Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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SECRETthis is an excellent operation which has been described by the Station as representing a highly effective and highly useful support mechanism. SB Division has stated that, although relatively inexpensive, it is a very worthwhile and valuable project. FI Staff recommends approval with the stipulation that the recommendation with respect to payment of termination bonuses to GERENDE and his wife be carried out.![signature]Peer de SilvaChiefForeign IntelligenceAttachmentProjectSECRET
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PREVIOUS PROJECT ACTION
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SECRET(When Filled In)NO. 1(DOCUMENT # FORTHIS PROJECT)DATE 31 Jul 80FUNDINGNOTIFICATION OF PROJECT APPROVAL ACTIONTO: CHIEF OF STATION (BASE)ATTENTION: FINANCE OFFICERINFO:PROJECT LIEMET FANTYPE OF ACTION PERIOD OF ACTION Jul-80 TO Dec-80 AMOUNT $NEW PREVIOUS ACTION IN THIS FISCAL YEAR 38,970RENEWAL TOTAL FISCAL YEAR APPROVAL 52.250EXTENSIONTERMINATION FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR HQS USE 570AMENDMENT FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR FIELD USE 36,600OTHER * Funding reduced to $36.600CHIEF, WH/B&FHQS USE ONLYPROCESSED APPROVED TYPE OF ACTION PERIOD AMOUNTSECRET(When Filled In)
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SECRET(When Filled In)NO.(DOCUMENT # FORTHIS PROJECT)DATENOTIFICATION OF PROJECT APPROVAL ACTIONTO: CHIEF OF STATION (BASE): *Sufica*ATTENTION: FINANCE OFFICERINFO:PROJECT *LIEPTY* FAN *0135-1009*FUNDINGTYPE OF ACTION PERIOD OF ACTION 1-14-72 TO 3-31-72 AMOUNT $NEW PREVIOUS ACTION IN THIS FISCAL YEARRENEWALTOTAL FISCAL YEAR APPROVALEXTENSIONTERMINATION FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR HQS USEAMENDMENT FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR FIELD USEOTHERCHIEF, WH/B&FHQS USE ONLYPROCESSED APPROVED TYPE OF ACTION PERIOD AMOUNTSECRET(When Filled In)
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SECRET# PROJECT APPROVAL NOTIFICATION| PROJECT                          | LIEMPTY               |                                       |                |          || -------------------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------------------- | -------------- | -------- ||                                  | CA                    |                                       |                |          ||                                  | FI/CI                 |                                       |                |          || ACTION                           | DIVISION              | M                                     |                |          || NEW PROJECT                      |                       |                                       |                |          || AMENDMENT                        |                       |                                       |                |          || RENEWAL                          | BRANCH                | MI/1                                  |                |          || TERMINATION                      | DESK                  | Maxico                                |                |          || EXTENSION                        | CASE OFFICER          | EXTENSION                             |                |          || OTHER                            | Al Malone             | 6954                                  |                |          || APPROVING AUTHORITY              | AUTHORIZATION         |                                       |                |          || ADDP                             | TOTAL AMOUNT APPROVED | FY                                    | AMOUNT         |          || PERIOD OF APPROVAL               | $ 30,970              | 1970                                  | $38,970        |          || FROM 1 July 1969 TO 30 Juno 1970 |                       | 196                                   |                |          || CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL           | FINANCIAL CODE SYMBOL | 0135-1009                             |                |          || SIGNATURE                        | DATE                  |                                       |                |          || MPS/BG                           | (signed) E. R. Banks  | 1 Aug 1969                            |                |          || DISTRIBUTION                     |                       |                                       |                |          || 1 FINANCE DIVISION               | 1 BUDGET DIVISION     | 1 OPERATING DIVISION CHIEF OF SUPPORT | 1 CASE OFFICER | 2 MPS'BG |FORM 849 USE PREVIOUS EDITIONS.SECRET
