“Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted TOP SECRET from CIA—controlled documents.) - 265 - Appendix 2: HSCA Procedure Write-up Mexico Trip House Select Committee on Assassinations staffers Gary Cornwell, Dan Hardway. Edwin Lopez and Harold Leap ”
“LC #78-2873 24 July 1978 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Meeting with HSCA on Mexican Interviews. 1. Niles Gooding, George Joannides, Rodger Gabrielson, Bill Sturbitts, Marty Hawkins and Norbert Shepanek met with Messrs. Blakey and Cornwell at 0730 Saturday morning. The purpos”
“LG #78- 2873 24 July 1978 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Meeting with HSCA on Mexican Interviews 1. Niles Gooding, George Joannides, Rodger Gabrielson, Bill Sturbitts, Marty Hawkins and Norbert Shepanek met with Messrs. Blakey and Cornwell at 0730 Saturday morning. The purpos”
“1978 JUL 26 2 21 PM 78 : MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Meeting with HSCA on Mexican Interviews 1. Niles Gooding, George Joannides, Rodger Gabrielson, Bill Sturbitts, Marty Hawkins and Norbert Shepanek met with Messrs. Blakey and Cornwell at 0730 Saturday morning. The purpose”
“TTFFFFFF FFFFFFFF NW 66000 Docld:32271653 Page 1 FIRST DRAFT greymeanh 61 El Lojs 012210 NW 66000 Do House Select Committee staffers Edwin Juan Lopez and Harold Leap traveled to Mexico City on August 7, 1978. The staff members were met by David T. Patton at the Mexican airport at”
“PY OLC #78-2873 24 July 1978 entire oks filed HSCA SUBJECT : Meeting with HSCA on Mexican Interviews 1. Niles Gooding, George Joannides, Rodger Gabrielson, Bill Sturbitts, Marty Hawkins and Norbert Shepanek met with Messrs. Blakey and Cornwell at 0730 Saturday morning. The purpos”
“would have to qualify that. We discussed 4,1 49i the subject, of course, in Mexico City at the time of the 25: assassination, or immediately after the assassination. NW 50955 DocId:32277214 Page 9 StunEl ALDERSON REPORTING COMPANY”
“Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) 300 entranceway door was no longer in place. At 1:55 p.m., Agent Martinez telephoned Luis Alberue Sutoto. During the phone conversation, Alberue denied that he had worked at the Cuban ”
“Classification: IUI ULUILI (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) 68 - 1006/ Ibid. 1007/ HSCA Staff Contact Report, 9/5/78, JFK Document No. 011268. 1008/ Ibid. 1009/ Ibid. 1010/ Letter to Elena Garro from Committee, 9/6/78, JFK D”
“E. FORD, TENN Select Committee on Assas៨ tions PP.CAD J. FITHIAN, IND. 14 Luty 1978 ROBERT WEDGAIFA. (202) 225-4624 U.S. House of Representatives 3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515 July 13, 1978 CLC 2137 Mr. Scott Breckinridge Principal Coordinator/HSCA Of”
“Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) 296 the Mexican officials that Mr. Alberue had left town hurriedly on Monday, August 7, 1978. Mr. Martinez, wishing to know when he returned, had placed a piece of scotch tape on the b”
“otel in Mexico City. Mr. Patton told Committee staffers that Larry Steinfield wished to see us at ۱۰ 8:30 A.M. the following morning. On Tuesday, August 8, 1978, Committee staffers met with Larry Sternfield, CIA Chief of Station in Mexico City. He informed the staffers that the t”
“Classification: IUF DLLKL 1 (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) - 76 - 1146/ See Section VI, C above. 1147/ See Mexico City Procedures Write-up Trip 2 Appendix 3. 1148/ See Section VI, C, above. 1149/ See Section VI, C, above.”
