Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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# DISPATCH104-10188-10000 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992TO Chief, WH DivisionFROM Chief of Station, Mexico CitySUBJECT Technical Surveillance Soviet/Satellite AgentsACTION REQUIRED REFERENCES HMMW-108931.  Station fully agrees with Headquarters concerning the value of concentrating LIFEAT or LIENVOY coverage on suspected and/or known Soviet, Satellite and Cuban agents residing in Mexico City. The Station in the past has undertaken this type coverage and will continue such coverage in the future as LIFEAT and LIENVOY facilities become avail- able for assignment to these targets. As lieadquarters is aware, this Station can and will cover any possible target Headquarters considers of high enough priority to cover.2.  For example, Carmen BRUFAU Civit was covered for 1956, 1957, 1960 and 1961; the results were not considered of sufficient value to continue the coverage.3.  Presently, Elena VASQUEZ Gomez, one of the persons referred to in reference, works for General Lazaro CARDENAS del Rio, pro- Communist former President of Mexico. Coverage of CARDENAS by LIENVOY means a certain amount of coverage of VASUEZ Gomes.Distribution:3 - Hqs4 - FilesES COPY23 Aug. 1902 31 Aug. 1902HMMW-1970050-6-32/1
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# DISPATCHCLASSIFICATIONSECRETTO:Chief of Station, Mexico CityINFOFROM:Chief, WH DivisionSUBJECT:LIFEAT Project RenewalACTION REQUIRED REFERENCESACTION REQUIRED: For Your InforestionREFERENCE: HPMA-19129, 1 June 19621.  Project LIFEAT has been renewed for the period of 1 July 1962 through 30 June 1963 in the amount of $99,000.00.2.  Please note that this means a cut of $3,193.00 from the Station's original request for $102,193.00 to $99,000.00. WILD was allocated $99,000.00 for this Project for FY 63.3.  This reduction was made by reducing "Miscellaneous Op Expenses" from $4,000.00 to $807.00.4.  KUTURE and KUDESI Staffs concurred in recommending renewal, KUDESK reiterated that the facilities of this Project could and should be used for the coverage of known or highly suspected agents of the Soviet/Satellite and Cuban intelligence services in Mexico. KUDESK notes that Bowe twenty of these agents have been documented in detailed target studies which were forwarded to the Station.END OF DISPATCHDistribution:2 - Mexico CityROUTING RI INITIAL1 - WH/3/Mexi ChronoRD/AMRFD/LISWH/3/MexiCROSS REFERENCE TOCLASSIFICATIONSECRETOFFICEWH/3/MexicoOFFICER'S NAMEWH/PO/AOFFICE SYMAXC/WHDFORM 53USE PREVIOUS EDITION REFLACES OCH MAY PR50-6-32/1DATE TYPED31 July 1962DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER996-10803HEADQUARTERS FILE NUMBER$50-6-32/1ORIGINATINGLee G. NorrisTYPISTnrCOORDINATINGRuth SearyDATE3 AUG1962RELEASINGJ. C. KINGRIPAADATE DISTACHED3 AUG 1962EXT5940OFFICER'S NAME
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# SECRETMEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Deputy Director, PlansSUBJECT: Project LIFEAT (Renewal)WH - Mexico City:35921. The attached project, originating in WH Division, is presented for renewal for the period 1 July 1962 through 30 June 1963. The project supports a unilateral telephone tap operation which provides daily information on the activities of official foreign installations in Mexico City and personnel thereof, as well as coverage of the activities of selected individuals and groups.2. Authority is requested to obligate $300,000 from the DD/P-WH Division budget in fiscal year 1963, subject to the availability of funds. Of this amount $118,800 is estimated for administrative salaries; $43,411 for field agent salaries; $20,928 for basehouse rentals; $35,000 for equipment; $2,100 for local transportation; and $19,761 for miscellaneous operational expenses.3. The Field Project Outline and review which are forwarded by the Division with a covering memorandum, give a clear description of the project activity and accomplishments. The project has been in continuous operation since 1961, starting with a single tap against the Soviet station in Mexico City and now covering as many as thirty lines in a given month. The project is staffed by an "outside" case officer (Career Agent David M. WILSTAD (p) of Project LPIICG), four contract agents who do administrative work, and twenty-one field agents including monitors and linesmen. During the past year the project provided coverage of the home phones of three Soviet Intelligence officers, the Polish Embassy, the Yugoslav Embassy, major firms dealing in the transshipment of U.S. goods to Cuba, American Communists in Mexico, and exile and revolutionary groups in Mexico. CI information was obtained and additional security was provided Station operations. Although coverage of the official Soviet and Czech installations remains a joint operation with the Mexican Government in LIEMVOY, Project LIFEAT remains available to resume coverage of these installations should a change in the local government or its attitude to CIA participation necessitate such change.SECRET
