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ATE : 400 19 AUG 62 CLASSIFIED MESSAGE SECRET ROUTING: 2 3 6 DIRECTOR

ROM: MEXICO CITY AUG 19 01252 62

CTION: TFW 10

IFO: DDP, CI, CI/OPS, CI/OA, WH 7, S/C 2 ROUTINE

IN 47827 DIR INFO SJAN WAVE CITE MEXI 1743

GYROSE REF DIR 30436 (OUT 66673) 01, 24 1. JEREMY X BENADUM, WHO HANDLES LITEMPO VISA CHANNEL, BELIEVES PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE GET MEXICAN VISA BY APPROACHING MEXICAN CONSUL MIAMI OR SJAN. PROBLEM IS GETTING GOBERNACION VISA PERMIT. GOBERNACION HAS LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF APPLICATIONS STACKED UP ON WHICH ACTION NORMALLY BUROCRATICALLY SLOW ANYWAY AND ON WHICH GOBERNACION DOES NOT REALLY DESIRE TAKE ACTION, BECAUSE OF DANGER CUBANS WILL BECOME PUBLIC CHARGES. BEST CHANCE IS FOR ANY HIGH LEVEL MEXICAN OFFICIAL IN MEXICO CITY FRONT FOR AMBANG-1 AND FOLLOW UP CASE CLOSELY THROUGH GOBERNACION. NEXT BEST CHANCE IF A-1 HAS NO SUCH HIGH LEVEL CONTACT IS TO USE ANY CUBAN FRIEND OF HIS MEXI WHO HAS SUCH HIGH LEVEL MEXICAN CONTACT. THIS IS USUAL METHOD. USE OF STATION LITEMPO CHANNEL WOULD NOT 24. NECESSARILY BURN ODYOKE INTEREST IN A-1 BECAUSE HICH LEVEL GOBERNACION 24 24,01 OFFICIALS SOMETIMES KNOWINGLY USE LITEMPO VISA CHANNEL THEMSELVES 24 FOR "PERSONAL INTEREST CASES AND MIGHT VERY WELL BE USING THE CHANNEL THEMSELVES IN A-1'S CASE. IF BY COINCIDENCE A-1'S CUBAN FRIEND MEXI HAPPENED TO APPROACH THEM. STATION HAS NOT DISCOURAGED SUCH USE 08 08

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CLASSIFIED MESSAGE SECRET PAGE 2 ROUTING 2 3 3 6 IN 47827 MEXI 1743 OF THE CHANNEL BECAUSE IT TENDS TO HELP EVERYONE WHO IN ACT" TO KEEP MOUTHS SHUT AND TO KEEP CHANNEL FROM BEING BRANDED AS : EXCLUSIVELY JODYOΚΣ.] Οι 24 T 2. WOULD BE PREFERABLE FOR A-1 TO ZRY ON HIS OWN AS INDICATED 24 BUT MEXICAN AND WILL ON REQUEST INITIATE AND FOLLOW THROUGH ON ACTION. IMPORTANT THING IS THAT ACTION NOT BE CARRIED ON BY A-1 AND STATION SIMULTANEOUSLY. THERE WILL BE NO NEED FOR STATION TO INTERVENE WITH 24. MEXI CONSUL MIAMI ONCE VISA PERMIT ISSUED IF NO QUESTION A-1 CAN PROVE HIS ABILITY REENTER PBPRIME WITH SOME DOCUMENT. IF SUCH QUESTION 32. ARISES, MEXI CONSUL WILL PROBABLY CONTACT STATION CASE OFFICER 24. CINODACID COVER ROLE ON OWN. IF NOT A-1 CAN SUGGEST CALLING THEIR USUAL ODACID CONTACT MEXI. 3. PLEASE ADVISE.

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