og: jon: 3 daa ‘A ead: i Classification: ; i GE | (This form is to be used for materiol extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) @. ; - : “ig. Staff Agent.160/ } Ms. Goodpasture denied thai she had any supervisory rote in relation to this of eration. 161/ The House | Select Committee on Assassinations redeposed Ms. Goodpasture in November 1978 and asked her about this apparent inconsistency between her Fitness Report and her testimony: Q: Now, having read your Fitness Report for 1963, are there any portions of your ; prior testimony that you wish to modify? . A: No, not really. Now, this LIEMPTY - project, this is a case of where I cannot ao . “seem to make it -:lear how our functions. ~ were. Now, the case officer had responsibility for the Operation of the project. He decided how much to pay the agents, what hou-s they worked, where the meetings wer» held. He hired them; he fired them anil he knew the identities; he met with.all of them. He brought in the photographs, the Product. - He dumped it on ny desk and he was finished with it. I took the Product film and: Prints and the contact file and .distributed those. oo, uo I could levy any requirements of him or other people in the Station which. as he remembered it it might have been for | - Supervision, but when he was out.of town e. I met with one acent with his so-called a / Cut-out...162/— . ce (30 $e \ Q: This (Fitness Report) is not accurate? Classification: Se % 4 e NW ‘48327 DocId: 32263889 Page 60 — " VER 2 Claisitied-by ‘derivation: ~~
AER AGRE ls TR Classification: | (This form is to be ised for material extracted © from ClA—controlled documents.) -49- A: ‘It is not precise the way. the work. was -divided...163/ | |... Ac a ae we Q: Now, I don't uncerstand why, if you knew nae this descriptior was inaccurate, you ley this documert go to Headquarters? A: 1 think it was nade on the basis of trying to get a promotion for me.164/ Alan White, who was Deputy Chief of Station in Mexico City in 1963, testified that Ann Goodpasture was "a Special Assistant" 10 the Chief of Station and.that “her main respons” bilities were to handle ‘the surveillance operations."15/_ Mr. White stated that this included ‘both the pho:ographic and electronic surveillance.166/ Mr. Whi ce remembered. that Thomas - Keenan "did help Annie wit soma of the pickup (of production)" but that vis main responsibilities were with another operatior.167/ Mr. White ‘also ‘testified that: - (Ann Goodpasture) carried with her a lot of invisible authority that devolved upon her because of her operational relationship with the Chief of Station, who had absolute confidence in her. She had a marvelous memory. She was meticulous in detail. I think he had every reason to put that kind. of trust in her. @e |. +. Classification: : . | coe a ORGS Ballas BO NW 486327. -Docld: 32263889 Page 61 " Classified ‘by ‘derivation:
Classification: i= (This form is to be used for material extracted trom CiA—controlied c ocuments.) -5)- She reported directly to him. While she may not have been invested with any command authority by virtue of her position at the Station, certainly she 'was a kind of unofficial deputy for the purposes of the operations that she was involved in.168/ Ms. Goodpasture was: asked about Mr. White's statements as well as similar statements by other people associated with the CIA's Mexican operations. 169/ Ms. Goodpasture: Well, I made more of those Statements as those people saw it in their relationship with Mr. Scott's projects. They . are true the way they saw it but I had no. z vresponsibility outside the projects that we : or worked on, but the liaison projects and the ek. telephone tapping project touched every a) Sh ‘ AC ‘4. operation.in. the Mexico Station. x just aN {didn't think I was as “important as other people seemed to imply that I was.170/ Ms. Goodpasture also testified that her relationship with Mr. Scott could be termed special in that she was responsible for the day-to- day handling of the telephone tapping operation of which Mr. Scott was the case officer.171/ | . . ; | Mr. Keenan's recollection that he turned the photographic production over to Mr. Manell or Ms. Goodpasture was confirmed by Ms. Goodpasture. 72/) Ms. Goodpasture also testified that the primary ca ; responsibility for the photographs after they were ‘in @ ot OO, Classification: . vt. SS). ww HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 62 | 4 6
ey _ from ClA—controlled documents.) ebT- the Station was that of Mr Manell.173/ Ms. Good- pasture testified that she was responsible for routing the photographs and that the complete production | went to the Manells before it was filed.174/ Copies of the important photographs were given to the Manells for them to retain for routine use in the course of their work.175/ The flanells* recollection of their role in ‘N this operation is very difverent from that of Ms. Goodpasture. Mrs. Manell cestified that Ann © . . Goodpasture held the photoyraphic production very . tightly.176/— Her recollec::ion was confirmed by cher husband.127/ The Mane Is stated that they did not routinely review or see all of the production from the Soviet Embassy photographic surveillance operation.178/ They claim they only saw the: photographs that Ms. Goodpasture thouglit were important enough to bring to their attention.179/ According to the Manells, access to this fi'e was tightly controlled . by Ms. Goodpasture.180/ Atal t, a ft _ Classification: 8 Classified by derivation: i a a NW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 63.
