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TO DIRECTOR, FBI (105-82555)
FROM SAC, INDIANAPOLIS (105-3399)
LEE HARVEY DSWALD IS - R
ReBuairtel to IP 1/27/64 with enclosures.
On 1/28/64i1Mrs. VIRGIL (WILMA&TKES,1 1038 South Whitcomb,
Indianapolis,-"Indiana, was interviewed and stated someone -
-sent her name to BOWEN two years ago and he was running a
Baptist mission in Mexico at that time. She has been contri-
buting. to this Baptist mission in Mexico for the past two
years. Her last contribution was sent to BOWEN at Niza 22,
Mexico. She advised she has never met BOWEN but has received
thank you correspondence from him over a period of time. She
stated in the last thank you note, the mentioned he bad hurt his
'back and was going to Hot Springs, Arkansas in January, 1964,
and his address would be in care of General Delivery.
Photos of BOWEN were exhibited to Mrs. DYKES but she could
not identify him and she further advised she knows no one by
the name of OSBORNE. She made available a group photo dated
December, 1961, which shows BOWEN among some Mexicans, this ,
being forwarded to the Laboratory under separate cover.
Little Rock being furnished with copy of Bureau airtel dateA'
1/27/64 and decoded cablegrams from Legat, Mexico 1/21 and
1/23/64, along with two pictures of BOWEN. Little Rock at
Rt Springs, Arkansas, will handle lead set out in referenced
airtel, Indianapolis submitting report../
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BUFILE 105-825
LEE mAnvE_MWALD AKA IS-R-CUBA.
REMYCAB JANUARY y LAST CONCERNING MEXICO CITY CREDIT
- INVESTIGATORIPED1794-01ERRE/ALENCIA WHO REPORTED SAW PERSON
HE BELIEVED- TO BE OSWALD AT CUBAN EMBASSY HERE OCTOBER r; 1963.
GUTIERREZ HAS REPORTED UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY RECORD OF
CREDIT INVESTIGATION MADE ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 1 LAST WHICH
' MIGHT ESTABLISH IDENTITY OF FEMALE CUBAN EMBASSY EMPLOYEE HE
' CONTACTED AND ESTABLISH EXACT DATE OF THAT CONTACT THROUGH
-DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE. HE STATED THIS PERSON'S CREDIT APPLICATION
WAS REJECTED AND HIS EMPLOYER DOES NOT RETAIN CREDIT REPORTS OR
OTHER DOCUMENTS ON REJECTED APPLICANTS FOR CREDIT.
- GUTIERREZ LOCATED A CREDIT REPORT WHICH REVEALED INQUIRIE
' BY HIM OCTOBER 1 LAST CONCERNING ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL AND HE
STATED THAT IT IS HIS RECOLLECTION THAT THE CREDIT INQUIRIES
CONCERNING THIS SECOND INDIVIDUAL WERE MADE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOMfING
HIS VISIT TO CUBAN EMBASSY ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 1 LAST. HE SAID
HE CANNOT OTHERWISE ESTABLISH EXACT DATE. F02.5%5"67" .12
GUTIERREZ APPARENTLY SINCERE IN EFFORTS SUBSTANTIATE INFO
PREVIOUSLY FURNISHED HOWEVER LEGAT OF OPINION POSSIBILITY OF
MONETARY-TRANSACTION BETWEEN OSWALD AND UNKNOWN CUBAN AS
DESCRIBED BY GUTIERREZ AS OCCURRING ON SIDEWALK OUTSIDE CUBAN
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EMBASSY IN DAYLIGHT AND IN FULL VIEW OF ANY PERSON ON STREET:
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Reurairtel dated 1/24/64 enclosing copy of fingerprint card of Ylario Rojas Villanueva. These fingerprints have been identified with F131 identification record 756 057 E, two copies of which are enclosed. In addition,* there are enclosed, in accordance with your request, four copies of the finger-print card submitted by your office.
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Description: Race: White Sex: Male Height: 5 feet 8 incLes Weight: 138 pounds Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Complexion: Dark Scars and marks: Pin moles face Date and place of birth: June 13, 192 Doblado, "Gto." Mexico
Occupation: Farm Laborer
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Aliases: Heladio Villanueva, Eladio Eladio Rojas Villanueva, Bladio Villanueva,
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LEE HARVEY OSWALD S-R-CUBA.
REMYCAB 323 JANUARY 27 LAST.
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L IC. LUIS ECHE:A/ERR I A, ACTING MINISTER OF_ GOBERNACION,2»'4:-:
WI LL BE NOTIFIED RE POSSIBLE POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION OF . R0.1•AS.;
HIS IDENTITY AND ALLEGATIONS MADE BY ROJAS RE KENNEDY ASS I klAT,1
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WASHINGTON 2S, D. G - la Reply, Mime Mir se Ink No. MAL February 7, 1654
LEE HARVEY OSWALD
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FM. It is the property of Vie FM and is loaned to your agency;
e.mtcnts are n'.t to be ciii.tril.uted outside your agency.
follows: A confidential source abroad has advised as A)
On January 23, 1964, Mr. ELDRIDGE A. SNIGHT, Regional Security Officer, United States Embassy, Mexico, D. F., Mexico, made available a letter written in the Zpanish language, dated December 2, 1963, which had been
' directed to President Lyndon B. Johnson by PED20 GUTIERREZ VALENCIA, a credit investigator for a Mexico City department 0 store.
The letter from GUTIER3EZ sets forth that he was at the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City on September 30, 1963, or October 1, 1963, to conduct a credit investigation of an employee of that Embassy, and upon leaving he observed a Cuban in the company of an American citizen also leaving the premises of the Cuban Embassy. These two individuals, according to this letter, were engaged in a heated discussion in English involving "Castro, Cuba, and Kennedy." GUTIERREZ in his letter also alleged that the Cuban observed by him at that time was counting American dollars and that both . persons departed the area in an automobile. GUTIERREZ's letter also indicated that he had later seen photographs of LEE HARVEY OSWALD and had concluded that the American seen by him as indicated above was LEE HARVEY OSWALD.
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On January 27, 1964, inquiry at the Credit Depart=
sent of the Mexico City department store known as "Palacio
de Hierro," Calle Durango #230, revealed that GUTIERREZ is'1"'
known there as a credit investigator but is usually out on
the street and contacts his office at infrequent intervals.
On January 29, 1964, GUTIERREZ was located at
Mexico, D. F., and be advised that he is currently employed
by the afore-mentioned Mexico City department store as a
credit investigator and that during the period 1947 to
aeptember 20, 1549, be was the Assistant Commandant of the
Penitentiary of the Federal District, located on Calle
Lucumberri, Mexico, D. F. He said that during the period
1943 to 1946, he was connected with the management of the 0
restaurant "Le Rendez Vous," Mexico, D. F.
GUTIEARE1 on January 29, 1964, advised that when
he was the Assistant Commandant of the Penitentiary, JAC.UES
MORNAAD, the alleged killer of LEON TROTSKY, was then incar-
cerate 01 that jail and that a well-known communist, Dr.
ESTHE I PA, was then the Parole Board Director at that
prison'. During that time, according to GUTIERREZ, Dr. CHAPA
and various of her communist friends were teaching communist
ideology within the Penitentiary and were fomenting various
problems there. He stated that these activities were brought
to a head when there was a prison riot at the Penitentiary
on May 10, 1947, by the prisoners who were against the
communist principles of Dr. CHAPA and rioted in order to V
secure her dismissal.
