13 Dec. “258, 4 di ion’ ! : = | 259. Geld Dec, ) Ce | What is this about?? \ i | i . | NON. { . 1 i } ] i i | i ' t t i ‘| sMa 22660 (Refs iene 7 : | sdonét Otherwise no} aattston te oFiginal story.| E. wore] glagses, in Emb, (No new people ‘arrived at Emb around time OSW. trip to PBRUMEN in 61, one) since and had| no plans |go. 7 jthere after first interrogation.| / Regret! not havi no contribution to, resolution basic myste particule quest Long and full intarrogntion Teprrt 1b De¢. | | MEXI Be (out of plecd) See para 252 shove, : wx aah resulted |from| the dnterrogat ion lof ALVARADO on 5 Dde /.. .LEGAT acted as. interpreter. / .. /LEGAT given copi tapes are being held in Mext City Station, |: | | | | wend to LEGAT, oxen cos! Subject: interro ation of. St : "second grrest" - Attached are a) Mexi report of intex seat, “suggested to Mexicans. | These were sHown i | i , | openvy investigation» ‘shows éar of F, Morg Daniel, | outside Cub Emb on 21 Oct had not been outside, eins [FPectes seni icance te this. / peg checkingkginitrs , 22625 (Ref: wed 1364 - para 52. a weor report on the! "second arrest" of; Silvia. ./“a | by Station, /\A cory of each of ‘theed was lone | asey (Refs MEXI "352 patra alge of keeping Cub and Sov |tapes two weeks Rey | between 22 Nov end present.’ Will advise. intel in! India propaganda about case, | FYT: only, S / How many tape demanding full investigation of case t ; i not: sent: Mexi /WAVE 12 Dec. | In addit Lon to CONMO channel outlined i i. "WAVE | gu (Refs: : vie. NIE in'Mexi) LeworaR teit ouch to piDeKTE slows any R should ask WN | NIETO could give info on Dallas | contacts. | | | | | | i { ! : i pot ; | bo | ne para 25 above) | Attached are “to |LEGAT. | | | | ave) ) | upos rectipt erasing, but K Do not pouch to Has. / Pls continue watch for . Sov jor Cub reaction to investigation, evic ence: of their’ complicity, signs they | ‘putting out. | | OAL | | - WAVE 8658, DIR 1Th6, wave 8736) | para 5 ref C; JENTONS also included in ; i his aetter to(TNSTAR 51 suggestion that, ‘UNSTAR could. also Bend | name | of & curce and: other details: SECRET | assume ODENVY, questioned ' NIETO en alleged Dallas contacts, gins) | | Pp Knew of no red haired negro. visit. Fr Kdnktted ‘one 15 day, Denied had requested Amb send her forwarded this sooner, but saw | abso utely rly after ALVARADO LCFLUTTER. | Pouch ing | po po | | | | | | | L ! i copies of| the | isix tapes! which | 63 and fer ¢ 63 by Peter K, WOODHEAD. | es! of <hbae! tapes. [| Original six | | Loord | | i 0 : \ i ly rado de DURAN durtig her an draft prior to | Passage to Mexicans. a ' DIR 889q (Rees DIR 65391. - not an leate not! ab raege ds: MEXI ‘7030! - pare 38 above) | | syith Plate TA 582| which Mexi reported | We attach no | | i a) Mexi ¢ Government inetrogation | t of su, ggested apestions submitted | other cers | | | ! you day sou usudl practice pls jdo not erase tapes | made had letters sent» to ODYOKE leaders 8 do you want to; replace those: tied | Up : pot | | | | i 4 i JENTONS retumed i tha r ~~: XIT i4 pass Jett USER, felt age pac adgitge ya lesgpayipsegyy? oF ‘ vet A reported only that | | po : i i i ion and b) list of | _questions, 4 pack $3 of ‘COPY NO. 1 Ca)
ro of oto} | | eee SECRET . . DIR 89566 (Refs MEXE 7025 . dare 32 32 abbve) (see para, 4 above)! In para ltwo ref S$ via | : . 14-00000._ - Check 14-12-99 f N states that APARICIO has a telephone and that its number/is 14-12-99, |For analys s of; this case, cah ee shed light on wh APAI ICIO is, Zen he has tha “nl unber, : and what this might have to dd with our case, We guess it might merely have bee a aide | rémark/| to some bystander | in t consulate, mee e, / Pla hhave monitors make been “effort Lo. | tg ide tify| voices of various Sovs | to whom: SWALD spoke on the telephone or who dealt With | his case with Silvia! DURAN. (NOTE : In| pencil writing 14. ‘12- 99 not| listed 1962. ) | | (NOTE: | COs: wrote on jcalbe "He is Raul AP, ‘CIO, Cubah Emb of ficial vémo from aan Their HOS reported car be ring Tex License KR srs (s (see hava 8 stove) | observed at. Cub |Emb during time OSWALD was im Mexi, i registe d to Herminio DUARTE | Mert 8s, JYr., Sanatobio Dalinde, Tuxpan #23] Mexi, for — a |1963| Buick, / Their HQS| also advised bf info ftom Bax one Robert Edmond GALLANT, inmate of Sanita = [pest rison Fg in Californi ta, his at he ha been Seoul ft i ij | { { { Check DUARTE ! "261, 16 Dec. | active| in the anti-CASTRO undergound in Mexi for/past| six yn | r, the name Jef General Ro erto| de | 4 Edmond CORTES where’ he has under his command a secret a ‘ Psob men in its ae hema S to} | | have al "secret agent" working |in Cub Emb here an all: ae OSWALD was in|the Cub Emb on 12 duly | 63 to btain & visa to Cuba. ‘He claims that OSW stave a ay Mexi f£ or about one week lat that time || | and supposedly traveled bere by airplane. GALLA ifieceltat his Ceend in the Cub Emb po nted| | OSWALD out ito him in Mexd last July. / LEGAT files ED tne catbane was arresited Mexi | | authorities and | deported ito the U.S. in Aug/63 a outkgequest in v ew of fact he was wanted on | forgery charges |in California, GALLANT was | born) 19 are2? at Clare ont, New Hampsh is married - to @ Mexd cit. jHe was residing & at the coyner Gabi and Montiel Street, part! 302 cal Lindavista at ke the time $f hib arrest dn 21) Aug ‘63. SYALD departed NuevoiLaredo fdr Mexti city at: | 2! p.m.) on 26 Sept on Flecha Rp Ja bus Nd. 516. @ iE of OSWALD'& fellow passe} gers on this bus have | been identified] Pand| @ Britis couple who Obgeay him on | the bus stated he was traveling lone! and | t left the bus in) Mexico City alone.! / For = zon there jis attached ajcopy| of the 2 sections of the Mert tdurist in entering and leaving (Mextil, | oan (rH 8) btilized by 0 ‘che, |.Basdcall ’ what the = Yoyk Times wb printed Eto ships | wef eeTh xs Ifor Station’ s Z about tthe report is all true.) We ha . ALVARADO story tres the most troublesom | ] John HRERIE with Robin 2). Robin was | lanvolved Mr n agsassination stories. Had to go bo Webhington.. John RETTTS says he will cat his hat if “there aren't people behind OSWALD ahd Riby and he! will . eat his shoes if these aren't. ultra-rightists." John RETTIE does not believe all this business. | A lot of talk about being one Lone mad ject Joh: Some not not believe |it. | | | | | | H i ! ! - i : HAMA 22627 | (Ref: MEXI 1335 - para akG , above ) - Arrached are a) 2 copies of phot of Vincent LEE, taken at: airport” prior to his); boarding ‘Cubana’ “flight co én route ‘to Habana: on 25 Deo G2PacE | 2 ofl 33 b) Copies of the Passenger Manifest of [Aeronaves, Flt Hon showing (LEE's travel trom N.Y. COPY NO. to Mexi on, 26 Dec 62, c) 2 Copdées of Cuban| manifest | 65\ of 28 Dee e Showing, ae 8 rere from ra, a) | fest fdre flight on 21 Jan 63; showing LEB's| return to Wext aoe cars cate aa eres fly #400 bof 22 Jan 63 |showing LEE's travel f from Mead to H.¥.C, / As noted in yet, Betty | WOM ig very jeonce red over her lassobtation in Cubh and travel t | i. i i) pmeaeoneaee nile| bee ‘flogded with fabricatipns, lof which fhe Do 1 PoE | a a egpenns _ | : fers’ 0 Check Betty MORA | ce eee ene ie een nee pa
14-00000 265. (266. 267. 268. 1 Dee, 20 Dec, 20 Dec. el Dec, i i SEG ‘dispatch HMMA 22652 o/a 20 Dec, Order meet pouch deadline and sat junable excise | true staffer names from file & routing sheets, memo DIR 904.66 (net: MEXI 715 - - para 154 above) Qur_ present lan. i8 to eléminate mention of taps, in order protect _your continu? MEXI 7550 (DIR BB6E0 - , para 258 above) P s&h . Sov and Cub traffic 22 Nov to 13. Dec. Additioie “SECRET : 7 (on § 21 Jan 65) with Vincent ‘LEE. - (ALL attachments in LEE P. 8683) : | | : Politics | magazine publishes: an article by ‘Fidel CASTRO on "Cubs Ante el Asesinato de Kennedy" ‘DIR 90h87 ~ Request Station ‘photograph entire station p ‘file on Valeriy Vladimirovich KOSTIKOV. and pouch one copy’ or microfilm in first possible pouch. Also request Station Subject comments on file and on KOSTIKOV's activities and relationship to other Sovs Mexi. ‘ This analysis would ‘accompany. photos if possible. If not, pls cable, / Little in HQS file on KOSTIKOV and your info | and study will be & vital contribution to‘our presentation to Warren Commission. ‘MEXI 7488 (Rats DIR 90487 - “ para 266 above) Pouching copy a and analysis in priority qs request ASAP, Station statements of Silvia DURAN and on contents of Sov Con file whee, ovs gave ODACID here. File shows both OSWALD and wife were dickering with Sovs in Wash by mal tiy get permission return to Russia. / Exact detailed info from\LITAMILS 7_and 9] on just what Silv N and other officials said about ‘OSWALD's visits and his dealings would “be valuable and usable eorroborative evidence. Request you ‘requestion them carefully on these points, attempting a without mixing in what ‘hey know. from news papers. 3a much authentic data as possible, atte summaries and pouch detailed statements, MEXI 1527 (Ref: D DIR 89366 ~ pare 260 above) 14-12 S32 home nunber of Raul APARICIO Nogales, ‘Cultural Attache of Emb. Doubt any connection 0S ‘cant period. / Re pare two Ref: See MEXI: 7035 F have. been erased. | (See para 4 above ) yap: APARICIO was’ on sick leave during signifi- ae fa. above). ‘No further info available as tapes foouch 30 doz, tapes. “About 20 doz. tied up with 1O doz, needed for STcanc op. MEX 7615 (Ref: DIR 90466 - para 268 above) LITAMIL)9 has nothing additional to offer beyond account of MEXI 7115 (para 154 above) except that Silvia said at that time that she was perfectly willing travel to U.S. to confront OSWALD if necessary... Lo} aia not talk to Silvia about OSWALD visit, merely stood around with other staff members while Silvia recounted arrest, interrogation, ‘release, Silvia did not mention any details of her encounter with OSWALD. K-i9} reported on 27 Dec that Silvia has not reutrned to work since release from second arrest, Her husband was engry ws — over FOMIN ROA note which made-cause-celebre of. affair,--told -PBRUMEN emb official that ROA. not:.. dune inaccurate in claiming Silvia mistreated by Mexi police. PAGE 2 SE COPY No.
