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[12]-~ have some promise of future success. One egent, a Cuban refugee
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[16]with a limited muxber of people. We believe the direction of the
[17]station is of high caliber, but not all the station effort is |
[18]carefully directed at priority targets. Under current personne]
[19]ceilings, there is little hope of increasing the manpover avail-
[21]able for this eritical effort. Tims, both Headquarters and the
[22]station met carefully place emphasis on assignment of priorities
[24]and upon selective execution of the activities to meet those
[25]priorities. —
[27]Qrguntestion for Qperationg = |
[29]3. The Mexico City Station approaches the classic type station
[31]in opportunities and in operations. It has high-level liaison
[32]operations, unilateral operations, joint operations with the host
[33]government, end Soviet, Satellite, Cuban, and indigenous Communist
[34]- Party operations. Tt fas local collaborative liaison with other |
[35]U.5. agencies: th’ State Department, the Federal Bureau of Investi-
[36]gation, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service and the military.
[37]To accomplish this wide range of tasks, the station an, cnpenised
[39]into the Soviet Branch, Cuban Branch, Satellite Branch,
[41]Action Branch, Coumunist Party Branch, and an operational catch-all
[42]Which is called the “Operational Support Branch." This latter
[43]branch is heeded by a senior operations officer who has tvo assiat~
[44]ents, but the branch in reality is an extension of the chief of
[45]station's personal clandestine capabilities, giving force and .
[47]effect to that facet of the chief of station's personality as ean
[48]operator. The deputy chief of station, in afdition to his edmin-
[49]istrative duties, also personally handles the operations of three
[50]projects. ; -
[52]6. Mexico City is the only direct air Link which Cuba has
[53]with the Western Hemisphere. It is the major transit point for
[54]ell air travel to and from Guba. Approximately 150 persons per
[55]week travel each vay to anf from Havana via Mexico City. This
[56]fact plays a prime role shay
[58]on Cuban activities in thé-pas
[59]and non-Cub Mexico City and Havana.
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[64]e Two operations have had problems in loss of communications, but
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[95]Hexico ia one of the four Latin American countries which
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[114]i Mebasey, the station hopes to be able to detect,
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[147]ties)es they might affect U.5.
[149]While a)1 the G.8.5.R,
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[160]echnical] coverage of the Soviet Endessy, 3.
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[170]so pogaety: te: amt t ‘from:the- femmle operations officer vho ‘hae
[171]recently deen transferred to LILI control. It is poseiblePhat.
[172]j this operation will be transferred to a. covert: action Project,
[173]Where fous improvesent ie expected. _. “
[175]hl. he station hes a unilat: eral physical. surveillance team,
[176]‘five of whom have been on the team for more than three years.
[177]‘only one Case of trouble has hewn up in this project. One agent ,
[178]had uinated deceuse he talked too mich ané tried to black-
[179]Gee officer. The use of the polygraph hes been most = *
[180]in “control of this team, which has been generally: effec
[184]ha. - the station 1s {ty committed in the technical field
[185]with a large sudio operation (run Joint “with the Mexican Govern-’ a4
[186](LIBUVOY), os, well as exilo operation (uireat). 24
[187]Po ee fon has been imag ive in. approaches to ‘problems
[188]i willing to examine and experizent vith the unusual. Mi eceanle of
[189]this ia the ions link between the stetion/ and we prinel« 24
[190]yal agent of: Which will be discussed. later.
[192](43. The LXENVOY operation, | ‘Beeyiouely, meutiones in Sonnection
[193]| with Soviet operations, resulted: fros [an . ‘eix years’ 0 24
[194]from President Lopes Mateos] After considerable discussions, the
[195]operation vas approved, provid Mextean Government vould in- 2g, ad
[196]clude Soviet. and fatellite targets, ani such other targets
[198]as were obvioua/to the Mexican "}t6 be of concern tte 29
[199]Uatted States. ‘project is manned ty [selected Mexican Army 2 .
[200]ave carefully screened end paid high incentive wages,
[202]_ off Fessioe ister wulneredility ‘te bribery./ er privileges add to
[204]| high esprit de corps essential to on operet ion. The unit
[206]is managed by © coreer agent ho treneaite the {eke regularity se
[208]i the atation by clandestine means. This project been fruitful
[210]; in intelligence reports and has been of value in operational Leas
[211]a4 and in/CE/Ox| intorsstion. | Tee The project also has a visual surveil-
[212]lance and & photo-surveillance capability. It-wes thie project
[214]which provided data on the actions of Lea Harvey Onvald in his
[216]famous visit. eg Maxico Gity.
[218]= — yh—opvtounly, ‘the station cannot’ be content to have the: a
[219]4S fexfoen Government knowledgeable of a1) ite anti-conmmnist cperé- a
[220].; fetone. Therefore, the station bas contimed | ite untleteral audio |}
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[234]ey ty BRL d ais tt ae ea SERys GD Looe
[235]“@e Bxelude routine travel inforention and CI/Cck
[237]information from S208 and CS reports; and,
[239]d. Use the cable channel only for reports that
[240]are periahable or are of special intelligeme interest.
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[244]hia direction ef operations, the chief of station
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[253]- ere aseisting in sone. reduction of the personality: “files. .
[255]Regiatry also handles the pouching. This tesk ie also the lergeut
[257]in the WH Division, particularly in lateral pouching. On one occa-
[259]sion, at Headg ere’ request, Mexico City handled the lateral .
[260]; stations and bases of one document.
[262]ae Gaibing provi onnel assigned to the Registry. 1
[264]nel problems in the Registry are many and diversified.
[266]heer the: Limited mmber o
[268]. station. pointing out. to him a conscientious
[270]all nexbers of the station to reduce the workload in the Registry i.
[271]In this connection, we suggested that % individual
[272]cept the responsibility for periodic cleaning of :
[274]little time off, including
[275]. We feel that one of the _
[276]be re-evaluated for possible upgrat-
[277]Geputy chief of Registry.
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[280][ Division, request the Director of
[281]te conduct « review of the finetion of
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[284]etry, Mexico City Btation, to deter-
[285]au @ positio should be
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