MEXICO CITY CHRONOLOGY
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Document date: 1968-02-03 00:00:00
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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

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MEXICO CITY CHRONOLOGY

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Item

NO. DATE

1963.

Et patt

Y27 sept.

yay sept

1037

1605

1626

NR:

: підім

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Soviet Embassy#

Ise HervOy OSWALD

REASON FOR CONTACT

P-8593

201-289248

Hants 118a8 to g0 to Odesa. Consul vas not 18.

call beck at 1130.

Subjeot told to

Ба сти

SIlvia DURAN calls Soviet

Embeasy (MO) = Mai outside

Silvia tella MO that the Amerloan citizen vas there, the one whol

wants a visa for lubs on his way to the Soviet Union and he wants

to know with whom he was talking thera because she (S1lvia) had

sent him to the Soviet Embassy saying that 1f they aocepted bim

and gave 'him a vies then the Cubans (Embassy) would also give him

& tiBa without further paper work only advising Immigration In Cuba

and he wants to now with whom he had talked there because he says

he was told there would be no problem., No says to wait a moment!

A different MO comes to phone and Silvia explains tho same thing to

him.' Thig MO says to leave name and, telephone number and he wil

call back.

S1lv1a gives telephone 11-28-47 (Cuban Consulate).

Silvia takes advantago of the phone call and states she: has moved

and vants to advisa the Soviet Embassy of her change of address so

that she can-raceive the bolotin. MO says to call KOUKHARENKO to

talaptone number 1s 14-13-26. MO Bays thanke.

(N2) = me mill) - t

Soviet Embeady/calla Bilvie

DURAN of Cuban Embassy.

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1,1F20T

MI aska 311v1a 1i, tha Amerloan and been there.

BLiTIa BAys ho

18 thars now.

II seys the Amerioan showed papers from the

Consulate in Hashingtioe that he wants to go to the Soviet

Union and be there for a long time with his wife who 18 Russian,

but the answer has not come' from Washington in respoot to this

problem, and according to this procedure it takes four or five

months, but without having permission from the Soviet Union!

they shoald ask, or batter said, thay cannot issue a vian haro

without asking washington; however, according to this man

he showed & letter Indicating he was: a member of an organization

In favor of cuba and that the Cubans said: that they cannot 1ssue

hot hang me to a tea on the art a dad a they!

to walt for the answer frod lashlagtou.

silvis agrees the

LATENVOY,

Is thi

avalid. LItO

hood, Segance

USSS En cabate,

- SHOTs

talked wises

Hollat.

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X4.

28 sept us 1151

satuition

Bane propion elats with the cubans, that the probien with him

(the American) 1s that he does not know anyone in Cuba and

therelors 11 that 1s truo lt will bo diffioult for him to get a

risa for Cuba, because ho was thinking of processing his visa

(for Soviet Union), because he knew it would require waiting a

long time for his visa to the Soviet Union whilo li Cuba and from

there go to the soviet Union.

MI said the thing is that if his

wife right now vers in Washington she would recoive her visa

right now, or permission, fxon the Soviet Union, to return to her

country, she is going to receive her visa, in Washington but having

this visa, sho could communicete to any place this permission,

for examplo here ir any place she could receive it (visa or permission)

but right now they do not have them. (no las tienen).

Silvia BayB

cartainly and they cannot give a letter sither because they do not

know if the visa vill bo approved. MI save they only give yIaRs

Silvie says then she will put that on the

because in does to the an a bad excuse me for bothering

SIlVie DURAI Callé Soviet Embassy

and talks with MI

Silvia says that in the Cuban Embassy 18 & North Americen who was st

Lienvoy

MI says velt a minute.

31lv1s speaks english with

with sonsane - and comments in Spanish that they gave APARICIO telephone

• I. LAD wett

14-12-99 and to take the number down! Silvia says about the American

for. Sack, 287

oitizen that he 18 going to talk with you (MIJ! Americen speRke RUssian

and MI speaks in English. They continue in Inglish.

American talks

broken Russian and says Ivil in your fubgssy and spoke to your conful,

Mt trkes phone and asks American in English what does

He want?" American says Please speak Russian. MI-Says What else do

my address.

Busten, pay i t met to lt then. I went to the Cuban Embassy

to ask them for my aädrels, becaue they have 1t.

MI says wey det

you come arate and leave your address with us, it is not far from the

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Cuban Embassy.

Americen says I'll be there right avey.

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X5.

1 0ot.

1031

Maste Tiesto

Mo (AmorioRs) to MI (Sor. Emb.) *

X6. 100t.

1045.

MO (American) to OBYEDKOV of

Soviet Embassy

1539

NO OSWALD) to MI at Sor. Imb t

15 noT

(B. 18 4 00t.

X9.

8 oct./97

Wto's cool

Rilessed le Casio

writte. distuttarticated

1 LADLINGER

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LO BayS I WaS at yOUr pLaCe LasT saTuraBy ana taLisa to yOur

Like to ask you to call

another phone number. Please urite It

downs' 15-60-55 and ask for & consul. thant you.

Mo (the sams person who phoned a day of so ago and spoke in

broken Russian) speaks to Obtalkov.

не ваув 40я 18 Lee

OSHALD speaking.

Washington, so I wanted to find out if you have anythin now?

But I don't remember the nams of that consul. OBYEDKOY says

KOStIKOV.

He is dark (bair or skin??).

МО заув уев, шу паше

18 OSWALD:

OBYEDKOV says Just a minute I'll find out.

They

Bay that they haven't received anything yet. OswAlD says jave

they done anything? Овундко! ваув уез,

they say that a request

has been sent out, but nothing has been received as yet.

OSWAND Bays And Whet...!

OBYEDKOV hangs up.

OSWALD

peaks

He110.

Visa

broken Spa

Rishihen in Embliah to MI. No says

says Call on the other phone.

MO Bays I'm looking for a visa to go to russia. MI says: Pisase,

call on the telephone of the: consul, 15-60-55. |МО ваув One

moment please,, I'll have to get a pencil to write the number!

They lasus the visa there? MI That depends on your

conversation.

I don't know about this business. Please call

the office of the consul and ask your question: Mo saks for the

number again.

MI gives. him the number and tells him to ask for

the Consul of the Soviet Embassy in Mexico. NO ваув Thaпks..

Photos of unidentified porson

on entering Soviet Embassy;and

who entered Cuban Embassy on 15 Oct 1963.

MEXICO CITY 6453 reported According LIENVOY 1 Oot 63, Amerioan male

who spoke brokan Russian said his name Ise OSWALD stated he at SOVEMB

28 Sept when spoke

with, Consul whom ha belleved be Valerly Vladimirovich

KOSTIKOV.:

Subj asked

Sor guard Ivan OBYEDKOV who answered, If there

anything new re telegram to Washington..

OBYEDKOV.upon ohecking.said

nothing

be American

Apparent

ago 35, athlotio build, circa 6 feet, receding hairline, balding top.

WOT

khakis and sport shirt.

Sources

LIEMPTY,

No local dissem.

LIVOY

LIENVOY

LIEMPIY

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710. 11. 00t.

15.

23 Nov.

22 Пот

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DIRECHOR 74030 reported on identity of Subject of MEXI 6453:

LeeyHenry OSWALD (201-289248), DPOB 18 Oct 39, New Orleans,

former radar operator In U. S. marines who defected to USSR

In Oct 59.

DIR gives description of OSWALD, background,

martlage, oto:, and action to pass into to imb. components.

MEXICO CITY 6534 requested Has to ple pouch photo OSWALD:

obeta grise a t 8.

Memo to Tho Ambassador On Lee OSWALD/Coatect vIth Sov Emb.

routed tó Amb., Minister, Counselor for Political Affairs,

RSO, co's tó Legal, Naval and INs.

Мето #6831 |

MEXICO CITY 7014 with refs (para 9, 10, Il above) stated According

VOA broadeast heard at Station regarding President Kennedy assassination

one Lied H, OSWALD age 24 has been arrested in Dallas possibly In

connection assassination of President Kennedy, Direct iqs, attention

Refs. Faquest priority pouch photo OSWALD so that Station can check

all recent LIEMPIY overage for Iden. Forwarding soonest copies of

only visitor to Soven 1 Oct who loould be Identical with OSWAld.

AMEMBASSY Outgoing Islogram (Control 269) from Amb. Mann stating

Foreign Minister expressed condolences, eto., and that on his

Instruotions the border between U. S. and Mexiço had been closed to

aliminate any possibility of murderer's escape into Mexico.

DIR 84802 (rof MEXI 7014 - para 13 above) Thanks.

This connection

was also noted here.

Trust you will be able use all your facilities

to follow and report Sov Emb aotivity and reaction during these hours

Pla cable full summaries.

Personal letter to'J. C. from COS (Win) with rel to conversation of

22 Nov In which COS requested permission to give legal coples of phates

this was important enough to have legal take copies of these photos

to Dallas.

Naval Attache 18 making special flight for this purpose.

Legal officerigoing to Dallas promised to mail this to jou.

¡Copies

Tof: these photos.are-being.pouched.night:of.22. Nov. 63.-

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17. 22 Nov.

18.

22 NOV.

22 NOV.

Х20. 23 моу.

21. 23 Nov.

X22. 23 Nov.

+ 23.

23 Nov.

1730

Man outside (MO) calls Luisa of

Cuban Embassy

calderoa

SECRET

Latina in lew ford. asking about the detention of the president

LIENVOY

what the agencies are reporting, that the person's name 18 OSWALD,

that he 1s a member of the fair Play with Cuba committee, I that

1s true, 1t could have been also one of the 40 thousand

or whatever

JARDON Bays that

1f this 18 true (that the guy 18 nuts) l1t 18 & terrible provocation.

VILLACORIA says, that up to now nothing 1s confirmed, that he was

arrested for suspicion and looking up his file they

found, out he

belonged to that (committee of fair Play with cuba), but until now

It 1s pure speculation. JARDON Will call later.

HMMA 22533 to C/WHD to send photos (per pare 16 above).

No asks LUISA if she has heard the latest news and Luisa,. jokingly

replies, "Tes, of course, I new almost before KENNEDY."

Both

ITENVOY

agree on the seriousness; of the assassination, etc.

LUISA s8yB

party at silvia DURAN's has been called off so 1t will not appear

they are celebrating death of KeNnedy, nor will they have the party

aratri colnoide with the burlal.....Lulsa says she plans to move

tonight to the dootor's (female) house.

MEXI 7019 - Maxi Station has photos same unidentifled American

typo who is possibly OSWALD entoring Cuban Embassy on 15 Oot.:

searching for possibility photo-documented entry. Cubas Emb other

days.: Also attempting establish OSWALD entry and departuro Mox1.

MEXI 7020 - Persons flew Next to U.S. Who might be Iden w/OSWALDs

Mexicana Flt 800 to Chicago 1 Nov, Lee MARTIN,

B. Same fit, 12 Tor. ?

Wilford OSWALT; C. Braniff flt 50 to San Antonio 8 Nov William OSWALD.

MEXI 7021 - ODENVY agent left here 2000 local with 2 copies ea

•f/photos person suspected by OSWALD on ajitulal flight for Dallas.

He carrying envelope with 1 copy each photo for airmail special frOM

Dallas to GALBOND at home por telecon with CURIIS. I copy each these

photos plus copy each of 2 photos showing same person

exiting PBRUMEN

Embassy forwarded in HMMA 22533 leaving regular pouch tonight. View

above, does Hgs want staffer with additional photos?:

ISFCRET

This statin tren

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23 LOV.

What i

• 25. 23 Nov.

26.

23 NOT.

27.

23 NOv.

X28. 23 Nor.

28.

2y dov.

29. 25 HOV.

SECRET

DIR 84822 - No need send staffer with photos. We have asked Navy for

photos again, but Maxi can see OswalD's ploture sooner on press wire.

Have just re-emphasized to ODENVY Hars sensitivity of Photos you are

sending and also relayed names of travelers with similar names.

radio says OSWALD lIved under allas of 0. H. LEE.

DIR 84837 - Urgently require info valeriy Vladimirovich KosuiKov

travels outside next, hour by hour whereabouts 22 Nov, all details

his sotivities during Hov., names and backgrounds his contacts

also future contaots and activities Kost'lkoV via unilateral coverage,:

any indioations unusual activities Involving KGB and Sovemb personnel.

Ir through 30 Nov.

DIR 84885 - KOSTIKOV traveled In September with Ivan Gavrilovich ALFERYEV

who in close contact Cuben dipe during feb 62 IDY Quito. Request reporting

and coverage ALFERViV as with kostikov.

DIR 84886 - Important you review all LINYOY tapes and transcrips sirce

27 Sept to locate all material pertinent to (pare 9 above).: Dispatch

soonest by special courier, staffer If necessary, full transcripts and

original tapes 11 avallable all pertinent material. Are original tapes

avallable?

DIR 84888 - ODENVY says that photos of man entering Sovemb which Mexi

Presume Mexi has doubled

for possible shots of OswALD.

MEXI 7023 - On 28 Sept 63 Silvia JDRAN Cuban Imb called Sov Consul saying

North American there who had been sovemb and wish speak. with consul.

North American told Sov consul quote '"I vas 1n your Emb and spoke to your :

I was just now at your Imb and they took my nddress....." (same as

para 4 above)... In view OSWALD In Soy Union and fact he claimed on 1 Jot.

ITENVOY to have visited Sovenb 28 Sept, Subj 1s probably OSWALD.

unable compare voice as first tape erased..

Para three MEXI 7014 (para 13 above)

should be 1 Oot 63. same Suby Visited Sovemb 4 Oct but not recorded LIENVOY

that date.

Also pouching 4'Oct photos. Maling effort determine OSWALDS

rotivities Mexio0.

MEXI: 7024 - Station's check indicates no other KOSTIKOV travel outside MEXI.

6 thru 19 Nov shows KOSTIKOV at lovemb every day.

Placing him under LIEMBRACE

survelllance.

No recent unusual KGB and

Sovemb personnel aotivities 17 Nov to

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30.

25 NOV 0S

31. 23 Nov.

32. 23 Nov.

33.

23 Nov.

34.

23 Nov.

MEXI 7026

SECRET

No other ALFuRIV travel. LILYRIC reporting shows ALFERIV at

Sovemb 6 thru 19 Nov. (No coverage 9, 10, 16, 17 Nov.)

cover with Lirios surveillance.

stepping up processing covering

sovenb, trying get LIFfAT ocerege of switchboard of apt blag where

reside Min KAZANTSEV, suspeat KGB resident KONSTANIINOY and

suspeat GRU SCHUCHKIN. aTing LIPAWN report movements SIDOROV and

effort re audio OF against SIV.

InCOMing IFLAT ON KGB KUZNETSOV

will be processed asal. rechecking all unerased tapes lustivor center.

BARKER (P) wrote to cos suggesting, since Mexican authorities olosed

U.S.-Mexioan border (possible escape route of assassin/s), we should

request Mexi authorities to put police cordon around Cuban Emb and

reguire all visitors to identily themselves - entering and exiting.

Note to Iu¡s ECHEVERRIA to arrest Silvle DURAN, the girl who put

OswALD in touch with sovemb. : silvia is Mexican altizen, lives at

Babie de Moriaco #748 mother lives at Ebro #12, brother at Herodoto #143

she drives Consul car, plates 8-92-T7; phone 18 45-06-96s works at

Cuban Embassy.

reported fol.

On 1 Oot 63

at 1045 hrs man called Sovemb and said "Hello this 10 Lee OSWALD

speak1ng..!.....(sams as para' 6 above)".

Transcriber say? OSWALD

Is the one talking in both cases and the one who called from Cuban

Emb 28 sept to Sovemb.

Luis ECHEVERRIA asked COS for all info on fau RODRIGuEZ Molina.

He said

he heard on radio RODRIGuiz picked up in conneation assassination and

he 18 Mexican. Only trace here 1s, 30 Jan 61 report from LIFIRES that

on Oscar ROIcUs Molina, 31, Cuban, arrived here legally 21 Jan 61

on Mexicans from Cuba on itourist card 78643/61/6.

Left Calle

Independendia 17 as contact address w/airline.

ODENVY informed of above.

This Info given ECHEVERRIA.

Have no Info. ODENVY chief calling Dallas for

details. Request Egg traces soonest.

MEXI 7027 - To faollitate expeditious Mexi records search and asset

Investigations, can Has provide info dates

activities OSWALD's most

recent stay, thru 22 Nov 1n U.S.

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?5. 1

23 dor.

X$6. 23 кот.

124686

=1.

?y NOV.

18. 23 Not.

59.

23 Nov.

10. 23 Nov.

23 Nov.

thought would be lot expression condolence but developed that

LINVOY 2 had located call to Soyenb of OSWALD made on 28 Sept.

Believe fact that ILUNSOR aware of this contact (from jolnt

operation and passed get to cos i aparte

MEXI, 7029 - Say photos of OSWALD on t.v. night of 22 Nov and j1t

obvious photos sent to pallas were not iden.

dates are given on

photos. prulal reviewing all avilaple photos persons entering

SOV ta Cub Embassies, Station busenting to bEISMPO & bhat

SilvIa DURAN who text employee at Cuban Emb and who put OSWALD

on telephone from Cuban Emb to telk to sovemb on 20 Sept be

arrested Immediately and hold incommunicado until she gives all

details of OSWALD known to her.

LatiNO 2 can say Dof. sp coverage

revealed call to aim if he needs to explain.

NOTE WRITEN BY COSs At 1620 hrs on 23 Noy 63 I had a call from

Jack Whitten (Washington) asking that I not do para 3 (to arrest

Silvia DURAN - para 30 above.

I told him too late, I could not

recall request.

I told him that he already should have rec'd a

initiative.

He said Okey. NOTEs I had return oall fron EcHovErRiA

at about 7515 hrs an 23 Nov of saying they would get "mujer"

he vould immediately notily me. He thenked me for info on her. (Signed cos)

21:35 hrs.

Both car license plates were black letters on white, belleved

be 63 issuance, Request Identification. Although no known connection.

suggest above be called attention office handling OSWALD case.

MEMO FOR THE RECORD frOm Jeremy LI. NIARCOS on Support Activities

Assigaments re |GPIDEAL Assassination.

MEXI 7032 - Into on survelllence teams - Sorlete - no musually aotavaty.

MEXT 7033 - Fol additional calls LIENVOY probably repeat probably OSWALD:

This call compa

On 27 Sept 63 call to Sor Mill Att "Entrada.. Man calling says 18 it

pecessary to take out a visa to go to Odess. Man inside says to 08l1 15-60-55

and ask for the consul.

Man| outside asks for the addryls. Man Inside says

SECRET 27 STE 65 to 1626

(see para 2 above)

see para 3 above)

0z 1 Oot 63 at 1031 (see para 5

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Not met

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above.

E.

On 3 Oot 63 (see para 7 above)

NOTE by COSs I had & call from Washington (Jaok Whiltten) at

+ 42.

23 No.

43.

Nov.

44.

23 Not.

45.

46.

23 Fov.

27xH

47.

23 Nor.

SECRET

MEXI 7034 - Complete recheck photos all visitots to Cuban Emb

Aug thru first half Now against good press photos shous na.

evidence OSWALD visite

Similar blank against all Sovemb photos

trem 1 Sept. Note: only visit)e low he made was Cuban Emb 28 Sept

visits

Cub Embassies:

Check manifests all planes arriving Mexi central

airport from U.S. falls show OSWALD arrival.

Passing this info

GOM asking they check border airports from which OSWALD might

have flown Next.

We do not get manifests these domestic flights

MEXI: 7035 - LIENVOY reporting Sovemb normal.

Conversations between

Alfredo MIRABAL Diaz, with suspect KGB Pavel Antonovich YATSKOV (who

not available, so KOSTIKOV come on line) (One time KOSTIKOV in erTOr

addressed MIRABAL aS AZCUE and MIRABAL corrects him.

MIRABAL, replaced Fusebio AZCUE Lopez, former Cuban Consul).

MEXI 7036 - LINVOY Sovemb on 22 Nov. reports many calls by press

people to get statement from Sous re assassination, they are all

told. Sovemb closed to call baok Monday.

Ilst of 14 names of contaots of ALlERIEV and KOSTIKOV at Sovemb

Cos note to ECHEVERRIA to keep secret the arrest of Silvia DURAN

ithat no info from her is published of leaked, that all Info from

her is cabled to Washington Immediately through COS and that her

arrest and her statements 1s not spread to any loftists.....

•NOTE! From COS: ECHEVERRIA said she was arrested with "seven others

Inoluding her husband.•:

They were having a fiesta - and ECHEVERRIA!

had just had & meeting with The President (who apparently said "Proceed"

and interrogate forcefully). signed cas

MEXI 7037 - ECHEVERRIA informed COS at 1800 hrs that Silvie DURAN and

her husband had already been arrested and were presently under interrogation

by Gobernacion authorities. ECHEVERRIA promised. to try to keep arrest secret.

ECHEVERRIA promised all Info obtained from DURANS, said first report should

be ready by 2000 his. COS does not belleve possible to keep arrest from

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48.

23 NoY.

49.

23 Nov.

50.

24 Nov.

51.

23 Hor.

52.

x53.

23 NOv.

23 NOv.

54. 23 Nov.

55.

23 NoT.

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MEXI 7038 - LILYRIC reporting on KOSIIKOV's surveillance

and also on ALFERIEV.

MEX1 - 7039

In Jan 63 SIlvia DURAN seen in 2 cars with Texas plates;

convertible plate JE 96 - 75 and walte Volvo plate KU 94-95..

DURAN brother,

possible use in connection COM Interrogation DURAN.

DIR 84914 - Hqs thanks Station for efforts made In belping on this

critical matter.

It 1s extremely urgent that we get verbatim

transcripts in inglish of all OSWALD Intercepts and other take

which could relate to bim.!Forget econowy of words and oable.

ODENVY telle us that Jose RODRIGUEZ Molina 1s not lavolved, (para 33 above)

DIR 84916 - Arrest Of SILVIe DURAN 16 extremely serious matter waloh

coula prejudice ODYOKE |freedom of action on entire question of PBRUMEN

responsibility. Request you ensure her arrest kept absolutely secret,

that no info from her is published or leaked, that all Info is cabled

to us, and fact of her arrest and statements not spread to leftist.

are trying to get more info on OSWALD Iron ODENVY and will advise.

DIR 84917 (ref DIR 84916 - para 51 above). Assume you are keeping Legal

fully informed on developments ref.

MEXI 7040 - U.S. Consulate Nuevo Laredo reported to Ambassador: OSWALD

entered Mex1 at Nuevo Laredo on 26 Sept., said age 23 years, occupation

photographer, residence New Orleans, destination Mexico City, Mexican

tourist card #24085.

Sans sourco (Mexi Immigration Records) state he

left by auto on 3 Oot 63, et Muevo Laredo. Will advise LITEMPOS and ODENVY

and will ask LIlIMPOS to abeak hotels in Maxi City to check OSWALd's activities.

SECRET

survelllance.

Since cannot continue LIEMBRACE unflateral under above

conditions must cancel iLIEMBRACE.

This likely due to LIENSOR reading same

IINVOY take as Station. Station has not mentioned KOSTIKOV to Mexicans.

MAXI 7042 - Advised Legale of arrest and of Has desire for secrecy.

had not heard of arrest although he had talked to governacion contacts several

times in last hour.

this good sign of sailvernia control for time being, Also

told Amb who "very pleased" but who also hopes oan be kept secret let Washington

decide on all "leaks" and releases.

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56. 23 Nov.

x. 57. 23 Nor.

58. 23 Nov.

59. 23 Nor.

60. 24 Nor.

1405

SECRET

MEXI 7043 - 1100 hrs on 23 Nov., 1955 green Ford Califórnia 63 plates

KVU: 191 parked near Sovemb. Male driver approached main gate but did

not: enter.

Stood looking at Emb and watching streat for minute then

walked across street to plant shop where remained until 1145 when left area.

MEXI 7044 - Completed analyBiE Russian language portions of Sovemb LIBNVOY

18 thru 21 Mov. No items of possible pertinence OSWALD. All norual.

MEXI 7045 - Sumairy Of Local oontaots of 'ALERIEY (s00 para 45 above)

MEXI 7046 - ECHUVERRIA told COS' SIlVIA DURAN completely cooperative

and gave written statement attesting to ? visits by OSWALD, who showed lar

U.s, passport showing long stay in USSR..

CASTRO. Wanted her help get transit visa Cube order to go USSR.'

only arrange transit Cuba 1l already had USSR Visa.

had further checking to do before could 1s8ue, visa.

U.S: without, visa. DURAN told governacion she had recognized OSWALD on I.V.

22 Nov and told husband about visits.

Owing cooperativeness ECKEVERRIA

belloves will be no repercussions.

No evidence Emb knows she pioked jup.

Above preliminary report.

COS will see Echaverris again morning 24 Nov.

Amb Mann informed by COS of DURAN plokup and delighted. Will brief ODuNVY.

Antonio CARAM ASKE JARDON (Of Cuben Imb) 1f anything 1s loin or passed

about the death of OswAld. JARDON says yos they passed the message that

somone shot him 11-the stomaoh. CARAM says lt 1m' all'a splot. | JARLON

agreas that it 1s erident.! CARAM aBks 19n't it true that that 10 wit

JARDON says those types wanted to make it appear to be

& Communist sympathizing uith Cuba, eto., eto., sure once be was, in the

Sortet Union, and also be subjected himself to a dirty game.

belleves they grebbed him for the job.

JARDON agrees.

CARAM says

it 18 obvious they had to liquidate him (OSWALD) so ho wouldn't talk.

JARDON agrees and adds that precisely so that he (OSWALD) wouldn't

JARDON says the International situation will become

serious.

CARAM says what a ridiculous thing to think that a bar man

(cantinero) 1s able to nix with the police and kill OSWALD; In this mess

mess they should suspoct the police

of Dallas.. JARDON says It was all

promeditated; they let him (OSWALD) be killed.

the building?

CARAM says did you see

It 18 90 meters from the street, what a coincidence they

did not register the building (for surveillance?), including there at

the building some police were in on the compliotty for sure.

Bays perhaps

во.

CARAM Bays all of this has him very worried.

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MEXI 7047 - Re !Station's newly Initiated LIFEAT coverage of apartment.

residence KAZANTSEV, KONSTANIINOV and &&i SHCHUCHKIN: No calls in or

out by above for coverage 1640 to

2000 hrs 23 Nov.

SIDOROY talks with (BRUBOV who says Have you hoard the latest? OSWALD LIENVOY

was mortally wounded in a olosed chamber.

Ina detaila are not,

given.

He 1s being operated on, socording to the radio,

(COMMENI: by transcriber - When OBRUBOY said "in & closed

chamber" some Irony could be detected in the tone of his voice,

as 1f he had & smirk on his face,

Whereas SIDOROV Was VerY

non-commital with grunts for answers, and the final word

uttered as 1f to say - "So what?")

MEXI 7048 - Re Stations LIFEAT coverage of residence Soy Cultural

officer Svyatoslav Fedorovich KUZEISOY, Identified KGB: | No. calls

whatever 18 Nov thry 21 Nov. One personal call 22 Nov between him

and vife of no pertinence. No calls 23 Nov.

MEXI 7049 - LIPAWN-1 22 Nov audio product, of target Sovmilat

Aleksandr Georglyevloh SIDOROV, of no pertinence.

1338 hrs uniden woman asks Sergey Semyonovich KUKHARENKO

if "they" phoned him at home. KUKH replied that "they wanted to talk

to the Ambassador. "They" were told that no one 1s here now because 1t 1s

V told that B at dinner.!

Y says wishes speak to him regardless.

answers. V asks if he got any additional news. B says no.

V asks and'

what nationality, nothing is known.

B' says no. ! Y says because (muffled

word) bere, that the nationality 1s Jatin American. Do you widerstand?

B says yes, I think so alao. It is very important.

IU says then you

know nothing more? B says nothing except what was broadcast on radio.

B asks V if V has anything new.

says no - about other things, besides nationality.

& broadcast from Washington.

Y says they only told me that he was wounded

and then heard on the radio that the transfusion did not help. - B:

says jes,

that he died. V says "I knew that he was wounded even before

there they

V says yes,

that the one who is chief here terminated his trip and came back (rei 18

to Pres. Adolfo LOPEZ Mateos).

B says which trip.

Y says "Todey he vas

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฿ Bays I understana.

If there 1s anything new I'll phone lyou promptly. (Only otbor portinent

portions concern faot that; Amb BAZAROV held a conference with apparently

MEXI 7051 - Contaots of Valerly Vladimirovich KOSTIKOV (refs DIR 84837 -

para 25: above) see para 45 above.

DIR 84920 - About Silvia DURAI. One important question still punzles

When OSWALD was in Mexico City In late sept and early oct to get a

Sov thos and & cub transit vias, did he want to travel to Cuba fight.

away, alone, or have his wife join him there and then leave for cuba,

or did he plan to return to the States first and then Isave later.

Although it appears that he was then thinking only about a peaceful

change of residence to the Sov Union, 1t 18 also possible that he was

getting documented to make a quick escape after assassinating President.

Pis restudy billivor material and give us your opinion, and also have.

Mexicans questIOn SIlVIa DURAN very carefully on this point. Advise.

DIR 84921 - Plates KU 9495 Flat Multipla 1960 Issued to Carol J. SOLES,

5726 Killarmet St., Corpus Christ1, Texas.

Motor No. 954257.

JF 9675. Cadillao Sedan 1950 issued to Richard J. ARANDA 1601 N. W. 23rd

San Anton1o, Техв. Motor No. 506100812.

Plates JH 2476 Chev coupe

1959 issued to Harry Lee Saffe 5022 Bayhead San Antonio, Texas. Motor

No. 8599175555. (Ref Mexi 7039 - see para 49 above)

Awalting Info

Iróm ODENVY on other plates in MEXI: 7030 (Bee pare 38 above) and MiXI

7043 (see pare 56 above)

NOTE TO COS FROM DCOS: My suggestion on this 1s. to do nothing with it

(re para 68 above) So tell Egs ask them for reading on these

people. we might onsider &lving GOM the dope on Mexican plates observed

at her house in 61, unless you feel this 18 & thing we should Investigate

in fact, It would

surprise me to see her lose her job.

MEXI 7053 - In meeting 24 Nor attended by ODENVY, Amb, Mia, COS and

DCOS foll obtalned, OSWALD ordered rifle of same type used to kill

President from Keins Mall Order House,

Ordered in name

OSWALD when arrested had selective service card in possession in name

Alek HIDELL®

This same name appeared on Cuban Fair Play Committee

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propaganda issued New Sirleans, although OSWALD name also appeared

underneath, ¡ ODENVY had not established as of noon 23 Nov whether HIDELL

exists or allas used by OSWALD:

be HIDELI.

Supplying Mexicans multiple copies ODENVY photos OSWALD and

Station photos unidentified man appropriately cropped for hotel investiga

Also checking HIDall, by name with border posts and other GOM files.

MEXI 7054 - Reles

A. MEXI 7046 (pare 59 above) and B. DIR 84920 (pare

67 above)

Additions or amendments ref A: a. DURAN arrested at home

with husband and members of family who having party. All taken to jall.

b.. Since she had told not only husband but other nembers of family

about OsWALd visits after she read name and saw IV picture, she attributed

arrest tod denunciation by cousin whom does not like.. Thus source GOM

knowledge not revealed to her. c.

Does not know where OSWALD stLycl

1n: Mext.

d!

Passport OSWALD showed her was still valid for USSr.

He

told her wished return there permanently with wife. e.

DURAN had

Impression OSWALD had or belleved he had made arrangements in Washington

whereby instructions would be sent Sovemb Mexi to issue Sov entry visa

In manner by which would not himself have to visit Sovemb.: Fallure

his real or imagined instructions work smoothly caused him become rude

to: SOVB..

(COMMENT:

Para 10 of MEXI 7933 - probably para 41 above -

partially bears this out but Station detects no signs rudeness in OSWALDS

talke with Sovs.! Further details DURAN Interrogation may reveal OSWALD

became abusive In Cub emb as result his frustration by Sovs. f.

Her

Impression hs simply "comrade"

who could not live comfortably under rigors

ofi capitalism and wished return to spiritual hone in USSR. B. ' DURAN

had no part in it.

she

unaware.

(RER DIR 84916 (para 51 above) ECHEVERRIA aWare OUTORE

re leak and has warned hor about talking, but feels at least

laot of arrest may well be leaked by other relatives picked up same time.

Cos will continue push need for secrecy with ECHEVERRIA.

DURAN. and

husband will be released but kept under surveillance. Re Ref B.

MEXI 7933 Hqs has full transcripts all pertinent calls. Regret tapes

for this period already erased.

Station feeling 'that above is best?

answer obtainable to Rel i but will request reinterrogation DURAN if

Hqs still desires.

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Press reported OSWALD entered Mexio0 26 Sept with tourist card given him

by Maxican Consul: In New Orleans on IT Sept. Press confired that

26 Sept OSWALD crossed border by Hill Nuevo Laredo, Tamps., the following

day to Mexi City by road.

On 27 Sept he went to Cuban Consulate General

to request visa to transit Cubai because he was going to totar go to Moscow

via Habana. (Consul Fusebio AZGUE told OSWALD that he would have to

consult his government, that the paper work reguired 10 to 12 days.

OSWALD, because of his irritable charaoter, became annoyed with AZCUE

and left the office slamming the door.

On 28 Sept OSHALD went to the

Consul General of the Sov Union' to request a visa for Russia.

He said

In helping his case, that his wife was a Sov oltizen; that he was a

militant Communist and had lived three yIB In Russia.

OSWALD told the

Sor Consul that he could verify this quickly by calling his wife who was

at that time in New Orleans In a hotel. The Sov Consul said he would

have to consult with his government and that ordinarily a case l1ke this

would take from three to four months.

OSWALD again became annoyed as he

bad the day before in the Cuban Embassy and left the offico very mad.

OSWALD returned to Texas on 3 Oct via the border of Nuevo Iaredo, Tamps.

Investigations so far do not Indicate that OSWALD Interviewed higher:

officials of the Sov and Cuban Embassies.

MAXI 7055 - Mexi dally Excolsior

rotiour leak.

Cannot sliminate Governacion as Bource." FYiS

Hqs 18 aware of AP story datelined Hava Y Sopt 63. At reception at

Brazilian Emb Fidel CASTRO 1s Quoted,

"We ars prepared to fight: them

and answer In kind.

Unitod States leaders should think (refleot?)

that if they are aiding terrorist plans to eliminate the Cuban leaders,

they themselves_1111 nat-20-Bala."

L1o: CERVANIES calls from UNS offices to 18-35-70, office of

newspaper El Mundo (sInarquist) and asles

says House of Senators called to say the

Affairs would be at the American imbassy at 12 to express regrets

for Kennedy's death. CERVANUES makes & note of that.

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Julieta de Enrique GONZALEZ Pedrero comments with Cecilia that she is LIENVOY

very impressed with all she has seen on T.V. since Friday and then

yesterday when the other one (OSWALD) was killed. : Ceollia agrees.

Juliota says this all stems from & Fascist organization, because the

Excels lor

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no this could not be true because one was & dew, that it 18 definitely

8 group of fascists, very Amerloan, he 18 owner of a Cabaret of nudists

and belongs to political gangaters. Ceoilia says it is absurd that

they let him enter (Ruby entering jail where OSWALD vas).

Julieta & ays

he (Ruby) was there from the first day, that he began to mix with the

police and newspapermen.

It was perfectly planned, indeed some of the

police probably are of the same organization because Ruby patchmixgan

cecilia agrees, the pioture 18 avidence of thet because the police

did not move to try to get in or anything for within a question of

seconds there snoula have. been & regct10n.

Juliata hopes they will

santinue the Investigation, at least Kennedy's brother has sent a special

agent. allia says everything about it is strange as: the paper stated

they found this oharaoter (Ruby) drinking Coce Cole on the second floor

and they just loft him there.

vullets adds thau Iron the & very Ilist

evarything was absurd, that he was a communist.

сестilв Beys this type

(OSWALD) could not be nuts because the whole thing was so perfectly

planned and that Is evident since the bullet was aimed at Kennedy.

Juliota belleves that this: 18 all dons by extreme rightists planned irom

very high up and that ls why they had to k1ll OSWALD so he couldn't talk.:

Julieta adds' that she hopes they will wake up a l1ttle with this business.

and pay attention to what has happened because it is evident 1t 1s ail a

conspiracy of rightist groups and military men.

she adds that in a very

obvious way this Individual (OSWALD) pretended he was & Communist to

prepare the groundwork.

Cecilia believes that he even purposely married

the Russian girl. Julleta' comments that all was very well prepared,

step by step to blane the communists, but that now with this (OSWALD'S

death everything is more complicated and they couldn't continue (the.

investigation) and even the Dallas police said that with the death of

OSWALD the case was closed, but the FBI ansvered immediately that It was

not closed, that on the contrary, they had to open an Investigation and

also the Senate will name a commission to Investigate, and Julieta hopes

they won't be alermed at whatever may be turned up.

She adds that each

time more details i confirm that OSWALD was & Fasoist and this business of

Likewise she Indiontes that all tha speeches given try to imply thet he

-(OSWALD) waS a fanatIos RiBo WON spoke to the peoples of the lation to

stop this tendency toward Violence and hate lete Bays

NIXON has made a stand as & good persan.!

now everyone is frightened since they have seen just to what extent these

things can lappen. She hopes they continue

the Investigation to the end.

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and, if things come out, that she hopes the publio will be shaken up

so that they will stop this tendency towara fascian. dulleta continues

that at the beginning she thought it was caused iby racial trouble but

now she thinks it is something more than thats It 1s's national thing

well planned and that sHAll was not just acting spontaneously. cecilla

agrees, indeed it was a perfect shot with exact caloulation and could not

was at the moment emotional (when he shot Oswall) because, juby is the

type who could never be plotured ass great patriot since he has a

oriminal recora.

Cacilia believes that Johnson, (Pres.) and all those

people are paying attention to the strenghth in this. Julleta 1a sure

of this and adds that the news (press) was rediculous in respect to

OSWALD In that ho went to marry a Russian, later was photographed with the

Dally Workers with the Communiat newspaper in one hand and & IroskyiBt

one in the other hand; thus everything was very well prepared to blame

the loftists; indeed this has always bean the way they have done it,

commit the terrorist acts and then try to make It appear that the rots

were done by the Communists; that has always been the tactic and only

the people that have no idea about politics can swallow those things.

She adds that this is very dangerous, indeed when they are able to assassinate

a president Ilke Konnedy, Imagine how strong they are In the Unfted States.

DIR 84938 - Since U.S. immigration records next to nothing on travel

of U.S. oltizens, ple ask Nerd Immigration to check all their records

81n00 June 62, when OSWALD returned from soy Union, to see if be entered

or left Mexico at any other time than the 26 Sept to 3 Oct 63. Weistill

do not know what if anything OSWALD told his Dallas Interrogators about

travel to Mexi.. We also need info on who traveled with him and what

vehicle he used on his Sept-Oct 63 trip and on any other trips.

Доев

Next government have any way of tellling what other toursit cards he

might have had?

If so, pls ask them.

Note to LILEMPO - SIlvia DURAN knew where OSWALD was istaying in Mexico.

Could we get this address from her?

MEXI 7059 - Spanish lang take of 23 NoT Sovemb IIENVOY of no pertinence!

From Russian lang portions 23 Nov. LEINVOY: 1301 hrs Polish Amb called

Sovamb. Pole asked If BAZAROV going anywhere today, BAz said staying

at Emb.

Pole asked 1s could visit BAL, latter

agreed for 1330 hrs.

Otherwise, all Russian lang parts personal matters.

Not one word og

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MEXI 7060 - (REF MEXI 6868 - not In OSWALD P-file and not abstracted)

According LIFIRE dip couriers ref left MEXI for Cuba 12 Nov via Cubana 465

returned MEXI 18 NOv via Cubana.

According LIENVOY, they probably left

for N. Y. a 23 Nov via Aeronaves flt 451, Ananyev (phonatio) of Sov

consulate N. X. phoned Sovemb 23 Noy asking for Info on which flight

couriors taking.

COMMENT, This only infrequently ocours.: Asst Corsul

KOSTIKOV handled the call from N. Y.

MEXI 7061 - ComposIte of latest reporting by sources LICALLA, LIMITED

and LILYRIC on movements in and out Sovenb by KOSTIKOV and ALFERYEVs

(All normal apparently, except, 24 Nov. 1207 hrs KOSTIKOV enters Sovemb

with wife and SHUBIN. 1440 drives 'out in ALFERYEV's car, letter at

wheel, with KAZANTSEV and two unidentified Sor visitors also In ORK -

This f1pBt 41me IlLYRIC bas seen these visiting Sovs. NEXT will Identify ASAP.)

MEXT 7062 - (Rofs DIR 84938 - Para 76 above): LECAT attempting get all

detaila re method of travel who 1f anyone travelled with him and any

Info of either travel by OSWALD or "Alex HIDELL": LEGAT checked flights

Nuavo Laredo and Monterrey to and from Maxi and found no evidence

OSWALD use of air travel.: LEGAT checking on Jack RUBINSIE IN alias

Jack RUBY. (LEGAT alSO assisting with all assets in attempt get date

on where OSWALD stayed in Mext and his contacts. Job suggested in

pare one ref almost too big, but will make request. Mert immigraticn

records ars poor.

Memo from RSO,

subjeot: G11berto ALVARADO, tol, 41-07-313 address,

Pino 173, Col. Santa Mari

é do La Virtera,

Nicaraguan pit, born '31 Jan 40

1n Ciuded Fara, State of Celaya, Nio. - Juan LORILLO, ROIRn ALVARADO

and Carlos Fonseca AMADOR are members of his organization in Nicaragua.

Source claims he vas sent, to Noxi by Nio Communists to go to Cuba where

ho will be trained in sabotage, but he will go after he gets documented

28 & Maxi o1t.

'The Cuban Emb in Mexi is going to coms up with & false

AssaBsinate: Pres. Kennady.

He desoribed them as one being white person

with a large cleft nose.

¡The other person had close cropped heir with

- a copeto...Mr. ALVARADO clelms that on the l8th of Sept be was 1a the

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vegro then said that he was sorry that he could not accompany, OSWALD, but

said "'you understand my situation". OSWALD then replied that's all right

I can do this by myself.

"The source was of the opinion that OSWALD had

come from Habane and when OSWALD entered he was affectionately greeted

by a female employee of the Cub Emb who has blue eyes and lives ati

Source also stated that OSWALD was given $1,500; for

Source stated that when he went to the bathroom he saw

ÓSWALD counting the money, In American doldars, on the patio which 18

adjacent. Eas RSO and D/RSO nade an appointment to meet ALVARADO at

0930 26 Noy at the cafeteria of the Hotel Francis. (Signed A. C. Plambeck)

Memo on OSWALD read to Pres. LOPEZ Mateos an night of 25 Nov. giving back

ground Info and asking many questions.

Exoeld10r. Cuban lawyer Jose Antonio CABARGAS, anti-Castro former

director of Instituto de: Seguridad Social of Cuba was captured last night

by federal agents to be investigated for political ativities and aspecially

for a suspiolous telephone call to Miami with Emilio NUNEZ Portuando,

former Cuban delegate to United Nations.

Address of CABARGAS NO. 10,

Viotoria 25. CABARGAS and NUNaZ spoke of the assassination of Kennedy.

Polico report on CABARCAS and NUNEZ of para 84 above. See para 86.

MEXI 7064 - Following received 1405 from Dirkin, Hercotios representative

who received from member polios bank of Matt, walch is one of tro Interpol

reps hero. Report directed to Direccion General (presumably of bank).

At 2030 his 24 Nov., Director Internatonel telephone services called

writar re iphone call between CABARCA In Maxi and NUNEZ In Miahl (phone

371-29-41). CABARCA told NUNEZ that with assassination Kennedy,

CASTRO's plan has been realized and that next one to go would be "Bob"

and that any time atonio bombs would rain down on U.S. without anyone!

knowing why, that 1f all U.S, unable defend life of ilts president, would

not be able defend selves either. Report said other Items relative

Latin America: mentioned but operator could give no further info.

Report

continued Capt| Mamel LECUONA Ramos, Chief of office of special investiga

tions under private secretary of President notified. Attempt also made

locate Jose Luls BENAVIDES, treasury rep San Antonio, but could only

get Capt Meado of San Antonio police who promised Inform HENAVIDES in

full of above. Both callors well known anti-Castroites.

CABARCA now

Procuraduria

der tenato beneather into.

CE Cance A a contact.

CABARCA

sITest appeared

morning papers here no sensitivity problem Involved! Writer unknown.

Ilsts his phone in report as' 15-15-21, which not in either of reversed

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DIR 84926 - Request cable summary a11 Station info on Silvia I. DURIN.

Also request LITAMIL, nine be queried as to his knowledge OSWALD contacta

with Cuban da and Sor embassies.

