“e 1 SEGRET 1875-0955 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: WIROGUE/1 Mission to Kinshasa, December 1960 On 13 March 1975 a search of available documents was made to determine the reason for the comment in paragraph 2 of a 17 December 1960 cabl …”
“E exceeded his instructions to avoid making approaches without checking with Leopoldville Station. : : In January 1961, at the request of the Leopoldville Station, WIROGUE was given permission to take flying lessons. By March, he had obtained the position of adviser to the Congol”
“DISPATCH 8-3-C-R-E-T RYBAT mlsett ca PRCC Chief of Station, Leopoldville X h0 in: NO Chief, Africa Division pop C3D) 43-43 SUBJ1CT Operational/WIROGUR/1 ACTION QUttD RLE PENCES Seo Below A. ACLN-192, dated 14 November 1960 B. IBOP,0478, dated 17 December 1960 C. DI”
“ds for WIROGUE/1, subsequent to his engagement by the Africa Division, indicate training only in SW. Cover : WIROGUE/1 arrived in Leopoldville on 2 December 1960. His case officer gave him the following instructions: (a) to build cover possibly by opening a photographic shop; and”
“his direction Che or tw PBPRILRE candi- dates, however could be included providing a proper cover story were4 provided. WIRCOUE needs names of candidates as quickly as possible, though to whom he has written" can be supplied if either a dummy list of names "to PIERROT or KAS”
“14-90 CLA6SPCA TON ID AIC- SPteCt AND N4O DISPATCH SECRET LA :667 10 - HEADQUARTERS FILE NO Chief, AF INFO Chief, Ss . ARC. M- DATE .Chief of Station, Leopoldville -"« 29 November 1961 URECr...,, RE: "43 3" - (CHECK X. ONE ZIBST WIROGUE 0 MARKED FOR INDEXING NO INDER”
“0000 10 DISPATCH SECRET RF0 PROCESSING cm &AB(0 f05 NCOS Chief of Station, Leopoldville ko 0 58190 more eeo per tezl 43-43 onie 0*0000 wtaDlattles desa can-Jut iEi JFRO40 y A&STuac: Chief, Africa Division •.J mniceofim SueACOporational WIROGUE/1 ACTION REQUIRED RE”
“EVES CLY 9 SECCE NW 65987 Docld:32412227 Page 11 104-10178-10012 NW 65987 Docld:32412227 Page 12 SEO instructors in Western Europe. Also, he was then teaching the Congolese to fly aircraft. He departed Leopoldville in July because he had run into difficulty obtaining a residence ”
“proaches without checking with Leopoldville station. 2 SEORET NW 65924 Docld:32345613 Page 3 OLOTILT In January 1961 Leopoldville asked for authority to permit WIROGUE/1 to take flying lessons so that the station plane could be used for clandestine missions (the plane was registe”
“-75- On 19 September 1960 two members of Africa Division met with him to discuss " an opera- tional assignment in Africa Division." In connection with this assignment, WIROGUE/1 was to be trained in demolitions, small arms, and medical immunization.... In October 1960 a c”
“ugh neither knew of the others CIA connection) and that he approached 13 : 7 'SEGOET 104-10178-10012 the latter on 14 December with an offer of 300 douars per month to participate in an intelligence net and to be a member of an "execution squad." When QJWIN said that he was not i”
“-75- On 19 September 1960 two members of Africa Division met with him to discuss "an opera- tional assignment in Africa Division. connection with this assignment, WIROGUE/1_ In was to be trained in demolitions, small arms, and medical immunization. In October 1960 a cabl”
