404-10187-10007 CRASS ICATRME FEOC ES SG UITION LCRET Magni Foe DL UIAg z Be tnOCAING REQUIRED : CALY QUALIFIED CESK CAR ROSE RODIAG Chief, WH Division __..... Chief_of Station,. Mexico City oy ee C1 wae LIEMPTIY Progress Report/Second Quarter 1963 — ALIGN PURO AU LALNCES Action: For your information, Ref : HMMA-21060 1, BACKGROUND Tne LIEMPTY Project is designed to collect operational Infor- mation on the LIMERICK installation and personnel, as well as targeis of opportunity, through stationary and mobile photographic coverage, In addition, the project provides the means for Investigating leads from both the above aoted coverages and other Station sources, Ut suppovis other Station operations through the renting of safchouses, providiug and servicing post office Lox ma il drops, conducting countersurvelllances and pretext investigations and perfor- | ‘ i ming related tasks, 2, OPERATIONS LIEMPTY provides the majority of photographs used by the Station tn its CE operations against the LIMERICK target. In this phase of the operation the LIEMPTY basehouses and photo truck produced approxiinately } { 140 rolls of operational photos In support of the Station's CE program during the reporting period, The Station considers the photo coverage of the LIMERICK installation as cssential tool in following the dally activities of the personnel of that installation, including known and suspected intelligence officers, and individuals visiting the — establishment, Selected examples of the LIEMPTY contribution to the Station's CE program ard its support of other Station operations are as follows: a, The support provided by the two LIEMPTY cutouts, Gliver G, SCANTLING and Raymond H, GERENDE, in the AMROD operation was essential to this operation, Due to the long operational experience of these agents In the Mexico City operational environment ___ thelr ald in borh_the planning and execution stages of the AMROD | OISPATCH SYMUO. AND NUMBER \ PRAT oe Yh f 3 HIMMA-21993 vo COPY =. 23 August 19637 CROSS REFERL RCE TO CRASH ATION OT wes eRe NUM SECRET 50-6-74/3
14-00000 erect tracts stent ttentestn tt ete RRC ttt ti EA tee a UL Sarees i CONTINUATION OF Lo ; po ————-- ponte eh neem mien? ee eee ef mete eee pet ee Be eek a eg eee ee CB OD. oN OK. f1 52 between(DMHULK and a KUBARK staff officer, Investigation in LIEMPTY operation occurred during the reporting pertod, LIENTRAP coverage of Lorenzo CARDENAS Barrajas, a Soviet contact; A operation has been unique, The cutouts provided professional level coumtersurvcllance during the actual meetings between AMRIFT-i and Oliver E, FORTSON (ps), pussed letters to the LIERODE instal- lation, wrote many Ietters and placed numerous phone calls In support of this operation and have actually carried on the daily activity of the operation, _ b, In the Soviet area the activities under this project have been many and varicd, Examples of this are: Siake out of a mecting be- tween a Soviet Intelligence officer and LISTELD-1; reporting of LICALL on the agitation of Aleksandr SIDOROV, Sovict Millary Aitache and known intelligence officer, following a Station provocation of him; a stake out of a bowling alley popular with PBPRIME citizens and officlals living in México to determine the extent of a Sovict intelligence officer's attempts to cultivate these Individuals; and LIMITED's radlo dispatching of the LIEMBRACE team when this team was assigned to surveillance of LIMERICK targeta, - c. Oliver G, SCANTLING greatly aided the Station's operation to discredit and harass/ES JARDU when [ES ARD=1 returned to Mexico from his native country, On one occastun SCANTLING made aszonymous hone calls to all major wire services Informing them ofthe location of ESLARD-1 who at that ime was in hiding under aa alias, d, In the Station's continuing attempt to provide greater coveray ‘of the outlying states of Mexico, GERENDE has been assigned to develop contacts in Zacatecas and Aguascalientes which can be activated Into operational assets In future, GERENDE has already met with some success in this area, bui due to his heavy workload in the operational role assigned him in the Station's support mechanism, continued ex- ploiration of these contacts probably will be a slow process, e, LILYRIC ceporting has been of great interest In a matter of LAURICLE concern, f, Inthe general support of other Statlon operations, tasks of the curouts continue as reported in reference. SCANTLING performs as alternate cutout to LICASA-1! in a sensitive LAURICLE operaticn, The project cutouts service 18 P, O, Box drops used nor only for Station operations but also In support of Headquarters, JMWAVE, and other ration requirements, Tue completion of a new 4,35 meter security wall at the LIMERICK installation was fully reported on by the LICALLA basehouse operator, - g. Numerous investigations and miscellaneous assiguments wer conducted by the project agents, a sampling of these follows: an inves- tigation of a contact of the Cuban Consul in Merida, a casing of the site ESLARD#1 had planned to use as a secluded retreat (including pictures), support of the[DM}IULK operation in arranging by telephone the conract Cuernavaca of the purchaser of the Alfred StERN property located there, anda report by LIEMPTY-13 of the support of former Mexican president Lazaro CARDENAS among the troop command officers of the Mexican Army, 3. SECURITY No securlty incidents directly effecting the security of the wot Pity Duy EL + Wyola BS Raa WEA arabs? > on beer | } * Cas CRON “Yeast cae a 4S ECRET tes? ea to TWO DHfly
REARS EAT MS SECRET HMMA- 21893 CONTINUATION OF i DISPATCH ae eee le —— 1 The security wall recently erected to the height of 4.5 meters around the perimerer of the LIMERICK installation has reduced somewhat the area of coverage of the LICALLA base, Certala interior arrancements have been made, such as raising the floor of the operating room at LICALLA, whic Will allow continucd operation of the base. However, if some sort of vegetatilot grows over the wire strands at the top of the fence, the view of the base willl be shut off completely and other arrangenmicnis for photo coverage of the LICALLA areca of responsibility will have to be made, 4, EQUIPMENT No new equipment was purchased during the reporting perlod nor Is any such purchase presently, planned, All assigned equipment functloned normally during this perlod, 5. PERSONNEL No change in persomel assignments, recruitments or termin- ations was experienced during the reporcing period, The performance of all personnel in the project continued to be completely satisfactory during this period, The support rendered by SCANTLING and GERENDE to the AMROD operation deserves particular mentlon and thelr superlor performance in that operation was noted in paragraph 2a above, In recognition of his continued good all round performance the Station recently requested that GERENDE's contract be amended to provide for an increase in annual salary from $US 5, 500 io $US 6,000, This raise is not only desired, & ts considered necessary to offset the continued inflationary tread of the Mexican economy, 6, TRAINING As in the previous reporting period, no training other than continued review of tradecratt principles was conducted during this perlod, Photographic product continues to be reviewed daily and the action agents are instructed as necessary in order to improve or correct their technique in both the taking aad processing of this product. 7, PLANS Since the Station considers that this project is operating at tts optimum alze, It does nor plan to expand it at the present rime. Efforts will continue to refine and better utillze the existing operational mechaniom, Distributton: Lx- C/WHD 2- Files CLASS PATON i ee Pee f THREE Terre or wey ~ ' ae os psens b: secret ! frontane> | ry ae