‘04-10788-10414 ISPATCH Se D SECRET er OL ae . 1p Chief, KURIOT Attn: Photographic Branch =| &x_[ no snotng acquime oe #0 — ere “Se —_ OMY Queene oom. ° Chief, WH Divieion ‘ ee Poo —< = ~S~SStCCStSSSSSSSSS __._ Chief of Station, Mexico City ct a weact Operational Monthly Report -- 1-31 December 1963 LTO RE QURLD RLFLALMCLS Action: None. For your information. ‘ - wc Presented 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; Assistance was given to c/M CHARITY on an audio operation against an LCHARVEST target; A locked door containing audio equipment was opened by PARMUTH atan LP monitoring the LCHARVEST apartment; Station production totaled 2,325 for the month; One agent was trained in SW; and Photographic basehousesa covering Soviet and Satellite Embassies produced below average production because of the Christmas season, by 2. TOY On 16 December 1963 Peter T, SWINEHART, POB, arrived at Mexico City to install a SEQUENCE camera at the LIERODE basehouse, See para 5.g, of thie report for details, On l7 December 1963 an SWB representative arrived at Mexico City (continued) ~~ Eni: 1, Training Report (KASNICKA) 2, Sequence Camera reports (3) 3. SWB Report ‘Af P £8 copy Distribution: ee ae 4 - KURIOT, w/encls aes eg l- WH, w/o encls Tee — we lee ed ek a CROAS REFERENCE TO . e a DISPATCH SYMBM AND NUMBER ~ OATE We cttle & rae: aan . *HMM4-22726 16 January 1964 CLASSIFICATION . mg Sime MuMBER —_— DB evchg | SECRET | 50-6-18 a“
ae S3e Abe PA AN SED 5 ert wate a NB ete 4 Oh Ae CONTINUATION OF : ' DISPATCH SECRET. ' HMMA-22726 for the purpose of training PARMUTH in.the use of SW system 99, 3. Training. . See training report forwarded as Enclosure lon Lewis F, KASNICKA, 4. Gperationg, None. 5, Station Support. a. On the morning of | December 1963, PARMUTH assisted RESCIGNO in installing audio microphones under the flooring of an LCHARVEST occupied apartment, .($¢e HMMA-22608, il 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 thia crawling space by removing a amail 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 ataygnant water six to ten inches deep on the floors at all times, cob webs, bugs, etc., efCee. 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 wag on annual leave. ¢, On 6 December 1963 PARMUTH forwarded to KURIOT/WAVE Headquarters two orders of envelopes (six month supply per cach request) and one request for stamps, The envelopes were handcarried by Timothy A. CAPRIOTT to WAVE Headquarters, avoiding a week'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 LCHARVEST apartmerit 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 Nad 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, when the key was inserted 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, ‘ e. 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 MECHARITY base, PARMUTH waa able to service this request satisfactorily, This extension was one which ‘ replaced one removed {for study) by KUSODA officials who inspected Mexico, f. On 10 December 1963 PARMUTH photographed 4123 frames, using the Recordak to fulfill a monthly Staff D requirement for the Chief of Station, g. On the morning of 17 December 1963, SWINEHART, LIFEUD/22 and PARMUTH met at the LIERODE basehouse to install the 35mm SEQUENCE camera and the VLS-~2 trigger device. SWINEHART instructed both L~-22 and PARMUTH very thoroughly on the installation and maintenance of the SEQUENCE meee BR ee = ame C7Cre) Pray NAVE SECRET {| SX Joon sits Ze UME Pete OS ET ON ac ate ce tt ec ee be