104-10414-10400 - : CLASSIFICATION : PROCESSING ACTION : E . MARKED FOR INDEXING Chief, WH Division ae : ax nn . . a a - NO INDEXING REQUIRED ONLY QUALIFIED DESK CAN JUDGE INDEXING “Chief of Station, Mexico City. __ _ ae MICROFILM LIEMPTY Project. Reneval ACTION REQUIRED - ‘REFERENCES . Action: Renewal of Project _ Forwarded herewith: and under seperate cover is the Station's review of Project LIEMPTY for purposes of renewing the project for ‘the ‘period 1. _ December 1963 through 30 November 196). The amount requested to fund the project for this period is $US 19; 700, or approximately the same as Was “approved for the past project year. RECORDS OFFICER STAMP The Porlowing acyion is ee - Notes If destruction, civs reasons and coordinate . Attachment: appropriate. As stated abate Herewit 2 and Under > Separate. Cover Distrib tion: | . soe, w/e bh & fate CROSS/REFERENCE TO | ; GRoUuP. i , telnda ; ‘ongnd satel . 25 °-Oetober 1963 - . HQS FILE NUMBER 0-6-7
13-00000 PROJECT. ~~ STATION | | | | | | | { | I i oe _ Willard C. CURTIS, ‘Chist of ‘Station - eg. fan) EMCLO o “/faatad! Mans node 387 “23387. sesizsarlé- mesked 202.
13-00000 cemetery ee tert | eens a arte neti antennae cane ie tne name meme min cenaemg mgaee ne nmnen  n—inetn oe mat pepe eer! So nim tn Sete imams mo rrtats wo agement mts foamy nai «4 wae man emmtinnctemsentins Amy naman 4 r ae “AY ‘Oliver a SCANILING Segment’ (or relition to > project: onjectives +) “ol. “M9 éollect ‘operational: “Snformation pertaining to LIMERICK personnel and physical facilities." - SCANTLING has continued to. provide worthwhile in- . formation in support of this objective. ‘(See “previous project review forwarded . by HMMA-20052 of 18 October 1962.). ‘During. the past year SCANTLING was used to - follow up leads: produced by both LIFEAT/and LIENVOY in support of this objective. In. particular SCANTLING provided, ‘in bineprint detail, casing ‘reports on the -homes of two Soviet . intelligence officer Ss who are targets for Station technical -operations.. ca - aa Loe ops en ne “ SCANTLING also is used ‘to aid Ehe Station in maintaining current records of the residences of. Soviet. personnel living in Mexico. This is accomplished by SCANTLING's followup of LIENVOY teads ich indicate Soviet interest ‘in renting specific ‘Properties. : a 2, "To collect: operational: infornidtion pertaining | to other targets of op- portunity, foreign official installations and personnel of intelligence interest ‘operating in Mexico." SCANTLING has “proved. successful in providing information on other Station targets: a I , a. SCANTLING obtained information on GENTQUELET-2, a suspect Soviet support agent which was the basis of. further Station operations against this target. . 7 ; b. . SCANTLING provided a casing of the former Yugoslav Commercial - Office against which the Station had planned a technical operation. ‘However, this site was evacuated by the target mission before ,, Plans were completed for. ‘this attempt. - Ce SCANTLING | has conducted detailed investigations. in various cases -. 4nvolving possible agents or contacts of hostile intelligence ser-- vices. These cases were of prime concern to Station Mexico but ._, frequently. were undertaken | jae the request of Headquarters or other “Stations. are we 7 : 36 me provide support ‘to other Station operations as may be requested by | the .Station- officers” concerned ten? the- ‘past SCANTLING 's: activities -in this.area — ‘were concerned primarily with ‘recruitments , ‘debriefings’ and surveillances. During ~ the reporting period, however, the weight of SCANTLING's’ support to otherStation - opérations have taken other forms... ’ Examples. Prom this area of activity, include . the most fruitful: efforts | on SCANTLING' g Parte no or
13-00000 - CHMA-15979) . ase Support of the sensitive ANROD operation, in which Raymond H. — GERENDE also played a vital role, was of singular importance to . . the success of the operation. SCANTLING's many fields of op- erational experience were drawn on fully and he thereby provided _@ unique contribution to the operation, Without the assistance ’” of SCANTLING and GERENDE: with their unique - qualifications, this -. operation would have. been difficult in the extreme if indeed at all possible. ney on es “De In ‘support of the Station! 8 hartigement campaign against’ ae launched’ at the request of Headquarters, iL again provided the. means for carrying out a large portion - of the action taken. . SCANTLING' s efforts ranged from the mailing Of "poisoned": candy to the: target to the placing of threatening phone calls. _SCANTLING also made calls to various Mexican news~ _ papers and mailed ' ‘montage! pictures ofy and a Soviet in- telligence officer to G temalam newspapers in the campaigzn to discredit and discourage in the campaign. f Ge SCANTLING | is used as the alternate ‘contactin a sensitive LAURICLE “-.