HANDWRITING IDENTIFICATION (22,028-X)--WRITING IN LOWER LEFT OF OSWALD'S CUBAN VISA APPLICATION MAY BE THAT OF SYLVIA DURAN. DEFINITELY NOT OSWALD.
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From: TSD/GARB/QDS
To: C/DD/P/CI STAFF
Document date: 1964-09-18 00:00:00
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HANDWRITING IDENTIFICATION (22, 028-X) --WRITING IN LOWER LEFT OF

OSWALD'S CUBAN VISA APPLICATION MAY BE THAT OF SYLVIA DURAN. DEFINITELY

DATE

09/18/64

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SUBJECTS :

VISA, CUBA

HANDWRITING

DURAN, SILVIA

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18 September 1964

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DOC. MICRO. SER.

MEMORANDUM FOR : Chief, DD/P/CI Staff

ATTENTION

: CI/R&A/TC/Joseph Burk

SUBJECT

: Handwriting Identification (22,028-X) - Writing in

lower left of Oswalds Cuban visa

application may be

REFERENCE

: Request Memo, 16 September 1964

that of Sylvia Divan; detinitely not Oswald

1. Reference forwarded (1) a poor quality reduced size photo-

graph of a Cuban Visa Application in the name of Lee H. Oswald with

a handwritten notation in the lower left corner that appears to read

"Hotel del Cameron(?)/ Room 18 46-60-51(?)", (2) enlarged photograph,

unknown size, of signature "S. de Duran", and (3) Xerox copy of Volume

3 of the exhibits in the "Investigation of Assassination of President John E.

Kennedy, November 22, 1963", containing handwriting specimens of Lee

Harvey Oswald. It was requested that an effort be made to determine if

Silvia Duran or Lee H. Oswald wrote the notation in the lower left corner

of the visa application.

366-894

JUL 1976

Document Number

for FOIA Review on

2. There are several obstacles, or deficiencies in evidence,

which preclude reaching an un-qualified opinion in this matter, such as

the extreme poor quality of the reduced size (estimated to be about . 3X to

#5X) photograph of the visa application as opposed to the enlarged Duran

signature, and the absence of comparable letters in the two writings.

3. Nevertheless, careful examination and comparison of all of

the writing leads to the following opinion: There is enough similarity

between the writing in the signature "S. de Duran" and the questioned

notation on the visa application to make it appear probable that Duran

placed the notation on the application. Or, stating it another way: I

would not eliminate her as a suspect writer of the notation. Examination

of the original documents might remove these qualifications.

4. I do not find enough similarity between Oswald's writing and

the questioned notation to warrant a suspicion that he is the author.

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5. In another report dated 9 September 1964 (G-9795, 21,947-X)

Oswald was identified as the author of the signature "Lee H. Oswald" on

the application.

6. All of the documents were returned to you direct per your

request.

on thoman

Lon H. Thomas

TSD/GARB/QDS

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