“of the project's prime responsibility of providing support to Station operations. ‘ 11. Progress of the Operation The objectives of the LIFEAT Project are of a continuing nature and are there fore not considered for fulfillment during any given period of time. For this reas”
“is believed that much of the technical equipment upon which the continued successful collection of LIFEAT material depends will require replacement in the near future. The largest percentage of this equipment has been in nearly continuous operation from the initiation of the p”
“indicated that the persons involved were actively assisting the RIS. while such information is, of itself, of interest and importance, our responsibility in the CI field imposes the obligation to determine what these persons are doing for the RIS and this can be done only by ”
“is believed that "hot mike" operations, supported and maintained by LIFEAT, can greatly aid the Station in its coverage of responsibilities under its present Related Mission Directive.= IV. Performance of Agents The overall performance of all agents employed in the LIFEAT ”
“Mexico. b. *KSTUBE/D recommended renewal of LIFEAT observing that the leads produced by the operation have been of operational value to LAURICLE activities conducted in Mexico City in the past year. KUTUBS/D comments also that the Project has afforded and can be expected to c”
“ntribution in fulfilment the several priority objectives of the Station's Related Mission Directive. I. There is attached a list of the HMMs produced from LIFEAT provided material during the period July 1962 through May 1963, as a by-product of the project's prime responsibility ”
“security for long term assets who may have been in contact with now terminated agents. H. Conclusion It is the opinion of the Mexico City Station that the support provided other Station operations, the CI/CE information and leads, and the ability of the unilateral LIFEAT operatio”
“c-enrr /V1027 & o -Aree. U‘-9.ise -5- H. Counter-Intelligence Information : - CI/CE matters continued to constitute a major portion of the : Mexico City Station’s priority objectives dur ing the review period. / 'Project LIFEAT was able to provide a substantial contribut”
“Attachment SECRET—KAPOK - HO-A-12936 KAPOK-1631 Page 5 provide information on the current status of the Cubans in Mexico. - LAURICIS Information -, LIFEAT has contributed materially to several matters having LAURICLE interest. ■ .. . Counter-Intelligence Information CIAC”
“4-00000 OrOnrT /VAnOr DLUNLI AAHA -6- toward fulfillment of the objectives can be noted in that 12,000 prices of : raw text were produced in-the period July 1960 through May 1961. LIFEAT :. has been in daily operation during the review period with the average number of l”
“00000 /VANS--" 7 u^n;a -/ - 16 - 16. Equipment and Support As has been mentioned in last year’s renewal request, much of the LIFEAT * equipment, upon whose reliability the success of the information collection is based, will require replacement in the near future. The ”
“awe - 11 - With the LIENVOY’s assumption of coverage of the Sov let and Czechoslovakian . official Installat ions in July 1960, LIFEAT assets were released from continuous ■ coverage of these two targets. These assets were then employed in direct support of Station operati”
“() CLASSIFICATION DISPATCH PROCESSING 8EcaET actow ! PUSHED 10 uassir */<i Chief of Station, Mexico City X 1% i.lon morto INFO i cur CVAL191S . • 1~ADQUART(ES,DLSK Ican ioa iwrin FROM IRSTRACT Chief, 1S Division Vita SUBJECT LIFEAT Project Renewal ACTION atQUiCC REFE”
“wdoth PROJECT LIFEAT PROJECT OUTLINE, PARTI 1* Area of Operations This operation is run from' Mexico City Station and is concerned with targets located within Mexico City. r 2. Purpose - . The purpose of this project is to provide, unilaterally, daily information on the ”
“- 18 - :16. Equipment and Support" As noted in last year's renewal request, LIFEAT equipment is generally old and much of it is now obsolete. With funds provided in last year's renewal, LIFEAT (within the past month) has begun to acquire some new equipment, particularly audi”
“1-00000 SUBJECT: Request for Approval of Project LIFEAT - 1. It is requested that the LIFEAT Project be renewed for the - period 1 July 1961 through 30 June 1962 for a total of $98,974. This project has been programmed for $99,000 and funds are available in wil Division fo”
“fiose) 8/-g. hH ET in addition to the normal coverage. The coverage of Soviet and Satellite . - : installations will remain basic to LIFEAT and will beexploited to the . maximum degree possible. Due to the increased importance of information on Cuban activities, coverage of”
