104-10408-10382 Vo ; ' | Cr . Ee se - o .. ( | 0 63 ° Summary of Osnell Case Prepared f., I Yee piscovery of CSWALD in Nexico City Briefing Purposes Civen l0Dec 3 (Exact Date Unknown) Qn 1 October 1963, the CIA Hexico City Station intercepted a telephone Ent! ( XAAZ- 12959 call Lee OSWALD made from en unknow location in Healeo City to the Soviet _ Eabassy there, using his ow name. Spesking broken Russian and using his true nase, OSWALD ves talking to the Eubassy guard, OSYSDKOV, vbo often answers the phone. OGWAID sald he had visited the Eebassy the previous Saturday (23 September 1963) en spoken to a consul vtose name he hed forgotten, aut vio hed pronised to vend 0 telegram for him to Washington. He vented to mow if there vere "anything nev.” The guard said if the consul vas dark it ves (Velesty Viedintrovich) KOMIZKOV, he guard checked with saneone else ani sald that the message hed gone cut but no answer bad been received. He then bung up. This plece of informe tdci was produced from a telephone tap center which CEnaiy owiscentems By 9 October, the OSWALD telephone conversation of 1 October hol been transcribed and a summary of it cabled to Washington. CLASSIFICATION REVIEW CONDUCTED ON AY 19 gis f n s § for FOIA Review on ‘MAY 1976 Bo id ] . - 26\- 239248 Document Number > SG -726 SEERE t
13-00000 ‘The cabled report was received in Washington on 9 October and checked in our files, where it was imeiiately noted that the Lee OSWALD phoning the Boviet Fmbassy in Mexico City was probably the Lee OSWAID who had defected to ‘the Soviet Union in 1959 and returned to the USA in 1962. Ga 10 October 1963, the day after the repost from Mexico City, CIA Headquarters sent out a cabled report about Lee OSWALD's phone call. to the Soviet Eubassy; the report wert te the Far, the Depertment of State (because OSWALD vas 0 U.S. citizen), end to the Hevy Department (because be vas 4 former Marina). Ghe cabled report to these agencies highlighted the 1iklthocd that the fee CSWALD mentioned vas probably the former defector. A cony of thin saa cable vas delivered by bent to the Duigration and Naturalization Service, vith vilen ve have po csble lisk. The sane day 8 long cable went out to Hexleo City informing our Station of the background of defector Lee OSWALD and asking for more information. Our Btation vos instructed to pass ite information on the phone call te the Mexico City offices of the Far, the Pabassy, the Naval Attache, and the Tunigration and Haturalizetion Service. This was done.
13-00000 (cranes *“3- Our Mexico City Stetion very often produces information on U.S. citizens contacting Soviet bioe esbessies in Hextco City. Frequently the information we get is extresely incriminating, and on ons or two occasions ve have 8 even been abla to apprehend ani return to the USA American military persumel uho are attenpting to dafect. In all such capes, our Reaiquarters desk requests and obtains the special permission of the Deputy Director for Plane to pass the derogatory information on a U.S. citizen to other goverment egencies. ve vare nob informed of viet action the YET and other ageuntes nay have taken of thet tine based on our ropart. Later investigation has confirmed all the details — of his trip, where ha stayed, and vist he did. ‘To avoid crossing Lines with the ¥OI, our Mexico Station undertook no local investigation of ite own. As we now know, OSWALD left Mexico on 3 October and was no longer there when our report was put out. sates this telephone.tap operation ise joint one with -! | the Mextoans also hal the 1 October intercept on Lee OSWALD, but 16:
13-00000 22 Novesber 196 3 As soon as the name of Lee CSHAID was mentioned in connection with the _ asneseinstion of Preaident Kennedy on 22 November, CIA file checks vere begun ‘and the Mexican station vas asked by cable for more information on OSWAID. within a wok, tuenty-oeven cabled reports had been cent to the Wate House, the State Department, and the FEI. GIA flela stations provided many leetw of information during the week exe etter the assassination. The Hexico City Station resterched its telephone teps very thoroughly and came up with several more conversations probably also to the Cuban Consulate in Mexico City. Several Nexicens vere arrested ond questioned about his activities, giving good picture of vhat he vas really up to. A host of fabricators, some anonymous, bociberded oversees exbassies | | vith spurious tips on the oes0, most of sich ve investiga. All of these vere soon discredited, but they are still coming in. During this phase of our work, we served primarily in support of the Far, vaich wes entrusted by the President with the major responsibility for the Cor TF wi’ ae investigation. ‘The Departuent of State photographed ita entire file on
