480-10410-10484 JFK Assassination System : . ; Date: Identification orm ‘Smeceervereieteneneeneneeneneeen ener men EEE ESSE Tt ren erererrrerrrveer vE NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page i - 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 : Agency Inform:ition HSCA 180-10110-10484 REPORT ON LEE HARVEY OSW.ALD'S TRIP TO MEXICO CITY. Document Info: mation HSCA LEE HARVEY OSWALD THE Cl‘. AND MEXICO CITY 00/00/1978 393 CIA . CIA, METHODOLOGY, PHOTOS! JRVEILLANCE SOVIET EMBASSY OSWALD, LEE, POST-RUSSIAN }ERIOD, TRAVEL, TRIP TO MEXICO CUBAN EMBASSY REPORT Unclassified _ 3 Redact - 01/01/2003 Redacted and declassified.Box 1. 10/16/20
y\B ‘Th Classification:. a (This form is to be used for moterial extracted from CiA—controlled <iocuments.) ‘ OUTLINE: LEE HARVEY OSWALD, THE CIA AND MEXICO CITY. a” “Part I.- I. Introduction. | a) i 497 2 | A. Issues Addressed. (p.. 1.) , B. Differences Between the Warren Commission In- vestigation of Lee Harvey Oswald's Activities | . in Mexico City and the House Select Committee 3 on Assassinations' Investigation. (p. 3.) © po. C. Conclusions. (p. £.) . D. Structure and Relevancy. (p. 10.) , f II. Central Intelligence Agency Surveillance Operations in Mexico City in September and October 1963. Ve wee - A. Photographic Surveillance Operations Aimed , at the Cuban Diplematic Compound. (p. 12.) 1. Introduction. (p. 12.) 2. Physical Positioning of Surveillance Bases and Targets. ‘p. 12.) 3. Objectives of Operation and Scope of Coverage Provided. (p. 13.) 4. Disposition of Production from the Operation. (p. ‘ ere perery ri, _ SST “egal * Photographic Surveillance Operations Aimed at. the Soviet Diplomatic Compound. (p. 31.) 1. Introduction. p. 31.) 1. 2. Physical Posit:.oning of Surveillance Bases | and Targets. (p. 31.) 3. Objectives of Operation and Scope of Coverage _~ ‘Provided. (p. 33.) ae Reemete wean ole @ "Rane ke . | 4. Procedure and "iming Involved in Processing ] : Production fron the Operation. (p. 45.) ‘ 5. Responsibility for the Operation. (p.47.) , 6. Coordination 0:3 Photographic and Electronic : ‘Surveillance Operations. (p. 52.) Electronic Surveillance of Telephones at the Soviet and Cuban iplomatic Compounds in 1963. (p. 53.) 1. Existence. (p. 53.) 2. Responsibility. (p. 53.) '. a. General. (>. 53.) b. Analysis ani Reporting of Information Q t SD. ER a ee .- Obtained. (p. 54.) | oe “°° 3, Telephone Lines Covered. a Classification: 2132. i . f a i . . | Classified by derivation: _— ath erect NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 2
Classification: £45 (This form is to be used for material extracted from CiA—<controlled Jocuments.) oO: ' Outline: Page Two. 4. Production.fron Operation. (p. 58.) a. Types. (p. 59.) b. Handling Procedures. (p. 59.) (1) Resuma. (p.. 59.) (2) Cuban Tapes.. (p. 60.) (3) Soviet Tapes. (p. 61.) (a) General Handling. (p. 61.) (b) Retention and Reuse of Tapes. (p. 62.) (c) English Language Conversations. (p. 64.) (d) Handling by Tarasoffs. (p. 66.) ' (e) Expedited Procedure for English Language Coversations or other Conversations of Special Interest. (p. 67.) ' (£) Handling in the Station. (p. 70.) (g) Format of Transcripts. (p. 71.) c. , Voice Comparisons. (p. 72.) III. Information About Lee ‘Harvey Oswald's Stay in Mexico that was Known by the CIA Mexico City Station Prior. to the Assassination of John Kennedy and the Sources a oe of that. Information. A. Information that was Available. (p. 72.) 1. Information Available to the Mexico City Station from Electronic Surveillance Aimed at' the Soviet Consulate and Military Attache' Ss Office. (p. 73.) a. September 27, 1963, Friday. (p. 73.) b.: September 28, 1963, Saturday. (p. 76.) . c. October 1, 1963, Tuesday... (p. 78.) . d. October 3, 1963; Thursday. (p. 79.) 2. Information ‘Available to the Mexico City CIA Station from CIA Headquarters. (p. 80.) 3. Information Available to the Mexico City Station from Electronic Surveillance Aimed at the Cuban Diplomatic Compound. (p.. 81.) 4. Information Available to the Mexico City Station from Photographic Surveillance of the Soviet and ao Cuban Diplomatic Compounds. (p. 81.) | UL” 5. Possibility that Additional Information from the . . Electronic Surveillance on the Soviet. Compound , oo was Available to the Mexico City Station. (p. 82.) 543 ( ae We (alts . Classification: L a . | ” Classified by derivation: a 7 ito aw _ HW 46327 DocId:32263889 Page 3.. 0°
