Results for CABLE CONCERNING OSWALD CALL TO SOVIET EMBASSY

“Moscow so she could ap- pear at Embassy for visa interview. His Ameri- can passport was returned to him. U.S. Embassy Moscow stated twe nty months of realities of l ife in Soviet Union had cle arly had a maturing effect on OSWALD. (3) Latest Headquarters information was an FBI re”

“sel. "At the conference held in my office last Thursday, March 12, we agreed to f orward to you cert ain documents. Those documents accompany this letter and they are as follows: "1. Three ring loose-leaf notebook containing a file entitled "Lee Harvey OSWALD and Marina OSWALD, D”

“d left the office slamming the door. On 28 Sept OSWALD went to the Consul General of the Sov Union t o request a visa for Russia. He said i n helping hi s cas e, t hat his wife was a Sov c itizen; t hat he was a mil itan t Communis t and had lived three yrs in Russia. OSWALD told”

“no contacts between OSWALD and Cubans or representatives of the Cuban Government there or elsewhere. Comment: Independent sources, however, reported on visits by OSWALD to the Cuban. as well as Soviet Embassies in Mexico City between 29 September and 3 October 1963 and on his (ap”

“there. He ordered that all records in Minsk pertaining to OSWALD’s stay there, as well as an explanation of the meaning of the statement about influencing OSWALD, be flown immediately to Moscow by military aircraft. NOSENKO personally read the explanation from Minsk concernin”

“2, we agreed to forward to you certain document s. Thos e documents accompany this lette r a nd they are as follows: "1. Three ring loose-leaf notebook containing a file entitled "Lee Harvey OSWALD and Marina OSWALD, Docu mentary Record of Contacts with the United States Departme”

“of the intelligence community (as an ex-Marine OSWALD was a Navy and FBI case under the Delimita ti ons Agreement, and potentially of interest to the Department of State)--turned up matches based on content with materials intercepted on 27 and 28 September 1963. These matches wer”

“and 5 SECRET NW 65924 Docld:32346380 Page 6 SECRET grow until there has been a full disclosure by th ese governments of all elements of OSWALD's handling and stay in the Soviet Union The and his contacts in Mexico City. Warren Commission report should have left a wider "window" f”

“ractice, had been erased and re-used. NW-65990 Bodid:92374461Rager 5 SECRET 104-10196-10000 1 SECRET 12 It must be stressed that the voice intercept and photographic coverage was not (and normally is not) processed in "real time." The means of acquisition and the volume of the in”

“Information Residence in the USSR Prior to OSWALD’s arrival in the USSR, he was completely unknown to the KGB. Moreover, upon receipt of his visa application, the KGB Second Chief: Directorate determined that he was not of sufficient importance to justify any special inter”

“sues which concerned the Commission. He remarked that members of the Commission could not understand why cia had not begun an investigation of OSWALD as soon as it received word that he had defected. I noted that this question had been discussed with Mr. RANKIN and his staff and ”

“at he would have to consult his government, that the paper work req uired 1 0 to 12 days. OSWA LD, b ecause of his irritable character , became annoyed w ith AZ CUE and le ft th e office s lamming the door. On 28 Sept OSWALD went to the Consul General of the Sov Union to request ”

“ALD. Just about this time, he (SUBJECT) stated that his superior walked into the office and directed NW 65990 Docld:32393154 Page 5 SECRET 1. LESNIK, George M. (A) 262 622 CSD SD/1 SECRET the SUBJECT to get all the information available on OSWALD and prepare a summary to be furni”

“er Flame of Beriet K SRICI Memo 1. According to an intercepted phone call in Mexico City, Lee OSWALD ves at the Soviet Resay there on 20 September 1963 and spoke with thم Consul, Valeriy Vladimirovich KOSTIDY. This was learned when DEWALD called the Soviet Embassy on 1 October, i”

“e services, or the services of any other communist country, or for that matter of any other country. : "4. "5. Mr. DULLES mentioned other issues which concerned the Commission. He remarked that members of the Commission could not understand why cia had not begun an investigation ”

