“IT IS MY OPINION ALVARADO IS LYING WHEN HE SAYS HIS ORIGINAL STORY WAS TRUE. XSCOTT (5) WHEELOCK AS SCOTT ADVISES WHEELOCK ASSURES ALVARADO WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW IN NICARAGUA IF SO DESIRED.J SUGGEST BUREAU CONSULT WITH CIA HEADQUARTERS CONCERNING DESIRABILITY OF HAVING ”
“nrad T DeLoach Evans DECODED COPY Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel ☐ AIRGRAM XXCABLEGRAM ☐ ☐ RADIO TELETYPE Gandy SECRET CONFIDENTIAL (5) PAGE 2, FROM LEGAT MEXICO CITY NO191 NCR FRANKLYN a. (S) Captun WHEELOCK GARCIA OF NICARAGUAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE IS ARRIVING MEXICO CITY TODAY TO B”
“EXI MANA : CIA HA DECLA.. CITE - DIR 85054 NUMBER JOR UT RYBAT GPFLOOR REF MEXI 7168 RELEASE 2/23/98 1. WHITE HOUSE, ODACID, AND ODENVY HERE ALL ADVISED ALVARADO CONFESSED HE FABRICATED HIS STORY. PLS GIVE LITEMPO 4 OUR OFFICIAL THANKS FOR HIS HELP. 2. BECAUSE, THE RESOLUTION OF ”
“I Requests polygraph of ALVARARD At 1010 hours on 3 December, Mr. Papich of the FBI advised that the Lureau had received a cable last night from the Legal Attache in Mexico City who is in touch with our representative there. He stated that our representative had been informed by ”
“SIST MEXICANS IN INTERROGATION OF ALVARADO IF SUCH ASSISTANCE DESIRED. ☑ (5) Per Ageng Itr 7-28-8 RB THIS MORNING AMBASSADOR MANN EXPRESSED TO US HIS GREAT 4) PLEASURE AT AUTHORIZATION GIVEN FOR CIAXTO MAKE ALVARADO AVAILABLE TO MEXICANS. HE STATED HE FELT THIS WAS ONLY WAY TO RE”
“Alvarado would be available for further interview in SEX: M Nicaragua if the United States desired. Mr. Papich stated that the Bureau would like to have him subjected to a polygraph examination by this Agency and would appreciate receiving word as soon as possible as to whether w”
“i- Communist Section of_the Nicaraguan Office of National Security, NW 65990 Docld:32393817 Page 7 6 On 2 December, Captain WHEELOCK saw ALVARADO during the afternoon for the first time. In a brief-interview, which lasted only-seven-minutes, in the company of two Mexican-official”
“and attachment III for a list of memoranda to the Warren Commission) NW 65990 Docld:3239 3815 Page 5 4a Among these cases, which consumed hundreds of man-hours in Headquarters and abroad and similarly the FBI in the United States and Mexico City was the Nicaraguan, Gilberto ALVAR”
“ve that Alvarado would be available for further interview in Nicaragua if the United States desired. Mr. Papich stated that the Bureau would like to have him subjected to a polygraph examination by this Agency and would appreciate receiving word as soon as possible as to whether ”
“t the allegations made by ALVARADO were the NW 65990 Docld:32393817 Page 5 4 thoroughly investigated by Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Invest igation representatives in Mexico City in liaison with the responsible Mexican law enforcement authorities. Refer- ence”
“rters in MEXI-7069 (IN 68376, 26 November 1963 (q.v.) [DIR 85199, 27 November 1963] 27 November 1963 ALVARADO's story being checked as thoroughly as Station assets make possible He also being re-interviewed in much greater detail. ALVARADO is being moved to safe address. [MEXI-70”
“d attachment III for a list of memoranda to the Warren Commission) NW 65990 Docld:32393815 Page 5 4a Among these cases, which consumed hundreds of man-hours in Headquarters and abroad and similarly the FBI in the United States and Mexico City was the Nicaraguan, Gilberto ALVARADO”
“ve that Alvarado vould be available for further interview in Nicaragua if the United States desired. Mr. Papich stated that the Bureau vould like to have him subjected to a polygraph examination by this Agency and would appreciate receiving word as soon as possible as to whether ”
“to FBI, State, and the White House incorpora ting inf ormation forwarded to Headquarte rs in MEXI-7 069 (IN 68376, 26 November 1963 (q.v.) [DIR 85199, 27 November 1963] 27 November 1963 ALVARADO's story being checked as thoroughly as Station assets make possible He also being re-”
“st of memoranda to the Warren Commission). NW 65924 Docld:32357143 Page 6 4a Among these cases, , wh ich consumed hundreds of man-hours in Headquarters and abroad - and similarly the FBI in the United States and Mexico City - was the Nicaraguan, Gilberto ALVARADO, who contacted t”
“attachment III for a list of memoranda to the Warren Commission). NW 65924 Docld:32357143 Page 6 4a Among these cases, , which consumed hundreds of man-hours in Headquarters and abroad - and similarly the FBI in the United States and Mexico City - was the Nicaraguan, Gilberto ALV”
“one important in the United States was to be killed, but was finally told by someon e at the Embassy to stop wasting his time. NW 65924 Docld:32357143 Page 8 6 ALVARADO was known to this Agency as a former informant of Nicaraguan security service. His reliability was considered q”
