nee rte aeecieeatner ae pate genteel eo ame ear mene vee i + mee . ECRET Team: ‘Support. ~~ FY 1971, Cost 323, ‘635. Fiscal. Year. . - Approved | Obligated. oO > 3966 ooo a) $43,145 $36,294 | - 1967 °° - 45,000 © 42,082 “/ 1968 0. - 42,185 | “42,158 -1969 43,520 41,416 - 1970 . | 38,970 £9, "468 (Projected) a Purpose: Neel Projoct, LIEMPTY supports a visual and photographic surveillance of ‘the Soviet Embassy in Yexico City. The aim is to identify and cover the movezents of persons centering and leaving the Embassy, including Soviets and visitors. (The intelligence collected through such activity. contributes 46-the Station's overall Soviet operations program, mainly in support of Priority A-l, but to some "extent, Priority A-4, of the Operating Directive for Mexico, Description: ©” er ee Le The Project operates’ “through two fixed basohouse ‘surveillance posts, a small photographic laboratory, a - principal agent, and six sub-agents. A team of four sub- “agents, ‘operating from a basehouse, maintains yisual and a _photographic - surveillance of the Soviet Embassy front “entrance. One’ Sub-agent, operating from a second base~ ~house, covers an area in back of the Bubassy, where Soviet _ (officials ‘meet, play: and work, These units photograph all “persons moving in or out of the specific target areas. They ‘also. maintain logs and provide written reports on observed ‘activity. - All of this material is passed to the principal agent, . who ‘passes the film to another sub-agent for process- ‘ing Jat a laboratory equipped for that purpose. After the . film is processed and printed, the principal agent passes ' the finished. product, plus written reports and logs, to the Station case officer. A brief description of each unit, eich agent and his role in the operation follows. SECRET ‘Woxtco City, Moxico ~ - Photographic ‘Surveillance
14-00000  ¥y ~ SECRET ~LILYRIC (MEXI-132) | is a basehouso located noar Of :the Soviet Embassy. This house has been in . ‘ nee. Oétober 1966. It isvrented through | : LIMOUSINE ‘(201- =5762), a. cleared American ‘businessman, = He: ~ is the ostensible owner. of ‘Fecord and, as tho landlord, collects: pont from. the tenants and then passes it to the ‘Station case officer, LIEMPTY-13 and his family (sée . paragraph. 3 below) ‘live in the *LILYRIC house and conduct  - their survodllance. operation. from. it during daylight | hours’ (0800-1800) .-: . “Bat: LiEMPTY-13 (@o1- 119961) is the key. mombor of. the . LILYRIC baschouse team... ‘He maintains contact with the — "principal agent. and does ‘some photographic work, ‘Howover, - ‘because ‘LIEMPTY-13 1s employed outside as an industrial ce vs engineer, ‘he. is unable to spend.much time operating the OT ca a 2. LILYRIC _photographic”™ ‘equipmont, and most of this work is. ‘ on “done by his wife, LIEMPTY-14, and their sons, LIEMPTY-26 ‘and LIEMPTY~ 27 {seo paragraphs ty S$ and 6 holow). te Ae. LIEMPTY-~ 14 (201-167567) is the main photographor ‘and observer at: the’ LILYRIC basehouse. She-works closely . ‘with her husband; LIEMPTY-13, in running the operation, on . at _Anecluding: the: preparation of observation reports and logs. me Po ee She also does” the, LILYRIC housekeeping, as any housewife yO “4 : ould do. ; . Be " LIEMPTY-26 (201-762111), the son of LIEMPTY-13 and. - LIENPTY- 14, has been a-student. at the Mexican Technological ‘Institute. Invhis. spare: time he operates the LILYRIC photo- «graphic: equipment, and helps LIENPTY-14 in maintaining the arrival and. departure logs of. target personalities. ae Te, _ 6. LIEMPTY+27 (201- 762112), another son of LIEMPTY-13 ae .o Jr, ) (+ “and LIEMPTY-14, has. been a prep school student. He gssists - an '. | dn operating the: ‘LILYRIC ‘photographic equipment and tran- scribes notes into a finished typewritten log of events. 7. LICALLA. (tEXi- ~03)- is a basehouse located behind *the Soviet Embassy. It has been in-operation since 1957. '. The building, a four-unit affair, collectively known as feta Ts LINUSTS ig Agency owned, It was purchased through Oe . LIMOUSINE ‘in September 1957, and the property is in his ' -name. ..The LICALLA site is occupied by LIEMPTY~-9 (see paragraph 8. below) and. he runs the surveillance operation fron it. m4
14-00000 / BSS ‘LIENPT = (2612 196454) is ‘the only. agent operating’ from the sLICALLA: site. . Hé does all the photography, main- tains logs and ‘prepares: observation. reports. He also mafn-. tains contact with the principal agent. . LIEMPTY-9 is a, . “part-time insurance. ‘salésman and is self-employed -in. the: - Accounting. business. ‘which he conducts at the LICALLA site. oe “Oy “Raymond. He GERENDE (201-119523) has been the : | principal ‘agent for this project. He. is a Mexican national - “contract agent who is Self-employed as an English teacher (..  ““and-also works as:a salesman for a light bulb manufacturer, - .' *. ‘GBRENDE has been’ mainly responsible for maintaining contact with’ the- LIEMPTY agents, passing instructions to them, and collecting the product for passing to the Station case officer: He has“also paid them and handled all other ; administrative matters, He is being terminated by the end Of FY 1970 for security, reasons (see Problems, paragraph 1).° are ; \ lo.. “Bruce ‘A, “FERNALD (P) (201-008189) replaced ; ° : GERENDE (see paragraph 9 above) as the project's principal agent in early December 1969, FERNALD, a U.S. citizen born _in June 1915, operates under non-official cover as a retired ‘immigrant, He is-responsible for maintaining contact with the: LIEMPTY agents. and collecting the product for passing to. the. Station” ease officer.. He also handles administrative "matters, including agent Salary payments, FERNALD is “financially covered under Project AEMAGNIFY, ~ | “12, The LIEMPTY photographic laboratory (NEXI-137) is located in a room ‘at GERENDE's residence. It is equipped oe. ‘to process the photographs taken by the LIEMPTY surveillance. tae. “units. .The work is done by LLEMPTY-4, (See paragraph 12 oo below)y...: Since GERENDE will be terminated by the ‘end: of. FY 1970, the Station is taking steps to establish a new LIBMPTY: photographic | laboratory at a new safesite. a a 42 : LIEMPTY-4 ‘(201-117967) processes all the photo- graphic “film taken by the LIEMPTY photographers and makes the hunber of prints required, He does this work ati night in the LIEMPTY photographic laboratory. .He is self- al al asa medical doctor, and he is a brother-in-law of GERENDE, in whose ‘home the laboratory: is located, fo | none oe pe eee, . t Bie even b