“Cuban-American...page 3 Sest the Next day In another classified message dated December 4, 1963 Cit A to the Mexico City Station from CIA headquarters, the Agency reported that the State Department check on Lopez had produced nothin yet because of the difficul …”

“ls also had their own program to photograph the passports of the passengers arriving from Havana. 8/ On December 5, 1963 the Mexico City Station reported REPORTING that the (LITEMPO/4 source had stated that Gilberto Lopez had crossed the Mexican border at Laredo, Texas on Nov …”

“… ground in the photograph is dark and indistinguishable. the following day In a dispatch dated December 5, 1963 from the Chief of Station in Mexico City to headquarters, copies of the photograph of Lopez were attached, and the dispatch stated when that the photograph was taken on the night o …”

“… the individual. NW 66000 Docld:32273519 Page 6 : Cuban-American. page 5 the same Inte Also on Decmeber 5, 1963, CIA headquarters cabled the Mexico City Station and identified this Cuban-American as Gilberto Policarpo Lopez, who was born on January 26, 1940. 14/ It stated also that Lopez was …”

“… .S passport #319962, which was issued July 13, 1960. 17/ According to the dispatch, the contact related also that Lopes proceeded by bus to Mexico City "where he entered Cuban embassy"; it said that he left the Cuban Embassy on November 27 and was the only passenger for Cuba on flight #465. …”

“… ined in a dispatch dated March 18 which was being pouched to headquarters on March 20 21/ The Next dity On March 20 the Deputy Chief of the Mexico City Station cabled a classified message to headquarters in which it was stated that the information contained in the earlier dispatch which dis …”

“… 0000 18 SUBJECTS: DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION: RESTRICTIONS: CURRENT STATUS: DATE OF LAST REVIEW: OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS: CIA, FILES MEXICO CITY LOPEZ, GILBERTO REPORT Unclassified 1A; 1B Redact 01/01/2003 Box 33 v9.1 NW 66000 Docld:32273519 Page 1 1 Released u”

“… ully report to the Warren Commission the results of the investigations they did undertake. One such lead concerned the travel from Texas to Mexico City of an unidentified Cuban- به American on November 23, 1963, and then his flight to Havana on November 27. 1/ The lead was made more "intere …”

“… agencies. CIA Investigation The first information on the travel of the Cuban In early American appeared on December 1963. At that time the Mexico City Station of the CIA sen t a classified message to CIA headquarters that a source (dentified as LITEMPO/4) had requested of the Mexico City C …”

“… icated the M exic o City Station had no traces on him. 4/ of the same date 07 In another classified message dated December 3, 1963 from the Mexico City Station to CIA headquarters, the station reported also that the FBI office in Mexico Cit y had been advised by Mexican au thorities that Lo …”

“… NW 66000 Do cld:32273519 Page 4 Cuban-American...page 3 Sest the Next day In another classified message dated December 4, 1963 Cit A to the Mexico City Station from CIA headquarters, the Agency reported that the State Department check on Lopez had produced nothin yet because of the difficul …”

“red to in the classified message to the Mexico City Station involved cooperation between the CIA and Mexican federal officials who participated in a plan of photographing passengers of flight …”

“… ground in the photograph is dark and indistinguishable. the following day In a dispatch dated December 5, 1963 from the Chief of Station in Mexico City to headquarters, copies of the photograph of Lopez were attached, and the dispatch stated when that the photograph was taken on the night o …”

“hat the photograph was taken on the night of November 27, 1963 at the Mexico City airport by Mexican authorities as Lopez was boarding a Cubana flight. 11/ The dispatch gave the previously reported information of the numb …”

“… the individual. NW 66000 Docld:32273519 Page 6 : Cuban-American. page 5 the same Inte Also on Decmeber 5, 1963, CIA headquarters cabled the Mexico City Station and identified this Cuban-American as Gilberto Policarpo Lopez, who was born on January 26, 1940. 14/ It stated also that Lopez was …”

“… .S passport #319962, which was issued July 13, 1960. 17/ According to the dispatch, the contact related also that Lopes proceeded by bus to Mexico City "where he entered Cuban embassy" ; it said that he left the Cuban Embassy on November 27 a nd was the only passenger for Cuba on flight #46 …”

“… 0000 18 SUBJECTS: DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION: RESTRICTIONS: CURRENT STATUS: DATE OF LAST REVIEW: OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS: CIA, FILES MEXICO CITY LOPEZ, GILBERTO REPORT Unclassified 1A; 1B Redact 01/01/2003 Box 33 v9.1 NW 66000 Docld:32273520 Page 1 1. Released under the John F. Kenne …”

