[1]CT OF 1992 |
[2]. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS A
[3]‘\704-10326-10076| [2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KE
[5]SECRET
[7]MHENG : 98-0480597
[9]STAFF
[11]ACTION: IMS/ESG (021) INFO: CIC/CEG, CIC/CEGEUR,
[12]DC/EUR, DO/IRO, EUR/DCCI, EUR/SG, EUR/SGF,
[14]LA/LGL, LIMITED, MDSX, ODPD, ORMS/EUR, FILE
[15]CIC/EUR (7/W)
[17]CIC/LA, CIC/OG, CIC/PRC,
[18]IMDORECORD, LA/FIG, LA/FIGSC,
[19], C/EUR, C/LA, CE/R, CE/R/XO,
[21]PAGE 001
[23]IN 6480597
[24]TOR: 091712Z FEB 98 PARI 17502
[26]CITE PARIS 17502
[27]TO: IMMEDIATE DIRECTOR.
[29]FOR: LIMITED DISSEM IMS/ESG INFO DO
[31]CHIEF/LA, LA/FIG, LA/FIGSC, CIC/LA,
[32]C/CE/R/XO
[34]/IRO, CHIEF/EUR, DC/EUR,
[35]EUR/SG, CIC/EUR, EUR/SGF,
[39]TEXT:
[40]COMBINE: COMPLETE
[42]i. ACTION REQUIRED:
[44]PLEASE ADVISE IF WE CAN BE OF FURTHER
[45]ASSISTANCE.
[46]2. THE FOLLOWING ane [STATION gesponsrs TO QUESTIONS POSED REF:
[48]A ON IS UNDECLARED?
[50]. ATEON | Q WOULD THIS DISCLOSURE LEAD TO
[51]CLOSER EMBASSY SCRUTINY OF OTHERWISE IN
[53]TERFERE WITH OPERATIONS?
[55]WERE THE ARRB RELEASES TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC AND
[56]CONCRETE USE BY BARTS STATION OF STATE COVED) THIS MIGHT CALL FOR
[57]FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON OPERATIONAL ACTIVITYES By OUR CONT LATER is
[58]UNDECLARED OFFICERS UNDER STATE COVER BECAUSE OF THE FOLLOWING
[59]FACTORS:
[61]PRENCH_ INTELLIGENCE SERVICES ARE AWARE OF THE FACT
[62]THAT WE HAVE USRD OPPICTAL COVER HERE AND WILL ACT WHENEVER THEY
[63]BELIEVE THAT WE ARR USING SPE ICERS UNDER THAT COVER
[64]HARMFUL TO FRENCH INTERESTS. WE TAKE PAINS TO ENSURE THAT THE FRENCH
[65]DO NOT_SBE US_AS A THREAT 'TO THEM LOCALLY HOWEVER, OFFIGEAL
[66]ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THIS COVER COULD WELL PROVIDE TO POLITICIANS on
[67]JOURMA “S THE AMMUNITION WITH WHICH TO COMPELL AN INVESTIGATION OF
[68]OUR _ ACTIVITIES HERE. ADDEES_WILL-RECALL LEAT THE 1995 PARTS "FLAP {
[69]SECRET
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[74], SECRET
[76](MHFNON_98-0480597 SENSIND: PAGE: 2
[77]Sen
[79]sen ee ep ee ee
[81]IN WHICH SIX STATION OFFICERS WERE REMOVED FROM PARIS, WAS DRIVEN IN
[82]LARGE MEASURE BY AN UNSCRUPULOUS POLITICIAN LOOKING FOR HEADLINES;
[84]_J INTEGRATED STATE COVER OF QUR SMALL GROUP OF
[85]UNILATERAL OFFICERS IS AMONG THE STATION'S MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF .
[86]ACCESS TO NON-FRENCH TARGETS. OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF OUR USE OF
[87]OFFICIAL COVER IN PARIS COULD PROMPT THEM, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE
[88]‘SECURITY OFFICERS,—TFO-REVIEW THETR AMERICAN -TARGETS-
[90]B. OTHERWISE IS THE CIA UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE HOST GOVERNMENT
[91]TO REDUCE PRESENCE, OR MORE FULLY DECLARE PRESENCE, OR UNDERTAKE NO
[92]UNDECLARED ACTIVITIES? DESCRIBE PRESENCE. DESCRIBE THOSE ACTIVITIES
[93]TO RESTRICT THE CIA (E.G. SERVICE TO SERVICE, LEGISLATIVE
[94]INITIATIVES, OPPOSITION POLITICAL INITIATIVES, AND MEDIA
[96]ACTIVITIES.)
