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14-00000 we we, | ae \ le the orojeet review pre- aims and abfectives af the 4 4 such an i “3 recommends ayied Trom the year to be an ‘careful handline S roject - above, i CT wp ey 4. cSt ta tired LYVYVGQns.
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14-00090 uw yp I. to project objectives. ) ing to LIMERICK personnel 2 provide wortawhile idn- DEO Ject peview forvaried — Boa SLING was used to ~ ‘acl 2) pot n TREAT ana I STEN ny oF Jective. ab oY urrent records moLished by is used.to ald the Station in maintaining’ viet personnel Living in} cco. Tris id: LIENVOY leads which : 3 ate Sevict interest in renting Operational’ information pertai one al installations end pers on: CANELING has. proved. 6 ing information . shes poslav fovever, LEnS Wepre co Vee Olk Laer S COOLS AS iF : ‘ i ae sa th ee Creer gs © searemyn ates poe pe SSE +
14-00000 | me 3 WAS OL SaNen SCANTLING' 5 man: wn On Fully @ and. I i provided _seanched ab c Carry ine e portion en. “SCANTEENG I's “ef 26 ; ransed from the mai! “neh BVReu eb INTLING also made calls to various ext Parmnna Ne Cs sy ee oes S 3ENCS OLE rain: vival gins Vos San patie Projecs SOLor Thetis ata ne enamine bee Ai
14-00000 Hen. aL o eollect vO Station is object Lye, Lobe am or ssently work: : suopected of pemandet Party Heacace area wi Ze 3. “To provide operational support to rer hotel rooms and safe adartments, Poles, conduc oh a8 counter-surveiillances. AMROD ation wes noted in paragraph I.A.5.a. above. comprehensive i personal operational capabilities enable in to make a tion in such operations as AMROD and also sites in swopvort of the Station's operations. The xrticularly Gana) MDE and LIEMPTY~Lo, presently provide 20 mail: drops for use of Mexico City Station and plenned 4 tO _redue e this number considerably yy Ce, of post o -ormation produ control and Fu o { Q a © i < 2 ise po ran 3 3 Ode yoy EEL LO on
14-00000 rt im k * , * “Th is likely, to work during the coming rode at ancellation of her operational O bg a) payments to her in the: wécted for LEEMPPY-19 in due to this were origin whe Erp tA jor pr obl ems YTacing the _opere ation which trould feck iveness of this operation. The security the operation and desoriped din HMMA-1.5979 ARS been p vesolved by the Cupan Government's release 2 As was noted vreviously, one of tos month of October
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14-00000 — oo - | oo ae | ( | | REVIEW OF PROJECT LIEMPTY | (For the Purpose of Project Renewal) : COVER SHEET : CRYPTONYM —_LIEMPTY FIELD CASE OFFICE poe rem NIARCO: TATION Mexico City ‘Tre atrached project action is present ed for approval for the period | i December 1962 through 30 November 1963, | . ral Betty , . - COPY. AO s weete munguiwti et e e
14-00000 Review of Project LIEMPTY (For the purpose of Project Renewal) | VENAVA a Oe A. Oliver G, scale 3 Segment (discussed in relation to project objectives): : We 1, “TO collect oo. information pertaining: to LIMERICK personne -vious Projec = eviews forwarded as attachments to HMMA - 17999, 3L Octover 1541, November i950 1 to provide worthwhile information pertaining to this ob- jective, During the past year SCANTLING has continued to be used 2x-. tensively co follow up leads produced by LIFEAT and LIENVOY, An ex- cellent exampie of this blending of various Station support assets was the investigation and casing performed 1 by SCANTLING after leads from both LIENVOY and LIFEAT indicated the possibilie(of launching a successful tecnnical operation against the residenge\ EEG tgh ranking ‘LIMERICK intelligence officer assigned to ME exieh\under’ ‘diplomatic cover, #ith the aid of the thorcugh casing fesoxt and netg shoorhood investigation completed sf by SCANTLING, Seatio KURTOT personnel, supported by other Station SuppOrt-assets, were sueécé ssful. in ins stalling g@ a technical device in the a a target, SCANTLING c -ontinues to , be the Station's prima ry means of keeping current records on the.residences of the many Soviet personnel in Mexico Ct ity, fee is primarily accomplished through SCANTLING's follow up of all LIENVOY ieads whicn indicate interest by Soviets in specific quarters, ay (See previous pr oject renewal requests for additional details, 2, “To collect operational information pertatning to other targets of OC} pportunit: . vorelen official installations and personnel of i: ncelligence inn terest operat ing in Mexico". SCANTLING is very useful for collecting in- tor nation on otner St ation tar gets: mc ce a, On the basis. of: a. lead: from the ODACID i lar Jevacruz, the Station Git Heaaquariers support i. ae ounted an operation co unobrrusive y savotage a large unit of agricultural ninery (of U. S.cotig 5 waticn was in transit tO apa, To fine im “ccomplish in fLtG. mat this ¢ >peration, | essent tal.
