(0d- 10444-10408 — i ee | | DISPATCH | "CLASSIFICATION DISPATCH SYMBOL ANO NO. Chief, WH Division SECRET /23g—K HEADQUARTERS FILE NO, 50-6-74/1 FROM ; — . > TRATE : Chief of Station, Mexico City 18 November 1960 | RE: 43-3" “(CHECK “XONE) RE: °'43-3"° — (CHECK “'X’' ONE) LIEMPTY Project Renewal || MARKED FOR INDEXING |X| NO INDEXING REQUIRED INDEXING CAN BE JUDGED BY QUALIFIED HQ. DESK ONLY ACTION REQUIRED ~ Renewal of Project REFERENCE(S) . Attached are the requisite number of copies of the Request for Renewal | of Project LIEMPTY, Mog illard C. CURTIS | oo 16 November 1960 : | Attachment: a As stated above, (Even pages forwarded herewith) | oe (Odd pages under separate cover) Distribution: . re 3 - WHD (with five copies of attachment) . 2~- Files (with one.copy of attachment) oo : : RECORDS OFFICER’ stayp : | . The Following action ig, | bY 2 : authoriaged: Ho ~ “RO. #630 °— Unig Loy) / A “ | . - : ; . _ . . : . . Note: if. SeStruction, efte ‘ , » Teasons ana ‘Coordinatg | if appropriate, a BUN se 6 7¥/ USE PREVIOUS EDITION : . CLASSIFICATION FORM . . 1057 53 | REPLACES FORMS 7 33 51-28, 51-28 AND 51-29 7 CONTINUED 40} . WHICH ARE OBSOLETE, : SECRET (tigi
13-00000 Be objectives): Renewal, di though SCANTLING's LIEMPTY Project. objectives Raymond #H.. GERENDE Segment (discussed in relation to “Project 7-1. "fo collect operational: information pertaining to os GONZALEZ was finally identified and his. ‘Mexico City home md business addresses were — - @gscertained. See HMMA-15626, 9 September 1960, oe for: further details on this case. De” The preliminary investigative work ona. - .. KUSODA case of priority interest was conducted. by SCANTLING. During this investigation it | was necessary for SCANTLING to travel to: a Aguascalientes, Guanajuato md Minatitlan to obtain the information required by Headquarters. | . See the attachments to HMMT-1416, 20 May 1960 ; » for the results of the ‘investigation. he In addition to his contributions to the above objece tives, SCANTLING is used for miscellaneous support requirements of the Station.. For example, SCANTLING handled several. of Raymond H. GERENDE's (ps) operations while the latter was away from Mexico City during August and September 1960. Also, SCANTLING has been managing the LIJERSEY surveillance team since the departure of — Simon D. CLACKETT in August 1960. It is hoped that SCANTLING can be relieved of this assignment as soon as the LITEMPO project is approved. SCANTLING has also been used to spot and rent safe houses for various Station operations, a. valuable ‘operational support services 5. As stated in the preceeding Request for Project can never be completely fulfilled, it is the Station's opinion that SCANTLING has made important and valuable contributions to LIEMPTY Project objectives specifically ‘and to other Station activities in genera. SCANTLING's. production, measured against monetary expenditures, case officer time and other intangible factors, unques= tionably justifies his continuation as @m integral part of Project LIEMPTY. - ‘ LIMERICK personnel and physical facilities through use. of photographic base houses." Together with their extensive photographic coverage of.the LIMERICK target, the photographic bases also contribute other ‘pes of operational information: | e, LIMITED - This base compiles daily logs '- Indicating all arrivals, departures and,:  —.-—iy. where possible, identities of every person. . pO , visiting or working at.the LIMERICK targets. cd
Ao: SECRET siamo ~hm This information is particularly useful in keeping track of LIMERICK personnel and assisting with the identification of visitors to the installation, Also, LIMITED maintains a | Summary attendance list of LIMERICK employees on a daily basis; this enables the Station quickly to ascertain the presence or absence of an employee on any given day. Finally, one other significant service is performed by this . _ base, the radio dispatching of the LIEMBRACE surveillance team on LIMERICK personnel and targets of opportunity, LIMITED's photographic coverage is still concentrated on visitors, as opposed to employees, to the LIMERICK . - installation, A recent example of the base's contributions to Station efforts is the case oflJoseph Ralph MAURT)) In this case, a LIENVOY lead indicated that an American might visit the LIMERICK target on a certain day, The base was alerted . to dispatch the radio~controlled surveillance team on any “person appearing to be an American, The results of this — assignment were. indicated: in MEXI-6392 and several other cables, LIMITED was‘also able to provide photographs,’ which when compared with photographs rovided by Head- - quarters, left no question as to(MAURI'g) identity, b. LILYRIC - This base's output of high-quality clandestine - ' photographs has been in about the same quantity as last year, _. In addition, the base operator, LIEMPTY-14, prepares weekly ~ .reports on LIMERICK employees and their wives. ‘LILYRIC also performs the assignment of noting and reporting the - license plate numbers of all cars bringing visitors to the’ __ LIMERICK. installation, _LILYRIC photographs also are con- -.. - centrated.on visitors to the target, as opposed to employees, It should be noted that LILYRIC operates for photographic ~~ . coverage during the hours from daylight to,1400 hours each © - _ day of the week except Sunday, The LIMITED base maintains. » photographic coverage from.1400 hours to darkness each day... except Sunday, c, LICALLA ~ As reported in previous correspondence, the -— LICALLA base contributes to the collection of operational. information through photographic coverage of LIMERICK —_ employees and their families.,. ‘Also, the base operator, oe SECRET ener i Nee enema ee
13-00000 LIEMPTY- -9, supplies extremely worthwhile information . pertaining to the apparent positions and jobs of the target . employees, He accomplishes this objective by careful . - observation and analysis; LICALLA also maintains a daily: “attendance roster of all LIMERICK employees. LICALLA | coverage of the target, both photographic and physical le observations, enables the Station to keep abrest of LIMERICK. . personnel changes, a vital contxtbution to > the Station’ 8 counter- . ~ espionage: effort. Ce . JP. .2. “"To collect operational | information and: identity operational leads -.. pertaining to Station targeta of opportunity." The LIENTRAP operation, . ‘handled by GERENDE, is the major contributor to this objective, It. - has. been possible for LIENTRAP to take photographs and to perform — _ pretext investigations in support of numerous Station activities. _The ~ cases 3 listed below are cited ag examples: = . a. - In the case of Cesar GONZALEZ Sanchez (eee 1 L A, 3, a, | above) LIENTRAP was able.to procure photographs of GONZALEZ at his Mexico City residence which, when comparedto Headquarters __. ‘provided photographs, left no doubt that GONZALEZ was the . “Subject of interest to Headquarters. b, ‘LIENTRAP confirmed the identity of Olga c CASTILLO de Ledon, a frequent visitor to the LIMERICK installation and an ardent. supporter of the present Cuban regime, through a pretext . investigation of the residents of an apart ment building where | ‘CASTILLO was believed to live, . Later, LIENTRAP supported the _ results of the’ Investigation with. excellent PROPOBRApHS of the - : - ‘subject, oo .3.. "To provide: operational s support to Station operations, i.e., rent hotel rooms and. apartments, and conduct counter-surveillances. " -. GERENDE is used frequently to rent hotel rooms and. apartments for... other Station operations and activities. GERENDE's.comprehensive ~~ area knowledge and personal operational capabilities combine.to make ~ him an extremely valuable Station asset for such support activities. GERENDE also procures post office box letter t drops for the many a Station operations requiring, them. SECRET dane” : te . *