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[35]REGISTRY
[37]f source: Latin America Division/DDO_ CONTROL NUMBER: __ SC-01755-77
[39]DATE OF DOCUMENT: _29 June 1977 DATE DOCUMENT RECEIVED. :
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[92]MEMORANDUM FOR: The Inspector General
[93]ATTENTION : Mr. Scott Breckinridge, Jr.
[94]VIA : Acting Deputy Director for Operations
[95]FROM : George V. Lauder
[97]Acting Chief, Latin America Division
[98]SUBJECT : Latin America Division Task Force Report
[99]of Possible Cuban Complicity in the
[100]John F. Kennedy Assassination
[101]1. Attached is the Latin America Division report of
[102]findings relative to Cuban complicity in the assassination
[103]of former President John F. Kennedy. This research which was
[104]conducted from mid-October 1976 to June 1977 at the direction
[105]of the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, E. Henry Knoche,
[106]reviewed all Agency operations conducted against Cuba from
[107]1 January 1960 to 1 January 1965 (concentrating on the period
[108]1 January 1960 to 22 November 1963). We found no definitive
[109]proof that the Castro regime was implicated in the Kennedy
[110]assassination.
[111]2. The report is comprised of the following sections:
[112]LAD/JFK Task Force - How Research was conducted
[114]Attachment A: Chronology of Findings (125 pages)
[115]with a Top Secret Annex (14 pages)
[117]Attachment B: List of Task Force participants
[118]Attachment C: Outline of the complete LAD/JFK
[120]Task Force files and description
[121]of their contents.
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[125]LCR EDL SENGEPIVE™
[127]This massive and thorough research effort with all back-up
[128]documents has been assigned the official classification
[130]number 019-604-001. This report is submitted in the format
[132]requested by Mr. Scott Breckinridge, Jr., Task Force Leader.
[134]Lye beets
[137]George V. Lauder
[139]Attachments, a/s
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[143]SECREFSENSHVE
[145]June 1977
[147]SUBJECT: Latin America Division/JFK Task Force How
[149]Research was Conducted
[151]1. The LA Division Task Force to investigate records
[152]in connection with the assassination of President Kennedy
[153]was formally organized in mid-October 1976. Its purpose,
[154]basically, was to research all Agency operations conducted
[155]against Cuba from 1 January 1960 to 1 January 1965
[156](concentrating on the period up to 22 November 1963) for
[157]any evidence that such operations might have provoked the
[158]Government of Cuba to take executive action against
[160]President Kennedy. Researchers were also alert to activities
[162]seemingly directed against the U.S./CIA.
[164]2. Reference to material for this research was obtained
[165]from the LAD Registry, the Cuba Desk machine runs, and a
[166]special comprehensive file listing prepared for this purpose
[167]by ISS (Information Services Staff). It was originally
[168]thought that material pertinent to the search would number
[169]approximately 900 operational folders, plus related 201°
[170]dossiers. It was later determined, however, that a thorough
[171]review should include additional operational and subject
[172]files which brought the total to well over two thousand files.
[174]In- view of the date of the material, much of it, both operational
[176]SENSITIVE
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[182]and subject ‘, has been retired to Archives at Warrenton,
[183]Virginia} The remainder is held at Headquarters in
[184]IP/Files or IP/Archives. All 201 dossiers are retained
[185]at Headquarters. This material is easily retrievable
[186]through the use of specific job numbers and file reference
[187]numbers recorded and retained in the LAD/JFK Task Force
[188]files (too numerous to cite herein.)
