The U.S.

Army
Camp Stanley Storage Activity
and
The CIA
Midwest Depot
Version of 2!"#$#"
S%mmary& The U.S. Army operates an arms depot near San Antonio' Te(as called the Camp
Stanley Storage Activity )CSSA*. In 2!!' it emerged that the CIA had a presence there. There
are some indications' tho%gh not concl%sive ones' that CSSA may +e the site of a facility called
Midwest Depot that the CIA has %sed for clandestine acc%m%lation and dissemination of arms to
vario%s parties from at least the early !,-s thro%gh 2! and pro+a+ly thro%gh 2!.
Comment& If the CSSA' esta+lished in !,",' has always +een the cover for Midwest Depot' then
the covert facility dates to the earliest days of the CIA and' spec%latively' may have +een created
to provide an arms channel to resistance gro%ps in Soviet#occ%pied .astern .%rope and
elsewhere. See' e.g.' The Use of Covert Paramilitary Activity as a Policy Tool: An Analysis of
Operations Conducted by the United States Central Intelligence Agency, !"!#!$ +y Ma/or D. 0.
1erger' USMC )www.fas.org2irp2eprint2+erger.htm*
Camp Stanley Storage Activity
Inner Cantonment
http://www.stanley.army.mil/Volume4/Soil_Washing_Treatibility_Study/Figure-2.2.gif
http://www.stanley.army.mil/Volume-!/"oise#anagement-$lan.pdf
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2. &'#$ ST'"()* ST+,'-) '&T.V.T*
&SS' /onsists of 40114 a/res of 2arying terrain. The boundary of &SS' is generally re/tangular with
appro3imately 4 miles north to south and 2 miles east to west.
&amp Stanley be/ame part of the ,ed ,i2er 'rsenal as &SS' in 545. .n addition to ammunitions storage0 the
installation had responsibility to test and o2erhaul ammunition /omponents. .n 5640 appro3imately 20141 a/res
were transferred from &amp 7ullis to &SS'. 'n additional 214 a/res were assigned to &SS' in 581 to bring
total a/reage to its /urrent 40114 a/res.
&SS' is a sub-installation of the 9.S. 'rmy #aterial &ommand:s ,ed ,i2er 'rmy ;epot <,,';=0 lo/ated in
Te3ar>ana0 Te3as.
The primary mission of &SS' is re/eipt0 storage0 and issuan/e of ordnan/e material as well as ?uality assuran/e
testing of military weapons and ammunition. ' se/ondary mission0 weapons training and ?ualifying also o//urs
at &SS'.
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F--)n2ironmental $rogram Support0 Site .n2estigation0 and Treatment Studies for &amp Stanley Storage
'/ti2ity0 7oerne Te3as
Soli/itation "umber: W52!--@@-@@@@
'gen/y: ;epartment of the 'rmy
+ffi/e: 9.S. 'rmy &orps of )ngineers
(o/ation: 9S'&) ;istri/t0 Fort Worth
Synopsis:
'dded: #ar 10 211 4:18 pm #odified: #ar 140 211 6:44 pm
[EXCERPT]
;etailed )3planation of Spe/ialiAed Tas>s:
Tri/hloroethene <T&)= and tetra/hloroethene <$&)= are a signifi/ant part of the remediation at &amp Stanley.
T&) and $&) /ontaining /hemi/als were used at &amp Stanley primarily as a degreasing agent for metal and
ele/troni/ parts and two groundwater plumes e3tend off of the installation into se2eral doAen pri2ate water wells.
The health effe/ts from T&) differ depending on the amount of T&) to whi/h a person is e3posed and how long
the e3posure lasts. T&) e3posure /an be asso/iated with se2eral ad2erse health effe/ts0 in/luding neuroto3i/ity0
immunoto3i/ity0 de2elopmental to3i/ity0 li2er to3i/ity0 >idney to3i/ity0 endo/rine effe/ts0 and se2eral forms of
/an/er. $&) is a /entral ner2ous system depressant0 and $&) e3posure /an be asso/iated with li2er and >idney
damage. The 9S )n2ironmental $rote/tion 'gen/y <)$'= has set ma3imum /ontaminant le2els for T&) and
$&) at 6 parts per billion. &amp Stanley is regulated by both 9S )$' <under a 555 ,&,' 411Bh order
stemming from the sol2ent plumes= and the Te3as &ommission on )n2ironmental Cuality <T&)C=.
7e/ause of the T&) /ontamination0 se2eral spe/ialiAed s>ill set are re?uired. &amp Stanley installed a large bio-
rea/tor remediation pilot to treat T&) /ontaminated groundwater in 211B. 9nli>e most biorea/tors0 this one
treats deep groundwater <as deep as 411 feet deep in fra/tured )dwards >arst limestone=. Westbay wells are also
used. 'dditionally0 &amp Stanley uses soil 2apor e3tra/tion <SV)= te/hnology at se2eral sites. There are also
2apor intrusion study and prote/tion issues in buildings at &amp Stanley arising from the T&) /ontamination of
the groundwater.
&amp Stanley also re?uires e3pertise in S&';'0 a super2isory /ontrol and data a/?uisition system. .t is an
industrial /ontrol system: a /omputer system monitoring and /ontrolling water distribution on the installation0
in/luding water being inDe/ted into the biorea/tor .'W a T&)C 9nderground .nDe/tion &ontrol <9.&= permit.
'nother spe/ialiAed re?uirement is the need to address e3tensi2e lead /ontamination in soils from de/ades of
small army range operations0 whi/h are still ongoing. &amp Stanley has used $hosphate .ndu/ed #etal
StabiliAation <$.#s= to treat lead /ontaminated soils at many of its sites0 some in2ol2ing many hundred /ubi/
yards of soil0 and intends to use $.#S at more sites in the future.
&amp Stanley also re?uires une3ploded ordnan/e disposal ser2i/es as part of many of its remediation sites.
While only small arms <and some grenade and ro/>et= use is /ondu/ted now0 histori/ally0 many different
munitions had been used at &amp Stanley0 su/h as Sto>es mortars and a wide range of artillery shells. Finding 48
mm and 86 mm rounds at remediation sites is not un/ommon.
