‘. Date: 01/06/05 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION \ Released under the John Kennedy WKssassination Records Ollection Act of 1992 AGENCY : CIA RECORD NUMBER : 104-10091-10005 RECORD SERIES : JFK AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 80T01357A (44 USC 2107 Note}. wee eee ee ee ee eee ee ase#:NWU 53199 Date: DOCUMENT INFORMATION 6-12-2017 AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : COS, MEXICO CITY TO : CHIEF, WH DIVISION TITLE : PROGRESS REPORT: 1 JULY - 30 SEPTEMBER 1971 DATE : 09/29/1971 PAGES : 6 SUBJECTS : WITHHELD CUBA EMBASSY PHOTO COVERAGE DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER CLASSIFICATION : SECRET RESTRICTIONS : 1B 1C¢ CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED IN PART PUBLIC - RELEASED WITH DELETIONS DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 08/07/93 COMMENTS : JFK31 : F6 : 1993.08.07.08:51:32:460032 {R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10091-10005 HW 53199 DBocld:32353680 Page 1
reten Yoo: are | PLITO ee pre . “Chief, Western Hemisphere Division ee oe. [NO HOEXING REQUIRED "FO ; _ _ + TONLY QUALIFIED DESK Chief, WOACRE _ . CAN JUDGE INDEXING 20M — aa of a Chief of Station, Mexico City Be ICROFILA SU3IE D KDAFGHAN Progress Report: 1 July - 30 September 1971 ACTION REQUIRED - REFERENCES — ~ Action Required: Paragraph 16 (WOACRE) 1. SUMMARY: Daring the reporting period this Project coutinued with no change. The KDAFGHANS continued to provide the Station, with photographic coverage of visitors to the Cuban Embassy. A new case _ officer took over the Project at the. beginning of the period anc-has spent the major part of his mectings with KDAFGHAN-1 and 2 on dis- cussing and planning ways. to: improve the percentage of identifications made by them. What follows is a description of the operation as it now stands and the Station's. plans to improve it. , 2. PRESENT T_KDAFGHAN ROUTINE: Visual coverage of the. entrance to the Cuban Embassy compound is provided from 0900 to 1800 (the approximate hour at which lighting: conditions prevent. further 7 ;puotography with the present equipment.) Embassy hours are 0800- ee 42100, approximately. KDAFGHAN-1 provides the majority of the nan- spower, with KDAFGHAN-2 filling in for rest. breaks, lunch and while KDAFGHAN-1 processes the previous day's take. The seneral practic is to cbserve the entrance without optical assistance until a person. or vehicle is seen to be entering or leaving the gate area. The ~~ restricted size of the aperture possible in the OP for this viewing (a rectangular opening approximately four by five inches) prevents: Simultaneous viewing of any other area of the compound. When a carset is seen, the observer shifts his head a few inches to the reflex finder of the camera and is given a 20 X magnification of the target. This is more. than adequate for identification of any target. If the target is unknown and/or a previous photograph has not been taken, the observer takes one. At the same time he records the time of arrival/departure, whether the target is known or . unknown, and records any obvious identifying data.such as license... plate, apparent nationality, apparent occupation, etc. In addition ent nai cetera temtinrtnt + Senter mt i NIN ecco e882 Continued....... Attac hments: ‘A - as stated h/w _ ne —_ ee B- aS stated u/s/c Ele. | bee Eefan Pooh TE Distribution: mo J Orig. & 2 - Chief, WHD (w/atts. A and B BW & Ww! B/C) a 1 - Chief, WOACRE (w/o/fatts.) - a ot arena ae renee ph nnn tte nthe ni a.m ae | aa 3 eapy _ at Le) 3 CISPATCH SYMBOL AND HUMBER. DATE HMMA =. 41087
to the above general visual surveillance, the agents are -occasionally provided with photographs of targets the Station believes might visit the compound and on whom we wish a specific. alert - such as visiting agent personnel and third country - subversives known.or believed to be in the area. Each day, KDAFGHAN=-1 processes his notes and the photographs taken and submits them to the Station in the following form (one day's production is illustrated in Attachment A): a. A timetable of arrivals and departures (the number in the left margin indicates that a photograph was taken). . —— 7 , mo, -The original negative. The daily average seems to be about eighteen photographs. ~ - a A contact print of the above negatives (the inked — numbers on the photographs correspond to the marginal numbers on the report). - d. Enlargements of selected subjects. (not included). - 3. ‘THE AGENT PERSONNEL: GARDALPHE spent one day, from 0645 to 1500, inside the OP, observing the agents and their routine. Both seem to have adapted to a very boring routine quite well. Their eyesight, which has been the subject of quite a few off-the-record comments at both Headquarters and at the Station (viz, that they are blind), was checked out thoroughly, but innocuously, by asking them who such and such a person was at the gate or in photos and by asking them to read some very _ small print film-processing instructions... While KDAFGHAN-2's Pa eyesight is definitely poorer than that of KDAFGHAN-1, she easily Rs identified the subjects and was able to read the test literature - with no problem. She was observed carefully while manning the. . OP and she missed -no one in that one and one-half hour period. Previous cases of missing known targets scheduled to visit the | Embassy are more probably the result of boredom and a resultant» lack of attention. Their job requires them to be hermits. They have very few friends and even fewer visitors. To preak them out | of this rut, the Station will soon start altering their work hours to provide more extended coverage of the target, and give “them more interesting work to do. ne oe ae 4. PRESENT KDAFGHAN FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT: The present OP is located on the roof of a three-story apartment house located about eighty yards from the compound entrance (see Attachment B). Concealment is excellent. Windows on other floors allow visual observation of most of the compound facing the OP and of the entrance to the Consulate. However, they do ° not permit photography, except on a selected basis, because of the concealment problem. - The OP proper is a small bathroom | about five by six feet in what used to be the maid's quarters. A captain's chair, the tripod, camera, ‘lens and a small worktable have been fitted in between the various plumbing figtures. Adjacent to this is another room of approximately twice the size. which contains a desk, cot, the printer and. a wardrobe for’ storing photographic materials. This room has a large picture © window overlooking the entrance to the Consulate. ‘ Continued CLASSIFICATION { fr:!- PAGE NO. USE PREVIOUS EDITIO “sf SL Li] conrmven 2 of 6