104-100950276+ _ - « S 20 Septe: mber 1980 a So 7 a MEMORANDUM FOR: ls Summ nary. of STESCALADE. _ Audis. id Operation | fois - -Agal inst. the New Chi OS sy JBIECT . ina. News “Agency in Havana” 22: DNS ED ede In : May 1959, the New Chine- News Agency (NCA) opened: a . an office in Havana in the El Medico Building which is cecupied — ns _ partly by business concerns And. partly used. for resicential. apart t-. “ments, Shortly thereafter, the Havana Station obtained the con-) °°” currence of Ambassador Bonsal and Miss Carolyn O, Stacey, an Embassy employee, to mount an audio operation against NCNA through . the wall of the adjacent apartment in which Miss Stacey lived. In - - November 1959, the FE Division sent one case officer and one TSD co technician to Havana, and the installation of a mic ropnone and tape : " «recorder was completed in Miss Stacey's apartment on 29 Novernber - 1959, ° - 2, ‘By June. 1960, it had become évident that two ether rooms me occupied by NCNA possibly yhouzed commest=asa ipment and 0 oot were used for conferences, At that time | 7 ES Division case officar, went to Havana and explored the possibility of improving” the operation, He managed to lease an apartment directly over the 6 1 2 %. NONA office and arranged tor a stay-b ehind agent to occupy ¢ his space. ° + 3. In August. 1950, a team of three “PSD technicians who were 2 ™~ os in Havana on a separate SR Division operation agreed to install the. =. NL el additional equipment required for the NCNA operation, A second FE | — ‘Division case officer, Robert Neet, came down to Havana; andhe, . ~ 7 together with the technicians, installs sbe microphone and tape =< -- recorder in the apartment ‘obtained 3 DY er the NCNA office, st About this time the equipment was removed from Miss Stacey'a apartment, with the exception of the plastic probe which was left - -- in the wall and plastered over, oO — com meme MONI Madichid aa : v
14-00000 i 4, As an additional securi ty precaution to provide : a 5s safe haven, and after consultation with the Acting Chief of Station, 4. key. to an apartment in the same building leased by Mrs. Marjorie oe oh Lennox, an Embassy secretary, was cotained. Mes, Lennox was_ aa - told that access to her apartment was needed for = photographic . Po surveillanc® Purposes. a ean ne ve - vara §," “ghe Station was 3 then faced eeith ‘the probability. ‘that time ™ rer See and security ‘would work against nelding indefinitely the lease to. 7 the apartment over NCNA since the owners-of the building. were. - cancelling sub-lessors* contracts ‘and recalling Jeasess. 2 aid Wass”; 7 therefore, decided to ‘install transmitters “and switches in ‘order to. " permit ecntinued monitoring of the target from a ‘distant ‘listening © ‘+ post: “Another three.-man_ team:.of TSD technicians. “consisting ¢ of. “ David L, Christ (alias Carswell), Walter E.: § Szuminski (alias oe Taransky) and Thornton J. Anderson { ias Danbrent} documented: as tourists had been sent to Havana to ins tall audio equipment in the- Chinese Nationalist Embassy before it was due to be turned over to... he Chinese Cornmunits.. This operation aborted, . This team was ©: -..+ then sent to work on the instatlation of the transmit tters in the aparts a ment ¢ over | the NGNA office. fo an me 6. At 2400 hours: on 4 | September, Christ, who wyith the’ ee other technicians. was working in the targ get apartment, . failed to keep: ... catty = scheduled appointment with Meet. At 0100 hours on the 15th of © on September, the apartment of Mrs. Lennox was entered into and. oo! searched by. Cuban authorities, ‘and. she was taken into custody. ae CAN, 1540: hours’ on 15 Septemoer, ‘Neet, the stay-bebind agent and his’ wife a were: Picked up by the, Cuban sutherities and detained. Te. As of today the agent. yernains ‘in ‘the Gustody of the Cuban’: euthorities. His wife bas been released and is still in Havana. Neet . was released.1715 hours 16 September and has subsequently returned. nee to Washington where he is being debriefed....Mrs.- Lennox was. bon! subsequently released and has also returned to Washington whete she _ is being debriefed, The three TSD technicians remain in confinement.” They have been seen in confinement but not contacted by an ‘Embassy officer when he first att empted to secure the release of Mrs. Lennox, ~ Christ was last seen by Nest when they were jointly interr rogated ie morning of 18 September. At that time Christ did not appear -2-—