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SECRET5 JUN 1969MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Deputy Director for PlansTHROUGH : MPS/BGSUBJECT : FY 1970 Renewal of Project LIEMPTY for $38,9701. Project LIEMPTY, now in its eleventh year, is the Mexican Station's operation which provides visual and photographic surveillance of the Soviet Embassy from safehouses at the front entrance and back of the building, as well as from a mobile unit. All Soviet personnel and their visitors coming to the Embassy are photographed. From 1 November 1967 to 31 December 1968, approximately 21,367 photographs were taken and thousands of pages of surveillance reports were completed by personnel in this project. SB Division is pleased with the quantity and quality of the photographs and the Station finds them useful for operational purposes against the SB target. During the past year several U.S. citizens entered the Soviet installation in Mexico City and their photographs were identified by the FBI. There is a good relationship between the Station and the FBI in Mexico City and appropriately sterilized photographs are passed locally.2. There have been no significant security problems.3. The only changes in the project have been the elimination of one of the safehouses, which was used as an observation post, and termination of the agent who attended it. No real loss resulted from this change since the safehouse was so located that photographs taken from it overlapped those taken from another safehouse. The agent who serviced the facility was getting too old to do an efficient job and was terminated amicably. Also during the past year a new agent was added to the project.4. Total funds requested for FY 1970 are $38,970. Salaries and legally required bonuses for nine agents come to $30,080; safehouse rental and maintenance amounts to $6,188; maintenance of two vehicles, $1,200; and photo and operational expenses, $1,500. FY 1969 approval was for $43,520 and estimated obligations for this period are $43,500. A new, $5,000 vehicle was purchased in FY 1969 and none is needed in FY 1970 which accounts for the reduction in costs for the present year.SECRET
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SECRET5. Project LIEMPTY contributes substantially to the Mexican Station's SB effort. The occasional identification of U.S. nationals in contact with the Soviets could have an important bearing on National Security. The operation is handled by an experienced and capable, outside contract agent under the direction of a Station officer which provides good security and personnel economy. It is a well managed and productive operational support mechanism necessary to Station operations. FI Staff recommends approval.Peer de SilvaChiefForeign IntelligenceAttachmentProjectSECRET
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SECRET# STAFF REVIEW OF FI/CI PROJECTPROJECT: LIEMPTYFUNDS: $38,970CASE OFFICER: Al MaloneEXTENSION: 6954ROOM: 3 E 04RECEIVED DOP/PG: 27 May 69FORBANDED: 27 May 69DIVISION: WHSTATION: MexicoTARGET AREA: MEXICO CITYACTION: APPROVAL LEVELREVIERING COMPONENTS:APPROVAL: DIVISION OR STAFF[X] FI/OPS[X] CI/OPS[X] RENEWALODP/INT[X] CCS[X] OTHER: OPSER/PAMENOMEN?OCI/IDEXTENSIONTERMINATIONROUTING OFFICE COMMENTSCOMMENT FOR INTERNAL STAFF USE (Not to go forward to the Division)COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS (To go forward to the Division)The CI Staff concurs in the renewal of this extremely valuable operational support project.DATE: 10 July 1969REVIEWING OFFICER:CC SENT DIV.DATE: 10 July 69
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SECRETMEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for PlansSUBJECT : LIEMPTY Project Renewal (FY 1970)1. Renewal is requested for the LIEMPTY Project for the period 1 July 1969 through 30 June 1970 (FY 1970) in the amount of $38,970. Funds are available in WH Division. $45,000 was programmed for FY 1970.2. LIEMPTY is a project supporting Soviet operations of the Mexico City Station. It provides for two basehouses, a photo surveillance vehicle, and personnel for photographic and visual surveillance of the Soviet Embassy. Presently, two fixed surveillance points near the Embassy provide the location from which the photographs are taken and observers arė stationed. One basehouse is adjacent to the rear of the Embassy, where Soviet officials meet, play and work. The other basehouse is across the street from the front of the Embassy and gives a direct view of every person entering or leaving. There is also a mobile photographic unit (a VW van) which is now used in support of all Mexico City Station operations and in conjunction with the LIEMBRACE surveillance team (used primarily against Soviet targets). Raymond H. GERENDE, an indigenous contract agent, is the principal agent of the operation and meets daily with the basehouse keepers and subagents.3. LIEMPTY contributes significantly to the Station's Soviet operations program and is considered an essential element of the Station's support apparatus. During the period 1 November 1967 through 31 December 1968, approximately 21,367 photographs were taken. In response to a request to SB Division for an evaluation of the project, the following comment was received: "There are few such sources of high resolution photographs of Soviets, especially giving good side views. These photos are welcomed by SB Division since they furnish a steady flow of up-to-date identity data..." The photos are useful to the Station in confirming the identities of Soviet personnel and visitors to theSECRET
