BACKGROUND ON MEXICO STATION SUPPORT ASSETS (COVERAGE OF SOVIET AND CUBAN EMBASSIES)
Originator: CIA
From: GOODPASTURE, A
To: LEADER, JOHN , IG STAFF
Document date: 02/10/1977
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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: BACKGROUND ON MEXICO STATION SUPPORT ASSETS (COVERAGE

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Source:

jotes made sy d. Goodjasture

for John Leader, IG Staff

Subject:

Assets

(Coverage of Soviet and

1. Unilateral coverage.

ico Station uas opened in

April 1947 (by Bill Doyle) untie

of Win Scott as COS in 1956, Charles

Anderson III (still in LA/HQ) had developed a support apparatus to"

exploit leads fron the Soviet Eubassy. This unbrella type project (LEAT)

consisted of multi line phone taps, three photo sites, a nobile surveillance

team and a mail intercept operation.

o. Those taps were placed by an employee of the telephone company

Start th n4e4

who was hardled by David WILSTED (pseudo). The number of lines

tapped was linited Wa

noy availability of a listening,

post nearby

(since the taps were not tade in the mainte

and English/

Spanish (Soviet, Polisk, Gzech,

ranscribers. Generally

these agents (rostly

Mexican American) were related

(which the

that there felt as good security in that

if they

tasted about shop, they would talk to each other.)

b. Three photo sites were handled by Ardersan with the kelp

of Harry Yahoney (retired

people

che

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in Chicago) and TDY TSD

of camera, film, and concealment

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a fixed site bang opposite across

the street fron

the front gate of the Soviet Enbassy which had

both a vehicle and foot entrance. The Soviet gate has on the

Northl'est corner.of their conpound and LNITED vas diagonally

-across a double barrelled street on the Southeast appin

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that block. LI IT:D vas the first base aid it creried strictly on an

c: erimental basis in the early stages. I think the lexi Station Lo-ght

one subrey

this property. (a/Stanish Colorial

st

through LIOUSIE (check to

be sure. Later this houget

This base was closed when

the station got word theret

man" was being releasea to the

puolic by the liarren Cornission

choto operators were noved to another apt

nearby. The property vas sold (under an operational agreement with LIMOUSINE

for a long term lease on the top floor of a new apartuent biding to be built

on this site). LILYRIC was planned as an alternate photo base to LIMITED.

It was in an upper storey (3rd floor -check) on the sarie side of the street

as LEIIED but in the middle of the block South. It had a slanted view of

the front gate of the Soviet Erbassy. The agents in LITED and LILYRIC (both

lexican fazilies) as far as we knew, were not acquainted with each other.

LILYRIC was a rented apartment. LICALLA, the third phota

a was located

in one of a row of four houses on the South sig

Se solet Babassy compound

which the l'exico Station purerased

1361955 (cteck date), also using

this site overlooked the back sardon of

the Saviet Inbassy consolid. The purpose of this oparation was to get good

identification photographs of the Soviet personnel (who at thet time were largely

unidentified in Mexico Station records). The three photo sites were handled by

Ramon Alvarez (Mexican citizen of U.S. mother

sho taugit elerentary level at

men from LITTED

and LILYRIC three dinghiEl

developed and printed

the

cas for wichula film to ve proc

PRONES TEl

husband, Carlos (Mesican doctor)

act print strips. The raster plan

teit

essed inside, ISD nan iron 1957 to 1959 (Farper

Holt - resigned) could not handle the volume and as the unprocessed fila began

to accumulate, the inside Co (l'ahoney) became disgusted and took the film out

for Ramon's bracher-in-law to process (probably early 1959). Thus Razon becare

the handler for all three photo kases.

A sensitive staff D nonitoring operation

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has run out of another one of these houses (crypt for the four houses vas

IT'USE,], ets). This was ha:dled by. Glen WIDDall (outside ISD officar) ana

l'aroney using HU TDY teams for monitoring. This opsration vas also separate

froJ LICALLA. Tre two houses in betucen vere

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doves or so agorep ROHiBIT EN

tean consisted of e half

panel truck (snich could be used on stake_outs for photo cousra e).

The plan was to activate this group by radio ([ron LIVINED BASE)

Soviet

ven sonese of interest left the/Babassy gate and stay with them

until they made their neetings.. These agents knew zbout the LEITED

SASE cecause they had LIAIrD photos for identification purgoses..

