OSWALD, THE CIA, AND MEXICO CITY WRITI'EN BY DAN HARDWAY AND EDWIN LOPEZ HOUSE SELEcr COMMI'ITEE ON ASSASSINATIONS THIS VERSION HAS GONE THROUGH THREE ROUNDS OF DECLASSIFICATION. IT WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED BY THE CIA IN 1993. THE REMAINING REDACTIONS WERE REVIEWED BY THE JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW BOARD IN NOVEMBER, 1995 AND AGAIN IN OCTOBER, 1996. ' • ., 00' ' J •• (This form is to be used for material e?Ctracted ~~iilvo/'3 from CJA--c:ontroll6d documents.) Oi:4£J75 , 0 0 OUTLINE: LEE HARVEY OSWALD, THE CIA AND MEXICO CITY; Part I • .. . ~. : ~· ·;.': ~·· I. :tntroduction. 1 1 ) · A. Issues Addressed. (p. 1.) . B. Differences Between the Warren Commission· In- vestigation of Lee Harvey Oswald's Activities in.Mexico City and the House Select Committee on Assassinations' Xnvestigation. (p~) ,. : C.. Conclusions. (p. S. ) D. Structure and Relevancy. (p~ lo.)· .i II. C~tral Int~lligence Agency Surveillance Operations in Mexico City in September and October 1963 • A. Photographic Surveillance Operations Aimed at the Cuban Diplomatic Compound. (p. 12.) 1 ' 1. Introduction. (p. 12.) I 2. Physical Positioning of Surveillance Bases .· '{ 1 and Targets. (p. ~2.) I 0 0 3. Objectives of Operation and Scope of Coverage Provided. (p. 13.) 4. Disposition of Production fro~~~: the Operation. (p. : ) I ....1'~ B. Photographic Surveillance Operations Aimed at the Soviet Diplomatic Compound. (p. 31.) .•:.. 1. Introduction. (p. 31.) 2. Physical Positioning of Surveillanc~ aase~ and Targets. (p. 31.) l j / 3. Objectives of Operation and Scope of Coverage Provided. (p. 33.) · 0 0 ,. • 4 4. Procedure and Timing Involved in Processing .f Production from the Operation. (p. 45·.) • J 5. Responsibility for the Operation. (p.47.) 6. Coordination of Pho~ographic and Electronic . Surveillance Operations. (p. 52.) f oj c. Electronic Surveillance of Telephones at the ) Soviet and Cuban Diplomatic Compounds in 1963. (p. 53.) 1. Existence. {p. 53.) 2. Responsibility. (p. 53.) a • General • (p. 53. ) b. Analysis and-Reporting of Information Obtained. (p. 54.) 3. Telephone Line_s Cov~_£ed. fF~ 56 .. b- I ~ n•· e-;: ., r ., ··...J '' 4;"i .J ;, . . . l·""' f' •- .: ..,: .. !?.:"t .. ·•;;::r- ,n"\_ · 0 . • .: Classification: ~~ ~ :.., 0 •• 0 : n._ :·; .... r" 5i f '~:0 ·i~\ .'-!'"~1°~ ~.,,' 0 l:.\ It• .. !1 0• l woo·--·---- C.::!!!!ie:d 1.:-~· c'!'~:,., 0 • 0 • • .. 4IIJ!I1' .AtJilil Aii/1 . ART . ~ I , ,., , RWI' . f'77 - ·~I j Classification:JSP SfBRH (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.} . 1, Outline: Page TWO• , )' 4. Production from Oper~tion. (p. 58.) a. Types. (p. 59.) b. Handling Procedures. (p. 59.} (1) Resuma. . (p. 59.) (2) Cuban Tapes. (p •. 60.) (3) Soviet Tapes. (p. 61.) (a) General Handl~g. (p. 61.) •: (b) Retention and Reuse of Tapes. {p. 62.) (c) English Language Conversations. · (p. 64.) (d) Handling by Tarasoffs. (p. 66.) (e) Expedited Procedure for English Language coversations or other Conversations of Special Interest. (p. 67.) (f) Handling in the Station. (p. 70.) (g) Format of Transcripts. (p. 71 .. ) . ·:. c. Voice Comparisons. (p. 72.) · ·· .. ( III. Information About Lee Barvey.Oswald's Stay in Mexico that was Known by the CIA Mexico City Station Prior to the Assassination of John Kennedy and the sources of that Information. A. Information that was Available •. (p. 72 .. ) ' 1. Information Available to the Mexico City , Station from Electronic Surveillance Aimed at the Soviet Consulate and Military.Attache's Office. (p. 73.) a. September 27, 1963, Friday. (p~ 73.) • b. September 28,. 1963, Saturday. (.p. 76.) I _.1 c. October 1, 1963, 'l'Uesday. (p. 78.) d. October 3, 1963, Thursday. (p. 79.) · 2. Information Available to the Mexico City CIA Station from CIA Headquarters. (p. 80.) 3. Information Available to.the Mexico City Station from Electronic Surveillance Aimed at the Cuban Diplomatic Compound. (p. 81.) 4. Information Available to the Mexico City Station from Photographic Surveillance of the Soviet and Cuban Diplomatic Compounds. (p. 81.} 5. Possibility that Additional Information from the Electronic Surveillance·on the Soviet Compound was Available to the Mexico City Station. (p. ~ .,;:: J1:t~ · {;.,\!F.~ '?'=• p....._,.... Classification: j~~·!--~~~!!!._llila .. .. '. ~,... ·.±, .:.:. ; ..• , .• '-' :~j u ~;t c:.. 'ii::-:~:-~:~~ ?~i;_ r l a:-~!lfi~ !:y c!eorivct=on: . C:l assificati (This form is to be used for moteriol extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) / Outline: Page Three. • 6. Possibility that the CIA Photosurveillance Obtained a Photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald. , 1 (p. 90.) a. Missing Materials. (p. 91.) ·~ b. Likelihood that the Photosurveillance Operation would have Missed Oswald. (p. 91.) ;· c. Reports of the Existence of a Photograph. ... (p. 93.) ·. {. (1) Phillip Agee Allegation. (p. 93·.) (2) Daniel Stanley Watson Allegation. (p. 97.) J'· (3) Joseph Burkholder Smith Allegation. . (p. 99.) ( 4) Joseph Piccolo, Jr. Allegation. · ( p. 10 2 • ) (5) Statements of( C::r.A 'D · ] (p. lOS.) d. HSCA Investigation of the Possibility that the Mexico City Photosurveillance Operation Produced a Photograph of Lee Harvey oswald. (p. 107.) (1) Introduction. (p. 107.) . (2) Investigation of the Allegations. 'b···i·:o... ·:-.·. - ..... 118 Clossifi'!d by derivoti<-.., .••..•. __ _ ' I ... _ _-::::=::::=~~a~&~P--- \..ICSSITICQtiOO: :-:.: • I' ·) (This form is to be used for material extracted ' ' from CIA--controlled documents.) I it. 1 -4- ( \ ' .. ~'";. ·' Commission that could possibly shed light on Oswa1d's activities in Mexico City outside of the ' Soviet and Cuban installations. .-. ' - The Warren· Report limited its discussion of Oswald's contacts with the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic missions to information obtained from Sylvia Duran and the Cuban Government:l/ At one point in the Report the Commission referred to other information: - By far the most important confirmation of Senora Duran • s testimony,. however, has been supplied by confidential sources of extremely high reliability available to the United States in Mexico. The information from these sources ' ,( , establishes that her testimony was truthful and accurate in all mat~rial respects. The identities of these sources cannot be disclosed without destroying their future usefulness to the United States.£/ The Warren Commission did not print anything in - the twenty-six vol~mes of evidence to support its stateme~t that Silvia Duran's testimony w~s - confirmed by "confidential sources of extremely high reliability." - ·:..:.;~ ~'I ••• ... t - ,-... n-:-·r·-~ ,.:;,·. . '".!·J· ,• Classification:------- •• 119 Oassified by derivation: - - - - .iiifi,· . ;;;.::...i .. - .ttl. Classification9 t428 (This form is to be used for. material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) -5- • .... ·.:· ':''!'" I In an attempt to answer the questions posed by ) Lee Harvey Oswald's visit to Mexico City in September and October ~f 1963, the House Select Committee on I Assassinations has purs~&d the following investigative procedure: 1) Conducted extensive interv\e~s, depositions, and executive session hearings involving Central Intelligence Agency personnel; ..' 2) Interviewed Cuban citizens who could have knowledge of Oswald's sojourn in Mexico; 3) Interviewed Mexican citizens who could have knowledge of Oswald's activites and associations while he was in Mexico; 4) Conducted an extensive review of the files of the Central Intelligence Agency and the .Federal Bureau of Investigation that pertain to Oswald+--and Mexico City. C. Conclusions 1) Someone who identified himself as Lee Harvey· Oswa'l d ··cal':l ed'-:the -sov·i e.t...... : . . .:. .:~.:,:~ ·.:~~. .>·: . .' •''! -~ t: CA11 s u1a,te Q.a l Oc tnbe r l:.9.63.. .;Th.i .s· \:.IQSSITICCIIOn:· . ..,._ ' ·.. ····.;...• · '· ... -· ' 120 Clotsified by derivation: - - - - e .. Classification: ~t (This form is to be used for material . extracted from CIA--controll~d documents.) -6- I individual indicated that he had visited the Soviet Consulate at least once. Other evidence from the CIA I wiretaps, and witness testimon~ indicates that the tndividual visited the Soviet and Cuban Consulates on five or six ' different occasions. majority of the. evidence tends to indicate that this in~ividua1 was indeed While the ' Lee Harvey Oswald, the possibility that someone else used Lee Harvej Oswald's name during this time in contacts with ' 4 ; ~ the Soviet and Cuban Consulates cannot 2} be absolutely dismissed. This Committee has not been able to determine Lee Harvey Oswald's activities - outside of the Cuban and Soviet Embassies ' with certainty. There is a report, which has not been confirmed, indicating that - - during his stay in Mexico Oswald attended a "twist party" at the home of Ruben . ·... ,."111:' .... -~ • - . .. .....:,_ .. __ 0 u r a n Na va r r o , the br o the· r ..::~ n·- 1aw o t'·. . - ,., • --· Classification: ~:~~~~·~-;·:··=·-= = ·: : - . . _. . ._ _, . . . , ,. . . . . . . . . I Classified by derivation: _ _ __ 1•21 ,-... '- . I l ,. ......, . .!. : ·. ! . :·; ' ·. ..liiY' ,~ ~- ~- .., . AiiJY .4liY . A Classification·· __.: L-·..J -~t.l&~J4~t1 -~ '·~ ~: · .? -~ ;· -~. ' · (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) -7- Silvia Duran. Th.ere is also unconfirmed evidence which, if true, would indicate that Oswald spent one night and parts of I two days with a. group of pro-Castro students from the University of Mexico. 3) There is a report that Oswald may have been in the company of a tall, thin, blond-headed man while in Mexico. This has not been confirmed. If true, it is possible that this same individual may on occasion, have used Oswald's name in dealing with the Cuban and Soviet Consulates. The man's name, if there was such a man, is not known. 4) On the dates that Oswald was in Mexico, the CIA had photographic surveillance operations w~ich covered entrances to the Soviet Embassy and ·the Cuban Embassy and Consulate. The CIA also had electronic surveillan~e on telephones in the Soviet Consulate and Military Attache's Office and Cuban diplomatic compciu~ds: . ... . The Classification:·__·:·_)_(--~-_:.··_.··---· ••• .1.,22 ~ tf±+p . ,. (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) · -8- \ ... • telephone at the Cuban Consulate was not s ubj ec t to that·: survei 11 ance. 'p ~-~;::~ ' 5} The CIA's Mexico City Station definitely .,~,.._.IV' knew of Oswald's contacts with both the ·( .. Soviet and Cuban diplomatic compounds ~~· \ C.·· , .. ,...,..,#'" ''""'' . :--- . 'c1 .......... . ••• , • . and of his desire to obtain an intransit .· . ~ . . '"'"'·~'_. .... _.· ' t~\ eo"'" ·~ "::. • vi sa for t rave 1 to Russ i a vi a Cub a • '(..\?V"' The source of this information was the electronic surveillance on~e Soviet 6} Consulate and Soviet Military Attache's Office. All infonnatio.n in the possession of the I. ' 1 : \ , .S- CIA Mexico City Station was not reported to CIA Headquarters in an accurate and expeditious manner prior to the assassination. 7) With the exception of a ~ew, possibly benign,. i rregu 1a rlt i es, and cons i derfn-lg the possibility that not all of the information available to the Station has been provided to this Committee, the information in the possession of the j.·:; ~ . ~-·" CIA Mexico Station was reported in an ) .. {.. ..( (.. Classification: • ••~1111!1~-!!rt!!-~-~=--l!!I!£!!1!!!!'-!~-!!D'-, a ~.i ~EJ ~~:2:.::·~::; 1 :.:~.~~ t r• :• C.-.t~;r;.r. ...r L., C:··-i"c~-: . . ~· .... ....... ' ... w ...... ... • ..... - · . ··-··- · - - - · · 1"" 4 Classification! ~ ~;~~Jl "-· ;~~-- ~tl--...,~~~~p..~- (This form is to be usec:L for .. material extracted from CIA--controtled documents.) · .j -9- .... } t accurate and expeditious manner after l I _J the assassination to headquarters. . ; 8) With the exception of those areas that I ·I involved sensitive sources and methods, such as theinformation pertaining to the ! ; electronic and photographic surveillance ; of the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic compounds, information developed by the CIA in Mexico was generally relayed ,, , . ' lt • to the Warren Commission in an accurate and expeditious manner. 9) It is the conclusion of this Committee that the CIA's ph'lto-survei11ance \,.~' operations in Mexico ~ity probably obtained a photograph of lee Harvey Oswald entering either or both the Soviet and Cuban Consu]ates. The CIA denies that such a photograph exists. Hence, the dispostion of this photograph is unknown. .. -·· --::"\ ., -'~ --., .- . ' ·"-n-it- ::• "¢$ _, ... .-~-.............. Classification: -~ :._.,.~ ~-::·L::·, ·• .-.. -··:~ c , - , •• ,..:, : J ~ ... ,.,. -. ; : ·: i :: . ~ • .... ..czea• 4f& {This form is fo be used for material extracted from CJA--confroll~d documents.} I ;;9A- ......• 10} The CIA telephone.surveillance on the Sov- ~ ...* ' iet Embassy taped several calls of a man using the name "Lee Oswald." These tapes ,, ...... D"I\C., . . c-' ...... ~' were.~~tained for a routine two week period and were most likely erased shortly after 16 October 1963 •. These tapes were probably V\() existence at the time ~f the assassination. 11} The Committee is aware of the allegations that Silvia Tirado de Duran may have been an intelligence agent for either the Cubans, Mexicans or Americans. Ms. Duran was pro- :~ bably never employed by Cuban intelligence. While there is no direct evidence on the question other than Ms. Duran's ~enial, the Committee believes that the circumstantial evidence that tends to indicate that Ms •. .r:-= Dura11;.;.-had a relationship of some type. with . . either .Mexican or American intelligence is of such a nature that the possibility can not be dismissed. 2 . ... .... 125 Oas'.lified by derivation: - - - - ·--···---"' '"1-.,., (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) -10- • .. J' ,_ D. Structure and Relevancy i The following report detailing the results of this Committee's investigative efforts regarding Mexico City is divided into general areas: 1) CIA surveillance operations in Mexico City during September and October of 1963; 2) Information about Lee Harvey Oswald's stay in Mexico ·city that was known prior to the assassination; 3) Retonstruction of the CIA Mexico City Station and Headquarters activity ', 4) regarding Oswald prio~ to the assassination; Mexico City reporting of information after the assassination; - .. ·6) 5) Witnesses from the Cuban Consulate; Investigation of related information that was not available to the Warren --- Commission; and 7) Reconstruction of Oswald's activities in Mexico City. ... :. I ' ry. .' . /l ... ._ f-!. ... /-..,. ~ .-""!·--1· ..... ~. •, t ,Ji,) II ~,.., £."'·'-r¥ '• ~ ··C-lassification: · ·:·..~~ /"-.,, . ~ ~~'i:P- ... _,.-:- ... ... tli~~ ......,,.__, .. "' .f.a;,-· ' .• _,....._ . ..... _ ..4/t;i"W ,I,....,.,. ..... ~ tl{~ ......... Oassified by derivation: _ _ __ ~-· ~ ... -~ / -126 ~..,. ~illilli"' - Ji;. Classification:··""!i~?!it,}!ii!!!!H~.~i~p~r~;L!Jf1~;-~i-,n;-·,._r==--· ~ ~:.l ~fi.UU\i!:. j .• (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-control~~d documents.} / -11- • ... -.-:- ~ I The reader should he advised at the outset i ) tbat··the first section following is technic~l tn nature and may not appear directly relevant at . ! I first blush. But the report is cumulative in.. IJ.aJ:.ure. :.. J The s~ecific, detailed analyses of the standard ., operating procedures in the first s~ction are necessary to, and form a partial basis for, the reconstruction of the Mexico Ctty Station's handling of t~e Oswald case. There are many. gaps - left by the documentary and testimonial evidence concern.ing the manner in.which the CIA's Mexico s .......•. ,;J· ····.A. • ;.! ".\: City Station and Headquarters ·reacted to Oswald's \,.. f'\ .:.. •: ~·<'. j~\•'.> •. • ,.. ' . .,._, .. ·: ..,c " presence in Mexico City. A knowledge of the ....•'"-•\ t '~- .'.... . , '....·-== \, . .. ."· ~ .. - _.. ,. - ' t. way in which the Mexico City Station operated and ~ · ·~ .?"\..: >: the procedures involved in those surveillance ',..,_, ,,...•··'<: • ,. ..... ' • operations which detected Oswald is valuable in ·.\.c-...•·. filling the gaps of the specific case which;.·i!S~·e subject of this report. II. Central Intelligence Agency Surveillance Operations in Mexico City in September and October 1963 . . .I........ 9 Classification: __.-_ ..·-_.--·--..:.-----: ... . ~· ·' I I'•;• 1 I .•• .. ... ; . ... .i 127 2 ~ .. \ ·;:_; • t . Classified by derivation: _ _ __ ·. Classification:··""!i~?!it,}!ii!!!!H~.~i~p~r~;L!Jf1~;-~i-,n;-·,._r==--· ~ ~:.l ~fi.UU\i!:. j .• (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-control~~d documents.} / -11- • ... -.-:- ~ I The reader should he advised at the outset i ) tbat··the first section following is technic~l tn nature and may not appear directly relevant at . ! I first blush. But the report is cumulative in.. IJ.aJ:.ure. :.. J The s~ecific, detailed analyses of the standard ., operating procedures in the first s~ction are necessary to, and form a partial basis for, the reconstruction of the Mexico Ctty Station's handling of t~e Oswald case. There are many. gaps - left by the documentary and testimonial evidence concern.ing the manner in.which the CIA's Mexico s .......•. ,;J· ····.A. • ;.! ".\: City Station and Headquarters ·reacted to Oswald's \,.. f'\ .:.. •: ~·<'. j~\•'.> •. • ,.. ' . .,._, .. ·: ..,c " presence in Mexico City. A knowledge of the ....•'"-•\ t '~- .'.... . , '....·-== \, . .. ."· ~ .. - _.. ,. - ' t. way in which the Mexico City Station operated and ~ · ·~ .?"\..: >: the procedures involved in those surveillance ',..,_, ,,...•··'<: • ,. ..... ' • operations which detected Oswald is valuable in ·.\.c-...•·. filling the gaps of the specific case which;.·i!S~·e subject of this report. II. Central Intelligence Agency Surveillance Operations in Mexico City in September and October 1963 . . .I........ 9 Classification: __.-_ ..·-_.--·--..:.-----: ... . ~· ·' I I'•;• 1 I .•• .. ... ; . ... .i 127 2 ~ .. \ ·;:_; • t . Classified by derivation: _ _ __ ·. Uf&i·allt (Thi$ form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) / -12-. A. Photographic Surveillance Operations Aimed I at the Cuban Diplomatic Compound I 1. Introduction The Mexico City Station of the Central Intelligence Agency maintained phot~graphic surveillance on the Cuban diplomatic compound during September and October of 1963.~/ The purpose of this operation was to get fdentifiable phot~graphs of ~individuals who vi.sited the Cuban diplomatic compound.4/ 2. Physical Positioning of Surveillance Bases and Targets The Cuban diplomatic ~ompound covered one city block in Mexico City between Tacubaya~ Francisco Marquez and Zamora Streets. The entrance to the Cuban I -~(,\~\· _§,mbassy was 1 ocated on the corner of Tacubaya and C'"'-'''c." ~ Francisco Marquez.S/ Next to this entrance on Francisco Marquez Street was another entrance fo~ automobi 1 es .§j ., The entrance to the Cuban Consulate~ [· ... - Classification:::;~·~··l_.~·~:~-~-~~~·1 as •.a~.--~----- ...·. ' ': . .. .. ~ ·• ~- 1-28 ..1· ·..ac;ssi.fiecroy :.aerivation~ _ _ __ (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--control~ed documents.) -13- \.. • ,, ....... ··\ ()."" t < • -~ t \\ which was in a separate building from the Embassy~ was 1ocated on the corner of Francisco Marquez and Zamora.I/ The CIA surveillance post was located at 149 Francisco . Ma-rquez Street.!/ An agent photographed visitors to the Embassy from one· window in the third floor apartment at 149 FrancisGo· Marquez Street.~/ A pulse camera covered the entrance to the Consulate from a second window in the same third floor apartment.lQ/ 3. Objectives of Operation and Scope of Coverage Provided One CIA of~icer, who claimed to have had a marginal role in this surveillance operation, remembers that they had ~rouble covering both·the Cuban Embassy entrance and the Consulate entrance.]J_/ 11 The Cuban Embassy cov~age had more so phi sti ca ted equipment ~,'ve,... u s i ng a pu1 s e camera wh i c h frequent 1y de ve 1 oped --- 4::.' c. '. mechanical difficulties. 11 12/ Two former CIA employees who were in Mexico City in 1963 remembered that there were two cameras covering the Cuban diplomatic' - Ms. Goodpasture, compound.l3/ . . -a case offic~r _____.., in the ~· Classification: · ·· '":.-·"'-'..' ·· : .-.. · - ~')·'·. ,..._ / •• I~ .. ·.- ...! . . ... \ ...... 1 ~ . • \ \ .. , . ·r: . . ' . .::.)... _; •. •. -~ - ··~.. ,j . . 129 ! Oass•f•ed by aenvatron: - - - - - ;;; ""'ICSSITICaiiOn: · ) u ~z ¢.,.;e..~~~a\~s (This form is to. be !-_'Se~_ f~':_J1!0!~rial .. ~xtracted -from ClA~ontrol~ed documents.) I -14- • ! ·""!..... Mexico City Station, testified that.she could not remember the locations of the two cameras-14/ David ·A. Phillips, Chief of the Cuban Section in the Mexico City Station, testified that the Consulate entrance was covered along with the Embassy entrance.lS/ Mr. . \ :\ '-"" .( Phillips was not absolutelv sure of his recollection, c).//"" ~ '~ .- but thought that it was possible that the Embassy entrance had been c~vered by a manned phot~graphic base and the Consulate entrance was covered by a pulse camera.!§./ The CIA staff technician who serviced the cameras arrd trained the agents at the CIA photographic base that covered the ·Cuban compound was interviewed by the House Select Committee on Assassinations. technician stated that he had set up the cameras in The - the phot~graphic base at the inception of an operation in the early 1960's designed to provtde - - photographic survei 11 ance of the Cuban ·compound. For a short time after the inception of the operation, the technician had been responsible for maintaining .. liaison between the agents inside ~he base and the Station. After the agent's training was completed, Classification: ..... ,_...,~. -"""':. -.:.--~···- .,...,.~ .... ~ ' r;:· •, \., 1-41'. l l , ·c.") \ ·: . ' ...... J . a ·- i;.!:t•·~ ·- .. : •. · ~ _.; .,i.,._r jl I .... ~ .... \1 Classified' by aerivation: - - - - ... '.lf\ ' Classification: a ~ ~IFJ.-"'~~--pi!IP.r 1:1·-"~ .":" ; ~ &.;....."1 . . ~· ... ~ ~-·:.! • i (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controll.ed documents.} -15- .. J .. f the technician turned the liaison responsfbJlities over ~ I ~\\.c..~ I I to a case o f f i c e r -lZ.I He could not remember with '\:"" certainty the identi.ty of that case officer, but "'' thought that it may have been Robert Shaw.18/. -·ihe technician remembered that the operation had or~gina11y covered.the Cuban Embassy entrance with a manually operated Exacta or Leica camera •. He said that ~his camera had been set up on a tripod and was equipped with a Bal-Scope.19/ Later, accordi~g to the technician, a pu1s e came r a wa s i ns t a 11 e d i n th i s bas e • The pu1s e camera was set up to cover. the Consulate _entrance, while the agents continued covering the Embassy entrance with the manual camera. The technician could · ,,, ......, not remember with certainty when the pulse camera was J~~~v ~ installed in the base. The technician told the House .) Select Committee on Assassinations that the exact time, of installation could be checked by revia.w.in·g the project files maintained at CIA Headquarters.20/ The technician remembered quite a few details about how the pulse camera had been set up and how it worked. He remembered that the shutter was t~Jggered by a device attached to a ~pot~irag s~ope.• 21/ The Classification: {:.:.;~ . ~-: __ _ .. ~ P • ~ ~ , .. I!· "r'· 131 ..(.i . I :_;. •. Oossifiecl by derivation: - - - - .... ._.v.,•• aw-....••-...• ••. a;y;::=.~ . ' r: J' In •·. • ' • ·' y~ ~.;::Y~ ~~ - · ... ·.:.~ 14 C,j .,i (This form is to be_ used _f~~m~terial extracted ,, from CJA--controllt;d documents.) -16- . -..• ·•.•· ( I triggering device was activated by cha~ges i.n light - i ; } intensity. The spotti~g scope was trained on a very narrow area of the door latch of the Cuban Consulate i entrance. f; The camera itself covered a much broader field than the spotti~g scope. so as to make sure that a pe~son triggeri~g the camera The camera was set up -- .. - .; . by passing between the spotting scope and its target, the door latch, would be phot~graphed from the waist up ._g_g_; The technician stated that the agent in the photographic basehouse serviced his own cameras, and developed the film and made contact prints ·fn the ' ~' basehouse.23/ The agent coveri~g the Embassy entrance ke pt a 1o g co r res po nd i. ng to t h.e ph ot ~ grap hs t a ken • 24I The project files for this operation bear out - the technician's recollections. files by the House Select Committee on Assassinations An examination of these - revealed several of the technician's monthly reports. An examination of the chronological file of dispatches -- passing between CIA Headquarters and the Mexico City .- Station turned up one additional monthly report that was not located in the project . file. . -. ,· A third relevant Clcssification: __.....~ llllli!!!!!~~--_.. ·: . '·•" .... . ..... ,. ........,.. 132 ' ~ ~ .-,,.. · 11· ·c. ' ~· '''"' .. .. .' ..... : Oossified by derivation: - - - - Classification: j 1~!" ~~~8 !i!f" (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.} I / ... 17- • dispatch was made available to the Committee on 20 N~vember 1978. The report in th~ dispatch ' chronology covers the period of 1 September to 30 September 1963.l[/ The dispatch reports that on ' 23 Septembar 1963 the ~gent who ran the Cuban photographic basehouse called the technician into the .. ' basehouse to discuss the layout of the Cuban Consulate.26/ The entrance to the Cuban Consulate had been closed in 1961 due to harassment and stink ' bombings.27/ A few days prior to the 23rd, the Consulate had once again opened its door to the pub~ic. · Prior to this reopening of tbe Consulate door, the photography ', "': agent had limited his coverage to the main E~bassy gate.28/ He used an Exacta camera with a Sal-Scope with a 30-power eyepiece. The dispatch reported, however, from the position he had to cover the main gate, - he could not ebver the newly reopened Consulate entrance.29/ The base agent told the technician that at ' tl. that time, approximately seventy percent of all the ' -d visitors to the Cuban compound were using the Embassy entrance and the remainder used the Consulate entrance.30/ 133 I Classified by derivotion: - - - - ~; HT ..6JY M' .4ii!Y. A1Y .Ail' .. .' (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) -18- .. The technician discussed this problem with the case offic.er for the project, Robert Shaw.31/ Mr. Shaw ' . t asked the technician to add additional photographic I coverage to the basehouse so as to cover the Consulate door.32/ On 26 September the technician tested equipment for use in the basehouse.ll/ The dispatch goes on to say: On the morning of 27 September, PARMUTH installed the VLS-2 Trigger Device at the LIERODE basehouse and used the 500 mm lens issued with this system, one 400 mm Telyt, one reflex housing to be used with the Telyt adapted to fit the Robot Star camera, one Robot Star Camera, one solenoid release for mounting and triQgering the Robot Star camera,· one Kodak~~-100 adapted for single or burst type exposure, one sole- noid release to be used with the K-100 ... one 152 mm f/4 Ci~e Ektar Lens, and two additional tripods.34/ The photography agent was instructed to test each camera for four days. The report says that the results of these test days will be forwarded to the Technical Services Division at Headquarters as soon as they become available.35/ On 7 November 1963 the Mexico City Station filed a report on the functioning of the pulse camera.36/ This dispatch is referenced to Classification:---:------ !t 1; .• . . . ~· ~; --;~·-!':~,!.·i~~~~~~r:1· .• r·• ~)- '· rO....,~'Oaisifi~,bv,. c.v""::a: derivation:----- ... .·fi.···iz;.:..f CJ .......... ., 6~· ... ..... , - ...._. - -·--- Lj ,~._. ... _....., ' \ .~ .. ,. &.ii/r·r \...lassiticataon: 0IS( ,i'6t lt~t (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled ;, documents.)· -19- HMMA-22307, paragraph 5, ~.37/ It says that the VLS-2 triggering device had been performing well with little false triggering. The 500 mm lens·was .. replaced with a 6-inch _., lens so as to obtain wider coverage of the Consulate door.38/ During the first two weeks that the pulse camera was in operation: the VLS-2 triggered the camera anytime that anyone entered or left the Consulate door. This dual photography used an excessive amount of film,so the base agent adjusted the VLS-2 so that it only photographed people leaving the Cuban compound by the Consulate door.39/ The base agent used "the K-100 camera with the 152 mm lens for one day and t u r ned i n 10 f e f (s i c ) of 16 mm f i 1m... 40I Samp 1e s of the photos taken "on that day" with the camera are enclosed with the dispatch.41/ The Robot Star camera that c.• was placed in the~~ase on September 27 broke down~after four days of operation and was replaced with a second Robot Star camera.42/ This Robot Star broke down after five days of operation. At the time of this dispatch in November, a Robot Star camera was ·in operation.43/ - Samples of this camera's ... .,;-photographs Ciassi~icuq,;.<»rit j. '· , N ,~ !:~ i·-:; :a. ~ a. M ") ! ~ ~ t :.".~ c ... u .:. i j l.~ i it:,; C:::. ~- . . :_. ':"·'· ;-_;. .·, .. . . ~ '-.:. ~- 1"<1)d "'~ - · · • · · • •.. • ...: c.) - '-J u I Oassified by derivation: _ _ __ • . ..:.. . ft¥ (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) · i. -20- ) ~ • I ·; were also sent with this dispatch.44/ Hence, between i I ) September 27, 1963 and November 7, 1963, at least three, and possibly four, cameras were used in the photo base with the VLS-2 a~tomatic triggering device. On the 27th, the photo-technician installed two cameras, the K-100 and the first Robot Star, with the VLS-2 ' ' triggering device.![/ The K:-- 10.0 .. was .used .for one day.46/ The first Robot Star worked for four days; a second Robot Star worked for five days.47/ a Robot Star was in operation at th.e base.48/ not clear whether the Robot Star which was worki~g On 11/7/63 It is - ~'1:. at the time of the November dispatch was a third f camera or one of the earlier ones which could have been repaired. In any event, the Station asked that a new camera be sent to replace the Robot Star.!!/ J On June 1964 the CIA M•xico City Station sent a cable to Headqu_arters alerting them that they were - - ·Sending up the negatives from the pulse camera coverage of the Cuban Embassy.iQ/ All available n~gatives and five packages of undeveloped film were sent to r'lr'.• ,(..~. ; Headquarters by transmittal manifest #252572.51/ n:·("· .... '·. ·.·; .., ... ) Classification: .;. .·~-:-----:--·-... ~··--.:.....···•-: ~..: . ·, 136 'd Classified by derivation: - - - - Classification: ___..:-..iiiiiiiiiiii;;;;=:;;;=:;;..- (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlle.d documents~) - 21 - • The cable apologizes for the delay in sending the . negatives caused by "consolidation and dating ... 52/ The cable suggests that Headquarters retai~ possession of the negatives and informs Headquarters that the negatives will be forwarded to them on a regular basis. ~./ A tra.nsmittal manifest is 11 Uriaccountab1~ ... 54/ That means that the document and the material it transmits is not made part of the record and is, there- -~ .. ,...C• y ,..,..-:... .... fore, unretrievable. 55/ ~· v-. The CIA made the photo-technician's monthly . (~port for December available to the Committee on 16 Novem- "ber 1978. ~/ On the ~orning of 17 December 1963, a 35 m~ Sequence ~amera was installed in the base house with the VLS-2 trigger device. §]_! The installation of this Sequence camera was probably in response to the request for a replacement camera in HMMA-22433. On 22 June 1965 the CIA Mexico City Station sent a dispatch to Headquarters to familiarize them with the details of the pulse camera operation. 58/ 'J{'! ~ {: -~'C•""l ,..,_ .. ' ... ·.! •. .:. ·.•: ... Classification:------- I Oassified by derivation: _ _ __ ~- .41'. ~, ..., ..,, .41Y. ~· ~ Il!!!!!~;,~ Classification: ~~~IJ~-~~· ~.·...,~~fi;~(O~[i~r;~;~-- _.tu: ~":":,~··. ~-:=:-..:: ··~---(, .... Classification:': .. ·~· . ; ·~"(··_.·: ~~~--~: ;. 01 ..:-~. ·. ·~:.·,_)\ ~·~ 7.0d ~~:;~·.::·;.::;rl-.1~::--. ~1 ...... Classified by derivation: - - - - itx< e:tai~It I -· . . .. . .• .--F.'i' '-lassification·t ~ (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) Ai. / -23- said, in.part: First, while admittedly there are contra- ' dictions in tne Agency•s written records,· these records nevertheless suggest that an impulse camera was in operation when Oswald visited the Cuban Embassy. Such a camera would·have automatically been triggered ' to phGtograph any person entering the Embassy. In addition,· it has been determined by this Committee that Oswald entered and exited from the Cupan and Soviet compounds on at least five separate occasions, reiulti~~ in ' a total of ten opportunities during which Oswald could have been photographed by CIA surveillance cameras. The existence of an ·~..,c... Agency· phot~graph of Oswald has been further i·...• ~~ ' I . corroborated by CIA personnel both in Mexico· City and at Agency headquarters who claim to have seen this material. · Finally, on October 6, 1978, .a manuscript written by the late Win Scott, former Chief ' ~ p of Station of the CIA's Mexico City Station, was reviewed by a staff member of this Commit- - tee. While the criti~ism can be off~red that Scott's manuscript has not yet been established as a true record, relevant portions of this manuscript .do suggest that the contents are accurate and that photographs of Oswald were in fact obtained by the CIA's Mexico City sur- veillance operations. At page 273·of the manuscript, Scott wrote: · • .a ' These visits and conversations are not heresay; for persons watching these embassies photographed Oswald as he '\\ ,~ . , \ v;\· - .. ,._' 'J entered and left each one; and clocked the time he spent on each visit. The conversations are also known to have taken place, including the one in which he told the ,. Soviet to whom he was talking that he should have heard, received a message, from the Soviet Embassy in Washington, indicating 1'39 d Classification: · - ·- · ·- · · - · -·. · · · . n.r· ,.,_ ·. . . , "' ~· ( 1 :.··.c-:. "' . ·} ... "_., . ~ . ~ : .. ~ .·... ·~ --.. ... ·::.t.-..:.aassified::.by .derivation: - - - - \...l assificati on: .~t-~Mi:.,w;t;iiiiiii:ai:.ifi;~~· ~ - &Zi' (This . form is to be used for material extracted . from CIA--controlled documents.) -24- i • obviously that a Soviet Embassy official - l f• in Washington had offered to help Oswald. Scott • s comments are a source of deep concern to this Committee, for they s~ggest your Agency•s possible withholding of photographic ,~ -?. ~..:'"' . <\ ~ "".::.'"" . , ~ materials highly relevant to ~his investigation. ~ Therefore, the Committee reiterates tts . I request of May 2, including but not limited to an~ and all pbot~graphs in the CIA•s possession -· of Lee Harvey Oswald resulting from CIA surveillance operations directed against the Soviet and Cuban Embassies and Consulates in Mexico City .. In addition, the Committee -: requests a detailed explanation regarding the· withholding of any and all photographs in the CIA•s possession of Oswald resulting from CIA surveillance operations directed against the Soviet and Cuban Embassies and Consulates in'Mexico City.65/ The CIA responded to this letter on 25 October 197b.66/ The CIA informed the Committee that it was their belief that the pulse camera was not in operation during September of 1963.67/ ' First, there was no pulse camera •.• opposite the entrance to the Cuban Consulate until December l963 ... In fact,-there had been no photographic coverage of the Con~ulate entrance prior to the visjt of Lee Harvey - Oswald to Mexico City ... The Consulate entrance had been closed for some time, and after it was reopened the 27th of September ' was scheduled as the day for installation of photographic equipment for its coverage. Difficulty was experienced in the installation and the technicians had to machine a part for ... -. ··:;;..,..., ' Iii -·,! .. -a · .... .. au1·f·ed 1 ... :.b y d. er•vat1on: • · ---- ·. Classification: '~ ~l / (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) I •-25- the equipment .•• The technicians probably had to make the part in question. en that date, or at some date not long afterwards, there was test photography of the entrance •.. Various difficulties were experienced with the equipment .• which seems eventually to have been resolved by install~tion of the pulse camera in December 1963. There is no question about the sequence set forth above.68/ HMMA-22307 definitely reports the .installation of the two cameras and a VLS-2 trigger device on 27 September 1963.69/ But the cameras did not function smoothly.70/ HMMA-22433 reported that the : K-1 00 camera broke down_ after one day's operation.. 71 1 . It was replaced with the first Robot Star, which had also been installed on September 27. The first Robot Star broke down four days after its installation.72/ A second Robot Star broke down after five days of , ~ operation.73/ A Robot Star was working on 7 November 1963, when HMMA-22433 requested that Headquarters send a replacement camera to Mexico.74/ In all likelihood, that request was filled with the installation of the Sequence camera on 17 December 1963 detailed in HHt4A-22726.li/ Under this interpretation of the documents, the operation would have gone into continuous .. ..: .. ~ .) . ........... . .... : .....,; Classification: .a:..,.,:; ......:1I ~~ (. . .- • ~ .:= ·.:. "'-' -.., (,..., - :rc :r_ ~~ "" _;,.,;.,.w "=-- 1. .{'\ ....:a.. Classified by derivotiou: - - - - Li..~ ~ ~ ·~~~ (This form is to be used ·for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) J: , -~ -26- operation in mid-December 1963 as claimed by the CIA. But .t.he first pulse camera was set up on Friday, September 27, 1963. The documents do not specify the - -, days that the ~~; gi nal cameras functioned. HMMA-22307 says: (The base agent) was requested to test . the Robot Star Camera for four days and the. K-1 00 for another. four days. 76/ · HMMA-22~33 says: (The base agent} used the K-100 with a 152 mm lens for one day, turning in 10 fee {sic) of 16 mm film ••• The Robot Star and the Telyt 400 mm lens are now being used with the VLS-2 on this project ... The Robot Star camera which was given to (the base agent) with the VLS-2 - .4 broke down after four days of photographing. (The technician). replaced this with another Robot. Five days later the second camera "' failed to advance proper1y.77/ This Committee believes that it is reasonable to assume that the base agent started using the equipment ' immediately after it was installed.78/ day that the K-100 was used would have been either Hence, the one - the 27th (the day it was installed), the 28th (a Saturday} or the 30th (the following Monday). It - is also reasonable to assume that the. Robot Star was put into action the day of, or the day following, the breakdown of ~he ~;.1 00 .• This. c~~era. wor~ed_ fo~. four CaassJracatton:. · · :·.: ~: . >.:.-·~:~·:6.·,·· -.e· .,. . •.. : ... ( t) t:. ~J C r ' : '.'.: . . I ..... II . 1 , .; . , 'I 1·42 ··'f'.'!' trdJ,{~~~; derivation~ - - - - ' Classification: J Yf' (This form is to be . used for materiol extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) · -27- - days. So the Consulate w~s probably the subject of photographic surveillance from 27 September to - l October, assuming that the five days of coverage from the ori gina 1 cameras s'ta rted on the day of i nsta 1 ~~ti on ' and ran continuously, except for Sunday, ·september 30th. - ·- The base agent developed the film from the pulse camera and turned it over in negative form to his con tact. 79/ The film was probably routine 1y ,\o sent to Headquarters. The technician who set up the cameras in the base house said that the objective of the operation was to get identifiable photographs of all v~sitors ; ' to the Cuban compound.Sl/ The goals of the operation were spelled out in the 1966 Project Renewal request. Its original objectives, still current, include furnishing photographic cover~ge during dayl~ght hours of the.Embassy and Consulate entrances.82/ Even though this was the stated objective, Ann Goodpasture testified that she was not sure, but thought that the coverage of the Cuban Consulate and Embassy would have been continuous only during office hours.83/ This was also the recollection of David '; • • ; •: . * Classification:~·~-~---~·~'.·!!:-=-. .~~~-!· -~-:...:::.7-i-:- ···: .. ,...., ~·;,;~;I . . · .... · :.. o~......., •1 1.4"3 1 Classified -by dt"rivotion: • (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) . -28- • Phillips.84/ During September, October and November of 1963, the Cuban Corisulate was open to the public ~ 'r·~t(.. . .: l.\ ... from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; the Embassy was open .. ~-. to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.85/ A blind memo, dated 11/27/64, entitled "Memo passed to Mr. Papich of FBI with info on photo coverage of Embassies and info on Kostikov," implies that the coverage on the Cuban Embassy was of a continuous nature during daylight hours. This memo · also implies that there was a coverage of the Cuban Consulate.86i The technician who serviced this operation in Mexico City remembers that he tried to get full daylight coverage of the compound but that it was very difficult.87/ He said that the manual coverage was usually good but that human error had to be taken into account when considering the manual coverage. He pointed out that it was hard for a person to maintain constant attention in such a sedentary job and, hence, some visitors would get by the manual operation.88/ The technician also remembered that he had set up the pulse camera to provide constant daylight coverage .89/ By 19~5-· the pulse camera \'las r--: ~.,. , . . ,...,...... 1 ..;::'~. \.;~~·.:·.:·:~ Classification: -~ .: ::.: · ~; :!... !ibl ..._., ....... .. ·: ···,~· ·. .. :•:- ........ . li ,, "14 4 I. . Classification: IQP SEGqEJ (This form is to be used for material extracted· " •· from CIA--controiL~d documents.) -29- .. only working for.six hours a day.90/ The House Select Commrttee on Assassinations has not been able to determine the scope of the pulse camera coverage during September and October 1963 by examination of the production because that production, if it exists, ! .'• . has not been made available for review.9l/ The CIA has made the photographic production and logs from the manual coverage of the Embassy . entrance available for House Select Committee on produ~tion , - Assassinations review.92/ All from the manual camera coverage of the Cuban Embassy for the months of September, October and November was examined.93/ This examination revealed that the coverage of the Embassy was fairly consistent between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on weekdays.i[/ There was - coverage, with a few exceptions, on every weekday.96/ There was no coverage on weekends.97/ During the three- - - month period examined by the House Select Committee on Assassinations, only four weekdays were not covered by the photographic surveillanc~ operation aimed at ... the Cuban Embassy.98/ There was no evidence in the files of serious technical difficulties or·camera J .::· .. - - ., ........ -~ Classification: -~ < .-~: · ..:-; ~:"c---:= 145 Classification~ I ·I ·-' •••. , · · · :, lit r.; tVJfl t~~!!.'J e~ ~-.~ 9, · (This form is .to be used for material extracted from CIA-cantroUed documents.) -30- • problems in the manual operation during these three .• months.99/ 4. Disposition of Production from the Operaton The photographs from the manual camera were maintained in a chronological file at the CIA station in Mexico City.lOO/ These photographs were . . -- routinely shown to a penetration agent in the Cuban Embassy for identification purposes.lQl/ After this agent left the employment of the Cuban Embassy in 1965, the photographs were sent to the JMWAVE £tation in Miami, Florida for review by Cuban defectors such as AMMUG/1.102/ The disposition of the pulse camera photographs in general, beyond the fact that as of 1965, and possibly earlier, the production was routinely sent to Headquarters, is unknown.l03/ The CIA denies that the pulse camera was functioning during the time Oswald was in Mexico.l04/ If the Committee's belief that the pulse camera was func~ioning on the days that Oswald visited the Cuban Consulate is correct, then ~0 the ultimate disposition of the photo~raphs produced on those days remains a mystery. ·-; .-· ( l ~.. : •f"\ .·.~ Classification: :::gs•.ii'.:.:J•.~tci--\.;:•:. ~•.:. .:_•..•. •..;•J•..i•~ ...,..;.J.,.;.,.... 14 6 ,._ ...., ' , .. .J s..,./ ' · ' : Classified by derivatic-n: - - - - 1 (This form is · to be used for material extracted from ·CIA---controlled documents.) / ~ J -31- ) • J B. Photographic Surveillance Operations Aimed at the Soviet Diplomatic Compound ,. . - 4 I .! 1. In trod uc t ion The Mexico City CIA Station maintained '~ photograph·ic surveillance on the Soviet diplomat·ic . ; compound in Mexico City in 1963. sites, or bases, were used in this operation.l05/ The primary objective of the operation was to photograph Three photographic ' people who visited the Soviet Embassy.106/ operation, generally, covered the main gate of the Snviet .compDund bet~een 900 and 1800 (or dark) The 'J. """: on weekdays and from 900 to 14~0 on Saturdnys.107/ 2. Physical Positioning of Surveillance Bases and Targets.l08/ 'p .... ':'·-- - ,.., .. ,.... ,, ..., ~ ,:;~.... '~-: i ,.j ~ .Classification: ~ :(Vd . ' ., .: !~ 1.1"'1 q 4 .-, , (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) -32- LIMITED (primary photo-base located_.-.; in a lst floor J / apartment>.-------- GELATI CHICONTEPEC LILYRIC (second photo- r=gate------, '' base located in a 2nd floor apartment)------ : : ; : (IJ :CJ Soviet ;; Compound :~ • 1 r I J 'r ,. !: 'I .i - I .:.. ' J :: -p .. - Classification:·; .I:-~·;::; \', ,~· . Classified by derivation: - - - - ,. ... .1' em···.,. ,. 148 - il\.! ~ . .. .