14-00008,, iran : oe SEGARA ) In addition. LIRING*3 J fads himsel£ involved in. ‘the development of a commercial venture, en undertaking forywhich be is. ill equipped. | This oteex shortcoming requires very ¢lose guidance by ROWION and, in turn, makes LIRih ‘G-3 even ae re dependant eon his: ckse of fieer, WIC NET CONEL . o be Little “yesult, LIRENC- 3 3 keeps tavoith deeper and’ deeper in ‘activities of interest’ to” ROTOR, © we pond woe are 3. the, ‘above. does not mean that HERERGY So activities 8 by be subject to every operational contol possible, oh tHe eo LIRING~3!s'.story. concerning the mander in which birth eertif fleat, be obtained in No Shern, Mexico to = epee vas Mexiean a continues, . Ae! : for ‘example ‘to be\a guspect It Dow ie d,. that "OARCTA" jof the Guatemalan. ee sists aves Sand hee he does, ROE waht: LIRIN ag See. Su § \n contact with ‘othe “Me i evident s connected: with: the ‘Guat a Suereiilas. such as the’ allegi HAR prepaganda. reptesdhtative at the UNAM University. _Einiic-3 Ls convinced ‘He. cana, | a ona meeting + with GARCIA in advance so that: alin” thé! Gyatema ane’ In'spite of GARCIA's cat. th _., tostake., place. sooner: or. later, The Stati hy Ls ready. : “that, “fon reaggns astyet unclear, Mexican'Leftists 6 Bg Ravi MORENO ad others: are seeking. =e appe te nee himy, ° ah Bee , 2. s x “se oats deca efforts to-.devel os nTRIncs Lee Gand. paid off when ero was ‘one Of: the: seoretarigs in LIRING-9's Sec! ae “oh sick leave. “Et allready appears that: GIR ‘ DIRING*93 5 ! ‘overt business, wil ‘that. office.» ait oy ‘1 be asked .to remain bt. “LIRENG: eae -. ‘is M£ilLing. in,” "LIRING"@3)' _. ,a@ mind! of her own, a great Liking, himself,’ an intelligénace ae Oriental type patience, . With =3'5 knowledge, nodtron. ee to make small: paymagts to. LIRING=4: to provide separate finarebal: - ‘and help her pay for: ‘furniture and other : Tews she purchased, - Some tine, BB0e 7 ate oe _ en wget gE . ; ‘Se The: sketch! mentioned in the. ‘last. paragra : dated 26 May was retlained by this Station. Rorro “discuss with LIR LING~4 the layout of LIRING*O's set! made: at ‘the’ end of paragraph 4 of the report: daced 3) ry bs tee LIRING“9's section has two: telephones. What LIRING+4 wesk ger @ Un phone in the back. room, of that section, As in reality ait interieon OEE». G,. Headquarters, attenti a Age Called to eee ROWTON" s report dated 26 May sane fact that 5 : ves in venice City is. orobably 1 new, & Deel g Pee . The Mex cicah police did not: Eeport ‘the HE t: wt ; lationship to this coe aan De Te The res salt | of Stats n i - indicated ih the reference, “Bac 2 : being forwarded in. a’ dispatch oer ine LI tid: a are no traces on Paz ESPEJO. Silvia DURAN 3 and Terés Sa PROSNZA wea, well _ Known to Headquarters, Felipe ROJAS Moralés is an employee: of ‘the, Meici.co ' City CubanMextcan Cultural institute, , ;
1400000 A : voy : Ay ee: B. Rowton weet ath TIRING(3, can - ; aon {| Subject’, nes % nt Rowton: Abe. wise theres at the saftnten féon 4800 until ‘about 4930 “Yon 25 eT ihaes reported, thetlas yet he had not heard froin’ Garcia” s oF and would’ stand byt for the. next. two’ days’ in the hope that Garcia’ would: pe- HERG/3 agreed | to. invite cores | onee ibe aid appear, Ae appear att, ‘his: "note os bd to coffee: or Luzigh | ‘a look at bin. "RE A ati sepected tet ‘LERING/4 ‘had vast werd vant." tine, in the ‘noataings\ Jand, that her rapport with the local - staff. Was improyine. “Rowton suggested that ait might ‘bé the night, time to give | LIRING/4 some cdapengation for her efforts. LIRING/3 agteed and promis sad. to’ ask LIRING/4 to be’ ‘at ‘the safehouse at “000 on 27 May, So” that Rowton could again talic privately,’ with her and. give hier the money (. ‘Rowterxt. suggested 500 _ pesos, otf LIRING/3 agreed that this would Be adequate), . vo yooia 2 A an poe ‘ s “ “p.- rakg3 reported. chat LIRING/4's resusipticn of contact had begun to pay off better than he’ had thought pessieee ‘He emplained that ghe bad found an . chek nd. had a aie Cxban attitude IRI ret 4% sad that “toward TaRTIG/3 binselt. 