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Russ Holmes Work File

Russell B. Holmes was a CIA archivist who maintained an extensive collection of CIA documents on the Kennedy assassination. These documents contain a wide range of materials spanning a time period beginning before the assassination and extending into the 1990s. While a variety of subjects are represented, there is particular focus on Oswald's trip to Mexico City and the Garrison investigation of the late 1960s. The Russ Holmes Work File was declassified in the late 1990s.

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	1101.	CABLE: SOURCE DOES NOT WANT TO TALK TO HSCA RIF#: 104-10408-10168 (11/14/78) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1102.	CABLE: SOURCE MET WITH SOVIET EMB REP WHO VERY DEFENSIVE ABOUT SOVIET POSITION RE OSWALD RIF#: 104-10434-10183 (12/07/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1103.	CABLE: SOURCE REPORTED SOVIET CONSUL GENERAL TOLD HIM OSWALD SENT TO USSR AND MARRIED SOVIET GIRL UNDER CIA INSTRUCTIONS RIF#: 104-10434-10152 (12/04/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1104.	CABLE: SOURCE RETURNING 7 DEC. REQUESTS ADVISE WIFE TO MEET HIM RIF#: 104-10434-10178 (12/07/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1105.	CABLE: SOURCE SAID ANY ALLEGATION THAT HE MADE STATEMENT JFK WOULD BE KILLED ABSOLUTELY FALSE RIF#: 104-10434-10180 (12/07/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1106.	CABLE: SOVIET CONGEN ALLEGED OSWALD SENT USSR UNDER CIA INSTRUCTIONS RIF#: 104-10437-10085 (12/04/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1107.	CABLE: SOVIET EMB AND CONSULATE ARE NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC RIF#: 104-10428-10287 (05/06/64) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORKING FILES
	1108.	CABLE: SOVIET EMB AND CONSULATE ARE NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC. OFFICES ARE IN RIF#: 104-10431-10084 (05/06/64) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1109.	CABLE: SOVIET INTEL OFFICER IN NEW DELHI SENDING TELEGRAMS FROM INDIAN GROUPS TO US OFFICIALS DEMANDING INVESTIGATION OF ASSASSINATION RIF#: 104-10434-10168 (12/05/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1110.	CABLE: SOVIET VISA PROCESSING TIME RIF#: 104-10437-10049 (07/20/64) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1111.	CABLE: STATE DEPT CABLED INFO PARAS 1 AND 2 REF TO BERLIN CONSULATE 12 AUGUST RIF#: 104-10412-10048 (08/13/64) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1112.	CABLE: STATION FEELS ANY FURTHER UNILATERAL HANDLING OF CONTRERAS WOULD NOT BE PROFITABLE AND PREFERS PASS ENTIRE CASE TO LITEMPOS FOR ACTION RIF#: 104-10408-10432 (07/05/67) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1113.	CABLE: STATION FEELS ANY HANDLING OF CONTRERAS WOULD NOT BE PROFITABLE AND PREFERS PASS ENTIRE CASE TO LITEMPOS RIF#: 104-10400-10207 (07/05/67) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1114.	CABLE: STATION HOLDING ALL REELS FROM 22 NOV 63 FOR BOTH CUBAN AND SOVIET EMBASSIES RIF#: 104-10408-10348 (12/04/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1115.	CABLE: STATION PLANS TERMINATE LIEMPTY 6 AND CLOSED LIMITED RIF#: 104-10413-10030 (04/10/68) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1116.	CABLE: STATION RECORDS REFLECT THAT WILLIAM L. OLTMANS RIF#: 104-10418-10045 (05/05/76) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1117.	CABLE: STATION RECORDS REVEAL NO TRACE OSWALD RIF#: 104-10422-10348 (11/27/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORKING FILES
	1118.	CABLE: STATION RECORDS REVEAL NO TRACES OSWALD RIF#: 104-10418-10336 (11/27/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1119.	CABLE: STATION UNCLEAR AS TO PURPOSE SERVED BY PUBLICATION RIF#: 104-10429-10195 (09/25/64) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1120.	CABLE: STATION WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS RIF#: 104-10431-10100 (12/04/76) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1121.	CABLE: STATION WILL CONTACT SOURCE REGARDING HSCA INTERVIEW RIF#: 104-10408-10166 (11/09/78) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1122.	CABLE: STATUS REPORT ON THE INTERROGATION OF ALVARADO RIF#: 104-10422-10230 (11/29/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1123.	