13-00000. 122. 27 Nov. 123. 27 Nov. 12h, 27 Nov. . , . ! i | 1 | DIR 85797 (nets “MANA 4609 = para pat above )~ Appreciate MANA info ref. | Defer MEXI whether or not they want Nic case” ‘officer to assist in interrogatd on. | | ys | | | | | MEXI 7097 (Refs . “MEX 7068 - ‘bara 95 above), Follow is) translation of @ resume of | follow up conversation to'ref.) Source is L re TTENSOR Hes copy. Tapes being saved, HERNANDEZ Armes calls DORTICOS of Cuba at 1999 hus. (te pare 110 shove) MEXI 7098 (Ref: | MEXI 7069 - pare 96 above) ‘Bwo Station oticers interviewed ALVARADO) in safehouse again night 26 Nov with following results: ‘Sub story remained substant telly same as in ref. . Subj recognized photos: of Cub Eub personnel Silvia| DURAN, Francisco LLAGOSTERA, : ORESTES Ruiz, Samuel PEREZ, Rogelio RODRIGUEZ , Raul APARICIO, Rolando ESTEY, : Heberto JORRIN, Oscar CONCEPCION, Antonio GARCIA, Jose FERNANDEZ Rog, res ARMONA, Joaquin HERNANDEZ Armas, "Raul", Pereguina ALONSO, Luise CALDERON, and fredo MERABAL. Did not know names of any but new by sight and gave partial descriptions such as duties, height, skin coloring, condition of teeth, disposition, accent, ete., not discernable from | phonos/ Identified photo: of Oscar: ‘CONCEPCION Mendoza as tall Guban! of para ) ref! and shot of Luisa CALDERON as pretty girl of para l2 ref.; Quickly identified New Yorleans’ mug shot of OSWALD supplied by ODENVY. Said was positive | of these identifications. (Note! LIENVOY reveals CALDERON planning move into Cub Emb 25 Nov. )/ Said OSWALD had green passport in | | | pocket and Subj ‘believes he saw pistol in shoulder holster. Said OSWALD wore long shoes and had wrist watch with yellow metal band. Described how OSWALD slouched in chair in Consulate waiting reom about noon 18 Sept, Seemed te be at home, appeared to | know. end be known by consulate personnel. Said he heard OSWALD use Mexi slang ¢ expression "Cabron" 9 badly pronounced. / Subj reinacted conversation and money-passing scene of pera 10: and a ref using Station officers as “props". Conversation essentially same as ref: ‘except had OSWALD use word "kill" in first reply to Negro, hence "You're not the man. I can/ kill him," Said U.S. benlmotes were in smell pack, | about quarter inch thick ati most with paper band which negro broke before counting out fifteen hundred dollars for extra ‘expenses and five thousand dollars as "advance" ‘ if Subj said he still sergeant Nic guardia leivil. Entered Mexico illegally without travel deounsnts 29 Aug paying bribe at border ‘having transited Honduras, Salvador and Guatemala en route. Entered Mexi én 1961 mission for’ secret service after contrived escape fron false arrest in Nie followed by period of asylum! in Mexd Emb.. Said rec'd training at Fort. Gulick, Canal Zens , in March 1956 (Note, Subj only 16 yrs old at thet tims)./ Subj says he has been to Cub Consulate on 2 or 3 ,15 or 16 Sept, | 18 Sept, 19 Sept, 26. Sept and 25 Nov. Station photo coverage of Cu Emb did not include | consulate gate until Oct, ‘Subj not. identified on photos of persons using Enib gate. Subj. admits. visiting, Sovemb 6 or 7 times,. about i. times with TORRES, Is sone what: fuzzy On | reasons for these visits, _Was not pressed fer detail at this session. Subj has not identified in photo coverage Sovelin. | Subj given ‘600° poses | to énable him move ‘out ( te present quarters to hotel or. roo house elsewhere in Mexi for next few days. Signed receipt in true: ‘name, / Subj appears completely cooperative. Showing some signs of fearing for safety. | : : ae yg meet chee een ninety opens tie:
13-00000 125. 27 Nov. 126. 27 Nov. MEXI 7101 (sara 121) above) | - SECRET : ! | po | | | | la j MEXI 7104 "Amb Mam | asks: that following ‘be. pessed to. Sec. rust. He -prelsumed. TRAE a ODENVY will be advised. Since my|cable of yesterday, ( TOT2 -. para 97 above)| there have peen three: principal developments; 1): Amb HERNANDEZ. Armas at 1839 hrs last evening c a DORTICOS of Cuba. - In this conversation, which like the first iis taped, DORTICOS expresse continued concern over possibility. that Mexi police had interrogated Silvia about money. 2) ALVARADO, the Nic, was questioned by CAS officer until two a@.m, this m ing, This officer was impressed by: ALVARADO ‘who has offered make himself available as a wi ess. and who is now hiding in place provided by: CAS.' We cannot guarantee ALVARADO's safety. Wealth of detail ALVARADO gives. about events and psrsoialities involved w th Osw. in Cub Enib is striking. 