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Cryptonym: AMANCHOR-6

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Definition:
Ricardo Cora Johnson. A dispatch in May of 1967 stated that AMANCHOR-6's 201 number was 201-297762.
Status:
Documented
Discussion:
This matched a CIA document in April 1962 which included this 201 number along with the name Ricardo Cora Johnson.

AMANCHOR-1 was Alberto Beguiristain.
Sources:

104-10122-10135: NAME AND PHONE LIST (PAGE 44). -- PEDROSO, ACELO.

04/04/62: CIA document from Thomas Carroll: Only Pedroso Acelo's name was previously unredacted. Also included was the 201 number of 201-297762. This matches AMANCHOR-6's 201 number below. In addition, the 201 number for Hector Ventura Torres y Pacheco was cited (201-297775). Torres's name was redacted, but in a cable from JMWAVE in late November 1963 the 201 number for Torres was given as above: https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=53251#relPageId=142 - - - 03/18/2025 release stated that Ricardo Cora Johnson had the 201 number of 201-297762.

104-10225-10009: CIA FILE ON ( )SHELL-5.

05/26/67: Dispatch from COS, JMWAVE to Chief, WOBONE (Info: Chief, WH Division): Subject: FJDUST/SGSWIRL/PBRUMEN Transmittal of SGSWIRL Reports: "1. Forwarded herewith are JMWAVE SGSWIRL reports with below list of IRD numbers, 201 numbers and cryptonyms where available...IRD NUMBER: (#64789). 201 NUMBER: (-297762). CRYPT: (AMANCHOR/6)....2. The identities of above reports are forwarded as a separate cover attachment. (Signed) Daniel R. Hoskier." - - - Also listed were the cryptonyms AMCRUMP/4, AMSPAN/32 (Jose Antonio Rodriguez Sosa), AMPAN/14, AMSTALK/1 (Miguel Angel Diaz Isalgue), AMANCHOR/9, and AMLILAC/52.

Contributors:
Gavin McDonald

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