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[46]REPORT ON LEE HARVEY OSW.\LD'S TRIP TO MEXICO CITY.
[48]Document Info: mation
[49]HSCA
[51]LEE HARVEY OSWALD THE Cl/..AND MEXICO CITY
[53]00/00/1978
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[56]CIA
[57]CIA, METHODOLOGY, PHOTOS) JRVEILLANCE
[58]SOVIET EMBASSY
[60]OSWALD, LEE, POST-RUSSIAN l’ERIOD, TRAVEL, TRIP TO
[61]MEXICO
[63]CUBAN EMBASSY
[65]REPORT
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[88]OUTLINE: LEE HARVEY OSWALD, THE CIA AND MEXICO CITY.
[89]‘Part I. I.-
[91]I. Introduction. | 9 i 437 2.
[93]A. Issues Addressed. (p.. 1.)
[95]B.. Differences Between the Warren Commission In-
[96]vestigation of Lee Harvey Oswald's Activities |
[97]in Mexico City and the House Select Committee
[98]on Assassinations' Investigation. (p. 3. >
[100]C. Conclusions. (p. £.)
[102]D. Structure and Relevancy. (p. 10. )
[104]<a. “GEA
[106]Syenmede
[108]II. Central Intelligence Agency surveillance Operations
[109]in Mexico City in Set tember and October 1963.
[111]A. Photographic Surveillance Operations Aimed
[113], at the Cuban Diplematic Compound. (p. 12.)
[115]1. Introduction. (p. 12.)
[117]2. Physical Positioning of Surveillance Bases
[118]and Targets. ‘p. 12.)
[120]3. Objectives of Operation and Scope of Coverage
[121]Provided. (p. 13.)
[123]4. Disposition of Production from the Operation.
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[129]Photographic Surveillance Operations Aimed at.
[131]the Soviet Diplomatic Compound. (p. 31.)
[133]1. Introduction. p. 31.)
[135]2. Physical Posit:.oning of Surveillance Bases
[136]and Targets. (jp. 31.) .
[138]3. Objectives of Operation and Scope of Coverage _—
[139]Provided. (p. 33.)
[141]4. Procedure and '‘iming Involved in Processing
[143]: Production from the Operation. (p. 45.)
[145]5. Responsibility for the Operation. (p.47.)
[147]6. Coordination 0: Photographic and Electronic
[148]‘Surveillance Operations. (p. 52.)
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[159]WES.
[161]Electronic Surveillance of Telephones at the
[162]Soviet and Cuban )iplomatic Compounds in 1963.
[163]: p. 53.)
[165]; a 1. Existence. (p. 53.)
[166]| 2. Responsibility. (p. 53.)
[167], ; -. a. General. (93. 53.)
[169]; b. Analysis anil Reporting of Information
[171]- y- : a _ Obtained. (p. 54.) . .
[173]; So OB Telephone Lines covered. a (p., 56.)
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[199]4. Production.from Operation. (p. 58.)
[200]a. Types. (p. 59.)
[201]b. Handling Procedures. (p. 59.)
[202](1) Resuma. (p.. 59.)
[203](2) Cuban Tapes.-. (p. 60.)
[204](3) Soviet Tapes. (p. 61.)
[205](a) General Handling. (p. 61.)
[206](b) Retention and Reuse of Tapes. (p. 62.)
[207](c) English Language Conversations.
[208](p. 64.)
[209](d) Handling by Tarasoffs. (p. 66.)
[211]- {e) Expedited Procedure for English
[212]Language Coversations or other
[213]Conversations of Special Interest.
[214]{(p. 67.)
[216]’ (£) Handling in the Station. (p. 70.)
[218](g) Format of Transcripts. (p. 71.)
[219]c. ; Voice Comparisons. (p. 72.)
[221]TIT. Information About Lee ‘Harvey Oswald's Stay in Mexico
[222]that was Known by the CIA Mexico City Station Prior .
[223]: to the Assassination of John Kennedy and the Sources
[224]@ - of that. Information.
[226]_ A. Information that was Available. (p. 72.)
[228]1. Information Available to the Mexico City
[229]Station from Electronic Surveillance Aimed
[230]at' the Soviet Consulate and Military Attache’ Ss
[231]Office. (p. 73.)
[232]a. September 27, 1963, Friday. (p. 73.)
[233]b.: September 28, 1963, Saturday. (p. 76.) .
[234]c. October 1, 1963, Tuesday.. (p. 78.)
[235]d. October 3, 1963, Thursday. (p. 79.) .
[237]2. Information ‘Available to the Mexico City CIA
[238]Station from CIA Headquarters. (p. 80.)
[240]3. Information Available to the Mexico City Station
[241]from Electronic Surveillance Aimed at the Cuban
[242]Diplomatic Compound. (p.. 81.)
[244]4. Information Available to the Mexico City Station
[245]from Photographic Surveillance of the Soviet and
[247]. Cuban Diplomatic Compounds. (p.°81.) |
[248]“U4 5. Possibility that Additional Information from the
[249]s 7 Electronic Surveillance on the Soviet. Compound
[250]“ , oo was Available to the Mexico City Station. (p. 82.)
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[287]l. &. Possibility that the CIA Photosurveillance
[288]Obtained a Photcgraph of Lee Harvey Oswald.
[289](p: 90.)
[290]a. Missing Materials. (p. 91.)
[291]b. Likelihood that the Photosurveillance
[292]; Operation would have Missed Oswald. (p- 91.)
[293]: c. Reports of the Existence of a Photograph.
[294]* (p. 93.)
[295](1) Phillip Agee Allegation. (p. 93.)
[296](2) Daniel Stanley Watson Allegation. (p. 97.)
[297]. (3) Joseph Burkholder Smith Allegation.
[298]: (p. 99.)
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[303]i ; : . (4) Joseph Piccolo, Jr. Allegation. (p. 102.)
[305](5) Statements of Dan Niescuir. (p. 105.)
[306]dad. HSCA Investication of the Possibility that the
[308]Mexico City Fhotosurveillance Operation Produced
[310]: a Photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald. (p. 107.)
[311]Aa (1) Introduction. (p. 107.)
[313]B. iIzformation Connected to Lee Harvey Oswald by the
[314]@ ‘ Mexico, City Statior Prior to the Assassination.
[315]7 i. Introduction. (tp. 115.)
[317]. Information Available from the Soviet Wiretaps
[318]that.was Connected with or involved Lee Harvey
[319]Oswald. (p. 11€.)
[321]. When were the irtercepted Conversations Linked
[322]to Lee Harvey Oswald? (p. 120.)
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[328]; IV. Recoomstruction of the CIA Mexico City Station an Head-
[330]Ga=—ters Actions Pricr to the Assassination of President
[332]Colm F. Kennedy.
[333]i f A. <ntroduction--Cia Interest in and Liaison with FBI
[334]=lloc Embassies in Mexico City. (p. 123.)
[335]j.° En. “kerrative of Mexico City Station Actions Prior to
[337]=ne Assassination. (p. 124.)
[339]Re CGssex= id After the Ass:.ssination..
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[345]a (2) Investigetion of the Allegations. (p. 108.)
[347]Sregarding Americar. Cityizens in Contact with Soviet
[349]- . _V. Me=esiro City Station heporting of. Information Concerning
[350]3
[352]BR. Seporting of Information | Concerning the Photograph
[354]- The Photograph cf the Mexico Mystery Man. (p. 122.)
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[370]of the Mexico Mystery Man. (p. 178.)
[372]B. Reporting of Infcrmation Concerning Lee Harvey
[373]Oswald from the Electronic Intercept Operation
[374]Aimed: at the Soviet Embassy. (p. 180.)
[376]PERT IT | m . .
[377]C. Silvia Duran. (p. 184.)
[379]VI. Information Not Available at:'the Time of the Warren
[380]Commission Investigation.
[382]A. Silvia Tirado (nee Duran). (p. 191.)
[383]1. House Select Ccmmittee on Assassinations
[384]_ 6/6/78 Interviewo of Silvia Tirado. (p. 191.)
[385]) °2. CIA Informatior Not Available at the Time of -
[386]greet: the Warren Commission Investigation. (p. 194.)
[387]. a. LIRING/3 Allegation. .(p. 194.) _
[388]b. Possibility that Silvia Duran was an Agent
[389]. for either Zmerican, Mexican or Cuban
[390]‘Intelligence. (p. 197.)
[391](1) Was Silvia Duran an Agent, Asset, or
[392], Source for Mexican or American Intel-
[393]ligence: (p. 197.)
[394](2) Was Silvia Duran a Cuban Intelligence
[395]Agent? (p. 201. )
[396]3. The Cubans. (p. 202.)
[397]1.. Eusebio Azcue lopez. (p. 202.)
[398]2. Alfredo Miraba] Diaz. (p. 205.)
[400]'€. Elena Garro de Paz. (p. 206.)
[401]i. Elena's Story zs Reported October 5, 1964.
[403]‘ (p. 206.)
[404]2. October 12, 1964, CIA Memo for the Record.
[405](p.' 208.) ;
[406]_ 3. November 24, 1°64, CIA Informant Report.
[407]; (p. 209.)
[409]‘4. November 24, 1964, Elena Garro Meeting -with
[410]Mexico City Lecial Attache Officers. (p. 210.)
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[429]5.. Charles Thomas Meeting with Elena Garro on
[430]December 10, 1965. (p. - )
[431]Charles Thomas' Meeting with Elena Garro on
[432]December 25, 1965. (p. 216.)
[433]7. December 27, 1965, Legal Attache Memo to the
[434]United States Ambassador re Elena Garro. (p. 221.)5
[435]. 8. CIA Investigation of Elena's Allegation that
[436]a ; She Created a Disturbance at the Cuban Embassy
[437]H on November 23, 1963. (p. 223.)
[438]; 9. Legal Attache 2/23/66 Memo to the United States
[439]“Ambassador Regarding Elena Garro's Allegation.
[440](p. 225.)
[441]H . 10. Legal Attache Memo to Winston Scott re Elena's
[442]: Allegation that: She Had Stayed at the Hotel
[443]Vermont from the Day After the Assassination
[444]_ Until November 30, 1963. (p. 225.)
[445]' 11. Charles Thomes' September 30, 1969, Letter to
[446]i ' $tate Departnent and Legal Attache’ s Response.
[447]° . “(p. -226.) -
[448]: 12. House Select Committee on Assassination's In-
[449]gn, : vestigation cf Elena Garro's Allegations.
[450](p. 228.)
[453]fea)
[457]e@ a _D. Oscar. Contreras Lartigue. (p. 235.)
[459]maces ‘Analysis of Lee Harvey Oswald's Activities in Mexico
[460]! a “City.
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[466]A. Introduction. (p. 240.)
[468]{ : B. Did Lee Harvey Oswald or an Imposter Contact the
[469]{ Cuban and Soviet Consulates in Mexico City? ‘(p. 242.)
[471]C. What were Lee Harvey Oswald's . Activities in Mexico
[472]city? (p. 250.)
[473]Mexico? (p. 259.)
[475]:- Appendix -I: HSCA Procedtral Write-up: Cuba Trip 1. (p. 261. )
[477]1 Appendix II: HSCA Procedural Write-up: Mexico Trip 1.
[479]D. Was Lee Harvey Oswald Alone While He Travelled to —§
[480](p. 265.)
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[494]Appendix III: HSCA Procedural Write-up: Mexico Trip 2.
[495](p. 273.)
[497]ne ald,
[499]Appendix IV: HSCA Procedural Write-up: Cuba Trip 2.
[500](p. 287.)
[502]Appendix V: Biography: Elena Garro de Paz. (p. 297.)
[504]Appendix VI: Glossary of: Terms Used in Report. (p. 301.)
[506]Appendix VII: Listing of CIA Documents Cited. (p. 305.)
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[534]ADDENDUM TO FOOTNOTE # 614 OF "LEE HARVEY OSWALD, THE CIA
[535]AND MEXICO CITY.
[539]Some controversy has arisen in regard to the question
[543]J of whether the tapes existed at the time of the assass-
[544]ination due to a memorandum from J. Edgar Hoover to the
[545]head of the Secret Service which said:
[547]‘The Central ‘Intelligence Agency advised that
[549]on’ October 1, 1963, an extremely sensitive
[551]source had reported that an individual iden-
[553]i ' tified himself as Lee Oswald, who contacted the
[555]i Soviet Embassy in Mexico City ‘inquiring as to
[556]any messages. Special Agents of this Bureau,
[557]who have conversed with Oswald in Dallas,
[558]Texas, have observed photographs of the indi-
[559]vidual referred to akove and have listened to
[560]a recording of his vcice. These Special Agents
[562]‘are of the opinion that the above-referred-to
[563]individual was not Lee Harvey Oswald.
[565]aia,
[569]@ (Memorandum from Hoover to James J. Rowley, 11/23/63,
[571]PP. 4-5. } The HSCA has determined that this statement .
[573]was Probably based on anc ther FBI memorandum which said:
[575]Inasmuch as the Dallas Agents who. listened to the
[576]‘tape of the conversation allegedly of Oswald
[577]from the. Cuban Embassy to the Russian Embassy in
[578]Mexico and examined the photographs of the visitor
[579]to the Embassy in Mexico and were of the opinion
[580]_, that neither the tape nor the photograph’ pertained |
[581]s to Oswald, I requested Shanklin to immediately
[582]send a photograph of Oswald to our Legal Attache.
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[586]- (Memorandum from Belmont to Tolson, 11/23/63, p. 1. Mr.
[587]! , Belmont was. reporting the results of a conversation with.
[589]the Special Agent in Charge in Dallas, . Gordon Shanklin,
[591]€ | that ‘occured at 11:50 A.Y. yo:
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[608]Later that same day SAC Shanklin informed the Director
[609]{ that the tape of Oswald's voice had been erased: "It
[610]should be noted that the actual tape from which this
[611]transcript was made has been erased." (Teletype from
[613]SAC Dallas to Director, # 232220, 7:30 P.M. CST,. 11/23/63.
[615]Emphasis in the original.)
[616]The confusion about whether or not there was a tape
[617]‘apparently continued for several days after the SAC in
[619]po Dallas ‘informed the Director that such a tape did not
[621]3 exist. On 11/25/63 the FBI Legat in Mexico City sent a
[622]Cablegram to the director which said: .
[623]@ . . There appears to be some confusion in that no
[624]tapes were taken to Lallas but only typewritten
[626]_ transcripts supplied by CIA, the tapes not being
[627]i available because they had been erased.
[629](Cablegram # 182 & 183, fF. 2.) oo oe ¢
[631]The FBI was asked to explain the paragraph from the’
[632]| Hoover memorandum quoted above. It responded:
[634]The paragraph appearing'on pages 4 and 5 of the
[635]leterhead memorandum, which is quoted in your
[636](FBI) request of March 17, 1978, contains some
[637]incorrect informatior regarding a tape recording
[638]of the voice of an irdividual who identified him-
[639]self as Lee Oswald. ; .
[641]“adie Me
[643]Retrievable information contained in files
[645]of the FBI indicates that this Bureau received
[646]. information derived from transcripts of tape
[647](3 » .° recordings furnished by another government
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[669]: , tigations. The transcripts indicated that on
[671]i September 28, 1963, and October 1, 1963, the
[673]! voice of an individual identifying himself as
[675]: Lee Oswald was recorded by the other govern-~
[676]ment agency conducting intelligence type inves-.
[677]tigations. Additionally, this government agency
[679]: provided the FBI with photographs of an individ-
[681]: ual who appeared to be an American; these photo-
[682]graphs -being taken by said agency on October 1,
[683]1963.
[685]i It is noted that the FBI never received the
[686]a actual tape recordings from which the transcripts
[687]; were derived,.as the tapes were erased by the
[688]other government agency providing the transcripts....
[690]As a result, no FBI employee ever listened to a
[691]tape recording purporting to contain Lee Harvey
[692]i Oswald's. voice as no tape was ever provided to
[694]Po this Bureau. .
[698]ry (JFK Classified Document # 131.) No FBI agent interviewed
[700]by the Committee recalled listening to any tape recording
[702]purporting to contain a corversation involving Oswald.
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[728]re © INTRODUCTION
[730]A. Issues Addressec
[732]; .
[733]; 7 The House Select Committee on Assassinations’
[734]“investigation into Lee. Harvey Oswald's activities in Mexico City
[735]-has been directed at answering the following questions: .
[736]ae 1) Did Lee Harvey (swald visit the Soviet and
[737]Cuban Consulate: or Embassies in Mexico City?
[738]: - 2) In addition to “he visits which may have been
[739]: 7 _ ee | made to. the Embassies, what were Lee Harvey
[740]3 cee Oswald’ s activi:ies while he was in Mexico city?
[741]yy 7 —_ . 3) Was Lee Harvey Jswald alone in. Mexico City?
[742]@: a, a . If not, ‘who wer: “his associates and what were
[743]en their activities? : .
[744]| ; es 4) Did the Central Intelligence Agency maintain
[745]' - - any surveillanc2 operation(s) aimed at the
[746]- — ~ Cuban and Soviet diplomatic missions in.
[747]. Mexico City? If SO, what - kind?
[748]. ay 5) ° What information. if any, about Oswald’ Ss
[749]i = ae we - _ stay in Mexico was known by the CIA
[751]Mexico City Sta:ion- prior to the
[753]that informatio?
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[777]| 6) Was the information, if any, in the
[778]possession of the CIA Mexico City
[779]Station reported to the CIA Headquarters
[780]accurately and expeditiously prior to
[781]the assassination? .
[782]7) Was the information in the possession
[783]of the CIA Mexico City Station reported.
[784]. to the CIA Headquarters accurately and
[785]: expeditiously after the assassination?
[786]8) Was the information developed by the .
[788]@ _ CIA in Mexico City communicated to the
[789]Warren Commissicn in an accurate and
[790]expeditious Manrer?
[792]-9) Did the CIA phoio-surveillance of the
[793]Cuban and Soviet. diplomatic compounds in
[794]Mexico City, if such photo-surveillance
[796]; existed, obtain a photograph of Lee
[798]i ; - Harvey Oswald? If so, what became of
[800]that photograph’
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[820]B. Differences Between the Warren Commission
[821]Investigation of Lee Harvey Oswald's
[822]Activities in Mexico City and the House
[823]Select Committee on Assassination's
[825]Investigation.
[827]The’ approach taken by this Committee's investigation
[828]differs from that of the Warren Commission primarily
[829]in terms of scope. The Warren Commission and. the -
[831]se investigative agencies at its disposal went. to
[832]@ . great lengths to establish Oswald's travel -to and
[833]from Mexico, but devoted minimal ‘effort to
[834]evaluating Oswald's contacts with the Cuban and
[835]Soviet Consulates. It is the. conclusion of this
[836]Committee that the Warren Commission correctly
[837]established that Oswald hac traveled to Mexico
[838]City. Hence, this Committee has chosen not to
[840]‘reimvestigate Oswald's travel to and from Mexico City.
[842]Instead, the Committee's approach has been to focus
[843]narrowly an Oswald's contacts with. the Soviet and
[845]Cuben diplomatic. missions -n Mexico City and on
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[849]i AL evidence that was not avai:
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[869]j Commission that could possibly shed light on
[870]Oswald's activities in Mexico City outside of the
[871]Soviet and Cuban installations.
[873]The Warren Report limited its discussion of. .
[874]Oswald's contacts with the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic
[875]missions to information obtained from Sylvia Duran
[876]and the Cuban Government. i,
[878]i . At one point in the Report the Commission referred
[880]A to other information:
[882]ae . By far-the most important confirmation
[883]; “of Senora Duran's testimony, however, has been
[884]yo . supplied by confidentia sources of extremely high
[885]© reliability available to the United States in
[886]Mexico. The information from these sources
[887]establishes that her te:timony was truthful and
[888]. accurate in all materia respects. The identities
[889]of these sources cannot be disclosed without
[890]destroying their future usefulness: to the
[891]United States.2/
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[897]The Warren Commission d‘d not print anything in
[898]the twenty-six volumes of evidence to support
[899]its statement that Silvia Puran' s testimony was
[901]confirmed by “confidential sources of extremely .
[903]high reliability."
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[914]In an attempt to answer the questions posed by
[916]Lee Harvey Oswald's visit to Mexico City in September
[918]and October of 1963, the House Select Committee on
[920]Assassinations has pursued the following investigative
[924]tr)
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[930]oat
[934]Conducted extensive interviews, depositions,
[935]and executive sessicn hearings involving
[936]Central Intelligence Agency personnel;
[937]Interviewed Cuban citizens who could have
[938]knowledge of Oswald's sojourn in Mexico;
[940]Interviewed Mexican citizens who could have
[942]‘knawledge of Oswald s activites and
[944]-ess.ociations while he was in Mexico;
[946]Conmsucted an extensive review of the files
[947]f the Central Inteiligence Agency and the
[948]Federal Bureau of Investigation that
[950]pertain to Oswald aid Mexico City.
[952]Comzlusions
[954](1) Someone who ideitified himself as
[956]Lee Harvey ny Soe SM Serta
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[970]individual indicated that he had
[972]visited the Soviet Consulate at least
[973]once. Other evidence from the CIA .
[975]wiretaps, and witness testimony, indicates
[977]that the indivicual visited the Soviet
[979]and. Cuban Consulates on five or six
[981]different occasions. While the
[982]majority of the evidence tends to’
[984]indicate that this individual was indeed
[986]Lee Harvey Oswald, the possibility that
[988]@ So, someone else used Lee Harvey Oswald's
[990]“name during this time in contacts with
[991]the Soviet and Cuban Consulates cannot
[992]be absolutely dismissed.
[994]2) This Committee has not been able to
[995]determine Lee Harvey Oswald's activities
[996]outside of the Cuban: and Soviet. Embassies
[998]with certainty. There is a report, which
[1000]thas not been confirmed, indicating that.
[1001]“during his stay in Mexico Oswald attended
[1003]a “twist. party" at the home of. Ruben
[1005]zl Ca ee Duran Navarro, te ‘brothé
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[1020]‘Silvia Duran. There is-also unconfirmed
[1022]evidence which, if true, would indicate
[1024]that Oswald spert one night and parts of
[1025]two days with a group of pro-Castro
[1026]students from tte University of Mexico.
[1027]3) There is a report that Oswald may have
[1028]been in the company of a tall, thin,
[1029]blond-headed mar while in Mexico. This
[1030]repant -has not been confirmed. If
[1031]true, it is possible that this same
[1032]@ _ individual may, cn occasion, have used.
[1033]| Oswald's name in dealing with the Cuban
[1034]and: Soviet Consulates. The man's. name,
[1035]if there was such a man, is not known.
[1037]&) On the dates that Oswald was in Mexico,
[1039]the CIA had photographic surveillance -
[1040]operations which covered entrances to
[1042]the Soviet Embassy and the Cuban Embassy —
[1043]and Consulate. The CIA atso had electronic
[1044]surveillance on telephones in the Soviet
[1045]Consulate and ‘Military Attache’ s Office
[1047]and Cuban diplomatic compounds. ‘The :
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[1072]. . telephone at tht: Cuban Consulate was not
[1073]subject to that surveillance.
[1074]5) The CIA's Mexico City Station definitely
[1075]knew of Oswald's contacts with both the
[1076]Soviet and Cuban diplomatic compounds
[1077]and.of his desire to obtain an intransit
[1078]visa for travel to Russia via Cuba.
[1079]The source of this information was the
[1080]electronic surveillance onthe Soviet
[1081]ce oo Consulate and Soviet Military Attache's
[1082]eo. ; Offiice.
[1083]6) All information -n the possession of the
[1084]- CIA Mexico-City Station was not reported
[1085]to CIA Headquar-ers in an accurate and
[1086]expeditious manner prior to the- assassination.
[1087]7) With the except: on of a few, possibly
[1088]| benign, irregularities, and considering
[1089]the possibility that not all of the
[1090]information ava’ lable to the Station has
[1091]been provided tu this Committee, the
[1093]information in «he possession of the
[1095]tt,
[1097]eee! Lo, ' CIA Mexico Stat: on was reported 1 in an.
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[1141]accurate and expeditious manner after
[1143]“Aeneas ae”
[1145]the assassination to headquarters.
[1146]8) With the exception of those areas that
[1147]i ve "involved sensitive sources and methods, .
[1148]such as theinformation pertaining to the’
[1150]electronic and photographic surveillance -
[1152]of the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic
[1154]compounds, information developed by
[1156]the CIA in Mexico was generally relayed
[1158]to the Warren Commission in an accurate
[1160]@. | and expeditious manner. — |
[1162]| 9) “It is the conclusion of this Committee
[1163]that the CIA's photo-surveillance
[1164]operations ‘in Mexico City probably
[1166]obtained a photograph of Lee Harvey
[1168]Oswald entering either or both the
[1169]Soviet and Cuban Consulates. The CIA
[1170]denies that such a photograph exists.
[1172]Hence, the dispostion of. this photograph
[1174]is unknown.
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[1190]10) The CIA telephore surveillance on the Sov-
[1191]jet Embassy taped several calls of a man
[1192]“using the name ‘Lee Oswald." These tapes
[1193]were retained fcr a routine two week period
[1194]and were most likely erased shortly after .
[1196]. : ae va
[1197]16 October.1963. These tapes were probably t———
[1199]existence at the time of the assassination.
[1201]11) The Committee i: aware of the allegations
[1202]that Silvia Tirédo de Duran may have been
[1203]= an intelligence agent for either the Cubans,
[1204]@ Mexicans or Americans. Ms. Duran was pro-
[1205]bably never emp oyed by Cuban intelligence.
[1206]While there is no direct evidence on the.
[1207]question other «han Ms. Duran's denial, the
[1208]Committee believes that the circumstantial
[1209]evidence that tends to indicate that Ms. —
[1210]Duran had a relitionship of some type with
[1211]either Mexican ur American intelligence is
[1212]of such a nature that the possibility can
[1214]not be dismissed.
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[1240]D. Structure and Relevancy .
[1242]The following report detailing the results
[1244]_ of this Committee's investigative efforts regarding
[1246]Mexico City is divided into general areas:
[1248]1) CIA surveillance operations in Mexico
[1249]City during September and October of
[1250]1963;
[1252]'.2) Information about Lee Harvey Oswald's -
[1254]| stay in Mexico City that was known prior
[1255]to the assassination; |
[1257]3) Reconstruction cf the CIA Mexico City
[1259]- Station and Heacquarters activity.
[1260]regarding Oswalc prior to the assassination;
[1262]4) Mexico city repcrting of information
[1264]| after the assassination;
[1266]5) Witnesses from the’ Cuban Consulate;
[1268]6) . Investigation ot related information
[1269]_that. was not aveilable to the Warren
[1270]Commission; and
[1272]7) Reconstruction of Oswald: S activities
[1274]in Mexico city.
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[1291]7 _ The reader should be advised at the outset
[1293]that the first section following is technical in
[1295]nature and may -not appear cirectly relevant at
[1297]i first blush. But the report js cumulative in nature.
[1298]The specific, detailed analyses of the standard
[1299]operating procedures. in the first section are
[1300]necessary to, and form a partial basis for, the
[1302]reconstruction of the Mexico City Station's
[1304]"te me ae tnne
[1306]handling of the Oswald case. There are many gaps
[1307]left by the documentary anc testimonial evidence
[1308]e ; concerning the manner in which the CIA’s Mexico .
[1309]| “city Station and Headquarters reacted to Oswald's
[1310], presence in Mexico City. A knowledge of the |
[1312]. way in which the Mexico City Station operated and
[1313]4 the procedures involved in those surveillance
[1315]i -  @perations which detected Oswald is valuable in
[1316]filling the gaps of the specific case which is the
[1318]subject of this report.
[1320]I]. Central Intelligence Agency Surveillance Operations
[1322]in Mexico City in September and October 1963
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[1342]“A. Photographic Surveillance Operations Aimed
[1343]at the Cuban Diplomatic Compound :
[1344]1. Introduction
[1346]The Mexico City Station of the Central
[1348]Intelligence Agency mainte ined photographic
[1350]‘surveillance on the Cuban diplomatic. compound during
[1352]September and.October of 1963.3/ The purpose of
[1354]this operation was to get identifiable photographs of
[1356]all individuals who visited the Cuban diplomatic
[1358]compound. 4/ : ; OO
[1360]2. Physical Positioning of Surveillance’
[1362]Bases and Targets
[1364]The Cuban diplomatic compound covered one
[1366]city block in Mexico City between Tacubaya, Francisco
[1368]Marquez and Zamora Streets. The entrance to the Cuban
[1370]Embassy was located on the corner of Tacubaya and
[1371]Francisco Marquez.5/- Next to this entrance on-
[1373]Francisco Marquez Street was another entrance for
[1375]automobiles. 6/ The entrance to the Cuban Consulate,
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[1399]which was in a separate building from the Embassy,
[1400]was located on the corner cf Francisco Marquez and
[1401]Zamora.7/. The CIA. surveillance post was located
[1403]at 149 Francisco Marquez Street.8/ An agent
[1404]‘photographed visitors to the Embassy from one
[1406]window in the third floor epartment at 149 Francisco.
[1407]Marquez Street.9/- .A pulse camera covered the
[1408]entrance to the Consulate from a second window in the
[1410]‘same third flocr apartment. 10/
[1412]3. Objectives of Operation and Scope of
[1414]Coverage Provided
[1416]One. CIA officer, who claimed to have had a
[1417]marginal role ‘in this surveillance operation, remembers
[1418]that they had trouble covering both the Cuban
[1420]Embassy entrance and the Cunsulate entrance. l/. "The
[1422]Cuban Embassy coverage had more sophisticated equipment
[1424]“using a pulse camera which fréquently developed
[1425]mechanical difficulties."1i/ two former CIA ‘employees
[1426]‘who were in Mexico City in 1963 remembered that there
[1428]“were two cameras covering “he Cuban diplomatic -
[1430]Bove 2hips oa te
[1432]. compownd.13/ Ms. Goodpasture, a case officer in the
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[1451]Mexico City Station, testified that she could not
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[1455]reriember the locations of the two cameras.14/ David
[1457]A. Phillips, Chief of the Cuban Section in the Mexico
[1459]City Station, testified that the Consulate entrance
[1461]was covered along with the Embassy entrance. 15/ Mr.
[1463]Phillips was not absolutely ‘sure of his recollection,
[1465]but thought that it was possible that the Embassy |
[1467]entrance had been covered ty a manned photographic base
[1468]a and the Consulate entrance was covered by a pulse
[1469]camera. 16/
[1471]@ . _ The CIA staff technician: who serviced the
[1473]cameras and trained the agents at the CIA photographic -—
[1475]i base that covered the Cubar compound was interviewed
[1477]by the House Select Commitiee on Assassinations. The
[1479]technician stated that he had set up the cameras in
[1481]~ the photographic base at the inception of an
[1483]. operation in the early 1960's designed to provide 3 Fe
[1484]photographic surveillance ‘of the Cuban compound. For
[1485]-a@ short time ‘after the. inception of the operation,
[1487]the technician had been re: ‘ponsible for maintaining
[1489]liaison between the agents inside the base and the
[1491]} C3 ‘Station. After the agent's training was completed,
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[1508]the technician turned the liaison responsibilities over
[1509]to a case officer.17/ He could not remember with
[1510]’ certainty the ‘identity of that case officer, but
[1511]thought that it may have been(Robert Shaw 18/ The
[1512]: technician remembered that the operation had originally.
[1513]covered the Cuban Embassy entrance with manually
[1514]operated| E Exacta or Leica eiunmera. He said that this
[1515]_
[1516]camera had been set up on a tripod and was equipped
[1517]. with a Bal-Scope. 1/ Late", according to the technician,
[1518]7 a pulse camera was “installed in this. base> ot ae pulse
[1519]eo camera was set up to cover the Consulate entrance, ~
[1520]“while the agents continued covering the Embassy
[1521]"entrance with the Manual camera ‘the technician could
[1522]not remember with certainty when the pulse camera was
[1523]installed in the base. The technician told the House
[1524]Select Committee on Assassinations that the exact
[1525]time of installation could be checked by reviewing the
[1526]project files maintained at CIA Headquarters. 20/
[1527]The technician remembered quite a few details
[1528]about’ how the pulse camera had been set up and how.
[1529]. a . it worked. He remembered that. the shutter was: triggered
[1530]H Ye ’ by a device attached to a spotting scope. 2 The
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[1548]triggering device was activated by changes in light
[1550]intensity 2? The spotting scope was trained on a very
[1552].sameeers
[1554]narrow area of the door latch of. the Cuban Consulate
[1556]‘. entrance. The camera itself covered a much broader
[1558]canal
[1560]field than the spotting scope: The camera was set up-
[1562]so as to make sure that a person triggering the camera
[1564]Ne cee
[1566]by passing between the ‘spotting scope and its target,
[1568]j the door latch, would be photographed from the waist
[1570]- up. Barges :
[1572]_ The technician stated that the agent in the
[1574]@ I _ | photographic basehouse serviced his own cameras, and |
[1575]developed the film and made contact prints in the
[1576]basehouse. 23/ The agent. covering the. Embassy entrance.
[1577]kept a log corresponding to the photographs taken. 24/
[1579]7 The project files for this operation bear out
[1581]- ‘the ‘technician’ s recollections. An examination of these’
[1583]files by the House Select Committee on Assassinations
[1585]Me ee
[1587]revealed several of the technician's monthly reports.
[1588]-An examination of the chronalogical file of dispatches
[1589]passing between CIA Headquarters and the Mexico City
[1590]Station turned up one additional. monthly report that
[1592]an "was not. located in, the project file. _A.third relevant
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[1609]dispatch was. made available to the Committee on
[1611]20 November 1978. The report in the dispatch
[1613]chronology covers the period of 1 September to
[1615]30 September 1963. 25/ The dispatch reports that on
[1617]23 September 1963 the agent who ran the Cuban
[1619]photographic basehouse callad the technician into the
[1621]basehouse to discuss the layout of the Cuban
[1623]Consulate.26/ The entrance to the Cuban Consulate had
[1625]been closed in 1961 due to iarassment and stink
[1627]Hot bombings.27/ A few days prior to the 23rd, the Consulate
[1629]r } had once again opened its door to the public. Prior
[1630]to this” reopening of. the Coisulate door, the photography
[1632]agent had limited his coverige tothe main Embassy
[1633]gate.28/ - He used an Exacta camera with a Bal- “Scope
[1635]j with a 30- power eyepiece. - The dispatch reported,
[1637]| however, from the position he had to cover the main. gate,
[1639]; oe he could not cover the new1/ reopened Consulate
[1641]j - entrance. 29/ The base agent told the technician that at.
[1643]that time, ‘approximately seventy percent of all the
[1645]Visitors to the Cuban compo ind were using the ‘Embassy
[1647]entrance and the ‘remainder ised ‘the Consulate entrance. 30/
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[1656]i The technician discussed this problem with the case
[1658]7 ‘officer for the project, Robert Shaw-31/ Mr. Shaw
[1660]; asked the technician to-ade additional photographic
[1661]coverage to the basehouse: so as to cover the
[1663]Consulate door.32/ On 26 ceptember the technician tested
[1665], equipment for use in the bz sehouse.33/ The dispatch
[1667]goes on to say:
[1669]On the morning of 2; September, PARMUTH
[1670]installed the VLS-2 Trigger Device at the
[1671]LIERODE basehouse ard used the 500 mm
[1672]lens issued with this system, one 400 mm
[1673]Telyt, one reflex hcusing to be used with
[1674]re , the Telyt adapted tc fit the Robot Star
[1675]ry / camera, one. Robot Siar Camera, one solenoid
[1676]a release for mounting and triagering the
[1677]Robot Star camera, one Kodak.-100 adapted
[1678]for single or burst type exposure, one sole-
[1679]noid release to be used with the K-100.
[1680]one 152 mm f/4 Cine Ektar Lens, and tv0.
[1681]additional tripods. say ,
[1683]The photography. agent was instructed to test.
[1685]each-camera for four days. The report says that the
[1687]results of these test days will be forwarded to the ~
[1688]‘Technical Services Division at Headquarters as soon
[1689]‘as they become available. 3/
[1691]On 7 November 1963 the Mexico. City Station
[1692]filed a report on the functioning of the pulse
[1693]{ Pe —_ camera. 36/ This dispatch is referenced to
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[1707]HMNA-22307, paragraph 5, ¢.37/ It says that the —
[1708], . VLS- 2 triggering device had been performitig ‘well with
[1709]“Little false triggering. The 500 mm lens was
[1710]replaced with a 6-inch lens so as to obtain. wider
[1711]coverage of the Consulate door. 38/ During the first
[1712]two weeks that the pulse camera was in operation,
[1713]the VLS-2 triggered the camera anytime that anyone
[1714]entered-or left the Consulate door. This dual
[1715]photography used an excessive amount of film,so the
[1716]base agent adjusted the VLS-2 so that it only
[1717]7 r , _ photographed people leaving the Cuban compound by
[1718]. . the Consulate door. 3a/ The base agent used "the
[1719]K-100 camera with. tee 152 mm Jens for one. day, end
[1720]turnetigin 10 fee (sic) of 16 mm film."40/ Samples
[1721]of the photos taken “On that day" with the camera are
[1722]enclosed with the dispatch. 41/ _ The Robot. Star camera that
[1723]“was placed in the base on September 27 broke down after
[1724]3 , four days of operation and. was replaced with a second
[1725]Robot Star camera.42/ This Robot Star broke down after
[1726]‘five days of operation. At the time of this
[1728]‘dispatch in November, a ‘Robot Star, camera was in-
[1730]Pars
[1732]operation. 43/ Samples of this camera’ Ss photographs
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[1755]were also sent with this d:spatch.44/ Hence, between
[1757]“September 27, 1963 and November 7, 1963, at least three,
[1758]“and possibly four, cameras were used in the photo base.
[1759]with the VLS-2 automatic t-iggering device. On the
[1760]27th, the photo-technician installed two cameras, the
[1761]K-10 and the first Robot star, with the VLS=2
[1762]“triggering device. 45/ The K-100 was used for one
[1763]_ day.46/ The first Robot Scar worked for four days;
[1764]a second Robot Star worked for five days .47/ On 11/7/63
[1766]‘a Robot Star was in operation at the base.48/ It is
[1768]@: not clear whether the Robot Star which was working
[1770]at the time of the November dispatch was a third
[1771]camera or one of the earli2r ones which could have
[1772]been repaired. -In any eveat, the Station. asked that
[1773]io . a new camera be sent to reolace the Robot Star.49/
[1774]| On June 1964 the CI\ Mexico City Station sent
[1775]a cable to Headquarters alerting them that they were
[1776]sending up the negatives From the pulse camera coverage.
[1778]of the Cuban Embassy .50/ All available negatives
[1780]and five. packages of undeveloped film were sent to
[1782]Ron
[1784]Headquarters by transmittal manifest #252572.51/
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[1804]The cable apologizes for tie delay in sending the
[1805]negatives caused by "consolidation and dating.” 52/
[1806]The cable suggests that. Hesdquarters retain possession
[1807]‘of the negatives and inforns Headquarters that the
[1808]negatives will be forwarded to them on a regular
[1809]basis. 53/
[1811]-. A transmittal manifest is "unaccountable." 54).
[1812]That means that the document and the material it
[1813]transmits is not made part of the record and is, there-
[1814]fore, unretrievable. 55/
[1816]The CIA made the f-hoto-technician's monthly
[1817]port for December available. to the Committee on 16 Novem-
[1818]ber 1978. 56/ On the morring of 17 December 1963, a |
[1820]35 mm Sequence camera was installed in the base house wtth
[1822]the VLS-2 trigger device. 57/ The installation of this.
[1823]Sequence caméra was probably in response to the request
[1824]for a replacement camera in HMMA~22433.
[1826]On 22 June 1965.tie CIA Mexico City Station sent
[1828]a dispatch to Headquarter; to familiarize them with the
[1830]details of the pulse camera operation. 58/
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[1845]This dispatch is intended to familiarize
[1846]Headquarters with the details of the Pulse
[1847]Camera operation in Mexico City, which was
[1848]mounted in December 1963 and is targeted
[1849]against the (Cuban) Embassy and Consulate.59/
[1850]The dispatch goes on to report that a technician from.
[1851]Headquarters brought a pulse camera to Mexico City in.
[1852]mid=December 1963, installed and tested it, and
[1853]instructed the technician resident. in Mexico City and
[1854]the base agent in the use and maintenance of the camera.60/
[1855]| On the basis of HMMA-22307, HMMA-22433 and MEXI
[1857]9940, the Committee believes that it is probable that
[1859]@ ‘the pulse camera was in operation on the days: that
[1860]. . Lee Harvey Oswald visited the Cuban Consulate. This
[1861]Committee requested the photographs produced by the
[1862]pulse camera by the project's cryptonym on 22 June 1978.
[1863]The CIA informed a House Select Committeeon Assassinations ,
[1865]reséarcher on 7/20/78 that the cryptonym did not
[1867]refer to a photographic prcject.61/ A more specific
[1869]request for the photographs was made on 21 July 1978.62/
[1871]SE.
[1873]On 13 October 1978 the Committee, as a result
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[1875]of a review of materials taken by James Angleton from
[1877]Win Scott's safe at the tine of his death,63/ addressed
[1879]San.
[1881]poy another letter to the CIA cn | this matter. 64} This letter |
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[1893]said, in part:
[1895]First, while. adnittedly there are contra-
[1896]dictions in the Agency's written records,
[1897]these records nevertheless suggest that an
[1898]impulse camera was ‘n operation when Oswald
[1899]visited the Cuban Enbassy. Such a camera
[1900]would have automatically been triggered
[1901]to photograph any person entering the Embassy.
[1902]: In addition, it has been determined by this
[1903]i .--.« Committee that Oswa'd entered and exited
[1904]i . oc s+) from the Cuban and soviet compounds on at |
[1905]: least five separate occasions, resulting: in
[1906]a total of ten oppovtunities during which
[1907]Oswald could have been photographed by CIA
[1908]surveillance camera:. The existence of an
[1909]Agency photograph of Oswald has been further
[1910]corroborated by CIA personnel both in Mexico
[1911]oo ; City and at Agency readquarters who claim to.
[1912]i . have seen this mate-jal.
[1914]Finally, on October 6, 1978, a manuscript
[1915]; written by the late Win Scott; former Chief
[1916]: of Station of the CIA's Mexico City Station,
[1917]i oo was reviewed by a staff member of this Commit-
[1918]i tee. While the criticism can be offered that
[1919]; ' $cott's manuscript as not yet been established
[1920]as a true record, r2levant portions of this
[1921]: ; manuscript do suggest that the contents are-
[1922]accurate and that pnotographs of Oswald’ were
[1923]“dn fact obtained by the CIA's Mexico City sur- -
[1924]veillance operations. At page 273 of the
[1925]manuscript, Scott wrote:
[1927]f : These visits and conversations are
[1929]not heresay; for persons watching these
[1930]embassies photographed Oswald as he.
[1931]entered and left each one; and clocked the
[1932]time he spent on each visit. The
[1933]conversations are also known to have taken:
[1934]place, including the one in which he told the
[1936]Soviet to whom he was talking that he a
[1938]Spey ee - should have heard, received a message, from
[1940]bo, the Soviet Embassy in. Washington, indicating -
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[1955]| obviously that z Soviet Embassy official
[1956]in Washington hed offered to help
[1957]Oswald.
[1959]Scott's comments are a source of deep concern
[1961]to this Committee, ior they suggest your
[1962]Agency's possible w' thholding of photographic
[1963]materials highly re evant to this investigation.
[1965]Therefore, the Committee reiterates its
[1966]request of May 2, including but not limited to-
[1967]——"" any and all photographs in the CIA's possession
[1968]of Lee Harvey Oswald resulting from CIA
[1969]surveillance operations directed against the
[1970]Soviet and Cuban Emoassies and Consulates in
[1971]Mexico City.- In adiition, the Committee
[1972]requests a detailed explanation regarding the
[1973]withholding of any ind all photographs in the
[1974]CIA's possession of Oswald resulting from
[1975]: CIA surveillance op2rations directed against
[1976]@ , the Soviet and Cuban Embassies and Consulates
[1977]in Mexico City.65/ |
[1979]The CIA responded to this letter on 25 October
[1980]1978.66/ The-CIA informed the Committee that it was
[1981]their belief that the pulse camera was not in
[1983]. operation during September of 1963.67/
[1985]First, there was no pulse camera...opposite
[1986]the entrance to the Cuban Consulate until |
[1987]December 1963...In fact, there had been no
[1988]photographic coverage of the Consulate
[1989]entrance prior. to the visit of Lee Harvey
[1990]Oswald to Mexico City...The Consulate -
[1991]entrance had been closed for some time, and.
[1992]after it was reopered the 27th of September
[1993]was scheduled as tte day for installation
[1994]. . of photographic eqiipment for its coverage...
[1996]i ot _-“*Difficulty was experienced in the installation
[1997]Bf, : ’ cand the technician: had to machine a part for
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[2018]the equipment...The technicians probably
[2019]had to make the part in question. On that
[2020]date, or at some date not long afterwards,
[2021]there was test photography of the entrance...
[2022]Various difficulties were experienced with
[2024]the equipment, whic seems eventually to have
[2025]been resolved by installation of the pulse
[2026]camera in December 1963. There is no question
[2027]about the sequence set forth above.68/
[2029]~ HMMA- 22307, definitely reports the installation
[2030]of the two cameras and a V:S-2 trigger device on
[2031]27 September 1963.69/ But the cameras did not
[2032]function smoothly.70/ HMM4-22433 reported that the
[2033]K-100 camera broke down after one day's operation.71/
[2035]It was replaced with the first Robot Star, which had
[2037]also been installed on September 27. The first Robot
[2039]Stay broke down four days after its installation: 72/
[2041]A second Robot Star broke down after five days of
[2042]operation.73/ A Robot Star was working on 7 November
[2043]1963, when HMMA-22433 requested that Headquarters send
[2044]a replacement camera to Mexico.74/ In all likelihood,
[2045]that request was filled with the installation of the
[2047]Sequence camera on'17 December 1963 detailed in
[2049]HMMA-22726.75/ Under this interpretation of the
[2051]documents, the operation would have gone into continuous —
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[2080]; operation jn mid-December 1963 as claimed by the CIA.
[2081]But the first pulse camera was set up -on Friday,
[2082]September 27, 1963. The documents do not specify the
[2083]days that the original cameras functioned. HMMA-22307
[2085]says:
[2086](The. base agent) was requested to test
[2087]the Robot Star Camera for four days and the
[2088]K-300 for another four cays. 76/
[2090]HMMA-22433 Says:
[2092]. (The base agent) used the K-100 with a 152 mm
[2093]: Jens for one day, turning in 10° fee (sic) of
[2094]’ Cos 16 mm film...The Robot Star and the Telyt
[2095]— ~ 400 mm lens are now being used with the VLS-2.
[2096]. . on this: project...The Robot Star camera which’
[2097]@ oo - was given to (the base agent) with the VLS-2
[2098]broke down after days of photographing.
[2099](The technician) replaced this with another
[2100]- Robot.. Five days later the second camera
[2101]failed to advance properly.77/
[2103]This Committee believes that it is reasonable to assume
[2104]that the base agent started using the equipment
[2105]immediately after it was installed. 78/ Hence, the one
[2106]‘day that the K-100 was used would have been either
[2108]the 27th (the day it was installed), the 28th (a
[2109]Saturday) or the 30th (the following Monday) « It
[2111]is also reasonable to assume that the Robot Star. was |
[2112]put into action. the day of, or the day. following, the’
[2114]Dt ‘breakdown of clas Hicat | hig camera, _ worked for four
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[2131]days. So the Consulate was probably the subject of
[2132]photographic surveillance trom 27.September to.
[2133]] October, assuming that the five days of coverage from
[2135]the original cameras started on the day of installation
[2137]and ran continuously, except for Sunday, ‘September 30th.
[2139]— The base agent deve oped the film from the 7
[2140]pulse camera and turned it over in negative form to
[2141]: his contact.79/ The film was probably routinely
[2143]sent to Headquarters. $0 .
[2145]The technician who set up the cameras in the.
[2146]@ _ base house said that the. orjective of the operation
[2148]was to get identifiable photographs of all visitors
[2150]to the Cuban compound. 81/ The goals” of the “Operation .
[2152]were spelled out in the 1966 Project Renewal request.
[2154]Its original objectives, still current,
[2156]include furnishing photographic coverage during
[2157]daylight hours ‘of the Embassy and Consulate
[2159]entrances...82/ -
[2160]Even though this was the stated objective, Ann
[2161]Goodpasture testified that she was not sure, but
[2162]“thought. that the coverage of the Cuban Consulate and
[2164]‘Embassy would. have been ccntinuous only during office
[2166]; i ; hours. 83/ This was also the, recollection of David
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[2180]Phillips.84/ During September, October and November
[2184]- of 1963, the Cuban Consulate was. open to the public.
[2185]from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.n.3; the Embassy was open
[2186]to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.85/
[2187]A blind memo, dated 11/27/64, entitled "Memo
[2188]7 passed to. Mr. Papich of FB] with info on photo |
[2189]coverage of Embassies and info on Kostikov,” implies
[2190]7 that the coverage on the Ciban Embassy was of a...
[2191]: “continuous nature during deylight hours. “This memo-.
[2192]“also implies that there was a coverage of the Cuban
[2193]@: Consulate. 86/ The technician who serviced this
[2194]“operation in Mexico City remembers that he tried to
[2195]get full daylight coverage of the compound but that
[2196]it was very difficult.87/ He said that the manuat |
[2198]' coverage was usually good tut that human error had to
[2200]‘be taken into account when considering the manual
[2201]coverage. He pointed out that it was hard for a
[2203]; person to maintain constant. attention in such a
[2205]sedentary job and, hence, ‘ome visitors would get by
[2206]the manual operation. 88/ jhe. technician also remembered . &
[2207]that: che had set up the pulse camera to Provide constant
[2209]‘ fou. dayTight coverage. 89/° By | 965 the pulse ‘camera. was
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[2215]_ FOOTNOTES
[2216]FOR LEE HARVEY OSWAI.D, MEXICO CITY
[2217]AND THE CENTRAL INTEI]LIGENCE AGENCY
[2219]Al See Warren Report, pp. 299--304, 733-736. In support of  ¢
[2221]Sf its
[2223]account of Oswald's contacts with the Soviet and
[2225]Cuban diplomatic missions, the Warren Commission pub- -
[2226]lished the following as e::hibits:
[2228]1)
[2230]2)-
[2232]5)
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[2236]7)
[2240]8)
[2242]A note from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs
[2243]to the Swiss Ambassador in Cuba. (Commission Exhi-
[2244]bit 2445.). .
[2246]Lee Harvey Oswald's visa application and the Ministry
[2247]of Foreign Affairs of tthe Republic of Cuba's letter
[2248]denying the visa. (Cornmission Exhibit 2564.)
[2250]Letterhead Memorandum «:o J. Lee Rankin from Richard
[2251]Helms re: “Technical E::amination of Photographs of
[2252]Lee Harvey Oswald's Application for a Cuban Visa." |
[2253](Commission exhibit 31:7. )
[2255]The pages of Lee Harvey Oswald's notebook with the
[2256]telephone numbers of the Cuban Consulate, the Soviet
[2257]Consulate and the Soviet Military Attache's office.
[2258](Commission Exhibit 21:1.)
[2260]A letter dated 11/9/63 from Lee narbey Oswald to the
[2261]Soviet Embassy in. Washington, D.C. (Commission Ex-—
[2262]hibit 15.)
[2264],
[2266]A letter from J. Edgar Hoover to the Warren Commission
[2267]listing the contents o: the Féderal; Bureau of Investi-
[2268]‘gation's file holdings on Lee Harvey Oswald prior to
[2269]the assassination. (Commission Exhibit 834. This
[2270]document listed a Cent:‘al Intelligence Agency "release"
[2271]dated 10/9/63 that reported Oswald's contact with
[2273]the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City.)
[2275]A memorandum dated 5/11/64. to the United States Enm-
[2276]bassy in Mexico City f::om the Ministry of Foreign
[2277]Affairs for Mexico. (Commission Exhibit 2120.) -
[2279]A-memorandum dated 6/9/64 from the Ministry of Foreign
[2281]-Affairs of Mexico to tie United States ymbassy in |
[2283]Mexico City. - (Commission Exhibit 2123.)°
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[2299]po only working for six hours a day.90/- The House Select
[2301]; Committee on Assassinations has not been able to
[2302]determine the scope of the pulse ‘camera coverage
[2303]during September and October 1963 by examination of
[2304]the production because that production, if it exists,
[2305]has“not been made available for review.91/
[2307]The CIA has made the photographic production
[2308]and Togs from the manual coverage of the Embassy
[2309]entrance available for House Select Committee on
[2311]7 ; Assassinations review. 92/ AN production from the:
[2313]rT - manual camera coverage of the Cuban Embassy for the
[2315]months of September, October and November was examined.93/
[2316]a | This examination revealed that the coverage of the .
[2317]Embassy was fairly consistent between the hours of
[2318]~ 9:00.a.m. and 2:00 p. m.-on weekdays. 95/ There was
[2320]coverage, with a few exceptions, on every weekday. 96/ |
[2322]There was no coverage on weekends .97/ During the three-
[2324]month period examined by tte. House Select Committee on
[2326]Assassinations, only four veekdays were not covered
[2328]by the photographic surveillance operation aimed at
[2330]the: Guban Embassy. 98/ ‘There was ‘no evidence in the
[2331]files of serious: technical difficulties o or camera
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[2351]problems in the manual operation during these three
[2352]months .99/
[2354]4. Disposition of Froduction from the Operaton |
[2356]The photographs fron the manual camera were
[2357]maintained in a chronological file at the CIA_
[2358]station in Mexico City.100, These photographs were
[2359]routinely shown to a peneiration agent in the Cuban
[2360]Embassy for identification purposes.101/ After this
[2362]agent left the employment of the Cuban Embassy in
[2363]1965, the photographs were sent to the JMWAVE
[2365]Station in Miami, Florida ‘or review by Cuban
[2367]defectors such as AMMUG/1. 102/
[2369]The disposition of zhe pulse camera photographs
[2371]in general, beyond the fact that as of 1965, and
[2373]possibly earlier, the production was routinely sent
[2375]to Headquarters, is unknow1?.103/ The CIA denies
[2377]“that the pulse camera was functioning during the time
[2379]“on those days remains a mystery.
[2381]C0583 be
[2383]Oswald was in Mexico.104/ If the Committee's belief
[2385]that the pulse camera was functioning on the days that
[2387]Oswald visited the Cuban Consulate is correct, then
[2389]the ul timate disposition of the photographs produced
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[2412]Photographic Surveiilance Operations Aimed at
[2415]wo
[2417]the Soviet Diplomatic Compound
[2419]1. Introduction
[2421]The Mexico City CIA Station maintained
[2422]i photographic surveillance un the. Soviet, diplomatic
[2423]‘compound in Mexico City in 1963. Three: photographic
[2424]sites, or bases, were used in this operation.105/
[2425]The primary objective of the operation was to photograph
[2426]moo. people who visited the Sov et Embassy. 106/ ‘The’
[2427]@: operation, generally, covered the main gate of-
[2428]. the Soviet. compound between 900 and 1800 (or dark).
[2429], on weekdays and from 900 tc. 1400 on Saturdays.107/
[2431]2. Physical Positicning of Surveillance
[2433]— _ - Bases and Targets.108/
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[2459]photo-base located
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[2485]‘There were three bases which provided photo-
[2487]graphic surveillance of the Soviet diplomatic compound
[2489]jn 1963.109/ One of the bases overlooked the enclosed
[2490]garden or "backyard". area of the Soviet Embassy.110/
[2492]The other two bases, of primary concern to this
[2493]‘Committee, covered the entrance to the Soviet
[2494]compound.111/ The primary base, LIMITED, was.
[2496]“directly across the street intersection from: the main —
[2497]Soviet Embassy gate; the secondary, or "back-up," :
[2498]LILYRIC base was across. the. street and down a little
[2500]ee. way from the main Embass} gate. 112/
[2502]3. Objectives of (peration and Scope of
[2504]Coverage Provided
[2506]The purpose of this operation has also been
[2507]7 a ’ described as being to obtain photographs of Soviet -
[2508]officials and their families; all foreigners .
[2509]-(non- Latins) who visited the Embassy; and cars with
[2510]_foreign license plates. 113/ One of the main purposes
[2511]of the photographic bases that covered the Embassy gate
[2513]was .to obtain a photograpa of every "foreigner," or
[2515]ek —. non- Latin, in contact with: the Soviet Embassy. 14/
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[2542]\ . This was done in an attempt to identify possible
[2543]Soviet espionage agents.
[2544]My understanding of that was that it was to
[2545]be used to identify those people who might
[2546]be working for the Soviets as espionage
[2547]agents who were U:S. citizens who went down
[2548]there driving a car with a U.S. license
[2549]plate on it, or people we did not know
[2550]but could identify. ‘The same procedure was
[2551]also used for tryinc to ‘denti’y people ya
[2552]other than U.S. citizens...115/ -.,. arr he eee
[2553]It is reported that the Merican nationals who manned
[2554]the photographic bases and actually took the
[2555]photographs had an “uncanny ability” to pick out
[2557]The House Select Conmittee on Assassinations
[2558]next attempted to determine the scope of the photographic
[2559]coverage on the main gate cf the Soviet Embassy. At
[2560]a minimum, the Embassy was probably covered by the
[2561]a , photographic operations during office hours.. "The
[2562]instructions were to cover the entire work day,
[2563](office hours)..."117/ “Instructions were to cover
[2564]office hours, photograph eich néw Soviet and family,
[2565]all foreigners and foreign license Plates."118/ The
[2567]. normal work hours of the Seviet Embassy during September
[2569][3 and October of 1963 were from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00-p-m. 119/
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[2589]There are some indications that the Photographic :
[2591]‘coverage was more extensive: than just office hours.
[2593]Even though the Embassy wa: not open past 6:00 Dem,
[2594]visitors could still gain entrance by ringing the gate
[2596]bell. "Russian speakers can get in any time."120/
[2598]Rane
[2601]One | BIA officer: who was in Mexico City remembers”
[2602]"that the photo surveillance ‘was constant except for
[2603]instances where it would be down for security reasons
[2605]or equipment malfunction."i21/ A blind memorandum,
[2607]dated 11/27/63, entitled "Memo passed. to Mr. Papich ©
[2609]. » | of FBI with info on photo overage of embassies and
[2611]aha
[2613]info on Kostikov," says, in part,
[2615]We have photographi: coverage during daylight
[2616]hours on the USSR, cuban, Czechoslovak and.
[2617]Polish Embassies. [Their consulates are
[2618]Tocated in the embassies and therefore the
[2619]coverage of the embissies would include
[2620].... €overage of the consulates. The photographic
[2621]i coverage is of a coitinuous nature during —
[2622]_ daylight hours. Hovever, weather conditions
[2623]and other factors affecting any photographic
[2624]efforts require that _the coverage not be
[2625]considered as total or complete. Lees
[2629]Ann Goodpasture was questioned about the scope
[2631]of .the ‘photographic: coveraje on the Soviet compound
[2633]IW
[2635]I cannot give you the exact times(of coverage).
[2636]I can guess, and my guess is that wey were
[2637]22) ef ; Fe
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[2651]open most of the time when the: ‘Consulate was
[2652]opened for business iours. But the per- i.
[2653]son who would have tiat information, the only - !
[2654]person who would knov, is the case officer who ©
[2655]. was handling the project at that time. 123/
[2656]Ms. Goodpasture explained tie discrepancy between the
[2657]time of coverage as stated in her notes and testimony
[2658]and that in the 11/27/63 me norandum by saying that. the
[2659]memorandum referred to the coverage instituted after
[2660]the assassination of John Kennedy.124/ An examination
[2661].of the photographic production from the LIMITED
[2662]base shows that the coverag: from that base prior
[2663]eo a ‘to the assassination was fairly uneven.125/ The log-
[2664]sheets for this operation siow that, if anything,
[2665]coverege decreased after th: assassination.126/
[2666]The: House Select Comnittes on Assassinations
[2667]“ reviewed production and Jog materials from one base,
[2668]LIMITED, which covered’ the jate of the Soviet diplomatic
[2669]compound. 127/ The LIMITED ase was referred to as
[2670]the "primary" base because it began operation before
[2672]the LILYRIC base opened.128'
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[2687]. Classifications ; ka
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[2696]ghee
[2698]LILYRIC was planned as” an alternate “base to
[2700]LIMITED..
[2702]same side of the street as LIMITED but in the
[2703]middle of the block South.
[2704]view of the front gete of the Soviet Embassy.129/
[2706]The following chart lists the Production from
[2708]* Hours of cover-
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[2712]It was in an upper story’.*.on the
[2714]It had a stanted
[2716]the LIMITED base which. was made available to the
[2718]House Sélect Commi ttee on i.gsassinations. 130/
[2720]Number of Photo-f¥
[2722]Time of lst Time of last
[2723]age stated photograph _ -photograph graphs taken
[2724]‘ aug. 31 800-1400 - 986 ~—«:1220 8 (Saturday)
[2725]Sept.:1 800-2000 . 1009 (1321 6 (Sunday)
[2726]oo 2. 830-1900 °935 1556 19
[2727]So 3 - 830-1800 -1131 1334 18
[2728]@ 4 830-1800 1001 1715 — 43
[2729]5 1200-1900 1238 1510 ‘12~—-
[2730]6 830-1800 . 926 1702 39
[2731]+ 7 KAKA EKKEREERNO COVERAGE (#4 AA HA AARE AE RR ARH RRR EES
[2732]8 . fk KR RHR KR INO COVERAGE * 8 #84 Ra RAR RR Re RK KK ERK E :
[2733]9 900--1900 1159 1640 3
[2734]10 830-1800 855 1119 17
[2735]ll — 900-1900 1132 1550 14
[2736]: 12, 900-1900 1015 1233
[2737]: 13 RAKEKKEKKEKEENO COVERAGE coor RRR EE a
[2738]wT 14 1000-1400 1047 1344 10 (Saturday) ,
[2739]15 KH RKHRKKEKEEENO COVERAGE * #4 HHH Kee EERE ERE R EERE RE
[2740]o . 16 ReKKEEEEREKKENS COVERAGE * #8 RAK KKK AH ER KK KR KK |
[2741]a 17 -900-1900 . 1133. - 1549 © : 19 .
[2742]. : 18 Kk kkk RRKKERKEANO COVERAGE # #8 ## RR RK EKER KEKE KERERS . ; :
[2743]re 19 900-1900 1105 1654 ; 13 6
[2744]- . 20 RKEKKEKKKKKEKEEENO COVERAGE ¥ R&R RE EKER EKKRKAEKEAE EK KE i
[2745]: 21 REKKKKKKEREKKENO (COVERAGE *# #48 RARER RRA RRA RR I : a
[2746]. : t 22 KKKKKKKKKKEKENOS “COVERAGE #8 BRAK ARERR RE RE aaa RE RRR .
[2747]oo. 23. 900-1900 - 1135 1300 7 i
[2748]i ; 24 RARER EEREREENG COVERAGE © 8 #8 wR KKK RE HERE RRR A a ;
[2749]4 25 900-1900 .. - 104¢ 11370 4
[2750]oF ¥* + 26 7 RARREERE RR EKENO COVERAGE * # #8 RHR EEK HH KER EERE EE |
[2751]- i so aT 900- -1900 1olé 1146. - 16 dg
[2752]| eo 7 “yy Classification: _ a . : f
[2753]., ase mo, - ; Te. et -
[2754]7 Vs 1537
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[2773]23 kK KAEKEREKEKENGO COVERAGES RRR AERA RRR ARR ERR EERE .
[2774]: 290: RAKKKKKEEKEEANO COVERAC ER RRR RRR RRR EK HR ER HEE t ;
[2775]30 kak ee ee RKREKENO COVERAGES # ERE RRR EER ERIK KHER fo. .
[2776]Oct. 1 900-1900 © _ 1261 1251 2 14
[2777]2 900-1900 © U9 1259 | 14 ee
[2778]3 900-1900 _ 1200 | 1222 © 5
[2779]4 ‘990-1900 1103 1251 21
[2780]. Ss KRKKEKKEREKEKEND COVERAGE *## RRR E RHR RHE RR RR EE RES H :
[2781]4 6 HR Re HK RRENO COVERAGE? 8 #88 RA RR RR RE ER EEE .
[2782]7 900-1900 1138 7 1235 6
[2783]8 900-1900 1219 ; 1232 . 5
[2784]9 - 900-1900 1138 1210 — ; 4 a
[2785]10 900-1900 ; 1031 1719 18. i
[2786]11 900-1900 1522 - 1733 ; 9 ; ' &
[2787]12 1000-1400 . 1002 * 1015 2 (Saturday)! Bj
[2788]: * 13 KRKEKKKEREKREKEENO “COVERAGE® EER RARER ER RE HER ERR ER EH _
[2789]@: 14° 800-1900 . 831 944 | 12
[2790]. : 15 . KREKKKKKKKKEREND COVERD GE® ## RA RRR RR ER EIR ERER RE EES : ‘
[2791]16. — Rk ARK RHEEREENO COVERZE GE* #8 #8 a Ra a aOR RR +
[2792]17. + 900-1900 1€24 1649 7 Bs
[2793]18 1200-1900 | ~1404 - 1437 ‘ 2.
[2794]19 ; RA wRKEEREEERENO’ COVERLGES HR RAR REA RR RHR ERI RE ES . .
[2795]20 : kaeaRKKKKKREKEKNO COVER .GER# FERRER HER RH AKER RH RAE ® _ :
[2796]21 SR RRA ERIHENO COVERAGE #8 RRR RR RII IR HRI IRR RH HH : f
[2797]22 1200-1900. 7 - 1305 °°. «1307 3 . ,
[2798]23 1200-1900 NA+ |. NAA. 8 7
[2799]24 1200-1900 N.A. ; N.A. 22 é
[2800]25 1200-1900 © N.A. N.A. ; 21 4
[2801]: 26 1000-1600 ; N.AL 7” N.A. - 14 (Saturday)
[2802]: +Not Available. ; ; :
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[2806]4 ; -
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[2825]Given the somewhat uneven nature of the coverage
[2826]maintained by LIMITED,131/ the House Select: Committee
[2827]on Assassinations staff asked whether the two bases
[2828]were run in conjunction so as to provide more
[2830]" comprehensive coverage. Tromas Keenan, the project's
[2831]case officer, did not remen ber that this was. the case.
[2832]He did. remember that both Lases operated at the same
[2833]time so as to. get the most complete coverage possible. 132/
[2835]Mr. Keenan. was: not sure whether there was routine
[2837]_ coverage of the Soviet Embzssy on weekends. 133/ He
[2838]eo said that it was possible that there was routine |
[2839]. coverage on Saturday ‘mornirgs. 134/— ,
[2841]An examination of the project file maintained
[2842]by the CIA on ‘the photographic coverage of the Soviet
[2843]Embassy does not bear out Nr. Keenan's assertion
[2844]that the two bases duplicated efforts. . In fact,..the
[2846]“project file confirmed that. the bases complemented each
[2847]other rather than duplicated efforts. This was the
[2849]case in 1960 when a projeci review stated:
[2851]OT a Classification:
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[2862]i . . = 40-
[2863]d . a
[2864]Se - %.
[2865]i LIMITED - This base compiles daily logs
[2867]indicating all] arrivals, departures and, where
[2868]possible, - identities of every person visiting
[2869]or working at the LIMERICK target...LIMITED's
[2870]photographic coverage is still concentrated on
[2871]visitors, as opposed to employees, to the
[2872]LIMERICK installation...LILYRIC photographs
[2873]also are concentrated on visitors to the target,
[2874]as opposed to employees. It should be noted
[2875]that LILYRIC operates for photographic
[2877]_ coverage during the hours from daylight to
[2878]1400 hours each day of the week except Sunday.
[2879]The LIMITED base maintains photographic
[2880]coverage from 1400 Fours to darkness each ay
[2882]except Sunday. 135/
[2884]In 1961 the project review said:
[2886]; . 1. To collect operetional information
[2887]i ; pertaining to LIMERICK personnel and physical
[2889]ty . facilities through tse of photographic
[2890]base houses. Three e photographic bases,
[2891]‘LIMITED, LILyRIC.4 ntribute to this
[2892]objective. To alvoic repetition, the Station
[2893]“is omitting the usucl description of the functicns
[2894]of these three bases and how they contribute .
[2895]to the above objective. There has been no change
[2896]in the coverage as cescribed in the 1960 ;
[2897]Request for Project Renewal .136/
[2899]Similar statements are included in the project reviews
[2900]for 1962 and 1963.137/ At one point.a move was made
[2902]at Headquarters to close the LILYRIC base:
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[2925]7.
[2927]FI/OPS recommends s=rongly that the photo.
[2928]coverage be reviewed from the standpoint
[2930]of value and usefulness with a view to
[2931]determining whether the LILYRIC activity
[2933]could not be safely eliminated and the
[2934]additional photographic coverage conducted
[2936]on a more selective basis, without
[2937]materially affectinj overall usefulness.138/
[2939]The Mexico City Station took exception to this-
[2940]. recommendation:
[2942]While HMMA 14093 covrectly referred to
[2943]LIMITED, LILYRICST3is ' "photographic base-
[2944]houses;" the Statio1 would like to emphasize
[2945]that photographic coverage. is only one of ~
[2946]their functions... LIMITED is used as a radio
[2947]. . . dispatch base for automobile Surveillance
[2948]teams in addition t» physical surveillance
[2949]@ ; _ of persons entering the front gate. Their
[2950]photography is negligible compared to their
[2951]other duties. The -ILYRIC base performs.
[2952]the best photography of persons visiting. the
[2953]front gate, perhaps because the vantage point
[2954]‘for taking the pictures is from the second
[2955]floor and above the street traffic which
[2956]partially blocks LIMITED photographs.
[2957]-LILYRIC also does individual reports on
[2958]LIMERICK personnel entering and leaving the
[2959]main gate...139/
[2961]. In 1964 the Mexico City Station restated the operating
[2962]procedures of, the two bases in a dispatch referenced
[2964]-to the above paragraph from HMMA - 14793:
[2970]7 e I Classification :—=*#
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[2981]from ClA—controlled c ocuments.) ,
[2985]The Station. feels that it would be helpful
[2987]to summarize at this time information
[2988]previously reported to Headquarters (see
[2989]paragraph 3, reference B) concerning the photo
[2990]basehouses under this project and thereby
[2992]give Headquarters an updated frame of
[2993]reference in which to view the roles of the
[2994]various basehouses.
[2996]The LIMITED and LILYRIC basehouses
[2997]provide coverage of front of the LIMERICK
[2999]‘installation. Althcugh on the surface it may
[3000]appear that these tno basehouses provide ;
[3001]duplicate take, this is not the case. It has
[3002]been the Station's experience in running the
[3003]unilateral LIEMPTY operation that a 0900 to
[3004]_ evening workday, which would be required of
[3005]a single basehouse in order to cover the’
[3006]LIMERICK target effectively, is just too long
[3007]for any pair of agerts to remain effective.
[3008]@ This is: especially irue when it is considered
[3009]; ; that. these basehouse operators. are essentially
[3010]“unsupervised during their workday. It would
[3011]also be impossible «or a single base-house: to
[3012]provide the kind of coverage this station needs
[3013]on the target insta lation, especially during
[3014]the peak hours of activity, namely late
[3015]morning and early a‘ternoon. For these
[3016]reasons, the LILYRIU basehouse. generally
[3017]operates from 0900 :o 1400 or 1500 weekdays.
[3018]LIMITED operates from 1200 to 1800 or dark
[3019](as the daily situa:ion dictates) on weekdays,
[3020]and 0900 to 1400 on Saturdays. (These hours
[3021]are subject to chanje to fit Station needs.) .
[3022]Special coverage fo- Sunday is arranged on a
[3023]need basis; however, past experience has shown
[3024]regular coverage of Saturday afternoons and
[3025]Sundays is not rewarding. This schedule
[3026]provides for both basehouses to be in action
[3028]cyNen per bee ee
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[3041]Rete aries |
[3045]j ; during the peak activity hours of the LIMERICK
[3046]i ; " target. Although even this arrangement is not
[3047]completely airtight, anything less than this
[3048]. would present unacceptable gaps in the coverage.
[3049]It must also be considered that without
[3050]two basehouses covering the front of the
[3051]target installation, any illness, personal
[3052]problem or vacation for operators:of one _
[3053]basehouse would terninate Station coverage...
[3054]per It is the Station's opinion that as.long as
[3055]: the LIMERICK installation is a prime target of
[3056]_ the Station, it will be necessary to maintain
[3057]the present three bisehouses. To eliminate
[3058]i any one of the thre2> would create a gap in the.
[3059]Station's coverage that would not be ,
[3060]compatible with the emphasis placed on
[3061]this targeted 40/ Ce. ha cis adblar .
[3063]! :. But the information in the preceding chart does not.
[3064]@ | ‘correlate with the statemeit of the coverage in
[3065]HMMA-23343. The above cha-t, on pages 37-38, - |
[3066]refers to the coverage of che Soviet compound by the
[3067]base that the review of HNIIA-23343 reveals covered
[3068]the compound from 1200 to 800 or dark. - The chart
[3069]shows that while 1200 to 11:00 coverage is sometimes
[3070]the case, the base's coverage of the Embassy, at least.
[3071]during the months of Septenber and October, on days
[3072]when the base operated at i1], was not always in’
[3073]that time period.’ This jis the Base that the dispatch |
[3075]also states covered Saturdéy morning, Out of the
[3077]fo». nine Saturdays covered by the above chart; this base
[3078]Classification: 22" .
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[3095]Se me _ from ClA—controlled documents.)
[3099]was in operation on only four of those days.. This
[3100]Committee has. not been abl> to establish or disprove
[3101]the possible inference that LILYRIC covered those
[3103]days when. there was no cov2rage from LIMITED because
[3104]the. production and ‘logs from the LILYRIC base were
[3106]not made available for review.” That material was |
[3107]requested but: has not been made available.141/ An
[3108]explanation of why this material is missing was
[3109]‘requested on 7/25/78. 142/ The CIA's explanation stated
[3110]that the photographs and logs "May have been destroyed
[3111]eo ° _ in a purge of Mexico City Station files and that the
[3112]folders for the destroyed Naterial were résed to
[3113]forward more recent photograph: Cc material to
[3114]Headquarters for retention. "143/ The folders which
[3115]once contained the production were located at the
[3116]National Archives’ Warrenton Records Center but,
[3117]according to the CIA's explanation, the folders
[3119]contained production material from 1967.144/ Becausé
[3121]the CIA has not provided tie photographic -production
[3123]and Yogs fromthe LILYRIC for examination, no
[3127]precise determination detailing the effectiveness of .
[3128]foe
[3129]ib - the. coverage of the Soviet compound can be made.
[3131]Classification: rare
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[3145](This form is to be used for “moterial- extracted
[3146]~ from ClA—controlled documents.)
[3150]"Regardless of the s:ope and effectiveness of
[3152]the two bases, a question that may never be resolved
[3154]due to the conflicting evidence and missing production,
[3156]- the surveillance was considered adequate:
[3159]A:
[3161]How thorough was the coverage?
