104-10185-10159 ~ FOuD PHuJeCT OUTusNE , . | Cryptonym: LICOOKY 5 A.- Identification: a This is an FI project located in Mexico City for the purpose of identifying Latin American communists and leftists, principally from Central America, who are living in or travelling through Mexico City and reporting on their destinations, ° plans and activities. B. Objectives: 1. To identify Latin American commnists and leftists and their origin and destination, who are travelling through Mexico City. 2. To report on their plans, activities and associates. 4 3. These objectives fall within the responsibility placed on the Mexico City Station by the current RMD. C. Backgrounds 1. Mextco City is a center for Latin Americans who cre travelling throughout the world. Mexico is the only Latin American country that continues to have diplomatic reletions with Cuba. ‘The USSR and several other Iron Curtain countries 7 maintain embussies 1n Mexico City, which are points of contact with travellers from Latin America trevelling to these countries. It is rairly simple for these travellers to enter and exit Mexico. 2. Owing to Mexico's policy of non-intervention and ner lews concerning political asylua, many political exiles, particularly from Central America, have obtained residerce in Mexico. 3, These combined factors make Nexico City an ideel place to identify these travelers and asylees and to discover their plans and activities which cre of intelligence interest to ODYOKE. The agents included in this project have been fulfilling the objectives of this project in the past but have not been operating under «& Yorually approved project. D. Assets. 1. Personnel. a. LYCOOKY-1 {56 an American female Contract Agent. She is single, fluent in Spanish and tutelligent, with a history of close personal contact with many prominent Central American leftists, that gives her access to the target. She lives a bohertan life which enables her to contact refugees froa other countries in Latin Arerica and helps quell suspicions that might be aroused by her nationality. She wes originelly recruited in Habana, Cuba in June of 1950. Mexicc Station has never receive! the date of her CSA, She arrived in Mexico City from Habana on or about 20 May 1gcl anc shortly thereafter was picked up by the Mexico City Station. o
During -the time she spent in Cuba and Latin America she has demonstrated that many cf these leftists will talk tairly freely with her. A good ceal of this information has been found to be of intelligence interest to ODYOKE, Her cover is simply that of a bohemian American expatriate who does free-lance writing as vell as translations for some outstending Latin American authors. She is motivates to a certain extent by her nationality but her principal motivation is probably financial, since she is almost entirely dependent on her KUBARK salary at least for her regular income, She is witting that she is working for KUBARK, ‘She has received no formal training. b. LICOOKY-2 (formerly LICENTU), a young Mexican male Meld agent, is employec by a Mexico City travel agency which is used by a Central American Communist agent to arrange travel from Mexico to Eastern Duropean countries. He was originally spotted by LICOOKY-l in August 1963 and recruited by Simon D, CLACKETT, His principal reports have concerned commnist travelers from Central America going to _7 Iron Curtain countries. He has been paid on a piecemeal basis averaging $1000.00 pesos: a month. He nas an (A granted on 10 February 1964. He has natural cover as & travel agency employee. While his motivation is chiefly financial, he does appear to be sympethetic to PEPRIME and che policies of ODYOKE. His need for money creates “a financial control over him and for what it is worth the Station has signed recelpts for money paid to him. He has had no formal tratning. 2. Mechanisms: Not Applicable, E. Security Evaluation: ° 1. LICOOKY-1 has on occesion been accused of being a KUBARK agent but these accusations Have never been pursued and they have not appeared to hinder her in her access to her target. Her apparent erotional instability; creates a degree of security risk. Her intimate relations with LINLUCK have also caused Station sone discomfort from time to time, However in recent months the two have been living apart, thus reducing considerably the security factor from this cause. While . , neitner LINLUCK nor LICOOXY-1 ts offMiciluzlly aware cf the other's contact with ODYOKE, it would be illusory, in view of their fatimacy to belleve that LICCOKY-1 does not at least know LINLUCK is in contact with some ODYOKE agency. He, perhaps, is less certain of her contact with KUPARK, as he has several times pointed out how useful she could be to KUBARK on Central American Comminists in Mexico. Meetings between LICOCKY-1 and her Case Officer who is under non-official cover mist be cavefully conducted end planned owing to the case officer's cover situetion. would be no logical explanation for contact between the two except - given LICOOAY-i's predilection - an amorous one, Meeting times and places sre prearranzed. Alternate and emergency meeting plans have been erranged. Arrancements have been nade so LICOOKY-1 cculd be met by a person unknown to her. There e. LICOOCKY-2's natural cover gives him easy access to the required travel intormation and does not present a security problem. He and REYMAIDER are of sinilar ages and since REYMUODER is under non-official cover their beings seen together does not tend to create suspicion. There has been no indication tat he nas talxed to any one concerning his work for ODYOKE. it {ts assuzes that he realices he is working for some ODYOKE agency but he has never asked any questions er shew any curlosity about such agency. leetings are of a clandestine nature made on a
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- 8 OF re, atten itt! iw ARN Ni EEA are ou Biv neha binant RD cain eS Dg ay laa Tin al Sey Seis te Spe 5 deca 104-10185-10159 Biwi’ 19 January 1965 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Western Henisphcre Division SUBJECT s Approval of LICOOXY Project lI. Approval is requested of the LICOOKY Project for the period 1 Janusry 1965 through 31 December 1965 for a total of $5,140.00; $2,530 for FY 1965 and $2,610 for Fz 1966. Funds are available within the Division. 2. This project covers the only two Mexico City agents specif- feally targeted sgainst Central American revolutionary and subversive “activity in Mexico. While these two agents bad an operational Telationship in 1963, they have been completely separated since that time, and are handled independently by the LIL'NK Unit. They are both covered by this project beacause of their coumon objectives, Prior to their turnover to LILINK they were handled by U.S. cutouts. 3. LICOOKY-1 is an Amecican citizen who formerly held a posti- tion within the CASTRO hierarchy; she has excellent contacts not oO only among pro-CASTRO Cubans, but also among all Central American leftist revolutionary groups, especially the Guatemalans. Despite an these excellent. contacts, and her willingnees to accept any assign- i ment whatsoever, there is little active direction of her activity due to a restricvion oa her OA which was granted 27 January 1964. . Ae a result of various assessments it is believed she must be handled with caution because of emotional vacillation and potential susceptibility to leftist indoctrination. The Station is restricted to debriefing her and revealing as little classified information, including requirements, as possible. Her OA vas amended on 26 June 1964 to authorize her use on a one-time basis as an access agent against a Soviet mewspaperman who will be visiting Mexico and who has been & target for defection at another WH Station. It is hoped to use her under this amended OA in the near future, as the Soviet is now making plans to visit Mexico. 4. LICOOKY-2, a travel agency exployee, ie believed to provide ~ | almost complete coverege of travel by Costs Ricans, and almost all . ecverage of Nicaraguan leftists, to the USSR and the Bloc countries. Tois travel tuformation also contributes to the ZRKNICK progran.