· , ~II. "i\1 .;A w.....,. (This form is to be used f~r material extracted from CIA--controlled r. documents.) -33- • j There were three bases which pr~vided photo- ; . : .• graphic surveillance. of the Soviet diplom~tic compound in 1963.109/ One of the bases overlooked the enclosed garden or. "backyard'• .~rea of_the Soviet Embassy.llO/ The other two bases, of primary concern to this .. :. Committee, covered the entrance to the Sovfet compound.lll/ The primary base, LIHITED, was . directly across the street intersection from the main Soviet Embassy gate; the secondary, or "back-up," LILYRIC base· was across the street and down a little way from the main Embassy gate.112/ 3. Objectives of Operation and Scope of Coverage Provided The purpose of this operation has also been described .as being to obtain photographs of Soviet officials and their f,.a~ilies; all foreigners (non-Latins) who visited the Embassy; and cars with foreign license plates.ll1/ One of the main purposes of the photographic bases that covered the Embassy gate was to obtain a photograph of every "foreigner," or non-Latin, in contact with the Soviet Embassy.l14/ Classification: · :..J ::?. :~. ;:-.· ~.,::; .:-. ~ ........ ;-; .... • ·•. '1 ••. l 149 '-":;t; .:..:.:Classified by derivation: - - - - (This form is to ·be used for material extracted from CIA--contro~ed documents.) -34- • ·I This was done in an attempt to identify possible 1 Sovi~t espionage agents. My underst~nding of that was that it was to j be used to identify those people who might -~ be ~orking for the Soviets as espionage··. agents who were U.S. citizens who went down there driving a car with a U.S. license plate on it, or people we did not know but could identify. Jhe same procedure was also used for trying to identify people other than U.S. citizens ••• llS/ It is reported that the Mexican nationals who manned the photographic bases and actually took the photographs had an "uncanny ability" to pick oOt foreigners.116/ The House Select.Committee on Assassinations next attempted to determi. ne ,the scope of the phot9graph i c ' coverage on the main gate of the Soviet Embassy. a minimum, the Embassy was probably covered by tne phot9graphic operations during office hours. "The At - instructions were to cover the entire work day · (office hours) .•. 11 117/ ''Instructions were to cover ' office hours, photograph each new Soviet and family, all foreigners and foreign license plates."ll8/ The ' normal work hours of the Soviet Embassy during September and October of 1963 were from 9:00a.m. to 6:00 p.m.l19/ ?·'"'..·· (~ .. ' ~ Classification: :: ' !~"""...! . ........ ~ ··' . '~ 150 • ""- ~ .... I , ..... } Clcssifled "by·derivation: _ _ __ (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) I "-. : i • cov~rage There are some indications ·that the. phot9graph:lc was more extensive than just office bours. ' Even tho~gh the Embassy was not open past 6:00 p~m., visitors could still gain entrance by ri~gipg the. gate ' bell. 11 ''Russian speakers can. get in any time. 11 120/ One CIA officer who was. in Mexico City . remembers that the photo surveillance was constant except for - instances where it would be down for security reasons ' or equi.pment malfunction. 11 121/ dated 11/27/63, entitled 11 Memo passed to Mr. Papich of FBI with info on photo coverage of embassies and A blind memorandums - info on Kostikov," says, in part, We have phot~graphic coverage during daylJght ' - hours on the USSR, Cuban, CzPchoslavak and Polish Embassies. Their consulates are located in the embassies and therefore the coverage of the embassies would include coverage of the consulates. The photographic ~ coverage is of a continuous nature during ·- daylight hours. However, weather conditions and other factors affecting any photographi~~ efforts require that the coverage not be - considered as total or complet~.1221 Ann Goodpasture was questioned about the scope of the photographic coverage on the Soviet compound. She said: I cannot give you the exact time (of coverage). I can guess, and my guess is that they were Classification: --.: .::·:'\ "!":"\ ,r:-\ =· '; .... ·. ·- · ..:""'.': - 4 .. • :<» .:. :f. . --"' 151 ~·;.;. ~~;:! .:·Oauified by derivation: - - - - (This form is to ·be used for material extracted from CIA--controll~d documents.) / \,. -36- • open most of the time when the Consulate was opened for business hours. But the per- son who would have that information, the only person who would know, is tht case officer who was handling the project at that time.l23/ Ms. Goodpasture explained the discrepancy bet~een the· time of coverage as stated in her notes and testimony . and that in the 11/27/63 memorandum by saying t~at the memorandum referred to the coverage instituted after the assassination of John Kennedy.l24/ An examination of the photographic production from the LIMITED base shows that the coverage from that base prior to the assassination was fairly uneven.125/ The log sheets for this operation show that, if anything. c~veragc decreased after the assassination.126/ The House Select Committee on Assassinations reviewed production and log materials from one base, LIMITED, which covered the gate of the Soviet diplomatic compound. 127 I The LlMI.TED base was referred to as -- the "primary" base because it began operation before the LILYRIC base opened.l28/ Classification: ~ ~ifi\IJ!IIb!lll~m~'l:'':{.•.-•...•..li_b~·~'J ~IZil'-'~ .J ~ ·l.· t..r.. l ,r:_"· :. .,. ...· 1~.·; J,_'J t' . . ........ ii '?n fj 15 2 ! C1c~~ified by c~ri,·ofiC"t'": - - - - · - - - - •• ... ~:.. l (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled ~ac:uments.) / \... . I -37- ·' • ~·~ :s~ : .. . 1 LILYRIC was planned as an alternate base to LIMITED. It was in an upper story ••• on the ) same side of the street as LIMITED but in the middle of the block South. It had a slanted view of the fro.~t gate of the Sov~et Embassy.129/ The following ~Shart lists the production from the LIMITED base which was made available to the i' House Select Committee on Assassinations.l30/ Date Hours of cover- age stated 'Time of 1st photograph Time of last photograph Number of Photo- graphs taken . rft :Aug. 31 ·sept. 1 800-1400 800-2000 956 1009 1220 1321 8 6 (Sunday) (~aturday) ~~ 2 830-1900 935 1556 19 . 3 - 830-1800 ·1131 1334 18 4 830-1800 1001 1715 43 5 1200-1900 1238 1510 12 ., 6 830-1800 . 926 1702 39 7 *************NO COVE~GE*********~w~**********~* 8 *************NO COVERAGE************************ 9 900-1900 1159 1640 3 10 830-1800 855 1119 17 11 900-1900 1132 1550 14 12 900-1900 1015 1233 7 13 *************NO COVERAGE************************ 14 1000-1400 1047 1344 lO(Saturday) 15 *************NO COVERA~*********************** 16 *************NO COVERAGE************************ 17 900-1900 .: -' 1133 ; 1549 19 18 *************NO COVERAGE************************ 19 900-1900 1105 1654 13 20 *************NO COVERAGE************************ 21 *************NO COVERAGE************************. 22 *************NO COVERAGE************************ 23 900-1900 1137 1300 7 24 *************NO COVERAGE************************ 25 900-1900 1040 1137 6 26 *************NO COVERAGE************************ 27 900-1900 1018 1146 16 Classification: · ... -··- I"";"'." I';":'••'.' • ,:_.. •. .. : : ..,,' ~ .. 1 r.'=l Jt.l Classified by derivation: - - - - .. · -. ·-tf•·· ,...,.. , .• - . ... Classification:·~~H;¥ri~rt·~·!1'-J-1~~···1. 111 -·--~fr~ :i ~rJ U!titi ~~:! .:J ·.(ill·PJ- · (This form is ·to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) -38- • , 28 *************NO COVERAGE************************' 29 *************NO COVERAGE************************ 30 ************.*NO COVERAGE************************ Oct. 1 900-1900 1251 1251 2 2 900-1900 1139 1259 14 3 900-1900 1200 1222 5 4 900-1900 1103 1251 21 5 ******"'*******NO COVERAGE************************. 6 *************NO COVERAGE************************ 7 900-1900 1158 1235' 6 8 900-1900 1219 1232 5 9 900-1.900 1108 1210 4 10 900-1900 1031 1719 18 11 900-1900 1522 1733 9 1 12 1000-1400 1002 1015 2 (Saturday) i 13 *************NO COVERAGE************************ 14 800-1900 831 944 12 15 *************NO COVERAGE************************ 16 *************:t-10 COVERAGE************************ ~7 900-1900 . 1624 1649 7 18 12·00-1900 1404 1437 2 19 *************~0 COVERAGE************************ 20 *************NO COVERAGE************************ 21 *************NO COVERAGE************************ 22· 1200-1900 1305 1307 3 23 24 25 26 1200-1900 1200-1900 -· 1200-1900 -· 1000-1600 N.A.+ N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. lt.A. N.A. --- h ,, 14 (Saturday). +Not Av~i1a.b1e. r;.."': ,. I'; ... t ·.w.l~ ........ Classification: i:~;i:·:iiiiii.-~--~~··r-i?i_,: ..·· .. .• - :......,•" . .,, ,.: I ' •! I (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled document$.) -39- Given the somewhat uneven nature of the coverage maintained by LIMITED,131/ the House Select Committe~ on Assassinations staff asked whether the two bases were run in conjunction so as to provide more comprehensive coverage. T~IA 8 .] the proj ec·~ • s case officer, did not remember that this was ·the case • . He did remember that both bases operated at the same time so as to get the most complete coverage possible.llf/ ( ~::tA B ·}as not sure whether there was routine coverage of the Soviet Embassy on weekends.133/ He said that it was possible that there was routin~ c o·v e r a ge o n Sa t u r day mor ni ngs . 134/ , An examination of the project file maintained by.the CIA on the photographic coverage of the Soviet Embassy does not bear ou{ e~A S ~]assertion J that the two bases duplicated e~forts. project file confirmed ~~~t the bases complemente~_ each In fact, th~ ~ other rather than duplicated efforts. case in 1960 when a project review stated: This was the f ·~ Clcssification: __.;.;.;:~·.:::--.. .:.:-.-~~--· · · :; , .. - . ."....; .~.. ;. ; ••- ..J ·i 1s·s ~ o~mified by derivatiOf': - - - - 1is· I..J 9! 1~·4- a .,.f §-o 0 Classification: 0 (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.} -40- • LIMITED - This base compiles daily logs indicati"ng all arrivals, departures and where possible, identities of every person visiting ' ' or working at the LIMERICK target .•• LIMITED's photographic coverage is still concentrated on visitors, as opposed to employees, to ~he LIMERICK installation ••• LILYRIC photograph$ also are concentrated on visitors to the target, as opposed to employees. It should be noted that LILYRIC operates for photographic coverage during the hours from daylight to 1400 hours. each daY of the week except Sunday. ·- The LIMITED base maintains photographic coverage from 1400 hours to darkness each day except Sunday.l35/ In 1961 the project review said:· ' 1. To collect operational information pertaining to LIMERICK personnel and physical facilities through use of photographic base houses. Three photographic bases, LIMITED, LILYRIC~ •. contribute to this ' objective. To avoid repetition, the Station is omitting the usual description of the functions of these three bases and how they contribute to the above objective. There has been no ~hange in the coverage as described in the 1960 Request for Project Renewal.l36/ Similar statements are included in the project reviews. for 1962 and 1963.137 I At one point a move.:..was=..made at Headquarters to close the LILYRIC base: 0 Classification: ': . • 00 .. ~ 0 ... t Clcnified by c!erivctio::: - - - - - .......,·" --""" ' .:--· --- ... ~ ·Classification.."" "'· · j • t1 ~t:J ~r:m:.::J~ lb . {This form is . to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) .~_ \. • ..• ·. _.·=·~:: ~. FI/OPS recommends strongly th~t the photo coverage be review•d f~om th~ standpofnt of value and usefulness with a view to determining whether the llLY~rc activity could not· be safely elimtnated and the additional phot~graphic.cove~age conducted on ~-more selective bas1s, w1thout materially affect.i!19 overall usefulness.l38/ The Mexico City Station took exception to this .·. recommend a ti.on: While HMMA 14093 correctly referred to LIMITED, LILY~lC ••. as phot~graphic base- 0 houses," the Station would like to emphasize that photpgraphtc cover~ge is only one of their functions. LIMITED is used as a radio dispatch base for automobile surveillance teams in addition to physical surveillance of persons enteri!19 the front. gate. Thefr photography is n~gl~gible compared to their other duties •. The LILYRIC base performs the best photography of persons visiting the front_ gate, perhaps because the vantage point for taking the pictures ts from the second floor and above the street traffic which partially blocks LIMITED photographs. LILYRIC also does individual reports on LIMERICK personnel entering and leaving the main gate ••• l39/ .ln 1964 the~Mexico City Station restated the operatirag .; procedures of the tw·o bases in a dispatch referenced to the above paragraph from HMMA-14793: ... . -. .. ~;. -1.'::• u··! a. ti.\...::;.•··... -- ;.,. .. r..C . , •. - 15 ... dc!sified by derivation: _ _ __ Classification:i-~}SJ .. '·. . , ) ffP,- · 1 1. ~:/ ~ (lf.__ ... . ·~ :J > (This form is to be used for material ·eXtractecf from CIA-controlted documents.) -42- • - < .of J The Station feels that it would be helpful to summarize at this time information previously reported to Headquarters (see ' ' paragraph 3, reference B) concerning the photo basehouses under this project and thereby give Headquarters an updated frame of · reference in which to view the roles of the - ; various basehouses. The LIMITED and LILYRIC basehouses provide coverage of front of the LIMERICK - ins-tallation •. Although on ·the surface it may appear that these two basehouses provi~e duplicate take, this is not tHe case. It has been the Station's experience in running the unilateral· LIEMPTY operation that a 0900 to evening workday, which would be required of a single basehouse in order. to cover the LIMERICK target effectively, is just too long for any pair of agents to remain effective. J This is especially true when it·is considered A that these basehouse operators are essentially unsupervised during their-workday. It would ,.. also be impossible for a single base-house to· l provide the kind of coverage this station needs ~ on the target installation, especially during the peak hours of activity, namely .late morning and ear.ly afternoon •. For these reasons, the LILYRIC basehouse generally operates from 0900 to 1400 or 1500 weekdays. LIMITED operates from 1200 to 1800 or dark ._ (as the daily situation dictates) on weekdays, and 0900 to. 1400 on Saturdays. (These hours are subject to change to fit Station needs.} Special coverage for Sunday is arranged on a need basis; however, past experience has shown ' regular coverage of Saturday afternoons and Sundays is not rewarding. This schedul~ provides for both basehouses to be in action ' 2 ......... 1, , .•. (·~·- • ~.... , . .] ' ... #• ..• -• .... Classification: -~-~~·_.•·_~: :·~_.!1 ._1. ~l,!l!·~_:· :u·: u~\1-ibl ;,; -~ .. ,... 15B ' ~ 1: I Oassified by derivation: - - - - . ..., • . . ...,. ..,.-· /ff~Y·~ Air~' ~ .ttl ,.---- .. Classification~-~lji--@Q!2!11Q._111~1i-l!··~~·..!-1f11.;;;~·y:r- rJ.. ©CC&\\1. r (This form is to be used .for material extracted from CIA--controlled ..._ documents.) / 1 J -43- " • .. .. during the peak activity hours of the LIMERICK J target. Although even this arrangement is not I' completely airtight, anything less than this would present unacc~ptable gaps in.the coverage. It must also be considered that·without two basehouses covering the front of the target installation, any illness, personal problem or vacation for operators of one basehouse would terminate Station coverage •••. I It is the Station's opinion that as long as i the LIMERICK installation is a prime target of ) tile Station, it will. be necessary to maintain ·the present three basehouses.· To eliminate any one of the three would create a gap in the Station's coverage that would not be ; compatible with the emphasis placed on this target.140/ But the information in the preceding chart does-not correlate with the statement of the coverage in .. HMMA-23343. The ab~ve. chart, on pages 37-38, refers to the coverage of the Soviet compoand by the base that the review of HMMA-23343 reveals covered the compound from 1200 to 1800 or dark. The chart shows that while 1200 to 1800 coverage is sometimes· the case, the base's coverage of the Em~assy, at least during the months of September and October, on days when the base operated at all, was not always in that time period. This is the base that the dispatch also states covered Saturday morning. Out of the nine Saturdays covered by the above chart, this base Classification:.;:~~·-.;~-·?.~r~··:,.~~~~ n .'" • •(')' · .:·.' ':'f~·• .....·" ~·.•·. ~~ "' . . : . : ' •. ,: '-,~· .,., .... ·... : . _· . . . .~ · i'• ,... i . .. -..~ ··I:,...,: C:lasstfted b-y ;derlvohon: · - - - ·' . . . . . ·. ... --- ,.~rrt~ Classification: , ·,J ... J ~ ~i ·· f- ·· ~~~J:t at!. t (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) -44- • was in operation on only four of those days. This Committee has not been able to establish or disprove the possible inference that LILYRIC covered those days when there was no coverage from LIMITED because the production and logs from the LILYRIC base were not made available for review. That material was requested but has not been ·made a va i 1ab 1e. 141/ An explanation of why this material is missing was requested on 7/25/78.142/ The CIA's explanation stated that the photographs and logs "may have been destroyed in.a purge of Mexico City Station files and that the folders for the destroy~d material were reused to forward more recent photogra~hic material to Headquarters for retention. 11 143/ The folders which once contained the production were located at the Nationa~-~!chive~·( )Records Center but~ according to the CIA's ~xplanation. the folders contained production material from 1967.144/ Because the CIA has not provided the photographic production and logs from the LILYRIC for examination~ no precise determination detailing the effectiveness of the coverage of the Soviet compound can be made. Classification: 4iiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilllllli' a· 160 :.t. .•.:.:..1 ~; :. I. . . ' .· : ~·:":"!!!f:-:-:. ~\" ~·.~..; ...... -..... . &;! Classification: a . ' a ~i(z.a jt. ~ ~·. (This form is to be used for material extract;;cf from CJA--contr~led documents.) 1 -45- • Regardless of the scope and effectiveness of the ~wo bases, a question that may never be resolved due to the conflicting evidence and missing production, r the surveillance was considered adequate: Q: A: Mow thorough was the coverage? They covered the categories that we asked them for on a routine basis, which was to identify any people who appeared to be non-Latin and any Soviets. ' Q: I understand that was the purpose. Given •·· that purpose, ho~ thorough was the coverage? A: Q.: I think it was accurate. ~~asWin Scott satisfied with the performance of the photo operation at the Soviet Embassy? ' ~ A: To the best of my knowledge he was.l45/ It j 4. Procedure and Timing Involved in Processing '- ~ Production from the Operation The CIA photographic bases were manned by at least one agent who took photographs and kept a log D sheet of people entering and leaving the Embassy and of the photographs that he took.l46/ remained in the camera until the whole role was The film ~ , t R r,r· (\' -~. ,{,, •.. .! : .A._,.. . ... 161 .. L' V'-~ ....., ,., '*" r·. . . Arr··,..· '"''""""'~'llaon: ~ ur ~lit i 4 (This form is to be used for material extracted . from CIA-controlled documents.) r -46- . After the assassination of John Kennedy, this f procedure wa~ ~hanged arid the film was cl·eared from .the camera on a daily basis.148/ f The CIA contract agent outside of the United ·r:... States Embassy who was in-charge of the photographic t bases was ( era t i on s •1 69I Ms. Goodpasture: Well, I made more of those statements as those people saw it in their rel~tionship with Mr. Sc~tt's projects. They are true the way they saw it but I had no responsibility out~i~e theJprojects that we worked on, but theL * projects and the telephone tapping project ouched every operation in the Mexico Station ••. ! just didn't think I was as important as other people seemed to .imply that I was.J.LQ/ Ms. Goodpasture also testified that her relationship with Mr. Scott could be termed special in that she was responsible for the day-to-day handling of the telephone .1' tapping operation of which Mr. Scott was the case officer -llll ( ~!A a )reco 11 ect ion that he turned the· photographic production over to( e:rA C.l ]or Ms. Goodpasture was confirmed by Ms. Goodpasture.ll£/ Ms. Goodpasture also testified that the primary responsibility for the photagraphs after they were in r "')!'4. ( •. ., ., Classification: -:::.-.i. illll!l1 "ii.•...,i:.~i. ~~ iiiliiii~--··· 1· !...... .. a t 6 '6 "' : :........:-...:.,_!' .·J •.. ·:.,:-::"' .. ,._.,t '. . • I:.:. ,I I Clcnifi.ed by d'!rlvation' - · - - - •-51- , the Station was that of( C!A Cl }.1Y Ms. Good- pasture testified that she was responsible for routing the photographs and that the complete production ~:rA ."\ went to the ( cl{e:l r.efore it was filed.l74/ Copies of the important photographs were given to the rC.li~:L for them to retain for routiJle use in the l.. ~A ) . course of their work.175/ czA - Thele!IIC:2.- lrecollecti.on of their role in ~- this operation is very different from that of Ms. Goodpasture. ( C't....A .''- • I , •. ...a l ~(. \ .•) : ..:..... J Clas~ification: ~t'J\i.;-=~ ~·:·-... ·· -:. · . ··. ·;~:;·:~·~ . ~--~~~~~~~~~ ~j ~~.Jr!, .. . . .. ...... . ·;·:''I:.\:· -ci~!bifi~d ·!::y c'r,Piv~~;; ·.: • '16·9 t ~-~s @lJR;uri! B (This form is to be used for material extracted fron1 CIA--contr~lled documents.) .. i i ! i tfp •t . i .: surveillance project.189/ Even though Mr. Scott was S,: the nominal case officer, the "routine case officer ~· functions'' were performed by Ms. Ann Goodpasture.190/ An American technician was stationed in.the listening post to maintain the equipment and to protect the Station's interests there.l9l/ Ms. Goodpasture's duties in this operation ranged from meeting with the technician/officer inside the base for the purposes of daily supervision of the ,operation to handling the - co.llection and distribution of the ~apes a~d transcripts.l92/ • Ms. Goodpasture worked in this capacity until 1968.193/ With the exception of the technician, the listening post and the· transcrfpti on rc,om of this base[ ~~~el"'• bc.s i-~"'-n'L~ o\'JLTc:s.~·c"" Jl94/ This listening post covered up to thirty lines at one time.195/ ~ ~ b. Analysis and Reporting of Information· v •. Obta-i ned t!' [ e1:A ~ I ]was res pons i b 1 e for the ,-· ~­ analysis, processing, and daily review·of the Soviet transcripts.l96/ The transcripts were reviewed on a daily basis b{ e!!:!.A ~ ~ ] [ ~.!~. e ?- _}ould Classification: .· .. I ' .i . · ::~ ~. ;,;·.,... ...... r .. : , .... :. : •t ')!":. n· ··· .. ;;.:. •. .J~ ·~, .. ~.... ' ·::.: -'• •..:.•• •1 ,..... .... ~ \.•.' .. ? '* ,, · \'-;~:!\~·~·;" Cc-;,.f"~:"-: ....... ·- &• ·- (This form is to be used for material extraCted from CIA-controlled documents.) -55- • l bring conversations of interest or importance to l C!:A C l }ttention.l97/ I ( •w.-~ •..• .,"'. ... . .... _ :· ·- .. . ...... . -··· -··- .... \..&assstica . (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) -60- .j Ann Goodpasture by tbe technician early in the morning ~ the day after they were prepared.221/ Ms. Go~dpasture had the previous day's resuma on Win Scott's desk by 9:00 a.m. on the morning of the day after they were prepared.222/ Win.Scott marked these resuma for .,' action by his case officers before routing them through the Station.223l This Committee has requested copies of these resuma from the CIA but they have not been made available for review.224/ . The resuma covered all thirty lines that were covered by the intercept operation.224/ Only import~nt . conversations were included in the resuma.226/ The monitors made the decision as to which conversations were important.227/ After the resuma were prepared, ~~~-r',b.t..s ~rou.? the tapes from the lines( were held fa~ approximately ten days and were then 1. reused. 228/ "r--:.: The resuma were maintained in a chronological file· at the listening post.229/ (2} Cuban Tapes The Cuban tapes (tapes produced by taps on the Cuban telephones) were left on the machines until ,...,... (\' ,..... . .. ,t.' * '· ' ...• : · ' - ... , j j Classification:UJN g(6Rff (This form is to Mbe used for material extracted fr:om CIA--controlled documents.) / ..-61- ' J ; .I the reel was used up.230/ When the reels were full, • ·: they were removed and transcribed in the listening post.231/ The transcripts would be turned over .. to Ms. Goodpasture at the same time as the resuma.232/ The tapes produced by the Cuban taps were maintained in the listening post.233/_ There was a special·rack ) for those tapes in the tech.ni c ian • s workshop, which was situated on the floor above the room in which the listening post was 1ocated.234/ This .. • rack had thirty slots fn it. The tapes from each day•s production went into a separate slot, with the oldest tapes going back into use in the monitor room; i.e., the tapes from the Cuban intercept were held for thirty days prior to reuse.235/ The tapes were not turned over to Ms. Goodpasture unless she .,. requested a specific tape.236/ e--.;. .1-t (3) Sov·i et Tapes ·ta) General Handling The Soviet tapes were removed daily from the machines.237/ The Spanish language portions of the tapes would then be.transcribed in the ,. listeni~g Classification::_.~~·::~:····~~~~-~~~--~:~·_...~ ')~· ~ (:·. ':"'"1 ,._. . . ... .. S<~L; \~ j ._;.__= :":: • 1 , ·, ..• • • ~t ;: • w ·........ ~.• :;;;;.: "'-i C.·:'·~::.: ...:...·.. 0 - - - \..lassitication· • g@Q ··< o)1 g ii ~ · · . f.1o~l4 \1~ 9 • (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) -62- i post.238/ The transcripts and tapes from the Soviet lines were then routinely turned over to Ann " ' Goodpasture along with the resuma and Cuban transcripts.239/ Ms. Goodpasture then turned the tape·s over to[ ~I.A ~ ' ,) who then delivered them to Boris Tarasoff for translation and transcription of the - Russian language portions of the tape.240/ (b) Retention and Reuse of Tapes - There is some question about how long the Soviet tapes were retained before reuse. There are - indications that the tapes were routinely held for two weeks and then reused.241/ Th~ technician who ran the listening post could not state with certainty what the practice regarding retention and reuse of the Soviet tapes was. He said that he did not" hold the tapes at all once they were returned ..te.;hini by Ms. Goodpasture.242/ He stated that he assumed that some of the tapes were retained. by either the station or the Russian translator because his supply of tapes for the Russian taps kept dwindling.243/ The tapes were not retained by the translator.244/ It is possible Cl assifi cation: _j;ii;i;i@!iiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiii!ii.. _ ~...i ,iii:.=iii I --•a .... i ..•.::•..•_._;.•."':"1-.i C"'-"~!:f:l'!d b:' d~·="'" ·:~-, .. ,. -:-' J.. :/ {j Classification: IL 'J n~ s :j \}1J Tt' .. Hlfll:r (WB:a ~g -··• (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) -63 ... • - ... that the tapes were held for two weeks in the station ' befo~e J ~:!'\..~ they were erased and sent back to Arehart for reuse.245/( C!.A 'F=' Jr.emembers that }pent a lot of tfme in...,.7he Statton - erasi~g tapes on a s.peci:al mach.ine for that purpose.246/ One of the main sources for the two-week pertod being ascribed to retention of the Soviet tapes '; g is DIR-88680, which says: Upon receipt you may resume usual· practice of keeping·Cuban and Soviet tapes two weeks and then erasing.247/ This Committee has not found any evidence that would - contradict the above-quoted statement in regard to the Scviet tapes. 6 €- ~G. There was a procedure wh~reby the tapes could ~ be held for longer than two weeks if someone thought .(t that the tape should be preserved as well as the transc9pt.248/ The interested officer could make a note on the transcript or he could notify Ann Goodpasture~ orally or by note, that he wanted the 'i ; ~ tape preserved.249/ There were no written rules or regulations governing this procedure.250/ ftt?" ~ ~· 4BF Classification: · (This· form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controll,d documents.) -64- • {c) English language Conversations There are some indications that English .. ' language conversations were transcribed at the 1 i s ten.i ng .Po s t • The .Tab -...""' F Draft says: . Reels which contained Russian or a langu~ge other than Spanish or English were taken to another location (other than the listening post) for translation and~typing.251/ · · Goodpasture's notes say: Those transcripts which had· Russian or another language ·besides Spanish or English.went out of the listening post the day after the transcript ... (of the conversations on the reel) was typed • These reels were taken to another location where they were translated and typed.252/ But, in her testimony before the House Select Committee ~ on Assassinations in executive session on 4/13/78, Ms. Goodpasture said: The transcribers, or the transcription that I picked up, the transcribers were working at the same place with the Spanish text. If- ' ' the language were other than Spanish, it would have to b~ taken to another location . · ! to be transcribed. The material that was · picked up the day after the date on which it occurred was in the Spanish language normally.253/ It is clear that the reels of tape with . conversations in the Russian language·were delivered ' to Mr. Boris Tarasoff for translation and transcription.254/ Classification~ y;} ~~-~~~~.£'~:· ;.;~: :·! ... ...:; ..... "':::'""~--~-~ !.;.. .."· ., .-.=··.;£~}!::...~~ .,. • '.: ~... .. .; .:. "'~ ... 180 '~ I Oossified by derivation" - - - - . JlfiJ7 (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) / -65- • . ·' ·Mr. Tarasoff has testified that he was also responsible for the transcription of the English language conversations although his wife, Anna Tarasoff, usually did the actual transcribing.2Ss;· This testimony is confirmed by the testimony of Anna Tarasoff.256/ Arehart, the technician i~ the listening post, could not clearly remember whether or not any of his Mexican transcribers.did the English language conversations.257/ He remembered that these tapes ~ were usually sent to. the Station.258/ He said that he did remember that monitors would often come to his workshop and ask him to come downstairs to listen.to a conversation in English.259/ ' All of the conversations in the Spanish transcripts are in Spanish.260/ All of the conversa- ' tions in Spanfsh were transcribed in Spanish.261/ is doubtful that the listening-post transcfl~ers, who .were Mexican nationals, would have translated an It - English conversation into Spanish and then transcribed it. In light of this, Tarasoff's recollection and ' Arehart's recollection, it is probable that all the English language·conversations were sent to the I Classification: . · · :· . .: •.• ~.. • ~ · · · · - · .-.· ·::. . - ~ . ,...,. , ... :,..__ . . .. 1B1 .. 2. ~ o: .... _ .. _, : .. '. • ~ ... .·;l."'. ::-. ...... i ~ ~ ·· Cfassified by :derivation: - - - - d , .t . t.:•.• .;..'. t!· Classification: ..~. .·~~~~...-.--~,_,.,.,- ) a LU3\\tt, . (This form is to · be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) ,.-· ';; ..-66- IJ Tarasoffs for transcription. (d) Handlipg by Tarasoffs i i I I •-"- Alo~g with the reels of tape· that contained Russian langu~ge conversations '(and probably E~glish .i I language conversati~ns). Mr. Tarasoff received a 1 copy of ·the Spanish transcripts.. 262/ When the Tarasoffs received the tapes, they transcribed only those conversations that were denoted on the Spanish .. transcript as bei~g in. Russian.263/ Mr. Tarasoff routinely received the tapes the day after they were made.. 264/ Mr. Tarasoff testified that he would then immediately transcribe the tapes ' and turn over the completed tapes and transcripts to his contact the .next morni.~g. 265/ . - - . Mr. Tarasoff said that the volume of work he :~. had to do at any ·given time f1 uctua ted, but the transcripts were always finished in one day.266/ "Sometimes there was so little work in transcribing the Russian portion of the tape that I was just ' hanging around doing nothing ... 267/ Ann Goodpasture, ' vC7 (This form is . to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) · -67- • Russian transcription at approximately one week~268/ In h~r testimony before thts.Committee, Ms. Goodpa~ture stated that it generally took Mr. Tarasoff one or twQ· days to co.m.pl ete the trans 1ati.ons and transcri.pti.ons. 269/ (e) Expedited Procedure for E~glish la~gu~ge Conversattnns or other Conversations of Special. Interest · ~ There was a proc~dure whereby Mr. Tarasoff's transcription could be expedited 11 there·was a s.pecial interest in a parti~ular conversation.270/ When the monitor in the listening post encountered - something he considered important eno~gh to require expedited transcription, it was possible for him to - bring this qui~kly to the Station's attentton.271/· · Although Ar..nold Arehart was_.not the Tarasoffs' contact in Septemtier o~ October of 1963, he did serve -, fi as such at one time.272/ When he was interviewed by the House Se 1 ect Committee on As s.ass ina ti ons, Mr. Arehart was asked whether there was a process whereby transcription of important conversations in English L.f.J ('-:"'. i:.:)l Classification: ~i .n~. 1 ' if ,...!': ~ 1 s· .'.~ ·• ""{· \.·•.' J •.i,J u~u •• •• Tr (This form is to be used for. material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) -68- - or Russian could be expedited.273/ that-ihere would not have been such a process for He explained ' a Russian conversation, since the importance of the ' - conversation .could not be judge~ due to the fact that no one i·n the listening post could understand that 1anguage.274/ Arehart did say that there was ' . such a procedure for English language conversations.275/ When one of the Mexican monitors encountered a - .. conversation in E~glish, he would ask Arehart to •lis~en to that conversation.276/ After listening to the conversation, Arehart would decide whether or . . - not it warranted special attention.277/ ' - If he deemed that it was important enough, he would mark the ttpe .. '• "Urgent," put it in a box, and deliver it to Ms. Goodpasture.278/ Mr. Arehart's recollection was confirmed by an -., examination of the project files for this operation. One of· the monthly project reports explains this procedure and its purpose: ' -, 2r.'·{l' '"'! I.\.:.} : ~ '! , A• AW (This form is to be used for material extracted ·-from CIA--controUed documents.) / -69- Headquarters (is) not well informed on the way the Mexico Station exploits operational leads from (this operation). The outside staff agent, Arnold Arehart has instructions to alert the Station immediately if a U.S. citizen or English speaking person tries to contact any of the tar.get installations. This is done by a telephone call from outside the tap center at a pay phone to (Ann Good- · pasture) inside the Station. Emergency meetings are arranged in double talk ..• (Good- pasture) meets Arehart within fifteen minutes at a pre-arranged downtown location and receives the reel with an extract of the pertinent conversation. The reel is then taken to the Station and given to the case officer responsible for the target the person was trying to contact. Headquarters is • notified by cable of the action taken • Only in rare cases is information on a U.S. citizen passed without prior Headquarters approval.279/ If the tape was from a Soviet installation, the tape would have been delivered the same day to the Tarasoffs by( ~:tA t! ]280/ Along with th-e tape, the Tarasoffs would receive a note indicating which conversation was to be transcribed on a .priority k,r·· basis: The Tarasoffs would then immediately transcribe that conversation and return it to their regular contact that same day.28l/ It should be not.ed that the monthly report says that the Soviet transcripts ~ would be delivered to the case officer responsible ~ 2·"~(:f:~i the targCfa~~~f~~~\i~~~~t~:~~ ln:~~~~f~lid ~he 185 /..; ..._.:J·."; • \..' :. ~:Ckr.s.•fu1:~1t~y·dertvoh0": · - - - - - Mjy" Classification· = Ut;'" · ~... ... :· t' ~ if' .. A..}'.rl • . ~ m~~~s~. i::J · '• {This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) -70- "' ' Soviet target, that case officer would have been t ~ ~~ !' \ J I( 28 3 C,:: A : ;_~ . . £~£: .. ·:.. :.,··.:.:.;. ·~ ..... ; 189 • '· .. •· . .. . Class·•f•·cat.ion:g if ···· g ~ ~ ... 'iiitEiiunta · 'l . ··~ .... (This form is to be used for material extrac:ted from CIA--controlled documents.) . -74- .....,.: ·"'· ~. were not noted by the transcriber. conversation was transcribed in Spanish.305/ The entire ' (2) At 10:37 a.m. a man called the Soviet Consulate and asked for the Consul. He was ' told that the Consul was not in. The man outside ' - stressed that it-was necessary for him to 'get a visa to Odessa. He was told to call back at 11:30. This conversation was also transcribed in Spanish.306/ : : (3) At 1:25 an unidentified man called the Soviet Consulate and asked for the Consul. The \ I •'. ~· - man was told that. the Consul was not in. The man : . outside asked, uwhe~ tomorro~?" The Soviet official told him that on Mondays and Fridays the Consul was in between four and five. This conversation was a1so in the Spanish transcriptions.307/ {4) At approximately 4:05 p.m. Silvia Duran called the Soviet Embassy. She tol·d the person at the Embassy that an American citizen seeking a visa was at the Cuban Consulate. Silvia explained that the American citizen wanted to know the name Classification: r1 .· a iJ t~!.t .. .., ~ 1:90 ·... ~· . : AS 41 11P ~ AF .,. Oossified by d:!r!v::-~;;:--: - · - · - - · - · Classificationf.·- ·.:. 111 ..... (This ~ormis to. be :s;J'~or ma~e:i~l''ex r.; .·from CIA--con.troll~ documents.) -75- • - of the official he had dealt with at the Soviet Emba~sy. Silvia had sent the American to the.Soviet ' Embassy, stating that his acquiring a Cuban visa was conti~gent on his prevtously acquiri~~ a Soviet visa. Silvia explained to the Sovtet official that . - '·-- th.e American had stat~d th.at he was ass1;1red that ' there would be no problem. At that point, the Sovtet offtcial put another offtcial on the phone, causing Silvia to repeat the story. The offi.cial then ·asked Stlvia to leave her name and number so he could call later. This conversation.was also in Spanish.308/ ' (51 At 4:26 p.m. an unidentified Soviet o ff i c i a 1 c a 11 e d Si 1 vi. a Duran i nqu i r i ng whet he r t fi.e American citizen had been to ·the Cuban consulate office. Silvia responded affirmatively, stating the - ....... .,' American was at the office at that time. The Soviet official told Silvta that when the. American visited the Soviet Consulate office he had displayed papers from the Soviet Consulate in Washington. He also had a letter stating that he was a member of an organization that favored Cuba. The American wanted to go to the U.S.S.R. with his Russian wife and remain there a. Classification: ·· ·I · ~: ....... •·· . ·..::: •. · 0&M . . . -.. · .· . 191 .~·•.'t • ,;.: '· ' . I~· ..-. . •. ; ·: ~ .~ \'::-::'1-~-:-:~ Ctbisified _by· derivation: - - - - A& Classificat~~n:.ll p: XtHfJ .. (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) J / ' ·.... ·; .. -76- • .. · ., ···: long time. The Soviet official had not recetved an answer from Washington to the American's problem. Tne problem traditionally took four to five months to resolve beca,tse Washington had. to .secure authorization from the U.S.S.R. The Soviet official added that the American • s wife coul d __ get a vi sa 1n .Was hi ~gton very quickly and she could have it sent anywhere, but he felt that the American would not get a visa soon. Silvia said that the Cuban government could not give the American a visa because he had neither friends in Cuba nor authorization for a visa from the U.S.S.R. The Soviet official added that the Soviets could not give the American a letter of recommendation because they did not know him. also in the Spanish t~anscripts.309/ This conversation was ' r b. At 11:51 Septemb~ 28, a~m. 1963, Saturday Silvia Duran called the Soviet ' .,... Consulate. She said that there was an American citizen at the Cuban Consulate who had previously visited the Soviet_.Consulate. The Soviet asked 'j Silvia to wait a minute. Upon his return to the Cl G$&ifieation: "'I' t~i ~ ~ ;r~ · ·: · -~~ .-: · ·... 1.92 ~- lf~J \ 'r ::V"'', ·.x.~ ;-;:J :·r . .J . · , . ; •. • ' ., ' 1-''.:. Oc:i~~ifi.Ki ibr- d~ivation: _ _ __ F & (This form is to be used for material extracted ~ from CIA-controll:d documents.) r; / -.77- telephone, Silvia put the American on the line. At first the American spoke in Russian and the Soviet spoke English. The conversation then proceeded .·~~ .. in English until the Russian discontinued it and put another Soviet on the line. The Soviet spoke in English, ~ut the American, speaking in brpken Russian, asked him to speak Russian. The conversation resumed in Russian at that point. It also became .. incoherent and is thus quoted in ~s entirety: Russian: What else do you want? American: I was just now at your Embassy and Russian: they took my address. I know that. ' American: /speaks terrible, hardlj recognizable Russian/! did not know it then. I went to the Cuban Embassy to ask them for my address, because they have it. · - Russian: ~· Why don't you come.again and l~ave your address with us; it is not ~: ' - far from the Cuban Embassy. American: Well, I'll b.e there right away.310/ r-r~··f\' r1c··• r., ;:.~" .... •.! : · t . l1? ~~r··. ~ ~.~. r:;; "~" =-i'l . .•. . . Classification: ...,~5_• :="'"·!"":-.·-._;..:--·_..._~·-·....,:·~~f ?.~.~ .• _ ·~~~,i~.:~·~--~··~-:~-J~,-~·~··~-·~-~ . psru _.,, ., ""'!:i ., .· ,, ,....:s-·7--~ • --- . J · ~ .· ~.L...~tll ~l 193 ' t 4BW I' ••• CassificationJgp S££Ra= extraa: (This form is to be used for material from CIA--controlled documents.) .. I -78- • .f ·; J ' c. October 1, 1963, Tuesday ' - ' (1) At 10:31 a.m. an unidentified man ca 11 ed the Soviet Mi 1 ita ry Attache and, in· broken Russian, said that he had visited the Consulate the previous Saturday and had spoken to the Consul. man wanted to know if the Soviets had received an The ' . i ! ,;, answer from Washington. At that point, the Sovi~t official gave the man the Consulate phone ntimber and ' .. asked him to call there. This conversation is in the English transcripts, indicating the man spoke in either Russian or English.311/ ', { ; (2) At 10:45 a.m.312/ a mar. who_, ' according to the translator's comment, had phoned a ·t day or so ·before and had spoken i'n broken Russi an, i '' called the Consulate and spoke to an employee named· ·· 8byedkov ~ The man ca 11 i ng introduced himself as "lee Oswald" and stated that he visited the Soviet ' ., t:zP. Consulate the previous Saturday. that he spoke with the Consul on that day. He told Obyedkov added that the Consul had stated that they would send Oswald ' (/; ~ a telegram to Washington and he wanted t~ know if they Classification:·~~(-?Y.'i) (. ,f;. ::; .-h~ .. ~f4.. 19 4 ·~ 2 r ~.:.t.r ·-~ -~ ~~ hth: 7j:-..:~ ;; :f :~ ;.( t.i l Clessificoicfby··d~ri,·c~:<::tr.' ---······--· A ... ,Cias~iftca~i9rJ8J1 SYRff (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controUft(:i documents.) p ..-79- had rec~ived an answer. Oswald also said that he ·did not remember the name of the Consul with wb.om h.e ' had spoken. and des~ribed him as "dark." Obyedkov asked if it had been Kostikov The man outside replied ' affirmatively and repeated that his name was Oswald. Obyedkov asked. Oswald to hold on a minute while he - inquired. When Ohyedkov.resumed t~e conversation,·he stated that the Soviet Consul had not yet received - • an answer but the request had been sent. then hung up the telephone as Oswald b~gan another . s~ntence with the words "and what." Obyedkov Thfs conversation - is in the English transcri.pts.313/ d. October 3, 1963, Thursday .. An unidentified man called the Soviet Military . ...,,...P . •.. -· f) Attache and ~poke in broken Spanish and then in "' Engl i~. When th.e man inquired about a vi sa to Russi a, he was. given the Consul ate phone number. The man then inquired if they issued visas at the Consulate. The Soviet stated that he w·as not certain but that the caller should call the Consul nonetheless.314/ -..... .. "''..."L··~. ..·~· I! ··•· .,,·~·.· ~. ...-. t •. ~ ·-~~-·. :·-.; .,.,,~.·· - •i .: jr ...;:,;.':::J ~ . :-~ •19·- ... ~ . -,:-:·'1'' y,. ·• ,:.: .. - • • : : , .. • I .. •-80- {.: 2. Information Available to the Mexico City CIA Station from CIA Headquarters ' On October 11, 1963, three day~~~ter the Mexico ' City-station made the initial report to·Headquarters of Oswald's contact with the Soviet Embassy, the Mexico -- City Station received some information about lee Oswald from CIA Headquarters~ Headquarters informed - - Mexico that the·Lee Oswald who visited the Soviet Embassy may be identical to Lee Henry (sic) Oswald.315/ "' Mexico City received this cahle on 11 October .. 1963.316/ - This cable described Oswald as: born 18 Oct. 1939, New Orleans, Louisiana, . former radar operator tn United States Mari.nes who defected to USSR in Oct. 1959. Oswald is 1 ... five feet ten inches, one hundred sixty five pounds., light brown wavy hair, blue eyes.317/ The cable reported Oswald's defection in 1959; his ' ..,..;..... desire to return to the United States ig 1 1962; his employment in Minsk; his marriage to a Russian citizen;· ' the return of his passport; and the State Department's issuance of visas for Oswald and his family.318/ ' ...,,..,........ roo. • I l • II. . .. Classification: 196 ' ·.· ·- ... . . . ,) 411& aassification: reP SEBRET {This form is to be used for material extracted fr~m ·CIA--controfied documents.) '· •-81- 3. Information Available to the Mexico City Station from Electronic Surveillance Aimed at the Cuban Diplomatic.Comppund An examination of the production from the electronic surveillance of the Cuban diplomatic compound•s telephones failed to reveal any telephone conversation that directly mentioned Oswald or information that clearly and directly referred to him.319/ ... 