CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY: GILBERTO NOLASCO ALVARADO UGARTE
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CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY :

Gilberto Nolasco ALVARADO Ugarte

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ALVARADO Ugarte, Gilberto Nolasco

In the following are cited those portions (including

footnotes)..of the SCHWEIKER Report pertaining to Gilberto ALVARADO.

Comments relating to these portions are in roman charachters!

At noon on November 25, "D", a latin American, appeared

at the American Embassy: in Mexico City.

35.

VEN:

This incident is

discussed in the Warren Report, pp. 308, 309, Cable from Mexico

Station to CIA Headquarters, 11/25/63. [Comment: The first cable

in the file announcing ALVARADO's claim is MEXI - 7067 (IN 68291),

26 November 1963 ALVARADO at no time appeared at the American

Embassy some of our own reporting is in error. e go DIR 85089

26 November 19633 a dissemination to FBL State, and the White

House, states

NOn 26 November 1963 Gilberto ALVARADO, a proF

fessed Castroite Nicaraguan

ore came to the American Embassy in

Mexico and made a Statement about Lee OSWALD. According to ALVA:

RADO'S interrogation by Mexican authorities, he called the Ameri

can Embassy on 25 November and-"succeeded in speaking to a high

official with whom he made an appointment for that same day at

5530 pon, nearsthe Hoter Maria Isabel Two individuals appeared

for the appointment." According to a note in the Mexico Station

file, signed by the Embassy Security Officer, A. C. PLAMBECK:

dated 25 November these two men were SNIGHT and PLAMBECK; both

were Embassy security officers] He told Embassy personnel that he

was in the cuban consulate on september 17 and saw Cubans who dis-

cussed assassination pay OSWALD a sum of money? [Comment: During

his first meeting with Embassy officials, ALVARADO claimed he had

been at the Cuban Consulate on the 18th of September, not the 17th

In fact, at no time, did he refer to the date 17 September. Later,

during his interrogation in connection with the polygraph examina

tion on 6 December 1963, ALVARADO revealed he was unsure of the

day of week allegedly saw OSWALD. Thinks that it was on Tuesday"

which would have been 17 September.

(MEXI -7289 (IN 75588), 7 Decem

ber 1963) 1 He later repeated his story to the CIA Mexico Station

officer,

* Regional Security office, U.S. bassy

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Chief. [Comment: At no time, at least there is no mention in the

files, did ALVARADO repeat his story to the "CIA Mexico Station

Ghief". ALVARADO first told his story, as indicated above, to two

officers from the Embassy Security Office. The next morning, he

met with PLAMBECK from the Embassy Security Office, and a Station

officer. During another meeting that evening (26 November), ALVA

RADO was interrogated by two officers from the Station.

(Note for

the Record, dated 25 November 1963, signed by PLAMBECK; Memorandum

for Clark ANDERSON, Legal Attache, dated 29 November 1963, xom

Winston M. SCOTT.)] The CIA and the warren Commission later con

cluded that the story was a fabrication, but the Agency was clearly

concerned with "p"'s story at the time. 36 (EN."D" later admitted

that the story about OSWALD had been fabricated. Cable from Mexico

City to CIA Readquarters, 11/30/63. It had also been determined

by the FBI, that OSWALD was probably in Neu Orleans on September 17.

Cable from CIA Headquarters to Mexico Station, 21/28/63.1 [Comment

There were actually two cables, DIR 85258, 27 November 1963 and

DIR 85653 28 November 1963, which indicated OSWALD was in New

Orleans on 17 and 19 September 1963.15

Later in that day [26 November 1963], the Merico Station

cabled Headquarters on the details of its interrogation off"D" 3g

(rN Cable from Mexico Station to CIA Headquarters, 11/26/6352

[MEXI -7069 (IN 68376)26 November 1963.1 It also reported other

information from a sensitive and reliable source which tended to

confirm "D's story that OSwAlD may have been paid by the Cubans

to assassinate President Kennedy. [Comment: It would appear from

this statement, the authors of the report were referring to MEXI-

7069

7069 (IN 68376) ; however, this cable does not contain any remarks

alluding to information which "tended to confirm D's story"

This information appears in MEXI=7072 (IN 68406), 26 November 1963

which contains Ambassador MANN's message to RUSK, MCCONEs and!

