‘(404-10176-10002 ACTION REQUIRED - REFERERCES LA . : RE C the? of se Afr ~ 3y¥ et AT wr fos. -3922) OPBEUMER/LIRING*3/fransaittal of Photogreph of Sergio “VALDEZ and LIRING-3 5 —— 4 \ ' Set oe i 1 ftce& re i Forvarded under separate cover is a photograph of Sergio VALDEZ (on the lefc) snd LIRIaG-3 takes recently by the LIEMBRACE team, VALDEZ, @ Mexican leftist, hag hed several contacts with LIRIBG=3 to diseuss the eatablishment of s commercial cover facility in Venezuela to provide help to the leftist rebels in that country. teen Srrwencener eater meerciter “ MICROFiasy for Willard C, CURTIS Attachmenc 2 Photo a/s above UXDER SEPARATE COVER 2 @ PILES o eetaem atten Oe eee ee ee Serater SSS0t am BuMBee SECRET Syheutesear ‘ a 261°798301 ao Distribution: Fil . 2.> C/weD w/ate é i «- ti) wate  *< i | i }- . \ \ Hn 32599 _. ~ = _ - - - - ae _ ee . oe aan — a ; | : ; oe : _ - - \ : . —_ a yoo. a i : a) 1 tt vad . 7 ® oe oe . . poe y - SY ae YF Cae talon PROCESSi¥c > ACTICN g @ DISPATCH SECRET [ZEK lwaseco re mec! as 10 : _— i ‘f ‘. : Chief, WH Divisien co - 8 eeisoeD “sk ‘ Rr. to Oa COMLFED OSE | se i Chief of Station, ~ Veo~ | {cam GE MOEKEG ~ : FRoee i i ; Chief of Stat.om, Mexico City/ / ” werorne Vweieor — 5
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Tae eae wiwad fa avi Bay Chief of Station, Chief of Station, Mexico city/ v4 PBRUMEN/The LIBING=3 Cperation ACTER PEQUIRED - REFEREUCES 1. Yorvarded under separate cover are four reports written by Wallace B, ROWICN op the most recent developments of the LIRING?3 operations. Two of these reports cover the transcripts of two conversa tions between LIRING?3, Sergio VALDEZ aud Raul MORENO held at the LYRING<3 safebouse on 23 and 28 June. Ca both instances, the tape produced by - . the LIRCSIN Listening post was of poor quality, but that produced by the Uher recorder installed directly im LIRING-3's safehouse by LIRING=3 end PORITE wna cattetangar | Minn TED MEVIT Fa neat inednn bon bone pesgece =s o technical breakdowns that seem to be the result of some form of in= ; compatability between che receiver set and the recorder used in the . i dastallation. Steps oave teen taken to remedy tals situation, As a : i H result, the technical quality of the ‘LIRCSIN product hes gradually improved, "26 The inforeation contained in the report dated 6 July provides ae additional data on VALUEZ's contact with Venezielan leftists in Caracas, |; Some of this information was cabled to the in MEXICO CITY. 1954, As pointed cut in following correspondence, VALDEZ end HOREKO, who are disillusioned with Com=mist Party backing of che Venesaclaa rebels, will probably go ahead with their plens for Venezuela with or without . LIRING@3's advice and support, et least as far as the establishsent ef a commercial cover facility is concerned, Neither will VALDEZ and his friead ; stop there. These two idealists hope to “branch ou" if they can inte other .. ‘areas of Latin America, both Central and South (one of the countrice azatisned” was Brezil}). Although they have no funds to speak of they can probably find enough money among wealthy supporters of the arts such eas Maryedith GARCIA . im Caracas to get started. A possible trip by LIRING?3 to Venezuela as proposed by ROWTON was ruled out by this Stacion which intends te lizit LIRING?3's involvement with VALDEZ and MORENO to the monitoring of their plans, To achieve. ‘this goal, LIRING"3 mist take soze interest ia the: coat iaued eee Attachment : JT. _ Reports a/s para 1 WER SEPARATE COVER Distribution: | ; ; C/WED w/ate cee cuteness we eee te vee ne wio att — oO , OSH CPUS 8H BUMBER " WOAW32635 CROSS REFERENCE TO 27 July 1967 201798301
