“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”
“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”
“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 ”
“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”
“request. CIA - IR-15 - Mexico City Station electronic surveillance and surveillance tapes (S) The Directorate of Operations has checked Headquarters records for files referenced in HMMW 12454 20 .”
“-0A6600--------- . '[104-10301-100101 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET with a limited number of people. We believe the direction of the station is of high caliber, but not all the station effort is carefully directed ”
“middle of the road direction and it succeeded. I don't know whether you informed yourself about the magnitude of our political action program there at the time - - absolutely enormous" (Scelso, 64; Lopez, pp. 177, 178) 2. (S) From the early 1950's to the mid-1960's. Mexico ”
“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”
“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”
“13-00000 221173 A w&wtsa 1-141 (e tc by) YOSH Mr. Goldsmith. Is the Mexico City’s station's operations 1 dee one of the most sensitive of all of the stations at the Agency? 3 : 6 Mr. Scelso. It was then. That is; the variety and - prober 9 E the National, Archives ”
“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 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 ”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“(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 —”
“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”
“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”
“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, ”
“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”
“Classification: :swes, ’ee 879006 %--dwo% 1 6U6g OLUNLi (This form is to be used for material extracted from CIA—controlled documents.) -52- 6. Coordination of Photographic and Electronic Surveillance Operations The Mexico City Station employed an operating procedure”
“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”
“14-00000 4s” 5. Seeking approval of Station Mexico City for the release of the total report seeEs violate the concept of Headquarters control of operational information. Would It not be more appropriate to ask Station's opinions only in areas of doubt in the matter of sou”
“LAAAAAA '[104-10071-10324] 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 * CIASSIHCATION PROCESSING ACTION/ 98 10 DISPATCH SECRET MARKED FOR INDEXING Chief, Western Hemisphere Division X NO IDE KING REQUIRED INFO. Attention: Chief, ”
“#: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”
“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”
“-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)”
“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”
“penetration agents who form- reports, like the daily round-up, include information from station ally break with communism without revealing their years of work unilateral penetration agents with due camouflaging to protect the as spies - Eudocio Ravines,) the well-known Peruvia”
“O AAAAA____ . ,104-10413-10053, 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 yeersilf RICH, 28C83 AV- S0 je SECRET AL . A; LIN06 HIM 6 June i960 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD PROJECT COVERS SUBJECT t DEBRIEFING OF DAVID M. WILSTED ”
“1 4-00000 7: AT1 DATE CMBOUNDS " WH/1/R 6924/ 9424 8 1 .‘ September 1969 Me *O A Gt ebma TOTAL COPIES: ECRET :21 M.% 21 273 4 5 0 7 a CABLE SECRETARIAT DISSEMINATION INDEX NO INDEX RETURN TO BRANCH FILE RID B 21 ,PER ,a ----- FILE IN cs FILE NO. CONPI ”
“Fenway opr 14-00000 V. DISPATCH 114-19 19 .E0L1-1892 10 • *‘ *1a: e* Fi. >> Chiat, WH DNV ‘ton. NO -y-1-16 Chief, KUDLSK FROM 15*7 Chief of Station, Mexto filly i 19 July 1962 smile* ‘ Rt TO r - (OHIC W ONS Mexico Guy Station Security MASkED FOR NONG ACTION P0UB”
“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”
“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 ”
“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 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,”
“Classification: 0 CLUNL (This form is to be used for material extrocted from CIA—controlled documents.) -59- Thirty recording machines that were impulse activated every time a tapped telephone was used taped the sur- veilled conversations.216/ In addition, the intercept”
“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 ”
“ARE THOSE WITHIN THESE RANKS WHO QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THE MEXICANS SHOULD HAVE ANYTHING MORE THAN A FORMAL RELATIONSHIP WITH NWBOLTON. STATION BELIEVES THAT ANY EXPOSURE (WHETHER OLD OR NEW) AT THIS STAGE OF THE LIAISON RELATIONSHIP (A NEW REGIME IS COMING TO POWER) WOULD ”
“office Campos (travel agency) 1spare e) Uristoteles 80) UAR Ejercito Nacional 540 (name of person un known) 29 f) (Suderman & Horacio - facilities for three lines. Formerly is processed the Czech lines. Now nothing but being held open. n24 g) Cuautla 131 - 3 Soviet Em”
“Executive Vice- tion to monitoring the lines of the communist diplomatic mission! President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico and those of Mexican revolutionary groups, LIENVOY also coven City, Al Wichtrich,f channels political information to the station special ca”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“# 14-00000 CIA had seven different microphones in the Cuban Embassy, one hidden in a leg of the coffee table in the Ambassador’s office. Like most audio operations, this one produced a lot of chaff, but it also yielded bits of operational information showing connections be”
“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”
“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”
“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 ”
“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 ”