David
Robarge, in a very thoughtful piece that should be read in its entirety, agrees
that Popov's capture marked the time when Angleton became "fixed on the mole":Â David
Robarge, "Moles, Defectors, and Deceptions:Â James Angleton and CIA
Counterintelligence", p. 36, Journal of Intelligence History, Winter,
2003.
On March 30, 1960, R. Travis at the Domestic Contacts division writes to Rocca, chief of CI research and analysis (CIRA), asking if his division had any interest in Webster:Â Â Memo from R. Travis to Ray Rocca, 3/30/60; Reel 17, Folder U - Robert Edward Webster, p. 57; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 17: Ruiz - Webster) / NARA Record Number: 1994.05.09.11:03:47:690005.
Over the next six months, Webster made it clear that he wanted to return home but the Soviets will not let him:Â Â Memo from E. S. Rittenburg to Acting Chief, Contact Division, Attn:Â Support (Travis), 3/25/60; Reel 17, Folder U - Robert Edward Webster, p. 58; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 17: Ruiz - Webster) / NARA Record Number: 1994.05.09.11:03:47:690005.
On April 15, 1960 the CIA got word that Webster was going to be in Moscow for the May Day parade and was hoping to visit the American embassy during that time:Â Â Memo from E. S. Rittenburg to Acting Chief, Contact Division, Attn:Â Support (Travis), 4/20/60;Â Reel 17, Folder U - Robert Edward Webster, p. 52; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 17: Ruiz - Webster) / NARA Record Number: 1994.05.09.11:03:47:690005.
On April 26, 1960, Rand called the CIA Cleveland field office and told them that he and Bookbinder were heading to Moscow in the next ten days to try to get Webster out: Â Â Memo from E. S. Rittenburg to Acting Chief, Contact Division, Attn:Â Support, 4/26/60;Â Reel 17, Folder U - Robert Edward Webster, p. 51; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 17: Ruiz - Webster) / NARA Record Number: 1994.05.09.11:03:47:690005.
Moore is also Drew Pearson's brother-in-law, and may try to smuggle Robert Webster into Rand's car and out of the USSR:Â Â Memo from Justin Gleichauf, Chief, Miami Field Office to Chief, Contact Division, Support Branch (Crowley), 5/4/60; Reel 17, Folder U - Robert Edward Webster, p. 48; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 17: Ruiz - Webster) / NARA Record Number: 1994.05.09.11:03:47:690005.
Gleichauf ends by saying that he wanted to give "some warning that an accident may be on its way to happen":Â Id., at p. 2.
The USSR shut down Rand's company: Â Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial, 5/19/62; Reel 18, Folder C - Webster, Robert Edward, p. 159; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 18: Webster - WIROGUE) / NARA Record Number: 1994.03.18.11:03:09:150005
The most immediately explosive item was his mistaken claim that Oswald had renounced his citizenship:Â Â FBI report of 5/12/60 by SA John Fain; 17 Warren Commission Hearings 700, 702; Exhibit 821, p. 3.
Egerter sent a letter under Angleton's name to FBI liaison Papich telling the story of Rand's plan to bust Webster out of the Soviet Union:Â Â Letter from Egerter to Papich, 5/12/60; Routing slip re 5/3/60 memo, Reel 17, Folder U - Robert Edward Webster, pp. 46-47; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 17: Ruiz - Webster) / NARA Record Number: 1994.05.09.11:03:47:690005. Â FBI agreement in August 1961 that there was no renunciation:Â John Newman, Oswald and the CIA (Skyhorse: New York, 2008) p. 166.
Next to Angleton's name, the routing slip includes a careful reference to "Webster, Robert Edward":Â Routing slip re 5/3/60 memo, Reel 17, Folder U - Robert Edward Webster, p. 45; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 17: Ruiz - Webster) / NARA Record Number: 1994.05.09.11:03:47:690005.
Egerter continued to watch Webster while he was stuck in the USSR for another two years:Â Routing sheet from Robert Crowley to Ann Egerter, 7/15/61; Reel 17, Folder U - Robert Edward Webster, p. 16; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 17: Ruiz - Webster) / NARA Record Number: 1994.05.09.11:03:47:690005.
