RE MERCY MARTINEZ
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: CHIEF, KUDESK
To: CHIEF OF STATION, MEXICO CITY
Document date: 10/6/64
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Assassination Records Review Board

Final Determination Notification

AGENCY

: CIA

RECORD

NUMBER

: 104-10013-10175

RECORD SERIES

: JFK

AGENCY FILE NUMBER

: 201-289248

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Released under the John

f. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:WW 53199 Date:

06-06-2017

June 24, 1996

Status of Document:

Postponed in Part

Number of releases of previously postponed information: 10

Reason for Board Action: The Review Board's decision was premised on several factors

including: (a) the significant historical interest in the document in question; (b) the

absence of evidence that the release of the information would cause harm to the United

States or to any individual.

Number of Postponements: 2

Postponement # 1 (Page 1):

Reason for Board Action: The text is redacted because it discusses sources and methods that properly may

be withheld under Section 6(1)(B) of the JFK Act.

Substitute Language: LI-crypt

Release Date: 05/2006

Postponement # 2 (Page 1):

Reason for Board Action: The text is redacted because it discusses sources and methods that properly may

be withheld under Section 6(1)(B) of the JFK Act.

Substitute Language: LI-crypt

Release Date: 05/2006

Board Review Completed: 05/14/96

HH 53199

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Date: 06/24/96

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION

FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY

RECORD NUMBER

RECORD SERIES

AGENCY FILE NUMBER

CIA

104-10013-10175

JFK

201-289248

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR

FROM

TO

TITLE

DATE

PAGES

SUBJECTS.

CIA

MEXICO STATION, CIA

RE MERCY MARTINEZ

10/06/64

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MEXICO STATION

OTERO RODRIGUEZ

CUBA EMBASSY

COLLECTION

LITAINT

CLASSIFICATION

LACEMENT TIRE SECRET

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

RESTRICTIONS

CURRENT STATUS

RELEASED WITH DELETIONS

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 06/28/93

OPENING CRITERIA

COMMENTS

: OSW17:V4B 1993.06.28.10:43:12:210410:

[R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED

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DISPATCH

M SLASSIFICATION

PROCESSING ACTION

- CAN

XXXX

MARKED •FOR INDEXING

TO

-INFO.

FROM

Chief, KUDESK

Chief, WH Division

Chief of Station, Mexico CIty

NO INDEXING REQUIRED

ONLY. QUALIFIED DESK

CAN JUDGE INDEXING.

MICROFILM

SUBJECT

Lee Harvey OSWALD

ACTION REQUIRED • REFERENCES

References:

A.

B.

C..

MW 12889.

10 September 1964

DIR 50732,

18 September 1964

MAXE 0909,

22 September 1954

1.

Attached for Headquarters retention are:

An Item dated January 1964, recovered from Cuban

Embassy trash bý LITAINI2,

prepared on the same typewriter used to prepara

the visa application form of Reference A; and :

three Xerox copies of the signature of Mercy

"MARTINEZ, (full name:

Mercedes #MARTINEZ del

Cueto) taken from a letter from her to LITAMIL 9,

dated September 1964.

2a Meroy MARTINEZ is listed by the Cuban Foreign Ministry as SuboDirector

of the Secretariat of the MInistry.

Her immediate superfor, 1s Juan NIlo *OTERO

Rodriguez for whom she signed the letter of Reference A.

It is requested that every effort he mado to insure that the attachments

are handled in such a way as to protect LITAMILoS and the LITAINT-2 trash uperation

from compromise.

Willard C. CURTIS

Attachments:

As stated' - herewith

Distributions

2 - C/KUDESK, w/att

2 • C/WHD w/o/att

3 • Files

CROSS REFERENCE TOM

GROBP 1.

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chrono

P-6079 w/o/att

P-8593 w/odatt

DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER

DATE

IMAMAGE

SCOTT

HOS FiLE NUMERCtober 1264

201 - 289248

OFFICI

ORIGINATING

OFFICER

• TYPIST

Lawrence F. BARKER

egm

COORDINATING

OFFICE SYMBOL

DATE:

OFFICER'S NAME

Michael C. CHOADEN

859.3

OFFICE SYMBOL

DATE

RELEASING

OFFICER'S SIGNATURE

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