14-00000 PROJECT OUTLINE a . | sca cass oreromn AQUnoues F (tuk. Lawrence F. BARKER | CRYPLONYM LEONTON “ou: STATION Mexico City CTE oP STATION aL nA . a re ne “Willard c. CURTIS The attached Project Outline is presented for approval. Bei) ibe paaral Ste agape “t Excluded trem evtyms nf Pisces BL OY UD. = SSIGN 88-0879 TOMER IN ats tray . ae ~ £- “/2. afi IDA AATNG Re SAE OF PEM BT DEI O. Sa Do FM EG a witbaduas 3. ke oy ee cA “ “oh ao fo i ae rt f a?
14-00000 “- - @oes not represent & new operation. LIONION activity. has been going. on since, : : 1962 and costs have heretofore been: charged. to PBRUMEN FI. funds. ‘The - operation produces photographs of | | persons associated with the PBRUMEN Enbassy, ° Oh fais 7 el mre SNay,., a |i \Al On PROJECT LIONION i Identification. This is a technical (primarily photographic) surveillance operation against the PBRUMEN Embassy in Mexico City. Objectives. The operation is designed to (1) furnish photographic coverage during daylight hours of the entrances of the target installation, (2) dispatch paysical surveillance teams against persons associated with the target, and (3) keep in readiness a listening post for the monitoring and recording of eventual technical penetration operations of the target. | The target installation is the PBRUMEN Embassy compound (including Consulate} in Mexico City. The above-listed objectives are accomplished by two trained, full-time surveillance agents + who live across the street from the target. The project is in emoomeueal een Priority A, Objective 1, of the current Related Mission Directive for Mexico. ; . Background. This project, ? herewith presented for approval for the first time, | . both staff and visitors. These photographs are normally reviewed for identi- fications by the PBRUMEN section at the Station, then shown separately to LETAMIL-9 Jand LITAMIL-7 who are | They are subsequently forwarded to the CI section of WH/SA where they are shown to PERUMEN intelligence defectors {AMNTP- ~] and AMMUG-1. Of those assets to whom they are routinely shown, LIETAMIL 9) has to date made the largest number of identifications. The photos have 2 ee of great value. Within hours of the arrival of a new Embassy staff member his photograph is in the hands of the Station, In addition to the identification of staff and visitors, the photos (accompanied by a log kept by the! LIONION agents) reveal patterns of action: (arrivals end departures) and details of personal associations (who associates with whom) which are of great value to the Station in mounting operations against the target. In eddition to photosraphy, LIC} ILON-1 and LIONION-2 | are. often called | upon to-do visual surveillance of the target installation and LICONION~-1 is essential — to the dispatching of the LIEMBRACE surveillance team against, individuals . associated with the target. Because of the presence of police patrol cars in °°) the vicinity, the Station's.mobile surveillance assets’ cannot come close to tae 7 target, hence the need. for LLONEON-2 Vs) dispatching services « . “ The presence of LIONION=1 and LIONZON-2 also insures continued oecupanc “y or a valued piece of real estate which will be used as a listening post when the Station suczteeds in installing additional technical surveillance devices in the target in tne form of concealed radio transmitters.. ‘feels sd Bf ad ak
14-00000 De ' be monotonous work. Psychologically, they are ideally suited to this sort of work. . ' began the present photographic. surveillance operation. for the LIEMBRACE surveillance team from which he is compartmented. Dispatching to dabble without notable i Tampa, Florida (inherited from nis deceased father), which enable him.to live as~ SECRETIMAPOK won Operational Assets. (Person el). of LIONTON=1 is a young PBRUMEN lawyer in exile. He left PBRUMEN in 1960, plaming to continue on via Mexico to the United States where he resided in his early years. His two brothers are American citizens, one a desk officer in the Department of Commerce in Washington, the other a police official in : Tampa, Florida. While in Mexico LIONION-1 was recruited, as LILILY-1, to perform PERUMEN operational support services for the Station and, once havi. a taste of clandestine activity, decided to remain in Mexico. LIONION-2 1] |__|" recruited in 1961, as LILILY-2, as a basehouse occupant and operator in the LIFEAT /LIERODE technical operation aimed at the PBRUMEN Enbassy. At this same time LIONION-1 also phased into LIFEAT/LIERODE work and the two worked together as a team. In 1962 LIONION-1 and LIONION~2 worked together in processing the take of the LIFEAT/LIERODE/MMIRAP installation, now — known es LIGMEN. At this time their cryptonyms were changed from LILILY-1 and 2 to Lirsvp-22 and 23, respectively. In the latter part of 1962 the two agents LIONION-1 was granted an OA on 18 May 1962 by HMMW-10664, He was LCFLUTTERED on 8 October 1963, ENW-12061. : LIONION-2 was granted an OA on 16 May 1962 by aS-10660. i LIONION-1 is the mainstay of ‘the operation. “LIONTON-2 ‘acts as his ‘assistant - and fill-in at such times as he is absent from the observation post. Both serve = principally as observers and photographers. LIONION-1 also acts as a dispatcher. is done by radio using pre-arranged. innocuous code terminology; the team does not know LIONION-1 or his precise location. LIONION-1 also processes on the premises all photographic coverage of the main Embassy gate through final printing, cropping. and mounting. Photographic coverage of the Consulate gate is processed through the negative development stage. ‘ , Control is primarily financial buttressed by the knowledge, on the part of . the agents, that as PERUMEN refugees they are vulnerable to pressure which might be- brought uvon them by KUBARK through the Mexican govermment should they get out . of line. Motivation is a combination of financial necessity and violent aversion _ ‘to, and determination to bring about the downfall of, the AMTHUG regime. An additional motivating factor is that both agents actually enjoy what for many would Both agents realize that they are working: for PBPRIR iz intelligence; LIONTON-1 . appears to be aware that he is working for KUBARK... The cover utilized by. ‘TONTON-2 is that of RERON ~l passes as 4 who can afford success because of Tamily landholdings in’ a "rentista," one. who lives on income from sources other than gainful employment. His rentista status is registered with the Mexican government. In October 1964 this cover successfully withstood intensive investigetion by Mexican authorities checking on versons of questicnable status fa tax collection purposes. The Station nians fs bolster thel —_—s jcover with supporting documents from a in New York City; these will be requested in separate correspondence.