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For the future, the Station has hopes of employing LIFEAT assets in "hot mike" operations which will require access to telephone centrals and cables. It is the opinion of the Station that the support provided the Station operations, the CI/CE Information, and the ability to cover sensitive targets without revealing our interest to liaison services justifies the expenditure of funds, time, and personnel under this project. The overall performance of all agents in the complex continued to be good; no security problems were encountered which were not solved by the personnel involved.4. Appropriate Special Staff components recommend renewal. The FI Staff notes that the project continues to be a most useful operational asset of the Station and in addition has produced thirty-seven positive intelligence disseminations, six of which were of particular interest concerning the illegal transhipment of goods to Cuba. FI/D comments that one item of direct interest to FI/D was received from Project LIFEAT and that the technical coverage of the diplomatic installations would afford valuable assistance to the planning and conduct of any FI/D endeavor to mount operations. The CI Staff reiterates that the facilities of this project sustained and used for the coverage of known or highly suspected agents of the Soviet/satellite/Cuban intelligence services in Mexico. CI notes that some twenty of these agents have been documented in detailed target studies which were forwarded to the Station.5. I recommend renewal of Project LIFEAT and invite the Division's attention to the recommendations of CI Staff in paragraph 4 above.![signature]Approved: ![signature] 27 July 62Attachments:Project Outline LIFEATPI MemorandaCoordination:For CI Staff -s/c. LainoFor CI Staff -s/c. BarnesFor FI/IOP -s/c. AstesFor Ops -s/t. StrangeFor FI/D -s/v. Ielonitzer
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14-0000019 JULMEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Deputy Director (Plans)THROUGH: DDP/PGSUBJECT: Project LIFEAT RenewalFI Staff recommenda reneval of Project LIFEAT. This unilateral audio effort continues to be a most useful operational asset of the station as indicated by the specific examples furnished in the renewal request. In addition, it produced 37 positive intelligence disseminations, six of which were of particular interest concerning illegal transhirment of 1.8. goods to Cuba.LLOYD GEORGEChiefForeign IntelligenceAttachmentProject
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# SECRET9 July 1962Project LIFEAT WH/Mexico(Audio Operation)1.  FI/INT files contain 37 positive information disseminations attributed wholly or in part to Project LIFEAT during the year 1 July 1961 through June 1962. They were concerned principally with contacts between Mexican Communists or leftists and Cubans or individuals of the Soviet Bloc, and with the travel of Latin Americans to the Soviet Bloc and Cuba. Six reports of particular interest consisted of information on Transcontinental S.A., a company allegedly engaged in the illegal transshipment of US goods to Cuba. Other reports of significance dealt with the contacts and activities of former Guatemalan President Juan Jose AREVALO Barmeja, now living in Mexico. There was reporting on Nicaraguan and Spanish exile activity in Mexico and on the revolutionary sentiment and expectations of other Latin American nationals.2.  LIFEAT has provided positive intelligence of value and of relevance to customer requirements and to objectives of the PNIO. It has been pointed out in the renewal request that the production of positive information is incidental to the projects primary function as a support and CI/CE operation.3.  RENEWAL IS RECOMMENDED.![signature of HAYDEE ESTEY]HAYDEE ESTEYChief, FI/INT/RESECRET![stamp Excluded from automatic downgrading and declassification]
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CryetenytoLIFEATWHMexico CityType of Pro.cć.Provides Mexico City Station with a unilateral telephone tap operation which has been in existence for 11 years.CRSC. OficerLee G. Norris5940'Coom & Bldg3 B 0003 HqNewAmendment1 July 196230 June 1963Ceraments and Recom chua.cKUDESK/ICG concurs in the recommendation that the LIFEAT Project renewal request be approved.Date of Evaluation | Scre of Cater, CI/C13 July 1962 Wade & Shomas Mohl bypgrForza 1480