“0311 6117 SECEET MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief of Operation’s, DD/? SUBJECT :Project WIROGUE (Approval). AF - Leopoldville 1. The attached project, originating in AF ..”" Division, is presented for approval for the period 1 November 1960 through 31 October 1962. The purpose on of”
“14-00000 CLASEMCATION DISPATCH SECRET |IS P9o1. esto PROCESSING action minech roa inctaii 29090 Chief of Station, Leopoldville . I witindeking mQVifto INFO.‘.’ oalr ViUtHEP ACAMERS WSA CAN Itc inDainc FROM saesfunct Chief, Africa Division. 0 Operational VC 390 C”
“to arrive Leopoldville late 2017 8 SECOF NW 65987 Docld:32412227 Page 10 104-10178-10012 'SECCET PRO November. Headquarters noted the intent to use him as a utility. agent in order to "(a) organize and conduct a surveillance team; (b) intercept packages; (c) blow up bridges; and ”
“ng to use him to obtain arms and NW 65987 Docld:32412227 Page 1 9 SEAT : - 1 104-10178-10012 ! (24 ☐ instructors in Western Europe. Also, he was then teaching the He departed Leopoldville in July because he had run into difficulty obtaining a residence permit, and his CIA contrac”
“11 DISPATCH „S-E-C-R-S-T int RYBAT POSED j PROCESSING (accov IFi5 Chief of Base, Sao Paulo X * actin eirtb. ink. Chief of Station, Rio de Janeiro |*4289 Mas Chief of Station,Leopoldville NPEAING Chief, Africa Division SJB.tCT Oporatforal/ZIRET/VIROGUE ACTION REQU”
“GUE exceeded his instructions to avoid making approaches without checking with Leopoldville Station. : In January 1961, at the request of the Leopoldville Station, WIROGUE was given permission to take flying lessons. By March, he had obtained the position of with [24 ☐[08 in that”
“S ECR ET PROJECT ACTION COVER SAKEr CRYPTONY: WIROGUR/1 HEADQUARTERS CASE OFFICER: OPERATING DIVISION: AF/w/lM o Daniel Niesciure Leopoldville’- FIELD STATION: Republic of Congo ROOM NO 2110 I. Republic of Congolim EXTENSION 8284 gee TARGET AREA: DATE 16 November 1960.”
“14-00000 ers 1 CLASSIFIED MESSAGE 399 ROUTING 9/10 and DATE : 17 HR 61 Suthht) 1a 1■4‘ 5 duith Liury TO 1 DIRECTOR 6 FROM 1 LEOPOLDVILLE MAR 17 1834z 61 ACTION , C/AF 3 (TEMPO COPY SLOTTED FOR AF AT 1345 17 MAR 61) INFO . cop, c/bpd 4, C/CA, C/ci, c/fr 2, C/TSD ”
“14200000 suvoniio MitSomut 07 MAR 61 end oterET EOU FI 00 Cote CAbllzll - 1 15 to 0 05 DIRECTOR 61 LCOPCLDVILLE 0 t 2- MAR 7 19482 61 ICN : AF 7 th NO ,30 4, CI/OPS, CI/OA, Fi, s/c2 ROUTINE IN 15023 MIR CI TE LKOP M957' PIROGUE 1. PIROGUE IN CONTACT PAU”
“1% phone (Area 2071 544-4-000 TOP SECRET 62 1 What would these assets have been used for, what was 0 2 the search for assets all about? • i Mr. Tweedy. I just do not know. b I Mr. Baron. Let’s turn now to document .that we will £• 1 5imark Exhibit 6, dated January 11,”
“assination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW 65987 Date: 10-28-2021 SECRET November. Headquarters noted the intent to use him as a utility. agent in order to "(a) organize and conduct a surveillance team; (b) intercept packages; (c) blow up bridges; and ”
“SAKON ho DISPATCH 6-B-C-R-E-T RYBAT PROCESSING imwasiE; RECEO* Chief of Base, Sao Paulo X / wdorin mitims. IMO Chief of Station, Rio de Janeiro pm Cokreitp 1 ecquatties tese Chief of Station, Leopoldville Icavlyre 16eriC ! POM ‘933 SStRa’t Chief, Africa Division :S”
“can only go along with developments as they occur and try to realise the maximum, benefit from the situation. Headquarters will be kept informed of any changes in the situation, and be provided more specific data when avail- able. 10. In all fairness to WIROGUE, it should be”