MEXT 7065 - (RER, DIR 84926 - Para 87 above) S1lvia DURAN ake Silvia

de TIRADO, Mext olt, was employed by Cuban consulate office Mexi as

temporary replacement OLIBARRI upon latter's death July 63.

vas director IMCRC until early Jan 63 when pressured by Teresa PROENZA

to resign. (Before July 63, per LIENVOY; DURAN had sporadic contact

Cuban Imb, mainly with PROENZA ro INCRC, matters. Fall 62 had affair

with Carlos LECHUGA. @ In June 62 LICOOKI-I reported that Jose REVULIAS

said DURAN strongly drawn to his Liga Leninista Espartaco, local dissident

Connie group.

Re para two refs

Station queried LITAMIL nine this

point night: 23 Nov and he disclaimed any knowledge OSWALD visits.

has been instructed report any new facts

or significant reaction his

associates.i

DIR 84952 - Pis obtain and cable translated summary of any official

reports or statements Mexicans' have produced on Silvia DURAN and husband.

WAVE 8149 - 1.

ODFOAM advised WAVE that phone call from one Jose San

Antonio CABARCA In Mexi City (phone 18-63-34) to DI. Emilio NUÑEZ

Portuondo, Miami, was monitored 24 Nov 63.

Conversation was in Spanish

and gist of it 1as Plan of CASTRO carried forward, Bobby is next.

Soon the atomic bombs will rain and they will not know from where.

WAVE traces NUÑEZ, reveals he subj of 201-312304. No record CABACA.

However, AMOT-2 advised CABACA is probably Jose Antonio CABARGA Sainz,

¿pob circa 1918 Province Las VIllas, Cuba.

Curently resides Mexi,

POBox 3000 and has same phoe No. para 1 above.

He is now occupied with

obtaining Maxi visas for persons desiring leave Cuba..

He is pronounced

BATISTIANO and rightist with tles to BATISTA groups In U. S. and heads

the Allanza Para i1 PrOgresO de America.

PAUL KENNEDY talks with John RETTIE! Paul asks John 1l he read ExcallOr LIFEAT

this morning about OSWALD having come to Mexico and having applied for

-visas at Cub Emb, John does not know about it, but had planned to call

someone in the Cub Imb after 0930. Paul asks if that man, etc, (so bearing)

(Later, same dey - continued)

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John RETTIE calls Carlos LAGUNAS whO 18 not in.

Luz BERLOVA takes the

LIFEAT

phone. John tells luz about Excelsior artiole today - about OSWALD.

John would like, to confirm this.

luz thinks he should oall the Embessy.

Ask for the boy with whom they had, breakfast once - Fernandez

But the Soviet Embassy?

Best with KAZANTSUY. Boris KAZANISEV,

He.

would know about 1t surely.

He is Counselor.

He Is the tall man?

No, the gray haired man 1s KONSIANIINOV. The one with whom they were

drinking with the Amb. - black hair and glasses.!

AB' KAZANISEV. OF!

YATSKOV who is the Consul.

YATSKOV would have been person to have re-

ceived OSWALD.

If he went to the Embassy, yes.

YATSKOV may not know

John, but KAZANISIV knows him.

KAZANISEV speaks

one who greeted John in English.

Spanish. He was the

MEXI 7067. - At this monent station officer and local Security officer

(whom ho contacted) are interviewing Nicaraguan who claims that on

18 Sept he saw OSWALD receive sixthousand five hundred dollars in meeting.

Inside Cuben Emb MexI.

Request Mana and DIR advise MEXI OPIM any

traces GIlberto ALVARADO, DPOB: 31 Jan 40 Cludad Rama, Celaya, Nicarague.

training Cuba.

Amador are members his (Communist?) organization Noarague.

President DORIICOS of Habana calls Amb. Joaquin HERNANDEZ Armas Of Cuban LIENVOY

Embassy, Mex100 City.

About Silvia DURAN, the police pioking her up,

detaining her, interrogeting her, etc, (DORIICOS asked several times

about money.) DORIICOS asked HERNANDEZ to question Silvia some more

and to investigate more and call him.

MEXT 7068 - Iransletion of transcript (of pare 94 above) sent.

LILENSOR

also has Spanish copy. Tape being retained.

MEXI 7069 (Refs MEXI TOT - Para 93 above) (RIBO see Para 82 above)

Station officer (probably BARKER) with Emb Security Officer Interviewed

Gilberto Nolasco ALVARADO Ugarte morning 26 Nov with following results:

(Repetition of Paral 82 and 93 above with following additional): ALVARADO

admitted he really on penetration mission for Nio Secret Service,

reports to Mejor Roger JEROZ, Nic' Milatt, Pasajo Latino, Interior 513,

tels: 46-33-76, Max1. On 2 Sept reported In Mext to Professor Edelberto

TORRES, Address General Zuazue No. 37, Intérior 8. TORRES 1B NIC

in charge of Nic CP travellers to. Cuba.

Well known Communist.

Has

daughter in Moscow. On ? Sept discussed anti-Sonoza guerrilla activity

In with TORRES and brothers Gustavo and Humberto JilL lalavera.

TORRES told ALVARADO he would receive 500 Mexi pesos monthly subsistence

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cn to ta time mi me me con me etc., etc. At the end of

Sept ALVARADO phoned American imb several times to report his belief soneone importent

1n U. S, to be killed, used name Jorge KYNAUT (phonetic) to protect identity.

Was asked

1f call rolated visa matter.: Replied no, political matter, wished I speak to persus of

confidence.

Firat time was soreened by 2 females, finally spoke to man who said he would

Man never called.

We are working here, not playing."

When ALVARADO saw OSWALD photo. in newspaper he again

cantaoted Emb 25 Nor.

conviction.

In canal Lone when with ilo Army. Says he still Nle: Commie party mbi, was originaily

convinced varxist, later; became disillusioned, has been penetration agent for Nic Gov for

pest 4 yxв.

Scheduled enter Cubs within 2 months. He explained he outraged by Kemedy

essasgination which he 80% sure Communist plot. Does not wish become involved in 01g

publialty splash, hopes U.s, will keep name secret, but willing do whatever necessary.

Lives at Pino No. 115,

col. santa varia de la Ribere, 101 41-07-31.

Will accept phone call

from "Rodolfo Gabaldon" to set time for next meting which to take place front Juarez

Monument, Perque Alanada.

MEXI 7070 - LINIED reported Mexi Secret Service initieted heavy surveillance of Sovemb

starting afternoon 23 Nov.

Also sec Serv physical survelllance of KOSTIKOV earlier reported,

SUBLY (KG3) on 23 Wor. Note SHUBIN In past often accompanied KOSTIKOV on trips outside Sovemb'

MEXI TOTE - (REF, À. MEXI 7067 - Para 93 aboves B. MEXI 7068 - Para 953 C.

MaXa. 7069

Para, 96 above) - Amb Mann asks following be sent by COS to Sec. Rust, Mr. Mc Cone and Mr.

This message represents combined suggestions of myself, Scott and Andersou!

In vIew of Nie (Rel A) and info 1n long distance telephone between DORTICOS and HERNANDEZ (Ref B)

we suggest vexicans be informed concaring fei A and iic be put at disposition of LopEz

Mateos on condition LOPEZ Mateos will agree to order rearrest and Interrogate silvia DURaN as

follouss 8) Contront Silvia with Nic and have Nic Inform her of details his statement

to us: b) Tell Sivlia she only living non-Cuban who knows full story and hence in same

position as OSWALD prior to his assassination; her only chance for survival is to come

clean with whole story and to cooperate completely with Mexi Gov in reture for Mexi Gov

protection:

c) She will not in any case be allowed to leave Maxi.

/ Given apparent

oberacter of Silvia there vould appear to be good chance of her cracking when confronted

with detalls of deal between OSWALD, AZOUS, MIRABAL and Silvia and unknown Cuban i negro.

If she did! break - and we suggest Mexicans should be asked to go all out in seeing that

she does - ve and Mexicans would have heeded corroboration

of statement of the Nio

Also suggest Maxi Gov identify and arrest untrown negro.

Have mexicana rearrest Silvia

so as:to eliminate possibility of her being smuggled out of Mexi to Cuba or killed here.

We laok established rellability of Nio, but suggest that DORIICOS' preoccupation with

money angle tends to corroborate authenticity of Nio statement. Thus,

there appears

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to be strong & possibility that & down payment was made to OSWALD In Cub'Emb here.

Request instruotions.

MEXI 7083 - (REF: MEXI 706T - PRra 93 above), FYI: ALVARADO nOw claims ho CP penetration

agent for GoN.

Request MANA Station not consult liaison on this one until further word

from MEXI Or DIR.

MEXI - 7084 - AMB Mann requested ODENVY officer be sent to: Mexi to give him more details

Of OSWALD/RUBINSIIN cases, This info only because it indicates Amb's feeling he not being

fully enough informed of aspects of these cases in U.S.A. ;

MEXI 7092 (REFS: A. DIR 85066 - not In f1le, not abstracted, A. MEXI 7084 - para 99 above)

See Ref B. which crossed DIR 85039 (not In file, not abstracted). 2.

he not fully briefed on cases.

Amb's feellng 1s

eto.// COS finds present C/ODENVY one of best and most.

cooperative, etc.// COS opinion it is desirable ODENVY senf officer to Mexi to satisfy

Unless Mr. Johnson can convince Amb that Chief/Odenvy Maxi will receive and make

avallable to him all Infornation concering U.S. angles of these cases.

MEXI 7093 (REF: DIR 85198 - not in'flle, not abstracted) Appreciate prompt Instructions.

ALVARADO's story being cheoked.

He being re-interviewed, and moved to safe address. Have

asked ECHEVERRIA as Of night 26 Nov to put close surveillance on DURAN.

MEXI 7094 - 1. DE. Jose Guillerno ACUIRE of Mexi told following to Pete Moraga, USIS,

on 26 Nov. A.

Marla RODRIGUEZ widow of LOPEZ said & son in law of hers who lives in

Son 1a law 18 & Cuban, Arresto RODRIGUEZ,

Arnesto RODRIGUEZ runs &

Spanish language school, is anti-Castro.

According to Maria RODRIGUEZ de LOPEZ her

son in law has taped conversations with OSWALD. 2.. Above will be passed to ODENVY here

on 27 Nov. Has may wish pass ODENVY.

Note (para 102 above) from Bob Adams on 26 Nor 63. Signed COS

MEXI 7095 - Following result of ODENVY Investigation hotels, OSWALD registered at small

Hotel del Comercio, Sahagun 19, tel: 46-60-51, on 27 Sept 63. OSWALD left this hotel on

1 Oct.: OLENVY believes OSWALD travelled from Nuevo Laredo to Monterrey by bus on 26 Sept

then changed buses and continued on Anahuac bus line to Moxi City arriving in time on 27

Sept for 1037 telephone call to Sovemb that date:

STATE INCOMING ISLEGRAM Guadalajara, Control #369 - Local newspaper editor today told

attempted converse though OSWALD's Spanish poor. OSWALD gave Informant personal card

and pamphlet in English with many pictures Castro, both later discarded.

On arrival MEXI

Gity, noted OSWAID's baggage Included rifle 1n leather case, (from liathicun - Guadalajara)

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1558 NOTES NOT REPORIED

The News article on OSWALD Sought Visa Here to Russia, report Mexican Government Sources.

Article states OSWALD entered Mexico 26 Sept, left 3 Oct, on tourist card issued in New

Orlerns by Mexi consulate, conferred with Cuban consul Eusebio AZCUE, ete. ete.

LIYEMPp-4 prepared report for LITEMPO-2 on case. Source personally intervieved Silvia

DURAN Q8.We11 as HOrACIO DURAN NaVArTO, Ruben DURAN lavarro, Betty SERRATOS de DURAN, :

Lidia Duran Navarro Vde, de FLORES, Agate ROSEND Garcia, Barbare Ann BLISS and Charles

E, HaNtlay, and attached report sets forth the results obtained.

Also attached are photos

of s1lvia and husband, Horacio. Source advised that he interrogated Silvia on two occasions

and on! both she denied knowledge of OSWALD's residence, whereabouts or contacts in Mexico

with CONTRERAS, Oscar of Tamploo, 5 July oY memo to Lista":

Women calls Sovemb and vents to telk with the persan who had contect with OSWALD wher he

was in' Mextoo, vants to low whers he was, where he stayed in Mexico. The sou told her

no one knew anything; about the case.

D,F.S. agent, Hugo CASILLAS, calls' the North American, Barbara, who lives at Bahia Magdalene

127 and reminds her that he is one of the boys from that time of the detention and that he

was talking with her in the camlonets (paddy wagon??) NOTE: Barbara refers to Barbara

Ann BLISS of LHIEMPO-4 report - pare 107 above -page 8, which says she lives at Bahia de

Magdalene No. 125 with tel 45-13-41, divorced from Juan ESQUIVEL, Costa Rican, etc.) and

said, "What a time you passet spent here, very pleasant, true?"

Barbara remembers.

Hugo

asks if Charles has his white car in the same place, that at that time he was very worried

that it would be stolen. Barbara comments that the others were nervous, and Betty, with

the long hair, 1s now fighting with her husband.. Hugo remembers that it seemed that day

that they were having a party there in Ruben's house. Barbare indicates that 1t was a

party for children.!Hugo asks where she spent the day yesterday.

Barbara said she went

with Tino (CONTRERAS) her sweetheart, but adds that Tino went to the United States to

record some musio, jazz, for he plays the drums.!. Hugo asks 1l' she hasn't gone to Acapulco.

Barbara responds no because she doesn't like it] (Acapuleo); that there you can only go for

your honeymoon.

! Then she comments that isn't it horrible that RUBY killed OSWALD....

"but

think how those policemen are in Iexas!., they are mules." Hugo comments that in the

photo you could see that they didn't even turn around (when Ruby shot OSWALD). Bartere

belleves that they wanted OSWALD to die.

Hugo comments that now they say they might

poison Jack RUBY.

Barbara says the thing is not normal, "It's'a thing, how do you say it

crooked. (or twisted),". Hugo gays that todey he 1s on call but,

tomorrow he will be free

Barbara Invites him to her house to have coffee anytime after 1530 hrs. Hugo will ke

there at 1700 hrs.

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Amb. Juaquin HERNANDEZ Amas CAlls Pres. DORITeNS Of Cuba and repforts there 18 nothing

new on the Silvia DURAN case and that she bei

not' said OSWALD was

given money in the

Cub Emb; Translation has been checked sad se

correct.

Memo to LEGAT from COS enclosing a

conversations from technical operations pertinent

marked 1045): 1539, 30ct (para Y above»

COS requested (underlined) no dissemination

or: discussion withuut, prior and complete clearance and authorization of COS' organization

STALE " telgran fron TIjuaza (control #385) saying Negative report on RUBENSTSIN alias

RUBY with all possible spelling variations cheoked.

Memo to LEGAT from COS telling contents of para 102 above.

MEMO tO LEGAT from COS with copy of Amb. Mann's cable (para 9T above), and copy of Amb's

draft of this cable.

DIR 85039 - Disoussed with Mr.'Alexis Johnson of State this afternoon Amb Manh's telegram

requesting ODENVY officer travel MEXI for consultation on OSWALD case and other possible

MEXI leads.

Mr. Johnson is asking ODENVY expedite travel such officer and is enlisting

assistance of Deputy Attorney General KAIZENBACH in this matter.

Will advise.

DIR 85086 - (Refs MEXI T06T - para 93 above) Subj ref 18 LAVARADO nember of Frente de

FONSECA Amador and Juan LORIO (possibly iden w/JuRn LORILLO in ref) all well known Nic

communists.

MANA 4609 - (Ref: MEXI 7067 pare 93 above) (also see para 82 above) - Full name Subj Is

Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte, B. 31 Jan 40 Cludad Rame, Zelaya, Nio.

Subj, & mechanio, son of

CervIlO ALVÁRADO and Zo1la de ALBARADO. Subj about 5'4", 135 lb, brown eyes, dark brown

hair, dark complexion. Subj was Informant for N1o Security Service from 62 unt1l Aug 63

when his connection with Security discovered by FuN.

After he "blown" in Aug 63, he rec'd

Bmall payment from Sec Serv and said he planned go El Salvador.

He told, Security he would

write 1f he obtained any info of value. On 4 Oct Nic Serv reo'd letter from Subj in Mexi

dated 2 Oct.

Subj said he in position get info on 2 groups in Nexi, and mentioned E. TORRES,

probably Edelberto TORRES, as being Involved one group.

Subj signed letter Jose UGARIE,

pseudo asaigned to him by Nio Serv; and gave address as Calz. Chavacana No. 142, Next 8.

Nio Serv has had no contact with him since this letter.

Subj was ultimate source several

Station Info reports, Including HNM 740, 742, 753, and 762, which prepared from liaison

info.

He appeared to be fairly good informant with good access to FLN info.

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considered him good informant, but said he might be inclined exeggerate.

Should case

develop to point where Maxi and Has believe desirable break ALVARADO, Station could

probably arrange have Nio officer who handled him come Mexi to question him.: Rolando

ALVARADO Lopez, member Nic Commie Party (PSN), 18 ALVARADO's uncle. Juan LORIO Garcia,

nember, of Central Coumittee of PSN, traveled MANA to MEXI on 14 Sept and returned to Nic

on 17 Oot. Carlos FONSECA Amador, well known leader of FIN, last reported in Honduras

as of early Nov.

DIR 85066 - Furtber to DIR 85039 (para 114 above) Mr.. Johnson has informed me that Mr.

KATZENBACH spoke with C/ODENVY who contended that MEXI ODENVY office possessed all relavent

info and that he was not disposed to send ODENVY officer to MEXI. PIs advise 2). Whether

ODENVY: Moxl does in fact have necessary info bj Is 1t desirable in your opinion that ODENVY

do send agent to MeXI?

DIR 85178 - (Refs Mexi |7069, 7072 - pare 96 and 97 above) Amo Mann's message relayi to

addressees.

Decisiop will be cabled after they confer.

In your investigation, suggest

you contaot ALVARADO's Nic case officer in Mexi and ask him whether ALVARADO has ever told:

him this story or anything Ilke 1t.

You can do this without further authorization.

you not take any action to re-arrest DURAN or arrest others without approval from here..

Presume you are checking to see whether ALVARADO ever made phone calls to the American

Embassy he claims to have made.

DIR 85198 - (Ref, DIR 85178 - para 118 above) We feel investigation and analysis of

ALVARADO's story should be pursued further before more executive action is taken..

of arresting DURAN, suggest she be put under close surveillance by KUBARK or by Mexi

authorities. Note ALVARADO's Clalm he 18 8t1ll working for Nic Service and MANA's belief

he was dropped in Aug 63.

DIR 85258 (Ref: MEXI 7093 - para 101 above) - ODENVY says OSWALD applied for memployment

Insurance in New Orleans on 17 Sept, one day before alvaredo says he saw him in Cuban Emb

Mex1. | ODENVY checking all airlines to see 1f he could have flown to MEXI by 18 Sept.

He was: In New Orleans on 25 Sept and left that day for Texas without paying his rent.

is belloved to have been without funds during this perlod. ODENVY says his New Orleans

landlady believes he wes there continuously between 17 and 25 Sept.. Above gives further

reason to belleye ALVARADO 18 fabricating.

DIR 85318 (Refs MEXI 7101 which states COS vas advised at 1215 MaXI time via LIe. & ECHEVERRIA

that SIlvis DURAN has been rearrested because she was attempting to leave Mexi for Cuba.

which been raised your cables last 48 hrs. You may provide questions to Mexi interrogators

but we do not want any Americans to caifront Silvia or be in contaot with her.

Advise

results interrogation.

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DIR 85797 (Ref: (MANA 4609 - para 116 above) Appreciate MANA Into tel. !Defer varu whewler

or not they want No case officer to assist in interrogation.

MEXI 7097 (Rof: | MEXT 7068 - para 95 above) Following 1s translation of a resume of

follow up conversation to ref. Source is LInvoY.

LIussor has copy

Tapes being saved.

HERNANDEZ ArMAS CALlE DORTICOS of Cuba at 1939 hrs. (see pera 110 above)

MEXI 7098 (Ref:! MEXI 7069 - para 96 above): Two Station officers interviewed ALVARADO In

safehouse again night 26 Nov with following results: Subj story remained substantially

same as in ref.

subj recognized photos of Cub imb personnel SilvIa DURAN, Fren01s00

LIAGOSTERA, ORUSTUS RuiZ,

Samuel PEREZ, i Rogelio RODRIGUEZ, RaUl APARICIO, ROlando EStEVA,

Heberto JORRIN, Oscar CONCEPCION, Antonio GARCIA; JOse FERNANDEZ ROs, Andres ARMONA,

Joaquin HORNiDEL Armas,

"Raul", Pereguins ALONSO, LUISA CALLERON, and Alfredo MIRABAL.

Did not know names of any but knew by sight and gave partial descriptions such as duties,

disposition, accent, etc., not discernable from,

Identified photo of Oscar CONCEPCION Mendoza as tall Cuban of pare 9 ret and. photo.

of Luisa CALDERON as pretty girl of para 12 ref.. Quickly identified New forleans mug shot !

of OSWALD supplied by ODENVY.

said was positive.of these identificationg. (Note, hitivoy

reveals CALDERON planning move into Cub Emb 25 Nov. / Said OSWALD had green passport in

pocket and Subj belleves he saw pistol in shoulder holster.

Said OSKALD wore long shoes

and had wrist watch with yellow metal band.. Deseribed how OSWALD slouched in chair in

Consulate walting room about noon 18 Sept, seemed to be at home, appeared to know and be

known by consulate

personnel., Said he heard OSWALD use Mexi slang expression "Cabron",

badly pronounced./ Subj reinacted conversation and money-passing scene of pare 10 and 11

rof using Statión officers as "props".

Conversation essentially same as ref except had

OSWALD use word "Kill" in first reply to negro, hence "You're not the man. I can kill him."

Said U.8. banknotes were in small pack, about quarter inch thick at most with paper band

which negro broke before counting out fifteen hundred dollars for extra expenses and five

thousand dollars as "advance": / Subj said he still sergeant Nie guardia civil.

Entered

Mexico Illegally without travel documents 29 Aug paying bribe at border having transited

Honduras, Salvador and Guatemala en route: Entered Mexi en 1961 mission for secret service

after contrived escape fron false arrest in Nic followed by perlod of asylum in Mexi Emb.

Said rec'd training at Fort Gulick, Canal Zone, in March 1956 (Note Subj only 16 yrs old

at that time).!: Subj says he has been to Cub Consulate on 2 or 3 Sget, 15 or 16 Sept,

18 Sept, 19 Sept, 26 Sept and 25 Not.

station photo coverage of Cub Emb did not include

consulate gate unt1l Oot, Subj not identified on photos of persons using Emb gate.

Subj

admits visiting Sovemb 6 or 7 times, about 4 times with IORRES:

Is sorewhat fuzzy on:

reasons for these visits, was not pressed for detail at this session.

Subj has not been

present quarters

receipt in true name.

/ : Subj appears completely cooperative.

Showing some signs of

fearing for safety.

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MEXT 7104 Amb Mam asks that following be passed to Sec. Rusk.

He presumes KUBARK and

ODENVY will be advised. Sinos my cable of yesterday (MEXI 7072 - para 97 above) there have

been three principal developments; 1) Amb HERMANDEZ. Armas at 1839 hrs lest evening called

DORIICOS of Cuba.

In this coversation, which like the firet iis taped,' DORTICOS expressed

continued concern over possibility that Mexi police had Interrogated Silvia about money.

ALVARADO, the No, was questioned by CAs officer until two a I. this morning.

This

officer was impressed by ALVARADO who has offered make himself avallable as a witness and

who is now hiding in place provided by CAS. We cannot guarantee ALVARADO's safety.

Wealth

af detail ALVARADO gives about events and personalities Involved with OSWALD in Cub Emb

is striking.

3) At 1215 hre Mex1 time 27 Nov. CAS officer was admised by phone by

Isave Maxi for Habana.

silvis to avoid any possibility she might escapt to Cuba and Inter be unavailable as

witness.

Since we had received no reply to yesterday's telegrem (MEXI 7072 - para 97 above)

we have not roquested Mexi gor to take! g any aotion against Silvia except to maintain

inoreased surveillance of her activities.

Echeverria later denied to LEGAT that he lad any

specifio conorete evidence that she was about to leave for cuba. We do not now know which

Echeverria statements are accurate.

It is quite possible, and even probable, that contre-

diotory statements made by Echeverria are explained by desire of COM to play down importance

of OSWALD visit here.

Mex1 line still is that OSWALD visit related solely to visa question.

Consistent | with this Echeverria stated to LEGAT that DORIICOS only Interested in finding

out whether Mexi authorities tried to pay a story fron Silvia:

This is obviously incrorrect

Interpretation. Neither LOPEZ Mateor nor Echeverria know of ALVARADO's story.

Pis note

that according Echeverria Silvia 1s being taken to Attorney General's office to which

Mexi press has easy access. Possiblity of habess corpus cannot be discounted but are

have as yet found no trace of the red headed Cub negro described by ALVARADO,

continuing our search for him. 5) In'addition to questions raised in yesterday's telegram

Washington should urgently consider feasibillty of requesting Mexi authorities to arrest .!

for interrogation, Musedie 14005 41189 cuttiod and alitedo yuralal.! lhe two men are

exemoty from arrest "Consuler officers, national of the state by which they are appointed,'

•and not engaged in any private occupation for gain" except "when charged with the comnission

of an act designated by local legislation as crime other than misdemeanor and subjecting

the Individual guilty thereof to punishment by imprisoment." We are checking to see whether

all of these individuals are on current consular 118t.

Even assuming they are, and assuming

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eliminate any possibility that Nexl Gor could use them as witnesses. We know that AZCUe

went to Habana on 18 Nor and we are not now. cortain that he or others are in Nexi at

present time.

6) While I realize (gepruous difficulty 1n giving us Instructions, I

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nevertheless feel obliged to point out agala that time 1a of the essence here. Mana"

Berto copy of abore to Amb at his request - 27 tor.; 63

MEXI 7105 (Refs DIR 85245 - not 1n files not abstraoted) 1.!

sending photostatic copy

of ten page statement by Silvia DURAN obtained from Echeverria by hand of Roger I. KINGMAN

in envelope addressed to GALBOND true name. 2. KINGMAN arrIving Dulles airport at 0800

Sorry no time to translate statement.

Also including 22 NoT Luisa CALDERON (Cuban

consular employee) talk to unknown man from LIENVOY. (pare 19 above)

MEXI 71O7 (RERS A. DIR 85178 - pare 118 above; B. DIR 85797 - para 122 above, C.

CIR 85258 - para 120 above) - 1)

ALVARADO story' after two Installments tends prove that

he has been in Cub Emb and knows some of employees by sight name or both.

Nothing more.

2) To resolve doubt only affective way is to have cooperation of MAJORJEREZ directed

by his Hqs In Interrogating ALVARADO.

If Hqs agrees suggest he be cable urgently to cooper-

ate without question with PBSWING officer who will contact him norning28 Rov.

wishes JEREZ be present during interrogation to throw all Nic official weight behind It,

but not to participate except In portions relative ALVARADO's alleged mission for, JErEz.

3) Station concedes outside possibillty this story could be SOMOZA gambit get ride of

CASTRO so defer to as re notion para 2.

Individual calls Cub Imb and says he 18 from Ultimas Noticias, talks with Luisa CALDERON Of LIENVOY

Commercial Department, that they have received a cable from Cuba saying they were protesting

to Mexico because of the bad treatment given a Cuban Embassy employee In Mexico in relation

with the visa requested by OSWALD, the Kennedy assassin. Luiss asks him to speak with the

secretary of the Ambassador.

The same Individurl (as para 129 above) speaks with Consuelo ESPERON, says hè 18 from.

LIENVOY

Ultimas Noticias and they received a cable from Habana saying an employee of the Cuban

Embassy had been badly treated by Relaciones Exteriores (Foreign Relations) when trying

to find out about OsWALd's passport and the assassination of Kennedy, and he: wants to:

find out 1f it 18 true.

Consuelo pays no attention to the question and asks 1f the cable

was received directly from Habana. The individual only says that Cuba has protested to

Mexico about this behavior. Consuelo is going to find out, and then she tells him that

there they kaow nothing, that they have no news about this. The individual says he is going.

that the Ambassador's secretary, Peregrina ALONSO, 18 going to speak.

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a radio broadcast from labana which said that Minister raul ROA announced that they had

sent a protest to Amp. Gilberto BOSQUES of Mexico against the conduct of the Mexican

passport of OSWALD. Peregrine says she has no news of this. The head of information says

"of the protest, but was there an arrest? peregrina insists that she knows nothing.

Cos sent letter to JC (KING), vie John forton, with copies of report prepared by jIlEMPO-4

(pare 107 above,

DIR 85245 - Dept of Justice prepering report on thole case and will want to include

detalled date on OSWALD's Next activities. LIENYOY Info cannot be used, but statements

of SilvIa DURAN which carry essentially same import could be used without compromising

Next sources.

Therefore, request you cable in translated version of her statements and

inadvertant compromise of LIENVoY.

NEW YORK TIMES - Trail Of OSWALD In Mexioo Vague.

women and a man. Raul LUSBANO, MexI Immigration agent at Nuevo Inredo port of entry,

said this (sa1lor's uniform) from his récollections of oswald.....

NEW YORK TIMES - Cube Attributes Murder to Right.

Cube supported Mosoon's theory today

that the "fer right" was responsible for the assassination.

OSWALiD made the statement in a x conversation with an anti-Castro Cuban who was posing

as & Cestro supporter according to Carlós BRINGUIER, New Orleans delegaté to the Cuban

Student Directorate.. Authorities learned that OSWALD, during & sumper 1p New Orleans

•before going to dallas, tried to join the anti-Communist group.

BRINGUTER regarded OSWALD

with suspicion and later saw him distributing pro-Castro literature

BRINGUIER, & 29 y7

"old Hevanan who manages a dry-goods store..i

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Wilton HALL talks with Vanda SUMMER.

Wi says sad about kennedy., the worse is what is

this behind it. very strande. Wi does not doubt that OSWALD had all these connections,

but OSWAIiD could have been hired by someone on the Right to kill Kennedy. WH thinks that

F.B.I. believes that he had an acoompliœe. It would be impossible for one man to fire

that many times in that shoft of time.

Had to have an aocomplica.. A lot to come out yet.

(This not In OSWALD file. It 18 11 P-8324, Vol. 2)

Folder on left side of Vol. 2 of Hotel Registrations and travel of OSHALD given to cas

by Echeverria,

170, 1026 a eat ting that to rotten the detent a lou Sing a 0d RelatIonis

between Cuba and Moxico.

EL DIA - The Amszing Puzzle of the Dallas Police. Written by El Dis correspondent,

Leopoldo ARAGON.

Article on discrepencies of OSWALD as the "only" klller.......

The incognitos continue. The rumors

continue.

The 40,000 dollars found in OSWALD's

house. A paid assassin? An assassin silerced by the bullet of someone or some who feered

they might be Implicated?. ....

STATE TELEGRAM SENT SECSTATE 1201 FLASH (Roger Channel) For Sec Rusk and Alexie Johnson:

Amb. Mann's tolegram Bays Many thanks for your telegram 961 (not in file).

Perhaps I

should desoribe briefly the background for my recommendations on the OSWALD case.

whother we want them to continus with investigation.

o) Mexicans are pressing us for

Immediats agroement that DURAN should be turned loose but kept under surveillance.

shall we Bay.

Request immediate anster to this specific question.

If ALVARADO 18

not ito be turned over to Mexioans what do we do with him? Shall we send him to the States

interrogetion?

Shell Embassy give him polygraph test here? Or shall we do something

else and 1f 8o what?

DIR 85371 (Ref: DIR 85318 - not in I1le, not abstracted) To be certain there is no

misunderstanding between us, we want to Insure that neither Silvia DURAN por Cubans get

Impression that Avsricans behind her re-arrest. In other words, we want Mexi authorities

to take responsibillty for whole affair.

you rege it aot likely duested instruction will be Portacoming prior a a tal

end ODENVY has jurisdiction.

Both ODACID and KUBARK attempting follow their wishes.

For your private iaformation, there distinct,feeling here in all three agencies that

LIFEAT

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And is pushing this case too hard and thet ve could well Greate flep with Cupans whioh

could have serious repercussions. Understand from Mr. Johnson that he sent telegram

ODACID channels to Apb this afternoon attempting to give him better perspective on this

whole problem.

We hope this will be of some assistance in reducing his pressures on you.

DIR 85653 - ODENVY says their fOllow-up Investigation BI OSWALD's aotivitles has produced

"rollable indications" that he was in New Orleans on 19 Sept 63. Inis, coupled with

earlier evidence that he vas in New Orleans applying for unemployment lisurance on 17 Sept

a cu pant a vong haa l 5t, a to go ad to be reset and 1 sept a edier to be

With this added info,

beliove Mexi can confidently regard ALVARADO es febricator and tallor interrogation

accordingly.

Perhaps he might respond to suggestion thet he has been having delusions

• and needs psychietric treatment.

DIR 85654 - We have just beard by phone fron Kingman, who is at homs, that Maxi evaluation

Of ALVARADO stoxy may have been seriouely warped by a plece of misipformation whichkes -

arept into this case,

From conversations with your offiver, Klaguas nas ine supress un

Liar they believe thiere is olher evidenue laRi OSWAlD incie a bank deposit of 5,000 dollare

U.S. after he got brok from 'Mexi on 3 Oct.

ALVARADO's story that he saw OSWALD get 5,000 for the job and 1,500 for expenses..

SEORET

erroneous. Pls check it with ODENVY there.

We have advised ODENVY that this rumor exdsts

/ We cen readily see how this piece of misinformation would mislead you. Pls

or any other body.

and origin of rumor about 5,000 doller bank deposit. Ple reply immediate.

DIR 85655 (Rets DIR 85469 - Para 141 above) To supplement our position as outlined 1a

rof, we wish to streis there should be no let dom in your effort to follow all leads

and investigate all lacts which bear on this case. We have by no means excluded possibility

that other as yet unknown persons may have been involved or even that other powers may

have played a role. Pls continue all coverage of Sor and Cub Installations and your liaison

with Mexioans.

MANA 4613 (Refs; A.

DIR 85616 - not In filel, not abstracted, B. MEXI 7107 - pare 128 above)

Stetlon. requested ERYTHROID-1 cooperation Next thru Major JERUZ and If possible by sending

ERYTHRO ID- 3 Mexi.

suggestion use JEREZ but agreed Immediately send E-3. Station agreed pay E-3 expenses

he has

been working other langle, penetrate Cubans and E-3 will be able to assist in getting

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feots straight.

In spite Next 721} (not In f1le, not abstracted) believe 1t of value

E-3 travel Next and contaot Station officer this

case. Advise

flash..

DIR 85661 (Refs MEXT 7213 - not In f1lo, not abetreated, MANA 4613- PATE 145 abote)

Do not turn ALVARADO over to the Mexicans.

We have officially asked ODENVY for their

position on this move, and pending ODENVY's answer and our final consideration, ALVARADO

over to the Mexicans!/ Pis note complicating factor an that ALVARADO may be la Nic agent

too. MANA pla advise Its views. He agree ERIHYROID 3 should go Mexi and be reachable

at Nio Emb to be at Mexi disposal. / For Mexis.

Note ODENVY man Larry Keenan NOW in Mexi

was sent especially to follow up leads on entire assassination. Pla cooperate with him fully.

DIR 85663 - ODENVY Liaisop officer officially advises that ODENVY requests that KUBARK

turn ALVARADO over to Mexican authorities and thet KUBARK request Mexican authorities to

interrogate ALVARADO in detail. /jODIVY reports that it understand that maxi authoricles

have & capability of polygraphing and requests that KUBARK request Mexd authorities that he

be polygraphed. I / ODENVY expressed desire to have the results of the inebrogation as 300n

as possible and that the legal Attache be kept advised of developnents.

/ ODENVY takes

the position that inasmuch as Silvia DURAN may be released sometime today (28 Nov) according

to Into which ODENVY has from LEGAI, ALVARADO should be turned over to Mexicans as soon as

/ Mexi Station 1s

Give full cooperation to the

This turnover 1s made without prejudice to KUßARK's future role in this case.

Whether we ever resume direct contact with ALVARADO will be dedided

on its. merits when

the issue atises.

Delighted have ERYTHROID 3.

Time will be set by phone.

he should be able arrive 28 Noy. give him number 20196-24 and ask for Sr. David. Pls

furnish Identifying date. / I! KUBARK interrogation in E 3 presence unsatisfactory retain

alternative of turnover to GOM.) ERYTHROID? (LEN) arriving Mexi Iaca flt 400, 0945

Will make contact per ref.

Have suggested he stay either hotel Geneve or Reforma

to facilitate reverse contact 1f desired by Mexi.

/E-1 and E-3 have been told only

thet ALVARADO appears have some infor bearing on OSWALD. /E-3 speaks English, cooperates

vety olosely. with Stetion,

He knows. ALVARADO.very. well and knows all details his past...

messages thru out channels for security land MANA will relay to 1-1.: DIR 85663 (para 147

above, just raceived.

Believe best not!

change travel plans 5-3. Suggest advisability Mexi

discuss with ODENVY withholding turnover to Mexi authorities until after arrival 5-3.

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much more Iikely solve riddle then ICFLUTTER, especially view CON power control hia future.

MANA 4615 (Rels MANA 4614) - para 148 above) - IDEN Franklin Anthony WHEELOCK Garcia.

Born Managua 21 feb 24.

Brown hair, green eyes, 5'8", weight 170 Ibs. WHEELOCK 18

captain netione, chief ant1 Communist section, office of national security.

MANA 4617 - PIs InfOrm MANA soonest whether or not still desireable ERYTHROID-3 travel.

IP not request permission inform ERYTHROID ALVARADO 11 hands Mexi authorities.

DIR 85616 - In the face of mounting evidence that ALVARADO 18 fabricating his story of

soing OSWALD take money in Cub Emb, urge you fallow up with his local NIC case officer and

avall yoursell of the help of the lie service, which & can|send ERIHYROID 3, A good

KUBARK asset, to help in interrogation.

We find it Incredible that the fubans would

brief and pay an 288a881n 1n front of t & Nio Interloper. We think it possible or even

Ilkely that ha has been 10 and out of Cub Emb as e N1c agent trying to Inflltrate cubal

OSWALD wore glasses. The fact that ALVARADO 18 & calm, nice and intelfigent young man

does not mean he is not fabricator. FYI we and other agencies are being flooded by

fabrications on the OSWALD case from several continents sone originating with people on the

Iringes of the intelligence business..

such fabrications are not usually done for money,

but out al sickly fanoy and a desire to get jato the intel game. / We do not| think it a

remarbable goinoidence that both DORTICOS and ALVARADO talk about noney paid to OSWALD.

For one thing, pay for an assassin 1s a factor which immediately rises in the mind of

expert and laymen alike. Secondly, DORTICOS may pave heard through sone Russian or Cuban

source in the Merl government that DURAl was

asked whether the fubens paid OSWALD for the

alleged assignment.

"Whtle we do not insist that ALVARADO's story is beyond all belief

we do urge that Maxi place it and ALVARADO under the nost searching scrutiny. His interro-

gators must probe deaply into pis make-up and lead him back througa the though processes

which may have led him to i make this possiblo mis-step.

In securing confessions of

¿ fabrication, a sympethatio attitude, stressing awareness of the severe mental strain

the subject must be under, and with' generous recognition of his "basically fine macivation"

coupled with promises of face-saving secrecy, and even specious hopes of "useful" future

cooperation are often effective.

Human Hours must be devoted to these tactica. "Have

Just received Mex1 7107 - pera 128 above - Conour that MANA lend all assistance and Induce

No service to cooperate.

Think there is just no possibility that this is a Nic frame-up,

but hope N1d cooperation will prove holpful.

with brief explanation be

Consulate 18 Sept., admits 1s in Mexi Illegally, admits CP membership, visits to Sovemb,

claims thet Cuban Con now involved in doumenting him with false Mexi papers for travel

to Cuba,

Latter point alone would give Mexi authorities good reason to subject hiin to

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detailed interrogation.

/ With Egs approval of turn-over Station would plan no further

contact with ALVARADo.

MEXI 7114 (Refs DIR 85654 - para 143 above) Mr. Clark Anderson, LEGAT, told COS and Amb

Mann of rumor that "OSWALD had deposited five thousand dollars in a bank in the U. S."/

On 27 Nov. Amb in presence COS, asked Anderson about this again and Anderson sala rumor was

on I.V, and radio in Mexi, Anderson said he had no info from his Has to confirm or deny

this. He said he would check his Has. / COs has not heard rumor but feels sure Anderson

or some of his office did hear this.

for 5,000 dollar payment.

MEXI 7215 LITAMIL, 9| reported 27 Nov after Silvia DURAN first arrost vas publlo Inor ledge

that there great deal discussion of this in Emb.

She back in office 25 Nov and seemed

quite pleased with her performance:

Her account Interrogation contained little new except

police had threatened her with extradition to U. S. to fact OSWALD. She had no fear of

confrontation. Ing said there almost no discussion In Emb. Staff peeting 23 Noy very

expressions of pleasure.

Indeed her version mich less detailed. Neither I-T of I-9 had any personal lowledge

OSWALD presence Cub Emb at any time.

MEXI 7117 (see para 148 above) (Rel: MANA 4613 - para 145 above)

MEXI 7118 (Refs DIR 85371 - para 141 above) Note second pickup which made on dou Inltiative

without prior consultation with Station or FBSWING obviously evidence great desira Mexi

authorities to be of service.

Immediately after pickip Echeverris had received Instructions

fIon LITENSOR personally pot to release DURAN until CURIIS said 8o. At Has request CURTIS

furnished Interrogation questions to Echeverria night 27 Nov. In view ref felt no alterna-

tive but inform Boheverrie neither CURTIS nor PBSWING making official request for her

continued detention. Decision so relesse mist be theirs.

This was done at 1200 noon

on 28 NOv.

MUXI 7119 (Befs DIR 85245 - pare 132 above) Hare furished LEGAT all pertinent info from

LIENVOY on OSWALD case, Including brief memo dated 16 Oct 63 on OSWALD's contacts with

pqints:.. A. We wished him cite KUBARK as the source of all info he receives from this

A great deal of our

Info as he knows, comes from sensitive, and some of from technical operetions and all of

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Check names

OLUILL!!

oited KUBARK as the source and putithe control statement on out info. He says however,

that ho has no control over his Hqs and their distribution of KUBARK or any other info.

/ ALSO, FYL LUGAI believes Justice Dept (outside his organization) taking actions und not

mder control LEGAT's Hgs.

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MEXI 7124 (REF, DIR 95663 - pera 147 above) COS 1n contect with Echeremia at 1450 hours

and Echoverria grateful that ALVARADO being turned over to gobernacion. / Echevercia was

gIven ALVARADO's f present address and alias under which he registered. Mexicand will

plok him up and question him on basis of very brief story given Echeverrie by COS. /

Scheveris advises that upless significant developments from present interrogation of

Silvia DURAN (based upon questions furnished by COS 2T Nov) or from interrogation of

ALVARADO, DURAN will be released during night 28 Nov or early morning 29 Nov. / Echeverria

advised COS that Mexi Gov had refused to ascept "muy grosero" (very rude) note of protest

handed to Amb BosQues in iabana yesterday by Raul ROA, Cub foreign minister. / Will advise

any results that become available from Maxi Interrogation of ALvARADo.

DIR 85667 (Rol: MEXT 7120 - pare 158 above) No fluent Spanish speaking flutter man evail-

able at all.

For reasons of security and compartmentatiod, prefer not to hare KUBARK

operator double tracked with Mexi operetor.

Would only confuse case.

Prefer wait until

all Maxi resources exhausted before we decide if we went to resume management of case,

Including ICFLUTIER. / Seasoned operators avallable here on short notice..

Memo to LEGAT from COS, Subjects Gilberto Nolasco ALVARADO Ugarte; On the morning of

26 Nov an officer of thes Section, accompanted by Mr. Plambeck of the Security Office,

Intervieved Subj in a parked der on the south edge of the oity,

The following statements,

unless otherwise noted, are those of the Subjeat, ete., etc. (Complete info on ALVARADO

up to time of his arrest on 28 Nov.)

HMMA 22545 - Attached 1s a reel of tape containing three conversations reported in

res (MIXI T068 - para 95 above).

Unsigned letter to Mr. Mann (probebly Crackpot) naming people and places in the OSWALD case.

MEXI 7125 (Ref: DIR 85672 - PIs continus to keep ua filled in on status of Interrogations

-of SIlyia DURAN, ALVARADO,-and-others-implicated as fast as you can get info.. We have no

other ready source of info on these cases.

Request you utilize

capable lofficer for lizison

with Gobernacion to skim off details and relay them to your office for cabling to us at

regular intervals.