2 egies bo LIE told her ,t ‘that he “was heppy\t at she wad Pinay ‘one peek tax deluge éontact wi, . Tn. ‘commenting ane ; ney By bn a. nore OL. “hess joking we ra a ari Siar ese stated that LIRENG/4 must ~ 2 that ‘the "revolution 3s surtourided by - provocations” and. that many persons on the outside. , Such as. LIRING/3, have be- come innocent victims of organizations such as WOPACTY, | ‘that are goustantly sending provocations against the revoluvivn.| __attessiea that Be did oot - feel that ‘LIRING/3 £611 into that’ category, but LDIRING/4 mast understand the precautions | that have to be' taken by the. cevelution., He ebneluded that he hoped LIRTE 6/3 would not take offense Ccomarlo a mal) and would feel free to (3. LERING/3 ‘then stated: that he 1 as doing his best ‘to keép active certain contacts ne had had in. the past: that vere on _ The Pekipher OF the Official. wea Aa: Cuban gircle. He mentioned speéifically the" Lydd 8 and: Horacio Dara ~. that then explained the- background oF wks | Acts onship with them, He relate of that Silvia Duran OL eked as _recépti OnLSt at ate in 1963-64 and. . vets on duty when Lee Harvey Oswald | applied. for a Wwe. She. had ‘béen ‘Bedomaended “ vf + Wwe Tat? 7 TT to the Cubans by Teresa nneenaa Nas : Abtach’é from 199 599 until 4962. LI RING/3 described eresa Pre a Hak a oout 52, a Lesbian, eeontly 2p, jail in and a member: of the  obiiag 7
14-00000 ‘Beresa Posse pitied had: anytiing oO ‘dolwitn her. LIRIS né/3 ‘ee : vat oa \ n » ten: espionage on behav of ¥OPACR. LI ye RING/3. recalled gual ‘auring. has deat seit to Havana, a ‘fniend of Kis. in ®. oan the Mi nistry of Bapedtion, inforned t him, of Teresa Proenza's presens. situatior | and advised LIRERG/3,, : in thé event the’ was asked, he den# that he’ Wad known’ just the othe p Silvia’ Duran had’ Fehephoned him to shy hello wk ¢ oat ne”: had visited her at\ber. home to renew. his acquaintance. ¢ BEFEAD. OH-26(1018)- reveals ‘that, ‘at about: 41245 on 22 Hay 109673 EIRING/3 telephobed 1978-11 and asked fon srat Silvia. When (maid) ‘gfoned him she nothin) Ke auslced. for sre Horacio. Wheh ‘same negative reply givedl 5 ‘he B8ked that they be advised. that > - LIRING/3, had. belted: to! say hello. Sat-26 (11.0) reveals. an’ incbming call § fron Silvia Durga in which she asks Hoi He’ obtained hem, dumber, Be .wepikies: "AG the: Cuban ‘Tastigute*, She states. hat | she, is studydag at Bolte sebool and _at the’ moment 38 ‘free ‘to talk to LIRING/3,.° the latter. replies Cae “he would “="g0 by to, visit. her, ‘Constituyentes 1433 apt 3), ina few ainutes. J : she. Liked hin from the start’ She wa _ hin but ihsistea: that . AY ‘hed 0 ded @: -sassination , bree: she s ated that a the Mexican” police’ ‘and intd “the ground that it might put hin under some sor | eyes of bhe. Mexican ‘police or the Cubans. He was to. Be gained from such a contact. -". a grsied him thet she hed athnet net gone ous. with, beite several ‘times sin ‘What she hed -betwal bella tiots with s plans. when ‘he news. of the as~. 5 inmediately taken. inte gushoay by ggatea: thoroughly: ‘andl beaten week, phic admitted” that she, had hha an affair with Oswald. She added : that éver since. then she ha | cut off all contact’ with the Cuvans,. particularly since: new bugband Reracio; | who was Dadly, shaken by the whole affai ‘=, went inte.a wage aad. : has forbidden | her to. see them. She added that She felt certain ‘thet her tele~ phone was tappi by | the Mexican police, or, more probably ‘By WORROD , since . tapping ‘was. Pin Sensive proposition and. the Necieans: woulgn't Be able to af-" ford 3 it for so 1 ng a period. - - ne A, LERINGYS, ‘qoutinued that Silvia puliéa, ag Oswald wien he! applied for a visaaid ba Se Rowton. counseled. EIRING/3 against any furthos contast: with the Duréns on ' of suspicion’ either in the epee eat Ghat Lu the ex nodal & 5. LIRING/3. then produced, at Rowell". 3 re west Seuotet of the. Gonsetate and Enbassy premises, copy of whith is attached TRENC/ 3. coemehted that to his — knowledge; Cepeda did not have 3n of five 5 ‘at Teast not on, the firs 6 Lhoor. ‘His other comments fappear on the sketch aS: ar Royton. .