4. Information Available to the Mexico City Station from Photographic Surveillance of the Soviet and Cuban Diplomatic Compounds An examination of the production from these operations failed to reveal a photograph of Oswald.320/ This Committee has not been able to rule out the possibility that a photograph of Oswal~ was obtained in Mexico City by these operations since the material made available for review was incomplete.32l/ The possibility that such a photograph was obtained is d i s c us s e d i n ·Sect i on I I I. A. 6 . be 1ow . The ph o to gr a ph that was mistakenly linked to Oswald by the Mexico - ....... City Station is dtiFuss.ed in _sec_~ions I~_I_.s.4;· ·.·: ClassltJcahon·· :-;.:.,. ;,:.'. ___., · ..... · ... ,. ·.:·· . : .l • ~~ i L, . . i ~-- ;::. ·:! ~:- =r' . ·._: ·. i 197 !.: ~-i '!' ·~ ·:::.: :ifi:·./:.:;.'·~).:;.~. 0 .. ~ •. ( !". --:' .., • I t • • • : • . . C.assification: !8 Si:RU {This. form is to be used for material extracted · from CIA--c:ontroUftd documents.) ' }.I ~ f .5. ·Possibility that Addi.ti.onal InforllJa.tton from .i the Electron i. c Surve i 11 ance on th.e So vi. et Compound was Available to the Mextco Ctty ··1.-s siati.on M~. Anna Tarasoff assisted her husband, Borts~ in the transcription of tapes from tne Russian Embassy.322/ Ms. Tarasoff testified before this. . I • Committee on 12 April 19.78.323/ She was. sh.own.the transcripts from.the conversattons.that were intercepted on 10/l/63 at 10:31 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.; 9/28/63 at 11:51; and 10/3/63.324./ She recognized these t~anscriptfi as b.ei.ng h.er husband•s work.325/ She testified that she could identify his wrirk by the style of his writing or typi~g and the. use of ' - slash marks.326/ . In addition to these trans.cri pts, Ms. Ta.rasct'f'f testified that she remembered one more conversation that involved Lee Oswald. - '? _,~. f r .·" . l .... ~ .. \..•' -~ : ...·.' J f ;-~ ~ ~ : ·Classification: ·: ·- /< ,..... -· ""' ,-.._ f?9 :-r;J'I_ ; ·• ;;..;.~=: r-· · ,• •• l.r-. •1 , I . • · -. I ' ......... ,·'; . . : ... ~r~·}l.. a 198 ' • Clas.sificati~nQ ·rr · v v~ 8RfT (This form isto ·be used for material extracted from CIA--controll&d documents.) .. -83- According to my recollection, I myself, have made a transcript, an English transcript, of Lee Oswald talking to the Russian Consulate or whoevei he was at that time, asking for financial aid. ; Now, that particular transcript does not ~ppear here and whatever happened to it, I do not know, i' p but it was a lengthy transcript and I personally did that transcript. It was a lengthy conversation between him and someone at the Russian Embassy.327/ Ms. Tarasoff testified that the transcript that she remembered was approximate 1y two pages 1ong. 328/ She testifi~d that the caller identified himself as lee • Oswald.329/ She was certain that the 10/l/63, 10:45 a.m. conversation was not the one that she recalled. This would not be.the conversation that I would be recalling for the simple reason that this is my husband's work and at that time probably the name didn•t mean much of anything. But this particular piece of work that I am talking about is something that came in and it was m~rked as urgent.330/ In the call that Ms. Tarasoff recalled, Oswald spoke only English.3Jl/ Ms. Tarasoff testified that the 10/l/63~ 10:45 conversation could not be the call she remembered because the transcript indicates that Oswald spoke in borken Russian as opposed to English; the transcript is shorter than the one she remembers; the transcript is in her hus~and•s style as opposed r, ..... p· 1'1 ~ -~ 1t. ~- ·- .t : · '·' 1 Classification: ;f'(r:ii~~ r 1 ~i (! (' VJt,_ •~·-'· J ··~·· > ..;: ... :... ·. ;-··:r·• ·", ,... , . ,.. , ··~ ·.·• ' 1. · j C 199 p .._., - :-: ~; :.~··r~i,:· : "-·'""' ....... - 1 ti;..:,:7b>'·~-·i,.,- --· -··............_.. A§P d '"' • Classification;• . BIT .; (This form is to be used for material extracted k from CIA--controlled documents.) . -84- • - .· to her ow~; and there is no mention of Oswald's finances in the transcript. 332/ Ms. Tarasoff remembers the procedure for urgent tap~s.333/ Her memory is confirmed in thi~. - narrow respect by the project files reviewed by House Select Committee on Assassinations staff members.334/' - Ms. Tarasoff recalled that.there would be~ piece of paper enclosed with the reel which would indicate the footage number where the conversation occurred and - • ask for priority handling over the other conversations on the reel.335/ After the conversation ~as transcribed, the Tarasoffs would immediately notify their contact ' and then turn the transcript over to him on the same day that it had been delivered.336/ Ms. Tarasoff was questioned about the details of the conversation which she remembered. She stated that Oswald definttely.idetitifie!d.himself~iid' that he was seeking financial aid from the Russians. Classification:. ol0H . 200 ~. . - 1 IS A ...... ......"""'canon: 1111J~* ~lt,Nt i (This form is to be used for material extraded from CIA---contro{led documents.) • -85- ... - I ~ . (H)e was persistent in asking for financial aid in order to leave tne country. They were not about to gtve ntm any financial ' aid whatsoever. ke had also mentioned that he tried the Cuban Embassy and they had also .refused financial ai.d.337/ . :f) ' Mi. Boris Tarasoff also testified before this Committee on 12 April 1978. the four transcripts from September 28, ·1963 ·and Mr. Tarasoff also recognized ·' October 1st and 3rd as his work:338/ Mr. Tarasoff · ' -, testified that he rec9gntzed the 10/1/63 conversation as his work because the name Lee Oswald was underlined • • We got a request from the station to see if .4.' we can pick up the name of this person because sometimes we bad a so-called "defector" from the United States that wanted to go to Russia and we had to keep an eye on them. Not I -- the Station. Consequently they were very hot about the whole thing. They said, urf yo~ can get the name, rush it over immediately." Therefore, .; it is very seldom that r underlined the -, name because I put them in capitals. In . this case I did because it was so important - to them.339/ Mr. Tarasoff testified that he did not know how ~ Oswald had come to the Station•s attention prior to this conversation or what led to the request to get his name.340/ He speculated that it was possible ~:·~· j :l , ~ ;·;I~-~~ ~J Ii ' ; ?~· !r . r..J....... . , _ · - · •••• •• :. '9. @l' Classification: ._\..)•!--•. .. _ ~ '~.:.:j\·\·.~ ··- .. ...a.;..-.. ij 2(}1 '?1'.... - (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) · ~ •-86- ......... ...... I that Oswald first came to the Station's attention through· J .i · Os.wa 1d's· contacts with the Cuban Embassy. 341/ Mr. Tarasoff did not confirm his wife's recollection of another conversation including ' Oswald.342/ He said that he did not remember any ot,her calls. invo1Vi!19 Lee Oswald or a.ny details of· ' Oswald's conversations that were not reflected in the transcripts.343/ A1 though Ms. Tarasoff' s memory was not confi·rmed - by the House Select Committee on Assassinations review of the transcripts for the period while Oswald .was ' in Mexico, there are several points of circumstantial corro~oration for her story. fbere was a procedure ' by which tapes could be expedited in the manner in which Ms. Tarasoff recalls.344/ indications that this procedure may have been used when There are also '~ Oswald's ~onversation was t.it'e~cepted .. 34~ The first ' report that the Americans received regar~ing Silvia Duran made mention of the fact that Silvia claimed that she had told Oswald that the only aid they could -d. . give him was to refer him to the Soviet Consulate.346/ ... .- Classification: t\: .·i;~ ·-.:.~·i::::· \,'•.: ··• . .... : r ,,. .. ·. ' -- ...· " ·.... ·•··. .... :er: ~ . ; - .. : .~ ~-: ·~ ··, ~' •.. ~.,. ... ...·- -~:..~ .. : ::::::::; 1., ..._ ' ~ 202 ,. -·.Classification. B~ET (This form is to. be used for matenol extro~':,a from CIA--controlled documents.) -87- • J This statement in the original Mexican report given J to the CIA in Mexico after the assassination would tend to add credence to Ms. Tarasoff's recollection that Oswald mentioned to the Soviets that he had also tried to elicit aid from the Cubans.347/ i At least one other CIA offici-al ~ho was in Mexico J also remembers that Oswald indicated in his f discussions with the Soviet Embassy that he hoped f i to receive assistance with the expens.es of his trip.348/ .. Daniel Stanley Watson, a retired CIA employee who was Deputy Chief of hte Mexico City Station from 1967 to 1969, told the House Select Committee on Assassinations staff that he had seen a file on Oswald in Mexico City that contained only one or two intercept transcripts and surveillance photographs of Oswald.349/ Mr. Watson a 1so told HSCA. staff i nvesti ga tors that Win Scott had a private persona 1 safe in which he ma-intained especially sensitive materials.350/ According to Mr. Watson, these materials were removed from the safe f;-:·: :·-.~ ~- . . -... :.. .·: . i' . -··. . ·' : ....... n.-.. • { •· . ~,"" /• C1-..~ 1 ified by derivatio!"l: f -88- ;t ..... : I • by James Angleton at the·time of Scott'.s death.351/ 1: I .; This·committee requested access to any relevant materials from this safe on July 6, 1978.352/ -. Access was granted on October 6, 197a,•.!!< Two statements by Mr. Scott contained in these materials lend circumstantial support for Ms. Tarasoff's testimony. In 1970 Mr. Scott wrote: I had many experiences, some of.which I can· write in detail. One of these pertains to lee Harvey Oswald and what I know (emphasis .. in original)·of his activities from the moment he arrived in Mexico, his contacts by telephone and his visits to both the Soviet and ~uban Embassies and his requests for assistance from these two Embassie• in trying to get to the Crimea with his wife and baby. ' J During his conversations he cited a promise from the Soviet Embassy in Washingtcn that they .,;, would notify their Embassy in Mexico of I Oswald's plan to ask them for assistance.353/ J In his unpublished manuscript, Scott refers to a conversation in which Oswald gave the Soviet Embassy j "his .ruune very slowly and caref.ully."•i.4/ Although ~ the transcri.pts available do not bear out Scott•s ( recollections, there are interesting parallels with i the testimony of Anna Tarasoff and David Phillips.355/ ( ~ ........ ... ... . · ·~ ,........ - II. Classification: t: ~ .-) .. . '.. ..:~~:·.'\~ ... ~ ·.. . : ;;; 2,.\}4 l I Cfonified by c:!erivati.,n: - - - - Af/IJY AffiY . .4fV . .. .... (This form is to· be used for materiof extracte from CJA--controfied documents.) / .-89- There are indications also that there was one other additional call that may have been available to.the Mexico City Station prior to ~he assassfnation . .j of President Kennedy. In the first statement by Silvia Duran provi~ed to the CIA by the Mexican_ governments Silvia says that the Cuban Consul called the Soviet Consular official who dealt with Oswald.356/ This statement is also missing from most subsequent J reports of Ms. Duran's statements, with the notable • exception of the first CIA report to the Warren Comrnission.357/ Ms. Duran's early statement·was confirmed by Eusebio Azc·ue.358/ This conversation 'J was not discovered by a review of the transcripts from the intercept operation.. It is possible that the call made by Azcue was to a phone at the Russian Consulate - that was not subject to electronic surveillance. is known that two of the phones at the Soviet Consulate were subject to surveillance.359/ ..... This It - Committee has not determined how many telephones were in the Soviet Consulate in Mexico City. ' :t' rr:-.p,W'·J-:.~. . ... . ' . ! t:: :"')·-- ', r-' Classification: 205 A A 2 i-nr'-iiiii«n~.·ii~iiiiiffJ~t..;~~~~;~"?.... Classification:1t: . . ~:'iJ!J~tb t~ (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) I \ -90- ' • · ' ·":· ...... 'C'. ·:--.· ·.;:- :- ' .i Whfle this Committee has not been able to find ·' any-~irect corroboration of Anna Tarasoff's claim, the circumstantial corroboration is such that the possibility that'there was ao aq..ditional transcript ' ·.: concerning Oswald that was available to the Mexico City Station in late 1963 cannot be dismissed. In ' ' all likelihood, the Azcue call to the Soviet Consulate concerning Oswald was probably made on telephones no~ subject to CIA surveillance and, hence,·would not have been available to the CIA's Mexico City Station. '~ tf 6. Possibility-that the CIA Photosurveillance Obtained a Photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald .. This Committee cannot state with certainty that a photogr~ph of Lee Harvey Oswald was not ' obtained by the photosurveillance operatio~s in Mexico ' - City because of three reasons: (a) the photographs from LILYRIC, the "alternate" photographic base which covered the Soviet Embassy main gat~ and the photog~aphs 0·'~,....:{1··.~~::~ from the pulse camer~which covered the Cuban Consulate entrance, with the exception of a ....... _ .,.. 9,,rm!F;\ ¢:\::-;:::.~ -=~ -:-J:-- "-K!SS'..:atatior~:} 'f}'~ · r ·· · .. · · · · ·' - -~ '2,06 .-.,.t. ~-· ,: • ,Jv f'JV' U ~"t1 ::.~~·:j:;:_; ..Li ::.·:. I . ... Oassified by derivc:ticn: - - - - """' .4IJIJI' R --- - *Ol~ (This form is_.. to be used for material extraded from CIA--co-ntrolled documents.) .. ~ • ~91- ~ f~w samples were not made available for review by the CIA; (b} testimony from knowledgeable people that it would have been unlikely that the photosurveillance J would have missed someone whom it had at.least five chances of .recording;36l/ and (c) r~ports that such ~ ,. a photo did, in fact, exist.362/ a. Missing Materials ·" J The documentation and elaboration ·first reason. can be found in Sections II.A. and B. of the. preceding. Simply put, this Committee h~s not seen ·all of the photographs produced by the photosurveillance operations in Mexico City.363/ Hence, it cannot conclude that a photograph of Oswald does not exist among those photographs it has not seen. j , b. Likelihood that the Photosurveillance . Operation would have Missed Oswald l CIA officers who ~ere in Mexico ·in 1963 and their Headquarters counterparts generally agreed that •• ••• ' •I it would have been unlikely for the photosurveillance operations to have missed ten opportunities to have 2 0'1 ' r.ft Clal!~ification:JOP SEBRH (This ·form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlfed documents.) ........ ; ':.92- conversations about or involving Oswald intercepted at the Soviet Embassy reveal that a man later identified as Oswald was at the Cuban Consulate at least three -... - : Jhad become aware of Ms. Scaleti'.s. coup through his research into ~he Oswald . Classification: ····r: {~:~~·,,: ,'~·:a·· L ~-_ . nie,.r-. § 8J ... ·0...::'~ ~;i .lt.:::.J ol ·22 ~ I ..dcssified by df!•iv-=~:c,, ... _ ,........... - ... (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.} · p -105- ,.f. . case.429/ Mr. Piccolo was not certainI as to when he .. - ftrst heard the story that Ms. Scaleti had found the photograph, but he was certain that he had heard f it prior to hearing it from( <::!:!.A _1? ]430/ Mr. Piccolo speculated that the Mexico City Station may have routinely sent photographs of ' ' unidentified Ame~icans who visited Communist· Embassies to Headquarters for possib.le identificati.on.431/ Mr. Piccolo also told the House Select Committee on Assassinations interviewers that he was aware, when he was in Mexico, that Win Scott had a personal safe in his office. Ke said that "restricted ' " f materials" were held tn Mr. Scott's safe. •Restricted ma'terials" were defined as very sensitive materials ~ that did not find their way into the routine file~ and indexes.432/ ' -_. I {5) Statements ofr::. C:lA )) ]. )stated that he had never been· I involved in any of.the CIA's "in-house" investigations tl of the Kennedy assassination or· Oswa1d.433/ He f did state,.though, that he had once worked on an -nt,i w· ~ .. . ... . ~. ~ A" ---.,.~u ac.;.QliOh~·S!Wjjiii-.~P~~~IIi-• 12. .t~ !4'- M . . U~o:~&~ (This form is to b~ used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.} -106- - "Oswald Task Force."434/ He said that this occurred in late September or October of 1975. At that time, there were two or three FOIA suits brought igainst .. .,.. the Agency concerning the Agency•s .."'-" "" files on Oswald.435/ These files had to be processed and the task was delegated to the Counter-Intelligence Staff and he was assigned to the task force.436/ - ( C!:J.A!) } ta ted that he was a 1 so one of the primary contacts with two investigators from the • Senate Select Committee who were looking into the Agency's files on Oswald at approximately the same time.437/ The task force that he was part of conducted no research and analysis of which he was aware.438/ ( a!'3:.A 'D ~tated that the only photograph he remembers seeing is the Mexico Mystery Man photo.439/ He said that he did not recognize ·- the name "Elsie Scaleti .•'440/ He stated that he...did not recall ·ever being told that there was a photo of Oswald from the Mexico City surveillance operations.441/ He denied ever telling anyone that such a phqto was found.442/ He did admit, however, to discussing the assassination with Joseph Piccolo.443/ Classification~:'i~r~mlU~i'f~n·~i-~~~-~~-:~~~·~~:~~-~ - ~: :~:~=··:.~·:•·••• ,. -.:.-.., .....:~~.... ... (~:~ ~· • !:l , . .. -.. ·-,. .: :' l; ·- J • ... ,-· Cios~iiied 'by- derivotion: - - - - Classification·,.,~-llfjij~~~ &! (This form is to ~e used for material from CIA--controlled documents.) / J ~ .I .. ~;--: -·. f d. HSCA Investigation of the possibility that the Mexico City Photosurveillance Operation 1 ,1 Produced a Photograph of Lee Harvey Oswa1d {1) Introduction This Committee has conducted a general investigation into the CIA's photographic surveillance operations in • l Mexico City in 1963 as.well as a specific investigation t • into the allegations mentioned above. 444/_ In an attempt to determine whether the CIA's Mexico City photogra_phic bases did, in fact, photograph Oswald,· ~this Committee requested the CIA to make available to .:._ the HSCA the production of these bases. 445/ The CIA has in part responded to. ·this request. 446/ ·However, the pr~uction frcrn LILYRIC, the sec~nd base that covered - . ~ the Soviet Embassy entrance, and the pulse camera that covered the Cuban Consulate entrance, has not been ~ade - - c ) available for review. 4·4 7 I The Agency's wi thholdin~r of \ • ! .-. certain production materials from the photo~raphic t~ses ·~ I ' ~.: \- t . has prevented the Committee from determining whether a photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald was taken by these photo- surveillance operations. ' · Also in the course of its general investigation into the CIA's surveillance operations in Mexico City . Classif ication: o.r ?. .,1"::"\n uu l 1· · ~~- rn at""· ~ ~·- :·;:...!:.~ .:r . . ·. ··\··., · ,,,, :;·.. ·:! - ,..... ':.- tl• ;t-J ~.• ~~-- ·-.' , ' ! ... ·' ~ Ut! ~~r~:-;:.~)~~ >:~~ : :_ . .-.. C!:u:,c!t~C bl c::n·-=:~:.:;:1~ - - - - 6 A Classification - ; (This form is to be used for materi1al e:ldrc:actetd from CIA-controlled documents.) . - 108 .- and Oswald's visit to that city, the Committee has inter- viewed many CIA officers who were stationed in Mexico ' City, or worked in 1963 at CIA Headquarters in support of Mexican operations. They uniformly testified.that - ... ' - "' ~he Station had not obtained a photograph of Oswald from the photosurveillance operations·in Mexico City. 448/ (2) Investigation of the Allegations . 1963. 449/ Ms. Elsie Scaleti worked on the Mexico Desk in Ms. Scaleti could not recall her particular ' .responsibilities.while she was assigne~ to the Mexic~ Desk. 450/ She told the HSCA that she would have been doing routine case officer work which would have involved -, " name traces, projects, budgets, et cetera. 451/ She could not recall any specific projects that she worked on and she stated that th,e case officers on the desk would not have had specific titles. such as "Chief of Suppo~t - Operations. •• 452/ She stated that the work of the Desk was assigned to the case officers by project and that -, ·- ' work that was levied that was not part of an assigned proje~t would have been done by anyone on the desk who - happened to be ava~lable. 453/ One of Ms. Scalet~'s supervisors, Mr. John If. . :\ ~·: - ~ .,': ':f : & .-, ;:,., . . -: . , : \ ' t Classification: -+'~i-T·n·~~.t;~~~~- ?.,'2.~ ' (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA--controll~d documents.) - l.09 - Scelso, Chief of the Mexico Branch in 1963, remembers that: (Elsie Scaleti) ••• was the, sort of the ···Major Domo of the Branch. She ·managed all the records, handled all of the cables from Mexico that dealt with security suspects, or asked for traces on security suspects. 454/ .. Ms. Scaleti was in the position that Mr. Agee said she was in 1963. 455/ .. A major part of the allegations is dependent upon ·whether or not the· ciA Mexico Station sent· the photo- production to Headquartres. HSCA review of CIA files . has revealed no evidence that the photoproduction was • routinely sent to Headquarters in 1963. 456/ HMMA-22307 detailed the installation of a pulse camera to cover the Cuban Consulate on September 27, 1963. 457/ The dispatch states that the results of . the testing would be sent to Headquarters as soon as they - were availble·. 458/ This Committee did not find any · indication that photographs from this camera we.;.s sent to Headquarters prior to 6/19/64, when Headquarters was .notified that some production was being sent by un- accountable transmittal manifest,459/ with the excep- tion of BMMA-22433, ll/7/63 which sent samples of the These r'l> f': .. /)• ...., ·- -~: . ' . ; •I "'"•"':.~••·•carson: :.:·:::::~===~~~~,...----:-- (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) - 110 - • six samples when reviewed by the HSCA did not include a photograph. 461/ Ms. Scaletti was asked about the allegations,.how- ever, her memory of 22 November 1963 is.not good:. Q: When was the next time·after you. sent a cable to Mexico City Station and you teletyped thoese other agencies, when was the next time you heard of'Lee Harvey Oswald? A: I don't. remember. The only. thing'! can say is that based on what is in the file that I must have .heard about it when the Station came in and asked--well, if there was nothing else in the file the name popped up again, I just don't remember about the assassination or whenever: • Q: Would the testimony be that to the best of your recollection the next time you heard the name was when you heard about the assassination? A: Probably. Q: At that time did the name. .oswald ring a bell? Did you remember the earlier·~able traffic about him? A: I just don't know. When he.was assassinated, I don't even remember how long it was before - they... got the name of oswald • Q: Oswald was picked up within .two hours after the assassination and the name was made public. A: Immediately? Q: Yes. A: If I were in the office unless I radio on--we didn't have a neces- . Classification: · ~ It~" ~ ~fFnla. Classiti~ataon;WJII,~·igai•Wil.•~• •rP*~T ~··~~.!! .. ~I•:..,.. e · \!:!YO~~~ (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled .1< - 111 • documents.} 'J sarily--I would not have heard the name Oswald until the .next day probably-. I would assume this was a little bit unusual, I mighthave tied it in. I am sure the first thing they would have done is make a name trace when they came up with that name and they would come up wi~ a 201 file all over again. · ·~ · J-- ' Q: Do you recall where you were · on Friday, Novem- ber 22, 1963? The only thing I remember about it is going .. . ' ' A: home and finding my husband sitting in front of the 'l'V and talking about it. I probably ·was at the office but I don't remember any- thing. I blanked out. I must have been at the office • . '' , Q: Do you remember bringing John Scelso the Oswald file on that day? ~ A: I wouldn • t remember that. If he had asked for it I probably· did. It would have been natural for me to if I did. I just don't know. Q: A: Did you ever find a photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald at CIA Headquarters? I don't remember ever finding an Oswald photo- graph. - Q: A: Q: Right around the time of the i!f.~assination? I don't remember it. Did you find a photograph of someone whom you 'J thought to be Lee Harvey Oswald? A: I don't remember that either. · Q: A: Do you kn0l:7 Philip· Agee? .?:£•!@9'~' T P~:- · ~.· !!!!~r:::_~,~~~·!q!·~-~--~·· 1 :-·--· :~·-~-· '• Yes •• • • • Class1f1cation: ~\;~ :1 '~ - U'u··· ..., : "· ·. ·- ·· . . , f~Ji.:::::\0 ~ G:i:. ;_. I m· Oassified by derivation: ~,, """"' ' .4iiY ~ (This form is to. be used for material extracted from CIA~ontroll_ed documents.} - 112 - Q: Did you ever tell Joe Smith or Phillip Agee that you had fo~d a photograph of Oswald or someone you thought to be Oswald? A: !.did not know Joseph Smith in Mexico City. I had never seen Joe except at the station in Mexico City and Phil I only saw when I was in Mexico. Q: So your answer to the question is no? A: I don't recall it and I don't see that I would have.any reason. Q: I guess for the purpose of clarification I would. like to ask. the question one more time. Did you ever tell Phillip Agee or Joseph Smith that you found a picture of Oswald or someone whom you thgout to be Oswald? A: Not that I can recall. 462/ At the time of the assassination theCIA's 201 personality file on Lee Harvey Oswald was in the possession of the Mexico City Des~ 463/ That desk had had posses- sion of the file from 10 October 1963 when.ithad received a report that a man claiming to be Lee Oswald had been in contact with the Soviet Embassy in Mexico . City. 464/ l* ·,. - Fortunately, Ms. Scaleti's supervisor had a better memory of the events tha~ transpired at CIA Headquarters on the day that President Kennedy was assassinated. He said: A: ... I do not know how long after the actual shooting it was that Oswald's name became r.r;: ~' ~ ;..~ 7 ~·- :':7 :. ! -:-:r-::::. Classification: !''~-~ f\.j~;.; ;'•··~:•·~--•-- - - - -__..... -,. "-'"•1• ·, r.r•'' [ l···•- U ~u tH ,'; '.:J.....::.~:t..: ..::.~ li :. • .,; i • I """'"' •, •..•. I j. l " ) I Classified by derivation: _ _ __ "- J p t a i Classification: ·1ftr~·njrl~f. . ~~i~;J~_g..,...__. usJ'f~·, mat~i;~l· ext;Gcte~ fl - ·! (This form is to be . from CIA--control!~ documents.) - 113 - known, ~erhaps an ' hour, hour and a half. Within minutes after that, they were out with the cables in their hands. l .. Q: Within .minutes of the name Oswald being on ·' A: the radio, an officer came in with Oswald ·cables? Yes. ' . ·i ..l Q: A: Who was that officer? I believe it was Mrs. (El~'e Scaleti) who was ' - the,. .sort of the .Majo-r Dom.o of the Branch. She managed all the records, handled all of the cables from Mexico that dealt with security l suspects. or asked for traces on security j suspects. · ...• Q: A: Did you· ask her how she was able to obtain .the Oswald cables so quickly?. No, I know where she would have gotten them. We have copies of them right in our·Branch. ',.. ..A Q: At that time, ·did she also have a photograph of Oswald? A: Q: No, I do not think so. Do you know whether Elsie Scaleti ever discovered a photograph of Oswald at CIA - A: Headquarters? I do not think so ••• I do not. r:emember any photagraph of. Oswald at that~·ime, the .day - - of the assas~ination, or even later. I do remember our asking --•we had to ask ONI for a photo, and so on. As far as I recall, they never sent us one. It could be thl~s}ater on she found one, but I don't recall.--- - I;"• '". .r ('"' 1 •• ...., '} -'.~ ••• 1 : ... 'l,~~ I•: -·-~.:auacanon:_j ·uau.:~ --~1 u:l?f~ftf:-. ~~ .. ' ·. @tk-· .....2 . P!b~ii~- i (This form is to be used for · material extractet= " from CIA--controlled documents.) .it - 114 .. / The chief of the Me~ico Branch quoted above was alsc responsible for the initial· CIA investigation into the assassinatio~ of John Kennedy. 466 1 Mr. Scelso also testified that, at the ti~e of t~e . . assassination, the name of Lee HarveyOswald did not ring a bell wit-h him becau'se 11 thousands of names were crossing my desk every month.'467/ He was asked why Ms. Scaleti, who-came acrQss as many names as he did,would have remembered Oswald · when he had not. · She was concerned only with Mexico and I had -five or six other countries to work with as well. She has a fantastic memory ••• (Elsie • Scaleti) in her job as the manager of records, traces and files, in this Mexico desk, was •n outstanding officer to whom I gave, in one of her fitness reports, the highest evaluation, outstanding, number 6 and so on, that can ~e given, that was very rarely given at that time. Her work was pretty near flawless and she also was an outstanding trainer of new employees.~/ Material removed from Win Scott's safe now in possession ' - of the CIA provides critically important circumstantial evidence that the CIA photo-surveillance operations obtained photographs of Oswald: "{Oswald's) visits and conversations are not hearsay; for persons watching these embassies photographed Oswald as he entered and left each one; and clocked the time he spent on each visit ... 46 9 / - "'r~ •. q·_·~- '} This Committee believes that a photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald was probably obtained by CIA photosurveillance in. Classification t-=''f.,n~~~·jjj.:~-.•.iiiiiiif\t'i·'~=-·.·_.'"'".~.:·ii!i:-·~···..;.,-:~-·-;._ . M!IM 1;4 ~n 4.2- .. t..± _. ~·~...:...~.:.;_ . . ... ~ •- ' "• ~" • .... -··. ' I I Classified by derivation: - - - - Mexico. There are allegations that such a photo was foand; • there is testimony that such a photo should have be~n obtained; the CIA!s ·with~olding of materials; Ms. Scaleti's strange lapse of memory regarding the events of 11/22/63; and· Mr. Scott's manuscript; these things, in the Committee's view, ·.- .. .....- would tend to indicate that a phota-f)f Lee Harvey··oswald was obtained. On the other hand the consistent testimony that a photo was not obtained in Mexico; the absence of any record of transmittal of the photo to Headquarters (T-he weight of this consideration is mitigated by the fact that there were methods of communication ava i 1ab 1e that were not i ncorpo rated i n·to ~he CIA's record keeping systems.); and the testimony of·Ms. Scaleti and Hr. Scelso that a photo was not dis~overed would tend to indicate that, in fact, the allegations that Ms. Scaleti .• found a photo of LHO are false . ·I I I. B•. Information Connected to Lee Harvey Oswald by the Mexico City Station Prior to the Assassination. 1. Introduction .. :! This study has demonstrate~hat the information from • I .· the Soviet Embassy taps and from Headquarters was available to the Mexico City Station prior to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In addition to the Agency acknowledged information, there is a distinct possibility that ,, ,... ,,, .. •().• ..:::,; ·--.. '·' ,· ._._:_ ...... ... • . -t'W 4 s·r ~ ~ • the Station had available to it one additional telephonic intercept transcript~ and one or more surveillance photographs. This Committee has made an attempt to determine when the available information was linked to Lee Harvey Oswald. Commi~-~-ee has also made ~n attempt to determine whe:~~er all The ' ........ ~ the intercepted telephon~ calls were in fact connected with Oswald or involved Oswald. It should be pointed out, however, - that this analysis can only be directed at that information now known to have been available to the Mexico City Station. - This information will be discussed briefly in the following· section. ·In addition, the question of whether Oswald or an Oswald imposter visited .the Embassies and made the phone calls, - ~ along with the possibility that Oswald was not alone in Mexico • City, will be dealt with in gre~ter detail in the final section of this report. 2. Information Available from the Soviet Wiretaps that was Connected with or invrolv_e.,d Lee Harvey Oswa 1d. .. ,....'... !:.• ~\, c:· -:...-. - -- The Mexico City Station possessed~ intercepted telephone conversations that may have dealt \'lith Oswald. The conversations ~ are summarized bel.ow for easy reference. 470 / In the following pi discussion the conversations will be referred to by date and time of occurance. .·-. . .. .. . ·- Classification: -u·:;::a~.:~-~~~~~---~·· ...;.;;,.. '..: ··:::...-:..JS ..}!l!! s ·.-111111!11111:. ,..... ..... , i \. "c •") ;::, f ... • ~. ~ ' ·- #., I Classified by derivation: _ _ __ . . tffl" ~ ..,. Aflily~· Aifly .. I r' 117 • DATE 9/27/63 TIME 10:30 AM regarding a visa for Odessa. (Spanish.) SUMMARY Man calls Soviet Military Attache ""e>. '.I 9/27/63 10:37 AM ~~n calls Soviet Consulate regarding~ a visa for Odessa. {S_panish) ·.r..o J 9/27/63 · 1 : 25 PM Man calls the Soviet Consulate and ·~ ; . asks for the tonsul. (Spanish) v'·D d , 9/27/63 4:05PM Silvia Duran calls the Soviet Consulate. (Spanish). .. 9/27/63 4:26PM Soviet Consulate calls Duran (Spanish) 9/28/63 ll:SlAM Duran calls Soviet Consulate and puts a man on the phone. (Spanish Russian and English.) 10/l/63 l0:31AM Man calls Soviet Military Attache. (Russian) 10/l/63 10:45 AM Man calls Soviet Consulate identify-Ji ~ ,.,. ·• . . . . -1_15!41 0~. i:"w"(1 ~i i. ~ (This form is to be ·Used for materiol extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) rf .; I> - 125 - • Later that same day, .the Soviet Consulate returned Ms. Duran's call. 502/ Under normal procedures, these transcripts.would have been in the CIA Station by the first of October and Ms. Goodpasture brought these trans- cripts into the Station on that morning and put them on rC.~A ~ 2. )desk • .llil [ C.~A C "'l. ];~cognized the. transcripts as-containing information of a possible coun- terespionage or counter-intelligence interest and routed them to Mr. Shaw, Ms. Goodpasture and Win Scott (in reverse order.) 504/ Mr. Scott wrote, at the top of .. ..:the 9/27/4:26 call, ••xs it possible to identify?•• 505/ This was the first interest in Oswald recorded by the Mexico Station even though the caller was as yet uniden- tified. It indicates a routine interest in an American who is in contact with the Soviet Embassy. After the transcripts were routed they were filed in a general subject file. 506/ The 9·/J28/ call was pr-obably rec~:\ved at the CIA Station on Monday, 30 September 1963. The routing and filing instructions indicate that it was handled in much the same way as the 9/27 conversations. On 1 October 1963 a conversation in which an En- glish speaking person identified himself to the Soviet Classification:·.~.: :f..~; · ::~·: ~, ··· ~- ..----· ~,··~ C,. ·o : ...... • •••• !' • ·.;.:. 1 "-;·•" [f ... _, .• .•· ·. Classification. · ~'iii\ · r.::a . ~i mat~ ~ 1 (This form is to .be e from CIA-controlled documents.) - 1 '6 · .. - Consulate as. lee Oswald. came to the tor in the electronic surveillance base-house. 507/ monitor immediately notified the American techni~ian attention.of a moni- The ' who then listened to the tape. 508/ The technician ' - had instructions "to alert the- Stat~o.n immediately .if a:-.-:- U.S. citizen or.English speaking person tries to con- tact .an.y of the target installation~" '509/ The techni- cian called Ann Goodpasture and a meeting was· a·rranged. 510/ The technician marked the tape "Urgent," ~pecifying - .a box, and delivered it to Ms. Goodpasture.within fif- whe~e the conversation occured on the reel, put i~ in . teen minutes of the telephone call to Ms. Goodpa$ture. ill/ The tape was.delivered to.Boris Tarasoff who transcribed ',. ,J{: it and returned i~ to the Station on that same day. 512/ As soon as the Station learned that an American had contacted the Soviet Embassy (Mi. Goodpasture ~egan ' to screen the photographs from the Soviet surveillan~e operations. 513/ The photographs from the coverage of ..... - the Soviet Embassy, however, were not delivered as prompty as the transcripts. ·The photographs from Octo- ber 1, 1963, were not removed from the c.amera unti 1 3 or - 4 October. 514/ Hence, they would not have.been received until 4 (Friday) or 7 {t4onday) October by the Station. 515/ - ... Classification: ~ . . r.;. r::'\ ~~ r- "':. ~ e-ft-.-: :~: I; ... : I -- ,, , ' • J ,t t' ~ ~~~ ' - l27 - A cable reporting Lee Oswald's contact with the Sovie~ Embassy was written and sent to Headquarters by ( ~::tA C 'l. }n l0/8/63. Various reasons have been ad.: vanced to explafn the seven day delay in sending this cable. David Phillips explained the delay by saying that(~zA_ C .l jw~s too busy to be bothered by something of such a routine nature. 516/ t~~~~ 1Las a busy man, sometimes pro- lcrastinat/~g. His wife was working for him, and on one or two occasions I spoke to( <:.~A c.\ 1kiddingly saying, hey, where is~he cableJabout this fellow, or something .. ·like that, or maybe to his wife. I am not sure. In any event, what ~appened a few , days passed and(c.tA ~ :Z. )Prepared a message--she was working for her husband, and as I recall it she typed it herself, but I am not positive on that point, but in any event, she prepar'd the cable l and took it to (!.!A (!. \ •l at which time he signed off on 1t. During that process, it did come to me, also to sign off, because it spoke about Cuban matters, and then went to the Chief of Station and was released. 577/ A blind ~IA memorandum entitled •oelay in sen~ing ;.:.."'1 ...... the first cable about Oswald" was located in a $Oft file on the Unidentified Han photograph. This memorandum as- serts that Dave Phillips ~didn't know what he was talking about." The memorandum's assertion is correct. [:"": ·. ·:.:.:.: ·· · · r: :. ·.. • .-.•, .~ . :; ", ,, .. : ..... .._ A j ......... , . , • . , •• f • t::. ~,~,;,~.dg ~.......... r"" i aauified by derivation: - - - - - .:: i • • • . _,:_..._,., - - - - -~ / (This form is to. be used for material extracted from CIA--conttolled documents.) ... ·.. t• ~ .- 139 - \.../ the 10/8 cable was written. The note says: "This is. a Mexican named Gutierrez-·license plate changed in _] Feb 64 to Mexican." 552/ This Committee cannot be certain that other "U A M"s .J did not turn up on the production from the liLYRI C base A J because that production has not been made available I J for review. ·. Ms. Goodpasture was asked about this and explained f J ~ that the man, Gutierrez, was known in the .statio~ and J that the base house agent was mistaken in identifying 'i f • him as an American. 553/ 1 J~ This Committee finds the above quoted exo1anation hard to accept for other reasons. The October 1 .tra·nscript does not indicate that Oswald visited the Embassy on . that day, however, it does indicate a visit on the pre- vious Saturday. 554/ Even if he did visit the Embassy t .l on the first of October, the photograph referred to in ... -.. ..., the cable was not taken until the second of October, \ ..,.... .;. ··q..,\\.:. . 1963 • .§.§.§./ The photographs from the one surv~i1lance base for 1, · 2 and 3 October were on one roll of fi 1m and one log sheet was prepared by the base. The text of . ~ ..···' , , '- ... . ..:. ,_:·~· t J ~:~ .J . j t+ Classification:-:·~!?,~ ... e;~ff;~-,~·::...~ ,~~-- . i"; ~~:.~~·I ~ik,-;J.~ ~ts ij Lf_ (This form is to . be 8~ ' "for material extracted fr~m CIA--controlled documents.) 1..40 - " the log sheet is in black type. age is set off by a row of red typed percentage The separate days cover- (~) · - marks. 556/ '-:>:::~s. Goodpasture attempted to .explain this mistake. - f::"'- ' Q: Looking at the log, can you now ex- plain to the Committee why the cable f referred to a photograph taken on October 1st when actually it was taken on another day? A: If you look at the 14g here you see at the top--it was just an oversight on , - the part of th~ person who was writing .,. that cable. It looks as though the date is 1 October, but if you read it very .. closely you see there are only two frames ~ that were shot on 1 October and 2 Octo- ber, it starts up with fram number 3, et cetera, et cetera, and there the shots occur. That is the only explanation I can give. Q: Is your explanation that wh~m~ver refer- red to the log simply looked at the date at the top of the page, the date.being October 1st, and did not see any reference to the date October 2nd7 - ......... }.,:Right. :.--:. -557/ This Committee finds it'implausibl~ that Ann Good- ' .... ~~f pasture, who had the specific duty of "processing for operational l~ads all Station photosurveillance info per- taining to the Soviet t~rget" since 1960 and had received - a rating of outstanding on her annual fitness reports, ' .... : .. . /"". ro"' -..~.i. (J ..) ) ..... ···..; ..t~) AW ' . Classificationi~·!;{.- . . -: . . .·tt ·:.,.. ~rte . {This form is to . be used for material extracted l1 . a. . ..." from CIA--controlled documents.) ' would make such an oversight mistake and not discover it unt·il 1976. 558/ This Committee th.inks that the fact. - that the mistaken date of the photograph was not dis- covered for so long is especially suspect.in light of ' the fact that on the day after the assassination CIA Headquarters sent a cable to Mexico which said: - "(FBI) says·that photos oi~an entering Soviet Embassy which MEXI sent to Dallas wer• not of Oswald. Presume MEXI has double-checked dates of these photos and is also checking all pertinent other - photos for possible shots of Oswald. 559/ ~eadquarter's preseu~ption was evidently mistaken. record exists that would indicate a reply to this cable No -1- by the Mexico City Station. ~ The likelihood that a photograph of Oswald was indeed obtained makes the ~explanation," preferred by Goodpasture, et al., even more implausible. 560/ At this time the Committee can not conclude why the 'original ',8 mistake was made even thdDgn-it does find the expla·nation offered by Goodpasture, et al., to be highly implausable. Regardless of why the mistake was made, Oswald•s ~, contact with the Soviet Embassy and the mistaken photo- graphic identification of him were reported to Headquarters . The 10/8 cab .:-· . 1e was received . ..at- ..He~dqua.r1:e~~s on 9...0ctober ~ - r-.n-1\ ., ...•., . ~·:;_,,_t· .i ; •. Classification: -:~~~¥€~.~~J~,-~~.;..,..~~::~ :.;.~-~·~ •.! ·! _., .• •• =-'::~~ ... ••.... ._;i,.._. C' -~~:r;~:! b~· c:pivc!:.~-, -··-··-. . ... 1 "Aj ' -.. -· ...': 1l!.:1IJ 1~ ' ' ·~ t:l ~-i~l t;;; '1. ~ ~: '!\ ·~' y-1- . p,-s::" ~-::J & . ,. + "! ~.._. •.,.... ... -~ (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) ·- - 142 - • 1963. 561/ The cable, as was routine, went to the Me xi co Desk for action. 562/ The 'person who handled the case for the Mexico Desk was Elsie Scaleti. 563/ Ms. Scaleti initially considered the information ·routine. 564/ She took the routin~ steps of request- ing a name trace. 565/. From the name trace she learned . that there was· a ' 201 file. on a ·Lee Henry Oswa 1d but . that it was rest~icted to a branch of the Agency known as "CI/SIG.". 566/ The custodian of Oswald's file, in October 1963, was Ann Elizabeth Goldsborough Egerter of the Counter-Intelligence/Special Investigatibns Group. This group's purp~se and interest in Oswald is detailed in another section of ths.final report deal- ing with whether or not Lee Oswald was an agent or asset of the Central Intelliges(ne Agency. 567/ Ms. Scaleti went to Ms. Egerter and asked to see Lee Oswald's file which was pr6vided to her by Ms. Egerte·r. 568/ Once the information from the Os\'lal d 201 and the information in the cable from Mexico City was combined, the Oswald contact took on more significance: Q: Now, once the information ..• had been obtained by you, did that in any way increase the significance of Oswald's con tact with the Soviet . . ......., Embas~?. .. '-:.l: r-• ·,.,., • .. ...,', .. .,... • - :"' ·-·· ""' ; • . . ~ !\ •. ;' ' . . ! · ~·· r·rs .., . · Classification: ·.J?l if· - ··.,. · ·· :~· ·, '. ) t!j 'tJtll & CifP WJ 4P •• ,_.:,. • ..... '"' ~---~· .. () .. -, ., .·, .. I,J I Oauified by deriv«Stion: - - - - 4iijiJil'- , ... .._~ - 143 - A: As I recall that ~s what I thought made ' it very significant. Q: Can you explain why? A: Any American who had tried to renounc~ his U.S. citizenship in the Soviet Union, now having again a relationship with the Soviet Embassy would lead one to wonder.why he had tried to renounce his citi- zenship in the first pla~e, and.why he was .. ' still in contact with the Soviets, whethei there was a possibility he really was -. working for ..the Soviets or what. 569/ ' Ms. Egerter rememb~rs that the cable from Mexico City caused a ·lot of excitement. She was shown the 10/9 - - cable. Q: Is this the cable that cause the excitement? A: Yes, one of them. -,1 Q: Why was excitement caused by this cable? A: "Contact with Kostikov." Q: What is the significance of the contact with Kostikov? A: I think we considered him a KGB man. - Q: Any other reason for the excitement? .... A: He had to be up to something ba~ to be so an- xious to go to the·Soviet Union. At least ' ' that is the way I felt. 570/ After reviewing Oswald's 201, which Cl/SIG loaned to the Mexican Desk where it reamined until the time of the assassination, Ms. Scaleti drafted a response to 2-a~ • - Classified by derivctlon: _ __ -.-·· ··-uwutliik /~ -z:r #J . .] - ute~;~~ ·~ u 1 , .. lrtWiJ (This form is to be used for material ext;'act:a' from CIA--controlled documents.) - 144 - the Mexico City 10/9 cable and also disseminated in- forma~1on about Oswald to other branches of the Ameri- ' can intelligence c~mmunity. 571/ were ~rafted at the same ~ime and were sent within several These two documents ' hours of each other. 