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SECRETEmbassy, some of whom are U. S. citizens. During the past year, several of these U. S. citizens were identified with the help of the photos (which were passed to the FBI). Furthermore, the movements and habits of the Soviets are studied, and more knowledge is acquired on their friends and associates, especially Mexican nationals. This information is useful in target studies. For example, the senior TASS representative, a known KGB officer, is a recruitment target. He is under intensive operational scrutiny for leads developed from knowledge of his activities and contacts. LIEMPTY support is an integral part of this current developmental activity.4. During the past year, one of the three basehouses was closed, leaving two, and the agent attending it was terminated. This was done because the agent was becoming less effective with age, and because there was some overlap between the photos taken from this basehouse and those of another. The termination was amicable, and the working hours of the personnel of the other basehouse were extended slightly. Another agent was also hired to help. This new agent is of the same family as the rest of the personnel occupying the basehouse, and no additional security risks are anticipated from this addition.5. There have been no security or administrative problems. The Station and GERENDE are constantly on the alert for any sign that the Soviets are aware of the surveillance activities. While it is quite possible that the Soviets are aware of the surveillance, so far indications are that they are at least not fully aware, since no effort is made by them to avoid being photographed, even when having meetings with contacts in the rear of the Embassy.6. Approval is recommended of this valuable operational support project.William V. BroeChiefWestern Hemisphere DivisionSECRET
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# SECRET## PROJECT APPROVAL NOTIFICATIONPROJECT[] CA[] FI CI[] PROPRIETARY[] SUBSIDY[] DIRECTACTIONAREANEW PROJECTDIVISIONAMENDMENTX RENEWALBRANCHMI/1TERMINATIONDESKMexicoEXTENSIONOTHERCASE OFFICEREXTENSIONNancy Perkins6954AUTHORIZATIONAPPROVING AUTHORITYTOTAL AMOUNT APPROVEDFYAMOUNTAIDP$ 69,7251968$26,205PERIOD OF APPROVAL196943,5801 December 196730 June 1969FROM TOFINANCIALCODESYMBOL(1135-1009)CONDITIONS OF APPROVALSIGNATUREDATEMPS/BGDISTRIBUTIONFINANCEDIVISIONBUDGETDIVISIONOPERATING DIVISIONCHIEF OF SUPPORTCASEOFFICERMPS/BGFORM 849USE PREVIOUSEDITIONSECRETGROUP 1(5)
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# PROJECT ACTIONTYPE OF ACTIONNEW PROJECTAPPROVALAMENDMENTNO.RENEWAL*FY 196*EXTENSIONTERMINATIONDIVISIONWestern Hemisphere DivisionFIELD STATIONMexico CityBRANCHOneCASE OFFICERNancy PerkinsROOM NO.3B 4403BUILDINGHqsDESKDATE21 Dec 67TEL.EXT.RED9041BLACK6954ORGANIZATIONALELEMENTCONCURRENCES OF DIVISIONSTYPED NAME (and signature)|| DATES    | MEMO ATTACHED      |          |             |     || -------- | ------------------ | -------- | ----------- | --- || IN       | OUT                | YES      | NO          |     || ---      | ---                | ---      | ---         |     || C/WH/1   | W. J. Kaufman      |          |             |     || C/WH/B&F | Elliott C. Want    | 12/27    | 12/25       | ✓   || C/WH/SS  | George R. Thompson | 2 68     | 2 68        | ✓   || C/WH/FI  | Thomas Polgar      |          |             |     || WH/EXO   | Donald C. Marelius | JAN 1968 | 27/1/68     |     || C/WHD    | William V. Broe    |          | 30 JAN 1908 |     |CONCURRENCES OF OTHER COMPONENTS|          | DATES                 | MEMO ATTACHED |           |     || -------- | --------------------- | ------------- | --------- | --- ||          | IN                    | OUT           | YES       | NO  || SB/O/WH  | Jonathan S. Hauke     | 3 Jan 68      | 3 Jan 68  | ✓   || FI Staff | /s/Robert E. Anderson |               | 8 May 68  |     || CI Staff | /s/Frank W. Hughes    |               | 26 Feb 68 |     |C/MPS/BOAPPROVALPERIODAMT THIS ACTIONFYTOTAL AMOUNTFROMTO1 Dec 6730 June 69$ 69,72519681909$ 26,205$ 43,520APPROVING AUTHORITYA/DDPSIGNATUREDATE10 May 68SECRET