GUTIERREZ stated that Dr. CHAPA formally accused
him of being an anti-communist at that time, which was a
correct accusation since he most certainly was anti-communist...,
He stated that Dr. CHAPA was finally dismissed from her
position by official order of her superiors.
GUTIERREZ offered the above facts as substantiating to,
his self-avowed anti-communist feelings over a long period
of time.
GUTIERREZ stated that be has, in his capacity as
a credit investigator, investigated many highly placed V
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persons, such as the former United Jtates Embassy Military 4 Attache in Mexico City, Brigadier General PHILIP H. BETHUNE;
BERTHA VALDEZ DE POATUONDO, the wife of the former Cuban
Ambassador to Mexico, JOSE ANTONIO POtTUONDO VALDOR;
LEOPOLDO ROMEAO, a Vice Consul in the United States Embassy
Citizenship section; and JUAN JOSE AREVALO, an ex-President ‘)
of Guatemala, in addition to other highly placed Mexican
officials.
GUTIERREZ on January 29, 1934, advised that he was
the author of a letter dated December 2, 1963, directed to
President Lyndon B. Johnson, in which he furnished background
information concerning himself and in which he set out that
on September 30, 1963 or October 1, 1963, he visited the
Cuban Embassy in Mexico City and upon leaving that Embassy,
he saw an American accompanied by a possible functionary of
the Cuban Embassy also departing. In this letter he had set
out that the Cuban was counting United States dollars
and that both the American and the Cuban were engaged in a
heated discussion when he observed thsm. His letter, a
carbon copy of which be had in his possession on January 29,
1934, sets forth that he was able to overhear words such
as "CASTRO, Cuba, and KENNEDY." His letter also set out
tnat these two individuals, upon leaving the Cuban Embassy,
got into an automobile and drove away. His letter further
stated that when he later saw photographs of subject OSWALD,
he immediately recognized these photographs as being identical
with the person observed by him at the Cuban Embassy, as
described above.
On January 29, 1964, GUTIERREZ stated that on
iieptember 30, 1933, or October 1, 1963, he had occasion to
go to the Cuban Embassy in Mexico, D. F., in connection
with the investigation of a Cuban female employee of that
Embassy who had desired to secure 2,000 pesos ($160 U. S.)
credit at the Palacio de Hierro department store. He said
that he had been to the Mexican Foreign Office and had found
that this woman, whose name he could not recall, was not
registered with the Mexican Foreign Office as an employee
of the Cuban Embassy and that, for this reason, be had gone
to the Cuban Embassy and established that she was employed
there.
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GUTIERREZ stated that on the dates indicated above] he went to see this woman and upon arriving at the Cuban 3mbassy in Colonia Tacubaya, Mexico, D. F., he parked his car on Calle Francisco Marques at about 10:30 a.m., parking just outside the parking area reserved for the use of the Cuban Embassy vehicles. •
He said that he entered the Cuban Embassy at about 10:30 a.m. on that date, and upon entering, he was able to locate the woman he wanted to see without engaging anyone that he could recall in a conversation about her. He said that this woman showed him a card which identified her as a "Second Counselor" of the Cuban Embassy, but that when he. asked her to show him her "Carnet" to identify her as an employee of the Cuban Embassy accredited by the Mexican Government, she said that an application had been made to - the Mexican Foreign Office but that her status had not, at that time, been recognized or accredited by the Mexican Government. GUTIERREZ said that this was an obvious falsehood because he had checked at the Mexican Foreign Office previously ane. had found that no application was on file for this female employee of the Cuban Embassy and that the Mexican Foreign Office had no knowledge of her presence in Mexico.
GUTIERREZ stated that he told this Cuban Embassy employee that she would have to have a "fiador" (second -person who would guarantee payment) in order to have her credit application approved. He said she indicated she could not furnish a "fiador" and that, for this reason, her credit -. application was not approved by the department store and L, no further action was taken.
GUTIERREZ felt that he might be able to locate the application made by this woman, as well as any notes or report he may have made of his investigation in order to firmly establish the date he was at the Cuban Embassy and to kof
establish her identity.
GUTIERREZ further informed that upon leaving the Cuban Embassy, which was within a very few minutes after he had entered, he paused in the courtyard between the entrance to the main building and the gate in the wall which leads to toe.
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the outside sidewalk to light his cigarette lighter and that he was bumped into by a person who was also leaving
the Cuban Embassy and who was accompanied by an adult
American. GUTIERREZ said that the person who bumped into
him bad a very light complexion and that, since he was
accompanying an American, he, GUTIERREZ, said in English,
"Excuse me," and the person who bumped into him responded
in Spanish, "Esta bien, chico," which, is a common expression
used by Cubans to indicate that no harm was done. GUTIERREZ
stated that he then recognized that the person who bumped .1
into him was a Cuban and he described this individual as follows:
Oex Hale Race White Nationality Cuban Build Short, about 5 feet 3 inches
to 5 feet 5 inches, but very stocky and appeared to be a-person of considerable physical strength.
Hair Black and curly Complexion Very white for a Cuban Dress Wore dark colored business
suit, with sport shirt open at the collar, and no necktie.
Remarks Not wearing a hat.- Spoke English fluently and rapidly, and also spoke Spanish with a Cuban accent. 44!
GUTIERREZ described the American who was accompany-4)
ing this Cuban as follows:
Sex Male Race White Citizenship Presumed to be United States
citizen. Age 27 to 30 years Complexion Very light Eyes Unknown
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Height 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 10 inches
Hair Dark brown press Wore beige or .khaki-colored
slacks and shirt of unrecalled
type, with short jacket or windbreaker; wore no bat.
.remarks Appeared nervous and had appearance of an aggressive type. .,
Heard to speak only English. V
GUTIEMEZ stated that when the Cuban bumped into
him and immediately thereafter, he noted that the American
and the Cuban were engaged in a heated discussion in English
and, although GUTIEAREZ admittedly speaks very little English,
he said he heard the words "Mr. CASTRO" and "lENNEDY" mentioned
during the heated conversation between these two individuals.
He said that he beczme interested because he noted immediately
after the Cuban bumped into him that the Cuban bad some
Lmerican currency, the denominations of which he could not t)
observe, in his hand and appeared to be running through or
counting this money.
GUTIEMIEZ stated that he walked across the courtyard
toward the exit gate in the wall surrounding the Cuban Embassy
ahout two yards behind these two individuals and that they
continued their heated discussion. He said he could not
determine the exact nature of the discussion, other than
nearing the above-mentioned names, and he said that these
two persons walked through the gate and turned to the left
on the sidewalk in front of the Cuban Embassy, which faces %)
on Celle Francisco liarques.
Immediately after passing the gate, GUTIERREZ said
he saw the Cuban hand the money he had in his hand to the
American and that the American took this money with his left
hand, folded it and pushed it into his lefthand trouser-pocket.%)
GUTI=EZ stated that although his car was parked
to the right of the entrance gate, he continued to walk
behind these two persons to the corner of Calle Francisco 0
barques and Calzada Tacubaya, which is the corner on which •
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the Cuban Embassy is located. GUTIERREZ further advised that
the two persons he was following turned to the left at this
corner, which is also along a side wall of the Cuban Embassy,
and be observed the Cuban take a key from his pocket and -
unlock the door to an automobile which was parked there. 1,1
Both the Cuban and the American then got into the car.
