Classification: #4 (This form is. to be sed for material extracted from ClA—controlled clocuments.) i The technician discussed this problem with the case ‘officer for the project, Robert Shaw.31/ Mr. Shaw asked the technician to-add additional photographic coverage to the basehouse: so as to cover the . Consulate door.32/ On 26 ceptember the technician tested . equipment for use in the bz sehouse.33/ The dispatch ‘goes on to say: : . On the morning of 2) September, PARMUTH installed the VLS-2 Trigger Device at the LIERODE basehouse ard used the 500 mm lens issued with this system, one 400 mm Telyt, one reflex housing to be used with rs the Telyt adapted tc fit the Robot Star a camera, one. Robot Star Camera, one solenoid Oo release for mounting and triagering the Robot Star camera, one Kodak.K-100 adapted for single or burst type exposure, one sole- noid release to be used with the K-100. one 152 mm f/4 Cine Ektar Lens, and tvo additional tripods. say OS The photography agent was instructed to test. each-camera for four days. The report says that the results of these test days will be forwarded to the ~ ‘Technical Services Divisio. at Headquarters as soon ‘as they become available. 33/ On 7. November 1963 the Mexico City Station filed a report on the functioning of the pulse ‘ Be Ve : camera. 36/ This dispatch is referenced to Classification: - = ——— ‘HW 48327 Decld: 32263889. Page 29 i
Classification: + (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled clocuments.) -19- i HMMA-22307, paragraph 5, €.37/ It says that the | | VLS- 2 triggering device had been performing. ‘well with | “Tittle false triggering. The 500 mm lens was replaced with a 6-inch lens so as to obtain. wider coverage of the Consulate door. 38/ During the first two weeks that the pulse camera was in operation, the VLS-2 triggered the camera anytime that anyone entered or left the Consulate door. This dual photography used an excessive amount of film,so the : base agent adjusted the VLS-2 so that it only ea _ photographed people leaving the Cuban compound by . . the Consulate door. 32 The base agent used "the K-100 camera with. tire 152 mm lens for one. 2 day mend turnetigin 10 fee (sic) of 16. mm film."40/ Samples of the photos taken "on that day" with the camera are enclosed with the dispatch. 41/ The Robot. Star camera that “was placed in the base on September 27 broke down after od four days of operation and-was replaced with a second Robot Star camera.42/ This Robot Star broke down after ‘five days of operation. At the time of this dispatch in November, a Robot Star, camera was in’ f * operation. 43/ Samples of this camera' Ss photographs Classification; fiw | an | i wemenanseetin ce 8 NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 30
, , ; 4 z wo ame ad Classification: _: — =. eat Ten Canora | + i Cae Ps (This form is to be vsed for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) “Q0-. Rett antaton «hee were also sent with this d:spatch.44/ Hence, between “September 27, 1963 and November 7, 1963, at least three, and possibly four, cameras were used in the photo base. with the VLS-2 automatic t-iggering device. On the 27th, the photo-technician installed two cameras, the K-10 and the first Robot star, with the VLS=2. “triggering device.45/ The K-100 was used for one _day.46/ The first Robot Star worked for four days; a second Robot Star worked for five days .47/ On 11/7/63 a Robot Star was in operation at the base.48/ It is @ | ‘not clear whether the Robot Star which was working at the time of the November dispatch was a third camera or one of the earli2r ones which could have been repaired. tn any eveit, the Station asked that oo . a new camera be sent to reolace the Robot Star.49/ | On June 1964 the CI4 Mexico City Station sent a cable to Headquarters alarting them that they were sending up the negatives from the pulse camera coverage. of the Cuban Embassy .50/ 411 available negatives and five packages of undeveloped: filmi were sent to ests Headquarters by transmittal manifest #252572.51/ re - Classification: HAN a a . ‘|... Clossitied by derivation: . NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 31 -
Classification: - ; (This form. is to be u ed for material extracted - © from ClA—controlled documents. ) - 7 2) - The cable apologizes for tie delay in sending the negatives caused by "consolidation and dating.” 52/ The cable suggests that Heidquarters retain possession ‘of the negatives and inforns Headquarters that the negatives will be forwarded to them on a regular basis. 53/ Py A transmittal manifest is "unaccountable." 54]. That means that the document and the material it transmits is not made part of the record and is, there- fore, unretrievable. 55/ | The CIA made the fhoto-technician's monthly ® | port for December available. to the Committee on 16 Novem- ber 1978. 56/ On the morring of 17 December 1963, a \ 35 mm Sequence camera was installed in the base house wrth the VLS-2 trigger device. 57/ The installation of this. sequence camera was probably in response to the request for a replacement camera in HMMA-22433. On 22 June 1965. tie CIA Mexico City Station sent a ‘dispatch to Headquarter ; to familiarize them with the details of the pulse camera operation. 58/ & oncfiney Classification; : . : Bo tose | _ ~ 4397 ; a Classified by derivation: _____ 4 HW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 32
