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104-10086-10009 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (01/01/1963)

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              Mexico Station Coverage of Soviet  and Cuban Embassies (1963)


              1.            Coverage:

                 From the time the Mexico Station was opened               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 Soviet Embassy in

        Mexico City.  This umbrella type project (LIPSTIC         ted of multiline
        phone taps, three photographic sites, a mo           lance  team and a

        mail intercept operation.

                 Telephone taps (LIFEA        placed by an employee of the local
        telephone company ww            d by a Station case officer.  The number

        of lines tapped wa %-N  ted 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 northwest corner of the




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