S3e em twors wes SECREI/«! U/AAPOX Cr ron CONTINUATION OF ! cet OmneeES DISPATCH | Qegaei pee Mexican’s commercial ventures. ZIRING?3 thus joined VALDEZ and -MOREHO- im @ new cozpany “Colorluz” based im Mexico fer the production and ‘ atgached to RONTON's 6 July report. “Colorluz” is so far only a paper company and the address Listed in its letterhead is that of a workshop belonging to a girlfriend of VALDEZ by the nane of “Alejandra", VALDEZ ie currently producing samples of colored glass 4 in that shop to be seng to Meryedith GARCIA in Venszactae gale of colored glass. Letterhead paper of thia company ia forwarded ‘ aR » 3. As for the questions raised im paragraph 4 of CARACAS 7262 @ and im HMOGi-15550 concerning ROWTCU's relationship with LIRING@-3, the degree toe which ccontrol hes been esteblished over that asset, and the tests thst have been made of his claimed relationship with the Guates- lan guerrillas, we would like to point outs: : A. That am effort was made recearly to clarify the aature of . ROWTON's relatioaship with both LIRING?3 end LIRING*’4 in HMMA"32243. The long and short of it is that LIRiNG-3 AND LIRING?4S are at the point where they will do almost anything asked by ROWTON without asking questions (this has been already touched upon several times in the voluninous detailed and time conguning reporting on this operation undertaken to keep Headquarters abreast of every minute development in the hope of clarifying the very pointe raised ov both Headquarters and the « Ie is no exaggeration to say that LIRING*"3 hae ved & new @ efnee hie anetane +.4eh ROWTOH which he finds interesting and rewecding to the point tha . in spite of recurring crisis and second thoughts, be is unwilling to break with ROWTON and go back to the wey he lived before meeting him, LIRING-4, oa the cher hand, is grateful to ROWTON for helping her keep a hush.ad she is very much im leve vith. Hoth are becoming more and more disillusioned with the Cubsn "revolutionaries" they” meet. LIRING“4 recently adaitted to ROWTCH that phe has little use for the Cuban revolution and has nc desire to return te Cuba, This dees not mean that LIRING-3's peliticsi wlews are not orientated to the left, After orolonged contact with ROWTON, whe hag made delibecs efforts to raise his intellectral and material standards, there ia little question, Lowever, that LIRING°?3 is not ag far te the left _&e he was before and that be is much gore of a realist. LIRING?4 ‘who ig not very politically minded juet follows the beliefs of her husbead,. 3 Lid 1 B. LIRING?3‘s safehouse (as opposed to the epertment whers be currently lives with his wife) is the target of a technical operation and ie ales covered by LIFEAT. Both prodects are reviewed in detadi by ROWEON and his findings sent regulariy to Headquarters. ROWPOR and Cornelius L, PEUVION, in addition, both review the product ef the LIFEAT coverage om the apartment of LIRING"9 (LIRING-4's ex-boss). LIRING*9, VALDEZ and GARCIA of the Guatemalan PAR have been the target of Station surveillance, While GARCIA has so far not been identified by the LIEMBRACEs (and this is definitely the result of bad luck sore than specific evasive tactics on the part of GARCIA), the LIEMBRACESs periodically surveilled both LIRING<3 and VALDEZ (they also atteapred to gurveil Enrique MORALES but the man they followed turned out te be the wrong one). This surveillance has so far produced nothing to east suspicion oa LIRING"3. On theeatrary, it has established ‘(im the case of GARCIA) thet LIRING-3 does meet a man corresponding to hig deseription of vARCIA. LIRING"3, a8 well as his wife, has also ‘produced am identikit ccaposite of GARCIA which was close to that produced = by the LIEMBRACEs and wes recently thought by LIREBEL°2 to resemble — was CASTILLO Reida (see MEXICO CIETY 2139 and HMHA°32598), a kercrera ; Guatemalan Communirt im Mexico believed to be in contset with the Fag. When VALDKZ and MORENO recently started their discussions with his, LIRING?3, at his om initiative, had their diacussioas recorded,| Ta addition to the above efforts to check LIRING-3's activities, this i Stetion raived rhe possibility of having LIRING-3 SGSSIELFD, passing in the WOFPACT SGSWIRL operator as a technician working for a local i Mexicam bank (Mexican banks use SGSHIRL investigative techniques), Headquarters acvised thet no Spanish speaking SGSWIRL operateéer would be available before 1 June (DIRECTOR 99386). To this Station's | i knowledge, mo wore hag been heard on this topie froa —_ T. 8th Catone L ee et
