“tie” sells” deus” A06SP NSW shims 600P AG25 7A 6*%to Classification: 1/p soon -Am (This form is to be used fer material extracted from CIA—controlled docume nts.) - 14 - used in the collection and distri bution of the reels and transcripts. (Ibid.) In this discussio”
“liaison operation; LA4cdwi*- = 21 had taps on 30 lines. If it was. not the Soviet, Cuban and satellite embassies, it makes us wonder what it could have been. Mr. Scelo. Mexican politicians and security suspects; Mexican Communist Party people. There were three or four o”
“the Soviet merstion in Mexico City and now covering a 3 many 0a thirt. lines in n given month. The project - 1a staffed by an "outs:de" cage officer (Career Agent David M. WILSTAD (p) of Project ICG), four contract a ento who Jo ad- . ministrative work, and twenty-one field a”
“anti-Commien should occur in Mexico. 4. DIAZ Ordas has asked ne through CAS whether I would have any objection if the information we furnished him were made public should an appropriate occasion arise in the future. He said there would be no mention of the U.S. Govt and that”
“previously mentioned in connection with Soviet operations, resulted from an approach six years ago 24 from President Lopes Mateos. After considerable discussions, the a , operation was approved, providing the Mexican Government would 1a- 29, 34 clude Soviet and Satellite targ”
“13-00000 SECRET 2A. Faction to counter these activities as they might affect U.S.- interests. While all the U.S.S.R. diplomatic missions are targets of vital importance for U.S. intelligence, the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City has special significance bece or its* proximity”
“14-00000 CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH SECRE T/hipp 'HMMA-20393 15-69-87 Soviet Embassy (Military Attache) 15-61-07 Soviet Embassy (Commercial Office) 15-12-64 Soviet Embassy (Film Representative) 45-61-80 Czech Embassy 45-61-81 Czech Embassy KA. B. Material Processed In N”
“14-00000 RET No.: HMM-1464 pages: 8 Number of enclosures: none Report m Arthur S. Approved by: Pe Distribution: copy to: S - Headquarters to: 2 - Files we cryptonym: Ce. OD dat comments: . Soviet f Forwarded herewith is the first in-a proposed series of monthly re”
“MBC AND NO DISPATCH SECRET HMMA -19233 0-1880 ro utADuAEitaS HU N°, Chief, WH Division CO[NOITI7PD 751 +3 50-6-75/1? INFO FROM Chief of Station, Mexico City LDENSITIZED ger CSN 43-43 DafE 19 June 1962 SUBJECT RE: "43 3” - (CHECK "x" ONE Monthly Activities Report o”
“14-00000 CLASSIFICATION 10 DISPATCH SECRET PRO , POSIC1 PROCESSING ACTION mirnge fom ICEUNG accou USD Chicf, Wi Division xx ; w ***** MQUIRED If O one guntitito M ROVARTIES DISM Chief, HR Division: Chief, KUDESK CAR OCE INDEXING FROM ABSTRACT Chief of Station,”
“13-00000 I’’ X714% .1 SELAtl 1-53 (C iS Mr. Goldsmith. Would the security suspects to related OH) to the Soviet or Cuban? — saves HSCA Mr. Scelo. Some of them were American Communists a living there whom we tapped at the specific request of J. BUILDING, PASUTHGTON, D”
“nterest have become evident, both of which involve sensitive operational considerations: Mexico City •. Mexico City is considered one of the most important bases for Soviet clandestine operations against the United States. As a result Soviet and Cuban diplomatic installations hav”
“1 4-00000 ClASJN(A TON C-»«**:<•« S1990 AND NO HMMA -19432 DISPATCH SECRETAWS? gesss-1906 ro NO Chief, WH Division to^un HEADQUAETLES FILE NO 50-6-75/4 FROM —P9L CSH.43-43— Chief of Station, Mexico City 24 July 1962. SuatcT PE "*3 r - (CHECK "x* ONE "Montlily Act”
“14-00000 1 tezPatw 9V8D CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH SECRET HINA-19729 Category station files receive the clips pertaining to Soviet commercial. activities, propaganda activities, Soviet contacts, etc. Very often, a single clipping may have to be copied to be sent to the fi”
“TING DOC. MICRO. SER. 11 4 2 5 TO • DIRECTOR DEC 4 1974 3 1.61. FROM MICROFILMED MEXICO CITY CS COPY ACTION: C/WH 5. (MR. WHITTEN, WH MR. BAGLEY, SR AND NIGHT SECURITY OFFICE NOTIFIED AND COPY SLOTTED AT: 1700 23 NOV WB). INFO • DCI, D/DCI, DDP, ADDP, C/CI), C/FI 2, C/SR 5, C/SAS”
“the FBI, they might be used identify Soviet illegals. Three of these double agents have all received intelligence assignments from the Soviets of an 1 yet undefined nature in the U.S. Another appears destined for some Soviet es- signrent in the Philippines. Since the Soviets ”
