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[41]CONTROL OF TRAVEL TO AND FROM CUBA
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[46]CONTROL OF TRANSFER OF FUNDS
[48]CONTROL OF MOVEMENT OF CUBAN PROPAGANDA
[49]CONTROL OF CLANDESTINE MOVEMENT OF GUERRILLAS
[50]AND ARMS
[52]EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE ON CUBAN SUBVERSION
[53]SURVEILLANCE OF CUBAN DIPLOMATIC, COMMERCIAL
[54]AND CULTURAL MISSIONS
[56]STRENGTHENING OF COUNTER-INSURGENCY
[57]CAPABILITIES
[59]PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
[60]Secret
[62]1B;4
[64]Redact 5
[65]04/09/1998
[67]COMMENTS : Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 6. Draft report concerning control of access to and surveillance of
[68]Cuba.
[69]nt of the Amy EO 18526
[70]Pa Decl cI Exclude © Exempt
[71], ARUt Ot
[72]NO STATE OBJECTION Refer To By LL: CAG
[74]TOD
[75]BY.
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[81]DATE
[83]SSIFICATION Review Date
[84]epiyla
[86]Page 1
[88]BRAPT
[90]a. Developed highly useful information on feequency
[91]of Cuban “chartered flights to Bragdl, names and nationalities
[92]of passengers ead orew, oad lax measures of control followed
[94]by Brasilien authorities. Transmitted this dafermation to
[96]@ation ehiefs in the Letin American countries ef the nen-
[97]Breailiens travelling on these flights.
[99]b. Maintained cloge watch over travel to and from
[101]€ubs. See Amex 3 fer table of known travel of Latin Americans
[102]during July and August. |
[104]¢, 4g @ result of information furnished by him by the
[105]CIA Station in Buense Aires end with the Station's urging, the
[106]Atgentine Minister ef Interie: tudiested thet be would make
[107]every effort to prevent Argentine delegates from attending the
[108]International Union of Architects Cengress im Havana.
[110]a. At the urging of the CIA Statden end the Snbasey
[111]the Bolivian Mindeter of Interior issued in mid-July ea orde¢
[112]prohibiting the granting of travel permits to Cuba on erher
[114]| blec countries te Bolivien naticnals.
[116]SEGRED
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[121]@, Partly ae a result of the efforts of the CIA
[122]etetion im Santiago, the Ceverment of Chile prohibited the
[123]| ban sponsored Sacend
[124]Congress, which bad been achedeled to tke
[125]place in Sautiage in August, ‘Thie was ome of the fectors which
[127]entry inte Chile of or;
[129]tatie 2
[131]led to postponement ef thet
[133]£, After considerable prodding by the CIA Station |
[135]and the Lebessy the Minister of Publie Securiey of Costa Rice |
[136]ee presented legislative propesa )
[137]which will gequive 211 persens intending to travel te Communi
[139]lg t¢ She Coata Rican Assembly
[141]| countries te have thelr travel appr
[142] Seata Rilean wocurtty agency
[143]g. CIA Station ia Moxie
[145]ing the elandestine errivel of passengers fa Vera Crus
[147]‘Guban merchant ships, #fferte are bet:
[149]guade to ebtein more
[151]information and to encourage atrictar
[153]authorities,
[155]Gulneen suthorities to deny use of aixpert feetiieles by fiighea
[156]on Esbana-teaced route, These efforts achieved « temporary
[157]withholding of pernlesion for future regular flights, at least
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[161]until such time es the Soviets develop their own refueling facilities
[162]at Conaxry,.
[163]> Enettected Embassy Blo te approach Braci lian
[165]a
[167]authorities to eapress our deep concern at the growing frequency
[168]o£ Cuban non-echedulad flights te Breedi and request their
[169]cooperation im curbing then, Alao instructed eur Eubaseies
[171]is several latin American countries to work with CIA etation |
[172]thiefe in furnishing the names of nationale of those
[173]travelling on these flights to lecal authorities and weging
[175]eon erles
[177]thea: (1) co dmetdeute tighter controls on their ow eitiaens
[179]travelling te Cube, aad @ iv euprese theiy concern te the
[180]- RN MEW T
[181]neaoeet é Brantt wer Cuban use of Bragil aa a way station
[183]fev transporting dubversives.
[185]@, As @ vesult of sepresentetions wade to the Brinich
[186]goverment about Cuban flighte to the Cayman Islends carrying
[187]latina fueriecan subversives, the British developed an sduindeteative
[188]echona which will offecetvoly peobible the veo of British
[189]Caribbean dependencies by Cubana eg transit polats for passengers.
