' CONTINUATION OF _  bIspaTcH. | - “ke In additiin to the forzal covnts iited above, caring the orocess of ‘". gbtaining aprreval for LEVEAT, the Project was subject to various and. sundry eriticiaas in its present: form, Th@reforé, seadquarte-‘s ‘surcests trot the - Station bear ‘this:in-mind and curing .the coming. year sake every effort to- incraase “€ne oferational value of tais Miojecte Ii ihe LIENTSY Froject is a success " gperationally and'the leads are followed up aud developed, sH Division anticipates that, it will encounters: difficulty in obtaining ‘apuroval of a-simllar Project ag , . “Jarze andias emenrive as LIF-AT- unless it ‘Ss: denonstrated to the complete _: ygatisfietion of Headquarters that the: expanse “drvolved in the. LIFEAT Project is. fo Sustined.and that’ the:results of the exoloitation ‘of vroject developed beads. - prove useful in attaining ‘the Station CS ‘objectives. . Among the conriaats received | : -.¢. .. as Although the purpose and ‘objectives-of the project as stated in ‘thé: FPO call. for thé:.collection of information, the orerational intent is - and: Satellite ‘dintonats and/or their contacts. It is realised that diplomats ‘who ape guseestible to defection or reériitwant in clace are few and far petwsen and that the Station is always alert for such targets and is conscientious in their develonment. jowever, the Case Officer should keep in mind the more easily accessible and sore vulnerable (though secondary) targzeta, i.e. the many contacts, friends, ornleyees, etc. whose develooment could well lead to the crimary targets. Headquarters feels it in this secondary category where more enchasis can -be made. “The recruitment in - place of such individuals coald-be extremly. valuahle for the entire CI/CE program of the Station. . b. The lack of development ond exploitation of leads from LIFEAT operations has been reised many tines. In view of the Linited reporting to Headquarters on the exploitation of operational leads, it has been difficult to state whether the leeds are being fol:oved up, who the tarzets are, and whether consideratioa is deirg given to recruitment acoreaches, Headquarters requests that in each monthly summary. the Station supaly more info under the secticu Jabeled “Exploitation of Leads", ‘The statement "leads resvlting fron LIFZAT information are followed up by other Station assets" is meaningless without some exolanation of the lead follow ups. liead.uarters would like to know the names and some operational information concerning the persons who seem to be of most interest and 0 have been under investigation during the period covered by the- monthly. summary. 5, On vage 6 of your covering memorandum on the FPO (HMFA-12935), you indica that during the coming year the Staticn expects to expand ita coverage to approximately 2) Lines. Headquarters would like to sugzest that consideration be given to limiting coverage to a number of Lines which can be effectively 6. It is requested that Headquarters be informed in more detail in all cases where information obtained through LIFEAT has been used to support other important Station operations. . a & August 1959 Mstribition: 3 = Mexico City 3 - EA: ilroon . aay ar eee t= + f3/ mise eee . _ _ __ _ _ _ an a a a _. eee — oe TT a © oy ee go Pe Pe ee. Em CLP Dev heb pees ee Ea ee . USE PREVIOUS £O07GN, REPLACES FOES