14-00000 — ‘272. 6 Jan : _ DIR 92766 ‘Request very discreet check'to learn whether AMPALM 26 (IDEN), unwitting Cuban : , : | propaganda writer for AMPALM project at WAVE, has visited Mexi since assassination of Kennedy. AMPALM 26 has originated a report that OSWALD had a long conference with Cub Amb in Mexi in restau- rant on outskirts of Mexi. AMPALM 26 report has found its way ki into unofficial analysis of whole case prepared by Cuban psychologist,. Jose I. LASAGA in Miami. / Do not wish AMPALM 26 to learn his identity as source this info has been divulged by LASAGA. Pls check immigration ° records and local sources who might lmow. . : BS 273. 6 Jan | ASQ | DIR 92767 (Refs DIR 92766 - para 272 above) IDEN is Salvador DIAZ Verson. eTh. 8 Jan Note to BENADUM: Pis determine whether or not a Cuban writer, presenéfy, in Miami, has visited Mexi, His name is Salvador DIAZ Verson. ; : i , Sees ‘275. 8 Jan MEXI 7690 (REFS: A. DIR 90487 - para 266 abowe; B. MEXI 5943 Seto vwabstracted, not in file; C. HMMA 22652 ~ para 267 above) Believe foll info which supplemgntel Ref C report worthwhile in inclusion HQS presentation: The unidentified Sov of Ref B who Geis Sergey Nikolayevich ANTONOV . : (Chief Latin American Dept KGB) has now been positively ident4&P ed? by LIFRE as being Valeriy , eee | _ Vladimirovich KOSTIKOV. . | | teh? | ‘276. 8 Jan = : : _ MEXI 7682 - Although assume info below probably not pertif®aBasince first name OSWALD's wife is Marina, wish nevertheless report foll: 7 Nov 63 Aer ae f1t 4OO to N. Y. manifest lists passenger "de OSWALD Elena". No other apparent. porting panes among other 16 passengers. és mS - Attached is a memo setting forth the Vaiof Guadalajara who wrote a letter to Attorney having to do with assassination of K. MEMO to Boonstra, ce to cos, from LEGAT: Subject: results of'an interview of one Ylario ROJAS Villany General Robert F, Kennedy which contained into @. i : Letter, postmarked 31 Dec 63, Guadalajara to Rob@ebeb, Kennedy said,..,.I Ma am a Mexican. - i, : I am communicating with you because I do not tyagt anyone in the matter I intend to deal with. = : -.. death of your brother.....I used to be a fitendYof OSWALD and also of Albert, as well as three more people. I knew about the plan, but I‘hever thought that it would turn out tobe ea true plan......Signed Ylario ROJAS, Manuel Acuna 1367, Guadalajara. / Upon interview on 10 Jan 64 ROJAS furnished the following info: In June or July 62, ROJAS was in Mexico City.....a Cuban approached him about smuggling Cuban propaganda into Mexi. The Cuban said he would see him later in Guadalajara. / Around middle of Aug 62, the Cuban arrived in Guadalajara in an automobile oo : ; and drove ROJAS to Cludad Juarez, Chihuahua, & RQJAS went to a movie in Ciudad Juarez and “5 , , apparently the Cuban went over into El Paso. / When the movie was ‘over, ROJAS was picked up in mee, OES Se eh stn hp et front+of-the-theater. bythe Cuben:who~at: that time“intrroduced-him-to-an-individuel.: ROJAS-. -- - * : has no independent memory of this individual's name, but recognizes him by phot as OSWALD, PAGE se of 13 cD | ; The three went to a bar where they discussed the introduction cf CASTRO propaganda into MexiCOPY no, — i) ; c via Cozumel, an island located,.,.They talked at length, including discussions of everyday mn , SECRET matters, for abcut four hours and they aleo did quite a bit of drinking. The Cuban apparent ly turned his car:over to OSWALD and the Cuban and FOJAS spent the night in a hotel.:./ ROJAS ceid the fcllowing morning they isft Ciudad Juarez ca a fiight of Aeroneves and flew to Monterrey. tenet tian otis! *
1400000 ce | a a , .- : : ~ : : : ; 7 : — : _ LL : : 7 : a oe cope fe SECRET ee : | It is to be noted that Aeronaves has no such flight as that described by ROJAS. After arrival ; : : ' dn Guadalajara the Cuban gave ROJAS 400 pesos and told him he would receive further instructions : : ' ata later date, / In the latter part of Dec 62 the Cuban came to Guadalajara and gave ROJAS : : | 900 pesos and told him to proceed to Cozumel by bus within about five days. ROJAS arrived in . Cozumel just after Christmas 62, There he was met by 2 Cuban men and a Cuban woman whose first Check Daniel SOLIS . : | name was CRISTINA. ROJAS explained that, although he cannot recall the names of the Cubans, he i . has them written down in a notebook which he left with Daniel SOLIS, a municipal: policeman in Cozumel, ROJAS stated SOLIS would not deliver the book to anyone but him. / About 28 Dec 62 OSWALD arrived in Cozumel, having proceeded there from Jamaicag ip Mexicana de Aviacion. OSWALD, the three Cubans and ROJAS agsin discussed the introduction g&dRBan propaganda..... «During - the time of these discussions OSWALD and the three Cubans st35 av at, the Hotel Playa in Cozumel and ROJAS stayed with Daniel SOLIS. /. OSWALD remained in Cozéfies . to Jamaica by air. The three Cubans and ROJAS continued ,4 ree when OSWALD again came to Cozumel from Jamaica. On thig® ecusion OSWALD stayed three days in Cozumel, The day after his arrival an American by the Gigine) of ALEERT arrived from Jamaica. All conversations between this American, OSWALD, and the | Hxeg” “Cubans were in English, ROJAS stating that all three Cutens spoke very good English. The 2gub woman, CRISTINA, told ROJAS that they had discussed the elimination of Pres Kennedy. She Se) that OSWALD was for killing Kennecy but that ALBERT and the Cuband did not agree wit / ROJAS stated that he has ALFERT's last name entered in the notebook which is in t ession of Daniel SOLIS. He claimed he got AL) -. : | ALBERT's name from a U.S. Gov credential in theé = house of the Hotel Islena where ALBERT BaD ; : : gtayed, .....OSWALD allegedly stated that, ng@ujadter what the opposition, he would have to go 1 ' through with it (the killing) because otheryfpe"hé might lose his life, indicating that he was ety . acting under orders. / ROJAS stayed in Coz ed Bintil early March 63 then returned by bus to Guad. : Een — geeee/’ ROJAS could not explain why he cagabt remember the names of the three Cubans in Cozumel ai _ after having been with them for nearly ti@@e,months, He described them...../..../....RQJAS ~ Lr : : ' stated he is willing to go anywhere ig E expenses are paid to make any indéntification and .to > sd ' pick up his notebook with the full names Gf the individuals mentioned. It was noted during the : interview that he appeared sincere, but stated he is desperately in need of money. He lives in a ' glum area of Guadalajaara, is 31 yrs old, about five feet. nine’ inches, medium build, dark brown hair, dark complexion, brown eyes and has a mustache . : ' 278. Lk Jan, :  MEXI 7164 -: LEGAT requests following | which connected with investigation of a lead on OSWALD. y Poo | : It is requested ‘that.the foll investigation be conducted at Cozumel. A. Determine whether s muni-. : ' cipal policeman named Daniel SOLIS actually exists and is living and working in Cozumel. 3B. If : : SOLIS does exist, determine whether he is acquainted with: . ROJAS..../ C, Determine whether SOLIS > : __has a n& ebook in his S_ possession which b esl, Pls cable. reply... om CD : poe Pace $9 of 133
14-00000 219. 200. eel, 282. mend 6890 Check AMPALM 26 ‘mow ALVARADO 7? 14 Jan. Check 15 Jan. 16 Jan, 16 Jan. @ . ! ! | ; _among Mexi officialdom by the strong note dag trip to Managau;: does he MEXI 7776 ‘(Ref: DIR 92766 ~- para 272’ above) No evidence to date of travel to Mexi by AMPALM 26 | during 1963. / Foll volunteered by C/ODENVY in Mexi, on evening 13 Jan in his oral review to COS of current problems ‘in their investigations of leads pertinent to OSWALD case: A. ODENVY Has sent cable to Mexi stating (AMPALM/26) was source of analysis prepared by Cuban psychologist, Jose I, LASAGA of Miami. B. ODENVY interviewed AMPALM 26 who said: Silvia DURAN took OSWALD to Caballo Bayo. restaurant near Chapultepec Golf Club where they met Cuban Amb to Mexi, Joaquin HERNANDEZ Armas, Then HERNANDEZ Armas- took OSWALD for a ride in his car so that they could talk privately. C.