104-10331-10139 7 , SECRET 6 February 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: Fred Wickham DO Focal Point for JFK Board FROM: J. Barry Harrelson DCI/CSI/HRG, JFK Project Officer SUBJECT : ARRB Request for Additional Information ' and Records No. CIA-7 - REFERENCE: ARRB Memo dtd 8 Nov 95, same subj, sub-para. (2), The Mexico City Station (attached) 1. In his review of the history of. the Mexico City Station, Jeremy Gunn, ARRB Staff, cited the five footnotes annotated below as possible assassination-related records and requested copies of the source documents. For your assistance: in identifying the documents, following the footnote citation is the text (in italics) to. which it refers. Footnote 39. HMMA- 17494, 4 Aug 61,.sub: Data on Case Officer work and Operational Projects at the Mexico City Station, WH/HO. Pg 38/39, vol I. “The Cuban task force and related activiti ; ; . . Citv Station [t6 | LNnadLTGenous agents mumverea Footnote 55. Ibid. (Ft. 54. ISTHMUS No. 62, 6 Dec 63, WH/HO.) na 44. Vol T later in the vear “In 1963 the routine reporting of an operational lead by LIENVOY developed into a long investigation. A man with a US accent, speaking broken Russian, telephoned both the Soviet and Cuban Embasssies on 26 September and 6 October 1963. He identified himself as Lee Oswald and Harvey Oswald. SECRET
13-00000 SECRET This information was cabled to Headquarters for traces and identifying data. After the assassination of President Kennedy on 22 November 1963 in Dallas, Texas, the Mexico City Station spent several months investigating leads in connection with Oswald's visit to Mexico. (55)” Footnote 61. I&R Report, Dec 64, 185215 TS. ‘pg 47/48, Vol I. “A team from the Inspection and Review (I&R) Staff at Headquarters conducted a thorough review of the Mexico City Station administrative and operational program in July 1964. They wrote: ~The Mexico City Station approaches the classic type station in opportunities and in operations.' {It had high- mh as well as SOvi } Communist Party operations. There was local Collaborative liaison with other US agencies (the State Department, the FBI, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (I&NS), and the military attaches). To accomplish this wide range of tasks, the station was organized into Soviet, Cuban, Satellite, Covert Action, Communist Party, and Operational Support Branches. The last branch was an operational catch-all responsible for direction of all technical, surveillance, | joperations. In reality, operational support operations were an extension of the chief of station's personal ticularly those. projects (61)” Footnote No. 139. ISTHMUS No. 29, 8 Mar 61, WH/HO. pa 229: Vol Il. “During Februarv 1961. | (139)” “*Between 1961 and 1968, audio installations were made in Cuban installations (and_} de , but’ all of them eventually failed. ~fLI- ROMANCE and LISAMPAN are two projects which provided for short-term multiple audio installations.” Footnote No. 190. Project LILINK, File Nos. 201-226902 cand 50-6-99/1, Job No. 68-494/28, Space 60793. pg 353 Vol II. “LILINK” SECRET 2
13-00000 & g . . SECRET CSI/HRG/MAQ (3 Feb 97) (BKH-6Feb97) Distribution: Orig - Adse w/att i HRG w/o att 1 - JBH w/o att 1 - DO JFK Team w/att 1 - ARRB Request File SECRET 4