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[47]ARMY
[48]JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR.
[49]ICCCA
[51]ICCCA: REPORT ON STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTIONS DESIGNED TO COUNTER
[52]SUBVERSION
[54]07/18/1963
[55]17
[57]CUBAN SUBVERSION IN LATIN AMERICA
[59]PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
[60]Secret
[62]1B; 4
[64]Redact
[66]04/08/1998
[68]Califano Papers, Box 2, Folder 26. Memo from Califano to ICCCA re: the Report on the Status of
[69]Implementation of Actions Designed to Counter Subversion. Also appears in Califano Box 6, Folder
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[90]CAPTAIN E.R. EUMWALA, OR. , UEN (oon)
[91]BAIGR GENERAL oe aan, BEA,
[93]SGRIES Es: oe i Aion of Cuban Atistes
[94]Beport ¢ os, : Statue of louplons es 4 of Aetions Hesigesd te
[95]Opester fubversion ()
[97]Reterenees: 2. Seeley EGER, eubl: LOCCA: WMowsment of aubversives
[98]aud Sebveresive Trainees, dated 19 Mor 63,
[99]be Spec Acet te Seaway wuRtia, bahi: MOOG: Reger’ om
[100]the Ctetas of | dangles metion of ations dypprorud by The
[101]Peasident, & 1 2o War Oa.
[102]& Bpen Adet te Eat davay meme, abl: 2OGCGA: Rapart on —
[103]the Status of Actlons Apgreved by the Pregident, dated
[105]aS Aga $3,
[106]& Spee Agst te Uenhemy mae, — fGCGca: Report on.
[107]Setee of Ieagie on of Aetiens Dueigned te Cemstar
[109]fabvexaion, 27 Jan 3,
[111]Attached herewith ie a fiunt draft: e€ the Report te the Broeldent af
[112]the (ubcomumition on Cates Subversion om Progress ade Dustiag the Aorii-
[113]dune Paviod in Gurhiag Cohan, Subversion is Lotte Queries.
[115]Ste wequested that comments, LM ony, be provided thie piGer by
[116]1200 aceve, a July 1968. The Dep af Defense portion of eubject
[117]epgert is. band OG gabmileslens foraished in vaupenes be telerence d,
[119]OAS Contra: Nog 3g
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[131]ce: Mr. Yarmolinsky (OSD)
[133]Mr. Califano wot ene
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[135]ASG
[137]Signed
[139]Joseph A. Califano,ir.
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[150]REPORT OF SUB-COMMITTEE ON CUBAN SUBVERSION
[151]ON PROGRESS MADE DURING APRIL-JUNE PERIOD
[153]IN CURBING CUBAN SUBVERSION IN LATIN AMERICA:
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[163]l. The Department of State:
[165]A. Participated in the preparations for and the
[166]holding of the Managua meeting on subversion, which was
[167]held April 3-4,
[169]B. Headed an inter-departmental team which visited
[170]the Isthmian countries to encourage implementation of the
[171]recommendations for curbing subversion which were agreed
[172]on at the Managua meeting.
[174]C. Prepared a report on the inter-departmental
[175]team's suvery of the Central American countries,
[176]containing recommendations for further action in this
[177]field, and advised affected U. S. agencies and foreign
[178]service posts of the guidelines for operation of the
[179]military alerting system. :
[181]D. Worked in the OAS in drafting a report containing
[182]practical recommendations to cuunteract Castro/communist
[183]subversion in the fields of the movement of travel,
[184]propaganda and funds, :and prepared the ground for a
[185]COAS decision to transmit the report to member Governments
[186]urging them to implement the recommendations contained
[187]therein. a”
[189]E, Drew official and public attention in Latin
[190]American countries to the capture of Peruvians who were .
[191]returning from Habana ‘by an overland route through
[192]Bolivia, and urged the Peruvian Government to make details
[193]of this case known to the OAS.
[195]F. Helped publicize the capture of .an Ecuadoran
[196]subversive who was returning to Ecuador from -Cuba by
[197]wey of Prague with $25,000 in cash on his person, and
[198]requested the Ecuadoran Government ‘to make an official
[200]‘ report of this matter to the OAS.