“… ully report to the Warren Commission the results of the investigations they did undertake. One such lead concerned the travel from Texas to Mexico City of an unidentified Cuban- :”

“undertake. One such lead concerned the travel from Texas to Mexico City of an unidentified Cuban- : American on November 23, 1963, and then his flight to Havana on November 27. 1/ The lead was made more "interes …”

“… cies. CIA Investigation ine The first information on the travel of the Cuban- American appeared on December 1963. At that time the IN Carly Mexico City Station of the CIA sent a classified message to CIA headquarters that a source (dentified as LITEMPO/4) had requested of the Mexico City Ch …”

“… races on him. 4/ thean the crigina It indicated the Mexico of the same date. In another classified message dated December 3, 1963) from the Mexico City Station to CIA headquarters, the station reported also that the FBI office in Mexico-City had been advised by Mexican authorities that Lope …”

“… W 66000 Docld:32273520. Page 4 Cuban- American...page 3 Seist the Next day In another classified message dated December 4, 1963 City to the Mexico City Station from CIA headquarters, the Agency reported that the State Department check on Lopez had produced nothi yet because of the difficult …”

“… Mexican officials also had their own program to photograph the passports of the passengers arriving from Havana. 8/ On December 5, 1963 the Mexico City Station reported reporting that the (LITEMPO/4 source had stated that Gilberto Lopez had crossed the Mexican border at Laredo, Texas on Nov …”

“… d in the photograph is dark and indistinguishable. him the following day Sih a dispatch dated December 5, 1963 from the Chief of Station in Mexico City to headquarters, copies of the photograph of Lopez were attached, and the dispatch stated When that the photograph was taken on the night o …”

“… n the individual. NW 66000 Docld:32273520 Page 6 Cuban-American...page 5 Megumi Sate ت Also on Decmeber 5, 1963 CIA headquarters cabled the Mexico City Station and identified this Cuban-American as Gilberto Policarpo Lopez, who was born on January 26, 1940. 14/ It stated also that Lopez was …”

“… .S passport #319962, which was issued July 13, 1960. 17/ According to the dispatch, the contact related also that Lopes proceeded by bus to Mexico City "where he entered Cuban embassy"; it said that he left the Cuban Embassy on November 27 and was the only passenger for Cuba on flight #3465 …”

“… ed March 18 which was being pouched to headquarters ters on on March March 20 20 21/ The Next day City: On March 20 the Deputy Chief of the Mexico City Station cabled a classified message to headquarters in which it was the MArchreports stated that the information contained in the earlier d …”

“… 0000 18 SUBJECTS: DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION: RESTRICTIONS: CURRENT STATUS: DATE OF LAST REVIEW: OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS: CIA, FILES MEXICO CITY LOPEZ, GILBERTO REPORT Unclassified 1A; 1B Redact 01/01/2003 Box 33 v9.1 NW 66000 Docld:32273520 Page 1 1. Release d un de”

“… ully report to the Warren Commission the results of the investigations they did undertake. One such lead concerned the travel from Texas to Mexico City of an unidentified Cuban- : American on November 23, 1963, and then his flight to Havana on November 27. 1/ The lead was made more "interes …”

“… y Mexico Cit y Station of the CIA sent a classified message to CIA headquarters that a source (dentified as LITEMPO/4) had requested of the Mexico City Chief of Station at 1300 hours on-that date "urgent traces on U.S. citizen Gilberto P. Lopez." 3/ The source said Lopez arrived in Mexico o …”

“… races on him. 4/ thean the crigina It indicated the Mexico of the same date. In another classified message dated December 3, 1963) from the Mexico City Station to CIA headquarters, the station reported also th at the FBI office in Mexico-City had been advised by Mexi”

“… W 66000 Docld:32273520. Page 4 Cuban- American...page 3 Seist the Next day In another classified message dated December 4, 1963 City to the Mexico City Station from CIA headquarters, the Agency reported that t he State Department check on Lopez had produced nothi yet because of the difficul …”

“essage to the Mexico City Station involved (coop eration between the CIA and Mexican federal offi ci als who participated in a plan of photographing passengers of fl …”

“ered in the Roosevelt Hotel in Mexico City on The reporting SOURCE Novembe r 25 at 1600 hours in Roo m 203. 9/ LITEMPO also reported that Lopez departed on a Cubana flight on A NW 66 …”

“, and the dispatch stated When that the photograph was taken on the night of November 2 7, 1963 at t he Mexico City airport by Mexican authorities as Lopez was boarding a Cubana flight. 11/ The dispatch gave coatsined previously reported information of th …”

