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[2]ION RECORDS AC
[4]DER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINAT
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[17]15 February 1965
[18]MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD | ;
[20]SUBJECT: Meeting with AMLASH-~1 tn Paris,
[21]31 January to 3 February 1965
[23]"obs 1, AMLASH-1 returned from Roma to Paris on 31 Jan 1965 ;
[25]and wag net for a very brier meeting the Same night by ONTRICH F -
[26]in order to arrange a meeting for the following day. The j
[27]following Subjects were discussed at the two meetings on 1} and :
[29]2 February 1965 :
[31]a. The Primary reason for again neeting AKNLASH~1
[32]before hig Planned return to Cuba was to brief him on the i
[33]security implications involved in the inftltration and '
[34]Possible capture of Modesto Orlando Orozeo Basulto AKA
[36]bo Orozco, ‘who infiltrated into Cuba on 21 Dee 1964, c
[37]Orozeo, Sccording to his Wf, went to Cuba to rescue (Jose
[38]Yasquez Kerey and three others Bho wer hiding in the
[39]home of a woman na {Gloria Cabreray€he lived at(Wo. 72 oF
[40]27th Street }) betwotht & 0, Apartment 3, Vedado> Havana.
[41]Orozco'g Capture, 17 he has been Captured, Presents an
[43]AHTRUNK-10 believe 1¢ necessary to exfiltrate ANTRUNK-10,
[44]AMLASH-1 was briefed to send a letter ¢ AFU-9 to ;
[46]indicate whether Orozco has been 5frested or whether he is
[48]Still tn hiding, r¢ the letter t3 NAFU~9 mentions a
[50]800d and Pleasant return trip, this Will mean that Orozco
[52]is not under the contro} of the security service. If the _
[53]letter talks abouth long, tring trip, thig will indicate
[55]that Orozco has been arrested, ALMILASH-} was algo Treouested
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[68]¢. AMLASH-1 was given a resupply of S/W developer
[69]pills and carbon. He lapped to take the S/W material 3-4
[70]pack with him to Wavang..¢ AMLASH-1 again reviewed with |
[71]WNSNAFU-9 and reminded GONSNAFU-9 to turn over to his (Pa: TD)
[72]case officer all letters regardless of how received. frou
[73]AMLASH-1 to either (SSNAFU-9 or letters that may be addressed :
[74]to his parents-in-law!? AMLASH-1 algo agreed to ‘send S/# :
[75]out in letters addressed to Jiian Ventura (AMWHIP-J's .
[76]business partner) in Geneva or Rome, AMWHIP-1 was briefed
[77]to inform Ventura.that any lettere he received fron .
[78]AMLASH-1 should be inuediately air mailed to AMWHIP-1
[79]“in New York. - Since AHLASH-1 will probably find it :
[80]necessary some tine not to sign the letters to Ventura :
[81]in his t¥ue name, AMWHIP-) was also briefed to inform -
[82]Ventura to forward to New York any letter received from . —
[83]Cuba. addressed to hin and signed by a person unknown to :
[84]hi, S/W letters to AMLASH-1 should continue to be 5 i
[85]addressed to Ernestina Acosta, Edf. No. 526, Apt. 8, O40 ;
[86]Esquina Calles 25 y H.) In an emergency a letter can algo :
[88]be sent to AMLASH-I's mother, i
[90]_d, AMLASH-1 was again debriefed on the cache that had i
[91]been put down for him in Matanzas. He repeated what he :
[92]had previously reported and attempted to answer most of
[93]the questions in the iAVE cable, A cable on this subject :
[94]was sent from (Paris) to Headquarters, info WAVE, on 2 Feb, --
[95]AMLASH-2 was requested to send a message either through . .
[96]his channel or through ANTRURK-10's S/W chennel reporting .
[97]how much of the radio equipment and other material had
[98]been recovered from the cache,
[100]@. AKLASH-I was asked if he knew of any individual in
[101]Cuba whom he could recruit and who could be inserted. into
[102]the Cuban Intelligence Service with the idea of attempting
[103]to get the DGI to assign this man to Caracas, Venezuela,
[104]AMLASH-1 couid think of only one possibility, an individual
[105]known as Gustavo Gonzaled,90 ANLASH-1 has full confidence
[107]. bin Gustave and Gustavo has previously been approached on ;
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[110]‘geveral o¢casfSns by Pinero to work for him, Upon his
[111]return to Cuba AMLASH-! will check to find out if Gustava) had
[112]can still get himself recruited by Pinero and then be egal
[113]sent on a mission abroad, hopefully to Caracas, (AMWHIP-1, fe.
