104-10054-10051 , CLASSIFICATION ; PROCESSING ACTION SECRET -* te, MARKED FOR INDEXING NO INDEXING REQUIRED ONLY QUALIFIED DES# CAN JUDGE INDEXING | | micron | “ project LIEMPTY Progress Report/February, March and April. 196! ee ACTION REQUIRED - REFERENCES . oO i Action Required: For your information Chief of Slation, Mexico Cit; Reference : A. HMMA-22944, 20 February 1964 | ee ne | Be HMMA-14793 | | Le BACKGROUND. { , The LIEMPTY rroject is designed to collect operational information’ or the | LIMERICK installation and persomel, as well as targets of opportunity, through Pope stationary and nobile photographic coverage. In addition, the project provides | the means for investigating leads from the above noted coverages as well as other * Station sources, LIZMPTY supports other Station operations through the renting of I “safehouses, providing and servicing post office vox letter drops, conducting counter} , | survelllances and investigations and performing related tasks. .— er ee (| 2. OPERATIONS - REVIEW. | os es The Station feels that it would be helpful to summarize at this time informatioa © previously reported to Headquarters (see paragraph 3 » reference B) concerning the photo basehouses under this project and thereby give Headquarters an updated - frame of reference in which to view the roles of the various basehouses. The LIMEZED and LILYRIC pasehouses provide coverage of front of the LIMERICK installation. . Although on the surface it may appear that these two basehouses on provide duplicate take, this is not the case. It has been the Station's experience | — in running the unilateral LIEMPTY operation that a 0900 to evening workday, which would be required of ea single basehouse in order to cover the LIMERICK target . effectively, is just too long for any pair of agents to remain effective. This is. especially true when it is considered that these basehouse operators are essentially] Be unsupervised during their workday. It would also be impossible for a single base- | 2 _ house to provide the kind of coverage the Station needs on the target instellation, - a aspecially during the peak hours of activity, nemely late morni ag and early afternooh. . ‘Distribution: T 3 = o/WED : os wane GROSS RerkRENCE TO oT DISPATCH § SYMBOL ANU HUMBER ; i | HMMA-233)5 rn CLASSIFICATION na fw A ae
14-00000 . . ? ft Soe , 7 fo s Foot ‘ ‘ 2 : . a . SOMOS —_ rrr — CLASSIFICATION. DISPAICH SYMBOL AND NO. CONTINUATION OF . DISPATCH SECRET HMMA-23343 For these reasons, ‘the LILYRIC basehouse generally operates from 0900 to 1400 or 1500 weekdays. LIMITED operates from 1200 to 1800 or dark (as the daily situation dictates) on weekdays, and 0900 to 1400 on Saturdays. (These hours are subject to change to fit Station needs.) Special coverage for Sunday is arranged on a need basis; however, past experience has shown regular coverage of Saturday afternoons and Sundays is not rewarding. This schedule provides for both basehouses to be in action during the peak activity hours of the LIMERICK target. Although even this arrangement is not completely airtight, anything less than this would present unaccept able gaps in the coverage. It must also be considered that without two basehouses cov ing the front of the target installation, any illness, personal problem or vacation fo operators of one basehouse would terminate Station coverage. Also worth mention at this point is the radio "dispatching" of the LIEMBRACE ‘team by the LIMITED base. Due to the tight protective security measures instituted by the local police in the area of the LIMERICK installation it is impossible for a ‘unileteral surveillance team to stakeout the LIMERICK installation when assigned to coverage of members of the LIMERICK staff. LIMITED operator radio dispatches the * team onto target personnel giving direction, means of travel and description of dress of these targets, This permits the team to commence its surveillance a number of . blocks from the LIMERICK installation and beyond the protective ring of the Local ‘police, This radio dispatching makes possible the surveillance of ven oa pd oo , which would otherwise be impossible or extremely risky. Ae Dit : . pia ty 0 yey! 6D FAS The thira basehouse, LICALLA, provides coverage of the back of the LIMERICK. installation and the garden area. This coverage is the real "window" the Station has _ into. the LIMERICK target and provides a large part of the information on which a Station bases its identifications of LIMERICK staffers end its estimates of staffing, persomel positions and intelligence connections of the LIMERICK personnel. Due to |. be its position, LICALLA is also able to provide information on the LIMERICK installation which is