14-00000 ow ox” (CLASSIFIED MESSAGE = ae CATE 2D : 6G | “§$ECRET. 4 Jip 5 fale | DIRECTOR nn ae ET er REC'D ee. 32 SEST, - » CI/IC'2, CI/oa, S/c 2 “ROUTINE. _ IN 16926 | 1o DIR INFO Cie MEX | 5782 REF: DIR 35879 (OUT xe57 } eo FORWARDING LIFEAT RENEWAL TWO POUCHES 29 JUNE 1 JULY DUE  KAROK CLASSIFICATION, ra rrr oe ELS CS COMMENT: REQUESTED LIFEAT PROU RENEWAL SOOKEST. - aie — oe vo ae iin ee te me a ee /; p (lame an feo” REPRODUCTION BY, OTHER THAN THE ISSUING 9° z FFICE 15 PROHIGITED. Capy Pio. 1 .
; — a = — oa nok ~ ot ~ - we ee oo : 2 oes CLASSIFIED MESSAGE wy eae Pere a2} a. 1b 80 20'D CABLE SECT iN LY Oo « ‘HEXICO cITy From: DIRECTO ™. po 4 Cn can -e ad _*% a ~ i OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE 1o MexT INFO CITE OIR REQUES? LIFZAT PROJ RENEWAL SOG@HZST, ADVISE POUCHING DATE, meee - see END OF MESSAGE ~ COORDINATING OFFICERS” ery pig : RELEASING OFFICER SRGRET av THENTICATING OFPICHE ;
. Faia’ i “ ~ 2 . - = ’ . . - —. SEGRET - ~ ooh a _ ° 20 June 1960 =. MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, WH SUBIC : Renewal of WH Division SI/CI Projects over $100,030 1. There is set forth below'a list of WH Division PI/CI~ Projects, with an authorization of over $100,000, which ex- pire as of 30 June 1960: Project Authorization : LIFEAT $123,339 = 2. Possibly renewal actions are already in course of i preperation for the above srofects. If not, nowever, it is Ss stronely urged that apvroortate voroject action be sub-itted as EC secn as possible, and in anv event not later than 15 July, so = that these renewals can te submitted to DDCI fer approval in ke tively rashion. a 3. The same request applies to any otner WH Division = PI/CI erojects, currently autnorized for amounts under $100,000, 2 if renewal will request suthorization in excess of that figure. : Chief, DDP/PG SECRET
wath FC aT forwarce Sree Ah Ne i aid - ! ~ TgaDQUE ETERS FUE RO TO": Chief of Station, Mexico City ~ ~ | neo - : FROM 7 _ TE i | _@ Chief,WHD - | i , t Del yt gars, : j : ag age (CMECR & ONE} s LIFSaT Project Reriewal © ‘- MARKED FOR INDEXING a eee . . = | | NO bvdexing efQuieen : INDEXING CAN BE JUDGED BY QUALIFIED HQ DESK ONLY Acre EQUIERD ao ; : _t Exploitation of LIFEAT leads SE 6C BEMCES) - - Te - 4, The LIFEA? Project renewal subaitted in M¥A-12936 was approved on ' 46 duly 1959 for the period 1 July 1959 through 30 June 1960 for a total of - $123,830 for fiscal year. 1950... The Station will-note that monies requested for the support of “oo¢row D.-GABBOTT (pa) were subtracted from the raquest made by the Station for pfoject funds, GAB OT. is supcorted by the 3ESSO00TH Projest, an EE support project. | i H i | I I | | 2, The following staff comments were nade when the Pruject was submitted | for apcrovals | “> g wROM has continued its rating of ®C" on the disseminated positive: i information frua the rroject, noting 4 slight increase in the disseminations, | and commenting that it provides interestiig infarmation to customers on the | uature ang extent of Bloc comercial activities in Maxdico, data useful in economic analyses, and reports on exile activities in Hexico. } | t TT b. “KUTUBE/D recormendsd renewal of LIFZAT observing that the leads produced by the operation have been of oparational value to LAURICLE activitics conducted in Hexico City in the rast year. KUTUBE/D comments algo that the Project. has afforded acd can be expected to continue to afford C4 neotection from time to time for activities of particular LAURICLE interest. ec. "KUTUDS/OPS has observed that Project LIF“AT has been a most useful operational asset in the Hexico City Station for the nast nine years, gontinuously providing KUSAR< with a window into important targets. KUTUBE /OPS requests that the next project renewal ooint out what agent recruitmaents by the Station have resulted from or been supoorted by the operational information secured by the project. { . | a. ®KUDESK cormented that it well known that Maxico is being used by the RIS as a base for third country operations directed against the United States, Over a ceriod of years LIFGAT has supplied valuable leads which have resulted in the identification of a larze number of persons in clandestine | eontact with RIS officers; further investigation in several cases produced | information whieh strongly indicated that tha persons involved were ; actively assisting the RIS, «hile such information is, of itself, of. interest | i and importance, cur respcnsibil:ty in the CI field imposes the obligation to | | deternine wiat these persons are doing for the RIS and this can oe done only i i by recruiting and -doubling ther. -It ia-therefore sugested that LIFEAT leads | { and reports of investigations based on tiem be reviewed for the purpose of | i selecting a limited number of the uore promising targets. ‘inereafter, Station \ | azsets including LIFTAT should be used to obtain the overational data | necessary to determine that a target is recruitable, and then a pitch should I | be made. Much tine and effort will be required for such a program, but the i | potential rewards fully justify it, and the value of LIFFAT, as a CI asset, will be materially increased. : an ~ KUBARK,- requested: that atthe tina of the next Project” renewal, the Division sroila |” raview the relationshin and coordination of Project LIf-AT operations with those active and nroposed under "reject LITNVOY. j t 3. Chief, KUTUSF, in recommending the Project for renewal to Deputy Director, Dati ca oe ‘