Request status report, even negative, by 0900 hrs. Be sure to keep us

informed of what Info if any 1s leaked to publio Information media there.) Echeverria

advised COS early on

29 Nov that Silvia DURAT ageln released.

She feleased at about 1900

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hrs on 28 NoV. / DURAN 1s under olose survelllance and will be apprehended any time info

received to warrant.

she still appears; to Mexicans to have been involved only in busipess

of possible Cub and sor visas for OSWALD. / Will report soonest on ALVARADO Interrogation.

MEXI 7126 (Refs A. MAXI 7125 - Para 164 above B. DIR 85672 - para 164 above) LITEMPO 4

with whom BENADUM and COS dealing directly at suggestion of Echevercia will keep us

advised of interrogation of ALVARADO as 1t progresses, / LTIEMPO 4 states that his first

oral report will be ready at 1100 hrs on 29 Nov. BeNADUM will be in direct contact

with LluMpo 4 at that time and COS will send date as soon as obtalned. COS 1s handling

case since LITENSOR, LITEMPOS and LIENVOY Involved and need to see IIIENSOR, LIELEGANT,

ECHEVARRIA and others (no one of whom speaks Eaglish): Also continuous LiaisOn with Amb

and ODENVY necessary and COS wishes control these personally.

MEXI 7127 - LITEMPO 4 reported at 1130 hre that ALVARADO claims that he present inside

Cub Eub when OSWALD given: 6,500 dollars,

SaMe BUOrY gIVEn MeXyCans as AuVArAdo gave

One difference is that ALVARADo failed identify Silvia DURA from several

continues. | ALVARADO has up to now been "suave" and friendly.

1s tougher. / ALVARADO has also claimed he here lin 1961 on mission for No service and

gives same story re present visit as he gave Stetion (namely, he avalting documentation

as & vexi to be furnighed him py Cub authorities, for & trainiig mission in sabotage,

LITEMPO 4 "doubts" story and will begin work

welcome this. / Above given orally to LEGAT.

MEXI 7128 (Pef: DIR 85712 - Tline is of essenpe in reporting what the Mexicans are learning

[TOm ALiVARADO and Silvia DURAN.

Up to now, we have been re-writing and relaying every-

thing you report over to ODiNVY igs, which results in some unavoidable delay. le would like

pls satisfy your-

self that ODINVY there has adeguate commo facilitias and secretarial staff to beep its

Has informed as last as you keep us informed, and advise us on this. / Il you find that

ODENVY there does not have adequate, conno or staff and wants to rely on us to relay the

material, they may of course send messages right through our channels, of you can rely

on us to relay the info as we have been. / Ip any case, be sure you indicate on all cables

whether ODENVY Mexi has been given the same jnfo.) ODENVY 18 locally being advised by COs

of everything Station leams concerning OSWALD case and,

chief eDENvY and to Amb orally then subsequently advises ODENVY by memo.

/ Has is assured

that all info known to Station on these cases 1s being given to them and shortly after info obtaiaia,

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MEXI 7137 (ROP, MEXI 7068 - prA 95 abOve - MEXI 709T - para 123 above) COPY Of LIENVOY

tapes of. odaversations references pouched 29 Noy by RYBAT pouch HMMA 22545.

DIR 85669 (REP, MANA 4617) - para 150 above) - Feel BRYAYROID 3 Bhould go Mext even though

ALVARADO may be in Maxi hands.

Assune he can be used as consultant at least, that he will

kaow whether he can and should contact Moxi authorities, and that Maxi y1ll clear any

active use we make of him with the ODINVY rep.

ODENy here knows he is coming to Mexi

to help. / At 1830 wash time, which is about 1630 your time, we have no further news or

requests. He are going home but can be baok and on the wire on shost notice..

DIR 85672 (see para 165 above)

ALVARADO story & fantastio l1e, after second session and all previous and interim interrog-

atlons, ALVARADO sticks to same story re OSHALD. LINIMPO 4 stetes "Although this st1ll

preliminary, either ALVARADO 1s telling truth essentially lor is the best liat I have talked

to in my many years and I' have talked to some of the piggest." LINIMPO 4 "spolined"

believe ALVARADO telling truth in general outlino; but belloves he mised up on dates.

chief ODACID by COS. Sourco was described as "Mexican official.'

72.

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sessions for perlod bata begiming|airca 1 Deos also que factor that one agent (LIJENNII-1)

out of touch with Soy c/d and that another agent (LINILE-}) out of country...eto,, eto.

agents LICRAVE 1 and

LICUFF 1, LICANTY I|may also have opportualty neet sove le Station wants.

Memo to INCAI from COS, Subjeat: Silvia Tirado de DURAI - 'Atteched is a copy of a 10 pego

statement of info obtained by Gobernacion during the first detention of Subj.

DIR 85712(Ref Dis 856T2 -para 165 above) see para 167 above

*DIR 86012 (Refs MEXI 7160' - para 172 above) STAIION's double agents obviously cannot

direct pointed question to c/o's but should be alert to and report any comments on case.

as to general

effect events expected

/ In Inbtrudting agents station should not of course

ale any ret to OSWALD/DURAN/ALVARADO et al. Or to Investigative measures being taken.

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177. 30 NOV.

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1200

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179. 1 Dec.

SEUKE!

MEXI 7168 (Ref: MEXI 7156 - pare 171 above LIVEMPO 4 and ETHYROID 3 met evening 29 Nov

"unofficially" and E 3 reported on ALVARADO's background. He told LITEMPO 4 that ALVARADO

bad been "seventy five percent accurate" in his reporting and had lad access and furnished

good, info on communism in pest. le sala, however, that alvarado inclined "go off op his

own' at times, and impossible control. / At 1030 hours on 30 Nov tulumpo 4 is reported to

cos that ALVARADO has signed a statement saying that his story of seeing OSWALD inside

cub Emb is completely false. le also stated that he had not seen anyope handed money by

Sub con officers. He said too that he had not called the U. s. Emb (as previously clalmed)

n 20 Sept to wary them. He said his first call to the U. S. Emb was on 25 Noy the evening

he saw the U.s. Emo security officer, / AlVARado still claltis that the remaineer of his

story, the parts sbout visits to the cub con and plans for his (false) documentation as

a Nexi and plans to go to Cube for sebotage training are true. LIEMPO 4 st111 inclined

believe these portions of story. / ALVARADO stated his motive was to try to get the U.s.A.

to take action against Fidel CASIRO. He states he hates CASTRO passionately and thought

his presentation,, If he could have his story believed, would help to make the U.S.A, take

forceful astion against CAstro. / Oiivy being intormed of above.

a eutenant othere to a tave a teton er de ine are ate to pa san.

as the others in the group.

The Lieutenant Insists and asks if he (the photographer) 1g

from the press or from where and what will the police do with him. 109 does not know

but he will investigate.

Amb BERNANDEZ: Armas calls Subsecretary GOROIIZA and Bays the following, "Pardon me for bothe ring

you but I want you to know what has happened. " The Amb reports about the demonstration

of pare fil above, and getting to the point, requests thet coholt try not to nave anyuning

published in the press, nor piotures published...

DIR 86064 (Ref: MAXI 7168 - para 176 above) White House, OPACID, nad ODENVY here all

advised alvArado confessed he fabricated his story. Pls give LIlEMPO 4 our official thanks.

I Because the resalution of this case will be closely scrutinized in the up-coming review

of this entire epfsode, ple ascertala and cable details of how the confession vas gutulue?

what threats, propises, Inducements, and tactios were used by LIpIMPO 4. Was ALVARADO

physically mistreated? Much? Ple learn whether ALVARADO actually did heer the false

radio report about OSWALD's making a 5,000 dolllar bank deposit and use that in his story.

/ MANA abd MEXI pis clArIfy vita ERYTHROID 3 and N10 milltery attache wether ALVARADO...

Question of whether oswald asted solely on his own has still not been finally resolved..

SEQRET PIs oBble any results i second interrogation of Silvia DURAN when you get it.

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See para 1D9

NOB

,180 on previous page)

181. 2 DEC.

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DIR 06054 - Has has received report that on day of Pres Kennedy's assassinetion (22 Nov)

Cubana aircraft delayed its departure Mexi City five hours from 1700 to 2200 awaiting

Important passenger who arrived Mexico City airport in private twin motor aircraft at 2130

hours Med time. Passenger transferred directly to Cubana plane without going through

customs or innigration. Iravelled in pllots cabin to habana,

Above from Killer diplomat

who passenger on same plane to labana.. Fequest you attempt identity and determine reabou

unusuel actions at airpori.

Contents of para 179 above sent to IIIEMPOS?? No indication; however stated on the Xerox

copy of the Info 1s co sent to 50-6-91/4 (LIIEMPO f1le)

NEW YORK TIMES - OsWaldUB Mother Places Blame on Federal and Dallas officers.

she asks

ny defector was not being watched - Insists til shoes tet rubys photo before son tas

Killed.

by Jack Lengguth. ...... Also article on "Osweld Had Applied to a Swiss School".

AMEMBASSY Mex100 CIty A-631 - Mex1oo Rejects Cuban Wote on Oswald Case. -Ihe Mexican and

Cuban Governments have clashed over the Investigation conducted by Mexi police Into the

activitles.of OSWALD while he was in Mexi from 26 Sept to 3 Oot. Mext Foreign Minister

Manuel TELLO announced on 28 Noy that the Mexi Amb to Cuba, Gilberto BOSQUES, had been

Instructed to return as "unacceptable" the Cub Gov's note of 26 Nov which had protested

MEXT 7199 - HMM 8104 On 30 Nov approfimately 35 to 40 persons picketed in front of tila

Cuban Emo..... (same as para 178 above)

Unidentified woman outside (WO) calle for New York Times Correspondent, Peter KISS, and

asks for Ivan ALFIERIV,

Not In,

Then the Amb.

, to call tomorrow. WO asks, 1f

anyone knows when OSWALD went to the Sov Emb to request a visa.

Man inside says call

tomorrow at 9 and talk with someone else.

Woman Outside (WO) calling for Feter KIHIT, New York Times correspondent, asks for the

Cuben Amp and PEREGRINA says call beck in 15 minutes, then asks what Sr. KIHFF wants to

talk with the Amb about. Wo says he wants to talk personally with the Amb.

Woman O tside (WO) calling for feter KIHFP asks if| the (Cuben) Amb has arrived and

Peregrine says yes, that the Amb will speak with KJHFF..

WO says KIHFF left, but she herself

would like to interviey the Amb in order to get some data about OSWALd's stay in Mexi.

Pergerine says. When the Amb oomes I shall slye him your message, Il you will give me the

no so the

SECRET Amb, the telpphone 18 25-53-23 or 25-53-24. Peregrina faked the mave see

I, ENVOY

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188. 2 Dec.

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Cerlos SANCHEZ asks Peregrina (of Cuban Emb) 1f his application arrived.

Peregrina

says to wait a moment.

Then SANcHez talks with the Amb. The Amb asks with whom does

SANCHEZ want to talk, SANCHEZ says with PEREGRINA. Amb says to wait a moment. Incomplete

First page missing. Check LIENVOY.

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189. 2 Dec.

1003 Check.

Check Richard BEYMER.

190.

2 Dec.

True? Check.

191. 3 Dec.

Att not in OSWALD file

ALVARADO P-86?9.

Not in OSWALD file-Richard BEYMER, North American, calle Cub Emb from Acapulod and talke with Lujoa CALDERON LIENvoY

and asks about Silvia DURAN. Luisa says SIlvia should be in her house right now.

Richard asks 1f Silvia 1s hurt. Luisa says no, that she has only bruises probably

because they grabbed her erm very tight but that it is not serious. She (Luisa)

adds that she cannot explain by telephone and asks when Richard will be coming to

Mexico City, Richard says "This depende on you people... Anything (new) known about

Cuba?"

Luiss, after consulting with someone, responds that there 18 not an answer

yet, but that today a plane will be coming in from Cuba and possibly something will

arrive by diplomatio pouch, and for Richard to call again tomorrow..

Richard asks 1f

Silvia st1ll works at the Emb. Luisa respondscertainly she does. Riohard will call

Is

MEXT 7203 (I REES DIR 86064 - Para 180 above) Follong from ERYTHROID 3 to Stetion

Officer 1800 2 DeCs BRYTHROID 3 BAW ALVARADO afternoon 2 Deo for first time.

lasted only seven minutes.

(Previous meeting had been leid on by Mexicans but ER THROID 3

was not contaoted as planned). In brief interview in company two Mexi Officials

ALVARADO reyerted to previous story. Claimed he did see OSWALD, did call PBSWING to

report. (PESWING Investigation does not support-latter statement.) Said he told

Mexicans ho fabricating because he vas "mentally mistreated", specifioally because of

threat be would be hung by testioles. Not actually physically mistreated. / ERYTHROID

He asked and received

permission éscort ALVARADO to MANA lon 4: Dec. ERYTHROID 3 said he naturally unable

come to any defihite conclusion as to ALVARADO veracity but would be able to do so

once he returned MANA and had chance complete interogation.

ERYTHROID 3 reported

gist above to his HOS MANA afternoon 2 Dec. I Above being reported to Amb and ODENVY.

Memo to LEGAT, Subjects Gliberto ALVARADO Ugarte - Attached i8 & copy of an interrogation

report based upon-the Mexi interrogation of Subject. =| (not in OSWALD file, that 16,- the attachment)

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Memo to LEGAT, Subject:

Conversations between Cuban President Osvaldo DortIcos and

Cuban Ambassador to Mexiço, Joaquin HERNANDEZ Armas on 26 Nov 63. 1 Attached are twu

transoripts of conversations... (These transcripts are in' the LIENVOY tech chrono

fille, they are also in the OSWALD P-file with dispatch to Has transmitting tapes and

transoripts.) Note by RIGGs.

Peter KIHFf of the New York Tima tella LEONOV of the Sov Emb that he is very Interested LIENVOY

1p Intervlewing Amb BAZAROV apout, OSWALD's stay in Mexico!

LeONOV will give the message.

Memo to LEGAT, Subj!

Assessination of Pres John F. Kennedy Nov 22, 1963 at Dallas, Texas

On 2 Deo a person identifying himself &s Luis FERNANDEZ Gonzalez,

cit of Honduras,

appeared af Emb Reception Desk of U.S. Emb and said he had info of interest concerning

MLN and his loader 18 queuntemo e CARDINAS of Youth Section of MuN.

Said he knew Saul

Seid that on/about 28 sept he met one John WHITE who

to Hotel de la Selve for, the dey. / .. FERNANDEZ said WHITE and LOPEZ left| Mexi for

Monterey In LOPEZ' automobile (knows this because he ves invited to go/too) / Gave

filthy, heavily bearded and had every appearance of a penniless tremp. / Inasmuch, as

It appears FERNANDEZ; 1s an opportunist..... no further action ds belleved werranted.

MAXI 7209 (Ref: MEXI 7203 - pera 190 above) Amb| Mann sent cable to Mr. Alexds

Johnson redounting contents of ref; and recommending that ODENVY and KUBARK consider

sending experts (Including ICFLUTIER operator) to MANA to a Interrogate ALVARADO.

NEW YORK TIMES - Oswald Below Average In Junlor High. Article about OSWALD's early

school years with low averages, however no indioation of being a trouble maker, an

absentee of in need of psychiatrio care.. On personal history statement under general

hoalth he wrote "abnormal eardrum in left ear".

NEW YORK TIMES - Oswald's Irip to Mexico in sept was & Lonely Venture, Inguiry Shows.

T-Day Vist's cost put at under $30.. He is believed to have made no political Contaots

while on Quest for Cuban Visa.

by peter KISS (pare 185, 186 and 193 apove) -..

OSWALD traveled Iron' Nuevo Laredo on 26 Sept via Iransportes Frontera to. Mexi leaving

about 2 feet long.

OSWALD ate there once.

It is belleved OSWALD left

He vanished from his cheap apartment there on that day without baving paid

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his rent. He is belleved to have hital-hiked to luredo on the American side of the

border where he arrived 26 Sept.

¡It was his custom to travel by hitch-biking.

was presumed he hitch-hiked north to Dallas from Laredo on hie return from Mexi City.

He arrived In Dallas the evening of Oct 3 and chocked into the Dallas Y.M.C.A. The

distance from Laredo to Dallas 18:475 miles. Sebastian PEREZ Hernandez, desk clerk

of the Hotel Comercio, said OSWALD had arrived alone and had left early in the mornings

and come back late at night, and that he had had no risitors.

NEW YORK TIMES • FBI Hopes to Compile Assassination Data Soon. FBI Denies Showing

Mrs. OSWALD Ruby Photo.....FBI report to Pres. Johnson will be & narrative eccount

In minute deta11.. If 1t follows the pattern of other fBI Investigative reports,.

It will stick to poltive statements of what happened, dismissing baseless rumors

by not mentioning them....…X™&NK:RXHX!X

FBI denied showing a picture of Ruby

to MIS. OSWALD before fatal shooting of OSWALD by Ruby (Writer's note: The picture

shown to Mrs. O was probably the unidentified Americen at Sov Imb Mexico, carried up

Izvestia suggested today thet

The Sov Gob published a front-page report on Mrs. OSWALD's charge that FBI showed

her a photograph of her son's killer before the Dallas nigatolub operator shot OSWALD.

NSW YORK TIMES - Osweld's Mother Talks about Money and "Class" - Aware of Not Having

Elther, She Says, "that's Way We Lived, My Son and I".

by Jack Langguth

Article

tells about OSWAlD's mother's three marriages and the three sons, baptism of OSWALD's

baby, sto.

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Man inside (Sov Emb) says he does not

understand,

Peter says It 18 difficult because they do not speak each others language..

Iater woman outside tried to speak, but no one answers so she hangs up.

Wd calls the Sovemb saying she is dalling for peter KHISS, cortespondent of the New

York Times, and asks for YAZKOV.

Man Inside says YAZKOV is In Acapulod.

thuckx: husherotheckmanackh' KOUKHARENKO said to call and ask for TAZKOv.

Women insIde Bays fOr KOUKHARENKO call the press office on 15-23-04. Wo thanks.

Out (of Sovemb) to 15-23-04. OBYEDKOV talks to KUKHARENKO..

OBY says They'll be phoning

you now from the N.Y. Tines.

Don't let them phone again.

OBY: Listen further-

He has left. KUKH: Why did't you tell him that? What have I..?

not hght;

I sald that he is not in, that he has loft already. KUKH? Fine.

Trans. Comment;

Times:.

In fact oby told him that YAT is out of town, whereas only 1 hr

waivAnckniA ithat! han hushand vas nmine home| with the lohildren.

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Peter KIHSS of N.Y. Times asks for ALFIERIV. Man Inside says he 1s not here, to call

tomorrow. Peter asks if' it would be possible to go this afternoon or tomight. Man

LIENV.

Inside says tomorrow so from 9 to i11. Peter does not know if he will be in the city

tomorrow but "nt modo", that he is sorry to bother them so much. Man inside hangs up.

Petor KIHSS of N. Y. Times asks to speak with Iven ALPIERIV or the one 1n charge of Press LIE

at the Sovemb.

man inside says wait a moment. Peter says he is going through the city

and would like an Interview with the Amb for just a few minutes.

LEONOV says wait & moment

that hs will connect peter with the Amb's Secretary. Peter says thanks.

IRONOY says the Secretary has not yet arrived and the Amb is not in and does not know

If he will be in later of not, in fact that be himself just arrived at the Emb.

says perhaps 1t would be better 18 be pould pass by the Emb, because he is anxious about

this appointment and also with other Embassies around there, so please take down his

(Petax's) pame so he can tell the Amb's Secretary his wishes, that there 1s an American

correspondent in the oity who wants to go speak with the Amb.

LEONOV says okay, five him

ols neme. Peter i gives his name, that he hes been sent to Mexico by the II. Y. Times

a to do some work on the activities of "that Señor Lee OSWALD, the assassin of our

president" and as you know the USSR Goyernment has been sharing with the U. S. government

this business and he really wants to talk a few minutes with the Amb and find out

"this type what were his desires here" for as you now the Embassy here (which Embassy)

Peels that all is not cotrect.

LEONOV says he will tell the Amb's Secretary when

she arrives, about the case, it Is just that for peter's information the Amb 1s plannine

to go to Acapulco for the Movie Festival, but somtime today you will be advisei.,

Peter says okay but in case the Amb does not have time, then find out what persun in

the Imb can discuss this case and have the information needed for the Interview

"that that type had there" (way OSWALD wes at the Sovemb), LEONOV says okay, not to

worry that he will give the message just as soon as someone arrives.

Peter 28k3|1f

he goes to the Emb dould he ask far ILQNoV.

Peter apologizes for his poor Speish.

LEONOV Bays it would be perfectly alright.

LEONOV answers in English (perfect English)

"My Engliah 1s oven worse."

Peter responds, "Your English sounds wonderful. Goodbye."

MOXI 7216 - LITEMPO 4 asked COS at 1300 hrs on 3 Dec for urgent traces on U.S. cit

Gilberto P. LOPPZ. / LIIEMPO 4 states IOPEZ arrived MEXI on 23 Nov en route to Habana!

He has disappeared, no record of trip to Habana. / LOPEZ had FM-8 (tourist card limited

to 15 days) #24553 obtained in Tampa, fle on 20 Nov. / Have not checked above with ODENVY.

Subj, PP 310162, left MEXI for Habana on 27 Nov via Cubana (only passenger aboara).

Source 18 IIFIRE. (See MEXI 7177 - Not in file; found 1n 50-500-4/1, 2 Dec 63 "I IFIRE

airlist for 27. Nov shows Gilberto IOPEZ. U.:S.-:oit PP #310162 left Mext for-Habana...

Apove being passed Amb Mann and ODENVY Nex1,") No Station traces. / Appreciate early

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X207. 4 Dec.

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of

OSWALD

208.

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209.

4 DeC.

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Memo to The Amb from COS, Subj: Ant1-Cuben Demonstration In Front of the Cuben Emb -

HMM 8104 (same as pare 178 and 184 aboye)

WAVE 8455 - AMKNOB 1 SW message red'a WAvE 30 Not reflected foll, A. following

WAVE CO Instruations, A 1 sent cable with follon-up letter to Raul at CIS address

Habe upon A 1' return Mexi; B.

A i waited 15 days without recelving answer to letter

sent RAULs C. A 1 contacted PBRUMEN Emb 22 Nov attempting reestablish contact with

RAUL. A 1 talked via telcon with girl| named Silvia who claimed be sea of consulate..

Silvia denied knowing RAUL.

D. 22 Nov A l sent another cable PBRUMEN CIS address

requesting meeting.

25 nor A 1 red'd urgent wire from ralL sent from Iecubaya,

D. F.,. dtd 23 Now which achnowledged receipt A I wire and requested A 1 wait for raUl.

All said "He terribly moved by hortible assassination president" and fading such

acts must redouble strength fight red crime. &.

A 1 said OSWALD face. familiar and

mey heve seen him PBRUMEN or Mexi.

A i wilh furtherladvise. H. A 1 convinoed GoC

employs killers and assassins.

This regard mentioned case two persons killed Mexi

y fnu. CORONEWSKY who received three hundred dollars for deed from PBRUMEN Emb Mexi.

/W1l1 advise additional detells upon receipt. / 3. Mexi! Request info re pare 1 #

MEXI 7224 - (Ref: MEXI 7216 - para 205 above). - ODENVY lOCally (Who advised of LOPEZ

by Gobernacion contact) ádvise IOPEZ came into Mexi at Nuevo Laredo on 23 Nor..!

ODENVY asking for His check, & LOPEZ Listed as having U.S. passport.

• Memo for COS from CHOADEN, Subj: N. Y. Times Article on OSWALD. - Carl MIGDAlL visited

He brought with him s cutting from the 3 Deo West Coast

Into great detail about where he stayed and who he sew. MIGDAIL asked me if the

was accurate.

I told him I did not kaow.

(I have refused to comment to & MIGDAiL on

aby aspects of the OSWALD case). / MIGDAIL said he felt certain that the Il. I. I'lmes

man got his information from Luis FARIAS', file.

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that he should be ICFLUTlERED. We do not want him returned to Nic until after the

FLUMTER 18 finished because we fear thet he will be too agitated in Nio, apprebensive

that he will be mißtreated.

pis arrange with LINEMPOS to have ALVARADO released to

us for several more days.

Ask ERYTHROID 3 to remain in Mexi to assist as. / Mr.

of KUSODA w1ll arrive in Mexi|4 Dec.

We do not want to blow him and preper that Mexicans

with Mr. Devis in oharge assisted by Nr. Clark Anderson of ODENVY as Interpreter. /

Although 1t 18 likely that ALVARADO will be returned to Nio later, we do not want to

decide, this yet!

It Is important before and during the FluTtEr that ALyARADp not be

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In fear of bodily harm, that he be rested, eto..../ We realize that Mexicans and Nics

have some equities and plenty of rights in this case, but we do not want to stop

and discuss jurisdictional questions.

MANA pls inform your liaison that there will

be some further interrogation of ALVARADO in Mexi before his return. / Advise 1f you ;

run into problems on this.

MANA 4627 (REF, DIR 86563 - para 210 above) - ERYTHROID I concurs further Interrogation

ALVARADO 1n Mex1 2180 1n E 3 remaining Mexi as 10ng as can be of service to us there.

Interposes absolutely no problems, offering complete cooperation and agreement si

any way he wish handle ALVARADO Interrogations.

MEXI 7229 (DIR 86563 - para 210 above) - COS talked with Echeverrie at 1930 hars on

3' Deo, / Echeverria| sa1d A.

He will order LITEMPO 4 to tat hold ALVARADO until COS

is completed with "sons additional questioning", B. In reply to COS REQUEST to "porrow"

Cos told Echeverria that questioning would be

Messre. Anderson and Joe Garcie of LEGAT piok up ALVARADO i from governacion.

ALVARADO early morning of 5 Dac and hope we can return him on evening of 5 dec.

Davis/ALVARADO interview.

Mexi & few more days 18 Station MANA cen arrange this. / Advise Davis EIA.

DIR 86621 (Reis| MEXI 7229 - Para 212 above) Your plan and progress most heartening.

All parts approved with foll commentss Exzot rolf of ODENVY men 1s up to their chief,

but the role you outline for them and the selection of personnel seems perfect.

We prefer hotel....if MANA 4627 1s notienough authority for EPYTHROID 3 pls cable

MANA for more.

MANA 4628 (Ref: DIR 86565 - para 210 above and MANA 4627 - pare 211 above) ERYTHROID 1

‚just reo'd telegram from E 3 sent (from Mexi at 1147 pm Mexi time 3 Dec

announcing E 3

arrival MANA. On TACA today 4 deo bring ALVARADO.

If this true need confirmation

completed. -= Interrogation away fron scene of events vith subsequent difficulties..

checking news info make follow up interrog in MANA Impractical.

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216.

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218.

4 DeC.

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DIR 86659 (Refs DIR 86621 - para 213 above) - Mr. Davis arrives MEXI on American fit

35 at 2341 on 4 Dac.

Will be traveling on tourist card unless he can get Mexi v188

today in his offioial passport..Will carry FLULIER instrument and should be met and

assisted through customs, 1f possible without blowing his connection to KUBARK or with

this dase. A pis reserve suitable convenient hotel room.! / Request ALVARADO not be

Interrogated further until Mr. Davis tekes over.

Further interrogation might confuse

ALVARADO should rest and eat well,. Important he not spend today worrying too much.

MEXI 7232 (Ref: | MANA 4628 - para 214 above) ERYTHROID 3 remaining Mexi until Interro-

gation, of ALVARADO completed.| / W111 advise MANA FIA when' known.

/ Belleve retura

ALVARADO accompanied by l 3 will not be prior to 7 Dea.

MEXI 7239 (Refs' DIR 86659 - para 215 above) As stated previously we cannot guarantee

against any baggage searches without working thru LIMPOS and blowing KUBARK cornection

to traveler.

MBXI 7241 - Station holding all reels from 22 Now 63 for both Cuban and Sor imbassies. /

Unless adrfsed to contrajy, Station will erase routine tapes Sovend keeping normal

two week lag.

Can retain Cuban taps as long as Higs wishes: Il period to extend

Indefinitely, may need more tapes. Have two months supply new tapes at Station.

MaXI 7243 (Refs A. DIR 84837 - para 25 above; B. DIR 84085 - para 26 above, C. MEXI

7061 - para 80 above) LICALLA, LILYRIC and LIENVOY coverage of KOSTIKOY and ALF&RYEV

thru 30 Nor Indicate no particular deviation of their mode activities, no travel

outside MEXI.

Memo for the Files from COS, Subjeat: Gilberto LOPEZ, U.S, C1t. - On 3 Deo 63 LITEMPO 4

tourist card) Issusd in Tampa, Fla, on 20 Nov 63. /I, 4 said Goberiacion had, as of

3 Deo "lost" Gilberto LOPEZ. They were looking for him. " I I 4 asked for any deta

from the U.S.A.

DIR 86761 (Refi MEXI 7216 - para 205 above) - Our check with ODACID on Gilberto e

Lopez has produced nothing as yet Very difficult for ODACID to do anything fast

pro Castro activities in Los Angeles. Will get more and advise. Is LIteMPO 4 can.

operation. This problem is up to you.

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223. 5 Deo.

224.

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225.

5 DEC.

226.

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SECKLI

MEXI 7253 (Rof: DIR 86761 - pare 221 above, - LILIEMPO 4 reported to COS late 4 Dec

that, A. IOPEZ crossed at Laxedo Texas' on 23 NOv; B. Registered In Roosevelt Hotel

vaxi City on 25 Nov at 1600 hrs vexi City time in room 203; C.

bassenger on Cubana flight on night 27 Nov for Habana.

Dpparted as only

Checked out of hotel at 1900

ars. I LTIMPO 4 has a good photograph of Gilberto Loft taken at airport on departure.

to then one a me on me a pot to date no eligita to Cube available

Station aid not report LIFIRE deta to l 4./ Wiil attempt get birth date.

DIR 86976 (Refs MEXI 7239 - pare 217 above) We noted your reservations about getting!

Mr. Davis through customs securely but decided to rely on your ussets anyway.

II. Davis did arrive, oto. Pla confirm..I As you make your final plans for ICFLUlTER

pla lot us know location and set up.

MEXT 7256 (Reis DIR 86976 - pera 223 above, - Peter K. WOODHEAD arriyed, met by DCOS

and got through customs with no problem. / Alter study with LECAT have decided hold

Interrogation at Apart #8, Callo Miride 166 which was used by KUCLUß personnel fot

ABCENERATE J.P. "This completely backstopped by being rented for "visiting Americans".

No future plan to use apart by Station. Apart bidg has no watchman, no adjoining aparts

or bldgs.

Messrs Clark Anderson and Jos Garcia of IlGAT studied apart on 4 dec with does.

/ WOODHEAD stayed at apart on night of 4 bec and approves. / Plan to have Anderson and

Gercia pick up ALVARADO and bring him to apart.

monitor and record interrogation.

RESICIGNO will not be blown to Anderson, Garcia or Mexican

MEXI 7267 (Rel: MEXI 7256 - para 224 above) - Preliminary questioning as per rei took

place. Initial attitude al ons of resentment against Emb for turning over to Mexicans

after h1s volunteering hefp and agelast Mexicans for treating him "Iike a dog". / View

above, question of ICFLUTTER not yet broached... Migracion Inspectors taking him out for

good meal tonight in hopes prolonging upswing of rapport reached by interrogators

and of session. I Hope know early afternoon 6 Ded whether 111 take ICFLulIeR..

cable summary after reading more definitive point in interrogation.

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John REITIE asks 1f Paul KENNEDY hes gatherod any influence on the Mexican political scene LI

_es. far as the assassination 1s concerned... No, he has not gotten & thing on it. paul

much. Apparently they did react spontaneously, but then you could look at Mexi's vote

In the U.N. on the OẠS, od Venezuela-Cuban deal and you can see that it

didn't make a lot

of difference. No, dot on international froat. John does not

think It

would make any

aifference to Mexi politico. No, or Inside, Paul saya.

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227. 5 Dec.

Check

228. 5 Deo.

229.

6 DeC.

check ref

Warren Commission on this???

(quoted) portion 1s ALVARADO's statemnt In which he admits that the story, about his

seeing OSWALD In Cub Consulate In Mexi and having seen OSWALD paid money in the Cub Can,

1s falso.! A copy of this report was given to ODENVY locally,

HMMA 22579| (Refs MEXI 7253 - para 222 above) - Attached are copies of e plito of Gilberto

IOPEZ, U.S. citizen, taken night of 27 Nov at Mexi airport by Mexi authorities.

checked Into Mexi Hotel Roosevelt, Av. Insurgentes 287, at 1600 on 25 Nov 63. He stayed

in room 203.

27 Noy as the only passenger. A crew of nine Cubans was l1sted.. On departure from Mexi,

Subjeat used U. S, passport #310162 which contained a Cuban "Courtesy) visa. / Source

(LIEMPO/4) states the timing and circumstances surrbunding Subj's travel through Mexi

and departure for Habana are suspicious. / Source urgently requests all data on Subj.

MOXI 7287 (Rels MEXI 6982 - not In file, not abstracted) Foll tesults IlAS -1 meet with

KUZNETSOV 4 DeC. A. Re assassination, KUZ said act Incomprehensible because could not

effect changes In U,S. especially foreign polloy or benefit racists. OSWALD Commie

tendencies If true, or stay Russia had no bearing crime because CP directive since time

of LENIN considered oppression opponents only damaged Connie movement. V B. Contradictions

about crime: Use 3 different types of arms, inability account for OswalD apprehension

far from site of assassination, some bullets explosive others not. KuZ Inordinately

disconcerted by I-l questions re OSWALD entry exit work marriage Soviet Union. Explaiped

that although not common, foreigners can work Sov Union. Then stated and repeated he did

not know details but doubtless there were speciel circumstances OSWALD's case.

230. 6 Dec.

231.

6 Dec.

232.

6 Dec.

How good is FLUMER on Lating??

SECRET

Pavel Antonovich YAISKOV about it but doubted any offloial help forthconing...

Gilberto Policarpo LOPEZ, born| 26 Jan 40 in Habana, Cuba. | Both his parents vere U. s.

citizens. I His address at time he got his last U.s. passport was terro 1301, Consejora

Arango y Carvajal, derro, Habana, Cuba.

/ Ais last U.S. passport expired on 25 Jan 63.

(Above - original sent to LIMEMPO/4)

MEXI 7288 - ERYTHROID 3 returning MANA PAA fit 501, Y Dec. Requests advise his wife to

meet him.-

MEXI 7289 - ALVARADO ICFlUrIER indicated he fabricating facts of his story. Interrogation

revealed Subj unsure of day of week allegedly saw OsWAld. Thinks that it was on luesday

which would have been 17 Sept. / When shown photos of OSWALD during testing,

patters were enidenced. When Subd was confronted with this ho stated that the hed uttost

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233.

6 Dec.

Where 18

ref???

Policarpo 18 & first name - origin 1s

Greek mythology.

Is Gilberto Policarpo

LOPEZ, Iden with Gilberto LOPEZ Granados

In P-8672, memo from LEGAT dated 11 Mer.

64 with attached picture???

234. T DOC.

True???

235..

7 Dec.

236..

8 DeG.

237. 9 Dec.

:238.--9-DeC.

SECRET

StUKEL

hold ALVARADO until 9 pec so ERYTHROID 3 will not have to accompany.

DIR 89188 (Rel: MOXI 7235 - not in file, not abstracted - not found; possibly transposition

with pro-castro goups in Los Angeles. We hope to get more ifrom ODENVY on Gilberio Policarpo

Lopez. Wil advise.

DIR 87666 (Ref: MEXI 7289 - pera 232 above). Presume alf concerned now agree ALVARADO will

be returned to Nic.IWe satisffed his whole story about seeing anyone paid to assassinate

pres was a boar. / We want to avoid all possible mishaps which might Induce ALVARADO to

resume his fabricating on this case, so we request that Mexi and Nic authorities take

no punitive measures against him beyond deposting him to Nic. If ERTHROIDS can give bim

something useful and non-sensitive to do for a few months it will help.

/ Feel the successi

wind-up of this trioky Incident speaks for itsell, / Thanks to all hands.

MEXI 7290 - LITEMPO 4 advised COS on! T Deo that ALYARADO will be returned to MANA by TAdA;

7 DotTa departies Mett at, 0930 bare on & DeGa Pla advise REPOID 3 wao arriving MANA

THE NEW YORK TIMES - Lee Harvey Oswald - The Man and The Mystery; Suspected Assassin of

Kennedy was Withdrawn and Friendless, Turned to Marx in High School. - by Donald JANSON -

Artiale about the type character OSWALD vas.

THE NEW JORK TIMES - Following artioles, Osweld Chafed at Ilfe in Soviet: He wrote Mother

He was lager to Beturn to U. S., by Jack LANGUIH: Dalles Suspends Critical Teacher.

She Says View on Climat of Hate Led to Ouster.: Texts of letters to Pro-Castro Group

(six letters printed which OSWALD wrote to Fair Play for Cuba Committee): Six Oswald

Letters are Given to FBI. Pro-Castro GrOup Here Finds Notes in Its Files.: Texts of

Oswald Letters to Mother on Soviet Trip.s

Kennedy's Guard Brings Questions. Ex-Chief of

Secret Service Reises Queries in slaying.

EXCELSIOR = MBI Cets Harvey letters_ The FBI obtained copes of lettere OSWALD sent, to

Fair Play fOr Cuba Committee, origibals went to FBI said Vincent Theodore Lee, 36 of' N.Y.,

chairman of FPCC.

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239.

9 DeC.

240.

11 DEC.

241.

242.

243.

10 DeC.

10 Dec.

10 De.

244.

10 Dec.

245.

10 DEG.

So..

10 Dec.

SECRET

DIR 87770 (Rof: MEXT 7241 - pare 218 above) Pls do not erase any Boviet or Cuban tapes

unt1l further notice.. Advise how much more tape you need.

NOIE TO COS PTOM RIGGS - AREHARI was told yesterday but I told him not to tell the LIdNVOY

people - just keep bringing in the reels to me..

them vith MICHARITY for not-yet-known targets. (This note attached to MEXI 7241 -

para 239 above)

THE NEW YORK TIMES - Oswald Meit Offers of Friendship With Suliness. by Donald JANSON

THE NEW YORK TIMES - FBI'S Risk Liet Omitted Oswald. Secret Service Got Names Before

Kennedy'& Irip. - by Joseph A. LOFTUS

THE NEW YORK TIMES - Beyond & Doubt, FBI Conoludes. He Acted Alone and Did Not Know Ruby,

Says Beport to Warren Inquiry Panel.

LEE traveled from Cuba to Mexico on 21 January 1963 / Elizabeth MORA traveled from Mexico

to Cuba on 30 Dec 62 with courtesy passport #7864. Elizabeth Catlett (sic) de MORA

traveled from Cuba to Mexico on 21 Jan 63 - the same plane as LEE).

MEXI 7324 (Refs |A. MEXI 7256 - para 224 above, B. DIR 87666 - para 234 above) x

31x tapes on which interrogation of Gilberto ALVARADO done by Peter K. WOODHEAD being

pouched by AMMA 22600 on |12 Deo. / Coples of these sir tapes given to LEGAI (who was

Interpreter for WOODHEAD) on 10 Dec. Understand he pouching these

to his Has on

12 Dea also.

SECRET

to BENADUM from "ODENVY source" who was directed for many years by BENADUM la Mexico.

ODENVY source knom to COS and to URQUEART (at Igs).

Source 1e U.S. oIt Coumunist and

member of American Commie group 1n Mext in good standing. Source reported on 10 Dec that:

Sourca's close friend Elizabeth Callett de MOrA (Betty MORA) AMeriCan negress, Conmie

tho now naturalized Mexi and wife of Francisoo MORA (Mexi Connie) had been called to Cub

umb and toid to forget that she saw vicent thE 1a Cuba in Dec 62 and Jan 63. / Betty MORA

and her husband are frightened because they both believe pol and OsWAlD had close relation

_ship and probably LEs in on "planning" of. OSWALD assassination of Fres. K. /Station

on 30 Deo 62 with "courtesy passport #1864" and returned on same flight as Vincent LEt

on 21 Jan 63. /Para 2 above will be received by ODENVY locally from their source and

Ias should treat in manner to protect saladuM contact.

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x247. 11 DoC.

248. 11 De0.

249. Il DeC.

What did OSWALD tell SPAHR ??

250. Il Dec.

MEXT 7347 - Some en clear attechments to EMMA 22604 (Jop Seoret Lauricle sent to C/KUDOVE)

pouched 12 Deo pertain to OSWALD application for Cuban visa and Cuban "Iine"

American reactionaires wished to make Cuba - victim of their criminal designe." / Have made

no locel dissem of this material / Source: LICASA/1

MEXT 7352 (DIR ST - para 239 above) - Current use tapes about six doz per week for both

Cub and Sou Emb lines.

....I Is there something particular which Mexi should watch for

on should tapes and or transaripts be pouched Hqs.

HE NEW YORK TIMES - Oswald Assailed Right-Wing Views, Spoke Out in Public After Attending

Dallas Rally - by. Donald JANSON, 81S0 A I'roubled Marine by Bill BEcKiR (OSHAuD was demoted

from Privata First Class to private while in Japan.

Chief Werrant Officer Edward J: SPAHR

Not even his. own mother knew

ma that ya, euge el one taint to to Not even A other keed

to give specifide to a reporter.

Memo to The Amb (oc to COS) from LuGAl, subjects.

OSWALD - page 4 states that 3 Dec 1883ue

of western edition of New York Iimes written by peter KIHSS seid that OSWALD took & 2:30 p.m.

bus. on Thursday 26 Sept from Nuevo Laredo far the

750 mile trip to end at Mexi on Friday,

sept 27, that the trip was made on a Transportes Frontera bus.!

(pare 197 above)

advised that this info was fumished to him by one Lucio LoPEz, & clark in the Transportes

Check.

Gobernacion tells KISS one thing

and LEGAT a different story.

251 12 Dee.

252.

12 DeC.

SECRET

Laredo to Mexico City......

DIR 88642 - ODENVY pushing to wind up Its analysis of Nexl aspects this case and urgently

needs results from Interrogation of Silbia DURAN and her husband during their seccnd -m-t

We conjeoture she may not have been Interrogated at all during her second arrest but pis

find out the facts and advise..

MOXI T364 (Rels MEXI 7362 - apt lu 111e, not abstracteds found in DURAN 3-7969 - Wital rel

DIR 88642 - para 251 above - "Binoe 12 DeO 18. Mexi holidayi COS unable reach either I ITEMPO

os Bobeverrie, /Will attempt comply In full with ref on 13 Dec.") DURAN arrested second

time 21 Nov, Interrogated 28 and released 29 Nov.

Interrogation based on questions prepared

-by.Station.and approved.by.ODENVY here.A.--Asked-her-relations-with.number.of.injividuals..

Jan 63 survelllance by LIlAINIs.

Llga Leninista Espartaco: or PCM, es agreed with ideas of neither except as regards support

for cuba.

Chained no affiliation with ICAP, nor connection with Sovemb here which only

visited once at anniversary of revolution, D. Remembered OSWALD perfectly end denied be

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253. 12 Dec.

254. 12 Dec.

255. 13 Dec.

256. 13 Dec.Where is DIR ref ??

Why no significance??

257/ 23 D80.

258.

13 DeC.

259.

13 Dec.

What is this about??

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wore glasses.!

Otherwise no addition to original story.

E. Knew of no red hatred negro.

No now people arrived at Emb around time OSWALD visit, 1. Admitted one 15 day

i pree do ama sings and ad no glad 6o. Danted ta regulad An end ase

there after first interrogation. / Regret not having forwarded thie sooner, but saw absolutely

no contribution to resolution basic mystery particularly after ALVARADo ICFLUllER.

questions and full interrogation report 13 Dec.

MEXI 7362 (out of place) See para 252 above.

HMMA 22600 (Refs MEXI 7324 - pare 245 above) Attached are copies of the six tapes which

resulted from the interrogation of ALVARADO on 5 Dec 63 and 6 Dec 63 by Peter K. WOODHEAD.

/.. LEGAT aoted as Interpreter. / ...LEGAT gIven coples of these tapes. /| Original s1x

tapes are being held in Mexi City Station.

Memo to LEGAT from COS, Subjeot: Interrogation of Silvia Tirado de DURAN during her

"second arrest"

-'Attached are

a) Mext report of interrogation end b) list of questions

suggested to Mexicans.! These were shown to Mr. Anderson in draft prior to passage to Mexicans.

DIR 88899 (Ref: DIR 85391 - not in file, not abstracted: MEXI 7030 - pera 38 above)

ODENVY Investigation shows car of F. Morgan Daniels with Plate IA 582 which Nexi reported

outside Cub Emb on 21 Oot had not been outside Texas around that dete.

We attach no

special significance to this. / Still checking owners other cars.

HMMA 22625 (Refs MEXI 7364 - pare 252 above) Attached are a) Merd Government inetrogation

report on the

"second arrest" of Siltia.., and b) list of suggested questions submitted

by Station. A copy of each. of these was

given to LEGAT.

