14-00000 4 • 2 O tober FORz 1963 Chiot Fo1·eign IutelllgencG '11 Y to Mltxico Cit - SUBJEC'l'z l At'ter taldlle a good look at LIBNVOY and LIFIAT I vould agree vi tb the persona I tal ked vi th 11 xicoJ they maintain that ao y veil• run tap operation should produce substantio l intelligence information providod tho targets are or intelliaeoce interest and provided aleo there are people at the station vho look tor it J llll a1-e able to racognizo it 'n te ca e of LI l'EAT is interesting· in this respect1 It has been deprived ot 1t3 most productive llneo in favor of Lll iVOY and yet its intelligence production cooparos favo1-abl y _ vit L that ot the otbsr productive ta pt except LIENVOY 2 xico hatJ people who cw1 detect any little item of 1ntell1• gence significance '111113 includes the Chief or Su ion vho goea over the highl1ghtu of the previoua dey's take every morning Wld ms rka cortAin items for action by st-atioo case officers or reporte ottlcero 'The report a otf'ie r wo1·k on copiea or the take at the came tirue 3 Ther6 IU e several aopects of LIEN' OY that make it an excellent operation and an oot t nding producer of 1ntell1gGnce I vill deecribo theill in detail Vhen q notes ect here f'rao the atation 'Itle principal factors in tho euccees of I DmVOY aeem to b tho tolloving a The ngreemcnt m de vi t h top Msxicnn officials unlike l l6ny ouch agreements eloevhere 1e as much in effect toda aa 1 t vns at the start the targeting is not bot1ed on penonal politics the intercept eta has atAYed on the Job the equipment in coneidered to be on loan f1 om CIA b The native IIIOtlitoring staff htu1 reached a peak of ertec- tivoneea that eV' lryone at the statiou pNises vecy highly c 'lbs station 18 organb ed to hnnale U- e tuke speedily AS soon as 1t COilll B in 'nto Chief of Station the case off1c- rs the re orts of iceN all work on it st th same time and excnange vieva on hot 1t 811UJ• They de not let reporto backlog accu rulate j · ' ' ' _J 14-00000 d Bach oev item oo a target person is linked to G put hill tc ry vt- a t a l'l 'l IU-ta aa a frso iie n ta cy b 1 t 1 n a con ve nt4 t1 on beCClllCO a ms 1 tl dlwelopai1rnt in a conU ruous atoq CoDt1• nuit7 on the Job iDBkca U- is possible e The eqmpgent 1a kept ln good vorkiag order by COIIIPlote cleaning lin4 checking or 'sch unit oc ce a 111011th 'lbo 32 unite 1n are thoae installed in 19 9• i • A detailed description o LDNVOY and ita counterpart LD'KAT should provide good lllOdolo Vith vhlcb to caapare ct Mr tap operation It ehould 0 hv criteria for so -id procedures It ahou l d glV t a011111 idea ot the desirable she or such operuUona conaidering the available targets the aise ot the atatlon and the otb or taaka and operations ot the station It abould ohov what the etat1on puta into ita tap opera• tiona and what 1t get a out ot thet Ll'DVoY· a 'ld LD'EAT are an lntereotiag example of tvo interacting opexut1011a one Joint and the other lndepond• ent I 5 enJoyable otay 1n Mexico vu a 1ntereet1ng nd tndttul as it vu And I ho1 Q it vaa not too great a bu -i sn ou the atation I I i t j cc1 c uu 3 I