</s>Doc ID: 6878946 Doc Ref: A: A4268793 DATE: 10/08/98 4 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM PAGE:1 2. IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY NUMBER : NSA AGENCY INFORMATION RECORD NUMBER: : 144-10001-10287 RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER # : DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : NGA FROM : : NSA : ARRB : NGA NSA RESPONSE TO ARRRB QUESTIONS RE NSA CAPABILITIES/RECORDS TITLE : : NAA : ARRRD QUESTIONSRE NSA CAPABBILITIES/RECRORDS : 0/4/01/98 PAGES : 5 SUBJECTS : NSA RESPONGE TO ARRB QUESTIONES RE CAPABILITIES/RECORDS DOCUMent TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : PAPERA, TEXTULAL DOCUMent : RESTRICTIONS : : 1A, 1B : CURRENT STATUS : : X: DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/24/98 : OPENING CRITERIA : DETERMINATION REQUIRED ORIGINALATING AGENCY : Determination REQUIRIED COMMENTS : [RJ) - ITEM IS IS RESTRICTED Released pursuant to Executive Order 14176, DECLASS. OF RECORDS CONC. THE ASSASSINTATIONS OF PRES. JFK, SEN. RFK, AND THE REV. DR. MLK, JR.

NSA targeting priorities and capabilities against Cuba in Mexico City during 1963-1964 included objectives to obtain information on Soviet and Cuban military capabilities, intentions, and efforts to initiate or support internal warfare in other countries.

The NSA COMINT Technical Report #1-66 regarding SIGNT results of the targeting of Cuba was reviewed by Dr. Hall, showing an excellent capability to meet the SIGNT challenge in Cuba during the 1960s.

Product reports based on the targeting of Mexican Diplomatic communications were reviewed, but no records responsive to the JFK Assassination Records Act of 1992 were located other than those already passed to the ARRB.

NSA capabilities and targeting priorities against Soviet targets in Mexico from 1963-1968 were limited, with no records referring to NSA targeting of Soviet assets in Mexico City being located.

The USIB SIGNT Subcommittee records show objectives (requirements for targeting) and are available for review by ARRB members and staff.

No recommendation specific to Mexico was located regarding COMINT Board recommendations or tasking on the targeting of Mexican communications during 1963-1964.

A search for any Technical SIGINT Reports or similar documents was performed in January 1998 but no records documenting NSA's capabilities against Mexican targets for the period 1960-1964 were located.

The ARRB staff was provided with the name and phone number of an INSCOM historian, Mr. Jack Finnigan, who has information regarding an Army Security Agency collection site in Mexico City during the 1963-1964 timeframe.

Frederick Berghoff, the former Chairman of the National SIGNT Committee, met with ARRBB collection members to obtain some "recollections" from Mr. Berghof regarding NSA's interest and capabilities regarding Mexico in 1963.

The USIB SIGNT Subcommittee record of 2 December 1963 presents as one of the "pertinent examples of actions underway or planned," showing increased military efforts to develop information on the technical characteristics of internal military efforts and para-military communications of all Latin American countries.

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