“advisor. He claimed that this submarine would be capable of speeds up to 100 kilome ters ar hour on short runs, and would have a cruising distance of 500 kilometers. The model, being built to 1/7 scale, is approximately half, completed, and, of course, has never been tested. ”
“DISFAtCH Si MBCL va AUNBLS 1 CSPFICATION 1 CONTINUATION OF I DISPATCH ***-63A 6. On returning to "he Congo W1 00Un crossed the Congo river from Brazzaville successfully in spite of the ferries being closed to all out diplomatic travel, but it involved n prolonged ar”
“cited in reference A. On 21 October 1960 the case Vas transferred officially to the Africa Division. 3. Since that date to the present, every effort has been made to psycho- logically orient WIR.OGUE/1 for this assignment and to prepare him operationally for its fulfillment. ”
“1 4-00000 | I DISPATCH ST248D AND NO DISPATCH S-"1 ACLA-630 IO' HEADQUAETERS RLE NO Chief, INFO FROM.... DATE. Chief of Station, Leopoleville 19 October 1961 suwdript: —RE-43-3 -(CHECK. TX ONE 1 MARKED FOR INDEXING.. - Request for Documents NO INDEXING REQUIRED ”
“14-000007 CLASSINCASON roveeswD*NO DISPATCH TO HFADQuArttes fjvb . IN O Uny". FROM DATE SUBJECT Review cf % RCDUE Project: te Date R. B. G RE: 743.3 - 3-EOX x* ONE. MARKED 53 NDENG New rosition in Congolese Force NO INDEUNG REQUIRED ACTION REQUIRED • ,NDEGNyG CAN B”
“4-00000 CLASSIFIED MESSAG. ORIG D. 1 CJVi UNIT.. 8/3/2 RXS..T j asR.T - 1 hFW ROUTING 4 .EXT • t>8 % •. . DATE W 10 M.RCH 1961 2 3 SEM CN 5 6 TO . LOLUVILLS 2 P DEFERRED O MAR 61 23 1 1 z FROM: DIRECTOR CONF, C/AF 3 41. Tcopy .0 2 C 0 E E R ROUTINE -”
“October 1960 the case was transferred officially to —the Africa Division. 3. Since that date to the present, every effort has been made to psycho- logically orient WIROGUE/1 for this assignment and to prepare him operationally for its fulfillment. To insure the security of t”
“and now much the documents people would love to get ax theirs hands on this. WIROGUE loaned LACKLEN the following documents: (1) Passport (Austrian) 090658 (2) Feturn Sabena Air Ticket 8096473 to Leopoldville (9) Congo D. Ivers Permit (4) Carte d‘Indenitite D’Etranger (5) %”
“theie timetable for action as follow: :. a. MOSLEN would return at about 1400 today to take needed pass photos and bring him some French reading material. WIREGX WIROGUE agreed to remain in the apartment until such a pass was available. LACKLEN would do his best to get it b”
“, O e c T tik s S A S RYBAT s to take back to his boss some general informaticnan on # .* what WIROGUE wanted in Frankfurt. This led WIROGUS to begin a lorg discussion of hisproblems in the Congo and ■ his desires for a new assignment with the "Service".C vLACKIEN was ”
“14-00000 venoon nV MESanGt -- (OT MAR 61 0 ROUTING. W Life CMblli-a, 1 4 KT .2 5 6 O. X DIRECTOR 0 I LEOPOLDVILLE MAR 7 19462 6 CTICN a <■31 AF 7 L PD 4, CI/ops, Ct/OA, Fl, s/c 2 ROUTINE IN 15023. DIR CITE LEOP 0957 MIROGUE 1. - VIRDCUE IN CONTACT PAU”
“-10- COS did not recall agent QJWIN. He did recall that O’Donnell may have brought an asset into the Congo to help him. He said, however, that based on our representation that QJWIN was in the Congo in the fall of 1960, he must have known of QJWIN’s activities. WIROGUE CO”
