Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992FILE TITLE/REPORT/VOLUME: KDPADGER Vol VIOperationsINCLUSIVE DATES: 3 Jan 1962-19 Dec 1963CUSTODIAL UNIT/LOCATION: L9IDDOROOM: 3034DELETIONS, IF ANY:| DATE RECEIVED | DATE RETURNED | REVIEWED BY (PRINT NAME) | SIGNATURE OF REVIEWING OFFICIAL || :-----------: | :-----------: | :----------------------: | :-----------------------------: ||    26.6.78    |    6/26/28    |       D. HARDWAY ,       |           Dan Hardway           ||    6/27/28    |               |        D. Hardway        |            D Hardway            ||  26 JUL 1378  |               |         HARDWAY          |             Handway             ||  27 JULY 28   |               |       DAN HARDWAY        |           Dan Handway           ||   15-06-98    |               |         HAROWAY          |             Handway             ||   11/20/28    |               |          SENDE           |                                 |IS MAY BE COPIED OR REMOVED FROM THIS FILE.> [Figure: A handwritten note overlaid on the document, reading 'Leder -7.']> [Figure: A label on the right margin reads "KDBADGER 50-6-75/3 LIENVOY OPERATIONS JANUARY 1962 - DECEMBER 1963 VOL OPERATIONS"]
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CONFIDENTIALNOTICETHIS FILE HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND RETIRED. **DO NOT**ADD ANY DOCUMENTS TO THIS FOLDER. FORWARD CSDOCUMENTS THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS FOLDERTO IP/RPU GE-58.NOTICECONFIDENTIALFORM 2593
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# DISPATCHCLASSIFICATIONSECRETTO:Chief, WE DivisionINFO:Chief, GR Division:FROM:Chief of Station, Mexico CitySUBJECT:LCIMPROVE/LIENVOY - Terro de WANSTRAM or WANSTROHM (phonetic)ACTION REQUIRED REFERENCES1. Forwarded under separate cover as Attachment A are two LIENVOY transcripts of 12 November 1963 and two LIENVOY transcripts of 13 November 1963 which Headquarters may consider for transmittal to Station Stockholm.2. Forwarded under separate cover as Attachment B is a photograph of an unidentified male (who was accompanied by an unidentified female whose photograph the Station asset did not obtain) who visited the Soviet Embassy at 1400 hours on 12 November 1963. The Station believes this male is identical with Subject since the male in the photograph is the only unidentified male who was also accompanied by a woman and, secondly, this male appears to be a nordic type. The Station recognizes, however, that Subject may have only claimed to be a Swede for cover purposes.3. The following is the comment made by Douglas J. FEINGLASS, the Station's LIEINOY translator, concerning Attachment A:"The exact spelling of this name could not be determined. He started by saying that it is - W - A - N.. and then stopped, emphasizing the two dots above A. It is very strange that he, belng, a Swede dld not seek the aid of his Swedish Consulate, but applied to the Coviet Na-bassy and asked for a man, whom he met by chance (?) in a restaurant. Cut stronger still is the response of the Embassy officials, who went out of their way to find a chip for him. Usually requests of this nature are brushed aside and quite often in a very rude manner. Judging from his non-British accent and almost flawless English, he rust have lived in the United States or Canada for quite some time." (The Station PEDWOOD officer agrees with FEIIGLASS comment regarding the usual reluctance of Soviet Embassy officials to help in a matter of this type.)4. Station Mexico has no record of any member of the Soviet Embassy travelling to Oaxaca during this period.5. Station Mexico has no traces on Subject.WH w/att A & B (u's/c)L-SR w/att A & B (u s/c)CROSS REFERENCE TO: T SR/CI/ACS COPYMulland Curtis19 December 1963DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBERHQS'A-22630CLASSIFICATIONSECRETHQS FILE NUMBERUnknown
