</s>104-10066-10028 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET Ramon Joseph ALVAREZ Durant Recruited: March 1955 as member Station unilateral surveillance team. 0A - 28 Feb 1955. Recruitted: 1 Oct 55: Converted to Contract status w/annual salary $3600. 1 Oct 1956: P/A in charge of surveillance team & also was in charge of photo surveillance of the Soviet Mission, including processing the film. LIPEMPTY was crypt for the XXK support team targeted against the Soviet embassy. Under LIPEMPTY, the 3 basehouse. were encrypted. LIMITED - LIPEMTPY - Baseball across street from See next LILYRIC - Soviet Embassy. LILYRILA - Soviet embassy - LICAMILA - basehouse across the street from Soviet Embassy. taken from garden area of Soviet LICAMA - basebase from which pictures taken away from garden areas of Soviet Note: photo of man alleged to be OSWALD was taken from the LIMITED basehouse, 12 Dec 59: ALVARZ married LIEMPTY-19 (Hester ROOS), who assisted him during the next 10 years as a part-time support asset in the next 7 years to the LIMEPTY activity. asset during P/A for the LIPIMPTY activity. surveillance & photo coverage of the Socialist target (1968-1968). In Oct 1962 1962: In order provide maximum compartmentation between the various basesheases, Oliver G. SCANTLING was inserted as the cutout to the LIMITED Basehouse and its basehouse as cutout and cutout for the LIEMPTPY (ROVING van) continued as cutout from the LITEMPTY (Roving van). LICALLA & LILYRIC. This gave ALVarez more time to process raw photo taken. This gives ALVARTEZ more time. LICMAZ was taken from October 1962 until 1 Sept 1964- when ALVARCZ assumed cutout responsibility for LIMITERASE - again. In 1969: ALVALAREZ separated from LIEMPY-19 and a MESERASS Messy divorce suit followed in Inc 1969, he was put on half pay divorce suits followed in NEC 1969, and he was full-time he had his eyes closed suspended due his full-to-time on. On. <loc_813><loc_810>he 4 Li-I-Iops signed quit claims and secrecy agreements. <loc_278><loc_824>ALVARZEZ paid $10,000 (no) as termination honus. <loc_278><loc_856>Last Station contact with ALVALVAREz was XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX May 71

Summary  
The document details surveillance operations targeting the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C., conducted by U.S. intelligence agencies between 1954 and 1972. Ramon Joseph Alvarez was recruited in March 1955 as a member of a unilateral surveillance team and later converted to contract status with an annual salary of $3,600. He served as the point person (P/A) for a surveillance team responsible for photo surveillance of the Soviet Mission, including processing film. Codenames such as LIPEMPTY, LILYRIC, LICALLA, and LIMTED refer to basehouses or operational units used for monitoring the embassy. Alvarez married LIEMPTY-19 (Hester ROOS), who assisted him as a part-time support asset until their divorce in 1969. In 1962, Oliver G. SCANTLING was inserted as a cutout for the LIMITED basehouse, and later took over responsibilities for LICALLA and LILYRIC. Alvarez’s role involved processing photos taken from these locations, including a photo of a man alleged to be Lee Harvey Oswald, which was captured from the LIMITED basehouse in December 1959. The project LIEMPY (Soviet Embassy Coverage) operated from mid-1955 to June 30, 1972, supporting two of three original basehouses: LICALLA (front entrance coverage), LILYRIC (parking lot area), and LIMTED (garden area). Alvarez was terminated in 1968 after a divorce-related legal dispute.  

Key People  
- Ramon Joseph Alvarez: Surveillant, contract agent, married to LIEMPTY-19 (Hester ROOS)  
- Oliver G. SCANTLING: Cutout for LIMITED basehouse; true name Juan N. FRAIS-RAMIRRZ  
- Hester ROOS: Spouse of Alvarez, part-time support asset  
- LIEMPTY-6: Recruit in June 1954, occupied LIMITED basehouse until 1968  

Key Locations  
- Soviet Embassy (Washington, D.C.)  
- LIMITED basehouse (across street from Soviet Embassy)  
- LICALLA basehouse (front entrance of Soviet Embassy)  
- LILYRIC basehouse (parking lot area of Soviet Embassy)  
- LIMTED basehouse (garden area of Soviet Embassy)  

Key Events  
- Alvarez recruited in March 1955, converted to contract status in October 1956  
- LIEMPY project initiated mid-1955, terminated June 30, 1972  
- SCANTLING inserted as cutout for LIMITED basehouse in 1962  
- Alvarez’s termination in 1968 following divorce and legal disputes  
- Photo of alleged Lee Harvey Oswald taken from LIMITED basehouse on December 12, 1959  

Key Organizations  
- U.S. intelligence agency (unspecified) conducting surveillance operations  
- LIEMPY project: Soviet Embassy Coverage initiative  
- Surveillance teams operating under codenames (LIPEMPTY, LILYRIC, LICALLA, LIMTED)

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