(astly0 another spe/ialiAed need is for all fulltime personnel and proDe/t managers to ha2e at least a se/ret
se/urity /learan/e. The installation stores large ?uantities of arms and ammunition and has sensiti2e missions0
thus a//ess to the installation and se/urity /learan/e re?uirements for long-term personnel are mu/h more
restri/ti2e than most military installations.
http://www.nytimes./om/21/12//us/politi/s/se/rets.html
)3-&...'. 'gent -oes $ubli/ With Story of #istreatment on the Eob
7y &F',(.) S'V'-)
$ublished: February 10 21
W'SF."-T+" G .n many ways0 the personal inDury lawsuit loo>ed routine: .n late 2110 a go2ernment
employee and his family sued the agen/y he wor>ed for0 saying it had pla/ed them in a mold-/ontaminated home
that made them si/> and re?uired nearly all their possessions to be destroyed.
7ut this was no ordinary /ase. The employee0 He2in #. Shipp0 was a 2eteran &entral .ntelligen/e 'gen/y
offi/er. Fis home was at &amp Stanley0 an 'rmy weapons depot Dust north of San 'ntonio0 in an area where the
drin>ing water was polluted with to3i/ /hemi/als. The post in/ludes a se/ret &...'. fa/ility.
;e/laring that its need to prote/t state se/rets outweighed the Shipps: right to a day in /ourt0 the go2ernment
persuaded a Dudge to seal the /ase and order the family and their lawyers not to dis/uss it0 and to later dismiss the
lawsuit without any hearing on the merits0 #r. Shipp said.
#ore than half a de/ade later0 #r. Shipp is going publi/ with his story. Fe /ontends that the e2ents bro>e up his
marriage and destroyed his /areer0 and that &...'. offi/ials abused the State Se/rets $ri2ilege do/trine in an
effort to /o2er up their own negligen/e.
Eennifer *oungblood0 a &...'. spo>eswoman0 denied any wrongdoing by the agen/y. IThe &...'. ta>es great /are
to help prote/t the health and welfare of its employees0J she said.
#r. Shipp re/ently /ompleted a memoir filled with un/lassified do/uments that he said ba/>ed up his assertions.
Fe says that he submitted the manus/ript to the agen/y for the re?uired prepubli/ation re2iew but that it bla/>ed
out swaths of information0 li>e a//ounts of his /hildren:s nosebleeds0 strange rashes0 2omiting0 se2ere asthma
and memory loss.
&iting a /onfidentiality agreement he signed with the go2ernment0 #r. Shipp would not dis/uss where the se/ret
fa/ility was lo/ated0 what its purpose was0 whi/h agen/y he wor>ed for or what his duties were.
Still0 he said0 he was free to say that he wor>ed at &...'. head?uarters in (angley0 Va.0 both before and after his
stint at the fa/ility. 'nd publi/ do/uments from a separate lawsuit0 whi/h he filed against his insuran/e /arrier
o2er a /laim for his family:s destroyed belongings0 ma>e /lear that he was stationed at &amp Stanley.
#r. Shipp:s e3-wife0 (orena Shipp0 and one of his sons0 Eoel Shipp0 now 2B0 said in inter2iews that the &...'.
had assigned #r. Shipp to a high-ran>ing Dob at the fa/ility to un/o2er suspe/ted se/urity brea/hes. The family
mo2ed to an 'rmy-owned house at &amp Stanley in Eune 555 and left in #ay 211.
.t is not /lear what too> pla/e at the &...'. fa/ility. 7ut the /amp had been used as a weapons depot for
generations. Eoel and (orena Shipp des/ribed bun>ers and many old weapons0 in/luding So2iet weaponry. They
also said that they o//asionally saw offi/ials performing ta/ti/al drills0 and that sometimes items were burned or
buried there.
IThe house that our family was mo2ed into was planted on top of a lot of buried ammunition0J Eoel Shipp said.
I+ne time me and my little brother dug up a mustard gas shell.J
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http://www.washingtonpost./om/wp-dyn//ontent/arti/le/21/12/1/',211211811.html
)3-&.' staffer alleges agen/y /o2erup in to3in e3posure /ase
7y Eeff Stein
Washington $ost Staff Writer
Friday0 February 0 21K 2:11 '#
' former &.' se/urity offi/er is alleging that the agen/y is unDustifiably in2o>ing a Lstate se/retsL /laim to /o2er
up e2iden/e that he and his family suffered illnesses as a result of e3posure to en2ironmental /ontamination at an
agen/y fa/ility.
He2in Shipp0 660 a /ounterterrorism /onsultant now employed by a firm with go2ernment /ontra/ts0 said that the
agen/y also has sought to pre2ent him from publi/iAing his ordeal by hea2ily reda/ting the manus/ript he hopes
to publish. The boo> des/ribes what the family e3perien/ed during and after their e3posure: illness0 al/oholism0
marital dis/ord0 and a /ampaign of harassment and sur2eillan/e that Shipp says was /arried out by the &.'.
MSuffered horriblyM
The fa/ility where the Shipps li2ed is in the southwestern 9nited States and has ser2ed as a weapons depot and
disposal site. The Washington $ost has agreed to the agen/yMs re?uest not to name the fa/ility or des/ribe its
lo/ation more pre/isely.
.n inter2iews0 Shipp said he was moti2ated to spea> out0 possibly in 2iolation of a DudgeMs orders not to dis/uss
the /ase0 be/ause he belie2es the &.' is hiding misdeeds. .n 2114 the go2ernment agreed to pay N4110111 to
settle a lawsuit filed by Shipp0 but the &.' later ba/>ed out of the deal.
.n February 2114 9.S. ;istri/t &ourt Eudge +rlando -ar/ia granted the agen/yMs re?uest to dismiss the matter as
a state se/ret0 a de/ision that effe/ti2ely made permanent a gag order he had imposed two years earlier.