/ Ua el adn ete sna denon", ‘ Classification: £612 C i (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled jocuments.) 4 Outline: Page Three. - (. 6. Possibility that the CIA Photosurveillance Obtained a Photcgraph of Lee Harvey Oswald. (p; 90.) a. Missing Materials. (p. 91.) b. Likelihood that the Photosurveillance Operation would have Missed Oswald. (p. 91.) : c. Reports of the Existence of a Photograph. (p. 93.) (1) Phillip Agee Allegation. (p. 93.) (2) Daniel Stanley Watson Allegation. (p. 97.) a (3) Joseph Burkholder Smith Allegation. : (p. 99.) ay : | eB atinen cee SD, i (4) Joseph Piccolo, Jr. Allegation. (p. 102.) (5) Statements of Dan Niescuir. (p. 105.) da. HSCA Investication of the Possibility that the a Photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald. (p. 107.) ar (1) Introduction. (p. 107.) hos, (2) Investigetion of the Allegations. (p. 108.) i B. T= Formation Connected to Lee Harvey Oswald by the r , Mexico, City Statior Prior to the Assassination. i. Introduction. (tp. 115.) - Information Available from the Soviet Wiretaps that was Connected with or involved Lee Harvey Oswald. (p. 11€.) . When were the irtercepted Conversations Linked to Lee Harvey Oswald? (p. 120.) hl 4g4 ie j Iv. Recomstruction of the CIA Mexico City Station an Head- Coes F. Kennedy. thd L .. XOmtroduction--CiIA Interest in and Liaison with FBI =loc Embassies in Mexico City. (p. 123.) /.° Eu. Skerrative of Mexico City Station Actions Prior to So RF Gssacild After the Assz.ssination. iy ere ant Saat met 4 Ps ST Classification: a "po Clossitied by derivation: NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 4_ Seegarding Americar. Cityizens in Contact with Soviet “ <=he Assassination. (p. 124.) - _V. Mee-ro City Station keporting of. Information Concerning | F; Bu. Ssporting of Inoimation Concerning the Photograph i Mexico City Ehotosurveillance Operation Produced - The Photograph cf the Mexico Mystery Man. (p. 122.) Gusltters Actions Pricr to the Assassination of President gt Sea SHA
~~ Classification: | (This form is to be ised for moterial extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) Outline: Page Four. of the Mexico Mystery Man. (p. 178.) : B. Reporting of Infcrmation Concerning Lee Harvey , Oswald from the Electronic Intercept Operation Aimed: at the Soviet Embassy. (p. 180.) PERT II C. Silvia Duran. (p. 184.) VI. Information Not Available at the Time of the Warren Commission Investigation. A. Silvia Tirado (nee Duran). (p. 191.) 1. House Select Ccmmittee on Assassinations 6/6/78 Interviewo of Silvia Tirado. (p. 191, ) y °2. CIA Informatior Not Available at the Time of ee the Warren Commission Investigation. (p. 194.) : a. LIRING/3 Allegation. (p. 194.) | . . b. Possibility that Silvia Duran was an Agent Gq . for either Zmerican, Mexican or Cuban ' Intelligence. (p. 197.) (1) Was Silvia Duran an Agent, Asset, or . Source for Mexican or American Intel- ligence: (p. 197.) (2) Was Silvia Duran a Cuban Intelligence Agent? (p. 201. ) 3. The Cubans. (p. 202.) 1. Eusebio Azcue lopez. (p. 202.) 2. Alfredo Miraba] Diaz. (p. 205.) '€. Blena Garro de Paz. (p. 206.) io oo kL. Elena's Story zs Reported October 5, 1964. (p. 206.) 2. October 12, 1964, CIA Memo for the Record. (p.' 208.) _ &. November 24, 1°64, CIA Informant Report. (p. 209.) et “ 4. November 24, 1°64, Elena Garro Meeting -with ‘| , Mexico City Lecial Attache Officers. (p. 210.) ‘ Classification: | i HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 5
