HW 53320. _ AGENCY RECORD. NUMBER IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION CIA :- 104-10414-10054 RECORD. SERIES : AGENCY ORIGINATOR FROM TO TITLE ‘DATE ' PAGES AGENCY FILE NUMBER : JFK . RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE DOCUMENT INFORMATION :.CIA : C/WH/1.. : CHIEF, WESTERN HEMISPHERE DIVISION MEMORANDUM FOR: PROJECT KDAFGHAN TERMINATION - SUBJECTS -: DOCUMENT TYPE CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS ::-. : RELEASED IN PART PUBLIC - CURRENT STATUS _ DATE OF LAST REVIEW (COMMENTS - 2 ‘JFK-RHO7 08/25/1971 JFK ASSASSINATION . KDAFGHAN PAPER “SECRET 1B 07/07/04 F133 os . Date: 02/21/05. JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM . ‘Beleased under the John Kennedy WSsassination Records Ollection Act of 1992 (44 7S 2107 Note}. ases#: NW 53320 Date: (6-27-2017 RELEASED WITH DELETIONS : 20040324-1064383 [RI - ITEM Is ‘RESTRICTED _ 104-10414-10054 Docld: 32397633 Page 1
are —enme oe HW_53320 25 August 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Western Hemisphere Division SUBJECT ': Project KDAFGHAN Termination 1. A request for termination action is contained in paragraph four, herein. 2. Project KDAFGHAN is a Support project which provides the Mexico City Station with fixed photographic and physical surveillance of the Cuban Embassy and Consulate in Mexico City. The objectives of the project are to furnish photographic cov- erage of the Cuban installation during daylight hours, to assist the Station in compiling dossiers on officials of the installation, and to fulfill various requirements in support of other Station Cuban operations. The KDAFGHAN project en- compasses two assets, KDAFGHAN-1 and KDAFGHAN-2, who have been associated with the project since 1962. | | 3. While this project may be of some value to the FBI (FBI compares KDAFGHAN photographs with the photographs of known leaders of extremist groups in the U.S. as well as with photographs of persons who are subjects of identification orders prepared on badly wanted fugitives in the U.S.), it is of little value, as presently constituted, to Mexico City Station. There are other means of obtaining photographs of PCS and TDY Cuban personnel. 4. In early 1972 the Station mounted a thorough CI review of all Cuban operations in an attempt to improve their overall security. Although KDAFGHAN-1 passed the SGSWIRL with no apparent deception, his Cuban exile Status, the long period of time he has been operating his OP site in close proximity to the Cuban Embassy, and the potential (perhaps immediate)  __ danger presented by his and KDAFGHAN-2's Cuban relatives made ~ ~ CL BY 055272 WN-SISM SEGRET | | E 2 IMPDET | | | Internal Dist: [hua 21g hs Ac Z0 June ran er , . t . poe aout ; th pe DoclId:323926368 Page 2 . . _— ; a '
a en pe HW _53320 -derits during the termination, it clear that the agents should be terminated. aforementioned » 4S well as security considerations in the JMYAK ' Case, WH/1 reque Sts approval to terminate this project effec- | tive 31 July 1972, In order to meet termination commitments, ‘Project KDAFGHAN was n 30 amended o June 1972 by DIRECTOR 285255 in the amount of $9,000, increasin g the project's authorization from $11,950 to $20,950 for FY 1972. KDAFGHAN-1 and KDAFGHAN-2 were terminated on ] August 1972, There were no security inci- John C. Murray . C/WH/1 Internal Dist: Docld: 323976358 Page 3 oo