[190]3. Following is a breakdown of the types and numbers
[191]of files reviewed, criteria employed in the research, the
[193]findings, and organization of the material:
[195]a. Types and Number of Files Reviewed:
[196]1. Operational “1,729
[197](601 with findings and
[198]1,128 with no findings)
[199]2. Subject 547
[200](186 with findings and
[201]361 with no findings)
[202]3. Cuba Policy Files 101
[203]4. C/WHD Chrono Files (TFW Chronos) 37. (13 -49)
[204]5. Official 201 dossiers “"_100 plus
[205]TOTAL 2,514
[206]b. Criteria Used in the Research:
[207]As a guide the research group followed some
[208]33 Terms of Reference provided by the Deputy IG, which
[210]were compiled on the basis of issues raised in Book V,
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[217]of the Senate Select Committee Final Report on the
[218]Assassination. (Book V, and a 23 May 1967
[219]Memorandum for the Record by the Inspector General
[220]on Plots to Assassinate Fidel Castro, were required
[221]reading for the researchers.) In addition to the
[222]Terms of Reference, the group remained alert to other
[223]items of interest brought to its attention by the IG
[224]staff, on an ad hoc basis. A name trace was always
[225]run, and/or 201 dossier, if available, reviewed, on
[226]any individual allegedly involved in an assassination
[227]plot against President Kennedy or Fidel Castro. This
[228]task was made somewhat easier as the result of a
[229]memorandum prepared by the Cuba Desk, in August 1975,
[230]based on traces of the names in the Black Book that
[231]Fidel Castro passed to George McGovern which dealt
[232]with individuals allegedly involved in assassination
[233]attempts against Castro.
[235]c. Findings and Organization of the Findings:
[237]Each researcher submitted a draft paper noting the
[239]Subject of the folder (s) reviewed, a brief description of the
[240]activity, and a copy of the document (s) (findings) which
[241]contained information believed to be pertinent to the re-
[242]view. Also included were Job numbers, Official File
[243]numbers, inclusive dates of material researched, and
[244]number of volumes reviewed. Beginning in January 1977, at
[245]the request of the IG Staff, the researchers also began
[247]noting FBI and/or other government agencies knowledge of
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[252]information. Separate, finished, memoranda were prepared,
[253]on the basis of these data, including the heading Findings.
[254]This heading lists the specific document number (s)} and
[255]other pertinent data, and a few lines providing the gist
[256]of the document (s)} for purpose of easy and quick
[257]reference. These memoranda, with a copy of the document (s}
[258]attached, are filed in alphabetical order, by project and
[259]subject, in hard-back green folders as part of the official
[260]LAD/JFK Task Force files under the official classification
[261]number 019-604-001 (Volumes XI through XX). Also included
[262]in the records are two folders (Volumes IX and X) con-
[263]taining 1,439 draft memoranda with negative findings.
[264]4. Appended are the following:
[265]A) Chronology of Findings (125 pages) with
[266]Top Secret UMBRA Annex (14 pages);
[267]B) List of Task Force participants and their
[268]functions;
[269]C) Outline of the complete LAD/JFK Task Force
[271]files and description of their contents.
[274]ATTACHMENT A
[276]CHRONOLOGY of FINDINGS (125 Pages)
[277]with a TOP SECRET Annex (14 Pages)
[279]Code Word Material
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[284]CHRONOLOGY OF FINDINGS
[286]Anti-Castro Activities - Cuba 19-9-9
[288]HVCA 11020 dated 28 February 1964
[290]A Caracas Station asset reported an operation called
[291]"Plan Judas" being constructed at that time inside
[292]Cuba. The plan reportedly involved an internal
[293]uprising with the support of certain Cuban military
[294]figures conspiring against Fidel CASTRO. Key figures
[295]reportedly included Juan ALMEIDA, Efigenio AMEIJEIRAS
[296]Delgado, Pepin NARANJO, Regino BOTTI, and two COSSIO
[297]brothers. On 24 February 1964, Francisco SUAREZ
[298]Quinones, a JURE (Revolutionary Junta) member in
[299]Caracas, told U.S. Embassy officials that JURE was
[300]then sponsoring a plan to assassinate Fidel CASTRO and
[301]other high-ranking Cuban Government officials as part
[302]of an operation designed to incite an internal rebellion
[303]in Cuba. The Station reported this plan, speculating
[305]that it may be connected in some way with Plan Judas.