DIR 88680 (Refs MEXI 7352 - pare 248 above) Upon receipt you may resume wual practice

of keeping Cub and Sor tapes two weeks and then erasing, but pis do not erase tapes made

between 22 Nov and present.

W1ll advise. I Do not pouch to Egs. / Ple continue watch for..

Sov or cub reaction to investigation, evidence of their complicity, signs they putting out

propaganda about case.! FYI only, Sor Intel in India had letters sent = to ODYOKE leaders

demanding full investigation of case.

I How many tepes do you want to replace those tied up

by para 1?

WAVE 8949 (Reiss - not sent MexI - WAVE 8658, DIR 87746, WAVE 8736) JENTANS returned

WAVE 12 Dec.

In addition to COMMO channel outlined para 5 ref C, JENIONS also Included in

his letter to UNSTAR suggestion that UNSTAR could-also send name of source and other detalls

assume ODENVY questioned 'NISTO on alleged Dallas contacts, since ref A reported only that

NIETO could give info on Dallas contaots.

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¿60. 16 Dec.

Check 14-12-99 1

261.

16 Deo.

Check DUARIE Marina

262. 13 Dee.

263..

18 Dec.

SECRET

Check Betty MORA

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DIR 89366 (Rels MAXI 7025 - pare 32 above) |(see para 4 above).

and what this might have to do with our case.

We guess it might merely have been a side

remark to some bystander in the consulate.

Advise. Ple have monitors make every effort

to identify voices of various Sovs to pom OSWALD spoke on the telephone or tho dealt with

his case with silvia DURAN.

In penq11 writing 14-12-99 not listed 1962.)

(NOIEs COS wrote on calbe "He 18 faul APARICIO, Cuban Emb officlal.)

Memo from IBGAT - Their EOS reported cer beering Texas lidense KR 5773 (see para 38 above)

observed at Cub Imb during time OSWALD was In Mex1, 1s registered to Herminio DUARTE Martine, JI.,

Senatorio Deliude, Tuxpen #23, Mext, for a 1963 Buick. /¡Their HOS also advised or into from

so one Robert Edmond GALIANI, Inmate of Santa Clara Prison Fam in California, that ke had Leen

active in the ant1-CASIRO undergound 1n Mexi for past six yrs under the name of General Roberto de

Edmondo CORTES where he has under his command a secret army of 3,500 men in Mexi.

He clains to

have a "secret agent" working in Cub Emb here and alleges that OSWALD was in the cub Imb on 12 jul

03 to obtain a visa to Cuba. Ho olaims that OSWALD stayed in Mexi for about one week at that time

and supposedly traveled hare ly aifplane.

GALIANT claims that his agent in the cub Emb pointed

OSWALD out to him in Mext Lest July. / LEGAI files reflect that GALLANT was arrested by Mexi

authorities and deported to the U.s. In Aug 63 at our request in view of fact he was wanted on

forgery charges in California, GALLANI was born 19 Mar 22 at Claremont, New Hampshire and 1s mari

He was residing t at the corner of Call and Montiel Stréet, Apert 302, Col Lindav.

at hs the time of his arrest on 21 Aug 63.1 FYI: OSWALD departed Nuevo Laredo for Mex1 Clty at!

2 p.m. on 26 Sept on Fleche Roja bus Nd. 516. Some of OSWALD's fellow passengers on this bus have

been identifled, and a British couple who observed him on the pus stated he was traveling alone a

left the bus in Mexico City alone.

/ For retention there is attached a copy of the 2 sections of

the Mex1 touriat card (FM 8) utilized by OSWALD in entering and leaving Mexi.

We have meanwhile been flooded with fabrications, of which the

ALVARADO story was the most troublesome. ///....

John RETTIR with Robin (?).

Robin was Involved in assassination stories. Had to go to Washingto

A lot of talk about being one lone mad man. John does not believe it.

EMMA 22627 (Rels MEXI 7335 - pare 246 above) - Arached are a) 2 copies of photo ci Vincent Ide

taken at airport prior to his boarding

Cubana flight #465 en route to Habana on 28 Dec 62:..=

to Mexi on 26 Deo 62.

Page

Mexi from Habana

to N.Y.C. / As noted in ref, Betty MORA 18 very concerned over her association in Cube and travel

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265.

266.

1 Dec.

20 De0.

267.

20 DeG.

168. 21 De0.

269.

26 Dec.

270.

27 Dec.

271. 2 Jan.64

SECRET

(on 21 Jen 63) with VIncent LEE. (All attachments In LEE P-8683)

Politica magazine publishes an artiole by Fidel CASTRO on "Cuba Ante el Asesinato de Kennedy"

DIR 90487 - Request Station photograph entire station p file on Valerly Vladimirovich KOSTIKOV

and pouch one copy! or microf1lm in first possible pouch: Also request Station subject comments

ion file and on KOSTIKOV's activities and relationship to other Sovs Mext. This analysis would

accompany, photos if possible.

If not, ple cable. / Little in HQS file on KOSTIKOV and your info

and study w1ll be a vital contribution to our presentation to Warren Coumission.

MEXI 7488 (Rols DIR 90487 - para 266 above) Pouching copy KOSTIKOV flle and analyais in priority

dispatch EMMA 22652 o/a 20 Dec. Order meet pouch deadline and satisfy Hqs request ASAP, Station

unable excise true staffer names from file & routing sheets, memos, ete.

DIR 90466 (Refs MEXI 7115 - para 154 above) Our present plan in passing Info to Warren Commission

1B th aliminate mention of taps, in order protect your continuing ops.

Will rely instead on

statements of Silvia DURAN and on contents of Sov Con file which Sove gave ODACID here. File shows

both OSWALD and wife were diakering with sous in Wash by mail to get permission roturn to Russia.I

Exact detailed Info from LITAMILS T and 9 on just what Silvia DURAN and other officials said about

OSWALD's visits and his dealinga would be: valuable and usable corroborative evidence.

Request you

requestion them carefully on these points, attempting get as much authentic date as possible,

without mixing In what they know from newspapers. Ple cable sumaries and pouch detailed statements.

MEXI 7527. (Refs DIR 89366 - para 260 above) 14-12-99 18 home number of Raul APARICIO Nogales,

Cultural Attache of Emb.

Doubt any connection OSWALD as APARICIO was: On Atek leave during 3 1gnif1-

cant period. / Re pare two lets! See MEXI 703} (para 41 above). No further info available as tapes

have deen arased. (See para 4 above)

MEXI 7550 (DIR 88680 - para 258 above) Ple air pouch 30 doz, tapes.

About 20 doz. tied up with

Sor and Cub traffic 22 Nor to 13 Dec. Additional 10 doz, needed for SIGANG op.

MEXI. 7615 (Rafs DIR 90466 - para 268 above) LITAMIL 9 has nothing additional to offer beyond

account of MEXI 7115. (pare 154 above) except that Silvia said at that time that she was perfectly

willing travel to U.S. to confront OSWALD If necessary.. L9 did not talk to Silvia about OSWALD

that Silvia has not routrned to work since release from second arrest.

Her husband was angry

over-FOMIN: ROA note which made-cause :celebre:.of affair,..told-PBRUMEN emb official that ROA note

tans inaccurate in claiming Silvia mistreated by Mexi police.

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272.

6 Jan

273.

6 Jan

1274.

275.

8 Jan

8 Jan

276.

8 Jan

277. 13 Jan

Check

SECRET

DIR 92766 Request very disoreet cheok to learn whether AMPALM 26 (IDEN), unwitting Cuban

propaganda writer for AMPALM project at WAVE, has visited Mexi sinoe assassination of Kenn

AMPALM 26 has originated a report that OSWALD had & long conference with Cub Amb in Mexi 1

rant on outskirts of Mexi. AMPALM 26 report has found its way it into unofficial analysis

whole case prepared by Cuban psychologist, Jose.I. LASAGA in Miami: / Do not wish AMPALM 2

learn his identity as source this Info: has been divulged by LASAGA..

Pls check immigration

records and looal sources who might know.

DIR 92767 (Ref! DIR 92766 - pare 272 above) IDEN 18 Salvedor DIAZ Verson.

Note to BENADUM: Pls determine whether or not a Cuban writer; presently in Miami, has vis

Mext. His name 18 Salvador DIAZ VerBoR.

MEXI 7690 (REFS: A.:

DIR 90487 - perà 266 abobes B. MEXI 5943 - not abstracted, not in $

C. EMMA 22652 - para 267 above) Belleve foll info which supplemental Ref C report worthwh

Inolusion HQS presentations

The unidentified Sov of Ref B who met Sergey Nikolayevich ANT

(Chiel Iatin American Dept KGB) has now been positively identified by LIFRE as being Valer

Vedimirovich KOSTIKOV.

MEXI 7682 - Although assums info below probebly not pertinent since first name OSWALD's wi

wish nevertheless report foll,

7 Nov 63 Aeronaves: flt 400 to N.. Y. manifest 11

Da senter "de OSWALD Elene". No other apparent pertinent names among other 16 passengers.

- Attached is a memo setting fo

General Robert. F. Kennedy which contained into allegedly having to do with assassination o

SECRET

.. death of your brother.....I used to be & friend of OSWALD and also of Albert, as well a

three more people. I knew about the plan, but I never thought that it would turn out tobe

true plan..... Signed Ylario ROJAS, Manuel Acuna 1367, Guadalajara.

/ Upon. interview on

64 ROJAS furnished the fallowing Info: In June or July 62, ROJAS was in Mexico Ciuy.....-

approsched him about smuggling Cuban propaganda into Mexi.

The Cuban said he would see hi

In Guadalajara! / Around middle of Aug 62, the Cuban arrived in Guadalajara in an automobi

and drove ROJAS to Cluded Juarez, Chihuehua.

& ROJAS went to a movie in Ciudad Juarez and

apparently the Cuban went over into El Paso. / When the movie. was over, ROJAS was picked u

fronttof the-theater-by-the-Cuban-who.at that time introduced him to an Individual.. ROJA

has no independent memory of this' individual's name, but: recognizen him by phot as OSWALD.

The three went to a bar where they discussed the introduction of CASTRO propaganda into Me.

via Cozumel, an island located... they talked at length,! Including disoussions of everyday

natters, for about four hours and they also did quite & bit of drinking.

The Cuban appare

turned his car over. to OSWALD and the Cuban and ROJAS spent the night in a hotel.../ ROJAS

the following morning they left Cludad Juarez on & flight of Aeronaves' and flew to Monterr

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278.

14 Jan.

SECRET

It is to be noted that Aeronaves has no such flight as that described by ROJAS. After arrival

In Guadalajare the Cuban gave ROJAS 400 pesos and told him he would receive further Instructions

at & Inter date. / In the latter part of dec 62 the Cuban came to Guadalajara and gave ROJAS

900 pesos and told him to proceed to Cozumel by bus within about five days..! ROJAS arrived in i

Cozumel just after Christmas 62.

There he was met by 2 Cuban men and

&Cuban woman whose first

name was CRISTINA.

ROJAS explained that, although he cannot recall the names of the Cubans, he

bes them veitten down in noteboo delete no set in About 1o Ded 62

ROJAS stated SOLIS would not deliver the book to anyone but him.

OSWALD arrived In Cozumel, having proceeded there from Jamaica via Mexicana de Aviacion.

ROJAS stayed with Daniel SOLIS.

/. OSWALD remained in Cozumel for 2 or 3 days and then returned

to Jamaica by air. The three Cubans and ROJAS continued to reside in Cosumel unt1l about 15 Feb 63:

when OSWALD again came to Cozumel from Jamaioa.. On this ocoasion OSWALD stayed three days in

Cozumel.

The day after his arrival an American by the name d' ALBERI arrived from Jamaica. All

conversations between this American, OSWALD, and the three Cubans were In English, ROJAS stating

that all three Cubans spoke very good English. The. Cuban woman, CRISTINA, told ROJAS that they

had discussed the elimination.of Pres Kennedy.

She stated that OSWALD was for killing Kennedy

but that ALBERI and the Cuband did not agree with OSWALD. / ROJAS stated that he has ALBERI's

last name enterad in the notebook which 1s in the possession of Daniel SOLIS. He claimed he got

ALERT's name from a U.S. Gov credential in the bath house of the Hotel Islena where ALBERI

stayed.

.....OSWAID allegedly stated that, no matter what the opposition, he would have to go

through with it (the killing) because otherwise he might lose his life, indioating that he was

acting under orders. / ROJAS stayed in Cozumel until early March 63 then returned by bus to Guad.

ROJAS could not explain why he cannot remember the names of the three Cubans in Cozumal

after having been with them for nearly three months. ' He described them.....!

i../....ROJAS

stated he 1s willing: to go anywhore 1d his expenses ars paid to male any indentifioation and to

pick up his notebook: with the full names of the individuals mentioned. ¡ It was noted during the

Interview that he appeared sincere, but stated he is desperately in need of money.

He lives in &

slum area of Guadalajaara, is 31 yrs old, about five feet nine inches, medium build, dark brown

hair, dark complexion, brown eyes and has a mustache.

Determine whether a muni-

cipal policeman naned Daniel SOLIS aotually exists and 18 living and working in Cozumel. B. If

SOLIS does exist, determine whether he 1s acquainted with ROJAS..../ C. Determine whether SOLIS

has a notebook in his possession which belongs to ROJAS...../ pls cable reply.--

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Check Eduardo BORELI, Navarró

280.

Jan.

281. 16 Jan.

282.

16 Jan.

Check AMPALM 26 trip

to Managau, does he

InOw ALVARADO ??

SECRET

JECKLI

MEXI 7776 : (Refs DIR 92766 - para 272 above) No evidence to date of travel to Mexi by AMPA

during 1963. / Foll volunteered by C/ODENVY in Mexi, on evening 13 Jan in his oral review to

of current problems in their investigations of leads pertinent to OSWALD case: .A. ODENVY

Has sent cable to Mexi stating (AMPALM/26) was source of analysis prepared by Cuban psycholc

Jose I. LASAGA of Miami. B. ODENVY interviewed AMPAIM 26 who said:

Silvia DURAN took OSWA

to Caballo Bayo, restaurant near Chapultepeo Golf Club where they met Cuban Amb to Nexi, Joaq

Then HERNANDEZ Armas, took OSWALD for a ride in his car so that trey could

newspapermen who writes editorials for Excelsior.

C/ODENVY sent Matthew Crawfcrd, Assis

to Interview BORELL Navarro on 12 Jna. E.. BORELL Navarro said AMPALM/26 had "imagined" who

story. BORELL Navarro said he did nto know any more than that OSWALD had been to lexi and h

visited the Cub Emb and Silvia DURAN.

BORFLL Navarro said everything he knew had been publi

and was public knowledge.

/ C/ODENVY, Maxio said he knew AMPALM/26 well when both & were In

He said AMPAIM/26 "noted for reporting i based upon his intuitive feelings" and ver

rarely reported facts.! / Belleve ODENVY told AMPALM/26 he had been cited to them as souius •

JOse I. LASAGA.:

A bulletin from Fundacion del Cardenal Mindazenty, with address: A P.O. Box 321, Ciayton

Branch, St. Louis 5, Missourl, the following was translated "Consigna Comunista de Propagan‹

en Relacion Con la Muerte del Presidente Kennedy", published by Comite Mexicano Para La

Divulgacion de los Objectivos, Istrategia y Tacticas del Comunismo. Artiele pointing out ti

aBRasiaRtles was the work of the Communists.. (From LIHUFF/1)

HMM 8289 (Source: LITAMIL 9) Offlolals of the Cub Emb in Mexi received very few Christma:

greetings from Mexi Gov officials:

It is believed that the lack of the traditional exchan!

of Christmas greetings between ext Gov and Cub Emb was the result of the resentment caused

smong Mexi officialdom by the strong note dated 26 Nov 63, rec'd by the Mexi Ministry of

Foreign Relations from Reul ROA Garcia, Cub Minister of Foreign Relations, over the detentir

by Mexi authorities of Silvia DURAN in connection with the visit to the cub Emb in Moxi of

WAVE 0569 (Refs, A.

MEXI 7776 - para 279 above: B. DIR 92766 - para 272 above: C.

2341 - not: reo'd: D. DIR 04473 - not rec'd: E.

WAVE 1856- not rec'd,

PACY 1245 -

(In 6457), 12 Nov 63, OIDORIC TRANSACK, filed 200-124-117/3):

WAVE 1393 - not reo'd.

Ro para 1 Ref B according WAVE sources (AMRAZOR I and AMBUCKLE 1) AMPALM 26 stated plani

depart WAVE area for Mex1 20 Nov: 63 In order attend seminar Federacion Internacioral de...

Organizaciones de Periodistes

Profesionales (FIOPP) held Mex1 18-29 Nov 63. Pare 2 B Ref F &

confirms planned attendance FIOPP by AMPALM 26.. On return WAVE area A'26 told AMBUCKIE 1

he attended FIOPP seminar / 2.

WAVE

partioularly re his association with odEARL.

In reply query para 3

rof E, Ref. D informed WAVE A 26 not ODEARL agent. FYI

that the latter scheduled make speeches at FIOPP seminar and later continue on to Central Ai

probably to Nicaragua.

In similar statement to AMPALM 4, A 26 implied confidential ODYOKE

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16 Jan

284.

16 Jan

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mission. / 4. Re para 2 Ref B, Pan Am Alrways records show A'26 departed WAVE area 18 Nov 63

via PAA flt 503: for MANA with transfer in Guat to PAA flight 501 for MANA., PAA records

reflect A 26 traveled as planned, however view fact A 26 had to transfer in Guat,

it possible

he traveled to Maxi, elther prior visit MANA or afterwards.

No record travel A 26 local

ODURGE office since A 26 permanent U.S. resident as of 7 Nov 62 and granted reentry permit

3. Jan 63 valid one yr.

Latter allows A 26 multiple departures and entries without restriotions.

Request Egs check ODURCE: ZRMETAL to determine 1f A 26 arrived fron Mexi on or about 1 Deo: 63.

A 26 ODURCE registration No. A 7799307:

WÄVE can pouch if Hqs Interested.

I AMPAIM 4 has obtained copy of LASAGA report.

was in Mexi on 21 Nov 63:

26 was Invited to Nexi to attend "Colegio Nacional de Periodistas" to assist in serles of

meetings organized by that group, according to I 4.

MRID 0385 (Ref, MEXI T764 - para 278 above, also see para 2TT) - Daniel SOLIS well known

municipal policeman Cozunel

of good reputation over past 11 yre. / SOLIS does not know any

person named Ylario ROJAS VIllanueva.

SOLIS wife's uncle named Eladio VILLANUEVA Ramirez

from Guadalajara and belfeves originally from Manuel Doblado, Guanajuato.

This uncle visited

SOLIS In Cozumel about first 2 weeks in June 63.

Uncle arrived by bus to Puerto Juarez and

boat to Cozumel, broke, seeking work, with no luggage and nothing more than clothes on back.

enroute Merida.

SOLIS housed him and got him temporary job as bricklayers assistant.: Uncle worked

Cozumel unt1l around mid-June and then left for Veracruz by boat to Puerto Juarez.

Present

whereabouts Unale not known to SOLIs.

SOLIS gave him clothes and 500 pesos financial as81s-

tance on departure. I While at

SOLIS house,

uncle wrote three letters to skipper ferry boat

trying recover suitcase but no answer.

Uncle

sent and received no other mail.

Uncle had no

notebook of any kind. Unole was not in contact with any Cubans on Cozumel. I Only known assosiates

were Mexi airforce sargeant "Polo"

and his bricklayer boss Leonel VILLANUEVA (no relation).

(COMMENI: SOLIS said no Cubans or North Americans official named Albert In Cozumel in June

63 or in period late Deci62 to early March 63 other than visits Cubcon officials Mrid.

This

confirmed by Station/Base contact Joaquin NASSIM who highly knowledgeable Cozumel matters.

Base did not broach possible OSWALD presence Cozumel with SOLIS but NASSIM said highly doubtful).

/ SOLIS desoription of uncle:

Age about 30, 5 feet 8, about 185 Ibs, stocky, skin "moreno"

black straight hair, mustache, long face.

Usually works as chauffeur or farmer.

SOLIS

said unole did not seem aberrated..

MEMO tO LEGAT from COS:

Subject:

OSWALD - reporting Info In para 284 above.

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28 Jan

287.

29 Jan

Check BORRELL, Navarro, Eduaado

MEXI 7964 (Ref: MRID 0385 - para 284 above) LEGAT, continuing interrogation of Ylario

ROJAS Villenueva of Guadalajara, has determined that: A. He is really Eladio VILLANUEVA of

ref and is the uncle of Daniel SOLIS wife. ! B.

'Eladio VILLANUEVA was in Cozumel from Apr 6;

until July 63 and stayed with Daniel SOLIs.

from there for this period.

He showed letterg he had written to his wife

C. Daniel SOLIS knows address and true name of Eladio VILLANUE

letters from SOLIS to VILLANUEVA to prove this point. / VILLANUEVA has written to SOLIS to

to Mr. Robert Kennedy. / For Hqs;

VILIANUEVA has agreed take LCFLUTTER test and LEGAT

Wash Egs asked him to ask COS If ICFLUTIER operator could coms Mexi as was done in case of

ALVARADO (Nio). / COS agreed forward request to Hqs. / If agreed LEGAT would prefer Mexi or

GuRdalajara

as location with Mr. Joe Garcia as Interpreter 1f one needed, time within next

ten deys. I Pls cable reply.

MEMO to Boonstra, co to COS from LEGAI; Subject; OSWALD - It is to be noted that the White

House was in receipt of & paper entitled "Possible Psychological Motivations in the Assassir

tion of Pres. Kennedy" wiitten by Jose| I. LASAGA of Miami, Fla.

This speculative paper atte

o establish that the motivation of OsHAnd IN the assassination of Pres K was Fidel CASIRO

or & CASTRO agent and that OSWALD was motivated during his trip to Mexi between 27 Sept and

2 Oot 63. The paper alleged that OSWALD held an extended interview with the Cuban Amb in

Maxi whom he met in a restaurant on the outskirts of lexi from which restaurant they both

later left In the Amb's car for a talk without being overheard. I Source of this latter info

was alleged to be Salvador DIAZ Verson, This individual was interviewed at Miami.

He state

that while in Mexi 29-29 Nov 63 attending the Congress of the International Federation of

Professional Newspaper Organizations, he was at the offices of the newspaper Excelsior on

the night of 25: Nov 63.

There he learned through the Mexi press that the Mexi gov had arre:

DIAZ Verson went on to claim that he was & told by Dr. BORRELL Navarros, an exiled Cuben :

newspaperman employed by Excelsior, that OSWALD and DURAN on the day following OSWALD's arr.

In Mexi went to & restaurant called the Caballo Blanco or possibly the Caballo Bayo where ti

met an official of the Cub Emb.

DIAZ Verson claimed that he knows nothing about OSWALD and

the Cub official leaving the restaurant together in a car. / It was ascertained that Dr.

Eduardo BORRELL Navarro, & former Cuban Cabinet Minister who on occasion writes feature

artioles for the Mexi City Excelsior, currently resides at 1303 Homero St., Apart 301, Mexi.

BORRELL Navarro was Interviewed on 11 Jan at which time he furnished the following info:.

Salvador DIAZ Verson was in Mexi as claimed and disoussed OSWALD with BORRELL and other Cubi

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by OSWALD to the home of DURAN. / It le to be noted that DURAN was questioned by Mexi author

at the time OSWALD visited the Cub Con in Mexi. / BORRElI. knew nothing concerning any visit

of no meeting between OSWALD and Cub Emb officials other than the meetings which occurred

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30 Jan

289. 30 Jan

290.

1 Feb.

291.

6 Feb.

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on 23 Nov 63. At that time she confirmed that OSWALD visited: the Cub Emb 1h Mexi during the

time he was in Mexi from 27 Sept to 2 Oct.: She alleged that the purpose of his visits to the

Cuban Emb was to obtain & Cuban visa.

She stated she had given him a telephone number to use

In calling her concerning the visa, but denied that he had ever visited in her home. / On

17 Jan 64 à source.... advised that he had been unable to locate a Caballo Bleno restaurant

in Maxi, but stated there is a Caballo: Bayo restaurant located on outskirts of Mexi.

Source went to restaurant, showed photos of former Cub Con Eusebio AZCUE Lopez, who was in

charge of Cub Con at the time of OSWALD's visit there, of Cub: Amb HERNANDEZ Armas, of Silvia

DURAN and of OSWALD to employees of restaurant and conducted extensive interviews of these

employees.: He was unable to find anyone among the employees who could recall any of the

persons as having been at restaurant.

MEXI 8008 (Ref: DIR 97829 - para 289 below) - Station has reported all available info

OSWALD activities Mexi. / Practically all info from LIENVOY and all other sources was also

reported locally to ODENVY and to Amb Mann.

It may be that some Station Info Included by

loCal ODENVY reps in their reporting; believe however local ODENVY: will have indicated

KUBARK as source.

DIR 97829 - Fletcher M. KNIGHT appeared before Warren Commission on 28 Jan and received guide-

lines on what they expect from kußark.

On Sat, 1 Feb, we will give commission a report on

OSWALD's activities in Mexi, presented so as to protect your sources and techniques. Ple

review your reporting to us on this subj and cable in anything additional you may have in

time for us to include In report.

DIR 98676 (Refs MBXI 7964 - para 286 above) Before deciding on ICFLUTTER of ROJAS naed

much more info on his background for clearance purposes. ¡ Pla have ODENVY suppily vital date,

background, job history, some idea of physical and mental condition.

Also need know: Would

ICFLUTTER be done in secret or must Mexi authorities know? KUBARK not in favor of cutting

in local authorities because 'it hurts security and mobility of FLUTIER experts.: / We have no

traces on ROJAS with present identifying date.

We in contact with ODINVY here on case.

PIs ask ODENVY Mexi to supply added data.

MEMO to COS from LEGAT, Subject: 'OSWALD - Re:

YIario ROJAS Villanueva aka Hilario ROJAS

villanueva,

Eladio VILLANUEVA, Eladio VILIANUEVA Rojas.

ROJAS does not have any

birth certificate but states he was born in 1932 or 1933 on a ranch known as Guayabo de Santa

Rita, located near the town of Cludad: Manuel Doblado. In the state of Guanajuato.. His mother.

still resides at the ranch and her name is Estefania ROJAS and is now about 80 yre old.

did not know his father, therefor uses his mother's surname, ROJAS. / ROJAS lived on the

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area for a person named McILVANDY near Highway 99 and Roxy Street. i MCILVANEY was engaged in

drainage and Irrigation work and ROJAS worked for him about Tyre. / In 1954 he was allowed

tò leave the U.S. voluntarily by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.. / ROJAS..

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Why was sa & telegram sent from Nuevo Laredo

authorizing the CMA ticket office at Guadala-

jara to issue a ticket 13?

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also calims & common-law marriage to Alloia GALVEZ and that a child was born in the U.S.

of this marriage. Alloia still corresponds with him and lives at Calle Republica del Salvai

#152, Col. Cuauhtemoc, Mexicall, Mexl. / In about 1954 he returned to the ranch where he

at Tijuana, Mexi which bottled T-Up.

fixed employment since his Tijuane Job with the u-Up bottling firm in 57 or 58., occasional

temporary jobs since about 58, mostly involving truckloading.: / He married his present wife,

Yolanda CORDOBA in 57 and now has five children, the youngest born 21 Oct 63.

/ Letters whi

have been observed Indicate by postmark that ROJAS was in Cozumel, buta at a later period

then he has stated and apparently for at least three to possibly five months, which contra-

diots information received from Daniel SOLIS, who stated Ylario ROSAS Villanueve was in CozI

been established, although not on the specifio dates furnished by ROJAS.

one Hilario ROJAS was

on flt from Guadalajara to Nuevo Laredo on 3 Aug. 62.

CMA records

further rellect that a telegram deted 31 July 62 at Nuevo Laredo authorized the CMA ticket

office at Guadalajara to issue a tioket to Hilario ROJAS Of 665 Chilarde Street, Guidalajare

It is noted that ROJAS has stated that he formerly resided at Chilarde Street in Guadalajai

/ROJAS appears to be in normal physical condition and no outward signs observed of any lliè...

deficiency.

He did not reveal any mental quirks. He tends to be voluble in his conversa-

tions and to wander from specific lines of questioning. / He appears to react mentally in a

manner reflecting innate Intelligence superior to that of his stated sixth grade education.

He does not volunteer any motive for furnishing info to the U. S. Gov concerning his alleges

association with unidentified Cubans and with OSWALD, both at U.S. border and at Corumel. /

Other than discrepancies radig noted in various interviews conducted with RoJAS, the only

apparently unusual development concerns & reportedly second letter that he has directed to

U. S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, wherein he, according to his own statement, stated

that he had additional info to furnish:

According to ROJAS, this additional info concerned

a so-called camera which he saw in Cozumel In the possession of the unidentified Bubans and

OSWALD, which camera reportedly had adaptations which could be utilized to fire about five

cartridges, which cartridges reportedly have a small gas compartment and that said gas was

for the purpose of cutting down on the noise made in firing said camera.

He also described

& rifle supposedly in the possession of these previously mentioned individuals. ! He claims t

have beenxgal told by the Cubens that the "camere"

was worth about: $50,000 and was a Russiar

Invention./ Attitude toward Polygraph! Examination:

'It was explained to ROJAS that it might

be necessary in the future to afford him a scientific examination with the use of certain.

instruments.

He said he would be agreeable to such an examination. / Attitude of Mexican

Government re Polygraph Examination: It is assumed that, as in the past case of the Nic,

Echeverria should be su consulted and his authorization obtained to conduct said examinatio

At the same time, he can also be told that general results of exam would be, furnished him.

It is further suggested that the full name of ROJAS should be furnished Echeverria and the

fact that he would be examined either in Guadalajara' Or Mex1.I There does not appear to be

any reason for Echeverria to be furnished the iden of the Polygraph examiner.

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292.

293:

7 Feb.

8 Feb.

294.

8 Feb.

$ 295. 1l Feb.

What is the RCMP?

Check PERISTEIN

296.

12 Feb.

296.

12 Feb.

to MRID

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MEXI 8117 (Ref: DIR 98676 - para 290 above) Following rec'd Irom Local ODENVY on 'i Feb.

(Reporting contents of para 291 above)

DIR 00302: (Ref: MEXI 8117 - para 292 above) W1ll trace and clear ROJAS. / Since he Mexi

cit, we do not want to ICFLUTIER him in Mexi with knowledge of government there.

case was different because we knew ALVARADO would be sent straight back to Nio.

Will conter

With ODENVY here un prus and cons of taking him to Texas, where facilities would be better.

Will advise.

Note on cover sheet of DIR 00302 - Advised Henry Johnson (LEGAT) on 1l Feb 64. | Signed COS

MEMO to COS frOM JKHENADUM (source): Source has been told to drop everything else and concentrate

on Betty MORA to endeavor to find out any additional info which she might have re OSWALD and:

his activities on behalf of the Fair Play For Cuba Committee in New Orleans, La. prior to

the assassination. (See para, 264 above).

In this connection it will be recalled that MORA

former Chairman of the FPFCC in Detroit, Mich,, has been in Next for more than a month, that

she had been in Puerto Vallarta for a month, that she had wanted to go to Playa Azul but

that she did not do so because "it was not good to do so - so s00n after the assassination",

that she was leaving Mexi to go to Zijuatenejo. Source does not belleve she was in Puerto

Vallarts, nor that she is presently in Zijuatenejo. / BERSTEIN also told source that she had

been questioned in Detroit, prior to her departure for Mexi, by the RCMP, but that no inquiry

had been made of her by the FBI or any U.S, police or Investigative agency.

The interroga-

tion had to do with the FPFCC, its aotivities in the Detrolt area, and the fact that she had

reportedly acted as a mail drop for Canadian communists. This interrogation took place in

publicationg" for her Canadian friends.

Note written in margin of above Memo: Should I report for Has info only? by cos.

Since this deals with OSWALD case and has already been reported by the source to

It adds nothing to the case and if Has should

MEXI 8194 (Ref:

MEXI 7964 - para 286 above). LEGAT

received two letters recently from Eladio ROJAS Villanueva aka Eladio VILLANUEVA regarding

notebook.

Ask SOLIS to forward notebook if found to: Mr. Edwin O. Johnson, Consulado

Americano,

Guadalajara, Jalisco.

Letters In possession VILLANUEVA Indicate he in Cozumel

with Daniel SOLIS for at least three months in 1963.

Can SOLIS recall dates?: D.

Ask SOLIS

If VILLANUEVA in contact with Cubans or Americans while in Cozumel. Ask him how VILLANUEVA

occupied his time.

/ Please cable reply.

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297. 12 Feb.

298.

18 Feb.

Check. VILLANUEVA claimed friendship with

one ALBaRI.

See para

217 above. Now the

ferry boat is named ALBERTO. ??

What happened to VILLANUEVA's suitcase

which

contained "Important papers" which

had fallen from top of bus into water.

See Para 284 above:

Could Polo be Albert ??: Or could Polo be

connected with VILLANUEVA's first contaot

In Mexi - the Cuban' ??

299. 18 Feb.

300. 20 Feb.

301.

20 Feb.

302.

20.

Feb.

Why no ticket number 18

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FOR JACK SIEWARI, MERIDA!

from Joe Garcia (LEGAT) requesting information contained in par

296 above.

MRID 0404 (Ref: MEXI 8194 - para 296 above) 1. Foll SOLIS reply para 1 Ref: A. Had no

received two letters recently from VILLANUEVA.

Would forward as requested any noteboo

that turned up.

C.! Best recollection VILLANUEVA arrived Cozumel very early June 63, left

on 4 July 63 on ferry boat Alberto for Puerto Juarez.

SOLIS received theee letters, since

burned, from VILLANUEVA In Guadalajara in months Immediately following VILLANUEVA departur

from Cozumel.

SOLIS answered all three..

In last of three replies SOLIS asked VILLANUEVA

repay 500 peso 10an.

SOLIS never heard from VILLANUEVA & after that.: VILLANUEVA in one o

three letters asked |1f SOLIS would like to be "secret police agent"

con Cozumel.

no further info on possible contaots VILLANUEVA with Cubans or Americans on Cozumel.

when not working as albanil, spent his' tims at SOLIS home "chapeando" (weeding, cutting br

and usually in hammock by 2030 hrs. SOLIS and VILLANUVA sometimes visited Mayalum night-

club together.

VILLANUEVA did not appear is be much of a drinker. / 2.

SOLIS also said:

VILLANUEVA arrived Cozumel with Sergeant second class "Polo" (nickname); Polo was arriving

new assignment: of Cozumel Military Base; VILLANUEVA said had met Polo in Mexi City; Polo c

around SOLIS house twice after VILLANUIVA departure looking for VILLANUEVA.

(COMENT: Ba

asked NASSIM JOAQUIM discreetly obtain' all Info possible on Polo; will advise.

JOAQUIM conour SOLIS seems be telling straight forward story.: SOLIS daughter, apparently

unprized, confirmed burning of letters from VILIANUEVA.

MEMO tO LEGAT from COS:

Subjects: OSWALD - Memo reports info contained in para 298 above.

MEXI 8341 to MRID - Mr. Joseph Garcia, LEGAI, going to Merida 21 Feb. Said would contact

COB soom after arrival.

/ Garcia would like to meet and talk to Daniel SOLIS re VIULANUEVA

He also has "few other leads" in area but did not speoify whether pertinent GPFLOOR or not

DIR 02697 - No traces

ROJAS aka VILLANUEVA.

KUBARK now prepared to LCFLUTTER him in Texas

If OdiNVY still: wants

It. Have told ODENVY here and awaiting their decision.

MEMO tO COS frOm LEGAT; Subjeot: OSWALD. (See para 197 above) As reported previously,

source made available a copy of the bus manifest of & company called Transportes Frontera

covered the trip of the bus which departed Mex1'2 Oct 63 and scheduled arrival time at Nue

Läredo of 6 a.m. on 3 Oct. The passenger listed as occupying seat 4 on this manifest was

OSWALD, no first name glyen. ! Destination was given as Laredo./ No ticket number was liste

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by OSWALD's name although ticket numbers appeared beside the names of the remaining passen

This mnifest was poorly prepared In longhand with names of some of the passengers belug

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Incomplete and in some

cases illegible,

Toward the botton of the manifest is & notation,

N9 Laredo, T Monterrey", hoever,

Including the name of OSWALD, 10 passengers appear

on the

w1th a destination of Laredo. / Frencisco ALVARADO, tioket salesman and dispatcher at the

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Transportes Frontere terminal In Mex1, was Interviewed several times, the last being on

17 Dec.

ALVARADO had no recollection of OSWALD and could offer no, explanation as to by no

ticket number appeared beside his name or as to the reason for the discrepancy in the number.

of passengers listed for Laredo. // As previously reported, Francisco SAUCEDO Velezi and

Dionisio RiYNA Paz, chauffeurs on the trip.... were Interviowed. They had no personal recollec

tion of OSWALD nor could they offer any explanations; concerning the discrepancy in the number.

of passengers and the fact that no ticket number appeared beside OSWALD's name. /

SOUCEDO

explained that tickets bearing a prefix of 39 covered travel from Mexi to Monterrey and those

with a prefix of 10 covered the travel from Mexi to Nuevo Laredo.

He also pointed out that

tickets collected from the passengers on a given trip are forwarded to the offices of the bus

compasy in Monterrey, / On 9 Deo Telesforo QUIROGA, ticket agent at Iransportes Frontere

office, Monterrey was interviewed. All tickets listed by number on the passenger manifest

for the 2-3 Oct 63 trip from Mexi to Nuevo Laredo were located. QUIROGA could offer no

explanation as to why no ticket number was listed for OSWALD, 'and It was impossible for him

to locate & tioket which might have been used by OSWALD. / OSWALD in Mexi stayed at Hotel del

Comercio, Calle Sahagun 19. On 20 Jan $ 64 Guillermo GARCIA Luna, manager of this hotel,

reported:* The hotel does not use a system of registration cards for guests, but rather uses

a I registry book. On the first day a guest arrives he, himsell, makes the initial entry

In the book, this including the name of the guest, the place from which he is arriving, his

occupation, and his nationality.

Thereafter on each day the guest continues at the th hotel

the sams info is entered in the book on the page designated for that day, but the entry is

made by a hotel employee.

being son as "USA (Texas, deupation In advance.

occupation "photo"

writing on this entry in the registry book has been identified with known handwriting of OSWALD

by the FBI. / OSWALD was listed as staying in room 18 from 27 Sept through night of 1 Oct.

Mr. GARCIA Luna said rooms 18 through 23 ocoupy one floor of the hotel.

He was able to furnish

info on three of the guests who occupied rooms on same floor as OSWALD because they frequently

stop at the hotel when in Mexi.

Guests were: Mr. PEREZ Pliego, San Luis Potosi, railroad

employee, room 19 on 26 Sept, 27 and 28 Sept. A Captain ESQUIVEL of Veracruz occupies room

19 on 30 Sept, Mexi Army Captain well-known in Veracruz according to GARCIA Luns. / Mario

RESENDIZ, merchent, Saltillo,

Coahuila, room 21,26 Sept to 3 Oct., has merchandising business

involving sale of flowers and miscellaneous items in Monclova,

Coshuila, also well known In

Monclova according to GARCIA Luna. / / On 21 Jan 64 Alfonso PEREZ Pliego, Espana 304,

Guadalajara, Jalisco, office address Bolivar 8-401, Mexi, was interviewed In Mexi.

He advised

he frequently stops at del Comercio but had not noticed OSWALD.

/ The following Investigation

was conducted in Veracruz on 23-24 Jans Ernest HOLM, Vice Consul, Amer Con, contected logical

sources.of.his: office. None of these sources was able to IdentifyiCaptain ESQUIVEL.: It.

COMMANDER Charles EDSON, assigned to Mexi Naval Academy as an instructor by the U. S. Navy

was unable to locate any info on ESQuIvEL.

obtain any info on ESQUIVEL.

Inspector Alberto MORALES, Veracruz Police Dept,

/ Investigation continuing./. Intensive investigation

continuing to

locate Mario RESENDIZ of Monclova.

MEMO frOm LEGAT®

to COS:

Subject:

Jack L. RUBY; OSWALD - Victim.

Information has been

rec'd that RUBY traveled to Cube from Mexi in the latter part of 62 under name of Jack I. RUBY.

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304.

305.

27 Feb.

10 Mar.

What

hotel??

306.

12 Mar.

JEUKEl

Jack Leon RUBY, Jack RUBENSTEIN, or Jacob RUBENSTEIN. / Advise of any Info to verify this

travel by RUBY.

MEMO from LEGAT to Boonstra,

co to COS; Subjects OSWALD. - Ref: LEGAT memo dated 13 Jan

64 (pare 27T above): - Same background Info as para 277 with following additional: ROJAS

claimed he could pinpoint the date 14 August 1962 as the day he arrived in Mexi because he

set in seat #14 on the bus and his hotel room was #14 and he arrived in MexI, by cuicidence,

on 14 'Aug 62.. (That day, while walting in & park near the bus station of the busline Estrellas

de Oro, and the hotel where he sayed was in the vicinity, he was contacted by an unidentified

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report from LEGAT) with "On 5 Mar' 64, IROJAS, at Guadalajara, Jalisco, continued to maintain

met OSWALD anywhere." / A written, signed statement declaring all information had been false

was prepared and signed by ROJAS.

MEMO to COS from LEGAIs! Subjects OSWALD.: Source produced original of a passenger list.

or manifest relating to departure No. 2, Bus No. 340, 2 Oct 63, of the Transportes Frontera,

S.A. de C. V. bus line, which has: 1ts headquarters in Monterrey, N. L. and Its Mexi terninal

at Buenavista Street No. 7. / The passenger list or manifest was clear evidence thet

OSWALD had departed from Mexi on the bus connected therewith which left Mexi at 1:00 p.m.

and scheduled to have arrived

at 5:30 a.m., 3 Oot: 63. I Info on passenger list is handwritten, not complete and not all

legible, etc... (report submitted typed list of passengers, seat number, ticket number and

destination, etc.).:. "Inquiry at Transportes Frontera Bus Terminal" -

•On. 5 March 64,

Gilberto LOZANO Guizar advised that he is the Manager of the Mexi Terminal of Transportes:

Frontera Bus Company, Buenavista #7, which has a franchise for i"through service" between

Mex1, Monterrey, and Laredo,

but is not permitted to sell tickets or pick up passengers at

Intermediate localities.: / LOZANO said that Iransportes Frontera had made a complete study

of its records and procedures and has now arrived at the conclusion that the person designated

as "OSWID"on-the 2 Oct 63 passenger manifeat did not purchase a ticket and could not have

traveled on the

trig to which it relates.

He pointed out that the list of passenger reserva

tions, tickets sold; and passengers actually boarding the bus in Mexi are recorded on the

form which' is provided for that purpose and 1s maintained on a clip board on the counter

from which ticket sales normallly are made by the ticket salesman and dispatcher, Francisco

ALVARADO.

'He admitted that ALVARADO occasionally is assisted during rush hours or a tempor-

ary absence from the counter by the baggage handler,' Lucio LOPEZ Medina, who may receive

and record reservations on the manifest but does not handle the actual receipt of payment:

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306. (continued)

DiA OSWALD actually make

the

2 0ct.??

trip to Laredo.

year

Brot su

atros, fo

чит

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for tickets.'/! According to Mr. LOZANO, & reservation is recorded by assignine a seat

numberas available and recording opposite the seat number assigned, the name and destination

of the Individual requesting the reservations.

That reservation is respected under normal

conditions until two hours before departure time; however, in the event all seats are not

filled, it may be held until the actual departure of the bus.

Prior to the departure

the bus, & final check 18 made

of passengers in connection with tickets sold for that

partioular trip, and at that time the dispatcher communicates by radio to the company

headquarters in Monterrey the number of "paying" passengers on the bus: in relation to the

Monterrey or Laredo destinations for which they purchased tiokets.

/ Francisco ALVARADO,

tloket salesman and dispatcher for Transportes Frontera, advised that he prepared most of

the handwriting on the 2 Oct 63 manifest on which the name "OSWLD" and destination "Lared"

appear opposite Seat No. 4.

He stated that he did not write the "OSWLD" reservation info

and it was his opinion that the reservation had been made and the info recorded by the

baggage handler, Lucio LOPEZ.

ALVARADO is quite certain at the present time that the

Individual desiated on the list as "OSWLD" did not purchase & ticket and did not travel

on the trip relating to that manifest. No ticket number was recorded for that person, and

a search of the company's records in Monterrey had failed to locate a ticket stub which

was not otherwise accounted for in connection with that particular trip. I. The notations

by ALVARADO of "9 Laredo, T Monterrey" reflected that he had reported by radio to the

Monterrgy office of the company that the bus had departed with nine

"paying" passengers

for Laredo

and seven "paying" passengers destined for Monterrey, Listed under

"Name of

Passengerg" were "OSWID" with no ticket number, indicating he did not travel;

"Angel PEREZ"

with no ticket number or destingtion, which confirmed that he had not purchased a ticket.

listed as having traveled

on a pass to Torreon.

the back of the manifest referred to advances of funds made by ALVARADO to LOZANO from the

cash for repairs, parts or other reguirements.

