CIA Cryptonyms: WI
The CIA cryptonyms on this page show those which are begin with the two-letter bigram WI. Bigrams are used to group cryptonyms into sets related to a particular category, based on characteristics such as geographic location (AM => Cuba) or other methods of grouping (KU => organizations of the CIA itself).
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WI
WIDigraph for the Belgian Congo - which became Zaire from 1971-1997 - now the Congo.
WIFLAT-3Unknown identity. A cable from Leopoldville in March of 1961 stated that the pressures on WIROGUE (David Tzitzichvili) from WIFLAT-3, Kazadi and Pierrot were becoming greater all the time. [status: Unknown]
WILDCATBernardo de Torres. Chief of Intelligence of Brigade 2506. Identified himself as "Pentagon intelligence". Described by the ARRB as an "FBI double agent." Also known as Gaeton Fonzi's informant "Carlos". Died in 2018.
WILDCAT-5Unknown identity. A cable in May of 1961 stated that WILDCAT-5 had requested a name check for WIROGUE (David Tzitzichvili) on behalf of WIROOT. [status: Unknown]
WIPEGASUSCIA project/operation in the Congo in the 1960's. CIA officer William A. Robertson ("Rip") went on a tour of duty to the Congo in 1964. CIA agent/asset Ricardo Morales Navarrete (AMDESK-1) was briefly involved in this project.
WIQUIT-1Unknown identity. A cable in 1966 stated that "HQs notes that name Alastair Wicks has not appeared in recent SECAROB-1 (probably Major Michael Hoare) reporting of WIQUIT-1 plotting." [status: Unknown]
WIROAKPatrice Lumumba, first Prime Minister of the newly independent Republic of the Congo, from June until September of 1960.
WIROGUEThis project used a foreign agent to recruit assets for sabotage, intelligence gathering, and proposed assassinations.
WIROGUE-1David Tzitzichvili aka David de Panaskhet.
WIROOTPossibly a Congolese intelligence or military service. [status: Speculative]
WISTATIC-1WISTATIC-1 was possibly Alastair Wicks. According to a cable on 9 March, 1967, SECAROB-1 (probably Major Michael Hoare) stated that WISTATIC-1 knew "the Congo as few men did", and "that he was a sensitive man without courage." [status: Speculative]
WITHRUSHProject using Cuban pilots in the Congo.
WIZARD-4Unknown identity. WIZARD-4 was possibly a officer, or a civil employee, based in an unknown air force in the Congo in the 1960's. [status: Speculative]