[190]The British taten
[192]. to wequive teaneit vieas of passengers pacsiug
[193]through their areas, and to reject applications for auek wises
[194]eucept in certain special cases, Parsons not posecosing vieas
[196]would be prevented from leaving their atxeragt, ee would be
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[201]Mesles City oa August: a te
[202]anferm the Mexican eislinc CMA that the United States is
[204]opposed te a proposal that GA operate oharter lights te caxry
[206]vefugees from Havana to Central Avex 103, eh, as a result,
[207]atated that they hed us intention of procecding furchar with
[209]this project,
[211]ucted U.S, Miselone im Curaces amd the Ha gue
[213]bat REM was. ploneiag te venew «6
[214]tights and to reiterate
[216]‘ean US opposition
[218]088 mptlon of aie service to Ceba, KLM agcured cur Eabeesy
[219]thee there do 20 “plan to initiate dervice, scheduled or nonq
[220]scheduled, to Hebans,
[222]om Suguse 1 thet the Governor had no knowledge of any talks
[224]betucen the 8,6, Mindeery of Commmleations and the. Cuban Gov
[226]ment vegardiag Lending rights for Cubana py:
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[231]sed elie te refuse te agelet the Ceben goverment
[233]otte to fied & ghoxt seute for zetumnf the a8 American
[234]‘by Gamers } Cube, Also Jaferned Pan
[236]& that wo were eppseed te « Cuban request for
[238]gions at Sort of Spain and
[240]ades on guveral ecensions te appreseh these govexomente to
[242]cam of the 0.8, at iedlentions of Gubso daverest
[244]in the use of their aviation fectiivies,
[246]expresa the oe
[248]diable that would enable
[249]vereats of alzewatt vithia their turmricery,
[251]cated caceptivences to the progessi et
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[257]announcing during Auguat that the meeting bed beoa posteoncd,.
[258]k, Semh general instructions to eur miagionas im cuumiries
[259]whieh pactieipate ia the International tm
[261]Lon of Architects aching
[262]thes to urge the cooperation of gov
[264]asmeatel authorities in
[265]preventing ey discouragiag the attendance of they citizens to
[266]the VEE UIA Congeese fin Habana, Septenber 29-0eteber 4, 1963.
[268]i this up with fostruectone to individual geste te bey
[269]2 feasible to dissuade architecte from free world countries
[270]from serving on the jury for the selection of a Bay of Pigs
[272]SORECORE
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[276]Responding te the urging of the O1A Seatton aolice
[277]of the State of Guemsbara seized large quantities of grape
[278]ganda brought inte Brazil by passe
[280]agers on the spectal Cubéas
[282]flighta. For exemple, soma $0 pounds of printed propaganda
[284]was taken from the various passengers who arrived on the 16
[285]Aaguat Cabena flight.
[287]a Continued eurveillencse of the area surrounding Cuba
[288]uring the month of July at the seme cate and with the same
[289]emphasis es pelex to 1 July 1963.
[291]&. Continued te maintain U.S. Forces, peimarily from
[293]within the Atlentie Comend, available te assiet other Caribbean
[295]srnments ia the interception of suepleious craft in
[296]territorial watexe, a8 might be requested. Be euch requests were
[298]weeelved from aay other govern
[300]ment during the perfed covered by
[301]this report. However, U.S. Perces did keep trapk of the
[302]location of the Soviet werchant freighter METCHURINSE, which
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[307]ves suspected of caprying subveusives and erue from Gcbe te
[308]British Guieme ia sid-Joly. MITCHURINGK was under U9.
[309]auxveillance from ite departura from Havens witil Ueited
[310]Kingdom forces aesumed the task of heeping this ship wader
[311]survellianee upon ite epproach to Georgetown, British Guiana.
[312]Subsequentiy, Beitish police search of MITCHURINGE in Beittich
[313]Gulane waters revealed nothing of suspieious nature.
[315]&A¢ the repeated urging of the GLA Station in Idma
[317]the Peruvian Government law in August publiehed a new anti~
[318]terrorists lew providing a penalty of no less then five years
[319]‘inpeteonnant for paredns who pertielate ta guerrilla setivities
[320]ex in the illegel mmutace
[322]ine of weapons or explosives.
[324]The Pemivien Mational Intelligence Service is working
[325]o8 6 lead formished by che CLA Station in Lime concerning 2
[326]200 fon vessel teportediy tuvelved in axene tragfte,
[328]cructed our Consulate General in Geergetewn to
[330]investigeta reports that commercial eargoes (which could coneeal
[331]diliet® arms
[333]traffie wut of Cube) bad developed between British
[334]Gulans and Culie. Investigations ta date have been negative.