LThis is about the &onstitution and their gra2e 2iolation of it0L said Shipp0 who won se2eral /ommendations for
his wor> o2er a 8-year /areer. LWe suffered horribly. $eople need to >now what they did.L
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.n 211 the 'rmy &orps of )ngineers soli/ited bids for /lean-up wor> at the fa/ility0 a//ording to a publi/ noti/e
whi/h said Ltri/hloroethene <T&)= and tetra/hloroethene <$&)= are a signifi/ant part of the remediation.L
The &orps /autioned that those sele/ted for the /ontra/t would need Lat least a se/ret se/urity /learan/e0L
be/ause Lthe installation . . . has sensiti2e missions.L
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4--8.!2345 7'((0 8.!2345 7('"H and 53Bmm 7'(( "on-Standard 'mmunition.
Soli/itation "umber: W6CH"4TB66
'gen/y: ;epartment of the 'rmy
+ffi/e: 'rmy &ontra/ting &ommand
(o/ation: '&& - "ew Eersey
Soli/itation "umber:
W6CH"4TB66
"oti/e Type:
&ombined Synopsis/Soli/itation
Synopsis:
'dded: Eul B0 214 B:! am
This is a /ombined synopsis/soli/itation for /ommer/ial items prepared in a//ordan/e with the format in Subpart 2.!0 as
supplemented with additional information in/luded in this noti/e. This announ/ement /onstitutes the only soli/itationK
proposals are being re?uested and a written soli/itation will not be issued.
The 9. S. 'rmy &ontra/ting &ommand - "ew Eersey0 $i/atinny 'rsenal0 "E0 in support of $; "on-Standard 'mmunition
<$;-"S'=0 intends to issue a soli/itation to all e3isting 7asi/ +rdering 'greement <7+'= holders for '/?uisition of "on
Standard 'mmuntion0 'mmunition ,elated .tems O #ortar Weapon Systems to pro/ure the following:
. 201110111 ea/h 8.!2345mm 7all0 deli2ered to &amp Stanley in 7oerne0 T@
2. 6610111 ea/h 8.!2345mm 7all0 deli2ered to 7lue -rass 'rmy ;epot
4. 6860111 ea/h 8.!2345mm 7lan>0 deli2ered to 7lue -rass 'rmy ;epot
4. 4260111 ea/h 53Bmm 7all0 deli2ered to 7lue -rass 'rmy ;epot
$lease note that only /ontra/tors that ha2e re/ei2ed pre2iously established 7asi/ +rdering 'greements <7+'s= under
W6CH"-2-@-&114 will be issued a soli/itation. .f you belie2e you are /apable of supplying the abo2ementioned "on-
Standard 'mmunition <"S'=0 please respond to the -o2ernmentMs open and /ontinuous sour/es sought noti/e0 W6CH"-
2-@-&11B and follow the detailed instru/tions. ,esponses to the sour/es sought noti/e will be assessed to determine the
/ontra/torMs /apabilities0 and if determined /apable0 the /ontra/tor will be awarded a 7+'.
The proposed /ontra/t a/tion is for supplies for whi/h the -o2ernment intends to soli/it under the authority of F', !.814.
The -o2ernment e3pe/ts to award a Firm Fi3ed $ri/e /ontra/t to the offeror that pro2ides the best 2alue to the -o2ernment.
This noti/e of intent is not a re?uest for /ompetiti2e proposals. .n addition0 the -o2ernment will not pay for any information
pro2ided under this noti/e.
The point of /onta/t for this re?uirement is #r. ;onald -urry0 &ontra/t Spe/ialist0
'&&-"E-#'0 7ldg 10 $i/atinny 'rsenal0 "E 18B1!-6111K
)mail: donald.h.gurry./i2Pmail.mil.
&ontra/ting +ffi/e 'ddress:
'&& - "ew Eersey0 &enter for &ontra/ting and &ommer/e0 7uilding 1 $hipps ,;0 $i/atinny 'rsenal0 "E 18B1!-6111
$la/e of $erforman/e:
'&& - "ew Eersey &enter for &ontra/ting and &ommer/e0 7uilding 1 $hipps ,; $i/atinny 'rsenal "E 18B1!-6111 9S
$oint of &onta/t<s=:
;onald -urry0 584-824-42!8
'&& - "ew Eersey
[Comment: 7.62x39mm ammunition is used ! t"e #$%&7 and ot"er 'o(iet%era )eapons. 9x*+mm is used ! ,a-aro(
pistols and (arious sumac"ine .uns.]
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Comment: T"e ao(e solicitation /or 201120222 7.6+x39mm rounds ma! e related to t"e elo) solicitation /or
#$ ma.a3ines. 4ote0 "o)e(er0 t"at t"e 5uantit! o/ rounds is muc" too small to correspond to t"e total ma.a3ine
capacit!.
1--'H ,ifle #agaAines
Soli/itation "umber: W6CH"4TB64
'gen/y: ;epartment of the 'rmy
+ffi/e: 'rmy &ontra/ting &ommand
(o/ation: '&& - "ew Eersey
Soli/itation "umber:
W6CH"4TB64
"oti/e Type:
&ombined Synopsis/Soli/itation
Synopsis:
'dded: Eul 250 214 5:18 am
This is a /ombined synopsis/soli/itation for /ommer/ial items prepared in a//ordan/e with the format in Subpart
2.!0 as supplemented with additional information in/luded in this noti/e. This announ/ement /onstitutes the
only soli/itationK proposals are being re?uested and a written soli/itation will not be issued.
The 9. S. 'rmy &ontra/ting &ommand - "ew Eersey0 $i/atinny 'rsenal0 "E0 in support of the 9.S. 'rmy
,esear/h ;e2elopment )ngineering &ommand 'rmament ,esear/h ;e2elopment and )ngineering &enter
<,;)&+#-',;)&= and Se2eral $rogram +ffi/es0 intends to issue a soli/itation to all 7asi/ +rdering
'greement <7+'= holders to pro/ure the following:
. 6520B26 <appro3= 'H ,ifle #agaAines: 8.!2345mm &aliber0 "ew $rodu/tion0 Steel0 41 ,ound &apa/ity
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The War 7usiness
The .nternational Trade in 'rmaments
7y -eorge Thayer
"ew *or>: Simon O S/huster
581
.n 5!2 .nterarms and 'F'& were together in/luded in a mysterious episode in2ol2ing the return to Finland of
42 million rounds of So2iet 8.!2 mm and 8.52 mm ammunition. The entire in/ident was hushed up: the story
found its way into only two lo/al /ountry newspapers.
