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[11]O AMDENIN«1!
[12]ACTON REQUIRED BOFLOUNTS
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[15]Progress Report ~- 13 Aupust 1962
[17]REF: UFGA-%425 dated 19 June 1962
[19]‘Y. SUMMARY: In the period since ref prorress report
[20]AMDENIN-1 has been primarily encaped in keeping his fences mended
[21]with the various exile croups in “the area in anticipation of. mov-.
[22]ing inta.a_pesition in the AMSUD-l-orrantzation in which he will
[23]Ac responsible for coordinating ‘the sele’tion of paramilitary —
[25]dates from these grouns. In additién to this he has prepared
[26]a@ nuster of reports providing backeround information,-and on cur-
[27]_rent activities in the local PR®UNEN community and mounting .
[28]Operation Antonico I, an effort to establish contact with PBRUMEN
[30]' fishermen thru his own fisherman contacts. Details follow:
[32]OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
[34]: 2. In response to a Station request subject provided an
[35]estimate of the current situation in PBRUMEN. This report
[36]stressed the points that the farmers and the fishermen. in PBRUMEN
[37]are the most willing and capable of providing support to resis-
[38]‘tance activities as a result of their having suffered the most at
[39]the hands of the current administration after being largely -
[40]responsible for its obtaining power, He also provided a general
[41]strategic plan of Oriente Province in which he defined the main
[42]-areas in which guerrilla elements can survive and how they can be
[44]- reached from coastal resupply points. © His ability to do this is
[45]based upon his being a native of the area and one who has been
[46]primarily interested in its geography due to his former large.
[48]‘agriculture holdings there, _ oe
[50]3. He has had one meeting with AMBUD-1 for the purpose of
[51]maintaining contact. His main question to AMBUD-1 was with regard
[52]_ to the latter's ability to actually control the people on his ‘staff.
[53]He was disappointed by the reply which though positive could not be’
[54]supported with an example of where AMBUD-1 had actually brought’ :
[56]DATE OcsPatoeto
[57]ALS Baccina
[59]Oare Treto
[61]13 Aug. 62
[63]. 03 orl
[65]Distribution: | _ es Raven HT
[68]3. =. Addressee .
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[72]HEADQUARTERS FRE PUES
[73]Det - 2 SVES 3
[74]j201-251853
[76]ETURNTO CIA
[77]Re round Use On
[78]Do Not Reproduce
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[82], ~ CONTINUATION OF . prcrrmrrms : FICH STMEA AND Peer
[83]_ DISPATCH SECRET. UFGA~$212
[85]about the dismissal of anyone who had proved to be ineffective, ;
[86]AMDENIM-1 is a pood friend of AMAYNoL as 4 result of his father's “| eg,
[87]long standing relationship with him, but at this point has very . ete
[88], Little respect fer him as a result of, as he says, AMBUD-1'g
[89]\ failure to actually nake his orranization into an effective body
[90]and to engare in activities which actually detract fron the success
[91]of the current PARUYEN reaime. It remains that he is willine t
[92]soin MAGS oy Ovnanizetion auc at cempy ty create Unity _amone_the.
[93]-ilitary sections of the xen er. groups at such time as KUBARK gives.
[94]him the go ahead. : —_ < So eeemer
[96]not . AO ems
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[99] aevcgenenenen
[101]Following his belief that the most insortant job at hand
[102]_ is the development and maintenance of maritime reception points eo,
[103]- along the north coast of PBRUNEN, AMDENIM-1 has devoted considerable | _ ‘
[104].. time to readving assets anong his exiled fisherman friends to make ..
[105]contact with their former Fisherman associates still’ based in
[106]PBRUMEN, The foundation for this activity is quite: tenuous as a
[107]vesult of a variety of factors which make it difficult to arrance
[108]Sea rendezvouses in the absence of radio contact. - Severs! i
[109]have been made to the Anguila Key area for this purpose, the last .
[110]OF which’was su por ted-by_KUBARK. and was called Operation Antonico____
[111]I. This attempt was unsuccessful due to the failure of. the inside
[112]contact to appear, It developed that the woman and child who vere
[113]to be exfiltrated on this operation appeared in the JMWAVE area
[114]two days later, having obtained permission to leave PBRUMNEN by air,
[115]They carried the message that someone had-stolen the-port chief's
[116]' personal boat a8 4 result of which the inside contact was unable
[118]strictions until the theft had been investigated,
[119]next rendezvous was scheduled for 12 August, howey
[120]weather forestalled any chance of making ‘this rende
[121]effort to establish contact continues on the basis that,-o
[122]comnd system can be set up, it will be comparatively. easy
[124]ablish further rendezvouses an4 thus develop ratlines i
[125]north coast, on
[127]§. Coincidentally with the above AMDENIM-1 is. ntinuing
[128]his efforts to come up with radio operator candidates”, id. t :
[129]candidates for infiltration. Based upon past exrerience this.