[202]G. Sent a U.S. Consul to Gran Cayman to investigate
[203]Cuban flights to that island, and secured the cooperation
[204]of the Costa Rican Government in preventing ‘the use of
[205]LACSA aircraft to transport subversives to San Jose
[206]off-landed in Gran Cayman. ;
[208]H. Approached the British Government various times
[209]to seek its cooperation in preventing the use -of Gran
[211]Loy
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[219]Cayman and its other Caribbean possessions as traffic
[220]refueling or transit stops for planes flying to and »
[221]from Cuba. sa
[223]I. Continued pressure on the Dutch Government
[224]and KIM airline officials not to resume KLM flights
[225]to Cuba, thus limiting the access to Cuba by Free World
[226]airlines.
[228]-.- oJ. Obtained the cooperation of CMA airline
[229](Mexico) to keep its mail and cargo flights to Cuba
[230]on an unscheduled basis and to avoid carrying
[231]passengers on the Habana-Mexico City leg of its
[232]service. ;
[234]K. Continued efforts with the Canadian and
[235]Mexican Governments to secure their cooperation
[236]in preventing Cubans from introducing Russian IL-
[237]18's on flights between Habana and their countries.
[239]L. Urged the Brazilian Government not to grant
[240]landing rights for Soviet Bloc or Cuban planes servicing
[241]Cuba, and continued efforts to keep Brazil from signing
[242]a civil air agreement with Cuba. , ; .
[244]M. tought cooperation of various African Govern-
[245]ments in preventing the use of African airports as
[246]transit points for regular USSR-Cuba air service with
[247]TU-114's or as refueling stops for ferrying IL-18's
[248]to Cuba.
[250]N. Initiated action to request US-owned and
[251]controlled oil companies in the Caribbean and Latin
[252]America to refuse bunkers voluntarily to vessels and
[253]aircraft in the Cuba trade. ~~ »
[255]0. ‘Requested the Spanish Government to limit or
[256]eliminate service to Cuba by Iberia airlines and
[257]Spanish shipping companies. |
[259]P. Blocked initiation of an ocean ferry service
[260]between Habana and Florida by employing various delaying
[261]and obstructing tactics.
[263]Q.- Ordered, as of April 1, that all U.S. passports
[264]be marked snot valid for travel to Cuba to insure that
[265]ban on travel to Cuba would be more effectively enforced.
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[272]‘R. Informed the Mexican Government that Americans.
[273]were not-permitted to travel to Cuba without authorization
[274]-and requested their assistance in preventing U.S. citizens .
[275]‘from transiting Mexico enroute to’ Cuba.
[277]‘S.. Instructed posts in Latin America to encourage
[278]host governments to take appropriate measures to dis-
[279]courage participation of their nationals in Cuba's
[280]May Day celebrations, and to prevent charter flights
[281]from their country to Cuba for. the celebration.
[283]T. Informed affected governments of the names
[284]of their nationals who had returned from Cuba on the
[285]Cuban plane which flew the new Cuban Ambassador and
[286]vhis party to Brazil, and suggested that they take
[287]“this matter up with Brazil. Also called this Cuban
[288]action to the attention of the Brazilian Government.
[290]U. Worked through Chilean Government and university.
[291]circles to block the holding of the Communist-inspired
[292]II Latin American Youth Congress scheduled for Santiago,
[293]Chile in August 1963.
[295]V. Encouraged the President of Honduras to have
[296]his immigration officials request clearance from our
[297]Embassy in Tegucigalpa before granting visas to Cubans
[298]wishing to enter Honduras from Cuba.
[300]W. Encouraged the Benelux and Italian Governments
[301]to maintain visa requirements for Cubans travelling
[302]to their countries despite Cuba's having done away
[303]oe visa requirements for ‘their nationals who. visit
[304]uba.