- AMPALM/26 told ODENVY his source was Eduardo BORELL Navarro, Mexi newspaperman who writes editorials for'Excelsior. ®. C/ODENVY sent Matthew Crawford, Assistant, to interview BORELL Navarro on 12 Jna. E. BORELL Navarro said AMPAMM(26 had “imagined” whole story., BORELL Navarro said he did nto know any more than that OSWARD, been to Mexi and had visited the Cub Emb and Silvia DURAN. ‘BORELL Navarro said everytkhitg'e Imew had been published and was public knowledge. / C/ODBNVY, Mexio said he Imew AMPALMZ24 Habana. He said AMPALM/26 “noted for reporting = based upon hisifg@uitive feelings" and very rarely reported facts. / Believe ODENVY told AMPALM/26 he hed ¢} éfvcited to them as source by Jose I, LASAGA. ee t A bulletin. from Fundacion del Cardenal Mindszenty, with add rss : AK P.O. Box 321, Clayton Branch, St. Louis 5, Missouri, the following was translgted,"Consigna Comunista de Propaganda en Relacion Con la Muerte del Presidente Kennedy", pubLighee by Comite Mexicano Para La Divulgacion de los Objectivos, Estrategia y Tacticas GalVomunismo. Article pointing out the assassination was the work of the Communists. : (Fre HUFF /1) HMM 8289 (Source: (EITAMIL 9) Officials of the greetings from Mexi Gov officials, (It is bel of Christmas greetings between Mexi Gov and Cy ib Stimb in Mexi received very few Christmas exe hat the lack of the traditional exchange Bu was the result of the resentment caused yoter of Foreign Relations, over the detention on with the visit to the Cub Emb in Mexi of Foreign Relations from Raul ROA Garcia, Cub Me by Mexi authorities of Silvia DURAN in’ connect WAVE 0569 (Refs: A. MEXI 7776 - para 279 above: B. DIR 92766 - para 272 above: C. WAVE 2341 ~ not rec'd: D. DIR O4L73 - not rec'd: E. WAVE 1856 - not rec'd: F. PACY 1245 - (In 6457), 12 Nov 63, OTDORIC TPRANSACK, filed 200-124-117/3) : G. WAVE 139% - not rec'd. 1, Re para 1 Ref B according WAVE sources (AMRAZOR 1 and AMBUCKLE 1) AMPALM 26 stated planned "depart WAVE area for Mexi-20-Nov 63-in-order attend seminar Federacion internacional de PAGE SE of o 3 Organizaciones de Periodistas Profesionales (FIOPP) held Mexi 18-29 Nov 63. Para 2 B Ref F ugpy yo. confirms planned attendance "IOPP oy AMPALM 26. On return WAVE erea A 26 told AMBUCKLE 1 he attended PIOPP seminar / 2. WAVE agrees para 3 Ref A that A 26 noted for skeptical reperting perticularly re his association with ODEARL. (See Refs C, EB and G.) In reply query mra 2 ref E, Ref! D infcrmsd WAVE A 26 not ODEARL agent. FYI AMRAZCR 1 reported learning from A 26 that the latter scheduled make speeches at FIOPP seminar and later continues on to Cantral America probebly to Nicaragua. In similar statement to AMPALM 4, A 26 implied confidential ODYOKS
14-00000 i i : : . 7 i ' : i : : : , : ; ' gn ; i : | mission. /.4, Re para 2’Ref B, Pan ‘Am’ “Aizways records show A 26 departed WAVE ares. 18 Nov oe | via PAA flit 503 for MANA with transfer, in Guat to PAA flight 501 for MANA. .PAA records / reflect A 26 traveled as: planned, however view fact A 26 hed to transfer in Guat, it possible he traveled to Mexi, either prior visit MANA or. afterwards, No record travel A 26 local |  ODURGE office since A 26 permanent U.S, resident as of 7 Nov 62 and granted reentry permit - 3 dan 63 valid one yr. Latter allows A 26 multiple departures and entries without restrictions. ! | Request Hgs check ODURGE ZRMETAL to determine if A 26 arrived from Mexi on or about 1 Dec 63. i A: 26 ODURGE registration'No. A 1199507 / AMPALM \ has: obtained copy of LASAGA report, — WAVE can pouch if Has interested, see ete ne ae nas cane cern Sree waa Neate Sg ae eat einen gos ett annem MEXI 7819 (Refs. MEXI 7776 - pare 279 above) LITEMPO. m reported on 16 lp / was in Mexi on 21 Nov 63. LITEMPO 4 does not yet lmow arrival or de yy ' 26 was invited to Mexi to attend "Colegio Nacional de Periodistas": fe meetings organized by that group, according to L ho _ - 283, that’ AMPALM 26 . mre dates. / AMPALM st in series of : ae ey . MRID 0385 (Ref: MEXI 7761 - para 278 above, also see para 2 oT tel SOLIS well known municipal policeman Cozumel of good reputation over. past WSyx89'/ SOLIS does not know any person named Ylario ROJAS Villanueva, SOLIS wife's uncle n gee Eladio VILLANUEVA Ramirez from Guadalajara and believes originally from Manuel Dobiy “Guanajuato, This uncle visited SOLIS in Cozumel about first 2 weeks in June 63. Uncl& i ved by bus to Puerto Juarez and boat to Cozumel, broke, seeking work, with no lueeagth = othing more than clothes on back, Unele said his suitcase had fallen from top of eat Seater at unspecified ferry crossing enroute Merida. Uncle said suitcase contained "autpOs t papers" and all his personal belong- ings. . SOLIS housed him and got him temporary Soba” bricklayers assistant. Uncle worked Cozumel until around mid-June and then left at a by boat to Puerto Juarez. Present whereabouts Uncle not known to SOLIS. SOL@Sefev@ him clothes ‘and 500 pesos financial assis- tance on departure. / While at SOLIS nous le wrote three letters to skipper ferry boat. trying recover suitcase but no answer, Un sent and received no other mail. Uncle had no notebook of any. kind. Uncle was not in contact with any Cubans on Cozumel. Only known assceiates were Mexi airforce sargeant "Polo" and his bricklayer boss Leonel VILLANUEVA (no relation). (COMMENT; SOLIS said no Cubans or North Americans official named Albert in Cozumel in June 63 or in period late Dec 62 to early March 63 other than visits Cubcon officials Mrid. ‘This confirmed by Station/Base contact Joaquin NASSIM who highly knowledgeable Cozumel matters. 28h, m Base did not broach possible: OSWALD presence Cozumel with SOLIS but NASSIM said highly doubtful). , o / SOLIS description of uncle _ Age about 30, 5 feet 8, about 185 lbs, stocky, skin "moreno" on black straight hair, mustache, long face. Usually works as chauffeur or farmer. SOLIS a Ty Nee UIT TT oo" gaid unole did not seem. aberrated sO Ton ER Dt Co : PAGE S4_ of 133 585, 20 Jan MEMO to LEGAT from COS; Subjects: OSWALD - reporting info in para 28k above. COPY NO. _____——
Cc rr i : : i : i i ; : 286. 28 Jan | MEXT 7964 |(Ref: MRID 0385 - para 284 above) LEGAT, continuing interrogation of Ylario : | | ROJAS Villanueva of Guadalajera, has determined. that: A. He is really Eledio VILLANUEVA of |  xef and is the uncle of Daniel SOLIS wife. |B. Eladio VILLANUEVA was in Cozumel from Apr 63 - | until July 63 and stayed with Daniel SOLIS. He showed letters he had written to his wife > ~, _ from there for this period. C. Daniel SOLIS knows address and true name of Eladio VILLANUEVA; . : : gee = «ss detters from SOLIS to VILLANUEVA to prove this point, / VILLANUEVA has written to SOLIS to ba send his address book to VILLANUEVA, U.S. Con in Guadalajara; used excuse that wished visa Pe ' to U.S. He insists SOLIS has notebook and still clings to story he saw OSWALD as he wrote i to Mr.’ Robert Kennedy. / For Hqs: VILLANUEVA has agreed take LCFLUTTER test and LEGAT — Wash Hgs asked him to ask COS if LCFLUTTER operator could come Mexi as was done in case of | ALVARADO (Nic). / COS agreed forward request to Has. / If agreed LE WR would prefer Mexi or : ' Guadalajara as location with Mr, Joe Garcia as interpreter if one g@@@ed’, time within next ten days, / Pls cable reply. . a : : atte. ¥ MEMO to Boonstra, cc to COS from LEGAT; Subject: OSWALD ~ It aoe noted that the White. House was in receipt of a paper entitled "Possible Psychologig! tivations in the Assassina- tion of Pres. Kennedy" written by Jose I. LASAGA of Miami, Fl&tethis speculative paper attempted to establish that the motivation of OSWALD in the assassinatBey Of Pres K was Fidel CASTRO or a CASTRO agent and that OSWALD was motivated during his ip’ to Mexi between 27 Sept and 2 Oct 63, The paper alleged that OSWALD held an extende rat rview with the Cuban Amb in Mexil whom he met in a restaurant on the outskirts of Ne giao which restaurant they both later left in the Amb's car for a talk: without being ov@'Bheird./ Source of this latter info was alleged to be Salvador DIAZ Verson. This indiviqugs."yas interviewed at Miami. He stated that while in Mexi 29-29 Nov 63 attending the Congresg=df the International Federation of m i Professional Newspaper Organizations, he was at the" getices of the newspaper Excelsior on the night of 25 Nov 63. There he learned throughépie.dext press that the Mexi gov had arrested one Silvia ‘DURAN; that DURAN allegedly’ had OSWALEass. guest in her house during his visit to Mexiz and that DURAN placed OSWALD in contag Psh officials of. the Cub Emb in Mexi. / i DIAZ Verson went on to claim that he was & tol@epye’Dr. BORRELL Navarros, an exiled Cuban Check BORRELL Navarro, Edueado | : | newspaperman employed by Excelsior, that OSWALD akd DURAN on the day following OSWALD's arrival Bo ; in Mexi went to a restaurant called the Caballo Blanco or possibly the Caballo Bayo where they met an, official’ of the Cub Emb. DIAZ Verson claimed that he knows nothing about OSWALD and the Cub official leaving the restaurant together in a car. / It was ascertained that Dr. Eduardo BORRELL Navarro, a former Cuban Cabinet Minister who on occasion writes feature “287. 29 Jan Co) : ; articles for the Mexi City Excelsior, currently resides at 1303 Homero St., Apart 401, Mexi. _ wow fF ae aaa LTE BORRELI Navarro was. interviewad on li J. an vat which time he furnished the Following. infos we EE = ee : | Salvador DIAZ Verson was in Mexi as claimed and discussed OSWALD with BORRELL and other Cuben 33 oF exiles, DIAZ Verson also visited BORRELL in BORRELL's hone. / BORRELL did not tell the st ay 66 of ~ ne} credited to him by DIAZ Verson concerning the visit to a Mexi City restaurant by OSWALD ae yo. 4 ow : of no meeting between OSWALD and Cub Emb officiels cther than the meetings which occurrsd at the time CSWALD visited the Cub Conan Mexi, / BORRELL kasw nothing concerning any visit by OSWALD to the hone of TURAN, / Zt 26 ta bs noted that DURAN wee questioned by Mext suthoi itiss CEORET _  Siivie, DURAN, BCRRELL had never heard this atory or any eimiler story before. / BORRELL