of LAURICLE interest. It is the Station's opinion that as long as the LIMERICK installation is a prime target of the Station, it will be necessary to maintain the present three basehouses. To eliminate any one of the three would create a gap in the Station's coverage that would not be compatible with the emphasis placed on this: target by the AF Bho RMD and.” ' the Station's responsibilities under this RMD. oa ae cite epioim Be OPERATIONS - ~ CURRENT. In the past it has been stated that the LIEMPTY operation provides the majority of photogrephs used by the Station in its CE operations against the LIMERICK target. — This is still true and will remain so for the foreseeable future, The Station, and particularly that section concerned with the LIMERICK target, has always considered the LIEMPTY photo take an essential tool in following the deily activities of the persomel of the target installation and visitors to that installation. Obviously the most interesting individuals in both these categories sre those of intelligsnce eoneern, Among these have been a number of PBPRIME citizens.. For those interested in statistics, LISMPTY take for the reporting period included approximately 235 volls. of operational schotos, 205 of which vere directly concerned with the LIMERICK target, In addition, the dally logs kept by the basehouses on the comings and goings of the | LIMERICK staff menbers and visitors have greatly aided the Stations CE efforts , — especially in, exrd isis times such as-the CE #'LOOR el In ‘the aren. zt & specific. support to tha. -Séebiont s Cn vrozr am tin “adaition to sh ha. ce s is alist of selected » woepep ee ae “ ebove) and support bo other Station operations, the- following 2 ‘LIEMPTY contributi ons In this area. i | | ae LEEMPTY cupport to the AMROD operation contimes ~o be essential to - that operation. The contributions made by the two cutouts, Raymond H. | CERENDE sid Oliver G, SCANTLING, during the reoorting period can be truthfully deseribed as Nmaleine She cperation work, Cnly because GERENDE and, SCANTCING are available to provide daily execution of the assignments levied on the Station has the Station been able to contribute fully to AMROD. i | } i | ' be. Oliver Ge _SCANTLING comtinues in his assignment as cutout in the LIMTIED phase of the LIEMPTY Crores on end alternate contacs of LICASA-L in a sensitive operation of LAURICLE interest, Due to sre fact that SCANT died curing the report ins up cparlod with the res. ising = visits of wills > cope pc wus EDITION, LAS SHPICATION FORMS Sida OND Shae | a2 7 RET A . wn hGE 6 wire ARE OBSOLETE. | oo COPY ro, ence nee i Re en te nee nent bh me can eee 1 form | 1357 52a . fad) cents mere ener et ty a eee eben nn ane erence ne ee Nn A eR A nt thE PEATE Te Annee BR CE |
14-00000 ° . 2 . .t ary se . . ( » . . : . 7 ° ran C - \ | ee it j LILASSIPILA HON OISPATSTI SYMBOL AND NO. eo /4, EQUIPMENT. required BaJustment of the shutter and trip spring. a - PERSOMNEL, oo ‘ate ect in order to determine where economies could be institused without causing .faps in operational coverage or decrease in security and efficiency. It has been had run a red light causing LIENTRAP to turn over on its left side. Since the ‘small case while moving from assignment to assignment, all equipment was readily ‘No security problems resulted and LIENTRAP was back in operation in a week. ‘learned that most had forgotten at least part of the plan. New contact plans are stendard procedure, and action agents are instructed ns necessary to improve or CONTINUATION OF - . _ DISPATCH : SECRET HMMAL23543 relatives and legal details to be settled, SCANTLING* s miscellaneous operational activity was somewhat curtailed. However, SCANTLING did find time to take on the servicing of a post office box mail drop for. the sensitive AEIMPULSE operation and complete two pretext investigations. ec. GERENDE contimed his assignments as cutout to LICALLA and LILYRIC basehouses and LIENTRAP truck. In addition GERENDE obtained a safe apartment for use. of the LIKAYAK Case Officer and performed an investigation at the Instituto Culturel Espafiol-Mexicano at the behest of the COS. GERENDE and LIEMPTY-10 continued to provide frequent servicing of P. 0. Box mail drops used ‘operationally by Mexico City Station as well as other Stations. 