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[312]2. The Department of Defense:
[314]A, Continued surveillance of the area surrounding Cuba at
[315]the same rate and with the same emphasis as existed prior to that
[316]date. Between 25 April and 23 May 1963 additional sea surveillance
[317]was realized between Cuba and Haiti, due to the stationing of the
[318]Caribbean Ready Amphibious Squadron at the entrance of the Gulf of
[319]Gonaives occasioned by the deterioration of internal conditions in
[320]Haiti.
[322]B. Centinued the installation of military communications
[323]facilities in Latin America. Due to noncommunication difficulties,
[324]the multi-channel radio station scheduled for installation at
[325]Managua, Nicaragua by 1 July 1963 will be completed on or about
[326]27 July 1963. Entry negotiations have been completed with Honduras,
[327]with the military radio facilities installation scheduled for com=
[328]pletion on or about'10 October 1963, Negotiations are continuing
[330]in Colombia and Ecuador for the installation of military radio
[331]facilities. .
[333]C, Continued the surveillance of Cuba by U. S, forces,
[334]reporting as before, to U. S. commanders, organizations and
[335]agencies, Reports of subversive movement, obtained by U.S.
[336]surveillance have been made available for immediate transmittal
[337]through U. S. military alerting system,
[339]D, Reached agreement with CIA on steps to be taken to prevent
[340]duplication of effort in operating a U.S, military alerting system
[341]and furnished guidance on this matter to USCINCSO and CINCLANT,
[342]After clarification of the role of the U. S. Military Groups by
[343]USCINCSO the military alerting system was again placed in operation
[344]effective 15 June 1963,
[346]E. Maintained U. S&S. forces, for the most part from within
[347]the Atlantic Command, available to respond to assist in the final
[348]interception of suspicious craft in territorial waters, upon the
[349]request of the country concerned. Currently, forces are assigned
[350]by the United Commander involved to meet the singular problem
[351]encountered. In somewhat similar circumstances, U. S, forces of
[352]Atlantic Command have responded to this requirement in the cases
[353]of the Venezuelan ship ANZOATEGUI and the Italian ship CANNA REGIA,
[355]F, Had the U. S. Coast Guard Mobile Training Team (MIT) report
[356]for duty in the Canal Zone on 15 May 1963 to perform as a Small
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[364]Craft Inspection and Training Team (SCIATT). Members of the SCIAIT
[365]accompanied by a representative from the staff of Commander U, S.
[366]Naval Forces, Southern Command (CCMUSNAVSO) have completed an in-~
[367]country evaluation of 40-foot Coast Guard Utility Boats (CGUBs) in
[368]five Central American countries and a detailed program through
[369]mid-November has been prepared for improving the material readiness
[370]and handling of. the CGUBs provided by.MAP. Action is underway to
[371]expedite delivery of spare parts required for maintenance of the
[372]boats.
[374]COMUSNAVSO has now initiated a request to establish SCIATT
[375]billets with permanent personnel for an initial period of three
[376]years in order to fully develop the Central American CGUB program.
[377]The success of this program would be a major contribution to the
[378]Caribbean Surveillance System. U.S, Commander in Chief, Southern
[379]Command (USCINCSO) has recommended approval of COMUSNAVSO's request
[380]to CNO and action is being coordinated with OSD/ISA, JCS and USCG
[381]to obtain approval and appropriate funding for permanent billets.
[383]The 40-foot CGUB permanently assigned to the U. S$. Naval
[384]Station, Rodman, Canal Zone, for use by the SCIATT has been
[385]delivered and is in the process of being activated.
[387]G. Continued efforts . to improve the internal security
[388]of Latin American armies through the provision of Intelligence
[389]Advisors. Presently there are such advisors assigned to 14
[390]latin countries, emphasizing counterintelligence and counter-
[391]subversion,
[393]H, Continued, through its intelligence agencies, work on
[394]studies concerning Castro/Communist subversion directed against
[395]latin America,
[397]I. Inereased to 12 the number of Latin American countries in
[398]which there are intelligence exchange arrangements between U. 5.
[399]and local military services.