[3163]They covered th2 categories that we asked
[3164]them for on a riutine basis, which was to
[3165]identify any people who appeared to be
[3166]non-Latin and any Soviets.
[3168]I understand that was the purpose. Given
[3169]that purpose, how thorough was the coverage?
[3171]I think it was accurate.
[3173]Was Win Scott satisfied with the performance
[3175]of the photo operation at the Soviet
[3176]Embassy?
[3178]To the best of my knewledge he was.145/
[3180]Procedure and Timing Involved in Processing
[3182]Production fron the Operation Ses
[3184]1
[3186]The CIA photographic bases were manned by at
[3188]least one agent who took photographs and kept a log
[3190]sheet of people éntering and leaving the Embassy and
[3192]of the photographs that he took.146/ The film
[3194]i,‘ -remained in the camera until the whole role was.
[3196]ion:
[3198]exposed, "ehadsifice ook two or three days. War’.
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[3220]Abe
[3222]After the assassination of John Kennedy, this
[3223]procedure was changed and tie film was cleared from
[3224]the camera on a daily basis.148/ .
[3226]The CIA contract ageit outside of the United -
[3227]States Embassy who was in ciarge of the photographic
[3228]bases was Ramon-Joseph Alvarez Durant.149/ Alvarez
[3229]picked up the film, prior t) the assassination, from
[3230]the photo bases three times a week.150/ Alvarez
[3232]then took the film to his brother-in-law, who worked
[3233]at night, to develop it. The brother-in-law also
[3235]@. | printed the film into eight-by-ten contact prints.151/
[3236]' After the film was “developed and printed, Alvarez
[3237]- turnee over the negatives and contact prints to.
[3238]Thomas Keenan. 152/
[3240]7 “Ms. Ann ‘Goodpasture picked up the photo. Ss
[3241]production if Mr. Keenan was not available.153/ ‘Mr.
[3242]Keenan or Ms. Goodpasture, would then bring the
[3244]- photographic production back to the Mexico City”
[3245]Station in the American Embassy.154/ -Mr.. Keenan did
[3246]not remember with certainty to whom he turned over
[3248]the material, but believed it was either. Ms. Goodpasture
[3250]7 fo a or Herbert Manell. 155/
[3252]-@ re ‘Classification: *
[3254]pan or!
[3255]wet ae,
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[3271]_5. Responsibility for the Operation
[3273]There is some controversy as to who -had
[3274]overall responsibility for this project. Ms. Good-
[3275]pasture testified that the responsibility was Mr.
[3276]Keenan's.156/ Mr. Keenan, according to Ms. Good-
[3277]pasture, made ali the decisions and had all the
[3278]responsibility involved in the operation.157/ Mr.
[3279]Keenan was the most junior Operations Officer in
[3281]: ‘ the Mexico City Station in 1963, and claims that his
[3283][ ) | role in the operation was jiargely Vimited to legwork. 158/
[3285], Ms. Goodpasture testified that her role in the
[3286]operation was limited to acting as an alte~nate
[3287]Case Officer, ‘internal rousing of the production,
[3289]“and review of the photographs to insure the maintenance
[3290]of technical ‘quality in the operation. 159/ Ann | |
[3291]Goodpasture's annual Fitne:s Report for the period
[3292]1 January 1963 to 31 December 1963 specifies her
[3293]duties in regard -to this overation. The fitness
[3294]report. says, . . _ |
[3296]_ Working with JKeenan \(regutar contact and case._
[3298]Pog officer), supérvise’s work of three photo
[3300]a ; bases operating against. Soviet Embassy;
[3304]7
[3307]' processes take; ideitifies Soviets and. ..
[3308]intelajgen fuoction. Alternate contact with.
[3309]ss —————
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[3324]@ | . - 5B.
[3326]1 Staff Agent.160/
[3328]Ms. Goodpasture denied that she had any supervisory
[3329]rote in relation to this of eration.161/ The House |
[3330]Select Committee on Assassinations redeposed Ms.
[3331]Goodpasture in November 1978 and asked her about this
[3333]apparent inconsistency between her Fitness Report
[3335]and her testimony:
[3337]Q: Now, having read your Fitness Report for’
[3339]1963, are there any portions of your
[3340]Prior testimony that you wish to modify?
[3342]. A: No, not really. Now, this LIEMPTY
[3343]| Project, this is a case of where I cannot
[3344]@. . “seem to make it clear how our functions. ~
[3346]were. Now, the case officer had
[3347]responsibility for the Operation of the
[3348]Project. He decided how much’ to pay the
[3349]agents, what hou-s they worked, where
[3350]the meetings wer» held. He hired them;
[3351]he fired them anil he knew the identities;
[3352]he met with all of them.
[3354]He brought .in the Photographs, the product.
[3355]*. He dumped it on ny’ desk and he was finished
[3356]with it. I took the Product film and:
[3357]prints and the contact file and
[3358].distributed those. —— cs
[3360]I could levy any requirements of him or
[3361]other people in the Station which. as he
[3362]remembered it it might have been for .-
[3363]Supervision, but when he was out.of town
[3365]*y
[3367]fs. I. met with one acent with his’ so-called
[3368]uo . ra - cut-out...162/° oe
[3369]: os ; ay . MIS peek ; a a,
[3370]p&p $\ | Q: This (Fitness Report) is not accurate? ;
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[3390]A: ‘It is not precise the way. the work. was
[3393]ac ~~ em
[3394]wf Q: Now, I don't uncerstand why, if you knew
[3395]oeg) this descriptior was inaccurate, you
[3397]“y _ this documert go to Headquarters?
[3399]A: 1 think it was nade on the basis of trying
[3400]to get a promotion for me.164/
[3402]Alan White, who was Deputy Chief of Station
[3403]in Mexico City in 1963, te:tified that Ann Goodpasture
[3404]was "a Special Assistant" 10 the Chief of Station
[3405]and that "her main respons bilities were to handle ‘thie
[3406]Surveillance operations.."115/_ Mr. White stated that.
[3407]this included ‘both the pho:ographic and electronic
[3408]-surveillance.166/ Mr. Whi :e remembered. that Thomas |
[3409]Keenan "did help Annie witi soma of the pickup
[3410]fof production)" but that vis main responsibilities
[3411]were with another operation. 167/ Mr. White ‘also
[3412]"testified that: - ,
[3413](Ann Goodpasture) carried with her a lot of
[3414]invisible authority that devolved upon her
[3415]because of her operational relationship with
[3416]the Chief of Station, who had absolute
[3417]confidence in her. She had a marvelous
[3418]Memory. She was meticulous in detail. I
[3420]' think he had every reason to put | that kind.
[3421]of trust in her.
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[3439]She reported directly to him. While
[3440]She may not have been invested with any
[3441]command authority by virtue of her position
[3442]at the Station, certainly she'was a kind
[3443]of unofficial deputy for the purposes of
[3444]the operations that she was involved in.168/
[3446]Ms. Goodpasture was asked adout Mr. White's statements
[3447]as well as similar statements by other people associated
[3448]with the CIA's Mexican operations. 169/
[3449]Ms. Goodpasture: Well, I made more of those
[3450]statements as those oeople Saw it in their
[3451]relationship with Mr. Scott's. projects. They
[3453]. are true the way they saw it but I had no-
[3454]- responsibility outside the projects that we
[3456]Ao
[3457]Fon worked on, but the liaison. projects and the
[3458]3
[3459]aS ee telephone tapping project touched every
[3460]@ gx ge i operation. in. the Mexico St Station..({1 just
[3462]didn’t think I was as “important as other
[3463]people seemed to imply that I was.170/
[3465]Ms. Goodpasture also testified that her relationship
[3466]with Mr. Scott could be termed special in that- she was
[3467]responsible for the day-to- day handling of the telephone
[3469]tapping operation of which Mr. Scott was the case |
[3472]‘Mr. Keenan's recollection that he turned the
[3473]photographic production over to Mr. Manel] or Ms.
[3474]Goodpasture was confirmed by Ms. Goodpasture. 172/ Ms.
[3475]| - Goodpasture aiso testified that the primary
[3477]responsibility for the photographs after they were ‘in
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[3493]the Station was that of Mr Manell.173/ Ms. Good-
[3494]pasture testified that she was responsible for routing
[3495]the photographs and that tle complete production |
[3496]went to the Manells before it was filed.174/
[3498]Copies of the important photographs were given to the
[3499]Manells for them to retain for routine use in the
[3500]course of their work.175/
[3502]The flanells' recollection of their role in
[3504]is
[3506]this operation is very dif‘erent from that of Ms.
[3507]Goodpasture. Mrs. Manell cestified that Ann
[3508]e . Goodpasture held the photouraphic Production very .
[3509]tightly.176/ Her recollec:ion was confirmed by
[3510]“her husband.127/ The Mane Is stated that they did
[3511]not routinely review or ser all of the production from
[3512]the Soviet Embassy photographic surveillance operation.178/
[3513]They claim they only saw the: photographs .
[3514]that Ms. Goodpasture thought were important enough
[3515]to bring to their attention.179/ According to the
[3516]Manells, access to this fie was tightly controlled
[3518]. by Ms. Goodpasture.180/
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[3538]6. Coordination of Photographic and Electronic
[3540]Surveillance Operations
[3542]The Mexico City Station employed an operating
[3544]procedure whereby the functioning of the photographic
[3545]base and the electronic intercept base could be
[3547]- coordinated. If the listering post monitor heard
[3549]something that would lead rim to believe that there
[3551]was someone at one of the Embassies that should be
[3553]- photographed, he would alert the CIA technician in
[3555]e .the listening post who would then alert Ann Good-
[3556]pasture.181/ | Ms. Goodpastire could then alert.
[3558]Thomas Keenan who would then notify the. Photographic
[3559]base. 182/ The. reporting tc Headquarters of information :
[3560]generated by the photograptic surveillance operation
[3561]and the electronic operaticn was also coordinated.183/
[3562]The Station was able to-go back to the photographic
[3563]chronological file to checl for photographs of .
[3565]people that were picked up on the tap operation: when
[3566]the transcripts were revieved. 184/ “It was a matter
[3568]of routine to check the: photographic production when
[3570]Wg ves trmanrmeee Ft
[3572]f a reporting information deve’ oped from the tap operation
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[3590]that indicated a contact vith an Embassy that was
[3591]subject to photosurveilla.ice.185/
[3592]‘A name trace could have been requested on
[3593]j the basis of the name alone but that wasn't the
[3594]{ way Win Scott ran “hat Station. He wanted
[3595]” the photographic coverage tied in with the
[3596]. telephone coverage ..sometimes there
[3597]' - was a U.S. automob-le license number. It
[3598]waS~also part of the "numbers game" of
[3599]j justifying a project by the number of
[3600]dispatches, cables or reports produced.186/
[3601]C. Electronic Surveillance of Telephones at
[3602]the Soviet and Cuben Diplomatic Compounds
[3604]7 - in 1963
[3605]1. Existence
[3607]The Soviet and Cuban compounds were, in 1963,
[3608]the targets of a multiple, line telephone intercept
[3609]Operation. 187/ ‘This Operation was run in liaison with
[3610]the highest officials of the Mexican Government.188/
[3612]2. Responsibility
[3614]a. General ©
[3616]Win Scott, the Chie“ of the Mexico City Station,
[3618]was, nominally, the case o“ficer for the telephone’
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[3640]surveillance project.189/ Even though Mr. Scott was
[3641]the nominal case officer, the "routine case officer
[3642]functions" were performed ty Ms. Ann Goodpasture.190/
[3643]An American technician was stationed in the listening
[3644]‘post to maintain the equipnent and to protect the
[3645]‘Station's interests there.191/ Ms. Goodpasture's
[3646]‘duties in this operation renged from meeting with
[3648]boos the technician/officer ‘inside the base for the purposes -
[3650]of daily supervision of the operation to handling the
[3652]collection and distribution of the tapes and transcripts.192/
[3654]oO Ms.
[3656]With the exception of the sechnician, the listening
[3658]Goodpasture worked in this capacity until 1968.193/
[3660]post and the transcription room of this base were
[3661]staffed by Mexican Army of‘icers.194/ This listening
[3663]post covered up to thirty ‘ines at one time.195/
[3665]b. Analysis ani Reporting of Information
[3667]Obtained
[3669]‘Mr. Herbert Manell.vas responsible for the
[3670]analysis, processing, and daily review of the Soviet
[3671]- _transcripts.196/ The transcripts were reviewed on a
[3672]daily basis by Barbara Man211. Mrs. Manel] would -
[3674]| .
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[3694]bring conversations of interest or importance to
[3695]Mr. Manell's attention. 197/ _
[3696]Mr. Manell was also responsible for reporting
[3697]“the information developed from the Soviet wiretaps.
[3698]He indicated that the reports were usually written
[3699]by himself or Barbara Manell. ‘Toy these reports were
[3700]. usually in the form of cables or dispatches to CIA
[3701]Headquarters.199/ The Manells also usually handled
[3702]the notification of representatives of various other
[3703]United States governnent organizations in Mexico City
[3704]@ when the information warranted such notification. 200/
[3705]“David A. Phillips, a CIA officer who was
[3706]stationed in Mexico City in 1963, testified that
[3707]information from the taps would be reported if the
[3708]information was important, if it was useful to another
[3709]’ Agency component, or if it was something that should
[3710]"go in the record." 201/ Mr. Phillips said that only
[3711]a small amount of the information developed from the
[3712]taps. would be formally repcrted to CIA Headquarters
[3713]ahd that the information that was reported was
[3714]generally something more important than the usual
[3716]we conversations that were routinely intercepted. 202/
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[3732]It should be noted,
[3736]though, that.an examination of
[3738]the project files shows that Americans in contact
[3740]with Communist diplomatic institutions were routinely
[3742]reported to Headquarters for name traces and dissemination
[3744]to the intelligence community.203/—
[3746]3. Telephone Lines Covered |
[3748]ad
[3750]This Committee has made an attempt to determine
[3752]which telephone Tines at the-Soviet and Cuban
[3754]’ diplomatic compounds were subject to this electronic
[3756]intercept operation in September and October of 1963.
[3758]The monthly operational report of this project for.
[3760]_ the month of September lists the following phones
[3762]as targets of the operation:204/
[3764]14-42-37
[3765]14-92-14
[3766]25-07-95.
[3767]14-13-26
[3768]15-60-55
[3769]15-61-55
[3770]15-69-87
[3771]15-61-07
[3772]15-12-64
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[3777]Cuban Embassy
[3778]Cuban Embassy
[3779]Cuban Embassy
[3781]Soviet
[3782]Soviet
[3783]Soviet
[3784]Soviet
[3785]Soviet
[3787]Embassy
[3788]Embassy
[3789]Embassy
[3790]Embassy
[3791]Embassy
[3793]Peery
[3795](Chancery)
[3797](Chancery)
[3799](Military Attache)
[3800](Commercial Office)
[3801](Film Representative)
[3803]The report notes that lines 14-92-14 and 25-07-95 at.
[3804]. the Cuban Embassy were disconnected on 23 September
[3805]| - eR 1963.-205/ The.monthly repcrt for October says that
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[3818]there has not been any charge in the’ lines coyered
[3819]since September. 206/
[3820]A review of the transcripts produced by this”
[3821]operation revealed that th: CIA has transcripts on
[3822]file from the two-month pe-iod of interest.
[3823]to this Committee from three Cuban lines: 14-42-37,
[3824]"14-13-26, and 25-09-14.207' It is noted that the last
[3825]telephone line was not lis:ed inthe monthly reports.208/
[3826]A review of the Soviet traiscripts revealed that the
[3827]five lines listed in the monthly reports. were tapped
[3828]@ on 27, 28 and 30 September.209/ Only two of the
[3829]lines, 15-61-55 and 15-60-55 : were covered on Sunday,
[3830]29 September.210/ |
[3831]“The House Select Conmittee on Assassinations
[3832]“has found some indications in testimony given before
[3834]this Committee and CIA documents that more Cuban —
[3836]lines were tapped at that time.211/ This Committee
[3837]has nat been able to. determine with certainty whether
[3838]three lines (the number of lines on file in the
[3840]transcripts), two lines (the number given by the
[3842]contemporaneous monthly report), or five lines (the
[3843]number given by some witnesses and documents) were
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[3867]subject to the intercept operation. It should be
[3868]noted, though, that there vere five lines tapped in
[3869]the Cuban compound in 1964.212/ They were:
[3871]14-42-37. The Ambassador's private telephone
[3873]25-07-95 The Chéncery
[3875]. 14-13-26 - The Chincery
[3876]25-09-14 . The Conmercial Office
[3877]11-28-47 The Corsulate
[3879]One CIA employee whc was involved in Cuban
[3880]Operations in Mexico City remembered that there were
[3882]taps on the telephone of the Cuban Consulate. 213/ It is
[3884]possible that the employee, Mr. Phillips, who ‘Was “stationed
[3885]@ Co in Mexico City from 1961 tc 1966, was incorrect, after
[3887]a fifteen- ~year hiatus, in placing: this tap in 1963. 214/
[3888]As the above notes, an examination of the Project
[3890]files fails to support” Mr. Phillips’ memory,
[3892]although those files do shcw that the Consulate
[3893]telephone was tapped in 19¢4.- . .
[3895]4, Production from Operation
[3897]The intercept listering post operated from
[3899]approximately 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. every day .215/
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[3916]‘Thirty recording machines. chat were impulse activated
[3917]every time a tapped telephone was used taped the sur-
[3918]veilled conversations.216/ In addition, the
[3920]“intercepted conversations ‘vere monitored by personnel
[3922]in the listening post.217/
[3923]‘a. Types
[3925]The. production from this listening post was
[3926]“broken down into three cat2gories for the purposes
[3927]of handling the tapes and transcripts: (1)-intercepts
[3928]@ of interest to the Mexican officials (these included .
[3929]such. groups as the Movimento de Liberacion Nacional,
[3930]individual Communists, the Mexican Directorate of
[3931]Federal: Security); (2) Cuban intercepts; and (3) Soviet
[3933]and bloc country intercepts.218/ |
[3935]b.. Handling Procedures.
[3937]~ (1) Resuma
[3939]A summary of the conversations deemed of
[3940]sufficient interest by the listening post monitors was
[3941]‘prepared as they were monitored.219/ These summaries
[3942]were called “resuma. "220/ The resuma were = given to
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[3965]Ann Goodpasture by the technician early in the morning
[3966]the day after they were prepared. 221/ Ms. _ Goodpasture
[3967]had the previous day's resima on Win Scott's desk by
[3968]| 9:00 a.m. on the morning. 0” the day after they were
[3969]prepared. 222/ Win Scott murked these resuma for
[3970]action. by his case officer: before routing them through
[3972]the Station. 223/ This Comnittee has requested copies
[3974]of these resuma from the C.A but they have not been
[3976]made available for review. 224/
[3978]The resuma covered all thirty lines that were
[3979]@ covered by the intercept operation. 226/ Only important
[3980]. conversations were included. in the resuma.226/ The
[3981]monitors made the decision as to which conversations
[3982]were important.227/ After the résuma were prepared,
[3983]the tapes from the lines o° interest to the Mexicans
[3984]were held for approximatel: ten days and were then
[3985]reused.228/ The resuma we-e maintained in a
[3987]chronological file at the listening post.229/
[3988](2) “Cuban “apes
[3990]‘The Cuban tapes (taxes. produced by taps on
[3992]- the Cuban telephones) were left on the machines until
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[4010]the reel was used up.230/ When the reels were full,
[4011]they were removed and transcribed in the listening
[4012]post.231/ The transcripts would be turned over
[4013]. to Ms. Goodpasture at the same time as the resuma.232/
[4014]The tapes produced by the Cuban taps were maintained
[4015]in the listening post. 233/ There was a special rack
[4016]‘for those tapes inthe technician's workshop, which
[4017]was situated on the floor above the room in which
[4018]the listening post was located. 234/ “This
[4019]rack had thirty slots in it. The tapes from each
[4020]day's production went into a separate slot, with the’
[4021]oldest tapes going back into use in the monitor:
[4022]room; ie.,. the tapes from the Cuban intercept were
[4023]held for thirty days prior to reuse.235/ The tapes
[4024]were not: turned over to M5. Goodpasture unless she
[4026]. “requested a specific tape.236/
[4027](3). Soviet Tapes
[4028](a) General Hand] ing
[4030]The Soviet tapes wer2 removed daily from the
[4032]Machines. .237/ The Spanish language Portions of the
[4034]a
[4036]tapes would then be transcribed in the listening
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[4052]post. 238/ The transcripts and tapes from the Soviet
[4053]lines were then routinely turned over to Ann
[4054]Goodpasture along with the resuma and Cuban transcripts. 239/
[4055]Ms. Goodpasture then turned the tapes over to Robert
[4056]Zambernardi, who then delivered them to Boris
[4057]Tarasoff for translation and transcription of the.
[4059]Russian language portions of the tape.240/
[4060](b). Retention and Reuse of Tapes
[4062]There is some question about how long the Soviet
[4063]@ a tapes were retained before reuse. There are
[4064]indications that the tapes were routinély held for two
[4065]weeks and then. reused. 241/ The technician who -ran
[4066]the listening post could not state. with certainty
[4067]‘what the Practice regarding retention and reuse of
[4068]the Soviet tapes was. He said that he did not —
[4069]hold the tapes at all once they were returned:to him
[4070]by MS. Goodpasture.242/_ He stated that. he assumed that
[4071]some of the tapes were retained by either the station
[4072]or the Russian translator because his: Supply. of tapes
[4074]for the Russian taps kept dwindling. 243/ - ‘The tapes
[4076]were not retained by the translator. 2aay Tt is possible
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[4101]fon, that the tapes were held fur two weeks in the station
[4102]before they were erased and sent back to Arehart
[4103]for reuse. 245/ Robert Zamhernardi remembers that
[4104]Thomas Keenan spent a lot of time in the Station
[4105]erasing tapes on a special machine for that purpose. 246/
[4106]One of the main sources for the two-week period
[4107]being ascribed to retention of the Soviet tapes
[4108]is DIR-88680, which Says:
[4109]Upon receipt you may’ resume usual practice
[4111]of keeping Cuban and Soviet tapes two weeks
[4112]and then erasing.24:/ ©
[4114]@ This Committee has not found any evidence that would
[4115]. contradict the above- quoted statement in regard to
[4116]the Soviet tapes.
[4118]* There was a procedure whereby the tapes could
[4119]be held for longer. than twc weeks if someone thought
[4120]that the tape should be preserved as well as the
[4121]transcript.248/ The interested officer could make
[4122]a note on the transcript or he could notify Ann
[4123]Goodpasture, orally or by rote, that he wanted the
[4125]tape preserved. 249/ There were no written rules or
[4127]i . regulations governing this Procedure. 250/
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[4148](c) English Language ‘Conversations
[4149]There are some indications that English
[4150]Tanguage conversations were transcribed at the
[4151]listening post. The Tab F Draft says:
[4153]Reels which contained Russian or a language
[4154]- other than Spanish or English were taken to
[4156]another location Lother:than the listening -
[4158]post} for translation and typing.251/.
[4160]Goodpasture's notes say:
[4162]Those transcripts which had Russian or another language
[4163]‘besides Spanish or English went out of the
[4164], listening post the cay after the transcript’. -
[4165](of he conversatiors on the reel) was typed.
[4166]- These reels were taten to another location where
[4167]@ they were translatec and. typed.252/
[4169]But, in her testimony before the House Select Committee
[4170]‘on Assassinations in executive session on 4/13/78, Ms.
[4171]Goodpasture said: .
[4173]The transcribers, o: the transcription that
[4175]-I picked up, the transcribers were working
[4177]at the same place with the Spanish text. If
[4179]the language were o:her than Spanish, it ~
[4181]would have to be taen to another location
[4183]to be transcribed. The material that was
[4185]picked up the day after the date on which it
[4186]occurred was in the Spanish language, normally. 253/
[4188]It is clear that th: reels of tape with
[4192]i . conversations in the Russian language were delivered mo ¢
[4193]i fy to Mr. Boris Tarasoff for translation and transcription: 254/ :
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[4210]Mr. Tarasoff has testified that he was also responsible
[4211]- for the transcription of the English: language
[4212]conversations although his wife, Anna Tarasoff, usually
[4213]did the actual transcribing.255/ This testimony is
[4214]confirmed by the testimony of Anna Tarasoff.256/
[4215]Arehart, the technician in the listening post, could
[4216]not clearly remember whether or not any of his
[4217]Mexican transcribers did the English language
[4218]conversations.257/ He remembered that these tapes
[4219]were usually sent to the Station. 258/ He said that
[4220]eo | he did remember that monitcrs would often come to
[4221]his workshop and ask him tc come downstairs to
[4222]listen to a conversation ir English.259/
[4223]All of the conversations in the Spanish
[4224]. at appeurs Shad .
[4225]transcripts are in Spanish.260/ Al of the conversa-.
[4226]‘tions in Spanish were transcribed:in Spanish.261/- It
[4227]is doubtful that the liste: ing post transcribers, who.
[4229]were Mexican nationals, would have translated an
[4231]English conversation into Spanish and then ‘transcribed
[4233]it. In light of ‘this, Tarasoff! S. recollection and.
[4235]4 7 “Arehart's ‘recollection, it is probable that all the
[4236]| CF .. English language conversat: ons were sent ‘to _ the
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[4251]| . .
[4255]Tarasoffs for transcriptior.
[4256](d) Handling by Tarasoffs.
[4258]Along with the reel: of tape that contained
[4259]Russian language conversat: ons (and probably English
[4260]language conversations), Mr. Tarasoff received a
[4261]copy of the Spanish transcripts .262/ When the
[4262]Tarasoffs received the tapus, they transcribed only
[4263]. those conversations that were denoted’ on the Spanish
[4264]“ transcript as being in Russian. 263/
[4265]@ ° : - Mr.
[4267]day after they were made.2n4/ Mr. Tarasoff testified
[4269]Tarasoff routinely received the tapes the.
[4271]that he would then immedia:ely transcribe the tapes
[4272]and turn over the complete tapes and transcripts
[4273]to his contact the next mo-ning.265/ —
[4275]Mr. Tarasoff said toat she-VOTOWE Ot work—e
[4277]& the
[4279]transcripts were always firished in one day.266/
[4281]"Sometimes there was so Jittle work in transcribing
[4282]‘the Russian ‘portion of ‘the tape that 7. was Just
[4283]hanging around doing nothing. "267/ Ann Goodpasture, ;
[4285]at one time, put the time fag. for completion of the
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[4311]Russian transcription at approximately one week. 268/
[4312]In her testimony before this Committee, Ms. Goodpasture
[4313]stated that it generally tcok Mr. Tarasoff one or two
[4315]days to complete the transiations and transcriptions. 269/
[4317]-(e) E»pedited Procedure for.
[4319]English Language Conversations
[4321]or other Conversations of
[4323]Special Interest
[4325]t : There was a procedu-e whereby Mr. Tarasoff's
[4327]@ , transcription could be exp:dited if there was a
[4329]special interest in a particular conversation.270/
[4330]When the monitor in the listening post encountered
[4331]something. he considered imodortant enough to require
[4332]expedited transcription, it was possible for him to
[4333]bring this quickly to -the Station's attention:271/
[4334]Although Arnold Arehart was not the Tarasoffs'
[4335]‘contact in September. or October of 1963, he did serve
[4336]as such at one time .272/ When’ he was interviewed by
[4338]the House Select Committee on Assassinations, Mr.
[4340]Arehart was asked whether there was a process whereby
[4342]oP transcription of important conversations in English
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[4357]or Russian could be expedited.273/ He explained
[4358]that there would not have teen such. a. process. for
[4360]a Russian conversation, sirce the importance of the
[4361]conversation: could not be judged due to the fact
[4362]that no one in the listening post could understand
[4364]that language.274/ Arehari. did say that there was
[4366]such a procedure for English language ‘conversations .275/
[4367]When one of the Mexican monitors encountered a
[4368]conversation in English, he would ask Arehart to
[4369]listen to that conversation. 276/ After listening
[4370]@ . - to the, conversation, Arehast would decide whether or
[4372]| not it warranted special -a:tention.277/ ‘If he deemed
[4373]that it was iniportant enoujh, he would mark the tape
[4374]“Urgent,” put it ina box, and deliver it to Ms.
[4375]Goodpasture. 278/ |
[4377]Mr. Arehart's recol lection was” confirmed by an
[4379]examination. of the project files for this operation.
[4380]One of the monthly project reports explains this |
[4382]procedure and its purpose:
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[4398]Headquarters (is) nct well informed on the
[4399]way the Mexico Station exploits operational
[4400]leads from (this operation). The outside
[4401]staff agent, Arnold Arehart has instructions
[4402]to alert the Statior immediately if a U.S.
[4403]citizen or English speaking person tries
[4404]to contact any of tte target installations.
[4405]This is done by a telephone call from outside
[4406]‘the tap center at a pay phone to (Ann Good-
[4407]pasture) inside the Station. Emergency
[4408]meetings are arranged in double talk...(Good-
[4409]pasture) meets Arehirt within fifteen minutes
[4410]at a pre-arranged: dtwntown location and
[4411]receives the reel w th an extract of the
[4412]pertinent conversat’on. The reel is then
[4413]taken to the Station and given to the case
[4414]officer responsible for the target the person
[4415]was trying to contact. Headquarters is
[4416]. notified by cable oO” the action taken.
[4417]a Only in rare cases -s information on a U.S.
[4419]@ citizen passed without prior Headquarters
[4421]approval .279/
[4423]If the tape was from a Sov et installation, the tape
[4424]would have been delivered she same day to the Tarasoffs
[4425]by Mr. Zambernardi.280/ A ong with the tape, the
[4426]Tarasoffs would receive a iote indicating which ..
[4427]conversation was to be traiscribed on a priority
[4428]basis. The Tarasoffs woulji then immediately transcribe
[4430]that conversation and retucn it to their regular
[4432]contact that same day.281/ It should be noted that
[4434]the monthly report says thit the Soviet transcripts
[4436]would be delivered to. the zase officer responsible
[4438]for the target installation. 282/. In the case of the
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[4451]Soviet target, that case officer would have been
[4453]- Mr. Herbert Manell.283/ Mr. Manell testified that
[4454]he had nothing to do with transporting the transcripts
[4455]to or from the Tarasoffs except in rare instances
[4456]when no. one else was availasle to do the job.284/ Mrs.
[4457]Tarasoff testified that the "urgent" tapes were .
[4459]delivered and picked up by their regular contact.285/
[4460](f) Handling in the Station
[4462]All of the transcripts were brought into the
[4463]6 . _ Station to Ms. Goodpasture.286/ Ms. Goodpasture
[4464]routed the copies of the transcripts and retained
[4466]“one copy for her own file. .287/ - One oy af ai 1 of:
[4468]the Soviet transcripts was ON berber es Manel
[4470]of by Ann Goodpasture the morning they were
[4471]/ received. 288/. Ms. Goodpasture routed the Cuban
[4472]transcripts to either Robert Shaw or David Phillips.289/
[4473]; One copy of all the transcripts eventually went into:
[4474]a chronological. file.290/ One copy of the Soviet
[4475]transcripts was cut and pasted onto separate sheets.
[4476]‘of paper and filed in appropriate Subject or
[4478]. : ae personality files. 291/- The resuma were also maintained
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[4494]ina chronological file.29?/ One copy of the Cuban
[4495]transcripts was routinely sent to Headquarters on
[4497]a weekly basis.293/
[4499](g) Format of Transcripts
[4501]The format of the transcripts that Mr. Tarasoff
[4502]produced was much the same as those of the Spanish —
[4503]language transcripts described above.294/ Mr.
[4504]Tarasoff's transcripts wer? from Russian into English.295/
[4505]Many of Mr. Tarasoff's. transcriptions bear the notation
[4507]"(previously transcribed)". “after the meter number
[4508]referring to the ree] footage location of a
[4509]. conversation.297/ Mr. Tarasoff indicated that this
[4510]notation meant that the conversation had already been.
[4511]transcribed from a tap on another embassy phone:
[4512]"Previously transcrioed". means, for instance,
[4513]I went: to the embassy first and the embassy
[4514]“number.was 605055. Now this number 501264
[4515]betonged to the film's office. So consequently
[4516]if that particular call’ went out of the main
[4517]building to the films office and it had been
[4518]transcribed before, that is exactly what I
[4520]would do, put down “previously transcribed". .
[4521]"So there was no question of doing it twice. 298/
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[4550]C. Voice Comparisons
[4552]In addition to his translation and transcription
[4553]duties, Mr. Tarasoff as a matter of routine attempted
[4554]to identify the voices of the participants ina |
[4555]‘conversation.299/ This eventually led to Mr.
[4557]Tarasoff's collecting voice samples from tapes of
[4558]Russian officials whose voices he had identified. 300/
[4560]Mr. Tarasoft also made comments about the personality
[4562]and dispositions of - the participants in conversations
[4564]x } that he transcribed. . Generally, these comments, or
[4566]a
[4567]“personality assessments” were made on separate
[4569]pieces of paper and not on the transcripts themselves.301/
[4571]“III. Information About Lee Harvey Oswald's: Stay in
[4572]Mexico that was Known by the CIA Mexico City
[4573]Station Prior to the Assassination of John
[4575]Kennedy and the Sources of that Information
[4577]In 1963 the Central Intelligence Agency’ s
[4579]A. Information that was Available . 6
[4581]‘ oe “Mexico City Station surveilled both the Cuban and a
[4582]{ } Soviet diplomatic compounds” flectronically and...
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[4595]; photographically. 302/
[4596]The Mexico City Station received daily transcriptions
[4597]of the telephonic surveillance of the Embassies. 303/
[4598]The. Station received twice, or three times, a week
[4599]‘the photographic coverage of the Embassies and
[4601]Consulates .304/
[4603]TY. . Information Available to the Mexico City
[4604]Station from Electronic Surveillance
[4605]. Aimed at the Soviet Consulate and Nilitary
[4607]“Attache! Ss Office,
[4609]From the electronic surveillance of the Soviet
[4610]Embassy, the CIA Mexico City Station learned of the
[4611]following conversations ‘that were subsequently Vinked
[4613]by Station personnel to Lee Harvey Oswald:
[4614]a. September 27, 1963, Friday:
[4616](1) At or aoout 10:30 a.m. an
[4617]unidentified man called ‘the Soviet Military Attache
[4618]looking for a visa to Odess3. He was referred to:
[4620]’ the Consulate. The man thei asked for and was given
[4622]Se ei ie a
[4631]{ i directions to the Consulate office. The directions
[4635]189.
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[4648]were not noted by. the tran:criber.. The entire.
[4650]conversation was transcribed in Spanish. 305/
[4652](2) At 10:37 a.m. a man called: the
[4654]“Soviet Consulate and asked for the Consul. He was
[4656]told that the Consul was not in. The man outside
[4657]stressed that it was necessary for him to get a visa
[4658]to Odessa. He was told to call back at 11:30. This
[4660]conversation was: also transcribed in Spanish. 306/__
[4662]; . . _ (3) At 1:25 an unidentified man called —
[4664]the Soviet Consulate and asked for the Consul. The
[4666]man was told that the Consul was not in. The man —
[4667]outside asked, “When tomorrow?" The Soviet official
[4668]told him that. on Mondays and Fridays the Consul was
[4669]“in between four and five. This conversation was also .
[4671]in the Spanish transcriptions.307/
[4673](4) At approximately 4:05 p.m. Silvia
[4674]Duran called the Soviet Eribassy. She told the person
[4675]at the Embassy that an American citizen seeking a
[4677]visa was at the Cuban Consulate. Silvia explained
[4679]. fo4 that the American citizen wanted to know the name ,
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[4708]- of the official he had dealt with at the Soviet
[4710]Embassy. Silvia had sent the American to the Soviet
[4711]Embassy, stating that his acquiring a Cuban visa
[4713]was contingent on his previously acquiring a Soviet
[4714]visa. Silvia explained to the Soviet official that .
[4715]the American had stated that he. was assured that
[4717]there would be no problem. At that point, the
[4718]Soviet official put another official on the phone,
[4719]causing Silvia to repeat the story. The official then
[4721]‘ oO asked Silvia to leave her rame and number so he could
[4723]@ - call later. This conversation was also in Spanish. 308/
[4725](5) At 4:26 p.m. an unidentified Soviet
[4727]official called Silvia Duren inquiring whether the.
[4729]. American citizen had been “0 the Cuban consulate
[4730]office. Silvia responded affirmatively, stating the
[4731]American was at the office at that. time. The Soviet
[4732]official told Silvia that when the American visited
[4733]the Soviet Consulate office: he had displayed papers”
[4734]from the Soviet: Consulate in Washington, He ‘also had
[4736]“a letter stating that he wis a member of an ‘organization
[4738]4 go a that favored Cuba. The. ‘American wanted to go to the
[4740]U. $.S.R. with, ‘his Russian vife and remain. there a
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[4755]long time. The Soviet official had not received an
[4756]answer from Washington to the American's problem. The
[4757]problem traditionally took four to five months to resolve
[4759]because Washington had tov secure authorization from
[4761]the U.S.S.R. The Soviet official added that the
[4762]American's wife could get a visa in Washington very
[4763]quickly and she could have it sent anywhere, but he.
[4765]felt that the American would not get a visa soon. Silvia
[4767]said that the Cuban government could not give the
[4769]“a. “GR
[4771]American a visa because he had neither friends in
[4773]Cuba nor authorization for a visa from the U.S.S_R.
[4775]Ha
[4777]The Soviet official added that the Soviets could
[4778]“not give the American a letter of recommendation
[4779]because they did not know him. This conversation was
[4781]also in the Spanish transcripts. 309/
[4782]b. September 28, 1963, Saturday
[4784]At 11:51 a.m. Silvia Duran called the Soviet
[4785]Consulate. She said that there was an American
[4786]citizen at the Cuban Consulate who had previously
[4788]visited the Soviet Consulate. The Soviet asked .
[4793]Silvia. to wait .a minute. - Upon his return to the
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[4820]telephone, Silvia put the /merican on the line. At
[4821]first the American spoke it Russian and the Soviet
[4822]spoke English. The conversation then proceeded
[4824]in English until the Russizn discontinued ‘it and put
[4826]another Soviet on the line. The Soviet spoke in
[4827]‘English, but the American, speaking in broken
[4829]Russian, asked him to speat Russian. The conversation
[4830]resumed in Russian at that point. It also became
[4832]incoherent and is thus quoted in its. entirety:
[4834]American: ‘I was ;ust now at your Embassy and.
[4835]they tcok my address.
[4837]@ , Russian: What else do you want? 6
[4838]—— Russian: I know that.
[4839]American: /speaks terrible, hardly recognizable
[4840]; Russiar/I did not know it then. I
[4841]went tc the Cuban Embassy to ask
[4842]them fcr my address, because they
[4843]have ii.
[4845]Russian: Why dor't you come again and leave
[4846]. your acdress with us; it is not
[4847]far frcem the Cuban Embassy.
[4849]American: Well, 1'11 be there right away. 310/
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[4866]c. October 1, 1963, Tuesday
[4868](1) At 10:31 acm. an unidentified man
[4869]called the Soviet Military Attache and, in broken
[4870]‘Russian, said that he had visited the Consulate the
[4871]previous Saturday and had spoken to the Consul. The
[4872], man wanted to know if the Soviets had received an
[4873]answer from Washington. At that point, the Soviet.
[4874]official gave the man the Consulate phone number and
[4875]Doo | ‘asked him to call there. This conversation is in the
[4876]e English transcripts, indicating the man spoke in
[4878]either Russian or English.ill/ ~ _
[4880]- (2) At 10:45 a.m.312/ a man who,
[4881]‘according to the translator's comment, had phoned a
[4882]day or so before and had spoken in broken Russian,
[4883]called the Consulate and spoke to an. employee -named
[4884]Obyedkov. The man calling introduced himself as
[4885]"Lee Oswald" and stated thet he visited the Soviet ,
[4886]“Consulate the previous Satirday. He told Obyedkov
[4887]that he spoke. with the Consul on that day. Oswald
[4888]added that the Consul had stated that they would send
[4890]a: telegram to Washington and | he wanted to know if they:
[4892]- wT.
[4893]Oe an
[4894].
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[4918]had received an answer. Oswald also said that he
[4920]did not remember the name of the Consul with whom he
[4921]had spoken. “Obyedkov asked if it had been Kostikov
[4922]and.described him as "dark." The man outside replied
[4923]affirmatively and repeated that his name was Oswald.
[4924]Obyedkov asked Oswald to hold on-a-minute. while he |
[4925]inquired. When Obyedkov resumed the conversation, he
[4926]stated that the Soviet Consul had not yet received
[4928]an answer but -the request had been sent. Obyedkov
[4929]then hung up the telephone as. Oswald began another
[4930]@ "+ sentence with the words "ard what." This conversation
[4932]is in the English transcrifts.313/
[4933]d. .October 3, 1963, Thursday
[4935]An unidentified man called the Soviet Military
[4936]Attache and spoke in broker - Spanish and. then in .-
[4937]"English. When the man inquired about a visa to
[4938]Russia, he was. given the Consulate phone number. The
[4939]man then inquired if they - ssued visas at the Consulate.
[4940]‘The Soviet stated that he was not certain but that the.
[4942]“caller should call the Consul nonetheless .314/
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[4962]2. Information Available to the Mexico City
[4964]- CIA Station from CIA Headquarters
[4966]On October 11, 1963, three days after the Mexico
[4967]City Station made the initial. report to Headquarters
[4968]of Oswald's contact with the Soviet Embassy, the Mexico
[4969]City Station received some information about Lee |
[4970]Oswald from CIA Headquarters. Headquarters informed
[4971]Mexico that the Lee Oswald who visited:'the Soviet
[4972], Embassy may be identical to Lee Henry (sic) Oswald.315/
[4973]@ co Mexico City received this cable on 11 October 1963.316/
[4974]. This cable described Oswald as: ; .
[4976]. born 18 Oct. 1939, New Orleans, Louisiana, .
[4977]former radar operator in United States Marines
[4978]who defected to USSR in Oct. 1959. Oswald is
[4979]five feet ten inches, one hundred sixty five
[4980]pounds, light brown wavy hair, blue eyes.317/
[4982]The cable reported Oswald's defection in 1959; his
[4983]desire to return to the United States in 1962; his
[4984]émployment in Minsk; his marriage to a Russian citizen;
[4985]the return of his passport; and the State Department's
[4987]issuance of visas for.Oswald and his family.318/
[4989]438
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[5006]-BI-
[5008]3. Information Available to the Mexico City
[5009]Station from Electronic Surveillance Aimed
[5011]at the Cuban Diplomatic Compound
[5013]An examination of th2 production from the
[5014]electronic surveillance of the Cuban diplomatic. compound’ Ss
[5015]telephones failed to reveal any telephone conversation
[5016]that directly mentioned Oswald or information that
[5018]clearly and directly referred to him. 319/
[5020]4. Information Available to the Mexico City
[5021]@ - + Station from Photographic Surveillance of .
[5023]the Soviet and Cuban Diplomatic Compounds
[5025]An examination of th: production from these
[5026]operations failed to reveal a photograph of Oswald. 32 320/
[5027]This Committee has not been able to rule out the
[5028]possibility that a photogrash of Oswald was obtained
[5029]in Mexico City: by these ope -ations since the material
[5030]made available for review wis incomplete. 321/, The
[5031]possibility that-such a pho:ograph was obtained is.
[5032]discussed in Section IT, A.u. below. The photograph a
[5034]that was mistakenly linked <o Oswald by the Mexico
[5037]Pin, |
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[5063]5. Possibility that Additional Information from
[5064]the Electronic Surveillance on the Soviet
[5065]Compound was Available to the Mexico City
[5067]Station
[5069]Ms. Anna Tarasoff assisted her husband, Boris,
[5070]in the transcription of tapes from the Russian.
[5071]Embassy.322/ Ms. Tarasoff testified before this
[5073]Committee on 12 April 1978.323/ She was, shown the
[5074]no transcripts from the conversations that were
[5075]eo intercepted on 10/1/63 at 10:31 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.;
[5076]9/28/63 at.11:51; and 10/3/63.324/. She recognized
[5077]these transcripts as being her husband's work. 325/
[5078]She testified that she could identify his work by the
[5079]style of his writing or typing and the use of
[5080]slash marks .326/
[5082]In addition to these transcripts, Ms. Tarasoff
[5084]testified that she remembered one. more conversation
[5086]that involved Lee Oswald.
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[5104]According to, my recollection, I myself,
[5106]have made a transcript, an English transcript,
[5107]of Lee Oswald talking to the Russian Consulate
[5108]or whoever he was at that time, asking for
[5109]financial. aid. ;
[5111]. ' 7
[5112]Now, that particular transcript does not appear
[5113]here and whatever happened to it, I do not know,
[5114]but it was a lengthy transcript and I personally
[5115]did that transcript. It was a lengthy conversation.
[5116]between him and someone at the Russian Embassy.327/
[5117]Ms. Tarasoff testified that the transcript that she
[5119]remembered was approximately’ two pages long. 328/ She
[5120]testified that the caller identified himself as Lee
[5121]Oswald.329/ She was certain that the 10/1/63, 10:45 a.m.
[5122]@ ‘. conversation was not the one that she recalled.
[5123]. Wo, This would not be the conversation that I
[5124]would be recalling for the simple reason
[5125]that this is my husband's work and at that
[5126]time probably ‘the name didn't mean much of.
[5127]anything. But this particular piece of work
[5128]that I am talking about is something that came
[5129]in and it was marked as urgent. 330/ ;
[5130]‘In the call that Ms. Tarasoff recalled, Oswald spoke
[5131]only English.331/ Ms. Tarasoff testified that the
[5132]10/1/63, 10: 45 conversation could not be the call she
[5133]remembered because the transcript indicates that
[5134]Oswald spoke in borken Russian as opposed to English;
[5135]the transcript is shorter than the one she remembers ;
[5136]the transcript is in her huSband' s style | as opposed
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[5153]to her own; and there is no mention of Oswald's
[5154]finances in the transcript. 332/ .
[5155]Ms. Tarasoff remembers the procedure for
[5156]urgent tapes.333/ Her memory is confirmed in this
[5157]cnarrow respect by the project. files reviewed by House
[5158]Select Committee on Assassinations staff members..334/
[5159]Ms. Tarasoff recalled that there would be a piece of
[5160]paper enclosed with the ree} which would indicate the
[5161]footage number where the ccnversation occurred and
[5162]ask for priority handling cver the other conversations
[5163]@ | on the reel. 335/. After the conversation was transcribed,
[5164]: the Tarasoffs would immedietely notify their contact
[5165]and then turn the transcript, over to him on the same
[5166]day that it had been delivered. 336/
[5167]. Ms. Tarasoff was que stioned about the details
[5168]of the conversation which ¢:he remembered. She
[5169]stated that Oswald definitely identifie:d himself and that
[5171]he was seeking financial a-d from the Russians.
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[5187](H)e was: persistent in asking for financial
[5188]aid in order to leave the country. They
[5189]were not about to give him any financial ;
[5190]aid whatsoever. He had also mentioned that
[5191]he tried the Cuban Embassy and they had
[5192]also refused financial aid.337/
[5194]Mr. Boris Tarasoff 2180 testified before this
[5195]Committee on 12 April 1978. «Mr. Tarasoff also recognized
[5196]the. four transcripts from September 28, 1963 and
[5197]October Ist and 3rd as his work:338/ Mr. Tarasoff
[5198]testified that he recognized the 10/1/63 conversation ;
[5199]as his work because the nane Lee Oswald was underlined. .
[5201]We got a request frcm the station to see if
[5203]@ we can pick up the name of this person
[5205], because sometimes we hada so-called
[5207]“defector” from the United States that
[5208]wanted to go to Russia and we had to keep
[5209]“an eye on them. Not I -- the Station. _
[5210]Consequently they were very. hot about the
[5211]whole thing. They said, “If you can get the
[5212]name, rush it over immediately." Therefore,
[5213]it is very seldom that I underlined the
[5214]name because I put them in capitals. In
[5215]this case I did because it was so important:
[5216]to them. 339/
[5218]Mr. Tarasoff testified that he did not know how
[5219]Oswald had come. to the Station's attention prior to
[5220]this conversation or what led to the request to get
[5222]his name. 340/. He speculated that it was possible
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[5241]that Oswald first came to the Station's attention through
[5242]Oswald’ s contacts with the Cuban Embassy. 341/
[5243]Mr. Tarasoff. did noi..confirm his wife's
[5245]recollection of another conversation including
[5247]Oswald. 342/ ‘He said that le did not remember any
[5249]other calls involving Lee Nswald or any details of
[5251]Oswald's conversations’ that were not reflected in
[5253]the transcripts .343/
[5255]Although Ms. -Tarasoff's memory was. not confirmed
[5257]e Soot by the House Select Committee on Assassinations review.
[5258]of the transcripts for the period while Oswald was
[5259]in Mexico, there are several points of circumstantial
[5260]corroboration for her story. There was a procedure
[5261]by which tapes could be er pedited in the manner in
[5262]which Ms. Tarasoff recalls. 344): There are also
[5263]indications that this procedure may have been used when
[5264]Oswald's conversation wat. intercepted. 345/_ The first
[5265]report that the Americans received regarding Silvia
[5266]Duran made mention of the fact that-Silvia. claimed
[5267]that she had. told Oswald -hat- the only aid they could”
[5269]give him was ‘to refer him to the Soviet Consulate. 346/°
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[5293]This statement in the original. Mexican report given
[5295]to the CIA in Mexico after the assassination would
[5297]tend to add credence to Ms. Tarasoff's
[5299]recollection that. Oswald mentioned to the Soviets
[5301]that he had also tried to elicit aid from the Cubans.347/
[5303]At least one other CIA official who was in Mexico
[5305]also remembers that Oswalc indicated in his
[5307]discussions with the Soviet Embassy that he hoped
[5309]to receive assistance with the expenses of his trip.348/
[5310]| Daniel, Stanley Wat:.on, a retired CIA employee
[5312]who was Deputy Chief of Le Mexico City Station from
[5314]1967 to 1969, told the Hoise Select Committee on
[5316]Assassinations staff that he had seen a. file on Oswald
[5318]in Mexico city that contained only one or two intercept
[5320]transcripts and surveillaice photographs of Oswald. 349/
[5322]‘Mr. Watson also told HSCA staff investigators that Win
[5324]Scott had a private personal safe in which he maintained
[5326]especially sensitive materials.350/ According to
[5328]Mr. Watson, these materials were removed from the safe -
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[5354]by James Angleton at the time of Scott's death. 351/ |
[5355]This Committee requested access to any relevant
[5356]materials from this safe or July 6, 1978.352/
[5358]Access was granted on October 6,.1978. Two statements
[5359]by Mr. Scott contained in these materials lend
[5361]circumstantial support for Ms. Tarasoff's testimony.
[5363]In 1970 Mr. Scott w
[5364]" WE gene A MN epe<-ty
[5366]al Moe o experiences, some of which I can
[5367]rite in detail. One of these pertains: to
[5368]Lee Harvey. Oswald and what I know (emphasis
[5369]. in original) of his activities from the moment
[5370]F . / he arrived in Mexico, his contacts by ;
[5371]telephone and his visits to both the Soviet
[5372]r - and Cuban Embassies and his requests for.
[5373]assistance from these two Embassies in trying
[5375]to get to the Crime: with his wife and baby.
[5376]During his conversations. he cited a promise
[5378]from the Soviet Embissy in Washington that they
[5379]-would notify their :mbassy in Mexico of © ;
[5380]Oswald's plan to as< them for assistance. 353/
[5382]In his unpublished manuscript, Scott refers to a
[5383]conversation in which Oswald gave the Soviet Embassy
[5385]“his name very slowly and :arefully."354/ Although
[5387]recollections, there are. iitéresting parallels with
[5389]the testimony of Anna Tarasoff and David Phillips.355/
[5391]the transcripts available do not bear out Scott's a - :
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[5411]i ; There are indications also that there was
[5413]one other additional call ihat may have been available
[5415]to the Mexico City Station prior to the assassination
[5417]of President Kennedy. In “he first statement by
[5419]_ Silvia Duran provided ‘to the CIA by the Mexican woke. +o
[5420]government, Silvia Says that the Cuban Consul Ciived ;
[5422]the Soviet Consular official who dealt with Oswald. 356/
[5423]‘This statement is also missing from most Subsequent |
[5425]reports of Ms. Duran's sta-:ements, with the notable —
[5427]e " exception of the first CIA report to the Warren :
[5429]Commission. 357/ Ms. Duran’s early statement was
[5431]confirmed by Eusebio Azcue.358/ This conversation
[5433]“was not discovered by a review of the transcripts from . 7 A
[5434]the intercept operation. [It is possible that the call ¢
[5435]made by Azcue was to a Phove at the. Russian Consulate
[5437]that was not ‘Subject to el setronic surveiltance. It
[5439]is known that two of the piones at the Soviet
[5441]‘Consulate were subject. to surveillance.359/ This ; 6
[5442]Committee has not determin2d how many ‘telephones were .
[5443]in the Soviet Consulate in Mexico City. re ¢
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[5464]While this Committe: has not been able to find
[5466]any direct corroboration of Anna Tarasoff's claim,
[5468]the circumstantial corroboration is such that the
[5470]possibility that there was an additional transcript
[5472]concerning Oswald that was available. to the Mexico
[5473]City Station in late 1963. cannot be dismissed. In
[5475]avi likelihood, the Azcue call to the Soviet Consulate
[5476]concerning Oswald was” protably made on telephones
[5478]not subject to CIA surveillance and, hence,. would
[5480]“GE. NEP
[5482]‘flot have been available tc the CIA's Mexico City
[5484]@ _ . Station.
[5486]6. Possibility thet the CIA Photosurveillance
[5488]Obtained a Photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald
[5490]This Committee cannot state with certainty
[5491]that a photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald was not
[5492]obtained by the photosurveillance operations in Mexico
[5493]City because of three reasons: (a) the photographs
[5494]‘from LILYRIC, the “alternite" photographic base
[5495]which covered the Soviet :mbassy main gate, and the
[5497]photographs from the puls: camera, which, covered the
[5499]Cuban Consulate entrance, with the exception ¢ of a
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[5511]few samples were not maje available for review by the
[5513]oo x a aa ;
[5515]CIA; (b) testimony from knowledgeable people that it
[5517]would have been unlikel» that the photosurveillance
[5519]ON
[5521]would have missed someone whom it had at least five
[5522]_ chances of recording;36°/ and (c) reports that such
[5524]a photo did, in fact, evist.362/
[5528]a. Missing Naterials
[5530]The documentetion and elaboration of the
[5532], island
[5534]first reason can be fourd in Sections II.A. and B.
[5536]Preceding. Simply put, this Committee has not seen
[5538]all. of the photographs Produced by the photosurveillance
[5540]operations in Mexico City. 363/ Hence, it cannot
[5542]Noe om
[5544]conclude that a Photograph of Oswald does not exist
[5546]. among those photographs it has not ‘seen.
[5550]= b. Likelthoo! that the Photosurveiliance
[5552]Operation would have’ Missed Oswald
[5554]"Weeder nia.
[5556]‘CIA officers who Were in Mexico in 1963 and
[5557]; : their Headquarters countrrparts generally agreed that
[5558]it would have been unlikely. for the photosurveillance ms
[5560]a operations to have missec. ten opportunities to have
[5562]at oot a
[5564]' Photographed. Oswald. 364/ The franscripts oF
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[5579]t .
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[5582]is conversations about or involving Oswald intercepted
[5584]at the Soviet Embassy reveil that a man later identified
[5585]as Oswald was at the Cuban Consulate at least three
[5587]times on Friday and Saturday, September 27 and 28.
[5589]They also reveal that he was at the Soviet Embassy at
[5590]‘Jeast twice on those. same days.365/_ The CIA technician
[5591]who serviced the Cuban photographic installations said
[5592]that it was possible that the operation missed. Oswald
[5593]if: (1) Oswald's visits were after dark; (2) Oswald's
[5594]@ visits were on Saturday afternoons or Sundays; (3) the’
[5596]| case officer had given the photographic basehouse
[5598]agents the. days off that Cswald visited; (4) the ~ pulse
[5599]camera was not working.36€/ It is known that Oswald's
[5600]visits were on a weekday curing daylight hours and a -
[5601]Saturday morning.367/ This Committee has not
[5602]been able to determine with certainty, because of the
[5604]yO missing production, whether all of the basehouses
[5606]were operating on the day: of Oswald's visits. 368/
[5608]’ This Committee believes that the pulse camera was in
[5610]‘operation on at Teast one of the days that Oswald
[5612]bo visited (Friday, Septembe 27, 1963) the Cuban | |
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[5634]Consulate and that the LILYRIC base covering the
[5635]Soviet gate should have been Operating at the time
[5636]. of Oswald's visits to” the Soviet Consulates on .
[5638]September 27th and 28th. 366/
[5639]Cc. Reports of Existence of a Photograph.
[5641](1) Phillip Agee Allegation
[5643]On 6 January 1978, Fhillip Agee telephonically
[5644]contacted two House Select Committee on Assassinations
[5645]a a staff investigators at their office in Washington,
[5646]ad : D.C. Mr. Agee informed the investigators that he |
[5647]"would give the true story on the photograph
[5648]produced by the CIA which the CIA claimed was taken
[5649]of Oswald. in Mexico City in -1963."370/ Phillip
[5650]Agee was interviewed by HSC4 staff investigators on
[5651]11 and 12 January 1978. ;
[5652]Mr. Agee told the investigators that he had
[5653]been assigned to the Mexico Branch of the Western
[5654]"Hemisphere Division of the IA's Clandestine Services
[5655]in September of 1966. 3T/ Mr. Agee was. assigned to
[5657]work on the Headquarters’ Support for the Agency' s
[5659]ae ete en se
[5661]on
[5663]operations in Mexico. City that were aimed at. the
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[5688]Soviet Union and other Sociélist countries, excluding
[5689]Cuba.372/ At the time that he assumed this job, a
[5691]woman named Elsie Scaleti wis in charge of the operational
[5693]support projects for Mexico. 373/' Qgos. atoted »
[5695]-.. CSHhe .
[5697]Shejwas the officer -n Washington in charge
[5699]of all of the paperwork and other administrative
[5701]matters relating to whe support in Washington
[5703]to these operations which were underway in
[5705]Mexico City.374/
[5707]Ms.Scaleti trained Mi, Agee for his new
[5708]position. Mr. Agee characterized Ms: Scaleti as "the
[5709]key figure in the Mexico Branch in Headquarters,
[5711]@ oo “because she. had been there “or so long."375/
[5713]After his transfer to the Mexico Branch, Mr.
[5714]Agee heard a story about photographs of Oswald. Mr.
[5715]Agee could not remember with certainty who it had been
[5716]that told him the story, bu: thought that it may have
[5718]been Ms. Scaleti.376/ Mr. igee's recollection of the
[5720]story he had heard was that on the day of the
[5721]“assassination Ms. Scaleti wis working in the Mexico :
[5722]Branch in much the same position that she occupied in
[5723]1966.377/ When the news about Oswald's arrest .
[5724]reached Ms. Scaleti, she recalled seeing his name and
[5726](a photograph taken by an ‘observation post in Mexico
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[5746]ere
[5748]City..378/ Within an hour or two, Ms. Scaleti had
[5750]Jocated the photograph of swald visiting the Soviet —
[5751]Embassy in Mexico City.379/. Mr. Agee’went on to
[5752]say:
[5754]I don't know, don't recall in. factghow she
[5755]had been able tq reconcile or how they were
[5756]able to reconcile ian Mexico City the photo-
[5757]graph with the name, unless someone had
[5758]known the face. Bezause the problem with
[5759]these observation posts is that you can get
[5760]a lot of photographs from them, but to find
[5761]out the exact identity of the people is not
[5762]always an easy thing to do. And it may be- ;
[5763]that as they were listening to the telephones
[5764]-of the Soviet Embassy, and also the Cuban
[5766]@ _ Embassy, that she remembered the name. Oswald
[5767]or Lee Harvey Oswald from the telephone tap,
[5768]if in fact he had identified himself over the
[5769]telephone, and tried to make an appointment
[5770]-with the consul or whoever. And then they
[5771]were able somehow to reconcile the telephone
[5772]conversation with the photograph that was
[5773]taken from the observation post the same day
[5774]or more or less whenever the appointment was
[5775]‘made. On the other hand it may be that this
[5776]photograph had not been identified until the
[5777]time of the assassination but that she had
[5778]heard or recalled perhaps either reading the
[5779]transcript from the telephone tapping or
[5780]getting a condensed report perhaps a weekly
[5781]report or something of the take from the
[5782]telephone tap that she remembered the name
[5783],;Lee Harvey Oswald -and then went back into
[5784]the files of all the photographs and looked
[5785]through al} the. photographs until eventually —
[5786]she found a photograph that was similar to
[5788]; all the photographs of Oswald that immediately
[5789]ify. | ~. began to come over the television and the news-
[5790]Pome .'  . Services. So those details I. don’ t remember
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[5810]of exactly, but I do r2call that it was considered
[5811]a coup of some sort for her to act so fast in
[5812]digging out the photograph and the information.
[5813]on Oswald's visit t> Mexico City,380/
[5815]. . Mr: Agee could not remember whether he had
[5817]actually seen the photograph that Ms. Scaleti
[5818]allegedly found.381/ When Mr. Agee was told that the
[5819]photograph that the CIA produced from the Mexico |
[5820]photosurveillance operations did not look anything
[5822]at-all like Lee Harvey Oswald, Mr. Agee said that that
[5824]was the first time he had ever heard that. “Ne atotod :
[5826]: ~--l was led to believe all along that it_in
[5827]@ : ' . A fact was Oswald's photographsi:cI had(been aburcye
[5828]yo Ted to. believe.that that was considered a uo
[5829]: very significant achievement on the part
[5830]of the Agency :and Elsie in particular
[5831]for having done thet so fast. And so
[5832]accurately. But ncw there seems to be some
[5833]doubt... And it wasr't anything that was
[5834]particularly secrei around the Branch. It
[5835]i ‘was just -one of these shop-talk stories that
[5836]i persist over the years. 382/
[5838]Eh.
[5840]Mr. Agee speculated that the production from
[5842]the photosurveillance was routinely sent to CIA
[5844]“Headquarters and. that Ms. Scaleti would have had
[5846]access to the file at Hea:quarters.383/_
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[5877](2) Daniel Stanley Watson Allegation
[5879]On June 4, 1978, tie House Select Committee on
[5880]Assassinations interviewed Mr. Daniel Stanley Watson
[5881]in Mexico. Mr. Watson served as a CIA officer in
[5883]Mexico City from approximi.tely 1965 to 1969. Mr.
[5885]‘Watson was the Chief of Covert Action (propaganda)
[5887]from 1965 to 1967. He was the Deputy Chief of the
[5889]Mexico City Station from 1967 to 1969.384/
[5891]Mr. Watson told the HSCA staff members that
[5893]sometime between 1965 and 1967 he had had occasion to
[5895]request Lee Harvey Oswald? 5 mexico C city Station
[5897]personality file 5285/7 Wren this file» was ‘delivered
[5898]to him, it contained only one or two photographs and
[5899]intercept transcripts. 386/ Mr. Watson stated that
[5900]the file was very thin and that the Photo(s) was a
[5902]3/4 shot from behind ~~ "basically an ear and back
[5904]‘shot."387/ Mr. Watson said that he did not think
[5906]that there was anyone else in the Photograph and he
[5908]thought that it was a Photdgraph of Oswald. 388/
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[5926]Mr. Watson said that he cculd not recall why he had
[5927]requested to see Lee Oswald's file in 1965 or: 1966. 389/
[5928]Mr. Watson said that it was his understanding that the
[5929]file was the complete Mexico City personality file on
[5930]Oswald.390/ Mr. Watson said that he would be
[5931]‘Surprised if Oswald's Mexico City personality file was
[5932]seven. volumes long.391/ Wr. Watson was asked whether. ©
[5933]or not Winston Scott, the Chief of the CIA Station
[5935]- in Mexico, would have destroyed files or photographs.392/ Mr.
[5937]Watson said that that would not surprise him. 393/
[5939]@ . At that point, Mr. Watson volunteered that Mr. Scott
[5940]often kept highly sensitive. information in a personal
[5941]safe in his office. He said that this information would
[5942]not have been filed or indexed in the usual manner. 394/
[5943]Mr. Watson said that when Winston Scott retired he
[5944]had taken the contents of this personal safe rh thet
[5946]him and stored them in a safe in his home. , When -ewde
[5948]Mr. Scott died, James Angleton Flew to Mexico and:
[5950]removed the contents _of this safe before Mr. Scott's’
[5952]funeral. 395/ “Mr. Watson said he did not know what
[5954]had been in Mr. Scott’ Ss safe or what happened. to the
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[5982]things that Mr. Angleton removed at the time of
[5983]Scott's death. Mr. Watson said that his source for
[5984]this allegation was Winstor Scott's widow, Janet. 396/
[5985]Mr. Watson stated that he thought the CIA Mexico City
[5986]Station had given the Warren Commission all the
[5987]material, in its possession but, he added, he also knew
[5988]that Winston Scott was capible of. "phonying a photo
[5990]if asked to produce one. °: never believed Win
[5992]Scott the first time he tod me something."397/
[5993](3) Joseph Burkholder Smith Allegation
[5995]Mr. Joseph Smith, a retired CIA officer, was
[5996]interviewed by the Hquse Select Committee on Assassina-
[5997]tions on 19 October 1977. At this interview Mr.
[5999]Smith mentioned that’ the Mexico City Station had
[6001]been very proud of finding "the picture of Oswald."398/
[6003]He mentioned this in conne:tion with a woman who
[6005]_worked for Winston Scott in Mexico.399/ Mr. Smith was
[6007]“reluctant to speak about tiis at the time and-the
[6009]topic was not. pursued.400/
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[6032]Mr. Smith was reinterviewed by. the House
[6033]Select Committee on Assassinations on 20 April 1978.
[6034]Mr. Smith was shown the omribus CIA release letter
[6036]and fully cooperated in answering the staff investigator's
[6038]' questions at this interviev.401/ At this time, Mr. -
[6040]Smith recalled hearing a story that someone, at the
[6042]time of the assassination, had remembered seeing
[6043]Lee Harvey Oswald's face scmewhere in the photographic
[6044]coverage of the Cuban or Rissian Embassies.402/ This.
[6045]person went back through tle files and found the
[6046]@ picture.403/ Mr. Smith sad that he does recall that
[6047]. the ‘discovery of the picture had greatly pleased
[6048]President Lyndon Johnson ard that it had made Winston
[6050]Scott his “number one boy.'404/
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[6056]Mr. Smith said that he could not recall when
[6058]he had first heard this story about the photograph,
[6060]but he said he was certain however, that he had
[6061]heard the story more than once.405/ He said’ that the
[6062]earliest that he could have possibly heard the story
[6064]was in 1964 while he was s::ationed. in Argentina. 406/.
[6066]He said. that not Tong afte the assassination he may
[6068]3 have heard the story from someone "coming through"
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[6087]Argentina. 407/
[6089]Des (Fitzgerald) mijht have even mentioned it
[6090]when he came throug), which was in early ‘64,
[6092]or Gerry Droller mijht have mentioned it when
[6094]he came through, taiking about how the Mexico
[6095]City Station was helping: out during the investi-
[6098]Mr. Smith stated that he did know Elsie
[6099]Scaleti. He.described her as a “very Severe person
[6100]and very diligent and very much the Counter-
[6101]Intelligence mentality."409/. Mr. Smith stated that
[6102]he also knew Ann Goodpasture. He said:
[6104]; ; . Annie was ‘another one of Win-Scott's case
[6105]@ officers. She was in Mexico City for about
[6107]14 years. Annie was what we called the
[6108]_ "resource person." Annie knew everything. 410/
[6110]Mr. Smith said that Win Scott also had another very
[6112]knowledgeable woman who worked with Ann Goodpasture "—
[6113]in the Mexico City Station whose name he recalled as
[6114]“Leach or Lynch.411/ Mr. Smith's recollection.- ~~.
[6116]associated Ms.’Leach (or Lynch) with the discovery ‘of
[6118]the photograph of Oswald, but Mr. Smith was not
[6120]at all sure of this recollection.412/ When asked if
[6122]he had any. recollection oi Ms. Scaleti finding the.
[6124]photograph, he said:
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[6150]It could very well have been, and Annie, too.
[6151]“But I thought it was this other girl, Lynch...
[6153]But no, I don't think I ever heard specifically
[6154]who found the. damn Picture. I guess...]
[6156]didn't care: 413/.
[6158](4) Joseph Piccolo, Jr. Allegation
[6160]Mr. Joseph Piccolo, Jr. was interviewed by. the
[6162]House Select Committee on Assassinations on 11 August
[6163]1978. Mr. Piccolo is an operations officer in the
[6165]CIA. He was stationed in Mexico City from
[6167]' December 1957 to January 1960 and again from August
[6169]@ = 1965 to January 1968. Mr. Piccolo was involved in
[6170]_anti-Cuban operations: from 1962 to (1968. 414/
[6171]‘During this: interview, Mr. Piccolo told ‘the ,
[6173]HSCA that sometime after the assassination of John
[6175]Kennedy he had seen photographs of Lee Harvey Oswald. 415/
[6177]Mr. Piccolo said that he had been shown these.
[6179]photographs by an individual who told him that they
[6180]to were photographs of Lee Harvey Oswald that were
[6181]obtained from the CIAt Ss Mexico City ‘surveillance of
[6182]the Cuban diplomatic compound, 416/ Mr. Piccolo could
[6183]not remember the - identity of the Person who showed |
[6185]Be, him. ‘the photographs, ‘nor when nor where he’ saw the |
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[6201]photographs. BL be otf bid At ». |
[6202]jihe fst picture shown was a three-quarter full
[6204]shot of Oswald, exposing a left profile as Oswald
[6205]looked downward, Fhe. ‘second photograph which Me. AC_
[6206]Ptceote remembered seeing was a back of the head view
[6207]of Oswald.418/ Mr. Piccolo remembered that both of
[6208]these photographs were taken from above Oswald and
[6210]to his left.419/ Mr. Piccolo was shown a copy of
[6211]Warren Commission Exhibit #237, the famous Mexico
[6212]Mystery Man photograph. He stated that this was
[6214]eo , definitely not the man in the photographs exhibited
[6216]to him.420/ ‘Mr. Piccolo correctly identified an
[6218]unlabeled frontal photogrash of Lee Harvey Oswald
[6220]p
[6222]shown to him by the HSCA.421/
[6224]Mr. Piccolo was als> asked whether he knew
[6225]anything about the ci rcums tances surrounding the
[6226]Agency" Ss initial discovery of, the photographs he
[6227]claims to have seen. He stated that he did not. have
[6228]any first-hand knowledge o° their discovery, but
[6229]that it was the type ‘of thing, "a coup," that would -
[6231]have traveled | through the Agency. ' "grapevine. "422/
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[6251]Mr. Piccolo stated that he had heard stories about
[6252]a surveillance photograph of Oswald being found both
[6253]in Mexico City and at CIA Headquarters in Langley.423/
[6254]He stated that Ann Goodpasiure may have been the person
[6255]who found a photograph of Cswald in Mexico City. 4247
[6256]‘Mr. Piccolo said that he hes heard several times that
[6257]Elsie Scaleti oung8 photocraph of Oswald. 425/
[6259]c he Tact {och TE that he hearc this Story was two weeks
[6260]prior to his interview by the House Select Committee
[6261]on Mssabs intone S26)
[6263]Mr..Piccolo stated that he currently shares an
[6264]@ oF . office. at CIA Headquarters with a man who worked on
[6265]. the Oswald case during a recent CIA “in-house”
[6266]investigation. 427/ Mr. Piccolo said that they were
[6267]“discussing Oswald's case because of the House Select
[6268]‘Committee on Assassinations’ release of several
[6269]unidentified photographs. Mr. Piccolo stated that
[6270]during the course of this discussion his office- ~mate,
[6272]Mr. Dan Niescuir, : stated that Elsie Scaleti, “the a
[6274]gal at the Mexico desk, " hal found the surveillance.
[6275]photographs of Oswald. 428/ Mr. Piccolo stated that
[6277]he assumed Mr. ‘“Niescuir had become aware of Ms.
[6279]“Sealeti' s coup through his research into the Oswata
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[6292]case.429/ Mr. Piccolo was not certain as to when he
[6293]first heard the story that 4s. Scaleti had found
[6295]the photograph, but he was certain that he had heard
[6296]it prior to hearing it from Mr. Niescuir.430/
[6298]Mr. Piccolo speculated that the Mexico City
[6299]Station may have routinely sent photographs of
[6300]unidentified Americans who visited Communist
[6301]Embassies to Headquarters for possible identification. 431/—
[6303]-Mr. Piccolo also told the House Select Committee
[6304]on Assassinations interviewers that he was aware, when
[6305]6 os he was in Mexico, that Win Scott had a personal
[6307]| safe in his office. He said that "restricted
[6308]materials" were held in Mr. Scatt's safe. "Restricted
[6309]materials" whee defined as very sensitive materials
[6310]that did not find their way into the routine files
[6312]and indexes.432/
[6313](5) Statements of Dan Niescuir
[6315]Mr. Neiscuir stated that he had never been
[6316]involved in any of the CIA's "in- house" investigations .
[6318]of the Kennedy assassinaticn or Oswald. 433/ He
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[6322]_ did state, though, that: he had once worked on an. se 4
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[6347]"Oswald Task Force."434/ He said that this
[6348]occurred in late September or October of 1975, Loken.
[6349]—At—that time, there were two or three FOIA suits
[6350]wr ATs
[6351]Heought @gainst the Agency concernin te geeney s
[6352]le Anh Fh thence.
[6353]files on Oswald. 435/ prhese. files had to be processed
[6355]and the task was delegated to the Counter-Intelligence
[6357]Staff and he was assigned to the task force.436/
[6358]Mr. Niescuir stated that he was also one of the
[6360]primary contacts with two investigators from the
[6362]Senate Select Committee whe were looking into the
[6363]@ -. Agency's files: on Oswald at approximately the same
[6364]ot he. stnlet Biat Me,
[6365]time.437/ The task force ihat he was part of
[6366]conducted no research and enalysis of which he was
[6367]aware. 438/ Mr. NeiscuiF stated that the only
[6368]photograph he remembers seeing is the Mexico Mystery
[6369]“Man photo.439/ He said thit he did not recognize
[6370]the name “Elsie Scaleti."4:0/ He stated that he did
[6372]not recall ever being told that there was a photo
[6374]of Oswald from the Mexico vity surveillance operations. 44i/.
[6375]He denied ever ‘telling anyone that such a photo was
[6377]. found. Aae/ He did admit, however, to discussing the
[6379]aséassination: ‘with Joseph Piccolo. 443/
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[6396]d. HSCA Investigation of the possibility that
[6397]the Mexico City Photosurveillance Operation
[6398]Produced a Photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald
[6399](1): “Introduction |
[6401]This Committee has conducted a general investigation
[6403]into the CIA's photographic surveillance Operations in
[6404]ww adds they Co the.
