14-00000 Beh i v7) tri Q F<] io i] LIONION FROJECT RENEWAL A. Objectives l. Project LIONION, 9 long-term rupport project designed to provide fixed photographic, technical, and physical surveillance of the PBRUME Embeesy and Conanlate in Mexico City, has the following specific objectives: a. To furnish photographic coverago during daylight houre of the main entrances to the target inctallation. .. b. fo operate ag a listening post in support of technical operations agninst this target to conplegent the pho togrephic coverage. . “@. To radio ‘dispatch physicel surveillance teans against persons aseoclated with the target. | 4d. To soaist the Station in compilin: information for individual dossiers on officials of the target installation. e. To fulfill various requirements in support of other Station PRRUMENK operations. 2. The nbove-cited objectives are in agreement with the. over-all objectives of Station Mexico City. Be Changes Oliver D. CIVOCH assumed administrative and operational responsibility for Project LIONION in December 1967 and : . _. continued this responsibility until his departure in December : ; 1668. Pending arrival of CISOCH's replacement, the Project was handled by Station Officer Gerald D. FANTLANGER and Station WOACRE representative, Walter W. COhMBURY. On 28 February 1969, LIONLOK~1 "was introduced to Andrew E. PELLEMENT, who assumed Project y ‘responsibility effective that date. ; . ; C. Intelligence Production As an onerational suprort project, Project LIOV ION does not produce dissemirable positive intelligenca. Quantitatively, during.CY 1968, the Project provided cver 4,000 selective individual photographs of persons and/or vehicles entering the target instellation and over &,0CQ feet of pulse camera film. There hes ‘SECRET rps
14-00000 oe tay a SECRET - been no formal audio product frem Project ‘LICn TOK since July. - °1968 when: the transcription of the -LIS SARPAK/DOG traffic was : terminated. As reported extensively in HMMA. 36553, 19. February 1969, the Station has teen unable to activate LISAIPAN/ ' ... SHAKER sinee 16 January 1969, A qualitative analysis of the “LIONTON “product is discussed “in Paragraph 1 telow, The Station ig unable to evaluate the worth of the pulse catera operation “gince the bulk film, undeveloped, is pouched directly to Headquarters. The. cdst:of this portion of the operation is . minimal, however, since it is limited to the cost of the filn. and development at Keadaquarters. The camera works autovatically. = . and requires only minimal maintenance. QD. Effectiveness 1. Project LIOVION is considered by Station Mexico City as essential to ita PRRUMEN operations, It has consistently proven _highly effective and respons sive to Station reaquirezents of both ‘long and short renge neture. LIOQNION-1, the Project's only full “time agent, continues to furnish on a timely basis, information on the personalities and eactivities of the target personnel. _ ZIONION~2 continues to backstop LIONICK-1 and substitute for hin - when he is away from his post. .At the age of 70, she is not able to man the LIOFICN base full time, and her sight is failing. She is atle to photogre ph visitors, however, and live monitor the LIS ALPAN/DOG traffic. LIOKION-2's role as a backstop to LIONTOK-1 insures continuous coverage of the target during daylight hours, five days a week, LIQEION-l's more than 'eix years of experience working on the same target continue to produce an increasingly complete and accurate identification of the staff and visitors to LINING. These years of experience have developed an agent knowledgeable of WOPIRN operational and security requirements who will often bring to the Stetion's attention those matters which he feels are of immediatée interest without havirg special requirements levied. upon him and without waiting for the next regularly scheduled meeting with his Station contact. He has on numerous occasions notified. the Station of the presence of suspect FPBRREUMEN security types. “ He. has also frequently passed along operational leads of use’ to the Station in other aspects of its PERUMEN operations. _ 20° The addition of LISA:PAN/DoG to the LIONION besenouse has noticeably increased LIONIOGh-l's ability to identify new ' visitors to the target and at times, determine the nature of their business. The LISAMPAN/DOG product was channeled to the LIOQNION besehouse by carrier currént from LISAVPAN/LISASH on 10 April 1968. Since its primary value is es an aid to LIOKION-1 in identifying LIRING visitors, its preduct has not been recorded
