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104-10103-10024 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (03/22/1977)

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                                                            22 March 1977


              MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD


              SUBJECT:    1963-1964 Miami Station Action to Aid
                          USG Investigation of the Murder of John
                          F. Kennedy


              Basis for My Knowledge About This. Topic

                   1.   I served from 29 March 1962 to 20 August 1966 in
              the Foreign Intelligence Branch of the Miami Station. Duties
              included handling a certain number of Cuban exiles resident
              in Miami used to support FI operations into Cuba. I also kept
              up loose contact with other Cuban exiles who were considered
              informants on specialized aspects of Cuban affairs and Cuban
              exile affairs. My duties also included working very closely
              with the Station Covert Action Branch and less.closely with
              the[ounterintelligence  and Paramilitary Branches.   had
              irregular contact with the Station Security Offi e?

              Locating Agency Records ;of Miami Station Action to Help
              Investigate the John F. Kennedy Murder

                   2.   During March 1962 to mid-1964 communications security
             between  Hqs. and the Miami Station was not always good. Hqs.
             Cuban  Task Force senior and middle grade officers often used
             the  telephone to communicate requests to the Miami Station or
             to  check on developing   operations. The feeling at Headquarters
             was  that the double-talked conversations were fairly safe be-
             cause  they were flowing by- land lines and were therefore not
             subject  to ELINT/COMINT collection.In 1964 there was a crack-
             down on  telecons between Hqs' and the Miami Station. I believe
             this was  at Station Chief Theodore G. Shackley's request. One
             reason  for reducing telecons was security and the other reason
             was  that Headquarers officers were not always careful to fol-
             low  their telecons with a cable or dispatch for the record. I
             describe  this communication situation because it is quite pos-
             sible  that immediately following the Kennedy murder Headquarters
             may have  phoned requiredments to COS, Miami and Miami Station's
             Office  of Security to conduct investigations and then failed
             to  follow up with cables for the record.

                   3.   From mid-April 1962 until shortly after Mr. Shackley's
             departure  PCS in.the spring of 1965 the Miami Station sent Hqs.
             a situation  report by cable at the end of each work day. Each
             operating  and administrative component of the Station contributed
             to  this SITREP, which was produced with specific topical sections
             about developments  at the Station, in Cuba, in intelligence
             reporting  and in operations under way.Occasionally the SITREP
             would report  results of investigations conducted by Station


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