[6405]Mexico City in. 1963 aa—wedb aise specific investigation
[6406]into the allegations mentioned above. 444/
[6407], In an attempt to dete::mine whether the CIA's Mexico
[6409]City photographic bases did, in fact, photograph Oswald,
[6411]this Committee requested the CIA to make available ‘to
[6412]@ . the HSCA the production of these bases. 445/. The CIA
[6414]| has in part. responded to ‘this request. 446/. However,
[6416]the production from LILYRIC, the second base that covered
[6418]the Soviet Embassy entrance, and the pulse camera that
[6420]covered the Cuban Consulate entrance, has not been made
[6421]available. for review. 447/ “he Agency? s withholding of
[6422]certain production materials from the photographic bases
[6423]has prevented the Committee Srom determining whether. a
[6425]photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald was taken by these Pphoto-_
[6427]surveillance operations.
[6429]Also in the course of. its general investigation
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[6443]and Oswald's visit to that city, the Committee has inter-
[6444]viewed many CIA officers who were stationed in Mexico.
[6445]City, or worked in 1963 at CIA Headquarters in support
[6446]of Mexican operations. They iniformly testified that
[6448]the Station had not obtained a photograph of Oswald from
[6450]the photosurveillance operations: in Mexico City. 448/
[6452](2) Investigation of the Allegations
[6454]Ms. Elsie Scaleti worked on the Mexico Desk in
[6456]1963. 449/ Ms. Scaleti coulji not recall her particular
[6458]responsibilities while she was assigned to the Mexico
[6459]Desk. 450/. She told the HSCA that she would have been
[6460]doing routine case officer work which would have involved
[6461]name traces, projects, budgets, et cetera. 451/ She
[6463]could not recall any specifics projects that she worked on
[6465]‘and she stated that the case officers on the desk would - -
[6467]not have had specific titles such as. "Chief of Support
[6469]Operations.” 452/ She stated that the.work of the Desk
[6471]was assigned to. the case officers by project and that
[6473]work that was levied that was not part of an assigned
[6474]project would have been done by anyone on. the desk who
[6475]happened to be available. 453/
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[6494]Scelso, Chief of the Mexico-}iranch in 1963, remembers that:
[6496](Elsie Scaleti)...was the, sort of the
[6498]Major Domo of the Branch. She managed
[6500]all the records, hand..ed all of the
[6502]cables from Mexico that dealt with
[6504]security suspects, or asked for traces
[6506]on security suspects. 454/
[6508]Ms. Scaleti was in the. position that Mr. Agee said
[6509]she was in 1963. 455/
[6511]A major part of the a..legations is dependent upon
[6512]whether or not the CIA Mexico Station sent the photo-
[6513]production to Headquarteps. HSCA review of CIA files
[6514]has revealed no evidence tha’: the photoproduction was
[6515]@ routinely sent to Headquarte:s in 1963. 456/
[6517]HMMA-22307 detailed the installation of: a pulse
[6519]1 . camera to cover the Cuban Consulate on September 27,
[6520]1963. 457/ The dispatch sta:es that the results of
[6522]the testing would be sent to Headquarters as soon as they
[6526]_were availble. 458/ Comittee did not find any
[6527]indication that photographs ‘rom this camera were sent
[6529]to Headquarters prior to 6/19/64, when Headquarters
[6531]‘was notified that some production was being sent by un-
[6532]accountable transmittal mani ‘est, 459/ with the excep-
[6534]tion of HMMA-22433, 11/7/63 which sent samples of the
[6536]photographic production from the camera. 460/ These .
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[6558]six samples when reviewed by the HSCA did not include a
[6559]burnt. . uo
[6561]; photograph, 461/
[6562]Ms. Scaletti was.asked about the allegations,’ how-
[6563]ever, her memory of 22 Nov 2mber 1963 is not good:.
[6565]Q: When was the next time after you. sent a
[6566]cable to Mexico City Station and you teletyped
[6567]thoese other ag2ncies, when was the next time’
[6568]you heard of Le2 Harvey Oswald?
[6570]A: I don't remember. The only thing I can say
[6571]is that based on what is in the file that I
[6572]must have heard about it when the Station
[6574]~ came in and asked--well, if there was nothing
[6575]else in the file the name popped up again, I
[6576]just don't remember about the assassination
[6577]or whenever.
[6579]r ) . Q: Would the téstinony be that to the best of your
[6580]recollection the next time you heard the name
[6581]was when you heard about the assassination?
[6583]A: Probably.
[6585]Q: At that time did the name Oswald ring a bell?
[6586]Did you remember -the earlier’ cable. traffic
[6587]about him?
[6589]A: I just’ don't krow. When he was assassinated,
[6590]I don't even remember how long it was before .
[6591]they got the nzme of Oswald.
[6593]Q: Oswald was picled up within two hours after the -
[6594]_assassination and the name was made public.
[6596]A: Immediately?
[6597]Q: Yes.
[6598]_ Ma I were in the office, ‘unless I had the radio
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[6614]sarily--I would not have heard the name
[6615]Oswald until the next day probably. I’
[6616]would assume this was a little bit unusual,
[6617]‘I mighthave tied .t in. I am sure the
[6618]first thing they vould have done is make
[6620]a name trace when they came up with that
[6621]name and they would come up with a 201
[6622]file all over again.
[6624]Do you recall wher: you were on Friday, Novem-
[6625]ber 22, 1963? ; ;
[6627]Le)
[6629]A: Theonly thing I r2member about it is going
[6630]home and finding iny husband sitting in front
[6631]of the TV and talxing about it. I probably
[6632]was at the office but I don't remember any-
[6633]thing. I blanked out. TI must. have been at
[6634]the office. ; ;
[6636]Q: Do you remember bringing John Scelso ‘the Oswald
[6637]file on that day?
[6639]A: I. wouldn' t rememb2r that. If he had asked for
[6640]it I probably did. It would have been natural
[6641]for me to 4£ I dii. r just. don* t know.
[6643]Q: Did you ever find a photograph of Lee Harvey
[6644]Oswald at CIA Heaiquarters?
[6646]A: I don't remember aver finding an Oswald » -photo-
[6647]graph.
[6649]Q: Right around the time of the assassination?
[6650]A: I don't remember it.
[6652]Q: Did you find a photograph of someone. whom you
[6653]thought to be Lee Harvey Oswald?
[6655]A: I don!’ t remenber that either.
[6656]Q: Do you know Philip Agee?
[6657]A
[6659]:° Yes Ab ;
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[6667].
[6669]At
[6671]personality file on Lee Harvey Oswald was in the possession
[6673]of the Mexico city Desk 46:/ That desk had had posses-
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[6680]os - 112 7.
[6682]Did you ever tell Joe Smith or Phillip
[6684]Agee that you had found a photograph of
[6686]Oswaid or someone you thought to be Oswald?
[6687]ones Sa
[6689]I aie hoi! exon Jcseph Smith in Mexico City.
[6691]I had never seen Joe except at the station in
[6693]Mexico City and Fhil I aedy saw when I was in
[6695]Mexico, ay. 40 Ged eat CX fem a qnce aay f
[6696]“teed & mek. DO Titer en, fa Bry i -
[6698]-So your answer tc the question is no?
[6700]I don't recall it and I don't see that I
[6701]would have any reason.
[6703]I guess for the purpose of clarification I
[6704]would like to ask the question one more time.
[6705]Did you ever tel] Phillip Agee or Joseph Smith
[6706]that you found a picture of Oswald or someone
[6707]whom youthgowt to be Oswald? ~
[6709]A _
[6711]Not that I can recall. 462/
[6713]the time of the as.sassination thecCIA's 201
[6715]oa et emer RT
[6718]- %
[6719]od
[6721]sion of the file from 10 October -1963 when. ithad received
[6723]a report that a man claiminy to be Lee Oswald had been in
[6725]contact with the Soviet Emb:issy in Mexico City. 464/.
[6727]Fortunately, Ms. Sca’.eti's supervisor had a better
[6728]memory of the events that t::anspired at CIA Headquarters
[6730]on the day that President Kennedy was assassinated. He
[6732]said:
[6733]A: enol do not know how. long after the actual
[6734]shooting. it was -hat Oswald's name became
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[6752]known, perhaps an hour, hour and a half.
[6753]Within minutes after that, they were out
[6754]with the cables in their hands.
[6756]Q: Within minutes of the name Oswald being on
[6757]the radio, an officer came in with Oswald
[6758]cables?
[6760]A: Yes.
[6762](Q: Who was that officer?
[6764]A: 1 believe it was Mrs. (Elsie Scaleti) who was
[6765]the, sort of the Major Domo of the Branch. She
[6766]managed all the records, handied al} of the
[6767]cables from Mexico that dealt with security
[6769]suspects, or asked for traces on security
[6770]suspects.
[6772]Q: Did you ask her tow she was able to obtain
[6773]the Oswald cable: so quickly?
[6775]@ A: No, ‘1 know where she would have gotten: them.
[6776]We have copies o° them right in our Branch.
[6778]Q: At that time, did she also have a photograph
[6779]of Oswald?
[6781]A: No, I do not think so.
[6783]Q: Do you know whetrer(Elsie Scateti ever
[6785]discovered a pho:ograph of Oswald at CIA
[6788]A: 1 do not think s)...I1-do not remember any
[6789]photograph of Osvald at that time, the day
[6790]of the assassination, or even later. I do
[6791]remember our asking -- we had to ask ONI for
[6792]a photo, and so an. As far as I recall, they
[6793]never sent us on2. It could be that jater on
[6794]she found one, but I don't recall.——=
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[6807]The chief of the Mexico Branch quoted above was alsc
[6809]responsible for the initial CIA ‘investigation into the
[6810]a assassination of John Kennedy. 486/ |
[6812]“Mr. Scelso also testified that, at the time of the
[6814]assassination, the name of Lee HarveyOswald did not ring a
[6816]‘bell with him because “#housands of names were crossing my
[6818]n S67/
[6820]desk every mont He was asked why Ms. Scaleti, who came
[6822]across aS many names as he did, would have remembered Oswald
[6825]when he | had not. fe
[6827]rep heck:
[6829]She was concerned only with Mexico and I had
[6830]‘five or six other countries to work with as Oo
[6831]well. She has.a fantastic memory...f(Elsie Paragraph
[6832]t Scaleti) in her job as the manager of records, od ;
[6833]; traces and files, in this Mexico desk, was an aor . ”
[6834]@ mo, ; outstanding officer to whom I gave, in one of by +e.
[6835]her fitness reports, the highest evaluation,. Creme fleck
[6836]outstanding, number 6 and so on, that can be ~~ he
[6837]given, that was very rarely given at that time. to aa
[6838]Her work.was pretty near flawless and she 21523 rol
[6839]was an outstanding trainer. of new employees. 8/
[6841]Material removed from Win Scott's safe now in possession
[6842]of the CIA provides critically important circumstantial evidence.
[6843]that the CIA photo-surveillance operations. obtained. Photographs
[6844]of Oswald: |
[6846]“(Oswald's) visits and conversations are not -
[6848]hearsay; for persons watching these embassies
[6850]photographed Oswald as he entered and left.each. .
[6851]one; and clocked the time he spent on each visit." 469/
[6853]This. Committee believes that. a photograph of Lee Harvey.
[6855]Oswald was probably obtained by CTA photosurveil lance ine
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[6867]r co . - Vb -
[6869]i Mexico. There are allegations that such a photo was found;
[6873]v . there is Seeeapem ist gist motes should have been obtainedi.
[6874]the CIAjs withholding ft) material sis MS. Scaleti' s strange
[6875]Japse of memory regarding the events of 11/22/633, and Mr.
[6876]Scott's manuscripts these things;—in the Committee's view,
[6877]-—-—would tend to indicate that’. photo of Lee Harvey..Oswald was
[6878]; obtained. On the other hand, the consistent testimony that a
[6879]photo was not obtained in Me cicorsthe absence a any record
[6880]of transmittal of the photo :o Headquarters - Tne weight. of this
[6881]consideration is mitigated by the fact that there were methods
[6882]of communication available tiat were not incorporated into
[6883]the CIA's record keeping systems. )x,and the testimony of ‘Ms.
[6884]@ | _ Scaleti and Mr. ‘Scelso that 1 photo was not discovered would
[6885]_tend.to indicate that, in fa:t, the allegations that Ms. Scaleti
[6886]found a photo of. LHG ‘are false.
[6888]‘TIE. B. Information Connected ‘to Lee Harvey Oswald by the Mexico
[6889]: City Station Prior to the Assassination.
[6891]1. Introduction
[6893]This study has demonstrated that the information from
[6894]the Soviet Embassy taps and from Headquarters was available 6
[6896]to the Mexico City Station prior to the assassination of
[6898]President. John F. Kennedy. In addition to the Agency
[6900]acknowledged information: there is a distinct possibility-that
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[6915]“y
[6917]the Station had available to it one additional telephonic
[6918]intercept transcript, and one or more surveillance photographs.
[6920]This Committee has made in attempt to determine when the
[6921]available information was linked to Lee Harvey Oswald. The
[6922]Committee has also made an a tempt to determine whether all
[6923]the intercepted ‘telephone ca 1s were in fact connected with
[6924]Oswald or involved Oswald. §t should be pointed out, however,
[6925]that this analysis can only be directed at that information
[6926]now known to have been availible to the Mexico City Station.
[6927]This information will be discussed briefly in the following
[6928]section. In addition, the qiestion of whether Oswald or an
[6929]Oswald imposter visited the ‘mbassies and made the phone calls,
[6930]along with the possibility tiat Oswald was not alone in Mexico
[6931]City, will be dealt with in jreater detail in the final section
[6932]of this report. . . |
[6934]2. Information Availabl: from the Soviet Wiretaps
[6936]that was Connected with or involved Lee Harvey
[6938]Oswald.
[6940]The Mexico City Station d.ossessed nine intercepted telephone
[6942]conversations that may have jealt with Oswald. The conversations
[6944]are summarized below for easy reference, 4/0/ In the following
[6946]discussion the conversations will be referred to by date and
[6947]Occerreance,
[6948]time of securance.
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[6967]DATE TIME _ i SURWARY
[6968]9/27/63 10:30 AM Man calls Soviet Military Attache
[6969]: : regarding a visa for Odessa.
[6970]{Spanish.)
[6971]9/27/63 (10:37 AM _ Man calls Soviet Consulate regarding¢
[6973]a visa for Odessa. (Spanish)
[6975]9/27/63 ~ ‘1:25 PMs Man calls the Soviet Consulate and
[6976]asks for the Consul. (Spanish)
[6978]9/27/63 4:05PM Silvia Duran calls the Soviet
[6979]Consulate. (Spanish)
[6981]; 9/27/63 4:26PM Soviet Consulate calls Duran
[6982]. (Spanish)
[6984]@ : * _ a
[6986]9/28/63 11:51AM ~ . | Duran calls Soviet Consulate and
[6987]; os ; puts a man on the phone. (Spanish
[6988]Russian and English.)
[6990]10/1/63 10:37AM Man calls Soviet Military Attache. .
[6991]- ' (Russian)
[6993]EEE Enernneeeere ee
[6995]10/1/63 -10:45 AM Man calls Soviet Consulate identify-
[6996]ing himself as Lee Oswald. (Russian
[6997]and English) ;
[6999]. 7 es
[7001]th
[7003]10/3/63 Pe Man calls the Soviet Military
[7004]“Attache. GSpanish | and English. )
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[7024]; -.11B- | . .
[7025]j After thé assassination the CIA's Mexico City Station |
[7026]passed copies. of seven of the above listed conversations to
[7027]the U. S. Embassy Legal Attache.471/ the 9/27/.10:30 and the .
[7028]9/27 1:25 calls listed above are not included in this '
[7029]| dissemination.472/ ~The: cover memorandum states: .
[7030]° Attached are photostatic copies of transcripts ;
[7031]of all conversations from technical operations
[7032]of this of fis 4455 which are possibly Pertinent in
[7033]this case. oo. §
[7034]The HSCA has not bee. able to determine why the 9/27
[7035]: 10:30 and 9/27 1: 225 calls vere not included in this memorandum: -—
[7036]ys While the 1: 25 call could be considered unrelated, ‘it is a
[7037]e ; . — unlikely that the Same would apply to the 10: 30 call since
[7039]-the 9/27 10:37 cal] is inciuded in the memorandum.
[7040]At the bottom Of eact attachment page to the Scott
[7042]memorandum, a summary of the conversation is provided. Le
[7044]‘Sh. WEA
[7046]The Station questioned the relevancy of only one’ of the seven
[7048]calls presented in the © mrmorandum, The summary of the 10/3
[7049]‘call says: .
[7051]By the context of othar conversations by Oswald
[7052]‘and the fact that this called (sic) spoke-in
[7053]broken Spanish and Enjlish rather than Russian.
[7055]which -he: used previously, 45,3 is Probable that.
[7056]this caller is not Osvald. 475/
[7058](Ibid. » p.9.)
[7060]A Judgement that ‘this cal] did not pertain to Lee Harvey
[7061]fof Oswald: could be based on ‘the following
[7062]Classification:
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[7067]a Sw au meme me
[7069]cfacts:. tee
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[7086]1) the caller spoke broken Spanish; 2) the caller did not
[7088]have the number of the Consulate; 3) the caller did not know
[7090]soaaaitinin
[7092]that visas were issued at the Consulate; and 4) the caller
[7094]states that he is seeking t visa, not that he is. checking on
[7096]ethan
[7098]an application already made. The majority of the evidence
[7100]indicates that Lee Harvey Cswald could not speak Spanish. 476/
[7101]In light of Delgado's assertions, it is possible that
[7103]} Oswald had at least a limited knowledge of Spanish. It ‘should
[7105]be noted that the. pe oN ranscript listed above indicates that
[7106]- the caller spokéjin brok Spanish. 477/ The fact that this .
[7108]A :
[7109]Neeeis Siti
[7111]conversation was in Spanish, slmould not by itself rule out the
[7113]Noe etn
[7115]possibility that Oswald made the Phone call. This is especially
[7116]true in light of Delgado's allegations and the 9/27 10:30,
[7117]9727 10:37 and 9/27 1:25 calls which were also in Spanish. 473/
[7118], . The record reflects that Oswald had the phone numbers —
[7120]7 of both the Soviet. “Consulate and the Soviet Military Attache in
[7121]4 - his notebook. 479/ It can rot be determined when Oswald
[7123]entered the numbers in the i0tebook. “Since Oswald had previously
[7124]‘called the Consulate it is likely that he had the number prior
[7126]to 3 October. ‘It is also clear that Oswald knew that the
[7128]Consulate. was responsible for issuing visas due to his prior
[7130]dealings with the Soviet. and Cuban. Consulates. Thus, -it is
[7132]oo, Probable that the: 10/3 conversation did not pertain to Oswald.
[7134]STEAD
[7136]Classification: “ :
[7140]as
[7142]| Classified by derivation:
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[7147].
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[7157]dean,
[7161]Headquarters. 480/ In addition to the choronological file,
[7163]found throughout the CIA's “les on Lee Harvey Oswald.
[7165]WEAF Ey
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[7173]Classification: - f
[7175]The 10/1 10:45 call is clearly relevant because the
[7176]caller identifies himself as "Lee Oswald" ‘The 10/1. 10:31
[7177]conversation is probably relevant due to the similarity with
[7178]the 10/1 10:45 call and the marginal notations about
[7180]the quality of the Russian spoken by the caller, The 9/28 11:57
[7182]call is clearly~ relevant, acain due to the marginal notations |
[7183]and the involvement of Silvia Duran. Duran's calls on 9/27
[7184]clearly related to Oswald die to the substantive information
[7185]discussed in those calls. | |
[7187]In summary, the above listed calls contain the substance
[7188]of the information available to the CIA MCS, prior to the -
[7189]assassination from the Soviet electronic intercept operation.
[7191]The first three calls on 9/:7/63 and the one on 10/3/63,
[7193]if they were indeed Oswald, add little of substance to the
[7194]information that was availatle from. the: other calls.
[7196]3. When were the Intercepted Conversations
[7197]Linked to Lee Harvey Oswald
[7198]. : 7
[7199]“HSCA staff -researchers reviewed the transcripts from
[7200]the liaison wiretaps on the Soviet Embassy. The chronological
[7202]production from this operat on is on microfilm at CIA
[7204]numerous copies of the tran: ‘cripts that pertain to Oswald were
[7207]"of
[7209]AE LE LF a
[7211]“It is obvious that the Mexico city. Station Tinked the
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[7228]- 10/1 10:45 call to Lee Harvey Oswald because Oswald identified
[7230]himself in the call and the Mexico City Station reported ‘4g1/
[7231]Oswald's contact with the Sovtet Embassy to Headquarters on 1078/63
[7233]On this transcript the translator added the notation:
[7235]|. thee he same person who phoned a fay. or so ago
[7236]and spoke in broken Russian. 4827:
[7238]- ; . The transcript from the 9/28 11:51 call also bears
[7239]marginal notations from the translator. "MO (man outside)
[7240]takes the. phone and says in broken Russian ... speaks terrible,
[7241]hardly recognizable Russian, "484/ The first copy of this
[7242]transcript in Oswald's Mexico City "p" Filet85/ also bears
[7243]routing indications that show that the transcript. was sent to
[7245]@ Win Scott, Ann Goodpasture and Robert Shaw. 486/ These routing
[7247]_ indications were made by Barbara Manell. 487/ Mrs. Manel?
[7248]‘testified that these routing indications would ‘have been made
[7249]when she first saw the transcript. 488/ Mrs. Manell also wrote
[7250]an instruction on this transcript to file it in the "Soviet
[7252]Contacts” file at. the same time.489/ The 9/27 4:05 transcript
[7254]also bears Mx..Manell's routing and file instructions490/
[7255]‘The 9/27 ‘4:26 transcript also bears Ms. Manel}'s
[7257]_ routing and filing instructions. agi/ In addition, this
[7258]transcript also’ bears a notation, from. Win Scot which says.
[7260]"Ts it possible to ident ity? "492/ Herbert Nanel] wrote an
[7262]; - instruction, on this transcript to file it in Oswald’ s "P" file. 493/
[7263]i : . ‘ : . SPAIN i aS Oe APN poet bea
[7264]he dite Classification: _ Z ee et
[7266]| Clossifed by derivation:
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[7270]= we meee . oe “©
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[7281]; i Cer Be hes tind i bes bi
[7283]“(This form is to be wsed for material extracted
[7284]from ClA—controlled :jocuments.)
[7286], The above four conversations which occurred on 9/27
[7287]and 9/28 contain almost all of the substantive information
[7288]that was available to the Mexico City station on Oswald
[7289]from the Soviet electronic intercept operation., These
[7290]conversations were not linked to Oswald prior to 8 October
[7291]1963 when MEX] 6453 was sent to Headquarters reporting
[7292]Oswald's contact with the Soviet Embassy on 1 October, 1963, 494/
[7294]The conversations discussed above were linked to Lee
[7296]Harvey Oswald by 16 October 1963, the date that the Mexico
[7297]city | tation opened it? s "Pp" file on Oswald. 495/ The process
[7298], by which, and the events leading up to; the linkage of Oswald
[7299]@ . to. the intercepted calls will be discussed in the following
[7300]section on the Mexico City Station's actions regarding the
[7301]Oswald case prior to the assassination. :
[7302]4. The Photograph of the Mexico Mystery Man.
[7303]: . A photograph of an ur identified individual who visited
[7305]the Soviet Embassy was incorrectly linked to Oswald prior
[7307]to the assassination. 496/ The manner in which this mistake
[7308]was made and the consequences of that mistake will be discussed
[7310]in the following sections on the Mexico City Station's actions
[7312]F, Kéennedy..
[7314]WON Ste ae I, SVT
[7316]prior and subsequent to the assassination of President John... ¢
[7318]Ko)
[7319]a
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[7329]. 23 ;
[7331]asusieeaahecons truction of the CIA Mexico City Station and Headquarters
[7332]i _sActions Prior to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
[7334]AY ‘Introduction--CIA Interest in and Liaison with FBI
[7335]Regarding American Citizens in Contact with Soviet
[7336]Bloc Embassies in Mexico City.
[7338]The Central Intelligence Agency has 5 claimed that no
[7339]investigation of Oswald was made. in Mexico Prior to the
[7340]assassination of President Kennedy. For this reason, the
[7342]“Agency claimed,. the fact that Oswald was seeking a
[7343]visa and that he had also been to the Cuban Embassy was
[7344]not discovered until after the assassination: |
[7346]- It was not until 22 November 1963, when the
[7347]Station initiated a review of all transcripts
[7348]- of telephone calls tc the Soviet Embassy that”
[7349]the Station learned that Oswald's call to the.
[7350]@ Soviet Embassy on 1 (ctober 1963-.was in con-
[7351]nection with his reqrest for a visa to the USSR.
[7352]Because he wanted to travel to the USSR by way.
[7353]of Cuba, Oswald had i1so visited the Cuban Em-
[7354]bassy in an attempt io obtain a visa allowing
[7355]him to transit Cuba.
[7357]Inasmuch as Oswald wis not an investigative
[7358]responstbility of the CIA and because the
[7360]Agency had not received an official request from
[7361]those agencies havinu investigative responsibili-
[7362]ty requesting the Agency to obtain further in- ;
[7363]formation, the Station did nothing other than
[7365]-ask Headquarters on °5 October for a photograph
[7367]of Oswald. 497/ ©
[7369]Neither of. the above assertions. is accurate. An
[7370]analysis of the information available will show that the
[7371]First assertion of the above quote, that. the Station did
[7373]“not ‘learn of Oswald' s conta:t with the ‘Cuban’ Consulate and
[7377]—-: tN wees _ oa sancti yo .
[7378]yj “\ rn ‘ . a §
[7379]. . .
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[7391]the fact that he was seeking a visa until after the as-
[7393]og: . a :
[7394]Classifications“) Ga mem gome
[7396]= 126 -
[7398]-sassination is incorrect. 49:/
[7400]CIA's IG Report inaccurately implies that no. ac-
[7401]tion would have been taken bi the Nextoxo city Station
[7402]with respect to an: American in contact with the Soviet
[7403]Embassy in Mexico other than merely reporting the contact
[7404]unless the Station had received a specific request from
[7405]“an interested U.S. governmen: agency. The IGR's implica-
[7406]tion is inaccurate because, 1s Will become apparent in
[7407]the following discussion, th: CIA had an understanding
[7408]with the FBI regarding this :lass of cases and often did
[7410]@ “nore that ‘just report witout any specific interest
[7411]| being expressed by any other agency of the United States
[7412]government. 499/ In fact, tie station often monitored
[7413]and mounted operations against Americans in contact with
[7414]Bloc Embassies. 500/ At a minimum they attempted to col-
[7416]lect as much information as possible-on Americans~in con-
[7418]tact with the Embassies. This was routine, it was also
[7420]the case with Lee Harvey Oswald.
[7422]B. Narrative of Mexico City Station Actions Prior
[7423]Ato The Assassination
[7425]On 27 September 1963 Silvia Duran contacted. the
[7427]Soviet Consulate on behalf of Lee Harvey Oswald: S0l/
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[7446]Later that same day, the Soviet Consulate returned
[7447]Ms. Duran's call. 502/ Unde - normal procedures, these
[7448]transcripts would have been in the CIA Station by the
[7449]‘first of October and Ms. Goo jpasture brought these trans-
[7450]cripts into the Station on tiat morning and put them
[7451]on Ms. Manell's desk. 503/ 4s. Manel] recognized the
[7452]transcripts as containing information of a possible coun-
[7453]terespionage or counter-inte!lligence interest and routed
[7454]them to Mr. Shaw, Ms. Goodpasture and Win Scott (in
[7455]reverse order.) 504/ Mr. Scott wrote, at the top of
[7456]the 9/27/4:26 call, ."Is it possible to identify?" 505/.
[7457]@ This was the first interest in Oswald recorded by the
[7458]Mexico Station even though the caller was.as yet uniden-
[7459]tified. .It indicates a routine interest inan American
[7460]who is in contact with the Soviet Embassy. ‘After the ©
[7461]transcripts were routed they were filed in a a general
[7462]Subject file. 506/
[7463]The 9/28/ call was probably received at the CIA
[7464]Station on Monday, 30 September 1963. The routing and
[7465]Filing instructions indicate that it: was handled in much .
[7466]the same way as ‘the 9/27 conversations. ( te ae
[7467]4 ae On 1 October 1963 a conversation in which an -En-_
[7469]glish speaking person identified himself to the Soviet
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[7487]Consulate as Lee Oswald came to ‘the attention of a moni-
[7488]tor in the electronic surveillance base- house. -507/ The
[7489]monitor immediately notified the American technician
[7490]who then listened to the tap:?. 508/ The technician
[7491]had instructions “to alert tie Station immediately if a
[7492]U.S. citizen or English speacing person tries to con-
[7494]tact any of the target installations" 509/ The techni-
[7496]cian called Ann Goodpasture: and a meeting was arranged. 510/
[7497]The technician marked the tape "Urgent," specifying
[7499]where the conversation occuyed on the reel, put it in.
[7501]a box, and delivered it to Ms. Goodpasture within fif-
[7503]e teen minutes of the telephone call to Ms. Goodpasture. 511/
[7505]The tape was delivered to Boris Tarasoff who transcribed
[7506]it and. returned it to the Station on that same day. 512/
[7507]As’ soon as the Staticn learned that an American
[7508]had contacted the Soviet Emtassy (Ms. Goodpasture began
[7509]to screen the photographs from the Soviet Surveillance
[7510]‘operations. 513/ The photocraphs from the coverage of
[7511]the Soviet Embassy, however. were not delivered as
[7512]prompty as the transcripts. The photographs from Octo-
[7514]ber 1, 1963, were not removed from the camera -until 3 or
[7516]4 October. 514/ Hence, they would not have been received
[7518]’ until 4 (Friday) or 7 (Mondiy) October by the Station.
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[7545]A cable reporting Lee Oswald's contact with the
[7546]Soviet Embassy was written and sent to Headquarters by
[7547]Ms. Manell on 10/8/63. ‘Various reasons have been ad-
[7548]vanced to explain the seven day delay in sending this
[7549]cable. David Phillips explained the delay by saying
[7551]"that Mr. Manell.was too busy to be bothered by something .
[7553]. ; “4 7
[7554]of such a routine nature. 516/ | 7 Abipe ptetsd:
[7556]Mr. Manellwas a busy man, sometimes pro-
[7557]crastinating. His wife was working for
[7558]him, and on one or two occasions I spoke
[7559]to Mr. Manel kiddingly saying, hey, where
[7560]. is the ‘cable about tris fellow, or something
[7561]like that, or maybe to his wife. I am not
[7562]sure. In any event, what happened a few
[7563]days passed and Mrs. Manelj prepared a
[7564]message--she was working for her husband,.
[7565]and as I recall ityste typed it herself,
[7566]but I am not positive on that point, but
[7567]in any event, she prepared the cable... —_::
[7568]and took it to Mr. Menelk at which time he
[7569]signed off on it. Diring that process, it~
[7570]did come to me, also to sign off, because
[7571]jt spoke about Cuban matters, and then went S/7
[7573]to the Chief of Station and was released. 5#?#/
[7575]A blind CIA memorandum entitled "Delay in sending -
[7576]the first cable about Oswalc" was located in a soft file
[7577]on the Unidentified Man photograph. This memorandum as-
[7578]serts that Dave Phillips ."d' dn't know what he was talking.
[7579]about." The memorandum's a:sertion is correct. Mr. Manel
[7581]did not sign off on the cab’'e reporting Oswald's contact
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[7597]. with the Soviet Embassy. 518/ Mr. Phillips did not sign
[7598]{ | --off on that cable. 519/ The cable did not mention any-
[7600]thing about. the Cuban Consulate or Oswald's contact with
[7602]it. 520/ tr. Phillips meyer discussed the ¢ cable with
[7603]the Manellss, 521/ €n fact, Mr. Phillips Ss on a tem-
[7605]_ porary duty assignment in We shington, D.C., and Miami,
[7606]Florida, from.at least late September P to October 9,
[7607]1963. 522/ | .
[7609]The blind memorandum referred to above regarding
[7611]the delay offers another explanation for the seven
[7612]day lapse before sending the cable. After explaining
[7614]@ : _ that the photoproduction would not have arrived at the
[7616]Station until Monday, 7 October, the memorandum says:
[7618]A name trace could hive been requested on
[7619]the basis of the name alone but that wasn't
[7620]the way Win Scott ran that Station. He
[7621]wanted the photograpliic coverage tied in
[7622]with the telephone cuverage...sometimes _
[7623]there was'a U.S. automobile license num- ~
[7624]ber. It was also part of the “numbers
[7625]game" of justifying « project by the -num-
[7626]ber of dispatches, cibles or reports pro-
[7629]In all 1ikel thood the delay in sending this ini-
[7630]tial cable was’ due. to a com ination of factors. Mr. Manel
[7632]testified that, in fact, he was not too concerned with the
[7634]task and left it to his wife. M« ated»
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[7662]The only action I took was the action my
[7663]‘wife took, was to send the cable to Wash-
[7665]ington summarizing th2 information we had
[7667]on Oswald and his contact with the Embassy...
[7669]We also asked our headquarters for a trace
[7671]of an American. That was routine. §24/
[7673]The delay could also have been partially due to the wait
[7674]for the photo-production. Ms. Goodpasture did check the
[7675]photographs and did add a paragraph to the cable concern-
[7676]ing a photogatph. 525/
[7678]Another reason that the cable was delayed was
[7679]that there was some question within the Station about who
[7680]had the responsibility to report Oswald's contact with
[7682]the Soviet Embassy. L
[7685]Q: What action did you take after seeing
[7687]this transcript (from the 10/1 conversa-
[7690]A: I think I was the third or beyond person cle = Shs nore
[7692]- re fie | 3
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[7695]who saw it. It was brought to my atten- Shite there vas,
[7697]tion by the chief, the Head of the Soviet|* LT. of dsectuatin
[7698]Section, and by Ann Goodpasture who was Hee
[7700]discussing this and who was going to noti-.
[7702]fy headquarters and jwhose esponsibilit
[7703]it was. As I recall, Iwas told to write
[7704]it up.
[7706]Q: Why was there discussiom about whose re-
[7707]sponsibility ‘it was?
[7709]_A: 1 think because when it was an American it ~
[7710]sort of fell between whether we should
[7711]have to do it, whether it was our responsi-.
[7712]‘bility to send this up because it. had to.
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[7735]be accompanied by 2 memo and it took
[7736]time, or whether it was Ann's responsi-
[7737]bility. It was: just a little, not
[7738]argument, but a discussion about, well,
[7739]“"you do it, I don't want to do it, you
[7740]handle it," and I nad to de it. 526/
[7742]"The reason that the responsibility would have
[7743]Jain with the Soviet Section is obviously because the
[7745]American was in contact with the Soviet Embassy. Ms..
[7747]Goodpasture also had a potential basis for responsibility
[7748]because she was responsible for liaison functions with
[7749]the Legal Attache, ‘Army, Navy and Air Force on routine
[7750]couter- ~espionage cases. 527/ She also assisted the
[7752]Chief of Station and Deputy Chief of Station. on these
[7754]‘cases as they occurred. 528,
[7756]The primary reason for the delay was most likely
[7758]a.
[7760]a combination of the respon: ibility dispute and the
[7762]routine nature -of the case is perceived by the CIA- of-
[7764]ficers at that ‘time. Bron Bore amok etatol :
[7766](Ann Goodpasture) probably came in--it
[7768]was really a matter of here is another one -
[7769]of those things again and we were having
[7771]a little gabble abou: who would send it ;
[7772]up because it was pain to do these. I pro-
[7773]bably, I think I haniled it as soon as I
[7774]got it but I think tiere was a discussion,
[7775]as I say maybe a half-a day, about who ©
[7776]was going to do it. It was. done because
[7777]‘it was required but it was considered un-.
[7778]import a ;
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[7798]Important or significant information was usually
[7799]sent to Headquarters by cabl2 as opposed to the slower dis-
[7801]patch which was sent to Headquarters by diplomatic courier.
[7802]Pectin. dein Ltr cewe Lal “wad. -
[7803]re Cables were sent if tne information was -
[7805]of such a nature that it had to be acted.
[7806]on. within a day or a day and half. or two
[7807]days. Dispatches took so long that you
[7808]really could not take any kind of opera-
[7809]tional action predicated on dispatch. 530/ .
[7811]Mr. Manell, the Chief of the Soviet Section in
[7812]Mexico City recalled that ‘the criterion for a cable as
[7813]opposed to a dispatch was the perishability of the informa-
[7814]tion being transmittedy ¢ .
[7815]a The normal criterion would be the urgency
[7816]ry attached to that information, the perish-
[7817]ability of the information, not its im-.
[7818]portance necessarily. The perishability
[7819]was the criterion...If it was something
[7820]that concerned an ‘event that was going to
[7821]happen in the two or three days you did
[7822]not want to use a mecium which was going ©.
[7823]to take a week to get to Washington. 531/ ,
[7824]Hence, it is possible that Oswald's contact was
[7825]reported by cable because it was considered significant
[7826]by the Mexico Station; but this interpretation ‘is not.
[7827]supported by the weight of the ‘testimony.
[7828]; I Tyo other: criteria fer reporting by cable were
[7830]pointed out: information: corcerning Soviets, Cubans and
[7832]. ler
[7833]f 4 Americans. Generally, “éverything Soviet was of ‘high
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[7849]priority. Cuban Operations, a lot of cables were sent.” 532/
[7851]And, in the. case of Oswald:
[7852]ae oe OF ; . .
[7853]es this specific case. a cable was used ‘to
[7854]send this information to Headquarters only
[7855]because it. concerned in American, not be- |
[7856]cause it concerned a.inatter was considered
[7857]to be of importance. 533/
[7859]The tesimony of forme- CIA Mexico City officers
[7861]consistently supports the position that Oswald's ini-
[7863]tial contact: with the Soviet ey was considered
[7865]fairly routine. 534/ The tegimony indicates that the
[7867]routine procedure of: the Station was to report such a
[7868]e@ _ contact by cable whether it was considered routine or
[7869]not. 535/ The Station had instructions to report Ameri-
[7871]cans. in contact with the Bloc Embassies to Headquarters.
[7873]because it was of interest to the FBI. 536/ The follow- -
[7874]QL, wiser.
[7876]ing quotes fllustrate these.points. Allan White said: eg
[7877]‘ co Meu eh
[7879]. Q: Was Oswald's contact at the Embassies in ee A
[7880]Mexico, considered to be important? ‘
[7882]A: At the time it first occurred?
[7884]Yes. . 7 : ; §
[7885]A: 1 would have to ccnclude that it wasn't. recog-
[7887]nized as anything extraordinary atthe time
[7889]it first occuyed. ~ . 6
[7891]Q: Why do you conclude that?
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[7913]A: Because had it beer, it would have been
[7914]pulled out and seni to Washington either
[7915]with a complete trénscription, a com-
[7916]plete excerpt out cf the transcription,
[7917]or the entire tape and transcript would
[7918]have been sent to Washington by the first
[7920]-available pouch, probably by special cour-.
[7921]jer. oo. ;
[7923]Q: Does the fact that Mexico City Station
[7924]“ sent to Headquarters a cable reporting
[7925]Oswald's contact suggest that the sta-
[7926]tion considered the contact to be im-
[7927]portant? se , .
[7928]A: You are asking wha: is the significance
[7929]“of the cable? uo.
[7931]Q: Yes.
[7933]A: Well, operational, that is all. Here is
[7934]@ oo an American citizen, at least a man who
[7935]" appeared to be an smerican citizen, speak-
[7936]ing broken Russian and in contact with
[7937]the Embassy. This is of operational
[7938]interest. This is the kind of informa-
[7939]tion that we were directed among others,
[7940]to get: back to Washington because they
[7941]passed that kind 0° thing -to the Burea~
[7943]Q: Were contacts by Americans with the Soviet
[7944]Embassy considered to be unusual?
[7946]A: Well, we were 1963 then. - They were consi--
[7948]'. dered worhty of noze, let me put it that
[7949]way. Of course, fom an operational point
[7950]of view we were looking for any way we
[7951]could exploit a coitact with the Soviet
[7952]Embassy.
[7954]Q: Were such contacts by Americans frequent? '
[7956]. ; A: Not terribly frequ2nt. Not terribly fre-
[7957]C3 ' quent: There were members of the exile
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[7978]colony in Mexico City who were in kind
[7979]of routine contact with the Soviets, usu-
[7980]ally on cultural metters. No, I-would
[7982]4 say they were relaiively infrequent.
[7983]That is why-- ; oO
[7985]Q: The cable was sent’
[7986]A: Yes. 537/
[7987]The Chief of ‘the Sovizt Section testified on
[7988]this point also: | .
[7990]Q: Was this particular contact considered to.
[7991]be unusual or routine?
[7993]A: Routine. |
[7995]‘Q: Why ‘is that?
[7997]@ A: During the summer period, particularly,
[7999]. ; or toward the end of the summer period, .
[8000]a relatively large number of Americans,
[8001]for various reasors, made contact with
[8002]the Soviet Embassy). This appeared to
[8003]me, when I had the information reported,
[8004]to be just another case of an American
[8005]contacting the Embassy, for no signifi-
[8006]‘cant reasons...
[8008]Q: In each case that an American contacted
[8009]the Embassy, would a cable be sent to
[8010]Washington? .
[8011]“A: Yes, indeed. 538/ -
[8012]Mrs. Manell, the person who actually handled the
[8013]reporting, also considered the case to be routine:
[8015]“Q: Was the Oswald contact with the Soviet Embassy
[8016]considered to be unusual? ~
[8018]“
[8022]No.
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[8036]Q: Why not?
[8038]A: Well, there were cases of other Americans
[8039]who contacted the Embassy for. various rea-
[8040]sons. We-were only obliged to report the
[8041]contact of any American with the Soviet
[8042]Embassy.
[8044]Q: So in Oswald's case it was just a routine
[8045]contact by an American as far as you were
[8046]concerned? .
[8048]A: Yes. .
[8050]Q: If that is’ the case, then why was the cable
[8051]‘sent concerning Oswald? ;
[8053]A: That is why I asked you earlier, because
[8054]‘in the case of Americans we were required
[8055]to send it by cable and not by dispatch.
[8057]@ . Q: Was that a written regulation?
[8059]A: I don't know if it was written but it was .
[8060]understood at our Station that any Americans . sre]
[8061]who were in touch with the Soviet vi
[8063]| that that fact hac to be known/to Headquar-
[8064]ters by cable. It was always sent that way,
[8065]whether we considered it very unimportant
[8066]or routine or not. So there must have.
[8067]been a regulation but I am not aware of. .
[8068]it. 539 ~
[8069]RY os be mtd.
[8070]The reader-shewld be reminded here that. the only
[8072]conversation that had been linked to.Oswald.at that point
[8073]in time was the one that occurred on 1 October.. 540/ The
[8074]other transcripts had passec over the Manells' and Good-
[8076]pasture’ s desk 541/ but had not been linked to Oswald.
[8078]i £3 because his name was ‘not mer tioned in _ then. Mrs. Manel}
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[8093]did not recheck the earlier “ranscripts, but did check
[8095]the Station's index system. to.see if it had any record
[8097]iGre meek |
[8099]_ .
[8100]of a Lee Oswald, which it did not. 542/ — [Vleed) iv
[8102]s(H)ere it says in orackets, comment
[8103]a: A(t the translator, "the same who phoned
[8104]a day or so ago ani spoke in broken
[8105]Russian.
[8107]A: Right.
[8109]Q: Despite this indication here I believe
[8110]your tesimony is that you did not go
[8111]back to check the transcript because
[8112]by virtue of your nemory you knew that
[8113]Oswald's name had not come up in any ear-
[8114]Vier. conversation, is that correct?
[8116]e A: Yes. 543/ .
[8117]: So, Ms. Manell drafted the first paragraph of the 10/8
[8119]cable on ‘the basis of the 1€/1/10:45 conversation alone
[8120]even though the other information was. available. 544/
[8121]‘That paragraph of the cable provided. an accurate summary
[8122]of the intercepted conversation. it said:
[8124]Acc (Soviet wiretap) 1 Oct 63, American
[8125]male who spoke broker Russian said his
[8126]name Lee Oswald (Phoretic); stated he
[8127]at Sovem on 28 Sept when spoke with Consul
[8128]whom he believed to te Valeriy Vladmiro-
[8129]vich Kostikov. Sujb asked Sov Guard Ivan
[8130]Obyedkov who answered, if there is anything
[8131]. new. re telegram to Washington. Obyedkov
[8132]' upon checking said nothing received yet,
[8133]: ; but request: had been sent. 545/
[8135]\. ae 7 Ann Goodpasture added. a Second paragraph to _the
[8136]'
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[8156]cable. 546/.
[8158]This paragraph concerned a photograph that she.
[8159]had found in the production from one of the photosuveil- —
[8161]-Yance bases that covered the Soviet Embassy. 547/ This |
[8163]paragraph said:
[8165]Have photos male appears be American
[8167]entering Sovem 1216 hours, leaving
[8169]1222 on 7 Oct. Apparent age 35, athele-
[8171]tic build, circa 6 feet, receding hair-
[8173]line, bagfing top. kore Khakis and sport
[8175]shirt. ource: Faas 548/
[8177]Ac mepTy, : ;
[8179]The explanation for nistakenly linking this photo-
[8180]graph to Oswald advanced by the CIA officers in Mexico -
[8182]: @ who had knowledge of the circumstances is that this was
[8183]the only photograph taken or October 1, the day that the
[8184]conversation occurred, that appeared to be cf a non-
[8185]Latin, and, hence, possibly an American. 549/ Weed Be..
[8187]> Gt TO
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[8191]ed
[8193]Q: Do you know how that photograph was
[8194]Tinked to the person mentioned? ~
[8196]A: By date. It was «aken entering the
[8197]Soviet Embassy and leaving on the
[8198]same date this conversation took
[8199]place. I remember: that proceding.
[8201]- because we were combing through the
[8203]‘ takes for that dav to determine any
[8204]“person who looked like an American
[8205]male. JI believe chis was the only
[8207]one. 550/
[8208]to The testimony also corroborites that the photographs would -
[8209], have been. checked for sever i]. days” prior tg the date. of
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[8226]the conversation.
[8227]Q: You checked the photosurveillance
[8228]materials for approximately a four
[8229]or five day period, is that correct?
[8230]A: Yes, I think it is. |
[8231]Q: During that four cr five day period...
[8232]this man was the cnly non-Latin ap-
[8233]pearing man whose photograph you
[8234]found, is that correct?
[8235]A: I think it was the only non-Latin ap-
[8236]pearing person's -hotograph that we
[8237]found that we could not identify as
[8238]somebody else. A lot of the people
[8239]who went to the Scviet Embassy all
[8240]. the time, we came to know who they
[8241]ho: 7 were. After they had been identi-
[8242]e@ fied, they made frequent visits there. “5ST/
[8243]The review of the phctoproduction from LIMITED |.
[8244]the one base that has been nade available to ‘this Commit-
[8245]tee, makes the explanation of the mistake about ‘the iden-
[8246]tity of the individual due io his being the only non-
[8247]Latin implausible. The record reflects that. unidentified
[8248]American males were listed on the 10g sheet as "UA M"
[8249]after the time was given. “he photograph that was linked
[8250]to Oswald was the only “U AM" that appeared on 2 October
[8251]1963. But on September 27, 1963 another "U AM" had ap-.
[8253]peared. The Committee has concluded from a review of a.
[8255]q .
[8257]a note that Ann Goodpasture wrote on the Tog sheet that
[8259]Oe this. ‘individual had not been identified by the time that e@
[8260] ) : | Classification: we
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[8281]the 10/8 cable was written. The note says: "This is |
[8282]| : a ‘Mexican named Gutierrez-- license plate changed in
[8284]Feb 64 to Mexican. " 552/
[8286]_ This Committee cannot be certain that other "U A M"s
[8290]did not turn up on the production from the LILYRIC base
[8292]because that production ha:. not been made available
[8296]for review.
[8298]. Ms. Goodpasture was asked about this and explained
[8299]og that the man, Gutierrez, wes known in the statiom and
[8300]that the base house agent vas mistaken in identifying
[8301]him as an American. 553/
[8303]e Bo This Committee finds the above quoted explanation
[8304]hard to accept for other. reasons. The October 1 transcript
[8305]does not indicate that Oswald visited the Embassy on
[8307]that day, however, it does indicate a visit on the pre-
[8308]vious Saturday. (35 4/ Even if he did visit, the Embassy
[8309]on-the first of October, the photograph referred to in
[8310]the cable was not taken until the second of October,.
[8311]1963. 555/ |
[8313]The. photographs from the one surveillance base
[8314]for 1, ‘2 and 3 October were on one roll of film and
[8316]one log sheet was prepared oy the base. The text of _
[8318]Pe COP 2-44 Lee
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[8336]. . ao
[8338]the log sheet is in black type. The separate days cover-
[8339]age is set off by a row of red typed percentage (%)
[8340]marks. 556/
[8341]Ms. Goodpasture attempted to explain this mistake.
[8343].Q: Looking at the log, can you now ex-
[8344]plain to the Committee why the cable
[8345]referred to a photograph taken on
[8346]October Ist when actually it was taken
[8347]on another day? ;
[8349]-A: If you look at the log here you see at
[8350]the top--it was just an oversight on -
[8351]the part of the person who was writing
[8352]that cable. It Icoks as though the date
[8354]: is 1 October, but if you read it very.
[8355]_ ' closely you see there are only two frames
[8356]@ 7 .that were shot on 1 October and 2 Octo-
[8357]ber, it starts up with fram number 3,
[8358]et cetera, et cetera, and there the shots
[8360]_occur.- That is tie only explanation
[8361]I can. give.
[8363]-Q: Is your explanation that whomever: refer-
[8364]red to the log siriply looked at the date
[8365]at the top of the page, the date being
[8366]October 1st, and «iid not see any reference
[8367]to the date October 2nd?
[8369]A: Right... 557/
[8370]"This Committee finds it implausible that Ann Good-
[8371]pasture, who had ‘the specif.c duty of "processing for.
[8373]operational leads all. Station photosurveil lance info per-
[8375]Sei eae Ct raion
[8377]LF 47 “ey 7; we 4 7
[8379]j : taining to the ‘Soviet targe- " since 1960 and had. received
[8380]1 fo a rating of outstanding on ver annual fitness reports,
[8381]! ,
[8382]@ Classification: VEE SS oe ams
[8383]! ; SO. on A.
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[8395]woud make such. an oversight mistake and not discover
[8396]it until 1976. 558/ This Cornmittee- thinks that the fact
[8397]that the mistaken date of the photograph was not dis-
[8398]covered for so ‘long is especially suspect in light of |
[8399]the fact that.on the day after the assassination CIA.
[8400]Headquarters. sent a cable to Mexico which said:.
[8401]“"{FBI) says that photos of man entering
[8402]Soviet Embassy which 4EXI sent to Dallas
[8403]were not of Oswald. 2?resume MEX] has”
[8404]double-checked dates )f these photos and
[8405]is also checking all dertinent other
[8406]photos for possible siots of Oswald. 559/
[8407]Headquarter's preseumption w3s evidently mistaken. No
[8408]record exists that would indicate a reply to this eable
[8409]by the Mexico City Station. .
[8411]The likelihood that a photograph of Oswald was
[8412]indeed obtained makes the "explanation," proferred by
[8413]Goodpasture, et al., even more implausible. 560/ At
[8415]: this time the Committee can not conclude why the original
[8417]mistake was made even though it does find the explanation
[8419]offered by Goodpasture, et al., to be highly. implausable.
[8421]Regardless of why the mistake was made, Oswald's
[8422]contact with the Soviet Embassy and the mistaken photo-
[8423]ea. graphic identification of him were reported to Headquarters.
[8425]The 10/8 cable was received at Headquarters On. 9. October 7 att
[8426]Classification: -
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[8440]1963. 561/ The cable, as wa: routine, went to the
[8441]Mexico Desk for action. 562/ The person who handled
[8442]the case for the Mexico Desk was Elsie Scaleti. 563/
[8443]Ms. Scaleti initially considered the information.
[8444]routine. 564/ She took the routine steps of request-
[8445]ing a name trace. 565/— From the name trace she learned
[8446]that there was a 201 file on a Lee Henry Oswald but
[8447]that it was restricted to a branch of the Agency known
[8448]as "CI/S1G." 566/ The custodian of Oswald's file,
[8449]in October 1963, was Ann Eli:abeth Goldsborough Egerter
[8450]of the Counter-Intelligence/ special Investigations °
[8452]@ Group. This group's purpose and interest in Oswald
[8453]is detailed in another section of ths final report deal-
[8455]ing with whether or not Lee )swald was an agent or asset
[8457]‘of the Central Intelligecne’ \gency. 567/
[8459]Ms. Scaleti went to M;. Egerter and asked to
[8460]see Lee Oswald's file which vas provided to her by Ms.
[8461]Egerter. 568/. Once the info-mation from the Oswald 201
[8463]and the information in the cible from Mexico. City was
[8465]combined, the Oswald contact took on more significance:
[8467]Q: Now, once the information...had been
[8468]obtained by you, did that in any way
[8469]inérease the significance of Oswald" s
[8470]contact with the Soviet, Embassy? :
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[8487]A: As 1 recall that is what Tr thought made
[8488]it very significant.
[8490]Classification: i
[8492]Q: Can you explain why? —
[8494]A: Any American who hid: tried to renounce
[8495]his U.S. citizenship in the Soviet Union,
[8496]now having.again a relationship with ;
[8497]the Soviet Embassy would lead one to
[8498]wonder why he had iried to renounce his. citi-
[8499]zenship in the first place, and why he was
[8500]still in contact w th the Soviets, whether
[8501]there was a possib' lity he really was
[8502]working for the Soviets or what. 569/
[8504]Ms. Egerter remembers that the cable from Mexico
[8506]city caused a Tot of excitemmnt. She was shown the 10/9
[8508]cable.
[8510]Is this the cable-:hat cause the excitement?
[8511]Yes, one of-them.
[8513]: Why was excitement caused by this cable?
[8515]"Contact with Kostikov.'
[8517]nD Tr O&O YF ©
[8519]What is the significance of the contact with
[8524]I think we considered him a KGB man.
[8526]‘Any other reason for the excitement?
[8528]He had to be up to something bad to be so an-
[8530]xious to go to the Soviet Union. At least
[8531]that isthe way I felt. 570/ ‘
[8533]After reviewing Oswald’ s 201; which CI/SIG loaned
[8535]to the Mexican Desk where it reamined until the time of
[8537]i fo the assassination, Ms. Scaleti drafted a response to
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[8552]_ the Mexico City 10/9 cable and also disseminated in-.
[8553]formation about Oswald to other branches ‘of the Ameri-
[8554]‘can intelligence community. 371/ These two documents,
[8555]were drafted at the same time and were sent within several
[8556]hours of each other. 572/ S:veral aspects of these
[8557]two documents are interestinj and illustrate various
[8558]points, as well as raise serious questions. .
[8559]The cable which Ms. Scaleti sent to Mexico says,
[8560]in full: |
[8562]1. Lee Harvey Oswald who called Sovemb 1
[8563]: Oct probably identical Lee Henry Oswald
[8564]—— ' (201-289248) born 18 October 1939, New
[8565]@ a Orleans, Louisiana, former radar ‘opera-
[8566]tor in United States Marines who de-
[8567]fected to USSR in Octy 1959. Oswald is
[8568]; five feet ten inches; one hundred sixty
[8569]Ne ; five pounds, : Night brown wavy hair, blue
[8570]eyes.
[8572]2. On 31 Oct 1959 he attempted to renounce
[8573]his United States citizenship to the
[8574]United States Embagsy in Moscow, indicat-
[8575]ing he had appliec for Soviet citizen-
[8576]ship. On 13 Feb the US emb moacon re- F
[8577]‘ceived an undated letter from swald — Ve
[8578]postmarked Minsk cn @Feb T1961 in which .
[8579]subj indicated he desired return of
[8580]his US ppt as wisted to return to USA. if.
[8581]"we could come to some agreement concern-
[8582]ing the dropping cf any legal proceedings
[8583]against me. On £& duly on his own ini-
[8584]tiative he appeared at the Emb with his
[8585]: . wife to'see about his return. to the States.
[8586]dey Sub stated that he actually had never ap-
[8587]ER . oo plied for Soviet citizenship and that his”
[8589]e an Classification:
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[8606]application at that time had been to
[8607]remain in USSR and for temporary exten-
[8609]- sion of his Tourist visa pending out-
[8610]come of his request. This application,
[8611]according to Oswald, contained no ref
[8612]to Soviet citizenship. Oswald stated
[8614]that he had been enployed since 13
[8615]Jan 1960 in Belorussian Radio and TV
[8616]‘Factory in Minsk where worked as metal
[8617]worker in research shop. Oswald was mar-
[8618]ried on 30 April 1961 to Marina Nikolaevna
[8619]Pusakova, a dental technician born July:
[8620]1941 USSR. No HDCGS traces. He attemped
[8621]arrange for wife to join him in Moscow
[8622]so she could appeer at Emb for visa
[8623]interview. His Anerican ppt was returned
[8624]to. him. US Emb Mcscow stated twenty
[8625]months of realities of life in Soviet
[8626]Union had clearly had maturing effect on
[8627]Oswald. : —_ .
[8629]3. Latest HDQS info was (State Department) report
[8630]dated May 1962 saving (State) had determined
[8631]Oswald is‘still US citizen. and both he ‘and
[8633]_his Soviet wife have exit permits and Dept
[8634]State had given approval for their travel
[8635]with their infant child to USA.
[8637]4. Station should pa;s info ref and para one to
[8638](U.S. Embassy, Fejeral Bureau of Investiga-
[8639]tion, Navy, and I:nmigration and Naturaliza-
[8640]tion) locally. Iifo paras two and three ori-.
[8641]ginates with (State). oe
[8643]5. Ref-and possible identification being dissemi-
[8644]nated to HDQS of (FBI, State, Navy and I&NS).
[8645]Pls keep HDQS advised on -any further contacts
[8646]or positive identification ‘of Oswald. 573/
[8648])
[8650]-Ms. Scaleti wrote this cable. 574/ Ms. Egerter
[8652]We
[8654]i was one of the people who reviewed the cable for accuracy. 575/
[8656]tof 4A _ . oo ‘
[8658]i \..* | The cable was released by the Assistant Deputy Director ; 4
[8659]@  .  — .. Classification: "ORR . q
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[8679]of Plans, Thomas karamessines. 576/
[8681]The teltype which Ms.5caleti wrote was sent to
[8682]the Department of State, the Federal Bureau of Investi-
[8683]“gation and the Department of the Navy. 577/ This tele-
[8684]‘type says: 7
[8686]1. On 1 October 1963 a reliable and sensitive
[8687]- source in Mexico reported that an American
[8688]male, who identified himself as Lee Oswald,
[8689]contacted the Soviet Embassy in Mexico
[8690]City inquiring whether the Embassy had re-
[8691]ceived any news concerning a telegram |
[8692]which had been sent to Washington. The -
[8693]_ American was described as approximately 35
[8694]: = . _ years old, with an atheletic build, about .
[8695]© six feet tall, with a receding hairline.
[8697]2. It is believed thet Oswald.may be identical
[8698]to Lee Henry Oswald, born on 18 October
[8699]1939 in New Orlears, Lousiana, a former U.S.
[8700]Marine who defected te the Soviet Union in.
[8701]October 1959 and ater made arrangements
[8702]through the United States Embassy in Moscow
[8703]to return to the Uinited States with his Rus-
[8704]sian wife; Marina Nikolaevna Pusakova, and
[8705]their child. | 7 -
[8707]3. The information in Paragraph One is being
[8708]disseminated to your representative in Mexico
[8709]City. Any furthe- information received is
[8710]. being made availa»le to the Immigration and
[8711]Naturalization Service. 578/
[8713]The first substantiv: conflict between these two
[8714]: documents are the dissimilar descriptions of Oswald. The
[8715]| é% _ responsé sent to Mexico gave a fairly accurate descrip-
[8716]; , tion of Oswald while the dissemination to other government %
[8717]yt . loupey At Om rn? me 4 eX ,
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[8740]agencies gave the descripticn that had mistakenly been
[8741]connected to Oswald by the "0/9 cable from Mexico City. 579/
[8742]Ms. Egerter testified that «he could not explain why the
[8743]' description discrepancies ocurred. 580/ When Ms. Scaleti
[8745]was asked why this occurred she first responded ‘ft
[8747]there was a rule that preveited the Agency from dissem-
[8749]inating any information obtained from a third agency
[8751]of the government. 581/ Hence, the accurate desdipetion
[8752]of Oswald which. was from information furnished to the-
[8754]Agency by the State Department could not be included in
[8758]@ a the dissemination. 582/ - It was pointed out to Ms.
[8759]Scaleti that the informaticn in the second .paragraph of”
[8760]the teletype was from the ‘tate Department sources and
[8761]that the Mexico City Station had been instructed to dis-
[8762]seminate the description. lucally which she claimed could
[8764]not be disseminated due to a third agency rule. She
[8766]A S| YEA.
[8768]was asked the question again and the following exchange
[8769]occurred: .
[8771]-A. Let us start over again. The actual
[8772]physical description on Lee Henry Oswald f
[8773]from (the 10/10 cable) was sent to the
[8775]Station to assist them in further investi-~
[8776]gation to see if. they knew of anybody or
[8777]; had anybody down there that really fitted E
[8778]MN, what we thought was an accurate physical ~
[8779]A _ description of the Oswald that we had a
[8781]comme | Gf
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[8804]file on.:.When we same to...the teletype
[8805]to State, FB] and Javy, we did not, and I
[8806]would not normally even today, provide
[8807]those investigativ: agencies with the
[8808]physical description of Lee Henry Oswald
[8809]as we thought it t) be then.
[8811]We provided them oily with our intelli-
[8812]gence, not with Stite Department intelli-
[8813]gence which gave tie stuff out about the
[8814]audio -and the possible physical descrip-.,
[8815]tion. The wording here in paragraph 1 on
[8816]our teletype...is worded that. the American
[8817]was described. As I told your man from
[8818]your Committee earlier, it possibly would
[8819]have been better, although it did not occur
[8820]to me at the time ind this is the way those
[8821]things were written in those times, to say
[8822]that an American d2scribed as this could
[8823]possibly be identifiable and qualified
[8824]but the normal procedure in 1963 was to
[8825]&. provide to the oth2r government agencies
[8826]information and intelligence from our
[8827]sources. Xx
[8828]: Were you aware when you sent out the cable
[8829]and the teletype that-you were giving differ-
[8832]eP.
[8834]A: Yes. I assume I was. I don't remember now.
[8835]. This is some time ays age.
[8837]Q: Was there any intention of your part to de-
[8838]ceive any other agencies by giving a descrip-
[8839]tion contained in that paragraph in the tele-
[8840]type?
[8842]A: None at all. 583/.
[8844]Ms. Scaleti was interviewed by Committee staff mem-
[8846]n
[8848]bers on 3/30/78. She was questioned, as she indicates
[8850]poe in theVabovg?quote) at that time about the description
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[8871]discrepancy. When Ms. Scatest was shown the 10/9
[8872]cable on that occasion she sated that. She would not have
[8873]taken the description of the individual in paragraph two
[8875]' to be a description of Oswald. 584/ + The description
[8876]discrepancy was specifically pointed out to Ms. Bustos
[8877]and she was specifically questioned on that point. . The
[8878]report of that interview says: | .
[8880]We next pointed out t) Ms. Scaletti the
[8881]fact that the respons: to Mexico had a
[8882]. ‘correct description of Oswald and the dis-
[8883]to ' gemination had an incorrect one. She said
[8884]. ; that the info in the first paragraph of the |
[8885]@ - dissemination came from MEXI 6453 and that,
[8886]} . explained the incorrect description. We -
[8887]pointed out to her the fact that she had the
[8888]‘correct description and that had already
[8889]told us that she did not associate the de-
[8890]scription in 6453 with Gswald, and that she
[8891]had said that the cable and teletype had been
[8892]prepared simultaneously by, three knowledgable
[8893]people. She said, first, that the correct
[8894]‘description would not have been put in the
[8895]dissemination because it came from the file
[8896]review. I pointed out that all of the infor- .
[8897]mation in the second paragraph of the dissemina- ~
[8898]tion was from the file review. She responded
[8899]‘that they had not been sure that the “Lee Os-
[8900]wald" referred to in 6453 was the same as "Lee
[8901]_ Henry Oswald" on whon they had a file, hence
[8902]. they would not have fad included a description
[8903]from 6453 that she did not think was connected
[8904]to Oswald. She said that it had obviously
[8905]; been a mistake that coesn't matter now, but
[8906]Poe . if she had it to do cver again, she would not
[8907]| ‘4 i a _ put any description in the dissemination be- —
[8908]. cause she was not sure that either applied to
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[8929]the man who identifies himself as Lee Oswald at
[8930]the Embassy in Mexico. 585/. ©
[8932]The second point of itterest that is illustrated
[8933]by the 10/10 cable and teletype is the inference that can
[8934]be made from reviewing paragraph 3 of the teletype, para-
[8935]graph 5 of the cable, and Thomas Karamessines signing
[8936]off on the cable, that the CIA was asking for, and pro-
[8937]mising, a further investigation of Oswald without a speci-
[8940]fic request from any ‘other_covernment agency ~he might
[8941]ther-covernment agency tf
[8943]_ have had, as the '77 IGR says, "investigative esponsibility.
[8945])
[8946]A e Chief ‘Of the Soviet Section in Mexico City
[8949]recognized such a routine irvestigative responsibility as
[8950]part of the normal course oi his duties. We ati tek :
[8952]One of our responsib: lities was to assist
[8953]the FBI in identifying people who might be- .
[8954]come Soviet agents, particularly in America. 586/
[8956]“As a matter of fact, the Chief of the Branch of
[8957]the CIA responsible for the Mexican operations at ‘Head-
[8958]quarters thought this was one of the Mexico City Station’ s
[8960]strongest and most successfil areas of endeavor.
[8961]They (Americans) wer? detected enough so
[8962]that J..Edgar Hoover used to glow every
[8963]. : time that he thought of the Mexico City.
[8964]bee - . Station. This.was one of our outstanding
[8965]ae areas of cooperation | with the FBI. 587/
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[8983]The request for further investigation and dis-
[8984]semination contained in paragraph 5. of the 30/10 cable to
[8985]Mexico was the reason that.the cable was sent to the
[8986]Assistant Deputy Director of Plans for release. 588/
[8988]“The Chief of the Mexico Branch was questioned extensively
[8989]on this point: +
[8991]A: Well, it went up to Mr. Karamessines be-
[8992]cause it involved disseminating information
[8993]on an American citizen to the U.S. government
[8994]agencies, you see. At that time--probably .
[8995]still--the CIA dic not investigate or pass
[8996]around informatior on American citizens un-
[8997]less it were requested to by another govern-
[8999]1 ment agency, either in that particular case
[9000]. or by some standard operating procedure.
[9002]@ , In other words, tle CIA seeing an American
[9003]abroad, observing an American abroad, observ-
[9004]ing an American atroad engaging in some
[9005]skullduggery, wou'd inform the responsible
[9006]U.S. agency here ind sit and wait for instruc-
[9007]tions before doing anything further. In
[9008]this case, ‘we were passing on information.
[9009]to other U.S. government agencies in Mexico
[9010]City and this probably went to other places
[9011]in Washington. as well.
[9013]Q: This particular information was disseminated
[9014]to other agencies.without a request of any
[9015]such agency. Is chat correct?
[9017]A: Yes.
[9019]Q: This fit into the other category of cases
[9020]where disseminations were made? . .
[9022]A: Disseminations woild be made to other interested
[9024]Poy” agencies, and any information we came across
[9025]ON, had action taken to follow up to take investi- oo
[9028]1
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[9045]gative steps. Dissemination would only be taken
[9046]if another agency reqiested it, either specifically
[9047]in that case, or, unless it were a part of standard
[9049]operating procedure, _ vhich would have been agreed
[9050]upon with another ageicy.
[9052]Q: Was any follow-up action contemplated niatthe
[9053]10/10) cable?.«. ;
[9055]A: Yes. "Please keep He idquarters advised of any
[9056]further contacts or for positive identification
[9057]“of Oswald."
[9059]Q: That would be conside-ed follow- up?
[9061]A: Yes. they were instricted to stay alert and report
[9062]any further evidence >f this man's presence. There-.
[9063]fore, Mr. Karamessines had to sign off on it.
[9065]Q: Mr. Karamessines had to sign off on it because
[9066]follow-up action was contemplated? ;
[9068]: With regard to a U. S. citizen. abroad.
[9070]Q: For: purposes, of clarification, I think you said
[9071]that there were two situations where Mr. Karamessines-
[9072]would have to sign off. One would be where another
[9073]agency requested the jJissemination?
[9075]A: Yes. No--not the question of the dissemination.
[9076]It is.a question of orerational action being taken.
[9078]Q: A request for operational action. What is the second
[9081]A: Well--
[9083]Q: Would the “Agency itself decide to take operational
[9084]- action?
[9086]A: Ordinarily, operational action in an ordinary case
[9087]. would not require Mr. Karamessines approval at all.
[9088]bow. - It was only because a1 American citizen was involved.
[9090]i i} . That interest in an Anerican citizen might come about”
[9091]2 because of a. specific statement cf interest. about |
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[9120]this individual from another U.S. government
[9122]agency or it might come about because of a standard
[9123]operating procedure.
[9125]For example, we had an agreement with the
[9126]FBI that we would follow up leads on any American
[9128]citizen in Mexico City who appeared around the
[9129]Soviet Embassies, and.so on, or anybody who was
[9131]down there appearing to defect, which we might
[9132]learn through our telephone intercepts.
[9134]We could just as well have sent this cable
[9136]‘out without Mr. Karmessines releasing it. I do
[9138]not know why we did it.
[9140]Q: In fact, you pcinted to something which I was
[9141]going to ask ycu about. I was wondering why
[9142]somebody as hich up in the Agency as Mr. Kara-
[9143]messines was tke releasing officer.
[9145]A: I would have been because of the U.S. citizen
[9146]aspect, because so many other U.S. Government
[9147]agencies were ‘nvolved, State Department, FB]
[9148]and the Navy. I suppose ‘one of these things
[9149]is the Navy. (ne of them could be the Immigra-
[9152]Q: Let me attempt to summarize again. ‘Karamessines
[9153]would be responsible for signing off on this
[9154]because operat onal action pertaining to an
[9155]American was taken?
[9157]A: Yes.
[9159]Q: Either pursuan: to the request of another go-
[9160]Vernment agency or pursuant to some standard
[9161]operating procedure of the Agency itself.
[9163]A: Yes. .
[9165]Q: Any other reason that you can think of?
[9167]A: No.. —
[9169]Q: I believe you TRE
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[9192]or an agreement, with the FBI that any activities
[9193]by Americans around the Soviet.or Cuban Embassy
[9194]would be reported and followed up on by the ‘Agency.
[9195]Was that agreement ain writing?
[9197]A: 1 do not know. It probably was in writing some-
[9198]where. It antedated my tenure, and the agreement
[9199]was not in the files. It would-have been in the
[9200]files of the DDP or of the Cl Staff. 589/
[9202]The Chief of the Mexico Branch hence believes that
[9204]further investigation of Oswald was requested by CIA -
[9205]Headquarters without ‘the. prior expression of interest
[9207]from another government agercy with "investigative respon-
[9209]sibility.’ This. request for “operational activity" concern-
[9210]© . ing an American abroad is ailvanced as the reason for the
[9212]Assistant Deputy Director oo”) 6Plans signing off on the
[9214]cable. Even though ‘the cable was brought.to Karamessines’
[9215]“attention and he did sign off on it, Mr. Scelso told this
[9217]Committee that that was not necessary due to.a- standing
[9219]agreement with the FBI under which the CIA had agreed to .
[9220]investigate Americans in Mexico in contact with the Soviet ¢
[9221]Embassy without any specific request from another agency. 590/
[9222]This recollection is corroborated by other testimony and :
[9223]documents.. 591/ Elsie Scaleti also recalled that it would
[9225]not have been necessary, int 1963, to bring such a. request :
[9226]i f 7 ‘for operational action to the ADDP' s attention. 592/ She
[9228]ee suggested that the reason for, bringing. it to the -ADDP s — —
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[9254]attention did not have to do with the request for operational
[9256]‘action, but because Oswald's contact was considered impor-
[9257]tant enough to merit his att2ntion:
[9259]Q: Why would someone as 1igh up in the organiza-
[9260]tion as Karamessines isk to be the releasing
[9261]officer of this particular cable?
[9263]-A: IT can only surmise now that I might have thought
[9264]or what several of us might have thought at
[9265]the time, that since it involved somebody of
[9267]_ this nature who had tried to renounce. his citi-
[9269]zenship, who was in the Soviet Union, married
[9270]to a Soviet, got out with a Soviet wife pre-
[9271]sumably, which is very strange, and now the con-
[9272]tact with the Soviets, we could have a security,
[9273]a major security problem. This was one way of
[9274]informing him and getting attention at the
[9275]higher level. 593/
[9277]Even though the CIA denies éuch an agreement (if it
[9278]was in writing) that covered the CIA's investigation of
[9279]American citizens in Mexico, this Committee is certain,
[9280]on the basis of the above detailed evidence, that such’
[9281]an agreement existed, either formally or informally. 594/
[9282]Hence, the-assertion in the 1977 IG report that "Oswald
[9284]was not an investigative responsibility of the CIA" 595/
[9285]is seemingly inaccurate and misleading.
[9286]This Committee has attempted to determine what
[9287]actions, if any, were taken by the CIA's Mexico City Sta-
[9288]tion after Headquarters responded to the initial report
[9290]a
[9292]of Oswald’ s contacts with tre Soviet Embassy. In this
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[9313]respect, two assertions of the '77 IGR are important:
[9314]1) that it was not discovered’ that Oswald was seeking a
[9315]visa to Russia and that he hid also been in contact with
[9316]the Cuban ‘Embassy until Novetiber 22, 1963; and 2) that
[9317]the Station did “nothing other than ask Headquarters
[9318]on 15 October for a photograph of Oswald" because no
[9319]ofher. government agency had mide an official request for
[9320]further information. 596/-° tt has” already been shown
[9321]that the "official request” chat the Agency claims was
[9322]not forthcoming was, in fact, not necessary and that,
[9323]as a matter of fairly routin: operating procedure, the
[9324]CIA Headquarters requested'a follow-up on the information
[9325]already reported about Oswal i. It has also been shown .
[9326]that the Oswald matter, afte- the name trace.was done
[9327]at Headquarters, was considered to be fairly significant
[9328]by the Headquarters officials involved. . In this regard,
[9329]dt shoutd be pointed out -that Headquarters communicated
[9330]its concern to Mexico by requesting in paragraph 5 of
[9331]DIR 74830 more information on Oswald. It should also
[9332]-be noted that the CIA Headquarters also, by notifying
[9333]the interested government agencies that “Any further in-
[9334]formation received on this subject will be. furnished. to.
