Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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# Monograph of Nikolay Sergeyevich LEONOVNikolay Sergeyevich LEONOV, the Soviet official who visited Peru from 23 April 1969 to 17 July 1969 as a representative of the Soviet news agency NOVOSTI, is a long-time, firmly identified KGB officer who served in Mexico during most of the period 1953-1968. Although he was able to function effectively in his overt jobs as Cultural Attache and later Press Attache, he was consistently active in clandestine support of Latin American revolutionary and subversive activities, particularly relating to Guatemala. Following are details of his career.LEONOV was born 22 August 1928 in Ryazan oblast, USSR. His wife, Valeriya Ivanovna, was born 28 April 1928 in Ryazan. As of 1968 the LEONOVs had one daughter, Irina, born in 1962.LEONOV was first posted to the Soviet Embassy in Mexico in May 1953. His initial position was secretary to the Soviet Ambassador. In addition to administrative duties and cultural matters, LEONOV functioned as a translator and interpreter, since he spoke excellent Spanish.
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- 2 -Two of LEONOV's most interesting contacts from his first tour in Mexico were:a. Fidel CASTRO. CASTRO, who was in exile in Mexico from 1953-56, was arrested by the Mexican police in June 1956, and a police search revealed LEONOV's calling card in CASTRO's possession. [^1]b. Bernardo LEMUS Mendoza. LEMUS, an important Guatemalan Communist youth leader, was a close friend of LEONOV's dating from the period 1953-56, during part of which time LEMUS was in exile in Mexico. [^2]LEMUS, who was a friend and former prison-mate of Raul CASTRO, allegedly conducted liaison in Mexico City during 1955-56 between the Cuban Communist Party exiles and the Fidel CASTRO group.LEONOV and his wife departed Mexico City on 17 October 1956 for the USSR, where they remained until their return to Mexico in 1961. While in the USSR, LEONOV was used for important interpreting chores; most notably, he accompanied Soviet Vice Premier Anastas MIKOYAN on his trips to Mexico and Cuba in November 1959 and February 1960. During the[^1]: missing footnote[^2]: missing footnote
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- 3 -February 1960 trip to Cuba, LEONOV first met Ricardo MIRANDA Aldana, Guatemalan Communist and revolutionary who was then in Cuba recovering from wounds received in a Cuban-sponsored, Nicaraguan-led movement to over- throw Nicaragua's President, General Somosa. Leonov was to have later clandestine contact with MIRANDA in Mexico.On 31 July 1961, the LEONOVs returned to Mexico. This time, LEONOV was listed as Third Secretary and worked as assistant to the Cultural Affairs Officer, Svyatoslav Fedorovich KUZNETSOV. A KGB officer KUZNETSOV is, as of this writing, once again serving in Mexico, this time as First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy.During this tour of duty, LEONOV's particular responsibility for support of the Guatemalan revolutionary effort began to emerge. In January 1962, Ricardo MIRANDA Aldana, Guatemalan revolutionary mentioned above, passed through Mexico City on his way to Cuba for guerrilla training. MIRANDA, reported to be in charge of accumulating arms for the activist arm of the PGT (Guatemalan Communist Party), brought to Mexico a message for the Soviets. He delivered this message to the leading Guate- malan exile in Mexico in direct touch with the Soviets, Victor Manuel GUTIERREZ, who passed it to his Soviet Embassy Contaßt. During MIRANDA's stay in Mexico, LEONOV met with him. MIRANDA returned to Guatemala from Cuba[^2]
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- 4 -in October 1963 and thereafter took a leading rolein PGT/FAR guerrilla actions. As of 1965, he wasa member of the Military Commission of the PGT andconducted terrorist actions. He had in his posses-sion at that time sketches of the homes of variousGuatemalan officials who were on the PGT/FAR assas-sination list. MIRANDA was arrested in September1965 on charges of assassination of two Guatemalanbusinessmen. He apparently was released, or escaped,about mid-1966. He left Guatemala, and is believedto have gone to Mexico and to have had clandestinecontact with LEONOV there in December 1966.[^3] MIRANDAreturned to Guatemala after spending some time inEl Salvador, and was killed on 3 May 1967 near GuatemalaCity by unknown assailants.In 1963, LEONOV was also in clandestine contactwith a former Mexican army officer named LorenzoCARDENAS Barajas, who was heavily involved in the pro-curement of arms for the Guatemalan revolutionaries.CARDENAS, a fervent adherent of the revolutionary left,had contact with Victor N. GLOTOV, another KGB officerin the Soviet Embassy, Mexico, as well as LEONOV. LEONOVis known to have met CARDENAS clandestinely two daysbefore LEONOV left for the USSR on vacation on 21 April 1963.[^3]: MIRANDA
