four | : | chan eure ; DISPATC H Bo _ | ber tse wide __Chief of Station, Mexico City SUBJECT Monthly Operational Report for Project LIENVOY ACTION REQUIRED - REFERENCES PROCESSING ACTION MARKED FOR INDEXING ; NO INDEXING REQUIRED ONLY QUALIFIED DESK CAN JUDGE INDEXING MICROFILM Action: ‘None. For Headquarters Information. Reference: HMMA~21845, 30 July 1963 l. There follows the monthly operational report for Project LIENVOY activities during July 1963. 2, Target Lines - July 1963. The following lines were covered during the month of July: (continued) Enclosure: Production Report Removed from Project Ob 2oGER. . | | _ es Classification: 23-6- PIS 3 Distribution: rT | OB # a Tee ae a3 «9 WH, w/encl a exelweed wea ing Box: 29 _ Fold: Z 50 -6-7>73 DATE ' CROSS REFERENCE TO 23 August 1963 HQS FILE NUMBER 50-6—75 [3
13-00000 . . / . 0 ae a . CASIICAT 1Or Toa es DISPATCH SYMAOL AND NO. CONTINUATION OF me oie te DISPATCH * “$ Ec. a HMMA~22005 10=29=69 ' | Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional Ahal?=a7Q 2C TAT, ; ; =sOe evista ~ Manuel Marcue Pardinas) 46-6015 Prensa Latina . 46-60-16 Prensa Latina 14-42=37 Cuban Embassy 1492-14 $$ Cuban Embassy 2580795 Cuban Embassy 25=09-14 Guban Embassy 14=13=26 Cuban Embassy 15-6055 > Soviet Embassy (Chancery) 15=61=55- Soviet Embassy (Chancery) 15-6987 ©. Soviet Embassy (Military Attache). 15=61=07 Soviet Embassy (Commercial Office) 15—12—64 ~ Soviet Embassy (Films Representative) a 4561-80 Czech Embassy . { 45-61-81. “Czech Embas sy ~ On 7. August 1963 the Station EE case officer requested LIENVOY coverage of - the Yugoslav lines, Arrangements are being made to put these lines in within the near future. , ae 3, Processing of LIENVOY Information. The Station continues to receive full transcripts in Spanish from ten lines (five Cuban Embassy and five Soviet Embassy). DIR~60764 dated 13 August 1963 asked the Station to send to Headquarters one copy of the full transcripts from the Cuban Embassy lines. These are being forwarded ona weekly basis. The first group is being forwarded as an attachment to HMMA~22000 dated 21 August 1963. If they do not please Headquarters officers who desire them, it is requested that the. Mexico Station be ° promptly advised with any suggestions for changes. On.6 August 1963 Orville HORSFALL, staff agent, arrived.in Mexico to work presently .as a unilateral monitor but eventually as the supervisor of a tap center either under LIENVOY or@iitifBinyiPO, He has established himself outside and is presently at work eliminating the backlog of Soviet tapes. Douglas J, FEINGLASS continues to do the Russian from LIENVOY, the Russian from two LIFEAT lines on Soviet targets, and the Russian from the LIPAWN audio operation. In addition, FEINGLASS sends clipped transcripts to the Station ready for 201 files. 4, Exploitation-of LIENV OY Information, HMMW-=-11831 dated 6 August 1963 indicated that Headquarters was - not well informed on the way the Mexico Station exploits operational leads from LIENVOY. The outside staff agent, Arnold AREHART has instructions to alert the Station immediately if a-U.S. citizen or English speaking person tries to contact any of the target installations. This is done by a telephone call from outside the tap center at a pay phone to Robert B, RIGGS inside the Station. Emergency meetings are arranged in double talk (meeting for coffee or lunch). RIGGS meets AREHART within fifteen minutes at a pre~arranged downtown location and receives the reel with an extract of the pertinent conversation. The reel is then taken to the Station and given to the case officer responsible’ for the target the person was trying to contact. Headquarters is notified by cable of the action taken. Only in rare cases is information ona U, S. citizen ' passed without prior Headquarters approval. ( re :