247049

HOOVER. MANN's statement reads as foltows While we recognize

lack of established reliability of Nicaraguan and danger of reaching

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hasty conclusions, we suggest that DORTICOS! preoccupation with

money angle of interrogation of Silvia DURAN tends to corroborate

to some extent authenticity of the Nicaraguan's statement. Thus,

there appears to be a strong possibility that a down payment was

made to OSWALD in the Cuban Embassy there, presumably with promise

of a subsequent payment after assassination." The Ambassador was

reading somewhat more into the situation than was the case. The

reference to DORTICOS - the Cuban President - relates to two tele-

phone conversation between DORTICOS and HERNANDEZ, the Cuban Amba-

ssador to Mexico, on 26 November 1963. The first conversation,

which took place at 0924, was forwarded, in resume, to Headquarters

on 26 November 1963 (MEXI- 7068 IN 2) the second conversation,

which took place at 1839, was forwarded, in resume, to Headquarters

on 27 November 1963 (MEXI -7097 IN

. In the first conversa-

tion DORTICOS asks (if) the Federals of that country wanted Senora

DURAN to say something, that they had some interest in, and had

offered some money to the American?" To which HERNANDEZ answers

that there was nothing about money

In the second conversation,

DORTICOS is quoted as saying I was referring as to whether they

had threatened her so that she would make a statement that the Con

sulate had given money to the man that American." HERNANDEZ, ans-

wered that "nothing absolutely was given her" [sic] It would not

appear from a close reading of these two conversations that they

contain information which tended to confirm 'D's' story!

M. 1

This report has never been satisfactorily explained, although it

was made available to the Warren Commission Staff In any event,

these reports certainly must have fueled suspicions of Cuban in-

volvement in the assassination. Based on the evidence it reviewed,

the warren Commission later determined that "D''s story was a fabri

cation. [Comment This statement appears to be gratitous the

Warren Commission did not ask about the ALVARADO case until 21

Apri1- 1964

On that date RANKIN addressed a letter to Richard

HELMS in which he stated inter alia "We are aware, of course,

from previous reports that the allegations made by ALVARADO were

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thoroughly investigated by Central Intelligence Agency and Federal

Bureau of Investigation representatives in Mexico City in liaison

with the responsible Mexican law-enforcement authorities. Refer

ence is made to the discussion of these allegations in your memo

randum dated January 31, 1964, at pages 11-14.

"Upon review of our complete file on this matter, we

find that we lack full documentation of the investigation conducted

of these allegations. It would be helpful if our records could be

supplemented by a report from your Agency supplying more details

regarding the investigation undertaken by your Agency, and other con

cerned Agencies into this matter and your evaluation as to the truch

of ALVARADO's assertions In particular, it would be helpful if a

report could be submitted by the expert who conducted the polygraph

examination which emphasizes the specific conclusions which he made

based on the responses by ALVARADO in answering key questions on

this matter. (Letter to Richard HELMS, DDP, dated 21 April 1964

from J. Lee RANKIN,, General Counsel.) The Agency responded on 1

June 1964. (Memorandum to J. Lee RANKIN, dated 1 June 1964, from

Richard HELMS, DDP; Subject: Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte.J1

The American Ambassador in Mexico later sent a cable

[MEXI-7072 (IN 68406) , 26 November 1963] to State Department througl

CIA channels. In that cable he gave his opinion that the Cubans

were involved in the assassination, and recommended certain inves

tigative steps which should be taken in Mexico.

40 (EN. Cable from

Mexico Station to CIA Headquarters, 11/26/63.)

By November 22, the Mexico Station and CIA Headquarters

were also beginning to question the accuracy of "D's stroy.

The

cabtes between the Mexico Station and Headquarters indicate the

possibility that the story was a fabrication.

Nevertheless, on

November 28, Headquarters cabled a reminder to the Mexico Station

to "follow all leads".

