“were made. The three series of questions pertaining to the OSWALD case are given below in their entirety, and they are followed by the conclusions of the polygraph expert. b. Results 1. "Series No. 1 1. Was Lee Harvey OSWALD ever in the Soviet Union? Answer: Yes. (No rea”
“be the most valuable defector in out ■ the entire history of the CIA. He has been responsible for identifying nine erve Soviet agents, including a major in the Pentagon. IXbordyv Surveillance of Justice Douglas pgerNSAS Mr. Osborn has no knowledge of the alleged surve”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“about the OSWALD case and what to tell Am- erican authorities about it. c. Subject's all eged associ ation with the OSWALD case both "before and after" the Kennedy assassination was partly for the purpose of supporting and sub - stantiating Subject's cover story "legend". d. Subj”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“r. DULLES then suggested that the res- ponse to this qu estion could be in the form of sw orn testim ony before the Commission by a senior CIA official or a letter or affidavit. He re- called that the Director of the FBI had replied by letter to a similar question. In any event, ”
“while OSWALD was in the Soviet Union. b. Subject heard of OSWALD only after Kennedy’s assassination; however, he was not an active partici pant in 1963 as he indicates, but was probably briefed on the case by a KGB officer. -------- C.—Subjec t received spec 1al inst ructi”
“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”
“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 ”
“um. "3. Mr. RANKIN's staff showed us a detailed memo randum they ha d prepared base d o n 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 OSWAL”
“Service based on 2.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 ”
“e OSWALD, Lee Harvey OSWALD'S mother, and the other was Mr. Mark LANE, Mrs. OSWALD's attorney. : One "2. Mr. DULLES then suggested that the res- ponse to this question could be in the form of sworn testimony before the Commission by a senior CIA official or a letter or affidavit.”
“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”
“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”
“a similar question. In any event, Mr. DULLES felt that the reply should be straight- forwar d and to the point. He thought language which made it clear that Lee Harvey OSWALD was never an employee or agent of CIA would suffice. We should also state that neither CIA nor anyone act”
“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”
“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”
“mation in the OSWALD case was unique among what the Commis- sion had found had happened in every oth er ag ency. He was critical of the Navy . He ra is ed specifica lly the question: why had the Navy not forwarded the photograph of Lee Harvey OSWALD requested by the Agency? He ad”
“the OSWALD case was unique among what the Commis- sion had found had happened in every other agency. He was critical of the Navy. He raised specifically the question: why had the Navy not forwarded the photograph of Lee Harvey OSWALD requested by the Agency? He added that there w”
“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”
“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”
“o discuss with him certain ques- tions which Mr. DULLES feels the Warren Commission may pose to CIA. Mr. DULLES explained that while the Com- mission wished to clarify certain aspects of the OSWALD case in which a response from CIA seemed necessary it NW 65924 Docld:32357059 Page”
“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”
“future. "5. Mr. STERN volunteered one point in the dis- cussion that the Agency h andling of the in formation in the OSWALD case was unique among what the Commis- sion had found had happened in every other agency. He was critical of the Navy. He raised specifically the question: ”
“y been forwarded to the Commission. In the co urse of the discussion, he viewed the foll owi ng spec ific items of original Agency docu- mentation: "a. DIR-74673 dated 18 October 1963 to State, FBI, and Navy reporting contact with Soviet Embassy, Mexico, by American, Lee OSWALD. ”
“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”
“ad introduced a statement to the effect that she sus pected her son to be a CIA agent. "7. A conside rable part of the meeting from this point forward consisted of a review by Mr. RANKIN and his staff of the gaps in their investi- gation to date. "8. In connection with the Mexica”
“course of the discussion, he viewed the following specific items of original Agency docu- mentation: "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 DDP mem”
“know. I didn't know what to answer him. I told him to see them. "After a while he told me he was in c ontact with them " ... ... I seen this envelope in his foot- locker, wall-locker, and it was addressed to him, and they had an official seal on it, and as far as I could recollec”
“the FBI on 23 December 1964. (201-322247). 6/ CSCI-316/02545-64 dated 23 December 1964 (201-322247). FBI memorandum dated 31 December 1964 DBA-9434, Subject: Lee Harvey OSWALD responding to CSCI-316/02545-64 (201-322247). NW 65990 Dóćld:32377692 Page 3 ! :”
“return to the United States had the appearance of being dictated since they cont ained none of h is 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 effect that sh”
“noted that Mrs. OSWALD had introduced a statement to the effect that 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 investi- gation to date. "8. In con”
“.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”
“the chain of evidence in the OSWALD case on 23 November 1963 by an FBI representative in Dallas. The successive vicissi- tudes which hav e now m ade this event a ca use cel ebre right down to the present moment are detailed in the narrative. NW 65990 DocId:32374461 Page SECRET JI”
“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 ”
“ion. A p resent atio n ha d been made b efor e the ICIS on th is matter and an article had been prep ared for Studies in Intelligence. I promised to make a copy of the article available to Mr. STERN. "4. Mr. STERN was eager to view our actual mechanisms for machine control of our”
“at he would have to consult his government, that the paper work req uired 1 0 to 12 days. OSWA LD, b ecause of his irritable character , became annoyed w ith AZ CUE and le ft th e office s lamming the door. On 28 Sept OSWALD went to the Consul General of the Sov Union to request ”
“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”
“e summarized information that had already been fo rwarded to the Commission. In the course of the di scussion, he viewed the following specific items of original Agency docu- mentation: "a. DIR-74673 dated 18 October 1963 to State, FBI, and Navy reporting contact with Soviet Emba”
“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 Date: 03/ 08/05 AG ENCY ORIGINATOR: FROM : CIA TO : T ITLE : INSPECTOR GEN ERAL MR. COLBY FORM: T RANSMITTAL SLIP: ATTACHED IS THE UNCLASSIFIED STATEMENT ON OSWALD/ALSO RESPONSES TO PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON ALLEGATIONS REGARDING OSWALD 09/02/1975 DATE : PAGES : 38 SUBJECTS :”
“available to Mr. STERN. "4. Mr. STERN was eager to view our actual mechanisms for machi ne cont rol of our information and readily accepted the suggestion that a briefing take place. It was indicated to him that he would becontacted by CI Staff's Machine Records Officer who would”
“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”