GUTIERAEZ stated that he did not note the license
number of this vehicle but was sure that the vehicle bore
Mexidan plates since these plates had white numerals on a
black background, which is the coloring of the current 1962-
1933 Mexican plate. He was unable to say whether the license
plate was for the Federal District of Mexico; whether it . Jway have been a "diplomatic" plate; or may have been from
some other state or territory of Mexico.
He said he did note that this car was a Dina
Renault automobile, was a solid light beige color, and was J
a fairly new or current model.
GUTIERREZ said that be then walked to his own automobile, which was parked down the block on Calle Francisco
it Marques to the right of the main Embassy entrance, and
entered his car and drove back to the corner where he had
last seen the Cuban and the American. He said he thought
c he possibly might follow them to determine where they were
going but upon reaching the corner, the automobile these - ,. two had entered was nowhere to be seen.
A. GUTIERREZ said that because of his interest in the heated discussion and the fact that the American had taken
money from the Cuban, be returned to the Cuban Embassy on .
October 4, Ma, in order to see if he could possibly identify
the Cuban he had seen there previously as an employee of that
Embassy. He said that on this occasion he used a pretext
of a credit incuiry concerning an address in Cuba for the
former Cuban Ambassador, PORTUONDO, but learned nothing and
did not observe the Cuban he had seen on his previous visit *0
anywhere on the premises.
GUTIERREZ stated that following the assassination of President ZENNEDY, he observed photographs of OSWALD in V
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various Mexico City newspapers and immediately came to the 4
firm conclusion that the American he had seen with the Cuban,
as indicated above, was identical with the person depicted
in these newspaper photographs as LEE HARVEY OSWALD. He
said that upon first viewing a photograph of OSWALD in a
Mexico City newspaper, he commented to his wife that he was
certain that OSWALD was the person be had seen with the
afore-mentioned Cuban at the Cuban 2mhassy on September 30,
1Z93,, or October 1, 1963.
GUTIERREZ stated that the only additional information
he can provide is that he seems to recall that the person he
thinks was 05VALD during the conversation called the Cuban .
"ERNIE" on at least two occasions which he could overhear.
He said that the use of the name "ERNIE" may indicate that
this Cuban's name may be ERNESTO, which would be the normal
Spanish name for a person who might be known as ERNIE or %)
ERNEST.
GUTIERREZ said that it is his recollection that
the American was talking very rapidly and that the Cuban was %)
speaking English in a very rapid fashion also.
GUTIERREZ further advised that two days following
the assassination of President KENNEDY (on or about
November 24, 1933), he again returned to the Cuban Embassy
for the purpose of trying to identify the unknown Cuban be
had seen in the company of the American, but was again
unsuccessful and saw no one there who in any way resembled e
this Cuban.
CONFI/DENTIAL
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CO NF IDENTIAL
GUTIERREZ on January 29, 1964, also examined a
photograph of OSWALD which had appeared in Mexico City news-
papers and a front, side and full length photograph of
OSWALD taken on August 9, 1963, by the Police Department •
at New Orleans, Louisiana, and he stated that these photographs
are, in his opinion, identical with the American seen by him. 1)
at the Cuban Embassy, as mentioned above.
A photograph of OSWALD which had appeared in "Life"
magazine and depicts OSWALD passing out pro-Cuban literature
on a street in New Orleans was mixed in with si:.teen
miscellaneous photographs of other persons and demonstrated .- %),
to GUTIERREZ, and he indicated no recognition of this
particular photograph of OSWALD.
It is to be noted that GUTIERREZ seemed to be an
intelligent and mature individual who was apparently sincerely
convinced that he saw OSWALD at the Cuban Embassy on one of
the dates mentioned, and on January 29, 1964, he indicated
his only desire is to assist the United states in its struggle
against communism. He made no mention of possible compen-
sation and, in fact,' stated that be would attempt to secure
the credit application made by the afore-mentioned female
employee at the Cuban Embassy without asking for any compen- -
sation for costs of photographing or copying such documents. V
During a contact with GUTIERREZ's wife on January 27,
1964, it was noted that be resides in a dilapidated apartment
building adjacent to the bull ring off Avenida Insurgentes
Sur, Mexico, D. F., in a rather poor section of the city,
and it would appear that such an apartment would normally be %)
occupied by a person of very limited financial means. -
It was noted that the description of the American,
as provided by GUTIERREZ, generally fits that of OSWALD
except that he estimated the age at 27 to 30 years, with
dark brown hair and very light complexion, which is at slight _
variance with the description of OSWALD.
CONFIAIYENTIAL
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C07° IDENTIAL
On February 3, 1964, GUTIERREZ advised that an 1
exhaustive search of the credit reports made by him in -
September and October, 1963, revealed that the credit report
he made on a female employee of the Cuban Embassy at Mexico
City on or about October 1, 1963, had been destroyed because t,
her credit application was rejected.
GUTIERREZ stated that it is his definite recollection
that the female Cuban Embassy employee was employed in the
Commercial Department of that Embassy because that is the
section he visited to contact her on or about October 1, 1963.0
GUTIERREZ stated that the Commercial Department
of the Cuban Embassy has an entrance doorway on Calle Samara'
near the corner of Calle Francisco Marques and that he entered
those offices through the entrance on Calle Samora. He -
stated that he left those offices through the doorway leading
to the patio section of the Cuban Embassy property and exited
the premises through the gate which leads onto Calle
Francisco Marques, Mexico, D. F. These happenings occurred
on or about October 1, 1963, when he observed the American
believed by him to be OSWALD in the company of a Cuban
as previously related by GUTIERREZ.
GUTIERREZ stated that he was able to locate a
credit report under the department store file number 121189
for one JOSEFINA.AIMENZANA■2111NANDEZ, which shows that he
conducted the credit investigation concerning this individual
in Colonia Coyoacan, Mexico, D. F., on October 1, 1963.
GUTIERREZ recalled that he had traveled to Colonia Coyoacan
for the investigation of LORENZANA immediately following
his visit to the Cuban Embassy on October 1, 1963, and that
this is his only means of establishing the date of his visit
to the Cuban Embassy as having occurred on October 1, 1963.
On February 3, 1964, GUTIERREZ stated that he now
estimates that he entered the premises of the Cuban Embassy
on October 1, 1963, at about 10:30 or 10:35 a.m. and left
those premises at about 10:50 a.m. on that same date. He
said that he can fix the time rather closely because he was
in Colonia Coyoacan conducting investigation concerning OT
LORENZANA at about 11:15 a.m. on October 1, 1963. ti
CONFyDENTIAL
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ENCLOSURES
Enclosed are thirty copies of a letterhead memorandum, dated and captioned as above.
REFERENCE
Mexico City cable to the Bureau, 1/29/64. Mexico City cable to the Bureau, 2/6/64. 1,
ADMINISTRATIVE
As pointed out in Mexico City cable dated 1/29/64, the Embassy at Mexico City on 1/23/64 made available a Spanish text letter dated 12/2/63, which
E . investigator for a - had bei
en direI;4142NCIA, a credit President Lyndon B. Johnson by
PEDRO*UTIERR lipaciao City department store. This letter had apparently been in the possession of the White House or the State . Department at Washington, D. C., and had been forwarded to the Embassy at Mexico City for appropriate action.
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papers at Mexico City of LEE. HARVEY OSWALD. The Legal
Attache is of the opinion; however, that the possibility
of a monetary transaction between OSWALD and an unknown
Cuban on the sidewalk outside the Cuban Embassy in broad
daylight where the transaction could be observed by anyone
on the street is highly remote. It is also to be noted.
that the identification made by GUTIERREZ VALENCIA- was
based on newspaper photographs of OSWALD which he first
observed more than three weeks after the events related
by him had occurred. It is accordingly felt that further
investigation concerning GUTIERREZ/5 allegations is not
-warranted inasmuch as substantiation of his allegations ‘,
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if not impossible.
