7 April 1964

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT: Telephone Conversation Between AMBIDDY-1 and Martin Ferrer

DATE: 6 April, 2000 hours

1. AMBIDDY-1 began the conversation by announcing that he had dismissed seventeen frogmen from AMWORLD and "the next six to fall" will be on the mothership ADELAIDA.

2. At this time A-1 was informed that the people who had trained Hume were very satisfied with his performance and Hume is now considered capable of being captain of ADELAIDA.

3. A-1 expects to leave for the bases in Nicaragua and Costa Rica on 9 or 10 April.

4. A-1 would like to have the dry run of the operation scheduled between 9-11 April. The operations will commence on 13 April.

5. A-1 was told the idea of using the DMJM engineers has been cancelled. A-1 sounded very pleased and stated they were too elaborate for his operation. However, A-1 would like that the survey conducted by the American engineers be submitted to him. A-1 was advised that since he paid $3,000 for this survey, it will be submitted to him by the American engineers. A-1 was also advised that the hire of the small cargo ship "Our Way" will be handled as a floating base. A-1 commented that AMWAIL had made a good selection. A-1 was also advised that the cargo ship had been named La Barge.

6. A-1 has obtained his visa papers in Nicaragua.

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