14-00000 te A etete eat ro BOE - PROJECT LIFEAT PROJECT KEVIEW I. Product of thé Project A, Si HMA -~1972 97. ania, Sovict Coverage As noted tn last year’s Project LIFEAT renewal request, LIFEAT coverage of the official Soviet listallatiod was discontinued on 22 June 1960 when the parallel llalson project LIENVOY assumed coverage of this target, In early January 1962 LIFEAT undertook coverage of the home phones of three of the most active Soviet Intelligence officers. This wis in response to the con- tinulng Station Cl program which includes the montoring of Sov let contacts, and the guidance recelved from KUDESK Staff at the time of the last LIFEAT renewal, Aa of this date, this coverage bas not been active for sufficlent time to fully evaluate Its ugefulness, However, Ut is belleved that such coverage has the potential to add materially to the Station's effort in the Cl aa field, Although not designed to provide positive intelligence, some by-product of this type has been obta ined, Samples are as follows: HMM-6364, & May 1962 (Briefing of Mexican Pro-Marxist Journalist by Soviet Embassy) ° HMM-6382, 15 May 1962 (Mexican Traveller to the USSR) HMM-6376, 11 May 1962 (Refutation of Rumors that Soviet Cosmonaut TITOV wlll visit Mexico) Polish Embagsy LIPEAT has remalned the primary source of information on this target and the only successful, continuing penetration of the target, The information provided to the Interested Case Offtcer has in the pass been described as "unique™ and ‘invaluable’, This description holds with equal emphasis for the present as well as the past, Selective examples of the valuable positive intelligence pro- duct of this coverage are: , ; HMMA-17448, 28 July 1961 (Henryk POTASZ) HMMaA-17647, (LIFEAT/LAURICLE), 25 Augusre 1961. HMMaA- 17694, 1 September 1961 (Irena Haling ZORAWSKA) Timts HMMA-L7876, 29 Seprember 1961 (Movement of Polish Nationals) a arg : : 4 Se - ~ 3a
14-00000 HMMA- 18058, 7 October 1961 (satelite Frade tn Mexted) | : HMMA-~18074, 31 October 1961 (Activitics of Polish_Embasstes foe dee ; ; in Mexico and Brazil) ae, . HMMA- 18913, 27 April 1962- (RYBAT/Eugentusz SKOTNICK]) a ; .  HMMA-18915, 27 April 1962 (RYBAT/Eugeniusz SKOTNICKD HMIA-5743,-7-July..1961 (Possible Purchase of Ships from Poland) “HMM-5894, 14 September 1961 (Trade Between Mexico and Poland) HMM-5921, 26 September 1961 (Polish Plans to Buy Zinc from Mexico) C, Cuban Coverage LIFEAT was able to provide coverage of major firms dealing in.U,S; goods transshipment vla Mexico to Cuba, This technical operation not only pro- vided Initlal leads whitch alerted the Station to these companies, but also was able to provide continuing information on the dally activities of the com- panies involved, Coverage of certain Cuban personages arranging for Ulegal worm ee transshipment of U.S, goods to Cuba was also provided Including their con- tacts and general activities, Samples of the positive intelllgence production from this Cuban commercial coverage are as. follows: HMMA - 18073, 31 October 1961 (Ruben SAUREZ Y Alvarez, Representative In Mexico of the Cuban Bank of Foreign Commerce) . HMMA- 18538, 2 February 1962 (Cuban Commercial Activities) HMM-5883, 26 September 1951 (Cuban Commercial Activities) HMM-5915, 22 September 1961 (Transcontinenial, S.A.) HMM-6012, 14 November 1961 (Mexican Firm Shipping U.S. Goods to Cuba) HMM-~6220, 27 February 1962 (Lorenzo L, SAUNDERS, Vice President of Transcontinental, S.A.) D. ‘American Communists in Mexico ‘As in the past, most of the targets in this group have been covered at the ‘request of ODENVY, and the raw-take has been partially proceased by them, During the period July 1961 through May 1962, approximately 680 reels of take were passed :o local ODENVY for thelr processing. The most valuable information gleaned from the targets in thts fleld continues to deal with con- tacts, travel, and general activities of the American Communisc Group in Mexico (ACGM),
