ye 17 February. 1965 st MEMORANDUM FOR: mh _ SUBJECT . : Project LIENVOY il. The LIENVOY Project is submitted for renewal in the amount*of $47,468, which is approximately the same amount allocated fer this project last vear. The project covers.a —iloint teleohone | tan operation; | "rer ceepnon ee vce | PSTENTTERTIY COMpIEex, Invotving four outside case officers who handle translations and transeriptions, 10 assets plus a- case officer in the LP, and covering 30 lines. CIA directs the placement of one halt of these taps, and our coverage is directed asainst Cuban, Sevier. and Satellite installations and ‘personalities, These taps produced almost 150 disseninated intelligence reports last year, plus a vast amount of CLSCE © data on these targets, which are of the highest Station priority, lt is perhaps of interest to note that this project produced about three times the volume of raw audio take as LIFEAT, our unilateral telephone tap operation, at °— -:. only about one half the eést. The Station renewal request provides ax excellent detailes breakdown of the mechanics of this operation and of the incividual targets covered. -2. in an operation as involved as this there are obviously a lot of areas where problems could crop up. Que particular possibilit Axe 3 LIELEGANT fs Security maCtTers "and ne Worss CIOSsély With the COS on this project. LIBNVOY-2 was inserted to run the LP at LIELEGANT’s divection and there apparentiy is nothing that we can do about it, LfENVOY-2 is apparently thoroughly corrupt, more of a. burden in the LP operation taan anything else, and generally. a dangerous person with whea to be operationally involved, However, the Desk feels that his father, with whom our re- lations have been exce oDllent, will keep LIENVOY-2 in line.
7490000 + 3. This operation was. highly praised by reviewing Headquarters. echelons last year and no maior chanves oar setbacke have oceured since-that time. has personally asked that the operatior I the -same personnel and modus operandi, and nis satisfaction with this project provided the ancillary benefit of helping to establish excellent oersonal rannort between the COS and him. Although severa ]| frticials are aware of this operation, there Ts no evidence that there has been any compromise to any of the targets monitored, 4. Recommend that Project LIENVOY renewal be approved. GERARD! DROLLER C/WH/POA
14.pot0d hal a 1 4 U -eWidk, DDP/PG/PFI ‘1 Apr 65 | PROJECT BRIEPING oe CEROJECT: LIENVOY’ =. “WH = Mexico City “ACTION : ADD/P approval of renewal 1 Feb 1965 = 31 Jan 66 PURPOSE: To provide a joint CIA-Mexican Government telephone | Se ammo t tas om 9s nanenfPietad Iie ison PROGRESS: .From 1 Fed 1964 through Dec 1964 the LIENVOY project covered a total of 30 targets simultaneously which pro-~ vided 7,462 reels of raw take. Of the lines covered, fifteen were exclusively for.CIA. The top CE targets are the Soviets, Cubans, Satellites and Chicoms. Through this coverage we have learned of several attempts of U.S. citizens te contact the Soviet Embassy or the Guban Embassy. Costa Rican concurrence to an approach by the Czech Government to open an Embassy in Costa Rica was uncovered by LIENVOY. This move by tne Czechs was thwarted througn tne efforts of the U.S. Department of “State. While the ¢~ nt! lies in the channel it provides} the CI/CE information it pro > the positive intelligence pro- duction is greater than that of any other source of the Station. FUNDS : $47,468 . $19,010 in FY 65 $28,458 in FY 66 ' Salaries (11) $28, 464 Xmas bonus 2,320 Entertainwent and gifts 4,000 Safehouse . 2,500 Vehicle maintenance 600 Supplies and equipment 2,500 Ops expenses on 4,800 Contingency fund 2,284 CCR ep. nee dg Seite |