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Clark
Anderson
head of FBI station FBI in U.S official Embassy Azque Cuban Consul until assignment permanent at Embassy
in.Mexico office City title Attache "Legal to Recalled with LHO Argued Silvia Duran
Senor
Eusebio
Senor
Barrios
Mexican Police Special about LHO contact CIA wire safe 3 Tarasoff CIA
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Bill
Bright
Tarasoff collected supervised operation and delivered fresh tap transcripts tapes house outside for translation embassy Deputy Chief of Station
to
03 Boris Dimitry
CIA translated wire intercepted taps from Russian and Cuban Embassies from Russian into English stated to Select staffers that Committee intercepted wire tap of LHO phone call from Cuban to Russian Embassy was in English not Russian as David Phillips testified Not interviewed by Warren Commission husband "El Dia of Silvia Duran in Mexico City employed at newspaper
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Duran
Ruben
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a LHO allegedly attended Duran individuals LHO arrived this home men looking
Senora
Silvia
Art
Gaona
Elias
de Duran of Cuban Embassy Cor.sclar section employe Cuban met and LHO in assisted Allegedly processing visa application LHO Present during argument with Azque over delay in visa by Barrios Interrogated not W.C CIA outside Cuban traced Renault seen allegedly Embassy to this individual ,/ CIA -.brought for translation to Tarasoff tapes of wiretaps CIA picked to American in primarily transported transcription took of wiretaps up transcriptions worked Embassy for dissemination and only occasionally U.S Embassy and for translation of wire taps tapes
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Valencia
Gutierrez brother of Pedro national Enquirer Cuban Embassy Gurierrez the story told Mel Luna of LHO payoff of the outside
Kanstantinov
Soviet in Consular KGB agent official office also Warren Commission LHO spoke with alleges possibly this it is unlikely individual although and LHO conversation Kanstantinov by spoke English phone from Cuban Embassy was in English Kostikov Soviet Warren Consular official also KGB agent Commission LHO spoke with Lostikov about concluded visa in to Soviet Union via Cuba conversation tercepted by CIA wire tap Soviet in letter official Lho mentions to Soviet in as official he Embassy spoke with Washington Cuban Warrnn cell from during phone Embassy Commission LHO meant "Kostikov not concludes "kostin
Valery
Vladimirovich
"Kostin
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CIA worked in Embassy for husband 1E010 have sent photo of "unidentified man leaving Soviet him to be Oswald.) Embassy thinking 7 CIA in charge of Soviet LHO wire tap supervised Ambassador Bryan on Station saw transcript desk wire tap dissemination City 1963
(may the
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City City
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23
George
Misko
CIA on station assigned translated wire taps before in summer 1963 station CIA maintained wiretaps "safe Supervised Embassy were recorded Saw LHO on bus for 1963 after leaving
to Russian Tarasoff
desk arrived
on
03
Pamela
Mumford
26 City
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Phillips
CIA on station in Embassy as "Political Attache" head of Cuban desk with counter dealt propaganda of Station Worked directly under CIA Chief Winston Scott of LHO tap through Passed information "proper channels normal course tape destroyed during alleges of time within Became CIA head of two weeks Western operations Hemisphere CIA worked under Phillips on Cuban City for desk Cousin
Joseph Guillama
Piccolo Ruiez
in Mexico
Castro
under of
Phillips
on Cuban
desk as to
under
on Cuban
taps
tap
Pedro
Gutierrez
credit the saw LHO leaving investigator allegedly Cuban Witness Cuban Embassy with a short stocky claims he saw money being passed to LHO and then watched in a Renault that he feels as the Cuban left to Duran Horacio belonged Dan Vogel CIA Tarasoff identify tapes gave voice were voice of all persons tapes smaples to be in Soviet Embassy made from phone CIA after Deputy Chief of Station in that at time of LHO presence position Saw LHO on bus evening Sept Mexico City from Monterrey to Mon..errey leg of journey Yatskov Soviet 03 Consular official also KGB agent to Vogel knew Tarasoff intercepts possibly
Allen
White
Patricia
Winston
Pavel
Antonovich
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James
Chief of Counter-Intelligence CIA involved with Mexico photos City of between liaison LHO allegedly CIA and Warren Commission Directing Miami anti-Castro elsewhere Dallas activities in
BISHOP
Morris
BISSELL
Richard
for Plans until Director Deputy In control assassination of secret with Mafia conspiracy Tarasoff Supervised operation lected wire tap transcripts delivered fresh to"safe tapes outside for translation Embassy (UNID.) Met with "Amlash on 11/22/63 that him poison advised pen were weapons forthcoming Deputy Chief Mexico Division of CIA Desk investigation col and
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William
CIA operative when LHO distributed FPCC in front of ITM in New Issued visa immediately prior to Mexico FBI with Supplied in Ruby after assas just
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Anne
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FRANK EARTES
Successor Arcacha to Sergia Smith Orleans CRC (Cuban Revolutionary 1608 Mason Smith Avenue Metairie
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ALVIN BEAUBOEUF
on November
22 with
Melvin
CARLOS BRINGUIER
Owner clothing store 107 Decatur member CRC help with co-founder arrested in altercation "Crusade" LHO on "Conversations Carte LHO debated Blanc" CIA involved anti-Castro movement possible heavily FBI informant links ponsible
MELVIN COFFEY
Ferrie and Beaubouef to Houston ice Accompanied skated at Winterland Rink with Beaubouef while Ferrie waited beside payphone Ruby allegedly purchased paintings en route to shop in New Orleans at this Cuba individual's
LORENZO BORENSTEIN
ROBERT BOYLSTON
C.A.P
records
W Guy Banister (deceased) address (544 Camp St found on LHO F.P.C.C literature.)
