“699/ Cable from Mexico City Station to Dir
ector, December 12,
1963, ΜΕΧI 7364, CIA No. 557-558.
LAZ
IS
700/ Cable, Mexico City Station to Headquarters, November. 27,
1963, MEXI 7105, CIA No. 479; Chronology of Raymond ✓
Rocca, November 27, 1963, entry no. 127, CIA No. 562.
Wo
70”
“CIA #748.
1057/ Dispatch from the Director to Mexico City, 6/14/67, HMMW
15557; Wx-7241, Entry #616, p. 117, CIA 4744.
1058/ Cable from Mexico City to the Director, MEXI 1950, 6/29/67;
Wx-7241, entry #622, p. 114 CTA *7m vew
2001043 Classification:
+AA
UP CEGKEI
3 497
Cl”
“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”
“14-00000
FACE 2 MEXICO CITY 2460 SECRET 526 *!
CcL %st & !
HOP FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THERE.
4. CUEANA MANIFESTS SHOW VIRGINIA FLEW MEXICO CITY TO HAVANA 15
DULY 1965. HER MEXICO CITY ADDRESS GIVEN ON RETURN FLIGHT MANIFEST
29 20s. S ALMENCERES 98 A WPRS COLORIA TLALTELCLCO,”
“WwSTWtWWWXTERTOX
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SUBJECT: Surveillance ofi :olio
SOURCE :
' FILE:
7 r’
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Lores;
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__ DATE: Monday, 23 October, 1961
/0900- On duty at subject’s homes;
• 1027- He came out of home and walked to Cuban embassy, going in through consulate door
on Mar”
“65990 Docld:32396791 Page 6
NW 65990 Docld:32396791 Page 7
17. 22 Nov.
1715
18. 22 Nov.
19. 22 Nov.
X20. 23 Nov.
21. 23 Nov.
22. 23 Nov.
1730
Man outside (MO) calls Luisa of
Cuban Embassy
SECRET
Calderon”
“l of arrest and of Has desire for secrecy. Legat
had hot heard of arres arrest although he had talke
d to go
vo
rm
acion contents several
times in
last hour. This g
ood sign of ECHEVERRIA control for came ing. Also
told Amb who "ve: "very pleas eased" but who also hopes can be ke”
“ould not
recall request. I
told him that he already should have rec'd a
cable in which
I t
ol
d
th
em that President here had knowledge which
made this "action" (against
DURAN) so that it could be lexicon
initiative
. He said Okay. NOTE: I had return call from ECHEVERRIA
at ab”
“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”
“Book V, p. 28 "D" tells his story in Mexico City on
November 25. On November 26, Mexico
City cables details of "D" interroga
tion to CIA Headquarters. On December 1,
CIA Headquarters cables Mexico City that
the White House has been told that D's
story is a fabrication.
HW”
Untitled REPORT·p. 157·source: semanticDerived signal61%MEXICO CITY CHRONOLGY
“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”
“»
10
INFO.
FROM
DISPATCH
Chief, SB
Chief. WH
SECRET
Wie
CLASSIFICATION A
X
PROCESSING ACTION
MARKED FOR INDEXING
NO INDEXING REQUIRED
ONLY QUALIFIED DISK
(AN JUDGE INDEXING .
RO Chief of Station, Mexico Cit MICROFILM
REDTOP/Headquarters Request for Press C”
“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”
“ate, I could not
recall request. I told him that he already should have rec'd a
cable in which I tol
d
th
em that President here
ha
d
kno
wl
edge which
made
this "ac
tion" (ag
ainst DURAN) so that it
could be Mexica
n
ini
tiative.
He sa
id Oka
y. NO
TE: I
had r
eturn
call fro
m E”
“at, Mexico City)
)
Icc sent fegat
1
'
USA, Chicago
Merico by
2
JOL: med
- Chicago (92-349)-7 7/25/67
Dissemination Record of Attached Report
CC. AAG, Criminal Division,
Agency
Request Recd.