Db. SCAN. nabs a detailed investigation of Harotun ("H , <OPOIAN, employee of American Communists. A ipbert and Marsavéetr LT Zi? . \\\ determined the residence of KOPOLAN as welh (es: aaa ily istatus and come ctions ad As c. In the Sate elite’ area, SCANTLING completed a casing of an i icial Yugoslav installation in conjunction with a project ed Station technical operation. 3. "To exploit operational leads through recruitments, debriefing and surv elltances. " SCANTLING has contributed to this objective both . directly and indirectly as noted in the following examples: _ a, SCANTLING completed a detailed and secure interview cf - the tlancee of ‘SESMOOTH to determine her connection with the principals in the MCMAYFOWL case, particularly any connection with procurement of documents used in Re tligat behind the Lron Curtain. This assignment was extr “sensitive: (SCANTLING ' was not told true, sean 3 R sed erview) and SCANTLING did an admirable job wa ema inta ining his, cover for having the interview. MA ken : dD. SCAN TLING was: called. on! forte xtensive initial spade work qi ne BEKNAVE/BECHIOK operation, SCANTLING ~ gave his i competent perfotmance despite the fact that the role assigned wa Was unique to his experience. ct -t Li Ss tL EL nee = c, SCANTLING performed one man surveillance of a sensitive Station Soviet double agent which contributed significanriy to that operation. cd. SCANTLING was used extensively during the visit of GPIDEAL as part of the Station's effort in providing maximum protection for the GPIDEAL. party, 2.) In addition, “SCANTLING performed Aumerous-preréxt and.~- neighborhood investigations, sore at which: were niet: a ye, SCANTLING also Coes most of the local investigations paereial ODACID and athe # OBYOKE components, 4, In addition to his” contributions vo che above opjecti , SCANTLING is used for miscellaneous support requirements from the Srar lon, For exa ee SCANT LIs iG i nance lea LEEMBROIL-2 untii cae return of LIMOTO! : 1962, SCANT LING 3 iS S aise used to Spor rent sate he HWSES on for other Srack on ooerations See os
14-00000 a, _ | | Cy i { ! } i Oo. AS aoeGD  reoeeding Requests for Project Renewal, aitnough SCANTLIN LEMP RY: pletely fulfilled, it is thers at WOT: opiniont that SCA; NTLING | 1as made iinportant and valuable c Aigibutions to LIEMPTY Project cbjectives specifically and to other pir activities in general. SCANTLING's| production, measured against monetary expenditures, case officer time and other intengible factors, unquéstionably justifies his continuation as an integrai part of Project LIEMPTY, . B, Raymond | GERENDE Se gment (discussed in relation to project opjectives): . 1. "To collect operational information pertaining to LIMERICK . personnei and physical facilities through use of photographic base houses. : ‘Three photographic bases, LIMITED, LILYRIC and LICALLA, contribute ! to this objective, To avoid repetition, the nan is omitting the usual ! description of the functions of rene thee Sand | now they contribute . to the above objective. Et is(Was Sh lesex ibad oi ail in the 1960 Request for Project Renewal, (EMA e679). a ——- 2. “fo collect ole nfortnacion and identify operational 7 leads pertaining to Station argets of ‘oppor unity," The LIENTRAP operation, handled by GER} ENDE, is still the major contributor to this objective, Arnong LIENTRAP's ; regular and extensive photographic assignments, was the photo staxeout of prominent Mexican Communists (some of whom have never been photographed previously by KUBARK) and Communist Party Headquart ers. _During this assignment, LUENTRAP was able to cover tne recent move of PCM Headquarters (the first information Station had or the move) and to continue photo surveillance at the new site. 7 3. ."To provide operational support to Station operations, i.e. , vent notel rooms and apartments, and con duct counter-surveiliances," CRY RE NDE is used frequen Lely to rent TOre i rooms | and apart wg nts for or her Station operations-and activities, GHRE . Sicomprehans ae <now ledge and personal op atiotal capa. ities’ ¢ inet
14-00000 | er 4, The shicRGee and, py the photographic Wase and other activities under GERENDE 5 control and supervision is considered worthwit ile: mid in some cases unique, The Station concludes, therefore, thansthis (segment of the LIEMPTY Project snould be continued, Be C. Relationship to Related Mission Directive Objectives: — AS stated in previous project renewals, it can- readily be noted that Project LIEMPTY has provided support to many Station operations and in this manner has been a contributing factor to the furtherance of the Related Mission Directive, The project has not produced any p osit ive intelligence nor has ic been intended that it should do so. The project's sole purpose is tO provide a mechanism for the development of operational information in support of cther Station operations. il CHANGES re have b sn no changes in the LIEMPTY Px “O ject Guring the ye r affec ting either objectives or. ‘persomel, il BRPPECTIVENESS rn 2 ag been no change in Project LEEMPTY which would alter the validity of the remarks rade in Section If of 1960 project renewal re- quest (HMMA 15979) IV. PROBLEMS Tue security problem in connection with the L (CALLA operation, which was cescr ined i in 1960 renewal request, is still p resent our has caused no <newn difficulty, At Headquarters suggestion in eM IW-9735, the LICALLA vase was reactivated on 29 May 1961, The base ope ratoy con- tinues tO beu alert for any unusual incidents which. might indicate that the Ve PLANS on rer, Ot ders.that.the 4 oe xpand it duzin Nika’ bet ter Belize ne. existing p: us, AS inthe past, stacioa will co atin improve rhe compartmentation : ‘ad security of the proj The Station consi size and does not p! lan be continued to refine’ arrangemed LES optim um sjoperatix Qe ihe “coming + yes coe oo os “Pb aen ibe TM eee renee interes ian ei LH ATURE
