14-00000 sAwwGty + : - : oe a. la retired U.S. clvil servant presenuy in Mexico with his wife, an employee of a U.S. government agency, b, LIEMBRACE-8 has natural cover of a retired U.S. businessman of many yeara residence in Mexico City, e, LIFEUD~-22 has natural cover of a Cuban exile employed by a Mexican firm in Mexico City, He works regular hours at his cover employment und partakes in LIFEAT activitles before and after work and during lunch hours, d, LIFEUD-23, the mother of LIFEUD-22, has natural cover of | -housekeeper for her.son and performs her LIFEAT dutles ~ only ln their home, 12. Contact and Communications Daily contact Is malntained between the Case Offleer and the agenis employed in the project, These contacts are made in a clandeetine manner with varying patterns established for car pickups, foot contacta, and cmergency meetings, Pre-arranged signals are employed in setting and accomplishing the mectings, When heavy or bulky matertal is to be passed, mectings are held at night, En-/ trance to the busehouses by other than the baschousekeepers is made only on the basis of strict necessity; such as need for equipment repatr, Installation for new line coverages, or line coverage cut off, Telephone contact concerning the project and with the agents ls kept to a min- imum, Pre-arranged open code is used for phone conversations between Case Officers and agents, Alternate and emergency communications have been arranged and are reviewed frequently by the personnel using them, These systems of contact and conimunication appear suitable for the project and function adequately from the security and utility standpolms, Locations and times of meetings are reviewed periodically and are changed frequently to decrease the possibility of arousing the suspicions of the residents of areas in which meet- ings are held,
14-00000 13, 14, “ES. signa Control and Mot ivation Control and motivation are primarily based on two factors: ideology and financial gain. A secondary factor is the fear of reprisal from the local police should discovery occur, Security ; . During the past project year there were no Incidents which were beyond the capability of the personnel Imimedlately involved to tsolate and remedy (m- mediately, In contrast to previous years, there was no instance of telephone work crews approaching a baschouse to check or remove the tap lines running to that baschouse, Some of the “crosses” made In the telephone centrals have been removed by the central’s workinen, but these are of no danger to the operation unleaa a full Investigation ls made of one of these unusual con- nections, During the past project years no such Investigation has been under- taken, and no suspicion of the LIFEAT Unemen has been revealed to date, As for the past few years the tclephone company Ia continulng Its efforts toward modernization of the Mexico City telephone system, This effort includes changing from overhead lines :o underground cables, cleaning off of the unused overhead “dead Hines” and installation of new equipment throughout the city. These innovations will continue to cause security prablems for the LIPEAT complex, but i is belleved that these problems are rot insurmountable, To meet this challange to LIFEAT security and to prepare for the day whea access to telephone distrtburton lines (s further reduced by their placement in underground cables, LIFEAT has recently succeeded in having one of its linemen (LIFEUD-2) selected to artend a four month special course in cable work, When he completes this course (in July 1962), LIFEUD-2 will have working access to all cahleways and cable rermination boards in Mexico City, This access will be Invaluable from both the present securlty and operational standpoints as well as for the future when LIFEAT will be forced to tap directly from the underground telephone cables. As a standard procedure the LIFEAT personnel continuously work co devise new methods to Increase security, ag well as train in security procedures, so as to continue the high level of security enjoyed by LIFEAT in the past. , Training Initial training of new personnel and continuing refresher training for the ex- perienced personnel are handied primarily by the "outside" case officer, David M, WILSTED, Minor repair aud maintenance of equipment as well as emergency security procedures are stressed and continually reviewed with the agents,
16, Equipment and Support As noted in last year's renewal request, LIFEAT cquipment is generally old and much of it is now obsokae, With funds provided in laste year’s renewal, LIFEAT (within the past month) has begun to acquire some new equipment, particularly audio recorders, A review of the cquipment situation In the LIFEAT setup has convinced both WLLSTED and the responsible Case Officer that a near-complete-modernization program of the equipment used in ; LIFEAT must be undertakea during the coming project year. The -local- a KURIOT technician hag on a number of ocasslons expressed his amazement at the superlor product produced by LIFEAT with the outmoded and anctent equipment (in termys of use hours) which the LIFEAT complex had to rely on, , Therefore, with the funds requested in Part Il of this renewal request, ~ ons me ss | PEAT should be Completely equipped with adequate gear, particularly audio - : and dial tape recorders, by the expiration of FY 1953, Admituedly, there is . ema during a single project year, However, It is a necessary move, due entirely to great wear borne by the equipment. This wear Is now causing such a rash of breakdowns that the outside principal agent must spend a dispropor- tlonate amount of his time in maintenance work, 17, Timetable _ LIFEAT has been in almost constant operation since its Incepiton tn January 1951, and as a vital Seation operational support asset, Kk is planned to continue tt indefinitely, involved large, one-time expenses in Complete replacement of such expensive | oo