The station was instructed to continue in

vestigating the possibility of cuban or soviet involvement, beeause

Headquarters had not excluded the possibility that other persons

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were involved with OSwALD.!4 (PN. A cable from CIA Headquarters

to Mexico Station, 11/28/03- [DIR 85655, 28 November 1963)

Later that day (27 November] Headquarters learned that

Mexican authorities-planned to. arrest silvia DURAN again and warned

the station that the Mexicans must take responsibility for the ar

rest..

After learning that the U.S. Ambassador was continuing to

press for a vigorous investigation into cubon involvement, Head-

quarters also warned the station Chief that the Ambassador was

pushing the case too hard and his proposals could lead to a "flap"

with the cubans. 46 (FN. A cable from CIA Headquarters to Mexico

Station, 11/28/63. [DIR 85655, 28 November 1963) Pinally, the

Agency concluded that "D''s story was a fabrication and terminated

its interest in him. 4? (EN. Ibia.)

On November 30, Director MCCONE met with the President

at 11 a.m. op

While there was a discussion of the altegations

made by "'D" the memorandum records no action was required on the

"OSWALD situation" 49

(FN Memo-andum for the Record by Director

McCone,

12/2/63) [Comment: Memorandum not available in the file.l

On December 1, McCONE met with the President and BUNDY:

MCCONE's memorandum of the meeting indicates they again discussed

"D's storya Later that day, Headquarters cabled the Mexico Station

and stated that the White House had been told the story was a fabm

cation.

Later that day (2 Decemberl, the Mexico Sta-

reported it had reason to doubt its earlier conclusion that "D"

was fabricating.

[Comment: The authors of the Report give no

source for this statement. Moreover, they leave the reader in the

air as to what was the outcome of further investigation to deter

mine whether the earlier-conclusion-that ALAVARDO was fabricating

was an accurate conclusion. The facts are as follows:

On 2 December, Captain (WHEELOCK* saw ALAVARDO during the

Captain Franklin Anthony WHEELOCK Garcia, chiet of the Anti-

Communist Section of the Nicaraguan Office of National Security.

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On 2 December, Captain/WHEELOCK saw ALVARADO during the

afternoon for the first time. In a brief interview, which lasted

only seven minutes, in the company Of two Mexican officials,

ALVARADO reverted to his previous story. He claimed he did see

OSWALD and that he did call the Embassy to report. (Latter state:

ment not supported by Embassy investigation.) ALVARADO went on to

say that he told the Mexicans he was fabricating because he was

"mentally mistreated", specifically because he was threatened that

he would be hanged by the testicles. Actually he was not physically

mistreated.

AVHEELOCK) said he was unable to come to any definite

conclusion as to ALVARADO'S veracity; however, he would be able to

do so once he returned to Managua and had a chance to complete the

interrogation

(MEXT 7023 IN 71702, 2 December 1963)

On 3 December 1963, Headquarters tells the Mexico Sta

tion that although Headquarters is confident that ALVARADO iS a

fabricator and that his retraction of his confession is false it

has been decided that he should be placed on the polygraph. Head-

quarters asks that the Station arrange to have ALVARADO released

to CIA custody for Several days and ask WHEELOCK to remaing in Mexi

conto assist.

A polygraph operator from the Office of Security will

arrive on 4 December. He will be incharge of the polygraph inter

view, but will berassisted by Clark ANDERSON (Legal Attache who

has been selected as an interpretere The FBI will notify ANDERSON

of this. (DIR 86563 3 December 1963)

Captain| Franklin Anthony WHEELOCK Garcial, Chief of the Anti-

Conmunist Section of the Nicaraguan Office: of National Security.

arrived in Mexico City on 29 November 1963. WHEELOCK/went to

Mexico in response to Mexico Station's request for assistance in

interrogating ALVARADO.For further details see accompanying

chronological summary on Gilberto ALVARADO.

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ECHEVARRIA, the acting minister of gobernacion, agreed

to permit CIA to "borrow ALVARADO. The plan was to pick up

ALVARADO on 5 December and return him that evening. (MEXI 7229

IN 72877, 3 December 1963) ALVARADO was picked up as planned and

underwent preliminary questioning on 5 December. The next day he

underwent a polygraph interview. The results of this interview

indicated that ALVARADO was fabricating his story.-

Interrogation

revealed that he was unsure as to the exact day of the week he alle-

gedly. saw OSWALD:

He thought it was on a Tuesday which would have

been the 17th of September.When ALVARADO was shown a series of

photographs during the testing, deception patterns became evident.

