OFFICIAL DISPATCH: SECURITY REVIEW OF CURRENT OPERATIONS.
Originator: CIA
From: C/WH
To: COS
Document date: 10/03/1952
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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DISPATCH NO, 38SH-816

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¡Chief of Station, san J0se

1952

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FROM : Oblo, HE

SUBJECT: GENERAL. Operational

sPeCIFIc. Sooursty forlou of Current OperatIons - Profoot EUBOID

RIT: 8101d Pogulation F0. 50-20, 1 Jul5 1952

Jour attention lo infrod to the proudalons of the referenood

repalation tale requiro perfodle serior is eat operations.

' one all oparationa at your slation tre curtontly enbraced by e

daglo projoct (HUMANID), the sahadule af reviowa despribed in paragraph 15

of the rafarenced regulation with met to despaped and forwarded to you by

Headquerters. Project UMAicID and salatod

• sub projoats 1ll be enveyed baro

aB aRs operatIon.

3. In connersonial the prosest

FETter, you are remiaded that

paratlonal dats contained 1a l'asdquarters SAles does not 1n all case rellost

an accurate and complete picture of stars operation. Minor deralla krova to

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roasablo renadial action to taprove the seourity of the operatiose, in

cocordance vith the rontatons of paragrapa l6 as tha roferenood regulation. •

La PrOjOOt EUMAROID 18 CONTIISEd al LOUT agaItS: HIMANDID (U. S. c1t15a)

sogiesant of employer of Station Chief, principal agent, out out), EULANOID I

(Indigenous agent, postal Istercept), HMIOIN II (Indigenous agent, postel Li1 i

steroept), and HUMAHID III (Indigenous egent, pesottation al the languardia.

opular shlah lo the condot party of Costa lsca)

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projoot outilas, are sa fallous

The ablectiTas ol projoot HUMANOID, as sot forth in tha appronsi

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D. P. GILSONS

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(a) Out out services (HUMABOID).

(b) Penotration of comnist party (iLMANOID-III).

(o) Postal intercept (HUMHOID I aDd HUMANDID II).

(a) Pesotration of communist vomen's front.

(o) Information emenating iTos university and Intellectual

cirCles (HUMANOID).

(I) Parallal penstration of communist party.

(g) Additional sources of Infarnation on political novemento.

The current nethod (a) of sentaet and simmunications betueen HIMANUID

and HUMANUID Ill 18 not clear to headquarters.

TiSA-1084 1n11cated that

FURANOID planned to close his photo shop thus eliminating the letter drop and

safe house that had been used previously for contacts betreen those agento.

IRSA-1215 pointed out that "contact between cut-out (HUMIDID) and agent

(HUMANOID-III) 18 the veakest security link 1n tho project at this tlza."

It is expooted that the fleld security survey vill describo present contaoto

and conmunications in sufficient dstall to clarify those points and indiesto

18 the security risk involved has been recoved or reasonably mininisod.

To Contact and communisation betueen HUANOID and the postal intercept

agente appears to be reasonabiy secure, doutver, it 18 noted that the Dirootor

.af the Post Office 1s witting of the operation.

His permission to Intercopt

communist nail vas obtained by HIMliÜlD ho indicatod to the Director that

"tbo Anerloans" vere interestod in commundat literature and correspondence.

The Direotor himself ariginally selectod the tuo clerks (auMANOID I and

HUNOID-II) who vere assigned to the task of intercepting mall. Since 1n

seption of the operation coverego has gradually increased to cover asy na1l

of isterest rather than merely communist correspondence, The station presuses

that this expanded coverage has dens vithout the knouledge os the Director.

The alacrity (apparently) with uhich the Director acceded to HUNABOID's

request, and the assumption that the Director 18 not avaro of the expandod

coverage, suggests possible security hasards which should be considered by the

Meld station.

Of Importance 1s the possibility that the inll Intercopt 1e a

shared operation.

