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

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch36317 and id is 1 raw text is: 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.tha~t pertains to .Mexico. came-from sensitive sources and methods, such as photo surve.illancel land mail. intercept operations. Although the mail intercept and photo surveillance activities have been dicontinued, the fact that they were in operation inlMexico contnnea 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 via the Ailatera telta, 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 immtediately forwarded copies 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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