13-00000 OSWALD and passed them to us, and the FAX gave us a copy of the Soviet Consuler file on OSWALD which had been publicly given by the Sowlet Ambassador to the Secretary of State. On Friday 6 Decenber 1963, Deputy Attorney General Katsexbech invited ue to review the PI's comprehensive repurt on the ease 40 quoted. We found the report highly interesting an’ no threat to our security, as long as it ves read only by the authorized investigative bodies. After the firat few days, the CIA investigation of the case vas handled at Headquarters by a staff usually charged xs with investigation and analysis of the nost inportant security ceses, and by officers avd analysts of our Western _ ‘Eoatisohere Division. Reports from Mecceo sussect, it began re-screaning all the written telephone trenscripts in ita files m covering the Soviet Eubassy for tha pertinent period. ‘The actual tapes were elso reviewed, but many of them had been erased after the normal two woeks wait. Several calls believed to involve OSWALD were discovered mt and their oe wo mB .Z .¢ we be SE SS Stent tt SSS 7 TSS hc cS ESE SESS SST Se eee eee aca . ° ° :
13-00000 contents cabled to Washington, where they vere dissexinated to the White House, the State Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation. CWAID's nene ves not actually mentioned in these additional calls, but sictlarity of speech end various plain poiuts of content Link them to bin. These 27 Soptesber 1963 to 3 October 1963, the whole apan of OSWID's visit to Huxtco city ea later learned from trwel records. 2] September ~ A nen phones the Soviet Military Attache and zeys he aces a vise to go to Olesee. lem answering says be should call 15-60-55 and ask for the Consul. Caller aske for the address, end it 4s given to hin, (there 1s no special reason for Linking thts cal to OSWALD.) oT Septender, 4:05 PM ~ The Cuban Consulate phoned the Soviet Consulate. Siivie Duren, Hexicen national clerk of the Cuben Consulate talked to a fovlet official, oaying that a mile Ausrioei citizen vas ab the Cuban Consulate asicing tor  teanatt viea to pass through Cuba on his way to the foviet Union. She vonts to know to whom he talked in the Soviet Consulate and vbo told him he vould - have no problem about it. If a Sovict viea is agmuxed, the Cuben Consulate - ee Aye Mell GEM 96) 289245 (cmc 68 rarasencr aca cngES SS-SSSSTSSPSES SSS SESTRSTAESSESGm 69) SSCS TEES TSS CSS SEEESTES CESSES. SESSION? TSSSSSESES SST TSS STS STEED TPE TT SS ° . «
13-00000 can grent hima transit visa end sizply notify Cuban iumigration authorities. The Soviet first asks her to walt, and then she has to explain the whole thing over again to another Soviet official, who takes her telephone mmber end ‘promises to call her back. Silvia DURAN concluies this call by telling the Sovict she herself bas moved ani gives her new address for the Soviet Pubassy bulletin. He asks her to phone (Sergey Semenoyich) KIMIIARESKO (Second Secretary vho puts out the Bulletin) to give him the nev sddress ani he asks who the Cuban Cultural Attache is. Elivta DURE gives the Atteche's nane us Terese FACRZA ent 27 Septenbor, 4:26 PM A Soviet official calls Silvia TURAY beck end tele her thst the “Auertoan” had been to cee tha Soviet's ex show then 0 Letter froa the Soviet Consulate in Uashington indicating thet he hed been yatting for vises for hinself ent hla wite to go to the Soviet Unto for a long | tine, tat that no aasver hed cane fics Washington, olding that the welt vas sonetines four or five months. oe "inericen" bad shom the Soviets a letter choving Ne wie & xeubex of en organization in favor of Cuba ent hed clatnel that the Cubans could not give bim a visa without a Russian visa. Silvia DURAY
13-00000 ( SERPET ( «a & rejeina thah thay have the sme protien the “hserican’ ta still at the Consulate; they cannot give him = transit visa unless he ts assured of a Soviet visa, even though he just wants to go to Cuba to wait there for his Soviet visa to be gramted. Ee does not know anyone in Cuba, They end the conversation on thie note. Silvia DURAN says thet she vill note this on his "card," and the Sovist contludes ty saying, "Besides be 18 not knw." Be excuses himself for tp tnooaventence he has caused snd Gilvia DURAN eaye it te all right. 28 September - Silvia DURAN calls the Soviet Exbessy fraa the Cuban ‘Consulate. She says that she has the American with her again. ‘the Soviet answering esks her to vait. when another Soviet takes up the phone, Bilvia puts the American an. The Amaricen tries to talk Rusalan to the Soviet vbo auswrs in English. The Anericen asks him to speak Russian. The Auerican says that he hed been in the Soviet Inbessy fm’ ppokea with the Consul, ent thet they hed taken his sddress. ‘he Soviet replies that he kuows thet. ‘the American then .eays, eomevoat enigaatically; "I did not know it thea. I vent to the Cuban ‘Fwbassy to esk them for ny address because they have it." The Soviet invites hin to stop by again and give them the eddress, and the American agrees to do s0. arenas stag oa 5 Yeates wea f
