14-00000 _t : . . 7 7 _— Cage Stcagragiat ovssduinara ; PERS ED MESSAGE rots, Cones? J Ebest iet ANOCOR PUTALS SEEN BA. PLagawuNit ROMO ° / = = ECR ET GRO! t : — (fs | : : ern mt a - a . ove 19 Porm serene ne Pr in a ., ae ; [When F.tied t fenenecinoe eect tn tpt na ane eC . . ees AQVaNcE COPY CJ s8uE0 t e.orreo , . Se oe peer nna 89 eee weaxcwl) OsTaov Cas ousew av etn fury Fle FID __ Lyn ; < ‘ ° o. SECRET 0722472 AUG 69 CITE MEXICO CITY 1132 . DIRECTOR Dao 18170 LIONION 1. IN ATTEMPT ELIMINATE MARGINAL OPS, STATION INTENDS ~ TERMINATE LIONION-[ PULSE CAMERA COVERAGE EFFECTIVE : SEPTENSER UNLESS HQS INDICATES IT CONSIDERS PRODUCT OF SUFFICIENT VALUE. TO WARRANT RETENTION. .STATION PRESENTLY OBTAINS MANY PICTURES ‘OF LIRING CONSULATE VISITORS SINCE MOST FLRST~TIME LIRING VISTTORS TRY ENTER THROUGH MAIN GATE WHICH PRIMARY TARGET LIONION PHOTO COVERAGE. ALSO MANY CONSULATE VISITORS LATER PHOTOGRAPHED AT AIRPORT. IT NOT POSSIBLE HAVE LIONION-t COVER BOTH ENTRANCES ' SIMULTANEOUSLY, BUT HE ABLE MOVE EQUIPMENT TO COVER CONSULATE UF NEED AR [SES em Fe, 2. FILE 56-6-122/3, ; SECRET 4 4G SECRET aoe i |
Pee | PROCESSING ACTION nie a cameras meee CLASHFICATION _ Chief, WH Diviston SECRET . HARKID $08 mDLEING NO INDUUNG ey ori2tD OMT QUALITUD DFS CAN JUDGE INDLLING: . wd ' Lo. Chief of Station, Mexico city” sacl PERUNEN/ TIO 10% Operat long oo eo LIONION Progress Report, 1 April through 30 June 1969 . _ ACT Rint abc md ON SO Sune 1969 : Fa ROTTS i _. ee a ar teeta te Action Required: Comments, paragraph 6b Referenco : HMSA-37024, 25 april 1969 BACKGROUND 1. The LIONION Project provides a Fixed photographic Survelllance of LIRING and a base for the radio dispatch of the LIEMBRACE Surveillance team. The basechouse is manned by LIONION-1 and LIONION-2, who have Operated as a team avainst the LIRING target for more than six years, . OPERATIONAL DEV ELOPMESNTS i EATS 2. Operational Meetings, LIONION-1 and the undersigned meet at least once Gach week to exchange the results of the ‘week's activity and new requirements, Additional meetings are held on the average of twice a month to levy special requirements, The answers to these and other regular require- ments ure frequently reported to the Station by LIONION-1 telephonically using 2 prearranged code, Continued.......e.y....5300.., Distribution: - ' Ovig & 2 - C/WHD OAT ee oe etter nett ey DISPATCH SYEOL ANO HUMBER [oat 0 -HMMA’- 37510 | | 17 July 1969 SECRET! _ po-6-122/3 ; fe ’ oe River, Al
14-0000 a EERE CF ERA eateries Sab sith, Pattee ti eeerene ene etwas: mamma Greet Mae nha ER ante treme tevatr reat, ft CHS SGINECA Tats RoraT Cre et GEODAND PERERA CONTINUATION OF meena BISPATCH Oo SS BCRET / 7d usta + 37510 _ 3. Photovrapsic. Regular photographic coverage of LIRING was suspended from 4 through 25 May 1969, during which period LIONION-1 took a vacation in Europe. Sineé he had not had a regular vacation in more than five years, and because the nature of his werk requires him to remain behind the camera iu a small closet fn the basvhouse, the Station! considered it important that he leave his-:work and relax for’ . awhile, . LIONION-1 originally requested a five-eweck vacation, which the Station would have willingly granted if the LIONION operation could have been continued during that period by soneone, else: but LIONION-1 reported that, while his mother: ' was, uble to take his place for short periods of time during . ‘the. day, the responsibti tlity and long hours would be too much for.a person of her age And bad eyesight for an extended period of time. The Station considered it unwise to have a 2. Substitute take over during LIONIGN-1's absence. He agreed ito take a three-week tour of Europe this year, and he will be Wllowed to” take ther three weeks. next year if he wishes. Station financial assistance to LIONION-1 to aid in defray ing the cost of--a second air flight to Europe is discussed under . FINANCES below. Eneiyency contact arrangemcnts wore made between LIONION-2 and. the undersigned to pass any priority requirements which night arise during LIONION-1's absence.,. LIONION-2. remained at the Listening Post during the entire period in order not to leave ‘the basehouse equipment unguarded, Except for the Lack of coverage during these two weeks, ithere were no Significant changes in the photographic coverage of LIRING during the reporting period. a 4. Audio - LISAYPAN/DOG, As reported in paragraph, D2 of reference, LIONION-1 Live-monitored the LISAMPAN/DOG ; -.traffie from 0800 -26.1730 hours daily. When he left for! * Europe on 4 May 1962, the carrier current transmission of this _fraffic. from LISAMPANLISASH to the LIONION-1 .basehouse Was discontinued. [t was decided to let LISAMPAN-1 record various portions of this traffic during the two-week absence of ; LIONION-1 for evaluation by Richard C.-HABOUSH, The purpose waS:-to determine whether continued recording by either “| : ‘LISAMPAN=1 or LIONION-1 would be merited by the information ° obtained, AS previously reported (MEXICO CITY-0191 and ~HMMA=37166), LISAMPAN. DOG was lost on either 6 or 7 May 1969.5 AS a result, LIONION-T"hes received no audio since his return from Europe on 25 May 1969, After the loss of“ LISAMPAN/DOG, the Station considereu running a straight tap to the LIONION-1 baschouse, but decided that the security risk was too great, particularly in view of the fact. that the target LIRING line is already monitored by LIENVOY, ; 5. Miscellaneous, During the Station's casing of the | ‘residence of Chief, LIRING in May and June 1969° to determine the feasibility of mounting an audio operation against that target, LIONION-1 extended his coverage of the LIRING target beyond his usual closing hour of 1730 until 0130, The purpose of this extended coverage was to monitor the activities of certain LIRING personnel and establish their routine pattern of activity in preparation for a possible entry: into Chiez,; _ LIRING'S residence, -This casing was discontinued on 4 June when it was determined that the residence was under apparent protective surveillance. The duration of the extended coverage — by LIONION-1 was not long enough to establish: the regular | routine of the target. LIRING staffers, cod. t CLASSIFICATION oT] —— ~~ T BAGE NO USE PREVIOUS EDITION j S ECR E T ! | xX} } 3 ° - “4 . ‘ PLth | CONTINUED |