att tana me mere tee “| bi ae ete oa yma Hee ts ee GOAL dint He Re neta ARE AEE at REE ee Le Be sn cbteenitbRs Ae dsotedd aOR R bale a Seat coo, 3 i ees - SECRET 30 November 1963 CSCI-3/778,894 . | Subject: Article in 29 November 1963 issue of Washington Post suggesting two men involved in assassination. Recipient: FBI. 30 November 1963 BIR 86063 Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte Admits his story a fabrication. Recipients: FBI, State, White House. (Warren Commission] 3 December 1963 DIR 86496 Information relating to OSWALD's presence in Mexico. Recipient: FBI. 7 December 1963 DIR 87667 Re-interrogation of Gilberto ALVARADO concluded. Recipient: FBI. (Warren Commission] 9 December 1963 ~ DIR 87731 Richard BEYMER, American movie actor, in touch with Cuban Embassy, Mexico City. Recipient: FBI. 9 December 1963 DIR 87796 Letter mailed in Stockholm on 25 November 1963 alleging assassination arranged. by Communist Chinese. Recipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret Service received copy. [Warren Commission] 9 December 1963 Unnumbered Memorandum Telephone contact with S. PAPICH regarding identity of a source who claims plot to assassinate Kennedy prepared and executed jointly by the Communist Chinese and Cubans through intermediaries. (See JMWAVE 8658, IN 75902.) Recipient: FBI. 12 December 1963 CSCI-3/779, 048 Subject: WILSON, Carlos John (also: WILSON-HUDSON, John; WILSON, John Hudson.) Recipient: FBI. 39. | SECKET
i 7 | | | ! | wget Cn Ae ae Abn oN te NM EAEtNERED ORR: Ames mee REEMA rete i ew “ietah cnet timers abe prea aeRO CATH Hoth) Pole EEO: Bios Rc nlend oni eenorRa RONDE Nb Aa TUNA ENR Nat oh a t i SECRET 12 December 1963 DIR 88643 Subject: Letter Relative to Assassination of President Kennedy Sent to United States Embassy in Costa Rica. Recipients: FBI, State, White House. [Warren Commission] 12 December 1963 DIR 88682 Cuban Ambassador to France received instructions not to comment upon the assassination. | Recipients: FBI, State, White House. 12 December 1963 DIR 88747 Subject: Second Interrogation of Silvia DURAN. Recipients: FBI, State, White House. 13 December 1963 CSCI-3/779,136 Subject: Mexican Interrogation of Gilberto ALVARADO. Recipient: FBI. {Warren Commission] 16 December 1963 CSCI-3/779,135 Subject: Peter DERYABIN's Comments on Kennedy Assassination. Recipient: FBI. 18 December 1963 DIR 89970 Further Information on Richard Thomas GIBSON. Recipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret Service received copy. [Warren Commission] 18 December 1963 DIR 89980 Subject: Actions of Silvia DURAN after her first interrogation. Recipients: FBI, State, White House; Secret Service received copy. [Warren Commission] 27 December 1963 CSCI-3/779,297 Subject: Assassination of President Kennedy (arranged by the Cuban Government and the Communist Chinese). Recipient: FBI.
Ene A ANS VEE Nie A Nand in ek ae wate acne SECRET we have considered the entry with regard to attempted suicide. We consider this entry as being of consider- able importance and one which might be subject to verification.") Recipient: FBI. (Copy to Warren Commission] . 18 February 1964 DOP 4-0861 Memorandum for the Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Subject: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. (". . . 47 photographs which were among the effects of Lee Harvey OSWALD, ... . It appears that most of the photographs were taken in the USSR and depict Soviet contacts of OSWALD or scenes in the Soviet Union.") Recipient: FBI. [Copy to Warren Commission] 18 February 1964 DDP 4-0862 Memorandum for the Chief, United States Secret Service. Subject: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. (Verification of entry in "Historic Diary" relating to OSWALD's attempted suicide.) Recipient: Secret Service. [Copy to Warren Commission] 18 February 1964 DDP 4-0864 Memorandum for Mr. Thomas L. Hughes, The Director of Intelligence and Research, Department of State. Subject: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy - Verification of Entry in “Historic Diary’. Recipient: State. [Copy to Warren Commission] 20 February 1964 CSCI-3/779 ,988 Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. (Information regarding Annette SETYAEVNA and Lillie May RAHM.) Recipient: FBI. 22 February 1964 _ DIR 03101 Subject: Further Information Provided by Moroccan Student Mohamed REGGAB. Recipient: White House (attention Secret Service.) 42 L oe
74-00000 é ethernet camel Wigm = stain we St ee a ee ne Sh oe a nine Gn retsoe s abbtaobibe bead vt Nee SECRET, 11 March 1964 . CSCI-3/780 344 Subject: Summary of Findings in Regard to Allegations by Mohamed REGGAB Relative to Marina OSWALD. Recipient: FBI. 20 March 1964 | CSCI-3/780,612 Subject: Assassination of President John F.. Kennedy. (Photograph of an individual closely resembling OSWALD. ) Recipient: FBI. 16 April 1964 CSCI-3/780 ,881 Subject: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. (Information regarding Lydia DYMITRUK.) Recipient: FBI. 8 May 1964 - DDP 4-2351 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Marina OSWALD's Notebook. Recipient: Copy of attachment forwarded to FBI. (Warren Commission] TT May 1964 CSCI-3/781 ,172 Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. (Traces on Soviet names, addresses, and telephone numbers from an address book belonging to Marina OSWALD.) Recipient: FBI. 13 May 1964 CSCI-3/781 ,282 Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. (Identification of photographs sent to CIA by FBI.) Recipient: FBI. 15 May 1964 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DOP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Role of Cuban Intelligence Service in Processing Visa Applicants; Reaction of the Service to the Assassi- nation of President Kennedy. Recipient: FBI. [Warren Conmission] 43 (SECRET
| ‘SECRET. 5 June 1964 CSCI-3/781 ,543 Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. (Use of Machine Colla- tion Program to Check Out Cubans Mentioned in Letter of 27 November 1963 from Mario del ROSARIA Milina. ) Recipient: FBI. 10 June 1964 CSCI-3/781 ,841 Subject: Information Concerning Jack RUBY. Recipient: FBI. 29 June 1964 (SC1-3/782,085 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: Investigation of Allegation that OSWALD was in Tangier, Morocco. Recipient: FBI. (Warren Commission] 2 July 1964 DDP 4-340] Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. (Remarks made by Soviet Consul Pavel Antonovich YATSKOV. ) Recipient: FBI. [Warren Commission] 27 August 1964 CSCI-316/00856-64 Subject: No Indication of Subject's Defection Having: Been Used for Propaganda by the Cuban Government. Recipient: FBI. [Warren Commission] - 3 September 1964 DDP 4-4600 Memorandum from Richard HELMS, DDP, to J. Lee RANKIN. Subject: OSWALD Documents Supplied by the Cuban Government. Recipient: FBI. [Warren Commission] 6 October 1964 CSCI-316/01446-64 Subject: VIADUCT Interview on 9 September 1964; His Comments on Seven Photographs | Forwarded by the FBI. Recipient: FBI. 44 | -_SEGRET
1400009. wae 23 December 1964 CSCI-316/02545-64 Subject: Allegation of Unidentified Scientist of Cuban Involvement in Assassination. Recipient: FBI. oO i 2March 1965 CSCI-316/00925~65 | Subject: Marvin KANTOR, Possible Connection with Investigation of Lee Harvey and Marina OSWALD. Recipient: FBI. 30 June 1965 . CSCI- 316/02654-65. Subject: Silvia DURAN . Recipient: FBI. 2 September 1966  —»—=—CSCI1-316/04482-66 Subject: Rima ZMITROOK, Lee Harvey OSWALD's In- tourist Guide in Moscow. _ Recipient: FBI. 14 June 1967 . CSC1-316/03243-67 Subject: Allegation of Oscar COUNTRERAS, Mexican Newsman, That OSWALD Visited UNAM Campus Shortly After the Cuban Embassy Refused Him a Visa to Visit Cuba. CONTRERAS' Statement of Dubious Credibility; Information Passed to Mexican au- thorities. ; MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED BY CIA TO THE WARREN COMMISSION ON RUMORS AND ALLEGATIONS RE- LATING TO THE PRESTDENT'S ASSASSINATION 31 January 1964 Subject: Information Developed by CIA on the Activity of Lee Harvey OSWALD in Mexico City, 28 September - 3 October 1963. © 46. SECRET
SECRET 5 March = = _Summary of Findings in Regard to b. legations 18 Marcer “cage —_ =e Article Alleging that OSWALD was interviewed == ——S- —mm Moscow. 31 Marc: "Se DDP 4-1655 Sum—==——- Reports on Activities and Travel of Lee Harvey — sand Marina Nikolevna OSWALD. == arses include the following: ““S=Setype Message No. 87515, 29 November 1963 - paragraph g - Marina SNETHLAGE. “S==etype Message No. 85182, 22 November 1963 - Remarks made by Richard Thomas GIBSON. “= estype Message No. 85665, 28 November 1963 ~ Remarks Made by Maria SNETHLAGE and Third Secretary Ricardo SANTOS of the Cuban Em- dassy in The Hague. 3 April - =e. DOP 4-1699 SE S———- Richard Thomas GIBSON. . April =e DDP 4-1784 === Mohammed REGGAB. = May [age DDP 4-2256 St Additional Information on Lee Harvey OSWALD. “= =Sareaeey of Agency files indicates that all... TEE Roa —“iN known to the Agency on OSWALD's association << <mmmmunists or criminals, either in United States ar Ssummmmaer!) has been made available to the Commission." = May 17cm DOP 4-2351 ST ===——— - Marina OSWALD's Notebook. Csi “===—jon of traces on what appear to be Soviet T= _-amidresses, and telephone numbers from an ad- —= mk identified by Marina OSWALD as belonging ie = == = aaa ae oo = 46 ‘SaCRET
Soto we ete + AOD Cig de: oon. a 40 tyan ous ah ert he ea staal 15 May 1964 ° Subject: Role of the Cuban Intelligence Service in | Processing Visa Applicants; Reaction of that Service _. to the Assassination of President Kennedy. 19 May 1964 © DDP 4-2534 Subject: Allegations of PFC Eugene B. DINKIN, U.S. Army, Relative to Assassination Plot Against Presi- dent Kennedy. 22 May 1964 DOP 4-2624 ‘ Subject: Anonymous Telephone Calis to United States Embassy in Canberra, Australia; Relative to Planned Assassination of President Kennedy. 27 May 1964 DDP 4-2688 Subject: Letter Accusing the Chinese Communists of Plotting the Assassination of President Kennedy. (Comment: Letter received at U.S. Embassy, Stockholm. ) 1 June 1964 . ODP 4-2741 Subject: Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte. Enclosures: OQut Teletype No. 85089, 26 November 1963. SO Out Teletype No. 85199, 27 November 1963. Qut Teletype No. 85662, 28 November 1963. Out Teletype No. 85666, 28 November 1963. Qut Teletype No. 86063, 30 November 1963. Out Teletype No. 87667, 7 December 1963. - Memorandum, 12 December 1963, Interroga- - tion of Gilberto ALVARADO. 3 June 1964 . DDP 4-2769 Subject: Documents on Lee Harvey OSWALD Furnished by the Soviet Government. 4 June 1964 pop Subject: Information Developed on the Activity of Lee Harvey OSWALD in Mexico City. 47 SeeheT.
| vt | Bes nathan tiene eee eee hE Stes eine Sie A Panto oye [SECRET 10 June 1964 Subject: Information Concerning Jack RUBY (aka Jack RUBENSTEIN) and His Associates. l2 June 1964 Subject: Letter Relative to Assassination of President Kennedy sent to United States Embassy in Costa Rica. 29 June 1964 DOP 4-3347 Subject: Investigation of Allegation that OSWALD was in Tangier, Morocco. 2 July 1964 ~ DDP 4-3401 Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. 28 August 1964 DOP 4-4479 Subject: Konstantin Petrovich SERGIEVSKY. 15 September 1964 DDP 4-4808 Subject: Information Concerning Jack RUBY (aka Jack RUBENSTEIN) and His Associates. 17 September 1964 DDP 4-4839 Subject: Valeriy Vladimirovich KOSTIKOV. 17 September 1964 DOP 4-4922 | | Subject: Eusebio AZQUE - Former Cuban Consul, Mexico City. 18 September 1964 DDP 4-4953 Subject: Identification of Persons Appearing in FBI Photograph No. D0 33-46 (Commission Exhibit No. 2625). 48 epesr Ms oad i bdae od $ ote
14-00000 SURE; SENSIT ws Intelligence Sources on Oswald's Visit _— to Mexico City in 1963 1. Unilateral Coverage: From the time the Mexico Station was opened in April 1947 until the arrival of Mr. Win Scott as Chief of Station in 1955, the Station had developed a support apparatus to exploit leads from the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City. This umbrella type project (LIPSTICK) consisted of multi-line phone taps, three photographic sites, a mobile surveillance team and a mail inter- cept operation. Telephone taps (LIFEAT) were placed by an employee of the local telephone company who was handled by a Station case officer. The number of lines tapped was limited only by the avail- ability of a listening post nearby and the availability of language (English, Spanish, Soviet, Polish, Czech, etc.) transcribers. Generally, these were Mexican or Mexican-American recruited agents. Three photographic sites were handled by a Station case officer assisted by technicians on TDY from Headquarters who advised the Station on the best types of cameras, films, and con- cealment devices. These operations had sub-crypts under project LIPSTICK (namely: LIMITED, LILYRIC and LICALLA). LIMITED was a fixed site directly opposite the Soviet Embassy (across the street) which had both a vehicle and a pedestrian entrance. The E2 IMPDET CL BY 004645
14-00000 gate to the Soviet Embassy was on the northwest corner of the Soviet compound and the LIMITED site was diagonally across a double laned street on the southeast corner of that block (See attached diagram). LIMITED was the first photo base and opera- ted strictly on an experimental basis in the early stages. This base, however, was closed when the Station received word that the photograph of the “unidentified man” was being released by the Warren Commission. LILYRIC was an alternate photographic base. It was located in an upper story of an apartment building on the same side of the street as the LIMITED site but in the middle of the block south. It had a planted view of the front gate of the Soviet Embassy. LICALLA, the third photographic site, was located in one of a row of four houses on the south side of the Soviet Embassy compound. This site overlooked the back garden of the Soviet Embassy compound. The purpose of this operation was to get good identification photographs of Soviet personnel. The three photographic sites were managed by a recruited agent who was a Mexican citizen, the son of an American mother and Mexican father (deceased). This agent collected the film from the LIMITED and LILYRIC sites three times a week. The film was then devleoped and printed into 8 x 10 contact print strips. LICALLA film was ori- ginally processed in the Station but in early 1959, due to the resignation of a technician, this film like that of LIMITED and LILYRIC was processed on the outside by a recruited agent.
14-00000 SECRET SENSITO eee Mobile surveillance was conducted by two American staff officers. These two officers organized a surveillance team of six recruited agents which used late model cars and a panel truck for surveillance. The team could be activated by radio from the LIMITED site whenever someone of interest left the gate of the Soviet Embassy. These agents were aware of the LIMITED site since they had been issued LIMITED photographs for identification purposes. - The Station also conducted a unilateral mail intercept operation, LIBIGHT, which was handled by an American case officer. ‘A recruited Mexican agent, who had a semi-official status; obtained selected letters from a sub-agent employed by the Mexican postal. system. 2. Liaison Coverage: Liaison coverage was unreliable and insecure as charac- terized by the nature of the Mexican services at that time. The Mexican Direction of Federal Security (DFS), with which we con-: ducted liaison, was a hip-pocket group run out of the Mexican Ministry of Government. This Ministry was principally occupied with political investigations and control of foreigners. Their agents were cruel and corrupt. A Station officer trained a number of them in name tracing and travel control. ‘In 1958, at the instigation of a Mexican official, a Joint telephone tap operation came into existence. The operation, seenct , SEAgMaE
14-00000 which became known as LIENVOY, was run by a Mexican officer. The listening post had 30 lines connected at one time. The transcription room was staffed by (Mexican Army officers. In 1961, because of mismanagement by the Mexican principals, the Station Chief, himself, became the project case officer. A Station officer assisted him in the daily supervision of the listening post and in picking up the transcripts and the tapes. There was also an American technician inside the listening post. 3. Oswald Coverage: In mid-1962, the Mexican officer in charge of LIENVOY (the joint tap operation) asked the American officer at the _LIENVOY listening post for the telephone numbers of the Soviet, Cuban and Satellite Embassies in anticipation of possible cover-— age. The Station immediately disconnected all of the unilateral telephone taps on these Embassies so that they would not be dis-. covered when the Mexicans hooked up their taps. The Mexicans; soon thereafter connected five Cuban lines, five Soviet lines, three Czech lines, two Polish lines, and one Yugoslav line. At the listening post, a live monitor made short summaries of con- versations of interest which were then included in a daily re- sume for the Chief of Station. Later, when a reel was completely recorded, full transcripts were typed and passed to the Station; however, there was usually a time lag of a day or two. Reels which contained Russian or a language other than Spanish or
t : i i $ « i : i t ANAL Ae ine RA REE ee it (oma SALA terete Recah Se Rhee te cL es ethiestadtae kw ss Aneeet, av cantert rbd? Wea ob "Seteottr em Afi rtm oot 14K, eat ~-SEGRET/SENSITIVE English were taken to another location for translation and typing. Mr. Boris Tarasoff did the Russian translations but because of the volume of Russian conversations, the trans- lations usually ran about a week behind the date of the con- versation. All transcripts were made in either Spanish or English since the Chief of Station could read only these two Tanguages and because he personally screened the transcripts for operational leads. As soon as the Station learned that an American iden- tifying himself as Lee Oswald phoned the Soviet Embassy, Miss Ann Goodpasture of the Station started screening al] photographs. However, here again, there was a backlog because the photographs — were picked up three times a week, but those picked up were usually for dates a few days before since the technician who was proces- sing the film did so on a night-time basis. Further, photographs were not made initially until a complete roll of film was used. | Later this was changed and the operator cleared the camera at the end of each day regardless of amount of unused film remaining. The instructions were to cover the entire work day (office hours) and to photograph all Soviets, their families, al] foreigners, and cars with foreign license plates. Human error did occur but generally the agents were conscientious. The Cuban Embassy cover- age had more sophisticated equipment using a pulse camera which frequently developed mechanical difficulties. erorrt Te SOUNTIVE Wiebe d / 3 = Se eiiige
| genet SENSITIVE Oswald came to the attention of the listening post | . operators from a tap of the Soviet line. It was picked up and taken to Mr. Boris Tarasoff for translation because the caller was trying to speak in Russian. There was some delay because | Station personnel waited to review the photographs coincidentally fe ARR ane metttedt Demactenmat rotee with the typed transcript. 4, Airport Coverage: This is discussed at Tab B. Se eG en paabes den de oe Cy Mata tad ere el afte
; ; i ‘ FB yea ED Leni ane 4 ee a YG May W977 MEMORASDU? FOR: Director ef Central Intelligence VIA : Deputy Director of Central Intelligence FROH ; : John H. Waller Inspector General SUBJECT. . : Jack Anderson 6 May 1977 Column Entitled - "Odd CIA Activity in Dallas in 1963" OLC He smorandun for Director of Central Intelligence - OLC 77-1816 (attached) REFERENCE ° 1. Action Requested: None, for information, only. 2. Background: The attached Jack Anderson coluan is a mixture of some fact and error. At least portions of it seein to have been leaked by someone connected with the House Select Committee on Assassinations. - 3. Factual information on matters covered in the article follows: a. Alpha 66 was an anti-Castro Cuban Exile Organization. Antonio Veciana was one of its founders. Veciana contacted the Agency.on three occasions for assistance in an assas sination No against Castro (December, 1960; duly 1962 and Apri 1966). On each occasion he was turned cown. The Agency had no responsibility For or sponsorship o Alpha 66. 2 Psy = hb. Veciana was registered ia the Inter-Service Registry by the U.S. Aruy Tor the period Hovaaber 1962 to duly 1666 at which time he was tet mminated without prejudice. Taborated with a cuba: r, Guillermo Ruiz; in c. Veciana reportedly c 1 tivities. Ruiz is mareic Government Untelligence ort commection with Aipha 96 ac ta a cousin of Yecian. oO} ce iv
14-00000 » ine rene Od ’ “yey NTT os Wi ir uci th ’ d. Anderson attempts to connect one Morris Bishop with CIA in Dallas; newspapers in Dallas have tried to identify Bishop with our DCD repre- sentative in Dallas, Mr. J. Walton Moore. Ac- cording to our records, no Agency officers ever used the name of Morris Bishop as an alias. Ne one named Morris Bishop was ever employed by tne ' Agency. i -. @. The FBI identified the three men who visited Mrs. Odio. Lee Harvey Oswald was not one of them. The Warren Commission was satis- fied that Oswald could not have been in Dallas at the time of the visit.. oe Wend yo faba John H. Waller « z ‘Attachment - 1 Wee 08 naw a sleet anaP tiene of ke eee arabes Distribution: . Original - Director of Central Intelligence w/att. ~ Deputy Director of Central Intelligence w/att. Assistant to the Director (Public Affairs) w/att. Office of Legislative Counsel w/att. Office of General Counsel w/att. Executive Registry w/att IG Subject w/att. IG Chrono w/att.° - U.L.Leader Chrono w/att...- OIG/J.L.Leader:aal] @.t oo ¢@ chireeamitient es eke eas ok Ce ee ee | a em LOM RaOr ut oe Ton. mat PEER 7s pda ta bebiseeBtele Sats $3 lan RAB , i + ‘ ~
14-00000 j € : eet * . = * oe , | Le . p 1 sears inrie tants taku Ramee ic tee ce eK acta Ree oh Vb feito nee bac taeda tines + Hee eet sabmnmtiae was 8 i cabcithts see RL DS AVE MRA band Meds il AMUSE trainee sind rear ees be ' . sia, Lee Harvey Oswald, waa in touch Bishop's Oller to’ pay Rules end his‘ sinations Committee contain reports of strange CLA activities in Dallas on the eve of the Joan F P. Kennedy assassin tion, - . +4 Credible witnesses” hava confirmed our past reports that the accused assas.,* ' ..: with ant}Castro Cubans tn Dallas. One te way confidential report states that “in 1983, .- Oswaid was seen leaving the Dallas of-:;:- fice of Alpha 64." This was a Cuban - commando group trained by the CLA. A Cuban CLA operative, Antonio Ve ciana, alse ‘told investigators that he . had been summoned to Dallas in Au-. gust. 1963, by his CLA contact—a myste- ‘rious man whe went by the name of Morris Bishop. States a coufideatial..-~ ' summary: “When (Veciany) arrived,” Bishop was accompanied: hy another .. ‘man, Lee Harvey Caswall” _ Another witness who impressed the: : lavestigators, Sylvia Odio, told them that two anti-Castro Cubans had intro- duced her to an American by the name © of Leon Oswald. She was told that Os- wald was trying “to convince anth Castro Cuban groups. . .to kill Presk . dent Kennady.” After the assassina- tion, she recognized this American a3 Les Harvey Oswald. The House investigators don’ t feally beliave that the CLA had any part In the murder of President Keonedy. More likely, they suspect the CIA may nave ivied to cover up some einbar- _Tassing contacts with Oswald in Dallas. Ia any. case, the CLA took paias to give tha impression that Oswald was ia. Mexico Chy at the time thut swienesses claimed he wag dealing. with the CLA> guided Cubans in Dallas. Veciana, for _ exainole, told of a strang2 call h re- oe THE WASHINGTON POST Jee Anrlerson and Les Whitten Odd CIA Activity in . ‘The secret tiles of the Housa Assas- - ceived trom his CLA’ contact after Ken- _nedy wag killed. ‘Tne CLA man, 7. Horrls Bishop, asked Veciana to contact his cougin, Buile lamo Ruiez, who worked for the Cuban _ embassy: In Mexico City. Relates a con . ‘tidentlal report “Veciana was to relay wife to gay that they had mat with Csr wald in Mexico City.” eet | : This not only would ‘habe placed Cs: . “-wald out of Dallas hut wonid have thrown suspicion on the Castro gov- - ernment, The ruse was later called off. Instead, the CLA cited secret‘tapes and photographs a3 evidence that Orvald had been in touch with both the Cuban ‘and Soviet embassies in Mexico City. The CIA kept tapes of all phone calls going im and out of the two embassies. ° _ Photographs were also taxen of every- ‘one entering and leaving these embag- sies, On Oct.. 1, 1863, the CLA notified - other US. embassios that “an Ameri: can Inala, who identified himself a3 Lee Cswald, contacted the Soviet E Emre bassy in Mexico City.” Oswald was described in the cable: as “approximateiy SS years old, with an athletic build, about six feet tall, with a receding hairline.” The ccunmittee files note that this “in no way physk- cally resembles the Lee Harvey Os- wald accused of assassinating Fresh eent Kennedy.” — -. Tue CfA songnt photographs irom the: “navy ta compare with its pho- tographs of Oswald at the Soviet em- hassy. Declares a committee rerort “Thesa photograpas, though obviously ‘not of the correct Lea Hrvey Cswaid, became the Warren Comminzsion’s ax- hibit 297. Tha CiA admitted that there * Fridan, Map 8,297? 5 “es an , ~ Tene 8 & alias ta 1903 had t bean a mix. up but never cleared the matter up.” ACA witness has sold Commmittes ine | vestiyators, meanwuile, that the ClA’s monitering camera happened 20 breaks down on the day that Cswald allegedly visited the Soviet Embassy. Bub the CLA tap on the Soviet Smbassy’s phone - produted an alleved telephone call - __ from someone who identified nimsell : as “Lea Heary Oswald.”- ” The CLA -vitness claimed that the ae- tual voice recording of the telenhone * ae, ome 2 me eee eb gn Be seems ote debe ante = pepe rte e eee a et es Feeeiosd we ad cect convarsation “wa3 “destroyed in rom. the cestruction procedures anproxi- . moately one week after it was ra- | celveiL” Yet more than seven wee'xsa - later, the FBI claimed to have heard :: the telephone conversation that the | CIA said had been destroyed. The :; ‘FSI's Judgment ‘was that the voice did : not beong to Oswald Wrote the late ¥BI director J. Edgar . Hoover on Nov. 23, 1963: “The Central 3 Inteligence Agency advised tant on Cet. 1, 1633, an extremely sensitive | source had renerted that an individual ‘Indentified Gimsel{ as Lea Cx wad, wt ho contacted the Soviet Embassy ja jexica City 3 inquiring as to any giessa- ges” “Sractal agents of this burean, who bave conversed with Oswald in Dajlas, Tex., have chserved photographs cf :- the intividual referred to above and - kava Ustened to a recording of his voice. Trase spacial agents are of ihe < coinion that the qboverefarred-to in- | i. dividual was not Lee Harvey Onv2id” The Mouse inyestisators are bevin- — ning to woendsr whetaer the CL con ; " contend t the whole Oswald adventure in Mexico City in an attempt to coneaat | =a ackiviltes ia Dallan, dis Ts
‘ : i } Lf i i j ! i a re cients ttminlintamentind nat onabedert omni ote FRR ot TO MERSAEOE et 1 Be oP homers ot In the course of the research effort leading to this general report, there were newspaper stories relating to the assassination of President Kennedy and to CIA. Some of these appear to have been based on specially designed stories emanating from the House Select Committee on Assassinations. At the time of their appearance they were the subject of comments prepared in CIA. These newspaper stories and the comments are attached. The following newspaper stories and comments are listed below: Tab G.1 Jack Anderson column on 6 May 1977 alleging CIA activity in Dallas, Texas in 1963. Tab G.2 Jack Anderson column on 20 January 1977 tore.’ that CIA is tied to a false Oswald Tab 6.3 Norman Kempster story on 1 January 1977 alleging that CIA withheld data on Oswald. Tab G.4 Clare Booth Luce involvement with Cuban exiles. Tab G.5 Ronald Kessler story on 26 November 1976 alleging CIA withheld details of Oswald tele- phone calls, with report on handling of documents. Tab G.6 John Goshko story on 13 November 1976 alleging that Oswald told the Cubans of his Plan to kill Kennedy. Tab G.7 Tabloid Midnight story on 2 August 1976 regarding CIA and Castro. Tab G.8 Washington Post story on 1 October 1976 concerning CIA consideration of possibly interviewing _ Lee Harvey Oswald in 1960.
