74-90000 - br CRASH ICA TION SECRET ORLY QUALIFIED DESH CAM JUDGE ImDE RING Dhoaster v LIEMPEY/Progress Report for the Period 1 May through 31 July 1967 i t ACTION REQUIRED . REFERERCES ‘ Aetion Required: For Your Inforuation Reference 2 HMMA-32068, 23 May 1967 (Previous Progress Report) 1. From 1 May through 31 July 1967, 26 operational reetings were held with Rayaond H, GERENDE, Principal Agent for the LIEMPTY Project. With the exception of one unscheduled meeting, neetings during thie period were pre- arranged and mesting times and sites were varied. The unscheduled meeting was arranged via telephone using a prearranged open code. During the absence of GERENDE, two operational meetinge were held with Oliver @, SCANTLING, eiternate Principal Agent for LIEMPTY, aml four with LIEMPTY-4, photo lab operator. All of these meetings were prearranged. : 2, QGERENDE met with LIENPTY-4, -9, “10 and -13 on a twice a week basis and with LIEMPTY-6 on a once a week basis during this period. QERENDE's meetings with these assets were all prearranged. SCANTLING met with LIEMPTY-9 and -13 on two occasions and with LIEMPTY-6 once during the absence of GERENDE, continued os Distribution: *3» Chief /WHD A CROSS REFERENCE FO Dame bo sth Pre Aoi: Jw ye Te 7 Auguat 1967 HOS FRE BUMBER 50-6-7h /5 CLARIFICATION SECRET
= HED RP RTE os Pee ANLT NE ree CONTINUATION OF nn DISPATCH nt a... SECRER _ AMMA - Je7el cen cnn 3.. All asseta involved in the LIEMPTY Project performed in a sat- iefactory manner during this period. Effective 1 July 1967 LEENPTY-§ and LIEMPTY-11 were given alight salary increases, because of their” ' -fnereased activity. ee ET ASSP ATION ' &, There vere-no know security incidents a‘fecting the LIEMPTY . Project or the assets involved during the three months under review. , 5. hie basehouse, the operator ‘of which ie LIEMPTY-9, provided , 1277 frames-of. operational photographs covering the patio and garden area of PJSTEAL. LIEMPTY-9 also prepared fixed-surveiliance reporta, sighting reports and special notes and SopOnE Be LILYRIE ~ ‘6, he. LILYRIC basehouse, which is steffed by LIEMPTY-15, -14 and -27, produced 2554 frames of operational photograph during the period. The- ] . LILYRIC basehouse operators continued to prepare fixed-survelllance reports on each menber of FIJOTEAL and turned’ these in on a weekly basis, LIEMPIY-27 — resumed his duties on 1 July as scheduled end this basehouse has now re- verted to ita normal hours of coverage. (See reference relative to the absence of LIEMPTY-27.) LIMITED © | / %. The LIMITED Basehouse, operated by LIEMPTY-6, produced 279 frames of operational photographs plus weekly fixed surveillance reports on each of the members of FJSTEAL. The LIMITED basehouse was closed from 17 through 22 July becauge of the iliness of LIEMPTY-6. During this period LIEMPTY-6~ . ald very little radio-alerting for the LIEMBRACE surveillance team because of the variation of the surveillance team's activities. LIENTRAP 8. The LIENIRAP mobile photo vehicle had a decrease in activity during this period because of the dismantling of the old LIENTRAP vehicle and the modificetion and installation of equipment in tre new vehicle, The old LIENTRAP vehicle waa used to cover photographically all of the residences of opposition elements in Mexico City, As in the past LIENTRAP provided photogrephie coverage of addresses of the local Communist parties, residences -of members of other Hemisphere parties and several PERUMEN targets. A total of 3352 frames of operational photographs were provided by LIENTRAP, PHOTO 9, LIg@ry-4, the operator of the LIEMPTY photo lab, processed all of the operational photographs mentioned above as well as providing frou , 2 to G enlargements of 299 frames of photographs of special interest taken by the basehouses, LIEMPTY-4 does the photo processing on Tuesday and Thursday nights. 10. Rayaond H. GERENDS started the development of a possible access agent to LIRING and also continued to provide support for the JMROD operation. These task being aside from his regular LIEMPTY duties, GERENDE was on vacation from 25 May through 4 June 1967. Ll, There will be one administrative change during the coming period when Vincert P, RIZZUTO will seems the Case Officer responsibilities for GERENDE/LIEMPTY, “No problemas are envisioned in thie change over. No other significant. changes are planned, Pa §3. jileeseben ~L— for/Willard C. CURTIS [ase NO 53a USE FRE OUS EDITION, SECRET [ nde ewcee | 2 ' seer Leen ne
