“… t started His states he was a McDonald's investigation. cleared source of LAFO/DCS doi September 1969. (contract agent) It is true that Mexico City Station took photos of "Saul" that McDonald claimed started his investigation. Pg. 59 - See Identi-Kit CDH comment: See photos of com …”
“… tact with him. iif Pg. 164 - Saul said a contact he knew/ According to our records, / - named Troit would have OSWALD in OSWALD was in Mexico City Mexico City 26 Sept to 3 oct.i between those dates, and was in and that OSWALD would call on contact with the Cuban and Soviet both the …”
“14-00000 1 b 27 September 63: OSWALD went to Cuban Embassy, Mexico City and made appoint for visa to Cuba on way to USSR. OSWALD to Soviet Embassy to get letter of recommendation. They wouldn’t give it to …”
“14-00000 ft "I SUBJECT: Unidentified Man Seen Going into Cuban and Soviet Embassies in Mexico City in Oct 1963. Photos Taken by Mexico City Station”
“… buted in news media by journalists critical of the Warren Commission investigation. The subject visited the Cuban and Soviet Embassies in Mexico City during October 1963. 2. As of October 1963, he was described as: Apparent age: 35 Athletic build n About 6 feet tall Blond, receding …”
“… /LAD Task Force/CHopkins:rp(25 Mar 77) 18391 Based on: Photos of unknown man taken in front, of Soviet and •: . . . •. Cuban Embassies in Mexico City in October 1963; . ... f ’ Photos of Yuriy .Ivanovich MOSKALEV. • Distribution:: ..Orig. & 1 - Addee - . - ■ . 1 -- LAD/Task. Force Chr …”
“… edia by journals.- ists critical of the Warren Commission investigation. The unidenti fied man visited the Cuban and Soviet Embassies in Mexico City during' October 1963. As of October 1963, he was described as approximately 35, athleticbuild, about. 6 feet tall, blond receding hairlin …”
“… Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW 65990 Date: 11-01-2021 ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10414-10055 C DISPAT 10 Chief of Station, Mexico City ☑ NO INDEXING REQUIRED INFO. ONLY QUALIFIED DEέςκ CAN JUDGE INDEXING FROM Chief, Western Hemisphere Division 1031 MICROFILM”
“… ease provide us with full details on liaison's knowledgeability concerning this operation. Kurt D. CUPFENDER Distribution: Orig. & 1 - COS, Mexico City CROSS PEFERENCE TO NW-65990 Docld:32392639 Page 2 DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER DATE”
“… 4-10071 RECORD SERIES : JFK AGENCY FILE NUMBER : RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE DOCUMENT INFORMATION AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM: CHIEF OF STATION, MEXICO CITY TO: CHIEF, WH DIVISION TITLE: DISPATCH: PBRUMEN/LIONION/OPERATIONAL PROGRESS REPORT DATE: 07/08/1965 PAGES:2 SUBJECTS: LIONION DOCUMENT TYP …”
“Station, JMWAVE Chief of Station, Mexico City 11 SECRET PBRUMEN/LIONION/Operational Progress Report ACTION REQUIRED - REFERENCES Reference: ΗΜΜΑ 26006, 30 April 1965 ww XXX NO INDEXING …”
“… : CIA Date: 02/20/05 FROM: M.C. HAWKINS, C/LA/MGSB TO: MFR TITLE : EXAMINATION BY MR. G. ROBERT BLAKEY OF SANITIZED PORTIONS OF HISTORY OF MEXICO CITY STATION. DATE: 08/24/1978 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : MEXICO CITY HSCA REQUEST MC HISTORY ( DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER CLASSIFICATION : SECRET RESTRICTI …”
“… C #1840191 HSCA 24 August 1978 5 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Examination by Mr. G. Robert Blakey of Sanitized Portions of History of Mexico City Station 1. At 1745 hours on 23 August 1973, Mr. Scott Breckinridge, Mr. Norbert Shepanek and the undersigned met with Mr. G. Robert Blakey, …”
“… val of Mr. Win Scott as Chief of Station in 1955. the Station had developed a support apparatus to exploit leads from the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City. This umbrella type project (LIPSTICK consisted of multiline phone taps, three photographic sites, a mobile surveillance team and a mail in …”
“… SERIES : JFK AGENCY FILE NUMBER : RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE DOCUMENT INFORMATION AGENCY ORIGINATOR: CIA Date: 02/21/05 FROM: CHIEF OF STATION, MEXICO CITY TO: CHIEF, WH DIVISION TITLE : DISPATCH-PROJECT LIONION- OUTLINE DATE: 01/06/1965 PAGES: 6 SUBJECTS : DISPATCH JFK ASSASSINATION DOCUMENT T …”
“… NW 65990 Docld:32992945-Page-2 SECRET/KAPOK PROJECT OUTLINE CRYPTONYM LIONION FIELD CASE OFFICER Laurence F. Bar Lawrence F. BARKER STATION Mexico City CHIEF OF STATION. Willard C. CURTIS i The attached Project Outline is presented for approval. SECRET/KAPOK FORMED DY SPLIT TRANSMISSION CS …”
“… HMMA. 25110 6 Jan. 65 A. Identification. This is a technical (primarily photographic) surveillance operation against the PBRUMEN Embassy in Mexico City. B. Objectives. The operation is designed to (1) furnish photographic coverage during daylight hours of the entrances of the target install …”