14-00000 a LA/COG/021-77 MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Operations FROM : Raymond A. Warren - a Chief, Latin America Division s: Lj. . ; SUBJECTS _ 2: A. Jack Anderson 20 January 1977 Column a Titled "CIA Tied to False Oswald Story" B.. Identification of the Mr. X in the Anderson Column “4. The attached column, citing the testimony of a Mr. X, alleges that a CIA agent tried to link Oswald to Cuban intelli- gence officers in Mexico. There is, of course, no substance to -the column's allegations. The column identifies the source as - Mr. X. because of attempts on his life, but subsequently gives . enough information on Mr. X to establish his identity. 2. According to the Anderson column, Mr. X was first met by his ‘CIA contact in Havana before relations With U.S./Cuba were severed. Mr. X had helped to organize bank accountants to en- ' bezzle Cuban government funds to finance anti-Castro Causes. Mr. X was reportedly recruited by a Morris Bishop (CIA contact), to “plan an attempt on Castro's life. The plan was to fire a bazooka from a nearby apartment building while Castro was deliver- ing one of his marathon speeches. According to the Anderson ‘column, the plot was discovered by Castro's police and Mr. X _ escaped to Miami. Mr. X also reportedly tried to assassinate Castro in Chile in 1971 in league with the Venezuelan Luis Posada Carriles, who is now being detained in Caracas for the 6 October Cubana airline bombing. The Anderson column ends with the report that Mr. X worked for CIA until 1973 for expenses, but ‘was paid $253,000 in cash by Morris Bishop when he was terminated: ‘ WARNING NOTICE INSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED “SECRET E2 IMPDET CL BY 025231
14-00000 ° { i 2 BY . 5 errs ‘ ~ . SE CR ET oa ? 3S. From the above description of Mr. X, it ts reasonably -tear that Mr. XN is Antonio Carlos VECIANA Blanch (20]-312966). VECIANA, an assistant bank manager and past president of a public accountants association in Havana, first contacted CIA in flavana in December 1960 when he asked the COS, at that time James A. Noel, to help in an assassination plot against Castro. VECIANA dsked for visas for ten relatives of the four men assigned to kill Castro, and also requested four MI rifles with adapters for grenades plus eight grenades. The COS did not encourage VECIANA and subsequently checked with an Embassy officer who reported that VECIANA had made Similar "wild-eyed" proposals to him. On 23 November 1961 the Miami News published a report of an unsuccessful attempt by Antonio VECIANA to kill Castro. VECIANA reportedly had arranged to assassinate Castro and Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos on 5 October in Havana, but the bazooka he was using failed to fire. 4. There has been no Agency relationship with VECIANA. A POA, which was granted for his use in para-military affairs in January 1962, expired in November 1962. VECIANA was born on 4 October 1955 in Havana. He was a member of the People's Revo- lutionary Movement, an anti-Castro group in Cuba during 1960-61], and was one of the founders of Alpha-66. A certified public accountant by trade, VECIANA was with A.I.D: in La Paz in 1968-72. VECTIANA was registered in ISR to the U.S. Army in November 1962 and he was terminated without prejudice in July 1966. On 23 July 1962 VECIANA was interviewed, at his request, by Mr. Harry Real from the: DCD New York office. VECIANA asked Real to arrange a meeting with a senior CIA officer to discuss Alpha-66's plans to assassinate Castro and to request CIA's assistance (U.S.$100,000; 10,000 Cuban pesos; 48 hand grenades). There is no indication that this request was ever acted upon by CIA. "S. In April 1966 a LA Division officer, John R. Lucy, using the alias John Livingston, met VECIANA in New York City. The meeting was arranged by a retired naval officer, James Cogswell, who had informed Chief, WI Division that he had information of valuc concerning Cuba. When Lucy arrived in New York City for the meeting, he was introduced by Cogswell to VECIANA. He imnediately launched a discussion of the Cuban political situation and noted his strong feeling that the only solution was the assassination of Castro. Lucy advised ViCIANA that he was in no position to provide hin with assistance or encourage him in an assassination attempt and was only interested in gathering information which he thought was the purpose of the meeting. VECIANA subsequently said that his roommate Felix ZABALA, a Cuban refugee, had excellent contacts in Havana. It was clear to Lucy, however, VECIANA was attempting to use ZABALA poten- tially to get Agency financial support for his organization. a
14-00000 4 VECTANA suggested that $50,000 would be necded to vet his | ‘activities of f the ground. Lucy indicated to VECIANA that he i would Look into the ZABALA matter and would probably arrange for ZABALA to be contacted in Puerto Rico. ame. 8(), There is no indication in the file that any Agency officer in contact with VECIANA ever used an alias Morris Bishop. There is no Morris Bishop listed in true name in the DDO rolls. There was never any contractual relationship with VECIANA and he was not .paid CIA funds. 7. On 11 January 1977 a sanitized copy of VECIANA's 201 file was made available to staffers from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. — Raymond A. Warren Attachment DDO/C/LA/COG/OPS:WJDevine:js (9229) (21 January 1977) - Distribution: Orig & 1 - Addressee - ADDO. - LA/COG/Chrono - C/LAD - 201-312966 - hold EAS OPS J - ASST. TEOCE ro mn ee SECRET us
14-00000 i “ ¢ r ' : "> My. 3s dramatic testimon i L 3. ‘4° +. -One was introdiced to f 1 closely withtheCia. : } . i Yack Anderson and ay ee SS se .. 4 Amystery witness has sworn to cén. " gressional investizators that a Central { _ Intelligence. Agency agent introduced ‘him to Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas three months before Cswaild ed “down President John PF. Keanedy. meoyt -< The witness, whom we have agreed _ to identify oniy ag Mr. X because of at- : ‘Cuban terrorist group that worked ‘+ The group held secret meetings at Hllan “sassination. Not long after Kennedy "’ “Wags shot, a Dallas deputy sheriff was " ; been associating with some Cubans "3128 Harlendale.” 0 2-02... _, new light.on the story Syivia Cdio, .- Gaughter of a wrealtay opponent of Cu. “~ban Premier Fidel 0, told to the. |” ¥BL Two months before the Kean edy . Killing, she related, she was visited in : Ree Dallas apartment by three men : ‘Who identified themselves as friends _:Ofherfather, 6 0 oes eset es : Oswald.” When she saw the picture ia . the newspapers of the man who had’ ' + Shot Kennedy, she fainted from snock, oth Aegean walan ld fe a ne cE ene ne ee tere . . BMaBeens se Altes RHO oo dt was the same Oswald, she was cer- . ‘tain, who had visited her apartment. . Congressional investigators have -- How learned that the late J. Edgar ‘*Hoover deliberately misled the War- ;, Ten Commission about Odio’s mysteri- : ous visitors. She was such a persuasive Witness that the commission staff wag . preparing to investigate her story ' thoroughiy. | Sa as Staff members even speculated, ac- .. cording to one internal memo, that the ” . . . a ry i . 7 f 37 a : ow wae? : ‘ . > atin sMedwiatheheneitce F22dmedee.. « ‘ . 1 Les Whitten Mystery Witness in JF ") antiCastro forces might have re. tempts of his life, is the founder o? 2. @ in Dallas before the ag | . . told by am informant that Oswaid had . at.: eT Pia ae © a THE WASHINGTON POST _ . cruited Oswald, a known, pro-Castro -attivist to kill Kennedy. - cs -. “The motive on this," states the me- ‘md, “would of course be the expecta- ,flom- that after the President ‘was ’ ; Oswald would be caught or at . He would then blame the assassination * On the Castro government; and the call "But Hoover abruptly blocked. line of inquiry by notifying the War-..- ig rea Commission on Sept. 21, 1964, that William Seymour, all anti-Castroites, ** Hoover even suggested that Odio could: _: have confused the names . and “Leon Cswald.” sue, .-. Now the congressional investigators :. have uncover ” denied visiting the. Odio apartment _ deniais before Hoover wrote his letter , tothe Warren Commission. _ The investigators have alsu obtained . the tape of a fascinating conversation, . predicting two weeks in adv-ince that Wedneeday.Jenvery 19,1977 Bis. 3 K q Cee go ye “how Kennedy would die. Then the rab.’ d="! bis rouser added knowingly that Ken->- 9-7? his iceatity ascertained; the Jaw . : enforcement authorities and the pub--. that he asked Milteer after the shoot--- : for a forceful overthrow would be irre-.~. “] don't esistible” - 3 f20 eet verges ; Cluded that “his credibility is strength-~: z “Loran Hall” .. ent with what he told us before. Signif.- ~ . " feantly, he remains very strong on the .. o*  . 2 . 8 evidence that all three « and that the FBI had obtained thelr... :: whom Me. X later Kennedy would be shot “from an o?f- - '. dce building with a high-powered ri- . fle.” The. prediction was made by the - ‘late Josep close - connectio +’ The conversation was taped on Nov.“ - 9, 1983, in Miazai by az informant ; bamed Willie Somersett, who turned . the tape over to the FBI the next day. ._ Milter is heard on the tape describing bh Milteer, a right-wing rab- ’ ble rouser, who also Aappened to have | ~wald in the company of-a CIA agent.-: ie the. FBI had Iccated and identified - i , , Odio’s callers, He named them as -. “x Loran Lawrence Howard and.. ‘se oe : nedy “knows he fsa marked man.” -. -:7 5 is -_ Milteer later admitted to the FBI?-9 that he had been in~Dallas in June,- ‘2°: 1963, but denied having any knowl”. 4-:- edge of the Kenredy assasssination. ass: However, the informant told the FBI. 3-7: ‘ing whether he had known about it in .: : - advance or had merely been guessing, *° @.77 Ro do any guessing,” 1 plied Mik..-9°-1: »f | Lo oe zt GAPE ake he oO%S sy eae ah : :. Bug the most explosive deveiopment- 9°: Mr. X's statement that he met Os. : te occasionsThey finally con-.: | : ened by the details he provides consist-.. ' The encounter occurred in a down-- Ble: * town Dallas building, where Mr. X had. B:. ‘am appointment with his CIA contact, ‘ae : The agent was accompanied by a man": 8-7: recognized.as Ken" § * - nedy’s killer. a . : “When he saw it was Cswald that ‘oa killed Kennedy,” the investigators re- ~ geet ported in a confidential memo, “he': H°-: nearly freaked out, but he never said: anything” © ee ik, aad The investigators tried to pin down— . Mr. X om how he could be sure that es with antiCastro . man was Oswald. Mr. X replied, ac: zh -cozding to the memo,: that he had*- 9-1!!- ‘ tain the Character-=: § 3: ics of a person; he had trained himself ~: 3 a to do that. And if it wasn’t Oswald, it. 97+. was someone who was exactly like Gg — + “wald, his exact double. -2007-0 0. 7 Bt: learnea “haw to re Saheb erect ag Ps See er See eee Se fe : *, * . ya “es . are > 2 set, e an _ * 7 . Le wee . ° 5d : e ne
14-00000 ere y 10 January 1977 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Counterintelligence Staff - FROM _ = Russell 3B. Holmes CI Operations Group SUBJECT ' : Article by Norman Kempster Appearing in the Los Angeles Times of 1 January 1977 ‘and Entitled "CIA Withheld Data on Oswald" (copy attached) ¢ In light of the inaccurate and misleading statements attributed by Kempster to Sprague, the following comments are offered in rebuttal. a. "The CIA withheld from the FBI for almost two months in 1963 intormation that Lee Harvey Uswald had talked with Cuban and Soviet officials abo 5 desire to visit those countries... Comment: Oswald's name did not surface in Mexico City until 1 October 1963 when a hitherto unknown male telephoned the Soviet Embassy. During this telephone call, the caller identi- fied himself as "Lee Oswald." On 8 October 1963, the Mexico City Station cabled to Headquarters the highlights of the transcript of the conversation. (1) On 1 October 1963, an American male who spoke broken Russian and said his name was Lee Oswald (phonetic), stated he was at the Soviet Embassy on 28 September when he spdke with a consul whom he believed to be Valeriy Vladimirovich Kostikov. Oswald asked the Soviet guard Ivan Obyedkov, who answered, if there was anything new regarding a telegram to Washington. Obyedkov upon checking said nothing had been received yet, but the request had been sent. (2) Mexico Station said it had photographs of a male who appeared to be an American entering the Soviet Embassy at 1216 hours, leaving at 1222 on 1 October. His apparent age was 35, athletic build, about six feet, receding hairline, balding top. Wore khakis and sport shirt. mn Te oer reg “et eine ame oF
| sod ne, cttaanhn Hk Lime, Praia ae 4 wn eee d ws 2 -- _ (3) No local dissemination was being made by the Station. [MEXI 6453 (IN 36017), 8 October. ] (Note: Cablese has been rendered here into readable English, — without substantive changes or omissions. Cryptonyms and pseudonyms have been omitted or put into clear text.) The above information was received in Headquarters on 9 October; the following day Headquarters incorporated this information in an electrical dissemination to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of State, the Department of the Navy, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. (1) On 1 October 1963 a reliable and sensitive ' source in Mexico reported that an American male who identified himself as Lee Oswald, contacted the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City inquiring whether the Embassy had received any news concerning a telegram which had been sent to Washington. The American was described as approximately 35 years old, with an athletic build, about six feet tall, with a "receding" hairline. (2) It is believed that Oswald may be identical to Lee Henry [sic] Oswald, born on 18 October 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana, a former U.S. Marine who defected to the Soviet Union in October 1959 and later made arrangements through the United States Embassy in Moscow to return to the United States with his Russian-born wife, Marina Nikolaevna Pusakova [sic] and their child. (3) The information in paragraph (1) is being disseminated to your representatives in Mexico City. Any further information received on this subject will be furnished you. This information is being made available to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. [DIRECTOR 74673, 10 October 1963. ] (Note: It should be pointed out that for some unknown reason the Headquarters desk responsible for making. the dissemination neglected to include the information that Oswald had visited the Soviet Embassy on 28 September 1963.) It was not until 22 November 1963, when the Station initiated a review of all transcripts of telephone calls to the Soviet Embassy
| oa wages @ tial bike a that the Station leared that Oswald's call to the Soviet Embassy on 1 October 1963 was in connection with his request for a visa to the USSR. Because he wanted to travel to the USSR by way of Cuba, Oswald had also visited the Cuban Embassy in an attempt to obtain a visa allowing him to transit Cuba. , Inasmuch as Oswald was not an investigative responsibility of the CIA and because the Agency had not received an official request from those agencies having investigative responsibility requesting the Agency to obtain further information, the Station did nothing other than ask Headquarters on 15 October 1963 for a photograph of Oswald. ([MEXI 6534 (IN 40357), 15 October 1963. ] On 25 October 1963, Headquarters sent a request to the Department of the Navy for a photograph of Oswald. [DIRECTOR 77978, 24 October 1963.] It was not until 26 November 1963, however, that the Navy Department apparently responded to this request by sending directly to the Mexico City Station a photograph of Oswald. In response to a question from the Warren Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on 6 April 1963 stated that: "The investigation of Oswald in 1963 prior to receipt of the Central Intelligence Agency commmication dated 10 October 1963 was directed toward the primary objective of ascertaining the nature of Oswald's , sympathies for, and connection with, the FPCC (Fair Play for Cuba Committee) or subversive elements. The Central Intelligence Agency commmication which reported that a man, tentatively identified as Oswald, had inquired at the Soviet Embassy concerning a telegram which had been sent to Washington did not specify the nature of the telegram. This contact with the Soviet Embassy interjected a new aspect into the investigation and raised the obvious questions of why he was in Mexico and exactly what were his relations with the Soviets. However, the information available was not such that any additional conclusions could be drawn as to Oswald's sympathies, intentions or activities at that time. Thus, one of the objectives of the continuing investigation was to ascertain the nature of his relations with the Soviets considering the possibility that he could have been recruited by the Soviet Intelligence Services. The Central Intelligence Agency commmication, dated 10 October 1963, stated that any further information received concerning Oswald would be furnished and that our liaison repre- sentatives in Mexico City were being advised. On we eet ae wed
5 Oe meen irineditinttilentin bib Atne tm hemeummeTY Lane mad Sa A etantanet meted - Thee wae TSA lEtEe Ace nbsinden tems: A Swe aeTh epenteticttete ty atti atehiniaen Ubilitale te dah al A ta mal ‘a “- 4 -- 18 October 1963, one of our FBI liaison repre- sentatives in Mexico City was furnished this infor- mation by Central Intelligence Agency and he arranged follow-up with Central Intelligence Agency in Mexico City for further information and started a check to establish Oswald's entry into Mexico. Subsequent to the assassination, Central Intelligence Agency also advised us of Oswald's contact with the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City at the time of his visit there." (Commission Exhibit No. 833 (FBI Letter to J. Lee Rankin, dated 6 April 1964).] b. "Chief Counsel Richard A. Sprague said that the committee staff had learned that a CIA message des- cribing Oswald's activities in Mexico to Federal agencies such as the FBI had been rewritten to elimi- nate any mention of his request for Cuban and Soviet Visas. the message was sent in October, more than a month etore the November 22,1963 assassination. Comment: It is not CIA practice to disseminate raw information in the form it is received from the field. Field Teports are received in Headquarters where they are first reviewed by the action desk. The information is then written in a form suitable for dissemination to the intelligence commmity, including additional information, if available, from the Agency's central counterintelligence files to make the report more meaningful to the recipient(s). Upon learning that on 1 October 1963 an American identifying himself as Lee Oswald had telephoned the Soviet Embassy, the Mexico City Station cabled to Headquarters on 8 October 1963 the highlights of Oswald's conversation with the Embassy. Because the Station at that time did not know that Oswald was Lee Harvey Oswald and that he had come to Mexico to apply for visas to the Soviet Union and Cuba, the Station reported only that information obtained through telephone tap operation against the Soviet Embassy. On 10 October 1963, the day after it received the information relating to Lee Oswald and his contact with the Soviet Embassy, Headquarters incorporated this information in an electrical dissemi - nation to the commmity and included a brief summary of biographic information obtained from central counterintelligence files on the possible identity of Lee Oswald. Since Headquarters had no indi- cation before 22 November that Oswald had gone to Mexico to apply for Cuban and Soviet visas, there was no question of eliminating any
14-00000 2 = ervaeilt cohen et oarteedanaanetels Sta iermencrbomesMtbren cartel fe wee we Eb Ra te as NP ARR RIN Nl AD de Lot Baer el toe were! e- 5 -- mention of Oswald's request for such visas. Within its limitations and capabilities, Mexico Station had complied with the Agency regulations pertaining to reporting on Americans abroad. The Station had informed Headquarters which in turn had alerted those agencies with an investigative or policy interest in Oswald as an American in the United States. Headquarters also instructed the field station to inform the local representatives of those agencies. As mentioned above, the action desk in Headquarters neglected, for unknown reasons, to include the fact that Oswald had visited the Soviet Embassy on 28 September 1963. Had this information been included it would have indicated to recipients of the report that Oswald had more than a fleeting reason to be in contact with the Embassy; however, as already stated, the reason for the 28 September contact and the subject of the telegram to Washington were, at that time, unknown. c. "The CIA's decision to withhold information was reversed shortly after Kennedy was killed. Comment: This statement is patently false and misleading. It is totally incompatible with Sprague's remarks to Agency representatives: in Headquarters on 24 November 1976, i.e., "he will not prejudge the Agency for any sins of 'omission or commission'."' d. "Sprague told a press conference that it was amp ossible without more information to know why the CIA aa censored its own message. Comment: If Sprague needed more information, why did he not ask the Agency for an explanation, instead of making it appear to the public that the Agency has been dishonest in its dealings with the intelligence commmity? . e. "But he said the incident raised two interestin questions: what mL ght the other agencies have done erently 1 e een more full ormed, and — why did the CIA deride to remove ‘information that was cons idere pertinent enough to be put in an initial raft o e message’ Comment: As already mentioned, the Agency did not know initially y Oswald was in contact with the Soviet Embassy in October 1963. a Ae . a * @ ? eet ah wet 3 oo te
34-00900 oe nanae eat ce tee oe | ad 9 Sa Pa AREA RY EARN AS REEMA, Do IR OE REEL U0 ve en PON Raat variate eh dllabetmty smeevahe fiend Ahh eee stem bit ee bet nee hn t . © It was only after the news of the assassination had reached the Station that the Station initiated a review of its holdings. As a result of this review, the Station learned that Oswald had also visited the Cuban Embassy and that Oswald's contacts with the two embassies were in connection with his desire to travel to the Soviet Union by way of Cuba. As to what "other agencies'’ might have done had they had more information, attention is drawn to the FBI's comment in response to the Warren Commission's question. According to the FBI's response, some investigation had been initiated on or about 18 October in Mexico. By the 25th of October, FBI headquarters had informed its field office in New Orleans "that another Agency had determined that Lee Oswald was in contact with the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City in the early part of October 1963."' The New Orleans field office in turn informed the Dallas office which had juris- diction over Oswald's place of residence. (For further detail, see IV H 447 and 459.) There was, however, no request, official or otherwise, from any of the responsible departments and agencies in Washington for further details as to Oswald's presence in Mexico and his reasons for contacting the Soviet Embassy. f. “The committee said its staff investigators had recently questioned a former ClA agent who had "personal orted e’ of Oswald's visits to the Soviet and Cuban embassies in Mexico. As a result of that interview, the report said Staff members were sent to Mexico, where they found and questioned additional witnesses. Comment: Sprague's characterization "a former CIA agent" is probably in reference to David Phillips. The latter's "revelations" to staff investigators (and also to Ronald Kessler) were unfortunate to say the least, in that they were inaccurate, so far as we know. There is no indication in the Oswald files that Oswald wanted to make a deal with the Soviets in return for a free trip to the USSR. The “additional witnesses" in Mexico, it is believed, are Boris Tarasov and his wife, both of whom had been under contract with the Agency in 1963. We have not been informed, officially or otherwise, by Sprague what Phillips and the Tarasovs told the staff investigators. | g- ' 'These witnesses had never been sought out before by any in vestigative body, notwithstanding the fact that they had important information concernin statements by Lee Harvey Oswald in Mexico within 60 days of the assassination of President Kennedy," the report $ald.
