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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

SECRET

18 July 1963

MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Support Branch

FROM

: Mr. Raman R. Hart

SUBJECT

: Manuel F. ARTIME Buesa

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DIS/IOS

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4FCCHEOS

1. The first phase of the audio surveillance of the

Subject at the sAs safehouse in Bethesda has been completed.

The Subject left Washington, D. Go, on 13 July 1963.

owner of the listening post, Mr. Fred C. THOMAS, Jr 93=:

moved out of his house, bag, baggage, and furniture, on

12 July 1963 enroute to an overseas PCS assigament..

Mr. Charles MATT, the case officer in this case, has

advised that the subject, along with a cuban companion, Mr.

Rafael Aurello QUINTURO Ibarbia (#252 529), will return to

Washington, D. C., to be billeted In the Betbesda safehouse on

Monday, 29 July 1963. Mr. MAIT has fervently requested audio

coverage of the downstairs bar and telephone and the main floor

living room at this house in order to monitor the Subject's

conversations with Quittiro during the absence of SAS case

officers.

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The case was assigned to the District Fleld office,

and Special Agent Harold G. TITISLERas designated as responsible

It 1s Agent UMISLER' plan to place microphones in the

downstairs bar and the main floor living room and a tap on the

telephone and string all the wires to a crawl space over the

garage. In that latter space, which will be kept locked, he will

set up two regular AC-operated tape recorders to be sctuated by

the two VOR's obtained from Franconia and paid for by sas. Un-

beknown to the Subject and his compantos, a case officer will

have to service this equipment whenever an opportunity presents

Itself.

ALTS

LUFILES

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4. The cover story to be used by Agent (ITTSLER/during

the Installation 1s that he 1s working on the house at the

Cortlandt HERBSY DI

the house for a New York lawyer In order to bIllet the latter's

transient clients.

Case OffIcer MATT bas engaged a maid to

clean up the house Monaays goe ipursdays; however, she can be

told to stay away 1f AgentIllIStER needs to do vork there a

those days.

It was also discreetly requested by the undersigned

of Case Officer MATT not to kibbitz too much while the techni.

clans are making the Installation.

5. It 1s expected that the audlo results of this type

of coverage will be superfor to the results of the previous

"radio" phase. The only complication will be in servicing the

recorders on a timely basia.

Ramon R. Hart

cc: /#25₴ 529

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