“… stated that he never resolved the issue. 778/ With no corroboratin j evidence for Mr. Hidalgo’s memory, the Committee must conclude that Silvia Duran was probably never employed by Cuban Intelligence. 1 B. The Cubans 1. Eusebio Azcue .opez When Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly visited th …”
“… te during working hours, requesting an intransit visa to Cuba with Russia as the final destination. 789/ The man showed the secre tary, Silvia Duran, some documents 789a/ which he believed would be sufficient to obtain a visa. 789b/ When the secretary would not grant him a visa,”
“… 207 - SET to the Americans. One of E ena’s cousins told her at the time that (he or she) dd not know who the Americans were except that Silvia Duran (an employee of the Cuban Embassy and the wife ofHoratio Duran), had brought them to the party. 809/ The day after the party, Elena and …”
“… ven in the LICOOKIE memo dated 10/5/64, but with more details. She said that General Jose Jesus Clark Flores (a friend of Ruben Duran's), Silvia Duran, Eusebio Azcue, Emilio Carballido (a pro-Conmunist writer-friend of the Durans), and a Latin American Negro man with red hair (unidentif …”
“… other guests. 898/ Elena, saw the same three men on the street the next. 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 ho …”
“also a friend of Noe Palomares 912/and of President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz. 913/ Calvillo also told Elena and her daughter that Silvia Duran had been arrested. 914/ Classifications 381 2000331 es Shi Coisilien be derivation: a d NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 281”
“also told Elena that Silvia Duran had been arrested before this fact had become public knowledge. 981/ Since a file review was inconclusive, the Committee arranged interv …”
“… ation: SERE aMLAA-L-arocted (This form into the usece for.mo from CIA—controlled documents.) - 230 - Duran, Elena and Elenita Garro, Silvia Duran, Lynn Duran, Emilio Carbillido and Betty Serratos. 982/ The Mexican Government informed the House Select Committee on Assassina 9 tions …”
“… ee Harvey Oswald, on one night while he was in Mexico, attended a "twis: party" at the home of Ruben Duran Navarro, the brother-in-law of Silvia Duran. In addition, the House Select Committee on Assassinations has been unable to confirm the allegation that Lee Harvey Oswald travelled wh …”
“… d that she had seen Lee Harvey Oswald, accompanied by two other mer, at a party at the home of Ruben Duran Navarro, the brother-in-law of Silvia Duran. 1060/ In 1967, Oscar Contreras Lartigue reported that he met Lee Harvey Oswald on the canpus of the National Autono mous University of …”
“… ion, extracted from CIA—controlled documents.”ha.9 "GHd %* 243 applications out of the Consulate to be returned when completed, 1070/ Silvia Duran stated she was certain that Oswald signed the application in her presence. 1071/ Os wald's signature on the Cuban visa application, howe …”
“Classification: __ __ —_ (This form ilftd be used for material extracted from ciA—cermely docua-kanyaitutE0 244 returned Silvia Duran's call. 1077/ This official sta ted specifically that Oswald had visited the Soviet Con sulate. 1078/ On September 28, 1963, at 11:51 …”
“… ts to the Cuban Consulate, and telephonic contacts with both Consulates suggest that the individual involved may not have been Oswald.. Silvia Duran's description of Oswald did not re semble Oswald's true physical appearance. 1092/ This description, which appeared early in the”
“… . 1095/ Another, possible incication that an imposter may also have visited the Consulate is the 9/28/63 intercepted conversation. 1096/ Silvia Duran adamantly denies that Oswald or any other American visited the Cuban Consulate on Saturday, September 28, 1963. 1097/ In light of the CIA …”
“… boration. Yet the Committee feels that it cannot dis- miss these allegations without giving them any considera tion. The testimony of Silvia Duran and the Cuban Consu- late Officials Azcue and Mirabal place Oswald's last contact with the Cuban Embassy on Friday evening, Septem ber …”
“… Elena Garro has claimed. Ruben, Horacio, Lydia and Silvia Duran all admitted that they frequently had twist par ties in 1963. 1139/ Only Silvia Duran recalled Elena Garro attending any of the "twist parties" at the Durans 1 home. 1140/ She recalled Elena and Elena's daughter, >Elenita, …”
