DISPOSITION- DISPATCH: KENNEDY ASSASSINATION REPORT ON OSWALD'S TRIP TO MEXICO CITY, AND OTHER ATTS
Originator: CIA
From: CHIEF, WESTERN HEMISPHERE DIVISION
To: CHIEF OF STATION, MEXICO CITY
Document date: 06/14/1967
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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14 June 1967

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Disposition - This document was denied. The document transmitted a

emorandur written by a State Department official concerning a contact lie had

with an individual alleging having become acquainted with Lee Harvey Oswald

in Mexico City. The State Department office,'s memorandum is an attachment

to this document. The attachment has been referred to State Depaitrent:

which will deal with it directly. The Agency dispatch transmitting a copy of

this memorandum will not be released since it discusses the contents of the ..

attachment in such a way as to reveal completely the contents. The Agency

document also contains information confirming the existence of an Agency

station in a specific city abroad, information identifying Agency components

Agency staff employees, Agency cryptonyms and Agency internal filing

instructions. The document is therefore denied inder the authority of

exemptions (b)(1) ; (b)(2) and (b)(3).:

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AMENDED COMMENT

This document has been referred to the Department of State which has not

yet responded as of 30 January 1978.

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INFO.

DISPATCH

Chief of Station, Mexico City

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Kennedy Assassination Report on Oswaldts: TV.p. Lo-lexico City

ACTIOM REQUIRED - REFERENCE EY

LETTER FROM

BENJIMING.

ONSUL TAMPICO

MEXICO,

DEPAR-FMENT

AMERICAN

OFT STAt

DESCRIBING ALLEGATIONS OF UNDISCLOSEO

SOURCE

CONCERNING

MARIE

PRO-CASTRO

sent to the Department of State, Washington,

of I1 May 1967, a copy of which is berewith attached.

sent in response to a request by his desk officer in

OSWALD

BALOWN FOR CUBA)

Lo This report constitutes

the first piece of substantive

normation about Lee Harvey Oswald's sojourn in Mexico City to

appear since the assassination of President Kennedy. We under-

stand the reluctance of the unidentified source to become

involved, but the fact remains that this information cannot con-

tinue to

be withheld or concealed.

3. It is requested that you conter with lir. Ruyle to deter-

mine the identity of the source and the best way

of approaching

His destro to stay out of trouble seems likelier to be

giatitled through cooperation with U. S.

authorities than it

would be if we

were forced to turn the matter over to the Mexican

1 Jit is also requested that you determine whether

attached information has been made

available to LNERGO and, if

it has not, to request that this step be taken..

5. The information needed is the identity of the source, an

approximate date for the two days spent with Oswald,

the identities

of all others in contact with Oswald at that time, and a detailed

account of what happened.

Although the Warren Commission obtained no lacts pointing

o homosexuality on Oswald's part,

this allegation has been made

elements of the press covering District Attorney Jin Garrison's

Document Number

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iovestigation

in New Orleans.

It is therefore

necessary to bear

this possibillty in mind when interviewing the source and others

who spent time with Oswald in Mexico City.

It is our hope that

the facts obtained through these interviews will belp to contirm

that soveral of Garrison's allegations

about involvement of anti-

Castro Cubans, WOFACT, etc., are false.

8.

We are coordinating closely in this matter with wowuss)

(THOMAS W. LUND)

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DEPARTE OF UTTE

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OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tampico, Hexico

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Official-Informal

CONF IDENTIAL

Wesley D. Boles, Esquire

Chief, Hexican Political Affairs, Office of Mexican Affairs

Dopartment of State, Washington, D. G. 20520

Doar Wos:

ho missing too Harvey Oswild airgram reforred to in your lottor o

pril 1h is Tampico's A-43, which 1 draited on March 1o. It ough

to have reached you beforo April I-

I had originally debated with myself whether to send anything at all,

considering my "informant" did not seem to offer anything new. How

ever, in viow of the admittedly "electrifying quality" of the subject,

I finally decided to rocord the matter.

Because of your lotter, I invited my friend to lunch today. We went

over the ground in somewhat more detail, as set forth below, but he

did not claim he was making world-ghaking revelations, and I do not

boliove he was.

He said he and a group of fellow students met Oswald one afternoon

(ho does not recall the date) when they came out of the Cineclub,

which I undoratood to bo at the bacuela do Filosofia (I am not famillar

with tho University of Merico).

llo deseribed Oswald as "raro" and

rxrux8707 "introvertido", a person who obviously had complexes and

problems.