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[339]Coeperated with the Foreign Assate Control Office of
[340]the Treasury Department in developing blocking eonteols with
[341]respect te Cuba whieh went inte effect on July 9, 1963.
[343]& Continued the inetellation of military comuniea~
[344]tions Kecilities in Levin America. Cperational dates for the
[345]wulti-channel radio stations te be iustalled im Menegua,
[347]‘Weerague and Tegucigelpe, Headuras have been delayed to 15
[348]Geteber 1962 and 18 Decerber 1963, feupectively because of new
[349]engiasering and eontenctual tequirementa, Hegetlattens are
[350]continuing with Coloubie end Eeuador for installation of U.S.
[351]wilitary adie facilities. Con
[353]wietion of a now commereial treng-
[355]istimian cable in the Pang
[357]sa Cone fone within the cesing meath,
[358]ie expected to Improve militery eommunientions within the
[359]~in-Chlef, U.S. Sewthern Command
[360]b. Continued the surveillance of Guba by U.S. Forces ,
[362]reporting ae before te 0.8. ndazs, orgentsationa end agencies.
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[366]al
[368]BSeporta of gurvedlieneé kava been dieseniuated to all whe have
[370]& tequirement te know.
[371]@. Eotabliiehed 2 24 hour per day, 7 days per week duty
[373]waten et the 0.8. Milidtery Grevps in the Caribbean coumtries in
[375]conjunction with tuplementetion of the military alerting system.
[377]Continuad efferte to staff the U.S. Southers Command Intelligence
[378]Center wlth preperly cleaged, trateed personnel (thia center is
[379]the wilitary fecal point toe relaying information couceraing
[381]the movement of subversives). Piiled, partially, the authorized
[382]billets in the U.S. Soothera
[384]took wider consideration the problem of en imeresen im the billee
[386]etrueture in the Centex. the Commaz
[388]Command together with bis tetelligence officer visited Bondures
[389]aad Nicaragua aud datermined thet wo eignificant preblems existed
[390]which would interfere with e€ective operations ta these
[391]countries.
[393]€. detion previously initiated by the Commander, U.S.
[395]Reval Forces, Southern Commend (COMUSNAVSO) to eastebiieh a Beall
[397]seit Inepeetion and Training Team (GCIATT) es « contribution tc
[398]the Caribbean Surveillance Syaten is progressing satisfactorily.
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[403]jignment of U.S. Coast Guoré personnel to SCIATT
[404]im the Canal Zone has been aperoved and the 0.8. Coast Guard
[406]hag teken appropriate implementing actions.
[408]@. During the perlod of thie zeport, the SCIATY con~
[409]ductes an ourthe-job training course at Pumtsrenes, Coste
[410]Rica. Traiming wee given to 13 members of the Guardia Civil
[411]ef Coste Riea whe wore. either eawly asgiened to the 40 faor.
[412]Goast Guard utiliey beate (CG@UBe) or were to be abetgned as
[413]geplacenest @raw members.
[415]&. A quavterly inepection and evalestion ef the cauns
[417]provided ether Central Anerican countries waa conducted ducing
[418]the perieé 17 to 31 Augest by a aebdle training team @tTT)
[419]made up of SCLATT persormmel.
[420]. @. Contiaued efferce to improve the internal security
[421]of Latin deerican armies through the mrevision of intel Ligenes
[422]ivisote. Presently these are ouch advisors segigned te 14
[424]| ‘Latia countries, emphasising counterintelligence aud counters
[425]subveraion.
[427]h. uring the reporting period HiTs cenducted tralaing
[428]in eounterineurgerey for the armed foxces of Coloubia, Bolivie,
[429]Venasusle, Tera end £1 Salvador.
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[434]i. Givyie detlon MTTe were sent to Cuatenale, Bolivia, i
[435]Colonbia, 21 Selvader, Jamaton aad Teudder.
[437]GIA Stations througheut hands fmerieca continued in a
[438]great majority of countries to fureieh co the local daternal
[439]jnom they axe in Liaison informe
[441]tion comeerning travelers te and from Cuba, ag well as such
[442]information es came te CIA's attention comeeraing the movenent
[443]of funds, ami and propagende waterial. Ia meay inetances, the
[444]fureiehing of information to the inte:
[445]the GTA Station was paralleled by tha Surmiehtar of similes
[446]information te the fotelen offices by the Aebescader of Ais
[448]i security service by
[450]repregentative. The gesponse te thie inforestion hes varied
[451]greatly. The Centeal deeriean countries, in geueral, begen to
[452]pay attention te the information ond teke action on de. At the
[454]éuring Che reporting period
[456]te follow ep on the iafermetion.