14-00000 E. ee ee t : wht cE Ae aes Commmnication is. primarily ten LIONION-1; with LIONION-2. only in his - absence. Meetings, pre-arranged or signalled by innocuous phone calls (calls from LIONION-1 go through a telephone cut-out), are usually held at the LIONION-1 safe apartment. This apartment, which would appear to be a -LIONION-1 love nest, is in another area of town. The Station KURIOT technician, Hugh T. FRANCOITE, meets with LIONION-1 at least once a week. The Case Officer, Lawrence F, BARKER, meets with him less frequently. Whereas LIONION-1 knows ‘the true mame of the Case Officer, he does not lkmow FRANCOITE's true identity. Security Evaluation. If either of the LIONION agents are uncovered by Mexican authorities as engaged in operations against the target, they have been briefed to indicate that they are working for an exile organization based in the JMWAVE area, on a voluntary, non-paid, patriotic basis and to stick to the story covering their income. This would probably hold up unless they were caught in flagrante - _Wwith the KORTO? automatic pulse camera on the premises. This camera is of such refinement and complexity as to be difficult to ascribe to an exile organization. In any event, LIONION-1 has a close relationship with an official of the Mexican president's office. This connection, developed by LIONION-1 for his own protection, enabled him to weather the tax investigation and can be used by him to overcome any future difficulties wit vh Mexican authorities. Under Mexican law, the principal (photographic) activity of the project is -not illegal, therefore uncovering of the photographic operation would not of . itself result in arrest or prosecution. It is usually. possible to stave off... investigation or house search for a period of time sufficient to remove compromis- ing material from the premises. The LIONION base house was once cleaned completely _ in one evening and could again be cleaned, probably in less time, if circumstances should warrant. The target installation is aware that photo surveillance is a probability. Cn one occasion. AMKNOB-l, a JMWAVE asset, was shown a nearby building (not the LIONION base) by a PBRUMEN Enbassy \officer and told that it was a KUBARK photo base | LIONION-1 is known by sight to some PBRUMEN Embassy staff personnel who have ooserved him in the neighborhood. Presumably they believe he is a Mexican. To avoid operational compromise, he cannot renew his expired passport at. the PBRUMEN Consulate. For this reason the Station will request KURICT in separate correspondence to prepare new passports for both LIONION agents: so that they ‘may travel outside Mexico. re : Securit Sy measures employed 3 in, ‘this: operati or are- ‘designed tO make. it virtually ot impossible for. any opposition service to link LLONEON personnel with the Station. . Coordination. Coordination with other PBPRIME elenents. ‘or ‘the Mexic an government: * =" is not necessary at this time and none is envisaged. 88 em etree eeepuanennntnendin me ite einen tte ae eee ES a a |
14-00000 ° Tee ’ * tt ; ry . \ eae ore ; o - on ny (~ . whe G. Costs. The total annual cost of Project LIONION is $10, 78, distributed - as snown below: FY 65 FY 66° Yotal LICHICH-1 salary . . . o co - ‘ 3 months @ $320 $1920. = $22h0 $4160 . oo LIONICN-2 salary 13 months @ $150 , 900 1050 1950. Real state rentals: LICHICH Basehouse | 690 600 1209 LICHNISY Savehouse 26) 264 523 foilities on beth houses - 150 150 300 Supplies . 1170 =. :1170 23h0 ty (Pactographic film, paper,9 a . chemicals, and miscellaneous) - eo ye we vig nd anne P Sy ea aa Saleries for LIOQUION-1 end “2 inelude ‘the customary year end bonus of one wonth's salary. LIONION-1's sdary was raised from $200 to $320 monthiy tn 1964 to compensate in part for his renunciation of a sales position in order that he might devote his full time to the LIONION operaticn. LIOMNTON-2's salary has remained at $150 per month since her | recruitment in 1961. Ho salary changes are contemplated during the’ project yeer | |