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Ramon Joseph ALVAREZ Durant
Recruited: March 1955 as member Station unilateral surveillance team. OA - 28 Feb 1955.
1 Oct 55: 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 xxx support team targetted against the Soviet Embassy. Under LIEMPTY, the 3 basehouses were encrypted: LIMITED - basehouse across street from Soviet Embassy. LILYRIC - basehouse across the street from Soviet Embassy. LICALLA - basehouse xx 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 LIEMPTY activity, surveillance & photo coverage of the Soviet target (1958-1968.:
In Oct 1962: In order provide maximum compartmentation between the various basehouses, Oliver G. SCANTLING was inserted as 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 waxsage 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 26 June 7 he & LI-19 signed quit claims & secrecy agreements. ALVAREZ paid $10,000 as termination bonus Last Station contact with ALVAREZ was exxx** May 71 when ALVAREZ received the last of his termination bonuses. visited In 1963 when OSWALD allegedly warkasxints the Soviet Embassy, 05941 SCANTLING was tek the P/A for the LIMITED basehouseTand LIEMPTY-6 (Jorge Barcello VILLAGRAn Alvarez ) was the photo tech who took the 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 SER ALVAREZ.
ALVAREZ wax presumably was the individual who developed the photos which LIEMPTY-6 took, as well as the photo tech coverage of the other 2 basehouses.
SCANTLING's true name is Juan N. FRAIS-RAMIRRZ. (Contract agent)
Soviet Embassy Coverage: Project LIEMPTY concerned primarily with photo coverage of the Soviet installation. Active from mid-1955 through 30 June 1972. ar ft It support supported 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.