“… 186 - 5 %9 XW9 been arrested. 694/ After Winston Scott's conversation with John Scelso, Scott called Luis Echevarria and stated that the Mexico City Station desired that all information received from Duran be forwarded immediately to the Mexico City Station, and that her arrest and sta …”

“… vel 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 or November 27,”

“1963. 700/ The following day. Headquarters sent a clarification cable to the1 Mexico City Station seeking to insure that neither Silvia Duran nor the Cubans would lave any basis for believing that, the Americans were behind her …”

“… gton Post interviewed her. 710/ On June 6, 1978, representatives of the House Select Committee on 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 Commit …”

“… s to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) -6 A5l Dil - 195 - 187 SELRL of the Central Intelligecne Agency's Mexico City Station. 739/ The source, LIRING/3, stated that he had recently re­ ceived a call from Silvia Duran. 740/ A telephone tap on LIRING/3's …”

“report as to why con­ tact with Silvia would make the Cubans suspicious. The CIA Mexico City Station reported this informa­ tion to Headquarters: First, that Silvia Duran had sexual intercourse Classification. -- o00 034 o 2Uc0 …”

“… e. Second, the Mexican police did not report the extent of the Duran-Oswald relationship to this Station. 749/ In the chronology of the Mexico City investigation of Oswald, Raymond Rocca notes: "Why didn't Mexico police give us all info?" 750/ This was not the first report of such a …”

“… review that Silvia Duran was either an American or Mexican intelli- gence agent. In addition, the Committee has interviewed most of the Mexico City Station employees about the possibility. Only David Phillips, Chief of Covert Action and the Cuban Section in the Mexico City Station in …”

“… that the CIA had no interest in Ms. Duran because "she wasn't friendly 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 shown a memorandum written b …”

“… ty Station employees about the possibility that Duran worked for Cuban intelligen ce. Only Barney Hidalgo, a CIA officer who travelled to Mexico City in 1963, considered the possibility to be likely. 775/ Mr. Hidalgo, professing not to remember all the details, stated that he thought t …”

“… ad brought 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 wlen it was published after the assassination. 811/ Silvia Duran' …”

“… hat the memo was forwarded to Headquarters shortly thereafter. 2. October 12, 1964: CIA Memo for the Record On October 12, 1964 the CIA Mexico City Station's Chief of Covert”

“… there is no indication that the Chief of Station followed through with the request. 834/ 4. November 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/ 1 (The …”

“… nius.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 Ms. Garro she commented that the Communists pro­ bably …”

“… mber-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' f rst meeting with Elena Garro where Lee Harvey Oswald is discussed On 12/10/65, Charles Thomas, a po …”

“… 1/ A note by this entry in Wx-7241 says, "How did Elena Garro know about Silvia being the mistress of Oswald? This is 1965. II 862/ The Mexico City Station did not hear about the Oswald-Duran "affair" until July 1967 when a CIA asset, LIRING/3, reported it. 863/ Elena told Thomas tha …”

“… material extracted 6 from CIA—controlled documents.) - 214 - 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 harmed physic …”

“… as circulated a copy of his memorandum concerning Elena's allegations in the American Embassy including the Central Intelligence Agency's Mexico City Station to aid them in thei * investigation of the John 80 2001037 Classification: 0 OLC 0004. alls 1 486 Classified by derivatio …”

“… has talked 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 Mexico City Station cabled the information in Thomas' 12/10/65 memorandum of conversation to CIA Head- quarters. 876/ The cable reported that Elena’s …”

“… tion 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 Mexico City where she thought it was. 916/ They found the hotel, the Hotel Vermont. 917/ Elena said that she assumed that Calvillo had registered the …”

“… e 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, 1955, reporting that it was "following up" and would cable the results. 937/ 7. …”

“… ent repeti­ tion of those allegations. 940/ ‘The Legal Attache forwarded a copy of the memoran­ dum to the Central Intelligence Agency's Mexico City Station 941/ prior to 12/29/65. 942/ A cable written by Anne Goodpasture on December 29, 1965 reporting the Legat interview with Elena a …”

“… mbassy 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 Elena was "seen creating such a disturbance as they claimed in front of …”

“… at she hid now given a more detailed account, Boonstra stated th it the date was wrong and dis- missed theentire affair. 961/ One of the Mexico City Legat Officers, Nathan Ferris, in reply to Thomas' letter and memorandum, asserted that Thomas' office had been advised by memoranda date …”

“… interviews with LICHANT/1 (Manuel Calvillo), LICOOKIE/T (June Cobb), who may have had information related to Lee Harvey Oswald’s trip to Mexico City. 990/ The Classification: 393 0090943 20000820 12 3 09 2. Classified by derivation: 4 NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 293”

“… - 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 locate June Cobb Sharp and Manuel Calvillo on its own. 992/ The Mexican government told the Committee …”

“… ddition, the House Select Committee on Assassinations has been unable to confirm the allegation that Lee Harvey Oswald travelled while in Mexico City with "two beatnik- looking boys." A large par: of the Committee's attempts to investigate these issues has met with frustration. 1 D. Os …”

“… ate Department forwarded a copy of Ruyle’s letter to the Central Intelligence Agency. 1031/ On June 14, 1967, CIA Headquarters sent the Mexico City Sta­ tion a copy of Ruyle’s letter to Bowles. 1032/ CIA Headquarters considered Ruyle’s report "the first piece of substantive info abo …”

“Iigence Agency's motives for pursuing the story. On June 29, 1967, the Mexico City Station cabled 2000353 Classification, Hi (5. AM Classified by derivation: 400 a NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 300”

