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[16]countay Cuba ‘ REPORT NO. C$ CF 316/00643-64
[18]' susigcr. Guillermo ARASTAGUIA DATE DISTR. 11 August 1964
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[21]REFERENCES CSCI-3/779 ,803
[22]CS-311/00115-64
[24]DATE OF
[25]: INFO. 1964
[26]: piace g. Washington, D. C.
[27]DATs ACQ August 1964 FIELD REPORT NO,
[28]TES 1S UNSVALUATED INFORMATION, SOURCE CAADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT [S$ TENTATIVE,
[30]source. 4 former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban Intelligence
[31]Service until April 1964. ; /
[33]Headquarters Comments
[35]The following report is one of a series containing personality
[36]information provided by the source and includes supplemental
[37]information from the records of this Agency.
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[44]It is requested that the addressees take no action on any of
[45]the individuals mentioned in the personality reports without
[46]: first checking with this Agency. .
[48]1. Guillewmo ARASTAGUIA, pseudoaynm "Rene," is tho chief of the ,
[50]_ Dopartment of Technicul Operatiozal Support (MI) ia the
[51]ic Direccion General de Inrelizseneia (General Directorate of RETURN TO CIA
[52]{ . Intelligence - DGI). Me was forserly the secretary of Background Use Only
[53]: Reaniro VALDES in the Departanente de Seguridad del Estado t
[55](Department of State Security ~ DSE), but ARASTAGUIA was a 4 Do Not Reprouuce
[57]follower of-Anibat ESCALANTS and because of a problea
[59]concerning ESCALANTE and because ARASTAGUIA was believed to
[61]ba a homosexual, VALDES transferred him to the DGI. ARASTAGUIA
[63]went to the Youth Festival in Helsinki as a representative
[65]of the DGI and has traveled to Moscow three times.
[67]2. AZASTA.GUIA was born in 1954, is about five feet seven inches
[68]in height, has blond hair and green eyes. He is fat, has a
[69]Chin that juts out, lips that are somewhat sunken,, saga has a
[70], rather high pitched voice and seems effeminate, 125
[72]_ : Neadcuarte ss Comments zy
[74]‘ 1. A report dated 6 October 1960, fron an fofficial nteorean])
[75]source, provided a list or “Cuban Communists. ne Guillermo
[76]ARRASTIA, aka “Rene," possibly identical with Guillefno
[81]3 ARASTAGUIA, was included and described as a first lieutenant,
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[87]NO FOREIGN DISSE
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[101]NO PROJECT CARN G/?
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[120]ECRetT
[121]NO FOREIGN DISSES
[123]ARRASTIA was reported to have the confidence
[125]execuiive, in G-2.
[126]oft Kaul CASTRO and Ramiro VALDES; and he was VALDES' righthand
[127]man in G-2. . : :
[129]an official roster listing the military staff personnel comprising
[130]the intelligence Departmont, G-2, of tho Cuban itinistry of the
[131]armed Forces (iINFAR) was received by a representative of this
[132]agency from an untested source in a report duted 1 March 1961.
[133]Included on this list was one First Licutenant Guillerno |
[135]ASRASTIA Fundora, possibly identical with Guillermo ARRASTAGUIA.
[137]In a report dated 28 October 1962, a list of identified and
[138]Suspected Cuban intelligence officers way included, the list was
[139]received fron an fofficial liaison servicd 24 One First
[141]‘Lieutenant Guillermo ARRATIA (or ARRASTIA) Fundora was included
[143]on the list and described as an idontified intelligence officer
[144]on the G-2 Headquarters staff.
[146]SECRET
[147]NO FOREIGN DISSEM
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