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SECRETPROJECT ACTION PROJECT CRYPTONYM: LIFEAT| TYPE OF ACTION       | X             | DIVISION      |                 || -------------------- | ------------- | ------------- | --------------- || NEW PROJECT APPROVAL |               | WH Division   | CA              || AMENDMENT            |               | FIELD STATION |                 ||                      | Mexico City   |               |                 || **RENTAL**           |               | BRANCH        | DATE            || **X WH/3**           |               | WR/3          | Mexico          || EXTENSION            |               | CASE OFFICER  |                 ||                      | Lee G. Norris |               |                 || TERMINATION          |               | ROOM NO.      | BUILDING        ||                      | 3 B 0003      | Bldg          | EXTENSION: 5940 |CONCURRENCES OF DIVISION| ORGANIZATIONAL ELEMENT | TYPED NAME (and signature) | DATE         | MEMORANDUM ATTACHED |          || ---------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------ | ------------------- | -------- || CWH/3/Mexico           | John N. Whitten            |              | KIP NO:             | YES: NO: || CWH/3                  | Ned P. Holman              | 19 June 1962 |                     |          || WH/R&F                 | Robert D. Carter           | 21 JUN '62   |                     |          || WH/PO/A                | Clark V. Simmons           | 26 June 1962 |                     |          || C/WHD                  | J. C. King                 | 26 June 1962 |                     |          |CONCURRENCES OF OTHER COMPONENTSAPPROVAL| APPROVING AUTHORITY | PERIOD            | TOTAL AMOUNT | FY     | AMOUNT     || ------------------- | ----------------- | ------------ | ------ | ---------- ||                     | FROM: 1 July 1962 | $99,000.00   | FY 63  | $99,000.00 ||                     | TO: 30 June 1963  |              | 1 of 3 |            |DDP/PGSECRET
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SECRET19 June 1963LIFEAT Project Renewal Request1. It is requested that the attached LIFEAT Renewal Request be approved for the period of 1 July 1962 through 30 June 1963 in the amount of $99,000.00, all of which falls within FY 1963. $99,000.00 was programmed for FY 1963 in the WHD allocation.2. This Project provides the Mexico City Station with a unilateral telephone tap operation which has been in existence for the past 11 years.3. While the primary object of this Project is not the production of positive intelligence, it was in whole or in part the source of 30 positive information disseminations. In addition to this production and support of other Station operations, it provides ODENVY with information concerning the American Communist Group in Mexico.4. Emergency recontact instructions have not been established for the agents of this Project since it is believed the operation would cease in case a situation should arise where they would be applicable.5. No training programs for any LIFEAT personnel are anticipated during the renewal period.6. WH Division recommends renewal of the LIFEAT Project based on the attached field request. WH Division has cut the field request from $102,193.00 to $99,000.00.SECRET
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DESENSITIZEDpar CS 43-43PROJECT REVIEW AND PROJECT OUTLINE (PARTS I AND 11)CRYPTONYM LIFEAT CASE OFFICER Jaremy L. NIARCOSSTATION MEXICO CITY CHIEF OF STATION Willard C. CURTISRemove from Project : DP:ANGOCS Classification: 50.6.32/2JOB # 23-177/77Box: Fold:EXC-1-WMMA 19129 June 62CS COPY50-6-32/1
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# PROJECT LIFEATPROJECT REVIEWI. Product of the ProjectA. Soviet CoverageAs noted in last year's Project LIFEAT renewal request, LIFEAT coverage of the official Soviet installation was discontinued on 22 June 1960 when the parallel liaison project LIENVOY assumed coverage of this target. In early January 1962 LIFEAT undertook coverage of the home phones of three of the most active Soviet Intelligence officers. This was in response to the continuing Station Cl program which includes the monitoring of Soviet contacts, and the guidance received from KUDESK Staff at the time of the last LIFEAT renewal. As of this date, this coverage has not been active for sufficient time to fully evaluate its usefulness. However, It is believed that such coverage has the potential to add materially to the Station's effort in the CI field. Although not designed to provide positive intelligence, some by-product of this type has been obtained. Samples are as follows:HMM-6364, 8 May 1962 (Briefing of Mexican Pro-Marxist Journalist by Soviet Embassy)HMM-6382, 15 May 1962 (Mexican Traveller to the USSR)HMM-6376, 11 May 1962 (Refutation of Rumors that Soviet Cosmonaut TITOV will visit Mexico)B. Polish EmbassyLIFEAT has remained the primary source of information on this target and the only successful, continuing penetration of the target. The information provided to the Interested Case Officer has in the past been described as "unique" and "invaluable". This description holds with equal emphasis for the present as well as the past. Selective examples of the valuable positive intelligence pro- duct of this coverage are:HMMA-17448, 28 July 1961 (Henryk POTASZ)HMMA-17647, (LIFEAT/LAURICLE), 25 August 1961HMMA-17694, 1 September 1961 (Irena Halina ZORAWSKA)HMMA-17876, 29 September 19ól (Movement of Polish Nationals)