1010010) 0 ar nr ne ee eae es a | a | —— | | SECRET | on 23 Nov 63. At that time she confirmed that OSWALD visited tle Cub Emb in Mexi during the time he was in Mexi from 27 Sept to 2 Oct. She: alleged that the purpose of his visits to the Cuban Emb was to obtain a Cuban visa. | She stated she had given him a telephone number to use in calling her concerning the visa, but denied that he had ever visited in her home. / On 17 Jan 64 a source.... advised that he had been unable to locate a Caballo Bleno restaurant &> in Mexi, but stated there is a Caballo Bayo restaurant located on outskirts of Mexi. faa . Source went to restaurant, showed photos of former Cub Con Eusebio AZCUE Lopez, who was in &s charge of Cub Con at the time of OSWALD's visit:there, of Cub Amb HERNANDEZ Armas, of Silvia iy DURAN and of OSWALD to employees of restaurant and conducted extensive interviews of these SS . : employees. He was unable to find anyone among the employees who could recall any of the eS . ‘persons as having been at restaurant. | on 288. 30 Jan a See | _  MEXI 8008 (Refs DIR 97829 ~ para 289 below) - ~ Station has. repo £ : : a : OSWALD activities Mexi. / Practically all info from LIENVOY and her sources was also : ' reported locally to ODENVY and to Amb Mann. It may be that so mtion info included by bisa _ ; local ODENVY reps in their reporting; believe however local Opps wi21 have indicated : KUBARK as source. . : : : A : 289. 30 Jan e> DIR 97829 - Fletcher M. KNIGHT appeared before Warren Comm on 28 Jan and received guide- , lines on what they expect from KUBARK, On Sat, 1 Feb, weayill give commission a report on OSWALD's activities in Mexi, presented’ so as to protectes wre’ Sources and techniques. Pls review your reporting to us on this subj and cable in @aper ng additional you may have in time for us to include in report. Sa : : —opIR 98676 (Refs MEXI 796 - para 286 above) Befong ak iding on LCFLUTTER of ROJAS need : : eeose@s. Pls have ODENVY supply vital data, ental condition. Also need know: Would ‘know? KUBARK not in favor of cutting p mobility of FLUTTER experts. / We have no in contact with ODENVY here on case. background, job history, .some. idea of physical _  LCFLUITER be done in secret or must Mexi autha ' dn local authorities because it hurts securi ' traces on ROJAS with present identifying data Pls ask ODENVY Mexi to supply added data, “291. 6 Feb, - . MEMO to COS from LEGAT; Subject: ‘OSWALD - Re: Ylario ROJAS Villanueva ake Hilario ROJAS : - Villanueva, Eladio VILLANUEVA, Eladio VILLANUEVA Rojas. Bio Data: ROJAS does not have any ; birth certificate but states he was born in 1932 or 1933 on a ranch known as Guayabo de Sante _.. Rita, located” ‘near the ‘town of Ciudad Manuel Doblado>in’the state” ‘of Guanajuato. His mother of 2133- still resides at the ranch and her name is Estefania ROJAS and is now about GO yrs old. Hep ack WL did not know his father, therefor uses his mother's surname, ROJAS. / ROJAS lived on the cory NO- — ranch and went to primary school there; finished sixth grade at age of 1b. Worked at ax various — =r jobs about the ranch and-in 1949 entered U.S, illegally and worked. in the E1 Centro, Calif. : . : SECR T area for a person named Me ILVANEY néar Highwey 99 end Roxy Street... McILVANEY was engaged in ; ,oeerons soe drainage and irrigation work and ROJAS:iworked for him about 7 yrs. | In 1954 he was allowed "to leave the U.S. voluntarily by the U; S. immigration and Naturalization Service. / ROJAS
also calims a common-law marriage to Alicia GALVEZ and that a child was born in the U.S, : of this marriage. Alicia still corresponds with him and lives at Calle Republica del Salvador #152, Col.. Cuauhtemoc, Mexicali, Mexi. / In about 1954 he returned to the ranch where he continued with his work on the ranch. During 1946 or 57 he was employed by a bottling company at Tijuana, Mexi which bottled 7-Up. ...... / In 1960 he returned to Guadalajara. He had no fixed employment since his Tijuana job with the u-Up bottling firm in 57 or 58., occasional temporary jobs since about 58, mostly involving truckloading. / He married his present wife, Yolanda CORDOBA in 57 and now has five children; the youngest born 21 Oct 63. / Letters which have been observed indicate by postmark that ROJAS was in Cozumel, buta at a later period than he has stated and apparently for at least three to possibly give months, which contra- dicts information received fron Daniel SOLIS, who stated Ylario& BS Villanueva was in Cozumel for about 2 weeks in June 63. ROJAS readily admits that he, Rg Aowis the uncle of SOLIS's | Bia eee : wife. / A verification of his reported travel to the U.S. bogdén, namely, Nuevo Laredo, has = a been established, although not on the specific dates furmishgd by ROJAS. CMA records reflect ! : one Hilario ROJAS was on flt from Guadalajara to Nuevo Laredo. on 3 Aug 62. CMA records © Why was ss a telegram sent Pop Nuevo Laredo further reflect that a telegram dated 31 July 62 at Nuevo Te: zy authorized the CMA ticket authorizing the CMA tickeiobice at Guadala- office at Guadalajara to issue a ticket to Hilario ROQJAS Bey egl. (continued) P66 Chilarde Street, Guadalajara. Jara to issue a ticket , (It is noted that ROJAS has stated that he formerly resid#dat Chilarde Street in Guadalajara.) : / ROJAS appears to be in normal physical condition and outward Signs observed of any mental Sous : deficiency. He did not reveal any mental quirks. He GHB to be voluble in his conversa- ee : tions and to wander from specific lines of question dy @ appears to react mentally in a : catia : : ; manner reflecting innate intelligence superior to net his stated sixth grade education. / a) : ; He does not volunteer any motive for furnishing in ete, the U. S. Gov concerning his alleged pant Ree : : association with unidentified Cubans and with OSWA Both at U.S. border and at Cozumel. / dnterviews conducted with ROJAS, the only ee : : Other than discrepancies mmking noted in various eink Qe : apparently unusual development concerns a reporpesdys second letter that he has directed to : U. S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, whereing 5, according to his own statement, stated that he had additional info to furnish. Accogdjmg to ROJAS, this additional info concemed @ So-called camera which he saw in Cozumel if8¢Re OSWALD, which camera reportedly had adaptation®*which could be utilized to fire about five cartridges, which cartridges reportedly have a small gas compartment and that said gas was for the purpose of cutting down on the noise made in firing said camera. He also described oo a rifle supposedly in the possession of these previously mntioned individuals. He claims to rae / have beenxgsl told by the Cubens that the "camera" was worth about $50,000 and was a Russien Se oe __. invention. / Attitude toward Polygreph Examination: It was explained to ROJAS that it might a aa es eee encanta 2 be neesssary in. the future té afford him a scientific examination with the use of certain | ~ b& tose 2D instruments. He said he vould be agreeable to such an examination. / Attitude of Mexican PAGE =&—— Government re Polygraph Examination: It is assumed that, as in the past case of the Nic, COPY NO- —_— OO : ; . Echeverria should be am consulted and his authorization obtained to conduct said examination, SECRET At the sare time, he can also be told that genérel results of exam would be furnished him. WLU Ake / It is further. suggested that the full nama cf ROJAS should be furnished Echeverria and the poe fact that he would be examined. either in Guadalajara or Mexi. There does not appear to be exy reason for Echeverria to be furnished the iden of the Polygraph cxaminer....
