“… if Ms. Cobb was also an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Phillips stated that he recalls three or four members of the Warren Commission staff coming to Mexico. He said that he may have chatted with them informally but he had no formal’ dealings with them. He said that they …”
“Phillips, page 10. COMMITTEE SENSITIVE Warren Commission staffers who were in Mexico wanted to talk to Duran. He said that he knew Clarence BOONSTRA well, that the last he heard he was in North …”
“… E; LEE HARVEY OSWALD, THE CIA AND MEXICO CITY.. Part I. I. Introduction. 014972 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' Investigation, (p. 3. …”
“… House Select Committee on Assassinations 6/6/78 Interviewo of Silvia Tirado. (p. 191.) CIA Information Not Available at the Time of the Warren Commission Investigation. (p. 194.) a. LIRING/3 Allegation. (p. 194.) b. Possibility that Silvia Duran was an Agent for either American, Mexican or …”
“… rs accurately and expeditiously after the assassination? 8) Was the information developed by the CIA in Mexico City communicated to the Warren Commission in an accurate and expeditious manr er? 9) Did the CIA photo-surveillance of the Cuban and Soviet diplomatic compounds in Mexico City, …”
“… wrest 9 SPE 9.09 - B (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled c ocuments.) -3' B. Differences Between the Warren Commission Investigation of Lee Harvey Oswald's Activities in Mexico City and the House Select Committee on Assassination's Investigation. The a …”
“… l respects. The identities of these sources cannot be disclosed without destroying their future usefulness to the United States.2/ The Warren Commission d d not print anything in the twenty-six volumes of evidence to support its statement that Silvia Duran’s testimony was confirmed by "co …”
“… phic surveillance of the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic compounds, information developed by the CIA in Mexico was generally relayed to the Warren Commission in an accurate 099. and expeditious manner. - . 9) It is the conclusion of this Committee that the CIA's photo-surveillance W k op …”
“… rren Report, pp. 299-304, 733-73.6. In support of < - its account of Oswald's contacts with the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic missions, the Warren Commission pub- lished the following as exhibits: 1) A note from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Swiss Ambassador in Cuba, (Commissio …”
“(6) Alisting letter from J. Ed.gar Hoover to the Warren Commission the contents or the Federal Bureau of Investi- gation's file holdings on Lee Harvey Oswald prior to the assassination. (Commission Exhib …”
“… e for this allegation was Winstor Scott's widow, Janet.396/ Mr. Watson stated that he 1 bought the CIA Mexico City Station had given the Warren Commission all the material, in its possession but, he added, he also knew that Winston Scott was capable of "phonying a photo if asked to produce …”
“… Mr. Piccolo remembered that both of these photographs were taken from above Oswald and to his left.419/ Mr. Piccolo was shown a copy of Warren Commission Exhibit #237, the famous Mexico Mystery Man photograph. He stated that this was definitely not the man in the photographs exhibited to h …”
“… he 21 October 1964 Washington Post. The article, by Robert S. Allen and Paul Scott, is entitled II "CIA Withheld Vital Intelligence 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 …”
“… Warren Report, pp. 299-304, 733-736. In support of • its account of Oswald's contacts with the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic missions, the Warren Commission pub lished the following as exhibits: 1) A note from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Swiss Ambassado: in Cuba, (Commission …”
“6) A letter from J. Edgar Hoover to the Warren Commission listing the contents of the Federal Bureau of Investi gation's file holdings on Lee Harvey Oswald prior to. the assassination. (Commiss …”
“… ead memorandum to J. Lee Rankin from Richard Helms re: "Hours of Work at the Cuban and Soviet Consulates. (Commission Exhibit 2568.) 2/ Warren Commission Report, p. 305. 3/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, un- -dated, pp. 1-2; David A. Phillips Testimony, 11/27/76, p. 1 …”
“… k Andersen from Winston Scott, 11/27/63, with seven attachments. 472/ Ibid. 473/ Ibid., p. 1. 474/ Ibid. ' . 475/ Ibid., p. 9.■ 476/ Warren Commission Testimony of Pamela Mumford, 5/19/64, Vol. II, p. 217; Warren Commission Testimony of Evaristo : f. Rodriguez, 7/21/64, Vol. II, p. 341; …”
“… nd pos sible associates as opposed to the substance of the in formation available to the CIA Station prior to the assassination. 479/ Warren Commission Exhibit 2121, p. 112. 480/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78. 481/ CIA Transcript from Russiar Embassy, 10/1/63 …”
“… - 42 - 612/ See Section III, A, 1, above. 613/ Note on Article by Robert S. Allen and Paul Scott, "CIA Withheld Vital Intelligence from Warren Commission,” 10/21/64. 614/ The Chief of the Mexico Branch at Headquarters has told this Committee that it is his belief that the tapes were proba …”
“… e Mexican authorities to take the responsibility for the whole affair." 701/ When the Central Intelligence Agency began to work with the Warren Commission, Headquarters cabled the Mexico 7e—.. 20 0000 * 9-4* ~iba Classification: Classified by derivation: NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 250”
“… ial extracted from CIA—controller: documents.) - 188 - TOD 10 SETRFT City Station that its plan in passing information to the CLUALI Warren Commission was to eliminate mention of telephone taps in order to protect their continuing operations. 702/ Headquarters cabled that it would rely o …”
“… all whether or not Oswald later telephoned her at the - n Consulate number that she have him.707b/ Had the statements been included, the Warren Commission's conclusions would not have seemed as strong.”
