. 3.) Project Budget: The following is a cost breakdown for the preceding, current, and next fiscal years: *Increases reflect the "cost-of-living" Sranted effective 1 January 1972, co i ‘ 4. Foreign Currency: There are no special requirements: for foreign currency. : m4 >. Commitments: Upon termination, the agents will be paid a termination bonus not to exceed three month's salary, 6. Funding: Case officers pay the assets. directly, The ’ funds are’ accounted for with end receipts obtained from the assets, KDAFGHAN-1 has sufficient private income to cover the JKLANCE ‘funds he receives. | en me | Te Accountability: ‘All funds are accounted for by receipts and/or certifications as required by Agency regulations, . . t Annexes: ! ; None, if ‘ 1 ! |
iio REGUINID. RUTERENGES bief, Western Hemisphere Divisioa | seat RECS AY FIG “es he Ei ‘5 i) A i 5) | we ro E aon R RET eed : _. Chief of St ation, _liexitco City | oe eee ] tHEO, . | om ne eee | | { | UProject ee ' an ‘1. The Project LIONION Renewal for FY 1971 wag ! approved by the Chief, "Western Hemisphere Division on. a oe | . . 26 June 1970 in the amount of A copy of the | Renewal is being forwarded by split transmission, Douglas F. TASSELL . > Attachments: A) Left Side h/y B) Center u/s/e via Split transmission C) Right Side u/s/e via split transmission | Diatribution: Orig. & 1 ~ Cos, Mexico City w/att h/y & u/s/e via split transaission . i 7 ne | US COPY | CROSS REFERENCE TO ‘DISPATCH SYMGOL AND NUMBER DATE | d JUL | HMMW-~17977 30 June Eo ! 7 5 E tassicion HOS Fe NUMBER rr E , H : RET VS0:6-12 RI oe CHRONO. 3 ‘onene mT ritas RELEASING Se OFFERS NGMATURE "C x rane ae : oy Ral BH OSEXE SYMBOL DATE . CAMA 1 13a fon ay
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LIONION ~ Mexico City, Mexico ' FI/CY Support Project Targettcd Against the Cuban Embassy in Mexico ‘City. FY 1971 Cost ‘ Purpose: The LIONION Project provides the Mexico City Station with Iixed, selective photographic and physical survelllance =of the Cuban Embassy and Cuban Consulate in Mexico Citv. It is designed to provide information in support of Priority A, paragraphs 2 and 4 of the current Operating Directive, that is, the Cuban target present in-Mexico and the support rendered by Cubans in Mexico to exile and other leftist groups in Mexico. : Description: ! 1. The LIONION Project currently encompasses two agents, LIONION/1 and LIONION/2, a-basehouse directly across from the Cuban compound, and a safechouse for meetings with Station Case Officers, The two agents furnish photographic coverage during daylight hours of the main entrance to the Cuban Embassy. In addition, on a spot basis, photographic coverage ‘and visual surveillance of the Cuban Consulate entrance is possible. The agents also act as dispatchers for the unilateral LIEMBRACE surveillance team when the LIFMBRACE team is being ; used against Cuban target individuals. A description of the individual assets is set forth below. 2. LIONION/1 .(201-288248): A Cuban lawyer in exile in Mexico who left Cuba in 1960. He has been the principal agent of the LIONION Project since 1962. LIONION/1's cover is that of a translator and would-be writer. Family holdings in
“assistant and -Z- ‘Tampa, Florida, inherited from bis deceased father also’ ‘wprovide financial backstopping. LIONION/1 received. his immigrado” (permanent immigrant) status in 1965 and. now ochds.a good deal of ,immunity from harassment from Mexican immigration authorities, All photographic coverage of the ‘main Embassy gate through final printing, cropping, and ‘3, ‘Mounting “is processed by LIONION/1. LIONION/1 and LIONION/2 “maintaii a log which indicates when a photograph was taken, and pertinent. identifying data. License numbers of cars’ ' used by! various Cuban Embassy personnel aro recorded as woll as license numbers of cars of unidentified persons visiting the Cuban Embassy. | ; 3. LIONION/2 (201-305604): Mother of LIONION/1L. Her cover is that of a dependent mother. As with LIONION/1, she has "immigrado" status and has heen associated with the LIQNION Project since 1962, LIONION/2 acts as LIONION/1's fill-in whenever he is away from tho LIONION basehouse, . Changes: During the project year, the pulse camera coverage of ‘the Cuban Consulate entrance was discontinued, Little or no uSe was being made of the product from this camera. One reason for limited use was that there was no real way to readily fix the time--or the day-- a particular photo was taken. There were no other significant changes in the project during FY 1970. — Accomplishments: -l. The LIONION production for FY 1970 consisted almost entirely of photographic coverage of visitors to the Cuban Embassy main entrance and of logs of the movement of Cuban Embassy personnel and visiters. This proved very useful in identifying new Cuban Embassy PCS cmployces in Mexico. The monitoring also revealed which cars the various employees usually drove. 2.  LIONION also tock photographs of what appeared to ~ be American visitors to the Cuban Embassy front gate. Jn the case of Americans -who arrived in automobiles bearing U.S. license. plates, the license plate numbers, car descriptions, and sterile copies of photographs were given .to LNERGO for identification. |