“… ph B. 16 June 21 ... -M 1GS-14 D 6. OPFICIAL PORTION TITLE ?. ofe/Diy/no pe a ss-gtumger 8. CURRENT STATION Operations Officer DDP/WH/1 i Mexico City D. CHECA talfAPE OF APPOINTMENT 10. CHECK (*) 1 tep ge EPORT I XX;»..«. nesuevu 1 TEMPonARV JmIriAt REABBIONMENT Pmiso < antan-PRoVIsiOn …”

“… JOSEPHI B. 16 June 21 M S-14 D 1. OFFICIAL POSITo Tirin 1. OPP/biv/em or ASSIGNMENT I. CURRENT STATION Operations Officer DDP/WH/Branch 1 Mexico City • CmRCM «• TTM OF PPOITuGuT 10. CHECA IA) TYed OF REPORT XX cinazn CAnKEA-PROVINOMal (3e0 instruatjane-e Section C) TEMPORARY SBITlaL, …”

“… s. so Saith Joseph B. 16 Juno 21 M GS-14 D e.orricia FONTION TITLE 7. OFF/DIV/ R OF ASSIONMENT #. CURRENT STATION |Ops Off. DDP/WH/Br. 1 Mexico City 0. CHECK txt Ties or APPOINTMENT to. CHECK tx) TYPE or REPORT .X CAREER ,misEnve TEMPORARY c AREER-PROVISIOWAL (See Instructions • Sec …”

“… URMENT POSITiOn, TITLE 4. STATION on BASF s. Caver FOR DEGIGN AND GRADE cumgEaT COVER * E W * * 7 M - la T T X N Y 16 June 1921 D C/CA, Mexico City 14 Mexico City LNGOLD O*. DATE or PCS ARRIVAL n. REQUESTED DATE or 6c. EXPECTED DATE or Finst »»< DESIRED DATE TO ALPORT to Duty IN FIELD …”

“… COMMENDATION POx 9*5 SE/7 ASSIGNMENT AND TRAINING, deserves Per HMMS 7052, Mr. Gmith has been approved for home leave ond return Jo to Mexico City for a second tour of duty. RXP.I-.PINwane7992 DATE 23 Nov 70 TITLE a. APPROVED ASSIGNMENT: 7 70A P5W 15. EMPLOYEE kOTIfIfO av b:s …”

“14900000 SECRET •. PArIMENC res *t*7 ASS‘****t (continued) C. INDICATE roun PREFERENCE rou NEXT ASSIGNMENT se inStating wuwaras •. , AND 1 (for jet, 2nd and Jed choice) IN fret BOIFS atloe. ch NItuRN ro wr CURELNT STATION OL ASSIGNED TO MLADQUARTERS FOR A TOUR of DUTY. ”

“… 007894 Smith, Joseph B. 16 Jun 21 M GS-14 7. OFFICIAL POSTION TITLE 8. OFF/DIV/BR OF ASSIGNMENT °. CURRENT STATION Ops Officer DDO/WH/1 Mexico City 10. rrn or APPOINTMENT H. TYPE OF REPORT CaRtER REASSIGN- X CAREER JOVisiONal RESERVE ANNUAL SI-MONTH 30 MONTH - MENT € Retfre- 12. REP …”

“14-00000 Stindzed COPY .AIR $ 185-A-9355 (50-1-5)• Chief, WH Division ATER I Chief, HIM 31 January 1958 Chief of Station, Mexico City ' Administrative * - soy Bervice - ax Team ' - ACTION REQUIRED: Routing copies to Personnel files of employees concerned 1. During the …”

“… E RATER: - HAS ton was NOT BEEN SH0m TO THE DIVIDUAL RATED. IF NOT SHOWN, EXPLAIN WHY, THIS REPORT • Mr. Woods is on temporary duty in Mexico City, Mexico. A. CHECK (K) APPROPRIATE STATEMENTS 7 ' vuisaspont REFLtCVI MV St* oftmions oe ruis INPL* 1FIROI VISUAL 13 RAMA "1"Im Cl 0a D. …”

“… at Field Systems would be in Line with Has Procedures. FEB 57- July 57 LOCARON, iCovany, C.t, • 3 DIRECTORATE OFFICE OR DIVISION BRANCH MEXICO CITY, MErlca WH Tram member of Records Management Team 4 TITLE OF JOB 65.7 >GRADES HELD IN /C8 MEMBER OF A.TEAM OF 4EBE SENT TO MEXICO T …”

“… oicE or GrOOMAPNIC AREA on SPECIFIC STAflOW, 9a9ro ow QUALIFICATIONSI IST. eworce. Hague 2ND. choice Copenhagen Copenhagen___ SRo. choicE Mexico City - 10, wow MUCH LEAVE 00 you DEBIne BETWEEN ABDIGNMENta? • wit INDICATE wuweEn or woes DAvS 45 11. inbicAYE vuc buundn and Age DP DEPEND …”

