74-90000 ~ 7 \ . oo Eee Pass [ ‘ CONTINUATION OF i — CHAS SIFICATION TOMmPATGH STMBGL a (0 HUMBER DISPATCH . SECRET | HMMA = $8188 ; i LIONION-1, the ‘Station will recommend that the FY-71 budget ‘ine lude another gift of $250.00 USD to defray part of the expense of the air ‘fare.on the second part of his vacation. The matter of future medical expenses was discussed with LIONEON-1 and he said that should there be additional expotisos for LYIONION-2 in the ‘Suture which he cannot pay fro his own budget, then he will ask his two ‘brethers who have respon- 7 . Sible jobs in. WOLADY: for assistance. LIONION-1 felt that since she aa oon lives with him, - dito was: his: responsibility to pay the first medical yo “on °| expenses. of LIUNION-2 which have,occurred for a considerable period an “cf of time. . PELLEMENT ‘informed LIONION-1 that duc to the age of LIONION-2 : “of the Station cannot assume ‘responsibility. for, her medical expenses - which could continue to rise in coming years. “LIONION-1 said he understood. this: ‘and. was very grateful to RVROCK for helping this one. Sa a _ time. . PLANS rn i 8. ‘As ‘discussed above, the Station's main plans for the. LIONION Project. during the first three months of Cy-70 will be to increase |. our ability “to identify the LIONION photographic product. Station -recommendations for improvement in this field will be forwarded “.. | promptly when a feasible program has been found. The Station will oy :-continue to usc LIONION-1 -to dispatch the LIEMBRACE team. The immediate -"‘| goals are to identify the residences of the new LIRING personnel when - ‘ unable to do so through more passive means, and to continue surveillance Se for different lengths of timo on different days against priority LIRING : ns targets with the hope that by determining their patterns of activity, , the Station will be able to improve its access to them and the LIRING target. LeTHfé E. BdbnS¥— ror ; CLASSIFICATION ~ PAGE NO. ~ ORM a.64 3a USE PREVICUS EDITICN. SECRET KO | cownmueo 3-o0f 3
DISPATCH | osecnrr jp 2 ===— nt * SOD RRO Chief, Western Hemisphere Divisi ‘ — _Pivision 4 XX iC UE Eeas Ut ttty iedla ~~ , a |. Chief of Station, Mexico City 4&9 ; PR aah ciel moran Tn neem eettentnen te ~~ LIONION - Progress Report, 1 _duly_t hrough 31 October, A ce OY QUALIRTO DegR “7 Operat tonal/PERUMEN LIONTONT AciOn ttauiaio REMRGRCES Action Required: None, FYI BACKGROUND | 1, The LIONION Project provides a. fixed photographic sur- velllance of LIRING and a base for the Yadio dispatch of the LLEMBRACE Surveillance team. The basehouse is manned by LIONION-]1] and LIONION-2, who have Operated as a team avainst the LIRING target for more than Six yoars, . 4 OPERATIONAL DEV ELOPYENTS oe MENTS 2. Operational Meetings. LIONION-1 and the undersigned con- tinued to meet at least Ohce each week to exchange the results of the week's activity and to discuss hew requirements, Additional meetings were held, as required, to levy new requirements which we had a short suspense time. LIONION-1 usually provided the answers to these short Suspense requirements by telephone using a prearranged code, _ 3. Photographic, There was no Significant change in tho photographic coverage of LIRING during the reporting period except that the pulse camera coverage of the Consulate terminated in October (see paragraph. 8). . 4. Audio Reguirements for LIONION., Station review of the LIONION product subsequent to the loss of LISAMPAN/DOG in early May 1969, shows a Sigaificant decrease in LIONION-1's ability to identify LIRING visitors. Relying on his memory of persons pre- viously identified, LIONION-1 is able to identify routine visitors, but now he has no way of identifying new visicors. For this reason, the Station is presently assessing the possibility of providing LIONION-1 with a straight tap of the former LISAMPAN/DOG line, Continued......es08, Distribution: . Original and 2 - Chief, WHD Beater raat AND wueate ety: ~ _ HMMA - 38073 7 November 1969 : ~GASSiFICAtION Te ccs SECRET *50-6-1223 rere CROSS RELRENCE 19