aq ea 0246-10020) 22. - ao Photographic BY ancth. NO INDEXING REQUIRED ~ ONLY QUALIFIED DESK a. CAM JUDGE INDEXING , atte - MICROFILM: en cpa A Zions Mexico City | Monthly Report -- 1-31 December 1963 None. For your information. support activities. _ Presented below is a reporting of the operational and of Gregory D. PARMUTH for the above mentioned period. t. General Summary of Activities. . ma of December consisted of the following: ‘Installation of the SEQUENCE camera at the LIERODE basehouse; Assistance was given to C/AMKICHARITY on an audio operation against an LCHARVEST A locked door containing audio equipment was opened by PARMUTH . . he LCHARVEST apartment, Station production totaled | t was trained in SW; and Photographic basehouses. ssies produced below average production Activity for the month target; atan LP monitoring t 2,325 for the month; One agen covering Soviet and Satellite Emba because of the Christmas season. 2, TDY On 16 December 1963 Peter T. SWINEHART, POB, arrived. at Mexico City to install a SEQUENCE camera at the LIERODE-basehouse. See para 5. Be - of this report for details. On 17 December 1963 an SWB representative arrived at Mexico City (continued) 1, Training Report (KASNICKA) a / fe _ Sequence Camera reports (3) . ve 3, SWB Report arity 3, SWB Rep | Go eppy fos Distribution: _ 14 -KURIOT, w/encls 1 - WH, w/o encls wre = / - \- LGO—-G “f Do | aces REFERENCE TO ya DISPATCH SYMBOL ANO NUMBER —_ . - Bat Cute 16 Jaruary 1964 HQS FILE NUMBER : i HMMA-22726 CLASSIFICATION D Coit ng ee SECRET |. 50-6-18 gt raid S 4% reglaeuecs am oe et the Rc : RITY base- PARMUTH was RESCIGNO at the MKCHA enema t satisfactorily This extension one tudy) bY KUSODA off ho insp On tM beeper tension ph Ge the COS to install an ©* training Pe riod given by able to service laced one rem On 10 December monthly Staff D ycials W ted. Mexicoe oved (for § ) ae ed 423 frames, usin. aph . photogr@P ne Chief of Station. 63 PARMUTH ement. for t requir LIFEUD/2¢ SEQUENC h L-22 and || ord . the Rec WINEHART>. : . _ On the mor net at the 7 December 1963, S o ins asehouse t “ SWINEHART ins LIERODE b an : device. . 22 trigger : cameré ane “ ve ously on ene installation and man | CLASS CATION PARMUTH very t — a sage PRENOUS £ On Ss ECR ET ned 530 : oan awe cpsoit et __
DISPAICH . . SECRET | e of SW system 99... oo for the purpose of training PARMUTH in the us 3, Training. See training report forwarded as Enclosure l on Lewis F. KASNICKA. 4. Operationse None. 5, Station Support. a, On the morning of 1 Decembe in installing audio microphones under the flooring of an LCHARVEST occupied (See HMMA-22608, ll Dec 63, para 5.d.) Lines leading from the audio installation to the LP were strung and secured below the flooring which had ample semi-crawling space between the target area and the LP apartment. RESCIGNO and PARMUTH entered this crawling space by removing a small — section of flooring located inside the LP apartment, There is also a trap daor leading into the crawl space at the front. entrance hall of the building although the curious would be discouraged to enter this area because of stagnant water six to ten inches deep on the floors at all times, cob webs, bugs, etce, etCare Three audio microphones were installed on this operation.  b,. During the period 2-14 December 1963, PARMUTH again handled LIFIRES 4/5 while Marvin A, CABOT was ob annual leaves — , c. On 6 December 1963 PARMUTH forwarded to KURIOT/WAVE nvelopes (six month supply per each request) The envelopes were handcarried by Timothy A. avoiding a week's delay if the envelopes The stamps were handcarried _ apartment. Headquarters two orders of e and one request for stamps. CAPRIOTT to WAVE Headquarters, were sent through the pouch from Mexico City. by another TDYer to the States for mailing to Washington. — d to re-enter the a4. On 6 Décember 1963 PARMUTH was requeste a 5.a. of this report. LP covering the LCHARVEST apartment as reported in par visit was to unlock a closed door which stored the LP equip- LCHARVEST activities in that apartment. Although the basehouse keeper had a key which worked well for several days previously, the lock would not open for the agent on the afternoon of 6 December. PARMUTH entered the apartment at 0130 hours on 7 December and un'ocked the door, It was found that the throw bolt located inside the lock was broken. For security purposes, two other locks were removed from other doors located in the same room to. check if these locks were in the same bad condition. In each case, when the key was ins erted into the lock and turned excessively, the throw