13-00000 98. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105... 26 Nov. 26 Nov. 26 Nov. 26 Nov. 26 Nov. 26 Nov. 26 Nov. 26 Nov. 1806 oe ve pee oe ‘SECRET - of OSWALD/RUBINSTEIN | cases, This info only because it indicates Anib's feeling he inot being | MEXI. 7093 (REF: DIR 85198 - not in file, not. abstracted) Appreciate prompt instryctions. “STATS INCOMING ‘TELEGRAM oe me he visited Monday ‘by one Hector Francis ‘COSERRANO, ‘news photographer from Culiacan. to Mext City w , - to be strong g possibility that a down = ne was made to! ALD D 4 cub| Emb here. Request instructions . * : |. ni , i i i MEX 7083 - | (RE: MEXI 7067 - ] , 93 atove) | he ALVARADO now claims he CP penstrat; on agent for GON. Request MANA Station not consult Lteigen on this one until ain wo from MEXT or DIR. | : | : | : | i ! MEXT - 7084; - ANB Mann requested OURNVY officer be sent to Mext te give him m wore details fully enough informed of aspects of these capes sn U. S.A. —_ | | MEXI 7092 (REFS: A. DIR| 85066 - not tn file, act abstracted; A. axI 700 - - para 99 above 1. See Ref B. waich crossed DIR 85039 (not in file, not abstracted). Anb's fee ng is he not fully briefed on cases. etc.// COS finds present (o/oneNE one or best and most; cooperative, etc.// cos opinion it is desirable ODENYY se officer to Mexi to satisfy Amb. Unless Mr. Johnson can convines Aub that Ciief/Qdenvy Mexi will receive and jmalke available to him all information concerning U.S. ancles of these cases. ALVARADO 's story, being checked. He being re-interviewed, and moved to safe address . Have asked BCHEVERRIA as of night 26 Nov to put close surveillance on DURAN. | - en | | | MEXT 709% = L. te. Jose Guillermo ‘AGUIRRE of Mext told following to Pete Moraga, va, 7 on 26 Nov. A. Maria RODRIGUEZ widow of “LOPEZ said #/¢on jin in law. of : hers who ‘lives din | i { ! New Orleans was well : ‘acquainted with OSWALD. B. Son) in b. a is a Caban, Arnesto RODRIGUEZ, who lives at 212 Jefferson Parrish, Tel, Vernon 5-9658. C, Arnesto RODRIGUEZ a Spanish language school, is anti-Castro, De. According to Maria RODRIGUEZ de her son in law has taped | conversations with OSWALD, 2. Above will ‘pe passed to ODENVY here on 27 Nov. Has may wish pass ODERVY . : | ; Note (pare 102 above) from Bob Adans ca 26 Hv 6. = cos | MEXT 1095 =. “Following result of OnENvi investigation hotels OSWALD D registered at 4 Hotel del Comercio, Sahagun 19, tels. 46-60-51, on 27 Sept 63. \OSWALD left this hotel 1 Oct. ODENVY believes OSWALD travelled from Nuevo Laredo te Monterrey by bus on] 26 then changed buses and continued on Anahuac bus line to Mex. Cay arriving in tine on eT Sept for 1037 telephone call to Seven that date, Guadalajara, Control 69 - Local news} nas | editor today told Latter stated he travelled by bus late Sept Culiacan ith OSWALD. an attempted converse though OSWALD's Spanish poor. | OSWALD gave informart personal card | | and pamphlet in English with many pictures Castro, both later discarded. On arrival MEXI City, noted OSWALD's: ‘baggage included rifle in leather case. (from 1 Linthicum - Guadalajara) ad
106. 26 Nov. | Tae News article on OSWALD Sought vise. Here to Russ , Report Mexican seroma | | ourdes. | Article states OSWALD entered [Mexico 26 Sept, left 3 Oct, on tourist card issued jin New Orleans by Mext consulate, confe pd with Cuban consul ‘Busebio| AZCUE, ete. “rs: | | | 107. 26 Nov. LITEMPO-H prepared report for. ‘LITEMPo-2 on case. Source personally interviewed via . ‘DURAN as well as Horacio DURAN Navarro, Ruben DURAN VEALTO, Betty SERRATOS de DURAN, | | ' Lidie Duran Navarro Vda, de FLORES, Agate, ROSENO| Garcia, Barbara Ann BLISS and Charles E. BENT ley, and : attached ‘report sets forth the spouts obtained. Also attached. are puotos : | of Silvia and husband, Horacio. Source advised | hat he interrogated Silvia on ocoasions ; | Ho ' and on’ both she denied knowledge of OSWALD's residence, whereabouts or contacts in Mexico | / |. except: as set forth in the report.’ See report, in Spanish, Vol. I of P8593, 2 : : _ NOTE: Check page 10 of report, mutual friend is! Ting Q CONTRERAS, baterista (tum drummer) with CONTRERAS; Oscar of Tampico, 5 July 67 | memo +o vpaae | i ; | | 108. 