· - - - ss I ULII I I nL UUIU fl t f µ_'_ t_· r1r_- EPARTMENT OF STATE ACTION UfJt i i · ' • CMC REARCS U k o PAGE 01 ACTION MEXICO 00468 015492 0818012 5020088 NM 102 INFO OIG 041 SNP 101 J FMP 101 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 08 18422 ACTION INM-00 INFO LOG-00 H-01 OIC-02 SNP-00 050W AID-00 INRE-00 OIG-00 SP-00 AMA0-01 NR-01 OMB-01 55-00 lTOTAL COPIES A0 ARA-00 IO-19 PA-01 TRSE-00 --------r---------011css CG-00 L-00 PM-00 T-01 0818442 R 0817552 JAN 92 FM AMEMBASSY MEXICO TO SECSTATE WASHOC PRIORITY 2075 DEAHQS WASHDC CUSTOMS WASHDC SECDEF 'NASHDC CIA WAS DC • OJ WASHDC OIRIR ONDPC WASHDC INFO USCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PA CINCFORSCO FT MCPHERSON G ALL USCONS MEXICO CONFIDENT I AL I 1EXICO HA-09 NSAE-00 P-01 FMP-00 38 l ----- I MEXICO 00468 E 0 12356 DECL 0 DR TAGS SNAR PREL MARR MX SUBJECT ASSESSMENT OF NOVEMBER REF FBIE-00 ADS-00 PRS-01 USIE-00 0081 7 VERACRUZ INCIDENT 155 CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2 IN DISCUSSION OF IMPLICATIONS FOR U S -MEXICAN COOPERATION OF NOVEMBER 7 INCIDENT REFTEL STATES THAT THE MEXICAN ARMY WAS NOT ALONE IN REACTING NEGATIVELY TO THE INDIRECT INVOLVEMENT OF THE U 5 CUSTOMS SERVICE •· LEST THERE BE ANY MISUNDERSTANDING NO CRITICISM WAS INTENDED BY THIS EMBASSY OF THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE CUSTOMS SERVICE IN THE INCIDENT OR BEFORE OR AFTER IT MEXICAN OFFICIALS FULLY UNDERSTOOD THAT U S CUSTOMS AIRCRAFT CREWS HAO ACTED ENTIRELY PROPERLY AT ALL TIMES ANO IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARD OPERATING ARRANGEMENTS MOREOVER CUSTOMS INFRARED TAPES AND PHOTOS WERE OF CONSIDERABLE VALUE TO MEXIC i N NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IN INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT -- A CONTRIBUTION WHICH WAS SPECIFICALLY ANO WARMLY ACKNOWLEDGED BY CNDH PRESIDENT JORGE CARPIZO t ' C a_ 3 AS IS NOTED ELSEWHERE IN REFTEL MEXICAN Ser ABOUT U S INVOLVEMENT IN ANTI-NARCOTICS ACTIVITIES IN Z Z' THIS COUNTRY WERE AROUSED BY OTHER FACTORS RELATED TO jjCC NOVEMBER 7 INCIDENT A BY PRESS LEAi' S IN U S BOUT THE 3 rn i j INCIDENT AND 8 BY NATION L ISTIC RE CTIOMS Ihl PRESS t ND _ 'O g g _fg CONGRESS TO THE FACT THAT u 5 AI RCA AFT APPEARED TO BE 0 0 0 INVOLVED ON THEIR OWN IN SURVEILLANCE OPERATIOtJS Il'-1 __ _ MEX IC N TERRITORY THE Ft CT THJ T THESE OPER TIOr-is · · ·EPE cc Ci REFULLY AND CLOSELY COOR • Ir-SATED WI TH THE GOr _ t r S fJOT HIGHLIGHTED NO NOT IMMEDI'•TELY EVIDENT T 0 THE PUBLIC 1 PRESS COMMEr• T HAS NO-M ALMOST COMPLETELY SUBSIDED f 110 · •E W BELIEV THE 'l'J G TI'✓ E RC '-CTlOtl' CITED t-6C 'f _ '· c ·- - _ _ - •i - -E - - c- _ - 111 ' •·· i ' · ' - - -- --- _ ___·· ' - JR i0L' i --_ ' ' ' ' C