Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DIRECTOR, FBI
To: LEG, MX
Document date: 6/12/78
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD_ NUMBER: 124-10188-10261

RECORD_SERIES: HO

AGENCY FILE_ NUMBER: 62-117290-844

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NW 53025 Date:

05-23-2017

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

TO:

TITLE:

LEG. MX

DIRECTOR. FBI

DATE: 06/12/1978

PAGES: 2

SUBJECT: HSCA, REPRESENTATIVES, REQ INFO ON JFK

DOCUMENT TYPE:

ORIGINAL

CLASSIFICATION:

PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

NEW

CLASSIFICATION:

REVIEW DATE:

STATUS

05/01/1997

UPDATE DATE:

Redact

02/12/2001

RESTRICTIONS:

JFK Act 6 (4)

COMMENTS:

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HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

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Iwo teams representing HSCA arrived in Mexico City

during the period 5/28 - 31/78.

The announced purpose was

for one team to look into the Mexican aspects of the assassin-

ation of former President JOHN F. KENNEDY and the second would

be doing the same thing with regard to the assassination of

DI. MARTIN LUTHER KING.

(E)(12)

for an interview by one of these teams.

On 6-8-78 AMEX-244fadvised that he had been approached

home on 5-25 - 26-78 by HONORIO HERNANDEZ ESCANDON, of the

red a but can you

He was visited at his

Federal Judicial Police, who asked him if he would participate

in such an interview. After consulting with this office, the

source agreed. (B)

On 5-31-78, he was interviewed in his home by GARY

CORNWELL,

HAROLD LEAP, EDWIN JUAN LOPEZ and "DANIEL" HARDWAY.

They were accompanied by Cdte. FLORENTINO VENTURA, of the

Federal Judicial Police (FJP), and two other FJP representatives.

After the interview, the source agreed to participate in a

second interview in which his remarks would be tape recorded.

This was set for Saturday, 6-3-78, but he was not contacted

on that date. (1/4)

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OROZCO CONTRERAS and one member of the Committee staff, who

may be LOPEZ,

and served as interpreter during the earlier

meeting.

OROZCO was introduced as a "coordinator" of some

department of the EJP.

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MEX 175-14

CONEIENTIAL

The surce stated that he had participated in a

recorded interview which lasted about forty minutes.

was asked to look at two albums of photographs and

was able

to pick out a photograph which he believed to be LEE HARVEY

OSWALD, even though it

was not a particularly good likeness.

The HSCA representatives apparently had a verbatim

account of information furnished by the source when he was

First interviewed at the U. S. Embassy after the KENNEDY

assassination.

There were many details in this account which

the source was no longer able to remember.

He did remember

bumping into a man leaving the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City

in late

September or early October, 1963.

He can recall that

this man was counting money and a few other details related

to the experience.

He has consistently stated that he believes

this man was OSWALD. (* (U)

The source: said that HSCA representatives questioned

him about the Spanish-speaking ability of those who interviewed

him at the Embassy.

They suggested that those conducting the

interview might have misunderstood at léast some of the

information which the source was furnishing at that time.

They asked whether the statement was read back to him and

signed by him.. He now is unable to recall, but believes

it

was not. He states that he did acknowledge that there

might be a possibility that some of his information was

(Flu)

The Bureau will note that the Mexico City file

pertaining to the source was not opened until. 9-9-64, and Bureau

authority to deal with him on a confidential basis was received

in a letter dated 10-8-64.

There was no relationship of any

kind between the source and this office prior to 11-22-63 and

no confidential relationship at the time he was first

interviewed at the

U

S. Embassy in Mexico City. (Au)

KMEX-24 was involved in some aspects of the JAMES

EARL RAY

investigation in the State of Jalisco, Mexico.

' That

source has been alerted to the visit of the HSCA Team, but

has reported no contact to date.

(X)

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