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CIA COS Richard Welch's Mexico City Travel Plans (1967)

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ACTION:
INFO:
DATE
SETTER
classification
JUNE 19,1967
2315
TO: IMMEDIATE MEXICO COTY
HE ARE MEXICO OTE ORST DO TRACTED
MR. RICHARD WELCH, COS
TRAVELLING ON TOURIST
CARD BUT CARRYING DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT, WILL ARRIVE MEXICO CITY 19
JUNE ON PANAM 452 AT 2017 HORS. MR. WELCH HAND. CARRYING SPECIAL
MATERIAL FOR CURTIS.
ALSO MISHES DISCUSS WITH STATION AND ROWTON
PROPOSAL FOR OPS USE OF LATTER IN
REQUEST STATION MEET,
ESCORT THROUGH CUSTOMS AVD ARRANGE ACCOMMODATION.
HE WILL DEPART
MEXICO CITY 2Ø JUNE ON VISA 781.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Dated 19 June 1967, it is an incoming cable about the travel of Chief of Station Richard Welch, who was to arrive in Mexico City on Pan Am flight 452 and depart the next day on Viasa flight 781.

To meet Welch, escort him through customs, and arrange accommodation. It noted he carried a diplomatic passport (though traveling on a tourist card) and special material for an individual named Curtis, and wished to discuss an operational proposal involving 'Rowton.'

Public-Interest Summary

This declassified CIA document, dated June 19, 1967, is an incoming cable regarding the travel plans of Richard Welch, a Chief of Station. The document details Welch's arrival in Mexico City on June 19, 1967, via Pan Am flight 452, and his scheduled departure on June 20, 1967, via Viasa flight 781. The cable instructs the Mexico City station to facilitate Welch's arrival by meeting him, providing an escort through customs, and arranging accommodations. Welch is noted to be carrying a diplomatic passport despite traveling on a tourist card and is transporting special material intended for an individual named Curtis. Additionally, the document mentions Welch's intent to discuss operational proposals involving an individual named Rowton with the local station staff. The record is part of the JFK Assassination Records collection, processed for FOIA review.