“… SIBLE REASSIGNMENT TO ANOTHER FIELD STATION, INDICATE vOUs TXT. 2ul4ambJsen CHOICE POR GGRAPHIC AREA ON SPECIFIC sTATlONs. 1ST cworcErt Mexico City MAIL ROOM h* CHOICE- Santiago. see CHOICE:- London to. MOV MUCH LEAVE DO you DESIRE BETWEEN ASSIGNMENTS’ 15 work days INDICATE numeth o …”

“… Attache in Bogota, where he was responsible for all FBI activities in Colombia. From August 1943 to December 1944 he was Civil Attache in Mexico City, Mexico, where he was responsible for all FBI activities in Mexico, having under his supervision more than fifty special agents of the FBI …”

“… Mr. O’Neal has done extremely satisfactory work since he has been here and I wish to reiterate the satisfaction shown respecting him in Mexico City by stating that I am very happy that he is not to be transferred but is to re­ main another year in Caracas. He has been exceptionally h …”

“… Armed Porcon sive number, date, and place of issuance of American passport.) See employment with Department of State at Bogota, Colombia, Mexico city and - Caracas, Venezuela. 26. FOREIGN LANGUAGES (Nome and indicate the patent of your competence, i.t. Excellent, Good, Pair). a. LANGU …”

“… ALARY OR LARNINGS secy Sept. 1942 te Jan. 1945 STARTING $1,600 PER YR. PLACE (1 fVFLCY"t % 1 (Citv, state) attache FINAL $ 5600 PER YR. Mexico City and Bogota, Colombia PE SCHIPTIGN C YONA WOna NAME AND ACDEE , of CYFLJYER Political information Dept. of State gathering and reporting a …”

“… - BRANCH or Sravire 21 (cere e th burgh MiLItR S*ICr asailiatto 24 DETAILS or otuzu Goyrasiet SERVICE, 0.9, on OUFIGN American Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico 1940 - 1945 •I SECTION IV RELATIVES BY BLOOD, MARRIAGE OR ADOPTION LIVING 4800 204 WHO ARE NOT U.S. CITIZENS I. ULL NAME (Leet-F …”

“… OVT. SERVICE, U.S. OR FOREIGN Only government or foreign service has been as a clerk in the U. S. Foreign Service assigned to U.SEmbussy, Mexico City,1941-1945." > SEC. 7. FATHER-IN-LAW FULL NAME . Frank First Robert Middle Paulytan LIVING OR DECEASED Living . . DATE OF DECEASE …”

“… RAVEL OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES A. FROM 1929 TO Milan 1938 Italy Home FROM 1438 TO Varese 1259 Italy Home FROM June 1949 Sept. 1949 Mexico City Mexico College TO Dec. 1946 so. March 1948 OTSU, Osaka Japan. V.S. Army 1951 San Salvador Er Salvador Employment”

“… political and economic research and analysis in support of operational activities. EDUCATION: USAFI, Latin American Institute (New York), Mexico City College (Mexico). Emphasis on international affairs, international trade, journalism. public relations and advertising, languages. Numer …”

“… ecruitment and training, and career management. Hold active Top Secret clearance. EDUCATION: USAFI, Latin American Institute (New York), Mexico City College (Mexico). Emphasis on international affairs, international trade, journalism, public relations and advertising, languages. Numer …”

“… political and economic research and analysis in support of operational activities. EDUCATION: USAFI, Latin American Institute (New York), Mexico City College (Mexico). Emphasis on international affairs, international trade, journalism. public relations and advertising, languages. Numer …”

“… recruitment and training, and career management. Hold active Top Secret clearance. EDUCATION: USAFT, Latin American Institute (New York), Mexico City College (Mexico). Emphasis on international affairs, international trade, journalism, public relations and advertising, languages. Numerous …”

“… met with both Johnson and Bundy to relay the information that Lee Harvey Oswald had been in touch with the Soviet and Cuban embassies in Mexico City. That evening, McCone reviewed this information with Secretary Rusk, in addition volunteering the Agency's assistance in coping with the …”

“… ence Agency’s Carib- 283/ bean melodrama.” CIA, as usual, had no comment. For across-the-board coverage of Cuba in the early 1960’s the Mexico City Station was tops. Reporting on the Cuban Embassy, the COS said in Feb­ ruary 1963: We intercept their mail, photograph all the people w …”

“… had been in Mexico only a few months, apparently simmered down after his 318/ 98 talk with the assistant secretary ______ . ===== The Mexico City Station devoted a major part of its time to running or supporting operations against Cuba; 47 percent of its cable traffic con- cerned C …”

“… pecifics concerning the organization of the FRD and its prin­ cipals, noting that the Headquarters for the FRD had been established in Mexico City, in lieu of the invi­ tation of President Ydigoras of Guatemala”

“… sis on assignment of priorities and upon selective execution the activities et those priorities. Organisation for Operations 98 5. The Mexico City Station approaches the classic type station in opportunities and in operations. It has high-level liaison operations, unilateral operatio …”