[9336]you" 597/ belied the necessity of one of the agencies
[9340]at
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[9359]making an official. request for further action. Hence»
[9360]“the excuse offered for the c aimed lack of action by the
[9361]Mexico Station is invalid and the question becomes 1) whe-
[9362]ther or not that Station did any follow-up; 2) whether
[9363]they did discover additional information about Oswald
[9364]prior to the assassination; 3) whether that information,
[9365]if any, was reported in an accurate and expeditious man-
[9366]ner; and 4) if it was not resorted, what was the reason
[9367]for the failure to report.
[9368]| ‘The Mexico city Station received DIR 74830 on
[9369]e i 7 October 1963. ° The Mexico City copy of this cable is
[9370]. in Lee Harvey Oswald's Mexico City "P" file along with
[9371]the Station routing slip. There are several interesting
[9372]aspects to this copy of the cable and there is evidence
[9373]that provides indications of the Stations’ actions and
[9374]“the timing of those actions. .
[9375]. There are several marginal notations on this docu-
[9376]ment. “Perhaps the most interesting is the notation "Sic"
[9377]with an arrow ‘drawn to the 'Henry" in the name "Lee Harvey
[9378]Oswald. " That notation was: made by Win Scott when he
[9379]read the cable on the day it was received in Mexico. 598/
[9380]This notation struck Commitee investigators as very,
[9382]: 0 strange because it was a posible indication that. Win, a
[9383]oe... Classification: “GUE CET ane VY.
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[9407]Scott knew, at the time the cable was received, that Lee
[9409]Oswald's middle name was not “Henry.” David Phillips
[9411]was questioned about that possibility:
[9413]. Q: Do you have any reason to believe that when
[9414]this cable was received in October of 1963 Mr.
[9415]Scott knew that cable's reference to Lee
[9416]Harvey Oswald was incorrect? -
[9418]A: No, I don't recall that, but reading this ob-
[9419]viously at whatever time he wrote that "sic"
[9420]on there he felt it was incorrect or he would
[9421]not have spotlighted it that way. But I‘don't
[9422]have any recollection. I don't have any re-
[9423]collection that wekncw before this cable came
[9424]back down that.it was Lee Harvey Oswald. 599/
[9426]The explanation most oft2n advanced was that Mr.
[9428]@ Scott often used the symbols "Sic" and “aka” interchang-
[9429]eably and that all he was indicating here was that the
[9430]"Lee Oswald" from tne. taps wis alsoto:be indexed and
[9431]filed under the additional name "Lee Henry Oswald."
[9433]- 600/ Mr. Phillips was also asked about this explanation:
[9435]PS Wawe sete
[9437]Q: Was Bee kind of individual. that would have
[9438]interchanged or used interchangeably the words,
[9439]the letters "aka" and "sic" interchangeably
[9441]“as having the sdme meining? Do you appreciate
[9444]- A: Yes. I don't think s>. He was an intellectual.
[9445]His great secret was that he wrote poetry. He
[9447]didn't want anyone else to know. that. He was
[9449]very well educated, extremely well read, and no,
[9451]he is not the kind of man--.
[9453]re
[9454]p=)
[9456]' He would appreciate tie distinction? -
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[9481]A: He would appreciate tie distinction between the
[9482]two. 601/
[9484]If Mr. Scott did in fact make this notation prior to
[9486]_the assassination of John Ke inedy, this Committee has not
[9488]been able to determine why "sic" was used. 602/
[9490]The description of Oswald is marked on this cable with
[9491]a double black line, a check mark and the notation "24
[9492]years old" in Ann |, Goodpastyur2 s hand- -writing. 603/ - At
[9494]at eurflat poetry a -3B es Qe FL.
[9495]this point at least Ms. “Goodpasture and Allan White, the .
[9501]DCOS, realized that the photograph they had described
[9503]in MEXI 6453 was not of Oswald. 604/ But this realization
[9504]was evidently not shared by all the officers in the sta-
[9505]tion.- Ms.. Goodpasture remembers that there was some con-
[9506]troversy in the station about whether the man described .
[9507]in the 10/11 cable was the same man who had been picked
[9508]up by the Station's photographic surveillance. Ms. Good-
[9510]pasture remembers that she believed, based on the cable,
[9512]-that-the photograph reported in MEXI 6453 was not of Os-
[9514]wald. She said that she argued over the identification
[9516]. . . Nw 4
[9517]with Win Scott and that he said, “Oh, that may be incor-
[9519]rect “and so forth. But there was some quibbling over .
[9521]The routing slip on the 10/11 cable indicates some of
[9523]3 TR . wt ee eel,”
[9525]a Classification: fj.
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[9539]: the dates when subsequent Me<ico City Station ‘actions
[9540]Coke Ve
[9541]occurred. ‘Ms. Goodpasture ndted. that "We should ask
[9543]| HQ for photo. No?" Barbara Manel] noted that the dis-
[9544]. semination requested by Paragraph 4 of the cable was ;
[9545]done on 15. October 1963. Win Scott wrote, "Please set
[9546]up "P" file on Lee Henry OSWALD and put all data we
[9547]have into it. Photos?" 606/ The document was sent to
[9548]the files on 15 October 1963. 607/ Hence, we know that
[9549]Oswald's Mexico "P" file was opened on or about 15 Octo-
[9550]ber 1963 and that Win Scott asked that "all" informa-
[9551]@ tion be included in the file. There is’ substantial rea-
[9552], son to believe that most, i1 not all, of the information
[9553]available to the Station wa: incorporated into the file
[9554]-at that time. 608/
[9555]The 10/11 cable greatly increased the significance
[9557]of Oswald's contact with the Soviet Embassy in the eyes.
[9558]q .
[9560]of the Mexico City Station just as the name trace results
[9562]reported by that cable had inade the matter more signifi-
[9563]cant to the officers involved at Headquarters. 609/
[9565]This cable aroused the Station's operational interest
[9566]in Oswald. Melk pnd. oo ze gurore-)
[9568]p g 3 . . oo 3 LT. an
[9569]| Nt Q: To” your knowledge di4 that (the 10/11 cable}
[9570]: in’ any way enhance the importance, of ‘Oswald’: s
[9572]. e | Classification: = _
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[9592]contact with ‘the Soviet Embassy?
[9594]A: Oh, ‘yes, sure, it did. The fact that he had that
[9595]kind of background. Sure, he became someone. of
[9596]considerable operational interest. Again, there
[9597]was nothing Other than operational interest.
[9599]Q: In all lik{ihood tha: cable would have prompted
[9601]‘the people at the stution to 80 ‘back and look at
[9602]the earlier. transcripts?
[9604]A: Yes, I would think so. 610/
[9606]This Committee believes that Station personnel did,
[9608]between October 11] and Octoher 15, go back and recheck
[9609]the transcripts and connect the important substantive
[9610]calls to Oswald. Under noriial operating procedures a
[9611]“tape of Oswald! s calls. to the Soviet Embassy should not
[9612]have been erased until 16 O:: tober, 4 to 5 days after
[9614]_the case took on added sign: ficance. 611/' The | one trans-
[9615]cript of the call on 10/1/63 that had definitely been
[9617]_ linked to Oswald prior to receipt of the 10/11 cable bore
[9618]a reference to. an earlier conversation by a man who
[9619]"spoke broken Russian, the text of the 10/1 call allowed.
[9620]that the prior call had propably occurred on September 28,
[9622]1963. 612/ It should have been possible. at that point
[9624]to compare the tapes. to see if they were ‘in fact the same
[9626]bo. caller. Indeed, a notation made by. Ann Goodpasture on a
[9628]newspaper article in 1964 suggests that this was the case.
[9630]@ a Classification: _ _~
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[9644]The notes says.
[9646]The caller from the Cuban Embassy was uniden-
[9648]tified until HQ sent traces on Oswald and voices
[9650]compared by (Tarasoff.) 613/
[9652]The cable traffic after the assassination confuses
[9653]this point. rather than clarifies it. This will be dealt
[9654]with in more detail in a subsequent section. An examina-
[9655]tion of documents in Lee Harvey Oswald's Mexico City Sta-
[9656]tion P file and.the cable traffic from Mexico City to
[9657]Headquarters after the assassination, raised-a possibility
[9658]that at least one tape of Cswald's voice existed as late
[9659]as 16 October 1963. 614/ oo |
[9660]@ _ Assuming. that the 10/1/63 call in which an individual
[9662]a ‘identifies himself as "Lee Oswald" was handled in an ex-
[9663] pedited manner, the tape ard the transcript would have
[9665]been in the Station by the following day at the latest. 615/
[9667]If the tape had been held for the normal two-week reten-
[9669]tion period, it would have been erased on or about 16.
[9671]‘October. The tape fromthe 9/28/63 conversation would
[9673]have probably been in the :.tation by the first or second.
[9674]WD at Obey PA
[9676]of October at the latest. 616/ Ae would not have normally
[9678]been erased until on or about 16 October. atso. It seems
[9680]; clear that the tapes, unde~ normal procedures would have
[9682]been retained until at least 7
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[9705]‘October. An examination of he documents does not clarify
[9706]“this question but rather adds confusion to the issue.
[9707]Several documents and calles deal with the tapes and
[9708]a voice comparison of the re:orded Conversations. In
[9709]Oswald's "p" file there is a newspaper clipping of an
[9710]article: from the 21 October 1964 Washington Post The
[9711]article, by Robert S. Allen ind Paul Scott, is entitled
[9713]"CIA Withheld Vital Intelligence from Warren Commission. "
[9714]One paragraph from that article says:
[9716]The investigators also are trying to determine
[9718]why the CIA in its: preassassination report to
[9719]@ ; . the State Department on Jswald's trip to Mexico
[9720]City gave details only of the defector's visit .
[9721]to the Russian Embassy and not the Cuban Embassy.
[9722]The CIA did not report the latter visit until after
[9723]Kennedy's assassination in Dallas.
[9725]- Next to that paragraph Ann Goodpasture wrote:
[9727]' The caller from the Cuban Embassy was unidenti-
[9728]fied until HQ sent traces on Oswald-and voices:
[9729]compared by (Tarasoff). 617/
[9731]That statement is very: clear in saying that a voice
[9732]comparison was made. The cable traffic that went from
[9733]Mexico to CIA. Headquarters after the assassination is
[9735]not so clear.
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[9749]on 23 November, the CIA leadquarters asked the
[9750]Mexico City Station to send “he full transcripts of Os-—
[9751]wald's conversations and “or ginal tapes if available"
[9752]“to Headquarters as ‘soon as possible by a special courier. 618/
[9753]On that same day, Ann Goodpa::ture sent a cable to Head-
[9754]quarters reporting the 9/28/1533 conversation. That cable
[9755]| said, in part, "Station unable compare voice as first
[9756]tape erased prior receipt ¥é second call." 619/— Later
[9757]‘that same day Ms. Goodpastu-e wrote another cable which
[9758]Said:
[9759]: (Tarasoff) who did transcriptions says Os-
[9760]r wald identical with person para one speak-
[9761]ing broken Russian who called from Cuban
[9763]Embassy 28 September to soviet Embassy. 820/
[9765]The next day the Mexico. lity Station informed Headquarters
[9767]that it had been unable to locate any tape of Oswald's.
[9768]‘voice. "Regret complete recheck shows tapes for this
[9770]period already erased." 621/
[9772]The statement. in MEXI 7023 that a voice comparison
[9773]“was not possible because of the first tape being erased
[9774]prior to the second tape being received is: inconsistent
[9775]with the statements made in testimony and in other cables 622/
[9777]and with the procedure then in effect at the station at
[9779]ah,
[9782]that time. 623/ It is, therefore, considered highly
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[9800]unlikely that a tape would be held only one or two days,.
[9801]the situation that is implied by the-statement in MEXI 7023.
[9802]The other statements by ls. Goodpasture in the cables
[9803]and on the newspaper article; clearly indicate that a
[9805]voice comparison was made. 1s. Goodpasture was. questioned
[9807]about this, :
[9809]Q: To your knowledge, was a voice ‘comparison -
[9810]ever made between the tapes to deterimne -
[9811]whether the same person was speaking in-
[9812]each one?
[9814]A: I do not know. 1 did not make. one. I do
[9815]'" not know whether someone else made one or
[9816]not. There is a transcript, a cable here,
[9818]© in which. the transcriber of the Soviet tape
[9819]says that it is the same voice, which would
[9820]lead one to believe that he made a voice
[9821]comparison, but it just may have been that
[9822]he, from his memory, came to that conclu-
[9823]sion. 624/
[9825]Q: On the lower vighthard corner of the newspaper
[9826]-article that is contzined there, marked off
[9827]with a dark line is @ paragraph. Kindly |
[9828]read that paragraph, starting with the words
[9831](Pause.-)
[9832]A: This would suggest--.
[9834]-Q: One moment.
[9836]A: --Tarasoff compared “he voices on a tape of October.
[9837]co Q: Whose handwriting appears?
[9838]oe . A: That is mine. _ 7 ay
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[9856]Q: That indicates that tre caller--could you please
[9857]read that to us. Reai what you wrote that day.
[9859]A: “The caller from the Suban Embassy was unidenti-
[9860]fied until Headquarters sent traces on Oswald."
[9861]Now, that would have deen in. answer to the cable.
[9863]_ that was dated 8th October. I believe their cable
[9864]was 18 October, "and voices compared by Feinglass."
[9865]Feinglass was the pesudonym used by Tarasoff.
[9867]In fact, that indicatas--
[9869]A: He compared the Cuban Embassy voices with the
[9870]others, with Oswald's call, in which he used his
[9871]name, — .
[9873]Q: When would that have happened?
[9875]A:-I said 18 October because I thought that was the
[9876]- date of the cable. 10 October. -625/
[9878]~ e@ - Boris Tarasoff testified that he had not been queried
[9880]at all about Oswald in 1963 and that he had not done a voice
[9881]comparison. 626/ Herbert Manel] testified that Farasoff .
[9882]did not do a voice comparison but’ connected the two con-
[9883]versations in his marginal comments in the transcripts. on
[9884]the basis of memory. 627/
[9886]Whether or not Mr. Tarasoff or someone else did a
[9888]voice comparison of the tapes, it is likely that the tapes
[9890]did exist until at least the 16th of October and would
[9891]to have been available for such a comparison. It is possi-
[9893]- ble that the connection between the 10/1/63 call and
[9895]i ‘on the 9/28/63 call was made on _the : pasts of Mr. Tarasoff's’ oh"
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[9915]memory. In any event the record clearly indicates that
[9916]the tapes should have been avilable, ‘and probably were
[9917]available; as late as 16 Oct»ber 1963. 628/ This is
[9918]significant because it was after receipt of the 10/10 ca-
[9919]ble from Headquarters that tie Oswalc case took on a
[9921]more than routine coloring.
[9923]The incréased significance that the Oswald
[9924]visit took on during the period from October 11 to Octo-
[9925]@ ber 16, 1963, could have provided the station with reason .,
[9926]. to retain the Oswald tapes. 629/ 7 |
[9928]Ms. Goodpasture was asked what became of the Oswald
[9930]tapes, >
[9931]Q: What happened to that tape containing Oswald: s
[9932]voice?
[9934]A: What happened? ;
[9935]. 2? Ves. .
[9936]Q: What happened to that tape; yes?
[9937]A: 1 do not know.
[9938]Q: Do those tapes exist today?
[9939]- A: What? |
[9940]- Q: Do those tapes exist: today?
[9941]C2 _ Ar If they do, I’ do not. know where they ares |. ae”
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[9965]Q: Are you aware of the fact that, after the as-
[9967]- sassination, it has been alleged that some
[9968]tapes were given to tte FBI to listen to and
[9969]that it was said that ‘these tapes contained
[9970]Oswald's voice on: them:
[9972]A: Someone asked me about that, but I do. not think
[9974]- that I had those tapes. 1 -do not remember if
[9975]I did, and I was not tware that we gave any to
[9976]the FBI. I do not know whether Mr. Manell got
[9977]tapes from Mr. Taraso’ f and passed them to the
[9978]FBI, or if the Chief of Station or Deputy passed
[9979]anything to the FBI. I just do not know. 630/
[9981]On the whole most CIA off cers who testified stated
[9982]that, if a tape of Oswald's voice existed at the time of
[9983]_ the assassination, they did not know anything at all about
[9984]e@ a it. 631/ One CIA officer, tie Chief of the Branch respon-
[9986]sible for Mexico, testified that he believed the tapes
[9987]did exist at the time of the assassination:
[9988]a -Q: Were they able to locate the original tapes?
[9989]I think so.
[9990]: Do you recall what was done with ‘those tapes?
[9994]A
[9996]Q
[9998]A :
[10000]Q: Did you ever--
[10002]A: I never heard them. |
[10003]A: You never heard them?
[10004]A: No. : |
[10005]Q
[10007]en : On what basis do you say the original tapes
[10008]4: were found?
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[10032]A: I had the impression chat after the assassination
[10033]they did a Tot of traiscribing. I may be wrong. fh
[10034]: 27 oe @ . a
[10035]Q: Let us look at (MEXI 1025, ) Paragafrph four
[10036]there, which indicate; that the person who did
[10037]the transcript and savs, "Oswald is identical
[10038]‘with the person in an earlier paragraph who
[10039]spoke broken Russian and called on 28 September."
[10041]That indicates that’ some sort of a voice compari -
[10042].$on was made, .- a
[10044]A: Yes. Tapes were probably still in existence. 632/
[10046]The Tarasoffs do not remember ever doing, or being
[10047]asked to, do, a voice comparison of the Oswald tapes. 633/
[10048]But the evidence, albeit circumstantial, seems to indi-
[10049]cate that the tapes were in existence and that the voices
[10051]© were compared by someone. 63«/ Herbert Manell suggested
[10052]. that Tarasoff may have confirmed the fact that the two
[10053]‘calls were made by the same jerson by memory after re-
[10054]‘ceipt of the 10/11 cable. §3'/
[10056]However, the Station made. the connections, whether by
[10057]voice comparison and/or by comparison of the substantive
[10058]information in the 10/11 cab’e to the substantive informa-
[10059]tion in the transcripts, the conversations were linked to
[10060]Oswald prior to the assassinetion and probably by the
[10062]time that the "P" file. was-o;ened on or about 16 October |
[10064]1963. 636/ Ms . Goodpasture vas also asked. about this:
[10066]1 i .
[10068]f (co: Q: On October Tst, you found ‘out that Oswald wR
[10069]po. had been at. the Russién Embassy: the, preceding Sy
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[10087]; Saturday. Was any effort made to check
[10088]your materials from the surveillance opera-
[10089]tion, the photographic surveillance opera-
[10091]- tion, or from the telephonic surveillance
[10092]Operation to get additional information
[10093]on this? .
[10095]A: I do not know whether I checked it immediately
[10096]' or not at this stage. I do know that they were
[10097]checked thoroughly ai ter the assassination. In
[10098]fact, I think they were checked thoroughly after
[10099]the ‘information Sane. back from Washington iden-
[10100]tifying a Lee Oswald. 637/
[10102]On October 15, 1963, a ‘pm file was “opened on
[10104]Oswald. 638/ That same day the CIA Mexico City Station
[10106]—_ - requested that Headquarters send them a photograph of
[10107]@ Oswald. 639/ On that date also Ms. Manel drafted a
[10108]. local. dissemination memo reyarding Oswald's contact with
[10109]the Soviet Embassy. 640/ By this date at least the 10/1/
[10111]10:45 call, the 9/28/11:51 :all, the 9/27/4:05 call,
[10113]and: the 9/27/4:26 call had >een linked to Oswald. 641/
[10114]On 16 October 1963 the nemorandum drafted by Ms.
[10115]Manell was circualted at th2 U. S. ‘Embassy. It said:
[10117]1. The following information was received from
[10118]- a usually reliable and extremely sensitive
[10119]source: On 1 October 1963, an American male
[10120]contacted the Soviet Embassy and identified
[10121]himself as Lee OSWALO. This officer (sic)
[10122]determined that OSWALD had been at the Soviet
[10123]Embassy-on 28 September 1963 and had talked
[10124]: _ with Valeriy Valdimirivoch KOSTIKOV, a mem-
[10125]i (§ ber of the Consular Section, in order to learn —
[10126]se if the Soviet Embassy had received a reply
[10127]Ji - from Washington concerning his request. We
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[10156]have no clarifying information with regard to
[10157]this request.
[10159]' 2. Our Headquarters has informed us that the
[10160]OSWALD above is probaoly identical with Lee
[10161]Henry OSWALD, born on 18 October 1939, in
[10162]New Orleans, Louisiani, a former radar opera-
[10163]tor in the U. S. Mariie Corps who defected
[10164]to the Soviet Union ii October 1959,
[10166]3.. This office will advise you if additional
[10167]; information on this mitter is received. 642/
[10169]| When Ms. Manell was asked why she had stated that it
[10170]had been “determined” that Oswald had been in contact
[10171]with the Soviet Embassy on 23 September she said that:
[10172]it must have been -because sh» had rechecked the trans-
[10174]© -cripts by this time as othervise she would not have
[10176]used such certain language. 343/ When asked why the 10/16
[10177]. - memo said that there was ‘no -larifying information on
[10179]Oswald's "request" when it wis known by this time that
[10181]he was seeking a visa, Ms. Minel] said that "They had no
[10183]need to know all those other details” 644/
[10185]‘There are no indications that any other actions were
[10186]taken by the Mexico City-Sta:ion prior to the assassina-
[10190]Even though the Station’; actions after the 10/11
[10191]cable were not highty extensive, it is inaccurate and
[10193]misleading to say that those actions were limited to re-
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[10215]‘questing a photograph of Oswald from Headquarters. o-
[10216]ther actions included rechecking the transcripts and
[10217]discovering the substantive ones. that concerned Oswald
[10218]and reporting the informaticn in MEXI 6453 and DIR 74830
[10219]to various components in the U.S. Embassy in Mexico
[10220]City ina misleading manner. ‘Hence, the fact that Os-
[10221]wald was seeking a visa and had been in contact with
[10222]the Cubans as well ‘as the Russians was known prior to
[10223]the assassination, and the Station's actions prior to
[10224]the assassination were more compretiensive than merely
[10226]Yd] requesting a photograph; al:chough if any action other
[10227]than a file check was taken. no record of that action
[10228]has been made available to this Committee.
[10230]It is unlikely, but possible, that this information
[10232]that was. developed by the Mexico City Station after 10/11/63
[10234]was reported to Headquarters. Elsie Scaleti pointed
[10236]out that a report of this additional information on
[10238]Oswald's activities in Mexico “would ‘have been expected.” .
[10239]646/ Ms. “Scaleti's belief that the information should . :
[10240]have been reported to Headquarters is shared for identi-
[10242]cal reasons by. her superior at Headquarters. 647/ :
[10244]7 a The testimony from the people involved, both at head-
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[10267]Quarters and in Mexico, while often uncertain, is’ gen-
[10268]erally, that thy do not remeiiber that such a cable was
[10269]sent. Ms. Scaleti said that she could not recall that
[10270]Mexico had sent any other in’ormation to Headquarters
[10271]prior to the assassination, but added, I "could not
[10272]swear to that." 648/ The head of the Mexico Branch
[10273]at Headquarters was certain “hat this information was
[10274]reported but he could not recall the form of the report
[10276]or whether. it occurred before or after the assassination. 649/
[10278]Robert Shaw first. testified “chat, to hiss knowledge, the
[10279]@ ; information was not reported prior to the assassination
[10280]and then added "but I would have no way of knowing. "
[10281]650/ The Deputy Chief of Station in Mexico, Mr. Allan
[10282]White, was also unsure on ths point:
[10283]oe LOJi4
[10284]Q: Abid they ever indicate to Headquarters that
[10285]Oswald had been to the -Cuban Embassy as well
[10286]as to the Soviet Emba:: sy and that he wanted
[10287]a visa? .
[10289]; A: I would have: to assum: that they did. - I
[10290]. . realize that "assume" is a bad word.
[10292]Q: You don't have personal knowledge one’ way or
[10293]- another?
[10295]A: No, prior to the assassination I would ‘not. 651/
[10297]_ Ann Goodpasture was ‘also unsure of her recollection
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[10321]Q:. But Headquarters was iever appraised of that
[10322]voice comparison? oe
[10324]A: I think they were in i cable.
[10325]A: Prior to the assassination?
[10327]A: No, I do not think th2y were Prior to the assas-
[10328]Sination.yxx
[10330]Q: It is determined that the | Same person was talking
[10331]on each tape and.ther2 is no follow-up to head-
[10332]quarters, even though Headquarters clearly consi-
[10333]dered this to be significant?
[10335]A: The follow- up was mad2> by disseminating this
[10336]information from the traces locally and trying
[10337]to identify Oswald, trying to locate the man.
[10338]That is the way the follow-up was made. We
[10339]thought that he may still be in Mexico.
[10341]. @ — Q: The point is, however, that ‘upon the making ‘of
[10342], _ @ voice comparion, if, in fact, that was done,
[10343]OO that information was not communicated to anyone.
[10345]A: I do not know if it was or not. You. would have
[10346]to check the file comoletely, the cable traffic,
[10347]to see if it was. To the best of my knowledge,
[10348]it was not: until after the assassination.»
[10350]Q: In fact, headquarters did ‘not know that he had .
[10351]also been ‘to. the Cuban Embassy? :
[10353]2 3
[10354]A: At that point, no.
[10355]Q: At. least, according to your recollection, it was
[10357]not until after the assassination that Headquarters
[10358]was informed of that rage?
[10360]A: That.is probably right. ,§52/
[10362]Only one person. who was interviewed by this Committee
[10364]was certain of her recollection. Ms«. Barbara Manell was
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[10385]certain that a second cable -eporting Oswald's contacts
[10386]- with the Cuban Embassy had buen sent to Headquarters
[10387]“prior to the. assassination.
[10388]Q: It does not strike you as more significant
[10389]. that the American con:acts the Soviet Embassy
[10390]and he also contacts che Cuban Embassy? To
[10391]me that would. make hit seem more significant
[10392]and therefore, if you found out about this
[10393]after the time the (f rst) cable was sent you
[10394]would have sent another cable.
[10396]A: I did not send anothe: cable but I _know another.
[10397]- cable was sent. .I didn't send it.
[10399]Q: Another cable concern’ ng Oswald was sent? . .
[10400]A: I think so. Where is the whole file? Wasn' 't
[10402]r _ there a cable saying | le was in touch with the
[10403]- Cuban Embassy? ;
[10405]We have not seen. one.
[10407]I am pretty such there. was.
[10409]Did you send that cab e?
[10411]No, 1 did not send th: cable. When I found out
[10412]about it I remember this, 1 said how come?
[10414]_p> Ob YP ©
[10416]: Who did? Do you know’
[10418]> 2
[10420]1 don't’ know who sent it. 1 think Ann (Goodpasture)
[10421]might have. She migh: have sent a follow- up one
[10423]with this. information 653/
[10425]The staff of this Commitee suggested that Mr. Phil-
[10427]lip's clear recollection of involvement in reporting
[10429]Cy - Oswald's visit to the Cuban imbassy and that he was seeking .
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[10446]a visa along with the fact that Mr. Phillips was not in
[10448]Mexico at the time that the first cable was sent, 654/
[10450]could possibly be an indication that he is recalling a
[10451]second cable. When asked atout this, Mr. Phillips
[10453]stated that he had no knowledge of a second cable sent
[10455]prior to the assassination. 655/
[10456]Some corroboration of Ms. Manell's assertions were -
[10457]found in the materials from Win Scott's safe. Cu2e:
[10459]« &(0)n page 777 of (the Warren) report the
[10460]erroneous statement was made that it was not
[10461]; ms known that Oswald had v.sited the Cuban Em- y 3s
[10462]@ bassy until after the a: sassination: {Every — no vrs
[10464]piece of information coucering Lee Harvey Os- Ve’
[10466]wald was reported immediately after it was
[10467]received to: U. S. Amba;sador Thomas C.
[10469]Mann, by memorandum; th: FBI.Chief in Mexico,
[10470]by Memorandum, and to my headquarters by cable;
[10471]and included in each ani every one of these
[10472]reports was the conversition Oswald had, so
[10474]far as it was known. Tiese reports were made
[10475]on all his contacts witi both the Cuban Con-
[10477]sulate and with the Soviets. 656/
[10479]If the cable was sent ‘it is not in the files made
[10480]available to the HSCA by the CIA.
[10482]The head of ‘the Mexico Branch admitted that the
[10483]information should have been reported and that, if it
[10485]had been, the Oswald case would have been handled dif-
[10487]corer pen
[10488]Soa
[10490]63 ferently, at least as. far as the dissemination of infor-
[10492]ae : mation about: him was concerned. Cee ne — <
[10493]ee _ Classification _ “e
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[10508]Had the information concerning Oswald's visit
[10510]: to the Cuban Embassy in addition to the Soviet
[10512]one, that Oswald had »een requesting a visa,
[10513]if it had been sent t) CIA headquarters, would
[10514]his case prior-to the assassination have been
[10516]“handled in
[10518]A: It would have been in the case of dissemina-.
[10519]tion of information arout him, but I do not
[10521]think that
[10523]taken to apprehend hin or to contact him or
[10524]to try to force him bick to the United Statés.
[10526]Ou)
[10527]Q: he would the diss2mination have been
[10528]treated differently?
[10530]any. differ2nt manner?
[10532]any Operational action would have
[10534]A: Well, it- simply Means that we vould. have dis- Ss
[10535]seminated any additioial information that we ;
[10536]. got. 657/
[10537]a
[10538]@ It-cannot be determined vith exactitude whether or
[10540]not this additional information about Oswald was reported
[10542]to Headquarters.
[10544]of the Mexico Desk was asked whether or not the Station
[10545]“was ever criticized for this failure to report in the
[10547]face of a specific request t) do so by CIA Headquarters.
[10549]H eal
[10551]eA! .
[10552]No. That was
[10553]easy on them,
[10554]nature of the
[10555]do is engage,
[10557]legal manipulations of society, secretly.
[10559]We were running, at that time, a vast poli-
[10560]_ tical action program in 4exico City to try to
[10561]; ; swing Mexico around from its. Leftist direction
[10562]— ‘. ~ to amiddle of the. road jJirection and it succeeded.
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[10576]‘In all like 2lihood it was not. The Chief
[10578]not becaus2 we were trying to go.
[10580]it is simply. because. . it is in the
[10581]business. What you “are trying to
[10582]as I used to say, in important il-
[10584]e
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[10599]I do not know.whether you informed yourself about
[10601]the magnitude of our political action program at
[10603]the time--absolutely enormous.
[10604]We were trying to follow the Soviets and
[10606]all the satellites ard the Cubans. At the same.
[10608]time, the: main thrust of the Station's effort
[10610]was to attempt to recruit Russians, Cubans and
[10612]satellite people. 65% /
[10614]Perhaps the nature o* the CIA Mexico City Station's
[10615]handling of the Oswald case prior to the assassination
[10616]can best be summed up in Dive Phillips: response when
[10617]he was asked how he would’ :haracterize that handling:
[10619]"At the very best, it is not professional, at the best." 659/
[10621]V. Mexico City Station Reporting of Information Concerning
[10623]Oswald After the Assassination
[10624]A. Reporting of information concerning the photograph
[10626]of the Mexico Mystery Man
[10628]Even though some pecple inthe Station clearly dis-
[10630]_associated the photograph that was described ‘fa, Mex 6453 - 6
[10631]- from Oswald after receivirg the 10/11 cable, 656/.it is: _
[10632]clear that some people st‘11 considered it possible for
[10633]some reason that the photograph was of Oswald. In Octo- 6
[10635]ber, Ann Goodpast re had argued this very point with Win-
[10637]at,
[10639]ston Scott. 657/ On the Jay‘ of the assassination, the
[10640]° “Mexico City. Station cabled Heddqudrtersst nat f'yas sending %
[10642]Classification: § “!  & Saihd . ore <<
[10643]as soon as possible "cozies of only visitor to. ;
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[10656]- 179 - °°
[10658]lon
[10660]59S}.
[10661]Sovemb 28 Oct who could be identical with Oswald.” 658/
[10662]The date was later corrected to read 1 October. eh220/—
[10664]Mrs Scott was not the only person in the Mexico Station.
[10666]Nantucnua “
[10668]"who still thought that the. photo could possibly be
[10670]Seen
[10672]Oswald. Mr. Manel] testified on this pointy?
[10673], Q: As of the ‘day of the assassination, you
[10674]4 thought that there was still a possibility
[10675]3 that there was a photograph of Oswald?
[10677]‘ A: Indeed. As I recall, we tried to get that
[10678]© photograph to headquarters as fast as we -
[10679]could. As it turned out it wasn't neces- ,
[10680]Sary to send it. But -fet was our intention. 660/
[10681]tohK .
[10683]Nike toe
[10685]The photograph was sent to Dallas where Special Agent.
[10687]r Odum of the FBI showed it to Mrs. Marguerite Oswald on
[10689]23 November 1963. 661/. Mrs: Oswald would later claim |
[10690]4] it was a photograph of Jack Ruby, 662/ beginning a peried
[10691]| of controversy arid uncertainty about this photograph that
[10692]- . has continued to this day. Tne interaction of the Warren
[10693]: Commission and the CIA on this : question is detailed
[10694]‘in another section of this reoort. On 23° November. Mexico
[10696]informed Headquarters that “ke obvious photos sent to Dallas
[10698]were not ‘iden with Lee Oswald. ". 663/ Since the time of ©
[10700]“Koleeee
[10702]the assassination, this man his ‘been identified as Yuriy -
[10704]Ivanovich Moskalev, a Soviet: <6B officer. The identifica-
[10706]i.€3 tion is unconfirmed and comes from only One. Source. -664/
[10708]Classification: _
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[10724]In any case, it is unlikely that this man had any. con-
[10725]nection with Oswald outside »f the mistaken belief of
[10727]several CIA officers in Mexizo. 665/
[10729]B. Reporting of information concerning Lee Harvey
[10730]Oswald from the electronic intercept operation
[10732]aimed at ‘the Soviet Embassy
[10734]The first cable that Mexico sent to Headquarters
[10735], after the assassination referred Headquarters to the
[10736]) cable traffic conprning Oswald that had occurred prior |
[10737]‘to the assassination. 666/ ‘Headquarters replied that
[10738]‘they had also noted the "cornection." 667/ .
[10739]The cable traffic on the day of the assassination,
[10740]and the early traffic from «he following day, deal al-
[10741]most exclusively with the plotograph of the person who
[10742]“later became known as the Mexico Mystery Man. . The
[10743]first cable 668/- obviously referred to the October 1
[10745]contact and brought it to, Headquarters’ attention by
[10747]“referring Headquarters to M:XI 6453. The first cable
[10749]that specifically refers to the transcripts occurred
[10751]( to on the following day. Head juarters cabled Mexico that
[10752]it was important that the station review all transcripts | %
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[10779]"since 27 September to tocat2 all material possibly per-
[10780]tinent.." 669/ “The cable went on to instruct the station
[10781]to send the full transcripts and original tapes to Head-
[10782]quarters by special courier. 670/ The cable also asks
[10784]_4f the original tapes are stil] available. 671/
[10786]This Committee has not been able to determine how the
[10787]CIA Headquarters knew, on 23 November 1963, that a review
[10788]of the tap material should begin with the production - .
[10789]from 27 September, the day Oswald first appeared at the
[10790]Soviet and Cuban Embassies. There is no recrd that
[10791]Headquarters had been inforned of the 9/27 visits prior
[10792]to, this cable having been sent. It is possible, as some
[10793]witnesses have suggested, that his information was provided
[10794]to CIA Headquarters by the FBI in Washington. 672/ If
[10795]that is the case then it merely shifts the question. This
[10796]"may indicate that the CIA Headquarters was aware of the
[10797]9/27 visits prior to the assassination. An even stronger |
[10798]inference is that they were aware of those visits at least
[10799]_by the day after the assassination. The manner in which
[10800]they learned of these visits by that date has not been
[10801]determined. It is possible that Headquarters was informed
[10803]Sot iy ee Totes
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[10823]- 186 7
[10824]by telephone. Even though w* tnesses generally denied
[10825]that there was telephone. communication between Mexico
[10826]City and Headquarters at the time of the assassination,
[10827]there is strong evidence that there was such communica-
[10828]tion on at least two instancis. 673/
[10830]As will become evident, “he transcripts were cabled
[10831]to headquarters that. same dav. It is not clear why Head-
[10832]quarters asked that the transcripts: and tapes, if they
[10833]existed, be sent to Headquar:ers by special courier as”
[10834]opposed to cabling the trans:ripts ‘which would have been
[10835]faster. 674/ There is no record that indicates that
[10837]e - these transcripts of Oswald’; calls were sent to Head-
[10838]| quarters by. special courier. _ -_ - |
[10840]On the 23rd, the. Mexico lity Station reported all
[10841]of the substantive Oswald coiversations to Headquarters
[10842]by cable. “Logically, one woild expect that since the
[10843]‘circumstantial evidence indicates that these conversa-
[10844]tions were linked to Oswald. rior to the assassination, -
[10846]that they would all have bee reported in one cable, es-
[10848]pecially in light of the request from Headquarters in
[10850]DIR 84886. 675/ At this point, according to the files
[10852]and records made available ‘to the HSCA staff. by the CHA,
[10854]te
[10856]the Mexico City Station had informed Headquarters of. ; ro
[10857]Classification: ; Pam
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[10876](7 185 ;
[10877]only the 9/28 and the 10/7/1245 conversations. It
[10878]should be noted that the 10/./10:45 conversation makes
[10879]reference to the fact that Oswald was also at the Em-
[10881]_ bassy on 9/28. .The next cable that Mexico City sent to
[10883]Headquarters said, in part, ‘Other than Info already
[10885]sent re Oswald's connection vith Sov and Cuban Embs,
[10886]no other info available." 67 The next cable reports
[10887]a literal transcription of tie 9/28 and 10/1/10: 45 con-
[10888]versations. 677/. The next cable that refers to the
[10889]transcripts of Oswald's conversations reports the 9/27/
[10890]10:30 call, the 9.27/4:05 call, the 9.27/4:26 call, the
[10891]10/1/10:31 call, and the 10/3 call. 678/ With this
[10892]cable Mexico City informed Headquarters of all the ‘sub-
[10893]stantive information available from the Soviet “Embassy
[10894]electronic surveillance. 679/
[10896]Mexico City also informed Headquarters on. 11/24/64
[10897]that the tapes from the period in which Oswald. had. vi-
[10899]sited the Soviet and Cuban Embassies had been erased. 580/
[10901]A cable on the previous day had informed Headquarters
[10903]that it was "probable" ‘that the Oswald tapes had been
[10905]erased. 681/ An earlier cable that same day reported
[10907]i of ae that "Station unable compare voice as first tape erased
[10909]An,
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[10930]= 184 -
[10931]prior receipt of second call " 682/ This would imply
[10933]that the tape of the 28 September conversation, which |
[10935]may not have been received a: the station until the
[10936]30th or the Ist of October, was destroyed before the
[10937]‘tape of the conversation on :he Ist of October was re-
[10938]ceived in the station on tha: same day. In Tight of
[10939]the standard operating proce jures in effect in the sta-
[10940]tion at that time, that possibility is highly unlikely. 683/
[10941]In view of what is now kiown about the standard
[10942]operating procedures and about the Station's actions
[10943]prior to the assassination, the Station's confusing and.
[10944]somewhat contradictory reporting after the assassination
[10945]is strange. 684/ It is possible that these confusions
[10946]and contradictions: arose out of the crisis atmosphere
[10947]at the station and the rush to report information. This
[10948]Committee has not found any solid evidence that. there
[10949]were sinister qualities tn the reporting after ‘the
[10951]assassination.
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[10963]FOOTNO'ES
[10964]‘FOR LEE HARVEY OSWA‘D, MEXICO CITY
[10965]AND. THE CENTRAL INTE .LIGENCE AGENCY
[10967]1/ See Warren Report, pp. 299-304, 733-736. In Support of
[10969]~ tts account of Oswald's contacts with the Soviet and
[10970]Cuban diplomatic missions. the Warren Commission pub-
[10971]lished the following as exhibits:
[10973]1). A note from the Cuban Ainistry of Foreign Affairs
[10974]to the Swiss. Ambassado: in Cuba. (Commission Exhi-
[10975]bit 2445.)
[10977]2) Lee Harvey Oswald's vi3a application and the Ministry
[10978]of Foreign Affairs of zhe Republic of Cuba's letter
[10979]‘denying the visa. (Conmission Exhibit 2564.)
[10981]3) Letterhead Memorandum to J. Lee Rankin from Richard
[10982]Helms re:' "Technical Examination of Photographs of
[10983]’ Lee Harvey Oswald's Ap>vlication for a Cuban Visa."
[10984](Commission exhibit 3127.) :
[10985]: 4) The pages of Lee Harvey Oswald's notebook with the
[10986]© - telephone numbers of tire Cuban Consulate, the Soviet
[10987]. Consulate:and the Soviat Military Attache's office.
[10988](Commission Exhibit 2121. )
[10990]5) A letter dated 11/9/63 from Lee Harvey Oswald to the
[10991]Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C... (Commission Ex-
[10992]hibit 15.) .
[10994]‘ . -6) A letter from 3. Edgar Hoover to the Warren Commission
[10995]listing the contents of the Federal; Bureau of Investi-
[10996]gation's file holdings on Lee Harvey Oswald prior to.
[10998]‘the assassination. (Commission Exhibit 834.. This
[10999]document listed a Central Intelligence Agency."release”-
[11000]dated 10/9/63 that reported Oswald's contact with
[11001]-the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City.)
[11003]7) A memorandum dated 5/14/64 ‘to the United States Em-
[11004]bassy in Mexico City from the Ministry of Foreign
[11005]Affairs for Mexico. (Commission Exhibit 2120.)
[11007]8) A memorandum dated 6/9/64 from the Ministry of Foreign
[11008], oo. ' Affairs of Mexico to the United States Embassy in
[11009]bof bee _ Mexico City. (Commission Exhibit 2123.) .
[11011]e ee | Classification: |
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[11023]1
[11025]com moe)
[11027]UNSERE LE
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[11032]from ClA—controlled ciocuments.)
[11036]9) A letterhead Memorandu:n to J. Lee Rankin from
[11037]Richard Helms re: "Houcs of Work at the Cuban and
[11038]: Soviet Consulates." (Zommission Exhibit 2568.)
[11040]2/ Warren Commission Report, p. 305.
[11042]3/ Classified Staff Summary of Review. of CIA Documents, un-
[11043]dated, pp. 1-2; David A. Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76,
[11044].- 123; HSCA: ‘Outside Contact Report, David A. Phillips,
[11045]5711776 JEK Document No. 008321; Thomas Keenan Inter-
[11046]view, 3/24/78, p.. 2; Robert Zambernardi Interview,
[11047]6/3/78, p- 2. ~ Ss in ae cA Fins Wie ee fie ee elie @
[11049]fe PF rd GPRS OF EE
[11050]4/ Robert Zambernardi Interview, 6/3/78, p. 4.
[11051]‘5/ See JFK Exhibit. F-438, reprinted at page...
[11052]6/ Ibid.
[11053]7/ Ibid.
[11054]8/ Ibid.
[11055]9/ Ibid.; see also Section II, A, 3, below.” .
[11057]10/ See JFK Exhibit. ‘F-438 and Section Il, A, 3, below. RB
[11058]pulse camera is a camera equipped with a device that
[11059]automatically ‘triggers tte’ shutter of the camera thereby
[11060]exposing the film.
[11062]1l/ Keenan Interview, 3/24/78, Pp. AF
[11064]12/ Undated Draft of 1977 CIA staff Report, Tab F, "Mexico
[11065]Station Coverage of Soviet and Cuban Embassies (1963),"
[11066]p. 5. Hereinafter cited as Tab F Draft.
[11068]13/ David A. Phillips Testimon:’, 11/27/76, p./23; Ann Good-.
[11069]pasture Testimony, 4/13/'8, p. 44.
[11071]“'14/ Ibid.
[11072]15/ Phillips Testimony, 11/27/96, P- “123; phitttps-Pestinohy,
[11073]4/2877T8, Pp. ts
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[11093]16/ Outside Contact Report, Davia A. Phillips, 5/11/78, JFK
[11094]Document No. 008321. ;
[11096]17/ tambernardi Interview, 6/3/78, p. 2. | {
[11098]18/ Ibid. |
[11100]19/ Ibid.
[11102]20/ Ibid., p. 3.
[11104]21/ Ibid.
[11106]22/ Ibid.
[11108]23/ Ibid., p. 4. “oF: Phillips Nestimony, 11/27/76, pp- 107-
[11109]“TO08 and Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 45-46 in
[11111]which zambexrnardi is. saic to have printed the contact
[11112]sheets. , :
[11114]. . 24/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, un-
[11115]@ ; dated, pp- 1-2.
[11117]25/ HMMA 22307, 10/18/63.
[11119]26/ Ibid., para. 5,°C. There were two common means of communi-
[11120]~Gation between “the CIA Mexico City Station and CIA Head- A
[11121]quarters: cables and dispatches. A dispatch from Mexico a
[11122]City to Headquarters always has the letter prefix "HMMA."
[11124]A dispatch from Headquar:ers to Mexico City always has.
[11125]the letter prefix "HMw. ' A cable from Mexico City to
[11127]Headquarters always has :he letter prefix "MEXI." A é
[11128]_cable from Headquarters always has the letter prefix. Be
[11129]"DIR. o . . .
[11131](27/ HMMA 22307,- 10/18/63, para. 5, c. | oe
[11132]28/ Ibid. ; a ne So oe §
[11133].29/ See JFK Exhibit F- 438. ‘ .
[11135]30/ HMMA 22307, 10/18/63, para. 5, c. | . . :
[11137]7. hou 31/ Ibid. There is general agr2ement that Robert Shaw was ;
[11138]soa “the case officer for this Operation. The only | person | ;
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[11157]who takes exception to thiit characterization of Mr.
[11158]Shaw's role in the projec:. is Mr. Shaw. (See: Phillips.
[11159]Testimony, 11/27/76, pp. :.07-108; Goodpasture Testimony,
[11160]4/13/78, pp. 45-46; Zambe:nardi.Interview, 6/3/78,
[11162]p. 6. But see: Deposition of Robert Shaw, 5/16/78,
[11166]32/ HMMA 22307, 10/18/63, para. 5, c.
[11167]33/ Ibid.
[11169]34/ Ibid.
[11171]35/ Ibid. The Committee decline; to assume that there had been
[11172]no production by the time of this dispatch in October.
[11173]The handling of the production, i.e., when it was picked
[11174]up and taken to the Station, when it was developed, etc.,
[11176]' is not known. But as the following analysis will show,
[11177]there is a strong likelihcodthat: the pulse camera. was
[11178]operating in late Septemb:r and early October 1963.
[11181]Lo
[11182]~N
[11184]HMMA 22433, 11/7/63.
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[11190]Ibid.
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[11196]Ibid., para. l.
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[11202]Ibid., para. 2:
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[11210]Ibid.,para. 3.
[11212]Ibid., attachment B.
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[11218]Ibid., para. 3.
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[11226]“N
[11228]Ibid.
[11230]/ Ibid., Attachment Cc.
[11232]a |= |
[11233]wm |
[11235]/ HMMA 22307, 10/18/63, para 5, Cc.
[11241]HMMA 22433, 11/7/63, para. 3.
[11243]|
[11247]“~
[11249]|
[11251]Ibid. - a a es
[11253]- Classification: Poe a Se %
[11255]me tar 4
[11257]| Classified by derivotion:
[11259]I LT Fa
[11261]RW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 200
[11263]Classification:
[11265](This form is to be. sed for material extracted”
[11266]; ; from ClA—controlled ciocuments.) -
[11268]— AB/ pid.
[11269]49/ Ibid., para. 4,
[11270]50/ MEXI 9440, 6/19/64.
[11271]51/. Ibid.
[11272]22/ Ibid.
[11273]53/ Ibid.
[11275]54/ HSCA Classified notes of discussion with CIA employee,
[11276]7/20/78. oo
[11278]55/ Ibid. |
[11279]56/ HMMA 22726, 1/16/64, CIA #4098.
[11280]57/ Ibid., para. 5, g.
[11282]r -58/ HMMA 26414, 6/22/65.
[11283]59/ Ibid., para. 1.
[11285]60/ Ibid., para. 3..
[11287]61/ HSCA Classified Notes of discussion with CIA employee,
[11289]7/20/78. The cryptonym vas changed on 8 July 1964.
[11290](HMMW 12725, 7/8/64. ) ;
[11292]62/ Letter from. Blakey to Brecl.inridge, 7/21/78.
[11293]63/ See Sections III, A, 5 and 6 below. |
[11294]64/ JFK Classified Document #Li2.
[11296]65/ Ibid.
[11298]66/ JFK Classified Document #146.
[11300]67/ Ibid.
[11302]Pa
[11304]68/ Ibid.
[11306]‘|. Classified by derivation:
[11308]NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 201
[11311]Fs al ; re al ey Fd
[11313]Classification:
[11315]CEG,
[11317]an : 1
[11318](This form is to be bps ar
[11320][S
[11323]HMMA 22307,
[11325]~J
[11326]i=)
[11329]HMMA 22433,
[11335]Ibid., para.
[11336]/ Ibid.
[11338]Ibid.
[11342]/ Ibid.,
[11344]22726,
[11350]HMMA
[11352]22307;
[11355]an
[11358]HMMA
[11361]~J
[11364]HMMA
[11367]fos]
[11370]22307,
[11372]1966 LIONION
[11374]was the CIA cryptonym for
[11376]1/16/64,
[11377]10/18/63,
[11379]See MEXI 9440, 6/19/64; HMMA 26414,
[11381]gambernardi Interview,
[11383]10/18/63, para. 5, c.
[11385]11/7/63.
[11387]3.
[11389]and para. 4.
[11391]para. 5, g-
[11393]para. 5, c.
[11395]22433, 11/7/63, para. 3.
[11397]HMMA 26414, 6/22/65, para. 3.
[11399]6/3/78, pe 4.
[11401]Project Renewel Request,
[11404]“for material “exiracte
[11406]from ClA—controlled clocuments.)
[11408]1/1/66.
[11409]photographic surveillance
[11411]BL
[11413]L
[11415]7
[11417]1
[11419]This assumption is considered reasonable in light of the
[11420]desire of the Mexico City Station to establish coverage
[11421]of the newly reopened Cor sulate entrance.
[11423]10/18/63.
[11425]‘See HMMA
[11427]6/22/65, para. 5.
[11431]operations aimed at the Cuban diplomatic compound.
[11433]foe)
[11437]MEXI 9332,
[11439]Goodpasture Testimony,
[11443]008321.
[11445]5/6/64.
[11447]i: (ster wre.
[11449]4/13/78, pp. 43-44.
[11451]HSCA Outside Contact -Repori: -, David A. ‘Phillips,
[11452]JFK Document No.
[11454]‘5/11/78,
[11456]-¥86/ See discussion of this memo in Section II, B, below.
[11458]Classified by. ‘derivation: ee
[11460]ya ae 7 a a TT 7  -. eT Maa 47
[11462]NW 48327 Docla: 32263889 Page 202
[11464]4
[11466]et
[11467]Fe
[11469]‘GE. «NUP.
[11473]PAR eae pe
[11474]Classification: | é -
[11475]~ age & beg a
[11476]. (This form is to be vied for- material sel
[11477]. ) a * from ClA—controlled cocuments.)
[11478]_- 7 we
[11480]87/ Zambernardi Interview, 6/3//8, p- 2.
[11482]88/ Ibid., p. 4.
[11484]89/ Ibia. .
[11485]90/ HMMA 26414, 6/22/65, para. 3.
[11486]91/ See pages 24-27, |; above.
[11488]92/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents,
[11489]undated, pp. 1-2. .
[11491]93/ Ibid.
[11492]94/ Ibid. |
[11493]95/ Ibid. .
[11494]96/ Ibid.
[11495]@ 97/ Ibid.
[11496]98/ Ibid.
[11497]99/ Ibid.
[11498]100/:Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p, 47..—
[11499]101/ Robert Shaw Testimeny, 5/16/78, p. 35; HMMA 26006, 4/30/65,
[11500]para. 8. : ;
[11501]102/ Ibid.s HMMW 13645, 5/13/65; HMMA 26160, 5/21/65, paras.1 and
[11502]103/ See MEXI 9440 and HMMA 26411.
[11503]104/ JFK Classified Document #142. ‘
[11504]105/ Notes made by A. ‘ Goodpastur 3 for John Leader, IG Staff,
[11505]' . Ye: "Background on Mexico Station Support Assets (Coverage
[11506]of Soviet and Cuban Embassies)", 2/10/77, p. 1. Here-
[11507]wm inafter cited as Goodpast ire Notes. See also: Tab F i
[11508]sf Draft, p. 1; . Goodpasture festimony, 4/13/78, p. 15. 4
[11509]® . Classification: ltl ha CE ma %
[11511]“A Mor) f Chesca by derivation.
[11513]a ew
[11515]NW 46327) Decld:32263889 ‘Page 203—
[11517]ASS a = Cy aS
[11518]Classification) <2) ST em ) A ee
[11520]i . PS Nadas si
[11521](This ‘form is to be used’ for: material Pea
[11523]from ClA—controlled ¢ ocuments.)
[11526]106/ Review of Project LIEMPTY, attachment to HMMA 15979,
[11527]11/18/60; Memorandum from Chief DDP/PG | to Chief of
[11528]Operations/DDP, 2/3/61.
[11530]07/ HMMA-23343, 4/30/64, para. :’. It is possible that the
[11531]~— Saturday. coverage was more extensive in 1963 during ©
[11532]Oswald's visit. See following discussion of Review
[11534]of Project LIEMPTY attachment to HMMA-15979, 11/18/60;
[11536]Keview of Project LIEMPTY, attachment to
[11537]HMMA 17999, 10/31/61; Rev:.ew of Project LIEMPTY,
[11538]attachment to HMMA-20052, 10/18/62; Reivew of Project
[11539]LIEMPTY, attachment to HMMA-22387, 10/25/63; and
[11540]Section B. 4, following. "|.JEMPTY" is the CIA cryptonyn
[11541]referring to the overall photo-surveillance operation
[11542]aimed at .the Soviet diplomatic compound.
[11544]108/ Sketch based. on HMMA-4300, 3/12/56 with attachments;
[11545]Goodpasture Notes, 2/10/7’, p. 1; Tab F Draft, p. 1;
[11546]HMMA“ 14793, 4/8/60, para. 3; _Goodpasture Exhibit #1,
[11547]11/20/78. ; ,
[11549]r -109/-Goodpasture Notes, 2/10/77, p. 1; Tab F Draft, p. 1;
[11550]: : Goodpasture Testimony, (AL3/78, p- 15.
[11552]110/ Ibid.
[11553]111/ Ibid.
[11555]112/ Ibid. See Map above. Even -:hough LIMITED is referred to
[11556]as the "primary" base bec.usé it was the first to be
[11557]put into operation, the LILYRIC base produced the best.
[11558]photographs. “(HMMA-14793, 4/8/60, para. 3) ~
[11560]113/ Tab F Draft, pp. 2 and 5; H5CA aaeeee Session Testimony
[11561]of Ann Goodpasture, 4/13/78,. p. 13; HSCA Staff Inter-
[11562]view of Thomas Keenan, 3/24/78, p. 3.
[11564]Ibid. on all preceeding; HSA Staff Interview of Herbert
[11565]and Barbara manell, 3/20/78, p. 5; HSCA Deposition of
[11566]Herbert Manell, 4/28/78, op. 18-19; Memorandum from
[11567]Chief DDP/PG to Chief of .perations/DDP, 2/3/61.
[11570]a
[11571]“~
[11573]re
[11575]Ls Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p.- 13. a
[11576]Classification: JERROD Steen rss. %
[11578]“| - Classified by derivetion:
[11582]"NW 48327 “Docld:32263889 Page 204
[11584]wr ay
[11585]Classification: “pa APART
[11587]; age See ten ed Bae
[11588](This form is to be used "tor material extracted
[11590]e@ a from ClA—controlled «locuments.)
[11592]r
[11593]G
[11597]16/ Herbert and Barbara Manell Interview, 3/20/78, p. 5.
[11598]117/ Tab F Draft, p. 5; parenthetical in original.
[11600]118/ Goodpasture Notes, p. 9.
[11602]119/ MEXI 9332, 5/6/64.
[11604]120/ Ibid.
[11606]121/ Herbert and Barbara Manell Interview, 3/20/78, p. 5.
[11608]122/ See also Section II, A, 3 above.
[11610]~)
[11611]N
[11612]i)
[11615]Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 23. Ms. Goodpasture
[11616]stated that the case officer handling the project was
[11617]Thomas Keenan. (Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p- 34)
[11619]-. Thomas Keenan could not remember with certainty the scope
[11620]of the photographic coverage of the Soviet Embassy gate.
[11621](Thomas Keenan Interview, 3/24/78, pp. 3-6.)
[11623]@ - 124/ Goodpasture “Testimony, 4/12/78, pp. 28-29.
[11624]125/ See below for more detail. -
[11626]126/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 5/12/78;
[11627]“~~ * Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents,
[11628]10/31/78; CIA File entitled "LIMITED 17 July 63 (J 110)
[11629]“to 9 Dec. 1963 (J. 163) f£10m Archives- -Job #70.209 Box #1
[11630]LIMITED Production Material.
[11632]‘Ibid.
[11634]Goodpasture Notes, p. 2; HSCA Staff Interview of Thomas
[11635]Keenan, 3/24/78, p. 4; Classified Staff Summary of Review
[11636]of CIA Documents, 5/12/7%; HMMA-31303, 2/7/67 with attached
[11637]map; HMMA-23343, 4/30/64, para. 2. .
[11639]129/ Goodpasture Notes, p. 2. See also map printed above at p. 32.
[11640]130/ Classified Staff Summary o:' Review of CIA Documents, 5/12/78;
[11642]Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, |
[11643]10/31/78; CIA File entit!.ed “LIMITED 17 July 63. (J 110).
[11645]CO. - to 9 Dec. 1963 (J 163) from Archives-Job #70.209 Box #1
[11646]ae LIMITED Production Mater:.al." -
[11647]e cee - Classification: = &
[11648]SE pe ; ; So,
[11650]te | - " Cabsitied by derivation:
[11652]a a a a a ae
[11654]NW 48327 DocId:32263889. Page 205 -
[11657]ed . Tea TEN tay , sy 2 t ~ .
[11658]- Classification: 2°" moore
[11661]reg Ht *
[11663]sana ae Eon Ve
[11664](This form is to be used for _moterial extracted =
[11665]from ClA—controlled c'ocuments.)
[11666]“= 10 -
[11667]31/ See above chart.
[11669]132/ Keenan Interview, 3/24/78, 7. 4,
[11671]33/ Ibid.
[11673]34/ Ibid.
[11675]35/ Review of Project LIEMPTY, attachment to HMMA 15979, 11/18/60.
[11677]; Emphasis added. “LIMERIC<". is a CIA cryptonym meaning
[11678]"Soviet."
[11680]136/ Review of Project LIEMPTY, ittachment to HMMA 17999, 10/31/61.
[11682]37/ See Review of Project LIEMP'TY, attachments to HMMA 20052,
[11683]10/18/62 and HMMA 22387, 10/25/63.
[11685]38/ Memorandum from Chief of FI/OPS to Chief of operations /DDP,
[11686]- 1/8/60.
[11688]139/ HMMA 14793, 4/8/60, para. 3.
[11689]@ i407 wma 23343, 4/30/64, para. 2. Emphasis added. _
[11690]141/ iiemorandum for tne Record, 3/19/78 from Gabielson/Cornwell.
[11692]42/ Letter from Blakey to Breckinridge, 7/25/78
[11694]See also J°K Classified Documents, #'s 142
[11695]and 146.
[11697]143/ Memorandum entitled "Response to HSCA request of 25 July
[11698]_ 1978," 8/20/78; HSCA Clas3ified Staff Summary of Review
[11699]of CIA Documents, 10/31/73, p. 1. CE. Goodpasture Testi-
[11700]mony, 4/13/78, pp. 47-51, Goodpasture Deposition, 11/20/78,
[11701]- pp.50- 5}, where Ms. Goodpasture testified that although
[11702]the logs and the contact. srints from the LILYRIC base
[11703]are missing, thenegatives are on file at the CIA.
[11708]“N
[11710]Memorandum entitled | "Response to HSCA request of 25 July
[11711]1978," 8/20/78; HSCA Classified Staff Summary of: Review
[11712]of CIA Documents, 10/31/73, p. l..
[11714]; 145/ Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 41. HMMA 23343, 4/30/64,
[11715]( 3. para. 2. Win Scott was tare Chief of Station in Mexico
[11718]Classification: .. J ay
[11720]as aa . vo yo Classified by’ derivation: :
[11723]f
[11725]-
[11726]ne
[11728]NW 48327 Doclda:32263889 Page 206
[11730]ten PA ETP
[11733]io WA yes a Bie 2 d
[11734](This form is to be sed for ‘material acted
[11736]from ClA—controlled «locuments.)
[11739]City in 1963. He was a d2manding and "hard" bose.
[11741](Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 11.) -He was alsoa
[11743]stickler for detail and for recording information ina
[11745]retrievable form. (Ibid.; Goodpasture Notes, p. 6; Keenan
[11746]- Interview, 3/24/78, p. 63 Phillips Testimony, 4/25/78,
[11748]p-.- 30.) -
[11755]Log Film 144; Keenan Interview, 3/24/78, p. 2.
[11757]Log Film 144; Goodpasture Notes, p. 8; Tab F Draft, p. 5;
[11759]147/ |
[11761]Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 41.
[11762]148/ Ibid.
[11763]149/ Goodpasture Notes, p. 7.
[11765]Tab F. Draft, p. 2; Goodvasture Notes, p.~2. In 1962 or
[11766]1963 a cut-out was institited in Alvarez's dealings with
[11767]the LIMITED photographic sase.. The films were still de-
[11768]veloped and processed by Alvarez. (Project Renewal Re-
[11769]quest, attachment to HMMA-22387, attached to Memorandum
[11770]for DDP from J. C. King, 11/27/63, section I, B, 1.)
[11774]oO
[11778]wm
[11779]we
[11782]Goodpasture Notes, p. 2.
[11784]we
[11785]ur
[11786]N
[11789]Goodpasture Notes, p. 7; Ke2nan Interview, 3/24/78, pb. 2.
[11791]-
[11797]Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p- 33.
[11799]|
[11801]154/ Ibid.; Keenan Interview, 3/24/78, p. 2.
[11802]155/ Ibia.
[11803]156/ Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 34.
[11810]Ibid., p. 38.
[11812]Keenan Interview, 3/24/78, p. 1.
[11814]e
[11816]ie)
[11820]-
[11822]Ks)
[11825]Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 33-38, 14-15.
[11827]160/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 6/26/78,
[11828]pp. 3-5; Annual Fitness Report on Ann ‘Goodpasture,- 1/14/64.
[11832]rn
[11834]i Classified by derivation: _
[11836]a aaa Le
[11838]HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 207
[11840]e . . £ aL
[11843]Tage Whey
[11844](This form is to be used for material enivocted
[11846]from ClA—controlied clocuments.) *
[11848]“= 12 -
[11850]Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 14-15.
[11853]a.
[11855]~N
[11858]a
[11859]N
[11860]_
[11862]Goodpasture Deposition, 11/20/78, pp. 38-39.
[11865]fon)
[11869]Ibid., p. 40.
[11871]we
[11872]n
[11876]Ibid., p. 41. ,
[11879]fan)
[11880]Ut
[11883]Alan White Deposition, 5/18/78, p. 7.
[11886]toy)
[11887]} Ov
[11890]/ Ibid.
[11893]n
[11897]Ibid., p.-9.
[11899]he
[11900]a
[11901]is)
[11904]‘Ibid., p. 15.
[11906]See H. Manell Deposition, 4/28/78, p. 4 ; where he calls
[11907]Ms. Goodpasture "an assistant to the Chief of Station;’
[11908]‘B. Manell Deposition 4/28/78, p. 9  , where she calls
[11909]Ms. Goodpasture "Win Scott's right-hand person"; Robert
[11910]Poo, Scelso Deposition, 5/16/78.p.22 , where he calls Ms.
[11912]Goodpasture. "Sort of the svecial assistant to Win Scott";
[11914]@ Robert Shaw Deposition, 5/16/78, p. 11 , where he says
[11916]that Win Scott "relied very heavily on Ann Goodpasture."
[11919]oO -
[11920]NS
[11922]170/ Goodpasture Deposition, 11/20/78, p-. 34.
[11924]171/ Ibid. , Pp. 8-9. See Section II, C, below for detail on 1 the
[11925]. ~ telephone tapping operation.
[11927]172/ Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp- 34-35.
[11929]173/ Ibid., p. 35.
[11931]174/ Ibid., pp. 42-43.
[11933]175/ Ibid.
[11935]176/-HSCA Deposition of Barbara Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 11-12. _
[11936]177/ HSCA Deposition of Herbert Manell, 4/28/78, p. 15. Herbert
[11937]po ’ Manell was in charge of the Soviet Branch of the CIA Sta-
[11938]i tion in Mexico City. Barbara Manell was his assistant. -
[11940]me
[11942]Classification: my Aen
[11946]an . .
[11948]| Classified by derivation:
[11950]HW 48327 | DocId:32263889 | Page 208
[11954]ze PY
[11956]oge . ° aT ane
[11957]Classification: * APA Ae,
[11959]potbw a toa! . ” -
[11960]. rt ow dogs Ra. Tia f
[11961]vi Vos Dyer ue BAG 3
[11962](This form is to be ued for material exadher?
[11964]@ ; from ClA—controlled documents.)
[11967]17B/ Ibid.
[11968]1297 Ibi
[11970]138/ HSCA Deposition of Herbert ‘fanell, 4/28/78, p. 15; HSCA
[11971]‘Deposition of Barbara Man2ll1, 4/28/78, pp- 11-12.
[11973]“, Hexbert_and_Barbarafanell Interviéw, 3/20/78, p. 3.
[11974]HORI Dapp rc ce Le
[11976]182/ Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 64-69; Arnold Arehart
[11977]-Interview, 6/2/78, p- 4.
[11978]192/ Sea
[11980]. i
[11981]_a. 189/ Blind Mememorandum entitled “Delay in sending the first
[11983]‘ _ cable about Oswald"; Classified Staff Summary of Review
[11985]of CIA Documents, 3/15/7E, Pp. 4; GoodpesturePestrmenyr
[11988]1847 Ibid. ppo4-et
[11990]e . 185/ Herbert and Barbara Manell Interview, 3/20/78, p. 12.
[11991]pad biina Memorandum entitled "Delay in sending the first cable
[11992]about OSWALD"; ssified HSCA Staff Summary of Review
[11993]of CIA files, 3/15/78, p 4. ; a . .
[11995]. ae . . ae :
[11996]187 /+ GoodpastyTe Notes, p. 1; Goodpastyre” Testimony, pp. 12-13;
[11997]HSCA Deposition of B. “ell, p. 6: HSCA Deposition of
[11999]R. Show, pp. 21-24.
[12001]Hk 188/ CIA Component report on wicetap operations prepared by Paul
[12003]Levister entitled "ZRSOL) and ZRJOINT: Two Telephone Tap
[12004]Operations," pp. 10-11. Hereinafter cited as Levister
[12006]Memo. Paul Levister pseidonym) was a Headquarters tech-
[12007]_nician. He was in Mexico City from 22 September to l
[12008]KSctober, 1963, preparing a report on this electronic ;
[12010]' “intercept operation. (HMMA~22267, 10/8/63, para. 8.) Bs
[12011]This report will be referred to in some cases in this dis-
[12012]cussion of the intercept operation., The report, however,
[12016]was simplified in order "not to rjék losing the reader."
[12017](Memorandum from Chief, WHD, to , Mexico City, 12/30/63,
[12018]para. 2.) This simplification was mainly in the area of
[12020]a distinction between reels of tape and transcripts and
[12022]in the procedures — .
[12024]e oe Classification:
[12026]tied
[12028]i
[12030]413
[12032]: , “ Classified by derivation:
[12034]NW 48327 DoclId:32263889 Page 209
[12036]SEP SEF LE Say EF EF La aT
[12038]om Coss Cian 5 Sete = eae
[12040]Classification:
[12042]: (This form is ‘to be ‘sod. fer mats al enaaen?
[12043]@ ; - from ClA—controlled documents.)
[12045]- 14 -
[12047]-used in the collection and distri-
[12048]bution of the reels and transcripts. (Ibid.) In this
[12049]discussion of the operation o::her sources will be relied
[12050]upon in these areas.
[12052]In addition to the telephone surveillance main-
[12053]tained by the CIA Station in cooperation with the Mexi-
[12054]can Government, the Station a.:so maintained some unilateral
[12055]surveillance on. the Soviets w:.thout the knowledge or
[12056]cooperation of the Mexican of:iicials. The unilateral
[12057]surveillance was not directed at the Soviet diplomatic
[12058]compound but rather at the pr:.vate apartments of Soviet
[12059]officials in Mexico City. (Goodpasture Testimony,
[12060]4/13/78, p. 56; Manell Interv:.ew, 3/20/78, p. 7; HSCA
[12061]Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28,/78, p. 7; HSCA Deposition
[12062]of B. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 16-17.) There was also uni-
[12063]lateral coverage of some Cuban targets. (GOdodpasture
[12064]Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 51-52.) Ann Goodpasture testi-
[12065]fied that she believed that some of these targets were
[12067]located in the Cuban diplomat -¢ compound, (Ibid.) Ms.
[12069]C ) Goodpasture's memory is not borne out by the project
[12070]file for thé unilateral intercept. ‘The only Cuban tar-
[12071]get of this project was the home of the Cuban Commer-
[12072]‘cial Attache. (HMMA- 22536, 11/9/63, para. F.2.)
[12074]i89/ Project Renewal Request, 1/11/63, attachment to HMMA-25141;
[12075]‘ Goodpasture Notes, p. 5. .
[12077]190/ HMMA 21845, 1/30/63, para. 8.
[12079]Levister Memo, p. 22.
[12083]‘191/ Goodpasture Notes, p. 4; Arehar- Interview, 6/2/78, p- 1:
[12086]. Goodpasture Notes, p. 5; Goodpasture Téstimony, 4/13/78,
[12089]193/ Goodpasture Notes, p. 7.
[12091]94/ Tab F Draft, p. 4; Levister Mem), p. 21.
[12093]195/ Tab F Draft, p. 4; Memorandum t> DDP from Chief WHD,
[12094]1/21/64, para. 5. oo ;
[12096]soe 196/ Manell Interview, 3/20/78, pp. L-2; HSCA. Deposition of
[12098]~- HH. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 4... re -
[12100]e@ . Classification: 22.02 cee eos
[12102]RW 48327 DoclId:32263889 Page 210
[12104]iv, Tt ATER, he
[12107](This form is to be tied ve moveria™ Pexiractee d
[12108]from ClA—<ontrolled ¢ ocuments.)
[12110]- 15 -
[12112]mo 197/ Manell Interview, 3/20/78, }>. 2; HSCA Deposition of B.
[12113]Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 7, 3...
[12115]-198/ Manell Interview, 3/20/78, pe 2. |
[12116]199/ HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 22-24.
[12118]200/ Memorandum to the Ambassado- from Winston M. Scott, 10/16/63,
[12119]— re: Lee Oswald/Contact wich the Soviet Embassy; Manell
[12120]-Interview, 3/20/78, pp. 17-18; HSCA Deposition of H.
[12121]Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 21, 31, 36; HSCA Deposition of B.
[12122]Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 51-52. :
[12124]201/ Phillips Testimony, 11/27/75, p. 19.
[12125]202/ Ibid., p. 20.
[12127]203/ HMMA-22005, 8/23/63, para. 4. See also HMMA~22267, 10/8/63,
[12129]Os para. 4; HMMA-22135, 9/13/63, para. 4; HMMA-22452,
[12130]11/7/63, para. 4 which all list reports of intercepts
[12131]of American citizens, or &nglish. speaking people, in .
[12133]@ contact with Communists in Mexico. HMMA~21845, 7/30/63,
[12134]para. 4, reports that the "traffic" is reviewed daily
[12136]for English Speaking persons making contact with the
[12137]Soviet or Soviet satellit2 embassies.
[12139]iN we: NE. SEK
[12141]204/ HMMA 22267, 10/8/63, para. 2.
[12143]205/ Ibid. In addition to the lines at the Soviet and Cuban com-
[12144]pounds, telephones of interest to the Mexicans, lines at
[12145]the Czechoslovakian and Yugoslavian Embassies were. sub-
[12146]jects of taps. (HMMA-22267, 10/8/63, para. 2.) The two
[12147]lines disconnected on 23 September at the Cuban Embassy ~
[12148]were put on lines at the Yugoslavian Embassy on the -
[12150]“Same day. (Ibid.)
[12152]206/ HMMA 22452,° 11/7/63, para. 2.
[12154]2077/7 Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 5/12/78,
[12155]p. l.
[12157]208/ See above; HMMA 22267, 10/18/63, para. 2.°
[12158]{ } 209/ Classified staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents; . 7/26/78,
[12160]Pe 1. : . ee wie, ce pee. cee cee . ; ty
[12161], Classification: |" ~ Ree
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[12179]ri) . ; from ClA—controlled cocuments.)
[12180]- 16 -
[12182]210/ Ibid.
[12184]211/ See Tab F Draft, p- 4, whic states that five Cuban lines
[12185]~ were covered; Goodpasture Notes, p. 8, which also states
[12186]‘ that 5 Cuban lines were covered; and Phillips Testimony,
[12187]11/27/76, p- 11, and ‘Gooipasture Testimony, 4/13/78,
[12188]pp. 51-53, in which they state their belief that more
[12189]than three lines in the Caban diplomatic’ compound were
[12190]covered by this liaison intercept operation.
[12192]212/ Project Renewal Request, 1/11/65, attachment to HMMA
[12193]25141, section D, 1, (b), (1).
[12195]213/ Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76, p. ll. See also Section III,
[12196]A, 3, below. . . . :
[12198]214/ Classified HSCA Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents,
[12199]undated, entitled pPerioe ic File Summary - Dave Phillips -
[12200]3 Components,” p. 1 . . .
[12202]@ 215/ Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, p. 5;.Levister. Memo, p. 22. —
[12203]216/ Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, p. 2.-
[12204]217/ Ibid., Levister Memo, p. 1).
[12206]218/ Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, p. 3.
[12208]219/ Ibid., p. 2; Levister Memo, p-.11; HSCA Deposition of R.
[12209]Shaw, 5/16/78, P- 20. fee
[12211]220/ Ibid. See also Tab F Draft p. 4. Cf. Herbert and Barbara BS
[12212]Manell Interview, 3/20/73, p. 8, in wheih the Chief of.
[12213]the Soviet Section in th: Mexico City Station claims .
[12214]never to have heard of such summaries. ¢
[12216]221/ Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, pp. 2-3.
[12218]22/ Ibid.; Goodpasture Notes, >. 8; Levister Memo, p.- ll; Me-
[12219]morandum from Paul Levis cer to Chief/FI, 10/2/63, para. 2. ¢
[12221]223/ Ibid.
