“*<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”
“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”
“Information Residence in the USSR Prior to OSWALD’s arrival in the USSR, he was completely unknown to the KGB. Moreover, upon receipt of his visa application, the KGB Second Chief: Directorate determined that he was not of sufficient importance to justify any special inter”
“ALD. Just about this time, he (SUBJECT) stated that his superior walked into the office and directed NW 65990 Docld:32393154 Page 5 SECRET 1. LESNIK, George M. (A) 262 622 CSD SD/1 SECRET the SUBJECT to get all the information available on OSWALD and prepare a summary to be furni”
“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”
“fficer undertook to pay for all the tele- grams; he said the whole scheme was ba sed on 'orders from Moscow'- "2. Note: To check on this story and to detect similar activity from other areas, this Agency would appreciate receiving data on any such tele- grams which have been rece”
“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”
“Moscow so she could ap- pear at Embassy for visa interview. His Ameri- can passport was returned to him. U.S. Embassy Moscow stated twe nty months of realities of l ife in Soviet Union had cle arly had a maturing effect on OSWALD. (3) Latest Headquarters information was an FBI re”
“ALD. Just about this time, he (SUBJECT) stated that his superior walked into the office and directed NW 65990 Docld:32373221 Page 5 SECRET -14- ( SECRET LESNIK, George M. (A) #262 622 C SD/1. the SUBJECT to get all the information available on OSWALD and prepare a summary to be f”
“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.”
“ination as U.S.A. Comment: This confirms information from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to the effect t hat the OSWALD family traveled from Mes- cow to Rotterdam by rail around 3 June 1962. Helm stedt and Bentheim are on the main rail route from Russ ia to Rotter dam . While Lee OSW”
“d at the West German E mbas sy i n Moscow. She listed her final destination as U.S.A. Comment: T his confirms information from the U .S. Embassy in Moscow to the eff ect that the OS WALD f amily traveled fro m Mes- cow to Rotterdam by rail around 3 June 1962. Hel mstedt and Be nt”
“data on any such tele- grams which have been received." 6 December 1963 D IR 87520 Subject: Lee Harv ey OSWALD. "Reference is mad e to our OUT Telegram no. 86702 of 4 December 1963 which gave information on the travel of Marina OSWALD (and presumably also Lee Harvey OSWALD and th”
“d left the office slamming the door. On 28 Sept OSWALD went to the Consul General of the Sov Union t o request a visa for Russia. He said i n helping hi s cas e, t hat his wife was a Sov c itizen; t hat he was a mil itan t Communis t and had lived three yrs in Russia. OSWALD told”
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“t German visa 694/62 issued at the West German Embassy in Moscow. She listed her final destinat io n as U.S.A. Comment: This confirms information from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to the effect that the OSWALD family traveled from Mes- cow to Rotterdam by rail around 3 June 1962. H”
“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”
“ters 1963. : : which did not have one either before 22 November : NW 65990 Docld:32403830 Page 5 3 ⑤ .9. It must be stressed that what information there was had not been (and normally is not) processed in "real time." The means of acquisition and the volume of the information pre”
“at the West German Em bass y in Moscow. She listed her final destination as U.S.A. Comment: Th is c onfirms information from the U.S . Embassy in Moscow to t he effect that the OSWALD family traveled from Mes- cow to Rotterdam by rail around 3 June 1962. He lmstedt and B entheim ”
“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”
“es, particular... protection measures, and any other aspect which ap- pears relevant?" 16 March 1964 Letter to Mr. Richard HELMS, Deputy Director for Plans, dated 16 March 1964, from J. Lee RANKIN, General Counsel. "I would like to confirm our understanding of the arrangements ag”
“ny such tele- grams which have been received." 6 December 1963 DIR 87520 Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. "Reference is made to our OUT Telegram no. 86702 of 4 December 1963 which gave information on the travel of Marina OSWALD (and presumably also Lee Harvey OSWALD and their daughter”
“3. [Atta chments: OUT Me ssage No. 74673, dated 10 October 1963. OU T Message No. 77978, dated 23 Oc tober 1963.] DDP 4155 DDP 4-1576 Note from DDP to J. Lee RANKIN. Attachment: Five copies of "Rumors about Lee Harvey OSWALD". 21 March 1968 25 March 1964 * * * * * * Description o”
“Helm stedt on 3 June and entering Holland by rail at the Ben theim crossin g point. She had West Ger man visa 694/62 issued at the West German Embassy in Moscow. She listed her final destination as U.S.A. Comment: This confirms information from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to the e”
“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”
