“role." (Emphasis added.) [DIR 85655, 28 November 1963] On 30 November, Headquarters asked the Mexic o City Station to follow all leads and i tips "The question of whether OSWALD acted solely on his own has still not been finally resolved. (Emphasis. added.) [DIR 86064, 30 Novembe”
“letters sen t to (US) lead ers demanding full investigation of case [DIR 88680, 12 December 1963] 1. The Mexico City Station, however, had already initiated a thorough review of its holdings in an attempt ascertain what infor mation was available on Lee Harvey OSWALD, his presenc”
“… OSWALD assassinated the President at the direction of a particular Cuban who met with him in the United States and paid him $7,000 [570]. A letter received from some one in Cuba alleging the writer had attended a meeting where the assassination had been discussed as part of a plan whic …”
“esident at the direction o f a particular Cu ban who met with him in the United States and paid h im $7,000 [570]. A letter received from some one in Cuba alleging the writer had attended a meeting where the assassination had been discussed as part of a plan whic …”
“… ent in the John F. K ennedy assassination. On 15 April 1975, David W. BELI N, Executive Director of the Rockefeller Commission, addressed a letter to the Agency in which he stated NW 65990 Docld:32393815 Page 10 8 "As you know, there have been allegations. that the CIA was involved in …”
“CIA was involved in a plan to assassinate Fidel Castro. F or the purposes of this letter, JFK ASS AS SINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: CIA RECORD NUMBER: 104-10422-10024 RECORD SERIES: JFK AGENCY FIL …”
“vi- dence of their complicity, signs they putting out propaganda about case. (Emphasis added.) "F YI only, Soviet intelligence in India had letters sent to (US) leaders demanding full investigation of case [DIR 88680, 12 December 1963] 1. The Mexico City Station, however, had alr”
“… OSWALD assassinated the President at the direction of a particular Cuban who met with him in the United States and paid him $7,000 [570]. A letter received from some one in Cuba alleging the writer had attended a meeting where the assassination had been dis cussed as part o f a plan wh …”
“… tatement appears to be gratitous Warren Commission did not ask about the ALVARADO case until 21 April 1964. On that date RANKIN-addressed a letter to Richard HELMS in which he stated inter alia "We are aware, of course, from previous reports that the allegations made by ALVARADO were”
“… ion which emphasizes the specific conclusions which he made based on the responses by ALVARADO in answering key questions on this matter." (Letter to Richard HELMS, DDP, dated 21 April 1964 from J. Lee RANKIN, General Counsel.) The Agency responded on 1 June 1964. (Memorandum to J. Lee …”
“… tatement appears to be gratitous Warren Commission did not ask about the ALVARADO case until 21 April 1964. On that date RANKIN-addressed a letter to Richard HELMS in which he stated inter alia "We are aware, of course, from previous reports that the allegations made by ALVARADO were t …”
“… ion which emphasizes the specific conclusions which he made based on the responses by ALVARADO in answering key questions on this matter." (Letter to Richard HELMS, DDP, dated 21 April 1964 from J. Lee RANKIN, General Counsel.) The Agency responded on 1 June 1964. (Memorandum to J. Lee …”
“taff Central Intelligence Agency Langley, Virginia Dear Walt: January 12, 1976 REVIEW STOAFR 76-0083 This letter will confirm verbal requests made by Mr. Dwyer of the Senate Select Committee staff to Mr. Dan Nieschur re- garding materials pertaining to …”
“… 4. Dispatch, HMMA 22533, November 22, 1963, from Willard C. Curtis to Chief, WH Division (copy of original with handwritten notations). 5. Letter, to J. C. from Win, November 22, 1963. 6. Memorandum; November 22, 1963; from Acting Chief, SR Division to ADDP; "Subject: Contact of Lee O …”
“… t: Lee Harvey Oswald, December 2, 1963. J. Oswald 201 File ХАА2 22414 1. "Soviet Use of Assassination and Kidnapping" (26 pages) with cover letter from Helms to Rankin. 2. Memo for the record, March 3, 1964, from Lee H. Wigren C/SR/CI/R. 3. Memo for the record, February 18, 1964, from …”
“… ve uncovered evidence that all three denied visiting the Odio apartment and that the FBI had obtained their denials before Hoover wrote his letter to the Warren Commission. : The investigators have also obtained the tape of a fascinating conversation, predicting two weeks in advance th …”
