eae gertes 5 . eee tb Sat os n reese Cant e "Naeem temas Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted ‘from ClA—controlled documents.) In 1963 as employed by the Central Intelligence Agency in|. in the | Recording +6[____] IA personnel file, ‘he was assigned to th Divison in 1948. In FN \ a fitness report for the period April 1, 1963 through March 31, 1964, duties in the Dallas office included “supervising: a ee ‘and managing a resident agency; exploitation of source's complete intelligence potential by debriefing...; writing _ reports; keeps informed on foreign situations and intelligence requirements in order to better orient and exploit sources: and searches for and develops new sources." In an Agency memorandum dated April 13, 1977 contained ae - in George deMohrenschildt's CIA file; et forth facts _ to counter a claim which had been recently made by WFAA-TV — in Dallas that Lee Harvey Oswald had been employed by the oo Classification: Sy i Classified by derivotion: SOT, | NOSTRA serene 074, SUIT, Se fet aE NUT,
Ny etn SORELY * . Sh at te Aermaemen wal ano stiaadte _ Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) pe known Oswald. In that memorandum, an, lis quoted as saying that according to his records the ‘dated May 1, 1964 from[__|to the Acting Chief of the last time he had talked with George deMohrenschildt was. in the fall of 1961. r—Jsaia that he had no' recollection of any conversation with deMohrenschildt concerning Lee Harvey. Oswald. The memorandum also says that Moore recalls only two occasions when he met deMohrenschildt -- first, in the spring of 1958 to discuss the mutual interest the two couples had in mainland China; and then in the fall of 1961 when the aeMohrenschildts showed Films of their Latin American | walking trip. | 7 “oN Other documents in deMohrenschildt's CIA file, -however, indicate more contact between Jana deMohrenschilat than was stated in the 1977 memorandum by In a memorandum . Classification: 7 G Classified by derivation: be and LASS SRT RET, TEETER, * REPEL Per,
etna anon. Nee tentnetetiie “Rem Mt este ne oo [jet the cta,[_ btatea that he had known George _@eMohrenschildt and his wife since 1957, at which time| | . Of Superiority over Soviet Satellites,” and “Effect of ‘Decentralization in the Oil Industry." Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—<ontrolled documents.) got biographical data on deMohrenschildt after a trip to “RA. ea “SEETER, Yugoslavia for the International Cooperation: Administration. [__fsays also in- that 1964 memorandum that he had seen deMohrenschilat several times in 1958 and 1959. Deliohrenschilat's ‘CIA file contains several reports submitted by deMohrenschildt to the CIA on topics concerning Yugoslavia, including "Lack of Interest in Communist Ideology," "National Pride/Feeling DeMohrenschildt.testified before the Warren Commission | that he had never been in any respect an intelligence agent. / The Committee interview with[ _| ana its review of the CIA's SI Moore and deMohrenschildt files confirmed that deMohrenschilat, Classification: fs 0 7 | Classified by derivation: :
‘nett a anos need oper pe mare wy © Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA——controlled documents.) had never been an American intelligence agent. In this n., regard, it should be stressed that, upon returning from trips abroad, of Americans annually provide information to the CIA's| ~ Jon a.nonclandestine - basis. Such acts of cooperation should not be confused with an actual Agency relationship.* 8. William G. Gaudet — William G. Gaudet was a newspaper editor who was issued. . the Mexican tourist card immediately preceding Lee Harvey Oswald's on September 17, 1963. Two days later, he departed fora three- or four-week trip to Mexico and other Latin *DeMohrenschildt's file also makes reference to an occasion where he may have been involved in arranging a meeting between - a Haitian bank officerNand a CIA\or Department of Defense — official. A Department of Defense official interviewed - by the Committee stated that. the meeting was arranged by Department of Defense officials and that deMohrenschildt's presence (in the company of his wife) was unanticipated. The Committee,does not regard this incident as evidence of any » Agency relationship because there is no indication that any United States governmental official actually solicited deMohrenschildt'! S assistance with regard to this meeting. sO ‘Classification: _ ; a f LE Classified by derivation: '; hi EMSs, SAUTE. AEE NUE, “SRRERA Leia bs SEEM,
"ac tn wens * 8 sac Bde aes, et eee aet tere et EES” _f Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—<controlled documents.) American countries. This happened to coincide with Osiala's visit to Mexico city between September 27, 1963 and October ’ 1963. After the assassination, Gaudet advised the PBI during an interview that he had once’ been employed by the CIA. Speculation about Gaudet's possible relationship with Lee Harvey Oswald was created when. it was discovered that the Warren Commission Report contained a list, provided by the Mexican Government and purporting to include all individuals who had been issuéd Mexican tourist cards at the same time as Oswald, which nevertheless omitted Gaudet's name. — / At a Committee deposition, Gaudet testified: that his’. contact with the CIA was primarily as a source of information’ . reflecting information that: he had obtained during his trips abroad; in addition, Gaudet maintained that he occasionally per- . formed errands for Agency personnel. Gaudet stated that his . Classification: 7 Classified by derivation: SARE PTR PIS, Bers oN WET,