Oswald was with the group during the remainder of the afternoon and

eveniny and all the following day. They paid for his meals during this

(It was of interest to me my informant said that, in addition to

rocognizing Oswald's photograph following tho assassination of Prosidont

ho oasily rocalled Oswald's name because both "Harvey" and

"Oowald" connotod rabbit to him, something I had not thought of.)

Oswald

ovidently had gone to the university tu look for pro-Castro students

who might, holp hin persuado tho Cuban Embassy to grant him & visa.

He

spoke littlo Spanish,

but indicated he vas from California, as wall as

that ho had been a member of a pro-cistro group in New Orleans (no

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a tra rital dissos had Miracle merstand polico agencics

19120111drea").

rucid an intorest in palading til

liy friord reports tho Cuban Jcasey turnal Cald down fron tho cutoct,

aprarca:7y in tho firob pison burtuce ducy lad no "provioug" on him

and in tha socond placo beccune thry cuepociod ho vas a U.so agent,

Call 1a0 docply upsot over heing maicoded by tho Cubang. l

antomont nocd tho vora silor 10it ibicrrco noù Jitcrallyo The

craig rei no moro of lowll! c. 400& sond dayo

I- not traing to ho coy chouse ringmanital pano,

I chould

noratholeos lilo to proucet lur in la miont rossiblo.. Ho clains

not to hora ducouscel his croucinto rith Could with anyone excopt

I sako this with a grain do cute, los he doos seem genuinoly

Cozin of loning his job if ho in tiel riblicly to this mattero.

lo olra. coona fearful of troublo vith lin former pro-Castro studoni

dimao 10 thoy cet the irprescien lo lnticall on anyone, I gather

tly 253 not nitogethos "foumer", conridering ho says sons of them

chill vinii, him hero from timo do tinao

Decontally, la claims to hare viriled Cuba, to bo mall comainied

whitl Ros and, to a losco: dure, mich Castro, Ho claims Lurther

the been trichly with oncitt:-. Froenza, who I underatood

hit to my dolcotod from the Culon my in liarico City and my now

1:3 37 /3anl,

" wn he scoraled during cho fior: roning particularly intrigued

5".,

Te roomed ribocquently, and rechahly with justification, especially

s.=217 of tho unpleasant conueguenero which night dorivo from any

mblicy regarding it),

Ho agranted no was she stadont who perconally"

niched restaas the mmel Menan statuo on the UAl campus with

this canitomI beliovo ho caid dummitemnon' it ras mutilatca sono

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ins caro my felend my haro schnicadel svorything ho told mo. My

sarconal ovaluation is that he hog torn truthful.

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mention of Texas). He also rave

then to understand police agencies

in the United states had harrassed him ('lo Hostilizagan").

showed an interest in painting and paintings.

My friend reports the Cuban Embassy turned Oswald down from the outsot,

apparently in the first place because they

"previous"

on hin

and in the second place because they suspected he was a U.s. agent.

Oswald was deeply upset over being rejected by the Cubang.

but I inferred not literally. The

I am not trying to be coy about my 'informant's" name.

I should

nevertholess ilke to protect him to the extent possible. He claims

not to hive discussed his acquaintance with Oswald with anyone except

me.

I tako this with a grain of salt,

but he does seem genuisely

fearful of losing his Job if he is tied publicly to this natter.

He also scems learful of trouble with his former pro-Castro student

friends it they got the impression he

"ratted" on anyone.

I gather

they are not altogether "former",. considering he says some of them

still visit him here from time to time.

Incidentally, he claims to have visited Cuba, to be well acquainted

with Raul Roa

and, to a lesser degree, with Castro.

He clains further

to have been friendly with one Maria Teresa Proenza, who I understood

him to say defected from the Cuban Embassy 1n Mexico City and may now

be in Miami.

One item he "revealed" during our first evening particularly Intrigued

me. He seened subsequently, and plobably with justification, especially

fearful of the unpleasant consequences which might derive from any

publicity regarding it). He asserted he was the student who personally

climbed XKXXXXXXXXXXX the Miguel Aleman statue on the lAid campus with

the dynamite--I belleve he said dynamite- when it was mutilated some

E232

years ago.

I am aware my Iriend my have labricated everything he told no. My

personal

evaluation 1a that he has been truthiul.