[12223]oe
[12226]Senator oe = a Zt
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[12247]aren be
[12249](This form is to be'l iyat tor material “chiseled is:
[12251]@ from ClA—controlled c ocuments.)
[12252]; . Lye
[12253]- 224/ Letter from Blakey to Breck..nriage, 7/6/78.
[12254]225/ Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, >. 2; Levister Memo, Pp. ll.
[12255](226/ Ibid. .
[12256]. 227/ Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, > 2.
[12257]228/ Ibid., p- 4; Project Renewal Request, 1/11/65, attachment
[12258]to HMMA-25141, Section D, (2).
[12259]229/ Ibid.
[12260]230/ Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, p. 5.
[12261]231/ Ibid.
[12262]232/ Ibid., p. 2. The ‘resuma provided quick summaries with the
[12263]OK ; ~ full detailed transcripts arriving at the Station ‘one
[12264]@ or two days after the resuma.
[12266]234/ Ibid.
[12267]235/ Ibid.
[12268]236/ Ibid., p. 3.
[12269]237/ Ibid., P- 5.
[12270]238/ Ibid.
[12271]239/ Ibia., p- 2. ,
[12272]240/ HMMA 22267, 10/2/63, para. 8; HMMA 21845, 7/30/63, para. 8.
[12273]For handling of English tanguage conversations see
[12274]Sections II, C, 4, b, (3! (c), (d) and (e) below.
[12275]241/ DIR 88680, 12/13/63; Goodpisture Testimoy, 4/13/78, p. 63;
[12277]: - Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76; p. 43.
[12279]a 242/ Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, Dp. 3.
[12281]ee. | - Classification: ae aa er an
[12284]a rr
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[12291]from ClA—controlled c ocuments.)
[12295]243/ Ibid.
[12297]244/ B. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, p- ll.
[12299]245/ After- the assassination ‘Hea iquarters ‘asked Mexico City
[12305]a.
[12308]not to destroy any of the Soviet tapes from this opera-
[12309]tion. (DIR 87770, 12/9/63) A note written by Ann Good- |
[12310]pasture in 1963 seems to confirm Arehart' s assumption
[12311]that the tapes were retained at the station.
[12313](The Soviet tap operation) people just keep bring-
[12314]ing in the reels to me (the ones I give them are not
[12315]labeled so they don't necessarily know which ones
[12316]return.) The storage problem is one for us and as
[12317]the reels come in with transcriptions, I store them.
[12318]When we can erase then, I'll take off the labels
[12319]and send them back out.
[12321](Note by Ann Goodpasture, 12/10/63, attached to DIR 87770.
[12322]12/9/63. Second: parenthetical in original. ) .
[12324]_Zambernardi Interview, 6/3/78, p. 5.
[12326]Emphasis added. Mr. Arehart was absolutely positive that
[12327]Cuban tapes were retainec for thirty days because he
[12328]maintained them in the special rack. (Arehart Interview,
[12329]6/2/78, p. 3.) Hence, the two week "usual practice" is
[12330]probably not correct insefar as the Cuban tapes are con-
[12333]Phillips Testimony, 11/27/'6, pp: 40-47.
[12335]Ibid.
[12337]Ibid., p. 47.
[12340]. 8.
[12341]Pp. 6l.
[12343]54/ Ibid.; Goodpasture Notes, >. 8; Tab F Draft, p. 5; HSCA
[12344]Deposition of H. Manell, 3/28/78, pp. 28-29; Boris Tara-
[12345]soff.Testimony, 4/21/78, P...7i, HMMA~22267, 10/8/63, paras. 7
[12349]oF Loe re 283 . : : we fle
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[12364]3 and 8; HMMA-21845, 7/30/€3, paras. 3 and 8; Zambernardi
[12365]Interview, 6/3/78, p. 4; Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, p. 4.
[12367]N
[12368]Lea)
[12372]B. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/17/78, p. 19.
[12374]|
[12376]NO
[12377]ur
[12378]an
[12379]_
[12381]A. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, pp. 2-3.
[12383]N
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[12388]Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, p. 5.
[12390]Ibid.
[12394]oO
[12398]w
[12399]o
[12400]“~N
[12402]Ibid. See also Section (e: below.
[12404]N
[12405]teal
[12406](=)
[12409]Classified Stafi- Summary ©: Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78,
[12412]N
[12413]a
[12417]Levister Memo, p. 32.
[12419]iS)
[12420]n
[12424]A. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/1:!/78, p. 8; Boris and Anna Tara-
[12425]soff Interview, 4/11/78; Boris and Anna Tarasoff Interview,
[12426]. . 11/30/76, p. 17. The Span..sh transcriptions had the name
[12427]of the Embassy which was tiped at the top of the first
[12428]@ page of each transcript. (‘ranscript here means one day's
[12429]coverage on one telephone -ine.) Following the name of
[12430]the Embassy, the number of the pnone covered is given.
[12431]The date and times of cove -:age follow immediately after
[12432]the phone number. The reel number is also given at the
[12433]top of the page. Along th: left-hand column of the page
[12434]is the cite to the meter nimber on the tape recorder
[12435]where the transcribed conv:rsation is located. Generally,
[12436]the time that the conversa-ion occured, and a notation as
[12437]to whether it is an incomiig or outgoing call, appears
[12438]at the beginning of the transcribed conversations. (Clas-
[12439]sified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Document, 3/9/78,
[12440]p. 1; Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 69-70.) The
[12441]format of the transcripts from the Cuban Embassy was essen-
[12442]tially the same as the fornat of the Spanish language
[12443]transcripts from the Soviet Embassy. (Classified Staff
[12444]Summary of Review of CIA documents, 5/12/78, pp. ‘1-2;
[12445]Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78,
[12446]pp. 1-2.) Conversations that were. in Russian were noted
[12447]on the Spanish transcript vere a number referring to the
[12448]place on the reel where th2 conversation occurred (Classi-
[12449]ogy fied Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents , 3/9/78, p. 1;
[12450]PRLS . CIA Transcript, CIA No. 32.
[12454]i Classified by derivation: —
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[12464]- 19 -- ten
[12466]pre its a CTT meena « ‘Tarasofé Interview,
[12467]4/11/78 Tarasof{-interview, 11/30/76, pp. 17- 18. a
[12469]2647 Eooapasthre Notes, p. 8; B. dargeOtt Testimony, 4/12/78,
[12472]2657 hia’ Mr. Tarasoff prepare! an original and two carbon
[12473]copies of all of his traiscriptions.. All three copies .
[12475]; were delivered to the Station: (B arasoff Testimony,
[12476]4/12/78, p. 15.) One ca-bon was cut and pasted onto
[12477]a separate sheet of pape-, with the conversations grouped
[12478]by identity of the calle: or by subject matter. This
[12480]' was done by Mrs. Tarasoff. (Ibid’, and p. 19.) The
[12481]original, one intact car on and the one cut up carbon
[12482]were all delivered to th: station. (Ibid.)
[12484]oe © ‘Classification:
[12488]; = — : a a Classified t by derivation:
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[12503]. . - 20 -
[12504]266/ B. ‘Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12,/78, p. Os.
[12505]2677 Ibid Ibid., Pp. 12.
[12506]0 2ge/ cooapaatire Notes, p. 8; Tal/F Draft, p. 5.
[12507]2097 Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 61 ;
[12509]270/ Geeepe oTes orp Fs POT pe Hee Phillips Testimony,
[12510]i 11/27/76, p. 363 . Para soft timony, 4/12/78, pp.
[12511]8-11; B. Manell €position, 4/28/78, p. 28. , ‘
[12513]a .
[12514]271/ Tab F Draft, pp. 5- 6: Philips Testimony, 11/27/76, pp. 36-37.
[12516]Ge 292/ Arehart In¥erview, 6/2/78, >. 5; (inuny52267, 10/8/63,
[12517]para. 8; HMMA 45, 7/30/63, para. 8; HMMA<22452, 11/7/63,
[12518]para. 8. _ Bs
[12520]273/° Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, >. 5
[12522]279/ Ibid. The daily resuma for spanish language conversations
[12523]r 3 “(See Section II, C, 4, b, (1), above) largely negated
[12524]' the need for a smit iar procedure for Spanish language
[12525]conversations in~that the important and/or: interesting
[12526]ones were summarized in th2 resuma.
[12528]272/ Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, 9. 5.
[12530]246/ Ibid. , ,
[12532]219/ Ibid.
[12534]| 278/ Ibid.
[12535]fot 274/ HMMA 22005, 8/23/63, para. a See also LeviSter Memo, p. 19.
[12536]280/ A. ‘tarasofs/nestinony, 4/12/78, PP. 12.
[12538], 2d | Ibid.
[12540]F< 2@2/ HMMA 22005, 8/23/63, para. 4.
[12542]\g83/ HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, p. VS
[12544]ses a vow
[12546]e a Classification: .
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[12607]Ibid., p. 12; .Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 62-63.
[12609]Ibid.; HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 8.
[12611]“8 . gos He OA NN C igure
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[12619]Ibid., p. 6.
[12621]A. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, pp. 8712.
[12622]Ibid.
[12624]Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 63; Phillips Testimony,
[12625]11/27/76, p-
[12627]Manell interview, 3/20/78, 2. 3; Phillips: Testimony, 11/27/76,
[12628]pp. 14-16; Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, PP- 54, 63.
[12630]Ibid.
[12631]Project Renewal Request,1/11/65, attached to HMMA 25141..
[12633]HMMA- 22135, 9/13/63, para. 3; HMMA-22005, 8/23/63, para.. 3.
[12635]Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78,
[12638]_B. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, p- 7.
[12640]|
[12642]ar
[12644]H I
[12646]_ .:
[12648]H
[12650]Ibid., pp. 16-19; Classified Staff Summary of Review of
[12651]CIA Documents, 3/9/78, pp. 3-4. ;
[12653]Ibid., pp. 2-3.
[12655]B. Tarasoff. Testimony, 4/1: /78, p. 30.
[12657]Ibid., p. 13. | oo
[12659]Ibid.,p. 14; Manell Interview, 3/20/78, pp. 4 and ll.
[12660]See Section II above.
[12662]See Section II, C, 4 above.
[12664]_Glasfieation i
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[12682]XN
[12684]304/ See Sections II, A and B ab ve.
[12686]305/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78,
[12687]p: 5; MEXI 7025,. 11/23/63.
[12689]306/ Ibid.; CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 9/27/63. -
[12691]307/ Classifiec Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78,
[12692]: Pp- 6. 7 . . .
[12694]308/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78,
[12695]pp. 6-7; CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 9/27/63.
[12697]309/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78,
[12698]pp. 7-10; MEXI 7025,, 11/23/63; CIA Transcript from Rus- —
[12699]sian Embassy, 9/27/63. ; : ; .
[12701]310/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents,
[12702]3/9/78, pp- 10-12, CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy,
[12703]9/28/63. . ;
[12705]311/ Classified Staff Summary 03 Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78,
[12706]p. 12; CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 10/1/63.
[12708]312/ CIA Mexico City Investigat:.on Chronology, Bulky #Wx-7241,
[12709]vol. I, p. 3. The transcript of this call does not ,
[12710]give the time the call occured. (CIA Transcript from
[12711]Russian Embassy, 10/1/63 ) ;
[12713]-313/ Classified Staff Summary o° Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78,
[12714]pp. 12-14; CIA Transcrip: from the Russian Embassy,
[12715]10/1/63. : ,
[12717]- 314/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents,
[12718]3/9/78, p. 14; CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy,
[12721]'315/ DIR 74830, 10/10/63. See also MEXI 6453, 10/8/63 and
[12722]Section IV, B, below. :
[12724]316/ DIR 74830, 10/11/63. (Mexico City copy.)
[12726]17/ Ibid.
[12728]Classification: = Le _ _ ; oS
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[12734]ee ee Sed i Bien.
[12735](This form is 10 be us2d for moteriof extracted” *
[12736]@ ; from ClA—controlled documents.)
[12738]- 23+
[12740]319/ Classified HSCA Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents,
[12741]5/12/78, p. 1. On Septemker 27, 1963, at 10:54 a.m.,
[12742]the following call occured. . A woman named Silvia
[12743]named Guillermo Ruiz. Ruiz tells her that he has not’
[12744]yet been able to reach the consul and because of that.
[12745]he has not called her. Silvia tells him that "we"
[12747]"have no time for that and asks him for the Consul's
[12748]phone number.: Ruiz respords by asking her not to get
[12749]annoyed and he wants to know if Silvia wishes to speak
[12750]to the Consul personally. Silvia responds that she
[12751]does. Ruiz says that the number is 11-28-47. Silvia
[12752]says that is. fine and the conversation ends. (CIA
[12753]transcript from Cuban Embessy, 9/27/63.) It cannot be
[12754]determined whether this céller was indeed Silvia Duran or ~
[12755]if she subsequently callec the Consul since Duran's of-
[12756]fice phone was not tapped. The tap was on the telephone
[12757]used by Ruiz. . a
[12759]320/ Classifed Staff Summaries of Review of CIA Documents,
[12760]undated and 5/12/78.
[12762]@ ' -321/ See Sections II, A and B above.
[12763]322/ See Sections II, C, 4, b, («), (ec) and (dad) above.
[12764]323/ A. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78.
[12766]324/ See Section III, A, 1 above. -
[12768]325/ A. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12,'78, p. 4.
[12769]326/ Ibid.
[12770]327/ Ibid., p. 6.
[12772]ie)
[12773]N
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[12775]~.
[12777]|
[12779]Ibid. - oo os
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[12784]“~
[12786]Ibid.
[12788]|
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[12792]i=)
[12794]/ Ibid.
[12796]Ww
[12798]3
[12800][oo
[12802]/ Ibid. See also Sections Il, ‘C, 4, b, (3), (c) and (e),
[12804]above. . .
[12805]y ; , . —€
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[12827]@ . from ClA—controlled c ocuments,)
[12829]- 24 -
[12830]332/ A. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, pp. 7-8.
[12835]Ww
[12836]Ld
[12837]“
[12839]w
[12840]w
[12841]a
[12845]See Section II, C, 4 b, (3), (e) above.
[12847]w
[12848]w
[12853]A. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, pp. 7-8.
[12855]“~“
[12857]Ibid., p. 9.-
[12863]Ibid., p. 10.
[12865]w
[12866]w
[12868]~N
[12870]B. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, p. 25.
[12872]w
[12876]~N
[12878]Ibid., p- 26.
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[12881]ry
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[12885]Ibid.
[12887]Ibid., p. 27.—
[12894]|
[12896]Ww
[12897]rs
[12898]NO
[12901]Ibid., p. 33.
[12903]Ibid.
[12907]w
[12908]~“
[12911]i
[12912]a
[12915]See Section II, C, 4, bs, (Gd). (e), above.
[12918]b>
[12919]wm
[12922]. See Section III, B below.
[12926]oO
[12929]Blind Memo re: Lee Harvey’ dswald/Silvia Tirado de “puran,
[12930]Source: LI/4, 11/26/63, 2. 5.
[12932]|
[12934]A. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, p. 10. It is also in-
[12935]teresting to note that Ms. Duran's statement that Oswald
[12936]had blond hair, is also left out ‘of subsequent CIA
[12937]and Mexican official reports. (See Section V, C and VI, A>
[12938]be low.)
[12942]~J
[12943]NN
[12945]|
[12948]i
[12952]|
[12954]‘Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76, pp- 52-53.
[12956]Ww
[12958]Oo
[12961]|
[12963]Daniel Stanley Watson Interview, 6/4/78, p. le
[12965]Ibid., p. 2.¢
[12967]Ww
[12968]w
[12969]Qo
[12973]|
[12975]w
[12977]on
[12978]“~
[12980]; Ibid. James ‘Angleton testified that he “had in fact cleaned
[12981]. out Win Scott's safe but that he had not found any —
[12983]Classification: “73%
[12985]uy 2 . - 7 ; a
[12986]we ad 7 : ‘ag t ad * ‘Chossitied: ‘by. derivation:
[12988]AEG Ay emma emcee | my one oo
[12989]. .
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[12997]bya Chie odd bbe o
[12998](This form is to be u:ed for moterial extracted
[12999], @ , from ClA—controlled d scuments.)
[13002]photographs or intercept t:ranscripts pertaining to Lee
[13003]_ Harvey Oswald. (HSCA Deposition of James Angleton,
[13005]10/5/78, p- 116.) ,
[13006]352/ Classified Letter from Blak+y to Breckinridge, 7/6/78.
[13008]353/ Draft of letter from Scott :o-John Barron, 11/25/70, |
[13009]p. 3. Emphasis added. a
[13011]Ww .
[13013]54/ Foul: Foe manuscript, p- 267.
[13014]355/ See discussion, above.
[13015]356/ Blind Memo re: Lee Harvey Cswald/Silvia Tirado de Duran;
[13017]Source: LI/4, 11/26/63, F- 5.
[13019]357/ See Sections V, C and VI, A, below.
[13023]a 358/. Busebio Azcue Public Testimony, 9/18/78, pp. 33-35.
[13024]. @ . 359/ See Section II, Cc, 3 above. _ | - :
[13025]360/ See Sections II, A and B, ebove.
[13026]361/ See below. _ 7 7 =
[13027](362/, See below. .
[13029]363/ It should be noted that the two sets of photographs which
[13030]-are missing are the most relevant of all the photographs
[13031]' produced by the Mexico C.ty girveillance operations.
[13032]Had a photograph of Oswald been obtained, it would
[13033]have most likely have be:2n done by one or both of the
[13034]bases from which production is missing. Oswald visited
[13035]the Cuban Consulate whici was covered by a pulse camera.
[13036]“The photographs of peopl: entering the Cuban Embassy
[13037]have been made available to this Committee for review
[13038]but the material from the pulse camera which covered
[13039]the entrance to the Consulate which Oswald visited has
[13040]not been forthcoming. (See Section II, A, 3, above, for |
[13041]: ; . details.) The documented standard operating. proce-
[13042]} . : dure of the Soviet target bases indicates that LILYRIC,
[13043]¥ _ the base from which production was not forthcoming,
[13044]* £ $ ° -  -would have been the one in operation at the time of
[13046]bok. qe - Clossified, by derivation:
[13048]a7 7 a oy sy
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[13053]a oo Classification: -:
[13054]: . . rer me aa
[13055]"a ian aod dds J
[13057]; ; (This form is to be ued. for material extracted
[13058]@ from ClA—controlled cocuments.)
[13060]- 26 -
[13062]‘Oswald's visit. (See Sec:ion II, B, 4 above and
[13063]Section (b). below for details.) In addition, HMMA-
[13064]14793, 4/8/60, indicated chat the base from which pro-
[13066] @uction is missing “perfo:ms the best photography of
[13067]persons visiting the fron: gate." ,
[13069]364/ Deposition of Jolin Scelso, 3/16/78, p. 95; HSCA Deposi-
[13070]_ tion of Elsie I. Scaletti, 5/19/78, p. 65; HSCA Depo-
[13071]. sition of Allen White, 5/18/78, p. 42; HSCA Deposi-
[13072], tion of H. Manell, 4/28/73, p. 51; Ann Goodpasture,
[13073]4/13/78, p. 98.° .
[13075]365/ See preceding Section III, A, l. In fact, Oswald may
[13076]have visited the Soviet Embassy 3 times also. See
[13077]analysis in Classified Letter from Turner to Stokes
[13078]10/25/78, JFK Classified Document #146.
[13080]366/ Zambernardi Interview, 6/3/78, p. 6.
[13082]} 367/ See Section III, A, 1, above. .
[13083]eo ; 368/ See Sections II, A and B, ébove.
[13084]-369/ See Sections II, A, 3 and iI, B, 3 above.
[13086]370/ HSCA Outside Contact Report:, Phillip Agee, 1/6/78, JFK
[13087]Document No. 004578. :
[13091]|
[13093]71/ Phillip Agee Interview, 1/..1/78, p. 1, JFK Document No. 004633.
[13095]Ww
[13097]7
[13099]N
[13101]|
[13103]/ Ibid., p. 3.
[13105]73/ “Elsie Scaleti" is the CIA assigned pseudonym of this.
[13106]individual. ; ;
[13107]: “
[13109]w
[13111]374/: Agee Interview, 1/11/78, p>. 3-4.
[13113]375/ Ibid.
[13114]376/ Ibid.
[13115]a 371/ Ibid.
[13116]i : 378/ Ibid. cee es
[13118]Classified by derivation:
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[13122]aa BPR paces
[13124]Classification: -
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[13129]@ . ; . from ClA—controlled de.cuments.) ;
[13130]| - 27 - ; . ‘
[13132]37 / Ibid., pp. 5-6.
[13134]380/ Ibid., pp. 6-7.
[13136]381/ Ibid., p. ll.
[13138]/382/ Ibia., ‘pp. 18-19.
[13140].383/ Ibid., p. 12.
[13142]384 Daniel Stanley Watson Interview, 6/4/78, p. 1.
[13144]385/ Ibid. -
[13146]386/ Ibid.
[13148]87/ Ibid.
[13150]-388/ Ibid.
[13152]@  390/ ria.
[13153]— 391/ Ibid.
[13155]392/ Ibid. .
[13156]393/ Ibid. and. p. 2.
[13157]394/ Ibid., p. 2.
[13158]95/ See HSCA Deposition of James Angleton, 106/78 , p.lleé.
[13159]396/ Watson Interview, 6/4/78, p. 2. | .
[13160]397/ Ibid. .
[13162]398/ Joseph B. Smith Interview, 10/19/77, p. 2, JFK Document
[13163]No. 003012.
[13165]-399/ Ibia.
[13166]4 400/ Ibid.
[13167]® oo . . Classification: _
[13169]Pedy yey
[13170]ee fe ty
[13172]Pt AR
[13174]; . ; , _ | Classified by derivation:
[13178]NW 48327 Docid: 32263889 Page 224.
[13180]u : nly @': IS) Pe Ro
[13181]Classification: ~ oS i:
[13182]eligi enn et $ bide oD
[13183](This form is to be used for material extracted
[13185]‘ : from ClA—<entrolled ciocuments.)
[13187]= 28 -
[13191]01/ Joseph B. Smith Interview, 6/20/78, p.- ‘aL, JFK Document
[13192]No. 008279.
[13194]402/ Ibid., p. 6.
[13197]oO
[13198]Ww
[13201]Ibid.
[13203]|
[13206]oO
[13208]“~
[13210]“Ibid.
[13212]ig |
[13213](o]
[13214]ur
[13215]“~
[13217]Ibid.
[13220]i=)
[13221]an
[13224]Ibid.
[13227]oO
[13229]a Ibid.
[13231]408/ Ibid., and p. 7. Des Fitzg2rald was the Chief of the CIA's
[13232]Cuban Task Force in 1964. Droller was a CIA Officer.
[13234]409/ Ibid., p. 7. Mr. Smith explained the "Counter-Intelligence
[13235]~~ mentality" by saying. that people who had it were "rabid
[13236]anti-Communists” (Smith Interview, 11/2/77, p: 3, JFK.
[13238]@ . Document No. 003012) and “confirmed believers in the
[13239]world.-Communist conspiracy theory...These guys actually
[13240]believed that the split between the Russians and Chinese
[13241]wasS a great deceptive operation. Colby ‘(former Director |
[13242]‘of Central Intelligence) even says something more amaz-
[13243]iny.. He claims that Angleton absolutely believed that
[13244]all CIA operations were run by the KGB, (Soviet Intelli-
[13245]gence.) He says Angletor (former Chief of Counter-In-
[13246]telligence for the CIA) kelieved that every top Soviet
[13247]defector we took in-was ¢ plant. I think that's incredi-
[13248]ble but I know there were some guys on his staff were
[13249]his true believers." (Smith Interview, 4/20/78, p. 3,
[13251]JFK Document No. 008279.) :
[13257]oO
[13260]Ibid., p. 7.
[13262]ca
[13263]we
[13267]Ibid.
[13269]Ibid.
[13271]hb
[13273]No
[13276]Ibid.
[13279]we
[13283]fig 5 414/ Joseph Piccolo Interview, €/11/78, p. 1.
[13284]: H _ ; :
[13286]@ © Classification: 0 ab
[13287]o way 4 .
[13289]4 - eh TD . : : ; os - ode Classified "by derivation:
[13291]NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 225
[13293]Classification: ao 8
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[13296]: @ _, from ClA—controlled -Jocuments.)
[13298]- 29 --
[13300]Ibid., p. 4.
[13303]Kw
[13304]cea)
[13307]Ibid.
[13309]Ty
[13310]= |
[13313]Ibid.
[13315]N
[13316]R
[13317]Ea GA wa
[13327]Ibid.
[13331]be
[13332]Ke)
[13334]~N
[13336]Ibid.
[13340]Ny
[13341]i=)
[13344]Ibid., p. & ¥.
[13347]ry
[13348]NO
[13349]ran
[13352]Ibid... p.. 7 »
[13355]te
[13356]Nh
[13359]N
[13360]NI
[13361]Ww
[13364]Ibid.
[13367]N
[13368]cs
[13371]Ibid.
[13373]“Ibid.
[13375]|
[13377]Ke XX
[13378]3
[13382]Col
[13383]No
[13384]on
[13387]Ibid.
[13392]mS
[13394]|
[13396]Ibid.
[13398]_
[13399]cS
[13400]wu
[13401]oo
[13405]Ibid.
[13407]X
[13409]N
[13410]oO
[13413]Ibid.
[13415]be
[13416]w
[13417](=)
[13420]Ibid.
[13421]Ibid.» -ppr-4=5.
[13422]ibid. » Pp. 6.
[13424]|
[13426]XN y 7
[13427]YX,
[13428]Ay >
[13430]Ww Ww
[13432]Nm [fe
[13433]NON
[13436]a
[13437]a
[13440]Dan Neiscuir Interview, 8/29/78, p. 1, TPR Chae heel
[13441]ern Sie, /S6é. . ° . : ’
[13442]Ibid.
[13447]“~N
[13449]x
[13450]Pe
[13451]g
[13452]in
[13453]N
[13455]Ibid.
[13457]|
[13459]NS
[13461]Ww
[13462]i>)
[13465]Ibid.
[13467]|
[13469]e a. ba; . Classification: "ee
[13471]at
[13473]5 . . , : | , Clossitied by derivation:
[13474]Ee . Pinna sa Aa SEED ay Fal al ay
[13476]RW 48327 Docla:32263389. Page 226
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[13489]|
[13491]i
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[13493]wo
[13498]oO
[13499]“~N
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[13511]|
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[13519]|
[13521]r~)
[13523]|
[13527]Ibid.
[13528]Ibid.
[13529]“Tia.
[13530]Ibid.
[13531]Ibid.
[13532]Ibid.
[13534]44/ In considering the above detail=d allegations, it is im-
[13536]Watson allegation says there was a photo in Mexico City in the
[13537]“mia-60's; not that it was found there--it is most
[13539]_ preceding sections.)
[13542]; Rob etigd: MD UAESRA Ae teen
[13543]- oge . sein ie mf :
[13545]. nee Cite ty? dae oS
[13546](This form is to be used fo: .material extracted
[13547]from ClA—controlled docume its.)
[13549]- 30 -
[13551]portant to distinguish between the allegation that a
[13552]photograph was found at headquarters as opposed to the
[13553]assertion that a photograph was found in Mexico City.
[13555]It is also important to remember that these allegations
[13556]are what can be termed “grapevine stores." There was
[13558]a photograph found in Mexico City of a man that was
[13559]thought possibly to be Oswalé. This photograph and
[13561]the circumstances surroundine it will be dealt with in
[13562]a subsequent section. Ms. Arne Goodpasture of the
[13563]Mexico City Station found this photograph. (See below.)
[13564]In the absence of any evidence otherwise--Note:, The .
[13566]likely that the grapevine stories about a photo being
[13567]found in Mexico arise from Ms. Goodpasture's report-
[13568]ing the photo of the man who has since become known as
[13569]the Mexico mystery man in the: same cable that reported
[13570]Oswald's visit to the Soviet Embassy.. (See below.)
[13572]The findings of. this Committ2e regarding the general
[13573]Mexico City surveillance opecations are presented in
[13574]Section II, A and B above. In summary, this Committee |
[13575]found that there were three 2hotographic surveillance
[13576]bases (four cameras) that may have photographed Lee '.
[13577]Harvey Oswald in September and October of 1963. This
[13578]was determined from analysis of project files for these
[13579]operations and the testimony of CIA officials. (See
[13581]Letter from Blakey to Carpentier, 3/2/78, JFK Document No. 005879.
[13582]_ Classification: %
[13583]~ . | Classified by derivation:
[13584]A | A A yt 4 ag sarene ao —-*
[13586]’ if aka) f-N fafa vats Cua ,
[13589]cd Ros * bow ‘
[13590]IG Ww ile 23 5 Sls a
[13592]; ; (This form is to be- used for material extracted
[13593]r > from ClA—centrolled documents.)
[13595]- 3 -
[13597]See JFK Classified Document No. 146; HSCA Classified
[13598]Staff Summary of Review o:' CIA Documents, undated; HSCA
[13599]Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents,
[13600]5/12/78; JFK Classified Document No. 142; and Sections
[13601]“II, A, 4 and II, B, 3 above. ‘ :
[13604]AS
[13607]447/ See JFK Classified Document No. 142; JFK Classified Docu- .
[13608]ment No. 146. :
[13612]48/ HSCA Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/78, pp. 37, 96; HSCA
[13613]‘Deposition of Ann Elizabe-h Goldsborough Egerter,
[13615]5/17/78, p-. 73; HSCA Deposition of Robert Shaw, 5/16/78,
[13617]p. 56; HSCA Deposition of Allen White, 5/18/78,:p. 253°
[13619]HSCA Deposition of H. Man21l, 4/28/78, pp. 20, 47;
[13621]David Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76, p. 67; David Phillips
[13623]Testimony, 4/25/78, p. 44; Ann Goodpasture Testimony,
[13625]4/13/78, pp..77, 97.
[13628]ts
[13629]Xo.
[13632]“HSCA Deposition of Elsie Scaleti, 5/19/78, pp. 6-7. |
[13634]Elsie Scaleti Interview, 3/30/78, pp- 3-4.
[13638]fo)
[13639]“NN
[13643]My
[13646]Ibid.
[13648]|
[13652]N
[13653]~N
[13655]‘Ibid.
[13659]Ww
[13662]Ibid.
[13665]wm
[13667]NN
[13669]HSCA Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/78, p. 31.
[13671]ry
[13676]Ibid..
[13678]C-)
[13679]wm
[13680]fa)
[13681]nae
[13683]In addressing this questior, the HSCA staff reviewed all
[13684]the cable and dispatch traffic between Mexico City and
[13685]Headquarters for the period from October 1, 1963 to :
[13686]26 November 1963 in an attempt to determine whether Os-
[13687]wald's photo may have been sent to Headquarters. This
[13688]‘examination also reveale¢ no evidence that a photograph
[13689]of Oswald was sent to CI/, Headquarters. This Committee
[13690]did find that there were several types of communications
[13691]between Headquarters and field stations. that were treated
[13692]as non-record: material. Because of the non-record nature
[13694]cy _ of these communications, it was not possible to review .
[13696]ob. that material. mo
[13698]Wet yt ase
[13700]e. a ‘Classification:
[13702]Lorna:
[13703]Ci APO
[13705]| Clossified by derivation: __ :
[13706]iy Tf VT Ty VT Gry wr iia <<
[13708]HW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 228
[13712]“Pepyey sR oF 7 em, a
[13714]Classification: se .
[13716](This form is to be ssed for material extracted
[13717]from ClA—controlled Jocuments.)
[13718]° )
[13720]457/ See Section II, A, 3 above.
[13721]458/ HMMA 22307, 10/18/63, para. 5, c.
[13722]459/ See Section II, A, 3 above.
[13723]460/ Ibid.
[13724]461/ HMMA 22433, 11/7/63, attachments B and C.
[13725]462/ HSCA Deposition of Elsie Scaletti, 5/19/78, pp. 44-47.
[13727]463/ HSCA Deposition of Ann E. ¢. Egerter, 5/17/78, p. 70; HSCA
[13728]. Deposition of John Scelsc, 5/16/78, p.-: 31. 0
[13730]464/ Ibid.
[13732]465/ Ibid.,. and p. 32.
[13733]466/ Ibid., p. 7.
[13734]@  182/ mia., vp. a7. -
[13736]468/ Ibid. Emphasis added.
[13738]469/ Foul Foe manuscript, p. 272.
[13740]470/ See Section III, A, 1 above for a more detailed exposition
[13741]of the . conversations. . ; :
[13743]471/ Memorandum to Clark Anderscn from Winston Scott, 11/27/63,
[13744]with seven attachments.
[13746]472/ Ibid.
[13748]473/ Ibid., p. 1.
[13750]474/ Ibid.
[13752]475/ Ibid., p. 9.
[13754]476/ Warren Commission Testimony of Pamela Mumford, 5/19/64,
[13755]: ; _ Vol. II, p. 217; Warren Commission Testimony of Evaristo
[13756]i ff 3 Rodriguez, 7/21/64, Vol. Ii, p. 341; commission Exhibit ..
[13757]: Lf . copper. Lo CES nee .
[13758]® . Classification: _- - _ _ a 45>
[13760]ey ha at a Wee ee :
[13762]Bet RYE ad
[13764]3 : - : , “Classified by derivation
[13765]oy . ; 2,
[13767]I I I Me ae we
[13769]RW 48327 DocId:32263889. Page 229
[13772]Classification: 3: _
[13776]dee
[13778](This form is to be .sed for material extracted
[13779]from ClA——controlled clocuments.)
[13782]at
[13784]7 3b
[13786]2120, p. 7; Commission Exnibit 2121, p. 54. CF, Warren
[13787]Commission Testimony of Ne2lson Delgado, Vol. VIII,
[13789]p. 236. and 237 in which i: is claimed that Oswald spoke
[13790]Castillian Spanish. -
[13792]'" 477/ CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 10/3/63.
[13794]'.478/ If one assumes that Oswald zould not speak any Spanish
[13795]then only two conclusions about the first three calls
[13796]of 9/27/63 are possible: 1) either these calls do not
[13798]_ pertain to Oswald, or 2) they do pertain to Oswald
[13799]but were made by someone other than Lee Harvey Oswald.
[13800]This second possible conclusion will be addressed in
[13801]a more detailed fashion in subsequent sections due to
[13802]its ramifications Vis a vis Oswald's activities and pos-
[13803]sible associates as opposed to the substance of the in-.
[13804]formation available to the CIA Station prior to the
[13805]assassination. : , ; :
[13807]479/ Warren Commission Exhibit 2121, p. 112.
[13809]wo. 480/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78. .
[13811]‘.-- 481/ CIA Transcript from RusSiar Embassy, 10/1/63; MEXI 6453,
[13815]NW 48327
[13817]10/8/63. -This cable. was sent from Mexico on 8 October
[13818]and was received by Headcuarters on 9 October. Hence,
[13819]it is alternately referred to as either the 10/8 or
[13822]--482/ CIA Transcript, from Russiar, Embassy, 10/1/63; B. Tarasoff
[13823]Testimony, 4/12/78, pp. :'6-28.
[13825]483/ CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 10/1/78.
[13826].484/ CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 9/28/63.
[13828]485/ A "P" file is simply a personality file. It was the Mexico.
[13829]‘City Station equivalent of a 201 file.
[13831]___486/ Ibid.
[13833]Classification: Hi : ie . Raane “oe -
[13835]te}
[13837]| Classified by derivation:
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[13842]ope . 4 i Fa Toy eat SD.
[13844]| | RY gd a.
[13845]. . (This form is to. be used for material extracted
[13846]@ . from ClA—controlle J documents.)
[13847]| 94 -
[13849]87/ HSCA Deposition of Herbert Manell, 4/28/78, p. 38; HSCA
[13850]Deposition of Barbara Manell, 4/28/78, p. 72.
[13852]. Sime a ARR . SIFT.
[13854]i 488/ Ibid. .
[13855]489/ HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 46.
[13856]490/ Ibid.; CIA Transcript fron Russian Embassy, 9/27/63.
[13858]491/ Ibid.
[13860]SRE
[13862]492/ Ibid.; HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 76.
[13864]493/ Ibid. HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 46.-
[13866]4/ HSCA Deposition of Barbara Manell, 4/28/78, p. 69;HSCA Depo-
[13867]: sition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 38-39, oe
[13869]495/ HSCA Deposition of Alan White, 5/18/78, pp. 33-34; HSCA
[13870]i . Deposition of Herbert Manell, 4/28/78, Pp. 46; HSCA
[13871]® Deposition of Barbara Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 84-86, 88-89.
[13873]UR NS
[13875]496/ Ann Googpasture Testingny, 4/13/78, p. 107; MEXI
[13876]6453,10/8/63, Para. 2. ,
[13878]ra
[13879]3
[13881]Hereinafter cited: as '77 IGR
[13883]“ 497/ 1977 CIA Inspector General's Keport, Tab G-2, pp. 2-3. .
[13885]498/ See Sections III, B, 2, above, and IV, B, below,
[13887]9/ D. Phillips Interview, 8/34/78; Report on Oswald from’
[13888]John Scelsoa to J. Angle:on, 12/24/63, p. 4.
[13890]500/ Ibid.
[13892]501/ CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 9/27/78.
[13893]502/ Ibid.
[13895]Weh,
[13897]03/ See Section II, C, 4, b, ()), above.
[13899]504/ HSCA Deposition of B. Manel, 4/28/78, Pp. 72; HSCA Deposi-
[13900]= -tion of H. Manell, 4/28/"8, p. 38. :
[13903]! a a’
[13904]e | Classification: Jo aN
[13905]: EO . Do 7 .
[13906]- Pea | Clessified by derivation: ——_—_—_____. =
[13907]i aay SIS se — ~~ ee - -
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[13913]NO
[13922]CRIA eraner
[13926]. K dual Esits ee d dom 6
[13927](This form is to be u.ed for material extracted
[13928]from ClA—controlled documents.)
[13930]~ 35 -
[13932]CIA qranscript from Soviet Embassy, 9/27/63; HSCA Deposi-~
[13933]tion. of B. Manell, 4/28/7&, p. 76. .
[13935]CIA transcripts from Russiar. Embassy, 9/27/63.
[13936]Tab F Draft, p. 5.
[13937]Arehart Interview, 6/2/78, pp. 4-5.
[13939]HMMA-22005, 8/23/63, para. 4; see also Section II, C, 4.
[13940]above. : ; _ .
[13942]Ibid.
[13944]Ibid.; Arehart Interview, 6,'2/78, p. 5; Testimony of B.
[13945]“Tarasoff, 4/12/78;. p. 10.
[13947]Testimony of Boris Tarasoff. 4/12/78, P- 11; Testimony
[13948]of A. Tarasoff£, 4/12/78, }. 14.
[13950]Tab F Draft, p. 5.
[13952]‘Ibid.
[13954]Tab F Draft, p. 5; Precediny Section II, B, 5; Log Film:
[13955]144. 10/1/63 through 10/3,’63. :
[13957]‘See Nightwatch, pp. 140-141.
[13959]David A. Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76, p. 64.
[13961]MEXI 6453, 10/8/63.
[13963]‘Ibid.
[13965]ne 4S seme ete et .
[13966]~ .
[13968]So Ame
[13970]Ibid.
[13972]HSCA Deposition of B.’Manell, 4/28/78, p. 58; HSCA Depo-
[13973]sition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 35.
[13975]Classified HSCA Staff Summary of CIA documents, undated,
[13976]entitled "Periodic File Simmary - Dave Phillips - 3
[13977]Components." . . ;
[13979]| NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 232.
[13981]Classification: - is
[13983]J Jd iinw sda»
[13985](This form is to be used for material extracted
[13987]r , .. from ClA—controlled Jocuments.)
[13988]35 -
[13989]523/ Blind Memorandum entitled *elay in. Sending the first
[13991]Cable about Oswald. "
[13993]a)
[13994]N
[13996]_
[13998]HSCA Deposition of Herbert ‘anell, 4/28/78, p. 30.
[14000]25/ Tab F Draft, p- 5; MEXI 6453, 10/8/63; HSCA Deposition
[14001]of B. Manell,. 4/28/78, pp. 62-63; HSCA Deposition of
[14002]Herbert Manell, 4/28/63, 2. 21. ° ;
[14004]526/ HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 56-57.
[14006]527/ Classified HSCA Staff Summa cy of Review of CIA Documents,
[14007]6/26/78, p. 4.
[14009]528/ Ibid.
[14010]529/ Deposition of B. Maneil, 4/28/78, p. 65. CF. "Foul Foe"
[14011]manuscript, p. 268, where Win Scott writes: "In fact,
[14012]Lee Harvey Oswald became a person of great interest
[14013]‘to us during this 27.September to 2 October 1963 period";
[14014]-and-on page 269, where. he writes: "Because we thought at
[14015]@ first that Lee Harvey Oswald might be a dangerous po-
[14016]tential defector from the U.S.A. to the Soviet Union,
[14017]he was of great interest to us, sO we kept a special
[14018]watch on him and his activities.
[14019]530/ HSCA Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/78, p. 25.
[14020]31/ HSCA Deposition of Herbert Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 25-26.
[14021]32/ HSCA Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/78, p. 26.
[14022]533/ HSCA Deposition of Herbert Manell, 4/28/78, p. 36.
[14023]534/ See above. Cf. "Foul Foe’ manuscript, pp. 268-269.
[14024]535/ HSCA Deposition of Barbara Manell, 4/28/78, p. 52.
[14025]36/ HSCA Deposition of Alan White, 5/18/78, p. 26-28.
[14026]37/ Ibid. |
[14028]38/ HSCA Deposition of H. Mané:.l, 4/28/78, p. 30.
[14031]. ony . far pa 4 . . ; ui ee i
[14033]wot NIE»
[14035]; | Clossified by derivation:
[14037]a a ay ay ow ae ae ee
[14039]NW 48327) Docld: 32263889 Page 233
[14041]Classification: _{_
[14043]Z
[14045](This form’ is to be used for material extracted
[14046]from ClA—controlled «<locuments.)
[14048]® : : : : ; | : | - 3)
[14050]539/ HSCA Deposition of B. Maneli, 4/28/78, pp. 51-52. “The
[14051]HSCA has requested a copy of any internal regulations
[14052]or any liaison agreement with the Federal Bureau of
[14053]Investigation that may have been in existence in 1963.
[14054](Letter to Breckinridge, /’/20/78.) The CIA responded
[14055]"that there are not now, 10r were there any, agreements _
[14056]between the CIA and FBI..o: other U.S. government agen-
[14057]‘cies concerning CIA respoisibility to report on contacts
[14058]of U.S. cutizens with Comnunist Embassies or officials...
[14059]The CIA under operative l2gislation has a counterintelli-.
[14060]gence responsibility for -counterintelligence cases
[14061]but it is notamatter of ag-eement with other agencies nor
[14062]does it concern simple coitacts of Americans abroad with
[14063]Communist Embassies or officials. (Memorandum to
[14064]Breckinridge from Shepane<, 7/31/78.)
[14066]wm
[14068][=]
[14071]HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 69; HSCA Deposi-.-
[14072]tion of H. Manell, 4/28/73, pp. 38-39,
[14074]1)
[14075]>.
[14076]ma
[14079]See Section III, B, 2, abov:.
[14081]|
[14083]w
[14085]N
[14087]~N
[14089]HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 59-60.
[14091]= |
[14093]Ww
[14094]N
[14096]Ibid., p. 62.
[14100]if.
[14103]Ibid., p. 59.
[14105]Sa)
[14106]rs
[14110]MEXI 6453, 10/8/63, para. oe
[14112]Tab F Draft, p. 5; HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78,
[14113]pp. 62-63, 66; HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78,
[14114]p- 21; MEXI 6453, 10/8/63, para. 1.
[14116]4)
[14118]fon)
[14121]HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 62-63.
[14123]w
[14126]“N
[14128]a
[14129]rs
[14130]ise)
[14131]“XN
[14133]MEXI 6453, 10/8/63, para. 2. The connection of this photo-
[14134]graph to Oswald by including the description in the
[14135]cable that reported Oswald's contact.with the Soviet Em-
[14136]bassy has created more ccnfusion and controversy. than
[14137]perhaps any other CIA related issue stemming from as-
[14138]sassination. Consequently, this Committee has made an
[14139]attempt to determine the circumstances surrounding the
[14140]mistaken linkage of this photograph to Oswald as well
[14141]as the consequences of that mistake. The consequences
[14143]c lee, . : : . eee eee pee cy eee mater eee
[14144]fadin fess .
[14146]Classification: . : r
[14148]f : ‘Classified by derivation:
[14150]NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 234
[14152]Classification
[14155]"Uy
[14159]Wi ieweld dade
[14160](This form is to be used for material extracted
[14161]from ClA—controlled Jocuments.)
[14163]y
[14165]- 38 -
[14167]of the mistake will be dealt with in more detail in
[14168]subsequent sections.
[14170]549/ HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 33; HSCA Deposi-
[14171]tion of John Scelso,.5/16/78, p. 35; Ann Goodpasture
[14172]Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 81, 86-87. .
[14174]550/ HSCA Deposition of Allan White, 5/18/78, Pp. 28.
[14176]551/-Ann Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 107. See also Ann
[14177]Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 84; and HSCA- Deposi-
[14179]‘' tion of Allan White, 5/18/78, p. 32.
[14180]552/ Log Film 143, 9/25/63 through 9/27/63.
[14181]553/ HSCA Deposition of Ann Goodpasture, 11/16/70, pp. 57-58.
[14183]'554/ CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 10/1/63.
[14187])
[14188]“N
[14190]This mistake was evidently not discovered until 1976. See
[14191]. WX7241, a chronology of the Mexico City. investigation
[14192]@ : prepared by Raymond Rocca in 1967 which lists the date
[14194]. aS 1 October; A note on EMMW-15488, 5/18/67 which indi-
[14195]cates that Ann Goodpasture checked the photographs and
[14196]that "negatives are in LIMITED ) Photo chrono for 1 Oct
[14197]1963." . . :
[14199]556/ Log film 144, 10/1/63 through 10/3/63.
[14200]557/ Ann Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, P- 102.
[14202].558/ See Classified HSCA Staff cummary of Review of CIA Docu-
[14203]‘ments, 6/26/78, pp. 3-5.
[14205]559/ DIR 84888, 11/23/63.
[14207]560/ See Section III, A, 5 above.
[14208]561/ MEXI 6453, 10/9/63.
[14210]562/ Ibid. _
[14212]_ . 3563/ HSCA Deposition of John Sce1s0, 5/16/78, « p. 34; HSCA Depo-
[14213]4 3 -Sition of. Elsie Sealeti, 5/19/78, p. 26.
[14215]Classification: fF UR toe
[14217]Sees | - “Classified by derivation:
[14219]NW 48327 Docld:32263689: ‘Page 235
[14221]Classification: SPER ANE ina ora
[14223]i murs Roe oe AGS a “Ridse al
[14224](This form is-to be used for material extracted
[14226]from ClA—controlled clocuments.)
[14228]@. . . | . ane
[14230]66/ Ibid. A restricted file is i method of keeping abreast of
[14231]any information that deve:.ops on the subject of the file.
[14232]The file is marked to ind:.cate that it cannot be reviewed
[14233]without the permission of the person who made the re-
[14234]striction. The effect is that if anyone wants to see
[14236]the file, the custodian o:? the file learns of that de-
[14237]sire and the information ‘eading to it. .(HSCA Deposi-
[14238]‘tion of Ann E. G. Egerter. 5/19/78, p. 51.) .
[14240]567/ See Section
[14242]568/ HSCA Deposition of A. Egerter, 5/17/78, p. 77.
[14244]569/ Deposition of Elsie Scaleti. 5/19/78, p. 29.
[14246]570/ HSCA Deposition of Ann Eger:er, 5/17/78, pp. .78- 19.
[14248]571/ Ibid., pp. 70-71; HSCA Deposition of Elsie Scaleti,
[14249]@. 5/19/78, p. 33.
[14251]572/ Ibid. The Zed (Greenwich) times stamped on the cable and
[14253]the teletype indicates thit the teletype was sent before
[14254]the cable. .
[14256]573/ DIR 74830, 10/10/63.
[14258]74/ Ibid.
[14260]75/ Ibid.
[14261]76/ Ibid.
[14263]77/— Teletype from CIA to State, FBI and Navy, DIR 74678, 10/10/63.
[14264]Ibid. :
[14267]79/ The mistaken identification of Oswald.as "Lee Henry" is
[14268]dealt with in another section of this final report.
[14270]by 580/ | HSCA Deposition of A. Boertor, 5/1/78, P. 77.0
[14272]0 - . , = | . Classified by derivation:
[14274]NW 46327 Docld:32263889 Page 236°
[14276]= ate rte tm
[14277]Classification: “! R APART
[14279]a
[14280]. iy Citi @ 3 tts 2
[14281](This form is to. be used for material extracted
[14282]from ClA—controlled ilocuments.)
[14284]7
[14285]y
[14287],
[14289]- 60 -
[14290]581/ HSCA Deposition of Elsie Sculeti, 5/19/78, pp. 34-35,
[14291]582/ Ibid.
[14292]583/ tid, pp. 35-37/ . |
[14294]'584/ Elsie Scaleti Interview, 3/30/78, p. 8.
[14296]@5/ Ibid., pp. 11-13. .
[14298]86/ HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 37.
[14300]587/ HSCA Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/78, p. Si.
[14302]88/ Report on Oswald from John Scelso, C/WH/3, to James Angleton,
[14303]C/CI, 12/24/63, p. 4.
[14305]589/ HSCA Deposition of John Sce1so, 5/16/18, 3 pp- 40-43. Empha-
[14306]sis added.
[14308]"  590/ Ibia.
[14309]@ 91/ See preceding text.
[14310]592/ HSCA Deposition of Elsie Scaleti, 5/19/78, p- 31.
[14312]93/'Ibid., p- 30; See also HSCI. Deposition of John scelso,
[14313]Oo 5716/28, pp. 27, 28,
[14315]594/ See HSCA Deposition of Joh: Scelso, 5/16/78, pp. 40- 43,
[14316]51; HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 37; HMMA-
[14317]22005, 8/23/63, para. 4. -
[14318]595/ '77 IGR, Tab G.3, p. 3.
[14319]96/ ‘Ibid.
[14321]97/ Teletypés from. CIA to State, FBI and Navy, 10/10/63, DIR
[14324]598/ HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 43; HSCA Deposi-_
[14325]' tion of B. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 89-90.
[14327]ME te
[14329]e raat eee Classification:
[14333]| Classified by derivation:
[14335]i a
[14337]HW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 237 |
[14341]’ ts ta tik 3 oe 5
[14342](This form is to be used for moterial extracted
[14343]from CiA—controlled documents.)
[14345]Classification:
[14347]-
[14349]- 41 -
[14350]599/ David A. Phillips Testimony, 4/25/78, p. 30.
[14352]00/ HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 90-91; Ann Good-
[14353]pasture Testiony, 4/13/73, p. 142.
[14355]601/ David A. Phillips Testimony, 4/25/78, pp. 92-93.
[14357]602/ Scott's manuscript may provide a clue when he writes that
[14359]~~ during his first contact with the Soviet Embassy, Oswald
[14360]"gave his name very slowly and distinctly." (Foul. Foe
[14361]Manuscript, p- 267.) If Oswald used his middle name at
[14362]that time it would explain why Scott wrote "sic." by
[14363]"Henry." But it should be noted that Oswald's name .
[14364]does not come up in any of the transcripts made available
[14365]by the CIA until 10/1/62, and Oswald's middle name is
[14366]not given in that transcript. It is possible that
[14367]there is one additional transcript, possibly of the con-
[14368]versation that Scott, or page 267 of his manuscript,
[14369]refers to as Oswald's "iirst contact," which, if in exis-
[14370]tence, has not been made available to this Committee.
[14371](See Section III, A, 5, above.) :
[14373]Vera | OSTA NPR
[14375]a
[14377]03/ DIR 74830, 10/11/63.
[14379]|
[14381]a
[14383]04/ HSCA Deposition of Allan White, 5/18/78, p. 35; Ann Good-
[14384]pasture Testimony, 4/13,/78, p. 104.
[14386]|
[14388]05/ Ann Goodpasture Testimony. 4/13/78, p. 105.
[14390]fea)
[14392]g |
[14394]06/ Emphasis in original.
[14396]|
[14398]oO
[14400]07/ Routing and Record Sheet for DIR 74830, 10/11/63. .
[14402]08/ HSCA Deposition of Alan Wiite, 5/18/78, ‘pp. 33-34; HSCA
[14403]Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 46; HSCA Deposi-
[14404]tion of B.-Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 84-86, 88-89.
[14406]3 |
[14408]|
[14410]609/ HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, pp- 43-44; David
[14411]‘A. Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76, p- 89. © .
[14413]HSCA’ Deposition of Allan White, 5/18/78, p- 37.
[14418]See Section III, A, 7, above.
[14420]Spe Ff
[14422]lads co. Coe ab eee
[14423]po ty aie oa we.
[14426]NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 238
[14428]7 e +. Classification:
[14429]oy , . ; aa £3 ay . J :
[14430]{ : Phere we .
[14434]Saye,
[14437]i
[14438]vt
[14440]| Classification?
[14442](This form is to be ‘ised. for material extracted
[14443]from ClA—controlied Jocuments.)
[14445]- 42 -
[14447]612 / See Section Ill, A, 1, above.
[14449]613/ Note on Article by Robert S. Allen and Paul Scott, "CIA .
[14451]Withheld Vital. Intelligens e from Warren Commission,"
[14452]10/21/64.
[14454]614/ The Chief of the Mexico Branch at Headquarters has told
[14456]oO
[14457]Y
[14458]ea)
[14461]n
[14463]fea)
[14464]~N
[14466]this Committee that it is his belief that the tapes were
[14467]probably still in existence at the time of the assas-
[14468]Sination. (HSCA Depositicn of John Scelso, 5/16/78,
[14469]p. 76-77.) But the tesitmony of the persons at the
[14470]Mexico City Station is.ccnsistent in saying that the
[14471]tapes did not exist at the time of the assassination.
[14472](See HSCA Deposition of Fobert Shaw, 5/16/78, p. 29;
[14473]HSCA Deposition of Allan White, 5/18/78, p. 20; David
[14474]A. Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76, p. 63; David A. Phil-
[14475]lips Testimony, 4/25/78, pp. 17, 23; Ann Goodpasture
[14476]Testimony, 4/13/78,.p. 9¢.) .
[14478]See Section II, C, 4, by (i), (e); Tab F Draft, pp. 5-6.
[14480]If the 9/28/63 conversatior received expedited handling
[14482]‘ also it is possible that it would have been in the
[14483]Station prior to the first or second of October.
[14485]A. Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 95.
[14487]DIR 84886, 11/23/63, para. 2.
[14489]MEXI 7023, 11/23/63, para. 2.
[14491]MEXI 7025, 11/23/63, para. 4.
[14493]MEXI 7054, 11/24/63,. para. 3.
[14495]See discussion in text above and below.
[14497]See Section II, C, 4, above. .
[14499]Ann _Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 94.
[14501]‘Ann Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 95-96; See. also
[14502]pp. 77, 93, 110. . :
[14504]Classification: _"
[14506]NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 239
[14508]o
[14510]ne OR
[14513]4 630/ Ann Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 96.
[14515]r
[14517]NW 48327
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[14521]t
[14522]a
[14523]be
[14524]rs
[14525]NN
[14527]/ 637/ Ann Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 75. “Emphasis
[14529]aoe ahr . 7a ona . oe oe a gear 4@EawT anc
[14531]Classification. 4 ft gee
[14532]EU, wikis |
[14533](This form is fo be used for material extracted
[14534]from ClA—controlled documents.)
[14536]| 7 = 4B,
[14537](626/ B. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78 ,pp. 12, )3-
[14538]627/ HSCA Deposition of Herbert Manell, 4/28/78, p. 28.
[14539]628/ See discussion. above.
[14541]'629/ See footnote 614 above.
[14543]31/ ISCA Deposition of Robert haw, 5/16/78, p.
[14544]position of Allan White, 5/18/78, Be pai David A.
[14545]Phillips Testimony, 11/2’/76, p. 63; “David A. Phillips
[14546]Testimony, 4/25/78, pp. 17-23; Ann Goodpasture Testimony,
[14547]4/13/78, p- 94.07 oo °
[14549]fea)
[14551]“7295 i. HSCA De-
[14553]en
[14554]a
[14555]w
[14556]ho
[14559]HSCA Deposition of John Sc:2lso, PP- 76-77.
[14561]|
[14563]Les
[14567]B. ‘Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, rpP- 124 13.
[14569]See Ann Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 94-95, 77.
[14571]A
[14572]i)
[14576]HSCA Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78, p.. 28.
[14578]°636/ H. Manell and B. Manell In-:erview, 3/28/78, pps 35; MHSCA
[14580]Deposition of Allan Whit2, 5/18/78, pp. 33-34; “HSCA
[14581]Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 88-89, 84-86;
[14582]~“HSCA Deposition of H. Maiell, 4/28/78, pp. 38-39, 46.
[14584]|
[14586]added.
[14587]+°638/ Routing and Record Sheet for DIR 74930, 10/11/63.
[14589]’°639/ MEXI 6534, 10/15/63.
[14590]lene ae let Set /€ pt AS
[14591]640/ HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 96.
[14593]641/ H. Manell ‘and B. Manell Interview, 3/18/78, p. 14-45; VASCA
[14594]Deposition of Allan Whit2, 5/18/78, p.: 33-34;“HSCA ve-
[14595]‘position of B. Manell, 4/28/78, pp. 84-86, 88-89; “fiSCA
[14596]Deposition of H. Manell, 4/28/78,-pp. 38-39, 46;
[14597]Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p- 75. See also Sec-.
[14598]tion III, B., above. . ’
[14602]Classification:
[14604]. PLN sy 5
[14606]i a , ‘ 7 _ . [ “Clessified y derivation:
[14607]ET Ws 7 a aT Fa rae yd ay | «eee
[14609]Docld: 32263889 Page 240.
[14612]ae at
[14615]i kt Oi Wr. VIET SEPA Sr Wa. aA oT. A.
[14617]4s LE LE SEE 2 1 —
[14619]| SPGUIR) PAPE myo
[14620]of: . eH pte ie 2 He POs
[14621]Classification: Hi itt ae
[14622]. “_ a sg thy 4 as. |
[14623](This form is to be used for material extracted
[14624]@ . from ClA—controlled documen 5.)
[14626]- 44 -
[14628]642/ Memorandum for the Ambassador from Winston M. Scott, re:
[14629]Lee OSWALD/Contact with the Soviet Embassy, 10/16/63.
[14630]Emphasis added.
[14632]643/ Manell Interview, 3/28/78, pP- 17
[14633]644/ Ibid., PD: 18.
[14635]645/ There are some cryptic reference; to the CIA Station trying
[14636]to determine Oswald's whereaboits after receiving the
[14637]10/11 cable. (See Testimony of Ann Goodpasture, 4/13/78,
[14639]p- 113.) The procedures used in this attempt and the
[14640]actions that may have been taken have not been deter-
[14641]mined. If any records exist cf these efforts they have
[14642]not_been made available to this Committee. :
[14644]ia)
[14645]rs
[14646]toa)
[14649]HSCA Deposition of Elsie I. Scaieti, 5/19/78, p- 43-
[14651]n
[14653]~J
[14654]~N
[14656]|
[14658]HSCA Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/78, PP- 61-62.
[14660]HSCA Deposition of Elsie I. Sca.eti, 5/19/78, pp- 29-30.
[14662]toa)
[14663]rE
[14664]co
[14667]a
[14669]wo
[14672]HSCA Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/78, PPp- 44-47.
[14674]|
[14676]HSCA Deposition of Robert Shaw, 5/16/78, pP- 62, 69.
[14678]foal
[14680]be
[14683]HSCA Deposition of Alan White, 5/18/78, p. 36.
[14685]|
[14687]Ann Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 111-114.
[14689]foal
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[14696]fo9)
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[14701]|
[14703]HSCA Deposition of B. Manell, 4/28/78, PP- 75-76; See also
[14704]Ibid., p- 81. .
[14706]a
[14708]cS
[14711]See discussion above.
[14713]|
[14715]a
[14720]|
[14722]Phillips Interview, 8/30/78, p 5-
[14724]fe)
[14725]u
[14726]oN
[14729]|
[14731]Foul Foe manuscript, PP- 268-259. Emphasis added.
[14733]an
[14738]|
[14740]HSCA. Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/78, pp. 63-64.
[14742]a
[14745]~N
[14747]|
[14749]“HSCA peposition of John Scelso, 5/16/78, PP- 64-65.
[14751]an
[14752]wm
[14756]|
[14758]David -A. Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76, p. 96.
[14759],@ ae Classification: “3
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[14780]659-A/See preceding section.
[14781]659-B/ Ibid.
[14782]659-C/ MEXI 7014, 11/22/63, para. 3.
[14784]659-D/— MEXI 7203, 11/23/63, para. 3.
[14786]660/ HSCA Depositin of H. Manell, 4/28/78, p. 53.
[14788]661/ JFK Classified Document, #131.
[14789], :
[14791]662/ Ibid.
[14792]663/ MEXI 7029, 11/23/63, para. 1.
[14794]: 664/ Clasified HSCA Staff Summary, 3/15/78, p. 11.
[14796]_ $65/ See Section I1I,.B, 2, above. :
[14798]- 666/ MEXI 7014, 11/22/63, “para, 2.
[14799]. 667/ DIR 84802, 11/22/63 para. 1. The sequence of the cables
[14801]ean be determined in that they were numbered sequen-..
[14802]‘tially as they were sent. In this regard it should be .
[14803]noted that this system cen indicate the order in which
[14805]he cables were sent but rot the order in which they
[14807]were written because, at least in Mexico, several of
[14809]the Station officers were drafting and sending cables.
[14810]Hence, the order of writing them may not be the same
[14811]as.the order in which they were sent.
[14813]boa)
[14814]a
[14815]ioe)
[14818]MEXI 7014; see preceding peragraph.
[14820]a
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[14825]DIR 84886, 11/23/63, para. 1.
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[14832]Ibid., para. 2
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[14839]Ibid., para. 3.
[14841]HSCA Deposition of John Seelso, 5/16/78, p. 37.
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[14853]673/ David A. Phillips interview, 8/24/78, p. 16; Routing and
[14855]3B
[14857]74/ DIR 84886, 11/23/63, para. 2.
[14859]Record Sheet for MEXI 7033, 11/23/63; HSCA Deposition
[14860]of John Scelso, 5/16/78, pp. 45, 87.
[14862]675/ MEXI 7023, 11/23/63.
[14864]o
[14866]IS
[14867]<I
[14869]76/ MEXI. (7024, 11/23/63, para. 6.
[14871]7/ MEXI 7025, 11/23/63.
[14873]678/. MEXI 7033, 11/23/63.
[14875]679/ HSCA staff have wondered wrether or not the Mexico City
[14877]Station was entirely forthcoming of their own will
[14879]with Headquarters. This speculation was based on three
[14880]pieces of information. ‘he first is the report in
[14882]MEXI 7024 that Headquarters had all the available in-
[14883]formation. The second is a note from Win Scott on the
[14884]Routing and Record Sheet for ‘MEXI 7033 which says:
[14886]I had a call from Waslington ( John Scelso) at
[14887]1620: hours on 23/XI. I told John Scelso at
[14888]1630 hours (our time) on 23/xXI that this would
[14889]be on route to him.
[14891]The third is a cable reporting that on the 23rd Win
[14892]Scott had an urgent call to see the President of
[14893]Mexico. The cable repori:s that Scott expected the
[14894]President to express his condolences over the assas-
[14896]Ssination but "developed «chat (Mexican agent) had
[14898]located call to Soviet Ellbassy of Lee Oswald
[14900]Made on 28 September. Believe fact that (President
[14901]of Mexico) aware of this contact (from our joint
[14902]operation) and passed da:a to COS is important.”
[14904]. (MEXI 7023, 11/23/63, paras. 2 and 3)
[14906]The Committee declines to speculate that the Mexico City
[14907]Station was possibly con;idering not reporting all
[14908]the information availabl:tothem. It was considered
[14910]-that this may have been :ontemplated in order to pro-
[14912]tect. themselves from a’ciarge about their failure to
[14913]report the information prior to the assassination.
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[14932]The discovery that the Mexicans were also aware of
[14933]the conversations would have made holding back the
[14934]transcripts perilous in that the Mexicans could have
[14935]revealed their existence to the detriment of the
[14936]Station. Hence, the full report followed very shortly’
[14937]after the meeting between the Mexican President and
[14938]-Win Scott, and immediately after Scott discussed the
[14939]situation with his nominal superior in Washington
[14940]‘by telephone. Scott's superior was asked about this.
[14941]-He said that he did not remember the substance of
[14942]his telephone call to Wir Scott on the 23rd. (HSCA
[14943]Deposition of John Scelsc, 5/16/78, p. 88) (“I do
[14944]not have any idea why (I called). I may have been
[14945]ordered to call him on ary number of things." (Ibid.,
[14946]p. 87.) He was also asked about Scott's meeting °
[14947]with the Mexican Presidert.
[14950]f
[14952]You get a psychologicel question. The Chief .
[14953]-of Station is called in’to speak to the Presi-
[14954]i a dent of Mexico. There had been a big fight
[14955]; when the new Ambassadcr got there--no, it wasn't:
[14956]: that. It was a very peculiar situation in Mexi-
[14957]@ : co whereby the Mexicar. President's primary con-
[14958]tact with the U.S. government was through our
[14959]Chief of Station rather’ than through the Ambas-
[14960]sadors. This caused 1:0 great problem with the
[14961]' then-Ambassador whose name I have forgctten. .
[14963]‘Q: Thomas Mann?
[14965]A: Yes. He was a verw fine guy and recognized
[14966]. the usefulness of i:shis arrangement. The next
[14968]Ambassador, Mr. Freeman, tried to cut Win
[14969]Scott out of conta::t with. the President of ©
[14970]Mexico, whereupon i:he President of Mexico
[14971]called in Win Scot:: and said, "I want you to
[14972]send a cable to the White House telling them
[14973]I am not going to «deal with | this jackass, - I
[14974]want to deal only vith you."
[14976]So, the result was. eventually, Winston
[14977]Scott and Ambassador Freeman went to the
[14978]White House and talked to President Johnson.
[14979]-and- straightened tiie whole thing, out in favor
[14980]of Winston Scott. - a
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[15004]So, Scott is just :cemarking that it is
[15005]4 interesting that the President of Mexico is
[15006]4 aware of our telepnone operation.
[15008]Q: He should have bee since it was a liaison
[15009]operation.
[15011]A: Yes. .But you do not always know whether he
[15012]- was informed. I tink we always knew he was
[15013]informed. I think we always knew he was in-
[15014]formed. It is jus: Significant that the per-
[15015]: . son calls you in and says, here is some intel-
[15016]i ligence about the. kennedy thing.
[15018](HSCA Deposition of John scelso, 5/16/78, pp. 83-84.)
[15020]i ' Win Scott indicated that 1e was going to write a memoran-
[15021]. dum concerning his meetinj with the President of Mexi-
[15022]_ co. (Routing and Record 3hhet for MEXI 7028, 11/23/63.)
[15023]; _ © Tf Mr. Scott wrote such a memo, it-has not been made
[15024]t available to:the HSCA. David Phillips, who after serv-
[15025]@ . , ing in Mexico, went on to accumulate quite an impres-
[15026]sive record as a Chief of Station in several countries
[15027]_ himself, told Committee iivestigators. that a memoran-
[15028]dum of this sort, along with other "sensitive" informa-
[15029]tion would be the type of thing that Win Scott probabiy
[15030]kept in nes private safe. (David A. Phillips Interview,
[15031]8/24/78, p. 10.) Mr. Phillips added that he did not.
[15032]know what P nappened to Mr. Scott's safe after he died
[15033]i a but he had heard vague stories about someone finding
[15034]i a lot of documents that Scott had kept. (Ibid.)
[15036]680/ MEXI 7054- 11/24/63, para. 3.--
[15037]if  6B1/ MEXI 7024, 11/23/63, para. 3.
[15038]i 682/ MExt 7024, 11/23/63, para. 3.
[15039]683/ MEXI 7023, 11/26/63, para. 2.°
[15041] 684/ See Section II, C, 4, above.
[15043]a 685/ For example, MEXI 7023 repocts that a voice comparison
[15044]; . was not done. while MEXI 7025 | implies that one was “done
[15046]A
[15047]STOR DEN prays
[15049]@ ne wn. Classification: tee) 3 B
[15050]i . : rants . ice Clossified by -dsvivotion:
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[15062]and a year later Ann Good .asture noted on a newspaper
[15063]article that such a compazison was done. Note also
[15064]that MEXI 7024 reported tiat HQ had all the available
[15065]information when in fact a3ll conversations were reported ce
[15066]in a later cable, MEXI 7033.
[15068]: ~+ 685/ See SectionilIl, A, 1, above.
[15069]86/ See Section III,.A, 1, above.
[15070]87/ See Section III, A, l, above.
[15072]See Section III, A, l, above.
[15074]-:)
[15075]C)
[15076]“~
[15078]--- 689/ Note to Luis Echevarria, November 23, 1963, CIA No. 444;
[15079]Cable re Oswald-Duran, MEXI 7029, November 23, 1963, CIA
[15080]No. 441; Raymond Rocca Chronology. WX 7241, Entry 36,
[15081]November 23, 1963, CIA Nc. 635..
[15083]y, 690/ Ibid. |
[15084]@ 7 .691/ See below, p:
[15086]92/ Note written by Winston Sectt re phone call with John
[15087]Scelso, November 23, 1962; Chronology prepared by Ray-
[15089]mond Rocca, WxX7241, entry 37, November 23, 1963, CIA
[15091]i - No. 635.
[15093]i 693/ Ibid.
[15095]| 694/. Ibid.
[15097]95/ Chief of Station phone cali. to Luis Echevarria, November 23,
[15098]1963, CIA No. 440; Flash Cable from Karaméssines to
[15100]i ; Mexico City Station, November 23, 1963, DIR 84916, CIA
[15102]No. 4033 Chronology of Réymond Rocca, entry 46, Noven-
[15103]ber 23, 1963, CIA No. 636.
[15105]: 696/ Blind Memo re ‘Lee Harvey Oswald and Silvia Duran, Novem-
[15106]of . ber 26, 1963, CIA #473. .-
[15108]"697/ Ibid.
[15110]i
[15112]i gfe
[15114]| (2 98/ cable from Mexico City Sta‘:ion to Headquarters, November
[15116]ar 27, 1963, MEXI 7101, CIA #493.
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[15127]| Classification:
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[15130]from ClA—controlled documents.) :
[15132]ee | seuntT
[15134]When President John |. Kennedy was assassinated
[15135]on November 22, 1963, the \nited States investigative
[15137]agencies--FBI, CIA, Secret Service, etc.--were. asked: to.
[15139]investigate the assassinaticn.. When the Central Intelli-
[15141]gence Agency's Mexico City Station remembered that Lee
[15142]Harvey Oswald had visited Mexico City during late. Septem-
[15143]ber and early October, it reviewed the electronic surveil-
[15144]lance files and found eviderce of phone calls to the So-
[15146]viet Embassy’ made September 27th, September 28th, and
[15148]‘October Ist, that could. have been made by Oswald. 685/
[15150]Review of the electroic surveillance files also produced
[15151]telephone calls on September 27, 1963. between the Russian
[15152]Consul and Silvia Ouran, a secretary at the Cuban Consu-
[15153]late, where Oswald was discussed. 686/ In addition,
[15155]the Mexico City, Station fourd a September 28, 1963 phone
[15156]call from Silvia Duran to tke Soviet Consulate where. Silvia
[15157]Duran stated that there was an American cit tzen at the
[15159].
[15161]Cuban Consulate who had prev fous} ly visited the Soviet Con-
[15163]suiate. $&7/ A final prone cati was made on October i,
[15164]where the “alleged” Oswald identified himsel® was alss
[15165]found. §65/ |
[15167]“On Novenber 23, 198 the Mexico City Station deter-—
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[15191]IBY otund
[15193]mined that it would request the Mexican Jur?
[15195]with whom it had a good: relitionship--to arrest Silvia
[15196]‘Duran (as Stivia Duran was 4 Mexican citizen, she did not
[15197]have diplomatic immunity) b2cause she might shed some light
[15198]on the circumstances surrouiding the assassination. 688a/
[15200]‘The Mexico City Station sent a note to the Gober-
[15201]nacion head, Luis Echevarrii, with Silvia Duran's address,
[15202]her mother's address, her b-other's address, her license
[15203]plate number, her home phon: number, her place of work and
[15204]a request that she be arres:ed immediately. 689/ The Mexi-
[15206]“co City Station also sugges :ed that Duran he held incommuni-
[15207]cado until she could be questioned on the matter. 690/
[15209]. The Mexico City Station did not receive prior au-
[15210]thorization from CIA Headquirters to request the arrest of
[15211]Silvia Duran by Mexican authorities. 691/ Headquarters
[15212]feared that a request to arcest Ms. Duran would jeopardize
[15213]the clandestine reltationshi) between certain Mexican govern-
[15214]ment officials and the CIA “f it were disclosed that Americans
[15215]were behind Duran's arrest. 672/ John Scelso, Chief of Western
[15216].Hemisohere/3, stationed at. Langley Headquarters, telephoned
[15217]Winston Scott, the Mexice City Chief of Station, anc requestec
[15218](that Stivia Ouran aot be arrested. 693/ Scott told Scelss that
[15220]he could not rescind the revuest, and that. Headquarters should
[15222]alr ad have ej hoe stati h S11 Cur h
[15223]eady Cietiedti ng t = via-Curan ad
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[15235]been arrested. 694/ After dinston Scott’ s conversation
[15237]with John Scelso, Scott called Luis Echevarria and stated
[15238]that the Mexico City Statioi desired that, all- information
[15239]received from Duran be forwarded immediately to the Mexico
[15240]City Station, and that her arrest and statements not be
[15241]communicated to any leftist groups. 695/ .
[15242]On November 27, 1963, the Mexican government for- .
[15244]“warded to the Mexico City Station a copy of Silvia Duran's
[15246]ten-page signed. statement. 396/ It said,
[15248]"Upon learning about the assassination
[15249]she and her husband speculated that Presi-
[15250]dent Kennedy might have been assassinated
[15251]for racial reasons. When she became aware
[15252]that the assassin was Lee Harvey Oswald, she
[15253]ascertained that it vas the same man who ap-
[15254]proximately two montis prior. had been to the
[15255]Cuban Consulate to solicit an intransit visa
[15256]to Russia. Having tiken his name from the
[15257]special documentatio1 he presented she knew
[15258]that he was married to a Russian woman and
[15259]’ betonged to the "Fair Play for Cuba Committee."
[15260]She checked the data in the Consulate archives
[15261]and became certain tiat it was the same indi-
[15262]vidual who was blond:, short, dressed unelegant-
[15263]“ly and whose face turned red when angry. The
[15264]Consul had denied the visa because to obtain
[15265]an intransit visa from the Cuban government,
[15266]it was imperative thit he previously obtain a
[15267]visa from the Soviet Consulate. Since obtain-
[15268]ing a visa from the Soviets toox four months
[15269]anc Oswald's Mexican visa exoired.sosn Oswald
[15270]was advised that he see the Soviet Consul, and:
[15271]catling the cerson i1 charge of that office.