14-00000 | 292. { Feb. 293, 8 Feb. 294. 8 Feb. : 295. 11 Feb. What is the RCMP ? Check RERNSTEIN - & / 296, 12 Feb. 296. {2 Feb. to MRID o win | meter tare aterm, extn wn cman AR ten AG hn tear A pA a nfl g eae 2m eactmttte te INES dak aa eae te pe ae cet gt ee a i anges a a “SECRET ob | MEXI 8117 (Ref: DIR 98676 - pera 290 above) Folloving rec'd trom socal ODEN on { Feb. (Reporting contents of para 291 above) DIR 00302. (Ref: MEXI 8117 - para 292 above) yi trace and clear ROJAS, ff Since he Mexi eit, we do not want to LCFLUTTER him in Mexi with knowledge of government there. ALVARADO case was different because we knew ALVARADO would be sent straight back to Nic. Will conrer witn ODENVY sere on Pros and cons of taking him to Texas, where facilities would be better. — Will advise, Note on cover sheet of DIR 00302 ~ Advised Henry Johnson CEcgg: on 11 Feb 64,. Signed Cos Op everything else and concentrate she might have re OSWALD and : s ‘New Orleans, La. prior to pate it will be recalled that MORA : the FBI would not look too hard : iglifce also reported that Reva BERNSTEIN, ; Mexi for more than a month, that: MEMO to COS from JKBENADUM. (source): Source has been told on Betty MORA to endeavor to find out any additional info wht his activities on behalf of tne Fair Play For Cuba Commité#eé the assassination. (See para 264 above) In this conne Stated after the death of the President that she hoped in New Orleans because it could be very bad"for us", former Chairman of the FPFCC in Detroit, Mich., thet she was leaving Mexi to go to Zijuatenejo. fouies does not believe she was in Puerto Vallarta, nor that she is presently in Zijuatene$e ; been questioned in Detroit, prior to her departéimesfor Mexi, by tne RCMP, but thet no inquiry had been made of her by the FBI or any U.S. Pee ics, or investigative agency. The interroga- tion had to do with the FPFCC, its cctivitiegeat e Detroit area, and the fact that she had reportedly acted as a mail drop for Canad laps, eaiuniets. ‘This interrogation took place in the office of her lawyer in Detroit. She gat ed to source that she had, in fact, acted as publications" for her Canadian friends. Note written in margin of above Memos Should I report - for Hgs info only ? by COS. RIGGS wrote: Since this deals with CSWALD case and has already been reported by the source to ODENVY, I believe we should not send to Hqs. It adds nothing to the case and if Hqs should decide to dissem, it would blow source to ODENVY (our use of source), Signed RIGGS A. MEXI 8194 (Ref: MRID 0385 - para 284 above and B, MEXI 7964 - para 286 above) LECAT requests the following additional questions be put to Dentel SOLIS: A. Ve rify if SOLIS has. . 3_ of 13 received two letters recently from Eladio ROJAS Villanueva aka Eladio VILLANUEVA regarding paGE ==— notebook. B. Ask SOLIS to forward notebook if found to: Mr, Edwin 0, Johnson, Consulado cory NO- Americano, Guadalajara, Jalisco, C. Letters in possession VILLANUEVA indicate he in Cozumne L with Daniel SOLIS for at leest three months in 1963. Can SOLIS recall dates? D, Ask SOLIS if VILLANUEVA in contact with Cubans or Americans while in Cozumel. Ask him how VILLANUEVA occupisd his time. / Please cable reply. , aon - Rorerscmrreree. “ween ee. Bip OB BE
14-00000 it ene | | | | . 297. t i i { ‘ t q t i i 1 t 12 Feb, PO 298. 18 Feb. | - : | | Check, VILLANUEVA claimed friendship with | one ALBERT, See para 277 above., ferry boat is named ALBERTO. What happened pee eae which contained impor ant papers" which i 299, 18 Feb, 300. 20 Feb, a : ! 301. 20 Feb 302, 20 Feb. een = < Why no ticket number 77? wy ee pon SEC CREF FOR JACK STEWART, MRID oliok (net: received two letters recently from VILLANUEVA. |B. that turned up.’ on & July 63 on ferry boat Alberto for Puerto Juarez. ~ SECRET a7 MERIDA, from Joe Garcia (LEGAT) requesting information contained in para. Foll SOLIS reply para 1 Ref: A. Had not Would forward as requested any notebook C. Best recollection VILLANUEVA arrived Cozumel very early June 63, left SOLIS received theee letters, since MEXI ange —_ 296 above) 1. burned, from VILLANUEVA in Guadalajara in months immediately following VILLANUEVA departure from Cozumel, repay 500 peso loan. three letters asked if SOLIS would like to be "secret police agent" con Cozumel. no further info on possible contacts VILLANUEVA with Cubans or Amerign when not working and usually in hammock by 2030 hrs. VILLANUEVA did not appear km be much of a drinke Gs f VILLANUEVA arrived Cozumel with Sergeant second class "Polo" (nde new assignment of Cozumel Military Base; VILLANUEVA said had mie around SOLIS house twice after VILLANUEVA departure looking SOL<VILLANUEVA. asked NASSIM JOAQUIM discreetly obtain all info possible ork PS club together, SOLIS answered all three, In last of three replies SOLIS asked VILLANUEVA SOLIS never heard from VILLANUEVA @ after that. VILLANUEVA in one of SOLIS had 46 on Cozumel. as albanil, spent his time at SOLIS home "chapean ap SOLIS and VILLANUEVA sometim rtgfited Mayalum night- SOLIS also said: (COMMENT : Base and Base * will advise. JOAQUIM concur SOLIS seems be telling straight forward story. SOLIS daughter, apparently. unprized, confirmed Durning of letters. from VILLANUEVA HBO to LEGAT fron COS: MEXI B3h1 to MRID - Mr. COB soom after arrival. He also has “few DIR 02697 - - No traces ROJAS aka VILLANUEVA. if ODENVY still wants it, MEMO to COS from LEGAT; Subject: source made available a copy of the bus manifest of a company called Transportes Frontere which covered the trip of the bus which departed Mexi 2 Oct 63 and scheduled arrival time at Nuevo _ Laredo.of 6 a.m.) OSWALD, no first by OSWALD's name “Subject: OSWALD - Memo Joseph Garcia, LEGAT, cas ve Merida 21 Feb. Said would contact / Garcia would like tg@ieey and talk to Daniel SOLIS re VILLANUEVA. other leads" in area but didiagd YBARK now prepared to LCFLUTTER him. in Texas Have told ODENVY here and awaiting their decision, OSWALD. (See para 197 above) As reported previously, on 3..Oct,.... The. passenger. listed. as occupying seat.4 on-this manifest wes’ name given, Destination was given as Leredo./ No ticket number was listed although ticket numbers appeared beside the names This manifest was poorly prepared in longhand with names of some of the passengers being incomplete and in some cases illegible. "g Laredo, 7 Monterrey"; Toward ‘the bottom of the manifest is a notation, hoever, including the name of OSWALD, 10 passengers appear on the li with a destination of Laredo. / Francisco ALVARADO, ticket salesman and dispatcher at the VILLANUEVA Reding, cutting brush) ri ); Polo was arriving.on Slo in Mexi City; Polo cane ace 64 — of the remaining passengers, gt ou (198 See SEE
14-00000 Pte nes ee eee Lo 30009 ~ 03. 5 Feb. { | | | H | i | discrepancy in number of passengers | : i : : i i i i H ! mransportes Frontera terminal in Mexi Was interviewed several times, the last being on 17 Dec. ALVARADO had no recollection of OSWALD and could offer no. explanation as to why no ticket number appeared beside: his name'or as to the reason for the discrepancy in the number: | of passengers listed for Laredo, { / As previously reported, ‘Francisco SAUCEDO Velez and Dionisio REYNA Paz, chauffeurs on the trip.... were interviewed. They had no personal recollzc- tion of OSWALD nor could they. offer any explanations concerning the discrepancy in the number of passengers and the fact that no ticket number appeared beside OSWALD's name. 7 soucEDO explained that tickets bearing a prefix of 39 covered travel from Mexi to Monterrey. and those with a prefix of 10 covered the travel from Mexi to Nuevo Laredo, He also pointed out that. tickets collected from the passengers on a given trip are forwarded to the offices of the bus | company in Monterrey. / On 9 Dec Telesforo QUIROGA, ticket aggmi, at Transportes Frontera office, Monterrey was interviewed. All tickets listed by nyé jon the passenger manifest for the 2-3 Oct. 63 trip from Mext to Nuevo Laredo were loca =” QUIROGA could offer no © Pieagind it was impossible for him to locate a ticket which might have been used by OSWALD. « f Comercio, Calle Sahagun 19. On 20 Jan ¥ 64 Guillermo GAR reported:b The hotel does not use a system of regist yates a «& registry book, On the first day a guest arrives @@~Himself, makes the initial entry in the book, this including the name of the guest, the ce from which he is arriving, his occupation, and his nationality. Thereafter on eagtivday the guest