7 1 aiFetiblin SOMa bp ene detest #5 1 a Bote An Sonfamerma ann CLADE 5 eae ere oa bitten tts se ee aeons tee cheetah A Rat ea Ral 6 SARE Ak RRA 6 IE ERO BA ah 4 --' 7 =- Comment: If "these witnesses" include people other than the Tarasovs: it would be impossible, at this time, to make an appropriate comment. The fact remains, however, that if Sprague had obtained additional details, he should hold such information and not make it public until the Agency has had a chance to review it and comment. There are many examples in the Oswald files of statements made by people Claiming to have knowledge of Lee Harvey Oswald which have been proven to be fabrications. One such person was Gilberto Nolasco Alvarado Ugarte who, on 26 November 1963, came to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City. He claimed he had been in the Cuban Consulate in Mexico City on 18 September 1963 when a man he later recognized to be Lee Harvey Oswald received $6,500 in cash to kill an important person in the United States. After thorough investi- gation by Mexican authorities, the Mexico City Station, and the FBI, it was concluded that Alvarado had completely fabricated his story about Oswald. Russell B. Holmes Attachment
14-00000 8 ‘LOctober, more than a month hefore:’ : The CLA discovered Oswald's. pres | Eseh¢e iat.the ‘embassies:throughits® : -youtine surveillance.of those facilities. : ¢tb2 Soviet Union, the CIA and FBI i J § - F ( } i i i | ae on 50s ll 8 id Chief Counsel. Richard ALSpragué ;:Said that the‘commiltee’ staff had - Jeamed'that a ca message describ- fing: Oswald's -activities ‘in Mexico to © federal agencies such.as,the. PBI had’: “Been rewritten to eliminate any men- : “tion of his request for Cuban arid So-: a o> 4 Reet ed, obty. *y 2 pen ee Ea? Assassinations Paneli- ii Issues Report to House ips co ar ee see tet ce" Dye SBYN NORMAN KEMPSTER ~. asa ee} ‘Times sab viene} 4-4 5. Hy a wes ps rx VASHINGTON—The™ CIA. with! ‘Sheld:from: the ‘FBI for almost two - : months ‘in 1983 information that Lee :“Harvey Osweld.had talked with Cue -.: . ban’and Soviet officials about his de- sire to visit those countries,” a House _;eonimittes reported Friday.22 722.3) + The Select Cormmittee on Assassin- - atlonsindicated ina report to the full : “Howse that its investigation .of the. ‘ sraurder of President John F. Kennedy. ‘ “would focus early in 1977 on a trip . Oswald “had made-to* ‘Mexico City i in 13 October; 1953; srs. kta Sheets P42, j Sviet. visas. The message was. sent: in ' $the-Nov. 22, 1963, assassination. =" i A Because ‘Oswald had once'defected to abe “bean interested in his activities: : Eereb-before the. Kennedy-ascasina~: » & oo. - 4 [sere sewing ate Gat yy fi aS. PERCY Ss decision to-withhold in"; fe | “formation was reversed shortly after : PReniscy.wes } kiled..The egency:te-: ported Oswald's -efforts to visit, Cuba 2 fend: the Soviet Union_both to the FBL- ° & ¥ THE LOS ANGELES .TIMES 1 January 1977 - 40 e. “pistrict of Columbia's congressional dele- and to the Warren Commission, which eons" gate and the chairman of the King subcom- eluded that Oswald was the assassin and. mittee’ said that no decision had been made had acted alone. . onaccepting Ray's olfer.--. 22." + +: - Sprague told a press conference ‘that it. ° _ However, Sprague indicated iat it prob- was irapossible without more information ably would be accepted. 2 Se .. oknow why the Cla had censored i its own “any and all people who have relevent pessage. But he said the ‘incident raised’t twointer- ‘said. ‘ information, will be interrogated, _ Sprague 0 a em tetnererterpreetctpstntanennnnenenepeseateetee rere EES ‘sting. questions: , what might the other: .-Ina personal statement issued. in con- : igencies have done different! y if they had junction with the report, Rep. Henry'3. seen more fully informed and why did the Gonzalez (D-Tex.), who fs to become com- <A: decide to remove“information ‘that * mittee chairman jn the new year; said a | was considered pertinent enough to be put -_ thorough investigation was needed to atte ° ‘ian initial draft of the message?” 2 eae? 5 t ser hundreds Epressing questions, .7. <sphere were no firm conclusion? in ihe ~~ Gonzalez sald that the committed oped “report, which the 12-member committee -to discover whether formes FBI Director J. after the first three months of its-., Edgar Hoover's now well-known animost- * investigation inta the murders of Kennedy _ “ty toward King had ‘affected the FBI's! ae sand civil rights. leadér. Dr¢-Martin Luther ‘vestigation of the assassination; 255 | .'s4 "King, * ge PL UES BOOS GB tbs HERG However, Gonzalez said, the committee | = Technically; thé: ‘conialttee f083: out of 3- swork could go well beyond.the killings ot “business Tuesday, with the end of the ses- . Kennedy and King. «yoy thf acco dee. sion of Congress in which it was-formed. - “+The committee can “shed light on the -The purpose of the year-end report was to larger issue of political, murder and vie urge the new Congress to reestablish tha? olence,” Gonzalez said. “.We should no! - committee and to give it $6.5 million to pay. ,- -forget that President, Ford had: his. own -for the first year of what, could, be a two- “narrow | escapes; no member of the Heuss "year investigation.” FY fs ce .. dN Eo! Héshduld these a "saint Sore Peseta! $, yaa ol-name) tree tab a the.. Capiteh 7 {Building Wes egy the three months’ since aay restablish="% sb wigs Sta we” Sak ee? nent, the committee has initiated prelim~"" "He. said the committee's ‘ultimate’ task investigations into ‘new and pree; wee 10 me out nob just. what happenca -vicusly unpursued leads in both.assassina- . but why.” "2 eases tions, ” the report said. ENE Se aR =” The committee said its staff investigators | “had recently “questioned a. former CIA: -agent- who had |“personal knowledge”. of . Oswald's visits-to. the Soviet and Cuban’y - embassies in Mexico: As 2 result of that in- -terview, the. report’ said,’ stall members: “were sent to Mexico; whare they found and ~questionad additional witnesses. B rerkt i “These witnesses had never been sougatd : out before-by-any investig2ive body, note, ;  qyithstanding the fact that they nadimpor<}! ‘tant information concerning statements by fgets Fama? “Lee Harvey: Oswald in Mexico within-60 of the assassination of President Ken- cpedy,” the report said; ~ . seped or} ‘The report said also that the comnailtee “platfhad interviewed'a a persons who assert- “ed that he had discussed the King murdee | ‘with James Earl Ray, who pleaded guilty | 4o the crime. The unidentified witness said ‘Fat Ray had told him about contacting an “associate in Europe to receive. further in- sstructions. The story, which was told tore i “porters by a committee memes" seve wees 2go, has not been verified, Fy - Ina letter to New Yor’ Times raenist “Anthony Lewis, Ray offered th's week to “4% uncer oath at a committee hearing.- : But Sprague and Walter . Fauntroy, | the: = SERS ae
14-00000 1888 chs -— i MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence VIA : Deputy Director of Central Intelligence FROM :. John H. Waller Inspector General “SUBJECT. -«:-—«éPresident Kennedy Assassination - Mrs. Luce Story 1. Action Required: None; for information only. 2. Background: In 1975, Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce telephonically informed Director William Colby of support. she had rendered to certain Cubans who were conducting their own independent operations against the Castro Government in 1961 and 1962. Mrs. Luce stated that she and Mr. William Pawley, an American financier long associated with the Dominican Republic, helped finance a motorboat for three Cubans. The three Cubans, concurrently, were members of a CIA supported Cuban exile organization. After the 1962 missile crisis, all resistance groups against Castro were ordered to cease operations. At this time, Mrs. Luce and Mr. Pawley also ceased their financial support. _In 1963, very shortly after the assassination of President Kennedy, the Cuban captain of the motorboat, which Mrs. Luce helped to subsidize, phoned Mrs. Luce to inform her that "Oswald was a hired gun". She, in turn, informed him to tell all to the FBI. At the behest of Director Colby, Mrs. Luce passed the story on to Senator Richard Schweiker, chairman of the subcommittee investigating the Warren Commission Report. A version of the information was given to columnist Betty Beale and was published in the Washington Star on 16 November 1975 (attached). A staff member of the Senate Select Committee, on 10 December 1975, inquired as to what the Agency thought of the story. The Agency oral response was that it had nothing to add to the news- paper story and that since this query involved U.S. resident Cuban refugees, the FBI would be the proper agency to contact.
The transcripts were received by CIA's Inspector General on 22 December 1976 from Mr. Colby's secretary. At the suggestion | of the Inspector General, the Office of Security sent copies of the transcripts and a background note to the Federal Bureau of Investi- gation in January 1977. We do not know whether the FBI passed this information to the House Select Committee on Assassinations. This story is summarized here for your background in the event that it should be replayed by the press as a result of releases which may be made by the House Assassination Subcommittee. While it is not a new story, the actual CIA transcript of Mrs. Luce's conversation with Mr. Colby could be considered newsworthy and could be presented in a manner detrimental to CTA. . 3 an ey CEA ~ Ae C ’ f Attachment: a/s { . ec: Asst. for Public Affairs w/att Mr. H. Hetu Distribution: | Original - Addressee w/att. | 1 = DDCI w/att. 1 - Asst. for PA/Mr. Hetu w/at 1 - ER w/att.. fart. | -T - IG Subject (Task Force } - IG Chrono w/o att. ) watt. . 1 - J.L.Leader Chrono w/o att. OIG/J.L.Leader:aal
14-00000 10s rea bnstes fe ah ots LaRAeeTSl -y ee nr ro Pa ° . e LO * Fmes a oe ose ne day in the latter part of October, Clare Luce re- 2d a call from Sen. Richard Schweiker, R.-Pa.. 1 irman of the subcommittee investigating the War- ; ; Commission Report. He wanted her to persuade ne Cubans she had known — Cubans who had known ; 2 Harvey Oswald — to testify before his committee. ; 3 Luce’s efforts to locate the Cubans led to a some | iat blooccurdling warning. But let her tell the story ; ‘m the beginning. ; : ‘|The year is 1961, a year of great American | yuma,” she began her narration to recent dinner ests in her aqua-colored Watergate apartment. “I da fciend named Bill Pawley who was brought up in ‘ba and who was Truman's ambassador to Peru and ‘azil. I got to Know Bill very well in India and China |. tere he had built up a voluntary outfit called The | ying Tigers. Bill was also called in by the CIA to re- | uit Cubans for the Bay of Pigs operation. Afterwards iwasa very unhapoy man. - oe so" ;One day he called me up and said, ‘How would you se to get in on the Cuban Flying Tiger operation?” He ‘d in mind a fleet of moterzoats subsidized by Ameri- is and manned by Cubans who had been in the Bay [- | Pigs operation — all these young kids who had been j sanded after the Bay of Pigs. ° . | 4 | " |“E said, ‘Fine.’ So 1 helped to finance a motorboat. ne three Iads who manned mine came up to See me ‘veral times. They would leave the coast of Florida 12 land in Cuba and come out with information. The formation they came out with was remarkably accu- i te that the Russians were building missile sites in : aba. I was told that the information was eventually I ‘d to Sen. Ken Keating and was passed on to the} | ‘hite Heuse. You remember what an impression it iade and how accurate it was. 0 ; “THEN CAME THE MISSILE showdown. Soon after se showdown I got a telephone call from Allen Dulles | aying the Neutrality Act had been invoxed and all, ‘mericans must cease and desist in any further efforts dwards the liberation of Cuba. Of course, we desist- ; 4” . . . . . Feo years later she and her husband Harry (Henry) : ince were Sitting in their New York apartment listen- : ag to the televised reports of President Kennedy's | ssessination when arcund midnight she received 2 ; ; i : ° ? 0 se: seman eente & ° et Clare Boothe Luce. - than 25, a young Studant lawyer. He said, ‘Mrs. Luce; I ; * Kennedy was shot. ~ae 0 Soe eee, MEN * vee ee Ste a8 * ° : ° ascinating ‘Tale... | ' Betty Beale my rhotorbost,” said Clare, “A young man not more! . phone call from New Orleans. “It was the captain of r want to tell you about Oswald’ : “He said that immediately after the 1961 missile showdown, FBI men had come to Miami and told the ; Cubans to break up all resistance groups and disperse. ‘He and the other two members of his crew had moved to New Orleans where they started another “Free Cuba” group. They had bees there a year end a half _ when who made contact with them but Oswald! * “The Cubans all thought he’was a kcok. Oswald - bragged about having been in Russia and said he was an ex-Marine. He said he could shoct anybody and he would be happy to shoot Castro. He had no money, he . was living with his wife in New Orleans and it looked like he was presenting himself as a hired gun. They didn't like the cut of his jib so they turned him off. But | they followed him and found he was in a Fair Play for Cuba Communist cell to whose members he was giv- ing the same line. 2 “And I remember this from the telephoste conversa ; tion — Oswald was telling the cell that he could shoot | anyone, including the secretary of the Navy. The Free | Cubans continued to tail him and found that suddeniy | he had money, and he statted going to Mexico City. He made several trips. They continued their penetration of the Cuban Communist cell. He said they mace tape recordings of some of Oswald’s meetings and they had _ taken photographs of him distributing handbills for the Fair Play unit. The next thing they knew Presicent “THE YOUNG CUBAN WHO called me,” continued | former Ambassador Luce, “said that there was'a | Cuban Coramunist assassination team working some: | i -where — in Dallas, New.Orleans or wherever — I con't remember, and that Oswald was their hired gun. Os-.| ‘ wald, he s2id, had iried to report the Communist plans j — to the FBI some time before the assassination. But be- | cause he was out for the douzh they didn’t believe him. ; eo i ” or 2 7s gpatinued!
{ | | 4 i reste " I s=qgose that 1 erackpots"a week. ' _ “In any event, on the telephone | fing been said I put the whole thing | trict attorney in New Orleans, ‘* “He said, ‘We turned over we on fe, ny . the FBI must hear from a thousand r my young friend told me that they had these tape recordings of Oswald and photozraphs and what should they do? I said, ‘Go to the FS! and tell them everything you : out of my mind. Comes the Warren Commission and says Oswald alone was resconsible and I forgot the whole matter. - “Then, in 1967, a fellow named. Jim Garrison, dis- hit the headlines charg- conspiracy. At that know.’ That hav- — ing that the assassination was & moment I was reminded of the in ceived and I began Warren Commission bar the names of the Cubans t n Miami again and he went to the FBI. remem Ae ed one crawman who was living i asked him what happened after had got all e e to wonder whether 0 formation I had re- r not the the facts. I coulda’t but I fin ally locat- copies of everything. We were then told.to keep our traps shut and that we would be deported if we said anything publicly.’ He said one of the crew was deported to Guatemala, and one was murdered — stabbed in front of 4 store. “THEIR INFORMATION, HE SAID, never appear | ed in the Warren Commission report. He said, ‘fam |, married now, I live in Miami and 1 don’t want-to get . Involved in itever again’ - . oo - When Sen. Schweiker made his request of Clare . Luce Jess than three weeks ago, she telephoned anoth- _ . xorists, assassination, kidnapping, 5 SA IPAS ADO A AI ANE cates Aba «Naat? okt cP BO OT hy cet labeled er Cuban friend to see if he could locate and persuade the young man to testify behind closed doors. Reolied the older Cuban, if the testimony was behind 13 closed doors it would still become public... * --, |” “Americans think they are playing games,” he told her. “They don’t know they are involved in a life or death business. No, I won't tell you where he can be fouad, The people working for a free Cuba would lose -their lives. A lot of them have already. They are not interested in making political headlines for politicians. You think the Bay of Pigs, the nuclear missiles, the & a, ie bd “8 BS Leen i © se Be, « > CORR sn 0 oh a x = ae ao ty & fe te ie iv SE diecne B ; : =~ Wide Werld Paotes “+++ Clare Boothe Luce ‘. _. . #A year of great American trauma. on day after that conversation, observe - The very assassination of the president was the end af the story? -E tell you it is just the beginning. What you Americans don’t understand is, there are trained Comrunist ter- “tage teams all over the country and the world”. bombing and sabo- © ant * Clare gravely, bombs went ™ Jeader was exploded into bits in his car in Miami. ment here, at the U.S. ission New York and at three places in Chicago. And close to; the same hour she was recounting the whole fascinat4 ing story to her guests, @ Cubaa,; eati-Communist: off at the State Depart-; .° -U.N. mission and four banks in: _ . i - .
| ~ USE ONLY “| TING AND RECORD Sh Lf | SUBJECT: (Optional) “Stes ye 6568 Inspector General - 6565 arise tee Sesianation, room number, end a COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom Wal o to whem, Draw a line ecross column ofter eoch comment.) 1. OLC | Tee | We UB : Attached Transcripts ATTN: Lyle Miller G6 C AWE The OLC and the IG concur that Stee. the attached transcripts should be provided to the FBI. A blind memo is also attached. : ' It is requested that the 0/S pass the package to the FBI. John H. Waller i i H i i } } ’ Director of Security oe av er tee atta ie 1 fom 610 "Ease" C] secret [] CONFIDENTIAL [[] IATFRNAL =) UNCLASSIFIED
eeoopge v-* a ar age non tg win ate ma { + oa a . i . 3 . 21th nate TOOL ALN O eh: # otto oatettnin indesign Seteanatinte dtr > ten tacramnatetn nam t tno trmee sntrenerabstatle Ano, thet oan 2 ; j 6 January 1977 MEMORANDUM |. SUBJECT: Transcripts of October 1975 Telephone Conversations Between Director Colby, Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce and Mr. Justin McCarthy sO oo. 1. Attached herewith are transcripts of two telephone conversations between Director William Colby and Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce, and one between Director William Colby and Mr. Justin McCarthy. The conversations took place in October 1975 and discuss Mrs. Luce's concern that certain infor- mation, from a former boat captain, a Cuban refugee, regarding the Presi- dent Kennedy assassination, reached the proper authorities. While the information in these transcripts have been provided to investigating authorities, they may be of some assistance to the House Select Committee on Assassinations as it investigates various allegations. 2. The transcripts were received by the Agency Inspector General on 22 December 1976. The transcript of the 25 October 1975 conversation was. typed by Ms. Barbara Pindar on the same day. The other two transcripts were typed by Ms. Pindar on 21 December 1976 from her stenographic records while clearing out the remainder of Director Colby's files. Ms. Pindar _ was Mr. Colby's secretary during his Directorship. 3. A version of the telephone conversation transcript was published | in the Washington:-Star on 16 November 1975 (attached). A staff member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on 10 December 1975, inquired as to what the Agency thought of the story. The Agency oral response was that it had nothing to add to the newspaper story and that since this query involved U.S. resident Cuban refugees, the FBI would be the proper agency to contact.