This worked fairly well until about the niddle of 1958 (check date)

when one of the surveillance agents got too

close

This terget and

starsed over to the

wes

arrested by the mexican transit

Hexican Secret Serrice.

the Station could arrange through

a cleared attorned our finia dustle at the codrich,

Little and Riquetse firm), the agent: had identified Sancho (vio was

evacuated across the border at nogales by Bob Shaw, and the inside -

phone number of Mahoney (who was subsequently replaced by Louis

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Fuckeut).. As a result of this flap, the LIZAT project was broken

up into several others.

not changed but sere given

Frank

aggard replaced Anderson in handling

new crypts.

he unilateral phon

surveillance team

replaced liahoney and handled the

and the photo bases through Renon.

d. LIBIGHT was the crypt used for a unilateral (originally) mail

intercept handled by Charlie inderson III, The agent (l'exican) had

a seni official status and arranged to obtain selected letters fron

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stalfed i; thican arry officers.)

Initially the sustion tried to z.et every

ierand nade by thie Maxicans. both Snith and John hed language difficulties ana

personal proölems associated with being outside

The ststion so thet the lexicans

vere virtually uncontrollaile, spendi

moonie thy pleased, squirrelling away

production of transcripts alls

e raci aid sino sound so BASE

part of the bargain in the

We wanted. Spera was repiaced

same pincer noverant of having Scott

approve a request by LIELEGANT that Brady had turned down by the son, LiEivOX-2.

Finally when the cost became exhorbitant and there was little to show for it,

the project was revarped. Smith and John returned to the U.S. and were replaced

by a TSD officer, Charles Flick, who las put inside the listening post to naintain

Brady was reassigned to other duties rendirg & trenster..

the equipnent./ Scott took over the project as case

officer reeting with LTELEGANT.

He designated Ann Goodpasture to meet dailing with

IDe routine supervision

of the listening post, picking up trend he

ages. Goodpasture had no

dealingswith the lexicans except.

When Scott was ill or out of town, Cenerally,

all decisions were made bi

This was about late 1961.

3.. "y menory is a little vague about the origins of the Cuban Fbassy but I

think the staff first developed fron a pro-Castro group celebrating on New

Years eve 1959. As I recall, it was a'rakeshift arrangement of volunteers

thrnugh nost of 1960 and El with Ton Hazlitt producing voluzinous reports ca

their aetirities and recruiting agents right and leît among Cuban nationals In

Vexico City.

4 Personzel assignmeras

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ow is no was in lexico during

the period prior to Oswald

Weren intasion, to astrid tiseen investisetion by the

tro ves there and what they were doing I

heve gro:ped persons torether chronologically with areas of their assignaent

coviring fron 1950 to 196, so that street nanes cop up, one can tell vnat

period they vere in lexico and

their assignments, at tre sime.

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8/56-6/59

COS

DCOS

Hinston ". Scott (deceased)

7/56 - 7/55

Alfonso Rodriguez (retired)

10/58 - 12/62 Warren Dean (retired)

6/63-9/65

Alan White (retired) -

10/65 - 1969

Stanley Watson (retired in Fexico)

COVERT ACZION

Prior to 1954

Howard hunt (retired)

12/54 - 7/53

12/55 - 9/61

- 3/64

8/62 - 9/64

2/64 - 6/65

9/64 - 11/66

10/65 - 1967. Stanley WatsonIc/(retired)

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63

Don Heath

65 - 71

Joseph SmithC(retired in Mexico).

CUBA OPERATICIS

56 - 4/62 Thomas Hazlitt Chief

2/60 - 4/62. Jack Stewart (retired Costa Rica

4/63 - 4/65

Bob Shaw Chief

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9/63 - 7/65

Ray Swider

10/63 - 5/65 Lorna Hackay

(N.*

P1-0n

8/63 - 6/65

David Phillies

9/65 - 10/68 Joseph Piccol

10/55 - 12/67 Peysy Maggara

SOVIET TAPGET

6/57 - 10/59 Louise Lyon (refused)

9/59- 8/65 Herbert Manell Chief-

9/59 - 3/65 Barbara Panell -

5/64 - 7/65. Willian Brigit

4/05 - 11/67 Cynthia Hausnann

6/65 - 7/67 Alice Pittinger

7/65-4/69

SOVIET TPANSCRIPEES

6/56 - 8/53

6/58 - 6/53

6/63 - 70

George Misko

Boris Tarasoff (retired in Mexico) -

6/62 - 1/67 Prentice Farheine (os)