“Classification: (This form eipourpun al Extracted from CIA-b 1 Ca SEGKET - 273 Appendix 3: HSCA Procedural Write-up Mexico Trip 2 House Select Committee staffers Edwin Juan Lopez and Harold Leap traveled tc Mexico City on August 7, 1978. The staff members were met by Da”
“for material extracted CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO 293 DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT to alert him that the Committee would request the Mexi- can officials to make Silvia Duran available in Washing- ton for an HSCA hearing. Mr. Howard explained that once we had perm”
“fice and At NW 66000 Do3227ages that he would telephone upon his return. 653 First. Draft Page Three 9:15 P.M.Dr. Jesus Yanez, the Assistant to the Oficial Mayor, telephoned the staff members explaining that Mr. Ventura was very busy on an important assignment and asked us to vis”
“Classification: _ . (This forms n are norrngigmal Extracted from CIA- FSEGKET - 274 - witnesses for the Committee, Oscar Contreras Lartigue 1210/ and Noe W. Palomares. 1211/ Sternfield asked the: staff members to whom they wished to speak. The Commit tee staff members e”
“would not be asked about the activity he engaged in that, unknown to him, was at CIA initiative. b. Henry Lopez A former contract agent He is a former employee--as distinguished of CIA. from "agent" in the full sense of the word--and could be interviewed as a former employee. c. ”
“2271653 Pagem he drove them to Mr. Palomares' office. At 6:30 P.M., Committee First Draft Page Seven staff members interviewed Noe W. Palomares. (See Noe W. Palomares interview write-up.) After the interview Agent Martinez returned to the Maria Isabel Hotel with Committee staff m”
“FT- 4 Classification OLUR1 (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) - 280 - When Committee staff members inquired whether Ms. Silvia Tirado Bazan could testify at an HSCA hearing. the Mexican officials stated that they would have an”
“COMMITTEE SENSITIVE Phillips, page 12. Carlos Blanco had probably been made up for the purposes of this one report. He said that he recalled the name of Luisa Calderon, a bit better after reading the document. He said that she may have been the asset who worked in the Embas”
“rning. The Mexican officials explained that they NW 66000 Docld:32271653 Page 6 First Draft Page Six would have to speak to her to insure that she was willing to travel to Washington. On Thursday, August 10, 1978, Committee staff members met with Dr. Jesus Yanez, Agent Ciprianio ”
“Classification!I Ur DUNE (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) - 294 - Riviera. Present were Congressman Richardson Preyer, G. Robert Blakey, Edwin Juin Lopez Soto, Ricardo Escartin, Captain Felipe Villa, Senei Buergo, translator J”
“Classification: —_ -_ _ - (V) \H>| MH (This form • tol be used: foer internal extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) - 231 - Central Intelligence Agency declined to aid the Committee in this aspect of the investigation. 991/ The Committee returned to Mexico City on A”
“Classification Ior MI Vestuke. (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) -296- "teares. photographic surveillance base targeted against the Cuban Consulate and Embassy in Mexico City during 1963; c) an essay entitled "Imperialism's”
“tions in the 1963 conducted by the trait and pic 1 security anttiristie against the brucet and li sk as Embisies in Mexico city. Cifare 1963 it is y Widic th e press of the b est is tirohen efforts to diastes information on the ussassin and the antesimoting esis of this photograp”
“X59Ai vtUsRse3 1-53 party. I have no idea. 0 Mr. Goldsmith. When did he spend time in Mexico City that J1 he would have had an opportunity? 4 —? Mr. Shaw. He visited Mexico City quite often. 7 TH STREET, S.W. REPORTERS BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D. C. 20024 (202) 554-234”
“e ... . I ____ Classification: VI ULUILI :_____ (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) -28 Institucional convention. When Agent Martinez asked the child if he knew where his father was staying in Mexico City, he responded that he ”
“Classification: (This form is to don oted for mpteric axtocte from CIA—controlfid LUAL 251 - Appendix I: HSCA Procedural Write-up Cuba Trip 1 Select Committee members Chairman Louis Stokes and Congressman Christopher Dodd, accompanied by G. Robert Blakey, Gary Cornwell ”
“surrounding it? 21? Mr. Shaw. Negative. Mr. Goldsmith. Did anybody from Headquarters ever ask 23: you to give a statement or report as to the manner in which AII: 49 1 the surveillance operation in Mexico City were undertaken in 2= i?ji 1963? NW 50955 DocId: 32277214 P”
“13-00000 On the 27th of June, a final updated special national intelligence estimate was prepared, and this indicated no basic changes in the security assessment that Mexican government was prepared to cope with foreseeable security contingencies. On the 28th of June, a fina”