(This form is to be used for moteriol extracte e _ from ClA—controlled clocuments.) -52- 6. Coordination of Photographic and Electronic Surveillance Operations The Mexico City Station employed an operating procedure whereby the functioning of the photographic base and the electronic intercept base could be ' coordinated. If the listering post monitor heard something that would lead Fim to believe that there was someone at one of the Embassies that should be i - photographed, he would alert the CIA technician in a , .the listening post who would then alert Ann Good- pasture.181/ . Ms. Goodpastire could then alert. Thomas Keenan who would then notify the. Photographic base. 182/ The. reporting te Headquarters of information: generated by the photograptic surveillance operation and the electronic operaticn was also coordinated.183/ The Station was able to-go back to the photographic chronological file to checl for photographs of . people that were picked up on the tap operation -when the transcripts were revieved.184/ It was a matter of routine .to check the photographic production when arte tt eothne me a reporting information deve’ oped from the tap operation 468 ND Be the Sad > Classified. by:derigation:- to hart saute a HW 48327 DoclId:32263889 Page 64
{This form is to be used for material extracted from CiA—controlled documents.) @j a om that indicated a contact vith an Embassy that was Neate ifs Subject to photosurveillaice.185/ A name trace could have been requested on | the basis of the name alone but that wasn't: the i way Win Scott ran chat Station. He wanted “ the photographic Coverage tied in with the ; telephone coverage ..sometimes there . ‘Was a U.S. automob-le license number. It 1 was~also part of the "numbers game" of j justifying a project by the number of dispatches, cables or reports produced.186/ C. Electronic Surveillance of Telephones at the Soviet and Cubén Diplomatic Compounds = - in 1963 I. Existence The Soviet and Cuban compounds were, in 1963,. the targets of a multiple line telephone intercept Operation.187/ This operation was run in liaison with the highest officials of tne Mexican Government. 188/ 2. Responsibility a. General Win Scott, the Chie” of the Mexico City Station, was, nominally, the case o“ficer.for the telephone’ ~ Classification: .: NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 65 463: 2 4
Classification: .4 i sod G Ba ag tl d (This form is to be used for moterial extracted OO a from ClA—controlled clocuments.) | 7 -54- surveillance project.189/. Even though Mr. Scott was the nominal case officer, the "routine case officer functions" were performed ty Ms. Ann Goodpasture.190/ An American technician was stationed in the listening ‘post to maintain the equipnent and to protect the Station's interests there.191/ Ms. Goodpasture's ‘duties in this operation renged from meeting with poe the technician/officer inside the base for the purposes ~ of daily supervision of the operation to handling the collection and distribution of the tapes and transcripts.192/ eB Ms. Goodpasture worked in this capacity until 1968.193/ With the exception of the sechnician, the listening post and the transcription room of this base were staffed by Mexican Army of‘icers.194/ This listening post covered up to thirty ‘ines at one time.195/ b. Analysis and Reporting of Information Obtained ‘Mr. Herbert Manell.vas responsible for the analysis, processing, and daily review of the Soviet . transcripts. 196/ The transcripts were reviewed on a were me te em daily basis by Barbara Man211. Mrs. Manell would - ae re Classification: ce ay it 2 TN ree | Classified by derivation: “NW 46327 ‘Docld:32263889 Page 66
Classification: . = 3: fo (This form jis to be vied for material extracted & , . from CIA—controlled documents.) "-55- bring conversations of interest or importance to Mr. Manell's attention.197/ Mr. Manel] was also responsible for reporting ‘the information developed from the Soviet wiretaps. He indicated that the reports were usually written by himself or Barbara Manelt. y98/ These ‘reports were . usually in the form of cables or dispatches to CIA Headquarters.199/ The Manells also usually handled the notification of representatives of various other United States government organizations in Mexico City Gq when the information warranted such notification. 200/ “David A. Phillips, a CIA officer who was stationed in Mexico City in 1963, testified that information from the taps would be reported if the information was important, if it was useful to another ' Agency. component, or -if it was something that should "go in the record. "201/ Mr. Phillips said that only a small amount of the information developed from the taps, would be formally repcrted to CIA Headquarters and that the information that was reported was generally something more inportant than the usual we conversations that were routinely intercepted. 202/ e ge. a ‘Classification: : ee | ane WE ea Ai a } 24. Classified By: derivation: NW 48327 Docld:32263889 .Page 67
