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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON 25, D.C.
WASHINGTON 25. D.C.
17 September 1964
MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. J. Lee Rankin
General Counsel
President's Commission on the
Assassination of President Kennedy
MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. J. Lee Rankin
General Counsel
SUBJECT:
President's Commission on the
Technical Examination of Photographs
Assassination of President Kennedy
of Lee Harvey OSWALD's Application
for a Cuban Visa
SUBJECT:
Eusebio AZQUE - Former Cubam Consul,
Mexcieo City
1. I refer to your request of 1 September 1964, that the
W. C'entral Intelligence Agency undertake a technical analysis of
photographed copies of Lee Harvey OSWALD's application for
a Cuban visa, prepared by him in the Cuban Consulate in Mexico
In reply to your verbal request, I forward information
on Eusebio AZQUE, and views on his dealings with Lee Harvey
City, and the reply from Havana conditionally rejecting OSWALD's
application.
OSWALD.
We surmise that the references in OSWALD's , November
2. Qualified analysts of this Agency have examined and tested
letter to a man who had since been replaced must refer to Cuban
these documents, and have made the following determinations:
Consul Eusebio AZQUE, who left Mexice for Cuba on permanent
a. The signature "Lee H. Oswald" affixed to the visa
transfer on 18 November 1963, four days before the assassination.
application le the signature of Lee Harvey OSWALD.
AZQUE had been in Mexice for 18 years and it was known as early
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as September 1963 that AZQUE was to be replaced. Hie replacement
did arrive in September. AZQUE was scheduled to leave in Ostober
b, The notation in the lower left corner of the visa appll-
cation form, which reada "Hotel del Comercio, Room 18-46-60-
but did net leave until 18 November.
51". was probably written by Mrs. sulvia DURAN, an employee
of the Cuban Consulate. We are unable to make a definitive
We do not know who might have told OSWALD that AZQUE
statement on this handwriting because the notation is too faint
or any other Cuban had been or was to be replaced, but we
and the sample of Mrs. DURAN's handwriting available for
speculate that Silvia Duran or some Soviet official might have
comparison le inadequate for the purpose. It is possible to
mentioned it if OSWALD complained about AZQUE's altercation
state with confldence that the notation was not written by Lee
with him.
Harvey OSWALD.
COMMISSION EXHIBIT No. 3127
Richard Helms
Deputy Director for Plans
COMMISSION EXHIBIT No. 3126
*
"
viducin and Apronizations
P6-909 (Rev. 1-98-00)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA*
if
Intervinerd
Date
12/4/63
c. The visa Application supplied by the Cuban Government is,
in fact, a reduced photographic copy of a photograph.
Doctor LEONARD REISSMAN, 4155 Wilkie Way, Palo Alto,
California, advised that he had lived in New Orleans for
7
approximately 12 years and had resided at 1121 Pine Street,
d. Under stereographic magnification it has been determined
New Orleans for five years. He said that he came to Palo Alto,
that the blurred passport number listed at the entry "Pasaporte No."
California, to work at the Center for Advanced Study of
on the application form is B-092526.
Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, at the end, of
July,
1963.
Doctor REISSMAN related that he cannot recall.ev
.. No additional tests or analysia were deemad necessary.
-
having known LEE HARVEY OSWALD. He said that he had studied
OSWALD's photograph, having seen the newspaners and
3. 1 return herewith the chotogração to the viea aprilication and
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