SECRET —3— or transcribed since July 1968. LIONICN-1 live monitora the treffic from his baschouse. LISA! PAX-l1 whe mans the LISASH — base has been told nothing of the LIGHION base and LIONIOK-1 -was Offered no explanation concerning the manner in which LISAMPAN/DOG production is channeled to him. Thus a possible combromise of the LISASI! basehouse, linked directly to LIRING, would not compromise the LIChiok basehouse which has no direct link with the target. Mee 3, Project LIONION was of direct assistance to the Station cone two separate occasions in recent monthss “ca, As a result of informetion received on a priority Baie basis (the same day as requested) from LFONION-1, the mo Station was able to verify certain statements nade by SSMASRON=1 concerning the locetion of LINING officials at specific times. LIOKIOK-1 reported the times at which these officials ceme in and out of tne LINING compound and provided a description of the clothes they were weering at the time. LICNION-1l's informat ion raised the possibility that ESMAFROV-~1 might at least have been corfused in his reporting of the tines at nich he met LIPING personnel, etc. b. In March 1969, LIOUTCi-l was able to provide pictures of three VOLADY males, who, although unidentified, fitted the general description and time frame furnished by LNERGO. The latter suspected thet two or three VOLADY — dvaft doégers might visit LIRING to srrange trevel.to -PBRUMEN. The Station was able to furnish LNERCO with pictures of the three together with a report of their _ arrival and departure from LIRING within three hours of dig reyguest for information. Additionul information wae promptly forwarded to ILNERGO as it tecame available from LICNICu-1. 4. During the past year, LIGhloONe-l acted as a dispatcher for the LIEIREACE surveillence tean on a number of occesions. By utilizing .his vantage point in the area of the target, he is able to redio information to the LIEMERACE teaa on the arrival and deperture of LIRING officials thus allowing the team to remain at a distsree from the target unseen hy possible, counter-_ surveillence from the target. The Station plens to use. LION ION-1 in this role tere nx tens ively in the coming yeer wherever . surveillance of LININ: personnel entails the team's presence rear the LiRING compound, Such utilization of LICkiGN=1 should lessen the risk of expogure of the team to the PHRUME. IS. uw Bi o> a) ta r3
14-00000 ar Ry Th Mm Ss EBCRE? i . de 5, LIOVICN-1,- himself, continues ‘to provide the consistently high level of productivity that has characterized his work in “past years. As merticned above his response to priority require- ments continues. to te ost gratifying. He is prodpt in ‘gutmitting both operational and administrative reports to the -Station. He is ready, at a tioments notice, to change ersonal 4 . y o) plans when a need for his services arises. After five years without a substentiel vacation, Licricn-l plans a three week trip from 4 = 25-Hay to Europe (Itsly, Greece, France) and the ULS.A. He originally requested five weeks to take this trip for which he has long ssved his fonev, but quite willingly ‘shortened the trip to three weeks at the Ststion's request and added that he woul? postpone the entire trip if the Station ‘thought his services were more needed at home. In order to help defray the cost of making & second trip ta Surope to complete his original itinerary, the Station will give LICK IOkel1 -a gift of $250 on 1 ay 1969 and will tell him that consideration will be given in 1970 to providing en equal 9 ount, but no a st decision can be -made on that second gift until mid-1970. E. Problens LISAMDAR/SAnzee: As renorted in HMA 36553, 19 February 1 1969, LISARPAN/BAKER was turned off for security reasons on 16 January 1969 at 1745 hours. All subseauert attempts to -yeactiva.e it heve been unsuccessful. Headquarters was requested to review all available Station informaticn on this to decide whether BAKER'a abrupt end was the result of 4a compromise or whether it was somehow connected with the installation of TELEX equipment at LIRING. _ 9, DISaLPAN/TOG: The LISAMPAN/DOG/LETEAP installation is generally working well. There have been nurerous occasions when due to unknown circumstances the audio reception has either been vad or non-existent, Valter W. CONKBURY and FESLEMENT visited the LIS AKPAH/LISAS# tesehouse and round no sredlem with the monitoring equipment there. ‘The trouble mey nave resided with the central office of the LTRISK comrany ané was probably not the result of technical counter-surveillance of LIRING. As of 3 April 1969, LISAKFAN/DOG was working proverly and automatically.. 3, There have been no significant pereornel, security, ‘corale or edministretive problems since the las*t vroject renewal. F. Liaison ‘Not agpliceble to Project LIONICN. . 7 . car . ecoeeery Sey (ARLEISSION SEC RS To RO RIG cOStMulANGH