“… ation, in addition to his admi 70 istrative duties, also personally handles the operations of three projects._ Cuban Operations _ —— 6. Mexico City is the only direct air link which Cuba has with the Western Hemisphere. It the major transit point for all e1r travel to and from Cuba. A …”

“13-00000 SECRET now working in Mexico City, had recruited three sub-agents before leaving Cuba but his channel of communications with them has been severed. Another station agent i …”

“… the relative effort which must devoted to the support of Cuban operations originating in other CIA stations. The Cuban case officers in Mexico City feel that the requirements to keep abreast of day to day activities and to handle the volume paper left insufficient time for planning an …”

“… cted against the Cuban Embassy, and the results, while limited, are 88 satisfactory as ENGS be De 24T pected in view of the target. Given Mexico City’s strategic loca- Ope tion astride the only direct air link to Cuba, more success should be achieved in recruiting agents place in Cuba. …”

“… national has not been achieved. Although the station’s knowledge of Soviet intelligence activities centered about the /exbesay in " + 32 Mexico City has been greatly widened, it hear led to little positive %. - 10 - SECRET 144”

“… U.S.- interests. While all the U.S.S.R. diplomatic missions are targets of vital importance for U.S. intelligence, the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City has special significance bece or its* proximity « the U.B. The Mexico City Station has attack d this target with determination and imagin …”

“… n, vhien 18 sterrod by Division personnel, .been diverting march or its recent time from its EE i Atargets to onamist-Chinece presence in Mexico City. Although 1 there is no official government representation by that Peking- regime. the New China lieve Agency (NCMA) has several, people …”

“Mexico City Station capability MS 00 the for the translation station had the material. ofheard of the As Heedquarter nothing from timeof the in …”

“… e and a photo-surveillance capability. It was this project which provided data on the actions of Lee Harvey Oswald in his famous visit to Mexico City. ^kW. Obviously, the station cannot be content to have the 0 98 IMexican Government”

“… rale and health were generally good, although for a |city as modern as Mexico there is an unusual amount of abdominal I disorder known in Mexico City an "Montezuma’s Revenge." The - embassy furnishes adequate medicines, and medicines are available on the open market,”

“… Physicians and surgeons are well trained and quite competent.: Insofar as social life is concerned, morale in the station was excellent. Mexico City offers some of the finest social activities in the world, from honky—tork to opera. There is local television, radio, and a great interes …”

“… he pouching. This task 1 also the largest in the WH Division, particularly in lateral pouching. one occa­ sion, at Headquarters’ request, Mexico City handled the lateral 24 pouching to 35 stations and bases of one document. "59. The problems of the Registry are compounded y the lack of …”

“… recommended that: >• 78 hief, WH Division, request the Director of Personnel to conduct a review the function of Deputy Chief, Registry, Mexico City Station, o deter­ mine whether or not such tuch a position should b estab- lished in expropriate - 23 • SECRET 12”

“… quarters’ files raster than station files. We were told that on several occasions, Headquarters had reached the point of demanding that Mexico City reduce its Registry to a size comparable to other stations. Each time such a decision was reached, there would be a concurrent flap which …”

“no alternative to the present system Mexico City in employing.1 However, .We believe that a determined effort must in Headquarters for processing and retrieval of such information. 24 …”

“was mostly by secret writing transmitted 10 to Mexico City by mail and then forwarded to Washington. He said there were four radios in Cuba and that we now had a greatly improved medium ZY speed t …”

“… own point of embarkation. (Page 6) Several minor incidents of sabotage have been discovered on CUBANA aircraft. (Page 6) A DRE leader in Mexico City announced”

“… ower the landing gear for a stop in Madrid. (CIA IN 75941, 8 December, SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM/CONTROLLED DISSEM) Press dispatches from Mexico City report that a leader of the Revolutionary Students Directorate (DRE) announced that 126 Cuban militiamen had been killed in a clash with …”

“… amen had been killed. There is no confirmation from COMINT or other sources of any action of the magnitude reported by the DRE. (AP-131, Mexico City, 7 December, UNCLASSIFIED) -6- TOP SECRET DINAR 4PJ”

“… e basement of the Dallas police headquarters. Castro rehearsed the details of Oswald's 27 September application at the Cuban consulate in Mexico City for a Cuban visa and protested the 23 November arrest of two employees of the consulate by Mexican authorities. (Castro’s remarks were f …”

“13-00000. NOTES A. Oswald Press stories to the effect that Lee Harvey Oswald recently visited Mexico City are true, accord- ing to our information. Oswald visited both the Cuban and the Soviet embassies on 28 September, He was trying, we are …”

“… re for the terview before leaving for him as saying he had met with first time, of two figures — Washington, were linked to the .Oswald in Mexico City and Tex- . Richard Case Nagell and Luis Dallas assassination of John F. as. But the former intelligence Angel Castillo — long of interest …”