[15272]Thea Soviet official told her that they would
[15273]have to conscit Moscow which would take four:
[15274]months. That afternoon, Oswale returned. to the
[15276]4
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[15294]Cuban Consulate and ‘Silvia Duran confirmed
[15295]that he could get a Uuban visa only after he
[15296]received a Russian v sa. She gave Oswald her name
[15297]and business phone number but never gave him her .,
[15298]address because she liad no reason to give it to
[15299]him. The only aid she could give Oswald was advising
[15300]that he see the Soviet Consul and calling the person
[15301]in charge of that of’ice. She knew that phoning the
[15302]Soviet Consulate was not one of her duties and that
[15303]if she did so she di it only to help Oswald. She
[15304]gave Oswald her busiiiess phone number only because he
[15305]would have to call sibsequently to check whether he
[15306]had obtained a visa. He never called back."
[15308]Silvia Duran, releasid on November 24, 1963, was rearrested
[15309]November 27, 1963, when the Mexican government alleged that she
[15311]_ Was attempting to leave Mex'co for travel to Havana. 698/
[15313]Ta Ba TH A A TH
[15315]According to-the Mexican of‘icials who detained Duran a second
[15317]time, there was no addition to her story. 699/
[15319]Pe.
[15321]The Mexico City Stat:on forwarded Duran's ten-page signed
[15322]statement to Headquarters 01 November 27, 1963. 700/ The
[15323]following day, Headquarters sent a clarification cable to the
[15324]Mexico City Station seeking to insure that neither Silvia.
[15326]Duran nor the Cubans would lave any basis for believing that
[15327]“the Americans were behind her rearrest. The cable stated,
[15328]"We want the Mexican author’ttes to take the responsibility
[15329]for the whole affair." 701/
[15331]. When the Central Intelligence Agency began to work
[15332]with the Warren Commission, Headquarters cabled the Mexico
[15334]Tea ep ee TD Oe
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[15350]City Station that its plan in passing batenation to the.
[15351]Warren Commission was to eliminate mention of telephone
[15352]taps in.order ‘to protect their continuing operations. 702/
[15353]Headquarters cabled that it would rely on. Silvia Duran's
[15354]statements and on the Consular files which the Soviets
[15355]‘gave the State Department. 703/ Headquarters stressed
[15356]that exact, detailed infornation from LITAMIL-7 and
[15357]LITAMIL-9--penetration agents in the Cuban Embassy--on
[15359]what Silvia Duran and other officials had said about Os-
[15361]corroborative evidence. 704/
[15363]When the Central Intelligence Agency forwarded to
[15365]the Warren Commission a cory of Duran's signed statement.
[15366]-It read as follows:
[15368]...she remembered. .(that Lee Harvey Oswald)
[15370]was the name of an ‘merican who had come to
[15372]the Cuban Consulate to obtain. a visa to travel
[15373]to Cuba in transit to Russia, the latter part
[15375]of September or the early part of October of
[15376]this year, and in stpport of his application
[15377]had shown his passpert, in which it was noted
[15378]that he had lived fr that country for a period
[15379]of three years; his labor card from the same
[15380]country written in-the Russian language: and
[15381]letters in that same Yanguage. He had presented
[15382]evidence that he war married to a Russian woman,
[15383]anc‘aiso that he wat apparently the leader of
[15385]an organization in the city of New Orleans clain-
[15386]ing that he should te accepted as a "friend cf
[15390]. the Cuban Revolutior. Accordingly, the declarant,
[15391]a _ complying with her cuties, took down all of the:
[15393]—ACENPOS Classification:
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[15406]_{nformation and completed the soa printe
[15407]application form; ard the declarant, ad-
[15408]mittedly exceeding rer responsibilities,
[15409]informally telephoned the Russian Consulate,
[15410]with the intention cf doing what she could
[15411]to factlitate issuarce of the Russian visa
[15412]to Lee Harvey Oswalc. However, they told
[15413]her that there woulc be a delay of about
[15414]four months in processing the case, which
[15415]annoyed the applicart since, according to
[15416]his statement, he wes in a great hurry to
[15417]obtain visas that would enable him to travel
[15418]to Russia, insistinc on his right to do so
[15419]in view of his backcround and his loyalty
[15420]and his activities in behalf of the Cuban»
[15421]‘ Movement. The declerant was unable to re-
[15422]g call accurately whether ornot the applicant
[15425]told her he was a member of. the Communist
[15426]Party, but he did say that his. wife***was
[15427]then in-New York City, and would follow
[15429]him,*** (Senora Duran stated) that when 0s-
[15430]d wald understood that it was not possible to
[15432]give him a Cuban visa without his first hav-
[15433]ing obtained the Russian visa,*** he became
[15434]very excited or angry, and accordingly, the
[15435]affiant called Consi1 Ascue (sic),*** (who)
[15436]came out and began a@ heated disucssion in En-
[15437]glish with Oswald, that concluded by Ascue
[15438]telling him that "if it were up to him, he
[15439]would not give him the visa," and “a person
[15440]of his type was harning the Cuban Revolution
[15441]rather than helping it," it being understood.
[15442]that in their conversation they were talking
[15443]about the Russian Scctalist Revolution and
[15445]not the Cuban. Oswald maintained that he had
[15446]two reasons for requesting that his visa be
[15447]issued promptly, anc they were: one, that his
[15448]tourist. permit in Mexico was about to expire;
[15449]and the other, that he had to get to Russia |
[15450]as quickly as possitle. Depsite her annoyance,
[15451]the decalarant gave Oswald a paner*** in which.
[15452]-she put down her nane, "Silvia Guran," and
[15454]the number of the telephone at the Consulate,
[15455]which ts "13-28-47" and the visa application
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[15467]was processed anyway It was sent to the.
[15468]Ministry of (Foreign: Relations of Cuba;. from
[15469]which a routine repl: was received some fifteen
[15470]to thirty days later, approving the visa, but on
[15472]- the condition that the Russian visa be obtained
[15473]first, although she Joes not recall whether or.
[15474]not Oswald later tel2phoned her at the’ Consulate
[15475]number that ‘she gave him. 705/ |
[15477]The central Intelligence Agency had relied on Duran's
[15478]| statements but had deleted Juran's description of Oswald as
[15479]‘blonde and short. 706/ It 1ad also excised Duran's statement--
[15481]"The only aid she could giv: Oswald was advising that he see
[15482]the Soviet Consul, and calling the person in charge. of that
[15483]office" which alluded to: Oswald asking for some type of aid at
[15484]the Cuban Consulate. 707/ In addition, Ms. Duran's strong state-
[15485]ment "He never.called her back" 107a/ was. changed to "she does
[15486]not recall whether or not Oswald later telephoned her at the
[15487]Consulate number that she have him.707b/ Had the statements
[15488]been. included, the Warren Commission's conclustons would not have
[15489]seemed as strong.
[15491]. The Warren Commissicn staff was not completely satis-
[15492]fied with Ms. Duran's ten fage signed statement obtained by
[15493]the Mexican authorities. hk. David Slawson wrote: | .
[15495]We then discussed. .the problem of (inter-
[15497]viewing) Silvia Duran. We pointed out that
[15499]our only interest ir. witnesses (in Mexico)
[15501]other than Duran wa: to get their formal testi-
[15503]mony for authenticalien purposes...Thtis was
[15505]a not true of Duran, towever, because she had
[15506]been interviewed only by the Mexican police é30
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[15516]and we considered that interview inadequate..
[15517](I should point out that we do not consider ~
[15518]it totally inadequate, however. It is onl
[15519]on details such as Oswald's physical
[15520]appearance, side comnents or remarks he
[15521]may have made, etc., that we would like to
[15522]interrogate Mrs. Ouran further. On the
[15523]essential point of wnetherornot his con-
[15524]tacts. with the Embassy consisted of anything
[15525]other than an attempt to travel to Cuba,
[15526]Silvia Duran's knowladge has probably been
[15527]exhausted.) 708/ “
[15529]The Warren Commission staff's attempts to inter-
[15530]view Ms. Duran never succeeded. 709/ Ms. Duran was not
[15531]interviewed by Americans until 1976, when two reporters
[15532]from the Washington Post interviewed her. 710/ On
[15533]dune 6, 1978, representatives of the House Select Committee
[15535]con. Assassinations interviewed Ms. Duran in Mexico City.
[15537]VI. Information not available at the time of the Warren
[15539]Commission investigation
[15541]A. Silvia Tirado (nee Duran)
[15542]1. House Select Committee on Assassinations €/6/78
[15544]. Interview of Silvia Tirado
[15546]_ Ms. Tirado (Silvia divorced Horatio Duran in 1968)
[15548]. Was never questioned by American officials in 1963. Thus,
[15549]_ the Committee established contact with the Mexican gcvern-
[15550]ment and requested that the Mexican government make
[15552]“ob. Silvia Tirado available for an interview. 711/ The Mexican
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[15575]government complied on 6/6/78. Ms. Tirado told the ‘House ©
[15577]Select Committee on: Assassinations the following:
[15578]Lee Harvey Oswald visited the Cuban Consulate three
[15579]times on September 27, 1963, not twice as the Warren Com-
[15581]mission previously reported. -T12/- Oswald first visited
[15583]‘the Cuban Consulate at approximately 11:00 a.m., requesting
[15585]an intransit visa to Cuba with Russia as the final destina-
[15586]tion. 713/ He showed her some documents, then left to
[15587]obtain Photographs needed for his application. M4/
[15589]Oswald returned at approximately 1: 00 p.m. with —
[15590]four photographs. 715/ Ms. Tirado typed the application ©
[15591]in duplicate, stapled a picture. on top of each and had Os-
[15592]Wald sign each in her presence. 716/ As identification,
[15593]Oswald showed | her documents he had brought: his Russian
[15594]labor card, marriage certificate with the name of his
[15595]Russian wife, his American communist Party membership card
[15596]and his "Fair Play for Cuba’ membership card. 717/
[15598]Ms. Tirado found Lee Harvey Oswald! Ss behavior Suspi-
[15599]cious because normally a Conmunist traveled only with his”
[15600]passport as belonging to th: Communist. Party was 717 Fegal
[15601]in Mexico in 1963. 7718/
[15603]There #as a procedur: whereby the American Communist
[15604]Party would arrange visa ma:ters for’ their members with the
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[15620]Cuban Communist Party. 719/ The American would then
[15622]come to Mexico, visit the Cuban Consulate; and receive
[15623]his visa immediately. 710/ When Tirado asked Oswald why
[15624]‘he did not have the American Communist Party arrange his
[15625]trip. to Cuba, he stated tha: he-had not had the time. 721/
[15626]| After explaining to liswald that he had to acquire
[15627]‘a Russian visa before he could receive a Cuban visa, Tirado
[15628]jotted her name and busines:; phone number on a piece of
[15629]paper and gave it to Oswald who then left to get his Rus-:
[15630]Sian visa. 722/ . .
[15631]Oswald returned to tie Cuban Consulate between
[15632]5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.; which was after normal working
[15633]hours, 10:00 to 2:00 p.m, /23/ The guard called Tirado,
[15634]stating that someone who didnot speak Spanish was at the
[15635]gate inquiring about a visa. 724/ As routine procedure,
[15636]she asked the guard to esco-t the individual to her office. 725/
[15637]Oswald told her that he had acquired a Russian visa. 726/
[15638]Since he did not produce it when asked, she called the
[15640]Russian Consulate. 727/ Th» Consul told Duran that Oswald.
[15642]had been to the Consulate raquesting a vis2 and had been
[15643]told that the reply would tike appreximately four menths. 728/
[15644]when she relayed the messac> to Sewaid, he got very excited,
[15646]_-inststing that as a persen whe nad been In jail because
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[15663]of the Cuban Revolution he should eatd a visa.
[15664]Oswald stated that he could not wait that long because.
[15665]his Mextcan visa expired in three: days. 730/ At this
[15667]| point, Ms. Tirado informed tonsul Eusebio Azcue of the
[15668]situation. 731/ Azcue had been in his private office
[15669]which he shared with his upcoming replacement, Alfredo -
[15671]Mirabal. 732/ Azcue polite y explained the requisites
[15673]for an intransit visa to Oswald. 733/ When he noticed
[15674]that Oswald was.a stubborn nan he told Oswald that he
[15675]was obviously not a friend of the Cuban revolution be-
[15676]cause he would otherwise understand that Cuba had to be
[15677]extremely careful with the peopte it allowed in the coun-
[15678]‘try. 734/ Azcue and Oswald. yelled at each other. 735/
[15679]Then Azcue went ‘to the door. “opened it and asked: Oswald
[15680]to leave. J36/ Oswald did hot revisit or telephone the
[15681]Consulate. 737/ Ms. Tirado described Lee Harvey Oswald
[15682]as approximately five feet six, with Sparse blonde hair,
[15684]weighing about 125 |. ‘poun's. 738/
[15686]2. CIA information net available at the time of
[15687]the Warren Commission investigation
[15691]in 1967 2 report that Silvia. Duran nad had intimate
[15693]relations withy Lee pet wes cswat d came to the attention
[15694]“SSF
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[15714]of the Central Intelligecne Agency’ s Mexico City Station. 739/
[15715]The source, LIRING/3, state that he had recently re-
[15716]ceived a call‘ from Silvia Duran, 740/ A telephone tap
[15717]on LIRING/3's telephone con*irmed that Silvia Duran had
[15718]called LIRING. 741/ LIRING’3 reported that he had visited
[15719]Silvia to renew acquiaintan:ees. 742/ During the visit,
[15720]Duran told LIRING/3 that sh: had met Lee Harvey Oswald
[15721]at the Cuban Consulate when he applied for a visa and
[15722]“had dated him on several oc:asions. 743/ Ouran admitted
[15723]that she had had intimate relations with Oswald, but in-
[15724]sisted that she had no idea of his plans. 744/ In addi-
[15725]tion, Duran told LIRING/3 tiat when the news of the as-
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[15729]sassination became public kiiowledge, the Mexican govern-
[15730]ment arrested her and duriny the interrogation beat her
[15731]until she admitted that she had had an affair with Lee
[15732]Harvey Oswald. 745/ Rowton 746/ counseled LIRING/3
[15733]against any further contact with Ouran because the Cubans
[15734]or the Mexican police might become suspicious of him. 747
[15736]There is mo indication in Rowton's report as to why con-
[15738]tact with Silvia wouta make the Cubans susoicious.
[15740]The CIA Mexice City otation report ec this informa-
[15742]ticn te Headquarte
[15744]First, thet S4tvia Ouran had sexual intercourse
[15747]rete
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[15760]with Lee harvey Oswald on several occasions
[15762]when the latter was in Mexico is probably
[15764]new, but adds little-to the Oswald case.
[15766]Second, the Mexican police did not report
[15768]the extent of the Duran-Oswald. relationship
[15770]to this Station. 7497
[15772]In ‘the chronology of the Mexico. City investigation
[15773]of Oswald, Raymond Rocca notes: "Why didn't .Mexico
[15774]police give us all info?" 750/ . This was not the first
[15775]report of such a relationship between Oswald and Duran.
[15776]Elena. Garro had reported the same information. to Charles
[15777]Thomas in 1965. 251/
[15779]That the Mexican government -did not disclose all
[15780]the information in its possession to American authorities
[15781]raises one of ‘three possibilities: . .
[15783]1) the Mexican government, did not want to disclose
[15784]that one of its citizens had had intimate rela-
[15785]tions with the assassin of John Kennedy; or
[15787]2) Silvia’ Duran was a Mexican penetration agent
[15789]in the Cuban Consulate and the Mexican govern-
[15790]ment. was protecting its informant by minimizing
[15791]her relationship with Oswald; er |
[15793]3) they forsct, i.e., @ pure ara simple mistake.
[15795]woe bt rl
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[15809]b. The possibility that. Silvia Duran was an
[15810]. agent for either American, Mexican or Cuban
[15812]Intelligence
[15814]Since the Publication of the Warren Commission
[15815]Report in September 1964, critics have written about the
[15817]’ possibility that Silvia Duran was an intelligence agent
[15819]for either the Americans, M2xicans or Cubans.
[15821]1) Was Silvia Duran in agent, asset or source
[15823]for Mexican or Am2rican intelligence?
[15825]In an effort to resolve this question, the House
[15826]- Select Committee on Assassi vations reviewed the. United
[15827]States investigative agenci2s' files on Silvia Duran. 752/
[15828]The Committee found no evidence in this file review that
[15829]Silvia Duran was either an \merican or Mexican intelli-
[15830]gence agent. -
[15831]In addition, the Comaittee has interviewed most
[15832]of the Mexico City Station amp loyees about the possibility.
[15833]Only David Phillips, Chief of Covert Action and the Cuban
[15834]Section in the Mexico City - tation in 1963, a positic
[15836]which made him very knowledieabie, considered that Ouran
[15838]was possibly an agent or source. Mr. Phillips stated that
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[15866]"at one time the agency pit :hed 753/ almost everyone
[15867]at the Cuban Embassy." 754/ Mr. Phillips stated that:
[15869]he had first heard Duran's 1ame from the telephone
[15871]that the CIA had no interest in Ms. Duran because “she
[15872]wasn't friendly with anyone." 756/ Mr. Phillips had
[15873]previously mentioned the C14 Mexico City Station's in-
[15874]terest in recruiting a former Cuban Ambassador to Mexico
[15875]named Lechuga. 757/ Mr. Phillips was shown a memorandum
[15876]written by W. David Slawson of the Warren Commission staff
[15877]regarding a trip to Mexico ay Warren Commission staff
[15878]members which said: . .
[15880]Mr. Scott's (Chief of the CIA Station in Mexi-
[15881]co City) narrative disclosed that the CIA's
[15882]action immediately after the assassination con-
[15883]Sisted basically of alerting all its confiden-
[15884]tial sources of information throughout Mexico -
[15885]to immediately channel all information into
[15886]their headquarters, and of compiling as .com-
[15887]plete dossiers as possible on Oswald and every-
[15888]one else throughout Mexico who at that time
[15890]the CIA knew had had some contact with Oswald...
[15891]This meant especially Silvia Duran, who because
[15892]she had previously been having an affair with
[15893]Lechuga, the Tormer Cuban Ambassador to Mexico
[15894]and presently the Cuban representative at the
[15896]United Nations, had previously been of substan-
[15897]tial _ interest to the CIA...7528/ :
[15899]Mr. Philtips was surprised by this and stated
[15901]that. "No one ist me in on this operation." 759/ But
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[15923]Mr. Phillips added that he doubted that Duran would a |
[15924]have: been pitched because the Station could not identify .
[15925]any of her weaknesses. The Committee staff members then . |
[15926]told Mr. Phillips about the reporting on file concerning
[15927]Ms. Duran from one of the Station's penetration agents, oo
[15928]LITAMIL/9, at the Cuban Embassy. At one point LITAMIL/9. |
[15929]_had reported to his case officer that all that would
[15930]have to be done to recruit Ms. Duran was to get a blonde,
[15931]blue- -eyed ‘American in bed with her. 761/ With this, Mr.
[15932]Phillips said that it did indeed sound as if the Station |
[15933]had targeted Ms. Duran for recruitment, that the Station's
[15934]interest had been substantial, and that the weaknesses
[15935]and means had been identified. 762/ Mr. Phillips —
[15936]pointed out, however, that because Duran had been targeted
[15937]did not necessarily mean that she had been pitched. 763/ . |
[15938]‘In addition, he stated that he had never heard that Duran .
[15939]had been pitched. 764/ a | |
[15940]Mr. Phillips:did state that he would expect that
[15941]Ms. Duran's file at the CIA would be “very thick" because
[15942]of all the telephone intercepts that concerned her and :
[15943]the substantial interest that the Station had in her. 765/
[15944]He stated that much of the naterial in her file should ;
[15945]predate the assassination. 765/ Mr. Phillips stated that
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[15965]he would be very surprised if Ms. Duran's 201 file was
[15967]small and contained only a few pre-assassination docu-
[15968]ments. 767/ This is in fact the case of the Headquarters
[15969]201 file. 768/ “This Committee has asked the CIA to make
[15970]Ms. Duran's Mexican "pn 769/ (personality) file available
[15971]for review. The CIA informed the Committee that there —
[15972]was no "P" file available on Ms. Duran. 770/
[15974]Another CIA employee, Dan Neiscuir; who worked on
[15975]an "Oswald Task Force" in late September or early October
[15976]of 1975 dealing with Freedom of Information Act law suits
[15977]brought against the Agency concerning the files on Lee.
[15978]Harvey Oswald, stated that he believed that Ms. Duran may
[15979]have been a source of information for either the CIA or
[15980]the Mexicans. 71/ Mr. Nefscuir could not recall? why he
[15982]. specifically had this recollection, but thought that it
[15983]was due to something he hac seen in Oswald's file. 772/
[15984]He said that it may have been the Agency's attempts to
[15986]' protect Ms. Duran after the assassination and the heavy
[15987]cable traffic that those attempts generated that led him
[15988]to his inference that she was a scurce of information
[15989]for either the Agency or the Mexicans. 773/—
[15991]Despite LIRING/3's case officer's asking LI@ing/3
[15993]not to recontact Ms. Duran, Re TM paginas
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[16016]Mr. Neiscuir's hazy recollestions, Se cannot
[16018]definitely resolve whether Silvia Duran was a Mexican or
[16020]American intelligence agent or source.
[16021](2) was Silvia Duran a Cuban intelligence agent?
[16023]In an effort to resolve this question, the HSCA
[16024]reviewed the United States investigative agencies' files
[16025]on Silvia Duran. 774s The committee found no evidence in
[16026]the files that would indicate that Ms. Duran was associated
[16027]with Cuban intelligence.
[16029]In addition, the HSCA interviewed most of the Mexi-
[16030]co City Station employees azout the possibility that Duran
[16031]worked for Cuban intelligen:e. Only” Barney Hidalgo, a
[16032]CIA officer who travelled t> Mexico City in 1963, considered
[16033]the possibility to be likely. 775/ Mr. Hidalgo, professing
[16034]not to remember all the details, stated that he. tnought
[16035]that Duran was a Cuban intelligence agent. 776/— Hidalgo
[16036]said: .
[16038]’. At the time when thi; contact told me,of |
[16040]Silvta Duran ! tied the two together, yes,
[16042]sir. 1 don't know, iow at that time it
[16044]was obvious to me as an inteiligence agent
[16046]’ that there was some connection there but
[16047]it was of no interest whatsoever tc me,
[16049]I do remember that wien I! next saw this
[16051]ooo _ contact of mine I meitioned the fact to
[16052]him and let him proc2ed to do whatever ne
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[16066]“wanted to. 777/
[16067]Mr. Hidalgo further stated that he never resolved
[16068]the issue. 778) |
[16069]With no corroboratiny evidence for Mr. Hidalgo's
[16070]memory, the Committee must :onclude that Silvia Duran
[16072]was probably never employed by Cuban Intelligence.
[16074]B. The Cubans
[16076]1. Eusebio. Azcue .opez ©
[16078]When Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly visited the Cuban
[16079]Consulate, Eusebio. Azcue Lovez, a. Cuban citizen, was the
[16080]Cuban Consul. 779/ Because he had diplomatic immunity,
[16081]the Cuban government had never been asked to make him
[16082]‘available for questioning. 780/ The Committee, in an ef--
[16083]fort to investigate Oswaid's contact. with representatives
[16084]of the Cuban government, asked the Cuban government to
[16086]make Eusebio Azcue availabis for Committee and staff inter-
[16088]tee's request on April 1, 1978. 282/
[16090]During that interview, Mr. Azcue alleged that the
[16091]man Jack Ruby. shot in the Sailas Potice Station was not
[16092]the same individual’ wao had visited the Cuban Consulate
[16094]-in.1963. 783/ In addition, #r. Azcue stated that Alfredo
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[16117]Mirabal, who in | September. 1963, had recently arrived
[16118]from Cuba to assume the Coniul's duties, had also been
[16119]present during Oswald's visit. 784/ During a second
[16121]‘trip to Cuba, the Committee interviewed Alfredo Mirabal. 785/
[16123]Subsequent to this second tip to Havana, the Committee
[16124]asked the Cuban government: :o make Eusebio Azcue and |
[16126]Alfredo Mirabal available for the public hearings on Sep-
[16128]tember 18, 1978. 786/ The cuban government complied with
[16129]_ the Committee! S request.
[16130]Eusebio Azcue Lopez :old the House Select Committee
[16131]on Assassinations ata publ ic hearing on 9/18/78 the
[16133]following:
[16135]-An individual who gave the name Lee Harvey Oswald
[16136]€: Oo visited the Cuban Consulate on three occasions in late
[16137]September 787/ and early Oc:ober 1963..788/ The indivi-
[16138]duat first visited the Cubain Consulate during working
[16139]hours, requesting an intransit visa to Cuba with Russia
[16141]as the final destination. 739/ ‘The man showed the secre-
[16143]tary, Silvia Duran, some documents 7892/ which he believed
[16144]would-be sufficient to obtain a visa. 7895+ When the
[16146]secretary would not grant h:m a visa, the man asked Azcue
[16148]to see whether upon axamina:ion of the documents he could
[16150]by
[16152]“oF aE,
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[16169]grant hima visa. 789c/ Azcue answered negatively. 789d/—
[16170]The individual then left tc obtain photographs needed
[16171]for his application: 789e/
[16172]| - The man probably returned on September 27, 1963 789f/
[16173]with the photographs and ccmpleted the applications ~
[16174]in Ms. Duran's presence. 78¢q/ As the amount of time re-
[16175]quired to process this document could have taken as long
[16176]as twenty days. or the respcnse could have been negative,
[16177]Azcue told the man that he could grant him an intransit
[16178]‘visa to Cuba, without consulting his government, if he
[16179]had a Russian visa. 7g9h/ The individual then left -to
[16180]attempt to obtain his Russian visa. 789i/ |
[16181]After the man left the Cuban Consulate, Azcue re- |
[16182]ceived a telephone call 789j/ from the Soviet Consulte. 790/
[16183]The Soviet Consul explained that the man's documents
[16184]were legitimate, but that the Soviet Consulate could not
[16185]issue a visa until {t received authorization from Moscow. 791/
[16186]Emphasizing that the Cuban Consulate never re-
[16187]ceived visitors after working hours 792/ Mr. Azcue opined
[16188]that the individual probabiy returned to the Consulate
[16189]on September 28,. 3963. 793/- When Azcue explained to
[16190]_Oswatd that he could not grant him a visa, the man made
[16191]statements directed against Cuba and called Cuba a
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[16211]bureaucracy. 794/ At that »voint, Azcue ead and
[16212]asked the individual to leave the Consulate. 7195/ Oswald
[16213]did not revisit the Consula:e. 796/
[16214]Mr. Azcue described -he man who visited the Consu- |
[16215]late as follows: a white male, between 5'6" and 5! 7,
[16216]over 30 years of age, very chin long face, with straight
[16217]eyebrows and a cold look in his eyes. 797/ Azcue alleged
[16218]that he would never have identified Lee Harvey Oswald as
[16220]the man who visited the Cub.in Consulate in 1963.
[16221]2. Alfrédo Mirabal Diaz~
[16223]Alfredo Mirabal Diaz told the House Select Committee
[16224]on Assassinations, at a public hearing on 9/18/78, T97A/
[16225]the! following: .
[16227]Lee Harvey Oswald, seeking a visa, visited the
[16228]‘Cuban Consulate twice 798/- in September 1963. 799/ ° Since
[16229]Mirabal could not speak English though he was the new Con-
[16230]sul, ex-Consul Azcue handle the matter. 800/ On both
[16231]occasions there were such 1o9ud arguments between Jswaid
[16232]and Azcue that Mirabal tnoujht that the man's visit to
[16233]the Consulate was a c2se.of provocation. 8Ci/
[16235]Though Miracal caugh: only glimpses of the man
[16237]he opined that the person wiose. preture appears on Lee
[16238]Classification:
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[16251]9 Harvey Oswald's visa application was the same Lee Harvey
[16253]Oswald who visited the Constlate. 802/ Mirabel was about
[16255]4 meters away from Oswald eéch time he caught glimpses of
[16257]him. 802a/ Oswald was at the Consulate between 15 and 20.
[16259]minutes on each visit. 802b,
[16261]C. Elena Garro de Pa:
[16263]On October 5,.1964, eleven days after the publication
[16265]of the Warren Commission Retort, Elena Garro.de Paz' story
[16267]alleging Lee Harvey Oswald's presence at a party in Mexico
[16269]City attended by Cuban govel'nment personnel came to the attention
[16271]of the Central Intelligence Agency. 803/
[16273]e.
[16275]1. Elena's story as reported October 5, 1964
[16277]Elena Garro de Paz 8(14/ and-Deba Garro de Guerrero
[16279]Galvan, first cousins of Horatio, Ruben and Lydia Duran,
[16281]p
[16283]-were invited to a twist parvy at the home of Ruben Duran
[16285]in the middle of the week in the fall of 1963. 805/ Lee
[16286]Harvey Oswald was alleged tu have been at this party in
[16287]the company of "two other beatnik-looking boys.” 806/
[16289]The Americans remained toge:her the entire evening and
[16291]did not dance. 307/ When E ena tried to soeak with the
[16293]Americans,’she was "shifted" to another recin by one cf.
[16295]“her cousins. 808/— The memo does not state whether Elena
[16297]had nent joned whic cousin iad not allowed ner. te speak
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[16308]assassination. SiS/ One nicht, £2
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[16319]to the Americans. One of E’ena's cousins told her at
[16320]the time that (he or she) d'd not know who the Americans
[16321]were except that Silvia Durin (an employee of the Cuban
[16322]Embassy and the wife of. Horetio Duran), had brought
[16324]them to ‘the party. "809/
[16326]The day after the party, Elena and Deba saw the
[16327]three Americans on the Insurgentes, a main avenue in
[16328]Mexico City. 810/ The Garros claimed ‘that they had recog-
[16329]nized Oswald's photograph wien it was published after
[16331]the assassination. 811/ Si:via Duran’ ‘S arrest "“under-
[16333]“lined the Garros’’ certainty’ that the man had been Lee
[16335]Harvey Oswald. 812/
[16336]The source of the meno was a witting 813/ Central
[16338]Intelligence Agency asset krown by the cryptonym LICOOKIE/1
[16340]; whom the Committee identified as June Cobb Sharp while.
[16342]reviewing the LICOOKIE file. According to Elena, Ms.
[16344]Cobb was sent to her house shortly after the assassination
[16345]for a few days, by 4a mutuat friend, a Costa Rican writer
[16346]named Eunice Odio. 814; Ms. Garro asserted that while
[16348]at her house, Ms. Cobb exoressed interest in the Kernedy
[16349]ena's sister Deba, whe
[16350]was visiting, got drunk and told the whole story. 236/
[16351]Ciaiming to be a CIA agent, Cobb suggested that liena and
[16353]Perea ey
[16357]ia Feiss ‘ derivator:
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[16374]Deba go to Texas to tell their story. 817/ Elena stated
[16376]> Lae } 4
[16377]whey bd od 3 A
[16378]Bg, ak ba’ .
[16380]Eee exet le Vm
[16382]LID -
[16384]that when Cobb's Suggestion was rejected, Cobb stated
[16385]that she would arrange a meeting with the CIA Station
[16386]Chief. 818/ The meeting dic not occur because Ms.’ Cobb - |
[16387]was asked to leave the Garro house evidently because
[16388]she kicked Elena's cat. 819/° A notation on the memo says
[16389]that LICOOKIE/1 never regained contact with Elena Garro
[16390]de Paz. 820/
[16391]The LICOOKIE memo was not inserted in either the
[16392]Elena Garro or Lee Harvey Oswald "P™ 821/ (personality)
[16393]file but in a local leftist and Cuban project file. The
[16394]“Committee learned about the memo from Wx-7241, a chrono-
[16395]logical history of the Oswald case prepared by Raymond
[16396]Rocca for the CIA in 1967. The memo was found in Decem-
[16397]“ber, 1965 by Stanley Watson. A marginal notation on
[16398]Wx724} says, “Why, was this not sent to Headquarters?" 823/
[16399]The. Committee has been able to determine that the memo
[16401]was forwarded to Headquarters shortly thereafter.
[16403]2. Octazer 12..19€& CIA Memo for the Record
[16404]Gn October 32, 1964 tre CIA Mexico city 3t tation’ $
[16405]chief of Covert Action, dim tannery, wrote asamo for
[16407]the record reporting th. ae Ere
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[16420]her story to Eunice Odio. 874/
[16422]The Committee has no: been able to determine if
[16423]Elena Garro told Ms. Odio the story personally or if
[16424]Ms. Cobb related the story :o Ms. Odio who relayed it to
[16425]"Tichborn." 825/ . .
[16426]The story is.not as jetailed as the 10/5/64 ver- —
[16427]Sion. There is no mention »f Deba Garro Guerrero Galvan.
[16428]The story, perhaps because it is third hand, differs
[16429]from the previous story in. :wo areas: It states that
[16430]the party was at the Cuban imbassy, as opposed to Ruben
[16431]Duran's; and that Elena talced to a Cuban Embassy offi-
[16432]cial instead of her cousins about the three Americans.
[16434]“Attached to the memo was a note from Flannery. to
[16436]want me to send the gist of this to Headquarters?" Scott
[16437]then noted that the memo should be filed. 826/ The file
[16438]indications show that the m:mo went into the Oswald "P*
[16440]file and the Elena Garro "P' file. 827/
[16442]3: November 24, 1964 C'A Informant Resort
[16444]Sn Rovemder 24, 1353 2 Sentral Intelligence Agency
[16446]agent 823. “remartad tafernitisn. a23 e23/ derived. from an asset,
[16448]“LICHANT/T.* 620; Fre age rt asserzed that June_ Cobb was
[16449]Classific cation: Poe}
[16451]the Chief of Station, Winston Scott, which read, "Do you [
[16453](200830:
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[16463]an "American Communist” who rented a room from Elena
[16464]Garro. 831/ In addition, the informant claimed that
[16465]' ETena had also told her stcry to an American official
[16466]at the Embassy, who claimed to represent the Warren Com-
[16467]mission. 832/ The Chief of Station noted that he had
[16468]asked LICHANT/1 to pursue the story 833/ but there is
[16469]“no indication that the. Chief of Station followed through
[16470]with the request. 834/,
[16472]4. November 24, 1964 Elena Garro meeting with
[16473]“Mexico City Legal Attache officers
[16475]|
[16476]|
[16478]Elena and her daughter reported their story to the . i
[16479]Mexico City Legal Attache on November 24, 1964. 835/
[16480](The Legal Attache in 1964 was Clark Anderson.) They |
[16481]recounted the same story previously given to June Cobb
[16482]Sharp. in Gctober 1964. 836/° Elena gave the date of the
[16483]| party as September 30, October 1. or October 2, 1963. 837/ ;
[16484]The agent who wrote the repert 838/ noted that Lee Harvey —
[16485]Oswald could not have deen identical with the American 239/ ;
[16486]allegedly observec by Mrs. Paz at the party if this party
[16487]“were seid ae the evening of Oezeber 3 or October 2, 1963. 840/ é
[16488]Elena was queszionec regarding the identity of
[16490]other persons attending the party at the Ruben duran home
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[16506]the party her ‘daughter met 1 young man named "Alejandro"
[16508]- at the party and.danced wit) him. 842/ He was apparently
[16510]_ On several occasions after.the party. 843/ The daughter
[16512]‘did not take the calls and is a result "Alejandro" wrote
[16514]Stenius. 845/
[16516]mark dated September 2, 1963. 846/ When this was pointed
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[16532]who might have been in a position to observe the three
[16534]Americans. 841/ Elena stat:d that in the course of
[16535]quite smitten with the daugiter and tried to call her
[16537]several letters to the daugiter. 844/ Ms. Garro exhibited
[16538]two of the letters, as well as a business card which
[16540]i
[16542]identified the young man as Ario Alejandro Lavagnini
[16544]The letter which Ms. Garro said was the first
[16545]written by the young man to her daughter bore the date
[16547]September 1, 1963 and. the Mexico City Post Office post-
[16549]out .to Ms. Garro she commented that the Communists pro-.
[16550]bably had facilities for falsifying postmarks. 847/
[16552]To investigate Ms. Girro's story further, repre-
[16553]sentatives from the Legal Attache's office interviewed
[16554]Ario Alejandro Lavagnini Stanius on November 27, 1964. 848/
[16555]Lavagnini recailed that there were approximately thirty
[16557]peopte at Ruben Suran’s sarty, few.of whom he knew. 849/
[16559]He recalled having met a Mecican girl who had recently
[16561]Clessification: .
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[16574]‘returned from living in Fraice. 850/° He was unable to
[16575]fix the date of the party bit felt it was probably early
[16576]in September because of a heavy rain which occurred as they
[16577]were leaving the party abou: 2:00 a.m. B51/— -
[16579]Lavagnini said that 10 Americans were present at
[16580]this, party. 852/ He was familiar with the physical de-
[16581]scription of Lee Harvey Oswild because of publicity fol-
[16582]lowing the assassination of President Kennedy, but other- -
[16583]wise had no knowledge of hin and had never seen him except
[16584]for news photographs following the assassination. 853/
[16586]Lavagnini was the only person interviewed by
[16587]the Legal Attache representutives who attended parties: at
[16588]the. Duran house in the Septomber- October time frame.
[16590]There is no indication in the FBI document that :
[16591]this information was given <o the Central Intelligence
[16593]Agency's Mexico City Station. 854/
[16595]. 5. Charles Thomas' f rst meeting with Elena Garro
[16596]where. bee Harvey (Mswald is discussed
[16598]On 12/10/65, Charles Thomas, a political officer
[16599]at the American Embassy, write a memorandum about a con-
[16601]versation with Elena Garro de Paz. 855/ The Meeting
[16603]with Elena had been about or hen Mattes oe =she men-
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[16621]tioned knowing Oswald. 857/ Thomas noted that she was
[16622]reluctant to talk but did. 358/
[16624]Elena's story reported here is the same as that
[16626]given in the LICOOKIE memo dated 10/5/64, but with more
[16628]details. She said that General Jose Jesus Clark Flores
[16629](a friend of Ruben Duran's), Silvia Duran, Eusebio Azcue,
[16630]Emilio Carballido {a pro-Conmunist writer-friend of the
[16631]Durans), and a Latin. American Negro man with red hair
[16632](unidentified) were at the party. 859/. A marginal com-
[16633]Ment by this entry in Wx-7241 says, "How did Elena know
[16634]“about a red-haired Negro?” 860/ Elena also told Thomas
[16636]that she had later learned that "Silvia Duran had been
[16638]Oswald's mistress while he was there." 861/ A note by
[16640]this entry in Wx-7241 says, "How did Elena Garro know
[16642]about Silvia being the mistress of Oswald? -This is 1965."
[16643]862/ ‘The Mexico City Station did not hear about the
[16645]- Oswald-Duran "affair" until July 1967 when a CIA asset,
[16646]LIRING/3, reported it. 863/ 7
[16648]Elena told Thomas that she and her daughter had
[16650]gone to the Cuban Embassy on November 23, 1963 and shouted
[16651]"Assassins" and other insults at the Embassy employees. 864/
[16652]According to Elena, that same day, a friend, Manuel Cal-
[16654]villo, whom the Garros thougs
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[16670]Gobernacion, took her and her daughter to a small hotel
[16671]in the center of Mexico City. 865/ Calvillo kept Elena
[16672]Garro and her daughter. there for eight days under the pre-
[16673]text that they were in danger of: being harmed physically
[16674]by Communists. 866/ Elena claimed she told Calvillo
[16675]her story and that she wanted to tell it to the American
[16676]-authorities at the U.S. Embassy 867/ but that Calvillo
[16677]dissuaded her by telling her that the American Embassy
[16678]was. full of Communist spies. 868/ Elena said that some
[16679]of the other people who had been at the party were. taken
[16680]to Veracruz where they, were "protected" by Governor
[16681]Lopez Arias. 869/ She said that Ruben Duran, reportedly
[16682]“protected” by General Clare Flores, was very: prosperous
[16684]and was driving a big car. 370/ Elena also claimed
[16686]that he was not really a Conmunist- and that killing, Ken-
[16687]nedy had been a mistake. 871/ Ruben Duran claimed he
[16688]had no reason to tell Elena that killing Kennedy had been
[16689]a mistake since he had no iivolvement. 872/
[16690]. Charles Thomas circulated a copy cf his memorandum
[16691]concerning Elena's allegations in the American Embassy
[16692]inciuding the Central Intei ligence Agency' s Mexico City
[16693]Station to aid them in thet investigation of the John
[16695]Classification:
[16699]that Ruben Duran told her months after the assassination sf
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[16717]Fr. Kennedy assassination. 8.'3/ The COS. wrote a note on.
[16719]“the memo: “What an imaginat.on she hasi?! Should we
[16723]a
[16725]send to Headquarters?" 874/ The. Officer replied, on
[16726]the memo, "Suggest sending. There have been stories
[16727]“around town about all this, and Thomas is not the only
[16728]person she has talked to.. -{f memory serves me, didn’ t
[16729]LICOOKIE refer to Oswald and the local leftists and Cu-
[16730]bans in one of her squibs?” 875/
[16731]The Mexico City Station cabled the information in
[16732]Thomas' 12/10/65 memorandum of conversation to CIA Head-
[16733]quarters. 876/ =The cable reported that Elena's story
[16734]would be checked with LICHANT/1, against the production
[16735]from the Cuban surveillance operation "and other _
[16736]sources." 877/ Winston Scott wrote, next to the routing
[16737]indications on the cable, "Please ask Charles Thomas if
[16738]he'll ‘follow up.' Get auestions from Ann 6. 878/ _ |
[16739]Please let's discuss. Tharks.” 879/
[16740]| After the December” 10 memorandum of conversation,
[16741]- Winston Scott 889/ and Nattan Ferris 881/ called Charles
[16742]Thomas for a meeting. 882/. They asked him to get a more
[16744]detailed account. of Hs. Garre's story. 883; At this
[16746]meeting, Winston Scott made: it clear that the FBI had
[16748]full responsibility for anv further investigation in the
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[16763]6. Charles Thomas' Meeting with Elena Garro on
[16765]December 25, 1965
[16767]Thomas met with Elena again on December 25, 1965.
[16768]On that date, he wrote a memorandum of conversation which
[16769]provided a much more detailed restatement of Ms. Garro's’
[16770]alleged encounter with Lee Harvey Oswald. 885/
[16772]Elena admitted that she had spoken to two men at
[16773]the Embassy, "presumably from the Legal Attache’ s Of--
[16774]fice." 886/ Elena said thet she did not tell them
[16775]the complete story because “the Embassy officers did not
[16776]give much credence to anytt ing she and Elenita said." 887/
[16778]She stated that the party had been at Ruben Ouran's
[16779]home. 888/ She was unclear about the date of the
[16780]party. 889/ She thought i1 had been a few days before
[16781]the Soviet Astronaut, Gagarin, visited Mexico; she thought
[16782]that this would put the party around September 2 or 3,
[16783]1963. B90/ She believed that the party was ona Monday
[16784]or Tuesday because it was an odd night for a party. 891/ .
[16785]Elena could mot check her calendar to refresh her memory
[16787]“at the: time of. this interview because the calendar was
[16788]in a desk that had been stored away. B32 _
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[16799]hair and a rather long prot-uding. chin." 896/° The other
[16801]She said that Ricardo Guerra, whom she claimed converted
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[16819]. During the conversation, Elena desct bed Oswald
[16821]E ou
[16823]and his companions. 893/ The man who she thought was Os-
[16824]wald wore a. black Sweater. 394/ . She said he was quiet
[16825]“and stared a lot at the floor." 895/ One of his com-
[16827]panions “was very tall and ;lender and had long blond
[16829]companion was also tall, with short, light brown hair ,
[16830]and no distinguishing chara:teristics. 897/ The three
[16831]Americans did not dance or nix with the other guests. 898/
[16832]Elena saw the same three mei on the street the next |
[16833]day. 899/—
[16835]Elena was certain that Eusebio Azcue, Horacio
[16836]Duran, Silvia Duran, Lydia Juran, -Deba Guerrero, General
[16837]Clark Flores and his mistress, a doctor from Dalinde Hos-
[16838]pital, a young American cousle who were honeymooning in
[16840]Mexico, and several other p2ople were at the party. 900/
[16842]Horatio Duran to Communism, and his wife, Rosario Castel-
[16843]‘lanos, were supposedto be at the party but did not at-
[16844]tend. 901/ : |
[16845]| . Elena alieged that the red-haired man and Emilio
[16846]Carballido were not at the darty that Oswald attended
[16847]hut at another party where Sarballido and Arcus ot into
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[16868]a heated argument about Pre:.ident Kennedy. 902/ "They
[16869]came to the conclusion that the only solution was to_
[16870]kil} him 3087 Elena was not clear.on whether this party
[16871]was before or after the par-y where she met Oswald. 905/
[16872]Eusebio. Azcue stated that this conversation never |
[16873]occurred. 906/" | .
[16874]Elena reitereated that the incident. at the Cuban
[16875]Embassy, where she and her daughter shouted "assassins,"
[16876]etc., at the Embassy employes, occurred on November 23
[16877]at or about 3:00 p.m. 907/ Elena and Elenita were driven
[16878]to the Cuban Embassy by Eleua's brother who was embar-
[16879]rassed by their behavior. 918/ This occurred before
[16880]_ they had seen photographs 0° Oswald. 909/
[16881]Ms. Garro claimed that later in-the day she and
[16882]Elenita were visited by Manuel Calvillo who told them
[16883]that they were in serious danger from the Communists and
[16884]that he would take them to « small hotel, where they
[16885]would be safe for a few days. 910/ Elena said she
[16886]—: trusted and believed Calvil o because he was a known
[16887]| undercover agent for the Me::ico Government. Qli/ He
[16888]was also a friend of Noe Pa omares 912/and of President
[16889]Gustavo Diaz Ordaz. 913/ ‘Culvillo also told Elena and
[16891]her daughter that Silvia Duran had been arrested. 914/
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[16905]; o19 7 in Nie geunti
[16907]Duran's arrest was not public information at that time. 915/ |
[16908]| Elena could not remember the name of the hotel
[16910]so that same day (12/25/65) she took Thomas to the sec-: |
[16911]‘tion of Mexico City where she thought it was.°916/ They
[16913]found the hotel, the Hotel Vermont. 917/ Elena-said |
[16914]‘ that she assumed that Calvillo had registered them as rela-
[16916]tives or friends from San Luis Potosi. 918/ They stayed
[16918]at the hotel until the following Friday, November 30, 1963,
[16919]. hardly leaving their rooms. 919/
[16921]Elena claimed that while she and Elenita were at
[16923]the hotel they saw the photos of Oswald -and realized
[16925]that he had been the man at Ruben Duran’ s party. 920/
[16927]When Calvillo visited them at the hotel, Elena told him
[16929]‘that she wanted to report ter story, which she related
[16931]to Calvillo, to the Americéen Embassy. Calvillo, however, .
[16933]dissuaded her by saying ‘thet the American Embassy was
[16935]full of Communists. g21/. ‘Elena stated that when.she
[16937]returned home, guards were posted outside her house. “92 922/
[16939]Elena alleged that efter she returned heme she.
[16941]Saw. her sister, Deba Guerrero, who had independetly
[16943]come to the conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald ned been
[16945], “SREEY Ay,
[16947]at Ruben Duran's party. 92:/ Deba was "terrified" be-
[16949]cause approximately two morths after the assassinazion
[16952]ow
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[16966]two "Communists" personally warned her never to reveal
[16971]that she had been to a party with Oswald. 924/ Deba,
[16972]consequently, would not accompany Elena to the American
[16973]Embassy to tell her story 02 November 24, 1964. 925/
[16974]“Elena stated that it was "common knowledge" that.
[16975]Silvia had been Oswald's mistress. 926/ When asked who.
[16976]could verify the allegation, she could only remember one
[16977]person who had.told her this.-927/ .Elena claimed that
[16978]person was Victor Rico Galan, 928/. a "pro-Castro journa-
[16979]Vist." 929/ (See Section VI, A,.2, a, above.)
[16980]Subsequent to December 25, 1965, Elena found her
[16981]calendar and reconstructed the date of the party as
[16982]Tate September and not early September. 930/ When Tho-
[16984]_ mas went to Ferris’ office and informed him, Ferris re-
[16985]plied that Elena had given the late September date when
[16986]she had originally reported her story at the American
[16987]Embassy. 931/ However, fir. Ferris explained to. Thomas - .
[16988]that someone who had been at the twist party had stated
[16990]_ that there were no Americans there. 932/ Mr. Ferris
[16991]did not tel! Mr. Thomas that Aris Alejandro Lavagnint
[16993]_Stenius had provided this information in 1964. 933/
[16995]Mr. Ferris suggested that it was not necessary for Taomas
[16997]to pursue Elena‘ $ allegatitns since he considered the.
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[17007]Oswald case closed and had neard all the rumors before. 934/
[17009]Thomas forwarded (the same day) a copy of his
[17011]memorandum to the Central Intelligence Agency's Mexico
[17012]City Station to aid in its investigation of the John F.
[17013]Kennedy assassination. 935/ “on the first page of the
[17014]memorandum of conversation, Winston Scott wrote,
[17015]"Shouldn't we send to Headquarters?" Someone responded,
[17017]"Of course." 936/
[17019]The Mexico City Station sent a cable to Head-
[17021]quarters on December 12, 1955, reporting that it was
[17023]“following:up" and would casle the results. 937/
[17025]7. December 27, 1965 Legal Attache Memo to the
[17027]United States Ambissador re Elena Garro
[17029]On December 27, 1965 Nathan Ferris wrote a memo
[17030]to the Ambassacor reporting that Elena and her daughter
[17031]were interviewed on 17 and 24 November 1964 by the Legal
[17032]Attache's office in Mexico ‘city. 933/ The memo recorded
[17033]that Elena and her daughter had furnished information si-
[17034]mijar to the infcormaticn resorted in Taomas' 12/10/65
[17035]memo. 929; Tne memo further stated,
[17037]“Inquiries conducted at that time (tlovember
[17038]1964), Rowever, faiizd te substantiate the
[17042]Oye a" SPS Tare . .
[17043]A god at Cossitied by Gerivat:on:
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[17063]- allegations made by ‘rs. Garro de’
[17064]and her daughter. I1 view of the fact
[17065]that Mrs. Garro de Piz’ allegations
[17066]have been previously checked out without
[17067]substantiation, no further action is
[17068]being taken concerniig her recent repeti-
[17069]tion of those allegations. 940/ ,
[17071]' “The Legal Attache forwarded a copy of the memoran-—
[17072]dum to the Central Intellig2nce Agency's Mexico City —
[17073]Station 941/ prior to 12/23/65. 942/_
[17075]A cable written by Anne Goodpasture on December
[17076]29, 1965 reporting the Legat interview with Elena and
[17077]the Legat Office's failure to substantiate Elena's story
[17078]was sent to Headquarters. 943/ The cable promised to
[17079]keep Headquarters advised if any further information
[17080]was to developed. 944/ .
[17082]LICOOKIE's 10/5/64 memo is attached to the 12/29/65 -
[17083]cable. Wx-7241 explained this in a marginal comment, "This
[17085]" document by LICCOKIE was not in (Oswald's file), but
[17087]was copied from {a project file) and attached ‘to MEXI
[17088]5741, 29 Dec. 65." 946/
[17090]A note stapled to this cable by’ Allen White stated,
[17091]"I don't know what FRI 4id in Novemper, 1963, but the
[17093]Garros have deen talcing about this for & long time»
[17095]and she is said ts 52 extremely brignt.” s47/ Anne Good-
[17096]7 3 222
[17098]pasture wrote that the FE nad- found Elene's allegations
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[17111]unsubstantiated but that "we will try to confirm or . |
[17112]refute Ms. Garro de Paz’ information and follow up." 948/
[17114]Win Scott wrote, "She is also ‘nuts.'" 949/ |
[17116]8. CIA Investigation of Elena's altegation that
[17118]. She created a disturbance at the Cuban Embassy
[17119]on November 23, 1963 |
[17121]a On February 3, 1966, Anne Goodpasture forwarded
[17122]Thomas' December 25, 1965 memo to the Cuban section at
[17123]the Mexico City Station with an attached note asking
[17125]the Section. to check whether Elena was "seen creating
[17127]|
[17128]|
[17129]“such a disturbance as they claimed in front of the Cuban {
[17130]. Embassy." 950/ -
[17132]. One Cuban section officer responded, “No bells
[17134]ring with me." Another one wrote, “Me neither." The .
[17135]third officer wrote, “Nc pictures either.” 951/ There is no indica
[17136]_tion, after reviewing A flee, tas the penetration agents in ;
[17137]the Cuban Embassy were queried about Elena's allegation: 952/. That
[17138]there are no pictures is reasonable since Elena claimed
[17140]that tha event haaven nad: Tl} ona Saturday at 2:00 9o.m.
[17142]Surveilied, $33/ and. 2) th: disturbance" occurred in-
[17143]side the Cuban conan RCA examination cf the CIA
[17146]when the Cuban iabessy was 79% normally onctographically ; f
[17147]ORT tens . f
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[17157]Cuban Embassy photographic surveillance showed no sur-
[17158]veillance on 11/23/63. 954/ The Committee found: that
[17159]Central Intelligence Agency made no other effort to
[17161]corroborate Ms. Garro'’s all2gations.
[17163]Ambassador Regarding Elena Garro's Allegations
[17165]On 2/23/66 the Legal Attache wrote a memo to the
[17166]Ambassador reporting that "axtensive investigation"
[17167]failed to disclose that Oswald had traveled to Mexico
[17168]prior to. September 26, 1963 and that no information had
[17169]developed that would show that he had not. been in New
[17170]Orleans in the early part of that month. 955/ The memo
[17171]reiterated that no further action was being taken by
[17172]the FBI because Elena's allagations had not been substan-
[17173]tiated by it. 956/ The Legal Attache forwarded a copy
[17174]ef this memo to the Central Intelligence Agency's Mexico
[17175]City Station. 957/ A marginal comment made by Raymond
[17177]Rocca next to this entry in Wx-7241 says, “How can it
[17179]ba ascertained that Cswa!a did not travel te Mexico
[17181]srier to eariy Sestember 1953? There must be scme basis
[17183]for Elena's reporting." 958/
[17184]; on
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[17201]10. Legal Attache Merio to Winston. Scott re Elena's -
[17202]Allegation that She Had Stayed at the Hotel
[17204]Vermont from the Day After the Assassination
[17205]Until November 3(), 1963
[17207]On 10/13/66, the Legi.] Attache wrote a memo to
[17209]Win Scott reporting that a reliable confidential infor-
[17211]mant had reported that the records of the Hotel Vermont
[17213]disclosed that one "Elena Piz, housewife from San Luis
[17215]Potosi,” had registered at the Hotel Vermont on November
[17217]23, 1963. 959/ She left on November 30, 1963. 960/
[17219]The memo said, "The above irdividual may or may not be
[17220]identical with Elena Garro ce Paz." 961/ The House Se-
[17221]lect’ Committee on Assassinations has been unable to deter-
[17223]mine why the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal
[17225]Bureau of Investigations waited ‘until 1966 to investigate
[17227]this aspect of Elena's stor).
[17229]Charles Thomas' 12/2! /65 memo stating "She and
[17231]her daughter dig not personslly register at the hotel.
[17233]She tninks Calville registered them as relatives or
[17234]friends of ‘his from San Luis. Potasi, " corroborates
[17236]fieqa sarro’s presence at te Hotel Vermont. 962/ The :
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[17253]entry for the 10/13/66 Legat memo in Wx-7241 bore the
[17254]notation, "This is what Elena claimed and no one would
[17256]believe her." 963/
[17258]11. Charles Thomas’ September 30, 1969 Letter to
[17259]State Department and Legal Attache's Response
[17261]No further report on Elena's story was generated
[17262]until 1969 when Charles Thomas was "selected out" of the
[17263]United States Foreign Service. 964/ At that time, he
[17264]wrote a memorandum to the Secretary off State which in-
[17266]cluded a cover letter stating, "Since I was the Embassy
[17268]Officer in Mexico who acquired this intelligence informa-
[17269]tion, I feel a responsibility for seeing it through to_
[17270]ee its final evaluation." 965/ .
[17272]- | Charles Thomas' memorandum stated that "he got
[17274]no reaction from Nathan Ferris and Winston Scott" regard-
[17276]“Ate
[17278]ing his memorandum of. December 25, 1965. 966/ In addt-
[17279]tion, Thomas wrote that the only person to speak to him
[17280]about the Secember 25, 1965 memorandum, Clarence Bocn-
[17282]stra 967/ told him that Gswald had not been in Mexico
[17284]on the date given for the carty. 968/ Thomas noted that
[17286]ever when he retteratead: that Elena had not changed her
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[17301]“story but rather that she hid now given a more detailed
[17302]account, Boonstra stated thit the date was wrong and dis-
[17303]missed the entire affair. 96)/ a -
[17305]One of the “Mexico City Legat Officers, Nathan
[17306]Ferris, in reply to Thomas' letter and memorandum, asserted
[17307]that Thomas’ office had bee: advised. by memoranda dated
[17308]December 27, 1965 and February 23, 1966 that since Elena
[17309]Garro's allegations had previously been. investigated
[17310]withdut Substantiation, no ‘urther action was being taken
[17311]concerning her recent repet tion of those allegations. 970/
[17312]In its report, the Legat's O‘fice concluded that either
[17313]the Counselor for Political Affairs did not. route the
[17314]memoranda to Charles Thomas « or that Thomas did not re-
[17315]call receiving them. 97/
[17317]Thomas wrote that when he went to Nathan Ferris'
[17318]office to inform him that E-ena had found her calendar 972a/
[17319]and had reconstructed the dite of the party as late |
[17320]September, Ferris replied that Elena had given the late
[17321]September. date when she had originally reported her st tory
[17322]at the American Embassy. 97z/ Thomas noted that Ferris ,
[17323]exolainee that someone who bad been at the party had
[17325]Stated that. there had not been any Americans in attendance. §73/
[17327]Thowas wrote that he hac ‘assumed that Elena could nave
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[17337]_ some Americans. 974/. Thoma:; wrote that Ferris had sug-
[17339]that Thomas had been told trat it would not be necessary
[17341]vestigated Elena Garro's story both through file reviews
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[17350]clearly been mistaken about the identity of the Ameri-
[17352]can she saw there, but neve- doubted that she had seen
[17354]gested that it was not necessary for Thomas to pursue
[17356]_
[17358]the matter since he conside-ed the Oswald case closed
[17360]and had heard all the rumor: before. 975/
[17362]| . The Legal. Attache's -eply to Thomas’ memo - ‘Stated
[17363]that Mr. Ferris had not told Thomas that someone who was
[17364]at the party had stated tha: there had not been any Ameri-
[17366]cans present. 976/ The Legil Attache's memo asserted
[17368]for him to pursue the matte ~ any further since Elena's
[17369]story had been investigated previously without being
[17371]substantiated. 977/ In addition, the memo Stated that
[17372]Thomas had been told that Elena's story was considered
[17374]a closed issue, not that th: Oswald case was closed. 978/
[17376]12. House Select Committee on Assassination's
[17380]Investigation of ‘Elena Garro's Allegations
[17382]The douse Select Comnittee on Assassinations in-
[17384]and. personal interviews. The Committ ee | requested and
[17386]ne ares
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[17405]reviewed the CIA's, FBI's and State Department's files
[17406]on Elena Garro de Paz, Elen ta Garro de Paz, Manuel. Calvillo,
[17408]Noe W. Palomares, June Cobb Sharp, Victor Rico Galan,
[17410]Eunice Odio, Sylvia Duran, -lydia Duran, Ruben Duran, Betty
[17411]Serratos, Horatio Duran, Eu:ebio Azcue, and Emilio Car-
[17412]ballido. Only the Elena Garro de Paz File contained in-
[17414]formation on her allegation::. Though all the names listed
[17416]above played a role in Eleni Garro de Paz' story, not one
[17418]of their files included a reference to Elena Garro de Paz.
[17420]Furthermore, the House Select Committee on “Assassina-
[17422]tions requested and reviewed the Central Intelligence
[17423]Agency's LICOOKIE/1, LICHAN'’/1, LIRING/3, and TICHBORN
[17424]files. Once again, not one of the files included a men-
[17426]tion of Elena Garro's allegitions. The House Select Con-
[17428]‘mittee on Assassinations leurned that LICOOKIE/1, who first
[17429]reported to the CIA Elena's s allegation, was June Cobb
[17430]Sharp. 979/ -  LICHANT/1 was
[17432]Manuel Calvillo who had hidden Elena Garro and her daughter
[17434]Ge YER. FETAL
[17436]ec a ina hotel the day followiny the assassination. 980/
[17437]He also told Elena that Silvia Duran had been arrested
[17438]before this fact had become public know! edge. cei/
[17440]Since a File review was inconciusive, the Committee
[17442]SS
[17444]arranged interviews in Mexico with Ruben Duran, Horatio
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[17462]Duran, Elena and ElenitaGarro, Silvia Duran, Lynn Duran,
[17463]Emilio Carbillido and Betty Serratos. 982/ The Mexican
[17464]Government informed the House Select Committee on Assassina-
[17465]tions that Elena and Elenita Garro disappeared. in 1968
[17466]- during the student uprisings and have never returned to
[17467]Mexico. 983/ ‘The officials stated that Elena and her
[17469]daughter might be in Spain. 984/, The Mexican government
[17471]reported that Emilio Carballido could not be found. 985/
[17472]The others were > interviewed between June. 1 and June 6,
[17474]1978. 986/
[17476]Betty Serratos, Lydia Duran, Ruben Duran and
[17477]Horatio Duran all stated thit Elena was not the dancing
[17479]type and. therefore did not rttend any of the twist parties
[17481]Elena or Elenita Garro ever attended twist parties at the
[17483]‘Duran homes, she recalled E.ena attending one twist party
[17484]- at Ruben's home in 1963 after the Garros returned to Mexico
[17486]from France. 988/ AV} the lurans denied that bee Harvey
[17488]Oswald had attended any par:y at one of their homes. 989/
[17490]The Committee next asked the Central Intailigenca
[17492]Agency to arrange intervi ew: with LICHANT, y (Manvel Calvitio),.-
[17493]-LICOGKIE/1 (June Cobo}, who may have had informatis n related |
[17495]to Lee Harvey Gswald’s srip to Mexico City. 939/ The
[17498]at. the Duran homes « 987/ Wien Silvia Duran was asked if ;
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[17512]Central Intelligence Agency declined to aid the Committee
[17513]in this aspect of the investigation. 991/
[17515]. The Committee returned to Mexico City on August 7;
[17516]1978 and attempted to locate June Cobb Sharp and Manuel
[17517]Calvillo. on its own. (992/
[17519]. The’ Mexican governnert told the Committee that
[17521]June Cobb Sharp received a tourist permit, number 72781,
[17523]on June 27, 1947 when she ertered Mexico through Nuevo
[17525]Lardeo. She asked, but was denied, permission to repre-
[17527]sent the magazine, Modern Mexico. On June 21, 1948, she
[17528]received a coutesy permiet, number 25556. "Furthermore,
[17529]the Mexican government explained that she disappeared «in
[17530]1954 and never returned to Mexico. 993/
[17532]The Committee believes that this. information is
[17533]incorrect. According to Ms. Cobb's CIA file, she worked
[17534]‘for the agency as an asset in Mexico from 1961 through
[17536]1966. 994/ ‘Elena also stated that Ms. Cobb resided at
[17537]her home in 1964. 995/ .
[17539]The Mexican government told the Committee that
[17540]Manuel Calvillo did not live at Cuchtenoc &77-3 as the
[17541]Committee had informed it. Tae Mexican Sovernmant's
[17543]agent-in-charge hag spoken to the superintendent at tre
[17545]apartments at which Manuet Catvillo was: bel? eved to reside,
[17547] 2ncageg
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[17560]and was informed by the Sup2rintendent who had worked
[17561]at the apartments for twenty-five years, said that no
[17562]Manuel Calvillo had ever resided there. When Committee
[17563]staffers gave the Mexican g)vernment Calvillo's pen
[17564]name, the Mexicans gave the same answers. 996/
[17565]The Committee believ:s that there is a possibility
[17566]that Mr. Calvillo lived at chis address since it acquired
[17567]' the address from-a recent CiA document. 997/ .
[17568]| The Committee believis that there is a possibility
[17569]that a U.S. Government agen::y requested the Mexican govern-
[17570]ment to refrain from aiding the Committee with this aspect
[17571]of its work. 998/ (See Provedural Write- up Trip 2 Mexico
[17572]City and Section VII, C, be: ow.)
[17573]The Committee made every attempt possible to locate
[17574]_ Elena. On July 7, 1978 the Committee telephoned her pub-
[17575]lisher, Mortiz, in Mexico C ty and inquired about Elena's
[17576]whereabouts. 999/ The publ: sher stated that Ms. Garro
[17577]was. ‘living in the Hote] S.A.C.E. in Madrid, Spain. 1000/
[17578]The Committ ee telephoned the Hotel S.A.C.E. in Spain and
[17579]spoke te the manager who to d him that Ms. Garro had
[17581]moved. 1O03/ On duty 14, 1°78 che Committee called her
[17583]publisher again and was toi: to contact the Mexican Embassy .
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[17597]in Madrid, Spain. 1002/ The: publisher stated that aq
[17598]Elena's payments were sent “here because she did not’
[17599]even trust her publisher wich her address. »1003/
[17601]The Committee called: the Mexican Embassy in.
[17603]‘Madrid, Spain ‘and spoke to ndol fo Padilla, a Mexican em- -
[17605]ployee of the Embassy who Scated that when Elena had
[17607]visited the Embassy a coupls of weeks before to pick up
[17609]a check she seemed financia ly destitute. 1004/ He.
[17611]stated that when he asked E ena her new address she
[17613]declined to give one, stating that she would return every
[17614].'few weeks to pick up checks and mail. 1005/ The Commit-
[17616]tee gave Padilla a telephon: number and a message asking
[17618]Elena to telephone the Comm ttee collect. 1006/
[17620]; On September 55 1978 Elena Garro called the Commit-
[17622]tee. 1057/ When it was exp” ained that the Committee wished
[17623]to talk to her itn person and would pay both her daughter’ s
[17624]and her travel from Spain tn the United States, Ms. Garro
[17625]asked why she should believe the Committee was what it
[17627]ciatmed to 54. 1008/ The Committee asked Ms. Garro to
[17629]call pack collect in the nect faw days wren it could ex-
[17630]plain to ner when and where she couls receive.a Committee
[17631]letter celineacing why the Lommittee wished to interview
[17632]her. 3609/ The Committee wote the letter: and made arrange-
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[17648]ments with the State Departnent for a tetter to be hand-
[17649]delivered to Elena at the Anerican Embassy. in Spain. 1010/
[17651]: On September 7, 1978, Elena Garro called the Com-
[17652]mittee and asked when the latter would arrive. 1011/
[17653]The Committee explained that she could pick up the letter
[17654]on Monday, September 11, 1978 from George Phelan, the
[17655]Counsellor for Consular Affairs at the American Embas-
[17656]Sy. 1012/ Ms. Garro stated that she would get the letter
[17657]on September 11, 1978 and f31low our suggestions. 1013/
[17659]Ms. Garro never went to the American Embassy in
[17661]Spain to pick up the Committee's letter. 1014/ The
[17663]Committee, hoping she would pick up the letter before
[17665]SE Qa. a SE. “SR, =
[17667]her flight date, proceeded to purchase air tickets for
[17669]up the tickets at the airpo-t. 1016/ The Committee has
[17670]not been able to regain conzact with Ms. de Paz again.
[17671]The Committee also iivestigated whether Charles
[17673]both Elena and her daughter. 1.015/ Elena did not pick (
[17674]Thomas’ “selection out" was related to the Oswald case.
[17676]After interviewing his widow, Ms. Cynthia Thomas, the
[17678]SA
[17680]Committee has concluded tha: his dismissal was unre-
[17682]Fated. 1017/
[17684]dn sum, the House Se ect Committee on Assassinations rg
[17685]has not been able to confirn the ‘evidence that would -indi- 4
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[17702]cate that Lee Harvey Oswald, on one night while he was
[17703]in Mexico, attended a "twis: party” at the home of Ruben
[17704]“Duran Navarro, the brother-in-law of Silvia Duran. In
[17705]addition, the House Select :ommittee on Assassinations
[17707]has been unable to confirm :he allegation that Lee Harvey
[17709]-Oswald travelled while in Mexico City with-"two beatnik-
[17711]looking boys." A large par: of the Committee's attempts
[17713]to investigate these issues has met with frustration.
[17715]D. Oscar Contreras Lirtigue
[17717]On March 16, 1967, B. J. Ruyle, the American Consul
[17718]in Tampico, reported to the American Embassy that.he had
[17720]spoken to a reporter who allegedly had met Lee Harvey Oswald
[17722]in 1963. 1019/ The reporter, stressing that he had only
[17724]a fleeting contact with Oswild, had claimed to have known
[17726]only about Lee Harvey Oswali's desire to travel to Cuba
[17727]and the Embassy's unwillingiess to grant him a visa. 1020/
[17728]Wien B. J. Ruyle asked. the “eporter for permission to.
[17729]cabie the story to the American Embassy, the reporter.
[17731]declined, stating tnat he feired losing his job. 1921/
[17733]Subsequent to the assassina:ion, the report er had told
[17735]his editor adout nis contact with: tee Harvey Oswald, who
[17736]zoning 3 Classification: : ae
[17738]at > the National Autonomous University of Mexico City 1018/ f
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[17756]had advised him not to report it. 1022/ The reporter
[17757]granted B. J. Ruyle permiss on to cable the story to
[17758]the American Embassy when Ruyle promised that it would
[17760]be handled with the Stricte:t confidence. 1023/ Ruyle
[17761]wrote that he thought the reporter was genuinely con-
[17762]cerned about his job. 1024/
[17764]A letter from B. J. RuyTe to the State Department
[17765]dated May 11, 1967 provided additional details of the
[17766]reporter's story. 1025/ The reporter alleged that he .
[17767]and some fellow students hat met Lee Harvey Oswald. as
[17768]they exited the Cineclub at ‘the Escuela de Filosofia
[17770](School of Philosophy) at tie National Autonomous Univer-
[17771]sity of Mexico. 1026/ Oswaid told the group that he had
[17773]‘gone to the National Autonomous University of Mexico
[17774]looking for pro-Castro Students who might help him per-
[17775]Suade the Cuban Embassy to jrant him a visa. 1027/
[17777]' Oswald claimed that he was From California and was a mem-
[17778]ber of a pro-Castro group 11 New Orleans. 1028/ Oswald
[17779]remained with the students he rest of that day. and even-
[17781]-ing, as well as the followiig day. 1029/ The revorter
[17782]described Oswale as a stranje and introverted individual
[17784]who spoke very little Spanish. 1036/
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[17799]‘The State. Department forwarded a copy of Ruyle's
[17801]letter to the Central Intel: igence Agency. 1031/ On
[17802]June 14, 1967, CIA Headquar:ers sent the Mexico City Sta-
[17803]tion a copy of Ruyle's letter to Bowles. 1032/ ' CIA
[17804]Headquarters considered Ruy e's report. "the first piece
[17806]of substantive info about Oswald's sojourn in Mexico"
[17808]since the assassination. 1033/ Consequently, Headquarters _
[17810]‘cabled that though it. under :tood the source's reluctance
[17811]to become involved "the fac: remains that this info
[17812]cannot continue to be withheld or concealed." 1034/
[17813]Headquarters instructed the Mexico city Station to eli-
[17814]cit the identity of the sou-ce from Ruyle. 1035/ In '
[17815]addition, Headquarters askei the Mexico City Station to
[17816]bear in mind, while interviewing Ruyle’s source, that
[17818]Lee Harvey Oswald was a homosexual. 1036/ The final
[17819]sentence of the dispatch, "‘t is our hope that the facts
[17820]obtained through these inte -views will help to confirm
[17821]that several of Garrison's illegations about involvement
[17822]of anti-Castro Cubans, the “TA, etc. are false," 1037/
[17823]explained the Central Intelligence Agency's motives for
[17824]pursuing the story.
[17826]On June 29, 1967, th: Mexico City Station cabled.
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[17842]Headquarters that a station officer had gone to Tampico
[17844]where he had interviewed Ruvle's source, Oscar Contreras. 1038/
[17846]The cable reported that Con:reras was a reporter for
[17847]El Sol 1039/ | . in Tampico; was circa
[17849]thirty years old; married, with three children; studied
[17851]law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico
[17852](UNAM) from 1960 to 1964; b>Tonged to a pro-Castro group
[17853]at UNAM; was persecuted by :he Mexican police for this
[17854]affiliation and moved to Tampico to escape the persecu-
[17858]Contreras told the Mexico city Station official
[17859]that he and four other individuals To4i/ had met Oswald
[17860]as they exited a roundtable Jiscussion held at the School
[17862]of Philosophy at UNAM. 1042? Contreras stated that Oswald
[17864]had made inquiries on the UVAM campus about pro-Cuban
[17866]groups and had been directei to his group. 1043/ Con-
[17868]treras reported that though the group initially mistrusted
[17870]Oswald fearing he was a "CIA provocation,”. they allowed
[17871]Oswald to remain with them that day. and night and part
[17873]of the following day. 1044/ Contreras noted that Oswaic
[17874]never mentioned assassination but kept emphasizing that
[17876]he had to get to Cuba, 1045/ In addition, Oswald had
[17878]exhibited no homosexuat tenjencies while he was with the
[17880]ST LA. Va. VER. _ De re ae a a aa;
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[17892]On July 4, | 1967, Healquarters cabled the Mexico
[17894]City Station that Contreras story should: be explored
[17896]to the fullest even though he might have fabricated it. 1047/
[17897]- Headquarters suggested that the FBI handle the story. 1048/
[17899]The following day, July 5, 967, the Mexico City Station
[17901]cabled that it preferred turning Contreras' case over to
[17903]the Mexican authorities and to the F.B.I. 1049/ The
[17904]same day, the Chief of Stat-on informed the Legat of. Con-
[17906]treras' story, but asked hin not to take any action with-
[17908]out first consulting the: Me ico City Station. 1050/
[17910]On July 10, 1967, Jeremy K.° Benedum ("JKB") wrote
[17912]a memo delineating the results of a Mexican government
[17913]review. of Oscar Contreras' file. 1051/ According to a
[17915]memo, a lone Oscar Contreras appeared in the UNAM Taw
[17917]school records, Oscar Contreras Lartigue, born 2/14/39
[17919]in Ciudad Victoria, Tamauligas. 1052/ The memo also re-
[17921]ported that a newspaper article appearing in "Excelsior"
[17922]listed an Oscar. Contreras as a signer of a protest for
[17924]the Bloque Estudiantil Revclucionario 1053/ which nad
[17926]‘been formed mid-196!. 1984, The memo Speculat ed that.