[130]effort is’ being made more selective in that. the need for more self
[131]sufficient personnel is greater than ever. The increa ing diffi- .....
[133]culty of covering people inside makes it necessary t
[135]' establisi lv 1
[136]with a‘base of operations. Mo
[137]infiltrate at this point are of. the t
[139]for small guerrilla teams, but who are not capable o
[140]themselves Clandestinely until the time for guerrilla
[142]6. FUNDS EXPENDED: | a ae
[144]a. $200. was given to fteriberto SARDINAS Campo] as *
[145]maintenance until hisjélearance cones throushy It). |
[147]is intended that {SAR HAS] will be an investigator of .. .
[148]operational leadd~and an’ assistant to AMDENIM-] in _.
[149]the handling of his fishermen and operational candidates. . ‘
[151]b. $300, was given to 4NDENIMA1 for passage to the
[152]widow of AMGLAD-1, He is the channel for this paynent
[153]until such time as HOs arrives at a settlenent figure
[154]and this obligation can be disposed of.
[156]roma CQLUASSINCATION PAs0 NO YQ i
[157]a 53a USE PREVIOUS common SECRET lex CONTINUED ‘
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[162]CAA ECA THOR
[164]SECRET
[166]CONTINUATION OF
[167]DISPATCH
[169]ce. $3258, was siven to AMPENIM~1 in support of Operation as
[170]Antonico I, which operation is described under para ve
[171]graph 4, .
[173]7. INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION: AMDENIM*) has provided a number
[174]of memoranda on develoonents within the various exile @roups in the
[175]JHWAVE area, none of which qualify as intellicen information but
[176]all of which Contribute to the Station's bétter_understandine of
[177]the local politics, Specifically, he haS provided info on the
[179]“S8litical beliefs and backrround of most of the PBRUMEN exiled labor
[180]leaders and the activities of the Bequer proun. He has also been :
[181]helpful in clarifving the picture as to the movements within the
[182]UR at this time while the Station is tryinn to determine how best
[183]to orpanize this group in order to be able to take over its more
[185]-worthwhile features without becoming unduly committed to giving
[186]it special -prominence in the exile community. He is being counted.
[187]on to help bring the UR into the AMBUD-1 organization as a means
[188]of creating the appearance of greater unity among the exile
[190]community. .
[192]8. COMMENTS AND FLANS: While no spectacular achievements are
[194]resulting from AMDENIM-1's efforts at this point he is steadil
[195]ceptible to KUBARK control and more
[197]becoming more and more sus
[198]“professtonal in-tis efforts, A recent example 18 the critique he
[199]gave his fishermen for not realizing more information out of the
[200]refugees they met at Anguila Key while waiting for their inside
[201]contact, They had failed to adequately debrief two young men, who
[202]had succeeded in surviving in PBRUMEN for over two. months on their
[203]own, on the basis that they were too young to be knowledgeable. :
[204]As it turned out the two refugees had used the cover’
[205]salesmen and had been able to travel from Havana to. ‘é
[206]Cuba without being stopped once. On learning of this',: AMDENIM-1
[207]was reminded of a good cover he has heard about, namely. fighting
[208]cock fanciers, which activity seems to be on the increase as-a
[209]result of the greater amount of spare time available.-t the people,
[210]The sport is actually becoming a year around proposition rather —
[211]than being restricted to the winter months as in the. past... It. is -
[212]2. have’ AMDENIM-1 continue_his present_pursuits on. the ~—.~
[213]basis that he is free to move as the Station desires an n_ have
[214]an overall constructive effect_on the AMBUD-I1 oreanization a
[215]time “desired, He will continue his efforts with the Fishermen and .
[216]will provide candidates for infiltration as they become “available
[217]. and can be. accepted by the Station. Operation Antonico III-is 9.)
[218]scheduled for 27 August using a Magnolia (boat) to'establish-”
[219]contact with fishermen living on a key in the Caibarien area. |-
[220]There is a possibility that he will journey to Jamaica ‘to
[221]contact with an old associate who is now.a- inent_
[222]‘PBRUMEN governmént a3: a means of eliciting information
[224]regime policy and plans.
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