14-00000 i t 5 ag ee Nese i Vi. ao, COSTS A. Past Pr oject Year - Station tinance records indicate that Project -LIEMPTY expended approkitmately $26, 250 during Fiscal Year 1962 (1 December 1961 - 30 June 1962) and has thus far during F 1963 (through 30 September 1962) expended about $7, 000. oo, anticipated that about $8, 000.00 will be expended during the last two months (Octoser and November 1962) of the project year, _ take a iotel expenditure during the project year of about $43, 230, or estimate of $49, 500, 00. $3, 250. CO un der the budget ¢ B, Next Project Year - Of the total $49, 900.00 budget, “approximately $30, 400.00 should be expended during the remainder of Fiscal Year 1963 and the balance, $19, 500.00 should be expended during 964, Normal accounting procedures will be used for all ex-. Fiscal Year i penditures, AGENT SALARIES (includes Christmas bonus 1962) Raymond H, GERENDE® Oliver G. SCANTLING.” Louise J. MACRINO (at $US 2.02 per hour) ° LIEMPTY-4 LIEMPTY-5S {at $US 1.75 per hour) LIEMPTY-éd LIEMPTY-7 (mo salary) LIEMPTY-& LIEMPTY-9 LIBMPTY- 10 © LIEMPTY-ii- LIEMPTY~-i2 LIEMPTY-13 LIEMPTY~14 LIEMPTY~-19° LIEMPTY-24 (no salary) SUB TOTAL $US Per Annum . 6, 000, 00 5, 500, 00 900, 00 2, 400, 00 1, 000. 00 3, 500. 00 2, 200.00 3, 200,00 | i Ko > m5 me , $24; 000. 00 Fiscal Year It is This will item ized below, FY.1963 FY 1964
14-00000 OPERATIONAL FY 1963 FY i964 Transportation: Maintenance of MV raw MV 2284, and 2236 * 2,000. 00 Real Estate: Rent, utilities, and maintenance safehouses © *LIMITED 3, 300. 00 *LICALLA ~ 1, 700. 00 LILYRIC | i, 200.00 ‘Procurement of safehouses, post office boxes, and L_ reatt g of automobiles ~ (VY . Purchase of information, iden tification documents, and Bribe A SUB TOTAL $9,700.00 — | $5, 700. 00 $4, 000. 08 OPERATIONAL EQUIPMENT Repair, maintenance and pur- chase of re >olacement photographic equipment and purchase film 1, 200.00 SUB TOTAL $ 1, 200.00 | $700.00 § 500. 00 GRAND TOTAL $49,900. C0 30, 400. 00 519, 506, CO" (per project year). - — (BY .1963) (FY 1964). LIGALLA : rents 2re returned to Station ey a “ed £0 miscellaneous receipts, an
14-00000 a a | 7, ~~, VIL, “EMERGENCY CONDITIONS Emergency “eos nt Stents for Oliver G, SCANTLING and Raymond H. GERENDE are on 1 file in Headquarters (See HMMA 15982 of 23 November 1960 and HMMA 15981 of 23 November 1940. ) For further infor- mation see project renewal request of 1960 forwarded by HMMA 15979, VIL. TRAINING No training, other than that within the competency of SCANTLING or GERENDE to give, is anticipated for the coming project year, pene ME ary rn Be a pen nainhnt tee dentate
14-00000 aa nee eee ee OO Se Opportunt Ys foreign official install ations aad pers sonnel ar incel Review of Project LIEMPTY o ‘ Atl . 7 (For the Purdose of Project Renewal) CURRENT OBJECTIVES AND PRODUCTION A OE EIN A, Oliver G, SCANTLING Segment (discussed in relation to project objectives): , SO 1 tren 1 Yo collect operational information pertaini ing to LIMERICK personnel a nd physical facilities." SCANTLING has continued (See the. jJast two Project Reviews forwarded as attachments to HMMA-14093, 13 Novernb er 1959, and HMMA - 15979, 18 NO oe 1960) to provide a, During the past year. SCA Mens has continued to be used to follow up “leads produce ed soe INVOY. For example, ope} =erional information recehN icated that the LIMERICK target was using the servicés of a Mexico City firm to repair safes, Through discreet investigation SCANTLING was able to i anny the firm, its location and the name of the owner in the nt that we later wished to make an approach to him or to oit this information in another manner, y ©, SCANTLING is still the Sration’s primary source for keeping current records on the residences of the m many LIME E RICK personnel in Mexico City. This is accomplished in several ways; fa2 Most important being SCANTLING's follow up of all LIE MNYOY eads which indicare the LIMERICK people are interesced in renting a given piece of prop: erty. (See previous oroject renewal = requ for additional details). eo ATE: 2. “To coilect operational infor 5 izence Yt A Pert erest operating in Mexico.” SCANTIINCG is very useful for collecting iuiormation on other Scation targets: COOLOE1L
14-00000 demonstrations PARANA: OE, a, Gn € a 2 ‘St axegie Eo the Station from the ODACID Chis CANTLING Was Serit to Puebla to be an eyewitness to ate unger Catholic inspired anti-CASTRO WNanonly did SCANTLING obtain the desired information, and samples of many of the leaflets used, but he prepared his report for the Station in time for the COS to give “22 ODACID Chief a briefing at L000 hrs., 5 June 1961, SCANTLING does an excellent job on this type of assignment due vrincipally to his ability to observe and report objectively. b, SCANTLING was instrumental in establishing that Fernando LLANES Cavero and his wife were living ata “local Mexico City address, This case has been of considerable counterespionage interest to Headquarters. é Paul Fre the s jects s neighbors a 3. "To exploit. operational leads tAroug h recruitments, debriefings ? and surveillances,"" SGANTLING. has. contnibuee dto this objective both directly and indirectly as will’ be noted by We examples listed below: ‘ - SCANTLING devoted a lot of ti the surve eillance and attempted recruitment of a Mexican national employed at the Cuban Embassy, SCANTLING ct aixed with several times and undoubredly was p prim mary responsible tor the later success of the recruitment made by another Station agent, 4 - b, Some additional time was devoted co the Cx GONZALEZ Sanchez case. in February WO6) was | determined that.GONZALEZ was éiil WWlexico Ciry., ($e sale. tne last renewal for additional deta ils: on this. case. 7 eo 1as per for th e Station. SCANTLING asd foes | most ott tne local vestigations requested by ODACID and other ODYOKE cor mponents. SECRET / Tos