(This form is to be used for material extracted " from ClA—controlled cocuments.) This dispatch is intended to familiarize Headquarters with the details of the Pulse Camera operation in Mexico City, which was mounted in December 1963 and is targeted against the (Cuban) Embassy and Consulate.59/ The dispatch goes on to report that a technician from. Headquarters brought’ a pulse camera to Mexico City in. mid=December 1963, installed and tested it, and instructed the technician resident. in Mexico City and the base agent in the use and maintenance of the camera. 60/ On the basis of HMMA-22307, HMMA-22433 and MEXI 9940, the Committee believes that it is probable that @ ‘the pulse camera was in operation on the days that | | Lee Harvey Oswald visited the Cuban Consulate. This Committee requested the photographs produced by the pulse camera by the project's cryptonym on 22 June 1978. The CIA informed a House Select Committeeon Assassinations reséarcher on 7/20/78 that the cryptonym did not refer to a photographic prcject.61/ A more specific request for the photographs was made on 21 July 1978.62/ On 13 October 1978 the Committee, as a result of a review of materials teken by James Angleton from Win Scott's safe at the tine of his death,63/ addressed poy another letter to the CIA cn this matter. bay This letter a ® | aod ety | - Classification:. : | Clossified 4 by derivation: NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 33
. Classification: : jb # 4 Pe Gt Guwits! (This form is to be used for moterial extracted. from ClA—controlled Jocuments.) | : . | | | -23- said, in part: First, while admittedly there are contra- dictions in the Agency's written records, these records nevertheless suggest that an impulse camera was ‘n opération when Oswald visited the Cuban Enbassy. Such a camera - would have automatically been triggered to photograph any person entering the Embassy. ; In addition, it, has been determined by this : ..-.~ Committee that Oswa d entered and exited ; - aw ss from the Cuban and Soviet compounds on at | , least five separate occasions, resulting: in a total of ten oppo-tunities during which Oswald could have been photographed by CIA surveillance camera:. The existence of an Agency photograph of Oswald has been further corroborated by CIA personnel both in Mexico oo. City and at Agency readquarters who claim to. i have seen this mate-ial. Finally, on October 6, 1978, a manuscript written by the late Win Scott, former Chief ; of Station of the CIA's Mexico City Station, i was reviewed by a Staff member of this Commit- j tee. While the criticism can be offered tnat — Scott's manuscript as not yet been established as a true record, relevant portions of this ‘ , manuscript do suggest that the contents are- accurate and that Paotographs of Oswald were “in fact obtained by the CIA's Mexico City sur- ©. veillance operations. At page 273 of the manuscript, Scott wrote: 4 These visits and conversations are 7. not heresay; for persons watching these embassies photographed Oswald as he. : ; entered and left each one; and clocked the a time he spent on each visit. The _ conversations are also known to have taken: place, including the one in which he told the Soviet to whom he was talking that he Upon - should have heard, received a message, from ; bo, a the Soviet Embassy. in Washington, indicating | co v3 a Classification: : NW 46327 Docld:32263889 Page 34 .
Classification: if: ell dot di umes okie O (This form is to be ised for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) ( — a “24 obviously that 2 Soviet Embassy official jin Washington hed offered to help Oswald. Scott's comments are a source of deep concern to this Committee, ior they suggest your Agency's possible w thholding of photographic materials highly re evant to this investigation. Therefore, the Committee reiterates its. -  vequest of May 2, including but not limited to- ——"" any and all photographs in the CIA's possession of Lee Harvey Oswald resulting from CIA. surveillance operations directed against the Soviet and Cuban Emoassies and Consulates in Mexico City.- In adiition, the Committee requests a detailed explanation regarding the’ withholding of any and all photographs in the CIA's possession of Oswald resulting from : CIA surveillance oparations directed against qa the Soviet and Cuban Embassies and Consulates in Mexico City.65/ | The CIA responded to this letter on 25 October 1978.66/ The-CIA informed the Committee that it’ was their belief that the pulse camera was not in | operation during September of 1963.67/ First, there was no pulse camera...opposite the entrance to the Cuban Consulate until | December 1963...In fact, there had been no photographic coverage of the Consulate entrance prior to the visit of Lee Harvey Oswald to Mexico City...The Consulate | entrance had been closed for some time, and. after it was reopered the 27th of September was scheduled as the day for installation of photographic eqvipment for its coverage... fo co) and the technician: had to machine a part for os then eat Classification: . Y : eis NW 48327 DocId: 32263689 Page 35 i ' oo . Difficulty was experienced in the-installation — Vn, “S. “ED. .
