104-10413-10295 VT TS OL PROJECT LIFEAT PROJECT REVIEW we Jory 62 7uev May 63 Product of the Project a “A, Soviet Coverage roject | T has not provided covera e of the entire Soviet ficia _dnstallation in Mexico City since 22 June 1960 when Project LIENVOY assumed this responsibility. This freed LIFEAT to provide, with its unilateral coverage, home phones of selected Soviet officials which ' eould better support not only the Station's CE effort but also other : Station operations against the Soviet target. In this effort, LIFEAT covered the homes of four of the more active Soviet Intelligence 3 |? Officers stationed in Mexico during the reporting period. Samples ' of the operational information provided by LIFEAT follows: HMM- 6479, 15 June 1962 (Mexican Winners of Soviet Scholarships . to Patrice Lamumba University) HMMA-19826, 21 September 1962 (Transmittal of LIFEAT Report - Viadilan I, SAMOKHIN) HMMA-19839, 21 September 1962 (Transmittal of LIFEAT Report - ' Aleksandr G. SIDOROV) -” HMMA-19879, 28 September 1962 (Aleksandr G. SIDOROV Tatiaya SOKOLOVSKAYA ) _HMMA-19996, 12 October 1962 (Soviet Personnel Assigned to Mexico City) LIFEAT has remained a primary source on this target throughout the past project year, Further, LIFEAT information is considered a fruitful source of operational leads by the responsible Case Officer, Selected examples of the valuable intelligence product derived from the Polish coverage are: ~—* HMMA-19500, 3 August 1962 (BECHICK Telecon) HMMA ~-20896, 15 March 1963 (BEKNAVE Status Report) HMMA-19552, 10 August 1962 (BEKNAVE-BECHICK) HMM-7270, 14 May 1963, (Polish Ambassador to Mexico to Present credentials to Haitian Government, : | eS cory. HAL A pyran, BSS BY f fv o7 , t
13-00000 Yugoslav Coverage LIFEAT coverage of the Yugoslav official installation in Mexico City -has provided @ wealth of information on the contacts, activities, and travel of members of that mission. Since the Station's effort against ‘this target was greatly increased within the last year, LIFEAT infor- mation has been used extensively to provide the basic operational and personality data necessary for this stepped-up program, Examples of . QEFEAT produced: positive intelligence and general operational informa- ; tion on this target are as follows: HMMA - -19311, 10 July 1962 (Activity of the CP of Yugoslavia in Mexico City) _ . HMMA-19344, 13 July 1962 (Yugoslav Embassy Mexico City) ., HMMA-19653, 24 August 1962 _HMMA-19689, 24 August 1962 'HMMA-19973, 9 October 1962 :.. HMMA-20016, 11 October 196 _ HMM-6993, 8 February 1963 (Projected Travel to Yugoslavia of Emilio Portes Gil) -HMM-7005, 8 February 1963 (Plan of yeh Yugoslavia) ' HMM-7O11, 12 February 1963 (Possibility of New Mexican-Yugoslav Commercial Aid Treaty) HMM-7106, 19 March 1963 (Yugoslav Project to Promote Economic wr. . Relations with Mexico) HMMA-21005, 29 March 1963 HMM-7310, 24 May 1963.(Plan for Tito to sign. New Mexican-Yugoslav Cultural Agreement During his visit to Mexico) to Visit Cuban Coverage During the reporting period LIFEAT coverage of the Cuban target was ected toward the erat s in this field and wes, not desipned to provide ae eitize Jotelligence, _LIFEAT covered a total, 1. of 10 lines in direct support of operations in this fleld. Most of the product of this area of operation was forwarded by cable to JMWAVE and Headquarters, Examples of pouch communications in this field are: HMMA-~20032, 16 October 1962 (AMSTRUT/LIFEAT Coverage) HMMA-20308, 4 December 1962 (AMSTRUT ) HMMA-20425, 28 December 1962, (Jose ORDOQUI)
