on Hein maaimencigt eines “armen emma, Gapiitiatle - REPRODUCTION ——— PRORIBITED prow Sitoahe tase se ney aga ete ri) eA phew see. "ME i 10am) “I nS ee os matters, There ia firrn evidence for the conclusion that KOSTIZOV is 2 Soviet State Security (KGB) cificer, and the other four Consular os Pan . officers are also known or stroncly Suspected to be Soviet Stata Sccurity personnel serviag under official cover, The State Security Service is the major of t tc ovict intellirence services ard it is charged with espicdage, counter intelligence and related mattera inezie the Soviet Union and overseas, 8, at; i must be clearly stated that Soviet intelligence and secur ify ox ficers placed a: broad under official cover normally are required to perform the routine and legitimate business demanded by the cover job in an embaagsy or consulato, 16, KOSTIKOV was first opatted as 2 KGB man because of his travels around Mexico, his habitual asgociation with known KGB officers, and because consuls, in Soviet practice, are usually KGB men, Ps “17, KOSTIKOV is believed to work for Department Thirteen ; of the First Chief Directorate of the KGB, It is the Department responsible for executive action, including sabotage and: acsassi« nation, These fonctions of the EGB are. known. wi vithin the Service The. Thirteenth d epartment itself as “Wet Affairs" (mokryye dela). ‘t headquarters, according to VOr Ye Sjiapié information, conducts . interviews or, as appropriate, file ‘reviews on every forcign Bretwer me ne ne * - opt cen n ae — Ae “4 Peaoese, me ten ie WANE ile, ee Nhe dy = D yorpd. pireset | ve Seat Neean he wee ed g press ag ee “on, < q ed on aa He + ‘Seema ‘ & ( io ™p aan Pcs ag SL, a? ‘ : . ° ™ é 7
13-00000 ce “, : REPRODUCTION PROGIBITED . . & —_ * * ad he 1 ep a ore SENSITIVE so — ee military defector to the USIR te study and to determine the possibility of utilizing the defector in his country of origin, -18 An intensive rcview of the files of ow Mexico City - Station was undertaken immediatclyafter the assasaination to com> out any Er oviously unreported informatioa about HOSTIKOV's b activity. No useful 1 new, information bearing on the assassiration resulted fyard ets a effort, . iw ne? 19. A close observation was maintained on the Sovict persoanel, KOST IKOV in particular, for days after 22 Novernbex, Nothing unusual or out-of-patte: zn wag noted in the activit ty oF movements of the Soviet personnel, s 20, It is of parenthetic interest, however, that tha Soviet Ambassador, when he raace his call of sympathy on the American Ambassador, 23 November, was accompanied by two ranking a nteligence officers whe are in ‘the Soviet installation under tiplomatic cover, One is known to be from the State Scour ty | Service and the other ie an identified Soviet Gernal Staff ; Intelligence (GRU) officer. Monetaxr ation of Alleration . iil, Payment to OSWALD a Investt ie ‘21. Cn 26 Novembex 1583 young Nicaraguan named Giberte 4 ALVARADO Ugexte walxed into the U. S. Embassy i in WAR sea ee j saicrve SOS ne So, 7 BASTHTOOS = SUBS: yr FFD VND . my ae Gsiei. meric) ire . Ge : ». es Chane t. PUNE A se ee Ota OR. od tens doesent ace mnineead PROB TED) / | ; | . - | ; c000999 7 la) fate SS oz oo. . : ™~e Slee TE sagen meee ce mente ite enn tee oe pete ete BN a ee ee ee ee ree wee sete ee pe eee
13-00000 - showed that OSWALD could uot possibly have been in Mexico.” : j Fee cee ee yess a aw en ee Di Rela ee os te ee mo REPRODUCTION Moe:z:ico City and claimed ho had been inthe Cuban ei PO AMIRITE Mexico City on 18 September 1953 when a man he Inter rocognized to be Lee OSWALD kad been piven $6, 500 in cach to kill someone, ALVARADO was known to CIA as a former informant of a Central American security service and to have been used to penetrate coramunist guerrilla groups. He said that-he was in Mexico City still working for his service, trying to get hizaself accepted ¥ o> * a te by the Cubans as a communist 60 they would take him to Cuba for guerrilla training. . BLVAR: ADO clearly was a trained intelligence ageniviiyt he’ Was able te describe people and locations well, Ee had appa avently visited the Cuban Embassy and its Consulax offices on a nuinber of occasions and he correcily identified some twenty Cuban Embassy and Consular employees, 22, While intensive investigation in the United States City on 18 September (he was known to have been in Néw Orleans . on both 17 and 19 Septe m=ber), intensive interrogation failed to shake ALVARADO!s story, However, the. Central American service for which he claimed to be acting, ‘denied that he was still working for them. oe wyyaeceges GOT eS NY RS Oe | SENSITIVE :¢ “SOURCES AND rer sfAEIHORS. ; ie ae
