teeter 8 coe on ar res Fae wade Be dt Metead we beth ne ae Division _ a ee Act WO REQUIFED © SEFERE WES Reference gg IMA-30793, 7 Decenbar 1966 ae OC PaRe@y WONTON - Approval of. Project Rengirad. ‘ HOLES SEG ACNE Spence esate ages eee ere we ene ne cae cee is Se CUAL IFIED otsa SUOGE DE TIS re terretanennect Greet ae one eee arts ite penne anette HE z . juceurne for the period . 23. Jonuary 1967 in the snount of 1 Jamary through 31 December 1967.. Distribution: 2 - COS, Mexico City TRUSS REFEREMCE 20 GISPATCH SyYMGUL AND NUMBER a9 WaW-15195 Sauer tpienet etieimmtaaael i . ‘ we CLASSIFICA TIGR Andrey P.. MERTON EO (22 J t SH 1967 2h Janunry 1967 HOS FILE wuwet &y MH, oe SE Ber?” - | -peo-$ ots “eet : = he Tea | IGINATING OFFICE So Mee + RE TS" 53 use ersnoue epmon. ura. 1-466 COORCINATING CRFWERS AAME
H-00000 omit ane NTE . SEcR . ; ; ee) a DEERET ; » wea SCRE STEPTOE a S40 SSE EES OO tO EEE EESSSTSSSSEE { ; j Ps PART TONE toate PROJECT ACTICR LIONION YOO CF ACT RON _ x Hl * et Z| ca crete NES PROJFET APPROVAL Oturtaml Western Hemisphere, Division Freat statigs Mexico exico City Beane OfSk = att NOME RE “NO, BENE wad ry 12-68 EXTENSION TEMMENATION ~CONTERTEN ORGANIZAT tOWAL CCRMENT cES OF OUNUSTONS SQ NOT USE TYPED wane (ave temateeey THIS SPACE C/WH/L C/WH/B&E CLWU/SS8 C/WH/FI WH/EXO || _CONCURRENTES OF OTHER CONPGNENTS ; .3 . ATTACHED DATE COPY MEM ATTACH PERIOD FROw 1 Jan 1967 "31 Dec 1987, i APPROVING AUTHORITY C/WHD | | [eee Mb Cli Dee FORM OOSOLdTH PRintous a-a8 848 tortions
. - . MEMORANDUS FOR : Chief, WH Division 4 January 1967- “SUBJECT... ey Renewal of Project LIONION . (Photographic/Technical Coverage ; of Cuban Embassy in Mexico) ACTION REQUIRED: ‘Approvals Requested Paragraphs: One ; and Four 4, Approval is requested to renew Project LIONION for the period 1 January through 31 December annual expenditure off including ee ee FY 196 for FY 1958. WH Division programmed [tor this activity for FY 1967 and funds ar@-AVATIN The Project cost has been increased by[__] over the previous year, occasioned by a small monthly raise for the Principal Agent and a new provision for miscellaneous operational expenditures. 2. Although this two-man Project dees not produce positive intelligence, it contributes. sub- stantially and directly to the coverage of the Cuban Embassy and Consulate in Mexico, producing photographs in bulk of personnel und visitors as well as intorma- ._ tion on patterns of activity and personal associations, “. and supporting recruitment attompts. It is contemplated ‘that the Project will afford support to the extensive technical penetration of the’ Cuban Embassy (LISAMPAN) currently scheduled for installation in mid- January . 1967, One of these penetrations is scheduled for the Embassy gatehouse where visitors would normally . . identify themselves upon entering. Information from “ thé gatéhotise is to be. transmitted securely to the ~LIONION baSehouse as well as to the LISAMPAN listening post. By collating this and other LISAMPAN information with the photography, it is hoped to be able to identify photographically many of the visitors to the Embassy. SECRET!
ae po me om ean eet wo Ban ; . od. The. physica} Security of the photo-basehouse has been improved and ‘the overall security of the Project” is considered to be satisfactory. dt will ‘be noted that in February 1966 the Station assisted LIONION-2, a Cuban citizen, to. = qualify tor Mexican immigrant status with a loan of which WaS reduced td as of 31 “December 1966 at a repaynent rate of [ _] per '. montet: This. loan is being protected by an appropriate “Mémorandun of Trust. Approval is requested to continue this: arrangement until LIONION-2's immigra- tion status is settled, estimated to occur by . ‘30 November 1967. “A wre | oO 7 ere of