It is publicly known that postel authoritles intercept and

Bonetimes confiscato communist correspondence. Costa Rican officlals, par-

toularly the Director of the Post Office, night willingly provide HUMANOID

vith correspondence in order to detect the raturo of our intolligenco Intarests,

Identity bigber elemeste 1s the not, control the operation, elo.

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It 18 reconmended that this aspoot of the operation be comented

upon by the station vith a tew to strongthening the security and evaluating

the riaks involved in teras of value derived Iron the operation. As a first

step 1t 18 suggosted that biographlo 1sforantion be furdished Ferdouarters 1n

order that wa nay initiate a save chock on the Director. The station should

also indicato tbe destrability of Initlatine security clearance action.

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would seen to bo especially saportant 1f the Direstor has extensive knouledgo

of tho intercept, or otber, statlas operations.

8. A study of past operutlanal data sugedate the possiodlity that too

mch dependence in being placed on the Irisalpal agent and citrout HUMANDID.

at the present time he ects as cutout for tuo nets (1911 intercent and

penetration of the Vanpuardia. Forular) Pecent reneral of the project es

Tisaged laplesentation of other objectives which may require the recrultzent

of additional agents and the creation of additional nets. It EUMsilD's

out out functions vere to be extonded to such additional sets, thare is tha

possibility that compraise of this ose toy Individual vould jeopardize

virtually all our operations in the area.

It Is ricolmended that this natter be considered by the station 1f

and uben any additional sets are crested. Consideration should be riven to

the rectultment of additional cutouts in order to avoid over dependence on

a single agent.

9. In March 1951 a tocanical survelllande vas condueted on an Individual

of interest. Tuo agents HüdüID and HUMAlIST were utslized in the monitoring

phase of the operation. When local authoritles detectod the operation,

HUHANIST Vas apprehended, Isterrogatod,

and ultinately revealed the identsty

of the Chief of station (since replaced) aftor a thorough revie of avallablo

ovidence, leadquarters concurrod with the station's opinion that HUMANOID

probably had not been identified by the Coste MIcan Goverment. Houeter, 1t

18 notod that the investigation by the goverment was conducted by Jorge PACHECO,

Chief of Detectives asd reportedly a followar of Joso FIGuRES.

PACHECO' a participation in the investigation may or may not be

significant because of his adherence to PIQUIRES.

that HUMMOnD's rale in the survelllance operatlon be thoroughly retlowed 1f

FIGURES' prezidential aspirations are fulfilled in the sationel elections

nast year.

It 18 also recamended that constant efforto be made to confirn the

belief that HUMANOID was not conteninated.

10. A TeVieN of IlMAYOnD's past and present contacts with egant personnel

reveals that he bas had clandestine Intelligence relations with briahIST

рагазтар 9, abore), HUGGER, HUMANOII, HUMHOID II, and HUMHID III.

Both dUMAlIST and HIICGER baTe been teralmated, and there 18 no enidedoo to

indicato the eircumstances attending their termination have in any way affeoted

EDO SOCUrITY OF ENHANOID.

Honetheless, 1t 18 noted that HUMANOID'& Intell1genoe

aotirities are kron to a videning circle of indigenous agento. In this

connection 18 sust also do resembered that HUMiDlD's services 1a beball of

"the Americans" are knoun to the Director of the San jose Post 01$100 (para

1n July 1251, IRSL-985 reportod the fast thet

HUMANOID'E Vito, a Costa Ricar, vas Wilting of his totelligasce activitios.

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It 18 rocarsended that the ebone Inforaation be evaluated by tho

slald station when the independent field survey of project HUMANOID 18

undertakes. Partinent camente should be made regarding the significence

of this Information Iron a security vleupoint.

U1. In sumery, 1t la rocomended that HUMANOlD exerCise artreso caution

1n all of his 1ntelllgesce act1r1t198. Although there 1a no clearly destrod

security problen involved, paragrapha 9 and 10, above, suggest areas of

possible danger.

12. the attached diagram Illustrates our present understanding of th

HUMANOID operation. Coments on the diagran as well as the text of the

abova rovieN vill bo approciated.

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1 C. KING

Pelhalka

By R. Whedbee

1) September 1952

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