.t appears that in ;e/ember 5!0 .nterarms had imported this material through the port of 7altimore and had
it shipped to the L'meri/an Firearms &orp.L of San 'ntonio for <as one newspaper reported it= Lpossible sale to
sportsmen.L Se2eral points should be /larified here. First0 the San 'ntonio telephone dire/tory listed no
'meri/an Firearms &orporation nor an 'meri/an Firearms and 'mmunition &orporation for 5!-!8. "o
/ompany that wants to sell 42 million rounds of ammunition to sportsmen hides its light under a bushel. Se/ond0
newspaper reports stated that the ammunition was also to be used for the 9. S. 'rmy #- and #-4 riflesK but
anyone in the gun business will ?ui/>ly point out that ,ussian 8.!2 mm and 8.52 mm ammunition does not fit
'meri/an weapons. Third0 most of the /rates had L#ade in ,ussiaL stamped on them along with the notation L6-
4-4!0L whi/h would indi/ate that the material was of postwar origin and thus te/hni/ally ineligible for
importation for /ommer/ial purposes. Fourth0 9.S. &ustoms agents were reported to ha2e tested the ammunition
and found it in good /onditionK yet the reason gi2en for returning the material was that it was Ldefe/ti2e.L .t so
happens that military standards for ammunition are higher than /ommer/ial standardsK &ustomsM Dudgment0
therefore0 was based on the assumption that it was for /ommer/ial use: it would not ordinarily pass Dudgment on
ammunition imported for military use. 'long the way0 howe2er0 the material be/ame Ldefe/ti2e0L whi/h would
indi/ate that it did not meet 9.S. military standards. This material was almost /ertainly destined to be used in
So2iet weapons owned by the 9.S. go2ernment.
.n any e2ent0 all 42 million roundsG22 bo3/ar loadsGwere shipped to 7rowns2ille0 Te3as0 in ;e/ember
5!2 and unloaded at $ier 4 at the port. To .nterarmsM and 'F'&Ms embarrassment0 the material sat there for
se2eral wee>s be/ause the ship destined to return the ammunition to FinlandGa Swedish freighter /alled the
7ernard .ngelssonGwas late in arri2ing. 'n enterprising reporter too> pi/tures of the /argo0 and the story was
played up in the lo/al papers. Senator Eohn Tower0 after ha2ing /onferred with State ;epartment offi/ials0
attempted to e3plain away the shipment by saying0 L.t was a spe/ulation on the part of the .nternational
'rmament &orporation of 'le3andria0 Virginia. They found out0 howe2er0 that the bullets /ould not be sold to
9.S. /ustomers.L <6=
&ummings would ha2e >nown that before he imported the material.
<6= 7rowns2ille <Te3as= Ferald0 Eanuary 10 5!2.
Midwest Depot
Comment: T"e limited amount o/ material presented elo) ne(er re/ers to 6t"e7 ,id)est 8epot0 ut rat"er to
6a7 ,id)est depot or0 at most0 ,id)est 8epot. T"is terminolo.! causes a certain amount o/ ami.uit! as to
)"et"er t"ere is one or possil! se(eral depots. #ssumin. t"at t"ere is onl! one0 t"e ami.uit! ma! "a(e een
introduced delieratel! as a part o/ t"e /acilit!9s co(er plan.
http://edu/ationforum.ipbhost./om/inde3.phpRshowtopi/S444!
+n +/tober 2!0 5!80 ;ono2an $ratt of [t"e C:#9s] &. ,O' [Counter%:ntelli.ence Researc" ; #nal!sis] sent a
#emorandum to &/WF/&+- [C"ie/0 <estern =emisp"ere 8i(ision] <&uban +peration -roup= the SubDe/t of
whi/h was L-arrison .n2estigation: 7elle &hasse Training &amp: L' re/ently published boo>let /on/erning the
-arrison /ase and entitled $lot or $oliti/sR was written by States-.tem reporters ,osemary Eames and Ea/>
Wardlaw. The following appears on page 45: M#eanwhile0 )3e/uti2e 'ssistant ;' 'l2in +ser.../ame a a/ross a
third training /amp near 7elle &hasse0 (ouisiana.L $ratt wanted to >now e2erything about this site. This memo
was routed to ;'V.; $F.((.$S who drafted this reply:
WF/& !8-44!
#)#+,'";9# F+,: &hief0 &./, O '
S97E)&T: -arrison .n2estigation: 7elle &hasse Training &amp
,)F),)"&): &./ , O ' #emorandum ;ated +/tober 2!0 5!8
. (isted below us the information pertaining to the 7elle &hasse training /amp whi/h was re?uested in
referen/e memorandum.
a. The training site was a/ti2ated on February B0 5! and the first group of trainees arri2ed on February B0
5!.
b. The site was lo/ated eight miles from "ew +rleans at the 9.S. "a2al 'mmunition ;epot whi/h had been
ina/ti2e for fi2e years.
/. The site /o2ered 40611 a/res of marshlands adDoining the #ississippi ,i2er. The depot /onsisted of
ammunition magaAines storage areas0 warehouses0 2arious frame and bri/> buildings0 many miles of interlo/>ing
railroad tra/>s and both hard surfa/e and impro2ed roads and the entire site was en/losed by a /hain lin> fen/e.
Sin/e mu/h of the terrain was una//essible and unsuitable for training purposes0 due to the marshy ground and
poisonous reptiles0 a limited area was used for a/tual training purposes. This area was lo/ated where the a/ti2ity
/ould neither be heard no obser2ed.
The base /losed on 'pril 20 5!0 and the training site was /ompletely steriliAed by 7ase and /leared "a2y
personnel after all demolition0 ammunition0 ordnan/e items0 and field e?uipment was steriliAed and air-lifted to a
#idwest depot. #aterial on loan from the military was restored to original /ondition and returned to the
appropriate military /omponent.
e. 'ppro3imately 411 &ubans were trained at the site o2er a si3 wee> period. The only >nown list of trainees
whi/h was a2ailable at Fead?uarters has not been lo/ated to date. ' sear/h has been initiated for this list.