Classification: ‘ "Bab abtlenase my om (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled Jocuments.) Outline: Page Five. §.. Charles Thomas Meeting with Elena Garro on December 10, 1965. (p. - ) Charles Thomas' Meeting with Elena Garro on December 25, 1965. (p. 216.) 7. December 27, 1965, Legal Attache Memo to the ae United States Ambassador re Elena Garro. (p. 221.)P 8. CIA Investigation of Elena's Allegation that i She Created a Disturbance at the Cuban Embassy : on November 23, 1963. (p. 223.) 9. Legal Attache 2/23/66 Memo to the United States Ambassador Regarding Elena Garro's Allegation. : 106. Legal Attache Memo to Winston Scott re Elena's Allegation that: She Had Stayed at the Hotel Vermont from the Day After the Assassination Until November 30, 1963. (p. 225.) ; ll. Charles Thomes' September 30, 1969, Letter to i ' §tate Department and Legal Attache's. Response. . ‘(p. 226.) - 12. House Select Committee on Assassination's In- os, ; vestigation cf Elena Garro's Allegations. Saeasis lade a i _(p. 228.) oy .. D. Oscar: Contreras Lartigue. (p. 235.) : ~_Wil. Analysis of Lee Harvey Oswald's Activities in Mexico i “FT City. % (fe A. Introduction. (p. 240.) { ' B. Did Lee Harvey Oswald or an Imposter Contact the j Cuban and Soviet Consulates in Mexico City? (p. 242.) C. What were Lee Harvey Oswald's Activities in Mexico City? (p. 250.) - D. Was Lee Harvey Oswald Alone While He Travelled to Mexico? (p. 259.) "8, Appendix I: HSCA Procedural Write-up: Cuba Trip 1. (p. 261. ) a Appendix II: HSCA Procedural Write-up: Mexico Trip 1. A ' (p. 265.) Be 7 oe “Classification: _ oo - oo ; | Classified by derivation: _ WW 48327 .Docld:32263889 Page 6 .
Classification: 4 (This form is to be used for materiol extracted from ClA—controlled Jocuments.) eo) Outline: Page Six. Appendix III: HSCA Procedural Write-up: Mexico Trip 2. (p. 273. ) | Appendix IV: HSCA Procedural Write-up: Cuba Trip 2. . (p. 287.) | Appendix V: Biography: Elena Garro de Paz. (p. 297.) Appendix VI: Glossary of: Terms Used in Report. (p. 301.) Appendix VII: Listing of CIA Documents Cited. (p. 305.) "Neat we ab carne bees A al ae ot e ) u ) j] | | ee wie ade ayo ote ete my woreteuee ® ewe Classification: nena Cae | ; | Classified by derivation: aT FL a te os e i + ae vm eoteat te ' er pach, “SUE. NW 48327: Docla:32263889 Page ?
; Li? Sen ees (This form is to be used for materiol extracted from CiA—controlled documents.) Classification: . Masta wie ADDENDUM TO FOOTNOTE # 614 OF “LEE HARVEY OSWALD, THE CIA AND MEXICO CITY. Some controversy has arisen in regard to the question tinen ich dod’, J ' of whether the tapes existed at the time of the assass- ination due to a memorandum from J. Edgar Hoover to the head of the Secret Service which said: ‘The Central ‘Intelligence Agency advised that on October -1, 1963, an extremely sensitive j source had reported that an individual iden- iG ' tified himself as Lee Oswald, who contacted the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City inquiring as to any messages. Special Agents of this Bureau, who have conversed with Oswald in Dallas, ” Texas, have observed photographs of the indi- er , vidual referred to akove and have listened to 4 ' @ recording of his vcice. These Special Agents ‘are of the opinion that the above~referred-to individual was not Lee Harvey Oswald. "ae tm a Atrio et Sees eee © (Memorandum from Hoover to James J. Rowley, 11/23/63, oy pp. 4-5, Y The HSCA has determined that this statement J was probably. based on anc ther FBI memorandum which said: Inasmuch as the Dallas Agents who. listened to the ‘tape of the conversation allegedly of Oswald from the Cuban Embassy to the Russian Embassy in Mexico and examined the photographs of the visitor to the Embassy in Mexico and were of the opinion that neither the tape nor the photograph pertained to Oswald, I requested Shanklin to immediately . ¢ Neer aie weno te send a photograph of Oswald to our Legal Attache. - (Memorandum from Belmont to Tolson, 11/23/63, p. l. Mr. e Belmont was. reporting the results of a conversation with _ the Special Agent in Charge in Dallas, , Gordon Shanklin, ¢ foo that ‘occured at 11:50 A.P. I Classification: cet get UA ihre mt Classified by derivation: aN . e é hy NW 48327- DocId:32263889 Page 8