[17928]Contreras ‘probably signed “ne aratest as a. Frent man to
[17930]protect the real leaders of the group. 1056/ The Maxico
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[17946]city Station cabled the infurmation to Headquarters the
[17947]following day, June 11, 196. 1056/
[17948]The Committee has de:ermined that the Central In-
[17949]telligence Agency's main in-erest in Oscar Contreras
[17950]was "to confirm that severa | of Garrison’ Ss allegations
[17951]about. involvement of anti-C.istro Cubans, the CIA, etc.
[17952]are false." 1057/ After-tue. CIA Mexico City Station
[17953]official's interview with Contreras 1058/ revealed |
[17954]nothing that could.be useful to the agency, it decided
[17955]to allow the FBI to follow :he story through. 1059/
[17956]Nonetheless, the: Agency's Maxico City Station inter-
[17957]viewed the key witness, reviewed pertinent files and
[17958]records about the witness i1 the Mexican government's
[17959]possession, and reported ali the information to Head-
[17961]quarters expeditiously.
[17963]VII. Analysis of ise Harvey Oswald's Activities in
[17965]Mexico City:
[17967]A. in reduction.
[17969]After ihe Warren Semeission pubdiished its renert
[17970]two very important atregatiors related to lee Harvey Is-
[17974]wald's activities in Yexfcas City came to the attention of
[17976]the United ‘States investiga tive agencies in 1964, Elena
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[17997]Garro de Paz reported that she had “geen ‘Lee Harvey Oswald,
[17999]accompanied by two other mer, at a party at the home of
[18000]‘Ruben Duran Navarro, the brother-in-law of Silvia Ouran. 1060/
[18001]In 1967, Oscar Contreras Lartigue reported: that he met
[18002]Lee Harvey Oswald on the canpus of the National Autono-
[18003]= mous University of Mexico. 1061/ .
[18004]In addition, the test imony of ‘the Warren Commission’ Ss
[18005]primary witness related to Mexico City, Silvia Tirado
[18006]Duran, has been called into question by the critics:
[18007]throughout the years. 1062/ Some of the information
[18008]that is inconsistent with Ms. Duran's original story-- ~
[18009]that Oswald visited the Consulate on two occasions which
[18010]_ were the only times she saw him--was available at the
[18011]time of the Warren Commissicn's inquiry although it was
[18012]ignored. 1663/ Some of the information has developed
[18014]after the publication of the Warren Report. 1064/
[18016]The Garro and Contreras allegations, in- conjunction
[18017]with the inconsistencies cf Ms. Duran's story raise three ma-
[18019]jor questions: (1) did Lee Harvey Oswaid or an imposter:
[18021]visit the Cuben Consulate ir Mexico City?; (2) other:
[18023]than nis visits to the Cubar Consulate, what were Lee Har-
[18025]vey Osward's activities. in Nexice City?; and, (2) was
[18026]' Lee Harvay Gsweld travelliae« sione in Mexico?” These
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[18040]three questions overlap somewhat in detail; e.g., if Os-
[18041]wald was not traveling alon:, did oneof his companions
[18042]impersonate him at the Cubay Consulate? Nonetheless,
[18043]each of the. three questions will be dealt with in separate
[18044]sections below. |
[18045]| In an attempt to ansver these questions the House
[18046]Select Committee on Assassinations has: 1) ‘interviewed
[18047]Mexican 1065/— and Cuban ci:izens 1066/ who could have
[18048]knowledge of Oswald's visit:; to the Cuban Consulate;
[18049]2) interviewed Mexican citiens 1067/ who could have know-
[18050]ledge of ‘Oswald' $ activitie: and associations in Mexico.
[18051]City; 3) conducted an exten:ive review of the files of
[18052]the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau
[18053]of Investigation that perta n to Oswald's sojourn in.
[18055]Mexico City. 1068/
[18057]B. Did Lee Harvey Oswald or an Imposter Contact
[18058]the Cuban and Sov et Consulates in Mexico City?
[18059]Lee Harvey Oswald hinself probably visited the Cuban
[18060]Consulate at least once since his acplication for a Cuban
[18061]instransit visa bears his $s: gnature. 1069/ Though the
[18063]fo take blank
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[18067]oe
[18069]Cuban Consulate allowed vise: aapiica nts
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[18090]applications out of the Consulate to be returned when
[18091]completed, 1070/ Silvia Duran stated she was certain that .
[18092]Oswald signed the application in her presence. 1071/ Os- , |
[18094]wald’ s signature on the Cuban ‘visa application, however,
[18096]does ‘not by itself rule out the possibility that someone . . |
[18098]impersonated Oswald in contacts with the Cuban and: Soviet
[18100]Embassies. . {
[18101]An analysis of the t2lephone conversations which
[18103]the CIA s Mexico City Station intercepted by tapping the.
[18105]Soviet Consulate and the Soviet Military Attache! s tele- |
[18107]phone reveals that someone, later identified. by the CIA as Oswald,
[18109]‘visited the Cuban Consulate at least two times and the ~
[18110]Soviet Consulate at least tiree times. 1072/ On Septem-
[18112]os , ber 27, 1963, at 4:05 p.m. silvia Duran called the Soviet f
[18113]Consulate. In this conversation she referred to an Ameri-
[18115]can seeking an intransit visa to Cuba. 1073/ The substan-
[18117]tive information given indi. rates ‘that she was discussing 7
[18118]Oswald. 1074/ At this time the individual. using Oswald's.
[18119]‘name already had been at the Soviet Embassy at least once, {
[18120]‘since Siivia recuested the nume of the Soviet Embassy offi-
[18122]cial who dealt with the American. 1075/. Silvia also. ~ Ui
[18123]stated that the American was, at that time, in the Cuban
[18125]Consulate. 1076/° At 4:26 pm. a soviet Consular. official
[18126] Gessitication:, Bi me
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[18145]Mexttacted
[18147]returned Silvia Duran's call. 1077/. This official sta-_
[18148]ted specifically that Oswald had visited the Soviet Con-
[18149]sulate. 1078/
[18151]a ww
[18153]On September 28, 1963, at 11:51 a.m. Silvia Duran
[18154]called the Soviet Consulate. 1079/ She put the American,
[18155]later identified as Oswald, on the telephone. 1080/ The
[18156]American, who was at the Cusan Consulate at the time,-
[18157]said that he had just been at the Soviet Consulate. 1081/
[18159]’ The conversation ended with the American stating that he
[18160]was returning to the Soviet Consulate. 1082/.
[18162]Analysis of Silvia Duran's and Eusebio Azcue's
[18163]testimony would tend to indicate that Oswald, or someone
[18164]impersonating him, visited the Cuban Consulate at least
[18166]“one and possibly two additional times on September 27,
[18167]1963. Silvia Duran says that Oswald first visited the
[18168]Cuban Consulate at approximately 11:00 a.m. requesting
[18169]an intransit visa to Cuba with Russia ‘as the final de-
[18170]stination. 1083/ Ms, Dura1.sent Oswald to obtain photo-
[18172]graphs that he needed for tie visa application. 1p8 4/
[18174]Eusebio Azcue recalls that this visit probably occurred
[18176]on the date on the visa application, 9/27/63. 1085/
[18178]Ms. Duran also state that Oswald returned at ap-
[18179]proximately 1:00 p.m.. with four photographs. 1086/ _Eusebio
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[18196]Azcue also stated that the “ndividual later identified
[18197]as Oswald returned to the Cuban Consulate about 1:00 p.m.
[18198]with the photographs probab y on "the date that appears
[18199]on the application, that is to say on the 27th." 1087/.
[18200]The Committee believes that there is a possibility that .
[18201]the argument between Azcue and the individual occurred
[18202]during this visit. 1088/ —
[18204]Ms. Duran stated that: Oswald's third and last
[18205]visit occurred in the Tate ifternoon after. working hours
[18206]on the 27th. 1089/ This visit is confirmed by the CIA's
[18207]tap on the Soviet Consulate. 1090/ - ‘
[18209]In addition to the a’ leged Oswald visits to the
[18210]Consulates, there were other telephonic contacts that may
[18211]have been between Oswald, or an imposter, and the Consu-
[18213]lates. 1091/ = Several deta: Ts about Oswald’ s visits to
[18214]the Cuban Consulate, and telephonic’ contacts with both
[18215]‘Consulates suggest that the individual involved may not
[18216]have been Oswald... - .
[18217]Silvia Duran's description of Oswald did not re-
[18218]‘semble Oswald's true physicé i appearance. 1092/ This
[18219]description, which appeared early inthe reporting of in-
[18220]formation obtained from Ms. Ouran was deleted from subse-
[18222]_quent reports and was not at an mentioned in the Warren
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[18236]Report. 1093/ (See Section V, C, for details.) Eusebio
[18238]are
[18240]Azcue's description of Oswald was similar to Silvia
[18241]Duran's, but more detailed. 1094/ Perhaps the most re-
[18242]markable thing about these descriptions is their simi-
[18243]larity to Elena Garra de Paz' description of one of Qs-
[18244]wald's alleged companions. 1095/ |
[18245]Another. possible incication that an imposter may
[18247]also have visited the Consulate is the 9/28/63 intercepted
[18248]conversation. 1096/ Silvia Duran adamantly denies that Oswald
[18249]or any other American visited the Cuban Consulate on Saturday,
[18250]September 28, 1963. 1097/ In light of the CIA intercept
[18251]of that date, Ms. Duran has either Tied to the Committee
[18253]or the individual who visited the Consulate on September
[18254]28 was not Oswald. 1098/ Ms. Duran, in light of the in-
[18255]consistencies detailed in Sections Vv, C and VI, A above,
[18256]May not be the most credible witness, but there are indi-
[18257]‘cations that she was truthtul when she stated that Oswaid
[18259]_ did not visit “the Consulate on September 28. The Septem-
[18260]ber 28, 1963 conversation was linked to Oswald because
[18261]of the marginal notations made by the CIA transt2tor on
[18263]the transcript. 1999/ The translator noted on the trans-
[18265]cript that the caller spoke “terrible, hardly recognizatte
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[18276]UE. Reem
[18278]Russian." 1100/ - On Octobe~ 1, 1963, a man called the
[18279]Soviet Consulate and identified himself as "Lee Os-
[18280]wald." 1101/ This man also stated that he had been at
[18281]the Consulate on Saturday, :he 28th. 1102/ The transla-
[18282]tor noted that this was the same man who had called the
[18283]Consulate "a day or so ago" and had spoken in broken
[18285]Russian. 1103/ | From this iiformation, and possibly a
[18287]"- voice comparison 1104/, the 9/28 caller.was ‘identified
[18288]as Oswald. 1105/ The probl om with assuming that the
[18289]caller on 9/28 and 10/1 was Oswald is that Oswald spoke
[18290]fluent’ Russian. 1106/  Gran:ed, Ms. Duran's denial. of
[18292]‘the Saturday visit and the arofictency of the caller's
[18293]Russian is not sufficient evidence to conclude that the
[18294]person who visited the Cuba. Consulate on Saturday and
[18296]- who called the Soviet Consulate on Saturday and on Octo-
[18298]_ ber Ist was'an imposter. Yet the information is suffi-
[18299]cient to question the assumition that it was Oswald,
[18300]especially in Vight of Azcu:'s and Quran's descriptions
[18302]_ and Elena Garre de Paz' allagation.
[18304]The Committee notes :he possibstity, but does not
[18306]conclude, that the. missing producticn. from the pulse.
[18308]camera and the LILYRIC base has Scmething to do with tha -
[18310]possibility that someone impersonated Oswald in Mexico.
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[18335]Three calls that alse occurred early on September
[18336]27, 1963 may have been by an imposter. At approximately
[18337]10:30 a.m. a man called the Soviet Military Attache
[18338]looking for a-visa to Odessi and was referred to the So-
[18339]viet Consulate. 1108/° At 11:37 a.m. a man called the
[18340]Soviet Consulate and asked ‘or a visa to Odessa. 1109/
[18341]He was told to call back at 11:00. 1110/ At 1:25 p.m.
[18342]a man called the Soviet Embussy and was told the Consul
[18343]would return between 4:00 p om. and 5:00 p.m. that day.
[18345]While only the calle-s' requests for a visa to
[18347]- Russia 1112/ (Odessa) conne-:t these calls to Oswald,
[18349]“the HSCA believes that they do fit. logically into-a time
[18351]sequence created by what is known from testimony and the
[18352]electronic intercepts. about his actions on that day.
[18353]For example, the following iS a reasonable possible
[18355]chronology of Oswald's actions on 9/27/63 based on analy-
[18357]‘sis of the available eviden:e. Oswald probably arrived .
[18359]in Mexico around 10:00 a.m. on September 27. 1113/ By
[18360]16:30 Oswald had time to arrive at the Hotel del Comercio
[18361]and to place a cail to the soviet Military Attache wno
[18363]referred him to the Consul. Vir4ay. Tre military attacne
[18365]also gave the cailer directions to the Consuiate. i11S/
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[18376]During the 10:37 a.m. call to the Consulate, the caller
[18378]“learned that he could conta:t the Soviet Consul at 11:00
[18379]a.m. 1116/ This done, Oswald then visited the Cuban
[18380]Consulate where he arrived tround 11:00. a.m., on his way
[18381]to the Soviet Consulate. - Tiis meeting lasted only approxi- |
[18382]mately fifteen minutes. 1113/ Oswald was then sent to
[18384]. obtain photographs and to tie Russian Embassy to get the
[18385]necessary Russian visa. 111}/- Oswald returned to the.
[18386]Cuban Consulate around 1:00 p.m. 1120/| At this point he
[18387]‘had his encounter with Azcu2 and completed his application.
[18388]Oswald realized at this poiit that he would have problems
[18389]obtained the visas. li22/) \fter this visit to the Cuban
[18391]| Consulate, which lasted approximately. fifteen minutes 1123/
[18392]Oswald tried to contact the Soviet Consul whom Oswald
[18393]‘claimed had assured him thas he would have no problems
[18394]obtaining a visa. 1124’ Heice, the 1:25 call. 1125/
[18396]During this conversation Osvald learned that the Consul
[18398]Oswald returned to the Cuba, Consulate at 4:60 and Silvia
[18399]Duran calied the Soe tiet Consul on his behalf. lizzy
[18400]Hence, the 4:05 and 2:76 J. fie ‘CaLTS involving Duran. 1128/
[18401]Sut there is 2 Broo] 2m with attributing the firs:
[18403]three calls o “Guat iT, 1965 to Oswata. . The conversa-
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[18426]tions are all in spay “With the exception of the
[18427]testimony of Delgado, the evidence indicates that 0Os-
[18429]LV 30/
[18430]wald did not speak Spanish. Hence, either the above
[18432]detailed calls were not made by Oswald or Oswald could
[18433]speak Spanish. |
[18434]There is not enough evidence firmly to conclude
[18435]that some one did impersonate Oswald in Mexico. On the
[18436]other hand; the evidence is of such a nature that the
[18438]possibility cannot be dismissed.
[18440]C. What were Lee Harvey Oswald's Activities in
[18441]Mexico City? ,
[18443]When the Warren Commission wrote about Lee Harvey
[18444]Oswald's activities in Mexico City, it concluded: .
[18446]The Commission undertook an intensive investi-
[18447]gation to determine Oswald's purpose and.acti-
[18448]vittes on this journey, with specific reference
[18449]to reports that Oswald was an agent of the Cuban.
[18450]or Soviet Governments. As a result of its investi-
[18451]- gation, the Commission betieves that it has been
[18452]able to reconstruct and explain most of Oswald's
[18453]actions during this time.
[18455]By Saturday, September 23, 1982,
[18457]Gswaid nad failed to obtain visas at both
[18459]the Cuban anc Soviet Embassies. From Sunday,
[18460]September 29, through Wecnesday morning, Octo-
[18461]ber Z, when he left Mexico City on a bus >ound
[18462]for the tinited States, Oswald scent considerable
[18463]time maxing his travel arrangements, sightseeing
[18464]and checking again with the Soviet Embassy to
[18466]Lee Harvey
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[18485]learn whether anything had happened on his.
[18486]visa application. 1131/
[18488]Subsequent to the Warren Commission’ s Report,
[18490]the allegations of Elena Garro 1132/ and Oscar Contreras
[18492]Lartigue 1133/ came to the attention ‘of the United
[18494]States investigative agencies. The main allegation of
[18496]both these people, that they met Lee Harvey Oswald
[18498]in Mexico City, remains to this day without direct corro-
[18499]boration. Yet the Committee feéls that it cannot dis-
[18501]- miss these allegations without giving them any considera-
[18502]tion. . , ;
[18504]The testimony of Silvia Duran and the Cuban Consu-
[18505]late Officials Azcue and Mirabal place Oswald's last
[18506]contact with the Cuban Embassy on Friday evening, Septem-
[18508]ber 27, 1963. 1134/ The transcripts from the CIA's wire-
[18509]taps on the Soviet Consulate place Oswald's last visits
[18511]to the Soviet and Cuban Corsulates on Saturday morning,
[18513]September 28, 1963. 1135/ Oswald's last telephonic
[18515]. contact with the- Soviet Corsulate came on Tuesday, Octo-
[18517]ber 1, 1963. }336/ Cswald’s activities on the days be-
[18518]tween September 28 and Octcser 1 are not clearly recorded..
[18520]The Warren Commission spect lated that. he spent most
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[18528]of tnis time sightseeing ard making travel arrangements. 113 37/
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[18538]It is entirely possible that Oswald did spend some of
[18540]his time during this weekend sightseeing and making
[18542]his travel arrangements. It is also entirely possible
[18544]that, after his failure to obtain his visas on Saturday,
[18546]September 28, that Oswald did not give up completely
[18548]and did attend a party where he would have come into
[18550]2 contact with the Cuban Consular officials and, later,
[18552]; sought help from pro-Castro students.
[18554]It is entirely possible that Ruben Duran had a
[18556]“twist party” on September 30, or October 1 1138/ as
[18558]. Elena Garro has claimed. Ruben, Horacio, Lydia and Silvia
[18559]Duran all admitted that they frequently had twist par-
[18560]‘ties in 1963. 1139/ Only Silvia Duran recalled Elena
[18562]. Garro attending any of the "twist parties" at the Durans'
[18564]home. 1140/ She recalled Elena and Elena's daughter,
[18566]Elenita, attending one twist party at Ruben's: home in
[18568]a)
[18570]1963. . 4i/ The other Durans adamantly denied that Lee
[18572]Harvey Oswald had attended a twist party at one of their
[18574]homes. 1342/-
[18575]Many of the detaiis of Elena Garro’s allegations
[18577]have n¢t been, or cannet be, corroborated. for exampie,
[18579]s aliegation that sone of the people who had been
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[18593]at the party were taken to Veracruz under the protection
[18595]of Governor Lopez Arias 1143/ has not been verified. Ruben
[18597]Duran denied that he had ever discussed the assassination
[18599]with Elena Garro. 1144/ Eusebio Azcue denied that he
[18600]had discussed President Kennedy with Emilio Carballido
[18601]ata party at the Durans' home as alleged by Elena
[18602]Garro. 1145/ The Committee has not been able to verify
[18603]whether or not guards were posted outside of Elena's
[18604]home in 1963 as she claims.
[18606]But other details (of Elena's story are very credi-
[18607]ble. Perhaps the most striking is the suggestion that
[18608]Oswald’ s relationship with Silvia Duran was more exten- -
[18610]sive than just the business contacts in ‘the Cuban Consu-
[18612]. late. 1146/ Another detail is the manner in which Elena's -
[18614]allegations were handled, and the manner in which this
[18615]Committee's attempts to investigate those allegations
[18616]have been frustatred. 1147/. |
[18618]In 1965 Elena. Garro reported that Silvia Duran
[18620]“had been Oswald's mistress while he was in Mexico City. 1148/
[18622]In 1967 this report was confirmed by a CIA agent who
[18623]talked to Silvia Duran, 1149/ The CIA Station did not
[18625]consider the information significant and toid the agent
[18627]“to end his contact with Ms. Duran, 1150/ !f that informa-
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[18639]tion is accurate, then that Silvia invited Oswald. to
[18641]a party would not have been surprising. Silvia Duran
[18643]admitted that the Mexican police had questioned her on
[18644]this point but denied that she had had an affair with
[18645]Oswald. 1151/ Ms. Duran denied’ having any extra- marital
[18647]affairs while she was married to. Horacio Duran. 1182/
[18649]This denial is not. consistent with evidence of her reputa-
[18651]. tion at the Cuban Consulate. A CIA penetration agent
[18653]there reported to his case officer that all that would
[18655]have to be done to recruit Silvia Duran, whom he referred
[18656]to by using the Spanish word for whore, would be to get
[18658]a blond blue-eyed American into bed with her. 1153/
[18660]There is also CIA information that indicates that Silvia
[18662]Duran had an affair with a Cuban Ambassador to Mexico
[18663]in the early 1960's. 1154/ - :
[18665]The HSCA attempted to interview the CIA penetra-
[18666]tion agent about Ms. Duran. 1155/ An interview with the
[18667]“agent was also desired $0 as to-attempt to verify whether -
[18669]Elena Garro had created a cisturbance at the Cuban Embassy.
[18670]on November 23, 1963. 1156; The Committee's attempts
[18671]to interview this agent were frustrated. 1157/ -——
[18672]Ms. Garro's claim that she stayed at. the Hotel |
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[18697]October 13, 1966. 1158/ Ms. Garro claimed that she had
[18699]been held there by Manuel Calvillo whom she believed
[18700]worked for the Mexican Ministry of Government. 1159/
[18701]In 1963, Mr. Calvillo was a1 unwitting asset of the Central
[18702]Intelligence Agency. 1160/ Ms. Garro claimed that she
[18703]told Mr. Calvillo her story on November 23, 1963. 1161/
[18704]Yet the CIA Mexico City Station did. not receive a report
[18705]from Calvillo on this matter. until November 24, ‘1964, the
[18706]| Same day that Elena first told her story ‘to American of.
[18707]ficials. 1162/ For these rzasons it was felt that
[18708]Manuel Calvillo could well .e a key to determining the
[18709]veracity of Ms. Garro's story. The Committee's attempt -
[18710]to interview Mr. Calvillo were also frustrated.
[18712]‘There: is also circumstantial corroboration of Ms,
[18713]Garro's allegations regardiig June Cobb Sharp. For exam-
[18714]ple, Ms. Cobb was indeed a STA agent and she did file |
[18715]the first report of Ms. Gar-o's story, 1164/ It should
[18717]be noted that this first revort was accurate in its detail
[18718]in that Ms. Garro's story remained essentially the same
[18719]in subsequent repetitions. Ms. Garro claimed that she
[18721]kicked Ms. Cobb out of her iouse. 1165/ There is a nota-
[18723]tion ‘on Ms. Cobb's report tiat she was not able to regain
[18725]D ety
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[18748]access to Ms. Garro. 1166/ The Committee attempted to
[18749]obtain an interview with Ms. Cobb, but was once again
[18750]frustated. 1167/ .
[18752]Reviewing the manner in which the CIA Mexico City
[18753]Station and the Legal Attache's office in Mexico City
[18754]handled .Ms. Garro' Ss allegations reveals that, at: best,
[18755]‘her allegations were handled in an irresponsible manner
[18756]because they were dismissed after a superficial. investi-
[18757]gation. The first report that came. to the CIA was mis- |
[18758]filed and forgotten. 1168/ The Legat, after talking to
[18759]“Elena, dismissed her story after interviewing one person
[18760]whom she said may have been at the party. 1169/ The
[18761]manner in which the official American community handled
[18762]Charles Thomas' reporting is detailed in Section VI, C,
[18763]11, above. Mr: Thomas speculated in 1969 about why Ms.
[18764]Garro's story had been largely ignored by the American
[18765]officials in Mexico:
[18767]It would appear that whereas the FBI has
[18768]discounted the Elena Garro. allegations,
[18769]the CIA is still considerable disturbed
[18771]by them. The CIA may not have pressed for
[18772]further investigation, however, for a nun-
[18774]‘ber of reasons: 1) considering the sensi-
[18776]tive overlap and subtle competition tetween
[18777]two intelligence collecting agencies, it
[18779]had to yield to the FBI's clear furtsdic-
[18780]tion; . 2) there are cbvious complicatien iS
[18782]Wr. wa. SE. SrA. wr. Se a ee a ee ae
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[18796]foreigh country; 3) there is a close
[18798]and delicate relaticnship between the CIA
[18799]Station Chief. and the former Minister of
[18800]Interior--President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz;
[18801]and 4)-some of the Feople appearing in
[18802]the Elena Garro scenario may well be agents
[18803]of the CIA. ._ Under the circumstances it
[18804]is unlikely that any further investiga-
[18805]tion of this matter will ever take place
[18806]unless it is ordered by a high official
[18807]in Washington. 1170/ ;
[18809]The Committee attempted to locate Elena Garro.
[18810]Although the Committee esta lished telephonic contact
[18811]with Ms. Garro, the Committee was totally frustrated
[18812]in this aspect of its investigation, but yet believes
[18813]that there is a possibility that Lee Harvey Oswald did
[18814]attend a twist party at the home of Ruben Duran.
[18816]The Committee also considers it possible that
[18818]Vm TA SA ‘Se. [Se EA, SED. <==,
[18820]Lee Harvey Oswald contacted pro-Castro students at the
[18821]National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad
[18823]Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, hereinafter UNAM) as claimed
[18825]by Oscar Contreras Lartigue. 1172/ Silvia Duran admitted
[18827]that she had told Oswald of two ways in which: he could
[18829]get .a Cuban visa: 1) he could get an intransit visa by
[18830]first obtaining a visa to-another communis: country such
[18832]as Russia; 2) he could obtain a raguiar Cuban visa by
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[18841]knowing someone in Cuba who would vouch for him. 1173/
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[18852]It is possible that after Oswald's attempts to obtain
[18853]a visa by the first method were frustrated on Saturday,
[18854]September 28, that he made one final effort to locate |
[18855]someone trusted by the Cuban Consulate to vouch for
[18856]him.
[18857]There is no direct evidence about how Oswald
[18858]could have learned of the rro-Castro. group at UNAM.
[18859]There is a possibility that Ernesto Leffeld Miller,
[18860]a friend of the Durans who borrowed Horacio's car often
[18861]took Lee Harvey Oswald to the campus of the National
[18862]Autonomous University. On the days when Lee Harvey 0s-
[18863]wald allegedly visited the Consulate, Mr. Miller did also.
[18864]It is possible that Silvia Duran asked him to escort
[18865]Oswald to the campus. Mrs Miller denied having ever
[18866]met Oswald. VI74A/) Oscar (Contreras says that Oswald
[18867]first contacted him as he was leaving a round-table dis-
[18868]- cussion at the schooT of. pLilosphy. V174/ (It is known
[18869]that, in 1963, the Derans vere close friends with the
[18870]Chairman of the Philosocny Department at UNAM, Ricarde
[18871]‘Guerra, who held seminars on kant, Hegel and: Marx in the
[18873]- Durans'home. 'i75/ it is possible, if Silvia Duran hac-
[18875]"more than just a pureiy. gus iness relationsh: > with Oswate,
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[18883]that she referred Oswald to one of Guerra's Marxist
[18884]seminars in his search: for help. Unfortunately,
[18885]Contreras, does not .name wto headed the round table dis-
[18886]cussion at which he met Oswald. 1176/ Silvia Duran
[18887]denied that she referred (swald to anyone for help. DI}
[18888]Ricardo Guerra is present y the Mexican Ambassador to
[18889]East Germany and was not ivailable to the Committee
[18891]for an interview. On botl-of the Committee's trips to
[18892]Mexico, the Mexican Government told the Committee that
[18893]Mr. Contreras would be made available for an interview.
[18894]The interview never occurred. 1178/ Although the Con-
[18895]-mittee's attempt to inves:igate Mr. Contreras allegat-
[18896]tion met largely with fru;tration, the allegation can
[18898]not be dismissed.
[18900]O. Was Lee Harvey Q:wald alone while he ‘cravelled
[18902]The ‘Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Os-
[18904], wald travelled alone whil: he was in Mexicc. 1i79/
[18905]Atl of the witnesses, wit i the exception of Elena Garro
[18906]| Re de Paz who stated that Os sald was accompanied by two
[18908]“beatnik looking boys” J130/ at Ruben curan’s sarty,
[18910]‘ havea stated that when the; saw Oswald in Mexico he was
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[18924]the Elena Garro allegation properly, the Committee does -_
[18925]not believe that it can readily dismiss Ms. Garro's . |
[18927]allegation that Oswald had a companion in Mexico in light
[18929]of: 1) the corroboration of details of Ms. Garro's story; 1181/
[18930]2) the possibility that soneone impersonated Oswald in-
[18931]Mexico 1182/ and 3) the siniliarity in the description of
[18932]Oswald by Ms. Duran and Mr. Azcue and the description of
[18934]Oswald's companion by Ms. Carro. 1183/
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[18953]Appendix 1: HSCA Procedural Write-up Cuba Trip 1
[18955]Select Committee memsers Chairman Louis Stokes
[18957]‘and Congressman-Christopher Dodd, accompanied by G..
[18959]Robert Blakey, Gary Cornwell and Ed Lopez of the Select
[18961]"Committee staff arrived in Cuba at 3:30 p.m., March 30,
[18963]1978. They were.met and escorted through Cuban Customs .
[18964]by the Mayor of Havana, Honorable Oscar Fernandez Mell,
[18965]the Minister of Justice, Dr. Armando Torres Santrayll,
[18966]Sefior Buergo, Ricardo Escartin. and: the Cuban government
[18967]translator, Juanita Vera. At approximately 7:30 p.m.
[18968]Serior Mell escorted the Select Committee staff to a
[18969]restaurant ‘in Old Havana. The following day Congressman
[18970]Richardson Preyer arrived in Cuba at 7:00 a.m.
[18972]At 9:30 a.m. on March 31, 1978 the Select Committee
[18973]representatives met with Ficardo Escartin, Senén Buergo
[18974]and Captain Felipe Villa cf the Ministry of the.Interior.
[18975]Tne Cuban Government gave the members and Committee its
[18976]official reply to the Committee's questionnaire, given
[18977]to the Cuban government prior to the Committee's trio
[18978]to Cuba. .
[18980]At 3:00 p.m., the Setect Committee. met Again with
[18982]my
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[18996]Ricardo Escartin, Senen Buergo, Felipe Villa and Juanita
[18998]Vera. During this session, the two major areas of dis-
[18999]cussion were Lee Harvey Oswald's visa application and
[19001]the dates of Jack Ruby's \isits to Cuba in 1959. 1184/
[19003]At 7:30 p.m. the House Select Committee on Assassinations
[19004]staff dined with the Minister of Justice, Armando Torres
[19005]Santrayll. _
[19007]“At 9:00 a.m. on April 1, 1978, the Select Committee
[19008]staff again met with the same Cuban officials for a
[19009]third session. _ Santo Trai ficante was the major. area of
[19010]discussion. 1185/ At noor, Committee members and
[19011]staff representatives met with Cuba's Minister of Educa-
[19012]tion, Honorable Jose Ramor Fernandez, who gave a pre-
[19013]sentation on the improvement in quality of Cuban educa-—
[19015]tion since the Cuban Revo ution.
[19017]- Eusebio Azcue was interviewed bythe Committee staff re-
[19018]presentative. Azcue was questioned extensively about
[19019]Oswald's aileged trip to Hexico City, Oswald's. alleged
[19020]visits to the Cuban Consu ate, and Senor Azcue's alleged:
[19022]argument with Lea Harvey \swald. 1186/
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[19039]At 7:30 p.m., April 1, 1978, Messers. Escartin.
[19040]and Hernandez accompanied the House Select Committee
[19041]staff for dinner and show. to the Tropicana Club-which,
[19042]prior to the Revolution, vas operated by organized
[19043]crime. ‘The Tropicana Clut is presently run by the
[19044]Cuban government. | |
[19046]At 11:00 a.m. on April 2, 1978, the. Committee
[19047]_ staff again met with Senen Buergo, Ricardo Escartin,
[19048]Felipe Villa, Aramis Guet'errez and Juanita Vera. Santo
[19049]‘Trafficante, Jack Ruby and. Mexico City were the major
[19050]areas of discussion. 1187, This session terminated at
[19051]1:00 p.m. At 4:50 p.m., «he morning’ s meeting resumed.
[19052]During the afternoon sess'on, the major aregf of dis-
[19053]cussion was the alleged pro- Castro involvement in the
[19054]assassination. 1188/
[19055]At 9:15 a.m, April 3, 1978, the Committee staff —
[19056]met with ‘the Cuban officials for a final work session.
[19058]During this session, the ntelligence agencies and
[19060]general questions derived from the questionnaire which.
[19062]the Committee had provide to the Cuban government
[19064]were the major areas of d‘scussion. 1189/ During the.
[19066]session, the Committee stiff and Cuban officials also
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[19082]exchanged listings of pending material which might be
[19083]covered during a subsequent trip to Cuba by HSCA repre-
[19084]_ Sentatives and Congressmen. 1190/ .
[19086]At 6:00 p.m. the Comnittee staff met with Presi-
[19087]dent Fidel Castro Ruz who. assured the Committee that
[19088]neither he nor his government had any involvement in the
[19089]assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
[19091]The House Select Committee on Assassinations staff
[19092]departed Havana, Cuba at 10:00 a.m., April 4, 1978,
[19093]arriving in Washington, D.C. at 4:30 p.m.
[19095]Fe
[19097]one
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[19109]Chief of the Mexican Federal Police.
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[19119]Appendix 2: HSCA Procedura. Write-up Mexico Trip
[19121]House Select Committue on Assassinations Staffers
[19122]Gary Cornwell, Dan Hardway . Edwin Lopez and Harold Leap
[19123]arrived at the Mexico City airport at 8:30 p.m., May
[19124]30, 1978. (A1] times are lexico City times, unless
[19125]otherwise specified. ) The were met and escorted through
[19126]Customs by David Patton, an employee of the United
[19127]States Embassy...
[19129]The following morniny, May 31, 1978 the: HSCA
[19131]representatives met with U.S. Embassy Political Officer
[19133]Richard Howard concerning procedure. Mr. Howard Sche-
[19134]duled a meeting at 27:15 am. With the Chief of the CIA.
[19135]Station in Mexico’ City. This meeting was preliminary
[19137]in nature and concerned procedures regarding arrangement
[19139]_ of the interviews of ex-CI.\ employees in Mexico.
[19141]At 12:00 noon, the HiCA representatives and Richard
[19143]‘Howard met representatives of the Government of Mexico.
[19145]The Mexican representative: were: 1). Dr. Jesus Yanes,
[19147]Advisor to the Attorney Geieral's Executive orf icer;
[19148]2) Fernando Baeza, Chief Administrative Officar for tne
[19150]Attorney General; and 3) Commandate Florentine. Ventura,
[19152]., The,
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[19166]informed the staff members at this meeting that they. had
[19168]located Silvia Duran, Horacio Duran, Ruben Duran. and
[19170]Pedro Gutierrez Valencia 1°92/ and that each person
[19172]was willing to be interviewed by the HSCA representatives.
[19173]Procedure for conduct of ‘the interviews was also dis-
[19174]cussed at this meeting. .
[19176]The Mexican government decided that the initial
[19178]interview would be an informal contact- with the witnesses
[19180]in which the Committee's oljectives would be described.
[19182]The witnesses' statements would be formalized at a Jater,
[19184]‘taped interview. The Mexican officials informed the
[19186]HSCA staff members that they had been unable to locate
[19187]Oscar Contreras, 1193/ Eluna Garro de Paz, and Elenita
[19188]Garro de Paz. 1194/ The Mexican Government had not had
[19189]contact with. the Garros since 1968. The Mexicans said
[19190]that they were trying to Incate the Garros through ©
[19192]the Foreign Ministry since Elena’ $ ex-husband, Octavio
[19193]Paz, had once been an impo-tant person in that ministry.
[19194]The Mexicans asked that we determine the name of the
[19196]Mexican Government contact during 1964 with the Warren
[19198]Commission so that they co11d locate their records in
[19200]the Archives.
[19201]. The Mexican officials left to set ud the preliminary
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[19221]interviews with witnesses. The preliminary interviews
[19223]were conducted by Gary Coriwel]. HSCA staff members
[19224]Dan Hardway, Edwin Lopez aid Harold Leap were present
[19225]during Cornwell's questioning. The Mexican Government
[19226]was represented by Dr. Jesus Yanes, Commandante Floren-
[19227]tino Ventura, and Jesus Meixueiro Kanty, second in com-
[19228]mand to Ventura. Pedro Gutierrez Valencia was inter-
[19229]viewed at 2:30 p.m. Ruben Duran was interviewed at
[19231]5:00-p.m. Horacio Duran wis interviewed at 5:30 p.m.
[19233]At 9: 30 ‘a.m. on June 1, 1978, the WSCA staff re-
[19234]presentatives met with the Mexican police representatives.
[19235]The HSCA staff requested 1) the records of the company
[19237]that employed Gutierrez Valencia in 1963; press clippings
[19239]‘of the Mexican newspaper coverage of Oswald and Silvia
[19241]Duran (attached); 3) once again, an interview with Oscar
[19243]- Contreras; 4) individual fijes on Elena Garro de Paz
[19245]‘and Silvia Duran; 5) evidence related to Silvia Duran's
[19247]Silvia Duran was interviewed at 6:15 p.m. ; ; .
[19248]assertion that Oswald was a+ the Cuban Embassy on one f
[19249]day only; 6) an interview with Seba Garro de Guerrero
[19251]Galvan; 1195/ 7) an interview with Eunice Odio; 1136/
[19252]9) an interview with Emijic Carballido; 1197/ ana
[19253]10) an interview witn Vic ton Rico Galan, foes the -430
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[19266]HSCA also asked to be Showr the Cuban Consulate.
[19268]The Mexican representatives informed the HSCA
[19270]staff that Victor Rico Galin had, at one time, been ..
[19272]arrested on political charces but that he was subse-
[19274]quently pardoned by either Diaz Ordaz or Luis Eche-
[19276]yarria. 1199/— The Mexicans said that they were search-.
[19277]ing for all files and newspaper articles requested
[19279]by the HSCA.
[19281]The Mexican officials also offered their obser-
[19283]vations orally on the prel‘minary interviews conducted
[19285]the previous day. They po‘nted out that they found it
[19287]strange that Silvia had to'd Oswald he could not travel
[19289]while. in Cuba. They wondered what Duran was trying to
[19291]tell Oswald and whether she thought that Oswald had
[19293]’ some objective in going to Cuba other than that ascribed
[19294]by the popular version. They alse considered the manner
[19296]in which Silvia obtained erptoyment at the Cuban’ Consu-
[19298]late unusual. ' Generally they noted that Silvia and
[19300]her brothers seemed to have almost Programmed responses
[19302]and a defensive demeanor. They pointed out, nowever,
[19303]that all the Durans had been very incerestad in talking
[19304]-to us. En their opinion, ‘uben Duran was the most
[19306]credt bie of those intervieved: oy the HSCA the previous
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[19321]At this point, a Mexican official who had been
[19323]checking the computer reco-ds informed us that Victor
[19325]Rico Galan had died.
[19327]HSCA staff members p-ovided the Mexican authori-
[19329]ties with the names of the Mexican officials who had
[19331]=a.
[19333]been involved in the inves:igation in 1963.
[19335]HSCA staff members m:t again with the Mexican po-
[19337]Sa
[19339]lice authorities at 10:00 i.m. on June 2, 1978. At
[19340]this time, the Mexican police provided the copies of the ‘newspaper
[19342]clippings on the assassination of John F. Kennedy from the
[19344]STA,
[19346]Excelsior. HSCA staff memoers asked if the. Mexicans
[19347]could persuade the newspap:rs to reveal the sources
[19348]of their stories about Oswild and Silvia Duran. The
[19350]Mexican officials' response was negative. The Mexican
[19352]AA NEA.
[19354]officials informed the HSC.\ staff members that most of
[19356]the data we wanted from th: files was in their Security
[19360]‘Service files, . The Mexicar officials working with
[19362]Fs
[19364]the HSCA explained that they were the Mexican equivaient °
[19365]of the F3I and that the Se:urity Service was the Mexican £
[19366]equivatent of the CAG hence there was the usual cureau- Eg
[19367]cratic protiem involved ir abtataing access to tne Se- af
[19368]curity Sarvice's files. Tie Mexicans int formed the HSCA &
[19370]» Yepresentazives that Emit i> Garbatiids had been located,
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[19385]. that Deba Garro could not va haste and that there
[19386]was no record of anyone naned Eunice Odio. HSCA repre-
[19387]- sentatives told the Mexicar officials that Odio, who
[19388]was either Costa Rican or Cuatemalan, had been the
[19389]mistress of Emilio Carballido. The assassination
[19390]and the reaction of the Me>ican people to it was
[19391]discussed. _
[19392]At 1:00 Pp. m., HSCA staff members conducted an
[19393]interview at the United Stetes Embassy in connection
[19394]with the CIA aspects of the Mexico. City investigation.
[19395]| At 2:30, Gary Cornwe’ discussed problems with
[19396]the Chief of the Mexico Cily CIA Station. He requested
[19397]that the COS cable Headquaiters regarding restrictions
[19398]placed onthe HSCA staff-in Mexico. |
[19400]At 6:09 p.m., the HSCA staff members, accompanied
[19401]by Jesus Meixuerio Kanty and his assistant, -Honorio|
[19403]" Escondon, met with the ass stant. chief of the Mexican
[19405]Security Service Nazar. Mr. Nazar gave an oral resume
[19406]of the interviews which Mexican officials conaucted in
[19408]1963 of Silvia, Horatio and Ruben Suran and Bercy Serratos.
[19410]quested befcre ne could cousider releasing them. He
[19412]suggested that we secure S:atements admissible in United
[19414]ot Wf983 Sonheoio ik Am
[19416]Mr. Nazar saic that the Tites had toe be formaily re- ;
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[19430]States courts from the witiesses whom we wished to
[19432]interview. Mr. Nazar suggested that our best investi-
[19434]gatory avenue would be to concentrate on Oswald’ s inter-
[19436]rogation after his arrest on November 22nd. Mr. Nazar
[19438]‘had a very low opinion of ‘lena Garro de Paz' credibil-
[19439]‘ity. He felt that she con*used fact and fiction.
[19441]June 3 and 4, 1978, were spent on ClA-related
[19443]aspects of the Mexico City. investigation. Two inter-
[19445]views were conducted. - All interviews, with the excep-
[19447]later transcribed.
[19449]At 11:00 a.m. on Jun2 5, 1978, the HSCA staff.
[19450]interviewed Horacio Duran for the record. 1200/ -At
[19451]‘4:00 p.m., HSCA staff memb:2r Edwin Lopez and Mexican
[19452]| officials Honorio Escondon and Dr. Alfenso Orozco
[19454]Gutierrez interviewed-Pedr) Gutierrez Valencia for
[19456]the record. 1201/ At 5:00 p.m.. HSCA staff members in-
[19457]terviewed Lynn Duran, aka -ydia Duran, for the record. 1202/
[19459]On June 6, 1978 at 11:00 a.m., the HSCA staff in-
[19461]tion of interviews with CIA personnel, were taped and f
[19463]terviawed Ruben Duran for tne record. 1295 (20c/ 0 At 1:00 p.m.,
[19464]the staff representatives net with Commandate Ventura.
[19465]The staff representatives agreed to Surpiy the Mexicans
[19467]with questions for two witnesses, Jscar Contreras and
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[19488]Ernesto Lehfeld Miller, who could not then be inter-
[19489]viewed. 1204/ Commandate Ventura authorized Honorio
[19490]Escondon to interview Oscar Contreras Lartigue. and
[19492]Ernesto Lehfeld Miller. At 5:00 p.m., the wife of
[19494]Ruben Duran, Betty Serratos, 1205/ was interviewed for
[19496]the record. At 5:45 p.m., Silvia Duran was interviewed
[19497]for the record. 1206/ =
[19499]_ The HSCA staff representatives lett Mexico City
[19500]at 8:30 a.m. on June 7, 1978, arriving in Washington,
[19502]D.C. at 5:30 p.m., Washington time.
[19504]ue.
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[19514]Appendix 3: HSCA Procedural Write-up Mexico Trip 2
[19516]House Select Committee staffers Edwin Juan Lopez
[19517]and Harold Leap traveled tc Mexico City on August 7,
[19518]1978. The staff members were met by David T. Patton,
[19520]a State Department official, at the Mexican airport
[19522]at 10:15 p.m. Mr. Patton ‘then checked the staffers into
[19523]Room 1754 at the Maria Isatel Hotel. oo Mr.
[19524]Patton informed the staff members that Larry Sternfield
[19525]CIA Chief of Station in Me> ico City, wished to see us
[19526]at 8:30 a. m. the following morning.
[19528]On Tuesday, August 8. 1978, Committee staffers
[19529]met with Larry Sternfield. He informed the staffers
[19530]that the two individuals the Committee wished to inter-
[19531]views Dariel Flores, 1207/ aka Luis Aparicio, and Ramon
[19533]Alvarez Duran, 1208/were now available.
[19535]- At 9:30 a.m., August 8, 1978, Committee staff mem-
[19537]bers interviewed Danny Flores. 1209/ The interview
[19539]ended at approximately 10: 5 a.m.
[19540]Committee staff members returned to Mr. Sternfield
[19541]office. Mr. Starnfi ald staied that it appeared that “the
[19543]Scvernment of Mexico had only been able ta locate two
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[19550]witnesses for the Committee, Oscar Contreras Lartigue 1210/
[19554]and Noe W. Palomares. 1211; Sternfield asked the |
[19555]staff members to whom they. wished to speak. The Commit-
[19556]tee staff members explainec that they would like to
[19558]interview LICHANT 1, 1212/ LICOOKIE 1,:1213/ LITAMIL 7, 1214/
[19560]| LITAMIL 9, 1215/ and LIRING 3, 1216/ Mr. Sternfield
[19561]then stated that it appeared that the House Select
[19563]Committee on Assassinations had already asked the Mexi-
[19565]cans to locate the individials listed above.
[19567]Mr. Sternfield Statec that the HSCA's interview
[19569]with Ramon Alvarez Duran wis considered "highly sensi-
[19570]tive." He explained that three rooms at a nearby hotel
[19571]would be used. In one room, Ramon. Alvarez Duran. would.
[19572]sit, Committee staff members would sit in a second room
[19573]and two CIA personnel officers would insure that the
[19574]equipment worked: properly -n a third room. Mr. Stern-
[19575]field then phoned-Mr. Niles Gooding, who had been sent
[19576]to the Mexico City Station from Headquarters to arrange
[19577]the procedures for the interviews. Mr. Gooding ex-
[19578]piained that in 1977 Stans<ield Turner fad created a
[19579]new ocsition at Headquarters to insure that important
[19581]sensitive meetings were within the guidelines: previously
[19583]onings? Clssticatil iE i
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[19592]arranged. Mr. Gooding sta:ed that the Central Intelli-
[19593]gence Agency had been unde~ greater Congressional scrutiny ©
[19594]the past two years. Therefore, Director Turner, in
[19595]order to demonstrate the Ajency's good faith, had en-
[19597]' gaged a retired Army officer to act as liaison at
[19599]sensitive interviews by Coigressional representatives.
[19601]Mr. Gooding then explained that the HSCA staff would be
[19603]escorted by two CIA personiel to the interview with
[19605]Ramon Alvarez Durant.
[19607]At 10:55 a.m., August 8, 1978, Committee staff
[19609]. members interviewed Ramon Alvarez Durant. 1217/
[19610]¢ At 12:30 -p.m., Committee staff members telephoned
[19611]Captain Fernandez Ventura jutierrez. -His secretary
[19612]explained that Mr. Ventura was not’ in the office, but
[19613]that she would: have him call us when he returned. At
[19615]6:30 p.m., since Mr. Ventura had not yet returned the
[19617]staffer’ s call, they again called his office. His se-
[19619]cretary apologized for Mr. Ventura and explained that
[19621]he had not yet returned to th e office and she assured us that
[19623]Mr.Ventura would telephone upon his return. At 9:15 p.m.,
[19624]or. Jesus Yanez, the Assistant to the official mayor,
[19628]telephoned the staff members explaining that Mr. Ventura
[19630]was very busy on an important assignment and asked us”
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[19653]to visit the Police Station known as the Procuraduria
[19655]General at 11:00 a.m. the following morning.
[19657]At 10:15 a.m., August 9, 1978, Committee staff
[19658]members met with State Department Official Richard
[19659]Howard to alert him that the Committee would request
[19660]the Mexican officials to make Silvia Duran available
[19662]in Washington for an HSCA hearing.. Mr. Howard explained
[19664]that once we had permission from the Mexican government, .
[19666]the State Department would insure that she was in
[19667]Washington when necessary.
[19668]At i: 00 a.m., August 9, 1978, “Committee ‘Staff
[19670]members met with Dr. Jesus Yanes and Ciprianio Martinez
[19672]‘“Novoa. Mr. Yanes told. Committee staff members that
[19674]Ciprianio Martinez Nova, the Mexican agent in charge,
[19675]would try to aid us in all our interviews. Mr. Martinez
[19676]then briefed the Committee staff members on their up-to~
[19677]date progress: .
[19679]Oscar Contreras Lartigue had been located and pre-
[19680]interviewed by Mr. Martinez in Tampico, Mexico. The
[19681]Committee would fly to Tampico on Friday, August 1,
[19682]1978 at 7;35 a.m. to interview him.
[19684]Noe W. Palomares hac been located and could be
[19686]interviewed during the afternoon of Thursday, August 15,-
[19688]bts.
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[19704]from CiA—controlled documents.) ;
[19706]-2'7 .
[19708]1978 at his office, Cerrad: de la Presa 4. His phone number,
[19709]595-0891, was made availabie to the Committee. |
[19710]June Cobb Sharp received a tourist permit, number
[19711]72781, on June 27, 1947. She entered Mexico through
[19712]Nuevo Lardo, Texas. ‘She requested but was denied permission
[19713]by the Mexican government 20 represent the magazine, Modern
[19714]Mexico. On June'21, 1948, she received a courtesy permit,
[19715]number 25556. She disappeired in 1954 and never returned
[19716]' to Mexico. . .
[19717]The Committee staffe-s did not tell the Mexicans that
[19718]the House Select Committee on Assassinations had evidence
[19719]"from review of June Cobb's 201 file that she was in. Mexico
[19720]in the Sixties. oe
[19721]Eunice Odio Infante, a Costa Rican, recetved a
[19722]three-month tourist permit from the Mexican government
[19723]on February 9, 1964. She emained in Mexico, illegally
[19724]residing at Nacas-45-a, un:il 1972. She applied to write
[19726]for the Excelsior magazine on many different occasions,
[19728]but was rejected every tim:, In 1972, Ms. Odio -married
[19730]‘a Comminist painter, Rudol 7o Sanabria Gonzalez and moved
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[19753]to Rio Neba-16 Apartment 40. On May 24, 1972, Ms. Odto
[19754]was found dead in her bath:ub. The official presiding
[19756]at her autopsy concluded that Ms: Odio had poisoned
[19758]herself.
[19760]Emilio Carballido Foutanes was in Carcas, Venezuela,
[19762]on vacation and scheduled :o return to Mexico in early
[19764]September. His address is Constituyentes 207. His phone
[19765]number is 515-8345. fo
[19767]Consuelo Esperon' s (. ITAMIL 7) -personnel record. in
[19768]Mexico could not be located. When the Mexican officials
[19770]inquired about her at the cuban Embassy in Mexico City
[19772]prior to the Committee's trip, no one at the office
[19773]remembered that she had worked there. Committee staff
[19774]members were told that Esperon was probably dead. No basis
[19775]was given for the Mexican government's conclusion.
[19777]Carlos Jurado J. Delmar (LIRING 3) was born in Cuba
[19779]on November 3, 1927. He entered Mexico July 1, 1965 and
[19780]taught Graphics and Art at U.N.A.N. until January 1, 1968
[19782]when he disappeared. The Mexican officials assumed that he
[19784]returned to Cuba.
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[19812]General Jesus Jose C’ark Flores 1218/ died in the
[19813]early 1970's. ;
[19815]Ernesto Lehfeld Miller, 1219/ Academic Coordinator
[19816]at the School of Interior lesign, had not yet been located.
[19818]Luis Alberue Suoto (L.ITAMIL. 9) lives at Michelet #7, .
[19819]Apartment #301, Colonia Ancura, Mexico City. His phone
[19820]number is 545-9947. -The liendlady at his apartment explained
[19821]to the Mexican officials that Mr. Alberue had left town
[19823]| hurriedly on Monday, August. 7, 1978. Mr. Martinez, wishing
[19825]to know when he returned, fiad placed a piece of scotch tape
[19827]that he checked it every four hours and would notify us if
[19828]Alberue returned before we left.
[19830]Manuel Calvillo (LICHANT 1) did not live at Cauhtemoc’
[19832]877-5 as-the Committee had. stated. The landlady for the
[19833]past twenty-five years at the apartments told Mr. Martinez
[19834]that Manuel Calvillo had never resided there. Committee
[19836]_ staff members explained thit Calvillo went by a pen name
[19838]which would be forwarded tc the Mexican officials the
[19840]following morning.
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[19857]“When Committee staff members inquired whether Ms.
[19858]Silvia Tirado Bazan could cestify at an HSCA hearing,
[19859]the Mexican officials stated that they would have an
[19860]answer for the staffers by Friday morning. The Mexican
[19861]officials explained. that tiey would have to speak to her
[19862]to. insure that she was wil ing to travel to. Washington.
[19864]On Thursday, August /0, 1978, at 11:00 a.m.- the
[19865]Committee staff members me: with Dr. Jesus Yanez,. Agent
[19866]Ciprianio Martinez Novoa, vaptain Florentino Ventura
[19868]Gutierrez and Attorney Gen2ral Licensiado, Manuel Calvillo’ s
[19869]“pen name" was given to th: Mexicans who stated that they
[19870]would check it with the laidlady at his alleged apartment
[19871]building. | |
[19873]Committee staffers r2turned to their hotel room with
[19874]Agent Ciprianio Martinez Novoa after the meeting. Agent
[19875]Martinez attempted without success to telephone Oscar
[19876]Contreras Lartigue to info-m him of our visit: At 3:30 p.m,
[19877]Agent Martinez finally reached Mr. Contreras’ child who
[19878]informed him that Mr. Cont-eras was not in Tampico. He
[19880]had traveled to Mexico Citys for a Partido Republicans
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[19895]Institucional convention. When Agent Martinez asked the child
[19897]if he knew where his fathe*> was staying in Mexico City,
[19899]he responded that he did Mot. Agent Martinez explained
[19900]“to the child that he would call ata later ‘time to speak
[19902]to his mother.
[19904]Agent Martinez telepioned Noe W. Palomares at 4:00
[19906]p.m. and arrange an interview. for 6: 30 p.m. that evening.
[19908]Mr. Martinez asked Committ ze staff members to meet him at
[19909]his office at the Procuraduria General at 6:00 p.m.
[19910]At 6:00 p.m., August 10, 1978, Committee staff members
[19912]met Agent Ciprianio Martinez at the Procuraduria General.
[19914]Martinez then drove the HS7A representatives to Mr. Palomares’
[19916]office. At 6:30 p.m., Comnittee staff members interviewed
[19918]Noe 4. Palomares. 1270/
[19920]Following the interview, Agent Martinez returned to
[19922]the Maria Isabel Hotel with Committee staff members. He
[19924]attempted to. reach Mrs. Contreras telephonically at Tampico
[19926]twice without success. At 9:45 p.m., he finally contacted
[19928]her. Mrs. Contreras told. Agent Martinez that Mr. Oscar
[19930]Contreras hac totc her that ha wouid try to get a room
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[19949]at either the Hotel Regis tr Hote} San Francisco. Mrs.
[19950]Contreras explained that since there were a few conven-
[19951]tions scheduled in Mexico City that weekend she could
[19952]not assure that he would be at either hotel. Mrs. Contreras
[19953]told Agent Martinez that ste would notify him if her:
[19954]husband should call. a .
[19955]Mr. Martinez called toth hotels and inquired whether
[19956]‘Oscar Contreras Lartigue wes registered. He was not
[19957]registered at either; they were completely booked up.
[19958]Mr. Martinez attempted to reach by telephone Silvia
[19959]Tirade Byazan at ther home to ask her whether she would be
[19960]willing to travel to Washirgton- to testify ata -HSCA hearing
[19961]“cand to ask if she knew where Mr. Ernesto Lehfeld Miller
[19962]could be located. She was not at home, however. ° _
[19963]Agent Martinez expla: ned that he would attempt. to
[19964]| locate Oscar Contreras Lariigue at the hotel where the
[19965]Partido Republicano Institucional (Institutional Republican
[19967]Party) was holding its convention early the following morning;
[19969]after which he would meet the staff members at 9:30 a.m. at
[19971]their hotel room.
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[19990]At 9:45:a.m., August 11, 1978, Agent Martinez met
[19991]‘Committee staffers at thei: hotel room and explained that
[19992]he was unable to locate Mr. Contreras Lartigue at the
[19993]convention. Mr. Martinez chen left to check the where-
[19994]abouts of Mr. Alberue Suot) and Silvia Tirado Bazan.
[19995]at 12:30 p.m., Augist 11, 1978, Agent Martinez
[19996]returned to the Committee itaff members' hotel room. He
[19997]telephoned Mrs. Contreras .in Tampico who stated that her
[19998]“husband had not. telephoned her since she had last spoken.
[19999]to Agent Martinez. At 1:5) p.m., another agent, Honorio .
[20000]Escondon, telephoned Agent Martinez at the Committee staffers’
[20001]hotel room to inform him tiat Luis Alberue Suoto must be
[20002]back in town because the s:otch tape placed at the base of
[20003]his entranceway door was n) longer in Place. AT 1:55 p.m,
[20004]Agent Martinez telephoned -_uis Alberue Suvoto. During the
[20005]-phone conversation, Alberu2 denied that he had worked at .
[20006]the Cuban Embassy in the Sixties, Stated that he knew nothing
[20007]about the assassination, aid declined the Committee staff
[20008]members’ request to interview him.
[20010]At 2:00 p.m., August 11, 1978, Agent Martinez telephoned
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[20025]Silvia Duran. | Agent Martinez then gave. the telephone to
[20026]Committee staffer Lopez. hr. Lopez asked Ms. Tirado
[20027]‘whether she would be. willirg to testify sometime in September
[20028]at a Committee hearing dn bashington; ‘she answered affirma-
[20029]tively. She-stated that. September 13th, 14th and 15th
[20030]would not be "good days" because the Mexican Revolution
[20031]celebration would be takinc place and she was a planner and
[20032]participant. When Mr. Lopez asked Ms. Tirado if she- knew
[20033]Mr. Ernesto, Lehfeld Miller's phone number, she stated that
[20034]she did not, but she state: that if we telephoned her
[20035]husband Horatio at either, !16-0398 or 515-8621, he would
[20036]be able to help us. .
[20038]At 2:15 p.m., Commit:: ee staffer Lopez telephoned
[20039]Horatio Duran, who have hin Ernesto Lehfeld Miller's office
[20040]phone number, 548-4839. A. 2:20 p.m., Lopez telephoned ©
[20042]_Mr. Miller and arranged a tieeting for 9:00 p.m. that
[20044]evening.
[20045]At 2:30 p.m., Agent ltartinez telephoned Captain Ventura
[20046]to report on-his progress, pertaining to his work with the:
[20048]HSCA. when Martinez told ‘entura that he had located Alberue,
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[20063]Ventura asked Martinez if ne was alone. When Agent Martinez
[20065]lied and stated that he wai alone, Ventura told him that
[20067]he should under no circums:ances allow us to interview
[20069]Alberue. When Agent Martiiez completed his phone call,
[20071]he said, "I don't understaid why nobody wants you to talk
[20073]to him." . _—
[20075]| At 9:00 p.m., August 11, 1978, Committee staffers
[20077]_ interviewed Ernesto Lehfeld Miller. 1221/
[20079]. At 11:15 a.m., August 12, 1978, Committee staffer
[20080]Lopez called Luis Alberue Suoto at his home. When Mr. Lopez
[20081]identified himself, Mr. Aloerue immediately stated that
[20082]he knew nothing. He further stated that he never worked
[20084]for the Cuban Embassy. Whan Lopez explained to him that
[20085]‘employees at the Cuban Embassy had stated that he had ‘been
[20087]employed there, Mr. Suoto hung up. Mr. Alberue's voice
[20088]quivered throughout the short talk. -
[20090]At 11:45 a.m., Silvia Tirado called Lopez and stated
[20091]that she had thought all night about travelling to Washington.
[20092]She said she had seen a report in-the newspapers in which
[20094]Azcue had stated that the man who visited the Cuban Consulate.
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[20110]in 1963 was not Lee Harvey Oswald. She stated that Azcue
[20111]had only seen. Oswald once while she had seen Oswald at
[20112]least three times.
[20113]; Ms. Duran further stated
[20115]‘that if she testified in Washington and the Committee
[20117]concluded that she was lying she would be crucified when
[20118]| she returned to Mexico. “Wr. Lopez reassured her and explained
[20120]that. when he returned to hashington he. would send her a long
[20121]. letter explaining procedures.
[20123]At 12:05 p.m., Agent Martinez met the Committee staff.
[20124]members at the airport. te stated that Contreras and Calvillo
[20125]had not been located. The Committee staffers gave Martinez |
[20126]a list of questions to asl Oscar Contreras Lartigue. Agent
[20127]Martinez stated that he would mail the results of the interview
[20128]to Lopez at the Committee offices in Washington, -The
[20129]Committee never received iny interview reports from the
[20130]Mexican government. 7 |
[20132]The Committee staff members left Mexico City at a: 55 e. m.
[20133]and arrived at Washington s Dulles. Airport at 10:35 p.m.
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[20166]“On August 25, 1978, Congressman Richardson Preyer ~
[20167]‘and HSCA staff members G. Robert Blakey and Edwin Juan’
[20168]Lopez Soto traveled to Cuba from Miami. at 8:25 a.m.-on an
[20169]Mir-Taxi Service charter plane. The Committee representa-
[20170]tives arrived in Cuba at 10:15 a.m. They were met by the
[20171]Minister of Justice, ArmSndo Torres Santrayl1l; Washington
[20172]Consul Ricardo Escarting American Department official,
[20173]Senen Buergo; and translator, Nellie Ruiz de Zarade. The
[20174]Committee representatives were escorted to their suite,
[20176]room number 2003, at the Hotel Riviera at 11:00 a.m.
[20178]At 12:15 p.m. , the Committee representatives met
[20179]with Ricardo Escartin, Felipe Villa, Senen Buergo and
[20180]translators Juanita Vera and Nellie Ruiz de larade. “Also
[20181]present were two Cuban stenographers. Senen Buergo, the
[20182]spokesperson, welcomed the Committee representatives to
[20183]Cuba and thanked the Committee for its correspondence,
[20184]‘Mr. Buergo apologized on behalf of the Cuban government
[20186]for the postponement of a previously scheduied trip of
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[20211]May 24th and 25th, 1978. ar. Buergo stressed that in
[20212]his opinion there was a coispiracy to link Cuba to the
[20213]assassination of John F. Kennedy. At that point, he
[20214]handed four files. to Congr2ssman Richardson: Preyer. The
[20215]files consisted of: a) material concerning Santo Trafficante;
[20216]b) a letter dated 25 November 1963 from Hernandez ‘Armas
[20217]“(Mexican Ambassador in 1962 to Raul Roa (Minister of Foreign
[20218]Relations in 1963); c) the results of the Cuban government’ s
[20219]research into mis- - information linking: the Cuban Government
[20220].to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; and d@)
[20221]the report of the Investicative Committee of the International
[20222]Tribunal of the Eleventh Festival reporting on the ‘defamation
[20223]campaign to link Cuba to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
[20224]Mr. Buergo stated that both Eusebio Azcue Lopez and
[20225]Alfredo Mirabal Diaz woulc that day be made available for
[20226]interviews. Mr. Buergo siated that Nilo Otero 1222/ would
[20227]be made available for inte rview the following day, 26 August
[20228]1978. Mr. Buergo stated “hat. Rogelio Rodriguez 1223/ was.
[20229]“presently stationed in We:t Germany. Buergo stated that
[20231]Ricardo Escartin previous y interviewed Mr. Rodriguez ana
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[20246]was told by Rodriguez that he had had no contact with Lee
[20247]Harvey Oswald. Mr. Buergo stated that if the Committee
[20248]still desired to interview Rodriguez, he would be made .
[20249]available to the:.Committee. Mr. Buergo stated that an
[20250]interview with Rolando Cubela Secades 1224/ would be
[20252]arranged.
[20254]in interviewing Orestes Gu Ilermo Ruiz Perez. 1225/ Mr.
[20255]‘Buergo stated that the Cuban government had no record of
[20257]a citizen named Griselle Rubio. 1226/ Mr. Buergo inquired
[20258]whether the Committee representatives were interested in
[20259]watching the videotaped statements of James Wilcott 1227/
[20260]and Phillip Agee 1228/ at che Tribunal. 1229/ Congressman
[20262]_want to view the Wilcott aid Agee videotaped statements.
[20263]: Mr. Buergo stated thit our schedule included dinner
[20264]with the Minister of Justi :e at 8:00 p.m. on 25 August 1978,
[20265]_ fishing on 27 August 1978 'Sunday), and a farewell dinner
[20266]on 28 August 1978.
[20268]Congressman Preyer tianked the Cuban officials for
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[20272]Mr. Buergo asked if he Committee was still interested
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[20285]making both the documents and witnesses available to the
[20286]Select Committee. . |
[20287]Professor Blakey steted that the Committee was no
[20288]longer interested in interviewing Rolando Cubela. Mr.
[20289]' Blakey stated that Griselle Rubio had been found in Miami
[20290]and interviewed by a Committee investigator. Mr. Blakey
[20291]stated that the Committee wanted to interview Oreste Guillermo
[20292]Ruiz Perez for two reasons: He worked at the Cuban Embassy
[20293]in September 1963 when Osvald allegedly visited the Cuban
[20294]‘compound in Mexico City; end, he is married to the cousin
[20295]of a counter-revolutionary, Antonio Veciana Blanch. - Mr.
[20296]Blakey stated that Rogelic Rodriguez need not be interviewed.
[20297]Captain Felipe Villa stated that the Cuban government,
[20298]relying on the seriousness and honesty of the Committee’ s
[20299]work, tnought that the Conmittee should have knowledge of
[20300]Cuebela' S$ statements. Mr. Villa stated that the Committee
[20301]still needed to provide the Cuban government with the
[20302]_ following: a) a workable formula on counter-revolutionaries
[20303]that could be used by the Cuban government to aid the
[20305]Committee in its investigation cf such organizations;
[20307]+ .
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[20321]b) copies of Lee Harvey Oswald's signatures ‘that the
[20322]Cuban government could use to perform its own hand-
[20323]writing comparison test; and c) £. Howard Hunt's aliases;
[20325]Mr. Blakey stated that examples of Lee Harvey Oswald's
[20326]handwriting would be forthzoming. Mr. Blakey stated that
[20327]the Committee had not yet developed a formula for identifying
[20328]counter-revolutionary grouss active against the Cuban.
[20329]government in 1963 or a method for providing E.. Howard Hunt's
[20330]aliases. Mr. Blakey stressed that both these areas would
[20331]be discussed in the Committee's final report.
[20333]At 1:00 p.m. the first work session ended.
[20335]At 3:15 p.m. House S2lect Committee on Assassinations
[20336]representatives interviewed Juan Nilo Otero in Room 2003 of
[20337]the Hotel Riviera. Present were Congressman Richardson
[20338]Preyer, G. Robert Blakey, idwin Juan Lopez Soto, Senen.
[20339]Buergo, Ricardo Escartin, saptain Felipe: Villa, translator
[20340]Juanita Vera and two stenojraphers. 1230/ The interview
[20341]ended at 5:15 p.m. _ .
[20343]At 8:00 ‘D.m. the Comnittee's representatives met
[20345]Senen Buergo and transtato* Nellie Ruiz de Zarade at the
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[20369]Hotel Riviera's lobby.: The group was chauffered to the
[20370]Bodeguita del Medio--one of Cuba's most famous restaurants--
[20371]where they dined with the dinister of Justice, Armando
[20372]Torres Santrayll. .
[20374]At 10:15 a.m., 26 Aujust 1978, Select Committee .
[20376]_ representatives interviewed Alfredo Mirabal Diaz 1231/ in
[20377]Room 2003 at the Hotel Riviera. Present were Congressman
[20378]"Richardson Preyer, 6. Robert Blakey, Edwin Juan Lopez Soto,
[20380]Senen Buergo, Captain Felize Villa, Ricardo Escartin,
[20381]translators Juanita Vera aid Nellie Ruiz de Zarade and
[20382]two Stenographers. The interview ended at 12:45 p.m.
[20384]After the Mirabal interview Mr. Buergo asked whether -
[20385]the HSCA representatives wished to “interview Jose Verdacia
[20386]Verdacia, 1232/ the Warden of Trescornia while Santos Traffi-
[20387]cante was a detainee. Whe Congressman Richardson Preyer
[20389]stated that the Committee vould indeed be interested in
[20390]‘interviewing Jose Verdacia Verdacia, Mr. Buergo stated that:
[20392]he would be available for in interview at 3:00 p.m.
[20394]At 3:30 p.m., HSCA r2presentatives interviewed
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[20402] lators Juanita Vera and Nellie Ruiz de Zarade, and two
[20404]G. Robert Blakey, Edwin Juana Lopez Soto, Richardo Escartin,
[20406]"Vera. 1234/ Because there were no stenographers present
[20408]‘the Cuban representatives tape-recorded the interview. The
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[20419]Present were Congressman Richardson Preyer, G. Robert
[20420]Blakey, Edwin Juan Lopez Soto, Senen Buergo, Captain
[20422]Felipe Villa, Ricardo Escartin, Arais Gutierrez, trans-
[20424]stenographers. 1233/ The interview ended at 4:20 p.m.
[20425]“> On Sunday morning, 27 August 1978, the Cuban Government's
[20426]representatives took the Select Committee representatives
[20427]to. Veradero Beach. 7
[20428]At 8:35 p.m. Select committee representatives interviewed
[20429]Orestes Guillermo Ruiz Per2z at the Hotel Internacional at
[20431]Veradero Beach. Present were Congressman Richardson Preyer,
[20433]Captain Felipe Villa, Senen Buergo and translator Juanita
[20435]interview ended-at 9:20 p.n.
[20436]-On 28 August 1978, at 10:25 a.m., HSCA representatives
[20438]interviewed Rolando Cubela Secades in Room 2003 at the Hotel
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[20450]Riviera. Present were Conjressman Richardson Preyer,
[20451]G. Robert Blakey, Edwin Juin Lopez Soto, Ricardo Escartin,
[20452]‘Captain Felipe Villa, Sene1 Buergo, translator Juanita
[20453]‘Vera and Nellie Ruiz de Za-ade, and two stenographers.
[20454]Also present was Antonio Hernandez who escorted Mr. Cuebla
[20455]from prison to the Hotel. 1235/ The interview ended at
[20456]11:85 pom. | |
[20457]At 3: 25 p.m., HSCA representatives. interviewed Maria:
[20458]Teresa Proenza y Proenza in Room 2003 of the Hotel Riviera.
[20459]Present were Congressman Richardson Preyer, G. Robert Blakey,
[20460]Edwin Juan Lopez Soto, Richardo Escartin, Captain Felipe. |
[20461]Villa, Senen Buergo, Antonio Hernandez, translator Nellie
[20462]Ruiz de Zarade and two stenographers: 1236/ | The interview
[20464]ended at 4:15 p.m.
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[20468]On 29 August 1978, at 9:30 a.m., the HSCA representatives
[20469]met the Cuban delegation for a final work session in Room 2003
[20470]of the Hotel Riviera. Present were Congressman Richardson
[20471]Preyer, G. Robert Blakey, Edwin Juan Lopez, Ricardo Escartin,
[20472]Senen Buergo, Captain Felipe Villa, translators Juanita Vera
[20474]"and Nellie Ruiz de Zarade and two stenographers. 12377"
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[20494]The Cuban delegation spokesperson, Senen Buergo,
[20495]explained that Mr. Manuel Piniero 1238/ was out of.the .
[20496]country and therefore an interview could not be arranged.
[20497]Mr. Buergo explained that the Cuban delegation had located
[20498]Luisa Calderon Carralero 1239/ but because she was iW an
[20499]interview could not be arranged. - Mr. Buergo suggested
[20500]that the HSCA forward questions to the Cuban Government.
[20501]Ms. Calderon's answers would then be forwarded to the -.
[20503]Committee.
[20505]Sw
[20507]Mr. Buergo explained that Raul Roa 1240/ had a very
[20508]busy schedule. Mr. Roa felt that he could not add any more 6
[20509]information to what Nilo Otero had | already provided and declined j
[20510]the interview. | .
[20512]Material handed to the HSCA representatives at this
[20513]time included:
[20515]aja list of persons whom the Cuban delegation a
[20517]believed to have had close relations with Santo .
[20521]b) photographs depicting what the Cuban gcvernment
[20523]bejieved to be a Centra! Intelligence Agency
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[20534]photographic surv2illance base targeted ©
[20535]against the Cuban Consulate and Embassy in
[20536]Mexico City during 1963;
[20538]c) an essay entitled "Imperialism's Political,
[20539]Economic, and Military Organizations and
[20540]Agencies of Crime, such as the CIA" and
[20542]d) an article entitled "Finally We Have Eliminated
[20543]“That Pinto in the White House, said Bob, When
[20545]He Heard About JFK's Assassination"
[20546]The final work session ended at 11:00 a.m.
[20547]mittee's- representatives to the airport. At the airport
[20548]they were WE farewell by the Minister ‘of Justice, Armando
[20550]Torres Santrayl1,. Senen Byergo, Juanita Vera and Nellie
[20552]Ruiz de Zarade.
[20554]Consul, Ricardo Escartin, departed. Cuba.
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[20560]At 1:00 p.m., the Cuban delegation escorted the Com- .
[20562]“At 3:30 p.m., the HSCA representatives and washington
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[20570]Appendix 5: Biography: - Elena Garro De Paz
[20572]Elena Garro de Paz wis born of Spanish parents in
[20573]Puebla, Mexico on December 11, 1917. (ANI information in
[20574]‘this section culled.from Biography Data form prepared by
[20576]Charles Thomas.) Ms~. Garr) attended the National Autonomous
[20578]University of Mexico and liter did graduate work at Berkley
[20579]in California and at the Uriversity of Paris. In 1963,
[20580]Elena had Tong been marriei to Octavio Paz, a career 7
[20581]diplomat who is also one of Mexico's finest poets and leading
[20582]intellectuals. When Octavio was named Mexican Ambassador
[20583]to India, the couple separated by mutual consent. Elena's
[20584]daughter, also named Elena, has always resided with her
[20586]mother.
[20588]a
[20590]Since Elena spent seventeen years of her early life
[20592]in Europe she had a ratner un-Mexican objectivity about her
[20594]BN
[20596]‘native land and had a reputation for being one of its more
[20598]articulate detractors. At the same time, Elena was considered
[20600]mK,
[20602]emotionally committed to many aspects of Mexican life and
[20604]made an important contribution to its ar tistic devetopment
[20606]Sn. Sta
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[20617]In the 1960's Elena »ecame a significant writer.
