CABLE RE HEADLINES IN 'EXCELSIOR'
Originator: CIA
From: DIRECTOR
To: WITHHELD
Document date: 08/03/1978
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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IMMEDIATE MADRIO INFO IMMEDIATE MEXICO CITY.

WNINTEL RYBAT MISPLASH

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A.

MADRID 40791107773}

B.

MEXICO CITY 46060 (NOT SENT/NEEDED MADRID)

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DIRECTOR 265425

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MABRID 40775 1071418

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1 SEXCELSIOR" ON 3 AUGUST

REF B REPORTED BANNER HEADLINES

IN MEXICO CITY DAILY NEWS-

AS FOLLOWS: "ELECTRONIC ESPIONAGE OAS

CIA AGAINST CUBA FROM MEXICO," ARTICLE INCLUDES CONSIDERABLE DETATUS

RE CIA OPERATIONS AGAINST OLD CUBAN EMBASSY, ALSO INCLUDED IS ANOTHER

ARTICLE QUOTING PHILIP AGEE CITING LOCATION AND ACTIVITIES OF CIA

STATION IN MEXICO AND STATING THERE 50 AGENTS WORKING IN MEXICO. IN

ADDITION, REF B ALSO REPORTED THAT REVELATIONS RE KDAFGHAN-1

ACTUALLY APPREARED IN ANOTHER MEXICAN NEWSPAPER "UNO MAS UNO" ON 3

AUGUST.

2.

FYI ONLY, UPON RECEIPT REF A, HOS THROUGH CCS WILL ALERT

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY IN NEW YORK, BERLITZ' PARENT ORGANIZATION. WILL

ADVISE MACMILLAN REACTION AND ANY VIEWS THEY MAY HAVE ON HANDLING

E ALSO BROUGHT LES

COMMENT SHOULD HE BE QUERIED BY LOCAL PRESS AND/OR SPANISH POLICE.

STORY, PRESUME HE NAL BERNE USED SERIES CAME TO CONSULATE WITH REFA

STATION IN ANY CAPACITY.

WOULD APPRECIATE MADRID ADVISING IDENTITY OF CONSULAR OFFICER WHOM

BERLITZ DIREÇTOR REVEALED REF A INFORMATION. RE 4 AUGUST MEETING

REQUEST STATION ASK CONSULAR OFEICER TO OBTAIN ALL BIO DATA, CURRENT

ADDRESS AND PRESENT STATUS OF KDAFGHAN-I IN ORDER FOR CONSULATE TO

"PASS THIS INFORMATION TO WASHINGTON."

DO NOT RPT NOT ADVISE HIM

THAT HOS ALERTING MACMILLAN COMPANY.

SINCE CONSULATE WILL

BE ABLE TO

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OBTAIN KDAFGHAN-I'S PRESENT LOCATION, REF D REQUEST NO LONGER

PERTINENT.

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ONCE ESTATION

AWARE OF [KDAFGHAN-L'S PRESENT LOCATION,

SUGGEST MADRID'STATION OFFICER CONTACT HIM DISCREETLY TO ALERT

HIM

TO REF A EXPOSE. CAUTION HIM TO MAKE NO COMMENT SHOULD HE BE

QUESTIONED BY LOCAL MEDIA. AT THIS TIME, DO NOT MENTION HSCA INTEREST

IN INTERVIEWING KDAFGHAN-1.

5.

FOR YOUR BACKGROUND INFO ONLY, IKDAFGHAN-I WAS INVOLVED IN

PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE OF THE CUBAN EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY FROM 1962

UNTIL HE LEFT MEXICO IN 1972.

• ON PAGE 500 OF AGEE'S BOOK "INSIDE

THE COMPANY" MENTION IS MADE

OF OBSERVATION POST AT THE CUBAN

EMBASSY.

_ALTHOUGH KDAFGHAN-1'S NAME WAS NOT MENTIONED IN THIS BOOK,

IT MUST BE PRESUMED THAT AGEE KNEWIK@AFGHAN-I AND ALSO THAT LATTER'S

NAME WILL APPEAR IN SUBSEQUENT AGEE EXPOSURES.

6• PLEASE KEEP HOS AND MEXICO CITY ADVISED FURTHER EVENTS THIS

EXPOSE.

TOGFILE: 201-0288248. EZ IMPDET.>

ORIG:

CALA/NGSB/M (LEGMAN, 1222, GREY 3-8263); COORD: C/LA/MGSB

(HAWKINS), CHE/IB (BERGER)

A/DCI/PA (PETERSON), C/CCS (ISENSTEAD),

CLANGID (STURBITTS)E AUTH: CALA (WARREN); REL: DE/EURNW

(THOMPSOND: CL BY 029163.€

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