</s>204-10301-10010 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET with a limited number of people. We believe the direction of the station is of high caliber, but not all the station effort is callfully directed at priority targets. Under current personnel callfully directing at priority target. Under subsequent personnel able for the critical effort. This is both sequential and avail- station must carefully place emphasis on assignment or priorities station must careful execution of the activities to meet those and upon selective execution of these activities. Organization of Operations 5. The Mexico City Station approaches the classic type station 98 in opportunities and in operations. It has high-level liaison operations, unilateral operations, joint operations with the host operations and Satellite, Cuban, and Indigenous Communist party operations, and SOVI-Satellite, Cuban and Indigenous Commandist U.S. agencies, and State Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation- gation, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service and the military- into the Soviet Branch, Cuba and the State Department of the Station is organized into the Border Branch, Cuban, and tanks, the station is organized Action Branch, Communist Party Branch, and an operational catch-all which is called the "Operational Support Branch." This later- which iscalled the "Operation Support Branch" and this latter- ante, but the branch in reality operations officer has two assist- station, personal clandestine capabilities, giving forces and effect to the branch of the chief of station's personality as an- operator that does not accept chief of Station, giving force and institute duties, also personally handles the operations of three projectors. Cuban Operation. 6. Mexico City is the only direct air link which Cuba has with the Western Hemisphere. It is the major transit point for all air travel and from Cuba. It was the major transport point for week travel each way to and from Havana to Mexico City. This fact plays a prime role in shaping the station's operational activi- Significant) on Cuban activities to the central of the station, the state's reporting on Cuba, between Mexico City and Havana. and non-Cuban, between Cuba and Havana, both Cuba. 98 Two operations have had problems in loss of communications, but have some promise of future success. One agent, a Cuban refugee -2- SECRET

Summary: The document details CIA operations in Mexico City Station, focusing on Cuban and Soviet intelligence activities. It outlines the station's structure, including branches like Border Branch, Communist Party Branch, and Operational Support Branch. Key operations include efforts to recruit agents in Cuba, surveillance of Soviet Embassy personnel, technical surveillance (e.g., audio operations), and double-agent networks. The text mentions Lee Harvey Oswald, noting his activities in Mexico City and the station's monitoring of his actions. It references Project LEOBT, a Cuban operation involving Catholic priests and regional organizations, and discusses challenges with communication losses and recruitment difficulties. The document also addresses Soviet intelligence activities in Mexico, including diplomatic relations and military movements, and notes the station's role in counterintelligence efforts against Soviet operations.  

Key People: Lee Harvey Oswald, CIA case officers (including those in Mexico City), Soviet Embassy personnel, Cuban refugees, double agents, and unnamed agents involved in recruitment and surveillance.  

Key Locations: Mexico City, Havana, Cuba, Soviet Union, United States, and unspecified third countries.  

Key Events: Recruitment of Cuban agents, technical surveillance operations on the Soviet Embassy, monitoring of Lee Harvey Oswald's activities, Project LEOBT (Cuban operation), challenges with communication losses, and counterintelligence efforts against Soviet operations.  

Key Organizations: CIA Mexico City Station, U.S. Department of Defense, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Immigration and Naturalisation Service, Mexican government agencies, Soviet Union intelligence networks, and Cuban Communist Party.

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