104: fu 10297 CLAS EE HGALION ; SUBJECT - ee) -LIFEAT Progress Report, January 1963 ACTION REQUIRED - REFERENCES cane tn agen vane ERNE 2 het SS hp eh Een Ante ter AEE Ob Hb? MARKED FOR INDEXING NO INDEXING REQUIRED ONLY QUALIFIED HEADQUARTERS OLSK CAN JUDGE INDEXING Wo ABD?. crore mina Action: See paragraph G f Sid AY BE ac > oe paragrap : i H . - . Ref : HMMA-29531 i. — PT ‘ j { _ 4K i \ oe : L - 1, The followi ing report is submitted in accordance with CSFHB-F 52- 6-1, _Sectioa V, paragraph 2 (d) (1). ; A EXPLOITATION OF LEADS 1) LIFEAT/SOVIET Continued coverage of the home of Aleksandr G, SIDOROV provided valuable ma- , terial concerning the activities and routine of SIDOROYV, his wife aad ais maid, “This informa‘ion is considered essential for a planned re-entry of Subjeci's - quarters in connection with the MKCHARITY-20 operation, . (2) LIFEAT/POLISH “Provided con: inuing information on the daily activities and contacts of the Polisa . Embassy personnel in Mexico City. 3) LIFEAT/YUGOSLAV During the reporting period, LIFEAT provided informazion that gave timely war- ning of the possibility of gaining access to Yugoslav official correspondence, LIFEAT information enabled the Station to plan this attempi in detail and remain abreast of developme:::3 in this case while awaiting Headquarters's decision whether or not to proceed with this effort, LIFEAT also provided travel infor- mation on a Yugoslav TDY intelligence officer which was very useful to ODENVY. Remeve from Froject.. : Cy Classification: (Continued) 353 4 ere , Box: Fala: DATE TYPED DATE DISPATCHED 7 Mar. 1963 |S Mar. 1963 DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER HMMA- 20373 HEADQUARTERS FILE NUMBER 50-6-32/3 | RECORD COPY t t ttn epee ' -f
13-00000 CART ATCT SECRET/}a es quncatetnnctiteroe settee AE RTC TE STRAIT ART FT HMM4~20873 CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH 4) LIFEAT/CUBAN ', LIFEAT coverage of two relatives of AMSTRUT~-2 provides an "essential" check ‘on the activities of AMSTRUT=-2, and particular information which aids the in- , terested case officers plan the actual contacts with AMSTRUT-2 plus the progres: “of the AMSTRUT operation, The value of LIFEAT providing an unilateral check _on the activities of AMSTRUT-2 and her relatives during critical periods of the . AMSTRUT operation cannot be over emphasized, Copies of the daily take from * -the two lines covered by LIFEAT for the AMSTRUT operation.are forwarded . twice a week to WAVE, 5) LIFEAT/EXILE ‘LIFEAT information is drawn on heavily both for the present harassment camypai- directed against ESLARD~1 as well as for daily intelligence on the activities and contacts of this target, Weekly sumtnaries of LIFEAT provided material are _ cabled directly to Headquarters and Station Guatemala City, 7 6) LIFEAT/AMERICAN COMMUNISTS ‘As per reference, coverage in this area was resumed on 22 January 1963 with th: -return from. home leave of the ODENVY processor of these lines, .Travei and contacts of the American Cominunist Group in Mexico (ACGM) provided by the _LIFEAT take are of particular interes: to ODENVY, Only change noted in paragraph 1,.A (6) above, C, LIAISON Resumption of local liaison with ODENVY as noted in paragraph 1, A (6) above, D, SECURITY i) The installation of new municipal lighting for many areas in Mexico City noted in reference continued during January 1963, but at a reduced scale, Some areas covered by LIFEAT baseliouses are now free of the installation crews, ii) Due to the circumstances under which most of the LIFEAT basehouse keepers were originally recruited or shifted from other projects to employment in LIFEAT (in most cases at least ten years ago) they are either aware or have reason to suspect that they are now, or at one time were, employed sy KUBARK working out of the local ODACID ‘nstallation. LIFEAT outside pr incibal 2 agent, 5 diz ds 8 : Se When and if necessary for the Station Case On icer in charge of LIFEAT to meet any of the local agents under LIFEAT, it is under alia If protracted meecings of this type become nécessary a cover story will be devel- oped for the Case Officer's continued presence’in Mexico, ..such as "tourist" . status or commercial employment with an unnamed PBPRIME firm doing business in Mexico, BE, TECHNICAL | An additional six Revere audio recorders were received during the menth of Janu 1963 tor the LIFEAT operation. Thes2 have been placed in operation and are pei ‘forming well.
13-00000 Pra be ge PANO ALANS ae e CONTINUATION OF —_ " "DISPATCH | SECRET Aaa THIMMA - 20873 FB, COVERAGE During the month of January 1963: LIFEAT provided unilateral coveraze on a total of 13 target lines. Coverage by target was as follows: 1 Aleksandr G, SIDOROV 2, and 3, Polish Embassy 4, 5, and 6, Yugoslav Embassy fob 4 7 9 10, li. 12 13 Hv M, WILSTED returned from home leave on 1 Fepruary 1963 and assumed full | responsibilities as LIFEAT outside Case Officer, Wayne C, DRABAND and LILEMBRACE- -8 who substituted for WILSTED in the LIFEAT operational and techni- cal:phases respectively during WILSTED's absence are to be commended for their ia intaining LIFEAT at the high level of efficiency and security normally enjoyed ‘by, the.operation. DRABAND's performance was the subject of separate correspon- dence (see, HMMT- 3469), As presently projected, Wayne C, DRABAND will be leaving Mexico on or about 1 November 1963, The responsible Station Case Officer and WILSTED are attempting toiresolve the problem of a replacement for DRABAND at the local level, primarily : from the pool of agents already employed under the project. This would have the me , advantage of not further disseminating the fact that LIFEAT does exist, but would * have the serious drawback of giving knowledge of the whole operation (i.e. all -, basehouses) to anot an national, (Note: At present LIFEUD~2 and 4 ; LIFEUD-3, the col now coaneci the tap lines co the basehouses, are the only Mexican nationals who know of the location of all LIFEAT basehouses, ) “The Station does not desire another staff employee to fill this position, but would “T brefer a-U.S. citizen, technically competent, with some working knowledge of Span- “ish or ability to acquire a working knowledge of Spanish, Since working papers are *xtremely difficult to obtain at present, for cover purposes anyone coming into -4aMexico to. fill the LIFEAT position would probably have to come as.a retired person -with a guaranteed income, It is thought that perhaps an individual retiring from one ff the Armed Forces in a technical rating might have the best possibilities of filling ll the requirements noted, te Ithough ‘the ‘Station will continue to explore all possible solutions to the problem, “y it.is requested that Headquarters’ views and, if possible, assiszance be givea the Station in this. matter, a 2, ‘Diving the reporting period a number of memoranda were prepared by “the Station for passing to local ODACID and ODENVY based in whole or in part on »LIFBAT provided material, The following HMMs were provided as a by-product of of the 1 LIFBAT Operation: 7 . . ~~ | yMM=6993 | HMM-7005 : . i HMM-7011 HMM-7048 ee -HMM- 7073 i - 7 { ee. cORTS _ 2+ fo Distr ibution: 8 CWA: 2 - Files wa SE ae, bomen | wf a Use PREVIOUS EDITION wt BBaq at lita, REPLACES F ep SSIFIC ATION