104-10000-10065 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

TO: DIRECTOR FROM: MEXICO CITY ACTION: C/WH 5 INFO : DOP, ADDP, C/CI, C/SAS 5, RF, (VR)

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RIP INFO NAME SITE MEXI 6587 RYBAT RESUME:

1. REQUEST TRACES AND POA BENITO RUIZ GORILO: DOB 12 NOV 1914, LOS ARABOS, MATANZAS. WIFE CELIA RODRIGUEZ RUIZ. BORN SANTA CRUZ DEL SUR, HAVANA PROVINCE. MANAGER NATIONAL SERVICE, HOTEL NACIONAL, HAVANA. FORMER AMERICAN SOCIETY TRAVEL AGENTS (ASTA). ACQUIRED AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP EARLY 40's. DELINQUENT CIRCA 1950. NO LIVING CHILDREN. GRANDCHILDREN. COURTES SIMON LIVES NEAR SANTIAGO DE LOS BANOS. FREQUENTED GINGER LAMM AND GRANDSON JOHN G. WHITE LIVE MIAMI. THIRD WIFE DECORE MASON.

2. SUBJECT IS SOLT CUBAN DELEGATE ASTA CONVENTION MEXI CITY 21 THRU 28 OCTOBER. ALLOWED TRAVEL DUE PRESTIGE AS FORMER VP TRAVEL CARIBBEAN AREA, AND DEAL ALL HAVANA TRAVEL AGENTS. STATES HAS ACCESS TO INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL TRAVEL INFO. INFO PRIOR NOTICE MUCH OF LATTER. CLAIMS VALUABLE INFORMATION STORED IN NATIONAL POST OFFICE, ESPECIALLY CORRESPONDENCE SECTION. HAS ASSISTED ANTI-CASTRO PERSONS BY FORGING VISAS. KNOWLEDGE OF BLOC TECUS LIVING HOTEL NACIONAL.

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TO SUBJECT FACILITATED DUE CLANDESTINE WITH OPERATOR DAY IN HAVANA 1959. SUBJECT APPEARS COOPERATIVE. COMMUNICATE VIA RYBAT PRO PART 1 BEING FORWARDED. NO NEXT TRACES. SECRET

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