‘ ed RICOTES OTYTerk STAMP ‘The fevlerios gitisuta Pa.tucy.se bo Ad. November. x : Efreres: | MEMORANDUM FOR: Acting Chief, Diviston D ° - ->.: _£ ee ee ee 1 SUBJECT : Limesa/Limst Reser SE Ben i. Some attention should be devoted, if it has not already been, to the dangers involved in this operation and particularly to what countermeasuxes the target may institute, or may already have instituted. 2. One current danger certainly exists, to wit, the exist- ence of project Licalla base, which ig in the group of buildings : comprising the Limesa complex. One of the agents at Licalla : base is known to one of the Lipstick agents arrested in the : : summer of 1958, snd it is, hence, possible that both the host government and the target knows of Licalla. It is suggested that perhaps Licalla should be terminated. The reason has been advanced that this should not be done since the agent would be suspicious and in any event Licalla might serve as a red herring for Limesa. It is believed that the Licalla agent could be gotten out of this operation vitheut arousing his suspicion. ‘The Station could mount an obvious tall on him; when he reported it, he could be told he had probably been made and that, hence, the operation should no longer continue. The agent has been a good one and could be used elsewhere on some other work. Licalla house ig going to be repaired soon. This might be a good oppor- tunity to step work there and let some innocent party rent it. That would be a better red herring. 3. Concerning the manner in which Limesa houses were acquired by the Station, it should be kept in mind that the purchase mechaniam was identical with that used in Limited. The watchman at Limited knew an American owned it and told this to what to him mus3 have seemed a casual visitor to the premises when it was under repairs. We should, therefore, assume the targets know an American ows it and that it is blown. Therefore, we should also assume that if the targets have conducted any sort of an investigation of Limessa houses, they may well heave discovered that the same ultimate owner is involved. So far as is known, the bank which fronts for the purchases has not been checked to see if any inquiries have been “ made. We must agree the targets have the capability to find out who the front owner is--the bank-- and from there could possibly establish the identity of the omer, Limousine. Limousine and his firms have also been used as cover for other Station agents and operations apart from Limesa and Limited. ae fr are i- nL fB
&. It should not be forgotten that a person tried both to ° rent and buy Limesa properties earlier in the year after ve . owned them. So far as we know, a check on this person was n6t. productive of suspicious data, but the question arises as to how thorough the investigation was. Possibly the name the man gave when making inquiries was false, meaning that in effect the right pérson has never been invéstigated at all. Knowing that the ne targets have in the past shown some interest in the Limesa build- ings, it ie not beyond the realm of reason that this man was sent by then. The story he gave for wishing to rent the house--becauge it was handy and close to a certain school--is identical with the va story used by the Station to cover rental of Licalla almcst next door. 5. Even grenting that the true omership of Limesa has not peen discovered by the targets, they have various recourses through which to establish the identity and activity of the occupants thereof. The following possibilities suggest themselves: a. Enter into litigation with Limesa ower over exact boundaries or other pretext, demanding property be surveyed. On court order, Iimesa could be inspected thoroughly. bd. Undermine target side of Limesa walls, leading to possible condemnation of property by local government or necessity various repairs, etc. ¢. Sabotage of electricity (causing fire) or water or sewage, necessitating entry into Limesa of outside per- gong, woo could be infiltered by target agents. d. Ramning by vehicle, with similar results, police, firemen, etc. e. Complaint to medicel authorities on filth, refuse, etc., leading to inspection by health authorities. f. Various other approaches might be discussed. 6 One general recomnendation can be made: sensitive material should be used and kept in a. crypt, and a good one, rather than in the relatively insecure special room now planned as the operational room. 7. Beyond this, every effort should be made to see to it that the operators have good cover. The idea of clothing them in local clothing is excellent and shows right thinking in that Urection. - J. 0. KING Caief, Western Henisphere Division Bao
