—. — aa - - CrsBaia, foe Ho. 10 This di, nists is prepared in response to 1 your. ,uest and is not for Wiskent | Iere CHAERS G iFion ost’ ySiip your Commitice. Its use ts limited to official nrocerdinus’ Pu . - Sr Comins: ce and the contcnt may not be disc tabs losed t on / iVAl DON OF, opt Bs ten the express approval of the FBL , ° wnethoriaed pers ~e t wae RAE VA vo: Wa. Tolson S pare: November 23, FROM = Mr, Belmoni(y 3 ‘ ; - ¢ eee , ae sugiscy: ASSASSINATION OF PRESID DONT a JOHN EF. DE NNISDY ar, wy r NOVEMBER 22, 1953 - J LE DALLAS, THIXAS of At 11:50 a,m., I called SAC Shanklin at Dallas and suggested that in view of the importance of determining whether the subject, “Cswald, took a trip into Mexico and was in touch with the Cuban sad Sovist Embassies in Mexico City, we should attempt to eneck the entry paints at the Mexican border to determine whether fi there is a record of his travel, I pointed ont ihe fat atereatierahantien + he said he was unable to r emain over fifteen days. in Mexico | jindaid sy puownoop sry], AMO Ladi cpySjrO WULIDU 1 - Mr. Conrad 1 - Mr. Sullivan ‘DELETiou: . pons to Maoxican restrictions and would have to use his real name ifhe pyyorveE sweat back, Dalius will see that this check is made at the bo der, SEs irivé — i S . TEeHM I Qui ee ‘ -Inasmuch as the Dallas Agents who lish ened. to the ta an [a FORE: "8 ‘of the convers Uesedly of Oswald f the Saxean seers ti CoUNTER-, -/ 8 :0 1 conver: sation a dily of Oswald from the Ss see b. ‘FS arene Eee and examined the photographs of i ne IM TECEIEE 2° Visitor a ESE WRGsaeases and were of the opinion that neither FIecdy re ae jthe { Lane nor the photog h per “tained to Oswald, T requested Suanklin " “3 to immediately send a photograyh of Oswald to our Legal Attache. te 24», This will de > Co neby A cent Rudd who is returning to Mexico City by air, *8 [ eo in Mexico should ¢ nec the photographs of Oswald against visitors 38 Gy “dupes ARR LO see if they can icentify him. bas >a erapt to idenkily the photovraph of (humus: Te er lees ieee on October 1, 1963, inas much as he ray have “Ne pe ; 1? jyibeen a me asseuger or associate of Oswald, Px articularly, they should ‘try = { ‘ . = Lito see-if he is an ern ployee of the Cuban Embassy. J! o 28 : Se, Relative to the Post Cifice box in Dallas to which the rtle 0 228 was shipped from Chicago, I told Shanklia to be gure that the application a +3 $i for the box snd « wy OfMer correspondence dealing with the box was. ‘ 2 1 ‘ s ste , ;! secured from the Post Cffice Demirtment and sent in here for} Jetting 2 8Xxams mation. fo further ile it in to Oswald, ee , RTS; UAH tty of ore. 4 TO rear ee rate cae -1- Mr, Mohr f viel 3 A 27 1976 ) — > & Docld:32423556 Page 15