“… AM; was persecuted by the Mexican police for this affiliation and moved to Tampico to escape the persecu­ tion 1040/. Contreras told the Mexico City Station official that he and four other indi viduals 1041 / had met Oswald as they exited a roundtable discussion held at the School of …”

“… hough he might have fabricated it. 1047/ Headquarters suggested that the FBI handle the story. 1048/ The following day, July 5, ’967, the Mexico City Station cabled that it preferred turning Contreras' case over to the Mexican authorities and to the F.B.I. 1049/ The to same day, the Ch …”

“… "to confirm that several of Garrison's allegations about involvement of anti-Castro Cubans, the CIA, etc. are false." 1057/ After tie CIA Mexico City Station official's interview with Contreras 1058/ revealed nothing that could be useful to the agency, it decided to allow the FBI to fo …”

“… f the National Autono­ mous University of Mexico. 1061/ In addition, the testimony of the Warren Commission's primary witness related to Mexico City, Silvia Tirado Duran, has been called into question by the critics throughout the years. 1062/ Some of the information that is inconsist …”

“Consulate ir Mexico City?; (2) other than his visits to the Cuba: Consulate, what were Lee Har­ vey Oswald’s activities in Mexico City?; and, (3) was Lee Harvey …”

“… nsive review of the files of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation that perta n to Oswald's sojourn in Mexico City. 1068/ B. Did Lee Harvey Oswald or an Imposter Contact the Cuban and Spy et Consulates in Mexico City? Lee Harvey Oswald hinself proba …”

“… meone . impersonated Oswald in contacts with the Cuban and Soviet Embassies. An analysis of the telephone conversations which the CIA's Mexico City Station intercepted by tapping the Soviet Consulate and the Soviet Military Attache's tele­ phone reveals' that someone, later identified …”

“… other hand, the evidence is of such a nature that the possibility cannot be dismissed. C. What were Lee Harvey Oswald's Activities in Mexico City? 1 When the Warren Commission wrote about Lee Harvey Oswald's activities in Mexico City, it concluded: The Commission undertook an inte …”

“Cuban and Soviet Embassies. From Sunday, September 29, through Wednesday morning, Octo­ ber 2, when he left Mexico City on a bus bound for the United States, Oswald spent considerable time making his travel arrangements, sightseeing and checking again with …”

“… he attention of the United States investigative agencies. The main allegation of 1 both these people, that they met Lee Harvey Oswald in Mexico City, remains to this day without direct corro­ boration. Yet the Committee feels that it cannot dis- miss these allegations without giving th …”

“… those allegations have been frustatred. 1147/ In 1965 Elena Garro reported that Silvia Duran had been Oswald's mistress while he was in Mexico City. 1148/ In 1967 this report was confirmed by a CIA agent who talked to Silvia”

“this agent were frustrated. 1157/ Ms. Garro's claim that she stayed at the Hotel Vermont was verified by the Mexico City Legal Attache on Classification: a-- Npill? 2000367 142 • 2‘----- J - 417 Classified by derivation: -4 NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page …”

“… of the Central Intelligence Agency. 1160/ Ms. Garro claimed that she told Mr. Calvillo her story on November 23, 1963. 1161/ Yet the CIA Mexico City Station did.not receive a report from Calvillo on this matter until November 24, 1964, the same day that Elena first told her story to Am …”

“… The Committee attempted to obtain an interview with Ms. Cobb, but was once again frustated. 1167/ Reviewing the manner in which the CIA Mexico City Station and the Legal Attache's office in Mexico City handled Ms. Garro’s allegations reveals that, at best, her allegations were handle …”

“… ■ Eusebio Azcue was interviewed by the Committee staff re­ presentative. Azcue was questioned extensively about Oswald's alleged trip to Mexico City, Oswald's alleged visits to the Cuban Consu ate, and Senor Azcue's alleged argument with Lee Harvey Oswald. 1186/ jid 425”

“… staff again met with Senen Buergo, Ricardo Escartin, 1 Felipe Villa, Aramis Gueterrez and Juanita Vera. Santo Trafficante, Jack Ruby and Mexico City were the major areas of discussion. 1187/ This session terminated at 1:00 p.m. At 4:50 p.m., the morning's meeting resumed. 6 During th …”

“… 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 specified.) They were met and escorted through Cu …”

“… ussed. At 1:00 p.m., HSCA staff members conducted an . interview at the United Sta tes Embassy in connection with the CIA aspects of the Mexico City investigation. At 2:30, Gary Cornwel discussed problems with the Chief of the Mexico City CIA Station. He requested that the COS cable H …”

“… Garro de Paz' credibil­ ity. He felt that she con used fact and fiction. June 3 and 4, 1978, were spent on CIA-related 1 aspects of the Mexico City investigation. Two inter­ 5 whelereromh views were conducted. All interviews, with the excep­ tion of interviews with CIA personnel, were …”

“… interviewed for the record. At 5:45 p.m., Silvia Duran was interviewed for the record. 1206/19 NN The HSCA staff representatives left Mexico City at 8:30 a.m. on June 7, 1978, arriving in Washington, ilt i. D.C. at 5:30 p.m., Washington time. e “ UMS. “r a "s nt iis l. …”

“… - 273 Appendix 3: HSCA Procedural Write-up Mexico Trip 2 House Select Committee staffers Edwin Juan Lopez and Harold Leap traveled tc Mexico City on August 7, 1978. The staff members were met by David T. Patton, a State Department official, at the Mexican airport. at 10:15 p.m. Mr. …”