“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. ”
“r 27 at Nuevo Laredo. 5/ NW 66000 Docld:32273520. Page 4 Cuban- American...page 3 Seist the Next day In another classified message dated December 4, 1963 City to the Mexico City Station from CIA headquarters, the Agency reported that the State Department check on Lopez had produc”
“headquarters, the station reported also th at the FBI office in Mexico-City had been advised by Mexi can authorities that Lopez entered Mexico on November 27 at Nuevo Laredo. 5/ NW 66000 Docld:32273520. Page 4 Cuban- American...page 3 Seist the Next day In another classified mess”
“ed by Mexican au thorities that Lopez ente red Mexico on November 27 at Nuevo Laredo. 5/ NW 66000 Do cld:32273519 Page 4 Cuban-American...page 3 Sest the Next day In another classified message dated December 4, 1963 Cit A to the Mexico City Station from CIA headquarters, the Agen”
“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”
“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 ”
“sified message stated the Source secured additionally that LITEMPO/4 had a good photogra ph of Lopez . 10/ The photograph of Lopez contained in his CIA 201 file has "27 November 1963" stamped on the back. In the photog raph Lop ez is shown wearing dark glasses and the background ”
“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”
“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.”
“message stated the source secured additionally that LITEMPO/4 had a good photograph of Lopez. 10/ A The photograph of Lopez contained in his CIA 201 file has "27 November 1963" stamped on the back. In the photograph Lopez is shown wearing dark glasses and the background in the ph”
“rmation on Lopez in Mexico and headquarters was requested to provide such information as it had. (U) In another message the same date, the FBI office in Mexico was reported as having been advised by Mexican authorities that Lopez had entered Mexico on November 27 at Nuevo Laredo.”
“essage to the Mexico City Station involved (coop eration between the CIA and Mexican federal offi ci als who participated in a plan of photographing passengers of flights departing for Havana. and obtaining the passenger lists of the Cubana flights. Mexican officials also had the”
“Goldsmith 3/711 Notes re Hardway summary of M.C. tapes, transcripts, + cables. - Preassossination 2 1. transcriptionSECRgenerally ET me summaries nather then verbatim 2. p r eviously transcr ibed material are not in the materidds that Hendway examined. E 3 3. marginal not”
“The message stated that Lopez left Mexico for Havana on November 27 via Cubana (Airlines) According The classified message listed the cryptonym LIFIRE as the originA/ source of information on Lopez's travel. It indicated the Mexico City Station had no traces on him. 4/ of the sam”
“red to in the classified message to the Mexico City Station involved cooperation between the CIA and Mexican federal officials who participated in a plan of photographing passengers of flights departing for Havana. and obtaining the passenger lists of the Cubana flights. Mexican ”
“- 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”
“ty Station involved (cooperation between the CIA and Mexican federal officials who participated in a plan of photographing passengers of flights departing for Havana. and obtaining the passenger lists of the Cubana flights. Mexican officials also had their own program to photogra”
“Classification: U DUNE (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) - 282 - at either the Hotel Regis or Hotel San Francisco. Mrs. Contreras explained that since there were a few conven tions scheduled in Mexico City that weekend she cou”
“Cuban-American...page 3 Sest the Next day In another classified message dated December 4, 1963 Cit A to the Mexico City Station from CIA headquarters, the Agency reported that the State Department check on Lopez had produced nothin yet because of the difficulty in tracing records”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“SCA has not been able to establish a link from Mr. Lopez to either Ms. Odio or Ms. Garro 7 on 10/9/6 4. / 10/12/64 memo, CIA #3596; W x72 41, p. 87, CIA #7147 The story is not as detailed as t he 10/5/64 version. There is n o mention of Deb a Garro Guerrero G alvan. The story, pe”
“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”
“ls also had their own program to photograph the passports of the passengers arriving from Havana. 8/ On December 5, 1963 the Mexico City Station reported REPORTING that the (LITEMPO/4 source had stated that Gilberto Lopez had crossed the Mexican border at Laredo, Texas on Novembe”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“ile, the HSCA has not been able to establish a link from Mr. Lopez to either Ms. Odio or Ms. Garro 7 on 10/9/64. / 10/12/64 memo, CI A #35 96; Wx7241, p. 87, CIA #7147 The story”
“OD, TRAVEL, TRIP TO MEXICO; CIA, FILES; CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED RESTRICTIONS: 3 CURRENT STAT US : POSTPONED IN PART DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 08/04/95 COMMENTS: Box 10 Date in: 01/26/96 TTFFFFFF FFFFFFFF NW 66000 Docld:32271320 Page 1 recorded that: Classification: (This form is”
“093 3 HMNIA 22452 also cites other cables that reported Ameri. the Cuban st th Mexi659 reported cbr el Provast boron Las Vegas Cla st He a student to be with the Cubemb. The dis teb says: Further nation was left to Head- Meri 6615 reported guantero act between”
“he FBI and CIA on this lead amplifies the information which was in the possessiond the two agencies. CIA Investigation ine The first information on the travel of the Cuban- American appeared on December 1963. At that time the IN Carly Mexico City Station of the CIA sent a classif”
“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.*”
“MARY OF FILE REVIEW CONDUCTED AT CIA HEADQUARTERS ON 31 OCTOBER 1978. Response dated 20 August 1978. "SUBJECT: Response to HSCA Request of 25 July 1978. 1. A thorough review of Agency files containing production from the LILYRIC photographic surveillance operation in Mexico City ”
“/ Classification: 6 TOO SLenL NM 94:1 087m (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled ■ documents.) Outline: Page Six. Appendix III: HSCA Procedural Write-up: Mexico Trip 2. (p. 273.) 3 Appendix IV: HSCA Procedural Write-up: Cuba Trip 2. (p.”
“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”
“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”
“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 U DUKE (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) - 902/ Ibid. 903/ Him; John F._ Kennedy, 904/ CIA Nos. 580-583; Wx-7241, Entry #427, p. 92. CIA #719. 905/ Ibid. 906/ HSCA Public Testimony of Easebio Azcue, 9/18/78, ”
“SECRET 10 July 1963 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, WH/3 ATTENTION: Wayne Carley SUBJECT: LTTAMTL/9 C-101,331 1. With reference to your memorandum dated 24 June 1963 attaching PRQ Part II and requesting an Operational Approval for Subject's use, your attention is directed to derogat”
“teps which should be taken in Mexico. (FN: Cable from Mexico Station to CIA Headquarters, 11/26/63.) 40 By November 27, the Mexico Station and CIA Headquarters The were also beginning to question the accuracy of "D"'s stroy. cables between the Mexico Station and Headquarters indi”
“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.) 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”
“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”
“BSD- Toy-uy 4/13/78 ozbnc CrANET = 1111076b Despatch 19/5/63 To: Chief, WH Division Torr: Chief o Station, Mexico City Subj : [SPELOOR) Gilberto Lopez OSUA D subgict checked into Hotel Roosevelt Avenida Insurgents 287, Trexico N. F at 1600 hrs. On 11/25/63, Room 203 ”
“vlvil3 1-54 1 Mexican government, given its position, was the only government 2: in the Western Hemisphere which maintained relations with 3 Cuba, would have been it would have been highly unlikely for them to have tried to pitch a Cuban national. 300 7 TU STREET, S.H. ”
“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”
“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”
“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”