CABLE TO FBIS PANAMA CZ FROM FBIS WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00770R000100100070-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 12, 2013
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: April 25, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

Declassified and Approved For Release @50-Yr 2013/12/12 : CIA-RDP81-00770R000100100070-2
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REF CASTELLANE'S P242130, INFORMEX: ACCORDING TO MOS RECORDS INFORMEX
ORIGINALLY WAS SET UP TO SERVE DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND HAS AT TIMES
USED PREAMBLE: "ENV/0 ESPECIAL DE INFORMEX, LA PRIMERA AGENCIA NOTICIOSA
MEXICANA PARA LAS EMBAJADAS DE MEXICO." AT OTHER TIMES IT HAS BEEN
REPORTED THAT ONLY CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THEIR TRANSMISSIONS WERE
DESIGNATED AS BEING DIPLOMATIC. AS RECENTLY AS LAST JUNE, USIS WAS
OFFICIALLY TOLD THAT THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT PLANNED TO INAUGURATE
RADIOTELETYPE NEWS SERVICE TO ALL MEXICAN DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS "IN
COOPERATION WITH INFORMEX."
IF FEASIBLE, EXPLORATION OF PREAMBLES TO ALL TRANSMISSIONS MAY SHED
FURTHER LIGHT ON THIS. MEANWHILE CONCUR IN SOURCELINE MEXICO CITY
INFORMEX IN SPANISH. 25/1631Z APR
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Declassified and Approved For Release @50-Yr 2013/12/12 : CIA-RDP81-00770R000100100070-2