14-00000 d. SCANTEING ‘spent six weeks during July and August of this year giving tradecraft and surveillance training to LIPAILS 5 and 7 from Monterrey, Although tnis is not a direct contribution to the above objective, it. is considered sufficiently related to mention here. 4. in addition to his contributions to the above objectives, SCANTLING is used for miscellaneous support requirements from the Station, For example, SCANTLING is now handling LIEMBROIL-2 and will continue to do so until the return of LIMOTOR-14 in June 1962, Also, during the past project year, SCANTLING handled the LIRICE surveillance: team until July 1961 when Simon D, CLACKETT (ps) returned to Mexico City. SCANTLING is also used to spot and efit safe houses and apartments for other Station operations. “3 : + Ay 4 \b Mh 5. As stated in the\preceeding Requests for Project Renewal, although SCANTLING's\LIEMPTY Project*objéctives can never be completely fulfilled, it is the Station's opinion that SCANTEING has made important and valuable contributions to LIEMPLY Project objectives specifically andto other Station activities in géneral. SCANTLING's production, measured against monetary expenditures, case officer time and other intangible factors, unquestionably justifies his continuation as an integral part of Project’ LIEMPTY. B, Raymond H, GERENDE Segment (discussed in relation to project objectives): described in the 19600°Re 4 Tt pe 1, ‘To collect operational infotmation pertaining to LIMERICK personnel and physical facilities through use of photographic base houses." Three photographic bases, LIMITED, LILYRIC and LICALLA, contribute to this objective, To avoid repetition, the Station iS omitting the usual _ description of the functions of theserthree bases and how they-contribute - a . TS to the above objective, There has béen nochange in the coverage as West for. Project Renewal, | 42, “To collect operational information and identity operational leads pertaining to Station\targets of opportunity," The LIENTRAP tion, handled by GERENDE, is still the major contrioutor to this (o) ce) oy a > oT AT 1 a OE S E C ava CEL pate te He ee BEEN RE
14-00000 sa Sk 00 eae ln aah gb ane a een ae: pn eed ear except taat SCANTLING relincuisned control ot | rae suzvell! lance tearn in july 1961 in accordance with previous plans, end NY objective. In addition to perkyer uh. photographic assignments in support of other S i waliong 3 ENTRAP devoted nearly four ~ months, on a fulle Eo 0 G@xdgabf the LIERODE operation, For several weeks th® x a“ tee LIERODE target was recorded from the LIENTRAP v ni é , the LIENTRAP agents operated the LIERODE technical gels oe ‘the initial LIERODE stationary base, 3. "To provide operat ional suppoxt to Station ‘operations, i, e. rent norei rooms and apartments, and conduct counter-surveillances GERENDE is used frequently to rent hotel rooms and. apartments for other Station cperations and activities. GERENDE's comprehensive area knowledge and personal operational capabilities combine to make him an extremely valuable Station asset for such support activities, GERENDE also procures and services post office box letter drops for the many . Station operations requiring them, 4, The quality and quantity of operational information produced by the pnotograpnic bases and other activities = Skat GERENDE's control and supervision is considered worthwhile, FG ation concludes, therefore, that this segment of the LIEMPTY Proj should \be continued, em) C. Relationship to Rela éa\Mission Diréctive Obj jectives: AS Stated in the previous ‘project renewal, it can readily be noted that Project LIE MPTY has Proj ided support to many Station operations and in this manner has been a contributing factor to the furthereance of the Related Mission Directive, The project has not produced any pasitive intelligence nor has it been intended that it should do so. The project's sole purpose is to provide a mechanism for the development of operational ivformation in support of other Station operations, re . ct during the past oroject LLRICE Gormerly LUERSEY) There nave been no changes ia che LUEMPTY SECRET/RSB |
14-00000 | we an Toman Wena EL AR A A CETL CR compromised, Thi is - $29, 500.96 should be e expended. during the: remaint HT, There has been no change 510 ect every which would alter the validity of the remarks made\in\| pection III of last year's project renewal request, IV, PROBLEMS The security problem in connection with the LICALLA operation, which was described u ast year's renewal request, is still present but has not caused any known difficulty, At Headquarters suggestion in HMMW- 9736, the LICALLA base was reactivated on 29 May 1961, The base operator has been cautioned to be ever alert for any unusual incidents which m ight indicate that the base has been is the only problem experienced by the LIEMPTY. Project during the past project vear, V. PLANS | PNY — Nats ! VA i ; The Station considers that. fhe: pK t is\now operating at its optimum size and does not plan to expand it during: ming year, Rather, efforts will be devoted to refining and bette ttilizing the e existing: Project organizational arrangements, Ao _ Vi. COSTS A A. Past Project Year - Station finance records indicate that Project LIEMPTY expended $21, 458.00 during Fiscal Year 1961 (i December 1960 - 30 june 1961) and has thus far curing Fiscal Year 1962 (through 30 September 1961) expend ied about $11,600.00. Tr is anti icipaced that about $8, 900, 00 will be expended duxing the last two montha {Octoi ber and November 1961) of the project year, This wil! nak ke a total exsenditure during the: roject year of about $40, 500.00, or some 342, 500, 00 under tae oudget estimate ot § 503, C00. 00. | 8, Ensuing Period - Of the total. 5493 500. depelow, 000, i 19625 F rad. the balance, $20,000.00 should | be procedures will be used for allié CC4SES Ree tater ca ners “No rmal accounting
