104-10052-10107 ‘presented for. renewal for the period 1 December 1959 through and vehicle rental; *, SORT Gurl 5 IME os0 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief of Operations, DD/P SUBJECT +: Project LIZHPTY ¥ (Renewal) ‘WH - Mexico lL. Tne attached vroject, originat sing in WH Division, is 31 November 1960. The project provides for physical and photo- grapnic surveillance operations in support and exploitation of other Mexico City operations, varticularly thos e targetted at Soviet personnel and installations. 2. Authority is requested to obligate $34, 910 from the DD/P- WH Division operating budget $43,485 for fiscal year 1960 and. $36, 485 for fiscal 1901, “subject: to the availability or funds. These sums include $61,910 compensation for five contract agents (three of whom serve as principal agents for segments of the project), and sixteen support agents; $3, 500 for vehicle maintenance and commercial carrier travel; 387,500 for operational equipment; $5,000 for maintenance of three safehouses; $2,000 for additional safehouse, post office box $1,000 exchange commodities ; 32,000 "key! money, broken contracts, etc.3; and $2,000 i ror the purchase of information, documents, payment of bribes, etc. . e Division 3. The attached renewal request, prepared in th and suosorted by a orojgect revieu orenared in tne Pleld, reviews the activities of the oreteet during the oast year and present @ detailed breakdown of the funds requested. The vrofect operates in three segments: (a) Gontract agent Oliver G. SCANTSING is an independent asset who is used to follow-up and explicit operational information on target personnel end installa- tions, to case various installations of interest, acquire pxo- perty, ete.; (b) a onotographic surveillance tean, under prin- cipal agent Raymond H. GEHENDE, utilizing three houses or apart-~ ments and one photo truck; and (c) a physical surveillance team under principal agent 5 ‘Simon .D. CLACKETT, consisting of three. —- trained members at the present tine. The attached renewal request reviews the activities and accomplishments of the ject in terms of these three segments and in relation. to pro- ect obfectives. SCANTLING's contribution to the collection oP operationai ins formation: -jperteining.: £o- soviet | ‘personnel and: 2ast regarded by the Station as ; unique. Hevakso. oro- ct a stallations is 52338 generate ne £0 re EN NOM ct Arpt ny A eT RCA aS
14-00000 ae use year Two additional contrac as ra car eC SEBHET trained CLACKETT in: radio controlled mobile surveillance. SCANTLING aiso nas rendered valuable support to the LITAGIT operation having tained entry. to the target under a fabri- cated cover. He has also cased and orenared reports on the LEVABSY target in oreoaration for future operations and per- formed investigations of numerous otner Station targets of opportunity .- He investigated many leads from other audio-~.. surveillance operations enabling the Station to maintain _ current data on various Soviet contacts and resulting in a recruitment attemot which, while unsuccessful, is. believed to Indicate future potential along this line. He has fur- ther been used to develop radio orocedures for the mobile teams and to rent various pronerties in support of other ‘Station operations. The, GERENDE segment, using three base houses .for photography, produced upwards of 12,000 photo- graphs during tne year. One base has recently begun taking» motion pictures of Soviet personnel in the course of conver- sation which have been forwarded to FI/D for possible exploita- tion by lip reading analysis. -This segment also operates the mobile radio surveillance vehicles. A “mobile photography. sur- veillance truck has been used during the oroject year for coverage of various Station targets “which do not warrant the establishment of permanent photographic bases GERENDE nas also served to rent post office boxes, hotel rooms, | etc., in support of other > Stasion operations During the past oroject year CLLCKETT, who returned to Mexico “in early April 1959 after Headquarters training, svent the following two months being trained by SCANTLING in mobile surveillance techniques. He then undertook training of a four member team which was _ judged ready for operational 1 toward the end of the project ents, Wilma J. FIORDALISI and Louise J. HMACRINO, performed 3% 4, Appropriate staff components concur in recommending renewal. ) GE-staff notes that the CI value of the project is difficult to judge since it appears that muen of the maserial produced remains in the Station for exploita-. tion. However, Si-Starr remarks that the value of the project should be increased when the CL LACKETE surveil-- ‘lance team enters into active cperation. Gi-Statt sug- gests shat the Station be queried as to the pretext or circumstance under which SCANTLING frequently. visits rada - "de'Horeno, the occupant of .tne-.proverty tothe Soviet installation gem, ae ra) nslation and suport functions. . . . . : Se Re A A I ENO . i i i
14-00000 as , a * ‘ . ea . wk . a . . ‘ : oon ae i sents a clear picture of the aims and objectives of the various segments, it does not provide, excent in-the | ease of SCANTLING, detailed indication of the value or usefulness of the obher. segments, particularly the photo- grapnic activity. FI/OPS requests that the Station pro- vide such an appraisal during: the first quarter of -1960.- " BT/OPS recommends . strongly. that the photo coverage be reviewed from the standpoint of value and usefulness with a view to determining whether the LILYRIC activity could not be safely eliminated and the additional photographic coverage conducted on a more selective basis, without materially affecting overall usefulness. © 'BE/OPS notes. -that, in the absence of further proof of usefulness, the ~~ golor photography and noving pictures appedr to be an — unnecessary luxury. “BI/OPS — commends the careful handling - of the CLACKETT segment and requests that the next proje et action include. examples of the team's progress.” . 5. I recommend renewal of Project LIGMPTY as presented with attention to the staff comments ‘in par aragrapn 4 above. COP-DD/P _ “pate 202 Gf r - _ SECRET ( | (»)" F1/ors notes that whi e the project review pre- . - to | | | | | | | | | | | | | | i]