- - “project... This is for the purpose of minimizing the danger of the ~ action agent in this project. being recognized as, being in contact - with an ‘obvious PBPRIME citizen. SCANTLING's -eontribution to this -. . Operation has been noteworthy both from the Standpoint of security at and agent handling. ee ae . ae - SCANTLING continued to) conduct numerous , pretext and neighborhood. ' dnvestigations.. As in the: ‘past many of these investigations: were in relation. to: highly: sensitive cases. Lee cae ae Although SCANDLING's LIEMPTY project objectives” can “‘Yiot be completely fultiiiea, it is the Station's opinion that SCANTLING continues to make valuable contributions to the objectives of the project and to other Station activities.  SCANTLING? Ss. production, measured against monetary expenditure, case officer time and other intangibles” factors, unquestionably justifies: his continuing | as.an oo .. integral part of Project LIEMPTY oo 7 Joe a aa B. Raymond | H. GERENDE Segment | (in relation to Project objectives) : “yp ting? ‘ollect: aperat Smt es ‘pertaining: ‘to: “LIMERTOK »ersonnel:.. and physical facilities through use of photographic basehouses." Three photo- graphic -bases, LIMITED, LILYRIC and LICALLA, contribute to these objectives. Although SCANTLING now ‘acts as cutout with the LIMITED base, GERENDE continues to be responsible for the processing of all. photo take from the LIEMPIY operation including take from LIMITED. | To avoid repetition, the Station is omitting the ' description of the functions of these’ three bases and, how. they. contribute tothe above objective. This was fably: described in the 1960 Request . for Project. Renewal
13-00000 eeenpnntenncennPicr ont on eat an Done mate ee nee dat paca cat ERE mee dat Bees ne oe cm pe fae em cee eee Bein Rtn cen tia ene >. Be “To, collect operational infornation and identify operational leads ; ~pertaining to Station targets of opportunity." The LIENTPRAP operation, — handled by: GERENDE, is still the major contributor to this objective. ‘ _ . LIENTRAP.. operational emphasis continues, to. remain in the area of photo stakeout of prominent Mexican Communists and is. presently ‘working fulltime on providing. “pictures of individual Communists ,. homes suspected of. being. meeting sites used — by. the Communist Party and the Communist Party Headquarters itself. UTENTRAP - “has also recently’ ‘begun to be used on RKNICK leads... It is expected that - activities: of CENT, in that: latte rea. will expand in ‘the coming year. - vo Be. m9 provide’ ‘operational support to “gtation operations. including the “renting of hotel rooms and safe apartments, renting and servicing. of post office boxes, and conducting | counter~surveillances." ‘GERENDE's contribution to the . AMROD operation was noted in paragraph I.A.3. a. above. GERENDE's comprehensive area knowledge and. personal operational: capabilities enable him to make a. _ valuable contribution in such operations as AMROD and. also enable him to procure - the most desireable safe sites in support of the Station's operations. The project's assets, particularly GERENDE and LIEMPTY-10, presently provide 20 . post office box mail drops for use of Mexico City Station and other Stations. - ‘Although it is planned to reduce this number considerably during the next year, / (sineé other Station assets now can provide.a number of live accommodation . addresses), a number of post office ‘boxes will ‘be retained for use in future. operations, ot, 4. The ‘quality and quantity of: opsrational information produced by the photographic bases and other activities under GERENDE's control and supervision is considered by the Station worthwhile and in some cases unique. It is con- cluded, therefore, that: this. segment of the _LIEMPTY Project should be continued. Cc. Relationship to the Related Mission Directive ‘As noted in the examples given ‘above, Project 1 LIEMPTY has provided valuable support to many Station operations and shereby has been e.contributing factor to . ‘the fulfillment of the Related Mission objectives of the Station. The project. -has not produced any positive. intélligence nor is it intended to do so.. The ' project' s sole purpose is to Provide ¢ a mechanism for the development ¢ of opera-~ tional information. . . ; "the. one. aOR ‘change inidé’ tn the” ‘LIEMPTY: Project: was: ‘he: peplacerient gps .GERENDE « .. by SCANTLING as cutout with the LIMITED basehouse. This was arranged . so as to provide GERENDE with more time for rapid processing of the LIEMPTY phototake. It also makes for better rasport with the basehouse ‘keeper (LIBETE 6) since. SCANTLING ds closer. ain age to: ‘hin ‘than .: vis GERENDE. Lovise Je MACRINO (ps) suffered a 2 recurrence of . the heart. condition which nearly caused ‘her.. death approximately eight years ago. Complete rest has been.
