“… that reported Oswald's contact with the Soviet Embassy in Mexico. City.) 7) A memorandum dated 5/11/64 to the United States Em- bassy in Mexico City from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Mexico. (Commission Exhibit 2120.) 8) A memorandum dated 6/9 /64 from the Ministry of Foreign A …”

“… of Production from the Operaton . The photographs from the manual camera were maintained in a chronologi (al file at the CIA station in Mexico City. 100/ These photographs were routinely shown to a penetration agent in the Cuban Embassy for identification purposes.101/ After this age …”

“… .) -31- 4 1 B. Photographic Surveillance Operations Aimed at WEB the Soviet Diplomatic Compound 1. Introduction a hrs as The Mexico City CIA Station maintained . photographic surveillance on the Soviet, diplomatic ao la fn 9 compound in Mexico City in 1963. Three pho …”

“… .m., visitors could still gain entrance by ringing the gate bell. "Russian speakers can get in any time."120/ One CIA officer who was in Mexico City remembers' "that the photo surveillance was constant except for instances where it would be down for security reasons. or equipment malf …”

“… and the additional photographic coverage conducted on a more selective basis, without materially affecting overall usefulness.138/ The Mexico City Station took exception to this recommendation: While HMMA 14093 correctly referred to LIMITED, LILYRIC..9is "photographic base­ houses, …”

“does individual reports on LIMERICK personnel entering and leaving the main gate...139/ In 1964 the Mexico City Station restated the operating procedures of the two bases in a dispatch referenced to the above paragraph from HMMA-14793: J Classif …”

“… missing was requested on 7/25/78.142/ The CIA's explanation stated that the photographs and logs "may have been destroyed in a purge of Mexico City Station files and that the folders for the destroyed naterial were reused to forward more recent photographic material to Headquarters …”

“… production if Mr. Keenan was not available.153/ Mr. Keenan or Ms. Goodpasture, would then bring the photographic production back to the Mexico City Station in the American Embassy.154/ Mr. Keenan did not remember with certainty to whom he turned over the material, but believed it was …”

“… all the decisions and had all the responsibility involved in the operation.157/ Mr. Keenan was the most junior Operations Officer in the Mexico City Station in 1963, and claims that his role in the opjeration was largely limited to legwork.158/ Ms. Goodpasture testified 1hat her role i …”

“… adquarters? A: I think it was nade on the basis of trying to get a promotion for me.164/ Alan White, who was Deputy Chief of Station in Mexico City in 1963, testified that Ann Goodpasture was "a Special Assistant" 1.0 the Chief of Station and.that "her main respons bilities were to ha …”

“… material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) -52- 6. Coordination of Photographic and Electronic Surveillance Operations The Mexico City Station employed an operating procedure whereby the functioning of the photographic base and the electronic intercept base could be coor …”

“… liaison with the highest officials of the Mexican Government.188/ W k w k 2. Responsibility a. General Win Scott, the Chief of the Mexico City Station, was, nominally, the case officer for the telephone W k Classification: 8290 a. XL.: 11 169 Classified by derivation: I sh …”

“… ters.199/ The Manells also usually handled the notification of representatives of various other United States government organizations in Mexico City when the information warranted such notification. 200/ David A. Phillips, a CIA officer who was stationed in Mexico City in 1963, testif …”

“… 14-13-26 The Chancery 25-09-14 The Commercial Office 11-28-47 The Corsulate One CIA employee who was involved in Cuban operations in Mexico City remembered that there were taps on the telephone of tie Cuban Consulate.213/ It is possible that the employee, Mr. Phillips, who ‘Was sta …”

“… of paper and not on the transcripts themselves.301/ III. Information About Lee Harvey Oswald's Stay in Mexico that was Known by the CIA Mexico City Station Prior to the Assassination of John Kennedy and the Sources of that Information A. Information that was Available In 1963 the …”

“… ication: 1—(rADTT 3^ (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA-controlled documents.) -73- photographically.302/ The Mexico City Station received daily transcriptions of the telephonic surveillance of the Embassies.303/ The Station received twice, or three times, a …”