“14-00000 492 XT DATE s 31. MAR 61 SECRET 220 ROUTING. 09 34. TO FROM • DIRECTOR , LEOPOLDVILLE L., copy sstth 2 hul MAR 31 2053Z 61 5 6. ACTION: C/AF 3 (TEMPO COPY SLOTTED AF 1610-31 MAR) (AF CABLE DESK NOTIFIED AT 1605-31 MAR) INFO. F COP, C/CA, c/ei, C/Fi 2, ”
“ted that NW 65924 Docld:32345613 Page 2 SECRET E2 IMPDET CL BY 018307 5856 (ATP TO DOC# 4048) SEORET WIROGUE/1 was being prepared for deep cover assignment to arrive Leopoldville late November. Headquarters notes He intent to use him as utility agent in order to"(a) organize and ”
“Congolese Government to as many countries in Europe as necessary. WIROGUE sounded resolved to complete this mission. He claimed, however, that this mission was simply a cover for his Frankfurt contact with the "Service". .5. WIROGUE talked about himself for about an hour and ”
“1 4-00000 7 66 CLASSIFIED MESSAGE DATE 332 129 MAR 61 ■ SECRET TEL/W ROUTING 4 - TO a DIRECTOR LEOPOLDVILLE L. Tapy 2 31/ Wither MAR 29 14082 61 5 6 FROM t ACTION i C/AF 3 (TEMPO COPY SLOTTED FOR AF AT 0935 29 MAR) iNFo , COP, C/CA, c/ci, C/F1-2, s/c 2" PRIOR”
“for a period of the last five days, WIZARD/4 has refused to see or talk to WIROGUE. 2. The GOC has also apparently proposed sending HIROGUS on an intelligence gathering mission to Katanga. WIROGUS asked if KUBARK were interested in this undertaking. We advised him strongly ag”
“-74- (d). Agent QJWIN Was Asked By Hedgman's Operative WIROGUE to Join an "Execution Squad": December 1960 The one incident where there is an explicit reference to assassination in connection with QJWIN involved his contact with WIROGUE, another asset of the Congo station. ”
“■4-00000 W. TvPDL a*Do CONTINUATION OF .35.-491 DISPATCH 4 %9 e : 1oo stern 3. C..2 ker con from C.M’A. Cex. 2333ZZ- (AARCGUE 39 19 • he and said iat he didn’t remen srite of bein otherwise con to fail to ob ed ames of ry ith Thor he dealt) .s to meet PIERAs the ”
“Jr 1 4-00000 h 1.0 G.P COTy ROUTING DLL-— DATE TO t V. DIRECTOR T 2 3 APW Acso 6 4 5 ) FROM J LEOPOLDVILLE 0 ' NOV 2 17152 60 ACTION: C/AF 3 9ROGUE XM INFO F SCOP, c/ca, c/ci, C/EE 3, s/c 2 p\ ROUTINE IN 36750 Jae . DIR CITE 1205 0225: ROGUE )) REF ”
“6 -77 - vo’ Donnell, O'Donnell men tion of WIROGUE 9/11/75; pp: 39-42). tioned that agent QJWIN was considered for use on a "strong arm squad," but said that this was for purposes more general than ) assassinations: surveillance teams where you have to go into crime ar”
“-74- (d) Agent QJWIN Was Asked By Hedgman's Operative WIROGUE to Join an "Execution Squad": December 1960 The one incident where there is an explicit reference to assassination in connection with QJWIN involved his contact with WIROGUE, another asset of the Congo station. ”
“you? What would you like to do then? WIROGUE continued discussing his interest in working for the "Service" and indirectly made it clear he was not interested in a normal job and life. LACKLEN asked him what country he was a citizen of. WIROGUE stated - that he was stateless”
“s* €Co 0% A DISPATCH S S6: IE T ARCLK-247 wfo^AHU *UE NO to Chiof, Finance Division INFO Chief, AP -FROM ID4" Chief of Station, Leopoldville_______—_____ L 27 JULY 1961__ — SUBACT RE g -ICHLOX x ON Finance/VIROGUE- I MARKED PO NDDUNG Transfer of Accountability-Ernest C”
“any great extent, although some assumptions can be made on the basis of circumstantial evidence. *: WIROGUE/1 was an ethnic Georgian recruited and trained for the old REDSOC program. Although born in the Soviet Union, he moved to Western Europe when two years old. He fought in th”