“14-00000 CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH see’te. , IIMMA-22005 Other leads appear in the full transcripts or daily resumes. They also are exploited by the Station case officer responsible for the target where the lead appears. For example, on 12 August 1963 Boris KAZANTSEV, rece”
“14-00000 CONTINUATION Of DISPATCH JPKT ;HM^<^67 1— 10-29-69 — Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional 46-12-70 -C.T.A.L. 46-11-30 D.F.S. 46-09-50 —D.F.S. (disconnected 18 September 1963) 35-36-52 - Political (Revista- Manuel Marcue Pardinas) 46-60-15 —Prensa Latina 46-60-16”
“-UAR Ejercito Nacional 540 (name of person un known) f) Suderman & Horacio - facilities for three lines. Formerly precessed the Czech lines. Now nothing but being held open. g) Cuautla 131 - 3 Soviet Embassy (tapped in the Central) 1 Soviet propaganda office (tap in box)”
“RECENT MONTHS. IN APRIL 1978, THE STATION UNDERTOOK Al AUDIO OPERATION DIRECTED AT THE OFFICIAL OUT-OF-TOWN RETREAT OF A PRINCIPAL ADVERSARY IN MEXICO. SUBJECT PARTICIPATED IN THE RECRUITMENT OF A CARETAKER ■ WHO PROVIDED ACCESS TO THE TARGET INSTALLATION AND WAS SUBSEGUENTL”
“aying at the target suite. his mite is not coupink by Tito or bis staft during their stay in Mexico. B. Ca 8 October 1963, PARMEN vaa requested by the Station to arrange a costing with LIVUD/22 and an LCTTEE counter. The meeting took place at the LISNOOR safchouse on the evening ”
“V 000102 50-8-10 Official ReprPesentative SoviinetMexico. 100-5-1Soviet Intelligences Services in the USA. 101-102”
“Through its technical coverage of the Soviet Embassy, 24 the station has been able to spot and, through subsequent action, to thwart a number of such Americans, several or whom might have done untold damage to U.S. interests had they not been apprehended. 20 In this respect, ”
“defection. Communist Party penetration and counter-intelligence fields. d. To collect information on prominent Mexican Communists and pro Communists and their activities. e. To collect information on prominent Communists, other than Mexican, active in Mexico, and to identify”
“14-00000 1 CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH SECRET f.-W ;HMMA-2C535 15-60-87 Soviet Embassy (Military Attache) 15-61-07 Soviet Embassy (Commercial Office) 15-12-64 Soviet Embassy (Film Representative) 45-61-80 Czech Embassy 45-61-81 Czech Embassy B. Material Processed In De”
“(name of person un known) f) Suderman & Horacio - facilities for three lines. Formerly processed the Czech lines. Now nothing but being hold open. g) Cuautla 131 - 3 Soviet Embassy (tappod la the Central) 1 Soviet propaganda office (tap in box) terdeaAe —”
“Classification: ck S □ (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) -58- subject to the intercept operation. It should be noted, though, that there were five lines tapped in the Cuban compound in 1964.212/ They were: 14-42-37. The Amba”
“14-00000 0. Rea file Lien vey ops __ PROUSING AC TON to . DISPATCH SEGRET 3, 1 L..i---e, MARRED FOR iRpcuing Chief, WH Division XX DESENSITIZED NO INDEXING BQUIZCD IO ONLY QuALiFit orsn CAN JUDGE INDCIIM FROM Chief of Station, Mexico City Ber tsy 43-43 MICROFI”
“pounds, telephones of interest to the Mexicans, lines at the Czechoslovakian and Yugoslavian Embassies were sub jects of taps. (HMMA-22267, 10/8/63, para. 2.) The two , lines disconnected on 23 September at the Cuban Embassy were put on lines at the Yugoslavian Embassy on th”
“1 4-00000 ro-oosewp-goono-t *7*797,99990 * 2 DISPATCH CLAN CATION ___PROCESSING_ACTION_______ E CK F Goe-or vom MARRED for INDEXING 10 Chief, WH Division1 xx NO INCSAING RT QUIREO INFO CUT QUMintO MSN FROM Br Csu 43-49 CAN Jutct INDEXING Chief of Station, Mexi”
“SECRET- 23. 19. SOURCES (1) USEM3 Moscow 3662, Control 22299, 30 June 1961 () LIFIH, 29 September 1961. () KUBARK Memo to Political Section. 25 September 1963 co LICOWL/1 Contact Report, 29 September 1964 (5) LICOWL/1, Contact Report. 27 August 1964 (6) LIENVOY, 13 Feb”
“CONTINUATION OF I2 wat DISPA TCH HMM A - 20737 15-61-07 Soviet Embassy (Commercial Office), 15-12-64 Soviet Embassy (Film Representative ) (out) 45-61-80 Czech Embassy 45-61-81 Czech Embassy B. Material Processed .In January, the LIENVOY LP provided the Station with 4”
“13-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: Release of Information on Mexico City Teltaps 1. Protection of sources and methods and liaison equities require that references to the Mexico City Station teltap activity be excised from any documents released under the auspices of the JFK Assassi”
