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[2]Iod-10331-10139 | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
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[7]6 February 1997
[8]MEMORANDUM FOR: Fred Wickham 7
[9]DO Focal Point for JFK Board
[10]FROM: J. Barry Harrelson
[11]DCI/CSI/HRG, JEK Project Officer
[12]SUBJECT: ARRB Request for Additional Information
[13]: ' and Records No. CIA-7
[14]- REFERENCE: ARRB Memo dtd 8 Nov 95, same subj,
[15]sub-para. (2), The Mexico City Station
[16](attached)
[18]1. In his review of the history of: the Mexico City
[19]Station, Jeremy Gunn, ARRB Staff, cited the five footnotes
[20]annotated below as possible assassination-related records
[21]and requested copies of the source documents. For your
[22]assistance in identifying the documents, following the
[23]footnote -citation is the text (in italics) to. which it
[24]refers.
[26]Footnote 39. HMMA- 17494, 4 Aug 61,.sub: Data
[27]on Case Officer work and Operational Projects at the
[28]Mexico City Station, WH/HO.
[30]Pg 38/39, Vol I. “The Cuban task force and
[31]related activities caused an increase in the Mexico
[33]City Station [6 76 Auericans (70 were located inside)
[35]_{the Embassy using ng official cover, and 36 were outs
[36]‘(under ‘nonof ficial cover: Indigenous agents numbered
[37](over 20d.”
[39]Footnote 55. Ibid. (Ft. 54. ISTHMUS No. 62,
[40]6 Dec 63, WH/HO.)
[42]pg 44, Vol I. (“Later in the year Diaz became
[43]. PRI- candidate (tantamount to election) which |
[45]“In 1963 the routine reporting
[46]of an operational lead by LIENVOY developed into a long.
[47]investigation. A man with a US accent, speaking broken
[48]Russian, telephoned both the Soviet and Cuban
[49]Embasssies on 26 September and 6 October 1963. He
[50]identified himself as Lee Oswald and Harvey Oswald.
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[62]This information was cabled to Headquarters for traces
[63]and identifying data. After the assassination of
[64]President Kennedy on 22 November 1963 in Dallas, Texas,
[65]the Mexico City Station spent several months
[66]investigating leads in connection with Oswald's visit
[67]to Mexico. (55)”
[69]Footnote 61. IJI&R Report, Dec 64, 185215 TS.
[71]‘pg 47/48, Vol I. “A team from the Inspection and
[72]Review (I&R) Staff at Headquarters conducted a thorough
[73]review of the Mexico City Station administrative and
[74]operational program in July 1964. They wrote: ~The
[75]Mexico City Station approaches the classic type station
[77]in opportunities and in operations.' {ft had high-Teve
[78](iatson operations, unilateral operations, and joint
[80]{operations with the host government,\ as well as Soviet,
[81]Satellite, Cuban, and indigem S\ Communist .Party
[82]operations. There was loge collaborative liaison with
[84]other US agencies (the State Department,. the FBI, the
[85]Immigration and Naturalization Service (I&NS), and the
[86].military attaches). To accomplish this wide range of
[87]tasks, the station was organized into Soviet, Cuban,
[88]Satellite, Covert Action, Communist Party, and
[89]Operational Support Branches. The last branch was an
[90]operational catch-all responsible for direction of all
[91]technical, surveillance, (and_liaison}operations. In
[92]reality, operational support operations were an
[93]extension of the chief of station's personal
[95]clandestine capabilities, particularly those projects
[96](involving Mexican officials. (61)”
[98]Footnote No. 139. ISTHMUS No. 29, 8 Mar 61, WH/HO.
[100]ransmittér-was installéd in the office ‘of the Cuban)
[101]assador to Mexico\* (139)”
[102]“*Between 1961 and 1968, (at least a dozer audio
[103]installations were made in Cuban installations,
[104]de 3, but all of them eventually failed. ~LI-
[105]ROMANCE and LISAMPAN are two projects which provided
[106]for short-term multiple audio installations.”
[108]Co g 229, Vol Il. “During February 1961, (the first |
[109](a
[111]Footnote No. 190. Project LILINK, File Nos. 201-226902
[112]‘and 50-6-99/1, Job No. 68-494/28, Space 60793. .
[114]pg 353 Vol II. “LILINK”
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[125]2. Mr. Gunn will be at IP the week of 24 February to
[126]review additional material related to CIA-7. Please provide
[127]the documents, or a status of the search, by 20 February
[128]1997.
[130]J. Barry Ha son
[132]Att: Ref Document
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[138]13-00000
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[144]CSI/HRG/MAQ (3 Feb 97) (BKH-6Feb97)
[145]Distribution:
[146]Orig - Adse w/att
[147]a HRG w/o att
[148]1 - JBH w/o att
[149]1 - DO JFK Team w/att
[150]1 - ARRB Request File
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