DISPATCH: OPERATIONAL/KUWOLF/LIHUFF.
Originator: CIA
From: COS MEXICO CITY
To: CHIEF, WH DIVISION
Document date: 12/02/1963
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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DISPATCH

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FROM

Chief of Station, Mexico City

SUBJECT

• Operational/KUWOLF/LIHUFP

ACTION REQUIRED • REFERENCES

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Reference: HMH-11780, 18 July 1963

Action

: Headquarters approval of Project LIHUPR as outlined

In this dispatch and separate cover attachments.

1.

Reference advised the Maxico Station that Chief, Wi and KUWOLF

Staff decided not to request approval of the LIHUFF Project as outlined in

HM1A-20931 dated 22 March 1963.

The reasono for this decision sere:

(a) that the Project would support a rightist conservative group

in Mexico without adequate operational control and without

adequate control of the expenditure of KU.• ARK funds;

(b) shortage of funds for CA operations;

(c) thet the LIHUFF magazine 1s too conservative and too narrow li

Interest to merit KUBARK support;

(d) thet Headquarters has not been sufficiently informed about the

student activities to recoumend a subsidy of US$8,000 per year.

reference asked for Mexico Station reaction to Headquarters' position and

for details on how the group couid be financed and guided under standard

more acceptable to Headquarters.

2. Headquarters le correct regarding the right-ving conservative.

attitude of the group; and 1t is true that the Mexico Station vould probably

never have complete operational control of the group. It is also true that

funds once given to the group can no longer be controlled by KUBARK except

won through the Influence of LЛUF/1.

Nevertheless, the LIHUE group does some

good and 18

very useful to the station in the CA field.

3. The Mexico Station agrees that the hillit magazine 18 conserva,

tive and

"pro-capitalist". From the financial point of view, lt is requested

that El14S-2530, dated 15 August 1962, and HIAHT-3023, dated 30 August 1962,

and MEXI-2246, dated 18 October 1962 be reviewed for background on the manner.

In which the Station became involved in a subsidy for this magazine.

In

view of Headquarters' opinion that, he sagazine la "too conservative and toa,

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CROSS REFERENCE TO

DISPATCH SYLIZOL AND NUMBER

DATE

ENMA-22550

GASSIFICATION

SCRET

2 December 1963

HOS FILE NUMBER

50-124-28/1

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narror in interest to serit KUMARK support", Chief of Station, Mexico has

askod IDEN B and his company to pay this subsidy in the ruture.

arrangement will begin on 1 January 1964.

The circulation of this magazine

18 approximately 2000 copies.

It 18 definitely conservative, strongly

pro-private enterprise and anti-socialist. In a meating on 30 July 1963.

With the Chief of Station and Michael C. Choaden, the Chlei, HBFLICK salp,

"we do far too little propagands of IDEN A type; that 18, that which is pro-

capitalist and strongly ant1-Coomnist". He said this 15,000 pasos monthly

1s less than it costs monthly for.us to put one offloer abroad and this 18

far wider - far beyond what one more nan could do".

He asked •bat the Chief

Zwwhat?

of Station appeal to GALBOND to keep financing IDEN A.

As previously pointed out to Headquarters, IDEN C provides the

Station with a research facility not otherise available.

They are able to

place articles in newspapers and magazines, sponsor lectures, and sponsor

5. Manuel CALVILLO Alonso 18 an Intellectual asset connected with

the uhurr organization. He 18 a source of positive intelligence on right-

ving political groups.

He is the brother-in-law of Dr. Salvador NAVA

Martinez of San Luis Potosi, prominent eye surgeon and politician. CALVILLO

also knows the educational field better than any source of the lexico Station.

He, additionally, provides the Station with background information on well-

known leftists.

He has just completed a book on

"Penetration of Mexican

Educational System by Communists"

This manuscript has been read by Chief,

HERINCH Mexico, IDEN D, IDEN A, LIC. Fausto MIRANDA and Michael C. Choaden

and the Chiet of station, all of whom belleve it an oxcellent historical

account of penetrations by Conmuniam Into the Mexican educational system.

MIRANDA, Who has lived through the years cited (1930-1963) belleves the

Impact of the book (which he says is factual and excellently documented)

"will be terrific".. HNlA-21976 transmitted a copy of this to fuenos Aires

with a request for publication.

The timing of this publication is important

because of the impaot it is expected to have on impending national elections

The student activitles of this group (IDEN E) have been far.

more effective than it would appear from Station reporting.

LIUFF/l and

the Station are at fault for falling to keep Headquarters

fully Informed on

these activities. Eeadquerters (in reference) recomended that instead of

& flat subsidy for basic expenses for the student group, the Station provide

lunds for specific activities, trips, demonstrations, etc. This arrangement

1s perfectly acceptable to the lexico Station.

Those activities which ere

IInanced by KUBARK will be coordinated by the Station CA staff.

consists of 200 shock troops who are vigorously anti-Commnist and campaign

actively egainst Communiat and pro-Castro groups at the UnAl; the University

In Guadalajara, and the University In Puebla. This 18 an excellent channel

for action, for anti-Communist propaganda and for pro-Free World propaganda.

They are willing to take direction from LIHUFF/2 who will take direction from

LIHUFF/2 (who 18 in contact with Chief of Station, Mexico). The group

publishes a weekly news organ (IDEN F) forwarded under separate cover.

by separate attachment is a list of some of the activities of this group

during the past few months.

T. In sunmary, the Mexico Station requests that the LINUFF Project

be approved for an expenditure of US$30, 000 to be used for spot covert

action activities via the LIHUFP organization. Of this anount, US$6;000

will be used to pay f. monthly salary of US$500 to LIHUFF/1.

The remaining

sum will be used for specific activities In coordination with other CA

aotivities of the Station.

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Separate Cover Attachment - HMMA-22550, 2 December 1963

IDENTITIES

8 A.

"Espejo"

B. Mr. Joe Sharp

C. Instituto de Investigaciones Sosiales y Economicas, A. C.

D. Mr. B. Goodrich

E.

M.U.R.O. (activities listed on following page)

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IDENTITY E - Moriniento Universitario Renovadore Orientacion (M.U.R.O.)

Recent actirities of this group were:

Continuous placement in capitol and national media of ant1-Coumnist

articles

of Interest to students and government leaders.

A significantly effective character assassination campaige against

Mar Aub, Marxist director of the UNAM broadcasting station, has been launched

and sustained by the group.

Carried out successful denonstrations before the Mexico City joviet

Eabassy, and during the visit to kexico of Tito (several nembers of the group

vere jailed as a result).

The group has participated continuously in political action activitie

at the National University - and throughout Mexico - in support of ant1-

Coumunist student candidates.

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