7 G. Special assignments were given the project basehouses concerning a matter . . of LAURICLE interest and the. arrival and activities of two LIMERICK TDY - officials. Full reports were prepared and supplied to the interested. Station | -. officers in these cases. The project assets have also been alerted to . provide immediate reporting on a special case involving a PBPRIME citizen which is of interest to ODENVY and KUBARK. During the recent visit to. | Mexico of an individual of ODIBEX interest, the project. assets were alerted -and supplied special weekend coverage of the LIMERICK staffer who was known [| | to have contacted the individual of interest to ODIBEX, ’e@,. During the reporting period the operational use of LIENTRAP continued to oi m increase. This use has been primarily in the coverage of PCM and exile | . Communists residing in Mexico. , , 3, SECURITY. “LIENEFRAP was involved in an accident on 24 February 1964 while returning from i an operational. assignment. LIENTRAP was struck on the right side by a taxi which operational equipment is not permanently mounted in LIENTRAP, and is carried in a 7 evacuated by LIEMPTY-10 while the driver, LIEMPTY-L1L, and bystanders righted LIENTRAP, The texi fled the scene and LIENTRAP was able to move off under its — own power. Damage to the right side and broken windshield resulted from the accident A survey Was conducted among the agents under this project to determine if they remembered their recontact instructions and verbal recognition signals. It was being formulated and current pictures of all agents have been obtained to facilitate recontact. It is planned to review the recontact instructions with the ‘agents periodically once the new plan is worked out. No major equipment problems other than the LIENTRAP accident noted under - “SECURITY” above were experienced during Shis period. In February the LIMITED camera “the: Station has ‘been’ making a review. of its personnel needs under this . : Be! determined that LISMPTY-12 can be terminated under the above conditions and. probably*X{/ LIEMPTY-6 as well, It is planned effect these terminations as of 1 July 1964. It also has been determined that as of 1 July LIEMPTY-19 wil) be ph aced on an hourly rate for work performed for the Station. 6. TRAINING . No training olner than regular review of tradecraft princes) ples (to inelude: recontact instructions) are planned. Photographic product is reviewed daily as a correct their technique in both taking and processing the prod et e
14-00000 f REVIEW OF PROJECT LIEMPTY (For the Purpose of Project Renewal ) COVER SHEET CRYPTONYM ea FIELD CASE onsToER“Gulaiton“if,” GISEER STATION plexico , City CHIEF OF STATION / teak Gato The attached project action is presented for approval for the " “period 1 December 1960 through 30 November 1961. i } bo = et ee By sa ei Hee i cn eeoy . ie f . 7 \ ar aed ——_ ns ea a . TF Fe | paca V7 eeleraceno aaeaeeeeaiiia! GCPFY NQe © EE AY PRIA
14-00000 ) REVIEW OF PROJECT LIEMPTY : et (For the Purpose of Project Renewal ) . | T. CURRENT OBJECTIVES AND PRODUCTION a | Ae Oliver G. SCANTLING Segment (discussed in’ relation | . to project objectives): 1. "fo collect operational information per= ' 7 taining to LIMERICK personnel and physical facilities." ' SCANTLING has continued (See the last Project Review forwarded as an attachment to HMWA-14093, 13 November.1959) to provide worthwhile and significant information per=. on taining to the above objective. There follow a , _ a few examples of SCANTLING's production: a A detailed casing of the LIMERICK . electrical power supply was forwarded to Headquarters as an attachment to — HMMA—14496, 12 February 1960. The pro- duction of this type of operational information, which takes several weeks -to compile accurately, illustrates the. unusual talents possessed by SCANTLING together with his valuable contributions . to the Station's operational information oo ood, collection effort, . be SCANTLING has been used frequently to follow up leads produced by LIFEAT/ LIMERICK (now produced by LIENVOY). For example, in May 1960, LIFEAT indicated that the LIMERICK target was having con- siderable contact. with an AGENCIA ROBLES concerning the handling of incoming and a, 7 outgoing shipments. By discreet investi~ oo i ha gation, SCANTLING was able to provide the Station with additional pertinent information about the address , owner and type of busines engaged .in by the firm. Such-information: oe _. then becomes readily available for- exploitatio '. ‘should a LTHERICK shipment of vart tienlar : _interest come % vo the. attention of the “Stat 4 ec. SCANTLING is the Station's Dr “imary investigative asset for Eeeping track of ourrent- residence addressees of LIMERICK - personnel, The Station considers it important from the counterespionage standpoint to main- — tain information on the locaticn of all