14-00000 y “ * » er teed . wafer. Stee gee eee oe oe ey ne A tan genta lg tee CONTINUATION OF i j Bop ynenay - DISPATCH i genet) pd ‘Fed Wea 32635 ie _ Sermeons worm SECRET/KAFOX [Blows eS eae eee amore & ETI ANY te et a ey since that date, i foe C, What control factors do ve thus have on LIRING<3 aod LIRING=47 We have, for example, the fact that he receives a salary frow ROWIOS in return for i:formstion om Cuban and leftists subversive eztivities. ROWION, at the beginning of the operation, told LIRING<3 thet sa—_— needed this information fer economic purposes. As BOWTOM wes ine terested ia dealing with the Cubans, he had to kace a3 avch 2hrese their activities as possible. To say that LIRIN:-3 does sor believe that ROWION hae motivea otner than purely economic gain would %e to underestiaste LIRING*3's inteliigence, LIRING*3 hae several times told ROWTOH, however, that he dees not know what the ietrer's real motives ere and is pest caring what they may be. This sares the collection of information on Cuban and leftist activities for ROWTON all the more a control factor, ss LIRING*3 is in fect : ‘ “spying” om the Cubane and the leftists they support. Public knowledge of this would put an ead to his relationship with various types cf leftiat elements, to the soney he receives from BOVTCE and to the type of life he likes and can cot live without BG&VTCH, Yue false Mexican documents that LIRING’3 has recently obteized for himself and for sowe of his leftist friends are another source of control, Obtaining false documents is a punishable offense in Mexico which could get LIRING-3 in jail, The tepes of LIRIEG-3's recent conversations with VALDE7 and MORENO could also be used as @ form og ccatros gance mamas Se ewes acd List 2F neweene oa. he heard om the tapes before LIRING°3‘'s conversations with the Mexican " Leftists, indicating that LIRING-3 tmew that these talks were recorded for the benefit of someone unknown te VALDEZ end MRENO, but obviously interested im their plans, Since the Cuben Extesay gent the two Mexicans to LIRING*3, the disclosure of the tases existence and of their cootent could really hurt LIRING@3, we know from the technical operation on LIRING?3's safebouse and it's LIFEAT coverage that LIRING*3 has a mistress. Although he dcea not always get aloag very well with his wife, he bas assumed an air of self righteousness during domestic arguments with her, LIRIEG-3 can be expected to do his utaost to prevent her from knowing about the ether women as such knowledge would personally hurt hia very auch, Finally, the fact that LIRDIG*4 “has smuggled official documents ; i from the Cuban fmbasay with the knowledge that they were copied before given back to her as well aa the fact thet thie had che blessing of LIRINGS3 certainly; constitute elemencs of coatrol on LIRING?3 as well as LIRING-4, ad phate. for rat ea conrtst CLASSIF CATION
14-00000 4 , follovea ty address. Leeorl : ‘ a, 4 . . ot . ? - - ae j ‘ rene ny 1057 weep acn > a : ny 1, LIRINS/2 rel orted to Fewtrn 2b 1200 meeting & July,1967, that Sergio Yaider intormeé nin en previcus evening that his-principal ~~ + a uw 3 frsliy nct in Nexieo vity and who ore cf principal rewsparers gith following text:"la pe rsona interesaca en Artesanie “exicana favor de gontaz couunicar con Sergio Valdez,” z ng VYaldec Ortega or soze other represenvaté¥? resistance zovement would chen contact hin. * 2. 