“OSWALD WAS TO INVOLVE THE UNITED STATES : IN A WAY WHICH WOULD RESULT IN THE OVERTHROW OF CASTRO. : BOTH THE LEGAL ATTACHE AND THE CAS REPRESENTATIVE BELIEVE THAT ALVARADO'S STATEMENT TO THE MEXICANS MUST BE ACCEPTED AS FACT. THIS OPINION IS CONCURRED IN BY NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT ”
“ate SECRET Action. CONTROL: 19976 RECD: NOVEMBER 30, 1963, 4:13 Ρ.Μ. INRD FROM: MEXICO CITY Info TO: SECRETARY OF STATE 1213, NOVEMBER 30, 3.P.M. IMMEDIATE SECRET. ROGER CHANNEL. FOR ALEXIS JOHNSON. THIS DOCMENT D STATE 12/15/18. MEXICAN AUTHORITIES HAVE INFORMED US THAT THE NICA”
“ewed him At first ALVARADO persisted in his story but on 30 November he ad mitted in a signed statem ent that his whole account about OSWALD was false. He admitted he had not seen Lee OSWALD at all and that he had not seen anybody paid money in the Cuban Embassy. He also admitted”
“Declassify on: ORDER PER SHANG LEHER dtd 2-24-84 #0454 State's info njin "14193 has been declamauil MEXICAN AUTHORITIES HAVE INFORMED US THAT THE NICARAGUAN, ALVRADO, AFTER A LONG INTERROGATION, HAS CONFESSED IN A SIGNED STATEMENT HE DID NOT SEE OSWALD IN THE CUBAN CONSULATE HERE”
“tedly to phone a warning to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City on 20 S eptember as he had previously.cl aimed Instead he had first contacted the U. S. Embassy after the assassi nation. ALVARADO said that his motive in telling this false story was to help get himself admitted into th”
“the Consulate he saw a man whom he later recognized as Lee Harvey OSWALD receive $6,500 in cash t o kill an important person in the United States. AL. VARADO described the circumstances as follows: While standing by a bathroom door about noon he saw a group of three persons conve”
“sh): OSWALD : "I can't go with you. I have a lot. to do." 'The people are waiting for me back there. !". The Negro gave OSWALD six thousand five hundred dollars in large denomination US bills saying: 'This isn't much." Of the one thousand five hundred dollars was for extra expens”
“later in front of the Juarez monument. ALVARADO (Blind memorandum, dated 25 November 1963; Memorand um to Clark ANDERSON, Legal Attache, dated 29 November 1963; And HMMA-22561 5 December 1963, and CSCI-3/779,136, 13 December 1963.] 26 November 1963 Station officer and local secur”
“OGEORGE BUNDY) STATE (ATTN: U. ALEXIS JOHNSON) i. 020995 SECRET Copy Sant to 30 Suret Sevice S 11/26 ON 26 NOVEMBER 1963, GILBERTO ALVARADO, A PROFESSED CASTROITE NICARAGUAN BORN 31 JANUARY 1940 IN CIUDAD RAMA, ZELAYA, NICARAGUA, CAME TO THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN MEXICO AND MADE A ”
“a of the Hotel Francis after which they drove up and down a few streets ALVARADO told them again wha t he had observed in the Cuban Consulate and they gave him 100 pesos and told him they woudl call him at the number 41-07-31, which is the telephone number of the place where ALVA”
“RE ON THE THEORY THAT THE ALVARADO STORY ABOUT HAVING SEEN MONEY PASS MUST BE COMPLETELY DISCOUNTED. MEXICAN AUTHORITIES ARE OBVIOUSLY RELIEVED AND, WHILE THEY OFFER COOPERATION, I DOUBT THEY WILL MAKE ANY INTENSIVE EFFORT TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER. WITH THE COLLAPSE OF ALVARADO WE ”
“FROM AND TO NEW ORLEANS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 17 AND 19 THERE IS ONE APPARENT FLAW IN ALVARADO'S STORY. A SEC OND APPARENT FLAW, ALREADY MENTIONED, IS ALVARADO'S INSISTENCE THAT HE TELEPHONED AMERICAN EMBASSY FOUR TIMES ON SEPTEMBER 20. AND DAYS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING. ACCORDING WHEEL”
“, ALVARADO retracted, the confession he had made to the Mexican autho rities asserting that it had b een extorted from him under pressure. He was then questioned by U. S. authorities using a polygraph-machine ALVARADO volunta- rily consented to the use of this equipment. During t”
“CION, HAD ADVISED THAT GILBERTO ALVARADO UGARTE HAD SIGNED STATEMENT Trotter Tele. Room Holmes Gandy IN WHICH HE ADMITTED HE HAD NEVER SEEN OSWALD HERE IN CUBAN CONSULATE ON SEPTEMBER 18 OR ON ANY OTHER DATE AND THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN ANY MONEY PAID TO OSWALD OR ANYONE ELSE IN CU”
“, I can do this myself." The "source" (A LV ARAD O ?) wa s of the opinion that OSWALD had co me from Havana. When OSWALD entered (the Consulate ?) he was affectionately greeted by a female employee of the Cuban Em- bassy, who has blue eyes and lives at Calle Juarez 407. The "sour”