” PROTESSING ACTION Shion, . . : DISPATCH seen an ns pei ET MARDED FOR IROURING Chief /wHD XX __ [no smoenns arquero OLY QUALITHED DESA 2 CAM pubSd INDCeING 3 Chief of Station, Mexico City ¢ : : . mmceorise : Progress Report for the period 1 February through © Project LIBPTY/ -30 April 1967 : ACTION GLQUIRED REFEREES Action Required: For your information References . i “woee-31354, 13 February 1967 (Previous Progresa Report) “HMMA~31636, 20 March 1967 (JMROD/LIEMPTY) 1. During the period 1 February through 30 April 1967, 30 operational meetings were held with Raymond H. GERENDE, Principal Agent for the LIEMPTY support project. These meetings were all prearranged and meeting times and sites were varied to avoid establishing a pattern. No emergency or unseheduled meetings were held with GERENDE during this period. ‘ @. GERENDE met with LIEMPTY-4, -6, -9, -10, -11 and ~13--basehouse, photo lab and photo truck operators--twice a week during this period, Meetings with these agsets were prearranged and were held at varying times and in different sections of the city, 3e ALL assets involved in the LIEMPTY Project performed in a satisfactory manner during the period under review. continued... Distributions G>~ Chier/wHp CROSS RESERENCY TO orSPaTon syMBoL AND NUMBER DATE é ; HMMA - 32068 23 May 1967 SECRET 50-6-74/3
14-00000 > eer ee -—parear ar-—tt aenennannnnenenntshn- tener ieee us CLASSE RO ATION i CIQAR Is SS ULE AND NUMEEH CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH $5 SRC R ED ROE? EMMA = 30068 _ 4, There wore no known security incidents during the pertod covered in tnis report. As a precautionary measure, the LIEMPTY basénousekeepers. were instructed to taintain increased vigilance in their respective areas and buildings and’ to be prepared to evacuate any incriminating equipment and papers on a moment's notices This was done because of the renewed interest in the assassination of President Kennedy which in turn brought forth coments in the press about photographs y taken of Oswald during his visit to Mexico. On three occasions during this period, LIEMBRACE-3 surveilled the operational meetings between GERENTS and L = Ge This was done in” order to try to ascertain if any FJSTEAL personnel were’ taking measures to verify the activities of LIEMPTY-¢, LIEMBRACE-3 reported that all’ of the meetings he covered appeared to be clean of hostile surveillance. (NOTE: Headquarters is aware of the interest FJSTEAL has taken in LIEMPTY~6. LIEMBRACE=3 doea not know the exact’ location of LIMITED/LIE@TY-¢, although he “is aware of the existence.of this asset because of the radio alert system ‘used by. the surveillence team whén working the FISTEAL-target. In omier to avoid . LIEMBRACE-3 stirvetlling LIEMPTY-6 to the exact address, LISNSRACS-3 was {nstructed to surveill GERENDE when he departed the meeting site and to report to GERENDE after LIEMBRACE-3 was convinced that there vas na hostile surveillance and after they had departed the meeting area.) ‘ LICALLA 5. During thie period LIEMPTY-9, operator of the LICALLA basehouse, provided , ‘L112 frames of operational photographs covering the patio and sarden area of FYUTEAL. All photographs provided by LIEMPTY-9 were accompanied by fixed- surveillance reports, sighting reports and special notes, LISMPTY-9 is a per- ceptive individual and his special notes and comments are considered. to be of great value by the interested section in the Station. LICALIA coverage vas suspended during the period 19 through 25 March while LIEMPTY-9 wss taking a well- deserved vacation. The cover of the LICALLA basehouse appears to remain good, with no undue attention devoted to it by FUSTEAL personnel, LILYRIC 6, This basehouse, which is staffed by LIEMPTY-13, -14 eni -27, produced 2553 frames of operational photographs during the review period. LIEMPTY-13 is employed fulletime and most of the coverage is provided by LIENPTY-14, and <27, although during this period, LIEMPTY-14 carried the largest share of the workload. In March the houra in which LIEMPTY-27, a medical student, atteniel school were changed from the afternoon to the morning, This schedule change will remain in effect until the end of dune 1967. LIEMPTY-14 does not have the mental composure to remain on the job for the hours needed to provide Pull-tine coverage and her homekeeping duties often interfered with her working hours, In order to alleviate this problem, the working hours of LYEMPTY-6/LIMITED ware increased and those of LILYRIC/LIEMPTY-14 decreased. No serious loss of coverage resulted from this tem- -porary change in working hours. The salary of LIEMPTY-27 was cut in half for the period of time in which he will not be providing contimal assistance to the Project, 7. LILYRIC remnins as the main source of information on HTLADY and other foreign visitors to FUSTEAL. LIMITED 8, LIFMPTY-6, the operator cf the LIMITED basehouse, provided 6&4 frames of operational photographs during the three month period. LIEMSTY-c also spent a great deal of time alerting for the LIEMGRACE surveillance tean during this period because of the ARQUALITY=-] operation, LIEMPTY-6 vas on vacation rrom 3 through 23 April and coverage from this basehouse was suspended during this period. As mentioned above, LIEMPTY-6 now is workins longer hours in orier to relieve LIEMPTY-1! LIEMPTY-6 does not know why his hours were increased. “9, Cm ona cccasion during this pertol LTFMPTY-6, while alerting the LIFMBRACE team on an FJSTEAL target, noted shat a WOLADY subject had entered SJSTEAL on foot. He alerted the team and they were able to surveill the subject and identify hin ‘through records at the hotel where he was staying. CLASSIFICATION SECRET USE PREVIOUS EDITION, gS cory