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[410]3. The Central Intelligence Agency:
[412]A. Completed efforts to improve U.S. government communica-
[413]tions in Latin America by the installation of the remaining
[414]two commercial leased circuits into Guatemala City and
[415]Managua, and the stationing on a permanent basis of 35 CIA
[416]radio operators in Latin America in replacement of temporary
[417]duty personnel. In November 1962, CIA's active radio facilities
[418]in 20 Latin American capitals were augmented with on-line
[419]cryptographic facilities and temporary personnel to handle the
[420]bulk of all U.S. government communications in the area. These
[421]facilities, known as Joint Communications Centers, are now
[422]being operated by CIA on a 24-hour basis, as a service to
[423]all U.S. government agencies. Latin American traffic handled
[424]by the CIA base radio station near Washington has increased
[425]from 3,000,000 groups handled in October 1962 to 15,000,000
[426]groups handled in March 1963.
[428]B. Increased its efforts designed to control the movement
[429]of persons, arms and propaganda materials to and from Cuba. A
[430]summary of actions by country follows:
[432]1. Argentina - Station, in conjunction with the Embassy,
[433]has continued to press the Argentine government to enact
[434]effective travel control legislation and to adopt measures
[435]recommended by the Special Consultative Committee on Security
[436]of the OAS. Information on Argentines travelling to Cuba is
[437]being furnished to the Argentine government by the station.
[438]Several potential travellers to Cuba have been spotted and
[439]are being assessed by the station. Information from three
[440]recent returnees from Cuba is being obtained through debriefings.
[441]Station reports that because of increased Mexican controls,
[442]all truly clandestine travel to Cuba from Argentina is now
[443]via Prague. The Argentine Security Service has informed the
[444]station that mail censorship and customs controls at the
[445]docks and airports are 95% effective in preventing the
[446]entrance of Cuban propaganda through these channels. Local
[447]dissemination of propaganda is regulated by an Argentine
[448]inter-agency committee, which reviews any new propaganda
[449]items and takes action to stop dissemination of any item
[450]judged to be pro-Cuban or pro-Communist. During May the
[451]Argentine government issued a new decree which restricts
[452]Communist activities within Argentina. The station has continued
[453]to press. the Security Service to urge regulation of travel
[454]to Cuba, but the adoption of such measures has been delayed
[455]pending government receipt on an official basis of the OAS
[456]recommendations. Through several assets the station is working
[457]on leads which it is hoped will reveal the basic sources of
[458]illegal arms sales in Argentina.
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[467]2. Bolivia - Station has been urging Bolivian government
[468]to adopt stricter travel cnntrols, without apparent results
[469]so far. Names of travellers known to have returned from Cuba
[470]are being furnished to the Bolivian government. Thus far,
[471]no action is known to have been taken by the Bolivian
[472]government on the strength of such information. Station comments
[473]that problem with Bolivia is not in lack of information
[474]available to government on Cuban subversion, but in getting
[475]Bolivia to do something about it. The station has also
[476]furnished considerable information, including some
[477]surreptitiously acquired documents, to the Ambassador for his
[478]use in urging Bolivian government action against Cuba.
[479]Considerable information is also being obtained through the
[480]interrogation of Peruvian guerrillas captured attempting to
[481]cross into Peru early in June.
[483]3. Brazil - Information on Brazilians who have received
[484]subversive training in Cuba has been made available to the
[485]National Security Council through CIA liaison with the
[486]NSC's Security Service. While the Brazilians have stated
[487]that the information is "of interest," there is no firm
[488]indication to date that they have the capability or desire to
[489]really follow up on the information furnished. .
[491]An asset of the CIA station in Rio is in a position
[492]to harass and delay Cuba-bound travellers in those instances
[493]where the station is able to tip him off regarding their
[494]destination. He can also harass returnees when informed in
[495]advance. The station is taking steps to get appropriate
[496]information to him promptly. The station has indicated that
[497]in spite of its increased efforts, there are no indications
[498]of any basic change in the Brazilian attitude toward Cuba, ~
[499]and it is unlikely that the Brazilian government will take
[500]adequate steps to combat Cuban subversion.
