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Cold open. This is a declassified memorandum titled “30aug fishers into mexico,” issued by the United States Department of State in February nineteen fifty‑two. It is notable for its reference to a covert affair involving a couple and coded operational terms. Provenance. The document was released through The Black Vault archive. The entry is available at https://archive.org/download/30augfishersintomexico/30augfishersintomexicodjvu.txt. No FOIA case number is listed in the archive entry, and the release date is not specified. The declassification authority is indicated as the United States Department of State. The document. He f No i 3 /™/T 279 Issued! 2/1952 Copy Ko: V/ 1. FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE AFFAIR OF THE COUPLE, 2, REFERENCES TO “VOLUNTEER 1 e” KITE AND “LINK”, ^ronu ‘JEW YORK ■ - TOi MOSCOW ; t No.: 1339 30 Alig 1 9i±4± To YICTOrUL Yeur nurnffc^r 3S79C&I. 1. The affair f the COUPLE- [ChETA]Ul] we have entrusted to TWAIN [TVER] ‘ In connection with TWAIN’s aaparture the transfer of the affair tq ANTON [c£ is scheduled] 2 . ’ To the interjne diary BASS [ BAS 3 1 Hi 3 we have communicated rnly our, cover story [LEG3NDA ] , 3. ?qr getting a tranalt visa BASS should receive 1 Cfflcial notlficatiiH frsra the COUNTRYSIDE [DEREVENSKIJ Jl lv J Foreign Ministry (preferably by telegraph) concerning the issue of on entrance vies to the COUPLE, This notification BASS must present at the BANK [BANK]l v J, No. 690 [Continued overleaf] Distribution - 2 - S/NB7/1279 ^LQNTER] wife we learned Teem [{# LlNtTa] [ZVENO] brother at LINK ^.N,J [a] Not available, mrwnts: £i] VlCMfit poealbir Lleutenant‑teneral Pavel Mi ichaj lavish FITIN . [ 11 ] ChBTAi Nlcolaa and Maria (BOYKO) FISHER, till] BAS : Michael if BUHD (originally IfB 1SBURD ) [lv] DEREVENSKIJt Moil can. ‘ T.r’ tv] BANK? the U S department of State. [12 groups unrecoverable] S. No,f XY‑67.1+ t - NBF/T279 Context. No additional contextual statement was provided in the release. The Black Vault entry lists the document as a “memorandum concerning a covert affair” but offers no further agency commentary. Outro. This is what the

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This material was released by the National Security Agency (NSA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked on this page so the citation chain is auditable.

30aug Fishers Into Mexico

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Cold open. This is a declassified memorandum titled “30aug fishers into mexico,” issued by the United States Department of State in February nineteen fifty‑two. It is notable for its reference to a covert affair involving a couple and coded operational terms.

Agency: National Security Agency (NSA)
Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was 30aug Fishers Into Mexico about?: Cold open. This is a declassified memorandum titled “30aug fishers into mexico,” issued by the United States Department of State in February nineteen fifty‑two. It is notable for its reference to a covert affair involving a couple and coded operational terms.
Why was this case declassified?: This material was released by the National Security Agency (NSA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.

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