Union via Cuba. Cuba. via Union tacted the Soviet the tacted

September and October 1963. 1963. October and September said John Newman, an ex-military ex-military an Newman, John said

sonated Oswald was still at large," large," at still was Oswald sonated

professor at the University of of University the at professor

Cuban Consulate, inquiring about about inquiring Consulate, Cuban

visas needed to go to the Soviet Soviet the to go to needed visas

Oswald was a "disquieting discov- "disquieting a was Oswald

were erased. Documents released released Documents erased. were

During his one-week stay, he con- he stay, one-week his During ery because the man who imper- who man the because ery

documents offer more evidence evidence more offer documents intelligence analyst, author, and and author, analyst, intelligence

that the tapes survived. survived. tapes the that

tapes on which it recorded the call call the recorded it which on tapes latest and newest of declassified declassified of newest and latest

in recent years said otherwise. The The otherwise. said years recent in Maryland. Maryland.

the tape was someone other than than other someone was tape the

only now have new details about about details new have now only

curred 36 36 curred

a question mark in the assassina- the in mark question a

was was

Oswald's, government records say. say. records government Oswald's,

tion investigation investigation tion the tape come to light. light. to come tape the

"Lee Oswald" had placed to the the to placed had Oswald" "Lee

ery: The voice on the tape was not not was tape the on voice The ery:

Soviet Embassy in . City. Mexico in Embassy Soviet

ly listened to a tape of a phone call call phone a of tape a to listened ly

that a man identifying himself as as himself identifying man a that

The Associated Press Press Associated The

President John F. Kennedy was was Kennedy F. John President

By DEB RIECH,1ANN RIECH,1ANN DEB By

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1999 1999 22, NOVEMBER MONDAY,

Missing tape still clouds JFK probe probe JFK clouds still tape Missing

slassinated, slassinated,

Oswald was in Mexico City in in City Mexico in was Oswald

The discovery that the voice on on voice the that discovery The

The CIA said years ago that the the that ago years said CIA The

This controversial tape has been been has tape controversial This

They made a startling discov- startling a made They

WASHINGTON — Hours after after Hours — WASHINGTON

killed. The oc- assassination The killed.

years years

FBI agents reported- agents FBI

. .

Embassy and the the and Embassy

ago today, and and today, ago

since since

Kennedy Kennedy

was my understanding that it was was it that understanding my was

after the murder. murder. the after

later a Republican congressman congressman Republican a later

spy unit known as Department 13. 13. Department as known unit spy pictures up [from Mexico], and it it and Mexico], [from up pictures

phone interview. "I brought the the brought "I interview. phone

wald who links him to this Soviet Soviet this to him links who wald

from , was aboard the the aboard was Arizona, from

the KGB's 13th Department re- Department 13th KGB's the

months — say that after the presi- the after that say — months there about 4 a.m. EST the day day the EST a.m. 4 about there Mexico City to and landed landed and Dallas to City Mexico

sponsible for sabotage and assassi- and sabotage for sponsible plane. plane. dent was shot, a Navy plane car- plane Navy a shot, was dent

knowledge," Rudd said in a tele- a in said Rudd knowledge,"

ried a top-secret package from from package top-secret a ried

as a "case officer in an operation operation an in officer "case a as

1963, said: "HQ has full tran- full has "HQ said: 1963, scripts all pertinent calls. Regret Regret calls. pertinent all scripts

which is evidently sponsored by by sponsored evidently is which

thought to have impersonated Os- impersonated have to thought

complete recheck shows tapes for for tapes shows recheck complete

contact with Valeriy Kostikov — a a — Kostikov Valeriy with contact

tion to headquarters on Nov. 24, 24, Nov. on headquarters to tion this period already erased." erased." already period this nation." It was the caller who is is who caller the was It nation."

was in Mexico City, Oswald had had Oswald City, Mexico in was

bugged telephones and took sur- took and telephones bugged

agency maintained that it had rou- had it that maintained agency man that one CIA memo described described memo CIA one that man

— some released in the past six six past the in released some —

the phone intercepts. A message message A intercepts. phone the

tinely erased and reused tapes of of tapes reused and erased tinely

from the CIA's Mexico City sta- City Mexico CIA's the from

bassy and the consulate. But the the But consulate. the and bassy

veillance photos at both the em- the both at photos veillance

"There were no tapes, to my my to tapes, no were "There

Former FBI agent Eldon Rudd, Rudd, Eldon agent FBI Former

Newly declassified documents documents declassified Newly

It also was known that while he he while that known was also It

It is widely known that the CIA CIA the that known widely is It

.Mexico City, stated: stated: City, .Mexico

sy down there." there." down sy

several assassination researchers researchers assassination several son who was at the Soviet Embas- Soviet the at was who son called the Soviet Embassy simply simply Embassy Soviet the called

personated by a CIA officer who who officer CIA a by personated

about the identity of the caller, caller, the of identity the about

tions: Oswald could have been im- been have could Oswald tions:

privately offered some explana- some offered privately

sonation. sonation.

spond to this man's voice, nor to to nor voice, man's this to spond appears that there is a second per- second a is there that appears