[307]DBA 77673 dated 15 July 1964 (FBI)
[309]Reported plan of Cuban exile leaders to assassinate
[310]selected Cuban Government leaders. Individuals involved
[311]included Byron CAMERON, owner of m.v. "Cayman Hope,"
[313]Teofilo BABUN Franco, co-owner of Antillean Marine Shipping
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[318]an
[323]Corp. and two BABUN employees, Oscar FERNANDEZ Veigo
[324]and Eliseo GOMEZ fernandez; also, Jose "Pepin" BOSCH,
[325]Julio LOBO Olavarria and Eduardo GARCIA of the Garcia
[326]Lines, New York City. One of the ship owners allegedly
[327]had contacts with the underworld through his partner,
[329]a former police officer from St. Louis with tie-in
[331]to elements of the ''Cosa Nostra."
[333]DBA 92798 dated 7 December 1964 (FBI)
[335]An FBI source reported an attempt to be made against
[336]Fidel CASTRO, Raul CASTRO and "Che" GUEVARA within
[337]Cuba during period 20 Dec 64 to 10 Jan 65 by a small
[338]elite group in La Cabana Military Base, Havana, which
[339]belonged to a security section inside of the Cuban
[340]Intelligence Service. Plans were to be carried out
[342]by Cubans in Cuba with no help from the U.S.
[344]Anti-CASTRO PM Operations 19-9-9
[345]DBA 43687 dated 20 June 1963 (FBI)
[347]On 18 June 1963 an unnamed representative of Ejercito
[348]Cubano Anticomunista (Cuban Anti-Communist Army) met with
[349]a representative of Santos TRAFFICANTE, described as
[351]a former gambling czar in Cuba and presently a member
[353]of the Mafia in the U.S., in an effort to obtain rockets,
[354]high explosives, and detonators for use in raids
[356]against Cuba.
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[362]DBA 45327 dated 12 July 1963 (FBI)
[363]Manolo AGUILAR, 829 S.W. 9th Avenue, Miami, leader
[365]of the Frente Revolucionario Anticomunista (FRAC)
[366](Anti-Communist Revolutionary Front) obtained some
[367]100 Beretta 7.65 caliber pistols with silencers which
[368]his organization planned to eventually use in Cuba to
[369]assassinate various Cuban leaders. AGUILAR allegedly
[370]obtained these pistols from an unidentified American
[372]who had connections with the Mafia.
[374]DBA 45895 dated 19 July 1963 (FBI)
[375]On 15 July 1963 the Miami News carried an article 'Back
[377]Stage with Bobby" by Hal Hendrix, which related growing
[378]speculation in Miami and Washington that Attorney General
[379]Robert Kennedy was quietly backing a new anti-Castro
[380]operation with exiles Manuel ARTIME, Enrique RUIZ Williams,
[381]and Roberto and Jose SAN ROMAN. All held high posts in
[382]Brigade 2506 (Bay of Pigs). Speculation linked Kennedy's
[383]close association with these exiles to a deal with
[385]Nicaragua through ex-President Luis SOMOZA.
[387]Anti-CASTRO PM OPERATIONS 19-9-9/1
[389]DBA 78251 dated 18 August 1964 (FBI)
[391]Reported plan of Cuban exile leaders to assassinate
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[399]selected Cuban Government leaders. Prices allegedly
[400]agreed upon were $100,000 to assassinate Fidel CASTRO;
[401]$20,000 for Raul CASTRO; and $20,000 for "Che"
[402]GUEVARA. This information was provided to the FBI
[403]by another Government Agency that allegedly had
[404]several meetings with one Byron CAMERON, Fort
[405]Lauderdale, Fla. CAMERON allegedly was acquainted
[406]with several policemen in St. Louis with ties to
[407]the underworld. CAMERON denied involvement with
[408]policemen connected with the underworld and said he
[409]had never discussed with anyone plans to assassinate
[411]Fidel or others.
[413]JMARC Operation - 19-120-15
[414]DIRECTOR 36823 (OUT 90086) 25 June 1960
[416]Cable to Mexico and Havana. Reported that five
[418]Castro agents recently left Cuba, 3 for Miami and
[420]2 for New York with task to abduct AMHAWK (Manuel
[421]Antonio VARONA y Loredo). Source was PELAEZ (fnu) thru
[422]BARKER's wife. Information was passed to the FBI.
