Fad MARAT toe Oe Atreg Chief, KURIOT Attn: Photographic Branch NO INDEXING REQUIRED pas o ONLY QUALITIEO DESK CAN JUDGE INDEXING Chief, WH Division FROM Chief of Station, Mexico City SUBIECT é- Operational Monthly Report -- 1-31 December 1963 | . ACTION REQUIRED . REFERENCES Action: None. For your information. MICROFILM % Rresented below is a reporting of the operational and support activities of Gregory D, PARMUTH for the above mentioned period. 1, General Summary of Activities, Activity for the month of December consisted of the following: ‘Installation of the SEQUENCE camera at the LIERODE basehouse; was given to C/MKCHARITY on an audio operation against an LC . target; A locked door containing audio equipment was at an LP monitoring the LCHARVEST apartment; Station production totaled 2,325 for the month; One agent was trained in SW; and Photographic basehouses + Covering Soviet and Satellite Embassies produced below average production because of the Christmas season, AS Sistance HARVEST opened by PARMUTH 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 5.9. . Of this report for details, On 17 December 1963 an SWB representative arrived at Mexico City (continued) 1, Training Report (KASNICKA) os: 2. Sequence Camera reports (3) Lo ro Ane. — Distribution: Ot vo eer TY \ _ 1 - WH, w/o encls rs ee SAAS REFERENCE To . : DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER ~~ ua a Sete ; ; - HMMA-~-22726 Fe RSSICON HGS FILE NUMZER — 3 ? Biel ne SECRET 50 -6~18 004038 a 7 of 22 PES eee
AE Se A OS CRY fm we 8 oes DISPATCH , ro sec Rr ce ig MimMantetee setae alee ea enn e J tee a (let a a anne cae ate tt pee ee i for the purpose of training PARMUTH in the use of Sve By stem 99. 3, Training. its 8: See training report forwarded as Enclosure lon Lewis F. KASNICKA. 4,. Operations ° None. ‘5, Station Support. | 3. On the morning of 1 December 1963, PARMUTH assisted RESCIGNO in installing audio microphones under the flooring of an LCHARVEST occupied {See HMMA-22608, ll Dec 63, para 5.d.) Lines leading from the apartment. ; he flooring which had audio installation to the LP were strung and secured below t 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 door 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, etc.» elCe oe Three audio microphones were installed on this operation. Be During the period 2-14 December 1963, PARMUTH again handled LIFIRES 4/5 while Marvin A. CABOT was on annual leaves. c. On 6 December 1963 PARMUTH forwarded to KURLOT/WAVE Headquarters two orders of envelopes (six month supply per each request) . and one request for stamps. The envelopes were handcarried by Timothy Ae CAPRIOTT to WAVE Headquarters, avoiding aiweek's delay if the exvelopes - were sent through the pouch from Mexico City. The stamps were handcarried by another TDYer to the States for mailing to Washington.  -.- .- d. On 6 December 1963 PARMUTH was requested to re-enter the LP covering the LOHARVEST apartment as reported in para 5.a. of this report. The purpose of this visit was to unlock a closed door which stored the LP equip- ment which monitors 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 unlocked 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, was inserted into the lock and turned excessively, the throw bolt 8 when the key ufacture was installed on the closet - snapped. A.new lock of the same. type man ‘door by the basenouse keeper on 7 December 1963. - - | . e. On the night of 7 December 1963, PARMUTH was requested by . poe. ‘the COS to install an extension phone at the COS residence. After 2 short). training period given by RESCIGNO at the MKCHARITY base, PARMUTH was.is... able to service this request satisfactorily. This extension was one which i ~ replaced one removed (for study) by KUSODA officials who inspected Mexico. or f£, On10 December 1963 PARMUTH photographed 423 frames, usin the Recordak to fulfill a monthly Staff D requirement for the Chief of Station. ; g. On the morning of 17 December 1963, SWINEHART, LIFEUD/2:. and PARMUTH met at the LIERODE basehouse to install the 35mm SEQUENC | e VLS-2 trigger device. SWINEHART instructed both L-22 and . camera and th | e SEQUE™ PARMUTH very thoroughly on the installation and maintenance of th a ele nee en i een enn a cet . FIR 3 FPN USE PREVIOUS EDIFON CLASSIFICATION ~T pase fs BEL ATES FORMS . re 037 53a 5179 51788 &ND 3! 3. 5 E CG R EB T: : : LOD: SOX | ceseatinred ny peer t ARE CASOLETE 600 aoe ss ee cece en A TT eee a ~ Pass CG? In snags mary meme i A cern teat sti a aren inpinfnflenditon namie
‘Seitsienoctannsomatalae Rieter statean attain ST Sash “tne! Si” ins TOG “etm! Fn a eeeeaenbeis one aaesiainaedl . _ DISPATCH » (es SECRET  wAMA-22726 | wee tere een os nem ee cea : ~ ote oe cece mn ae oe cote ee Rd camera. The complek System was then dismantled vs SWINEHART so that L-22 could 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 public for a period of six days for unknown reasons as of the nivht 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 LIERODE basehouse. As of this reporting, the SEQUENCE camerais . 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 ins tallation, wed 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 SWINE the opportunity to inspect th q of the Airport. - — — oe ac — x ds On the evening of 31 December 1963; PARMUTH was requested by ‘| ‘Michael Cc. CHOADEN, C/PBRUMEN Operations Officer, .to make an emergency... }- meeting with LIFEUD22, The purpose of this meeting was to pickup 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 § /LUCK/I1 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-87130.. Forwarded as enclosure 3 is the SW report which is to be sent to SWBe ee b. On 20 December 1963, PARMUTH was trained in the use of SW system 99 by a visiting KURIOT technician... . ee sm 7. Miscellaneous Statistics. ” a. Number of operational targets surveys compléted during month: 0, oo b. Number of TDY trips completed during the month: 0, wt " . ©» Photographic equipment issued for operational use: SEQUENCE canreral” i d. Photographic equipment repaired: 0, 4 i i €. Number of people trained in photographic techniques/equipment: 0004100. _ a . ASSIFICATION “ORM ‘ USE NEEWOUS EDITION CLASSIFIC ae PEP ALES FONG es S3a ro SE2a 4! DA 5! | SECRET | sentconmyen 0 : WH ABE OBSCHETE _ a