continues at the kk hotel the same info is entered:in the book on the page @& ated for that day, but the entry is made by a hotel employee. ...Guests pay in advaQ@@sse’ OSWALD registered on 27 Sept, arriving being shown as "USA (Texas)", occupation “photg@® aiid nationality was "U.S. citizen". Hand- writing on this entry in'the registry book hag™b@eA identified with known handwriting of OSWALD vy the: FBI, / OSWALD was listed as staying if Mr. GARCIA Luna said rooms 18 through 23 oc info on three of the guests who occupied 3 stop at the hotel when in Mexi. Guests 18 from 27 Sept through night of 1 Oct, vone floor of the hotel. He was able to furnish “on same floor as OSWALD because they frequently ~*~ Mr. PEREZ Pliego, San Luis Potosi, railroad employee, room 19 on 26 Sept, 27 and O8g88t" A Captain ESQUIVEL of Veracruz occupies room 19 on 30 Sept, Mexi Army Captain well-kn®@fr in Veracruz according to GARCIA Luna. / Mario RESENDIZ, merchant, Saltillo, Coahuila, room 21,26 Sept to 3.Oct., has merchandising business involving sale of flowers and: miscellaneous items in Monclova, Coahuila, also well known in Monclova according to GARCIA Luna. On 21 Jan 64 Alfonso PEREZ Pliego, Espana 304, Guadalajara, Jalisco, office address Bolivar 8-401, Mexi, was interviewed in Mexi. He advised he frequently stops at del Comercio but had. not noticed OSWALD. / The following investigation was conducted in Veracruz on 23-24 Jan: Ernest HOLM, Vice. Consul, Amer Con, contacted reeteet cs éurces “of his office. None. of these -sources:. was” able ‘to: “identify: Captain ESQUIVEL. PAGE. te COMMANDER Charles EDSON, assigned to Mexi Naval Academy as an instructor by the U. S. News COPY NO. —_ was unable to locate any info on ESQUIVEL. Inspector Alberto MORALES, Veracruz Police Dept, was unable to obtain any info on ESQUIVEL. / Investigation continuing. / Intensive investigation continuing to locate Mario RESEEDIZ of MoneLova. MEMO from LEGAT to COS: Subject: Jack L. RUBY} OSWALD | vtotia. - Information hes been rec'd that RULY traveied to Cuba from Mex in the latter part of 62 under name of Jack L. RUEY, Bre aa a ET
14-00000 : 304, 305. 695000 2T Feb. 10 Mar. What hotel?? ce ee tens ae tne ae teeter ce teeenine meee Jack Leon RUBY, sack : RUBENSTEIN, or Sacob RUBENSTEIN, iz Advise of any info to verify this travel by RUBY. : : MEMO to LEGAT fron COS: “Subjects wer - Info. svattnble to tnte ¢ office fails to confirm that RUBY left Mexi for Habana or. arrived in Mexi from Habana by air anytime during 1962. MEMO from LEGAT to Boonstra, | ‘ce to cos; Subject: OSWALD. - Refs LEGAT memo dated 13 Jan 64 (para 277 above)’ - Same background info as para 277 with following additional: RQJAS claimed he could pinpoint the date 14 August 1962 as the day he arrived in Mexi because he sat in seat #14 on the bus and his hotel room was #14 and he arrived in Mexi, by coicidence, on 14 Aug 62, (That day, while waiting in a park near the bus station of the busline Estrellas de Oro, and the hotel where he sayed was in the vicinity, he wa rag wacted by an unidentified individual, who he later. learned was a'Cuban. He saw this Cubgi wer a period of two days and this Cuban proposed that ROTAS help him in smuggling Cub ropaganda to Mexico.) / ...«e/ / / / Details on interrogations concerning ROJAS, Soudse gts. , ended up (page 22 of report from LEGAT) with "On 5 Mar 64, ‘ROJAS, at Guadalajaras fiisco, continued to maintain that he had met OSWALD at Nuevo Laredo and again later at_ iimel, as he had previously declared; however, subsequently on that day he orally ad ct ed’ that he had never known or met OSWALD anywhere." / A written, ‘Signed statement deck was prepared and signed *y ROJAS .- : nee MEMO to Cos from LEGAT: © “Subjects. OSWALD. aogjueéd original of a passenger List or manifest relating to departure No. 2, Bus No, 3 Sa BN ct 63, of the Transportes Frontera, S.A. de C. V. bus line, which has its headquarters @ina}M at Buenavista Street No. 7. / The passenger ears Hmifest was clear evidence that and scheduled to have arrived at Nuevo Laredo, > at 5:30 a.m., 3 Oct' 63. / Info on’ passenger legible, ete....(report submitted typed lis destination, etc.)..."Inquiry at Transporte gntera Bus Terminal" - On 5 March 64, Gilberto LOZANO Guizar advised that he is thé@Manager of the Mexi Terminal of Transportes Frontera Bus Company, Buenavista #7, which has a franchise for :"through service" between Mexi, Monterrey and Laredo, but is not permitted to sell tickets or pick up passengers at intermediate localities, / LOZANO.said’ that Transportes Frontera had made a complete study of its records and procedures and:has now arrived at the conclusion that the person designated as:-"OSWLD"-on--the--2-Oct- 63- passenger -manifest-did-not- purchase a ticket and- could not have- “~é handwritten, not complete and not all i passengers, seat number, ticket number and “traveled” on the trip to which it relates. He “pointed out that the list of passanger reserva. CE = be 33, PA ticns, ticksts sold, and passengers actually boarding the bus in Mexi ere recorded on the 0 form which is provided for that purpose and is maintained on a clip beard on the counter COPY NOs from which. ticket sales normallly are made by the ticket calesman and dispatcher, Francisco - ALVARADO. He admitted that ALVARADO occasionally is. assisted during rush hours or a tempor- ary absence from the counter by the bagenge handler, Lucio LOPEZ Medina, who may receive and record | reservations on the manifest but dces not handle the actual receipt of payment
14-00000 306. (continusd) on 2 Oct. aS . : : i i } i i t i 1 SECRET —_ po aerimeed for tickets. J According to Mr, LOZANO, a “reservation is recorded by assienine a saa a numberas available and recording opposite the seat number assigned, the name and: destination of the individual requesting the reservations, That reservation is respected under normal conditions until two hours before departure time; however, in the event all seats ere not filled, it may be held until-the actual departure of the’ bus. Prior to the departure of the bus, a final check is made of passengers in connection with tickets sold for that particular trip, and at that time the dispatcher communicates by radio to the company headquarters in Monterrey the number of "paying" passengers on the bus in relation to the Monterrey or Laredo destinations for which they purchased tickets; / Francisco ALVARADO, ticket salesman and dispatcher for Transportes Frontera, advised that he prepared most of the handwriting on the 2 Oct 63 manifest on which the name "OSWLD" and destination "Lared" appear opposite Seat No. 4. ‘He stated that he did not write the "OSWLD" reservation info and it was his opinion that the reservation had been made and (Hea) baggage handler, Lucio LOPEZ, ALVARADO is quite certain at th individual designated on the list as "OSWLD" did not purchases on the trip relating to that manifest. No ticket number wa a search of the company's records in Monterrey had failed peck ate a ticket stub which was not otherwise accounted for in connection with that partis lar trip. /. The notations by ALVARADO of "9 Laredo, 7 Monterrey" reflected that heguaisreported by radio to the Monterrgy office of the company that the bus had depar wath nine "paying" passengers for Laredo and seven “paying" passengers destined for, nos rrey. Listed under "Name of Passengers" were "“OSWLD" with no ticket number, indica Pigs he did not travel; “Angel PEREZ" with no ticket number or destingtion, which confirm ‘i t he had not purchased a ticket ys ‘No. 10, listed as having traveled SZANO stated that the notations on rded. for that person, and on a pass to Torreon. “Teel ALVARADO and Gilber€® the back of the manifest referred to advances of : cash for repairs, parts or other toad, when . sstination, trip number, bus number, and date, but they had completed those blanks , ggcheir personal knowledge in order to make that data clear to the investigators. They’=3 formax at that time. They affirmed that the handwritten "Transportes Frontera" at the top of the document had been added by some official of the Mexi Government after the document was borrowed from them. / Both LOZANO and ALVARADO stated that they had no recollection of -. OSWALD, -ete......théy could “offer no explanation asto how Mexican authorities had arrived at the conclusion that OSWALD had travelled on the Transportes Frontera bus of 2 Oct 63, but pointed out that after the name was located on the manifest, they had not been given . r e 133 an opportunity of reviewing, analyzing or checking out the data thereon. / Lucio LOPEZ ‘PAGE 9 oo Medina, baggage and freight handler at Transportes, related that he cften assists the COPY NO. neeneeemmree ticket salesman by necording reservations and is quite cartain that he wrote the “OSWLD" anc “LARED" opposite Seat No. 4 on the passenger manifest of 2 Oct 63.: He stated that he aleo had recorded the reservat lous and tioket sales to "FCO, SAUCEDO" cne of the drivers,