SOURCES
/The confidentiaVsouree abroad,- mentioned in thci.
• -enClosed: letterhead memorandum, is..Special .Agent E. TRENT.
CLASSIFICATION
The enclosed letterhead memorandum has been
classified CONFIDENTIAL to protect the Bureau's foreign -I
operations and to protect the Bureau's interest in'a • V
foreign diplomatic establishment:, - -!, .
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LEAD
MEXICO CITY OFFICE
At Mexico, D. F.
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Inn LEFT FORWARDING ADDRESS GENERAL DELIVERY, RUSSELLVILLE, ALABAMA.
MRS. LOLA LOVING, FOREST GROVE, OREGON, WITH DECEASED HUSBAND
OPERATED BIBLE SCHOOL FOR PENTECOSTAL CRURCU OF GOD IN MEXICO CITY
FROM ONE NINE FIVE SIX TO ONE NINE FIVE EIGHT IN CONNECTION WITH WHICH
SHE WAS INTRODUCED TO OSBORNE BY REVEREND WALTER L. HLUCHAN OF EAGLE
PASS, TEXAS. LOVING KNOWS OSBORNE ALSO AS BOWEN. sq. TOLD HEE...TRUE
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TO LEGAT MEXICO CITY
URGENT
1 - J. C. Stokes .2
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FROM DIRECTOR FBI (105-82555)
'LEE HARVEY OSWALD, iNTERNAL SECURITY DASH H DASH CUBA.
REURCABS TWO FOUR ZERO, TWO SEVEN FOUR, THREE ZERO FIVE, THREE
ONE ONE AND THREE TWO ZERO CONCERNING EFFORTS TO LOCATE ALBERT OSBORNE
AKA JOHN HOWARD BOWEN. MRS. VIRGIL DYKES, INDIANAPOLIS, HAS NEVER
MET OSBORNE WHOM SHE KNOWS AS BOWEN AND TO WHOM SHE HAS BEEN SENDING
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR BAPTIST MISSION. CONTRIBUTIONS DIRECTED TO BOWEN,
WIZA TWO TWO, MEXICO CITY. IN LAST THANK YOU NOTE BOWEN SAID HE WAS
TRAVELING TO HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, IN JANUARY, ONE NINE SIX FOUR, AS /.
HAD HURT HIS BACK AND COULD BE REACHED THERE IN CARE OF GENERAL
DELIVERY. POST OFFICE, HOT SPRINGS, ADVISED BOWEN ON JANUARY TWENTY-
Ej
CABLEGRAM TO MEXICO CITY
RE: LEE BALMY OSWALD
105-82555
PAM 18 OSBORNE AND THAT HE
WAS ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTH
ER MISSIONARY
BY NAME JOHN HOWARD BOWEN
PHD DIED AND CONTRIBUTIONS
FOR MISSION
KEPT ARRIVING IN BOWEN'S N
AME SO HE EXPLAINED SITUAT
ION TO AMERICA;
EXPRESS, MEXICO CITY, WHO
AGREED TO HONOR PAYMENTS T
O BOWEN.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF BOWEN AND O
SBORNE IDENTIFIED BY MRS.
LOVING. SHE
RECEIVED LETTER FROM OSBOR
NE LAST WEEK OF JANUARY, O
NE NINE SIX FOUR,
BEARING RETURN ADDRESS OF
HIS MISSION AT TEXMELUCAN.
SHE RECEIVED
LETTER FROM HIM IN RECENT
WEEKS FROM SPAIN.
REVEREND BLUCHAN KNOWS OSB
ORNE UNDER BOTH IDENTITIES
AND SAYS
BE HAS USED NAME BOWEN AS
TWENTY YEARS AGO HE HAD TO
URIST PERMIT IN
NAME BOWEN. BELIEVES OSBOR
NE PRESENTLY AT HIS MISSIO
N TEXMELUCAN.
. RECORDS CANADIAN CONSULA
TE, NEW ORLEANS, SHOW OSBO
RNE ON
OCTOBER TEN LAST GAVE ADDR
ESS ONE FOUR FOUR ONE DRUM
MOND STREET, MONTREAL,
*-IN APPLYING FOR CANADIAN
PASSPORT. CLAIMED BORN NO
VEMBER TWELVE,
ONE EIGHT EIGHT EIGHT, GRI
MSLEY, ENGLAND, AND RESIDE
NCE IN CANADA
FROM AUGUST, ONE NINE ONE
SEVEN TO PRESENT. HE WAS I
SSUED CANADIAN
PASSPORT FIVE DASH SIX ZER
O FIVE THREE SEVEN SEVEN O
N OCTOBER TEN
LAST AND HIS PASSPORT FOUR
-THREE FOUR SEVEN THREE SI
X SEVEN ISSUED
JUNE, ONE NINE SIX THREE W
AS CANCELED. HE EXHIBITED
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
AND RECORD OF SERVICE IN C
ANADIAN ARMED FORCES. TOLD
CLERK AT
CONSULATE THAT HE WAS EN R
OUTE TO MEXICO BY BUS ON V
ACATION. ON
OCTOBER SIXTEEN CONSULATE
RECEIVED FIVE DOLLARS FROM
OSBORNE MAILED
720M MEXICO CITY AS PRESEN
T FOR CLERICAL FORCE. THIS
WAS RETURNED
TO HIM OCTOBER EIGHTEEN IN
CARE OF AMERICAN EXPRESS,
NIZA TWO TWO,
MEXICO CITY. - 2
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CABLEGRAM TO MEXICO CITY
RE: LEE HARVEY OSWALD
105-82555
MOUE DASH BOWEN NOT KNOWN AT
DRUMMOND STREET ADDRESS, MO
NTREAL, t
WHICH IS YMCA. YMCA RECEIVED
LETTER FROM HIM AS OSBORNE
JANUARY
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THIRTEEN LAST, RETURN ADDRES
S TEXMELUCAN, INDICATING NOT
COMING TO,
MONTREAL AS PLANNED AND COULD
BE REACHED CARE OF GENERAL DEL
IVERY,
DETROIT.
tr: ENDEAVOR TO LOCATE AND INTER
VIEW OSBORNE DASH BOWEN. IF
LOCATED,
PRESS HIM FOR FULL DETAILS OF
PERSONAL BACKGROUND, REASON FO
R DUAL
IDENTITY AND HIS MISREPRESENTA
TIONS TO YOU ON JANUARY SEVEN
LAST
AND FALSE INFORMATION IN CONN
ECTION WITH PASSPORT APPLICA
TION.
ASCERTAIN WHY PASSPORT ISSUE
D IN JUNE WAS CANCELED. DEVE
LOP FULL
FACTS CONCERNING HIS TRAVELS
FROM SEPTEMBER ONE LAST TO
DATE.
QUESTION HIM CONCERNING HIS
ASSOCIATION WITH SUBJECT WRI
NG SEPTEMBER
*_TWENTY-SIX DASH TWENTY-SEV
EN BM TRIP BY QUOTE RED ARRO
W UNQUOTE
LINE FROM NUEVO Lam TO MEXIC
O CITY. ASCERTAIN WHEN HE RE
TURNED
TO TEXMELUCAN AFTER ARRIVAL NE
KICO CITY SEPTEMBER TWENTY-SEV
EN AND
IF HZ REMAINED MEXICO CITY PRI
OR TO RETURNING TO HIS RESIDEN
CE.