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-elephone Conversation Bu.veen Mr. Colby and Mrs. Cla Boothe Luce _-). _Bt 12:40 on Saturday, 25 October 1975 (from steno notes of Barbara Pindar joG jranseribed the same day) . . 1 .. Mrs, Luce: I have a big problem, a case in conscience. I got rather ' deeply involved during and after the Bay of Pigs, and up to the time of the missile crisis, with a group called the (Directorate Revolutionario Estudiante; ‘Note: the spelling of that is just a guess), the DRE. Whether Sy you know this or not, it was me who fed the missile stuff to Keating. I Os knew a number of these leaders well; they were going in and out of Cuba, and I paid for one of the motor boats. Bill Pawley did too. We thought we were doing another Flying Tiger. The missile crisis came, andI gota . telephone call from Allen telling me that the Secrets Act had gone into - effect and that henceforth there would be no voluntary American efforts. That ended that, and I don't know what I was doing -- maybe I went back _ _ to Arizona, or whatever. Then came the assas sination. The night of the . . assassination, right after Oswald was caught, one of my boys telephoned me from New Orleans. Didn't I ever tell you this? ae edema eae eee oe meemeh ttn toe atin ote satea: ‘Mr. Colby: - . No. . Mrs. Luce: “It was the captain of my boat. It seems that after the missile crisis -- a period of about a year had gone by -- he said that all the young ‘Cubans involved profoundly in all of this had been told to scatter and -/ _scram, that he and two of my other lads -- a Mr. Colby: When, after the crisis? Mrs. Luce: (Yes.) (were told) to leave Miami. “- Mr. Colby: In 1962? Mrs. Luce: Yes. They were to stop their efforts to free Cuba; and if they did not, they would be deported. It has a very interesting end involving you. In any event, this one had been told to leave Miami after the missile crisis was over, and he had opened a cell in New Orleans. He telephoned me to . tell me that Oswald was -- 1am telling you what his view was -- was a — hired gun; Oswald had tried to penetrate their little cell; that they turned around and did a counterpenetration job on Oswald; all of this was done several months before the assassination. He said,—telling me on the phone, he was terribly excited -- he said you see he had no money, all of a sudden he began to get money, so we checked him and he had a little “Communists be Free" or "Be Fair to Cuba" group going in New Orleans." He said "We , eke ne otek ete Be Metta ee ie me velit kG 2 eae mR MAb arte reine 8. aL eens ae +e oe mee + eee 2 mm O00 ete om a me a ee Pc Tose: She Dea aed
i | Ao seein cabbie tlleettttnemae 20 setttctmentatprie niet oh Pe Te en a HEE WME dere BME! 4 erent ne + te tte Hate atta ‘ ‘ -2-« had tape recordings of what he was telling his group." It was a o unter- penetration they went on. | He said, "We have photographs of Oswald, passing out handbills on the street, 'Be Fair to Cuba.'" He said, "We are absolutely certain that Oswald was simply one of three assassination teams, that they were working out of Mexico City (or funded in Mexico City) by Castro." He said there were three assassination teams. Then he said, "We have these recordings, these tapes, and we have these photos, what should we do?" These fellows always trusted me. I said, “The first thing you do,. the minute you hang up this phone, you telephone to the FBI, give them everything you have got. " Working in New York with these.Cubans is an extraordinary fellow, one of the most puzzling’ characters I have every met; he is a devout Catholic -- Justin McCarthy. | Justin is the American patron -- although he has no money, never had money -- of all these free Cubans in America. He never worked at CIA, although CIA tried to pick his brains. He tried to help the FBI. I knew Justin McCarthy, and he used to send me bulletins; he said he had been sending them to me for the past six months, and I had never received one of them. Out comes the Warren Report. I have many other things to do, - and lass y lads had reported what they knew, and maybe it had been discounted, but I had taken the Warren Report at face value without poring over it -- and 1 forgot the whole darn thing. Then, this must be nine years ago, up turns a guy named Lloyd Garrison*-- what was he,.a sheriff _ or something? (* Sve WtoWs “en Gerrit) . eo Mr. Colby: _—- District Attorney. | - Mrs, Luce: And he hit the headlines that the assassination had beena con- spiracy. Then it all flooded back into my mind that I had never been quite . satisfied with what the Warren Report had brought out. . Basically, I was — troubled by the whole thing, so I said I thought I would call Garrison. - ° In order to call him, I had to have the names of the Cubans, which had gone out of my bean. So I called Justin McCarthy. He, said one of them was now, my lad, was in Miami. I got him on the phone, my fellow, and I said, ‘You remember your midnight call to me about the assassination _of the President, I want to know what happened after that." He said, "We went at once to the FBI, they took all the tapes and photos and all our information and told us to keep our movths shut, and shortly after that they informed us that if any of us talked to the press or anyone, dire things would happen.'' He said one of the fellows on the boat was dep@rted to Guatemala or Chile, and one of them was murdered. He said, "I ama lawyer, have two children, Iam making my way in Miami, and I never want to hear a damn word about the assassination of Kennedy because you Americans really do not want to know the truth." He said, "We waited, - expecting the Warren Committee would want to have us, and wenever heard & a word." He said, "I want no part of it." Then the Garrison thing died
| os . down, andI ama busy + woman, and I forgot about it. Three days ago, ( ° ( we a reporter was in here -- a gal” - asking about my life style and said, in passing, "What do you think of the investigation of the assassination of the President?" I am afraid I hit the roof.. I said, "] think everyone must be absolutely off their rockers. "What possible motive would the CIA have for murdering their own President?" I said, "Even to assume such a thing is beyond belief because where . there is a murder or assassination, there is.a motive, and there could be no motive." I said, 'Who had the motive was Castro; but perhaps not even Castro, possibly just a bunch of Communist Cubans or plain Communists." I said, "They always had a motive for that sort of thing. '"' Schwejker called me up yesterday -- when the reporter said tome, "What is the name of the young Cuban?", I said,. "Well, let's call him Julio Fernandez." The Senator said to me "that is a fascinating - story. "' TS eatsack 2% Cock! xe Abe Sirk vege wd OS With Knight Dtwigagers . — Mr. Colby: You told the story to Schweiker? _ Mrs. Luce: He read it in the Knight paper. : Mr. Colby: You told the story to the Knight people? Mrs. Luce: Not in the detail I told you. Schweiker isked if I could locate | any of these men involved for him, and I said I would-try. That was yesterday. I used that opportunity to say, "I do not know what youare _ ‘doing on the Hill." I said, 'You are in the process?) for headlines and | destroying this country's security."' He said, ‘If you have this informa- tion and you can get your hands on it, it would be a good thing to lay this story to rest." He said, "If you can find me these people, I assure oo ' you they will be listened to in closed session."' Now comes the big thing. Justin McCarthy runs an animal farm in Nyack: telephone i number is 914; 647-8596. I have known him to be a man of complete integrity. He is a devout Catholic. He may or may not be a fanatic. _ What makes one think he is is what he tells you is just so terribly alarming; as he was the one, along with Bill Pawley, who involved me with these Cubans, I tracked him down and had a two-hour conversation on the phone with him this morning that was really staggering. When I said to him, "Would you tell these things in the closed session in the Senate?", he said, "I would find it more expedient and to shorten the . . process to hire loud speakers and put them on top of the Empire State Building."" He said, "You don't know, Clare, the Cubans have not lost their desire to free their country, and there are plenty of them working : : Oe eee aS , te onapeweearane Thame A ot IR NR RE yw + pttne nds siitadimadiatis Roineinstite ae VaR RE EO
R4-00000 | re ob ea Net analy a emeanetefineminene in eet 8 ne "4 7e “ 7 o tegreandisty mati tale egettbetties ove so cumesioftntetyeriactet) = A en SX pote . Sy . x —t an . . o_ ‘ - - 4 - : . vf “ C } . | at it, and they trust me, and I trust them, and they all trust me. "' He said, "All these fellows on the Hill give a damn about is a big headline and political attention, and if this should involve my testi- fying and some of my fellows got bumped off, or their apparat shut down, I could not live with myself, no I will not testify." I said, "You know, Justin, if they send for you, you might have to."' He said, “They are not likely to send for me unless you tell them." He said, "They do not know who to ask for anyway." (It doesn't appear ‘in my notes, but my memory is that he added that the reason the Hill doesn't get to the truth is that they never know who tb ask for.) He told me a story about working once with CIA. He said, "We did this -- DRE did one operation with CIA, as a result of which all the Cubans . involved were caught and killed, and I do not want any part withthe —_ CIA." He said, "It too can be a sieve." I said, "You have me really '" over a barrel." I said, "Justin, I have to tell someone, is there anyone you trust?" He said, "There is only one man in this whole . country whose word at this point I would take."' I said, "Who is that? " " ‘and he said, "Bill Colby. " He said, “He isa daily ¢ communicant" - Mr. Colby: No, nO. Mrs. Luce: I did not disillusion him. In any event, if only to put my own mind at rest since -- he always says, which is fascinating if true, that my lads in New Orleans, yes, they did turn over the tapes to the ‘FBI but they ‘kept copies. . . Mr. Colby: Really? Mrs. Luce: So he says. If so, you are possibly, if -- I think you should get hold of Justin and give him a couple of hours because he has plenty © to say. If what he says is true -- he also told me, which I had forgotten -- fea during the time of the missile crisis, and I was the one he came to, es naturally the one I went to was Harry (note: this is first mention of . yes maybe I misunderstood; could she have. said_"Al Yen" Fy because I could trust him. Ina way, Justin McCarthy supplied a lot of background matezial on the Cubans to (note: could not hear what she said). He said a few days ago -- Time is planning to do a (take-out) issue on the assassination of Kennedy. He said that, going back through their files,- ' they came across my name‘as an informant, and he said "they tracked me down too. "'. He said, then he told me -- I mentioned in passing that there ‘| v8 Ss. cok my ea phew “ines, Peeing wre nen A is\ek @2 AW. - eet teememenee on rere a EN ene Me ME Dee Fem ame OO EY GREER & ONE atten WEP EP ORNE TTI NeAFE nO CLEATOR cD cRANTTNEeHneetetEPEG mp WeNNNeNeN SSeLeNede OS weeepaEE te
34-0090: .. . . . : was a wonderful girl on Time that knows more about the Cubans _ almost than anyone in CIA, Priscilla Badger. He said the Time people are now trying to get information. He said, "I will talk to. no one because there are lives at stake" -- except you. For my . own sake, if you have a go at him, i would be very Bappy | to know how serious it is. ; . Mr. Colby: I will report back to you by all means. Let me doa little home- - work on just where this (looks). You do not remember the name of the Cubans in Miami? oY . Mrs. Luce: There are so many names; he talked to me so fast. He kept saying "Chilo." I asked who "Chilo" is, and he said that 1 was 3 his code name. . ; . wt ; Ie ose Antonio La Nuza (Note: That last 1 name may be all ; one words she said it means "the nut. ‘ Luis Fernandez Rocha aed Pere reeaer Cinney Fee rere C1 eae Oe ee ea One of those fellows was the Director of the DRE. ‘Then } he also reminded me of a guy who used to come to see me -- Cardona. (He had been told by the American Government to get out of Miami) and he died, having - become the President of a university in Puerto Rico. These fellows were scattered all over the place. As I mentioned that to Justin, he said, "I know where they allare."' The thing that alarmed me is that -- he | does not talk in an excited voice, but the statements are ~~ he said . "People think of the Bay of Pigs and the nuclear showdown and the assassination of Kennedy as the end of the story, it is only the beginning. " He said, "If you knew what is’ being laid on for the U. S.," and he talks like that. I asked him, "What do you think happened?" He said, "Oswald . went to the FBI."' He said, "I know that, he was selling them information, and they did not believe him." I said, 'That is incredible." He said, "I do not know how much you know about the FBI, but no day goes by without — desks being loaded with letters saying something will be blown up." (Note: I missed a little bit here due to something else happening in the office..) I said, What happened?" and he said, "The FBI got the word from on top ‘Destroy the letters. '" See, nee et Tee | Mr. Colby: From on top? Mrs, Luce: From the President, who was Johnson. I contended that if at that point the FBI had proven that Castro had in mind assassinating the President, we would have been in war with Cuba. It might have been ~ enact i eaten beeen tenia oS TO Ct Sion AREA =, i aoa
an act of State to shut up about it. If I had been the President, I would have had (Note: missed more due to outside interference). What is hideous about this is that the CLA is being accused or — . sy Kennedy is being accused -- anyone except the people who probably were involved. If putting it at rest in a secret session will work, if such evidence does exist, you are the man to Present it. ) Mr. Colby: Schwéker does not know about MoCarthy? | i | i Mrs. Luce: He only mows this -- I said there is one man I know who | : | . Might be able to tell you where the se Cubans are, and that ia a fellow . a named Justin McCarthy.’ He said, ‘Where is he?", and I said, "I do ' not know, I have lost track of him.'' He said, "If you find him, let me know." After talking with Justin McCarthy, I do not want him totalk .. to Schweiker. I do not know what to say if he calls again. . Knowing the - Senator, I may never hear from him. I leave it with you. =. - 9 |. : | NOTE: Mrs. Luce closed the conversation by referring to a CIA paper entitled "Restless Youth" and asked if it had been declassified. Mr. Colby said he would check on it, and Mrs. Luce said she would like to have a COPY { if it has been declas sified. 12 6 ROR ME MIO ESD a 5 Eoertaeiriat vat ela chet Ie! PMI Antec oA nm a earn eet heth etn alata coeeniniie Hotton, ’
#00000 ay { i i | | te Ate ree ari ateanad ethene 84 eae tatty ¢ Nahe 1 cement el at at ae wm g e 3 . . e . . ~ : oo Telephone Conversation Between Mr. “Colb ‘and Justin McCarthy at 3: 45. Cy ‘on Tuesday, 28 October 1975 (this transcript was typed on 21 December 1976. from steno notes of Barbara Pindar) ~ Mr. McCarthy: Tam glad to know you, evenif it is over the phone. Mr. Colby: Mrs. Luce talked to me yesterday (sic). She ; gave me a | capsule version of some of her chat with you. It puts me ina bit ofa jam, obviously, because there are some things that really hold some potential for being very important in these days (of) post-mortems of everything. I wondered if maybe we should chat about it some- time, or, quite frankly, one of the main things I would suggest is 7 that you might want to go to this Senate Committee tooking fs into this, , Mr. McCarthy: No. There are several reasons why ¢ not. 1 am sure we do not need to discuss them, but there are many reasons. Over the period of time there have been so many things. We were theonly ones who had the information about the missiles in Cuba for many _ months, and we beat our brains out trying to get someone to do , something (or believe?) and regrettably (in) Washington there are | too many political (opportunists?), but there are too many lives at - stake. We risked our neck for all these years. We are interested in doing the right thing. Mr. Colby: I wondered if you could (slice?) off that New Oxeans s thing (and not go any further than that ?) . Mr. McCarthy: AslI said to her -- (can't read the next few words). For me to be seen in Washington, it is (can't read the next few words). We do not trust anyone. We did so many operations for so long, and we were entirely successful and never lost a man, and then one day we did an operation for the Government and lost 22 men. Lives depend on it. Someone sent a Top Secret memo, and the one he ” gent it to left it on his desk and someone came in and read (it) and _ the men were arrested. She asked, "Would you talk to Bill?" [I said L would. We think it would be a good idea -- for me to go down -- I do not want to blow my cover, but I would like ve ty much to chat with you and tell you. Mr. Colby: My problem is then I get information, and then what are any obligations. Mr. McCarthy: From the point of view of (seeing?) how to do it through persons other than me -- to get the end result. ;
Mr. Colby: It might be that one of your fellows aware of some of the things © a ) _ (would not mind telling Schweiker?) under some protection and _— assurances of anonymity. That would be enough of a (can't read the next word) to get started. 7 1 | Mr. McCarthy: There is plenty to get started on. Mr. Colby: Then (he ?) could cut your people out as a source, Mr. McCarthy: She said it vo uld be aclosed-door hea ring. I said there (would?) still be someone come out of the meeting and (can't read next word) their names in the press. You see Jack Anderson's column on Monday. - It is vitally important, and it is true evidence, It is not conjecture. | - f oo Iam concerned about what it ties into -« it is all the same ball of wax. i ' ° We sat on the information about the missiles. This has been going on | .. for a good twenty years, and we have accumulated an awful lot of a _ information, Weare more concerned today than whan we had the missile information. It is appalling, and itis frightening, and people . donot want to believe it. Last night I enlightened people about some of the things that are going to happen. We feel the time has come that some of this should come to light. It is necessary and essential to go back and bring out some of these things that need to be brought out, but not at the expense of (next word missing). We have done this on our — ** own and at our own expense. One of the reasons my people trust me is -- Iam thinking of a book -- we did not want to do a book before, The - American public wants to know. It is all part of what went on then, I think it should be clarified and straightened out what went on then. But Iam so terribly wary. I went to everyone, including the Preside nt, about the missiles. We had evidence -- what ships they were on, where they (docked?), anda few days later they came back and said there is no credibility of what you say. -. - emer ey setinnneamiernen tafe Beaherattihe Mr, Colby: The only thing that bothers me is the story : about the existence of some records (you?) still hold. The important part of that is that indicates some (part?) of a failure, or possibly even worse -- that | is the kind of thing that does need investigation or (correction?) -- — protecting your people that are in on it. The other possibility would be to ask Schwaker or one of his men to go and talk to you or one of your people who would have factual knowledge ¢ of it. . Mr. McCarthy: When (Dorothy) told me about you over a period of time -- (Dorothy) said we have been through this so many times -- I took this to editors of Life. That was the time when the guy sent the 160 dbaker 2 HidieaMincame ete aetsstieewnts eneh aida ase eae .Note: Iam not positive about the "Dorothy" above, but don't k cha | ould be. I had written in long-hand, stb ab " My only Boose what sits re Dorothy Farmer, Mrs. Luce! s secretary. ot meee Ce ee Hae eee a SOERAPRETS cap Ge Se GENE SD SRO eh See ctr see wet OM “in — : : : “ - . om ‘ee ee emer + Sancta pean iat tort LIRR 3 eat ROMAES BARTER aR ae oN. ’ “a4 t
44-00000 | a e we t °. . ny 2 co, Top Secret memo and it got left on a desk in Miami and we lost a oe ' lot of people on that. Inadvertently so many things happen. We ' work so carefully. We have information now that no one else has. because it has come to the point where so many of the people I work ~ with find they cannot trust people because of the opportunists. — I have never met such overbearing and obnoxious (can't read next word), We sat on this year in and year out -- we never know when | we might get calls. I was up all night long the night before last, Time is doing a big cover story on the thing -- the next issue -- : the Today Show is bugging me. Washington is a funny place. IfI -- i. by and large, when your life is on the line -- one of (our?) guys hung i oe himself after one of the escapades we went through. He committed ; suicide because he felt guilty about it. Up here it is terrific because op . Lamananimal out. A lot of the guys divuiging some of this stuff ' that they would not normally d do. _ Mr, Colby: Let me talk with Clare again as to how we handle this. “The main thing is not so much the overall stuff about Cuba -- the main thing is the story about records, about Oswald. That comes at a time when that is a serious subject of study here by the Congress. If we — could in some way shake that information loose without putting the finger on any of your friends, I think we are sort of obliged to do this in terms of clarifying the record against the (facts?) -- this is a very key aspect of it and a very serious problem that if it was suppressed . at the time. a mae : Sm eden tenth mmnnne te . s 2 rte eh ret nate Mr. McCarthy: That is not all that was suppressed. Mr. Colby: That t is the thing. They are looking into it, Let me talk to Clare again and see if I can figure out some way in which we could talk to - you (maybe ?) and if you could in the meantime think of a way of (can't read the next word) out or (can't read the next word) out this . (feature?) of it so that you give the (final result?) but not the sourcing, ~ and let the investigators (find their own source later on?), we would | have done our duty. My problem is that I really cannot sit on it with my obligations. I can be'reasonable about protecting other people, and I have to be, but I also have to have the responsibility for re sponding to proper investigations of things that really should be looked into, 4 . cal apeednten eatinendagn oe cntitate som nat Pe poem Ae Cnet Hie nde Mr. McCarthy: Let me (can't read next word) this in. Some of our guys (can't read next several words). Mr. Colby:’ That is what : she said. oO atten thal fac A Ratteah Ce UAE AEE iterate «6 te ‘
F-90000 (Mr. McCarthy: They and Iare scared to death. I was Executive Producer of TV programs for years -- I cannot make -- Thave earned the respect and confidence of these people Sver the years. The other night I talked all night long. If Itry to push my guys -- Clare said it needs to be laid to rest, and it does. ‘I would like to see it get laid to rest, but my people. a= BY oo, Mr. Colby:. I can assure you lam as interested (as) you in protecting that part of it if there were some way of having part of the cake and eating part of it, so that you do not lose the one or the other but to : work out some vehicle -- a way in getting the substantive information. mo - loose but protecting people involved. There may be ways to dothatif — a 7 we put our minds to it. Let me talk to Clare and see what really -~ I will not do anything except with her without your permission, . — . _« oe ’ ca storms eneacernne semen é . . NOTE: Mr. Colby tried to call Mrs. Luce on 29 October, but could not reach a her. He contacted her on 3] October (see. separate notes) nS nee oat Sweatt . we eetemee chneetann teense 647 A Mata ORES coe amb nem & O
fe ooeoty | a a aeataee cat hoe ie tae oad eC eee ne Oe ; + ap aeRO BI Ram felis eR Esch trated ote ' ‘ . os : ‘o, : 3 ro: i ° Telephone Conversation Between Mr. Colby and Clare Boothe Luce at 4: :07 ‘~ on Friday, 31 October 1975 (this transcript was typed on 22 December 1976 from steno notes of Barbara Pindar) Mr, Colby: I got the Restless Youth for you. And I called Justin McCarthy. We had a long chat. He Je does not want me to do anything about it, but I said you put me in an awful position. (Note: The "you! there refers, I believe, to McCarthy.) [I understand what you mean about -his strong manner of talking. I think both of us are (hung?) witha | rather tantalizing story. mo Mrs. Luce: If I had not known the guy for 25 years, i would take him much ° less serfously. ” So Mr. Colby: The only real point is the thing about the tapes and the photos and . the allegation about the FBI. I tried to (argue?) him into figuring out some way in getting rid of those but keeping himself out of the act. Mrs. Luce; He called me back and said he talked with you and that you left him ina box, and I think he feels now that there is some kind of a question of conscience involved. He said, "Iam going to let you and Bill Colby decide what is best to do." uo ® Mr. Colby: Isa id I would be in touch with you and try to figure out something sensible, Mrs. Luce: Why don't we suggest that he bring you or me -- perhaps he feels safer with me -- the tapes and photos if he has copies of them. Mr. Colby: And then you pass them over to Schweiker. Mrs. Luce: And let them decide, and I will maintain his cover -- he keeps saying it is not worth it to him after all these years to blowthat -.- the paradox, he tells me he is going to have to write a book (and whether he is indeed going to?) so that he is not altogether a crackpot. On the other hand, what he is doing is sufficiently crackpot. He is . taking care of broken-down animals from his entire area. However, -- Mr. Colby: I think that is a good idea. You say that you and I have talked, and we are all ina kind of box at this point, and we really in conscience _ cannot sit on this stuff -- all these charges that there is remaining evidence that (can't read next word) was held backa nd disappeared
into the FBI, and maybe the way to do it is for him to provide it to you, and you to Schweiker, and then I would just as soon drop out -- it does not really have much to do with me -~- and in that way you would protect him from Schweiker, and you would say you got it from | _a friend -- and the source is whatever he and you agree on, ; Mrs, Luce: I will do that. Mr, Colby: I think that is the best thing to do. If he does not buy that, Ido not know what we do about Schweiker. a . i>. Mrs. Luce: a am going to ignore it if Schweiker comes to me. y— / ' NOTE: The conversation continued, but it did not pertai in to this subject, i va ’ t i i ‘ . . 9 etlta RCRSSSER, o ecREDIE et CA ABER ARENSON te ot Stee ra pte ae eet mae Semen spt ns A cd the tt mings +S eat ' . e . . en aN EEN OL alan ne st one HO) ee ANE the on PRONE OL SOON a ew stan open o
14-00000 SECRET MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Operations SUBJECT . > Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Request. to the Deputy. Director for Operations Daw Le tes e! ei lhe . Ly . ; . A Ry ltée Lites! A - hee Loy ic ae oo RAI NAAM Che, es ot eet TOE 5 Attached, in response to the Senate Select Committee ~ request of 27 October 1975, are separate memoranda on the DRE and several Cuban exiles. Latin America Division Attachments SECRET £2 {MPDET
a | ++ eathnatin' motto warbithindtine d dupaaede ATO tokio, cheat eo SUBJECT: Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil (DRE, Students’ Revolutionary Directorate) The DRE was founded by a group of students at Habana University in 1954 as an instrument of opposition to the regime of President Fulgencio BATISTA. The original members of this group were also members of the Habana University Student Federa- tion (FEU). Several leading members of the DRE were killed by Cuban authorities during and following the attack on the Presidential Palace, Habana, in March 1957. The remaining DRE leaders, as of 1958, were in exile. The DRE worked as a secret underground organization in Cuba, generally in Habana, laying plans and making preparations. The theory of the DRE was that success of the revolution depended on quick and efficient é€limination of BATISTA which Fidel CASTRO's forces at that time _ could not achieve alone. The DRE finally turned against CASTRO on the issue of communism. As of March 1962 the DRE was receiving $9,000 a month from the Agency for salaries of 55 assets in Miami, Florida, and $2,000 a month for overhead costs. The DRE's overseas program (AMBARB's) at that time received $12,400 a month from the Agency. Agency support to the DRE was terminated by mid-1967.
