“d memor andum they had prepared based on all of the information available to them, including our own contribution concerning OSWALD's stay in the USSR. "4. Members of Mr. RANKIN's staff then spoke about having found a book in OSWALD's possessions which had certain letters cut out”
“from her son regarding his desire to return to the United States had the appearan ce of being dicta ted since they contained none of his usual grammatical errors and used legal language with which he would not have been familiar. "6. Mr. WILLEMS noted that Mrs. OSWALD had introdu”
“detailed memorandum they had prepared based on all of the information available to them, including o ur own contributi on concerning OSWALD' s stay in the USSR. "4. Members of Mr. RANKIN's staff then spoke about having found a book in OSWALD's possessions which had certain letter”
“information available to them, including our own contribution concerning OSWALD's stay in the USSR. "4. Members of Mr. RANKIN's staff then spoke about having found a book in OSWALD's possessions which had certain letters cut out giving the impre- ssion that this might have formed”
“a book in OSW AL D's possessions which had certain let te rs cut out giving the im pre- ssion that t his might have formed the base or key for a cipher system. "5. Members of Mr. RANKIN's staff then com- mented on the testimony of Mrs. OSWALD to the effect that the letters from h”
“that FBI agent hand- carrying photos of person suspected of being OSWALD to Dallas for mailing to D. C. (To Commission under cover of DDP memo, No. 4-1555, dated 24 March 1964.) "e. Six photos mailed to Washington, referred to in paragraph 2.d. above. (There was no discussion as ”
“g OSWALD's stay in the USSR. "4. Member s of Mr. RANKIN's staff then spoke about having found a book in OSWALD's po ssessions which h ad certain letters cut out giving the impre- ssion that this might have formed the base or key for a cipher system. "5. Members of Mr. RANKIN's st”
“irely on his own; however, none of there rumors and allegations stood up under int ensive investigat ion. Moreover each rumor or allegation was treated as a separate and unrelated case the only common denominator being OSWALD. There appears to have been no suspicion on the part o”
“d memorandum they had prepared based on all of the informati on available to them, including our own contribution concerning OSWALD's stay in the USSR. "4. Members of Mr. RANKIN's staff then spoke about having found a book in OSWALD's possessions which had certain letters cut out”
“m for Winston m. SCOTT, dated 13 October 1966; Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. 2. Note, undated, regardi ng contacts of ALFEREV. 3. Memorandum for A rant Deputy Director, Plans, dated 23 Novembe r gontact 1963 Bl ack of Lee OSWALD with a member of sovet KGB KORA Assass ination Depar”
“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”
“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”
“os mailed to Washington, referred to in paragraph 2.d. above. (There was no discussion as to how the photos were acquired.) "f. Copies of the three informal, un- dated disseminations handcarried to the Secret Service based on 2.b, c, and d above. "g. DIR-84915 dated 23 November 1”
“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”
“.b, c, and d above. "g. DIR-84915 dated 23 November 1963 to the FBI re activities of North Ameriban, possibly identical with OSWALD, who visited Soviet and Cuban Embassies in Mexico on 28 September 1963. (To Commission under cover NW 65924 Docld:32357059 Page 8 OLORLI 8 of DDP me”
“been familiar. "6. Mr. WILLEMS noted that Mrs. OSWALD had intr oduced a statemen t to the effect tha t she sus pected her son to be a CIA agent. "7. A considerable part of the meeting from this point forward consisted of a review by Mr. RANKIN and his staff of the gaps in their i”
“rking in this area an opportunity to review the actual files so that they may give assurance that th e paraphrases are complete. "The same procedure would be followed with respect to any materials described in the third paragraph of our letter of February 12, 1964, which have not”
“ootnote for that statement; it may refer only to the presence of the FBI report on the FPCC in Or al d's CIA file, but that should be checked. : NW 65990 Docld:32374478 Page 5 1 04-10196-10027 1 3. -5- COMPUTER IZED FILE ENTRIE S FOR OSWALD AN D O”
“tay in the Soviet Union as reported by the FBI, based on their int erview of the defector, Y uriy Iv anovich NOSENKO. This discussion is reported in a separate memorandum. "3. Mr. RANKIN's staff showed us a detailed memorandum they had prepared based on all of the information ava”
“r mailing to D. C. (To Commission under cover of DDP memo, No. 4-1555, dated 24 March 1964.) "e. Six photos mailed to Washington, re ferred to in p aragrap h 2.d. above. (There was no discussion as to how the photos were acquired.) "f. Cop ies of the three in formal, un- dated di”
“p. 8.) "h. Originals of the thirty documents from CIA's dossier on OSWALD which w ere for- warded t o the Commission under cover of DDP memo, No. 4-1224, dated 6 March 1964. (See attachment to that memo for inventory of documents.) "i. Machine run sheets on documents accessioned ”
“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”
“with which he would not have been familia r. "6. Mr. WILLEMS noted that Mrs . OSWALD had introduced a statement to the effect t hat she sus pected her s on to be a CIA agent. "7. A considerable part of the meeting from this point forward consisted of a review by Mr. RANKIN and hi”
“o on 28 September 1963. (To Commission und er cover NW 65924 Docld:323 57059 Page 8 OLO RLI 8 of DDP memo dated 31 January 1964, p. 8.) "h. Originals of the thirty documents from CIA's dossier on OSWALD which were for- warded to the Commission under cover of DDP memo, No. 4-1224,”