“Chief of Station, Mexico City Sua Project LIFEAT ACTION REQUIRED REFERENCES Ref: HMMW-11843 DOROFILE 1. Mexico City Station appreciates Headquarters' prompt processing and renewal of Project LIFEAT. 2. In regard to the coments made by KUTUBE/INT and forwarded by reference, the St”
“number of changes and additions required. The only changes made in the Project review —LIFEAT section was the deletion of several examples of reports originating from several LIF AT sources. These deletions (such as the last five examples of rehrts on Soviet. Commercial Activ”
“of operational and intelligence information in direct support of the Mexico City Station’s objectives specifically, and has contributed materially to the intelligence gathering activities connected with the Soviet and Satellite Bloc, in addition, Project LIFEAT has been of con”
“Attachment -GBR—KAPOK HC-A-12936 KAPOK-1631 page 7 : PROJECT OUTLINE PROJECT: LIFEAT PART I 1. Area of Operations This project is run from the Mexico City Station, it is concerned with targets located in Mexico City. 2 purpose The purpose of this project is to deter”
“substantial and essential contribution in fulfilling the several priority objectives of the Station’s Related Mission Directive. I. There is attached a cesplese list of the CHs produced trot LIFFAT provided material during the period July 1930 through May 1961 (see Attached p”
“DIS PAT CH J- 1HrMW-7955 TO t Chief of Station, Mexico City faDQuaurees file NO mO 50-6-32/1 FROM DATE ,% Chief,WHD 1:FUn 1950 SCBEct- RE 43-3 -(CHECK «• ONE) :LIFEAT Project Renewal MARKED FOR INDEXING X NO INDEXING REQUIRED ACTION MQUIDto . • F: INDEXING CAN BE JUDGED :”
“s interest or operations to the liaison forces involved in the LIENVOY operation. V. li Expenditures Approval for renewal of Project LIFEAT was granted 8 August 1962 for FY 1963 in the amount of $99,000.00. The proposed budget for FY 1964 is broken down in the attached Field Proj”
“which have increased the value of agent LITANGO. 2) The defections of LITAINT-1 and L1TAG-1 were greatly aided by LIFEAT leads and information. The internal reaction to the defections in the target establishment were also readily available through LIFEAT. 3) At present LIEROD”
“carefully . any possible candidates before they are approached for use in this operation after 0 prior approval for an approach has been secured from Headquarters. ‘ Additional comments concerning the production, security and cover of individual agents will be found in the att”
“- 13 - . - d. Coordinate information received from the LIFEAT coverage with other Station operations, and coordinate as necessary with the Station personnel re sponsible for the parallel LIENVOY operation. e. Maintain LIFEAT capabilities for mounting operations against targ”
“. HC. To recruit, train and administer such: agents as the project requires; - d. To issue such reports as are deemed necessary, based on material acquired from the projects . 3 ee. To coordinate information obtained from the project with other .. 2- Station operations; _-1 ,”
“14-00000 1 1 -7- ■ J. Conclusion - It is the opinion of the Mexico City Station that the support provided to other Station operations, the CE information obtained, and the positive intelligence gathered by Project LIFEAT well justify the expenditure of KUBARK assets in”
“direction of Headquarters, installed special taps on targets of opportunity. .... 4. References-35% IMM-A-7063, 5 June 1957 - Request for Renewal of Project * 1 - HMM-W-5708, 16 December 1957 - Approval of Project for FY 1958. 6. Objectives --cart="=”y *ayy see s - *ny0Sp(p”
“ing of one of the prospective sites and obtain information necessary for entry into the other sites. LIFEAT/Exile: As noted previously, LIFEAT coverage of the exile activities was the single major effort by LIFEAT during the project year. In particular, LIFEAT coverage of Juan Jo”
“3 July 1957 MIMORERON FORS Chief, Kt/Poland SUBJECT t Project LIFEAY - - 1 The WHMexico Dos is now in the process of requesting the annual renewal of Project LIFEAT for the period i July 1957 - 30 June 1958. . ' :. - 2. During the past year a considerable amount of operat”
“-,7- ; to the liaison forces, well justify the expenditure of funds, time, personnel, c:and security risk. As it has been noted in the past, that even with the Station's envolvement in the parallel, but liaison, LIENVOY operation, a change in ■ attitude by the present local ”