Date Fwd.
Organized Crime and Racketeer
How Fwd.
By
154 Section, Room 2524
57 JUL3
NW 6599”
“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.”
“Record.
(p. 208.)
3. November 24, 1964, CIA Informant Report.
(p. 209.)
4. November 24, 1964, Elena Garro Meeting with
Mexico City Legal Attache Officers. (p. 210.)
Clas ation: vom f-ml 515
Classified derivation:
NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 5”
“exican Government officials for a check
on this aircraft, dated 2 December 1963. (File: 201-289248).
3/
Cable from U.S. Embassy, Mexico City, Ambassador Thomas C. Vann,
dated 22 November 1963, Control 269, SECSTATE 1177, advising the
Department of State that the Mexican Governmen”
“, "At least three
stated
three times
times?" Ms. Tirado said. "Three times, you know?" She
Ms. Duran
further stated that if she testified in Washington and
the Committee concluded that she was lying she would be
crucified when she returned to Mexico. Mr. Lopez reassured
her and e”
NOTES from CIA·p. 11·source: semanticDerived signal60%MEXICO CITY CHRONOLGY
“14-00000
*
-2-
of the Infiltrees since it has been our unfortunate experience that
If those infiltrating must move about, the exposure to arrest is
greater.I
Write at the first opportunity and advise me of the planning sq
that we may work toward that end. Greetings from”
“fortunate circumstances and my only mistake VeS to have st- I
tempted to cross the frontier with other two. He added that he in-
he
tended :Sr sent his report to FAR vin his mother, who was able 00 visit
hin acre or less re—ila-lv. Several weeks 3-ter T sey "Cebollito" be-
”
LIRING-3·p. 112·source: semanticDerived signal60%MEXICO CITY CHRONOLGY
“velop further information
on this matter?
3. Can further information be acquired on this matter now?
1. The Mexico Station records confirm only one flight from Mexico City
to Havana on 22 November 1963. This was the regularly scheduled Cubana
Airlines flight. There were two repor”
“nd Mexico had been closed to
eliminate any possibility of murderer's escape into Mexico.
15. 23 Nov.
DIR 84802 (ref MEXI 7014 - para 13 above) Thanks. This connection
was also noted here. Trust you will be able use all your facilities
to follow and report Sov Emb activity and rea”
“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”
“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”
Untitled REPORT·p. 4·source: semanticDerived signal60%MEXICO CITY CHRONOLGY
“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”
“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”
“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”
“develop further information
on this matter?
Can further information be acquired on this matter now?
1. The Mexico Station records confirm only one flight from Mexico City
to Havana on 22 November 1963. This was the regularly scheduled Cubana
Airlines flight. There were two report”
“ered in the Roosevelt Hotel in Mexico City
on
The reporting SOURCE
Novembe
r 25 at 1600 hours in Roo
m 203. 9/ LITEMPO also
reported that Lopez departed on a Cubana flight on
A
NW 66000 Docld:32273520 Page 5
Cuban-Ame yan...page 4
November 27 for Havana. That classified message s”
REPORT from CIA·p. 15·source: semanticDerived signal60%MEXICO CITY CHRONOLGY
“develop further information
on this matter?
Can further information be acquired on this matter now?
1. The Mexico Station records confirm only one flight from Mexico City
to Havana on 22 November 1963. This was the regularly scheduled Cubana
Airlines flight. There were two report”
“S. and Mexico had been closed to
eliminate any possibility of murderer's escape into Mexico.
1
1
i
i
DIR 84802 (ref MEXI 7014 - para 13 above) Thanks. This connection
was also noted here. Trust you will be able use all your facilities
to follow and report Sov Emb activity and rea”
“tested source who had
provided the report died before he could be questioned for additional
details.
5. The SSC V report page 103 further complicates travel data by the
listing of the Cubana Airlines flight delay from "6 p.m. until 11 p.m."
