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180-10113-10119| 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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Identification Form
Agency Information
AGENCY : HSCA
RECORD NUMBER - 180-10113-10119
RECORD SERIES NUMBERED FILES
AGENCY FILE NUMBER 003362
Document Information
ORIGINA TOR HSCA
FROM: ORR, PATRICIA
TO
TITLE :
DATE : 08/05/1977
PAGES 7
SUBJECTS
CIA
MEXICO CITY
HUNT, E. HOWARD
DOCUMENT TYPE MEMORANDUM
CLASSIFICATION Unclassified
RESTRICTIONS 1A; IB
CURRENT STATUS Redact
DATE OF LAST REVIEW 01/01/2003
OPENING CRITERIA
COMMENTS CIA 77-4. Box 77.
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MEMORANDUM
JENSHTINE
8 /5/77
TO : JH KK
003362
FROM: PMO
RE : CIA Station in Mexico City
Attached find a list 0f individuals known to have been
connected with the CIA station in Mexico City during
Lee Harvey Oswald' s visit.
This information has been gleaned mainly from the
executive session testimony of David Phillips , ex-CIA
agent who had been in charge of Cuban Affairs for the
CIA in Mexico City. Other information comes from staff
interviews with a witness
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Boris Tarasoff , formerly
with the intercept unit of the CIA station
It has been suggested that E Howard Hunt may have been
involved in CIA activities in Mexico City and specifically
with the visit of Lee Harvey Oswald Many critics
cite the fact that the CIA Station Chief has never been
identified publicly as a basis for_Tspeculation Ehat Hunt
possibly_held that position- This however would;
conflict with information from Phillips that the Station
Chief was named Winston Scott, now deceased _
This does not preclude the possibility that Hunt held
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another position at the station, but Tarasoff
was shown photographs of E= Howard Hunt which he could
not identify nor did he recognize the name *Erom CIA-Mexico City-
I will also be forwarding an organizational chart of
the CIA station as best I can make it out with the
information known presently.
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MEXICO CITY CIA
A review of notes taken from interviews with David
Phillips indicates that there are a several areas
which our witness may be questioned about.
Organization Personnel
Personnel in Mexico City Station:
David Phillips:
In 1963` Phillips was in charge of Cuban affairs
for the CIA in Mexico City As such , he was
responsible for the monitoring of the Cuban
Embassy.
He was in Mexico City from September 1961
to early 1965 , succeeding Tom Hazlett.
He originally comes from Ft. Worth and joined the
CIA in 1950
He_recalls the Oswald tape .s an intercept between
the Soviet and Cuban embassies Herbert Manel head
0f Russian affairs at Mexico City Station would
have been primarily responsible for information
derived from this intercept.
Phillips was never in the intercept unit, which
was staffed mainly Mexican nationals
His immediate superior was Warren Dean but he
answered to Winston Scott.
Winston Scott:
Station Chief for the Mexico City CIA Station in 1963 _
Supervisor for Phillips in practice although the
deputy Chief of Station would normally have been
the person to whom Phillips was to report_
Scott was known for his almost photographic __memory
and a strong personality, He did not_like to_delegate
authority
Scott was the person who made final determination
as to whether information coming in over an
intercept was to be forwarded to Washington or not_
Scott is now deceased _ He died of a heart attack
around 1972 His name was not previously known publicly.
Warren Dean :
Deputy Station Chief under Scott in Mexico City_
Phillips was not sure whether it was Dean or Allen
White who held this office at the time of Oswald' s
visit, but he feels fairly positive that it was
Dean
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Dean (cont' d)
Phillips reported to- Scott even though Dean was
next man up the hierarchy_
Phillips believes he is retired and lives in the
Washington area
Allen White:
Succeeded Dean as Deputy Stattion Chief; Phillips
worked under him for a time
Phillips believes he is retired and resides in
the Washington area
Joe Picolo:
CIA officer under Phillips _
Robert Shaw:
CIA officer under Philips _
Even tually Shaw and Phillips had the" "whole assignment"
in Mexico City-
Two CIA operatives working inside the Cuban Embassy
reported to Shaw One worked for the administrative
area; one worked in the diplomatic area
Phillips believed Shaw is living in the Washington
area and is still with the CIA
George Monroe :
Phillips named him as the senior man in charge
of the interception of telephone conversations
0f the Cuban Embassy S offices _
#1 He would have been responsible for "dozen Or SO
involved in the intercept unit outside CIA head -
quarters
Monroe came to the CIA from the FBI and had been with
the CIA for 3 or 4. years at the time of the Oswald
visit
Phillips believes Monroe is still in Mexico today-
Ann Goodpasture:
Phillips mentions her as the person responsible
for transporting the tapes from the intercept
unit to CIA offices and back again _
It is unclear whether she brought back tapes or
transcripts of the conversations from the Russian
Embassy: It appears that she brought back transcripts
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Goodpasture (cont'd)
in Spanish _
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ie_ translations were done at the intercept
unit when the language was Spanish The tapes
that were in Russian were brought back to CIA head -
quarters in all likelihood_ (From Phillips tes timony ,
it appears that the Russian translator for the CIA
was based in the Embassy where CIA headquarters were.)
Goodpasture transported the tapes and transcripts in
suitcases She was notified if Eapewas? interes ting or not.
Phillips believes that Goodpasture is retired and
residing in Dallas Texas
Raymond Swider:
Also assigned to Phillips , replacing Joe Picolo .