“This wear is now causing such a rash of breakdowns that the outside principal agent must spend a dispropor tionate amount of his time in maintenance work. 17; Timetable LIFEAT has been in almost constant operation since its inception in January 1951, and as a vital Station ”
“to Washington, and Boleslaw JELEN. HD LIFEAT/LIERODE continued to provide excellent operational leads concerning Cuban and exile operations. Of particular note was the ability of Station Mexico to warn an ODACID officer of a possible "walk-in" provocation attempt by an agent ”
“assets in terms of personnel, time, security risks" and funds well justifies its renewal. The information produced by this operation has materially contributed to several priority—objectives of the Station' s Related Mission- - ■ Directive. • ,73;. . - p. . - 21/907 ■ - . $43, ”
“* 9 6 September 1966 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, CCS t FROM Wh Division. SUBJECT Project Funding Plan Project LIFEAT (FI) A. Ident ification of Activity 1. Project cryptonym: LIFEAT. 2. Approved for. 1 July 1966 - 30 June 1967: $100,000 FY 1967 - $100,000 3. Proposed succ”
“average number of lines covered per month being 18, and a high in October 1962 of 25 lines covered. NW 65990 Docld:32392451 Page 8 A 8 III. Planning for the Future ! As was.indicated at the time of the last project renewal, LIFEAT hopes to remain uncommitted to coverages that req”
“Coordination a. Information produced by LIFEAT, primarily a Station operational support asset, is closely coordinated with other operations of the Mexico City Station. No operational coordination is required with any other geographical area, but they are advised of any infor”
“14-00000 Attachment to SECRET—KAPOK HD-A-12936 KAPOK-1631 PROJECT REVIEW - LIFEAT 1. Product cf tha project The Soviet Embassy a. Soviet Commercial Activities, During the past year reports submitted from screening the LIFEAT/ LIMERICK tale of the two established Sovie”
“.69 SECRET 19 June 1963 LIFEAT Project Renewal Request / 1. It la requested that the attached LIFEAT Renewal Request be approved for the period of 1 July 1962 through 30 June 1963 in the amount of $99,000.00, all of which falls within FY 1963. $99,000,00 was programmed”
“JECT LIFEAT PROJECT REVIEW LONE MAS JULY 62 THRU MAY 63 I. Product of the Project A. Soviet Coverage Project LIFEAT has not provided coverage of the entire Soviet official installation in Mexico City since 22 June 1960 when Project LIENVOY assumed this responsibility. This freed ”
“PA Attachment to IM-A-10198 m. • eji ‘ 1 ‘ KAPOK-1401 PROJECT OUTLINE.BWDC.Vo t Exerpt 9080 %**9*27 PROJECT %LIFEAT‘ 3. Background Project LIFEAT was initially approved 3 October 1950. Actual operations Too began on 18 January 1951 and have run almost continuously since that”
“1 4-00000 CASSKATON DIS AHW $’#*?< AND NO CONTINUATION OF L. _DISPATCH_ WMW-7955 4. In addition to the formal comments cited above, during the process of "obtaining approval for LIFEAT, the Project was subject to various and sundry criticisms in its present form. Therefor”
“SECRET- TGrJuly 1958 DtFORT Cater, WH/1IX BUBJror: Project LCFEA RWTEURCE: Memorandum for Chief, EB/Czechoslovakia from Chief, WH/TIX, subject as above, dated 2 July 1958 ' - Before its suspension in January 1958, the LIVERY phase of Project LIFEA? provided biographic dat”
“OLUnE KorAsOH rose ci/ors s. Mr. Robert Broun: ATTETION STCr e. Project Lirsar € 2 July 1958 W 1. The WB/sexico Desk is now in the process of requesting the annual renewal of Project LIFEAT for the poriod 1 July 1958 - ' - 30 June 1959 '' ver 9 * 2. During the past year ”
“of an officer of the Soviet Embassy. Following the actual attempt, LIFEAT/LIMERICK was used as a security device to protect the Station assets employed in the operation. 2) As noted in I A. (5) above, Project LIMESA was provided with continuing support by Project LIFEAT. Nota”
“OCESSING ACES BAMED FOR INCENG NO INDEXING REQUIRED CALY QUALIFIED DESA CAN PUDCE INDEXING M.CROFILM 1. The KUTUBE/INT comments in Reference A regarding the LIFEAT. Project do not present an accurate indication of Head- quarters judgement of the value of the Project. These commen”
“staff and contract cr; loys 03 with the greater majority of personnel bein, inat, enous con- crolled agents. D O A S tE During the past ten years, Project LIFFAT has produced more than 76,000 pages of operational and intelligence information in direct support of the Mexico”
“18 May 1960 (HMMA-14933)4201-262488) d. No personnel were dropped from the project during the past project year. 10. Operational Clearances: See section 9 above.. 11. Cover The cover of personnel employed in Project LIFEAT remains the same as noted in the last project re”