14-00000 een er a nee ee mentee ten ee gt nin mn fet caren ae oe cee a ee pe mE te eee — vt = cornea ecinne oo eee ne ate tee eee go eee toe a caret ee epee mt ~ ¢ - . : + : ~ i i t i | i i : } i } Po 7 | | SECRET AoE { poe eee eed a eee anne opposite Seats. Nos. 1 and 3, ete., and possibly other items on the nenifest, He acknowledged | | that he had no personal recollection of OSWALD, could not recognize his photo as being . : Lucio LOPEZ said he arobably wrote | MOSHLD" of anyone who had been at the bus terminal, and did not believe that OSWALD had embarked ' and “LARED" on the manifest, yet believes | (on the bus of 2 Oct 63.'/ LOPEZ said that the reservation was made by the individual in OSWALD did not make the trip on 2 Qct. . : (person, as he did not récall having received a. ‘reservation by telephone from any person | | (who spoke very little Sfanish and that he has no knowledge of English. / LOZANO said his company, the "Flecha Roja", and “Transportes del Norte" are the only bus lines which afford direct service. between Mexi and Nuevo Laredo, Tamps. / "Inquiry at "Flecha Roja" Bus Terminal" Jesus SAUCEDO, Comptroller at the terminal ot the Flecha Roja, Mexi, and investigators mad2 a search of manifests with negative results. ... / Inquiry at T ansportes del Norte Bus Terminal. : Ricardo BELTRAN Medina, Mgr of Mex terminal stated em = been searched by agents of the Mexi Presidential Starr, Minist Judicial Police, and himself, and no record had been located Age 306. (continued) | ' “307. 16 March 1964 Washington Report - _ BACKGROUND FOR ASSASSINATION, published &: e America . Security Council Editorial Staff. _ (good reading) Analysis on “why, Gin show" OSWALD's orders could Check have come from, Moscow. : oF : ; : . & o : Sa 308, 19°Mar DIR 0857. - Dallas ‘News: today carries ' story TO ‘ertect TE Po RUBY's lawyer, Mr. Melvin M, PELLI, ,was interviewed at border en route to Mexico 6th - Interview does not reveal purpose trip. Pls report any info you can develop o TT's activities or significance this maneuvers ODACID and President's: commiss Lon extfage eiy interested, 309. 19 Mar MNTY 0829: ~ Enrique RUIZ Montalvo, agent of the nen? Judicial Police, informed Base a | that one of his contacts reported in late Feb t abt t Fberto LOPES, US cit, was involved in Check Enri 18 TZ Montalvo ; _ assas3ination.: According this contact, LOPES er eared f Mexi on foot from Laredo, Texas ie : about 1200 hours on 13 Nov carrying U.S. passpofsed =e issued 13 July 60 and proceeded Nov he left Emb for Cuba on Cubans LOPES /LOPEZ “= : : : : by bus to Mexi where he entered Cuban’ Emb. “es : flit 465 and was the only passenger pllowed ogeihe? plane. LOPES was issued Mexi travel form 8 No, 24553 at Nuevo Leredo. / RUIZ said SSHid. not verify this info, but believed it might be of interest to'U.S.' gov. / Base and ODACID files contain no identifiable traces on LOPES/LOPEZ. Pls advise results Hqs passport check including bio data on LOPES if possible for further checking by Base: and Station. / Background info re Base contact with po: RUIZ contained in HMYA 2120, 18 Mar being pouched 20 Mar. 6699009 vee ce eee wert oe be ee eed en need be ee ee be, ne. . woe . f “310.7 49 Mex Bra meters 9 semen erm na ne EA aay rT. ‘Gary DIR 8695 = “Rotcin Files” “Hob labs teasteay-S ~ Local ‘radio: broadeast morning. PAGE. LE ° 133 Check; VELASQUEZ on KAPLAN case - re: 18 Mar told of BELLI's trip Mexi and intent visit “old friend" Victor VELASQUEZ. Station cOPY NO+ ————— OSWALD, Pearl GONZALEZ, etc. © | ' notified ODENVY. ./ Station traces on: VELAGQUEZ: BELLI member of Board (Chairman) of Directors of International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 545 Fifth Ave. N.Y. / Reply to Amb's request fer : trace. stated in Oot. 58 VELASQUEZ former History professor at UNAM and Faleangist leader in CO are Mexi 19h end directed drug smuggling for party. Proceeds being used for Faisngist proparanda. FORE] B-2 report 1945 says ¥ pro-U.,S. and no longer has Falangist connections. In interview w/Amb deserited self'as enti-Commy: Royalist and believer'in Porfir io Diaz policy. Wes invitine
14-00000_ 31. 39009 ale | | i { By Mar po | ace ro see | ee § ) a eee ee Lode i ‘ i i. | | | MEXT, 8740 (Refs MINTY 0829 - lparal309 | above) - Ref info jites furly ¢ oF BELLI by Walter|C. CRAIG lof Phoenix, Ariz.,| Ame | a | | | | 1 pop | | | : | . / | i | SECRET. a7 I i 4 | | | ; | | Amb t party for Truman B, TUCKER, N. XY. lawer|1istea in | letterhead as! President of Academy | lof Trial Lawyers, / Burnell 'GOODRICH,) COs contact, repdrted Mar 61 that V was behind) attacks | launched against U.S. lawyers practicing in Mexi and controlled and financed group UNAM students who ettacked U.S. lawyers. {lv was charactér reference listed) in PRQ of Jorge j PRIETO Laurens, who president of [Frente Popular Anticomunista de Mexi and Secgen of Confédera- cion| interamericana de defensa dél continante. |/ In! Oct | when Mr. Robert |FLORSTEDT ( KUBARKER) here| from HQS collecting NIS material’ he visited V whom described’ as Mexicos outstanding | criminal lawyer and profound admirer of U.S. interview lasted 2} hrs although mémo does not | reveal in what way|V of, service, | / ODENVY. has no record but their’ inquiries. reveal Vv outstanding and highly respected trial lawyer here. / In absence cos and since J KB. leaving! town 20 Mar for weekend asking: ODENVY their ability follow: BELLI movements. If nil, will atempt! cover | via LIEMBRACE surveillance, | Wil explore otle r possibilities with TESSAROLO and GOODRICH and JKB after, his return 23, Mar. | | | i | : | [ RRhat provided Station by LITEMPO 4 early; Dec 63. / DIR: Assume ODENVY furnished no aS fo jon Subj after | |DIR 67188 (not filed - not abstracted) : S| | | ~) | re NEWS - Fired By Ruby, BELLI is Here - by Jaime Plenn: Me) Seu appealed to ! "public opinion and my fellow lawyers" not to pass Judgement on his. onduet in the Jack: RUBY, trial juntdl all "technical details of the trial and. the defense re “ignown ." / BELLI, discharged ‘as attorney for RUBY, convicted killer of OSWALD, made the: +, tement through a Spokesman, VELAZQUEZ, well known local lawyer. / The ind{ rect] state followed a reported criticism ssn.| president. / bewesl hia bown! hotel, and was in contact get vous make a , full statement of his | . BELLI arrived last night by train,| and ‘checked with VELAZQUEZ, the latter said today. / <» «BELLI 8 ‘position upon | -his errival in San/ Francidco. : | | i i , ad pStedano; .. «Theory onjassassination ~ gt aes NEWS | nidden § Side of ogwaLD Case, by Ralph@é iHistory and background of time ih Moscow, ; ‘facigg Fe teaving Russia w/a wife, ete. eee | ///OSWALD took a trip to Mexico just before t#@aiey of the térrible deed. [In apparatus work: iof this sort, : the direction is always. handled itive neighboring count ry andithis: is standard | | operating procedure, / The theory that OSWALD was made does not match ‘his behavior after: his jarrest. The mad political assassins issue flamboyant justifications of their acts, | The! , trained assassin clams » Up. ‘This: is what OSWALD did. / What OSWALD really was and who his ‘principals were will remain/in obscurity unless. a new defector brings | ‘the story: out with: ‘hin, ; | But certainly, there are enough . facts in ‘the dossiers of Intelligence ‘services around the ' Oo “op 133. "world to “put together ‘uch of the story “-ias others did -in discovering the background of ; PAGE HO. | ooPY ———e : TROTSKY 8 murderer, a man who had much in common psychologically with OSWALD. “WxIc0 crty DAILY BULLETIN (Date!2 ined Paris, Mer 30 AFP) vik Paris weekly magazine has’ pen! "publishing a series of extracts froma book by U.S. lawyer Thomas Buchanani- which book found _ :no publisher in the U.S, - which claims that the aseace ination of. Pres. Kennedy: vas ‘part of |oonspiracy and thet Dellay algh$eiuh owner deck nudy WES y indeed, used to "silence" OSWALD. : ee .