“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”
“the way we handled our data and for that reason placed great emphasis upon what the Commission might be able to do in its report for an improved methodology based on machines among departments and agencies involved in security matters." 13 April 1964 Memorandum for Deputy Directo”
“ations handcarried to the Secret Service based on 2.b, c, and d above. "g. DIR-84915 dated 23 Novemb er 1963 to the FBI re activities of North Ameriban, possibly identical with OSWALD, who visited Soviet and Cuban Embassies in Mexico on 28 September 1963. (To Commission under cov”
“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”
“on 2.b, c, and d above. "g. DIR-84915 dated 23 November 1963 to the FBI re activities o f North Amer iban, possibly identical with OSWALD, who visited Soviet and Cuban Embassies in Mexico on 28 September 1963. (To Commission under cover NW 65924 Docld:32357059 Page 8 OLORLI 8 of ”
“(See attachment to that memo for inventory of documents.) "i. Machine r un sheets on documents acces si oned to CIA's dossier on OSWALD. "3. Mr. STERN stated he had a keen interest in Agency programs for electronic data handling of in- formation. I pointed out to him the up-dated”
“cuments f rom CIA's dossi er on OSWALD which were for- warded to the Commission under cover of DDP m emo, No. 4-1224, dated 6 March 1964. (See attachment to that memo for inventory of documents.) "i. Machine run sheets on documents accessioned to CIA's dossier on OSWALD. "3. Mr. ”
“y may give assurance that the paraphrases are complete. "The same procedure would be followed with r espect to any materials 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.”
“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 ”
“second paragr aph og our l etter of February 12, 164, with all indications o f your cinfidential co mmunications tech- niques and confidential sources deleted. You will also afford members of our staff working in this area an opportunity to review the actual files so that they ma”
“e other rumors and allegations indicating that OSWALD may not have acted entir ely on his own; howev er, none of there rumors and allegations stood up under intensive investigation. Moreover each rumor or allegation was treated as a separate and unrelated case the only common den”
“ord members of ou r staff working in this area an opportunity to rev iew the actual fi les so that t hey may give assurance that the paraphrases are complete. "The same procedure would be followed with respect to any materials described in the third paragraph of our letter of Feb”
“his desire to return to the United States had the appearance of being dictated sinc e they contained none of his usual grammatical errors and used legal language with which he would not have been familiar. "6. Mr. WILLEMS noted that Mrs. OSWALD had introduced a statement to the e”
“Mr. RANKIN's staff showed us a detailed memorandum they had prepared based on all of the informa ti on available to them, including our own contribution concerning OSWALD's stay in the USSR. "4. Members of Mr. RANKIN's staff then spoke about having found a book in OSWALD's posses”
“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”
“N's Comments on the Kennedy Assassination. [FOIA No. 413-76A] 11. Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, date d 5 Ju ne 1964; Subje ct: Allegations Regarding Intelligence Tr aini ng School in Minsk, USSR. [FOIA No. 726-314 ΧΑΑΖ-17620] 12. Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 31 March 1964;”
“NFORMATION Date: 03/08/05 AGENCY ORIGINATOR: FROM : CIA TO : TITLE : INSPECTOR GENERAL MR . COLBY FO RM: TRANSMITTAL SLIP: ATTACHED IS THE UNCLASSIFIED STATEMENT ON OSWALD/ALSO RESPONSES TO PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON ALLEGATIONS REGARDING OSWALD 09/02/1975 DATE : PAGES : 38 SUBJE”
“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 ”
“in a separate memorandum. "3. Mr. RANKIN's staff showed us a detailed memorandum t hey had prepared based on all of the information available to them, including our own contribution concerning OSWALD's stay in the USSR. "4. Members of Mr. RANKIN's staff then spoke about having fo”
“I re activities of North Ameriban, possibly identical with OSWALD, who visited Soviet and Cuban E mb assies in Mexico on 28 September 1963. (To Commission under cover NW 65924 Docld:32357059 Page 8 OLORLI 8 of DDP memo dated 31 January 1964, p. 8.) "h. Originals of the thirty doc”
“620] 12. Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 31 March 1964; Subject: Reports on Activities and Trave l of Lee Harvey OSWALD and Marina Nikolevna OSWALD. [FOIA No. 627-821] 13. DIR-92725, 6 January 1964 [FOIA No. 456-771] 14. Memorandum for J. Lee RANKIN, dated 6 March 1964; Subej”
“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”
“n the course of the discussion, he viewed the following specific items of orig inal Agency docu- men tation: "a. DIR-74673 dated 18 October 1963 to State, FBI, and Navy reporting contact with Soviet Embassy, Mexico, by American, Lee OSWALD. (Forwarded to Commission under cover of”
“*<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”
“inventory of documents.) "i. Machine run sheets on documents accessioned to CIA's dossier on OSWALD. "3. Mr. STERN stated he had a keen interest in Agency programs for electronic data handling of in- formation. I pointed out to him the up-dated machine control record on the conte”
“d great emphasis upon what the Commission might be able to do in its report for an improved methodo logy based on machines among departments and agencies involved in security matters." 13 April 1964 Memorandum for Deputy Director for Plans, dated 13 April 1964, by David E. MURPHY”