[502]4, Chile - Chilean internal security authorities, at
[503]urging of station, are trying to impede and harass travellers
[504]to and from Cuba. Government is now requiring passport
[505]applicants to state destination, and passports must be turned
[506]in after travel. The Foreign Minister has stated much progress
[507]is being made, with cooperation of the Mexican government, and
[508]that travel of Chileans to Cuba has been dramatically reduced
[509]in recent weeks. Station and Embassy are continuing pressure
[510]on Cuban government in this regard. Names of travellers to
[511]Cuba are being passed to the Ambassador, who furnishes them
[512]to President Alessandri (who has asked that this collaboration
[513]be kept secret). Information from CIA unilateral operations
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[521]against Cuban Embassy is being used by a newly created Chilean
[522]surveillance team in checking out purpose of travel projected
[523]and in following up on returnees from Cuba. The station
[524]has an agent in daily contact with leaders of the extreme
[525]militant left and is exploring the possibilities of sending
[526]three station assets to Cuba for training and intelligence
[527]missions. A Cuban First Secretary was declared persona non
[528]grata during April for using false identity documents, and
[529]the Cuban charge d'affaires was subsequently recalled by his
[530]own government. Two new sources have recently been recruited
[531]by the station who are in a position to’ furnish valuable
[532]information concerning not only certain aspects of the situation
[533]within Cuba, but details concerning travel to and from Cuba
[534]by both legal and illegal means. The station is now in the
[535]process of debriefing an asset who recently returned to
[536]antiago after spending one month in Cuba as a trainee.
[537]Efforts are being made to have other station assets included
[538]in future training programs.
[540]5. Colombia - Chief of Customs has indicated to station
[541]his willingness to institute an improved travel control
[542]system. Station believes it has identified a courier operating
[543]between {olombia and Cuba and has mounted an operation to
[544]uncover his Colombian contacts. One station asset is now
[545]in Cuba attending guerrilla warfare training, another is
[546]being debriefed after his recent return from Cuba, and a
[547]third expects to depart soon for two months training in
[548]Cuba. The station is continuing to develop leads provided
[549]by one recent returnee, and thus far this investigation has
[550]involved members of both the Colombian Congress and the
[551]Bogota municipal government. A Colombian Civic Action
[552]Group, composed of influential local businessmen, which is
[553]subsidized and directed by the station, has established an
[554]anti-Castro propaganda unit. This group is actively
[555]collecting evidence of Cuban subversion in Colombia to
[556]support its propaganda campaign.
[558]6. Costa Rica - Local authorities appear to be inclined
[559]to cooperate in a program of harassing travellers to Cuba.
[560]A station asset in the Costa Rican Security Service has been
[561]confiscating the passports of persons returning from Cuba
[562]and has cooperated in other ways. One station asset is
[563]expected to travel to Cuba soon for training. The "Kennedy
[564]Groups," which were organized at the time of the President's
[565]visit to Costa Rica, are being encouraged to collect
[566]information of all sorts cnncerning Cuban subversive activities,
[567]and to participate in propaganda activities aimed at Cuban
[568]subversion. Other station propaganda assets have kept up a
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[576]steady campaign against Cuban activities, and the Costa Rican
[577]Security Service, at the urging of the C1A station, has destroyed
[578]tons of propaganda brought into the country from Cuba.
[580]7» Dominican Republic - Efforts to get Juan Bosch to
[581]take active steps against Communists and travellers to and
[582]from Cuba have been fruitless to date, as have been efforts
[583]to establish a new and effective internal security organiza-
[584]tion in the Dominican Republic. Bosch appears to have lost
[585]his previously stated enthusiasm for such a service, but
[586]efforts to persuade him to approve a proposed budget for
[587]the service are continuing.
[589]8. Ecuador - Station reports that, largely as a reault
[590]of both overt and covert propaganda activities of U.S.
[591]agencies in Ecuador, the public awareness of Cuban subversion
[592]has changed from apathy to genuine concern. The government,
[593]however, is no more inclined to take action than before.