. Was unsuccessful. He was not permi itted to sea them but was told. - to have been maltreated, 7 : - we emee Pe re es 8. Accor sding to articles in the Cuban papers ‘the three eee technicians were arrested while in the apartment over the NCNA 2 ofiice and completing the installation of the equipment, The. , press article adds that the key to Mrs, Lennox's apartment was Wind. Sun found on one of. the technicians who identified the apartment to 2-500 which jit belonged, All Cuban press releases have ‘referred to the mien by alias and. have not.identified them as Government or Agency. ao mployees..‘It.is unclear at present what story had been. agreed- * oe ore ~ upon by the technicians and station pevsonnel'to be used in thé event ee they were caught, (While being interrogated with Neet, Christ — indicated that Neet was his boss, ard Neet consistently denied. any : 7 knowledge as-to why he was being held.) “The: sub-lease for the #f 28!" 7. . apartment in which the men were caught is in the name taye jens agent with the original | lease being in the name of the... 2 = -- = Division Case Officer. OL LUC Lin. 2. a DAIS 9, Initial information indicated that the. three te chuicians would » be charged with espionage "against the people of China'', Subsequent press releases have been unclear on this ‘point, - An atternpt by Consul ~~ Hugh Kessler to contact the three men at 1750 hours on 17 Septernber -----— they were in custody, -- -0 2 ve te te ete 10, The three technicians trave Ved to ‘Cuba as tourists. under very light commercial cover, two.of them working fer a-coz New York and the third, one in Baltimore, In eack case th a company consists of a telephone answering service and a name onthe “> ~ door; Telephone messages and mail are pi icked 2p pe riodically | by aa Agency. contract emplo yee. The men were provided with this cover ~ as weil as unbackstopped home addresses for use when entering or... . leaving: ‘Cuba as tourists since the filling out of the Js nding card -/-e-0 0+ reguires this information. Subsequent to their detenti ‘on the home addresses have been pariialiy backstopped s o-that-i inguiries will csc 7 indicate that someone with this alias ra © had tived i inthe apartment — - house in question, Insofar as the cover companies are concerned, aiforts are being made to provide a backstop to withatane inquiries from the press should the Cubans reveal this information. In view
i } i \ i SO ne ape Rat LT OO COON um omy fo i ee . — Tn rn emer ys cares S-E-C-R-E-T ef the thinness of the cover, it is uncertain wheth er this vill succeed, ou 1l, A cleared and w tting law firm in New by Mr. L. Houston on the situation with the thou ret guiri received by the cover company could be referred to the firm of res * oe lawyers from whom no comment would be obtained other inquirers,...The law firm has been briefed on the entire situa- 0 tion so that they may be ina posits on to act = ad action by them ao a aa appears desirable or feasible. It would not a 2az hat such support of any kind can be obtained from the law i firm o: Cuba which are associ sated with: them, ae 12, Insofar as the families are concerned, one of the technicians is a bachelor pr esently on home leave between two tours in His father, a cook in a diner in the Boston area, has been contacted .. by the Cffice of Security, and he will get in touch with Security if he receives any inquiries on this m tier, Security, by the same -- token, will keepin touch with bim as the Cubans reveal their i inten- tions and course of action, = ee 13, The wives of the cther tw o technicians have been told what 3 Fat has happened and are being contacte staifers and their wives who have bee: a Sw conference with the two wives was held in TSDien 19 : over the whole situation and determine if there were. onal. problems on which the Agency could be of help. Forth pelt che wives are telling their neighbors that their husbands areocna.- 2. trip. This story will be ad Sjusted depending on what course of action... _ - the Cuban Government takes, wheather the aliases remain unbroke and whether recognizable photographs oz the individuals are released . to the press. The two wives so fay have takea tha bad news exceedingly ~~ DDCI - 1 a OD/P-1 OS -i COPS -1 Sl- i TR 6 8 ARRON EEO ROE EP AN NORE FREE ae ee mi ee an
eo le . a. ff (4 1 . - RELEASS CONTINCEMCY OPLAY fh AS) - CHART OR MAF ae Seetioral verosautica) ubacts: ap reqed.:3. TASK ORGANIC ATIC: Det. 1, 1OuSth Operational Evilution ant Trataing Gauup. Major Billy B. Carpbell, ‘oacemder. 1. SXTUATICH: Daniel L. Cursyall (ildas), % bags F R. Teransicy (Alges) ave TI) Gilad bP ployee Cuban authorities fa Septesber LGC end wa : (Aides) end Ziwra Ss re exprelonied by O ere suk serving ten year teutea- 4 fe rom, ges. BPPorts ert: belag asile to socre theirs cadess2.  Sarne their release i nay coc without advencue nosiee O2.. 8b a varloty c? plosem, le. Heavacs, ae Miaai, Mexdeo City, Svitgsslard, Srogl., ets., Le 4% isayeredive tant 4. 2-9 coutargensy ples be forsaloted toe wasare tat sucure Dee sapican oF these emilcyees. . ; ; ‘ } Taa <ortrelideg factor in ahi piaate oF the rebLeeare rer: eéure Ls bi it these: enploye?s Vere in “tate 1wdior ahins 3 faztngy tae eatis ericd pines theirs aeptere thede al ser smd ory 2ES. gpperectly care crna aeintatwed, Thare:: ore aa ke sogentink that there nidanes bs nafateined, enteh suth tie: & DE > hese yibuened te Fgewoy ein trol ead then bave these aline ae. sey QigeLMEuy BP sul<Fly oe pus rie ble. ae Pa re « 8 ho ee em Pande and ‘ of. weep g For slisoning purposes the cflicae pouete vt whos ibrraca, | Mewizo Prb pe ed, aan? . 4 : Sioy or “other sreas’. : . 2. MISBEON: het. i, K sta | esriee. cued Erez ly Re blag 2 ree iasoortation Tci aro SPER» 3. EXSOUTICK: epi ye he cag a ae veleune ge Sprays cent ene cee eens ee me
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