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404-t0126-0044] a | OLG #73 25.33 03/37/03 SECRET FRP: 426 7 y ADV C/LA 21402 PRECEDENCE STAFF ACTION: C/LA@B (RBZ) INFO: ODPD=D, VR, FILE, IGe DDO-4, C/CCS, C/Cled C/CI/OCFL, C/EPS/COMP, C/EPS/EG=2, C/EUR@6, C/OG/0MS, C/PCS, C/PCS/PCL. C/PM, D/OLC, ICS, (36/W) 78 1047459 PAGE 001 IN [047459 TOR: 2721392 JUL 78 MEX] 46000 S EC RE T 2720357 JUL 78 STAFF CITE MEXICO CITY 46000 TO: PRIORITY DIRECTOR, WNINTEL RYBAT REFS: A, DIRECTOR 261715 B, DIRECTOR 261709 C. MEXICO CITY 45940 1022224 D. DIPECTOR 26382} 1, STATION HAS HAD MIXED RESULTS IN ITS EFFORTS TO LOCATE AND SET UP. INTERVIEWS BETWEEN THE THREE PERSONS SUBJECT REF 8 WITH THE HSCA INVESTIGATORS, RAYMOND H, GERENDE HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND AGREES TO MEET WITH THE, ““TNVESTIGATORS, FINAL ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE wITH HIM ON 7 AUG. STATION CANE LOCATE LIONION/] AND EDWARD G, TICHBORN_IN MEXICO, THEIR NAMES DO! NOT APPEAR IW MEXICAN IMMIGRATION RECORDS AS BEING | PRESENT IN THE COUNTRY, 2. STATION CHECKED LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF TICHBORN GIVEN DIRECTOR 261710, PRESENT OCCUPANT IS SRA, EMILIA LOPEZ AGUILAR (NO RELATION) WHO DOES NOT KNOW TICHBORN, BUT DURING THE YEAR SHE HAS LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS, SHE HAS RECEIVED MANY TELEPHONE | CALLS FROM PERSONS INQUIRING AS TO HIS WHEREABOUTS, ONE CALL wAS FROM A BANK IN GUADALAJARA TO ADVISE THAT TICHBORN wAS TO ‘RECEIVE AN INHERITANCE, SHE HAS ALSO.RECEIVED CALLS FROM DEBY COLLECTORS REPRESENTING MEXICO CITY DEPARTMENT STORES, SHE ALSO RECALLED THAT NOT TOO LONG AGO, AN UNIDENTIFIED MEXICAN NATIONAL CAME YO THE NETGHBORHOOD — “INGUIRING AROUT TICHBORN AND ALSO ATTEMPTED TO ELICIT INFORMATION FROM HER CHILDREW ABOUT TICHBORN, EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY PREVIOUS TENANTS AT THIS ADDRESS IN HOPES THEY MAY HAVE SOME INFO HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. AGAIN, REQUEST HQS TRACE TICHBORN THROUGH HIS MOST RECENT ADDRESS IN NEw YORK, SECRET
14-00000 aed SECRET STAFF 78 1047459 PAGE 002 TN 1047459 TOR: 2721392 JuL 78 MEXI 46000 ee ORO e met en nen tnn ewe nn aman eeneneneene reas ccc ene ne, 3. STATION OFFICER RECALLS THAT AT THE TIME OF LIONIONs;¢§ TERMINATION THAT PAYMENT OF HIS TERMINATION BONUS WAS TO BE MADE IN SPAIN, THIS PROCEDURE ADOPTED IN ORDER ENSURE THAT HE LEFT MEXICO, THE PAYMENT WAS TO BE MADE By all > OFFICER OR OTHER DESIGNEE, AGAIN, SUGGEST| ATTEMPT LOCATE SUBJECT, ~ 4. EFFORTS TC LOCATE LICOOKY/} ALSO UNSUCCESSFUL. THERE — \ TS ONLY ONE PERSON WITH SAME SURNAME LISTED IN MEXICO CITY j TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, SHE ADVISED STATION THAT SHE HAS NEVER y, HEARD OF LICOOKY/], , 5. THE RECORDS oF CONSULATE IN MExICo CITY WERE SEARCHED BUT THERE IS NO RECORD OF LICOOKYsi, LIONION/1, OR EDWARD G, TICHBORN, RESULTS FROM CHECKS IN GUTLYING CONSULAR DISTRICTS NOT YET AVAILABLE. O» ATTEMPTING CONFIRM AVAILABILITY OF ACCOMMODATIONS REQUESTED PARA 4g REF 8 FOR 7 AND B AUGUST, WILL AOVISE, am 7, RESERVATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR CAPTAIN GOODING AT THE HOTEL BRISTOL FOR 6 THROUGH 10 AUGUST, STATION PLANS MEET CAPT, GOODING AT. THE MExdCO CITY AIRPORT AFTER HE DEPARTS Customs AREA, SUGGEST HE HOLD HIS OFFICIAL PASSPORT IN RIGHT KAND TO FACILITATE IDENTIFICATION, oo 8. NO FILE, £2 IMPDET, a, ¢ END OF MESSAGE - SECRET