3) At 1215 hrs Mexi time 27 Nov., CAS officer was mised by iphone by | ECHEVERRIA that he had rearrested ‘Silvia today because he learned she was attempting to | leave Mexi for Habana. However, Echeverria’ later told LEGAT that he had decided | to rearrest Silvia to avold any possibility she might. escapt to Cuba and later be unavailable as @ i witness, Since we had received no reply to yesterday's telegrem (MEXI 7072 - para oT above) we have not requested Mexi gov to take g any action against Silvia: except to maintain increased surveillance of her. activities, Echeverria later denied’ to LEGAT that, ‘he had any specific concrete evidence that she was about to leave for Cuba. We do not now know which Echeverria. statements are accurate. It is quite possible, and even probable, that contra- dictory statements made by Echeverria are explained by desire ‘of GOM to play down importance of OSWALD visit: hers, Mexi line still is that OSWALD visit related solely to visa question, Consistent | ‘with this Echeverria stated! to LEGAT that DORTICOS ‘only | interested in: finding out whether Mexi. authorities tried to pay a story from Silvia. This is. obviously incrorrect interpretation.) Neither ' LOPEZ Mateor nor Echeverria know of ALVARADO's| story. Pls note that according Echeverria Silvia is being taken to Attomey General's office to which Mexi press has easy access, Possiblity of habeas corpus cannot be, discounted. 4) We have as yet found no trace of the ‘red headed Cub negro desoribed. by ALVARADO, but are! continuing our search for him, 5) In‘ addition to. questions raised in yesterday's telegram Washington should urgently consider feasibility ior requesting Mexi ‘authorities to arrest for interrogation; Eusebio AZCUE; Luisa CALDERON and Alfredo MIRABAL. ; The two men are Cuben nationals! and Cuban consular officers, Luisa CALUERON 1s a dr secretary in Cuban | consulate here, In this: connectd on. article. II of Consular Convention between U. is. and Mexi exempts from arrest "Consular officers; national! of ‘the state by -which they are appointed, and not engaged. in any private occupation for gain" except "when charged with the commission of an act designated by local. legislation as crim. other then misdemeanor. and subjecting i the individual guilty thereof, to punishment. by imprisonment. " “We are checking to see’ whether all of these individuals are on current consular list. Eyen assuming they are, and assuming also that Cuban-Mexican consular convention is similar te, Sart e. they would all seem to be . subject to arrest, provided Mexican law definds their app piracy with. OSWALD se” suble and not a ts sgrovided | They, may all qu ickly be re ed! ed to ong pirac in order eliminate any possibility that Mexi Gov could use them as: witnesses. We know that “ACU went to Habana on 14 Nov and we are not now certain that he or others are in Mexi at | | | present time. 6) While I realize (neprmous difficulty in| giving us instructions, I ty
’ : ! ‘ i . : ! | i ! . . : . : | | nevertheless feel obliged to point out again that tine is of the seen here, Mann" i han ee OS | SEUKEL ee i f i . H | | i i { | | poo | Sterile copy of above +o Amb at his request - er fe 6 | . 127. 27 Nov. Po MEXI 7105 (peti DIR 85245 - not tn ties not abstracted) L. Sending photbstatie ed | | 5 : of ten page statement by Silvia DURAN obtained from Echeverria: by hand of Roger T. | , in envelope addressed to GALBOND true name. 2. KINGMAN arriving Dulles airport at o§o0 : . hrs 28 Nov. He will be met by his wife, hopes she will tell him what to do with envelope. ! . 3. Sorry no time to translate statemnt. 4, Also including 22 Nev Luisa CALDERON (Guban | | ot : -  gonsular employee) talk to unknown man from. ‘LIERVOY. _ (pare 19 above) | | | 128, 27 Nov, | MEXT 7107 (REF: A. DIR 85178 - pare 118 above; B. DER. 05191 ~ pare 122 above; Cc. | CIR &e58 - para 120 above) - 1) ALVARADO story: after two installnents tends prove that : ' he has been in Cub Emb and knows some of employees by sight name or’ both. Nothing more. | 2) fo resolve doubt. only effective way. is to have cooperation) of MAJORJEREZ, directed | : : by bis Hes in interrogating ALVARADO. “If Has agrees suggest he be cable urgently; to cooper- : ate without question: with PBSWING officer who will contact him. morning28 Nov. Station : . wishes JEREZ be | present during interrogation to throw all Nic official weight behind it, : but not to participate except in portions relative ALVARABO's | alleged mission for, JEREZ. i i. 3) Station concedes: outside possibility this story could te SOMOZA gambit get ris of CASTRO so defer, ‘to igs re action pare 2. | | ! | Qe0 : Individual calls Cub, Emb end says he is from Ultinas Noticias, talks with luisa CALDERON of LIENVOY ; Comme rcial Department , that they have received a cable from Cuba saying ‘they’ were protesting to Mexico because of the bed treatment. igiven a Cuban Embassy employee in Mexico in relation with the visa requested by OSWALD, | the Kennedy assassin, ‘Luise asks him to speak with + the: | secretary of the Ambassador. | | | 130. 