CABLE- WIROGUE EOD 2 DEC, HESTON MADE INTIAL CONTACT AND GUTHMAN NOW HANDLING.
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From: LEOPOLDVILLE
To: DIRECTOR
Document date: 12/17/1960
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OPIM DIR CITE LEOP 8478

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C. BERN 6537 /N 49492)*

1. WIROGUE EOD 2 DEC. HESTON MADE INITIAL CONTACT AND GUTHMAN

NOW HANDLING. WIROGUE GIVEN FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS:

A. BUILD COVER DURING INITIAL PERIOD. THIS RESPECT, VIROGUE

SAID PLANNED SEI UP SHOP WITH AUTOMATIC CAMERA TO TAKE IDENTIFICA-

TION PICTURES.

SAID WOULD INSTALL POLAROID CAMERA SO CLIENT COULD

PUSH. BUTTON AND TAKE OWN PICTURE. GUTHMAN AGREED THIS WORTH

EXPLORING, AS WOULD APPEAR PROVIDE INEXPENSIVE COVER.

B. WIROGUE TOLD TRY SPOT PERSONS FOR SURVEIILANCE TEAM, INTEL

ASSELS (UITH EMPHASIS ON ORIENTALE PROVINCES AND PM ASSETS. HE

TOLD SUBMIT NAMES ANY LIKELY CANDIDATES TO STATION FOR TRACES

PRIOR MAKING APPROACH.

2. QUWIN WHO RESIDES SAME HOTEL AS WIRUGUE REPORTED LATTER

TOLD HIM HE HAD LIVED ALASKA, JAPAN, SOUTH AMERICA, GERMANY AND

OTHER PARTS EUROPE. DJWIN SAID WIROGUE SMELLED AS THOUGH HE IN

INTEL BUSINESS. STATION DENIED ANY INFO ON WIROGUE. IA DEG QUVIN

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REPORTED VIROGUE KAD OSFERED HIM THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER MONTH •

TO PARTICIPATE IN INTEL NET AND BE MEMBÉR "EXECUTION SQUAD".

WHEN QJUIN SAID HE NOT INTERESTED, WIROGUE ADDED THERE WOULD BE

BONUSES FOR SPECIAL JOBS. UNDER OUWIN GUESTIONING,. VIROGUE LATER

SAID'RE WORKING FOR PAPRIME SERVICE.

3. AJVIN INTRODUCED VIROGUE TO HOFHUIS. VIROGUE GASED IN

LETTER CREDIT WITH HOFHUIS TO GET GOOD EXCHANGE RATE. QJWIN REPORTS

VIROGUE HAS PURCHASED THREE AUTOMOBILES SINCE ARRIVAL LEOP:

CHRYSLER FOR 85008 FRANCS, CITROEN FOR 25880 FRANCS AND TRIUMPH

FOR 1IBOGG FRAVCS. WIROGUE TOLD OUWIN HE SOLD CITROEN FOR 15000

FRANCS BUT IT STILL PARKED NEAR HIS MOTEL.

4. AT 13 DEC MEETING WIROGUE SAID HE PURCHASED CHRYSLER FOR

75008 FRANCS.

MADE NO MENTION PURCHASE OTHER CARS. ALSO SAID HAD

RENTED TWO STORES, ONE IN LEOP EUROPEAN CITY FOR 14022 FRANCS

PER MOVIN AND ONE IN NATIVE CITY FOR 6000 FRANCS PER MONTH. ALSO

HAS SIGNED CONTRACT FER APARTMENT FOR S000 FRANCS PER MONTH. ASKED

GUTHMAN FOR THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS RENTAL ALLOWANCE WHICH HE CLAIMS:

HOS CASE OFFICER TOLD HIM ME WOULD RECEIVE IN LUMP SUM. GUTHMAN

REFUSED, SAYING WOULD HAVE OBTAIN MOS APPROVAL PAY RENTAL ALLOWANCE

IN LUMP SUM.

S.. IN DISCUSSING LOCAL CONTACTS, WIROGUE MENTIONED QUIN BUT

DID NOT ADYIT TO HAVING TRIED RECRUIT HIM. THEN GUTHSAN TRIED

LEARN WHETHER VIROGUE HAD MADE APPROACH LATTER CLAÉNED HAD TAKEN

NO STEPS. GUTHIAN WAS UNABLE CONTRADICI, AS DID NOT VISH REVEAL

OJIN CONNECTION KUBARK.

S. LEOP CONCERNED BY VIROGUE FREE WHEELING AND LACK SECURITY.

STATION HAS ENOUGH HEADACHES WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT AGENI WHO NOT

REPROOUCIION BY OTHER

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ABLE HANDLE FINANCES AND WHO NOT WILLING FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS.

IF HOS DESIRES.: WILLING KEEP HIM ON PROBATION, BUT IF CONTINUE

HAVE DIFFICULTIES, BELIEVE: WIROGUE RECALL BEST SOLUTION. ALTER-

NATIVE WOULO DE PUTAM IN STAN ONCE MENUCHIN RETURNS TO FRY

OBTAIN IMMEDIATE INTEL THAT AREA.

7: REQUEST HOS INSTRUCTIONS PRIOR 13A9Z, 19 DEC RE GIVING

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WIROGUE YEARS RENTAL ALLOWANCE. LATTER CLAIMS NEEDS THESE FUNDS

VIEW CAR PURCHASE IN ORDER SET UP

' COVER MECHANISM. IF WIROGUE TO

REMAIN, BELIEVE MUST GIVE HIM AT LEAST ONE THUSAND DOLLARS, AS

BELIEVE HE SHORT FUNDS. ALSO REQUEST INSTRUCTIONS DE VIROGUE PAY.

LATTER SAYS HIS CONTRACT CALLS FOR FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS SALARY PER

MONTH. SAID.

HE NOT PAID FOR NOVEMBER. STATION GAVE HIM OVE

PAYMENT FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. HOWEVER WISH HAS CONFIRMATION THIS

CORRECT AND AUTHORITY PAY HIM IN DOLLARS PER HIS REQUEST. (WANTS

DOLLARS AS BLACK MARKET EXCHANGE RATE WHICH USED BY MOST PERSONS

HERE TWENTY TO FORTY PERCENT BETTER THAN OFFICIAL RATES.

-8. NGT. ABLE PICX UP LETTER CREDIT PER REF A. WIROGUE SAID HAD

GIVEN IT TO HOFHUI FOR RETURN TO BANK AFTER MARKING IT CANCELLED.

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CS COMENT: * WIROGUE 1 ETA LEOP 2 DEC, HAS LETTER OF CREDIT FOR 12,000 SWISS

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