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Cryptonym: LIKAYAK-2

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Definition:
Ran a postal intercept operation in Mexico City with 22 agents between 1957 to 1969.
Status:
Documented
Sources:

104-10414-10124: MEXICO CITY STATION HISTORY

LIKAYAK-2 was recommended to the Mexico City station by LIMESTONE - as of 1957, LIMESTONE was the principal agent for the phone tap operation known as LIFEAT. At the time of his recruitment, LIKAYAK-2 was running his own private investigation agency. He previously had worked as a chemist and as a former director of the technical laboratory of the Department of the Interior. CIA officer Charles Anderson developed this agent as the leader of a postal intercept operation. LIKAYAK-2 organized a group of 22 agents between 1957 to 1969.

104-10187-10009: CIA FILE (ASSET) PHOTO SURVEILLANCE OP.

10/14/58 memo from WH/FI Charles W. Anderson to CWH: "...the SR representatives said the best work done anywhere on the BGMORNING case, which has international repercussions (note: involving famed Soviet spy Rudolf Abel, who was swapped for Francis Gary Powers a few years later), was done by LIKAYAK-2 in Mexico."

104-10414-10124: MEXICO CITY STATION HISTORY

LIKAYAK-2 laid the groundwork for LIENVOY by introducing his Mexican mentor LIELEGANT to his station case officer Alfonso Spera. He later became head of the file search operation known as LIBIGHT.

104-10188-10039: WITHHELD

9/20/63: LIKAYAK-2 was active with the LIBIGHT/LIMUD complex, checking on lead obtained from LIFEAT.

104-10086-10001: MEXICO CITY CHRONOLOGY

9/9/64: Win Scott urgently needs some handwriting specimens of Silvia Duran of the Cuban consulate. "ACTION: Get LIKAYAK-2 to have LIMUD coverage put on Duran urgently and try to get some fast specimens." Also see original document: http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=39084&relPageId=2&search=LIMUD

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