They related that the passenger lists

are not kept as a permanent record, and, when the manifest was located in the

"trash"

at the request of investigators of the Mexi Presidential' Staff, the Blanks at the tope

of the form had not been filled in as to time, destination, trip number, bus number, and

date, but they had completed those blanks from their personal knowledge in order to make

that dats clear to the investigators. They also had listed the names

of the drivers

on the

formar at that time.

They affirmed that the handwritten

"Transportes

Frontera"

at the top

of the document had' been added by some official of the Mexi Government after the document

was borrowed from them. / Both LOZANO and ALVARADO stated that they had no recollection of

Transportes Frontera bus of 2 Oct 63,

but pointed out that after the name was located on the manifest, they had not been given

opportunity of reviewing,

analyzing or checking out the data thereon. / Lucio LOPEZ

Medina, baggage and freight handler at Transportes, related that he

often-assists the

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306. (continued)

Lucio LOPEz, said he probably wrote! "OSWLD"

and "LARED" on the manifest, yet belleves

OSWALD did not make the trip on 2 oct.

307. 16 March 1964

Check

308. 19 Mar

309.

19 MET

Check Enrique Rusz Montalvo

LOPES / LOPEZ

-310.

19 Mar

Check; VELASQUEZ on KAPLAN case - re,

OSWALD, Pearl GONZALEZ, etc.

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opposite Seats Nos. 1 and 3, etc., and possibly other items on the manifest.

de acknowleaged

that he had no personal recollection of OSWALD, could not recognize his photo as being

of anyone who had been at the bus terminal, and did not believe that OSWAlD had embarked

Con the bus of 2 Oct 63. / LOPEZ said that the reservation was made by the individual in

(person, as he did not recall having received a reservation by telephone from any person

Jesus SAUCEDO, Comptroller at the terminal of the Fleche Roja, Mexi, and Investigators made

& search of manifests with negative results.

... / Inquiry at Iransportes del Norte Bus

Terminal. | Ricardo BELTRAN Medina, Mgt of Mex terminal stated emphatically. that records had

been searched by agents of the Mexi Presidential Stait, Ministry of Gov., the Federal

qualcial police, and himself, and no record had been located identifiable with OSWALD.

Washington Report - BACKGROUND FOR ASSASSINATION, published by The America Security

Counal Faitoria, Staff.

(good reading)

"Why and how"

OSWALD's orders

have come from Moscow.

DIR 08574 - Dallas News'today carries story to'eitect that Jack RUBY's lawyer, Mr. Melvin

M. BELLI, was interviewed at border en route to Mexico City.

Interview does not reveal

purpose trip. Pls report any Info you can develop on BELLI's activities or significance

this maneuver. ODACID and President's commission extremely interested.

that of me tacte deported a date of the ed a a el i it for an a ved in

assassination. According this contact, LOPES entered Mexi on foot fron Laredo, Texas

about 1200 hours on 13 Nov carrying U.S. passport #319962 issued 13 July 60 and proceeded

by bus to Mexi where he entered Cuban Emb.

On|27 Nov he left Emb for Cuba on Cubana

flt 465 and was the only passengar allowed on the plane.

LOPLS was issued vexi travel

form & No, 24553 at Nuevo Laredo! / FUN said could noti

verify this snia but believed it

magnt be of interest to s gov.

Base and ODACID files contain no identiflable traces

on LOPES/LOPEZ.

Pls advise results Has passport oheck including bio data on LoFts 11

possible for further checking by Basei and Station. / Background info re Base

contact with

RUIZ, contained in HNYA 2120, 18 Mar being pouched 20 Mar.

MEXT 8737 (REF, DIR 8695---n0t-1n-flie, not abstracted) = Locel radio broadcast morning

18 Mar told of BELLI's trip Mext and intent visit

"old friend" Viotor VELASQUEZ.

notified ODENVY. / Station traces on VELASQUEZ:

BELLI member of Board (Chairman) of Directors

/ Reply to Amb'g request for

Falangist. leader

Mexi 1942 and directed drug smuggling for party.

Proceeds being used for Falangist propaganda.

B-2 report 1945 says V pro-U.S.

and no longer has Falangist connections.

In intervier a Amb

desaribed self as anti-Commy, Royalist and believer in Porfirio Diaz policy.

Was Inviting

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Check possible PRIETO Laurens implication

In retrospect, this not true.

по. до00.

VELASQUEZ IS

311.

20 MAI

312.

20 Mar

Did BELLI make statement

¡RUBY case later?

313.

30 MaJ

314.

31 Mar

Check BUCHANAN

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amb to party for iruman b. luchun, dor. lawyer Lisbed in deuterhad as Fresidely or academy

of trial Lawyers. I Burnell Goodrich, Cos contact, reported Mar 61 that V was behind attacks

launched against U,S. lawyers practicing in Mexi and controlled and financed group UNAM

students who attacked U.S. lawyers. /V was cheracter reference listed in PRQ of Jorge

PRIETO Laurens, who president of Frente Popular Anticomunista de Mexi and Seagen of Confedera-

cion interamericane de defensa del continente. / In Oct 02 when Mr. Robert FLORSTEDT (KUBARKER)

here from HQS collecting NIS material he visited V whom described as Mexicos outstanding

criminal lawyer and profound admirer of U.S. Interview lasted 22 hrs although memo does not

reveal in what way V of service. ODENVY has no record but their Inquirles reveal V outstanding

and highly respeoted trial lawyer here.

In absence COS and since JKB leaving town 20 Mar

for weekend asking ODENVY their ability follow BULLI movements.

If nit, will atempt cover

Via LIEMBRACE surveillance.

Will explore othe f possibilities with TESSAROlO and GOODRICH and

JKs after his return 23 Mar.

MEXI, 8740 (Ref: MNIY 0829 - Para 309 above) - Ref Info jibes fully with that provided Station

by LunPat early Dec o.

Assume ODENVY furnished no further info on Subj after

DIR 87188 not Irreu - not abstracted)

THE NEWS - Fired By Ruby, BELLI Is Here - by Jaime Plenn: Melvin BELLI appealed to "public

opiaion and my fellow lawyers" not to pass judgement on his conduct In the Jack Ruly trial

until all "technical details of the trial and the defense are known." / BELLI, discharged

as attorney for RUBY, convicted killer of OSWALD, made the statement through a spokesman;

VELAzQUEZ, weil known local lawyer./ The indireot| statement followed & reported criticism

of BELLI by Walter C. CRAIG of Phoenix, Ar1z., American Bar Assn. president. /

...BELLI arrived last night by train, and checked into & mid-town hotel, and was in contact

with VELAZQuEZ, the latter said today. / ...HiLlI said he would make a full statement of his

position upon his arrival in San Francidco.

THE NEWS - Hidden Side of OSWALD Case, by Ralph de Toledano; Theory on assassination -

History and backgrpund of time in Mosoow, facility in leaving Russia wa wife, ete......

In apparatus work

operating procedure. I The theory that OSWALD yas made does not match his behavior after his

The mad political assassins issue flamboyant justifications of their abts. The

trained assassin clams up.

This 1s what OSWALD didi. / What OSWALD really was and who his

it the a non out in ta do ten ones the tea round the ta

world to put tögether much of the story -as others did in discovering thel background of

TROTSKY's murderer, & man who had much in common psychologically with OSWALD.

MEXICO CITY DAILY BULLETIN (Date-lined Paris, Mar 30 AFP) ...A Paris veekly magazine has been

no publisher in the U.S: - which cleims

"nad ta "allanno" InswAi.n

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315.

1 April

Has VELASQUEZ, been

queried recently?

316.

311.

1 April

318:

1810 hrs

/ The book "The Assassins of President kennedy" indicates OswaLD was little more than a -

"patsy" in a conspiracy put together by a number of men.

The 24 yr old was used. according

to buchanan, to (a) acquire the fifle used In K slaying, (b) facilitate the entrance into

the Dallas Book Depository of a marksman and (e) cover up for the rest of the gang by accepting

by N.I. Civil Rights Attorney Mark Lane, appearing pelore the Warren Com. "representing" the

the Kennedy motorcade was moving and that this sniper also opened fire. / He says this second

sniper might have been ruis, who showed up following the killing in the office of the "Dallas

Morning News,' the only building of quiok, sure aocess for the sniper on the bridge. His

conclusion is olest - that Ruby gunned down OSWALD in the police station just as it was

feared OSWALD was feady to "spill" the whole story.

MEXT 8878 (Refs MEXT 8737 - pare 310| above) - AS HOS KnOwS BELLI remeined Next only one

night and Victor VELASQuEZ issued Innocuous press statement for him. / TESSAROLO and BENADUM

both report vilasQuiz reputation among local lawyers is shabby.

While he effective defense

lawyer with excellent batting average,

sald to be completely without ethics.

Interesting

that in current Mexi bar association attack against U.s. lawyers precticing wext, bar apparently

not risking dignity it case bailing. tele on canal

BENADUM not optimistic

re his or LIMPO chances learn

content BuLLI/VELASQuEZ discussions.

NOTEs Written by COS on cover of MEXI 8878 above.

very close to

Victor VELasQuEL - maybe

"I have a friend, Gerald SCHULZ, who 18

I can get sea some comment via Gerry from Victor V.

MEMO to LEGAT from COS, Subjects Photögraphs. - Ref is made to our conversation of 3 Apr 64

and the request for sixteen copies of each of some five items. / There are attached 18 copies!

of each of the requested Items. (On file copy is "See HMMA 23229, 9 Apr 64" - para 323 below)

DEPARIMENT INCOMING TELEGRAM (Control 133) - President's commission on assassination informed

that members of commission staffinlan travel to Mesa & Apr in connaction with Investlantiion

OL OSWALD's aotivities In Mexi during period 26 Sept to 3 Oct 63. / Names of staff members

are W1lliem I. COLMAN and W. Dayis SLAWSON, Howerd P. WILLENS of Justice Dept.,

currently

assigned to commission stail, will accompany them.

These lawyers have been instructed

(1) to Inform themselves of investigative effort made by American agencies abroad: (2) to

become informed with as much detall as possible regarding investigative effert of Mexican

agenbless and (3) to consult with appropriate U.s. and Mexican officials as to what further

investigation should be initiated.

Avoidance of publiolty is of paramoun

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319.

320.

321.

322.

323.

324.

T Apr

8 Apr

9 Apr

3 Apr

9 Apr

11 Apr

Check Subject.

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DIR 12633 - Wish alert you that three members of Warren Commission legal Staff, WILLENS,

SLAWSON, and COLEMAN, will arrive Mexi without publioity...to confer with you Station, BFINCH,

and; ODENVY about investigative action taken on OSWALD case.

/ Main purpose is assure

themselves about completeness of Investigation by KUBARK, ODENVY, and Mexicans.

studied our jeports in detail.

KUBARK endorses purpose of trip.

/ Will cable further

guidelines on what expected from your station!

DIR 13026 (Ref: DIR 12633 - pare 319 above) Subjects artiye....! They want to know if Mexicans '

have further written investigative reports, want clarification of many points in ODENVY

investigation, eto...some highly touch subject they will discuss are whether they should

see Mexi officials themselves, try to talk to Silvia DURAN, whether Mexicans will let them

later publish just what Mexicans did In case. / These officers know we have tap assets,

may| have guessed. from coverage, we have photo points and a sourcè in Cuban Emb, but do not

know details or our arrangements with Mexicans.

Reguest CURTIS lend all reeded assistance

with minimum possible disclosure of assets and techniques, and no publioity at all.

DIR: 13284 (Ref: MEXI 8923 - para 322 below) Your visitors know CURI'IS must leave 13 Apr

lor; conference here...

I consultation with Division.

MEXI 8923 - Station Chiefs meeting first on agenda followed by consultetions with Division

Pls confirm.

Also number of days.....

ODACID telegram of T Apr probably will be;

fairly demanding and CURIIS, who was Station CO, will be expected to participate in discussions.

HMMA 23229 Attaohed are copies of documents pertihent to OSWALD's trip to Mexi in Oct 63.

/ These copies were made (as extra ones) when ODENVY asked Station to make photographic copies

for them. / Attached are for HQS only for completion of HOS| files. (AITS are as follows:

Reproduced above is a Solicitud de Reservacion" (Reservation Request), also described as a

"Tioket Purchase Order" of Transportes Chihuahuenses Travel Agency, Mexi City, Issued to

Mr. H. O. In for "one seat from Mexi to Isredo, confirmed Mr. SAUCEDO" In the amount of

93.75 pesos and dated 30 Sept 63.

¡#2. | Reproduced above 1s & 'Greyhound International

Exchange Order" Isaued by Iransportes Chihuahuenses Travel Agency, Mexi City oa 1 Oct 63

to I. O. LEE for travel from Iaredo, Texas to Dallas, Texas, following entry to the U.s.

via Transportes del Norte.

MEMO FOR THE FILES from COS, Subject; Theodore Vincent LEE - On 10 Apr 64 BENADUM reported

that his! "American source" had talked to Elizabeth Catlett de MORA (Betty MORA) on 9 Apr.

/ Among the Items discussed was Subject (see his file).

He was formerly Chief| (in U.S.A.)

of "Fair Play for Cuba Committee" (which was dissolved after OSWALD's assassination of K

reports that this Committee is being financed from| the Communist Chinese via Habana and Mexi

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325.

326.

327.

328.

329:

330.

331.

11 Apr

THE NEWS - Lócal Police Mun on OSWALD Prob - Mexi police authorities refused to acknowledge

their participation in the activities of OSWALD during his visit to Mexi City. / ...Various

by RUBY in Dalles, visited Mexi 26 Sept for one week, visited Mexi City to obtain & visa

to travel to Cuba and Sov Union.

9 Apr

9 Apr

9 Apr

9 Apr

10 Apr

Is this house Silvia| DURAN's?

Has Luis CUITO Ramirez been queried by us?

10 Apr

AMEMBASSY OUTGOING TELEGRAM Control 122 - Upon their arrival et Mex1 City 8 Apr the 1denties

OF COLEMAN, SLAWSON and WILLENS as members of President's Commission staff were known to

Eastern airlines and to at least one other unidentified individual at airport. i.!...

/.....Thus we foresee no problem & with GOM from unexpected publicity.

La Prensa - Three Investigators of Kennedy Case In D. F. - About arrival of three mentioned

in para 326 above,

also they traveled on diplomatio passports, were received by members; of

the U.S. Emb and refused to make comments to pewspapermen. ! Bags were not inspected, Etc.

Novedades - Threa Investigators of the Death of JFK In Mexiço - Same as para 327 above.

il Dia - Three Agents Arrive from U.S. who are Investigating the! Assassination of Pres. K.

Sams as above except last paragtaph 'However,: 1t was not possible to find'out if the three

visitors who came for the Investigation have come with the authorization of the authorities

of our country, since, when we tried to ask them (or interview them, they would not respond.

Novedados - A U. S. Senate Commission In Mexioo, Investigates Activities of OSWALD Here -

Same as above but with more deta1l, Including'"

...OSWALD attended a reunion in which were

various persons, who, for some time have been active in political affairs, and the meeting

was held in a house in Colonia ‹Condesa.

..... Also stated was that the investigation would

be in colaboration with the DES of the D.F. and Police Chief, Ceneral Luis CUEIO Ramirez.

MEXI 8966 (Ref: A. DIR 13026 - pare 320 above, B. DIR 12633 - para 319 above) Giving info

of newspaper jartiales on visit of SLAWSON, WILLENS and COLEMAN. ¡ Also "On| morning 9 Apr

COS participated with Amb., Min Boonstre and LEGAT in briefing session.

On afternoon 9/Apr

COS and DCOS spent 3 hrs with visitors.

Memo' of briefing will be forwarded. / On 10 Apr

at request visitors and with approval of Amb, COS has arranged take 3 visitors to see LITEMPO 8.

COS has asked LEGAT accompany. Amb told LIlEMPO & on night| of 8 Apr (When Amb' rade his protocol

cally of planned arrivel, purpose of visit and desire... no publicity. / Will report on visit

to LITEMPO 8.

- 332.

10 Apr

and Pres. DORTICOS in Hebane on 26 Nov 63.

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333.

I 335.

11 Apr 64

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MEXI 8984 (Ref: MEXI 8966 - pare 331 above)

Publicity on visit continued on 10 and 11 Apr

including "The News".!. which on 11 Apr stated Mexi police authorities refused to commeht:

on visit. /On 10 Apr at 1130 hrs, vith approval Amb, COS took three and LEGAT to see

LILEMPO 8 and acted as interpreter.

/ LITEMPO 8 cooperative and friendly. / Visitors asked

A. For & complete written report of "Mensures| taken and Investigations made" by Mexi authorities

after assassination.

They promised that any portion they wished to publish in committee

What was accomplished by Warren reps

under restricter

conditions?

Amb should request this report from Mex1 Foreign Minister. LITEMPO 8 said he would contact

X FORMIN and tell him to get request to LITEMPO 8.

via same channel in very short time. / C. Comm1sa10n reps then asked 1? ITEMPO & objected

If Nerd citizens (such as manager of hotel where OSWALD stayed in Mex1) were invited and

voluntarily came into U.S. Emb to give statements to commission reps.

D.LIPEMPO 8 said

the Mexi Gov, could not agree to this.

Said this would, appear to be official investigation

by U.S. authorities in Mexi.

He said it would be against Mexi sovereignty. He then suggested

that the commission reps let his office invite such Mexicans to luncheons' or dinners with one .

of IITEMPO8's subordinates and the commission reps. (Note:| This the reps subsequently

Apr

Apr

Formin COROSTIZA on afternoon 11 Apr. / Believe COS and DCOS can assure Has that 3 reps

pleased with sessions they had with Station. Source (tel taps) revealed to them first by

Amb and "take" from these (with Source known to them revealed by COS.. They state they

already had been told of this source. They also said already cdmmitted to clear all drafts

of Intended reports with KUBARK.

AMEMBASSY QUIGOING TELEGRAM: #169 - Same info as para 333 above reported by Amb Freeman

EMMA 23249 to C/WID, Subjeots Visit of Staff Representatives of the Warreb Commission:

Attached are copies of a Memo for the Record to record talks had with COLEMAN, SLAWSON and

WILLENS, Staff Reps of Warren Commission. - l:

or the leApe Coma came that GAd i cooperate tultyr these 3 would have flop seoret

clearances, etc.

13. When visitors came In, Amb told them that he wished them to call.

on us for any and all help needed, but that he wished personally to is approve in advance

any and all contacts with Mexi authorities and/or Mexi citizens.

4.1 Amb briefed them

about seoret and sensitive sources, such as tel taps, and reminded them any published 1tem

* SECREI

(ara 33 pove our 0919 an

On 9 and 10 Apr, DCOS and I met with visitors! 3 hrs on 9 Apr and

Reviewed the

"take" from LIENVOY for 27, 28 sept.

and 1 Oct 63.. They made a "schedule" of OSWALD's activities. Note:

"Takes" were Eng translations.

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336.

Amb Mann was positive.

What did they acoomplish?

23 Apr

Cheok other guests

of hotel

If OSWALD was never at the hotel during the

day time, why was he never seen with a cost on

since he apparently was out at night when 1t

would naturally be chilly.

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Eng translations of 2 conversations of 26 Nov between Pres DORMICOS and Cub Amb HERANANDeZ.

D. Had me review Silvie DURAN case; they were show pics of stivia and husband.

d. Had me

review case of ALVARADO, the Nic.

Visitors asked what actions Mexi Station took

beginning 22 Nov.. I said we? a.

Reminded Hqs, Amb Mann and ODENVY locally that we had

sent them all (in Oct 63) data on OSWALD regerding visit to Mexi and visits to Sov and Cub Emb.

Threw all Station assets and sources into job of trying to get all possible details of

SWeete to tenate work Wath Ega approval, Bot in

c.i Stayed in continuous

contact with Has on leads with ODENVY to

coordinate work.

touch with Mexi authorities and obtained help in cases -- the outstanding ones beiny Silvia

DURAN and ALVARADO.

Put coverages on DURAN, KOSTIKOV and contact in Mexi with'OSWAld.

OSWALD wanted a vise for his wife "who was a Russian".| 10.

They said

that Assistant Sec Mann still has the "feeling In his guts" that Castro hired OSWALD to kill

Kennedy, they said, however, that the commission has not been able to get any proof of this.

11.. No docupents or photos were given visitors.

They are attached.

Eng translations read were kept by Station.

It is believed that all 3 of these visitors were pleased with Station's)

work on OSWALD case.

MEMO PrOm LEGAT to COS: Lee Harvey OSWALD, Hotel accommodation of OSWALD in Mexi City.

Into verifying OSWALD istayed at Hotel del Comercio, loçated at Calle Bernardino de Sahagun

No. 19, in room No. 18. OSWALD, registered as "IDE, HARVEY OSWALD, USA, TEXAS, PHOTO, US

was found identical. I List of names and residences, room numbers and dates of occupancy

of those registered at hotel during time OSWALD was there. ! / GARCIA Luna received' USWALD

at Hotel del Comercio at between 1000 and 1100; OSWALD's room No. 18 was 16.00 pesos daily

with bath, that the registry book indicates OSWALD stayed at hotel night of 1-2 Oct and

departed during the day of 2 Oat 63.

departure not the hour.

He believed OSWALD neither spoke nor understood any Spanish. He

had not observed OSWALD in the hotel during the day and he was never accompenied by any.

person.

He recalled that OSWALD carried a medium-size,

and was either of Naugahyde or canves material. He did not remember that OSWALD had ever

worn a cort and believed he usually appeared in a short-sleeved shirt of a nit variety.

Matilde GARNICA, maidlat the hotel del Comercio, recognized photo of OSWALD as being the

young American who had occupied room No. 18 for almost a week during the latter part of

las't year. She arrives at work between 0900 and 1000 and leaves at 2100. Clearly recalls

OSWALD, as few Americans stay at the hotel.

He had few personal effects, carried in a

"small, brown, zippered handbag" canves or Imitation leatheir material." She had seen OSWALD

When she saw him in the room

on Saturday he said "good morning" in English, and a short time later left the hotel.

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336. (continued)

Sebastian PEREZ Hernandez, desk clerk and assistant to the oner of the Hotel del Comerelo,

had not conversed with OSWALD but remembered him clearly because few Americans stay at the

hotel..

He said OSWALD left the hotel each morning and did not return until evening, possibly

after PEREZ Hernandez had completed his yorking day and left the hotel.

OSWALD was alone

and usually wore a knit, short-sleeved sport shirt and no coat or jacket..

He did not remember

Pedro RODRIGEZ, Ledesme, night watchman at

hotel, claims OSWALD left hotel at 0630 or

seeing OSWAID depart the hotel on the morning of 2 lot, but tr It was possible that the

night watchman, who remains at the reception desk during the night might have been aware of

OSWALD's departure from the hotel. Watchman is Pedro RODRIGUEZ who dould be located at the

taxi for him; howevet, the maid, Matilde GARNICA, hotel after 2100 or during the early morning hours. / Pedro RODRIGUEZ Ledesme's warking hours

claimed she spoke to OSWALD that Saturday noming are from 2100 to O9DO, however, he often 1s able to leave the hotel by 0800 of earlier ff

of his departure when he said good morning"' and thei owner and manager,' Guillermo GARCIA Luna, has arrived to relieve him and handle reception

he was in his room. ¡Matilde MARNICA enters work' duties.! He clearly recalls the young American whom he later identified in his mind as

betwcen 1900 and 1000. Time discrepancy??

OSWALD and remembers that on the date of the latter's departure from the hotel and

on the

basis of sign language and the word "taxi" which he understood that OSWALD wanted & taxicab,

RODRIGUEZ walked around the corner from the hotel where he obtained a taxicab. He believed

OSWALD left the hotel between 0630 and 0700 since it was getting light when he went in

search of the taricab. He could not be more precise concerning the time.

He believed

OSWALD carried his own luggage downstairs

without wearing a coat???

If OSWALD ate meals at 1400 at restaurant

next door to hotel, why was he never seen at

hotel during the day?

Did he never enter his

room during the day, after lunch, to wash his

hands? Why, if he were in area of Cub or Sov

Emb or Colonia Condesa, would he return to the

hotel location to eat, yet not be seent at the

It becomes very difficult to secure taxi transportation between 0730 and 0830 because of the

heajy traffio at that time, RODRIGUEZ related that OSWALD always arrived at the hotel late

at night, "midnight or thereafter", but he never noticed any indication that OSWALD had been

drinking.

Guillermo GARCIA Iuna sald of Pedro RODRIGUEZ Ledesme that RODRICUEZ 18

"humble but tery derdous, deeply religious, a family man, and highly rellable." / Dolores

RAMIREZ de BARREIRO, owner, manager and sometimes cook at small restaurant immediately

adjacent to Hotel del Comercio, stated that because of proximity of hotel, many hotel guests.

eat meals at restaurant.

She remembered OSWALD who had eaten several meals at the restaurant

In the late afternoon over & period of one weak.

OSWALD appeared at the restaurant after the

noon rush hour or some time after 1400, always alone, and ordered food by pointing at menu. !

Ate soup of day, tice, and either meat or eggs, but rejected dessert and coffee, and was very

money (cost) iconscious. Meals cost five to six pesos.

///! Individuals in neigtborhood of

hotel were queried with negative results.

/////. Guillermo GARCIA Luna advised that on the

basis of & search of abandoned correspondence; review of his records and accounts, and refreshine

his memory through discussions with other personnel at hotel, he had been able to develop

the following datas Antonio OLIVA is a Negro who had been considered Cuban but had clarified

Negro?? Any connection??

Bronght up by GARCIA

Luna because of

efforts to locate

so he

could pay the hill??

He had been living at the hotel with a woman to

They left the hotel without paying a substantial hotel bill, and GARCIA Luna has been attempt

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success.

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336. (continued)

Why did OSWALD choose this hotel?!

Proximity

to Bus Termina1?? If s0 why did he use a

337.

27 Apr

338.

28 Арг

339.

5 May

240.

6 May

341.

12 May

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MEMO TO LEGAT from COS, Photographs, Attaohed are, as requested, two prints of each nega-

tive. (See 338 below)

EMMA 23331 - Attached are photos made from film sent to this office by local ODENVY rep

on 24 Apr 64. / Local ODENVY rep requested two copies each. He said these would be sent

to his Hqs for Warren Commission. / The photos include ones of the local Sov Emb, the local

Cub! Consulate, Hotel del Comercio, It 1s requested that this dispatch and atts' be routed

because of OSWALD's Mexi visit.

bus terminal -- places of interest to the Warren Comm

to Chief, KUDESK.

DIR 18827 - Warren coumision requests we furnish following info: A. Hours when Cuban and

to and through Cupa. B. Description lof procedures and regulations of Mexi government for

travel of PBPRIME| oits to and through Cuba. /Request Mexi cable sumnary of all that.cán be

ascertained on above.

MEXI 9332 (Réf: pIR 18827 - pare 339 above) Sov Emb and Con are not open to public. Offices

Sov guards are on outside gate around

Monday through Friday!

Soy con frequently change. No onen 1100 tolsnovondeys and rridays.

sixteen sor families liva in compound. Visitors ring bell at gate at all hours, Mustar

speakers, can get in anytime. Others, usually turned away by guard after hours.!

Sous are not

known to lague neimita foritravel Gibs, / Cuban Emb and consulate in same, compound but have

separate entrances.

Consulate receives visitors irom muno 1400 hrs Monday through

Fritory. Emb working hours are from 0900 to 1700 hours same days but most Emb visitors

usually attended before 1400 hrs.

These hrs also applied during sent 63./ Cuban Emb

procedures and regulations for issuing permits for travel to and through Cuba, Visas normally

valid for 3 months from date of issue. Erior euthorizationi from Habena Invariably required

before issuance any visa.

(Applicant, completes visa application iran form at Consulate,

procedures and rege re travel PeRIME

cits to and through Cuba unchanged since EMMA 20887,

3 May 63- PBPRIME cits with passports and Cub visas are free to travel to Cuba.

PBRIME cit's

can obtain tourist cards from Mexi consul Habana for return via Mexi!

EMMA 23398 - Attached are copies of 2 pages which were reproduced by Station for local ODENVY

who procured documents (on loan) from Seq de Gob. (Documents are list of & persons entering

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342.

1) May

Check.

this 18

vary odd. I

T•

343.

13 May

344.

19 May

35428

Where are the attachments' to this???

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Next, with description, manner or travel, eto.

MEXI 9430 - ODiNVY reo'd large pig through pouch fron committee counsel Lee RANKIN with

Instructions pass unopened to Dr. Dele CAMERON attending psychiatric convention here.

turnover CAMERON opened package ODENVY office and C/ODINVY could see only that it contained

pile documents stamped top secret with classification lined out.

CAMERON walked out of

office carrying papers, probably to Hotel Marla Isabel where most conventioners staying./

Station understands CAMERON Intends deliver talk on psychiatrio assesament of OSWALD, pre-

sumably on basis these papers. / Although Station ignorant content of origin documents

appears odd see top secret docs relevant GHiLOOR case declassified prior issuence commettee

report. / Haye not informed ODENVY this cable, although C/ODENVY said he cabling his Hqs

MEMO to Boonstra from LEGAT, copy to COS - In socordance with our conversation, there 1s

of the report avallable for copying advised that it was actually delivered to Foreign

Relations on 9 May 64. (see pare 344 below)!

HMMA 23443 - Attached are oopies of the Gobernacion Report on the steps taken and Investigations

made by the Mexi Gov as a result of President K's assassinetion! / As will be recalled, this Report

was asked for by the three members of the Warren Commission who visited Mexi 8-13 Apr 64..

unoffloially from fio. Santiggo

(Highlights of Report, In rough translation) |- Just as soon as COM learned of the death of

the country olosed 1t's borders, In case the assassin would try to flea Dallas into

Nex1oo./ Also troops were sent to border towns In case 1t would be necessary. / Upon learning

the name of the assassin, Investigations were begun because it was known oshAll was in Mexico.

1n 1963. / Through Imhigration Department we could establish for sure that OSWALD entered Mexi

via Nuevo Laredo, Tamps, 26 Sept 63 as a tourist, eto,, etc., and made a photostatic.copy of

• the Soy Union, eto. / Interviewed Sra. Silvia DURAN, etc. / OSWALD cancelled his reservations

at the hotel on I Oct and reserved a seat on the bus of Transported Frontera to retum to i

To band the done an eye, / treat state, bur nonn the daredoi

What 1s this about??

OSWALD tried to get a divorce??

Error that OSWALD traveled by carito U.S. i? countrys however, proßf was not found in a search of papers 1n customs that QWALD; left by car.

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346.

347.

348.

349.

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there are supposed to de 4l aurachuenuss waste are baeyrt

Also, lourist cards were checked pr persons traveling at; the same time as oswald to try

co estaolton any conneocion with him, or cars entering and leaving, etc., etc. / to complete

How can they be so sure that OSWALD had no

this investigation, It was established without a doubt, that tarl had no contacts in. vexico

jolitical contacts???

vith persons or grouns alftlinted sath politics.

Finally, case closeds file sent to archives.

22 May

26 May

2 June

Where 1s 505503 2. And atti

18 June O4 51

ANYBASSY A71359 - Mexican Report on Activities of OSWALD While in Mexico - On I1l Apr the Emb

delivered to sec of for relations note #1349, dated 10 Aprlo4, reguesting report on investigation

conducted by Mexi national agencies Into activites of OSwALD.

umb note also requested & descrip-

tlon of the measures which were taken by Mext Cow, eto: Under cover of note $504326, dated

14 May S4; the Sec of For Relations of Mext has transmitted to Imb & confidential memo setting

Porth info y requested.

The ofiginel note and attached memo are forwarded herewith, with the

request that they be made avallable to President's Cormission on Assassinatiop.

A certified

copy of the Mexi note and memo 18 Included for the Department's files, whlle another certified

copy has been retained in

Emb files, / Department's attention 1s drawn to the reservation that

mano may not be published, In part or in full, without the express consent of the Mexi Gov.!

HMMA 235:20 - Mexi Gov Report on Aotions Taken and Investigations Made After the Death of

Pres. Kennedy (Refs

HMM. a,443-pares44 see above moe mom more mone ene mee

declaration of silvia DURAN about her contact with oswald (nothing new)

report was given to me by LEGAT on 2 June 64.

report as para 346 above.

AMENBASSY A1461 "Supplementary Mexioan Report on Activities of OSWALD (ref: A 1359 - para

345 above) - Referenced airgram transmittad & note and a memo from Moxi Seo of For Rel on

Investigations, etc. Supplementing thet Info, Note No. 505503 dated 9 June 1964 transmitting

The original of that note

President's Commission on the Assassination.

! A certified gopy of the Mexi note and its annexis

are Inoluded for the department's files, another retained in the Embassy.

/Department'g

attention is drawn to the reservation that.., may not be published.. without permission or

Mexi. Government.

Potomeo Cable No, 278 (Unglassified) (Sent via Wireless f1le 6-12-64) - The Warren Commission -

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351.

352.

19 June

22 June

24 June

Read carefully

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MEXI 9948 (ref: MIXI 9681 - not In OSWALD fIles see YAISKOV P- 885) During Subject's

(Subject 18 LIOVAL-1) (John Emil BLANKENAGEL) 11-12 June f4 trip with Sou Consul Pavel Antonovich

YATSKOV (KGB), latter mentioned could do favor for Subj and import rifle free of duty from U.s.

for subj's hunting Interests. Subj casually responded that Y could probably order one from

KLE IN discount store Chicago.

This caused Soy to ask Subj if though OSWALD actually Pres K's

assas810. Subf said definitely belleved this true basis newspaper accounts. Y countered

saying did not believe OSWALD involved and briefly explained his position by foll: "I met

OSWALD here,

He stormed Into my office and wanted me to introduce and recommend him to the Cubars.

He told me that he had lived In the USSR.

I told him that I would have to check before I could

recommend him. He was nervous and his hands trembled, and he stormed out of my office, I don't

rustle,

LEGAT ROPORI (filed in Bulky)

MEXI 0005 (Ref: DIR 30547 - pare 353 below)! - From 27 Sept 63 LIENVOY, time late afternoon prior

1700 hours, unidentified Sov male talked with YATSKOVA.

Presume male YAISKOV basis endearing

terms used. / 28 Sept LIENVOY about 085T hrs;

KAZANTSEV speaks/ with wife, and YAISKOVithenj

talks with KAZANTSEVA, Gist of conversation 1s that YAISKOV family, accompanied by BAZAROVS

and KAZANISEVS, planning day trip (possibly to Cuernavaca) and to depart this date about 1100

hrs. From LICALLA 28 Sept 0952 hrs: Yare and wife and KAZANTSEV seen chatting on terrace.!

0852 hrs, departed 1416 hrs. IIENVOY 30 Sept reports KAZANISEV, speaking with a visiting Sov,

tells Sou call morn lOct and speak with y. 1 Oct LILYRIC: Y entered Emb 0847, left 1416,

LICALLA/ observed Y at 1104 hrs talking with Valentin Vasilyevich BAKULIN and Aleksey Ivanovich

GARMASHEV. A 2 Octs

Ace LILYRIC Y entered Emb 0846, left 1106, entered 1120.

Departed 1122

with Oleg Pavlovich MOSKVICHEV, entered 1128 withiM, departed 1420 with wife.

• According LICALLA

seen with tax Valerly Vladimirovich KOSIIKOV at 0852, seen with Valerly Aleksandrovich ANDRIANOV

at 1000, seen with Moskvichev at 1124, seen with GARMACHEV at 1402. / Feel quite possible that

OSWALD spoke with YAISKOV basis 1 Oct 63 LIENVOY: When OSWALD spoke with OBY&DKOV, OSWALD

said had talked with a consul on Saturday, did not name KOSTIKOV.

It was OBYEDKOV who lasked

suggestively if it was K and OSWALD said yes, possibly without thought. Direct HQS attention

this transcript. Note however, KOSTIKOV has |dark| hair, YAISKOV light brown and very grey at

temples, giving appearance of almost white hair.

Could also well be, that OSWALD first spoke

with KOSTIKOV who turned OSWALD over to his boss YATSKOV.

Also; given the apparent frankness

-off's: discussions with LIOVAL-l, particularly his views Stalin and Khrushchey, would appear

possible he told I-1 truth re OSWALD, at minimum re meeting OSWALD.

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33.

24 June

354.

3 July

See para 344 and 348 above.

Annexes to GOM report??

Where, are

355.

T July

356.

21 JulS

35%.:

31 July

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DIR 30547 (RePs MEXI 9948 - para 350 above) - Ple chack LICATiLA and LIENVOY records try

deterine 1f YATSKOV was to Mext City during period OSWALD there and if YATSKOV In Sov

Eub Sat., 28j Sept, des which OSWAID clalned had visited Imb and talked to

consul (MEXI 7025,

- para 32 above).

rather than prin and on te Rosity oNe one stin

met YATSKOV

MEMBASSY Incoming Telegram Control #T ( President's Commission considers It absolutely

necessary puplish doouments supplied by GOM (with possible exception Annex 3, reservatio

sheet of bus company, and Annex 5,

except the statements by Mrs. Duran and husband which

extremely Important to Compission):

GOM You requested contact COM soonest Indicating

abave.. You may wish amphasize that Counission desires publish as much info possible, eto..

Report vill be published at earliest late July or early August. FYI!

In dooupents supplied by GOM had also been supplied Commission by other sources., etc. , etc.!

nois on aboves Underlined "other sources" - LIENVOY?

Also - Amb will' request from

Foreign Minister. Signed COS

DIR 33368 - Call Station attention to DEPTEL 23 dated ? July to Mexi (para 354 aboye)

dealing with commission intention publish most of docs received from, GOM.! Station mu

wish monitor reply to protect any of its ops Interests!

THE NEWS by Holmes Alexander - Double-Check, datelined Washington - Hugh Aynesworth, a

friend of Alexander, will publish anything the Conmission omits. Aynesworth has been

conducting a parallel investigation of testimony, affidavits and ballistic reports.

OswALD's own words ahow bim in his raollhating loyalty, swinging to the Communists,

and then swinging back to his native country. When he was pro-Russian, he took money from

the Sovlet secret police. When he yas pro-American, he was| able to raise, money for home-

vard passage at the Aperican Embassy. Anesworth claimed that the la FBri new OSWALD to

be a potential assassin.. And FBI agent 1s quoted les telling the Dallas police

on &? Nov.

"Wo new he was capable of assassinating the President, but we didni!t dream he would do It.

eto., oto.

AMEMBABSY Outgoing Jejegram, Control 955 - GOROSTIZA told me that GOM has no gojection to -

publication of all documents except statement of Mrs. Duran (annex 5 mentioned in GOM

Note: 50,503 dated 9 June 1964) (see para 348 - angeres missing), Publisation would be

-embarrassing-to-GOM beoause-of_extensiva-questfoning.of-Mrs.:Duran,:eto./.1suggested-

that another, way jof handling problem would be for GOROSTIZA to Indicate parts of Duran

statenant, publioation of which woufd be particulerly embarrassing to GOM, with view to

deleting these from publisbed document.

GOROSTIZA agreed to rejread document with' this

In vlew.....

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358.

.5 Aug 64

359.

360.

35 Aug

14 Aug

362.

J 362.

20 Aug

24 Aug

Check these refs.

...)

363:

4 Sept

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Memo! of Tel Conversatim between Poreign Secretary COROSTIZA and Minister Boonstra

that document No. 5 relating to silvle DUrAN.....

ANSMBASSY Outgoing Telegram #122 Prom Amb Proeman to Secatate adriaine info 1a para 358 ebove

Memo of Conversation between Amb|Jose GALIASIBUI, Secretartet of Forelen Relations, and

Boonstra | Note from GOM dated 23 July 64 stated pormission given to publiah all info on

OSHALiD osse, but onitted Document #5 on DURAN,.

GALTASISGUI said note bad been vritten

before açoision was made to permit publishing. info on DURAN,.

to return note and another

would be bent...

AMEMBASSY Merdoo to Dept of Staté - Permission to Publish Documents on OSWALD with attached

Note No, 50T794 from GOM...

MEXI 881

19 Aug KIJUMP Houston advised | KUJUMP WAV

area of falls A.

Subj picked up by and in

custody ODURts Brownsville.

PBRUMEN with family. D. Worked food ration dept PBRUMSN until o4 when artested for counter

AMTHUG-I activities. B. Wille In ja1l apprat 21 days was recrulted by CIS for alleged

miss1o0 abroad. Fi

subf when ploked up during above river crossing requested talk with

ODYORE Intel rap. 2.

WAVE sending Wilfred O. CLOWBR to Houston Brownsville contact

KUJUMP Houston and assess Subj Brounsvilla order further determina nature CIS mission,

lou's sane and possible Of viabllity case!

3.

Hays traces possibly iden Subj previousl

Corvarded addees. BELL 1989, 29 Peb 61, MBXT 7479, 2 Mar 61, WAVB 43,75, 10 Mar 61,

MEXI 7999, 12 May Gi and WAYS 6382, 23 May 61.

LoCal ODUCE/ODENVY traces pending. 4.

Request addee| traces...) Station traces reflect Oscar RODRIGUEZ Malina artived Mexi from

Hava 22 Jan 61. Cave contact address. Independenola 17.

• (LIPIRS B/DOG) MAXI # 7026, 23 HOU

63 BCHEVERRIA asked COS for all info on Bubj.

Said had beard on radid FNU RODRIGUEZ Molina

piokad up conneotion GPFLOOR and RODRIGUEZ a Mexican.

DIR 47058 - 11. FyI. We are informed by Warren Coum Marina OSWALD has very rocently provided

additional dopumantary matertals pertaining to late husband's Mext stay.

To wits Map of

Mext oite ocataining location marlos and a Maxl cite TV suido!

Our understanding that very

de talled searoh of Pain rasidence in Dallas has been cadducted by appropriate authority and

otber matarials with bearing on case have been! produced.

ODENVY has forwarded it rep Mex1

coples of map and other unspecified materials on or about 29 Aug. We bare been assured!

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364.

4 Sept.

365.

Sears

Sept.

1.41

366.

36T.

8 Sept

9 Sept

368.

10. Sept

for dotalls, of application,

369.

14 Sept

370.

16 Sept

ses.

• 372.

16 Sept

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visa application Mexi 27 Sept 63.

Cubans vis Sutr. Swiss

and ODACID In past week. / OSWALD's sigiature belng analyzed here.

Document bears mand uscript:

notation OSWALD's address Maxi possibly made by Silvia DURAN.

Wa require

urgently handt uriting

samplos DURANs S1gnature minimun, prefer larger sample 1l lavailable.

Also desire

original!

but photo copy vill do is that all you have. Poaching soonest FYI photo oopy doe.

IT a Bet 47423 - para 364 above) - Next pouch 8 Sept. Will corvard photoa of

larger sample |Iroa

MA 21280 Transmitted berouith ape tuo photostatio samples of DURAn"s aignature.

EMO POR THE BECORD by COS - Has 1a| 10 urgent need of handiriting apecimento De DURAN.

ACIO: Get LIKAYAK/? to have LIMD coverage put on DURAN urgently and try to get some

fast speciments.

Ibe latteched documents and is

anslation, provided by ODACID, are fYI.

The Warran

Cod hap de aided not to con trait leg. DeAt with the do de Die te application!

therefore, no action py moxd with respect to the paper la desired at thie time.

trached Is the translation of the visa application of OSWALD, In which is atated "Plapne

ste of arrival in Cubas September 30, 1963

IMMA 24304 - Attached 18 another copy of DURAN's glenature!

furnished by LITEMPO/4 who 1s

a ponte for additional handstlas specimenta of DURA..! Station can put IND, coverage

bandurtting sample asked 1f info avallable re curpent state her morale, attitude, current

employment status. / PYI only, Has belleves commission may seek' to have DURAN certify abo

complled OSWALD's ties application papers supplied by GOC through Suiss./ Raguest Sta

furaish ASAP avallable info re situation and outlook DURAN; Suggest you not consult !'ax"

offlotals at this time.

DIR 49941 - Harren Comn asks for any substantitive data which can be cited in published

roport as authoritative souroa of ailegations that DURAl and her husband were, or are mambere

of|tho-Commnist/party.=Com attorney glawson-recalle: that both cos and C/oDsNVY jeferred

to these allegations during his visit to Mord. / Pls advise by return cable whether any

documentary or other evidence exists or can be attributed to Mexi police authorittes. In

her deposition DURAN formally denied such membership.

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37R.

:373.

374.

315.

376.

18 Sept 64

19 Sept

22 Sept

25 Set

23

Sept:

Check MOHRENSCHILDT

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DIR 50732 (Refs HMNW 12889 - para 368 above) Request Stetion cable Its opiaion authentioity

vIsa application.

