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pe REQU Project LIONION Station Mexico City Renewal of the LIO i January through 31 De for FY 1968 and wren] ae este msseepera sere 2 UT TREE 1 uae eres a rir econ a Se en key EST FOR PROJECT RENEWAL Field Case Officer Ce. ae kay £. oo caas ten Cornelius L. PEUVION Chief of Station 7 Willard Cc; NION Project is requested for a, gf GC wrt the period cember 1968 for & total of fox FY 1969. e8 cor! s/e C4Trnwe Dé Him A- SIISGS Mliverr.e | & AMAA- 50-6 1aaf SSsrsgGgs
‘to provide fixed photographic, of the PBRUMEN Embassy and Consulate ia Mex ico City. of target personnel and visitors agencies, i.e., LNERGO. PROJECT LIONION RENEWAL REQUEST A. Objectives: 1. Project LIONION its a long-term. support project designed technical, and physical surveillance The specific objectives are: . oe a. “To ‘furnish photographic coverage during the daylight hours of the main entrances to the target installations. b: To mathtain in readiness a listening post to support technical operations against.the targets. ¢. To radio dispatch physical survelllance teams against persons associated with the targets. d. To provide for a mechanism which can fulfill various miscellaneous PBRUMEN support requirements. 2. The above-cited objectives are in agreement with the over- all objectives of Station Mexico City. B. Changes: In late January 1967 the operational and administrative responsibllities for Project LIONION were transferred from Howard A, TRECKLER to Cornelius L, PEUVION. No-agent handling, control, or administrative problems were cncountered during the past year. Cc. Intelligence Production: As noted in Section A above, Project LIONION is an operational support project and does not produce disseminable positive intelligence. During the past year this project did provide over $000 individual photographs of persons and/or vehicles entering or leaving the target installations, as well as approximately 8000 feet of pulse camera film. Information on the comings and goings to the installations, which LIONION-1 provides in daily logs, has been incorporated into Station files and on occasion made available to other stations or LNHARP LIONION has been particularly useful in spotting new employees whose photos. are then passed to LITAMIL-7 for identification.
PP apa, - i D. Effectiveness: . 1. Project ‘LIONION is considered by the Station to be highly effective and esSential.. In addition to providing the valuable photographic coverage citéd above, LIONION-1 continues to provide interesting observations on the personalities and activities of thé personnel working in the targets. LIONION-1 reporting is being incorporated into the recruitment operations targeted against “LIRINGS2 and LIRING-16,° °° | _ 2 ‘In early July LIONION-1 obtained and furnished a new safe " Apartment which is being used for sensitive or lengthly meetings with LIRESORT-1 as well as LIONION-L. The safe site has been Stocked with a sufficient supply of food so as to allow two persons to live there for at least three days in the event the Station éver needs a cooling-off site for an agent or defector. : 3. Throughout the past project year LIONION-1 continued to Punetion effectively as the radio dispatcher for the LIEMBRACE Surveillance Team. “Much of this effort was expended in estimating the movement/habit pattern of LIRING-2, a prerequisite for his pending recruitment, E. Problems: Ll. On 27 June LIONION-1 was hospitalized for emergency Surgery to treat a perforated ulcer. Since LIONION~2's presence WAS required at the hospital during the operation and also through-~ out the postoperative convalescence period, photographic coverage was suspended until 10 July. postoperative morale slump on the 2, Other than a temporary gnificant personnel, part of LIONION-1, there have been no si _ Security, or administrative problems. F, Liaison: Not applicable to Project LIONION. — G. Interagency Coordinatior: Not applicable to Project LIONION. H, Plans: 1. The Station plans to continue to explott LIONION-l's experience, training, and location to provide the photographie coverage cited above. In addition, the Station plans to make more ‘extensive use of the operational lox books and personality observations provided by LIONION-1 in support of an intensive physical penetration program. —