572/ Several aspects of these two documents are interesting and illustrate various - - points, as well as· ra1se serious questions. The cable which Ms. Scaleti sent to Mexico says, in full: " 1. Lee Harvey Oswald.who called Sovemb l Oct probably identical Lee Henry Oswald (201-289248} born 18 October 1939. New Orleans, louisiana, former radar opera- tor in United States Marines who de- fected to USSR in Oct. 1959. Oswald is ' 4 five feet ten inches, one hundred sixty five pounds, light br~wn wavy hair, blue - eyes. · 2. On 31 Oct lS5g he attempted to renounce his United States citizenship to ·the Un i t·ed States Embassy in Mosco.w, indica t- ing· he had applied for Soviet citizen- · ship. On 13 Feb the US emb Moscow re- ·ceived an undated letter from Oswald postmarked Minsk on 5 Feb 1961 in which subj indicated he desired return of his US ppt as wished to return to USA if ' ."we could come to some agreement concern- ing the dropping of any legal proceedings against me.u On 8 July on his own ini- tiative he appeared at the Em~ with his ' ' wife to see about his return. to the States. Sub stated that he actually had never ~p­ plied for Soviet citizenship and that his r,:J (~\ (";\\ F;':J:-;=! ,"":'· s·· ~·::u .... Classification: :~ l!,j;j'.. (···~ ·:·~!!~Hd ·: • n.'tf''{J· ··-' .l ~·: '· ·. :.-;... ·' Oossified by derf.;etion: - - - - ' CJ OSSI·f·ICahon: . 'iPr:~~ :., f . .. 1 ~~~er ·· .•. % ~ .,.- ~ ; E ~!i @o&b~~l' J (This form is to · be ·used for ·material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) - f45 - -, ~pplication at that time had been to remain in USSR and for temporary exten- sion of his Tourist yisa pending out- come of ~is request. This application, according ·to Oswald, contained no ref to Soviet citizenship. Oswald stated th~t he had been employed since 13 Jan 1960 in Beloruss-:ian Radio and TV Factory in Minsk where worked as metal worker in research shop. Oswald was mar- '·.' ried on 30 April 1961 to Marina Nikolaevna Pusakova, a dental technician born July - 1941 USSR. No ·HDQS traces. He attemped arrange for wife to join him in Moscow so she could appear at Emb for visa interview. His American ppt was returned to him. US Emb Moscow stated-twenty months of realities of life in Soviet Union had clearly had maturing effect on Oswald. · 3. Latest HOQS info was (State Department) report dated May 1.962 saying (State) had determined -, ~ Oswald is still US citizen and both he and his Soviet wife have exit permits and Dept State h~d given approval for their travel with their infant child to USA. · 4. Station should pass info ref and para one to (U.S. Embassy, Federal Bureau of lnvestiga- · tion, Navy, and Immigration and Naturaliza~ tion) locally. Info paras two and three ori- - ·"""' ginates with (State)......... ~- ·· _..;..'! 5 • Ref an d pos s i b1e i dent i f i cat i on be i ng d i s s e'm i - ' - nated to HOQS of (FBI, State, Navy and I&NS). Pls keep HOQS advised on any further contacts or positive identification of Oswald. 573/ Ms. Sca·leti wrote this cable. 574/ Ms. Egerter was one of the people who reviewed the cable for accuracy. 575/ The cable was released by the Assistant Deputy Director ').'!'.() -·~ .· ~- '. '.. . . :; .·• Classification: ·~J~:::· ·~- m- ~ ~ ::;;.~. ~~"' , ' ·. ~~: :. :...;.:r.'". . ~~~~·f;~~·~~~· ~r:-i-.·~~ie·. ·- .._ ........ - .... A1IJIIT 61 ¥ A.4& 4 Ai4 GU&:t~ hb. d.. 6 {This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controll~d documents.) j - - 1-46 - of Plans, Thomas Karamessines. 576/ - The teltype which Ms.Scal~ti wrote was sent to the Department of State, the Federal Bureau of Investi- gatiow:~nd th~~pepartment type says: of the Navy. 577/ 1. On l October 1963 a reliable and sensitive source in Mexico reported that an American This tele- ·- male, who identified himself·as Lee Oswald, contacted the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City inquiring whether the Embassy had re- ceived any news concerning a telegram - - which had been sent to Washington. The American was described as approximately 35 years old, with an atheletic build, about six feet tall, with a receding hairline. 2. It is believed that Oswald may be identical· to Lee Henry Oswald, born on 18 October 1939 in New Orleans, Lousiana, a former u.s. Marine who defected to the Soviet Unicn in October 1959 and later made arrangements through ·the United States Embassy in Moscow to return to the United States with his Rus- sian wife, Marina Nikolaevna Pusakova, and their child. "'*-. 3. The informati6n in Paragraph One is being diss.e.minated to your representative in Mexico City:. Any further information received is being made available to the Immigration and 1 Naturalization Service. 578/ The first substantive conflict between these two documents are the dissimilar descriptions of Oswald. response sent to Mexico gave a fairly accurate descrip- The ', rtJ tion of Oswald while the dissemination·to other ~ernment I) n (' P .·~ -r '*' ....,. ·,., . • 1 .. ··-'"" Classification: ~'?'·f.=: ...... .. :. ~ .' ..,., . ,-:· "":' -·, ~ ,_ · . ·P.· !~ '"'='·';""· .- . ' • .,.... ... ' 1...=-' · ' ~c""·· •.....-.i-:..- .. ""·. ·~ ..· .......;' • • · "'C!:o!~ifie'd'bj cl~rivctic!'l: ---· _. __ .... \.,;lassittcatian·~ ::! ~· fl ~ · r!.:.;:; l" N1.) 4 ~r · ·~~hl ~stk.~t1 ~~ ~ (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--contrail,~ documents.) - - - l!iO - the man who identified himself as Lee Oswald at the Embassy in Mexico. ~/ The second point of interest that is illustrated by th~/10 cable and teletype is the inference that can ·~ ...... . -, be made from reviewing paragraph 3 of the teletype, para- graph 5 of the cable, and Thomas Karamessines signing · off on the cable, that the CIA was asking for, and pro- mising, a further investigation of Oswald without a speci- ~ic request from any other govern~ent agency who might -, ~ - .. have had, as the '77 IGR says, 11 in·vestigative responsibility." ··· . The Chief of the Soviet Section in Mexico City A recognized such a routine investigative responsibility as y part of the normal course of his duties. One of our responsibilities was to assist the FBI in identifying people who might be- come Soviet agents, particularly in America. 586/ As a matter of fact' the Chief of the Branch of the CIA- responsible for . ~he Mexican operations at .Head- quarters thought this was·one 4f the Mexico City Stati6n's strongest and most successful areas of endeavor. They {Americans) were detected enough so that J. Edgar Hoover used to glow every time that he thought of the Mexico City Station. This was one of our outstanding areas of cooperation with the FBI. 587/ •)r'! '..1 1... . .·'... '·;~· r ..... . ,. Clouified by d~rivotion: - - - - \..IQSSITICCtlon:~; ~ ~·;-: "~ ,,. . ' . . . , !.'i ;.- ~ ' ~rle~o i~ :5 (This form is to . be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) - 1-51. - -, The request for further investigation and dis- semin~~ion contained in paragraph 5 of the 10/10 cable to Mexico was the .reason that the cable was sent to the Assistant Deputy Director . of Plans . for release. . . 588/ - The Chief of ·.the Me~·co B·ranch was que-stioned extensively on this point: ·A: Well, it went up to ~1r. Karamessines b·e- cause it involved disseminating information -, on a~ American citizen. to the U.S. government agenciesi you see. ·At that time--probably sti11--the CIA did not investigate or pass • around information on American citizens un- less it were requested to by another govern- ment agency, either in that·particular case or by some standard operating procedure. In other words, the CIA, seeing an American abroad, observing an American abroad, observ- - ~ ing an American abroad engaging in some. ~ skullduggery, would inform the responsible U.S. agency here and sit and wait for instruc- - tions before doing anything further. In this case, we were passing on information to other U.S. government agencies in Mexico City and this probably went to other places in Washington as well. . Q: This particular information·was disseminated to other ~ncies without a request of any such .agency. Is that correct? . - A: Yes. Q: This fit into the other category of cases where disseminations were made? -- A: Disseminations would be made to other interested agencies, and a~y information we came across had·action taken to follow up to take investi- ~r;l - ..·.. ... .. •"}."":. •. I l ··. ..t ''7 • ~ ·. ~ . ' •""ass1 .• -t•aca t"Jon· ........ , ''l"'r: ; r"'r"\ ~ ~,.... tni ~ "'i u ..t·-' ~-· r: ,~~n:P.--1 ··'1>.4 !.{of • • • •." ••• · - r •• • ..... "'• : ; -1 '1 ~ 60; •• (This form is to be used for material extracted :;:, ~~~oit~ ~ g; from CIA--controlled documents.) - 162 - gative steps. ~issemination would only be taken ~f another agency requested it, either ~pecifically 1n that case, or unless it were a part of standard operating procedure, which would have been agreed -- ' upon with another agency. Q: Was any follow-up action contemplated by (the · 10/10) cable? A: Yes. "Please keep Headquarters advised of any further contacts or for positive identification of Oswald." Q: That would be considered follow-up? ' A: Yes. They were instructed to stay alert and report any further evidence of this man • s presence. There- fore, Mr. Karamessines had to sign off on it. ' Q: Mr. Karamessines had to sign off on it becatise· follow-up action was contempl~ted? A: With regard to a U.S. citizen abroad. ' , Q: For purposes of clarification, I think you said that there were two situations where Mr. Karamessines would have to sign· off. One would be where another ~ agency requested the dissemination? A: Yes. No--not the question of the dissemination. It is a question of operational action being taken. :..~ Q: A request for operation a 1 .action. What is the second example? A: Well-- .. f - Q.: Would the Agency itself decide to take operational action? A: Ordinarily, ope·rational action in an ordinary case would not require Mr. Karamessines approval at all. It was only because an American citizen was involved. ' That interest in an American citizen might come about because of a specific statement of interest about Cl QSSI•f•tea . t•aon: ,...--; ··~ ~~-:-::--. - -. -· ~,·- · . -•r·- . ..,... ,. '-·· ··· ,. . ; .-, . ~- ·~ ..: .. ~~:0- ";! - .,. .~. ( L. ~ .......( ? •.:/!" .· ·{:··. ·:ac:s-ifi!'d by d-l!rivc::ti~:., ···-··-···-·-· .. TV· .4iJIII' AW'" AJ L \..lassttlcataon: - - - - - - - - . (This form is to be used for material extracted ii fr~m CIA-controlled documents.) ~ .' • - 153 this individual from another U.S. government agency or it might come·about because·of a standard operating procedure. , For example, we had an agreement with the FBI that we would follow up leads on any American citizen in Mexico City who appeared around the Soviet Embassies, and so on, or anybody who was d~there appearing to defect, which we·might - learn through our. telephone intercepts. We could just as well have sent this cable out without Mr. Kar,messines releasing it. I do - - not know why·we did it. Q: In fact, you pointed to something which I was going to ask you about. I was wondering why somebody as high up in the Agency as Mr. Kara- .,. . messines was the releasing officer . A: I would have been because of the U.S. citizen aspect, because so many other U.S. Government agencies were involved, State Department, FBI and the Navy. I suppose :one of these things - , t. •. .is the Navy. One of them could be the Immigra- tion and Naturalization Service. Q: Let me attempt to summarize again. Karamessines would be responsible for signing off on this because operational action pertaining to an American was taken? ·A: Yes. Q: ·Eitherpursuant to the request of another go- · · vernment agency or pursuant to some standard operating procedure of the Agency itself. A: Yes. Q: Any other reason that you can think of? A: No. ,..,. ~ • ( I .. : _, ,..) ,~. ·. -•. ~ .: .. l ..611''' •• Classification~l uc _ ~ ·u .. ~ , ~· Jt...~t.ia~ ~ . ~ ~ (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) .- 1 5"!1- - or an ~greement, with the FBI th~t any activities by Americans around the Soviet or Cuban Embassy __ would be reported and followed up on by the Agency. ' Was that agreement in writing? A: I do not know. It probably was in writing some- where. ·It antedated my tenure, and the agreement ~s not in the files. It ~uld have been in the files of the DOP or of the CI Staff. 589/ -, The Chief of the Mexico Branch hence believes that • further investigation of Oswald was requested by CIA Headquarters without the prior expression of interest from another government agency with "investigative respon- ' sibility." This request for "operational activity" concern- ing an American abroad is advanced as the reason for the .. . Assistant Deputy Director of Plans signing off on the ' cab 1e. Even though the cab 1e was brought to. Ka ramess i nes' attention and he did sig~ off on it, Mr. Scelso told this Committee that that was not necessary due to a standing agreement with the FBI under which the CIA had agreed to i.nvest~_ate Americans in Mexico in contact with the Soviet (_ Embassy wi tho.ut any specific request from another agency. 590/ This recollection is corroborated by other testimony and documents. 591/ Elsie Scaleti also recalled that it would - ran• not have been netessary, in 1963, to bring such a request for operational action to the AOOP's attention. 592/ suggested that ·the reas~n 'fo.!'?~JD..9i "9-.li. to the AOOP • s (\ ·t)"'l · Classificatian: ·· ~ :. r~.' ~'( · · .~ · -: '~··· ... _..~ ... . She "'1 \\ -I ~! ... -:., • .. J~ s_.·..... . .·. -:::::;;:;:;::::~~ ::i;;;· a ' ···.! ... .~:t'e d.bv. cer ... o.l··~. . :·:·c·!C........ .1 • ... '"' . -r\: - · - - - · -.. ·-- Ali' " / - 15-5 - atte~tion did not have to.do with the request for operational action., but because Oswa 1d • s contact was considered i mpor- - tant enough to merit his attention: Q: Why would someone as high up in the organiza- tion .a.s Karamessines ask to be the releas'ln.g. officer of this particular cable? ' A: I can only surmise now that I might have thought or what several of us might have thought at the time, that since it involved somebody of this nature who had tried to renounce his citi- ' .. zenship, who was in.the Soviet Union, married to a Soviet, got out with ·a Soviet wife pre- sumably, ~hich is very strange, and now the con- tact with the Soviets, we could have a security, ' . a major security problem. This was one way of informing him and getting attention at the higher level. 593/ Even though the CIA denies such an agreement {if it ' was in writing) that covered the CIA's investigation of American citizens in Mexico, this Committee is certain, on the basis of the above detailed evidence, that such , -~ an agreement existed, either formally or informally. 594/ Hence, the assertion in the 1977 IG report that "Oswald was· not an investigative responsibility of the CIA" 595/ ' is seemingly inaccurate and misleading. This Committee has attempted to determine what ~- :.:- - actions, if any, were taken by the CIA's Mexico City Sta- tion after Headquarters responded to the initial report of Oswald's contacts with th~ Soviet Embassy. Classification:;-., I':\ r:-:-- :::'· r-• ~ · -· · , -= In this - 2.'~\. ~ : . '! .-..,·! ,-.:. '.. ,. ( \.... :'".-.' .-.. - ·~ . . . ·-· . t:'-:!~:::,-: ~· · c:.:-;·.-c·::·· -·-··----·-- .. ·- 4!5!!3' ~ ~ - 156 • - respect, two ~ssertions of the '77 IGR are important: 1) th~t it was not discovered that Oswald was seeking a , visa to Russia and that he had also been in contact with the Cuban Embassy until November 22, 1963; and 2) that - ~ '!li.L the Station did "nothing other than ask· ·Headquarters on 15 October for a photograph of Oswald" because no ~ o,ther government agency had made an official· request for further information. 596/ It has already been shown that the ~official request" that the Agency claims was not forthcoming was, in fact, not necessary and that, .as a matter of fairly routine operating procedure, the , CIA.Headquarters requested a follow-up on th~ information already reported about Oswald. It has also been shown ~ that the Oswald matter, after the name trace was done "'" at Headquarters, was considered to be fairly significant by the Headquarters officials involved. In this regard, " , ~ ~- it should be pointed out that Headquarters communicated , .•. its concern to Mexico by re~uesting in paragraph 5 of DIR 74830 more information on Oswald. It should also be noted that the CIA Headquarters also, by notifying -, the interested government agencies that "Any further in- formation received on this subject will be furnished to you" 5971 be 1 i ed the necessity of one of· the agenc_i es Cl ossification :,c:;·~:..;.·r~:.;>~.,.~;,;.-~-----~=- ~!''! .. ( 'l. "·I")·., ~~.:.,. ··.-··.'... ,.. .41IJ/T .&J .A p 4' 0 " ' J :::i::c::eo::::::: - 151- - , :::~::: :~:i:::t~::ka:;i:::io:e::e:be ~I:;·\.~ Mexi_~o__ ~.:t~~i~n J_~__ _j_~__yal iJL anc!__!i!_~ __q~estJ~.n _b_~~qmes l) ~he~_~, _, ther or not that Station did any follow-up; 2) whether they- dfd discover additional information about Oswald prior to the assassination; ·3) whether that information, ,. if any, was reported in an accurate and expeditious man~ ner; and 4.) if it was not reported, what wa~ the reason for the failure to r~port. ' ·. 11 October 1963. The Mexico City Station received DIR 74830 on The Mexico City copy of this cable is in Lee Harvey Oswald's Mex~~o City "P" file along with - '· the Station routing slip. There are several interesting aspects to this copy of the cable and there is evidence that provides indications of the S tat;ions' actions and the timing of those actions. There are several marginal notations on this docu- ment. Perhaps the most interesting is the notation "Sic" \ with an arrow drawn to the "Henry" in the name "Lee Harvey Oswa 1 d." That notation was made by Win Scott when he read the cable on the day it was received in Mexico. 598/ This .notation struck Committee investigators as very strange because it was a· possible indication that Win Classification: r.::;~,R~ .· F'· ~ ·-.:- ,-.. r~' (\ ,., .., ,. ..:. ' ;..... . . ,· .. / • - 158 - - Scott knew, at the time the cable was recei~ed, that Lee . . Oswald·'·s middle name was not "Henry." David Phillips ' was questioned about that possibility: Q: Do .~u have any reason to bel ieve_..,that when th1s~ cable was received in October· of 1963 Mr.· - Scott knew that cable's reference to Lee ~arvey Oswald was incorrect? A: No, I don't recall that, but reading this ob- - - viously at what~ver time he wrote that "sic" on there he felt it was incorrect or he would not have spotlighted it that.way. But I don't have any recollection. I don't have any re- co 11 ecti on that· we know before this cable came • back down that it was Lee Harvey Oswald. 599/ The explanation most often advanced was ~hat Mr. Scott often used the symbols "~ic~ and "aka" interchang- - eably and that all he was indicating here was that the "Lee Oswa·l d" from the taps was i1 so to:lu! indexed and filed under the additional name "Lee Henry Oswald." 600/ Mr. Phillips was also asked about this explanation: Q: Was he the kind of individual that would have int~rchanged or used interchangeabJy the words, the letters "aka"-and ~sic" interchangeably as having ~he same meaning? Do you appreciate that? A: Yes. I don't think so. He was an intellectual. His great secret was that he wrote poetry. He didn't want anyone else to know that. He was very well educated, extremely well read, and no, he is not the kind.of man-- Q: He would appreciate the distinction? ' 1 ... ( ~' :-::'.. ...:.;.;;;,,..~... Classification: _;_:'_.· ~:::.·_.::;;.__ _ ·-::r. ...... . ·~. f}:. . .·.~.. !.. ., ,. APU •• 41' • - 15.9 - A: He would appreciate the distinction between the two. 601/ · If Mr. Scott did in fact make this notation prior to the assassination of John Kennedy, this Committee has- not r ...._ been able to determine why "sic" was used. 602/ -~· s \ The description of Oswald is marked on this cable with a double black line, a check mark and the notation "24 yea r s o 1d" i n Ann Goodpasture •s hand-wr i t i ng. 603/ At this point at least Ms. Goodpasture and Allan White, the DCO.S, realized that the photograph they had described '"in MEXI 6453 was not of Oswald. 604/ But this realization was evidently not shared by all the officers in the sta- tion. Ms. Goodpasture remembers that there was some con- troversy in the station about whether the man described in the 10/ll cable was the same man who had been picked up by the Station's photographic surveillance. Ms. Gciod- - - pasture remembers _that she believed, based on the cable, that the p_!lotograph reported in MEXI · 6453 was not of Os~. . wald. She said that she argued over the identification · with Win Scott and that he said, "Oh, that may be incor- rect and so forth. But there was some quibbling over ' 'fi it. 11 605/ The routing slip on the 10/11 cable indicates some of ~ . .Ali-....,- - 160 - -, , the dates when subsequen~ Mexico City Station actions occurred. Ms. Go6dpasture noted that -~We should ask HQ for photo. No?" [ C:.::tA c!'2.. }oted that the dis- semination reques;ed by Paragraph 4 o~ tPe cable was done on 15 October 1963. Win Scott wrote, "Please set , . up "P• file on Lee Henry OSWALD and put all data .we have ·itn-to it. Photos?" 606/ - The document was sent to , ., the files on 15 October. 1963. 607/ Hence, we know that Oswald's Mexico •pQ file was opened on or about 15 Octo- ber 1963 and that Win Scott asked tha.t "all" informa- -~ tion be included in the file. There is substantial rea- son to believe that most~ if not all, of the information availa~lc to the Station was inccrporated into the file . at that time. 608/ The 10/11 cable greatly increased the significance ,. ·~ of Oswald's contact with the Soviet Embassy in the eyes . of the Mexico Cit~ Station just as the·~ame trace results reported by that cable had made the matter more signifi- ' cant to the officers involved at Headquarters.· 609/ This cable aroused the Station's operational interest - ~ '~ .in Oswald. Q: To your knowledge did that (the 10/11 cable) in any way enhance the importance of Oswald's Classification:·~~-·~·:-:":""""~---- ~l~ . .. . . . ' , .... ! , !'j H.~'j: ·~·.~··,·~:.;;·,.?,£·:Llt;:}u:•~::c::: - - - Class••f•acahon::: . ~q... • ~ ~ .~ . ..t .. ·. .;. ..~iQ~fi&'~ ,.,. .... · tJ li \,.. 'l"·= """ .... •t • .i .! .~ ~ ~tn.i~ti~ ~~ iii (This form is to pe used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) f r . \.. ~ , _. 161 l) ·A~ contact with th.e Soviet Embassy? Oh, y~s, sure, it did. The fact that he had that kind of background. Sure, he became someone of considerable operational interest. Again, there ' was nothing other than operational interest. ~-- . Q: In all liklihood that·cable would have prompted the people at the station to go back and look at the earlier transcripts? A: Yes, I would think-so. 610/ This Committee believes that Station personnel did, between October ll and October 15," go back and recheck the transcripts and connect the important substantive ·calls to Oswald. U~~er normal oper~ting procedures a tape of Oswald's calls to the Soviet Embassy should not have been erased until 16 October, 4 to 5 days after the case took on added significance. ill/ The one trans- cript of the call on 10/l/63 that had definitely been _linked to Oswald prior to receipt of the 10/11 cable bore a reference to an earlier conversation by a man who .... : spoke broken Russian, the text of the 10/l call allowed that the prior call had probably occurred on September 28, -., ~ 1963. 612/ It should have been possible at that point zd.. l\t:'· to compare the tapes to see if they were in fact the same caller. Indeed, a notation made by Ann Goodpasture on a newspaper article in 1964 suggests that this was the case. ~ ·"'::;"· T":"::\ Classification:-~--._•.•_·.·_.;~~--- - • .....:.;.r:~ .·.: .... ''(_'-.•:.*.:. .. :;::... ..:.. :....; ,: .. tv.:: ... :.; ---- 4 - Classification: _____..F!"!!"'I!!:::::..- (This form is to be used for material extraded from CIA--controll~d documents.) .. - 162 The notes says: The caller from the cu6an Embassy was uniden- tified until HQ sent traces on Oswald and voices ' - compared by (Tarasoff.) 613/ The cable traffic after the assassination confuses this poiri~ rather than clarifies it. This will"'ab!e dealt with in more detail in a subsequent section. tion of documents in Lee Harvey Oswald 1 s.Mexico City Sta- An examina- - tion P file and the cable traffic from Mexico City to Headquarters after the assassination, raised a possibility ;~ - that at least one tape of Oswald 1 S voice existed as late • as 16 October 1963. !l!/ Assuming that the 10/l/63 call in which ·an individual identifies himself as "Lee Oswald" was handled in an ex- ·\out.:. pedit~manner, the tape and the transcript would have been in the Station by the following day at the latest. 615/ If the tape had.~eeri· held for the normal two-week reten- tion period, it would have been erased on -or about ~6 Oct~per:~ The tape from the 9/28/63 conversatiorrPwould .have probably been in the station by the first or second ~ of October at the latest. 616/ It would not have normally-z,!j:J , P been erased ·until on or about 16 October also. It seems ',. ,•. .- ,. ... -" clear that the tapes, under normal procedures woul~ have - 16~ - -,. October. An examination of the documents does not clarify .. this question but rather adds confusion to the issue. Several documents and cables deal with the tapes and a ~~t~e comparisoo of the recorded conversations. Oswald's "P" file there is a newspaper clipping of an In -~- article from the 21 October· 1964 Washingfon Post. The article, by Rob~rt S. Allen and Paul Scott, is entitled "CIA Withheld Vital l~telligence from Warren Commission." ~ One paragraph from that article says: The investigators also are trying to determine why the CIA in its ·preassassination report to the State Department on Oswald's trip to Mexico ·City gave details only of the defector's visit -.&. to the Russian Embassy and not the Cuban Embassy. The CIA did.not report the latter visit until after ~ Kennedy's assassination in Dallas. Next to that·paragraph Ann Goodpasture wrote: The caller from the Cuban Embassy was unidenti- ffed until HQ sent traces on Oswald and voices compared by (Tarasoff). 617/ -, That statement is very clear in saying that a voice comparison was made. The cable traffic that went from Mexico to CIA Headquarters after the assassination is not so clear. - p, ~ ~·. i'(j -,a . . . .. . . . ,, ..., . .: ").:·~-I' --- ., i):."J~~a ~a ~ (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) - 1&4·- On 23 November, the CIA Headquarters asked the Mexico . .City Station to send the full transcripts of Os- ' wald•s conversations and "original tapes if available" to Headquarters as soon as possible by ·a special courier. 618/ On that s'ame· day, Ann Gooapasture sent ii"t:able to Head- ' quarters reporting the 9/28/63 conversation. That cable ' - said, in part, "Station unable·compare voice as first tape erased prior receipt of second call." 619/ later ·that same day Ms. Goodpasture wrote another cable which said: (Tarasoff) who did transcriptions says Os- wald identical with person para one speak-. ing broken Russian who called from Cuban Embassy 28 September to Soviet Embassy. 620/ ' The next day the Mexico ·City Station informed Headquarters that it had been unable to locate any tape of Oswald 1 S voice. "Regret complete recheck shows tapes for.this period already erased." 621/ The statement in MEXI,.. . 7023 that a voice comparison was not possible because of the first tape being erased ·prior to the second tape being received is inconsistent with the statements made in testimony and in other cables 622/ and with the proc~dure then in effect at the station at that time. 623/ It is, therefore, considered highly Classification: :~-=- ·:· :-_; ,;." . ' .., .... - ,. ,;7 . . "•. t~~ ...... "~ ...,.,, ··•···. '} tG ~ ... '. f. , . : · ' ···r·.:... 00S~Iftec ~·Jb.J· · ... ' 'f t:ef'IVO!IO ... : - - · •••.. - . ·-- - - '""'•w.~_,., ...gnon·t -.; ~-1~! \ 1 ....~ , ... ~.. • ~ • ~· ~ .;• ···t. 1'1 ~~~t- ; ., :l .'1 1 ::; , WJH ~ ~~ n '"'ra ~ (This form is to be use3' for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) • - 165 - unlikely that a tape would be held only one or two days, the siiuation that is implied by the statement in MEXI 7023. The other statements by Ms. Goodpasture in the cables and on the newspaper articles clearly indicate-.that .a voice comparison was made. Ms. Goodpasture was questioned about this. Q: To your knowledge, was a voice comparison ever made between the tapes to deterimne whether the same person was speaking in each one? A: I do not know. I did not make one. I do not know whether someone else made one or not. There i~ a transcript, a cable here, in which the transcriber of the Soviet tape says that it is the same voice, which would lead one to believe that he made a voice comparison, but it just may have been that he, from his memory, came to that conclu- sion. 624/ Q: On the lower righthand corner· of the newspaper article that is contained there, marked off with a dark line is a paragraph. Kindly read that paragraph, starting with the words "The investigators .. " {Pause.) A: This would suggest-- Q: One moment. A: --Tarasoff compared the voices on a tape of October. Q: Whose handwriting appears? ', A: That is mine. Classification:.=~~;;..._~~-:- ... .... ......... _ ...... Oassified by derivation: - - - - ' ··a Q§!)i :s~~nl~ ~ (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--cantroll~d doc:uments.) ·- ·l.iis Q: That indicates that the caller--could you please ,. read that to us. Read what you wr~te that day. A:· "The caller from the Cuban Embassy was unidenti- fied until Headquarters·sent traces on Oswald." Now, that would have been in answer to the cable , ti that was dated 8th October. I believe their cable was 18 October, "and voices compared by Feinglass." ~~ Fein-gl ass was the pesudonym used by Tar·asoff. , , Q: In fact, that indicates-- A: He compared the Cuban Embassy voices with the others, with Oswald's call, in which he used his ~· name. Q: When would that have happened? A: I said 18 October because I thought that was the date of the cable. 10 October. 625/ Boris Tarasoff testified that he h~d not been queried at all about Oswald in 1963 and that he had.not done a voice comparison • .§1£./ l a:!.;q ~·~--~·~~~!·,Ill' - 18 7 .. . . ~~ .- ' £.· . (' ~~-w..Jl ~l· ~~;b ~ ·:!"h~-.::.7 ' r . Cuban Consulate and Silvia Duran confirmed that he could get a Cuban visa only after he received a Russian visa. She· gave Oswald her name and business phone number but never gave him her.·~ address because she had no reason to give it to him. The only aid she could give Oswald was advising that he see the Soviet Consul and calling the person in charge ~hat office. She knew that phoning the Soviet Consul'ate was not one of her duties·and that if she did so she did it only to help Oswald. She gave Oswald her business phone number only because he would have to call subsequently to check whether he had obtained a visa. He never called back." Silvia Duran, released on November 24, 1963, was rearrested" November 27. 1963, when the Mexican government alleged that she wa.s attempting to leave Mexico for travel to Havana. 698/ According to·the Mexican officials who detained Duran a second time, there was no addition to her story. 699/ The Mexico City Station forwarded Duran's ten-page signed statement to Headquarters on November 27, 1963. 700/ The - _,_- following day, Headquarters sent a clarification cable to the Mexico City Station seeking to insure that neither Silvia Duran nor the Cubans would have any basis far believing that ~ the Americans were behind her rearrest. The c~ble stated, "We want the Mexican. au.th.orit.ies to take the responsibility for the ~hole affair.• 701/ When the Central Intelligence Agency began to work - the Warr~n Commission, Headquarters cabled the Mexico ~ _ , ~--... :-· :; ·. : I · """( -·('\<"': ... ~ ... . .. ~ ; . . '": .. ' -n.··~ ._... ... - ··; .... .c. " . ' :.: . .: Oassificatiof't: .;;.;.;L·... ;....· :.;...:- - ·--··_ : _ : ~._·:.._·i_.·._;..·_.• ... --- - Oauified by Oeri-..ation: - - - - tr ~iassirication: - - - - - - - - (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) .. . - 1.88 - City Station that its plan in passing information to the I' Warren Commission was to eliminate mention of telephone taps in order to protect their continuing operations. 702/ Headquarters cabled - that it . would . rely on Silvia Duran's ~ ....,_.....,.. statements and on the Consular files which the Soviets - gave the State Department. 703/ Headquarters stressed that exact, detailed information from LI~c:.r,f\- Jand - Lifc'f'\~+- }penetration agents in the Cuban Embassy--on what Silvia Duran and other officials had said about Os- ~ wald's visit and his deali~gs would .be valuable and usable corroborative evidence. ----.. 704/ -··'· ~ When the Central Intelligence Agency forwarded to the Warren Commission a copy of Duran's signed statement. :t read as follows: ••• she remembered .• (that Lee Harvey Oswald) was the name of an American who had come to ~-- the Cuban Consulate to obtain a visa to travel ~ to Cuba in transit to Russia, the latter part of September or the early part of October of -: this year, and 1n support of his application had shown his passport, in which it was n~ted that he had lived in that country for a,per1od - of three years; his labor card from the same country written in the Russian language; and letters in ~hat same 1an9uage. He had presented evidence that he was married to a Russian ~omen. ~- and also that he was apparently the leader of an oraanizatiG~ in the city of Hew Orleans claim- ing t~at he shcu1d be accepted as a "friendn of :he Cu~an Re~o1Jtion. Accordingly, the declarant, complying ~fth her duties, took down all of the -3~.5 ~ ~. .._., '/tr." -:- · ••••• C! cssifi co tion:.~::--~\;·:-··iiiiiiii';ii!iii·~··~·11.~---- . - . !~ . ·~(i.J by duivaliont - - - - <.,;iassiricci'ion: ----------------- (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) ·~· . . ~,p - 1a 9 - " ... r..J ·.. -p J ~a~Js .a information and completed the appropriate application form; and the declarant, ad- mittedly exceeding her responsibilities, informally telephoned the Russian Consulate, with the intention of doing what she could to facilitate issuance of the Russian visa to lee .i:Ur1"vey Oswald. Howeve~,_ they told her that there would be a delay of about - four months in processing the case, which annoyed the applicant since, according to his ~tat~mept, he was in a great hurry to obta1n v1sas that would enable him to travel to Russia, insisting on .his right to do s-o in view of his background and his loyalty and his activities in behalf of the Cuban movement. The declarant was unable to re- call accurately whether or.Yiot the applicant told her he was a member of the Communist Party, .but he did say that his wife***was - -,~, then in New York City, and would fo1·1ow him,*** (Senora Duran stated) that when Os- wald understood that it was not possible to give him a Cuban visa without his first hav- ing obtained the Russian visa,*** he became very excited or angry, and accordingly, the affiant called Consul Ascue (sic),*** (who) came out and began a heated disucssion in En- - glish with Oswald, that concluded by Ascue te·lling him that "if it were up to him, he would not give· him the visa," and •a person of his type was harming the .Cuban Revolution - rather than helping it.• i t being understood that 1n~eir conversation they ·were talking about·the Russian Socialist Revolution.and not the Cuban. Oswald maintained that he had ·- -~ two re·asons for requesting that his visa be · issued promptly, and they were: one, that his tourist oermit in Mexico was about to expire; and the other, that he had to get to Russia as quickly as possible. Depsi~e her annoyance, the dec.alara-nt gave Oswald a paper••• 1n which she put down her name, "Silvia Duran,u and the n~mber of the telephone a~ the Consulate, -c which is •i1-28-47" and the visa application . -· . . ... Clcssificatiog.!lii... ;;.~-.;~~~.·-.•.~--II!!!!!!~,_,, ;., · ~· ·· Oouiriec:tby demarion: - - - - , - a r CJassirication: ----------------- (This form is to be used for material extraded from CIA--controlled documents.) -· 190. -· , '• "··"' ~'$• I • was processed anyway. It was sent to the Ministry of (Foreign) Relations of Cuba; from which a routine reply was received some fifteen to thirty days later, approving the visa, but on ' - the condition that the Russian visa be obtained first, although she does not recall whether or not Oswald later telephoned her at the Consulate number that she gave him. 705/ ~ - The Central Intelligence Agency had relied on Duran's st~tements but had deleted Duran's description of Oswald as blonde and short. 706/ It had also excised Duran's statement-- "The only aid she could give Oswald ~as advising that he see the Soviet Consul, and calling the person in charge of that office" which alluded to Oswald asking for some type of aid at - ~·:-::!?i.t." ~:<:----~- the C~ban Consulat e .d70h7/ In :dd it io n, ·Ms.hDurand's s~roh·ngdstate- ~-·· ment He never ca 11e er back ___! 70 7 1 was c ange to s e oes , not recall whether or not Oswald later ,, telephoned her at the Consulate number that she have him.707b/ Had the statements _&t1 been included, the Warren Commissi·on's conclusions would not have·~ seemed as strong. The Warren Commi~~ion staff was not comp1ete1y-~at1s- fied with Ms. Duran's ten page signed statement_obtai~ed by - the Mexican authorities. W. David Slawson wrote: We then discussed •.• the problem of (inter- viewing) Silvia Duran. We pointed out that - ~ our only interest in witnesses (in Mex1co) other than Duran was to get their formal testi- mony for authentication purposes ••• This was not true of Duran. however, because she had been interviewed only by the Mexican police . ·-_j-:):7 ~ 20(:03·:17 Classificatio ·fj~~..r~~~~~ ....... ,. ·~ C~assification: ------:;··~f=~~-.:~i~~==~-~-~~~:~~~-~.:..:~=-'j~-:~~··~ ~·~: =~·1~;ir-. -;. 1 . ., ......, ' ' ...-, ?,J , ... :-~··· ::t.;!? :~_!J:'i t~.: ~ - 191 - : i t .;;{/ f.J \::...~:; ~-:1~_, !.J ~-;;..:-::::: ..: (This form is to be Jsed for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.). and we considered that interview inade~uate. ~ (I should point out that we do not consider Y - tt totally inadequate, ~owever~ It is only on details such as Oswald's physical appearance, side comments or remarks he may have made, etc., ·that we would like to interrogate Mrs. Duran further. On the essential point of whet.her or not his con- tacts with the Embassy consisted of anything other than an attempt to travel to Cuba, Sil~'Duran•s knowledge has probably been exhausted.) 708/ - The Warren Commission staff's attempts to inter- view Ms. Duran never succeeded. 709/ Ms. Duran was not - interviewed by Americans until 1976, when two reporters from the Washington Post interviewed .her. 710/ June 6, 1978, representatives of the House Select Committee On . - ~:··~ lOn. Assassinations interviewed Ms. Duran in Mexico City. VI. Information not available at the time of the Warren Commission investigation - A. Silvia Tirado (nee Duran) 1. House Select Committee on Assassinations 6/6/78 - ~ Int~rview of Silvta Tirado - Mt. Tirado (Silvia divorced Horatio Duran in 1968) was never questioned by American officials in 1963. 1hus, -~ ..· the committee established contLct with the Mexican govern- ment and requested that the Mexican government make Silvia Tirado avai1ab1e fo'l' a.n i.Pterview. i11/ !'he MeJt~can -'/ 2C!~03DJ ~ A.4# ....... ,. ·~ C~assification: ------:;··~f=~~-.:~i~~==~-~-~~~:~~~-~.:..:~=-'j~-:~~··~ ~·~: =~·1~;ir-. -;. 1 . ., ......, ' ' ...-, ?,J , ... :-~··· ::t.;!? :~_!J:'i t~.: ~ - 191 - : i t .;;{/ f.J \::...~:; ~-:1~_, !.J ~-;;..:-::::: ..: (This form is to be Jsed for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.). and we considered that interview inade~uate. ~ (I should point out that we do not consider Y - tt totally inadequate, ~owever~ It is only on details such as Oswald's physical appearance, side comments or remarks he may have made, etc., ·that we would like to interrogate Mrs. Duran further. On the essential point of whet.her or not his con- tacts with the Embassy consisted of anything other than an attempt to travel to Cuba, Sil~'Duran•s knowledge has probably been exhausted.) 708/ - The Warren Commission staff's attempts to inter- view Ms. Duran never succeeded. 709/ Ms. Duran was not - interviewed by Americans until 1976, when two reporters from the Washington Post interviewed .her. 710/ June 6, 1978, representatives of the House Select Committee On . - ~:··~ lOn. Assassinations interviewed Ms. Duran in Mexico City. VI. Information not available at the time of the Warren Commission investigation - A. Silvia Tirado (nee Duran) 1. House Select Committee on Assassinations 6/6/78 - ~ Int~rview of Silvta Tirado - Mt. Tirado (Silvia divorced Horatio Duran in 1968) was never questioned by American officials in 1963. 1hus, -~ ..· the committee established contLct with the Mexican govern- ment and requested that the Mexican government make Silvia Tirado avai1ab1e fo'l' a.n i.Pterview. i11/ !'he MeJt~can -'/ 2C!~03DJ ~ A.4# C~assiiicaiion: - - - - - - - - (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) • - 192 - government complie~ on 6/6/78. Select Committee on ~ssassinations the following: Lee Harvey Oswald visited the Cuban Consulate three _.;;':"' times on September 27, 1963, not twice as the Warren-Com- mission previously reported. 712/ Oswald first visited the Cuban Consulate at approximately 11:00 a.m., requesting · an i nt r a ns i t vi sa to Cub.a wi t h Rus s i a as the f i na 1 de s t i na - tion. 713/ He showed her some documents, then left to .obtain photographs needed for his application. 714/ Oswald returned at approximately 1:00 p.m. with four photographs. 715/ Ms. Tirado typed the application in duplicate, stapled a picture on top of each and had Os-· wald sign each in her presence. 11!1 As identification, Oswald showed her documents he had brought: his Russian labor card, marriage certificate with the name of his Russian wife. his American Communist Party membership card -=-::::.. and his aFair Play for Cuba• membership card. 717/ Ms. Tirado found Lee Harvey Oswald•s behavior suspi- cious because nor.nally a Communist traveled only with his passport as oelong~ng ~o the Communist Party was illegal in Mexico in 19~3. 718/ There ~as 3 ~rocedure whereby the Arne~ican Communist Party would zr~ange visa matters for thei~ members with t~e Q!'''• 2CG O...,...: .. ; · . ctassification: ..- .. . .:.•- II : , :: :1 ~ • - fl "!. ::· . • ' •' pa~\lfi~ by der~t=~~ - - - - - .... ..... ..;}..;•J CJassirication: ----------------- (This form is to be used for material extrac:ted from CIA--controlled documents.) - 1·93 : . Cuban Communist Party. 719/ come to Mexico, visit the Cuban Consulate, and receive The American would then - his visa immediately. 710/ he did not_have .: -:·,. When Tirado asked Oswald why the American Communist Party arrange bjs trip to Cuba, he stated that he had not had the time. lfl/ - After explaining to Oswald that he had to acquire a Russian visa before he could receive a tuban visa, Tirado -- jotted her name and business phone number on a piece of paper and gave it to Oswald who then left to get his Rus- ~ sian visa. 722/ -~4 Oswald returned to the Cuban Consulate between ~ 5:00p.m. and 6:00p.m., which was after normal working hours, 10:00 to 2:00 p.m. 723/ The guard called Tirado, ·~·.·.• stating that someone who didnotspeak Spanish was at the gate inquiring about a visa. 724/ As routine procedure, she asked the guard to escort t~e individual to her .effie~ -725/ Oswald told· her that he had acquired a Russian visa. 7/J,f/ Since he did not produce it when asked, she called the ·- ' Russian Consulate. 727/ had been to Tne Consul told Duran that Oswald the Conswlate re~uesting a vis! an~ had been .··~. . ·, to1d that the reply \1101J11i tak.e approximately rcur months. ill/ ~',.; ~hsn she relayed ths mes~ase :Q Gzwald~ he got ~~ry excited, i~sisting that as a p~rsc~ ~h~ bl~ ~een in jail because .-.. .. . ·-- .. Clcssifieanct:: -::::iii_.._.·~~!!!!!l~_. 2 {'•; ,-..r\.l'j.. v...,. -,..J -, ; ,. '-Jassitica•·ion: - - - - - - - - (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) • 194 - - - I t of the Cuban Revolution he should receive a visa. 729/ Oswald stated that he could not wait that long because his Mexican visa expired in three days. 730/ point, Ms~ Tirado infor~ed .. .. . . situation. 731/ ~ ... Consul Eusebio Azcue of the Azcue had been in his private office At this - which he shared with his upcoming replacement, Alfredo Mirabal. 732/ I Azcue politely explained the requisites I -- for an intransit visa to Oswald. 733/ that Oswald was a stubborn man he told Oswald that he was· obviously not a friend of the Cuban revolution be- When he noticed - --r,;;.::- cause he would otherwise understand that Cuba had to be - extremely careful with the people it allowed in the c~un­ try. 734/ Azcue and Oswald yelled at each other. 735/ Then Azcue went to the door, npened it and asked Oswald to leav.e. 736/ Consulate~ 737/ Oswald did not revisit or telephone the Ms. Tirado described Lee Harvey Oswald - as approximately fiY.e 'fe:e·t six., with sparse blonde liair, weighing about 125 ./ pounds.. 738/ -- z. CIA in:form·a·tion ftOt i·ta11able at the time of the \la.!."',.en Cor:m~ssfon inves~1gation - ~ .· r4:1atioos 20GO':)~ -...............-:. .-~ . - - :·..;!i" ri--. ·-- ~- Cjassirication: _.- - - - - - - (This form is to be uted for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) • - - 195 - of the Central Intelligecne Agency's Mexico City Station. 739/ The source, LIRING/3, stated that he had recently re- I ceived a call from Silvia Duran. 740/ A telephone tap on LIRING/3's telephone con11rmed that Silvia Duran had - - called LIRING. 741/ LIRING/3 reported that he had visited . Silvia to renew acquiaintance-es. 742/ During the visit, Duran told LIRING/3 that she had me~ lee Harvey Oswald at the Cuban Consu·late when he applied for a visa and had dated him on several occasions. 743/ Duran admitted - that she had had intimate relations with Oswald, but in- --~~- sisted that she had no i~ea of his plans. 744/ In addi- tion, Duran told LIRING/3 that when the news of the as- sassination became public knowledge, the Mexican govern- ment arrested her and during the interrogation beat her until she admitted that she had had an affair with Lee '~-·· Harvey Oswald. 