Also, if available or possible promptly procure, desire other samples

or blanks for comparison and possible authentloation. Does stationery of Havana's response

cheak out with any ayallable exemplars?!

MEXI 0930 (Refs DIR 49,619 - pere 370 above, and DIR 49,941 - para 371 above) - COs checked

with LITEMPO 4 who personally participated in Interrogation of DURAN re OSWALD. A. Her

full name 1s Silvia Tirado Bazan de DURAN. Husband'& nams 18 Horacio DURAN Navarro. B.

At time of interrogation by Maxi authorities on OSWALD case both DURAN and his band denied

they were membefs of, the PCM, IPPS or any Coumie or Marxist front groups. C.! Both stated

they

"believed completely. In Marxist Ishinist prinoiples and tried to live as Marxists".

D. INIMPO 4 stated: "No Mext has worked for Cubin Emp In Mexi'since 1959 who 1s not a

completely convinoed Communist. "

.... E.

Both Silvia and hus band were listed In LITEMPO 4

organization's files as Commulets, mempers of PCM. Ihis however not redeasable in documentary

form. 1 Horacio continues: to live at Av Constituentes #143-3, but Silvia has disappeared.

Husband refuses to say where she is, merely states & "She is out of Mexico". Whereabouts

sotively huating silvia and will provide any tafo to cos.

MEXI 0969 (Refs. DIR 5073? - para 372 above), SIAIION does not bave exemplars avallable foi

comparison with ref visa application. Type face matohes that of other documents from Emb.

Weak Impression of top of lover case letter 'E" also appears in document from commerical

office jof Emb apparently prepared du same typewriter as visa application form. Stationery!

used for lotter from Habana appears genuine..

Both documents have authentic flavor. Attempting

obtain blank visa application for compariso, / LITAMIL I recently received lettet from

Meroy MARTINEZ who aotually signed letter from Habana!

Will check signatures when I-9

locates letter.

EMMW 12931 | (Rofs HMMA 24304 - para 369 above) - We appreciate the offer to put LIMUD,

on Silvia but do not feel it necessary since henduriting investigation can now be considered

completed. All Egs components Involved in GPFLOOR wish to express their appreciation...

AMEMB Outgoing Telegram #619 - Imb's Legat has copious file on George de MOERENSCHILDI..

Legat advises that all Info in his file is also on had at FBI, Wash.

(Note by COS: Clark

Anderson says this fellow was once thought to have been involved in OSWALD case.)

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DIR 51937 - COS will recall that several photos of unidentified person were handcarried by

GAT OftIG? tO palled On about 2y Nov to assist in investigation, Soon arter UswAl's

arrest and prior to his murder by RUBY, cropped photo of this man was shown by. the FBI to

OsWAlD's mother who disclaimed any knowledge. / Alter OSWALD's death his mother publicly

alalmed the FBI had shown her a photo of RUBY prior repeat prior to the killing of her son.

cropped aifferently, she stated it not identical with the one shown

Iden of American

entering Sov Emb???

Sordet Embassy. Do you have copy of photor pid ye ever get identity?

24 Sept

25 sept

25 Sept

25

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26

Setto

28 gart

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WIll alear all three alfected bases of all tech equipment for Indefinite period just prior

to publication! ^ May Station assume no material originating LIFEAT OF LIENVOY to appear?....

MEXI 1018. (Ref: A. DIR 52398 - pare 380 many below, B, MEXI X1011 - para 378 above) Reis

obviously crossed... Only remaining hope would appear be to get ASCHAM prevail on Comm not

only retouch background in photos but also retouch face to degree obylously not identifiable

with HusY but also not with aotual subj of photo. / Il neither suppression nor effective

alteratfon possible, Station plans evacuate LIMLED, LILYRIC, LICALIA, recent LICOWL Insta

t10n and LIMESA properties of all gear on phased basis .....Aleo evacuating LIONION base

house and sending occupants sway for week on pretest..

DIR 52398 (Ref: DIR 51937 - para 3'1 aboye) - Each photo shows same undentified man.

One closely cropped, other cropped but with enough background to clearly identity Sovemb

main gate...

HMMS 3134 -Enclosed are copies of the two photographs mentioned In DIR 51937 (29r3 377 Bbove

and subsequent cable.

DIR 52T74 (Refs MAXI 1018pare 379 above) ODENVY showed her spread but Subj photo only one

which attracted attention.

Comm adamant needs photo to establish chain of evidence.

Doubt other photos wiil be published. ObeNvy told her nothing re identity or origin of photo.

•ite have assurance from Conn staff that background details of photo will be obscured. /

leverthless, believe prudence diotates equipment should be removed from installations in-

cluding LIMESA.. ...

DIR 52929 (Ref: DIR 51937 | pare 3T7 above) Foll 18 pertinent excerpt from Warren Comm:

"Affidaylts obtained from the CIA and from the two FBI agents who trimned the photographs

...Original photo had been taken by the CIA outside of the U.s..... Copy of book being

handcarried by KINGMAN: (note by COS, I suppose we relax, let happen whatever happens!),

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385.

386.

387.

!:

300.

389.

390.

391.

392...

28 Set 64

20 Sept

29 sept

29 Sept

check this bio date on

30 Sept

30 sept

2 Oct

5 Oct

5 Oct

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MEMO FIOM LEGAT: OSCAr RODRIGUEZ MOLina - Cuben

Request KINGMAN carry annex with photos.

already has basto report, obtained thru chief ishave 26 sept.

(PROBABLY SPECIAL CHANNEL) (Refs DIR 52774 - para 302 above) Per ref, operations suspended

1n LIVESA AS Of 1707 are 28 Sept 64 and all gear removed Bama day.

THE NEWS - Inside Washf gton - Mystery of OSWALD's 6 DeyB 1n Mexico?

by Roberts. Allen

and Paul, Scott - .l.the reason for the mysterious Nexi trip of OSWALD.: / Informational gap

about OSHALD's eight days in Madoo.... / While reporting that OSWALD escaped surveillance

during mich of his Merican yist, the commission will reveal that the "limited" observations

by U.S. and Mexi Intelligence authorities clearly indicate the trip lavolved more than aa

effort to obtain a visa for travel to Cube and Russia.

....the survetllance fallure was a

major U.s. blunder, since a number of gojernment agenoles had advance notice that OSWALD

planned to go to Maxico.

because of his connections with the fair'Play for Cube Committee..... (Hote by COS: What a

false statement!!)

DIR 53264 (RePs MEXI 1040 | para 385 above) Ple see para fOur DIR 52398 (pare, 380 above)

Mr. Rankin due return 30 Sept and photo ip question not sent to print pending his return

and discussions with us. / Will forward pertinent appendix as soon as avallable.

MEMO FOR THE FILES FrOn COS, Subjects Warren Coumission Report - I sent copies of the Warren

Burnell Goodrich. I I also asked that

CHEVEREIA be pent a copy trom the Amb. de had been "Listed" by LEGAT. / I have setained

a copy for the office. /' All of the above are vithout appendices

DIR 54271 - Galley proofs received from Coum 2 Oot. Pouching 4 Oct. Background is completely

blacked out. / Also learned| that all appendices will be made public simultaneously sometime

in Nov. This 18 change lin schedule given In DIR 52398 (para 5o0 above). I You may wish

modify timing and planning of MEXI 1018 (pare 379 above)

anY 12963 - Baoldeed are the galloy proota of a photos mentoned a DIR 54272, (para 390 above)

EXCELSIOR - Advertising IV program "The reconstruotion of the Assassination of Pres. JPK."

exclusive pictures of the FBI; commentary - Agustia BARRIOS Gomez

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MEXI 1120 - Per LIENVOY 30 Sept Silvia DURAN Informed. Raul PEREYRA of Cuban Embassy that

she had been on an excursion with some

students to 181a Mujeres and varida.

PERITRA WOO

recently returned from Cuba said Fusebio ACus sent greetings to Silvia..

6 Oct

39.5.

6. Oct

396.

8 Oot

"Who is source??

What lafo did we get from

StatIon MosCOW??:

Research this.

from Cub Imp trash by IlAlit? which may have been prepared on the same typewriter used

to prepare the visa application form of her a, and 3 serox coples of the signature of !

(Mercedes MARTINiz del Cueto), taken from & letter from her to LITAMIL-9.

dated sept 64./Meroy MARIINSZ 18 listed by Cub For Min as Sub-Director of the Secretariat

of the Ministry Her immediate superior is Juan HIkA NilO OVERO Rodriguez for whom she

signed the letter of Rel A. / It 18 requested that every effort be pade to Inbure that

the attachments are handled in such & wey as to protect IITAMIL-g and the LITAIVT-2 trash

operation frol compromise.

(Ho attachments)

MEMO POR PILES PrOM COS: On 18 Sept 6 I saw LIMPO/4 who advised that a. Silvia DURAN,

at time she was questioned about OsWAlD dented that she or her husband was a member of the !

Commie Party, the IPs or any other Conle or Marxist organization. Her husband, when

questioned at the same time, gave the sane replies.

Silvia and husband admitted they

Silvia

silvia has disappeared from her hore; Horacio claims he does not

know where she 1s.

He continus to live at Av Constituyentes 143-3 and is able to pay rent,

Lights, eto! / LLIENPO/4 said he could be quoted as seying thet "no Mexi except Communists

had worked for the Cub Emb 1n Mexi since Jan 59"

TER NEWS - P1111on

nsists OSWALD i8 Collahorator in Red Network - by Robert S. Allen and

scottie!

masocuments delivered to the archives where the papers will be available

if they do not disappear? to researchers, futuro inyestigators and students of history.

•do Pillion traced OSWALD's activities in

the Sov Union, his close association with the

KGB, his marriage to the niece of a Lt. Colonel of the Soviet MVD, and bis later visits to

Mexd, reporting:

".....Upon arrival in Sov Union, OSWALD voluntarily became associated

with the Soy Secret Police (KGB).

wathe is responsible for recruiting and training

of agents for sabotage, assassination, incitement of flots and other forms of terror.....

KGB arranged press conferences to publicize OsWAlD's defection, then provided a job for him

in the sheet metal shop of a radio factory in Minsk. OSWALD was not & skilled sheet retal'

worker.

His job was a clerical job of "ohecker".

this was & sham cover. job.

given & 5,000 ruble lump sum payment prior to going to Minsk.

"hereafter, he received: 700

-rubles par-month as wages|and an additional 700 rubles -per month frou the KGB:

ruble payment from the KGB was falsely represented as emanating frim the Sov Red Cross.

The 1,400 ruble monthly income of OSWALD was compatable to salary of Gen mgr of the lactory

where he worked.

KGB provided OSWAID with & scarce and comparatively luxurious spartment

In Minsk for a period of more than two years.

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10 Oct 64

398.

12 Oct

Check Elena GARRO

399.

Way a was this not sent to Has ??

•400..

15. Oct

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vEXI 1191 - 0n9 oot Liconut reported as tally pot Alekbey Ivanovich carrasiov (deputy

KGB resident Mex1)| asked I-1 re avallabily apts Immediate vicinity LIMERICK Installation,

and specifically asked about quarters above I-1 store. I-l desoribed quarters which too

Later same day

vacaht apts and stated he would iike to see larger jof two apts. I-l escorced G to apt top

floor which G Inspected closely. I-I reports G looked out ffont window which faces timurick

for extended period. I-l noted that astivity inside ultrick compound could be seen from

this point. After Inspection, Gistated not Interested because apt dirty and did not have

(I-1 notes that sore aware bidg had no garage prior to & inspection tour.

/ sta belloves above 1s concrete indication Soys looking for Likely KUBARK photo base sites.

LILYRIC is one of eight or nine apts which courd give same coverage ab unmilo. No possible

anticipate what soy next step will be nor timing.

Request Egs comments on security

surrounding report annexes priro to their release and possibility Sovs have already obtained

copies. ! ...

the period she now finds out that OSWALD was here in Next prior to the assassination. She

was Invited by a Nexi secretary in the Cub Emb whose husband 18 & cousin of the GARRO

fantly (Horacio DURAN????):

At the party, she saw three Gringos, not driaking, not mixing,

and more or less just standing around together Ilke "three bumps on a log". They were so

obviously out of place, she asked someone in the Cub Emb about them and was told that "they

were just passing sin through". She claims that on scoount of the way these three gringos

stood out she took & good long look at them as did ber daughter. When assassination occurred

and OsWAld's picture was spread into the newspapers, both Elena and her daughter immediately

said that he was one of the three gringos "without a doubt" at the party.

liote

covering above meno to COS: Do you want me to send the gist of this to Has? COS wrote:

but we should follow up first.

Flannery then wrote: Nothing further.

DIR 56876 (ROSs MEXT 1191 - para 397 above) Iqs las no evidence that Sove have adrance copy

Coin sources assure us 1ts oopy of photo furpished by the FBI has also been

At present the annex is scheduled for release around

step as-a precautionary measure on basis of published.comn roport.- That a thorough

security survey should be done at this time either on Sov Emb's on Initiative or ou request

from Moscow is not at all surprising, Independently of any specifice contained in Coum report.

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401..

21 Oct 64

402.

25 Nov,

Who was LANE's informant??.

403.

25 Nov

404..

25 NOV

Bee para 398

on Elena GARRO de PAZ.

405.

29 Nov

i.!

after 1900 hre

Check John REITTE 11te

THE NEWS: Inside Washington

SECREt Intelligence from Warren CommiBa1011 doc

Robert S, Allen and Paul Scott -... Despite the commission's written request for all docume

that might shed light on the assassination, CIA failed to turn over a national intelligence

estimate warning that it 1s Kremlin polloy to remove Western officials who actively. oppose

Soviet policies, titled "Soviet Strategio Executive Aotion".... McCone furnished the Comm

vith the CIA's secret surveilance reports on OSWALD's eight days in Mexi before assassinatic

including details of OSWALD's contact with the head KGB agent in the for Emb there. ....

tix Investigators also are trying to determine why the CIA in 1ts pre-assassinatiou report

to the State Department on OSWALDIs trip to Mexi gave details only of| the defector's vist

to the Sov Emb and not the Cub Emb.

CIA did not report the latter visit until after the

assessination. (In DOOS handwriting is the note: Who talked to these guys? - about the

secret surveillance reports - and Annie G, widte: The caller from the Cub| Emb was unident1-

lawyer (nother of OSWALD). Lane declined to disclose name of his i alleged informant....

of original photo lin Comm's possession caliterated

MEMO FOR' THE PILES Prom COS - Sub: June COBB - On 24 Nov 64 LIHUFF/ll reported the foll

which he had learned from LICHANT/Is 8.

The former wife of: Octavio PAZ, rents a room to an

American Communist, June COBB.

Mrs. PAZ is afraid of Miss Cobb who broke legs and smashed

Robert Kennedy when he was here to tell him she had personally met OSWALD at DURAN's house

.... PAZ reported this info to American official of Emb who said he was Warren Coum rep.....

Ratol LOZANO with dudloy DOUST. ID Just got beck, DD talked to IlLO and asked him

about OSWALD.

OSWALD iss here this year,

About the OswALD incident, the roughing up busing?

1s ponsense and the reason they rejected the lote of course was because it was not passed

"'In the formal" way and was-just a rude note. He (TILO) does not think it was very serious.:

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407.

4o8.

2 Deo 64

• 23 Dec

Warren Coum Report

SECRET

HMMS 3848 - Attached 1s one sat of the hearing

ranscripts and exhibits of the Warren Conn

Report. (Attachment is pare 407 below)

BK D 4726 - Harren Coumission Testimony: Seldoted Excerpts

the the

HMMH 13244 (Rel:. EGGA 3171, 2 Nov 64 - not 1n file; not abstracted) | Attached 18 a copy

(attachme to 18 par hog belta an Inoldent waloh might be connooted with the assasination..

23 Deo.

MEMO TO FBI FIOM WOFACT - An untested source recently furniehed us with the foll info he

allegedly received fron & Hell known Cuben soientist and soquaintance on 23 Nor 63, but which

he had forgotten to report. The release lof the Warren Comn Report reminded him of the inci-l

See paral 179 above.

dent. I The solentist said he had been at the lavans airport on afternoon of 22 Nov 63 when

at 1700 hrs an alroraft with Moxl matkings, landed and parked at far side of the field.

Iwo men, whom he recogaized as Cuban & "gangsters" aligated, entered rear entrance of

Was this never 'checked out???!

administration.bldg and disappeared without going through normal customs procedures. His

curlosity was aroused, and he was able to leath that the aircraft had just arrived from

Dallas, Texas, the lIjuana and lead City, The plane had been forped to land at Iljuana due

to ongine trouble.

By combining the date, the origin of the flight, and the known reputation

of the two men, he theorized that the two men must have been involved in assassination..

He speculated that OSWALD had acted in the pat of Castro, and that the two Cubans had been

In pallas to organize or oversee the operation. "He told the source that he had been greatly

distressed by what he had seen and heard and had to telll somone about it.

He then cautioned

source not to tell anyone else about it of they would hum both be shot by the Cubans. I

The source has passed away since furrinhing above info, thus making may follow-up on this

matter Impossiblo.

410.

31

Jan

DIR 81342 - Request Identify and Station |traces person(s) at Mexi address: B.F, Ajdo 325,

Juadalejor (Jalino), Mexique.. I George de MOHRENSHILDI, whO connected OSWALD case and who

now living Haltl, recolved letter postmarked 30 Sept 64 with above return address.

Notes written in long band on above cabel - Maybe: Apdo Must be Guadalajara, Jal18c0

Clark Anderson's

office has a good man, Id Johnson, In Guadalajara - would probably be

best man to checks| this; out.

8 Feb

MEXI 2430 (Raf: DIR 81342 - para 410 above) Bellove ref address is Apdo 325, Guadalajara,

Jalisco, Mexico. I ODINVY has rep In Guadalajara with excellent police contacts. Request

• Egs authorize Sta'to pursue lead through local: ODENVY chiof ..

• • ... I

412.

11 Feb.

DIR 84099 (Ref: DIR 81342 - para $ 410 above and MEXI 2430 - para 41l above) Station

authorized pursue lead on Mexi address through local ODENvy.

see para 376 above on MOTRENSCHILDT. CEORFTI

ODENVY rep may also be advised

this Info being Included in voluminous report on recent activities of de MOHRENSCHILDI which

beine prenamod for OnENVY hadas!

(Note: | Reouest bassed to hanki.tohnson on 15/pah. )

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414•

415•

: 416.

417.

416.

18 Feb 65

10 Mar 05

What connection bas MOHRENSCHILDT

with this P.O. Box ??

18 Mar

check name william R. BORKING ((8p??)

Li June

1965

JIUKEL

HMMA 25401 (Ref: DIR 88680 - pare 258 above) In compliance with Ref, Mexi Ste continues

to hold several hundred hot reels covering sou and Cup Imb during period 22 nov - 13 Dee 63.

Sta Mexi would like to know jif these reels can now be erased for fu-use, or if these

should be sent to igs for retention.

MaX 2741 Rels DIR 81342 - pare 410 above and MEXI 2430 - pare 411 above) ODENVY reports

P.O. Box of rels 18 wall address of Almacenes Favier, large French-owned department store

In Guadalajara.

IMMW 13460 Refs HMMA 25401 - para 413 & above) Pis forward reels mentioned in rof, with

any identifying and explanatory data avallable, to igs for retention.

(On copy of despatoh

18 Annie Go's Wrlting - 1 Apr os Shipping roele to Has w/microf1lm of transeripts.)

MEMO tO FBI FION WOFACT|- A usually reliable source 1p Moxl City provided me with a copy

CSCI 316/01398 65

MEXI 016 (Ref:-

???) Correct that coverage Sou Emb

which probable deterrent to all but extrenely naive. / CURIIS believes wide distribution

Warren Conni report on OsWAlD case could have, caused a decrease In visitors.

15 June

1059 hrs.!

WO, in French asks 1f 'ARMAS speaks French. ARMAS says n0.

#Wo continues in French and say:

she is speakding for SI. GAN (?) of Chicago, in the United States, and coptinues in the same

language asling 11 Silvia DURAN was & fflend of OSWALD, the person who assassinated the

President Kennedy. ARMAS does; not understand her language and In Spanish says that Silvla

worked for awhile in the Embassy, but quite s while ago she left her work here and has not

been seen since.

WO joontinues In French and asks 11 Silvia returned to Cuba. ARMAS says

no that she is & Mexican and therefore resides in Mextoo but he does not know herjaddress.

Wo, in her fanguage, asks 11 Silvis vas a friend of OSWALD. ARMAS, without understanding,

says "SI" (saying

"SI" to everything) and asks who is talking.! Wo does not un erstand,

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Wo continues in her language which ARMAS does not understand and says that he knows nothing

more and that all he is saying is that "the Sra. DURAN no longer works in the Embassy and

they don't know her address".

Wo again In her language asks 1f SILVIA was a friend of

OSWALD and ff 1t, 1s "verdad" (she says this in Spanish). ARMAS saye "81, sefore $1." WO

says thank you.

¡ ARMAS says. "Buenos dias... •b...

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419.

17 June

See para 118 ajove..

Wholls this woman??

420.

421.

422.

18 June

30

June

19 Aug

423. ..

18 NOv

424.

Where is

ref??

22 Nov

Did Marina's book ever

come

out??

10 DeO 1965

How did Elena GARRO know about, Silvia being

the mistress

Row did Blena

know about a

red haired negro??

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MKXT 3832 - LIENVOI reported 15 Jun 65 that unidentified woman speaking French called Cub

Amb HERNANDEZ. Armas from Chicago on behalf of & MM Mr. GAN (phon) asked if Silvia DURAi

was friend of OSWALD and if she had returned to Cuba.

Amb who does not understand much

French said DURAN used to work at Emb, no longer does, that she resides Mexi but he does not

knot her address.

Homan again ased If DURAN was ffiend OSWALD, Amb did not understand

question but answered yes. / Pouching tape. :

26394 (Refs MEXT 3832 - para 419 above). Irensmitted herewith is the tape mentioned

In referenced: cable.

MEMO to FBI fron WOFACT - reporting info in paras 419 and 420 above. OSCI 316/02654-65

EXCEISIOR - Widow of OSWAlD has been bit by her new husband and he threatens suicide.

Kenneth JeBs PORTER is now in the same ja1l as RuBy.

!on same: page,

The Revolver and the Gun of OSWALD, Confiscated.

DIR 58683 (Ref: DIR 57610 - not filed, not abstracted) If suitable access developed AZUE

per ref, Has interested any new or aftermath info that can be brought to light OSWALD's

visa application at Cub Emb Next Sept 63.

THE NEWS - I page ion KENNEDY on the second anniversary of his death..!.. Thousands of

Memorials Innortalize Kennedy.... Marina Oswald Warts to Forget (now Mrs. Kenneth Porter)

she 18 publishing & bools)...Flowers Mark Assassination Site...Gor Connally Can't Forget Iragedy

at the home of Ruben DURAN, who is married to her dousin. Elenita accompanied her.

She met

OSWALD and 2 other young Americans. At party she was discourage from talking. with him.... I

Other guests were 'Cuban Consul, 'AZCUE, General! CLARK Flores, Silvia DURAN, who she later

learned was OSWALD's mistress while he was here, Em111o CARBALUIDO, and a Latin American

negro man with red hair. /In Nor 63 whep Identity of assassin became known, she and lef

daughter|went| to Cub Elib and shouted "assassin" and other insults at the staff there. /

Shortly aftertard, she land her daughter were visited by & friend, Manuel CARVILLO, then

official In Secretariat of Bobernacion, and vore told he had orders to escort them to a small

and obscure hotel in center of town.! They were kept there for eight days under pretext

that they were in danger.

When she told CARVILLO she wanted to go to Amer Emb and explain

what she knew of OSWALD, she was told that the Amer Emb was full of Communist spies.

.../

CLARK Flores and

very prosperous. I Many Communists believo assassination was result of Coumie plot engineered

by Castro.

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D1d M1gda1

•ever publish anything on OSWALDi?

see pare 404 above

Has IsaBe Don Levine been queried furtherit

No doubt Marina 1e hiding Into.

42T•

25 Dec

Lydia, Horaolo and

RUDeR DURAN are cOusins of

Eleaa GARRO de PAL.

Check files on AZcus

and CARBALL IDO

especially LINVOY during Sept-Oct |63

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Note to Stan ₩ from COS: What an imagination she has! Should we sent to Has? -i Stan

replied!

suggest sending.

There have been stories around town about all this, and Thomas

aswall to the cubans; when he gets enough of thei

I suppose he will try to do a dope piece. / II memory serves me, didn't LICOOKIE refer to |

OSWALD and the local aftists & Cubans in one of her squibs? /Isaao Don Levine 1s writing|

a book about the assessination; Misdail anya, that the Cuban connection hothers him increasil

as he progresses in his rem mesom. IDL had long talk with Marina not long ago in Russi

not 16 pidasLan dowal enigre, and reputable soholar -and left convinced that sae biding ini

(NOTE from cos to Annie

and Watsoa: Pls ask Thomas 1f he'll "follow up"' get questions froin Annie G. Let's discusi

reference,

MEMORANDUM OR CONVERSATION, /10 DeO 65) between Liena GARRO de Paz and Charles Thomas, Polit.

officers On 251199 Flane discussed her alloged encounter with OSWALD.

Thonas! vifo, and Elena's daughter, Blenita.

Also!, present wore

rurther info was givep subsequently on 9 Jan'

During this! latter conversation, Elens admitted she had gone to AmEnb on an earlier occasio:

with bor daughter and nothar-in-lay and talked to two imb officers (presumably from LEGAT) "

this matter.

She said since the Emb officers did not give much credence to anything they si

they did not bother to give a very complete story. The following info supplements and in!

some lastences corracts that gluen in the memo of Das 10. IL 1.!

India, Horacio, and Ruben;

DURAN are all cousins of Bloner Stlvia 1s married to Horacio, l& weak man, who was converter

to communism by Ricardo GUERRA. Elena has nothing to do with Silvia whom she detests and i

considers a whore.

Ruben was born in U.S. and served in U.S. army during wai... Party wa:

here an home of rebel. Mine believes date of pardoned on set ten an teleg

valt of sou astronaut, Gagari, but is not sure of date.do/ At the party ostand wore a bl

sitater. it tended to be silent and stared at the i100r.

Two young American companions,

one was very tall and slender and had long fload bair st watch nung across forehead, gaunt

obviously emer one and do notween dance wine our people

because Elena saw them by chancs the next day walking down the

street together. I Although:

positiyely he was at party.

American negro man with red hair.

in the 10 Dec meno.J' CAriAnnui and AZCuE, with others, were in heated discussion on that

occasion about kennedy and they cape to conclusion that the only solution was to k1ll him.

Biena aid CARBALLIDO 18 nowd as & Castro agent; he had been to Red China, Sov Union, and

1n N.Y; and. Who j18 now a i professor at Rutgers. The day aftet assassination, Elenita

encountered Sra, de AZCUs, in Sanboras.

On seeing her, sre. de AZUS hurried out of store.

AZous was called back to Habana after assassination and his wife followed shortly....

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Check pics of Elena: and Blenita

Check Ricardo QUERRA and Rosario

CASTELLATOS de GUERRA.

Whit, are they

enemies of Elena??

check LICRANT/1

Can this be checked -

Why won't Elera identity 2 Communists??

¡¿ Can trip to veracruz be proved??

Check Eunice ODIO,

Costa Rican.

Didn't

Elena

first say VASQUET. Amoral's mistress was a

Guat???

Does & CORR know COS?

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Others present at DUrai party vere ioradio and silvia, lydia DURAN, Elena's philocommunist

sister, Deva GUERRERO; Cen. JOse JeBUs CLARK FLOres aRd

mistress, & Guat woman; a medical

doctor from iDaliade Hospital, & young Anerioan couple, both fat and blond, who were spending

their honeymoon in Mexis a 40 jr old Mexi woman 1n a red dresss, and a strange man who claimad

to; be Mexoan but did not look or talk Ilke one. His firat namb was Alejandro and he sub-

sequently wrote flenite several love letters! She turned these in to the Am. Emb

RIcardo GUERRA and Wife ROSarIO CASIELIANOS were supposed t0 done to party but declined to

come when they learned she (Blena) would be there.

/ On Sat., 23 Nor 63, Elena's brother

drove her aad Eleniga to Cub Emb at, 3 p,m.

ier brother was embarrassed by their behavior

and drove a block up the street to walt for them after letting them out. The two women then

went inside gate and shouted. "assassin" and other insults. Inter that day a friend, Manuel'

Calla Vermon't 29, one and a half blooks west of Insurgentes just south of Viaducto. Bleng

said hotel is owned by someone from San Iuis Potost and used by businessmen from that area.

Shé and Blenita did not rogister.

CALVILIO rogistered, them as relatives or friends of his

When CALVILO visited them at hotel, she told him ahe wanted to report to Amer Emb what she

knew about OSWALD's conneotions with local communists and with AZcus..

CALVILLO said she

shouldn't go because the Amer Emb was full of Commmist spies. When she returned to ber house

was very angry with DURAN's because she thought they had become involved in the assassination

plot for money. About 2 months after assassination, Ss. (or Bra.?) de GUERRERO wes called in

by tro communiste, Whom 3 The safusan to Identity! and vas warata with treats never to reveal

tolanyone that ain armed to a party with uswam. She termer to terrified that sue would

not acoompany Elene to the Amer Emb to tell what she knew of OSHALD. / Shortly after assassine

t10n, Em1110 CARBALLIDO, took DURANS to Jalape, Vergoruz and kept them out of the way for a!

while until the initail shook of assassination wore off. CARBAILIDO has connections with the

University of Veracruz Press. / Shortly after assassination, an Amer woman, June COBB,

came and spent several days in Blend's house, She was sent by their mutual fflend, Eunice

ODIO, a Costa Rican who 1s now June COBB's roommate and who was formerly the histress of

VASQUEZ Amoral when hé was with Rookefeller Foundation, and Ermesto de la PENA.

expressed interest in the assassination.

The succeeded In getting Deva GuERRERO drunk one

night, and the latter! told all she knew about OSWALD and the party at the home of Ruben.

COBB then wanted them' to tell what they knew to the Amer authorities.

claiming to be CIA

agent, she advised against' golig to Amer. Emb'and urged them to go to Texas to tell their

of the CIA In Mexico.;

The meeting did not materialize, however;

leavethy Blena's house. COBB had kicked the cat:

/At end of Jan 64, Ruben visited Elena.

He, said he was going to visit the U.S, and wanted her to proteat him as wuch as possible whide

he wAs AWAV:.. I Sir monthe after assassination, when she was talking to Noe PALOMARES of

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427. (continues)

check Victor RIco Galan P-1554 Llamvor

42c.

3 Feb 66

429.

27 Dẹc

430.

• 29 De0 65

This document by LICOOKTE was not in p-8593,

but was copied from 50-6-129/3 end attached

*c MEXT 5742, 29 DoC 65

SECRET

secretariat; of Gobernacion about another matter, she told the story; of her encounter with

OSWALD.

the ondy person she

could remember who told her this, however,, was Victor RICO

/She said she understood that OSWALD had come to Mexico more than once.

MEMO from Annie Goodpasture to Cuban Section! Will you read this (memo In para 427 above) !

and tell me if this woman and daughter were seen creating such a disturbance - as they clai

J. Plocolo wrote

"Ni yo, tampoco."

I You tapo Judy wrote to i Ros do Me To pollo ring vita me."

Shaw wrote

MEMO to The lAmb (co to COS) from LEGAT - Ref 18 made to memo dated 10 Deg 65 (pare 425 above

••/ For your info, Elona and Elenita vere interviewed by personnel of this loffico on 17 ar

24 Nov 64 at which time they furnished info similar to that set forth in ref memo.

genduld sat thet time is lad to substantiate allegations made by tend and daughter. I

Ip view oilthe fact slang's allegations have beep previously checked out without substan-:

tiatlos, no further, sot1o 18 being taken concerning bor recent repetition of those alleget

MEXI 5741 - Refs MEXI 5621 - para 426 above

Hov 64 and falled substantiete alleget ims ros.

00

LEGAT interviewed Elene and Flenita

MEXI will advise further info obtained.

NOTE attached to MEXI 5741, Written by DCOS (White): "See bottom document 1n 50-6-129/3

on this Subject! I don't know what FBI did In Mov 64, but the GARRO's have been talking

Annie. G. wrote

the in a sh be a to in exe a set and Sound it unquetantat

the following:

We will try to confirm or refute Mrs. G. de P's

Document by LIpOKIE dated 5 October 1964 - Mexican Communists who had contact with OSWALD,

as has not eppepred In Warren Conn Write-ups In press. - All weekend Elena GARRO!de PAZ.

Elenite Paz (the desighter and Dabe CARRA da MIERRERO Calypy set around recalling details

of their having been In a group with OSWALD here last fall during the days that he was in

Nexi. The write-ups of the Warren Com report in the newspapers sparked this discussion,

and they apparently had never really set around determined to piece 1t all together, althoi

111.3 vere deepty affected...... The main pointss. Elena and deba are first cousins

of thre

young Mexicans pamed Duran,

juben, horaojo, and lyny,

Horecio is the husband of Silvia

the Mexican girl who was arrested for questioning about OSWALD because she had been in tour

She is or was also a

DURAN cousins invited the GARRO sisters and young Flenita to a "twist" party at the home

and a number of people who struck them as: very peculdar at the time, were

there.

AND OSWALD WAS THERE WITH TWO OTHER BEATNIK LOOKING BOYS, ONE OF WHOM WAS VERY TALIS

AND ALL THREE OF WHOM THEY REMEMBER QUITE WELL.

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450. (continued) 29 Dea

DURAi brothers suddenly have money. Why??

451.

22 Гал 66

SECRET

.. Elena and Elinata were so siokened (by the news of the assassination) that they broke

loft their relations with the DURANS,. However, their cousins very nervously looked them up

later. Debe GARRO de GUERRSRO Galven says that Lyna DURAN and one of the DURAN boys bave

made trips to Texas. And that most conspioupusly they have all prospered this last year.

Always poor before, they now have an expensive car each. Horaclo works at BL DIA newspaper.

Note by DCOS: Returned on 21 Apr 65 as L/l never regained contact i1th flena GARBO de PAZ.

A-727 To: Dept of State FROM: Amembassy, Mexico - As of possible interest to Washington

agencies, there is transmitted herewith a memo of conversation conteining sons observations

about Cuba. Viotor RICO Galan i8 & Spanish-born Mexican journalist who hes been one of

the most prolific and ardent apologists for Castro's Cuba in Mexico:

CheCK ALQUE'S LIErVOY file

NO N

452.0

453.

454.

455.

6 Feb 66

21 Feb 66

22 Feb

23 Feb

How can it be ascertained that OSWALD did not

travel to Mexico prior to early fort 63. 2

There must be some basis for flene's reportingl

TH'S NEWS - BBC FIlms Lee OSWALD Story With US Aotor -

TH'S NEWS - Fight fOr OSWALD'S GURE In Court - •".

THE REWS - Goverament Awarded OSHAID Guas.

MEMO TO Thé Amb, co to COS - froM ISCAI: - Ref 1s made to Memo los Conversation dated

456.

9 June

Chook fierminio DIARIE Martins

26, Sept 63. OSWALD tas residing jin lew Orleans, Louisiana 14 early Sept 63 and no 1hfo

has been obtained to indicate that ho was s away from|that area in early Sept 63. 1

In view of the fact that Blena CARRO de PAZ's allegations have been prevlously, checked

out without substantiation, no furtber action 18 being taken concerning her recent repetition

of those allegations.

Meino to C/VIS from COS on Viea Appiloant #220, 9 June 66, DUARIE Martinez, Herminio,

Rio de Janeiro, Braz11, 15 Dea 36 - PLE S00 IEGAT report dated 16 Deo 63,

-OSWALD for info on one Herminto DUARTE Martins,

•..IHote to cos from Rosa P. = Rof

LEGAT report stated that DUARI's car was noted at the Cuban Imb at the same time OSWALD

wais theres.

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457.

458.

14 June 66

16 June

459.

460.

25 June

13 July

Check Elena's friends and story,

LICRANI/1 3??

Info frOm hIm???

SECRET

THE NEWS - Jury Finds RUBY Sane -

DIR 12633 - Hgs has reviewed advance copy book entitled "Inquest" by Edward J. EPSTEIN,

subject being assassination...

Book in hands major reviewers, to be released sometime

SECRET

page 658, Vol 16 of Warren Comm... I since book now al prim bur nut yet on sale, foregoing

1s advance notice to alert Station for whatever precautionary meadures..

THE NEWS - Lawyers Pload RUBY's Guilt Based on Perjured Testimony -

Further on OSWALD and K Assassination - (Rei: Memo

i sin me a hole Partepants - Blena and Thomas (Pol OffIcer -

Elena described some developments which may have sons bearing on her claim that she saw

Amas, and thet he was not leftist but his brother, Altoad, was a Communist. Amb HERANDEZ

told SOLORIANO he wanted to meet Elena, so SOLORZAND arranged a party at his own home on

30 June 66 and invited both of them.

Also present were Tito MONIEROSO and his wife;

Elvira VARGAS,

leftist journalist with NOVEDADIS and personal friend of Pres DIAZ Ordaz;

Emanual CARBALLO, the pro-Castro writer; Joaquin DIAZ Canedo, head of publishing f1rm

called Editorial Mortiz, and Juan SORIANO, painter, who was invited to make her feel at

ease, since he is & friend of hers and was the only anti-Communist there besides herself.

/ During evening, Amb HERNANDEZ, whom she described as intelligent and cultured, cuicen-

trated his attention on her..... and expressed interest in her friend, Carlos MADRAZo.

He issued a personal Invitation to her to attend the annual literary festival of the Casa

de las Americas In Havana.

She said she was not a Fidelista and would not go unless

Juan SORTANO went with her.

Amb HERNANDEZ then Invited SORIANO but the latter denounced

the Castro rogins over the objections of the others present...../ Later, her friend,

Victor RICO Galan who personally dislikes Amb HERNANDez warned her not to go to Cuba alone.

/ On 4 July 66 & driver from the Cub Emb delivered to her home on Calle Alencastre in

Lomes Virroyes an envelope containing two lettors and some printed matter from the Cass

de las Amerioas in Havana.

The first letter, Written last October (663) gave her address

as. Vermont 38 and the second letter, written in April, gave hor address as Vermont 39.

The envelope-for the first letter, with the above address, was marked for return to the

sender, which was the Cub Emb here.

The second envelope, which contained the whole pig,

had no address as it was hand carried to her home - see attachments. / Elena stated ths

only reason the letterg were addressed to her at Calle Vermont was because she spent several

days at the Hotel Vermont after the assassination.

The correct address of the hotel 1g-

Vermont 29, so she concluded the Cub for carried that street and number, with a minor.

sITor, as her regular address.'| Since CALVILLO had taken her to the hotel ostensibly to

protect hor from the Communists, this raised the question of how the Cubans obtained that

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460. (continued) 13 July 66

461.

24 July 66:

462.

28 July

463.

8 AUg

The Warren Comm did not do an adequate

investigative job.....It 1s hard to belleve

the Commission served the public well.

Tnstead of ending all the rumors, they set

the stage for a new, and more serious ere

of speculation.

464.

13 Aug

SECRET

address. She said that the only people who knew she had been at the Hotel Vermont were

CALVILLO and tiro closs friends of his, Ernesto de la Peña and Margarita MICHELENA. INO

other friends of these three who might have learned of It are Eunice ODIO and June COBB.

Sho i has always been auspicious of all three because they went out of their way to l

cultivate her when she returned from Surope in 63 and made such a point of being outspoken

professional ant1-Commnists.

.: Elenna said CALVILIO was & close personal friend of Noe

PALOMARES and Pres, DIZ, Ordaz, and that guards, presumably from Gobernacion, had been

placed outside her home when she returned fron the Hotel Veruonth..:../ Elena thought it

possible that the

Cub Emb had deliborately given her the letters from the Casa de las

Amaricas with the Vermont Street address in order to frighten her.

She was already con-

carned about what appeared to be three gunshots that had been fired through her upstairs

window while she was out of the house three weeks ago.

../ Finally, Elena said she had

recently encountered her cousin, Lydia I DURAN and that the latter had been very friendly

and wanted to meat her again. She said lydia was very poor and had & small job with

D1f1810n Cultural at the Anthropological Museun.

Attached are letters to Blena from the Casa de las Americas.

THE NEWS L Warren Report Questioned - Richard N. Goodwin made the suggestion (of an inde-

pendent group to determine whether the Warren Conn investigation was inadequate and defective)

In a/review printed in Book week of the book by Edward Jay IPSWIN entitlod "Inquest,

the Warreh Corn and The Establishment| of Truth."... Goodnin said, "It hot only falses

questions but demands exploration and

answers."

THE NEWS & ew Hone for OSWAd's Widow - About Marina and new husband moving

The Second OSWALD: The Case for & Conspiracy Theory - Inquest by Edward Jay EPSIEIN, and,,

Waltevash by Harold Helsberg - by Richard H. Popkin

Presents theory that there were two oswald's in the conspirady...

Inescapable - the case against OSWALD as the lme assasain is refuted by the very witnesses

upon whom the commission relled.....the FBI report devastates the commission's conclusions

that all of the shots were fired from the rear and that they were, fired by a lone assaasia."

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465.

466.

467.

13 Aug 66

13 Oot 66

This 1s what Flone olaimed and noone

would believe her.

Info from MojawA

780L

28

Got

468.

469.

470.

471.

1472.

31

Oot

2 Nov

3 NOv

23 NOY

NOU

8 DEO

SECKEL

tis news - rubis Lawyers Go to suprema.Court

MEMO to COS {rom LEGAT - Ref (memo dated 13 July 66 - para 460 above) Source advised that

at Hotsl Vermont, Vermont 129, disoloning thet Flene Paz, housewife From San Luis Potos1,

San Luls Potos, Mexico, had registered at the jotel vermont d 25 lov poxe leaying

Jeaving 30 Nov 53. The above Individual may or may not be identical with flene...

referred to in referenced memo. •

THE NEWS - Walter WINCHELL - Debunker!

a murder of officer TIPPIt then he should bets been at his job???

THE NEWS - PIke Takes & Swing At The Warren Commission

THE NEWS - Archives Take Title to JFK pasth Weapon

THE NEWS - 2nd Assassin Doubtful says Spstela

SIEMPRE - Ires AseBinatos - La Muerte en Texas

THs HiWS - by Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson - Doubters of Warren Report Overlook Important.

Point -

THE NEWS - Articles on third anniversary of assassination? Mrs. K in Seclusion, Brewitnesses

Give Pro and Con; Three Shots, Not Four; Warren Panel Sticks to Findings

THE NEWS - by Drew Pearson - Warren Camiss10n Chosen With Eye to Unimpeschabllity

THE NEWS - FBI Chief Backs Commission on Findings In OSWALD Case: Hundreds Vialt OSWALD Grave

Tits hows - Boggs Backs Findings of JFK Report

THE NEWS - by Henry J. Taylor - OSWALD Hoped to be a Cuban Hero

THE NEWS - by Walter Ippmann - Another Investigation Asked?

1'js NEWS - by Drew Fearson - German Magazine Reveals JFK Had Addison's Disease:, tharefore

the autopsy report was witheld)

SEQRET

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480.

481.

482.

12 De0 66

9 Sept 66

10| Dec 66

Was this proved or

ateproved - ("Mr. X")

483.

484.

485.

Dea

15 Dec

17 Dec

486.

19 DEC

487.

2 Jan 69

Check Comrade KOSTIN

488.

3 Jan 67

cas does not believe OSWALD was stupid.

489.

3 Jan 67

490.-

491.

4 Jan.

5 Jan 67

Check Colonel Nicolay AKSENOV - wes he ever

chand in Mexico ?

SECRET

THE NEWS

- RUBY's Cancer At Advanoed Stage

THE NEWS - by William F. Buckley, JI. - Warren Coum's Investigations Should Resume

ship with ruBy, etc....y

THE NEWS + Jacks Ruby Fas Canber

THIS NEWS

Ruby Undergoes Extensive Tests

THE NEWS + Jackle Not Seeking Out-Of-Court Deal (re; the book "Death of a President")

and Author Only Wants Book Given Chance

THE KEWS - by Henry J. Taylor - Careful Chronology Revieved In OSHALD Case - This article

states that OSWALD was not a crackpot.... premeditated murder...

Also states OSWALD's

letter of 9 Noy 63 to Sor Imb in Washington, reporting on "uy meting with Comrade

KOSTIN I In the Embassy, Mexico Olty."

BE NEWS - INCA Seeks Injunation on OSWALD Recording - Attached 18 & note wrltten by COS:

I have a copy of this recording; OSWAID sounds on this Disco, 11ke

a more than average

certainly not the stupid) person we've been led to belleve he vas.... I'll be glad to

play it for a group should this be desired,...',

From Merida MATIO MINENDEZ Rodriguez asks CArlOS FERREYRA at the levista Sucesos, 1f

LTENVOY

anything has arrived for him from Chile.