. : “ ed, Poteet ard HOVAD eae taady Roi’ ~w List Brosident cad a4 ocr The Walls Hous rs Washliagioa, D. “C. 29331 Ay dear Air, Drusident: Thare are enciogedt fuguiry into th&4 core ainatig of © I FP. senaady ated acs round 4i2 viorsant tort Sar 2 : to Lue ty G earve Ne “Sv aid, eS ne peer ei dee Pee a serge Tee mn rt Coe © = mvmvntenam 0 a o ‘aot OCrT / fae, va a eee te . Tooeeene te te jy svicitional laformation with redoeet OO, /, bas mintter will be furn nighsd toy VOU When TD - s ory Tt pespectrily sobmittecd, Enclosure pf , REC. 107 oo ni | | Stee gab d Ws Le EVR EEAS 3t/ map) Log 9g a Tolson — iA 3! We ‘ eliront N) f . ity perianal / a Moke oe . wr fo é ed Cinper oo “. 3 r ” . woe, ° Catbinan Co At we eek Coartd Corto 2 ost . a A i) t-Leach LO pe So & See . og "leans . Sf. . - ty ‘ ” : “aa Sale wet, i te A R, “fen se Fre OM Rosen or ~ qilliven —— This document is prepared in respovise. to your request and is nok for dissenri- h ITE, A ine ray avist ts ravy Committee, [a Meelis limited to of fieial proecedings ay Tele Romn- ty 1s Come. e anal the content may not de disclosed to unauthorized person- ioimees withoul the qepress approval of the FBI . Gundy _ MAIL ROOM | TELETYPE (he Gey PP I ae cen EY AN Vib! tee ae Docld: 32425556 Page 16 “
Di ys east » 195° ‘. Dovember 23, 1963 - St aka! ! AQ 7 aA are he faye ALLA 33, wets, NOVE WBE ER no, 4933 Was Snot PAG Killed ny an ae “ -y 4 of . aan « Os amnately 43 p.m., Novenise vn 1Ou8, 4. i vinknown assailant af aporo re 3 USAION WAS sinzmedia at ane Ingen r in Callas, Tessas, Inve affort to identi? assassination, sa U 5 cae ’] Be to paory Sd nee] 2 CS RS Y . . e i QO he tod th ¢ > Na 0) 10 = ie 5) Wy ca) 2 ro we af 4 rea) Cue AL a that a suspicious nerson had entered th: located about six tenths of a mile fron asi i0th Street in Dallas where Jd. D. Dip .S peoariment patrolman had been shot and killed about sit Gifisers of the Dallas Police Devartment ond FRI Ageris tonverged on the theater and took into cusiady Lee Hurvey Oswald wae \ > 2 arrest and attempted to fire a .38 caliber revolver Which was taken irom his person. < 0 State complsints were filed cn Noveraber 22, 1953, . charging Oswald with the murder ¢ of President Kennedy anc Patrolman Tippitt. ne a Cyt es investigation has established that Oswald was employ yea at the Texas Scheol Book Dencsitory which has been ene ified as the building irom which the fatal shots were fired at the President. A - feNow employee stated he tock Oswald to work on the morning o: November 22, 1963, °at which time Cswald was carrying 2 package of sufficien to contain a disassemble d rifle and which Oswald said cons isted Q. curtain reds. Oswald was observed on the fifth floor of the building in viich he was employed at approximately 11:59 a. 7. » Noverabar a3, 598. “iswald was again ooserved inside the bulldins shortly after — tie shouting ut, could aot be {jung arian Ani nother fellow employee mont oo ee SUD LT eeeted sasis ‘vere tired” right aia } hip: stcaer while this enaployee wis nen ———~watening the 8 car cecupled by # vouident iensedy passing in front of the - - . “Loach building. wr witness oh the sbcoung Sep that the ssots were fired by i 1728 MCE OL ‘ atson seh gut is prepered Ti Peg fo pour rearcst and is not-for Cisscmi- —— Ta pore Canunr fee, 3 ag is United to-official nroceedinas. by vile Qsen sliver —___FDT:LS ake , eee suet! ine wel the oor opt ney not. De 2 diselosed to Ui: ists ‘vorized person- __ MATL ont’ TELETYPE eed wf we 4 led J: cpio poe tindy v Docld: 324235556 Page 17?
