104-10085-10072 —  GASSIAGATION, “s E- Cc RET. aphic Branch ONLY QUALIFIED DESK CAN JUDGE INDEXING AGTION. REQUIRED - + REFERENCES “Action: None. For your information. . - Bresented below is a reporting of the operational and support activities cof Gregory D, PARMUTH for the abdve. ‘mentioned ¢ period, | ae General Summary of Activities. a Activity for the month of December consisted of the following: -“<Installation of the SEQUENCE. camera at the LIERODE basehouse; Assistance “was given to C/ MKCHARITY on an audio operation against an LCHARVEST. . target; A locked door containing audio equipment was opened by PARMUTH at an LP monitoring the LCHARVEST apartment; Station production totaled 2,325 for the month; One agent was trained in SW; and Photographic basehouses -..eovering Soviet and Satellite Embassies produced below average production ‘* J because of the Christmas | season. oe ; ; Be ‘TDY. . oo On 16 December 1963 Peter T, ‘SWINEHART, POB, ‘arrived at ‘Mexico osCity to install a SEQUENCE camera sat the LIERODE basehouse. See para 5.86 Bot this ‘Feport for details. : cone a, a : : re Se 7 On 173 December 1963 an swB. representative arrived at: Mexico City | a - ‘Training Report + (KASNICKAY | Sequence Camera reports @)- 7 SWB B Report. , vw peibution: | w/ex encla-. ~ TWH + wie o encls | : - : Bos SYMBOL AND NUMBER : -HMMA-22726 "CLASSIFICATION .. we .. |-Hgs FILE NUMBER ”
ns . ‘ : - , " : ey « * “ ee? & Dee. we oro: . ’ of ce ~ ae . “ —_— CLASSIFICATION —~TSigpater ataBOt AND NO. ZAMINUATION OF =| en te Jf osencn SEC RE T HMMA- -22726 fox the purpose of ‘raining F PARMUTH in the use ‘of sw system 99. - “EL a 3. Training, '. See training report forwarded as Enclosure 1 on Lewis F, KASNICKA, 4, Operations. a ; None. 5. Station Supports 7 7 a. On the morning of 1 December 1963, PARMUTH assisted RESCIGNO in installing audio microphones under the flooring of an LCHARVEST occupied . apartment, (See HMMA~22608, ll Dec 63, para 5.d.) Lines leadirig 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 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 buildirig although .-the curious would be discouraged to enter this area because of stagnant water .gix to ten inches deep on the floors at all times, cob webs, ‘bugs. Stee * ete ee “Three audio microphones were > installed on this operation, — _ _ ; " b. During the period ‘24 December 1963, PARMU TH again handled -LIFIRES s 4/5 while Marvin A. CABOT was on annualleave, er ve. On& December 1963 PARMUTH forwarded to: KURIOT/WAVE Headquarters two orders of envelopes (six month supply per éach 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. - “al “On 6 December 1963 PARMUTH was, s requested to re-enter the - Lip covering the LCHARVEST: apartment. as. “reported in para 5.a, of this report. ' The purpose of this visit was to uilock 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, “when the key was inserted into the lock and turned excessively, the throw bolt -Jenapped, A new lock of the same type manufacture was installed on the closet door by) the basehouse keeper o on 1 December 1963. Oe ‘On the night of 7 December 1963, PARMUTH ' was | reque ested by “ithe COS to install an extension phone at the COS residence. After a. short. “training period given by RESCIGNO at the MKCHARITY base, PARMUTH was “sable to service this request satisfactorily. ‘This extension was one which " replaced one removed. (for study) by KUSODA officials who inspected Mexico, t. On 10 December 1963 PARMUTH photographed 423 frames, - using the: Recordak to fulfill a monthly Statt D ) Fequirement for the Chief of Station. 7 : Be On the morning 6f 17 December 1963 SWINEHART, _LIFEUD 22 and: PARMUTH met at the LIERODE basehbouse to install the 35mm SEQUENCE co “Camera and the VLS-2 trigger device. SWINEHART instructed both L-22 and “2P : hly on the installation and maintenance. of the: SEQUENCE . USE PREVIOUS EDITION. CLASSIFICATION a _ REPLACES FORMS © $1628, 51-28A AND -51:29- “S. ECR B> T WHICH ARE OBSOLETE. .