“-controlled documents.) 5 CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TÔ DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT to Cuba, he observed approximately eight persons enter the office of Eusebio Azcue, the Cuban Consul in Mexico City. according to Alvarados However, Azcue was not in his office bu”
“Jun 78 Meeting Between DDC Carlucci + Blakey Shepanek Memore HSCA Reques t for Gibson_201___ Blakey Request: Hugh Chisolm McDonald auth, Appt in Dallas) Herman Kimsey ------------ —AMMUG/1.- 6 June 8 Jun 778 (2) Blakey Reque sts ' 10 name S. 3 SUBJECTS Blakey Request: L”
“Classification (This form from CIA-- bo ^CEPDETmed Red - 2'5 - arranged. Mr. Gooding sta :ed that the Central Intelli gence Agency had been unde - greater Congressional scrutiny the past two years. Therefore, Director Turner, in order to demonstrate the Ajency’s good f”
“nothing about the assassination and declined the Committee staff members' request to interview him. At 2:00 P.M., August 11, 1978, Agent Martinez telephoned Sylvia Duran. Agent Martinez then gave the telephone to Committee staffer Lopez. Mr. Lopez asked Mrs. Duran whether she wou”
“inez asked Committee staff members to meet him at his office at the Procuraduria General at 6:00p.m. NW 66000 Docld:32271374 Page 6 Agent Ciprianio Martin Classification: the Procu Classified by derivation: Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-”
“Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) 299 Mr. Martinez attempted to reach by telephone Silvia Tiardo Bazan 'at her home to ask her whether she would be wil- ling to travel to Washington to testify at a HSCA hearing and to ”
“Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) 297 Gutierrez and Attorney General Licensiado, Manuel Calvillo's "pen name" was given to the Mexicans who stated that they would check it with the landlady at his alleged apartment bui”
“ted that he would mail the results of the interview to Lopez at the Committee offices in Washington. The Committee staff members left Mexico City at 1:55 P.M. and arrived at Washington's Dulles Airport at 10:35 Ρ.Μ. NW 66000 Docld:32271653 Page 11”
“anorher pair of Mexicans who fol- lowed me as I moved through the 1. Aoticas parking lot to Calle Indepen- deacta. For the next hour and osilt tip two hours I look these boys on a long tour, mostly on foot, I checked themly starting up streets then changing my mind and doubli”
“to protect the President. Friendly and allied governments were informed of the visit and their coopera tion and pertinent informational support was solicited. From this date through the 2d of July daily information reports were furnished to the State Department, the Secret S”
“Classification: from "Gprent I (This to TARPtel extracted - 276 - to visit the Police Station known as the Procuraduria General at 11:00 a.m. the following morning. At 10:15 a.m., August 9, 1978, Committee staff members met with State Department Official Richard Howard ”
“inez met Committee staffers at their hotel room and explained that he NW 66000 Docld:32271653 Page 8 First Draft Page Eight was unable to locate Mr. Contreras Lartigue at the convention. Mr. Martinez then left to check on Mr. Alberue Suoto and Sylvia Tirado Bazan. At 12:30 P.M., ”
“Classification: 011 (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) - 287 - Appendix 4: HSCA Procedural Write-up Cuba Trip 2 On August 25, 1978, Congressman Richardson Preyer and HSCA staff members G. Robert Blakey and Edwin Juan Lopez Sot”
“2 20 June 1978 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Meeting with HSCA Chief Counsel G. Robert Blakey : 1. In the course of a meeting with Mr. Blakey this morning, we discussed the method by which questions would be put to the agent in Mexico. It developed that he has in mind two ag”
“Classification IUT OLUALI 4 / (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) - 283 - At 9:45 a.m., August 11, 1978, Agent Martinez met Committee staffers at their hotel room and explained that he was unable to locate Mr. Contreras Lartig”
“Mexico representative, among all the persons photographed that day, he appeared to be the only non- Latin and possibly American who ent ered. On the chan ce th at there could be an associatio n bet we en the i dentification data derived from coverage and the descriptive data deri”
“Notes sent out for sanitization that are still pending: Betsy Palmer’s notes on: -"'Betsy Palmer's notes on Surell Brady's notes on: 56.00 Mexico City cable traffic, Sergio Arcacha Smith Manuel Ray y Rivero w/BS (OLC 78-1065/24, 4 May 78 - DDO) Manuel Antonio Ray y R”
“ittee should have knowledge of Cuebela's statements. 453 NW 66000 Docld:32273543 Page 4 AMLASH Cont. On 28 August 1978, at 10:25 a.m., HSCA representatives interviewed Rolando Cubela Secades in Room 2003 at the Hotel Riviera. Present were Congressman Richardson Preyer, G. Robert ”
“SCA would have inter- viewed them anyway for unrelated reasons (i.e., unrelated to CIA connections). 6. While HSCA has had to postpone their trip until around 7 August (the Mexican Government requested a delay), the basic problem remains. There is more time to get some feel for w”