</s>104-10331-10139 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET 6 February 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: Fred Wickham DO Focal Point for JFK Board FROM: J. Barry Harrellson DCI/CSI/KRG, JFK Project Officer SUBJECT: ARRB Request for Additional Information and Records No. CIA-7A- REFERENCE: ARRB Memo dtd 8 Nov 95, same subj. sub-para (2), The Mexico City Station (attached) 1. In his review of the history of the Mexico City Station, Jeremy Gunn, ARRB Staff, cited the five footnotes annotated below as possible assassination-related records and requested copies of the source documents. For your assistance in identifying the documents, following the for instance citation is the text (in italics) to which it referrs. Footnote 39: HMMA-1749A, 4 Aug 61, sub: Data on Case 39, HMMA, 1749A. AUG 61, Sub: Data Mexico City Station, Vol. 1. The Cuban task force at the pg 38 39/39, Vol 1. "The Cuban task Force and related activities caused us to increase in the Mexico City Station (to 76 Americans (40 were located inside) (the Embassy using official cover, and 36 were outside under nonofficial cover). Indigenous agents numbered over 2005. Footnote 55. Ibid. 6 Dec 2005. WI/HO/H) - PT. 54. ISTHUS No. 62, 6 Dec 35. IBD. (PT. 54). ITHUS No ., ITHUMUS No .. 62, the PR. 44. Condidate Vol. I. Water in the year Diar became the PRI, candidate Vol.1 (tantamount to elect station) which assured LIVENOV of an extended six year(which Virtually the same management. (54) In 1963 the routine reporting of an operational lead by in 1963 the route reporting investigation. A man with LIVEMOY developed into a long investigation, A MAN with US US government speaking broken Russian, telephone both the Soviet and Cuban Embassies on 26 September and 6 October 1963. He identified himself as Lee Oswald and Harvey Oswald. SECRET

Summary  
The document details an internal CIA memorandum dated 6 February 1997, addressing a request from the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) for additional information and records related to JFK assassination investigations. It references specific footnotes from a prior memo (dated 8 November 1995) concerning the Mexico City Station’s activities. Footnote 39 discusses increased staffing at the Mexico City Station in August 1961, including 76 Americans (40 inside the Embassy, 36 outside) and over 200 indigenous agents linked to Cuban operations. Footnote 55 notes the station’s investigation into Lee Harvey Oswald’s visit to Mexico following JFK’s assassination on 22 November 1963. Footnote 61 describes an inspection of the Mexico City Station in December 1964, highlighting its role in liaison operations, surveillance, and collaboration with Mexican authorities. Footnote 139 references audio installations at the Cuban Embassy in February 1961 under projects ROMANCE and LISAMAN, which failed. Footnote 190 mentions Project LILINK (Files 201-226902 and 50-6-99/1, Job No. 68-494/28) involving surveillance equipment. The memo requests documents or a search status by 20 February 1997 for ARRB review.  

Key People  
- Jeremy Gunn (ARRB Staff)  
- J. Barry Harrellson (CIA Project Officer)  
- Fred Wickham (DO Focal Point for JFK Board)  
- Lee Harvey Oswald (subject of investigation)  

Key Locations  
- Mexico City Station (CIA operations)  
- Cuban Embassy in Mexico  
- Dallas, Texas (site of JFK assassination)  

Key Events  
- Increase in CIA staffing at Mexico City Station (August 1961)  
- Investigation into Lee Harvey Oswald’s activities post-JFK assassination (November 1963)  
- Inspection of Mexico City Station operations (December 1964)  
- Installation of audio surveillance equipment at Cuban Embassy (February 1961)  

Key Organizations  
- Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB)  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Mexico City Station  
- Immigration and Naturalization Service (I&NS)  
- Cuban Communist Party operations

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