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[28]TOs) PRIORITY GLRECTOR,
[30]REFS: A, DIRECTOR 190792
[31]B. MEXICG CITY 44308 0429877
[32]C. GIRECTIR 184902
[34]1. REF A CABLE ANSWERS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS OF PRIMARY
[35]CONCERN. TO THIS STATION, GUT AT SAME TIME, IT CONFIRMS THE WORST
[36]FEARS EXPRESSED IN REF 6& CONCERNING REVELATIONS ABOUT OPERATIONS
[37]AGAINST THE SOVIET TARGET IN MEXICO CITY,
[39]2@.° IN GRDER QF IMPORTANCE, THE NBC PROGRAM CANNOT HELP BUT
[40]BE DAMAGING TO U,S, SECURITY INTERESTS AND THIS AGENCY IN THE
[41]FOLLOWING MANNERS
[43]A, REVELATION OF SOURCES, THE STATEMENT BY BACH IN
[44]REF C THAT HE "HAD NOT IDENTIFIED ANY SOURCES BY NAME OR DES=
[45]CRIPTION THROUGHOUT THE TAPING..." IS REFUTED BY THE STATEMENT.
[46]THAT A SOVIET WAS RECRUITED BY FORMER COS (ROGER T, KINGMAN) ©
[47]DURING HIS TOUR, APART FROM THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CIRCUM]
[48]STANCES UNDER WKICH THE RECRUITMENT WAS MADE, THE SIMPLE STATEe
[49]MENT THAT A SOVIET OFFICIAL WAS RECRUITED IS SUFFICIENT TO
[50]SET OFF A FULL SCALE INVESTIGATION BY THE KGB INTO EVERY
[51]SOVIET OFFICIAL wid SERVED IN MEXICO CITY OURING THAT TIME
[52]FRAME, THE SOVYETS HAVE THE RESUURCES AND DETERMINATION TO
[53]EVENTUALLY IGENTIFY THE SPY,
[55]B. FUTURE RECRUITMENTS. HOw WILL IT BE POSSIBLE FOR
[56]THIS AGENCY TO RECRUIT SOVIETS, OR ANYONE FOR THAT MATTER, IF
[57]THE AGENCY CANNOY OFFER GUARANTEES THAT THE IDENTITY OF SOURCES
[58]*ILL NOT BE EXPOSED BY SOME EMPLOYEE, REGARDLESS OF MOTIVATION?
[59]WHILE THIS PROGS4AM KILL HAVE IMMEDIATE IMPACT IN MEXICO CITY,
[60]LA PAZ, AND MOWTEVIDEO, THE FALLOUT AFFECTING FUTURE RECRUITMENTS:
[61]AILL BE WORLD WILE,
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[76]C, REVELATION OF METHODS, THE OPERATIONAL “TRADECRAFT.
[78]. ant “STATION, wrILe S) REVEALED BY. BACH ARE STILL IN PRACTIC
[80]RABLE SEGMEN
[81]LIAISON COOPERATION, ©
[82]ATH HIGH LEVELS OF THE?
[83]IVING LICENSE-FOR, 9° 7.
[85]D, DAMAGE TO LIAISON,
[86]THIS STATION'S QGPERATIONS ARE.
[87]THE RELATIONSHIP THIS STATIO
[88]‘MEXICAN GOVERNMENT ALSO PROVIDE
[89]UNILATERAL ENDEAVORS, THE \MEXTS WERNMENT IS” EXTREME!