26 Nov. 1335 . Woman calls Sovenb and wants to talk with the person who had contact with OSWALD | when ihe | LIENVOY : ' was in Mexico, wants: to know where! he was, where! he stayed in Mexico. The Sev told her | no one knew enything about the case. | a | | 109. 26 Nov. 1558 NoOTS:. NOT REPORTED ; ODF. S, agent, Hugo CASILLAS, calls: the North American, Barbara, who , Lives, at. Bahia a Magdalena 127 and reminds ‘her that he is one of the boys from that time of the detention and that he was talking with her in the camioneta (paddy wagon??) (NOTE: Barbara. refers to Harbara | Ann BLISS of LITEMPO-4 report - pare 107 above - page 8, which’ says she lives. at Bahia de | Magdalena No. 125 with tel 45-13-41, divorced from Juan ESQUIVEL, Costs Ricen, ete.) dnd | said, “What a time you pmsamd: spent here,. very pleasant, true?! Barbara remembers . Hugo | . @sks if Charles has his white car in the seme place, that at that time he was very worried | i . ' that it would be stolen. . Barbara comments that the others were nervous, and Betty, with | the long hair, is now fighting with her husband. | _ Hugo remembers that it seemed t. at day that they were having @ party: there in ‘Ruben! 8 house. Barbara, indicates that it was a party for children. | Hugo asks where she spent the day yesterday. Barbara said she went with Tine (CONTRERAS) her sweetheart, but adds that Tine went. to the United States to: record some music, jazz, | fer he plays the drums.) Hugo asks if she hasn't gone to Aca: suleo, : Barbara responds no because she doesn't like (#4 (Acapulco); thet there you can only go for wi Po , your honeymoon. . Then she comments) that isn't it, horrible that: RUBY killed OSWALD...» "but | : | think how those | policemen are in Texas... they males," . Hugo comments that. in the |. ' | | photo you could see that ‘they’ didn't even turn eround (when Ruby shot Of ALD). Barbara believes that they wanted OSWALD to die. Hugo comments that now they say they might poison Jack RUBY. Barbara says the thing is not normal, "It's' a thing, how do you say it ~ crooked (or. twisted),." Hugo. says. that iteday he is. on call but, tomorrow, he will be free. a RASiasoepaa aaa SON cad UTM AI SLL a Barbara invites him to her house to have eoffee anytime after 1550 hrs. _ Hugo will be { ‘ i Hy ! i i ! : : ' | Qs.
13-00000 po! 7 | PY | oo , oy 110. 26 Nov. 1839 | : Aub. Juaquin HERNANDEZ Armas calls pres. DORTICOS| of Cuba and repjorts there tte nothing — ' new on the Silvia DURAN case and that she had not said| OSWALD was: given money the | | Cub Emb, Translation has been [checked and ig corréet. | | | | 110. 27 Nov. . _ : - Memo to ? from cos enclosing all _converset tong from technical operations pertinent to OSWALD case, i.e., 27 Sept, 1037|/hrs (para 1 above); 1605, (para 2 above); 1626 (para 3 above); 1158 (para 4 above); 1031 (para 5 above) 1 Oct.;/1035, 1 Oct (para 6 above — marked 1045); 1539, 3' Oct | (pare 7 above). COS requested (underlined) no ‘dissemination | or discussion without. prior and complete otegrenct and authorization of cos* organization, 111. 27 Nov. 1701 | . STATE! ° telgrem from TM Juana (control $385) eeying Negative sept * aiid alias RUBY with all possible spelling variations checked. | ll2. 27 Nov. Ss , Memo to LEGAT from cos telling contents of para 192 above. | \ | 13. 2 Nov. | MEMO to LEGAT from COS with ‘copy of Ani. Mann's cable (ome oT mere) and copy of Aube draft of this cable. | | | | | 114. 27 Nov. | | . DIR 85039 - Discussed with Mr. Alexis Johnson of State this afternoon Amb Mann's telagran | requesting ODENVY officer travel MEXT for consultation on Osw. case and other possible | i | MEXI leads. Mr.‘Johnson is asking ODENVY expedite travel such officer and is. enlist ing assistance of Deputy Attorney ¢ General KARZERDACH in this matter, wail advise. | i oi 115. 27 Nov. _ DIR 85086 - (Ref: MEXI TO6T - ‘para 93 above) Subj ref is | LAVARADO menber of Frente de | | Liberacion Nacional (FL) ‘Nic exile revolutionary group which is Cuban supported and Commie, ~ ; - dominated. ALVARADO is also known informant Nic intel service.! Rolen ALVARADO, Carlos | , FONSECA Anador and Juan LORIO (posetbly iden: ‘w/Juan LORILLO in ref) | @l1 well known Hic : commnists.' | : : | | : 4 116. 