"AO Ae Sper 6 HW 48327 . me Ooo: : a. Cle ke i Nad 8 (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) eae poe eho the equipment...The technicians probably had to make the’ part in question. date, or at some date not long afterwards, there was test photigraphy of the entrance... Various difficulties were experienced with the equipment, whic a seems eventually to have been resolved by installation of the pulse camera in December 1963. There is no question about the sequence set forth above.68/ ~ HMMA- 22307 definitely reports the installation of the two cameras and a V.S-2 trigger device on 27 September 1963.69/ But the cameras did not function smoothly.70/ HMM4-22433 reported that the K-100 camera broke down after one day's operation.71/ It was replaced with the first Robot Star, which had also been installed on September 27. The first Robot Star broke down four days after its installation.72/ A second Robot Star broke down after five days of operation.73/ A Robot Star was working on 7 November 1963, when HMMA-22433 requested that Headquarters send a replacement camera to Mexico.74/ In all likelihood, that request was filled with the installation of the Sequence camera on 17 December 1963 detailed in HMMA-22726.75/ Under this interpretation of the documents, the operation would have gone into continuous | Classification: yr | > cs po | Classified by derivation: | SF Docld:32263889 Page 36 “a “Ea “EA SGA. Sn WE. NA En Lk a. |
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled clocuments.) operation in mid-December 1963 as claimed by the CIA. But the first pulse camera vas set up ‘on Friday, September 27, 1963. The documents do not specify the days that the original cameras functioned. HMMA-22307 says: | (The. base agent) was requested to test the Robot Star Camera for four days and the K-100 for another four cays. Le/ HMMA- 22433 Says: . (The base agent) used the K-100 with a 152 mm ; Tens for one day, turning in 10° fee (sic) of “ J. or V6 mm Film...The Robot Star and the Telyt 400 mm lens” are now being used with the VLS-2. , Qo on this: project...The Robot Star camera which’ was given to (the base agent) with the VLS-2 broke down after days of photographing. (The technician) replaced this with another - Robot... Five days later the second camera failed to advance properly.77/ This Committee believes that it is reasonable to assume that the base agent started using the equipment immediately after it was installed. 78/ Hence, the one ‘day that the K-100 was used would have been either the 27th (the day it was installed), the 28th (a Saturday) or the 30th (the following Monday) . It is also reasonable to assume that the Robot Star, was put into action. the day of, or the day. following, the C. . breakdown of clas K-100. | This. camera, Morked for four | Classification: ae fib U 44 ae! is 2 Pay on derivation: 4 az NW 48327. Docld:32263889 Page 37 ~
Classification: : (This form is to be ised for material extracted | from ClA—controlled documents.) i | — 227+ days. 50 the Consulate was probably the subject of photographic: surveillance irom 27. September to | ] October, assuming that the five days of coverage from the original . cameras started on the day of installation and ran continuously, except for Sunday » ‘September 30th. - The base agent deve oped the film from the «— pulse camera and turned it over in negative form to - his contact.79/ The film was probably routinely sent to Headquarters. 8° | The technician who set up the cameras in the @ base house said that the.orjective of the operation was to get identifiable photographs of all visitors to the Cuban compound. 81/ The goals ‘of the Operation | were spelled out in the 1966 Project Renewal request. . Its original objectives, still current, include furnishing photographic coverage during daylight hours of the Embassy and Consulate entrances...82/ — Even though this was the stated objective, Ann Goodpasture testified that she was not sure, but “thought. that the coverage of the Cuban Consulate and ‘Embassy would: have been ccntinuous only during office é 7 hours. 83/ This was also the. recollection of David & | OPS foo - Classification: mi te | oo 7 , . oe Closed | by derivation: NW 46327 Docld:32263889 Page 38
Sa caieeeriaenateeatl ed eed wee (This form is to be ised for moterial extracted ; ‘from ClA—controlled documents.) -28- Steen —Phillips.84/ During September, October and November Ronde en nee . of 1963, the Cuban Consulate was. open to the public. from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; the Embassy was open to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.85/ A blind memo, dated 11/27/64, entitled "Memo | | passed to Mr. Papich of FBI with info on photo | coverage of Embassies and info on Kostikov," implies ‘ . that the coverage on the Ciban Embassy was ofa. ) continuous nature during dzylight hours. “This memo-. " also implies that there was a coverage of the Cuban «. Consulate.86/ The technician who serviced this “operation in Mexico City remembers that he tried to get full daylight coverage of the compound but that _ it was very difficult.87/ He said that the manual | . coverage was usually good tut that human error had to ‘be taken into account when considering the manual coverage. He pointed out that it was hard for a ; person to maintain constant. attention’ in such a | sedentary job and, hence, some visitors would get by the manual operation. 88/ The. technician also remembered that che had set uP the pulse camera to provide constant | ad 7 fou, dayTight coverage. 89/ ‘By 3 965 the pulse ‘camera. was OFF OL | Classification: 2 tS Ciastitiéd By derivétion: RW 46327 DecId:32263889 Page 39