14-00000 5 ees ene nana ne mance tt tk anton cn’ Christmas Bonuses 1961 2286, Procurement of § office boxes a automobiles, - bribes, : ae Raymond H, GERENDE DR : (53520. 00 Oliver G, SCANTLING ain : 5, 000. 00. Louise J. MACRINO . (@ $2.02 per hour) . 1, 500. 00 LIEMPTY-4 2, 200. 00 — LIEMPTY-5 . ; ~(@ $1.75 per hour) 1,000.00 LIEMPTY-6— . 3, 000. 00 © LIEMPTY-7 (No Salary) Oe LIEMPTY-8 2,000. 00° LIEMPTY-9 3, 000, 00 LIEMPTY-10 3,900.00 LIEMPTY-11 2, 800. 00 LIEMPTY-12 2, 000. 00 LIEMPTY-13 2, 000, 00 LIEMPTY-14 2, 000. 00 LIEMPTY-19 LIEMPTY-24 {No Salar y) Maintenance of MyY- 2279, 2084 and” $ 2,000. 00 ate houses, post nd renting 1, 000.00 Purchase of information, identification documents, and - 500.00 SUB~TOTAL |. “OPE OPERATIONAL L EQUIPMENT. e Repair, maintenance and purcha se of replacement phorographic equipment, $1,000: 00 SUB-TOTAL $ 39, 500.00 1, 000. 00
14-00000 . | a ane Y ay REAL ESTATE ue Rent, utilities and maintenance of following safehouses: *TLIMITED - $ 3,000.00 ®LICALA | oe . - 1,500.00 LILYRIC ~~ 1,000.00. SUB-TOTAL | oo | 5, 500, 00 GRAND TOTAL $ 49, 500. 00 *LIMITED and LICALLA rents are-fflinad Wo the nrarion PY LINOUSINE and credited to Station migcellaneoiis ‘receiprs.~ | Please refer to last year's request for project renewal and HMMA-15982, 23 November 1960, and HMMA-15981, 23 November 1960, - Rea doehemainn euiemrnr tenon meena Berth ti sad cttcN RDO EER, ra
"rono00 7 i =a PRUE ae A, fer ~ CRYPTONYM LLEMPTY FIELD CASE OP FICER- ‘Quinton. OUST LER Lilla. wl Cel ih Stay TON CHIEF OF STATION ard te CURtIS fhe attached project action is presented for approval for the “period 1 December 1960 through 30 November 1961, OCCLCES t
14-00000 OLiver G. SCANTLING: Se to project roca } Le fac Le: ire, wert veining to the above objective. There follow a few examples of SC ANTLING 's production; OBJECTIVES AND PRODUCTION rae ; "To colle taining to LIV ilities." SCANTLING has continued (See the Se REVIEW OF PROJECT LIBEMPTY (Por the Purpose of Project Renewal ) a 4 ‘ ; erent (at cussed in relation Su ER con sy information per— yortonal 4 and physical Project Review forwarded as an attachment WA—14095, 15 November 1959) to provide cwhile and significant information per~ pay Be A detailed casing of the LIMPRICK ectrical power supply was forwarded xed ae a to Headquarters as an attachment to SEMA 144-98 j lé February 1560, The pro~ auction of this type of operational | information, which takes several weeks sO compile accurately, illustrates the nmusual talents spain DOANE ING together setion tak ‘vod WabDe Shiributions De SCSNTL ING: “hag been asd" freyuently ; So follow up. Leads. produced by LIPSAT/ LIMERICK (now produced by LIENVOY). For examol 2, in May 1960, LIPRAT indicated ; that the LIMERICK target was having con- sideraole contact with an AGENCTA ROBLES concerning the handling Ancoming and Z snipments, rreet. investi- SVAN TING was provide tne wit additional nent information address, owns 7 vype of business thea firn, 4 information © . ; Por .uexploitation | varticuiar. , rat of the Station, i Amery vack of LIMERICK it import tandpod imt to me ation of all
14-00000 i F [: | i | LIMERICK residences. a. addi Ane ‘recent ey feteie of SCANTL INGts aa be the spot~ TOR base in \Wiekx 1 LDITALOR —L. installa tie \ efforts in \i's\ comnectio Wi ting and ac 1i8ition- of sBhe the same conse ALI: Contributions. « ps wie operational informa tion sere quite e consuming’ due, to, the necessity for checking out. several apartments that a LIMERICK individual may initially be considering as a residence. Ze “So collect operational informat ;lon per other targets of opportunity, foreign o fics i 13 and personnel of intelligence interest in Mexico. As indicated below, SCANTLING is also oxtrenely useful for collecting information on targets other than LIMERICK: 2e In March 1960 SCANTLING was instrumental in locating property adjacent to the LITABBY install ation which the Stetion| has since rented in anticipation | of in: jating photo- srephic alr yeechnical operations. SCANTL ING ecomplish this. assignment only ter a thdréigzh casing> (pretext investi-~ ions of the; several D: ge LOX nae 5 19 @ 0 ne to © Y ch. 1 dey “OF property cri tate for sue oh opera tions. to 09 ty 10] 3 ch ct wt f CAN TLING te ‘also used to follow up ans itive Leads in connection with LIFEAT ad LITE? VOY opreduction from LITABBY and ster targets (See example as to type ar La, t, b and ec above). maw up oo i a! @ ¢ . eo + aA. wm date ks ie SCANTLING wes used as an invest : bk 4 set to determine tha local add h_emnloyment of BQ COuitt So ULOTaES ws Tescdquerters and ODENVY, Ww i iz 8 er cy cS cH — oo) coed co an oe wt
