</s>104-10147-10076 UNCASSIFIED "TERNAL CONF"ENTIAL " ONLY ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET SUBJECT: (Optional) Hsac EXTENSION FROM: NO. Chief Counterintelligence Staff 1655 DATE 26 Jan 77 TO: (Officer designation, room number, and building) DATE COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom INITIALS RECEIVED FORMWARDED to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.) 1. OLC 7 D 35 2. CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM 3. 3. RELEASE IN FULL 1997 4. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. FORM 610 USE PREVIOUS SECRET CONFIDENTIAL INTERNAL USE ONLY UNCLASSIFIED

Summary: The document details CIA communications regarding Lee Harvey Oswald's interactions with Soviet and Cuban embassies in Mexico City during October 1963. It outlines the Agency's handling of information about Oswald's visa requests, including a cable from the Mexico City Station to Headquarters on 8 October 1963 summarizing conversations with the Soviet Embassy. The CIA asserts that it did not withhold critical information about Oswald's contacts and clarifies its dissemination practices. The text references the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) and disputes claims by Chief Counsel Richard A. Sprague that the CIA mishandled the Oswald case, emphasizing that the Agency provided relevant data to federal agencies. It also notes discrepancies in the timing of information sharing and highlights the FBI's involvement in Oswald's investigation. The document includes a reference to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a fragmented context unrelated to the assassination investigation.  

Key People: Russell B. Holmes (CIA official), Richard A. Sprague (HSCA counsel), Lee Harvey Oswald, David Phillips (former CIA agent), Boris Tarasov (alleged witness).  
Key Locations: Mexico City, Washington D.C., New Orleans, Dallas.  
Key Events: Oswald's contact with Soviet and Cuban embassies in 1963, CIA-FBI information exchange, HSCA investigation into JFK assassination, Sprague's public statements about CIA practices.  
Key Organizations: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA), Warren Commission.

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