The writers of this report were probabl”
“tested source who had
provided the report died before he could be questioned for additional
details.
5. The SSC V report page 103 further complicates travel data by the
listing of the Cubana Airlines flight delay from "6 p.m. until 11 p.m."
The writers of this report were probabl”
“tested source who had
provided the report died before he could be questioned for additional
details.
5. The SSC V report page 103 further complicates travel data by the
listing of the Cubana Airlines flight delay from "6 p.m. until 11 p.m."
The writers of this report were probabl”
“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”
“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”
“Notes sent out for sanitization that are still pending:
Betsy Palmer's notes on: Mexico City cable traffic,
Sergio Arcacha Smith
Manuel Ray y Rivero
(OLC 78-1065/24, 4 May 78 - DDO)
Betsy Palmer's notes on: Manuel Antonio Ray y Rivero
(OLC 78-1065/25, 4 May 78 - OS)
Surell”
NOTES from CIA·p. 55·source: semanticDerived signal59%MEXICO CITY CHRONOLGY
“s been selected as an interpreter. The FBI will notify ANDERSON
of this (DIR 86563, 3 December 1963)
*
Captain Franklin Anthony WHEELOCK Garcia, Chief of the Anti-
Communist Section of the Nicaraguan Office of National Security
arrived in Mexico City on 29 November 1963.
Mexico i”
“71, CIA No. 464; Chronology of Raymond Rocca 7
Nov. 28, 1963, WX 7241, entry No. 141, CIA No. 658.
0
702/ CIA Cable from Headquarters to Mexico City Station, December
21, 1963, DIR 90466, CIA No. 549; Chronology of Raymond
Rocca, December 21, 1963, Entry No. 268, CIA No. 682.
703”
“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 ”
Untitled REPORT·p. 7·source: semanticDerived signal59%MEXICO CITY CHRONOLGY
“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”
“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 TOP SECKEI
(This form is to be used for material extracted
from CIA—controlled documents.)
f
70-
1044/ Ibid.
( 1045/ Ibid.
1046/ Ibid.
, 1047/ Cable from the Director to Mexico City, 7/4/67, DIR 16823,
$ Wx-7241, Entry 626, p. 119, CIA #746.
* 1048/ Ibi”
“PAaRa Fupesya
Classification:
%, the za a lire a
(This form is to .be used for material extracted
from CIA—controlled documents.)
- 22 .
304/ See Sections II, A and B above.
305/ Classified Staff Summary of Review of CIA Documents, 3/9/78,
p. 5; MEXI 7025, 11/23/63.
30”
“om.
Meper City Station to Neshquarters, November 27, 1963, Weri 7104, CIA 482;
Cable from Mexico Cit
y Station to Headquarters,
7101,
CI
A
493] according to the merian fficials who
Duran
w
as
مه
Rovemb
er 27, 1963, Mer
i
addition
detained
a second time,
th
er
e
to her story.
(Cab”
REPORT from CIA·p. 45·source: semanticDerived signal59%MEXICO CITY CHRONOLGY
“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
”
“en U. S. and Mexico had been closed to
eliminate any possibility of murderer's escape into Mexico.
i
DIR 84802 (ref MEXI 7014 - para 13 above) Thanks. This connection
was also noted here. Trust you will be able use all your facilities
to follow and report Sov Emb activity and rea”
“- to Mexico City (he did not say why) ahead of the other
- Cuban delegates who were returning S, road later that day.
s b o s iw a n if o
_ GUILLEN told L-9 that he would be in the same neighborhood
- early next day and would be glad to have coffee with im if
- L-9 could me”
“o had been closed to
eliminate any possibility
of murderer's escape into Mexico.
DIR 84802 (ref MEXI
7014 para 13 above) Thanks. This connection
was also noted here. Trust you will be able use all your facilities
to follow and report Sov Emb activity and reaction during these hou”