CoM ens, : PSB eat AEA eee anmare ade memati at coh ee nee mes tet te et Fate ew nets PRON rerun ter vse ete “ in ent edarben Teese. 1A Men it tees Mi ae aE Tet anon ey" O Julio FERNANDEZ Molino (No crypt) DPOB: 23 March 1934, Havana 201-752511 Subject was of interest to AMWORLD program as a radio operator in 1964. A PRQ Part I was submitted to Headquarters ‘by JMWAVE, but there was no follow-up, and Subject was not hired. He had previously been associated clandestinely with RESCATE (anti-CASTRO) group in Cuba. He came to U.S. as exile in May 1964. In 1966, he lived at 430 SW llth Ave., Miami. Julio FERNANDEZ Bencomo (No crypt) DPOB: 10 April 1917, Havana 201-742497 Received POA 14 January 1964, which cancelled 24 February 1964, because he was not interested in employment with CIA since salary was insufficient. He signed secrecy agreement and was terminated without prejudice. He took SGSWIRL 10 January 1964. No derog, but he had told his wife and one Carlés MARQUEZ that he would be working for CIA. He was originally recruited for AMWORLD by one Pedro BLANCO, and was to be used as PM asset on a CIA vessel. Julio FERNANDEZ Gonzalez (AMOT-99) DPOB: 10 May 1935, Havana 201-299222 He was employed by the Intelligence and Security Commission of the Frente Revolucionario Democratico (AMIRON/AMBRUSH) for about two months in 1961. He was brought into it by Julio PASCUAL Abril. He stated in a letter to Hernan HENRIQUEZ Lorca, anti-CASTRO Cuban in Madrid who informed the FBI (who told us in memo dated 2 November 1961) that he "was about to take a trip to Cuba to take material to anti-CASTRO elements, trip being financed by CIA." He received POA 10 May 1961 for use as member of AMOT Admin Staff. File does not say who dropped from it, but when last contacted was working for Dixie Lily Products Company (a wholesale grocery outfit) as an accountant at $50 weekly in December 1961. POA cancelled 24 July 1962.
i } | 3 } H i “4 i ne meanness ate ineeee aklae gneve theeatnhntttnpettnenlhie Hert ance + teh Me emit cee nes = 2 stented eri Re eae ohana “8 RRND Crarnr? "Bay ed t Ie as i: Qonaiee de a Luis FERNANDEZ-ROCHA Rodriguez (Formerly AMTOPIC-2, AMHINT-5S3) DPOB: 3 May 1939, Havana 201-316766 POA granted 18 April 1962. According to file, he quit his job as Secretary General of the Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantel (DRE) in July 1964 to pursue his medical studies. He was paid his final salary payment of $425 on 1 September 1964 under the DRE project. He was to do some unwitting work for JMHOPE, Swan Island propaganda broadcasting, and WIBALDA. There is no further indication in file that he was terminated, no quit claim, no OA or POA cancellation. However, there is no. information on his use since 1964. Per document dated 7 June 1965, he was studying at University of Miami and working as switchboard operator for Cuban Catholic Children's program in Miami. According to Cuban Families Yearbook of 1974, Dr. Luis FERNANDEZ Rocha living at 6021 W. 14th Lane, Hialeah, Florida, | 33012 with wife and four children. He became naturalized U.S. citizen on 15 September 1967. Julio FERNANDEZ Travejo (No crypt) DPOB: 10 August 1934, Havana 201-297828 POA requested for use as PM trainee 21 March 1961. POA cancelled 4 April 1962. FBI memo dated 14 December 1961 notes that he told FBI of CIA financial support to Frente Revolucionario Democratico (FRD) and to Antonio VARONA, one of its leaders, to the tune of "Six million dollars." Subject told FBI he himself belonged to group led by Rolando MASFERRER which NOT getting CIA support. Subject visited FBI 21 November 1960 after incident in which some paramilitary trainees of MASFERRER's group on No Name Key in Florida had come.to FBI's attention. That group was called "Ejercito Nacional Cubano."
| { | i 4 wooo thet rococo Wht Rome 6 ao nae eee ae Nate 6 0 st A Behe eof - "Commandos L, AERIS a ARREST EATON sar ntees ‘ a nrehry Rota Tt “a Crswlta | Jose Antonio LANUZA f the DRE, residing in One Jose LANUSA was @ leader 0 At that time, he was Miami, Florida, in November 1965. to whom) on the i i Not clear providing information (does not say " an anti-CASTRO organization. th the following LANUZA. whether he is identified wi Jose Antonio LANUZA on microfiche) 201-339258 Only information in £ citizen who in 1962 was living at i j f Inter-Source a document dated 1 Nove jle is that Subject is a Cuban 1705 SW 3rd Ave., Miami. Registry No- 9518. mber 1968, “SD 10658 is £ the Army, According to terminated without prejudice by the Department 0 and any additional information should be referred to the Army j file also sai that there. was Source Registry." A note in the no present contact with Subject, dated 29 October 1962. No traces Justin MacCarthy
14-00000 30 November 1976 MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Comments on Ronald KESSLER's Article: "CIA Withheld Details of OSWALD Call," which Appeared in the Washington Post of 26 November 1976 The following. comments are keyed to the attached Washington Post article, i.e., the paragraph numbers below correspond to the paragraphs as numbered in the margin of the xerox of the article: 1. COMMENT: While CIA knew that a man identifying him- self as Lee OSWALD had been in touch with the Soviet Embassy by telephone on 1 October 1963, this information had no unusual significance until 22 November 1963 when President Kennedy's assassination occurred. At that time an intensive review was made by the Mexico City Station of conversation transcripts pre- pared on the basis of the 1 October telephone intercept. These transcripts had been reported to Headquarters and disseminated to the interested members of the intelligence community (as a former Marine, OSWALD was a Navy and FBI case, and potentially of inter- est to the Department of State). This review turned up "matches", i.e., similar materials intercepted on 27 and 28 September 1963. These were reported by cable to Headquarters on 23 November 1963. There is no indication in the transcripts that Lee Harvey OSWALD tried to make any "deal" with the Soviet Embassy as claimed in - the Washington Post article. . Analysis based upon actual voice comparison could not be made because the tapes, in accordance with the normal practice, . had been erased for re-use. The monitor was able to recall some- thing of the voice characteristics from memory, however. He could recall the very poor Russian spoken by OSWALD, for example. 2. COMMENT: This statement is not substantiated by our files. ; .3. COMMENT: The information regarding the 1 October 1963 contact with the Soviet Embassy -- received in Headquarters on 9 October -- was disseminated on 10 October 1963 to the Department { ' |
1490000 of State, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of the Navy, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service... A copy of the 10 October 1963 dissemination was made available to the Warren Commission on 24 March 1964. (See Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 24 March 1964, from Richard HELMS, Deputy Director for Plans; Subject: CIA Dissemination of In- formation on Lee Harvey OSWALD, dated 10 October 1963.) On 16 October 1963, our Chief of Station sent a memorandum to the American ambassador on the subject of Lee OSWALD's contact with the Soviet Embassy. The original of this memorandum was routed to the ambassador, the minister, the counselor for political affairs, the regional security officer. A copy was sent to the legal attache, naval attache, and the T8NS. ~ In April 1964, Messrs. COLEMAN, SLAWSON and WILLENS, staff representatives of the Warren Commission, visited the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City. Our Station then indicated that the three men already knew “all about" the telephone conversations OSWALD had. According to the Memorandum for the Record of 11 April 1964, the three men reviewed the product from the tele- phone tap operation for the days 27, 28 September and ] October 1963 when Lee OSWALD ‘contacted and visited’ the Cuban and Soviet Embassies. They made a "schedule" of OSWALD’s activities as far as possible for these days from this source. Note: They were shown English translations of the product, or "take", as it was called. (HMMA 23249, 14 April 1964. This document, in a sani- tized and declassified version was made available to the public under provisions ‘of the FOIA in March 1964 as Document Number ~~ 274 and in September 1976 as Document Number 658) See follow- ing: - a. Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 3] January 1964, from Richard HELMS, Deputy Director for Plans; Subject: Information Developed by CIA on the Activity of Lee Harvey OSWALD in Mexico - City, 28 September - 3 October 1963.. . b. Letter to Richard HELMS, Deputy Director for Plans, dated 10 February 1964, from J. Lee RANKIN, General Counsel. - ot OO c. Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated .19 February. 1964,: from Richard HELMS, Deputy Director for Plans; Subject: Information Developed by CIA on the Activity of Lee Harvey OSWALD in Mexico City, September 28 to October 3, 1963.
| | J 4. COMMENT: See comments in Paragraph 3, above. 5. COMMENT: The Agency disseminated the information concerning OSWALD's contact with the Soviet Embassy on 1} Octo- ber to the Department of State, the Federal Bureau of Investi- gation, the Department of the Navy, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service on 10 October 1963. On 23 November 1963 the Agency disseminated to the FBI the transcripts of the tele- phone calls made on 27, 28 September, 1 October, and 3 October 1963. (The latter call, it was determined, did not pertain to . OSWALD.) (See CSCI-3/778,829, dated 26 November 1963.) On 23 November 1963, the Agency disseminated to the FBI information relating to OSWALD's contacts with the Cuban and Soviet Embas- sies in Mexico City. : 6. COMMENT: OSWALD'’s alleged offer of information and suggestion that the Russians pay his way to the Soviet Union does not appear in Agency transcripts of OSWALD's telephone . conversations with the Cuban and Soviet Embassies. . 7. COMMENT: OSWALD was in no sense "under investiga- tion" (before 22 November 1963). None of the facts of his trip to and stay in the USSR and return to the United States, 1959- 1962, were known to the Mexico Station before 10 October 1963, when the bare bones of his biography were forwarded by Headquar- ters to it in response to a Station cabled report of 8 October 1963 which forwarded, on a routine basis, what appeared to be a contact by an American for a visa to Cuba in transit to the USSR. It should be pointed out that the voice intercept cover- age was not processed in "real time". The means of acquisi- tion and the volume of the information precluded anything but | the spot reporting of items judged by the monitor to be of more. than ordinary interest. Full texts of selected items required a full transcription and full translation. One of the "“trig- gers" that normally operated to focus and accelerate more speedy review and reporting of this kind of raw intelligence was the mention of a name. This was what occurred in the second of two conversations on 1 October.with the Soviet Embassy, during which the speaker said he was "Lee OSWALD". This was the first time that the name OSWALD appeared in the intercepts and was report- ed by the Station to Headquarters (8 October 1963). Had, at any time, a person telephoned the Soviet Embassy, identified himself, and offered information in ex- change for a trip to the Soviet Union, it would have triggered
“ —— . - Pe . + ) % ef. . an immediate reaction by the monitor and the Station -- first, to identify the speaker; second, to report the infor- mation to Headquarters; and third, to step up technical and photographic surveillance. 8. COMMENT: No comment. 9. COMMENT: Tapes were not "routinely destroyed". Tapes were erased after transcription had been made and re- used. Full transcripts of calls made on 28 September 1963 and 1 October 1963 were forwarded to Headquarters on 23 Novem- ber. The person who processed the transcripts was identified in the cable. There is ‘no indication in the transcripts that OSWALD offered information or that any omissions were made which might have contained that information. 10. COMMENT: No comment. 11. COMMENT: Files do not support this statement. 12. COMMENT: Files do not support this statement. -13. COMMENT: The information "given by DURAN" is sup- ported by her interrogations. 14. COMMENT: “OSWALD later referred in a letter to ‘meetings’ he had in the Soviet Embassy." Although KESSLER chooses not to give details, this statement is in reference _ to a letter OSWALD wrote on 9 November 1963 to the Consular Division of the Soviet Embassy in Washington. (Commission Exhibit No. 15, Vol. XVI of the Hearings before the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. ) 15. COMMENT: No additional comment. _ 16. COMMENT: With regard to the press statement that "CIA claimed it did not know of most of OSWALD's activities in Mexico City until after the assassination": this is true, CIA did not know of his activities, other than those revealed in the intercepts. It should be noted that after the dissemination on 10 October 1963 of the 1 October 1963 contact, no requests were received from the dissemination customers for further in- formation or follow-up. Without some. customer interest being expressed, particularly from the Navy, the FBI or the Departmant
i | a dare Range te ne iw . a tease oer ete AMES Oates PD ARLENE aed tale “) easy os - ) oe re of State, who had the greatest interest in OSWALD at the time, there would have been little motivation for the Station to in- dependently pursue such a tenuous CE lead. 17. COMMENT: The discussion in this paragraph of the article rests on assumptions and allegations developed earlier in the article, followed by comments by Messrs. BELIN and SCHWEIKER, apparently based in turn on information provided them by reporters. No further comment seems relevant, beyond | ‘those comments made earlier. 18. COMMENT: Is BELIN here referring to Gilberto ALVARADO Urgate? If so, information regarding OSWALD provided - by ALVARADO was passed to the Warren Commission as attachments to a memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN,.dated 1 June 1964, from Richard HELMS, Deputy Director for Plans. (See also Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 4 June 1964, from Richard HELMS; Subject: Information Developed on the Activity of Lee Harvey OSWALD in Mexico City. This memorandum became Commission Exhibit No. 3152 contained in Vol. XXVI of , Warren Commission report.) 19. COMMENT: We:do not know what BELIN actually said to the reporters, when, or in response to what. We believe, how- ever, this may be referring to BELIN's letter of 15 April 1975. to E. Henry KNOCHE of CIA. BELIN at that time was Executive Director of the Commission on CIA Activities within the United States (Rockefeller Commission). In his letter, BELIN refers to the photograph of an American male and the question whether or not this male was Lee Harvey OSWALD. He continues: "The CIA and the Warren Commission both determined that the picture was not of Lee -Harvey OSWALD and that the picture was taken - after OSWALD left Mexico City. . "Although portions of this record have been released to the public, other portions have remained classified because of concerns by the CIA at the time that a release of the full picture might disclose sources and methods which the CIA felt were not in the national interest to disclose at that time. In light of the false allegations about the assassination of President Kennedy and the
false allegations of CIA involvement, I fee] that it would be appropriate to re- consider whether or not the entire matter can be fully disclosed at this time." ‘An interim reply was forwarded on 23 April 1975 by E. Henry KNOCHE, Assistant to the Director, CIA. On 2 May 1975 a review was completed of Agency holdings regarding the photograph of the unidentified individual in Mexico City pub- lished by the Warren Commission. This review also included knowledge of OSWALD's contacts with the Cuban and Soviet Embas- sies obtained from telephone tap information and interrogations of Silvia DURAN, a Mexican employee of the Cuban Embassy. On 13 May 1975 two summaries of the above review, one classified and one unclassified, were forwarded to BELIN by the Agency. Attachment: Article
Mnerdatsttstitab Pa! Ate won stgat ar, DERBY Tote Oo bee <tc tire i ron . . Os Tea paabihnRGre tet gear yo ¥ bev eepcerte ots ON Name es . : : 7 . TTY feng . ‘ BN Teh eae mete meetis on ai metkrandttNnAniD 62 1 at Sat muledel Srombonitugrctanae-cautients kamen ; ert mettre eres Ry Ronald Kessler Washington Post Sint! Weiter ce Tate Sentember, 1963—elght, sefere the assassination ‘of ‘~ October, 1963, only,” brief report say- . ident Kennedve-Lee Harvey Oss ‘idg Oswald had’ made contact with tstephoned the Soviet embassy.the Russians} It gave the Warren - vtoxico City’ and tried to make a. fae In exehange for unsoecifi ‘infos: , , é P mation, he wanted. See tip to’ Oswald's offer of information and his. ’ _- ae Ne ae, suggestion that the Russians would : _ Trig conversation was intereented «| “Sra yeeorded by the Central Intel ey at the time, But it was 4] ed -over to the FBI," esponsibility for investi. near : . ‘ible spies, and it was not learned of most of Cswald’s activities tater turned ever to the Warren Com: - - mission curing its investigation of the-1- 4, : . nenissipation. . ©) the CIA monitored and tape-recorded sswered question Js why [sian and Cuban embassics in Mexico ‘ro existence ef the CIA telephone | nedv’s death, 3 of Oswald's conversation in, iy was the CIA's belief that the two ue ard the contents of the |. embassies were heavily invelved in Oa matter of some dispute, and the CIA H a abbey « . oy s a F ge ‘Details on. Os transeript to either the FBI. or the |: So, with the full cooperation of the’ Warren Commission, . Mexican government, CIA wirctaps Instead, the-CUA gave the FRI in |. were installed on telephone lines yo-. ‘ ing Into both embassies... - he ClA was especially Interested -in U.S, citlzens. who made contact with the embassies... | mote, . Thus, when Oswald showed up .in Mexieo City in lale September and telephoned {he Russian embassy, -his conversation. was picked up fram the || -wiretap. A_transeript; was made and: ¢% léeplated in-the CIA. offices {n the American embassy .in Mexlee Clty. . Phe'station chief at that Ume was the Jate Winston M, Seolt; who per- sonally reviewed all transeripts ema- nating from wiretaps of Soviet blec installations. ° “fhe Oswald transcript, according to a CLA tyansiator who worked with Seatt, aroused a fol of interest: “They usually pleked up the trans- eripts the next day,” he sald..“This they wanted right away.” Le What that transcript contained {s Wa i Ci Cy CY i es WAy “Cemmission a transcript of fhe taped ~ | conversation but for unexplained rea « sens failed to include in the transcript ° e a 1 want ‘to pay his way..to,the Soviet \: H = v phe Post has-also delermined that’ _ the CIA, for unexplained reasons, told - the Warren Commission that it - 7 in Mexico City only after the assas- sination, The fact is, however, that “THis conversation with both the Rus- City in the fall of 1993, before Ken- ret transcript have been veri. 9 the spy business and that, speelfi- - sty cet Secu oS a Tre Washington Post. The 8 _eally, they were operational bases for .. cays it routinely “destroyed we appe . LER It \RVEY ‘Os , Beoe wales ‘ . SE MARVEY OQ: vas iso vertdied that the CIA , intelligence activities directed at. the to turn over the complete | United States. ae - 7 ‘See OSWALD, Al, Col. 1° ° es : aa aaa “O61 Aeqweaon 97 1SCd NOLONIHSVM SEL .», telephoned Sdviet emiass De re 9 em a nee | ate ties censetRiectteee . ’ Se EERO SERRATE fe 2 <> Se CLE ry : mer ress nee cemememan san aan seen ne cele NEE EES REE ence ape eee ete et ty mee me