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h. The training /amp was entirely 'gen/y /ontrolled and the training was /ondu/ted by 'gen/y personnel.
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Signed ;'V.; $F.((.$S &hief0 WF/&+-
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Comment: :t seems possile t"at 6,r. Rodri.ue37 )as >elix Rodri.ues.
"ttps:??en.)i-ipedia.or.?)i-i?>@C3@#9lixARodr@C3@#8.ue3A@2+soldier@29
Comment: 3220222 2 B l loc-s o/ C%& amount to 371 tons o/ t"e explosi(e. C%&0 pound /or pound0 is aout *?3
more po)er/ul t"an T4T0 so t"e explosi(e po)er o/ C%& at ,id)est 8epot in late *963 )as aout "al/ a -iloton
T4T e5ui(alent
http://Df>.hood.edu/&olle/tion/WhiteQ21Q21Files/Se/urity-&.'/&.'Q2116!2.pdf
' Shy )3-Spy Tal>s 'bout the &.'...
7y #orton Hondra/>e
&hi/ago Sun-Times Ser2i/e
S.F. )3aminer
Thursday0 'pril 210 582
$age 24
[EXCERPT']
Vi/tor #ar/hetti does not loo>0 a/t or tal> li>e a top spy.
Fe loo>s li>e an o2erweight bureau/rat and spea>s ?uietly.
[deletia]
The &.' also maintains0 he [,arc"etti] said0 a maDor arsenal >nown as #idwest ;epot Lout around Hansas &ity
somewhere0L where it stores a Lhuge in2entoryJ of untra/eable weaponry for arming &.'-supported mo2ements
o2erseas.
http://www.sparta/us.s/hoolnet./o.u>/EFHmar/hetti.htm
Vi/tor #ar/hetti was born in 541. Fe Doined the 9nited States 'rmy and in 562 he was sent to the )uropean
&ommandMs S/hool at +berammergau to study ,ussian. (ater he was in2ol2ed in intelligen/e wor> /on/erning
)ast -ermany.
'fter lea2ing the military #ar/hetti studied history at $enn State 9ni2ersity. While at uni2ersity #ar/hetti was
se/retly re/ruited by the &entral .ntelligen/e 'gen/y. Fe offi/ially Doined the organiAation in 566. #ar/hetti
be/ame a So2iet military spe/ialist and was the &.'Ms leading e3pert on aid gi2en to Third World /ountries. This
in/luded So2iet military supplies to &uba in the early 5!1s.
.n 5!! he be/ame spe/ial assistant to the &hief of $lanning0 $rogramming0 and 7udgeting. The following year
he was spe/ial assistant to ,i/hard Felms.
#ar/hetti be/ame disillusioned with the Lagen/yMs poli/ies and pra/ti/esL and in 5!5 resigned from the &.'.
.nside the shadow networ>
by William (. &haAe
9.S. "ews O World ,eport
;e/ 60 5B!
)2en more important to the resupply effort Tto the "i/araguan /ontrasU is another retired general0 #aD. -en.
,i/hard Se/ord0 who a//ompanied #/Farlane on his .ran mission. Se/ordMs main /ontribution to the /ontra
/ause has been weapons. 9.S. "ews has learned that his in2ol2ement began as early as 5B20 when Se/ord was
in /harge of a se/ret operation--authoriAed by the $entagon--in whi/h .srael shipped tons of weapons /aptured
during its in2asion of (ebanon to a &.' arms depot in San 'ntonio. From Te3as0 the guns were shipped to the
/ontras.
http://www2.gwu.edu/Vnsar/hi2/"S')77/"S')7721/-StipulationQ21Q2B.&Q2114416Q25.pdf
*ou are instru/ted that the 9nited States has admitted for purposes of this trial the following fa/ts to be true:
. .n 5B40 ;&. &asey as>ed Se/retary of ;efense Weinberger if the ;epartment of ;efense <L;o;L= /ould
obtain infantry weapons that .srael had /onfis/ated from $(+ for/es. Following dis/ussions between #aDor
-eneral #eron of .srael and ,etired #aDor -eneral ,i/hard Se/ord of the 9nited States go2ernment <L9S-L=
.srael se/retly pro2ided se2eral hundred tons of weapons to the ;o; on a grant bas in #ay 5B4. This was
>nown as +peration T.$$); H)TT(). .n February 5B40 the &.' again as>ed ;o; if it /ould obtain additional
$(+ weapons from .srael at little or no /ost for &.' operational use. 'fter negotiations between #ar/h 5B4
and Euly 5B40 .srael se/retly pro2ided the additional weapons to ;o; in +peration T.$$); H)TT() ... The
;o; then transferred the weapons to the &.'. 'lthough &.' ad2ised &ongress that the weapons would be used
for 2arious purposes0 in fa/t many of them were pro2ided to the "i/araguan ,esistan/e as appropriated funds ran
out. <The effort to funnel materiel to the &ontras at a time when there were limits on the amount of funds the
9S- /ould spend to support the ,esistan/e also found e3pression in 5B4 in $roDe/t )()$F'"T F),;0 under
whi/h the &.' was to sto/>pile weapons and materiel pro2ided by ;o; at the lowest possible /ost under the
)/onomy '/t.= ;o; assured .srael that0 in e3/hange for the weapons0 the 9.S. -o2ernment would be as fle3ible
as possible in its approa/h to .sraeli military and e/onomi/ needs0 and that it would find a way to /ompensate
.srael for its assistan/e within the restraints of the law and 9.S. poli/y.
[remainder omitted]
http://www.thereaganfiles./om/operation-re/o2ery-timeline.pdf
[T"e 6Copp7 re/erred to in t"is document )as t"e co(er name o/ Ceneral Ric"ard 'ecord.]
