Cree , oo Polich Legation - | aa E aeeee. EGawPon. wes. * ‘Information on this inetalidtion closely parallds that obtained on the Czech * - rec - z Legation and the Soviet “inatallations. The ldegest emount of information coneerms ing the Polish installation ha been procured :fraa LIFEAT. An. éxemple of reports DF! _ oe ¢ on KILARSKI, Polish Commercial Attache. Another fo ok pum asac Newe vee Seem tad : ; co Mexican Communi st arty and ‘Comuntst_Fronte” , - 7 sO, A aignificant amount of information concesning thé Communt st - Party in Mexico and the Commmist front organizations 4a Nexice was obvained from LIFEAT. Inforna<. tion frei - -LIFEAT hag ‘been invaluable in. ‘gupplenenting agert coverage of the fronte- - organizations which: exiat here. Examples of. "this "pe of Feporting | are as -follove: ' a oy a ast . Travel of Pro-Commat sts an ae _ no a ; American Coomnists in Mexico: CS - ae _ . "7 Qne of the most extensive and productive coverages maintained through LIFEAT - Most of. during this past year was directed against American Communists in Mexico. these targets have been covered at the request of ODENVY and the production has been partially processed by them for thé justification of one of theirdots in their local establishment. A total of 381 reels have been the result of the.” coverage since 1 July 1957 until 25 April 1958." . Foreign Coomunists in Mexico. and Mexican Cormmiste: . . - uy a . LIFEAT continued to provide partial coverage of Eduardo. MACHADO Morales, -. ee . Venezuelan Commmist, until the time of his departure for return to Veneguela. - i ~~ ~~ _LIFEAT also provided some SOreels of coverage on. — ; this coverage it vas — determined that was eulficlently concériéd Gver the departure of the former Soviet Cultural Attache, Yuriy PAPOROV, that he arose from his sick bed in order to make the trip to Veracruz by cer to jnguré that FAPOROV's departure was without , incident. Lita, 4 :
S ig n . oh + NF . Comelusion: ‘and funds well justifies: its reneval. . The Mexico city Station believes that, the. producé of the ‘LIFEAT Frojeet measured: It has also provided: who continue: fo. meet. at against the expenditure of KUBARK assets in terms of personel, time, security rieke - Definite progress: ‘haa. been made in reporting oa , the: ‘objectives of the LIFEAT Project. However, since LIFEAT objectives are.of a continuing rature and are not information produced: by this operation has . designed to be achieved, no statistics can be cited as to the percentage of coverage on each objective. A general indication of the eoverage can be derived when it is - realized that some 15,000 pages of rav text are the direct result of the operation - from vhich the statistics cited above were derived, Except for a period from 1 oe February - 11 April 1958 LISEAT has been in daily operation with some 18 te 23 lines being covered. Generally, these may } be broken: dom as follows: “st foviet Enbassy ° 7 lines Czech Legation =~ 2 lines Polish Legation « 2 lines American Communists.-5 Lines - ‘Remainder - _ 7 Lines AE ROD OP te eee ry om 78 hoo gs. Ql ne te
as ~ a ‘to expend $1563 647. The proposed LIFEAT budget for FY 1999: 48 contained in the attached field project outline Part II; ae oo 6 Status of Commitments _ There are no. conmi tnents 5 thes than those -provided for inthe ‘outline. * Gndividual oatracts of several/LIFEAT 7 personnel. . Tye : : . App rove” ‘vas granted for the period under’ review, 1 duly: 1997. = 7) Juiie? 1958; Ve t a
74-90009 iy "and contract, together with a substantial | auiber of. local:  tadkgenoe ‘controled. - “agents. . woe 2 of the ‘Mexico ‘City Station's 3 ébjectives specifically end has contributed, materially to the intelligence gathering activities ‘connected with the’ Sino- _. Sowket Bloc. In. addition, Project “LIFEAT has béen of considerable value and af assistance. in. m monitoring the- activities’ of Anericans residing ia Mexico City _ " in which ODENVY “has an intéréat and ‘aleo has, at the “direction of Headquarters), vo installed special tops on n targets of opportunity. . ; 2 eo ee ae, be. References INB-A-7063, 5 Jue 1957 - Reqiest fox"Reneval of Project en B-W-5708, i Decanber 1957 - Approval. of Project for FY 7 1958. oS 0 Taske . Case Officer - Edvard P. SECHEN - fo : Assistant Case Officer - Gene F. BRADDOCK be 8. Supervise the operational and administrative activities of ‘staff, éontract and indigenous personnel. , _ De Maintain awareness and provide direction in all operational matters . we . pertaining to the management of the LEFEAT- Project. ‘ : ~ e: Provide guidance and day-to-day”. supervision ‘of the operational phases LIFSAT/LIMERICK, LITHOSPHERE, LImMUs, LIVER end Aniericen Coomunist Group in Mexico activities. an a
df LaFEan/LINS matériel and l nalat Ai x. | i. Boalt end Spt . oes co - 2 Ms Ce eS 1959 in view of the fact that much of the equipnent in current use has been. steadily in ope ation aince thé inception of thé project in 1951. Also;" ain view of expected expansion of the project and the’ possibilities of live monitoring, additional eqiipaie tin: ‘first-class. condi tion . AMdibe necessary. A backlog,.of - “10 new recorders and 300 reels song with repair parts is considered a minsenn for efficient continuance’ of the Project. : ‘ : \ - : : ; - s ; ! —— ce en 7 i oe . ' : . 5 3 1 > - H . . H , : : 4 r . ‘ z % i . - se here ate tae . . fn ae + ‘ : ; -3. ; ~ wt ' . t ~ - i “te,