(tost0146-t0299] = ORETT eo SECRET / FRET by pp po ADV C/LA 15507 ieee EM. te STAFE YSCA ft [oc 78 mys/}} ACTION: C/LA=8 (016) INFO: FILE, VR, DDO#4, C/CI~4a, C/EPS/EGe2, C/IP/OMS, C/LSK/ID, C/PCS, ODPDepD, SA/DO/0, = 24/H) 78 071468} PAGE 0014 IN 071868] TOR: 1815462 MAY 78 MEXI 45116 SEC RE ¥T 1814502 MAY 78 STAFF CITE MEXICO CITY 45116 (CHAIDEZ ACTING) TO: IMMEDIATE DIRECTOR, ae | * SUGGEST DISSEM To: ICS, oLC REF DIRECTOR 224314. 1, STATION DOES NOT FORESEE ANY PROBLEMS WITH HSCA INTERVIEWING SUBJECTS PARA 3 REF IN MEXICO AND ENDORSES PROPOSAL CONDUCT THE INTERVIEWS WITHIN THE AMERICAN EMBASSY PARTICULARLY IF SUBJECTS ARE TO BE PUT UNDER OATH, “ 2. VISIT OF HSCA MEMBERS To M E NEDY ASSASSINATION WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE CHARGE oN 17 MAY, HE IS AGREEABLE IN PRINCIPAL TO “THE USE OF EMBASSY FACILITIES TO CONDUCT THE INTERVIES, BUT HE FIRST NEEDS AN OFFICIAL REQUEST FOR THIS SERVICE THROUGH STATE CHANNELS AND SOME OFFICIAL WORD ABOUT THE ARRIVAL OF THE HCSA/KENNEDY GROUP BEFORE HE CAN COMMIT THE USE OF EMBASSY PREMISES, THE CHARGE HAD ONLY ONE STIPULATION CONCERNING THE INTERVIENS AND THAT WAS THAT THE PERSONS MUST COME To THE EMBASSY ON THEIR OWN FREE WILL, . 3. 6UT ABOVE ALL, THE CHARGE SAYS HE NEEDS SOME LEAD. TIME IN ORDER TO_MAKE PROPER ARRANGEMENTS, THE EMBASSY ALREADY HAS MADE PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE ANOTHER HSCA GROUP INVESTIGATING THE MURDER OF OR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, THIS GROUP IS ALSO SCHEDULED To ARRIVE MEXICO CITY O¢A 30 MAY, | EVERYTHING KAS BEEN LAID ON FOR THAT VISIT BY THE EMBASSY, INCLUDING CO-ORDINATION: WITH THE MEXICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. AS OF COB 17 MAY, THE EMBASSY HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTICE OF ARRIVAL OF THE HSCA/KENNEDY GROUP AS INDICATED PARA TwO REF, 4, RE -PARA 5 REF: MR. CORNWELL SHOULD CONTACT MR, LAWRENCE E, STERNFIELD, THE Cos, SECRET RETURN TO CIA 2/GLA’E Background Use Only Do Not Reproduce
14-00000 SECRET STAFF 78 0718684 PAGE 002 IN 0718681 TOR: 18154672 MAY 78 MEXI 45416 5, STATION HAS REVIEWED. QUESTIONS LISTED PARA 4 REF AND RECOMMENDS THAT HOS RESOLVE THE OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS CONTAINED PARA gq REF, THERE ARE HARDLY ANY RECORDS AT ' STATION COVERING THAT PERIOD AND THERE ARE NO PERSONNEL PRESENTLY ASSIGNED WHO HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF STATION EVENTS DURING THAT PERIOD, THE FOLLOWING ANSWERS (KEYED To THE | QUESTIONS) REFLECT TOTALITY OF STATION KNOWLEDGE aT THIS TIME, As INFORMATION NOT AVATLALBLE OR KNOWN AT STATION, B. NO RECORD AT STATION, C. UNLESS TIME/DATE IS INDICATED ON PHOTOGRAPHS. AND TELTAPS, IT WOULD BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO