(fos-t0188-1004 ~ sta " csH ny weaorun ASSOC AN Chief, — Division FRO _ Ghief cf Station, | Mexico City Sct - “Oc Treat Progress Report /July 1963 aC THOR ReQuuD | REFERENCES . Refs HMMA 21755 1. The following re port is subaitted in accordance with’ csiua-F" 52-6-1, section V, paragraph 2 (4) (1). ; A. EXPLOITATION OF LEADS . (1) LYIFEAT/Soviet LIPFAT has continued ita daily coverage of the home phones of two known Soviet Intelligence Officers. This has enabled the interested Station officer to monitor the daily activitios of these officers including clandestine contacts of one and lately the appar- ent involvement of the other in an affair with the wife of another Soviet official stationed in Mexico, (2) LIFEAT/Polish During the final weeks of BEKNAVE' s stay in Mexico, LIFEAT provided continuing support to the attempted This support included periods of "live-monitoring” the approach to BEKNAVE. target lines to give early warning of BEXNAVE's exact departure plans as well ag the movements of BEKNAVE. LIF EAT also initiated coverage of the Polish Comercial Office ‘{n support of the interested Station officer's attempt to gain more information on that installation and the personnel assigned theretu. (3) LIFEAT/Cuban LIFEAT coverage of two targets related to the AMSTRUT operation are of great interest to JMWAVE and o 7 Ne WSN Headquarters. Copies of the processed take from these lines are forwarded a: weekly to these customers. A recent and excellent roundup of AMSTRUT-S done g> (by Headquarters drew heavily on LIFEAT provided information. This roundup as was very well done and greatly appreciated by the Station. During the re- ae “T porting period nothing of interest was obtained from the coverage of the og -home of a Cuban Commercial Attache ana it is planned to cut thia coverage in 25 Nd the near future if it remains unproductive. jt 3. @ ae (6) LTFEAT/Extle LIFFAT coverage of PSLARD-1 s so d continues to be of interest to both the Station, Headquarters and other 20 Stations who are connected with FSLARDLl‘s activities. Information con- 3 = | cerning SSLARD-l's planned travel to both Central America and PBPRIME was 22 : fully reported from this coverage. LIPEAT information enables the Station 2922 to provide zimely physical surveillance of SSLARD-1 which should give infor- . mation of his exact departure date and mote of travel. * GATE P DrsPaTCn symone ‘any NUMOER ROSS REFERENCE TO 27 August 1963 eas ; ate Lsamatc cet ce nee cnet ee en ee ene ae , eracrnrry - ee grhi ds ané y 50-6323 geclassnieh st “Er
SBS prep ‘the Tee dss oy sOaw cy §3a 145) CONTINUATION OF fo 7 te Qeare sy Beate Na? OMPATCH SPCRET; ' HMMA-22029 ceednn. ee bea : : LIFEAT continued coverage of [has provided a mumber of leade for possible agent candidates to assess and develop this Costa Rican Communist exile. - : (5) LIFFAT/Ameriean Communist Group in Mexico (ACGN) The information proviaed to the local ODENVY office from the coverage of Pavid URUCKER and Charles SMALL (SMOLIKOFF) is most useful to that office Amcrican leftiats and Conmunists who travel to Mexico. Often for covering Their contacts with members of ACGM these travellers continue on to Cuba. are of apecial interéat to ODENVY. -, (6) LIFEAT /titecellaneous As noted in reference the coverage of a former SMOTH agent is of interest to Headquarters, SMOTH and the senior ODYOKE official: in Mexico. Recent information from, this. ecverage indicates’ that this individual is continuing in his literary efforts against PBPRINE interest. . = LIFFAT, at Headquarters request, has undertaken coverage of two targets of ZRENICK interest. Although the coverage has not as yet been of sufficient duration to judge the take definitively, one of these coverages appeara to Lave potential in providing information of interest. B. PROCESSING OF TAKE ‘Processing workload of the LIFEAT processor/translator statf remains heavy, but no backlog has developed. With the recruitment of LIFEUD-28, there will be a possible more equitable division of the work for the noted staff. C. PERSONNEL - LIFEUD-28 was granted a POA on 8 July 1963. This agent candidate is presently being assessed. PRQ Part IT will be forwarded at the earliest possible date. LIFEUD-1-has initiated attempts to expand his commission for investi- gating administrative personnel of the| (see paragraph 2 C of reference) to include allf = ae well. This would give L-1 the access to the he previously enjoyed as an "employee of confidence”, Even with the presently reduced access, LIFEUD-1 has continued to make a substantial contribution to the success of - the LIFMAP operation. D. LIATSON No change from conditions noted in reference, } ‘ E, SECURITY As noted in reference LIFEAT access to the | jhas been reduced by the combination of LIFEUD-l's “retirenent” and the new “work order” system being implemented by thel | As of the present, LIFEAT has not been adversely effected in any particular ineident by the lack of LIFAUD~l's “protection™ of the LIFEAT[L___ although this constitutes a continuing danger to the operation, LIFSUD-1' is working toward regaining the access he previously enjoyed. If he is successful LIFEAT® & access to the and partial circumvention of the “work onier” system would be re-established, Just prior to the reporting period, a telephone work crew disconnected the LIFEAT lines routing the Yugoslav Embassy tap lines to the basehouse. This was dane at a point one-half mile from the basehouse and an equal dis- tance from the target Embassy, and at a point where the tap routing was “jumped” from one telephone central's area to the central area serving the basehouse. It was assumed the telephone crew would be curfious as to the nature of these unusual connections, LIFEAT therefore disconnected the tap routing completely between the basehouse ani the telephone work crew. * 8 | . - | Ln CONTINUED a ne nn ee a cee = Boe oF
& ate PO oe GB ant au CONTINUATION OF. . vIsPATCH l soon memset i HMMA-22029 Even if the crew had then attempted to checkout the routing “{t would have been impossible. No direct damage vas done to LIFEAT as a result of this discovery but {t was agreed-that 1£ possible LIENVOY should assume the Yugoslav coverage in the future. If such will not prove feasible, a cooling afe vartod vill engut prtes ae VTerar sttenptirge to re-establish the noted COVernke. BL PSCHNICAL No change fron conditions noted in reference, 2.. The coverage provided by LIPFEAT during the reporting period totaled . ‘19 Separate lines. A breakdown by target is as followss we 1. Aleksandr G@, SIDOROY 3, Suspected Soviet support agent 4k, 5, and 6. Polish Embassy and related line. 7, an@ 8, AMSTRUT operation. 9. Home of a Cuban Commercial Attache 10. Home of a Czech intelligence officer ll, and 12. Targets of ZRKNICK interest 13. and 14, ESLARD~1 and related line - 15. David DRUCKER 16, ‘Charles SMALL (SMOLTKOFF) 17. 18, and 19, Former SMOTH agent and related Line. 3. During the reporting period a number of memoranda were prepared by the Station for passing to local ODACTD and ODENVY based in whole. or in part ‘on LIFEAT provided material. One HMM was provided based on LIFEAT material (BMM-7550). Distriwution:: iZ- C/wiD 2- Files Wok Pew OUS E REPLACES FORME ippincg : SIE Soba ae Shia 1 ca "we § eet APE OBS alee rien ° Cass care {PAGE NAD : ly | cnrmwen | THREE cee eee ce i —- anne