“tion may shed some light on the CIA's file-building procedures. 4. THE 544 CANP STREET CONNECTION 11 The most provocative link between Oswald's activities in New Orleans and the CIA is his use of the address 544 Camp Street on some of his pro-Castro literature. One office in that …”
“… connection was extensively publicized at the time of Jim Garrison's "investigation." Numerous reports surfaced of witnesses who could link Oswald with David Ferrie and others who hung around Banister's office. Unfortunately many of these reports come from sources who must be considere …”
“ilar leads (such as the lost Office box on some of Oswald's literature, and the alias A. J. Widell). : NW.65990 Docld:32374478 Page 6 104-10196-10027 -٢- 3726/75 After the assassination, the fer hi …”
“LD WAS A CIA INFORMANT The Commission heard, and was concerned about, allegations that Oswald had 12 been a CIA or FBI informaat. The Commission's rebuttal rested largely on 13. affidavits provided by Cia Director John NcCone and J. …”
“… de interrogation of the appropriate lower-level CIA personnel. One should also try to specify and evaluate the specific situations in which Oswald might have been approached by the CIA. One obvious possibility was on his recura from Russia. From the existing record, he was not debriefe …”
“… under circumstances which would not have led to it being filed under his name. 18 Considerable publicity has been given to allegations that Oswald was a CIA informant for which there is no substantial direct evidence. It should be noted that it is considerably more likely that he had a …”
“… ure at being investigated by failing to press for satisfactory explanations. 19 For example, the F31 omitted from their original listing of Oswald's address book the name of one of the Bureau's Special Agents; the record strongly suggests that the F3I lied to conceal the fact that the …”
“g in their relationship with Oswald which they thought necessary to hide from the Warren Commission. B. UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CIA AND THE ASSASSINATION This section c …”
“o goes into only a small fraction of the defects in the Commission's case against Lee Harvey Oswald. NW 65990 Docld:32374478 Page 8 104-10196-10027 toca 1. -7- PHOTOGRAPHS OF POSSIBLE OSWALD INPOSTOR IN NEXICO CITY 3/22/15 In October 1963 …”
“chives. It may also be that the unidentified man 21 was an associate of Oswald, or an impostor. 2. : INTERCEPTED CONVERSATIONS BY OR ABOUT OSWALD IN MEXICO Aa Ful report on Oswald in Mexico strongly suggests that the C …”
“ether any such recorded conversations now exist, or to release any relevant records to me, 3. 24 wet DID E. HOWARD HUNT KNOW OF OSWALD'S ACTIVITIES BEFORE THE ASSASSINATION? It has been reported that E. Howard Hunt was the CIA's acting station chief in Mexico City during Au …”
“ormation needed to determine who in the CIA station had substantial coaract with the Oswald case. 4. THE HANDLING OF THE STORY OF "יס" An attempt should be made to understand what role Cla personnel might have played in building up …”
“… nd (by extension) by any alternative to the lone-assassin hypothesis. The Warren Report concluded that Alvarado was lying about having seen Oswald, but did not explore the possible implications of a planted false story. Itts plausible that a major conscious or subconscious motivation f …”
“… m intelligence-related sources, including Watergate burglar Frank Sturgis. 5. 30 CORRELATION OF VARIOUS AGENCY FILES AND ACTIONS CONCERNING OSWALD The files of the FBI, State, and Marines on Oswald before the assassination reflect various peculiar actions which might be explained not o …”
“… e the role of the CIA and the FBI in the investigation of the assassination of President Kennedy, and their relation- ships with Lee Harvey Oswald. Since several agencies had files on Oswald which can be checked against each other, a useful case study of CIA practices is possible. Thes …”
“… mission (as the FBI and the Defense Depart- ment did not). For example, the Cld may not have told the Commission about all their records on Oswald's wife or his activities in Nexico. This memo specifies documents, and people who could clarify the Warren Commission's work with the CIA a …”
“… it might have reflected a, conspiracy. The Commission's investigation was quite inadequate - for example, in not checking out reports of an Oswald look-alike in Dallas who was affiliated with the same anci-Castro group as Odio's father's co-conspirators against Castro. The CIA'S role i …”