[423]Suggested that VARONA be warned to take normal security
[425]precautions.
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[433]Deypiha lt Pad
[435]XAAZ 6269 (OUT 90031) 26 June 1960
[437]The Agency provided the above information on proposed
[438]abduction of VARONA to the FBI, and advised that the
[439]same information was being sent to I§NS. —
[441]JMARC - PM Operations General 19-132-2
[442]DIRECTOR 09972 (OUT 88974) 31 Oct 1960
[444]Cable to Guatemala giving details of training
[446]of assault force for paramilitary ops against Cuba.
[448]GUAT 821 (IN 1688 ) 13 January 1961 to BELL.
[450]FYI: Reported that Alexander ROURKE, free lance newsman
[451]from New York City in Miami, told ESOLEO-1 that Frank
[452]FIORINI and Dr. Orlando BOSCH of Miami, representing
[453]man in Cuba named DIEGO (fnu), were recruiting and -
[454]equipping force in Florida to assault Cuba 18 January.
[455]The organization was receiving financial aid from an
[456]organization in New York City known as Anti-Communist
[460]International Association. :
[462]DBF 90801 dated 10 March 1961 (FBI)
[464]New York FBI office advised that invasion of Cuba
[465]was to take place week of 6 March 1961 by members of
[466]an anti-Castro group from Nassau, Bahamas, British
[468]West Indies.
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[473]JMARC Program 19-120-15/2
[475]MASH 1470 (IN 38669) 6 Nov 1960.
[477]Cable to CIA Headquarters and Havana stating that
[478]RECAREY, (fnu), cousin of a Guat trainee, arrived
[480]MASH from Havana on 5 November to check bonafides
[482]of Eduardo OJEDA Camaraza. OJEDA had made contact
[484]with AMYUM/AMRUNG Havana and told details of MASH
[485]recruitment, training, names of trainees and mission
[487]in Guba. MASH feared AMRUNG/AMYUM may try kill OJEDA
[489]as Castro penetration/provocateur if bonafides not
[490]established.
[492]RIMM 5846 (IN 2708) 4 June 1961
[494]Radio message #84 from agent in Cuba advised "functionary of
[495]Italian Embassy by name of MORATORI says he works for one
[496]intelligence org. of yours, says he is in contact with
[497]Martin Elena and others and that you have plans for
[498]invasion within 30 days after killing Fidel. Advise if
[499]we can confide in MORATORI."
[501]BELL 0987 (OUT 9804) 6 June 1961
[503]Radio message #72 to agent 'MORATORI unknown to us. Do
[504]not confide in him. MORATORI's information of pending
[505]invasion within 30 days after killing Fidel not true.
[507]Beware of rumor mongers and provocateurs."
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[526]AMBLEAK 19-6-58/3,4
[528]UFG 2267 dated 23 January 1963
[529]Reported on activities of Manuel Antonio VARONA
[531]of "Rescate" (Revolutionary Democratic Rescue) in
[532]Costa Rica and other Central American countries re
[533]discussing Cuban situation with foreign ministers of
[534]those countries. While in Costa Rica he negotiated
[535]with local political personalities to recruit and train
[536]an anti-Commmist paramilitary force along lines then
[538]being developed in Colombia.
[540]AMBRUSH Operation 19-5-6
[542]Document dated 19 August 1961 (No document s 1
[543]Handcarried to Headquarters from JMWAVE. Document
[544]contains comments from AMPAL-1 on pro-Cuban sources
[546]in the U.S. He reported information from other sources
[547]that Fidel CASTRO is sending in many G-2 woren instead .
[548]of men for his clandestine operations between U.S and
[549]Cuba. Also reported that the Russians have spies in the
[550]Pentagon that pull for Fidel CASTRO, and agents in all
[551]branches of the U.S. Government of importance including
[552]the CIA. Further, that all people in Cuba picked up
[553]for working for CIA are done so because of information
[554]from these agents. The source was told of suspicions of
[555]one Eugenio, a Cuban. /COMMENT: SLIPSTREAM-1 in 1976
[557]advised that one Eugenio MARTINEZ in Miami was a Castro
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[561]agent. One Eugenio Rolando MARTINEZ Careaga was
[562]a Miami Station agent involved in the Watergate
[563]breakin./ There was no reference to assassination
[565]in this file.
