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Monoravlo J, Lee Rankin’
Clsesitied hy a -
General Counsel Exernpt fora C ;
Tho B t's Comission Date of
200 Marylasd Avene, jortheast :
Washington, i. C. , ” i
Dear tr. Rankin:
Through a configential source «
reliable i 40a an tha past, we hove
f€0n3 stat. ig by Fidol Castro, Ci
concerning ‘tha assassination of President
your attentio:
Kovenber 27, ing waich Castro mada
sinilar state z this natter. ‘as pertis
portions oY this sr2ecn are set out in report of
Sgent Janos J, O'Connor dated Uay 8, 18S, ot
veginaing on page 50.
social
ion, Florida,
According to our source, Castro recently is sonorted
to have said, “Car people ia fexico pave us the d2tedis ja a
fall yeport of how he Wayald) acted when ho cexe to ioxioo to
their exsessy Gineertain wietzer ho means Cuban or iw:
Enbasay). lated, “Vixst of ail, nobuay ever
goes tine izeond, it coszs noney to go tant
distance. into ts capassy, dczancad the
visa, aad
ves reiused to hin, headed ot
geinz to aody tor this.'” Czstro is a
Continued and assed, “hat is your povornment’ do:
the othar acsassins?" and speculated,
Saying, (Eta
ed to have/ |
5 to eatey I
tho ot Et took avout three
no ott a
ne Teo Source thon: udvtsed that Cedtré’a apocut as
Soden eee 20, 12284 zhiea Custro and hia non else ogee
ar conditions with a sinilar rislo asi Cw :
"inilar rizlo sad tolescopic |
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eae ,Uonorable J. Lee Rankin
eight. Czstro'is said to have expressed tho, conélvsibn that
Oswald could not have girod Tea tines in succession and
bit tho t: ot with tha tolesconic sitht in the available time,
that ho would havo noedad two othar man in order for the threo’. -
daterval, ‘ii2 source
723 cloay
Cxban
+ Bhota to have been fired in the 74
ented that on tha besis of Custro's rz
balivis vere based on thoory a3 a result of
periments and not on ony Yirsthand inYormatioa in C
Pp Sion, ia this connection, it ut E2 noted #
EBL Latoratory SERS ennorts mado
threo shots could ia fire
SATIS yt
f
5 seconds rt i
ry noted, h ry sant tho tining did not begin
until after the firiag of the firat shot. subi
It will be noted that tho information ¢:
our sources at this ¢
ent with and
Castro's szoech 02 iiovendi
to above. i
This additional naterial is set forth for the
Commission's information aad no-Zurther action 43 contemplated
by this Eureau concerning it.
Sincorely yours,
' J. Edgar Hoover