“… TRODUCTION Federal intelligence agencies and the Kennedy assassination The utility of a study of the records Pag II. ΤΗΣ ΓΙA AND LEE HARVEY OSWALD Questions about domestic CIA intelligence gathering 1 . 2. Covernment kaguledge of letter sent to Oswald in”
“ns about domestic CIA intelligence gathering 1 . 2. Covernment kaguledge of letter sent to Oswald in Russi CIA attention to Oswald's political activities 3. Computerized file entries for Oswald and others 4. The 544 Camp Street connectio …”
“oncerning Oswald 6. Possible unusual CIA interes: in defectors 7. Possible CIA contact with O swa ld through Alexis Davison 8. Report of Dallas agent famili …”
“… INK BETWEEN THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION AND CIA ANTI-CASTI:O ACTIVITIES 18 A. Summary of the factual basis for an inquiry ١٤ B. Link between "Oswald" and a plot to kill Castro ١٤ 1. Summary of the Sylvia Odio incidenc 15 2. Connection between Odio and an attempt to kill Castro 15 c. D. P …”
“… e last three months, there were ample reasons for an investigation of improper activities by the Cia and the foil in the case of Lee Harvey Oswald, and of the extent of the cooperation between these agencies, and the Warzen Commission. After the assassination, allegations were promptly …”
“es, or preserved there but not released. This includes the purportedly complete files on Oswald of t he CIA, the State Department, a nd the Defense Department (including the Office of Naval Intelligence), as well as a list of the FBI l …”
“… National Security Council meco which (if it exists at all) may well be the result of a disinformation effort." 2 II. THE CIA AND LEE HARVEY OSWALD A. QUESTIONS ABOUT DOMESTIC CIA INTELLIGENCE GATHERING The first three of these questions, may not be very significant in the assassination …”
“, this did happen, why do the Ful and CIA files given to the Commission not fully .reflect this? : T he first known FBI report relating to Oswald starts with the statement that Mrs. llarguerite Oswald "is reported to have purchased 'foreign money trans- fer No. 142,699 at the first Na …”
“ommission that "we d et ermined on January 25, 1960, that lies. Marguerite C. O swald had tra nsh it ted the sum of $25" to Oswald at the Netropole Hotel, this prompted interviews of Mrs. Oswald and her other son. 1 It seems atypical that the contemporary Fill report gi …”
“… not given to or listed for the Commission. The FBI should be asked specifically about their sourc e for this report. 2. 7: CỦA ATTENTION TO OSWALD'S POLIT ICA L ACTIVITIES OfLiv In the summer of 1960, Oswald engaged in various legal political activities in New Orleans on behalf of the …”
“… that the FBI also sent the CIA a report entitled "Fair Play for Cuba Committee New Orleans Division." In fact, this report dealt only with Oswald and "A. J. Hidell," later determined to be his. alias. 8 An attempt should be made to understand the dissemination of that report inside th …”
“… Or al d's CIA file, but that should be checked. : NW 65990 Docld:32374478 Page 5 1 04-10196-10027 1 3. -5- COMPUTER IZED FILE ENTRIE S FOR OSWALD AN D O”
“65990 Docld:32374478 Page 5 1 04-10196-10027 1 3. -5- COMPUTER IZED FILE ENTRIE S FOR OSWALD AN D O THERS 3/24/75 In the CIA file, the "CS copy" of the FCI report on the New Orleans FFCC is starpeil "Index," and handwritten notation …”
“… Bay of Pigs invasion. It is apparently tr ue, as the Warren Report noted, that the CRC had left 544 Camp Street some time earlier, and that Oswald himself never actually rented an office there. However, at the time of the assassination, another office at 544 Camp was occupied by Guy Ba …”
“… sion but released to me under the Freedom of Information Act, it can be firmly established that the FBI knew before the assassination about Oswald's use of 544 Camp Street as an address for the Fair Play for Cube Committee. This fact was not mentioned in the appropriate contemporaneous …”
“… ld:32374 478 Page 6 104-10196-10027 -٢- 3 726/75 After the a ssassination, the fer hid from the Commission the fact that it hod knows about Oswald's use of 544 Camp Street earlier, and suppressed the link to Canister by giving his address (531 Lafayeere Street) without indicating that …”
