7400000 gy z aren E -_ SECRET pag PRQJECT ACTION (Bree Killed Tad PSST CHP ToORTe LIEMPTY TVFE Ce ACTION & i ea ce a OTMER ” - my . ogee? Peerer . ~ : apeaseaa " Western Hemisphere Division a - . awe eS EST SUED STATE oey ry . . : woe Mexico Cit “a ~ RERTBaL © cor os GSK - a X [exw 1 7-68 One | ; os TOBE OP RICER | yet ~ bate . 7 : —_— Bustos-Videla 18 Nov.'68 J. -00 <7. Role AS, BUILS UNS Tea. #z0 AL ACH « TE BWARAT FO sscemnoeeansbt ‘setememermearen cE “ $32 Ames ["*’- 3654 COMCURRERCES OF DEVESIONS : ORG At “TYPED KAME Cood signetere) , 2. DATE... bo THIS SPACE C/WH/1 Wo J. Kaufman 7°00 Ara Sey fon aos Le BGS . Lv . C/WH/BEF Robert-Catter’ | ward. Cute Alas [i WH/SS George R. Thompsor LN 4 [aes Fog x (2 ? ‘ - LH Thomas Po agar Wella feet fe 2 Mareliu wat Jee = Z SEL * { C/WHD Williaa V. Broe jy. | alae 6¢ i | COMCERTENCES GF OTHER CONPONENTS 3 ~~ aS Aw ~ pare COPY MEt ATTACHED NO. Pres [ao Bate Fi Staff |-s au i ciStaff |zs/__ Sd 18 Dec 66 C/MPS/B < FETIID FROM aa] 1 December 65 oP APPROVING AUTHORITY A/DDP Forw OUSoCRE TE PREVIOUS vee BYQ eOrtioas emp re trea = | LA Artin Lea &7 APPROVAL ~~ { awr reas action FY REWISED TOTAL : peat fis 5 a 30 Nov 67 {3 45,000.00 DISC BTS 15,986 |” anny nena prrenatens va vate legits ast
40 DEC itch MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Plans SUBJECT : LIEMPTY Project Renewal 1. It is requested that the LIEMPTY Project be renewed for the period 1 December 1966 through 30 November 1967 for a total. of $45,000: $29,020 for FY 1967 and $15,980 for FY 1968. The Project is ine ‘cluded in the FY 1967 Operational Program for $45,000. Funds are available within WH Division. 2. LIEMPTY covers stationary surveillance base- houses targeted against the Sovict Embassy. These basehouses provide photographic coverage and logs. Two of the basehouses (LIMITED and LILYRIC) cover the activity in the front of the Embassy, and LICALLA provides coverage of the back courtyard area, The LIEMPTY project also covers & mobile photographic baschouse in the form of a panel truck which is used against the Polish Embassy where we have no permanent surveillance basehouse, and against other targets. of opportunity. 3. The value of Soviet Embassy photographie cover~ age during thé- past year was proven when the logs maintained by LILYRIC were used to double check on-an operation involving LIRUSTIC-1 and LICOWL-1 who had told conflicting stories of certain events concerning the activity of some Soviets. Through the surveillance reports of the LIEMPTY Project against the Sovict Embassy, it was proven without a doubt that LICOWL-1 (who had just taken a polygraph without apparent deception) was lying about his contacts with the Soviets. 4. The LIENTRAP mobile photographic basehouse was targeted against leaders and meeting sites of the local Communist parties as well as other targets of opportunity, particularly exile Communist leaders now residing in Mexico. LIENTRAP provided up-dated identification SECRET,
14-00000 ~ SECRET =2Qe photographs of Communist officers which are of value to both the JMTIGER program and the Station's recruitment/penctration program. The LIENTRAP personnel also regularly service twenty-one postal accommodation addresses used by the Mexico City Station. 5.. One development which may affect the security of the LIEMPTY baschouses of LIMITED and LILYRIC occurred in mid 1966 when LICOWL-1 (who owns a small . store near the Sovict Embassy) reported that a Soviet , official, AEQUALITY-1, had approached him and | requested him to inform on his neighbors. Reportedly | the Soviet named LIEMPTY-6 (of the LIMITED basehouse) | by name and also indicated all the tenants (unnamed) | of the new building which now houses LILYRIC., The ‘Soviet pinpointed the building by saying the one being, built by a person who fit perfectly the description of - LIMOUSINE. LICOWL-1 did not indicate that the Soviet - reflected any interest in LIMOUSINE, The occupants of the LILYRIC basehouse were not mentioned. LICOWL-1 indicated to his Station contact that the only person he really suspected ian the neighborhood was LIEMPTY-6 (of LIMITED) who doesn't go to work, is always typing, ' lives comfortably. and owns a car, He claims to have - heard it rumored that LIEMPTY-6 was working for the Americans, (Since LIMITED is equipped with a radio and tips off the Station‘’s surveillance team when it ‘is used against Soviet targets, Headquarters has already assumed that the Soviets have identified this basehouse.) LICOWL-1 also listed several persons named by the Soviet who had no connection whatsoever with CIA, 6. The Station instructed LICOWL-1 not to become an informant on his neighbors. According to ULICOWL-1 he therefore told AEQUALITY-1 he did not have time to collect the information the Soviet wanted. However, in view of the lies LICOWL-1 has been caught in, it is difficult to assess exactly what the Soviets asked of LICOWL-1 and just what LICOWL-1 may have told the Soviets. The Station is still looking into this develop- ment. 7. WHD recommends renewal of this Project. (i lian Broe Chief, Western Hemisphere Division SECRET,
14-00000 PROJECT : ACTION : PURPOSE: PROGRESS : FUNDS : Cfanes ecuncl PROJECT BRIEFING LIEMPTY - WH = Mexico ADD/P approval of renewal 1 Dec 65 = 30 Nov 66 To provide support for mobile and stationary photographic surveillance of the Soviet Embassy and a dispatching base for a physical surveillance team. Assets included under the project include three base-= houses which provide front and rear views of the Soviet Embassy, and a panel truck equipped for spot photo coverage. Raymond H. GERENDE (p), principal agent, meets the baschouse keepers regularly, maintains regular contact with the mobile photo unit and with the develop~ ing and precessing base. He also verforms many other support funetions. The phetographs from all these operations have been of value to the Station in operational planning, for identification by surveillance teams, for mug books, and for Headquarters permanent files. The Station believes that this operation is essential to the fulfillment of the overall operational program levied on the Station by the RMD. $41,500 ' $25,520 in FY 66 $15,980 in FY 67 (Programmed for $50,000 in FY 66) Salaries . GERENDE $ 7,000 Basehouse keepers (3) 10,100 Mobile unit operators (2) 7,000 Lab personnel (2) 3,600 cut-out . 2,200 Vehicle maintenance (2) 2,000 Rent and-utllities 7,600 Equipment maintenance 1,000 Miscelianeous ops expenses 1,900 } > SEGRET