Classification: i a Je (This form is to be used for material extracted from.CiA——controlled cocuments.) @ ADDENDUM: Page Two. Later that same day Sac Shanklin. “informed the Director { that the tape of Oswald's voice had been erased: "It should be noted that the actual tape from which this transcript was made has ‘been erased." (Teletype from SAC Dallas to Director, # 232220, 7:30 P.M. CST,.11/23/63. Emphasis in the original.) The confusion about whether or not there was a tape | apparently continued for several days after the SAC in 7 Dallas ‘informed the Director that such a tape did not x exist. On 11/25/63 the FBI Legat in Mexico City sent a Cablegram to the director which said: & | . There appears to be some confusion in that no tapes were taken to Callas but only typewritten transcripts supplied by CIA, the tapes not being available because they had been erased. ae (Cablegram #182 & 183, E. 2.) The FBI was asked to explain the paragraph from the’ | Hoover memorandum quoted above. It xesponded: The paragraph appearing on pages 4 and 5 of the leterhead memorandum, which is quoted in your (FBI) request of March 17, 1978, contains some incorrect informatior regarding a tape recording of the voice of an ir dividual who identified him- self as Lee Oswald. ; Retrievable information contained in files of the FBI indicates that this Bureau received information derived jrom transcripts of tape f - .' | xecordings furnished by another government Nw . ' agency which conducts, intelligence. type. 3 inves~ Classification: | ‘Classified by derivation: ‘ce “<@ Ceartatptecgteatew encase me ee, af “edie oe = . Mak ak 5 HW 48327 DoclId:32263889 Page 9
*) Sabra als 1S (This form is to be used for material extracted ‘from ClA—controlled documents.) 6: ADDENDUM: Page Three. i tigations. The transcripts indicated that on { - September 28, 1963, and October 1, 1963, the } voice of an individual identifying himself as ; Lee Oswald was recorded by the other govern- ment agency conducting intelligence type inves-. tigations. Additionally, this government agency provided the FBI with photographs of an individ- ual who appeared to be an American; these photo- graphs being taken by said agency on October l, 1963. i It is noted that the FBI never received the 4 actual tape recordings from which the transcripts were derived,.as the tapes were erased by the other government agency providing the transcripts.... AS a result, no FBI employee ever listened to a tape recording purporting to contain Lee Harvey Oswald's voice as no tape was ever provided to Po this Bureau. petty &. (JFK Classified Document # 131.) No FBI agent interviewed by the Committee recalled listening to any tape recording purporting to contain a corversation involving Oswald. "veer aeee erin I Classification: ite co | ws | Classified by derivation: <P ST . a a aT —— Sw a mn he Hos abate Bee Ee be e Jus NW 48327 Docid:32263889 Page 10
A. Issues Addressee investigation into Lee. Harvey Oswald's activities in Mexico City J. INTRODUCTION Classification: : (This form is to be used for material extracted trom ClA—controlled clocuments.) The House Select Conmittee on Assassinations’ has been directed at answering the following questions: oe 1) 2) > Neth taw a ammo 9 an @-- BN ge Wp tent . Lea nee A Did Lee Harvey (swald visit the Soviet and Cuban Consulate: or Embassies in Mexico City? In addition to “he visits which may have been made to the Embissies, what were Lee Harvey ‘Oswald's activicies while he was in Mexico City? Was Lee Harvey Jswald alone in Mexico City? ‘If not, who wer: his associates and what were their activities? Did the Central Intelligence Agency maintain any surveillanc2 operation(s) aimed at the Cuban and Soviet diplomatic missions in. Mexico City? If so, what kind? ‘What information, if any, about Oswald's stay in Mexico was known by the CIA Mexico City Sta:zion prior to the assassination and what was the source of that information? Classification: NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page. 11
Classifications. bu! _ (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled ¢ ocuments.) | 6) Was the information, if any, in the ‘ possession of the CIA Mexico City Station reported to the CIA Headquarters accurately and expeditiously prior to the assassination? | 7) Was the information in the possession of the CIA Mexico City Station reported. . to the CIA Headquarters accurately and : expeditiously after the assassination? 8) Was the information developed by the @ CIA in Mexico City communicated to the Warren Commissicn in an accurate and expeditious manrer? -9) Did the CIA photo-surveillance of the Cuban and Soviet. diplomatic compounds in Mexico City, if such photo-surveillance existed, obtain a photograph of Lee oe - Harvey Oswald? If so, what became of that photograph” Classified by derivation: yf NW 48327 | Docld:32263889 Page i2 - ; ‘