“… 4-10366 RECORD SERIES : JFK AGENCY FILE NUMBER: RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE DOCUMENT INFORMATION AGENCY ORIGINATOR: CIA Date: 02/21/05 FROM : COS MEXICO CITY TO : CHIEF, KURIOT, CHIEF, WH DIVISION TITLE: DISPATCH-OPERATION MONTHLY REPORT 1 31 ОСТОBER 1963. DATE: 11/14/1963 PAGES : 3 SUBJECTS : JF …”
“ef, KURIOT Attn: Photographic Branch INFO. Chief, WH Division FROM Chief of Station, Mexico City ☐ ☐ NO INDEXING REQUIRED ONLY QUALIFIED DESK CAN JUDGE INDEXING MICROFILM SUBJECT Operational Monthly Report 1 - 31 October 1963 ACTION REQ …”
“… wing suppo The servicing of three KURIOT requests for information and materials. MECHART vas supported on two audio operations at hotels in Mexico City. PARMUTK vas requested by the Military Attache Office and the Chief of Station to train Ara personnel in photography. Station print product …”
“… ULTORR A. On 3, 4 and 5 Cetchar 1963, PAMUKH vas requested to assist Farm C. MILARD in monitoring a receiver at an LF Located at a hotel to Mexico City. The purpose of this opamtica ses to record commmation to or Me official party two night be staying at the target suite. his mite is not co …”
“… SECRET E. On 21 Cetober 1963, FARMZH photopped 584 fmes, using the Recordak to nufill a monthly Staff D represent for the thief of Station, Mexico City A. Buber of coeretioal target surveys completed during the santh: 0. B. Barber of FOY trips coapleted during the month: 0. C. Photographic …”
“… CIA TO : TITLE: OUTLINE: PROJECT LIONION-THIS IS A TECHNICAL (PRIMARILY PHOTOGRAPHIC) SURVEILLANCE OPERATION AGAINST THE PBRUMEN EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY. 01/01/1964 DATE : PAGES : 4 SUBJECTS: JFK ASSASSINATION AMTHUG DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTIONS : SECRET : 1B CURRENT STAT …”
“… age 1 B. PROJECT LIONION Identification. This is a technical (primarily photographic) surveillance operation against the PBRUMEN Embassy in Mexico City. Objectives. The operation is designed to (1) furnish photographic coverage during daylight hours of the entrances of the target installati …”
“… temala City Sao Paulo (Rome Guayaquil Tegucigalpa Salzburg JMWAVE Stockholm Kingston Vienna La Paz Zurich Lima Managua - NE DIVISION Mexico City Monterrey Ankara Montevideo 'Athens Norfolk (REPLANT) Beirut Panama City Calcutta Port au Prince Colombo (Porto Alegre <Istanbul Qui …”
“… age 2 GROUP 1 Exchaded from automatic downgrading and SECRET 3. During review of CAIN's Security file, I noted a message regarding him from Mexico City, on 25 April 1962, which mentioned a "Willard ANDREWS, reputable American businessman in Mexico, who obviously had had contact of some kind …”
“… /08/05 FROM A REVIEW OF THE AGENCY'S FILE ON LEE HARVEY OSWALD, IT BECOMES APPARENT THAT THE AGENCY AND ITS FIELD STATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN MEXICO CITY AND MIAIMI, WERE NOT UNMINDFUL OF THE POSSIBLITY THAT OSWALD DID NOT ACT ALONE. DATE: 01/01/1900 PAGES : 73 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER …”
“… 0024 From a review of the Agency's file on Lee Harvey OSWALD, it becomes apparent that the Agency and its field stations, parti- cularly in Mexico City and Miaimi, were not unmindful of the possi bility that OSWALD did not act alone. During the first few weeks after the assassination, Headq …”
“eadquarters, upon at least three occa- sions, exhorted the Mexico City Station to continue "all your coverage of the Cuban and Soviet installations On 28 Novem ber 1963, the Chief, WH/3, told the Mexico City St …”
“mber 1963] On 30 November, Headquarters asked the Mexico City Station to follow all leads and i tips "The question of whether OSWALD acted solely on his own has still not been finally resolved. (Emphas …”
“d letters sent to (US) leaders demanding full investigation of case [DIR 88680, 12 December 1963] 1. The Mexico City Station, however, had already initiated a thorough review of its holdings in an attempt ascertain what infor mation was available on Lee Ha …”
“… - be sovinces of En:- List some MARO, * ment authorities, Silvia DURAN was the only live witness on record regarding OSWALD's activities in Mexico City. It is from her state- ments that it was learned that OSWALD became engaged in a personal altercation on 27 September 1963 with Eusebio AZC …”
“… ation [567], that he had flown to a secret airfield some- where in or near the Yucatan Peninsula [568], that he might have made contacts in Mexico City with a communist from the United States shortly before the assassination [569], and that OSWALD assassinated the President at the direction …”