Johnson, according to a transcript transcript a to according Johnson, of that call released in 1993. "That "That 1993. in released call that of

his appearance. In other words, it it words, other In appearance. his

call FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover Hoover Edgar J. Director FBI call

Oswald's name," Hoover told told Hoover name," Oswald's to a tape that suggested an imper- an suggested that tape a to

Johnson just just Johnson

plane arrived in Dallas supports supports Dallas in arrived plane

the photograph of the man who who man the of photograph the the belief that FBI agents listened listened agents FBI that belief the viously reviewed Dallas if they they if Dallas reviewed viously

picture and the tape do not corre- not do tape the and picture

was at the Soviet Embassy using using Embassy Soviet the at was

subject [Oswald] with Soviet or or Soviet with [Oswald] subject

made to President Lyndon B. B. Lyndon President to made

with transcript. Include tapes pre- tapes Include transcript. with

were returned to you." you." to returned were

amination and analysis together together analysis and amination

Cuban embassies available, for- available, embassies Cuban

ward to bureau for laboratory ex- laboratory for bureau to ward

FBI headquarters to its office in in office its to headquarters FBI

memo dated Nov. 27, 1963, from from 1963, 27, Nov. dated memo

understanding. A newly released released newly A understanding.

just pictures." pictures." just

While they would not speculate speculate not would they While

"We have up here the tape and and tape the here up have "We

And a transcript of a telephone telephone a of transcript a And

"If tapes covering any contacts contacts any covering tapes "If

Documents contradict Rudd's Rudd's contradict Documents

six six

hours after after hours

the the

NATION NATION

"Whether I knew anything about about anything knew I "Whether

week, Katzenbach said he does not not does he said Katzenbach week,

tening to a tape in Dallas. Dallas. in tape a to tening

about it at the time, I don't recall," recall," don't I time, the at it about

know anything about the FBI lis- FBI the about anything know

it at the time, or what I knew knew I what or time, the at it he said. said. he

on the communists." communists." the on

was addressed addressed was

a communist conspiracy or ... a a ... or conspiracy communist a Warren Commission, which con- con- which Commission, Warren

right-wing conspiracy to blame it it blame to conspiracy right-wing we should have some basis for re- for basis some have should we

butting [the] thought that this was was this that thought [the] butting

motivation ought to be cut off and and off cut be to ought motivation

1963. 1963.

eral, wrote in a memo on Nov. 25, 25, Nov. on memo a in wrote eral,

enbach, then deputy attorney gen- attorney deputy then enbach,

are still at large," Nicholas Katz- Nicholas large," at still are

he did not have confederates who who confederates have not did he

The Cuban missile missile Cuban The very much an America's mind. mind. America's an much very

that Oswald was the assassin; that that assassin; the was Oswald that

Soviet Union were were Union Soviet

somehow involved in the assassi- the in involved somehow

were armed with nuclear weapons. weapons. nuclear with armed were

nation. Relations with the former former the with Relations nation.

pointing to Soviets or Cubans as as Cubans or Soviets to pointing

Washington about any evidence evidence any about Washington

der. der.

plenty of reason for worry in in worry for reason of plenty

tion unit before Kennedy's mur- Kennedy's before unit tion

wald was doing in Mexico City. Or, Or, City. Mexico in doing was wald Oswald to the KGB's assassina- KGB's the to Oswald

maybe someone was trying to link link to trying was someone maybe

to fish for details about what Os- what about details for fish to

Oswald's trip to Mexico Mexico to trip Oswald's

In a telephone interview last last interview telephone a In

"Speculation about Oswald's Oswald's about "Speculation

"The public must be satisfied satisfied be must public "The

Whatever the answer, there was was there answer, the Whatever

only only

briefly by the the by briefly

icy. icy.

crisis was still still was crisis

Both sides sides Both City City THE RECORD A-3

THE RECORD A-13

ASSOCIATED PRESS , in police custody, talking to reporters in Dallas on Nov. 23, 1963, hours after President John Kennedy was assassinated. cluded in 1964 that Oswald was closed down. in 1998. the lone gunman who killed Ken- The CIA's phone intercepts in nedy. Mexico City have been an unan- His activities in Mexico City swered question in the assassina- were investigated vigorously by tion case for decades, says T. Jer- the House Select Committee on emy Gunn, former director and , which re-investi- general counsel of the review gated the Kennedy murder in the board. 1970s. The committee then raised However, he said two assistant the possibility of an Oswald imper- counsels on the Warren Commis- sonation, but said there was not sion, William T. Coleman Jr. and sufficient evidence to "firmly" W. David Slawson, told the review conclude that it happened. board that they had gone to Mexi- Many more details about the co City and not only read tran- trip, however, have surfaced in scripts, but listened to recordings. CIA and FBI documents released "We tried to find the tape," by the Assassination Records Re- Gunn said of the review board's view Board. The board, set up by effort. "We were unsuccessful. We Congress to amass all assassina- tried to get everything we could, tion-related records, opened tens and we end up with question of thousands of pages before it marks."