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SECRETSTAFF REVIEW OF FI/CI PROJECT| PROJECT                 | FUNDS             | RETURN TO:                         || ----------------------- | ----------------- | ---------------------------------- || LIEMPTY                 | $69.725 (18 mos)  | NPS/BG/FI-CI Projects              || CASE OFFICER            | EXTENSION         | 1 C 43                             || Nancy Perkins           | 6954              | RECEIVED DOP/PO             1/30   || DIVISION                | ROOM              | FORWARDED                     1/30 || WH                      | 3 B 4403          | DEADLINE                      2/13 || STATION                 | TARGET AREA       | RETURNED                           || Mexico City             | Mexico            |                                    || ACTION                  | APPROVAL LEVEL    | REVIEWING COMPONENTS               || X RENEWAL               | DIVISION OR STAFF | X FI/OPS       X CI/OPS            || AMENDMENT               | DDP               | /INT       CCS    OTHER            || EXTENSION               | OCI               |                                    || TERMINATION             |                   |                                    || ROUTING OFFICE COMMENTS |                   |                                    |COMMENT FOR INTERNAL STAFF USE (Not to go forward to the Division)COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS (To go forward to the Division)The CI Staff concurs in the renewal of this extremely valuable project. The Staff strongly urges that the Station continue to be constantly alert for any Sov. interest in the project's agents and installations and in particular any Sov. investigation or activities against same--also, Station contingency plans should be formulated to cope with such Sov. interest or activities.DATE REVIEWING OFFICERFORM 526 OBSOLETE PREVIOUS EDITION8-67SECRETOO SENT DIV..(13-20-40)
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# SECRETPROJECT BRIEFINGMPS/BG/FI8 May 68PROJECT: LIEMPTYWII - MexicoACTION: ADD/P approval of renewal (19 mos.)1 Dec 67 - 30 Jun 69PURPOSE: An operational support project providing three basehouses and a mobile surveillance unit to monitor primarily the Soviet Embassy, its personnel and its visitors, by physical and photographic surveillance.BACKGROUND: The project covers three properties near the Soviet Embassy (two in front of the Embassy's sole entrance and one behind the garden) from which visual and photographic surveillance is carried out. It also covers a darkroom and a mobile photographic truck. Some of the project personnel are used at times for miscellaneous support tasks such as servicing postal boxes and for counter-surveillance and other protective services.PROGRESS: During the past year the project provided nearly all of the operational photographs and physical surveillance reports used in the Station's operations against the Soviet Embassy and its personnel. SB Division says, "This rather unique operation has unquestionably made a major contribution to the increasingly effective Soviet Operations program of the Mexico Station."The project produces primarily operational data and counterintelligence information. It provides leads, evidence of which Soviet officers have been in the Embassy and which ones have been away, who has used which car, who has been talking to whom or going out of the building with whom. (One photograph from this project was used in the Warren Commission Report.)FUNDS: $69,725 (19 mos.) (Programmed FY 69 $46,000)|                          | FY 68 (7 mos.) | FY 69   || ------------------------ | -------------- | ------- || Salaries (9) and bonuses | $19,475        | $32,020 || Vehicle maintenance      | $1,165         | $2,000  || Rent and utilities       | $4,665         | $8,000  || Equipment                | $300           | $500    || Operational expenses     | $600           | $1,000  ||                          | $26,205        | $43,520 |
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SECRET.PREVIOUSAPPROVALS:1 Dec 66 - 30 Nov 67 $45,0001 Dec 65 - 30 Nov 66 41,5001 Dec 64 - 30 Nov 65 45,3001 Dec 63 - 30 Nov 64 49,7001 Dec 62 - 30 Nov 63 49,900* 1 Dec 58 - 30 Nov 59 95,380STAFFRECOMMENDATIONS: FI and CI Staffs concur.SECRET.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Deputy Director for PlansTHROUGH: MPS/BGSUBJECT: Project LIEMPTY1. WH Division requests renewal of LIEMPTY for the 19-month period 1 December 1967 through 30 June 1969 in the amount of $69,725. While this represents a slight reduction on a pro rata basis from the $45,000 for which LIEMPTY was approved for the 12-month period starting 1 December 1966, it reflects a proportionately modest increase in cost for the 19-month renewal period over the estimated total disbursement of $40,130 for the past project year. This will provide for small salary increases to meet the rising cost of living for certain of the agents involved in the project who have not received raises in some time as well as for slightly higher rental fees for the various basehouses. The project, now in its tenth year, is designed primarily to provide for the collection of operational information on the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City, including the identification and movements of its personnel and visitors. To this end, LIEMPTY provides for the maintenance and exploitation of three basehouses for fixed visual and photographic surveillance of