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# DISPATCH**CLASSIFICATION** SECRETDISPATCH SYMBOL AND NOHMMW-7955**TO**:Chief of Station, Mexico CityHEADQUARTERS FILE NO50-6-32/1**FROM**:Chief, WHDDATE15 JUI 1959**SUBJECT**:LIFEAT Project RenewalRE 43-3 (CHECK X ONE)MARKED FOR INDEXINGX NO INDEXING REQUIREDINDEXING CAN BE JUDGEDBY QUALIFIED HQ DESK ONLY**ACTION REQUIRED**:Exploitation of LIFEAT leads**REFERENCE(S)**:1.  The LIFEAT Froject renewal submitted in MMA-12936 was approved on 16 July 1959 for the period 1 July 1959 through 30 June 1960 for a total of $123,830 for fiscal year 1950. The Station will note that monies requested for the support of Woodrow D. GABBOTT (PR) were subtracted from the request made by the Station for project funds. GAB OTT is supported by the BESHOOTH Project, an EE support project.2.  The following staff comments were made when the iruject was submitted for approval:a. "ROM has continued its rating of "C" on the disseminated positive information from the Froject, noting a slight increase in the disseminations, and commenting that it provides interesting information to customers on the nature and extent of Bloc commercial activities in Maxico, data useful in economic analyses, and reports on exile activities in Haxico.b. KUTUBE/D recommended renewal of LIFEAT observing that the leads produced by the operation have been of operational value to LAURICLE activities conducted in Mexico City in the rast year. KUTUBE/D comments also that the Project has afforded and can be expected to continue to afford C's nrotection from time to time for activities of particular LAURICLE interest.c. "KUTUDE/OPS has observed that Project IIFAT has been a most useful operational asset in the Mexico City Station for the past nine years, continuously providing KURARK with a window into important targets. KUTUBE/OPS requests that the next project renewal point out what agent recruitments by the Station have resulted from or been supported by the operational information secured by the project.d. KUDESK commented that it well known that Mexico is being used by the RIS as a base for third country operations directed against the United States. Over a period of years LIFEAT has supplied valuable leads which have resulted in the identification of a large number of persons in clandestine contact with RIS officers; further investigation in several cases produced information which strongly indicated that the persons involved were actively assisting the RIS, while such information is, of itself, of interest and importance, cur responsibility in the CI field imposes the obligation to determine what these persons are doing for the RIS and this can be done only by recruiting, and doubling them. it is therefore suggested that LIFEAT leads and reports of investigations based on them be reviewed for the purpose of selecting a limited number of the more promising targets. Thereafter, Station assets including LIFAT should be used to obtain the operational data necessary to determine that a target is recruitable, and then a pitch should be made. Much time and effort will be required for such a program, but the potential rewards fully justify it, and the value of LIFEAT, as a CI asset, will be materially increased.3.  Chief, KUTURE, in recomending the Project for renewal to Deputy Director, KUBARK, requested that at the time of the next Project renewal, the Division should review the relationshin and coordination of Project LIFTAT operations with those active and proposed under Project LIENVOI.30-6-37/1PAGE NO