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vith a limited muber of peoplo. He bellove the direction of the

station in of high callber, but not all the station effort 10

carefully directed at prlority targets. Under ourrent personnel

cellings, there 18 little hope of inoreasing the namporer avall-

able for this ertical affort. Imis, both Headquarters and the

station muot carerully place emphasta on assignseut of priorities

and upon selective execution of the activition to nest those

priorition.

Organization 105 Operations

5. The Hearco Olty Station ayproaches the classic type station

In opportunities and in operations. It has high-level 1161800

operations, unilateral operations, joint operations with the host

satellite, Cuban, and Indigenous Coumulat

U.S, agencies, the Btste Department, the Federal Dufèau of Investi-

BEtIon, the Immigration and laturalization service and the milltary.

To aecomplish this wide range of tasks, the station 18 organised

Into the soviet Branch, Cuban Branch, Satellite Branch, Covert

Action Branch, Comminist Party Branch, and an operational catch-all

which le called the "Operational support Brasch." This letter

branch in headed by a sonfor operations officer who has tuo assist.

anto, but the branch In reality lo as extension of the chiat of

station's personal alandestine capabilities, giving force and.

effect to that facet of the chies of station's personality as an

operator. The dejurty chief of station, In addition to hia admin-

Istrativo dutles, also personally handles the operations of three

projecta.

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operatione

6.

Koxico City lo the only direct als link shich Cuba has

with the Western Henlephere. It lo the major transit point for

=1l air travel to and Iron cuba. Approxiustaly 150 persona per

week travel each vay to and from Havans via Herdeo City, I71a

ract plays & prime tale In shaping the station's operational activI

t1eB.

For exemple, over lo per cent of the station'd in reporting

on Cuban activities in the past your dealt with travel, both Cuban

and son cuber, between Madeo City and lavana.

The station haa no agents reporting fron in place in Cuba.

Two operations have had problems 1a loss of comminications, but

have some promiae of future success. One egent, & luben refugee

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now working in Mexloo City, had recrusted three sub-agente before

LeBTIng luba but lls chamel of commiantione vita then has bees

BEVErAd. Another station agent 18 la & good passilon in Caba to

obtaia Intelligance stua farelga telephone comications. The

station vill atteupt to re-establiah contact with hin through a

Legal traveler to lube, Das station bas & minber of souroes ulta

Bocess to Buba in third country sationals tho ane debriefed rect

tine they retura to Hasdoo CIty fron Caba, Best of these in a

ena suroposs nha vas the nonse of sore 15 disceninsted latalll-

al by a statios onso officer arter once test.

Vy udes development, 1a aloes as explalting

W111, haTe noonre commication foollities as la the cAse la other

auntries, primary contrat, haverer, will be mintalnad by Berlo

Ity starlon tluough toutast with the agunt each time he travel

There and about 80 Orbens

ay

Cuben Inte

the soviet 1

through tale

guaro, shysical, und nelso oparations as vell

To Affort has bees reserted with some mio.

kos

One offloser has been recrutted, but sli

enerally lo

y dus to lack al scenas to information os

rim inportance and to a reluetanos to scoopt opterisonal easter-

tend on

neployee la the enterty la cleo e stetion

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sottrities.

10. An alght be expocted, shadoo City has & constant firean

of refugees from Cube, estimated at about 350 per month. Througs

an Amarions contract agont the station runs the Cuban Retugee He-

ceztion and Orlentation Center unish sareens refugees for possible

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operational lenda and debriefs those vito Inforustion of Intellio

genCe vAlUe. LATetatON thiS projeCt LAs suffered trO LacK of

deganto foollities and trained personuel. Only i9 positIVe 1s

telligence reporte vere alasoninated by legaguartera during the

past year. It 18 plamed do correet thase deflesencies nod expand

eapabilities to the and that thee Intelligense prodsct u111 be 10.

joved and the operational loads snoreated. An epeerlenced officer

STON ENA TIHAVE rATION DAnTOr DAS beeN UNTAIIeS tO the StAtION tO

malaine the

Is staton's later onse offleers must devote a midste

tral affort to respondins to requeste for support tron other

the relative effort unich must be devoted to the support af Ouban

operations arginating is other ClA atationa. Ibe Cuben case

offloers 11 Mentoo X1ty feel that the requirementa to keep ebrenat

Of Buy tO day activities and to bandle tue voluna of paper Left

Insuftlelent time for planning and development of as effectite

station operational so

22. Operations are beins conducted agatant the Cubax Bebassy,

and the remalted while lasted, are sa satisrastory as sly be exo

pected in then dr the target. lives landes tia's itrategle loca

Man entrius the only dirent air dina to tura, pare suacess anoua

se denieved 11 (recrulting agente ia place 1n Caba.