Bete B ATCO AL Nyt aber j | 4a i i Peery eT a saw the transerlpt or heard “t%e tape hefere the asstssing- dion reaall that Oswald wag trying to- mrkeadeaL oo. . ‘ eee One of thom is David A. Phillips, a former CIA officer, who now heads the Association of Retired Intelligence * Offeers and is a leading defender of Cl tioned bn Mexico City at the time, ™re transeript revealed, Paillips ree ° called, that Oswald told the Soviet eebessy: “I havet information you would be interested in, end I know you can pey my way" to Russia, ‘She stenograpser who typed up the transéript and the translator who pre- , vared i nad similar recoilections, “37a sald Ae had some information - activities, Phillips was sta - made no mention of Oswald's offer of information jn excha:ce tor a tree trip to Russia or of his attempts to travel to Cuba and Russia. “On Oc- tober 1, 1963,” the teletype message gaid, "a reliable and ccnsitive source in Mexieo reported that an American male, who identified himseif_as Lee Oswald, contacted the Sovict Embassy °, ‘of the CIA, sald that If tre in Mexico City Inquiring whether the enibassy hed recelved any news | concerning a telegram which nad been | sent to Washington.” os .. Phat was strictly a routine handling “| TenVitits.” Ana acs wwieiypeu acyure a STC TEU STE Taree -eereneennes: : ’ sistant counsel to the Warren of the matter, and similar, to the ; standard reports made to the FBI at that time on other contacts with the communists by Americen citizens in Mexico. Even. after Kennedy's assessination, he CIA failed to turn over to the. of a foreizn “". Son, Richard 5. Sehwetk _ who led the Senate inte City said the CIA iy have! had relationship with © jild . gourht to conceal. The CIA has nied this. . David W. Belin, who was ana Cs. mission end iater executive aircet ef the Reekefeller commission's pro: Waret Commission had known of Oaweic conversations and other new sate mation, it would Rave neen less Fy. that the assassination was mat conspiracy. mittee’s probe of the c said that investicetion taken on an “entircig cillorent | rection and perspective’ if tho se “mittee Rad Leen aware of Cswax Warren Commission the full trans: + to tell them,” the typist said in an eript of the telephone intercept it had ©. conversations. interview in Mexico. “His main con- cern was getting to one of the two countries (Russia or Cuba] and ho wanted thai to pay for it, He said me had to meet trem.” . drat ey aE tel NE AOE z nist Parly un Warren Commission later -con- eluded the Russians and Cubans were * not much impressed by Oswald, This - - view is supported by Sylvia Duran, 2 Mexican citizen whe worked in the uban embassy at the time of ‘Ose vald's visit. She talked to Oawald an Scpt, 27, 1963, and veeslls the meet ind in seme ‘cotall, In a joint interview In Mexico City with this reporter: and Fost special: correspondent Marlise Stmons, Duran saié Osvald teld her that he wanted to travel te Cuba and Russia and dis- j 59 te a @ mamber of the American Commu ‘she informed Oswald Duran sald asocet «tet eet - thet in order to travel to Russia he | .,The translator ard typist whe han: weeid have,to obtain permission from | dled the transcript of to intexeepted | the Soviets, Oswald went off and ree. conversation recalled that the level turned later inthe day to inform] 5 of interest was high, Sut the CIA's - Dera that we nad obfained the nee OWE actions lead to a different con eecary permission, Duran said she * clusion, : -'ealied tag Soviet embassy and was Civil Qswald’s application for a visa - ’ ce dared tho mmtenne ne mre ee eben bapenpmtta AR ema 9 emai" 489 eh seh ’ slaved documents to stow ho wes. a ‘iviend" of the Cuban revolution. - it other things, ne claimed to be’ | i he iy home O te wide te a bite! SELVIA DURAN ., se orecalls talk with Cswald ' % Pay would take three to four months’ to process. Informed of-this, Duran sald,. Oswald “got really angry. and red, He was gesticulating.’ Tucan aald she chad to eall for help from the Cuban - consul whe got into a shouting match with Oswald end tcld him to get out. - Duran said she never sew him again. However, Duran's story covered only] the first day ef Oswald’s five-day ‘stay in Mexice City. Oswald lates re- ferred in 2 letter to “meetings” ne Oswald's dealings «itn the two cn passics is uncertain. , . The Er EPR Comer ewe EyS w had in the Sovick Embassy. | |. Wow interested the CIA was in ® , ° 9 , agency walleds until Oct, 410, 1663, to notify the FEI ef Oswald's ; ‘ 2 een ie evr GATT Cree egy FOR a ASSES SEO PPT OH made in. Mexico City. Oswald’s offer of information to the Russians in ex- change for passage was omitted rom the transeript, and the CIA claimed it did not know of most of Oswald's activities in Mexico City until after the assassination. Tne significance of the CIA actiors . ig difficult to assess. Tne FEI in the” fall of 1963 was already showing ir- termittent interest in Oswald and | might or might not have Intensified that interest if it had been teid. of Oswald's conversations, °  - ‘Whether the now information would °* nave affectea the Warren Commis. 7 sion’s deliberations is also an open questien. The commission investi - gated the possibility ef a foreign. con- . spiracy and concluded there was no ‘evidence te show Oswald acted on ‘oonalf of a forcign power Nevertheless, there is yet no ¢x: planation for the CIA’s handling of Oswald's conversations. The CIA to- day refuses to comment, saying it _wotld not be appropriate in the light of an impending investigation by the ‘House Sclect. Committce on Assas-- sinations, 6... When asked if they could explain the avzency’s actions, seme CIA of: . who decumented the CLA p.st Castro im his carachy 25 Pye In inteeviews with The Post, Gireater of the Recketelier ; sion, reveaied the CiA vist cit: tell the ‘Warren Commission ef report frem on alened witnes2 19 meeting in Mexiee City letween waid and Cuban intelline: --At the time, Cuban anents coor ¢ _ nated thelr more important selivit ’ yied that tne ageney has Smecting pebween Cawaid » kiMied Henunecs. anid . with agents of the KGB, the Sov _ Antelligence service. Belin ¢ealled on the CIA te ay fy! diselosere of its xngeledce Oswele -zad his contzc's Cubans and Rucsianz, Belin, a stauncn Varrer, Commirsio:’ Oswald was the relent ete TT e the CIA's cameern coast seeres sources and imteninences ts niguves. But he said a. greater tional Interest weuld be serves Giscesing the truth. , A CIA spekesma agents. “Phe aneney is ene such speciiie avlesaiicn. 3 wes debunked,” the spckraman STORER ERETEED AGES ORD G eprom LOT oe MT MY © ensneee Mem © cass
14-00000 MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence FROM . : John H. Waller Inspector General SUBJECT : Washington Post Story of 13 November 1976 "Oswald Reportedly Told Cubans ‘of Plan to Kill JFK" | 1. The Post story on Saturday states that a J. Edgar Hoover memorandum reported that Lee Harvey Oswald told Cubans in advance of his plan to kill President Kennedy. The attached package was prepared by Russ Holmes of CI Staff, Itis for- warded for your information. 2 A-copy of the Washington Post story has been added to the package. John H. Waller Attachments: a/s SDBreckinridge:js (16 Nov '76) Distribution: . Original - Addressee w/att 1 - IG Chrono ; 1 - IG Subject (Task Force File) wfattsin above file ~ SDB Chrono 1 - Seymour Boltenw/atts 1- John Waller w/atts ] - Andrew Falkiewicz w/atts , } . fos ~s2e A 1 - w/atts . el, {- Vn Ma Url ae Pe
j | | | Ca Cee eas pene wuncerment namie ase aE an MEMORANDUM FOR: FROM 3. SUBJECT ~— 3 ..to Kill JFK" by John M. Goshko, Washington - Post, 13 November 1976. toe oe Puan 13 November 1976 Chief, CI Staff Russell B. Holmes "Oswald Reportedly Told Cubans of Plan 1. The memorandum"...by the late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover saying that.Lee Harvey Oswald reportedly told Cuban officials in advance of President Kennedy's assassination that he intended to kill the President" . . is cited in Commission Exhibit No. 3152, Volume XXVI, | of the Hearings Before the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy pp. 154-157 (See Tab A). CE No. 3152 is cited in support of statements made by the Warren Commission in it's Report on pages 307-308 (see ‘Tab B). This memorandum is based upon information which the Agency had passed to FBI Headquarters and it's repre- . sentative in Mexico City. — 2. On 26 November 1963, the Mexico City Station reported to Headquarters that a Nicaraguan named Gilberto. ALVARADO Ugarte (referred to as "D" in the Warren Report) came to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City.. He claimed he had been in the Cuban Consulate in Mexico City on 18 September 1963 when a man he later recognized to be Lee Harvey Oswald received $6,500 in cash to kill an important person in the United States. (See Tab A for complete memorandum. ) 3. The information obtained from ALVARADO was passed: in Mexico City to the Legal Attache, Mr. Clark D. Anderson, by our Chief of Station on 29 November 1963 (See Tab C).
“| | I { 1 ttenASE MUD Rey RRR CAN AO RRS SA cn iahene Sats aeRO) che hia thee menmerenla este dae 4 wes rere tr A short dissemination (DIR 85744) alerting customs agencies to ALVARADO's allegation, was made on 29 November 1963 to the White House, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of State (see Tab D). <A second dis- semination (DIR 87667) was made on 7 December 1963 (see Tab E). (NB: In the latter dissemination, mention was . made that a representative of the FBI participated in the interrogation of ALVARADO. ) 4. On.13 ‘December 1963, ‘the Agency forwarded under CSCI 3/779, 136.a translation of the Mexican police interrogation report « on Gilbarto ALVARADO Ugarte (see Ta 5. In. summary, the Agency and the FBI knew of ALVARADO's allegations concerning Oswald, which were sub- sequently retracted by, ALVARADO himself as being false. In addition, the FBI was able to prove that Oswald was still in New Orleans at the time ALVARADO claimed he saw Oswald in the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City. The information was forwarded to the Warren Commission by the Agency and the FBI as evidenced by its inclusion in the Warren Commission Report. and accompany ing exhibits. Russeit B. Holmes SLT rape Musil] 2 8
? ao “ toe 0 renee inane taennteetamamenn | } On a ‘ ‘ . ‘s Daeg . ‘ a 86 1 ae ‘ see ye eo, a . 7 : ot ‘ ; e ‘ : a vet ‘ ‘ . . . 0 . ‘ we . fhe . e eo ette 8° ’ e . . e a oe oi. ® a ee ° * * : ° * “4, . . “NS oe so nye . ° . “ ste * . « . : x :. . Pd ee Mh ; es . * te -_ . Bor imp me bp Ot Gap PORERAL Rygaks OF eves wee esas “= —_— . 7% . seansy _ CAPE TE, Oke WS . « . e s : . . s 6 ° . . eos . : . & ; Ur, EORAtL ORYITS wes telophenteatty eoutnoted £0 bn mc a : oy ae detors ge wake as appointment gor aa interview, Us was contented tos os . , * . at telephone auaber DE 4-7250, Ur. RORVITE, scknovted od goad ebout © “ vo ehree wegks age Be nove g bustovae fF . . Caleage, sERisose, ee 6346 Herth Sreadvay, Chiceges, Pilinete.! ue : MEMORANDUM Tone Mere 2, Lee Rankia atated that bie currest busiscss eperatesinder the aseo Sher Pinte ; \ Gensvel Counsp? - Yr. MORTETS-ncknowhedged -tnst.he hee been known tn the : , , a me President's Gemmission on the ; waste bustnese in Chicago Under the usne of Ck WOYARD foeming yesra, ., Ancacataation of Proctéent Kennedy Me. BORWITE stated that be would aot discues the matter ” SUBTEST: information Developed en the Activity | favelvieg JACK RUBENSTEIN eg ho wanted ao part vhatacaver og this of Sse Harvey OSWALD in Meslee Giey can Andividual, Ur. HONNITS refused to make biusel# avetiable for an iotervtev and stated he eished be bad never acknowledged having Kaova RUDINSTEEN sany years ago whoo 2UBENSTERY Lived ia Cnicages ir, LONUITS etated BUDEXSTELY wae only 8 passing soquatatance of hia aad be kaee wotadag eonssraiag bigze ; ‘ ‘ with short collar tebe, 50 the, davk grey poate, and cleag gyegteestes . c - Ok oot ' * Commassion Exutarr No, $162 7 On VARTA er tt om EDIE EP TTALAOL Rrrwnsiooere FAN0 F semen Se SAS omnes ‘ ‘ ‘ oy on SABILLIAW Re DRODERICK/ che hd Date dtereted on 2222284 nme . . rove Cereareet oveteten astibes tontamontetbeon ves gonatuatons of ao Fille wer Go copy of Oa FO) and te Benne’ te . ® Paes aynmegs @ Obs Gp Gactqnds Gog Het He be Cte W ares Qetetis ane pgaRehe : . . o Cosaussion Exiuunrr No, 3151--Continued . mot . ” oe ° ae °* te . Loe oseoaeenenemnmmesienmntnaemanendiunediactnannmntadts vaatetiasabeasiatmama att sae meat eisai hia De PALavgoas orem auernery, oh Bae OB ‘ tle theta goke#e- re nts keh “7% <3 on woe eneneree’ °y - a a ove a . ae . * . . . —_ oe” eros . ’ > . ft tg egy : e oe 7% . .° % ° 8 On 26 November 1963 3 g Latia Ameslean, relersed te hevela as "D*, came te the U.S. Embessy in Mezlee Sity. He claimed he had been in the Gubsn Gongulate la Mexteo Clty on 18 September 1963 when o mas he later recognised to be Lee Harvey OSWALD reectved £6,500 ts cash to bill an important persea le the United Stateae 2. "D" deseribed the siveamstences ee follows: Walle etanding by a bathroom door sbout acon he saw a group of threes persons cone ' verotng on a patle few feck away. One wae & tall, thin Negro with . veddioh hely, obviously dyed, whe spoke vapldty in both Spanieh and English, He hed preralacnt ehesh bones aad a nesicesble scar on the . lower right stde ef Rie chin. The second wae 6 white person whom , : the subject had seen previowsly ta a watting goom eersying © Canadise ys ‘ pasaporte The white person had green eyev, blondich hair. with 6 pompedour hatvde, aad davis eyegiassee. The third poreon allegediy vo ae 439 Lee Harvey OSWALD. "B° was cofnpleiely convinced of this . : ' Yeam published phoiss of OSWALD following the atsacainailons GSWALD wae weariag o bleek aporéd coat, buttoned-up white ehied : ry . r Fg eg tye 8 . sts ‘ 14 e ” ae?
Ao ha me DRUEE RDS IS. ott EM noite te mee eieaenten nevete Mew tine ca # A cma ’ * . e ” “ » ve ps) He had ¢ green pacaport a Nis pocket, were o wrist wated with & yellow band, and eppeaved to have & plete’ fa  shouldss bolsters A tell Cuban jolned the group momentertly and pansed American eurzency to the Negro, The Negro then allegedly esld te OSWALD in English, “l weat to kill the maa. OSWALD sepiled, "You've _ Bob man enough, I esa de ite The Negro then said in Spantetsy {cant ge with you, % have a los te do.” OSWALD replied, “Phe people are walting for me back there.” The Negvo thea gave OSWALD $6,500 in large denomination U.S. dilis, sayings “Ehis lsat much.” After hearing thie, conversation, "DY aald . thas he telephoned the U.S. Ernbsesy in Mezice City several thmes on 20 September bofore the asvaccination in an attempt to, report hie belies that someone lenpostant in the Uniled States wae to be willed, bub was finally geld by gommecae at the Embasey te step wasting bie times : 3, “DB” was hnews te this Agency a9 8 formes lafovmant of 8 Letia Amevicen socuslty service, Hie reliability wae considered questionable by U.S. sulhovities although he had act beeq wholly discredited, "Dt elatmned he wae io Manica City working against the Cuban Communtete for kis service, The service, Sawaver. hes dented that be wae acting on its behalf, While investigation vo the United States showed thal OSWALD could act poseibly have been ta Meniee Gity on 16 September (he wae known te have bese is New Orleans on both 17 and 19 September), intensive interrogation éstled to shake "D's" atorye de Ga 28 November 1963 the Mesicas police interviawad Nims | -~ At Gat "D®* persleted in bis etory bus on 30 November he admltied fine signed statement thet his whole eccount aboul OSWALD wae , felen, He admitted bo bad uot esea Lee OSWALD ap all snd thas vs. |” he had aot een anybody paid money inthe Gubas Embassy, He alee admitted he had not-teied repeatedly te phone 6 warning Go- the U,$. Embaery la Menice City on 20 September ae he had previously claimed. Inetuad he had (tels contacted the Usd. Emo . bacey after the sceaselastione "BD" said that his motive fc telling tis falee atory wee to help get himeelf admiited inte the United . States og thet he could participate in actlen agalast Hide Cagiva. - He até that be hated Caste and thoughé that big atory about OSWALD, | Uf belleved, would help cause the United States fo taka agen agaiash Gaategee . . . rs ofa Comaission Exuine No. 3152—Continucd - SACI SEES - aetna sy atta ay TEER asta RAI aL NEED Loon . Bo Fotlewing the above interrogation a a . oe - eteeeted the confecoton ke hed madeto thet Menton rh rritiee ° : . 1 Loe asecrting that i had boca extorted (eom him ender preesuce, ° , . . / He was thep quostionsd by U5. authorition walang & polygraph SS | .. . \ . Machine. "0° voluntarily consented to the ase of this equige “* . . | meas During the questiening 1s wee pointed out te hina that be , a * o wae get being teuthiud, acserdiag te the pelygva: . photogenphe of OSWALD o0 the pestcn be tee te Ge Coe ee Goneulates He eeplicd thas be hed Gull Golth ta the polygraph, that be would aot atsempe to value the weoulte, and iiss he os “enust hawe been miatakes.” fs addition he changed fe story > regarding the day he visited the Guban Conoulats, finally doo ‘. . . giding ib tock place on Tucsday, 17 September. Ub wae concluded som the reaults of the polygraph toes that "DY bad dabricaled hie . ° story about OSWALD In totes “B* bos linge been duportod by . the Meniean authorities to hia native seuntrye Arshad plains Richard Helens Deputy Director for Plans . . ef e', . . Commission Exuturr No, 3162—Continued