“the Mexico City Station’s priority objectives. Project LIYAS has contrifuted nor leada-and general information on the Soviet aspect of this subject than all other Station sources culined , few repro- -, montative samples of this-fype of information are listed belows ka 1958”
“■: : b. 12o/-3710, 19 soremtor 19.6 (Headquarters’ notification to the Station of the renewal of the LIFET Pro Joet.)-‘Acomar, -tee N0PDPM710 R A0= S. Objectives W ***********6__S* main. To identify Soviet and Satellite intollironce personnel and - to collect information on t”
“and suspected Satellite intelligence personnel. For objectives c and d: c. Telephone conversations from the Cuban Embassy, including long distance calls from Havana, as well as selected telephone calls from residences of Cuban officials. For objective e: d. Telephone c”
“THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CIRCUM STANCES UNDER WHICH THE RECRUITMENT WAS MADE, THE SIMPLE STATE- MENT THAT A SOVIET OFFICIAL WAS RECRUITED IS SUFFICIENT TO SET OFF A FULL SCALE INVESTIGATION BY THE KGB INTO EVERY SOVIET OFFICIAL WHO SERVED IN MEXICO CITY DURING THAT TIME FRAME”
“Classification: 0 7n9 P *2 0 *Sm 0 (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.). -9 116/ Herbert and Barbara Manell Interview, 3/20/78, p. 5. 117/ Tab F Draft, p,. 5; parenthetical in original. 118/ Goodpasture Notes, p. 9. 119/ MEXI”
“years at the station, the primary objective of recruiting a Soviet a- national has not been achieved. Although the station’s knowledge of Soviet intelligence activities centered about the /exbesay in " + 32 Mexico City has been greatly widened, it hear led to little positive ”
“REFTTM OF RSN MEAT TO - ACAY WS. T HFOAL . 1. .Erofict of the Project. - - - -g*-2. - 77 AC: —The Soviet Embassy as Soviet tomrorcial Activities Reports milmitted during the past year have conveyed-ali substantial amount of detail concerning Soviet economic and co orcial”
“of the Jewish Conuniat group, and the3 deportation of Jacobo HUKAITZ Zender, known (a unist aront Further, LIFZAT has established that the Liga Popular Irmlita, a Jewish Communist front organisation, io almost defunct and quite inactive. Hidden Microphone Oporation One MIn.L”
“Classification: no Oranrr 3OS CELT (This form is to be used for materiel extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) -53- 2 that indicated a contact with an Embassy that was moves subject to photosurveillance.185/ A name trace could have been requested on the basis of t”
“QTODTT VABDL Codrly AAl Un -10 - 5. Objectives . . , a. To identify Satellite intelligence personnel in Mexico and to provide t • . information on the nature- arid- extent of their clandestine intelligence and propaganda activities in Mexico. b. To collect information on”
“7AP . @mR pp or Classification: B a ova Visvhte ij (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled ■ documents.) -13- which was in a separate building from the Embassy, was located on the corner cf Francisco Marquez and Zamora.7/. The CIA surveillanc”
“arre port of ex. It was stated - 1, Wodit had been received' that no Lotser or for certain dyes, but ZLOTNIK claimed to have sent a Letter of Credit some time back to Sojuex-Chenie Export, through the "Banco Popular," - " ZLOTNIK stated that Violet Dye had arrived a few day”
“13-00000 veUZs 3 1-57 was already in effect, so why would it have been necessary (EEZ OH) 7 - for the Mexican officer in charge to ask the American officer: = Archives HSCA for the telephone numbers? Mr. Scelo. The Mexicans were probably_tappingother / Sitz "SS (202”
“Attachment HMN-A-12936 SEGRET KAPOK KAFOK-1631 page 8 5. Objectives a. To identify Soviet and Satellite intelligence personnel and to . collect information on the nature and extent of their clandestine . intelligence and propaganda activities in Mexico, ? b. To collect in”
“14-00000 CLASSICAT* to DISPATCH SECRET A Pwo POSED PROCESSING ACTION manor: sm INCCANG lacodu "*M9P wire Chief WH Division OFCCNOIT/7r UrosnoriZ XX 0m1‘ Quaint e ON UNG BAVIACD 642185 WM CAN rou JADELiNG PNOM Per-CSh 43-43 assteact Chief of Station, Mexico C”
“l coverage on it if possible; however, the switchboard was beyond the Station's capability tohandle. Maryknoll priest Felix McGOWAN contacted the Cuban Embassy on 31 July 1963. MEXI-5565 reported details of this contact. This cable was sent to Headquarters for dissemination and a”
“13-00000 -SECRET.! SUBJECT: Release of Information on Mexico City Teltaps 1. Protection of sources and methods and liaison equities / require that references to the Mexico City Station teltap activity be excised from any documents released under the auspices of the JFK A”