“od. FBI says his New Orleans landlady believes he was there continuously between 17 and 25 September [DIR 85258, 27 November 1963] 27 November 1963 (date of cable) According to Mexico Station, ALVARADO story after two in stallments tends prove only that he has been in Cuban Embas”
“ve that Alvarado vould be available for further interview in Nicaragua if the United States desired. Mr. Papich stated that the Bureau would like to have him subjected to a polygraph examination by this Agency and would appreciate receiving word as soon as possible as to whether ”
“in New Orlean s on 25 September and left that day for Texas without paying his rent. He is b elieve d to have been without funds duri ng this period. FBI says his New Orleans landlady believes he was there continuously between 17 and 25 September [DIR 85258, 27 November 1963] 27 ”
“3, NOON PRIORITY SECRET dtd 2-21-84 Stabe Jacks Special Handling ROGER CHANNEL FOR ALEXIS JOHNSON C DURING EVENING DECEMBER 2 NICARAGUAN OFFICIAL WHEELOCK WAS (5) PERMITTED BY MEXICAN AUTHORITIES TO SEE AND TALK WITH ALVARADO FOR THE FIRST TIME CONVERSATI ON TOOK PLACE IN PRESENC”
“your evaluation as to the truth of ALVARADO' s assertions. In particular, it wo uld be helpful if a report could be submitted by the expert who conducted the polygraph examination which emphasizes the specific conclusions which he made based on the responses by ALVARADO in answer”
“ALVARADO.] 26 November 1963. At the appointed place and time the evening of 26 Novem- ber, Rodolfo G AVALDON meets ALAVARADO. They take a ca b t o the c orner of the Hotel Maria Isabel where another American is waiting SECRET NW 65924 Docld:32356691 Page 5 5 SECRET for them ; tog”
“earing this conversation, ALVA rado said that he telephoned the U. S. Embassy in Mexico City several times on 20 September before the assassination in an at- tempt to report his belief that someone important in the United States was to be killed, but was finally told by someone a”
“he Mexican Government that DURAN was 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 searching scrutiny His interrogators must probe deeply into his mak”
“sulate. He replied that he had full f aith in the polygraph, that he would not attempt to refute the re - sults, and that he "must have been mistaken". In addition, he NW 65990 Docld:32393815 Page 8 7 - he changed his story regarding the day he visited the Cuban Consu- late, fina”
“s the same two men from the Embassy whom he had the evening before, at the Jena Restaur ant on the A venida More- los and the Paseo de la Reforma. The two men were accompanied by a third man named Rodolfo GAVALDON. ALVARADO went with these three men to the cafeteria of the Hotel ”
“Keenan should promptly depart for Mexico City to assist in this investigation. Mann was tactfully to ld that while FBI was dis- posed to send Keenan FBI was not assuming Sta te or CIA respon sibiliti es and could only offer ad- vice on policy matters concern ing those Agenci es.*”
“ed States was to be killed, but was finally told by someone at the Embassy to stop wasting his time. 0 NW 65990 Docld:32393815 Page 7 6 ALVARADO was known to this Agency as a former informant לי”
“ed that he should be placed on the p olygr aph. Head- quarters asks that the Station arrange to have ALVARADO releas ed to CIA cu stody for several d ays and ask WHEELOCK to remain in M exi coto assist. A polygraph operator from the Office of Security will arrive on 4 December. H”
“ETYPE Tolson Belmont Mohr Casper Callahan Conrad DeLoach Evans Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel ARA 2/22/93 "FIA Information classified 28837 Classified by 980312/ALIFORMATION CONTALL PHRL. TRB 21/11/2583 STRANGERMAN Declassify on (η OTHER VERY URGENT TO DIRECTOR XX CABLEGRAM Confidenti”
“his parti- cular information appears no where else in ALVARADO's interroga- tions.] 26 November 1963 ALVARADO meets the same two men from the Embassy whom he had the evening before, at the Jena Restaurant on the Avenida More- los and the Paseo de la Reforma. The two men were acco”
“ion Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW 65924 Date: 10-25-2021 ITEM IS RESTRIC TED 104-10102-10 143 SECRET CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY: Gilberto Nolasco ALVARADO Ugarte 18 September 1963- According to ALVARADO's statements made during an inter- view conducted in the morning of 26 ”
“e on the information given in this paragraph. This parti- cular information appears no where else in ALVARADO's interroga- tions.] 26 November 1963 ALVARADO meets the same two men from the Embassy whom he had the evening before, at the Jena Restaurant on t he Avenida More- los an”