14-00000 mBiee LIMERICK residences. In addition, specific targets are continually considered for LICOOL installations. A recent example of SCANTLING's efforts in this cornection would be the spot ting and acquisition of the LIMOTOR base in . the same apartment building with LITALON ~l. Contributions of this type operational informa- tion are quite time consuming’ due to the necessity for checking out several apartments that a LIMERICK individual may initially be considering as a residence. £2e "20 collect operational information pertaining to other targets of opportunity, foreign official installa~ . _tions and personnel of. intelligence interest operating in Mexico." As indicated below, SCANTLING is also extremely useful for collecting information on targets other than LIMERICK: &e In Narch 1960 SCANTLING was instrumental ‘in locating property adjacent to the LITABBY installation which the Station has since rented in anticipation of initiating photo~ graphic and technical operations, SCANTLING was able to accompl ish this assignment only. — after a thorough casing and pretext investi~ gations of the several pieces of property appropriate for such operations, be SCANTLING is also used to follow up sensitive leads in connection with LIFEAT © and LIENVOY production from LITABBY and sister targets (See example as to type. under I,A,1, b and c above). » SCANTLING was used as an investigative sset to determine the local address and axact employment af (201—-220025), a counteraspionage Guss of interest to Headquarters and ODENVY. ~W 079 © Ba To. exploit. operational leads through recruitaents ~ ia! priefings, and surveillances. " As examples of | SOANTLING' s contribution. to this: objective, the following cases are Listed: ae @. SCANTLING devoted a considerable amount of time to his attempts to locate Cesar GONZALEZ Sanchez, a known agent of a Conm- munist Country. He. followed various leads on GONZALEZ from March to August 1950 before pace Y7_ ot COPY No. 68 ‘emeaEeERienenenpoatet i j .
14-00000 GONZALEZ was finally identified and his Mexico City home md business addresses were — | ascertained. See HMMA~15626, 9 September 19605 for further details on this case. be The preliminary investigative work on a. . KUSODA case of priority interest was conducted by SCANTLING. During this investigation it was necessary for SCANTLING to travel to Aguascalientes, Guanajuato md Minatitlan to obtain the information required by Headquarters. See the attachments to HMMT-1416, 20 May 1960» . for the results of the investigation. 4~ In addition to his contributions to the above objece . tives, SCANTLING is used for miscellaneous support 7 requirements of the Station. For example, SCANTLING handied several of Raymond H, GERENDE's (ps) operations while the latter was away from Mexico City during August . end September 1960. Also, SCANTLING has been managing “. the LIJERSEY surveillance team since the departure of Simon D. CLACKETT in August 1960. It is hoped that SCANTLING can be relieved of this assignment as soon as the LITENPO project is approved. SCANTLING has also ' been used to spot and rent safe houses for various Station operations, a valuable operational support - services. 5, As stated in the preceeding Request for Project Renewal, al though SCANTLING's LIEMPTY Project objectives can never be completely fulfilled, it is the Station's opinion that SCANTLING has made important and valuable contributions to LIEMPTY Project objectives specifically and to other Station activities in generd . SCANTLING's. production, measured against monetary expenditures, case officer time and other intangible factors, unques— | tionably justifies his continuation as a integral part of Project LIEMPTY. Be Raymond 4H. GERENDE Segment (discussed — in reiation to project objectives): le fo. eollect operational: information. pertai ning’ “ko. ‘LIMERICK »ersonnel and physiesi facilities throu ghus of photographic base houses,” fogethér with their extensive photographic coverage of the LIMERICK target, © the photographic bases also contribute other types of operational information: Be 2 MTGED = This base compiles daily logs dicating all arrivals, departures and y ere possible, identities of every person isiting or working at the, LIMERICK targete ab ct + ae in aa! Mtl. i ‘PACE sm fe of
