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104-10301-10010 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (01/01/1964)

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2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

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with a limited nuber of people. We believe the direction of the
station is of high caliber, but not all the station effort is
carefU1lly directed at priority targets. Under current personnel
ceilings, there is little hope of inreasing the maIoVer avail..
able for this critical effort. Thus, both IesdWA&rters and the
station maust ereftlUy place eqhasis on assignment of priorities
and upon selective execution of the activities to meet those
priorities.
Orznisation for Operations

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6. Mexico City is the only direct air link which Cuba has
with the Western Imisphere. It is the mjo transit point for
all air travel to and from Cuba. 1za- imately 150 persons per
week travel each way to end from Ravana via Mexico City. This
fact plays a prime role        lag the station's operational activi-
ca    ties. Fbr exeale, over          cent of the station's FI reporting
J    on Cuban activities in          year dealt with travel, both Cuban
and non-Cbn     ewe     ainewaan..

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5. The 3hxlco City Station g'roaahes the elassi type rtation
in opportunities and in operations. It has highmlevel
operations, unilateral operations, Joint operations with the host
Sovernment, and Soviet t Satellite, Cuban, and indigenous CCOUinst
Party operations. It'     local collaborative limion with other
U.5. agencies: the State Department, the Federal Bureau of Investi-
gation, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service and the military.
To aecomplish this wide range of tasks, the station is      sed
into the Soviet Branch, Cuban Branch, Satellite hrmnch, Q art
Action Branch, Coamnomist Party Branch, and an operational catch-all
which is called the Operational Support Branch. rhis latter
branch is headed by a senior operations officer who has two assist.
ants, but the branch in reality is an extension of the chief of
station's personal clandestine capabilities, giving force and
effect to that facet of the chief of station's personality   an
operator. The deputy chief of station, in addition to his admin-
istrative duties, also personally handls the operations of three
projects.

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