% N Classification: Meee (This form is to be used for material extracted . from ClA—<ontrolled documents.) last contact with the CIA was’ in 1969, but that the relationship ‘had never been formally terminated. SLAP PTA CIT: BRERA Ptr EPR A? Cay ata Sst y enn et “Neen ata seat . The Committee reviewed Gaudet's CIA file, but found * eee, wee e. neither any record reflecting a contact between him and the Agency after 1961 nor any indication that he had "performed errands" for the CIA.* A memorandum, dated January 23, 1976, eer waren seemed to confirm the absence of-any further contact after | SOA ONEL! Gm Ae i BLN phen PIT POE EERE eat am earn ste Pees ee nee mate this time: WE. «NIST STA, The has an inactive file-on william George Gaudet, former editor and publisher of The Latin American Report. The file shows that Gaudet was a source of ‘the Resident Office from-1948 to 1955 during which period he provided foreign intelligence information on Latin American political and economic conditions resulting from his extensive travel in South and Central America in’ pursuit of journalistic interésts.. The file further indicates that Gaudet was.a casual contact of the New : _. Orleans Office between 1955 and 1961 when, at various ly times, he furnished fragmentary intelligence and tried . _ unsuccessfully to obtain financial loans from the agency, . Pes 3 § a i i 4 H 7 *The file did contain a routing indication, which the Agency has failed to explain, to the effect that someone "agrees with the manner in which this case is being handled." /. - Classification; —__—_____ ee : | Clossified by derivation: — (mdi Si et na hoe inherent eae A BH fk gh esl mbt A: Na ene t i nER ITN A 8-O Nh SRT RMP nd dah A hoN en 8A
Neen are! . "ere ae at nat tee oe Sa mwa saan "Ne vee eae Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) through to support hi blication. There. is no correspondence in th ile on Gaudet after 1961. Gaudet could not recall whether his trip to Mexico and other Latin American countries in 1963 involved any intelligence related activity. He was able to testify, however,. that he ‘did not encounter Lee Harvey Oswald, whom he had previously seen on occasion at the New Orleans Trade Mart, during that trip. Gaudet was unaware that his Mexican tourist card had been . issued immediately before Oswald's and could not recall having seen Oswald on that day. Finally, Gaudet: aia not have any “information concerning the omission of his name from the list published in the Warren Commission Report. Based upon this evidence, the Committee does not find a basis for concluding that Gaudet may have contacted Lee Harvey Oswald on behalf of the CIA. Although there is a conflict between Gaudet's testimony and his CIA file concerning” ‘Classification: | a _ Classified Py derivoti ton: fen for ter ores not, REPOS -RIE, 2 mre RFR, Sern
wenn ti AbE Fe nathan obo a Ss sonidatocon s Naan ded so ade testdeen, "Rae a arse net: Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted © from ClA—controlled documents.) + eae the duration of his Agency contacts as well as the performance of errands, there is no indication from his ‘file or. testimony that Gaudet's cooperation involved clandestine activity. Again, it should be stressed that the | oo Richard Helms, EwAa Rich Chasdit which was the Agency component that was in touch ‘with Gaudet, was not involved in clandestine ‘Operations. 9. Oswald's Trip to Helsinki and the Issuance of His Entry Visa into the Soviet Union Oswald's trip from London to’ Helsinki has been a point. ‘Of controversy because his passport indicates that he arrived in Finland on October 10, 1959 and the Torni Hotel in Helsinki had him registered as a guest on that date, but the only direct flight from London to Helsinki landed at 11:33 bem; according to a memorandum signed in 1964 by ‘osuala haa caken thie elight, he coula icaTion: #if155] i Classified by derivation: 4 UR, Sarre, SEAT, ser, brea
8 tt anatichchs Neten eeenee “Sect entonorends Babb, Nem mee tee wy C} Classification: == CUS (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) not normally have cleared customs and landing formalities and reached the Torni Hotel downtown by 2400 (midnight) on the _ same day."._ _/ Further questions concerning this segment of Oswald's trip have been raised by his ability to obtain a Soviet entry visa within qnly two days of having applied for it on October 12, 1959.* The Committee was unable to determine the circumstances “surrounding Oswald's trip from London to Helsinki. ‘Louis Hopkins, the travel agent who arranged Oswald's initial transportation from the United States, stated that he did not know Oswald's ultimate destination at the time that Oswald stem booked his passage on the freighter Marion Lykes; consequently, Hopkins had nothing to do with the London to Helsinki leg of = *Since Oswald arrived in Helsinki on October 10, 1959, which was a Saturday, it is assumed that his first opportunity to. apply for a visa was on Monday, the twelfth. Classification: Classified by derivation: RTPA,