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LEONOV is believed still to have been in contact withCARDENAS as recently as March 1987. In recent years,CARDENAS has been active in the Movimiento Latinoamericanode Liberacion, a Latin American revolutionary organizationfounded in Mexico in 1964 and headed by Guillermo CARNEROHoke, a Peruvian who has spent many years in exile inMexico, and is now back in Peru. CARDENAS' activitieshave involved agitation among Mexican students and peasants,which led increasing difficulties with the police, and heclaims to have asked for asylium in Peru in 1968.[^6]LEONOV and his family went on home leave to theUSSR 21 April 1963 to 20 July 1963. During this leave,LEONOV renewed an old acquaintance with Fidel CASTRO, servingas CASTRO's interpreter in the USSR in May 1963. After homeleave, LEONOV returned to Mexico, where he remained (exceptfor two more trips to the USSR in 1964 and 1966) until 22December 1968, when he and his family departed permanentlyfrom Mexico. Upon his return to Mexico from home leave in1964, LEONOV was promoted to Second Secretary and PressAttache at the Soviet Embassy.LEONOV, in his role as Press Attache, was energeticand effective. Although he was mainly responsible for thework of the Press Office, which was in the same building as[^6] LEONOV and his family went on home leave to the USSR 21 April 1963 to 20 July 1963
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- 6 -his living quarters, he spent a great deal of time at the Soviet Embassy proper, going out frequently for his many meetings. He was popular among his wide contacts among newspapermen in Mexico and his most intimate press contact was Luis SUAREZ Lopez, a Spanish Communist journalist with the Marxist weekly magazine, *Siempre*. LEONOV saw SUAREZ very frequently on press placements and possibly other matters. SUAREZ has a long history of pro-Soviet activities, is a member of the Communist front International Organization of Journalists, and has traveled extensively in the Soviet bloc, Communist China, and Cuba.As to LEONOV's personality, he has a pleasant, out-going manner, is extremely intelligent, and gets along well with both his colleagues, and his numerous outside contacts. He is hard-working, generally accommodating to people, and is a good conversationalist. He enjoys playing tennis, volleyball and soccer. He also likes to hunt and fish, and enjoys chess. In addition to excellent Spanish, he speaks English. On the negative side, LEONOV gets along badly with his wife; they often quarrel violently, and he neglects her for his numerous sports and social activities. He is also quite unkind and cutting with those whom he regards as his
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- 7 -intellectual inferiors, treating them quite rudely when7, 8, 9, 10he is in a bad mood.As Press Attache, LEONOV had the pretext for contactwith many people with whom he had apparently innocuousrelationships, but probably developed for intelligencepurposes.As an example, he had close contact with Victor RICOGalan, a Spanish-born, naturalized Mexican Communistjournalist, who has very close ties to both the Guatemalanrevolutionary movement and the Cubans. RICO was afounding member in 1962 of the MLN, a pro-Cuban Communistfront organization. A regular writer for Siempre andPolitica magazines, RICO acted, in Spring of 1965, asthe Radio Havana representative in Mexico for coverageof the Dominican situation. LEONOV consulted frequentlywith him at this time, meeting in RICO's home or in cafes.LEONOV also established direct contact with certainDominican exiles through RICO.12In August 1966,RICO was arrested and imprisoned because of his leadingrole in the Movimiento Revolucionario del Pueblo, whichhad been organizing an armed insurgent movement in theMexican countryside. This movement was reported to havesecret radio contact with Cuba. RICO was arrested as he15.was about to board a flight to Cuba.