Assassination of President Joun F. senusdy _ a white man from a window on the s floor of the suilding in whica th Cswaid wes employed. This witness later selected Oswald in a Hne- up as the person who resemoled tie meee he onserved fire the rifle from the window. The witness could nol make a cositive identification. Drs. Earlene Doberts ts, 1025 Monta + Beckley Strat in Dallas, stated Oswald, using the name of O. H, Lee , nad lived at ——_ her residence since October 14, 1963, and at about 4:60 p.m., November 22, 1983, came to ner residence, picke:l up a jacket and leit hurriedly. A 6.5 caliber Italian carbine rifle with a four-power scor was found on the sixth floor of the building in which Cs wala was employed and from which the shots at the President were fred, Investivation by our Chicago Office has revealed that a weopon of this description and — identical serial number was sold to one A. Hidell, Pos Cit ice Box 2915, ‘Dallas, Texas, on March 28, 1963, for $21.45. This Post Ctfice box at that time wos rented by Mrs. Lee H. Cswald, believed t mother of suspect. Cswald, at the time of nis arrest, ha: possession 2 Selective Service card in the name oi-7 Mex Filde recovered rifle as well as the..38 caliber revolver. taken frorm Oswald, “were immediate: y brougat io the Fol Laboratory f ior examination, - _ It was determi ned that a bullet found on one of the siretcheys at the hosvital following the admittance of President Kennedy had been . Jaan fired from the rifle referred to atove. Examination also identified two bullet: fragmenis found in the Presidential car:as having been , - fired from this same weapon. Other, examinations in the FBI Laboratory are continuing. oe oO 7 OS , a A brown | paper bag possibly used to carry tne rifle was. found near the wincow on the sixth floor of the building from waich the shots were fired. A latent fingerprint develcced on this bag by the FBI Identification Division was identified with the left index finger impression .Of Lee Harvey Oswald. tees rcee Docld: 32423556 Page 16
Assasaination of President Jona F. Laeaaedky ary With respect to background tnfor mutioda COnLS & ‘ — boo re 4 \ nf Oswald, his ing © 1955. He attended higa school at Fort Worta, Texas, and arcorainy to records of the Office of Naval intelligence, eniist tat aca states sfarine Corps at Dallas, Pexas, On Oeioper 24, 1955, for a three-year tern. He waa relzased to imac tye duty on Sepiemoer i military obligation continued until December 4, ise. u4 oa ~ H ’ ° ao. According to injormeation acaiyed from the State. Devartment, he indicated to the American Bmoassy in Moscow on Cot iocer 31, 1955, aln > that he wished to renounce his American citisensaip. ie claimed at tne time that he nad beena radar operator in the Marine Cores and had told Soviet officials that ii ne were granted Soviet citizenanip, be would mass known information concerning the siarine Corps, Whica was in nis possession. On this occasion ne declared, "lama Marnzist." Th United Press on November 15, 1953, repayted that Soviet authorities - pad refused to grant Osvaid Soviet citizenship, but would csormit him to live in Russia ag a resident alan. ~ Cifice of Naval Intelligence rerorte undesirably dischargediirom the Marine Corps 1380. - 3 2 Deawace A 477 ragerve on August 1%, On January 30, 1961, Oswaid corresponded with the then Secretary of the Navy Sonn B. Connally, with respect to his undesirable discharge requesting that appropriate action be taken to caange his status and indicating he intended to return to this country. This was followed by a letter dated March 22, 1962, directed to Assistant Director of Personnel, Brigadier General Tompsins, United states Marine Corps, at which time he made a similar complaint. information has lixewise been received Senator John G. Tower (Republican ~ Texas) tant duriag 1961 Oswald had requested that Senator Tower satarcede ia his benaif wita Soviet _ authorities, go that hey would allow him to reiura to the United ctates. iroi the Oifice of wie . on May 17, 1982, Oswald and his wife, a soviet ciazen, and se2a granizu exit permits to leave Russia, and the State Deoartment had Hiven approval for their travel to the United States accompanied by on infant ehiid. Docld: 32423556 Page 19
