First Draft Page Four [___—sid|s« She asked; but was denied, permission to represent the magazine, | On June 21, 1948, she received a courtesy permit, number 25556. She disappeared in 1954 and never returned to The Committee staffers did not tell the[ that the House Select Committee on Assassinations has evidence, her 201 file, that she was in the Sixties. Eunice Odio Infante, a Costa Rican, received a three- month permit on February 9, 1954. She remained in Mexico, il- legally residing at Nacas~45~-a, until 1972. She applied to write for the Excelsior magazine on many different occasions, but was rejected every time. In 1972, Ms. Odio married a Communist painter, Rudolfo Sanabria Gonzalez and moved tol —] | On May 24, 1972, Ms. Odio was found dead in her bathtub. The official presiding at her autopsy concluded that Ms. Odio had poisoned herself. Emilio Carballido Fontanes was in Caracas, Venezuela, on vacation and scheduled to return to in early September. His address is Constituyentes 207. His phone number is 515-8345. Consuelo Esperon's record in[ | could not be located. When the []officials inquired about her at the Cuban Embassy | no one at the office remembered that she had worked there. Committee staff members were told that Esperon was probably dead. Al Wichtrich worked at Royal Crown Cola until 1968 when their offices | closed.
First Draft Page Five Carlos Jurado J. Delmar was born in Cuba November 3, 1927. He entered Mexico July 1, 1965 and taught Graphing and Art at U.N.A.M. until January 1, 1968 when he disappeared. The Mexican officials assume that he returned to Cuba. General Jesus Jose Clark Flores died in the early 1970's. | Ernesto Lehfeld Miller, Academic Coordinator at the é School of Interior Design, had not yet been located, Luis Alberue Suoto lives at| His phone number is door The landlady at his apartment explained to the jofficials that Mr. Alberue had left town hurriedly on Monday, August 7, 1978. Mr. Martinez, wishing to know when he returned, had placed a piece of scotch tape on the bottom right edge of his door. Mr. Martinez explained that he checked it every four hours and would notify us if Alberue returned before we left. ‘Manuel Calvillo did not live at| as the Committee had stated. Mr. Martinez spoke to the landlady at the apartment for the past twenty-five years who said that no Manuel Calvillo had ever resided there. Committee staff members explained that Calvillo went by a pen-name which would be forwarded the following morning. When Committee staff members inquired whether Ms. Sylvia Tirado Bazan could testify at the hearings, the| officials stated that they would have an answer for the staffers by Friday morning. The Mexican officials explained that they
First Draft 6s Page Six would have to speak to her to insure that she was willing to travel to Washington. -On Thursday, August 10, 1978, Committee staff members met with Dr. Jesus Yanez, Agent Ciprianio Martinez Novoa, Capitan Florentino Ventura Gutierrez and Attorney General 2. at 11:00 A.M. The same information listed for the 11:00 A.M., August 9, 1978, meeting was reviewed. Manuel Calvillo's “pen-name" was given to the | lwho stated that they would check it with the landlady. Committee staffers returned to their hotel room with Agent Ciprianio Martinez Novoa after the meeting. Agent Martinez attempted in vain to telephone Oscar Contreras Lartigue to inform him of our visit. At 3:30 P.M., Agent Martinez finally reached Mr. Contreras' child who informed him that Mr. Contreras was not in He had traveled to for a pa¥fide Republicano Institucional convention. When Agent Martinez asked the child if he knew where his father was staying in| | he responded that he did not. Agent Martinez explained to the child that he would call at a later time to speak to his mother. “Agent Martinez telephoned Noe W. Palomares at 4:00 P.M. and arranged an interview at 6:30 P.M. that evening. Mr. Martinez asked Committee staff members to meet him at his office at the [ Jat 6:00 P.M. At 6:00 P.M., August 10, 1978, Committee staff members met Agent Ciprianio Martinez at the | and he drove them to Mr. Palomares' office. At 6:30 P.M., Committee