from ClA—controlled documents.) _ FOOTNOTES FOR LEE HARVEY OSWAID, MEXICO CITY AND THE CENTRAL INTE]LIGENCE AGENCY a4/ See Warren Report, pp. 299-304, 733-736. In support of ‘° Lo its account of Oswald's contacts with the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic missions, the Warren Commission pub- . lished the following as e::hibits: 1) A note from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs. to the Swiss Ambassado: in Cuba. (Commission Exhi- bit 2445.) — 2). Lee Harvey Oswald's visa application and ‘the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of ithe Republic of Cuba's letter denying the visa. (Cormission Exhibit 2564.) 3) Letterhead Memorandum t:o J. Lee Rankin from Richard ; Helms re: "Technical E::amination of Photographs of eo ' Lee Harvey Oswald's Application for a Cuban Visa.” | yo. (Commission exhibit 3127.) (4) The pages of Lee Harvey Oswald's notebook with the co telephone numbers of the Cuban Consulate, the Soviet Consulate and the Soviet Military Attache's office. De (Commission Exhibit 21.21.) 5) A letter dated 11/9/63 from Lee nartey Oswald to the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C... (Commission Ex-— hibit 15.) ; (6): A letter from J. Edgar Hoover to the Warren Commission listing the contents o7 the Féderal; Bureau of Investi-~ ‘gation's file holdings on Lee Harvey Oswald prior to the assassination. (Commission Exhibit 834. This document listed a Cent::al Intelligence Agency "release" dated 10/9/63 that reported Oswald's contact with the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City.) 7) A memorandum dated 5/11/64 to the United States En- . bassy in Mexico City f:om the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Mexico. (Commission Exhibit 2120.) 8) A memorandum dated 6/9/64 from the Ministry of Foreign L . ‘Affairs of Mexico to tie United States ymbassy in. Pf Mexico City. — (Commiss ton Exhibit 2123.) i Classification: °°: NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 40
Classification: TAS ¢ uP ae fT 7 Ball (This form is to be used for ‘material ‘outrected from ClA—controlled clocuments.) —_ Oe | 4 2Q- — only working for six hours a day.90/- The House Select : Committee on Assassinations has not been able to determine the scope of the pulse ‘camera coverage during September and October 1963 by examination of the production because that production, if it exists, has“not been made available for review. 91/ . ‘The CIA has made the photographic production and logs from the manual coverage of the Embassy — entrance available for House Select Committee on TO Assassinations review.92/ AN production from the: ao ' manual camera coverage of the Cuban Embassy for the months of September, October and November was examined.93/ = “This examination revealed that the coverage of the Embassy was fairly consistent between the hours of — 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.-on weekdays .95/_ There was coverage, with a few exceptions, on every weekday.96/ There was no coverage on weekends. 97/ During the three- month period examined by tke. House Select Committee on Assassinations, only four veekdays were not covered by the photographic surveillance operation aimed at the: ‘Guban. Embassy. 98/ There was no evidence in the oo files of serious: technical Alfficulties or camera ee = _ Classification: Oo  akhos5. 143 P NW 48327 ‘DbocId:32263889 Page 41
Pe ec ere nrc AT cme suemegpmomamme treme nee — _——— —_—__ ——-- Classification: “ 2 ‘ ; (This form is to be used for material extracted ae ; : from ClA—controlled documents.) -30- problems in the manual operation during these three. 4 — months.99/ 4. Disposition of Froduction from the Operaton | ° _ ~The photographs fron the manual camera were maintained in a chronological file at the CIA station in Mexico City.100, These photographs were routinely “shown to a penevration agent in the Cuban Embassy for identification purposes.101/ After this agent left the employment of the Cuban Embassy in 1965, the photographs were sent to the JMWAVE Station in Miami, Florida ‘or review by Cuban defectors such as AMMUG/1. 102/ The disposition of che pulse camera photographs in general, beyond the fact that as of 1965, -and : a possibly earlier, the prodiction was routinely sent a J to Headquarters, is unknow1.103/ The CIA denies . : that the pulse camera was Functioning during the time Oswald was in Mexico.104/ If the Committee's belief ( that the pulse camera was Functioning on the days that: Oswald visited the Cuban Consulate is correct, then the ultimate disposition of the photographs produced ee a Te, “on those days remains a mystery, YY Oe Classification: BEL 0895 : | E Ge _ NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 42
Cleccificane, (83 CEBDE Ciassification: (82 88 24 | ’ (This form is to be used for material extracted _ a ; , from ClA—<ontrolled documents.) — —_ 4 : . °; -3\|- ; 4 B. Photographic Surveiilance Operations Aimed at ) the Soviet Diplomatic Compound f i 1. Introduction The Mexico City CIA Station maintained 5 i photographic surveillance un the. Soviet, diplomatic j So , a - , compound in Mexico City in 1963. Three: photographic : L sites, or bases, were used in this operation.105/ The primary objective of the operation was to photograph | : ro people who visited the Sov-et Embassy.106/ ‘The - : 2 operation, generally, covered the main gate of: os ( the Soviet. compound between 900 and 1800 (or dark) on weekdays and from 900 tc. 1400 on Saturdays.107/ : 2. Physical Positicning of Surveillance _ Bases and Targeis.108/ f @ 2h0s97 Classification: 2 95. NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 43
‘Si WO: eg y §& & oh ote Classification: 4 (This form is to be used for moterial extracted . from ClA—controlled c ocuments.) © de Los Santé LIMITED (primary photo-~base located in a lst floor apartment) -------- GELATI LILYRIC (second photo- base located in a 2nd _ floor apartment) ------ . ; «Ce . : > . 7 . =) a ; Ei. ne . . Ls ae ; | . Classified by derivation: - NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 44
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted _ trom ClA—controlled documents.) Se - 1 33. ‘There were three bases which provided photo- graphic surveillance of the Soviet diplomatic compound in 1963.109/ One of the bases overlooked the enclosed garden or "backyard". area of the Soviet Embassy.110/ The other two bases, of primary concern to this ‘Committee, covered the entrance to the Soviet compound.111/ The primary base, LIMITED, was. ‘directly across the street intersection from. the main Soviet Embassy gate; the secondary, or "back-up," : LILYRIC base was across the. street and down a little oO. way from the main Embass) gate. 112/ 3. Objectives of (peration and Scope of Coverage Proviced The purpose of this operation has also been 7 — described as being to obtain photographs of Soviet: - officials and their families; all foreigners | (non- Latins) who visited the Embassy; and cars with foreign license plates. 113/ One of the main purposes of the photographic bases that covered the Embassy gate was. to obtain a photograpa of every "foreigner," or - “ a non-Latin, in contact with the Soviet Embassy L1a/ a : ; ry ae . | ; is LON EE 7 gi OE Da ve @ axe: Classification: 2) ee - ~F--"Classified by derivation: _ NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 45.
