</s>180-1013-10119 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 JFK Assassination System Date: 10/17/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: HSCA HSCA RECORD NUMBER: 180-0113-1019 RECORD SERIES: NUMBERED FILES AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 003362 Document Information ORIGINATOR: HCSA HSCa FROM: ORR, PATRICIA TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: 7 08/05/1977 SUBJECTS: CIA MEXICO CITY HUNT, E. HOWARD DOCUMENT TYPE: MEMORANDUM CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 1A: 1B CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 01/01/2003 OPENING CRITERIA: COMMENTS: CIA 77-4. Box 77. 1 V1 NW 50955 DocId: 32264993 Page 1

Summary: This document is a memorandum dated August 5, 1977, from the CIA Mexico City Station regarding personnel and organizational structure during Lee Harvey Oswald's visit to Mexico City in 1963. It details individuals associated with the CIA station, including David Phillips (Cuban Affairs officer), Winston Scott (station chief), Herbert Manuel (Russian affairs officer), Warren Dean (deputy station chief), and others involved in intercept operations. The text references the Cuban Embassy's telephone intercepts, noting that Phillips was responsible for monitoring Soviet-Cuban communications. It also mentions the role of translators like Boris Tarasoff and George Misko in handling Russian-language conversations. The document includes an organizational chart outlining CIA positions at the Mexico City station, with links to Washington headquarters and the U.S. Embassy. Specific individuals are noted as working under various supervisors, including Clark Anderson (FBI liaison) and Desmond Fitzgerald (CIA operations chief).  

Key People: David Phillips, Winston Scott, Herbert Manuel, Warren Dean, Boris Tarasoff, George Misko, Clark Anderson, Desmond Fitzgerald, Barbara Manel, Robert Shaw, Ann Goodpasture, George Monroe, Joe Piccolo, Raymond Swider, Benjamin Pepper, William Bright, Charles Flick  

Key Locations: Mexico City (CIA Station), U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Washington D.C. (CIA headquarters)  

Key Events: Monitoring of Soviet-Cuban communications at the Cuban Embassy, intercept operations during Oswald's visit, translation and transcription of intercepted conversations, CIA personnel assignments and reporting structures  

Key Organizations: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA), U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, FBI (via Clark Anderson)

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