ae Se ta pd ee | uk: a Classification: (This form is to be vied for material extracted from ClA—controlled c ocuments.) : B. Differences: Between the Warren Commission Investigation of Lee Harvey Oswald's Activities in Mexico City and the House Select Committee on Assassination's Investigation. The’ approach taken by this Committee's investigation differs from that of the Warren Commission primarily in terms of scope. The Warren Commission and the: ’ oF investigative agencies at its disposal went. to a _ great lengths to establish Oswald's travel to and from Mexico, but devoted minimal effort to evaluating Oswald's contacts with the Cuban and Soviet Consulates. It is the conclusion of this Committee that the Warren Commission correctly éstablished that Oswald hac traveled to Mexico City. Hence, this Committee has chosen not to “reimvestigate Oswald's travel to and from Mexico City. Instead, tthe Committee's approach has been to focus narrowly am Oswald's contacts, with. the: Soviet and Cuben diphomatic missions n Mexico City and on. | evidence that was not avai: A athe ewe, gs ae, Classification: E; | rian 118 3 Pa, e 1 a us , . . Mt ay | Classified by derivation: _ NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 13
Classificatiol!: Ws” Phy cto as i feaa Y (This form is to be sed for material extracted from ClA—controlled Jocuments.) | Commission that could possibly shed Tight on Oswald's activities in Mexico City outside of the Soviet and Cuban installations. The Warren Report limited its discussion of | Oswald's contacts with the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic missions to information obtained from Sylvia Duran and the Cuban Government. i, i | At one point in the Report the Commission referred ; | to other information: | ; , ; By far-the most important confirmation i 7 of Senora Duran's testimony, however, has been aoe supplied by confidentia sources of extremely high © reliability available to the United States in Mexico. The information from these sources : establishes that her testimony was truthful and : . accurate in all materia’ respects. The identities : &é 3 of these sources cannot be disclosed without oo destroying their future usefulness to the United States.2/ The Warren Commission d'd not print anything in) the twenty-six volumes of evidence to support its Statement that Silvia Duran! s testimony was. confirmed by “confidential sources of extremely ‘ high reliability." See BOB Sat é oy a ae Classification: HW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 14
Classification’. (This form is to be used for moterial extracted from ClA—controtled ¢ clocuments.) In an attempt to answer the questions posed by. lee Harvey Oswald's visit to Mexico City in September and October of 1963, the House Select Committee on Assassinations has pursued the following investigative - procedure: | ‘¥) Conducted extensive interviews, depositions, and executive sessicn hearings involving . Central Intelligence Agency personnel; mR ced Interviewed Cuban c‘tizens who could have knowledge of Oswald's sojourn in Mexico; Interviewed Mexican citizens who could have te Sd ‘knowledge of Oswald s activites and associations while he was in Mexico; =‘  Comducted an extensive review of the files # tthe Central Inteiligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation that pertain to Oswald aid Mexico City. Cu Com lusions 1) Someone who ideitified himself as i SO Lee Harvey Oswald“) ede'the Soviets, 1 dctober 16,” Anis. — Chassific ica ion: - eR | Classified by derivation: P29 | tee . NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 15
© “eae mT ee : . NW 46327 2) Classification: “> N eee ba (This form is to be ised for material extracted . from ClA—controlled documents.) -€- individual indicated that he had visited the Soviet Consulate at least --once. Other evidence from the CIA wiretaps, and witness testimony, indicates that the indivicual visited the Soviet and. Cuban Consulates on five or six | different occasions. While the majority of the evidence tends to indicate that this individual was indeed Lee Harvey Oswald, the possibility that Someone else used Lee Harvey Oswald's “name during this time in contacts with the Soviet and Cuban Consulates cannot be absolutely dismissed. This Committee has not been able to determine Lee Harvey Oswald's activities outside of the Cuban and Soviet. Embassies with certainty. There is a report, which has not been confirmed, indicating that. “during his stay in Mexico Oswald attended a "twist. party” at the home of. Ruben Classification: ue | Classitied by derivation: Docld:32263889 Page 16 —
. r Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) ' _ tm gm ‘Silvia Duran. There is-also unconfirmed evidence which, if true, would indicate that Oswald spert one night and parts of two days with a group of pro-Castro students from the University of Mexico. 3) There is a report that Oswald may have been in the company of a tall, thin, blond-headed mar while in Mexico. This repant -has not been confirmed. If true, it is possible that this same oD . a individual may, on occasion, have used. | Oswald's name in dealing with the Cuban and Soviet Consulates. The man's name, if there was such a man, is not known. 4) On the dates that Oswald was in México, the CIA had photographic surveillance operations which covered entrances to the Soviet Embassy and the Cuban Embassy — and Consulate. The CIA also had electronic surveillance on telephones in the Soviet Consulate and Military Attache’ s Office and Cuban diplomatic compéunds.. The - ; @ SO _ Classification: Lae Be Pe Be : “ é . 20} rg - ; ; _ | Classified by defivation: _ 122 Call ye aT aT a ya ya wv NW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 17°
a Oper 5) 6) 7) Classification: —£:4 aes I OB Le we (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled Jocuments.) Jobe telephone at the Cuban Consulate was not subject to that surveillance. The CIA's Mexice City Station definitely knew of Oswald's, contacts with both the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic compounds and of his desire to obtain an intransit visa for travel to Russia via Cuba. The source of this information was the electronic surveillance onthe Soviet Consulate and Soviet Military Attache's Office. All information “n the possession of the 7 CIA Mexico City Station was not reported to CIA Headquarzers in an accurate and expeditious manner prior to the assassination. With the except: on of a few, possibly benign, irregularities, and considering the possibility that not all of the information ava’ lable to the Station has been. provided to this Committee, the information in the possession of the CIA Mexico Stat: on was reported | in an. Classification: aii UN eye es , |: Classified ‘by dec¥ation RW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 18 423 a ae a a a cell a y 4 PSN
“seventeen” Meet oe oe RW. 48327 Dacld: 32263889 Page ig 9) - Classification: *_*=”* TIAN YTS wre Classification: § hig Sib La . 2 eyE. Allin ing d Bie # (This form is to be used for materiol extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) -9- accurate and expeditious manner after the assassination to headquarters. With the exception of those areas that involved sensitive sources and methods, . such as theinformation pertaining to the’ electronic and photographic surveillance ~ of the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic compounds, information developed by the CIA in Mexico was generally relayed to the Warren Commission in an accurate and expeditious manner. “It is the conclusion of this Committee that the CIA's photo-surveillance operations in Mexico City probably obtained a photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald entering either or both the Soviet and Cuban Consulates. The CIA denies that such a photograph exists. Hence, the dispostion of. this photograph ds unknown. ‘Classified by derivation: a ay AEE amee maar 3 Ga, Gia. BN SES a. SE. Sa.
