14-00000 fo" IMMA -14793 ~~ | __SECRET/HQSK | ERK “1762 CONTINUATION OF stots DISPATCH aL ‘ 5. -In conclusion, the Station would like to point out that the "photo- graphic basehouses™ represent an integral and significant part of the Station's counteresplonage effort against the LIMERICK installation, These bases do not produce Foreign Intelligence and should not be considered tn such a light. 6 April 1960 Distribution: 3- WHD - 2 - Filea Ly 53 Ho ma SECRET/K#28K “LXiesosete {| 2 . weet eee ee em ee aoa! we een re cee gate Bre EARRB-S -- > ns wed - cee ee nee
es a RAR a APS SPaATL YE ATER AAD MOD SECR = ft, SEs EMMA- 14045 DISPATCH | [SFoSSsckoncr | oomiaymas7 TO ST ATRUARTE RS THE MOD Chief, WI Division _ 50-0-74/3 FROM — ~ — oa . ne Chief of Station, Mexica City o November 1959 —— LIEMP TY /LIENTRAP/LIEMPTY-10 Security ee Incident + Liaison with QDENVY Cc [TN wonine acquieo ACTON FOUTS — | | RROEUING CAN BE UDGED See paragraph 6 below, BY QUALIFIED HQ DES ONLY TERETE ee HMMA-13951 (KAPOK-1705) lo October 1959 ‘ Ze wis ot 1. On 13 October 1959 it was learned from source that the local ODENVY chief got a priority cable from his Headquarters asking why data concerning the Mexican apprehension of the (KUBARK) truck and photographer had not been re~ ported to the U. S, Ambassador locally. The statement was made that “such matters as this should be immediately reported to the Ambassador," 2. This cable resulted from the report the ODENVY office sent in on the incident from the knowledge they had - as reported in reference, \ 3, The local ODENVY chief replied to his Headquarters that he did not agree that matters concerning KUBARK operations should be reported by ODENVY to the Ambassador. ‘ . 4. Source stated that the cable waa obviously a yeswit of the KUBARK/ ODENVY headquarters "il feeling" which presently exists and which source believes ig primarily (and principally) attributable to the article in TRUE magaxing of September 1959, §. Source is LIMEW. 6. It is requested that under no circumstances should the information contained hercin be disseminated in any form whatsoever outside KUBARK. ae ee 1 WCCurtis/vps ie 30 October 1959 i H Distribution jet _— > 3 Has bo, . f L , ed é ne gre foltovizg ett gntritiaes$ a ee Clee Sinn tree ——S BQ. fo5) 2 tak wt SB oom ce tbe, chk ae awe ste pempens 2.5 eoordinate az “Lpprsgy ist ae. - ~ ” _ é . 7s 2 Val FeEVIOUS EOINON CAASSOR ATA PAGE NOF 108% Per Aces cae. oem iw! a 2 tox $3 Soe dca ND SHORE Y, aes i | contend alti wich ATE OBSOLETE : KUBARK ONLY ' a eee en me FS
- CUPS RHC ATEN QP ATL 2 PY WE AMO PRD DISPATCH | secre rem nMintA=13951 hae ~1705 TO oe wh y grein commen DU Ser rt ar Ent 7 Chief, WH Division om nat tonya? | s0-u-74/3 Ineo ee eed ae ark: - 6 x? je— fe an aie 0-64 74/8-a rh Teer . cr “Chief of Station, Mexico City Coy heme i! oats “hy October 1959 ® _.ts oe — } ; BRR ELL TBE Tauck ON” LIEMPTY/ LIENTRAP/LIEMPTY=10 Sequsity £O% ff tarp 108 OLING dncideng, Bees eee Heo BAGH TING 81 QUIRED acho ae oa Tn TEE Tt tae ee se | mpexno ¢ NB UDGLD Robes ‘ ay ape eooreksi WNDEEENO CAN BE JU ' Nonc, for Headquarters information waly? ¢ te 8 QUALI HQ OFS ONL RReeENCES) en te appreer ie * 1, AtlllOhres,, 20 September 1959, while on an operational assignment, LIEMPTY-10 and the LIENTRAP vehicle were temporarily detained by the Servicio Secreto de Mexico (Mexican Secret Service), LIEMPTY-10 was hold under unofficial custedy for approximately 20 hours before hia rclease was obtained, Ther . follows below an accountof the more important details pertaining tg this incident. 2. LIEMPTY-10 was instructed on 17 September to case the area surrounding the Theatre Iris, located at Doncelcs 36, preliminary to undertaking a photographic ance of all persons entering and leaving ‘the theatre between the hours ef In this instance, the Station's target wags a pro- The Station surveill 0930 and 1200 hrs., 20 September. Cuban rally sponsored by the Circulo de Estudios Mexicanos (CEM). had received information that many of the leading Mexican and Central American and that thie wag an oppertune time to establish Communists would attend this rally he Station did not know that which ones did attend and to collect their photographs. the Mexican Secret Service would also be covering thia mecting for the purpose of preventing 3a Comimunist-inspired demonstration, 3, ‘The Station was advised at 1730 hrs., 20 September, by Raymond H. GERENDE (ps), the Principal Ayent who handles LIEMPTY-l0, that L-10 was being held by the Secret Service, Immediately followin, thie notification, Allen W. WARE (ps) was requested to contsct Philip K, TESSAROLO (pa) and request him to impleme a throu¢h a criminal lawyer to effect the release of L-10. TESSAROLO procedure pts to locate was contacted aud briefed at 2200 hours and immediately bexan attern a veliable criminal lawyer, Mowever, as somctimes happens in an emergency situation, his two most appropriate contacts were out of tewn, It was not until the following morning at 0700 hra, that TESSAROLO located another reliable lawyer who ayreed to handle the case. 4, Since GERENDE was known to L-10 and since the Statien could not be sure-how much L-10 might ve forced to tell the Secret Service, GERENDE was given the following instructions: A. To disconnect immediately the LIFEAT/LIVERY lines in the base where he and his wife were living and to move all equipment to another safe location, It was believed appropriate to take this precaution