[114]who also knows Gustavofewitt pruvide the background tnfor-
[115]‘mation upon his return to New York.)
[117]ft. AMLASH-1 reported on the upcoming FEU elections
[118]on 10 February 1965, AK!ASH-1 stated that Crombet, the
[119]president of the Comsunist Youth, will become the new
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[128]president and that his man, Lagiiro Mora, would be one of
[129]the vice-presidents. _ (A cable’ on this subject was sent
[130]to Headquarters from Carts.) . 0G
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[134]Kk. AWLASR-1 was requested to check with Gizzolo )
[135]regarding the precautions being taken to prevent sabotage
[136]of the ik tives’ being shipped from France to Cuba;
[138]‘specifically, how carefully do they check the Pplacemeat
[140]of the seals, are they special seals or regular lead
[141]seals, are there going to be any additional checks once
[142]the locomotives reach Cuba, will they drain the of1 and
[143]lubricants from the factory to the port, and do they run
[144]the locomotives under their own power or are. they towed.
[145]AMLASH-1 agracd to attempt to develop answers to the above
[146]requirements and pacs.the information to his contact in
[148]the Paris‘ Station]. AHLASH«1. also agreed to attempt to find
[149]‘out and pass to the (Paris Statiom through (NBNAFU-9 the
[151]nanes of the-Cuban técha training at La Rochelle.
[152]2 ne th Oe
[154]h. In a general discussion regarding the persons with
[155]whom AMLASH-1 had been in contact either personally or
[156]through letters, AMLASH-1 mentioned Alfredo Portela.
[157]AMLASH-1 stated he hdd received a letter from Portela and
[158]had in turn written to Portela. He considers Portela a
[160]“friend which was the only reason for writing to him.
[162]i. AMLASH-1 wes debriefed on Cuban Intelligence
[163]Service personnel. A cable on this subject was sent fron
[165](@ariaDto Headquarters.
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[170]j. <A cable was sent from @aris) to Headquarters
[171]suggesting AVE send a S/W letter to AMTRUNK-10 stating:
[172]“Este tranqutlo. Carlos regresa pronto,"
[174]k, AMLASH-1 was asked for information on ‘the fal-
[175]lowing persons:
[177](1) Samuel Gonzalez Rodriguez-Planes. AMLASH-1
[178]reports he is a rember of the Ameijeiras group and
[179]is a good and brave man.
[181](2) Antonio Lusson y Batlle, Chief of Operations
[182]of the General Staff of the Occidental Army.
[183]ANLASH-1 reports Lusson is an independent and rare
[184]type individual who keeps to himself and doesn't
[185]involve himself in political matters. AMLASH-1 hae
[186]beard nothing bad about Lusson,
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[190]matters creates re
[191]Cuban offtciats. Basically, the Soviets are not respected,
[195](3) Cudte. Raul Diaz Arguelles, Chief of
[196]Artillery of the Occidental “rmy.
[198](4) Elpidio Baez Bigo. According to AMLASH-1,— ;
[199]Baez is a trusted Fidelman. oy
[201](5) Luis Manuel Cantillo Toirac. Assigned to
[202]the Cuban Embassy in Madrid and one of the security
[203]people. He vas formerly assigned to Brazil, is young
[204]and has for several years been with Pinero and the
[206]Cuban IS.
[207](6) Enrique Oltuski Osacki. Oltuski 1s a close
[209]friend of Faustino Perez and his stock eith the regine
[210]rises or falls as does that of Faustino.
[212](71) Sergio Totlon. Code clerk in the Eabassy in
[213]Parts, Tollon is staying in Paris at the request of
[214]Ambassador Carrillo,
[216]1, Gastro enteritis, water pollution and unsanitary
[218]conditions. AMLASH-1 states there are no real problems,
[219]although the scarcity and lack of a balanced diet do
[220]cause some problems. The purification of water haa been
[222]a problem which probably has been the cause of some of the
[224]sickness in the country.
