: Oe REVIEW OF PROJECT LIEMPTY . (For the Purpose of Project Renewal) COVER SHEET Apo ‘ . / CRYPTONYM LIENPTY FIELD CASE OFF ICER~ the STATION Mexico city CHIEF OF STATION eked Sgt ea” The attached project action is presented for approval for the period 1 December 1960 through 30 November 1961. « oe) fF MHA 1299 7
14-09000 — oe REVIEW OF PROJECT LIENPTY (For the Purpose of Project Renewal) Te. CURRENT OBJECTIVES AND PRODUCTION ‘Ae Oliver G. SCANTLING Segment (discussed in relation to project objectives): 1. "To collect operational information per= taining to LIMERICK personnel and physical ~ | facilities." SCANTLING has continued (See the last Project Review forwarded as an attachment to H'RA$14093, 13 November 1959) to provide worthwhile and significant information per» taining to the above objective. There follow a few exanples of SCANTLING's production: & aA detailed casing of the LIMERICK electrical power supply was forwarded to Eeadquarters as an attachment to HNitA=14496, 12 February 1960. The pro= duction of this type of operational information, which takes several weeka to compile accurately, illustrates the unusual talents possessed by SCAKTLING together with his valuable contributions to the Station's operational information collection effort. ‘be. SCANTLING has been used frequently to follow up leads produced by LIVEAT/ LIMSSICK (now produced by LIENVOY). For example, in May 1960, LIFEAT indicated that the LIMERICK target was having con= siderable contact with an AGEACIA ROBLES concerning the handling of incoming and outscoing shipments, By discreet investi~ gation, SCANTLING was able to provide the Station with additional pertinent information about the address, owner and type of business engaged in by the firm. Such information then becomes readily available for exploitation should a LIMERICK shipment of oarticular interest come to the attention of the Station. ec. SCANTLING is the Station's primary investigative asset for keeping track of - current residence addressees of LIMERICK persornel, The Station considers it important from the counterespicnage standpoint to main- tain informaticn on the lecatien of all ag cory SRI ¢
14-00000 : ' 4 er fie be rien pane ce . LIMERICK residences. In addition, specific a targets are continually considered for LICOOL : : inetallations. A recent example of SCALTLING's ; efforts in this cornection would be the spote ting and acquisition of the LIMOTCR base in the same apartment building with LITALOK -l,. ; Contributions of this type operational informa= aE ‘tion are quite time consuming due to the , necessity for checking cut several apartments that a LIMERICK individual may initially be considering as a residence. . oo, SO @e "To collect cperational information pertaining to : . ; other targete of opportunity, foreign official installa= tions and personnel of intelligence interest operating — in Mexico." Aa indicated below, SCANTLING is also extremely useful for collecting information on targets other than LIMERICK: @e In March 1960 SCANTLING was instrumental. in locating property adjacent to the LITABBY installation which the Station hae since rented in anticipation of initiating photo« graphic and technical operations, SCANTLING ~- was able to accomplish this assignment only after a thorough casing and pretext investi~ gations of the several pieces of property appropriate for such operations. be SCANTLING is also used to follow up sensitive leads in cennection with LIFEAT and LIENVOY production from LITABBY and sister targets (See exemple as to type under I,A,1, b and ¢ above). Ce. SCANTLING was uscd es an investigative asset to determine the local address and ; exact employment of Gorden William GROVES (201~220025), a counterespionage case of interest to Headquarters and ODENVY. 3- "fo exploit operational leads through recruitments debriefings, end surveillances.” As examples o SCANTLING's contribution to this objective, the following cases are listed: a@. SCANTLING devoted a considerable amount of time to his attempts to lecate Cesar GONZALEZ Sanchez, a known agent of a Con mnunist Country. He followed various leads on GONZALEZ fron March to > August 196C tefore eke ji uae aj a
14-00000 GONCALEZ was finally identified and his Mexico City home aid business addresses were ascertained. See EMMA=25626, 9 September 1960, for further details on this case@s toa, _ de. The preliminary investigative work on 4 . KUSCDA case of priority interest was conducted ~ by SCANTLING. During this investigation it . was necessary for SCANTLING to travel to . Aquascalientes, Guanajuato md Ninatitlan to - ok obtain the information required by Headquarters. 4 Sce the attachments to HuNT-1416, 20 May 1960, for the results of the investigation. 4 In addition to his contributions to the above objec= tives, SCANTLING ie used for miscellaneous suprort requirements of the Station. For example, SCANTLING handled several of Raymond H. GERENPE's (ps) operations while the latter was away from Mexico City during Auguat and September 1960. Also, SCANTLIAG has been managing the LIJERSEY surveillance team since the departure of Simon D. CLACKETT in August 19660. It is hoped that SCANTLING can be relieved of this assignment as soon as the LITEMPO project is approved. SCANTLING has alao been used to spot and rent safe houses for various Station operations, a valuable operational support. service. 5. As stated in the preceeding Request for Project Renewal, al though SCANTLING's LIELPIY Project objectives can never be completely fulfilled, it is the Station's opinion that SCANTLING has made important and valudble contributions to LIEMPTY Project objectives specifically and to other Station activities in genersl. SCANTLING's . ‘ produstion, measured asainst monetary expenditures, ° case officer time and other intangible factors, unqgues= ticnably justifies his continuation as m integral part of Project LIEMPTY. B. Raymond H. GERENDE Segment (discussed in relation to project objectives): 1. "To collect operational information pertaining ‘to LIMERICK personnel and physical facilities through ‘use of photographie base houses." Together with their extensive photographic coverace of the LIMERICK target, the photographic bases also contribute other types. of operational information: a, LIMITED « This base compiles daily logs C indicating all arrivals, demrtures and, where possible, identities of every person visiting or working at, the DIMER stor ecto