sorry about your wife, Zammoro,” Doubting Thomas said to Zammoro as they used the urinal.
“Thank you,” Zammoro said.
“Was I right not to pop the sonofabitch in the Congo?”
“You had no choice, Bill,” Zammoro said. “You are a soldier— you had your orders.”
“Sometimes I forget my orders,” Thomas said. “Zam, I had my crosshairs on his forehead, and it’s been a long time since I missed at that range.”
“You are a soldier,” Zammoro repeated. “You had your orders. You did the right thing, Bill.”
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ARG 0065 2010 ZULU 1 DECEMBER 1966
VIA WHITE HOUSE SIGNAL AGENCY
FROM: POLO SIX
TO: EARNEST SIX
SITUATION REPORT #33
REFERENCE US ARMY MAP SERVICE MAP 4774
BOLIVIA
1-LTCOL CUPULL HAS PASSED THROUGH MAJOR ZAMMORO THE FOLLOWING INTEL FROM HIS SOURCES TO THE UNDERSIGNED:
SEÑOR CIRO ALGARANAZ, A LAW-ABIDING BOLIVIAN PIG FARMER, HAS REPORTED TO BOLIVIAN AUTHORITIES HIS SUSPICIONS THAT THE NEW OWNERS OF A PIG FARM ON THE RIVER ÑANCAHAZÚ ADJACENT TO HIS ARE IN FACT ENGAGED IN THE DRUG TRADE, BASING HIS SUSPICIONS IN PART ON “THE FUNNY WAY” THEY SPEAK SPANISH.
ON BEING COMMENDED BY MAJOR ZAMMORO FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE STATE, AND REMINDED THAT SUSPICIONS ARE NOT PROOF, ALGARANAZ WAS HAPPY TO GO ALONG WITH ZAMMORO’S SUGGESTION THAT A SOLDIER BE ASSIGNED TO WORK IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES ON HIS FARM IN ORDER THAT HE MAY KEEP AN EYE ON THE SUSPECTED DRUG TRAFFICKERS. THE ONLY ROAD TO THE “DRUG TRAFFICKERS” PROPERTY RUNS PAST SEÑOR ALGARANAZ’S HOUSE.
G. W. LUNSFORD, MAJ INF
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ARG 0019 2300 ZULU 2 FEBRUARY 1967
VIA WHITE HOUSE SIGNAL AGENCY
FROM: POLO SIX
TO: EARNEST SIX
AFTER-ACTION REPORT #4
REFERENCE US ARMY MAP SERVICE MAP 4774 BOLIVIA
1. AFTER HAVING BEEN ADVISED THAT INTERCEPTS OF ENCRYPTED RADIOTELETYPE MESSAGES FROM ÑANCAHAZÚ TO HAVANA (WHOSE CALL SIGN FOR THIS PURPOSE IS “MANILA”) REVEALED THAT GUEVARA “AS A NEAR FINAL STEP IN THE TRAINING PROCESS” INTENDED TO LEAD HIS MEN ON A TWO-WEEK TRAINING MARCH LTCOL CUPULL APPROVED A SURVEILLANCE OF THE MARCH BY BOLIVIAN TROOPS.
2. WOJG WILLIAM THOMAS IN HIS COVERT ROLE AS SUBOFICIAL MAYOR (SGT MAJOR) TO MAJOR ZAMMORO OF LTCOL CUPULL’S STAFF JOINED THE PATROL WHICH DEPARTED FROM THE BOLIVIAN GARRISON TOWN OF CAMIRI 1 FEBRUARY 1967.
G. W. LUNSFORD, MAJ INF
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ARG 0019 2300 ZULU 16 FEBRUARY 1967
VIA WHITE HOUSE SIGNAL AGENCY
FROM: POLO SIX
TO: EARNEST SIX
AFTER ACTION REPORT #7
REFERENCE US ARMY MAP SERVICE MAP 4774 BOLIVIA
1. THE UNDERSIGNED AND MAJOR ZAMMORO MET WITH WOJG WILLIAM E. THOMAS AT COORDINATES 2909/4512 AT 1600 ZULU 15 FEBRUARY WITH THE INTENTION OF RECEIVING THOMAS’S REPORT OF GUEVARA TRAINING MARCH AND RELIEVING HIM OF HIS ADVISER ROLE TO RECONNAISSANCE PATROL.
2. THOMAS DESCRIBED THE CONDUCT OF THE GUEVARA PATROL AS “A CHINESE FIRE DRILL,” STATING THAT THEY HAD INADEQUATE AND IMPROPER EQUIPMENT, INADEQUATE OR NO MAPS, POOR MARCH DISCIPLINE, HAD EXHAUSTED THEIR RATIONS, AND, IN THE ABSENCE OF AN ABILITY TO HUNT MORE ADEQUATE GAME, WERE FORCED TO EAT PALM HEARTS, MONKEYS, HAWKS, AND PARROTS. HE REPORTED FURTHER THAT TWO BOLIVIAN COMMUNISTS HAD PERISHED ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE ÑANCAHAZÚ RIVER, WHICH IS SWOLLEN BY RAIN AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
3. STATING THAT HE BELIEVED IT WAS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT GUEVARA MIGHT PERISH ON THE MARCH, AND THAT, IN ANY EVENT, IT “WOULD BE INSANE FOR THEM TO KEEP IT UP MORE THAN A FEW DAYS MORE,” THOMAS REQUESTED PERMISSION TO REMAIN WITH THE RECONNAISSANCE PATROL, AND WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO DO SO.
G. W. LUNSFORD, MAJ INF
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ARG 0019 2300 ZULU 25 FEBRUARY 1967
VIA WHITE HOUSE SIGNAL AGENCY
FROM: POLO SIX
TO: EARNEST SIX
AFTER-ACTION REPORT #18
REFERENCE US ARMY MAP SERVICE MAP 4774 BOLIVIA
1. MAJOR PAOLO DESAZ, COMMANDING OFFICER OF BOLIVIAN TROOPS IN CAMIRI, WHO HAS NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF LTCOL CUPULL OR MAJOR ZAMMORO’ S ANTI-GUEVARA ACTIVITIES, AND NOT GIVEN ANY INTEL, NEVERTHELESS BECAME SUSPICIOUS OF ACTIVITIES AT ÑANCAHAZÚ AND BEGAN PATROL ACTIVITIES IN AREA, INCLUDING AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE BY BOLIVIAN L-19 AIRCRAFT.
2. ON 22 FEBRUARY TWO BOLIVIAN COMMUNISTS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ABSENCE OF “RAMON” (GUEVARA) AND OTHERS FROM ÑANCAHAZÚ FARM AND ATTEMPTED TO DESERT. THEY WERE CAPTURED BY DESAZ TROOPS AND DURING INTERROGATION REVEALED EVERYTHING THEY KNEW, WHICH DID NOT INCLUDE THAT “RAMON,” COMMANDER OF CUBANS, IS GUEVARA.
3. CUPULL IS DELAYING TRANSMISSION OF DESAZ’S REPORT TO LA PAZ, BUT CANNOT DO SO FOR LONG.
4. WOJG THOMAS REPORTS BY RADIO THAT GUEVARA-LED TRAINING MARCH IS STILL “STUM-BLING AROUND” IN WILDERNESS, OUT OF FOOD, POSSIBLY LOST, AND A MINIMUM OF FOURTEEN DAYS’ MARCH FROM ÑANCAHAZÚ FARM.
5. CUPULL’S OBSERVER ON ALGARANAZ FARM PHOTOGRAPHED PASSENGERS OF PICKUP TRUCK EN ROUTE TO ÑANCAHAZÚ FARM.