When he was confronted with this he answered that he had the utmost

confidence in the polygraph and that it must be correct. The in-

terrogation was concluded with ALVARADO admitting he must have made

an "honest mistake" in relating the original story in his identifi

cation of OSWALD: (MEXI -7289 IN 75588, 7 December)

Following the receipt of the results of the anove inter

view with ALVARADO, Headquarters disseminated the results to the

Federal Bureau of Investigation.

"The re interrogation of Gilberto ALVARADO,

Nicaraguan informant who claimed to have seen

Lee OSWALD receive money to

assassinate Kennedys

has been concluded.

Our Mexico City Station ad-

vises us that ALVARADO admitted he must have

been mistaken in saying that he saw OSALD in

the Cuban Embassy. Also, he was uncertain of

the date on which he might have seen someone

like OSWALD and thought it must have been on a

Tuesday, which would have made it 17 September

1963. Although the final report of the poly-

graph interview is not yet available

the pre-

liminary finding is that ALVARADO evidenced

deception reactions when talking about OSWALD:

"It is expected that ALVARADO will be dea

ported to Nicaragua on 9 December 1963•

A representative

of your Bureau partici

pated in the interrogation of ALVARADO.

(DIR 87667, 7 December 1963)

Except for forwarding to the Warren Commission various

reported material on ALVARADO, the Agency had completed its inves

tigation of the allegation that the Cuban Consulate had given

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OSWALD six thousand five hundred dollars to assassinate an un-

named target.

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2007162/3 (4,5):

The Ambassador's suspicions, cited above, were fueled

two days later, on November 25, when Gilberto Nolesco Alvarado-

Ugarte, astventy three year old Nicaraguan national apperted

telephoned the American Embasssy in Mexico City. He claimed

that on 18 September he saw Lee Oswald receive six thousand

five hundred dollars in meeting inside the Cuban Embassy,

Mexico City. (CIA DOCS. IN 68291, 11/26/03) MAILAD/FET

ФІКА/Ф/АДДДУ/ДЕД/ІД/ДД///K

The next morning, November 26, two Embassy officials

interviewed Alvarado. The latter contended, at noon on 18

ІНН/ВЕЕЇ/Д/ЕЙ|/ALE Н/СИТ/Д//NEXCY

he went to the Cuban Consulate to turn passport photographs over

to Azcue, the Cuban Consul. While Alvarado was sitting in the

waiting room, he saw a group of about eight persons enter the

Consulate and go into Azcue's office.

However, according to Alvarado, AIERE/WH$/TD4/ÄH/VZ$

ДЕ

a Cuban man not known to Alvarado

BEINA/KEYSTASK. /was sitting at Azcue's desk. AlHAtARDl

ТЕКЛ/КД/ДЕК/DN//MA/H/ПФ/Д/$/

IÓEEIREY/ A Cuban employee of the Consulate, known to Alvarado

as "Juan-Jose" came out of the office and asked Alvarado for his

photographs. Because he needed to go to a bathroom, Alvarado

asked this man where one was located; he was shown through a door

to a passageway leading to the patio.

While standing by the

bathroom door, Alvaradh saw a group of three persons talking

on the patio a few feet away. One man was a tall, thin, red-haired

negro,

The third man was dressed in a black sportcoat,

White/ dark gray pants and af/pper buttoned-up white shirt with

short collar tabs.

#He salso wore clear eyeglasses.

Alvarado

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*The CIA reported on November 26 that Alvarado "is a well-

known Nicaraguan underground member wHD//ll/xd44/zt

We

consider his reliabilicy to be questionable although he has not

been wholly discredited." (IA DOC. DUT/#AEY#/ND DIR-85089,

11/26/63.)

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*contended that, following the tassassination and after the publi-

cation of Oswaldis photograph, he recognized this third man as

Lee Harvey Oswäld. (CIA Doc. IN 68376, 11/26/63.)