14-00000 7 ? 2 s » a x x a . iyptcal examples of the reporting based on LIFEAT coverage of the ACGM “ 8 BEER . ‘HMMA-17318, 3 juty 1961 (Albert MALTZ) HMMA-17388, 14 July 1961 (Enos Regnet WICHER, Maria WICHER) . * HMMA-17389, 14 July 1961 (Carl SEBORER) HMMA-17419, 21 July 1961 (Clarina OVERGAARD, Anders OVERGAARD) HMMA-~17455, 25 July 1961 (Dalton TRUMBO, Cleo TRUMBO) ; HMMA-176L1, 18 August 1961 (Noah SEBORER/Albert MALTZ/ Charles SMALL) HMMA~17760, 12 September 1961 (Maurice ZEITLIN) HMMA- 17806, 19 September 1961 (Albert MALTZ) . Sa HMMA-17855, 26 September 1961 (U.S, Cltizens Travel to Cuba) _— oo HMMA-~17860, 29 September 1961 (Albert MALTZ) ~ — a) HMMA- 18097, 3 November 1961 (Charles SMALL) HMMA-18492, 23 January 1962 (Albert MALTZ/Noah SEBORER/ Charles SMALL) HMMA - 18827, 10 Avril 1962 (Albert MAL’ TZ/Noah SEBORER/ Charles SMALL) E, Exile and Revolutionary Activities LIFEAT continues to provide information on the exile and revoluttonary groups : -active in Mexico, which informatlon is of the greatest value to the Station and , ; not available from other sources, The emphasis of the LIFEAT effort in this area has been directed toward covérage of Nicaraguan, Guatemalan, and more recently Spanish Republican exiles, The product has been most rewarding in this coverage. Examples of productivity in this past project year: HMMA-~-17489, 4 August 1961 (Alejandro GALINDO) HMMA- 18420, -5 January 1962 (Teodora MARTEN Rodriguez) HMMA- 18468, 16 January 1962 (Travel of Salvadorans to Cuba). HMM~5920, 26 September 1961 (Activities of Nicaraguan Exiles in Mexico) HMM- 6142, 18 January 1962 (Plans of Guatemalan Army Officers to Attempt Coup) HMM-6191, 17 February 1962 (Guatemalan Revolutionary Activity) HMM-6230, 2 March 1962 (Contacts of Juan Jose AREVALO Bermejo in Mexico City) HMM-6292, 2 Anril 1952 (Return to El Salvador of Colonel Oscar OSORIO) HMM-6S11, 13 April 1962 (Contacts of Juan Josc AREVALO Bermejo) eee
ey” HMM= 6544, A May 1962 (Activities of Spanish Republicans | in Exile) oe HMM-6349,:°4 May: 1962) (Views: ‘of. Juan Jose AREVALO on Peruvian Presidential Candidate). oo HMM-6359, -4 May” 1962 (Contact Betweén. Claudio SANCHEZ de -- Sa. Albornoz, President of the Council of Spanish Republic, ‘and Juan Simeon VIDARTE, Spanish Exile in Mexico). HMM-6379, 11 May 1962 (Opinion of Spanish Republican. Exiles-on ° Current Strikes in Spa i) F, Counter-Intelligence Information ~ By its latest Related Mission Directive, Mexico City Station's major respon- sibilities cortinue to lie in the field of CI/CE matters. LIFEAT was able ‘to : - provide a-valuable contribution in the attainment of the Station's objectives.in + Be ~ this field. ‘Coverage included that on Carlos Humberto ILLESCAS, who Is ae acting in a covert Halson capacity between the CP and the Soviet Embassy tn . sake Mexico City. Besides the continuing operational support in the cl CE field, 2-00 the following Informational reporting was provided: HMM- 5742, 7 july 1961 (Travel of Mexican Leftis: 8 Behind Iron Curtatn) HMM- 5836, 18 August 1961 (Activities of Mexican Student of the Unlversity of Peoples’ Friendship). HMM-5977, 24 October 1961 (Interview of Prominent Marxist with ‘Polish Conselor) HMM-6322, 20 April 1962 (Contacts between Carlos FUENTES Macias, Mexican Communist Writer, and Polish Diplomats) HMM- 6337, 27 April 1962 (Activities of Ernesto AYALA Mercado, Bolivian Ambassador to Mexico) HMM-~6377, 11 May 1962 (Scholarship for Study in Warsaw to Jorge TAMAYO, Jr., Mexican Marxist Intellectual) . Operational Support and Leads Provided other Station Operations During the past project year LIFEAT continued actively supporting Mexico City Station through production of leads unobtainable through other assets and gen- erally providing other Station operations the secure support only available through a unilateral telephone tap operation, The following Is a selected list, together with a brief description, of major contributions of operational support and leads provided through LIFEAT: