SET FORTH IS A MEMORANDUM DATED MAY 7 DISSEMINATED BY
THE LEGAL ATTACHE AT BRASILIA TO MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY
WATCH COMMITTEE. HE HAS AUTHORIZED RELEASE OF THIS
INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT: QUOTE ALLEGED
RESIDENCE OF SEVEN BLACK SEPTEMBER MEMBERS AT EGYPTIAN
EMBASSY AT QUITO, ECUADOR. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
WHICH WAS RECEIVED FROM A SOURCE WITH WHOM CONTACT HAS
BEEN TOO LIMITED TO DETERMINE HIS RELIABILITY IS
FURNISHED FOR YOUR INFORMATION. ALSO THE DATA SET
FORTH BELOW IS BASICALLY HEARSAY BUT IT IS FELT THAT
IT MAY BE SIGNIFICANT IN VIEW OF THE ALLEGED FORTHCOMING
TRAVEL BY SECRETARY OF STATE WILLIAM P. ROGERS: AN
UNIDENTIFIED ATTRACTIVE ARGENTINE FEMALE IN HER LATE
TWENTIES OR EARLY THIRTIES WHO IS ALLEGEDLY EMPLOYED
BY A BRITISH FIRM AS ITS TRAVELING REPRESENTATIVE IN
SOUTH AMERICA REVEALED THE FOLLOWING TO THE SOURCE:
DURING HER STAY IN QUITO, ECUADOR, ABOUT SIX WEEKS
AGO SHE MET AN EGYPTIAN MALE WHO CLAIMED HE WAS ASSIGNED
TO THE EGYPTIAN EMBASSY IN QUITO, ECUADOR. DURING THE
LATTER' S CONVERSATION WITH THE FEMALE ARGENTINE, THE
EGYPTIAN DISCLOSED THAT THERE WERE SEVEN BLACK SEPTEMBER
MEMBERS CLANDESTINELY RESIDING WITHIN THE EGYPTIAN
EMBASSY IN QUITO. THE SOURCE HAD NO ADDITIONAL DATA, HAD
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NOT PREVIOUSLY KNOWN THE AFOREMENTIONED FEMALE
ARGENTINE AND PROBABLY WOULD NEVER SEE HER AGAIN.
END QUOTE
ROUNICO 2891). HOWEVER, AGREEMENT
FOR POSITIVE ACTION HAS NOT YET BEEN ACHIEVED.
C. THAT PART OF THE CUSTOMS- TO- CUSTOMS PROGRAM
DEALING WITH AIRCRAFT AND AIR- TO- GROUND COMMUNICATIONS
EQUIPMENT WAS SUBJECT OF ACTIVE DISCUSSION DURING APRIL.
WASHINGTON HAS APPROVED THE EMBASSY' S RECOMMENDATION FOR
USG ASSISTANCE IN THIS REGARD. THE EXACT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT
TO BE PROVIDED ALONG WITH TERMS OF AGREEMENT AND
EXTENT OF GOM FINANCIAL COMMITMENT REMAIN TO BE
NEGOTIATED.
D. TWO RESEARCH STUDY PROJECTS OF SOME INTEREST
TO USG ARE BEING DISCUSSED WITH THE MEXICAN CENTER FOR
STUDY OF DRUG DEPENDENCY ( CEMEF); (1) AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL
STUDY ( MEXICO 2680 AND 2868) AND (2) A STUDY ON CHRONIC
MARIJUANA USE IN MEXICO ( MEXICO 2680 AND A-186). THE
EMBASSY NARCOTICS COMMITTEE WOULD GIVE PREFERENCE TO THE
FIRST OF THESE TWO. ADDITIONALLY, WASHINGTON APPROVED THE
COMMITTEE' S RECOMMENDATION FOR US LIBRARY MATERIALS TO
BE PROVIDED TO CEMEF DURING FY 74. ( MEXICO 2894).
E. A DAO OFFICER VISITED NUEVO LAREDO AND PUBLISHED
A REPORT ( IR 6-864-0061-72) INDICATING " MINIMAL" MILITARY
PARTICIPATION AGAINST THE NARCOTICS TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA.
A MEXICAN ARMY OFFICER DESCRIBED THIS IMPORTANT BORDER
TOWN AS HAVING NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING FOR ITS MAIN INDUSTRY
IN WHICH CORRUPTION WAS RAMPANT AND IN WHICH ALMOST
EVERYONE PARTICIPATED.
F. WE HAVE NOT YET HAD A REPLY TO MEXICO 1536
OF MARCH 8 CONCERNING OUR SUGGESTION FOR INDIRECT ACCESS
TO CADPIN SYSTEM.
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G. BNDD REPORTS THAT THE USE OF HELICOPTERS
RECENTLY TURNED OVER TO THE GOM BY THE USG, ALONG
WITH OTHER EQUIPMENT, MEXICAN FEDERAL POLICE ( MFJP)
AND MEXICAN ARMY UNITS DESTROYED AN AVERAGE OF TEN
OPIUM FIELDS AND 50 TONS OF MARIJUANA DAILY DURING APRIL.
H. A NEW SANITARY CODE, CONTAINING REVISED REGULA-
TIONS REGARDING NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS, CAME INTO
EFFECT APRIL 12 ( MEXICO A-208 OF APRIL 30).
3. ENFORCEMENT
A. ONE KILOGRAM OF HEROIN WAS FOUND IN THE PURSES
OF JUANA ACOSTA SALOMON AND HER MOTHER ON APRIL 7, WHEN
BNDD AGENTS AND FEDERAL POLICE IN HERMOSILLO EFFECTED A
SEARCH OF PASSENGERS ON A TRAIN FROM SINALOA TO NOGALES,
ARIZONA. INTERROGATION INDICATED THESE COURIERS HAD BEEN
PROVIDING ONE KILO OF HEROIN A MONTH TO AN UNIDENTIFIED
TRAFFICKER IN LOS ANGELES.
B. JOINT ACTION BY BNDD AND MEXICAN FEDERAL POLICE
LED TO THE ARREST OF US CUSTOMS FUGITIVE ALFRED MELVIN
FELDSTEIN ( AKA: WEBB) IN POSSESSION OF FOUR AND A HALF
KILOS OF COCAINE IN MEXICO CITY ( BNDD/ MEXICO 306).
C. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY US CUSTOMS TO BNDD
GUADALAJARA LED TO THE ARREST OF TEXAS STATE AND US FEDERAL
FUGITIVE SAMUEL VALE ( AKA: WASSERMAN) BY MEXICAN AUTHORITIES.
TWO MEXICAN NATIONALS WERE ALSO ARRESTED. ONE AND A
HALF TONS OF MARIJUANA AND ONE OUNCE OF HEROIN WERE
SEIZED AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF WEAPONS ( BNDD MEXICO 308).
CONFIDENTIAL
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*** Current Handling Restrictions *** LIMDIS
*** Current Classification *** SECRET
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SECRET
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ACTION SY-02
INFO OCT-01 ARA-08 ADP-00 INRE-00 CIAE-00 SS-15 OPR-01
SSO-00 CCO-00 RSC-01 RSR-01 /029 W
--------------------- 006824
R 081810 Z MAY 73
FM AMEMBASSY BRASILIA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 7545
S E C R E T BRASILIA 2704
LIMDIS
E. O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: ASEC
SUBJECT: ALLEGED RESIDENCE OF SEVEN BLACK SEPTEMBER MEMBERS
IN QUITO
SET FORTH IS A MEMORANDUM DATED MAY 7 DISSEMINATED BY
THE LEGAL ATTACHE AT BRASILIA TO MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY
WATCH COMMITTEE. HE HAS AUTHORIZED RELEASE OF THIS
INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT: QUOTE ALLEGED
RESIDENCE OF SEVEN BLACK SEPTEMBER MEMBERS AT EGYPTIAN
EMBASSY AT QUITO, ECUADOR. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
WHICH WAS RECEIVED FROM A SOURCE WITH WHOM CONTACT HAS
BEEN TOO LIMITED TO DETERMINE HIS RELIABILITY IS
FURNISHED FOR YOUR INFORMATION. ALSO THE DATA SET
FORTH BELOW IS BASICALLY HEARSAY BUT IT IS FELT THAT
IT MAY BE SIGNIFICANT IN VIEW OF THE ALLEGED FORTHCOMING
TRAVEL BY SECRETARY OF STATE WILLIAM P. ROGERS: AN
UNIDENTIFIED ATTRACTIVE ARGENTINE FEMALE IN HER LATE
TWENTIES OR EARLY THIRTIES WHO IS ALLEGEDLY EMPLOYED
BY A BRITISH FIRM AS ITS TRAVELING REPRESENTATIVE IN
SOUTH AMERICA REVEALED THE FOLLOWING TO THE SOURCE:
DURING HER STAY IN QUITO, ECUADOR, ABOUT SIX WEEKS
AGO SHE MET AN EGYPTIAN MALE WHO CLAIMED HE WAS ASSIGNED
TO THE EGYPTIAN EMBASSY IN QUITO, ECUADOR. DURING THE
LATTER' S CONVERSATION WITH THE FEMALE ARGENTINE, THE
EGYPTIAN DISCLOSED THAT THERE WERE SEVEN BLACK SEPTEMBER
MEMBERS CLANDESTINELY RESIDING WITHIN THE EGYPTIAN
EMBASSY IN QUITO. THE SOURCE HAD NO ADDITIONAL DATA, HAD
SECRET
SECRET
PAGE 02 BRASIL 02704 081828 Z
NOT PREVIOUSLY KNOWN THE AFOREMENTIONED FEMALE
ARGENTINE AND PROBABLY WOULD NEVER SEE HER AGAIN.
END QUOTE
ROUNICO 2891). HOWEVER, AGREEMENT
FOR POSITIVE ACTION HAS NOT YET BEEN ACHIEVED.
C. THAT PART OF THE CUSTOMS- TO- CUSTOMS PROGRAM
DEALING WITH AIRCRAFT AND AIR- TO- GROUND COMMUNICATIONS
EQUIPMENT WAS SUBJECT OF ACTIVE DISCUSSION DURING APRIL.
WASHINGTON HAS APPROVED THE EMBASSY' S RECOMMENDATION FOR
USG ASSISTANCE IN THIS REGARD. THE EXACT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT
TO BE PROVIDED ALONG WITH TERMS OF AGREEMENT AND
EXTENT OF GOM FINANCIAL COMMITMENT REMAIN TO BE
NEGOTIATED.
D. TWO RESEARCH STUDY PROJECTS OF SOME INTEREST
TO USG ARE BEING DISCUSSED WITH THE MEXICAN CENTER FOR
STUDY OF DRUG DEPENDENCY ( CEMEF); (1) AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL
STUDY ( MEXICO 2680 AND 2868) AND (2) A STUDY ON CHRONIC
MARIJUANA USE IN MEXICO ( MEXICO 2680 AND A-186). THE
EMBASSY NARCOTICS COMMITTEE WOULD GIVE PREFERENCE TO THE
FIRST OF THESE TWO. ADDITIONALLY, WASHINGTON APPROVED THE
COMMITTEE' S RECOMMENDATION FOR US LIBRARY MATERIALS TO
BE PROVIDED TO CEMEF DURING FY 74. ( MEXICO 2894).
E. A DAO OFFICER VISITED NUEVO LAREDO AND PUBLISHED
A REPORT ( IR 6-864-0061-72) INDICATING " MINIMAL" MILITARY
PARTICIPATION AGAINST THE NARCOTICS TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA.
A MEXICAN ARMY OFFICER DESCRIBED THIS IMPORTANT BORDER
TOWN AS HAVING NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING FOR ITS MAIN INDUSTRY
IN WHICH CORRUPTION WAS RAMPANT AND IN WHICH ALMOST
EVERYONE PARTICIPATED.
F. WE HAVE NOT YET HAD A REPLY TO MEXICO 1536
OF MARCH 8 CONCERNING OUR SUGGESTION FOR INDIRECT ACCESS
TO CADPIN SYSTEM.
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
PAGE 03 MEXICO 03166 01 OF 02 082129 Z
G. BNDD REPORTS THAT THE USE OF HELICOPTERS
RECENTLY TURNED OVER TO THE GOM BY THE USG, ALONG
WITH OTHER EQUIPMENT, MEXICAN FEDERAL POLICE ( MFJP)
AND MEXICAN ARMY UNITS DESTROYED AN AVERAGE OF TEN
OPIUM FIELDS AND 50 TONS OF MARIJUANA DAILY DURING APRIL.
H. A NEW SANITARY CODE, CONTAINING REVISED REGULA-
TIONS REGARDING NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS, CAME INTO
EFFECT APRIL 12 ( MEXICO A-208 OF APRIL 30).
3. ENFORCEMENT
A. ONE KILOGRAM OF HEROIN WAS FOUND IN THE PURSES
OF JUANA ACOSTA SALOMON AND HER MOTHER ON APRIL 7, WHEN
BNDD AGENTS AND FEDERAL POLICE IN HERMOSILLO EFFECTED A
SEARCH OF PASSENGERS ON A TRAIN FROM SINALOA TO NOGALES,
ARIZONA. INTERROGATION INDICATED THESE COURIERS HAD BEEN
PROVIDING ONE KILO OF HEROIN A MONTH TO AN UNIDENTIFIED
TRAFFICKER IN LOS ANGELES.
B. JOINT ACTION BY BNDD AND MEXICAN FEDERAL POLICE
LED TO THE ARREST OF US CUSTOMS FUGITIVE ALFRED MELVIN
FELDSTEIN ( AKA: WEBB) IN POSSESSION OF FOUR AND A HALF
KILOS OF COCAINE IN MEXICO CITY ( BNDD/ MEXICO 306).
C. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY US CUSTOMS TO BNDD
GUADALAJARA LED TO THE ARREST OF TEXAS STATE AND US FEDERAL
FUGITIVE SAMUEL VALE ( AKA: WASSERMAN) BY MEXICAN AUTHORITIES.
TWO MEXICAN NATIONALS WERE ALSO ARRESTED. ONE AND A
HALF TONS OF MARIJUANA AND ONE OUNCE OF HEROIN WERE
SEIZED AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF WEAPONS ( BNDD MEXICO 308).
CONFIDENTIAL
NMAFVVZCZ
*** Current Handling Restrictions *** LIMDIS
*** Current Classification *** SECRET