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104-10145-10191 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (11/7/1978)

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                                     7 November 1978


   MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

   SUBJECT    Meeting with Mr. (Herbert Manell


        1.  Yesterday afternoon I met with Mr. Manell)in the
   company of Messrs. Shepanek and Holmes   The purpose of the
   meeting was to ascertain Mr.(Manell'i Ucollection  of cer-
   tain events in Mexico City in connection with the visit of
   Lee Harvey Oswald there.  I told Mr. 4anell the question
   that had arisen over the memoires Sf Win Scott.

        2.  While Mr.(Manell has not read the Scott memoires,
   he said that he cou d offer speculation on how Scott .came
   to write such a thing.o3Mr. Scott at times was prone to
   exaggeration.   anel  said that Oswald's visit came at
   the end of the summer.  The summer was a period when lots
   of k oks came to Mexico and contacted the Soviet Embassy.
03\anell  said that this proved to be very time consuming
    rom tie Station's point of view as the Station was obliged
    to report to Headquarters and appropriate Embassy components
    on these people when they were identified. He considered
    this function to be one of no profit operationally,
    although it was of course a necessary CI responsibility.

        3.  When Oswald identified  imself in a telephone call
   to the Soviets it was viewed-by Qfanell)as being a meaning-
   less instance of one more probable use ess contact to
 .4eport;   for the Station had no record or file on Oswald.
O Manell's wife,  a part-time employee, ended up writing a
   cable. No  one thought much of Oswald,and Win Scott signed
   off on the cable without question.

        4.  On the question of photographic coverage he said
  there  is a practical explanation of why there were no
  photographs  of Oswald. He said the work was very boring.
  He believes  that the Mexicans were simply not photographing






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