bolt snapped. A new lock of the same type manufacture was installed on the closet door by the basehouse keeper on 7 December 1963. The purpose of this ment which monitors On the night of 7 December 1963, PARMUTH was requested by the COS to install an extension phone at the COS residence. After a short training period given by RESCIGNO at the (MKCHARITY base, PARMUTH was able to service this request satisfactorily. This extension was one which is replaced one removed (for study) by KUSODA officials who inspected Mexico. Se UTH photographed 423 frames, usin: * £. On 10 December 1963 PARM the Chief of Station. the Recordak to fulfill a monthly Staff D requirement for g. On the morning of 17 December 1963, 5 and PARMUTH met at the LIERODE basehouse to ins camera and the VLS-2 trigger device. SWINEHART instructed both L-22 and PARMUTH very thoroughly on the installation and maintenance of the SEQUE: . EE — PAGE te USE PREVIOUS EDIT.ON PERC ATES FORD 6178. St aa AND §! 2? WIHICH ARE COBSOLETE oe erence con ae sot SECRET | (SJ commnuco - 1963, PARMUTH assisted RESCIGNO | REQU CD. Bi - RDEXI ! a3 te - 7s re? Lot Pra Sees wat ofech® 208 ag ‘= WINEHART, LIFEUD/2¢]. tall the 35mm SEQUENC a
“Michael CGC. CHOADEN, Cc/PBRUMEN Operations Officer, to make an emergency ~ OO wre baat oe RAN PELs mem ae “HMMA-22726 | WS grey -The complete system was then dismantled by SWINEHART so that L-22 ould re-install the system from the beginning. This. was done by L~22 and met with SWINEHART's satisfaction. Although the Consulate door was closed to the ey public for a period of six days for unknown reasons as of the nivht of 17 December 1963, tests were made using the SEQUENCE camera photographing people walking by the Consulate door, The camera worked well and produced good printable negatives, On the morning of 18 December 1963, L-22 contacted PARMUTH and explained that the Consulate door was now open to the public and receiving -]visitors as of 1010 that day. PARMUTH and SWINEHART joined L-22 shortly — later at the LIERODE basehouse and found that the camera system was working well and pfiotographing people entering and leaving this target area, SWINEHART then processed this film at the Station lab and made sample prints of the day's take to be presented to the COS and C/PBRUMEN for their approval, Both were. very pleased with the photographic results using this type of camera equipment, at the LIE RODE basehouse. As of this reporting, the SEQUENCE camera is using approximately 100 feet of Plus X film between 0900 and 1400 hours (office hours for the Consulate), L~-23 uses the present dark room area to photograph . traffic entering and leaving the front gate of the Embassy and is on duty. from 0800 to 1800 hours daily, six days a week. In order for L-22 to process the film . from both of these cameras and make prints daily, it will be necessary to install another darkroom at the basehouse, L-22 will neéd a Morse Tank for processing ‘film, a drying rack, and a small PAKO dryer for finishing prints in order to satisfy PBRUMEN requirements at the Station. Forwarded as enclosure 2 is - the installation, sual statistical and training report concerning this operation, h. On the night of 17 December 1963, PARMUTH and SWINEHART went to the Mexico City Airport to meet a visiting SWB TDYer and assisted him : . , through customs. Before the plane arrived, PARMUTH and SWINEH _ the opportunity to inspect the| } -_ of the Airport. a _ es a i, On the evening of 31 December 1963, PARMUTH was requested by . | meeting with LIFEUD/22. The purpose of this meeting was to pick up photographs and logs for 30 and 31 December in connection with a priority PBRUMEN. Operation. — 6. Station Support (SW Activity). a. On 6 December 1963, a visiting TDYer from Tegucigalpa requested PARMUTH to train/SWLUCK/1 in secret writing. Training was carried out on * December 1963 at a local hotel in the city. SW systems 37 and 58 were used in this operation as per KURIOT instruction in DIR-@7130. Forwarded as enclosure 3 is the SW report which is to be sent to SWB, a rar b. On 20 December 1963, PARMUTH was trained in the use of SW system 99 by a visiting KURIOT technician. , , '7. Miscellaneous Statistics. a. Number of operational targets surveys completed during month: 0, Number of TDY trips completed during the month: 0, Photographic equipment issued for operational use: SEQUENCE co) 5 wv: rm 2 d. Photographic equipment repaired: 0, _@. Number of people trained in photographic techniques/equipment: 2 ” CLASSIFICATION SE CRET Lacsd conten PEPLACES POPS $1-23 5) 284 AND $1.29 | WHT ABE DBSOLETE