“IND ALVARADO'S FABRICATED STORY. STORY. SCOTT ADVISED THAT REPRESENTATIVE OF NICARAGUAN INTELLIGENCE [ SERVICE, CAPTAIN WHEELOCK, DID NOT ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN (S) INTERROGATION OF ALVARADO BUT WAS PRESENT IN ADJOINING ROOM AND 105-3702-17 CONSULTED BY MEXICANS. SCOTT SAID WHEE”
“OTT and agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation that portion of the Lee Harvey O SWALD i nvest igation which con- cerned Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte. "Upon review of our complete file on this matter, we find that we lack full documentation of the inves- tigation conducted of t”
“arters cabled the Mexico Stat ion and stated that the White House had been told the s tory was a fab ri cation. Later that day [2 December), the Mexico Sta- reported it had reason to doubt its earlier conclusion that "D" was fabricating. [Comment: The authors of the Report give n”
“rom previous reports that the allegations made by ALVARADO were the NW 65990 Docld:32393817 Page 5 4 thoroughly investigated by Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation representatives in Mexico City in liaison with the responsible Mexican law enforcement a”
“of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW 659 90 Date : 11 -01-2021 [R] ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10428-1013 5 NW 65990 Docld:32396775 Page 1 1. LEADS INVESTIGATED BY CIA. This list does not include disseminations or memoranda on Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte and Silvia Tirado de DURAN. These”
“exico, and Gilberto ALVARADO. 27 November 1963 Unnumbered (CI/SI) Inf ormation on Ernest o RODRIGUEZ relayed by telephone to S. PAPICH. 27 Nove mber 1963 Unnumbered (CI/SI) Information rega rding photographic coverage of Cuban and Soviet Embassies in Mexico C it y passed to S. PA”
“n order to be at the Cuban Embassy getting his pay-off , as ALVARADO claims, on 18 Sept ember With t his added information, believe Mexico can confidently regard ALVARADO as fabricator and tailor interrogation accordingly. [DIR 85653, 28 November 1963] SECRET NW 65924 Docld:32356”
“p.3) with him. He was apparently quite smitten with t he daughter and tried to call her on several o ccasions after (b.dp.s) the party. The daughter did not take the calls and as a result "Alejandro" wrote several letters to the daughter. Ms. Garro exhibited two of the l etters, ”
“Cuban Embassy in Mexico for the first time after 25 September 1963.)" [DIR 85089, 26 November 1963] 27 November 1963 Headquarters suggests to Mexico Station that "In your investigation, suggest you contact ALVARADO's NIC case officer Tin Moxi SECRET NW 65924 Docld:32356691 Page 7”
“10-25-2021 ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10102-10146 NW 65924 Docld:32356694 Page 2 ( Lab F 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. LEADS INVESTIGATED BY CIA. This list does not include disseminations or memoranda on Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte and Silvia Tirado de DURAN. These two leads have been treated separate”
“se#:NW 65924 Date: 10-25-2021 ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10102-10146 NW 65924 Docld:32356694 Page 2 ( La b F 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. LEADS INVESTIGATED BY CIA. This list does not include disseminations or memoranda on Gilberto ALVARADO Ugarte and Silvia Tirado de DURAN. These two leads have b”
“ale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele. Room Holmes Gandy PAGE TWO FROM LEGAT MEXICO CITY NO. 196 (5) ECONSULTED BY MEXICANS. SCOTT SAID WHEELOCK TOLD HIM HE IS CONVINCED ALVARADO'S STORY WAS FABRICATION(u) ENTIRE MATTER OF ALVARADO'S ADMISSION TO FABRICATION WAS FULLY DISCUSSED W”
“t: Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) 7 when Mann heard of Alvarado's detailed account of payoff, he requested FBI representatives be sent from FBI headquarters to take charge of investigation in Mexico. Request referre”
“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW 65990 Date: 11-01-2021 [R] ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10422-10026 NW 65990 Docld:32393817 Page 1 NW 65990 Docld:32393817 Page 2 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY Gilberto Nolasco ALVARADO”
“Hotel Maria Isabel where another American is waiting SECRET NW 65924 Docld:32356691 Page 5 5 SECRET for them; together they cross the street and enter an apartment in a building at the corner of Oxford, and Reforma. After talking with these men, ALVARADO received 500 pesos and wa”
“393817 Page 1 NW 65990 Docld:32393817 Page 2 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY Gilberto Nol asco ALVARADO Ugarte IN ALVARADO Ugarte, Gilberto Nolasco In the following are cited th ose portions (including footnotes) of the SCHWEIKER Report pert aining to Gil berto A LVARADO. Comments relating”