(This form is to be used for material extracted. c) ' from ClA—centrolled c:ocuments.) ~56- It should be noted, though, that.an examination of the project files shows that Americans in contact with Communist diplomatic institutions were routinely reported to Headquarters for name traces and dissemination to the intelligence community.203/. 3. Telephone Lines Covered — This Committee has made an attempt to determine which telephone lines at the-Soviet and Cuban ' diplomatic compounds were subject to this electronic. intercept operation in September and October of 1963. The monthly operational report of this project for. _ the month of September lists the following phones as targets of the operation:204/ 14-42-37 Cuban Embassy 14-92-14 Cuban Embassy 25-07-95. - Cuban Embassy 14-13-26 | Cuban Embassy 7 15-60-55 Soviet Embassy (Chancery) 15-61-55 Soviet Embassy (Chancery) 15-69-87 | Soviet Embassy (Military Attache) 15-61-07 Soviet Embassy (Commercial Office) 15-12-64  ° Soviet Embassy (Film Representative) The report notes that lines 14-92-14 and 25-07-95 at the Cuban Embassy were disconnected on 23 September . 4 - L 1963.205/ The. monthly repert for October says that. © aay aa | Classification: — : CUE & a ai . ‘Classified by derivation: ete teen Fins y a 7 a faa LP a call NW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page | 68.
EEF Lz aw sisi” yt ae ne ne ne , Bic OL RAt Classification: i ait a” it (This form is to be ised for material extracted (> from CiA—controlied documents.) -'7- there has not been any change in the“ lines covered since September. 206/ A review of the transcripts produced by this” operation revealed that the CIA has transcripts on” file from the two-month pe-iod of interest . to this Committee from three Cuban lines: 14-42-37, 14-13-26, and 25-09-14.207’ It .is noted that the last telephone line was not lis:ed inthe monthly reports. 208/. A review of the Soviet traiscripts revealed that the five lines listed in the monthly reports.were tapped ‘p on 27, 28-and 30 September.209/ Only two of the lines, 15-61-55 and 15-60-35 » were covered on Sunday, 29 September.210/ | “The House Select Conmittee on Assassinations has found some indications in testimony given before. this Committee and CIA documents that more Cuban lines were tapped at that time. 211/ This Committee has not been able to determine with certainty whether three lines (the number of lines on file in the | transcripts) ,: two lines (the number given by the ; contemporaneous monthly report), or five lines (the . number given by some witnesses and documents) were | Ehossification _ Pana ‘pa raw) c3 ‘ae wi oxy i wation: Se se AES ye cial Sy Se er rd HW 48327 _pocld: 32263889 "Page 69
Classification: = 2.7 tsa f a Y Wits BBs (This form is to be used for moterial extracted from ClA—<controlled -Jocuments.) 1 . . : ~§ 8 subject to the intercept operation. It should be noted, though, that there were five lines tapped in the Cuban compound in 1964.212/ They were: 14-42-37. The Ambassador's private telephone 25-07-95 The Chincery , 14-13-26 - The Chencery 25-09-14 . The Conimercial Office 11-28-47 The Corsulate One CIA employee whc was involved in Cuban operations in Mexico City remembered that there were taps on the telephone of the Cuban Consulate. 213/ It is possible that ‘the employee, Mr. Phillips, who ‘was “stationed = ee in Mexico City from 1961 tc 1966, was incorrect, after a fifteen-year hiatus, in placing: this tap in 1963. 214/° As the above notes, an exanination of the Project files fails to support” Mr. Phillips‘ memory, although those files do shcw that the Consulate telephone was tapped in 1964. 4. Production from Operation The intercept listering post operated from approximately 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. every day.215/ Classification: serif ae AE Classified .by derivation: NW 48327 Docld: 32263889 - Page 70
