SECRET MEMORANDUM. FOR: Deputy Director for Plans ‘SUBJECT “.. ; Renewal of the LIENVOY Project “ .13.. Renewal is requested of the LIENVOY Project for the pertod 1 February 1967 through 31 January 1968 for a total of $57,100, with $22,470 for FY - 1967 and $34,630 for FY 1968. The LIENVOY Project was included in the 1967 Operational Program for_ $50,000, The additional funds required for FY 1967 are available within WH Division. 2, The LIENVOY Project covers both_access to high level Mexican Government officials, 3. The phone taps produce FI, CE, and opersitional support information. According to Headquarters records, during the period 1 February through 31 December 1966, LIENVOY was the source of ninety-elght positive intelligence reports, seventy-nine of which were disseminated. These reports covered the follow- ing general Subject categories: Soviet Embassy activities in Mexico, Mexican Communist Party activi- ties, Communist front activities, the activities of the Chicom representatives in Mexico, and the activities of various extremist groups. Included in this reporting was that prior to and during President Johnson's trip to Mexico City in April 1966. The Station's reporting on this trip, which included LIENVOY, was highly praised by the customers. LIENVOY also provided some good coverage during the trouble at the National Autonomous University (UNAM) in the spring and useful information during disturbances at some of the other universities. The remainder of the LIENVOY coverage couid be considered of medium-level interest and value. During the same period, LIENVOY
“SECRET ~2e provided information for ton CE disseminations to the FBI ‘on Americans in contact with the Soviet and Cuban Embassies in Mexico. 4 " LI ENVOY. ‘coverage, particularly of the Cuban ‘and Sovict installations, was useful as a check on ‘the Station’ $ operations. It furnished information on ‘doublezagents direeted against the Soviets, for instance,: and, on several agents in contact with the Cuban Embassy. - LIENVOY also identified leads into the Soviets, some of whom have since been recruited as access agents. (e.g. LIROAN and the LIROBBIN's) Another example of the usefulness of LIENVOY is the set of voice sanples of Soviet officials which has-. been collected and which permits the identification of unidentified speakers on other coverage, For example, recently in LIFEAT a man speaking with: ’ Suzie PIERRE Charles, a Haitian Communist, was By identified as Vladimir Ivanovich SHPAKEVICH (KGB). LIENVOY is also ‘the principal source of information on the: ‘travel of SovicetS within Mexico and abroad. The. ‘Station. has a standing requirement for informing the Office of the’ Legal Attache in Mexico of all “travel performed by Soviet officials within the Republic of Mexico, and LIENVOY helps the Station to fulfill this request. 5, LIFEAT. the unilateral telephone tap operation, concentrates on individual Sovicts, Cubans, Communists, and Americans who are of special WOFACT CE interest. | cerorstae ee permits direct contacr py tne hiet oF Station While there is also a channel through the LITENPO Project, the Station aré both careful to seTtce @- Proper channel which depends on whether there is un anticipated need for the cooperation of the LITEMPO Ministry, or whether the contact_and nrohiem should remain a matter of concern only to special advisor, As can be “S@8H-TTOW THE Attached renewal request prepared by the Mexico City Station, the “SECREI