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[9]ADV: LA/CCGEO (14262) ‘STAFF
[11]RETION: LA/CCGEO (911) INFO: AF/TNB, C/ORMS, CIC/AF, _LADORECORD, LIMITO,
[12]MDSX, ODPD, FILE, AF/SG, CIC/LA (3/W)
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[15], TOR: 2014262 SEP 93 LUSA 77526
[17]S EC RE T 201432% SEP 93 STAFF
[19]CITE LUSAKA 77526
[21]TO: IMMEDIATE DIRECTOR.
[23]FOR: LIMIT LA/CCGEO INFO. CIC/LA, AF/SG, CIC/AF
[25]SLUGS: WNINTEL VPJAUNTY
[27]SUBJECT: VPJAUNTY/1 CONTINUED CONTACT WITH CUBAN CHARGE
[28]REF: DIRECTOR 277135 93 3844003
[30]TEXT:
[32]1. ACTION REQUIRED: COMMENTS ON RECENT EVENTS IN
[33]VPJAUNTY /1 ASSESSMENT /DEVELOPMENT OF CUBAN CHARGE CARLOS
[34]ACEVEDO. —
[36]2. AFTERNOON OF 17 SEP 93, C/O BECKNAP MET WITH VPJAUNTY/1
[37](J/1). J/1 SAID HE HAD HAD DINNER WITH CUBAN CHARGE CARLOS
[38]( (ACEVEDO) ). AND SPOUSE AT LATTER'S HOME ON 9 SEP 93. DURING
[39]THE DINNER, J/1 SAID HE FELT HE WAS BEING TESTED BY ACEVEDO.
[40]HE SAID ACEVEDO RAISED THE QUESTION OF HIS PREVIOUS CONTACT
[41]WITH PNINFINITE EMPLOYEES. ..HE SAID HE MET AN EMBOFF IN LAGOS
[42]WHOM HE ASSUMED TO BE PNINFINITE. (ACEVEDO DID NOT PROVIDE J/1
[43]WITH THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL). ACEVEDO SAID THAT THIS AMCIT
[44]OFFERED TO SELL HIM A CASE OF BEER FOR ONE DOLLAR. WHEN J/1
[45]SAID THAT THE AMERICAN WAS PROBABLY ONLY BEING FRIENDLY,
[46]ACEVEDO SAID THAT HE KNEW IT WAS BUSINESS AND NOT FRIENDSHIP
[47]WHICH WAS BEHIND THE GENEROUS OFFER. ACEVEDO THEN RAISED THE
[48]_ISSUE.OF A PUBLICATION WHICH LISTED PNINFINITE EMPLOYEES AROUND
[49]THE WORLD. ACEVEDO ALSO RAISED THE BAY OF PIGS AND THE
[50]. *¢ASSASSINATION>OF<PRESIDENT KENNEDY, >STATING THAT HE KNEW THEM
[51]TO BE PNINFINITE OPERATIONS. ACEVEDO COMPLAINED THAT HE DID
[52]NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE U.S WAS OBSESSED WITH CASTRO. ACEVEDO
[53]STATED THAT CUBA COULD OVERRUN THE AMERICAN BASES IN CUBA IN 5
[54]MINUTES: IF THEY WANTED TO DO SO. HE ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT
[55]AMERICAN IMPERIALISM, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE TRADE EMBARGO. HE
[57]BRAGGED ABOUT CUBA, PRAISING ITS DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.
[59]ACEVEDO WAS OBVIOUSLY TOUTING THE PARTY LINE VERY CLOSELY
[61]DURING THIS SESSION. DURING THE CONVERSATION, ACEVEDO SAID
[63]THAT HE WOULD NOT VISIT ANY U.S. OFFICIAL’S HOME, ALTHOUGH HE
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[70]MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM TALKING TO
[71]AMERICANS, AND NAMED C/O’S DERSOOKIAN AND BECKNAP WHOM HE HAD
[72]MET THROUGH J/1.
[74]3. DURING THE CONVERSATION, J/1 SAID HE HEARD AN AUDIBLE
[75]"CLICK" WHICH HE IS SURE WAS THE SOUND OF A TAPE RECORDER
[76]SHUTTING OFF. J/1 SAID HE IGNORED THE. SOUND, BUT BOTH HIS HOST
[78]. AND HOSTESS WERE SHOCKED.BY THE NOISE. . J/1 SAID THAT ACEVEDO
[79]SEEMED TO BE ALL BUSINESS THAT EVENING, ASKING QUESTIONS AND
[80]LEADING THE CONVERSATION. WHEN J/1 PHONED HIM ON 13 SEP WITH A
[81]PHONE NUMBER HE HAD REQUESTED, ACEVEDO SEEMED TENSE. ON 15
[82]SEP, ACEVEDO CAME BY TO SEE J/1 AT HIS OFFICE, AGAIN REFERRING
[83]TO HIM AS HIS BROTHER. ACEVEDO WAS BACK TO HIS PREVIOUSLY
[84]FRIENDLY SELF AND ASKED J/1 WHAT HE WAS DOING OVER THE WEEKEND
[85]AND J/1. SAID HE WAS VERY BUSY. J/1'S IMPRESSION IS THAT HE WAS.