FERREY RA BayB. 20, but says that an entelope

arrived for him from CARNERO Hoke.

MANNIeZ understands and adds that the article that will

came out about who killed KENNiDY (on Satufday, Y Jan 67), In the introduction it says that

RUBY l8 In agony, to tell AMPARAN to correct 1t beaduse RUBY also has died, he died today.

16,30. PRTRA ab late SOr TENSYR to meet las at the alrport the hext day at

FERRETRA agrEES.

THE NEWS - RUBX D1e8_of Cencer.

Colonel Nicolay AKSENOV .....TheAlek in his U.S. allas - Alek J. HIDEL - WAS OSWALD'S

Comrade

почтяттва

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491. (continued) 5 Jan

67

Check back on various

misterious i flights

landing and taking off in Mexico

492.

493.

494.

495.

496.

497.

498.

499.

500.

5 Jan

6 Jen

7 Jen -

10 Jan

12 Jan

THE NEWS

15 Jan

16 Jen

27 can

18 Jan

No attachment

to Memo #11,774

SECRET

SICKLI

on learning everything. The 'Red Cross' will aldo help you...

to to co had do me to react use to ture to de oral, a and sacrame

an airliner flying to Habana from there.

RuBy Flown to Chicago.

THE NEWS - RUBY's Corpse Closely Guarded

THE NEWS - RUSX Laid to, fest

THE NEWS - by Inez Robb! + RUBY's K1lling of OSWALD Owing to Long Arm of Coincidence

TH: Naws - by Drew Fearson and Jack Anderson - JFK Initiated Ialles Irip; Visit Not

Urged by Johnson

THE NEWS - Returns Home - Jacqueline K'arrives. after she returned from her Caribbean vacation....

THE NEWS - Mrs. K Tries to Avoid Gourt Action (re: Death of a President)

Antoner Part, V KAdored to Publldation of 'The Death of a Presideat", a180 Stera Printe

MEMO to COS from LEGAT - Subjects Willlam R. DOBKINS - Ref 18 made to your memo #11,174

dated 17 Nor 66, captioned "Correspondence for the Cuban Embassy.""

(Not In OSWAID file -

13 aB fOLLOWS: tO LEGAT froM COS

- From a usually reliable, sensitive source the attached

1tem of correspondence has been made avallable to us. / The envelop containing the attached

clipping bore the following return addresss

te claimed to

have served in the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) with OSWALD and alleged that after telling

OswALD of the theft of his (DOBKINS') ranch by politicians they talked about killing

Pres, Johnson, Gor Connally.of Texas, and Texas Railroad Commissioner James Langdon.

In Mexi City", your Hqs furnished our Has with a oopy of a rambling anonymous letter which

concerned DOBKINS, OSWALD, various polltical personalities in Texas, and the assassination,

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500. (continued) 18 Jan 6T

Check DORKINS - similarity to OSWALD ??

Is DORKINS the "twin" in the "double

OSWALD" theory

SECRET

which the letter relates to the noompromising attitude of Pres Johnson. It is felt that

• DOBKIns may have authored this letter. Mrs. Marguerite OSWALD, mother of OSWALD, knows

DOSKINS and was in contaat with him in Nor 66.

She. claims that he is very similar to her

late son and that some of the trevel satlulty attributed to her son might have actually

applied to DollINs. / You are requested to advise if you have any record indicating that

Subj has been a visitor to the Sov or Cub Emb or has attempted to use their Consular

facilities to arrange travel to the sou Union.

Additional descriptive dats concerning

him will be furnished to you when available. / You are further requested to authofize

dissen in suitably paraphrased language with the source completely protected.... DOBKINS

was in contact with the Cub Eub, Max1.

501.

502.

: 503.

19 Jan 67

21 Jen

bodyexx$ 24 Jen 67

Read attachments

• 504.

505.

-506:

507.

24 Jan 67

26 Jan

30 Jan--

31 Jan

to that contained in my memo dated IT Nor 66.! You are authorized to dissen,..... to the

intelligence community of the U.s, for as that Subj was in contact with the Cub Emb in Maxi.

THS NEWS - by Henry J. Taylor - OSHALD Wrongly Called Crazy (oriticizing the Manchester

book, Death of & President.

THE NEWS - Germen Court Postpones Ruling on Look's Suit

BOOK DISPATCH 5847 (9 attachments h/w - 1 SECFET 8 Unolassified) TO Certain Stations and

Bases, from Chief, WoVith, Subject?

Countering Criticism.of the Warren Report.

PSYCH

Our Concern.... Increasing challenge to the Warren Conmission's Report...2. Irend

O opia can de a matter os oneta to the U.S. 804 1rludang out organization? 3.

Action.

We do not recommend that discussions of the assassination question be initiated, horever

addressees are requested: &.

To disouss....b. To employ propaganda....4. In private

media discussion.... the following arguments should be useful,

evidence. ....b.o.d.e.f.g....5.

a. No significant new

Where possible, counter speculation by encouraging reference

to the Commission's Report Itsell.....

EL SOL - Two Years Nine Months OSWALD spent in doctrine In USSR, What Influences Moved his

Imbalance? by Jesus Benitez -

THE NEWS - Der Stern OKs Cuts 12 JFK Book (re: Death of s Preaident)

THE NEWS - by Joseph-W. GT158 - Mark Isne Challenges. Warren. Report -

and. Lawyer. Takes

Issue With Lane

and OSWALD Victim's Hidow Reweds (Foliceman IIPPIT's wife)

THE NEWS - by Art Buchwald - The Manchester Story,

also, W. Winchell's Jaoqueline's

legal fees

over Manchester will be a dilly.

Father-in-lay pioking up tab.

I CENDET I

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508.

7 Feb

negati tet

509.

510.

17 Feb

Fab

512.

512.

513.

514.

Check this

19 Feb

21 saba

Check Dave LEWIS

21 Feb

Feb

early contact

23-Feb

Cheok DavId W. PERRIE

- early contaot

MEMO of Conversation between Elena CARRO de PAZ and Thomas (Pol Officer) - Blena said

Mario MENENDEZ, Editor of Sucesos, asked her to vrite more artioles for the magazine....

MENDEZ, had been to the J.S, recently and that he therefore must have a valja visa,

despite the fact he is an agent of Pidel Castro. / Elene said her cousin, Fuben DURAN

also goes to the U.s!

often without diffioulty, despite the fact he entertained OSWAID...

AZCUE tho was Cuban Consul, in Meriho at time of assassination. / Dr. Yolanda OrTIz.

Ascensio was arrested at the same time as Victor RICO Galen but released on payment of

¡ a 35,000 peso band. After her release, De. ORIIZ then got from RICO Galangs mother all

Elens said she turned them

graphy of Fidel Castro.! She said she bad no desire to do so, and was 1n fact afraid to

go beceuse of the OSWALD episode, but that she found the offer tempting since Octavio

Per was no longed sendine her any money.

THE NEWS - RUBY's Cancer Could Have Come From Emotions

TER NEWS - New Probe Launched Into Kennedy Assassinatio

(Begins - the Jim Garrison case)

THE NEWS - OSWALD Didn't Act Alone, Says D. A.

THS NEWS - Several Involved In JFK Murder - Dave LEWIS, who is employed at the Irallvays

Bus Station here (Ney Orleans) sald that there were other people involved and he didn't

tell the FlI because the fBI didn't ask him, .

EL, SOL - The Reds Killed KENNEDY says Juanita CASTRO

THE NEWS - Conversation Clued D.A. in on "Plot. in JEK Murder - alsO - New JFK Probe

No Hoax, Says DA's Witness - David E. LEWIS, JI., 26, skinny, dark-haired man said he knew

five parsons implicated In Mey Orleans 1n a plot against the life of k....

THE NENS - Found-Dead Found-Dead --David FERRIB,-46-was-found deud

In bed covered by & sheet.

Coroner Chetta said FERRi died of & ruptured blood yessel at

the base of the brain.

Carrison said there were 15 bottles of pilis in the apartment

and death was apparent suloide

SECRET

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516.

517..

24 Feb

24 Feb

Che als

518.

25 Feb

Perry R. 9I9S0

+ early contact

519.

520.

521.

522.

523.

25 Feb

26 Feb

J.S. (Tack) MARIIN - early contact

26 Feb

27 Feb

27 Feb

early

contnots - at hotel in Mexico Gity

"check this with LECAT

report

SECRET

THE NEWS - DA Won't Turn Over JFK Probe to Beds -

MEMO PTOM LEGAT to COS Subject: lllam Ray DOBKINg (ROES LEGAT memo of 18 Jan 67 -

para 500 above) He have reo'd info that the reppried travel to Mertoo of Subj in order

to arrange for his defection to Sor Union occurred following his discharge prom the U,s.

Marine Corps in August 1959. He vent to Iljuana, Baja California, where he contacted

a local "communist" with whom he had become acquainted in a tavern, and sought to arrange

his defection through this person.

We ars arranging for appropriate inquiry to be conducted

1n TIJuana. / DOBKINS 18 described as Race Whites Sex Males DPOB 16 JAn 37, MoCamay, Tox.

un Miah Cou t Mant 08, To, the embers of the DOBKEs censon

unbalanced.

BI SOL - Cestro'& Friende are in "Iatrediobo"; also Complot en Nueva Driedas s alB0

Que MurIó de "Alta ProsIón" (res death of David FERRIE

"pars 515 above) -

....Tbe name

of FERRIE was mentioned again yesterday when Perty R. RUSSO, of Baton Rouge, said that FERRIE

sa1d one month before the assassination "We shall kill him - and before long."

had told & group of newspapermen the week before that the authorities suspected him of

being the pilot who would make the "get-away" after the assassination.

THS NEWS - JFK Plot Case Solved Seys New Orleans D.A! 8 and Pilot's Death Ruled Natural

(res FERRIS death)

THE NEWS - More Deaths Feazed 12 JFK Plot Case - J.S. (JeOK) MARTIV, a men believed to have

given GARRISON much

of the info on which his Investigaulon oi the assassination is based,

Bald he 10 1a secluelon "sor reasons of security".

THE NEWS - Letters to the Editors - from Frank WORRELL -

much concerned with!

EL HERALDO F

96 Hours of the Life of OSWALD In Mexico - by Sotero R. GARCIARREYiS -

During the

oswand dealt with only six people who now fear for their lives.

GuiLlormo BARCIA, Sebastian PEREZ, AngeI CURIEL, DOlOres RAMIREZ, Margarita

LABASTIDA and Matilde CARNICA.

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27 Feb 67

check

1259 hrs

525.

27 Feb

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MO (Antonio ANDRADE) from the Heraldo talks with Cub Emb (ARACELI) and says he 18 a good ITEMVOY!.

friend of Amb HERANDEZ, Armas and ESCARIIN and was In charge of a series of reports about

Cuba. ARACELI says What do you want? ANDRADE says be wants to know when OSWALD arrived

asking for & visa and you turned him down. ARACELI asks way, at this point, does hu; want

tO KNOW nOW? ANDRADE sage for the newspaper. ARANCELI says he would have to come here

(to the Cub Emp) personally and speak with the first Seoretary, that by phone she could

not tekl kim anythlbbe ANDRADE says he will go to the Emb the next day.

THE NEWS - DA'& Witness in Hiding - J.S. (Jaok) MARTIN (para 520) said, "Now I'm hid out.

I'm stuck in an unpleasent and nasty situation.

When you play spy and get caught in enemy

territory, you get no help."

56:6.

28 Feb

• 527.

28 Feb

then drinking and that it was during one of his drinking sprees that he telephoned Apst.

pist. Atty. H.S. Kohlman and told him this fantastic story about FERRIE being involved with

OSWALD."

MEXI 0517 - Following 1e LIENVOY teXt of conversation between Antonio ANDRADE and "Secretary

of Cuban Consul" who Catalina FUENIES Sarday de CEPERO (identified intel member and vife of

Gerardo COPERO Gallardo Mexiço Cubana off1c1al)s (Contents of pare 524 above)

THE NEWS - FERRIE Died of Natural Causes -

the assassination...Alexander said that 2 dallas police officers familiar with the assassina-

t10n must be present and any interview must be held in a Dallas government bldg before witness

528.

1 Mar 67

Check Sergio ARCHACRA - early-contact

aka ARCACHA (Cuban who speake English)

52:9.

1 Mar

EL, BERALDO - Fidel Castro Decided on the Death of Kennedy - According to El Tiempo, Spanish

languagedally printed in U.s., collaborator Stanley Ross sayd the FBI in New York, on 19 Nov

Check Pascual Enrique

RUEDOLDO COngOra,

Cuban, detained 3

53 - $ days before the assassination - detained one Cuban named Pascual Enrique RUEDOLDO

days before assassination. Congora, who confessed to be a member of one of the six or seven groupe of assassins (each

group contained 3 men) which Castro had sent to the U.S. to liquidate Pres. K.

... •AlBo about ARCACHA (para 528)

-530.

-1-Mar

LEE-NEWS ALFERRIE,- OSWALD Seen-Together. prior-to assassination by & law officey making

s check early one morning in the fall of 1903 - two men sitting together in a car.

identifled himself at the time as OswAlD.

The officer last week identified

Cue of them

FERRIE & OSWALD seen

together in 1963

as the other occupant of the vehicle.

FERRIE's body

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531.

• 1 Mar 67

Who were Americans in Mexico in contaot

with OSWALD in 1963??

532.

2 Mar

Clay SHAW

•Tames R. LEWALLEN ??

533.

3 Mar

534.

employed by the local Cub Emb yesterday vere questioned by federal

said the questioning led to disolosure of at least 14 names and info on persons directly

or indireotly related to OSWALD. Persons questioned told police that OSWALD had been in

contact with varlous American nationals during his stay in this city.

THE NEWS - F1rst Arrest Mde In Kennedy Probe - GARRISON arrested former managing direator

of New Orleans International Trade Mart today on a charge of "conspiracy to commit murder."

Clay SHAW, 54, SHAW and James R. IWALIEN, 38, a quality control inspector for the Boeing

Co, at a Saturn rocket plant. in New Orleans, were the first two men subpoenaed in the probe.

MEXICO CITY 0564 - Mexi Lag language News article by Robert S. Allen and Paul Scott, 2 Mar,

Wash, states "Still secret WOFACT report.on OSWALDS Sept aotivities which was sent to

memo may be based on MSXI 6453, 8 Oct 63 (para 9 above)..

Recommend that this memo not

agalast WOFACT and LIRAMA.

EL SOL - Newspaperman EDELSON Says Fidel Castro Ordered the Crime - According to GARRISON,

"otherg"

plotted in New Orleans in Sept 63

535.

536.

3 MAI

Clay BERTRAND

- aka

check Doug FIELSON

3 Mar

3 Mar

SHAW

537.

3 Mar

THE NEWS - JFK Murder Directed from Cuba, Says DA - Sane Info as pera 529, 534

EL, UNIVERSAL GRAFICO - Three key points in the conspiration to murder Kennedy? - more about

GARRISON - SHAW and FERRIE not in the latter's apartment to plan K's death..

confiscated from SHAW's apartment.

...Materials

THE NEWS - "Iruth Serun" Allegedly Uncovers Plot Evidence - GARRISON says he has evidence

that OSWALD, SHAW and FERRIE net in Sept 63 to discuss "how they would kill KEK".

evidence came fron an unnamed informant, whose statements were corroborated while the

Informant was under the influence of sodium pentothal, or truth serum

the new U.S, attorney general, -Bald the FBI investigated SHAW late in 63 and oleared him

of any link with the assassination....

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538.

539.

3 Mar 67

3 Mer

check Mrs

Sylvia ObTO

Is this true..

that Mexi police have many

details on OSWALD's visit.

check Dr Alberto GARCIA Menocal

540.

541.

3 Mar

4 Mar

check Dante

MAROCRINT

542.

543.

544.

4 Mar

4 Mar 88

4 Mar

• what else does

Mex1 Dolice krow??

545:

4 ApI

•!!'

check Gordon NOVEL - early contact??

ULTIMAS NOTICIAS - Conclusions of GARRISON - Same Info as above newspaper reporte

THE NEWS - by Allen and Scott - Key Io GARRISON Probe in Missing Woman - re, Mrs. Sylvia

Info 1s that contained in MEXI 0564 (para 533 above)

alsos Cuban Embassy Knows a Lot About OSWAID - A Cuban exile said that the Cub Emb in

Mexi City "has not said one-lifth" of what OSWALD discussed there when he vialted bere

two monthe before killing KENNEDY. / DI. Alberto GARCIA Menocel, secretary general of the

Cuban Business Association in Mexico, an old sohoolmate of Castro fuz, left Cube one year

after the Cuban revolution thet ousted Batista. Y He said it 13 probable that Mexican police

have many details on OSWAID's visit hers which at that time were considered unimportant

but could now be needed in GARRISON's investigation

THE NEWS - DA: SHAW, OSWALD, FERRIE Plotted to Kill Kennedy - same info as above news articles

THE NEWS - GARRISON Questions 4th Suspect In Case - GARRISON subpoenaed & fourth man today

- Dante MAROCHINI, whose wife told reporters at the couple's home she thought GARRISON

may haye wanted to talk with her husband because he knew James LUWALLEN, & formey roommate

Of FERRIE.

¡ MARCHINI returned to his home briefly before going to GARRISON's offica

and denied his vife's statements.

EL SOL - GARRISON looking for Fame, Says Mayor Welch

888 - Cuban Embassy Has Said Nothing About OSWALD - ve: statements of DI. Albertó GARCIA

Menocal (pare 539 above)

THE NEWS - Cuban Embassy Refuses Comment on Possible Link to JFK Case -

OSWALD received instructions and funds

....that

for the assassination from Cuban officials inx Moxi.

(Earlier, employees of the hotel where

OSWALD stayed and a lunchroom where he ate said they

had been questioned this week by en unidentified man regarding contacts OSWALD may have

made 1n Moxi.

The paper Novedades reported that Next federal polica had obtained a list

of "highly Interesting"

persons with whom OSWAlD had direct or indirect contaot, including

several U.S. citizens.)

THE NEWS - Strong Interests Hamstring GARRISON Frobe, Says Visitor: - Joseph M. RAULT, JI.!

tells 3 Moxican news conference his views on the GARRISON probe going on in New Orleans..

81808 | NOVEL Booked on Fugitive Charge

- NOVEL, Gordon, 29, remained in jail in leu of

$10,000 band after his appearance in Columbus Municipal Court on a fugitive charge filed

formally by police from suburben Gabanna, where he was arrested Saturday night, at the

request of GARRISON, who wants NOVEL as a witness in his inquiry. conspiring

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545. (continued) 4 Apr

check ARCACHA

546.

4 Mar 67

67

DArS 528 Above

547.

4 Mar

check Dean A

548.

549.

5 Mar

6 Mar

check LUMIRRE

ANDREW - early contact

550.

551.

4 MaI

5 Mar

picture of TAmes LEWALLEN

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Cubar Jailed in GARRISON Probe - Sergio ARCACHA Smith

44, a former anti-Castro

Cuban exile leader in New Orleans, was arrested of a Harrant by GARRISON...warrant accused

ARCACHA with conspiring with David FERRIE, now dead, and gordon NOVEl, now in ja11 1n. Columous

EL SOL - OSWALD and SHAW, Meinbers of a Castro Comando - Doug EDELSON, reporter for the radio

chain In U.S. called "Wins", accused Castro of giving the

order to assassinate K...

OSWALD's trip to Mexi was not for the purpose of getting a visa to cuba, but rather to

receive orders and funds from Cuban offioials in

order to commit the assassinat1on....

EL HERALDO - The FBI Admits the Innocence of SHAW - Johnson seys it is useless to open

a new investigation, Proofs of GARRISON...... also, picture of SHAW land pioture of Dean

A. ANDREW, ramed by GARRISON.

DIR 80403 - (Ref: MEXI 0517 - para 527 above) - No Has traces ANDRADE, FUENIES and CEPERO

MEMO from LICOMET-2 to Jose (Piccolo) - Attacked is & olipping from the publication LUMERi

page 8, of Sol dé Mexico, 4 Mar 67: Surveilled OSWALD 11 Maxico, but Not in Dallas.

•In Mex1 airport, of travelers to and fron Cuba. The counter-espionage

sefvice of the CIA photographed OSWALD when he arrived in Mexico and sent the info to the

FBI, emphasizing the fact that OSWALD was in contaot with the sov and Cub Embassies in

Moxi.

"U.S. Nows and World Report" says that Mexi 18 of much importance to the CIA becaus

of the number of Communiat agents who, from Mexico, extend their net of operations to the

U.S. and South America.

EL HERAIDO - Dan MARACHINI Is the fourth person dited by GARRISON - He was a co-worker of

OSHALD. - info in previous newspajar clippings.

THS NEWS - OSWALD-Arms Cache Raid Links Sought- CARRISON was seeking a possible connection

between OSWALD and a group of men Involyed in a 1963 FBI raid on a munitions cache in

Lacombe, Louisiaha.

The teport came after Dante MAROCHINI, 42, fourth man in GARRISON's

probe spent 90 minutes in the DA's office. / MAROCHINI and OSWALD once were employed here

(New Oxleans) at the sans time by the same coffee manufacturer, though the plants were a

block apart, records show

al30 - Offloials Here Dodge "Cuban Plot" Query.. Goverament officials (of Mex1) declined

to become enbroiled in the controversy about an alleged Cuban plot to assassinate K

They said "Ne-w111.not.gol.into-it-again"-unlasa-esked.by-the US... An official spokesman

sald there yas no evidence to support a charge that the cubes coy was involved.

also - Houston Mayor Weloh Calla GARRISON a Publicity Seeker..

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6 Mar 671

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THE NEWS - Sidelines by Loyd Rosenfield; also, Letters to the Editor - & letter saying

OSWALD took orders from the Cub Emb and Warren 18 & Communist, written by Richard M. WASCOE.

5:3.

7 Mar

THE NEWS - OSWALD'& Movements Here Bared written by Jaime Plenn (COS wrote to Annie G.

"Anything new in this?"end Annie replied "To. All 18 rehasb.")

creck this long review of case

Not previously

seen in this file is his (OSWALD's) talking with

tho British tourists, on the bis to Mexico, and

that se was coing to cuba and hoped to see fidel

a recommended tea tote Autor alao aboat ALVARADO denying then again contimine hia nonzeded of ORMALA

554.

7 Mar

Rueriolo GONGORA - Castro agent??

5:5.

7 Mar

14 Nov 63, accused es alcastro erent, admitted being an employee and agent of the Castro

regime, and added he was sent by Castro

to assessinate Pres. K. / He was held in Bellevue

Hospitel where he was declaired & "loco" and then sent to Creedmore hospital where he has

been incomunicado.)

DIR 81029 - (Refs MEXI 0564 - para 533 above) -

Sor Emb. This dissem was classified secret, and any attempt to declassify would require

NOFACI approval. Classification has not been dropped.

Appropriate WOFACT office which

coordinates all OSWALD related material 1s aware of sensitivity of Mexi info and need

to protect LIENVOY source.

556.

8 Mar

DiA GARRISON

reveal his witness??

and published Tuesday by

Grosset and Dunlap as "The Answer to the Warren Report Critica".

81808

GARRISON Under Pressure to Reveal Informant - It is our position that he (GARRISON)

aust present testimony from witnesses who have personal knowledge of the events involved

In his surank allegations. This would mean GARRISON's "confidential Informant" who allsgedly

WEGMANN and Edward F. WEGMANN, attorneys for Clay Stale.

8120%

Proof Will Come Hard Says Reporter Merriman Smith (Editor's note, SMITE, UPI

White House reporter who won

Pulitzer Prize for his

vent to New Orleans last weex to look into

involveds conspiracy spawned in Louistana..

Following 13 his report )...

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557.

558.

8 M arch 67

9 Mar

559.

560.

9 Mar

10 MET

561.

Deen ANDREWS - altomay for OSWALD

Mrs Josephine win (worked for sHaw)

11 Mar

562.

11 MaI

check Raymond CIMMINGS - early contact

563.

564.

12 Mar

13 Mar

564.

13 Mar

565.

14 Mar

Raymond CUMMINGS

(sicture)

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THE NEWS - OBWAND "Home and Dry" by Court Action - by Heaty J. Taylor - a review of

OSWALd's stay in the Sov Union, when he renounced his U.S. oltizenship,

THE NEWS - OSWALD's Wife & Member of the Konsomol - by Henry J. Taylor - about OSWALD

marrylog Marina, neice of MVD.... She stated to Amer Emb 1a Mosoow she did not belong

to the KOMSOMOL, when applying for a visa to the U.S. - later she admitted she had lidd.

THE NEWS - Judge Upholds GARRISON -

THE NEWS - Iwo. More inter JFK Investigation - New Orleans Grand Jury took a hand in GARRISON's

and told the Warren Comm he received a call fron a man named Clay BERTRAND siter the assass-

1hat10n, asking ANDRIWS represent OSWALD. ANDREWS seld he was 111 at the time and did not

take the case.

Mrs. Josephone HUG spent 34 minutes with the fury. She an once worked

for Clay I SHAW.

THE NEWS - Man Refuses Lie Detector - Dean I.. ANDREWS refused to take a lie detector test

Sam (Monk) [Selden, ANDREWS' attorney, said he had advised ANDREWS to refuse

"on the grounds

that it was not necessary."

THE NEWS - Cabbie Remembers Hauling OSHALD, FERRTE Together - Raymond. CUMMINGS, 34, also &

former policeman, told a nows conference that he was

certain It was OSWALD and FERRIS, In

his cab.

THE NEWS - SHAW Gets Special Hearing -

MEMO TO LEGAT from COS - Subject: William Ray DOBKUNS

Reference is made to your memo

dated 24 Feb 67| (para 517 above) Mo jecora could be

found of a visit by a person resembling

Subject to the Cuban or Soviet Emb.

should more precise info be obtained on the time whed

Subj was actually in Mext, a further check ban be made.

THE NEWS - CIA Report of OSWALD Visit Here Kept Secret -

alBOs SHAW Seeke to Squash Plot Charge -

alsos Ramsey Clark Unhappy_With-New-JFK-Probe

THE NEWS - SHAW's Motion Overruled - A three-judge panel overruled today a defense motion

asking that only a single judge preside

over a preliminary hearing for SHAW;

Another

development - Raymond DUMMINGS, the Dallas Carpenter who claims that be

once drove OSWALD,

FERRIE and

a third man to Jack RUbY's pightclub, arrived here by plane..

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5.66.

15 Mer 67

check Perry Raymond RIISSO - early contact

567.

who 18 this??

16 Mar

0900 hrs

568.

• 15 Mar

check

RISSO, 5'9", closecropped hair - 100k8

like OSWALD somewhat

569.

16 Mar

LEOn OSWALD - Perry R

RUSSO, 25

570.

16 Mar

early contact from Tampico

- no name yet.

571:

17 Mar

"ARRISON'&

"confidential informant", RUsSO

EL SOL - RUSSO Says He Saw SHAW, OSWALD and FERRIE Plan the Death of Kennedy

AMEMB Incoming Telegram #441 - from Tampico - Local reporter tells me he knew OSWALD

Short Airgran follows. Signed by Ruyle

I OSCA CONTLEMAS

THE HERS - Witness Tells of Plot to K1ll John Kennedy - (Ploture of RUSSO and SHAW)

Witness-Porty RUSSO-Identified by-SHAW-as-one-of-three-man-he heard

plotting-to kill-

Вхов,-К.-Іа зері 0i 63.

A 25 yr old insurence salesman testified he heard OSWALD, FERRIS and SHAW conspiring to

He pointed out SHAW

assassinate Pres K In 1963 two months before K was killed in Dalla» gaw OSWALD four times

the man he met at the party as "Clem EERIRAND..:...RUSSO said he

Now Orleans, in the months before the assassination and he knew him as leon OsHAlD.

THE NEWS - GARRISON Witness Confesses Confusion - GARRISON's star witness testified today

he kept knowledge of an alleged plot to assassinate Pres K to himself for more than three

years because he vas "confused" about whether OSWAID was the man he knew as "leon OSWALD"

/ Perry R RUSSO 25, 8 Baton Rouge, La., insurance salesman said he witnessed SHAW, OSWALD

and FERRIE plotting the assassination in New Orleens and that he became "absolutely sure"

of identity when one di GARRISON's nen drew whiskers on a picture of OSWALD to make him

look like the unshaven man he knew.

A-43 Dept of State from ANCONSUL Tampico - Subj: Tampico Reporter Knew OSWALD -

(Refs Tampico 59, 15 Mar.07 - para 567 above) - During course of recent eyentna of suving

drinks for a couple of Tampico newsmen, one of them mentioned to me he had recognized the

photo on OSWALD when It appeared following the assassination.

He said he commented on this

to his editor at the time. The latter advised him to seep the matter to himself. Later

during the evening he requested that I not reveal to abyone what he had told me, claiming

to fear for his job 11 anything came to light at this point / later (during daylight hours)

I approsched him for permission to inform the Dept and his reply was a flat no

His know-

Ledge of OSWALD had been slight.

...simply to have met OSWALD at the university in Mexico

City and s avare he wished to travel to Cuba, but Cubans were not prepared to grant him a

visa: He said his contacts wita OSHALD had been fleeting and of no consequence, and he

repeated his request I inform no one, that he would lose his job if the matter came to light.. /

When I pressed him further,..treated in strictest confidence, he agreed to my doing so..

THE NEWS - DA'8 Witness Says He Was & Eypnotized - (see para 556 above) - GARRISON's

"confidential informant", Perry R. RUSSO, said GARRISON had him hypnotizad three times

before bringing him to court to testify about a conspiracey to kill Pres. E

RUSSO was hypnotized to see if he ware telling the truth in his story to GARRISON investi.

gators that he heard SHAW, OSWALD and FERRIE plotting...

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571. (continued) 17 Mar 67

Dean ANDREITS Indicted for

perjury

572

18 Mar

5T3.

574

19 Mar

20 Mar

575.

576.

23 Ma

Gordon NOVEL

24 Mar

Gordon NOVEL Flees

check Donald DOOTY and Layton MARTENS

early contacts

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21801: DA Alde Suspended, Indiated for Perjury - (see para 560 above) Dean ANDREWS, former

attorney who told the Warren Conm he was lasked to represent OSWALD after assassination

was indiated for perjury.

The indiatment sald ANDREWS testified falsely before the grand

jury concerning GARRISoN's investigation...

THE NEWS - State Lacked Evidence to Convict OSWALD: Ionabill : Joe E. TONAHILL, the co-

counsel for the lates RUBY said OSWALD could never have been convicted in Teras for

assassination. Texas law prohibited the testimony of a wife from being entered into the court

record.....

also, Judges, Rule Buidence Sufficleat to Fry SHAW - ...".. The court finde that sufficient

evidence has been presented to establish probable cause that a crime has been coumitted,

and further, that sufficient evidencs has been presented to justily the bringing into play

further steps of the criminal process agalast the arrestee, sHaw.

TEX NEWS - Did OSWALD Die FroM RUBY's Shot?-

THE NEWS - SHAW Just Cetting Checkup (and) Gun Found Hear SHAW'a Car - SHAW was hospitalized

for "his annual physical" and for treatment of a recurring back pain that first defeloped

during his military career.

THE NEWS - Grand Jury Indiots SHAW for Conspiracy

al80,.

Witness Calls JFK Probe "Fraud" . Migatolub operator Gordon NOVEL,

suppoenaed earifer

In the day by a dew Orleans grand jury, accused GARRISON of condicting a "political, police

stato Inquisition".

IHX NEWS - Subpoenaed GARRISON Witness Flees City - GARRISON's offide ordered the arrest

of Gordon NOVEL, former owner of a French Quarter Bar, as material witness in the investi-

gation of assassination....Novel 29, did not appear and could not be found here, later|

turned up in Columbus, Ohio, ho left there today saying he was going to Chicago.

Meantime, GARRISONS office issued to more sabpoenas - one directed Donald DOOrY to appear

for questionings the other ordered Layton MARIENS to go before the grand jury next Wednesday.

(DOOTY - red-bearded)

also, Counterspy Says US Reds Not In On JFK Plot - Herbert Philbrick, former counterspy

and-author-of-"I Led Three Lives"-has-discounted any theories-blaming American Communists.

fot assassination... I Philbrick said ho was inclined to belleve the orders to kill K

originated in Communist-dominated Cuba.

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5:7.

578.

25 Мат 67

26 Мат

NOVEL

579

580.

27 Маг

28 Mar

Sandra MOFRITT, akA LILly Mae MOMATNAS -

sarly contact

581.

582.

5133.

29 Mar

30 MeT

I App

NOVEL and ARMACHA

5B4.

-585.

NOVEL picked up

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THE NEWS - Chicago Asked to Arrest NOVEL

GARRISON termed NOVEL a "most

Importent" vitnees... . Bond was set for voveL at $50,000.

THE NEWS - Missing Witness Pops Up, Tells "Iruth" on "Fraud" - Gordon NOVEL, the "missing"

polygraph test said NOVEL "passed". the lie test.

a roommate of the late FEFRIE

'"He showed no deceptiong"..... NOVEL was

THE NEWS - Warred Report Will Play No Pert In Irial of Shaw -

THE NEWS - GARRISON Orders Arrest of Contrary WItness - 4 GARRISON's office obtained a court

PErry R. RUSSO testified in SHAy's

SHAw holped plot Kus death russo sald the party was at the apartment of the late rani,

proliminary hearing.

the mysterious phlot who died this year

oR atly 1965 he last weak that she did not go to the party and that the never met

THE NEW3 - GARRISON Chasing Witnesses -

THE NEWS - JFK Probe Jury Recesses For A Weak -

THIS NEWS - Werrant Obtained for NOVEL's Arrest - GARRISON obtained varrants today for the

arrest of Gordon NOVel, and a Cuban exila leader on charges of cospiring to burglarize a

munitions bunker in 1961.

Sergio ARCACHA Snath is in Dallas, the arrest warrants were sent

tọ Montreal, Canada, where NOVEL 1e reported to be hiding.

a1s0s IV Banned At Mock Iriel - at Yald Law School, New Haven, Conn

Lis wins - ohio Polioe Plok up withess in dik trobe -Gordon lovül was taken into custody

at Cabanna (near Columbus, Ohio) and kept behind closed doors at the detective bureau

TH&-NEWS Going-To Blow Case-Wide Open:-NOVSL- Gordon NOVEL, subpbenaed.. as.,

a material.

witness, released on bond today, sald he would "blow the case wide open. I'm

going to

prove the investigation 1s a complete fabridation...

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I expect to win."

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586.

587.

588.

589.

6 Apr 67

8 Apr

12 Apr

20 Apr

590.

22 Арх

FRI agent Peter Krobe in Acapilbo. with

GARRISON ???

591.

22. Apf

check Luis CASTILLO - possible early contadt

or tratnee for assassination

check "Jose"

check Antonio ELORIAGA

2 May

check YATSKOV

5,3

6 May

check Guy RANISTER

early Contact

SEORET

THE NEWS - SHAW Enters Plea of Innocent -

THE NEWS L. by Henry J. Taylor - Ibe Greatest Nonsense Of All

a s - by Benzy J. Taylor - Way Did OSWALD KLIl Patrolman Ippitz -

To onto and cot 28, 00 Porn to Evidence an a a 2 a co pubabad

1ts findlags on 28 Sept 64.

The remaining one-third, which inolude several hundred

documents

belloved to have significant neus value, are still barred from publio scrutiny )

THE NEWS - GARRISON Fatle to Appear Despite Runored Stay Hers - Mexi newspapers said GARRISON

Pas 1n Mexi as part of lis Investigation into the assassination..

/ ! 1 In Acapulco.

THE NEWS - JIK Assassination Plot Told by Puerto Rican - A 24 yf old Puerto RIcan, who says,

he was trained in a Cuban espionage school, olaims he was involved in a plot that put him

In Dallas at the time of the assassination.

/ The newspaper quoted Luis CASIILLO, under

Investigation by the National Bureau of Investigation, as saying that in Dallas he was listructed

by an unidentified man who gave Him a rifle to shoot a man in an open car. / CASTILLO Bald

he was not ablo to use his rifle but heard that a man called "Jose" was suocessful./ CASTILLO

vas produced for local newsmen by the NBI which said he vas arrested in Bulacan province,

south of Manila, last 2 Mar, a month after he entered Manile supposedly to contact leading

members of the Communist movement here. / CASTIULD said he followed orders in Sept 65 to assume

tho Identity of a Filipino 1n the Chicago aroa, named Antonio BLORIAGA, and vas deported by

U.S. to Pallippines for overstaying la the Ú.S.

alsos Ploturs of SHAW - arrives for his arraigament in New Orleans..

Pavel Antonovich YATSKOV has stated that he talked to OSWALD when he was in Mexico

→ (ca. 28 sep 63) and

I that he belfaved OSWAID was too neryous a person to have at been able

to shoot Pres. K. (prepared by WEENING, sent with EMMA 31932. 2 May 67)

THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT - CARBISON BUSY - OSWALD, CIA Linked -

• witzesses reported

Seeing OSWALD, BANISTER, ARCACHA and FERRIE together in the building (FERRIE died 2? Feb 67:

BANISTER didd of a heart attach In the summer bf 64)

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594.

595.

6 May 67

9. May

has iden of American be ascertained?

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THE NIWS - Le. Dally ClaIms OSWALD CIA Agent

MEXI 1364 - Following from C/LNERGO locally on 8 Mey for HOS info only! Mr. Bernard Diederich.

no had no comment and saggested plodorich go to Wash 1I no wished to Investigato this matter

Diederich intimated ho vould go to INERGO and HOFACI Wash. /C/INERGO reported to his Eqs -

asked that fact he reported to Station not be told his Egs.

596.

I1 May

THE NEWS - Men Confirms Neve Report Of GARRISON Bribe, Ihreats - Alvia R. BEAUBOEUR, & 21

vre old New Orleans man "confirms in all dotalis" a magazine account that he was first offered

money and than threatened in GARRISON's Investigation of assessination....! Newsweek story

sala Lynn L01891, & GARRISON Investigator, offered juAulasur up to 15,000 qna a job with an

aIrline to "1111 in the facts" about the late FERRIE..... / GARRISON on these developments:

what picture of OSWALD and a Cuban companion

The justice Dept, claiming "axecutive Inmunity" moved to exempt FBI egent fagis Kennedy from

11 May

Gordon NOVEL, & forher New Orleans night club omer GARRISON

1s trying to extradite from Columbus, Oh1o, will file a $10 million libel sult against the DA.

01f10181-Informal CONFIDENTIAL, to Wesley D. Boles, Esquire, C/Merl Political Affairs, Office

•from Beajamin J Ruyle, Amer Consul

students net OSWALD when they came out of the cineclub, walch I understood to be at the Escuela

de Fllosofia. He described OSWALD as 'raro' and "latrovertido'.

OSWALD gas with the group

during thp remainder of the afternoon, evening and following day.

OSWALD went to the

UNAM to 100k for pro-Castro students who might help him persuade the Cuban Emb to grunt him

irenily with Maria Teresa PRObNLAl who I understood

him to say defected from the Cub Imb in Mexi and may now be in Miami. 1.

He asserted he

was the student who personally climed the Miguel Aleman statue on the UNAM campus with the

dynamite when 1t was mutilated some years ago.

(NOTE from RIGGS - Believe this should

be corrected to Polit Section here. From DOS, Belleve we should hit Ruyle on his source

when next he-comes 'up here-or when sons one fron-Cuba-section goes there: COS-wrote -Azree-).

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598.

12 May 67

1f not both, as a foderal Agent.

THE NEWS - GARRISON Claims Code Links RUBY, OSWALD and SHAW - GARRISON said RUBY's unpublished

599.

13 May

what about the telephone numbers books?

was there a connection between O and RilEY

600.

601.

602.

603.

604.

605.

606.

607.

15 May

18 May

19 May

22 May

25 May

28 May

29 May

book of OSWALD, as printed in the Warren Comm exhibite Volume XVI, page 58." / He said both

notebooks contain the same Dallas post office referenos, "P.O Box 19106"

THE NEWS - Solon Calls GARRISON's Evidence "Important" - Sen, Russell B. Long, D-Ia., said

1f).GARRISON can verity that RuBY's telephone number was wiitten down in code in

papere of OSWALD and SHAW, it would "prove that there definitely was a conspiracy "/MlI

HMMW 15488 - In view of fecent reopening of the publicity regarding OSWALD and HOFACI evidence,

Has would iike to determine whether. the Station still has an land the negatives from which

Sov and Cub Embassies.

they be forwarded HeS for retention rather than destroyed if the latter aotion is èver con-

Note by RIGGS: COS: I personally checked on 27 May 67 and negatives are in

THE NEWS - Analysis of SK Kennedy Films Refutes 2nd Gunman Tabory -

THE NEWS - All CIA/? - "This Knocks Fell Out of GARRISON Case" says Alan Adelson, an attorney

for the RUBY family

a1s0 - Five Anti-Castro Cubans Kiiled JFK: GARRISON said Pres X was

assassinated by 5 anti-

Castro Cubans angered over Ki's handling of the Bay of Pigs inyasion.

I He said OSWALD did not

shobt K and "aid not even touch a gun on that day."

THE NEWS - NOVEL FIles Sult Against GARRISON

THE NEWS - Evidence From News Media to be Fart of SHAW Itial +

THE NEWS - GARRISON to Bare "Other Plotter" -

THE NWS - by Fenry J. Taylor - GARRISON No Buffoon at All -

...// 'GARRISON turned to Volume

Page 58 shows

a note OSWALD

SHAW's notebook contains the identical note. / GARRISON demonstrated

GARRISON LanTE

connection - O-WALD, RITY,

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601. (continued) 29 May 67

Who is the "Iatin" ?

608

29 May

609.

610.

a11.

30 May

31 мау 1901і

2 June

612.

6 Juse

Has this been proved?

13 June 67

check validity of LIRTNG/S

ORWALD and STLVTA had en affair

Jay didn't Mex1 Dolice give us all Info?

614.

615.

3 June

12 June

same Info as para 592 above

YATSKOV - early contact

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Waltohall 1-5601. / This development would connoot OSWALD with both SHAW and RUBY. The men

GaRfisaN now wents most to lind 18 & latin, likewise ravealed, whon GairsoN has traced back

to the Bay of Pigs debaolo.

HMMA 32103 - Ref: HMMW 15488 (para 60l above) - The prints forwarded to HOS in Ref, vere taken

of a person leaving the soviet impassy.: Ipe negativas of these prints are in the station files:

MilE SS - BY SHAN FrIal Judge - Coutempt Warnlag Gited -

WHE NEWS - by fenry J. Taylor - Some Faots About OSWALD Still Unanswered -

UH: RUNS - Taylor Tripper (about above artiale in which Taylor said OSWALD left New Ürleans

about soon on a bus and reached Maxi City the next morning, valoa la an impasable task.

THE HERS - GARRISON SaYB RUBY Part of conspiracy - CArilioN alleged that siAl made a trip to

the Capitol House Hotel in Baton Rouge in the fall di 1963 and met with RUBY and OSWALD and

supplied them with lunde..

IN''/pege 2 - para of

The fact

that silvia DURaN had sexuel intercourse with OsWAll on several occasions when the latter was

in vexi city la propably new, but adds little to the OSWALD case. The Mexi police did not report

the extent of the DURAN-OSWALD relatlonshlp to this Station..

Ill'Atts - Wallace & ROWION

Meeting with LIRING 3, dated 26 May 67 - .....//LIRING/s, trying to keep active certain contacts

had had in the past, on the ta be pen are relationship with them Silvia DURAT

and Horacio DURAN and explained the background of his relationship with them

informed IIRING/3 that she had first met OSWALD when he applied for a vies and had zone out

with him several times since she liked him from the start

She admitted that sbe had sexual

relations with him but insisted that she had no idea of his plans.

When the news of the assassin-

ation broke she stated that she was Immediately taken into custody by the Mexi policy and I

interrogated thoroughly and peaten until she admitted that she had had an affair with OSWALD.

She added that ever since then she has out off all contact with the cubans, particularly since

her husband Horacid, who was badly shaken by the whole affait, went into a rage and has forbidden

her to see them.

THE NEWS - FBI NeVer Investigated Clay SHAW

MEMO on Pavel Antonvich YAISKOV prepared by Jonathan I. WEENING - YAISKOV has stated

talked to OSWALD when he was in Mexico (ca. 28 Sept 63), and

that hs believed OSWALD

that he

nervous a person to have been able to shoot Pres. K (Source,

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616.

14 June 67

see para 597 above

Tampico source

OSWALD -

GARRISON

Homosexual??

according to

19 June

20 June

Where are

letter and attachments?

26 June 67

620.

27 June

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& copy of which is attached.

about OSWALD's sojourn in loxl to appear since the assassination of Pres K. We understand the

cannot continue to be withheld or concealed.

It is requested that you confer with Mr.