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# DISPATCHChief, WhChief of Station, Mexico CityLIENVOY-8 C-78004 OA 17 Oct 1959Reference:A. HMMW-12027 dated 23 Oct 1963B. HMMA-21331 dated 10 May 1963C. HMMA-20408 dated 19 December 19631. Station Mexico regrets the confusion over the status of LIENVOY-8.   He was terminated 29 February 1960. An Agent Service Record is attached.2. The cryptonym LIENVOY-8 in HMMA-20408 dated 19 December 1962   should have been LIENVOY-6. Headquarters noted that LIENVOY-6 had been   omitted and called this to the attention of the Station in HMMW-11457 dated   1 April 1963. It was not noticed at that time that LIENVOY-8 had been included   in error in the project renewal request instead of LIENVOY-6.Willard C. CURTISEnclosure:Agent Service RecordDistribution:3 - WHHMMA-22449SECRET7 November 1963201-118406
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# SECRETLIENVOY PRODUCTION - NOVEMBER 1963HMMs---HMM 8054HMM 8046HMM 8041HMM 8039HMM 8030HMM 8026HMM 8019HMM 8018HMM 8004HMM 200210+ NEXIS---MEXI 7137MEXI 7133MEXI 7127MEXI 7119MEXI 7106 (HMM 8079)MEXI 7068MEXI 7065MEXI 7033MEXI 7028MEXI 7010 (HMM 2067)MEXI 7000 (IMM 8057)MEXI 6975MEXI 6972MEXI 6955 (HMM 8047)MEXI 6937 (HMM 8045)MEXI 6348 (HMM 8008)MEXI 6840 (HMM 3001)MEXI 6838 (HMM 8000)MEXI 6830 (HMM 7994)MEXI 6813 (IMM 7990)MEXI 6810MEXI 6805MEXI 6790MEXI 6757 (HMM 7973)24+ HMMAs---HMMA-22518HMMA-22472HMMA-22452HMMA-22449HMMA-224225 = 39SECRET> [Figure] GROUP 1> Erciated trea reteater
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# DISPATCHTO: Chief, WH DivisionFROM: Chief of Station, Mexico CitySUBJECT: Monthly Operational Report for Project LIENVOYACTION REQUIRED REFERENCESAction: None. For Headquarters information.Reference: HMMA-22135, 13 September 1963.1.  There follows the monthly operational report for Project LIENVOY activities during September 1963.2.  Target Lines - September 1963.The following lines were covered during the month of September:```20-30-18 General Lazaro Cardenas del Rio20-83-46 General Lazaro Cardenas del Rio24-18-18 - Braulio Maldonado Sandez43-01-85 Melquiades Maldonado Sandez23-85-25 Alfonso Aguilar Monteverde24-61-75 Jorge L. Tamayo Castellejos45-59-54 - David Alfaro Siqueiros13-21-14 Francisco Galindo Ochoa43-15-06 - Enrique Gonzalez Pedrero11-16-48 - Ignacio Acosta Lagunez19-15-06 - Roberto Romero Adame```(continued)Enclosure: Production ReportDistribution: WH, w/enclDISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBERHMMA-22267DATE8 October 1963HQS FILE NUMBER50-6-75/3
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CONTINUATION OFDISPATCH10-29-69 - Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional46-12-70 -C.T.A. L.46-11-30 D. F.S.46-09-50 -D.F.S. (disconnected 18 September 1963)35-36-52 -Politica (Revista- Manuel Marcue Pardinas)46-60-15 -Prensa Latina46-60-16 Prensa Latina14-42-37 Cuban Embassy14-92-14 Cuban Embassy (disconnected 23 September 1905)25-07-95 Cuban Embassy (apartment of Ramon Sinobas disconnected on 23 September 1963 when apartment became vacant)14-13-26 Cuban Embassy15-60-55 Soviet Embassy (Chancery)15-61-55 Soviet Embassy (Chancery)15-69-87 Soviet Embassy (Military Attache)15-61-07 Soviet Embassy (Commercial Office)15-12-64 Soviet Embassy (Film Representative)45-61-80 Czech Embassy45-61-81 Czech Embassy20-38-98 Yugoslav Embassy (connected 18 September 1963)20-68-69 Yugoslav Embassy (connected 23 September 1963)20-68-23 Yugoslav Embassy (connected 23 September 1903)Headquarters will note from the above that three lines were disconnected in order to cover three Yugoslav lines. Two of the lines which were disconnected were Cuban Embassy lines, both were not in use by the Cubans. One was in the apartment which had been vacated by Ramon Sinobas and not occupied by other Cubans. The other was a telephone in the Cuban Embassy which was never answered. The Cubans are trying to get Sinobas' line moved to the Embassy. They have also asked for the telephone company to repair 14-92-14. As soon as these lines are working again, coverage of two of the Yugoslav Embassy lines will be dropped in order to pick up all the Cuban lines which are presumed to have a much higher priority.