Ba, ALLOCATION BY T=92 Oa Hoveaber 28, 1063, #o33 nade contset vith the Wetted States Tubasey at Ma: . ‘op and advised the from Gsatenale o8 a oxkee siiegel $o92 eaters cally Fog and subse peavoted to Wexice, De & Micaraguan cosauaiet rostdin: tea was doveto: ia waréase taculus. wiete £8 Hoxdce, Be Pee FavOr of obtaining travel cocumes' og galee idesthsicatsen pepers a3 nede coutsct with Trow thie soatset & Cubs te gtudy guorrd “wheds the Cubsa Cong tines for tho Gubs by duraiabé: Me baé oceagies te $063, he want te the waiting reos é@nter the Coasulate AZCUR, & percea yaknowa & shove tine Later, wonta rooe at vorsing & foe Seot nis Megre with previowsly e Gubsa Be stated that on Soptexber 1, the Gubze Conmulstey Petar approximately @ eay a group of app tely etches pen be noticed throes men 66a! Gee of thom wag & talks & 48 @ £28 ghoa Tad veddiab bairs the second © Canadiaa passpes and the Shire perso war L528 fource atated thet a tei ° % Cuban Joined the above group woseatariiy and passed sese Waited States currency to : . Tue felleving conversatios between the Yegre and QSVALD wag overboard by gouresi Negro (im Taghish}e Z want to Bada the san, OSMAN; You're sot aan enough, § es do Ate” _ Comaassion Exanerr No. 8162~Contiued : f 698 - hihi. . saeratermitehs Li Pad a, Roa 5 8 nares ame op TREE SN oe Se ee ai es. cetera neers saa mati gots tw tie rr) says 8 4. @ ot of, . arn ' Regre (ia Spanteh)s $ can’t co with yous f have ’ . . & tes te de.  OSFALDe The poopie are waiting fer we hac theres | : Fo$2 atated that the Kegre thea gave GSTALD - $8,800 de United States qurroncy of tevage denouiaations, gaping? "Shie fen's much.” Of thia aum, $1,800 wae for entra aupeesese The Bogra alse gave OS¥AlO phous 300 Bouleas pences Ea @ tater Saterview, source atated that the Undted States bank setes vere fe « spall pack about one feurts ef aa ineh thick, bound with a paper pends which the Bogre beeke teforg counting @ue 94,808 astra Ser expenses and $5,008 as "advance payaente . Go92 gtated that Gavald had caveled & arees . passport un bie pocket, and he betiaved be caw OS¥ALD wearing & pleted fe @ shoulder holeter, tet ba ese not sure of this golnge He stated that GS¥ALD bad long ahoes and a wrie’ vatek . eupietely at tame at the Consulate an now aad 6e be bacge by Cubes’ Cooaulate peracanels o32 wee avregted and daterregated by Hextcan authorities oa Kevesber 20, 1063, and a copy of the daterres gation geport by the Mexicas authorities revealed the foliesiags At the outeot sovres’e etory generally reseabied @he¢ wecordsd shove, Me vaponted te the Megican suthorities the detaiig ef the scone fa which be aag the Negras, the €snadien and the duericas converatag tegethor, the delivery ef the poney $o the dzericae by the Hegre, and Qhe conversation 8 ¥o39 advieeg the interviewing Revieas effieiais thet upoe geatag the photograph of OS¥AID ta the ncwspapere fgeliewing the sseeagipation of President JO F, shuLDT, be Zocogaized QSvALD ee the dzerdean be bad seem at the Cubss 6 . : 4a excerpt grea eoures's otatenent te Mextese autserities, a9 tracelated grow Ssunish, 4@ ee Zelleves 4 Commassion Exurerr No, $152--Continued Sg oe Bum wee RUNO EY segeneer. eso +e PA ee 2 5 5 0 60 CED 4, aR ON HD SonUEO HY EPR O, A, nS agaGY OMRON EAD O ‘e853 Soest tate “so ems BP te ew hte la te we airy mpeser tes 9 4b ty:
e) above-sent reaponded cee tee@nontancausly and after enensaidering he a sae Breanne rhs te tetera Paine ont neo rani brome +o coLmemrattrentemmetntne Ate Nrh te eet ete te Te cee agen stag ‘ : a ad rr ee Semmens | ag : tee 8 ry s me a. * ot fe et . : . er a rn ne . tye, . . woos . . rt e + * o . e . a . . @ . e . ; . . 8 “ae é . . . *. e. o's? ore wore a” °? . ‘ ‘ . ° rar ® On wg e oe ‘ ot . ° o? ‘ . . 2 “ ": ? ° « . Be ne te ey a . one 7 ee we 8 +e ‘ ealres te state ¢hab the duneleaay ge shoes he soferred in tho body of hin atatenant aad whoa . ea, he mae the Lath of Saptesbar af thia yor? 6a tho = . ’ . an . .- Gubaa Consulate had @ cortata Fernpattance, abaes ee ; : elaty per ceat, te LYK NANYKY GUNALO (ongnania  - . of t . oo of the Preaideat of the United Blaian}. Thas oe Pn res after tho daossakaation of Branldang KEANEGY the . : 6° te, witness took advantage of thig facet ga hie davor | wee to capleds $8, gurninhing veratona auch aa those . oo 4 Sailiaily set forth, for the gurpnan of provoklag an . . an caergetia resction fren fe puliticas bus of . view oa the paré of the United egalneg th bhat ao had fetea of Anordes . . ‘ 8 Geverancal af FiitGle CANTAD QUE and , 86 motive ether han the. profeund Batred he feele for conmunian, Yaat all his 2afe the witagas had dedicated binanif ae Gonbatiag soanvaina bnd he regrets ab thia anaent nok haviag . accenplished hia abjective fm the sonae of Gaveing : & Feaction on the part of tha Anerlean Goveraucat Ogeins FIDE CasTa0,* . ouG $0 dim that the polygraga dad Commission Ssch Sine Be wae avhed thie gueation, he doting tal ‘ . : . . "tes," but 6% was neled tha ehe poly . 8 a “geception response” oo these anewers, Those Fosponaes aad a . 1? Ghose with veapect to other questions ied 80 the donasiueios * Stee eo, 13a To33 gaa a fabricator, 3+ cae epegifiaaliy poiates . caked that be sag mos being | wk F . Because of the fae¢ that subsequent {© aaking the foned steteneat te Reslean authorities, soures Gleived Ghat he bsu changed ais Siaigaont bacause of Soar, he was detorvicwed at conaidorable Length oa Doceaber & and . ’ , G, 8963, dm Hoxige, Be Fs After reitovating hig Slory, T-93 wap afforded : & polyzraph exaalostion on Mcerage 6, 1803, Ovring the course : . . of the czaaloation do wag ached, “Je ¢hig the dacrican yuu sae , a} HT de Goaeulate?® AG the tine he ap shown phetegraphs '@ + graph indicated eo e . : a rt ° . . a . . 486 © oO . . J ft | Exousrr No. 3162—Continued © ss truthiul fn ddenss, phe 324 Ree as Het A Guba Md sare te [> 7 Eine ntenpe efit fp tn tne ore, ® gafate 8 the enaly exp Vuts ‘on Be sould otter = explanation there Be rep. a6 would Commission EXxuimrr No, 82. ie phote ‘sen Be bad gega an the age om ena0 8 dened in r 8: either Goasclously or gubceaastevate es 2 thas the pox OB7ZAlD, ¢ &
¢ eee oO, aia as ; ® @ ® * . _(} iF Mexico City in early September to receive money and orders for the “s- assassination," that he had been flown toa secret airfield somewhere in vy ornear the Yucatan Peninsula, that he might have made contacts in ,. Mexico City with a Communist from the United States shortly .- before the assassination, and that Oswald assassinated the Presi- <= dent at the direction of a particular Cuban agent who met with him in | a the United States and paid him $7,000." A letter was received from “* someone in Cuba alleging the writer had attended a-meeting where 3... the assassination had been discussed as part of a plan which would 7 a soon include the death of other non-Communist leaders in tho Ameri. ist cas°™ The charge was made in a Cuban expatriate publication that in -". sg speech ha delivered 5 days after the assassination, while he was under v.,, the influence of liquor, Fidel Castro made slip of the tongus and said, “The first time Oswald was in Cuba,” thereby giving away the — ea fact that Oswald had. made one or more surreptitious trips to that 375 CO Paid “+. SF Some stories linked the assossination to anti-Castro groups who -. . - *, allegedly were engaged in obtaining illicit firearms in the United . 1.7 States, one such claim being that these groups killed the President as “*, part of a bargain with some illicit organizations who would then . supply them with firearms as poyment®” Other rumors placed Oswald in Miami, Fla., at various times, allegedly in pro-Cuban ac- ?.-tivities there.”* The assassination was.claimed to have been carried »., oub by Chiness Communists operating jointly with the Cubans!" 4 ‘s ts wil” . Oswald was also alleged to have met with the Cuban Ambassador in . , $5°...@ Mexico City restaurant and to have driven off in the Ambassador's © ; car for a private tali™* Castro himself, it was alleged, 2 days after - «the assassination called for the files relating to Oswald’s dealings with “ic two members of the Cuban diplomatic mission in the Soviet Union; a, elke ate, a “8, the inference drawn was that the “dealings” had occurred and had *. oo, fo. wn 08s Paci 4 a gk % Oswald’s life. Without exception, the rumors and allegations of “.-’ $823 some cases the product of mistaken identification. oQcis the case of “D,” a young Latin American secret agent who ap- “ex” proached U.S. authorities in Mexico shortly after the assassination Gq and declared that he saw Lee Harvey Oswald receiving $6,500 to kill +: the President. Among other details, “D” said that at about noon on "established 2 secret subversive relationship which continued through | ‘48 conspiratorial contact were shown to be without any factual basis, 77. Wustrative of the attention given to the most serious allegations. _ ; - “ei September 18, waiting to conduct some business at.the Cuban con- ae sulate, he saw a group of three persons conversing in a patio a few e feet away. One was a tall, thin Negro with reddish hair, obviously 3 __*ayed, who spoke rapidly in both Spanish and English, and another: was a mon he said was Lee Harvey Oswald. A tall Cuban joined the - group momentarily and passed some currency to the Negro. The . . Negro then allegedly said to Oswald in English, “I want to killthe. - man.” Oswald replied, “You're not man enough, I ean do it.” The Negro then said in Spanish, “I can’t go with you, I have a Jot to do.” Oswald replied, “The people are waiting for me back there.” The , 80T . . : ’ . . . . . : ‘ . ' . eo wee ‘ ° . cs an . e ¢ ' Loe ‘ : “of . . . ' e ‘ emaneCEEDS ORD SURGNE! 2 RING? ERENENGDE GED NG GED CORNERED 9 EOE do HE NEE KETONE HE EPOREEOPPEEAD EOE HD PUREED NE me AM ees etter vce 4 . ‘ ee . : . . ry . ar) . ce . a” rary we : . e bot o-. ba gt be. .ot e . deen %, . ‘ e oe oe. fee 28 os oe : ve “s . oe. 8 wots * tye oor ‘ ae * . . ad : ae ee to. 9° se 1 de e . . . ae ° ° es . : ‘ ® we Ol eS ° . ° . °, * e fe geet ge 8 + be. . oe? * Onan : ew be ge Bete : 2 oe,
+ sett sae ‘ | 4 Negro then gave Oswald $6,500 in large-denomination American bills, saying, “This isn’t much.” After hearing this conversation, “D” said that he telephoned the American Embassy in Mexico City several times prior to the assassination in an attempt to report his belief tha someone important in the United States was to be killed, but was finally told by someone at the Embassy to stop wasting his time. “E” and his allegations were immediately subjected to intensive investigation. His former employment'as an agent for a Latin Ameri- can country was confirmed, although his superiors had no knowledge of his presence in Mexico or the assignment described by “D.” Four deys after “D” first appeared the U.S. Government was informed by the Mexican authorities that “D” had admitted in writing that his ’ whole narrative about Oswald was false. He said that he had never seen Oswald anyplace, and that he had not seen anybody-~paid money . in the Cuban Embassy. He also admitted that he never tried to tele- phone the American Embasay in September and that his first call to ‘* the Embassy was after the assassination. “D” said that his motive in _ +: fabricating the story was to help get himself admitted into the United ‘States sothat he could there participate in action against Fidel Castro, — . | Hfe said that he hated Castro and hoped that the story he made up *-- would be believed and would cause the United States to “take action” - against - 7 : Still later, when questioned by American authorities, “D” claimed that he had been pressured into retracting his statement by the Mex- - .. $can police and that the retraction, rather than his first statement, ~~ .wwas false, A portion of the American questioning was carried on : with the use of a polygraph machine, with the consent of “D.” When told that the machine indicated that he was probably lying, “D” said words to the effect that he “must be mistaken.” Investigation in the © : meantime had disclosed that the Embassy extension number “D” said he had called would not have given him the person he said he spoke : , to, and that no ons at the Embassy—clerks, secretaries, or officers— _ » had any recollection of his calls. In addition, Oswald spoke little, if any, Spanish, That he could have carried on the alleged conversation _ with the red-headed Negro in the Cuban Embassy, part of which was _ supposed to have been in Spanish, was therefore doubtful. “D” now seid that he was uncertain a3 to the date when he saw “someone who looked like Oswald” at the Cuban Embassy, and upon reconsideration, "he now thought it was on a Tuesday, September 17, rather than Sep- tember 18.. On September 17, however, Oswald visited the Louisiana State Unemployment Commission in New Orleans and also cashed 2 check from the Texas Employment Commission at the Winn-Disie _ Store No. 1425 in New Orleans. On the basis of the retractions made’ by “D” when he heard the results of the polygraph examination, and on the basis of discrepancies which appeared in his story, it was concluded that “D” was lying** . Se The investigation of the Commission has thus produced no evidence __ that Oswald’s trip to Mexico was in any way connected with the assas- '  gination of President Kennedy, nor has it uncovered evidence that the “808 | Se : . « amet, mG 0 SERED ENED SO MERERINED Hn ihe ga HNeN CO ATED GD HB AD MSU EES A ETENTE SS AST ° ° . oo . . . oe . . . ae , . et . of .* . ie 4. oo . cee gt we fn? . . Py tee wor ks se Se Lone we! os ° : wo tg? e- . aanye oye 8 a, age +e oo. eo tage ‘ . . ore " : . ¢ ' . wo. : . of . : . oe te ° ee ‘ +? , %e . 2 er A : 5 a : * . * . * , 7 8 . . of . a) e . tee". +
Senet * 4a ° ¢ . Cad RP tee be . ’ ‘ Cr ayer Shey Ces Arfiazec Ze. Rey Ne pe ~ 342 2) Novemved £933 IEMORANDUM TO; Me. Clark D. Ancerson,| Legal Aivacns pe? ene eee eS ee To wy ale Sen? gts teh = f ,- Winston df. Scott ROM 3 SUBIECT : Gilberto Nolasco ALVARADO Uzgacte rer 1. - On the morning of 26 November an officer of this Section, +‘. “4... accompanied by Mr. Plamback of the Security Office, interviewed . . Sudject in a parked car on the south edge of tha city. The following. ...- atatemeats, unless otharwise noted, are those of the Subject: = ft Le. Subject was born 31 January 1940 in Giudad Rama, eee et | Departamento Zelaya, Nicaragua. He entered Mexico by . - nn - bes on 2) August 1963 on his way to Cuba to study guersillaswarfare . 7 tactics. Ha was to walt in Mexico until false documentation =~ 0° .,° 1% as a Mexican citisen could be arranged through the Cuban» 7 So Consulate in. Mexico. The real purpose behind his travel Poe eile javolved a penetration mission for the Nicaraguan Secret Service, Wis superior in Mexico City is Major Roger JEREZ, Nicaraguan | ‘Military Attache, whose office is located at Sasaje Latino, | _ Enterior 513, telephone 46-33-37, Mexico City. - * . eo : . On 2 September Subject reported in Mesdco City to Professor Edelberto TORRES, who lives at Genaral Zuazua, © 2 a | Number 37, Interior 7. TORRES is a Nicaraguan and is in CY _ charge of Nicaraguan Communist travellers to Cuba. Heisa. well-known Cornmunist and has a daughter in Moscow who travelled there on false Mexican papers. . On 2 September Subject discussed anti-Somoza guerrilla activities in Departamento Atlantica, Nicaragua, with TORRES and the brothers Gustavo and Humberto J erex Talaverac. Humberto is a teacher ina Mexican female normal school, TORRES told Subject that he would receive 500 Mexican pesos monthly subsistence allowance pending the arrangement qth pie * cack ETE oe zx 6976 THK SF 2g Mov. 63 j if (PP to Lo em BO ASI 28 FEF
ef t i. omy - rye of his sravsl paper 3. a Sa il September Sudjsct went to the Cuban Consuiate to ow eum turn ovex passport photos to Consul AZCUS. While sicting n the waiting room, he saw a group of approximarely 3” ersona enter the Gonsulate and go into AZOUE's office, but 2" 2 noticed that an uskaewn person W238 sitting ats AZCUE's desis Bs 1g 7a A Cuban’ employee of the Consulate known to ‘Subject in, ° io tous alias as Juan Jose, about 40 years old, mustache, normal ..071. * build, straight hair, emerged f from the offica andasked = = ' : : Subject to turn over his photographs. At this ‘point, Suoject e asked to be shown the location of the men's roomandwas ~- - directed through a door to a passageway leading toa patio. 17° The door of the patio opens ork hi passay gewaye SRS , While standing ‘by the bathroom door, Subject saw 2 . ‘group of 3 persons conversing on the patio a fewfaetaway. 9... "7, One was a tall; thin Negro with reddish hair which appeared - — te be dyed. He had prominant cheekbones and a noticeable. - scar on his lower right side of his chin. He spoks wepeatedly see - with a Guban accent and also spoke some English. -Another | wo , one waa a white man whom Subject had previously seem «| a holding a Canadian passport in the waiting room. This person. me had green eyes and dark blond hair which was arrangedina = . 2. Nexiatentialist" hairdo with 2 pompadour. Hewore glasses of the type with a mirror-like outers surface. Ths third person “was Lee Harvey OSW. ALD {Subject was completely convinced — from published photos that this was OSW (ALD). He aaid there was nota shadow of dowbt in his mind, OT Pe OSWALD v was wearing a black sport coat, puttoaed up woite shirt with short collar tabs, no tis, daxk g gray pants and clear eyeglasses. (Subject stuck to this story that he was wearing eyeglasses despite the fact that they were not present in pubdlishad photos of OSWALD. ) oo . ° _ 8 »? 4 . + 7 ° ( Subject saw a tall Cubaa join tae group momeatarily and 2asy soms Americaa’ currency to the Negro. This unidentified - Cuban man had oppar ently come aut of AZCUE's office into the - SECRET oO — E976
te paso. ie is describes as tall, solidly bully, 2 roubario wiss is | oe = @ eo eels HJ - re i Cy py AY 7) hy ie ee te ye ft wo i *f Q % 3d if} tc gee We ¢ 2 i. rr o pee i &) tr eee ts w ioe ti ae e § q z Subject estimated his age as approximately 37. Subject gever. saw this cnan afters L3 September. - Sabject overheard the following conversation between tha 372ge0 an ad OSWA ALD: a , . Negro: Gin English) ‘I want to pale the x mans 7 SWALD: “You're nat man enough, i can do ite, Negro: co Spanish) i can't go with you. y havea a tot to dow: OSWALD: T The > people are , waiting fox me back there . . : 3. « eo te . “The , Negro then gave cosy ALD 5,500 dotlars ‘in laxge an dexormiaation. U.S, bills saying "this ‘isn't much", O€ this BUSES | 31,500 dollars was for extra expenses. The Wezro also gave - OSWALD about 200 Mexican pesos. Later the Subject saw a | pretty girl beliaved to be a Cuban employes of the CGonsvlate - give OSWALD an “abrazo” and tell him that she waa living at — ee . Calle Juarez $407 in casa he wished to find her, The girl . a | aporeated to be about 23 years old and her manner reminded Subject ofa prostitute. OSWALD, the Negro and. the Canadian, then went upstaiz Sa : ; ; , ; . . Subject left the Consulate puilding momentarily to buy a ' . popsicle at the corner and saw these threa persons leave by | the Embassy gate near the corner of Tacubaya where thay entered a parked black car, propabl; y a Chevrolet. Subject reentered the Consulate waiting room and later was approached ‘py the tall unidentified Cuban who came out af AZCUZ"s office and told Subject to return the next day at which time his finger- rints would be taken and he would complete a form for obtaining travel documents, . - ° Subject returned t to the Consulate on 19 September at about 0345 and filled ovt the form. He was told at time. . thet he would be approached by an Eenbassy officer to make. ‘ uaa story for his false Mexican papers. Many £ peopla were in the waiting room on the morning of 15 " September and the door SECRET de te.