“} EX FR ra Ry 2 Classification: Ls AD . E i -T ; (This form is to be ised for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) ~CA- 10) The CIA telephore surveillance on the Sov- jet Embassy taped several calls of a man “using the name ‘Lee Oswald." These tapes were retained fcr a routine two week period and were most likely erased shortly after . ; 7 ae ye 16 October.1963. These tapes were probably t——— existence at the time of the assassination. 11) The Committee is aware of the allegations that Silvia Tirédo de Duran may have been > an intelligence agent for either the Cubans, @ . Mexicans or Americans. Ms. Duran was pro- bably never emp oyed by Cuban intelligence. While there is no direct evidence on the. question other «han Ms. Duran's denial, the Committee believes that the circumstantial evidence that tends to indicate that Ms. Duran had a relitionship of some type with either Mexican or American intelligence is of such-a nature that the possibility can not be dismissed. er s+ Ged Soh So eat: Pre, nat iro _ we a a SO ~ , | 129 : |. Classified by derivation: ye 4 a ann mo, a oo roe a é 4 Fouts’ « any 4 ty ‘HW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 20
Classification: :: Fis (This form is to be used for. material extracted from ClA—controlled cocuments.) D. Structure and Relevancy . The following report détailing the results _ of this Committee's investigative efforts regarding Mexico City is divided into general areas: 1) CIA surveillance operations in Mexico City during September and October of 1963; '.2) Information about Lee Harvey Oswald's - | stay in Mexico City that was known prior ; to the assassination; | CG | 3) Reconstruction cf the CIA Mexico City | Station and Heacquarters activity. 7 regarding Oswalc prior to the assassination; | 4) Mexico city repcrting of information — after the assassination; | 5) “Witnesses from the’ Cuban Consulate; 6) . Investigation ot related information that. was not aviilable to the Warren Commission; and | 7) Reconstruction of Oswald's activities in Mexico City. - €lassification: . iy vaneree ° a oO | | Classified by derivation: _. 126 st 7 - se we ee se. ro, “sy om, ee toe ay ° 4 bee NW -48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 21
Classification: (This form is to be ised for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) The reader should be advised at the outset Sanat ales that the first “section following is technical in nature and may not appear cirectly relevant at first blush. But the report js: cumulative in nature. The specific, detailed analyses of the standard operating procedures. in the first section are necessary to, and form a partial basis for, the reconstruction of the Mexico City Station's ee me salt a handling of the Oswald case. There are many gaps left by the documentary anc testimonial evidence ee concerning the manner in which the CIA's Mexico | | ‘City Station and Headquarters reacted to Oswald's” , presence in Mexico City. A knowledge of the | | way in which the Mexico City Station operated and the procedures involved in those surveillance Meee dot operations which detected Oswald is valuable in filling the gaps of the specific case which is the subject of this report. II. Central Intelligence Agency Surveillance Operations in Mexico City in September and October 1963 4 | - Classification: ae | . Classified d by derivation: HW 48327 Docld:32263689 Page 22
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted © Ol from ClA—controlled documents.) -le- : A. Photographic Surveillance Operations Aimed at the Cuban Diplomatic Compound 1. Introduction The Mexico City Station of the Central Intelligence Agency maintzined photographic * surveillance on the Cuban diplomatic.compound during September and. October of 1963.3/ The purpose of — this operation was to get identifiable photographs of all individuals who visited the Cuban diplomatic ab compound. 4/ : | oS 2. Physical Positioning of Surveillance’ Bases and Targ2ts The Cuban diplomatic compound covered one city block in Mexico City between Tacubaya, Francisco Marquez and Zamora Streets. The entrance to the Cuban | CET. Ga. Seo ES TON Embassy was located on the corner of Tacubaya and Francisco Marquez. 5/ - Next. to this entrance on- Francisco Marquez Street was another entrance for  — oo | . b. 7 automobiles. 6/ The ‘entrance to the Cuban Consulate, DS @ a _ Classification: _ re | ey A ee ee . . ; i Me gel .™ fs - oo | “Clanica bya “derivation: NW 48327 . Docld: 32263889 Page 23
=A APRs a TSH ; jeSi ide (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) Classification: -13- which was in a separate building from the Embassy, was located on the corner cf Francisco Marquez and Zamora.7/. The CIA. surveillance post was located at 149 Francisco Marquez Street.8/ An agent ‘photographed visitors to the Embassy from one window in the third floor épartment at 149 Francisco Marquez Street.9/. A pulse camera covered the entrance to the Consulate from a second window in the same third floor apartment. 10/ 3. Objectives of O;eration and Scope of Coverage Provided One CIA officer, whe claimed to have had a marginal role in this surveillance operation, remembers that they had trouble covering both the Cuban | Embassy entrance and the Consulate entrance. il/. "The Cuban Embassy coverage had more sophisticated equipment using a pulse camera which frequently developed . mechanical difficulties."1i/ Two former CIA employees >who were in Mexico City in 1963 remembered that there “were” two cameras covering “he Cuban diplomatic - _ compound. 13/ Ms. Goodpasture, a case officer in the VAG “By ad : Classification:. ne Fe teors rhite 14. he “og . ~ Caikified :by'“Uerivation: . i. a = “ NW 48327 Docld:322638989 Page 24
