Participants received the following invitation, each tailored to a specific country's intelligence agency (US, UK, China, Spain, Australia, Japan, USSR, France, or East Germany):
************************* ***FOR YOUR EYES ONLY**** **DESTROY AFTER READING** ************************* Direction Général de Sécurité Extérieur Division of Paris Officer Lyman: Recently received information from a reliable source leads us to believe that an attempt to remove a fully classified file from the United States will take place within the next month. This file, in the form of a microfilm copy, contains information which will tremendously bolster our international negotiating position. The opportunity to obtain it should not be missed. Although the microfilm copy has already been removed from circulation, it has not yet been transferred to the courier waiting to transport it abroad. Your job is to see that the handoff does not take place by interceding and retrieving the microfilm. You will then return it to DGSE headquarters personally to ensure its safety. The handoff's time and location are as yet unknown, but new intelligence arriving daily should reveal both shortly. You must contact M. Elliot Grant, the official in charge of this operation, as soon as possible to determine further instructions. M. Grant can be reached here by dialing 65-24, extension 394. Good luck, Alphonse B. Chaubert Minister Direction Général de Sécurité Extérieur