¥ 4 oe i : a CLAS RATION " ; PROCESSING NOTION aes & DISPATCH SECRET i WARKED FOR INORG Chief, WH Division wo incense StquineD - 7” CSLY QUALJFLED OESK C/WH/COGS CAN JUDGE INDEAING fo «| Chief of Station, Mexico Cit | _fuscnorna {2M c. PBRUMEN /Operat ional /LIONION Progress Report for the period a ___1 January through 31 March 1967 _: a “P ACTOR REQUIRED « REFERENCES - REFERENCES: (A) HMMA-30996, 3 January 1967 Fe (B) MEXICO CITY 0808, 23 March 1967 i i lL. PROJECT DACKGROUND AND REPORTING . , + —tceteenonattnon tenement tora tes ANG . eo Project LIONION is:long-term support t 7 ; “ * primarily to provide fixed photographie an Fon; ihues to be manned by LIONION=l and LIONION~2. The isct regularly scheduled progress report, covering the Period through. December 1966 wags submitted as reference (A). ; 2. AGENT coNTACT . «, During the period. under review, LIONION-1 was seen weekly by the. undersigned ‘or Howard A, TRECKLER, : ; In late January, the Operational and administrative responsibilities for Project LIONION were transfered from TRECKLER to Cornelius L, PEUVION. ‘NO agent handiing, control or administrative problems were | . €ncountered during the turn-over and hone are anticipated during - the ensuing Period, . oo : : eceseee oontinued Distribution: ie. CHB “ be ek Rim C/WH/COGS fon re feels ege CROSS REFERENCE To , OSPATOM PewScy AW NUMgEa HMMA~31917 | mare 27 April 1967: CLASS ICA TIC ; AGS FRE NUMBER — i SECRET 50-6-122/3 —
yagoo00 Be . . \ on | ELENA ANAL RARER Oe tN RR NL ete or tty Meera etaarannaseat! ee + Te eens - aoe Cea tinceg TPAD Ort Sy Mt © Alas ea SECRET  HMMA-31917 CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH | ! . 3. AGENT PERFORMANCE: AND MORALE ; en et : . ; Not withstanding the boring and difficuit nature of this operational ‘assignment, LIONION-1 continues to perform in an encuplacy wasced, \Sagject is indeed 2 HiGniy nulivated agent as indicated by his' willingness to perform this rather menial - task day-after day,’ when, with his educational background ke - |: MAdouvtedly could ‘obtain more. interest ing and more lucrative “employment. :SIn order to‘alleviate the morale problems cited in -' paragraph 7-of reference, the Station assisted LIONION~1 -in the : purchase of a new“engine. for his vehicle, This unexpected gesture as greatly: appreciated by LIONION-1 and an immediate change for he better -in Subject's frame. of mind was noted. 4, ACCOMPLISHMENTS eo (a) ‘Throughout the period under review, Project LIONION 5 continued'to provide the Station with the invaluable photographic coverage.of the targets, In addition, LIONION~1 continued to “provide interesting observations on the personalities and activ- “ites of.the persunnel working in the target, After years of observation, LIONION=1 can virtually tell the frame of mind and disposition of the regular inhabitants. LIONION-1's observations on the Subject of reference (B) were most valuable to the Station ~ in the platning- of the. recruitment of this individual, Ia - . addition, LIONION-1 provided radio dispatching support duriag this recruitment operation, without which, the attempt would have been virtually impossible, : . , ' (b) Statistically, LIONION-1 provided approximately 1600 . individual photographs of persons entering and leaving the target kmbassy (which he printed and developed himself) and approximately 2100 feet of film coverage of the Consulate. (c) There wore no. intelligence disseminations from this, operation during the reporting period, since as previously described Project LION ION, brimarily a support type operation, (ad) Details have previously been submitted to Headquarters concerning LIONION-1's support in the AMBEATLE operation, 5. PLANS As noted in paragraph 14 of reference (A), Station plans to utilize LIONION-1l and LIONION-2 as L/P operators in support of the LISAMPAN operation, Other than this, there are no significant operational or administrative changes planned for the ensuring period, : . wy SS : for/Willard C, CURTIS ——--~-- aggre OO Rae ; oy : ‘ USE PREVIOGS CoITION SECRET i j 2. i 1 cosa | a en oe nee. Sore ceeene en tt cannes ee em gem nt wit anen Peneemarn anes nen ae pe een ee eee a ecu aoakn ieee
FROM & me = ae . an : NM em Bee nee ak a rr a 7 i . woe ce a ae Director : . Federal Buren of Inveetigation ' Attention: Re. Se Je Papich Deputy, Direeter for Plans suasact: 0 Visitors to the Cuban Boban, ‘Mexico City “de 1966 tha Cuban Enbassy, Mexico City veg visited bythe cecuvents of a vehicle which bore fexns License plate DH-0-MA (white figures on green). Tho vobicle uss identified se a 2-deor Ford dalaste. 2. 1966 Ford Galarie owned ty Hire’ J. Me OBANAS of 3604 Moonlight Street, aL Paseo) Texas. Re ff. A usually relistle source reported that on 27 October Investigation verealod ‘that thts plate pos assigned to a Credit Burem amt Police checka vere negative. A reviey of the 1965 EL Paso City Eirectory failed to sbow en address of 3604 Moonlight Otreat, Stmbers alip the 3500 ani 3600 blccks and are fran 3400 to 3700 resyectively. Ths gene J. Me GRANAS G14 not oppear in the City DITESLOSS or in the 1966 BL Peso Telephone Di-~ b, be rectory. This Offices bad so infomation on GRAMAG, The information couained berela ie mot to be dlaseninvated in whole oz in part cutaiée your Burvay without prior approval of this orrices CSCI~316/00232-67 Date BASIC * e g LIAISON:. FILA ® a 10 January 1967 HMMA-30496, 10 Bovember 1966 LIONION
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