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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Support Branch
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Mr. Ramon R. Hart
SUBJECT
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Manuel F. ARTIME Buesa
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18 July 1963
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1. The first phase of the audio surveillance of the
Subject at the SAS safehouse in Bethesda has been completed.
The Subject left Washington, D. C., on 13 July 1963. The
owner of the listening post, Mr. Fred C. THOMAS, Jr];³
moved out of his house, bag, baggage, and furniture, on
12 July 1963 enroute to an overseas PCS assignment..
2. Mr. Charles MATT, the case officer in this case, has
advised that the Subject, along with a Cuban companion, Mr.
Rafael Aurelio QUINTERO Ibarbia (#252 529), will return to
Washington, D. C., to be billeted in the Bethesda safehouse on
Monday, 29 July 1963. Mr. MATT has fervently requested audio
coverage of the downstairs bar and telephone and the main floor
living room at this house in order to monitor the Subject's
conversations with QUINTERO during the absence of SAS case
officers.
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3. The case was assigned to the District Field Office,
and Special Agent (Harold G. TITTSLER was designated as responsible
agent. It is Agent TITTSLER's plan to place microphones in the
downstairs bar and the main floor living room and a tap on the
telephone and string all the wires to a crawl space over the
garage. In that latter space, which will be kept locked, he will
set up two regular AC-operated tape recorders to be actuated by
the two VOR's obtained from Franconia and paid for by SAS. Un-
beknown to the Subject and his companion, a case officer will
have to service this equipment whenever an opportunity presents
itself.
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4. The cover story to be used by Agent (TITTSLER during
the installation is that he is working on the house at the
request of the leason Washington real estate agent, Mr. R. V.
Cortlandt HERBST (DI7-8865)] Mr. HERBST] supposedly maintains
the house for a New York lawyer in order to billet the latter's
transient clients. Case Officer MATT has engaged a maid to
clean up the house Mondays and Thursdays; however, she can be
told to stay away if Agent (TITYSLER needs to do work there on
those days. It was also discreetly requested by the undersigned
of Case Officer MATT not to kibbitz too much while the techni-
cians are making the installation.
5. It is expected that the audio results of this type
of coverage will be superior to the results of the previous
"radio" phase. The only complication will be in servicing the
recorders on a timely basis.
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