[4ote t"e re/erences to ,id)est depot0 Texas]
[#pparentl! t"e TD<s s"ipped to ,id)est depot0 Texas )ere con(enientl! close to $ell! #>E0 'an #ntonio]
4ote on t"e ao(e memo at ))).t"erea.an/iles.com :
Eanuary 24th0 5B!0 memo from +li2er "orth to Eohn $oinde3ter: I+peration ,e/o2ery.J
The memo has I$lease destroy after readingJ written on the top and bottom of ea/h page0 and des/ribes in detail
the arms sales to the .ranians0 in/luding the transfer of weapons to 'fghanistan0 the release of 61 FeAbollah
prisoners held by the Southern (ebanese 'rmy0 and of /ourse0 the release of the 'meri/an hostages.
The do/ument0 originally published by the "ational Se/urity 'r/hi2e in the boo>0 IT"e :ran%Contra 'candal:
T"e 8eclassi/ied =istor!0J <554=0 had the following reda/tions whi/h are now de/lassified:
. +n the /o2er memo0 the reda/tion between I&lair -eorgeJ and I;ewey &larridgeJ reads ITom TwettenJ.
2. The last a/tion for Sunday0 Eanuary 2!th now reads: I"ir pro2ides list of 61 FiAballah prisoners being held by
(ahad to -orba in (ondon.J
4. Thursday0 Eanuary 41. 7oth reda/tions now read: Ito midwest depot0 Te3as.J
4. February 26. The se/ond line now reads: IThe 21 of 211 T+Ws and first 2 of 21 laun/hers pro2ided to
'fghan resistan/e by .ranians.J
http://www.foia./ia.go2/sites/default/files/do/ument_/on2ersions/B5B1/;+&_111126B!15.pdf

%&'C&(PT)
http://blog.al./om/bn/2118/1B/iran/ontra_hearings_made_oli2e.html
[EXCERPT]
Some in/redible things were un2eiled during the [:ran%Contra] hearings. For e3ample0 the arms traded to .ran
for the hostages /ame out of 9.S. military sto/>s -- 'rmy T+W missiles from 'nniston 'rmy ;epot0 shipped
through Funts2illeMs #issile &ommand to a &.' fa/ility0 the name of whi/h is /lassified0 through .srael to .ran.
Fo"n 8. 'axon0 a Eirmin."am la)!er0 )as associate counsel and0 rie/l!0 sta// director to t"e G.'. 'enate :ran%
Contra Committee.
http://www.iranwat/h.org/sites/default/files/us-gao-iranarmssales-14B8.pdf

7etween February and "o2ember 5B!0 the 'rmy shipped a total of 2011B T+Ws from the 'nniston 'rmy ;epot
to the ,edstone 'rsenal in 'labama. The first transfer of 0111 #+.&-modified 7asi/ T+Ws was made on
February 40 5B!K and the third transfer of 611 down-graded .T+Ws was made on "o2ember 40 5B!. 'lthough
about 611 additional #+.&-modified 7asi/ T+Ws were a2ailable at the time of the third transfer0 the &.'
spe/ifi/ally re?uested that the newer downgraded .T+Ws be pro2ided.
For the most part0 #.&+# used its normal pro/edures in ma>ing these transfers. '//ording to T+W $roDe/t
+ffi/e offi/ials0 the maDor differen/es were that fewer indi2iduals were in2ol2ed in preparing and shipping the
missiles and that shipments were s/heduled at night0 whi/h was not usual. #.&+# do/uments showed these
transa/tions to be 'rmy-to-'rmy transfers from 'nniston ;epot to ,edstone 'rsenal. Title was transferred from
the 'rmy to the &.' at ,edstone 'rsenal.
.n ea/h /ase0 the Shipped the T+Ws from ,edstone to Te3as 2ia a /ommer/ial tru/>ing firm. Subse?uently0 the
T+WS were flown out of Helly 'ir For/e 7ase <'F7=. '//ording to 'ir For/e re/ords maintained at Helly0 the
first 01111 T+Ws were shipped from Helly on two Sounthern 'ir Transport <S'T= 7oeing 818 /argo Dets on
February 60 5B!. +n #ay 22 and 240 5B!0 the same two S'T air/raft transported 61B bo3es of ro/>et
ammunition with e3plosi2e proDe/tiles <presumably 61B T+Ws and inert /argo <presumably Faw> spare parts=.
The last shipment is somewhat different from the others in that an 'ir For/e air/raft was used. +n "o2ember !0
55B!0 a #ilitary 'irlift &ommand <#'&= &-4 /argo Det transported 2 air/raft pallets of ro/>et ammunition
with e3plosi2e proDe/tiles <presumably 611 T+Ws= from Helly to ,amstein 'ir 7ase in the Federal ,epubli/ of
-ermany. '//ording to 'ir For/e offi/ials0 about 6 hours later a /ommer/ial 7oeing 818 /argo pi/>ed up the
/argo and flew it to 7en -urion .nternational 'irport0 .srael. #'& billed the &.' N!40B68 for the &-4 flight.
http://www.rati/al.org/rat2ille/EFH/.ndo6B.html
[Excerpt]
. the following is an e3/erpt from an inter2iew /ondu/ted with (. Flet/her $routy on #ay !0 5B50 regarding
his boo> T"e 'ecret Team0 T"e C:# and :ts #llies in Control o/ t"e Gnited 'tates and t"e <orld0 $renti/e Fall0
584. This segment re/ounts $routyMs e3perien/e when he found out that some things he had been doing for
years in support of the &.' had not been >nown by the senior military offi/er in the armed for/es -- the /hairman
of the E&S -- and that they had been done0 most li>ely0 in response to other authority. ' trans/ript of this
inter2iew will be published in 55B by rat haus reality press as the boo> Gnderstandin. 'pecial Dperations.
[deletia]
$routy: Well0 his >ind of thing0 on an established basis -- the units are there -- when . said there are !16 units0
those are operating units- -now0 some of them may only be telephone drops0 be/ause thatMs their fun/tion0 they
donMt need a whole lot of people0 theyMre Dust handling supplies0 or something li>e that. 7ut put this in present
terms. When &olonel "orth belie2ed that he had been ordered to ta>e 2011B Toe [sic] missiles and deli2er them
to .ran -- seeR -- there has to be some way that the supply system /an let those go. *ou /anMt Dust dri2e down
there with a tru/> to San 'ntonio at the warehouse0 and say0 L. want 2011B missiles.L *ou ha2e to ha2e authority.