Classification: q f ~ ms oo (This form is to be ised for. material extracted @ from CiA—controlled documents.) -34- ' This was done in an attempt to identify possible Soviet espionage agents. My understanding of that was that it was to be used to identify those people who might be working for the Soviets as espionage agents who were U:S. citizens who went down there driving a car with a U.S. license plate on it, or people we did not know but could identify. The same procedure was also used for tryinc to ‘dent people Sk, other than U.S. citizens...115/ -.,. eet Ch eee It is reported that the Mexican nationais who manned the photographic bases and actually ‘took the photographs had an “uncanny ability" to pick out qo foreigners.116/ The House Select Conmittee on Assassinations next attempted to determine the scope of the photographic coverage on the main gate cf the Soviet Embassy. At a minimum, the Embassy was probably covered by the photographic operations during office hours. “The instructions were to cover the entire work day, (office hours)..." / “Irstructions were to cover office hours, photograph eich néw Soviet and family, all foreigners and foreign license plates."118/ The normal work hours of the Scviet Embassy during September f t “and October of 1963 were from 9: 00 a.m. to 6:00-p.m. 19/ ~ _ Clossified by ‘derivation: HY 48327 Decld:32263889 Page 46
Ge gel cy oe 3 Classification: 22-9 Alias 3 B : uRid | Qa ao a ade oe _ (This form is to be used for material extracted @ oe from ClA—controlled jocuments.) . = Ca There are some indications that the photographic - ‘coverage was more extensive than just office hours. Even though the Embassy wa: not open past 6:00 p.m., visitors could still gain entrance by ringing the gate bell. "Russian speakers can get in any time."120/ | nave ey & One | BIA officer who was in Mexico City remembers’ "that the photo surveillance ‘was constant except for instances where it would be down for security reasons or equipment malfunction."i21/ A blind memorandum, dated 11/27/63, entitled "Memo passed. to Mr. Papich — a | of FBI with info on photo coverage of embassies and SEE. info. on Kostikov," says, in part, We have photographi: coverage during daylight hours on the USSR, ‘uban, Czechoslovak and. Polish Embassies. fheir consulates are located in the embassies and therefore the coverage of the embissies would include . coverage of the consulates. The photographic coverage is of a coitinuous' nature during — daylight hours. Hovever, weather conditions and other factors affecting any photographic. efforts require that the coverage not be os rad considered as total or complete. 122/ . ; § Ann Goodpasture was questioned about the scope of the photographic coveraje on the Soviet compound. : She ‘said: : : H : -I cannot give you the exact times(of coverage). a Co oo, I can guess, and my guess is fhat they | were ‘ rn mo , “Classification: ~ ST PEER coe ; — : QO oe eee ne 1 | i - ~- ed ae -Classified by derivation: eee ‘HW 48327 Docld:32263689 “Page 47_
aa 3 ame Mw mn ay en 8 | a . Classification: = . , “(This form is to be used for moterial extrocted a a 7 from ClA—controlled cocuments.) | 2 35- ¢ . open most of the time when the: ‘Consulate was opened for business iours. But the per- , i son who would have tiat information, the only - person who would know, is the case officer who was handling the project at that time.123/ Ms. Goodpasture explained tie discrepancy between the . time of coverage as stated in her notes and testimony and that in the 11/27/63 me norandum by saying that. the memorandum referred to the coverage instituted after the assassination of John K nnedy.124/ An examination -of the photographic production from the LIMITED base shows that the coverag? from that base prior qe — ‘to the assassination was fairly uneven.125/ The log’ sheets for this operation siow that, if anything, coverage decreased after th: assassination. 126/ The House Select Comnittee on Assassinations reviewed production and .log materials: from one base, LIMITED, which covered: the jate of the Soviet diplomatic compound. 127/ The LIMITED ase was referred to as the “primary” base because it began operation before .the LILYRIC base opened.128/ : @®  _.  _. Classification: # by , qo 452 r . - ; . | Closed by derivation: — NW 48327, Docld: 32263889 Page 48