(tosto‘ae-t00re June 15, 1978 HscA iC #79. - NOTE FOR The Director jn Te 20a 2/3 . | FROM : Haviland Smith . SUBJECT : The HSCA Investigation of the Mexico City Station 1. The memorandum from Scott Breckinridge, attached hereto, dated 15 June, addresses only one aspect. of our problem with the HSCA. In the fall of this year, the HSCA will prepare a report for the Congress which will be unclassified. There seems every likelihood that this report, whether we are able to contest it successfully either with the Committee or perhaps even in the Courts, will contain sensitive information,.the revelation of which will be very damaging to ounginterests i Mexico. Not only will this report. provide ev isencg uot our unifsteral, intel ligencel activity in Mexico. City. cwhich } cactivitiesfare against Mexican Law,| but it. will also { RY OF a f _ The best example of this, but not the only example, is [theirj¢eTephone tap activity, the evidence from which will be an integral part of the aScA's conclusions. 2. Mexico City is a focal point for Soviet. intelligence operations against. the continental United States. There is a long, documentable history of Soviet activities basedvin Mexico being run intg our Country. The relation- ship that |is a: critical ingredient in. our abitity to protect ourselves against. these Soviet intelligence acti- vities.q;You will recall that the Boyce-Lee case was brought to our attention by (those elements of|the Mexican government. If, as we suspect, the Committee ublishes, the kind information spelled out above, the result on this | will be disastrous. It will seriously weaken our ability to protect our country from Soviet intelligence activities. 3. We believe that the issues raised by Chairman Stokes in his letter to you affords an excellent opportunity for you: to underline to him some of the problems which are inherent in an ultimate declassification and: publica- tion of the sensitive information they have gleaned: from our files on general intelligence activities in Mexico City. This may not prove to be helpful in dampening the ardor of the HCSA staff, but it most certainly will put them on notice that the course they are taking will have direct repercussions not only on CIA activities in Mexico City, but on our bilateral relations with that country. | 19796 \ oe RETURN TO CIA : Background Use Only Do Not Reproduce
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(404-10126-10082 ¢ nate ony me . of So ie June 15, 1978 NOTE FOR Oo : ‘The Director FROM 2 Haviland Smith SUBJECT : The HSCA Investigation of the Mexico City Station 1. The memorandum from Scott Breckinridge, attached hereto, dated 15 June, addresses only one aspect of our problem with the HSCA. In the fall of this year, the HSCA will prepare a report for the Congress which will be unclassified. There seems every likelihood that this report, whether we are able to contest it successfully either with the Committee or perhaps even in the Courts, will contain sensitive information, the revelation of which will be very damaging to our interests in Mexico. Not only will this report — provide evidence of our ynilateral intelligence activity in Me which eee aw, Du also The best example of this, but not the only example. 1s thelr telephone tap activity, the evidence from which will be an integral part of the HSCA's conclusions. 2. Mexico City is a focal point for Soviet intelligence operations against the continental United States. There is a long, documentable history of Soviet activities based in Mexico being run into our Country. The relation- ship that is a critical ingredient in our ability to protect ourselves agains ese Soviet intelligence acti- vities. You will recall that the Boyce-Lee case was brought to our attention by ‘those elements of /the Mexican government. tf, as we suspect, the Conmittee publishes the kind of information spelled out above, the result on this bwill be disastrous. It will seriously weaken our ability to protect our country from Soviet intelligence activities. 3. We believe that the issues raised by Chairman Stokes in his letter to you affords an excellent opportunity for you to underline to him some of ' the problems which are inherent in an ultimate declassificatjon and publica- tion of the sensitive information they have gleaned from our files on general intelligence activities in Mexico City. This may not prove to be helpful in dampening the ardor of the HCSA staff, but it most certainly will put them on notice that the course they are taking will have direct repercussions not only on CIA activities in Mexico City, but on our bilateral relations with that country. woaad 19998