His target

his been astigned as Prlority I to sary Latin lurican countries

and, 18 1t 18 to be achieved at all, 1t 18 logdenl to expect that

1t W111 be done la Nst100 O1ty, Do toe extent posalble, tha Caber

CAsE OffICeTA ebould De freed iron tos encessive support to othar

stations so they des commutrute on this rergai.. Doe Chier, Ha

Divisson, should direst other stations to carerally sereen Cuban

requtresents on Maxlos CitT, with a tien toward seduation of such

requirements.

It 15 reconn

ded thats

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Inutoriot the thies of Station, Merleo City,

to concentrate Caban dase officer afforts on develop

ing agent asseto resident 1n Albas and,

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budget of 416,000, 16,000 soes for the salary of a V.8. businessens

otal cont of the proposed pro fact.

coral to erase top patel so polite a toother,

Its MINE.

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nded thats

dereot his to terminate operations ta commertion

Magenith.

2B, The station bas a biffly eusanastal project directed at

the rural and passent targuts. The polnespel agent 1s a Cathalle

152e8t through whose efforte on entennite netrark of reglonal arenal.

sitions have been established including youth props, credit unlons,

11uer during the year.

Tis operation le nos Largely self-MurSleI

but the station should contime to five it support and directios.

she project shown grouded of expending into bartenela there tha

Arshalhop of lustennis has ankal for sasiotsace and tredalas to

et up a staller argiession. In then of the present last or

Agoney-sponsored peasaut projects in bustenale, every attort shoale

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andes thats

The Chlot, It Dirlosos, expend Profect IINDOIX

to includo asslatance is establlahing & siallas

covert action project tergeted on peaseat frogs 1s

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sorist Operations

19. Nex100 se 03e of the four Latin American countries valet.

mintain diplomatle relations with the sordet union thereby per

mitting the establishuent of diplomatie Installations in these

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countral. Because of the relativa ineffectivenses of the Mexican

police and security services, Border sotivities la lexico are not

subjected to the same scrutiny as thay uno in the losoy toe fill

and In Canado-by the Roynl Canstion Norated Polloe]

nel 11 Hezloo thas bave a trados of sovement unid factlitates the

conduot of classestion operation targeted sot only against the U.s.

bart also sgainst other latin Anaticon countates there there 18 do

Boviet Offlojal presence, In addition, Hartoo's long border w1tz

the taß, has only winimus prards. Trevel betroen the U.B. and

Mexloo 18 beavy and elsalastin barter crassing ann be relatitaly

Blaple. The soviet futiesty, 11, Hesdes CSty, thereferre, eastmas more

than the unal Interest normally attrabel to stuller Boriet 18-

stallat1078 88 targets for Uns. Intell! geno.

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-0. soviet operations conored by t0s sUation tre PENC

24 polearly at the personal of the elonaay. At the present time.

there and tirty-one arrivers atisoned to the sisaay or vion thirty

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three have been 1dentltlos as minEa of asther the HiS or the On.

It may be assumed that dependents and sonintelligence personnel,

Dy perfOrting VArIoNs support functioNa, Mall the total of those

engaged in intelligence anniernenta. In its operations agalast the

SoTleto, the station 1s hensily dependent uppa technical sallee

Elon through relephone tops, photographie coverags of the sabassy,

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24L12 persoset sorlet and nossorielmet the eberty, contents of

embassy pereonnel outaide the enorary, etc. because of the etriot

securIty indoctrination of soviet overreas personnel, the bals of

this 1nf02uat10n La lunalavel sad sot Alestillerble as positive 1no

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"Into their sadus operands sa

asseuting Intolligance ansignsate. Falo 1n 1t00lI 1a of valve

Iren a counterintelligance point of eu ersa thragh esplaltution

against Sovieta has been limited. Alco, by colloting the maso of

collected deta into personality reparto on pertons ettechod to the

¡ribaesy, the station hopes to be ablo to detect, foster, and ever.

