Originator: FBI
From: MX
To: HQ
Document date: 03/10/1970
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

JFK Assassination System

Date:

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Agency Information

AGENCY :

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FBI

124-10314-10001

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100-12632-NR

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

MX

TO: HQ

TITLE:

DATE: 03/10/1970

'PAGES:

SUBJECTS:

CHARLES SMALL, SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS OF

INDIVIDUALS

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 1B

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 06/10/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF CIA

COMMENTS: MEMO

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OPHIGNAL FORM NO. 10

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UNITED STATES GO RNMENT

Memorandum

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Director, FBI (700 358086)

DATE:

3/10/70

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CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

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DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR

RELEASE UF GIA INFORMATION

SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS

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IN THIS DOCUMENT KOP E

1 KP 1-27-98

ReBulet 1/29/70 captioned as above, which in part

advises that material relating to various individuals similar

to that enclosed with ReBulet, should best be incorporated in

an LHM under the captioned security subject with whom the

Mindividual in question was in contact, or in a general memorandum

suitable for dissemination under the

caption, "AMERICAN COMMUNIST

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GROUP IN MEXICO (ACGM), SM - C"S Bufile: 100-422116

This matter has been given very careful consideration

by this office.

In the past this office has endeavored to

conform with the Bureau's instructions as set forth in Bulet

2/23/65 captioned "CHARLES NELSON SMOLIKOFF, SM - C (Bufile

100-12632); BERTHE MAE NEAHAM SMOLIKOFF, SM - C (Bufile

100-421747), in handling communications relating to American

residents who are in contact with ACGM associates either

directly or by mail, as shown by our informant coverageland

the highly confidential coverage available through CIA, Mexico s)

In Bulet of 2/23/65,

the attention of this office was

called to the fact that communications had been submitted under

the caption of the SMOLIKOFFs relating to their contacts and

communications with other individuals wherein the contents

primarily concerned the other individuals who were located

within

the jurisdiction of the various field offices.

The Bureau

pointed out that the practice of grouping information which

primarily concerns individuals other than the subject of the

case file creates administrative problems in handling that

information, both at the Bureau and in the field offices having

investigative interests in the matter. The Bureau desired,

therelore,

that when information concerning persons in

• the

United States was received incidental to investigations effecting

Mexico City subjects, that information should be submitted under

the caption of the individual or individuals involved and it

waS

desired, therefore,

that future communications should bear

individual captions."

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MEX 66-364

Past experience has shown that contact

with ACGM

associates on the part of visitors from the United States

is frequently of more than usual significance.:

As the Bureau

is aware, the ACGM is not a formal organization and therefore,

has no "members".

The name American Communist Group in

Mexico (ACGM) is a term developed by informants of this office

several years ago to designate the American communists who had

for one reason or another left the United States and taken up

residence in Mexico. Those individuals were not merely

ordinary cell members of the CP USA prior to their arrival in

Mexico but occupied leadership positions in various functions

of the CP USA.:

While in Mexico they have continued to main-

tain their communist-oriented ideology and firm desire to see

the government of the United States overthrown.

The bifurcation

of: the communist movement in the United States resulting from

the development of the Chinese communist theories and programs,

as well as the development of the "New Left!

and the appearance

of militant black nationalism, is reflected among the associates

the ACGM.

Although these individuals vary in their support

of the Soviets, the Chinese, the New Left and the militant

black nationalists, they still retain the common denominator

of dedication to the overthrow of the U. S. government.

Although not openly engaged in subversive activities in Mexico

inorder to avoid being expelled by the Mexican government,

they have continued to support subversive movements in the

United States by giving

both moral and financial support to those

subversive groups.

The ACGM is a very tightly knit group and coverage

as well as attempts to infiltrate informants into the group,

has shown that they accept on an equal basis only visitors

previously known to them as "fellow revolutionaries! or who

come to Mexico well documented and recommended by "trusted"

comrades in the U.S.:

Any person to whom suspicion is attached

through failure to obtain proper recommendations is ostracized.

In view of the makeup of this group, coverage has

been concentrated largely on the principal figures who are

contact points for Americans coming to Mexico, such as CHARLES

SMOLIKOFF, and ELIZABETH CATLETT MORA (Bufile 100-395934)

chrough highly confidential sources available to CIA, as well

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SECREL

MEX 66-364

While coverage is concentrated insofar as possible

on the SMOLIKOFFs, the MORAs and the BELERAGES, information

the ACGM Who although "not as prominent as contact points are

nevertheless as selective in the political orientation of the

people they accept in their homes and with whom they freely

associate.

Aamittedly, coverage is not complete enough to

reveal all of the subversive statements and activities of

American visitors who are in contact with these ACGM

associates, but it is believed that their acceptance by the

established ACGM associates is a very good indication of the

political orientation of those visitors. Since the visiting

Alericans come from widely scattered parts of the United

States, this office is in no position to evaluate their sub-

versive potential in the absence of prior correspondence from

the Bureau or the domestic field.

Whenever any information is

received which might assist in

identifying the visitor or the

locale from which he or she originates in the U.S, this

office has furnished that information to the Bureau

and the

interested field office for information and any action deemed

desirable. Even though the limited coverage available to this

office in some cases does not reveal actual subversive

activities on the part of the visitors, the fact that they are

accepted as contacts by associates of the ACGM is sufficient

grounds to alert the Bureau and the interested field offices

concerning the foreign travel of probable security subjects.

This office remains vigilant to fulfill the Bureau's

responsibilities in detecting and identifying potential couriers,

Espionage agents and individuals who might be operating in a

covert intelligence capacity.

To satisfy this responsibility,

logical sources are constantly reminded to remain alert to the

identification of individuals visiting Mexico and who contact

suojects of interest residing in Mexico.

Because of the sub

versive potential of ACGM associates and these visitors, it is

believed

that initial inquiries by the domestic office involved

would be desirable whenever possible

to determine the residence

employment of the visitor and review records for previous

subversive activity.

A determination as to whether, in the

light of information developed, the visitor represents a danger

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