1 4 -00000 ied and his addresses were a 9 September 1960, “SChLS CASG. Mexico “City ‘home De ascertai )\ BYen for fulk eo ean X\ ai Us . be The preliminary: ERE ative work on a KUSODA cage\\e¥' sent Brest was conducted oy SCAR PLACA De ~ this investigation it was necessary for SCANTLING to travel + Aquascalientes, Guanajuato md Minatitlan to obtain the information required by Headquarters. see the attachments to HMMT-~1416, 20 May 1960, for the results of the investigation. any ON 4, Im addition to his contributions to. the above objec tives, SCANTLING is used for miscellaneous support requirements of the Station. For example, SCANTELING mndled several GERENDE's (ps) operation + of Raymond H, Wa tne latter was away from Mexico City. during August end ptember 1960. Also, SCANTLING has been managing the LDIJERSEY surveillance team since the departure of Sincn D. CLACKETT in August 1960. It is hoped that oC = can be relieved of this. assignment as goon 45 the LITENPO project, igs iprov Yeu ||| SOMTLING 7 has also been use oa to spotrand tent safe. “noudsee for various Station oper ations EES operational support service va r ted in the lpteceading ‘Regitest for Project PxES Renewal , a thoush g sc NG's LTENPTY Project objectives can never be completely | fulfilled, it is the Station's opinion that SCAUTLING has made important and valuable co ibutions to LIBMPTY Project objectives specifically and to other station activities in genersl. SCAN TLING's ction, measured egainst monetary expenditures, officer time and oth her intangible RAC DOrS, unques= oly justifies his continuation as an integral part oiect LIELMPTY, (discussed ae toed o 'g ib FG 3 we a pea 3 wo OG kG Pe O So he oh be HO GO. etg a8) : 7 ar Mig OD a w. OS 0G @ Ee a Say ek an Ho Ee <>
14-00000 ‘ a photographic coverage from, 1200 hours to: cark ae LIMERICK persopr at é tically Hest with the identification of visitors to the instalation!” Also, LUMITED maintains a summary attend AW ‘list of LIMERICK employees on a daily - basis; this enables the Station quickly to ascertain the presence Or absence of an employee on any given day, Finally, one other Significant service is performed by this pase, the radio dispatching of the LIEMBRACE surveillance team on LIMERICK personnel and targets of opportunity, LIMITED's photographic coverage is still concentrated on visitors, as opposed to employees, to the LIMERICK installation. A recent exam: t 3 ibutions to Station efforts is the case of: | In this case, a LIENVOY lead indicated that an.Amferican might visit the LIMERICK target on a certain day" The base was alerted to dispatch the radio-controlled: surveillance: team on any rson appearing to be an ‘American. The,resuits of this signment were indicated in MEXI- 6392, nd ¢ several other cabies, LIMITED was also able to. ‘provide ‘shotog raphs, waica a when compared wit dtographs provided b y Head- uarters, left no question as't¢ entity. yea ~ an as ro LILYRIG - This base's output of high-quality clandestine photographs has been in about the same quantity as last year, to OU, in addition, the base operator, eee “ prepares weekly reports on LIMERICK employees and their wives, LILYRIC . .so performs the assignment of noting and reporting the ease plate numbers of all cars bringing visicors to the’ . aT LIMERICK installation. LILYRIC photograpns also are con- centrated on visitors to the target, as opposed'to employees, “< ic snould be noted that LUL.YRIC operates for onotographic coverage Guring the hours from daylight to] OG nours each | 1 cay ot the week except: Sunday, - The LIMITED De except Sunday, in prev ious correspondence, the Lica LLA base contri butes ‘o.the “Sollection of operational information through photographic coverage of LIMERICK emoloyees and their families, Also, the base operator, SEC BT a he nC sem maintains 7 ss each day =.
14-00000 | | | SECRET/S LIE} ER ipptie es extremély worthwhile information pertaining to the appadent positions and jobs of the target employees, E eat 4 omaHshes this objective by careful observation andahalysis. LICALLA also maintains a daily atrendance roster of all LIMERICK employees. LICALLA coverage of the target, both photographic and physical observations, enables the Station to keep abrest of LIMERICK personnel changes, a vital contribution to the Station's counter- espionage effort, 2, "To collect operational information and identify operational leads pertaining to Station targets of opportunity." The LIENTRAP operation, h piled py GERENDE, is the major contributor to this objective, It has been possiple for LIENTRAP to take photographs and to perform etext investigations in support of numeérous Station activities, The cases listed below ¢ are sited as exampled? In the case’ of Cesar GONZALEZ Banchez (see I, A, 3,4, above) JENTRAP was-able to.procur e pha eraphs of GONZALEZ at his - ; Mexico City resick dence 2 Wwhich\Avnen compared to Headquarters provided photogra}] eS no doubt that GONZALEZ was the subject of interest to Headquarters, hp Pad _ LTENTRAP confirmed the identity of Olga CASTILLO de Ledon, rrequent visitor to the LIMERICK installation and an ardent supporter of the present Cuban regime, through a pretext investigation of the residents of an apart ment building where . CASTILLO was believed co live. Later, LIENTRAP supported the ulzs of the investigation with excellent photographs of the ti ® » 3 T? aD Le Eh 3, “To provide operational support to Station operations, i.e. rent notel rooms and apartmencs, .and conduct counter-8u cveillances, ' GoBREN DE is: used f frequently co rent. hotel rooms and apartments for. | other Station. operations and activities. GERENDE's compeéhensive ao area kno wledge and personal operational capabilities ‘combine to make . tremely valuae mle Siac ion asset for suc as UpDOre activitie Staion « perations requir ine 3 them,