“… he answer to the first question. — Mr. DULLES. I have one question I would like to put to you on the first ques tion and answer in your letter of April 6, in Exhibit 833—the Bureau’s letter of April 6. You refer, first, to the fact that the first news”
“… eviously marked Commission Exhibit No. 834 foi identification, was received in evidence.) " Mr. Stern. Mr. Belmont, can you identify this letter dated February 6 with an attached affidavit which has been marked for identification! as Commission Exhibit No. 835? (The document refer …”
“… tely clear on this point, was Lee Oswald ever an agent of the FBI? Mr. BELMONT. Lee Oswald was never an agent of the FBI. Mr. STERN. The letter of February 6, 1964, from Mr. Hoover, alludes to testi mony furnished the Commission by District Attorney Wade. Have you subse quently …”
“… d the rumor about Oswald as an in formant, but felt obliged to call it to the attention of the Commission? Mr. BELMONT. The Commission’s letter so advised us. Mr. STEEN. Mr. Chairman, may this be admitted with No. 835? The CHAIRMAN. It may be admitted under that number. (The docu …”
“13-00000 » I I have read the affidavits, and they were compiled as an enclosure and sent over with this letter. Mr. Stern. You have reviewed them in preparation for your testimony before the Commission?. Mr. Belmont. Yes, sir.• Mr. Stern. To your …”
“Mr. Belmont. This is a letter dated March 31, 1964, to the Commission from the FBI to which is attached the instructions contained in our manuals as to the type of inf …”
“… n’s convenience to date each one of these papers as of a certain date. It is quite difficult going through it now without referring to the letter in each case to determine whether the instructions are as of the date of the assassination or as of the present date?. Mr. Belmont. We c …”
“are selective in this list. You purport to be selective in the numbers that you are going to convey to, the names you are going to convey to, the Secret Service. Mr. Belmont. We endeavor to use good judgment, sir. Now, as you indicate there are what, 190 million people in thi”
“… day voluntarily, % 1 the loan of 139 men will be felt. Representative Ford. 169. - Mr. Belmont. I believe it was 139, sir. I think the letter says 139. Mr. Stern. 139 on 16 separate occasions. Mr. Belmont. Yes. I do not wish to overplay this. We are not complaining. We do feel …”
“… about Buchanan’s background? Mr. Belmont. No, sir; I do not recall. Mr. DULLES. I wish you would check.: Mr. Belmont. We can send you a letter. The Chairman. We have the record. . - Mr. McCloy. He seems to be very much Ivy League, Lawrenceville School and Yale. Mr. DULLES. He w …”
“… ployee, or as an informant. Mr. Rankin. I call your particular attention to Exhibit 835, and suggest that you will find that that is your letter, together with your affidavit about this subject matter, and other matters that you furnished to us concerning this particular subject. ' …”
“… is correct. - Mr. Rankin. Do you wish to add anything? ■ - Mr. Hoover. No; there is nothing that I desire to add to what appears in this letter and my affidavit which accompanied it to the Commission. — Mr. Rankin. You have provided many things to us in assisting the Commis sion …”
“13-00.000 % Mr. HOOVER. I know of no substantial evidence of any type that would support any contention of that character. I have read all of the requests that have come to the Bureau from this Commission, and I have read and signed all the replies that have come to the Co”
“are still running out letters of that character and in turn making a report to this Commission upon it, notwithstanding the fact that on the face of it the allegation is without any foundation. Individuals who could not have known any of the facts have made, some very strange ”
“… ny gap in the investigation so it can be tied down. Recently the National Enquirer had a fantastic article in it as to the existence of a letter that had been written or a request that had been made by the Depart ment of Justice to Chief Curry of the Dallas Police Department, to wi …”
“13-00000 erence in the Department files to the alleged letter from any Department of Justice official to Chief Curry nor any reference that an FBI official was asked to request , the Dallas police no …”
“… ts. Yet, when we investigate they will frankly admit that the statement is an entire falsehood, or that they don’t know why they wrote the letter or why they made the statement. But, nevertheless, we have the record and generally in those instances we try to get a signed statement f …”
