104 0268-10015 . ww S.A. stern/aw/3-27-64 om! ce wen ee “f ane pee nay Mr. Ste arch 27; "398 aoe 7 vie) : Mr. Ranicin ; Today, Priday, March 27, 196%, I met ab CIA headquarters with '. Me. Rocea to roview the CIA file on Lec Harvey Oswald. Theo file . contains those materials furnished to us previously by CIA. In edition, it contains the following materials: — - a. Cable renorts from the CIA station in Mexico of Novenber 22 and 23, 1963 relating to photogravhs of a porson who had visited the Cuban ond Soviet Erbanssics in Mexico City during October and Novenber.1953; and reports on these cables furnished on Koverber 23 by CIA to the Secret Service. These messares are accurately paycphrased in the attachments to the CIA memorandum of March al, 19554 (Conant scion Document WOT) « >. Cable of October 10 from CIA Mostico City ctation to CIA headquarters reporting on Oswald contact at Soviet Embassy, and October 10, 1963 message from CIA headquarters to Moxico City station of background information on Oswald. ‘These nessages are accurately xeported in the CIA memorandum of Januory 31, 1964. I did not review any materials later than November 23, 1963. . Mir. Rocea also showed me the "printout" of the references to Oswald documents in the CIA electronic data storaze systaa. There _ was no item listed which we have not been given cither in full texts or paraphrased. . When I evidenced an interest in the CIA clectronic data processing system, tir. Rocca said that he would arrange a cotailed explanation at a future visit. REPRODUCTION - PROEITED “RECORD { PaPY APY | a , - . ance eee ones aromsncin 20- ostrars — Bo = | oo at a PAGE a St 7. 7. cory } NO. ° 7 uy “nl : : . . . * . ‘eee cere" GEASS Sc SE ESE eset me . ATA AE CENA AME READ AELGFONIDIED  OanntnaDNaetep sens EOnONnes gen wtefBSRONSNNRANSi= | stteebtteetoe-eres) ARtmrerCREPEO <P SEEECECECSESEC GA CSSA: . . «
MEMORANDUM FoR: hire Se Lee Raskie | SUSIECT: = : Information Developed by CIA onthe . Activity of Lee Harvey CSWALD in 7 ee eee ta te | i, This refers to yous ber of February 20, 1994 Specifically, cnet rat opraph obec ta vclee te cocecutioe tuisemation proviied the White Honse by Jose 1, LASAGA sething to add to the detailed iowestigation of (hia catter conulectad by the Federal Buremn af Lavestigation. We aseume thet the Gonemiesion te already in possession, or will be in the near future, af the details of the outcacoe af that investigation. 30 CIA to couperating very closely with the FBI ta the éavelogment of ancther Mexican lead, as is probabiy abready known to thes Commnission, Gia the course of thie cooperation, CHA develope original, Be Soule IwEDDO/MO
13-0000 © - | ta report the detalle to the Coma! ncurs) AM Bancnae : ever in made available to the ¢ Commission by POYAULLIDS)| | . Be The foltawing repliee are hayed to the numeration yout letter of February 10; | ke We are not tn postion to opty copten af - telegrams sent between the Soviet Embasates tn a Washington and Mexico City. Re Tronshetions of the twe police interrogation roperte-sf Stivia DURAN axe being forwarded to the : USHGUNENSH PibMibiities, The warding in poragroph aoven of our Ferort om pages four and  ftee, is based on the sintements of Slivia DURAN and - meane thet OSWALD was ot the Consulate ef least once efter hie initial visit, and that this ister viet was on the afternoon of a day on which the Cubes Congul tale~. Phoned the Beviet Consulste about CSe A Lbs visa or we cannct be certain of thie concinsion, hy We do not hauw whether Cuban Consulate dating bie September-Octeber 1963 visit. From the stahements of Sevis Dee one coula conchae thet of President Kemaody, STEADY By Is 003574
nD re fem. See ee “ wae / Be We do not think % would be un eon] DURAN to tell OSWALD. be could act haves} i ml transit visa unless he fiest got o Soviet ville ii on frank atalomests are quite common in consular practice, as far as we know. . 6. ‘We believe thet Silvia DURAN's statemant that | OSWALD know ae ond it Cuba meant Mterally that, and this would megn thal ao one there could sponsor hiss, vouch for him, or ingwre that he would net become qo” ne provisus rened of OSWALD, at loast in Monies, ae _ tadeed the Soviet offictal was telling the trath, ns _ me oe etn re if mat on. Ha went to Mexice while he the may have acquired a new Texas forwarding addrees _ in the gurecese which he save first to the Cuban Consulate, — then mislaid or forgot, ani finally recovered fram Cuban - Consulate files ve he could ress i to the Soviet Consulate. % could also be that he waz talking about hie Mexice City - hotel address which he might have momentarily forgotten. while af the Soviet Consulate, Ge The Cuban Ceusulate and Cuban Embeasy in _. Mexico City are segerate offices located in separate Dbelldhegs that stand on adjacent lote separated by a Gohan oficial parkkag bat. The Cuban Consulate te on | Consalate are both located tm a large 1 Fi fal We . Sonaected oulbulldiags. . ; = Py | 003575 ger He LP mm
13-00000 besa in Mexico fer cighteen years and t n les eatahel ae carly ap Septexber 1963 that AZCUE Seas tebe 4 F Lae replaced, His replacement did arrive in September. “We do not know who might have toMl OSWALD that a AZGUE oF any other Cuban had bees or was te be replaced, ; we roight have mentloned it if CEWALD complained about te groupe have produced what we regard as had information, on | 8B We can caly guens why Silvia DURAN deveribed : CSWALD as ablonde, Porhaps his complexion seemed | oO light te her, compared with thas of most Latin Americans, Ant . When she was arrested, she had not seen OSWALD for ys! shout two months, but apparently she had noted him as : . a blonde ta ew Consular records. . atyer Distribution: Original & Z «. Addressee 1-DDP he C/Cr. to C/CYR&A le C/WH/3. prepared by C/WH/3.) a 003576
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