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CIA Technical Services Division Requests a Genuine Mexican Tourist Card, 1963
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TSD, the CIA's Technical Services Division, was the Agency's disguise and forgery unit; it requested a genuine Mexican tourist card with a current airline arrival stamp to use as a template for manufacturing convincing false travel documents.
It was released by Seymour Russell, Chief of the Technical Services Division, coordinated with officers in the Mexico City station and TSD's Support Operations Branch.