</s>104-10147-10099 6. September 1975 MENORANDUM OF CONVERSATION: Dan Rather and Les Midgley 3 September 1975 Mr. Rather said that CBS is working up a series of programs entitled "The Assassinations" dealing with the assassinations of President Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Rev. King. The President of the Governor of Gov. Wallace. He said they are particularly concerned that they have the facts about any possible CIA connection with Oswald. He had that it seems also, on its face, incredible that CIA had not had some contact with an ex-Marine who worked the Soviet Union, also, with its face. Incredible that CIA was not had union, and an interview with him and making him an agent, but wanted to make sure he had covered all the bets. He referred to-the-work of Mark Mark Lane in this field and I treferred to Dick Gregory's paranoia on this subject of CIA connections with the Kennedy death. . We went over a variety of matters: CIA had no contact, firmed it up at the end by saying that CIA has no contact. with it at the End by saying Russian period or afterterms, that Oswald also was able to pass the CIA to the President's aware of his visits to embassies in Mexico City, which information was made available to Oswald came from our becoming that there was absolutely no basis for the Warren Commission, that there is absolutely no bias for conclusion, which (and Mexico at the time Oswald was there, and that the Russian traveler at that CIA had interviewed was indeed a different individual than Oswald, despite the coincidence of the Russian of the Soviet Union, under oath, based on one traveler that the CIA had interviewed under oath. Based on information available within the Agency, although I had no personal knowledge of the matter I said I could not believe that any additional information would suffice in the Agency that any other information would include on, the Agency by Mr. Belin in the Rockefeller Commission on, investigations due to his personal interest in the matter. Mr. Midgly referred to the fact that some additional information is coming out from the FBI, and I pointed out JFK ACT 2/1695 RELEASE APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1993 CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM

**People:**

* John F. Kennedy
* Lee Harvey Oswald
* Dan Rather
* Les Midgley
* Mark Lane
* Dick Gregory
* Allen Dulles
* Richard Helms
* William E. Colby

**Dates and Locations:**

* September 3, 1975 (conversation between Dan Rather and Les Midgley)
* Mexico City (Oswald's visits to embassies)
* Soviet Union (Oswald's work)

**Significant Events or Activities:**

* Assassination of President Kennedy
* Investigation by the Warren Commission
* Rockefeller Commission investigation
* CIA interview with Oswald
* FBI investigation into CIA connections with Oswald

**Connections to JFK, the Assassination, or Related Investigations:**

* CIA connection with Oswald (denied by CIA)
* Possible CIA involvement in Oswald's activities
* FBI investigation into CIA connections with Oswald
* Rockefeller Commission investigation into CIA and FBI activities

**Evidence, Testimony, or Findings Mentioned:**

* CIA had no contact with Oswald during his time in the Soviet Union
* CIA interviewed a Russian traveler who was not Oswald
* FBI investigation revealed no evidence of CIA involvement with Oswald
* Rockefeller Commission found no evidence of CIA involvement in the assassination of President Kennedy

RFK Declassified Files

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