1!!1 Rowton 746/ counseled LIRING/3 agai·n~t any further contact· with Duran because the Cubans. or the Mexican police might become suspicious of him. 747/ .., ..4 There is no indication in Rowton's report as to why con- ···~ tact with Stlvia would make the Cubans suspicious. ..=-., ~.,, The CiA ~exicc City Station repor~ed this 1nforma- tion t~ ~eadq~arters: First~ tnot Si1vfa Duran hac se~ual intercourse ~"· .... . . . ·-. (.,jQ:iSUjCQi~OlJ: - - - - - - - - ...... ''-• . . :;t' .· · ··- ... ... ,., - with Lee Harvey Oswald on several occasions when the latter was in Mexico is probably new, but adds little to the Oswald case. Second, the Mexican police ~id not report - the extent of the Duran-Oswald relationship to this Station. 749/ In the chronology of the Mexico City investigatftln - of Oswa 1d, Raymond .Rocca . notes: Why di dn • t . Me xi co - 11 police give us all info~· ·750/ This was not the first -,., report of such a relationship between Oswald and Duran • • Elena Garro had reported the same information· to Charles Thomas in 1965. 751/ ~~~·~· .. ,.. That the Mexican government did not disclose all the information in its possession to American authorities raises one of thr~e poss-ibilities: 11 the Mexican government did not want to disclose ~ that one of its citizens had had intimate rela- tions with the assassin of John Kennedy; or ·~ 2) Silvia Duran was a Mexican pen~tration agent in the Cu~an Consulate and the Mexican govern- ment was protecting its informant by minimizfng .-.i:.- - her relationship with Oswald; or 3) ~hey forgot. i.e., a pure a~a simple mistake. - ~···· ·~ .... ~Jassiijcation: - - - - - - - - (This form is to be uied for material extracted from CIA~ontrolled documents.) ~ .. - 197 - b. The possibility that Silvia Duran was an - - agent for either American, Mexican or Cuban Intelligence .....;:- .... Since the publication of the Warren Commission Report in September 1964, critics have written about the possibility that Silvia Duran was an intelligence agent - for either th~ Americans, Mexicans or Cubans. 1) Was Silvia Duran an agent, asset or source for Mexican or American intelligence! - ~~~ In an effort to resolve this question, the House Select Committee on Assassinations reviewed the United States investigative agencies• files on Silvia Duran. ~/ - The Committee found no evidence in this file review that -~ Si1via Duran was either an American or Mexican intelli- gence agent. In addition, th& Committee has interviewed most of the Mexico City Statfon employees about the possibility. - ·.~ Only David Phillips, C.hfef of Covert Action and the Cuban Section in th~ Mexico City Station in 1963, a position whic~ made hilll very kntn.t'le-dgeabie, considered that Duran ~· ~as ?ossibiy an agent or source. ~r. Phillips stated that ~ -3·'! .;,)_ ··.:.·a ........... Cjassification: - - - - - - - (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) ~· - 1!8 - - . -··. "at one time the agency pitched 753/ almost·e'~eryone at the Cuban Embassy." 754/ - Mr. Phillips stated that he had first heard Duran's name from the telephone intercept transcripts. 755/ But Mr. Phillips asserted - - that the CIA had no interest in Ms. Duran because "she wasn't fri,endly with anyone." 756/ Mr. Phillips had previously mentioned the CIA Mexico City Station's in- terest in recruiting a former Cuban Ambassador to Mexico named Lechuga. 757/ Mr. Phillips was s·hown a memorandum written by W. David Slawson of the Warren Commission staff -, d··.-... regarding a trip to Mexico by Warren Commission staff - members which said: Mr. Scott's (Chief of the CIA Station in Mexi- co City) narrative disclosed that the CIA's action immediately after the assassination con- sisted basically of alerting all its confiden- tial sources of information throughout Mexico to immediately channel all information into their headquarters, and of compiling as com- - - plete dossiers as possible on Oswal~ and every- one else throughouf'Mexico who at that time the CIA knew had had some contact with Oswald ••• This meant especially Silvia Durari~ who because ~· she had previously been having an affair with Lechuoa, the former Cuban Ambassador to Mexico and presently the Cuban representative at the United Nations, had previouslv been of substan- tial in~erest to the CIA ... 758/ Mr. ?hi11~~s was surprised by this and stated ·~· t ha t "No one 1e t me in on t hi s operation • •• ill/ aut 2CC091J ~ .... m ·,; .......... -~--· .~· . . - " Cfassification:·_- - - - - - - (This form is to be. uied for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) • - 199 - Hr. Phillips added that he doubted that Duran would have been pitched because the Station could not identify - any of her weaknesses. The Committee staff members then told Mr. _Phillips about the reporting on file concerning Ms. Duran from one of the Station's penetration agents, .. · -: - L~~~pT- .)at the Cuban Embassy. At one point LJt~~rt had reported to his case officer that all that would 'l - have to be done to recruit Ms. Duran was to get a blonde, blue-eyed American in bed with her. 761/ Phillips said that it did indeed sound as if the Station With this, Mr.· -, ;.:i(fo:~ had targeted Ms. Duran for recruitment, that the Station's - interest had been substantial, and that the weaknesses and means had been identified. 762/ Hr. Phillips pointed out, however, that because Duran had been targeted d 1d not necessarily mean that she had b-een pitched. 763/. In addition, he stated that he had never heard that Our_an ,!-~-­ ...-~ had been pitched. 764( Hr. Phillips did state that he would expect that ~ :4, - - Ks. Duran's file at the CIA would be •very thick" because of a11 the telephone intercepts that concerned her and the substar.~1a1 interest that the Station had 1n.her. 765/ ~-· ~e stated that much of the· materill in ~er file should .- predate the assassination. ~/ Hr. Phillips stated that 20 ( 0(,;.<1 ... Classification: ;·;~~/~G~·'f~--"'~·-'?~:.~.=~~;~i~ -7~·~,;~:-.~.-=~-.... - -~~ 3 u6 -~ 44& ... ""' ··'-·~v ~ ~~ 1 t,Ji '-~~f.ecs:t:t.i.do*¥Gt&ona _ _ __ :A~~· .. ....:" '- . .. ~~ Cjassification: - - - - - - - / (This form is to be uied for material. extracted ' \. from CIA--controlled documents.} • - - 200 - he would be very surprised if Hs. Duran • s· 201 . ·''~ small and contained only a few pre-assassination docu- ments. 767/ 201 file. 768/ This is in fact the ease of the Headquarters This Commi.ttee has asked the CIA to make- .·:..·-:.- .. - Ms. Duran's Mexican •p• _769/ (personality) file available for review: The CIA informed the Committee that there - - was no "P" file available on Ms. Duran. 770/ Another CIA employee~(t C..!A!) 1w~o worked on -··~ an "Oswald Task Force• in late September or early October of 1975 dealing with Freedom of information Act law suits b~ought a~ainst the Agency concerning the files on Lee Harvey Oswald, stated that he believed that Ms. Duran may have been a source of information for either the ClA or ~ the Mexicans. 771/ Mr.ft!:i:.A !> }ould not re~a11 why he specificalli had this reeoll~ction, but thought that it ~· was due to something he had ·seen ln Oswald's file. 7i2/ -·- He said that it may have been the Agen_ey's. attempts to - . .. •.;:;: ir.":P' protect Ms. Duran after the assassinati~n and the heavy cable traffic that those attempts generated that led him " to his inference that she was a source of informatio.n for either the Agency or the M~x~cans . 77.3/ ·-~\ Oespite LIRING/3's case ~fficer's askino t!RIN;/3 = CJassirication: - - - - - - - from CIA--controDed docUments.) • - 201 - - [ ~'!.A !> . }hazy recollections, definitely resolve whether Silvia Duran was a Mexican or cannot - ..,.. r American intelligence agent. or sour~e. (2) was Silvia Duran a Cuban intell~gence agent? - :. In an effort to resolve this question, the HSCA reviewed the United States investigative ~gencies' files - - on Silvia Duran. 774/ The Committee found no evidence in the files that would indicate that Ms. with Cuba~ intelligence~ was associated O~ran - - T:.y:.~: ww In addition, the HSCA interviewed most of the Mexi- co City Station employees about the possibility that Duran worked for Cuban intelligence: Only Barney Hidalgo, a CIA officer who travelled to Mexico City in 1963, considered - the possibility to be likely. ·775/ Hr. Hidalgo, professing not to remember all the details, stated that he thought - - c that Duran ifis a Cuban intellJgen·c-e agent. 776/ Hidal~~. said: At the time when this contact toid me,of. Silvia Duran : tied the two together, yes, sir. t don't know, how at that time 1t was .obvious to me as an inte1119enc! agent ~ ... that there was· some connection t!le!"e but ~·· it was of no interest whatsoever tc ~e. I do remember that when I next saw this contact of mine I mentioned the fact ~o - ~ him an·d let h1m proceed to do whate·1er ne ·Classification~ · · ,...._ -:. -. ·_':':. ·...... .J 200091J ~=· Cjassirication: ----------------- (This form is to be Osed for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.} • ,, - 202 - wanted to. 777/ Mr. Hidalgo further stated that he never resolved -- - the issue. 778/ With no corroborating-evidence for Mr. Hidalgo's - - memory, the Committee must conclude that Silvia Duran was probably never employed by Cuban Intelligence •. • B. The Cubans l. Eusebio. Azcue Lopez When lee Harvey Oswald allegedly visited the Cuban --,·~·· Consulate, Eusebio Azcue lopez, a Cuban citizen, was the Cuban Consul. 779/ Because h~ had diplomatic immunity, the Cuban government had never been asked to make him available for questioning. 780/ The Committee, in an ef- ·- fort to investigate Oswald's contact·.;.with representatives of the Cuban government, asked the Cuban government to · -·, make Eusebio Azcue availabltr~1)r Committee and staff inter- views. · 781/ The Cuban government complied wi-th the Commit- ·- tee • s request on Apri 1 l, 1978. 782/ During that intervi!w~ Mr. Azcue alleged t~at the man Jack Ruby shot in the Da11as Police Station was not - ~· .. ·. the same individual who had vi~ited the Cuban Ccns~1ate in 1963. 783/ Ir. addition, P.r. Azcue statea tbat Alfredo ..~ ·r-· ,. ;. " " :. •. Classific:aticn: - -- :-a~ • .• _ -: #" • • :j '~'!"•.' • ·'..ut • ··- ,. ·~,I •·l ';ia~ • ·~ ·~ ):?"· ·~· -,. .,_ ...• .".. '.,) .. ' """~1ifiea ..__,. ~ Ceti¥cnio": --- • r w r Cjassification: · - - - - - - - .. (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-<:ontrolled documents.) • ,. I - 203 - Mirabal, who in September 1963, had recently arrived from Cuba to assume the Consul's duties, bad also been -- present during Oswald's visit. 784/ trip to Cuba, the Committee interviewed Alfredo Mirabal. 785i During a second ·-!lite' - Subsequent to this second trip to Havana, the Committee asked the Cuban government to make Eusebio Azcue and' - -.:.;, Alfredo Mirabal available for the public hearings on Sep- . tember 18, 1978. 786/ The Cuban government complied with the Committee's request. Eusebio Azcue Lopez told the House Select Committee on Assassinations at a public hearing on 9/18/78 the t. - following: An individual who gave the name Lee Harvey Oswald - visited the Cuban Consulate on three occasions in late September 787/ and early Oc~ober 1963. 788/ dual first visited the Cuban Consulate during working The indivi- - hours, requesting an intransit visa to Cuba with Russia as the final destination. 789/ The man showed the secre- ~":I" -·~ tary, Silvia Duran, so•e documents wou1d be sufficien~ - 789a/ which he believed to obtain a visa. /89bi When the ~··· sec~e~ary would not grant him a visa. the man asked Azcue to 5e~ whether upon- examin-ation of the doeurnents he could ~~:;-:-. ? -- ···.: ··. ~ :. -~ t A ....... • ··· · · C1assificoticn:.....·' ._....;:~:·.,.,..;;._'~___:....· ·-·_·. . . .1.;.;;··· j . 2dD03~J ; ~· - Cl.cssified ~ ~n: _ _ __ . ,, ..._. ~·· Cjassirication: - - - - - - - . (This form is to be lfsed for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) - 204 - .. .~ --;'~ ::-:\ . .- 1 ....' • ... - grant him a visa. 789c/ Azcue answered negativelY• 789d/ The indi~idual then left to obtain photographs needed . ;.1 ~' - for his application. 789e/ · . ._. _The man probably returned on September 27. 1963 789f/i-J -- .-. - with the photographs and completed the applications ·-. in Ms. Duran's presence.789g/ A~ the amount of time re- quired to process this document could have taken as long as twenty days or the response could have been negative, Azcue told the man that he could grant him an intransit visa to Cuba, without consulting his government, if he -,, ~~~­ .. ~· had a Russ~an visa.7~9h/ The individual then left to attempt to obtain his Russian visa. 7891/ After the man left the Cuban Consulate, Azcue re- ~ ceived a telephone call 789j/from the Soviet Consulte. 790/ The Soviet Consul explained that the man's documents were legitimate. but that the Soviet Consulate c9uld not· -:'' ~,issue ~visa until it receiyed authorization from Moscow. 19;/. -~ Emphasizing that the Cuban Consulate never re- ~··~>' ceived visitors after working hours 792/ Mr. Azcue opined that the individual probably returned to the Consulate on September 28. 1963. 793i When Azcue explained to Oswald that he could not grant nim a visa, the man made 2C~032i statements directed aga1nst Cuba and called Cuba a Classification:-:·~·~~·;;;;-.·..~..iii~-.~...~·=::~·:...~·.~.~-.~-~·~-- ~ :. ·~ l' ~ ; .d·-, -C)·71 Cl<::ll.sified by detivodon: - - - - A· t - Classification:------- r (This form is to be Osed for material extracted from OA--c:ontroUed documents.) ~· • - - 205 - bureaucracy. 794/ At that point, Azcue became upset and asked the individual to leave the Consulate. 795/ Oswald did not revisit the Consulate.· ill/ Mr. Azcue described the man who visited ~ Consu- - late as follows: a ·White male, between 5'6" and 5'7", over 30 ye~rs of age, very tpin long face, with straight eyebrows and a cold look in his eyes. 797/ Azcue alleged - that he would never have identified Lee Harvey Oswald as t~e man who visited the Cuban Consulate in 1963. - t·~:;, 2. Alfredo Mirabal Diaz Alfredo Mirabal Diaz told the House Select Committee on Assassinations, at a·public hearing on 9/18/78, 797A/ - ~ thelfollowing: Lee Harvey Oswald, seeking a visa, visited the Cuban Consulate twice 798/ in September 1963. 799/ Since Mirabal could not speak Eng;1sh though he was t~ew .Con- suls ex-Consul Azcue handled the matter. 800/ .on both occasions there were such loud arguments between Oswald -..,.d .. and Azcue that Mirabal thought that the man's visit to - the Cons u1 a-te was a case of provocation. 801/ Though M1~aha1 caught only glimpses of the man ~ he opfned that th~ person whose picture appears on Lee Classification:... :-. 2c r.o -:.,......, u "",:.,..., ....... . ·- Classirication: . - 2o6 -~---~."'IIi' JZ,!':l -~ii····· ·ii~J~fii.W. 1 ~:~·-~~ .!:A~. , ".l {This f91111 is to be uied for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) Harvey ....... Oswald's visa applicatfon was the same Lee Harvey Oswald who visi-ted the Consulate. 802/ Mirabel was about 4 meters ~way from Oswald each time he caught glimpses of him. 802a/ Oswald was at the C6nsulate between 15 and 20 minutes on each visit. 802b/ -- C. Elena Garro de Paz On Oct~ber 5, 1964, eleven days after the publication of the Warren Commission Report, Elena Garro de Paz' story allegin~ lee Harvey Oswald's presence at a party in Mexico Cit¥ attended by Cuban government ~ersorinel came to the attention .d.d~~ of the Central Intelligence Agency. 803/ J' 1. Elena's story as reported October 5, 1964 · Elena Garro de Paz 804/ and Deba Garro de Guerrero Galvan, first cousins of Horatio, Ruben and lydia Duran, were invited to a twist party at the home of Ruben Duran in the middle of the weeK in the fall of 1963. 805/ Lee ~ ~-!. Harvey Oswald was alleged to have been at this party in the company of •two other beatnik-looking boys.• 806/ The Americans remained together the entire evening and did not dance. 807/ When Elena t~ied to s~eak with the Americans, she was "shifted" to another roc~ oy one cf her cousf'ns. 808/ The memo does not state whether E1ena ~. to the Americans. One of Elena's cousins told her at the time "that (he or she} did not know who the Americans - were except that Silvia Duran (an employee of the Cuban Embassy ,:n~ the wife of Horatio Duran), ha~rough~ - ~- - them to the party. 809/ The day after the party, Elena and Deba saw the three Americans on the Insurgentes, a main avenue in Mexico City. 810/ The Garros claimed that they had recog- nized Oswald's photograph wheri it was published after the assassination. 811/ Silvia Duran's arrest •under- --~.- lined the Garros' certainty" that the man had been Lee - Harvey Oswald. 812/ The source of the memo was a witting 813/ Central Intelligence Agency asset known by the cryptonym. LICOOKIE/1 ·- whom the Committee identified as June Cobb Sharp while reviewing the LICOOKIE file. According to Elena, Ms. - Cobb was.,,1.ent to her bouse shortly a·fter thbassasaination for a few days, by a mutual friend, a Costa Rican writer :->~ named Eunice Odio. 814/ Ms. Garro asserted that while at her house. Ks. Cobb exoressed interest tn the Kennady ~lena•s ~he ·-~' ;. . assassination. 815/ was •fisi":in~. - One n1gnt, sister O!ba, got drunk .11r:c t·J14 the whole sto~;. ~-i6.' ~ Ciafr:~ing to ~e a. ~!A a.g·er,~. Cc·bb sugges!ed that Eie~a al'd· 2GG032-l Cjassirication: -·- - - - - - - (This form is to be ~ for material extracted ...... from CIA--controUed documents.) • 208 - Deba go to Texas to tell their story. 817/ Elena stated that wheri Cobb's suggestion was rejected, Cobb stated that she would arrange a meeting wi.th the CIA Station ... ;Chief. 818/ The meeting-q.i.d not occur because Ms. Cobb w:.:- was asked to 1ea¥e the Garro house evidently because she kicked Elena's cat. 819/ A notation on the memo says that LlCOOKIE/1 never regained contact with Elena Garro de Paz •. -820/ .- The LICOOKIE memo was not inserted in either the Elena Garro or Lee Harvey Oswald •p• 821/ (personality) file but in a local leftist and Cuban'-projeci file. The Committee learned about the memo from Wx-7241, a chrono- logical history of the Oswald case prepared by Raymond Rocca for the CIA in 1967. The memo was found in Decem- ber. 1965 by Stanley Watson. A marginal notation on Wx7241 says. •why was tb1s act sent to Headquarters?" 823/ ~~he Committee has been a~le to determine that the memo was forwarded to Head~uarters shortly thereafter. 2. Octaber 12~ 196~ tlA ~emo for the Record On October lZ, . the CIA 19~4 ~exico :tty Station's Chief of Covert ~ction. Jim Flannery. w~ote a ~e~o for ·- - C~assirication: - - - - - - - tf~iif!JII!f"''l- ~ . .It (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) her story to Eunice Odio. 824/ - 209 - • The Committee has not been able to determine if ~ - Elena Garro told Ms. Odio the story personally or if Ms. Cobb related the story to Ms. Odio ~relayed it to - - - "Tichborn." 825/ The story is not as detailed as t~e 10/5/64 ver- sion. There is no mention of Deba Garro Guerrero Galvan. The story, perhaps because it is third hand, differs from the previous story in two areas: ·It states that - the party was at the Cuban Embassy, as opposed to Ruben -'4'~· Duran's; and that Elena talked to a Cuban Embassy offi- cial instead of her cousins about the three Americans. Attached to the memo was a note from Flannery to ~ the Chief of Station, Winston Scott, which read, "Do you want me to send the gist of this to Headquarters?" then noted that the memo should be filed. 826/ The file Scott - indications sno• that the memo went into tlle Oswald "P" - - - file and the Elena Garro up• file. 827/ J.• N-D.,e:nb~r 24, 1964 c:A. Informant Report ·_ _7-q !f'3 ·-~"ember 24, 1964 a :=e~ttral Intelligence Agency ~·· ,.,,. ,.,. I infcmati'J1'\ B.?.~/ deriv~d from an asset. agent oG~ ... r~!J'ortad - -3'1~ r Cjassification: - - - - - - - (This form is to be u:ed for material extraded It;\\~. -"'i\\1',·, from CIA--controlled documents.) . · • - 210 - an "American Communist" who rented~ room from Elena Garro. 831/ In addition, the informant claimed that - Elena had also told her story to an American official ~- at the Embassy, who claimed to represent the Warren Com- mission. 832/ Th~ Chief of Station noted that he had - asked LICHANT /1 to pursue .the story 833/ but there is -- - no indication that the Chief of Station followed· through with the request. 834/ • 4. Novembe~ 24, 1964 Elena Garro meeting with , ~·-·· ?'' Mexico City Legal Attache officers - ' Elena and her daughter reported their story to the Mexico City Legal Attache on November 24, 1964. 835/ (The Legal Attache in 1964 was Clark Anderson.) recounted the same story previously given to June Cobb They -- -~ Sharp 'f.n October 1964. 836/ El~a gave the date of the party as September 30, October 1 or October 2, l963. 837/ - The agen.t· wbo wrote the repe·rt 838/ noted that Lee Harvey· C's.t~~ald. al\~ge~ly couTd- not have been identical wfth the American 839/ observed by Mrs. ?a~ at the party if this party ~-. ttere ~:eid ::.r. the eventng o·f Octob1!r 1 or October 2, 1963. 840/ -~·· El~na was ~ues:ioned regard1n9 the identity of ~er~a~s ~:tendinq .~ P ~··. . :. tfte party at the R~ben Ouran home CJassificaficn: ~·~=;;~~.:~.~·.:. ~·~~· ~- -:J"/7 · ~. ~ .Col.~~!:.., derivation: - - - - ~ ,. CJassification: _.- - - - - - - - k (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) .. • - - 211 - who might have been in· a· position to observe the three Americans. 841/ Elena stated that in the course of the party her daughter met a young man named "Alejandro" at the party and danced with him. 84~+ He was apparently . - - quite smitten with .the daughter an~ tried to call her on several occasions.after the party. 843/ ·The daughter did not take the calls and as. a result •Alejandro" wrote several letters to the daughte~ 844/ two of the letters, aswe11 as a business card which Ms. Garro ·identified the young man as Aria Alejandro Lavagnini exhibited -.-p-, Stenius. - . 845/ The letter which Ms. Garro said was'the first written by the young man to her daughter bore the date September 1, 1963 and the Mexico City Post Office post- -, ... .. mark dated September 2, 1963. 846/ When this was pointed out to Hs. Garro sh.e. commented tha·t the Communists pro- · bably had facilities for falsifying p~tmarks. 847/ To inYestigate ·Ms. Garro's story further, repre- --· sentatives fro~ the legal Attache's office interviewed Aria Ale~arrdro la.vagnin1 Stenius en November 2.7, 1964. 848/ t.avagn1ni rec.tlle·d· that there ~r~ere :approximately thirty -'·· . ~:~:-:; .~ . ~eoo1 e ~t Ruben Q~ran • s part:/• few of \olhom he knew. ill! He recalled h.a vfng met a M!Xi ean g! rl ~-~o_h~d. recentlY CICSsificati.on: · :- : ~ ·; ·-.....·~· ··· • ~ .. · ' . . - '-~ Cjassiiicati~n: · .J ' ... •- · ~ : '' ;,. (This form is to be uSed for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) • - 212 - returned from 1i vi ng in ·France. 850/ He was unab 1e to '~ .. fix the date of the party but felt it was probably early in September because of a heavy rain which occurred as they wet~ leaving the party about 2:00 a.m. 851/ - - Lavagnini said that no Americans were present at this party. 852/ He was familiar with' the physical de- scription of Lee Harvey Oswald because of publicity fol- lowing the assassination of President Kennedy, but other- wise had no knowledge of him and had never seen him except for news photographs· following the assassination. 853/ -,- tt~p . Lavagnini was the only person ·interviewed by the Legal Attache representatives who attended parties at the Duran house in the September-October time frame. There is no indication in the FBI document that - this information was given to the Central Intelligence Agency's Mexico City Station. 854/ - 5. Charles Thomas' first meeting with Elena Garro - where Lee Harvey Oswald is discussed On 12/10/65, Charles ihomas, a political officer at the American Embassy, wrote a memorandum about a con- - ..,. ~,-fi:' versation with Elena Garro de Paz. 855/ The meeting with Elena men~ .c-j, '.t ~ - ~ Classirication: · ~ ..,. ... (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) • f - 213 - tioned knowing Oswald. 857/ reluctant to talk but did. 858/ Thomas noted that she was ' Elena's story reported here is the same as that given in ·the LICOOKIE memo dated.a::}:9/5/64, but with more-~­ - details. (a She said that General Jose Jesus Clark Flores friend of Ruben Duran's), Silvia Duran, Eusebio Azcue, Emilio Carballido. (a pro-Communist writer-friend of the - Durans), and a Latin American Negro man with red hair (unid·entified) were at the party. 859/ ment by this entry in Wx-7241 says, .•How·did Elena know A marginal com- - -';;::·~ about a red-haired Negro?" ~/ Elena also told Thomas that she had later learned that "Silvia Duran had been Oswald's mistress while he was there." 861/ this entry in Wx-7241 says, "How did Elena Garro know A note by - about Silvia being the mistress of Oswald? 862/ The Mexico City St-ation did not hear about the This is 1965.• -·· .... , Oswa14·Duran "affair.,·until July~967 when a CIA asset,""" LIRING/3, reported it •. 863/ - -~ Elena told Thomas that she and her daughter had gone to the Cuban Embassy on November 23, 1963 and shouted -:;~; "Assassins" and other insults at the Embassy employees. !§.::./ According to Elena, that same day, & friend, Manuel Cal- villo, whom th~ Ga~r~s t.hoiU.·~bee~a~·l?in the 200-.!_03~ . Caassafacaflon~=== ~d:. .m . ;; ·1- ~ . ;l . , ... - ... .... ·~ •:,. 4£ ······ ·- (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) . I. - ?14 - ' Gobernacion, took her and her daughter to a small hotel in the center of Mexico City. 865/ Calvillo kept Elena Garro and her daughter there for eight days under the pre- text that theY. were in danger of being~armed physically by Communists. 866/ .- Elena claimed she told Calvillo - . . her story and that she wanted to tell it to the American authorities at the U.S. Embassy 867/ but that Calvillo - dissuaded her by telling her that the American Embassy was full of Communist spies. 868/ Elena said that some - of ~he other people who had been at the party were· taken to Veracruz where they were "protected" by Governor -~ - Lopez Arias. 869/ . She said that Ruben Duran, reportedly 11 protected" by General Clark Flores, was very prosperous and was driving a big car. 870/ Elena also claimed . that Ruben Duran told her months after the assassination that he was not really a Communist and that killing Ken~ - nedy had been. : a m1 stake. 871/ -Ruben -&!iran cl a fmed he had no reason to tell Elena that killing Kennedy had been a Mistake since he had no involvement. 872/ ··- Charles Thomas circulated a copy of his memorandum conc2rning Elena•s allegations in the American E~bassy -.,-: ··.· .··: • - >: 1nc~uding . the Central lnte1ligence Agency's Mexico City 200.!.037 Classification: . Station to aid them in their investigation of the John i ~ •' -~~~~ .• • • ~· · ~4 a· ~t.m:CJ J ~:.::.. a qao - Oowhecl by aeri..c~ - - - - / (This Jonn is to be &sed for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) • J - 215 - I F. Kennedy assassination. 873/ The COS wrote a note on the memo.: -•W"ha t .an fmagi nation she has!?! Should we 'I send to.Headquarters'l" 874/ the memo, •suggest sending. The Officer re.plied, on T~~re have been stories around town about all this. and Thomas is not the only person she has talke~ to ••• If. ·.memory ·, serves me, didn't LICOOKIE refer to Oswald and the local leftists and Cu- bans in one of,her squibs?• 875/ The Mexjco City Station cab~ed.the information in Thomas• 12/10/65 memorandum of conversation to CIA Head- quarters. 876/ The cable reported that Elena's story would be checked with LICHANT/1, against.the production from the Cuban surveillance operation •and other sources." 811/ ·winston Scott wrote, next to the routin·g indications on the cable, •Please ask Charles Thomas ff he'll 'follow up.• Get questions from Ann G. 878/ Please let's· discass. Thanks-~879/ After the December·lo memorandum of conversation, - - Winston Scott 880/ and Nathan Ferris 881/ called Charles Thomas for a meeting. 882/ They asked h1m to get a more detailed account. of· Hs.• Garro-'s ·story. 883/ At this meeting, Winston Scott made it clear that ~he FBI had full respon-sib-ility for an.y further investigatio.n in the· _ ·•oa~u 200- Classification: l'Q~ s·rr ~'~t. rur: I.~'.lJ.l ~ .. ~nee'~, •at~ - - - - . AA ¥If .JI;/.V!f"' ...,. .Atlf!J!I" .:1 n a CJassitication: ----------------- (This form is to be Used for material extracted from CJA--c:ontrolled documents.) - 216 - • A ;-:::. ,. ' ~ .. ·- --tr:"-:- ..... - . ' Oswald case. 884/ 6. Charles Thomas' Meeting with Elena Garro on - December 25 1 1965 - -....: - Thomas met with Elena again on December 25, 1965. On that d~te, he wrote a memorandum of conversation which • provided a much more detailed restatement of Ms. Garro's alleged encounter with Lee Harvey Oswald. 885/ - r Elena admitted that she had SP.oken to two men at the Embassy, upresumab1y from the Legal Attache's Of~ fi.ce." 886/ Elena said that she did not tell them - . the complete story because "th~ Embassy officers did- not give much credence to anything she and Elenita said." !!II ~· She stated that the party had been at Ruben Duran's home. !!!/ She was unclear about the date of the party. 889/ She thought it had been a.few days before the !&viet Astronaut, Gagarin, visited Mexico; she thought that this would put the party around September 2 or 3, ·1 1963. ~/ She believed·that the party was on a Monday or Tuesday ~ecaus~ it was an odd night for a party. 891/ ~ ~ Elena could not check her calendar to refresh her memory at the time of tnfs i~terview because the calendar was in a desk tha~ had been stored away. 892/ Clcs.sificction: - - - - - - - - . 4/J _... .. ...; . --. ; . ~=·,. iJ ; . •. · f-• · ~f:"..Q bot c:ferr"''tton: _ _ __ ... ·- .._,. . , 0 Classification:-·------ / (This fonn is to be ~ for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.} ..- ....·c~ -::..c:a ~­ f~-·· ••.. ' - zi1 . i ~if i;ib~u~G During the conversation, Elena desc and his comp~nions .. ~/ The man who she thought was Os- bed Oswald -- - wald wore a black sweater. 894/ She said he was quiet "and stared a£.....l.ot ·. at the floor." ...-··c 895/ _One. of his com- panions "was very tall and slender and had long blond hair and a rather long protruding chin.• 896/ companion was also tall, with short, light brown hair The other - and no distinguishing characteristics. 897/ Americans did not dance or mix with.th·e_other guests. 898/ El~na saw the same· three men on the street the next The three -,;(., ~-'·..... day. 899/ Elena was certain that Eusebio Azcue, Horacio Duran. Silvia Duran, Lydia Duran, Deba Guerrero, General Clark Flores and his mistress, a doctor from Dalinde Hos- - pital, a young American couple who were honeymooning in Mexico, . and several other people . were at the party. 900/ - - She said that Ricardo ~uerr~~hom she~claimed converted Horatio Duran to Communism, and his wife, Rosario Castel- - ~ lanos, were supposed to be at the party ~ut did not at-. - tend. 901/ Elena alleged that the red-haired Qan an~ Emilio Carballido were not at the ~arty that Oswald attended but at ano~her party where Car~aliido and Azcue got into ~ Classification: --:-..-::~-=-::;iiii_iiii~•_.iiiiii•:- . ., . . -~ .. .... .._. --Oounted b'Y aer+ta1iact1 - - - - ·E M P' Cjassiiication: _-- - - - - - - (This form is to beu~ed for material extrocted\_ from CIA-controlled documents.) :J _,~~~·i··r.,~ .,. J'~. - 21s·- ;&We~ i a heated argument about President Kennedy. 902/ "They came to the conclusion that the only solution was to 903/ - - kill him':" 904/ Elena was not clear on w~ether this party was before or after the part~ wher~ . .e met Oswald. 905/ Eusebio Azcue stated that this conversation never - occurred. 906/ Elena reitereated that the incident at the Cuban -· Embassy, where she and her daughter shouted "assassins," - etc., at the Embassy employees, occurred on November 23 at or about 3:00 p.m. 907/ Elena an4 Elenita were driven ,~ to the Cuban Embassy by Elena's brother who was embar- rassed by their behavior.. 908/ This occurred before , , they had seen photograp~s ~Oswald. 909/ JP Ms. Garro claimed that later in the day she and ~- E1enfta were visited by Manuel Calvillo who told them J' that they were in serious danger from the Communists and that he would take them to a. small hffil, wher-e they ·.·-· would be saf.e for a few days .. 910/ Elena said she trusted and believed Ca 1vill o because he was a known ,.f.f ·. undercover agent for the Mexico Government. 911/ He pP was a 1so a fri.end of ftoe P·~lomares 912/and of Pres 1dent ,4 Gustavo Diaz Ordaz. 913/ Calvillo also told £lena and p; he~ daughter that Silvia :luran· had been arrested. ll!_l ~ -331. 2"'__ ran.':l:L Classificc:tion~J n. fi ~ :;:::.!'!t, T 7 ,.. i!Hg -: .. t· •.• -·~J :; _l"'l!!:: ~\h~ I ~a .~r:r ... •;"' "~· G~~~~~~ - - - - 41» ..... Classification:·_------- ... (This form is to be used for material extracted from CA--controlled documents.) .:: ~- •. ~. ~·i • .... ~.iii~',.,.~ - 219 - Duran•s arrest was not·public information at that time. 915/ Elena could not remember the name of the hotel - so that same day (12/25/65) she took Thomas to the sec- tion of Mexi.co City w.bere she thought it was. 916/ They - - found the hotel, the Hotel Vermont. 917/ Elena said that she assumed that Calvillo had registered them as rela- • tives or friends from San Luis Potos~. 918/ They stayed at the ~otel until the following Friday, November 30, 1963, ¢ r hardly leaving their rooms. 919/ • Elena claimed that while she and Elenita were at the hotel~they saw the photos of Oswald and realized that he had been the man at Ruben Duran •.s party. 920/ When Calvillo visited them at the hotel, Elena told him p ~ that she wanted to report her story, which she related to Calvillo, to the American Embassy. Calvillo. however; dissuaded her by saying that the American Embassy was full of Communists. lt11 Elena stated that when·· she returned home, guards were posted outside her house. 922/ Elena alleged that. after she returned home she -, saw her sister, Deba Guerrero, who had independetly ~ come to the conclusion that tee Harvey Os-wald had ::,een at Ruben Duran·• s party. 923/ ~eba was "terr~ fi e'.:l" be- ' . cause approximately two mouths aiter the assass1~a~ion . Classification: r:-. ~ - ;.·~ ALtO -~ .SCI W -. mz .. C~assitication: · - - - - - - - for material extrj:ac~t;ed,.-~~=-:~~-;-· ,'' / (This form is to be used from CIA--controlled documents.) _ 220 _ Q)tb~a~tb d d two "Communists" personally warned her never to reveal , :that she-had been to a party with Oswald. 924/ Deba, ·consequently, would not accompany Elena to the American - f;mbassy ~-Q~ tell her stQrX on November 24, 1964. 925/ '!II-~· Elena stated that it was "common knowledge" that ~ Silvia had been Oswald's mistress. 926/ When asked who J'. · could ver.i fy the a 11 ega tion, she caul d only remember one - person who had told her this. 927/ Elena claimed that person was Victor Rico Galaf!, 928/ a "pro-Castro journa- list." 929/ (See Section VI, A, 2, a, above-) .Subsequent to December 25, 1965, Elena found her -'~i - calendar and reconstructed the date of the party as late September and not early September. 930/ When Tho- mas went to Ferris' office and informed him, Ferris re- plied that Elena had given the late September date when she had originally reported her stor.y at the American ~ Embassy.'-931/ However,=Mr. Ferris explai-ned to Thomas ~ :-_ that someone who had bean at the twist party had stated ~" that there were no Americans there. 932/ Mr. Ferris did not tell Mr. Thomas that Ar~o A1ejandro tavagnini - ~ Stenius had provided this fnfa~mation in 1964. 933/ Mr. ferris suggested that ft w1s ~ot ~ecessary f~r Thomas to pursue E1ena's a11egatio~s since ~e c~n~~~;~d the ~ Classifiectio~ ·:--. 0 ·r ~~~ :::: ·~ ·. .-}3 2 c·vr:o-:.'"'J -n• ~0 ...••..J . • ~ -. ·· .Ccm:t>ec~ bot Ger~on. - - - - -- -- / m •• • CJassification:·_- - - - - - ' It: (This form is to be uSed for material eX1rocted from CIA-controlled documents.) • I 221 - I Oswald ease closed and had heard all the rumor.s before. 934/ Thomas forwarded (the same day) a copy of his ' memorandum to the Central Intelligence Agency's Mexico - City Station to aid in its investigation of the John F. - Kennedy assassination. 935/ On the first page of the memorandum of conversation, Winston Scott wrote, "Shouldn't we send to Headquarters?" Someone responded, - "Of course.• 936/ The Mexico City Station sent ·a cable to Head- - • quarters on December 12, 1965, reporting that it was -~ ....following up• and would cab 1 e the results. 937/ 7. December 27, 1965 Legal Attache Memo to the - ~ United States Ambassador re Elena Garro On December 27, 1965 Nathan Ferris wrote a memo . to the Ambassador r~rting that Elena and ner daughter were interviewed on 17 and 24 November 1964 by the Legal -~ ~- Attache's offic.e in Mexico City. 938/ The memo recorded that Elena and ner da~ghter had furnis~ed information s1- .. '. mi'iar to :he infcrmat~on reported in 7!1omas' 12;10/65 ~'-' memo. 939i Tne ~eeo :ur~n~r stated. •inqui:-i~-s ce.ncucted at tnat tiae {:Jt'l/ember to subs~ant1ate ':he 19'54}? r..;,we.,e·.. , fa'f;ed Cfaqifitaticn: --~---- , ........,.. .. .- ... Cjassirication:·_- - - - - - - . /' (This form is to be Jsed for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) - 222 - • .·.. ·. - :.~H allegations made by Mrs. Garro de az and her daughter. In view of the fact that Mrs. Garro de Paz' allegations have been previously checked out without - substantiation, no further action· is being taken concerning her recent repeti- tion of those allegations. ~~ The legal Attache forwarded a copy of the. memoran- - dum to the Central·Intelligence A~ency's.Mexico City Station i!l/ prior to 12/29/65. 942/ - A cable written by Anne Goodpasture on December 29, 1965 reporting the legat interview with Elena and ~ th~ Legat Office's failure ta substantiate Elena's story -·~~ was sent to Headquarters. 943/ The cable promised to - ' ~ keep Headquarters .ad vi sed if a.ny further j n.f.orma ti on was to developed. 944/ ~·· LICOOKIE's 10/5/64 memo is attached to the 12/29/65 cable. Wx-7241 expiained this.in a marginal commentt •This document by ~ICOOtiE was not in (Oswald's file), but ~. :was copied from {a project file) and itttached to MEXI 5741, 29 Dec. &s.• 946/ -- ,~ A note staple~ to this cable by Allen White stated, •1 don't kno" ~hat fBI did in November 196~. but the ·~ ~ Garros nave been ttlking about this for a long time and she is sai~ t:r ZH! extrel'eiy bd;i'lt.'' ill' Anne Good- pasture wr~te that tne FS! had fou~d Elen~'s allegations· Oassif~tiser t ---.N.. 111111!11 .... , 2 .t · • . • · == • ""!1111111111 ... · -,_. ·~; .·.~ -.~ ""' ·~ "'j . ': ~ ·• ... . . -:-· . ~ . .. ~-: . .... ~ . . :.: .: • • . •.. :r.sa..~ b:"' o:terNChort: _ _ __ __, tflltl0.... 7 ·~ ~ ~ ~ ---- '•. ··~r f Classification:_.- - - - - - - ./ (This fotm is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled docume r1&1 ~~~' ~­ I - 223.- . ::. ~=· :· JU.& unsubstantiated but that "we will try to confirm or refute Ms. Garro de Paz' information and follow up." 948/ ' Win Scott wrote, "She is also 'nuts.'" 949/ .. ~~- 8. CIA Investigation of Elena's allegation that - she created a disturbance at the Cuban Embassy on November 23, 1963 - On February 3, 1966, Anne Goodpasture forwarded Thomas• December 25, 1965 memo to the Cuban section . at - -" ~ - ' the Mexico City Station with an attached note asking the Section to check whether El~na was "seen creating such a disturbance as they cla~med in. front of the Cuban Embassy." 950/ -~ One Cuban section officer responded, "No bells ring with me.• Another one wrote, •Me neither.• :hird offic~r wrote, •No .otctures either." 951/ - The There·is no indi~~ -··· tion, after f':evi_ew:i-ng tlA files, that the penetra.tiO~· agents in ~-~, .. the Cuban Embassy were· quert.ed about· Elena •s a l 1ega tioa.: 952/ That there are nG pictllt"es fs reasonable since Elena claimed - ··- tnat the event happened: 1) ~n a Saturday at 3;00 p.m. ~ when the Cuban S~~alS) vas n~t n~rmally phctogr~phically S ·•"'ve· 1a.l'!· ... -, .,.. - - .. .::..::::.=. .... ..... " -• • sfde the C~ban c~~o~no. ~tA tKiBination : f the CIA C{t.::ss~c:·~~1-iiicila:liiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~- - ,r-,.··(1:. . . ,. . ~ ~ m ... Classification: - - - - - - - (This form is to be u:ed for materiaJ extracted from CIA--controlled doc:um~tnts.,)_ .-:o.J-. ~­ - 224 - Cuban Embassy photographic surveillance showed no sur- , veillance on 11/23/63. 954/ The Committee found that Central Intelligence Agency made no other effort to corrQ:b,trate Ms. Garro's allegations. ~ ~2· 9. Legal Attache 2123/66 Memo to the United States ·Ambassador Regarding Elena Garro's Allegations ~ On 2/23/66 the Legal Attache wrote a memo to the ~ Ambassador reporting that "extensive investigation" ~:~~~;:_:: ~ f~iTed to disclose that Oswald had traveled to Mexico prior t? -September 26, 1963 and that no information had developed that would show that he had .not been in New ~ t . Orleans in the early part of that month. 955/. The memo ~ reiterated that no further action was being taken by the FBI because Elena's allegations had not been substan- tiated by tt. 956/. ine Legal Attache forwarded a copy of thf~ memo to the Central Intelligence Agency's Mexico City Station. ~/ A marginal comment made by Raymond ~ ~occa next to this e~try in Wx~7241 says. "Mow can it ba asce~tained that cs~ala ~id ~travel to Mexico ~ ~ ~r~or to eariy Se~tarnber ~961? There must be some basis ~Qr ~lena's ~eporting.~ 958/ Oouifitod c., cferiva'l!on: - - - - ~ -- • r t, (.;~assirication:·_- - - - - - - (This form is to ;~for ~qf)~fcifrf ... . . ·J· . from ClA-controUecf.documents.)'. '":"' .. - ',":' ;} .~ B -7!!JIIIIIII; ,. - 225 - -- ' 10. Legal Attache Memo to Wfnston Scott re Elena's P Allegation that She ·Had Stayed at the Hotel Vermont from the Day After the Assassfnatfon Until November 30, 1963· - ··f.. ·On 10/13/66, the Legal Attache wrote a memo' to - - Win Scott reporting that a reliable confidential infor- mant had reported t~at the records of the Hotel Vermont t~·~ disclosed that one •Elena Paz, housewife from San Luis .. Potosi,• had registered at the Hotel Vermont on November 23, 1963. 959/ She left on November 30, 1963. 960/ The memo said, •rhe above individual may or may not be identical with Elena Garro de Paz.• 961/ The House Se- ~ - lect Committee on Assassinations has been unable to deter- mine why the Centrar Intelligence Agency and the Federal ~ Bureau of Investigations waited untf1 1966 to investigate '~ ~- this aspect of Elena '.s story. Charles Thomas• 12/ZS/65 memo stating •she and her daughter did not persor.u.lly reg1 ster at the h.otel. Sne !~inks Ca1vi11o registered them as relatives or - fril:'ttds. of his from Sarr luis. P·otosi," corroborates Eie'1a ;arro's presence 4t the flotel Vermont. lli/ The ~ ..c:Jassifi.O by &.mfcrnon, _ _ __ ~- - -· r ......... ~· - 226 - entry for the 10/13/66 legat memo in Wx-7241 bore the notation, "This is what Elena claimed and no one.wou1d believe her." 963/ '~ Vi£a! ~ 11. :Charles Thomas • September 30, 1969 letter to State Department and Legal Attache's ~sponse . . -, No further report on Elena's story was generated until 1969 when Charles Thomas was "selected out" of the United States Foreign Service. 964/ • - At that time, he ~~ -- wrote a memorandum to the Secretary o~State which in-. eluded- a cover letter stating, "Since I was the Embassy - ' Officer in Mexico who acquired this intelligence informa- tion, I feel a responsibility for seeing it through to its final evaluation.• 965/ Charles Thomas• memorandum stated that "he got ~· ~ no reaction from Nathan Ferris and Winston Scott• r~gard­ ing h~s memorandum of December 25, 1965. 966/ In addi- tion, ihomas wrote that the only perso~ to speak to him about the Oecember 25, 1965 memorandum, Clarence Boon~ ·~ stra ~/ told him t~at Oswata had not been in Mexico '"'!'.·.- on ~he- dat.e given for the ~a.:"~y. 968/ Thomas noted tnat eve~ ~!t-en ~e reiteratea th~t - !1 ena had not changed her -· 2r::.;..1 ,~•J,. ~-. . . 1 = - u "l 0 n 0:1 ·~ . . . . . :·• ... ~-. , , t .... '. ~~--·· • Classification:----- (This form-GiRl~ from CIA-a,~ ' story but rather that she had now given a more detailed account, Boonstra stated that the date was wrong and dis- - - -=- rilissed"the entire affair. 969/ - ~ --~ne of the Mexiae-City Legat Officers, ~athan Ferris, in reply to Thomas• letter and memorandum, asserted that Thomas• office had been advised by memoranda dated - - December 27, 1965 and February 23, 1966 that since Elena Garro's allegations had previously been investigated without substantiation, no furt_her act·ion was being taken ..... ,. - .... -~!!:.·.· • concernfnj_ he.r recent repetition of those allegations. 970/ In its.r.eport,the Legat•s Office concluded that either the Counselor for Political Affairs did not route the memoranda to Charles Thomas or that Thomas did not re- call receiving them. 971/ -, ~.. ... Thomas wrote that when he went to Nathan Ferris' office to ~nform him _that Elena had found her calendar 'ill!./ -~ .. ., ~ and had· reconstructed· thi date of the party as late September. Fe~ris replied that Elena had given the. late :- September date when she had originally reported her story at the American Embassv. ... -972/ Thomas noted that Ferris ·-, ~~ ...... - expla~nee tha~ someone who had be!n at the party had stated that there had not been an; Americans in attendance. 973/ ~ Thomas wr.ote that ne had as~umed that Elena could have ,.."'\ . CJc~iti~~tion.: ... _ ... 2 ~r:o~ \.,; "' . ..., ••• t .···~ ···' #:.··- .: ;.., t·;, ..:.• ...·.... . \ .2 • •. .• ., • Oas.sified by derivation. _ _ __ J ' •.:.-:·~ ~·'-.-: . ~ .:- '\..~ ' il ~ .L§_,.N ~ ~ . .,., C~assitication: - - - - - - - . (This form is to be used for material extraded from CIA~~Ied cf~~me§t~J~ ·~ - ~· f;1 )2 \•.:~ ~,- ·'-::! .:~ ~ . ,·~·· - - clearly been mistaken about the identity of the Ameri- can she saw there, but never doubted that she had seen - some Americans. iii/ Thomas wrote that Ferris had sug- g-e:s·ted that it was not necessary for Thomas to pursue ,..,·. - -. ' the matter since he considered the Oswald case closed and had heard all the rumors before. 