2000na
104-10326-10068
2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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95-1758303
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LADORECORD, LIMITO, MDSX, ODPD, FILE, C/LA, DC/LA (3/P)
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TOT: 2214132 SEP 95
DIRECTOR 456844
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STAFF
TO: IMMEDIATE MEXICO CITY.
221413Z DIRECTOR 456844
FROM: LIMIT LA/MCGMXB INFO C/LA/MCG
SLUGS:
WNINTEL KDSOMBRERO KDMARTINI
SUBJECT: WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE ON MEXICO CITY TELTAPS
REF: NONE
TEXT:
1.
2.
ACTION REQUIRED: STATION COMMENTS PER PARA 3.
IN 22 SEP 95 ISSUE, WASHINGTON POST PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE
ENTITLED "CIA BUGGED SOVIET EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY." THE ARTICLE
*IS BASED ON CIA DOCUMENTS DECLASSIFIED UNDER THE<JFK ASSASSINATION>
RECORDS COLLECTION ACT OF 1992. MOST OF THE DECLASSIFIED-
DOCUMENTS ARE EDITED STATION CABLES FROM THE EARLY 1960'S. HQS
HAD ATTEMPTED TO BLOCK THE RELEASE OF THE DOCUMENTS; REGRET THAT
WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.
3. THE ARTICLE DISCUSSES SOME AGENCY ACTIVITIES IN MEXICO
*CITY IN TIMEFRAME OF THE <JFK ASSASSINATION. > MOST SIGNIFICANTLY,>
FROM A DAMAGE STANDPOINT, THE ARTICLE STATES
THE CIA HAS TRIED
TO KEEP SECRET ITS WIRETAP OPERATION, WHICH WAS CARRIED-OUT WITHS
THE COOPERATION OF THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT. THE AGENCY HAS ARGUED
THAT DISCLOSING SUCH PAST ACTIVITIES MIGHT ENDANGER SIMILAR,
ONGOING OPERATIONS, IN MEXICO CITY OR ELSEWHERE." WOULD
APPRECIATE STATION'S INPUT ON ANY REACTION BY LIAISON
(PARTICULARLY KDSOMBRERO) OR UNILATERAL ASSETS TO THIS FURTHER
DISPLAY OF THE INABILITY OF THE USG TO KEEP CLANDESTINE OPERATIONS:
OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE.
4. THE ARTICLE IS BEING FAXED TO STATION.
5.. FILE: 050-002-037/3, 050-002-033/3
4-82. >
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