Intelligence Agency determined that it would oe the Mexican Government-- w.1E whom it had a good relationship wéeh--to arrest Sylvia Duran because she might shed some light on the circum- stances surrounding the assassination. Sylvia Duran was v & Eiss a Mexican citizen Znd did not have diplomatic immunity. “he The-Central—inteitigence—Agency ' s ico City Station . eke naeihs sent a note to Luis Echevarria requesting that he arrest Sylvia Sylvia Tirado de Duran immediately ee stated that she was a Mexican citizen who e Ue in touch with the Soviet embassy the ageno} gave Echevarri a note with Duran's address, her mother's address, her bY Ace brother's address, her license plate number, her home (ares ace of work.) The Mexico City Station also suggested that Duran be held incommunicado Dy Lr AY | until she could be questioned on the matter. (Note to Luis afore Echevarria to arrest Sylvia Duran, November 23, 1963, CIA feta’ No. 444; Cable re oswald-Duran, Mexi 7029, November 23, Peta") 1963, CIA No. 441; Anne Goodpasture Chronology, Wx 7241, . entry 36, November 23, 1963, CIA No. 635) The request to Luis Echevarria was not meenenseee7 hot by the Central Intelligence Agency's Headquarters. When they received the cable on November 23, 1963, re emmarters a <a eadqerti. te ae peg Pee aoe mee NT Lo. §> a a ree ae a a HW 53060 Docld:32271433 Page 3
anal —— TL Sylvia Duran Statements, } >) VY Page 32. ww x 4 be - vr? ; : a ad ” lov WW | . J discovery err ' The Central Intelligence Agency feared/that Amer- L icans were behind the arrest of Sylvia uranff (BJwours x? ee) LA 2 ? ‘endanger tke continuing co#vert surveillance operations. \ ger their J cogy perations. Ay 7 \ as Ns For this reason ,theMexico City Statidmrequested the Cyber: Mexicans to arrest Sylvia Duran on ne Similax—logic dictated a asked the Mexic City Station to request -t sancen authorstnes fe inter -rogate syivis oyresfo the extent necessary to clarify the outstafiding points raised in their Gables the previdus orty-eight hours. Headquarters stated that the Mexico City Station could provide questions to the Mexican oh interrogators but that they wished no Americans to come in contact with Duran. (Cable CIA Headquarters to Mexico City Station, November 27, 1963, DIR 85318, CIA No. 497; chronology of Anne Goodpasture, November 27, 1963, entry wee pl . s ten page signed statement to Headquarters (Cable SSO City Station to Headquarters, November 27, 1963, Mexi 7105, CIA No. 479; Chronology ofA Goodpasture, | November 27, 1963, entry no. 127, CIA No. 65€) the follow- ing day Headquarters: sent a clarification cable to-the— Sseher ‘ng Mexico City Stationg*Headquaxrters—wanted to insure that ‘neither Sylvia Duran nor the Cubans Sot the impression Cov ll fo) fhaas ick HW 53060 Docld:32271433 Page 5
Sylvia Duran Statements jr & Page 33. A have Gert fr PY | | ‘/that—th i S were behind her rearrest. / The cable stated "We want the Mexican authorities to take the re- Sponsibility for the whole affair." (Cable from Headquarters to the Mexico City Station, November 28, 1963, DIR 85371, CIA No. 464; Chronology of Anne Goodpasture, November 28, 1963, WX7241, entry no. 141, CIA No. 658) When the Central Intelligence began to deal with the Warren Commission Headquarters cabled the Mexico City Station that their present plan in passing informa- tion to the Warren Commission was to eliminate mention of telephone taps in order to protect their continuing opera- tions. Headquarters stated that they would rely on Sylvia Duran's statements and on the Consular files which the Soviets gave the State Department. (eaaquarters stressed Tetamil-9 (Penetration agents in the Cuban Embassy) on jus what Sylvia Duran and other officials said about Oswald's visits and his dealings would be valuable and usable corroborative evidence. (CIA cable from Headquarters to Mexico City Station, December 21, 1963, DIR 90466, CIA No. 549; Chronology of Anne Goodpasture, December 21, 1963, Entry No. 268, CIA No. 682) ( Prior to three Warren Commission staffers(Messers. Willins, Slawson and Coleman-}visit to Mexico City in HW 53060 that exact, detailed information from Tetamil-7 and pe an DoclId: 322771433 Page 6
Sylvia Duran Statements Page 34. April 1964 the Agency still felt that if an American con- jh tacted Sylvia Duran , rex Covert continuing operations ww ft Tight be endangered. Headquarters cabled ene xice City PIOr wre £ Wy, — Ff o flame eh Station that one of the(Couchy Spabiects that the staffers would discuss was whether they should talk to Sylvia Duran in Mexico at the Consulate. (Cable Headquarters to Mexico City Station, April 8, 1964, DIR 13026, CIA No. 698) Headquarters further cabled that the Warren Commission staf- fers knew that the Central Intelligence Agency had tap assets and that they might have guessed from the coverage that they had photo points and a source in the Cuban Em- bassy but that they did not know the details on the Agency's arrangements with the Mexicans. Headquarters stressed . | that the Chief of Station should lend them all the needed 4 assistance with the minimum possible disclosure of assets . , A and techniques. (Ibid.) —. Re~ it A ak 7 SL ply 1A pty Pe Ar~ Low staf At this point the House Select Committee on. Assassi- “se nations has determined that the Central Intelligence Agency Li bad thought their continuing electronic surveillance operation ie ty ‘ : Gua, extremely sensitive and important. The Warren Commission would have needed to disclose sensitive information to contradict Sylvia Duran's story. The Central Intelligence Agency had input into what could go in the Warren Report. See Chuck Berk Write-up.) = = = =e a ae HW 53080 Docld:32271433 Page 7.
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