### 3. Processing of LIENVOY InformationThe Station continues to receive full transcripts in Spanish on the Cuban lines (three), the Soviet Embassy lines (five), and as of 18 and 25 September the Yugoslav lines (three). These transcripts are received each morning for the day before. During September, the LIENVOY monitors transcribed 1396 pages in addition to the daily resumen.The outside translators now working on LIENVOY transcripts are Orville HORSFALL, staff agent, who is used for almost any backlog which begins to occur.David B. SCHLAGETER, field contract agent, who transcribes the Czech take.Victor W. OBOLD, career agent, who transcribes the Yugoslav portion of the Yugoslav take.Douglas I. FEINGLASS, staff agent, who continues to transcribe the Russian language portion of the Soviet take.### 4. Exploitation of LIENVOY InformationTwo leads from LIENVOY of operational interest in September 1963 were:
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CONTINUATION OFDISPATCH HMMA-22267a. On & September 1963 a Russian speaking female contacted the Soviet Embassy and asked for Svyatoslav Fedorovich KUZNETSOV, KGB. She identified herself by name and as a professor from New Orleans. She gave the address of her apartment and asked for a meeting. This lead was promptly followed up by station investigative assets who identified the woman and learned that she was attending a philosophers' conference at the University of Mexico. She returned to the United States on 17 September. All available information was forwarded to Headquarters for passing to ODENVY.b. MEXI-6135 reported the contact between an unidentified Czech woman and the Czech Embassy.5. LiaisonOn 18 September 1963 Oliver G. GALBOND and Willard C. CURTIS met with LIELEGANT and LIERGO. They also saw LIELEGANT on 20 September.6. SecurityThere were no security problems during this month.7. TechnicalThere were no technical problems which AREHART could not handle.8. PersonnelRobert B. RIGGS continues to meet Arnold AREHART each morning before 0800 hours to receive all LIENVOY tapes and trascripta from the previous day. The daily meetings with Victor W. OBOLD and David B. SCHLAGETER, the two EE translators, Wertransferred on 18 September 1963 from the Station EE case officer to the KURIOT technician, Gregory D. PARMUTH who delivers and receives reels and transcripts from them each day. PARMUTH also acts as a cutout for Douglas J. FEINGLASS.Paul V. LEVISTER, Headquarters KUTUBE officer, visited the Station from 22 September to 1 October to consult with LIENVOY and LIFEAT case officers in preparation for a report to be written on the two projects as examples of tap operations which produce both positive intelligence and operational leads.9. ProductionThere is attached a list of reports, cables and dispatches forwarded to Headquarters during this month.![Signature of Willard C. Curtis]
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SECRETLIENVOY PRODUCTION - SEPTEMBER 1963MEXIsHMMASENNSMEXI 6333 (HMM 7812)HMMA 22194EMM 7793ΜΕΧΙ 6332 (HMM 7810)ΗΜΜΑ 22193HMN 7783MEXI 6519 (HMM 7804)ΗΜΜΑ 22159EMM 7770MEXI 6302 (HMM 7801)ΗΜΜΑ 22149HMM 7767ΜΕΧΙ 6271 (HMM 7787)ΗΜΜΑ 22135EMM 7742MEXI 6215 (HMM 7761)ΗΜΜΑ 22116FNM 7725MEXT 6205 (HNM 7760)HMMA 22115EMM 7724MEXI 6135ΗΜΜΑ 22000EMM 7723MEXI 6133 (HMM 7743)HMMA 22052M-XI 6129 (HMM 7741)MEXI 6107ΜΕΧΙ 6104 (HMM 7736)ΜΑΧΙ 6097 (HMM 7725)MEXI 6042 (MMM 7711)MEXI 6034MEXI 6038 (HMM 7708)MEXI 6030 (HMM 7706)ΜΕΧΙ 6029 (ΗMM 7707)18 + 9 + 8 = 35SECRET![GROUP I Excluded from automatic downgrading and declassification] 50-6-75/3