975/ · - - The Legal Attache's reply to Thomas' memo stated that Mr. Ferris had not told Thomas that someone who was -~~ at the party had stated that there had .not been any Ameri- ~~"'I,Jf":: cans present. 976/ The Legal Attache's memo asserted that Thomas had been told that it would not be necessary for him to pursue the matter any further since Elena's story had been investigated previously without being ~ - - substantiated. 977/ In addition, the memo stated that Thomas had been told that Elena's story was considered a closed issue, nat that the Oswald case was closed. 978/ ... 12. House Select Committee on Assassination's - ~ Investigation of Elena Garro's Allegations The House Select Committee o~ Assassinations in- vestigated E1ena Garro's story both through file reviews and persor.aj i~tervtews. The Committe! requested and ~. 4:- : ....-~ L ... .·..PJt . ... ·' ._, .1", - • . - ~ t . . . 4J .u~1. 1"" 20C03-1:L Classification:_._··;..;.·-----~-- .~.._.. rrr - -~=::2'="·~' CJassificaji~~ · (This .form Is to be tsed for material extracted from CIA--contrabed documents.) • - 229 - ~eviewed the CIA's, FBI's and State Department's files on Elena'Garro de Paz, Elenita Garro . de. Paz, Manuel Calvillo, - Noe W. Palomares, June Cobb Sharp, Victor Rico Galan, Eunice Odio, Sylvia Duran, Lydia Duran, Ruben Duran, Betty ~ .. - - Serratos, Horatio Duran, Eusebio Azcue, and Emilio Car- ballido. Only the Elena Garro·de Paz file contained in- formation on her allegations. Though all the names listed above played a· role in Elena Garro d.e Paz• story, not one of their files included a reference to Elena Garro de Paz. Furthermore; tbe'House Select Committee on Assassina- . - -~;, • tions requested and reviewed the Central Intelligence Agencj's LICOOKIE/1, LICHANT/1, LIRINS/3, and TICHBORN files. Once again, not one of the files included a men- ¢ -,~. tion of Elena Garro's allegations. The House Select Com- mittee on Assassinations learned that LICOOKIE/1, who first reported to the CIA Elena's allegation, was June Cobb Sharp. 979/ [ 'ho9ir ] ' ::-"""'! Manuel Calvillo wh~ had hidden Elena Garro and her daughter - in a hotel the dty following the assassination. 980/ He also told Elena that Silvia Duran had been arrested .... .. ·- before this fact had become public knowledge. 981/ Since a file review was 1nconc1~sive, the Committee arranged interviews in Hexfco with Ruben Duran, Horatio Classification: -~ , .AlL ......... .. . ~ ... ~ .. :.:. " ~ ··-··.~·· Classifitl ECKEl r~x==:t..d (This ,;.;, from OA--cOntrolled documents.) - - - 230 - Duran, Elena and ElenftaGarro,. Silvia Duran, Lynn Duran, Emilio Carbillido and Betty Serrates. ~/ The Mexican Government informed the·-:House Select Committee on Ass ass ina- t1ons that Elena arid Elenita Garro disappeared in 1968 - during the student uprisings and have never returned. to Mexico. 983/ The officials stated that Elena and her daughter might be in Spain. 984/ The Mexican government - reported that Emilio Carballido could not be found. 985/. The others were interviewed between June 1 and June 6, - 1978. 986/ Betty Serrates,. Lydia Duran, Ruben Duran and - Horatio Duran all stated that Elena was not the dancing type and therefore did not attend any of the twist parties - - at the Duran homes. 987/ When Silvia Duran was asked if Elena or Elenfta Garro ever attended twist parties at the Duran homes, she.recalt"ia E1en~ttending one twis-t party at R~ben's home in 1963 after the Garros returned to Mex1co from France. !!!/ All the Ourans denied that lee Harvey Oswald had attended •ny ~arty at one of their homes. 989/ -·~ The Committee next asted the Central !nt~lligenee Agency to arrange intervi·ews. w~ L!COOKIE/1 (June tobbl, ~bo cay have had ~nformation relat~d th[ ~"1ft .~.ou..r<'..c. 1 J~ to Lee Harvey Oswa.l:d's·:riP to ~exico C'ty. ill/ T~e Classification: ....•·•.. --... ..... . .. ,..., ......... -.... ~,.G~'·=-"~*-~.-::-.~ . .•~-"""!,..~-~-- -n.;., C}:, ·) tJd , -1. .I ' · .: t. •.•• • ....h •. ' I .., • • .~ ·I a , 1. • 1 • . • .. .. : , ., . . ..... __.. .. ¥-~ t-sv aernoa~~ - (This from cu~....:~~itrolled • .·. ·. t - 231 - Central Intelligence Agency declined to aid the Committee in this aspect of the investigation. 991/ - The Committee returned to Mexico City on August 7, 1978 and attempted to 1ocate June Cobb Sharp aai,-~anuel - Calvillo on its own. 992/ The Mexican government told the Committee that - - June Cobb Sharp received a tourist permit, number 72781, on June 27, 1947 when she entered Mexico through Nuevo lardeo. sen~ She asked, but was denied, permission to repr~­ the magazine, Modern Mexico. received a coutesy permiet, number 25556. On ·June 21, 1948, she Furthermore, -·#• the Meiican government explained that she disappeare~ in 1954 and never·returned to Mexico. 993/ - - The Committee believes that this information is incorrect. According to Ms. Cobb's CIA file, she worked for the agency as an -asset in Hexi co from 1961 through 1966. 994/ Elena. also stated ~hat Hs. Cobb res:1.t.e4t. her home in 1964. 995/ 1- The Mexican goverr.ment told the Committee that Ra!luel Calvillo did not live at Cuohter.toc 87i-S as the ~ - Committee had informe~ it. !he M~~ican Go~ernmen~·s aq~~~-in-charge had sp~ken to the superintendent at t~e ~ ·,m .. i ...-~:- ';~:-~ "' . ..... ~­ • I - 232 - and was informed by the superintendent who had worked at the apartments for twenty-five years, said that no - -c. Manuel Calvillo had ever resided there. When Committee staffers gave the Mexican government Calvillo's pen name, the Mexicans .gave the same answers. 996/- - . The Committee believes that . there is a possibility that Mr. Calvillo lived at this address since it acquired - the address from a recent CIA document. 997/ The Committee believes that there is a possibility - th!t a U.S. Government agency requested the Mexican govern- ment to refrain from aiding the Committee with this aspect -~ . of its· work • .22!/ (See Procedural Wri.te·up Trip 2 Mexico City and Section VII, C, below.) Elena. The Committee made every attempt possible to locate On July 7, 1978 the Committee telephoned her pub- '~ lisher, Marti:, in Mexico City and inquired about Elena~s - - whereabouts. 999/ The publisher stated that Ms. Garro was living in the Hotel S.A.C.E. in Madrid, Spain. 1000/ ~· ~­ ihe Committee telephoned the Hotel S.A.C.E. in Spain and spoke to the manager ~ho to~d him :hat Ms. Garro had ·~. ~ moved. lQQl/ On July 14, 1976 the Committee called ~er ;uti~shar again and was tol~ t~ c~ntact the ~exican Embassy C!assi ·~ _&:CD -- - ............ - = F • ,. - - 233 - in Madrid, Spain. 1002/ The publisher stated that all Elena's payments were sent there because she did not even trust her publisher with her address.J1003/ The Committee ca-11 ed the Mexican Emttassy in - - Madrid, Spain and spoke to Adolfo Padilla, a Mexican em- plo~ee of the Embassy who stated that when Elena had visited the Embassy a couple of weeks before to pick up a check she seemed financially destitut~ 1004/ stated that when he asked Elena her new address she declined to give one, stating that she would return every He - -~.~ few w~eks to pick up checks and mail. !QQi/ The Commit- tee gave Padilla a telephone number and a message asking Elena to telephone the Committee collect. 1006/ On September 5, 1978 E1ena.Garro called the Commit- ··- tee. 1007/ When it was explained that the Committee wished to talk to her in person and would pay both her daughter's - and her travel from Spa~· to the United Stl'tes, Ms. Ga.rro asked why she should believe the Committee was what it '- c1aimed to be. 1008/ rhe Com~ittee asked Ms. Garro to ca11 na~k collect in the next few days wnen it could ex- ~ plain to ner when a"d wher! she could receive a Committee lettar eel'!n:a-:i:tg ;wh·y ":.!'ie Cor.'m't1tt~~ .wished to interview - -. . f 'J ,cf": ~., ' ....- , A·- ~ -·· .. ~ CJassiii'i (This ~orm 1 t uied for material extracted from CIA-conirolled documents.) ~­ • - 234 ... ments with the State Department for a letter to be hand- delivered to Elena at the American Embassy in Spain. 1010/ ' On September 7, 1978, Elena Garro called the Com- mittee and as ked when .the 1etter waul ... ·~.. d arri ve-;-1 011/ --- - - The Committee ex~la~ned that she could pick up the letter on Monday, .September 11 , 1978 from George ~he 1an, the Counsellor'for Consular Affairs at the American Embas- sy. 1012/ .. Ms. Garro stated that she would get the letter on September 11, 1978 . and follow our suggestions. 1013/ Ms. Garro never went to the American Embassy in - - ~~''' Spain to pick up the Committee's letter. 1014/ The Committee, hoping she would pick up the letter before her flight date, proceeded to purchase air tickets for both Elena and her daughter. 1015/ Elena did not pick - up the tickets at the airport. 1016/ not been able to regain contact with Ms. de Paz again. The Committee has - The Committee al~d investigated whethe..Char1es Thomas' •selection out•·was related to the Oswald case. - After interviewing his widow, Ms. Cynthia Thomas, the Committee has coneluded that his dismissal was unre- 1ated. 10.11! - ·.: .~·· . !~ su~, the House S&lect Comoittee on Assassinations ~as not bP.en able ~~ confirm th! evidence that would 1ndi• .I .4 C!assj~~~~!\on:t.- • .•~ " I . - _:_.lllill!~ . .·• Oascni.d b1 ~imate1y ~uran also stated that Oswald returned at ap- 1:00 p.m. with four photographs. 1086/ Eusebio -·~ :-~::·:··=~.~· .·~P~: ~·.~.· ~.~.~-?.·:~~~:~Co.:s:si;:;.d Classjfi~ati~n: · -- :· ·· -·- • ~*' .. ... -....., '• • · - - by -4 0 7 deriwtion. ____ extracted , - - 245 - Azcue also stated that the 'individual later identified - as Oswald returned to the Cuban Consulate about 1:00 p.m. with the photographs probably on "the date-that appears on the application. that~~ to say on the 27th." 1087/ - The Committee believes that there is a. possibility that - the argument between Azcue and the individual occurred during this visit. 1088/ ·- on~ the Ms. Duran stated that Oswald's third 27th. 1089/ and last visit occurred in the late aftern·oon. a·fter. working hours This visit is confirmed by the CIA's -,- ~-·<5:. tap on the Soviet Consulate. 1090/ In addition to the alleged Oswald visits to the Consulates, there were other telephonic contacts that may ·- have been between Oswald, or an imposter, and the Consu- lates. 1091/ Several details about Oswald's visits to .,,4. : the Cuban Consulate, and telephonic contacts with both -- have Consulates suggest that. been Oswald •• th.~indfv1dua1 involved may not. - Silvia Duran's description of Oswald did not re- semble Oswald 1 s true physical appearance. 1092/ This ~c:•. ~,;; description, whtch appeared early in the reporting of in- forQation obtained from Ms. Duran was deleted from subse- ~· 2 r ....,. ,..1o;;Jv ':> C"J - Classification: - - - - - - - Report. 1093/ (See Section V, C, for details.) Eusebio '~ 1 Azcue's description of Oswald was similar.·to Silvia I· Duran's, but more detailed. 1094/ markable thing .....,.. Perhaps· the most re- about ~hese descriptions is their simi- - larity to Elena Garra de Paz' description of one of Os- wald's alleged companions. lQi[/ Another possible indication that an imposter may - also have visited the Consulate is the 9/28/63 intercepted conversation. 1096/ o~ ~~Y Silvia Duran adamantly denies that Oswald other American vis~ted the ~oban Consulat~ on Saturday, -, ,_,_._ '""' September 28, 1963. 1097/ In light of the CIA intercept of that~date, Ms. Duran has either lied to the Committee or the individual who visited the Consulate on September ;- - 28 was not Oswald. 1098/ Ms. Duran, in light of the in~ consistencies detailed in Sections V, C and VI, A above, may not be the most credible witness, but there are 1nd1- - cati ons that she w:"s tti'uthful when she stated that Oswa 1d did not visit the Consulate on September 28. Th~ Septem- :·- ber 28, 1963 conversation was linked to Oswald because of the marginal notations made by the CIA transla~or on the transcript. ~I The translator noted on the trans- , . . ad ..... cript that the caller spoke "terrible, hardly rec~snizable -t;~035J -, .. CJassirication:·_______...;_ ~ Russian.•• 1100/ On October 1, 196~, a man called the Soviet Consulate and identified himself as "Lee Os- - wald." 1101/ This man also stated that he had been at the Consulate on Saturday, ~-28~h.· 1102/ The transla- - ·tor noted that this was the same man:who had called the Consulate "a day or so ago" and had spoken in broken - -,-? Russian. 1103/ From this information, and possibly a voice comparison 1104/, the ~/28 caller was •identified as Oswald. 1105/ The problem with ass~ming that the ~~ caller on 9/28 and 10/1 was Oswald is that Oswald spoke ffuen,'ti Russian. 1106/ Granted, Ms. Duran·•s denial of 1.. \.._..../ - I 'the Saturday vis. i.t. and the .profi ci.ency ..of the· ca 11 er~ s · Russian is not sufficient evidence to conclude that the - - person who visited the Cuban Consulate on Saturday and who called the Soviet Consulate on Saturday and on Octo- ber 1st was an imposter. Yet the infor~ation is suffi- f;- l .:...· cient to question the ~assump'i1on that it was Oswald, especially in light of Azcue's and Duran's descriptions - and Elena Garro de Paz' allegation. The Committee notes the possibi1ity~ but does not conclude, that the missing production f~om the ~ulse · --;: ..;" ...•' .. camera and the LlLYRIC base has scmathin; t~ do with the.~ '. possibility that someone impersooatea Oswa1d fn.Mexfco. CJcssification: A!f1?fT ·~·.:.::;~} j ~--··P:r.s ~ ........, , ~ . .,I .. ': .--· ........:,.....· ·,..,,_._. .. ~ ;-...... ~ . . ·-..- ... "" ~tieet -Y . . \ cNrivation: - - - - -· .. .;., . 248·- ' Three calls that also occurred early on September 27, 1963 may have been by an imposter. At approximately - 10:30 a.m. a man called the Soviet Military Attache 1oo~i ng for a vi sa .to Odessa and was referred t..f, bl~. Perhaps the most striking is the suggestion that - Oswald's relationship with Silvia Duran was more exten~ sive than just the business contacts 1~ the Cuban Consu- late. 1146/ Another detail is ·the manner in which Ele.na•s allegations were handled, and the manner in which this Committee's attempts to·investigate those allegations - have been fr..u.s ta tred. ·114 7/ In 1965 E1ena Garro reported that Silvia Duran - ~ had been.Oswa1d's mistress while he was in Mexico City. 1148/ IR 1967 this report was confirmed by a CIA agent who .. · tal ~ed to S11 via Duran. lli2/ The CIA Station did not ~>';/ consider the information significant and to1d the agent to end his contact with Ms. Duran. 1150/ If that informa- ~· - .-.. ·••A·._,.. C~assiiication: - - - - - - - ~ I I tion is accurate, then that Silvia invited Oswald to a party would not have been surprising. Silvia Duran - admitted that the Mexican polic~ ~ad questioned her on this point but denied that she had had an affair with Oswald. 1151/ ~-- .. Ms. Duran denied"having any ex~ra-marital - affairs while she was married to-Horacio Duran. 1152/ . This denial is not consistent with evidence of her reputa- - . -. tion at the Cuban Consulate. A CIA penetration agent there reported to his case offic~r that all that would have to be done to recruit Silvia Duran, whom he referred • -,F'"! ~---· to by using the Spanish word for whore, would be to get . . . a blond blue-eyed American into bed with her •. 1153/ There is also CIA information that indicates that Silvia Duran had an affair with a Cuban Ambassador to Mexico - in the early 1960's. ·1154/ The HSCA attempted to interview the-CIA penetra- - tion agent about Ms. Du~an. 1155L~ An interview with the_ agent was a1so des 1 red so as to . attempt to verify whether ~ Elena Garro had created a disturbance at the Cuban Embassy on November 23, 1963. 1156/ The Committee's attempts -~ to 1r.terview this agent were frystrated. 1157/ Ms. Garro's claim that she stayed at the Hotel 'lermont was , ~_,;;,: ~- Cauif..d by deri'larioru _ _ __ d r · ..-:A·=-,. ·.·.~ L October 13, 1966. l158/ . Ms. Garro claimed that she .had been held there by Manuel Calvillo whom she believed . - worked for the Mexican Ministry of Government. 1159/ In 1963, Mr. Calvillo was an ~nwitting asset of the Central - Intelligence Agency. 1160/ Ms. Garro claimed that she told Mr •. Calvillo her story on November 23, 1963. 1161/ '(.e.t the CIA Me xi co City Station did not receive a report - from Calvillo on this matter until November 24, 1964, the same day that Elena first tol~ her·story to American of- ficials. 1162/ For these reasons it was felt that -, ~,.·.:.:.:.~ .. Manuel Calvillo could well be a key to determining the veracity of Ms. Garro's story. The Committee's attempt to interview Mr. Calvillo were also frustrated. There is also circumstantial corroboration of Ms. - Garro's allegations regarding June Cobb Sharp. ple, Ms. Cobb was indeed a CIA agent and she did file For exam- --·· the fir!t report· of Ms. Garro's story. 1164/ It Should be noted that this first report was accurate in its detail -' in that Ms. Garro's story remained essentially the same ~- , in subsequent repetitions. Ms. Garro claimed that she ~---·. kicked Ms. Cobb.·out of her house. 1165/ There is a nota- ·tion on Ms. Cobb's report that she was not able to regai~ - -.i.~ ......' 8 20003G.! .. -:-- . Oassirted by derivohon: _ _ __ -- ~ (This form is to from CIA--c:ontJr-ol - 256 - access to Ms. Garro. 1166/ The Committee attempted to obtain an interview with ~s. Cobb, but was once again ' I frustated. 1167/ ·~--Reviewing the manner in.which the CIA Me•~o City -- .. ...!...- - Station and the Legal Attache's office in Mexico City handled Ms. Garro's allegations reveals that, at best, I ~ her allegations were handled in an irresponsible manner because they were dismissed after a superficial investi- gation. The first report that came to the CIA was mis- filed and forgotten. 1168/ The Legat, after talkfn~ to Elena, dismissed her story after interviewing one person ., -~~ ...... : -~-­ whom she said may have been at the party. 1169/ The manner in which the,off1cfal American community handled ·Charles Thomas' reporting is detailed in Section VI, C, 11, above. Mr. Thomas .. speculated in 1969 about why Ms. ,~. Garro's ,story had been largely ignored by the American- officiAls in Mexico:. It would appear that whereas the FBI has .....o ~' ·~ discounted the Elena Garro· allegations, the CIA is still eonsiderable"disturbed by them. The CIA may not have pressed for further investigation, however, for a num- ber of reasons: 1) considering the sensi- tive overlap and subtle competition be~ween ~--~ two intelligence collecting agencies. it had to field to the FBI's clea~ jur1sd1c· tion; 2) there are obvious complicat~c~s ~~ ' J - - 257 - in conducting such an inve~tigat1on· in a forei Qh country; 3 }r Dt.so-i 'es fu?\~ -~~ and 4) some of the people appearing in the Elena Garro scenario may well be agents of the CIA. Under the circumstances it .' - - is unlikely that any fur~her investiga- tion of this matter will ever take place unless it is ordered by a high official in Washington. ~/ - The Committee attempted to locate Elena Garro. AJ tho ugh the Co mm i t tee es t a b1 i s he d t e l e phon i c con t a c t with Ms. Garro, the Committee was totally frustrated -.,:, in this aspect of its investigation, but yet believes ~ that there is a possibility that Lee Harvey Oswald did attend a twist party at the home of Ruben Duran. The Committee also considers it possible that Lee Harvey Oswald contacted pro-Castro students at the National Autonomous ....University of Mexico (Universidad - - Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, hereinafter UNAH) as claimed by Oscar Contreras Lartigue. 1172/ Silvia Duran admitted that she had told Oswald of two ways in whi·ch. he could get a Cuban visa: 1) he could get an fntransit visa by first obtaining a visa to another Communis: country such - as Russia; 2) he could obtain J r~guiar Cuoa" visa by knowing someone in Cuba who ..,oul a ·1ouch for h fm • ...l11.!1 -,. Ciassiiication: ·-·- - - - - - (This form is . to be used for I fromC~~o do ', It is possible that after Oswald's attempts to obtain I. I. a visa by the first method were frustrated·on Saturday, September 28, that he made one final effort to locate someone trusted by the Cuban Consulate to vouch for - I. him. There is no direct evidence about how Oswald - I .· I • could have learned of the pro-Castro group at UNAM. There is a possibility that Ernesto ~effeld Hiller, - L friend of the Ourans who borrowed Horacia's car often took Lee Haryey Oswald to the campus of the National t''"·' Autonomous University. On the days when'Lee Harvey Os- wald allegedly visited the Consulate, .Mr. Miller did al·so. It is possible that Silvia Duran asked him to escort - Oswald to the campus. Mr. Miller denied having ever met Oswald. 1174A/ · Oscar Contreras says that Oswald -· first c~ntacted him as -hi· was leaving a round-table dis- cussion at the school of philosphy. 1174/ It is known -c that, in 1963, the Ouracs were close friends with the Chairman of the Philosophy Department at UNAH, Ricardo Guerra, who held seDlnars on Kant, Hegel and Marx in the - ~· .. - ourans• home. 1li5/ It fs possible, if Silvia Duran had .&10 --- -· e or material extracted lied documents.} , - 259 - that s~e referred Oswald . to ~ne· . seminars in his search for help. of Guerra's Marxist Unfortunately, - Contreras does not name who headed the round table dis- cussion at which he met Oswald. 1176/ Silvia Duran - ......-. - denied .that she referred Oswald to anyone for help. 1177/ Ricardo Guerra is presently the Mexican Ambassador to - -.. East Germany arid .was not available . to the Committee for an interview. On both of the Committee's trips to ~, Mexico; the f4exican Government told the Committee that • Mr. Contreras would be made available for an intervi~w. The interview never occurred. 1178/ Although the Com- .. ·mittee•s attempt to investigate Mr. Contreras' allegat- tion met largely with frustration, the allegation can not be dismissed. -,.,; ... D. Was Lee Harvey Oswald alone while he travelled to Mexico? The Warren·Commfsst~n concluded that Lee Harvey Os- - wald travell~d alone while he was fn Mexico. 1179/ ·~ ··. , . •. All of the witnesses, with the exception of Elena Garro ~ ':\·;: de Paz who stated ~hat Oswald was accompanied by two "beatnik look!ng oays" !.l!Q./ at Ruben &luran's ;;arty, ~· have stated. -t'h.a~t when 'they saw Oswald in Me~ico he was Classification·; ; · :.;, .-. ·- · · 20D037:~ ' ' ' 1 iii& L 1 1:;~: -~~ J Oass;~iec -~01'1 Dy ---- Classirication: - - - - - - - • \ ... fP"'t. !)·~ . ·-c .-•.• \ ' alone. Although the American authorities did not handle ·-· ... - y:.-...r." ._ z.~-<:. .. .:,:.. ~ ' - the Elena Garro allegation properly, the Committee does not believe that it can readily dismiss Ms. Garro's - ·• allegation that Oswald had a companion in Mexico in light 1 of: 1) the corroboration of details of Ms. . story; 1181/ G~rro's 2) the possibility that someone impersonated Oswald in - ,_ Mexico 1182/ and 3) the simfliartty in the description ~f Oswald by Ms. Duran and Mr. Azcue and the description of Oswald's companion by Ms. Garro. 1183/ . ... -, ..• - - - - -~· 2Cl0373 CassiF.ed by c:let+ta1iona _ _ __ / , - 261 - Appendix I: HSCA Procedural Write-up Cuba Trip 1 - Sel~ct Committee members Chairman Louis Stokes ·and Congressman Christopher Dodd, accompanied by G. - . Robert Blakey, Gary Cornwell and Ed Lopez of the Select . Committee staff arrived fn Cuba at 3:30p.m., March 30, - 1978. They were met and escorted through Cuban Customs by the Mayor of Havana, Honorable Oscar Fernandez Hell, - ttie Minister of Justf ce, Dr: Armando Torres Santrayll, Se~or. Buergo, Ricardo Es~artin and the Cuban government -~ translator, Juanita Vera. At approximately 7:30 p.m. Senor Me11 escorted the Select Commit~ee staff to a - restaurant in Old Havana. The following day Congressman Richardson Preyer arrived in tuba at 7:00 a.m. At 9:30 a.m. on March 31. 1978 the Select.Committee -:, representatives met with Ricardo Escartin, Sen~n Buerg~-· and Captain Felipe Villa of the Ministry of the Interior. The Cuban Government gave the members and Committee its ·- o~ficial reply to the Committee•s questionnaire. given to the Cuban g~vernment prior to the Committee 1 trip to Cuba. 1 -· :". ~~ ~,~· At 2o .., . . .. ."";o~~-: ~' A- Classirication: · - - - - - - - .,.,.....,.. (This form is to be used from CIA-controlled docum 262 - ' Ricardo Escartin, Senen Buergo, Felipe Villa and Juanita Vera. During this session, the two major areas of dis- ' cussion were lee Harvey Oswald's visa application and - ... ·the dates of Jack Ruby's visits to Cuba in 1959. 1184/ - At 7:30 p.m. the House Select Committee on Assassinations slaff dined with'the Minister of Justice, Armando Torres - ' J_ Santrayll. At 9:00 a.m. on April 1, 1978, the Select Committee staff again met with the same Cuban officials for a • - ,.i- ..~ third session. Santo Trafficante was the major area of discussion. 1185/ At noon, Committee members and 1 staff representatives met with Cuba's Minister of Educa- tion, Honorable Jose Ramon Fernandez, who gave a pre- - - sentation on the improvement in quality of Cuban educa-· tion since the Cuban Revolution.· Following Senor Fernand~:·s discussion, at 3:15. p.m., • Eusebio Azcue was interviewed by the Committee staff re- presentative. Azeue was questioned extensively about - Oswald's alleged trip to Mexico City, Oswald's.alleged visits ~o the Cuoan Consulate. and S~nor Azcue•s alleged argument witn Lee Harvey Oswald. 1186/ -·· ~,.;~ 200037:1 ,. Casscf...d by deriwstion: - - - - CJassiiication: - - - - - - - {This form is to be used for materi from CIA-contr~Ued doannen , - 263 - At 7:30 p.m., April 1, 1978, Messers. Escartin and ~ernandez accompanied the House Select Committee - staff for dinner and show to the Tropicana Club which, prior to the~volution, was operated by organized -..:· .... ~~· - crime. The Tropicana Club is presently run by the Cuban government. - - At 11:00 a.m. on April 2, 1978, the Committee staff again met with Senen Buergo, Ricardo Escartin, FJlipe Villa, Aramis Guetierrez and ·Juanita Vera. Santo ~'··· Trafficante, Jack Ruby and Mexico C1ty.were the major areai of discussion. 1187/ This sessi~n terminated at . - . 1:00 p.m. At 4:50p.m •• the morning's meeting resumed. During the afternoon ses~ion, the major are~of dis- - cussion was the alleged pro-Castro involvement in the assassination. 1188/ ~ At ·9:15a.m., April 3, 1978, the Committee staff - ... met with the Cuban officials for a final work session. During this session, the intelligence agencies and general questions derived from the questionnaire which ~he Committee had provided to the Cuban government were the major areas of dfscussion. 1189/ During the - ~·· session, the Committee staff and Cuban officials also -· 2 \.:v ,.,Je nr.f"\~.l~·- ~- AP- j 2 • - .-~-· CJassification: - - - - - - - • ' exchanged lis~tngs of pending material which might be covered durfng a subsequent trip to Cuba by HSCA repre- - - sentatives and Congressmen. 1190/ At 6:00 p.m. the Commi~tee. S"'taff met with Presi- - dent Fidel Castro Ruz who assured the Committee that neither he nor his government h~d any involvement in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. - -The House Select Committee on Assassinations staff departed Havana, Cuba at 10:00 a.m., 'April 4, 1978, arriving in Washington, D.C. at 4:30.p.m. --9'-- - - - - .. -~· 2000977 .. ..__ CJassirication: - - - - - - - - I 1: (This form is to be used for material extracted from c~~ontrofted d~-": TOP SECRET - 265 - Appendix 2: HSCA Pr-ocedural Write-up Mexico Trip - " ~ House Select Committee on Assassinations staffers~ Gary Cornwell, Dan Hardway, Edwin Lopez and Harold Leap - arrived at the Mexico City airport at 8:30 p.m., May 30, 1978. (All times are Mexico City times, unless .~ - - otherwise ~pecified.) They were met and escorted through Customs by David Patton, an employee of the United states Embassy. .The following morning, May 31, 1978 the HSCA ¢' representatives met with U.S. Embassy Political Officer Richard Howard concerning procedure. Mr. Howard sche- .g ~ duled a meeting at 11:15 a.m. with [ C!A St r . ~~a zar sa ~ .:! f~ 1es had to be ques:ed befc:-c: ~ C~assirication: - - - - - - - r!~~~=--~19PSEeRB \ .. - 271 - . . ' States courts from the witnesses whom we wished to interview. Mr. Nazar suggested that our best investi- ' gatory avenue would be to concentrate on.· Oswald's inter- rogation after his arrest on November 22nd. . - 4I'M. Mr. Nazar - - had a very ·low opinion of Elena Garro de Paz• credibil- ity. He felt that she ·confused fact and fiction. June 3 and 4, 1978, were spent on CIA-related aspects of the Mexico City investigation. views were conducted. • Two inter- All interviews, with the excep- t ion of i ntery_i ews with CIA personnel, were taped and ---·~~ later transcribed. At 11:00 a.m. on June 5, 1978, the HSCA staff interviewed Horacia Duran for the record. 1200/ 1:00 p.m., HSCA staff member Edwin Lopez and Mexican ~t - officials Honoria Escandon and Dr. Alfonso Orozco &utierrez interviewed Pedro Gutierrez Valencia for - - ,.._..;.It the record~ 1201/ At 5:00p.m •• HSCA staff members in- terviewed Lynn Duran, aka Lydia Duran, for the record. 1202/ -·-··· On June 6, 1978 at 11:00 a.m., the HSCA staff in- · terviewed Ruben 0 uran f or tne ~ecor d ·~' • "O"' ' A.t 1:00 p.m., -tr.~ !taff reo:-esentatives met ,,th Coamandate V-.ntura. 7~e staff ~epresentat1¥es a~reed to s~~~ly the Mexicans ~ . :;:~·' :-.-~·.;.·.... '·''. ·.... . .. . . .._ .. r ._. ' Cjassitication: · - - - - - - - ' . / (This fonr.-JI&BI!•REr- .from CIA.-R:clfttceftll!d - 272 -· - Ernesto Lehfeld Mill~r. who could not then be inter- viewed. 1204/ Commandate Ventura authorized Honoria - Escond9n to interview Oscar Contreras Lartigue and Ernes to Lefi"f.e{lLMi11 er. At 5:00 p.m. • the wife of - - Ruben Duran, Betty Serrates, 1205/ was interviewed for the re~ord. . At 5:45 p.m •• Silvia Duran was interviewed for the record. 1206/ The HSCA staff representatives left Mexico City at 8:30 a.m. on June 7, 1978, arrivin~ in Washington, - D.C. at 5:30 p.m., Washington time. -~ - - - - ~· , - I · Oauifi.o 'tlf QerffiJtion: - - - - ·Classiiication: - - - - - - - - t;wd·-·f'&>d , - 273 - Appendix 3:hHSCA Procedural Write-up M~xi co Trip 2 - House Se 1ect Committee staffers Edwin Juan Lo_pez and Harold Leap traveled ·to Mexico City on August 7, - 1978. The staff members were·met by David T. ,atton, a State Department officiaT, at the Mexican airport - at 10:15 p.m. Mr. Patton then checked the staffers into Room 1754 at the Maria Is abe 1 Hote 1.. . Patton inform'ed the staff members that(<::;~ A .G. fJ Mr. - ~·'' <:.'!A s..~,·• .,. . 0~~'~\ 1 ]wished to see us ~ at 8:30 a.m. the following morning. On Tuesday, August 8, 1978, Committee staffers met with( C.:S:A. E 1 He informed the staffers that the two individuals the Committee wished to inter- view,( ~.:l·A A 11207/ aka( C..tA A ·land( C..'lA_ '-1 ~· )1208/were ~ow available. At 9:30 a.m • ., August 8, 1978, Committee staff· mem· bers interviewed[ ·e."!A A ended at approximately 10:15 a.m. 11209/ The interview -'~ Committee s:aff members returned to( C..:t-'\ .:;-· 1 office. ( <:.:tA t:: }tat:!':! that it ap.,eared that Gcvernment af ~eXiCO had on1y been able to locate two t~"'. "" ~ _tr .. '~ ' er~· dcssificati.ijQ· .- j n.~ ~!m§' ~.- .......LJ.:':I i 'I:-=-;·, ·.... i'.\ -~ ' " .. · ;A J_ -~../~'~·d·-i;.~~&ried b~ deri\'Otion, - - - - ~ e'HJY ~ -~ .K.!-"'!9 ~ fot .. w - . <.:lassiiication: _____;,____ P..: 1 witnesses for the Committee,· Oscar. Contreras Lartigue 1210/. ,: I and Hoe W. Palomares. 12.11/ [ C:lA ( }sked the · staff members to whom they wished· to speak. tee staff mem~ers expla~ned that they would like to Tbe Commit- - interview LICHANT·l~ 1212/ LICOOKtE I, 1213/ tft.~pi- ~ 1215/ and LIRIHG 3, 1216/ [ t{ ~rypr .J1214/ ail ~ j' Classification: _._.J_-_· .. -===~-~~~-~---~ I .J-----·__ '1 ...,~_-_.~.--' ~ # .. (This form is to be used for material extrac:ted from CIA-controlled documents.)· ... 283·- • (JI I At 9:45a.m., August 11, 1978, Agent Martinez met Committee staffers at their hotel room and explained that ' he was unable to locate Mr. Contreras Lartigue at the convention. Mr. Martinez then left to check the where- - abouts of Mr. Alberue S~oto and Silvia Tirado Bazan. at 12:30 p.m., August 11, 1978, Agent Martinez - - returned to the Committee staff members• hotel room. He telephoned Mrs. Contreras in Tampico who stated that her -~ hus.band had not te 1 ephoned her since ·she had last spoken to Agent Martinez. At 1:50 p.m., another agent, Honorio Escondon, telephoned Agent Martinez at the Committee staffers• hote 1 room to in form him that[ no."" e.. back in town because the scotch tape placed at the base of }us t be - - his entranceway door was no lon~er in place. AT 1:55 p.m., Agent Hart inez te 1ephone{ no.w.e.. J During .the pho'ne conver~a ti o·n { 1'\o..w..e. }denied that .he had worke1l. at the Cuban Embassy in the Sixties, stated that he knew nothing about the assassination, and declined the Committee staff - members' request to interview him. At 2:00p.m., August 11, 1978, Agent Martinez talephoned - ~ .:. , .... <.;lassiiicaiion: I' 5 Wf I Mftt t I · · ~ ·~ ..; (This form is to be used for material extrac:ted from CIA--controlled documents.) - 284 ·- -· Silvia Duran. Agent Martinez then. gave the telephone to Committee staffer Lopez. Hr. Lopez asked Ms. Tirado - . whether she would be willing to testify sometime in September at a Committee hearing in Washington; she answered affirma- - tively •. She stated that September 13th, 14th and 15th would not be "good days" because the Mexican Revolution - - celebration would be taking place and she was a planner and participant. When Mr. Lopez-asked Ms. Tirado if she knew Mr: Ernesto Lehfel~ Mi11er's phone number, she stated that she did not, but.she stated that if we telephoned her -~ h~sband Horati~ be able tc help us. at either 516-0398 or 515-8621, he would At 2:15p.m., Committee staffer Lopez telephoned , - Horatio Duran, who have him Ernesto Lehfeld Hiller•s office phone number, 548-4839. At 2:20 p.m., Lopez telephoned Mr. Miller and arranged a meeting for 9:00 p •. m. that- evening. At 2:30 p.m.,.Agent Martinez telephoned Captajn Ventura to report on his progress, pertaining to his work with the - HSCA. When Martinez told Ventura that he had located[ t\ct..~e... J CJ assificati o 2 '~,.·o~("\~ •J .. ·-·v . C.:nsified by •.:rivation: - - - - .. Classirication~ ~.l ; (This form is to be used for moteriol extracted from CIA--controlled documents.} - 285 ·- Ventura.asked Martinez if he was alone. When Agent Martinez lied and stated that he was alone, Ventura told him that he should under no circum~tances allow us to interview [ na.w..4t. ] When Agent t4a rt 1 nez comp 1eted his phone ca 11 , he said, •1 don't understand why nobody wants you to talk to him." At 9:00p.m., August 11, 1978, Committee staffers interviewed Ernesto Lehfeld Miller 1221/ At 11:15 a.m., August 12, 1978, Committee staffer Lopez c a 1 1e { \l'\0."4e.. ]at his home. When Mr. Lopez identified himself,[ ~ ]immediately stated that he knew nothing. He further stated that he never worked for the Cuban Embassy. When Lopez explained to him that employees at the Cuban Embassy had stated that he had been employed there,[ ~- ·]hung up. [ ~-.c. )voice quivered throughout the·~hort talk. At 11:45 a.m., Silvia Tirado called Lopez and stated that she had thought all night about travelling to Washington. She said she had seen a report in the newspapers in which Az~ue had stated that the man who visited the Cuban Consulate - • . n -- IJ. it.~' Classificctio~~ SECR£1' ~~*~'®Pif swe.rJ.Js ~i.1 (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) - 286 - . ' in .1963 was not Lee Harvey Oswald. She stated that Azcue had only seen Oswald once while she had seen Oswald at least three times. '~ Ms. Duran furt~ir stated that if she testified in Washington and the Committee concluded that she was lying she would be crucified ~h~n she returned to Mexico. Mr. Lopez reassured her and explained - that.when he returned to Washington he would send her a long . letter explaining procedures. . - At 12:05 p.m., Agent Martinez met the Committee staff ---··· membirs at the airport. He stated that Contreras and Calvillo had not been located ...... The Committee staffers gave Martinez a list of questions to ask Oscar Contreras Lartigue. Agent - - Martinez stated that he would mail the results of the interview to Lopez at the Committee offices in Washington, The Committee never received any interview reports from the Mexican government~ The Committee staff members left Mexico City at 1:55 p.m. - " and arrived at Washington's. Dulles Airport at 10:35 p.m. - ~· 2000?:9:1 Oossif..d by dwivarion: _ _ __ , ..6!GS - l ,' (This form is to be used for material extraded from CIA--controlled documents.) - 287 - ',. Appendix 4: HSCA Procedural Write-up Cuba Trip 2 On August 25, 1978, Congressman Richardson Preyer ~- and HSCA staff members G. Robert Blakey and Edwin Juan Lopez Soto traveled to Cuba from Miami at 8:25 a.m. on an Air-Taxi Service charter pla~~- tives arrived in Cuba at 10:15 a.m. The Committee tepresenta- They were met by the - Minister of Justice, Armtndo Torres S~ntrayll; Washington Consul Ricardo Escartin; American Oep~rtment official, • Senen BuergOi and translator, Nellie Ruiz de Zarade. The -., ~-·. Committee representatives were escorted to their suite, room number 2003, at the Hotel Riviera at 11:00 a.m. At 12:15 p.m., the Committee representatives met - - with Ricardo Escartin, Felipe Villa, Senen Buergo and translators Ju~nita V.era and Nellie Ruiz de Zarade. :Also present were two Cuban stenographers. Senen Buergo, the - --.., - -'·'· spokesperson, welcomed the Committee representatives to Cuba and thanked the Committee for its correspondence. Mr. Buergo apologized ~n be~alf of the Cuban government for the postponement of a previously sc~eduled trip of - ... - ~- •:CS,ifi~ hy deriw:tion: - - - - - • ..• . ,._J•.~ ~..·F-~.~-~.t.-it. . . ~~?r CJCSSiTICataon: - - - - - - - (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) - 288 - ' May 24th and 25th, 1978. Mr. Buergo stressed that in his opinion there was a conspiracy to link Cuba tQ the ' assassination of John F. Kennedy. At that point, he handed four files to Congressman Richardson Preye:. The - files consisted of: a) material concerning Santo Trafficante; b} a 1etter dated 25 'November 1963 from Hernandez Armas - - (Mexican Ambassador in 1962 to Raul Roa (Minister of Foreign Relations in 1963); c) the results of the Cuban government's into mis-information linking the Cuban Government J ~esearch to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; and d) the report of the Investigative Committee of the I~ternational Tribunal of the Eleventh Festival reporting on the defamation campaign to link Cuba to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Mr. Buergo stated that both Eusebio Azcue Lopez and - Alfredo Hirabal Diaz would that day be made available. for -' ·- interviews. Mr. Buergo stated that Nilo Otero 1222/ would be made available·for interview the following day. 26 August 1978. Mr. Buergo stated that Rogelio Rodriguez 1223/ was presently stationed in West Germany. Buergo stated that Ricardo Escartin previously interviewed Mr. Rodrigue: ana - a AtJY r!r (df~ - J.-..J..· 1~~ - Classification~-~-·_;_""'_··-~-·-~i_~~i..... .:a ~ •• -': ils; •• ...· 1' ~' .... . . ~ ........ , q1-u~~~ &&&·G ....... J .. 1·~ "" ... _, ..J 1 Classiiication: (This form is to be used for material extraded from CIA-controlled documents.) - 289 y - ' was told by Rodriguez that he had had no contact with Lee Harvey Osw.J.Jd. Mr. _Buergo stated that ff the Committee ' 'I sti 11 ·desired to interview Rodriguez, he would be made a va i 1ab 1e to the 1;Commi ttee. Mr. Buergo stated tha t'.:an ' 1 interview with Rolando Cubela Secades 1224/ would b.e arranged. - - Mr. Buergo asked if the Committee was still interested in interviewing Orestes Guillermo Ruiz Perez. 1225/ Mr. L Buergo stated that the Cuban government had no record of • a citizen named Griselle Rubio. 1226/ Mr. Buergo inquired ~' whether the Committee representatives were interested in watching the videotaped state~ents of James Wilcott 1227/ and Phillip Agee 1228/ at the Tribunal. 1229/ Congressman - - Preyer responded that the Committee•s representatives would want to view the Wilcott and Agee videotaped statements. Mr. Buergo stated tha,~our schedule included .Fin~ with the Minister of Justice at 8:00 p.m. on 25 August 1978, fishing on 27 August 1978 {Sunday), an~ a farewell dinner - on 28 August 1978. Congressman Preyer thanked the Cuban off1cials for - - Classifh:atio - . ~&rtJ '55fspf.~ ·c:.Jassj(icaiion: ______,·_..-._·._-_ .. ..i....l J (This form is to be used for material extracfed from CIA--controlled documents.) - 290 - m•king both the documents and witn~sses available to the Select Committee. Professor Blakey stated that the Committee was no -·· longer interested in interviewing Rolando Cubela. Mr. Blakey stated that Griselle Rubio had been found in Miami · and interviewed by a Committee investigator. Mr. Blakey stated that the Committee wanted to interview Oreste Guillermo Ruiz Perez for two reasons: He worked at the Cuban Embassy in September 1963 when Oswald allegedly visited the Cuban "' compound in Mexico City; and, he is married to the cousin of a ·counter-revolutionary, Antonio Veciana Blanch. Mr. Blakey stated that Rogelio Rodriguez need not be interviewed. Captain Felipe Villa stated that the Cuban government, relying on the seriousne~s and honesty of the Committee's work, thought that the Committee should have knowledge. of Cuebela's statements. Mr. Villa stated ~at the Committee· = still needed to provide the Cuban government with the following: a) a workable formula on counter-revolutionaries that could be used by the Cuban government to aid the Committee in its investigation of such organizations; - .... -. •.• ') ~~c) C01~iiea c·, derivanon: _ _ __ f •/ (This form is to be used for material extracted I from CIA--controlled documents.) : ·· - 291 - ' b) copies of lee Harvey Oswald's signatures that the Cuban government could use to perform its own hand- - writing comparison test; and c) £. Howard Hunt's aliases; - Mr. Blakey stated that examples of Lee Harvey Oswald's ·- handwriting would be forthcoming. Mr. Blakey stated that · the Commtttee had not yet developed a formula for identifying - ~ counter-revolutionary groups active against the Cuban government in 1963 or a method for providing E. Howard Hunt's aliases. Mr. Blakey stressed that both these areas would d~~· ,~-~ "' be discussed in the Committee's final. report. At 1:00 p.m. the first work session ended. At 3:15 p.m. House Select Commi~tee on Assasstnations representatives interviewed Juan Nilo Otero in Room 2003 of ~ the Hotel Riviera. Present were Congressman Richardson Preyer, G. Robert Blakey, Edwin Juan. . Lopez. Soto, Senen ~·. - . " ~ Buergo, Ricardo Escartin, . Captain Felipe Villa, translator ~' ~:. . . Juanita Vera and two stenographers. 1230/ The interview - ended at 5:15 p.m. At 8:00 p.m. the Committee's representatives met Senen auergo and translator ~ellie Ruiz de Zarade at the -~· Cauifi.d by derivanon: - - - - ~ . \..~assi(icaiion: ·_.J_....~_..J___ . . ' :::.._..::...a_··_·-'-~_.1~ "" (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) - 292 - , Hotel Riviera's lobby. The group was chauffered to the Bodeguita del Medio--one of Cuba's most famous restaurants-- - where they dined with the Minister of Justice, Armando Torres Santrayll. - At 10:15 a.m., 26 August 1978, Select Committee - representatives interviewed Alfredo Mirabal Diaz 1231/ in . - -t -, Room 2003 at the Hotel Riviera. Present were Congressman Richardson Preyer, G. Robert Blakey, Edwin Juan Lo~ez Soto, S~nen Buergo, Captain Felipe Villa, ~icardo Escartin, translators Juanita Vera .and Nellie Ruiz de Zarade and two stenographers. The interview ended.at 12:45 p.m. After the Mirabal interview Mr. Buergo asked whether the HSCA representatives wished to interview Jose Ver~acia - - Verdacia, 1232/ the Warden of Trescornia while Santos Traffi- cante was a detainee. When Congressman Richardson Preyer stated that the Committee would indeed be interested in interviewing Jose Verdacia Verdacia, Mr~ Buergo stated that he would be available for an interview at 3:00 p.m. &IIZ'l - At 3:30p.m •• HSCA representatives interviewed - - 11)(\liiQ"- .... _,v·.... V.) Clcssification: - - - - - - - ~ '··~ '".. " . ':,l•.•.;,' ,. ;' ••• . ~-·.:l.• q.ij. ~Q 8J. I~ ..• ~ ~ . , ."r-'t '?' , =_-_. . ~Jassiiication:.._-·_-_..___ _...,.~_.J_..._-_.T j (This form is to . be used for . material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) - 293 - ' Jose Verdacia Verdacia in Room 2003 of the Hotel Riviera. Present were Congressman Richardson Preyer, G. Robert - Blakey, £dw1n. Juan Lopez Soto, Senen Buergo, Captain --· Felipe Villa, Ricardo Escartin, Arais Gutierrez, trans- - lators Juanita Vera and Nellie Ruiz de Zarade, and two stenographers •. 1233/ The interview ended at 4:20 p.m. - On Sunday morning, 27 August 1978, the Cuban Government's representatives took the Select Committee representatives to Veradero Beach. -_, ...•. At 8:35 p.m. Select Committee representatives interviewed Orestes Guillermo Ruiz Perez at the Hotel Internacional at Veradero Beach. Present were Congressman Richardson Preyer, G. Robert Blakey, Edwin Juana lopez Soto, Richardo Escartin, - Captain Felipe Villa, Senen Buergo and translator Juanita Vera. 1234/ ...... Because there were no stenographers presen~ the Cuban representatives t~-recorded.the interview. The --..~ interview ended at· 9:20 p.m. ~ On 28 August 1978, at 10:25 a.m., HSCA representatives interviewed Rolando Cube1a Secades in Room 2003 at the Hotel -/ Classificatio Cas.sifi«i by derivation: - - - - ~ ..,_. ·- (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) · , 1 Riviera. - 294 - Present were Congressman Richardson Preyer, , ~ G. Robert Blakey, Edwin Juan lopez Soto, Ricardo Escartin, Captain Felipe Villa, Senen Buergo, -=:.a translator Juanita Vera and Nellie Ruiz de Zarade, and two stenographers. Also present was Antonio Hernandez who escorted Mr. Cuebla • • from prison to the Hotel. 