Sincerely,

Benjamin J. Ruyle:

American Consul

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31 July 1975

Disposition - This document was denied. The document is a review of

information in the Oswald 201 file which still warrants continued protection

under the classification system. The document identifies and explairs the

nature of the hazard that would be involved for a number of foreign intelligerice

sources and operational methods if this document or other documents containing

information on the same activities were to be released. The information is

properly classified and denied. This particular document also contains

information identilying an Agency staff employee and Agency internal filing

instructions. The document was therefore denied under the authurity of

exemptions (b) (1), (b) (2) and (b) (3) .

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MEMORANDUM FOR:

(LA/EICO)

Oir. William Sturbitts

SUBJECT

• Review of Lee Harvey OSWALD 201 File

for Freedom of Information Request

REFERENCE

: Request Number 75-105, 2 June 1975

for FOlA Review on

NOV

1976

Document Number

1186-999A

A review of the Lee Harvey OSWALD file (201-289248)

has been completed by the Mexican Branch) in connection with

reference Freedom of

Information request.

Most of the

information contained in the file that pertains

to Mexico

came from sensitive sources ma methods,

as photo

surveillance, [bilateral teltap and mail

intercept

operations.? Although the mail intercept and

activities have been dicontinued,

that they were in operation in lexico continues

considered sensitive.

The bilateral teltap is still

active, and, therefore, is sensitive.

2..

The Mexican information reviewed covered

th

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TRAVEL PROCRAM

PELTIRE FOR TIRES

areas:

employed by the Cuban Embassy

Sylvia DURAN Tirado.

A Mexican female

Mexico who provided

assistance to OSWALD in his attempts

to obtain a Cubam

Information regarding DURAN appears

Report, however, it is not attributed

Agency.

The Government of Mexico (GOM) did arrest and interrogate

DURAN re her connection with OSWALD,

and a copy of

GON deposition appears in the Report.

The deposition was

turned over to the Commission by the GOM via State Department.

Since knowledge of DURAN's contact with OSWALD originally

came to both the GOM's and Agency's attention via.the

(bilateral,teltap, all mention

Agency knowledge or

participation in

DURAN'S arrest and subsequent interrogation

has been marked for non-release.

Photo of unidentified man (taken in front of

the Sovlet Embassy in Vexico.

This photo was taken

Station Mexico

photo survoillance of the Sovict Embassy

the month of October 1963.

When news of the

arrest of OSHALD as Kennedy's assassin became known,

the Station immediately forwaided copies of the photo

to the FBI in the mistaken assumption that the photo

was of OSWALD taken while he was in Mexico that fall

It was later determined that the photo was not of OSWALD

and in tact had been

1d00

080038

(OSWALD WAS

in Mexico from 26

•aren 26 september that delorer 1o6s.)

Even though the photo was not of OSWALD it had been shown

to OStilD's wile and mother, with the background partially

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cropped in an

eftort to disguise the place.

where

the

photo had been taken. The photo became somewhat of

an

issue when the Warren Commission decided it belonged

in the Report as part of the exhibits since it had been

shown to the OSWALDs.

The Agency finally allowed the

picture to appear in

the report with the background

completely blocked out and with the agreement that

no

mention would be made about where it had been taken.

As far as can be determined, the Agency has never

admitted publicly that the photo was taken in Mexico,

even though there has been a great deal of speculation

to that effect by several authors and journalists.

As

a matter of fact, one of the lawyers who worked with the

the Agency has not revealed the actual location, only

saying it was taken somewhere outside the U.s.

All

mention of the photo has therefore been marked to be

withheld, because of sensitive sources and methods

involved.

C.

Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte.

ALVARADO, a

Nicaraguan citizen, walked in to the U.S. Embassy in

claiming to have knowledge re Kennedy's assasination

Me as learned that ALVARADo was en agent for the Nicararman)

Intelligence Service (NIS), however his story re the

assassination was separate

from his work for the NISS. After

lenginy interrogation,

it was

determined that ALVARADO had been fabricating a story claiming

he had seen OSWALD receive

official at

the Cuban Enbassy in Nexico.

The ALVARADO Story appears

in the Warren Report but it does not reveal his identity.

In

order to continue to protect ALVARADO and the Nicaraguan

government from possible embarrassment all mention of

ALVARADO has been marked for non-release.

aS A list and copies of douments from the OSWALD file

have been forwarded to your office for review by other (LA)

branches and possibly other Divisions.

The documents

according to which volume they belong

the 201 file (there

are 57 volumes plus many bulky atachments.)

During the review, it was necessary several times to

refer to the Warren Report and the exhibits to ascertain

exactly what was already known about the Mexican aspect of the

It is doubtful that the other branches will find this

necessary, but in case they do, the Warren Report is held

in the Library.

03.

Jack Nathews

/ LA/Mexico

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