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[2]Iit04-10308-10763 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
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[6]10 July 1963
[8]MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD:
[10]SUBJECT: Requirements Briefing to FBI Informant Going to Cuba
[12]1, In accordance with arrangements previously made, with the FBI by
[13]SAS/CI/Liaison, the undersigned went to New York on/8 July|to brief an
[14]FBI informant who is going to Cuba for two weeks. I had a short session
[15]at the FBI office in NYC with Dale Schwant, the case officer, and we then
[16]met with the informant for about two hours in a room at the Prince George
[17]Hotel. The informant had been told that I would be at the meeting and that
[18]‘I represented the ‘Agency, but I was not introduced to him by name.
[20]2, The FBI informant vei Fie Thomas * Vicente) - is an American-
[21]-born/Puerto EEantborn inN He has been under FBI control for
[22]nearly 3 years penetrating nar ree 5 Castro organizations in NYC: the
[23]Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC); the Casa Cuba, and the Jose Marti
[24]Club., Though the first two years Subject was only a marginal asset, in the
[25]last six months he has become a valuable penetrati or the FBI into the
[26]above 3 organizations as well as theJC Cuban UN Gelegttic “having apparently
[27]won the complete confidence of the pro-Castro leaders and Cuban officials
[28]in NYC. Recently he was asked to join the CPUSA, Subject works asa
[29]o8 [shipping clerk in a coffee plant in Brooklyn He has the appearance and other
[30]attributes, according to Dale Schwant, forthe role of pro-Castro revolutionary.
[31]The Cubans have expressed an interest in his moving to Cuba to work, He is
[32]willing to go but his wife is against it, but idea is still alive.
[34]Cuban Sponsorship -
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[39]3. Subject is leaving N¥C for/Mexico City on 13 July\and he expects to
[41]go on to Cuba illegally gn 15 July) The Cuban Ambassador to the UN, Raul -- °
[42]Primellas, has arranged for a Cuban visa to be ready at the embassy in 10 I a
[43]Mexico City, ar and also passage to Habana on a Cubana + fight. Subject is also ,
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[49]armed with a letter of introduction from the/National Director of the FPCC,
[50]Vitent Theodore Lee], On 6 July the 3 pro-Castro organizations named
[51]above held a party for Subject and raised $100, 00 for his trip.
[53]Informant's Contacts in Cuba.
[55]4, Subject will contact several friends in Cuba who are milicianos, one
[57]of them in Santiago, Oriente Province. They were fellow activists in pro-
[58]Castro organizations in NYC who have returned to Cuba, He also has been
[59]given (by his Cuban friends) the address of a family whose son is the chauf-
[60]feur of Carlos Rafael Rodriguez. Arrangements have also been made for
[61]Subject to talk to the American Communist in Habana, Robert Williams,
[62]Subject, who will be accompanied by his wife on this trip, has been instructed
[63]by his Cuban superiors to take a camera with him to take pictures of Cuba for
[65]showing at organizational meetings in NYC. Something similar had been done
[67]ee ' previously by the head of the FPCC on his trip to Cuba in December 1962, The
[69]note-taking in connection with the photos will be a device enabling Subject to
[70]record intel information difficult to remember,
[72]5. I briefed Subject during a two_hour perjod using as a guide the attached
[74]requirements outline, prepared with/Henry Ki chens) SAS/Intel/Requirements,
[75]_and Antia Potocki, SAS/CI/Sov-Sat. I had also discussed Subject's mission to
[77]Cuba with SAS/SO/Rodriguez and DC/SAS/EOB, I stressed, as did the FBI
[79]case officer, that while fully exploiting his militia and other contacts for the
[81]desired information, he must always be guided by security considerations,
[83]After an agent role for three years, Subject expressed confidence in his ability t.
[85]én carryimg out his mission successfully.
