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104-10126-10078 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (06/15/1978)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch72991 and id is 1 raw text is: 104-10126-10078 2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 - June 15, 1978 /sc~9 NOTE FOR The Director FROM Haviland Smith SUBJECT The HSCA Investigation of the Mexico City Station 1. The memorandum from Scott Breckinridge, attached hereto, dated 15 June, addresses only one aspect of our problem with the HSCA. In the fall of this year, the HSCA will prepare a report for the Congress which will be unclassified. There seems every likelihood that this report, whether we are able to contest it successfully either with the Committee or perhaps even in the Courts, will contain sensitive information,.the revelation of which will be very damagin to ou interests in Mexi . Not only will this report. provide evidenc of our uni a eral. intelligence activity in Mexico City, which cactivitiesfare gainst Mexican Law, but it wtil also (contain proof that el q o mens~of the. Mexican Government a : involved in activities which are illegal Lunder .their ow onstitution) The best example of this, but not the only example, is their eTephone tap activity, the evidence from which will be an integral part of the ,-ECA's conclusions. 2. Mexico City is a focal point for Soviet intelligence operations against the continental United States. There is a long, documentable history of Soviet activities base n Mexico being run int our Country. The-relation- ship that we have with th Mexican Security Service is a critical ingredient in our abfTity to protect ourselves against these Soviet intelligence acti- vities You will recall that the Boyce-Lee case was brought to our attention by those elements of the Mexican government. If, as we suspect, the Committee ublishes, the kind information spelled out above, the result on this liaison Fe ationship will be disastrous. It will seriously weaken our ability to protect our country from Soviet intelligence activities. 3. We believe that the issues raised by Chairman Stokes in his letter to you affords an excellent opportunity for you- to under-line to him- some of the problems which are inherent in an ultimate declassification and- publi.ca- tion of the sensitive information they have gleaned: from our files on general intelligence activities in Mexico City. This may not prove to be helpful in dampening the ardor of the HCSA staff, but it most certainly will put them on notice that the course they are taking will have direct repercussions not only on CIA activities in Mexico City, but on our bilateral relations with that country. RETURN TO CIA Background Use Only Do Not ReproduoB

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