“n kept from from the Warren Commission and the public strongly suggests that the FoI was keeping han ds off Oswald's activities, quite plausibly because the Bureau believed that he was not in fact a pro-Castro activist but was working for Banister or for …”
“… de interrogation of the appropriate lower-level CIA personnel. One should also try to specify and evaluate the specific situations in which Oswald might have been approached by the CIA. One obvious possibility was on his recura from Russia. From the existing record, he was not debriefe …”
“… s n ot known, but it was extensive enough to net a photograph taken by a tourist-in Minsk which (after the assassination) was found to show Oswald. The question is, therefore, not just whether the CIA ever contacted Oswald, but if not why not. In 1962, Oswald prepared (and had typed) a …”
“… d er circu mstances which would not have led to it being filed under his name. 18 Considerable publicity has been given to allegations that Oswald was a CIA informant for which there is no substantial direct evidence. It should be noted that it is considerably more likely that he had a …”
“… telligence or sace non-official intelligence organization. I have studied in detail how the FB I f ailed to adequately rebut the claim that Oswald was an informaat, and how the Warren Commission responded to Hoover's obvious displeasure at being investigated by failing to press for sat …”
“g that Oswald was an informant from several agents, supposedly all of those w ho were in a positi on to recruit hia or knew of his service, Some of the a …”
“that the FBI interview of Oswald when he was in custody after the assas sin ation was not only to ga ther facts or admissions about the shooting, but was also aimed at obta …”
“… ecord is likely to be productive, so this memo goes into only a small frac tio n of the defects in the Commission's case against Lee Harvey Oswald. NW 65990 Docld:32374478 Page 8 104-10196-10027 toca 1. -7- PHOTOGRAPHS OF POSSIBLE OSWALD INPOSTOR IN NEXICO CITY 3/22/15 In October 1963 …”
“… o have been bugged. A recording of these calls would be important evidence as to whethe r a n impostor was making some of these contacts on Oswald's behalf. The CIA has declined to tell me whether any such recorded conversations now exist, or to release any relevant records to me, 3. 2 …”
“… thh eld) 26; however, they may not include all the information needed to determine who in the CIA station had substantial coaract with th e Oswald case. 4. THE HANDLING OF THE STORY OF "יס" An attempt should be made t”
“tial coaract with th e Oswald case. 4. THE HANDLING OF THE STORY OF "יס" An attempt should be made t o understand what role Cla personnel might have played in building u …”
“… nd (by extension) by any alternative to the lone-assassin hypothesis. The Warren Report concluded that Alvarado was lying about having seen Oswald, but did not explore the possible implications of a planted false story. Itts plausible that a major conscious or subconscious motivation f …”
“… e the role of the CIA and the FBI in the investigation of the assassination of President Kennedy, and their relation- ships with Lee Harvey Oswald. Since several agencies had files on Oswald which can be checked against each other, a useful case study of CIA practices is possible. Thes …”
“quiries. The CIA misled the FBI about the CIA file on Oswald, and may not have cooperated fully with th e Wa rre n Commission (as the FBI and the Defense Depart- ment did not). For example, the Cld ma …”
“… unreported evidence presented here is relevant to the reports that- a CIA attempt to kill Fidel Castro may have backfired against Kennedy. Oswald or an impersonator, in the company of anti-Castro Cubans, visited Cuban emigrce Sylvia Odio in Dallas and was said to feel that Kennedy sho …”
“… t might have reflected a, conspiracy. The Commission's inv estigation was quite inadequate - for example, in not checking out reports of an Oswald look-alike in Dallas who was affiliated with the same anci-Castro group as Odio's father's co-conspirators against Castro. The CIA'S role i …”
“… TRODUCTION Federal intelligence agencies and the Kennedy assassination The utility of a study of the records Pag II. ΤΗΣ ΓΙA AND LEE HARVEY OSWALD Questions about domestic CIA intelligence gathering 1. 2. Covernment kaguledge of letter sent to Oswald in Russi CIA attention to Oswald's …”