2001163/4 (5,6) Alvarado alleged that while flA/C/zE/DA

standing by the bathroom door off the passageway leading to

the patio,

he observed the a tall Cuban WHb/KA4/be4h/#*24*4

#//@f/money/s join the group for a moment and hand a sum of

American money to the red-haired Negro.* Alvarado reported

that the following exchange then transpired

(CIA DOC. YZXZ+7U89/ IN 68376, 11/26/63.)

Alvarado alleged ... (Ibid:)

The

CIA/S/M¢*I/LILY/SAt/by Headquarters received a

reported on Alvarado's allegation

. . .

Page 2001165:

On the morning of November 26 Alvarado was questioned

#/K/AhÄ2/ZnD4$ at a site outside the American Embassy

by two Embassy officials, one of whom was a CIA representative;

the other was an Embassy security officer.

As a follow-up to

Alvarado's initial AdDEAlth interview, CIAY#/Me*i*D/CLAY/

SHAZA/ADUAT LE Headquarters was

asked for any traces on Gilberto Alavarado-Ugarte.

(CIA Doc.

IN 68291, 11/26/63.

Page 2001166:

(Excise entire paragraph.)

In addition, in late November 1963, CIA Headquarters

received two reports, from a highly sensitive and reliable

source, regarding the concern of Cuban President Dorticos

that Silvia Duran,

during her interrogation by Mexican authori-

ties, might have been forced to make a statement that the Cuban

Consulate had given money to lee Harvey Oswald. In his reply

to Dorticos, Joaquin Hernandez-Armas, the Cubar Ambassador to

Mexico, stated that there had been no mention of money. (CIA

Docs: IN 68325, 11/26/63, and IN 69010, 11/27/63.)

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*Page 2001167 (9):

On November 21 O/CIA /MExIEA/T/X//92116/zABTEA

CIA Headquarters receivedca report of Mann's request that an

FBI representative be dispatched to Mexico City. (CIA Doc.

NEXT 798A IN 68496,

11/27/63.) ТИФ/МЕХІ/СУ/$//

i% Headquarters learned from a second cable on the 27th that

"Mann feels not fully briefed on Oswald/Rubinstein case."

(CIA DOC. MZXI/TOS IN 68542, 11/27/63.) As a result, KH&/CHAY$

MICK/CHE/D/S the recommendation was made that

the FBI dispatch a representative to Mexico City unless the State

Department could convince Mann that he was being briefed fully

by the Legal Attache on all information deloped. (Ibid.)

with BitH/DYNdal a representative of the CIA$ Counter Intelli-

gence Staff. (CIA DOC. LD/AAAY/THED/FILE/DY*AX Memorandum,

11/27/63.) During the course of their conversation, Papich And

DУNФАI SUGGESTEd ЛІДААФФА/АХИАЛАДУ/ХЕДФ//К/ША/РАР|КУВ

spinion that "'the Ambassador..

DiNeal The CI Staff repre-

sentative responded, "It might ...

Page 2001168 (10):

Alvarado was undergoing a detailed reinterrogation dorancted/by/

СТA/HL/AZ/A/LIA/#AHD4I*/ by United States officials

after being moved to a safe address. (CIA DoC. MZXIf7D$P IN 68530,

11/27/63•0

Page 2001169 (11):

Excise entire second paragraph. Replace with following:

On 27 November Ambassador Mann informed the Department

of the Cuban President's concern over possibility that Duran might

have been

forced into making a statement

about the passage of

money...

He also noted that Alvarado was being questioned AHITIDY

dAéd by an Agency representative BY/ASHIA/MED

City! The Ambassador He commented:

Page 2001170 (12)=

That day CIA representatives in Washington met with

Alexis Johnson of the State Department to discuss Mann's re-

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quest for arrests.

Later, inva cable to héxito/City/satien

the field altersinguis/meetint, cin Headquarters noted

that:......

Page 2001172 (14)

Furthermore, the same FBI memorandum noted:

"Legal

Attache instructed to follow with CIA, Mexies/city, represen-

tatives steps being taken to locate and identify the uniden-

tified Negro and Canadian referred to by Alvarado-Ugarte."