“… ification:-- 4HT (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) -80- 2. Information Available to the Mexico City CIA Station from CIA Headquarters On October 11, 1963, three days after the Mexico City Station made the initial report to Headquarters …”

“… inn CARIP 9L0L1 (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled cocuments.) -81- 3. Information Available to the Mexico City Station from Electronic Surveillance Aimed at the Cuban Diplomatic Compound An examination of the production from the electronic surve …”

“… uments.) -82- 5. Possibility that Additional Information from the Electronic Surveillance on the Soviet Compound was Available to the Mexico City Station Ms. Anna Tarasoff assisted her husband, Boris, in the transcription of tapes from the Russian Embassy.322/ Ms. Tarasoff testi …”

“… tomt. to receive assistance with the expenses of his trip.348/ Daniel, Stanley Wation, a retired CIA employee who was Deputy Chief of he Mexico City Station from 1967 to 1969, told the Hoise Select Committee on Assassinations staff that he had seen a file on Oswald in Mexico City tha …”

“… ontrolled documents.) -89- There are indications also that there was f one other additional call that may have been available to the Mexico City Station prior to the assassination of President Kennedy. in the first statement by Silvia Duran provided to the CIA by the Mexican gover …”

“… concerning Oswald was probably made on telephones not subject to CIA surveillance and, hence, would not have been available tc the CIA's Mexico City Station. 6. Possibility that the CIA Photosurveillance Obtained a Photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald This Committee cannot state with ce …”

“… I.A. and B. preceding. Simply put, this Committee has not seen all of the photographs produced by the photosurveillance 4 operations in Mexico City.363/ Hence, it cannot conclude that a photograph of Oswald does not exist among those photographs it has not seen. b. Likelihood that t …”

“… the investigators that he "would give the true story on the photograph produced by the CIA which the CIA claimed was taken of Oswald in Mexico City in 1963."370/ Phillip Agee was interviewed by HSCA staff investigators on 11 and 12 January 1978. Mr. Agee told the in/esti gators that …”

“… f all of the paperwork and other administrative matters relating to the support in Washington to these operations which were underway in Mexico City.374/ Ms.Scaleti trained Mir. Agee for his new position. Mr. Agee characterized Ms. Scaleti as "the key figure in the Mexico Branch in He …”

“… documents.) -95-. City. 378/ Within an hour or two, Ms. Scaleti had located the photograph of Oswald visiting the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City. 379 z Mr. Agee went on to say: I don't know, don't recall in fact, how she had been able to reconcile or how they were able to recon …”

“… that it was considered a coup of some sort for her to act so fast in digging out the photograph and the information on Oswald's visit to Mexico City, 380/ 0 Mr. Agee could not remember whether he had actually seen the photograph that Ms. Scaleti % . V allegedly found.381/ When Mr. …”

“… 978, the House Select Committee on Assassinations interviewed Mr. Daniel Stanley Watson in Mexico. Mr. Watson served as a CIA officer in Mexico City from approximately 1965 to 1969. Mr. 6es. Watson was the Chief of (overt Action (propaganda) from 1965 to 1967. He was the Deputy Chief …”

“… had requested to see Lee Oswald's file in 1965 or 1966.389/ Mr. Watson said that it was his understanding that the file was the complete Mexico City personality file on Oswald.390/ Mr. Watson said that he would be surprised if Oswald's Mexico City personality file was seven volumes lo …”

“… ath. Mr. Watson said that his source for this allegation was Winstor Scott's widow, Janet.396/ Mr. Watson stated that he 1 bought the CIA Mexico City Station had given the Warren Commission all the material, in its possession but, he added, he also knew that Winston Scott was capable o …”

“… ality."409/ Mr. Smith stated that he also knew Ann Goodpasture.. He said: Annie was another one of Win Scott’s case officers. She was in Mexico City for about 14 years. Annie was what we called the . "resource person." Annie knew everything.410/ Mr. Smith said that Win Scott also had …”

“… by the House Select Committee on Assassinations on 11 August 1978. Mr. Piccolo is an operations officer in the CIA. He was stationed in Mexico City from December 1957 to January 1960 and again from August 1965 to January 1968. Mr. Piccolo was involved in anti-Cuban operations from 19 …”

