·_ · r •- -- • • _ 10 AN AS -•· _ 1_' J -I AC I ION CQUIRCO · RUUIUICCS Ref A lMMA 19641 B HW tMA 19129 1 The following n port is submitted h1 iccorc lailce with-CSHB ·F 52 -6-1 s ctlon V paragraph 2 a 1 · A Exploitation of LeacJa l LIFEAT SOYIET With the departure cf Vladimir G NOVlKOV during the month of August 1962 ltwas d- cided folt LIFE T should pick up coverage of his repJac2mc·m Svyatoslav F KUZNETSGV The continued cov rag of lc s mdr G SIOOROY which incluu s ' xtcn ivc p riock of live-monitoring and pccial processingof the take is considered essential to those Scation··asseto involved in the attemp to place the technical surveillanc noted 1n last month's ceport sec reforencc A Coverage of rhe Soviet Bulletin Orfic c oncinues to provide interesting personality darn on Soviet officials af3signed co M· xico · 2 LIFEAT POLISH LIFEAT coverage in support of the BEKNAVE BECHICK operation continues to be vital to tlut oper 1tion Additional coverag for rhb opcralicin has been undertaken lei US from which will · probably determine furu re direct ion of the opera lien as well as i id KUllA RK in controlling che operation I-- '- 3 LIFEt T YUGOSLAV In chis ar a LIFEAT provided the information that a cousin nf u recently assigned KUBARK dec J cover agc 1 Victor W OBOLD ps will b0 tn ivclling co Mr xico il1 rhe near future This cousin is a long-time Com1T unist Party official and u chance meeting with l tirn could have destroyed OOOLD' carc -ully p_repared cover Due w LIFEAT 1dvanc2d warning propc t security safeguards have been arranged LIFEAT h is also provided travel information on Yugoslav officiu s froni tht United Sw es 'hich n ' interest p COPY L--- · CROSS I atn u a 10 1962 r-·- ISPjr TO SVU90l Al 0 l' NBOI LIF S T EXILE · LIFEAT cov rag iathi an ' l h w been lfa'IS r 'w irJin i11 providiii i 'a i i Li1· ' cu11 _ ic'ts uf Ju i i'jus 1 r 'alo h r111cjo ·tonr r GuJ Jrnabn Pr si i nt ·s x111i s 1 Rl-·publican Exiles wtrc covcrcu for apprnxin Jrcly m -ilalf11 cmh-i11- ugt1 t at which rime i w 1s d- 'ciu J hat the co · r 1g i lonp r provide-ct uff11 i ni lc 1Lls 1n - infornwtion o justify continu i Ll EA f dforc - o 5 LIFE - T An cric m Co 1 11· d C ·ot p In '-kxko ACC1'1 This - - rag- is at the l i 'GU SC l f th loc 11 office ofODEl'iYY anu the procc - slng of take in ' his_ area is done by that ufiice One L'f thi mosc imercst ing Items pruv d fromthi 3 coverag -was dw fact chat the Amcrk in Com1nunlsri Albert· lVt ALTZ rnd M 1rgarec Lar in M LTZ ilad scparo ed and hat Alb__ rt MALTZ woul«i prorubly reside in he U S with l fargar t remaining iii 1 -kxlco Conce n1ii1 th LIFEAT coverap of_Lht ACCM the local office of ODENVY wrote on 23 9 t 1962 This liffice fo1 •ls thai the co 'erage mi 'ntloned Is quite valuabl_e ind many usefu_l lcinis are olnained from lhi s co - rage particu1a·r1y with r --anl to ravel in and out of Mexico 1f Americ H1 Communists who are In cor ta t with individuals on Vhum coverage Is maintainl d B Proc ssing of Take N- change from t ut noted In rcferci1ce A C Liaison · No change from that noteu in reference A D Security DJring rhe early pare of 1 ugust 1962 a group of coyotes was uncov ered In rhe telephone company in Mexico City anti a number 6f a rres s were made This group h id organized J unit including linemen cenlrJlmen installation crew w 1rehouso men and wor ers In rhc office Cl 'Sponsible for provJc ilng service to n w clients It was the purpose of the coyoce group to provide _oervlce for a price r o those indivlduds w osc r qucsts for ins allations h 1d been turned down by the tclephon comp 1ny due to I im itcc 1 availability of cable md contacts Note Th cump 111y