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14-00000 a UNC cASSIFIED LU (wTERNAL, ocd “)DENTIAL ED secrer Te ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET | SUBJECT: (Optional) EXTENSION TO: (Officer designation, room number, and DATE building) COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom So to whom, Drow a line across column after each comment.} FORWARDED FORM ceo GTO EotReReYs SECRET =] CONFIDENTIAL «=] Use omy EDS, 1 UNCLASSIFIED (000552 SEORE:
14-00000 > : Chief, WHD ]DS.GG,SE.conn SUBJECT . : RYBAT/7 ° 3 "|| ACTION REQUIRED - REFERENCES : " " ° ONLY QUALIFIED CAN JUDGE INDEXING PROCESSING ACTION MARKED FOR INDEXING . NO INDEXING REQUIRED HEADQUARTERS DESK. I. We would like to take time out in ovr investigation of the President's assassination to appraise the role of the Mexico City Station in the whole affair. Since the early afternoon of 22 November 1963 » Mexico City has been the only major overseas reporter in the case. While this is partly dictated by the , eeally outstanding per- cision, and perception Syed within minutes to the 4 facts of Lee OSWALD's life, we have not overlooked Ge formance of Mexico City's major assets and the speedy, ‘aye with which the data was forwarded. _ Here it was: White House, ODACID, and ODENYY. 2. Your LIENVOY data, the statenents.of>Silvia were major factors in the quick clarification of the case, blanking out the really ominous spectre of foreign backing. ¢ i. 53 DURAN, and your analyses 3 We regret that we have ‘beer able to send you so little information in- return, but we have not been-.gt he had ever been to Mexico excai b retention, It does néb.&% Times has printed about e report is all true. 36 We have meanwhile been flooded with fabrications story was the most troublesome. They are still coming in. : — ie f - ae / ra Distribution: wo fte 7 Pb s 0&1 - COS, Mexico City O choss Refining 7” ~~ ym a a oe (comme) We have quickly have a copy for | romise your sources. Basically, what the New York DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER HMMW-12193 HEACQUARTERS FILE NUMBER || f201-287248 e DATE TYPED DATE DISPATCHED : 13 Dec 1963 vép much yet. We do know that Lee OSWALD denied Oe for a junp to Tia Juana. screened the FBI reportgon; the whole case but we do not yet » Of which the ALVARADO } ACCOM. LPasnet |
[toetormetots] we j : ae INTERNAL USE ONLY! 3) Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel - .. | “4. Page 10 Monday ~ 5 December 1977 _ Sh “ eed 43. (Unclassified - MG) CONSTITUENT. Received a call from Peggy, in the office of Representative Thad Cochran (R., Miss. ), who requested that I send to her some general information about the CIA for a constituent. After receiving the materials from the Public Affairs Office, I forwarded them to the Congressman! 8 office. 44, (Unclassified - ABS) LIAISON Met with Michael Goldsmith, House Select Committee on Assassinations staff, regarding some questions Mr. Goldsmith has concerning the numbering system on FOIA released documents. (See Memo for the Record), St, os os 45. (Unclassified - DTC) LIAISON Had several conversations with -- John Hornbeck and Michael Goldsmith, se Select Committee on Oo Assassinations staff, concerning information that they wished made “Available TO"HE"eommittee for their perusal, In addition, Goldsmith _ asked for and received a briefing on the Agency's FOIA program numbering system, soo ee, —s Legislative Counsel. -.. ecg O/DDCI_-. . oo Mr.(Grinwis }) . Mr. Lapham) me Mr. Hetu SA/DO/O © IC Staff Comptroller NFAG _ INTERNAL USE ONLY 200 a .
