i LITED-2, — Le BR C “Personnel Cianges - - . ae ae “1, LIEMPTY-I5 - Member of the LIJERSEY surveillance eam - ae ‘Transferred to Project. LITEMPO and cryptonym changed to 2. LIEMPTY- -16 - Meinber of the © LIERSEY 5 surveillance team = — Transferred to Pro ject T ‘LITEMPO and cryptonym changed 0 ‘LIT ED-3. ‘ 3, - LIEMPTY- 20 = Assistant Team Leader of LYERSEY surveillance team -, Transferred to Project LITEMPO and | cryptony ms changed to LITED-1. 4, LIEMPTY- 25 - Most recent addittoa to the LUERSEY surveillance team, Transferred to Project LITEMPO and cryptonym changed to _ LY TED-4, 5. There have been no other personnel changes within the LIEMPTY project, excepting the resignations of Simon D, CLACKETT and Wilma J, FIOR DALISL EFFECTIVENESS A. General comments dertaining to the value of the project efforts to the | Station's needs - The Station ts of the opinion that its operations are only as good as the support mechanisms backstopping and contributing to them, ' The availability of unilateral support agents and organizations, such as ‘ithe LIEMPTY Project, to investigate leads and co collect operational information is an indispensable ingredient to the Station's espionage and_  counterespionage objectives, . ' in its operational activitles should the support services of such agents as GERENDE, SCANTLING and the agents under their control be suddenly made unava ilable. The Station would be seriously handicapped  B, LIMERICK Target - The basis for most of the Station's counter- espionage activities directed against the LIMERICK target require detailed ' knowledge of the identity, activities and fellow associates of LIMERICK «| personnel, The LIEMPTY phatographic basechouses. undoultediy provide : more of. this type fnformation than any ortiér Station operation. The . — production trom LLEMPTY pliotographic bases and from the LIENVOY, project provide the Station with the large majority of LIMERICK leads.
14-00000 SECRET/MBOOR cC * ‘Targets of Oppotduntey - The ‘immediate availability of independent - + aagets to perform investigations, -_photographic ‘assignments and other . essential types of support services in connection with Station targets ‘of “ ao opportunity’ represent an. operational advantage which-thts Station: ‘considers - _ highly Significant, “Ie-ts due-to such LIEMPTY. assets that ain agent canbe . "> gént-to distant. areas ‘tnMextco todo investigations, that. photographs can “> be made of individuals and places which are of operational interest and apartments and:hotel rooms can be acquired. in fictitious nanies tn.” 7 Support ot sensit ive operations. and activities. - dD. ~ Although the progress and guccess of any support project depends " upon requirements from other Station operations, it must be concluded that Project LIEMPTY has indeed been effective during, the past project IV. PROBLEMS = sits oe oe ; A, Security - The activities of the LICALLA base were suspended in . September 1960 as a direct result of the arrest of three KURIOT technicians by the Cuban Government, One of the technicians was known to have knowledge of the four LIMUST units (LICALLA’ ts located in one of these units) and the Station considered it appropriate to. suspend photo- "graphic operations: -pending resolution of the situation, At this time, . there ts no indication when LICALLA operations will be resumed, . The LICALLA base operator has reported that.there have been no unusual inquiries or other suspicious actions which might indicate that LICALLA ai. > . has been compromised to LIMERICK personnel; however, sucha .~*. possibility will exist until the release of the three techniclans, No other security problems have occurred during the past year, Vv. PLANS . A. Processing of Photographs-- During the past year considerable progress has been made in the Station's handling, i.e,, sorting, indexing, 7 identifying leads and filing, of photographs produced by the several bases. | B. . Photo: sraphic Techniques ~ The previous LIEMPTY Project Renewal : Request indicated that the Station planned to try new techniques using - HY~PAN film in night photography.—H¥-PAN_film_was.used_on_atrial. ne “basis during daylight hours with poor results, Almost invartably, prints
14-00000 Vi~ SECRET/ASOR ~10- from HY-PAN negatives were too grainy and, consequently, were of little use. in producing good identified shots of individuals, In view of these experiments, night photography has not yet been attempted, It should be noted that Egstman Kodak's new TRI-X PAN film, which all bases and LIENTRAP now use, is superior to any film previously used by the Starlon for clandestine photography. The quality of all - base phorographs have been increased considerably as a direct résult of this new film, . . ¢, General Comments - The Sration believes that the GERENDE segment is now operating under optimum organizational arrangments and there are no plans for expansion contemplated ar this time, It is expected that SCANTLING will soon be relieved of his interim responsibility for the LYERSEY team and can concentrate more on his investigative and casing activities, The transfer of the LIEERSEY team - to Project LTTEMPO reduced Project LIEMPTY activities by an appreciable amount. It ts not planned, during the coming year, to expand present LIEMPTY activities, COSTS A. Past Project Year - Station finance records indicate that Project LIEMPTY expended $19, 120.91 during Fiscal Year 1960 (1 December 1959 - 30 June 1960) and has thus far during Fiscal Year 1961 (through 31 October 1960) expended $16, 734,69, Contract Agents salaries and allowances paid by Headquarters bring the total expenditures for IL months of the project vear to approximately $50, 000.00, An additional $4, 000.00 will be obligated during the l2th month of the project year, This will bring total project expenditures to abour $54, 000.00 for the entire project year, B. Ensuing Pertod - Of the roral $53, 000.00 budget, itemized below, $31, 900.00 should be expended during the remainder of Fiscal Year 1961 and the balance, §2!, 100.00, should be expended during Fiscal Year 1962. Normal accounting procedures will be used for all expenditures,
14-00000 AGENT U.S, $ PER ANNUM Raymond H, GERENDE <- 32/43 = § +=5,040,.00 Oliver G, SCANTLING ¢. 76 'e3 4, 560. 00 Loulse J, MACRINO °--¥¢/x2 2, 500, 00 (@ $2.02 per hour) . LIEMPTY-4 ¢- 9/5723 2,000, 00 LIEMPTY-5 ¢- 5872 £, 500,00 (@ $1.75 per hour) _ LIEMPTY-6 ¢- 2 77/F 2, 800. 00 LIEMPTY-7 No Salary ¢. $7679" -0- LIEMPTY-8 ¢- 34¢ 74 1, 800,00 LLEMPTY-9 ¢ -526¢99 2, 800. 00 LIEMPTY-10 ¢- a37¥% 3, 600. 00 LUEMPTY-11 ¢- 40437 2, 500, 00 LIEMPTY-12 ¢- 3e2aeG 1, 800. 00 LIEMPTY-13 © -Y69¢3" 1, 800, 00 LIEMPTY-14 ¢. 61/69 1,800. 00 LIEMPTY-19 cu 74x77 1,000. 00 LIEMPTY-24 No Salary ¢-7s9272 -Q- Christmas bonuses all personnel 2, 500. 00 ; SUB-TOTAL $ 38, 000, 00 OPERATIONAL EXPENSES Maintenance of MV-2279, 2284 and 2286, $ 2,000.00 ’ Operational Travel 500, 00 Trocurement of Safehouses, post 2,000, 00 office boxes and renting automobiles, Purchase of information, 2, 500.00 identification documents, an bribes, ; SUB-TOTAL $ 7,000.00 SECRET eee ote