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-2-HΜΜΑ-18058, 27 October 1961 (Satellite Trade in Mexico)HΜΜΑ-18074, 31 October 1961 (Activities of Polish Embassies In México and Brazil)HMMA-18913, 27 April 1962 (RYBAT/Eugeniusz SKOTNICKI)HΜΜΑ-18915, 27 April 1962 (RYBAT/Eugeniusz SKOTNICKI)HMM-5743, 7 July 1961 (Possible Purchase of Ships from Poland)HMM-5894, 14 September 1961 (Trade Between Mexico and Poland)HMM-5921, 26 September 1961 (Polish Plans to Buy Zinc from Mexico)C. Cuban CoverageLIFEAT was abie to provide coverage of major firms dealing in U.S. goods transshipment via Mexico to Cuba. This technical operation not only pro- vided initial leads witch alerted the Station to these companies, but also was able to provide continuing Information on the daily activities of the com- pantes Involved. Coverage of certain Cuban personages arranging for illegal transshipment of U.S. goods to Cuba was also provided including their con- tacts and general activities. Samples of the positive intelligence production from this Cuban commercial coverage are as follows:HΜΜΑ-18073, 31 October 1961 (Ruben SAUREZ Y Alvarez, Representative in Mexico of the Cuban Bank of Foreign Commerce)HΜΜΑ-18538, 2 February 1962 (Cuban Commercial Activities)HMM-5883, 26 September 1961 (Cuban Commercial Activities)HMM-5915, 22 September 1961 (Transcontinental, S.A.)HMM-6012, 14 November 1961 (Mexican Firm Shipping U.S. Goods to Cuba)HMM-6220, 27 February 1962 (Lorenzo L. SAUNDERS, Vice President of Transcontinental, S.A.)D. American Communists in MexicoAs in the past, most of the targets in this group have been covered at the 'request of ODENVY, and the raw take has been partially processed by them. During the period July 1961 through May 1962, approximately 680 reels of take were passed to local ODENVY for their processing. The most valuable information gleaned from the targets in this field continues to deal with con- tacts, travel, and general activities of the American Communist Group in Mexico (ACGM).
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-3-Typical examples of the reporting based on LIFEAT coverage of the ACGM are:HMMA-17318, 3 July 1961 (Albert MALTZ)HMMA-17388, 14 July 1961 (Enos Regnet WICHER, Maria WICHER)ΗΜΜΑ-17389, 14 July 1961 (Carl SEBORER)HMMA-17419, 21 July 1961 (Clarina OVERGAARD, Anders OVERGAARD)HMMA-17455, 25 July 1961 (Dalton TRUMBO, Cleo TRUMBO)HMMA-17611, 18 August 1961 (Noah SEBORER/Albert MALTZ/Charles SMALL)ΗΜΜΑ-17760, 12 September 1961 (Maurice ZEITLIN)ΗΜΜΑ-17806, 19 September 1961 (Albert MALTZ)ΗΜΜΑ-17855, 26 September 1961 (U.S. Citizens Travel to Cuba)ΗΜΜΑ-17860, 29 September 1961 (Albert MALTZ)ΗΜΜΑ-18097, 3 November 1961 (Charles SMALL)ΗΜΜΑ-18492, 23 January 1962 (Albert MALTZ/Noah SEBORER/Charles SMALL)HMMA-18827, 10 April 1962 (Albert MALTZ/Noah SEBORER/Charles SMALL)E. Exile and Revolutionary ActivitiesLIFEAT continues to provide information on the exile and revolutionary groups active in Mexico, which information is of the greatest value to the Station and not available from other sources. The emphasis of the LIFEAT effort in this area has been directed toward coverage of Nicaraguan, Guatemalan, and more recently Spanish Republican exiles. The product has been most rewarding in this coverage. Examples of productivity in this past project year:ΗΜΜΑ-17489, 4 August 1961 (Alejandro GALINDO)ΗΜΜΑ-18420, 5 January 1962 (Teodora MARTEN Rodriguez)ΗΜΜΑ-18468, 16 January 1962 (Travel of Salvadorans to Cuba)HMM-5920, 26 September 1961 (Activities of Nicaraguan Exiles in Mexico)HMM-6142, 18 January 1962 (Plans of Guatemalan Army Officers to Attempt Coup)HMM-6191, 17 February 1962 (Guatemalan Revolutionary Activity)HMM-6230, 2 March 1962 (Contacts of Juan Jose AREVALO Bermejo in Mexico City)HMM-6292, 2 April 1962 (Return to El Salvador of Colonel Oscar OSORIO)HMM-6311, 13 April 1962 (Contacts of Juan Jose AREVALO Bermejo)
