MEMO OF CONVERSATION: FURTHER ON OSWALD AND KENNEDY ASSASSINATION.
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From: THE RECORD
To: THOMAS, POL. OFF.
Document date: 07/13/1966
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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TO : THE RECORD

TITLE : MEMO OF CONVERSATION: FURTHER ON OSWALD AND KENNEDY

ASSASSINATION.

DATE: 07/13/66

PAGES : 6

SUBJECTS : DE PAZ, ELENA GA

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CONFIDENCE.

AMERICAN EMBASSY:

MEXICO, D. F.

Memorandum of Conversation

Hateri

DATE:

July 13, 1966

SUBJECT: Further on Oswald and Kennedy Assassination

RIF DRENCE:

PARTICIPANTS:

Menorandum this Subject of Decencer 25, 1965

Elena Carro de Paz,

Hesdcan writer

Charles W. Thonas, Political Officer

seet

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AMB, DOH, P, B/R, I, CBD, CR/S (2)

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sad. Paz

described sone developments waich may have some bearing on her clai

bat the saw Lee Harvey Oowald.at a party at the home of her cousin, Rubén Durán

when oswald was in desico prior to the kennedy assassinatios.

2. She stated that her uriter friend, Carlos silozino, le quite vell acquainted

vith Cuban Ambassador Joaquín Hernandez Amas. She said Solorzaso was appareatly

not particularly leftist but that his brother, Alfonso, was a communist. Ambas-

sador Hernandez hed told Solorzano that he would very mich like to meet Sna. Paz.

olorzano secorcingly crranged a party at bis own bome on dune 30, 1960, and 107 45

vited both of ther.

uso present vere intohiontsroso and his wiles Mvira Vargas,

the leftist Journalift with Novedades wo is a cluse personal, friend of President

Diaz Ordaz; binanue / Carballo, the pro-Castro riter, -donguin Diez Canede, head

of the publishing firm called Editorial Mortiz; and Juanysoriano, the painter.

she said Soriano was probably Invited to make her feel at ease, since he 18 a

friend of hers and way the caly anti-communist there besides. 1g5

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3o During the evening,

Ambassador Hernandez, whom she described as intalligent

and cultured, concentrated his attention on her and did his best to flatter her

by lauding her literary productions.

In addition, he expressed great interest

" In her friend, Carlos Madrazo. le iscued a persoual invitation to her to attend

the ennual literary festival of the Casa de Ins Americas In Havana. She explained

co him that she was not a Fidelista and that she wouldn't to to Havens uniless

Juna soriano went with hex.

Hernandez then invited Soriano to attend as well,

but the latter roundly denounced the Castro regime over the objections of the

says, personally dislikes Ambassador lernandez, werned her not to go to Cuba alone.

COMP TEENTAL

GROUP 3 - Downgraded at 12-year Intervale,

not autonatically declassified.

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5.

On July 4, a dalver fros the Cuban Imbassy delivered to her bose on ,

Calle Alencastre in Louns Virreyes au envalope containing two letti

and sone printed matter fron the Casa de las Merleas In Havana.

ise

first letter, written last October, gave her address as Vermont 30, and

the second letter, witten in April, dave her address as Vermont 39.

The

cavelope for the first letter, with the above address, was marked for

retur to the sender, which was the chion Enbassy here. The second en-

valope, which contained the whale packago, had no address as it was hand-

carsied to her home (see attachnents).

6. Saa. Paz, stated that the only possible reason the letters were ad

-dressed to her at Calle Vermont was because she spent several days at

the Hotel Vermont Inmediatoly alter the Kennedy essassination (see

referenced mencon).: The correct address of the hotel, however, 1s Vermoni

29.

sho concluded the Cuben Coremnati carried that street and number,

with a minor error, as her regular address.

7.

Since Manual Calsallo had taken hos to the hotel ostensibly to pro-

tect her from the commists, this raised the question of hon the Cubans

obtained that address. She stated that es far es she was aware, the

only peoplo uto soeu Be bed bean at the Hotel Vermont were Manuel Calville 15171

three of these people because they hed gone out of theis way to cultivate

'her when she returned Iron Europe in 1963 and had nade such a point of

being outspoken professional antl-communists. sue remembered that many

years ago Margerita Michelena was a communist. she now wondered whether

Calvillo and perhaps the other two as well were Cuben agents... She stated

again that Calvillo was e close personal friend of Noe Palonares and

Gustavo Diaz Orda, nad that guards, presumably frUn Gobemacion, had been

placed outside her home when she had returucd from the Hotel Vermont.

fact, since Calvillo's recent dismissal fron his position at the Secre

tariat of Iducation (for lesdag infornation to the press about the fondo, "

de culture Econorica), he had chows her two personal telegrans from

President Diaz Ordar assuring hin that another job would be found for hir

In the near futura. The added that cho had told Calvillo that she bad

gone to the US Endassy at one point to tell what she knew about her alleged

encounter with Oswnld.

To sid to her suspicions, she remembered that

what appeared to be a gunman sino often accompanied Calvillo and Palomares

was a spanish rafugee named (Inu) Valencia.

She said Valancia's first

vile was a Russion comuist ha had married during the Spanlah Civil War:

She thought it possible that the Cuoon Embassy had now deliberately

given her the letters fron the Casa de 1a2 Anericas with the Vermost Street

address in order to Irighten bar.

She has already concerned about what

appeared to be three gunshots that had bean fired through her upstairs

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rear bedroon window while she was out of the house about thrue weeks ago.

She said

that with all the latists in

town accusing har of being an

agent of the ill and the goverment liritated with her becauas or hes

support for carlos laurazo, she did not feel entirely sate living alone

with her daughter.

She said her brother was now sleeping at the bouse

to ease their anxiety.

anally, saa

Par stated that she had rectly encountered her cousin,

yale burin, and that the latter had been very trendly and wented t

vet her again, She said lyjia was very poor and had a small job with

Difusion Cultural at the Anthropological fluseum.

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Attachreiatg:

As stated (to P/R, Ju, and CBD Only)

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