L ini’. Kennedy \ b » t G fo u U: r~- i] >) ee - Cc ~ o Me a) ¥S cc G te + Y ey) we er Cr 2. Oswald was interviewed by Soecial Agents of this Bureau at Fort Worth, Texas, on June 23, 1932, at which time he was curt, sullen and arrogant. - He declined to answer questions as to why he made the trip to Russia or his experiences while there. He indicated that he had been employed as a sheet metal worker in a television factory and admired — the Russian form of Government. . He claimed familiarly with the theories of Karl Marx, but denied being a member of the Communist Party or having renounced his United States citizenship. According to Oswald, the Soviets — never attempted to odtain information from him nor did he make any deals with the Soviets in order to ostain permission to rehirn to the United States. Me disclaimed any aifiliation with Soviet intelligence. - a Unon reinterview on August 16, 1962, he acknowledged recenily visiting the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D. C. » out indicated his visit was solely to register his wife's current address as required by Soviet law. Me “again denied requesting revocation of his United Staies citizenship or aileziance to the Soviet Government. A According to information develorod by this Bureau, Oswald was arrested on August 79, 1963, for disturbing the peace in New Orleans, Louisiana, 28 a result of distributing a oamphiet for an organization koiw . as "Fair Play for Cuba."" He pleaded guilty and elected to pay a fewof 610, Oswald was interviewed on August 10, 1962,-at which time he indicated he wa3 unemployed and had been in New Orleans for approximately four months. While there he read literature distributed by the Fafr Play for Cuba Commiitee whicn he considered not to be communist aominated - or conirolled. He fore esponee with the Committee at 709 B ‘roadway, 7 New York City, ad paid a $5.00 membership fee. i 2 received a - membership Card | in the New Orleans Chapter cated June 6, 1563, signed A. de. Hidell. ; . . a, : ‘The F Fair Play for Cuba Cociumiltee is a pr ‘ \ oro-Castro organi zation founded curing the Spri ing of 1960, whese function is w propagandize th “Castro regime. ; poe The Central Intelligence Agency advised thut on Octocer 1, 1963, an extremely sensitive source had reported that an individual identified : himself as Lee Oswald, who contacted the Soviet Embass} yin Mexico City pee 4 int ‘ ¥ . . _ { Docld: 32423556 Page 70
Assassination of President Joan &. Nonnecy a inquiring as to any messages. Special Agenis of this Bureau, who have oe . conversed with Cswald in Dallas, Texas, have ooserved pootograpas of the — individual referred to above and have listened io a rscorcing of his voice. These Special Agents are of the opinion thai the above-referred-to individual was not Lee Harvey Oswald. A highly confidential source cf this Bursan advised thatan —— individual identifying himself as Oswald on November 13, 1903, was in . contact with the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D. “. , at which time he ' eee referred to a recent meeting with Comrade Xostin at the Soviet Embassy in r— ae 2 Maxico City. This individual indicated that he original y intenced to visit the | oy: 1 Embassy In Havana, Cuba, where ne would have had time to cornplete his w\7 business, but