DEVELOP FACTS AS TO PLACE OF R
ESIDENCE AND ACTIVITIES MEXICO
CITY.
ASCERTAIN BASIS OF REPRESENTAT
IONS HE MADE TO MC FARLANDS EN
ROUTE
MEXICO CITY AND HIS REMARK CON
CERNING OSWALD'S PRIOR TRAVEL
TO MEXICO.
CHECK AT AMERICAN EXPRESS, NIZ
A TWO TWO, MEXICO CITY, CONCER
NING
STATEMENT OF MRS. LOVING CONCE
RNING HONORING OF PAYMENTS IN
NAME BOWEN.
ENDEAVOR TO DEVELOP FACTS AS
TO FONDS RECEIVED BY OSBORN
E DASH
BOWEN THROUGH AlEXCO. ASCERT
AIN IF OSBORNE KNOWS MICHAEL
ORRUTH PAI
OF IRVING, TEXAS. 0
DALLAS ADVISED BY MAIL. - 3 -
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CABLEGRAM TO MEXICO CITY
RE: LEE HARVEY OSWALD
'105-62555
Osborne, traveling under the name Bowen, enter
ed Mexico 9-26-63
at Nuevo Laredo and traveled by bus to Mexico
City. He sat next
to Oswald on bus. On 1-7 Legat interviewed him
at Texmelucan under
the Osborne identity and be furnished false in
formation concerning
'travel in U. S. of Bowen. Thereafter, he left
Mexico and his
whereabouts are not known. Osborne-Bowen has r
epeatedly furnished
false information concerning his whereabouts,
background and
activities. As he indicated to fellow passenge
rs on bus that Oswald
appeared to have been in Mexico in past, we are interested in
interviewing him to see what be knows of the s
ubject and his
activities in Mexico. Ruth Paine, who Ist befr
iended Oswalds, is
very active in religious circles and in Septem
ber made $25 donation
to a Baptist congregation in Birmingham. Pai
ne is a Quaker. It is
possible that Ruth Paine may know of Osborne a
nd, if so, this may
be significant.
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4 FROM DIRECTOR, 8I (105-3702)
.LEE HARVEY OSWALD, IS DASH II DASH CUBA.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS FURNISHED THE BUREAU TYPEWRITTEN LETTER AND
ENVELOPE IN SPANISH LANGUAGE SENT TO ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERT F. KENNEDY
ST ONE ERNESTO FLARES LUNA NOT FURTHER IDENTIFIED, POSTMARKED MEXICO
D. Y. JANUARY SEVENTEEN LAST, LETTER STATESL; IN PART:WE TAKE THE
LIBERTY OF REPRODUCING WITH CARE CERTAIN DOCUMENTS RUCH ARRIVED FROM
TiPACHULA, STATE OF CHIAPAS, ADDRESSED TO OSWALD, ASSASSIN OF TOUR
BROTHER. DOCUMENTS WERE ADDRESSED BY CLERK IN SHOE STORE OF IBM
11111110FIDEL CASTRO'S INTIMATE FRIEND AND THE MAN WHO WAS DELIVERING
SHIPMENTS FROM HIM TO OSWALD AND THREE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE TO
ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT LOPEZ MATZOS OF MEXICO. BOWEVERIIIIIIIIINDICATED
HE WAS INTERESTED IN THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. FLARES STATED MORE
DOCUMENTS POSSIBLY EXIST INIIIIIIIIIIRESIDENCE. BE ALSO INDICATED
1111111111111111111111111111AM IT WAS NOTICED QUOTE PRIOR TO ALL OF
THIS THAT BE WAS KEEPING VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS OF DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES
IN HIS HOUSE, INCLUDING OSWALD WHO WAS IN MEXICO LOOKING FOR WORK
AND THEN WENT TO TEXAS UNQUOTE. WHILE ABOVE INDICATES ENCLOSURES
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CABLEGRAM TO MEXICO CITY
RE: LEE HARVEY OSWALD 105-82555
.WERE ATTACHED, FLORES'COKMUNICATION CONTAINED NO ENCLOSURES
. -
MILES CONTAIN NO INFORMATION IDENTIFIABLE WITH FLORES BASED
ON AVAILABLE DATA; HOWEVER, - IS POSSIBLY IDENTICAL TO
INDIVIDUAL MENTIONED ON PAGE FIVE 07 MEXICO REPORT OF SA SHELD
ON
W. PARKS JULY FOURTEEN, ONE NINE SIX ONE CAPTIO
REFERENCE IS ALSO MADE TO LEGAT, MEXICO LETTER JANUARY TWENTY
DASH FOUR LAST WHEREIN SOURCES ADVISED ELIZABETH CATLETIMORA S
TATES
CP OF MEXICO INTERESTED IN DATA RE OSWALD'S TRIP TO MEXICO AS
OSWALD COULD ONLY BE LINKED TO MEXICO THROUGH ACTIVITIES PRIOR TO
EIS GOING TO SOVIET UNION. ABOVE LETTER DOES NOT INDICATE TIME OF' -
EVENTS INDICATED THEREIN.
LEGAT, MEXICO, THROUGH AVAILABLE SOURCES, ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY
ImmAND RESOLVE ABOVE ALLEGATIONS. ALSO IDENTIFY ERNESTO FLARES
LUNA AND INTERVIEW FOR MORE SPECIFIC DATA RE THIS MATTER. IR-ABSENCE
07 INFORMATION DICTATING TO CONTRARY, ENDEAVOR TO HAVE
INTERVIEWED RE ABOVE. PROMPTLY ADVISE RES4UTSIOD SUBMIT LEM
SUITABLE FOR DISSEMINATION. COPY FURNISHED DALLAS BY MAIL.
NOTE: Above letter referred to Bureauvla Assistant Director
Courtney
Evans. Pull translation of letter has been made and Laborato
ry has
compared typed envelope and letter with other typing specimens in this
case with negative results. The above action, therefore, app
ears in
order. •
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DIRECTOR
ROM LEGAT MEXICO CITY .1130 361
- LEE HARVEY OSWAL2a ALA. IS - R - CUBA.
RE UCAB FEBRUARY 7 LAST CONSERNING EFFORTS LOCATE/or"'
ALBER SBORNE1 AKA JOHN HOWA<bOWEN. JAI/ H." C'eAcps
iOUICAT AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY (AMEXCO), MEXICO CITY
ON FEBRUARY 8 LAST ADVISED OSBORNE HAS NOT CALLED FOR MAIL
HELD THERE AND ADDITIONAL LETTERS9SIVED ADDRESSED TO a ."
JOHN HOWARD BOWEN FROM GEORGE FULLERREN
AVIDLIN. JONESV,I_LLE...VIRGINIP
POSTMARKED JANUARY 29 LAST; FROM POST bOIOE BOX 517, EAGLE PASS,
TEXAS POSTMARKED JANUARY 31 LAST AND FIZOC"RISGAH HOME MOVEMENT,
. PIKEVILLE, TENNESSEE. POSTMARKED FEBRUARY 5 LAST.
SOURCE AT AMEXCO STATED JOHN HOWARD BOWEN KNOWN TO SENIOR
CASHIER FOR PAST EIGHT-YEARS AND HAS CASHED NUMEROUS U S POSTAL
MONEY ORDERS IN AMOUNTS $25 TO $30. CASHIER DOES NOT KNOW AS
OSBORNE AND SOURCE UNABLE SUBSTANTIATE OSBORNE, AKA BOWEN'S .