c aot, Oe oe ee Classification: .___ _ 6 RN Aig d de 8 (This form is fo be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled ¢ ocuments.) -14- Mexico City Station, testified that she could not ‘ Naaman een th reniember the locations of the two cameras.14/ David A. Phillips, Chief of the Cuban Section in the Mexico City Station, testified that the Consulate entrance was covered along with the Embassy entrance. 15/ Mr. Phillips was not absolutely ‘sure of his recollection, but thought that it was possible that the Embassy entrance had been covered ty a manned photographic base a and the Consulate entrance was covered by a pulse | camera. 16/ ©. a The CIA staff technician who serviced the cameras and trained the agents at the CIA photographic ~ ; base that covered the Cubar compound was interviewed by the House Select Commitiee on Assassinations. The technician stated that he had set up the cameras in . the photographic base at the inception of an operation in the early 1960's designed to provide 3Fe : photographic surveillance of the Cuban compound? For .@ short time after the. inception of the operation, the technician had been re: ‘ponsible for maintaining - liaison between the agents inside the base and the fy ‘Station. After the agent’: _training was completed, z ; re oc . 6 RR rey woe ®@ ‘Classification: _ —— = OE ee ewe - e ° Ee LTO ope ee me Classified by: derivation:
CE Aka Misakigmee sxemgmmarome — — a . > Classification: 22.2 | - + RE CL. (This form is to. be used for material extracted Gc . from ClA—controlled clocuments.) the technician turned the liaison responsibilities over to a case officer.17/ He could not remember with certainty the “identity of that case officer, but ‘thought that it may have ‘been(Robert Shaw 18/ The - technician remembered that the canara originally gebtai- covered the Cuban Embassy- entrance with, a manually operated Exacta or Leica Jeumera. He said that this er nes camera had been set up on a tripod and was equipped . with a Bal-Scope. ii Late, according to the technician, TO a pulse camera was, installed inthis. base” maine 4 pulse e camera was set up to cover the Consulate entrance, ‘while the agents continued covering the Embassy entrance with the manual camera ‘© “the technician could not remember with certainty when the pulse camera was installed in the base. The technician told the House Select Committee on Assassinations that the exact time of installation could be checked by reviewing the project files maintained at CIA Headquarters. 20/ The technician remembered quite a few details about’ how the pulse Camera had been set up and how. it worked. He remembered that the shutter was: triggered 3 : by a device. attached to a spotting scope. ay The a ae Classification ebeke a - Classified by derivation: NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 "Page 26 43d
rary Bet ie: is - a Classification: _£ pig es . . Raid bis ak (This form ‘is'to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled clocuments.) ale 3 SO -16- | triggering device was activated by changes” in light APA. intensity 2? The spotting scope was trained on a very *s ooo on attra i, narrow area of the door latch of.the Cuban Consulate ' entrance. The camera itself covered a much broader aes del field than the spotting scope: The camera was set up. so as to make sure that a person triggering ‘the camera by passing between the ‘spotting scope and its target, i the door latch, would be photographed from the waist cup.22/ qe . | The technician stated that the agent in the & i: ‘photographic t baSehouse serviced his own cameras, and” . developed the film and made contact prints in the | basehouse. 23/ The agent. covering the. Embassy entrance. | kept a log corresponding to the photographs taken. 24/ - — The project files for this operation bear out / ‘the ‘technician's recollections. An examination of these files by the House Select Committee on Assassinations Ree ah ae ate revealed several of the technician's monthly reports. -An examination of the chronslogiéal file of dispatches passing between CIA Headquarters and the Mexico City _ Station turned up one additional. monthly report that an was not. located in the project, File. _A third relevant e en | Classification: - fo% ; ee | Casi dby derivation: ___ 132 - ‘HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 27. -
} i s 4 ‘ t : Visitors to the Cuban compo ind were using the ‘Embassy entrance and the ‘remainder ised the Consulate entrance. 30/ Classification: -i | (This form-is to be u:.ed_ for material “extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) -1 Je dispatch was. made availahle to the Committee on 20 November 1978. The report in the dispatch chronology covers the period of 1 September to 30 September 1963.25/ The dispatch reports that on 23 September 1963 the agent who ran the Cuban . . photographic basehouse called the technician into the basehouse to discuss the layout of the Cuban Consulate.26/ The entrance to the Cuban Consulate had been closed in 1961 due to aarassment and stink bombings. 27/ “A few days prior to the 23rd, the Consulate had once again opened its door to the public. Prior to this” reopening of. the Coisulate door, the photography agent had limited his coverage to the main Embassy gate.28/ . He used an Exacta camera with a Bal- “Scope with a 30- power eyepiece. fhe dispatch reported, however, from the position he had to cover the. main. gate, he could not cover the newly reopened Consulate entrance. 29/ The base agent told the technician that at. that time, approximately seventy Percent of all the : | Cositie by derivation: NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 28