Cryptonym: AMLOAN-1
A cable from Hamburg in July, 1964, stated "AMLOAN-1 reports Identity A (handwritten above: Walter Simon) of ref has just arrived HAMB from PBRUMEN (Cuba). Future plans uncertain. According AMLOAN subject was interviewed 14 July by HAMB weekly Der Stern re his work in PBRUMEN. Not known when story will appear. AMLOAN believes subject would talk to ODYOKE (U.S. Government) rep."
A dispatch from Hamburg Base in early November of 1964 stated that after the publication of the Warren Commission report, an untested source (who turned out to be Professor Walter Simon mentioned above) reported to AMLOAN-1 about an alleged meeting he had with a "well-known Cuban scientist Apiagas (fnu) in Havana on 23 November 1963. Apiagas claimed he was at the Havana Airport, by chance, on 22 Nov 63 when at 1700 hours an aircraft with Mexican markings landed and parked at the fat side of the field. Two men who he recognized as Cuban 'gangsters' (identities not given), alighted, entered the rear entrance of the administration building and disappeared without going through the normal customs procedures. Apiagas learned that the aircraft had just arrived from Dallas, Texas via Tijuana and Mexico City. The plane had been forced to land at Tijuana due to engine trouble." Apiagas speculated that these two men must have been involved in the assassination of President Kennedy.
104-10308-10077: CABLE: AMLOAN-1 REPORTS IDENTITY A OF REF HAS JUST ARRIVED HAMB FROM PBRUMEN
07/17/64: Cable from Hamburg to Director (Scolum Acting): TYPIC AMLOAN: REF: EGGA-2864: "1. AMLOAN-1 reports Identity A (handwritten above: Walter Simon) of ref has just arrived HAMB from PBRUMEN (Cuba). Future plans uncertain. According AMLOAN subject was interviewed 14 July by HAMB weekly Der Stern re his work in PBRUMEN. Not known when story will appear. 2. AMLOAN believes subject would talk to ODYOKE (U.S. Government) rep. If HQs interested debriefing PLS forward specific RQMS and available traces."
"AMLOAN Operation 19-6-79/3: EGGA 3171 Dated 2 November 1964: Dispatch from Hamburg Base to Hqs. On 15 Oct 1964, after publication of the Warren Commission Report, untested source (Prof. Walter Simon) reported the following to AMLOAN-1 (Wilhelm Bernhardt John Kessler). Simon obtained the information from well-known Cuban scientist Apiagas (fnu) in Havana on 23 November 1963. Apiagas claimed he was at the Havana Airport, by chance, on 22 Nov 63 when at 1700 hours an aircraft with Mexican markings landed and parked at the fat side of the field. Two men who he recognized as Cuban 'gangsters' (identities not given), alighted, entered the rear entrance of the administration building and disappeared without going through the normal customs procedures. Apiagas learned that the aircraft had just arrived from Dallas, Texas via Tijuana and Mexico City. The plane had been forced to land at Tijuana due to engine trouble. By combining the date, the origin of the flight, and the known reputation of the two men, Apiagas theorized that the two men must have been involved in the assassination of President Kennedy. Apiagas speculated that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted in the pay of Castro, and that the two Cubans had been in Dallas to organize or oversee the operation. Apiagas said he had been greatly distressed by what he had seen and heard..." from 06/30/77: Memo from George V. Lauder, Acting Chief, Latin America Division to the Inspector General.