ACTION Reavta REPEREMCES (ROSS REFERENCE TO DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER HMMA~35080 22 July 1968 DISPATCH - Chief, SB . : aa . Chief of Station, Mexico City A - ~ __ LIEMPTY Progress Report, 1 November 1967 through . > 30 June_l968 PROCESSING ACTION HASKIO 18 OLAING WO INDELING REQUIRED micRoriua ACTION REQUIRED: FYI REFERENCE : HMMA=-33459, 8 November 1967 Summa ry 1. During the reporting period, the project's principal agent, Raymond H, GERENDE, was assigned additional tasks, aimed at broadening his usefulness to the Station, These tasks included spotting and assessment as well as the handling of a recruited agent, ERFAIN-3.*° GERENDE did well, and it is believed that a new dimension has been opened for him, and by the same token, the Station has, in effect, gained a new asset, The LIEVPTY base houses continued to produce at their usual rate and with their usual effective support to Station REDTOP oper} ations, The LIMITED Base House and its operator, LIEMPTY-6, ~ were terminated on 31 May 1968, Termination was decided upon partly to save money and partly because advancing age had measure ably decreased the reliability and effectiveness of LIEMPTY-G'a work, LIEMPTY-26 was rehired, which permitted the LILYRIC Base House to give us the same total hours of coverage as LILYRIC and LIMITED had together in the past. eseveses continued Distribution: a= C/V 2 ~ C/SB Ace VBfo/irt FRR AGS i . ib ber. ( : : _ 56 - -6-7H/3 CLASSIFICATION ; HOS Fite NUMBER SECRET 50-6-74/3
npn ranean ge PTAA PME ANT “eK ete ER SECRET | FAQ ~35080 CONTINUATION OF “earsunsaees DISPATCH GERENDE 2, During the. report ing: period, tne ease officer has been meeting GERENDS an average of three times per. weck, Meetings are usually pre-arranged, at various sites and times, Meetings average 20 to 30 minutes, GERENDE turns over to the case otficer negatives, prints, logs, and other reports which he has picked up from the base houses since the previous meoting, alon, with brief contact reports on his meetings with base house representatives. Reports on other operational activities are also turned in and discussed, and GERENDE is given instruce tions, notes for the base houses, and negatives for any enlarge~ meats which may be desired by the Station, Also, LIENVOY tapes and transcripts are exchanged at each meeting, (The departure of LIACUTE-1 at the end of April 1968 left the Station without a BEDOX transeriber, As a temporary solution, pending the return ‘of LIACUTE-1 or the recruitment of another BEDOX transcriber, GERENDE's wile, LIEMPTY~19, has been hired at the rate of 31.50 pesos per hour to transcribe the Spanish language portions of the tapes, She does the work in her home, and GERENDE transports the tapes,) 3. GERENDE has the direct agent-handling responsibility for the following LIEMPTY agents: LIEMPTY-4 (photo~processor; met twice pur week); LIEMPTY-G (LIMITED: met once per week until. termination); LIEMPTYs 13, 14, 26, and 27 (LILYRIC; LIEMPTY-~13 normally met twice per week -~ in his absence LIEMPTY={27 makes - meetings); and LIEMPTY-9 (LICALLA; met twice per week), Ile is reSponsible for directing their work, paying them, and handling all of the administrative problems which may develop, To judge from the results, GERENDE has excellent rapport with these agents and is able to get a consistently high performance rate from them -- particularly LICALLA and LILYRIC personnel, 4, As noted in reference, GERENDE was amployed by the Mexican MHRAVEL committee, which we found a useful side benefit, His MHRAVEL activity during tne reporting period has been minimal, but we expect it to start picking up again. GSRENDE has cone ducted a few discreet inquiries and investirations for us within the MHRAVEL complex, and we have instructed him to try to pet an assignment which will keep him as close to the FJSTEAL delegation as possible, 5S. Reference also pointed out that GERENDE had perlormed nicely in the cultivation and development of an operational lead, and that the Station planned to rive GERENDE more of the Sane. Furthermore, GERUNDE'S standing assigimaents CLIEMPTY base houses, MHRAVUL activity, and occasional support o: JMROD requirements) were not challenging enough or vccurying enough of GERENDE's time. GHRENDS is rather firmly committed to WORTRM by virtue of the fact that he has worked for WOVTRA for over 13 years and has no other outside employment of any consequence, Fy the same token, he was, throurh no fault of his own, doing less work lor WOFIRM than at any time in his career, GiRENDE'S operational exposure throuch the years dictated more and more restrictions on his activity, for sound Security reasons, The solution to GEREND:'s rroblem (lack of a pronising future) and the Station's (net cetting its noney's worth) seened to be to sive GNRENDE additional tasks which he could handle under suitable cover and with due regard to Security precautions, Since most of GERENDE's support nctivities had been arainst the FISTEA, target, particular care would have to be taken in committing him further in this direction, It was decided, therefore, that his principal retooling would be in &@ noneFJSTEAL field, CS COPY a 9 eg 33a USE PAEOUS LOTION SECRET ine | - cohen wn CLASSIFICATION