“UBLISHED PHOTOS THAT THIS WAS OSWALD, NOT SHADOW OF DOBT IN HIS MIND. NW 66000 Docld:32282859 Page 3 3.. SHIRT WITH SHORT COLLAR TABS, NO TIE, DARK GRAY PANTS, CLEAR EYEGLASSES. OSWALD WAS WEARING BLACK SPORT COAT, BUTTONED UP WHITE 9. SUBJ SAW TALL CUBAN JOIN GROP MOMENTARILY AN”
“to a high _official with whom he made an appointment for that same day at 5:30p.m. near the Hotel Ma ria Isabel. Two individuals appeared for the__appointment." According to a note__in the_Mexico Station file, signed by the Embassy Security Officer, A. C. PLAMB ECK dated 25 Novem”
“O LEE HARVEY OSWALD, IS DASH R. OAD RE: JFL BO Classified by tr 42 7-28-83 Declassify - StrawdeemAng RE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH ASSISTANT DIRECTOR W. C. SULLIVAN TODAY. FOLLOWING IS IN CONFIRMATION. WINSTON SCOTT, HEAD OF CIA OFFICE HERE, REPORTED THIS MORNING THAT LUIS ECHEV”
“vember 1963; And HMMA-22561 5 December 1963, and CSCI-3/779,136, 13 December 1963.] 26 November 1963 Station officer and local security officer are inter- viewing a Nicaraguan who claims that on 18 September he saw Lee OSWALD received six thousand five hundred dollars during a me”
“someone. The Negro then said he was sorry that he could accompany OSWALD, saying "You understand my situat ion." To which OSWALD replied: " That' s all r ight, I can do this myself." The "source" (ALVARADO ?) was of the opinion that OSWALD had come from Havana. Whe n OSWALD enter”
“November 1963, a young Nicaraguan, Gilberto Nolasco ALVARADO Ugarte NW 65924 Docld:32357143 Page 7 5 telephoned the United States Embassy in Mexico City. Later that day he met with the Embassy security officer and a Station officer at which time he claimed he had been in the Cuba”
“lygraph-machin e ALVARADO volunta - rily consented to the use of this equipment. During the quesioni ng it was pointed out to him that he was not being truthful, according to the polygraph, in identifying photographs of OSWALD as the per- son he saw in the Cuban Consulate. He rep”
“ssination. OSWALD was wearing a black sport coat, but- toned-up white shirt with short c ollar tabs, no tie, dark gray pants, and clear eyeglasses. He had a green passport in his pocket wore a wrist watch with a yellow band, and appeared to have a pis- tol in a shoulder holster. ”
“ovember 1963, a young Nicaraguan, Gilberto Nolasco ALVARADO Ugarte NW 65990 Docld:32393815 Page 6 5- telephoned the United States Embassy in Mexico City. Later that day he met with the Embassy security officer and a Station officer at which time he claimed he had been in the Cuba”
“A Headquarters, 11/25/63.) [Comment: The first cable in the file announcing ALVARADO's claim is MEXI -7067 (IN 68291) 26 November 1963 ALVARADO at no time appeared at the American Embassy - some of our own reporting is in error, e.g., DIR 85089, 26 November 1963, a dissemination ”
“erto Nolasco ALVARADO Ugarte NW 65990 Docld:32393815 Pa ge 6 5- telephoned the United States Emba ss y in Mexico City. Later that day he met with the Embassy security officer and a Station officer at which time he claimed he had been in the Cuban Consulate in Mexico City on 18 Se”
“his time. 0 NW 65990 Docld:32393815 Page 7 6 ALVARADO was kn own to this Agenc y a s a former inform ant לי of Nicaraguan security service. His reliability was considered questionable by American authorities although he had not been wholly discredited ALVARADO claimed he was in M”
“ALD was wearing a black sport coat, but- toned-up white s hirt with short collar tabs, no tie, d ark gray pants, and clear eyeglasses. He had a green passport in his pocket wore a wrist watch with a yellow band, and appeared to have a pis- tol in a shoulder holster. A tall Cuban ”
“hich reminded ALVARADO of a prostitute and the Canadian then went upstairs OSWALD, the Negro ALVA RA DO left the building momentarily to buy popsicle on the corner; he saw the above three men leave by the Embassy gate near the corner of Tacubaya where they entered a parked black ”
“ants, and clear eyeglasses. He had a green passport in his pocket wore a wrist watch with a yellow b and, and appeared to have a pis- tol in a shoulder holster. A tall Cuban joined the group momen- tarily and passed American currency to the Negro. The Ngro then allegedly said to ”
“e ALVARADO'S alleged mission for JEREZ. [MEXI-7107 (IN 69310), 27 November 1963]. 27 November 1963 d Headquarters states that "in the face of mounting evi- dence that ALVARADO is fabricating his story of seeing OSWALD take money in the Cuban Embassy, urge you fol- low up with his”
“stion him." : [MANA-4609 (IN 68452), 26 November 1963] (Comment: NIC = Nicaraguan Security Service.) 26 November 1963 (date of dissemination) Dissemination by cable to the FBI, State, and the White House reporting preliminary results of ALVARADO interrogation and results of Headq”
