14-00000 ! mec ee! Ltn PROCESSING ACHON - CASGACAIES - SECRET/RYBAT © _ Chief, WH Division ; c HOINDENING CEGUIRID Lo OLY QUALHHD DESK CAN JUOGE INDEUNG ChiefL of Station, JNMCOBRA Chief of Station, Mexico cityy OS PORUMEN/Phy sical Target Study” of the Cuban bmbassy, Mexico City ACTION REQUIRED - ReeLREACES MICROFILM Action Required: FYI oo HMMA~35228, 9 August 1968 Reference : Se . LIONION-1 has provided the following Information on the Cuban Embassy compound as a supplement to reference dispatch. The DOI is 26 August 1968, 2. Gates and entrances to the compound: a. Gate for. entry of cours on Francisco Marquez. This gate is always closed, and is opened only to permit cars to enter or leave, b. Next to this entrance is a gate where people can enter the compound. There is a doorboll at this gate which rings in the Gatehouse. This Gate~ house is manned 24 hours a day. ; ec, There is a’ large gate on Calzada Tacubaya which is always locked. d. There is a small entrance on Zamora that is always closed. -e. The Consulate entrance on the corner of ; Francisco Marquez and Zanora is open from 10:00 a.m. _to 2:00 p.m. Continued. ..csccccvcceccsecace Distribution: Orig & 2 ~ C/WHD 2~ COS, JMCOBRA CS 2eay DISPATCH STMSOL AND RUMBUR CROSS REFERENCE 10 fans HMMA = 35365 CEASTCATION “3
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