‘roe-0086-0209] aq we! we oT” 7 nearby and the availability of langauge (English, Spanish, Soviet, Polish, . American recruited agents. : assisted by technicians on i Fro mail intercept operation. oo I ane telephone company | Wi Mexico Station coversss of Soviet and \ Embassies (1963). | i i Or | 1. ‘Chnitatera) mae —_ From the =~ eX Ons exer In in Apri 1947 unit | the arrival of Mr. vin W tt ation Gh 1955, \the Station had: developed a support apparatusst er Jeads from a Soviet Enbassy in This umbrella type project (LIPSTIgKYEoRs aoe Sy, hp? aeasens % phone taps, three photographic sites, a monitey Vsapyet lance. team ‘and a. AOS BA . a RY | Mexico City. ted of mul tiTine . : « eon Telephone taps OS by ‘an: employes-of orm Tet] Nas ee “e> br ited only by the availability of a listening post — of lines tapped was Czech, etc.) transcribers. Generally, these were ‘Mexican or Mexican- 7 Three photographic sites were han WY: Station case officer’ Sy advised the Station on the best types of oA nt devices. These operations had sub- -crypts \EPSTICK (namely: LIMITED, LILyRIC and LICALLA). LIMITED was a ae directly opposite the Soviet Em- . . pe cee oe ee sterner seer renee onentenpennunn e ‘ ° bassy (across the street) which’ had both a vehicle and a pedestrian en- trance. The gate to the Soviet Embassy was on the northwest corner of the 620 64158 EAE Eee PAPAL PETE CL BY 004 Neha PPQteare 04645 CuagsUls pack CO Doe 319 COPY NO.
14-00000 re os — ; ‘ suey PEM 7% APPT Uae daye tas ¥ ‘Soviet compound and the LIMITED site was diagonally across a double laned Street on the southeast corner of that b \ (See attached diagram). LIMITED was the First photo A aK A strictly on an experimental basis in the early stage ao 3 $ » Was closed when the Sta- tion received word EHR NN \\ ey “unidentified man" was . ; LILYRIC was an alternate photo-~ ’ graphic base. It was located | in an upper story of an apartment building on the same side of the street as the LIMITED site neg be middle of > the block south. It had a planted view of t ecfinnioate of the Soviet Ge Sop steam tias located in one. of a ATT i ait Soviet Embassy compound. Embassy. LICALLA, the third Photographg row of four houses on the: south « This site overlooked tenes of the Soviet Embassy compound. The purpose of this oper SSN to get good identification photographs of | Soviet personnel. The three photographic sites were managed | by a re- | cruited agent who was a Mexican citizen, the son of an American mother and Mexican Father (deceased). This agen \ ted ‘the film from the LIMITED and LILYRIC sites ean \\ aN veloped and printed intogy ae Ns ps. LICALLA film was originally processed in oer, due to the resig- nation of a technician, this ae that of LIMITED and LILYRIC was processed on the outside by a recruited agent. ~ SD film was. then de- | te tenes Zine = on nee emma apeneny i we erg ° : -0000459 RS PAGE 226 of 313 - COPY NO.
14-00000 ee" gegen i which used late model ~ “\ car ir could be activated by he AN interest left the gate of the LIMITED site since. they. a‘ been issued LIMITED photographs For identification purposes. The Station also conducted afunilateral mas RR cept operation, | ras Skee > pe op LIBIGHT, which. ‘was handled by an American canines. ‘A recruited) | a n Mexican agent, who had a semiofficial ee from a subagent employed by the the. Sa 2. ( Liaison\Coverage Liaison covetage.s the nature of ae that time. The Mexican Direction | of Federal Security (DFS), (WEHh Wich wie conducted Vatson} was a hip-- WANS o sai surveillance. te whenever someone of ae tusa, rc] tained selected letters Ss Shee m of six recruited agents ‘The team . These agents were aware of pocket group run out of the Mexican Mi was principally occupied 0 Bah foreigners. ‘Their agen 1958, at the instigation of a CT eee eee operation came into existence. ree iexic revere This. Ministry igations and control of d 1 corrupt. A Station ! . ed ee The operation, which became known as. pn 3 coo PAGE 2 C 7, COPY NO. fone cee meee te geal ae ae 1 teers Mente! eae Senne 6th a ey cma te In. 3 ican official, a joint t telephone tap} » 319° gS reenter a
14-00000 | -Army officers.\ In 1961, [because-an (cipals ,\the Station "Ke . Station officer assist Ss SECRET ISEMSTTS \LIENVOY, was run by a Mexican officer.\ The listening post had 30 lines connected at one time. The os staffed by (Mexican \ Senent by the Hexican_ pris Cc oK\\ roject case officer. A AeA upervision of the listening | post, and in picking up the i awe and the tapes. There was also an American technician ‘inside the listening Post. 3. Oswald Coverage: . . In mid-1962, the Mexican officer in charge of LIENVOY (the \ eee neem p Joint tap operation) asked the American officer at the J HENVOY Vistening RNa post for the telephone numbers of the Soviet, Cuban Susach ite Em= ' bassies in anticipation of possible covereaet 5s Stati on immediately © disconnected all of the eniTateral aU ya eps on taps ,on these Embassies sa J that they would not be disc eon en ‘the Mexicans hooked up their } . (taps. aps. The Hexicans\ sop SU connected five Cuban lines, five . conversations of le, for the Chief of statio WE so Soviet lines, three Cze S lines, two Polish’ AON and one YugosTav line. | “At the listening post, a a-liv short summaries of | a ‘ \e in a datly resume sal) completely recorded, full transcripts were typed Gp RR ae Nd Station; however, there was usually a time lag of a day « or two. “Reels which contained Russian sm, . 680g , 164 ee See lo “PAGE 228 op 319 COPY NOQ.
5 onversations, the translations | on conversation. As soon as the S rned that an Anerican identi fying him- self as Lee Oswald phoned the Soviet Embassy, Miss Ann Goodpasture of the- | Station started screening all photographs. However, here agai » there. | | Pee was a backlog because the photographs were picked UP three *t ee 3 but those picked up were usual ly for dates a fe waa Spokere Since the . mes a week % : Oi technician who was processing the film, diss, on bY night- time. basis. Further, photographs were not made. ate Rati Pt until a complete rol] of film was used. Later this yaseh Co and ‘the operator cleared the camara . at the end of. each day SERS of amount of unused film remaining. | The instructions were to cover the entire work day (office hours) and to photograph all Soviets, their families, all foreigners, “and cars with foreign license plates. Human error RAINY but generally the agents - | | age had more sophisticated oe equipment using cs ene yey developed mechanical dif- ficulties. aagwe a Oswald came to Pi Ae of the listening post operators — | ‘ were conscientious. The aN : from a tap of the Soviet line.. It was picked up and taken to Mr. Boris 6000 C000. 162, see ‘OA PACE 229, 2319 = COPY. No.
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