Originator: HSCA
From: CIA
Document date: 1978-03-24 00:00:00
Document type: NOTES

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

3/24/201

AGENCY: HSCA

RECORD NUMBER :

180-10143-10123

RECORD SERIES :

CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 28-11-06

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: HSCA

FROM:

CIA

TO :

TITLE:

Released under the John F. Kennedy

Assassination Records Collection Act of

1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW

EEn00 Date: 11-04-2021

DATE: 03/24/1978

PAGES:

8

SUBJECTS :

CIA FILES

OSWALD, LEE, POST-RUSSIAN PERIOD, TRAVEL, TRIP TO

MEXICO

MEXICO CITY STATION

ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE

DOCUMENT TYPE:

NOTES

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 1A; 1B

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 08/14/1995

OPENING CRITERIA:

COMMENTS :

Box 18

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Interview of Thomas Keenan

by Dan Hardway

and Harold

heapon 3/24/78.

Mr. Keenan Wasgiven

arcapig of the release letter

stoad it

Mr. Keenan said that he

mas assigned to mexico

City from Delmary, 10 to he

was the mast junior

operations afficer in Mexico

uty at the time and worked

primarily More specifically

aperations.

in support

he said that he raw one

physicalsurveillance

m and the outside agent

who raw the sarret Embassy.

photo..

surveillanceaperation

Ramow Alvarez raw the

photo Surveillance and

reported to Mo. Keenan

alvanes and Kenan wer

responsible for all three

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photo bases. Mr. Keenan

stated that Seep ad never

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been inside any of the

bases

Mr. Keenan said that

the base agent would take

the photos and keepe

simultaneous log. After

aurall of film was com-

pleted the film should be

turned over to Alverez

Alvereg would then have

arelative print the film

ow contact sheets and would

then deliver them to Keenan.

Keenaw then turned the photos

and logs over to either..

Anne boodpasture or the

Manello. He was not sure

of who he gave them to

Mr Keenaw remembers that

they did have a photo

pracessing.capability.insid

the Embassy.

Mo. Reenan remembers

that there was definately

Who to coverage on the

uhan embassy

because

he was involved in it in

some mann REfaa while.

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He could not remember the

details of the operation or

his involvement. He does

remember that there Cuba

embassy had two gates and

that they had troublecovering

both of them

Keenan does not remember

the base agents names. and

ay that he never met then

Keenaw said that the

goals of the photo operation

were to: A) identify soviets,

identify "unnonal show.

ups" In

response to a

question Keenan acknowledged

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Mr. Keenan stated that

the phato coverage was

nat continuous. They tried

not vent to sena this

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meant, generally, 5 days

a week Mv. Keenan said

that the effectiveness of

the aperation was far

from 100% but that it

was pretty good cher

were three phato baser

incapa ana natasha

and the

tud the rant the "primary'

What the hate a an id

of a pretty of the mage

enan said that there

"onl

uho usend coperage only

have been

216

about this and that he was

to reconstruct it

on the basis of logic he did

remember that the

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aperations afficer would have

set the requirements for times

coverage Mo. Keenan said

that his statement about

edend cover ale mas

personneloperating the lis

and B.) a specific memor

baspecial requirement"

corna Keenan stated that

Mr.

he had no personal knowledge

Of how much time off the

base agento were given. He

wto said that he did not

know whether there were

agents for Alverez.

ena armans

agent was not available

the special requirement"

aperation he remembers was

for corerage on a sunday

Even with this

morning mo Keenan was

memory

not sure whether it was

a special requirement because

they did noter have coutine

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Sunday coverage or because

they had to make sure

Ma bese agent was it

working d

the right timeon sunday

morming

Mo. Keenan

noted that this really

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delivery, etc.

Mr Keenan said that

Inne bood

awextreme@asture.noos

y compelant

offices chor engaged thin

Keenan said that thin

hard boss but once

trusted you, of you had.

you pretty stoRich free rein

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that Scolt was close to

Most of the that senion

scott died they dial a

review of the Mexico Cit

files "to see if it was all

necessar said that ar

ILOS wasn't reall

with Scott

account remember

anyof White's duties beyond

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Phillips. Phillipes was

ana

no, at home polan

Operations

KeenansEtripal that

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Barbara Manell had a

reputation as a good,

competant worker

he Parry

a heardon

the assassination

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