“… ims. But other details of Elena's story are very credi ble. Perhaps the most striking is the suggestion that Oswald's relationship with Silvia Duran was more exten sive than just the business contacts in the Cuban Consu- late. 1146/ Another detail is the manner in which Elena's alleg …”
“… , moteriomextracted from CIA- TSEGRL h254 tion is accurate, then that Silvia invited Oswald to a party would not have been surprising. Silvia Duran admitted that the Mexican police had questioned her on this point but denied that she had had an affair with Oswald. 1151/ Ms. Duran den …”
“Contreras Lartigue. 1172/ Silvia Duran admitted that she had told Oswald of two ways in which he could get a Cuban visa: 1) he could get an intransit visa by first obtaining a …”
“… al Autonomous University. On the days when Lee Harvey Os wald allegedly visited the Consulate, Mr. Miller did also. It is possible that Silvia Duran asked him to escort Oswald to the campus. Mr. Miller denied having ever met Oswald. 1174A/ Oscar (ontreras says that Oswald first contac …”
“possible, if Silvia Duran had a more than just a purely business relationship with Oswald,. Classification: 9 $ -7 (P 4 :09 *04 200037 s' $WB or A tie a Classi …”
“… nars in his search for help. 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 presenty the Mexican Ambassador to ’ East Germany and was no …”
“… or from CIA—controlled documents.) SECRET PEextroc-as a Guna - 266 - informed the staff members at this meeting that they had located Silvia Duran, Horacio Duran, Ruben Duran and Pedro Gutierrez Valencia 1'92/ and that each person was willing to be interviewed by the HSCA representat …”
“… ro Gutierrez Valencia was inter viewed at 2:30 p.m. Ruben Duran was interviewed at 5:00 p.m. Horacio Duran WIs interviewed at 5:30 p.m. Silvia Duran was interviewed at 6:15 p.m. At 9:30 a.m. on June 1, 1978, the HSCA staff re- presentatives met with the Mexican police representatives. …”
“… Excelsior. HSCA staff mem ers asked if the Mexicans could persuade the newspapers to reveal the sources of their stories about Oswald and Silvia Duran. The Mexican officials' response was negative. The Mexican Wk officials informed the HSC.A staff members that most of the data we want …”
“… t “a Ernesto Lehfeld Miller. At 5:00 p.m., the wife of Ruben Duran, Betty Serratos, 1205/ was 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 …”
“… ff members met with State Department Official Richard Howard to alert him that the Committee would request the Mexican officials to make Silvia Duran available in Washington for an HSCA hearing. Mr. Howard explained that once we had permission from the Mexican government, the State Dep …”
“Classification: VLUALI (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) :; - 284 - Silvia Duran. Agent Martinez then gave the telephone to Committee staffer Lopez, ^r. Lopez asked Ms. Tirado whether she would be wi11ir g to testify s …”
“23, 1963, CIA No. 636. 696/ Blind Memo re Lee Harvey Oswald and Silvia Duran, November 26, 1963, CIA #473. 697/ Ibid. 698/ Cable from Mexico Citv Station to Headquarters, November .27, 1963, MEXI 7101, CIA 491 …”
“… e Trip to Mexico City, from W. David Slawson, 4/22/6<, pp. 39-40. Last Parenthetical in the original. 709/ Ibid. 710/ HSCA Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Document #011775, p. 17. 711/ Letter HSCA to Mexican govenment, / JFK Document # 712/ HSCA interview of Silvia”
“… terview of David Phillips, 8/3/78, p. 9. 763/ Ibid. 764/ Ibid. 4 765/ Ibid. 766/ Ibid. 767/ Ibid. 768/ Summary of CIA file review of Silvia Duran. 769/ Personality. 770/ The HSCA requested of the CIA on August 20, 1978 an explanation of why there was no "P" file on Silvia Duran, Lu …”
“… s dead. The Committee could not verify Ms. Garro’s allegation.: 929/ CIA Nos. 580-583; Wx-7241, Entry No. 427, p. 92, CIA p. 719; ‘also, Silvia Duran denied the allegation, (see HSCA Inter- view at Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Document No. 011775, p. 81 . Also, see Section VI, A, 2a.) 930 …”
“… cation IUT OLUAL 1 (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) - 67 - 989/ HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Doc. #011775, p. 54 ; HSCA Staff pre-interview of Lydia Duran -6/5/787 - 7. ; HSCA Staff pre- Interview of Betty Serratos, …”