CLAIM AMEXCO AT MEXICO CITY AGREED HONOR PAYMENTS BECAUSE BOWEN
DIED AND OSBORNE CARRYING ON FORMER'S MISSIONARY WORK. AMEXCO
CASHIER AND MAIL ROOM EMPLOYEE KNOW THIS INDIVIDUAL ONLY AS
BOWEN AND AS CONNECTED WITH SOME TYPE RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY IN
MEXICO. INQUIRIES AT TEXMELUCAN, MEXICO ON FEBRUARY 8 LAST REVEALED
OSBORNE NOT SEEN THERE SINCE ABOUT JANUARY 15 LAST AND CARETAKE6
AT RESIDENCE ADVISED RECEIVED PICTURE POSTCARDS FROM OSBORNE
POSTMARKED FEBRUARY 3 LAST WITH RETURN ADDRESS GENERAL DELIVERY,
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; POSTMARKED JANUARY 22 LAST AT CHATTANOOGA,
2
BUFILE 105.4325
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If the intelligence contained above message is to be disseminated outside the Bireau, it is suggested that it be suitably
paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau's cryptographic systems. /n lOg -370 .27 /
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PAGE TWO FROM LEGAT MEXICO NO, 361
TENNESSEE WITH RETURN ADDRESS GENERAL DELIVERY, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
AND LETTER POSTMARKED JANUARY 21 LAST AT CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
CONTAINING POSTCARD IN ENVELOPE OF THE WILLIAM LEN HOTEL OF
MEMPHIS, TENN. NOTE CONTAINED IN LETTER ALSO ON STATIONERY
HOTEL WILLIAM LEN AND INFORMED CARETAKER AT RESIDENCE THAT:
OSBORNE IN MEMPHIS AND LEAVING NEXT DAY.
CARETAKER AT RESIDENCE CLAIMED UNAWARE PRESENT WHEREABOUTS
OF OSBORNE BUT BELIEVES STILL IN USA.
CARETAKER STATED NO LETTER MAILED BY HIM TO LOLA LOVING OF
FOREST GROVE, OREGON IN LATE JANUARY LAST BUT OSBORNE MAY HAVE
MAILED LOVING A LETTER JUST BEFORE HE DEPARTED TEXMELUCAN ABOUT
JANUARY 15 LAST.
MEXICAN IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES HERE INTERESTED IN DETAINING
OSBORNE FOR POSSIBLE DEPORTATION IN EVENT RETURNS MEXICO BECAUSE
OSBORNE ORDERED TO LEAVE MEXICO IN 1958 AS UNDESIRABLE ALIEN AND
EXITED MEXICO AT LAREDO, TEXAS APRIL 5, 1958. MEXICAN IMMIGRATIO
FILES SHOW OSBORNE TO BE ALSO KNOWN AS JOHN H. OWEN, AND CHIEF'
OF INSPECTION SERVICE STATED OSBORNE IN VIOLATION MEXICAN
IMMIGRATION LAWS BECAUSE RETURNED MEXICO AFTER DEPORTATION WITH
EXPRESS PERMISSION MEXICAN AUTHORITIES.
BUREAU REQUEST BIRMINGHAM DETERMINE IF OSBORNE AT RUSSELLVILLE,
ALABAMA, NOTING REBUCAB REVEALED HE WAS AT HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
JANUARY 29 LAST AND LEFT FORWARDING ADDRESS GENERAL DELIVERY,
RUSSELLVILLE.
ALSO SUGGEST BIRMINGHAM ATTEMPT DETERMINE ITINERARY IN
EVENT OSBORNE HAS BEEN AT RUSSELLVILLE AND DEPARTED,
BUREAU ALSO CONSIDER HAVING ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENTS NAMED
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HEREIN CONTACTED RE POSSIBLE WHEREABOUTS OSBORNE, AKA BOWEN.
BUREAU REQUEST SAN ANTONIO AGAIN ALERT U S AND MEXICAN
IMMIGRATION SOURCES LAREDO, TEXAS AND OTHER NEARBY BORDER •
POINTS IN EFFORT LOCATE AND INTERVIEW OSBORNE IN EVENT ATTEMPTS
EXIT U S AT OR NEAR LAREDO, NOTING OSBORNE USUALLY TRAVELS BY
BUS. SAN ANTONIO ALSO REQUESTED CONTACT PERS
ONS ACQUAINTED WITH
OSBORNE, AKA BOWEN, SAN ANTONIO AND LAREDO, SINCE HE APPARENTLY
CONTACTS ACQUAINTANCES THESE PLACES WHEN TRAVELING BETWEEN
US AND MEXICO.
LEGAT SOURCES ALERTED FOR POSSIBLE APPEARANCE OSBORNE IN
MEXICO AND CARETAKER AT RESIDENCE PROMISED TELEPHONE LEGAT
• IMMEDIATELY IN EVENT RECEIVES ANY INFO RE WHEREABOUTS._ MEXICAN
IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES STATED WILL IMMEDIATELY DETAIN OSBORNE
IN EVENT HE CAN BE LOCATED IN MEXICO.
CLARK D. ANDERSON
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To: Director, FBI 1105-82555) SAC, New Orleans
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Subject: LEE HARVEYQSWALD IS - R CONFAEN.NE
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TUXTEPEC; OAXACA,. kilEX I COQ AND THAT HE RESIDES AT _514. CALLE-TEFICERA.
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ALTHOUGH HE CLAIMED TO BE DESIROUS OF COOPERATING HE UNDOUBTEDLY
• AS SUSPICIOUS OF ANY INQUIRIES MADE OF HIM. HE CLAIMED TO HAVE PF
PEROUS BUSINESS WITH OVER 14.O.EMPLOYEES AND CONSIDERABLE PROPERTY I
TAPACHULA. HE STATED HE HAS MANY ENEMIES BECAUSE OF HIS PROSPER!
.AND BEING JEWISH. DENIED ANY'-INTEREST WHATSOEVER IN POLMICS OF -
ANY KIND AND CLAIMED TO HAVE NEVER ENGAGED IN ANY POLITICAL
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COHEN STATED HE IS PRACTICINGCAPITALIST; DOES NOT KNOW
..CASTRO AND IS NOT PRO CASTRO AND HAS NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY
PRO CASTRO GROUP OR ACTIVITY., HE'SAID HE HAD READ THAT OSWALD HAD
:BEEN IN MEXICO BUT KNEW NOTHING ELSE CONCERNING THIS VISIT AND
DENIED EVER HAVING WAD ANY CONTACT WITH OSWALD. SAID HE HAS HAD
NO PERSONAL CONTACT WITH ANY AMERICANS IN TAPACHULA OR MEXICO CITY
▪ DURING PAST YEAR AND NO AMERICANS OR OTHER FOREIGNERS HAVE STAYED
WITH HIM.' HE DOES NOT KNOW ERNESTO FLORES LUNA.I.,
LH MEMO FOLLOWS AND INVESTIGATION CONTINUING. BUREAU REQUEST
FURNISH COPY OF LETTER:BY FLORES LUNA TO ATTORNEY GENERAL KENNEDY
IN ORDER THAT IT MIGHT POSSIBLY BE USED IN FUTURE INVESTIGATION
OF THIS MATTER. t)
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REURCABS NUMBERED THREE SIX ZERO AND THREE ONE,- X
CIA HEADQ!,TERS ADVISED THIS DATE IT WILL NOT POL*APH
YLAR1021$011LLANUEVA IN MEXICO FOR SECURITY REASONS. LEGA?,
MEXICO,' IS THEREFORE INSTRUCTED TO INTUSIFY INVESTIGATION TO ,
RESOLVE ROJAS', ALLEGATIONS. EXPLORE POSSIBILITY OF CIAOpiX LOL
INVESTIGATIVE SOURCE, IF WARRANTED, CONDUCTING ADDITIOiiL IN TI-
CATION AT COZUMEL. IN ADDITION TO CHECX OF AIRLINESAICORDN CS
PRESENTLY BE TAG EAFDLED, DEFINITXLY =SOLVE STATUS O*Art ROJZS°
NOTEBOOK INiaSESSION 07 DANIEL SOLIS, AND OBTAIN IF AVAILABLE. C•
DETERMIKESIGNIFICANCE OF STATEMENTS IN SOLIS' LZflZR TO"
ROJAS IN JULYS NiNE SIX THREE, INDICATING ROJAS QUOTE UP TO
• ..•". SOMETHING MOOTS WHILE IN COZUMEL. RECORDS OF nom PLAYA,
COZUMEL, SHOULD BE REVIEWED FOR VERIFICATION OF OSWALD'S PRESENCE
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AS POSSIBLE FOR COMPARISON WITH KNOWN WHEREABOUTS OF OSWALD.
