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104-10065-10085 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (8/10/1978)

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                                                                            10 August 1978


                   MEMORANDUM  FOR THE RECORD

                   SUBJECT:   HSCA Field Trip to Mexico City


                        1.  The  purpose of this MFR-is to outline the details of subject
                   trip for the  period 6-8 August 1978 (Mexico City 46122 refers).

                        2.   I deported Washington on Sunday, 6 August 1978 for Mexico
                   City.  Upon arrival  I met with the COS and DCOS to discuss the
                   interviews to  be conducted on Monday, 7 August and Tuesday, 8 August
                   by a HSCA team  consisting of Gary Cornwell, Deputy to Mr. Blakey,
                   Harold Leap and  Edwin Lopez.  It was agreed that the interview with
                   Daniel Flores,  staff, Mexico City Station (in alias) would be held
                   in the Embassy and  the interview with                        would
                   be held in the del Angel  Hotel using the microphone arrangement
                   agreed to by Mr. Cornwell  at the HQS planning meeting on Friday, 4
                   August 1978.  Electronic  equipment (including TV) had already been
                   either brought from HQS or was available at  the Station.

                        3.  On Monday, we were advised by cable  that the HSCA investigators
                   would not be coming as  scheduled. As  I had already made arrangements
                   to meet withEII      or  identification purposes and to explain the
                   interview arrangements,  I decided to keep the meeting.  The COS
                   concurred.  V      was cooperative and accepted  the delay as unavoidable.
                   I advised him that  I would give him as much advance notice as
                   possible in any future  interview.  I did not specifically identify
                   myself as Agency but there  is little doubt that he was aware bf my
                   affiliation.  Upon receipt of the second *cable -- which rescheduled
                   the HSCA trip  (with Mr. Cornwell deleted) --         as advised that
                   the interview would, in all  likelihood, take place on Tuesday, 8 August
                   as originally scheduled.

                        4.  At 0830, 8 August Leap and Gomez met with  the COS and
                   myself in his office.  Neither  Leap nor Gomez had any awareness
                   whatsoever of the requirement to  interview Flores.  In fact, Lopez
                   asked me if Flores was LIONION 1.  Without exposing my  concern about
                   the lack of briefirig such a question implied, I responded that LIONION 1
                   was in Madrid, not Mexico City.  Parenthetically at  the 4 August
                   planning meeting, Cornwell had been briefed on  the persona) plans of
                   Flores and had written down our request to  interview him:  (1) in


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