that he had been unable to Coso. He furnished his address as Pox 625, Dallas, Texas, and claimed to be the husband of Marina Nikoleavna Oswald, 2 Soviet eltizen and fatnor cf Audrey Marina Oswald, corn a Cctober 20, 1953, ai Dallas, To: - an Oswald during nrevioua interviews with FBI Agen is lnimaed? ae have rourried his wife, Marina Nisoleayna Oswald “ nse Prusekov: a, at Minsk, Russia, on April 90, 1281. He Ukewise ci ain ada American passport, number D092528, issued at New Orlean Loulsians, on June 25, 1963, for provosed travel of three months to one yea as a tourist to Hinginnd, France, Germany, Holland, USSR, Finland, italy, and Poland, Ue indicated an intenticn to depart from New Orleans during x the latier part of 1933. ; Additonal information developed by this Bureau indicated one fo Lee Oswald during September, 1962, was asubscriberio'"The Worker" an east coast communist newspaper, = - a b. yale ee Docld: 32423556 Page 271
Ul Pes Memorandum to Mr, Tolson | me \ icalled Legat Anderson at Mexico City at 12:40 p.m, i : and advised him that . Agent Rudd was bringing back the photographs i af Oswald and that he should have GA make the checks to see if they could ( . -¢ . " \ : 1s : : if { : identify Cswald's photograph and furthér identify the photograph of the meaxaets : oem Of October t. TI also told Anderson to be sure that hotels, etc. peayen i, were ch:cked in Mexico City for possible registration of Oswald , {t under his true name or any of his aliases, Anderson said this is }! being done. DELETIONS [NVeLVE SEM siTivE TEe4wiQ ue pr} [UV FOREIGHY CouwTER- mnie va FA IMTE 4LigagweE FIELD, Be _ £ pean an a . ; oo Poe 1,4 bo : res 27 19i6 ae Docld: 32423556 Page 22
Hed (hice re 2 er t io.son a a —— . Belmont £0 i i - ‘ . oo la | Cog” Mohr : fue & “Pe “ur om a, Callehon [= A’, GDAM x CABLEGRAM oO 5 RADIO. ca TELETYPE =" ter ree Rw ee ee er ee eee ew ee ee em em ee ee er em em mmr eer r rc ccer orc: VE)! URGENT... .. » 11°25- 63. o a ? TO RECTOR SS y, Hs. px FR 14 LEGnT I MEXICO CITY io NO. 182 AND 183 y; of LEE AARVEY OSWALD, 1S - Reo” | | REBUCA3 TODAY. FOLLOWING SUMMARY SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE IN- S.RUCTICNS THEREIN. _ _ SUBJECT ENTERED MEXICO AT NUEVO LAREDO SEPTEMBER 26 LAST, USING 7 M:XICAN 15 DAY TOURIST CARD ISSUED SEPTEMBER 7 LAST BY MEXICAN | Be CONSULATZ GENERAL NEW ORLEANS. . MEXICAN IMMIGRATION INSPECTOR WHO ADMITTED SUBJECT TO MEXICO SEPTEMBER 26 INTERVIEWED “Y DAY BY LAREDO RESIDENT AGENT, INSPECTOR HAD NO JNGEPENDENT RECOLLZ :TION BUT THOUGHT SUBJECT MAY HAVE BEEN IN COMPANY SF YOUNG AMERICAN SOUPLE, EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH OF RECORDS 1SCLOSFD ONLY ONE YOUNG ‘.iERICAN COUPLE WHOSE ENTRY MAY HAVE COIN~- (CIDEG WITH THAT OF SUBJECT, INTERVIEW OF THIS COUPLE, BILL AND ELAINE ALLEN OF MIAMI, Hé7-BEEN REQUESTED OF. MIAMI BY SAN ANTONIO. : CONT LING SEARCH OF |.SAL TRANSPORTATION RECORDS TO DATE HAS  FAILE') TO DISCLOSE METHO! OF TRAVEL UTILIZED BY SUBJECT TO PROCEED | “FROM SUE’O LAREDO TO HEX 20 CITY, IT BEING NOTED THESE RECORDS ARE 7’! “POCRI-’ PREPARED AND POOR Y MAINTAINED, , : {f DISCREET INVESTIGATI® | UNDERWAY THROUGH SOURCES AND CONTACTS TQ’ ASCE! TALI WHERE SUBJECT STAYED AMONG MEXICO. CITY'S 1,600 POSSIBLE “LOCG!NG PLACES, eS oe ne ——T) JESTIGATION HAS E: ‘ABLISHED SUBJECT DEPARTED MEXICO NUEVO —LAR.Z.0 OCTOBER 3 LAST. INVESTIGATION HAS FAILED TO ESTALLISH HIS METH2D OF TRAVEL FROM £X1CO CITY TO NUEVO LAREDO ANDO MEXICAN IM- pte wn NY a, vo psy on - BOR. | (a Syn rot Oy, we ~w we ~ - . ‘ a . vo ytet . . 4 If the ie! gence contained in the ab:- messaxe is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, ‘it is suggested that it be suitably re weer eee paraphr. :.. ¢ in order to protect the Bu: u's cryptographic systems. eg eerie