14-00000 This information is particularly useful in keeping track of LIMERICK personnel and assisting with the identification of visitors to the installation. Also, LIMITED maintainsa | | summary attendance list of LIMERICK employees.on a daily basis; this enables the Station quickly to ascertain the a presence or absence of an employee on any given day, . | Finally, one other significant service is performed by this base, the radio dispatching of the LIEMBRACE surveillance ' team on LIMERICK personnel and targets of opportunity. LIMITED's photographic coverage is. still concentrated on. oO visitors, as opposed to employees, to the LIMERICK . installation, A recent example of the base's contributions to ae . tation efforts is the case of In this. oo case, a LIENVOY lead indicated that an American might visit the LIMERICK target on a certain day, The base was alerted to dispatch the radio-controlled surveillance team on any person appearing to be an American, The results of this assignment were indicated in MEXI-6392 and several other cables, LIMITED was also able to provide photographs, which when compared with photographs provided by Head- / quarters, left no question as to ldentity. ‘ : . b, LILYRIC - This base's output of high-quality clandestine . photographs has been in about the same quantity as last year. In addition, the base operator, LIEMPTY-14, prepares weekly reports on LIMERICK employees and their wives. LILYRIC also performs the assignment of noting and reporting the. . license plate numbers of all cars bringing visitors to the’ : LIMERICK installation. LILYRIC photographs also are con~ i. centrated on visitors to the target, as opposed to employees, it should be noted that LILYRIC operates for photographic | . coverage. during the hours from. daylight to, 1400 hours. each . _. day of the week except Sunday, .The LIMITED base maintains ... photographic coverage: from 1400 nours cO darkness each Cay. except sunday, =. 6 ey Se c. LICALLA - As ceported i in previous correspondence, the - LICALLA base contributes to the collection of operational . | information through photographic coverage of LIMERICK _ ; - employees and their families, Also, the base operator, OPY NOo mn
14-00000 LIEMPTY~9, supplies extremely worthwhile information | pertaining to the apparent positions and jobs of the target employees. He accomplishes this objective by careful observation and analysis, LICALLA also maintains a daily attendance roster of all LIMERICK employees. LICALLA coverage of the target, both photographic and physical observations, enables the Station to keep abrest of LIMERICK personnel changes, a vital contribution to the Station’ Ss counter~ espionage effort. . 2. "To collect operational information and identify operational leads pertaining to Station targets of opportunity." The LIENTRAP operation, handled by GERENDE, is the major contributor to this objective, It thas been possible for LIENTRAP to take photographs and to perform pretext investigations in support of numerous Station activities. The. cases listed below are cited as examples: : a, In the case of k see I, A, 3, a, above) | LIENTRAP was able to procure photographs of at his © Mexico City residence which, when compared to Headquarters provided photographs, left no doubt that] was the subject of interest to Headquarters, So b, LIENTRAP confirmed the identity of Olga CASTILLO de Ledon, a frequent visitor to the LIMERICK installation and an ardent . supporter of the present Cuban regime, through a pretext - investigation of the residents of an apart ment building where CASTILLO was believed to live. Later, LIENTRAP supported the results of the’ investigation with excellent photographs ofthe — subject, 3, “To provide operational support to Station operations, i,e., rent him an extremely valuable Station. asset for such support activities, GERENDE also procures post otfice vox letter drops for the many Station operations requiring them, . SECRET (see oom GA of . 6s ef Be ; — _.. hotel rooms and apartments, and conduct counter-surveillances, "e9  eo8  -.), GERENDE is used frequently to rent hotel rooms and apartments for an . other Station operations and acttvities, - ' GERENDE's compréhensive re area knowledge and personal operational. capabilities combine to’ make
14-00000 SECRET/KG -6- 4, It is the Station's conclusion that the monsy and case officer time . expended on. this segment of the LIEMPTY project is worthwhile and should be continued in view of the quality and quantity of operational information produced, Simon D, CLACKETT Segment (discussed in relation to project | objectives): 1. "To collect operational information and to identify operational leads. pertaining to the LIMERICK target and Station targets of opportunity." During this project year the LIJERSEY surveillance team under the direction of CLACKETT began contributing to the Station's support efforts. through pretext investigations and physical surveillances, Some examp! les of the team's work are listed below: af t-64372) ts 2 Guatemalan Communist which the téam had under surveillance from November 1959 to April 1960. The surveillance, together with information acquired from other sources, eventually. resulted in an unsuccessful recruitment attempt on bl C201 -6 4546) isa Dominican of interest to the Station. The team devoted