(Ibid.)

Nevertheless, by November 27, the record indicates

that CIA doubted Alvarado's veracity. CIA Headquarters reported

Oswald in New Orleans continuously between fist September 17

KHug% and September 25th. The table report concluded that

the placement of Altatadd Oswald in New Orleans was a further

reason not to believe Alvarado's allegation.

THE/MXE/CY/S1/EEA/1D On 27 November

CiA Headquarters received information that Alvarado's story

Т/ДДі/ДДДДетАІетн::/Äk$/

Page 2001173 (15):

Cily sent on November 27, CIA Headquarters stated that "In the

face of mounting avidence it appears that Alvarado's story is

BEEL&I: (CIA DOC. DIR 85616, 11/27/63.)

#ABLE CIA Headquarters received a requestify that Alvarado

be turned over.

It was noted by/th&/Station that the

"[llatter point

proposed that it/teate contact with Alvarado would cease after

ARZINE his release to the Mexican authorities. (Ibid.)

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72001174(16):

In its response to the above message, CIA Headquarters

VELNALANIAIS instructed its representatives that Alvarado was not

to be turned over to the Mexicans MiDt/le before discussion of

the matter with the FBI.

#DILEY CIA Headquarters was to be notified if the fBI/KEez

Legal Attache in Mexico City attempted IФ/P*I$4A44/KHÄ/$KZKÄD

to tel**$* have Alvarado turned over to the Mexicans.

Page 2001175 (17) :

CIA Headquarters subsequently RAXEA/ZH/N@*ED/ELEY

StAtish reported that the FBI ...

*Apparently, the FBi and CIA had differing views regarding the

MeXitS/LitY Mexican aspects of the assassination investigation.

A BICK/D/N*al memorandum, dated November 29, 1963 reveals that

Peal CIA on November 28 had

advised Sam Papich of the FBI that

the CIA was not yet prepared to turn Alvarado over to the Mexicans.

Acting on instructions from Richard Helms, D/MeAl the Agency in-

formed Papich that the CIA considered it the FBI's responsibility

to decide whether Alvarado would be turned over to the Mexicans.

Papich responded that he believed the responsibility was the CIA's.

Papich, after consultation with his superiors, informed Deal his

Agency contact that the FBI had officially decided that Alvarado

would be released to the Mexicans for interrogation and poly-

graphing. DIX&AL CIA later informed Papich that the CIA was imme:

diately complying with the FBI instructions. (CIA Doc. DIXedI

Memorandum to the Record, 11/29/636/X1/BIGb/S@IZ/FL74/BN/LUD.)

Page 2001176 (18) :

Excise first paragraph.

is the best liar I have talked to in my many years and I

THE MEXIED CILY SITION/ AISD/KEND#2/DA On November

20th, CIA Headquarters received the report that Alvarado had

repeated his original statement

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During the evening of November 29, a reliable source

who knew Alvarado Is/caragral/s/$*/DEfI**//*I*7. met with the

Mexican interrogator. SCIA DoC: MVXI477IB& IN 70860, 11/30/63.)

The source briefed the interrogator on Alvarado's background,

Tetel and indicated /И/MID/LILY/SLALÄK that Alvarado's

reporting had been ...

: He Source did indicate, however, that

Alvarado

(Ibid.)

Page 2001178 (20) :

"[Ambassador Mann] accepts fact that

story was a fabrication but continues

feel Castro may have been behind Kennedy's

assassination"

that Mann based his feelings in part on thé

WHÄKK.concerneding possible questioning.of

Silvia Duran about Cuban offers of money to

Oswald to carry out the assassination.

File 105-82555-879)

Page 2001180 (22):

On December 2, Alvarado BROKE/VIKH/TENEZ/KIS/TEAKEST

#HE/S//DIE/LENIENTAND asserted that he had

been KIt+A/iNI/AdhiLLiNgadmitted to his Mexican interrogators

that his story was a fabrication because they had threatened him

with physical harm.