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# PERSONALITY BRIEF1.  General Lazaro CARDENAS del RioAs a pro-Communist, anti-United States former (1934-1940) President of Mexico, CARDENAS plays an important role in the political activities of Mexico by virtue of his being the spirtual leader of a great part of the Mexican left. His leftist sympathies appear to fall primarily with the current regime in Cuba (He alledgedly is a close personal friend of Fidel CASTRO), secondarily with Communist China, and lastly with the USSR.2.  Braulio MALDONADO SandezMALDONADO is a politically unscrupulous pro-Communist former Governor of Baja California. He is a national leader of at least three Mexican leftist organizations: (1) FEP (People's Electoral Front), united single front of Mexican Communists and Leftists; (2) MLN (National Liberation Movement), rabidly anti-U.S., pro-Cuba Communist Front; and (3) CCI (Independent Peasants' Center), radical, anti-Mexican Government organization. Having been banished from Mexico until after the 1964 elections for anti-government activities, MALDONADO is currently in Europe and seeking admittance to the USSR, obstensibly to visit his daughter who is a student at the Friendship University in Moscow.3.  Alonso AGUILAR MonteverdeAGUILAR is a prominent pro-Communist Mexican intellectual who is the titular head of the MLN (National Liberation Movement), rabidly anti-U.S., pro-Communist front. He is a full-time professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and maintains active contact with several international leftist and Communist figures. He has recently travelled to Cuba and Warsaw.4.  Jorge Leonidas TAMAYO CastillejosTAMAYO is a Communist professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He is a leading member of many Communist front activities in Mexico including the CMP (Mexican Peace
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-2-Committee), the MLN (National Liberation Movement), and the CEM (Circle of Mexican Studies). He has been in contact with several leftist figures of various echelon, including Gen. Lazaro CARDENAS, the Cuban Ambassador to Mexico, and Polish, Soviet, and Chinese Communist officials. TAMAYO's son has studied in Warsaw and travelled to the USSR and Communist China.5. Jose David ALFARO SiqueirosALFARO, one of Mexico's most prominent artists, has been imprisoned for eight (S) years as a consequence of the role he played in the Communist-inspired railroad stike of 1959, He is a leader of the PCM (Mexican Communist Party) and has visited the Soviet Union. He fought for the Loyalist Army in the Spanish Civil War and was later arrested in Mexico for complicity in the murder of Leon TROTSKY's secretary. ALFARO has a long history of pro-Communist, anti-U.S. leanings.6. Roberto ROMERO AdamsROMERO is an informant for the Cuban Intelligence Service in Mexico.7. Enrique GONZALEZ PedreroPro-Communist professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, GONZALEZ Pedrero has contributed to the writing or editing of at least five (5) leftist publications in Mexico. He is a member of the National Committee of the MLN, has alledgedly received training in the Soviet Union, and has travelled to Cuba twice in recent times.8. Ignacio ACOSTA LagunesPro-Communist ACOSTA, a lawyer, is an aide of General CARDENAS and a leading member of the MLN. He frequently has contact with high-level personnel of both the Cuban and Soviet Embassies in Mexico City. Ilis political activities include travel to Cuba and the Soviet Union, aid in the management of the Communist Trade Fair in Mexico, and a great deal of participation in promoting sympathy for the Cuban Revolution in Mexico.