CABLE: STEPHANE CISOWSKI, CLAIMING TO POSSESS DOCUMENTS RE OSWALD, REAPPEARED AND ARRESTED RIF#: 104-10434-10167 (12/05/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1124.	CABLE: SUBJECT - ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY ALLEGEDLY PART OF PLOTTING AGAINST ALL DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS RIF#: 104-10404-10238 (12/12/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1125.	CABLE: SUBJECT - LEE H. OSWALD RIF#: 104-10404-10294 (11/26/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1126.	CABLE: SUBJECT - LEE H. OSWALD , SECOND INTERROGATION OF SILVIA DURAN RIF#: 104-10404-10236 (12/12/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1127.	CABLE: SUBJECT - LEE H. OSWALD, SUSPECTED ASSASSIN OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY RIF#: 104-10404-10312 (11/23/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1128.	CABLE: SUBJECT - LEE HENRY OSWALD RIF#: 104-10404-10313 (11/23/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1129.	CABLE: SUBJECT - LEE HENRY OSWALD RIF#: 104-10404-10314 (10/10/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1130.	CABLE: SUBJECT - MARINA NIKOLAEVA OSWALD RIF#: 104-10404-10302 (11/26/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1131.	CABLE: SUBJECT - SILVIA T. DURAN, MEXICAN EMPLOYEE OF THE CUBAN EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY, CONTACT WITH LEE H. OSWALD RIF#: 104-10404-10309 (11/25/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1132.	CABLE: SUBJECT - TRAVEL OF PRO-COMMUNIST COSTA RICAN CONGRESMAN TO TEXAS ON 26 NOVEMBER 1963 RIF#: 104-10404-10304 (11/26/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1133.	CABLE: SUBJECT LCFLUTTER INDICATED HE FABRICATING FACTS OF HIS STORY RIF#: 104-10408-10371 (12/07/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1134.	CABLE: SUBJECT STAYED AT TORNI HOTEL IN HELS RIF#: 104-10422-10346 (11/27/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORKING FILES
	1135.	CABLE: SUGGEST CURTIS RAISE QUESTION OF VERBATIM TRANSCRIPTIONS RIF#: 104-10413-10038 (07/24/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1136.	CABLE: SUMMARY OF CALLS TO US NAVAL ATTACHE'S OFFICE, CANBERRA ABOUT A SOVIET PLOT TO ASSASSINATE JFK RIF#: 104-10434-10123 (11/29/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1137.	CABLE: SUMMARY OF JOURNALIST ALEX DES FONTAINES' STORY ABOUT PFC EUGENE DINKIN'S AOL VISIT TO GENEVA RIF#: 104-10434-10125 (11/29/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1138.	CABLE: SUMMARY OF OSWALD'S TRAVEL, OCT '59 RIF#: 104-10434-10132 (11/29/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1139.	CABLE: SUMMARY OF UNREPORTED LOCAL CONTACTS OF VALERIY VLADIMIROVICH KOSTIKOV RIF#: 104-10438-10088 (11/24/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1140.	CABLE: SUMMARY UNREPORTED LOCAL CONTACTS VALERIY VLADIMIROVICH KOSTIKOV RIF#: 104-10414-10433 (11/24/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1141.	CABLE: SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ARTICLE DOUBTING FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA NATIONAL CHAIRMAN VINCENT LEE HAD ANY DEALINGS WITH OSWALD RIF#: 104-10434-10141 (12/02/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1142.	CABLE: TEAM REPORTS KOSTIKOV UNDER MEXICAN SURVEILLANCE RIF#: 104-10438-10094 (11/23/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1143.	CABLE: TELEGRAMS FROM DELHI DEMANDING INVESTIGATION OF ASSASSINATION RIF#: 104-10434-10196 (12/12/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1144.	CABLE: TELL FBI THAT HQS WELL WITH FENSTERWALD RIF#: 104-10412-10194 (06/08/72) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1145.	CABLE: THANKS. THIS CONNECTION WAS ALSO NOTED HERE RIF#: 104-10428-10268 (11/22/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORKING FILES
	1146.	CABLE: THANKS. THIS CONNECTION WAS ALSO NOTED HERE RIF#: 104-10434-10021 (11/22/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1147.	CABLE: THE QUOTE TWENTY PHOTOGRAPHS OF POSSIBLE WHITE MALE AMERICANS UNQUOTE MENTIONED IN REBUCAB WERE NOT ENTERED RIF#: 104-10413-10016 (09/18/72) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1148.	CABLE: THIS MESSAGE REPRESENTS COMBINED SUGGESTIONS RIF#: 104-10423-10377 (11/27/) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1149.	CABLE: TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE IN REPORTING WHAT THE MEXICANS ARE LEARNING FROM RIF#: 104-10436-10035 (11/29/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1150.	CABLE: TIME-LIFE STRINGER STORY, "THEY" WERE PLOTTING AGAINST PRESIDENT KENNEDY RIF#: 104-10434-10074 (11/26/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1151.	CABLE: TO BE CERTAIN NO MISUNDERSTANDING RIF#: 104-10422-10178 (11/27/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILES
	1152.	CABLE: TO DATE, ONLY ITEM MENTIONING PRESIDENT KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RIF#: 104-10422-10222 (12/10/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILES
	1153.	CABLE: TO FACILITATE EXPEDITIOUS MEXI RECORDS SEARCH AND ASSIST RIF#: 104-10428-10251 (11/23/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1154.	CABLE: TO SUPPLEMENT OUR POSITION AS OUTLINED IN REF RIF#: 104-10422-10374 (11/28/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORKING FILES
	1155.	CABLE: TO SUPPLEMENT OUR POSITION AS OUTLINED IN REF, WE WISH TO STRESS THERE SHOULD BE NO LET DOWN RIF#: 104-10422-10278 (11/28/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORKING FILES
	1156.	CABLE: TRACES NEGATIVE RIF#: 104-10434-10162 (12/05/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1157.	CABLE: TRACES ON ALVARADO RIF#: 104-10441-10020 (11/26/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1158.	CABLE: TRACES REFLECT OSCAR RODRIGUEZ MOLINA ARRIVED MEXI RIF#: 104-10412-10056 (08/25/64) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1159.	CABLE: TRACING ALL NAMES RIF#: 104-10408-10377 (12/09/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1160.	CABLE: TRACING JOHN WILSON AKA WILSON HUDSON RIF#: 104-10434-10129 (11/29/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1161.	CABLE: TRAGIC DEATH OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY REQUIRES ALL OF US TO LOOK SHARP FOR ANY UNUSUAL INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPMENTS RIF#: 104-10422-10270 (11/22/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORKING FILES
	1162.	CABLE: TRANSCRIPT OF OSWALD'S VISIT TO CUBAN EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY AND HIS CONVERSATION WITH RUSSIAN EMBASSY RIF#: 104-10414-10252 (11/23/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1163.	CABLE: TRANSCRIPT:ON 28 SEP 63 SILVIA DURAN CUBAN EMB CALLED SOV RIF#: 104-10429-10145 (11/23/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1164.	CABLE: TRANSCRIPTS FROM LI ENVOY RE OSWALD VISIT TO CUBAN EMBASSY RIF#: 104-10436-10000 (11/23/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1165.	CABLE: TRANSCRIPTS OF ADDITIONAL CALLS TO SOVIET CONSULATE BY OSWALD RIF#: 104-10414-10253 (11/23/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1166.	CABLE: TRANSLATION OF A RESUME RIF#: 104-10422-10182 (11/27/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILES
	1167.	CABLE: TRANSLATION OF A RESUME OF THE FOLLOW UP TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO AND CUBAN PRESIDENT RIF#: 104-10429-10226 (11/27/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILES
	1168.	CABLE: TRANSLATION OF A TRANSCRIPT OF A CONVERSATION RIF#: 104-10422-10183 (11/26/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILES
	1169.	CABLE: TRANSLATION OF A TRANSCRIPT OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATIION BETWEEN CUBAN PRESIDENT AND CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO RIF#: 104-10429-10227 (11/26/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILES
	1170.	CABLE: TRANSLATION OF TRANSCRIPT OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN PRESIDENT DORTICOS IN HABANA AND AMBASSADOR JOAQUIN HERNANDEZ ARMAS IN MEXICO RIF#: 104-10414-10415 (11/26/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1171.	CABLE: TRAVEL OF ERTHYROID-3 RIF#: 104-10422-10238 (11/28/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1172.	CABLE: TRAVEL OF ERTHYROID-3 TO MEXICO CITY RIF#: 104-10422-10231 (11/29/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1173.	CABLE: TRAVEL OF SOVIET DIPLOMATIC COURIERS RIF#: 104-10434-10135 (11/29/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1174.	CABLE: TRAVEL SCHEDULE OF ERTHYROID-3 RIF#: 104-10422-10239 (11/28/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1175.	CABLE: TRY DETERMINE IF YATSKOV WAS IN MEXICO CITY DURING PERIOD OSWALD WAS THERE RIF#: 104-10437-10029 (06/23/64) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1176.	CABLE: TURNOVER OF ALVARADO TO MEXICAN AUTHORITIES RIF#: 104-10422-10236 (11/28/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1177.	CABLE: TYPE FACE MATCHES THAT OF OTHER DOCUMENTS RIF#: 104-10412-10120 (09/22/64) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1178.	CABLE: UNLIKELY OSWALD TOOK FLIGHT DESCRIBED REF B RIF#: 104-10437-10035 (06/30/64) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1179.	CABLE: UPON RECEIPT YOU MAY RESUME USUAL PRACTICE OF KEEPING CUBAN AND SOVIET TAPES TWO WEEKS RIF#: 104-10422-10371 (12/12/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORKING FILES
	1180.	CABLE: UPON RECEIPT YOU MAY RESUME USUAL PRACTICE OF KEEPING CUBAN AND SOVIET TAPES TWO WEEKS, AND THEN ERASING RIF#: 104-10422-10280 (12/13/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORKING FILES
	1181.	CABLE: VIEW SOURCE'S RECENT VISIT HAVA DESIRE STAFF OFFICER MAKE CONTACT AND DEVELOP ANY INFO RE ASSASSINATION RIF#: 104-10434-10171 (12/06/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1182.	CABLE: VISAS (BRAVO). ETD MID SEPTEMBER. PRIORITY ONE RIF#: 104-10412-10000 (08/31/59) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1183.	CABLE: VISIT OF OSWALD TO CUBAN EMBASSY IN MEXICO RIF#: 104-10414-10250 (11/23/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1184.	CABLE: VISIT TO MEXICO BY HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE COUNSEL RIF#: 104-10428-10212 (12/03/76) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1185.	CABLE: VLADIMIR RODRIGUEZ LAHERA DEFECTED IN CANADA RIF#: 104-10408-10159 (04/23/64) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1186.	CABLE: WARREN COMMISSION ASKS FOR SUBSTANTIVE DATA RE SILVIA DURAN RIF#: 104-10412-10095 (09/15/64) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1187.	CABLE: WARREN COMMISSION REQUESTS WE FURNISH FOLLOWING INFO RIF#: 104-10428-10290 (05/04/64) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORKING FILES
	1188.	CABLE: WAVE HAS NO OBJECTION DECLASSIFY REF A REPORT RIF#: 104-10439-10019 (10/15/64) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1189.	CABLE: WC WISHES DETERMINE OSWALD ARRIVAL TIME HELSINKI RIF#: 104-10437-10034 (06/30/64) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1190.	CABLE: WE ARE LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE OF THE TRAVEL OF LEE OSWALD AND HIS RUSSIAN WIFE RIF#: 104-10422-10409 (11/29/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORKING FILES
	1191.	CABLE: WE ARE LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE OF THE TRAVEL OF LEE OSWALD AND HIS RUSSIAN WIFE RIF#: 104-10422-10335 (11/29/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORKING FILES
	1192.	CABLE: WE ARE LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE OF THE TRAVEL OF LEE OSWALD AND HIS RUSSIAN WIFE RIF#: 104-10434-10131 (11/29/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1193.	CABLE: WE NEED CONFIRMATORY INFO ON THE TRAVEL OF LEE OSWALD WITH HIS WIFE RIF#: 104-10422-10408 (12/02/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORKING FILES
	1194.	CABLE: WE NEED CONFIRMATORY INFO ON THE TRAVEL OF LEE OSWALD WITH HIS WIFE RIF#: 104-10422-10336 (12/02/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORKING FILES
	1195.	CABLE: WE NEED CONFIRMATORY INFO ON THE TRAVEL OF OSWALD WITH HIS WIFE RETURNING FROM USSR TO US RIF#: 104-10434-10140 (12/02/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1196.	CABLE: WE NEVER RECEIVED REF RESULTS RIF#: 104-10438-10219 (05/27/64) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1197.	CABLE: WE WISH TO STRESS THERE SHOULD BE NO LET DOWN IN YOUR EFFORT TO FOLLOW ALL LEEDS RIF#: 104-10434-10113 (11/28/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1198.	CABLE: WHITE HOUSE, ODACID AND ODENVY HERE ALL ADVISED ALVARADO CONFESSED HE FABRICATED HIS STORY RIF#: 104-10408-10319 (11/30/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE
	1199.	CABLE: WHITE HOUSE, ODACID, AND ODENVY HERE ALL ADVAISED ALVARADO CONFESSED HE FABRICATED HIS STORY RIF#: 104-10422-10373 (11/30/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORKING FILES
	1200.	CABLE: WHITE HOUSE, ODACID, AND ODENVY HERE ALL ADVISED ALVARADO CONFESSED HE FABRICATED HIS STORY RIF#: 104-10422-10279 (12/01/63) CIA#: RUSS HOLMES WORKING FILES

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