[226]m, AMLASH-1 did not believe that Aragones had invited
[228]im to fly back to Havana with him in order to get hin
[230]ack because of any serious security matter. AMIASH-1
[231]did state that Aragones was concerned that AMLASH-1 may not
[232]return to Cuba. Since Aragones cleared AMLASH-! for his
[233]trip abroad, he is in a way responsible that AMLASH-1 does
[234]not defect and returns to Cuba. ANLASH~1 feele Aragones
[235]does not want any problems with Fidel in case AMLASH~1
[237]decides to stay out,
[239]n, AMLASH-1 was unable to provide any information on
[241]the political developments tn Cuba in mid-November and
[242]December since he had been out of the country atnce early
[243]November, AMLAS-1 was asked to check on the problems
[244]between the opposing factions in the Cubana leadership and
[245]explained the issues, the background and personalities
[247]involved,
[249]o. Soviet advise or influence in political and economic
[250]sentment among the middle and higher level
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[254]‘and very hard worker, one of the few, acco
[258]p. Runk of Cubao officials under Fidel tn terns of
[259]their influence in making national: policy. Raul ia still
[260]the heir apparent to Fidel. Next to Raul is Che Guevara.
[261]After that, no other official, according to AMLASH-1, has
[262]any great influence in the making of Cuban national policy.
[263]President Dorticos* Felationship with Fidel 16 good since
[264]he ts a hard and serious worker, has good. sdainistrative
[265]ability acd is able to work within the gengral outline laid
[266]down: by Fidel. Raul Castro has some political influesce -
[268]‘and. eontrol ‘ia Oriente where he has placed his men in
[270]positions ‘of influence, but only Fidel personally hae any
[271]poltical influenacé in the rest of Cuba. Even within the.
[272]military Fide gatects.and appoints high arszy officers. ..-.
[273]Che Guevara i6.still strong in the ecoromte field and =~
[274]has ‘not suffered'a decline in his influence and authority
[275]because of hie earlier policy of industrialization, .
[276]Gdevara restricts himself to the economic field and plays
[277]a very small role in the political field. He is serious
[278]rding to AMLASH-1,
[279]who has worked seven days a week without leave since the
[280]revolution. Emilio Aragones holds an important position
[281]ag the orgapizational secretary of the PURS. He is the
[282]official who was always at the office of the National
[283]Directorate of tho Party and has contact with all the
[284]officials in the regime. He plays an important coordinating
[285]role, Faure Chomon has been accused of organizing former
[286]13th of March Revolutionary Directorate people, but,
[287]according to AMLASH-1, this probably based on the fact that
[288]Chomon always gives jobs in the ministry he heads to DR
[289]people, Because of this Chomon today controls to a large
[290]degree the Ministry of Transportation. Of all the ministries,
[291]the DR's stronghold is in the Ministry of Transportation.
[292]Other DR people who continue to nold important positions
[293]in the regime are Alberto Mora, Ambassador Carrtllo and
[295]Jose Maranjo.
[297]q. AMLASH-1 and AMWHIPD-1 were unable to develop any
[298]specifics, but from their conversations with Ambassador
[299]Carrillo got the impression that Carrillo would prefer and
[300]welcome a transfer from the Embassy an Paris to the
[302]Embassy in Madrid.
[304]r. According to Emtlio Aragoses, Anibal Escalante
[305]is being considered for a job outside Cuba. The job will
[306]probably be in the commercial/economic field, but a
[307]decision had not been made es of November 1964 as to
[309]location,
[311]y
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[317]s.. AMLASH-1 again reported that be ‘tee1s(Oriando
[318]Blanco, Consul of the Cuban Exbassy in @ern> pis .
[319]Pyle approachable since he is unhappy with the Cubaa regime.
[320]os AMLASH-1 also feels that (Enrique Rodriguez Loeches
[321]Cuban Ambassador in be Tr approachable if approsched
[322]avy and developed. by the right person. (Harina Garcia Gonzales )°°
[323]., assigned to the commercial section of the Cuban Enbasey
[324]in Rabat}, ANLASH-1 feels is also approachable and feels
[325]money can be tised as gn tnducerent. Ambassador Carrillo,
[326]| AMLASH-1 feels, £f -the proper person developed: his, could
[327]| probably be compromised with Fidel, He is a character
[328]_ Mand coutd easily be entangled according to AMLASH-1 in
[329]ya compromising situation. Ambassador Carrillo is a close
[330]friend of Lucy ‘Echevarria. ‘
[332]‘ 2. AMLASH-1 was 2150 asked information on a long list
[334], of other requirements on Cuba. On many hé.was unable to pro-
[335]vide information and cables were sent to Hoadquarters on the
[336]requirements on which he did provide information.
[338]Nestor D. Sanches
[339]WH/ SA/ AMWORLD
[342]wetlsal eH?
[344]File:
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[348]Internal Op