1404-10143-10008 ms Oar 37y) * - SER “ADV C/LA 15502 Poet | Ou #78 moat o/ FRPs 42, cree yom a | wy "Nem = a ST4FE b 4 a DDO ACTION: C/LA-8 (016) INFG: FILE, VR, DDO-4, C/CI~y, C/EPS/EG=2, C/IP/OMS, C/LSK/ID, C/PCS, ODPD=D, SA/DO/O, C24/w) 78 0718681 . PAGE 004 | IN 0718681 TOR: 181546Z May 78 MEXI 45116 ee mee me ms me a mS OO ae OO SO a OP EO OO me Ov me o8 ot Hh oe we oe mer wm erwnrere SEC RE T 1814502 MAY 78 STAFF. CITE MEXICO CITY 45116 (CHAIDEZ ACTING) ~ _. | TOs IMMEDIATE DIRECTOR, . : - %& SUGGEST DISSEM To: ICS, OLec REF: OIRECTOR 224314 f. STATION OOES 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, - g 2. VISIT OF HSCA MEMBERS TO M NNEDY. ASSASSINATION WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE CHARGE ON 17 MAY, HE IS AGREEABLE IN PRINCIPAL TO THE USE OF EMBASSY FACILITIES TO CONDUCT THE INTERVIEWS, 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 INTERVIEWS AND THAT WAS THAT THE PERSONS MUST COME TO THE EMBASSY ON THEIR OwN FREE WILL, ae 3. SUT ABOVE ALL, THE CHARGE SAYS HE NEEDS SOME oe LEAD TIME IN ORDER TO HAKE PROPER ARRANGEMENTS, THE EMBASSY | 2 ALREADY HAS MADE PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE ANOTHER HSCA GROUP INVESTIGATING THE MURDER OF DR, MARTIN LUTHER KING, THIS GROUP IS ALSO SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE MEXICO CITY Q/A 30 MAY, EVERYTHING HAS 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 2/676
14-00000 os , 8 ; SECRET STAFF 78 07386a; PAGE 002 IN 0718681 | TOR: 18154672 MAY 78 MEXI 45116 TAO Ae CD cm ey ED Ge S40 GOP em Gur wt emp HD me Se ee Oe a Oe Or OO OF SH OH OW we SD ee ww two me ey ow So mr ws mrs ms é Se STATION HAS REVIEWED QUESTIONS LISTED PARA a REF AND RECOMMENDS THAT HQSs RESOLVE THE OUTSTANDING GUESTIONS CONTAINED PARA 4 REF, THERE ARE HARDLY ANY RECORDS AT STATION COVERING THAT PERIOD AND THERE ARE NO PERSONNEL PRESENTLY ASSIGNED HO HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF STATION EVENTS DURING THAT PERIOD, THE FOLLOWING ANSWERS (KEYED To THE QUESTIONS) REFLECT TOTALITY OF STATION KNOWLEDGE aT THIS TIME, A» INFORMATION NOT AVAILALBLE OR KNOWN AT STATION, 8. NO RECORD aT STATION, Ce 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, | De ACCORDING TO PROJECT RECORDS, THERE WERE ‘TwO}- TELTAP OPERATIONS ACTIVE AROUND THIS PERIOD: THE LIENVoY PROJECT RENEWAL (JOINT OPERATION) (HMMW=11457, 4 APR 63) SAYS. THAT 30 LINES WERE COVERED, No ADDITIONAL IN TNENTITY OF TARGETS AVAILABLE AT STATION, __l* LIFEAT [| WHICH COVERED NES. 4& PROGRESS REPORT COVERING PERIOD NOV/DEC 63 CHMMA=™22857, 6 FEB 62) PROVIDES IDENTIFICATION OF THE TARGETS, THIS DISPATCH LISTS TWO LINES COVERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE. AMSTRUT . OPERATION, WEJANNOT IDENTIFY AMSTRUT AND THUS DO NoT KNOW . IF THIS IS COVERAGE oF ANY OFFICIAL CUBAN INSTALLATION, AS YET, wE CANNOT LOCATE ANY RECORD AT STATION oF { |. COVERAGE OF OFFICIAL CUBAN OR SOVIET nae LTAD DURING NOV 63. PLS IDENTIFY THE THREE TELTAP TARGETS MENTIONED PARA 4D REF, : Ee 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, 6. STATION WILL OFFER EVERY ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION WITH THE HSCA INVESTIGATORS, HOWEVER, THE FACT THAT THE ae eee SECRET
14-00000 STAFF 78 0718681 PAGE 003 , IN 0716681 _. TOR: 1815462 may 7 MEXI 45116 f HSCA WILL BE INVESTIGATING TELTAP OPERATI i CAUSES US CONSIDERABLE CONCERN.  DURLNG-PAST-YEaR WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED INCREASING OF REVel at dae t | AS RESULT OF REVELATI AND EXPOSES = QUT CIA ACTIVITIES ORIGINATING FRoM CRITICS AND ENEMIES CUNCERNING CIA AND FBI ACTIVITIES IN MEXICO. ONE OF tHE MOST SENSITIVE OPERATIONS FROM THEI rh Is TELTAPS, | ow ERT DISTINCT LINE BETWEEN REVELATIONS AND THOSE BEARING THE IMPRIMATUR OF THE US$ THE RELEASE oF ME tT (CF, MEXICO rrr fat A REVELATION BY THE Hsca oF | | oo i j — tT ET | MAY WELL RESULT IN THE CupTAtl Ment / OF THESE OPERATIO f cls eer ss —_—;PLUS_THE VERY REAL LOSS OF HIGH@LEVE REPORTING SOURCES, i oo ji 8, WO FILE, €E2, IMPDET, END OF MESSAGE _ SECRET