Date: 02/21/05 - JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM - IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : CIA Released under the John RECORD SERIES : JFK AGENCY FILE NUMBER : RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE DOCUMENT INFORMATION WKSsassination Records oOllection Act of 1992 (44 USc 2107 Note}. ase#: NW 53320 Date: AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA Ng—26-2017 FROM : CHIEF WH DIVISION TO : COS MEXICO CITY TITLE : DISPATCH-CONFUSION IN USE OF CRYPTONYMS. DATE : 04/01/1964 PAGES : 4 SUBJECTS : JFK ASSASSINATION TECHNICAL OPERATION DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER ‘CLASSIFICATION : SECRET RESTRICTIONS : 1c . . CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED IN PART PUBLIC - RELEASED WITH DELETIONS | DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/07/04 COMMENTS : JFK-RHO7 : F133 : 20040324-1064413 \ [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10414-10363 HW 53320 Docld:32392947 Page 1
* PROCESSING ACTION Rw Te ee | 0 T MARKED FOR INDEXING =. ns ONLY QUALIFIED DESK an CAN JUDGE INDEXING FROM a ; oo “| Chief, WH Division if SUBJECT os ae a nn : So, ; : PBRUMEN LIFEAT/LIERODE, Confusion in Use of Cryptonyms _ | ACTION REQUIRED - REFERENCES——— . eo Co Lo a MICROFILM woo 2, Phe Station's use of certain cryptonyms identifying technical . operations against PBRUMEN TPELIDE in Mexico has caused confusion in |o-":Headquarters elements responsible for sourcing and dissemination of . ‘information produced,. and for supporting the entire complex of .. “operations itself. The cryptonyms in question are (a) LIFEAT vey “ (b) LIERODE-(c) MKTRAP (d} LICOOL/11 and (e) PBIMPULSE. The original - meaning of. these cryptonyms is being forwarded under Separate cover. - "g\ cme purpose of this dispatch is to submit for Station comment ‘a review of the technical operational effort against PBRUMEN TPELIDE ‘the operation, (2) to urge a more precise use of cryptonyms in ‘yeporting, this activity which would benefit Headquarters personnel || ‘yesponsible for monitoring and supporting these operations and (3) to . confusion mentioned in this dispatch. = 9 20 wo i - Gntroduced into the target using LIFEAT assets and was actuated from. “the -LIFEAT VI basehouse. This is mentioned only to complete the record —. “and does’ not pertain to the intent of this discussion. Properly... OL “L2:. speaking the initial effort begins with the activation of LIFEAT/. ‘s LIERODE in February 1959, as indicated in HMMA 12358. Subsequently ~ “eight (8) LICCOL* attempts were made during 1960-1961 against the same ‘target. “The LICOOLS were monitored from a mobile LP. (not LIFIRE), | “to as the LIERODE base. The most productive cperation of this sort - seems to have been LICOOL/11, activated on 9 May 1959, according to —  MEXI 3884, dated 15 May 1959. According to our records the last LICOO} . -. eeased functioning during late 1961. Please confirm. . Attachment - u/s/e | Distribution , 9&1 ~ COS, Mexico City w/att “yp ao 52K CROSS REFERENCE TO , ; DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER DATE ; dae - . ; . oo, or | ee od ARS 7 HMMW 12454 - | L April 1964..." a . CLASSIFICATION . : HQS FILE NUMBER oS Sees i ; SEQRET  §0-6-32/6 an ____ ORIGINATING __ oe oo a, _ [ orrice _ S nee — TYPIST “EXT. 1 - RI _ [LWH/3/Mexico/L Sanchez ~ rg . 5940 1 - Chrono — | COORDINATING - ; ' L-- TSD/ASB ce |_ OFFICE SYMBOL | DATE OFFICER'S NAME 1 + TSD/Photo | " a a 7 WH/E I 'SD/ASB | ij 'SD/Photo GG RELEASING OFFICER’S S(GNSPR f OFFICE SYMBOL | | C/WHD - DATE [QA. . (8456. (40) \ FORM 53 _usE PREVIOUS EDITION ir 53320 Docld: 323927947 . Page 2. Since its inception.. The objectives are (1) to complete Headquarters |.. ‘yecords. which lack considerable detail concerning the intricacies of | ‘suggest a. few administrative adjustments which would dispel the present 3. The initial effort against the target was PBIMPULSE.. It was’ |-.°  Basehouse ABLE and Basehouse BAKER, and the latter came to be referred | genet, mt
CLASSIFICATION ceo DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER ’ CONTINUATION OF. = | RR DOK - DISPATCH = fs SES HMMW 12454 4, At that time a different technique was planned. The following _- briefly outlines the development of the operations which the Station _ habitually refers to as "MKETRAP": a '"" . "5 vebruary 1962: Request for operation received at MKCHARITY by Harvey C. MULFORD. . - a .. 8 Feb.-Mar.1962: . Design and construction of MKTRAP. 9 March 1962  ; MKTRAP delivered to LIFEAT CO for — placement in target area. .. oo oO 10 March 1962. : MKTRAP installed by LIFEAT assets and . initial LP tests performed from LIFEAT VI basehouse with negative results. — Oo ee oe 14 March 1962 : LP tests conducted with revised series ' line connections with positive results... 0... 1 oe _ 6-13 April 1962; Design and construction of LP equipment. 46 April 1962 :; Installaction of LP equipment in ~ .. LIFEAT VI basehouse, eet a -. MKTRAP, although moved from room to room, remained in place within the target area, though inactive most of the time. - During November. . 1963 MKTRAP was re-actuated from a second LIFEAT basehouse known as ‘ Basehouse CHARLIE. ne a eS = 5, The photo surveillance of PBRUMEN TPELIDE was put into effect,} « -. using basehouse BAKER (LIERODE Base) at the same time that MKTRAP was | -» . aetuated. This pheto coverage, the basehouse, PBRUMEN TPELIDE and the . activity for which the cryptonym was first authorized have all been identified as LIERODE which has created considerable confusion here at | . Headquarters. co ne re “6. According to scanty Headquarter's records. the following operations have utilized these bases against the target: — a. PBIMPULSE = - ae LIFEAT VI : be LIcoLs So _ Basehouses ABLE and BAKER ( c. LIFEAT/LIERODE =i si isCLEFEEAT VI ‘ a. “yRTRAP" oo oo - LIFEAT VI, Basehouse 7 oO oat BAKER, Basehouse CHARLIE , e. PHOTO  ———~—«S«& s,s Ba Ssehouse BAKER. Headquarters has the impression that the principal factors. that contributed to the suspension of MKTRAP activity from LIFEAT VI, were the physical deterioration of the house itself and the divorce of the basehouse keepers. The current LIFEAT Project Oytline indicates that. LIFEUD 14 and LIFEUD 17 were obtaining a divorce and were terminated : - as of 30 September 1962. Headquarters assumes they were the occupants] -. .of LIFEAT VI, yet the project outline does not show that the base was f “ elosed. LIFEAT VI was Listed on page 20 of the outline as an active _|} > wnit. On the other hand, page 15 of the outline states that LIFEUD 22 and LIFEUD 23 are occupying the "LIERODE photo basehouse", but that ' they have never been involved in LIFEAT work. This indicates that . LIFEAT/LIERODE and the photo work against the PBRUMEN target are now - being conducted from two different basehouses. The project outline | -. also indicates that while it had been planned to have this base serve PAGE NO. : ; CDASSIFICATION : | FORM Le . “| 5:89 (53a USE PREVIOUS EDITION. - ooo KF A POE L [ | oS (40 Ne 53320 Docld:32392947 Page 3