23,. On 28 November 1953, the Mexican police ¢ 8) T D aa ALVARADO over for further interrogation, At first, ALVARADO eo . Lege aan per ssisted in his story, but oa 30 November he finally admitied in a signed statement that he had fabricated the whole incident of secing OSWALD in the Cuban Coasuiate being paid to kill somcone. 24, z ‘ oF y “ALVARADO promptly retracted his confésaian,. ‘Claiming that it had been extorted under threat of extreme duyesa, 5,.°Uader ordinary circumstances CIA would have diss poe” ' . & axvded this retraction, But because of the importance of ssolving the pr oblem Cis personnel continued the interr ovation in close coordination with the FBI, ALVARADO voluntar ‘ily agreed te a lis detector examination, A CIA polygraph expert, assisted by an FBI special agent, req :ostioned ALVARADO and secured admissions that he must have been mistaken, The CIA polygraph expert conciuded from the zesults of his tests’ that -~ ALVARADO had fabricated his story about OSWALD ia toto. 26, it should be noted that when he firat-told his story on 26 November, ALVARADO cou wid 1 have known fy orm the at ‘le é Mexican press that CSWA: EM fed visited the Cuban Consulate 7 mate mee ome an we + = wb ioe Pan F " MetHopE oey ;
13- 90000 wor ee @ 4g e ‘ erp Ter ete ed. baw A ; REPRODUCTI earerennnpttnnfee a mote 2 ae eee ae em an , ey, Atos, OAL in Mexico City, Aloo, he could bove heard the rumor ili D there that CSWALD had $5, 000 with him whon he returned from tb nea Pere 7 th ate i RS Mexico to the United States, ALVARADO has since been deported . by the Mexican authorities to his native Nicaragua, _ . us Attachment - photogr aph . . i Saomlten aeatimtea ae OI a rt MER ~ ~ 4 Oe me ane te neces he te e o. ae) ~ Re BO a a) As) =) aS —— Ay cS) a ‘ { f i, ‘ga J % ‘4 iy
ST REPRODUCTION 1. Four cards regarding Lee Harvey OSWALD e, Marina OSWALD (Watch List) REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED REPRODUCTION -PROBIBATED ———_‘SEver
13-00000 = © Ree meee ween macnn men en il as geese eta as a nen - wor : ar) cr/stG/E = “OSWALD, Lee Harvey WATCH. ASK gerter i Minsk, USSR . 1 Angust, 1961 se~. ae DOB: 15 October 1939 i 1B. Defected to Russia 1959 .. ‘ 17 August, L900 received ‘nesetrabLe dischargé from U. S.. Marine.,Yorps, Reserve | Reportedly expresses. a-desire for return to the US under ; certain conditions. — i POB: New Orleans, Louisiana a | | \ | 4d | nee a a nee ane event . . _ OSWALD, Marina . ~ 26. Nov 63 4 Box 2915 : CI/Project/RE . a > Dallas, Texas (2-~£57 . vO 1, | ite of late Lee Harvey OSWALD. - BT (6S 424 U/~ 63 F420 oo . Coe Cf See, porte ve lTerne. ot to _ | REPRODUCTION ‘SECRET | : | 1094
13-00000 - ce Loe rad -- ‘ & ie “ » ee" -¢ a 7 . . i. - > 7 ro a tye Sw : : tee phbee - . . . . ; Pa . - a : ~ : fp - aor. ° ? a 4 i ‘a* ae 4 . ~+ ote . : > - ae. . e o ¥ { ~ f § e 7. @ ot Box 2915 y . CI/Proj/PH + _ oan Dallas, Texas ee ctl [ 7 Bs i ~,t Naeem [sz PORTER, farina Sea 29dunel965 mete, # -Subjeft is the wife of the ‘late Lee Harvey OSHALD; ty recently married to Xenneth Jess PORTER, 27 year old =» Texan; electronics technician. They were married i in early June 1965 in Fate, Texas. ‘ - 632 tek a $ ” ‘ « as. ow . . 2 ~ = he ee a - i 7 4 “a « OM ; te tee ’ ? oo : ‘ . isd s ? ' wy® “ pee . : ee -. it : | . - 5 ry - + dese &
13-00000 REPRODUCTION PROMI ED 1. Bli ng i andum, dated 27 November 1963; Subject: Lee vey “OSWALD. SESRET TABLE OF CONTENTS 2. ript of telephone n be n O'NEAL Tr and. PAPI CH at 09150 on 27 “Nov embe er “1963. ai PROMBITED REPRODUCTION _— : PROMIBITED
13-00000 REPRODUCTION exc | PROMIBITIED 27 November 1963 ae SUBJECT: Lee Harvey OSWALD —_ ( oS | | { At 0915 hours on 27 November, Mr. Papich, FBI Liaison Officer, called NN | to furnish in part such informetion gabe! Aas peen able to acquire concern- i ASK EASY ALO \\ \ W Wit ‘ i A) ‘gyi ‘teletype DIR S451 on 25 November . wy SW NSD) Or Beane: ch relate to the extent of 75 OL | Ss Srea from OSWALD prior to his death, ~~. ing the requests contains With reference to AY ean information which EN? Mr. Papich advised that ireau is informed by the police (see notes) With reference to paragraph E, which deals with the question of when the Subject left New Orleans and the identifying background information concern- ing] Mrs. PAINE and the station wagon driven by Mrs. Paine when she drove the wife and child from New Orleans to Texas, he stated that the Bureau is working on