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- 8 -Other LEONOV's Mexican contacts of particularinterest are:Roberto JARAMILLO Flores, Mexican former Presidentof the youth Section of the Mexican SocialistParty (JPS), and in 1967 involved with the revo-lutionary Students Front, youth affiliate of theNational Organization of Revolutionary Action.JARAMILLO and LEONOV were in frequent contact,particularly in 1963-64, on matters involvingthe JPS, over which the Soviets were exertingactive control. [^1]Juan REJANO Porras, Spaniard, member of the Central Com-mittee of the Spanish Communist Party, leading intellectualand post. REJANO and LEONOV had been in regular contactsince at least 1965. Meetings between them were arrangedthrough a third person, another Spanish Communist employedin LEONOV's Press Office. [^2] REJANO was, as of 1968, editorof the Czech Bulletin, published in Mexico by the CzechEmbassy.Enrique SEMO Calev, Bulgarian-born long-time member ofthe Mexican Communist Party. LEONOV and SEMO had frequentsocial contact, as well as dealings on press and culturalmatters. SEMO assisted LEONOV in developing social contactsoutside of his normal area of access. [^3][^1]: 16[^2]: 17[^3]: 18
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- 9 -A particularly interesting foreign contact of LEONOV's was Carlos BONILLA Sanchez, Communist labor leader from Colombia. He and LEONOV, reportedly close friends, were in correspondence during 1966-67. BONILLA was President of the Federacion Sindical de Trabajadores de Cundinamarca (FESTRAC) until November 1964, when he was removed because of his Communist sympathies. He visited Cuba at the special invitation of Fidel CASTRO[^1] in November 1964, transiting Mexico on the way, where LEONOV was at that time. It should also be noted that LEONOV traveled to Lima on 23 April 1969 via Bogota.LEONOV's connections with Feliciano PACHON Choconta, Colombian Communist courier arrested in April 1968, have been discussed in a paper previously provided to you, and so will mt be repeated here.Although LEONOV's sphere of KGB activity obviously broadened considerably over the years, as he gained contacts and area knowledge; his involvement with Guatemalan matters continued throughout his long stay in Mexico. As recently as 1968, he was reliably reported to still be the main clandestine Soviet contact for the Guatemalan Communists in Mexico.[^1]: 19,20
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- 10 -The LEONOVs left Mexico permanently on 22 December 1968, and returned to the USSR.LEONOV, during his years in Mexico, showed himself to be a capable, hard-working intelligence officer, who was able to fulfill his cover job with skill and at the same time pursue his clandestine missions. It may be presumed, on the basis of his capacities demonstrated in Mexico, that he will have worked effectively in his apparent task of setting up the Novosti news agency in Peru, and that he will also have begun to develop contacts among the Peruvian Communist Party and other sympathetic elements with an eye to spotting and assessing prospective agents for subsequent exploitation by the KGB reszidentura which will inevitably function as a part of the new Soviet Embassy.
