“Union and d his contac ts in Mexico City. The -- Warren Comundssion report shou ld have le ft a wid er "window" for t his con tingency. That, indeed, was the opinion at the working level, particularly in the counterintelligence com- ponent in the CIA in. 1964. As”
“oratio Duran in 1968) was never questioned by American officials in 1963. Thus, the Committee establ ished contact with the Mexican go- vernment and request ed that the Mexican government m Sta”
“, "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”
“DIR-88682 (C/WH/3) * * Cuban Ambassador to France Received instructions not to comment upon the ass assination. 12 December 1963 DIR-88747 (C/WH/3) Subject: Second Interrogation of Silvia DURAN. * * * * * * * * * * * W.H. Warren Coms'n (*) 4-3192 G.D. W.H. * W.H. W.H. NW 65924 Do”
“if that was the case then the DDP, at least, would probably have approved the WAVE use of an agent in Mexico. We took Mr. Phillips through the documents on Ms. Calderon again and asked him if this could have been an instance such as that we were talking about. He said tha”
“given to the WC by HQ but acknowledged that it was not shown to the staff members who visited Mexico. He does not recall any specific follow up regarding Calderon. He does not know why Calderon was not arrested. The section of Carlos Blanco's report concerning Teresa Pr”
“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”
“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”
“was living illegally in Mexico A 024 It is noted that this blind memorandum does not appear to document the previous_information from/Mr. MARSHALL and is somewhat contradictory (C) JCW In further explanation 10/2/74 Mr. MARSHALL said he - C7 now believes Mr. HARRINGTON ha”
“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. ”
“t the allegations made by ALVARADO were the NW 65990 Docld:32393817 Page 5 4 thoroughly investigated by Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Invest igation representatives in Mexico City in liaison with the responsible Mexican law enforcement authorities. Refer- ence”
“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”
“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 ”
“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”
“atomorandum to Mr. Belmont following recommendations are submitted with reference to the points raised by Mr. Katzenbach: 1. Insofar as making a formal approach to the Soviet Government, we believe this undesirable. Such a formal request from the United States will enable ”
“1 4-00000 SEC3 to . . DATE: 10 MAY 63 RECD: MAY 11 0156Z 63 FROM: MEXICO CITY ROUTINE TO : DIRECTOR IN 36488 FOLLOWING FROM AMBASSADOR MANN TO ASST SECY MARTIN: 9 "LOPEZ MATEOS, WHO IS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO FOREIGN OPINION, HAS ASKED WIN SCOTT FOR COLLECTION OF U.S. ”
“there and that he had specifically gone there to talk to him. He said that Lachuga turned off all the advances he made. Phillips was asked why the Agency had sent a cable to Mexico after Ms. Duran's arrest saying "don't allow any Americans to have contact with her." (parap”
“was made some time ago, prior to the occurrence of the Conference and the resulting adverse propaganda. While she may be of some occasional use should she return to and remain in Mexico, it is believed that the recent adverse propaganda has impaired her future usefulness in M”
“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”
“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”
“President's primary con tact with the U.S. government was through our Chief of Station rather than through the Ambas- sadors. This caused i.o great problem with the then-Ambassador whose name I have forgotten. Q: Thomas Mann? A: Yes. He was a very fine guy and recognized ”
“Classification: (This form is to be used for mor from CIA—controlled documents.) SECRET PEextroc-as a Guna - 266 - informed the staff members at this meeting that they had located Silvia Duran, Horacio Duran, Ruben Duran and Pedro Gutierrez Valencia 1'92/ and that each pe”
“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 ”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“13-00000 ,143584 199 Eudndiaen He gave two examples, of this. One was the fact that the Mexican Government security liaison contact on the case was the current President of Mexico. He said, and Mr. Wallach agreed, this was obviously a matter which had to be protected. The”
“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”
“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: —_ -_ _ - (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”
“14-00000 erorng vLUs)1 25 January 1962 The following message has been received from Mexico City: for King and Sayre from Ambassador Manns . 1. As you know, some weeks ago we became convinced that only chance of getting Mexico to break relations with Cuba would bo on ba”
“with the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City on 2 Decem- ber, and a person believed to be BEYMER was i n t ouch with the Embassy on 30 November. He wanted to speak to Silvia DURAN, who was not at the Em- bassy. Another employee told him that no reply had been received from Cuba. 8 (A) (”
“13-00000 GUKMELEairal He gave two examples of this. Onewas the fact that the Mexican Government security liaison contact on the case was the current President of Mexico He said, and Mr. Wallach agreed, this was obviously a matter which had to be protected. The second case”
“IDEA OF WAY JOHNSON IS HANDLING MATTER THERENCAKE Memo WC. Sulliv 11-30-65/9/ 14. H. Belmont wasifhb ALD TRTORGATION CONTAI MERSIN'S UNCLASSTRIED EXORTERE SHOWN NIC LUIS ECHEVERRIA, ACTING MINISTER OF GOBERNACION, THIS AFTERNOON ADVISED CIA REPRESENTATIVE THAT INTERROGATION OF GI”
“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”
“13-00000 MAR 18 ‘97 06:58PM P.13 1 A 3 the FBIIS Mexi repex Ambassador Mann points out that this Scott inf beFBI en ormation included may in have Mexican reports tho indicates and that the CIA w o uld been cited asthe source hove (R. Sindic Phillips, ates Scott”
“r 18. (CIA Doc. MEXI 7098, 11/27/63) Ales also. at ter quote on ア 7 U.S. with respa T hus, by Novemb er 27th the signs of conflict-over investigative policies in Mexico City had surfaced. U.S. responsibility for Alvarado, investigation of his allegation and the extent of Ambassad”
“wodik uave resulted All the return of American conuhix US to the United States. CIA denied that it was engaged in any 'operation specifically designed to oust American communists. In September, 1958, we were informed that the Mexican Government ' had embarked on a strong anti”
“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”
“Mexico representative, among all the persons photographed that day, he appeared to be the only non- Latin and possibly American who ent ered. On the chan ce th at there could be an associatio n bet we en the i dentification data derived from coverage and the descriptive data deri”
“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. ”
“Classification: Iyr OLUALI (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) - 60 - 862/ CIA #586-587, Wx-7241, Entry No. 425, CIA p. 718. 863/ See Section VI, A, 2a. 864/ CIA #586-587, Wx-724:, Entry No. 425, p. 91, CIA p. 718. 865/ Ibid. ”
“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”
“that the Mexicans had asked no such question. (CIA Doc. MEXI 7068, 11/26/63) This inf or mation, Ma nn felt, added credibility to Alvarado's allegation. Mann therefore suggested that Alvarado should be put at Mexican Presi- i Mateos! dent Mann's disposal with the condition that D”
“sulate. He replied that he had full f aith in the polygraph, that he would not attempt to refute the re - sults, and that he "must have been mistaken". In addition, he NW 65990 Docld:32393815 Page 8 7 - he changed his story regarding the day he visited the Cuban Consu- late, fina”
“- 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”
“tigati on in Mexico. Re quest referred to Bureau b y Legat, Mexico City and State D epart- ment On 1 1/26/63 it was decided that FBI super- visor Laurence P. Keenan should promptly depart for Mexico Ci”
“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.*”
“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”
“ted that he would mail the results of the interview to Lopez at the Committee offices in Washington. The Committee staff members left Mexico City at 1:55 P.M. and arrived at Washington's Dulles Airport at 10:35 Ρ.Μ. NW 66000 Docld:32271653 Page 11”