(This form is to be used for material extracted @ ~~~ from CiA—controlled documents.) -')9- Thirty recording machines. hat were impulse activated every time a tapped telephone was used taped the sur- veilled conversations.216/ In addition, the intercepted conversations ‘vere monitored by personnel in the listening post.217/ a. Types The. production from this listening post was “broken down into three cat2gories for the purposes of handling the tapes and transcripts: (1) intercepts © of interest to the Mexican officials (these included such groups as the Movimento de Liberacion Nacional, individual Communists, the Mexican Directorate of Federal: Security) ; (2) Cuban intercepts; and (3) Soviet _ and bloc country intercepts.218/ b.. Handling Procedures. “(1) Resuma. A summary of the conversations deemed of sufficient interest by the listening post monitors was ‘prepared as they were monitored.219/ These summaries Be re, were called "resuma."220/ The resuma were given to a ner eas | Crassifica tion. HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 71
Classification; (This form is to be used for material extracted \ _ , from ClA——controlled documents.) uy ents) =-(Q- Ann Goodpasture by the technician early in the morning the day after they were prepared. 221/ Ms. _ Goodpasture had the previous day's resiuma on Win Scott's desk by | 9:00 a.m. on the morning o° the day after they were prepared.222/ Win Scott murked these resuma for action. by his case officer: before routing them through the Station. 223/ This Comittee has requested copies of these resuma from the CA but they have not been made available for review. 224/ | ‘The resuma covered all thirty lines. that were © covered by the intercept operation. 226/ Only important conversations were included. in the resuma.226/ The ‘| monitors made ‘the decision as to which conversations were important.227/ After the resuma ‘were prepared, the tapes from the lines 0° interest to the Mexicans were held for approximatel ten days and were then reused.228/ The resuma we-e maintained in a chronological file at the listening post.229/ (2) “Cuban “apes ‘The Cuban tapes (taves. produced. by taps. on Lo the Cuban telephones) were left on ‘the machines until Classification: | : oh * i76 Ww + on e ° HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 72
(This form is to be used for material extracted ao from ClA—controlled :Jocuments.) — : 7 , -€1- the reel was used up.230/ When the reels were full, they were removed and transcribed in the listening post.231/ The transcripts would be turned over _to Ms. Goodpasture at the same time as the resuma.232/ The tapes produced by the Cuban taps were maintained in the listening post.233/ There was a special rack ‘for those tapes inthe technician's workshop, which was situated on the floor above the room in which the listening post was located. 234/ “This rack had thirty slots in it. The tapes from each day's production went into a separate slot, with the oldest tapes going back into use in the monitor room; i.e.,. the ‘tapes from the Cuban intercept were held for thirty days prior to reuse.235/ The tapes were not’ turned over to Ms. Goodpasture unless she requested a specific tape.236/ (3). Soviet Tapes (a) General Hand] ing The Soviet tapes were removed daily from the _Machines. 237/ ‘The Spanish language Portions of the Ks tapes would then be transcribed in the Listening SS - 7 Classification: ._ ig A uy } it ~ T , “Classified by derivation: Cd ‘NW 48327 Docld: 32263889 Page 73
Classification: 44 — | | QoS dade 8 (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled clocuments.) post.238/ The transcripts and tapes from the Soviet lines were then routinely turned over to Ann Goodpasture along with the resuma and Cuban transcripts. 239/ Ms. Goodpasture then turned the tapes over to Robert Zambernardi, who then delivered them to Boris . Tarasoff for translation and transcription of the. Russian language portions of the tape. 240/ (b). Retention and Reuse of Tapes | There is some question about how long the Soviet © a tapes were retained before reuse. There are indications that the tapes were routinely held for two. weeks and then. reused.241/ The technician who-ran the listening post could not state. with certainty what the practice regarding retention and reuse of the Soviet tapes. was. He said that he did not — hold the tapes at all once they were returned-to him by Ms. Goodpasture.242/_ He stated that. he assumed that some of the tapes were retained by either the station or the Russian translator because his Supply. of © tapes for the Russian taps kept dwindling. 243/ © ‘The tapes were not retained by the translator. 2a4/ Tt is possible o. So Classification: ._ a re | ; . ; [ ~ Classified’ by derivation ‘HW 48327 DocId:32263889 Page 74.