[567]AMCANOE Operation 19-6-91
[569]TDCSDB 3/654,571 dated 9 May 1963
[570]Reported meeting on 7 May 63 between Paulino A. SIERRA,
[572]a Cuban lawyer from Chicago, and representatives of 43
[573]Cuban exile groups in Miami. SIERRA claimed he had
[574]backing of wealthy Chicago business people who were
[575]willing to loan up to $30 million dollars for the
[577]purpose of overthrowing the Castro Government. SIERRA
[578]said the money could be made available to organizations
[579]having the capability of carrying out clandestine activity
[580]in Cuba.
[582]WAVE 8743 (IN 43724) 22 May 1963
[584]A Miami Station asset reported information from Julio
[585]GARCERAN del Vall y Souza, of the PGCC_ (Pro-Constitutional
[586]Government of Cuba in Exile) who,on 9 May 63,said that
[587]Cuban exile groups were puzzled with regard to the American
[588]policy toward Cuba and the exile community. GARCERAN said
[589]that among persons who recently visited him were Enrique
[590]RUIZ Williams Alfert, a personal friend of Attorney
[592]General Robert F. Kennedy, and Jaime VARELA Canosa;also
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[596]PERULLERO (fnu). Those three reportedly represented
[598]a group of members of Brigade 2506 who had been
[599]training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. RUIZ Williams
[600]was trying to form a nucleus for an invasion force.
[601]GARCERAN had been offered use of a large ranch in Colombia
[602]for operations against Cuba but feared that use of such
[603]would create an international incident and provoke a
[604]war between Cuba and Colombia.
[606]Memorandum for the Récord by Carl Trettin 3 Mar 1964
[607]AMCANOE-1 reported that an acquaintance of his (un-
[608]identified), a businessman and ship owner with interest
[609]in slot machine business - placing them in gambling
[610]houses - placed the man in contact with elements an
[612]the underworld primarily through his partner, a former
[613]St. Louis police officer. Through the latter, there
[614]was tie-in with the Cosa Nostra. The Cosa Nostra
[615]interests alleged to have numerous contacts still
[616]available to them in Cuba and offered to assassinate
[618]Castro for $150 thousand dollars.
[620]UFGA_ 15233 dated 15 April 1964
[621]Report on a Byron CAMERON who said that he represented
[623]an unidentified group of persons who had made contact
[624]with two Cuban gangsters who were willing to kill Fidel
[625]CASTRO. CAMERON reportedly was associated with a Mr.
[626]S.W. TYLER (no identifiable traces) of Caribbean
[628]Producer, Inc., Miami Springs, Fla., and Herbert F.
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[636]JENNE (no traces) with the firm F.A. Johnson, Inc.,
[638]Fort Lauderdale, Fla. CAMERON was reported as
[640]allegedly belonging to the Mafia.
[642]UFGA 15954 dated 11 May 1964
[643]On 3 March 64 CAMERON held a meeting with Teofilo BABUN
[645]Franco, Oscar FERNANDEZ Viego, Eliseo GOMEZ Fernandez,
[646]Freddie GARCIA, Eddie GARCIA and Miguel Guillermo
[647]TRUYOL-Gimeno. CAMERON mentioned that he was in contact
[648]with an unidentified group who would be willing to
[649]assassinate select Cuban officials for cash: specifically
[650]CAMERON was interested in assassinating Fidel CASTRO,
[651]; Raul CASTRO and "'Che'' GUEVARA. They agreed on $100
[652]: lose thousand for Fidel, $20 thousand for Raul and $20
[654]| thousand for "Che.'' CAMERON made it fairly clear at
[656]the beginning that the Mafia was involved.