was
at 544 Camp former office Private FBI detective involved with anti-Castro knew LHO according Cubans to testify to Weisberg not called knew Ferrie CIA America Latin involvement possibly
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Arcacha
Smith
charging
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Weisberg during
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in New Orleans
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HARVEY
William
with for
Field conspiracies
HELMS
Richard
Director for Deputy CIA 1966 Withheld information assassinate Castro McCone Uncooperative Commission Funding Cuban Thomas conduit groups for
Director
HUNT
Howard
CIA
anti-Castro
KARAMESSINES
Deputy to Richard Helms Deputy desk officer in charge JFK assassination access formation requested CIA Miami
of
LYNCH MAHEU
Grayston Robert
CIA Operative with Involved Castro and Mafia link plots '3
assassination
03 in Embassy Worked for husband have sent of "unidentified (may photo man the Soviet leaving Embassy him to be Oswald.) thinking In charge of cript wire tap of Soviet LHO wire dissemination desk tap saw si.pervised trans
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MARCHETTI
Victor
of
involvement
of
Clay
McCONE
John
CIA Director Testified to Warren Commission that LHO was not an agent informant or employee of CIA stated to Select Committee to study Governmental with Operations to activities respect intelligence that he was not aware of the "Amlash assassination effort CIA Russian desk Mexico Translator for of tapes wiretaps in Mexico not Mexico supposedly LHO was there
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George
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Maintained wiretap and offices Embassy "Safe houses where recorded O'CONNELL James
on
Counsel were
Chief of Operational CIA allegedly of Security of Office Division Support of organized Involved with coordination crime with Castro assassination plots On station as "Political Attache counter head with of Cuban dealt desk CIA under Worked directly propaganda of Station Winston Scott Chef Passed information of LHO tape through channels "proper tape alleges destroyed within normal course of time during two weeks Worked on Phillips on Cuban desk to JFK
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David
PICCOLO ROCCA
Joseph Raymond
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relating 12/74
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Winston
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Robert
Phillips
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TARASOFF
Boris
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LEWIS J. in the first was a pitboss McWILLIE Casino Tropicana ten in the in Havana Riviera in the late and 1950's Casino 1960's His to FBI reports associates early according included and Jake Dino Santos Trafficante Meyer Lansky Cellini and Binion McWillie was a very friend close Benny of Jack The two were involved in a number Ruby purportedly of smuggling and gun Las in Cuba Vegas operations running and elsewhere MEYER was and associated McWillie with Jack Lewis PANITZ Ruby FBI reports indicate that in the of 1959 McWillie summer called Panitz in Miami Beach from Havana to that say Ruby had visited him in Havana and that was now proce just Ruby to Miami Beach. Another indicates that "Panitz ding report contacted at 21 Wolfies Sheet and Collins Restaurant Ruby Miami Florida. as a box man In 1963 Panitz worked Beach at the Casino where was McWillie also Thunderbird working LENNY like Dave and a long was a Mafia assassin PATRICK Yaras time friend of Jack with was mentioned He Yaras Ruby along in the Warren Commission of Ruby's Eva Grant sister testimony was a Chicago to who used ROTHMAN NORMAN "ROUGHHOUSE" gangster to work for Santos Souci Trafficante in'Trafficante's San Casino He was to certain the reports according original liaison between the Mafia CIA in their efforts and the mutual to assassinate Fidel been Castro It has that Rothman reported a contract offered on Castro while he was to Frank Sturgis as Castro's the casinos conduit with in Havana acting Sturgis has denied the worked Rothman Later allegation reportedly with John Roselli on the assassination CIA-Mafia plots Rothman ran to pro-Castro then later forces in 1958 guns ran to pro-Batista indicted for he was forces In 1960 guns