74-90000 . . oe g 3 a v3 3 imaily closed to 2D others from ontering. 4 ee 7] os Subject was then told to contact z JAAS, whereusaa ! wens to TORR=S' home but TORRES wile, a Guate malas, 3 told Subject that he was at the Soviet Embassy. Sabject went to the Suviet-Embaasy about 1130 but was not allowed to enter *” a althouzn he had been there on earlaer occasions with TORRES. At this point, Dr. Noel JARQUIN Toledo, Nicaraguan . 7: : - Comsxnunist, who haa been in Moscow, approached and saw ; a - . Subject standing at the gate. He asked Subject why he waa’ . ao o ' there and Subject said ha waa looking for TORRES. JARQUIN |: informed him that TORRES was inside. TORRES. scon came . 7 out and accompanied Subject to the Cuban Consulate. 0 Ltt _ TORRES entered AZCUE's office alone and later emerge te ' telling Subject "you have mothing further todo here untill - oo . . GOmtact you.” At this point, an unidentified girl entered tha . '. -Gonsulate and greeted TORRES, TORRES replied "not now, . come back tomorrow. " - an tae ' On'the night of £19 Sante mbar TORRES presided overa ->° | meeting of about 18 Nicaraguan Gommunists held at his home to discuss a recent. guervilla attachkia the Segovia Region of: Nicaragua. TORRES annovncad that 6 guerrillas had been killed and aaid thai the next. year would he a tough one because the U.S. policy might change and the Communist might find themselves isolated. TORRES asked Subject if he knew the Laguna de Perlas area of Nicaragua where the U.S, is training — Cubans. He referred to itas "zona gringa". Subject revlied that he was mot aequainted with the area. - o ‘. - On 28 September TORRES Baht Enrique cuapRa Collaae, “an amoaloyese of Carton Znvasea3 de Maxico, Lago de Canale 13, to cell Subject that he should go to tha Cuban Entigulate. Subject weat to the Consulate but was told to wait because tae Conatl WAS very busy. : While waiting for the Consul, Subject saw the Canadian: again. The Ganadian was smoking a cigarette and wearing a Rolex wristwatch which a Conaulate employes was trying to buy from him for 1,000 pes03, The Canadian re fused to sell, saying SECRET £6975
14-00000 that he had wurchased the watch ia Mexico and was talsimg ¢ humeas a souvenir. Tae Canactian Carrisd & Caimeto atrappet acrosa his chest and alse carried a batch of obscene protographs ‘which he was ahowin3 to Consulate employeas3. e ; -2 ome e. « wence * ’ & . The ~ad haired Negro mentionedisarlier then came in and took we oe wo dntde code ‘oP e the Canadian uustairs. As he wae lsaving the waiting room,: the Canadion flashed a large wad of U.S, dollars aad aaid "Pin auiag. The skies are clouding up and they're waiting fos me = * * ° athormea." = oe co, re “At the end of September Subject phoned the American’ - * . he used the name Jorge KYNAUT (phonetic) to protect his identity. He was asked if the cali related to visa matters and he replied "no, it involved a political matter, he wished to important in the 0,5. was to ba kitled. In making these calls, speak with a person of confidence." His first call waa acreened by two females and he finally apoke to a man who took Subject's —. phone number (30-19-52) and said he would call back. The man never called, Subject tried repeatedly to contact the Embassy “by pnone but was finally told "quit wasting our time; ws are working here and not playing." ae - ot we cae « ° 2. Phe officers interviewed Subject on 26 November and agre that he was a young, quite serious pergon who spoke with conviction conversation in that language. e showed that he knew enough English to understand rudimentary . “When Subject.aaw the photograph of OSWALD ina local news= ‘paper, he contacted the Embassy Security Cifice on 25 Movernber, | ed ' Subject said thar he had taxen training in the Panama Canal | Zone when he was with the Nicaraguan Army and admitted that he waa still a member of the Nicaraguan Communist Party, - having originally been a convinced Marxist. Later he became Pe 2 . disillusioned and for the vast four years has worked a3 a pene | tration agent for the Nicaraguan Government. He gaid he expected to enter Cuba within 2 months. - Subject explainéd that he was outraged by the assassination ¢ President Kennedy which hs was "30 percent sure”! wa3 a -@mbassy several times to report his belief that sormmeone (1° 600-3
14-00000 in aay Dig pwollcity. aplash and hoped that hia nai « would od: kant useret, bet that he would be willing to do Nwhate vn necspsary." At thia time, Subject was living at Pino 173, Col. Santa Maria dela Ribera, telephone a-0 7-3. . . Comaienis 3b pot Ele said he did not wins. to béecowes involved a4 pe Contact ar rangsments ware mada 30 that he could be picked phe and - interrogated further.’ u a J te * oo feed 3. On the night of 26 November ha wag interrogated by two. Gificers 7 of this Section. His stery remains substantially the same as set. forth : above. He recognized photographs of the following Cuban Embassy - ea aree personnel: Silvia DURAN, Franciaso LLACOSTERA, Orestea RIUZ, | rs ‘Samuel PEREZ, Rogelio RODRIGUEZ, Ravl APARICIO, Rolando - ve cs LTP ae ESTEVA, Heberto TORRIN, Oscar CONCEPCION, Antonia GARCIA, mh Jose Fernandaz ROA, Andres ARMONA, Joaquin HERNANDEZ Armas, |. 0 URaul”, Pereguina ALONSO, Luisa CALDERON, and Al eda MIRABAL io He did not know any of thase persons by name, buk was able to give : - - - tet paxtial descriptions such as duties, height, skin coloring, condition of «| teeth, dispoasition,: accent, ste, He identified the photograph of Oscar 7 ee CONGEPSION as the tall Cuban’ mentioned above and a photograph of a - Luisa CALDERON. as the pretty girl mentioned above. He also identified - _Eroacisco LLAGOSTERA as the mu stached Cuban whom he had known . under alias of Juan Jose, This was the sama person incidentally who was, triang to buy y the watch from.the Canadian, Subject quickly identified the New Orleans mug shot of OSWALD which had baen supplied by your . office. _ He said that he was positive of thease identifications. a, At this interrogation, Subject said . OSWALD had carried 2 a green passport imhis pocket ~ and Subject believes he saw OSWALD wearing a shoulder «. . holster pistol. He did not seem to ba too aure of Hhiz =. , point, He said OSWRLD worse long ‘ghoes and had a wrist’ ~ watch with a ‘yellow metal band. He illustrated OSWALD's, rmannar of slouching in a.chair at the Conaulate while in the waiting room at about noon on 18 Sestember. He said . that CSWALD seemed to ba completely at home and appeared. to know and ba known by Consulate personnel, At one point he heard OSWALD use ths Mexican slang expression "Cabron!, SECRET’ 88978
conyeraats Subject reenacted thas fon aad money puS9203 goene dzacribed above. His accouat of the conversacica . wags essentially the same as seported, except at this tims a he bad OSWALD use the word ‘cil in his first reply te tha 6. , Negra;3. hance, "You'e2 aot the man. {can iLL him.” . “Ls a He said that the U.S. bank notes were ina Small | * pack about 1/4 inch thick bound with a paper band which the eee ‘Negra broké before countiag out 1,500 dollars for extra 02 os expenses and 5,000 dollara as "advance payment.” - Subject ‘said that he ie still a sargeant in the Nicaraguan vet an ° ' Civil Guard. and that he entered Mexico illegally on 29 August "7 | without travel documents, paying 3 bribe at the border and .:..°°". . . having transited Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador en - 3, wre 7: . a woute. He said that he had been to Mexico in 1941 on. a missicn -” for the Nicaraguan Secret Service after a contrived escape from false arreat in Nicaragua, followed by aperiod of asylush — . in the Meiican Embassy. He sail that his training received | ia the Conal Zone took place in Fort Glick in March 1956 {note a | Subject would have only been 16 years old at that time). ’ Subject said that ha had been to the Cuban Consulate ‘3 Zar 3 September, 15 or 16 September, 13 September: » “9 September, 26 September and 25 Novemoar, - _. | He admits to having visited the Soviet Embassy approxi- mately 6 or 7 times; about 4 tines with TORRES. Hewas  - - somewhat fuzzy on reasons for these visits and was not | oressed for detail at this sea3gion, 3. In order to keep Subject available for further interrogation, ha . oe 7 8 - 4 ” - -@ es ec oe eR mate was instructed to find other living quarters where he should register inan alias. On the following moraing, 27 November, he regorted that ne had registered as Alberto SANCHEZ, Room 203, Hotel Necaxa, Oa 28 November he was arrested by Mexican police atthe hotel. This otites has no further contact with Subject. , ed om - SHOULD BE CLEARED WITH CUR HEADQUARTERS IN WA . SY. ae _ i ed pn fF CPPS wot “? a re . gp om a DISSEMINATION OF THIS INFORMATION OUTSIDE YOUR. OFFICE INGTON, #5976
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Se sheersvend 2s ete ah a? ae Seman 2 2... « 9 2 atten Bon B3 Segtenber a. ahows LI BPR. ke wac a ee CO 58 ‘ ™, wm ¢ 2947 . £8 2 isthe of toe Usima comselate (sic) acd : oS oes * aon h Btn oe beet oe er 2 of 1 meter 75 cantiseters ia ieisht, te on readin dla, bus rmether thin, wesrin, ray tropers, Dise® efor mops, whise Shirt, = 4 wonieok ihe Iniivideal beesusa he vas vary fair criremd, tad Tookio,, tt Yexna-siyla cot tle ami broya shora. se ni iad very devi sunken eyes. The mau Recess bo Bie Lise a dmg a sdaiac, Tie also noticed that thin wsn’s tic ven, Sor tke Post PMLt, Cosk, Sah eas gtrsezed with bhos&. Hoe estimated thst Shap ren ves -abexs 25 yesra old. ALPARAUO sald that from the Loniy one enh spe bbe tiveet.2od be gay that opptalre che Canewlate a tazl pulled up carrying tvo pevpled one & negro, tell, of shont 2 meter 20 soacineters tall, | isic man, but straal, with trheginod ayaa, Biya chees tomes, thick Lips, reddish. eirky bois, acl wearing a brow F > > euit. «The other sas white, 5 youn; Pan of about 25, rather beasnibe - Plus coake ‘Be yea shomt 2 meter 72 centiveters in hoizht, of LES vathes permet Sulla. . @ Pek Bysaport, 2 PRSepart which Prea the colos be Feed ta Oe eb ap Pros his seas on} greeted then acd tbe three of tet t= intividne’s armivet, the Serch Asericen ‘APser' 15 miuates, ALVARADO crossed the cxiting ress ot S the Cunaslate to go to the ress roan, and on daecenkine the 8, stairs, be vay a very posers Lookie; aniividral, Gack in color, tail, vestin, vhine simse’ glasses. ee gaa Horses In tie Cotas wee, ' Eubsssy, because ALJABADO ned sent Bim vhere Detar. Fe os hin sive the sok beired Neste & pscenLe whisk appeared tO connate 2 = bet? Torey. Upon epeius, ont of toe rest rom, te ons toat fine Res » the Neco, the fassdian mé tho Yorth Aseriean vere baying a |. ese on the tick’ side of his chin and that he wes commiting cousin: to tho srs of 26500. ALFARALO wort tees tower’ the vest ae 4) rots end sotices %: shevides heletexs Like caccster use, ont be teoar the Tangy agro; the orth Averieen and tle Canmitea sore to the extn Azetlem, "Lean ta vith you.” Tee Seeth Aswrican assvered, “Yom ore vob a many” Ha aéfed, “Lean doar. Tecan bE tim,” ALNRRADS levs, and on returnins to the lovey, notice’ that ‘ne Pigehy foewlems sna the Cacadien vere asnia entering = c efiice of che Comsal, tat thoy stomped o fey norero to iois witp an oxployee of the Consulate who noted Like & yeoathiivce ank the Se - yhose sete was Horla Luleae Se caren” a
14-00000 % op “G, asp . ww . * ee rere tian ? oe Semnty 2 ogee te a a eee oy | Bae $ S of YRS Fee: said rca Be ind be pe oe ase Quen onl or Bee Nomad ‘ erewa 2iiek, and walle deli india he aww the fe XO, wee sorta Apertesn ond the Canadian leave ite ofvines amt st iste & dines, In:eawedel auiesoslle, whieh nypears’ 65 he a Chevrolet. , cecum so Bim to infas chp Unites ctetes Eebaasy iart 22 62d not ccaour to him ts co to the Mexican rvfisiols, 02 23 . heplenber be telephoned the fmertean Enbassy, tut because te - B12 vob present biasel? in perses, they pola bo attention £9 hiss 2a ipive of ths feet tent be seid tint che smbrer eet: coufidanciel avd that be vented 50 tals to a bigh ofPtedak. me: | Se 242 vob co to the Apericon Exbaasy for feat of beizs Sees mE vy the 6-2 or Cie eptes, sok so Zor tha oo he fomot ther: Ue: dncldgat» ALVASARO pad thas hp rem in the epyapapers abous aon _ she sents OF the President oF tha United States an’ hah ox | speaking to 2 Bish offict al with wae ba made Ba aypoiciment for fae that sane doy at 5230 p.m. sear fee Hotel, Mewie Isabel. Thies 35. | nosins tha phologsa of tha aamessin he reeosaiced bin as a a 'e 0 * : * “8 . f ee! & tug tofivbiesis ayoeered for the opepinimeac. They . idenciftea themselves and bad the cretentials cf FStarents. Fe told thas abtns the sheve fects eink they made acother expainte | ee ment Per 9215 the mews poreing in the restacrest, Jom, Located on te Avenida Morelos asd the Pazep de la Roforza. Toe tye ser he nes the day before, argimed for tor nator appeinimesst alors , Sie ' 92th pnoches’ oan these Dee Fas Pssolvo CATALDO, Barn these which they évove op and doy a few streets in en guimobiia,. Ea aspia told thes viet he had cbserrea in $he Cutan Comlate are they gee him a 206 pase DILL aaa toid nin they ved call hin st the momzes 42-0791, which is the mebsr ef the place weer= (BUYARADO Lives. ‘They calles bim tha: oom Zoy ot 8:45 oon. and tela bia to nest them 30 nimeces Inter in front of tae Homme: tn Jueves. They pot him thers wi ibe abpoisted +i-2. | - a 9, GAYALDOS en& ALVARADO weat in B Pose eab to the corneas — a of tha Yotel voria Isabel where erocoer Assrtcen ws waiting Far Lie, ank coyetbes they expuecd the stresn wah wes to mn epertment ine biiidies LTecsted om the comer of Oxtard.awk Before fmoe there, be aunin related che tryisents aod in ag does af photo- svazhs identifies the parser “hp ava money te the Regro, te the ear . Oat Ree . en ee re ed
14-00000 eed or or 2 : . * o: a x Mownyl oESAFAL, to wecin Laisa, JO cviu.ar ephoyes o 38 ™ oe te « tage ee Pa se . * Sdassy as welh as 20 OLESS Hereane 0.0 Sy bd * sqm te B f ogae Foy: ALDLOLR SIS iS Lae {: ra oad b ete a, My gt. Raddy +e SHAE ®, “ 2 2, gee, Don nee * : ae e % ne f 4 . ° a . { . : - _ 4 ev 30. Arter shis, ihe xan lave UAATARG. 5X) poses, cola Siw. to ‘save cog hotel, ani io tel chee to welek fs sel he ves movin. ite ALYASACTO G34 the followla: day, 27 ‘opuestar. Se ose GAFALOSS a cart wits the infossation thay vanced, but to eats these men hewe . nol reeoatestad Lin. ater gakin, tha shove statements > ALYABADG .- - §yéSeated the Follcyvingt oo, , ot ee 7 - @» i Thab snowiesseusly, and atier pororeiiemst ian, jasives tO state that the Korth Acerlean to whom he iad <4 : veformel in tha tor of his stg:emest and whom be ex ca _ + gm@ be ves 60$ eure that he Looked Mia, Lee Bexrey OGNALD,. ‘he susescin of the Preaddent of the United Statete © bh, Theat after the assssaizatios of Preaises: Keorey, “ALYAPADO took advegrtaye oF these ccctetenced, fiviny yaveiors 0° | aseh 2s the above cme, oo the purgese Of Eroveinn & otros venction in faver of the United .tates o.aiest tha sovertsan -  @. - That be hod = other aolive thas the dere hatred whieh Bo be feels for commandam, ack bas throwjnet Sis life dedicat | Sinsel? to coakattiag communis. Ot nn Sa :. Ma, eat be reemets ret having achieved his objective pt causing a seactio: on the part af tue United ftacss soverne — ment gaiast that of CAS. 7 | a, (+. g, ° hat vhe telépkese convarsatica whack be referred to ebove In his statasent, ves edt nada on 12 Eepteaber 24 ce - . ° gata, but rethet after the deat of Sreakdens Kexsedy, o2 — . 25 teptenber. This call was made to the mnter bE GERD, : which ia the nuaber of the Azerican Eabassy. F2u thie mabe’ be one connected vith extensions MEL in order to rebate the weiiests olresiy peatiosed. . a CnaaryT _ ORI 2
Th ER AD Se PORAPAES STERERER NRE esse : rere _ » a3 e! we” 2 * Genk. fel ge ' 1° Castro, according ‘to the = ‘Oswald Reportedly To : Cubans oF Plan to to Kill if K: By John M. Goshko" : " Weebington Post State Weer °“° The _ Justice ieee _ has discovered a 1964 memo-" : randum by. ‘the late FBI Di. - “secter J,; Edgar’ Hoover Saye. ing that Lee Harvey Oswald,” ‘revertedly told Cuban offic,” ’_ fals in advance of President . > Xennedy’s assassination that’ ay fe tae ee oe Be ge ae: WAS thingion 1% Nov Je 8 PO oe “7 ~ “ee: Cobar’ enibassy" ‘in ‘Mextes , City prior to the murder of. Kennedy... : ' There has’ igen persistent surmise about a possible In- = volvement of the ‘Castro gov- Rapti ze . erament Ia. the’ raurder ‘of ° “he intended to, kil the Presi.’ ae : ‘Informed sources Sia yes. “ terday that Hoover, in the * * memo, attributed this infor. : aos ‘smation to-2 highly reliable - -dnformant who claimed to - . “have beew told it personally’ _ by. Cuban ‘Prime _Minister : Fidel Castro. -- ve “!meino,: reportedly -sald- he “had been advised by officials © -of ‘the Cuban embassy in“ — . ' Mexico City. that ‘they had - > met with Oswald before the : Noy.- 22, 1963, assassination * of “Kennedy in Dallas and‘ ' that Oswald informed them | ‘of his, intentions.. Bogs tet ee aL Sag “LEE HARVEY osWaun I The assertion’ reported ‘in .. the Hoover memo go further ":than any information cur- ‘rently on ‘the. record. con- cerning’ alleged statements made by Oswald in. a prey- “i tously sisclosed visit to. the te ae 7 < Peedi tS a : or 3 with informants of doubtful * .. e e s 7H - . ae veoh found having been addressed.to'the-: *-"" Warren -Commission, ap- *, See OSWALD, AS Gon 1 . Kennedy, possibly as a ‘coun-. 4 “ter stroke cagainst. CIA ef | forts to- assassinate | the’ Cuban leader, | - There has also been spec- ulation that the assassina:’ " tion may have been the work . “of Cubari-exile terrorists. ! - However, all of these reports | have been fourthor fifth. | -hand accounts otliginating- _ reliability. ce he ” The, Eloover memo was deseribed by the sources’ as | ‘pointed by former President Johnson to lnvestigate the ; assassination. commission staffers said yes-- .terday that. they. had no ; 1 recollection: of ever having | Tah tong, TET But former } -@
14-00000 rere er Lot wae? - ie OSWALD, From ALS"! sald though that they believed “as an a arin . ow. 4+ set? educated guess” that it was Rolando |, reéelved suck a memo or having been Cubela, a high Cuban official and Cas- "34, told by Hoover or other FBI officials _- tro intimate whom the CIA recruited “}f 2°", af.the information init “- | ° | -;,s.4n-1961 and who later figured-in CA fet + Officials of the Justice- Department "-“plans to kill Castro, «0 swe | Sy 3 and the FBI refused any comment on .- In the Senate intelligence commit: z ‘the memo’s existence or its contents, “tee investigation last year.it was dis- * | iy and other sources familiar with the ” closed that the CLA employed a highly “tz assassination investigation said they “placed Castro government . official _ iB 0 Bad no knowledge of whether it act-° with the cryptonym AMLASH -in ef- 3 “ually was sent to the Warren Commis "forts to assassinate the Cuban leader, - ty SUOM, nO Gen smmets oa veers + Cubela and AMLASH were: ublicty # . _ Those sources who told The Wash- ~ reported to have been the some man: (ate. ington Post about the decument said - ‘The sources also were unable to say | es its existence apparently had been. un- .-how Hosver came: into possession of | “B, known until ‘recently. Tt was. discov: | information from an informant inside“); ° . eye ered, the sources said, as the result of° Cuba, since foreign intelligence is a oon ‘information that came to the atten- CIA. rather than an FBI function. 1 “. tion of. the Justice’ Department and , Some said they thought the Informa: -“that prompted:Attorney. General Ed- " tion had first been given to ‘the CIA,. |- > ward H. Levi to order'a search of FBI.. which then turned it over to Hoover. “| files, ale ee et “2. * However, John MeCone, who was | 2 After: the memo was found, the ” CIA director at the time, said in a tel.’ | +." sources added; Levi put a-tight clamp ~: éphone interview yesterday that the {i -" of secrecy on the matter, and only a.” information reportedly in the Hoover ‘7 ., Small number’ of persons In the Jus“ '- memo was “unknown to mer cn “* tice Department and FBI know about” -"s “Jpg the first Pve ever heard of it,” | . the document’s existence. sucht ase ge eoeensboCone sald, “It’s hard for me to be-. .*, -&s a result, the ‘bources“said, they’ ’ lieve that such’ a memorandum “ex= 8 - " are-unable to answer such questions isted without it being known to me f° .*’ as why the memo apparently never.* “and to the staff of the Warren’ Com: f °°. yeached the \%Warren Commissiony-- emission” ©... - Peer >. whether the information was accurate ..,4-, The same point was, made by David ° ‘6 * © e ‘* iv .t.and, if so, whether Castro* was: in-’-.. W. Belin, who served as one_of the.-. “).: . formed about Oswald's intentions hée- “Warren Commission’s legal counsels.:’ fore or after Kennedy was killed?  '...- He said,.in a ‘telephone, interview," . > it /+-Documents released recently -by the .~ have absolutely no “recollection ‘of i <°, CIA imder the Freedom of Informa= ; such.a memo, If such a document did .. * on Act establish that Oswald visited, - exist, I’m sure that we never Saw je" ." "Mexico City less than two months be: Other documents that, have been - * * gore the assassination and met ‘there — made public recently indleate’ that . iu. +" with officials of the Cuban embassy. ;-»." Hoover ‘and top FBI officials. knew—’ . One of these CIA documants, dated “~ while the--bureau was ‘investigating — _ May 5, 1964, states that prior to Octo- . the Kennedy-assassination — that. the ‘: ber, 1963, Oswald visited the Cuban-...CIA was exploring ‘the possibility of. - ateegg, SUASSY “dn°two or three occasions “~ having: Castro killed. However, Hoover “the and was in Zontact with three alleged: 7 “PET informed the Warren Cor~ ‘ele entified- mission ‘of the CIA's plotting against . ae cist, Cuban intelligence: agents. id ; age.” ag- Luisa Calderoa, «“Manuel- Wegas + Casita... fads) anit et aes gta -: » Perez and Rogelio “odriauez Lopez. 2 po as Scam ae ace Ms -@% He also is. known to have talked” .: with an embassy official named Siliva - 6 { “-" " Duran, She reportedly hag stid that “1: - . ii ghe dealt with Oswald only about his / : iD ce unguecessful attempts to oblain a visa: | mo : [+ to visit Cuba: sewer fhe sources were unable to identify . sy Os ce - the informant described in the Hoover ynemo as having obtained the informa- |. ton from Castro. Some of the sources -
14-00000 ry MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence FROM : Raymond A: Warren - _ Chief, Latin America Division “WIA So ': Deputy Director for Operations . SUBJECT. 3 Citations from Robert Dietz Morrow's-Bcok, "Betrayal" in "Midnight," a Weekly Tabloid, — entitled, "How CIA Plot to Kill Castro Backfired" ; ; REFERENCE © =: Memorandum for DCI from’ C/LA, Subject: oS “Possible Accusations Against the CIA," Dated 31 July. 1976 OS e ~ 1. Attached is ‘a copy of Subject article from the 2 August 1976 edition of the tabloid "Midnight." 2. Also attached is a copy of a 24 March 1976 memorandum for the Deputy Director for Administration from the Director. of Security relative to Robert Dietz Morrow. This memo indicates that Mr. Morrow was granted a Secret contract clearance in September 1962 for use by.the Office of Commu- nications which contracted with Morrow Products, Baltimore, Maryland, to produce an adapter which would greatly reduce interference on radio receivers. The adapter was deliverec in February 1963 and found to be worthless and the contract was terminated. Subsequently, Morrow became involved with Mario GARCIA Kohly and made. the plates from which Kohly produced counterfeit Cuban pesos. Morrow and his wife, Cecily, were arrested along with Kohly by the Secret Service on 1 October 1963. At that time Morrow told the Secret . ; Service that he had become associated with a “certain agent" after building a device which he demonstrated to CIA. E2 IMPDET gree Fyter es ae. Wanna NOTES 1 RY 9560 ENSUIVE HSTELLICENZE SOURCES CL BY 956 JAD MLTHGDS (VOL veu SPARED mereehet min eo
3. To our knowledge the allegations in Subject article have no basis in fact nor did we have any relationship with Jack Ruby, Clay Shaw or Lee Harvey Oswald. 2 ery Sagned Raymond 4. Varren Raymond A.. Warren 2 Attachments, a/s cc: DDCI CONCUR: . Chief, Counterintelligence Staff Date Thecdora G, Snachley noe, _for a cr Deputy Director for Operations Date — { 2
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14-00000 é 6 oS I. < MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence. FROM ¢. John H. Waller Ins pector General SUBJECT 3 Washington Star Story, 1 October 1976 1, This is for your information only. 2. Onl October 1976 the Washington Star published anews - story with an Associated Press credit line, headlined CIA. Viewed Oswald.As Information Source (copy attached). The | lead stated: . _ Contrary to sworn testimony, the CIA once con- ' sidered using presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald as a source of intelligence information about the Soviet Union, according to a newly released CIA document. In sworn testimony before the Warren Commission, former CIA Director Richard Helms said the Agency never had “or even contemplated" any | contacts with Oswald. The news story, in another section, made the following statement: ‘ The November 25, 1963, memo explained that the Agency's interest in. Oswald as a potential intelligence source was due to his "unusual t behavior in the USSR, "to which he had defected jn 1959, power ae ee | om me was ee
14-00000 . 3. There was such a memorandum, written by a case» c€ officer then stationed in Paris, recently released under FOIA. - Y Writing three days after President Kennedy's assassination, this case officer recalled that there had been interest in Oswald, As soon as I had heard Oswald's name, I recalled. that as Chief of the 6 Branch I had discussed -- sometime in the summer of 1960 --~ with the then Chief and Deputy Chief of the 6 Research Section the laying on of interview (s) through KUJUMP or other suitable channels . . , oO { remember that Oswald's unusual behavior in the USSR had struck me from the moment I had read the first ODACID dispatch on him, and I told my subordinates samething amounting to "Don't push too hard to get the information we need, because ' this individual looks odd," + + « « Ido not know what action developed there- after. ... 4, The Helms testimony before the Warren Commission on this subject was.as follows: . Mr. Helms. On Mr. McCone's behalf, I had all our records searched to see if there had been any contacts at any time prior to President Kennedy's assassination by anyone in the Central Jntelligence . Agency with Lee Harvey Oswald. We checked our card files and our personal files and all our records, Now this check turned out to be negative. In addition I got in touch with those officers who were in positions of responsibility at the times in question to see if | anybody had any recollection of any contact having even been suggested with this man. This also turned out to be negative, so there is no material in the Central Intelligence Agency, either in the records or in the mind of any of the individuals, that there was any contact had or even contemplated with him. Pw ERE TT en ae ae pe etme en STR mee we fae ik Rabe weet oly tee a ct wa ete gs