Classifications ; jie RS dees ide b (This form is to be tsed for material extracted _ from ClA—controlled documents.) ~27- ghee : . LILYRIC was planned as_ an alternate “base to ‘ ; LIMITED.. same side of ‘the street as LIMITED but in the middle of the block South. It was ‘in an upper story?.: on the It had a slanted view of the front gete of the Soviet Embassy.129/ The following chart lists the production from “the LIMITED base which. was made available ‘to the House Select Committee on Lssassinations. 130/ Date “yours of cover- age stated Aug. 31 . 800-1400 Sept. 1 800-2000 2 830-1900 3 830-1800 4 830-1800 5 1200-1900 6 830-1800 . 7 kk RK AERKEEKERNO 8 - RkeRKRHEKEREENO - HW 48327. Docld:32263689 Page 49 Number of Photo- fy Time of lst Time of last photograph -photograph graphs taken 956 1220 8 (Saturday) , 1009 1321 6 (Sunday) © °935 1556" 19 -1131 1334 18 1001 1715 43 1238 1510 ‘12 926 1702 39 COVERAGE CHAK RHR KEEE KKK RKERER COVERAGE eee tek it toi tek tok tk i tok kek . _ Gloag by | deriv: 9 900--1900 1159 1640 3 10 830-1800 855 1119 17 il 900-1900 1132 1550 14 12 900-1900 1015 1233 - 7 : 13 kak kkkeEREND COVERAGE ERE E AHA R IRAE ae 14 1000-1400 1047 1344 15 ARK RERERRERENOC COVERAGE * 0 8 ik i tek ce dete tek ie dette ae tek a0 7 16 kkk kk kkk ENC COVERAGE * Fee e RARER RAKE KHER ERE HO 17900-1900 1133 1549 19 . : 18 RkRKKAREREKKENO COVERAGE * * 2% 8 & 8 ok ie ie ie deka de oe dee dee sk 19 900-1900 1105 1654 13. 7 20 kkk KKKEKKELENO COVERAGE #01 8 ik ie ied ink ica tei dak ii tok : 21 RRR REKEENO COVERAGE #8 8 8% ek ate tek de ee dea etek ee to 22 kkk KKK EEKERENO COVERAGE #8 #8 2K Ra eR ek kk kk eke * . 23900-1900 - 1135 1300 7 i ; 24 . — RREKKKEKEEEREENS COVERAGE #88 RH KR K HER RRR K KER a. 25 900-1900 .. . 104¢ 1137 - - 6 a; * + 2600 | RRR RARRR ER REENO COVERAGI® # i se ak tek ie oe teak de ie te tek tee fle. 27° © 900-1900 1018 1146. - 16 Sg ; Classification: - _  & BIN EES is | i 10 (Saturday)
ES ita yd Mt aay ey a gemma ausose Classification: : ae ea ae (This form is to be wsed for material extracted “3 oe ¢ é Ga | So from CiA—controlled documents.) $. . j 7t8- . | 28 eh kak kEREKRENO COVERAC ES Fe a A aaa ie , 29 . RAKKKKKKEKKKEENO COVERAC Et #8 te aaa RR RR RR EES EE 30 ike kk kk tee ek ENO COVERAGED #8 EERE RR RRR RIK KH REE Oct. 1 900-1900 © — L261 1251 ; 2 900-1900 oe © Och: oe 1259 | 14 3 900-1900 4 1200 1222 © 5 4 ‘900-1900 1103 , 1251 21 . 5 KReRRKHEKRAEEREENGC COVERAG ok 7 1t hekakoteialelioheieieieiebeheheheeneeal i 6 the ke EEKERENS COVERAGES 88 8 i Ra RIDE IIR RR RH 7 900-1900 1138 7 1235 6 8 900-1900 1219 1232  &§ 9 | 900-1900 1138 1210 4 10 900-1900 1031 1719 . 18. ll 900-1900 so 1522 - 1733 / § 12 1000-1400 . 1002 * 1015 (2 (Saturday) | : * 13 KHKAEKKEKREREEKEND ‘COVERAGES * AR AAA AER RR ARERR RRR qc 14° 800-1900 831 “944 | 12 ° ; 15 : Ra RK RRR KEEN COVERAGE* # FA RR RRR RH RRR EH RE ® . 16 . KEKKKEKREEREENO COVERE GEX FH RRR RH RR I RI RH 17 - 900-1900 1€24 1649 7 18 1200-1900 | “1204 - 41437 . 2 19 - RARKRKRAKRKKEREEENDO | COVER.GE# #8 1A IRR III I I BR a 20 : RekKREKAEKKERENO COVER. GERBER ER ER RRR RH HERR RH RHR S 21 KRAKKERHHKEREENGO | COVERAGE**####### 4448544 SREESESS S 22 1200-1900. 7 1305 1307 3 23. +-1200-1900 NA+ .CWs«CNA. - 8 24 1200-1900 7 N.A. N.A. 22 25° 1200-1900 - NLA. NAA. : 21 - 26 1000-1600 NAL N.A. - 14 (Saturday) +Not Available. a em stone Classification: Be 7 ~ | ~‘Clasted bd derivation: _____ va ae a7 re a ) RW 48327 Docla: 32263889 © Page: 50 on : : wah “ae bee trace oe . Sateen are Ode mt f 6 |b | wb oS of [
Classification: ! (This form is to be ised for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) -39- Given the somewhat uneven nature of the coverage maintained by LIMITED, 131/ the House Select: Committee on Assassinations staff asked whether the two bases were run in conjunction SO as to provide more “comprehensive coverage.. Tromas Keenan, the project's case officer, did not remen ber that this was. the case. He did remember that both tases operated at the same time so as to. get the most complete coverage possible.132/ Mr. Keenan was’ not sure whether there was routine coverage of the Soviet Embzssy on weekends.133/ He T J said that it was possible that there was routine | . coverage on Saturday mornirgs.134/ — An examination of the project file maintained by the CIA on ‘the photographic coverage of the Soviet. Embassy does not bear out Nr. Keenan's assertion that the two bases duplicated efforts. | In fact,..the project file confirmed that the bases complemented each other rather than duplicated efforts. This was the case in 1960 when a projeci review stated: a > Classification: 2" ' + Classified by derivation: HW 48327. DocId: 32263889. Page 51 .