27 Nov. 1026 | a The same individual (as pare 129 above) speaks with Consuelo ESPERO ’ ‘says be is | -  Ultimas Noticias and: they received a cable fron aban saying en employee of| the eg ee | | i | Embassy had been badly treated by Relaciones Exteriore 8 (Foreign Relations ) 2 Cubes | ' —_ ; to find out about OSWALD's passport and the | assassination: of Kennedy, and ine wants tol | : find out if it is true. Consuelo pays no attention to the question and | asks if the cable | : was received directly from Habana. | The individual. only says that Cuba has protested to : : | Mexico about this behavior, Consuelo is going to find out, | and then sis tells him that | ee ee ee Se _ there they mow nothing, that they, have no news about, this... . The_indiyidual. gays. pe ig going bc caceepeee | to talk with the boss of information to find out, personally about this. Consuelo indicates | i : Be ; that the Ambassador's secretary, Peregrina ALONSO, | is going to! speak. fhe individual, in , SECRE the meantime, speaks! to someone who is with him and says (in familiar form “tu *) They are | 129. 27 Nov. going to tell you, that you are ehief of information, that the do not have....." | Later ; the chief of information tells Peregrina that the cable came from Miami, thet they heard
a radio broadcast fr bana which aaa ‘thet Minister Raul ROA announced.that they had: |-°- ot a) protest to Aub. Gilberto UES of Mexico agalinst |the conduct of: the|Mexiban |. [0 . authorities! who jarrested enployee “of yours" named] Silvie DURA Y,| that they we insacting some business in the|Secretarda de Relacionds "I|/suppose to do|with infdrmation" kbout| the| ~ sport of OSWALD |Peregrin says she hes ino news of this. The head of in orma} don says kiof the protest, but was there an! arrest? ‘|Peregrina insets hat she kno 131. 27 Nov. COS senfi letter |to a (KING), |via John Horten, with cbpies of re ; prépared by LITEMPO-k oe , (p 107 shove | | | | : a 132. 27 Nov. 852eh5 - | Dep of Justipe Pp paring repo 1 on whole! case 4 |will| wan te . i tailed date OSWALD 's Ne activiti 8s, [LTENVOY : v C Silvia DORAN whick carry essentially sams import cpuld : ising , Mexi s 8. refore,| req st you cable jin tra ated version of her statements ani obtain |LITENSDR end LITEMPO-2's permission to use ate ments report for publi- tion, Pls note DIR 0. getting from ODENVY M ch info which originates + LIENVOY operation. here does not realize |this| info produced| by KUBARI and 0) may be getting! LIENVOY info thru jown dlendestine so | even President's office. to clarify with |ODENVY rep there exact manner in| which : be has obtained such | iinfo| and form which he sent it to ODER inadvertant compromise of NVOY. oY 133. 27 Nov. fo . NEW YORK TIMES ~| Tra: a of OSWALD in Mexico Vague. ..,..Mexican and Amer: can investigal ive a oe | authorities admitted sccm to discount Mexican immigration reports fiom Nueva . | Laredo that OSWALD entered Mexi ina U.|S. sailor's uniform and in the company , ¢ | women and a/man,/ Raul LUEBANO, Mexi immigration lagent at Nuevd. said this (sail ‘s uniform) trom his recollections of OSWALD. |... | 134, 27 Nov. - NEW YORK TIMES - Attributes Munler|to Right. supported Moscow|'s theory | toda: — , that the "far r 8 sible for the| asss seination. .... - 135. 2T Nov. — - |. ‘NEW YORK TIMES -| Cuba Exile Te " OSWALD, Boast. A|Cuban exile leader] said that OSw! Br had bossted that) if the US. atte inyasidn of |Cuba, he | defend CASTRO. OSWALD made |the statement in : x conversation with an|anti-Cestro Cuban whe was pds asa Castro supporter ace rlos BRINGUIER, New Orleans gate to |the Student Directo fo. | Authorit a armed that OSWALD, during « before igo to » tried to join the anti-Communist group. GUIER . with suspicion ter lary-k ‘ ots store. Pro Casts ro lite __BRINGUIER,
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