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104-10054-10285 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (1/1/1963)

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                     Mexico Station  Coverage of Soviet and Cuban Embassies (1963).


                     1.            Coverage:

                        From the time the Mexico Station was opened  in April 1947 until

               the arrival of Mr. Win  Scott as Chief of.Station in 1955, the Station had

               developed a support apparatus to exploit  leads from the Sov' t Embassy in

               Mexico City.  This umbrella type project  (LIPSTI             of multiline

               phone taps, three photographic sites,       i          ance team and  a

               mail intercept operation.

                        Telephone t             were placed by

                                 who was handled by a Station case officer.  The number

               of lines tapped was 1imited only by the availability of a listening  post

               nearby and the availability of langauge  (English, Spanish, Soviet, Polish,

               Czech. etc.) transcribers.  Generally, these were Mexican or Mexican-

               American recruited agents.

                        Three photographic sites were handled by a Station case officer

               assisted by technicians on TDY from Headquarters who advised the Station

               on the best types of cameras, films, and concealment devices.  These

               operations had sub-crypts under project LIPSTICK  (namely: LIMITED, LILYRIC

               and LICALLA).  LIMITED was a fixed site directly opposite the Soviet Em-

               bassy (across the street) which had both a vehicle and a pedestrian en-

               trance.  The gate to the Soviet Embassy was on the norti   ,     pr of  the




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