13-00000 CORE -9- (m this conversation, the Amerieen wos spesking harily recognizable Russian.) As far os our records show, OSWAID aid not phone the Soviet or Cuban pubasetes again until Tuesday, 2 October 1963. The intervening days vere o sunday ant  jawlsy. ‘the contents of his later calls seen to chov he dia not “L otoner, 10:31 AM « A man calls the Soviet Military Attache in broken ~ Rusaten aod eays he hed been at their place the previous Saturday (23 Septenber) and talked to their Consul. ‘hey had said they would send a telegram to Washington, en] he wanted to knov if there vere anything nev. ‘The Soviets ask him to call quoter yinoe muber sna gives hin 15-60-55, saying to esk for e Conn. 1 October, 10:45 AH « (This 1s the phone call in vhich OSWALD used his truo nese end vhich wos therefure cabled to Washington on 9 October 1963.) too OSWALD called the Soviet Exbessy ant annowced hie ows name, saying be hed visited them the previous Saturday end spoken with a Consul. They hed said they youl send a telegran to Weskingtoa, end be vented to Inow if there were anything NeW. He did not remenber the nene of the Consul. the Soviet, vho ves Fubessy guard OBYEIKOY replied: “KOS'TIKOV; he is deg. "OSWALD replied: "Yes, ny
13-00000 name is OGWALD.” the Boviet excused himself for a minute aud then said they hadn't received anything yet. OSWAID asked if they hadn't done enything anf eho guerd replied they hed oact a roqiest tit thet pothing hal Woes received as yet." CSuAID started to say: "and what...", but the Soviet hung up. October 1953 = A sin speaking broken Spanish at first and then English phoned the Soviet Military Attache and esked about a visa. the Attache's office referred hin to the consulate, giving the mabe 15-60-55. the caller wrote it down. the attache official shrugged off another question about vhether the caller could got a visa, and the conversation ended. (there 1s no special reason to tie this tn with CSHAID, vho 1 nov known to have re-entered the U.S. at Laredo the same day.) information on Lee OBWALD alaoq cama to the attention of President LOPEZ Mateos after 22 Yovesiber. The next day, 23 November, he called it to the attention of ow Chief of Station, who was already working feverishly on the case. Sinilerly, the Meccicens noticed the involvement of Cuban Consuler caployee Bilvia DURAN, a : STATS 2 @
13-00000 yexioen national. Our Stetion suggested that she be arrested and interrogated about OSWALD. the Nectean authorities hed the sexe idea and she and ber husbant wore arrested on 23 Hoveuber 1963, in the midst af @ poxty at thet howe. ALL released on 25 Hovesber 1963. Silvia's husbead, Horacte DURAN Navarro, en industrial designer, said under Kennedy, his wife had recognized the name end recalled she had waited on OSWALD “when be case to apply for a Cuban transit visa) he remesbered she had said ke she dealt with the Soviet Consulate as well to find cut whether he had a Soviet vies. Worsclo DURAN recalled his wife had said OSWALD became angry and she had to call out tha Cuban Consul, Euseblo AZCUE, to quiet his. Silvia DURAN told the same story. She was a leftist sympathizer with Cuba and had worked for the Mexicen-Cuban Institute of Cultural Relations. She recalled QSWALD well, described him accurately, related how he had wented a Cuban vieo but could not get one without the asmurence of & Soviet visa, end remembered his tiff with the Consul. She sdaitted che had phoned the Soviet Ritessy about hin. ve “Aye meee Sa
13-00000 oe aoa} | | ~12- The sim total of the statensnts of Silvia DURAN and her husband was to mit confiza thet OSWALD wis in Tiexieo to get a Ccbea vise 00 he could welt in Cuba for his Soviet visa. ‘he Soviet Consular file passed # to the State Dayartment in Washington ky the Soviat Exbasay confi a long eahange between pirct, hve. Narioa OSWALD, ond later har Iusvend, eal the Soviet Consulate fa Voshington about thelr requests for permission to retura to the Soviet Unton. CAWAID wes still witing to the Soviste in Washingtos stout this as late as 9 Tow 1963. Silvia DOA wes sevested acain = = at eer ae beld uta) 129 | ot one MES 7s : : . : (25 owesber, she wee quite plensed with horzelf. fhe told ber eotleesnes ws a ey tng yt he kn | ehoreectamepel co eztondiin tar to. the atted fetes to confreut Da les oe . OEKALD, mmc et i CIA FAlen vith weed type to Like Lae OSWALD vith se daten jovermcant cs « BEGRET