[594]The National Director of Immigration has stated that he
[595]personally would like to do whatever he can to stop travel
[596]to Cuba, which he realizes is for subversive purposes, but
[597]present laws do not permit him to impede travel via third
[598]countries. He is exploring possibilities of reprisals
[599]against citizens who return from Cuba. He has checked
[600]a list of names and passport numbers obtained by CIA
[601]from airline manifests in Mexico, and reports that not
[602]one name or passport number corresponds with official
[603]Ecuadoran records, indicating the possibility of
[604]fabrication of passports by Cuba. ,
[606]A recent Ecuadoran returnee from Cuba, recruited
[607]by the station, lost his hand in testing a homemade bomb made
[608]in accordance with instructions received in Cuba. He made
[609]a public statement and wide publicity was arranged by the
[610]station and USIS. Plans are to keep this incident alive
[611]as proof of revolutionary training given in Cuba for
[612]terrorist activity in Ecuador.
[614]The station chief has accompanied the American
[615]Ambassador on visits to the Ecuadoran Ministers of Defense
[616]and Government to stress the threat of Cuban backed
[617]subversion. - - .
[619]Approximately 7,000. pounds of Communist propaganda
[620]are being destroyed. monthly as a result of a unilateral
[621]operation of the CIA Base in Guayaquil.
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[630]There have been at least two recent cases of
[631]Ecuadoran returnees from Cuba being arrested upon their
[632]arrival, one of them having been found in possession of a
[633]large sum of U.S. dollars, and another allegedly having a
[634]plan of revolutionary action found on his person. In both
[635]cases the Ecuadoran authorities had been informed of the
[636]pending arrivals of these individuals by the CIA station.
[638]9. El Salvador - The station has called to the
[639]attention of the Chief of the Salvadoran Security Service
[640]the fact that the stamping of passports "not valid for
[641]travel to Cuba" is not being done on a regular basis, and
[643]received assurance that the Foreign Office and Immigration
[644]Police would be reminded of their obligation to do this.
[646]. The station is embarking on an expanded program of
[647]assistance to Department 2 of the Ministry of Defense,
[648]which is in fact the Salvadoran Clandestine Internal
[649]Security Service. That service has indicated a willingness
[650]and desire to combat Cuban subversion, but-so far it has
[651]lacked both know-how and equipment to dd so.
[653]10. Guatemala ~- The CIA station in Guatemala City has
[654]found its efforts in this field hampered considerably by
[655]the apathy and disorganization of the Guatemalan government.
[656]Early this year the only effective Internal Security
[657]Service in Guatemala was disbanded by President Ydigoras,
[658]and no adequate organization has been established since ©
[659]the Peralta government came into power. Through unilateral
[660]assets the station has been able to keep itself
[661]reasonably well informed concerning guerrilla activities
[662]and travel to and from Cuba. However, it has been unable
[663]to bring about any effective counter Cuban activity on the
[664]part of the Guatemalan government.
[666]11. Jamaica ~ New and more stringent regulations concerning
[667]travel to Cuba were adopted by the Jamaican government during
[668]. May, partially as a result of the urging of the CIA station.
[669]The Jamaican Internal Security authorities have shown a
[670]willingness to do everything they can to control such travel,
[671]and have indicated a high degree of cooperation with the
[672]CIA station.
[674]le. Haiti - Because of the continued political crisis
[675]in Haiti, the CIA station activities there with regard to
[676]Cuban activities have been severely limited and have
[677]consisted primarily of checks made by unilateral station
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[686]assets who have reported from Cape Haitien, Port de Paix
[687]and La Gonave and La Tortue Islands that they were unable
[688]to uncove any evidence of travel to or from Cuba. No
[689]cooperation between the station and Haitian authorities
[690]can be expected under the present political circumstances.
[692]13. Honduras - The CIA station in Tegucigalpa has
[693]persistently prodded security elements of the Honduran
[694]government in an effort to persuade that government to
[695]undertake the actions agreed to at Managua. The govern-
[696]ment has now begun stamping most new passports “invalid
[697]for travel to Cuba." However, revalidated passports are
[698]not being so stamped. Station assets have succeeded ‘in
[700]. publicizing some Cuban subversive activities, including
[701].the return of eight leftist labor leaders from a trip
[702]to Cuba and the sabotage of a fishing vessel which was
[703]being used by anti-Castro Cuban exiles to surveil the
[704]northern coast of Honduras. Several alleged Cuban agents
[705]are now being held in jail pending legal proceedings
[706]against them.