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted: from ClA—controlled documents.) Oswald's trip. In fact, Hopkins stated that had he known Oswald's final destination, he would have suggested Sailing on another ship that would have docked at a port more convenient to Russia. i - | Hopkins indicated that Oswald did not appear to be particularly well informed about travel co Europe. The travel agent did not know .whether Oswald had been referred to i him by anyone. me A request for any files that the CIA and Department of Defense may have pertaining to Lewis Hopkins resulted in a 7 negative name trace. The Committee was unable to obtain any Lo additional sources of information regarding Oswald's London : y to Helsinki trip. In contrast, the relative ease with which Oswald obtained his Soviet Union entry visa was more readily amenable to inggstigation: “This issue is one that was also . Ciassirication: ; o : Classified by derivation: ° REP reagrs ou ‘
‘ i ' if + ’ . Embassy in Helsinki, at least one week ordinarily passed: for 24 hours) to U.S. businessmen within five minutes, but Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) of concern to the Warren Commission. / Ina letter to coe the CIA, dated May 25, 1964, J. Lee Rankin inquired about the apparent speed with which Oswald's Soviet visa was issued. Rankin noted that he had recently spoken with Abraham Chayes| of the State Department who contended that at the time Oswald received his visa to enter Russia from the Soviet between the time of a tourist's application for a visa and the issuance of the visa. Rankin contended that if Chayes' assessment was accurate, then Oswald's ability to obtain his tourist visa in two days"might have been very significant. _The CIA responded to Rankin's request for -information | on July 31, 1964. Richard Helms wrote to Rankin that the Soviet Consulate in Helsinki was: able to issue a transit visa (valid | » Classification: ” 1 : .y & 4 J be Classified by derivation: eerie ra te Ba ORD
3 recall a | Ch & Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) if a longer stay were intendéd at least one week was needed to process a visa application and arrange lodging through | Soviet Intourist. A second communciation from Helms to v ; Rankin, dated September 14, 1964, added that’ during the 1964 4 : , 3 tourist season, Soviet Consulates in at least some Western European cities issued Soviet tourist visas in from five to ’ we ts town a Nee ae abe ee seven days. In an effort to resolve this issue, the Committee has reviewed the CIA file on Gregory Golub, who was the Soviet Consul in Helsinki when Oswald. was issued his tourist visa. Trnenebis oe Golub’'s file reveals that, in addition to his Consular ‘ activities, he was suspected to have been an officer ‘of the Soviet KGB. are. of particular significance with regard to the time Ciassification: ‘ ‘¢ _ | Classified by derivation: re apes t Nth, ‘tyres, qeattrote, Ramee net sm,
Classification: a eS (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) i we ~~ ‘necessary for issuance of visas to Americans for travel into oe, ; aE, the Soviet Union. The first dispatch records shat na disclosed during a. luncheon conversation that: 3 Moscow had given him the authority to give Americans visas without prior approval from Moscow. He (Golub) stated that this would: make his job much easier, and as long as he was convinced the American was "all right" : he could give him a visa in a matter of . minutes... (emphasis added) STA The second CIA dispatch, dated October 9, 1959, one . : va 3 . i . . a day prior to Oswald's drrival in Helsinki, illustrates that Golub did have the authority to issue visas without delay. . é ‘The dispatch discusses a telephone contact between Golub and his consular counterpart’ at the American Embassy in Helsinki: E . Classification: _
“Ntemmantomun ns Nocmmi dian tte, Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) -.22S5ince that evening “(September 4, 1959) Golub has only phoned (the US consul) once:and this ~ was on a business matter. ‘Two Americans were in the Soviet Consulate at the time and were applying for Soviet visas thru (sic.) Golub. They had previously been in the American consulate inquiring about the possibility of obtaining a Soviet visa in one or two days. (The U.S. Consul) advised them to go directly to Golub and make their request; which they did. Golub phoned (the U.S. Consul) to state that he would give them their visas as soon as they made advance Intourist reservations. When they did this, Golub immediately gave them. their visas...* (emphasis added) . a Thus, based upon these two factors: (1) Golub's authority to issue visas to Americans without prior approval from Moscow, and (2) a demonstration of this authority, as -Xeported in «(Cra aispatch lanproxinately one month prior to Oswald's appearance at the Soviet Embassy, the Committee seme gy, has found that the available evidence tends to support the conclusion that issuance of Oswald's :tourist visa within | *Evidently,. Oswald had made arrangements with Intourist because upon his arrival at the Moscow railroad. station on October 16, he was met by an Intourist representative and taken to the Hotel Berlin where he registered. as a-student. > —/--- | Classification: ¢ - | Att in Classified by derivation: mere” Se i: Oo Os i an f } WRIA | !
