CIA Mexico City Station Surveillance Media Coverage (1975)
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1104-10012-10050 CABLE SEC DISSEM B PER _ TOTA: COPIES SZI: 2 SE C E T RUN REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED PERSON/UNIT NOTIFIED STAFF ARYANCE COPY ISSUED/SLOTTED ACTION UNIT LAT ACTION • N F FF. FILE. VA: IS 5S4 PECOR CIL OSINT 1 327560 E1A164 PAGE 01 IN 693402 TOR:230013Z SEP 75 MEXI 34115 SEC EY 2222577 SEP 75 STAFF CITE MEXICO CITY 34115 TO: DIRECTOR, CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM Release In Full 1996 REFS: A, DIRECTOR 745609. 8. MEXICO CITY 34105 (N6 93086) • 1. REFERENCES CROSSED. 2• IN MEANWHILE 21 SEPTEMBER NEW YURK TIMES ARRIVED TRATEL PROGRAM ABSTRACT INDEX L/CRU PREPARE FOR FILMING CODE NO. (2, 3) 1P/MB RYBAT REST. CODE CABLE IDEN (11) NFD (0) IP/CRU FOR FILING CIRAR HERE. FY! 21 SEPTEMBER EDITION OF PRESTIGIOUS MEXICO CITY DAILY "EXCELSIOR" CARRIED SUMMARY OF NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE. 3. ACTUALLY "THE NEWS" VERSION IS THE MORE DAMAGING ONE FROM OPERATIONAL AND LOCAL PUBLIC FELATIONS POINTS OF VIEW BECAUSE OF PHRASE "IN THE COURSE OF THE CIA'S ROUTINE MONITORING OF PHONE CALLS TO AND FROM THE SOVIET AND CUBAN for FOIA Review on • EMBASSIES IN MEXICO CITY." 1. SEE REFERENCE B. 4. AT MISSION COUNCIL MEETING 22 SEPTEMBER AMBASSADOR JOVA ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS THAT ANY QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE ABOVE SHOULD BE ANSWERED WITH CHAASE THAT "WE DO NOT CONFIRM. NOV 1976 Document Number 1191-100 DENY OR SPECULATE ON STORIES RELATING TO ALLEGED INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES." AT SAME TIME JOVA ASKED FOLITICAL SECTION TO SEND MESSAGE TO STATE DEPARTMENT REQUESTING GUIDANCE TO ANSWER SE T RECORD COPY 201-0289248 23 Aest 75 13-00000 CABLE SEC DISSEM BY _PER PERSON/UNIT NOTIFIED ARYANCILCOEY INSUROLEL OTTER ACTION UNIT RF. FILE. VR • TOTAL CO LES SE C RUN BY BY AT STAFF 4 5 6 F ACTION # T 327560 E1A164 PAGE Ø2-02 TOR:2300132 SEP 75 IN 693402 MEXI 54115 POSSIBLE QUESTIONS FROM PRESS. 5. FROM WHERE WE SIT. THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ON OPERATIONAL AND EQUITIES ARE OBVIOUS. 6• NO FILE, E2, IMPDET. .... ... ..... 3: =
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Dated 23 September 1975, it addresses local press coverage after a New York Times article — summarized by the Mexico City daily Excelsior — reported the CIA's routine monitoring of telephone calls to and from the Soviet and Cuban embassies in Mexico City.
Ambassador Jova instructed mission staff to neither confirm, deny, nor speculate on the alleged intelligence activities when questioned, and asked the State Department for guidance on handling press inquiries.