[tually explolt any vulnerability to socrultant a detection to

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umbeT ons prlority al sordet operations bara as elesshere in

the s0r?d.

with thon they are in contasty sad resond

thay afford a spennel

for "setting at" a sortet sadiritual

hould it be fond aurante

to besng some sort of recrudtient pre

on intalliganse winstons and ro rock through them to develop la

formition on sorter elendentine sotivities. Alitienal cess officer

strength u111 be peeded 11 this typroach le to be erfactive.

22. The statson eurrently has vix double agent operaticas.

like nost such cases they nove slonly: tus chief purpons in

runing there openetiona la to dirent the agente into the D.s.

here, In cooperation with the 1B, they night be uned to, 1dent1f,

over 111egals, Tures of those double agents have all receivo

Intalligeno issignments fros the Bordets of sa as got undertoed

antare In tha ViA. Anothes arpeara destined for some sordet en.

algument da the pallippiness since the soilets bare no artseral

resentation in the Fallimpines, 1t 18 boped that this agent

may be yout in touch with illegall. Still snother in considered

a poor double agent operation by the station, but abours som

PrODIER of dUMeJOpIng INTO & penetrAtIOn al the MeXican farelga

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the slath la sated very lor sa & fiatios operation,

and Is badng, contimed only at this speeisic regrest of the D. B.

Andy, The station's tectical collection enseta provide a useral

ms for chocking these treble agents in thatr conteste with the

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of soviet intolligence ativities centered escut the Cabeauy In 1

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Mertoo [Cst) hen bean freatly Eldened, 1t hee led to little poestive

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[action to counter thase activities) as they alett aspent D.s.

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be contidented at

the

Laval.

sta Probably the sant sigalficant contral

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Son which the

InE TO MAnt fOX ONE rANtOs or another to estabilan contact ulti

he Bortete, Through ita techalol] corerage of the Soviet Day, a

ironet the LIKATAK PrOfeet. The MEN repulte of these operettons

have been fortread beats to loedgertent. The Hosted Gity Station

as so espability for the translation of the materiel. do of th

ime of the impertion, the fratson had beard nothing soon Heedguer

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respontaLa to control fron the reMale aparation officar tho bas

racontly sees transferred to LoLD control. It Lo posalbli poet

this operation vill so trenaferred to a covest ditson project,

bero pons laprovesent 10 aspected.

4L, Fh0 stetion bes a unilataral physical purrelllence tean,

$1T0 0s thon have been on the too sor sore than three yoaro.

Only one cane of trouble has shows up in this project. Ose agent

had roots tarainated becoure de talked too aich and issed to blacke

ail annune ortoer. tho use os the yolygraph de been som

"a control of this tear, which has been senorally estro

Jeshnladl Overatsor

u1111ne ro exanise and experivast vith the unascial..

cal ento concerted it betreen the plation an a 21001- 24

pal agent of WIld, Waich Will bo diacuared later:

43. The LENVOY operazIOl, PreNIOUals NeetIoned li connection

vith soriet operations; renlted hoals arronch aix years a80 24

from president Lopos Matoon] Atter considerable discuentone, the

operation ole sa cared, pror ding the Mexica doversent vaula 19-29,24

cinde sórtot and satallite targett, and such otbar countes targete

as vere abriova to the Mexican dateramany to be al coricora to the 29,

Dastes states.

Ento 1rof00t 10 sensed by Calested Mexican Arry 24.

personnel, ibo are carefülly acreened and pald high incentive veges,

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redoss theis milnerabstity to bribery Otties paltilogar son to

ião biga aspelt do sorge cossatiel to such an oparerlos.

the unit

18 peDaged by & CATARt AReAt UDo transIte the taka ragulArly to

the statson by classentina maroo.

thin project has been Sultral

So 15to)1/P99ce reporte and has bees of value 11 operational leade

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and 1a g/a insormerson. The project ains bas a tenal mirrosa.

lance dad a photo-survelliance capability. It vas tale projeo

vasch prorsand data on the act1one of lan Barney Onald 18 Als

PRIONA VIALE tO MaXIOO GLEY.