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Footnotes to LEONOV Monograph1.  MRXI 839, 26 June 1956, S: LIVESTOCK-3る。2.  HGCW-4035, 2 December 1986 (Headquarters compilation), S: LINLUCK, ESDEW-1.3.  ИММА-33293, 18 October 1967, (Spr.), page 20, para 51, S: LIFEAT.4.  НИМ-6405, 22 May 1962, S: LINLUCK5.  EMMA-33215, 5 October 1987.6.  HMMA-37462, 2 July 1967, (CARDENAS Interrogation), page 10, 9: LIFEMPO-127.  НМИ-1524, 9 April 1956, S: Station compilation of mostly LIFEAT.8. 7 March 1958, S: LIFEAT.9.  HENA-29141, 8 June 1966, S: FEINGLASS (transcriber)10. AMMA-34470, 15 April 1988, S: ZINSMEISTER (Transcriber).11. HMM-10638, 34 August 1966, S: LIFTER-8.13. HMH-6770, 5 October 1962, S: LICOOKY (RICO)13. HKMA-36223, 28 May 1965, S: LIFEAT (raw LIFEAT-7 May 65)14. MAXI 7743, 22 October 1968, S: LIREBEL-2.15. MEXI 8310, 24 August 1966, S: Press Accounts (RICO).16. EMMA-33293, 18 October 1967, (Spr.), page 17, 18, para. 38, S: LIENVOY.17. ΗΜΜΑ-33293, 18 October 1967, (Spr.), page 22, 23, para. 62, S: LIFEAT since 5 April 1965.18. EMMA-33293, 18 October 1967, (8pr.) page 20, 21, para 55, S: LIFEAT (on LEONOV since 5 April 1965), (on SEMO).19. ΗΩΜΑ-32864, 23 August 1967, S: LIMUD20. EMMA-30130, 26 Septomber 1966, S: LIMUD.
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Comments on Dispatch HPLW-5390Prepared by WH/SAOSUBJECT: The LEONOV Matter (Nikolay Sergeyevich LEONOV,(201-132139)REF : HPLW-5390, Typed 29 August 1969GENERAL ODSERVATIONS:1.  With one exception (BGGW-4035, 2 Dec 66), the personality and biographic report on LEONOV is based entirely on Mexico City reporting. Much of this appears to be quite sensitive if passage to Peru liaison is intended.2.  Since the report concerns a Soviet official, the fact that the report is based upon WH Division material exclusively appears to be self-limiting and, possibly, self-defeating.3.  Although the writer of the report refers to its acceptability to SB Division, there is no SB coordinator.4.  It would appear that, to achieve the desired result (and we don't really know what this is), it would not be necessary to go into such exacting detail. A more generalized report, following more or less an AEASSAULT format, might achieve the results desired by Station Lima without the pitfalls of utilizing the sensitive material incorporated in the present compilation.
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5. Seeking approval of Station Mexico City for the release of the total report seems to violate the concept of Headquarters control of operational information. Would it not be more appropriate to ask Station's opinions only in areas of doubt in the matter of source-sensitivity?6. Although this dispatch was coordinated according to para 2 with SB Division and the Guatemalan Desk, the first inkling this Branch got of the paper is when the dispatch arrived on my desk..7. This is a good paper for the Lima Station background information. For passing to a third liaison service, it poses some potential danger to the Mexico Station clandestine sources:a. page 2 - LIVESTOCK-3 is now dead but he was also a Soviet Embassy contact in Mexico and was run by the British. He was fired by us for un- reliability.The search team that arrested Fidel CASTRO and did the interrogation was LITEMPO-4 (now an important Station contact) and only about four years or so ago told COS about the calling card of LEONOV.b. page 3 - Specific information about MIRANDA trip in January 1962 and delivery of message to GUTIERREZ could pinpoint the source : LINLUCK/ ESDEW-1.-2-
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c. page 4 - Specific date of clandestine contact between MIRANDA December 66 could pinpoint LIFEAT on LEONOV residence.d. page 4 - Specific date of clandestine contact between LEONOV and CARDENAS 19 April 1963 might reveal surveillance (LIEMBRACE though probably would not identify team members. It could also be argued that Soviets have long ago identified these teams.)e. page 5 - CARDENAS' request for asylum in Peru could pinpoint BITEMPO-12. In any event, references to the police sources throughout the report definitely tell Lima authorities that CIA is working closely in Mexico with the Mexican officials.f. page 8 - REJAÑO Porras and LEONOV. The sentence "Meetings between them were arranged through a third person, another Spanish Communist employed in LEONOV's Press Office" implies clandestine coverage of that office (LIFEAT).g. page 8 - the same is true with Enrique SEMO Calev and LEONOV.-3-
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h. page 9 - SONILLA Sanchez and LEONOV "being in correspondence" implies mail intercept (LIMUD) which it is.i. page 9 - LIREBEL-2 is a sensitive source and about the main source right now on Guatemalan exile activities. The last sentence might implicate his. At least it tells the Peruvians that CIA has a penetration here.8. Finally - It tells the Peruvians that the Station (CIA) Mexico has phone tape, mail intercepts, penetration of Guatemalan exiles, surveillance and police liaison.It concentrates throughout that the information was developed by coverage of LEONOV while he was stationed in Mexico. These activities are treated in specific terms whereas his activities *outside* Mexico are treated in a very general manner.The Branch would prefer to have the paper re-written omitting all specific dates and references which reveal the clandestine collection technique which produced the information.