“*<OSWALD>FILES; TELLING / THE FBI IS PREPARING A LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER KEBICH, ASKING PERMISSION TO SEE THE FILE. _ V/1 BECAMD GRRITABL E AND DEFENSIVESAYING THAT SINCE USG DID NOT DEIGN TO MAKE PUBLIC ALL MATERIAL PERTAINING TO ITS OWN INVESTIGATION OF * THE< KENNEDY ASSA”

“ALD. Just about this time, he (SUBJECT) stated that his superior walked into the office and directed NW 65990 Docld:32373221 Page 5 SECRET -14- ( SECRET LESNIK, George M. (A) #262 622 C SD/1. the SUBJECT to get all the information available on OSWALD and prepare a summary to be f”

“ent A is a resume of the observed activities of Valeriy Vladimirovich KOSTIKOV and Ivan Gavrilov ich ALFERIEV as reported by a reliable source in Mexico City. Attention was given to KOSTIKον because of the indication that he is the consu l who interviewed OSWALD o n 28 September ”

“orwarded as Attachment Bis a resume of telephone calls placed to an d from the Soviet Embassy on the afternoon of 22 November. Analysis of calls made the morning of 22 November and the morning and afternoon of 23 November revealed no pertinent information." 27 November 1963 DIR 8”

“WALD and Marina OSWAL D, Docu me ntary R ecord of Contacts with the United States Department of Stat e and the Immigration. and Naturalization Service. "2. Copies of le tt ers written by Lee Harvey OSWALD to his mother, Marguerite OSWALD, when he was living in the Soviet Union. "”

“its original telegraphic dissemi- nation of the information on OSWALD'S visits to the Cuban and Sov iet Emb assies in Mexico City. Mr. HELMS replied that there had been no CIA action following our initial dissemination. Mr. WILLEMS then asked if there were any liaison problems f ”

“ed "Lee Harvey OSWALD and Marina OSWALD, Documen tary Record o f C ontact s with the United States D epartment of State and the Immigration. and Naturalization Service. "2. Copies of letters written by Lee Harvey OSWALD to his mother, Marguerite OSWALD, when he was living in the ”

“ion on behalf of the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City." 29 November 1963 DIR 85691 Subject: None given. "1. Your attention is called to a series of anonymous telephone calls made to the Office of the U.S. Naval Attache in Canberra, Australia, by a mand claiming to have had knowledge”

“t German visa 694/62 issued at the West German Embassy in Moscow. She listed her final destinat io n as U.S.A. Comment: This confirms information from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to the effect that the OSWALD family traveled from Mes- cow to Rotterdam by rail around 3 June 1962. H”

“d in my office last Thursday, March 12, we agreed to forward to you certain documents. Those documen ts accompany th is letter and they are as follows: "1. Three ring loose-leaf notebook containing a file entitled "Lee Harvey OSWALD and Marin a OSWA LD, Documenta ry Record of Con”

“March 1964, Langley. "1. I talked with Mr. Samuel A. STERN re- garding the Commiss ion's interest in original Agency materials on Friday, 27 March 1964, from 2:30 to 4:00. "2. Mr. STERN hewed closely to the guidelines which had been established between Mr. HELMS and Mr. RANKIN: h”

“BURN" POLICY A COPY-WAS-NOT" RETAINED. A. RETRANSMISSION IS NOT NECESSARY .,? ALSO, IT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY FOR HQS TO PURSUE THE MATTER FURTHER, SINCE SUMMARY INFORMATION-WILL PROBABLY-SUFEICE. ADDITIONALLY, ACOS HAS LEARNED THAT YESTERDAYTHE --------------- AMBASSADOR SUBMIT”

“question of whether or not the OSWALDS’ departure from the USSR — and the circumstances (i.e. timing) of that departure - were unusual or. suspicious in any way. He expressed his belief that they probably were 1 not and cited Soviet relaxation in such matters in the post-Stali”

“of February 12, 164, with all indications of your cinfidential communications tech- niques and conf idential sources deleted. You will also afford members of our staff working in this area an opportunity to review the actual files so that they may give assurance that the paraphra”

“ff when it would be conven- ient to have them visit your Agency to review the files involved." NW 65 924 Docld:32357059 Page 6 SECRET 6 17 March 1964 Letter to Mr. Richard HELMS, Deputy Director for Plans, dated 17 March 1964, from J. Lee RANKIN, General Counsel. "At the conferen”

