Oswald Post Assassination CIA Cables

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Oswald f i r s t came to our attention on 10-31-59 when a\ ews cli-pping indicatea: that he had held a-press' confcre"nce in his

room a t the Metro_po le HQte 1, Mos cow l n which he advi sed he--naaa'j)p1Tel " -to renounce his Amer1cai1Citi7e.nship and ) e ~ m e a Sov:le1~ 1 1 : . e J i . He was described as a 2 1 > - Y ~ a _ r - o l d former ~ - s : : _ M a i ] . ~ n ~ -andreceived considerable puh l i c i ty . We checked w1 th-uiCOffi ce of Nava1In te l l ige_nce (ONI) and were advised tha t Oswald had entered the

.. M a r ~ J l e C O i " P . § . _ a L I ) . a l l a s . ~ a s . . . . 10-24..$ to serve 3 y e a r s ~ v a s - - .... . . r . e J e a s e g _ ~ o i n a c t ~ ve d u t ~ ~ n 9 - 1 U 9 } u t had o b l i g ~ _ t ~ g _ s e r v j ~ ~ U l . U

. : u 12-lr:-62. ref lad an Ia:ent1fication Division record .on his service ·,

~ ~ 111 ' f ingerprints which showed no criminal arrests and placed a stop;3 ~ ~

1against the prints so that any subsequent arres t in the U. :S.. would bf

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g,::: e·rator in the Marine COfQ..S ana haa told S..oviet off lc la ls that i f ? o~ n - ,vas r a n t e d S o v ~ e t Cl l z e n ~ i p - : n e ~ ] ~ _ m a k e kn.Q..)xn i]tJ'onnati.?n... 1, . -; ~ ? n ~ _ r n ~ ~ N a . u . u e . _ C Q L Q S _ w b . L c J l - . l v . a s : - f l w u . s _ p Q s . s e s . u o n . . 1Ie ' & . c P I J . .

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~ ~ ~ _9NI agy_ised 11-15-60 that Oswald h..1d been . i v e n _ a ~0 d ~ n d e . : _ ~ : : C _ b l e d i ~ c h a r ~ from the M a r _ ~ Corps Reserve on 8-IZ.-..6...0 ._\,) 4

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cal led re ms . by Winston Scott , COS Mexico City a t the

time of the Kennedy assassinat ion. She said he was

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VARIANT HIS NAME . PASSING THIS INFO GOM ASKING THEY CHECKJ_

BORDER AIRPOTS FROM WIDCH OSWALD MIGHT HAVE FLOWN MEXICO\

CITY. W E DO NOT GET MANIFESTS THESE DOMESTIC FLIGHTS .

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HE RESPOND? WHY DID HE GO TO THOSE EMBASSIES?

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FROM MRS. PAINE ON OSWJ\LD'S WHEREABOUTS WHILE AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY?

DID THE SEPARATION TAKE PLACE 23 SEP.r'l 'WE PROPOSE TO CHECK ANY

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The basis for Sprague s statement i s a J . EdgarHoover l e t t e r to the President dated 11/23/63, the day a f t e rthe assa3sination, which enclosed a five page LHM set t ing

for th the background regarding the asnassinat ion andLee Harvey Os\ lald ( 62 - 1090G0 · 433). r: The LllM specif ica l lyC / ~se t for th the fact that F BI Agentn r,.reviewed t h ~ t a p e and ~concluded tha t the voice was not that of s w a l d ~ This pointof information was subsequently d e t e l ~ i n e d to be incorrectand the matter \ lO.S res earched and reported du r in g the Senotudy/ J l ( ; jProject in 1976. (purin g the Scnstudy Project , i t was de te r -C:mined tha t the CIA on 11/23/63 provided our Legat in MexicoCity with a t ranscript of said tape recording and advised theLega t tha t the original tape had been eras ed a f te r beingt ranscribed by CIA employee.§) Our Legat in T1ex ico City su -

sequently advised t h a t ~ o tapes \Afere ever provided to theFBI and tha t only a t ranscr ipt of the tape was made avai lable.(105- 82555-338, 371, 967 and 62-116395-1460). (Secret)

In conclusion, Richard Sprague s statement i s basedupon information obtained by his s t a f f s review of excisedcopies of the Lee Harvey Oav{ald f i le . However, h i s conclusion,based upon incomplete information i s incorrect . Inasmuch ashis s ta f f personnel do not have clea rances for classi f iedmaterial , his people could not be permltted a cces s to theclass i f ied material which would have resolved the matter.The Committee s taff has recent ly made an ef for t to obtainsecur i ty clearances which wil l enable them to ha ve access tos uch mater ia l .

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