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“ion of germinal significance to any review of the background of Lee Harvey OSWALD'S feeling toward a nd relations with CASTRO's Cuba. DELGADO was probably the closest peer group NW 65924 Docld:32346380 Page 8 SECRET SECRET : member to OSWALD during his specialist t …”
“… ing of OSWALD'S relationship with ツ :. the Cubans starts with a question mark. 11. The period was one of transition in U.S. relations after CASTRO's takeover. Cuban OSWALD, and DELGADO at the outset, were CASTRO supporters, OSWALD being particu- larly keen about how to get to the islan …”
“… N AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : Date: 12/01/04 TO : TITLE: REVIEW OF SELECTED ITEMS IN THE LEE HARVEY OSWALD FILE REGARDING ALLEGATIONS OF CASTRO CUBAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION. DATE: 01/01/1900 PAGES: 27 SUBJECTS: OSWALD, LEE HARVEY CASTRO, FIDEL ROCKEFELLER C …”
“ocld:32346380 Page 1 SECRET SUBJECT : Rev ie w of Selected Items in the Lee Harvey OSWALD File Re ga rding Allega- tions of CASTRO Cuban Involvement in the John F. KENNEDY Assassination REFERENCE : Letter by Davi d W. Belin to Mr. E. Henry Knoche, 15 April 1975, paragra …”
“7 September 1963, Fi del CASTRO appeared at a Brazilian Embassy reception in H ava na ; even more un usual, CASTRO submitted to an informal interview by the Associated Pre …”
“… signing There were differences in the replay by United States newspapers like the New York Times and Washington papers, with a result that CASTRO's "message" was significantly modulated. the limited nuclear test ban. 5. In New Orleans, where Lee Harvey OSWALD resided : until the middl …”
“ncipal morning paper, the Times-Picayune, on Mo nda y, 9 Se ptember, page 7, under a three-c olumn h ead- line: "CASTRO Blasts Raids on Cuba. Imperiled by Aid to Rebels." HARKER by-line: Says U.S. Leaders The story followed under the "Havana (AP) Prime Minist …”
“ecent U.S. prompted raids on Cuban terri- tory, Castro said: 'We are prepared to fight them and a ns wer in kind. U.S. leaders should think that if they are aiding terror- ist plans to eliminate …”
“… ent of the HARKER interview, placing the emphasis on the po- litical aspects in particular, highlighting the GOLDWATER elements and burying CASTRO's warning to the United States leadership in the middle of the p ie ce . - 7. There is no evidence in the files on the KENNEDY assassinatio …”
“… allas killing. More important, the interview appears to have been forgotten in the contemporary political consid- eration of relations with CASTRO'S Cuba. There is no evidence in the Agency records, either, that the Warren Commission staff itself pursued the implication of the CASTRO i …”
“… s to r econsider Lee Harvey OSWALD'S activity on the assumption that as an avid newspaper reader from testimony of Marina OSWALD and others CASTRO warning and threat as reported above. حمن which we know he read the The results ... 4 SECRET NW 65924 Docld:32346380 Page 5 i SECRET 20 qua …”
“… s" in the record that emerge as note- worthy, in the light of other conclusions. These are reviewed and summarized below, item- by-item. d. CASTRO's warning and threat of 7 September 1963 if OSWALD did indeed read 1 Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. KENNEDY. Heari …”
“… ution of OSWALD'S passive/ aggressive makeup after his attempt to kill General WALKER early in April 1963 and his identification with Fidel CASTRO and the : Cuban revolution which is directly trace- able as far back as his Marine Corps service in El Toro, California. CASTRO'S warning a …”
“… ADO contains an assertion of germinal significance to any review of the background of Lee Harvey OSWALD'S feeling toward and relations with CASTRO's Cuba. DELGADO was probably the closest peer group NW 65924 Docld:32346380 Page 8 SECRET SECRET : member to OSWALD during his specialist t …”
“… ing of OSWALD'S relationship with ツ :. the Cubans starts with a question mark. 11. The period was one of transition in U.S. relations after CASTRO's takeover. Cuban OSWALD, and DELGADO at the outset, wer e CASTRO supporters, OSWALD bein g p articu”
“… 0-009-012 15/10/63 IP CUBAN EMBASSY TRAFFIC WAS RYBAT X S CHMMA-22300 *5 201-0218126 15/10/63 - ** T-AO/WH73 AO : C/WH73 PLANS OF JUANA CASTRO RUZ TO LEAVE CUBA BECAUSE OF THREATS AGAINST HER LIFE BY TTDEL CASTRO t HMMA-22301 ** 200-009-037 . 15/10/63 _ C/WH/3 FOREIGN TECHNICIANS …”
“… HONE C DIRECTORY LISTED ONE LUIS ALBERU AS RESIDENT OF MICHELET 7-301, MEXICO, D.F.; TEL NO. 5-45-99-47. 2. ORIGG IDEN H - NO FILE, JUANITA CASTRO E2, IMPDET.>”
“… ents to best meet our capabilities. His efforts appear to be aimed at the possible CIA role with the Mafia, and a double Mafia role with Castro. He has information which implies that Trafficante was playing both sides. The IG, particularly Scott Breckenridge, has responsibility fo …”
“… emming Jr. / and one Roy LNU are being conducted. had also told him about the activity of Lawrence Laborde and Alberto Fernandez with anti- Castro Cuban organizations. There is no available information indicating direct contact between Fernandez and Garrison or his staff. Fernandez liv …”
“… nstated date, polygraphed, and queried re CIA contact. Believed his denial passed muster. Also questioned by Alberto Fowler, (DRE), an anti-Castro organi- zation conceived, created, and funded by CIA. Contact of DCS office, New Orleans. (Further Carlos Jose Bringuier NW 65924 Docld:323 …”
“… rnished information to the FBI and Garrison's office about Hemming and other ex- marines and soldiers of fortune allegedly involved in anti-Castro activities. On 8 July 1967 Hemming and Roy LNU (possibly Collins, an associate of Hemming) went to Garrison's office. Hemming is currently …”
“826. The above CSCI number appears to be the
correct one, according to a copy in CI/SI file No. 568.