14-00000 r — | ob Po TTT | / oh book "The Assassins of President Kennedy’ ‘aise? OSWALD was little moré than a | i Poe | | i | i | ; { H pop fT] Py SECRET ae ! “patsy" in a conspiracy! put together by a number of|men.| The 24 yr old was used. according | to Buchanan, to (a) acquire the rifle: cused in K slaying, (b) facilitate the entrance into the Dallas Bodk Depository of & harksman and (¢) cover up for the| rest. of the gang by accepting full: guilt for the crime. / ‘Buchanan clainis that. Da. as Policeman /Tippit, who was shot down | by OSWALD shortly following ithe. assassination, |had aS his: "Jo " the. "silending" of OSWALD | ‘|but that OSWALD was quicker | ‘on the draw. / Buchanan) - whose - conclusions are also supported by N.Y. Civil Rights Attorney Mark Lane, appearing before the Warren Com, "representing" the : slain OSWALD - “ also claims that there, was & sniper at the underpass bridge under which ithe Kennedy motorcade Was moving} and | that te ant er also opened) fire. / He says this second : i [sniper might Have been RUBY, who | showed up followin, “the killing in. the office of the "Dallas 4 ‘Morning News ," the : only) building! of quick, sure access for the’ sniper the bridge. His |conclusion is clear - that Ruby ‘gunned | down OSWALD in the police stefan ust as it was | [Peered os OSWALD Was realy to "epi" the whole story. , | | howe ‘MEXI: 8878 ‘(Refs MEXI 8737 ! para 5101 above) | ~ |AS nbs knows BELLA night and Victor VELASQUEZ issued innocuous press statement for€ | ‘both: report VELASQUEZ reputation | among local. lawyer is shabby Witte he effective defense lawyer with excellent batting average, said tol|be complet ely Shout ethics, Interesting that, in current Mexti bar association attack aga inst|U,. S. Igajer® practicing Mexi, bar apparently not risking dignity its! case by allowing. VELASQUEZ Hoin cgiipacten . | / BENADUM not optimistic re his or LITEMPO chances learn content BELLI/} LASQUEZ ego tons. | : 7 \notE Writter by COS on cover of MEXT 8878 abdve, Ga a. friend, Gerald SCHULZ, "who ‘is vor chose to Victor VELASQUEZ ~ jmayrbe T jean et rid corinent via Gerry from Victor V. ue lade to our conversation of 3 Apr Oh Rive items. / There, are lattached 18 copies pee HOA prs 9 Apr 6k" para B2 3 below) | ‘DEPARTMENT TNGOMING TELEGRAM (Control| 133) - President! / commission on assassination informed. that: members of commission staff | plan travel to Mexi 8 Apr in connect ion with investigation jof OSWALD's adtivities in Mexi during) period 26 Sept to 3 Oct 63.: if Names of staff members | 7 | { i fined Mexi. only one 3? TESSAROLO and BENADUM | “315. ee pot 316. - a IMEMO| to LEGAT 'from| COS, ‘subject Photograyhs. RE { ‘and the requedt for sixteen copies of each of 6g lof efen °F the requested items, (On File cory | . i <e Alf. “38, ay | | jare William T. COLEMAN and W. Davis SLAWSON, Howard| P. WILLENS of| Justice Dept., currently © | i ‘assigned to commisd ion staff, will accompany them. | These lawyers have! been instructed | co (1) to inform! themselves of linvestigetive effort made by, American. agencies abroad; (2) to o ‘become informed with as: much detail as possible regarding investigetive effert of Mexican 2 1 33 wotermnsecnst i egie ce Wet sieecte  eah aii, tone agenede S3;-and : :(3)--to: consult: with: ‘appropriate: UsSe mand: Mexican: officials. ag to what further prow: 22 co ° investigation. ‘should be’ initiated, / Bmb should not! disclose | ‘fact! of ‘EAR 8 on. its “rise! ‘to cory NO- NO. ————— anyone. Avoidance ' of publigity is of: paramount interest to both U.S. Ss assist. ee ee ee ee : : ; | i i : : BE raprer | i
14-00000 ~ . ey 6. . ef | TT SECRET y pt DIR 12633 - Wish, alert you that three members of Warren Commission Legal Starr, WILLENS, Po SLAWSON,| and COLEMAN, will arrive Mexi. without publicity...to confer ‘with! lyou Station, HBFINCE, | Po | and ODENVY about investigative action taken on OSWALD case,| / Main ‘purpose is assure | ' themselves about completeness of investigation by KUBARK, ODENVY, and Mexicans, All have °! : studied our reports in detail.  KUBARK endorses ‘Purpose, of trip. / Wild eable| further | i guidelines on what expected from your Station, : . 8 re a, 720 Apr Po Bend 319. 7 Apr | L . t t i DIR. 13026 (Ret: DIR 12633 i pare 319 above) ‘Subjects artive.... / They want to know if, IMexieans have further written investigative reports, want clarification of many points in ODENVY: . investigation, ete...Some highly touch subject they will discuss: am hether they should see Mexi officials themselves, try to talk to. ‘Silvia DURAN, l whe thed Ricans will let them | | / later publish just what Mexicans did; in case, ff These officers Ewe have tap assets, | ; ' may. have! guessed from coverage, | we have photo! points and a sourgestin “Cuban Emb, but do not | know details | ‘Or our arrangements with Mexicans. Request CURTIS: nd ‘all needed assistance with mindmam possible disclosure of assets: and techniques, en Sublicity at; all. ' | prR 1328) (Ref: MEXT 6925 - para 302 below) ‘Your visitors CURTIS mst leave 13 Apr for, conference here. wee | Consultation with Division selec ee ee MEXI E903 - Station chiefs necting £ first. ‘on agenda! foll consultatigns with Division ; ; and Desk, Pls confirm. Also number: of days.i... | | ODAC, nialoescn of 7 Apr probably will be fairly demand Ing and CURTIS, whe was. Station CO, will | wefected to participate in | discussions, 300, 9 Apr 322, 3.Apr HMMA 23229 Attached are copies lof documents pertih % OSWALD's trip to Mexi in Oct 63. / These copies were made (as extra ones) when ‘ODE Viewms aed Station to make photographic copies | for them, / Attached are for HQS o nly for complet jorteay HS files. (ATTS | ‘are as follows: . Reproduced above is a "Solicitud de Reservacion" QeesPrvation Request), also described as a . "Ticket Purchase Order" of Transportes Chihuahuefses, Travel Agency, Mexi City, | issued to | Mr. H. 0. LEE for;“one: seat from Mexi to Lereda ‘edfirmed Mr. SAUCEDO" in the amount of , 93.15 pesos and dated 30 Sept 63. #2. | Reproduted above is a "Greyhound International ' Exchange Order" issued by Transportes Chihuahuenses Travel Agency, Mexi City on 1 Oct 63 ' to H. O.: LEE for travel from Laredo, Texas to. Dallas, Texas, , FoRlowing entry to the U.S. ' via. ‘Transportes del Norte. | 32h, ll Apr |: MEMO FOR ‘THE FILES from cos, Subject: Theodore Vincent — ~ On 10 Apr 64. ‘BENADUM reported a ' that his: "American source" had talked to Elizabeth Catlett de MORA (Betty MORA) on 9 Apr. a 133. _ f Among the items | ‘discussed was /Subject. {see his. file). |. He was. formerly Chief: (in.U.S.A.) PAGE yf of “of "Fair Play for Cuba Committee" (which - was dissolved after OSWALD's: assassination of K COPY NOs ————— / and publication and proof of OSWALD's involvement in the "Fair Play" activities), / Subject : : : has ‘now organized.and is directing a “Revolutionary Aid Committee in the U.S.A.".  MORA Check Subject: reports | that this: Committee is being Financed | ‘Prom, the Communist; Chines e via Habana and Mex:, 323. 9 Apr 8699009
14-00000 | T ee eee es nn Bd pes oo | : | 7 | | | : i Ty SECRET | ; ho] | ; ae | ! ot : 7 \ , a 1 { [ | i | i i an | i i | | THR NEWS - Local Police Mutt on bswarp Prob “ Mex polide authorities ire fused to acknowledge k i i i » 325, 11 Apr their participation in the activities of OSWALD during jhis visit! to Mex City. i/ ./.Various | Mexi police Corps; are cooperatihg in the ‘investigation ’ carried here by 3 Americans, SLAWSON, WILLIAMS and ‘COLEMAN on the steps of: the ‘alleged assassin of Pres, K. / OSWALD, shot to! death by RUBY iin Dallas, visited 'Mexi! 26 Sept for one week, visited Mexi City to obtain a visa to travel to, Cuba and Sov Union, | : | | i ANEMBASSY OUTGOING TELEGRAM I Control - 122 | Upon their arrival at Mexi City. 8 Apr the identies’ : of COLEMAN, SLAWSON and WILLENS | as membe rs of. President's Commission staff were known to P : Eastern airlines and to at ‘east one: other unidentified individual at airport.| I oo: re: if shee eThus we foresee no problem & z with con from hnexpected publicity. ; | i 306, 9 Apr La. Prensa - ‘Three. “Tnvestigators|ot Kennedy Case in D. ft - About a A. / in para 326 above, also they traveled on diplomatic passports, wey rete ve ived by nenbers of. - the: U.S.: Emb ‘and refused to male coments to news papermen. / Bagexwe | ‘ i i Novedades ~ Three Tnvertigttors of 1 the Death of SK in Nexteo 327. 9 Apr: 328. 9 Apr 329. _ GApr | ot BRR | | BL Dia” - | Three Agents Arrive from U.S. who are Investigating Ky : : of | Sam@ as above except last paragraph "However, it was not possiblé to find out if the three ' yisitors. who came!for the investigation have come with the authorization of the authorities / of our country, since, when we pres to ask them (or intg io ! i | \ t Novedades - AU. 8. Senate [Commission in Mexico, tnveagiga Same as above but with more detail, including: ". OSKERD. at tended a reunion in which were various. persons, who, for some time have been: actives imBolitical affairs, and the meeting us? > was. held in a house in: Colonia ‘Condesa, | o+eo. AlsG@"steted:was that the investigetion would: | | be dn colaboration with the DES of the D.F, and Péiteéchief, General Luis CUETO Ramirez. j po :  ! MEXT 8966 (Ref: A. DIR 13026 -/ para 320 above San 22653 - para 319 above), Giving info i | Of newspaper ‘articles on visit of SLAWSON, PENS van COLEMAN, : Also "On. morning 9 Apr. | COS; participated with Amb. ; Min Boonstra and LEGA? in briefing session. On afternoon 9 Apr COS: and DCOS ‘spent 3 hrs with visitors. ‘Memo. of briefing will be forwarded. /. On 10 Apr at request visitors and with approval of ‘Amb, ‘COS has arranged take 3 visitors to see LITEMPO 8. fo | | COS: has asked LEGAT accompany. |Amb told -LITEMPO 8 on night of 8 Apr (When Amb made his: Protocol . call) of planned arrival, purpose of visit and desire... no: ‘Publicity, /¥ will report on: visit rates) 2S | cS : : i ce 2. ro) - 330. 10 Apr 331. ee 9 be a=] ba] fee eee oe a NO. ri: : PO 7 MEMO FOR RECORD signed by COs: Material ‘from P- £593 shown to Warren Commission: 1. En vses0™? Do : Do . translations of callsmade by OSWALD ‘to Sov Emb....2. ‘Conversation between Pres. DORTICOS ; ' end. Cub Amb HERNANDEZ, Armas in Mexi on 26 Nov 63. 3. Conversat ion between Cub Amib to Mexi po and Pres', DORTICOS in Habane oni 26 Nov 63.0 | . OLPPeCT | . | 10 Az oI - 332,