ec MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Plans SUBJECT : LIEWOY Project Amendment 1. Amendment of the LIENVOY Project is requested for an addition- * sal’ $5,000 for FY 1967. The Project was Inst approved for the period 1 February 1966 through 31 January 1967 for a total of $50,698; $20,960 for FY 1966 and 429,738 for FY 1967. This amendment would bring the _. oe total project approval ta $55,698. Funde ore available vithin WH 7 Division. 2; ‘Tho Project amendment is. necessary in order to provide for unanticipated expenses revolving around en increase in the telephone tap LP. personnel and the establishment of a new joint letter intercept progam now referred to a3 LISALAD. Regarding the first, Headquarters has recommended for some time. that additional monitors be hired be- cause of the heavy workload in the telephone tap LP. There are 30 lines running into the center and the monitors who work on a shift basla, monitor all telephone calls received on’all 30 lines. This monitoring is only to determine the importance of the call and in order to make notes end a log for the transcribers. This serves two purposes. Flrst, any cxtremcly valusble information can be detected imnediately and action can be taken by the Station or the Mexicans with no time lag. Secondly, it makes the work of the transeribers much easier. tapes overnight so that a briefing paper is They must process all the on hd lesk the next morning outlining ali informaticn of value reccive "previous day through the telephone intercepts. The Station has rehired LYELVuy-8 at a ealary of $oho/month. This ie the gama salary the other monitors receive. LIENVOY-8 had previously resigned after returning to the regular army. 3. ‘In addition to hiring a new monitor, the Station has made LEENVOYeS the Supervisar of the LEENVOY Listening post. He has respon- gibility for 4 monitors and one file clerk. Prior to this time there has been no real suserviser vith whom the CLA Starr Agent, Arnold F. AREHART could discuss day-to-day problems in the tap center. He hard to walt until LIENVOY-2, the Mexicans’ principal representative in the LIENVOY project, was avellabdle. LEEIVOY-5 has been given a relee : ; seoper 9 Prwmetasnes
_ in salary of 912Q/month, bringing his total salary naw to $362 cHeadquarters fedis that the addition of the extra moniter ané the estab- clishment of a supervicor in the LP are good moves and are worth t ek additional funds required. . . h, The history of the LISALAD phase of LIENVUY goes back to the | ‘sumer of 1066 vhen_ |decided that he neoted Recess to a letter intercept prorram which vould give him bette esults than be had previously gotten through CIA's LIBTGH?/ LOND | Propram. (The LIMNUD Program is ‘essentially a untlateral CIA oper ation, but LIRAMA had adopted: the practice of giving LIKAYAK-2 several names of @ perscnally to receive). Therefore, in- Juune LIENVOY-2 and his father, LIELSGANT, to establich a new Intercept progran, cooperate with LIELEGUW in this endearer. In nre- Wing actual mail coverace LISLEGANT selected an individual to conduc t a thorough study of the Mexican postal weet While the study. has net yet been completed, so far a complete list subscribers to all post office boxes in Mexico Clty has been ac memlated, LIELSGANT is making available to the Mexico City Station all information he gathers ‘as’ a result of his survey. LIELEGANT plans to hire several stal inspecters who will personally extract that mail Cmeren (emo meree] LEIELVGY-19, who-has previously been us ri ojéect as a spot informant, is now being hired on a full-time basis to do flaps- and seals work and to make copies of all of the intercepted items. CIA will pay LIENVOY-1)'s new salary of $240/ecnth. LIBLEGANT has rented a small bookstore which LIENVOY-19 will’ manage. lie WiLL actually sell books and stationery items. He will do nis rlaps. and seals work in the rear of the store where he will also have a copy machine. The copy machine ie to be purchased by the Mexicans. 5. According to precent arrangements the Mexico City Station will receive copies of all the take from the Mexican posta] intersect ‘Programe LIENVOY+2 will secure the take and will pass| those items of interest at the same time he passes a copy of the telephone tap resume cach morning. CIA has an opportunity of taking advantage of this letter intercept program for specific cover age i: if we need. &. No new changes are plenned by the Station in the handling of the LIBIGHT/LINUD letter intercepl program. Y. WH Division recormends ‘approval of the amendment for an a24i- tional $5,000 to be used for salaries of LIENVOY-3, LIENVOY-5, LIENVOY- ~19, ‘SECRET Saree ere 6g pemeery pecntecsperomenmmarrearcan