isi, Gated 20 i "  Logation Ca : rowan the Spetety of Frienda -of Chint | * ind various srt. frantss ote : hove .. . ‘Tals inforeation, has been of value in. suplcucnting | agewit. ‘eoverage : | a? of these orgentzations, The following réports are omanples of 7. Lee} this tyne of informations : i | po, Hivel657, dated 10 July 1956, *Wareleo “N'50LS," jo tee | i "HY Ha2285, dated 29. Xovesber 1956, oXavier cee oe 2 GS-38 tea GUEEKOTD -cameeda ‘and Clara: Horeat. ae ne ao. Wt. de GULF OS ae = ge ON a ine of ‘tie: upest extensive aan -produetive coverages. initiated — ; . 7 through LIS fduiring the past year was Uirceted: against american, - . soy Oe Pa Communists ini Mexico, Most of these targets.wete- covered st the ~~ 4 j ‘Fequest ef OOENVY and the production wss processcd “in part by - { - . OLENVY, A total ef 342 reels of inforzstion were recorded on . . ! :. , three separate cases, 4 fourth case, LOMAYFO.L, was mounted at thie. j eugguetion of OOEWY just 154 hours after the “taticn recel ved the request from Headquarters, The Station hus received three e on oP & bel a Sa wer ae \ ' Of. comenieticas fron Nesiquarters on tha LIY..T sorerags ; . i oo ense and Idward FP; SECHIN reeolved @ personal somecndation ce ‘ oo, from the DCI for his work on this operation, OCver %C reels of de . waluable inferzation have bien produced since the beginning ef = ; this operation on 9 February 19576 - oo, a Hexdoan Cove “burtiag the early part of. 1957 LIFEAT coverace provided the means for the Station to assess rerorte from another source eoneerning the hardening of the Mexican Government's attitude toward foreign Communists. LIP AT coverage of verivus iniividual targets crevited reliable Lafermetion on the srrests ef the foreicn ‘ommunists “arie <CSA Navarre, Joaquin (1D .UT, dacebe
gh M1709, p pare: 6 four, ‘dated 12 Septetor’ 16, ig eited as eortalninr an aopare:. ly roliatlo resort to the effact that ti 19:6 the / exican presicent told the editer of one of cexico's Leadine nownodpera that he should play cown or olt antle’. S. articles and opinions, Lave an Infon:ation LIFSAT has contributed natertal ly ta eaveral potters having | ; L&CTICIE interests Co.ntor intel livenca Infor-ation Lhe CI/CR natiers constitue a rasor. pertion of the Mexieo City Station's oriority objectives. Prosect LIPVAG tas contr: uted rere leads-ani cancral inforastion on tho toviat espeet of this @utject-than all ether £tetion smircen :ootineds § few renree eentative sanplce of this- “type of inforratioa ars Listad belows _? “1952, dated g detater 194 ard (meeih, dated oss Fans 2. Jamary 1957 daseriba contaste Tatamen rel Hareiso £ : ALE y ending | ooo Pree case officure ifSi220, dated e february 197, sete forth arran-mente for clandestine mntact Lletween .olovl] Jesus Ge LEOG Toral, of the Mowican Censral Staff Callare, with his Soviet ease officer. Boe2270, dated 19 Lecacter 19: by eota forth contacts betypen ‘ikelay PHIL, “oviet intellirence officer, ant cesve PAZ Veruere, Hexican aval officers
14-00000 3 t thelr reporte-and‘henee 7° reporte t@ ‘the Station, Aston’ .thore noriteréed.darine thé ‘past . year were LIBEURR, LILDISNULS, Liceek and LISSTICRal, ae Jewish Césncatat tivities Jewish Coxamtet sctivities FRZIWA Narpelss, hes proviied: infer-ation on the deeling of the - | . 4. LEFEAT cowaraze of tha Jewish Cocrmiist lander, Aaron Vora rolotive ineetivity of. PRZYSKA Jewish Communist mevensat and the _. Cawerace ef the Jewiah Cormunist leader, Tensel s1S1°TH " Magddin, confivred tha decline 6f-the local Jewish Corcuaist movurent end ‘the final Mqsidation ‘of ite headquarters, It aleo produced the names of the few ac.ive nembers wio ‘continue ts . mact inforhally, ‘It was of velue-th covering the arrest of Chone | SHRTHOASN sa. eber of the .dewish Coffciniet croup, and the are deportation of Jacote m@KWITZ Zonder, know (omunist aronts | furthers LIFCAT hes established that the Liga topular lereclita, & Jewish Counist frog orpanlaation, de slnogt defunei and quite. | | | : | : . ‘ | o Hicdes #lerephone Operation j | | | | ° One TIS: type anaration ts aregantly active. I is diroctad areinst the residence of the Soviet fo.ngelor of Fnbassy and hee - cased @ creat deal of concern ‘with the teemical probleces ef ingtallins the aquipment end recordiny conversations preperly io order that accentatile orecuction of operntional data nicht te obtained. A TES technician Is-presently at the Station correcting these dist feciencless end, recent ecanle reporte have provided i Valua le information witch t-nds to confirm sreviocs tantative f- conclusions thet the Soviet counselor o°" nisesy is a suitable. i tarpot for a exicentrated defection avproren, The “tation ig Lo currently cakiny tho necessar; slens te aporozen the carert, ; co having alreat: received Needg arters! ecoroval.
2s Propresi of the e Seretioa - : Definite pro: ees has been sada in revorting- on th: abicetives of the LIFiaT projects howaver, eLL -LITa> ot. sectives are ‘of @ cont imuing nature ans ere not coelens! to ba fully athinved, Yor . this reason, nO - atatist dee ean be Cited Re to the pereentare of cwerére on-each obiective., A yonerel ication canta dert ved Of ‘the - “Scope of the project by realizing that auproxinataly | 3s 29909 parca ‘of -sumvary text have hoen-obtdined fran SIPUAS. during’ the “past yer. An. averaro ‘of 23 ebxiliareous coverages “an a is hour por day basia has been maintained ouriar this: reviey. periods : ; Generally, thece coverayes nay ‘be trogen” ‘don. ‘a8 ‘follows: _ Soviet Fntadsy 8 lines | C ran fgech Legation . 2-lines - Polieh Legation , ‘@ Uinew - 8°” ae . During the coulne year Station capabilities will be expented: to permit monitoring agproxinstely 30 lines. ‘asic eoverare ef — 7 “es Soviet, Caech and Polisn activitice will be eontLwued to the muxiour extent possible and assets and capabilitios will be aaine yaliad for exploitin, imertant tarrets of opportunitye at Ve present tlee the Station lelfeseg that 3 Linze are about tra rata lead the technical apente csripned te LESTAT can proserly handle and prefect, Tha Station ins ecrrently prepariir plane for wutedecian to ‘ieadquartere wich call for tha estellighcent of a ...-- , ginilar bot separate and cxpertented LISistatyne omerallonr. Sueh a prefect would have now arents tot previovely asscclated _ with or knowledgeable about LIvvaT, ©. 1 be. Performance of trents The Station has raperted that in coneral the performance af the LiFSst apante hee Leen pood durtéy the past vear. Uovever, : i i } i ; an Ta we -—- pane of The—ssente—connected-wt th—the-rreup—ased-on-the fan ity