SEDATE Feel Aine pieteenet direteppecgeatpeaaar ttinteath extn? sttaatteeemrgpeemeepemnny Greenest - (This. form is to be csed for material extracted eG from ClA—controlled clocuments.) ; | : | G0 LIMITED - This base compiles daily logs indicating all arrivals, departures and,where possible, identities of every person visiting or working at the LIMERICK target...LIMITED's. photographic coverage is still concentrated on visitors, as opposed to employees, to the LIMERICK installation...LILYRIC photographs also are concentrated on visitors to the target, as opposed to employees. It should be noted that LILYRIC operates for photographic coverage during the hours from daylight to 1400 hours each day of the week except Sunday. The LIMITED base maintains photographic coverage from 1400 fours to darkness each ay except Sunday. 135/ In 1961 the project review said: . 1. To collect operétional information : pertaining to LIMERICK personnel and. physical ep. facilities through tse of photographic base houses. Three £ Hhotographic bases, ‘LIMITED, LILYRIC§ ntribute to this objective. To avoic repetition, the Station “is omitting the usuz] description of the functicns of these three bases and how they contribute to the above objective. There has been no change in the coverage as cescribed in the 1960 Request for Project Renewal .136/ Similar statements are included inthe project reviews for 1962 and 1963.137/ At one point.a move was made at Headquarters to close the LILYRIC base: du: oo, - . - | ret Sooty oS po SS. es i a oe — - Classification: We tf rye ftoccs _ ” ; sa DL oo ; —— | Classified by derivation: aw we a a ‘RW 48327 DoclId: 32263889 Page’ 52
7 aN a ne ‘Classification: a EWS 8&5 Jedi (This form is to be ied for material extracted @ So from ClA—controlied locuments.) elle FI/OPS recommends s* srongly that the photo. coverage be reviewe!! from the standpoint of value and usefulness with a view to determining whether the LILYRIC activity could not be safely eliminated and the additional photographic coverage conducted on a more selective basis, without materially affectinj overall usefulness.138/ The Mexico City Station tonk exception to this- | recommendation: While HMMA 14093. £9" rectly referred to LIMITED, LILYRICS 21s “photographic base- houses, i the Statiod would like to emphasize that photographic coverage. is only one of — their functions... LIMITED is used as a radio . . dispatch base for aitomobile Surveillance teams in addition t> physical surveillance 6 _ of persons entering the front gate. Their photography is negligible compared to their other duties. The -ILYRIC base performs. the best photography of persons visiting. the front gate, perhaps because the vantage point ‘for taking the pictures is from the second floor -and above the street traffic which partially blocks LIMITED photographs. -LILYRIC also does individual reports on LIMERICK personnel entering and Teaving: the main gate. -139/ In 1964 the Mexico city Station restated the operating procedures of. the two bases. ina dispatch referenced -to the above paragraph from HMMA - 14793: Pa pers re 3 Y's ee Classification: - ge —_— a 8 i | ee . i Clositied by derivation; NW 48327: DocId:32263889 Page 53_
Classification: ES 4 (This form is to be used for material ‘extracted. from ClA—controlled c ocuments.) , The Station. feels that it would be helpful to summarize at this time information previously reported to Headquarters (see paragraph 3, reference B) concerning the photo basehouses under this project and thereby give Headquarters an updated frame of reference in which to view the roles of the various basehouses. The LIMITED and LILYRIC basehouses provide coverage of front of the LIMERICK ‘installation. Althcugh on the surface it may appear that these tno basehouses provide duplicate take, this is not the case. It has been the Station's experience in running the unilateral LIEMPTY operation that a 0900 to _ evening workday, which would be required of a single basehouse in order to cover the’ LIMERICK target effectively, is just too long for. any’ pair of agerts to remain effective. iD This is. especially irue when it is considered that- these basehouste operators. are essentially “unsupervised during their workday. It would also be impossible «or a single base-house to provide the kind of coverage this station needs on the target insta lation, especially during the peak hours of activity, namely late morning and. early a‘ternoon. For these reasons, the LILYRIL basehouse generally operates from 0900 :o 1400 or 1500 weekdays. LIMITED operates from 1200 to 1800 or dark (as the daily situa:ion dictates) on weekdays, and 0900 to 1400 on Saturdays. (These hours | are subject to chanje to fit Station needs. Special coverage fo- Sunday is arranged on a need basis; however, past experience has shown regular coverage of Saturday afternoons and Sundays is not rewarding. This schedule provides for both basehouses to be in action i“ os Bail § Dike o.. oo Classification: ; f | Oo Lo .. -|. Classified by derivation: f NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 54
“Classification: 1009. & vo 7 . ae Daag | from CiA—controllec documents.) j during the peak activity hours of the LIMERICK F / target. Although even this arrangement is not completely airtight, anything less than this would present unacceptable gaps in the coverage. It must also be considered that without two basehouses covering the front of the target installation, any illness, personal problem or vacation for operators: of one basehouse would terninate Station coverage... per It is the Station's opinion that as.long as ' the LIMERICK installation is a prime target of ' the Station, it will be necessary to maintain the present three bisehouses. To eliminate any one of the thre> would create a gap in the , Station's coverage that would not be compatible with the emphasis placed on this targeted 40/ (eo. he cig adblry : 7 But the information in the preceding chart does not | a | correlate with the statemeit of the coverage in | HMMA-23343. The above chat, on. pages 37-38, - refers to the coverage of she Soviet compound by the base that the review of HMITA-23343 reveals covered the compound from 1200 to 800 or dark. - The chart Shows that while 1200 to 1200 coverage is sometimes the case, the base's coverage of the Embassy, at least. during the months of Septernber and October, on days when -the base operated at il], was not always in’ that time period. This is the base that the dispatch also states covered Saturdéy morning, Out of the iy Y, nine Saturdays covered by ihe above chart, this base oom, ee Classification: .: fa fs ‘ i Classified ‘by ‘derivation: NW 48327 Docldi32263889 Page 55
