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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

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6 February 1997

MEMORANDUM FOR:

FROM:

SUBJECT:

REFERENCE:

Fred Wickham

DO Focal Point for JFK Board

J. Barry Harrelson

DCI/CSI/HRG, JFK Project Officer

ARRB Request for Additional Information

and Records No. CIA-7

ARRB Memo dtd 8 Nov 95, same subj,

sub-para (2), The Mexico City Station

(attached)

1. In his review of the history of the Mexico City

Station, Jeremy Gunn, ARRB Staff, cited the five footnotes

annotated below as possible assassination-related records

and requested copies of the source documents. For your

assistance in identifying the documents, following the

footnote citation is the text (in italics) to which it

refers.

Footnote 39. HMMA-17494, 4 Aug 61, sub: Data

on Case Officer work and

Operational Projects at the

Mexico City Station, WH/HO.

pg 38/39, Vol I. "The Cuban task force and

related activities caused an increase in the Mexico

City Station to 76 Americans (40 were located inside

the Embassy using official cover,

"and 36 were outside

(under nonofficial cover.) Indigenous agents numbered

over 200.

Footnote 55. Ibid.. (Ft. 54. ISTHMUS No. 62,

6 Dec 63, WH/HO.)

pg 44, Vol I. (Later in the year Diaz became

{the PRI candidate (tantamount to election) which

assured Libior of an extended six years under

virtually. the same management.

"In 1963 the routine reporting

of an operational lead by LIENVOY developed into a long

investigation.

A man with a US accent, speaking broken

Russian, telephoned both the soviet and Cuban

Embasssies on 26 September and 6 October 1963.

He

identified himself as Lee Oswald and Harvey Oswald.

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This information was cabled to Headquarters for traces

and identifying data.

After the assassination of

President Kennedy on

22 November 1963 in Dallas, Texas,

the Mexico City Station spent several months

investigating leads in connection with Oswald's visit

to Mexico. (55)"

Footnote 61. I&R Report, Dec 64, 185215 TS.

pg 47/48, Vol I. "A team from the Inspection and

Review (I&R) Staff at Headquarters conducted a thorough

review of the Mexico City Station administrative and

operational program in July 1964. They wrote: "The

Mexico City Station approaches the classic type station

in opportunities and in operations.' It had high-level

Liaison operations, unilateral operations, and joint

Operations with the host government, as well as Soviet,

Satellite, Cuban,

and (indigenous Communist Party

operations.

There was local collaborative liaison with

other US agencies (the State Department, the FBI, the

Immigration and Naturalization Service (I&NS), and the

military attaches).

To accomplish this wide range of

station was organized into Soviet, Cuban,

Satellite,

Covert Action, Communist Party, and

Operational Support Branches.

The last branch was an

operational catch-all responsible for direction of all

technical, surveillance, and liaison operations. In

reality, operational support operations were an

extension of the chief of station's personal

clandestine capabilities, particularly those projects

(involving Mexican officials. (61)"

Footnote No. 139. ISTHMUS No. 29, 8 Mar 61, WH/HO.

pg 229; Vol II. "During February 1961, the first

transmitter was installed in the office of the Cuban

Ambassador to Mexico} * (139) "

"*Between 1961 and 1968, at least a dozen audio

install mere deven taste lated. and

residences, but all of them eventually failed.

ROMANCE and LISAMPAN are two projects which provided

for short-term multiple audio installations.

Footnote No. 190.

Project LILINK, File Nos. 201-226902

and 50-6-99/1, Job No. 68-494/28, Space 60793.

pg 353 Vol II. "LILINK"

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Mr. Gunn will be at IP the week of 24 February to

review additional material related to CIA-7. Please provide

the documents, or a status

of the search, by 20 February

1997.

J. Barty aardason

Att :

Ref Document

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CSI/HRG/MAQ (3 Feb 97) (BKH-6Feb97)

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