that matter and he may have some information today. Mr. Papich was advised that the Bureau is working on a matter of any information concerning the wife's Sesinge a the Soviet Embassy in. . Washington about visas to rer Phersawiet Union. He also stated that wk uN Av eia wr : the wife is being interrogated. a hes @ ae were put in para F of the CORN RU mentioned ceLeryneK i sabes sed ¥a receive subsequently a teletype response but h ce me know at this stage what he had. Mr. Papich emphasize that there are all kinds of reports coming in from all kinds of sources ~ "everybody except the ‘North Pole." He felt that all of us have to keep our feet on the ground. He mentioned that a report is being prepared by the Bureau and it was hoped that it could be gotten out today and delivered: to Mr. katzenbach after which there would | be a decision made | as to whether it would be publicized and. this- decision would be made by the President. Birch D. O'Meal C/CI/sIG perma PRORIBITED a
13-00000 _ REPRODUCTION 7 Cy ‘Telechone Coaversation oetween Mr. _O' Neal aod Mr. Papich | at 5 0915 Ly 27 November er 1963 Unt — Mr. Papich: On questions A, B, ¢, D- he was mat ‘questioned on any of those. We have been told the mee hey we > finally got access to hin and with the = ver covered. and such, so We weren't given authority to move in usta pay so those questions were not covered. With regard to Bb E - Mrs}, Paine, etc., we are working on that. _F > we have some information for you on that indicating communication between him and the Embassy up there. | “The wife is being interrogated. I don't Imow if that took place yesterds or is still going om. You are getting a teletype answer on that. I am just giving you a preview. ie With regard to that, Ricaraguan's, allegations that the man was in the Cuban Embassy on 18 September, I undarstand we do have information that he applied for a tourist card about the 15th of September. There ts F: record showing entry into Mexico on September 26. On about the 15th he applied in New Orleans for a tourist cam We do know he was in - I may even have some later inf raitsok, Sjahtoh came in during the night - Grit guts the,@3th when the ‘family left. KN Vo Mr, O'Neal: He left there tie: aN we As you know, he was in Mew: ay FP. 3 He was seen onde, gage ie said he skipoed. during the night. ; _ ‘He was last seen by the 1endiaay ¥ SS ‘Now we have immigration records showing him entering Mexico on the 26th which very strongly suggests that he was not in Mexico on ‘the 18th. ‘What we are trying to find out is where he was every single aay = the 25th, 2uth, and all the way back. I think the Nicaraguan story is fabricated. myself. acne = wes PROIITED C(t‘ ié‘(it;é Arte ce A eee ee mr ee ewe. ee en, at ee EE en me y= eae ye QO ne” Tins te | Seem neti ne sm em ee te ee eee
13-00000 H | ! REPRODUCTION PROMIBITED cor) beet or) uceell Gre ri “A Cox Pace 2 of telephone conversation : Papich-O'Neal 27 Nov 63 O's: It looks like it but I guess it has to ce run cut completely. ? I understand he is not a very credible source and was duped by the Nicarazuans. Well, that will se run at anyway out it doesn't look gocd. Bear in mind that on the eats j wes fbat broke and he skipped out. ae a WY NS Cf course he may have nee ps ae « ‘don't know. ON Ns y . O'N: You don't have gators atio on-@n that he had money? - Oe ea Aw EEN ny Kon On the contra ae will all shape up quite accurately : Cee RN yo ‘J in the next couple a a ‘ OfN: I've got a note on one here - there have been a number of them going over there during the night, Sam. I will give you some numbers if you P; Wo, I'll let them take their course. They are in the midst right now in preparing a complete up-to-date report. They are documenting everything , that took place from the beginning on through and they are probably going to try to finish that today. I understand once it is finished KUTZENBACE takes it. Kutzenbach will take it and confer with committed agencies and . a determination will be made as to whether ‘it will be made public or not. I guess the President will decide that.. ; 5 | Glivs We are doing a report and we will + ee you a memorandum on that semetine ws, P: Very definitely. 7 © O'N: Vie will give it to ‘you will mention it to you now. There is a Dr. Jose Giullermo Agui re of Mexico who has told a story toa ‘USIA officer on 26 November thet « a Marie Rodrigues de Lopex, widow of Lopez, ° ' hada ‘son-in-law of, hers.who lives in New Orleans and was well acquainted ee re ea ee
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