[ BACKGROUND: In the first document, Tehran embassy Charge d'Affaires L. Bruce Laingen worries about cover arrangements for CIA officers Malcolm Kalp and William J. Daugherty. SRF means "Special Reporting Facility," a euphemism for the CIA. The "R" designation is the Foreign Service Reserve status that often flagged CIA officers under State Department cover. It was obviously still a problem in 1979, even though five years had passed since an article was published describing how to use this "R" status -- information then available from unclassified U.S. publications -- to expose CIA officers in U.S. embassies. The "Show to Tom A." in Laingen's handwriting refers to Thomas L. Ahern, the CIA's station chief in Tehran.

Document 2 is one page from several that instructed Ahern about his cover as one "Paul Timmermans." It came with a passport containing Ahern's photograph. The third document is for an officer code-named "Jaumotte," whose real name was George O'Keefe. Laingen, Ahern, Kalp, and Daugherty were among the 52 hostages taken by Iranian militants in November 1979, but O'Keefe was out of the country by then. Over the next 8 years, almost 60 volumes of embassy documents were published in Iran. Some had been pieced together from the shredder, but many were captured intact. ]

Embassy Document 1

SECRET
TEHRAN 8933

DE RUQMHR #8933 221 **
ZNY SSSSS ZZH
R 091037Z AUG 79
FM AMEMBASSY TEHRAN
TO SECSATE WASHDC 31??
BT
S E C R E T TEHRAN #8933

CLASS: SECRET
CH?GE: STATE 8/9
APPRV: CHG:LBLAINGEN
DRFTD: CHG:LBLAINGEN/BJH
CLEAR: NONE
DISTR: CHG

ROGER CHANNEL

L.?. ??? RDS 2 8/9/?9 (LAINGEN, L.B.) OR-M
TAGS: PINR SUBJ: SRF ASSIGNMENTS

REF: STATE 202349 AND 202350

1. S - ENTIRE TEXT

2. I concur in assignments Malcolm Kalp and William Daugherty as described Reftels.

3. With opportunity available to us in the sense that we are starting from a clean slate in SRF coverage at this mission, but with regard also for the great sensitivity locally to any hint of CIA activity, it is of the highest importance that cover be the best we can come up with. Hence there is no question as to the need for second and third secretary titles for these two officers. We must have it.

4. I believe cover arrangements in terms of assignments within embassy are appropriate to present overall staffing pattern. We should however hold to the present total of four SRF officer assignments for the foreseeable future, keeping supporting staff as sparse as possible as well, until we see how things go here.

5. We are making effort to limit knowledge within emb of all SRF assignments; that effort applies particularly to Daugherty, pursuant to new program of which he is a product and about which I have been informed.

6. I suppose I need not mind the Department that the old and apparently insoluble problem of R designation for SRF officers will inevitably complicate and to some degree weaken our cover efforts locally, no matter how much we work at it. LAINGEN

BT
#8933
NNNN
SECRET
TEHRAN 8933

Embassy Document 2

S E C R E T

Page 1

Cover Considerations

According to personal data in your passport, you are single, were born in Antwerp, Belgium 08Jul34, have blue eyes, have no distinguishing characteristics, and are approximately 1.88 meters tall. Your cover occupation is that of a commercial business representative.

It is not uncommon to find a Belgian whose native language is Flemish living in a nominally French-speaking section of Belgium, such as Jette. You can say that you were born in Antwerp, began work with a company with a regional office in Antwerp, then was transferred to the main offices in Brussels. Despite the fact it is only about 90 minutes driving time between Brussels and Antwerp, you decided to live in one of the suburbs of Brussels, Jette. This would explain the issuance locale of your documentation. Working from your Brussels base, you have travelled in Europe on business in the past (as reflected in your passport) and are now assigned to the Middle East section of your company. Your non-backstopped address in Jette is 174 Avenue de Jette, Jette, Belgium.

S E C R E T

Embassy Document 3

DISPATCH
S E C R E T
Chief of Station, Tehran
C/NE; C/EZVIVID; COS, Germany; C/WOGAME; D/WOLOCK/GAD
Chief, EZNOVA
TECHS LPGAMIN - Transmittal of Alias documentation for JAUMOTTE

REF: DIRECTOR 461951

WARNING NOTICE - SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES & METHODS INVOLVED

1. Forwarded USC/TNP and preceding this dispatch are the following backstopped FRG documents for JAUMOTTE in alias number 203472:

2. A non-backstopped Hannover address is shown on the driver's license.

3. Forwarded as attachment number two, herewith is cachet kit containing inks, cachets, date chips and instructions. Please monitor Tehran entry and exit cachets and advise EZNOVA if ink color and/or dating system changes. (Germans may remain up to 3 months without visa, so JAUMOTTE must be stamped out within 3 months of his ostensible entry.)

4. These documents should be returned to EZNOVA when no longer needed. EZNOVA should be notified if for any reason they cannot be returned. Per DOI-F 240-10, any loss, theft or compromise (actual or presumed) should be reported to EZNOVA.

Attachments:
#1 - One Envelope, USC/TNP & Preceding
#2 - One Envelope, H/W

Alan J. WAGLUND

Distribution:
2 - COS, Tehran, w/att a/s
2 - C/NE, w/o att
2 - C/EZVIVID, w/o att
2 - COS, Germany, w/o att
2 - C/WOGAME, w/o att
2 - D/WOLOCK/GAD, w/o att

RVW6AUG99, DRV D9c.2.

EGTT-22411
6 AUGUST 1979
S E C R E T


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