portions of five months, January to May 1960, collecting information on subject through physical surveillance. c. jose Maria "Chema" LOPEZ Valdizon (201- +) was the subject of a physical surveillance during May and June 1960, LOPEZ was later deported from Mexico through the efforts _ of LITEMPO- ~2. a, CLACKETT and the LUERSEY team performed numerous pretext investigations on Station targets of opportunity and-on . three separate occasions during the project year served as | “a counter- surveillance. escort for. Station, officers | in n other: operations. os 2, CLACKETT, just prior to his resignation in. niigust +1960, spent about f tive weeks giving tradecraft and operational skills training to LITEA-1. Although not specifically covered by the project objectives, this ability on CLACKETT's part is considered a significant con- . tribution to the Station's support efforts. | oon 52 of | a (SPE ED. eee,
14-00000 Tl. B. Oliver G, SCANTLING a LIERSEY team as an interim measure pending Headquarters. approvalo —. the LITE EMPO project,” SCANTLING has been expased to, and likewise:. 3. In view of CLACKETT's resignation, which was effective 31 August 1960, and the proposed transfer of the LJIERSEY team to the LITEMPO project, this segment of the LIEMPTY project wibl not be renewed, However, for the record, it is considered that + the CLACKETT segment of LIEMPTY was worthwhile and the expenditure of Station assets in connection with LIJERSEY operations were justified. D. Relationship to Related Mission Directive Objectives 2 _Jt can readily be noted that Project LIEMPTY has provided support to ‘many Starion operations and in this manner has been a contributing factor to the furtherance of the Related Mission Directive. The project has not produced any positive intelligence nor has it been intended that it should — do so, The project's sole purpose is to provide a mechanism for the development of operational informat jon in support of other Station operations, CHANGES A, Simon D, CLACKETT The unexpected resignation of CLACKETT in August 1960 has © ‘necessitated the decision as how best to utilize the LUERSEY surveillance team and still benefit from the training and experience gained by the team during the past year. As explained in the LITEMPO project outline, it was ~ decided that the LITEMPO Staff Agent would have the time, the need and the requirements to handle and manage the LITIERSEY team on a regular basis; consequently, the Station believed that such a solution to this problem would permit the Station to continue to protit | from CLACKETT's past efforts. ' Since CLACK ETT's departure, SCANTLING has been: handling the ~ knows, only one of the team members, LIEMPTY-20, SCANTLING is. known to L- 20 only by an alias, Co PLB, SY. of | §3 oo (enisianenseoisati _. "oor
14-00000 Ti OB LIMERICK Target - ~ Thal basis for most of the: Station's 3 s counters 2 re espionage activities directed against the LIMERICK target require derailed. oo knowledge of the identity, activities and fellow associates of LIMERICK . made unavailable, O Cc. Personnel Changes ~1,. LIEMPTY-15 - Member. of the LIERSEY surveillance team - Transferred to Project LITEMPO and cryptonym changed to LITED-2, 2. LIEMPTY-16 - Member of the LIJERSEY surveillance team ~- Transferred to Project LITEMPO and cryptonym changed to LITED-3. 3, LIEMPTY~20 - Assistant Team Leader of LIERSEY surveillance ‘team - Transferred to Project LITEMPO and cryptonym changed to | LITED-1. 4, LIEMPTY-25 ~- Most recent addition to the LIJERSEY surveillance team, Transferred to Project LITEMPO and cryptonym changed to LITED-4, 5. There have been no other personnel changes within the LIEMPTY project, excepting the resignations of Simon D, CLACKETT and Wilma J. FIORDALISI, EFFECTIVENESS A. General comments pertaining to the value of the project efforts to the | Station's needs - The Station is of the opinion that its operations are only as good as the support mechanisms backstopping and contributing to them, . , The availability of. unilateral’ support agents and organizations, such as _the LIEMPTY Project, to investigate leads and to collect. operational information is an indispensable ingredient to the Station's espionage and counterespionage objéctives, The. Station would be seriously handicapped ‘in its operational activities should the support services of such agents as GERENDE, SCANTLING and the agents under their control be suddenly personnel, The LIEMPTY photographic basehouses undoubtedly provide more of this type information than any other Station operation. The production from LIEMPTY photographic bases and from the LIENVOY project provide the Station with the large majority of LIMERICK leads.