the Soviet Embassy and a mobile basehouse in the form of a. panel truck used for mobile photography against the Polish Embassy, leaders and meeting sites of local communist parties, and other targets of opportunity. An important corollary objective of LIEMPTY is operational support in the form of countersurveillance for Agency personnel and operations, including those of other bases and stations as the needs and requirements of the Mexico Station permit. The funds requested include $43,520 for the period 1 December 1967 through 30 November 1968 and an additional $26,205 to cover the period 1 December 1968 through 30 June 1969. The latter funds are asked for in a supple- mental request to put the project on a fiscal year basis.2. A long-term contract agent and eight other support agents are involved in the management and operation of the
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LIEMPTY facilities and in surveillance activities directedat the primary Soviet target. Some of these agents areused also in dark room photographic processing, letterdrop, and, on occasion, moving surveillance activities.3. This project is only part of the complex of   Mexico City Station instruments for meeting requirements   from a number of U.S. agencies, including the FBI. It   is clearly an effective, well-managed support operation   serving important needs.4. No major or significant changes in LIEMPTY   personnel or operational techniques have been introduced   nor have there been any known incidents adversely   affecting the security of the project or its personnel   since the previous project renewal period. As a uni-   lateral operational support effort, LIEMPTY continues to   be a most useful station asset supporting a number of   station activities. In spite of small increases in costs   as discussed above, the project is considered to be holding   the line on cost and personnel.5. The objectives of project LIEMPTY are in direct   support of priority A objectives 1, 2, and 4 of the current   Operating Directive for Mexico. It is considered by SB   Division to have made significant contributions to the   Station's well developed, high priority Soviet Operations   Program. During the past year the various LIEMPTY base-   house installations produced valuable information in the   form of photographic coverage and physical surveillance   reports on the daily movements, personal associations and   habit patterns of selected targets of special interest.   In numerous instances this coverage confirmed the specific   intelligence service connections of Soviet officers in the   Embassy. Often the identities of Mexicans and nationals of   other countries in contact with the Soviets were estab-   lished. The mobile panel truck unit was exploited regu-   larly to provide information on not only the Soviets but   also the Cuban target as well as local Communist Party   targets.Glenn FieldsChiefForeign IntelligenceAttachmentProject
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LIEMPTY PROJECT RENEWALS!THROUGH FY 1968(RENEWALS FOR FY 1969 ANDFY 1970 ARE IN PROJECTRENEWAL FILE)
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# PROJECT BRIEFINGMPS/BG/FI11 Jan 67## PROJECT: LIEMPTYACTION: ADD/P approval of renewalWH - Mexico City1 Dec 66 - 30 Nov 67PURPOSE: Provides stationary surveillance against the Soviet Embassy and a mobile photographic baschouse which is used primarily against the Polish Embassy and local Communist party leaders.PROGRESS: Three basehouses (LIMITED, LILYRIC and LICALLA) provide coverage of both the front and rear of the Soviet Embassy. Throughout the past renewal period each operational component contributed actively and concretely to the fulfillment of the operational tasks levied on the Station. In the first nine-month period approximately 17,000 individual frames of operational photographs were provided from the fixed basehouses. These served to confirm the identities of Embassy personnel and their visitors and provided detailed reporting on the movement and habit patterns of selected targets of special interest. The mobile unit (LIENTRAP) provided over 1,000 individual photographs. Of particular value were photographs of local and exile Communist leaders. Raymond H. GERENDE (p) continued in the role as principal agent for Project LIEMPTY. His overall operational assignment involved at least 12 clandestine meetings per week, in addition to his meetings with the LIEMPTY project case officer.PROBLEMS: In mid 1966 LICOWL/1, who owns a small store near the Soviet Embassy, reported that a Soviet official had approached him and asked him to inform on his neighbors. Reportedly the Soviet named LIEMPTY/6 of the LIMITED basehouse by name and also asked about the tenants of the building housing LILYRIC. However, in view of LICOW L's previous history of lying, it is difficult to assess exactly what the Soviets requested and just what LICOWL/1 may have told them. The Station is still looking into this development.