“Released under the John F. DATE: 11-14-2017 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld:32337767 Page 1 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI . 124-90138-10036 HQ CR 62-106214-441 Document Information CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY CIA HQ 07/17/1961 4 7 BERNON FERGUSON MITCHELL CIA LIAISON MATERIAL PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B; 1C Redact — 09/28/1998 INDEFINITE MEMO Date: 4/17/201
Reléased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC ZIU7 Hota DATE: 11-14-2017 err BE] _ . . . . ( OLUIe (oO ms, | "_NDFARN pon UND Raragy CENTRAL INTE LIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON 25, D.c. ” goh , Nios ¥ 17 July 1961 ec 09 ee) 7 | | yor? en\? j ! MEMORANDUM BOR: Federal Bureau of Investigation SUBJECT: ‘Bernon Ferguson ITCHELL, William Hamilton’ MARTIN), HAS NO" Espionage -~R, AO , DEC. Ml NN THIS Docu vit ay: 5-/a- HK | 1, Reference is. made to the. following communications, which contain information pertinent to the new information reported in suc- ceding paragraphs: = a. Memorandum of 14 June 1961 from ‘this Agency addressed to the National Security Agency, a copy of which was forwarded to your | Bureau, captioned as above. b. Bureau letter of 22 June 1961, addressed to the Director, || National Security Agency,]} with copy to this Agency, captioned: "Bernon Ferguson MITCHELL, William Hamilto MARTIN; MISCELLANEOUS - | INFORMATION CONCERNING", Cas as A$ ; - c. Department of Immigration} Name Check Request Form, oy File A-2, dated 28 June 1961 addressed to your Bureau with copy to: this Agency, in the name of fustoy IERRA, born 12 July 1914, _ Mexico, . D, F.,)who entered the United States at New Orleans, Oulsiana, » on(S) SS “rs June 1961 with destination address of[Mexican Embassy, [Weshington, , ‘. De .C. (Not sent information addressee) ’ ne Z d._ Various earlier Department of Immigration Name Check “ ye i Requests onjJusto SIERRA|covering his previous trips to this country, r % 3 tee (Not to. NSA) , bat “N2> 63 : € e. Our memorandum of 29 December 1960, addressed to x your Bureau, our reference CSCI-2/769, 270 with enclosure, Subject: . y Oren Justo; Visa - Mexican, "{and earlier communic tions. JIL EFY al | ing name trace results on this individual. (Not to NSA), 2 LI i ALF EX.- 137 pec 53 — #8 AUG 8 1961 GEG Sy LAS hone b me bat Nore ot) ] ReMTranen pane TROL | pocra:32397767 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 U8 3107 foper. DATE: 11-14-2017 “ ; sid NGFORN CONTINUED CONTROL f. Teletyped Information Report from this Agency, dated 9 April 1959, Report No. TDCS-3/639, 947, Subject: "Contacts Between Fidel CASTRO Ruz and Lazaro CARDENAS", Zo Intelligence Report of this Agency dated 7 September 1956, Report No. CS-102629, Subject: 'Marxist Indoctrination of the Partido Popular", h. Bureau Report dated 17 June 1954, repared at Washington, D.C. by Special Agent Boyd D. Adsit, captioned: F'seviet Cultivation of Latin American Diplomats. - Internal. Security - R Bureau letter oi{4) 21 August 1954, addressed to this Agéency,. forwarding as Enclosure Washington Field Office Report of 16 August 1954, prepared by Special Agent William C. Cre nsAI NS -( on the nae subject, Bureau File Reference, u SA} (UGDBes- -22386} [{Not to N Dahdrsto vn | 2. Since the writing of our memorand para l,a. above), the following ‘supple obi NI C0 [ad of 14 14-Jine ane 1961, (cf. : VAN ion has been tey Weeh’ ; developed concerning Nicolas. GeorgesNDAMASCUS aka AMASKOS, Pesbre © | . who is a contact and[client of Justo. SIERRA A Casasus, mentioned « ain th(S eer 1 Ant communications referenced in paragraphs loc. through h, above. Lap bce —— a. Nicolas Georges DAMASCUS repo bedly is officially listed in Egypt under the name of Nicolas.GeorgeMDAMASCOQU, born, 10 Marek 195 Tat st Alaa andria, the son of GeorgaMAMASCOU-arid” sf Gp 7 e SAVOURAS. eis a Creek national and | From ‘1947 7 thre m% oS fie resided at 57 Heliopolis Street in ve xandria. .Representatives of this Agency in. Alexandria advise that local available records indicate that as of May 1959,- Nicolas. DAMASCOU resided at 6 Birtley Place, Elizabeth’ Bay, Sydney, Australia, and‘that he listed his occupation as that of "Clerk, Our field records indicate that as. of May 1959, the United States Con-. Sulate. in Sydney had some interest in him, and it is suggested that the indices of the Department of State may contain further information con- _gerning this. individual. 