13-00000 2 American Communist Group in Mexico (ACGM) _ As noted in past project reviews, most of the targets in this group have been covered at the request of ODENVY, and the raw take has been -processed by them. During the period July 1962 through May 1963 ‘approximately 390 reels of take were passed to the local ODENVY for ; , their processing, On 23 August 1962 the local ODENVY advised, "This ' .office feels the coverage mentioned is quite valuable and many useful « + leads are obtained from this coverage, particularly with regard to - |; travel in and out of Mexico of American Communists who are in contact '  f with. individuals on whom coverage is maintained", Typical examples - } of reporting based on LIFEAT coverage of the ACGM are: HMMA-19531, 10 August 1962 (Albert MALTZ; Noah SEBORER, Charles = SMALL) a HMMA-19678, 24 August 1962 (Albert MALTZ-Margaret MALTZ) HMMA-19771, 7 September 1962 (Albert MALTZ and Charles SMALL) HMMA-20937, 22 March 1963 (Albert MALTZ, Noah SEBORER, Charles SMALL a HMMA-21299, 7 May 1963 (Charles SMALL’ and Noah SEBORER) Exile and Revolutionary Activities During the past year this area of activity, in addition to the already noted Cuban coverage, accounted for the greatest percentage of the LIFEAT effort. Most of the information provided by LIFEAT in its coverage of targets in this area was not. available from other sources, ‘While Coverage has been provided on Spanish Republican, Guatemalan, Costa Rican, and Nicaraguan exiles, the bulk of this product has '. resulted from the coverage of and various of his acquaintances, the “take” being forwarded to Headquarters and Station ‘Guatemala by either weekly cable summaries or immediate action cables when warranted tis noted that the coverage has been most rewarding in the case of| and the recent coverage of Judith FERRETO Segura, Examples of productivity in this area: HMM-6452, 3 June 1962 (Contacts of | in Mexico) HMM-6499, 22 June 1962 (Activities 0 HMMA -19499, ll July 1962 HMM-6565, 13 July 1962 (Meeting Between HMMA = @ptember 1962 (Coverage of HMM-6780, 9 October 1962 (Arrival in Mexico of HMM-6914, 25 January 1963 (Appointment Between and ~
13-00000 1G. HMM 6935, 5 January 196% (Planned Travel of to Venezuela and Santo Domingo) HMM-6936, 15 January 1963 (Travel of Lic HMM-6937.._ 15 January ns (Planned Meeting He ween Cc and Ld. onfersation 4 ba HMMA=2I059, S April 1963 (Judith FERRETO Seeura) HMM-7160, 9 April 1963 a Q HMMA-21087, 16 April 1963 - -HMMA-21338, 10 May 1963 (Judith FERRETO_Seéfura) -HMM-7330, 24 May 63 (Contacts of fin. Mexico City) Counter-Intelligence Information Mexico City Station's Related Mission Directive places greatest emphasis on operations in the CI/CE area, LIFEAT was able to provide a continuing worthwhile contribution in the attainment of the Station's objectives in this field, Coverage included that on AEGENERATE, tho acts in the capacity as covert liaison li lH. between the CP andthe Soviet Embassy), and a PCM safe house. In addition to the continuing operational support in. the CI/CE field, the following informational reporting was previded. - HMM-6626, 10 August 1962 (Soviet Scholarship for the Daughter of David Alfaro Siqueiros, Imprisioned Communist) - HMM-667, 24 August 1962 (Mexican Delegates to Technical Movie Congress “in Moscow) “HMMA-20140, 6 November 1962 (LISTEED-1 and 2) HMMA-20721, 14 February 1963 ( 1) 7 -HMMA-21109, 19 April 1963 (Dr. operational Support and Leads Provided other Station Operations During the past project year LIFEAT continued actively supporting the operations of Mexico City Station through the production of leads and the providing. of information on selected targets in the manner available only through the use of a unilateral telephone tap operation. Indeed, it is in this area, secure support tothe Station's operations, that LIFEAT is of greatest and unique value to the Station. The following is a list of selected contributions by LIFEAT of operational support ang leads provided to the various Station Case Officers and Station operations as a whole: OFFICE SYMBOL
13-00000 Se is CR te asi . LIFEAT/Soviet: The valuable assistance which LIFEAT rendered Station efforts in this area was amply displayed in its support of Station assets mounting a technical surveillance operation targeted against the home of a known Soviet intelligence officer stationed in Mexico - .City under official cover. LIFEAT information provided vital infor- mation which enabled the Station to establish a pattern of action of both the family of the Soviet officer and his maid. This infor- _ mation made possible the setting of a time for the actual entry into the target, and continuing coverage (including live monitoring of the target line immediately preceeding the