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[2]104-10221-10020 | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
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[10]; ~ oo "CONTACT REPORT , on — , DATE: .30 June 1972 7 |
[12]AGENT: _TUSTEER/1. = 7 - > CASE OFFICER: Petor S. sasuris |
[14]"PLACE: “Westward Ho Rostaarant,. ee 7 :
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[23]le Contact was:  Inbtfated wit Tus
[24]_ Wo Cardenas, = Cardenas’ wis” previ usly described. by FUSTEER/1 as
[25]an individual who once worked for the Agency “‘poth: in Miami and
[26]' the Congo. He ts. a friend. of Harker, of the. ‘Washington ‘breakin 3
[27]“scandal. Cardenas was' unemployed until . carly. 1972 but now, :
[28]suddonly, he is: traveling to South America ard ‘has become af-
[29]fluent. YUSTEER/1 speculated that Cardenas may be dealing in
[31]narcotics.
[33]! 2. Also note a Now York Times article of 28 June concerning
[34]the Washington breakin affair. This article states that an
[35]individual appeated on the Miami scene about two. months ago and
[36]fecruited the team for the breakin, The recruiter was deseribed
[37]asa "pipe smoker’ who used a code name during the recruttments.
[38]Cardenas ssiokes a pipe atl the time according to TUst PEER/L.
[40]- 3. LUSTBER/1 ds sceptical of the HYT article, as ‘written,
[41]because in his opinion no Cuban could be recruited by an unknown
[42]individual using .a code name. Considering the clandestine/
[43]operational mentalizy of tha many Cubans in the Miami. area,
[44]récruitments could only be made by a known recruiter with ade -
[45]quate bona fides,
[47]‘4, [Information on Cardénas supplied by 1USTEER/1i
[49]: Cardenas was born about 1919. In 1954 he was a
[50]captain with Cubana Atvridies., 1h 2954-55 he was arrested in
[51]Havaria-by 4 Major Gchoa for smuggling cocaine. Due to political
[52]pull Cardenas was not prosocuted but was fired frou nis position.
[54]“He retired to his farm in Cuba from 1954-1959.
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[58]b. From 1959 to 1960 he was in the Castro airforce.
[59]There he met Fiorini, also involved in the Washington breakin
[60]scandal, In 19600, in Miami, LUSTEER/1 was visiting in tha
[61]Flomini hene when Cardenas dropped in. Also present was
[62]£2 MAT LANZ, former Chief of the Castro airforce. Cardeans was
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[69]then working closely with Barker in Cuban oxile. (unity).
[70]activity on behalf of Artime,.. At the-ime Cardenas: met
[71]IUSTEER/1 at the Figrind home, he told IUSTEER/1 to go to
[72]a house on Brickell Avé\ | LUSTEER/1 did: and there he mot
[73]Artime for. the first time, _ So
[74]-C. (At this time a Case Officer named “Jinmy" was
[76]| handling both Barker and Cardenas. - "Jimmy" spoke excellent. -
[77]-| Cuban Spanish.) - ; eee a _
[79]d. From 1962 to 1965 Cardenas worked with the Agency
[81]‘under the cover firm Consolidated “Enyineering.. (Cardonas'
[82](Case Officer during this. period was Chris Frederick.) 0¢ 2°
[84]~ le.) In 1965 the Agancy. sent Cardénas to TUSTEER/1 for
[85]‘duty in the Congo. In the Congo Cardenas claimed to’ have a
[86]heart attack and was hospitalized, Ne was. later proven med-
[88]ically sound and released from his Congo assignment, :
[90]; “£. During 1967-1968 Cardenas drove a truck in the.
[91]Miami area. . Betweén. 1969 and.1970-72 Cardenas sold mutual. |
[93]- funds im South America (GRAMCO and others). Thais ended when
[94]the funds wont bankrupt. ‘ ; Ss
[96]ally down: In early
[98]g, in 197] Cardenas waS econonte
[99]ame affluent, IUSTSER
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[102]1972 he started traveling again snd bee
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[106]believes Cardenas is involved in drugs,
[110]SP bee tal Rime Gl
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