14-00000 oe ote fe 2 aime F . or : vel CLASSIFICATION Threcm SMSO AMD NO TO 7 a [RESSGUAREN FRE NO- - FROM caief of Station, yexioo py Ime 1959\ E433" — (CHECK “XK” ONE} Lirvat/LIPEAT Agent. Status me . | Fy maaneo FOR INDEXING ; . ; NO WNGEXING REQUIRED ACTON RQUHED : no INDEXING CAN BE JUDGED wo , coe jl . L ame ool cot *. BY QUALIFICD HQ. ‘DESK ONLY “Le: \ Agent service Records are being subcitted on LIPSTICK-17, LIPSTICK-22 EPS “and LIVESTONE-10+” LIPSTICK<17 and LIPSTICK-22 were unable to remain in 2.) PS  gtationt's: jurisdictidn due“to the health of a minor child and have returned ~ CE to the north of this country. ae qthrough oversi ghteLIQuaTICN-4 (201-1353 70. CA of 2 Oct. 1957) whois now carried as LIFEUD-17 and#LIMITATION@7(201-114086, OA Noe C~50u57 dated 13 august 1956) and who is nov carried as LIFEUD-13 were oattted fron the Project Renewal Request. [tis requested that their nanas be added to the list of projact personml. Thay are not paid a salary but due to. .- - the occupation of their spouses are witting of the LIFEAT activity. lA * _ 16 June 1959 pistribution, 3 - mS " CLASSIFICATION z Foes USE PREVIOUS EXTON ; GENO REPLACES FORME ww 63 Piao eateries
WGRRQuiM Fons . Chief, FI 1. It is requestei that tre LI: UAT trojoet hea pevewsd far the ceriod 1 Jaly 1959 through 30 dune 1960 tor a total of 1555/1500. @e attached is the Field's Project uoview, toyether with a revieed” °podeet Outline, wich clearly set forth the present status of the Project. It is telfev:d that tra activity ceseribed hereic contluaass ta justify the tine and expense involved, and hence merits renewal for the forti.ecwlig yoare 3e In Harel 1969 we asked the sederal Sureau of investigation fer thety evaluation of the uzefolnéss of infur-ation on america: Communists wich orlrinated fra LIF-AT and whether they wished to cuontime receiving aceh information. On 2 Anoril 2955, the fe, pal fapeqn of Ingesticatian .. molied that tre infor-ation tas beac of valne te tows fran intellf-ence and invectivative viswnrointa and t ey wish ts ¢ ntines receiving euci. inforuation.s he (3:.47 vas the source of information concerning the plans of Alwert “ALT. and Lis wife {op their tric to urome and oslind the Irn Curtain in vay,.dume and July 1059, Treough LE: AP we learned thet trey were clernin: to tey to contact Alfred saufieean JT-3: and his wife -artie dadd STR and “arvies and “dith PALIUAI, Amewiean Canmatsts sho fled necind the Iron Curtain during the rast two years, asad on inforzation * vane available through LiF-AT, “eadquarters haa cade arrarsemnantse far the halTcat to receive bagvace searsies ad disercet surveillances at various voints on their trine S» ee Cager and volish Geckea in *< iivision and the asup-neiate eeax in SR Diviaion wore asked to cumszeni cn the value of Li CAT to thes. 42) deska agreed tuat LI?.Al vas a ver, voluabie cource of gonerel dacko ground information on the Soviet, Czce: and olish divlonate and often orevided infersation w..@5 ¢o.1d ba obtainad tenough ro othar scurta.s Tue Ceech Lesk coucteanted that LIFUAY was of cost value as @ supcort asset to the Station, crovidins leads w teh aicht ba dewelomes Into orerational aesate by the - tation personnel, in ray 1759 toe Polish beak sent
14-00000 / ; ~ wert at oe . pee ey - = * * - / — 2. cy -_ 7 woe ° . / ~ ~ . veodrow 6 Le OT (pense LIPSat parsonnél gactian) te wextoo Poh te oa ; ‘proces te't ‘axe ‘fron $26 LITMUS phase” of LIFTAT, Thay feel that with wl. Se “ this Contraet Agerit orocessing LITS Sy tris. phases wild rPaatly iherease FO oS "= Ae valng dubing the eoairg year. GAS39T will be in-a aaition to eall -: onepétional leads to the dttenti: on of tre Station Case Sfriear temedistaly for axolottatian, I noted that Li: AT las Seen an inwaluanle sup ort agect for Rs. Loi ard las Seen at tines tha anly sauce of infomation for the Impertart 32 oxcratian. $, The State lemrtecnt evaluated LID AT re--rta on the following subjects to be ofsvalue and probably true. They wish to contimce reesi ving - resorts on thase gubjects. a ae : *ovlat Commercial Activities in Mexico® ° : ; "Soviet Attemct to varter ‘quipment for Nextesn Coffee® 1 “Loviet Ceaseroial Activities in Mexico” eee men meme O2R qvaluated a resort on “ovist Attenpt to Tarter Fq-iemeant for Koxtean : me Coffee® ard a recort on aligh “shassy Intersst in Mexiear Cooper Canear trates® . 3 to be of valoge | cL Attecrhsents! iolder with past aporvvale Fora 6.9 (in quad) Tnyslons with true names