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9. Direccion Federal de Seguridad - Federal Security PoliceThe principal functions of this security unit are to:(1) Provide a plain-clothed security detail for the President,(2) maintain an extensive telephone tap activity on boththe Rightist and Leftist political opposition forces, and(3) perform investigations and arrests of primarily politicaloffenses. The unit's agents are largely poorly trained,insecure, and unreliable. Their professional characteristicsare best described as being dishonest, cruel, and abusive.The position, at this moment, of Manuel RANGEL Escamilla asDirector General of DFS is precarious.10. PoliticaA Marxist anti-U.S. semi-monthly magazine published inMexico, Politica is printed by Talleres Graficos de Mexico,the same shop which prints La Voz de Mexico. In addition tothe modest revenues derived from a circulation of 15,000to 25,000, Politica is financed by the Soviet Embassy, theMLN, the PPS, and possibly, the Cuban Embassy. As anindication of the Mexican government's assessment of thecapability of this magazine to influence public opinion, itis worthwhile noting that Politica frequently experiences agreat degree of difficulty in printing and circulating itselfdue to the government's repressive efforts.11. Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN)Organized under the influence of the PCM in August 1961,the MLN today is dedicated to the furtherance of the mutualinterests of its adherents who are found primarily in theranks of the PRI, the PPS, the PCM, the CNC and the UGOCM.The MLN's objective is to gain leftist political represen-tation in the government by inciting PRI to accept leftistsinto its camp. As a consequence of this objective, the missionof MLN is to generate evidence of popular leftist sympathyby means of fomenting agitation among the popular, labor, andpeasant masses.12. Confederacion de Trabajadores de la America Latina (CTAL)The CTAL has recently been replaced by the CUTAL (SingleConfederation of Latin American Workers). Until recently, the
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pro-Communist, CTAL, which is described as being the liaison bureau of the WFTU (World Federation of Trade Unions) whose headquarters are in Prague, was headed by Vicente LOMBARDO Toledano.13. Prensa LatinaOperating directly under the Cuban Communist regime, Prensa Latina is obstensibly a press service. In reality, however, it is the official propaganda organ of the Cuban Government. Prensa Latina works closely with Tass, the Soviet Agency; with Hsinhua, the Chinese Agency; and with Cetepka, the Czechoslovakian Agency.
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: Chief of Station, Mexico City: Chief of Station, Guatemala City: Chief, All Division: Victor Manuel GUTIERREZ Garvis (201-68248)Refs: A. HMM-11838, 16-August 1963B. HMM-22262, 3 October 19631. Reference is made to your question about the type informa-   tion needed on GUTIERREZ. Headquarters is interested in "current"   information on his activities, and especially on his travels and his   contact with Samuel VEGA Perez, Chief of G-2 at the Cuban Embassy   in Mexico City. The comment on HMM-7289 regarded only the non-   dissemination of the report, and was not intended to discourage the   Station from reporting information on meetings between GUTIERREZ   and VEGA.2. Headquarters would appreciate receiving, on a continuing   basis, pertinent information on GUTIERREZ extracted from the   LISNVOT take.END OF DISPATCHDistribution:2 - COS, Mexico City1 - COS, Guatemala24 October 1963HMM-12049SECRET201-68249
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2 October 1963MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Foreign IntelligenceSUBJECT: TDY to Mexico City1.  After taking a good look at LIENVOY and LIFEAT, I would agree with the persons I talked with in Mexico; they maintain that any well- run tap operation should produce substantial intelligence information, provided the targets are of intelligence interest, and provided also there are people at the station who look for it and are able to recognize it. The case of LIFEAT is interesting in this respect. It has been deprived of its most productive lines in favor of LIENVOY, and yet its intelligence production compares favorably, with that of the other productive taps, except LIENVOY.2.  Mexico has people who can detect any little item of intelligence significance. This includes the Chief of Station, who goes over the highlights of the previous day's take every morning and marks certain items for action by station case officers or reports officers. The reports officers work on copies of the take at the same time.3.  There are several aspects of LIENVOY that make it an excellent operation and an outstanding producer of intelligence. I will describe them in detail when my notes get here from the station. The principal factors in the success of LIENVOY seem to be the following.a. The agreement made with top Maxican officials, unlike many such agreements elsewhere, is as much in effect today as it was at the start: the targeting is not based on personal politics; the intercept staff has stayed on the job; the equipment is considered to be on loan from CIA.b. The native monitoring staff has reached a peak of effectiveness that everyone at the station praises very highly.c. The station is organized to handle the take speedily a8 soon as it comes in. The Chief of Station, the case officers, the reports officers, all work on it at the same time and exchange views on hot items. They do not let reports backlogs accumulate.