[708]14. Mexico - A CIA source states the Cuban Embassy
[709]has continued to issue visas on pieces of paper separate
[710]from the passport, but the government's practice of
[711]stamping all passports to show travel to or from Cuba has
[712]largely nullified this effort by travellers to avoid the
[713]stigma of travel to Cuba. All Cubans arriving in Mexico,
[714]whether in transit or otherwise must have Mexican visas.
[715]This is not true of other nationalities, who need no
[716]visa if in transit. The government continues to
[717]confiscate propaganda material from Cuba sporadically at
[718]the airport. The government recently refused visas to
[719]five Cuban doctors who wished to attend a Urology Congress
[720]in Mexico. Several station assets have recently travelled
[721]to Cuba for intelligence purposes. Through unilateral
[722]penetrations of the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City, the
[723]CIA station continues to acquire information on types of
[724]Cuban visas granted to travellers, as well as some
[725]advance travel data, ;
[727]15. Panama - At the urging of station, the Guardia.
[728]Nacional has been ordered to increase its vigilance
[729]concerning returnees from Cuba and to prevent them
[730]from establishing an effective organization. Several
[731]recent returnees from Cuba are being debriefed regarding
[732]their training and contacts, and several CIA assets are
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[738]expecting to leave for Cuba in the near future for training.
[739]CIA has increased its personnel assigned to travel coritrol
[740]functions at the Panama City airport, now permitting a three-
[741]man detail for each eight-hour shift. Station is continuing
[742]its pressure on Panamanian officials to tighten travel
[743]controls. ; ;
[745]16. Nicaragua - The Nicaraguan Security Services with
[746]whom the CIA station is in liaison have been cooperative
[747]x in their efforts to take suitable action based on the
[748]Managua resolutions. Cuban activity in. Nicaragua appears
[749]to be at a minimum, and the government has the will and
[750]ability to control it.
[752]17. Peru - Through the cooperation of a Peruvian
[753]intelligence organization, CIA officers have been able to
[754]participate in the interrogation of several Cuba-trained
[755]guerrillas who were recently captured when they attempted
[756]to enter Peru near Puerto Maldonado. The interrogation
[757]should provide additional data on guerrilla training,
[759]Soviet activities in Cuba, and particularly on Cuban
[761]support to guérrilla activities in Peru, Further infor-
[762]mation has been obtained through a unilateral asset of
[764]the station who is active in guerrilla activities of the MIR.
[765]An investigation of small arms manufacture in a machine
[767]shop in Lima is underway at the urging of the station. The
[768]station has furnished additional technical equipment to
[770]the Peruvian Naval Intelligence Service to increase its
[771]capability to intercept clandestine radio communications from
[772]Cuba, and partly as a result of CIA station urging, that
[773]organization has been able to obtain 12 investigators
[774]assigned by another Peruvian internal security service to
[775]assist in the investigation of subversive activities in
[777]the port areas of Peru. A Communist penetration agent, who
[778]is being run jointly by the Peruvian Internal Security
[779]Service and the CIA station, has been offered an opportunity
[780]to go to Cuba for training. Considerable information
[781]concerning the Peruvian MIR plans for financing the
[782]acquisition of arms, communications equipment and other
[783]information concerning MIR guerrilla activities has been
[784]acquired through a unilateral asset of the station.
[786]_ 18. Uruguay - Station has.made arrangements with local
[787]service to pigeonhole or "lose" applications for good
[788]conduct certificates - which are needed to secure passports,
[789]and must be renewed every six months - in cases where
[790]information from the CIA station or from the Uruguayans!
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[799]own sources indicated intention of travelling to Cuba.