“… ontrolled documents.) -104- Mr. Piccolo stated that he had heard stories about a surveillance photograph of Oswald being found both in Mexico City and at CIA Headquarters in Langley.423/ He stated that Ann Goodpasture may have been the person who found a photograph of Oswald in Mexic …”

“… found the photograph, but he was certain that he had heard it prior to hearing it from Mr. Niescuir.430/ Mr. Piccolo speculated that the Mexico City Station may have routinely sent photographs of unidentified Americans who visited Communist Embassies to Headquarters for possible ident …”

“… d not recognize the name "Elsie Scaleti."440/ He stated that he did not recall ever being told that there was a photo of Oswald from the Mexico City surveillance operations.441/ He denied ever telling anyone”

“… form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) 107 - 1 d. HSCA Investigation of the possibility that the Mexico City Photosurveillance Operation Produced a Photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald (1) Introduction This Committee has conducted a general investig …”

“… aken by these photo- surveillance operations. Also in the course of its general investigation into the CIA’s surveillance operations in Mexico City Classification: iW Classified by derivation: ARSD SD42R a950” StREC” osven 4 NW 48327 Doold: 32263889 Page 119”

“… an operations. They uniformly testified that the Station had not obtained a photograph of Oswald from the photosurveillance operations in Mexico City. 448/ (2) Investigation of the Allegations Ms. Elsie Scaleti worked on the Mexico Desk in 1963. 449/ Ms. Scaleti could not recall her p …”

“… sked about the allegations,’ how- ever, her memory of 22 November 1963 is not good:. Q: When was the next time after you sent a cable to Mexico City Station and you teletyped thoese other agencies, when was the next time you heard of Lee Harvey Oswald? A: I don't remember. The only th …”

“… hillip Agee that you had found a photograph of Oswald or someone you thought to be Oswald? on&a 4+nco A: I did not know Jeseph Smith in Mexico City. I had never seen Joe except at the station in woi no with himat bedreason to sayHeads that eooters. Mexico City and Phil I only saw w …”

“contact with the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City. 464/ Fortunately, Ms. Scaleti’s supervisor had a better memory of the events that transpired at CIA Headquarters on the day that Presid …”

“Introduction This study has demonstrated that the information from the Soviet Embassy taps and from Headquarters was available to the Mexico City Station prior to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In addition to the Agency acknowledged information; there is a distinct …”

“… ld. t should be pointed out, however. that this analysis can only be directed at that information now known to have been available to the Mexico City Station. This information will be discussed briefly in the following section. In addition, the question of whether Oswald or an Oswald i …”

“… , (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlle d documents.) -118- a rn. e After the assassination the CIA's Mexico City Station r ver mo passed copies of seven of the above listed conversations to 471/ “awls the U. S. Embassy Legal Attache.- The 9/27 …”

“… copies of the transcripts that pertain to Oswald were found throughout the CIA's files on Lee Harvey Oswald. () . It is obvious that the Mexico City Station linked the 1 wo Classification: 5 i: 200, } Classified by derivation: . wand 6Als a NW 48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 132 ■”

“… acted - from CIA—controlled documents.) -121 10/1 10:45 call to Lee Harvey Oswald because Oswald identified himself in the call and the Mexico City Station reported 481 / Oswald's contact with the Soviet Embassy to Headquarters on 10/8/63 On this transcript the translator added the n …”

“… The above four conversations which occurred on 9/27 and 9/28 contain almost all of the substantive information that was available to the Mexico City station on Oswald from the Soviet electronic intercept operation., These conversations were not linked to Oswald prior to 8 October 1963 …”

“be discussed in the following sections on the Mexico City Station's actions prior and subsequent to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 20 07 03 Classification: r30Ki -. Classifie …”

“… W9E999 GrAnT 6-D (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) - 123 - ===Reconstruction of the CIA Mexico City Station and Headquarters Actions Prior to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy.. . A. Introduction-CIA Interest in and Liaison …”

“… as possible on Americans—in con- tact with the Embassies. This was routine, it was also the case with Lee Harvey Oswald. B. Narrative of Mexico City Station Actions”