1041041340298) 19 June 1963 SUBJECT: _ Renewal of Project LIFEAT for FY 1964 CO “Teer 68 eo ff Eine “ ue Sa Juve the attached LIFEAT Project Renewal Request, as as prepared in project outline form by the Mexico City Station, is forwarded for. Spproval. 1. Objectives . The objective of this project is to provide, through a willateral \telephone tap operation, information ernie ae a es a a on the activities of selected individuals and groups in response we » both Station needs and Headquarters requests. oo “a. “ LIEMBRACE-8 ‘who ) normally functions under the MRCMARTTY Project was actively employed in the technical phase of the operation during the home leave period of principal outside ease officer, David HM. WILSTED. b. During the past project year, 5 indigenous basehouse keepers were dropped from the project. LIFEUD-14 and LIFEUD-17, a married couple, decided on separation and eventual divorce, thus making the continuance of their basehouse keeping duties impossible. LIFEUD-22 and LIFEUD-23, son and mother, cccupy a basehouse that was originally intended to be used for LIFEAT but is being used only in another operation. LIPFEUD=-27 was granted a POA during the project year but was never recruited. . ce. Three new agents have beer enuployed since the last project renewal. LIFEUD-24 is an old friend of WILSTED'a who will be used as a basehouse keeper and trans- lator along with LIFEUD-26 who is his wife. LIFEUD-25, the wife of LIFEUD-4 had been ineluded in her husband's clearance but has ‘now received her own clearance as & basehouse keeper. Changes: . &. Other than ‘the personnel changes described in paragraph 2 above, there were mo organizational changes in the project ia the past project year. At this time no
13-00000 b. funds requested for FY 1964 total $23,008 St the seduction of $13,108 in duo te the fs A great part of the reduction of $15,193 is due te the fact that the soatag youre mned RO new equipment purchases for the 4. Intelligence Production: | Although the emphasis of the LIFEAT Project 1s oy on Station operational support, the project through May 1963 oI Wes >oteuy or Partially responsible for 31 positive infor | mation reports of which 29 were disseminated. Of the tions; As: ‘involved the the activities of Joan Jose ‘AREVALO Bermejo. or. ds | ollowerd.. oe cage - Se Bifectiveness veness: we 2 « e telephone tap operation. During the last project year LIFEAT continued | to actively. Support the operations of the Station by 7 providing létids and information on selected targets. | In addition to this mission the project provided on a oy regular bagia valuable information on active Soviet intell- “| igence officers, the Polish and Yugoslav official Angtall~ | ations and personnel, selected Cuban . (20 lines) ,’ 7 American io Mexico in Mexico, Hexican leftists one exile Station r operations, ons, the he CI/CE 4 ‘information and ‘leads » the a ability of. ‘the unils teral| LIFEAT operation to cover sensi-+ 7 hent revealing Station interests to tse | roll justify the expenditure of funds, h© security rigk.. “Yn the past year as in tis past fev yearé the | greatest problens have concerned the security of the operation ve ond eqaipnent. The current problems center on two devel- 4 opments ; | The Mexico City telephone eysten is continually ; being 1 modernized. Installation of new underground cables replacing the old overhead lines reduce access to target lines. The Telephone Company ia keeping
13-00000 7 “shatever action vould be necessary to ee et or negate : mime eee ae ane mere ae Kot applicable. he | Plans? a | : provide v valuable ‘sntormation on. ‘a ¢ se oo mat s basis ~ntvnton’a FE 1800 Salen trae Di ie reset: 7 that Project LIVEAT be approved for ¥r 1904; 1 duly i968 throat 30 fine 1004, tn the mmcntat of: $55,606.