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104-10127-10053 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (08/10/1978)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch73027 and id is 1 raw text is: 104-10127-10053 2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992





                                                                            CLC #8

                                                                            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 departed 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  a mond    vere uur     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 withq1jranfor identification purposes and to explain the
                   interview arrangements,  I decided to keep the meeting.  The COS
      t            concurred.  Xlilantwas  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) --  uriria was 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 briefing 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 personal plans of
                   Flores and had written down  our request to interview him:  (1) in



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