“nformation on behalf of the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City." 29 November 1963 DIR 85691 Subject: None given. "1. Your attention is called to a series of anonymous telephone calls made to the Office of the U.S. Naval Attache in Canberra, Australia, by a mand claimin g to have had k”

“hould not become involved with OSWALD and that OSWALD should not be permitted to remain in the USSR. There was no attempt to debrief OSWALD because "he was not an interesting person and wasn't normal." ." OSWALD was never questioned on his past nor asked to write an auto- biograp”

“with all indications of your cinfidential communications tech- niques and confide ntial sources dele ted. You will also afford members of our staff working in this area an opportunity to review the actual files so that they may give assurance that the paraphrases are complete. "T”

“bruary 12, 164, with all indicati ons of yo ur cinfidential communications tech- niques and confiden tial sources deleted. You will also afford members of our staff working in this area an opportunity to review the actual files so that they may give assurance that the paraphrases”

“lems requiring paraphrasing.? "if these arrangements are satis factory to you, I wo uld appreciate y our advising Howard P. WILLENS or Samuel A. STERN fo our staff when it would be conven- ient to have them visit your Agency to review the files involved." NW 65924 Docld:32357059 ”

“h respect to any materials described in the third paragraph of our letter of February 12, 1964, whic h hav e n ot hither- to been furnished because of similar security conside- rations. In addition, we will be furnished actual copies of disseminations on October 10, 1963 to other”

“ion on behalf of the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City." 29 November 1963 DIR 85691 Subject: None given. "1. Your attention is called to a series of anonymous telephone calls made to the Office of the U.S. Naval Attache in Canberra, Australia, by a mand claiming to have had knowledge”

“ination as U.S.A. Comment: This confirms information from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to the effect t hat the OSWALD family traveled from Mes- cow to Rotterdam by rail around 3 June 1962. Helm stedt and Bentheim are on the main rail route from Russ ia to Rotter dam . While Lee OSW”

“9 Page 6 SECRET 6 17 March 1964 L ette r to Mr. Richard HE LMS, Deputy D irector for Plans, dated 17 March 1964, from J. Lee RANKIN, General Counsel. "At the conference held in my office last Thursday, March 12, we agreed to forward to you certain documents. Those documents accom”

“Top Secret (SEVENTH DEPARTMENT - January 1962-January 1964) Although the KGB considered it possible that OSWALD might be an American agent, the KGB did nothing to investigate this possibility because "this would be done after the person is allowed to stay in the Soviet Un”

“Contacts with the United States Department of State and the Immigration. and Naturalization Service. "2. Copies of letters written by Lee Harvey OSWALD to his mother, Marguerite OSWALD, when he was living in the Soviet Union. "3. Memorandum dated March 12, 1964, subject: Certain ”

“ion on behalf of the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City." 29 November 1963 DIR 85691 Subject: None given. "1. Your attention is called to a series of anonymous telephone calls made to the Office of the U.S. Naval Attache in Canberra, Australia, by a mand claiming to have had knowledge”

“d the information on behalf of the Soviet Embassy i n Mexico City." 29 November 1963 DIR 85691 Subje ct: None given. "1. Your attention is called to a series of anonymous telephone calls made to the Office of the U.S. Naval Attache in Canberra, Australia, by a mand claiming to ha”

“le entitled "Lee Harvey OSW ALD and Marina OSWALD, Documenta ry Reco rd of C ontacts wi th the Unite d States Department of State and the Immigration. and Naturalization Service. "2. Copies of letters written by Lee Harvey OSWALD to his mother, Marguerite OSWALD, when he was livi”

“described in the third paragraph of our letter of February 12, 1964, which have not hither- to been furnished because of similar security conside- rations. In addition, we will be furnished actual copies of disseminations on October 10, 1963 to other federal agencies regarding in”

“done. 8. At this point Mr. Slawson stated that as a result of our discussion he felt that the question of possible inconsistencies had been resolved. However, he asked that we send a brief written reply to the Commission’s letter of 3 July 1964 embodying the substance of wha”

“f each report or communication described in the second paragraph og our letter of Feb ruary 12, 164, with all indications of your cin fidential communications tech- n iques and confide ntial sources del ete d. You will also afford members of our staff working in this area an oppo”

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