Sancha Family Collaboration

Sancha Family Collaboration

1943-12-10

1943-12-10 — REMBRANDT Undergoes an Operation (VENONA) ⭐⭐ Verified

📍 New York, USA
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📝 Last edited: December 10, 1943
Sources: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/article/Venona-New-York-KGB-1943.pdf | https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/Venona-Part-I-Documents-Illustrating-US-Response-to-Soviet-Espionage.pdf

Event: VENONA New York→Moscow cable notes that REMBRANDT (footnoted as José Sancha Padrós) underwent an operation and was recuperating.

Key names/codenames: REMBRANDT (José Sancha Padrós)

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1943-12-20

c. 1943-12-20 — REMBRANDT & “GRINGO” Cohabitation Mention ⭐⭐ Verified

📍 Mexico City, Mexico
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📝 Last edited: December 20, 1943
Sources: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/article/Venona-Mexico-City-KGB.pdf | https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/Venona-Part-I-Documents-Illustrating-US-Response-to-Soviet-Espionage.pdf

Event (guestimate date): Mexico City KGB traffic references REMBRANDT’s relationship with “GRINGO,” noting intimacy/cohabitation and a request that she come when he was ill in December.

Key names/codenames: REMBRANDT; GRINGO

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1944-03-28

1944-03-28 — Plan to Send REMBRANDT to the “ISLAND” ⭐⭐ Verified

📍 Mexico City, Mexico
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📝 Last edited: March 28, 1944
Sources: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/article/Venona-Mexico-City-KGB.pdf | https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/Venona-Part-I-Documents-Illustrating-US-Response-to-Soviet-Espionage.pdf

Event: Planning discussed to dispatch REMBRANDT from Mexico (“COUNTRYSIDE”) to the “ISLAND” (Britain), leveraging assistance from contacts.

Key names/codenames: REMBRANDT; TOMAS; GREYHEAD

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1944-04-04

1944-04-04 — Moscow Instructions re GREYHEAD/TOMAS ⭐⭐ Verified

📍 Moscow ⇄ Mexico City (signals)
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📝 Last edited: April 4, 1944
Sources: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/article/Venona-Mexico-City-KGB.pdf | https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/Venona-Part-I-Documents-Illustrating-US-Response-to-Soviet-Espionage.pdf

Event: Moscow advises steps for REMBRANDT’s movement, including contacting TOMAS and GREYHEAD for assistance to reach the “ISLAND.”

Key names/codenames: REMBRANDT; TOMAS; GREYHEAD

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1944-11-27

1944-11-27 — Contradictory Cables on REMBRANDT’s Departure (incl. GRINGO) ⭐⭐ Verified

📍 Mexico City, Mexico
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📝 Last edited: November 27, 1944
Sources: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/article/Venona-Mexico-City-KGB.pdf | https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/Venona-Part-I-Documents-Illustrating-US-Response-to-Soviet-Espionage.pdf

Event: Telegram No. 892 notes contradictions: (1) “REMBRANDT cannot be got out of MEXICO CITY.” (2) “REMBRANDT will undoubtedly leave for the ISLAND and even take ‘GRINGO’.”

Key names/codenames: REMBRANDT; GRINGO

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1945-03-02

1945-03-02 — Moscow Orders to Prepare REMBRANDT ⭐⭐ Verified

📍 Moscow → Mexico City
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📝 Last edited: March 2, 1945
Sources: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/article/Venona-Mexico-City-KGB.pdf | https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/Venona-Part-I-Documents-Illustrating-US-Response-to-Soviet-Espionage.pdf

Event: Moscow instructs the Mexico City residency to establish control over preparations involving REMBRANDT.

Key names/codenames: REMBRANDT

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