13-00000° x ‘ A naan a Never “DISPATOH SU MAOL AND NO CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH HMMA~22005 _ Other leads appear in the full transcripts or daily resumen, They also are exploited by the Station’ case officer responsible for the target where the lead appears. For example, on 12 August 1963 Boris KAZANTSEV, recently arrived Counselor of the Soviet Embassy and former defection target in Mexico, called his wife at their residence. The number was not listed but was immediately checked by Raymond GERENDE who determined that the number was the switchboard of theapartment house where KAZANTSEV and several other’families live. The reason the Station checked out this number was to put unilateral coverage on-it if possible; however, the. switchboard was beyond the Station's capability tohandle, . - Maryknoll priest Felix McGOWAN contacted the Cuban Embassy on 31 July 1963, MEXI~-5565 reported details of this contact. This cable was sent to Headquarters for dissemination and action by ODENVY. Professor WEBB (fnu) of the University of Louisiana contacted Mexican Communist Jorge L. TAMAYO Castillejos, prominent Mexican Marxist intel- . lectual and professor at the University of Mexico, and.arranged to meet with him on 31 July 1963. MEXI=5568 reported this contact to Headquarters for: dissemination and action by ODENVY. -- Bartolo (fnu) contacted former Governor of Baja California, Braulio MALDONADO Sandez on 16 July 1963 regarding the sale of Cuban pesos. MEXI-5569]: reported this contact to Headquarters for dissemination and action by ODENVY. 5. Liaison © On 15 August 1963 Willard C, CURTIS met with(LITENSOB’ to arrange for a sensitive PBRUMEN case (MEXI=5789 reported the details of this meeting). 6. Security There were no security incidents within the project during this month. 7, Technical OCT FONTS SEES 100 Wen eT There were no technical problems during this period, 8. Personnel Orville HORSFALL's arrival is the only change in personnel since the last report and he is handled as an independent agent by the Station, with no LIENVOY personnel aware of his presence in Mexico. Robert B, RIGGS sees HORSFALL daily to deliver and pick up tapes, 9. Production , ‘There is attached a list of reports, cables and dispatches forwarded to Headquarters during this month. ; 3 Willard C, CURTI ’ a ~T PAGE NO we | CONTINUED . : rr em nae . ty ' ry ' FORM USE Servigus EDITION 2 Fog GY ; Rr S FORMS . ‘057 $3 ‘ VORA AND 51.29 .
13-00000 " ; ¥ MEXIs MEXI-5570 MEXI-5569 MEXI-5565 . MEXI-5532 MEX1-5487 | ObCRET ‘ir ana | PRODUCTION - JULY 1963 MEXI-5465 (HMM-7547) MEXI-5459 MEXI1-5458 (HMM- 7543) MEXI-5457 (HMM-7544) MEXI-5452' - oe MEXI-5438 MEXI-5412 MEXI-5377 (HMM-7525) MEXI-5353 (HMM-7524) MEXI-5351 (HMM-7523) MEXI-5340 | MEXI-5334 MEXI-5296 MEXI-5295 (HMM-7403) 19 HMMA - 21824 HMMA -21802 HMMA - 21762 HMMA ~ 21742 HMMA - 21709 _ HMMA -21693 HMMA - 21681 HMMA - 21673 HMMA ~21672 _ HMMA-21669 HMMA -21655 ll HMMs HMM- 7542 HMM- 7539 HMM - 7502 HMM- 7500 HMM-7499 HMM-7498 HMM-7497 . HMM-7496 HMM-7495 HMM-7486 HMM -7481 HMM-7480 HMM- 7478 14, Excluded trom automatic downgradiny ané=p declassiiieri-  B- } 44