Although the Warren Comm obtaihed

Lo facts pointing to homosexuality on OSWAlD's part, this allegation has been made by elements

of the press covering GARRISON's investigation in New Orleans.

It is therefore necessary to

bear this possibllity in mind when interviewing the source and othere who spent time with

OSWALD in Mexi1. It 1s our hope that the facts obtained through these intervieve will belp to

confirm that several of GARRISON's allegations about involvement of anti-Castro Cubans, WOFACT,

ets., are false.& (Note: 22 June 57 COS told Nate Ferris orally about this. )

for cos.

Also wishes discuss with Station and ROWTON proposal for OPS use of latter in Guyana

Bequest Station meet, escort through dustoms and arrange accomadation.

City 20 June ot Viasa 781. (Notes for ROWTON pere; Met by CP/D)

He will depart Mexico

DIR 12232 - para 617 above) Oh 20 June received letter and attachments

ENNH 25574 - to COS, Subjeot: OSWALD Refs EMMA 32103 - para 608 above; and, HMMW 15483 -

pare 601 AboveT

In addition to the photos forwarded to Has of mystery man in front of Sov Emb,

¡as also has a photo taken 1n front of Cub Emb of a man tho appears to be identical with the

"mystery man".

The date written on the back of this priht 1s 15 Oot 63.

We have no record

of a tranemittal dispatch number, only an indication it was forwarded here by your Station

The background on this one photo was compared with another photo recently submitted py yáu to

Has of another unidentified person photographed entering, the Cub Imb, and there 1s little doubt

Has assumes that you also have the negative of this 15 O'ct 63.

(Note by RIGGS, This negative is filed in LIONION photo Chrono and was in the

f1l0 on 3 July 6T. Personally checked by RIGGS. Answered by EMMA -

THE NEW YORK TIMES - Key Aide Resigns GARRiSON inquiry - Investigator Quits in Fight over

Aassination Case Chief Investigator for GARRISON, Willian H. Gurvich, duit his Job todaY i"

In the midst of a a dispute over the way the K assassination inquiry is being cond icted

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29 June 67

29

# June

Ds 'ar CONTRERAS

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THE NEWS - by Walter Lippmenn -

"The Death of a President" - A Review

a1s0! More Holes Punched in JIK Probe - Attorney Dean ANDHEWS, Jr, said today the Clay

BERTRAND who Bought legal counsal for accused prasidential

asBa381n OSWALD yas French Quarter

bar oporator Eugena C, DAVIS./ ANDREWS' statoment camo on the & heels of DAVIS' appearance

forg the Grand Jury, I MiDRiWS sald In an interview that Clay I SHAW, accused by GARRISON

the grand jury and toll them that DAVIS was Clay BERTRAND.

MEXI 1950 (ROSs IMMN 25557) - pera 616 above) - DOSCHER trevelled Tampico on 25 Juse 67 1a

attempt identify source of Aner Consuls letter per refland make cont

Amer Consul placed DOSCHER In contact with Informant, Oscar CONTRERAS who is reporter for

E1 Sol de lamplod, 18 about 30 yrs old and married with three onliarent; studied law at UNAM for

3 yes (approximately 7960 - 1964)s belonged clendestine pro-castro Revolutionary group at UNAM;

Tampico - early contact

1964). CONTRERAS claims he no longer member of apy organization, but is visited often by old

friends who st11l active... / Regarding OSWALD case, he extremely cautious and refused give

DOSCHER details on contact with OSWALD. Said reason he could not give names of persons who

net OSWAlD 1s that these persona still active revolutionaries and if they found out he informed

on them, he and his family would be in grave danger..

•1 Although CONIRERAS was not able br

wilhing give detes and names, he said OSWALD visited UNAM campus shortly after Cub Emb refused

him vise to vialt Cu d. OSWALD made inquiries regarding pro-Cuban revolutionary group at

UNAM and was direated to CONTRERAS and his friends.

OSWALD met CONtRERAS and four other jei..

as they came out of roundtable discussion held in faculty of Philosophy. OSWALD told group

It urgent he visit Cuba and that Cub Emb denied him visa.

de requested sid from CONTRERAS!

group. CONTRERAS and others mistrusted OSWALD because

they felt he was CIA provocation

Group allowed OSWALD to accompany them the rest of that day, that night and part of the st

next day.

OSWALD very Introverted and appeared be slightly crazy.

OSWALD made no mention of

8s82881nat100 plot, but kept bringing up point he had to travel to Cuba immediately..

As to

whether OSWALD might have been homosexual, CONTIERAS said he introverted and had complexes and

he could have been type tolenjoy such rolations.

While he was with group, however, he showed

no signs of this tondency.

/ ///DOSCHER was to have a third meeting with CONTRERAS evening

28 June 67 but CONIRERAS did not make appesrence.!///Il above not sufficient,

Station can possibly

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623.

624.

8625.

:30 June 67

1 July

3 July

• 626

4. July

Tampico CONTRERAS

627.

5 July

CONTPHRAS

628.-.

629.

5 July

5 July

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THE NEWS by Walter Lippmann - The Death of a President - "The Transfiguration of JeK"

THE NEWS

- Manchester Had Malice Toward None

photo published in the Warren Comm Report was taken in front of the Sor Emb / This Station

has on file negatives of both photos.

DIR 16823| (Ref: MEXI 1950 - para 622 above) - Although It possible CONURERAS may have fabricated

entira story, importance of any leads this matter demands ve explore to fullest: / Believe story

rant us do so here? Once LNERGO in sot, they may wish take up with Mexl authorities.

paper articlo CONTRERAS as leader of a UNAM revolutionary bloo tends give some substance to

this story.

Does Station have any contacts or assets who might be able to identify other

members of CONiERAS group at time? II CONTRERAS colleagues identified, conceivably a follow

up approach to him armed with this net knowledge might persuade him give more of story

any event, if unable to resolve CONTRiRAs story unilaterally, will have to take up with Mexi

offidials and considering such possibly 1t may be unise to risk exposure station assets by

untlateral effort.

Because of this and in vien LICDAXES relatlonship with LIlEMPOS, It may not

be wise to use LICOAXES despite their long hummittugs history at UNAM

proceeding on own, through Illumpos, or handling lead to INiRGO with proviso we be kept informed.

/No Identifiablo traces CONTRERAS.

MEXT 1991| (Ref)s DIR 16823 - para 626 above) - Station feels any further unilateral kandling of

CONTRURAS vould not be profitable and prefars pass entire case to LIliMPOS for action

prefer Inform LNERGO locallyiro caso. / In order socomplish above. COS plans have private meeting

with LITEMPO-& and will

orally give him info avallable on contruras.

Cos has already advised

LNERGO of initial info

(uMMY 15557 - para 616 above) and preparing follow-ap memo containing

info on DOSCHER's visit to lampieo.

and raquest INERGO take

LIERGO to be advised that MiXI authorities now handling case

no sotion without potra prior consultation Station

MEMO tO LEGAT from COS,

subi: OSWALD Vis1t in liexi - meno reporting Info in above paragraphs

to LEGAT - On CONTRERAS.

NOlE to COS from LUND (attached to cover of Vol: 5 of P-8593)

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039.

631.

632.

633.

6 July 6T

6 July

TJUlY

8 July

Walter SHERIDAN - eRrly contaot????

10 July

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PIR 17187 (Rof; MEXI 1991 - para 627 above) - Concur. Will take parallel action by advising

INERGO here.

THE NEWS - D.A. Wante Sept Trial for SHAW - GARRISON 18 feady for trial of Clay I. SHAW.

HE NEWS - Manchester Book Labeled Unrellaple -

THE NEWS - GARRISON Charges Newaman -GARRISON said a warrant had been issued for the arrest

of & network newsman. oa

chargas the reporter attempted to bribe Perry Raymond RUSSO, the 'star

witness in GARRISOla attempt to prove tae

assessination vas a conspiracy.

GARRISON charged

that malter silclllai... •had worked for lie in lew orleans for two and one half years.

has davoted his efforts almost exolusively since fob investigating CARRISON's assassination

conspiracy theory and legel activitied.

MEMO STOM JKB (Source ¡TIEMPO/IE)lo te: Oscar CONIRERAS - Attached 18 & report on captioned

subjest, dated Y July oT.I It will be noted that the repords of the bial law school reflect

phat the only oscay contitias listed 18 me oscar courieras hartigue who was. registered as a

student there in 1959-60, but not during the period 1901-05

Attachment as followas

In the Law Faoulty at UNAM in the files there is onlylisted Oscar

CONTRiSRAS and Guadalupe LAndiGus, hiv secondary studless vere at Escuela Nacionel Secundaria

y Preparatoria Federal In Tanaulipas from 52 to 58. / On 17 Jan 61, 1n Excels10t, eppears

ne Oscar CONTRERAS, as a signer of a protest for the Bloque Estudiantil Revolucionario.

BLOQUE ESTUDIANTIL REVOLUCIONARIO (BER)

the firet time we heard of the BER was in July 61 when activitles began in politics among

students. / 13 July 61 - University groups of the loit, aspecially BER, and

the Movimiento

America Istina (MAL) headed by Humberto HIRIARLE (Of BER) and Pedro SAENZ Zepeda (of MAL)

nade propaganda utilizing "egrupaciones de paja" to attack the clergy and the secretariat

of Gobernacion, / pirectors of MAL are: Hugo ARANDA, Oscar GONZALEZ and Hiban (Iban) GARCIA,

and those from the HER planned to have meetings in the Ateneo Esgañol or UNAM, according to

the instruations of Jose Antonio POrIUOndo (spelled cortuoNdo in report), amb of cuba

15 Jaly 61 - This groug with other groups of the left continue having meetings at University

City, /25-Jay 61- This group invited-students-of-Ins+1tutp-Politechico-Nacional- IPN)

to an "act" to be held on 26 July 61 at Univ City to commemorate the Cuban Revolution

the leftist political group, hands nemed Patricio Iubumpa will become affiliated with the bak

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634. (continued) 10 July 67

OSCAr CONTRERAS - Have all these names

been checked as possibly having

had contact

with OSWALD when CONTRaRAS was at lIwAM and

OSWALD went there ??

30 Nov 61 - University Leitists, directed py the buk, moviniento llberacionas lacional and

MAL, directed by Antonio MINORIO Adame, Vicente VerlavAr, JOse Lauardo Pasquas and ilumbexto

the Comite Universitario Pro-Defensa of the same leaders.

planned for the Apoyo a Cuba en el Heneciclo e Juarez if the police does not stop 1t.

7 Mar 62 - Pripolpel leaders are; Victor Manuel BARCELO, Carlos ANDALUZ, Hugo CASTRO Aranda,

Antonio TENORIO Adame, JOse GUDRiERO Guerrero, Carlos On't Lejeda, Daniel MOLINA, BriOn

alvez, Fumberto HIRIARIS, (spealed HIARTS), Oscar GONZALEZ, Hiban GARCIA, PedrO SAINZ

Zepeda, Alberto CERECER, Jose Eduardo PASCUAL, JUAN SALDANA, Martin REYES Baissadel, Vicente

LVILLAMAR, Rube110 FERNANDEZ Dorado, and Jesus OCHOA: / Ihis group ceased functioning as such

about the middle of 1962 and one Oscar CONTRERAS, who was not one of the leadero, 1t 18 possible

he was & lesser milltant and sigred as a leader in the Excelsior publication so as not to

compromise the actual leaders.

635.

11 July

as a student in 1959 and 60, but not during the period 6l to 63.

This is

not proof that CONTRERAS was not

at lIAM in Sept 63

636.

12 Sept

of the lists of leaders of the Bloc. The persons mentioned in the report are generally

known to the Station as persons who belong, or balonged, i to the Mull and other leftist

revolutionary groups 1n Mexi. Sach such 18 the case with Anton1o TENORIO Adema, Vicente

VILLAMAR Contreras and paniel MOLINA Alvarez.

TENORIO 18 a member of the Directive Council

of the MuT and vas a delogate to the Irl-dontinental Confereace hold in Habana in Jan 66

VILLAMAR 18 on the Central donnittee of the JCM and was & delegato to the ITI-Continental

Conferenco In Jan 66, MELINA 18, a member of the organizing committee for the first LASO

MEXI 2756 - 0n 12 Sept most Mexi dailies, Including The News carried wire service reports

of GARRISON's Playboy article charging that ex-CIA men Killed KA JFK. In addition El Univer-

637.

12 July

check Richard TOWNLEY

THE NEWS - GARRISON Files Bribery Charges Against Newsman - GARRISON filed charges

accusing

abroadcast-newspaman.of-attempting-to.brlbe.and.intimidate.awitness_in_probe.:

Richard

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638.

€39.

13 July 67

13 July

Ras this been checked?

Check Dennis Lynn HARRER

others?

640.

641.

642.

E43.

16 July

24 July

30 July

8 AUg

Check Bill MEDINA

Check Sam DEPIMO

• Barly contact:

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THE NEWS - GARRISON Gets "Equal Time" Spot -

NXI 2124 - 1. In classified note to Station & July, Amonsul, Willian Harben, | In Meride, -

Amer retired seaman Joseph HAREI now in Merida was aboard Ferrel

Lines Freighter African Dawn April 67 in Dar Es Salaam when that ship unloaded considerable

crated fraight to barge frow which it was loaded anj Cub vessel berthed 200 yards awes

jarben desoribes HARST as alert, intelligent experienced seamen. I B

American oitizen

Dennid Lyan HARBER desoribing seif as armed foxces vet on 100 percent disability pension

told Harben that & Robert BROWN, Box 369 Boulder, Colo, whom he knew previously when teaching

ing to Cuban rafugees in sohool run by fnu DIXON in Miami visited him at his (HARBER's)

parent's home in Omaha and questioned him using concealed tape recorder about several Americans.

who had worked at Miami school:

Bob siR BROWN, Ed COLLINS, William SEASOUR, Leonard HALL and

inu HARGRAVES. He 21B0 showed HARBER photo of David FERRIS mixed up in New Orleans investiga-

tion of Pres Kis death and asked 1f ha. knew him.

HARBER claims to have translated for BROWN

book by Cub officex, Alperto BAYO entitled "One Hundred Fifty Questions fof Guerrilla Fighter"

publisbed by Panther puplications:

apparent robust physical health,

Also dlaims worked Bertitz school New York.

Harben suspected BARBER be affected with sone sort psycho-

neurosis. is/ 2. Believe pare IB into should be passed to INERGo.

THE NEWS - Three Assasias 12 JFK Conspiracy Bays GARRISON

Memo to Director, FBI 1a Wakington, Suble OSWALD - mano reporte InPO In paras 634, 635 above

THE NEWS - Connally Writing

Own Account of Assassination -

EMMW 15695 to COS, Subjs Possible Mexican Remifications of Assassination of Pres K -

F

An INERGO Informent alleges that "quite some time" beforo the assessination, OSWALD met

in Mexi City 1th & member of WOFACT whose allas was Bill MEDINA.

In any context? We assume there is no connection with IDENlITY but would appreciate your

commonts / 2. Another LNERGO report inoludes a statement to the effect that one Sam DEPINO,

News Dept, WVUR Television, New Orleans olaimed to have received info that GARRISON might tr

to connect an ex-Nazi now living in Nexi City with the assassination.

The ex-Nazi was supposedly

aotlya in the propaganda field and ves also described as

, "one of the heads of WOFACI in Mexi'

Can you surmise who might be the identity of this incongruous descripting?

IDENT

MY is Alfrado MEDINA-Vidella

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Thayer WALDO

??

645.

11 Aug

aka MArk THAYER

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DIR 26897 (Rel: MADRID 2170 being relayed Maxi City - )

Following Info from WoFACT and INfurs field reports:

THAYER WALDO reported as stringer

for Drew Pearson in Uruguay 1948 where he known for inaccurataly reporting umb ovents

He

Report from Uruguay also disclosed that

* in files. / B. WALDO also roportedly setved as correspondeht for Paarson in Ecuador and

After being Invited to Ecuador by Bres Galo PLAZA, Subj took steps in 1950 to renounce

U.S. citizenship and obtain Icuadoran citizenship in order advance official position with

lattor government.

Inter decided retain US, citizenship.

In 1953 Subj was administrator

In April 1953 he launched the & Pacifla Post newspaper

Subj considered unreliable, dishonest and upsavory by Americans and Ecuadorans

articios concerning Ecuadoran government.

he re-issued US. passport

Wife Folen, & Hungarian national, Joined Subj in Call, travelling

from Quito on TRO passport. /C. Jan 60, Habana Station reported WALDO as American newenan

from MaxI in Habana who might be offered editorship of End' language Times of Habana

Late

Jan 60, Mexi Statloa reported Subj discussed six week tour of Cube with Emb officials

Has

files indicato WALDO resided Maxi two yrs prior late 1960 at Callo Colima 107, Dept 1, Mext T

Suggest addressees pass above info to Emb officers who in

on HALDO (aba Mark TRAYER) as rot.

source in HSG 184 of 16 June 53 that subj's former partner 1n Pacifio Post, Francis R.

subj in Amb staff meeting 3 Aug. Commeroial Counselor who sits on board of regents at Univ

of Auerices, said WALDO had been fired by Univ since he was. not doing job for them

Said

Univ forgot to inform GOM that WALDO torking for them. This put wALDO in position of baying

violated working papers requirement, and acoording connercial counselor, probably accounted

FOr WALDO & eXPULBION DY GON.

Counselor for public affairs added that WALDO apparently kicked

Into Texas because he had called Emb Press Attache from there on 2 Aug / 3 In same

staff meeting Couns for Publio Affairs sald Merl foreign correspondents assoc

concerned over

case because (a) they feared WALDO night have been expelled because of anti-Mexican articles

ho-wrote for-Denver-Post and New York Times-(for which-he-stringer), and (b)- WALDO-owed club.

some 6,000 pesos in bar bills, eto

According U 3. Con Gen Mexi, WALDO 1s US. citizen

and bad latest U.S! passport issued Maxi 1966.

Mex1 Eng News carries story by Jaime Plenn

11 Aug headlined "Search on for Missing Newsman"

PLENN writes that disappearance of WALDO

publlo relations director at Un1t of Amer, has becone object of official and private inquiries

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645 (continued) I Aue 67

Innyer WAlDo in Dallas at tine assassination

646

11 AUg

12 Aug

rould WALDO's wife be nueried about

tine spent in Dellas during assessinationi

6448. 15 Aug

645.

19 Aug

SECRET

SECRET

Following is gist PliNn articles WAlDO left vexi unexpectedly early July. Last beard frpm

1n letter postmarked Los Angeles addressed to University claiming he had been trailed In Mexi

and that pressure put on him to leave country. WALdo & ramber of foreten correspondents

23800., which lists him as correspondent for Derver Post, San Francisco Chr nicle, and

1в te 04L7 / 6.

Also wrote regularly for other US. papers. Both Unly and Assoo trying

Phili story continueds

WALDO In Dallas at time assassination and reported

events of that weak to U.s, rewspapers

Several months ago he called press conference Mexi

and outlined his points of view that alfiered with warren report.

Shoft while before leaying

MaxI, WALDO known to have been inyestigatire activities In Mexi of OSWALD and a reported

trip to next by members pf a secret U.3. organization at time Pres K visited Maxd 1962.

waldo friends said he told them he had been commiasioned in ili New Orleans by GARRIsoN to

verily reports of certain indidents during killily visit mexi Gou immigration officials

have denied WALDO deported,! U.s. Emb offioials said they had no into to supply re wando!s

whereabouts. / T. LiERGO Chief Mexi advised COS on ll Aug that LNDRGO trying to locate to

Intertion him de OSWAlD pase.

Request HQs advise INERGO if whereabouts own

THE NEWS - Search On For Mising Howsman - re Thayer WALDO - Jalo given above

MBXI 2463 (ROPs MEXI 2454 - pare 645 above) - 1 Mexi Eng News 12 August carries follow-up

story on Thayer WALDo by pearl GoNzaniL.

Gist follows.12. WAlDo reported 1l Auguet to be

working on's news story for 'Ramparts" magazine

While & spokesman for "Ramparts" said WALDO

has an assignment for the magazine, he declined to say exactly what the assignment 1s or where

WALDO Located. / 3. When the news contacted William TURNER, staff writer of the California

magazine at noon 11 Aug, he said: "I just talked to WALDO 5 min ago. There's no mystery

Fe is Just busy traveling, which is why he hasn't waitten to anyone or why he hasn't left

$ 10

corvaruipg sadress, Even as he hung up he vas getting ready to leave for another city."

TURNER went on to say that WALDo explelned his resignation iron the Unit of the Amer as

tasulting from pressures applied to Unlu offiolals by poverful Amer business Intereste follow-

folloned up with a letter to pres of unia, From los Angales laldo continued to san francisco

where he contacted 'Ramparts" and was put to work on temporary basis.

TURNER concluded by

saying WALDO "definitely not put out of Mezi.": / 5.

Two professors at Univ said they weren't

surprised at WALDO's resignation since he had been neglecting his job

One professor attricuted

this to the faot WALDO under tremendous emotional strain since his wife allegedly in States

walting for decree on divorco she filed several months ago.

THE NEWS ~ GARRISON Wins PerJury Case - against-Dear-ANDREWS-

THE NEWS - DA BaYS OSWAID, RUBY, SHAW Conspired Agalast Kennedy - .

/GARRISON said that

SHAW once met with RUBY and OSWALD at the jaok lar Capital House In Baton Rouge and handed

them money, that the meeting occurred from 2 to 9 p.m on 3 Sept 63/11Y that SHAW went to

Portland, Ore., In for 63 in furtherance of the alleged conspiracy.

the route took him through

Houston, Los Angeles and San Franoisco..

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651.

652.

12 Sept

13 Sept

653.

18 Sept 67

& Check Playboy

Interview-GARRTSON

3 Oct

Comer CLARK, newspaperman

SECRET

HMMA 32861 to C/WHO, Supjeots INERGO Reports on Ramifications of Assassination.

Ref: HMMW 15695 - para 643 above - As far as cen be determined no WOFACT member has used the

allas BIll MEDINA.

Has assumption with regard to pars l, last sentence is correct.

avare, there 1s no ex-Nazi who in "one of the heads of WOFACT in Mexico."

THE NEWS - EX-CIA Men Killed JFK Seys GARRISON -

MEXI 2780 - Ref: MEXI 2756 -

1) - Following aditorial written by LIQUIFIER In lead

Versions by GARRISON.

Texts It is

Most Next readers will assume that

editorial represents official GOM and Excelsior management attitude toward GARRISON interview

/ Ple advise whether Ags wants Mexi Station pouch or cable Spanish text .

Playboy Interviews Jim CARRISON.

(Note written by gOS: This guy GARRISON is so far

gone that he would not be acceptable in any luny bin !!)

NOVEDADES - OSWALD Requested Help fron us to Kill Kennedy, says Castro - His Amb in AM Mexico

informed, but he didn't take it seriously - Castro revealed in a newspaper interview that

OSWALD visited the Cub Emb in Mexico in order to request help to carry out his plans to

assassinate Pres K... / Castro told the newspapermen, Eaglishman, Comer CLARK, who was on a

visit in Habana, acoording to an article just published in the U.S

The Inquirers "I knew

OSWALD was planning to assassinate Pres K, but I diän't think he would do it

OSWALD visited

the Cub Imb' in Maxi on two occasions, the first, he said he vanted to work for us, but did not

care to give detalis.

The second time, he said he wanted to liberate Cuba

from American

imperialism, kill Kennedy and it was exactly that which he was thinking of doing "

added that the Cub Amb in Nexd told him of OSWALD's visits and what. OSWALD had said!

not give it any importance.

He (the Cub Amb in Mexi) thought he

was dealing with a

"Also, I would consider killing a Chief o! State to be & stupidity

As far as cuba 18 concerned

the u.s. Covernment will continue to be the same - with one president or another. "

reporter asked Castro if his government warned the us about OSWALD's plans.

Castro ahswered

that his government does not have; and did not have any kind of relations with the coverhment:

of the U.s.

Also, "If I had taken OSWALD seriously I could have informed the United Nations

or some similar official organization, but I doubt that anyone would have belleved it anyway

Anyway I thought that OSWALD's visits to the Cub Emb (in Mexi) probably had something to do

with.the-CIA-of.the-U.s."/The-newspaperman.asked-Castro_"whatever_the_case._did.Castrp

consider the pobsibility of the assassination" Castro emphasized that the thought entered

his mind, but he immediately discarded it.

"Also, if it were discoveted that there existed

a plot they would have blamed us ta for intervening.

Invadion or our land. At ady rate, era sfRyle have stared it ua (cubaretext for another

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3 Ootober 67

65:5

3-7 Oct

g

Check OSWALD's brother

s story

656.

657.

31

Oct

23 Nov

Flusebio A7CUS

I's Marina holding back info?

Is Mrs. Ruth Paine holdine back info?

16 Nov 6T

659.

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-Chook Annse Ro

PATTERSON

SECREI

"I am not responsible for the death of K.

This should be well understood.

I think K

vas killed i by U.S. Fascists, by elements of the right wing who were in disaureement

with bia".

THE NEWS - Fe Was My Brother - by Robert I. OSWAID With Myrick and Farbare Land

THE NEWS - OSWALD's Widow Sues Government -

sued the U.S government for 500,000

dollars as compensation for the government's seizure of OSWALD's personal effecte

FBI is still investigating a mystery

Intercepted letter malled to the Sov Imb, Wash., on 12 Novi 63 - 10 days before the assassin-

atlon. / Written as a request for & sor visa, the letter contained a paragraph referring

Marina and Nrs. Ruth Paine, on whose typewriter the final draft was made, knew of the letter

and 1ts contents before It was malled.

" Mrs. Paine copied the letter and turned it over to

Warren Coum on 23 Nov 63.

THS NEWS - Book Cited 3 Gunmen In JFK Rilling -

"'/conolusions of a two-yr investiga-

tion of the 63 tragedy by Dr. Josish THOMPSON of Haverford College, Pa...

demolishes

the Warren report.

THOMPSON, 32 yrs old Yals Phi Beta Kappe scholat, vrote "Six Seconds

available to the FBI...l THOMPSON Indicates - Your bullets were fired and all bit their

mark - Bullets were fired from three locations -

the sirth floor of the depository Bldg,

the roof of's nearby bidg, possibly the Dallas County Records Bldg or the Dal-Tex Bldg,

and the stockede fence behind the grassy knoll at the

81de

of the plaza.

CASE OF Annie R. PATTERSON (file From Protection & Welfare Section - U. 3. Embassy, Mex1oo)

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661.

662..

662.

23 Nor 67

83783778333 Check this out

2h Now 67

8 Dec 67

Abraham BOLDEN - early contact?

9 Dec 67

Who taped this conversation??

SECRET

HE NEWS - by Robert 5. Allen and Paul Soott - FBI Still Puzzled... Investigating a mystery

Involving the contents of the last letter OSWALD wrote before

the Dallas tragedy. ...

Written as a request for a Sou visa, the letter contained a paragraph referring to the

highly secret recall of a|Cuban official in the Mexi Emb days after OSHALD bad tisited

there and returned to Dallas. FBI trying to answer. How did OSWALD learn about this

official's announced recall?

The FBI said info would have had to come to OSWALD IrOM one

An Informant in the Cub Emb 11 Next who contacted OSWALD after he

that CIA and KGB 11 Nexi learned of the official's recall at the same time and dnly a

week before OSWAID wrote his letter, containing the following para! "Of course the Sov Emb

was not at fault, they were, as I say uaprepared, the Cuban Consul was guilty of a gross

breach of regulations, I an glad he has since been replaced.".....CIA'e memo to Warren

Coumiss1o2, how declassified stated! "We surnise that the reference in OSWALD'& 9 Hou

letter to a man who has since been replaced must refer to Cuban Consul Eusebio AZCUE, Who

left Nex1 for Cuba on pertanent trensfer on 18 Nov 63, four days before the assassination.

THE NEWS - Lane Wants Agent Before JFK Probe - Author-attorney Mark Lane is asking Pres.

Johnson to release former Seoret Service agent Abraham BOLDEN to testify in GARRISONje

Investigat1on.... lane charges that the secret service knew of a conspiracy to kill Kennedy

before the assassination.

BLITZ (newspaper)! - New Evidence Exonerates OSWALD - FBI-CIA Plotted KEnnedy Murder

.....The fact that some 20 or more witnesses or persons involved in the orime, from OSWALD

to RUBY who have since died unnatural deaths, aldo appears to incriminate powerful Police and

Intelligence sources in the conspiracy.... New information came to light early in 67 when

Miami Police

Department released a tape-recorded conversation between a Police informer and

an unidentified man who was an organizer for a reactionary segregationist political party.

On 9 Nov 63, this man "said that a plan to kill the President was in the works. He said

Also "They will pick up somebody within hours afterwards... just to throw the puplic off"

"The tape-redoraing of cats 9 you 6s conversation was given to the secret Service Imediately,

"Assassination Idea Taped Iwo Weeks Before JFK was Killed" MIAMI NEWS,!

2 706 67 7 8e, of 17 & page, 64, 0018, 1-6)....The ra tend pit the tape and tene

waldentified man five days after the assassination, remined silent about the tape la testimoas

before the Commission....

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SECRET

THE NEWS - Fired from & Sewers Pistol Shot Killed JFK: GARRISON -.....there was a plan to

ill Kennedy in Chicago and the site was moved to dallas......GARRISON produced a picture

he said was taken 10 minutes after the assassination which showed a federal agent picking up

6€4.

665.

10 Deo 67

Who was the federal agent; way was

this not in the Commission report??

I1 DeO 6T

13 Dec 6T

€66.

18 Dec 67

Is KAPLAN connected with

case?

THE NEWS - by PeaTI CONZALEZ - GARRISON Biate IBJ Link in kennedy Plot -

THE NEW YORK TIMES - by Anthony Lewis - Scholar Upholds Warren Report - A noted British

scholar, in a comprehensive analysis of all the skeptical literature on the assassination

"Pinplly, one who writed sensibly!)

MEXICO CITY 3828 - Pouching Moxi City News artiole of 1l dea by Peritonzalez| (para bot above)

describing interyjew she conducted previous week in New Orleans with GARRISON.

Artiole quotes

GARRISON as stating he belleves Pres Johnson implicated in assassination and regard CIA as

U.S. ' Fasoist alter ego. / LIROBBIN-1 reported 14 Dec this artiole possibly only prelude to

new campaign against CIA and Warren Conn lavolving Perla, GARRISON and Ramparts magazine.

LIROBBIN learned following from Perla!

A. Perla 18 collaborating with Rampart Mag of Joel

David KAPLAN case.

MYHIle This collaboration grew out of Perla's contact with ramparts

rAymONd has since been

to New Orleans.

Reason for this is rempatts tryipg put together evidence KAPIAN case directly

connected with assassination.

Although perls vague, one ejement in Ramparts theory Is that

KAPLAN tipped off Castro on timing of Bay of Pigs.

Because of this, ramparts theorizes

Sen. Robert Konnedy has been exarting pressure on Mexi Gov to ham kéep KAPLAN imprieched. /

about KAPLAN case (probably Louis NVER).

€бт.

18 Deo

THE NEWS - OSWALD'& Brother Sticks with Warren Report.... aotually shot the Pres and a Dallas

officer after somebody "placed the thougat In OSWALD's mind."

€68..

€69.

18 Deo

18 De0

HMMA 33689 - Iransmitted herewith are coples of the Pearl CONZALEZ article (para 664 above)

THE NEWS - Tha Face 18 Fami21ar - by Pearl GONZALEZ - About GARRISm.

This 1s & report on

Pearl's interview with GArRISoN....,

GARRISON said Have you seen a copy of this book by Harold

Welsbergt called "OSWALD-14-New Orleans"| vith the-subtitle "Cace-for-Oenspireco-with-the GIA"

and has & forward by GArrIsoN....."d.. the only notes known to be taken during the 10ag 12 br

interview of OSWALD after the assassination appear to bave been burned. Notes taken by a

Did WOFIRM see notes and x-rays before

federal agent who interviewed OSWALD before the assasaination also went up in flames.

being "destroyed"

SECRE being Terma coacering OSWAD, tasten pitor to the assassination went up in smoke while

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670.

21 Deo 67

671.

21 Dec 57

Edgar.

Eugene BRADLEY - early contact ?

672.

27 Dee 6T

Does WOFIRM know about this telegram?

673..

28 pec 67

674.

30 pea o7

Loran A. HALL

ThOmas BECKHAM

Lawrence J. HOWARD Jr.

early

contact

675.

3 Jan 68

Sen T-hort, F. Kennedy would-not--has pursed

conspiracy investigations

if he

were part

of it, either.

SEORET

DIRECTOR 61067 - Rels MEXI 3828 (pare 666 above) Has not passing to LNGOLD but will advise

LeNERGO.

THE NEWS - GARRISON Names 2nd Man in Plot - Charges of conspiring to assassinated Pres. K

were filed against a freckle-faced. man, Edgar Eugene BRADLY.

THE NEWS - FBI Knew of Plot: GARRISON - Tipped off by OSWALD - GARRISON said he belleved

the fit, including its; chief J. Edgar Hoover, had been warned in Nor 63 that an attempt would

be made on Pres Ko's life when he visited dallas. | GARRISON was basing his infomation on

a telegren that OSWALD had sent to the FBI before the slaying. / GARRISON oohtaoted Western

Union officials 1n Dalle who took the telegram fron OSWALD and kept a copy of 1t on file. /

GARRISON said 1f he could get a copy of the telegram "It would break the case wide open"

because It would prove that OSWALD worked with the FBI. / however, the western Unlon agent

would not reveal the file copy because he feared for his life. / In Washington, the FBI

had no comment.... GARRISAi claims extreme right wing, not Comunists, vere Involved.

(NOTE: COS wrote

"This fellow has really 'flipped!!")

THE NEWS - GARRISON probe: BRAbLEY Arraigued in Los Angeles - Edgar Eugene BRADLEY, 49,

West Coast representative of a radio evangelist, vas arraigned in municipal court in connection

with & Louisiana warrant..... and was released on his one recognizance without being required

to post bail. / BRADLEY, who has denied any involvement in the assassination, made a pre-arranged

surrender to sherif Pitchess, and was then taken before Judge Alsenson for the arraigament.

THE NEWS - Probe Gathers Steams GARRISON Subpoenas Three - Material witnesses - Loran A.

HALI, Thomas BECKHAM and LAWTOnCe J HOWARD JI.

Subpoena for fAll said GARRISON had infor-

mation that HAlu checked into the Dallas YMCA In October 6$ and remained in Dallas unt1l

the time of kis deather on 22 Nov 63. HALL was 1n Dallas with RUBY "and other Individuals

belleved to be involved in the assassination" including OSWALD. HALI was active in the "Free Cuba"

novement in Florida, Louisians and Texas and "he

was previously engaged in CIA-sponsored

BECKHAM was seen in Dallas in Nov 63..../ HOWARD was with FERRIE in 63 during vialts to New

Orleans and HOWARD participated in CIA-sponsored guertila training in Fla for raids on Cuba.

THE NEW YORK TIMES - Educator Scorns "Plot" on Kennedy - Johnson Aide 18 Critical of Conspiracy

Theorists - by Anthony Lewis - John P. ROCHE, special consultant to Pres Johnson, has dismissed

as "marginal paranoids" the proponents of conspiracy theories in the assassination.....

/ A. vital argument against the existence of & conspiracy, ROCH maintains, is the factl that

Sen-Rebert F, Kennedy has done nothing to pursue-it and-would surely-have-ected-if-there had

been

any ground for suspicion.

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5 Jan 68

James Hicks

- early contact ?

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-GARFISON Subpoenas 4th Man

- . GAPRISON suppoenaed a federal civil service employee

James hicks, & civilian employee

HIcks was at the scene the day Kennedy was shot, and

may have special mowledge concerning details of the assassination with respect to its

planning and execution as well as personnel employed in the assassination...."

alchs said,

"I saw evexything."

.•Attention of, these

Jack M

10 Jan 68

HEIM - early contact ?

Jules RoCoo KIMBLE - CIA Involvement ?

Wast was in the safe deposit box (to be

revealed during pext month's trial of Chay

SHAW - GARRISON has key to box)

Harold WEISHERG

- early contact ?.

678.

13 JEn 68

Perhaps we should query Jeane DIXON 3878?

SECRET

investigation 1a Japk M/ HIM, former esalted pyolops of the New Orleans wnit of the United

Klans of America, and now hond of an independent KKK group which he organized.

Summoned

bofore the House Un-Ameyican Aotivities Connittee in Jan 66 during the committee's probe of

assigamente for the CIA. The the CIA denies and GARRISON claims he will prove..

reported that on the day after the death of Dayid FERRIE, he drove HIM to FERRIE's apartment.

HELM then came out with a satchel full of papers wilch, KIMlE, says, the aKKK official then

placed in & bank safe deposit box. KIMBLE said that walter SHERIDAN, former Justice Depart-

ment trouble shooter for the they Attorney General Robeft Kennedy, once counseled him not to

talk to anyone and to go to canaga.

pol the former congressional employee whose furnishing

of information to GARRISON has Interested congressional probers 18 Harold WEISBERG, authc.

of books on the assassination, attacking the herren com, the bit and clay. wolstong

16 the same man who testified in 1940 before a House cormittee that he hount earred documents

At that time the Silver suppos

The documents

ware used in an abortive attempt by a Michigan congressman to snear the Dies committee,

forerunner of the present House Committee on Un-American Activities.) Records of the Senate

Internal Security Subcommittee also show that WEISBERG was dropped from the staff of the late.

Senator Lafollette's Special Investigating Subcommittee for leaking subcommittee confidential

Information./...In WEISBERG's book on the assassination, he contends that OSWAuD was

framed by an impersonator.

Congressional probers are now checking WEISBERG's long-time

contacts in the CIA and State dept, Including several persons who transferred to those

agencies

from the Office of Strategio Services (OSS) after World War II.

THE NEWS - NEWS' Pearl Gets Letter on GARRISON - by Pearl GONZALEZ - ''...GARRISON will be

proven accurate in his plot charges," predicted Jeane Dixon, noted Wash., D.C. seeress who

precioted the assassination.... ""

.. what I plok up psychically is...

Mrs. Dixon further

enlarged on her GARRISON prediction by saying that a woman was a key figure in the assassination.

She might be revealed by the investigation going on in New Orleans some

time this year..

She

also said GARRISON will be thwarted in his probe by "a lot of power and money from outside

the U.S, and inside", however, the mystery woman's involvement will come out in any event,

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679.

15 Jan 68

680.

16 Jan

HOWARD

HAul

Sylvia

ODIO

James HICKS (saw man w/gun in trunk of car)

581.

20 Jan

682.

21 Jan 68

SECRET

sometime in history.

THE NEWS - by Pearl GONZALEZ - The Face 18 Familiar - Perl Interviewing Gordon B. SEAVEY of

Belmont, Mass,

one of the members of the National Newspaper Association visiting Mexico.

Some of them (the Association's members and wives) asked WhO GARRIsON was. ...

El Monte, Calif, accepted & GARRISON subpoena as

a material witness,.

but Bald that the

assertion of garrison that he knows about an assassination conspiracy is so much malarky and

Mexico, a combination hunting and mining venture.

HOWARD freely admitted he trained Cubas

anti-Castro querrillan in fla in eatly 1960s but denied any acquaintance with men named by

GARRISON as conspirators.

GARRISON 1s Interested 1a HOWARD and Loran Eugehe HALL, 38,

because of a story told by Mrs. Sylvia ODIO, & Cuban tefugee, about a pre-assassination visit

from three men, one of thom resembled OSWALD!

Both HOMARD and HAll, have said they cannot

remember meeting with !

also - Saw Man With Gun in Truck (with picture) - James HICKS of Enid, Okla said he was in

Dealy Plaza during the assassination and saw a man with a gun in the trunk of a car on the

knoll from which some say shots were fired.

THE NEWS - Marina OSWALD Subpoeased -i) The government subpoenaed Marina OSWALD PORIER I

in connection with two suits totaling $5.5 million over possessions of oswald.

One suit,

Illed by Jack KING of Denver, seeks $5 million for the value of the rifle that killed: Pres

K and the pistol that killed Ilopit.

/.../ Mrs. Porter's suit of $500,000 is to recover

the value of

some 348 items, Including her husband's diary, clothing, correspondence and otter

personal effects.•

THE NOWS - POLLITICKING - by Pearl Gonzalez - The Jan 6ö trux issue of Ramparts magazine

"Who appointed Ramsey Clark, who has done his best to torpedo the case?

the FBI? Who controls the Archives where this evidence

1s lookad up for so long that It 18

unllkely that there 1s anybody in this room who will be

alive when it is teleased? This is really your property and the property of the people of

this country.

Who has the arrogance and the brass to prevent the people from seeing that

Who indeed?/ The one man who has profited most fron the assassination - your

friendly President, Jomson." - said GARRISON /We asked members of the U.S.. National' News-

save or on pop not on a recent vast "hat le your opinlon of the above?"

Opinions are

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25 Jan 681

684.

28 Jan. 68

685.

3. Feb

Jim KOETHE

William HUNTER

Tom HOWARD

Han KILLIAN

Earlene ROBERTS

Dorothy KILGALLEN

William WHALEY

Nancy Jane MOONEY

Lee BOWERS, JI, .

Karen Bennet CARLIN

Eddy BENAVIDES

and Domingo BENAVIDES

Warren REYNOLDS

SECRET:

Montreal.. / He added tbat only Americans and a few Latin Americans were Involved in the plot

to kill Pres K. / GARRISON asked OSWALD's widow Mrs. Marina Porter,.

to testify.

She said

she doubted she could help. / Grand Jury 8 Feb. / "I don't know if I could prove my Innocence

tộ him",

Porter

" a late forter fees.!

"Mr. GARRISON 18 sO powerful." The subpoena called Marina OSWALD

THS NEWS - Texas Judge Sarah Hughs Urges U.S. Leave Vietnam -

•Hughes, who swore in Pres

Johnson 22 Nor 63 aboard an Air Force |plane... said "Everything in the Warren Report is

true," and "...GARRISON bad sio evidence against it."

SUCESOR #1809 - Executive Order No, 11,130 - by Jose A. BENITEZ. This article brings out

the fifteen persons directly or indirectly involved In the assessinetion, who have died

murdered us lyonn

lippit. 2. OSWALÜ 3. Jim KOETHE, newspaperman, who attended

almeeting with ruby, prepared a book on the assassination, a was killed by a karate blon,

and his notes have disappeared 4. Wiiliam HUNTER, newspaperman, attended the same meeting.

Ho was olted fot a declaration in a police station,

but was killed by a gun shot off by a

policeman who was absent-minded - bullet in the heart 5.

meeting with RUBY.

Died of unknown reasons.

Tom HowArD, lawyer, also in the

Taken to & hospital by & man who knows nothing.

Hen KILLIAN His wife, a stri-tease dancer In RuBY's nightolub, was having an affair with

me John CARTER, who lived in the same guest house as OSWALD.

He fled Dallas at the beginning

of RUBY's trial.

After finding work in Florida, he sent for his wife.

Two days later he

was found decapitated. T. Earlene ROBERIS.

Lived in the sams guest house as OSWALD. Her

testimony was troublesome for the Dallas police and

favorable to

OSWALD.

She died of al

supposed "cardiao crisis", after having lost all her previous jobs.

No autopsy was performed.

Dorothy KITCALIEN, well known newspaperwoman, attended an interview between Warren and

RUBY. "Suloide" it was called, in her apartment.

unexplicable automobile accident. 10.

Nancy Jane MOONy, strip tease dancer in RUBY's

nightolub. She gave an alibi for the person who shot at warren Reynolds, witness to the

assassination of policeman Tippit. She hanged herself in a Dallas prison. 11.. Lee BOWERS,

Ji., railroadman,. one of the most important witnesses who saw the shooting but not from where

OSWALD, waB.

His new automobile; going at 75 kilometers per hour bit, without reason, and

without once applying the brakes, & wall.

this "aocident" was very susploious!

Karen

Bennet CARLIN worked with RUBY:

She spoke before to tell him to igo kill OSWALD. Assassinated

by varlous bullets. 13. Eddy BENAVIDES, Viotim of his likeness to his brother, Domingo,

Who waB HItess In the TippIt assassinatiou,

died of a shot in the nape of the neck. His

but came out unhurt!

Jack RUBY, 'OSWALD's assassin, never taken toa Washington jail,

which he requested for security reasons.

Died of cancer, spread out in his body, which!

suddoni appared. 15. DeTECTE detaind. Immidiately arter the assessination of

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Konnedy and later given his freedom.

He met his death, but how, no one nows, after the press

revealed that GARRISON suspected him. Ip.

At First he dia not admit but phA we the men it tay tea da tha

Two days & after it the

Executive Order No. 11, 130 created & commission for the inyestigation of the assassination

of Kennedy, dictated by Pres. Johnson on 29 Hor 63, seven days after the tragedy. The

"investigation" was finished on 24 Sept 64.

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