the strange case of angel perez delgado (his name was on the bus manifest oswald was on)

7/27/2019 The Strange Case of Angel Perez Delgado (his name was on the bus manifest Oswald was on)

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Hichacl E. Shahecn, J r ~ , Esq.Spec ia l Counsel fo r In t e l l i gence Coordina t ionOff ice of th e Deputx Attorney GeneralU. S. Department o f J u s t i c eFashington, ,D.C. 20530Dear Mike:

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as ind ica ted , t o the fo l lcming on or befm:e Hcdnesday,Nay 5, 1976:.

'a) R e f ~ r e n c i n g s e r i a l Bu. F i l e 62-109060-1871,de l ive ry o f a l l m a te r i a l s \7hich pe r t a in to.the ?- l legat ions made. by the . l:Jestexri Diplomutthat the assads inat ion of P r ~ s i d e n t K ~ n n e J yr e su l t ed from a j o i n t p l o t o f the. Chineseand Cubans . through i n t e r m ~ d i a r i e s , . includiD;;bu t no t J.irnited to : (1) an)r i nve s t i ga t ionconducted by the FBI upon r e c e i p t of t h i sor s im i l a r a l l ega t i ons ; (2) any subsequentinformat ion rece ived from CIA per ta in ing toth i s al1egat ion; . (3) the r e f e r e n c ~ d Hiawif i e l d of f i ce a i r t e l , dated 12/8/63; and anyo ther cowmunicat ions. f rom the Niami f i e l dof f i ce .

(b) 'For s imul taneous access , a l l s e r i a l s in the. f i l e capt ioned, "Ant i -F ide l Cast ro Act iv . iU.es ,"(Bu. F i ~ e 109-584) fo r the. years . 1963' and 1964.

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F E D E R A L B U R E A U OF INVESTIG-ATION

In Reply, PI.au Rofor to WASHINGTON D. C. 20535

Re: Angel PerezI t wil l be recal led tha t a manifest of the bus l ineTransportes Frontera allegedly fo r a bus t r ip frolll Mexico CitytoNuevo Laredo, Mexico, on October 2,3 , 1963, contained

~ a m o n g other names t ha t of Angel Perez, Seat Number 13, . Nodest inat ion \\'as indica e-d for him nor was a t icket numberl i s ted .On April 1, 1964, through cooperation of John W. Lewis,Supervi:;;or, lt!a'.>ter Index Unit , Central Off ice , Immigration andNatura l iza t ion Service, a se;;l,rch w:;,s made of a l l records oftemporary vis i to rs from Mezico (I-94 Forms), also a l l recordsof such nonimmigrant vi s i to r s who w ~ r e in the category of"overstays", a lso a l l ca.rds in master index, under the name, ofAngel Perez. I t i s estilnated tha t somewhat. in excess of 3,000cards were examined and no record was located for aL entry of aMexican ci t izen named Angel Perez who entered the United Statesa t Laredo, Texas, on October 3,4 , and 5, 1963, or . November 2, 1963.This master index also includes al iens who have become natural izedc i t i zens in the United States .

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ReBui i r te l 4 /1 /64 reques t ing check of INS I -94forms concerning ~ G E L PEREZ.Enclosed fo r the Bureau a re te n copies and fo rDal las and San Antonio one copy of an LHM r e f l ec t ing ther e s u l t s of inquiry a t INS re the name ANGEL PEREZ.

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'I\' 20 Yay 1964'1. Subject was previously president of the 26th ofJuly Movement in Washington, D. c. He worked as a busboy

a t the Willard Hotel and had high-level contacts in theCuban Embassy while they were s t i l l in D. C.2. In 1961 he, h is wife, AmericaClara went back to Cuba. He stated hedisappointed upon his arr iva l in Cuba.

in Cuba he was convinced tha t "Cuba i sCubans; Cuba i s !or the Russians."

and their daughter,was drast ical lyAfter a few weeksno longer fo r the3. PEREZ re-entered the u. S. in January 1963.He now professes to be anti-Castro and in completely dis

agreement with the present Cuban government which heconsiders to be Communistic.4. There is nothing in the f i l e to show thatSubject t ravel led to exico in November 1963 5. OUr O!!ice of Security checked him with the FBIbecause the 00 off ice in Washington wanted to conduct arout ine interview of him. We do not know the outcome ofthe interview, if i t was ever held . We have n o ~ i d e a i fhe was on the bus with OSWALD. ' - . - , . , . - - - - - , = - ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - - - - - " " 1 ~ !;; -.j . V.':!l =

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. . .. Thla suggest;othe poeslbll l ty that Osvald,posslbly lQof ~ h e Angel Perez men1fested on the bus ~ c o r d , ,mayha; ; v t ; . e ; ~ ~ , ~ ~ ; ' : ~ ; ; r . : ~together contemplated t raveling to Nuevo Laredo on the Tran n.

0; \ ;Frontera bu.s ~ n d to _thhend mey ha-..:e ~ d e . the r e ~ i v ~ ~ l 9 . o s : . ~Osvald ls ~ o . t ,knovn to . ; ~ ~ e epo.n Spanleq S;Dd .u . ~ h e . ~ . . the name. ' ' O e v l ~ " . _ ' o n t h e ~ l f e s t : ' s p o u no.Englleh, j -1 tha ... ; t h ! . ! ! e _ ; ~ : ; l i - . ! . P ; e ~ - ~ ~ p ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ' f - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > : ~ ~ : : . ~ i J . ; ~ ~ ' " ' : ; ~ 3 'Ge '?O' ' t fnna-;.r. . ----

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On Apri l 1 , 1964, through cooper'ation ofLEWIS, Supervisor , Master Index Unit, Central O f f i c e , " ' " " ' " , ! ' ' C - . . ; o ; ~ c ' > " ' "Immigration and Naturalizat ion Service; a search wasof a l l records of temporary vis i tors from Mexico ( I - 9 4 : ~ ; 2 ~ ; . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~Forms), also a l l records of such nonimmigrant v i s i t o r swho were in the category of "overstays," also a l lroaster index, under the name of ANGEL P E R E Z . _ ~ ~ ~ i ~ s ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ , , ;---., .... t somewhat in 000 cards were

llr LEWIS explained a t i t would be ghl1 .'"/'{."!} ; ; \ : ' ; \ ' ; ; ~ ; \ ; S . _ : i :probable tha t a l!exican vis i tor may have entered the UniStates on a "Nonresident Alien Mexican Border Crossing ., .........Card" (Form Number I-186) which i s issued to J,!exican c i t t z e n s . ' . ' ~ " '!o r mult iple ent r ies val id on each entry !o r a maximumof 72 hours. . In addi t ion , there are also issued s i border crossing cards !o r laborers who are given caraknown as Form -lOOE


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a l Y C L ~ ~ ~ S A GOKDTEL t h a t he i s ~ r e q u e n t l y~ - - ~ i s a Cuban parolee in th e u.s. in,..., ..,"... According to DINWIDDIE, he has~ ~ i ~ ~ i ' ~ ~ ; ~ ; : ~ ~ outs ide th e U.S by PEREZ s ince l a t ~ ' s""rnnm advised t h a t INS : t i le A 10271132 ~ o r f ! ~ f : Z .an j t r a v e l s ince PEREZ would have had toto leave and reen te r th e us.. :Jf" 'V.64, INS : t i l e A 10271132 a t th e D i s t r i c trevie11ed by SA JAKES F . am ISSEY. No

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