1/3 extracted this infcrmation allecine that he rlarnines trin te > 7 : Caracas in near future to confer with Ansel Arvanitis of Metalopl4istica i Guatemalteca who has not as yet been able to leave Caracas beceuse mix locai business interests still pending. If Crtega ef sufficient ops “4 interest LIRING/3 eculd actually raze trip contact Crtege. on behalf = ae Sm a ok a a dee hath Wek FADE eo partnerssip with Valdez fo. operatic: of small glass factory located 2 a an Woman contacts : 3. Valdez also zircezised introduce L/3 to Venezuelanzs in Mexico Sit; ” evenings 6 duly.(Valées as orently mespects L/3's superior xno.ledze und experience h clandestine operations and his ostensibly high-level ~4 Cuban contacts}. a \ : 4&, FYI L/3 is worxins closely under Lexwksx direction of Rowton who 36 i is posing as Greek revolutionary with world-site business interests. 2/3 bas never guesticnred Rovton's ultinate objectives over pest year cf eal Laboraticn ervarently ia fear of alienating Rowton's affections ‘and lesing esutact vith him € His only contact with Rowton is telephone ans wering service ruzber in Mexico “ity}. Rovton feels reasonably certain __ 2/3 would report faithfolly cn results trip to Caracas, ‘but. would recon— mend station use a1] technical seans evailable to check this movenents. 5. If station desires Rowton could atop off briefly ofa 49 July on return ’ oe BDY Georsetown brief staticn on L/3 tacksround ‘4 and dis cuss plans for “i. future use locally.  - * cS cory pon * 4 S/Catk A/& Hlame- P2bGS Foe 2 98 5e7. - o - _ * e + Teme ae peniqa ane wn mene anit, Valdez and arrange future cozzce channel, On cover side L/3 is forméaz *, t —
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SECRET ATP OK : 1. LIRING/3 reported to Rovten evening 9/7/67 that he «ria ae learned froz Catalina Gepero é@nrins dinner 8/7/67 thatfour and ; “lz more KX inspectors checkirg ‘Tiles and cetivites of LIF et th hey poying perticuler attenticn to the financial sccounts ef TINT Sa/o"s office and are cosinv up «ith many unlevorable ("muy feas")conzents, WONan 2 L/ also learned from nesro/stucent residing Melcher Ceanrpo «ith medical students that Cereta has recsurned but is very etus and withdrawn. Catslina Cerero also commented to L/S that RTATIT/9 cnr bis seturn fron SDY on 3/7/67 expressed sursrise and disappointment that k¥%® LTRING/@ no lounger working in his office. Je has not, howews7, to ¢4ate contested L/4 personally ( ror has ue in fact resontac:ted LIRING/7). I¢ aprears BIRING/9 ané others in LIRINS are fully cecupled with the inspectors. WW? — : : Pe Rs - : x : . i een ee Seye cone eae + fe Merman He a nervy t a8 C1 cmne ere gaamenen oer asta met 6-758 30f apnea 4 Tee eytermernimenadene etemey 6
ce peer em ep are ee CFORET MAPOK mittel of VHinh tar. of Meeting Tettween TIRING at fez and Rafl MNerezo ( in L/ Safehcuss). 4. attached is the tape of ccrve:sation that tccok rclace at the . LISIVG/3 Sefehcure fren about 2235 until well after ridnicht on Prilay, 25 Junegi0o?. LTRING/S was preseat during the first ard ao the ceiting. The recorder an@ ciercpnene were placed ani Liring/3 in a tuffet in the livins rooa a few hours pric 3. The orininal purose cf the meetings aecoréinge to LIRING/3, was to meat «ith the Fah troraganca representative at the University. when be Gid rot show up wits Valcez and oreno,i=iiIh¢/3 questioned . ~~ then ateut him and Yaldez explained that he could not find hiz, tre~- x batly becasue he is tekins exaninations and must keep up his appearance ~ * ne a 2 t 3 as a Stucent. Tf/3 then : (silitary draft card) and the f2c% that be bad already civen his ‘ ; helfreorsther's birth certificate tc vasebo Rotriques Fadilie since he hinself could xot use > | : &, The tape fren th riunately is notdlear ue pernit 2 ‘ ppesrs ovever a& the gh to ¢ t +3 » that th : Ther wecordine isaf the ceeting and there " is no indication of é the LZEING/3 recording. { An : en oe - z > . fees ~~ vel i . t . _ooe 3 So.ton ' 1 i é ve cd . “t L i - ¥ « i an , ee i e : : ‘ os : - ; - . ; ; . ; . fi: i : . - a bs 1 , S ae RoE «sg > oe ; . . J : ~y . t fet . r - “rk
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