LINK THEM TOGETHER. FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN TODAY, WITHOUT IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY, WE STILL DO NOT HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO “INDICATE THE TIME OF THE INDIVIDUAL CALLS MADE DURING THE DAy, | a De ACCORDING TO PROJECT RECORDS, THERE WERECRO FELTAP OPERATIONS ACTIVEAROUND THIS PERIOD: THE LIENVoY PROJECT PENEWAL[ CsOTWT OPERATION CHMMW=11457, 4 APR 63) SAYS THAT 30 LINES WERE COVERED, No AUDI TIONAL ag NFO OR IDENTITY OF TARGETS GAVATLABLE AT STATION, [THE OTHER OPERATION WAS J° LIPEAT (CUNTLATERAL)| WHICH COVERED ‘s3 LINES, & PROGRESS REPORT COVERING PERIOD NOV/DEC 63 CHMMA=22857, 6 FEB 64) PROVIDES IDENTIFICATION OF THE TARGETS, THIS DISPATCH LISTS TO LINES COVERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE: AMSTRUT TEP RATION, WEJANNOT IDENTIFY AMSTRUT AnD THUS DO NOT KNOW rr THIS 18 COVERAGE OF ANY OFFICIAL CUBAN INSTALLATION, oy AS YET, WE CANNOT LOCATE ANY RECORD At STATION OF [UNILATERAL | COVERAGE OF OFFICIAL CUBAN OR SOVIET INSTALLATIONS DURING NOV 63. PLS IDENTIFY THE THREE/UNILATERAL] TELTAP TARGETS MENTIONED PARA 4D REF, -_—_ E» INFORMATION oN THE CAMERA LOCATIONS oR PHOTOGRAPHS Is NOT AVAILABLE STATION, ~ F. WOULD PREFER THAT MEETINGS WITH KNOWLEDGEABLE MEXICAN OFFICIALS BE ARRANGED THROUGH THE EMBASSY, 62. STATION WILL OFFER EvERy ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION WITH THE HSCA INVESTIGATORS, HOWEVER, THE FACT. THAT THE SECRET BS SPNS tee rawnemrsees 2 ©
STAFF / EO Ae a NF HD tno OG SO OD Be Oe wo HD HE ue Dw” EE Hw Sb Hw Ge ED Gx ow 78 0718681 7 PAGE 093 IN 0718661 _. TOR: 1815467 MAY 7A MEXI 85316 a ce Om SP Ge ow a em om DE 57 Go? Ge Se BE SD Se OD Ae Om ee tae fo Gas gum OD pee UY oe oS cS Be Oe fy em CATING TEL tam pee cc th } HSCA WILL RE INVESTIGATING PeLTAR opeeatzous] i Lape CAUSES US CONSIDERABLE CONCERN, DURING PAST YEAR AVE ENCOUNTERED INCREASING SENSITIVITY [ON PART oF ouaeYy | ETAISON COUNTERPARTS] AS RESULT OF REVELATIONS AND Exposes CONCERNING CIA AND FB] ACTIVITIES IN MEXICO... ONE OF THE MOST SENSITLYE OPERATIONS [FROM THE MEXICAN POINT OF VIEW PoE TEL TARS, AS SUCH SC TIVITY 19 UNCONSTITUTIONAL—IN MEXICO. Fe OE RT a ae ary ae” ERP YISTINCT LINE BETHEEN REVELATIONS OUT CIA ACTIVITIES ORIGINATING FROM CRITICS AND ENEMIES - AND THOSE BEARING THE IMPRIMATUR OF THE U.S. GOGERNMENT, _/ (HE RELEASE oF THE FBI DOCUMENTS, . . | 2Y ‘| Cer. all, “g-—_Ts ANY PUBLIC REVELATION By wren tietenann a i MAY..WELL RESULT INTHE CU | q rVereee | dT ANDTHE [LTATSON WHICH HAS BEEN ASSIDUOUSLY DEVELOPED OVER THE Years” PLUS THE VERY REAL Loss oF HIGH*LEVEL REPORTING SOURCES, _ . _ . 8. NO FILE, E2, IMPpET, OTE oe oe aay, a END OF MESSAGE SECRET