“sly designated by Mr. Gary Cornwell as being of interest to the HSCA. Mr. Edwin Lopez, of the HSCA - if, was also present, but did not have access to the Mexico City Station material. 2. Mr. Blakey was furnished the following sanitized portions of the Station history which he rea”
“#:NW 65990 Date: 10-29-2021 SECRET 20 August 1978 SUBJECT: Response to IISCA Request of 25 July 1978 1. A thorough review of Agency files containing production from the LILYRIC photographic surveil- lance operation in Mexico City reveals the exis- tance of no LILYRIC logs or prod”
“DE CUBAN AND SOVIET EMBASSIES DO WHILE IN MEXICO? IDENTIFY ALL LOCAL CUBAN CONSULATE EMPLOYEES с. D. HSCA CONFUSED BY INABILITY TO LINK PHOTOGRAPHS OF PERSONS VISITING SOVIET AND CUBAN EMBASSIES TO TELETAPS, HSCA HAS BEEN INFORMED THROUGH INTERVIEWS THAT THERE WERE FIVE TELETAPS ”
“opez, of the HSCA If, was also present, but did not have access to the Mexico City Station material. 2. Mr. Blakey was furnished the following sanitized portions of the Station history which he read in my presence: a. Volume I, Chapter II (C) Station Expansion and Joint Operation”
“Station’s only secure surveillance asset. It is a very anall untrained unit at present, but through this project it will be developed Into a useable, valuable asset. 4. We are not passing FI/OP's comment to the field, because WH Division believes that unilateral assets should”
“2 6 NA. ■ « < * m iim m N ^ ^ a 25 NCW 1 1AG CONFIDENTIAL Nevonboz 23, 4007 To: Hr. Henry Dearborn1 Doputy Chiof of Mission Mr. Wallaco W. Stuart : Counselor for Political Affairs 1. UG FromNathan L. Forrig a 7 Logal Attache Subject: INSTITUTO DE INTERCARDIO C”
“13-00000 8 ECR ET vE-e. Exclude routine travel information and CI/CE information from TDCS and reports, and. d. Use the cable channel only for reports that are perishable or are of special intelligence interest. Organisation for Administration 56. As in his direction of ”
“no alternative to the present system Mexico City in employing.1 However, .We believe that a determined effort must in Headquarters for processing and retrieval of such information. 24 MNNXt/1e reco aded that: M.79 ■ The Chief, WH Division, in collaboration with the i Chief,”
“although not always to be trusted. One inci- ident was recently uncovered in which sulfur was capsuled and sold |as an antibiotic. Medical facilities have recently been improved by the opening of a new hospital which meets United States standards. Physicians and surgeons are ”
“th ist intimate knowledge. We further recommended that maximum discrimination be used 1h determin ing material which should be filed and that wherever possible the sheer bulk of the e filing be reduced. We further recomi be reduced. ded that . overtir made voluntarily when”
“1 4-00000 ralsaan | CONFIDENTIAL | DEFERRED TELEPOUCH t/ 78 1584998 PAGE 003 1584998 TOR: 1820312 NOv 78 MEAT 47396 IN SEPTEMBER, ANOTHER OPERATION BEGAN AGAINST THE RETREAT OF THE SAME PRINCIPAL ADVERSARY MENTIONED ABOVE SINCE A MEM PROPERTY HAD BEEN ACQUIRED, AGAIN”
“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”
“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”
“30000 9 / Page 2 - 5. Experience in other latin American countries where liaison has boon established, has shown that many Station’s tend to reduce their unilateral operations and capabilities in favor of the liaison. Under these circumstances, the production of the Stat”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“. 1 1 4,0 SECRET 1. The attached passports were obtained from a sensitive photo coverage at the airport in Mexico City of passport of persons arriving on all flights from Havana, Cuba, and .Brussels, Belgium. (Many Soviets travel to Mexico via %€ Brussels.) The oper”
“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”
“further sit uation report on his forthcoming trip co the Far East. He was ready to call off his trip if KUBARK felt that the world situation was gloomy. (See MEXI 1919, 11 September 1962). E. Security; There were no security problems for the month of September. F. Techni”
“14-00000 6 June 1960 MEMORANDUM FOR THS RECORD SUBJECT: DEBRIEFING Or DAVID M. WILSTED (ps) 1. On 1 June 1960 Mr. John G. Heyn and Mr. Jolin Kennedy of WHD, Mr. Robert Brown of CI/OPS, Mr. Robert Bryant of FI/OPS and Mr. Charles Bray of FI/D met with David M. WILSTED (p”
“Lazaro Cardeaas del Rio 2. Sam Brooks 3. Gral. Lazaro Cardenas Del Rio 4. Lic. Alonso Agullar Monteverde 3. CTAL 6. ing. Jorge L. Tamayo - 7. Russian Embassy : 8. Leopoldo Areaal Bastar 9. David Alfaro Siqueiros 10. . Problems Agricolas y Industrtales 11. Vicente Lombar”
“(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 —”
“a 200) A S G -ie k ^ ^ 33.0 W-8-7 May05 2 S June 1960 - MEMORANDUM FOR THS RECORD SUBJECT : DSARDFING or tavrn H. wistsp (pa) 1. On 1 June 1960 Mr. John 0. Kayn and Mr. John Kennedy of WHD, Mr. Robert Brown of GI/OrS, Mr. Robert Bryant of FI/OPS and Mr. Charles Bray ”
“that wo might find out what makes yours so especially effective by having one of my people go to your station for a few days to talk with you and your officers and get the detailed story. I could then take another look at the other operations and see what's missing or what’s”