“… on in Dallas and Beyond and A. T. Weberman in Coup d etat in America. 1063/ See Sections V C, VIA and B respectively. 1064/ Ibid. 1065/ Silvia Duran. 1066/ Eusebio Azcue Lopez, Alfredo Mirabal Diaz, Orestes Guillermo ( Ruiz Perez, Nilo Otero, Maria Teresa Proenza y Proenza. 1067/ Noe …”
“… Electronic Surveillance transcript from Soviet Embassy, 9/28/63. 1080/ Ibid. 1081/ Ibid. 1082/ Ibid. 1083/ HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Docu ment No. 011775, p. 19. 1084/ Ibid., pp. 20-23. 1085/ HSCA Public Testimony of Eusebio Azcue, 9/18/78, p. 36. 1086/ …”
“… .) - 73 - 1095/ See Section VI C above and VII B below. 1096/ See Section III A 1 above. Telephone taps. 1097/ HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Docu ment No. 011775, p. 44 1098/ The CIA’s classification of the transcript of this conver sation prevented the HSCA fro …”
“… - 74 - 1114/ CIA Electronic Surveillance of Soviet Embassy, September 27, 1963. 1115/ Ibid. 1116/ Ibid. 1117/ HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Docu- ment No. 011775, p. 31. 1118/ HSCA Public Testimony of Alfredo Mirabal Diaz, 9/18/78, p.119. 1119/ HSCA Staff Interv …”
“… ew of Horacio Duran, 6/5/78, JFK Document 1 No. 011683 p. 9; HSCA Sta ff Pre-Interview of Betty Serratos, 6/1/78, HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Document No. 011775, p. 54. 1140/ HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Docu ment No. 011775, p.91. 1141/ Ib …”
“… 78, JFK Docu ment No. 011775 , p. 81. 1152/ Ibid., p.87-88. 1153/ HSCA Staff Review of LITAMIL 9 file. 1154/ HSCA Staff Review of CIA Silvia Duran file, 1155/ See Appendix 3. 1156/ Ibid. 1157/ Ibid. 1158/ See Section VI, C 10 above. 1159/ See Section VI, C, above. 1160/ See Sect …”
“… 1969, JFK Document No. (11684. 1171/ See Section VI,C, c bove. 1172/ See Section VI, D above for details. 1173/ HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Document No. 011775, p. 95. 1174/ See Section VI, D above. 1175/ HSCA Staff Interview of Si Ivia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK No. 01 …”
“Victor Rico Galan had claimed that Lee Harvey Oswa Id had been Silvia Duran's lover. See also. Section VI, C, above. 2001053 Classification : TOP SECRET Classified by derivation: 505 NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Pa …”
“… any twist parties at the Duran homes. See HS CA Staff Interview of Betty Serratos, JFK Doc. # 011392. 1206/ See HSCA Staff Interview of Silvia Duran, 6/6/78, JFK Document No. 011775. 1207/Danny Flores was one of AMMUG's (a Cuban DG1 Defector in 1964) Security”
“wished to question tti Alberue about Silvia Duran and his knowledge of Lee Harvey Oswald. 1216/ LIRING 3 was a Cuban citizen, Carlos Jurado Delmar who was a source for the CIA. He had re …”
“… nedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW 66000 Date: 11-04-2021 NW 66000 Docld:32271298 Page 1 د Q C. Silvia Duran 0”
“USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW 66000 Date: 11-04-2021 NW 66000 Docld:32271298 Page 1 د Q C. Silvia Duran 0 When President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, the United States investigative agencies--FBI, CIA, Secret Service, …”
“… his point, the Mexico City Station determined that it would request the Mexican government--with whom it had a good relationship--to arrest Silvia Duran (as Silvia Duran was a Mexican citizen, she did not have di- plomatic immunity) because she might shed some light on the circumstances surr …”
“… n, Chief of Western Hemisphere/3, stationed at Langley Headquarters, telephoned Winston Scott, the Mexico Chief of Station, requesting that Silvia Duran not be arrested. (Ibid.) Scott told Whitten that he could not rescind the request and that Headquarters should already have received a cabl …”
“ald and Silvia Duran, November 26, 1963, CIA #473.) She said, "Upon learning about the assassination NW 66000 Docld:32271298 Page 4 Short 4”
“, CIA #473.) She said, "Upon learning about the assassination NW 66000 Docld:32271298 Page 4 Short 4 Silvia Duran and her husband speculated that President Kennedy might have been assassinated for racial reasons. When she became aware that the assassin …”
“… l told her that they would have to consult Moscow which would take four months : That afternoon, Oswald returned to the Cuban Consulate and Silvia Duran confirmed that he could get a Cuban visa only after he NW 66000 Docld:32271298 Page 5 5”