[658]AMCLOCK Production and Correspondence 19-6-133/4
[660](Currently PLSLSTEEL)
[661]ESGW 193 dated 2 September 1960
[663]Dispatch from Headquarters t@ Geneva\and [Bern )
[665]forwarding general requirements for asset. One
[667]question was precautions taken to prevent possible
[669]assassination attempts of top Cuban officials.
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[674]TDCSDB_3/651,885 dated 25 October 1962
[676]Reported view of Soviet diplomat on the Cuban
[678]Situation. The Soviet diplomat, Minister MOLYAKOV,
[680]told a Bloc diplomat that he thought the U.S. action
[681]with regard to Cuba was "an election affair.'' He
[682]professed to believe that Kennedy learned on an
[683]election tour that his popularity had dropped and .
[684]undertook the Cuban measure to "become the leader
[685]again,'' and gain mass support. Further, that it
[686]worked, and Kennedy again had succeeded in being
[688]the "man of the nation." The Soviet diplomat commented
[689]that the USSR would not let the American move go
[690]without retaliation. /COMMENT: This no doubt referred
[691]to the missile crisis.7
[692]TDCSDB 3/652,011 dated 1 November 1962
[694]Reported reaction of Satellite officials to the Cuban
[695]inissile developments. One remarked that Cuba was as
[696]important to the USA as to the USSR and thus conflict
[697]was inevitable. Some agreed that President Kennedy
[699]had made a tactical error in not simply invading Cuba
[700]without warning. An East European remarked that all the
[701]European nations had shown understanding of ''Kennedy and
[702]his ships, and would let him play around with them until
[703]the elections, but after the elections he would have to
[704]put them away and negotiate seriously." The source
[705]commented that it was clear that the officials had no clear
[707]insight into Soviet intentions, or what the real
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[713]ramifications of Cuba would be, but were talking to
[715]reinforce their faith.
[717]GNVA 6117 (IN 00894) dated 18 January 1964
[719]Report on Soviet Bloc officials' attitude towards U.S.
[720]internal political developments. An East European
[721]attributed the assassination of President Kennedy to
[722]the Birch Society but stated that something must have
[723]gone wrong at the last moment. He speculated that an
[724]attack on the USSR was to have followed on the heels
[726]of the assassination but had somehow been forestalled.
[728]GNVA_ 4523 (IN 38202 ) dated 19 December 1962
[730]Reported that Soviet offensive missiles were introduced
[731]into Cuba as part of a twofold Soviet-Cuba plan which
[732]was agreed upon ''several months ago.'' Emplacement of
[733]Soviet defensive missiles was to constitute the first
[734]phase. For the second phase, a major Soviet fleet unit
[735]was to have been invited to visit Cuba on a cruise. This
[736]was expected to cause immediate U.S. reaction, but the
[737]presence of Soviet fleet units surrounding Cuba was
[738]considered an effective guarantee that the U.S. would
[739]not resort to immediate invasion or other armed action to
[741]eliminate missile threat. Purpose of exercise was to force
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[746]a major change of U.S. policy towards Cuba. It was
[747]anticipated that U.S. reaction would be violent, and from
[748]the beginning the plan called for immediate withdrawal
[750]at the price of agreement by U.S. that it would end
[751]hostile attitude towards Cuba. The Soviets did not
[752]implement phase two. This disappointed and angered
[754]the Cubans. The Cuban leaders considered that the
[755]Soviets had besmirched its own honor and offended the pride
[756]of Cuba. KHRUSHCHEV composed a letter to President
[757]Kennedy proposing a deal concerning Soviet missile
[759]bases in Cuba and American bases in Turkey. KHRUSHCHEV
[760]reportedly later regretted the phraseology and not
[761]having consulted with Cuba prior to dispatch of the
[763]letter.
[765]GNVA 6316 (IN 31199) dated 3 March 1964
[767]Raul ROA said that prior to his assassination, President
[768]Kennedy "established certain contacts" with Cuba.
[769]Kennedy had sent emissaries to contact Cubans. ROA
[770]specifically cited contacts that had taken place in
[772]New York. ROA thought that Kennedy would have gone on
[773]to negotiate with Cuba, for practical reasons, which
[774]would have been to Cuba's advantage. He thought that
[776]President Johnson was unaware of Kennedy's actions.