(This form is to be ssed for material extracted: - from ClA—controlled documents.) ab3= po. that the tapes were held for two weeks in the station before they were’ erased and sent back to Arehart for reuse.245/ Robert Zambernardi remembers that Thomas Keenan spent a lot of time in the Station erasing tapes on a special machine for that Purpose. 246/ One of the main sources for the two-week period ( j being ascribed to retention of the Soviet tapes is DIR-88680, which says: | Upon receipt you mas resume usual practice of keeping Cuban and Soviet tapes two weeks and then erasing.24°/ © © This Committee. has not found any evidence that would . contradict the above- “quoted statement in regard to the Soviet tapes. There was a procedure whereby the tapes could ‘be held for longer. than twe weeks if someone thought that the tape should be preserved as well as the transcript.248/ The interested officer could make a note on the transcript or he could notify Ann Goodpasture, orally or by rote, that he wanted the tape preserved. 249/ There were no written rules or SP ~~. “GA “GR. “GA EP i regulations governing this procedure.250/ ! a _' +. | Classified by derivation: HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 75
Classification: ali hig Xia de ee ee: c (This form is to be ued for moterial extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) ‘(c) English Language Conversations , a There are some indications that English Tanguage conversations were transcribed at the listening post. The Tab F Draft says: Reels which contained Russian or a language - other than Spanish or English were taken to another location Lother:than the listening ° post) for translation and typing.251/. Goodpasture’ s notes say: Those transcripts which had Russian or another language ‘besides Spanish or English went out of the ° an listening post the cay after the transcript’ ! (of She conversatiors on the reel) was typed. - These reels were taten to another location where © they were translatec and. typed. 252/ But, in her testimony before the House Select Committee on Assassinations in executive session on 4/13/78, Ms. Goodpasture said: The transcribers, o: the transcription that -] picked up, the transcribers were working at the same place with the Spanish text. If the language were other than Spanish, it ~ would have to be ta:en to another location. to be transcribed. The material that was picked up the day after the date on which it occurred was in the Spanish language, normally .253/ It is clear that th: reels of tape with conversations in the Russian language were delivered to Mr. Boris Tarasoff for translation. and transcription. 254/ ma ot 7 . me ee ize , gy am ten WW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 76 -
ORO coe heat Classification: coat j a, PE Abe dibs _ (This form is to be used for moterial extracted _ from ClA—controlled ciocuments.) -§5- Mr. Tarasoff has testified that he was also responsible - for the transcription of the English language conversations although his wife, Anna Tarasoff, usually did the actual transcribing.255/ This testimony is confirmed by the testimony of Anna Tarasoff.256/— Arehart, the technician in the listening post, could not clearly remember whether or not any of his | Mexican transcribers did the English language conversations. 257/ He remembered that these tapes were usually sent to the Station. 258/ He. said that he did remember that monitcrs would often come to his workshop and ask him tc come downstairs to listen to a conversation ir English. 259/ All of the conversations in the Spanish a1 ar aaa c ehat : transcripts are in’ Spanish. 260/ Al of the conversa-. tions in Spanish were tran:cribed-in Spanish.261/- It is doubtful that the listering post transcribers, who were Mexican nationals, would have translated an English conversation into “panish and then ‘transcribed it. In light of ‘this, Tarasoff's recollection and. “Arehart: S ‘recollection, it is probable that all the English language conversat: ons were sent ‘to _ the Classification: . _ a | wll Classified by ‘derivgtion: HW 48327 Docld:32263889 Page 77