27 Nov. : MANA 4609 - (net MEXI 1067 para 93 above ) (a1s0 see) pare) ' 82 above) - Full name Sub3 is : ' Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte, iB. 31 Jan ho Ciudad Rama, Zelaya, Nic. SubJ, & mechanic, son of : . _ Garvile ‘ALVARADO! and Zoila de ALBARADO. | Subj about 514%, 1355 lbs, brown eyes, dark brow 7  ; 3, hate, dark complexion. Subj was informant for Nic Sequrity Service ‘from, 62 until ‘Aug 63 | when his connection with Security discovered: by FLN. After he "blown" in Aug 63, he réc *d | small payment from Sec Serv and said he! | planned go El Salvador.) He told) Security. he would | write if he obtained any info of value. On & Oct, Nic |Serv: rec'd letter from Subj | in Mexi ; dated 2 Oct. Subj seid he in position get info on 2 ups in Mexi, and. mentioned E. TORRES, ; probably Edelberto TORRES, as being involved one group. Subj signed letter Jose UGARTE, vases gen BENS UBER, We RET SETs pd * pseudo ‘asdigned to -him-by'Nic- Serv; -and= “gave: address-as: Calg. -Chavacans: ‘Nos: hes. -Mexi- (By. ei devenciees ; a Nic Serv has had no contact with him since this letter, Subj was. ultimate source | several. SECRET Station info reports, including HNM 740, Th2, 753,. and 762), which prepared from liaison info. He appeared te be fairly good informant with goed aconas to FLY info. . Nic Services
13-00000 118. 119. 120. 27 Nov. 27 Nev. 27 Nov. | { tc “| | "SECRET i considered hin good informant, but, said he might be tnolived exaggerate | Should pase develop te point where’ Mexi and Hqs believe desireable break ALVARADO, Station could probably arrange have Nic officer who handled Mexi tol question him, | Rolando ALVARADO Lopez, member Nic Commie Party (PSN), AL ‘ARADO's uncle, | Juan LORIO: Garcia, | member of Central Committee of PSN, traveled MANA to MEXI'on 14 Sept and returned| to Hic | on LT Oct. . Carlos FONSECA Amador, | well knowa leader | of Fa, last reported in Honduras as of early Nov. : | | : | | a | DIR 85066 - Further to DIR 85039 (pare 4; above) Mr. Johnson has inforund we that Mr. | KATZENBACH spoke with C/ODENVY whe contended that MEXI ODEHVY office possessed all relevant info and that he was, not disposed to send ODENVY | officer to MEXI. Pls advise a) Whether | ODENVY: Mexi does in fact have | ‘necessary inte vy is it desirable in your. epinion that ODENVY do send agent to MEXI? | i 1 ! t ; : : DIR 85178 - (Refs Next 7069, 7012 ~ para 96 anal 97 above) Amb ‘Maan's message relayed to | addressees. Decision will be: cabled after they confer. In your investigation, suggest | you contact ALVARADO's Nic case officer in Mexi and ask him whether ALVARADO! has ever teld him this story or anything like it, You can do this without further authorization. Request you not take any action to re-arrest DURAN or arrest others without approval from here. Presume you are. ‘checking to see whether ALVARADO “ever mate phone calls to the American Embassy he claims te have made. : : | i i | | : , DIR 85198 - (Refs DIR 85176 - para “8 above) We feel investigation and analysis of ee | ALVARADO's story should be pursued’ further before more executive action is taken. In lieu) of arresting DURAN, suggest she be put ‘under close surveillance by or by Mexi : authorities. Hote ALVARADO's | claim ke is etal working for Nip Service jand MAMA s belief | he was’ dropped in Aug @. : | : | | DIR 85258 (Ref: | NEXT 7093 - pare 101 above ) - openvy says OSWALD applied for — dusurance in New Orleans on 17 Sept, ous day before Alvarado says he saw him in Cuban) ‘Emb Mexi. | ODENVY checking all airlines to see if he, could have flown to MEXI by: 18 pt. ; He was, in New Orleans on 25 Sept and left “that day for Texas without g 8 rent. He | is believed to have been without funds auriag this period. ODENVY says his New Orleans landlady believes hel was there continuously . between cul and io Bent. Above gives further reasen to believe ALVARADO is: fabricating. | i: ! | DIR 85318 (Refs. MEXL T1OL which states Cos was advised at: ‘1215 MEXI time vie Lic. x RCHEVERRIA ‘Request instructions.) - This instruction has been coprdinated with ODACID amd ODENVY, Mexi authorities should interrogate Silvia to extent mecessary: clarify outstanding points | which been raised your cables; last 48 hrs. ‘You may provide questions to Mexi interrogators but we do not want any Americans to confront Silvia or be in contact with her. Advise : results interrogation. that Silvia DURAN has been rearrested because she was attempting to leave Mexi for Cube. ty oo __,