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. ]
SECRET
DE RUQMHR #8933 221 **
CLASS: SECRET
ROGER CHANNEL
L.?. ??? RDS 2 8/9/?9 (LAINGEN, L.B.) OR-M
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
TEHRAN 8933
ZNY SSSSS ZZH
R 091037Z AUG 79
FM AMEMBASSY TEHRAN
TO SECSATE WASHDC 31??
BT
S E C R E T TEHRAN #8933
CH?GE: STATE 8/9
APPRV: CHG:LBLAINGEN
DRFTD: CHG:LBLAINGEN/BJH
CLEAR: NONE
DISTR: CHG
TAGS: PINR
SUBJ: SRF ASSIGNMENTS
#8933
NNNN
SECRET
TEHRAN 8933
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.
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:
A. FRG passport number D1797931 issued in Hannover on 21 March 1973 and revalidated on 13 July 1979. Document is valid until 21 March 1983. Prior travel per ref request has been entered.
B. FRG internal driver's license number 9941/79 issued in Hannover on 16 July 1979 and valid indefinitely.
C. FRG International Driving Permit issued Hannover on 24 July 1979 and valid for one year.
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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