FOLLOWING TEE ABOVE, VIGOROUSLY REINTERVIEW ROJAS, CONFRONTING HIM
WITH DISCREPANCIES IN EFFORT TO RESOLVE THIS NATTER.
HANDLE PROMPTLY AND KEEP BUREAU APPROPRIATELY AMR
NOTE: Rojas is Mexican citizen in Mexico who volunteered info that
he knew Oswald in company with unidentified Cubans and an American
named Albert were attempting to smuggle Cuban propaganda material
to Mexico and reportedly plotted assassination of President Kennedy
in Cozumel, Mexico. Numerous discrepancies in his account have been
developed and are being run out. Mexico recommended use of poly-
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(Priority or Method of Nailing) AIRMAIL
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TO DIRECTOR, FBI (105-82555)
ATTN: FBI LABORATORY
FROM ' °SAC, INDIANAPOLIS (105-3399)
LEE HARVEY OSWALD IS - R
ReBuairtel 1/27/64 and IP airtel 1/28/64.
Enclosed herewit is a Christmas card dated 12/25/61 with t
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name JOHN HOWARDLBOWEN.
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individual with the sweater is clear, and also the signature
on the inside.
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Internal Security Section at the Bureau.
to Indianapolis so it The original card should be r
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• " RE PAGES THREE AND FOUR YOUR IET DECEMBER EIEVEN SIXTY 'M EE
CONCERNING INQUIRY RE MANIFEST OF 'IRANSPORTES FRONIERA BUS TRIP
OCTOBER TWO DASH THREE SIXTY THREE.
BUREAU REGARDS INFO IN FIRST TWO PARAGRAPHS UNDER BEADING
QUOTE ADMINISTRATIVE UNQUOTE AS BEING PERTINENT TO OUR
INVESTIGATION OF OSWALD'S TRIP AND DL HAS “Pit, INSTRUCTED TO
REPORT THAT INFO IN FORM TO DISSEMINATE. BEAR THIS IN MIND IN
FUTURE REPORTING. COMMISSION HAS ASKED THAT WE ENDEAVOR TO
DEVELOP IDENTIFYING DATA RE OSWALD'S FELLOW PASSENGERS AND IF
POSSIBLE THEY BE CONTACTED FOR WHATEVER INFO TREY MAY HAVE.
ENDEAVOR TO IMMEDIATELY RESOLVE DISCREPANCY OUTLINED IN YOUR
DECEMBER ELEVEN SDCTY THREE LET AND ASCERTAIN IF ANY FURTHER
IDENTIFYING DATA IS AVAILABLE RE FELLOW PASSENGERS. IF THERE 1IS
NONE, SO STATE.
ENDEAVOR ASCERTAIN OSWALDIS TICKET NUMBER }!AS NOT
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CABLEGRAM
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TO LEGAL ATTACHE MEXICO CITY
FROM DIRECTORoa _
t LEE HARVEY OSWALD, IS• R CUBA.
RE PAGES FIVE THROUGH SEVEN OF YOUR DECEMBER ELEVEN LAST LET
CONCERNING MEXICAN IMMIGRATION RECORDS PRODUCED BY HERNANDEZ
OCHOA„
• CO/MISSION DESIRES FURTHER INFO CONCERNING CONITS OF-
• MEXICAN MIGRATION RECORDS. RE OSWALD' S ENTRANCE INTO AND EXIT
FROM MEXICO AT NUEVO LAREDO ON SEPTEMBER TIVENTY SIX AND OCTOBER
THREE SIXTY THREE. RECONTACT OQIOA TO OBTAIN ANY ADDITIONAL INFO
BEYOND TOURIST CARD IN POSSESSION MEXICAN MIGRATION OFFICIALS
AT MEXICO CITY. WHAT DOES TEE FM DASH ELEVEN .FORM SHOW? lab
COMMISSION DESIRES'EURTHER SPECIFICS CONCERNING MEXICAN
MIGRATION RECORD WHICH WAS. REPORTED IN DL DECEIVER EIGHT SIXTY
THREE REPORT TO SHOW THAT OSWALD, IN DEPARTING ON DECEMBER THREE
SIX!? THREE, TRAVELED BY AUTOMOBILE TO DESTINATION, NEW ORLEANS.
DO MIGRATION RECORDS AT MEXICO CITY SHOW THIS ANpjF•SO, '
IS THERE ANY IDENTIFYING DATA :RE IME.'AUTOMOBILE OR ITS OCCUP
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'14 : • ICABLEGRAM TO MEXICO CITY RE: LEE HARVEY OSWALD
FOLLOWING THAT OF ARZAMENDI CHAPA, PRESUMABLY TEE EIGHT A.M. .
TO FIVE P.N. SHIFT. HANDLE DOTEDIATELY AND REPORT D FORM TO
DISSEMINATE. INCLUDE IN LETTERHEAD MEMORANDUM THE INFORMATION OR
PAGES FIVE THROUGH SEVEN OF REM' CONCERNING REVELATIONS OF oaloA.
DL ADVISED BY MAIL.
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2-13-64
A/RTEL
,/ TO: LEGAL ATTACHE, MEXICO (105-3702) (Encs. 11)
- 1 2 - Dallas (100-10461) (Encs. 2) 2 - New Orleans (100-16601) (Encs. 2)
FROM DIRECTOR, 14605-82555)-H 9 /1 41 LEE HARVEY OSWALD IS - R - CUBA
ReLegat letter 1-24-64, two copies of which are enclosed
for DL and NO.
Enclosed -for-Lega-r are : four photographs of a silver
colored bracelet- given. by-subject to his • wife,' Marina,-upon his
return to DL. from Mexico.. • :It..is believed that Oswald purchased
this bracelet in Mexico City , for found among his effects
subsequent to the7assassination-was -a brief note to serve as-a
reminder to purchases bracelet_and to watch jai -lei game..