| Bie Tide 4 ‘(This form is to be used tor materil extracted ae os _ from ClA—controlled documents.) ~44—— was in operation on only four of those days... This Committee has. not been abl2 to establish or disprove the possible inference that LILYRIC covered those days when. there was no cov2rage from LIMITED because the. production and ‘logs from the LILYRIC base were not made available for review.” That material was requested but: has not been made available.141/_ An explanation of why this material is missing was ‘requested on 7/25/78.142/ The CIA's explanation stated that the photographs and logs "may have been destroyed a * in a purge of Mexico City station files and that the folders for the destroyed naterial were réused to forward more recent. photographic material to Headquarters for retention. "143/ The folders which once contained the production were located at the National Archives’ Warrenton Records Center but, according to the CIA's explanation, the folders contained production material from 1967.144/ Because | the CIA has not Provided tie photographic production and Togs from: the LILYRIC for’ examination, no precise determination detailing the effectiveness of i £3 co the coverage of the Soviet compound can be made. @ ge pee Classification: _ Le Se aa & or | - os ays : mo ope = Chasified. ‘by “derivation: I Le NW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page. 56
Classification: a ee FG wGuhL (This form is to be used for material - extracted ~ from ClA—controlled documents.) ABS Regardless of the s:ope and effectiveness of the two bases, a question that may never be resolved due to the conflicting evidence and missing production, - the surveillance was considered adequate: Q:,.. How thorough was the coverage? A: They covered the categories that we asked. . them for on a routine basis, which was to identify any people who appeared to be non-Latin and any Soviets. Q: I understand that was the purpose. Given that purpose, how thorough was the coverage? A: I think it was accurate. © a -- Q: Was Win Scott satisfied with the performance of the photo operation at the Soviet | Embassy? A: To: the best of my knowledge he was.145/ 4. Procedure and Timing Involved in Processing Production from the Operation ee + The CIA photographic bases were manned by at least one agent who took photographs and kept a log sheet of people entering .and leaving the Embassy and of the photographs that he took. 146/ The film | boy! . remained in the camera until the whole. role. was. ~ eX josed, whi ok two o th P 'Classific ica ih Woon three days. a Se “HW 48327 Docld: 32263889 - Page 57 eles by derivation: f — oH. _ “SEA VE “SE “Ge, TAP, SS NSA. Ea. SE. EAA aa cy
Classification: (This torm is to be used for material extracted ec from ClA—controlled documents.) ee After the assassination of John Kennedy, this procedure was changed and tie film was cleared from the camera on a daily basis.148/ The CIA contract ageit outside of the United - States Embassy who was in ciarge of the photographic bases was Ramon-Joseph Alvarez Durant.149/. Alvarez picked up the film, prior t) the assassination, from the photo bases three times a week.150/ Alvarez then took the film to his brother-in-law, who worked at night. to develop it. The brother-in-law also ©. . _ printed the film into eight-by-ten contact prints. 151/ After the Film was developed and printed, Alvarez - turnec over the negatives and contact prints ‘to Thomas Keenan. 152/ . Ms. Ann -Goodpasture picked up the photo — oS production if Mr. Keenan was not available.153/ ‘Mr. Keenan or Ms. Goodpasture, would then bring the — “photographic production back to the Mexico City Station .154/ -Mr.- _ Keenan: did not remember with certainty to whom he turned over | the material, but believed it was either, Ms. Goodpasture | A.) ° or Herbert Mane11.155/ ee @ =. Classification: a — pie OE, t LA Dre 7 oe . | Classified by d derivation: ee I ay ae mF ae NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 58:
SY hia li May Classification: iB (This form is to be used for moterial extracted a ; . _ from ClA—controlled cocuments.) _§. Responsibility for the Operation There is some controversy as to who -had overall responsibility for this project. Ms. Good- pasture testified that the responsibility was Mr. Keenan's.156/ Mr. Keenan, according to Ms. Good- ‘pasture, made all the decisions and had all the responsibility involved in the operation.157/ Mrs Keenan was the most junior Operations Officer in ; : . “the Mexico City Station in 1963, and claims that his qa role in the operation was targely limited to legwork. 158/ Ms. Goodpasture testified that her role in the operation was limited to acting as an alternate Case Officer, ‘internal rou:ing of the production, ‘and review of the photographs to insure the maintenance of technical quality in the operation.159/ Ann Goodpasture's annual Fitne:s Report for the period | January 1963 to 31 December 1963 specifies her duties in regard to this overation. The fitness report. says, Working with )keenan (regular contact and case. t ey --.. .: officer), supérvise’s work of three photo Se! = ECP - bases operating against: Soviet Embassy; i? "processes take; ideitifies Soviets and. -. Ce gm 7 inteldj gene fugction. Alternate contact with, ey =: @ =... Classification: 0 8 463 ae 7 ee st ip 16 i “ = “* Page 8 JR aia Classitied. be derivation: _ HW 48327 Docld: 32263889 “Page. 58
Classification: AR Eve Sains ore Ba) BG) x (This form is to be ued for note neti ib B from ClA—controlled documents.) & = 16 the Station had available to it one additional telephonic intercept transcript, and one or more surveillance photographs. This Committee has made in attempt to determine when the available information was linked to Lee Harvey Oswald. The Committee has also made an a ‘tempt to determine whether all the intercepted telephone cas were in fact connected with Oswald or involved Oswald. §t should be pointed out, however, that this analysis can only be directed at that information now known to have been availible to the Mexico City Station. This information will be discussed briefly in the following section. In addition; the qiestion of whether Oswald or an Bg , Oswald imposter visited the ‘mbassies and made the ‘phone calls, along with the possibility tiat Oswald was not alone in Mexico City, will be dealt with in jreater detail in the final section of this report. | | | 2. Information Availabl> from the Soviet Wiretaps that was Connected with or involved Lee Harvey Oswald. a The Mexico City Station dossessed nine intercepted telephone conversations that may have jealt with Oswald. The conversations are summarized below for easy reference. 420/ In the following discussion the conversations will be referred to by date and Mcclct*rre nce, time of -eecurance. | Classification: aa | “Classified by derivation: NW 48327 DocId:32263689' Page 128