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

SECRET

Ramon Joseph ALVAREZ Durant

Recruited:

March 1955 as member Station unilateral surveillance

1 Oct 55:

team.

OA - 28 Feb 1955.

Converted to Contract status w/annual salary $3600.

Late:1956:

P/A in charge of surveillance team & also was in

charge of photo surveillance of the Soviet Mission,

including processing the film. LIEMPTY was

crypt for the tex support team targetted against

the Soviet Embassy. Under LIEMPTY, the 3 basehouse.

were encrypted:

LIMITED - basehouse across

street from

Soviet Embassy.

See next

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LILYRIC - basehouse across the street from

Soviet Embassy.

• LICALLA - basehouse at from which pictures

taken from garden area of Soviet

Embassy.

Note: photo of man alleged to be OSWALD was taken

from the LIMITED basehouse.

12 Dec 58:

ALVAREZ married LIEMPTY-19 (Hester ROOS, who assisted

him during

the next 10 years as a part-time support

asset in as P/A for the LEMPTY activity,

surveillance & photo coverage of the Soviet target

(1958-19680-3

In Oct 1962:

In order provide maximum compartmentation between

the various basehouses, Oliver G. SCANTLING was inserted

the cutout to the LIMITED basehouse and its basehouse

Keepers (LIEMPTY-6 & 8), replacing ALVAREZ. ALVAREZ

continued as cutout for

the LIENTRAP (roving van),

LICALLA and LILYRIC. This gave ALVAREZ more time

to

process. raw photo take.

This continued from October 1962 until 1 Sept 1964

when ALVAREZ assumed cutout responsibility for

LIMITED basehouse - again.

In 1969: ALVAREZ separated from LIEMPTY-19 and a message messy

divorce suit followed. In Dec 1969, he was put on half pay

& had his ops duties

suspended due his full-time

involvement in legal

matters re the divorce.

On Zh June 7

he & LI-19 signed quit claims & secrecy agreements.

ALVARFZ paid 914,10n as termination bonus

Last station

contact with ALVAKEZ was taxAmxxxxiaX? May 71

when ALVARPZ received the last of his termination bonuses.

visited

In 1963 when OSWALD allegedly

watkarxinta the Soviet Embassy,

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(Jorge Barcello VILLAGRAn Alvarez ) was

pictures.

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LIEMPTY-6 was recruited in June 1954 as member of physical

surveillance team.

In Dec. 1955, he and his wife occupied the

LIMITED basehouse. He took pictures for 13 years & was

terminated 31 May 1968, signed quit claim & secrecy agreement

which was witnessed by sak ALvArEZ.

ALVAREZ kas presumably was the individual who developed the photos

which LIEMPTY-6 took, as well as the photo tech

l. coverage of the

other 2 basehouses.

SCANTLING's true name is Juan N. FRAIS-RAMIRZ. (Contract agent)

Soviet Embassy Coverage:

Project LIEMPTY converned primarily with photo coverage of the

Soviet

through 30 June 1972.

of the

original 3 basehouses which were:

LIMITED had been terminated.

LICALLA (activated in 1957 to provide photo coverage

the rear (garden, parking lot area) of the Sov.

Embassy.

LILYRIC (activated 1956 to provide photo coverage of

the front entrance of the Soviet Emb. Terminat.

30 June 1972.

LIMITED (activiated in 1955 to provide photo coverage

of the front entrance of the Sov. Emb. Terminate

31 May 1968.

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