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[[Winston M. Scott]] was station chief from 1965 to 1969.
 
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In 1981 Covert Action Information Bulletin reproted that "the former CIA Chief of Station [[Thomas Polgar]] had been replaced by [[Lawrence Melvin Sternfield]]. Recently, on November 25, 1980, Excelsior, a leading Mexico City daily, noted that Sternfield had departed and was replaced as Chef of Station by [[Stewart D. Burton]], who arrived there in October 1978 and took over as CoS when Sternfield departed. Burton’s biography appears in “Dirty Work: The CIA in Western Europe,” which notes his lengthy service, with postings in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Aregentina; Curitiba, Brazil; Georgetown, British Guiana; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Lima, Peru; Santiago, Chile; and Brasilia, Brazil; before his move to Mexico.
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According to Excelsior’s well-informed columnist, Manuel Buendia, Burton was “sent to Mexico by George Bush with special orders to carry out several dynamitings, kidnappings, and finally the necessary murders.” The article states that the U.S. has a total of some 450 staff members at the Mexico City Embassy and in eleven consular offices throughout the country, making it certain that Burton at present is overseeing a very large CIA Station."<ref>Special Technology Issue by Covert Action Information Bulletin, No 9 (Jun 1980)  https://archive.org/details/cia-rdp-90-00845-r-000100190004-3/page/42/mode/2up</ref>
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Revision as of 05:47, 13 November 2024

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LocationMexico City, Mexico
The CIA station in Mexico

Winston M. Scott was station chief from 1965 to 1969.


People

In 1981 Covert Action Information Bulletin reproted that "the former CIA Chief of Station Thomas Polgar had been replaced by Lawrence Melvin Sternfield. Recently, on November 25, 1980, Excelsior, a leading Mexico City daily, noted that Sternfield had departed and was replaced as Chef of Station by Stewart D. Burton, who arrived there in October 1978 and took over as CoS when Sternfield departed. Burton’s biography appears in “Dirty Work: The CIA in Western Europe,” which notes his lengthy service, with postings in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Aregentina; Curitiba, Brazil; Georgetown, British Guiana; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Lima, Peru; Santiago, Chile; and Brasilia, Brazil; before his move to Mexico.

According to Excelsior’s well-informed columnist, Manuel Buendia, Burton was “sent to Mexico by George Bush with special orders to carry out several dynamitings, kidnappings, and finally the necessary murders.” The article states that the U.S. has a total of some 450 staff members at the Mexico City Embassy and in eleven consular offices throughout the country, making it certain that Burton at present is overseeing a very large CIA Station."[1]


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References

  1. Special Technology Issue by Covert Action Information Bulletin, No 9 (Jun 1980) https://archive.org/details/cia-rdp-90-00845-r-000100190004-3/page/42/mode/2up


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