[20621]Allende, Andaise por las Rumas, Parada Empresa, and £1 Viaje
[20623]are plays that have had apureciative audiences in Europe,
[20625]Hogar Solido, El Rey Mago, La Senora en ‘su Balcon, Ventura
[20627]where they were translated into German, as well as in Mexico.
[20628]‘Ms. Garro's short stories are collected in a voTume called
[20630]La Semana de Colores. The Literacy Supplement of the London
[20632]Times has called her novel, Los Recuerdos de Porenir
[20634]Pao
[20635]ee a en
[20637]splendid success." Critic: have said of her: "For Elena
[20638]Garro, there is no frontie: between reality. and fantasy;
[20640]_ in any case, the latter is a second reality--perhaps more |
[20642]sd intense--to which one may penetrate without passport. or
[20644]forewarning, thanks to the effectiveness of a literature
[20645]fired with passion, flavor and life." Many people who
[20646]knew Elena have asserted that the frontier between reality
[20647]and fantasy is also difficult for her to distinguish in
[20648]real life. (Biography Pate Fore on Elena Garra de Paza
[20649]prepared by Charles Thomas.)
[20651]Ms. Garro, fer many sears, was an active worker in.
[20653]Ca alan aR aa
[20655]the Confederacion Nactiona’ Camsasina (CNC), the agrarian
[20659]Ds ON SEN
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[20670]arm of the Partido Reformi:.ta (PRI). Because Ms. Garro
[20672]was a tireless propagandis: and agitator on behalf of
[20674]the poorer Mexican peasant:., she was on close personal
[20676]terms with and enjoyed the respect of peasant leaders
[20678]from all over the country. (Ibid.)
[20679]Elena was considered a witty, urbane and opinionated
[20681]-woman with an unflagging sanse of humor. Her forthright
[20683]opinions and sharp wit tenied on occasion to ruffle feathers
[20685]in Mexico, but her importait social, Jiteracy, and political
[20687]connections rendered her fairly immune from serious cunter-
[20689]attack until 1968. Then, 4s. Garro was forced to flee the
[20691]4
[20693]country with her daughter, Elenita and her sister, Deba
[20695], Guerrero de Galvan, in the midst of the student strikes.
[20697]The House Select Committee on Assassinations has been unable
[20698]te determine the exact reason Ms. Garro had for fleeing
[20700]Mexico.
[20702]Before her disappearance from Mexico, Elena was well.
[20704]disposed toward the United States and had been friendly
[20706]“with Embassy officers. Her broad range of significant
[20708]dersonal friends, tne views of many important to the
[20710]fea,
[20712]Se OS Se aa
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[20722]American Embassy, ‘made her a useful Embassy target. (A
[20723]"useful ‘Embassy target” isa person ‘deemed important |
[20724]enough becausé of acquaint inces to merit ‘frequent
[20725]contact, either witting or unwitting, with American
[20726]Embassy officials.) —
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[20749]SIX: GLOSSARY O}* TERMS USED IN REPORT.
[20751]’ Agent: A person who know..ngly works for the CIA on a
[20752]contract or job bisis. ; .
[20754]Asset: A.general term fo: persons, not officers, used _
[20756]by the CIA.. Fo. example, both agents and sources
[20757]are assets. An asset is anyone used in an
[20758]operation or project, whether or not (that is
[20759]aware that he i; being used. nat
[20761]Case officer: See Operat ions officer.
[20762]Coverage: Surveillance.
[20764]Cryptonym: A séries of l:tters used by the CIA to iden-
[20766]tify someone or something while protecting that
[20767]person or things true identity. All.the letters
[20769]‘ain a cryptonym ire capitalized. The first two. >
[20771]letters are assigned by the subject matter or
[20772]local to which the person or thing belongs. The
[20773]rest of. the cryotonym is randomly assigned. See
[20774]LIMITED for exanple. The "LI" designates that
[20775]the project was located in Mexico. .2) The planet
[20776]on which Superman was born. ue
[20778]- Chronological file: A folder in which material is stored
[20779]. in chronological order. Usually used for produc-
[20781]tion or communizations: type material.
[20783]Electronic intercept base: House, apartment, or building
[20785]j "that, contains eyuipment used in intercepting and
[20787]tapéing telephone conversations subject to
[20788]electronic surveillance.
[20790]Freedom of Information Act.
[20792]CIA cryptcnym for photographic project aimed at
[20793]the Soviet Embassy in Mexicc City.
[20795]CIA crvotonym, ore-1964,. for surveillance operation
[20796]aimed ac the Cubans in Mexico City.
[20798]cIA cryptcnym assianed' to one of the three bases
[20800]_which previded ghotograshic surveillance of the
[20802]“4G nt
[20804]Soviet mnbassy an Mexico Cit:
[20805]Classification Bee
[20807]‘Classified by dorivetion,
[20809]47 MF mF £7
[20811]364
[20813]2001015 Classification: | A
[20815]WUT. ULuiiel
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[20820]Classification!
[20822]- 302 -
[20824]LIMERICK: CIA cryptonym ineaning "Soviet".
[20826]LIMITED: CIA cryptonym o: one of three bases: which provided
[20827]; photographic su-sveillance of the Soviet Embassy
[20828]in Mexico City.
[20830]LIONION: CIA cryptonym for photographic surveillance.
[20831]operations aimei at the Cuban diplomatic com-
[20832]pound in Mexico City after July, 1964.
[20834]Listening post: See eleczronic intercept base.
[20836]Logs: A list of photojraphs taken and the times they
[20837]were taken prepared by agents in the photographic
[20838]base houses.
[20840]Monitors: Mexican Army officers who worked in the elec-
[20841]tronic intercept base listening to conversations
[20842]on telephone lines subject to wiretaps and
[20843]summarizing those conversations they deemed
[20844]to be important.
[20846]Officer: CIA career employee.
[20848]operat en. A subpart of a project. Often used interchangably
[20849]: with "project". =
[20851]Operations officer: CIA career employee; term usually
[20852]used in Connection with an employee with respon-
[20854]sibility for a particular operation or project.
[20856]Penetration acent: An agent who works inside a target
[20857]institution. For example, LITAMEL/9 worked for
[20858]the CIA in the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City.
[20860]P file: Designation assigned to a personality file in the
[20861]CIA's Mexico City Station. A file fcr the
[20862]retention of irformation in written form arranged
[20863]‘according to irdividual's names.
[20865]Photographic base: House, apartment, or building used for
[20866]j housing cr photograchic surveillance equipment and
[20867]_the ascents who operate ite, Always located near
[20868]_the target. - F
[20871]a
[20873]fy 404
[20875]Lae
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[20879]\ LF £7 LF £9 £7 £9 £9 “7 oe
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[20885]“aA? YR,
[20887]Sere. APIA.
[20889]. Classificatigh { te
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[20896]Pitched: Made an effort to recruit as an agent, asset
[20897]or source.
[20899]Production: Materials or “information generated by an
[20900]Operation - or project.
[20902]Project: A group or set of operations by the CIA aimed
[20903]ata specific person, institution or thing,
[20904]with the aim of collecting information, influ-
[20905]encing behavior, etc.
[20907]Project files: A folder for the retention of information
[20908]generated by, or relating to a project. Gene-
[20909]rally broken down into four sub-files: Devel-
[20910]opment and plans, production; support; and
[20911]‘Operations.
[20913]Psuedonym: False name “assigned to ‘CIA officers for use
[20914]in communicaticn channels.
[20916]Pulse camera: A camera with a shutter that is automat~
[20917]ically tripped by a triggering device activated
[20918]by changes.in light density.
[20920]oem women. CHa. wea. ee, wean, a.
[20922]_ Resuma: Daily summary cf important conversations on
[20923]: surveilled telephone lines prepared by monitors .
[20924]in the listening post. | |
[20926]Selected Out: Phrase used when a Foreign Service officer
[20927]1s retired after having been in one grade for the
[20928]maximum period of time and is not considered
[20930]qualified for fromotion to a higher grade.
[20931]Source: A person who either wittingly or unwittingly
[20932]. provides information to the CIA.
[20933]Station: A CIA over-seas “installation. It is the
[20934]Headquarters fcr operations in a particular
[20935]country and is ussually located in the United
[20936]States Embassy in the capital of the country
[20937]in which it is situated. > |
[20938]Subject file: Folder for the retention of infcrmation in.
[20939]. written forn azranged py the subject matter of
[20940]; the information af at m & - ep
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[20955]Target: A person, institition or thing at which a
[20956]. ‘project, operation or pitch is aimed.
[20958]VLS- -2 trigger device: A nachine which automatically
[20960]triggers the shitter of a camera when it
[20961]senses a change in light density. Used along
[20962]with a camera’ arda Spotting scope in a "pulse
[20963]camera.
[20965]oni _. 10? SEE SECRET |
[20967]Classified by derivaticn:
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[20982]APPENDIX SEVEN: LISTING 0° CIA DOCUMENTS CITED.
[20984]Annual Fitness Report on’ .inn Goodpasture, 1/14/64.
[20986]Article, with note in-marjin, in Oswald P file, by -
[20987]Robert S. Allen and Paul Scott, "CIA Withheld
[20988]Vital Intelligence fron Warren Commission,"
[20989]10/21/64.
[20991]Blind Memorandum entitled "Delay in sending the first
[20992]cable about Oswald. "
[20994]7 Blind memorandum re: Lee liarvey Oswald/Silvia Tirado
[20995]de Duran, Source: LI/4. 11/26/63.
[20997]CIA Component Report on w retap operations, "ZRSOLO
[20998]and ZRJOINT: Two Telephone Tap Operations,” Paul
[20999]Levister.
[21001]DIR 74830, 10/10/63. (A "DIR" is a cable from Head-
[21002]quarters to a field stition. In this report the
[21003]field station is alway:: Mexico City.)
[21005]DIR 84886, 11/23/63.-
[21007]DIR 84888, 11/23/63.
[21008]DIR 84916, 11/23/63.
[21009]DIR 85371, 11/28/63. .
[21010]DIR 87770, 12/9/63, with ittached note.
[21012]DIR 88680, 12/13/63. .
[21014]DIR 90466, 12/21/63.
[21016]DIR 16823, 7/4/67.
[21018]Draft of letter from Win ‘cott to John Barron, 11/25/79,
[21019]Foul Foe, The, by Winston Scott writing as Ian Maxwell.
[21021]HMMA 4300, 3/12/86. (An HMMAY Vs a dispatch from
[21022]Mexico city to Headquarters.
[21024]HMMA 14793, 4/8/60.
[21025]2061013 (Classification: iu
[21027]bn, ce ee a a ee SES GE ee WEERA.
[21029]" Clansitied by derivetion:
[21031]_waowaow a
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[21041]™ — - 306 -
[21043]et et
[21045]HMMA 21845, 7/30/63.
[21046]HMMA 22005, 8/23/63.
[21047]HMMA 22135, 9/13/63.
[21048]HMMA 22267, 10/8/63.
[21049]HMMA 22307, 10/18/63.
[21050]HMMA 22433, 11/7/63.
[21051]HMMA 22452, 11/7/63.
[21052]HMMA 22536, 11/9/63.
[21053]| HMMA 22726, 1/16/64.
[21054]~~ HMMA 23343, 4/30/64.
[21055]een HMMA 26006, 4/30/65.
[21056]@ HMMA 26160, 5/21/65.
[21058]HMMA 26414, 6/22/65.
[21060]HMMA 31303, 2/7/67.
[21062]HMMA 32243, 5/27/67.
[21063]HMMA 32497, 7/11/67.
[21065]-HMMW 12725, 7/8/64. (An “H4MW" fs a dispatch from CIA
[21066]Headquarters to Mexico ‘ity.)
[21068]HMMW 13645, 5/13/65.
[21069]HMMW 15557, 6/74/67.
[21070]HMMW 15422, 5/15/67. (Mexico City Cony.)
[21072]Inspector Senera!l Resort, °977, Tab 2-2,
[21074]Panes ma:
[21075]ee] 358
[21076]Clossified by derivation:
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[21080]Log Film 143, 9/25/43 LED et eds wy Fite
[21081]t Hot ag <
[21082]2ccintd Contentions ats |
[21084]se we
[21085]Lot
[21089]m |
[21091]PRA NAC ".
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[21096]‘= 307 -
[21100]entitled "LIMITED 17 July 63 (J110) to 9 Dec 1963
[21101](3163) from Archives-Jcb # 70.209 Box # 1, LIMITED
[21102]Production material.
[21104]Log Film 144, 10/1/63. through 10/3/63, in CIA file
[21105]entitled "LIMITED 17 July 63 (J110) to 9 Dec 1963
[21106](J163) from Archives-Job # 70.209 Box # 1, LIMITED
[21107]Rroduction material.
[21109]LIONION Project Renewal Request, ayes.
[21111]“Memorandum: entitled "Response to HSCA request of 25 duly,
[21112]1978," 8/20/78.
[21114]Memorandum for the Record from W. David Slawson re: ‘Trip
[21115]to. Mexico City, 4/22/6:.. ;
[21117]Memorandum from Chief DDP, PG to Chief of Operations/0DP,
[21118]2/3/61.
[21120]Memorandum from Chief of II/OPS to Chief of Operations/
[21121]DOP, 1/8/60. ; .
[21123]Memorandum from Chief/WHD. to COS/Mexico City, 12/30/63.
[21124]Memorandum from "JKB" re: Oscar Contreras, 71/10/67.
[21125]Memorandum from Shepanek -:0 Scott Breckinri dge, 7/31/78.
[21127]Memorandum from Winston Scott to the files re: June
[21128]Cobb, 11/25/64.
[21130]- Memorandum to crark Ander: on from Winston ‘Scott, 11/27/63,
[21131]with seven tachments
[21133]Memorandum to DOP from Ch ef/wHD, 1/21/64.
[21135]Memorandum to the ~ege! aA’ -tache from the: COS/Mexicn Citys
[21136]— 745/57.
[21138]Memorandum to the Ambacsa:
[21140]from Winston Se
[21141]re "Lee Oswald Cantact f
[21143]con Scott, 10/ 16/63,
[21144]nh tha Soviet embassy."
[21146]er
[21148]wit
[21149]Mexico. City TAMAS dastion Carone!} ms Bulky 2 Wk- X-7241,
[21150]Volume iv, = AP
[21151]Classification:
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[21156]2NG192)
[21158]. eh 2B. derivation.
[21160]SI LF 27 ay my
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[21173]MEXI 6453, 10/8/63. (Mex-co copy. A OMEXI" is a cable
[21174]from Mexico City. ) ae So
[21176]MEXI 6453, 10/9/63. (Heac quarters copy.)
[21177]MEXI 6534, 10/15/63.
[21178]MEXI 7014, 11/22/63.
[21179]MEXI 7023, 11/23/63.
[21180]MEXI 7024, 11/23/63.
[21181]MEXI 7025, 11/23/63.
[21182]MEXI 7029, 11/23/63.
[21183]MEXI 7033, 11/23/63.
[21184]MEXI 7054, 11/24/63.
[21185]MEXI 7101, 11/27/63.
[21186]MEXI 7105, 11/27/63.
[21187]MEXI 7364, 12/12/63.
[21188]MEXI 9332, 5/6/64.
[21189]MEXT 9440, 6/19/64.
[21190]MEXI 5621, 12/16/55.
[21191]MEXI 5741, 12/29/65.
[21192]MEXI 1950, 6/29/67:
[21193]MEXI 1991, 7/5/67.
[21195]Note from Ann Gocdpasture to Mexico City Station Cuban
[21196]Secticn, 2/3/86.
[21197]Note to Luis Echevarria, 71/23/62.
[21199]‘Notes made by A. Soodpastire for John Leader, 16 Staff,
[21200]a NS RS CRS
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[21216]re: "Background on Mex: co Station Support Assets
[21217](Coverage of Soviet ani Cuban Embassies) ;"
[21218]2/10/77.
[21220]Project Renewal Request, 11/65, attachment to HMMA 25141.
[21222]Report on Oswald from John Scelso, C/WH/3, to James
[21223]Angleton,,. c/cl, 12/24/13. |
[21225]Review of Project LIEMPTY. attachment to HMMA 15979
[21226]11/18/60.
[21228]Review of Project LIEMPTY. attachment to HMMA 17999,
[21229]10/31/61. | ;
[21231]Review of prodect LIEMPTY attachment to HMMA 20054,
[21232]10/18/62
[21234]Review. of project LIEMPTY attachment to HMMA 22387,
[21235]. 10/25/63
[21237]Routing and Record Sheet “or DIR 74830, 10/11/63.
[21238]Routing and Record Sheet “or MEXI 7028, 11/23/63.
[21239]- Routing and Record Sheet. “or MEXI 7033, 11/23/63.
[21241]Teletype from the CIA to «he State Department, FBI and.
[21242]Navy, DiR 74678, 10/10, 63.
[21244]Transcript from Cuban. Embissy, 9/27/63.
[21246]Transcripts from Russian imbassy, 9/27/63, 9/28/63,
[21247]. 10/1/63 and 10/3/63.
[21249]Undated Draft of 1977 CIA Staff Report, Tab F, "Mexico
[21250]71963)" Coverage of Soviet and Cuban Embassies
[21251](1963
[21253].
[21254]4
[21258]B. Rowtcn meeting with LIPING/3, §/26/67.
[21264]Note: in addition to tre cbove listed documents many Sum-
[21265]mavies of file reviews, depositions of employees.
[21266]nterviows of employees, esc, are cited in the report.
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[21279]and a year later Ann Go odpasture noted on a newspaper
[21280]article that such a com2arison was done. Note also
[21281]‘the MEXI 7024 reported shat HQ had all the available
[21282]information when in facc all conversations were 4
[21283]reported in a later cable, MEXI 7033.
[21285]Section III, A,.1, abov2.
[21286]Section III; A, 1, above.
[21288]Section III, A, 1, above.
[21290]Section III, A, 1, above. _ ;
[21292]688a/ Note to Luis Echevarria, November 23, 1963, CIA No. 444;
[21293]Cable re Oswald-Duran, }EXI 7029, November 23, 1963, CIA
[21294]No. 441; Raymond Rocca Chronology WX 7241, Entry 36,
[21295]November 23, 1963, CIA So. 635.
[21297]91/ See below.
[21299]92/ Note written by Winston Scott re phone call with John Scelso,
[21300]November 23, 1963; Chronology prepared by Raymond Rocca,
[21301]WX 7241, entry 37, November 23, 1963, CIA No. 635.
[21303]693/ Ibid. |
[21304]694/ Ibid.
[21305]695/ Chief of Station phone call to Luis Echevarria, November 23,
[21307]1963, CIA No. 440; Flasi1 Cable from Karamessines to
[21309]Mexico City Station, November 23, 1963, DIR 84916, CIA No.
[21310]403; Chronology of Raymond Rocca, entry 46, November 23,
[21311]1962, CIA No. 63€. - . ; .
[21313]696/ Blind Menc re Lee Harvey Oswald ard Silvia Duran, November |
[21314]—_ 26, 1963, CIA #473. ; : ;
[21316]697/ Ibid. 2 _ |
[21318]9@8/ Cable from Mexico City Station to Headquarters, November
[21320]. 27, 2963, MEXI 7101, CIA data a
[21321]2041023 Classification: 9 # 19 e ene | ~ v2
[21322]is Fe F ae RE ; Gf 4 ‘2. 4 4
[21324]LT £7 LF LF LF £9 LF £7
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[21333]~50- - .
[21334]699/ Cable from Mexico City Station to ‘Director, December 12, {
[21335]1963, MEXI 7364, CIA No. 557- -558.
[21337]700/ Cable Mexico City Station to Headquarters, November. 27,
[21338]1963, MEXI 7105, CIA No. 479; Chronology of Raymond |
[21340]Rocca, November 27, 1963, entry no. 127, CIA No. 562.
[21341]701/ Cable from Headquarters to the Mexico City Station, November 28,
[21342]1963, DIR 85371, CIA No. 464; Chronology of Raymond Rocca,
[21343]Nov. 28, 1963, WX 7241, entry No. 141, CIA No. 658. |
[21344]702/ CIA Cable from Headquarter: to Mexico City Station, . December
[21345]21, 1963, DIR 90466, CIA No. 549; Chronology of Raymond _
[21346]Rocca, December 21, 1963, Entry No. 268, CIA No. 682. _ |
[21347]703/ Ibid. |
[21348]704/ Ibid. also see ‘Section vr, B, l.
[21349]705/ CE 2120, PP. 37-40. . |
[21351]706/ Supra, p. 186.
[21353]207/ Supra, p. 187, : | . |
[21354]707a/ Supra, Pp. 187. : .
[21356]107b/ Supra, p-. 190. . . . |
[21357], 708/ Memorandum for the Record 1e Trip to Mexico City, from
[21358]-W. David Slawson, 4/22/6:, pp. 39-40. Last Parenthetical
[21359]in. the original, oo ;
[21360]709/ Ibid. ; Oo |
[21362]7i9/ HSCA Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Document #011775,p. 17.
[21364]7il/ Letter HSCA-.to Mexican gove-nment, . ', SFK Document #
[21366]712/ HSCA interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Doc. #011775, p. 20.
[21367]713/ Ibid., p. 19-23. . ; . 7 . : {
[21369]se0tp 199
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[21385]p- 30.
[21388]p. 29.
[21389]p. 45, 31.
[21390]Pp. 40.
[21394]op. 42.
[21396]p- 43.
[21398]p. 42.
[21399]p. 43.
[21400]p. 43, 51,
[21404]736/ Ibid., p. 51.
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[21419]737/ Ibid. - |
[21420]738/ Ibid., p. 96.
[21422]739/ Write-up: Wallace B. Rowto1 meeting with LIRING/3, May 26,
[21425]740/ Ibid. |
[21426]741/ LIRING/3 was a source the “IA rated reliable.
[21427]742/ Ibid. . i
[21429]743/ Ibid.
[21431]744/ Ibid.
[21432]745/ Ibid.
[21434]746/ LIRING 3's case officer's pseudonym.
[21435]747/ Ibid.
[21437]748/ Ibid. |
[21439]749/ HMMA-32243, 5/27/67.
[21441]750/ See Section, VI, -C, below.
[21443]_751/ Ww -7241, entry no. 613.
[21444]752/ FBI, CIA, State Department
[21446]753/ "Pitched" is a term used b:' the CIA to designate an attempt
[21447]to recruit an individual. . _ ;
[21449]7 4/ HSCA Interview of David Ph:.llips, 8/3/78, p. 8. See also
[21450]HSCA Testimony of Ann Goodpasture, 11/20/78, Pp. 63.
[21452]755/ HSCA Interview of David Ph:.llips, 8/3/78, p. 8.
[21454]736/ Ibid.
[21456]757/ Ibid. —
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[21470]758/ Memorandum for the Record cn Trip to Mexico City, from -
[21471]W. David Slawson, 4/22/64, pp. 22-23. Emphasis added.
[21473]759/ HSCA Interview of David Phillips, . 8/3/78, p. 8.
[21475]760/ Extremely reliable source.
[21477]-761/ HSCA Review of. LITAMIL 9 file.
[21479]762/ HSCA Interview of David Phillips, 8/3/78, p. 9.
[21480]763/ Ibid. | |
[21482]764/ Ibid.
[21484]765/ Ibid.
[21485]766/ Ibid.
[21486]767/ Ibid.
[21488]768/ Summary of CIA file review of Silvia Duran.
[21490]769/ Personality.
[21492]of why there was no "P" file on Silvia Duran, Luisa
[21494]Calderon Carralero, Teresa Proenza Proenza, Eusebio Azcue
[21495]Lopez, Guillermo Oresta, Ruiz Perez, Gilberto Policarpo
[21496]Lopez, Juan Manuel Calvillo Alonso and June Viola Cobb Sharp
[21498]The agency responded the following on September ll, 1978:
[21500]Station index cards shcw the following information re
[21501]201 numbers and "P" nunbers:
[21503]1) Silvia Duran (No info re "P" number)
[21505]2) Luisa Calderon Czrraiero P-8292 Destroyed
[21507]3) Teresa Proenza Proenza’ (No info re "Pp" number)
[21509][QD SERIET
[21511]eeg10R7 _ Classification: Lite ‘a 3 tom 3
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[21523]_. 720/ The HSCA requested of the CIA on August. 20, 1978-an explanation
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[21533]4) Eusebio Azcue Losez P-6613 Destroyed
[21535]5) Guillermo Orestes Ruiz Perez (No info re "P" number)
[21537]6) ‘No index card on Gilberto Policarpo Lopez, there
[21538]' is an index card on one Gilberto Policarpo Lopez
[21539]which does not list any 201 or "P" number.
[21540]7) Juan Manuel -Calvillo Alonso (No info re "P" number)
[21542]8) June Viola Cobb Sharp P-7381 Destroyed.
[21544].771/ HSCA Interview of Dan Neiscuir, 8/29/78, p. 1.
[21545]772/ Ibid.
[21546]773/ Ibid., p. 1.
[21548]774/ CIA, FBI, State Department.
[21550]775/ HSCA Testimony of Barney Bidalgo, £/10/78, p. 16.
[21551]776/ Ibid.
[21553]777/ Ibid.
[21555]- 778/ Ibid.
[21557]779/ Warren Commission, p. 302.
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[21576]B0/ The U.S.. relations. with Cuba in 1963-1964 were not
[21578]very good. * Gee U.&.-Cuban Relations Section.
[21579]Also, Azcue “traveled from Mexico to Cuba on November 18,
[21580]1963. 7
[21581]781/ Letter from HECA to Cuban covernment, ' , JFK Doc.
[21582]782/ See Transcript Cuba Trip 1, April 1, 1978..
[21583]7
[21585]83/ HSCA Interview of Eusebio j.zcue, April 1, 1978, pp. 12-
[21586]21, JFK Doc. # 007005. See p. 205
[21588]784/ Ibid.
[21590]185/ See Cuba procedural write-up trip. 2.
[21592]7186/ Letter HSCA to Cuban government, ; ’ JFK Doc. #
[21594]787/ Mr. Azcue could not pinpoint . the exact dates of the visit.
[21596]788/ HSCA public hearing testimony of Eusebio Azcue Lopez,
[21597]9/18/78, PP. 30-31.
[21598]789/ ibid. .
[21600]‘789-A/ Communist party member sh: Pp ) card, Fair Play For Cuba
[21601]membership card, Soviet Union residence card, marriage ©
[21602]certificate with the nane of his Russian wife.
[21604]789-B/ HSCA Public Hearing: Test: mon Ly of Eusebio Azcue Lopez,
[21605]9/18/78, p. S- 30.
[21607]789-C/ Ibid., p. 29-30.
[21609]789-D/ Ibid., p. 30.
[21611]789-E/ Ibid., p. 20.
[21613]799-F/ Azcve could not pinrcint the exacr date,
[21615]789-G/ HSCA Publis Testinoy of f Tasebic Ascue, 9/18/78, p. 32.
[21617]789-E,’ ibid., p. 33.
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[21636]789-I/ Ibid...
[21640]> 789-3/ Azcue_ could not pinpoint the time of the phone call.
[21642]790/ HSCA Public Hearing Testimeny of Eusebio Azcue Lopez,
[21643]9/18/78, Pe 34.
[21645]791/ Ibid., p. 35.
[21646]292/ 10:00 - 2:00 .
[21647]- 793/ HSCA Public Testimony of Eisebio Azcue Lopez, 9/18/78,
[21648]Pp. .
[21649]194/ Ibid., p. ee oe a -
[21650]795/ Ibid. _
[21651]796/ Ibid.
[21653]797/ Ibid., pp. 50-51. 797a/ AMIUG a CIA Defector, alleged that
[21654]‘abel Diaz was a DGt agent.
[21656]798/ Mr. Mirabal could not pinpoint the exact dates of Oswald's
[21657].visit but Opined that the: second visit. occurred on
[21658]September 27, 1963.
[21660]799/ HSCA Public Testimony of A] fredo Mirabal Diaz, 9/18/78,
[21661]p- 117.
[21663]800/ Ibid.
[21664]801/ Ibid., p. 118.
[21666]_ 802/ Ibid., p. 120. 802a/ Ibid. p. 199 802b/ Ibid.
[21667]803/ WX 7241, P. 94, entry ne. (30; Blind Meno dated 10/5/64.
[21668]804, See apvendix 5 for biograpt y
[21670]p. 94, entry no. ¢26; Blind meme dated 10/5/64.
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[21689]" g08/ Ibid.
[21690]809/ Ibid. _
[21691]10/ Ibid. | |
[21692]‘B11/ Ibid.
[21693]812/ Ibid.
[21695]813/ A "witting" asset is the title given to a CIA source |
[21696]whose information is being used by the -
[21697]CIA. . ‘
[21699]814/ CIA No. 580-583, WX 7241, intry #427, p. 92, CIA #719.
[21700]15/ Ibid.: circa October 1964. .
[21701]816/ Ibid. .
[21703]817/ Ibid.
[21705]818/ Ibid.:. Also, Winston Scott was the Mexico City Chief in
[21706]1964.
[21708]819/ CIA No.'s 580-583; WX 7241, Entry #427, p. 42, CIA #719.
[21710]820/ WX 7241, p. 94, Entry #430, CIA #721; Blind memo dated.
[21711]10/5/64, CIA #576.
[21713]821/ Personality.
[21715]822/ See WX 7241, p. 94, CIA #721.
[21717]823/ WX 7241 p. 87, CIA $714.
[21719]824/ CIA 10/12/64 memo, CIA #595; Wx 724), Be 87, CIA #714.
[21721]825/ Tichbern was Henry F - Lepe:' ryptonym. .Mr. Lopez was a
[21722]witting asset who wrote :ropaganda pieces for the CIA.
[21723]After careful review of Lopez' CIA file, the HSCA has
[21724]not been able to establish a link from Mr. Lesez to
[21725]either Ms. Odie ez Cebb. . .
[21729]aa we a7 a a BF
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[21740]826/ The Committee has not been able to determine why the ‘memo
[21741]_ was not sent to Headquar -ers.
[21743]827/ CIA 10/12/64 Memo, (CIA. #595; WX 7241, p- 87, CIA #714.
[21745]828/ The House Select Committee has been unable to determine
[21746]the agent's identity sin:e his name does not appear in
[21747]any CIA files.
[21749]829/ Memo from Winston Scott to the files, re. June Cobb,:11/25/64,
[21750](CIA No. 592-593; WX 7241, p. 88, Entry # 404, CIA #715.
[21752]830/ While reviewing LICHANT/1" 5 file the. Committee determined
[21753]that the CIA asset's tru: name was Manuel Calvillo
[21754]who Elena claimed escort:2d her and her daughter to the
[21755]Vermont Hotel for protec:ion the day following JFK's
[21756]assassination.
[21758]’ 831/ Memo from Winston Scott to ‘the files, re June Cobb Sharp,
[21759]11/25/64, CIA Nos. 592-533, WX 7241, p. 88, Entry #404,
[21761]CIA No. 715.
[21762]832/ Ibid.
[21763]833/ Ibid.
[21764]834/ HSCA Review of Classified (cIA Documents.
[21766]825/ The Legal Attache in 1964 vas Clark Anderson.
[21768]$38/ | FEI 105- 825555 Report, Dec:2mber-11, 1964 entitled Lee
[21769]‘Harvey Oswald, p. 1. ;
[21771]837/ Ibid.
[21773]838/ To be checked at FBI. ||. -
[21775]‘639/ FBI investigation of Presidunt Kennecy's assassination had
[21776]establishec that Lee Harvey Sswald had devarted Mexice ;
[21777]City by bus at 8:30 a.m. on October 2, 1963. Elena Insurgente.
[21779]840/ FBI 195-825555 Report, Decumber il, 1364 entitied Lee Harvey
[21780]. Oswald, ce. dl.
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[21792]842/ Ibid. . °
[21794]843/ Ibid. —
[21795]844/ Ibid.
[21797]845/ Ibid.
[21799]846/ Ibid.
[21801]847/ Ibid. oe
[21802]- 848/ Ibid., p. 4.
[21804]849/ Ibid.
[21806]|
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[21809]|
[21811]|
[21813]|
[21817]A review of CIA files corr-2borrated that the FBI never
[21818]forwarded the informatio. to the CIA.
[21820]855/ CIA # 586-587, WxX-7241, En:ry No. 425, p. 91, CIA p. 718.
[21822]856/ The Committee has been una>dle to determine who initiated
[21823]the discussion re Lee Ha -vey Oswald.
[21825]857/ CIA #586-587, Wx-7241, Ent:y No. 425, p. 91, CIA p. 718.
[21827]- B53/ Tbid.
[21829]829/ Ibid.
[21831]e€0/ Ibid, | OO :
[21832]_861/ Ibid. i RzAR T a
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[21852]./ CIA #586-587, Wx-7241, Ent zy No. 425, CIA p. 718.
[21853]/ See Section VI, A, 2a. __ .
[21854]/. CIA #586-587, Wx-724- , Ent-zy No. 425, p. 91, CIA p. 718.
[21855]65/ ‘Ibid.
[21856]/ Ibid.
[21857]/ Ibid.
[21858]/ Ibid.
[21860]/ Ibid.; also see HSCA inves: sigation of Elena, Garro de Paz/-alle-
[21861]“gations.
[21863]/ CIA No. 586-587, Wx-7242, intry No. 425, p. 91, CIA p. 718.
[21864]/ Ibid.
[21866]/ The House Select Committee has determined that the Central’
[21867]Intelligence Agency received the copy of the Thomas me-
[21868]morandum prior to Decemb2r 25, 1965, his next meeting
[21870]' with Elena Garro; Also, see below.
[21872]74/ CIA-No. 588, note from Staley Watson to Chief of Station.
[21874]Ibid. .
[21876]76/ Cable from Mexico City to che Director, MEXI 5621,
[21877]-. Dec. 16, 1965, CIA No. 584-585. :
[21879]72/ Ibid.
[21880]‘ Ann Goodpasture.
[21882]Cable from Mexico City to the Director, MEXI 5621, -
[21883]pec. 16, 1965 CIA Nos. 584-585.
[21885]/ Chief of Station in Mexico
[21887]| 2016103 : Classification:
[21889]72/ HSCA pre-interview of Rube 1 Duran, 5/31/78 a _ 4
[21891]NW 48327 Docid:32263889 Page 384
[21896]-Ibid.; The meeting with th: Legal Attache officer occurred
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[21901]from ClA—controfey documents.
[21903]Sucessor to Clark Anderson as Legal Attache in Mecico city. '
[21905]State Department: Letter f::om Charles Thomas to William
[21906]P. Rogers, July 25, 1969. JFK Document No. 011684. |
[21908]Ibid.
[21909]Ibid.
[21911]CIA Nos. 580-583, Wx-7241, Entry #427, p. 92, CIA #719.
[21913]on November 24, 1964. Aso, see Supra, Pp.
[21914]CIA Nos. 580-583, Wx-7241, Entry #427, p. “92, CIA #719; ="<*"
[21915]Ibid. —
[21916]ibid.
[21917]Ibid.
[21918]Ibid.
[21919]Ibia.
[21920]Ibid.
[21921]Ibid.
[21922]Ibid.
[21923]Ibid.
[21924]Ibid.
[21925]Ibid.
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[21948]902/ Ibid.
[21950]90 3/ Him: John F.. Kennedy.
[21952]904/ CIA Nos. 580- 583; Wx-7241, Entry #427, p. 92.
[21953]CIA #719.
[21955]905/ Ibid. | |
[21957]906/ HSCA Public Testimony of Eisebio Azcue, 9/18/78, p. Bv-8F
[21958]907/ CIA Nos. 580-583; Wx-7241, Entry #427, p. 92, CIA #719.
[21960]-908/ Ibid. . .
[21962]909/ Ibid.
[21963]910/ Ibid.
[21964]911/ Ibid. . a oo, _
[21966]912/ Noe Palomares was the Mexi. zan Minister of Immigration in
[21967]1963.
[21969]913/ CIA Nos. 580-583; Wx-7241, Entry No. 427, p. 92, CIA #719.
[21971]914/ Ibid.
[21973]917/ Ibid.
[21975]918/ Ibid. ©
[21977]919/ Ibid.; Also, for confirmat sOn see Memo from Legat to
[21978]Winston Scott, 10/13/66, CIA No. 564; Wx-7242, Entry |
[21979]#466, p. 98, CIA #725. |
[21981]920/ CIA Nos. 530-583; Wx-7241, Entry No. arp 9 cIA p. 719.
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[21985]Ibid.
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[22012]922/ Ibid.
[22013]923/ Ibid.
[22014]924/ Ibid.
[22015]927/ Ibid.
[22017]928/ Victor Rico Galan is dead. The Committee could not versity
[22018]Ms. Garro's allegation. —
[22020]929/ CIA Nos. 580-583; Wx-7241, Entry No. 427, p. 92, CIA p. 719;
[22021], also, Silvia Duran denied the allegation, (see HSCA Inter-
[22022]' view at Silvia Duran, 6,6/78, JFK Document No. 011775,
[22024]p.- 81 . Also, see Sec:tion VI, A, 2a.)
[22026]930/ CIA Nos. 580-583; Wx-7241, Entry No. 427, p. 92, CIA, p. 719.
[22028]931/ FBI Report, 9/30/69, pp. ‘i-4, JFK Doc. No. 011684,
[22030]932/ Ibid.
[22032]933/ Supra, p. °
[22034]934/ FBI Report, 9/36/69, pp. ‘\-4, JFK Doc. #011684.
[22036]935/ CIA Nos. 586-583; Wx-7241 Entry #427, p. 92, CIA #710.
[22038]936/ Ibid.
[22040]937/ MEXI 5621, Dec. 16, 1965; Wx-7241, Entry #426, dp. 92,
[22041]‘CIA $710.
[22043]938/ Memo to the Ambassador from the Legal Attache, 12/27/65,
[22044]CIA @¢578; Wx-7Tz41, Entr 429, o. 94, CIA #721.
[22046]940/ Ibid. ] OP
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[22061]from ClA—controllec documents.)
[22063]Ibid.
[22065]4
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[22068]42/ Winston Scott. superimposed a note ‘to Ann. Goodpasture on
[22069]this memo which read, "Can we send in a report to Head-
[22070]quarters ‘dismissing’ ou: cable? Goodpasture responded,
[22071]Dene." The cable Winstoi Scott wanted dismissed was
[22072]MEXI 5621 which reported that station was "following up"
[22073]and cabling results. Th: new cable was written and
[22074]sent on December 29, 1965; see text. .
[22076]wo
[22080]943/ ‘Gabte from Mexico City to tie Director, 12/29/65, MEXI
[22081]' 5741, CIA #575; Wx-7241. Entry #430, p. 94, CIA #721.
[22083]950/ Note from Ann Goodpasture <o Mexico City Station, Cuban Sec- \
[22084]tion, 2/3/66, CIA No. 57); Wx-7241, Entry 428, p. 94, ©
[22085]CIA #721. |
[22087]t
[22089]951/ Ibid.
[22091]952/ Ibid. HSCA Staff ‘Summary | of CIA Files on LITAMIL~7 and LATIMIL-9.
[22093]953/ See Section Ti,,A, 3 above.
[22095]54/ Classified Summary of Staf: Review of CIA Documents, un-
[22096]: dated, P. 3, CIA $763.
[22098]955/ Mesac from Lecat to Ambassaicr, 2/23/66, CIA #571; Wx-7241,
[22099]Entry 2455, ‘?P. 95, CIA #7 22. .
[22101]956/ Ibi
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[22119]957/ The House Select Committee has been unable to determine
[22120]when the copy was forwarjed to the CIA.
[22122]58/ Ibid.; see also 12/25/65 Tiomas memo for corroboration,
[22124][x
[22126]59/ Memo. from Legat to Winston Scott, 10/13/66, CIA No. 564;
[22127]Wx-7241, Entry #466, p. 938, CIA #725; Thomas ' 7/13/66
[22128]memo.
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[22134]/ Ibid.
[22136]| » 961/ Ibia..
[22138]962/ Memo - of Conversation by Caarles Thomas, 12/25/85, p. 3,
[22139]CIA #582. JFK Doc. #011684.
[22141]963/ Wx-7241, Entry #466, Pp. 98, CIA #725..
[22143]964/ "Selected out” is a ‘phrase used when an: officer is retired
[22144]after having been in one grade for the maximum period
[22145]of time and is not consiiered qualified for. promotion
[22146]toa higher ° grade. -
[22148]965/ State Department: Letter fcom Charles Thomas to William
[22149]Rogers, Secretary/State, July 25, 1969.JFK Doc. #011684.
[22151]966/ Ibid.
[22153]967/ Deputy Chief of Mission, Szate Department, Chief of Affairs |
[22154]; at the time of President Kennedy's assassination and sub-
[22155]sequent Oswald investigacion.
[22157]968/ Letter from ‘Charles Thomas to William Rogers, Secretary .
[22158]. of State, July 25, 1969. JFK Doc. #011684.
[22160]969/ Ibid.
[22161]-.970/ FBI Report, 9/30/69, ov. 3-4, JFK Doc. #011684. —
[22162]971/ Ibid. .
[22164]—S72/ Letter rom Charies Thomas +o William Rogers, Secretary
[22165]of Stace, July, 25, 1969. GFK Dec. #011684.
[22167]2001043 Classification: { | 243
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[22173]1UL VLU!
[22175]Classification
[22177](This form is to be used fer moterial extracted
[22178]from ClA—centrollec documents.)
[22180]972a/ The Committee. was: unable. -0. -determine when | Elena’ ‘found her
[22181]calendar. ~-- = = +.) Me Soe OF
[22183]97 6/ FBI Report, 5/30/69, p..4. JFK Doc. # 011684.
[22185]979/ Supra, p.
[22186]980/ Supra, p.
[22187]981/ Supra, p.
[22189]/ Letter HSCA to Mexican Gov 2rment, , . JFK Document,
[22190]‘ No. _
[22194]“oN
[22196]983/ See Mexico City Procedural Wirte-up.Trip I.
[22197]984/ Ibid.
[22199]985/ Ibid.
[22201]986/ Ibid.
[22203]287/ See HSCA Stati Interview of Betty SerratOs, 6/6/78, p. 6,
[22204]JFK Document. No. 013392 ; HSCA Staff Interview of Lydia
[22205]Duran, 6/5/78, p. 6, JFK Document No. 011681; HSCA
[22206]Staff Interview of Horatio Duran Navarro, 6/5/78, p. 25,
[22207]JFK Document No. 011683; HSCA Staff Interview of Ruben
[22208]Duran, 6/5/78, p. 16, 3K Document No. 011680
[22210]wo
[22212]88/ HSCA Staff Interview of Siivia Tirado’ Duran 6/6/78, p- 90,
[22213]JFK Dccumen® No. 012775.
[22215]200 04.3 Gat Top. $52 U's EGRET 493
[22217]! Classified by derivation
[22219]Se
[22221]a ea a a omw ma a
[22223]NW 48327 DoclId:32263889 Page 390
[22226]vee > oS S Oe OS OS
[22228]ur ULUILI
[22232](This form is to be used ‘for material extracted
[22233]"from ClA—controfle| documents.)
[22237]989/ HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, “JFK Doc.
[22238]#011775, p.; 54 : HSCA.. Staff pre-interview. of Lydia Duran
[22239](6/5/18 7- _ ar) HSCA Staff pre-
[22240]‘ Interview of Betty Serre tos, 6/6/78, om
[22241]3; HSC?. Staff Interview of Horatio .
[22242]Duran Navarro, 6/5/68, CFK Document. # 011683, p. 9 + HSCA
[22243]Staff pre~interview of Ruben Duran, 5/31/78 -
[22245]990/ Letter from HSCA to CIA, 7
[22247]991/ Letter from CIA. to HSCA.
[22249]-992/ See Procedural Write-up Trip 2, Mexico City.
[22251]993/ Ibid.
[22253]994/ HSCA Staff Review of June Cobb Sharp file at CIA Head-
[22254]quarters.
[22256]995/ Supra, p.
[22257]996/ See Procedural Weite-up Mexico City Trip 2.
[22258]997/ HSCA Staff Review of Manue 1 Calvillo file,
[22260]998/ See procedural write-up Trip 2, Mexico city and Section .
[22261]VII, C, below.
[22263]999/ HSCA Staff Contact Report, 7/7/78, JFK Document No. 10016; .
[22264]1000/ Ibid. —_
[22266]1003/ HSCA Staff Contact Report, 7/7/78, JFK Document. No. 013486.
[22267]1002/ HSCA Staff Contact Report, 7/14/78, JFK Document No. 9950.
[22268]1603/- Ibid. . . .
[22270]1004/.HSCA Staff Contact Report, 8/31/78, JER Doc. # 013487.
[22271]1008/ Ibid. .
[22273]OMICS . ~ Glontctin
[22275]Classified by derivation:
[22277]NW 46327 Dood: 32263889 Page 391
[22279]~ i - *
[22282]|
[22284]|
[22285]|
[22287]|
[22288]|
[22289]|
[22291]|
[22294]2061085 |
[22296]-HSCA Staff Contact Report, 9/15/78, JFK Document # 013488.
[22297]_HSCA Staff Contact Report, 9/12/78, JFK Document # 011344.
[22299]Ibid.
[22301]‘Ibid.
[22303]Ui ULUIILI
[22305]| Classification
[22307](This form is to be used for material extracted
[22308]from ClA—controllec documents.)
[22311]HSCA Staff Contact Report, 9/5/78, JFK. Document No. 011268.
[22312]Ibid.
[22314]Letter to Elena Garro from Committee, 9/6/78, JFK Document.
[22316]No. 011383; see also, HS°A Staff Contact Report, 9/5/78,
[22317]JFK Document No. 011268. . . :
[22319]HSCA Staff Contact Report, 9/7/78, JFK Document No. 011345.
[22320]Ibid. |
[22321]Ibid.
[22323]HSCA Staff Contact Report, 9/15/78, JFK Document # 013488.
[22324]HSCA Staff Contact Report, ++ JFK Document #
[22325]UNAM - Universided Naciona. Autonoma:de Mexico
[22327]American Embassy Incoming ‘‘elegram # A-43-570, p. 110,
[22328]CIA #737. —_ ;
[22330]Ibid.
[22332]ibid.
[22333]ibid.
[22335]Letter to Wesley D. Bowles, Chief of Mexican Political
[22336]Affairs, Office of Mexic:n Affairs, Department of State
[22337]from B. J. Ruyle, Americin Consul, Tampico, 5/11/67;
[22338]Wx-7241 Entry #597, p. 1:4, CIA #741.
[22340]Classification: FAR CA
[22342]NW 48327 DoclId:32263889 Page 392
[22344]v
[22346]See. S- Gr, Gr Em, an =. Se. SE WHE, bs a
[22348]Classification:
[22349](This ferm is to be used for material extrocted
[22350]from ClA—controlled documents.) _
[22351]- 69 -
[22352]1026/ Ibid.
[22353]1027/ Ibid.
[22357]1028/ Ibid.
[22358]7 Ibid.
[22359]Ibid.
[22361]The ..Committee could not determine when the State Depart-
[22362]ment forwarded the letter to the CIA.
[22364]Dispatch from the Director to Mexico City, 6/14/67, HMMW
[22365]15557; Wx-7241, Entry #616, p. 117, CIA #744.
[22367]Ibid.’
[22368]Ibid.
[22369]Ibid.
[22370]Ibid.
[22371]Ibid.
[22373]Cable from Mexico City to the Director, MEXI 1950, 6/29/67,.
[22374]Wx 7241, Entry #622, ‘P- 118, CIA #745.
[22376]El Sol is a newspaper, “The Sun.
[22378]Cable from Mexico City to the Director, MEXI 1950, 6/29/67;
[22379]Wx-7241, entry #622, p. 118, #745.
[22381]When Contreras was asked to identify the other four indi-.
[22382]viduals who had met Lee Harvey Oswald, he refused to .
[22383]reveal their names becai:se he feared that informing on
[22384]them might endanger his family.
[22386]/ Cable from Mexico City to Director, MEXI 1950, 6/'29,/67;
[22387]Wx-7241, entry #622, Pe 118, CIA #745. .
[22389]7 Classified by derivation:
[22391]ee a
[22393]NW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 393
[22395]Ibid.
[22397]20040 ay | Classification:
[22399]Classification ;
[22401](This form .is to be used for material extracted
[22402]from ClA-—controfiec documents.) .
[22404]- 70-
[22405]1044/ Ibid.
[22406]1045/ Ibid.
[22408]1046/ Ibid.
[22410]Wx-7241, Entry 626, p.'119, CIA #746.
[22412](2048/ Ibid.
[22414]1049/ Cable from Mexico city. to the Director, 7/5/67, MEXI 1991;
[22415]Wx-7241, Entry 627, p. 119, CIA #746.
[22417]2050/ Memo to Legat, 7/5/67 from Chief of Station; Wx-7241,
[22418]_ entry 628, p. 119, CIA #746.
[22420]. 1051/ Memo from JKB re Oscar Contreras, 7/10/67, Wx-7241, Entry
[22421]#634, p. 120, CIA #747.
[22423]1052/ Ibid.
[22425]1053/ The leaders of the group | ware Victor Manuel Barcelo, Carlos
[22426]Andaluz, Hugo Castro Aranda, Antonio. Tenario Adam, Jose
[22427]Guerrero Guerrero, Carlos Ortiz Fejeda, Daniel Molina,
[22428]Brion Balvez, Humberto Hiriarte, Oscar Gonzales, Hibam
[22429]Garcia, Pedro Sainz Zepeja, Alberto Cerecer, Jose Eduardo
[22430]Pascual, Juan Saldana, Martin Reyes Baissadel, Vicente
[22431]Lvillamar,. Rubelio Fernaadez Durado and Jesus Ochoa.
[22433]1054/ | Memo from JKB re Oscar Contreras, 7/10/67; Wx-7241,- Entry
[22434]: #634, p. 120, CIA #747.
[22436]21055/ Ibid.
[22438]Wx-7241, Entry #635, P- 121, CIA #7486.
[22440]g - -1056/ Dispatch from-Mexico City to Director, HMMA 32497, 7/11/67;
[22442]1057/ Dispatch from the Director to Mexico City, 6/14/67, HMM
[22443]15557; Wx-7241, Entry #616, Pp. 117, CIA a744,
[22445]1058/ Cable from Mexicc- City to the Direct or, MEXI 1950, 6/29/67:
[22446]Wx-7241, entry #622, p. (}
[22448]2c $1043 Classification: _
[22450]Classified by derivation:
[22452]a ee
[22454]NW 489327 DocId: 32263889 Page 394
[22456]1047/ Cable from the Director to Mexico City, 7/4/67, DIR 16823,-
[22458]i
[22462]Classification:
[22464](This form is to be used for material extracted
[22465]from ClA—controllec| documents.)
[22466]~ 91 -
[22468]1059/ Cable from Mexico City to the Director, 1/5/67, MEXI
[22469]1991; Wx7241, Entry 627, p. 119, CIA #746.
[22471]1060/ See Section VI, Cc.
[22472]1061/ See Section VI, D, above.
[22474]1062/ See Warren Commission Repcrt, pp. 299-304, 733-736; also,
[22475]' Section I, B,-.VC and VI A above. Some of the more prominent
[22476]are Paul Hoch and Peter Dale Scott ‘in the Assassination in in
[22477]Dallas and Beyond and A. T. Weberman in Coup d etat in Ame: Coup d etat in America.
[22479]1063/ See Sections VC, VIA and B respectively.
[22480]‘1064/ Ibid.
[22482]1065/ Silvia Duran.
[22484]Ruiz Perez, Nilo Otero, Maria Teresa Proenza y Proenza.
[22486]' 1067/ Noe W. Palomares, Pedro Grtierrez valencia, Silvia Duran,
[22487]Horacio Duran, Ruben Duran, Lydia Duran, Betty Serratos,
[22488]Ernesto Lehfeld Miller.
[22490]1068/ See Glossary.
[22492]1069/ The ‘Handwriting ‘Panel conc luded that the signature on the
[22493]} visa application was identical to other: Samples of Lee
[22494]Harvey Oswald's handwriting.
[22496]2070/ ESCA Interview of Silvia furan, 6/6/78, JFK Document 011775.
[22497]Consul Azcue stated that standard operating procedure at the
[22498]Cuban Consulate did not allow applications to be removed
[22500]‘from the office. (HSCA Public Testimony of Eusebio Azcue,
[22501]9/18/78, p. 41) © .
[22503]1071/ Ibid., pp. 31-33.
[22505]/1072/ See Sections II C, IIT A? and ITI B 2 above.
[22507]1073/ See. Section III B 2 abcve.
[22509]1074/ Ibid. |
[22511]1075/ CIA Electronic Surveillance transcript from Soviet Embassy,
[22513]9/27/63.
[22516]1066/.Eusebio Azcue Lopez, Alfredo Mirabal Diaz, Orestes Guillermo
[22518]203049
[22521]NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 "Page 395
[22523]i oo , . -
[22525]to _ Classification 1Ur OLLIE!
[22526](This form is to be used for material extracted
[22527]from CiA—controllee documents.)
[22531]1076/ Ibid.
[22533]1077/ Ibid.
[22535]1078/ Ibid.
[22537]1079/ CIA Electronic Surveillanc2 transcript from Soviet Embassy,
[22538]9/28/63.
[22540]1080/ Ibid.
[22541]1081/ Ibid.
[22542]1082/ Tbid.
[22544]1083/ HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Docu-
[22545]Ment No. 011775, p. 19.
[22547]1084/ Ibid., pp. 20-23.
[22548]1085/ SCA Public Testimony of Eisebio Azcue, 9/18/78, p. 36.
[22550]1086/ HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Document
[22551]#011775, p. 23.
[22553]. 1087/ HSCA Public Testimony of Eisebio Azcue > Lopez, 9/18/78,
[22556]1088/ See Sections VC, and. VIB above.
[22558]2089/ HSCA Staff Interview of Siivia Duran, 6/6/78, SFK Docu
[22561]1090/ See Supra, pe
[22562]1091/ See Sections III, Al and I‘I B above.
[22564]1092/ HSCA Staff ‘interview of Sijvia Duran, 6/6/78, cPK Document
[22565]§ 011775, P. 92-109; aisc, see Section vc fer details.
[22567]1093/ See Sections vc for detail:
[22569]1094/ HSCA Public Testimony of Eusebio Azcue Lopez 9,/18/78, p. 51.
[22571]2001059 Classification: $a
[22573]HW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 396 —
[22575]i
[22577]| Classification: ul Ur OLUNL!
[22579](This form is to be used for material extracted
[22580]from ClA—controlled documents.)
[22582]1095/ See Section VI C above and VII B below.
[22584]1096/ See Section III Al above. Telephone taps.
[22586]1097/ HSCA Staff Interview of Si! ivia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Docu-
[22587]Ment No. 011775, p. °44
[22589]1098/: The CIA's classification 0: the transcript of this conver-
[22590]Sation prevented the HSC: from directly confronting
[22591]Ms. Duran with the infornation.
[22593]1099/ See Sections II, c, 3, 4 and III Al above.
[22595]1100/ CIA Electronic ‘Surveillance: ‘transcript of Soviet Embassy,
[22596]9/28/63. a
[22598]1101/ Ibid., October 1, 1963.
[22599]1102/ Ibid. .
[22600]1103/ Ibid. le
[22602]' 1104/ See Section Iv, B above.
[22603]1105/ Ibid.
[22605]1106/ BSCA Public Testimony of Murina Oswald, + Warren Com-
[22607]mission Testimony of Geoi1ge DeMorenschildt. Warren Com-
[22608]mission Testimony of Geoige Boule.
[22610](1107/ CIA Electronic Surveillance. of Soviet Embassy, 9/27/63.
[22612]1108/ Ibid.
[22613]1109/ Ibid.
[22614]2110/ Ibid.
[22615]1iil/ tia.
[22617]2112/ The caller saié dessa.
[22619]1113/ Warren Comission Report, f. 391. | - §00
[22621]Clesiicatiod Ab
[22623]NW 48327. Docld:32263889 Page 397
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[22629]. from ClA—controllec documents.)
[22631]"14 -
[22633]1114/ CIA Electronic Surveillance of Soviet Embassy, September
[22634]27, 1963. —
[22636]1115/ Ibid.
[22637]1116/ Ibid.
[22639]1117/ ‘HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Docu- —
[22640]ment No. 011775, p. 31.
[22642].1118/ HSCA Public Testimony of Alfredo Mirabal Diaz, 9/18/78,
[22643]p. 119.
[22645]1119/ HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JEK Document
[22646]011775, Pp 23.
[22648]1120/ Ibid., p. 31.
[22650]1121/ Ibid.
[22651]1122/ Ibid.
[22653]1123/ HSCA Public Testimony of Alfredo ‘Mirabal Diaz, 9/18/78,
[22654]p- 119... |
[22656]_1124/ CIA Blectronic Surveillane: of Soviet Embassy, 9/27/63.
[22657]2125/ Ibid.
[22658]2126/ Ibid.
[22660]1127/ Ibid.; also HSCA Staff interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78,
[22661]“JFK Document No. 011775. p. 41.
[22663]1128/ Ibid.
[22665]1129/ Warren Commission Testinon’ of. Nelson Delgado, Vol. III,
[22666]=. 236-237. |
[22668]215907 ‘Warren Commission Testimon:, of Pamela Mumford, 5/19/64,
[22669]" ¥ol. II, p.. 2137; Warren ‘ommission Tastimonyv of Evaristo
[22670]Rodriguez, 7/21/64, Vil. II. 3. 34, CE 2126, Pe 7;
[22671]CE 212, p. $4,
[22672]! Oe |
[22673]CECH i 304
[22674]Classificati m: om UDP Sth: aha .
[22677]” Clestified by derivation:
[22679]a ee a a ay ay ae
[22681]NW ‘48327 DoclId: 32263689 Page 3968 \ 7
[22683]3 “Gan. YA “Lr “GR. =a. S. “GA “A <“GA wa <a.
[22685]| - | . — Classification. a Ui’. DEUALI
[22687](This form is to be used for moierial extrocted |
[22688]from: ClA—controllec documents.)
[22690]Nw
[22692]-'95 -
[22693]1131/ Warren Commission, Report, p. 301.
[22694]1132/ See Section VI C, above.
[22695]1133/ See Section VI D, above.
[22697]1134/ See Section VII D,. above.
[22699]1135/ See Sections III,A-1 and III B 2.
[22701]1136/ Ibid.
[22703]1137/ Warren Commission Report, p.- 301.
[22705]1138/ A night when ‘Oswald's activities are not known.
[22707]1139/ HSCA Staff -pre-interview of Ruban Duran, 3/31/78, ‘No. 021680,
[22708]p. 54; HSCA Staff Pre-interview of Lydia Duran, 6/5/78,
[22710]HSCA Staff Interview of - -Foracio Duran, 6/5/78, JFK’ Document.
[22711]No. 011683 p. 9; HSCA Stz ff Pre-Interview of Betty Serratos,
[22712]6/1/78, HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78,
[22714]JFK Document No. 0227784 Pp. 54.
[22716]1140/ HSCA Staff Interview of S:lvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Docu-
[22717]ment No. 022775, p.9l.
[22719]1141/ Ibid.
[22721]1142/ HSCA Staff Interview of Ruben Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Docu- -
[22723]-Ment No.011680 , p. HSCA Staff Interview of
[22724]Lydia Duran, 6/ 5/78, J!'K Document No. 011681, p. ?
[22725]HSCA Staff Interview of Horacio Duran, 6/_5/78, JFK Do-
[22726]cumént No.011683, Pp. - HSCA Staff Interview of -
[22728]Betty Serratos, 6/6-/78. JFK Document No. 613392.
[22730]1143/ See Section VI,.C, above.
[22732]il44/ HSCA Staff Pre-interview uf Ruben Duran, 5/31/78.
[22734]1i45/ HSCA Puslic Testimony of itusebio Azcue Lopez, p. 84-85.-
[22735]| So gts ig iy Sed ad PO ee
[22736], lle Se ‘ite 502
[22737]2961053 Classification: AW 1k } . =.
[22738]| Classified by derivation
[22740]Na a ee
[22742]NW 48327, Docld: 32263889 Page 399.
[22753]ee a a a a aaa
[22755]NW 48327 _Docla: 32263889 Page 400
[22757]Classification: j UF | 'd cl
[22759](This form is to be used for material extracted
[22760]from ClA—controllec! documents.) .
[22762].See Section VI, C atove.
[22764]See Mexico City Procedures write-up mei 2 Appendix. 3.
[22765]See Section VI, C, above.
[22767]See Section VI, C, ; above.
[22769]See Section VI, A 2 above
[22771]HSCA Staff Interview of $:.lvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Docu-
[22772]' ment No. 011775 , Pp. ‘81.
[22774]-Ibid., p.87=88.
[22776]HSCA Staff Review of LITANIL 9 file.
[22778]HSCA Staff Review of CIA jilvia Duran file,
[22780]See Appendix 3.
[22782]Ibid:
[22786]See Section VI, ¢c 10 abov>.
[22788]See Section VI, C, above.
[22790]See Section vi, C, above.
[22792]See Secticn VI, C . above. .
[22793]See Section vz, Cc . . above.
[22795]See Aprendix. 3.
[22797]See Section. Vz, C, 1 above. -
[22799]Ibid.
[22803]2001054
[22805]Clositied by derivations
[22807]Classification _AUF_OLUNE :
[22809](This form is to be used for material extracted
[22810]-from ClA—controlle: documents. )
[22812]aa “7 -
[22814]1167/ See Appendix 3.
[22815]1168/ See Section VI, C 1 above.
[22816]1169/ See Section VI, C, ak ove,
[22818]1170/7 Letter. from Charles Thomas to William Pe Rogers, guly 25,
[22819]1969, JFK Document No. (11684 2
[22821]1171/ See Section VI,C, . zbove.
[22822]1172/ See Section VI, D above for details.
[22824]1173/ HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Document
[22825]~~" -No. 011775, p. 95.
[22827]1174/ See Section VI, D above.
[22829]1175/ HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK No.
[22830]011755, p. 101-102.
[22832]1176/ See Section vI, D above.
[22834]1177/ HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Docu-
[22835]ment No. 011775, p.95
[22837]1178/ See Appendices II and III.
[22839]1179/ Warren Commission Report, Pp. 305.
[22840]1280/ See Section VI C above.
[22842]1181/ See Section VII, C above.
[22844]1182/ See Section VII, B above.
[22846]1183/ See Sections VI ABC above.
[22848]See Verbatim transcript of meetings prepared by Cuban go-
[22849]vernment. Hereinafter, called transcript. JFK Doc. #012212.
[22851]504
[22852]. 2001055 Classification:
[22854]NW 48327 .DocId:32263889 Page 401
[22856]> Ts ‘ee.
[22858]j : - | . Classificatior: UU OEUNE! 7
[22860](This form is to be _used for moteriol extracted
[22861]from ClA—controlle J documents.)
[22863]ca ee et
[22865]_1186/ Ibid.; see.also, HSC?. Staff Interview of Eusebio Azcue,
[22866]4/1/78,. JFK Document. No. 007005
[22868]1187/ See transcript.
[22869]1188/ Ibid.
[22870]1189/ Ibid.
[22871]1190/ Ibid.
[22873]-1191/ See HSCA Interview o1 Fidel Castro Ruz, April 3, 1978.
[22874]JFK Document # 00700¢
[22876].1192/ Pedro Gutierrez Valercia claimed that he bumped into
[22877]Lee Harvey Oswald at. the Consulate on September 27,
[22878]1963. Valencia was at the Consulate doing a credit
[22879]check on one of the Cuban employees. .
[22881]1193/ See Section VI, D abeve for details on Oscar Contreras'
[22882]allegations.
[22884]1194/ See Section VI C for details on Elena and Elenita
[22885]; Garro' s ‘allegations. ;
[22887]1195/ Elena Garro's sister who came to the conclusion that
[22888]Lee Harvey Oswald wes at one of Ruben Duran's-twist
[22889]parties in the fall of '63. ‘
[22891]Eunice Odio reported on Elena Garro's allegations in
[22892](1965. See Section \I, C, above.
[22894]1197/ Elena Garro reported that at one of the twist parties,
[22895]Emilio Carballido ard Eusebio Azcue had come to the —
[22897]- conclusion that Kenredy had to be assassinated. (See
[22898]also, Section VI, C, above.
[22900]1198/ Elena Garro alleged that Victor Rico Galan had claimed
[22901]that Lee Harvey Osweld had been Silvia Duran’s lover.
[22903]See also, Section vi, Cc, above. .
[22904]E FT B85
[22906]| Classified by derivation:
[22908]MaMa wa 7
[22910]NW 48327 Docla: 32263889 © Page 402
[22912]2084055 Classification:
[22914]v ®weaeaan ha
[22917]Classification: UP_DELKE I
[22919]4 (This form is to be used for material extrocted
[22920]from ClA—controllec documents.) ,
[22922]1199/ Diaz-Ordaz and Echeva:ria were the two presidents of
[22923], ; Mexico respectively trom 1964 to 1970 and 1970 to 1976.
[22925]1200/ ‘See HSCA Staff Interview of Horacio Duran, 6/5/78, JFK
[22926]Document No. 011680.
[22928]1201/ See HSCA Staff Interview of Pedro Gutierriz Valencia,
[22929]6/5/78, JFK ‘Document No. 011682.
[22931]' 1202/ Lynn Duran is the sis-er of Horatio and Ruben Duran.
[22933]a The Committee wished to ask her whether Lee Harvey
[22934]“Oswald had attended any twist parties at the Durna
[22935]homes.
[22937]See HSCA Staff Interview of Lynn Duran, 6/5/78, JFK Doc.
[22940]1203/ See HSCA Staff Interview of Ruben Duran, 6/6/78, JFK
[22941]Doc. # 011680.
[22943]1204/ The Committee never sont the Mexican government the
[22944]questions because a 2nd trip to Mexico was arranged.
[22946]1205/ The Committee wished so ask Ms. Serratos whether Lee
[22947]Harvey Oswald had at-ended any twist parties at the
[22949]6 . Duran homes. See BS7A Staff Interview of Betty
[22951]Serratos, JFK Doc. # 011392.
[22953]1206/ See HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK
[22954]_ Document No. 011775.
[22956]1207/>panny Flores was one >f AMMUG's (a Cuban DGl Defector in
[22957]1964) Security Officzrs. The Committee wished to
[22958]ask Mr. Plores about AMMUG's statements about: Lee
[22959]Harvey Oswald's Trip to the Cuban Consulate.
[22961]1208/ Ramon Alvarez Dupont vas a CIA agent in charge of
[22962]picking up the photographic surveillance film from
[22963]perscnnel stationed 2t the three bases anc delivering
[22965]it to his brother-in-law (unknown) and later delivering —
[22966]it to his case offic2r Ann Goodpasture.
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[22982]See HSCA Staff Write-lJps of Danny Flores. Interview
[22986]2001053 - Classifications! |
[22988]| Classification: . 1Ur OLUNLI
[22990](This form is to be used for material extracted
[22991]from ClA—controlled documents, )
[22992]_- BC -
[22994]8/8/78.
[22996]Oscar Contreras Lartiiue claimed that he met Oswald
[22997]in Mexico City in the fall ‘of 1963. See Section
[22998]VI, D above. ;
[23000]Elena claimed that. when she told Noe W. Palomares about
[23001]meeting Lee Harvey Oswald, he advised her to send an
[23002]anonymous letter to ''exas, explaining her account.
[23003]The Committee wished to. question. Mr. Palomares about
[23004]Elena's credibility.
[23006]LICHANT I is Manuel Calvillo. See Section VI, Cc
[23007]for details and sign:.ficance.
[23009]LICOOKIE I is June Cobb Sharp. See Section Iv, c
[23010]for details. \ ;
[23012]LITAMIL 7 is Consuelo Esperon, a CIA penetrator agent
[23013]working as a secretai-y at the Cuban Embassy. The
[23014]Committee wished to ask Ms. Esperon about commentary
[23015]after the assassinat: on at the Cuban Embassy about .
[23016]both Lee Harvey and ‘ohn F. Kennedy's assassination.
[23018]Litamil 9 was Luis Alberue Suoto, a CIA penetration
[23019]agent at the Cuban Embassy. The Committee wished to
[23020]question Mr. Alberue about the Cuban Embassy employees
[23021]reactions to the assassination. The Committee also
[23022]wished to question M:. Alberue about Silvia Duran
[23023]and his knowledge of Lee Harvey Oswald.
[23025]LIRING 3 was a Cuban- citizen, Carlos Jurado Delmar who
[23026]was a source for the CIA. He had reported that Silvia
[23027]Duran had told him that she had had an affair with
[23028]Lee Harvey Oswald. “he Committee wished to question
[23029]“him about Silvia Durin.
[23031]See HSCA Staff write-up of Interview with Ramon Alvarez
[23032]Durant. -
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[23050]General Jesus ‘Jose Ca:.rk Flores escorted Ruben Duran
[23052]- All the Durans recognized Miller. Horatio and
[23054]12247
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[23059]from ClA—controlled documents.)
[23061]to Russia in 1962 anil was considered by many to be
[23062]Duran's protector. jlso, Elena claimed that Flores
[23063]was at the party thai: she stated Lee Harvey Oswald
[23064]was in attendance. ‘'he Committee wished to ask
[23066]Mr. Clark Flores about all the: above.
[23068]Ernesto Lehfeld Mille): is a Mexican citizen that
[23069]resembled Eusebio Azc:ue's description of the man
[23070]that allegedly visite:d the Cuban Consulate.
[23072]Silvia said that Mil!.er was a close friend and
[23073]borrowed Horatio's cir often.
[23075]See House Select Comm.ttee on Assassinations: Staff
[23076]Write-Up of Noe W. Pulomares, 8/10/78.
[23078]See “HSCA ; ‘Staff write-.p of interview with Ernesto
[23079]‘Lehfeld Miller, 8/11,"78.
[23081]In 1963 Nilo Otero as an official in the Cuban
[23082]governménts Ministry of Foreign Relations, interviewed
[23083]Eusebio Azcue about lee Harvey Oswald's visits to the
[23084]Cuban Consulate. . .
[23086]In 1963 the Cuban government employed Rogelio Rodriguez
[23087]at the Cuban Embassy. The Committee wished to interview
[23088]Mr. Rodriguez about jee Harvey Oswald's visits to
[23090]-the Cuban Embassy employees! reactions to the Kennedy |
[23091]assassination.
[23093]Rolando Cubela, knewn as AMLASH, was prominent in the
[23094]Senate Select Committee's Book V which reported the
[23095]possibility that the Central Intelligence Agency's
[23096]attempts to assassinite Cuban President Fidel Castro
[23097]provoked the Cuban government to orchestrate the
[23098]assassination of President Kennedy in retaliation.
[23100]be a i i i ON Oi Oi iN ON
[23102]_ iW 48327 Docla: 32263889 ‘Page 405.
[23104]Classification: .
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[23107]from ClA—controlled documents.) ”
[23109]1225/ In 1963 the Cuban gov:rnment employed Orestes
[23111]Guillermo Ruiz Perez at the Cuban Embassy. The.
[23112]Committee wished to interview Mr. Rodriguez about
[23113]Lee Harvey Oswald's sisits to the Cuban Consulate
[23114]and about the Cuban imbassy employees’ reactions
[23115]to the Kennedy assassination. In addition, Mr. Ruiz
[23116]is the cousin-in-law of one of the most active
[23117]anti-Castroites, Antonio Veciana Blanch.
[23119]1226/ Griselle Rubio claimei in a letter Dec. 1963 to DRI
[23120]. that Ruby had been ia Cuba in ‘1962 or 1963 visiting
[23121]Solomon Pratkins. Tie Committee located and .
[23122]‘interviewed Ms. Rubi> in Miami.
[23124]1127/ “James Wilcott is an ex-CIA employee who appeared ;
[23125]voluntarily in August 1978 at the Cuban Government's .-
[23126]Tribunal which accus2d the CIA of complicity in the f
[23128]John F. Kennedy assassination. ,
[23130]1228/ “Philip. Agee is an ex-CIA employee who appeared voluntarily
[23131]in August 1978 at the Cuban government’ s Tribunal
[23132]- which accused the CIA of complicity inthe John F..
[23133]Kennedy assassination.
[23135]1229/ The Tribunal, held in August 1978 was an effort by the.
[23136]Cuban government to accuse the CIA of complicity in
[23137]the John F. Kennedy assassination. Ex CIA agents,
[23138]James Wilcott and Phillip Agee testified at the
[23139].Tribunal along with ex-Cuban Consul in Mexico,
[23140]Eusebio aAzcue.
[23142]1230/ See HSCA. Interview of Juan Nilo otero, 9/25/78, JFK
[23143]: Document No. .
[23145]1231/ Alfredo Mirabal Diaz assumed the Consul position,
[23146]in'the Cuban governnent's- Mexico City Consulate
[23147]on Sevtenber 2, 196: Ee was present during all
[23148]oF Oswald's visits to the consulate. Also, see
[23149]HSCA interview of Ai freco Mirakbal Diaz, 5/26/78 — JFK
[23150]_ Document ‘No.
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[23179]The Committee wished to question Mr. Verdacia about
[23180]the identities of the organized crime figures
[23181]detained in Trescornia at the inception of the
[23182]Cuban revolutionary government.
[23184]HSCA Interview of Jose Verdacia Verdacia, (8/26/78,
[23186]JFK Doc. # 012224.
[23188]See HSCA Interview of Orestes Guillermo Ruiz Perez,
[23189]8/27/78, JFK Doc. ¢ ; .
[23191]See HSCA Interview of Rolando Cubela Secades, 8/28/78,
[23192]JFK Document # .
[23194]In 1963 the Cuban government employed Maria Teresa.
[23195]Proenza y Proenza at the Cuban Embassy. The Committee
[23196]wished to interview Ms. Proenza about Lee Harvey Oswald's
[23197]visits to the Cuban Consulate and about the Cuban
[23198]Embassy employees’. reactions to the assassination of
[23199]John F. Kennedy... Also, See HSCA Interview of Maria
[23200]Teresa Proenza Y Preenza, 8/28/78, JFK Doc. #.
[23202]See Verbatim transcript of 8/28/78 session.
[23203]JFK Doc. # 012208
[23205]-In 1963, Manvel Pifliero, Chief of the Ministry of
[23207]Foreign Relations, ‘.nterviewed Eusebio Azcue about
[23208]Lee Harvey Oswald's visits to the Cuban Consulate.
[23209]‘In a-dition, Mr. Piliiero was the Cuban revolutionary
[23210]government official who met with Santo Trafficante
[23212]and gave him 24 hous to leave the country.
[23214]In 1963 the Cuban government employed Luisa Calderon
[23215]Carralero at the Cuban Embassy. The Committee wished
[23216]to interview Ms. Proenza about Lee Harvey Oswald's
[23217]visits to the Cuban Consulate and about the Cuban .
[23218]Embassy employees' -‘eactions to the assassination
[23220]of John F. Kennedy.
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[23248]1240/ In .1963 Raul Roa- inte. cviewed Eusebio Azcue in Cuba
[23249]about Lee Harvey Oswild’s activities in Mexico
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