First’ Draft Page Seven staff members interviewed Noe W. Palomares. (See Noe W. Palomares interview write-up.) After the interview Agent Martinez returned to the |with Committee staff members. He attempted to reach Mrs. Contreras at | | twice with no luck. At 9:45 P.M., he finally contacted her. Mrs. Contreras told Agent Martinez that Mr. Oscar Contreras had told her that he would try tq get a room at either the | | Mrs. Contreras explained that since there were a few conventions scheduled in that weekend she could not assure that he would be at either. Mrs. Contreras told Agent Martinez that she would notify him if her husband should call. Mr. Martinez called both hotels and inquired whether Oscar Contreras Lartigue was registered: He was not registered at either; they were completely booked-up. Mr. Martinez attempted to reach Sylvia Tirado Bazan at her home to ask her whether she would be willing-to travel to Washington for a hearing date and to ask whether she knew where Mr. Ernesto Lehfeld Miller could be located. She was not in. Agent Martinez explained that he would go to the hotel where the was holding its convention early the following morning; after which he would meet the staff members at 9:30 A.M. at their hotel room. At 9:45 A.M., August 11, 1978, Agent Martinez met Committee staffers at their hotel room and explained that he i f é
Pir'st’ Draft Page Eight was unable to locate Mr. Contreras Lartigue at the convention. Mr. Martinez then left to check on Mr. Alberue Suoto and Sylvia Tirado Bazan. . | - At 12:30 P.M., August 11, 1978, Agent Martinez returned to the Committee staff members’ hotel room. He telephoned Mrs. Contreras at [| _|who stated that her husband had not telephoned her since she had last spoken to Agent Martinez. At 1:50 P.M., another agent, Honorio Escondon telephoned Agent Martinez at the Committee staffers' hotel room to inform him ‘that Luis Alberue Suoto must be back in town because the scotch tape was no longer in place. At 1:55 P.M., Agent Martinez telephoned Luis Alberue Suoto. Alberue denied that he had worked at the Cuban Embassy in the Sixties, stated that he knew nothing about the assassination and declined the Committee staff members' request to interview him. At 2:00 P.M., August 11, 1978, Agent Martinez telephoned Sylvia Duran. Agent Martinez then gave the telephone to Committee staffer Lopez. Mr. Lopez asked Mrs. Duran whether she would be willing to testify sometime in September at the Committee hearings in Washington; she answered affirmatively. She stated that September 13th, 14th and 15th would not be "good days" because the| celebration would be taking place and she was a planner and participant. When Mr. Lopez asked Ms. Tirado if she knew Mr. Ernesto Lehfeld Miller's phone number, she stated that she did not. She stated tht if we telephoned her ex-husband Horatio at either
First Draft Page Nine or , he would be able to help us. At 2:15 P.M., Committee staffer Lopez telephoned Horatio Duran, who gave him Ernesto Lehfeld Miller's office “ phone number, At 2:20 P.M., Lopez telephones Mr. Miller and arranged a meeting for 9:00 P.M. that evening. At 2:30 P.M., Agent Martinez telephoned Capitan Ventura to report on his progress. When Martinez told Ventura that he had located Alberue, Ventura asked him if he was alone. When Agent Martinez lied and stated that he “was alone, Ventura told him that he should under no circumstances allow us to interview Alberue. When Agent Martinez completed his phone call, he said "I don't understand why nobody wants you to talk to him." At 9:-0 P.M., August 11, 1978, Committee staffers interviewed Ernesto Lehfeld Miller. (See Ernesto Lehfeld > Miller interview write-up.) At 11:15 A.M., August 12, 1978, Committee staffer Lopez called Luis Alberue Suoto at his home. When Mr. Lopez identified himself, Mr. Alberue immediately stated that he knew nothing. He further stated that he never worked for the Cuban Embassy. When Lopez explained to him that employees at the Cuban Embassy had stated that he had been employed there, Mr. Suoto hung up. Mr. Alberbue's voice quivered throughout the short talk. “At 11:45 A.M., Sylvia Tirado called Lopez and stated that she had thought about traveling to Washington, all night. She said that she had seen a report in the papers where Azcue had stated that the man who visited the Cuban Consulate in 1963