'nd 2011B Toe [sic] missiles -- . donMt >now what one of them /osts0 but itMs an awful lot of money0 and
somebody had to prepare the paperwor> for the authoriAation to let the supply offi/er release those. 'nd .Mm sure
they went to a /o2er unit that "orth was using for that purpose. 7ut it appears from what weM2e heard from this
that0 unli>e the way we used to run the /o2er operations0 when these things got to .ran0 these /hara/ters sold
them them for money. .n fa/t0 they sold them for almost four times the listed 2alue of these things.

Typical road ro%tes +etween 3edstone Arsenal and San Antonio as shown in 4oogle Maps' Decem+er
2!5. The s%ggested ro%tes are all a+o%t ,$ miles long and ta6e a+o%t !" ho%rs of road time.
http://2!.2.45.5/do/s/;+&_111161!/;+&_111161!.pdf
also http://www.foia./ia.go2/sites/default/files/do/ument_/on2ersions/B5B1/;+&_111161!.pdf
4ote t"e re/erence to ,id)est 8epot in t"e /inal para.rap" on pa.e 2.
www.nytimes./om/2115/1B/4/world/4foggo.html
.nterrogation .n/.
' Window .nto &...'.:s )mbra/e of Se/ret Eails
7y ;'V.; E+F"ST+" and #',H #'WW)TT.
'ugust 40 2115
W'SF."-T+" G .n #ar/h 21140 two &...'. offi/ials surprised Hyle ;. Foggo0 then the /hief of the agen/y:s
main )uropean supply base0 with an unusual re?uest. They wanted his help building se/ret prisons to hold some
of the world:s most threatening terrorists.
#r. Foggo0 ni/>named ;usty0 was >nown inside the agen/y as a /igar-wa2ing0 bourbon-drin>ing operator0
someone who /ould get a /argo plane flying anywhere in the world or ?ui/>ly obtain weapons0 food0 money G
whate2er the &...'. needed. Fis unit in Fran>furt0 -ermany0 was strained by the spy agen/y:s operations in
'fghanistan and .ra?0 but #r. Foggo agreed to the assignment.
[deletia]
From Fringes to Spotlight
The demands of the wars in .ra? and 'fghanistan had transformed #r. Foggo from a fringe player into the
&...'.:s indispensable man. 7efore the 5/ atta/>s0 the Fran>furt base was a relati2ely sleepy resupply /enter0
running one or two flights a month to outlying stations. Within days of the atta/>s0 #r. Foggo had a budget of N8
million0 whi/h ?ui/>ly tripled.
Fe managed doAens of employees0 dire/ting nearly daily flights of /argo planes loaded with pallets of supplies0
in/luding saddles0 bridles and horse feed for the mounted tribal for/es that the spy agen/y re/ruited. Within
wee>s0 he emptied the &...'.:s sto/>pile of 'H-48s and ammunition at a #idwest depot.
[deletia]
Appendi( A
4oogle .arth and 1ing Maps Imagery
of Camp Stanley Storage Activity
So%thern section of CSSA east of 3alph 7air 3oad' showing +%n6ers and other +%ildings of %n6nown
p%rpose. The long +%ildings at the so%thwest corner are appro(imately !8$ meters long.
Central part of CSSA. 9ote the 1arnard 3oad loop encircling a low hill
with +%n6ers in its sides at road level
9orthern part of CSSA with rectang%lar field of +%n6ers
1ing Maps 1ird:s .ye views of +%n6ers along 1arnard 3oad.
3etrieved 2!"#!#!.
1ing Maps 1ird:s .ye views of +%n6ers along Ten+erg Drive .
9ote that the +%n6ers and roads appear to +e well maintained.
3etrieved 2!"#!#!.
9orthern long +%ildings at so%thwest corner of CSSA. 9ote the tall str%ct%re at the entrance to the
+%ilding' 1%ilding ,!' to the left' perhaps containing an overhead crane for handling heavy o+/ects.
T"e purpose o/ t"e t)o ele(ated lines to t"e tall structure and to Euildin. 92 Hlo)er ri."tI is un-no)n0 as is t"at
o/ t"e small uildin. to )"ic" t"e! connect.
4oogle Street View of small +%ilding and line to 1%ilding ,' apparently a pipe' as seen from 3alph 7air
3oad. Image date given as March 2!!.
Appendi( 1
9ew Constr%ction post#,!! at CSSA
;est#Central CSSA 2"#2#2-
1eginning of constr%ction +etween Tomp6ins and <lant 3ds' 2"#!!#"
9ew +%ildings along <lant 3d' 2$#-#2=
Additional large +%ilding to the west of <lant 3d' three apparent residential ho%ses
east of 3alph 7air 3d' 28#!#5!
So%thwest corner of CSSA' 28#5#5!
http://fbodaily./om/ar/hi2e/2115/14-'pril/!-'pr-2115/F7+-1852644.htm
F7+ ;'.(* .SS9) +F '$,.( !0 2115 F7+ X2!5B
S+(.&.T'T.+" "+T.&)
[EXCERPT']
* -- &onstru/tion of the &amp Stanley Storage '/ti2ity 'rmory $roDe/t0 7oerne0 T@
"oti/e Type
$resoli/itation

&ontra/ting +ffi/e
;epartment of the 'rmy0 9.S. 'rmy &orps of )ngineers0 9.S. 'rmy &orps of )ngineers0 7altimore0 9S 'rmy
&orps of )ngineers0 7altimore0 1 South Foward Street0 7altimore0 #; 2214

Soli/itation "umber
W52;,-15-,-1145
'r/hi2e ;ate
8/2B/2115

$oint of &onta/t
#arianne Sta>em0 41-B64-184B

Small 7usiness Set-'side
"/'

;es/ription
This proposed pro/urement is unrestri/ted0 "'.&S 24!2210 small business siAe standard N4406110111.11.
)stimated /ost of /onstru/tion is between N101110111.11 and N2601110111.11. &ompletion no later than 281
/alendar days. The proDe/t will re?uire /onstru/tion of a one story building /o2ering appro3imately 42061!
s?uare feet. The building is 462 feet long and en/ir/led by an asphalt road about 2B feet wide with par>ing
spa/es0 sidewal> and seeded lands/aped areas between the road and the building. 'll responsible sour/es may
submit a proposal whi/h shall be /onsidered by the agen/y. &ontra/tors must be 9.S. &itiAens.