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A second false item in Fain's 5/12/60 memo is when he refers to Lee Oswald's father as "Edward Lee Oswald", and his mother as "Mrs. Edward Lee Oswald":Â FBI report of 5/12/60 by SA John Fain; 17 Warren Commission Hearings 700, 702; Exhibit 821, p. 6.
(5/12/60) Five feet ten, 165 , hair is light brown and wavy, eyes blue:Â FBI report of 5/12/60 by SA John Fain; 17 Warren Commission Hearings 700, 702; Exhibit 821, p. 7.
(1957) Five feet ten, 166, hair is blond, eyes blue:Â Employment application by Robert Webster, 11/16/57; FBI - HSCA Subject Files, W - X / FBI - HSCA Subject File: Robert Edward Webster / NARA Record Number: 124-10197-10416.
(May 1962) Five feet 9 1/2, 165 , hair is blond and slightly wavy, age 33, apparent age 30, eyes blue:Â Personal Record Questionnaire for Robert Webster, Part I - Biographical Information, May 1962; Reel 17, Folder V - Robert Edward Webster, p. 14;Â HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 17: Ruiz - Webster) / NARA Record Number: 1994.05.09.11:04:27:820005.
(July 1962) Five feet 9 1/2, 165 , hair is blond, age 33, eyes blue:Â Â Personal History Statement, 7/16/62, Reel 18, Folder C - Webster, Robert Edward, p. 127; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 18: Webster - WIROGUE) / NARA Record Number: 1994.03.18.11:03:09:150005.
(Memo 1, directed to Mexico City, 10/10/63) -Â Five feet ten, 165 , hair is light brown and wavy, eyes blue:Â Â Â CIA headquarters teletype 74830 to Mexico City CIA station, October 10, 1963; Oswald 201 File, Vol 2 / NARA Record Number: 104-10015-10048.
(Memo 2, directed to the headquarters of the FBI, State Dept., and Navy, 10/10/63) - Six feet, receding hairline, age 35, athletic build:Â Â CIA headquarters teletype 74673 to FBI, State Department, and Navy, October 10, 1963; NARA, JFK files, CIA 201 file on Oswald.
On March 30, 1960, R. Travis at the Domestic Contacts division writes to Rocca, chief of CI research and analysis (CIRA), asking if his division had any interest in Webster:Â Â Memo from R. Travis to Ray Rocca, 3/30/60; Reel 17, Folder U - Robert Edward Webster, p. 57; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 17: Ruiz - Webster) / NARA Record Number: 1994.05.09.11:03:47:690005.
Over the next six months, Webster made it clear that he wanted to return home but the Soviets will not let him:Â Â Memo from E. S. Rittenburg to Acting Chief, Contact Division, Attn:Â Support (Travis), 3/25/60; Reel 17, Folder U - Robert Edward Webster, p. 58; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 17: Ruiz - Webster) / NARA Record Number: 1994.05.09.11:03:47:690005.
On April 15, 1960 the CIA got word that Webster was going to be in Moscow for the May Day parade and was hoping to visit the American embassy during that time:Â Â Memo from E. S. Rittenburg to Acting Chief, Contact Division, Attn:Â Support (Travis), 4/20/60;Â Reel 17, Folder U - Robert Edward Webster, p. 52; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 17: Ruiz - Webster) / NARA Record Number: 1994.05.09.11:03:47:690005.
On April 26, 1960, Rand called the CIA Cleveland field office and told them that he and Bookbinder were heading to Moscow in the next ten days to try to get Webster out: Â Â Memo from E. S. Rittenburg to Acting Chief, Contact Division, Attn:Â Support, 4/26/60;Â Reel 17, Folder U - Robert Edward Webster, p. 51; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 17: Ruiz - Webster) / NARA Record Number: 1994.05.09.11:03:47:690005.
Moore is also Drew Pearson's brother-in-law, and may try to smuggle Robert Webster into Rand's car and out of the USSR:Â Â Memo from Justin Gleichauf, Chief, Miami Field Office to Chief, Contact Division, Support Branch (Crowley), 5/4/60; Reel 17, Folder U - Robert Edward Webster, p. 48; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 17: Ruiz - Webster) / NARA Record Number: 1994.05.09.11:03:47:690005.
