Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 wa ae 6 aA a ke ee Arle re ae Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10058-10425 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: 62-109060-4018 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LEG, MX TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE : DATE: 05/28/1965 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : JFK, SUSPECT, BARRAGAN, JORGE DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 02/24/1994 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : 7_—_—_—_—_—_—_—__OOOC nn rrr ——— pédIa:32138909 Page 1 23
seers rar a oP ee eee Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote):- DATE: 11-14-2017 OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 - a $010=164—01 ’ alo “ a UNITED STATES GuvERNMENT ~ - ~~ | “ nn Memorandum cone: . | TO : Director, FBI (62-109060) go saeanassae 5/28/65 FROM Wregat, Mexico (89-6) (P) . PO ; ~ supjecT: _ASSASSINATION..OF PRESIDENT  _ Rep. PRIATE AcENcTEg _% JOHN FITZGERALD. KENNEDY, AND RR eo he 11/22/63,..DALLAS,,.TEXAS_.__ | J i} MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION pf CONCERNING e | ~ 2 Re Dallas airtel 2/2/65. As the Bureau and Dallas were advised by Mexico City letters dated 2/4/65 and 12/21/64, the Acting Director of the Mexican Federal Security Police, Captain FERNANDO \GUTIERREZ BARRIOS, was contacted with respect to_JORGE _ ARRAGAN E., Editor of the Mexico City Spanish language magazine, "'Reportaje," and advised that he would Seek an ~ opportunity for interviewing BARRAGAN . discreetly with respec to the latter’ ty knowledge of interest to captioned investigation. me 2X \ Ico. ON OL WES fHty ATT Captain GUTIERREZ BARRIOS has been recontacted on , “\several occasions with respect to the foregoing matter and/ Baavised on 5/18/65 that BARRAGAN has proved to be extremel; difficult to locate for interview. Furthermore, as a result * of his additional inquiries concerning BARRAGAN, he has become definitely convinced that it would be undesirable to “honor him with an interview on this subject." He related that he has ascertained that BARRAGAN is completely unscrupulous, an opportunist and capable of extortion and blackmail in his f journalistic pursuits. He added that if BARRAGAN had been , in possession of any information of value, he undoubtedly would have sought out United States or Mexican authorities in order to impart that information. He expressed the personal opinion and conviction that BARRAGAN had sought an interview 6 with Chief Justice WARREN or members oF the Warnen, Commission vy ) O- wrtsscos aerem ee he I87960 — fort 7803 paias 1 by ty ah of o3 f 885) ald ns, ih & 6 i; (1 - Liaison Section) (2 - Dallas, 89-43) "5S 4 SE bY on esses ° 1 - Mexico City iialeray RLL: jhk beuruye 5 (6) 2 ees DE WER Wet JUN, i 1965 sae. { | é Le bey PPV on, at os ee . rs . 1957 4 SECREE pe RR. Ming bot $130 - We eid . : : re . * Exert . 4 5 OJUN8 965~1 ee ee DoclId: 32138909 Page 2?
Released under’ theJohn F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 sc 9107-9 7 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 ta + > es 4 in order to seek a basis for personal aggrandizement and publicity. Captain GUTIERREZ f¢eaffirmed his desire to cooperate with the Bureau and the Mexico City office but stated that he would prefer not to interview BARRAGON or have him interviewed by Agents of the Mexican Federal Security Police. ' He added his personal recommendation that he not be contacted | by personnel or sources of the Legal Attache's office .(S) val In view of the foregoing and unless advised to the, contrary, the Mexico City office will make novfurther efforts to have BARRAGAN interviewed in connection with captioned matter. | J LEAD MEXICO CITY OFFICE At Mexico, D. F., Mexico Will locate and interview LOUIS HEREDIA ANCONA, Manuel N. Ponce 304, Mexico 20, D. F., with respect to any knowledge he may have in.connection with captioned investigation’ J DoclId: 32138909 Page 3