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104-10065-10085 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (08/10/1978)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch70538 and id is 1 raw text is: 104-10065-10085 2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992







                                                                            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 depgrted 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   yn       er    ura   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 withc '  nf for identification purposes and to explain the
                   interview  arrangements, I decided to keep the meeting.  The COS
                   concurred.  ciMt 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 of my
                   affiliation.   Upon receipt of the second 'cable -- which rescheduled
                   the  HSCA trip (with Mr. Cornwell deleted) ---Djtwas 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 briefirtg 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 person&1 plans of
                   Flores  and had written down our request to interview him:  (1) in



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