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G. Very early in our relationship said that he would liketo make a career in KUBARK, outside now, perha a inside some day. Hewould work in PBPRIL, or abroad. There was no indication then, andhas been none since, that he regards the present relationship as adistasteful one to te terminated as soon as conditions permit.He would like to settle in en expatriate's paradise, such asParis or one, presumably involved in journalism and other writing.If he could do these things in connection with his work for us, somuch the better.H. Qis conscious of the need for security and handles himsel: well--as well as an amateur could in this context. But he is far more naiveabout techniques and especially the nuances of technique than Rodigastwould have expected in one who had been involved in the revolutionarymovement for so long. He often needs instruction on obvious points,and responds quite well to it, the exception being his clumsy handlingof the s/s method-- he is an intellectual and not a tecnician, aniRodigast assumes that he (Rodigast) would not do much better, if forced touse some technical system.Qis quite observant. He will recall a personal remark made tohim by Roaigast from one month to the next. His reports written some timeafter the event are thorough and apparently accurate.He read A Spy and His Master by Christopher Felix, and hasmentioned it a couple of times when a remark by Roiigast reminds himof something sai in the book.Roiigast doesn't think that even after training Q would be verygood at throwing off surveillance (for example) as he seems too matterof fact to be sly, and perhars slightly lazy about what might begratuitous behavior (e.g., changing subway trains or taxis just on theassumption that someone might be following hin). Rodigast's solutionis not to depend on for such things, but to attempt to plan nestingand stage other operations so as to ninimize the need for dependenceon Q's skill in such areas. After patient briefing does understandthe need for tradecraft efficiency, and as already notei he followsthe advice.I. At first Q qas quite concerned about money- he needed anadvance for clothes, for travel, etc. His requests were really plaints,and he may have left the impression that he thinks of nothing but money.It was the complex of a poor boy who never had anyone he could turn to-despite a scholarship he had to leave a fine college alter a brilliantfreshman year. Once he received his advance and began receiving his moneyat the begiming rather than at the end of each month, and when herealizza that he would, receive complete and prompty reimbursement ofexpenses, he began to relax. Now he submits accountings withouthimself totalling the figures or keeping his om record (Podigast knowsthis for he has seen Q's notes), so he must rely on us to tell him how muchhe claimed for (even Rodigast would never do that). He is, in sum, relaxed.The same ease is to be noted in his substantive work; he submitshis reports knowing he has done his best, and cone well; he acceptscompliments with a very slight nod. When nodigast first met Qin a hotelroom, Q had something of the hunted man. He still seens barried, slightlynervous at the moment of contact, but on the whole he is nore sure ofhimself.At the outset, Q would argue about assig ments, suggestingalternatives, worrying about not having time to buy tickets, or enoughmoney to pay for them. Now he accepts instructions without a murmur,