' Released “tnder “The John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE = 4i- “fa- 2017 -” - LEGAT, MEXICO (105-3702) @), LEE HARVEY OSWALD, ‘(AKA EXCEBEET IS - R - CUBA OTMERWise . Enclosed are. 16. copies of a letterhead memorandum (LEM) dated and captioned as above, which states the. number of sources contacted regarding the reported interest of the Communist Party (yy of Mexico in the OSWALD case. 7, (gr 87 \ a ReBulet 4/21/64. nu NSE : With regard ‘to ELIZABETH CATLETT OR HORA Is. - statement NY x 5 that MARY LOUIS. CAMACHO, nee PAT ON “knew OSWALD while hef j Si was in Russia X-18 and MEX-=1 been umable to obtain u) oq ar: more explicit information from MO e matter was discussed oN a again with the informants on 5/5/64, at which time they advised NE Qo: that, according to MORA, she and CAMACHO are long-time friends Five) dating back to the time they were both residents of New York ,° oh ot City. The informants advised that MORA and CAMACHO correspond 4 cov  - frequently with MORA writing to CAMACHO approximately twice a i oi week and sending her toilet articles, warm socks, and similar “3 ti items which CAMACHO has needed while in Russia. They stated, ~ '.” however, that MORA has ignored all opportunities persistently AN created by the informants to say anything more about what oN CAMACHO may have written her at one time or another regarding ~,LEE HARVEY OSWALD. As previously pointed out, direct question- King of MORA by the informants dees not produce information. — a. ww With regard to MORA' Fe) information concerning OSWALD's sit to the Cuban Embassy, that information, according to MORA, < came from TERESA PROENZA, then Cultural Attache ef the Cuban 2 Embassy, during a conversation ‘between MORA and PROENZA. We= According to the informants, MORA and PROENZA had been close \.. friends for an extended period of time. On the occasion of MORA's relating the story to the informants on 1/13/64 the informants tried to elicit more information from her, but at ORIGINAL FILED IN” 7 6 - Bureaa (Encs. 16) ; 1 - Liaison Section 0O- GQ mx (2 = Dallas, 100-10461) | £20. SIS9 BY: G1 = New York, 105+38431 NOT } RECORDED 1 ~ Mexico City Gy 9° 199 JUN 3 1964 . me ‘plb CLASSIFIED [ excLosuae Docld: 32311394 Page 2?
* Released undér*the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-2017 3 coy soo . ; 108-3702 ace ———SEMRET. | GONF)OENTING that time and thereafter they 1 ‘have not been able to develop any additional details and MORA™has not revealed any additional information. n- The Mexico. City. Office appreciates the Bureau's position that this matter must be pursued in depth and that the Anformants should be made aware of the fact that the questions (“raised by MORA's original information. cannot: be left unanswered . The informants. ‘have been impressed repeatedly with the need to: follow this case aggressively with MORA and to clarify ‘the; original information. They repeatedly have created. situations which would open up a discussion of the previous information, but have been met with an apparént total lack. of ‘interest on MORA's part. On 5/5/64 the informants -pointed out that, subsequent to MORA's | original indication of interest in press reports. concerning the OSWALD case sthey, had. repeatedly cailed | her attention to various articles appearing in the press , including an article in "Life" magazine, but received no: reaction whatsoever and no indication of interest. rw. ‘Under instructions from this office the aR. have “tried continuously to set up a two or three-day trip “out. of Mexico City. with MORA and her husband, FRANCISCO MORA. Definite arrangements were made on three different occasions for the proposed trip,. and on each occasion: MORA. was enthusiastic about it, desiring to get away from the family and other problems for a few days’ rest and relaxation. On. each. occasion, however, she postponed the trip due to financial problems with ‘the house she and her husband are constructing, ill health of her mother,. or pressure of developments such as important visitors: arriving in Mexico whom. she had ‘to attend. The informants made. a final effort to set up a meeting wit ORA following the week end of 5/9-10/64 and prior t FMEK-10'gMloparture for the United Beate i Ww) . on 5/18/64, but MORA again clafmed that. as much as. she wanted to. take the trip and much.as.she needed the rest she would ‘not be able. to leave Mexico. City because of the. projects she had - pending. It. does not appear. that it will be pos ible to set up such a méeting in the future in. view off MEX-19° sppetirn to ne Gf 4) United. States. o nf | _ Both informants have expressed the belief that further | efforts to obtain more specific data from MORA on this matter — would be “working a dry well." On 5/5/64 they advised that in their opinion MORA's complete. loss of interest in the OSWALD - _ case indicates that. she has. now decided that she and her 7 \ associates were not actually: involved with him. She, ‘therefore, f does: not discuss the matter any" more aside from speculative ) ay 2 j ey i : CONAPENT IME Sexy | at ARO Docld: 32311394 Page 3