[98]TO DATE, THE FRENCH HAVE NOT DEMANDED THE IDENTITIES
[99]OF ALL STATION PERSONNEL; HOWEVER, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS
[100]POSSIBILITY DUE TO OUR EXPECTATION THAT THE FRENCH MAY DECIDE TO
[101]MIRROR ACTIONS OF OTHER EUROPEAN SERVICES WISHING TO RESTRICT CIA
[102]PRESENCE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES. ARRB DISCLOSURES WOULD SERVE
[103]AS A POSSIBLE CATALYST FOR FORCING THIS ISSUE BETWEEN US AND THE
[104]FRENCH .
[106]C. DESCRIBE SOME PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD BE
[109]UNILATERAL ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE STATION'S
[110]UNDECLARED OFFICERS, OUT-OF-COUNTRY CASE OFFICERS AND NOC‘S ARE
[111]COMPARTMENTED AND CANNOT BE DISCUSSED IN THIS CHANNEL. WE DEFER TO
[112]EUR/SG RE PROVISION OF SPECIFIC OPERATIONAL DETAILS.
[114]D. ARE THERE NEW INITIATIVES WITH THE HOST GOVERNMENT AND
[115]SERVICE WHICH COULD BE IMPERILED? DESCRIBE.
[117]FORWARD MOVEMENT ON OUR JOINT WORK WITH THE FRENCH
[118]SERVICES, MOST IMPORTANTLY IN COUNTERTERRORISM, WAS SLOWED IN THE
[119]YEAR FOLLOWING THE 1995 DEMARCHE. OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE
[120]SEEN SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN THE WILLINGNESS OF THE FRENCH SERVICES
[121]TO RESUME ACTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE LIAISON. OF PARTICULAR NOTE ARE OUR
[122]CURRENT JOINT COUNTERTERRORISM INITIATIVES, (E.G., SUPPORT FROM THE
[123]RENCH INTERNAL POLICE/INTELLIGENCE SERVICES, THE DST AND RG, OF
[124]TC'S 17 NOVEMBER TASK FORCE THROUGH TECHNICAL AND PHYSICAL
[125]URVEILLANCE OF 17N TARGETS LOCATED IN PARIS), AND AN IMPORTANT NEW
[126]NITIATIVE WITH THE FRENCH EXTERNAL SERVICE, THE DGSE, TO WORK
[127]OINTLY AGAINST RUSSIAN SVR INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS IN LOCATIONS WHERE
[128]UR COMBINED RESOURCES WOULD BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL. QUESTIONS
[129]RAISED IN THE PRESS OR WITHIN THESE SERVICES REGARDING THE
[130]POSSIBILITY OF UNDECLARED UNILATERAL ACTIVITIES IN FRANCE WOULD PLACE
[131]AT RISK THE CURRENT MOMENTUM WE HAVE WITH THE FRENCH SERVICES IN
[132]THESE AREAS.
[134]HNO")
[136]OG
[138]E. IS CIA PRESENCE INHERENTLY SENSITIVE BECAUSE OF HOSTILE
[139]POPULATION ELEMENTS OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES?
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[148]SENST
[150]ASPECT OF CIA PRESENCE IN FRANC
[151]SERVICES, THE DISTINCTION THEY
[152]OPERATIONS THAT TOUCH ON FRENCH
[153]Noc’S, AND THOSE JOINT AREAS OF
[155]WHEN THE FRENCH DISCOVER THE FO
[156]{AND DIPLOMATIC ACTION TO CLOSE
[158]F. IS THERE POSSIBILITY 0
[160]OF SPIES" VICE A DIPLOMATIC PRO
[162]FRENCH BELIEVE SERVE MUTUAL INT!
[164]PRESS COVERAGE, IF UNSUBSTANTIAT
[165]OUR SERVICE-TO-SERVICE OR GOVERNMENT -TO-GOVERNM
[167]SECRET
[169]ND:
[171]E.
[173]SUCH PRESS EXPLOITATION BY HOS
[174]CONCRETE EXAMPLES OF PARIS STAT
[176](ro A POSSIBLE INCREASE OF FRENC
[178]BELOW) .
[180]INVESTIGATIVE MATERIAL (INCLUDI
[182]OF SIX STATION OFFICERS.