[458]a. RBeitereted te the Porelen Minister of Pera our
[459]imterest in having the facte of the Puerte Meldonade incident
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[463]brought. te the attention ef the O49, and urged thet this action
[465]hon 9 soon oe paseibie.
[466]be Uxged the Goverment of Guatemala te submde avideace
[467]e€ communist activity to che OAS,
[469]cen ee . . Lo . Lo. . cnet oe tele
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[473]Rivernctnncanceen
[476]intteucted imbesey Le Pan to follow uo elosely oa
[477]charges of involvement of Cuban mission in internal polities
[478]of Bolivia, and, at the Bubs
[480]say's disewetion, te point out to
[481]Bolivien officiale the opportunity for a possible aveck ia
[482]uéletions with Cuba. Rebaesy Le Pex was not able to press’.
[483]for @ break when the evidence of Cuban intervention did aot
[484]prove to be se conclueive ce originally reportad..
[486]Report trenenithiag the deeument to the goveramente
[487]and urging then te ispleneat the epecifte and general recom
[488]nigtions ¢ontained thereia as soon a6 possible.
[491]raat of the matters which wa wanted to hawe eoasidexed
[493]magua informed the Mlearseven
[495]duting the inforusl meeting of the Winieters of Security end
[496]interfer of the Iethuian countries hald im Mengeua, duguat
[497]26-28 in preparation for the second formal meeting of the
[498]Neneacve Se
[500]uzity Conference countries later thie year.
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[505]&. Resssured President Schick of Wlearegua fin tho
[506]most eephatic tarmm that the Nuclear Test Ban Trenty did net
[507]mean thet our attitude toward Cagtre hes altered in che
[509]slightest, end eteessed cur interest in seeing steady eroprese -
[511]by all the Isthelen coumeries im iuplemeating the recoumenda~ —
[512]tions of the Mandgue fee
[513]subversive efforts.
[515]city Conference to bieck Cuban |
[517]é Eepletined tn detail the asture of the Cuban theest
[518]and the celeted poll
[520]“y Gbjectives of the U.9., during conversa-
[522]mad ton with Me. Aden Wateon, newly
[523]appointed Unitish Aubasseder to Cuba.
[525]be Agency's pregs service during the reporting
[526]period trenemitted 12 articles, commentaries, and backgrounder:
[527]on ite wireless file service co USTA posts thicoughe wt i
[529]ica Spanish broadeasts to Latin Ameriece carried « total of
[530]28 commentaries and features on the sulject of Cuben-based
[532]subversion in addition to the weguler reporting of develoguents
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[537]&. In vessense to steading Agency ingtruetians eo give
[539]epectel attention to develooments veleged te Cuba~based
[541]gubveraion, USIS poste in Latin, America were prompt ta reporting
[543]inedéents ond in providing editerial comments fren the Letina
[545]feaglesa press, all of whieh wes used in the Ageney's radio and
[546]the main developments treated in the Agency's redie and
[548]prase eoverage included Castro’s July 26 2
[550]patch urging revelu-
[551]tions in Latin dmeriea, the diewovery ef terrecist seapons
[552]fectories iu Guayaquil, the Bouse « Vieo President's encushon
[554]Cuban tenponsibiliey for terrerdam, the statensnt by State
[556]Departaent Prees Officer Richerd Phillips that “poential
[558]gubversive agente” trem Cube te the Carfbbeaa area were passing
[559]through Gren Caymen, the expulsion of a Bolivian youth leader
[560]for veeaiving fondle toon Cubs, Castwe-trained tercariecs ia
[562]Honduras, /Relivien protests againuet unddidug by the Coben Eebaan;
[564]a. preying reporter fa
[565]tomtes on the,
[567]da the miner’s strike. <A Voles of Ameri.
[569]Letin dueries provided aeveral ceperte ad:
[571]gubversion picture in countries he viedted.
[573]e. Te auppert of the dgemey’s effort on Cuban-based
[574]subversion, the publications center in Mexico began work on
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[578]L
[580]Pas Sy .
[581]thres peuphlets during the pariod besed on Castro's report of «
[582]hie visit to the Soviet Uelon (showing that he coneradieted
[584]laien of Soviet progress) .
[585]wider Castro, and tha fate
[587]the losses suffered by Cuban Labor
[588]ef political gpgisosare im Cuba. “hen completed, thea pacphlers
[589]will be reproduced and distributed in quantity thrawwhewt the
[591]area.
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