14-00000 | LROLS REFERENCE TO CASSIEICANON i FOORESNING ACTION eee AED ER IND ERNE 19 - , ot Chief, Western Hemisphere Diviston LON ep earuns stan IMO. fomy CUALED OfS4 Chief, WOACRE | 1CAWAUDCE IDLING ype Chief of Station, Mexico City 7% wre ine nC. waa “KDAFGHAN Proxress. Report: ACO RQzitS atte etRES Action Required: Paragraph 16 (WOACRE ) ‘de SUMMARY: Daring the reporting period this Project coutlnued with no change. The KDAFGUANS continued to provide tha Station with photuvraphic coverage of visitors to Che Cuban Embassy.- A new case officer took over’ ihe Project at the berinning of the period and has | Spent the major part of his mectines with KDAFGHAN-1 and 2 on dis Cussing aad planndig ways to improve the peveentaxe 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, . _i July = 30 September 1971 2. PRESH _KDAFGHAN ROUTINE: Visual coverare of the entrance to tne Cuban § assy compound iS provided fxvem o200 to 1800 (the approximate hour at which Lighting conditions prevent further puotoyraphy with the present equipment, ) Embassy hours are O800- 2100, approximately.  KDAFGiHAN-L provides the majority of the man-. power, with KDAFGHAN=2 filling in for rest breaks, lunch and while — KDAFGHAN~1 processes the provious day's take. The veneral practicoa is to observe the entvance without optical assistance until 2 person or vehicle is seen to be entering or leaving: the gate area. The restricted size of the aperture possible in the OP ror this viewing f(a rectanrular opening approximately four by five inches) prevents Simultaneous viewing of any other area of the compound, Whonoa tarvet is seen, the observer shifts his head a few inches to the _ veflex 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 net 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, aoparent occupation, ate. In addition Continued. ...... Attachments: A - as stated h/w - ; ; ‘B ~ as stated u’s’e — ie. MPT by fPPAN > Set oy Distribution: .. VOrig. «© 2+ Chief, WHD (wratts. A and B h/w & us e) lo- Chief, WOACRE ww O/atts,)~ 4 Meee ee ee TL ee tL Oy | GIOPATCH STINBOL AND RUMGLR : oc et ers ee ona rr _ Oo HMMA = 41087 — ns naar cc ne |W Fk wan ra SECRET ¥ 30-6-122.°3
14-00000 pone CONTINUATION OF = ELA SIF lea Tie aN ~~. se ATA pa BAHL AND Fe Mae, Ral ' i OISPATCH “SECRET i HMMA - 41087 ‘ to the above general Visual survedllance, the agents are eccastonally provided wilth photographs of targets tie: Seatiron belleves might visit the! compound and on whom we wish a specific alert - stich as visiting agent personnel and third country ‘SubversTV6S known or believed td -be in the area. Each day, | ’ KDAFGHAN-1 pkocesses his: notes and the photographs taken and “-subnits them?-to. ‘the Station in the following form fone 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). b. The. original negative. The daily average seems to be about eighteen photovraphs. A contact print of the above negatives (the inked numbers on the photogiaphs correspond to the marginal, numbers on the report). od. Enlargements of selected subjects. (not included). 3. THE AGENT PERSONNEL: GARDALPHE spent one day, from 0845 to 1560, inside the OP, observing the agents and thetr routine, . Both seem to hiuve 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 Chem who such and such a person was at the gate or in photos and by asking them to vead some very suai] print film-processing instructions. While KDAFGHAN-2's eyesight is definitely poordr than that of KDAFGHAN-1, she easily ideutified 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 perload. Previous cases of missing known targets scheduled to visit the Exbassy 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 break 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. Lor 4. PRESENT KDAFGHAN FACILITIES AND EQUIP MENT The present OP is located on the roof of a three-story apavtaont 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 net 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 nas a large picture window overlooking the entrance to the Consulate. Continued. ...... , eT AGE NG. 2of 6 nee ee re a " CLASSIFICATION SECRET Hs CONTINUED VSE PREVIOUS EDITION.