14-00000 . progress has been made in the Station's handling, i, e.: » Sorting, ‘inde exing | oe identifying leads and filing, ‘of photographs Produced | by. cae. several bas “Be Photographic Techniques ~ The previous LIEMeT Y Project Renewal O C. Targets of Opportunity - The immediate availability of independent assets to perform investigations, photographic assignments. and other essential types of support services in connection with Station targets of opportunity represent an operational advantage which this Station considers . highly significant. It is due to such LIEMPTY assets that an agent can be sent to distant areas in Mexico to do investigations, that photographs can _. be made of individuals and places which are of operational interest and. _ apartments and hotel rooms can be acquired in fictitious names in support of sensitive operations and activities. D. Although the progress and. success of any support project depends. upon requirements from other Station operations, it must be concluded that Project LIBMPTY has indeed been effective during the past project year, PROBLEMS A, Security - The activities of the LICALLA base were suspended in — September 1960 as a direct result of the arrest of three KURIOT © technicians by the Cuban Government, One of the technicians was known to have knowledge of the four LIMUST units (LICALLA is located in one of these units) and the Station considered it appropriate to suspend photo- graphic operations pending resolution of the situation, At this time, there is no indication when LICALLA operations will be resumed. The LICALLA base operator has reported that there have been no unusual inquiries or other suspicious actions which might indicate that LICALLA has been compromised to LIMERICK persomel; however, such.a possibility will exist until the release of the three technicians, No other security problems have occurred during the past year, PLANS A. Processing of Photographs - During the past year considerable o Request indicated that the Station planned to try new techniques using | HY-PAN film in night photography. HY-PAN film was used on a trial | basis during daylight hours with poor results, Almost invariably, prints SECRET/® ‘J ght 68 * NO.
14-00000 SECRET/ #2 -|0- from HY-PAN negatives were too grainy and, consequently, were of little use in producing good identified shots of individuals, In view of these experiments, night photography has not yet been attempted, It should be noted that Eastman Kodak's new TRI-X PAN film, which all bases and LIENTRAP now use, is superior to any film pz -eviously used by the Station for clandestine photography. The quality of all base photographs have been increased considerably as a direct result of this new film, C. General Comments ~ The Station believes that the GERENDE | segment is now operating under optimum organizational arrangments and there are no plans for expansion contemplated at this time. It is expected that SCANTLING will soon be relieved of his. interim . responsibility for the LJERSEY team and can concentrate more on his —. investigative and casing activities. The transfer of the LITERSEY team _° to Project LITEMPO reduced Project LIEMPTY activities by an . _ appreciable amount, It is not planned, during the coming year, to expand present LIEMPTY activities, COSTS - A. Past Project Year - Station finance records indicate that Project LIEMPTY expended $19, 120.91 during Fiscal Year 1960 (1 December 1959 - 30 June 1960) and has thus far during Fiscal Year 1961 (through 31 October 1960) expended $16, 734.69. Contract Agents salaries. and allowances paid by Headquarters bring the total expenditures for 11 . months of the project year to approximately $50,000.00. An additional $4, 000, 00 will be obligated during the 12th month of the project year. This will bring total project expenditures to about $54, 900. 60 for the entire project year, ] B. Ensuimg Period ~ Of the total $53,000.00 budget, itemized selow, $31, 900. 60 should be expended during the remai inder of Fiscal Year 1961 and the balance, $21,100.00, should be expended. during Fiscal | Year. 1962, Normal accounting procedures: will be: ‘used: for al expenditures.