“Communist agent, President Kennedy, and Buchanan’s allegations are that the extreme right assassinated the President and this fellow’s allegations are that the Communists assassinated the President. Would you care to com ment? Have you read that piece? Mr. HOOVER. I have rea”
“tape of writing letters back and forth. In order to orally relay information which has come to his? attention, our representative can immediately phone it over to the FBI, and if ( there is need, for instance, to meet a plane coming in to New York or a boat that is docking at”
“13-00000 If you went through this letter-writing process and the paper war that goes on so often in the Government it might take a week or 10 days. The FBI does have 10 legal att …”
“… Mr. HOOVER. Thank you.- Mr. Rankin. Mr. Hoover, I hand you Exhibit 863 and ask you to examine that and state whether or not that is the letter that you referred to in which you answered questions of the Commission concerning the National Enquirer magazine or newspaper? Mr. Hoove …”
“… the National Enquirer? - Mr. Hoover. Yes; that is the one. - Mr. Rankin. I call your attention to Exhibit 836 and ask you if that is the letter that you referred to which describes the criteria in the handling of the security of the President that you have described in your testimo …”
“… ticle but operating within the law has not interfered with our work. Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Hoover, I ask you about Exhibit 825 which is first a letter and then encloses certain affidavits of your agents. Mr. HOOVER. Yes, sir. Mr.”
“… hibits 864 and 865, and ask you if you have seen those before or, you have seen the original of 864 and 865 is a photostatic copy of your letter to us in answer to 864, is that correct? Mr. Hoover. That is correct; yes. I recall very distinctly. Mr. Rankin. Do you recall those lett …”
“… sident, and have it admitted to this record under that number. The Chairman. Yes; it may be. Representative Ford. Also a number for this letter Mr. Hoover is going to submit. Mr. Rankin. May I assign 867? - The Chairman. Yes. (Commission Exhibit Nos. 866 and 867 were marked for …”
“… . You think they would? Mr. ROWLEY. Yes, sir. Mr. DULLES. You think they understand that? Mr. ROWLEY. Well, as we stated in the covering letter when we sent this out—we haven’t gotten any reaction—we asked tor their cooperation and sug gestions in connection with such guidelines. …”
“… " (A) (B) RECIPIENT(S) 9 December 1963 DIR 8779 6 87796 Subjec t: None given. "1. The American Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, has received a letter mailed 25 Nov ember 1963 in”
“en. "1. The American Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, has received a letter mailed 25 Nov ember 1963 in Stockholm alleging that the assassination of President Kennedy was arranged by the Red Chinese. The letter purp …”
“… ." (A) (B) RECIPIENT(S) 9 December 1963 DIR 87796 87796 Subject: None given. "1. The American Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, has r eceived a letter mailed 25 November 1963 in Stockholm alleging that the assassination of President Kennedy was arranged by the Red Chinese. The letter purpo …”
“… assy in Stockholm, but no such official is assigned there and there is no r ecord of Chinese official by this name anywhere abroad. "2. The letter is written in broken English and stated that the Chinese communists got in contact with OSWALD when he was in the Soviet Union. When OSWALD …”
“St ati on in Stockholm judges this to be a crank letter. The original lett JFK ASSESSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION F ORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: CIA RECORD NUMBER : 104-10428-10135 RECORD SERI …”
“… " (A) (B) RECIPIENT(S) 9 December 1963 DIR 87796 87796 Subject: None given. "1 . The American Em bassy in Stockholm, Sweden, has received a letter mailed 25 November 1963 in Stockholm alleging t hat the assas”
“ockholm, Sweden, has received a letter mailed 25 November 1963 in Stockholm alleging t hat the assas sination of President Kennedy was arranged by the Red Chinese. The letter pur …”
“9 December 1963 DIR 87796 87796 Subject: None given. "1. The American Embassy in Stockholm, Swede n, has received a letter mailed 25 November 1963 in Stockholm alleging that the assassination of President Kennedy was arranged by the Red Chinese. The letter purpo …”