ome ae sate he oe . <5 May 19647" 0% “er & i : : 2 : : Wate: Mos “hee ; tL, “On, 5! May, Mr.[Whitte andi Hall, net: with a Me ot the ‘Gommission’ aun’ Mr. frniceee requested to ask for a fresh translat i nh. of the, taped conversation between ‘Cuban President Dorticos alld Ambassador Aymas. Win: Scott! had’ told ‘the ‘Commission sta it visiting Mexico Gity. that his translators, : ih: ‘the rush at that time, might have misconstrued 7 i jessxé. Rahkim, Willens; ‘Coleman an ‘kixew of the telephone: taps in ‘Mexico Citys ‘Slaw: eon, Wille: _ ad éleman were Brite’ OT the. taps during their. FVASHE to’ Mexico City. 3, In : about three weeks the staff will begin presenting to the Cormmission evidence on the conspirational aspect of the , assassinati one At this time, apparently, their evidence is. against the ‘existence 6fia ‘plot... They will wish £6. presen ‘to: the x mnitits sion the Armas '~ Dorticos. conversation. Slawson. su ugested ; that a knoe ytedeeable CLA’ man could make this presentation, interpreting cn en anette emma adenine tte thejconversation in the: light of our study st oe Mz. (watt Len| said that we will ag in’'t arisla te the ibe >. using the: best available Cuban linquisty ‘ and: : : ‘nuances of the cohversation. Any-pre! “howeveF, (ould have to be getds for decision, Accordin . Commission now - knows seer telephone § not mention Mr. Dalles). - Documant Numba IS -835 for FOIA Review’ ‘on AUN 1976 4 — tthe co City (he aid \ Gaeu? ra wane trad. yal tewgeritieg tal grelesaitl: gytisa aed KAA - 22540, ;
2 Ff * s ¥ t a 74-00000 . ‘ y wa ak. 1 Ma "er eee” Nae . + 1 e on : t a F { can ‘ 7 5. ‘Mr. (Witton) carefully bri fet Mr. Slawson- (proba Ww : rebriefed-him) on the. importance ofthese telephone'taps to U.S. _ “security and t ee “grave damage that would be done to ‘U.S. - Mexican " relations if KyeWvledge of their existéhce ‘became public . 4 . By oa be sgviree Slawgon quite clearlywwas a bit unhappy that certain information could not be used, since the’ taps were the’ only’: source, OSWALD? s very bad Russian was thd example he used. asked, what opinion Mrs, OSWALD had of her husband's Russia | She" om 7 thbught that he ‘spoke it very well. : a \ Ts Mr. Slawson asked if the retrahstation of the Bost cos . Anrhae. a could be made available’ to him eee the > end of: ingxt week. " 4h 8. Necording to Mr,:.Slawsor ey Comet ission Stairs’ come “Up, with) the idedt that Silvid? URAN! migh Bnvited to the United . Sthtes, ‘ostensibly to be inte miewed | ‘apeviodical, and thén « . apes tioned by the Commissibn. The Chief, ustice turned down the _ proposal at. oncé, én the ground that ohte a Comrnunist atid - y ops ~ Mexican, relations might. be - dain: This idea has beeh_ abandoned. | . “4 : : oy ne Meher de ote “Oy: From Mx... Slawson's remarks it is evident that the | | préparation of “he Commission! s report has begun, and i¢ in its 4 “initial T stages, | - 4 : vt : 3 ) ' yo , | “10; var ffvAbeea canes me after the w meeting to say that the work ‘of retranslating the Dorticos-Armas conversation frorn the’. tape had Stanted. , i U : : tan. “jee; C/WH/3-: a 7 : a : | : a \ 7 . \: . oP a : Pt : 5 af - Rota ate oe me, 1 ° - oe. i ce pe At (9 a ue memes
74-00000 rand tRe 20 SHE U. s. WITHOUT, ome Pode: “Po ATe + 25 Nov 63 _ — . Nome” a . cite . 4 * e 4 Vo : t at y . ' . eo ee . vote f . \ 7 fy sinis ¥ Rene de B FILE IN CS FILENO. _.. Ny Ma bre) Far SECRET xo, POREICS + preceay ° SuBIECE: ‘BELVEA - DURAN, MEXICAN uno ¢ OF Tak CORN Sema eee: < cIry, cdgacr, 5 we ES | Be CSWALD. a a | Siokia 2 - BRAN, A MEXICAN Cian,’ | HEKICAH els, vis DIRECTOR oF Hus TASES , . de.) : 2. pil ASD. SUK P.M., 23 2 Hovit ARREST Sm, Bur ey Shee nti ee. coup Bk xate’p FRO: tae SMR ce ‘ 3. “mn EAS Ss Ease THAT DURAN was con WRITTEN STATE <i a8 nears nee tw. 80 cance Oe Sh a SSwALD palin 2 AEL-2GT . oe ; Ase p> rena ane Pret ene _odéssrate tee BORDER ag croup is . Exctuded trom automate - ¢ Agrading and mi ‘sssification ‘ 4. -ESCELSIOR, . wenctoas DAIL, OF 25 Novae BER F CSuAID's TR | zo MEET c0, FROM 26 SEPTEMBER "sb 3 oon DER, uo COORDINATING: OFFICERS RELEASING OFFICER ° ‘ ° RerRODLATION | BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFF! Gli ieeuave i t . . Fg? FOIA Review on, EPR 397; an | ST a 060036 bi ii t : Prey aa © f ? * i . ca - at a - t ae re a4 ' Aree me, OrFuC ER a
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