14-00000 - ANTINUATION OF DISPATCH HMMA-22726. €amera. The complete system was then dismantled by SWINEHART 80 ‘that L22 SS Fé-install the system trom the beginning. This was done by L-22 and met {-' WIZE SWINEHART's satisfaction. Although the Consulate door was closed to the ‘public for a period of six days for unknown reasons as of the night of 17 December 1963, tests were made using the SEQUENCE camera photographing people walking ' by the Consulate door. The caméra 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 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 ~ _ “‘another-darkroom. at the basehouse...’L-22 will need a Morse Tank for processing > film, | a drying rack, and a small ‘PAKO dryer for finishing prints in order to. : | satisfy PBRUMEN requirementa at the Station, Forwarded as enclosure 2 is a - _ the een ee statistical and training report concerning 1 this operation. . a a he ‘On the night of VW December 1963, PARMUTH: and SWINEHART po . ent ‘to , the Mexico Gity Airport to meet a visiting SWB. TDYer and assisted him — we, through customs. Before the plane arrived, PARMUTH and SWINEHART took eee opportunity to inspect a lee ay “On the evening ‘of 31 December - 1963, PARMUTH ¥ was. s requested by Michael C. CHOADEN, C/PBRUMEN Operations Officer, to make an emergency  ; ’ .meeting with LIFEUD/22. The purpose of this meeting was to pick up photographs ~ ~yand logs for 30 and 31 December in _Sonnection with a » priority PBRUMEN X operation. a 7 6 Station Sup port. (sw Activity . On 6 December 1963, a visiting TDyYer from . Tegucigalpa requested “BARMUTH to train SWLUCK/1 in secret writing. Training was. carried out on _ ' 7 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-97130. Forwarded as enclosure ; 3.4 is: the SW report which i is to be sent to ‘SWB. 7 | CEme. #3 ae fan. Ss 2 ped | b. On 20 ‘December 1963; PARMUTH was | trained 3 in the use of swe caystern 99 by a visiting KURIOT technician. a Mis cellaneous Statistica, . 7. a. Number of operational targets surveys completed during month: be Number of TDY fips completed during the mosith: oO. ‘Ce ‘Photographic equipment is sued for operational use:: - SEQUENCE camera, Photographic equipment repaired: 0. d. Number of people trained in photographic techniques / canipments a : USEPREVIOUS EDITION. '* “REPLACES FORMS esse. oe (51-28, S128 AND 51-29 140) "WHICH ARE OBSOLETE. from both of these cameras and make printa daily, it will be necessary to install - | - :
14-00000 _.GATINUATION OF oo /osparcH = sd | | SECRET. “2 Production Figures on 1 Jobs Processed, : : a Black and white: 43 jobs, ae a -@ ; Total prints 25 325, 7 = - a (2) 35mm microfilm: - 300 ) feet. 7 ; | > (3) ‘6mm fu film: | negative: - 400 0 fuente - -4 400 feet, . - ; (4) 5m cassette: 35. a oe are | (8) 120 ta size , roll un films ae ae @) Sheet film (a types) 20 7: : oS (7) “Miscellaneous: 0 ad 7 be Color: 0 jobs. : ; Selle Peas aa Ce ‘xkURIOT Station Supports Se a w Secret writing: . issued 1 - 37 carbon to swiucK/i. _ -@) Flaps and seals: o., . (3). Chemical barasementi . ‘SE PREVIOUS EDITION: - mo, “> REPLACES AAS oe - §1-38, 320A AND 51-29 . WHICH ARE OBSOLETE.