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Cryptonym: PBSWING

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Definition:
U.S. Embassy, consulate, consul general, or official installation.
Status:
Documented
Discussion:
A more open-ended definition than most - it could be described as a shorthand for "US official installation related to embassy business".
Sources:

104-10331-10093: MEMO: ORGANIZATION CRYPTS IN THE JFK FILE

This 1993 CIA document lists various crypts and their definitions. PBSWING is identified as "U.S. Embassy or Official Installation."

104-10335-10001: ARRB REQUEST - CIA-2: BACKGROUND QUESTIONS ON THE COLLECTION

Note ARRB's request #40 to the CIA - KUJUMP - with the explanation below.

104-10335-10001 ARRB REQUEST - CIA-2: BACKGROUND QUESTIONS ON THE COLLECTION

The CIA's response to ARRB request #40: "US Embassy/Consulate/Consul General."

104-10015-10195: CABLE - ALVARADO STORY AFTER TWO INSTALLMENTS TENDS TO PROVE ONLY THAT HE HAS BEEN IN CUBAN EMBASSY AND KNOWS SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES BY SIGHT OR NAME OR BOTH.

Discussions of interrogating Gilberto Alvarado Ugarte references a "PBSWING officer who will contact him morning 28 Nov."

104-10052-10208: REQUEST FOR PROJECT RENEWAL

Thie request for renewal of the LIENVOY surveillance project states that "Chief, PBSWING, Mexico, is the only ODYOKE (U.S.) official in Mexico who is aware of this project..." Chief PBSWING presumably refers to Ambassador Mann.

104-10068-10079: CABLE:NOTE SECOND PICKUP WHICH MADE ON GOM INITIATIVE WITHOUT

This cable states that the second arrest of Sylvia Duran was "made on GOM (Government of Mexico) initiative without prior consultation with Station or PBSWING..."

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