Also enclosed for Legat are six photographs depicting the front
and back of six color pottcards depicting various scenes in
Mexico, which most likely Oswald purchased in Mexico City. In
addition there is enclosed.a copy of a pamphlet bearing the
inscription on-the cover page !Zipodromo de las Americas, S..AA.,
xico, D. toe
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Beaf. in mind'the revelation of Mexico City sources.
re the concern expressed by Charles Small that Oswald may have
visited his tourist-type store in Mexico City. It is desired
that Legat, through available sources, endeavor to ascertain
if, in fact, Oswald visited Small's store. It is suggested
that through observation efforts be made to determine if the
picture postcards, the bracelet and the pamphlet may have been
acquired by Oswald at Small's establishment.
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AIRTEL TO MEXICO RE: LEE HARVEY OSWALD
•• 105-82555
"MR to the USSR in 1960. On 10-21-61 she married Roberto Patterson is a Negro female born 3-15-43 at Chicago, who
Casacho, a Cuban national. At resent she is studying medicine and her husband is stud ing e': ne ring at a
own o Aave returned to g o the USSR. Additional background data re Mary Louise Patterson and her parents will be furnished to Legat and DL by separate communication.
41,1d
Legat instruct your sources to maintain contact with
's activity in NO area which might prove embarrassing to - in effort to develop further specifics re the nature of
the American communist group in Mexico City or might otherwise associate him with Mexico. It is desired that results of requested investigation, together with information reported in relet and appropriate background data re Mary Louise Patterson be reported by Legat, Mexico City, in letterhead memorandum
. suitable for dissemination.
NO, notin stateient concerning the linking of Oswald to Mexico thr is activities in NO prior to his trip to the Soviet Union, is to review investigation conducted herein to date to determine if further inquiry is necessary to develop-the facts concerning Oswald's activity in NO for the brief period of tine he was in that area prior to departing for Europe 9-19-59.
- DL, upon receipt of additional background data re Mary Louise Psttersont which will include her photograph, is to question Marina Oswald to determine if she can shed any light on the allegation that Patterson knew Oswald when subject was in Russia.
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AIRGRAM xm CABLEGRAM o RADIO o TELETYPE. -ice iw.-fie
URGENT 2-17-64
TO DIRECTOR
FROM LEGAT MEXICO CRY NO. 379
BUF I LE 109-829r5-
LEE HARVEnSWALD, i I S-R-CUBA .
REBUCAB 932. FEBRUARY 14 LAST.
EFFORTS TO DATE TO RESOLVE DISCREPANCY OUTLINED IN MYLET
DECEMBER 11 LAST ON PAGES THREE AND FOUR UNSUCCESSFUL TO DATE.
THERE IS NO IDENTIFYING DATA AVAILABLE RE FELLOW PASSENGERS
OF OSWALD OTHER THAN THAT SET FORTH ON TRANSPORTES FRONTERA
PASSENGER MANIFEST. EXHAUSTIVE EFFORTS TO DETERMINE WHY •
OSWALD'S TICKET NUMBER WAS NOT RECORDED ON MANIFEST HAVE
FAILED TO OBTAIN ANY LOGICAL EXPLANATION FOR THIS DISCREPANCY
FROM BUS COMPANY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES.
RE BUREAU AIRTEL JANUARY 13 LAST CONCERNING REGISTER
OF HOTEL DEL COMERClq. INVESTIGATION AT HOTEL DISCLOSED
THAT ROOM 17./LOCATED ON DIFFERENT FLOOR FROM ROOM 18 AND HOTEL
RECORDS CONTAINED NO INFORMATION WHICH WOUDL' HELP TO IDENTIFY
RODOL5ADRIGUEZ WHO OCCUPIED ROOM 17. HOTEL MANAGER
ADVISED THAT ROOMS 18 THROUGH 23 ARE ON SAME FLOOR. HE
FURNISHED NAMES OF THREE PEOPLE WHO OCCUPIED ROOMS ON THIS/
FLOOR DURING TIME OSWALD WAS THERE. IT HAS BEEN POSSIBL4 T
LOCATE ONLY ONE OF THESE PERSONS TO DATE AND HE COULD FURNISH
NO INFORMATION CONCERNING OSWALD. INVESTIGATION ONTAJS
REGARD IS corpliNuING.
LETTERHEAD MEMO WILL BE SUBMITTED IN POUCH F BRUAR
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FROM LEGAT MEXICO CITY NO. 380
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LEE HARVE SWALDi IS-R-CUBA.
REBUCAB 933:FEBRUARY 14 LAST RE PAGES FIVE THROUGH SEVEN
OF MYLET OF DECEMBER 11 LAST.
MEXICAN IMMIGRATION RECORDS CONTAIN NO ADDITIONAL INFOR-
MATION OTHER THAN THAT APPEARING ON TOURIST CARD OF SUBJECT:- •41.
FORM FM-11 IS RECAPITULATION PREPARED BY EACH MEXICAN PORTOF.
ENTRY AND ALL INFORMATION APPEARING ON THIS FORM IS TAKEN
FROM TOURIST CARD ITSELF. FORM IS PREPARED EACH 15 DAYS BY
EACH PORT OF ENTRY IN TWO SECTIONS, ONE SHOWING ENTRIES AND.:
OTHER SHOWING DEPARTURES AT EACH PORT OF ENTRY FOR 15.DAY ,i.
PERIOD. IT IS SET UP IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND WITHIN THIS
ORDER NAMES FOR EACH DAY ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY.
THIS OFFICE DOES NOT HAVE COPY OF DALLAS REPORT_OF
DECEMBER 8 LAST WHICH SHOWED THAT OSWALD ON DEPARTURE TRAVELEDi
BY AUTOMOBILE TO DESTINATION, NEW ORLEANS. IMMIGRATION RECORDS
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HERE DO NOT SHOW THIS.
STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO IDENTIFY ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO
DEPARTED FROM NUEVO LAREDO ON OCTOBER 3-LAST DURINGSHIIT,
FOLLOWING THAT OF ARZAMENDI CHAPA AND AS SOON AS RESULTS
. a - - . . a* REC. 43 /6 L.:- ,C).2(:.;c":-- -111-1 I , AVAILABLE ,LUTERHEAD MEMO WILL BE SUBMITTED. -1 ■//,1
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. ' REMYCAB FEBRUARY 17 LAST CONCERNING TOURIST CARDS AND FORM P • * '
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, . -.. .. RAFAEL HERNANDEZ OCHOA ADVISES RECHECK OF FORM FM•11 ,4',7:.
II COVERING OSWALD'S DEPARTURE.ATNUEVO LAREDO ON OCTOBER 3'; -
LAST.DISCLOSES THAT THIS FORM DOES SHOW FINAL DESTINATION FOR '
OSWALD OF NEW .ORLEANS AND THAT HE WAS TRAVELING BY AUTO. '-'7 ..
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TO CORROBORATE DESTINATION AND MEANS OF TRAVEL OF OSWALD AS 11: SHOWN ON FM—I1. IF NOT ALREADY DONE, SUGGEST SAN ANTONIO it, •
• REINTERVIEW MEXICAN IMMIGRATION EMPLOYEE ALBERTO ARIAMENDI:
CHAPA AT NUEVO LAREDO TO DETERMINE WHAT EXPLANATION CAN BE :
OFFERED EOR INFORMATION APPEARING ON FM-11. HERNANDEZ OCHOA
HAS FURNISHED ON LOAN BASIS TO THIS OFFICE COPIES OF FORMS ”-
FM-11 COVERING OSWALD'S ENTRY INTO MEXICO AND DEPARTURE FROM ;
SAME. THEY ARE BEING FORWARDED TO BUREAU FOR PHOTOGRAPHING Ii
IN NEXT AVAILABLE POUCH ON FEBRUARY 20 NEXT. ' -
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