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tlona. Therefore, the station bas contimed 140 unilateral audio

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Exalude routine travel Infosestion and CI/CH

InfaTUatioR frOl EDOS ANd C3 repOrtes dad,

do lee the cable channel only for reports that

are perlabablo or ane of special intelligence interent.

alatration

56, ho 15 Die CIreer10n Of operetloos, the eblet of station

mainteras o alone personal bold upon the adulatorrative 118e or

110 station

such delegattor as he unken does sot inalude the

the degarty ha

wIll be cincinsed in detell later, in reality the chier outsmies

dally activities walch have a marked effect on the Registry, Tore

station has s mall, hardosarking support seation, bandling flees

cinl and proparty nattira, end the naual fine cousimicationa

abassy furajehen edeguete medicines, and nodleines are aralzable

n the open varket, although not airays to be trutted. One 1001.

dent vas recently uncovered in unich selfur mus capsicled and sold

as an antibiotto. Helloal feellities have recently bora suproved

by the openlag of a neis hoopltal uhleh meete lifted states stenderda

FlyasEsons Bad BUrgeONs ans Vell trained and glite coppetent.

notes as soclel Ulfe ln conversad, parale in the station va

scallent. Maxtoo City offera none of the finest potlal activitie

ol rates, and vant city paste, some sporte estivities ane compare

E1тaly 8гparalte.

Ambership in country cluba la phobibitive ex

angt for per

sone on the diplenetra Mot

other statson in the Mi s1r1810n.

There One Hars than 9, 000 pes

eludes any reduction in the card index f12e, but eperture conde

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are assisting in some reduction of the personality files. The

Registry also handles the pouching. This task 18 also the largest

1n the Wi DIv1a1on, particularly In lateral pouching. On one occa-

B102, at fondquarters' request, Mexioo City handled the lateral

pouching to 35184at10ns and bases of one docent.

the problems of the regiatry are compounded by the Lack

of training provided personnel ansigned to the Regiatty. Person-

nel problems in the Reglatry are sany and diversified.

Hisnt of

al, with the limited number of personnel and the great burden of

vork, a large anount of overtime has been regutred. Becandly, 1t

has been distloult to set people to accept an assigment to the

Hexdoo Olty Roglutty beckuse the tecks are dull, tedious, and 1nf1-

nitely demanding of the Individuala' tissa.. The soralo 1n this

sortIon VAs poOr.. He Mie seVere recommenuations. to the ohlef of

station pointing out to hin a conselentious affort must be mado by

all nambers of the itation to reduce the workload in the Reglotry.

In this commotion, ve suggasted that Individual ense officers as

cept the responalbility for perlodle cloaning of flles which they

used, and of valch they save the nost intimate bnonrleuge.: He

further recommended that maxian discrimination be uned in determia-

1ng material volch should be tiled and that wherever possible the

sheer bulk of the i1ling be reduced. He further recommended that

overtime be mace voluntarily whenever possibLe, out that in any

event personsal be provided vith a full veidead off sos time to

60. The chlos of the Registry l8 the only sentor person as-

signed to the Reglatty and has no deputy or other person competent

to take his place during hin temporary abrence. The chlet at the

tims of our Inspection had taken very I1ttle time aft, Ineluding

reekends in the two years of his tour. He feel that one of the

positions In the Registry should be re-evaluated for possible upgrad.

Ing to 1nozudes the duttas of deputy chlor of Regiatry.

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The Dater, VI DIVisiOn, roguest the Director of

Personnel to conduot s review of the function of

Deputy Colef, Reglotty, Maxtoo City Station, to deter

mine whether or not such a position should be ettabe

Liahed 18 an apropxiate.&

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61. He found the Raglatty to be a controreralal nutter betteen

leniquarters and the chief of statton. the ninly ansigned deputy

chief of station, the palmerily had superheary responsibility eves

the chief of leglatig, uns making a determined esport to reduce tibe

rostload in the Raglitty and to sock seans of relylag upon lead.

matters' silen rather thas station fIles. Me vese told toat ot

Mazdoo Esty.

"[digested and retrtered in Heederarters, ve believe that there 1

o alternative to the present systen bertoo City l0 employine

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the Chlet, WI DIVIAlOR, 1n oohlebaration with the

CAJor, Recanda Integration DIVIAIOR, SeTIon a Hystem

for redusias the robene of fllen held In Mercles City,

and future i

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tates bonning becile the spaniah tradition of servants' guserter

«TO SpACO, and firan entertalment are a DaRla vay of 11n

pesult for single acoupancy. Housing POT 08810058 and Fallies 18

generally quite food, not plentifal, but alta prudent selectios,

odeguste horsing can be found within reasonmble seage of the

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