operation) by LIFEAT made “possible a degree of security for this operation which would not have been possible without the support of a unilateral tap operation, Further LIFEAT coverage has, in addition to giving information on ' the daily activities and contacts of Soviet officials, provided an ex- cellent check on the contacts of three KUBARK: controlled double agents ‘with their Soviet Case Officers, This coverage has enabled the respon- “sible Case Officer to guide his operations with increased assurance '- that his agents continue to be fully cooperative and under his control. LIFEAT/Cuban: LIFEAT activities in this area were concerned primarily with support to the AMSTRUT operation. Coverage of relatives of AMSTRUT-2 provided an excellent "window" into the operation which | - enabled the responsible Case Officers to move with more certainty and security in developingthis operation. The Case Officers involved — considered the LIFEAT coverage an essential check on the activities of . the principals in the case which was especially valuable during the .. dnitial stages of the operation, Travel plans of AMSTRUT-2 provided | by LIFEAT were also essential to the timing of the operation. Also _. dn the Cuban area LIFEAT coverage of G-2 agent enabled the Station “to gain an insight into his contacts and activities, Further, recent  dnitiation of coverage of a Cuban Commercial Official gives evidence of producing solid information of commercial transactions and Mexican Commercial contacts of the Cuban Government. LIFEAT/Polish: LIFEAT continued its coverage in the BEKNAVE/BECHICK operation. (See previous project renewal for background of this case and the LIFEAT participation in it.) Of great interest to this operation was LIFEAT information indicating that the wife of HEKNAVE had become aware of his interest in another woman, and later revelation of reassign- - ment and travel plans of BEKNAVE. te
13-00000 -year, In particular, LIFEAT coverage of LIFEAT/Yugoslav: In addition to the usual information concerning the Yugoslav officials and their daily contacts and activities, LIFEAT provided leads which could pay off in future operations. - One example was a lead which revealed that a diplomatic courier would be travelling alone and taking a new travel route while earrying an official pouch. With this early warning, the Station was able to plan an operation to provide access to this correspon- dence, Although Headquarters finally vetoed this particular oper- ation, sufficient early warning was given by LIFEAT so that the operation could have been carried out, Another example of this type of lead was the data available from LIFEAT coverage that a new location was being sought for the Yugoslav Embassy, and which specific locations were under consideration, Armed with this informa- tion the Station has been able to make a technical casing of one of the prospective sites and obtain information necessary for entry into the other sites, . LIFEAT/Exile : As noted previously, LIFEAT coverage of the exile activities was the single major effort by LIFEAT during the project which included lengthy periods of "live-monitoring”™, on o¢casion called for coverage of five lines, Cabled summaries of LIFEAT information were provided Headquarters and Station Guatemala, It is. believed that the importance of this LIFEAT coverage can not be stressed too much, LIFEAT Coverage of a Costa Rican Communist exile resident in Mexico City has lead to a wealth of operational leads . dneluding the discovery of this person's envolvement in a Communist ' funding mechanism. Also, LIFEAT was active in covering the Spanish ‘Republican exile community in Mexico City during the GPIDEAL visit to Mexico, LIFEAT coverage in this case was considered necessary : to. reveal immediately any renewal of an earlier planned attempt on the life of an ODYOKE official by one group of the Republican Exiles, Ultimately, LIFEAT revealed the departure from Mexico of two of the ringleaders in the plot. LIFEAT/CI/CE: At Headquarters request LIFEAT ¢ yenaee was established on a former SMOTH agent whose past actions aD gg or some suspicion of his present activities, Product from this line has revealed an effort by @ group of this individual's friends to discredit the senior ODACID official in Mexico, Early warning by LIFEAT has made possible the preparation of counter action (see HMMA-21364), LIFEAT has also provided coverage of a suspected RIS support agent, This coverage had provided the background material necessary for checking on the activities of this suspect agent, Continuing LIFEAl reporting on the American Communist Group in Mexico (ACGM) has provided ODENVY with great quantities of information on activities of leftist friends of