26 November 1963
DIR-85069
(WH/3)
Subject: Travel of Pro-Communist Costa Rican Congress-
man to Texas on 26 November 1963.
26 November 1963
DIR-85089
(C/WH/3)
Gilberto ALVARADO, a”
“Message.
26 November
1963
CSCI 3/778,826
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07068
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NW 65924 Docld:3234796
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Descrip
tion of Document and Subject
S
ubject:
Lee Harvey OSWALD, Suspected A
ssassin of
Presi
dent Kennedy. Encloses transcr
ipts of telephone
calls made on 27 and 28 Sep”
“IR-85089
(C/WH/3)
Gilberto ALVARADO, a professed Castroite Nicaraguan,
stated to
U.S. Embassy in Mex
ico City on 26 No
vember
1963 tha
t "on 1
8 Sept
ember
1963
he sa
w Lee Harvey
O
SW
ALD receive six thousand five hundred dollars in
a meeting inside the Cuban Embassy (sic) in Me”
“November 1963
DIR-85662
(C/WH/3)
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W.H.
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W.H.
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cld:32347960
Page 7
Description of Document and Subject
Further interrogation of Gilberto ALVARADO-Ugarte.
28 November 1963
DIR-85665
(C/WH/3)
The H
ague Station r
eports that on
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“ect:
Lee Harvey OSWALD, Suspected Assassin of
President Kennedy. Encloses t
ranscripts o
f telephone
calls made on 2
7 and 28 September and 1 and 3 October
1963
.
26 Novembe
r 1963
CSCI
-3/778,829
(W
H/3)
F.B.I.
STATE
NAVY
S.S.
Warren
Coms'n
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Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD, Suspec”
“ALVARAD
O-Ugarte.
28 November 1963
DIR-85665
(C/WH/3)
The Hague Station reports that on
23 November
1963, a
local Castroite named Ma
ria SNETHLAGE
talked to Thi
rd
S
ec
re
ta
ry
Ricardo
SANTO
S of
the C
uban E
mbassy.
SNETH-
LAGE claimed she knew the Mr LEE [s
ic] who murde
red
P”
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DIR-85069
(WH/3)
S
ub
ject:
Travel of Pro-Communist Costa Rican
C
on
gres
s-
man to Texas
on 26 No
vember 1963.
26 November 1963
DIR-85089
(C/WH/3)
Gilberto ALVARA
DO
, a professed Castroite
Nicaraguan
,
stated to U.S.
Embassy in Mexico City on 26 November
1963 that "on 18 Sept”
“… e of Weapon Poss ibly Owned by Lee Harvey OSWALD. 19 December 1963 CSDB 3 /658,870 (WH/Rep orts) Subject: (a) Disag reements b etween Fidel CASTRO and R aul ROA y Gar cia. (b) Probable Future Pla n of Action for Carlos RAF AEL-Rodri guez. 27 December 1963 CSCI 3/779,297 * Subject: Assa …”
“ssage.
26 No
vember 1963
CSC
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07068
W.H.
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NW 65924 Docld:32347960
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Descrip
tion of Documen
t and Su
bject
Subje
ct:
Lee Harvey OSWALD, Suspected Assassin of
President Kennedy. Encloses transcripts of telephone
calls made on 27 and
28 Septe”
“vember 1963.
26 Nov
ember 1963
DIR-85089
(C/WH/3)
Gil
berto ALVARADO,
a professed Castroite Nicaragu
an,
stated to U.S. Embassy in Mexico City on 26 November
1963 that "on 18 September 1963 he saw Lee Harvey
OSWALD receive six thousand five hundred dollars in
a meeting inside the”
“… ure of Weapon Possibly Owned by Lee Harvey OSWALD. 19 December 1963 CSDB 3/658, 870 (WH/Report s) Subject: (a) Disagreements between Fid el CASTRO and Raul ROA y Garcia. (b) Probable Future Plan of Action for Carlos RAFAEL-Rodriguez. 27 December 1963 CSCI 3/779,297 * Subject: Assassina …”
“Subject:
Lee Harvey OSWALD, Suspected Assassi
n of
Preside
nt Kennedy.
