CIA STARGATE release
CIA-RDP96-00789R000900220009-0
Opens with: TJ-4-0014-9 [third digit of 0014 read as 1 (?); document/session number, read
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6 pages, machine transcribed from the CIA’s released scan.
[Stamp] Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R000900220009-0 [Entire page is handwritten notes in a rapid scrawl; no typed body] [Top left] SG1A [printed sanitisation code] [Redacted, large black block at top left, approx. two lines high] [Circled] [a hand-drawn oval encircles the redaction block and extends to the right of it] [Handwritten annotation, overlapping the top release stamp, cursive scrawl of about two words, largely illegible] (?) gue(?)illa (?) [very low confidence] [Handwritten annotation, beside the oval] 022 [preceded by one or two unclear characters, possibly 6022 (?)] [Handwritten annotation] TJ-4-0014-9 [third digit of 0014 read as 1 (?); document/session number, read digit by digit] [Right of centre] SG1A [printed sanitisation code] [Redacted, black block, approx. three lines high] [Left margin] X [handwritten check/cross mark] [Handwritten annotation] Congrats(?) # 095 based on (h?)eade(?) sp.(?) locatio accu- [text appears to break off] [Right margin] H V [initials (?); could instead be two check marks] [Handwritten annotation] Vessel Intercepted(?) by(?) US naval Intervent(?) [possibly "Intervention"] [Left margin] X [handwritten cross mark] at 261442L APR 90 [second digit of the day read as 6 (?), could be 4; "at" is overwritten] at Geo Cord 1715 N / 6834 W. [Left margin] X [handwritten cross mark] [Handwritten annotation] Current Locatio furnished of Value. [Handwritten annotation] Reasonable Course Plot(?) was that it was bound for Houston, TX [final letter of state read as X (?), written loosely] [Right margin, above "it was bound"] H V [initials (?); could instead be two check marks] [Left margin] X [handwritten cross mark] [Handwritten annotation, overlapping the bottom release stamp] Current locatio prov(?) by 079(?) of Value(?). [Stamp] Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R000900220009-0
[Stamp] Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R000900220009-0 [Handwritten annotation, large looping cursive, upper portion of page] Time (?) Sensiti (?). Post (?) 9022 [The word "Post (?)" and the number "9022" sit above a single long underline stroke] [Handwritten annotation] Congrats [Handwritten annotation, circled] 0014 [Handwritten annotation] 095 # 1 [Handwritten annotation, middle of page] current locat (?) of may (?) Mtg (?) speed Cie. (?) [Handwritten annotation, lower portion of page] heard (?) 049 (?) 840 (?) 095 [The "095" sits below a single long curved underline-like stroke spanning much of the page width] 2 (?) m (?) may (?) hey (?) [Handwritten annotation crossing the bottom release stamp, largely illegible; appears to be a signature-like scrawl] C____y (?) S____ (?) [Signature, illegible] [Stamp] Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R000900220009-0 [No date in the writer's hand is visible on this page; the only dates present are in the release stamps]
[Stamp] Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R000900220009-0 [Handwritten annotation, upper portion of page] at 1715 N / 6834 (?) W [First digit of "6834" is ambiguous and could also be read as "0"] at 261442 EDT [Long horizontal handwritten line across page] [Handwritten annotation] Toward (?) C (?) PR bound for Houston T.X [Long horizontal handwritten line across page] [Handwritten annotation, lower portion of page] 025 Current locat of Val (?) [possibly "Vsl"] Reasonable course P (?) lat may Sig (?) — up [Handwritten scrawl crossing the bottom release stamp, hurried and largely illegible] [illegible word] (?) TX (?) — over (?) bound to (?) 2 (?) Hey (?) over (?) [The final "over (?)" is underlined] [Stamp] Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R000900220009-0 [No distinct legible signature found; the scrawl crossing the bottom stamp may function as one, illegible]
[Stamp] Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R000900220009-0 [Handwritten annotation, upper portion of page] 079 Curren (?) + Lo (?) of (?) Val. (?) [A small circled flourish precedes "Val." and its reading is uncertain] [Long horizontal handwritten line across page] [Handwritten annotation, middle portion of page] 003 [Long horizontal handwritten line, running above the following line of text] location & (?) + (?) 27 APR (?) further (?) [The letterforms of "further" run together with what appear to be extra strokes, possibly written "furthther"; a small x-like mark sits below the word] [Long curved handwritten line sweeping across the lower middle of the page] [Remainder of lower page blank except stamp] [Stamp] Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R000900220009-0 [No signature is present on this page]
[Stamp] Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R000900220009-0 [Handwritten annotation: a large sweeping looped line is drawn across the upper half of the page, rising from mid-page on the left, looping over the top near the release stamp, and curving back down, apparently a large flourish or arrow enclosing/pointing at the notes below; no letters are formed by this stroke] [Handwritten annotation] 9021 (?) [second digit is a narrow slanted loop, 0 or 6; "9021" and "9621" both plausible, digit not certain] [Handwritten annotation] No Value [underline stroke beneath the end of "Value"] [Handwritten annotation] (?) left [first word illegible cursive, six or so letters, begins with two humps (m/n) then o/a, ends in a crossed t; candidate readings include "not not", "marrat", "monat", none certain] [No typed body on this page] [Stamp] Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R000900220009-0
[Stamp] Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R000900220009-0 [Handwritten body, entire page hand-printed in heavy black felt-tip capitals; no typed text on this page] 9022 [Redaction code, printed above redaction block] SG1A TASK: o DETERMINE CURRENT LOCATION OF TARGET VESSEL IDENTIFIED AS [Redacted, solid black block, roughly one-third of the line width, covering the vessel name] o DETERMINE UNLOADING/TRANFER(?) POINT [the letters after "TRAN" are heavily overwritten, "TRANFER" with an F written over another letter and a scribbled correction glyph before "POINT"; possibly intended "TRANSFER"] FINDINGS: o TARGET VESSEL AT GEO COORD [blank space after "GEO COORD", no coordinate written; a single stray dot at right] o VESSEL TO BE INTERCEPTED BEFORE REACHING LATITUDE OF 17° 30'. [Struck through: short word obliterated by heavy scribble, illegible] o ULTIMATE DESTINATION OF CONTRABAND IS HOUSTON, TEXAS - VIA GULF OF MEXICO ASSESSMENT: [Struck through: one word obliterated by heavy scribble, illegible, ends in -E] [Interlinear insertion, written above the struck word] o TARGET LOACATION AT GEO COORD WAS ACCURATE. o VESSEL INTERCEPTED BY US AUTHORITIES ON 261442L APR 90 AT GEO COORD 17° 15' N / 83° W [the stroke before "83" read as a separator slash; "W" sits at the page edge, no further characters visible after it] o [Struck through] CONTRABAND ULTIMI (?) o ULTIMATE DESTINATION WAS HOUSTON, TX CUSTOMER: JTF-4 [final character an open-topped 4; could also be read as "Y"] [Stamp] Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R000900220009-0