“INF OE “opPD=b; VAs FILE, D/DCI, DDO=4, CSRF, C/CI#4, “C706 /DMS), C/PCS..C/PCS/LOC». OLCs S&/DO/0, (27/P) Br Space 001, . oo, oo yoTs' 212354z JuL.78 DIRECTOR 261323 oom ec eee emecce re mneene teen ensme ance omn enn nese come TAFF. 2123502 [ DIRECTOR. 261323... be Bd gAMMEDIATE. “MEXICO. CITY, “INFO IMMEDIATE, ‘DIRTECH, sober ee Os 2p bea (wor: IN CDS, COPY SUPPLIED UPON REQUEST) pIRECTOR’ 229921, ‘cvor, IN, ‘CDS, COPY SUPPLIED UPON REQUEST) 1" House | SELECT. COMMITTEE ‘ON. ASSASSINATION (HSCA) DEPUTY ‘STAFF. DIRECTOR GARY CORNWELL ACCOMPANIED BY HSCA STAFFERS HAROLD ‘LEAP AND EDWIN LOPEZ ARRIVING MEXICO CITY 24 JULY 1978 (VIA AA, ETA 1245) TO CONTINUE JNQUIRIES THERE. POUCHING UNDER TM 126289 ENVELOPE CONTAINING HSCA MATERIAL. : PLS HOLD FOR THEIR ARRIVAL. 2. ISSUE OF DIRECT HSCA ACCESS TO AGENTS HAS CONTINUE Cite UNSETTLED, WITHOUT RESOLUTION. DCI AND DDCI HAVE OFFERED-HSCA INDIRECT .RPT_ INDIRECT ACCESS, WHEREBY. MEMBER OF INSPELTOR GENERAL'S STAFF SERVES AS GO=BETWEEN, CONVEYING HSCA QUESTIONS’ TO AGENTS AND AGENT REPLIES TO HSCA. THIS FORMULA UNACCEPTABLE TO HSCA. DCI HAS REPQOR HIS ISSUE HIGHES HORITTLY/ AND HAS RECEIVED HIS SUPPORT ON POSITION OF NO RPT NO DIRECT ACCESS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WILL TRY TO DEVELOP: PROCEDURE WHEREBY ANSWERS TO HSCA CAN BE OBTAINED WITHOUT DIRECT CONTACT WITH AGENTS. “THERE IS TENTATIVE AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE TO UTILIZE SECURE TELEPHONE (OR OTHER VOICE COMMO) AND/OR CLOSED. CIRCUIT TELEVISION (WITH DARKENED ROOM TO OBSCURE DETAILS AND APPEARANCE OF AGENT), WOLOCK TECHNICIAN TRAVELLING MEXICO CITY 24 JULY 1978 ON ANOTHER MISSION, WILL BRING TELEVISION, EQUIPMENT. WOLUCK SENDING SEPARATE MESSAGE THIS SUBJECT. ASSUME TECH WILL NEED ASSIST THROUGH MEXICAN CUSTOMS, THIS EQUIPMENT BEING SENT TO SIMPLY ASSURE | AVAILABILITY OF FEASIBLE SYSTEMS LIF, WORKED OUT WITH HSCA, ~ 2) COC APTAIN NILES Re GOODING (USN. RETIRED), WHO NOW ASSIGNED INSPECTOR GENERAL STAFF, HAS BEEN SELECTED 10 SERVE AS GOBETWEEN. FOR HSCA, HE WILL BE ARRIVING MEXICO CITY ON 24 JULY 1978 VIA SET RES - ' r toe . - : t ‘ . NW 53199 DocId:32348148 Page 2 - oe (6 7!
78 1021390. a Soe PAGE 002 | - | a, - st TOT: 212354Z JUL 78 DIRECTOR 261323 BRANIEF ‘yo! “St, ETA 1315 “HOURS. ‘CAPT.  BOODING. TRAVELLING ON EITHER TOURIST. PASSPORT OR TOURIST CARD AND WILL CONTACT COS ON “ARRIVAL. CAPT... GOODING WILL WORK WITH STATION AND HSCA ON DETAILS. - OF! ANTERVIEWS. HE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE LIMITATIONS ON HOW FAR TO © “GO"WITHIN AGREEMENT (IN PRINCIPLE. ‘IT HEADQUARTERS INTENT TO .. “CONDUCT INTERVIEWS IN HOTEL ROOMS AND REQUEST STATION RESERVE 2TWO ADJACENT. RPT ADJACENT TwO=ROOM SUTTES IN MODERATE PRICE HOTEL *FOR-PERIOD 24 JULY - THROUGH 28 JULY... CAPT. GOODING WILL OCCUPY ... . ONE OF THE SUITES ‘AND RESERVATIONS CAN BE MADE FOR ONE SUITE IN’ *:° HIS NAME, IF SUITES UNAVAILABLE REQUEST FOUR ADJOINING SINGLE — ROOMS THAT HAVE COMMON DOOR ENTRY BETWEEN ROOMS, ALSO REQUEST | oan THAT STATION PROVIDE CASE OFFICER WITH DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT TO Ss . act: AS TRANSLATOR AND ESCORT FOR CAPT. GOODING: - , my 3. HSCA DESIRES INTERVIEW FOLLOWING. FORMER AGENTS: Liconkyst3 -LITAMIL/73 LITAMIL/93 RAYMOND H, GERENDE (P)% LIONION/1 AND FORMER UNWITTING AGENT LICHANT/1. ALSO- FORMER CONTRACT AGENT EDWARD G, TICHBORN (P) AND LIHUFF/1. HSCA ALSO DESIRES INTERVIEW GENERAL JOSE JESUS CLARK FLORES AND NOE PALOMARES, NEITHER OF WHOM HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH US ACCORDING TO H@S RECORDS. WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DATA AND OTHER INFORMATION RELATIVE TO CONDUCT OF INTERVIEWS IN SEPARATE CABLE. a Poo we ome cncn ten we ener mmonerensscecomrensrsesemasronancnanesnoas . a. REQUEST STATION ATTEMPT DETERMINE IF PERSONS MENTIONED PARA 3 ARE STILL IN MEXICO AND ADVISE IMMEDIATE. 5. SINCE CAPT. GOODING DEPARTING EARLY MORNING 24 JULY, WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU. COULD PROVIDE NAME OF HOTEL AND ROOM NUMBER HE WILL BE OCCUPYING BY COB 22 JULY. IF SUITE UNAVAILABLE FOR 24 JULY, REGUEST.SINGLE, ROOM AT BRISTOL OR GENEVE FOR NIGHT 24 JULY. nn | i. _ 6. FYI: SINCE WE ARE NOT RPT NOT AWARE AT THIS TIME IF HSCA HAS COORDINATED THIS VISIT WITH STATE DEPARTMENT AND MEXICAN .. GOVERNMENT, REQUEST COS ADVISE AMBASSADOR, INCLUDING TDY VISIT CAPT. GOODING. . ee ToT “WILL “ADVISE ‘CONCLUSIONS REACHED WITH HSCA FOLLOWING EARLY MORNING MEETING AT HGS ON 22 JULY 1978. IN THE MEANTIME WOULD WELCOME ANY STATION SUGGESTIONS WHICH WOULD IMPROVE ABOVE PROCEDURES AND CONTRIBUTE TO BETTER OPERATIONAL SECURITY. SEER} =v HW 53199 DoclId:32346146 Page 3
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