14-00000 | | t i ‘ - Aare - ~ x S  sosamna® cette oe ° - —_— ~ n : 8, , COASSH ICA TION PEQREIENG ACTION. - . pmatere Ra cee” ve xxx Chief, WE Civiston [mo enocaces excuttD | o wo . ; : 7 oe fa at ee ee vee gh ee, eRe : : Chief of Station, Mexteoo THe y CORY QUALIED pegs . CAN mee oCLIRG . Dn ee eee ci iene sate nnn seen ate wexer PURUNEN/Oporat tonal /TIOSTO" x Project Pre press Report for . tae period April 1966 through December 1966 ne aC HOM REQUIRED . RU LRENCES . . : . - a 1, There hos been Only one major adainistrative thane in the LIONION Project during this Perlod and that was the assumption of responsibllity of Caso Officer by Howard A. TRECKLER wpern the departure of Lawrence FF, BARKER from Mexico in August 1966. In vidttion, Hush T, FRANCOTTE, tho WOACRE represgoutative has bean replaced by Walter 4, CORNDURY,  TRECKLER uses the alias of "Jaga" and CORNBURY the allas of "Jock" for mootings with LTONION-~] anid LIONTION=2, ; oo 2, Another administrative change was the establishment ofa revolving fund accounting system for employment by LIONION-1, This has Simplified the Payment system and hag provided LIONION-1 with a small fund for emervency purposes, ‘ 3. Whereas the majority of the Previous moolings had been! held between FRANCOTYTE and LIONLON-1, all meetings are now held! betweon TRECKLER and ETONTON-~L for the conduct of routine operas tional business and the overall running and Manavement of the Project. Meetings with CorNnpyny are for purely technical support, i : ( ~ 4. During the month of October 1866, David v, WILSTED, who nad originally obtained tiie LIONION Basshousa, reported that he had been able: to observe some of the equipment from the street, An immediate of the LIONION Baschouse Visible security factors was made by TRECKLER and LIONTON~1 over a period of saverng] days, ; but no visible sscurity Problems were neted, LTONION=1 was instructed to recheck his procedures for Preparing the equipment for use and insure that he was not slipping a bit in security. . (CONTINUED) Distribution: CROSS REFERENCE TO” T OFSPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMHER , j OATE . ‘ : ; i a ’ et oa | TEMA =30996_ . 3 January 1967 | ioenetnemnteielineresteememnes tee CAT IORe , ‘ a CLASSIFICATION HOS PLE NUMRER . ! oo | SECRET 50-6~122/3
eter ete near, TN manner EN tm teteP Nt Peete lat meee ? DNATA ASSO) PEG MASL ot CLASSI Area CONTINUATION OF oe poe DISPATCH ; SEO RE £ i HMMA =300996 wee cee ee ee a D9. AS a reasdt of the aforementioned possible secur$ty hazard, Several addttdonal MEASUPOS wore Laken ty LION ON=1, on the tisteruc= tions of the Case Gificer, to insure wea Gor security, These, wore 15 Follows: (1) Neavier drapes were Nuns on the window through which the pulse camera is utilized, - This will eliminate the possi- bility of outline shadows of the’ cqud pant wppearingy on the clrapas H if ligvhe ts placed behind the equipment. (2) The wall behind the - Pulse camera was coverec with # blnck felt cloth to eliminate out- _ dine of the equipment from the Oppusitea direction anc shadows on ‘the wall, (3) X portable sereen was erected behind the pulse | Camorra (also dark fn color) ‘for added bleckare of silhouette outline of the equipment. THis also’ serves as a screen of the equipment from the eyes of the servant should she knock on the door pazing LIONTION=2, « He does net now have to open the dour like a housewile trying to keep © the salesman's foot out of dt but can open the oor fully and ask what she wants, . t 1 6. LIONION-] i a highly motivated agent, performing a most: boriny and 4ifficult Cask, photographic surveillance of the target, ‘The only diversion he has from this is when the survelllance team | ds being utilized ang he functions as the dispatcher. The years in this job are bevinnins to'tell a bit on LIONION-1] as he ts 4 littilo more pent up and nervous, It is diffteult to Uniterstand how an ' elucated man such #68 LIONION-1 can perform such womenind task unless | 4t is by motivation and desire to perform sume service in the strumsle against the PBRUMEN revimo. Also, LIONION-1| literally hag to be forced to take a vacation, He spends five and aohaldfl days faking photographs, the weekend printing and developing and perhaps only £008 out? a couple Of nighls a week, Tho Caso Offlear intends to Loree LIGNION-4 to take More weekends away from work and spend more time travelling outside Moxico City, espectally on long weekend holidays, . 