es . J. . WARAID TOR INO AIRE _. . ~ Chief, KURIOT  _— Attn: Photographic Branch | xx¢ | no tnoexine requiaea i Ho - ONLY QUAUIFIFO DISK Chief, WH Division ; ID f PY CAN ILDGE INDEXING vief of Station, Mexico City ““ i MICROFILM susecT AYAn é- Operational Monthly Report -- If Dace mt ae ACTION REQUIRED » REFERENCES a cua Action: None. For your information. . Rresented below is a reporting of the operational and support activities - of Gregory D, PARMUTH for the above mentioned period. l, General Summary of Activities, Activity for the month of December consisted of the following: oo, 7 -Installation of the i@ SEQUENCE camera at the LIERODE basehouse; As sistance fo. was given to CAMMRCHARITY on an audio operation against an LCHARVEST: a _ target; A locked’door containing audio equipment was opened by PARMUTH - ee at an LP monitoring the LCHARVEST apartment; Station production totaled . 2,325 for the month; One agent was trained in SW; and Photographic basehouses: “« eqvering ‘Soviet and Satellite Embassies produced below average production res . “because of the Ch iristmas ™ REPRODUST, \, (ffe Sec tee = 2, TDY Poe JEU TP - | "On 16 December 1963 PROMS Por. eS Newieg a e | | | | of this report for details. ‘City to install a SEQUENCE camera at basehouse, See para 5.g. _ On 17 December 1963 an SWB representative arrived at Mexico City _ (continued) yl: a l. Training Report (KASNICKA) ~ 2, Sequence Camera reports (3). 3. SWB Report . Distribution: ot te = “KURIOT, wencls” 7 -]L-= WH, w/o encls DROSS REFEPENTE TO] ue gp OLS E HMMA-22726 416 January 1964 as a ae —_ WQS FILE nUWaER = oe Bate —_ SECRET. |. 50-6-18 rs i 000098 ‘PAGE Tt of _ ee - COPY No.
DISPAICH . pot -\ ‘ PGR a MMA el ee eee the me tite : \ for sthe purpose of training PARMU‘TH in the use of Nv sy stem 99. 3, Training. J Fe 2 See training report forwarded as Enclosure Lon Lewis F. KASNICKA. 4A,. Operations. None. "5, Station Support: PRO: rig; UD a. On the morning of | December 1963, PARMUTH assisted RESCIGNO in installing audio microphones under the flooring of an LCHARVEST occupied apartment. (See HMMA~22608, H Dec 63, para 5.d.) Lines leading from the audio installation to the LP were strung and secured below the flooring which had ample sermi-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,» eters - Three aucio microphones were installed on this operation. oo b, During the period 2- 14 December 1963, PARMUTH again . handled LIFIRES 4/5 while Maw OE ID ‘i er leaves. a ae ee oo ¢. On 6 RE 9 rded | to cURIOT/WAVE Headquarters two orders of a = i ,.onth supply. per each request) . “sand one reque st for pe se | handcarried by ‘Timothy A. ms CAPRIOTT to WAVE Headquarte week's delay if the exv elopes ~- - Le were sent through. the pouch 3 from: ‘Mexico City. ‘The stamps. were e handcarried \ - by another TDYer to. the States: ‘for mailing | to Washingione.’ d. On6 December 1963 PARMUTH was requested t to re- “enter ‘the De LP coverizg the LOHARVEST apartment as reported in para 5.a, of this report. The purpote of this visit was to unlock a closed door which stored the LP equip- ment which monitor s LCHARVEST activities in that apartment. Although the basehouse keeper had a key which worked well for several days prev iously, the | lock would not open for the agent on the afternoon of 6 December. . PARMUTE entered the apartment at 0130 hours on 7 December and unlocked the door. — . . was found that the throw bolt located inside the lock was broken. For or arity | ; purposed, two other locks were removed from other doors located in the same | -poom to cneck if these locks were in the same bad condition. Im each case, “when the key was inserted | into the: lock and turned excessively, the throw bolt rs : snapped. ~ _A new lock of the same type. manulaciere | was. installed © on the ‘closet ! | t i i door by the basehouse | keeper, on 7 December 1963. | e. On the night of December 1963, | PARMUTH as Leqaested by © “the TOS to install an. ¢ FES Ar) the SOs posiden tes (After ‘a short. cob training pe riod given Let Sa att mer IN RITY base, “PARM AUTH: was able to service this re eS a Nhe rneion wag one which - a : replaced one removed See Tein Hee who inspected Mexico. : ‘ £, On 10 Dece nit photographed 423 frames , usin | the Recordak to fulfill a monthly Staff D requir ernment for the Chief of Station. : seemerceumrye’ g. On the morning of 17 December 1963, “ SWINEHART, LiFEUD/2: and PARMUTH met at the LIE RODE basehouse to install the 33mm SEQUENC camera and the VLS-2 trigger device. SWINEHART instructed both L- -22 and , P ARMUTH very thoroughly on the installation and maintenanc® of the SEQUE eee en creat tee ust pag taus &% 1s ee pers aces FLY we S3a recalls rere APE OF CLASS SPER TION cone mene a ‘PASE COPE NO.
POCO “piieareie Lm SECRET | | bvama-22726 | | , camera: ~The complek system was then dismantled uh 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 photographing peop Gn ttn g~ and: feaving,t if, target area. SWINEHART then processed this film at th | ation lab:and made]! ¢mple prints of the day's take to be presented to the ind-C/PBRUMEN- Or their approval. Both were very pleased with the photographi ii Nanshilelie is type of camera equipment, ; at the LIERODE basehouse. A Tonge e SEQUENCE camerais .-_,* l eftweé using approximately 100 feet of m en 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, sad statistical and training report concerning this operation, . oe . 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 SWINEHART took “« the opportunity to inspect tha p= — . ; MichaelC . CHOADEN, | C/PB PUY NEN Puipcan ficer, to :¢make-an e mergency “meeting with LIFEUD/22, The purpose of tid ing was to’ pick up photographs" ~ Jand 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 X 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. - -"? woe Fo Co: oe SOT ere seen core menene eens eee rena _ bs On 20 December 1963, PARMUTH was trained in the use of SW.u... | ~ Systern 99 by 2 visiting KURIOT technician, - we ee ee Be : "Fl" Miscellaneous Statistios. ei a oes ee poe oon oo ots TTP ‘of. iabrohdukarediby. ¢s) completed during “month: . 6.” 2 % “by Number of TDY PAYA FAlEiRing the month: 0. cess he oO BREE ones. Cc. Photographic equipment issued for Operational use: SEQUENCE QO © oe mh * d. Photographic equipment repaired: 0, €. Number of people trained in photographic techniques/equipment: 2, 000b100 CLASSIFICATION Qare i USE PRELOUS EOE DS : - FEPLALEG FO 2as5 i has “te ~ r "s° 33a x SPW 33e ano gia | SECRET [ steoumoues : tw aan AME APE etcKere - : bron ett ee a —bo . Ae ae *d I ie re a) La) wet BY ine)