(04-10126-10151 ¢€ * oee . * i ' Journal ~ Office of Legislative Counsel Monday - 5 December 1977 43, (Unclassified - MG) CONSTITUENT Received a call from Peggy, in the office of Representative Thad Cochran (R., Miss.), who requested that I send to her some general information about the CIA for a constituent. After receiving the materials from the Public Affairs Office, I forwarded them to the Congressman's office, 44, (Unclassified - ABS) LIAISON Met with Michael Goldsmith, House Select Committee on Assassinations staff, regarding some questions Mr. Goldsmith has concerning the numbering system on FOIA released documents. (See Memo for the Record). 45, (Unclassified - DTC) LIAISON Had several conversations with John Hornbeck and Michael Goldsmith, se Select Committee on Assassinations staff, concerning information that they wished made available tte ctmmittee for their perusal. In addition, Goldsmith _ asked for and received a briefing on the Agency's FOIA program numbering system, g CS Choy L. CARY ‘ Legislative Counsel cc: O/DDCI Mr. Grinwis Ex. Sec, DDA DDS&T Mr. Lapham Mr. Hetu SA/DO/O IC Staff Comptroller NFAC \e) INTERNAL USE ONLY
6-10152 104-1012 4 Ps a” a ‘Journal - Office of Legislative. Counsel Monday - 5 December 1977 son f - INTERNAL USE ONLY Su ¢ L. (24 _ Page 10 i 43. (Unclassified - MG) CONSTITUENT Received a call from Peggy, in the office of Representative Thad Cochran (R., Miss.), who requested that I send to her some general information about the CIA for a constituent. After receiving the materials from the Public Affairs Office, I forwarded them to the Congressman's office. 44, (Unclassified - ABS) LIAISON Met with Michael Goldsmith, . . weiss. Selec armitteron Asdassinations stat » regarding some questions Mr. Goldsmith has concerning the numbering system on FOIA released documents, (See Memo for the Record). A 45. (Unclassified - DTC) LIAISON Had several conversations with John Hornbeck and Michael Goldsmith, House Select Committee on Assassinations staff, concerning information that they wished made © available to the Committee for their perusal, In addition, Goldsmith asked for and received a briefing on the Agency's FOIA program numbering system, Q ee Chow L. CARY Legislative Counsel ce: O/DDCI Mr. | Ex. Sec. DDA DDS&T i vot Mr. Lapham | re _ Mr. Hetu | eS SA/DO/O IC Staff Comptroller NFAC yoo INTERNAL USE ONLY
[104-10126-10154] « 104-026-1054 its & bo me sae ra Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Tuesday - 8 November 1977 37. (Confidential - PG) LIAISON Received a telephone call from Michael Glennon, Legal Counsel, Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations, who was following up ona request he made on4 November for a copy of the secrecy oath which | former DCI Richard Helms had signed, I told Mr. Glennon that I was checking this out with the appropriate elements of CIA and hoped | to have an answer for him by the following day. a | (Internal Use Only - PG) LIAISON Spent the better part. oo . of the afternoons in the Coordination & Review staff conference room with -~.* - Michael J. Hershman, Deputy Staff Director, Subcommittee on —— . _ International Organizations, House International Relations Committee, - Also present were DDO representatives Evalina Vidal, _...:, (for only the beginning of the meeting) and| ‘We discussed... | -;,the Subcommittee's request to make certain CIA information public... 