14-00000 4, tt is the Station's conclusion that. ‘the Ynoney and case officer time expended on this, segment of the: cay project | is worthwhile and should be contin ied \in. Wwrew of, th information prodtiéed,__ ao WW HNw Wwe C, Simon D, CLACKET bopTnent (discussed in relation to >» project objectives) = l. "Yo collect operational information and to identify operational leads pertaining to the LIMERICK target and Station targets of opportunity, ' During this project year the LIFERSEY surveillance team under the direction of CLACKETT began contributing to the Station's support efforts through pretext investigations and physical surveillances, pome exampies. of the team's work are listed below: : a, 0164372) is a Guatemalan Communist Which thé téam nad indér Surveillance from November 1959 to April 1960. The surveillance, together | wih information n acquire? from other | squrces, eventually of 46) 4 isa . Donrartcar OF EtClest tO tHe te Tationy - we LIJERSEY team cevyoted portions of five. months, ea ly to May 1960, collecting | information on subj ject through ph sical surveillance, rn om was the SUDTES 5 oT me 1960, [fas la lat ater deported from Mexico through the efforts CLs \CKETT and the LUERS! EY team performed numerous YeteKe investigations on. Station targets of opportunity and on g ro * io a a waa me te cnree separate occasions during the project year sé a counte = surveillance escort for Station officers io. other: vee operations, mo 2, CLACKETT, just prior to his 2 resignation ia August 1Y about five weeks giving tradecrafe ond eperational S<ius training to LITEA-1. Aitthough not specifically covered by the prciect objectives, this ability on CLA CKETT' 8 part is considered a : icant, con- foutton to the Station’ S Suppo rE eft xt 50, spent COULOTY ~ okfiyahiet SIU inten’ Seb BLE
14-00000 | CO \ wy 3. in view of CLACKETT's’ #8signaph oh, which was effective 31 August 1960, and the proposed: tYansfer of the LIJERSEY team to the LITEMPO. project, this segments x the LIEMPTY project will not be renewed:,” However, fon thee ord, it is considered that » the CLACKERP + Segment. of Ju} was worthwhile and the expenditure of Statio connection witn LIYERSEY operations oh ass | were justified. _ | . LB D, Relationship to Relared ] Mission Dir ective Objectives: > _It can readily be noted that Project LIEMPTY has provided support to many Station operations and in this manner has been a contributing factor to the furtherance of the Related Mission Directive, ‘The project has not produced an ¥ positive intelligence nor has it been intended that it should do so, The project's s sole purpose is to provide a mechanism for the development of operational information in support of other Station operations, oo Tre unexpected t re nation’ of y es in August 1960 has necessitated the decision as’ how “Best to utilize the LUERSEY surveillance team and srill benefit irom the training and experience gained by the team during tne past year, As explained in the LITEMPO project outline, it was decided that the LITEMPO Staff Agent would have the time , the need and the equirements to handle and manage the LIJERSEY team on a regular basis; consequentiy, the Station believed that such a solution : to 2 tas problem would permit tne Station to continue to profit from CLACKETT's past effoxts, Rn ry B. Oliver G, SCANTLING Since CLACKETT's departure, SCANTLING | nas 5 ee LISRSEY team as an interim measure pending H the LITEMPO project. SCANTLING has been. sxe: “ knows, only one of the team members, LIEMPTY-=2 known to 1-20 only by an alias.
14-00000 AI, C. Personnel Changes ail l, LIEMPTY~-I5 - ain of the LIJERSEY surveillance team - ‘Transferred to E Project LITEMPO and cryptonym changed to LITED-2, 2, LITEMPTY~16 - Member of the LUJERSEY surveillance team - Transferred to Project LITEMPO and cryptonym changed to LITED-3, 3. LIEMPTY-20 - Assistant Team Leader of LIJERSEY. surveillance team - Transferred to Project LITEMPO and cryptonym changed to LITED-1I, 4, LIEMPTY-25 - Most recent addition to the LUERSEY surveillance team, Transferred to Project LITEMPO and cryptonym changed to LITED-4, a 5. ‘There have been no other personnel, changes within the LIEMPTY Project, excepting the resignations of Simon dD. CLAC KETT and Wilma j, PIORDALNI. aaron Ve BPRECTIVENESS ANNA WY 4 NO) A, General comments pertaining to the e value of ‘ the project efforts to the Station's needs - The Station is of the opinion that its operations are only as good as the support mechanisms backstopping and contributing to them, “The ava ability of unilateral support agents and organizations, such as the LIEMPTY Project, to investigate leads and to collect. operational mw information is an indispensable ingredient to tne Station's espionage and counter espionage objectives, The Station would be seriously handicapped in its operational activities should the support services of such agents as CER ENDE, SCANTLING and the a agents under taeiz control be sudd enly made unavailable, ~ —_ . LIMEER Tore Target ~ The basis for rnost of che Station's counter- os espionage activities directe ed ugainst the LIMERICK target require detail ed - personnel, The LIEMPTY phorographic basehouses iimdoubredly orovide more Of this type informat ion than any cther Srarion operation, ‘fhe production trom LIEMPTY pnotographic bases a project provide the Station wit xrowle ade of the identity, activities and fellow aasociates of LIMERICX a] 1 ner) ad from the ne aN ] YO che jaxge majoricy of LIMERICK les ie i SECRET. OCOLO >