13-00000 IIT. Vv. NI ®. 1963. No security: ‘problems 1 were. reveal “COSTS Ce tad Cee Pry ate a me} “oe ong hn ordered by her doctors and an operation may be necessary in early 1964. It is. therefore unlikely that she wlll be able to work during the coming project year. . Station does-not plan to, request.cancellation of her operational clearance at this time, but has not included salary payments to her in the estimated costs of the Project for | the " year. , The unusual: salary increase on sed for LIEMPTY-19 in the  UProject Costs" (below) | sectionfor the coming year is de to this agent's new duties of LIFEAT processing. in addition to her old | dutie as translator. _ Agent's OA was amended for this use on 2 > January 19 63. SO ERFECTIVENESS The. comments made. concerning the p Loject' s effectiveness in the Project Renewal of 1960 (HMMA 15979) remain valid. Indeed the Station's need for the type of services: provided by the assets toe this. project are at least as great ; today as they were when those comments ere originally forwarded. — PROBLEMS . - “There | are. presently no ‘now major problems facing the. operation which 1 would affect either the security or the effectiveness of this operation. The security . problem facing. the LICALLA portion of the operation and: described in HMMA-15979 and stibsequent renewal requests has been resolved by the Cuban Government's release of three KURIOT personnel earlier this year. - As was noted previously, one of this group had knowledge of the | operation. Both. SCANTLING and GERENDE took ‘al LOFLUTTER during the month of October “" by this: test. PLANS . “The Station considers that ‘the ‘pro ect Ls operating at its “optimum: size and. . “toes not plan to ‘expand. it during the coming year.. Efforts will be continued to refine and better utilize the existing project organization and. to Amprove. the compartmentation. and (Security of: the a] A. “Past Broject. 3 Year ~ ‘Station records show “that Project LIEVPTY expended approx- _ imately. sus 50, 680. 00 during BY 1965 (GD December 1962. - Bee June 1965) and has Approximately. . .. “US 10, 300 WiLL be “expended ‘during. the ‘last ‘two months * ‘of “the project year. This. will make a total expenditure: ‘for the project year of about $US 48, 600 | or sus. 1,300 under: ‘that which was allotted) for this Project. gor B. Next Project Year: - Of the total. gus 49, 700 pudget, ‘itemized below,. epproxi- mately. $US 30, 290 will be expended. in’ FY 196k and ‘the, remainder sus 19,410 in , FY 1905+ ° S aa, a Cs, to as ; cn ee ec ae Phad coy
13-00000 AGENT SALARTES. - ‘ including x mas- s Bonuses). on Raymond. Be ‘caRINDE og oy m Oliver G ‘SCANTEING pe een -. Louise-J. MACRINO: (at Sus 2. 02 per. now) AIEEE  SGIEMPTY- M5. : _ LEEMPTY- 6 “LIEMPTY-8 | : ImTy-9 LIEMPTY- 10. . LIEMPTY-12 _ LIEMPTY-13 LIEMPEY-1 LIEMPEY-19 LIENPTY- ab . : Guaadportablan: 2 ° ~ Maintenance of MV-2279, MV 228k, MV: 2256 00 000 7 5 500. 2 cn 2 paoo i peo : » 400 “2. 3,600 hoo 2,500 / 2,000 28, 000” 2,000 7 “no salary “SUB TOTAL: 2,000 7 a gu S per year FY 196: mo , oy “no ) salary “2 hoo PAY he "4,000... (at US 175 per P Rowe) ee ee : : “po salary . 7 2, 000 | us, 39,500 OPERATIONAL EXPENSES a $US 24,540 $US 15,160
13-00000 ge err HA Sno ree or en Ei re a an rt ee en EET tn ene eo ‘Real Estate. . eet Rent, utilities and haintenance we of basehouses | - _ LIMrrep* ce — LICALLAY -LILYRIG. , 7 Precurewent of safehouses, post a . office boxes, pane rental of wee mt automobiles - a ay eee | Purchase « of information, ‘documents’ * : and bribes . a SUB TORAL (5,00 , 5,390 3,810 Repair, maintenance and ‘purchase of! _ - Replacement photographic equipment i. oo -and ‘Purchase of film a rn "1,000 000 7 “GRAND TOTAL . ae Sole  fa5 30,000" gs 19,410: va.“ BMERRY CONDITIONS | . ““Bmergency: pecontact arrangements 5 tor’ Oliver’ G. SCANTLING | and ‘Raymond He. , - OREN. are:on file in Headquarters. (sep HMMA 15982 of.:23 November 1960 and . HMMA 15981 : of 23 November'1960-). ‘For f rther information. see Project, renewal _, Poamest of. #1960 forwarded, by HMMA 15979 : ee “No: training, 2 “other than that | we thi “the , coupetency of SCANTLING or: » GERENDE NOTES LIMrrep and: LEGALLA, rents “tO: ‘LIMESA expense, oo re. - to. Station yd TIMOUSTNE and. cred ted ‘i