14-00000 co) oe CLASSIFIED MESSAGE DATE * 1 25 JAN 62 Sey spopeen COS, ay TO —_g_: DIRECTOR 7 “ exe cea a -: ROM 1 MEXICO CITY ~ JAN 25 obagz 62 : i action \C/wl 5) (WH TEMPO COPY SLOTTED 0030, 25 JAN) oS "3 “INFO 4 OCI, D/oCt, Doe, Sfc2* a ” paioraTy: iN-17139 PRITY DIR CITE MEXI 9969 eel RYBAT i 3 FOR GALBOND AND SAYRE FROM ANBASSADOR MANNS AS YOU KNOW, SONE WEEKS AGO WE BECAME CONVINCED THAT ONLY q ae CHANCE OF GETTING MEXICO TO BREAK RELATIONS WITH CUBA WOULD BE ON BASIS CUBAN INTERVENTION MEXICAN INTERNAL AFFAIRSe THIS OF COURSE \ WAS ON ASSUMPTION TWO THIRDS RIO TREATY VOTE COULD NOT BE OSTAINED .AT PUNTA DEL ESTE. WITH THIS OSJECTIVE IN NIND DEPT AND CAS AUTHORIZED RE TO ae watered A ASAP ' TURN OVER MATERIALS DESCRIBED IN MEXI 9885 TO APPROPRIATE MEXICAN OFFICIAL. I CHOSE GUSTAVO DIAZ ORDAZ. 3. DIAZ ORDAZ HAS INFORMED CAS THAT HE DISCUSSED THIS EVIDENCE WITIL LOPEZ MATEOS WHO EXPRESSED SURPRISE AND INTEREST. WE GIS© COUNT LOPEZ MATEOS STATEMENTS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW HE HAS MUCH BETTER EVIDENCE OF CUBAN EMBASSY INTERVENTION WHICH HE KEEPS STRICTLY TO HIMSELF AND HAS NEVER TOLD CABINET ABOUT. THE EVIDENCE WE TURNED OVER TO DIAZ ORDAZ HAS PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE BECAUSE PRESIDENT IS NOW AVARE THAT DIAZ ORDAZ ALSO KNOWS PART " _ OF THE STORY. HE CAN NEVER BE SURE THAT DIAZ ORDAZ WILL NOT USE a hd ff ee OL j . kare oo REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED. Copy i:
14-00000 AGE MEX! 960 PAGE 2 RIS TO SUPPORT HIS O8N ANTI=COMMUNIST CONVICTIONS IF A SHOWDOWN “BETVEEN TilE COMMIES AND ANTI-COMMIES SHOULD OCCUR IN MEXICO. he - DIAZ ORDAZ HAS ASKED ME THROUGH CAS WHETHER I WOULD HAVE ANY a OBJECTION IF THE INFORMATION WE FURNISHED HIM WERE MADE PUBLIC SHOULD AN APPROPRIATECCCASION ARISE IN THE FUTURE. HE SAID THERE . WOULD BE NO-MENTEON OF THE UeS. GOVT AND THAT GOBERNACION WOULD PRESENT THE EVIDENCE AS COLLECTED BY ITs De I RECOMMEND THAT CAS AND DEPT AUTHORIZE ME TO INFORM DIAZ ORDAZ THAT WE HAVE NO OBJECTION ON THE BASIS OUTLINED BY HIM. REASON FOR MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT ON THE ONE HAND WE LOSE LITTLE BY BLOWING THE MICROPHONE OPERATICN SINCE BATTERY IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE SOON IN ANY CASE. WE BELIEVE WE ARE IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAM SAFELY DENY THAT WE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH PLACING MICRO PHONE. IN THIS CONNECTION DIAZ ORDAZ OBVIOUSLY BELIEVES OUR STORY THAT WE PICKED UP SIGNAL BY ROUTINE DIALING OF DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES AND THAT MICROPHONE WAS PRESUMABLY PLACED BY SOVIETS TO CHECK ON THEIR SATELLITES. ON OTHER HAND AFFIRNATIVE ANSWER TO DIAZ ORDAZ WILL ALSO IMPLICITLY SUGGEST THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE TIME MAY COME WHEN WE OURSELVES NIGHT WISH TO MAKE THIS INFORMATION PUBLIC» 1 CAN THINK OF NO BETTER INCENTIVE TO LOPEZ MATEOS TO BREAK RELATIONS WITH CUBA THAN POSSIBILITY MEXICAN PUDLIC HIGHT EVENTUALLY BECOME AWARE OF EXTENT TO SHICH MEXICO HAS TOLERATED CUBAN INTERVENTION IN SPITE OF ITS VAUNTED DEVOTION TO THE DOCTRINE OF NON@INTERVENTIONs 6. FINALLY I WISH TO SAY THAT I REALIZE ALL OF THESE MANEUVERS INVOLVE SOME RISK TO UsSs BUT 1 BELIEVE RESURGENCE OF COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN LAST TNO MONTHS REQUIRES UNUSUAL COUNTERACTION ON Pe an Reha ie gf REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN ISSUING OFFICE 1S PROHIBITED. Ba en ete TRoEETENeNe en pee “pep
14-00000 = are sere in states chee seni, Fe ~PREERESIE bor, 32 : ; _ FOR in t7e PAGE . : j te | va uae nnowantarertmreme OUR PART. %e DIAZ ORDAZ HAS RETURNED MATERIAL TO CAS FOR SAFE KEEPING . & AND IT IS NOW IN OUR POSSESSION. HE CLAIMS HE MADE NO COPIES AND \ \ i to WE DELIEVE THIS PROBABLY TRUEs ee -; : END OF MESSAGE ; . . , . C/S COMMENT: *DISSEMINATION ON THIS CABLE ASSIGNED PER [__] WH. i i ' Foye 4 ~ . a , —~ _ ~~ _ A | ee ! _ REPROOUCTION BY CTHER THAN ISSUING OFFICE 1S PROHIBITED,