0 - and Mr. Hershman gave us a summary he had prepared for the use of ©” aoe '.. Members at upcoming public hearings. Mrs. —*€, review the ~. ‘summary and sanitize it as necessary. The remainder of the session ~ was spent in an exchange of views as to CIA's role in ongoing , ‘Congressional investigations of ROK/KCIA and related subj ects. 39. (Internal Use Only - RJK) LIAISON Spoke with Lot Cooke, on the staff of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, concerning William R. Harris, a consultant with the Committee who also works _ for the Rand Corporation, Since Harris has already been briefed at Rand on compartmented clearances, it will not be necessary for him to | ° _ receive a briefing on them at this time. Jack Williamson, SO/ bel, . has been advised. mo, ‘Cooke also requested the clearances held by Professor G. Robert a Blakey,. Chief Counsel and Director, House Select Committee on te Assassinations, and Gary Cornwell, of the staff, because they wishto “~~ | review a sensitive Committee document. After checking with Dan Godar, — OS, I advised him that they had their proper clearances for reviewing the documents. oo a . - 40. (Unclassified - RSG): LIAISON Spoke with Betsey wolf, House Select Committee on Assassinations staff, and offered to send ta her a copy of the document she reviewed here yesterday. The document was an index of Freedom of Information Act exemptions on documents | olving the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. "Bet tucded of 25 Alou FF 200/66. ae " "INTESHAL USe Oe
"1d Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel '. Tuesday. - 8 November 1977 37. (Confidential - PG) LIAISON Received a telephone call from Michael Glennon, Legal Counsel, Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations, who was following up on a request he made on4 November for a copy of the secrecy oath which . - former DCI Richard Helms had signed. I told Mr. Glennon that I was checking this out with the appropriate elements of CIA and Roped t to -; 7 have an answer for him by the following day. me a - (Internal, Use Only - - PG) | ‘LIAISON Spent the better part a of the afternoon ! in the Coordination & Review staff conference room with | ae - Michael J. Hershman, Deputy Staff Director, Subcommittee on. | 4 a . _ International Organizations, House International Relations Committee. |... - * " &lso present were DDO representatives Evalina Vidal uio=:, (for only the beginning of the meeting) and :. We discussed - Ls "+ the Subcommittee's request to make certain CIA information public... a and Mr. Hershman gave us a summary he had prepared for the use of « “". Members at upcoming public hearings. Mrs. | ill review the -. '.. summary and sanitize it as necessary. The remainder of the session -.- Was spent in an exchange of views as to CIA's role in ongoing - oe 7 ‘Gongressional investigations of ROK/KCIA and related subjects. - 5 39. (Internal Use Only = - RIK) LIAISON Spoke with Lot Cooke, on the staff of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, concerning .- - William R. Harris, a consultant with the Committee who also works . _ ed for the Rand Corporation. Since Harris has already been briefed at 99° =>. °° Rand on.compartmented clearances, it will not be necessary for himto 9° ”_ receive a briefing on them at this time, Jack Williamson, so/ DCL, . rr has been advised. SS Cooke also requested the clearances held by Professor G. Robert Blakey,. Chief Counsel and Director, House Select Committee on | : —_ a _ Assassinations, and Gary Cornwell, of the staff, because they wish to °: °° ~ review a sensitive Committee document. After checking with Dan Godar, OS, I advised him that they had their Proper clearances for reviewing the documents. | . . . ot . 40. (Unclassified - RSG): LIAISON spoke with Betsey Wolf, j ft, and offered to send ta her a copy of the document she reviewed ] here yesterday. The document was an index of Freedom of Information Act exemptions on documents - involving the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. ool?