This information was received in WAB/SPOILEd

#$ CIA Headquarters on 2 December 1963. (CIA Doc. IN 71902,

12/3/63) ТИ/ЯНДЕ/Д/ЕФЕКИА/ЛФА////AL/

Page: 2001181 (23):

THE/M*1/CY/SLIDEAAEA CIA Headquarters received

a message on December 3 noting Mann's cable to the State Department

about

Alvarado's retraction of his confession. ThE/SHALADY It was

also noted in the message that Mann had recommended that a polygraph

operator be sent to Nicaragua to examine Alvarado. (CIA Doc.

MEXI

7709 IN 72684, 12/3/63) CIA Headquarters

Page 2001182 (24).:

for his temporary release to CIN/IKEBKAK/KK&/MXI+A1/N*+*/N04/$

/KHA/D/AAA/N/+I* American authorities.

In addition, w/cr/07/2444 man American polygraph operator was

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"being sent to Mexico City on December 4.

LAY/MATARA

representative of the legal Attache's office was designated

as the interpreter for the polygraph sessions.* (CIA Doc.

DIR-86563, 12/3/63. FIRATY CIA/UA/SALAA/EKAT

ЕФ/КІД/ЙФЕКД//Ф/ХІЕДДКІЕИФ/ІФДФ/W/1D/TMÄ/DФП/$Ф/

KVФ/HEXФI4/1/A/11/1IIIII

* This same cable noted that AhAti$d this representative

was to be used ...

The original Mexits/CitY/skati

request for ..

Page 2001183 (25):

КНС/СІЛ/ФФІУФАИ/ФФДД/ЖNД/CIДКФ/AN*É$D/N**/ABX*/1$

Alvarado was polygraphed on December 6.

...

* During the course of his interrogation only the FBI repre-

sentative and the polygraph

, although not known

to Alvarado, a XIA technician tape-recorded the questions

Gonsequent to Alvarado's polygraphing, Andét$oh the FBI repre-

sentative notified FBi Headquarters

Page 2001185 (27) :

... in Mexico City, the allegations of Gilberto Alvarado-Ugarte,

and SASTEEL/EDITSALIDAS/W/WE*# the expressed concern of the

Cuban President ВФІКЇЙФ/АЛД/ШНФ/СИФФД/АМФДДФДФ//МФXi*Ф/AnД$

that Silvia Duran might have been forced into making a statement

that officials of the Cuban Consulate in Mexico City passed money

to Oswald.

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"(CLA DOC, Nodi thou, 19/65/012

This is not a CIA docunent.. It is

a cable sent by tWN fron the Enbassy

lin Mexico City.

The Agency does not

have a copy in its files.

(CIA DOC. MAXIITESS IN 63376, 11/20/63,

FOIA No.

125-52)

(CIA DAL/TOLELYNE DOC.

DIR: 85082,

11/26/632

FOIA NO. 109-440)

(CIA out Teletype no. 85089, 11/26/63.)

Wrong document - should be IN 68376

11/27/63,

FOIA No. 125-52,

, FOIA NO

and DIR- 85199,

136-55.)

(CIA Doc.

117XX77968

IN 68376, 11/26/63,

FOIA NO. 125-52.)

[Ibid.]

Wrong document - should be

CIA Doc. IN 68291, 11/26/63, FOIA No.

124-54.

(MEXI 1182, 11/25/63)

- This is an

Embassy Cable sent from the US Embassy

in Mexico City - it is not a CIA docu-

(CIA Doc.

NXXI17068

IN 68328, 11/26/63;

FOIA NO. 129-59.)

(CIA DOC. MEXZ17077

IN 68406, 11/26/63,

FOIA No.

128-590-)

(CIA DOC. MEXI/ZOSA

IN 68496, 11/27/65,

FOIA No. 168-612.)

(CIA DOC. WXI/SIT IN 68542, 11/27/63,

FOIA NO.

169-612A.)

"that "the Ambassador there wants nuts"

I assume this was a Freudian slip, it

should read "the Ambassador there went

nuts"...

(CIA Doc. NEXI-7093, 11/27/65.). Inas-

much as the preceeding sentence

does

not appear in the document cited in foot-

note, assume citation is inaccurate.