generally keeps a cerrnin nurr ber spare pairs in each cable for its 0wn use In providing special s rvice comp llly phoaes and forcerouting duri 1g repairs rn other cables It was these sp Jre pairs and contacts which the coyotes used to p1 ovid illegal phone service This Lelcphonc company witi1i11 the telephone comp iny would a l o collect monthly fe s froi11 their subscri rs When the story came out he telephone company had special · police 3iJtioncd in each cnrr 11 and S X t checks made of lin mcn nnd crews co pn ·vcm recurre 1ce It was therefore necessary for che LIFEAT linemen to rcfrJin from any clande t ine 3CtiVity for a period of alnio t four weeks so as not to iccid- nta lly pic eJ up 1s 3 n cmbcr of the ''c oy_occ group LI f'EUD-1 has reporr h ll he dituat ion is 1ow b-1ck co 1iorrnal with the sp cial police details u J sp cial checkup terminated No compromise of he LIFEAT oper at Ion re3 ib Ll from chc 100 'e incident · · of E Tcc mic il In d lition o re-suiJ lying LI-FEAT with iudio recoru r as reported in reference A he Station h 1s urder d teil new di JI tape rc ordcrs for the p-rojeci F 1 d s c - t 1 -po c • r r ud d n lh lur rrojcC R ne- v 1l H - que5·t forn·3r J b i rdercnc B 14-00000¼ T w 1 overa • -i y ca ri I w 1s 115 folluws lines ' l - S iviet Bt1lk1 in Office s· f - i i'-' 1- F c·L 1 t·r ' ' _ -I J lcksandr G -SIOOROV BECHICK s pl i'cc if cmploynicnt and place of conrnct ' ith BEKNA VE - 5 a11d 6 Pulis Emb 1ssy two lines _ 7 S and' Yugoslav Embassy three lines 10 Juan Jo c REVALO 81 rmcjo 11 P rcr W TKINS 12 Juan'Simcon VIDARTE Franco Romero 13 D · Eugenio ARAUZ l4 Aibert MALTZ 15 Charlc s S iOLIKOFF aka SMALL G Personnel The basehousc operators for LIFEAT Annex VI LIFEUD-5 and LIFEUD-1 aftet a long period uf family disagreemcms have 11mcu illy decided on a dlvon e Both arl being wrmillatcd by KUllARK since their usefulness as basehouse keepers for the project wlll cnJ wi1h their divorce -n1c agents have agre -d co he cerminat Ion inJ it will be accon1µltsheJ un a friemlly basis t gem Service Records will be forw udcd Therefore it has been ncc2ssary to cJose Anne VI and term inJtc coverage of the I ines provid d by that basehuuse LIFEUD-24 and LIFEUD-26 llavc been recruited co replace the termi11 1ted couple rnd are presently too dng for a i 1itable oo ehousc which could fully repl 1cc he uld nncx VL Note POA was gnint- u fur LIPEUD-24 on 28 June 1962 llld OA wus request ·Also · OA was requested for LIF EUD- 26 011 30 August 1962 · · cu D 1ring the absence uf Woodrow B GAl3BOT ps the processor of the Polish language portions of Lh P0lis 1 Eml Jssy take a replacement in the person vf contact 1g nc BETUM13LE w 1s provideu by H adquarcc -s He performcu well with no wown security haz 1rd co hirnself or LIFEJ T BETUMDLE lk parted · Mexico City on 17 Septcmuer 1962 Until GABBOT's return Polish portions of · this take_ are belng tran lated by ihe S atlon Satellite Case Officer • --·-•·- - - During the momh of August 1962 the Llr◄ EAT operation provlded a total of - 5 reels of raw take from die ACGM lines co the lucalODENVY office for lh ir processing ln ad litiun a nurr ber of memos were prepared l Jy the Station for pcissing t_o loc 11 ODACID mu ODENVY based in whole ur in part on LI -E T prov id d 11- ater ia I - 2 A 8 The folluwinp reports were based in whole_qr in part on positive intdligencc which is roviued as a by-product of the LIFEAT operation HMM-6605 HJvlM-6626 HlvUvl - 6663 HlvIM-6667 H 1 M-6670 ·_L_ 4 Will ird C CURTIS r-- Distybut bu · J - p-cz L ---- a- - C Wl D 2 - Files o - • 53a 1•J1 ' lS i • • l' f • o ► • • • S ' - · A- 1 n 1 h t f -------·--------- ·nlREE