“… the individual. NW 66000 Docld:32273520 Page 6 Cuban-American...page 5 Megumi S ate ت Also on Decmeber 5, 1963 CIA headquarters cabled the Mexico City Station and identified this Cuban-American as Gi lberto Policarpo Lopez, who was born on January 26, 1940. 14/ It stated also that Lopez wa …”

“… M arch 18 which was being pouched to headquarters ters on on March March 20 20 21/ The Next da y City: On March 20 the Depu ty Chief of the Mexico City Station cabled a classified mes sage to headquarters in which it was the MArchreports stated that t he information contained in the earlier …”

“… TION AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 61-10-02 Document Information ORIGINATOR: HSCA FROM: TO: TITLE: COMPILATION OF CONCLUSIONS AND OTHER RHETORIC FROM MEXICO CITY REPORT DATE: 00/00/0000 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS: DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION: RESTRICTIONS: CURRENT STATUS: DATE OF LAST REVIEW: OPENING CRITER …”

“73543 Page 1 1 3 COMPILATION OF CONCLUSIONS AND OTHER RHETORIC FROM Note: MEXICO CITY REPORT (Lopez) I thought that the following excerpts would be useful for the reviewers. I have attempted to organize the excerpts by subjec …”

“… in this file review that Silvia Duran was either an American or Mexican intelligence agent.) ....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 19 …”

“… ge interviews with LICHANT/1 (Manuel Calvillo), LICOOKIE/1 (June Cobb), who may have had information related to Lee Harvey Oswald's trip to Mexico City. 990/ The Central Intelligence Agency declined to aid the Committee in this aspect of the investigation.991/ The Committee returned to Mexi …”

“… obtained a local liaison y I agreement for similar harassment in the event of future . ge. Cubana flights to Sao Paulo. S/ - €P033 .- c. Mexico City station inspired a press campaign - of hoof and mouth and smallpox epidemics in Cuba, prior *to the Architects Congress to discourage pa …”

“SECRET -7- IV. Control of Transfer of Fundsnes Department of State .. , . a. Instructed Embassy Mexico City to inform the 1 :s . Mexican airline SAESA that their proposal to purcbaseonn 1surplus Cuban aircraft would in fact result in the .9 acc …”

“… avel to Communist countries to have their travel approved by a 2 newly created Costa Rican security agency. : £0 Y983: g. CIA Station in Mexico City developed information. concerning the clandestine arrival of passengers in Vera Cruz GROUP 1 SECRET dwe 50955 Docid: 32276192 Page ag”

“… ot possessing visas would be prevented from leaving their aircraft, or would be returned to their point of.origin. d. Instructed Embassy Mexico City on August 29 to inform the Mexican airline CMA that the United States is opposed to a proposal that CMA operate charter flights to? SEC …”

“… -2, CMC-7, JCS-45, OSD-1 RO/RO/RO OSD SDLU-1, STATE-15, CIA-1 NS PRIORITY XPD-3, ISI-2, IDS-2 0 (112) (R 231S41Z Mr 25Feb62) FM USAIRA MEXICO CITY TO CSAF WASH DC 1127 USAF FAG FT BELVOIR VA//P INFO CIARC ALBROOK AFB CZ USAIRAS GUATEMALA BRAZIL VENEZUELA BT CONFIDENTIAL XX CITE C …”

“… ed especially to Honduras by Radio Havana. Many Hondurans are in Cuba under the "scholarship" program.| • m. Mexico: The Cuban embassy in Mexico City, the consulate in Merida, and the "Cuban-Mexican Cultural Center" in Merida have all8 engaged in”

“… FOR 37) 4 LOMBARDO'S TRIP TO BRAZIL PRECEDENCE ROUTINE DATE OF REFERENCES INFO. 12 FEBRUARY 1963 IN 67594 PLACE & DATE ACO. MEXICO, MEXICO CITY (12 FEBRUARY 1963) APPRAISAL 2 FIELD REPORT NO. HMM 7016 THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CO …”

“… SIDENT TO KNOW ABOUT HIS TRIP TO BRAZIL AND WHY HE WAS FeA D/NCGOING. HE ASKED ROMERO TO TELL LOPEZ MATEOS THAT HE WOULD LEAVE DTS D/Pi MEXICO CITY FOR RIO DE JANEIRO ON 13 FEBRUARY, AND EXPECTED TO BE D/Sr P/L BACK IN MEXICO CITY ON 23 FEBRUARY, LOMBARDO TOLD ' ROMERO HE WOULD SOMA …”

“… ending to travel to Communist countries to have their travel approved by a newly created Costa Rican security agency. 'g. CIA Station is Mexico City developed information concerning the clandestine arrival Of passengers in Vera Crus on Cuban merchant ships. Efforts are being made to ob …”