[86]BEING TESTED AND THAT HE PASSED THE TEST. C/O SAID SHE WOULD
[87]CONSULT THE WASHINGTON EXPERTS AND ADVISE J/1 AT.NEXT MEETING.
[88]WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR 1500 ON 24 SEP. WOULD APPRECIATE HQS
[89]‘COMMENTS PRIOR TO THAT MEETING. .
[91]4. DURING THE MEETING, ACEVEDO TOLD J/1 THAT HE WANTED THE
[92]BIBLE FOR HIMSELF SINCE HE WAS CATHOLIC. HE SAID THAT
[93]‘PREVIOUSLY, PARTY MEMBERS COULD NOT BE RELIGIOUS AND REMAIN
[94]PARTY MEMBERS. HOWEVER, THINGS HAD LIBERALIZED TO THE POINT
[95]WHERE HE COULD. NOW HAVE A BIBLE. (J/1 DID ADMIT THAT HE FORGOT
[96]‘TO ASK WHY, IF THINGS WERE MORE LIBERAL NOW, ACEVEDO COULD NOT
[97]GET HIS OWN BIBLE FROM CUBA.) ;
[99]: 5. J/1 SAID THAT BASED ON HIS ASSESSMENT OF ACEVEDO,
[100]STATION WOULD NOT GET FAR WITH HIM USING OFFICIAL AMERICANS.
[102]HE SAID HOWEVER, THAT A SOUTH AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN INTERESTED
[103]‘IN TRADE IN CUBA (SPECIFICALLY IMPORT/EXPORT) WOULD BE OF
[105]- INTEREST TO ACEVEDO AS HE HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN LEAVING
[106]THE GOVERNMENT AND INVOLVING HIMSELF IN BUSINESS DEALINGS. J/1
[107]ASSESSES ACEVEDO AS BEING INTERESTED IN. MONEY (HENCE THE
[108]INTEREST IN BUSINESS), BUT STILL RETAINING AN INTEREST IN
[110]POLITICS. C/O TOLD J/1 THAT STATION AND HQS STILL HAD AN
[111]INCOMPLETE PICTURE OF ACEVEDO’S PERSONALITY AND THAT HE SHOULD
[112]CONTINUE WITH HIS ASSESSMENT. C/O AGAIN TRIED THE PLOY OF
[113]HAVING J/1 WRITE A LETTER TO C/O DESCRIBING ACEVEDO AS IF C/O
[114]HAD NEVER MET HIM. J/1 SAID HE WOULD TRY TO DO THAT.
[116]6. STATION ASSESSMENT OF THESE RECENT EVENTS IS TWOFOLD.
[117]IT IS LIKELY THAT ACEVEDO HAS REPORTED HIS CONTACT WITH C/O‘S
[118]-DERSOOKIAN AND BECKNAP. IT IS POSSIBLE THEN THAT A SECURITY
[119]OFFICIAL INSISTED THAT ACEVEDO CONFIRM HIS VERSION OF THE
[120]CONTACT WITH THE SOURCE OF THE CONTACT, J/1. THE EVENTS OF 9
[121]SEP WOULD. SUPPORT. THIS THEORY, ESPECIALLY THE OBVIOUS AGENDA
[122]AND THE SHOCK AT THE MIX-UP WITH THE TAPE RECORDER (THIS IS NOT
[123]A TRAINED PROFESSIONAL CONDUCTING A TEST.) ANOTHER POSSIBILITY
[124]IS THAT THIS WAS A TEST FOR J/1, A SORT OF VETTING EXERCISE.
[125]SINCE ACEVEDO CAME BACK TO J/1 AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, IT
[126]WOULD APPEAR THAT J/1 PASSED THE TEST. _THE QUESTION REMAINS AS
[127]TO WHO WAS ABLE TO REVIEW THE TAPE IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF
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[130]TIME (9-15 SEP). IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IN LUSAKA WAS
[131]ABLE TO EVALUATE THE TAPE. OTHERWISE, THE MOST LIKELY PLACE
[132]FOR SUCH AN EVALUATION TO TAKE PLACE WOULD BE IN HARARE.
[134]STATION’S VPKINGPIN CUBAN FILE DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY INFORMATION
[136]ON TRAVEL OF CUBANS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, MOST RECENT
[137]INFORMATION IS FROM LATE AUG 93. WILL ADVISE ANY INFORMATION
[138]ON SUCH TRAVEL WHEN KNOWN. a
[140]7. WOULD APPRECIATE HQS READOUT OF ABOVE AS WE BELIEVE
[141]“THIS HAS POTENTIAL CI IMPLICATIONS FOR THIS CASE. PLEASE
[142]PROVIDE COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS PRIOR TO HQS COB:23 SEP. REGARDS.
[143]8. FILE: VPJAUNTY/1. INDEX: ((ACEVEDO)). DECL OADR DRV
[144]HUM 4-82.
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