.ssuan/e on or about 2B 'pril 21150 re/eipt of proposals on or about 2B #ay 2115.
Comment: :/ t"e uildin. )ere o/ rectan.ular /loor plan0 its )idt" )ould e &20126?&12 J 9& /eet. Estimated
cost per s5uare /oot is et)een K231 and K1++. T"e /i(e alread! existin. lon. uildin.s in t"e sout")est corner
o/ C''# measure 622x72 /eet0 or &20222 s5uare /eet in area.
www.fbo.go2
*--&onstru/tion of "ew 'rmory 7uilding0 &amp Stanley Storage '/ti2ity0 7oerne0 T@
Soli/itation "umber: W52;,-15-,-1145
'gen/y: ;epartment of the 'rmy
+ffi/e: 9.S. 'rmy &orps of )ngineers
(o/ation: 9S'&) ;istri/t0 7altimore
Soli/itation "umber:
W52;,-15-,-1145
"oti/e Type:
'ward
&ontra/t 'ward ;ate:
September 250 2115
&ontra/t 'ward "umber:
W52;,-15-&-11B1
&ontra/t 'ward ;ollar 'mount:
804560111.11
&ontra/t (ine .tem "umber:
"/'
&ontra/tor 'wardee:
Eourneyman &onstru/tion0 .n/.
!1 "W (oop 410 Suite 21
San 'ntonio0 T@ 8B2!
Synopsis:
'dded: 'pr 40 2115 2:6B pm #odified: Sep 410 2115 1:14 amTra/> &hanges
'ward of /ontra/t for &amp Stanley Storage '/ti2ity0 7oerne0 T@
'dded: 'ug 10 2115 1:25 am
'mendment 40 issued 1 'ugust 2115
'dded: 'ug 40 2115 4:45 pm
'mendment 40 issued 4 'ugust 2115
'dded: 'ug 2!0 2115 :B am
'mendment 40 issued 1 'ugust 21150 /hanged performan/e time period to 4!1 /alendar days in lieu of 281
/alendar days.
[Comment: T"e a)ard dollar amount is some)"at smaller t"an t"at estimated in t"e presolicitation. #ssumin.
t"at t"e s5uare /eet under contract remains t"e &20126 .i(en in t"e presolicitation0 t"e cost per s5uare /oot is
K*7&. ]
http://www.reed/onstru/tiondata./om/rsmeans/models/warehouse/te3as/san-antonio/
[:llustrati(e <are"ouse Construction Costs]
Comment: T"is ma! not include electricit!0 =L#C0 plumin.0 cranes and ot"er special e5uipment0 securit!
s!stems0 par-in. space etc.
So%thwest corner of CSSA' 2!#!#2,.
Constr%ction of a new long +%ilding' perhaps the
>9ew Armory 1%ilding? mentioned a+ove' has +eg%n.
So%thwest corner of CSSA' 2!2#"#2!.
The new long +%ilding' apparently called >1%ilding ,$?' is e(ternally complete.
As meas%red in 4oogle .arth' the dimensions of the area %nder roof are ""$(-= feet' for a total of 2,'8!$
s@%are feet. This is considera+ly less than the "2'$- s@%are feet in the presolicitation notice a+ove.
0owever' if this is the >9ew Armory 1%ilding?' the cost per s@%are foot is A='5,$'22,'8!$ B A2"8 per
s@%are foot' somewhat consistent with the estimate in the presolitication notice.
3esidential area' 22#!2#5!
3esidential area' 2-#!2#2$.
9ote the appearance of a large ho%se on Mc .lroy Dr so%th of Circle Drive.
3esidential area' 28#!#5!.
9ote the appearance of si( new ho%ses' three on Circle Drive and three on 3oad 9o. U#28.
9ewer constr%ction in o%ter cantonment area' 2!"#2#=.
Association with CSSA in inner cantonment is %ncertain.
9ew constr%ction and land clearing in o%ter cantonment area' 2!5#2#!-.
9ew constr%ction and %ncleared land in o%ter cantonment' 2!2#!!#$
9ew constr%ction appears in o%ter cantonment' 28#!#5!.
Constr%ction occ%rred d%ring 2=.
Association with CSSA in inner cantonment is %ncertain.
9ew constr%ction in o%ter cantonment.
9o new constr%ction in o%ter cantonment 2-#!2#2$.
Diesel generator set with f%el tan6 ne(t to an isolated +%n6er' possi+ly a personnel shelter.
Comment: The building in the foreground appears to be office space
repurposed from a *arehouse ne+t to a previously e+iting railroad,
http://www.t3transportationmuseum.org/history-rr-military.php
When the Southern $a/ifi/ abandoned most of its line to Herr2ille in 580 its new terminus be/ame &amp
Stanley. 's late as the first -ulf War to liberate Huwait0 the army was still using trains to mo2e material from
its storage fa/ilities there. +ften these trains went dire/tly to &orpus &hristi whi/h has always been0 and still
remains0 a signifi/ant military port fa/ility. The tra/>s into &amp Stanley were finally remo2ed around 211
bringing to an end the on/e 2ital /ontributions made by the rail networ>s to all the bran/hes of the military in
and around San 'ntonio.
Two generator sets with f%el tan6s' 2!2#"#2!.
As meas%red in 4oogle .arth' the f%el tan6s are $ meters long +y 2.$ meters
in diameter' corresponding to a capacity of a+o%t -' gallons each.
At typical generator o%tp%ts' -' gallons of f%el wo%ld last one generator
several days to a few wee6s' depending on circ%mstances.
4oogle Street View image of generator enclos%re and +%n6er as seen from 3alph 7air 3oad.
Image date given as March 2!!

Typical e(ternal appearance of a transporta+le diesel generator set.
http://www.dieselser2i/eandsupply./om/;iesel_Fuel_&onsumption.asp3
Cne generator set' 2!#!#2,
Cne generator set' 28#!#5!
4enerators a+sent' 2-#!2#2$