4 b. Anastasie (or Anastasia} Georg NBAMASCUS | aka , ai ,DAMASCOU, sister of Nicolas DAMASCUS; “Above, was born March 1933, a. ‘place of birth not indicated but presumably Egypt, was identified by our -- © | representatives. in Alexandria as having filed application for a United ued GF. < States. Visa at London, England in July 1956, listing her occupation as \ that of “entertainer, u“Tfis suggested that the Visa Files of the Depart- mere’ J | | of State may contain additional information on this. individual. — SECRET fFOT CeaTNEED CONTROL Docld: 32337767 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 199? (44 U8t Fit’ hope DATE: 11-14-7017 oo OG SECRET. =O NOFGR CONTINUED ECHTROL c. Further inquiries in Mexico by our officials. there revealed that Nicolas DAMASCUS. had been ordered to. leave Mexico in October 1960 solely because of the expiration of his tourist card, which had been once:extended, Mexican. Records. fail to show that he returned to Mexico, following his. entry into the United States at Brownsville, Texas, from Matamoros, Tamaulipas on.24 October 1960, Upon arrival in Mexico on 22 June 1960, he indicated that the purpose of his visit was to attend the wedding of his sister, Anastasie, identified in preceding paragraph, however, as of 21 June 1961, there was no record of Anastasie DAMASCUS aka DAMASCOU in official Mexican Files, and there was as yet no identification of the individual she was alleged to have been ‘scheduled to marry. From the same source it was learned that for the period 22 June through 6 September 1960, the only address listed in. official indices. for Nicolas DAMASCUS is/c/o Justo SIERRA, Reforma 95.- 407,] Mexico City, which is the law offf€e maintained by{Justo SIERR Casasus, former Counselor of the Mexican Embassyl]in Washington, D.C. and who is. further identified in the documents. cited In paragraph 1, c.. through h. above. DAMASCUS reportedly us ed(SIERRA}to attempt to S) obtain an extension of his tourist permit, although the details of his cén- Neither has it been.possible as of this. date to verify the reported con- tact between Nicolas DAMASCUS and Subjects at the Hotel New Yorker, as reported by Mr. Thomas DONLON,. Investigation efforts abroad by _ this Agency are continuing, however, and any further information developed will be forwarded as soon as available. 3. In light of the escape route used by the two NSA defectors, transitting Mexico and presumably Cuba enroute to. the USSR, your particular attention is invited to the information concerning the contacts and views of Justo SIERRA Casasus|furnished in the reports. cited ir Ss), paragraph 1. e., f., and g. above. Itis noted Justo SIERRA Casas i is identical with the [Senor Don Justo SIERRA, -First. Secretary at the A(s) ) tacts with and knowledge of SIERRA}Jhimself are not known at this. “ime (s) pds a DE Embassy of Mexico; [enor Dor in Bureau _Reposts-cited i in paragraph h, -(s}-— above as. a. contact 6 ori KAZANTSEV, Fis '» First Secretary of of the | Soviet en aM setingion S irom ym. 1952-! 54, It is further noted that post of First Secretary in the Latin American Division:of the USSR. RE First Secretary and subsequently Counselor of the Soviet Embassy in _ Mexico City, and that as of .1960 he was assigned to the Soviet Embas sy Cr ce : “ge : : in Havana, Cuba, in the position of Counselor, departing Havana for , Mexico, in company of his wife and daughter, on 30 June 1961, and then preceeding to Ganada on 2 July 1961, CLO PRO Me SLUAL |. ROPER 68 NTNU CH TROL Mee : - = Doclda: 32337767 Page 4 TSEY,. after returning » to Moscow in 1954 and as suming Jl fe oR \ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was next assigned from 1955 to 1957 as ~~’
DATE: ‘which may may be reflect@d@*itthe indices of your Bureau, or those of infor- ‘on[SIERRA! s{continued contacts. with KAZANTSEV or other suspect @ ‘will be kept advised of any further information which may be developed 11-14-2017 NOFSR! CONTINUED CONTROL 4. The records of this Agency indicate that Boris A, KAZANTSEV is a known Soviet Intelligence Officer, most probably representing Soviet State e Security (KGB). It. is. requested that any further information mation addressee, reflecting upOfiathe relationship of Nicolas Georges DAMASCUS aka DAMASCOU and his sister ‘Anastasia Georges DAMASCUS aka DAMASCOU with[Tusto SIERRA Casasus,] 0 on the latter's contacts (6 with representatives or, agents of the CASTRO government in Cuba, or Soviet officials or agents in this country or elsewhere be forwarded this Agency as quickly as possible. A request along the-same lines has. already been forwarded to our representatives in Mexico City, and you in this. regard. FOR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR (PLANS): WILLIAM Ke HARVEY 2cc: National Security Agency j DoclId: 32337767 Page 5