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and should incorporate AEASSAULT information and be coordinated with SB Division in writing. It might be pointed out that previous efforts to "burn" LEONOV have not been successful.-5-
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# DISPATCHCLASSIFICATIONSECRETTO:Chief, Western Hemisphere DivisionINFO.FROM:Chief of Station, LimaSUBJECT: REDLEGConversations between DULINDEN-11 and Nikolay S. Leonov and DULAUREL-1ACTION REQUIRED-REFERENCESAction Required: FYI1. On 15 July after leaving a local publisher's office DULINDEN-11 drove Nikolay S. Leonov to his hotel. DULAUREL-1 who accompanied them to the publisher's office was left at her home and DULINDEN-11 and Leonov were alone during the course of the drive. Leonov proceeded to ask DULINDEN-11 various questions about his private life including his economic situation and also queried him about his future goals in life. DULINDEN-11 responded to all questions and said he enjoyed his work with DULAUREL-1 and was interested in journalism and felt that he had learned quite a bit in the short time he has been involvedin assisting DULAUREL-1 with Panorama Internacional. He said that he did not work with DULAUREL-1 for money alone but because he saw this as an oppor- tunity to improve himself which would eventually lead to an improve- ment in his economic standard. DULINDEN-11 said that it was a relaxed conversation, Leonov was very friendly and appeared to be interested in DULINDEN-11's goals and aspirations.2. On 16 July DULINDEN-11 saw DULAUREL-1 and the latter asked him how his conversation went with Leonov. DULINDEN-11 gave DULAUREL-1 a summary of what had been discussed and commented that Leonov appeared to have a genuine interest in his future. DULAUREL-1 then told DULINDEN-1l that previously she had a rather lengthy conversation with Leonov about DULINDEN-11 and told Leonov the problems he had with the party, the accusations made against him, her conversations with DULINDEN-11 during this period and the investigation she had conducted while DULINDEN-11 was under party control. Leonov told DULAUREL-1 the fact that DULINDEN-11 was under party control is of no significance and once again re-iterated his general disgust with the party leadership.201-736290KTR/cngDistribution:3 - C/WHD132139CROSS REFERENCE TO201-850222201-132139DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBERHPLA-10206CLASSIFICATIONSECRETDATE6 August 1969HOS FILE NUMBER201-736270
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CONTINUATION OFDISPATCHSECRETHPLA-102063. It appears from the foregoing that DULAUREL-1 arranged the circumstances which led to the private conversation between Leonov and DULINDEN-11. The above "interest" displayed by Leonov in DULINDEN-11 might be nothing more than politeness on his part but the Station believes that DULINDEN-11 is undergoing an assessment by Leonov, DULAUREL-1 and Valeriy V. Volkov and at least up to this juncture apparently has made a favorable impression.Samuel K. CASTELON
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ORIO: Patricia L. Johnson:ddmUNIT: WH/SAOEXT: 9061DATE: 5 August 1969CABLE SECRETARIAT DISSEMINATIONBY: 30 PERCONF: WH8SECRETTO LIMAREFERENCE: LIMA 5335 (IN 13361)1. IF AVAILABLE STATION, PLS POUCH COPY OF TORN UP LETTER CITED SUPDATA REF.2. FILE: 200-124-162/3; 201-132139.END OF MESSAGE*DUBRIDE-30 provided info on interview between LEONOV and Minister of Energy and Mines FERNANDEZ MALDONADO based on torn up letter collected from wastebasket in hotel room occupied by Sovs.C/WH/SAOWILLIAM V. BROEC/WHDCOORDINATING OFFICERSSECRETALFONSO G. SPERAC/WH/3REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED.
