Project Interloper

CIA STARGATE release

CIA-RDP96-00789R000900220009-0

Opens with: TJ-4-0014-9 [third digit of 0014 read as 1 (?); document/session number, read

Warning: text for all documents has not been verified. Errors are possible. Check the original by document ID on CREST.

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

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