(404-10126-10186 Sree meen cme * uk HRTERNAL USE O1LY “¢ HSOCC ASCornA . ; | GT- O00 Fert Journal ~ Office of Legislative Counsel . Page 9 Tuesday - 19 April 1977 +3 F 37. (Unclassified - LLM) BRIEFING In response to my earlier request to him, Grenville Garside, on the staff of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, called saying that Admiral Turner is not expected to appear at the energy briefing of the Committee on Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m., and that Senator Henry M. Jackson | (D., Wash, ) expects only the substantive experts. I went over the | ground rules with Garside--no transcript, cleared staff Committee personnel only--all of which he agreed to. Subsequently, George | Murphy, on the staff of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, called to verify the security arrangements. 38, (Unclassified - LLM) LIAISON Jackie Hess, House Select A j Seneadked to register a complaint that the “Committee had not received the FOIA documents released out of the’ Oswald 201 file. After consulting with Launie Ziebell, OGC, and several others, I informed Ms. Hess that indeed I was quite sure the Committee had received the material and, indicated to her the time of the various deliveries which were made. She was particularly interested in the personality 201 file request document of 9 December 1960 on Oswald, Lee Henry (sic). Ms. Hess will review their holdings and inform me ‘of the results, | 39. (Internal Use Only - LLM) LIAISON Jackie Johnson, on the staff of Representative William F. Walsh (R., N.Y. ), called for some _ assistance in answering a constituent inquiry on the Boyce-Lee case. I said we would provide her with a suggested reply. GEQKGE L. CAR Legislative Counsel cc: DDCI (Mr{(Grinwis Ex. Sec. DDI DDA DDS&T Mr. Lapham Mr. Hetu SA/DO/O —_s . IC Staff oo Comptroller “200 38 NIO , MA INTERNAL USE ONLY
te May o th + CIA | a NTERNAL USE ONLY A) . ao Bw Journal ~ Office of Legislative Counsel Wednesday - 30 March 1977 13, (Unclassified - DTC) LIAISON I was called by Mr. James Fiesta, in the office of Representative Clarence D. Long (D., Md.), regarding a constituent's request for information on the Kennedy assassination. This constituent, Ernest F, Rethschulte, is a graduate “student and is preparing a thesis on the assassination. He had seen a newspaper article reporting an FOIA release from the Agency of about 850 pages of material on the assassination to the As sociated Press. Mr. Fiesta is sending me a copy of the newspaper article so that we can more clearly identify the material with IPS, and if it has been released it will be provided to the constituent through Mr. Fiesta, (Note: There have been prior OLC contacts with Mr, Fiesta on this FOIA request. ) 16, (Unclassified - RJK) LIAISON Spoke with Anne Karalekas, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, to confirm that she would be speaking to the Intelligence Process Course on 18 April, for which I would be assisting her with transportation, She will also speak to a annual records management conference at] on 4 May, for which George Frates, Records Administration Branch, is making the travel arrangements, She indicated that she would call Frates and they would work out the arrangements together, 17. (Unclassified - CM) LIAISON Lasked Linda, secretary to Pauline Baker, of the staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, if the Subcommittee hearings of September 1976 | had been published, She said that had just occurred, and promised to send us two copies, I advised Molly Kreimer, :CPS, the requester, 18, (Unclassified - ALM) LIAISON Winslow Wheeler, from the office of Senator Jacob K, Javits, called requesting a copy of "A Study of Climatological Research as it Pertains to Intelligence Problems," A copy was forwarded to him, 20040 CIA INTERNAL USE ONLY