Encloses transcripts of telep
hone
calls made on 27 and 28 September and 1 and 3 October
1963.
26 November 1963
CSCI-3/778,829
(WH/3)
F.B.I.
STATE
NAVY
S.S.
Warren
Coms'n
*
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Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD, Suspec”
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Description of Docu
ment and Subj
ect
Further interrogation of Gilberto ALVA
RADO-Ugarte.
28 November 1963
DIR-85665
(C/WH/3)
The Hague Station reports that on 23 November 1963, a
local Castroite named Maria SNETHLAGE talked to Third
Secretary Ricardo SANT”
“… ure of Weapon Possibly Owned by Lee Harv ey OSWALD. 19 Dece mber 1963 C SDB 3/658,870 (WH/Reports) Subject: (a) Disagreements between Fidel CASTRO and Raul ROA y G arcia. (b) Probabl e Future Pl”
“rts) Subject: (a) Disagreements between Fidel CASTRO and Raul ROA y G arcia. (b) Probabl e Future Pl an of Action for Carlos RAFAEL-Rodriguez. 27 December 1963 CSCI 3/779,29 7 * Subject: Assas …”
“Assas
sin of
President Kennedy. (Encloses transcripts of telephone
c
alls made by OSWAL
D or concer
ning OSWALD between 27
September and 3
October 1963).
NB: This dissemi
nation
may be identical w
ith CSCI-
3/778,82
6. The abov
e CSCI number appears to be the
correc
t one, ac
cor”
“ne
to S. PAPICH.
27 November 1963
Unnumbered
(CI/SI)
Information regarding photo
graphic coverage of
Cuban and Soviet Embassies in Mexico City passed
to S. PAPICH of the FBI.
27 November 1963
Unnumbered
(CI/SI)
Telephone contact with S. PAPICH with regard to
OSWALD's presence in ”
“rvey OSWALD. 19 December 1963 CSDB 3/658,870 (WH/Re ports) Subject: (a) Disagre ements between Fidel CASTRO and Raul ROA y Garcia. (b) Probable Future Plan of Action for Carlos RAFAEL-Rodriguez. 27 December 1963 CSCI 3/779,297 * Subject: Assassina …”
“568.
26 November 1963
DIR-85069
(WH/3)
Subject: Travel of Pro-Communist C
osta Rican Congress-
man t
o Texas on 26 November 1963.
26 November 1963
DIR-85089
(C/WH/3)
Gilberto ALVARADO, a professed Castroite Nicaraguan,
stated to U.S. Embassy in Mexico City on 26 November
1963 tha”
“mber 1963
DIR-85658
(C/WH/3)
On 26 November 1963 a British journalist na
med John
WILSON-
HUDSON gav
e information to the American Embassy
in London indicating that an "American gangster-type
named RUBY" visited Cuba around 1959.
28 November 1963
DIR-85662
(C/WH/3)
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“… lature of Weapon Possibly Owned by Lee Harvey OSWALD. 19 December 1963 CSDB 3/658,870 (WH/Reports) Subject: (a) Disagreements between Fidel CASTRO and Raul ROA y Garcia. (b) Probable Future Plan of Action for Carlos RAFAEL-Rodriguez. 27 December 1963 CSCI 3/779,297 * Subject: Assassina …”
“n to Texas on 26 November
1963.
26 Nov
ember 1963
DIR-850
89
(C/WH/
3)
Gilberto ALVARA
DO, a profess
ed Castroite Nicaraguan,
stated to U.S. Embassy in Mexico City on 26 November
1963 that "on 18 September 1963 he saw Lee Harvey
OSWALD receive six thousand five hundred dollars in”
“PICH of the FBI.
27 November 1963
Unnumbered
(CI/SI)
Telephone contact with S. PAPICH with rega
rd t
o
OSWALD's presence in New Orleans in September 1963.
28 November 1963
DIR-85658
(C/WH/3)
On 26 November 1963 a British journalist named John
WILSON-HUDSON gave information to the”
“… lature of Weapon Possibly Owned by Lee Harvey OSWALD. 19 December 1963 CSDB 3/658,870 (WH/Reports) Subject: (a) Disagreements between Fidel CASTRO and Raul ROA y Garcia. (b ) P”
“3/658,870 (WH/Reports) Subject: (a) Disagreements between Fidel CASTRO and Raul ROA y Garcia. (b ) P robable Future Plan of Action for Carlos RAFAEL-Rodriguez. 27 December 1963 CSCI 3/779,297 * Subject: Assassi …”
“CSCI number appears to be the
correct one, according to a copy in CI/SI file No. 568.
26 Novemb
er 1
963
DIR-85069
(WH/3)
Subject: Travel of Pro-Communist Costa Rican Congress-
man to Texas on 26 November 1963.
26 November 1963
DIR-85089
(C/WH/3)
Gilberto ALVARADO, a professed Ca”