Dyer, George B., and Charlotte L. Dyer. "Century of Strategic Intelligence
Reporting: Mexico, 1822-1919." Geographical Review 44 (Jan.
1954): 49- 69. [Petersen]
Dyer, George B., and Charlotte L. Dyer. "Century of Strategic Intelligence
Reporting: Mexico, 1822-1919." Geographical Review 44 (Jan.
1954): 49- 69. [Petersen]
Harris, Charles H., and Louis R. Sadler. The Archaeologist Was a Spy: Sylvannus G. Morley and the Office of Naval Intelligence. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2003.
Peake, Studies in Intelligence 47.3, notes that Sylvannus Morley "was a 33-year-old Harvard-trained archaeologist studying the Mayan civilization in Mexico and Central America" when in 1917 he proposed "to the Office of Naval Intelligence that he and a group of colleagues serve as agents in Central America." They were "to provide data on German, and later Japanese, efforts to establish submarine bases in the region.... The authors deal in some detail with ONI organizational problems, agent communications, relationships with American firms in the area, and the problems of maintaining cover when suspected of being spies." This work "gives long overdue recognition to some able agents and expands the public record on ONI World War I operations. It is well documented with copies of Morley reports and primary source citations."
For Brooks, NIPQ 19.3, the authors have clearly documented Morley's work with ONI, providing "almost day-to-day accounts of his exploits." Beyond that, however, they "have made an even greater contribution to the history of ONI by obtaining the declassification of ONI records of the World War I era which document the far-flung nature of ONI agent operations."
Harris, Charles H., III, and Louis R. Sadler. The Border and the Revolution: Clandestine Activities of the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920. Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 1988. [pb]
Surveillant 1.3 notes that the authors' thesis is "that the modern American intelligence community began during the period of the Mexican Revolution."
Archer, I&NS 7.3, comments that the chapters here were first published as separate essays, a fact made clear by the episodic nature of the book. This is not a comprehensive study of clandestine activities along the U.S.-Mexican border in the second decade of the 20th century. There is research here from previously unexplored sources, but the work "does not change major interpretations of the Mexican Revolution."
Horton, John. "Mexico, The Way of Iran?" International Journal
of Intelligence and Counterintelligence 1, no. 2 (1986): 91-101.
Jordan, Mary. "Former Spy Chief Arrested in Mexican 'Dirty War' Case." Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2004, A1. [http://www.washingtonpost.com]
On 18 February 2004, Miguel Nazar Haro, onetime domestic spy chief as director of the now disbanded Federal Security Directorate, was "arrested for crimes committed during what was known as Mexico's 'dirty war' in the 1970s and 1980s.
Leroy, Christophe. "Mexican Intelligence at a Crossroad." SAIS Review 24, no. 1 (Winter-Spring 2004): 107-130.
Mahoney, Harry Thayer, and Marjorie Locke. Espionage in Mexico: The 20th Century. Bethesda, MD: Austin & Winfield, 1997.
Miller, IJI&C 10.3, is quite enthusiastic about the Mahoneys' work. He finds that the authors know their subject and know how to tell a story about an interesting subject. American, German, Japanese, and Russian intelligence efforts are all chronicled.
Mahoney, Harry Thayer, and Marjorie Locke Mahoney. Mexico and the Confederacy, 1860-1867. Bethesda, MD: Austin & Winfield, 1998.
Anderson, Intelligencer 9.1, found this "small [219 pages], well organized book ... most interesting." Although it is not focused on intelligence, the book "has a modest number of intelligence references.... Of particular interest,... is a discussion of the active and effective role of Union agents in New Orleans.... The most intriguing intelligence vignette is about ... Loreta Velasquez."
Moore, Molly. "Spy Network Stuns Mexicans: Raid Opens Door to Exposure
of Government Snooping." Washington Post, 13 Apr. 1998, A1.
[http://www. washingtonpost.com]
A Mexican senator has exposed a large government electronic eavesdropping operation in the southern Mexican city of Campeche. The bugging was directed against Mexican citizens, political foes of the government, and prominent business leaders. "In recent weeks, more than a dozen other alleged examples of government [internal] espionage have been uncovered across the country."
Paz, Maria Emilia. Strategy, Security, and Spies: Mexico and the U.S. as Allies in World War II. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 1997.
Kolb, H-PCAACA, H-Net Reviews, Jun. 1998 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu], finds this a "compelling and unique analysis." The book includes chapters on "Axis Intelligence Activities in Mexico" and "U.S. Counterintelligence in Mexico," which represent an "extremely valuable syntheses of German and Japanese intelligence operations and espionage networks. Based on declassified primary documents [in Mexico and the United States], these chapters add immeasurably to earlier treatments." The reviewer notes that it would have been useful to have had similar treatment for the Italian components of the wartime intelligence picture.
For Randell, I&NS 14.3, the author has produced "a well-researched, highly detailed and carefully analyzed account of the strategic aspects of the Mexico-United States bilateral relationship during World War II." Nevertheless, "[t]here is little here on actual intelligence or spy activity."
Valero, IJI&C 13.1, calls this "an enlightening and well-crafted account" that fills "several major gaps in the literature on the history of intelligence and U.S.-Mexico relations.... Maria Paz has effectively examined the diplomatic, military, economic, cultural, and intelligence dimensions of the U.S.-Mexico wartime alliance."
This work also gets a highly positive review ("important work," "outstanding research," "important new insights," and "delight to read") from Schuler, Hispanic American Historical Review, Aug. 1999.
Raat, William Dirk. "The Diplomacy of Suppression: Los Revoltosos, Mexico, and the United States, 1906-1911." Hispanic American Historical Review 56, no. 4 (1976): 529-550.
Calder: "Suggests that an espionage system was established by the US and Mexico to counter the activities of Los Revoltosos aimed at overthrowing President Diaz."
Raat, William Dirk. "U.S. Intelligence Operations and Covert Action in Mexico, 1900-1947." Journal of Contemporary History 22, no. 4 (Oct. 1987): 615-638.
Includes activities by the FBI, OSS, and the State Department.
Smith, Michael M. "The Mexican Secret Service in the United States, 1910-1920." The Americas 59, no. 1 (Jul. 2002): 65-85.
Sullivan, Kevin, and Mary Jordan.
1. "Mexico Returns Diplomat to Cuba." Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2000, A22.
On 4 October 2000, the Mexican government deported to Cuba an asylum-seeking Cuban diplomat, Pedro Riera Escalante, "who claimed that his true job for more 20 years was to spy" on the CIA.
2. "U.S. Tells Mexico to Protect Ex-Spy." Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2000, A22.
A 5 October 2000 statement by the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City "declared ... that the Mexican government has a 'special responsibility' to ensure the safety" of Pedro Riera Escalante who was deprted to Cuba after seeking political asylum in Mexico.
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