104-10422-1 0422] ee CLAS ‘AFIED MESSAGE 7 19-62 Ouie > Re Tg. VALSH ours UNIT : NE/SPO © INOEX -SECRET ext : 6660 0 NO tNOEX ; 7 DAie : 29 Nov €3 (] FILE IN CS'FILE NO. 5 — f DOC. MICRO. SER. | Lot 7o06U63)~=|C SEE BELOW fF . R Sty} 22) OBe p «=6GEC4 1974 ra - AUCROFICMED | Tae fo. ene pos pion ts | erie’ 54 —_ _ FROM: Cas CONF: se author: aed — > | | routine INFO : OCl, o/ocl, poP, cle, c/ct/st, NVR woe ee PRIORITY a SIG? 4: a OL, Ao fo ‘7'B00K CABLE| _ a R.O. #1 - Unt c2ep 5S CITE oR 8 5 8 [ 7 EVALUATING ANY OPS LEADS GENERATED BY CURRENT INVESTIGATIONS: tt A. 9 OCTOBER 1959: ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL BRITISH TRAVEL RECORDS CSWALD ARRIVED DN SOUTEEAMPTON THIS DATE CLAIMING ON HIS LANDING CARD THAT HE ZAD + WO ¥DCED ADDRESS BUT PLANTED REMALN UNTTED KINGDOM ONE ‘WEEK FOR VACATION BEFORE GOING "SCMB SCHOOL iH SWISSE." (28 COMMENT: PROBABLY REFERRING ALBERT SCHHETIZER COLLEGE SWITZERLAND WITH WATCH HE KNOWN TO HAVE BKEN IN CORRESPONDENCE.) B. 10 OCTOBER 1959: ACCORDING SAME OFFICIAL BRITISH TRAVEL RECORDS OSWALD LEP? LONDON THIS DATE BY AIR FOR HEISTNKE. | C. OCTOBER 1959: STOCKHOLM NEWSPAPER "DAGENS NYHETER” 25 NOVEMBER 19f3 STATES LEE OSWALD PASSED THROUGH SWEDEN OCTOBER 1959. ARTICLE ADCS THAT OSYALD UN- SUCCESSFUL OBTAINING VISA [0 USSR IN-HELSINKI WHICH RESULTED HIS REYURNING STOCKHOLM. {YO DAYS AFTER HE ARRIVED STOCKHOLM OSWALD TRAVELED DIRECTLY MOSCO¥. CONCLUDING SENTENCE ARTICLE STATES "THIS INDICATES THAT RUSSIAN EMBASSY (STOCKHOLM) GAVE HIM A VISA." ACCORDING RELIABLE SOURCE THERE WAS NO RECORD THERE HAS ANY REQUEST FOR USSR VISA PROCESSED THROUGH NORMAL CHANNELS FOR OSWALD ANY TIME DURING 1959 AND PsI-AFILYS RELEASING OFFICER Exciuded from automatic downgrading aad AUTHENTICATING s E Cc R E [ secret dectavsificstion OFFICER REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE 1S PROHIBITED, 0° ‘ Pot ane ~. ( ee OFFICERS crour t S 2 z= ° “ue MOIAOY VIOS sof oie) ud Wop SS 0quon juownsogd — a
13-00000 te. ORIG; UNIT ; cxT : BATE : TO : FROM: CONE INFO 3 7 . ISSUED TRANSIT WasA OSYALD'S ; WIFE 13. MAY 1962. 4 ee es LASGFIED MESSAGE 1262 R. T. Walsh * ° ROUTING We /S?0" O Inore SECRET ih ee Ky 0 NO INDEX (2; (CO FILE IN CS FILE NO. Es DIRECTOR : PAGS TWO |_| ocreaneo > | | ROUTINE %, G Y. INFO . CITE O18 85217 SGURCE INDICATED WAS DIFFICULT EXPLAIN HOW OSWALD MIGHT HAVE RECD VISA IN TWO DAYS wrrsour ‘cons CEROUGH NORMAL CHANNELS. ONLY CONCLUSION WHICH CAN BE DRAWN IS “OSWALD MUST HAVE RECD VISA DIRECTLY FROM SOVIET EMBASSY STOCKHOLM WHICH OCCASTONALLY DONE SPECIAL CASES BUT SOURCE HAD NO EVIDENCE CONFIRM THIS ASSUMPTION. D. 10 70 15 OCTOBER 1959: ACCORDING VERY RELIABLE BUT EXTREMELY SENSITIVE SOURCE OSWALD STAYED AT TORNI HOTEL HELSINKI 10 TO 11 OCTOBER AND THEN MOVED 10 KLAUS. KURI HOTEL WHERS STAYED UNTIL 15 OCTOBER, APPARENTLY WAITING FOR VISA BE ISSUED HIM BY SOVIET CONSULATE HELSINKI. HE TRAVELED USSR BY TRAI CROSSING AP