even thouyh L-10 did not know the lecation of the LIVERY basc, the telephone number of the base, or even that CERENDE was living at a place other than his mother's residence in another part of the city. B, To collect and deposit with his Case Officer any compromising papers presently in his possession. C, To make 4 security inspection of the outside photographic lab at his mother's house. D. Fo phons L-10's wife and inform her that procedures were underway to obtain L-10's release and ior her not to become upset and talkative. E. ‘fo suspend all operational contacts until L-10 wag released and the fa i ; oe extent of compromise was determined. ; ca eceanneee tee AT AT CLAS SIFICAS PAGE hed eoeu USE eRe QOS EDOM H CLASSIC ATION Ley Pace f . ghraces FORM, | eas wo ated I fx 1 { we $3 348 ST HA ANP PSECR i t/a i = OnetiNUED i i i eee en ceemeenrntererenlan cemnetacte eananene we. Ja ant OY secert se) cicagrene miners nt Cane acai sane weet ene tat + ¥ r
a = Cua EG Te NT eR Bag! at rer a rear vemrster secs CON Oat | secre:  PMMA-I3951 —_—__—— Sneieeees eee | BERR -1703 _ 5. During the evening of 20 September the Station LIFEAT Cane Officer was advised that GERENDE had been uirected to disconnect the LIVERY lines and to transter all LAIFEAT equipment to a safe location, To further insure the security of LIVERY, all LIVERY lines were pulled externally during the early morning af 2) September, & At approximately 1000 hra,, 21 September, LIMEW informed the Chief of Station that a contact of his (LIMEW's) had just informed him that L-10 (true name) and the LUENTRAP_ vehicle were being held by the Sceret Service, LIMEW stated that sf L-10 was one of RUBARK's agents he would attempt to have his contact in thy Secret Service obtain his inumediate release, LIMEW was told that L-1l0 was, in fact, a KUBARK apent and that the Station would very much appreciate his efforts to effect his release. A short while later LIMEW again contacted the Chief of Station and informed him that it would be necessary for documented ODACID official personally to contact a Commandante {nu LIMO of the Seeret Service and that L-10 would then be released, According to LIMEW, L-10 had told the Scerct Service that he was carrying out his operational photo- graphic assignment on a contract basis for ODACID; therefore, an ODACID — official would have to establish L-10's bona fides, 7 As the Station learned later, the Seerct Service agents were rouyhing up some of the individuals attending the rally; consequently, they were endeavering to make sure that no photopraphs were taken which could be uged apainat thein by the Conununists, L-f0 and L-lt, the LIENTRAP driver who loft the acene before] was detained, were just preparing to leave the areca after taking five colle of film when a Secret Service agent demanded a search of the vehicle on the suspicion that it conta:zned Communist propaganda, L-10, his camera with telephoto lens and the film were then discovered in the rear of LUENTRAP,. lt was at this time that L-10 was accused orally by the police officers of being a Soviet agent and later of being a lowal Communist agent, After being taken to Seeret Service Headquarters, L-10 told LIMON, in private, about his association with ODACID and emphasized that he certainly was not a Communist agent, LIMEW's source (possibly Com- mandante MLMON), belaeviny that there may be some truth in L-10's statement, contacted LIMEW,. Based in part on assumption and in part on fact, this is the Station’s opinion as to how ODENVY became involved in the case, G 8. The Station, realising that LIEMPTY-~-10 had not committed an illegal act by taking photographs, decided that WARE should persondlly visit LIMON and request L-10's release. WARE contacted LIMON and the sub-jefe of the Secret Service, Raul MENDIOLEA Cerecero, about 1230 hrs., 2} September, identrfied Himself ag an ODACID official and teld them that L-10 did from time to time perform photographic assignments for ODACID, particularly in the field of local Communist activities, WARE also told LIMON and MENDICLEA that L-10 was never permitted to do any task which was illepal under Mexican law and that if he had done so it was certainly not under the auspices of ODACID, but on his own volition, They implied that L-10 had not done anything illegal and that all they wanted to be sure about was that L-10 was nat a Communist apent, L- 10 was immediately released and the LIENTRAP vehicle returned to him with all equipment intact, including the five rolls of undeveloped film, 9, ‘While WARE was on his way to sec LIMON at the Secret Service Head- quarters, thc Chief of Station was advised by the ODACID Security Office that L-10 was’ deing detaimed oy the Secret Service, Phe Security Office was told that WARE was presently investixnating the matter and should be at the Secret Service Headquarters at that time. By coincidence, WARE was talaing to MENDIOLEA when the ODACID Security Oiice phoned to inform him that WARE waa taking care of the rmiatter, It was learned later that MENDIOLEA is a brother-in-law of the local invest.gator employed full time b, the ODACID Security Office. This was how ODACID becanic involved in the incident. To the best of the Station's knowledye, th ODACID Security Officer has said nothing more about the incident and, at the time, did not attach any particular siznificance to it or seem especially concerned about abo dH Te ECE } PaGe NO ' . mea SECRE 18 eels So “TINUED