[800]-Pertinent information from'CIA unilateral operations is being
[801]passed. regularly to cooperating Uruguayan officials. Station
[802]has a further check in that the Mexican Ambassador to
[803]Uruguay is now checking all applicants for Mexican visas with
[804]the station. On the basis of information furnished to him, °
[805]he held up visa applications of Uruguayan Communist Labor |
[806]delegates who planned to attend May Day celebrations in
[807]Havana. Creation of this bottleneck may force some travellers
[808]to abandon the Mexican route to Cuba and turn to the longer —
[809]and far more expensive route via Prague. Information on
[811]past travel to Cuba by Uruguayans, furnished by the station,
[812].was included in a study of Cuban subversion prepared by —
[813]Uruguayan Military Intelligence Service for the National
[814]Council of Government. nee
[816]19. Venezuela - Travel information from the Caracas
[817]Airport is:now-being received on a daily basis by the CIA
[818]‘station. Venezuelan internal security officials have
[819]‘indicated a strong disposition to take all possible steps
[820]‘to repress Cuban subversive activities.: The station has been
[821]passing pertinent information from unilateral sources to
[822]‘appropriate Venezuelan officials and, in some instances,
[823]action has been taken in accordance with the stations's
[824]‘request. Four Venezuelan officials have been trained in
[825]covert mail intercept techniques by a CIA technician and
[826]‘one additional Venezuelan security official is now ,
[827]undergoing training in the United States in the field of
[829]. police administration, clandestine operations and audio
[830]‘surveillance. Venezuelan student teams, operating under
[831]‘the control of the CIA station, are intensifying their
[832]‘efforts to spot and recruit members of extremist youth
[833]‘groups who ‘are likely to be sent to Cuba for training
[834]“purposes. - a a
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[843]4. The U.S. Information Agency:
[845]A. Issued a detailed information policy guidance to all its
[846]Washington media divisions on March 28 setting forth the basic
[847]themes to be followed and types of materials to be developed
[849]in exposing Castro-Communist subversive activities in the
[850]hemisphere. This was followed on April 3 by a circular
[851]instruction (USIA CA-2819) to all USIS field posts in Latin
[852]America urging each to stimulate local press and radio atten-
[853]tion to evidence of Cuban-based subversion and to report promptly
[854]local developments, official comment, and editorials, for cross-
[855]play to other countries.
[857]B. . Broadcast over Voice of America a total of 26 features and
[858]commentaries on the subject of Cuban-based subversion in its
[859]Spanish-language transmissions to Latin America during the three
[860]month pericd, This was in addition to regular reporting of
[861]developments on the subject in the Voice's hourly newscasts.
[862]Prominent attention was given to the Managua Ministers Meeting,
[863]the OAS reports of the Special Consultative Committee on Security
[864]and the Lavalle Comnittes, the capture in Bolivia and Peru of
[865]Cuban~-trained guerrillas, the discovery of a subversive plot in
[866]Ecuador, and terrorism and counter-measures in Venezuela. Special
[867]features included editorial round-ups from the Latin American
[868]press on subversion, a dramatization of an incident in Ecuador,
[869]a chronology of subversive acts involving Cuban diplomats, and a
[870]history of subversion. In the usual Voice of America ‘practics,
[871]these features and commentaries were sent to USIS field posts in
[872]' tape recordings after short-wave broadcast for placement on the
[873]hundreds cf local mediumvave stations in the area.
[875]GC. Transmitted by teletype th nrcough its press service a total
[877]of 33 articles on Cuban-bassd subversion during the three-
[879]month pericd to USIS posts th hrovghout Latin America for placement
[880]in the lccal prass. inciuded news stories, commentaries,
[882]and backgrounders cn ntlally the same developments which were
[883]treated by the Voices clca. The Agency's Information Officers
[884]in each country wu ided with copies of the OAS reports for
[885]use in theiz 3 tacts with press and radio personnel.
[887]A pamphlet based te) oot ters from the Guatemalan ex-communist
[888]leader Carlos i Poliecer to Castro and Khrushchev in which
[890]he revealed communist oversive vactics was developed by the
[891]Agency's publications < in Moxico for reproduction and
[892]distribution thre 2. Work was completed also oh a
[893]eartocn book, a story of two young Cubans who
[894]tour the coma ntoring oppression and food shortages
[895]and return hous ecnditions developing in their
[896]own country. is being distributed in over a
[897]million cepies t:
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