[184]COUNTER - ESPIONAGE CAPABILITIES.
[186]SOMETHING WE WISH TO AVOID.
[188]INCIDENTS IN-EHE-RECENT PAST.
[189]HISTORICAL BACKGROUND=
[191]TECHNICAL SURVEILLANCE AND PHOTOGRAP
[192]BULWARKED THEIR CONTENTION THAT PARIS STATION WAS RUNNING UNILATERAL
[193]OPERATIONS TARGETING FRENCH POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC INTERESTS BY
[195]OFFICERS UNDER EMBASSY COVER AND NOC’S.
[196]WAS EXTENSIVE AND HOSTILE. BY THE TIME THE FRENCH CONCLUDED THEIR
[197]SERIES OF DEMARCHES, THEY HAD INDICATED THEIR DESIRE FOR THE RECALL
[199]WE HAVE GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO
[200]ACTIVITY IN FRANCE IS CARRIED OUT UNDER STRINGENT OPERATIONAL
[201]GUIDELINES TO PROTECT SUCH ACTIVITIES AGAINST FRENCH
[202]: WHILE WE VIEW THIS AS AN ONGOING
[203]REQUIREMENT, ANY PRESS OR SERVICE APPREHENSION REGARDING OUR
[204]PRESENCE, SUCH AS COULD RESULT FROM ARRB TYPE RELEASES,
[205]US TO FURTHER RESTRICT OUR UNILATBRAL OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS - ~
[207]ILE SERVIC
[209]SECRET
[211]F HOSTILE USE
[212]TO DISCREDIT US EMBASSY AS A "NEST OF SPIES"
[214]FOR THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND
[215]HAVE DRAWN IS BETWEEN UNILATERAL
[216]AREAS OF INTEREST AND SOVEREIGNTY, IN
[217]OTHER WORDS, THE ACTIVITIES OF OFFICERS UNDER STATE COVER AND/OR
[218]OPERATIONAL ENGAGEMENT WHICH THE
[219]ERESTS. AS WE HAVE SEEN HISTORICALLY,
[220]RMER, THEY TAKE QUICK INVESTIGATIVE
[221]THESE OPERATIONS DOWN.
[223](E.G. RUSSIAN OR CUBAN)
[224]OR SIMILAR?
[226]THIS IS A POSSIBILITY, BUT WE WOULD EXPECT THAT ANY HOSTILE
[227]EXPLOITATION WOULD BE SEEN IN PRESS PLACEMENT/PROPAGANDA RE A "NEST
[228]TEST. WE WOULD NOT EXPECT THAT SUCH
[229]TED, WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON
[230]ENT RELATIONS. IF
[231]ES DREW ON SPECIFIC AND
[232]ION’S USE OF STATE COVER, IT COULD
[233]NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO SUSTAIN SOME UNILATERAL ACTIVITY DUE
[234]H SCRUTINY OF OUR OFFICERS (SEE
[236]G. HAVE THERE BEEN PAST IMBROGLIOS OVER CIA PRESENCE OR
[237]ACTIVITIES THAT THIS RELEASE COULD RESURRECT?
[239]AS NOTED ABOVE, IN EARLY 1995 THE FRENCH GOV
[241]ERNM
[243]| TEE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE OVER INCOMPATIBLE ACTIVITIES OF A
[244]STATION NOC AND SEVERAL UNDECLARED OFFICERS. THE FRENCH REVEALED
[245]NG THE RESULTS OF PHYSICAL AND
[247]HY OF OUR OFFICERS) THAT
[249]THE FRENCH PRESS COVERAGE
[251]ENSURE THAT ANY/ALL UNILATERAL
[253]NT DEMARCHED
[255]COULD FORCE
[257]H. HAVE OFFICIAL USG RELEASES SUCH AS FOIA EVER
[258]LOCAL MEDIA (E.G., JAPAN AND CAMPAIGN FINANCING OR PERU AND FOTA
[259]RELEASED CONCERNING VLADIMIRO MOTESINOS TORRES). REFERRED TO BY HOST
[260]GOVERNMENT EITHER ON THE RECORD OR OFF THE RECORD.
[262]CURRENT_STATION PERSONNEL HAVE NO RECOLLECTLON-OF—SUGH.
[263]WE DEFER TO HOS FOR ANY ADDITIONAL
[265]APPEARED IN THE
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[274]3 wa poowoecus) WE CAN PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND .
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