1235/ The interview ended at 11:45 p.m. - ~eresa At 3:25 p.m., HSCA representatives interviewed Maria Proenza y Proenza in Room 2003 of the Hotel Riviera. Present were·congressman Richardson Preyer, G. Robert Blakey, 'f~ Edwi~ Juan lopez Soto, Richardo Escartin, Captain Felipe Villa, Senen Buergo, Antonio Hernandez, translator Nellie Ruiz de Zarade and two stenographers. 1236/ The interview - - ended at 4:15 p.m. On 29 August 1978, at 9:30a.m., the HSCA repre$entatives met the Cuban delegation for a f1n.aL_work session in Room 2003 ·of the Hotel Riviera. Present were Congressman Richardson Preyer, 6. Robert Blakey, Edwin Jua~ Lopez, Ricardo Escartin, - Senen Suergo, Captain Felipe Villa, translators Juanita Vera Jnd Nellie Ruiz de Zarade and two stenographers. 1237/ - 16~:-SE&R£ f - Clas~ification: _ _ _.....__ __ ~ ....... .. Classification:· jij*Jj;~a,~ t ... (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) - 295 - ' Tbe Cuban delegation spokesperson, Senen Buer.go, ' . .. explained that ·Mr. Manuel Piniero 1238/ was out of the country and therefore an interview could not be arrange~~ Mr. Buergo explained that the Cuban delegation had located ' Luisa Calderon Carralero 1239/ hut because she was ill an interview could not be arranged. Mr. Buergo suggested that the HSCA forward questions to the Cuban Government. Ms. Calderon's answers would then be forwarded to the ' Committee. Mr. Buergo explained that Raul Roa 1240/ had a very busy schedule. Mr. Roa felt that he could not add any more ~ information to what N11o Otero had already provided arid declined ~ the interview. ~~ Material handed to the HSCA representatives at this time included: a) a list of persons whom the Cuban delegation ~ - .tfJ !U . believed to have had close relations with Santo 7 Trafficante; b) photog~apns depicting what the Cuban government ; •' believed to be a Centr!! !nte11igenca Aqency - O::ruifi~o bv Oer>~on: - - - - ~ .&SA 4 Q~f~~·_'t.,..;: ~.. ,{: 3:;=·~-,.. • . • . .. . . .. I . •• W, . ; &a&:i i 2 Cjassiiication: 2 i / (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) - 296 - ' photographic surveillance base targeted - - against the Cuban Consulate and Embassy in Mexico City ~uring 1~~ . c) an essay entitled •Imperialism's Political, Economic, and Military Organizations and Agencies of Crime, such as the CIA" and ·- ... d) an article entitled "Finally We Have Eliminated That Pinto in the White House, said Bob, When He Heard About JFK's Assassination• --=~. ·The final work session ended at 11:00 a.m. ~ At 1:00 p.m., the·Cuban delegation escorted the Com- mittee's repre~entatives to the airport. At the airport , they were 'rttfarewe11 by the Minister of Justice, Armando Torres Santray11, Senen Buergo, Juanita Vera and Nellie ~uiz de Zarade. ~ ;. •" At 3:30p.m., the HSCA representatives and Washington -~~ Consul, Ricardo Eseartin, departed Cuba. - - ·-· ··-. --. - ••. 0 ~ ·.j !J ~ ~· .....,..t~lf1 Cjassitication:.'J.2~5~2~!1!11"'~ (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) .. 297 .. ' Appendix 5: Biography: Elena Garro De Paz - Elena Garro de Paz ..., Puebla, Mexico on December 11, 1917. ~as~bqrn ..... ....... of Spanish parents in ""--::-"' (All information in - this section culled from Biography Data form"prepared by Charles Thomas.) Ms. Garro attended the National Autonomous - University of Mexico and later did graduate work at Berkley in California and at the University of Paris. In 1963, -¢ 'I ~lena had long been married to Octavio Paz, a career diplomat who is also one of Mexico's finest poets and leading intellectuals. When Octavia was named Mexican Ambassador to India, the couple separated by mutual consent. daughter, also named Elena, has always resided with her Elena's - mother. Since Elena spent seventeen years of her early ljfe - -, in Europe she had a ratherafn~xican objectivity about her native land and had a reputation for being one of its more articulate detractors. ~t the same time, Elena was considered t-. emotion a 11 y commi tte.d to many aspects of ~1exi can 1 i fe and made an important con:ributton to its a~tistic development ~ .:;. ..... - "'Or. t ·0"'.....1 ~ • Classification. (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controRed documents.) - 298 - ' In the 1960's Elena became a significant writer. Hogar Solido, E1 Rey Mago, La Senora en su Balcon, Ventura ' Allende, Andaise por las Ramas~ Parada Empresa, and El V1aje are plays that have had appreciative audiences in Europe, I - where they . were translated into German, as well as in Mexico • Ms. Garro's short stories are collected in a volume called - La Semana de Colores. The Literacy Supplement of the London Times has called her novel, Los Recuerdos de Porenir, "a splendid success.• Critics have said of her: •For Elena. - ~ ., Garro, there is no frontier between reality and fantasy; in any case, the latter is a second reality--perhaps more intense--to which one may penetrate without passport or forewarning, thanks to the effectiveness of a lfterature - fired with passion, flavor and life.• Many people who knew Elena have asserted· that the frontier between reality -- - and fal\tasy is also difficu:l~t.-for her to distinguish in real life. (Bfograpfty Data. Wor~· o-n Elena Garra de Paza ~ prepared by Charles Thomas ... )" Ms. Garro, for many· ye-a-rs-~ \'las an active worker in .. ;..."':. Cam~esina (CHC}, the agrarian ·:..:... the Confederacion Uac:ional - - (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controDed documents.) I - 299 - arm of the Partido Reformista (PRI). Because Ms. Garro I was a tireless propagandist and agitator on behalf of the ~ ... ~ poorer Mexican peasants, she was on close personal terms with and enjoyed the respect of peasant leaders t from all over the country. (Ibid.) Elena was considered a witty~ urbane and opinionated woman with an unflagging sense of humor. Her forthright opinions and sharp wit tended on occasion to ruffle feathers ip Mexico, but her important social,. literacy, and political connections rendered her fairly immune from serious cunter- attack until 1968. Then, Ms. Garro was forced to flee the country with her daughter, Elenita and her sister, Deba Guerrero de Galvan, in the midst of the student strikas. The House Select Committee on Assassinations has been unable to determine the exact reason Ms. Garro had for fleeing e:iri· M2x if.P· Before her disappearance from Mexico, Elena was well disposed toward the United States and had been friendly with Embassy officer~. Her br~ad range of significant personal friends, tne views of many important to the Ocssifieo !:rr der~, - - - - ' __.. .., '\ ........ -- ·- . d ~ • (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) -· 300 - ' American Embassy, made her a useful Embassy target. "useful Embassy tar~et" is a person deemed important (A '~ enough because of acq~~ntpnces to merit frequent contact, either witting or unwitting, with American Embassy officials.) - - - • - - - - ~ ~462 ,.,-I. • {This form is to be us.td for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) - 301 - ,. - APPENDIX SIX: GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN REPORT. Agent: A person who knowingly works for the CIA on a contract or job basis. Asset: A.general ter.m for persons, not officers, used by the CIA. For example, both agents· and sourc;es are assets. An asset~ anyone ·used in an operation or project, whether or not(_th~ is .. aware that he is being used. ·-... "'. ·-' - Case officer: See Oper~tions officer. Coverage: Surveillance. - C;yptonym: A series of letters used by the CIA to iden- tify someone or something while protecting that person or things true identity. All.. the letters ·~ in a cryptonym are capitalized. The first two letters are assiqned by the· subject matter·~·or 1·-..,~ ,.. local to which the person or thing belonqs. The rest of the cryptonym is randomly assigned. See LIMITED for example. The "LI" designates that - the project was located in Mexico. 2) The planet on which Superman was born. Chronological file: A folder in which material is stored ~n Chronological order. Usually used for produc- I tion or communications type material. Electronic intercept base: House, apartment, or building that; contaJ.ns equipment used in intercepting and tapping telephone conversations subject to - - electronic surveillance* FOIA: Freedom of Information Act. LIEMPTY: ex.~cryptonym for photographic project aimed at ··- the SoViet Embassy in Mexico City. LIERODE: CIA Cr?ptonym, pre-1964, for surveillance operation aimed at. the ~ubans in Mexico City. LILY:?.!C: ~': .,_ _z , .... . a'"- -v··.·. •.,o,..··r < u_01-. .! Oastifltld by derivcticw" _ _ __ ~ 41£0 ......... r '* (This form is to be used for material extrocted from CIA--controlled documents.) , - 302 - LIMERICK: CIA cryptonym meaning "Soviet". ' - LIMITED: CIA cryptonym of one of three bases which provided photographic surveillance of the Soviet Embassy .~~ :..; ..... in Mexico Ciey. . __ ....:.......~ LIONION: CIA cryptonym for photographic surveillance - operations aimed at the Cuban diplomatic com- pound in Mexico ~ity after July, 1964. · Listening post: See electronic intercept base. Logs: A list of. photographs taken and .the times they were taken prepared by agents in the photographic base houses. - ~ • Monitors: ( 'D-f'SC,.·· ~ .~~,,;& ~ ~ 1who worked in the elec- .:.:- tronic inter~ept base listening to conversations on telephone lines.subject to wiretaps and summar-izing ·those conversations they deemed to be important. Officer: CIA career employee. Operation: A subpart of a project. with "project". Often used interchangably - Operations officer: CIA career employee: ter.m usually used 1n connection with an employee with respon- sibility for a particular operation or project. F~· · .. Penetration aaent: An agent who work~ inside a tarqet -¢ l.nStl. tution. For example, L'\7 ~'-'tt,t- }rorked ·for p file: the CIA in the Cuban Embassy 1n M~co City. Desiqnation assiqned to a personality file in the CIA's Mexico City Station. A !ile fer the ~eter.tion of information in written form arranged according to individual's names. , ~ . ~: 20Dl0i.i Photoqraphi: base: Eousa, apar~ent, or building used for nousicg of photographic surveillance equipment ~~d '! ... ;.u i the aqents'~ho oEerate i~~ -~~azs~o~ated near the target. -t~· Classificat~n: :;d \· a.!h l1 i ·~,~ .if:T-x 2 :- ·4o4 -, Jf:!i .. cp .... .· .- . (This form is to be used for material extracted / \. from CIA--controUed documents.) t - 303 - 1 Pitched: Made an effort to recruit as an agent, asset or source. - Production: Materials or information generated by an operation or project. ~ ~ I Pr9?ect: A group or set of operations by the CIA aimed at a specific person, institution or thinq, with the aim of collecting information, influ- ~ encing behavior, etc. _P_r_o~j_e_c_t__ ' . A folder for the retention of information f_i_l_e_s: - generated by, or relating to a project. Gene- rally broken down into four sub-files: Devel- opment and plans, production; support: and operations. • Psuedonym: False name assigned ~o CIA officers for use in communication channels. -Y·!-.' Pulse camera: A camera with a shutter that is automat- - ~cally tripped ·by a trigqerinq device activated by chanqes.in light density. Resuma: Daily summary of important conversations on surveilled telephone lines prepared by monitors in the listening post. Selected Out: Phrase used when a Foreiqn Service officer ~s retired after ha~ing been in one grade for the - ·"'~ maximum period of time and is not considered qualified for promotion to a higher grade. source: A person who either wittingly or unwittingly provides information to the CIA. ' 1 Station: A CIA over-seas installation. It is the Headquarters for operations in a ~arti~ular co~~try and .is uss~ally located( de~~~.~(S ,. \o (a..-T.e.., ... ]the eount.::y - in which !.t los Sl.tUOl·ted. S•Jbject file: ~older !or ~~e retention of inic~tion in wrl.tten foe a:ranqed by the subject matter of - ~ the in:o~tion ... ·ned - ll_. ., 5 0 Classification: ~~$iii~~~~i.f-....... .... .~ MZ -. f Classification~"~;' J~;"' (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) ··- J04 - :-' ' Tarqet: A person, institution or thing at which a project,·operation or pitch is aimed. - - VLS-2 triqqer devibe: A machine which automatically triggers the shutter of a camera when it senses a cl).ange in light density. .Used along with a camera and a spotting scope·in a "pulse camera." - -. • - ~-· - - - - - 2<'{}!017 ~ . : .. • ...,.'f'f1 r ~~~-~ -· ¥ Classification:- dtU;e· · ··· uLitt\t M (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) - 305 ·- ,. APPENDIX SEVEN: LISTING OF CIA DOCUMENTS CITED. Annual Fitness Report on Ann Goodpasture, 1/14/64. Article, with note in margin, in Oswald P file, by - Robert S. Allen and Paul Scott, "CIA Withheld - Vital Intelligence from Warren Commission," 10/21/64. ~ Blind_ Memorandum entitled •oelay in sending the first - - cable about Oswald.• Blind~emorandum re: lee Harv~y Oswald/Silvia Tirado de Duran, Source: LI/4, 11/26/63. CIA Component Report on wiretap operations, "ZRSOLO anq ZR~OINT: Two Telephone Tap Operations," Paul lev-ister. -·.; DIR 74830, 10/10/63. (A •orR" is a cable from Head- • quarters to a field station. In this report the field station is always Mexico City.) DIR 84886, 11/23/63. r . - DIR 84888, 11/23/63. DIR 84916, 11/23/63. - DIR 85371, 11/28/63. DIR 87770, 12/9/63, with attached note. ~ -, DIR 88680, 12/13/63. ~~· ~- DIR 90466, 12/21/63. DIR 16823, 7/4/67. Draft of letter from Win Scott to John Barron, 11/25/70. Foul Foe. The, by Winston Scott writing as tan Maxwe11. ~ ~.- . HMMA ·4.300, 3/12/56. (.~n •HMKA" is a dispatch irom '"" ~exico City to Headquarters.] "' ~ HMJ-!A 14793" 2 cnt OiJ 4!8/60. ~t r.(i.!~ 8 j Iii ·-. C1asst•f••cation: I ~~., · ~ Oauified by cierivetior:: _ _ __ • (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) -·306- , HMMA 21845, 1/30/63. HMMA 22005, 8/23/63. - HMMA 22135, 9/13/63. HMMA 22267, 10/8/63. :-~~ - - HMMA 22307, 10/18/63. HMMA 22433, 11/7/63; HMMA 22452, 11/7/63. HMMA 22536, 11/9/63. i;IMMA ·22726, 1/16/64 .. HMMA 23343, 4/30/64 .. - ~=~ HMMA 26006, 4/30/65. HMMA 26160, 5/21/65. HMMA 26414, 6/22/65. - ~··· HMMA 31303, 2/7/67. HMMA 32243, 5/2.7/67. HHHA 32497, 7/11{67. ~:· !.'~!."'· HMMW 12725, 7/8/64. {An •HMMW• fs a dispatch from CIA Headquarters to Mexico Cfty.) -- ~' HMMW 13645, 5/13/~5. HMMW 15557, 6/lA/ E-7. HMMW 15428, 5ll8/o7. (Mex.ico City Cooy.) ~ ·' InspectGr General aeport, !977, 7ab G-2. Log Fi1:Jll -,i-.18 ~= ' Ca5sUieQ by demationr _ __ p_aa . .. (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) - 307 - ' entitled "LIMITED 17 July 63 (JllO} to 9 Dec 1963 (J163} from Archives-Job I 70.209 Box I 1, LIMITED Production material. - Log Film 144, 10/1/63 through 10/3/63, in CIA file ent~d •LIMITED 17 July 63 (Jl10) to 9 Dec 1963 (J163} from Archives-Job I 70.209 Bo~ I 1, LIMITED -~ - Rroduction material. LIONION Project ~enewal Request, 1/1/66. Memorandum entitled "Response to HSCA request of 25 July, - 1978," 8/20/78. Memorandum for the Record from W. David Slawson re: Trip to Mexico City, 4/22/64. ~-- .. ~emorandum from Chief DDP/PG to Chief of Operations/DDP, ' 2/3/61. ( Memorandum from Chief of'FI/OPS to Chief of Operations/ - ODP, 1/8/60. Memorandum from Chief/WHO, to COS/Mexico City, 12/30/63. Memorandum from •JKB" re: Oscar Contreras, 7/10/67. Memorandum from Shepanek to Scott Breckinridge, 7/31/78. Memorandum from W'1as.ton Scott to the files re: June Cobb ~~:;11/25/6-4.. - Hemorandu~:~ ·to C1•ark An-derson from Winston Scott, 11/27/63, with seven attacbmants. - - Memorandum to n·op· frM C&:ief/WHD, 1/21/64. Memorandum to ~he Legal Attache from the COS/Me~ico City, il5iS1. :~emorandum to t~t! Al!lC.ass.adcr f,.om Wf r.s ton Sr.o t't, l0/16/63, re •Lee Oswald C~"tac~ with the Soviet Embassy." ' ..•,. w--~ k'~+;;,......,· ¢ ClasSification:• l'Jf '!J(Dh[ j (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) · - 308 -·· ' ' MEXI 6453, 10/8/63. {Mexico copy. A •MExr• ;s a cable · from Mexico City.) MEXI 6453, 10/9/63. (Headquarters copy.) HEXI 6534, 10/15/63. MEXI 7014, 11/22/63. - MEXI. 7023, 11/23/63. MEXI 7024, 11/23/63. - - MEXI 7025, 11/23/63. MEXI 7029, 11/23/63. -,-~ MEXI 7033, 11/23/63. MEXI 7054, 11/24/63 • . MEXI 7101, 11/27/63. MEXI 7105, 11/27/63. MEXI 7364, 12/12/63. - MEXI 9332, 5/6/64. ~£XI 9440, 6/19/64. . ·-. :. .. . ~··. MEXI 5621, 12/16~q5. - -~-. - %"" MEII 5741, 12/29/65. HEX! 1950, 6/29/67. ~~~s· MEXI 1991, 7/5/Si. ~ot~ from Ann Goodpasture to Mexico Cfty Station Cuban Section, 2./3/66. No~e tD ~uis Echevarria, ll/23/6~. ~ (Th~sform is to be used for material extrocted from CIA-controlled documents.) - . 309 - . ' I re: "Background on Mexico Station Support Assets (Coverage of Soviet and Cuban Embassies)~" 2/10/77. - I Project Renewal Request, 1/11/65, attachment to HMMA 25141. Report on Oswald from John Scelso, C/WH/~\o James -: Angleton, C/CI, 12/24/63. - l Review of Project LIEMPTY, attachment to HMMA 15979 . ~l/18/60. Review of Project LIEHPTY, attachment to HMMA 17999, - - 10/31/61. Review of Project LIEMPTY, attachment to HMMA 20054, 10/18/62. Review of Project LIEMPTY, attachment to HMMA 22387, 10/25/63. Routing and Record Sheet for DIR 74830, 10/11/63. -h Routing and Record Sheet for MEXI 7028, 11/23/63. Routing and Record Sheet for MEXI 7033, 11/23/63. ~ - Teletype from the.~IA to the State Department, FBI and Navy, DIR i4678, 10/10/63. Transcript from Cuban Embassy, 9/27/63. ........ Tr_Mscripts from Russian Embassy, 9/27/63, ··9/28/63, -10/1/63 and 10/3/63. Undated Draft of 1977 CIA Staff Report, Tab F, "Mexico ··- 1 ~/, Station Coverage of Soviet and Cuban Embassies (1963}." Write-up: ~a~1ace a. ~ow~on meeting with L!P.lMG/3, 5/26/67. :-·.·:· . ~ ................. ~- - ...... ( k' FOOTNOTES . FOR LEE HARVEY OSWALD, MEXICO CITY AND THE _C~~-;_NTE~l..;;.;;I;;.;:G;,;;;E;.;.;;N.=.C:::::;.E...:A;;.;;;G;;,;;E;;;.;.N;..;;C-.Y 1/ ~ee Warren Report, pp. 299-394, 733-736. In support of it~ account of Oswald's contacts with the Soviet and Cuban diploma tic missions, the Harren Commission -pub- · lished the following as exhibits: 1) A note from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Swiss Ambassador in Cuba. (Commission ~~hi­ bit 2445.) 2) Lee Harvey Oswald's visa a~pli~ation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba's letter denying the visa. (Commission Exhibit 2564.) · 3} Letterhead Memor.andum to J. Lee Rankin from Richard ~ Helms re: "Technical Examination of Photographs of Lee H~rv~y Oswald's Application for a Cuban Visa." CComm1ss~on exhibit 3127.) .. 4) The pages of Lee Harvey Oswald's notebook with the • telephone numbers of the Cuban Consulate, the Soviet Consulate and the Soviet Military Attache's office. 6: (Commission Exhibit 2121.) ~- 5) A letter dated 11/9/63 from Lee Har~ey Oswald to the Soviet Zmba::;sy in Washington, o.c.. (Commission Ex- /.;' hibit 15.) . ... 6) A letter from J. Edgar Hoover to· the Warren Commission I ~ listing the contents of the Federal;Bureau of Investi- gation ··s file holdings on Lee Harvey Oswald pripr to the assassination. (Commission Exhibit 834. ·-This document listed a Central Intelligence Aqency •release" '- f) dated 10/9/63 th~t reported oswald's contact withs . the Soviec· Embassy. in Mexico Ci tl'.) · t! 7) A memorandum dated 5/14/64 to the United States Em- bassy in Mexico City from the Ministry of Foreign ~ Affairs for Mexico. (Commission Exhibit 2120.) ~ . 8) A memorandum dated 6/9/64 from the Ministry of Foreign • Affairs of Mexico to the United States Embassy in Mexico City. (Commission Exhibit 2123.) .. .4W'. ~ 4'BT AS'- ...I!J8T AiD. ~ -~ .Aii!!T \ . •.. a• . foS'Pt" •• P'!ll':l ... 1'''"7 .· ~?./ ......... "' .. . ~ - 2 .-. 9) A letterhead memorandum to J.. Lee Rankin from Richard Helms re: "Hours of Work at the Cuban and Soviet Consulates •." (Commission Exhibit 2568.) ~Warren Commission Report, f· 3~5. ;t!' Classified Staff Summary of. Review of CIA Docinnents·, un- . ~- pp •. l-2; David A. Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76, - s.. ..... ·- .. J · HSCA OUtside Contact Report, David A. Phillips, ~:· r_:-•. ,. •r': 5. /78, JFK Document No. 00832l;.f C!:tA G • ]Inter- ....,..::r··..... VJ.ew, 3/24/78, p. 21[ ~rA 'F · U:nterview, · -."'{'··{•, 6/3/78, P·. 2. J · v( c.:l~ ~ . J~nterview~ 6/3/78, p. 4 .... ~ See JFK Exhibit F-438, ~eprinted at page • - £'/ :Ibid. tf Ibid. -l7 Ibid. ~:Ibid.; see also Section.II, A, 3, below.· W. . Seepulse J!·K Exhibit F.,:438. and Section II,· A,· 3, below. camera is a camera equipped with a device that A automatically triggers .the shutter of the camera thereby exposing the fil.J:l. w(e::tA e }~t~i.ew, 3/24/78-p. il-6:· . . ~ ~Undated D~af~ of' 1977 CIA Staff Report, Tab F, "Mexico - . Station coverage of Soviet and Cuban Embassies (1963)," p~ 5. Hereinafter cited as Tab-F Draft.· -- ~David A. Phillips Testimony, il/27/76, p.f23; Ann Good- pasture.Testimony, 4/13/78, p. 44. . . . -.l.K'I Ibid. 15/ Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76, p. 123: Ph~ilips Ye~t~ag~¥, " 4i25/i'B, P• 4:!h. .. ' . . . . ,...,_ .•: • I I ":i r: ., ..:: ·... ·.: ._:, . . .-.J1iR" . :4JI!Ir. : ABIP' : ,-:. _,,_ ' ..... ·-=--·· Classification~·i·~ ...rult ~U~··· --"-~~.,_..--.. .• . ii ' ~a . (This .form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controUed documents.) • - 3 - ~~tside ·~ontact Report, David A. Phillips, 5/11/7~, JFK Document No. 008321 •.__ 11{ ~:rA ~ }nterview, 6(3/78, p. 2. !!/. IbiCL/ . . ·-- .- -{ P. 6 ;1.9'/~-Ib. l.d • '''p.2 ..... .... ( ,, . . .~lA. c:. . -· ,..._...... '-t ... l.;t! "r - ....... - '-' :...='' L :-: ••• t • - . .-.:::::> ' . .u/ Ibid. I p. 3. 'D!fzbid. Bl Ibid. r~-~ 23/ Ibid.;·.p.-:..4;.· g:: :..tahillips Yesc::t:monj, 11/2'/'6, P.P· 187·· lOU •,&1-Eioodpastt,e-!lest:imony; 4/13/7_8, pp. •4l.in which 1 C..XA ,: ·• is said to have printed the contact sheets. . · · lf/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, un- ~ dated, pp. 1-2. \ ~ BMMA 2230_7 I 10/18/63. ~~Ibid., para. 5, c. There were two common m~ans of. communi- . cation between the CIA Mexico City Station and CIA Head- .. quarters: cables and dispatches. A dispatch from Mexico City to Headquarters always.has the letter prefix "HMMA." A ~ispa tch from Headquarters to Mexico City always has · the letter prefix "BMMW •. ~ A cable from Mexico City to Headquarters always has the letter prefix "MEXI." A cable from Headquarter/ always has ~e letter prefix "DIR." l !if HMMA 22307, 10/l~/63, P.ara. 5, c. ~ w :Ibid. . 4 See JFK Exhibit F-438. 4~1/~ 22307,.10/18/63, para. 5, c. ~ Ibid. There is ge·neral agreement that Robert S,haw was · the case officer for this operation. The only person .. . .. ,..., . .•. . ·!""'!~f:':'!~'lll*~3.,....... . ' .._.a.-.-- • • • . • It • • 4 • ' .•, .... . r.;-•~ : .. . ..-:: .. ·::- ... ':" •-::·: ..· \ . ..... ~·· :r ., .:.... .... ,, .. '·"''. ~~ :.· \:..,'t. .'..._ -- _. __ .. ... ·..."'•· .. I . Cl~sifiecl by derivation: _ _ __ ... .,. . AUJ ARSU·'. ~ Ar.v .. . ; ':1 .. fit. r,f' ·~ li;;. .. i:i 'It:'~ ''f:il/ ~.... w 'i ' (This form is to be used for materiQI extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) .. - 4 -. who takes exception to that characterization of·Mr. · Shaw's role in the project is Mr. Shaw. (See: Phi11ips Testimony, 11/27/76) pp. 107-10~ .. Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 45-46;l ~ ~ ·Fnte~view, 6/3/78, p. 6. ~ut see: Deposition of Robert Shaw, 5/16/78, p. 34.) y· ' A u:f ~ 22307, 10/18/63,. p~ra. ?, c. ~~Ibid • . A;(; ·- Ibid. A~ Ibid. The Committee declines to assume that there had been -- no production by the time of this dispatch in October: The handling of .the production, i.e., when it was picked up and taken to the Station, when it was developed, etc., is not known. But a!L the following analysis will show, there is a strong likelihoodthat the pulse camera was operating. in late September and early October 1963. ~/ :fn.1MA 22433, 11/7/63. 1-d Ibid. i} lJJif. Ibid. , para. 1. q~ Ibid., para. 2. ~~Ibid.,para. 3. 1\t(t l:bid., attachment B.-~ . , W.'Ibi-;;:, para. 3. :rU/ ,-; Ibid. I ;Iii l:bid., Attachment c. I L. ~~ .- 22307, 10/18/63,.para 5, c. . .t~t~·. ~~ HMMA.22433, 11/7/63, para. 3. l i ~-::. .-: : .. .~-;. ·- .. _.... I ~I ""':" ·--r. . .:. . _____ .__ - ... _ ""., •. t ' • I ! '\' . . ~ ... .,,;._ l. • - c~,_--~. .__ ... .... - . .. ~---~~- :. . ........ --:-- .. .... ; ....lat. r:. ·. • ..,;._ y l ,/ I Oauified by cleriYOfion: _ _ __ -~· - - - -- .· ....... Classification: 1-W(i.d. : HMMif 13.6 45, 5/13/65' BMMA 26160, 5/21/6 5, para·S.. 1 and 2. l Al"--1 . \<..'S' .... .! \7Z. ~/ See MEXI 9440} and 1tMMA 26414::C · " ' / iJ!/ JFK Classified Oocwnent 1142. n5f Notes made by A.'Goodpasture for John Leader, IG Staff, ~ re: "Background on Mexico Station Support Assets ·(Coverage of Soviet and Cuban Embassies)", 2/10/77, P• l. Here- inafter )Zited as Goodpast~re Notes. A See also: Tab F .. Draft,~. l; Goodpatrre Testimony, 4/13/7~, p. lS. .. :- .... ...,. - --··- . . ._ . -:-·. ··.:... -. '1""1 ,...,••.. :. :r.-··, ~ :::;;iii---~~--· ..; .!. •: .... ' •:.· .,; ... 1··· ~..::.oassiraed-~y. derivatiOf\: --......-- .. • • 'W' ' JIIJB,., . ,.a = Classification: t.'~[.;;._ ~~ Jf liJ:N ~ (This form is to be mat~riofe~troctea from CIA--controlled d~nts.) • - 8 - f ln// Review of.Project LIEMPTY, attachment to HMMA 15979~ 11/18/60; Memorandum from Chief DDP/PG to Chief of Operations/DDP, 2/3/61. 1!,!}![/ HMMA-23343, ~/30/64,. para. 2. It is possible that the Saturday coverage was more extensive in 1963.during Oswald's visit. ~e following discussion of Review ~fProject LIEMPTY, attachment to HMMA-15979, ll/18/601· Hev1ew of Project LIEMPTY, attachment ~o HMMA 179.99, 10/31/61; Review of Project LIEMPTY, · attachment to BMMA-20052, 10/18/62; Re~w of Project LIEMPTY, attachment to HMMA-22387, 10/25/63; and Section B. 4, fol-lowing. "LIEMPTY" is the. CIA cryptonyll) referring to"the overall photo-surveillance operation .aimed at.the.soviet d~plomatic compound. ~~-~~etch based o~· -4300, 3/12/56-~i~ attachments; Goodpasture N tes, 2/10/77, p. 11~ F Draft, p. l; ~-14793, /8/60, para. 3; Goodpasture Exhibit 11, 11/2~/78. . ld(/ Goodpasture~tes, 2/10/77, p~ l;~Tab ~aft, p. 1; ~oodpasture ~estimony, 4/13/78, p. 15. !¥I Ibid. !,l(i1r-bid. ~ !bid. Se~ Map above. Even though LIMITED is referred to as the "primary" base because it was the first to be · -put into operation, theLIL~iUC base produced the best. · j -photoqraphs. -~·(HMMA-14793, ·4/8/60, para. 3} lrl/ 1Tab F Draft, ·pp~ 2 and 5; ~CA Executive Session Testimony - of Ann Goodpasture, 4/13/78, p. 13; "ilsCA Staff Inter- ;· view of[ ~'!.A '6 ,J312~/78, p. 3. · ¥.;· :rw/ .~. on all preceedinq; HSCA Staff. Inter~iew off andr e.!A e":l.. 13/20/78, p. 5; HSCA Deposition o1 CJ!A C!l ,· a~ Cl (\. )4/2S/78, ·pp. 18-l9; ... ., i . ' ... " ·.·::·_ ·- I . Oassm~ by c:luiv$1tton: _ _ __ - Classification:YfO~ ~If'~.~.. .-: ~ . . • J••• . • t,! . • ;.t ~ ••·. ~~~~ i~ i2 (Th•s. form IS to be used for material extrocted from CIA~ontrolled docug'\ents.) 0 - 9 - !W'{; ~:!A Ci(~'l. }nterview, 3/20/78, p. S. ~ Tab F Draft, p. 5; parenthetical in oriqinal. ~ Goodpasture Notes, p$-9. l~MEXI gjj2, 5/6/64. l~d. I ~ C:t~ C. I / - ·, .. ~J See belowVfor more detail.- s ,..., .•t...l.·"""-" .~ ~ Clas~if~ Sta££ Summary ~f Review of CIA. Docume;.ts, · 5/12/78; · ·class~fied Staff Summary of Review of.CIA.Documents, 10/31/78; CIA File entitled "L1MITED 17 July 63 (J 110} to 9 Dec. 1963 (J 1631 from· Archives-Job 170.209 Box t1 ·LIMITED Production Material.'" ~~ Ibid. ~- _ · ~~8~ S'oodpas.~r~tes, p. 2i ~~~taff Interview of[. C::::l!a B . - 13/24/78, ~ C ssified Staff Summary of Review :-of CI~!~ent$,5/12 ; ~-31303, 2/7/67 with attached · map; ~-23343, 4/30/6~, par.a. 2. ~ Goodpasture ·No_tes, p. ~· See also map printed ~ve at p. 3.2. LlO/ CJJlss.:i.~d sb.f£ s~ry of Review. of· CIA Documents, 5/12/78; -:- ~J Cla!f!j):fied.~ta f summary of Review of. CIA Documents, . . ;1!/10/'YJ../78; I File entitled •LIMITED 17 July 63 (J 110) " '.) to 9 Dec. 63 (J 163) from Archives-Job t70.209 Box tl. . ' .. LIMITED Production Material." · Cl--,.. ... .. . ~... ~- . - ,. !. - - ·-:- -~- ~-;··;;-;·;-:-;·;;;~··..t:·-;_;·-~·:-""~~----~-~·-- v. 'l ,. ~-:,.. :: ·! -~~fi~·by:derivafion: - - - - -{ .• ~ •.. . .=~· -:.~: . .,. ..... . ~~' ;-:r.;:• . . .. .. ·~ . . l{li.H cfl!c.-s;_ ~~.~vii~~ .. ' ..t..V"'-.:2 )3/.Ly{<. I<::__ b /f ~ 1. vv·r1 :S C n (r ' A: A-I(/ 5- -L +-ht++ ;+ w./9.5 p },.,. ,,_-r.;J. . -f-~ h~~ ;+ ops.rJ4-t-"2.. If\) +h ;_s I }'1'1 ,q- )"V IV L ~-- . ... ·~ .. \I If h-£ L-ILYR I(!_ bAs~ w; 1/. b.( Pr ,tV~ 1 f' A- II '/ LJ~ ~.:A ~·=>~<. p h:.fac;;~_r-· (-'\ \:; \. . . - 1 ;...:_ - . :{v~ v~., I lr. ~./ :!. "i.. c~ -t-h~ L I f'l\ E R \ c_ .+/~<"<::.:·: ~-· K +-s: _:.0o ~k.ll\.)'?._ I+ I +:t. r- ..-·.: ""' i y b u+ o..u , -1- !._.out y... .__:y J •.P~TT:£..~1-c} ......... i4-l-.. +-~'1.. L.-:II\'\1:: TEO bA ~~ :' . 1:,-~ (H~R-:.tt-~> ~J~ots.-~) pr>.f'F'I. ~-;) TFi. s+Pr+iOrv p\$\,..,..rvrut<-1\ ;-kL. of>1-.RA-'1-\oi\J 1(\) +h,-s IY\ANNL·~ .$6 +hPat ~ ~ ~ l~ l z;; mArvy a.f + -s:.. o u-r~.J A ;=ta 51~ r\. ') "+ \\ C)(:- f'''Q"\-C>c; rA'(.J\, t<::.. Sd Rv ..>~ ~~ f-..i ·Z -:;~ ...... t1....n 1\. kJ:;... ~~:£..Ju?31/78, p .. 1. · #.Goodpasture ;vtimony, (/13/78, p. 4/30/64, ·· u~"//BIIMA ~43, para. 2. ·.win Scott was the .~:ief ~f--5::-~:~ Mexico.· . ~ CJ c~sif.!cc!"! ~:: ·:__-:••----~.__,.,...... c: .t ~ ~ • . . .... ..,. ,: . ..-··. l ·. ·: i -. · Ocmifi;;4-b;· derivatjon: .. , ;. i .AR!I!WIP. ~ ~ ASiifiiF .&JAW . -j.. . .: ~ . Classification'~(-{1\~ .•. F~~p . · ·. {Thts form 'IS fo be US H l~flror material ~~ib\J~ l!b ~ extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) - l.l. - City. in 1963. Be was a demanding and ••hard• bosES. (Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, p. ll>.) He was also a sticJ:ler for detail a~d for recording information in a ....-: retrl.evable form. (J:bl.d. :lrGoodpasfi.r.te Nott!s;>=p. 6'; (: UA B ] Interview, 3/24/78, p. 6; P~lips Testimony, 4/25/78, p. 30 ..·) ~ftog Film 14-4{c.:r.A e. }l¢"erview,. 3/24/78, p. 2. . . .. :-a1 fi,g. Film 144; &bodpasture~s, p. 8; ~ab~aft, p. S: . ~qp&dpa~ture t.restfmony, ~/13/78~ p.· 41. ~~d. ' . ~Goodpasture Notes, p. 7: St{j t.r~ F. Draf~. 2; Go~pasturdo~es, p. -2. In 1962 or· 1963 a cut-out was instituted in(c:.tA ~ 1ieallnqs!:with the L:It1ITED photographic base. 'rhe films .Jere still de- ve!oped and processed by(C:.'%A" \ (Project Renewal Re- quest, attachment to HMMA-22387, Jl~aencd ee ueme~and'~ f.gJ: :.DDJ? from ·1 c Xj ng J 1 1?7/6 J i sea1:ien I I a J :b.) ~Goodpast~re Notes, p.-2. . ;;{:Goodpasture Note~, p. 7:( ~ Jnterview, V24J71i, p. 2. i.2/ Goodpasture TestimonY:, 4/13/78, p .. 33-::-'3Lf~ # Xbi.d.: (e.t.A..O jn_terview, 3/24/78, p .. 2. ~Xbid.? "..!? Goodpasture Testimony'· 4/13/78, p. 34. Y/ Ibid., p. 38. ~l_l!j:,q ;; Jrntervi.;w, 3/24/78, p. 1. 4./-Goodpastuye Testimony, 4/1.3/78, pp. 33-381 14-15. ~ Classif~d Staff Summary of Review.of CIA Documents, ~L~6/78, ·- pp. 3-5; .Annual Fitness Report on AQn Goodpasture, !'11~/64 · ~ . .. : :·· ~ ( ! -·.-: ...... """"-" ..... "' •• .. .. . ____.,._.. ___ ----· ~;!~:":-'........_ _ ___ ·--- Oasufied by ~·i~n.: - - - - d& .~AS , .. ' ~ W/ Ibid.; p. 41.- !2!1 Alan White Deposition, S/18/78, p. 7. ~bid. !E1 Xbid. I P· 9. ~Ibid. I P· 15. - ~-iA _1-;{'_ See( C i" 1neposition, 4/28/78, p. 4 : where be calls Ms. Goodpqsture • an assistant to the Chief of Sta tion:• ~~--~ [ e.~A C'.l.. JDeposition 4/28/78, p. 9 , where she calls _ ·- Ms. Goodpasture ~in Scott's right-hand person~; Rebextd-h~ ! Scel~ Deposition, 5716/78, p. 22 1 where he calls Ms.· ~; Goodpasture •so~t of the special assistant to Win Scott•: . Robert Shaw Depdiition, S/l6/7P~ p. 11 , where he. says . that ~~ Scott •relied very heavily on ~;o6dpasture~~ 4]cft~o~pasture Deposition, 11/20/78, p. 34. . . };l')§ .!bid.I 'PP- s-~ See Section XI I c, below for de~il on the . ~.={:t telephone tapping"operation. ............ ~ure ~Tes ti.,;ony, 4/13/7 8, pp~ 34:.35, ~•4". nzi,GoodpaS ~Ibid., p. 35. ~Ibid., pp. 42-43. WtbiQ. 1~ HSCA Deposition of[ ~2A e_,_ !ilf_t HSCA Deposition.of(· e.'"';tA ,.. . . -". . ~ . .•: ..., ...., .. .. I - 13 - !ltJ Ibid • :co . /~ el:R ....... / IbML· . ,.. Cl ~aiisi[ = ~a so- 'i'l:lE' ~-ee t:;:me RY, 1:31+ ~::1._,.... ·--'VI' ~ nterview, 3/20/78, p. 3. = '?'f3.s!'"'C!'..:....:.::.:. _!.'.:..,..., 1, ("' d f" <..._lt' ~ !Ji/ HSCA Dep~tion off. e..:!A c 1 · lJ 4/28/78, p. 15; asei Deposition of{ (!.;!'A c '2- ~:]4/28/78, pp. 11-12. l~Goodpast~re Testimony, 4/13/78, 4. ·In~erv~ew, pp. 64-~9; Arnold Arehart ~/2/78,·p. 6 Oo~~r-'t. ?t (, 7-(,t 182/ I.bid. :..ol~ fiind M~emorandum entitled "Delay in sending the first . . cable about Oswa!d•J Classified Staff Summary of Review .Jf CI,A Documents, 3/lS/78, p. 4; -coodpa:st:uz.c !ceLiftl:eR!i'• :Z'l;TB, fie C'iu .Lu:$' '9•-·* C"c co f.ec / "' .s::, ••J.f~~o.~ .. :...LI .Xbid. Tf6~ .. .,(" 1ad[ ~.f.A ·~\ }narC!.:!:.~ ~" C\ ,J 4/28/78, 36,.. 'il99l\ Bepeoi tion eif. . r[ e~· , , 1 · ~/-Ph~llips Test~o~y, Xl/27/76. p. 19. 2o-l;'. Ibid.,· p. 20. . . . ~P~BMMA-22005~3/63, para. 4. See aiso BMHA~2267, 10/~/63 1 para. 4; m·SMA-22\;M, 9/13/63, para. 4; ~-2'2452, ll/7/63, para. 4 which all list reports of intercepts of American citizens, or English speaki~g ~ple, in contact with Communists in Mexico. BMM.A.n845, 7/30/63, para. 41 reports that the "traffic" is.reviewed·aaiiy for English speaking-persons making contact with the Soviet or Soviet satellite embassies. ·29"(j' HMMA 222671 10/8/63, para. 2. ~ .p:s{d. :In addi ti~n to the . lines at. tf.e So~iet and CuJ;lan c6m- . pounds,( ~ne.Y'Ib4t'S ~"'o:..\ o~...o.~l'\ ,)ll.nes ·at . th6!Czebhoslovaki.an and Yug_p51.avian Embassies were sub- je s of taps. (BMMA-22~10/8/63; para. 2.) !rile two· lines·disconnected on 23. September at the Cuban Embassy were put on lines at the Yugoslavian Embassy on the same day. (Ibid.) · ~ HMMA 22452, 11/7/63, para. 2. ~ ~~assified Staff Summary of Review of C~A Documents, 5/12/781 . p. 1 •. ~J"e above 1 HMMA 2226:7,.10/18/63, .para, 2. 'l Classified Staff ·summary. ~f 'Reyiew of CIA ooC:uments~ 7/2~/78, ..... p· . 1. ,...., • f"• . • •• • • I ·-·- • • • .....:-•· "\. ""'· •.., ,··-, .~:-· .- -· ·- '- :c ~: ~. i ;-·::-: : .: ·: : 4i..iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil__.. •J ;. ' ! • • ~·· _.,,. . .. - ••• ' : •• .,. f ·,~ .:. # : • • • • • ~ : j. Oossi£eed by dereYahon: ...~~. :, - ~*7 .:B .·":*'? -·~'! .. ~ ..~..,:y--· ..1?!!1 .~7 ~ I Clcssification?f\1~ @r~f(i\ · . I ~ n .·. ~ ••. -j:,)-1 "~ ~"..:.:hl uaa u (This form is to be used for material extroc:ted · from CIA--controlled documents.) , - 16 - ~ Ibid. ~ ~~ee Tab F 0~ p. 4, which sta~es that five Cuban lines were covered: Goodpasture~es, p. 8, whiyh also states that 5 Cuban lines were covered:~nd Phi~ps ~estimony, 11/27/76, p. 11, and Goodpast~e Testi:mony, 4/13/78, . pp. 51-53, in which they sta·te their belief that more than three li~et:-in the Cuba!l diP.l. omatic compound were covered by ~1s ~,. -1' ,. m/ p.C/-5. . ~e . / CoocJ..;t:t.. rtw-e f'.Ja S ;· ·r 2ff2/ t;r': 8. · ..t r 1 • • -t u/IJ 7 · - ~ ~ec-.c.S< rJ·i'< rt ~.& r .c:>«:i......l"'' •n.~.; I , . 2il(t/P· 61.. . ~ . A . ~· 1 I~.~ f\;oodpa~ Notes, lr.8; Tab[J:.Afraft.• p. 5~ HSCA '. Deposition ~el.A C.l · /28/78, PP• 28-29~ BC\ri.s~a- .• .7.;_ ~~~~7., +Q/.~/63, paras • - -··-· - . *'• • "!'·••)~ 9 -.,J" . .-. . --- .. .... :. soff Testimony, 4/'U./78, .r !l ... ~-, • ~. • •. ~ • - ... • ;, - • •• ·'!.: ~::::;jjiiiii---:------- .. r~.!:; • . . ,.. .. .... ·..::I :.::-~r.~·liY 'c'teriyation: - - - - ._ "..;.. ... ............... ;.. .. ·;:.·7 -~ ...... ..~ . .. / Classification:--=------~=-- • ___.,.,... .......- - ,... (This form is to be used for moterial extracted from CIA--controlled documents.} - 19 - . ~ 3 and 8;~~845,7/30/63, paras. 3 and a;f ~A~ J Interview, 6/3/78, p. 4; Arehart In~iew, 6/2/78, p. 4. 2&( B. Taras off Testimqny, 4/12/78, pr 19.- •o ~A. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/~2/78, pp. 2-3. 2~Ar~hart Interview, 6/2/78, p. ¥ 2~bid •. -2~ Ibid.'/- ~"ee also Section.. Ce) below. 7r-r-1· Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78, - pp. 2-4. . ·. i, 26Z/ Levister Memo, p. 32. 'W ~:~T~a~r~a~s~o~f~f~T~e~s~t~im~o~n~~~~~~~~; R,o . l.e~ l Boris and Anna Tara- , or.Ls and Anna ~rasoff Interview, ~ .11/30/76, . P'v.L-7.. he Spanish .transcriptions. had the name l' of tne Embassy w ich was taped at the top of the first ~~ page of each transcript. ~ranscript here means one day's ~ coverage on one telephone line.) Following the name of the Embassy, the number· of the phone covered is given.· The date and times of coverage follow immediately after ·the phone number. The reel number is also given at the t.op of the page. Along the left-hand column of ·the page is the cite to the meter number on the tape recorder . where the transcribed conversation is located. r~erally, the time that the conversation occurea, and a notation-as ~ to whether it is an incoming or outgoing call, appears at th~ beginning of the transcribed conversations. (C~~ sified Staff· ~~ry of Review of CIA Document, 3/9~ p. 1; Goodpas~e Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 69-70.) The · format of the transcripts from the Cuban Embassy was essen- ~ially the same as the format of the Spanish language · transcripts from thepoviet Embassy. (Classified Staff ~ Summary of ~iew of'CIA documents, 5/12/78, pp. 1-2: · I.·.... Classified'Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78, ·pp. l-2.) Conversations that were in Russian were noted t~~..: . on the Spanish transcript were a number referring to the · .~~ I place on the reel where the conversation occurre~~(Classi- I \fied Staff ~'umn~y of Review ofCIA D~c~n~s, 3/~78, .p. l; i I 4.. ·~ -.,..._.- 'J:IA Transcrl.p , CIA No. 32 ,) •._,.,.,, -:-.... .... . : .·· ·• · · . . .... l.,..o ~ A · =- ~,;:·,.·~ .Ji '. ...., ~·;·~.·:~:s.L .; ,.• •.. • . ..... -· .. u~"' •i\ -..:..,...._.• ..... "": • :. • ' .• "• ·~·\ 1':\.J\,_·:... .._ -. ~ ,-;,....,.::: 0:. • :' •• ~ ~ ••: • • ••• • • • • • : •__ • : . . : ._,...· ..: '-' ................ w-.. •• ,_· ••• -----·--·-··_ _..,;,.__ __ .:: ._:.;, _, ') ~~ .· . .'! ::_~.'} Oc:rssifiecl by ckwivation: - - - - '"~ ";,.·:~· . . .• '1.' .-:·'"T .,('!"'.~ le"'·-'1 ~=7 .. ........., #·'7" . ~S.C. 7 .• / !.. . --··· ./ •• :::;~ . / - ,_...... Classification:--,.------~!!!!!!'----~----- . ""., ~" ·-.. (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA-:-controlled documents.) . \...e)... ~c:;,cf''\l . - 19A - ~-1( ,.~ ~A ld'iaz:SE l!esl!!illdhj; 4)12)1?8$ sp. er··..~a];;~-;,ff IntervieW';~ . 4/ll/78; Tarasef~nterview, ll/30/76,pp:-lt-l8·./. ·-:-· 2~ ~odpas~e Notes, p. 8; B. Tar~£ Testimony~ 4~2/78, p. 9. 2~ ~Mr. ~arasoff p~~pared an-original and tw~ carbon copies of all of his transcriptions.~All three copies · were delivered to the Station. (B~arasoff Testimony, 4/12/7&, p. 15.) One carbon was cut and pasted onto a separate sheet of paper, with tne conversations grouped by identity of the caller or by subject matter. This was done by Mrs. Tarasoff. (Ibi~ and p. 19.) The original, one intact carbon a~e one cut up carbon were all de1ivered.to the station. ~L9;4·.) • r.f C~c...ssi~ 6-.;c.. ~on:--------- Oassifie-d bv d'!f"ivation: _ __,__ ~2\\ ;r ... - 20 - 266/ B. Tarasoff Testimony,., 4/12/78, p. f9 • .w Ibid., p. 12. ~ .a!!.t Goodpa~e Notes, p. 8; T~ Draft, p. 5.· 2~Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78," py .. · 2.'0/ Seeepaeate IeSUiiefkSir I/137 178, p:Jtl:2; Phillips Testimony, ..1:12?11:, 11 p. ~~- • ~~asoff ~timony, 4/12/78, pp • .. · fi 11, (•""":'6. ~q"~.e..-:>--f{e:r.A C!t/c-z_ 2.8s,' A. Tarasoff Te~timony, 4/12/78, pp. 8-12. ~IeiJ·~~~odpastur~estimony, 4/13/78, pp. 62-63.' ~Ibid. . · / .· ~Ibid.; HSCA.Deposition off~::tA C.IJ.. ,]4/28/78, p. 8.. . ~Goodpa.s'tu,...~esi;:.imo~y~ 4/13/78, p. 63; P~ips Testimony,· 1/27/7~ p. 14. Cl ~nterview, 3/20/78, p. 3; Phillips Testimony, ll/.27/76, pp. n-16·; Goodpasture Testimony, 4/13/78, pp. 54, 63 • .u(Ibi~. . :p.._r ·VC~J~) Project· Renewal Request,1/ll/65, attached to BMMA 25141. p/; RlolMA-22·135, ·9/13i63, pa~a. ~.: HMMA-126os, 8/23/63, para. 3. ~Classified Staff Summary of.Revi~w of CIA Documents, J/9/78, p. 1. . . . . . . !af B. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, p. 7. PJi ~ Ibid., pp. ~19: Cla£~ed Staff Summary of Review of. Documents, .3/9/1'ii~~PP• 3-4. !!/. -~· pp. 2-3. ...... . ~. ~B •. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, p. 30. w· Ibl.d., p. 13.. . ~Ibid. ~IJU4. ,p. 14{ ~:r.~ ct)n.terview, 3/20/78, PP· 4 and ll. ~ See Section II above. ~See Secti~n II, C,· 4 above. ... ....._ ' ·~ . . •::;·. ~• . f •.I ... :..,~- .. • • ,. .. ··-·.·--- .. ~···.-:-:-~ ·.-~~·-· ' . ..,.,,. .. ____ ___ ,......:.... Classified by derivorion: - - - - .... '; .. : ... Classification:~~~ ~ r . ~ tw~~ii~ ~ (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) . <,. • .. - 22- .. !9.!? See Sections II, A and · B above.· J~ C~assified·~ff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78, --- p. 5~ MEXI 7025, 11/23/63. f-a .·~j:tRidf: ~IA Trans."ript f~om Russian Embass~, 9Fl1/63. ~ Class1f1e~ Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78, p. 6. . . . 3CMI'{ Class~ed ,Staff Summary of Review of CIA -Do.cuments·~ 3/9/78, pp. 6-7; CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 9/27/63. ~ / A- . 30·9/ Classi~ed Staff S~ry of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78, pp. 7-10; /f.m~02i,. l.l/23/63; CIA Transcript from Rus- sian Embassy, 9/27/63. . f\ . . ·· ~, Cl.as~~ied. Staff Summary of Review of C.IA Documents, . / 3"/~78, .pp. 10-12, ~ Transcript from Russian Embassy, . 9/28/63.· . . ~ Class.;~d Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78, · · )P· ~;~~IA Transcript from Russian Emba~sy, 10/l/63. I k . .c l-.5>J s:~~ ~---. p I '.l- I"{ . . . ,~ CIA Mexico CityJ:nvestigation Chronology, Bulky JWX-7~41, 7 ~ Vol~ I, p. 3.· The transcript of this call do~s.not I' qi ve the time the call occured. (CIA Transcr1pt from / Russian Embassy, .10/l/63.) · Jl!4l Clas~ Staff ~•llllllli.ry. o~ llevi~w o~ CIA. Oo"""""'ts, 3/9/7 8, · · pp. 12~14; CIA Transcr1pt from the Russl.an Embassy,. 10/l/63. A. ·. . · ~ Classifi~ · pta.ff Summary of :Review of CIA DOI!UJileD~"'";' 3/9/78,~. 14: CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 10/3/63. F\ -~ \ ) DIR 7~, 10/10/63. See alsOp 6453~ 10/8/6;l imd Sect1on IV, B, · below. ~·· DIR 74830, 10/ll/63.· (Mexico City copy.) . 3;;; Ibid. __,..../ - ...... ; Ibid. r-'- ~~ .~ ~· ·- ......... t t • ..,.. \o· ... - ..... " -------~- ,..~ . . ~: ~ . .. ; ! .. ...., . ~ .... ....... , . Oossified by derivation: - - - - .· ( \... . . - 23 - ~lassifie4 HSCA Staff Summary of Review of CIA Do;,_ents, 5/12/78, p. 1. September 27,·1963, at 10:54 a.m., · On the following call occured. A woman named Silvia named Guillermo Ruiz. Ruiz tells her that he has not yet been able to reach the consul and because of that he has not called her. _Silvia tells him that "we" have no time for that and asks him for the-Consul's phone number. Ruiz responds by asking her not to get ·annoyed and he wants· to know if Silvia wishes to ·speak to the Consul personally. Silvia responds that she · does. Ruiz says that the. number is ll-28-47. Silvia says that is fine ana the conversation ·ends.· (CIA transcript from Cuban Embassy, 9/27/63 J It cannot be determined whether this caller was indeed Silvia Duran or if she subsequently called the Co~sul since Duran's of- fice phone was not tapped. The tap was on the telephone· us~d by Ruiz. · "' - ... ./· Classifed ·. Staff Summaries of Review of CIA Documents, undated.and 5/12/78. ~ See Section's II, A and B above. 3~ See ·sections ~I, C, 4, b, (2), (c) and (d) above. ,~. ~S""!'s,b~(..r<.rh~~ · "!» . . ~C(-arasof~ ~tim.ony, 4/12/78. 3~See Section III, A, l above • . -~~('A ~~~:;;mnft~ 4 ?cC-f''- ;~C • -raras-2~ ~~ -/12/78, p. 4. :'illt-::?·bid. . . ....:..' :gy"' :Ibid. , p. 6 • :3»1 Ibid. 1 l 3~ Ibid. ~/ Ibid. ~Ibid. See also Sections II, c, 4, b, (3), (c) and (e), / above. ~ r.::· ,._,, ~ . . . ·r:"" ..... _,-...._ :--~.· ~· - . ·... --- . ...... . . ,.., -t- : : ; : .,.. . ... ~ ·, • ~ . . ... . ....- ~ ... . ...... . . .. . . -: . ..:. . ... • -..-- I' .•·• ~ '"' Oossified by derivation: _ _ _....;,_ - ··-·. ··.. ,,· .... ."'T/'. _.....,., - .. jl."_• . , .!·~·'·7 ...... .,.., .~·.-·1 .4··7 ~?., ~ -·· ,. . ..,.... . / ~:,:-1 ~~ . I ·~ II Classification: " ; ~ ~ .. , :; z:::c~ ~ u&c a (This form is to be used for material extracted . fr~m CIA-cont~lled docu;;,ents.) - 24 - 332/ A. Tarasoff Testimony, 4/12/78, pp. 7-8. - 333/ Ibid. 334/ See Section II, c, 4 b, (3), ·(e) a.b~ye. 335/ A. ~arasof~ Testimony, 4/12/78, pp. 7-8. 336/ Ibid.,. p. 9. 337/ Ibid., p. 10. 338/ B~ Tarasoff Testimony~ 4/12/78, p. 25. 339/ Ibid.,· p~ 26• -. 340/ Ibid. -.r.L/ Zhid. 1 P• 27 • 342/ Ibid., p •. 33. -l43/ :Ibid·.': 344/ See Section II, c, 4,.b, (3), (e), above.· 345/ See· Section I:II, B below.· 346/ Bl±nd Memo re: Lee Harvey Oswald/Silvia Tirado de Dur~; Source: L:I/4, 11/26163, p. 5 • .· - - 4/12/78, p. 10. It is =· ~ . ~ 34.11 A. Tarasof£ Testimony, also in- . . teresting to note that Ms. Duran's statement that OsWald had blond hair, is also left out of subsequent CIA and Mexican official reports. (See Section v,_c and Vl, A -below.) · 348/ Phillip~ Testimony, ll/27 /76, pp. 52-53·. ~Aa/ Daniel.Stanley'w~tson Interview, 6/4/7B, p. 1 ~ ~dd~ -:.;:.::J .0~ ~. I s-3 •· · · ~ . w-/ J:bid. 1 ~· 2.. . Jl/ :Ibid. James Angleton testified that he had in fact cleaned out t\'in Scott's safe but that he had not found any C~assiiic61ion: :.:-::-:.: ;~~::: ~··· . . ..:··.· .,~~ ·"'..I · ;.i . . ... .. ........ .·•• ,.,1_ .... , .• 4 ~ A4 'AtY. -··- ........ :; 9 .6LY - 25- photographs or.intercept transcripts pertaining to Lee Harvey Oswald. ~SCA Deposition of James Angleton, . 10/5/78 1 P• 116. • f\__,'leo,. · -352/ Classified Letter from Bl~ey to B~eckinridge, .7/6/781 p. ?...... · 353/ Draft of letter from Scott to John Barron, 11/25/70, --- . p. 3. · Emp~asis added. · <~'!!: . 354/ Foul Foe manuscript, ·p. 267. 