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d. Each new item on a target person is linked to a past history; what appears as a fragmentary bit in a conversation becomes a meaningful development in a continuous story. Continuity on the job makes this possible.e. The equipment is kept in good working order by complete cleaning and checking of each unit once a month. The 32 units in use today are those installed in 1959.4. A detailed description of LIENVOY and its counterpart LIFEAT should provide good models with which to compare other tap operations. It should give criteria for good procedures. It should give some idea of the desirable size of such operations, considering the available targets, the size of the station, and the other tasks and operations of the station. It should show what the station puts into its tap operations and what it gets out of then. LIENVOY and LIFEAT are an interesting example of two interacting operations, one Joint and the other independent.5. My stay in Mexico was as interesting and fruitful as it was enjoyable. And I hope it was not too great a burden on the station.yecc: C/WH/3
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ORIG: J.M. WHITTEN:jpmUNIT: WH/3EXT : 5613DATE: 16 Sept 1963TO : MEXICO CITYFROM: DIRECTORCONF: C/WH 5INFO: ADDP, C/CI, RF, VRTO MEXIRYBAT LIENVOYIDEN IN BRILLARD MESSAGE TO CURTIS TRANSMITTED BY GALBONDIS MR. GERARD CAMPAGNA.END OF MESSAGE![Signature of releasing officer] W.C. LandCWLDRELEASING OFFICERWH/COPSCOORDINATING OFFICERSSECRETREPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED.![Signature of Authenticating officer] J.M. WHITTENCWH/3AUTHENTICATINGOFFICERCopy No.
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# DISPATCHTO Chief, WH DivisionFROM Chief-of-Station, Mexico CitySUBJECT Monthly Operational Report for Project LIENVOYAction: None. For Headquarters' information.Ref : HMMA-22005, 23 August 19631. There follows the monthly operational report for Project LIENVOY activities during August 1963.2. Target Lines - August 1963.There were no changes in the target lines during this reporting period. The Yugoslav lines have not yet been connected but one of them should be operating by the end of September.3. Processing of LIENVOY Information.HMMA-22000 dated 21 August 1963 transmitted the first group of copies of transcripts against the Cuban lines. Since that time, carbon copies have been forwarded to Headquarters on a weekly basis.Orville HORSFALL, staff agent, has eliminated the backlog of some fifty reels from the Russian lines and at the present time is working on the Polish LIFFAT coverage which Woodrow GABFOTT (ps) has not been able to handle. HORSFALL will be used in this capacity only until the Station has a higher priority job for him or until his permanent assignment is determined.There has been no change in Douglas J. FEINGLASS' assignment since the last progress report.4. Exploitation of LIENVOY Information.The following are some (not all) of the exploitations during August 1963 of leads from LIENVOY:a. LIENVOY contributed support to the REDWOOD ARJUMBO operation during this period by confirming several contacts between the principals involved. Details of this case have been reported by the Station SR Case Officer.b. On 8 August LIENVOY reported indications that an unnamed
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CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH HMMA-221356. Security.There were no security incidents within the project during this month.7. Technical.There were no technical problems which AREHART could not handle.8. Personnel.There have been no changes in personnel since the last report.9. Production.There is attached a list of reports, cables and dispatches forwarded to Headquarters during this month.Willard C. CURTISAttachment:As stated above.Distribution:C/WHD w/att2 - Files