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# INFORMATION PORT INFORMATION REPORTCENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCYThis material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Titis 18, UR.C. Becs. 793 and 754, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorised person is prohibited by law.S-E-C-R-E-TNO FOREIGN DISSEMCOUNTRY Mexico/CubaREPORT NO. CS-3/540,193SUBJECT Regulations of MexicanDATE DISIR 12 March 1963Government on Travel BetweenMexico and CubaNO. PAGES 1REFERENCES RDDATE OF February 1963INFO.PLACE & Mexico, Mexico CityDATE ACQ. 25 February 1963BY CABLEFIELD REPORT NO.THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.SOURCE: Para. 1: Person (B) with good contacts in the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City.Para. 2: European businessmen (F).Appraisal of Content: 2.1. Since Lid-February 1963 Mexican immigration authorities have placed stamps in the passports of travellers to and from Cuba which read "Arrived from Cuba" and "Left for Cuba". The stamps are placed on the page with the picture.[^1]2. All requests for Mexican tourist visas in Cuba must be approved in Mexico before they are issued in Habana.[^2]Field Comments1. Cuban visas are often issued on a separate piece of paper and not stamped in the passport, so that the passport would not show that the bearer had travelled to Cuba.2. This regulation was first noticed in February 1963.Documentation for travel from Mexico to Cuba does not differ from that needed for travel to other Latin American countries. The traveller must have a passport or other travel document, with a valid visa. Mexican citizens within the specified age group must also carry a cartilla militar.Mexican security services do not screen applications for travel to Cuba. Although the Mexican Government has taken no action to prevent travel to Cuba, it has discouraged government employees from accepting invitations to Cuban-sponsored activities. It also appears to want to avoid recognition of Cuban Government activities by not sending government-sponsored delegations. These steps, plus the bothersome baggage searches, photographs, and questioning by Mexican immigration authorities have probably curtailed travel to Cuba.S-E-C-R-E-TNO FOREIGN DISSEM| STATE                  | X ARMY      | X NAVY | X AIR    | X NSA | X OCR | X DIA || ---------------------- | ----------- | ------ | -------- | ----- | ----- | ----- || REPCINCLANT CINCARIB # | TREAS X FBI | 3 USIA | X TENS X |       |       |       |(Note: Washington distribution indicated by "X"; Field distribution by ":")GROUP 1EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATICDOWNGRADING ANDDECLASSIFICATIONINFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT| CI/ICG                          | 1 WH/6                         | H/MEXI           | MEXI-3617 IN-77675, |                        || ------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | ---------------- | ------------------- | ---------------------- || CA/PROP                         | 1 WH/CA/P                      | 1 WH/3/CAN       | 1 WH/COPS/CCO       | NO PROJECT             || SAS/R                           | 11 WH/FI                       | 1 WH/PACY        | 1                   | (LITAMIL-9)            || SAS/WAVE                        | 1 WH/1                         | 1 WH/3/CAS       | 1                   | CS-3/540,193           || WH/R                            | 1 WH/2                         | 1 WH/3/M         | 2                   | COORDINATING RELEASING || TOTALS DISSEN                   | SEC 1, IE 2, CI 3, FI 3, CA 1, | LIAISON *        | SAS/R LNG           |                        || SAS 11 (1), WH 12 (2). BY CABLE |                                | (in draft) VR/mw |                     |                        |[^1]: The stamps are placed on the page with the picture.[^2]: All requests for Mexican tourist visas in Cuba must be approved in Mexico before they are issued in Habana.