“… ied out by Chi- nese Communists operating jointly with the Cubans [575]. OSWALD was also alleged to have met with the Cuban Ambassador in a Mexico City restaurant and to have driven off in the Ambassador's car for a private talk [576]. Castro himself, it was alle- ged, 2 days after the assa …”
“… Page 5 4a Among these cases, which consumed hundreds of man-hours in Headquarters and abroad and similarly the FBI in the United States and Mexico City was the Nicaraguan, Gilberto ALVARADO, who contacted the United States Embassy in Mexico City on 25 Novem- ber 1963 The ALVARADO case is ta …”
“… vember 1963, a young Nicaraguan, Gilberto Nolasco ALVARADO Ugarte NW 65990 Docld:32393815 Page 6 5- telephoned the United States Embassy in Mexico City. Later that day he met with the Embassy security officer and a Station officer at which time he claimed he had been in the Cuban Consulate …”
“… His reliability was considered questionable by American authorities although he had not been wholly discredited ALVARADO claimed he was in Mexico City working against the Cuban communists for his service The service, how- ever, has denied that he was acting on its behalf While investiga ti …”
“… 08/05 FROM A REVIEW OF THE AGENCY'S FILE ON LE E HARVEY OSWALD, IT BECOMES APPARENT THAT THE AGENCY AND ITS FIELD STATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN MEXICO CITY AND MIAIMI, WERE NOT UNMINDFUL OF THE POSSIBLITY THAT OSWALD DID NOT ACT ALONE. DATE: 01/01/1900 PAGES : 73 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER …”
“… 0024 From a review of the Agency's file on Lee Harvey OSWALD, it becomes apparent that the Agency and its field stations, parti- cularly in Mexico City and Miaimi, were not unmindful of the possi bility that OSWALD did not act alone. During the first few weeks after the assassination, Headq …”
“City Station to continue "all your coverage of the Cuban and Soviet installations On 28 Novem ber 19 63, the Chief, WH/3, told the Mexico City Station that "there should be no let down in your efforts to follow all leads and in- vestigate all facts which bear on this case. We have …”
“8680, 12 December 1963] 1. The Mexico City Station, however, had already initiated a thorough review of its holdings in an attempt as ce”
“… of its holdings in an attempt as ce rtain what infor mation was available on Lee Harvey OSWALD, his presence and his revealed activities in Mexico City. This review turned up the fact that Silvia DURAN a Mexican national employed by the Cuban Consulate, had dealt with OSWALD during his know …”
“, * ment authorities, Silvia DURAN was the only live witness on record regarding OSWALD's activities in Mexico City. It is from her state- ments that it was learned that OSWALD became engaged in a personal altercation on 27 September 1963 with Eusebio AZC …”
“… ation [567], that he had flown to a secret airfield some- where in or near the Yucatan Peninsula [568], that he might have made contacts in Mexico City with a communist from the United States shortly before the assassination [569], and that OSWALD assassinated the President at the direction …”
“… d out by Chi- nese Communists operating jointly wi th the Cuba ns [575]. OSWALD was also alleged to have met with the Cuban Ambassador in a Mexico City res taurant and to have driven o ff in the Ambassador's car for a private talk [5 76]. Castro him self, it was alle- ged, 2 days after the …”
“… age 5 4a Among these cases, which cons umed hundreds of man-hours in Headquarters and abroad and similarly the FBI in the United States and Mexico City was the Nicaraguan, Gilberto ALVARADO, who contacted the United States Embassy in Mexico City on 25 Novem- ber 1963 The ALVARADO case is ta …”
“… mber 1963, a young Ni caragu an, Gilberto Nolasco ALVARADO Ugarte NW 65990 Docld:32393815 Page 6 5- telephoned the United States Embassy in Mexico City. Later that day he met with the Embassy security officer and a Station officer at which time he claimed he had been in the Cuban Consulate …”
“… nomination U. S. bills, saying, "This isn't much." After hearing this conversation, ALVA- rado said that he telephoned the U.. S Embassy in Mexico City. several times-on 20 September before the assassination inaan at- tempt to report his belief that someone important in the United States wa …”
“laimed he was i n Mexico City wor king against the Cuban commu nists for his service The servic e, h ow- ever, has denied that he was acting on its behalf While investi …”
“… had not seen anybody paid money in the Cuban Embassy He also admitted he had not tried repeatedly to phone a warning to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City on 20 September as he had previously claimed Instead he had first contacted the U. S. Embassy after the assassi- nation. ALVARADO said that …”