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Cryptonym: LIMEW

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Definition:
George Munro, often used the psuedonym Jeremy Benadum. An ex-FBI agent that was one of Mexico City CIA station chief Win Scott's chief lieutenants. Munro helped run the LITEMPO program.
Status:
Documented
Discussion:
Also referred to as LIMEW-1.
Sources:

104-10095-10326: LISTING OF TRAFFIC REMOVED FROM C/WHD FILES DURING WATERGATE FILE SEARCH

These documents show that FBI Director Gray cited LIMEW by his actual name George Munro (finally released in 2017) during his Senate testimony of August 1973.

104-10187-10009: CIA FILE (ASSET) PHOTO SURVEILLANCE OP.

11/6/59 cable: LIEMPTY-10 and the LIENTRAP vehicle were seized by the Mexican Secret Service. The Secret Service was roughing up individuals at a rally attended by Communists, and didn't want anyone taking photographs. LIMEW took action to obtain their release.

104-10168-10074: CABLE: RE REF C STATION MEXI AFTER REPORTS FROM LIELEGANT AND LIMEW GOBERNACION CONTACT 2 SEPT BELIEVES REMARKS ATTRIBUTED TELLO NOT TRUE

This 9/4/60 teletype makes it clear that LIMEW was at least a source for the CIA's Mexico City station.

104-10414-10124: MEXICO CITY STATION HISTORY

"A senior (FBI) agent (Jeremy K. Benadum) resigned from that organization in Mexico and was recruited by the CIA in November 1960. Benadum had been in the REDACTED in Mexico since 1953 and was the assistant legal attache...He knew Gustavo Diaz Ordaz in the Ministry of Interior but knew his nephew Emilio Bolanos Diaz even better. Benadum and Bolanos were godparents to each other's children. Benadum had hired Bolanos when he was a messenger in his uncle's (Diaz Ordaz) Ministry of Interior. Benadum proposed to bring his sources with him when he was hired by the station. It was expected that through Benadum and Bolanos (LITEMPO-1) the station could develop an effective penetration of the REDACTED. As it developed, both Benadum and LITEMPO-1 were so self-seeking that the project floundered for lack of management and initiative...It did provide the station chief covert access to Diaz Ordaz (LITEMPO-2) and to the DFS deputy director, Ferdinand Gutierrez Barrios. (LITEMPO-4)"

Peter Dale Scott, Dallas 63: The First Deep State Plot Against the White House

George Munro is named as the probable identity of LIMEW-1.

Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA, pg 91

George Munro, an ex-FBI agent, was one of Mexico City CIA station chief Win Scott's lieutenants. He helped run the LITEMPO program. LITEMPO is defined at the MFF site as an unofficial liaison between the US and Mexican governments. In the book, Munro's pseudonym is identified as "Jeremy K. Benadum".

Book 9 of Presidential Campaign Activities of 1972, Watergate and Related Activities, Phase I: Watergate Investigation Current Section: Gray, L. Patrick, III, former Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, accompanied by Stephen H. Sachs, counsel, p. 3456.

George Munro was one of the only two men in Mexico cited by Gray in his August 1973 testimony discussed above. Gray specifically mentioned that Munro was a CIA officer in Mexico. Gray's testimony was about the Mexican checks issued by the Finance Committee to Re-elect the President, used in connection with the sequentially numbered $100 bills the Watergate burglars had in their possession at the time of their capture. See: http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=145092&search=bills_AND+GRAY#relPageId=120&tab=page

104-10224-10009: ASSESSMENT OF CAREER AGENT, JEREMY K. BENADUM

"Benadum" is described as a member of "WH Division". This is unlike the other members of the Mexico City station - whose profiles describe them as Division D. He is described as highly experienced, and a permanent resident who is about to obtain immigrant status with all the rights of a citizen except voting. Thus, he is deep cover and in place indefinitely. His strengths are in foreign intelligence and operational support. He maintains "unofficial liaison between the Station and a Mexican ministry".

104-10175-10330: CABLE: JEREMY K BENADUM (P) REPORTED 14 NOV AMUPAS-1 DEPORTED FROM

11/15/61 priority cable from Mexico City to Director: "Jeremy K. Benadum reported 14 Nov AMUPAS-1 deported from Guat with Achilles Centeno Perez, naturalized Guat of Nic birth, taken border 9 Nov by Arnulfo Gonzalez, Chief Guat Judicial Police...Mexi authorities would not accept the two deportees. Guats received permission shop Tapachula, where they left AMUPAS-1 and Centeno with warning they to be killed if they ever enter Guat again. Four Guats were arrested by Mexi authorities for leaving them Mexi."

Emma Best, "Mexican spymaster's car theft ring shows CIA's toleration for corruption", Muckrock (2017): https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/oct/17/nazer-car-theft-ring/

A report cited by Best quotes FBI agent John Foarde stating that "Mike Nazar" (LITEMPO-12) was developed for the FBI by George Munro.

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Peter Dale Scott • Bill Simpich

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