Phillips believed Swider presently works in the
Washington headquarters of the CIA
George Misco: (phonetic)
Although Phillips was somewhat shakey about facts
with respect to Misao , he was able to tell uS that
Misco was the Russian translator for the CIA and
that his office was most likely in CIA headquarters
rather than the Soviet intercept unit outside
Phillips clains that Misco was not in Mexico City
at the time of Oswald' s visit.
Herbert Manel:
CIA officer in charge of the assignment for Russian
affairs_
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and as such was Phillips counterpart at
CIA station_
Manel worked with his wife, Babara , on this assignment _
Manel and his wife later worked with Phillips when
they were all assigned to Caracas Venezuela
Phillips maintained that it would have been Manel's
res
ponsibility to decide where Ehe inforation_
contained in Ehe Oswald intercept was to go and whether
the intercept should be kept for any reason Win
Scott, though
0
would have ultimate responsibility.
Phillips did no know of the Manel' s whereabouts
today.
Clark Anderson:
Local FBI agent in Mexico Ci who would routinely
receive petinent' information from the CIA.
His title was Legal Attache at the American Embassy
He is identified in the Church report only as HI Legat"
Since he was the highest ranking 'BI official in Mexico,
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Anderson (cont' d)
Anderson worked with Phillips in the Dominican
Republic in 1965
He is presently retired and residing in San Antonio,
Texas
Desmond Fitzgerald:
Chief of CIA operations in Washington CIA headquarters ,
who originally recommended ' Phillips to: the Mexico City job
(Fitzgerald is mentioned in the Church report as
one of the CIA agents involved with plots against
Catro' s life The; Church report names him as 01 the
senior CIA officer charged with responsibility for
Cuban affairs 10 He had a meeting with AMLASH on
October 29
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1963 for a. policy discussion , informing
AMLASH that the U.S_ was prepared to provide support
for a Cuban uprising only after a real coup had
been effected. )
Fitzgerald is now deceased -
Barabara Manel :
Wife of Herbert Manel; worked with him at Soviet
Affairs desk, assisting him in the work She would
prepare the reports to headquarters
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etc. and he
would sign them -
She had previously resigned from another staff
employee position at the CIA but was hired again
on apart-time basis for her knowledge or Russian
and her experience in Soviet matters
Benjamin Pepper:
Worked under Herbert Manel _
Concerned with other matters related to Soviet
affairs
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such as Eastern European affairs.
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MEXICO CITY CIA
Personnel:
From other sources namely, through information garnered
by our own investigation, we are also aware of others
involved with CIA Mexico City Station in 1963 _
Mr and Mrs Boris Tarasoff:
As one of the CIA S husband-and-wife teams the
Tarasoff 8, had the job of translating and transcribing
conversations in the Russian language going in
and out of the Soviet Embassy by telephone
They were experts in voice identification uS such
aids as newspaper clippings and other miscellaneous
informations about different individuals to help
determine geographic origins etc about persons
whose conversations were being tapped _
The Tarasoffs were directly involed in the translation
and transcription of the Oswald conversation, although
the specifics have become dim in Mr Tarasoff' s
memory .
Tarasoff succeeded George Misko _
Tarasoff was never questioned any investigative
agency about the Oswald converaations
Boris Tarasoff thought the conversation was most
likely between Kanstaninov and Oswald and did not
involve Kostikov or Yatskov_ Tarasoff knew no one
by the name of Kostin
Tarasoff presently resides in Guadalajara, Mexico .
William Bright:
Identified by Tarasoff as CIA "contact" between
the station and the translators It is not clear
whether Tarasoff was in the station or in a separate
intercepting unit but it appears that he was
ppobably outside the station_
Bright seemed especially interested when the second
call between Oswald and the Soviet Embassy was
intercepted and Oswald identified
Robert Zambernardi:
Identified by Tarasoff as the photographic expert
at the Mexico City station at: least from September
1963 to November 1963 _
Charles Flick:
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MEXICO CITY uD CIA
ORGANIZATION
The CIA Station was housed at the U.S _ Embassy_ We have been
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able to identify several CIA positions from various
descriptions May I suggest the following skeletal 7
framework as a possible picture of the CIA S organizational
chart for September-October 1963 _
WASHINGTONL MXICO
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CHIEF OF: OPERATIONS
SPECIAL IAFFAIRS ANERICAN EMBASSY
4o {(Desmond Fitzgerald)
STATION CHIEF AMBASSADOR
(Winston Scott)
'LEGAL ATTACHE
Overall responsibility (Clark Anderson) FBI
for CIA activities in Legat" m1
Mexico
DEPUTY
STATION CHIEF
(Warren Dean _
8 later Allen White
Joe: Picolo.. assisted CUBAN AFFAIRS REPORTS OFFICER RUSS IAN AFFAIRS
Phillips; rleplaced (David Phillips] (Herbert Manel:t Barabara Manel Soviet
by Ray Swider 'ASSISTANT
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affairs; assists H_ Manel
Robert Shaw =9 oversaw
Ben jamin Pepper Eastern
Cuban operatives
European 'affairs
CONTACT INTERCEPT UNIT 'CONTACT
CUBAN_EMBASSY (George Monroe)
Ann Goodpasture Bill Bright
2 CIA operatives on e
in the diplomatic selction Robert:: Zambernardi: Boris Tarasoff
one in the administriative (photo expert) Mrs Tarasoff
section.
George Misko (before 10/63)
(Russian translations transcriptions)
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