povens “recent photographs of Oswald so that an attempt could be made Ciassification: (This form is to be usel for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) two days after hig“appearance at the Soviet. Consulate was not necessarily unusual. ‘lo. the Oswald Photograph in the Office of Naval Intelligence Files | The Office of Naval Intelligence's Lee Harvey Oswald file contained a photograph of Oswald, taken at the . approximate time of his Marine Corps induction, that was contained in an envelope which had on it the language "REC'D 14. November 1963" and "CIA 77978." These markings” raised the possibility that Oswald had been in some way associated with the CIA. | . “In response to.a Committee inquiry, the Departnent of Defense stated that the photograph had been obtained by ONI as a result of a CIA request for two copies of the most Clessification: . FD mo * Classified by derivation: oe + EREAET.
Niibede Bede os ‘ na son maths 0030, ete woof Ciassification: (This form is to be used for matbrial extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) +. ; to verify his reported presehce in Mexico City. The requested 4 copies, however, were not made available to the CIA until after the President's assassination. Because of the absence | of documentation, no explanation was given for how or when the Office of Naval Intelligence received this particular photograph of Oswald. The Committee's review of CIA cable traffic confirmed that cable number 77978, dated October 24, 1963, was in. fact a request for two copies of the Department of the Navy's’. most recent photograph of Lee Henry (sic). Oswald. Moreover, eT Charen review of other cable traffic corroborated the Agency's desire to determine whether Lee Harvey Oswald had, in fact, been in Mexico City. Classification: f QUT, ETAT, Sr eS cee RET,
wrens SSEILEPESS Nee we, “Na tenia 8 Ooe * Nanibeniem ectmbibe “etic nate Soe O Classification: (This form isto be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) 1. nee Harvey Oswald in Megico city The Committee also considered whether Oswald's activities and possible associations in Mexico City were indicative of. a relationship between him and the CIA. This aspect of the Committee's investigation involved a complete review both of alleged Oswald associates and of various CIA operations outside of the United States. The Committee found no evidence suggestive of any relationship between Oswald and the CIA. Moreover, the Agency's investigative efforts, prior to the assassination, _ regarding Oswald's presence-in Mexico City served to confirm the absence of any relationship with him. Specifically, when “apprised of his possible presence in Mexico City, the Agency RRS -both initiated internal inquiries concerning his background and, once informed of ‘his Soviet experience, notified other, Classification: _ | ROBE om en, senna aes nee + Ser,
~ a cs 02 30d settee, Neeeren ath nt ob tom Spent s oncan de ine ots a —— ee ert eee Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—<ontrolled documents.) - emper? potentially interested federal agencies of his possible contact with the Soviet embassy in Mexico City. Finally, the overt nature and frequency of Oswald's contacts with the Cuban and Soviet Consulates (i.é., a total of at least five visits) also tended to indicate that Oswald was not under the direction of any professional intelligence officers. 12. Lee Harvey Oswald's Military Records _ ee Se ea ee SS trary Records the Committee reviewed Oswald's military records because of allegations that he had received intelligence training and had participated in intelligence operations during his .term of service. Particular attention was given to the charges that Oswald's early discharge from the Marine Corps was designed to serve as a cover for an intelligence assignment and that his records reflected neither his true security clearance nor a substantial period of service in Taiwan. These allegations were considered relevant to the - Classification: Classified by derivation: EY cre, OFT A,