DISPATCH: LIEMPTY PROGRESS REPORT / SECOND QUARTER
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: CHIEF OF STATION, MEXICO CITY
To: CHIEF, WH DIVISION
Document date: 08/23/1963
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Chiukof Statlon, Mexico City

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LIEMPTY Progresia Report/Second Quarter 1963

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Actlon: For your information.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO

1. BACKGROUND

The LEMPTY Project Is designed to collect operational Intor-

matlon on the LIMERICK installation and personnel, as well as targeis of

opportunity, through stationary and mobile photographle coverage.

In addition,

the projoci provides the means for investigating leads from both the above

nored coverages and othor Station sources.

It supports other Station operacions

through the renting of safchouses, providig and servicing post office Lox mall

conducting countersurvolllances and pretext invesugations and perfor

ming related tasks.

2. OPERATIONS

LIEMPTY provides the majority of photographs used ly the

Station In les CE pocrations agalnst the LIMERICK rarget. In this phase of

the operation the LIEMPTY buschouses and photo truck produced approxtinately

140 rolls of operational photos In support of the Statlon's .CE program during

the reporting period. The Station considers the photo coverage of the

LIMERICK installation as essential tool in following the dally acrivitles of the

personnel of that installation, including known and suspected intelligence

officers,

and individuals vistting the establishment.

Selected examples of the LIEMPTY contribution to the Station's

CE program and its support of other Station operations are as follows:

a. The support provided by the two LIEMPTY cucouts,

Oliver G. SCANTLING and Raymond H, GERENDE, in the AMROD

operation was essential to this operation. Due to the long operational

uxperience of these agents In the Mexico City operational environment

their ald in both the planning and execution stages of the AMBOD

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operation has been unique.

The cutouts provided professional level

coniersurveillance during the aciual meetings bedec AMRIFT-I

and Oliver E. FORTSON (ps), pussed letters to the LIERODE Instal

lation, wrote many letters and placed numerous phone calls in support

of this operation and have acinally carried on the daily activity of the

operation.

many and varied, examples of this are: siake out oi a mecting bc-

tween a Soviet Intelligence officer and LISTEED-1; reporting of LiCALLA

on the agitatlon of Alcksandr SIDOROV, Sovlet Military Aitache and

known intelligence officer, following a Station provocation of him;

LIENTRAP coverage of Lorenzo CARDENAS Barrajas, a Soviet contact;

a stake out of a bowling alley popular with PBPRIME citizens and officials

Ilving in Mexico to determine the extent of a Soviet Intelligence officer's

attempts to cultivate these Individuals; and LIMITEDs radlo dispatching

of the LIEMBRACE team when this team was assigned to surveillance of

LIMERICK targets.

c. Oliver G, SCANTLING greatly aided the Station'& operation

to discredit and harass ESCARDll when/ESLARD 1 returned to Mexico

from his native country.

On ond occasion SCANTLING made agonymous

pitune calls to all major wire services Informing them of te location of

ESLARD-ll who at that time was in hiding under an alias.

d. In the Station's continulng attempt to provkde greater coveragy

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success in this area, bui due to his heavy workload in the operatlonal

role assigned him in the Station's support mechanism, continued ex

ploitation of these contaces probably will be a slow process.

e. LILYRIC reporting has been of great interest in a matter of

LAURICLE concern.

f. In the general support of other Station operations, tasks of

the cutouts continue as reported in reterence. SCANTLING performa

as alternate cutour to LICASA-I In a sensitive LAURICLE operation.

The project cutouts service 18 P. O. Box drops used not only for Statlon

operations but also in support of Headquarters, JMWAVE, and other

Station requirements. The completion of a new 4. 5 meier security

wall ai the LIMERICK Installation was fully reported on by the LICALLA

basehousé operator.

g. Numerous Investigations and miscellaneous assignments were

conducted by the project agents, a sampling of these follows: an Inves

¡ igation of a contact of the Cuban Consul in Merida, a casing of the alte

(ESLARD] had planned to use as a secluded retreat (including pictures),

support of the DMI-ULK operation in arranging by telephone the conract

between DMHULK and a KUBARK staff oificer, Investigation

Cuernavaca of the purchaser of the Alfred STERN property located

there, and a report by LIEMPTY-13 of the support of former Mexican

president Lazaro CARDENAS among the troop command officers of the

Mexican Army.

3. SECURITY

No security incidents direcily effecting the securily of the

LIEMPTY operation occurred during tbe reporting period,

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The security wall recenty erected in the height of 4.5 meters

around the perimerer of the LIMERICK installation has reduced somowhat che

area of coverage of the LICALLA base. Cortaln interior arrangements have

boon made, such as raising the floor of the operating rom at LICALLA, which

will allow continued piraton of the base, llowerer, if some suri uf vegetation

grows over the viro sirands at the top of the fence, the view of the base will

se shut off comploiely and other arrangemenis for phoio coverage of the

4. EQUIPNIENT

No new equipment was purchased during the reporting perlod

nor is any such purchase presently planned. All assigned equipment functioned

normally during this period.

5. PERSONNEL

No change in personnel assignments, recruitments or termin

The performance of all

ersonnel in the project continued to be completely sailstactory during thi

criod. The support rendered by SCANTLING and GERENDE tO the AMRO

operation deserves particular mention and their superior performance in that

In recognition of his continued good all round performance the

Station recently requested that GERENDE's contract be amended to provide

for an Increase in annual salary from $US 5, 500 is $US 6, 000. This raise is

nor only desired, it is considered necessary to offset the continued inflationary

trend of the Mexican economy.

6. TRALNING

As in the previous reporting period, no training orher than

continued review of tradecratt principles was conducted during this per lod

Photographic produci continues to be reviewed daily and the action agents are

instructed as necessary in order to improve or correct their technique in

both the taking and processing of this product.

7. PLANS

Since the Station considers that this project is operating at its

optimum size, it does nor plan to expand it at the present time.

Efforts will

continue to refine and better utilize the existing operational mechantom.

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