The USSR shut down Rand's company: Â Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial, 5/19/62; Reel 18, Folder C - Webster, Robert Edward, p. 159; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 18: Webster - WIROGUE) / NARA Record Number: 1994.03.18.11:03:09:150005
The most immediately explosive item was his mistaken claim that Oswald had renounced his citizenship:Â Â FBI report of 5/12/60 by SA John Fain; 17 Warren Commission Hearings 700, 702; Exhibit 821, p. 3.
Egerter sent a letter under Angleton's name to FBI liaison Papich telling the story of Rand's plan to bust Webster out of the Soviet Union:Â Â Letter from Egerter to Papich, 5/12/60; Routing slip re 5/3/60 memo, Reel 17, Folder U - Robert Edward Webster, pp. 46-47; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 17: Ruiz - Webster) / NARA Record Number: 1994.05.09.11:03:47:690005. Â FBI agreement in August 1961 that there was no renunciation:Â John Newman, Oswald and the CIA (Skyhorse: New York, 2008) p. 166.
Next to Angleton's name, the routing slip includes a careful reference to "Webster, Robert Edward":Â Routing slip re 5/3/60 memo, Reel 17, Folder U - Robert Edward Webster, p. 45; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 17: Ruiz - Webster) / NARA Record Number: 1994.05.09.11:03:47:690005.
Egerter continued to watch Webster while he was stuck in the USSR for another two years:Â Routing sheet from Robert Crowley to Ann Egerter, 7/15/61; Reel 17, Folder U - Robert Edward Webster, p. 16; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 17: Ruiz - Webster) / NARA Record Number: 1994.05.09.11:03:47:690005.
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A second false item in Fain's 5/12/60 memo is when he refers to Lee Oswald's father as "Edward Lee Oswald", and his mother as "Mrs. Edward Lee Oswald":Â FBI report of 5/12/60 by SA John Fain; 17 Warren Commission Hearings 700, 702; Exhibit 821, p. 6.
(5/12/60) Five feet ten, 165 , hair is light brown and wavy, eyes blue:Â FBI report of 5/12/60 by SA John Fain; 17 Warren Commission Hearings 700, 702; Exhibit 821, p. 7.
(1957) Five feet ten, 166, hair is blond, eyes blue:Â Employment application by Robert Webster, 11/16/57; FBI - HSCA Subject Files, W - X / FBI - HSCA Subject File: Robert Edward Webster / NARA Record Number: 124-10197-10416.
(May 1962) Five feet 9 1/2, 165 , hair is blond and slightly wavy, age 33, apparent age 30, eyes blue:Â Personal Record Questionnaire for Robert Webster, Part I - Biographical Information, May 1962; Reel 17, Folder V - Robert Edward Webster, p. 14;Â HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 17: Ruiz - Webster) / NARA Record Number: 1994.05.09.11:04:27:820005.
(July 1962) Five feet 9 1/2, 165 , hair is blond, age 33, eyes blue:Â Â Personal History Statement, 7/16/62, Reel 18, Folder C - Webster, Robert Edward, p. 127; HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 18: Webster - WIROGUE) / NARA Record Number: 1994.03.18.11:03:09:150005.
(Memo 1, directed to Mexico City, 10/10/63) -Â Five feet ten, 165 , hair is light brown and wavy, eyes blue:Â Â Â CIA headquarters teletype 74830 to Mexico City CIA station, October 10, 1963; Oswald 201 File, Vol 2 / NARA Record Number: 104-10015-10048.
(Memo 2, directed to the headquarters of the FBI, State Dept., and Navy, 10/10/63) - Six feet, receding hairline, age 35, athletic build:Â Â CIA headquarters teletype 74673 to FBI, State Department, and Navy, October 10, 1963; NARA, JFK files, CIA 201 file on Oswald.
(August 1963, New Orleans arrest) - Five feet nine, 140, hair is light brown, eyes blue-hazel, slender build:Â Memo of SA John Quigley, p. 5, 8/15/63;
Oswald 201 File, Vol 1, Folder 2
(November 22, 1963, dispatcher's report, 12:45 pm) - Five feet ten, 165 , (nothing about hair), age 30: Â FBI report of 8/11/64 re Dallas dispatcher transcript of 11/22/63, p. 28; Warren Commission Hearings, Volume 23, p. 845; Exhibit 1974.
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