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104-10061-10393 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (7/31/1975)

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                                         31 July 1975



   MEMORANDUM FOR:  LA/EICO
                    Mr. William Sturbitts

   SUBJECT       :  Review of Lee Harvey OSWALD 201 File
                    for Freedom of Information Request

   REFERENCE     :  Request Number 75-105, 2 June 1975

        1.. A review of .the Lee Harvey OSWALD file (201-289248)
   has been completed by the Mexican Branch in connection with
   reference..Freedom .of Information request. Most of the
   information contained in the file.that pertains to .Mexico.
   came-from sensitive sources and methods, such as photo
   surveillancer-                  nd mail. intercept
   operations.  Althioighthe mail intercept and photo
   surveillance activities have been dicontinued, the fact
   that they were in operation in Mexico continues to be
.considered'sensitive.


        2.  The Mexican information reviewed covered three
   areas: .

            a.  Sylvia DURAN Tirado.. A Mexican female
   employed by the Cuban Embassy in Mexico who provided
   assistance to OSWALD in his attempts to obtain a Cuban
   visa.  Information-regarding DURAN appears in the Warren
   Report, however, it is not attributed to the Agency'.
   The Government of Mexico (GOM) did arrest and interrogate
   DURAN re her connection with OSWALD, and a copy of the-
   GOM deposition appears in the Report.  The deposition was
   turned over to the Commission by the GOM via State Department.
   Since knowledge of DURAN's contact with OSWALD originally
   came to both the GOM's and Agency's attention
                     all mention of Agency knowledge or
   participation in DURAN's arrest and subsequent interrogation
   has been marked for non-release.

            b.  Photo of unidentified man taken in front of
   the Soviet Embassy in Mexico.  This photo was taken by
   Station Mexico photo surveillance of the Soviet Embassy
   during the month of October 1963.  When news of the
   arrest of OSWALD as Kennedy's assassin became known,
   the Station imiediately forwarded cop*ies of the photo
   to-the FBI in the mistaken assumption that the photo
   was of OSWALD taken while he was in Mexico that fall.
   It was later determined that the photo was not of OSWALD
   and in fact had been taken after he had departed Mexico.
   (OSWALD was in Mexico from 26 September thru-3 October 1963.)
   Even though the photo was not of OSWALD it had been shown
   to OSWALD's wife and mother, with the background partially

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