“The Warren Commission staff was not completely satis fied with Ms. Duran's ten page signed statement obtained by the Mexican authorities. W. David Slawson wro …”
“… Embassy consisted of anything other than an attempt to travel to Cuba, Silvia 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 …”
“… proximately five feet six, with sparse blonde hair, weighing about 125 pounds. 738/ 2. CIA information not available at the time of the Warren Commission investigation a. LIRING/3”
“… fl b. The possibility that Silvia Duran was an agent for either American, Mexican or Cuban Intelligence Since the publication of the Warren Commission 1 Report in September 1964, critics have written about the possibility that Silvia Duran was an intelligence agent for either the Americ …”
“… recruiting a former Cuban Ambassador to Mexico named Lechuga. 757/ Mr. Phillips was shown a memorandum written by W. David Slawson of the Warren Commission staff regarding a trip to Mexico by Warren Commission staff members which said: Mr. Scott's (Chief of the CIA Station in Mexi co City) …”
“… late between 15 and 20 minutes on each visit. 802b/ C. Elena Garro de Paz On October 5,1964, eleven days after the publication of the Warren Commission Report, Elena Garro de Paz' story| alleging Lee Harvey Oswald’s presence at a party in Mexico City attended by Cuban government personnel …”
“… nformation to Head quarters expeditiously. VII. Analysis of Lee Harvey Oswald's Activities in Mexico City A. intreductien After the Warren Commission published its report two very important allegations related to Lee Harvey Os wald's activities in exfca City came to the attention of …”
“… d that he met Lee Harvey Oswald on the canpus of 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/ …”
“… 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 intensive investi gation to determ …”
“… al extracted from Ci antrollet JWMIL 8 - 251 - . learn whether anything had happened on his. visa application. 1131/ Subsequent to the Warren Commission's Report, the allegations of Elena Garro 1132/ and Oscar Contreras Lartigue 1133/ came to the attention of the United States investigati …”
“… 64. Article, with note in margin, in Oswald P file, by “ vetine. Robert S. Allen and Paul Scott, "CIA Withheld Vital Intelligence fron Warren Commission," 10/21/64. Blind Memorandum entitled "Delay in sending the first cable about Oswald." “ooas Blind memorandum re: Lee Harvey Oswald/S …”
“… , FBI, State Department. —775/ HSCA Testimony of Barney Hidalgo, 8/10/78, p. 16. 776/ Ibid.. "Sut%. 777/ Ibid.. ■ 778/ Ibid. - 779/ Warren Commission, p. 302. A .A W k . EIP 47 Classification: StGKCI 2001023 'Classified by derivation: K I dl NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 378”
“… he Director, 7/5/67, MEXI 1991; Wx7241, Entry 627, p. 119, CIA #746. 1060/ See Section VI, c. 1061/ See Section VI, D, above. 1062/ See Warren Commission Report, pp. 299-304, 733-736; also, Section I, B, VCand VI A above. Some of themoreprominent are Paul Hoch and Peter DaleScott in the Ass …”
“… tronic Surveillance of Soviet Embassy, 9/27/63. 1108/ Ibid. 1109/ Ibid. 1110/ Ibid.. ,1111/ Ibid. 1112/ The caller said Odessa. 1113/ Warren Commission Report, p. 301. 500 TOD CEPDT OLURL Classification: 2001051 Clawiiled by derivation: a NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 397”
“… 5/ Ibid. 1126/ Ibid. 1127/ Ibid.; also HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Document No. 011775. P. 41. 1128/ Ibid. 1129/ Warren Commission Testimony of Nelson Delgado, Vol. III, p.236-237. 1130Z Warren Commission Testimony of Pamela Mumford, 5/19/64, Vol. II, p. 217; Warren …”