“ny such tele- grams which have been received." 6 December 1963 DIR 87520 Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. "Reference is made to our OUT Telegram no. 86702 of 4 December 1963 which gave information on the travel of Marina OSWALD (and presumably also Lee Harvey OSWALD and their daughter”
“ny such tele- grams which have been received." 6 December 1963 DIR 87520 Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD. "Reference is made to our OUT Telegram no. 86702 of 4 December 1963 which gave information on the travel of Marina OSWALD (and presumably also Lee Harvey OSWALD and their daughter”
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“rding information on OSWALD'S ac- tivities in Mexico City, and any other material s not already furn ished and within the scope of the third paragraph of our letter, which do not present security problems requiring paraphrasing.? "if these arrangements are satis factory to you, I”
“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”
“e organizations at the time, the Naval and the Ground Force military type. LEE OSWALD IN RUSSIA This (e) On 23 February 1964, as SUBJECT approached the table for the evening meal, he noted that the Time magazine lying on the coffee table in the living room had a picture of Marie ”
“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”
“igence organizations at the time, the Naval and the Ground Force military type. LEE OSWALD IN RUSSIA (e) On 23 February 1964, as SUBJECT approached the table for the evening meal, he noted that the Time magazine lying on the coffee table in the living room had a picture of Marie ”
“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”
“15) Were there any efforts made to develop an OSWALD/Cuban connection? (16) What form did they take? (17) What exchanges were there with the FBI on this subject? (18) What action developed from these exchanges? (19) What records are there on these exchanges and where are they? NW”
“4 Letter to Mr. Richard HE LMS, Deputy Directo r for Plans, dated 31 January 1964, from J. Lee RANKI N, General Counsel: "Thank you for your memorandum of January 25, 1 96 4, transmitting a de tailed chronology of Lee Harvey OSWALD's stay in the Soviet Union and the alphabetical ”
“chard HELMS, Deputy Director for Plans, dated 31 January 1964, fro m J. Lee RANKIN , General Counsel : "Thank you for your memorandum of January 25, 1964, transmitting a detailed chronology of Lee Harvey OSWALD's stay in the Sovi et Union and the alphabet ical list of persons in ”
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“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”
“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”
“1964, which have not hither- to been furnished because of simi lar security conside- rations. In ad dition, we will be furnished actual copies of disseminations on October 10, 1963 to other federal agencies regarding information on OSWALD'S ac- tivities in Mexico City, and any ot”
“ed "Lee Harvey OSWALD and Marina OSWALD, Documen tary Record o f C ontact s with the United States D epartment of State and the Immigration. and Naturalization Service. "2. Copies of letters written by Lee Harvey OSWALD to his mother, Marguerite OSWALD, when he was living in the ”
“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 ”
“.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”
“ranged by the Red Chinese. The letter purports to be from one Ryo Liang Yuan of the Re d Chinese Emb assy in Stockholm, but no such official is assigned there and there is no record of Chinese official by this name anywhere abroad. 1: "2. The letter is written in broken English a”
“le entitled "Lee Harvey OSW ALD and Marina OSWALD, Documenta ry Reco rd of C ontacts wi th the Unite d States Department of State and the Immigration. and Naturalization Service. "2. Copies of letters written by Lee Harvey OSWALD to his mother, Marguerite OSWALD, when he was livi”
“no contacts between OSWALD and Cubans or representatives of the Cuban Government there or elsewhere. Comment: Independent sources, however, reported on visits by OSWALD to the Cuban. as well as Soviet Embassies in Mexico City between 29 September and 3 October 1963 and on his (ap”
“cret TS No. 197124 Copy. 7 104-10209-10012 (SEVENTH DEPARTMENT Top Secret January 1962-January 1964) OSWALD never received any KGB training or KGB assign- ments. If any other department of the KGB or the GRU had wanted to use OSWALD in any way, it would have had to secure permiss”
“mmercial offi ce. Oth er refererces apparently co n- cerning t he subject are inM-6913 and 3205 I N- 56591 dated 25 January 1963 which do not appear to add anything of interest to that given above. 2. The source does not know whether or not the Cuban Services used OSWALD in ary a”
“done. 8. At this point Mr. Slawson stated that as a result of our discussion he felt that the question of possible inconsistencies had been resolved. However, he asked that we send a brief written reply to the Commission’s letter of 3 July 1964 embodying the substance of wha”