“including some raises to some of the agents. He told me that on his last round of pay raises he had some -mat AWT difficulty here at headquarters. If any difficulty seems forthcoming , this time, I should like to have the matter brought to my attention 1. because, as you kn”
“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”
“to the -ovist Frblany, which dooe not fit into any general category, is net forth each sonthi in a corien of reports on eiscellancous activities. These reports include such randop informs tion as banking transactions, landscaping activities, evidences of intornal construction,”
“issue had been declassified by the CIA. This would make it very difficult for CIA to continue to protect this information from unauthorized disclosure. When confusion arises as to the classification status of information, it could lead to complicated legal proceedings and pro”
“SECRET Chief of Station, Mexico City X Chief, WH Division PBEUVEN/LISAEPAN Cuban Embassy Floor Plan Action Required: Update Floor Plans, Cuban Embassy, Mexico City Reference : MEXICO CITT 1231 (IN 54233) 1. It would be appreciated if the Station would prepare up-to-d”
“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”
“14 October 1958 MEMORANDUM FOR: CWH SUBJECT: Development of Physical Surveillance Assets in Mexico _1. On 8 October 1958 a meeting of representatives of SR Division and CI Staff was held, attended by the undersigned, to discuss means for building up physical surveillance assets”
“13-00000 SECRET 61. We found the Registry to be a controversial matter between Headquarter and the chief of station. The newly assigned deputy chief of station, who primarily had supervisory responsibility over the chief of Registry, was making a determined effort to reduc”
“14-00000 ScomL. ■ -2- Woodrow D. AD OT (po-dea LIPEAT personnel section) to Mexico PCS to process the take from teLITIC. phase of LIFCAT. TLay foal that with " this Contract agent processing LITMUS, this phase will Fraatly increase - in valne during the coming year. CA330”
“and operational action on their - own initiative. Mr. Phillips said that the reason that the Station could do this was Mr. Scott's ranking (informal) in the agency. Mr. Phillips illustrated this point by saying that when Mr. Scott returned to Washington to report he did n”
“probably will continue to be, virtually nil. In fact, at present in this area HBFINCH % contacts are non-existent. (2) LIHUFF/1I was first picked up as a contact by Station Mexico City in 1950 after having been a contract agent for Station Panama City for some three years (w”
“14-00000 SECRET 23 October 1958 MEMORANDUM FOR: CWH SUBJECT 1 Development of Physical Surveillance Assets in Mexico / REFERENCE 1 WH/FI Memorandum of 14 October 1958 1. The subject of the recruitment of a physical surveillance team in the United States for use in Mexic”
“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”
“justification for its views, cit ing the fact that the above-mentioned FBI walk-in was not shielded when led into the back garden which LICALLA overlooks. We have no evidence that Soviet interest is any threat to the operation; rather it may be assumed that they accept the s”
“-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)”
“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”
“dLenfthiu 0 -3- position, it should be possible to obtain, information on the Ministry of Education and other aspects of the Mexican ”education system which, according to the last word received ‘from Headquarters, is somewhat of a priority requirement. d. RMD. This project ”
“000 (SST CKICN PROCESSING ACTION DISPATCH SECRET MAEKID FOR INDISING ■ e e n iy ic o Chief of Station, Mexico City XX No ICIUNC EQUIRID Chief of Station, JMWAVE Jonty QuAHStO DIS* can nin-t INDEUNG FROM Chief, Western Hemisphere Division MICROFILM ‘WB"LIONION AchI”
“Officer with daily information on the activities of the officials of the LITMUS installation in Mexico City. (3) LIFFAT, through coverage of Xavier GUERRERO Saucedo and his wife, CJ ara Porcet de GUERPTRO, was able to provide information on preparation activities of the rece”
“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, ”
“effect, the whole history of Station activity for subsequent curiousity seekers, is to reverse the process, releasing the digraph and protecting the root - specifically because the text identifies each crypt. The Board is familiar with the decision to release almost all LI-cry”
“13-00000 SECRET L September 12, 1995 WORKING PAPER Notes from meeting w/ ARRB staff Sept. 11, 1995 Issue: Presentation to Board at Sept. 20/21 meeting It was agreed that “STATIONS” would be the focus of the presentation 10:00 am, 20 Sept., one hour. Marwell recommended”
“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”
“rs has on occasion appeared to be developing a basis for criticizing CIA's performance in its part : of the investigation in Mexico City, under its charter to evaluate the performance of the intelligence agencies. At one time, and possibly ز کرد still, they appeared to be attempt”
“SSEisX -13- brought to the attention of the QAS, and urged that this action be taken as soon as possible. b. Urged the Government of Guatcanla to submit evidonce of communist activity to the OAS. 7. Surveillance of Sthen Dinleatic. Comexical and Cultural isploce. (To be f”