"(CIA DOC. MAXI 7ES IN 69127, 11/27/63,

FOIA No.

164-69 -)

This citation should

also include IN 68376, 11/20/03.

IN 60127 has statement that ALVARADO

identified photograph of

..: Luisa CALDERO!

as pretty girl of para 12 ref. (See IN

x68376, para 12.)

(Ibid.) This footnote refers to IN

69127, 11/27/63.

Latter: cable states

that ALVARADO identified photograph

of Oscar Concepion MENDOZA as tall

Cuban of para 9 ref [IN IN 68376].

Nowhere in either cable does it say

that the tall Cuban was sitting at

AZCUb's desk. Citations frow IN 68576

mare as follows

Paragraph 5:

At noon on 1S Sen subject

went to Cuban Consulate to turn passport

hotos over to Consul A?CUr.

Sat in mi-

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hine $15

Wage

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CCIA ĐốC. MEXX/TANS IN 75588, 12/7/63,

LOTA NO.

*341-713.)

Quote "an honest mistake" taken fron

"thisscable -

'"'3.

We concluded interrogation with

*subj admitting that he must have made

honest mistake in relating original

story in his identification of OSkAID."

(CIA DOc. DIR 87066, 12/7/03, FOIA NO.

351-141.)

CIA DOC. MZXI/7Z8D IN 75588, 12/7/63)

12/7/63,

NB: According to DIR- 8766/ "nit is expec-

a dessimination to the FBI,

ted that Alvarado will be deported to

Nicaragua on 9 December 1963."

IN 75835,

12/7/63,

indicates that Alvarado "will be

returned home at 0930 on 8 December."

IN 75588, 12/7/63; FOIA No. 341-713

DIR -87667, 12/7/63, FOIA No.

349-717

IN 75835,

12/7/63,

FOIA No. 343-138

(...

see also CIA Doc. MKXI/778$ IN

75588,

12/7/63, FOIA No. 341-713.)

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stins room and saw group of approx cront

persons enter Consulate and go into AZCUE

office but unknown person was sitting at

AZCUE desk.

Paragraph P: Subj

sal: tall Cuban join

group momentarily and

pass American

currency

to negro.

This unidentified

Cuban annarentlv came out of AZCUE

office into patio.

Described as tall,

solidly built mulatto, curly hair,

brown suit, red striped tie,

about 37

years old.

Subj never saw this man

after 18 Sep.

There is no place in either cable that

indicates that the person

described in

paragraph;5 and paragraph 9 are one and

the same.

Nor is it clear that the per-

son seated at AZCUE's desk was the one

Who handed a large amount of currency to

the red-haired negro

→..

Rather than making reference to "Ibid"

which would be the preceding cable

IN

69127,

the writer should have cited IN

68376, 11/26/63.

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(CIA DOC. NEXX/7D9T IN 69010, 11/27/63,

FOIA No.

175-617.)

Line

17

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(CIA DOC. VEXIFTIDA IN 69225, 11/27/63,

FOIA NO.

174-6162:00

2001170 Line

4.1. ÷.

Quotation from DIR-85573 not quite ac-

curately done.

115.

Washington should urgently

consider feasibility of requesting

Mexican authorities to arrest for in-

terrogation:

Eusebio AZCUE; Luisa•

CALDERON and Alfredo PIRABAL.*.

They may all quickly be returned to

lavana in order to eliminate

anY

possibility that Mexican Government

could use them as witnesses.

Line

22

"6.: While I: realize enornous difficulty

in giving us instructions, I nevertheless

feel obliged to point out

again that time

is of the essence here."

(Ibid,)

Statenent not accurately quoted.

... there distinct feeling here in

all three agencies iFBI, CIA,

that Ambassador is pushing this case too

hard...

and that we could well create

flap with Cubans which could have serious

repercussions.

Understand from Mr.

Johnson that he sent telegram through State channels to

Ambassador this afternoon attempting to

give him better perspective on this wholc

problem.

(CIA DOC. DIR- 85469,

11/27/65, FOIA NO. 178-620.)

4*Azcue and Mirabal were Cuban intelligence officers assigned to

the Cuban Consulate "in Mexico.]

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