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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992MATERIAL REVIEWED AT CIA HEADQUARTERS BYHOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS STAFF MEMBERSFILE TITLE/NUMBER/VOLUME:(TICHBORN)LOPEZ, HENRY P201-25320VOL. IIINCLUSIVE DATES:CUSTODIAL UNIT/LOCATION:DELETIONS, IF ANY:ROOM:| DATE RECEIVED | DATE RETURNED | REVIEWED BY (PRINT NAME) | SIGNATURE OF REVIEWING OFFICIAL || ------------- | ------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------------- || 19 Sept 78    | 15 Oct 78     | Lopez                    | ![signature]                    |NO DOCUMENTS MAY BE COPIED OR REMOVED FROM THIS FILE
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DEX: YES. NOLASSIFY TO FILE NO.4-REF TO FILE NO.FILE RID RET. TO BRANCHDESTROY SIG.CLASSIFIED MESSAGE TOTAL COPIES 21SECRETPERSON/UNIT NOTIFIEDREPRODUCTION PROHIBITED15ACTIONADVANCE COPYEVE 8 ☑RID COPY ISSUED SLOTTED TOBEDINFOFILE VR, COS3, CSPS, OP2, DO4SECRET 141003Z CITE MADRID 2011DIRECTORREF: DIRECTOR 13385B OSMA 22,7781. TICHBORN DEPARTED MADRID 12 JULY FOR BARCELONA. RETURNING WOLADY VIA PARIS ARRIVING 16 JULY.2. TICHBORN WILL PREPARE FULL REPORT IN WOLADY. STATION POUCHED REFERENCE B 14 JULY COMMENTING IN SOME OF QUESTIONS RAISED REF A. INCLUDES DISCUSSION OF SUITABILITY WUSALINE COVER FOR HARRIOTT.3. CONSIDERING SHORTNESS OF VISIT BELIEVE TICHBORN DID VERY COMMENDABLE JOB, THOUGH ONLY SCRATCHED SURFACE SOME TARGETS. CONSIDER TICHBORN TRIP WORTHWHILE.4. HARRIOTT ETA HEADQUARTERS CITY 27 JULY. SUGGEST HEADQUARTERS OFFICERS POSTPONE DISCUSSIONS WUBRINY/1 AND TICHBORN UNTIL ARRIVAL REFERENCE B.SECRETBTNNNN14 JUL 67 IN 11548261-253203
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30 June 1967MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORDSUBJECT: Edward G. TICHBORN - Cover Company Listing ofOperational/Travel Costs1. On 22 June 1967, WH/6 received an informal listing from TICHBORN (first requested in April 1966) which was made by the ICAP accountant (unwitting) of TICHBORN's expenses for travel and entertainment during the period 1 October 1966-31 March 1967. These expenses were incurred by TICHBORN in (1) developing his cover by cover company-directed travel; (2) actual Agency-directed travel and entertainment; and (3) travel and expenses for the primary benefit of the cover company.2. WH/6 had earlier submitted Travel Orders on all foreign travel with the exception of the October 1966 trip to Central America/ Mexico. Following is a listing of the travel involved (largely domestic) chargeable to the Agency:a. October 1966 - Travel by air to Central America-Mexico `on ICAP and Silverco business. Cost: about $350. Charge: Probably Agency, since it contributed to cover development.b. 10 March 1967 - Travel by rail to Boston from New York City. Purpose: Inquiry related to PRI study. Note: May have been paid for by ICAP.c. Travel to Washington:(1) November 1966 - Hqs consultation (general).(2) 5-6 February 1967 - Headquarters consultation (general).(3) 10-11 February 1967 - Headquarters' briefing on trip to Puerto Rico for AMANTHEM-4 training (WH/7).