AGENCY INFORMATION . AGENCY: — FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10158-10033 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  105-82555-3340 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LEG, MX TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 04/09/1964 PAGES: 3 SUBJECT: LHO, POST-RP, POLIT AND SUBV ACT, FPCC, ASSOC DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Unclassified NEW CLASSIFICATION: - CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: 11/20/1997 UPDATE DATE: 02/12/2001 STATUS Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: Docld: 3271655058 Page 1
(Beleased ‘under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). | DAEES, byl de 2adeh i ! | ' _* FBI | | | | | " Date: +/9/6% ransm iil rio pr. t£ oe PRCTASSLTLED BY OW Eth ee Af BY DIRECTOR, - FBI -(105- -82555) iS eons wexxc0 ox CITY (205-3702) (P) SUBJECT: LEE HARVEY OSWALD, aka IS - R- CUBA | - Lacs ae _ -ReBuairtel 4/a/64 and Mexico city cable 4/8/64. Te Mex CO is . /00-(26 32 = rs ES “It is pelidved’ by the México Gity Office that an ~ > interview of 3/ SMALL v by Mexican authorities would be hati highly undesirable” for the following reasons :. il s Pale . . The only information concerning L's reactions /\. 2 Ole and statements concerning OSWALD came from{MEX-18 and MEX- UB) a, S13) Q Igy is extremely difficult, if not. ‘ImpSeeible, to con- “S|... OE IE trol/the Mexican police and if that information was passed at Oo Ws OR on to them as the basis for an interview, there is no . oO: Ca ae “ assurance that they would not reveal it to the subject. ay. "ONO ~ Such action would probably result in SMALL's recognizing ey > =| Sa the informants as the source of the information, thereby 0: = S|ON. destroying their future utility and,embarrassing the 3 atic aS operations of the Bureau in Mexico (4) 2 te bey be ; @9,,0.88 On 11/23/63, ELIZABETH CATLETT MORA (Bufile cus <a 100-395934)" advised(MEX-18 and MEX-19}that the PCM twas _ cis qq RO OS om me SYR. Se 2 et 1, me ae “5.3 ti ot & f 5 ¢ Bureau SiS 77 (1°o"Taaison Section Mx: pac? as? 1 - Dallas, 100-104 4). Bees wie 2 - Mexico City 4 \Bu (2 = Me 1001535, ‘aka TH APR 14 1864 * ATBIEY ) Vw GE ss > seg } Crasstfie by 1807 fier. AGBroved: 21209 Dectnelty ony 0} Re SOM, Perftectassify on SAPS JFK a ; Special Agent in Charge shen en a Docld: 327165505 Page 2?
(Released » under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 3107 Hote}. a DATE: 11-14-2017 9 “e iy) a MC 105-3702 sEPREU ‘very concerned over the assassination of President KENNEDY and the involvement of OSWALD, who was connected with the Fair Play for Cuba Committee :(FPCC). Although she did not indicate which organism of the - PCM had reached this decision, it is to be noted that MORA was a member of the so-called Leadership Branch of the PCM. She stated that the PCM had decided that there were only four Americansin Mexico who “might possibly be involved in FPCC operations as far as the Mexican police might know: ASA ZATZ (Bufite 105-16890), CHARLES SMALL, and the informants. As the Bureau is aware, e informants came to the attention of the Mexican authorities when HELEN LEVI TRAVIS (Bufile 100-336032), who was admittedly a member of the FPCC, was arrested and deported in November, 1962. At that time, the Mexican police found the informants' home address and telephone number in TRAVIS! motel room and it was necessary for the informants to go into hiding until the Mexican police gave up efforts to interview them (a) On 11/23/63, MORA advisel the informants that if any action was taken against them by the Mexican police, they should immediately get in touch with JUAN MANUEL _ GUTIERREZ, the Mexico City attorney whom the informants had previously been instructed to contact in case they were arrested for political reasons (Kf 1) Under the above circumstances, therefore, any request of the Mexican police to interview SMALL on the basis of his relations with members of FPCC would focys the attention of those authorities on {ix 18 and MEX-19,/as well KXu] as on SMALL, with the possibility that the Mexican police, who, as pointed out. above, are difficult _to control, might also take action against the informants ’ Consideration has also been given to calling SMALL, who is an American citizen, into the Embassy for interview. It is not felt, however, that such action would be advisable since any interrogation by Embassy personnel, including this office, woyld necessarily have to be predicated on informa- tion from MEX-18 and MEX-194 which would jeopardize the aLuy informants the same as if done by the Mexican police (5) The informants have also advised that SMALL o 2- Docld: 327165505 Page 3
| Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act o DATE: 11-34-2017 $ : a DO 9 6 a ° _frequent_claims that he has to be very careful not to aggra- f, iN visited his store to be part of the general concern of all American communists here after'reading that OSWALD had been i: {in Mexico. No information has since been developed to the 9 i > 4 | 6 ! a7 a MG 105-3702 a heart condition, claims to have suffered a slight heart attack while in 2 United States in September, 1963, and is in poor health. ormation received from CIA, Mexico, clas- sified "SECRET" #ia not to be disseminated outside the Bureau, also confirms SMALL'’s reported heart condition and his An aggressive interview of SMALL by either the Lu police or American personnel might either pRécipitate another heart attack or cause the subject to claim anoth such attack and accuse the Bureau of being responsible for it In addition to the above factors, the Mexico City office has no information to show that such an interview, oo either by the Mexican police or the American officers would ; be productive. Available sources have given no indication i that SMALL actually ever knew or saw OSWALD. His claim that he must have known OSWALD at some time and. t he might have met OSWALD in Mexico was, according to|MEX-18 and MEX-19 »Cu based on the fact that many American communists visiting | Mexico go to SMALL's store and that he assists them in con- nection with their problems while visiting Mexico City SMALL, however, has given no indication that he recognized OSWALD from the newspaper pictures printed in Mexico City or recognized his name as being one of the «= visitors at his store. The informants have reported that following the assassination of President KENNEDY and ‘the public identification of OSWALD's leftist. connections with . the FPCC and his former residence in the Soviet Union, the American communists in Mexico were extremely fearful, expect- . ‘ing police harrassment of all leftists. They considered SMALL's concern*over the possibility ‘that. OSWALD might have contrary. /, In light of the above, the Mexico City Office does not believe that an interview of SMALL should be undertaken by either Mexican or American officials. ok — SEC lea ~ 3 a Docld:32165508 Page 4