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HMM-6344, 1 May 1962 (Activities of Spanish Republicans in Exile)HMM-6349, 4 May 1962 (Views of Juan Jose AREVALO on Peruvian Presidential Candidate)HMM-6359, 4 May 1962 (Contact Between Claudio SANCHEZ de Albornoz, President of the Council of Spanish Republic, and Juan Sirneon VIDARTE, Spanish Exile in Mexico)HMM-6379, 11 May 1962 (Opinion of Spanish Republican Exiles on Current Strikes in Spain)F. Counter-Intelligence InformationBy its latest Related Mission Directive, Mexico City Station's major responsibilities continue to lie in the field of CI/CE matters. LIFEAT was able to provide a valuable contribution in the attainment of the Station's objectives. In this field. Coverage included that on Carlos Humberto ILLESCAS, who is acting in a covert liaison capacity between the CP and the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City. Besides the continuing operational support in the CI/CE field, the following informational reporting was provided:HMM-5742, 7 July 1961 (Travel of Mexican Leftists Behind Iron Curtain)HMM-5836, 18 August 1961 (Activities of Mexican Student of the University of Peoples' Friendship)HMM-5977, 24 October 1961 (Interview of Prominent Marxist with Polish Conselor)HMM-6322, 20 April 1962 (Contacts between Carlos FUENTES Macias, Mexican Communist Writer, and Polish Diplomats)HMM-6337, 27 April 1962 (Activities of Ernesto AYALA Mercado, Bolivian Ambassador to Mexico)HMM-6377, 11 May 1962 (Scholarship for Study in Warsaw to Jorge TAMAYO, Jr., Mexican Marxist Intellectual)G. Operational Support and Leads Provided other Station OperationsDuring the past project year LIFEAT continued actively supporting Mexico City Station through production of leads unobtainable through other assets and generally providing other Station operations the secure support only available through a unilateral telephone tap operation. The following is a selected list, together with a brief description, of major contributions of operational support and leads provided through LIFEAT:
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- 5 -LIFEAT/Cuban: The most noteworthy LIFEAT contribution to Station efforts in the Cuban operations field was that of providing leads pinpointing the activities of Transcontinental, S. A. in the illegal transshipment of U. S. materials to Cuba via Mexico, LIFEAT was able to continue coverage of the activities of this company despite the efforts of the company to lose itself in the Mexican business community by changing the name it operated under to Inversiones Mexicanas, S. A. and changing its location and telephone number. Valuable information on the commercial commodities needed by the Castro regime, methods and contacts used in their procurement, and information on the contacts of the Cuban Embassy in Mexico were obtained.LIFEAT/Czechoslovakian: LIFEAT coverage of the home phones of two Czech Intelligence officers provided some leads to their contacts, but more importantly, provided greater security to KUBAR K when one of their CIS officers, Miloslav CECH, was singled out for a defection attempt. Through LIFEAT "livemonitoring" of both the original and followup defection attempts, the KUBARK assets were provided maximum protection from possible attempts by CECH to alert his coworkers or arrange entrapment of the KUBARK personnel involved.LIFEAT/Polish: Probably the mos: "classic" example of the use of a telephone tap in providing a lead which could develop into a vital penetration of the Polish Intelligence occurred recently in the BEKNAVE/BECHICK operation. LIFEAT provided the initial leads which made the Station aware of the possibilities of an operation and has continued to provide vital information for Station's development of the operation. It is the Station's opinion that this one instance of service by LIFEAT was well worth the cost of the entire project for the year. (Full information forwarded in MEXI 0462 and MEXI 0463). Also of great interest to the Station were the LIFEAT provided leads which revealed Jan SLUSARZ, Attache of the Polish Embassy in Mexico, had purchased an automobile which had been stolen in the U.S. and driven to Mexico. In this operation, in which a defection attempt was considered, LIFEAT provided not only the initial leads, but also daily operational information vital to the Station's efforts in this case,LIFEAT/Yugoslavian: In this coverage of the Yugoslavian Embassy LIFEAT is providing the basic data necessary in establishing operations against this target, Since the Station is expanding its coverage of Yugoslavian activities, much vital data on personalities, contacts, and services obtained by the target establishment must be provided. It is this exact type of coverage that LIFEAT is geared to provide in addition to the operational leads which will be forthcoming as this coverage progresses. The interested case officer, noting LIFEAT is his only present source of information, feels the take which LIFEAT provides and will