“Embassy in Mexico City (FN: This incident is discussed in the Warren Report, pp. 308, 309; Cable fro m Mexico Station to CIA Headquarters, 11/25/63.) [Comment: The first cable in the file announcing ALVARADO's claim is MEXI-7067 (IN 68291) 26 November 1963 ALVARADO at no time app”
“FFICIAL WAS PRESENT WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING WHETHER THERE IS BASIS FOR ALVARADO'S CLAIM OF DURESS. AS REPORTED EARLIER ALVARADO'S STORY IMPRESSED US HERE BECAUSE OF WEALTH OF DETAIL. I DID NOT IN THE BEGINNING KNOW THAT ALVARADO HAD DEFINITELY FIXED DATE OF PASSAGE OF MONEY TO ”
“ORTICOS may have heard through some Russian or Cuba n source in the Mexican Govern ment that DURAN w as asked whether the Cubans paid OSWALD for the alleged assignment 4. While we do not hat ALVARADO's story is beyond all belief it and ALVARADO under do urge that MEXI place most ”
“n officer. may have mistaken Embassy identification-documents for FBI ereden tials. 25 November 1963 ALVARADO claimed inter alia that two persons were in the Cuban Embassy the morning of -25 November 1963 at 1100 who are in-- volved in the plot to assassinate President Kennedy. H”
“ed. ALVARADO claimed he was in Mexico City working against the Cuban communists for his service. The service, how- ever, has denied that he was acting on its behalf. While investiga tion in the United States showed that OSWALD could not possibly hav have been in Mexico City on 18”
“ays he saw OSWALD in the Cuban Em- bassy in Mexico, but based on th e information ava ilable to this Agency as of this date OSWALD visited the Cuban Embassy in Mexico for the first time after 25 September 1963.)" [DIR 85089, 26 November 1963] 27 November 1963 Headquarters suggest”
“was wearing a black sport coat, but- toned-up white shirt with short collar tabs, no tie, dark gray pants, and clear eyeglasses. He had a green passport in his pocket wore a wrist watch with a yellow band, and appeared to have a pis- tol in a shoulder holster. A tall Cuban joined”
“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”
“nd: suggests that "Sh ould case develop to point where Mexico and Head- quarte rs believe it desire able to break ALVARADO, the Station could probably arrange to have NIC officer who handled him come to Mexico to question him." : [MANA-4609 (IN 68452), 26 November 1963] (Comment:”
“t. At the end of September, ALVARADO telephoned the Amer ican Em bassy several times to report his b elief that so meone important in the United States was to be killed. When ALVARADO saw OSWALD'S photograph in the newspaper, he again contacted the Embassy on 25 November. [MEXI-7”
“es, in the company of two Mexican-officials, ALVARADO reverted to his previous st ory. He claimed he did see OSWALD and that he did call the Embassy to report. (Latter state- ment not supported by Embassy investigation.) ALVARADO went on to say that he told the Mexicans he was fa”
“3 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”
“ort pertaining to Gilberto ALVARADO. Comments relating to these portions are in roman charachters 35 At noon on November 25, "D", a Latin American, appeared at the American Embassy in Mexico City (FN: This incident is discussed in the Warren Report, pp. 308, 309; Cable from Mexic”
“relative ALVARADO'S alleged mission for JEREZ. [MEXI-7107 (IN 693 10), 27 Novembe r 1963]. 27 Novem ber 1963 d Headquarte rs states that "in the face of mounting evi- dence that ALVARADO is fabricating his story of seeing OSWALD take mon ey in the Cuban E mb assy, urge you fol- l”
“anners which reminded ALVARADO of a prostitute and the Canadian then went upstairs OSWALD, the Negro ALVARADO left the building momentarily to buy popsicle on the corner; he saw the above three men leave by the Embassy gate near the corner of Tacubaya where they entered a parked ”
“ot appear in photographs of persons using Embassy gate. He admits visiting the Soviet Embassy 6 or 7 times; however, he has not been identified in photographic coverage of Soviet Embassy. [MEXI-7098 (IN 69127), 27 November 1963] SECRET NW 65924. Docld:32356691 Page 8 1. 27 Novemb”
“intelligence Interest in the Harvey story. ? NW-6599001032404366 Page 8 ESTELIOS: 'ON ANDHA T.B.C. 4 REPRODUCED AL ILE FALLONAL ARCHIVES MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Lee Harvey OSWALD a 3 December 1963 } FRT Roquests polygraph of ALVARADO At 1010 hours on 3 December, Mr. Pa”
“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”