te. EJL First Draft Page 31 asked why she should believe the:staffer was who he claimed. The staffer asked Ms. Garro to call back collect in the next few days when he could explain to her when and to whom she could go in the American Embassy to pick up a letter from the Committee explaining when and why we wanted to see her. (HSCA Staff Contact Report, 9/5/78, JFK Document No. ) The letter was written and arrangements were made with the American Embassy in Spain so that Elena could pick up the letter. (See attached letter: also, HSCA Staff Contact Report, 9/5/78, JFK Do- cument No. ) On September 7, 1978, Elena Garro called the Committee staffer and asked when the letter would arrive. The Committee staffer explained that the letter should be picked up on Monday, September 11, 1978 from George Phelan, the Counsellor for Consular Affairs at the Ameri- can Embassy. Ms. Garro stated that she would pick up the letter and follow our suggestions. (HSCA Staff Contact Report, 9.7/78, JFK Document No. Ms. Garro never picked up the letter. (HSCA Staff Contact Report, 9/15/78, JFK Document No. ) The Committee, hoping she would pick up the letter before her flight date, proceeded to purchase tickets for both Elena and her daughter. (HSCA Staft Contact Report, 9/12/78, JFK Document No. ) Elena never picked
~%. EJL First Draft Page 32 up the tickets at the airport. (HSCA Staff Contact Report, 9/15/78, JFK Document No. ) the Committee never regained contact with her.
information he had learned fron{ *urcHawn i. EJL First Draft Page 6 Embassy official not one of her cousins about the three Americans. A note, attached to the memo, to the Chief of Station, Winston Scott; ‘from Flannery reads, "Do you want me to send the gist of this to Headquarters?."_ Scott replied "Yes, but we should follow up first." Flannery then wrote: "Nothing further." . Scott then noted that the memo should be filed. The file indications show that the memo went into the Oswald "P" file and the Elena Garro "P" file. (IBID.) | On 24 November 1964 a CIA informant reported some (Memo from Win Scott to the Files, re: June Cobb, 11/25/64, CIA Nos. 592-593; WX-7241, p. 88, Entry #404, CIA #715.) June Cobb is an “American Communist" who rents a room from Elena Garro. Elena cord urcuant/1; phat she tried to talk to Robert Kennedy when he was in Mexico because she had met Oswald “and two friends (Cubans)" at Horacio Duran's house at a party. Elena also said that she had told her story to an American official, at the Embassy, who claimed to represent the Warren Commission. The COS noted that he had asked the informant to gee{srcnant/1 feo pursue the story. (IBID.) There is no indication thadgrcumna/1 hursues the story.
EJL First Draft Page 26 House Select Committee on Assassination See ee on Assassination Investigation of Elena Garro's Allegations A nn nee The House Select Committee on Assassinations investigated Elena Garro's story both through file reviews and personal interviews. The Committee requested and reviewed the CIA's, FBI's and State Department+Files, when they existed, on Elena Garro de Paz, Elenita Garro de Paz, Manuel Calvillo, Noe W. Palomares, June Cobb Sharp, Sk —_ Victor Rico Galan, Eunice Odio, Sylvia Duran, Lydia Duran, Ruben Duran, Betty Serratos, Horatio Duran, Eusebio Azcue, and Emilio Carballido. Only the Elena Garro de Paz file contained information on her allegations. Though all the names listed above played a role in Elena Garro de Paz! story, not one of their files included a reference to Elena Garro de Paz. Furthermore, the House Select Committee on Assassina- tions requested and reviewed the Central Intelligence Agency 's[ LICOOKTE I,. LICHANT -I, -LIRING 3, LIHUFF I and TICHBORN files.#] once again not one of the files included a mention of Elena Garro's allegations. The House Select Committee on Assassinations learned that{ Lrcooxre I was June Cobb sharp}uno first reported Elena's allegation. (Supra p. 4) The Committee also learned that{ LICHaNT I was Manuel Calvillo ) who hid Elena Garro and her daughter.in a hotel the day y
EJL First Draft Page 28 ever attended twist parties at the Duran homes, she stated that she recalled Elena attending one twist party at Ruben's home in 1963 when she returned to Mexico from France. (HSCA Staff Interview of Sylvia Triado Bazan, 6/6/70, p. 90, JFK, Document No. ) All the Durans denied that Lee Harvey Oswald had attended any party at one of their homes... The Committee next asked the Central Intelligence Agency to provide for interviews (Cxcuawin71 nanuer'g Calvillo), LICOOKIF/1l (June cobb) fa10ng with a list of other assets that might help clear the Lee Harvey Oswald trip to Mexico City. ( 7 The Agency declined to aid the Committee. ( The Committee decided to return to Mexico and attempt to locate the individuals. The Mexican govern- ment told the Committee that June Cobb Sharp received a tourist permit, number 72781, on June 27, 1947 when she entered Mexico through Nuevo Lareda She asked, but was denied, permission to represent the magazine, Modern Mexico. On June 21, 1948, she received a courtesy permit, number 25556. She disappeared in 1954 and never returned to Mexico. (See Procedural Writeup Trip 2 Mexico City) The Committee knows the information is incorrect. Ms. June Cobb was also in Mexico from 1961 through 1966. (CIA