“Classification U. OLUAE 1 (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) - 75 - 1131/ Warren Commission. Report, p. 301. 1132/ See Section VI C, above. 1133/ See Section VI D, above. 1134/ See Section VII D, above. 1135/ See Sections III,A …”
“… VI, above. 1177/ HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Docu- ment No. 011775, p. 95 1178/ See Appendices II and III. 1179/ Warren Commission Report, p. 305. 1180/ See Section VI C above. 1181/ See Section VII, C above. 1182/ See Section VII, B above. 1183/ See Sections VI ABC …”
“… , as he testified, th e Kenne dy stretcher next to the wall, outwardly of the Governor Connally st ret che r. w itness testified before the Warren Commission and he testi- That 13 14 fied that the bullet he found, which was the bullet that was 1 15 16 17 18 19 20 at least alleged to be this one b …”
“ent from Kennedy to Connally ends up on President Kennedy's stretcher. 24 The Warren Commission in t heir examination of this witness 25 NW 66000 Docld:32266459 P age 11 383 1 drew the conclusion that, yes, he did find this bu ll et , …”
“ainst the wall but on the Co nna lly stretcher outwards, so the Warren Commission con- clude d t his bullet had to be found on the Connally stretcher. 14 15 I say this be cause obviously the question as to what bullet whe …”
“… was next to the wall which would be President Ke nn ed y's st retc her , a nd the re were bloody sheets there. He so testi- fied before the Warren Commission. 7 M 21 22 23 Obviously if that testimony in fact is true, it does cre- ate a problem as to how this bullet which allegedly went from Kenne …”
“… u ha d, as he testified, the Kennedy stretcher next to the wall, outwardly of the Governor Connally stretcher. witness testified before the Warren Commission and he testi- That 13 14 fied that the bul let he found, which was the bullet that was 1 15 16 17 18 19 20 at least alleged to be this one …”
“… re- ate a problem as to how this bu lle t w hic h a llegedly went from Kennedy to Connally ends up on President Kennedy's stretcher. 24 The Warren Commission in their examination of this witness 25 NW 66000 Docld:32266459 Page 11 383 1 drew the conclusion that, yes, he did fin d t his bullet, but …”
“… had, as he testified, the Kenned y stretcher next to the wall, outwardly of the Governor Conna ll y stretcher. witness testified before the Warren Commission and h e testi- That 13 1 4 f ied that the bullet he found, wh ich was the bullet that was 1 15 16 17 18 19 20 at least all eged to be this …”
“… cre- ate a problem as to how this bullet which alleg edl y went from Kennedy to Connally ends up on President Kennedy 's stretcher. 24 The Warren Commission in their examina tio n of this witness 25 NW 66000 Docld:32266459 Page 11 38 3 1 drew the conclusion that, yes, he did find th is bull et, …”
“… ople who said the mass of bloody sheets were not on the K enne dy stretcher against the wall but on the Connally stretcher outwards, so the Warren Commission con- cluded this bullet had to be found on the Connally stretcher. 14 15 I say this bec aus e o bvi ously the question as to what bullet wh …”
“/ 1 TOP SECRET 19 1 I provided certain documents to the Warren Commission in 1964? 2 Mr. Nosenko. No, sir. I wasn't aware of this. 3 Mr. Klein. Looking at that document in front of you 4 Mr. Nosenko. Right. …”
“… re. 9 Mr. Klein. Did you ever have an opportunity to see the 10 report?-. 11 Mr. Nosenko. No. The only one which was sent to the 12 Warren Commission, this I have seen. 13 Mr. Klein. Were you aware that the report would be put 14 in your file? TS’ Mr. Nosenko. Must be. 16 Mr. Klei …”