14-00000 Vv. ‘progress has been made ia the Station's handling; fines The ‘iiediate availability of independent assets to ‘perform investiLati Tone photographic assignments and other essential types of supports yvices in connection with Station targets of opportunity represent an operational advantage which this Station considers highly significant. It is due to such LIEMPTY assets that an agent can be sent to distant areas in Mexico to do investigations, that photographs can be made of individuals and places which are of operational interest and apartments and hotel rooms can be scared in fictitious names in support of sensitive operations and activitie D, Alrhouzh the progress and success of any support project depends upon requirements from other Station operations, it must bé concluded that Project LIEMPTY has indeed been effective during the past project year, PROBLEMS A, Security - The activities of the LIGARES i base were suspended in eptember 1960 as a direct result“oft eau st of three KURIOT technicians by the ft; Government. ‘One of the technicians was known - ear a Oa to have knowledge ofithe four LIMUST units (LICALLA: is located in.one of these units) and the: Station considered: ‘appropriate to suspend photo- graphic operations pending resolution: ofthe situation, At this time, there is no indication when\ \RICALLA operations will be resumed, The LICALLA base operator has reported that there have been no unusual inquiries or other suspicious actions which might indicate that LICALLA has been compromised to LIMERICK personnel; however, sucha possivility will exist until the release of the three technicians, No other security problems have occurred during the past year, PLANS A, Processing of Photographs ~ During the past year considerabie. . .@7, sotting,” indexing, identitying teads and fling, of photographs produced by the several oases). CLO oraphic Techniques ~ The previous LIEMPTY Project Renewal jUEST indicated that the Station planned to try mew techniques using EDY “PAN film in night photography. HY~-PAN film was used on atr ial DASis chiring daylight hours with poor results, Almost invariably, prints woo
14-00000 Vi, _ A. Past Project Year from HY-PAN negation ves were £00; ‘ou on ce were of little use in producin; gong ii dts of individuals, In view of these experiments, ni at ography has not yet been attempted, it should be noted that Eastman Kodak's new TRI-X PAN film, which all bases and LIENTRAP now use, is superior to any film p: -eviously ‘used by the Station for clandestine photography. The quality of all — base phorographs have been increased considerably as a direct result of this new film, . C, General Comments - The Station believes that the GERENDE segment is now operating under optimum organizational arrangments. and there are no plans for expansion contemplated at this ime. Tt is expected that ; SCANTL ING will soon be relieved of his inte responsisility for the LIIERSEY team and can concentrate 1 more on hi S investigative and casing activities. The transfer of the LIERSEY team - to Project LITEMPO reduced Project LIEMPTY activities by an appreciable amount, It is not planned, isi a i coming year, to. expand present LIEMPTY activities: ONAL COSTS Ro Wane cel recots indicate that Project LIEMPTY expended $19, ‘10. 0 aii Ve Fiscal Year 1960 (l' December . 1959 - 30 Jiume 1960) and ha's thus far “duri ing Fiscal Year 1961 (throug 31 October 1960) expended $16, 734, 69. Contract Agents salaries and allowances paid by Headquarters. bring the total es xpenditures for 11 months of the project year to. approximately $50,000,00. An addition 94, 000.00 will be obligated during the 12th month of the project year. This we oring total project expenditures to about $54, 000.00 for the entire project year, B, Ensumg Period - ‘oft the toral $53, 000, 00 oudger, itemized balow, ool, 700, ¢ 00 should be expended during the remainder of Fiscal Year 1961 and the balance, $21,100, Ud, should | be expended du uring Fiscal Year 1962, wloxrmal accounting proce tures will ce y sed for all> expenditures, : oo al. con4o7a:
14-00000 | _ SECRET/} AGENT WSS PER ANNUM Raymond H, GERENDE c- 32 743 $ 5,040.00 Oliver G, SCANTLING ¢- 2¢563- 4,560. 00 Louise J, MACRINO eVGA R 2, 500. 00 (@ $2.02 per hour) LIEMPTY~-4. @ - 3/772 : 2,000. 00 LIEMPTY-5 2+ 29798 1,500. 00 (@ $1.75 per hour) | LIEMPTY-6 €. 2 ¢°¢F | 2, 800. 00 _ LIEMPTY-7 No Salary. 3fe72" | -O- ~ LIEMPTY-8 ¢- 27274 - 1, 800.00 LIEMPTY-9 ¢-32079 © LIEMPTY-10 ¢- 57% LIEMPTY-12 ¢- a¢22¢ CIENPTY. 24 No Salary C-PSBIRN VA : _ Christmas bonuses ali personnel , 2, "500. 00 SUB-TOTAL $ 38, 000. 00 OPERAT! TONAL EXPENSES | Maintenance of MV-2279, 2284 and 2280, Cperational Tra Procuremear o Orfice & 2,000, 00 1 500, 00 fen nOuseSs, DOST 2, G00, CO renting ” “P Purchase of information, =. - 2,500.00 identification documents, and: , ost FELCR IST Lida ce? Ene aa te tat The 3 HRA Bas BEAN AN a
14-00000 om, OPERATIONAL EQUIPMEN NE : Repair and maintenanceof camera equipment. Purchase of replacement 2,000. 00 photographic equipment and supplies. SUB-TOTAL 2.500, G0 REAL ESTATE. Rent, utilities and maintenance of following safenouses: *LIMITED _  $ 78,0 “LICALLA 7 1, 500. 00 LILYRIC - 1,000,000 SUB-TOTAL) 28, 500,00 | ” GRAND TOTAL $53, 000. 00 “LIMITED and LICALLA rents are returned to the Station by LIMOUSINE and credited to Station miscellaneous receipts, VIL EMERGENCY CONDITIONS the requirement listed in CSI-F No, 230-6 60, Annex A, for C ions arrangments in the event of "Emergency Conditions," ne Station does r not anticipate that this. project would or could continue 00 Bnet on under its present objectives, slowever , both principal 3S , SCANTLING and GERENDE, would very, possibly be worthwhile. SOUS s of informat ion co maintain. 1 conta C ANS der any adverse conditions, Both of thes: om: Ns, in terms oe teology, , a “notivatio on and perspective;-: ot 8. Americans than é Mexican nationals (which they are). fr i 5 ieee 1 as ssume, rhere- fore, that SCANTLING and, GER EN! in any emergency situation 2 vai
14-00000 Station has S finally'o obtai ANN the U.S: whom GERENDE and if situations, This info: # Sar the previous project renewal stated that x ug were | being made, gal esses of relatives through. od be. contacted under most Sin will be forwarded d separately,