Cryptonym: AMPALP-1
104-10180-10132 - p. 3 - states that a diagram of the net is attached to the end of the letter. This document is still being withheld - its location can be found here: https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=55034#relPageId=31&search=%22broken_down%20somewhat%22
Frank Belsito and Ralph Seehafer were also involved in the creation of the staybehind nets. John Newman, Countdown to Darkness, p. 72. Seehafer was the headquarters case officer for Emilio Rodriguez/AMIRE-1.
6/17/60, memo from Havana to Director: AMPALP-1 was one of the three net chiefs of the staybehind plan. AMPAN-2 (probably Roberto Vale) was another. The third chief was AMIRE-1 (Emilio Rodriguez), he has been identified as a staybehind net chief in the past and the seven redacted letter space would fit perfectly.
104-10180-10202: OPERATIONAL/ CUBAN STAYBEHIND PLANNING.
8/12/60 dispatch from Chester Pollicove, on behalf/or the actual Chief of Station, Caracas to Chief of Station, Havana re Cuban Staybehind Planning, slugline Operational/JMNET: "...you are hereby advised that Station Caracas will use local hotel envelopes in forwarding SW letters to AMIRE-1..."
1960-Feb. 1961: "The Cuban petroleum industry was also looked to as an economic-political target as well as a sabotage target. When the US refineries operating in Cuba refused Castro's order to process Soviet crude oil, WH/4 began to think in terms of disrupting the flow of this crude to Cuba by pressuring Onassis and other independent shipping operators to refuse to carry the Soviet oil. It was predicted that such a plan would force the USSR (then facing a shortage of tanker bottoms in the world market) to transport its own crude to Cuba and to 'provide technicians and make modifications in existing refineries to process their crude.' This, in turn, was supposed to alienate Venezuela and Mexico, normally among Cuba's crude suppliers. In addition to petroleum refineries as targets for sabotage, plans were also made to disrupt the microwave system. Unlike the plans to disrupt the Cuban petroleum industry - which would directly involve properties of the international oil companies - the sabotage program for the microwave networks, as late as February of 1961, specifically stated that attacks should be limited to the Cuban net with 'hands off RCA and DuPont systems, which are to remain intact for later consideration.' Also prohibited were attacks under Agency sponsorship on Soviet and Soviet-bloc targets located in Cuba."
104-10062-10227: DOCUMENT LISTINGS
Document listing for AMPALP-1 on 10/3/63. His bio number was 201-264860, in HMMW-11976. He can be seen again at 10/21/63, in HMMA-22331: http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=27328&relPageId=18&search=%22201-0264860%22
104-10092-10107: OPERATIONAL:. AMPALP-1
On 10/17/63, Michael Choaden aka David Phillips reaches out to AMPALP-1. Refers to HMMW-11976, reported in 1978 as a missing document.
104-10516-10013: DISPATCH: CONTACT WITH AN ASSET
10/21/63 cable from Chief of Station, Mexico City to Chief, WH, ref HMMW 11976: "Station Mexico City appreciates Headquarters suggestion for the possible use of AMPALP-1. AMPALP-1 was contacted on 17 October 1963 by Michael C. Choaden (David Phillips), who knew subject in (Cuba) some years ago."