ARRB-CIA ISSUES: ALVARADO POLYGRAPH
Originator: CIA
From: Barry Harrelson
To: Withheld
Document date: 05/08/1997
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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J. Barry Harrelson

05/08/97 12:52:50 PM

SUBJECT: [Re: ARRB Request: Alvarado Polygraph tapes

(sent to Lee 1/28/97)

This completes the ARRB request for the Alvarado polygraph tapes. I will advise the FBI that the CIA has no objection to the release of

the tapes. The tapes will be returned to the FBI for release to NARA via the ARRB. HRG would like a copy of the cassettes for the

Agency's JFK assassination retention file.

Thanks to everyone who worked on the request.

Barry

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ARRB Request: Alvarado Polygraph tapes

(sent to Lee 1/28/97)

Alvarado Ugarte, a Nicaraguan, is a key figure in the Oswald/Mexico City investigation. He was interrogated (including

polygraph) jointly by the Mexican Police and CIA. Extensive information about the interrogation, including the Agency's written

Polygraph report (IRD#66032), has been released to the public under the JFK Act. Copies of the polygraph tapes were found in the

FBI's JFK files and referred to the HRG. The ARRB staff has requested the release of the tapes.

Does the DA /OS have any objection to release of the tapes? Listening to the tapes will require some old equipment.

According to the file, the tapes should play back satisfactorily on a 60-cycle machine (reel-to-reel utilizing 60-cycle current.

JFK reviewer Joe Murphy (31842) is the HRG focal point for this request. Leonard Kaplan, C/IRB, OS has been our point of

contact for JFK request in the past. If you have any questions about this request, please give me a call (31825).

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John Pereira @ DCI

Sent on 6 February 1997 at 07:56:08 AM

(C) OPS/Information Management Branch coordinated this request with OPS/Polygraph Division. According to Polygraph Division

records, the Federal Bureau of Investigation sent the reel-to-reel tapes to OPS/Information Management Branch in

1993 with a request to destroy them. The tapes were forwarded to Polygraph Division where they were transterred

to cassettes still maintained in Polygraph). Apparently, the originals were returned to the Bureau. In 1993 a

Polygraph Division officer listened to the tapes and deciphered as much as he could. According to Polygraph

Division, there is no compelling reason to object to the release of these tapes; the only consideration might be

revelation of methodology or tradecraft. However, the risk is low given the sessions were conducted more than 30

years ago. Polygraph Division will continue to maintain the cassettes unless otherwise directed.

(U) Given the above information provided by OPS/Polygraph Division, OPS/Information Management Branch has no objection to the

release of the tapes.

(U) Please advise this office if additional information is required regarding this matter.

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Janet A: Ecklund @ DA, Frieda P. Omasta @ DA, Becky L. Rant @ DA

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• CIA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

RELEASE IN FOLL

2000

8 May 1997

FOR THE ARRB STAFF: Attn: Kathy

FBI. Memo dtd 12/11/63; subject: Lee Harvey Oswald

and Polygraph Reels

(see below) * on Gilberto Nolasco

Alvarado

Ugarte

*Reel #1, 5 Dec 63

Reel #2,

5 Dec 63

Reel

#1, 6 Dec 63

Reel

Reel

#2,

6 Dec 63

Reel

#3,

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DIRECTOR, FBI (105-82555)

DATE: 12/11/63

FROM

LEGAT, MEXICO (105-3702) (P).

SUBJECT:

LEE HARVEY OSWALD

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Re telephoto instructions from Assistant Director

w. C. SULLIVAN on 12/3/63 to the effect that the CIA was

12/6/63, furnishing the final results of the interviews and

polygraph examinations and pointing out that the entire

interviews had been taped by CIA, which would make available

to this office copies of the tapes.

Bucab of 12/7/63

instructed that the tapes be forwarded to the Bureau.

Attached are six rolls of tape which are copies

taken from the

original tapes recorded at the time of the

interviews on 12/5/63 and 12/6/63. It will be noted that

the first tape wa? copied from reel #1 of 12/5/63 covering

the period of 15s5 to 1712 hours.

to 1s o 191 10ua

The second tape was taken

from reel #2 covering the period of 1712 to 1800 hours on

12/5/63.

The third tape was taken from reel #2 covering the

period from 1115 to 1245 hours on 12/6/63.

The fourth tape

was taken from reel #2 and covers the period of 1245 to 1440

hours on 12/6/63.

The fifth tape was taken from reel #3 and

covers the period of 1440 to 1610 hours on 12/6/63.

The sixth

tape was taken from reel #4 and covers the period of 1610 to

1730 hours on 12/6/63.

The CIA technician who made available these tapes.

advised that the original tape was recorded

on a machine

adapted to the 50-cycle current which is used in Mexico City.

He said that the tapes should play back satisfactorily on a

60-cycle machine utilizing 60-cycle current.

For the possible assistance of the Bureau in utilizing

the person speaking only in English is CIA polygraph

gerson speaking only Spanish and :

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105: 82555-548

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