[87]6. I should add that I was very cordially received at the NYC FBI office
[88]and that Mr. Schwant was most cooperative, I referred to our memorandum
[89]to his headquarters indicating that the Agency had a world-wide program/to *'7
[90]send controlled CP and front penetrationsjon missions to Cuba, and I expressed
[91]the hope that this might be only our first joint effort, He agreed wholeheartedly,
[92]adding that he personally would be particularly happy to cooperate if Subject
[93]informant should move permanently to Cuba and play the role of resident agent,
[94]As soon as Subject returns from Cuba Mr. Schwant will let us know and arrange
[95]for the debriefing,
[98]Louis De Santi
[99]SAS/CI/CP
[101]Attachment: Herewith
[103]Ves
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[107](— SECRET . ¢-
[108]RETURN TO CIA
[109]MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Background Use Only
[111]: Do Not Reproduce
[112]SUBJECT: AMSANTA Project
[114]Job # 65-427/38 Box 7
[115]File # 19-6-73/3
[116]Volumes: 5
[118]1. Description:
[120]Coverage of Castro Communist regime through use of
[121]existing Communist Party and front penetration assets. File
[122]was opened in December 1962,
[124]2. Findings:
[126]Memo for the Record dated 10 July 1963 by Louis
[128]De Santi SAS/CI/CP L
[129]OO oe) Oo”
[131]FBI informant) Victor Thomas VICENTE, Puerto Ricay
[132]citizen, who penetrated CP's in NY City left NY for Cuba via
[134]Mexico as guest of ICAP, Was debriete by CIA staffer Lou
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[137]DeSanti upon return to U.S. in fGuly-Aug 63. VICENTE] stated
[138]he had interviews with CASTRO and Che GUEVARA. Jricunriv
[140]penetrated the FPCC, the Casa Cuba, and Jose Marti Club in
[141]New York City. Page 127 of IG 1967 report mentions unnamed
[142]Puerto Rican who claims he participated in Castro inspired
[143]assassination plot in Dallas, Don't know if VICENTE \cou1d
[145]be that individual.
[147]Attachment: LAD/JFK Task Force
[149]Researcher: KGB
[151]3. cnoceee/vrcal 201 01253,
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[157]er C SEGREL €
[158]Requirements Outline
[160]1. Details of Cuban-Soviet agreements and Castro- Khrushchev under-
[161]standings re:
[163]a, Soviet economic aid
[165]b, Soviet military presence
[167]c, Cuban rapprochement and posture vis-a-vis U. 8S.
[169]d. Training of Cubans in Soviet bloc to man weapon systems under:
[170]Soviet command; question of whether Cubans to acquire command control
[172]over these weapons systems,
[174]e, How far and how fast is Castro to go in exporting violent revolution
[175]in Latin America,
[177]2. Demobilization of regular militia and what relation it has (if any) to the
[178]take-over by Soviets of some internal security functions,
[180]a, What part or percent of militia has been demobilized.
[182]b. To what extent has civilian militia been disarmed of automatic
[183]weapons,
[185]c. Have Soviets actually taken over control of police stations in
[186]certain cities or towns, Which cities.
[188]d, Purposes behind demobilization and disarming of militia,
[189](1) To minimize resistance potential?
[191](2) Are Soviets telling Castro to put more people to work
[192]on the farms and they will take care of internal security
[194]e, Reaction of milicianos to demobilization and disarming.
[196]3. Hard information on missiles (all types) and Soviet troops.
[198](Differentiate between facts and propaganda for foreign and/or domestic con-
[199]sumption. )
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[204]4, Communism:
[205]a, Secret existence of PSP
[206]b. PURS - when First Congress to be held
[208]c. Reactions of rank and file party members - - and general public -
[209]toward Fidel and Soviet Union, -
[211]d, Economic conditions, popular support of regime especially in
[212]provinces and outlying areas
[214]e. Pro-Soviet or pro- Chicom alignments of party leaders or rank
[216]and file,
[218]5. Addresses of places where Subject is taken to attend meetings,
[219]lectures, get instructions, etc, --- also, of his contacts and Communist
[220]leaders,
[222]6. ICAP, its role in this trip
[223]a, Contacts and methods of arranging illegal trip in Mexico
[225]- person in charge
[227]- financing
[228]~ route
[229]b, Arrival in Habana
[230](1) Who there to receive him
[231](2) Entry formalities; what papers or forms to fill out, etc.
[233](3) Guided tour or free to go any place on his own; lodging
[234]arrangements, etc.
[236]¢. What Soviets, Sats, or foreign Communists does he meet
[238]‘ d, Take note of, and bring back if possible, any materials printed
[239]in Soviet Bloc or Red China,
[241]e. What use are Soviets/Cubans making of American defectors in
[242]Cuba; what role are they playing. pores
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