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SUPPORT ASSETS

Unilateral

phono

teps

•949 - 1961

Charles Anderson III Chief

155 - 4/60

Pegey kaggord Asst

156 - 1/62 Frank: Estancona Chief

- 10/64 Thomas Keenan

1/64 - 12/67 lüchael Farmer

49-71

in Mexico

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Inilateral photo

Cubans

3/59 - 4/64

. Robert Zanbernardi (resigned lexico)

7/59 - 6/62

Richard Scathar ISD (retired)

Inilateral photo Soviets

3/54 - 4159 Harry I. Mahoney

(retired Chicago)

5/57 - 8/54 A. Goodpasture (alternate. CO -

and internal routing)

3/58 - 6/63 Louis D. Puckett (retired)

3/63 - 10/67, Tromas Keenan - Robert

65 - 66

William Bright

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56 - 68

ZONE PUND

Traval.

Cabaria. Ojh repastin

esigned in Mexico

iaison phone taps

•959 - 1969 Winston Scott (deceased)

959 - 1960

Alfonso Spera

(retired)

959 - 1960

Turner Smith (outside, now retired)

959 - 2950 John

960- 1961

John Brady (retired)

1962 - 1968

A. Godpasture

3/54 - 4159 Harry Mchoney

/59 - 1961

Thones Hazlitt

2/62 - 9/67 Robert Feldnann

SD Outside unit

155 - 12/03

1-4/54

Glen Viaden (rotirea) -

Joseph i. Resigno (ps) Unit blown and clesed debn

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About nid 1962 (check date) Lítro

outside Mexi repü asked

for the telephone nunders of the Soviet,

nd Satellite Embassies.

With this forewarning, LIFEAT (uni

was disconnected. Fowever,

as I recall, the lexicans

CoI

§ Soviet lines, 3 Czech,

2 Polish, and I lugoslav I

se listening post had a live

monitor to nade short summaries

nteresting conversations for a daily

resume which was received each day arourd & a.n. (passed by Flick to Goodcasture

to get to Scott before 9.a.1.) Later (when the reel was completely recorded)

full transcripts were typed ard passed to the station in the same way, however,

there was usually a time lag of a day or so.: Those transcripts which had

Russian or another language besides Spanish or English went out of the listening

post the day after the transcript (of other conversations out

reel was

typed. These reels were taken to another location

here they were translaved

and typed.

In the case of the Russian tha

tions;

Boris Tarasoff usually ran

about a week behind the date

Pete ration beause at the valuess of

Russian conversations ar

"sembers of the Soviet Erbassy. During this

• period (fall of 1963) the reels were probably being brought into the station

and carried to Boris by one of the people fron the Soviet Section or they nay

have been carried to him by flick but I think I brought the reel in and gave

it to Herbert Kanell to take to Boris. Herbert Hanell and his wife Berbara

handled all of the processig of Soviet transcr

Icts. ly job involved screening

the photographs as soon as we learned tr

probably an American. However,

photos were ricked up threg

for dates a few days previous

night tige basis. Fhotographs were

calling hiaself Oswald was

as a backlag because the

ones ricked up were usually

le doctor proce:sed the filn on a

nade usually until

one roll was used but

later ve lot it cranged to one day coverage on each roll - in other vords the

operators, cleared the carera each day wether there was anguiages a full

roll of filn exposed. Instructions' vere to cover office hours, photogrash each

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ne% Soviet and fazily, all foreigners eud foreign licenee plates. Funan

error did occur but generally the agents vere

conscientious The Cuban

embassy coverage had more soptisticeted

(a pulse ca-era) but it

frequently developed reclinical dif

(I think) handled this film

the film inside the statia

ob Zamberardi and Scathar

Lorna lackay screered

I am certain that th

Oswald call came to our attention fros the

Soviet line. It was picked up and taken to Boris for a translation because

the caller was trying to speak Russian. Any delay las caused by waiting to

compare the photographs with the typed transcript. There were no copies of

transcripts every nade in languages other than Spanish or

Faglish because Win

Scott could read osly those two languages ara

he

creened the

transcripts for operational leads he wanied

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