[90]( SENSITIVE TO TRE POSSIBILITY OF EXPOSURE OF INSTANCES OF:
[91]CO-OPERATION, ‘THE POLITICAL RISK WHICH THE GOVERNMENT--1S*
[92]WILLING TO_UNDERGO FOR THIS AGENCY°IS NOT UNLIMITED, | EXIST! Gc
[93]OR POTENTIAL OPERATIONS COULD BE CURTAILED, oe ke
[95]E, DAMAGE TO EXISTING SQURCES, IT REMAINS TO BE ;
[96]SEEN HOW MANY CURRENT SOURCES WILL CONTINUE COLLABORATING WITH
[97]THE AGENCY IN MEXICU CITY (OR OTHER STATIONS) AFTER THIS PROGRAM
[98]1S RELEASED,
[100]F, EMBARRASSMENT TO PRESIDENT LOPEZ PORTILLO, AS
[101]NOTEO IN REF 8, THE MEXICAN PRESIDENT WILL TRAVEL TO MOSCOW ON
[102]A STATE VISIT IN ABOUT SIX WEEKS TIME, AS A MEANS TQ DAMAGE
[103]CIA, IT WOULD WOT GF UNLIKE THE SOVIETS TO POINT OUT THAT
[104]UNBRIDLED CIA OPERATIONS AGAINST A LEGITIMATE SOVIET PRESENCE
[105]IN MEXICO ARE A MATTER OF CONCERN TO THE SOVIET UNION AND A
[106]POTENTIAL IMPEDIMENT TO CONTINUING FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN THE
[107]TwO COUNTRIES, THE PRESIOENT MAY CHOQSE TO FINESSE SUCH A STATEMENT,
[108]BUT THE POINT WILL HAVE BEEN MADE,
[110]G, STATION SECURITY, DURING PAST MONTHS, HARDLY A
[111]DAY HAS PASSED WHEN THE LOCAL PRESS HAS NUT CARRIED SOME ATTACK
[112]AGAINST ALLEGED CIA ACTIVITIES IN FEXICO, WITHIN RECENT WEEKS,
[113]THE AGENCY HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF EVERY CRIME FROM THE MURDER OF
[114]PRESIDENT KENNEDY TO THE ABDUCTION OF ALDU MORO, THE NBC PROGRAM
[115]AILL PROVIDE NEW GRIST FOR THE LOCAL PROPAGANDA MACHINE AND FURTHER
[116]HIGHLIGHT CYA PRESENCE IN MEXICO WITH CONCOMITANT EROSION OF
[117]STATION SECURITY,
[119]H, FUTURE BACH REVELATIONS, THERE PROBABLY 1S NO WAY
[120]TO ESTIMATE THE AMOUNT OF INFOSMATION THAT BACH HAS REVEALED
[121]TU UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS, BACH ADMITS THAT HE HAS UNBURDENED HIS
[122]SUUL TO HIS ERIENDS, AND UNDOUBTEOLY HAS PROVIDED MATERTAL TO NBC
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[136]WHICH WAS NOT USED ON THE PROGRAM, FURTHER, AFTER THE PROGRAM
[137]1S BROADCAST, BACH WILL BECOME AN INSTANT CELEBRITY AND A
[138]SUBJECT OF INTEREST TO OTHER NEWSMEN OF VARIOUS STRIPES, WHEN
[139]WILL HIS REVELATIONS. END?
[141]3. STATION WOULD APPRECIATE RECEIVING MORE PRECISE IDENTIF T=
[143]. CATION OF SITES MENTIONED PARA S REF A, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF
[145]RESIDENCES AND LANDMARKS, WERE THESE THE RESIDENCES OF FORMER
[147]‘OR CURRENT STATION PERSONNEL? WOULD ANY OF THE LANDMARKS BE OF
[149]CONCERN TQ THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT? RECOGNIZE THAT IN ABSENCE OF
[150]SOUND TRACK, THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE EXCEPT A
[152]PERSON FAMILIAR WITH MEXICO CITY AND STATION OPS ACTIVITIES To
[153]IDENTIFY THESE LOCATIONS AND JUDGE THEIR SIGNIFICANCE, NEVERTHELESS,
[154]SUCH INFO ESSENTIAL IF STATION TO COMPLETE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
[156]PRIOR BROADCAST OF THIS PROGRAM, PLS ADVISE SOONEST,
[158]G4. FILE: 200-120-150, E2, IMPDET,
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