VAIIZKXALA 15 OCTOBER. E. 13 MAY 1962: ACCORDING {QO DUTCH OFFICIAL SOURCE, DUTCH CHARGE MOSCOW Eg oe UE Bee Og Mey bn. ee en a ee ae THEIR RECORDS REVEAL WIFE WAS BORN r : LT SULY 19h1 INSTEAD: -OF- 19: SULY,/194 AND SEVERODVENSK INSTEAD OF MINSK. THERE NO RECORD HER HAVING. ACTUALLY. @RANSTTED. F. 1962: OFFICIAL BRITISH scraERLAN. RECORDS DO NOT REFLECT OSWALD RETURNED UNITED STSTES FROM USSR THROUGH UNTTED KINGDOM. HOWEVER IF HE WERE MERELY TRANSITING IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NECESSARY FOR HIM FILL OUT LANDING CARD AND THEREFORE THERE ogee WOULD BE NO RECORD HIS TRAVEL IN OFFICIAL TRAFFIC INDEX. 1963: 23° NOVEMBER MARIA SMETHLAGE; BEAD’ OF COORDIN G: RELEASING OFFICER . _ ea : gx _ REPRODUCTION “ THER Tr: YN, we A CRET .N THE ISSUING OFFICE ISf “OHIBITED. ACCORDING EATREMSLY SENSITIVE AND RELIABLE SOURCE, ON se CUBA GROUP B Exctuded from avtometic doangradiag ang “Gecla ssification “WERKGROUP INFORMATI 5 TOLD EMPLOYEE ATING OFFICERS AUTHENTICATING OFFICER Copy No. ‘ MY. ee <a oe co-~winssnrsientnnpcnnesnennts nese snenstnti etapa, ga A EES EPEC, rE ESSE PSS ssi en eaten 4
13-00000 7 ge te = | _CLASSI" 20 MESSAGE ( r202 Chis e 2. FT Walsh Ar ROUIING unt; WE/SiTd * (J INDEX {3k CRET oT xT: 1 NO INDEX 2; CC C*CSS PATE : . ( FILE IN CS FILE NO. 5) es Om a ; FROM: DIRECTOR PAGE THREE Conr: || DEFERRED || ROUTINE INFO 3: 10 INFO creor & &1 aa CUBAN EMBASSY HAGUE SHE WAS SURE SHE HAD MET "THAT MR. LEE IN HAVANA WHO DID THE MURDER.” SHE DESCRIBED HIM AS MAN OF VIOLENCE AND ENTIRELY FULL OF HATE AND INDICATED ‘THAT IT POSSIBLE THIS MAN HAD BEEN MISUSED BY A GROUP. SHE SAID SHE HAD WRITTEN *“Grescn" ABOUT BAD IMPRESSION SHE HAD HAD OF THIS LER. (HQS COMMENT: GIBSON IS FAIRPLAY FOR CUBA REP IN GENEVA) ALMOST THREE HOURS LATER SMETHLAGE AGAIN CONTACTED CUBAN EMBASSY HAGUE AND SAID "MR LES OF THE FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE" HAD BEEN SLANDERED AND IT WAS ANOTHER PERSON NAMED LEE OSWALD WHO HAD DONE IT. SMETHLAGE } SEEMED TO BE GLAD TO HAVE HEARD "CORRECT" VERSION. (HQS COMMENT: MR. LEE MAY BE IDENTICAL VINCENT THEODORE LEE WHO REPLACED RICHARD GIBSON AS HEAD OF FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA CCMMITTEE IN NEW YORK. ALSO LEE HARVEY OSWALD HAS USED ALIAS 0. H. LEE; HOWEVER NO TRACES TRAVEL TO CUBA LOCATED AS OF THIS DATE. H. ACCORDING RELIABLE INFO SMETHLAGE WAS IN CUBA JANUARY 1963 AND ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL DUTCH SOURCE SHE AGAIN TRAVELED CUBA FOR MAY DAY CELEBRATIONS 1963. END OF MESSAGE | % WE CCMMENT ~ Requested liaison and station traces Lee Harvey Oswald. on fer cfm $Y) RT Walsh, » we/se0- Richard Helzs DD/P ae COORDINATING OFFICERS : tectuses trem automatic . : RELEASING OFFICER Gowngradung and AUTHENTICATING Geclaasificatios OFFICER REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE.1S PROHIBITED. Copy No. wt-ASIAGYS we ee eae Anes eens ent attetrneannnnntannge A