13-00000 of the ACGM including thelr travel plans to Mexico and in some cases Cuba. As noted in paragraph I. E. above, the local office of ODENVY considers this coverage "quite valuable", As also noted in previous renewals, LIFEAT ability to give the interested case officers a check on active and former agents increases the security of present opera- tions and provides greater security for long term assets who may have “been in contact with now terminated agents, Conelusion It is the opinion of the Mexico City Station that the support provided other Station operations, the CI/CE information and leads, and the i ability of the unilateral LIFEAT operation to cover sensitive targets “without revealing Station interest to the liaison forces, well justify _the expenditure of funds, time, personnel and security risk, As it has _been noted in the past, that even:with the Station's envolvement in the parallel, but liaison-type LIENVOY operation, a change in e the vresent ra change i could end KUBARK participation in tha . LIFEAT, in addition to maintaining it heavy | eoverage, must be available to once again undertake coverage of the official Soviet and Czech official targets in Mexico City, Therefore, _-LIFEAT'’s present orientation, though toward supporting Station operations -,and CI/CE mission rather than toward targets which would provide positive -:intelligence, leaves it readily available for recall into the Soviet- _ Czech coverage, It is the Station's firm opinion that the LIFEAT project provides a substantial and vital contribution in fulfilment the ~ . several priority objectives of the Station's Related Mission Directive, “There is attached a list of the HMMs produced from LIFEAT provided - ‘material during the period July 1962 through May 1963, as a by-product of the project's prime responsibility of providing support to Station : operations. Progress of the Operation ' per month being 18, and a high in October 1962 of 25 lines covered, The objectives of the LIFEAT Project are of a continuing nature and are therefore not considered for fulfillment during any given period of - time. For this reason percentage fipures as to completion of project objectives cannot be drawn, However, an indication of the coverage provided in working toward fulfillment of the objectives can be noted in that approximately 12,500 pages of raw text were produced in the period July. 1961 through April 1963. LIFEAT has been in daily opera- tion during the review period with the average number of lines covered
13-00000 III, Planning for the Future As was indicated at the time of the last project renewal, LIFEAT hopes to remain uncommitted to coverages that require the expenditures of a great portion of LIFEAT resources but provide coverage of but one target...such as Soviet Embassy coverage, It is added emphatically, however, that should the need arise for LIFEAT to again assume such responsibilities, it is fully able to do so, Until such time LIFEAT will continue to enjoy greater flexibility in the employment of its assets, especially in the areas in which the Station does not wish to reveal ixpenditures — : Approval for renewal of Project LIFEAT was granted 8 August 1962 for _“ : F¥ 1963 in the amount’ of $99,000.00. The proposed budget for FY 1964 - 13 is broken down in the attached Field Project Outline Renewal Requést, | ‘ Part II,, and totals$83, 808. Status of Commitments ibe ! > There are no commitments other than those noted in the project outline i . Submitted herewith and in the individual contracts and. oral agreements er