14-00000 AGENT U.S. §$ PER ANNUM _ Raymond H, GERENDE @-32743 $ 5,040.00 _ Oliver G, SCANTLING ¢- 2¢6fe3 4,560.00 — Louise J, MACRINO 2-4/9¢sR 2, 500. 00 i (@ $2.02 per hour) | LUEMPTY~4.. @ - 3/572 2, 000. 00 LIEMPTY-5 ¢- 5% 792 1,500.00 | _(@ $1.75 per hour) | | LIEMPTY-6 ¢-2774F a 2, 800. 00 | ~ LIEMPTY-7 No Salary ¢- 3/0727 -0- “ LIEMPTY-8 ¢ - 34¢74 1,800.00 / ~ LIEMPTY-9 9 ¢-52677 2, 800. 00 i. LIEMPTY-10 ¢- s37¢ 3, 600. 00 . LIEMPTY-11 ¢- #437 2, 500. 00 | | LIEMPTY-12 ¢c- 36226 _ ° 1,800.00 . ; LIEMPTY-13 ¢-Yé7 49" 1, 800. 00 . LIEMPTY-14 ¢- 66% | 1, 800, 00 : LIEMPTY-19 ¢. 7¢r79 1, 000. 00 LIEMPTY-24 No Salary C-TSBA2A - -0- ae Christmas bonuses all personnel 2, 500. 00 - SF | SUB-TOTAL . $ 38,000.00 a | OPERATIONAL EXPENSES i \ i |. ' ; Maintenance of MV-2279, 2284 and 2286, - $ 2,000. 00 . Operational Travel 900. 00 | Procurement of Safehouses, post - 2,000.00 a! - office boxes and. renting _ 7 re “. automobiles,- a Purchase of information, =. 00000 -2,500.00.. .- identification documents, and OT bribes, | SUB-TOTAL $7,900.00 / ‘PAGE aie 068 8
Newne OPERATIONAL EQUIPMENT Repair and maintenanceof camera equipment, Purchase of replacement ‘photographic equipment and supplies. ‘REAL ESTATE Rent, utilities and maintenance _ of following safehouses: *LIMITED *LICALLA ~LILYRIC SUB-TOTAL SUB-TOTAL » ( $ 500.00 2,000, 00 2,500. 00 $ 3,000.00 1,500.00 1, 000, 00 5,300.00 - GRAND TOTAL $53,000.00 - *LIMITED and LICALLA rents are returned to the Station by LIMOUSINE. and credited to Station miscellaneous receipts, VIL. : EMERGENCY CONDITIONS As regards the requirement listed in CSI-F No, 230- 60, communications arrangments in the event of "Emergency Conditions, " the Station coes not anticipate that this project would or could continue to functicn under its present objectives. Annex A, for However, both principal. agents, SCANTLING and GERENDE, would very possibly be. worthwhile. sources of information to maintain contact. with under: any adverse — i ey conditions, Both of these agents identify themselfs, im terms of. vo ideology, motivation and perspective, more as’Americans thanas © Mexican nationals (which they are), fore, that SCANTLING and GERENDE would become valuable contacts in any emergency situation, ~ tt is reasonable to as me 68 COPY Noe mee sume, there-_ : . f
14-00000 - og fem . . . . . oe . | | | | wo The Station is aware that the previous project renewal stated that - emergency communications arrangments were being made, The Station has finally obtained the U.S, addresses of relatives through whom GERENDE and SCANTLING could be contacted under most situations, This information will be forwarded separately.