0 7. A major portion of the whole LIONION-1 Problom lies with | LIONION-2,' his mother, “While she is in a way an assistant to him. and functions as a basehouse keeper when he is not present in the house, she is also like a prison warden as she will not do anything unless he ts with her. fre is plainly a case of matrdarch completely Gependent on son, LIONTON-2 wlll not even go ton department store located a few short blocks from the baschouse to buy "dainties" unless LIONICN=1 takes her. She also has the feellny that LIONION-~I's wt brothers, her other S0nS.who ure both cltizens and residents of WOLADY, "do not like her’. Therefore, she will not bo off to visit them, not even for a short visit to a wedling of a granddaurhter which took. place recently, : 8... This problem has been discussed openly and frankiy with | LION{ON-1l hy the Case Officer and it is felt that LIONION-1 is confident that his problem is known to us and we understand it; There. can be no real cure for a matriarchal problem such as this, but attempts can be made to alleviate it temporarily from times to time, This will be done hy forcing LIONION-1 to take vacatlons/ trips and trying to get LIOGNION-2 to do the Same even if the old | skuldugyery of "for security reasons" has to be omploved to accomplish it. There is no immediate danger to the LIONION Project as Jong -as this problem ig understood and doalt with, — 7 : _ 9. The LIONION Operation continues to provide the Station. With the invaluable photorraphie coverage of the farget. In addi- tion, LIONION-1 is being submitted to “brain picking” session by tho Case Officer in which he is providins intorosting vuUseEVations on the personalities and activitios of the ‘personnel working in the taryet, After vears of observation, LIONION-~1 can Virtually tell the exact frame of mind and disposition of the nemtilar inhabitants orf the target, CLASSIFICA T¢Gag 9 PAGE NUL bea Re 4 i AN: CoNtevee 2
FORM 8-64 180} nine otreemerenmerre Par pniereprenemmmrner i: . p PIMP ATA CY MRO avly SUMEBE IE PRL AS yLE ag met etane ; CONTINUATION OF |. a is astey ap acne « _ DISPATCH | CO BOR BT po HEM 3o996 me ee eevee te 10. To futher utilise the services of LIONTON@21, Ro Nas been Assigned an Bvebape of three! individuads within the ‘target to: observe closely anid prepare apealal lors on their comings and golnes, These have been very helpful tn Preparing prolimlnory target studies on these individuade, me Tl.) The valuo of LIONION=1] and his professtonal peowoss were proved in Ausust’ 1966, wien the Station had a portod of less than 12 hours to Spot, surveil ang attempt recruitmont of Eduardo VELGADO Reraudez, LIONION-] wis ablo to Spot the target and dispatch the! surveillance. team on the correct tariet without beneflt of a photo- graph and relying only on a description of the turget given to him: by the Case Officer, , 12, LIONION~1 is anxious to get back in to the “listening- post" business again and to. that effect has been Cver virllant for. another opportunity to place a LEROMANCE type device within the target, , o ; 7 INTELLIGENCE: c 13. There were no intoellizence disseminations from this Opera- tion during this Period, ‘The LIONION Project is primarily a support type operation as described Previously, Any intellirence coning from the activities of thig Project must be considered as n by- product only, ; 14. Perhaps the most Sienificant Plans for the future are to possibly utllize the LIONION basehouse and LIONION-~2 and LIONTON=2 as LP operators in Support of the LISAMPAN Operation. The Case Officer intenas to continue the "Drado-pkeking" Sessions on target Personnel and develop LIONIONL i's sense for Spotting the unusual that would provida key elements to a target Study, to a point where he automatically looks for it and reports it. The LIONION Project will continue to be primarily a photographic Support operation, eo ? eee . “~ fo for Willard c, CURTIS | - a Brrr Pa . r . ‘ 53a USE PREVIOUS €0) TiON S ECR Ep | | coxtrvuse 3 ' ree Sp ete ee ae enn