interstate firearms of stolen transportation Rothman is in Haiti at one of with Michael McLaney currently McLaney's nightclubs./ JOSEPH In September Simon before testified 1975 SHIMON Joseph the Senate Select Governmental Committee to Study Operations with to Intelligence that Shimon stated Activities respect before the in he had of invasion 1961 shortly Bay Pigs Sam Giancana to Miami He stated and John Roselli accompanied he had that been when CIA officials present passed poisen to Roselli and in assassinating Castro Giancana use for pills also Shimon indicated that Maheu to the Robert Committee told him that John all of the details Roselli was handling of the Castro that it was assassination "Johnny's attempts contract. Shimon him that had also that Giancana told stated !'4ah ::u s involvement efforts was in the CIA-Mafia self-serving
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SANTOS was and is a powerful Mafia leader whose TRAFFICANTE of includes of Florida case most and whose personal empire is Tampa until late Traffi From late 1960 operations 1962 cante served as organized coordinator of the CIA-Mafia crime to assassinate Fidel of the Castro The conspiracies report Senate Select with Committee to Study Governmental Operations to Intelligence that in September Activities states respect or October of 1960 "Roselli introduced Maheu to two individuals on whom Roselli intended 'Sam Gold to rely who would serve as a 'back-up or man 'key and who serve 'Gold said would man, 'Joe, as a courier to Cuba and make arrangements there. The Senate Committee Sam further stated that "Sam Gold was Giancana and that "Joe was Santos Trafficante In 1976 a reporter with in Miami's exile connections Cuban anti influential that Jose community reported Aleman,..an at a September stated that Trafficante told Castroite him 1962 that hit. to be was meeting Kennedy "going Trafficante has House Select Committee before the appeared on Assassinations where to answer he declined questions to his involvement in the Castro assassination relating plots or to his assassination of the alleged fore-knowledge Kennedy IRWIN in 1963 a Chicago with bail bondsman WEINER was alleged ties to organized crime The Warren Commission's investigation of Jack a 12-minute call calls revealed Ruby's telephone from Weiner to Ruby on October In 1975 Weiner was 1963 26 with fraud in connection the with Teamsters charged pension fund case but was acquitted,He in the is presently area Chicago was a Mafia DAVE a long association with YARAS assassin who had Jack The relationship of the came attention to the Ruby Warren Commission of Ruby's the testimony initially through Eva Grant The FBI questioned who confirmed sister Yaras his with Patrick as that with friendship Lenny Rerby as well FBI did the own Mafia not Yaras However on his question and activities he that statement accepted deadpan yaras that doubted connections Ruby had any Mafia The McClellan Senate of organized Committee investigation crime involved heard had been Yaras that testimony indicating in the of the in establishment Mafia's gambling operations that he had Teamsters Havana and with the been involved corrupt Local 320 in Miami Yaras in the Miami area is currently living
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trial at the man who testified hit was a Mafia CHARLES CRIMALDI of Tony where in he detailed Mafia activities Esposito is FBI Crimaldi the for Crimaldi currently Chicago working at the states Mafia's "funeral that he was present meeting at which ordered members Paul Ricca of the Chicago Syndicate business not in the Castro to get involved assassination plot the Central Crimaldi that he was once states approached by and offered as a contract Intelligence Agency employment killer has of the in Europe members Crimaldi with spoken Select described staff He has Committee on Assassinations CIA involvement crime and stated with has that organized to his to Hoffa worked with Sam Giancana knowledge Jimmy the not of Fidel Castro He does assassination believe plan assassination in the that Hoffa was involved however Kennedy cause of Charles Nicoletti's as to the Crimaldi speculated linked to Nicoletti's that it was death knowledge feeling of CIA-Mafia that he stated assassination However plots he had no knowledge in or knowledge involvement of Nicoletti's the assassination of Kennnedy