355i See discussion above. '356/ Blind Memo re: Lee Harvey Oswald/Silvia Tirado de Duran:·· · ~ource:. LI/4, 11/26/63, p. s. 35~ I See. Sections v, c a:na VI, A, below. ,. ~-Eusebi~ ~zcuePublic Testimony~ 9/18/78, pp. 33-35. 359/ See Section II, c, 3 above. 360/ See Sections II, A and B, above. . 361/ See belQW. 362/ See befow. 363/ :It. should be noted that the two sets of photographs w~ch' -:--" are missing are the most relevant of all the photographs ~'" · · produced by the Mexico City . Slrv'eillance operations. Had a photograph of Osw~ld been obtained, it would have most likely have been done by one or both of the bases from which production is missing. Oswald visited tbe Cuban Consulate which was covered by a pulse camera. ~he· photographs of pepple entering the Cuban Embassy have been made available to this Committee for review but. the ma:tm:::.:r:iB.. from the pulse camera which covered the entrance.to the Consulate which Oswald visited has not been forthcoming. (See Section· II, A, 3, ·above, for details.) ~he documented standard operating proce- dure of the soviet target bases indicates that LILYRIC, · the base from which production was not forthcoming, would have been the one in operation at the time of · • • • •. -- .. C'··-·--···-"'""··-··· • • .. ·....'.. ~ : .,. .. ,#• • ..- - • .,., .. '' -......-: .. -.: ..... '-'':~ ,·, a --= .... ~ ....... . ~~'7' .6.#·'7 JIE•· " ---- Classification: '7(fl):.~ f-:'~~~~; ~ ~y :.~~~ ~ii,. ~ I ...... . (This form is to be used for material extracted 'from CIA--controlled docurftents.) - 26 - ~ Oswald's visit. (See Section II, B, 4 above and Section (b) below for details.) In addition, ~~- 14793, 4/8/60, indicated that the base from which pro- duction is missing •performs the best photography of persons visiting the front gate." · J-JSCA - 364/~Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/78, p. 95; HSCA Deposi- ~ . tion of Elsie I. Sca1etti,. 5/19/78, p. 65; HSCA Depo- ~ sitionJPf Allen White, 5/18/78, p. 42: HSCA Deposi- ~ tion ott ~S:A <::. \ • ]4/28/78, p. 51; A\Ann Goodpasture, . ...,...., ."'f~ - 4/13/78, p. 98. · fi ScTi ~ .. J. • 'v..... t--~·-;; 365/ Se~ preceding Section III, A, 1. In~act, ~swald may have visited ·the Soviet Embassy 3 times.a1so. See . analysis in Classified Letter from Turner to StokesJ v 1~/25/78, -~K Classified Document 1146 • ....... ·v[ e."".7A. ~ Jznterview, 6/3/78, p. 6. 367/ See Section III, A, 1, above. 368/ See Sections II, A and B, above. 369/ See Sections II, A, 3 and II, B, 3 above. /370/ HSCA OUtside Contact Report, Ph~l1ip Agee, l/6/78, JFK Document No. 004578. 371/ Phillip Agee. Interview; l/11/78, p. 1, JFK D~cuinent No. 004633 • ... 372/ :Ibid., p. 3. ~; ~- ....... ~·· ~!!!/"Elsie Scaleti" is the CIA assigned pseudonym of this individual. ~74/ Agee Interview, 1/11/78, pp. 3-4. '375/ Ibid.) p· .3 • /. . . 376/ Ibid •.Jd"P' '+ -.5 ~~,.11/ Ibid.) f f?, --.d/ ~: r·. !S. ......:I,:; •-·~, ·'="'• - ••....... -=- ---=~· _...._,, .. , .. ,,....., ..... :,.... t'. ~- ...... --- .. '·-"'- .... ... ---:--------. __ -t,!. • . . ... • . ~ .. . .,.,. : ·.: .; ._;; I • :, t "•. • :. I ·-~-·--- .,:. . ···· • .. ~; .•. ~ Classification: ~ --=·:...-__,;..ai:z..•• ii""~ ~ ~ / h.:.iC...~'C'"'!'!I1J (This form is to be used for material extracted • from CIA--controlled documents.) 379/ Ibid., r·~6. .- 27- , 380/ Ibid., pp. 6-7. 381/ Ibi'd., p.· 11. , , 382/ Xbid., pp. 18-19. ~< .... 383/ Ibid., p. 12. p~ 1J·.JFJ< ~ .. J84/ Daniel. $tanley Watson Interview, 6/4/78,. . . ~~.153, 185/ Ibid. . . ~·· t86/ Ibid. :87/ Ibid. .So/ J:biCf• : ,, .f:~~. ...... -...:il J:bid. 90/ Ibid •.. .-.: !Y J:bid • . * ~ ~~ · ~. . !!/ Ibic!. ~-·."::: ;:·:·~:: . . . ?¥. :tbid.; ~,e; ii .. ! . (j(f . . l·- 2.: .. t..; ..•::. ~-· 'j . : w J:bid. P•. 2. • ~:· 1 . . . wPJ:n~tion of Jame-;:-~Anqleton, lr/?8. I p.ll6. -· 96/ Watson tnterview, 6/4/78, p. 2. r1/ Ibid. 38/ Joseph B. Smith ·Interview, 10/19/77, p. 2, JFK Document -- No. 003012. !!/'Ibid. I •! ..&i f ·. i.: '--' .. . . . . ..~ •·· ...,\-.. ~ ...... . f'•( '-'"-..;.. .-. . . . . . . . . . ~ .- '!' .... . l.::;i' • l " ' f · ' •• ~· , • ., .. , _,: . ,~,J y ~ . Ocrs.sified by derivation: - - - - ...-t AfiW'. ~- ,..,., . . ·. Classification: =:1~ti!~ ~ - ·~ ~ .· ·.' ~ . . :$ • . l -r:;• ·••-··w • ~-. ~:~::het.!~ iii lib~ ii - {This form is to be used. for material extracted from CIA-:-controlled documents.) • ~ - 28 - ..s- f"-7 ?" . ~01/ Joseph B. Smith Interview, 4/28/78, p. 1, JFK Oocwnen t - No. 008279. ' /402/ Ibid., p. 6. ~- - "'403/ Ibid. ....-404/ Ibid.· "4 .. ""'405/.Ibid. ,~.. I ~ -406/ Ibid. - 407/ Ibid. -408/ Ibid., and p. · 7. Des Fitzgerald was the Chief of the CIA's ~ · . Cuban Task Force in 19 64. Droller was a CIA Officer. ·~ ~ ~ • Ibid., p. 7~ Mr. Smith explained the •counter-Intelligence ., mentality"by saying that people who·had it were "rabid I ~ ··anti-Communists .. (Smith Interview, 11/2/77, p. 3, JFR · 'Document No. 003012) and ftconfir.med believers in the . world Communist conspiracy theory ••• ~hese guys actually believed that the split between the Russians and Chinese j ~ .. was a great. deceptive operation. Colby (former Director of Central Inte~liqence) even says something more amaz- . ... ing. He claims that Anglet~n·absolutely believed that ~· . all CIA. operations were run by the KGB, (Soviet Intelli- :!·;:·;: !" ..: ... gence.) Be says.Angleton (for.mer Chief of Counter-In~ :" i telligence· for the CXA) 'believed that every top Soviet ~-, defector we took in was a plant. I think that's incredi- ble but I know there were some guys. . . omhis staff were his true believers.• (Smith Interview, 4/20/78, p. 3, JFK Document No. 00827-9.) 410/ Ibid., p. 7. 411/ Ibid. ~;,_ 412/ Ibid. t~: :.·· 413/ Ibid. r-r- . I ~/Joseph Piccolo Interview, 8/ll/78, p .. lj Cif\ &)1..Lr. l.J2.SS- AI;_ / A . . . .·:. . . ~ . . . . -·~-. -~-·-~,,~_ . .........•.,. "'- . .-~~. -·. . . :·:. :·:·;····i·i·.........-•.•--~~: ,.,.,.. : • ~ ~ --- . ·:-_ C'~~r-~.~~-, ....... - ... , ........ ·.:..·~~~ . :-.:,.i~ • ,., •• " , t ....., 1~"-' ..-• ,. ' ·... , , ~- ··'·: -~ ·~- crc;ssiliecrby derivation: - - - - u ..- ~ __ ' t .~ .... .. ..... ,. ~!"7~- ""'"...:. __.,.-, -~- -~ ......./ : ....··~ / ....... .. - 29 - ; -415/ Ibid., P· 4. - - - ,.....416/ Ibid. - 417/ Ibid. -418/ Ibid. 419/ Ibid. 4,~/ Th'id.• 1 p. ~ ¥. ... I Tb.;.,.. ·- --. ""422/ ;;. . .)' - .· ... ,..423/ Ibj.d. - I Ibid • . -426/ Ibid •. 425/ Ibid. 427/ Ibid. , -428/ Ibid. -429/ :Ibid. 430/ Ibid: ~~-- 431/ l:bid. ~"PP. 4 s-. -- 432/ Ibid., p. 6. "'433/f C::tA '.D 1rnterview, 8/29/78, p. l) (JFK ~ ::- ~~ef[;.. J/!56. 434/ Ibid. . . -435/ Ibid. -- ill!!· 4}J:-/ .· . ( ...... .... ~· : ,. . . !"·~t·. ,,~ •. . ~·--- .,.l -11~.:...;..: • .il ,;,..c.;.' aw • •. - - - - - - - - ; •.. .> .. ......./f'.·,~-:-7 ...,. .._., _.....&~7 ·. -··.-::::7 AA;r --·· ..... . ___ ,..#-' ..._,.. '" /IP.'J --"" Classification:'=iff-~~ ~~fn~~~-· ·... ~- ';~.... ... ..k .. :::. ~.,, ~ . '" . . . . , '1 !').d (This ·form is to be used for material extracted r....,.~;: --~-.c::;;:;:l-_ ~L from CIA--controllc:_d documents.) - 30 .:.: ~37/ Ibid. -439/ Ibid. V 438/ Ibid. C/ v 440/ Ibid. ~ 441/ Ibid. /442/ Ibid. -443/ Ibid. /444/ In considering the a:bov is im- portant to distingu1s etween the allegation that a photograph was found at headquarters as opposed to the assertion that a photograph was found in Mexico City. · It is also important to remember that these allegations are what can be termed "grapevine stolias." There was · a photograph found in Mexico City of a man .that was thought possibly to be Oswald. This photograph and the· circumstances surrounding it will be dealt with. in · a subsequent section. Ms. Anne Goodpasture of the Mexico City Station found this photograph. (See below.) In the absence ·of any evidence ~therwise--~.t.~ ;.. '.f;h~. · Watson allegation says there was. a photo"in Mexico· City in the mid-60's; not that it was found there--it is most likely that the grapevine stories about a photo being · found in Mexico arise ·from Ms. Goodpasture's report- · - ing the photo of the man who has since become known as the Mexico mystery man in the same· cable that reported Oswald's visit to the Soviet Embassy. (See below.) The findings of this Committee regarding the general Mexico City surveillance operations are presented in . h;.~ Section II, A and B above. In summary, this Committee ~ found that there were three photographic surveillance bases (four cameras} that may h~ve photographed Lee · . .HarKeY ()_J;\~ald in September and October of 1963. This ~~~i~~~ from analysis of_project files for-these operations .and the testimony of CIA-officials. (See preceding sections.) · Letter from .Bl~key to Carpentier,J/2/78, JFK Document Ho~ 005879. ..... . # ~ ' -._....:, . ~· ..... """ . ...·..:· ... -; .......... . . · ·~ Clcssi~·,cc.&ion-: __.___._____ , ~L- ·;a;..,- 1 ·-~r~~ ~--p:. TJ-C~.r-i~.rJ3/?aJ· ..::r:F F;:.. ~ p~ ~,) 9'2. Oaslified by de:rivmion: - - - - . . .. . . .> ,.., .. 7 -- ··- . . .04'7 .. .'..J::.....•.-•7 "' ~. ··' ,r.,.!4:.7 ...... t .41!·''"'... "' .Aji}!C·.>' . .. , "" - . ,· """~,~~-· . Cl assi f icatio• ., .~:~Wrow.~~-~~~~i~ !; 1w • . ~~· ·• ·!~~=~~rt~ • . .~:;;:;o~•.. . . li!!!~ a~~ ~ (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controUed documents.) - 31 - 146/ See JFK Classified Document No. 146; HSCA Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, undated; HSCA Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, S/12/78; JFX Classified Document No. 142~ and Sections II, A, 4 and II,. B, 3 above. ...•, . ~w'*:"'"f. ,47/ See JFX Classified Document No. 142; JFK'Classified Docu- ment No. 146. . ,5). ~I HS~ Deposition .of John Scelso, ·.s/16/78, pp. 37.,A96;' HSCA · ,_....., Deposition of Ann Elizabeth Goldsborough Egerter, ~ 5/17/78, p. 73; HSCA Deposition of Robert Shaw, 5/16/78, ~ p. 56; HSCA Deposition of Allen White, S/18/78, p. 25; v «Aeo~.. , HSCA Deposition of[c::x.A C'l 14/28/78, pp. 20, 47; · " David Phillips,.,T a y, 11/1.7/76, p. 67u,David Phillips) / 1 • t=:i:J&&A¥-, 4/25/78,· p. 44j/" T Goodpasture_,·'l!esthaoft!{:. . ,.,...., 4/13/78, pp. . 77, 97. .... ,/ . ~ HSCA Depos~t~on of Els1e Scaleti, 5/19/78, pp. 6-7. ~/Elsie Scaleti Interview, 3/30/78, pp. 3-~·-S. 51/ Ibid.J. p "f,. 1 §l/ Ibid. ~I Ibid·; fr!. 4.) S. ~ .HSCA Deposition .of John Sce1so, 5/16/78, p. 31. !!I :tbid. ~/ In addressing this question, the HSCA staff reviewed all the cable and dispatch traffic between Mexico City and Headquarters for the period from October 1, 1963 to. 26 November 1963 in an attempt to determine whether·os- wald's photo may have been sent to Headquarters. This examination also'revealedno evidence that a photaqraph of Oswald was sent to CIA Headquarters. This Committee did find that there were several types of communications between Headquarters and field stations that were treated as non-record ·material. Because of the·non-record nature of these communications, it was not possible to review that material. ""!;..-· ...,,,~.. .'·r·~--·· ........ ' '-iOSS\i.lCt:nu::,;·•: .. .. , , . , 1••')(:\ ., --~----~.-..---~----.~-~-- . .c..•.·.·'l·• . _,. Oouiried by derivotibn: ~· ~rr~~r.: - t?r.o:-~ Classification:·~ ~ :t ~ ~ •' I ~, .! ... · ' .... ~-' ... • t .. \.7?b~~ a& ii (This form is to be used for material extradecf .. from CIA--controlled documents.) - 32 - - 457/ See Section II, A, 3 ilbove. 458/ HMMA 22307, 10/18/63, para. 5, c. 159/ See Section II, A, 3 above. ~~:>~_··-···=----~--~----~--~-- ;61~ 22433, 11/7/63, attachments B and c. 62/ BSCA Deposition of Elsie Scaletti, 5/19/78, pp. 44-47. 63/ BSCA Deposition of. Ann E. G. _Egerter, 5/17/78, p. 70; HSCA Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/78, p. 31. !!I :Ibid. • ·.. . . . . -H3=-tt ..s~ ,.r ~ __ ·-~; ·s/1" )?rJ 4'2>.3J.:-32- ~ Thio , an~p. 32. o ~ ,_._. ou . .... . r ,_ I:bl.d .-, p.A1 • 67/ Ibid., p. 47. 2!/ Ibid; Emphasis added. ~ Foul 'oe manuscript, p. 273. 70/ See Section III:, A, 1 above. for a more detailed exposition - . of the conversations. 71/ Memorandum to Clark Anderson-from Winston Scott, 11/27/63, ;:- with seven attachment:-s. · · · .· ::..::s:: !.Y :tbid. ~ Ibid., p. 1. '4/ :Ibid." ~ Ibid. I p. 9. '6/ Warren Commission Testimony of-Pamela Mumford, 5/19/64, - Vol~l.:, p. 217; Warren Cc;munission Testimony of Evaristo Rodriquez, 7/21/64, Vo1.Jlf.~:·f!.~ J~~'~.:c~ss_ion ~xhibi'!=- ..... :. •''. C":f~'l!"r:t.;,._L:_,.... ., • .__ __ , . ·...... ..... 1. ~-~--~~~~=· -· ........... .. -- ~·-'·'·· ._,, Classified by derivoli~: - - - - '• . ---,: I ~!.. ._;:,,:__;,;g iit. (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled docug:tents.) ,, ~ - 33 - Uflllf.X¥1\J Jf· S'1?j \J,t•..p. 479/ Warren Commission Exhibit 2121, pc 112. ~480/ Classi~ied Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, .3/9/78. ~ . /481/ CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 10/1/63; MEXI 6453, --- 10/8/63. This cable was sent from Mexico on a October and was received by Headquarters on 9 October. Hence, . ~ ~ . . ,/' it is alternately·referred to as either the 10/8 or l0/9 cable. · · .. · ~'k: ~82/ CIA Transcript from Russian.Embassy, 10/l/63; B. Tarasoff ~: - · Te~ti.mony, 4/12/7~, pp. 26-28. . - -484/ CIA Transcript from Russian Embassy, 9/28/63. 483/ Ct! Transcript from Rtaseia.n f!fnba:ss:i, 18/l:/78. /""' .. ~485/ A "P" file is simply a personality file. It was the Mexico ---. City Station equivalent of a 201 file. . -486/ Ibid.· . .... ("'" ""J ~ .\J ,.; ... - • ' • • • .' • • t."':- , "". • • • -~ - . ..# I. Classified by detivatiort: - - - - -~ I -i -· .. __,. .,.CC WJ9 ."~·!/ .....:.. . ·~ , ·'*·.' ·.. / ~ . ............... .., . - 34 V487/ HSCA DepOsition ofr C.!A ,,;,~.,._,~.J 'f/2.7/63~ - ' _,.491/ 492/Ji"bid. ~ HSCA Deposition ot(' e~A ~"2..· 14/28/78, p. 76. /493/ Ibid., HSCA Deposition ~£(' e:tA ~· 494/ HSCA Deposition. ot.f .. .sition of[ ~!rA <:\ ~.::tA ~'l.. , )4!28/78, pp. 38_;39_, ,] 4/28/78, p. 46. ..J4l28/78, ·p. 69;HS.CA Depo- - ~'t~ ~4P~/~SCA Depositionrof Alan White, S/18/78, pp. 33-34: B~CA .._..Deposition of e.:tA .").om L . . " .. . -.' I • m ....... ..• "'; . . . . . . ,. . , ... ~· ~- ·.~;. '< .. ~ ~ - 45 - 659-A/See prec~ding section. ~ 659-B/ Ibid. ·1 is9-C/ f.IEXI 701ft,. ll/22/63, para. 3. ) ?c:0.3..". . a...=t..~ .Q~. V 659-D/ -.MEXI ?263-i""-ll/23/63,· para. 3 .. ""-660/ HSCA Deposi~in of[c:!A C\ 661/ JFK ~lassified Documen~ 1131. f/28/78, p. 53 •. ~ ~63/ 662/ Ibid. , - MEXI ,"029, ll/23-/63, para. .1. '~!/. Clatfied HSCA Staff S~ary, .3/lS/78, p. 11. ~· 665/ s·ee Section III; B, 2, above. ~66/ - 'l.JEXI .7014, .. ll/22;63, para. 2. . /'667/ DIR 84802, ll/22/6~ para. 1. The sequence of the cables ·~ can be dete~ned in that they were numbered sequen- tially as they were sent. In this·reqa~~ it should .be noted that this system can indicate the order·in which the cables were sent but not the order in which they :were written because, at least in Mexico, several of ·. . ~(:~ ~ the Station officers were drafting and sending cables •.. :=::--Bence, the -order of writing them may not. be the same · as. the o~der in which they were sent. · ~8/ HEx~ 7014: see preceding paragraph. ~69/ D~R 84886, 11/23/63, .para. 1. ~70/ :Ibid., para; 2 ~, ..... , 14.·;;:.~,-~ , :/~71/ Ibid. , para. 3. .. . ~- !!!/· HS~A Oeposi tion of John Scelso, 5/16/78, p. 37. /. .· ~ .. .c. AQ:W - 46 - _673/ David A. Phillips interview, 8/24/78~ p._Jl61 Routing· and Record Sheet for MEXI 7033, ll/t)/63~SCA Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/78, pp. 45, 87. V Js74/ D~R:Z:.b8~~· ll/23/63, para. 2; Itt /6- I )/.675eft4EXI 23, 11/23/63. / .L./676/ MEXI 7024, 11/23/63, para. 6. - t./677/ MEXI 7025, 11/23/63. ~/ ..··" 678/ MEXI 7033, ll/23/63. 679/ HSCA staff have wondered whether-ornot the Mexico City Statipn was entirely forthcoming of their own will with Headquarters. This· speculation was ba~ed on three pieces of information. The first is the report in MEXI 7024 that Headquart-ers had all the available in- formation. The second is a note from Win Scott on the Routing and Record Sheet for MEXI 7033 which says: I ha~ .a call from Washington ( John Scelso) at 1620 hours on 23/XI. I told ~ohn Scelso at 1630 hours (our time) on 23/XI that this would he on route to him. The third is .a cable reporting that on the 23rd Win Scott had an urgent call to see.the President of Mexico. The cable reports that Scott expected the President to express his condolences over the assas- sination but "developed _that{< :50'-l.'t"Ce.. ))had locate~ call to Soviet Embassy of Lee Oswald made on 28 September.. [ . ~ ~· tuo ~.4-cta.l..; ~t.h-k..+c. l-.'4wa.1._ J -1 The Committee declines to speculate that the Mexico City Station was possibly considering not reporting all the information available to them. It was considered that this may have been contemplated in order to pro- tect themselves from a charge about their failure to report the information prior to the assassination. · .. ·. ;. : .: ., .Cl c ssifi cati onl~:.-...~'·~wi~~~~~~IS!e!!•!!!!!!•!!•!r!!!N~!~~··•--~- .J ,. • ~ ( \ ·. "'-., ;.·' .. Oassifiecf by derivation: _ _ __ £311 tW IS AD" df'F (This form is to or mofef',iof from CIA--controlled documents.) • 47 - . I - #Jo "Su..~~6lc. 'SCA.i>s+;-l.u.k 14.v..~""a..~._ ._____........, tsence, the tuJ.J. report :z:oJ..lowed very snortly · after the meeting between the Mexican President and Win Scott, and immediately after Scott discussed the situation with his nominal superior in Washington . by telephone. · Scott • s superior was ask~d about tdiis •. · He said that he did not remember the substance Gf ~ his telephone call to .. Win Scott on the 23rd.. (HSCA Deposition of John. Scelso, 5/16/78, p. 88) "I do not have any id•a why (I called). I may have been·· · ordered to call him on any number of things." (Ibid., p~ 87.) He was also·~sked ab?~$cott's meeting · ~ ~ • _wl.th the Mexican Pres1dent. ~~ ~ ~- You get a psychological question. ~he Chief: · of Station is called in to speak to[' ~~c'"·, t·ts ' 4 . MC.t-.o\4"': If Mr. Scott wrote such a memo, it has not been made ,-.. ~ .. ~ available to the HSCA. David Phillips, wbo ..after serv-· ~ ing in Mexico, went on to accumulate quite an impres- sive record as a Chief of Station in several countries himself, told Committee investigators that a m~oran­ dum of this· sort, along with other •sensitive" informa- ~ .. tion would be tha ~ype of t~ing that Win Scott probably ~~~kept in his private safe. ·(David A. Phillips Interview, 8/24/78, p. 10.) ·Mr. Phillips added that he did not . know what happened to Mr. Scott's safe after he died but he had heard vague stories about someone findi.ncj - / Vao1 , • ~ a lot of do._~wnents t_hat Scott had kept. (~.) MEXI 70S~if 11/24/63, para. 3 •. . -~. -681/ MEXI 7024, ~.. . 11/23/63, para. 8. 582/ MEXI · 10,):. 11/2,/63 ~ para. ~ '2 .. 583/ MEXI 7023, 11/26/63, para. 2. 584/ See Section II, c, 4, above. ·~flj iSS/ For example,~XI 702~_reports that a voice comparison - .was not done whiletMEXI 7025 implies that one was ·done ,- ,] 8/29/78, p. 1 • . - r . 772/ J:bid. ·· ,?!!f Ibid., p. 1 • . 't14/ CIA, FBI, State Department. ~ 775/ BSCA Testimony of Barney Eidalqo, 776/ Ibid. .• ~/10/78, p. 16.- ·- 777/ Ibid. -778/ Ibid. - -779/ Warren Commission, p. 302. . ·- • - ·~ ·l8P~ SEe Uti 2COi02J Oassification: · j ·~ A .AU IIOV -· I .. / / t. ~- (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) , l - ·- -- 55 - 780/ The u;s.·. relations with Cuba in 1963-1964 were not -very good. --:.··_ s'ee O.S.-Cuban Relations Section. I Also, Azcue -traveled from Mexico to Cuba on November 18, - 1963. ]!!/ Letter from HSCA to Cuban governm~nt, , JFK Doc. - t I - - 782/ See Transcript Cuba Trip 1, April 1, !978. 783/ HSCA Interview of Eusebio Azcue, April 1, 1978, pp. 12- - 21, JFK Doc. t 0070.05. See p. 205 I - - I: - ,-~ 784/ Ibid. 785/ See Cuba procedural write-up trip 2. 786/ Letter ·HsCA to CUban government, , JFK Doc. # -J,.. ~~~-.· .,· 787/ Mr. Azcue could not pinpoint. the exact dates of the visit. 788/ HSCA· public hearing testimony of Eusebio Azcue Lopez,_ --- 9/lS/78, pp. 30-31. -789/ Ibid •. 789~A/ Communist party membership card, Fair Play For Cuba membership card, Soviet Onion residence card, marriage '·~- certificate with the name of his Russian wife. 789-B/ HSCA Public Hearing Testimony of Eusebio Azcue Lopez, - 9/18/78, p. 5-30. 789-C/ Ibid., p. 29-30. 789-D/ Ibid., p. 30. 789-E/ Ibid., p. 20. 7S9-F/ Azcue could not pinpoint the axact date. - 789-G/ ESCA Publie Test±moy o! Eusebio·Azcue, 9/18/79, p. 32. 789-H/ Ibid., P• ~ ~· } ·~"!!'"' .• o~· .(; ·-· '-' !. \ I • .J Couiii.ci by cwrivaticnr _ _ __ Classifli:atio~J'UP SE / {This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-contrOlled documents.) t so,- . 789-I/ Ibid •. 789-J/ Azcue could not p~npoint the time of the phone call. --_790/ HSCA Public Hearing Testimony of Eusebio Azcue Lopez, - 9/18/78, p. 34. 791/ Ibid., p. 35. . - -792/ 10:00~- 2:00 793/ HSCA Public Testimony of Eusebio Azcue Lopez, 9/18/78, - p. 36. . - 794/ Ibid., p. 38. 795/ Ibid. - -,,,....,, - .. 796/ Ibid • . ,1/ Ibid., pp. 50-Sl. ·797a/ A¥MOG, a CIA Defectorf alleged that Mirab~1 D~az was a DG ~gent. -! - · 798/ Mr. Mirabal could not pinpoint the exact dates of Oswald's ---- visit but opined that the second visit occurred on · September 27, 1963. 799/ HSCA Public Testimony of Alfredo Mirabal Diaz, 9/18/78, p. 117. -801/ Ibid., 800/ Ibid. - -802/ Ibid., p. 120. 302a/ Ibid. p. 199 802b/ Ibid. - p. 118. -803/ WX 7241, p. 94, entrJ no. 430: Blind Memo dated l0/5/64. 804/ See appendL~ 5 for bioqraphy. llif WX 7241, p. 9~, entr~· no. 430; :a.l.ind I!lemo da~ed 10/5/64. - 806/ Ibid. -807/ Ibid. - OcA.inwc2 by derivation:---- ~ •• .CitLC!C t. (This form is to be used for material extrac:ted from CIA--c:ontrolled documents.) ,,. - 5·7 - 1 I -808/ Ibid. 809/ Ibid. - I 810/ Ibid. 81i/ Ibid. 812/ Ibid. - 813/ ~~~~ittinq" asset is the title given to a CIA source whose information is being •. used by the CIA ... - 814/ CIA No. 580-583, WX 7241, Entry #427, p. 92, CIA #719. ~ -815/ Ibid.: circa October 1964. f._,-~. ;"• (- ) 816/ !B!d· -817/ Ibid. - 818/ Ibid.: Also, Winston Scott was the Mexico City Chief in l-964. 819/ CIA No.'s 580-583: WX 7241, Entry 1427, p. 42, CIA t719. - 820/ WX 7241, p. 94, Entry 4430, CIA 1721: Blind memo dated --- 10/5/64, CIA 1576. -821/ Personality. -822/ See WX 7241, p. 94, CIA 1721. -824/ CIA 10/12/64 memo, CIA i596; WX 7241, p. 87, CIA #714. 823/ WX 7241 p. 87, CIA ~714. ~ -ill/ '1'ichbcrn was[ "S Q~Y'ec.. ]c:-yptonym. [ '$. 4 ~~'- 1was a witting asset who wrote propaganda pieces for the CIA. Ai~er careful review of[~c~r~~l:IA file, the HSCA has - - not been a..ble to .establish a li..'lk f't'om[ 5C::.IIoo.IJ"~ .4t. Jto either M.s • Od.io c::: Cobb. ) J.~SO - ClassificationJOR SEDH '~ (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) - 58 - 826/ The Committee has not been able to determine why the memo was not.sent to Headquarters. - 827/ CIA 10/12/64 Memo, CIA 1596; WX 7241, p. 87, CIA 17.14. 828/ The House. Select Committee has been unable to determine ... ,. the aqent' s identity since his name does not appear in=.-;: any CIA files. .. 829/ Memo from Winston Scott to the files, re June Cobb, ll/25/64, --- CIA No. 592-593: WX 7241, p. 88, Entry t 404, CIA 1715. 830/ While reviewinqr. ~~one~ )file the Committee determined - thatt "e~<' ]was Manuel Calvillo who Elena claimed escorted her and qer daughter to the Vermont Hotel for protection the day following JFK's assassination. • - ~ ... 8 31/ Memo from Wins.ton Scott to the files, · re June Cobb Sharp, --- 11/25/64, CXA Nos. 592-593, WX 7241,. p. 88, Entry 1404, CIA No. 715. ' "< 832/ Ibid. 833/ Ibid .. - - - 834/ HSCA Review of Classified CIA Documents. 835/ The Leqal Attache in 1964 was Clark Anderson. 836/ FBI 105-825555 Report, December 11, 1964 entitled Lee _- ... - -:-. Harvey Oswald, p. 1. 837/ Ibid. -838/ To be checked at FBI. 839/ FBI investiqat:bon of President Kennedy • s assassination had established that Lee Harvey oswald had departed Mexico City by bus ·at 8:30 a.m. on Oct.ober 2, 1963. Elena Insurqente. - 840/ FBI lOS-82SSSS Report, December ll, 1964 entitled Lee Harvey Oswald, p. l. C1assiflcation: •fee :SE8R£i o&1481 !'I --~ 200:!.03~ __..,- - SEBRCT a,.! . Classification;JBp (This form is to be used for material extroc:ted from CIA-controlled documents.} , - 59 - I 8.41/ Ibid., p. 3. 842/ .Ibid. ' - I - 843/ Ibid. 844/ Ibid. ' 845/ .Ibid •... . 846/ .Ib.i:d • - -,;,,.,, 847/ Ibid. -848/ l:bid., p. 4. --:. 849/ Ibid. -\ ..) 850/ Ibid • 951/ Ibid. 852/ Ibid. 853/ Ibid. ... - 854/ A review of CIA files corroborrated that the FBI never --- forwarded the information to the en. -855/. CU i 586-58"7, WX-724l, Entry No. 425, p. 91, CIA p. 718. . - 856/ The Committee has been unable to determine who initiated --- the discussion re Lee Harvey oswald. -857/ CIA 1586-587, Wx-7241, Entry No. 425, p. 91, CIA p. 718. - -858/ Ibid. 859/ Ibid. - -860/ Ibid. ~ - TQR~GtGRET 861/ Ibid. 482 200i03J Cassification: - - - - - - - ~ Ocssified by derivationt - - - - All - (This form is to be used for materia! extracted from CIA--controlled documents.) • - - - 60 -· 862/ CXA 158~-587, Wx-724~, Entry No. 425, CIA p. 718. 863/ See Section VI, A, 2a. 864/ CJ:A 1586-587, Wx-724.', Entry No. 425, p. 91, CIA p. · 718. 865/ Zbid. -- _..,. - 866/ Zbid. 867/ Ibid. - ~.. 868/ Ibid. 869/ Ibid.; also iee.BSCA investigation of Elena.Garro de Paz/-alle- qations. · · 870/ CJ:A No. 586-587, 4 Wx-724~, Entry No. 425, p. 91, CIA p. 718. -i' ·.... · .fi··•. ·t· . .. . . . ass1 ca aon. - - - - - - - - - ·:IUr ·a<t-1 ~.,:r. ..... (This form is t~ .··~ used far material extracted · from CJA--controDed documents.) :~ .l> • ., .-. - .sa- 10.06/ Ibid. 1007/ BSCA Staff contact Report, 9/5/78, Jnt DoCument No.· 0·11268". ' 1008/ Ibid. ·.· .· .:··~ ... , ,..1009/ Ibid. - . .1010/ Letter to Elena Garro. from Committee,: 9/6/78, JFX Document No. 011383; see also,· BSCA Staff Contact Report, 9/5/78, ..... : ..... :·i- · · JF'1!\. Document No. OJ.l268. . '·'•'! lOll/ BSCA Staff Contact RepOrt;. 9/7/78, J.FK Document No. 0.1~345; 1012/ Ibid. -- 1013/ Ibid. -,.·1014/ HSCA , . . .. Staff contact. Beport, 9/lS/78~ JFX Doc::wnent ··t Ol3,aa; . . .. . . . ..... ' ,, - .. 4~(:~$_;-. ., ' .. ;. ~·. 115/ EISCA _Staff Contac::t Report, ·9/12/78, JFK Docwnent· i 011344. 1016/ BSCA Staff Contact Report, 9/lS/78, JF1t Document i 013488. 1017I ·HSCA Staff Contact Report, , , JFK DOCument t . .:~ . -~ . 1018/ UNAM- Oniversided Nacional Auton~~~~·~exico 1019/ American Embassy Incoming -relegram t A-43-570, p. llO, CIA 1737. : .... ·; 1020/ Ibid. :;::s::. 102.1/. Ibid. 1.022/ Ibid. .,~ :' 1023/ Ibid. ·-~ -~ 1024/ Ibid. - 1025/ Letter to wesley D. Bowles,. Chief of Mexican Political .1\.ffairs,. Office of .Mexican Affairs, Department of State from B. J. Ruyle, American consul, Tampico, 5/l!/67; :.<· . 4:.. .. -~: Wx-7241 Entry 1597, p. U.t, CXA 1741. aassification: .••. r ,.., • AiJLl - ' ;. ·. .... •. . ·Classification: · -------=- . (This form is to .b8 used for material extracted from CIA-controUed documents.) I 1026/ Ibid. 1027/ ~- - 1028/ Ibid .. 1029/ Ibid. 1030/ Ibid. 1031/ ~he·... Committee could not .determine when the State Depart- ment forwarded the letter to the CIA. 1032/ Dispatch frcm the Director to Mexico City, 6/14/67, HMMW 15557; Wx-7241, Entry t616, p. 117, CIA i744. 1033/ Ibid. ~). 1034/ Ibid •. 1035/ Ibid .. 1036/ ~.. 1037/ ~- 1038/ cabl~ from Mexico City to the Director, MEXI 1950, 6/29/67, Wx·. ,7241, Entry 1622, p ... l;LS, .CIA. :1745. 1.039/ El Sol ..i.s a newspaper, The Sun. 1040/ cabl-e from Mexico c.ity to .the Director, MEXI 1950, 6/29/67; · Wx-7241, entry 1622, p. 118, t745. 104~/ When Contreras was asked to identify the other four indi- viduals who had met ·Lee Harvey Oswald, . he --refused to reveal their names because he feared that infor.minq on them miqbt endanger his family. 1042/ cable from Mexico City to Director, MEXI 1950, 6/29/67; Wx-7241, en·t-";{ 1622, p. 118,.. CIA 1745. - 1043/ - Ibid .. 20 ·oi o·•..; .. . ., I CJ.assificati . ......... / · (This form is to be used f~ material extrOcted from CIA-controlled documents.) ·.) .....:. :- 1044/ Ibid •. .. '-~ -.,. • - ......<· 1045/ Ibid. .,,. .. ·. •' -,·:·· 1046/ Ibid. . ··.·. ·:· '.· ... :. .. .. . 1047/ Cable from the Director~··to.Mexica City, 7/4/67, DIR 16823, wx-724.1, Entry ·62f?, p. 119., CIA 174.6. . . ':· ··~ ·...... .. .. "l048/ ·Ibid. 1049/ Cable from Mexico·city .to the Director, 7/5/67, MEXI 1991; wx-7241, Entry 627, p. 119, c~ 1746. . --- 1050/ Memo to Leqat, 7/5/67 from Chief of Station: wx-1241, entry 628, p. 119,.. CIA. 1746. . 1051/ Memo from.JXB re. Osc~ Co~as, 7il0/67, wx-7241, Entry ). 1634; p. 120, CIA t-741 .. ·. . . . ',- ··.·~:.:"* ~:.::. ~- ~ .... , . ... . ... ~52/ Ibid. ·-·/·.' ... .... :~-: :_: ·.:_·~ 1053/ The leaders of the group were Victor Manuel BarceloL Carlos Andaluz, Huqo castro Aranda, Anton.;.c;>.t 'r.enario .Adami, Jose Gue+._rero Guerrero, carlos Ortiz Fejed.a, Daniel Molina, Brion Bal ::·.. a · . :·. ·.· ·. Classification:·....;;;;._~-......;...--- (This. form is. to be used for material· extracted from CIA-c:ontroUed documents.) ' ... ":'" 1?..;- . . 1095/ See Section VI. c above and· VII. s below,. 1096/ See Section III A...L above: ..'.t'elephone _:t:e.ps. - - . 1097/ HSCA Staff Interview of. Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Oocu- - ment No. 011.775, p.-r..44: ... ~- . · . : . .... .- . ." lr' •~ • •• 1098/ '!'he .cu·· s classification of the transcript of this conver- . sation prevented. the BSCA from directly confronting Ms. Duran with the information. 1099/ See Sections II,. c, _3, 4 ·and III Al above. 1100/ CIA Electronic Surveillance'transcript of Soviet Embassy, . 9/28(~· ·._ 1101/ Ibid., October L, 1963 • • }.102/.'Ibid • ... J3/ ·:tbid •.~ . - 1104/ See Section IV, B above. . .; 1105/ Ibid. 1106/ HSCA Public Testimony of Mar.ina Oswald, , Warren Com- mission Testimony of Georqe OeMorenschildt. Warren Com- mission Testi=cny of Georqe Boule. 1107/ CXA Elec*~onic surveillance of.Soviet Embassy, 9/27/63.· 1108/ Ib±d. 1109/ :tbid~ -llll/ Ibid. 1110/ Ibid. -1112/ The caller said Odessa. - 2001051 <:::Sc~Ain.d by deri"tatioru _ _ __ L; * .r=zzr - Classificati~n~·:lQP ..·SBRE"I. :'".. .. --"' . •. ; : ... :~~ ·- . "': t (This form is to· be .used· for material extraded from ClA--controUed documents.) . .. I -.-~ • 1114/ CIA Electronic Survei~~a of Soviet Embassy, September . ' 27, '1963. . ~ .. . . :._.·.~ _- ::·-:t . '1115/ Ibid. ' . :. : :'. :: ._·,.. . ~.. ·~ .: .. 1116/ Ibid. ·~·; .......,. . ' ; ·~· ... . .•· .. ::;_ ~ 1~17/ HSCA Staff I·nterview of Silvia Duran,· 6/6/78, JFK Docu- ment No. 011775, p. 31. - 1118/ HS~ Public Testimony of Alfredo Mirabal Diaz, 9/18/78, P• 119. . 1119/ BSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Document 011775, p. 23. 1120/ Ibid., p. 31. -\ 1121/ Ibid. -, ~-:~~~:- .. .: ..:·. ":· ... ....122/ Ibid. ll.23/ BSCA Public Testimony of Alfredo Mirabal Diaz, 9/18/78, ;~ p. 119. 1124/ ~ Electronic Surveillance of Soviet Embassy, 9/27/63. U25/ Ibid. - 1.126/ :Ibid. ll27/ ilrl.d. : also HSCA Staff Interoriew. of SUvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Document No .. 011775. -.p.· · 41. :·. . ~ :,:·:::;., . -~~.:;~ 1128/.Ibid. 1129/ Warren Commission Testimony of Nelson Delgado, Vol. ·xu, . . P• 2.36-237. . -~ 1130/ War:en Commission Testimony of Pamela Mumford, 5/19/64, ·11o1. II, p. 217~ War.ren. COmmission ·1festimony of Evaristo ' ~~tr.e~: ~~~/64, Vil. U~ pp.3 4 , t i R f i 7 ; ) 2001052 Classification: liFJ an • 501 . -~ & . ·.• .. . {This form is to be used for· material .extracted · from CIA-controlled. documents.) ..... ·'"-!" ..... ··--~s-- 1131/ Warren Commission~Report,. p •. 301. ~' ... • . \ 1132/ See Section VI ·c·,· ~ave • .1133/ See Section VI o, above ... 1134(' S:ee Section VZI. o," aboVe:.·· 1135/.See Sections III,A land III B 2. . . 1136/ Ibid. 1137 I Warren Commission Report, p. 301. 1138/ A night when· Oswald's activities are not known . . • • , 1lt • • •• ·-· . ...... ....:.. . • 1139/ a.SCA Staf;:_:p·r.e-iritervie ...."w -~f ~u.ban . ~~urcu:-,.:.~3/. 31/_78, . No. Oi~s.so, .. :·:.:-·¥~~~ p. 5.4.;. HSCA .Staff. Pre-J.nterv1eW.· of.·.Lydia Duran, 6/5/78, · · BSa·. staff Iilterview .-oHorac:tcf·.ou:tan.i~'- 6/5/78 ;~ ·JFX ·Document ·: : .. No •. Qll6B·3- p;.; . gi_ "BSCA Staff'. Pre-Il:iterview- o!'Batty. Serrates, ...... ,. · 6/l/78, :esC:A ..$taff..Inte:tvie.w .of· Silvia Duran~--6/6/781, . >·'.."":: JFK DoCUment ·No•. · 011.775, P~· ·5·4 •. ·:· . . ... ...;::-~-~-:. -·- - .:· . · .. ·. · · - ·. .. . ... . - ....... .. ·. . .,,. .. . ..,::· ': . . ,.... ~. ~ /" ;.:- . . ....... ·~ .~ • ., . ... ·-· ..::.;.~.r--- ;~..r_....;~ ..... · ~ ..... ·. ·~ .: ... . i 1140/ BSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Docu- ·~ ment No. 011775, p.9l.,; 1141/ Ibid. .. cument No. 011683, p. . . 1142/ HSCA Staff Znterview of. Ruben Duran, 6/ :;6/78, JFK Docu- - ment No. 011680 ·, p. . HSCA Staff Interview of - -Lydia Duran, 6/ ·S/78.r JFi Doc:waent No. 011681, p. • HSCA Staff tnte.ryiew of ; HSCA Staff Interview of Boracic Duran, 6/. S/78, J"FX Do-. . :·. :- .. ·~ Betty. Serrates, 6/.6• /f8, JFK Oo~t No •. '0~3392. 1143/ See Section VI, .c, above. ... . - . . . ..... ·~ ll44/ SSCA Staff Pre-interview"o£ Ruben Duran, S/31/78. ~- 1145/ BSCA Public Testimony of Eusebio Azcue Lopez, p. 84-85. 24 200-1053 ClassificatiO.wwiQkltA._Stii-EwtBRrr· Ef,-.. AP .... ..-r . . ·-.;a Oassifi~ati~n:·:l BP SEBRET a ' (This form is to be used for moteriol extracted from ClA-tontrolled documents.) r 1146/ See Section VI, c .. - - 76 above. 1147/ See Mexico City Procedures Write-up Trip 2 Appendix 3. 1148/ See Section VI, C; above. 11!9/ See Section VI, C, above. 1150/ See Section VI, A 2 above. 1151/ HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/7,8, JFK Docu..;. ment No. 01177~ ·, · p. ;81. - 1152/ Ibid., p.87-88. 1153/ BSCA Staff Review of Llf:et:J?+ }ile. . ·, 1154/ HSCA Staff Review of CIA Silvia Duran file, 1155/ See ~ppendix 3. 1156/ Ibid. 1157/ Ibid. 1158/ See Section VI, c 10 Above. 1159/ See Section VI, C, above. 1160/ See Section VI, C, above. . ..l.t.::.. 1161/ See Section VI, C above. 1162/ See Section VI, C .above. 1163/ See Appendix 3. 1164/ See Section V!, c, l above. 1165/ Ibid. 503 }6~ SECREJ ) 1166/ Ibid. Cfassification: 2001.05~ ... ... - - - Oauifi.d by derM:mon· - - - - - ·-- ., - . . (This · form is to be used for material extracted troin CIA-controDed documents;) 1167/ See Appendix .3. - · · ·~ 1168/ .see section v:t, c ~ a.b~e·.,. ·. . 1169( see Section v:t, .c, ··,.ab.ove. 117.0/ Lett~~- from. Cha.ries 'J!homas to William P. Rogers, July 25, ·. 1969, JFK Document No., 1311684.. · ; 1171/ See· Section v:t,c, . . . 1172/ See Section VI, D above. for details. above~ - 1; 1173/ HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Document No. 011775, p.'95. 1174/ See SeCtion. VI.•. D above. ) 117'5/ ··BSC:A ·stci££ ·:rnt.~iew o~ s11yi~ Duran_,_· 6/6/78, JFX No. --~· Oll7SS, p ... '101-102. .. '< .-: _ :. -..~76/ See. Section _VI, D above .. ' .. 1i111 HSCA staf.f Interview of s·ii.via Duran,. 6/6/78, JFX Docu- ment No. 0~1775, p.9-S: ·:,·- 1178/ See Appendices r i and III. 1179/ War.ren Comm; ssion Report, p. 305. -- ll80/ See Section VI. C above • . llBl!.See_ Section: ·v.x:J:,..C. ~ow. · 1182/ See Se~tion VII, . B above_. ----- ... ···-; ..... ::·· . .; 1183/ See Sectionsv.t. ABC above. ll.B4/ See Verbatim transcript of meetings prepared by CUban qo- vernm.ent. Hereinafter, called transcript. JFK Doc. i012212 • ·.··~· U85/ Ibid. sol ~ 2001053 &E8RET L ~· ~~by~·------- A D i$ ? .·· (This formisto be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) '. J .•' :,~"·­ ·;;~~.;.:~ t. .:iU.6l_ .I:Cid•:1.::see:.a1so, BsCA Staff Interview of Eusebio Azc:ue; 1187/ ·. 4/1/78, JFlt Document No. 007005 See tr~scri~. . ·. ~~ , . . ·. :/-:.::., . . ··1-~.: . .:;.. ·.· .....,.:~t.~.~~ ·. 1.188/ Ibid. :=:··~ 1189/ Ibid. ·7··' . ..... '; I 1190/ Ibid. ~·., 1191/ See HSCA Interview of Fidel Castro Ruz, April 3, 1978. JEX Doaament J 007004 I:-_) 1192/ • Pedro Gutierrez Valencia claimed that he bumped into Lee Harvey Oswald at the Consulate on September 27, ·1963. · V.alencia .vas at :~e Consulate doing a credit: . f'?i ... check on one .of the CUban employees. I 1193/ ·See Section VI, D. ·above for details on Oscar Contreras• al'leqations. · ... :~i- 1194/ See S~ction VI C for details an Elena and E1enita 1195/ Garro • s allegations. . . . . Elena Garro's sister who eame to the conclusion that . Lee Harvey Oswald was .at one of Ruben Duran's twist parties in the fall · of • 63. ~ j " ..... . 1196/ Eunice Odio reported on Elena Garro's alleg~tians in · 1965. See Sect.ion VI,. c, · · above. 'j ·.. ll97/ Elena Garro reported that at .one of· the twist parties, Emilio ca.rballido and Eusebio Azcue had come to the conclusion that Eenuedy had to be assassinated. (See .•.~ also, ·section VI, c. above. '- ·~ 1198/ Elena .Garro alleged that V~ctor Rico Galan had claimed that Lee Harvey oswald bad been Silvia Duran's lover. See also, Section VI, c, above. ) 2001053 505 ~ Cassiraed by detivatiolss - - - - ~ AS_...,.. - -. (This fomi is to be · used for material extracted fr~ OA-controRed documents.) -79 - 1199/ Diaz-ordaz and EcheVarria were th~ two presidents of . M~o respectively from _1964 .to }970 and 1970 to 1976 •. •• • 0 120.0/ · See ESCA Staff Uterview of Boracic Duran, 6/5/78, JFK .Do~t Ho. Oli6SO. . . . ·• 1201/ See BSCA Staff Interview of Pedro Gut;.erriz Valencia 1 6/S/78·, J!'lt"Document No. 011682.~ . . . . 1202/ Lynn Duran is the sister of Horatio and Ruben Duran. ~ Committee wished to ask her whether Lee Harvey ·Oswald had attended any twist parties at the Duma homes. . See BSCA Staff Interview of Lynn Duran, 6/5/78, JFK Doc. t 011681 ~ 1203/ See ~CA Staff ~terview ·Of Ruben Duran, 6/6/78 1 JFK Doc. t 011680. . . 1204/ ~e ·committee never sent the Mexican government the questi~ because. 2nd _a trip to Mexico was arranged. 1205/ ~e Committee wiShed to ask. Ms. Serrates whether Lee Harvey_ Oswald had attended any twist parties at the Dw:an homes. See BSCA Staff Interview of Betty ·serrates, JFK Doc. t ··oll392. 1206/ See HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Document No. 011775. 1207/t C:I..A A ~as one of AMMOG' s (a Cuban Defector in osi 196t·> Set:ur!ty Offic~rs~ The Committee -wis~ed to · . . ask ]about AMMDG's statements about Lee .. : .. Harvey Oswald • s Trip to . the CUban Consulate. 120.8/ [ C.'!.~ "'- ]Was· a CIA .agent in charge of · · picking up the photographic surveillance film from . pe~sonnel stationed at the three bases ·and deliv7r.in~ · it to his brother-in-law (unknown) and later del~verJ.ng it to his case officer Ann Goodpasture. . • ·:;:r:.· .:1 50[ 2001057 OassifrcatioJ8P SEGRET Ca:ulfted by ¥'1Uiion: _ _ __ ... ~ .•. ,. .... ·.'5. (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) ~-~ . .~ .. ' :..... . . -·ftO:-:- .. :~ . 120~/ .see HSCA Staff Write-ops 8/8/78. . ·. ..... of.[ .. c.~ A }nt.erview: -. . . .. . ·.·.. . . .. . .. . .... ·· .. ,. ::;.-··.· ... ...: -~ 1210/ Oscar··eontreras i.Utigue claimed that he met .oswald··· .::··. in Mexico City in the fall of 1963. See Section ·VI, D above. · · "··· 1211/ Elena· claimed that.'Wben she. told:NJ. w. Pal~es about·. ·.':-'4_ meeting Lee Harvey Oswald, he advised her to .send an JP anonymous letter to ~exas, explaining her account. ·-rh~ · Committee wished to question Mr. PaloJQa.res about Elella' s' credibility. . --~.· . 1212/ ( 'So...,"'c-1:. for details an~ significance. ] See Section VI, C J1 \ 1 1213/ • LICOOKIE r is June. Cobb Sharp. ·for details. · ~ee Section I:y, C -~ 1214/. c~t'~f+ )is( . : :. ·.··· ; --:~ j The ·Committee wished to ask about commentary after the assassination at the·Cuban Embaspy about both Lee Harvey and _Jotui F. Kennedy's assassination. 1215/ ( C!r~H'-T- ]was( '5•....-~"';') The Committee wished to · :. _r4 · question ( ~o....rc:~t. ·f' 1 l about the Cuban Embassy employees reactions to the assassination. '.rhe Committee also · . wished to question( ~o..a.rc:c. Jabout Silvia Duran , and his knowled9e of:· Lee Harvey Oswa~d. . · : :· 1.216/ LJ:RIN~. 3 was a CUban :eiti·~en,( . . 'So'-1.\'"~&. "kho .. was a source for the CIA. Be ·Jlad. reported that s1lvia ..·.~.· ·ouran had told him that she had ha~.an affair with Lee Harvey Oswald. The .Committee wished to question 1217/ him c:ibout Silvia Duran. See asa:- s ta.ff vri te-ap of ·In terviev wl 1 · th( C! A i' ~ -~ l~ . 200:!.05J ClassificatloniB@ _ SE!RET-. . . . . 07 . ;:) OosJI~ by d. i~crtioua _ _ __ ~! - EZJI ·.· ~- . ~:~:~ ;J;~ . ; . ~:;_·; (This form . is to· be used for mat~rl~l . ~xtracted from. CIA--controDed documents.) .. : -: ..~ - @~ - ' ·1218/ General .Jesus Jose C&lrk· Flo;es.. escorted Ruben Duran to Russia in 1962.: and was considered by ~Y to b~ Durants: pr~tector. Also,. Elena ~laimed that· Flores was at. the _party that ·she . _s.tatecr Lee· Harvey Oswald ·:'-, was. in attendance.. '.rhe Committee wished to ask 1219/ .. Mr •. Clark !'.lares about. all the _above. · E~esto Lehfeld Miller· is a Mexican citizen that -.-,, resembled Eusebio Azcue•s description of the man that allegedly visited the Cuban Consulate. All the Durans recognized Miller. Horatio and Silvia said that Miller was a·close friend and 1220/ 1221/ borrowed . Boratio~s car often. . See Bouse Select Committee on Assassinations Staff 'Write-op of. Noe w. Palomares, _·8/10/7~. · See HSCA·staff ~te-uP·of· interView with Er.nesto ... '{~~ -, · Lehfeld Miller, 8/ll/78. · · 1222/ In 1963 Bilo Otero as an official in the Cuban ·governments Ministry; of Foreign :Relations, interviewed Eusebio A:cue about Lee Harvey OsWald's visits to the Cuban Consulate. . .·, .':·. . 4 .• 1223/ In 1963 the Cuban government employed Rogelio Rodriguez - at the Cuban Embassy. 'l'he Committee wished to intervi.ew · · · Mr. Rodrigue: about Lee Earvey Oswald' s ·visits to .• the Cuban Embassy employees 1 reactions to the Kennedy . ·:~ assassination. · - . . ·1224/ Bolando Cubela, bown as AMLASH, was prom.ilient in the : ~ · =·0:···., .. Senate Select Comm:i:t:t:ee.'·s Book V which reported the possibility that· t:be Central Intelligence Aqency' s attempts to ·assasmate. Cuban President .Fidel ca.st:o - ·provoked the Cube gsvernment to orchestrate the · ·· assassination of· h'e.sic!ent Kennedy in retaliation. .. . ·.. ~ 2lJ0!05J sos . -,.~ ... ··... ·I OaaifJec:t by d.rilfGriona _ _ _ _ :··<~~j .:. ~ 0 • (This form is to. be ·used. for mat~ial extraded · from CIA-controlled documents.) · ... ., .~ r ... . - 82.- ~- .' ....·' . ~: ·····<:': . , 1225/ In 1963 the Cuban gover.nment employed orestes Guillermo RU.iz Perez .at the CUban. Embassy. The Committee. wished to interview Mr. Rodriguez about Lee Harvey Oswald's visits to-the Cuban Consulate and ··about the CUban Embassy -employees • reactions ": '~i ~ :~ to the Kennedy assassina.tion.;Y.In addition, Mr. :.Ruiz is the cousin-in-law of one of the most active . anti-castroites, Antonio Veciana Blanch." · 1226/ ,Griselle Rubio claimed in a letter Dec. 1963 to DRI that Ruby hal! been .in .Cuba in 1962 or 1963 visiting . . .~~ Solomon Pra:tkins. ·The Committee located and ,, 1127/ interviewed Ms.. Rubio in Miami. James Wilcott is an. ex-CIA employee who appeared · voluntarily in August 19 78 at the Cuban Government' s Tribunal which accused the CU. of complicity in the John F.· ltennedy ~assassinatio~ •. - -~~ ... .) 122'8/ Philip Agee is an exi-CIA employee who appeared voluntarily.. in August 1978 at the Cuban .govel:mllent • s Tribunal ·-· which accused the CIA of complicity in :...the. 'John F. Xenneay assassination. I 1229/ ·The Tribunal, held in· August 19 78 was an effort by the Cuban government to accuse the CIA of complicity in the John F. Xennedy assassination. Ex CIA agents, James Wilcott and Phillip Agee testified at the ·.~ Tribunal along with ex-cuban Consul in Mexico, I ·- Eusebio Azcue. . . . 1230/ See HSCA Interview of Juan Nilo Otero, 9/25/78, JFK .Document No. · .·.. 1231/ AlfreQo·Mi:abal.Diaz assumed the Consul position, in·· t:.h.e ·Ctlba:n government •s .Me~co .city· cons\llate on Septen:ber ··2,.19o3 •. · lie w~ present during all .of oswald's visits to ~~e Consulate. ·Also, see HSCA :nterview of Alfredo Mirabal :Oia:, 8/26/78, Ooct::rnen-:. !-lo .- -~ ..• ) ?no-. ~:1 0 Classification:!~ti~··j~'-:.!1~~"~:·:~·-.::!J=!.,~~-~'~+~:;~~i~:C~·liiiLwf :iil9 > -: lit •..;:e;. ~U'&l~~ ti ~~ i Omiflec:S by dtmotionr _ _ __ a 44» au AU A a ·.·""""! .. ·_. .: .. ··~. -~. ·. ~.- ;~:~~ • :: Classification~ .... ' : ·,.'<. ... _.;=~-~ _ ..... . ::,II ·." {This ·form is to be used. for material extracted from CIA~ntrolled documents.) - .@3 ...-:-;... -..~:~::- .. : ~ .. -- ' --~---'":, ,.. 1232/: The Committee· wished to'question Mr •. Verdacia about the identities of the organized crime figures .- detained .in ·~~sco'.rn~a -at the inception of the CUban revolutionary. government. ·-· 1233i . . JFX Doc. I 012224. - ·· . ' - HSCA ·IJit~rrl~w ·of ~os-~Vel;dacia.verdacia, ·S/2.6/78, ·-· · ... . ' ! 1234/ See HSCA Interview of· Orestes Guillermo Ruiz Perez, 8/27/78~ JFK Do~. I 1235/. See HSCA Interview of Rolando CUbela Secades, 8/28/78, - 1236/ JFit Document I In 1963 the Cuban government employed Maria Teresa Proenza y Proenza at the CUban Embassy. The Committee wished. to interview MS. Proenza about Lee Harvey Oswald~s visits· to the CUban Consulate and about the Cuban - ~~''''' Embassy employees~.reactions to the assassination of John F. Itennedy. : Also, See HSCA Interview of Maria Teresa·Proenza y Proenza, 8/28/78, JFX Doc. t '- \. 1237/ See Verbatim transcript of 8/28/78 session. JFit Doc. I 012208 1238/ In 1963, .Manuel P±niero, Chief of the Ministry of .Foreign Relations, interviewed Eusebio Azcue about Lee Harvey Oswald's visits to the Cuban Consulate. In a-dition, Mr.. p;~;ero was the CUban revolutionary government official who met with Santo 'l'rafficante - -.·~ and gave _him 24 hours to leave the country. 1239/ Ill l963 the Cuban· government employed Luisa Calderon ,carra.lero at the -CUban Embassy. The. Commi.ttee wished to interview Ms. Proen:a about Lee Harvey Oswald' s ·visits to the CUban Consulate and ·about the Cuban Embassy employees' reactions to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. .. · HIP &~..na - .Classification:: . . , _b-~ L~ il 510 ··~ ... ·- 200106~~ - !..1. # , A J ·.•. .... ~ ' . ' . "l' • ' ~. ' • •. :~ ..• ... .. :. . ··,· : "', .. :·~. ·. ... ·.• ' ::~~ . . . :. . ·; ·. :-. . : .. :· .2oQ19s2 ; . - -. .... _. . ' Caaified by dwmltforn _ _ __ •