</s>104-10413-1092-2018 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992-17AL HSCA 1/6/3244 286567 77-05-2 Executive Registry MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence THE S.S.O.S./ FROM John H. Waller Inspector General SUBJECT Bernard Fensterwaldi Jr. Comments in 22 October 1976 Issue of Washington Star SUBJECT Bernard Fensterwaldi, Jr. comments in 32 October concerning comments made by Bernard Fensterwald, Jr ., 1. The following is a response to your query to Mr. Seymour Bolton 2. The comments made in subject to the marked section of the at- tached comments by Bernard Fenssterwald, JR. It is clapping by the agency has been particularly sensitive speculation it is clearly that the agency is in the photographs that partially organized about the entire matter because the agency's question originated about the agency was not in the context of the question originated October 1963 by the Agency and Mexican security authorities against the Novotr 1962. The agency and Mexico City. However, the material was not in the Cuban embassies and Mexico city. It would be the most important document in the world was in no sense by under investigation and that at no time during his stay in the city did not include a photograph of Oswald sibly in the Agency has 12 different photographs of an individual, the post- sibly an American Embassy and later in Cuba Embassy. A cropped photograph was inquiry at the headquarters and made fully aware of the course of their Com- mission and its Staff were fully aware in the course at the course. inquiry at Headquarters and made Mexico City of the origins of the photo- individualized taken at different times in Mexico City, at one point our inquiries and the city's headquarters and the original city of Mexico City to the origin of the photograph- was Oswald. However. This proved not to be the case. It should be noted that Mr. Fensterwalld in 1971-1972 was actually shown two of the 12 photographs during a visit to the Agency, was actually taken one of the already published in the Warren Commission report. It is a matter of more than EZ, IMPDET CL BY 004465 201 84

Summary:  
The document is a memorandum from John H. Waller, Inspector General, to the Director of Central Intelligence regarding Bernard Fensterwald Jr.'s comments in October 1976 about his earlier statements concerning Lee Harvey Oswald's activities in Mexico City during November 1963. It references CIA technical surveillance of Oswald’s stay in Mexico City, including inquiries into photographs allegedly linked to Oswald. The agency notes that its coverage was limited to technical aspects and involved Mexican liaison efforts. The Warren Commission was provided information from Mexican police interrogations of Sylvia Duran regarding Oswald’s trip to Mexico City. The document also mentions Fensterwald’s 1971-1972 visit to the CIA, during which he viewed photographs of an individual (later identified as Oswald) and claimed knowledge of an unidentified man in a photograph. It highlights that the CIA’s investigation into Oswald was not part of a broader political or operational inquiry but focused on technical surveillance.  

Key People:  
- Bernard Fensterwald Jr.  
- John H. Waller (Inspector General)  
- Seymour Bolton  
- Lawrence Houston (General Counsel, Agency)  
- Sylvia Duran (Mexican police interrogated regarding Oswald’s trip to Mexico City)  

Key Locations:  
- Mexico City  
- Washington, D.C.  
- Cuban Embassy (mentioned in context of Oswald’s movements)  

Key Events:  
- CIA technical surveillance of Lee Harvey Oswald’s activities in Mexico City during November 1963  
- Mexican police interrogations of Sylvia Duran regarding Oswald’s trip to Mexico City  
- Warren Commission access to information about Oswald’s activities  
- Bernard Fensterwald Jr.’s 1971-1972 visit to the CIA and claims about an unidentified man in photographs  

Key Organizations:  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Warren Commission  
- Church Committee (mentioned in fragmented Q&A section)

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