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[781]AMCOBRA (later AMBANTY) Operation 19-132-11
[783]WAVE 7250 (IN 57364) dated 12 November 1963
[785]Radio message from agent. "The sewage chief of Havana was
[786]executed. He was accused of having given the sewage
[787]plans to the CIA in order to install the bombs that
[788]exploded during Fidel's speech to the Defense Committees."
[789]WAVE 7523 (IN 61119) dated 15 November 1963
[791]Radio message from agent. ''The obligatory military
[792]service makes us reduce intelligence information. I will
[793]have to decide between insurrection and departing Cuba.
[795]I have decided on insurrection. I hope you will help
[797]me with the weapons I need."
[799]"WAVE 7594 (IN 61966) dated 16 November 1963
[801]Message to agent. ''As you agreed when you were here,
[802]there can be no insurrection in Cuba until it can take
[803]piace simultaneously throughout Cuba. Such a total
[804]uprising is not possible at this time."
[806]WAVE 7593 (IN 61967) dated 16 November 1963
[808]Message to agent. "If you insist on precipitant action
[809]before the whole plan is ready you are going to draw all
[810]the enemy forces down upon you and the people of Pinar
[811]which will result in the complete destruction of every-
[812]thing you and your men have labored so hard to create.
[814]We cannot support an insurrection now. We will continue
[816]_ to support you and group as agreed upon."
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[821]WAVE 7707 (IN 62544) dated 17 November 1963
[823]Message to agent. We are unable to support insurrection
[824]in Pinar now because it would be premature.
[826]WAVE 8125 (IN 67382) dated 24 November 1963
[828]Message from agent. "Sincere grief and condolence for loss
[829]of the greatest leader and statesman of our time,
[831]John Kennedy."
[833]WAVE 8598 (IN 75428) dated 6 December 1963
[835]Message to agent. "Thank you for sincere condolences
[837]on death of President Kennedy."
[839]AMCOG Operation _19-6-63
[841]WAVE 1465 (IN 11710) dated 4 February 1964
[842]Agent reported that he was told that OSWALD was in
[844]Havana between 2 and 7 October 1963. A lady saw him in
[845]shirt sleeves, wearing good shoes and smoking American
[846]cigars accompanied by Clemente MORERA, an employee of
[847]Terminales Mambisas who belongs to the DSE. He (OSWALD)
[848]was seen by the sister of Comandante MIRANDA."
[849](COMMENT: Note document # 517-218 for FOIA Review on
[851]June 1976.7
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[856]Galbd podiawa iil
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[862]COMMANDOS MAMBISAS _19-126-45
[864]A 4 November 1963 Miami Herald article, and 12
[865]November 1963 Washington Post article revealed that
[866]Fidel CASTRO was extremely upset at the recent
[867]successes of the Commandos Mambisas raids targetted
[869]principally against sugar cane industry.
[871]AMOONCERT Project - 19-6-41
[873]‘The Agency began this project in March 1960. Its
[874]objective was to provide information on plans and
[875]activities of the Government of Cuba and opposition
[876]to the GOC. The principal asset was Francisco
[877]VARONA Alonso (201-234983.). VARONA was recruited
[878]in April 1959 to elicit information from contacts in
[879]Cuba. He was arrested in April 1961, released, and
[880]returned to Miami in February 1962. He was used by
[881]Miami Station as an informant and terminated February
[882]1969 for being unproductive, unreliable, a poor
[884]security risk, and hostile to the U.S. and the U.S.G.
[886]Leen nee
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[892]Control of Guban Travelers 200-9-49
[894]KNGS 0948 (IN 54974) dated 5 November 1963
[896]On 15 October 63 Dominican student Carlos Manuel
[898]CABRAL Lofontaine attempted to enter Cuba via Kingston
[899]ostensibly to attend architect conference. Jamaican
[900]authorities, suspecting the trip to be a pretext,
[901]returned CABRAL to the Dom. Rep.
[903]The First Secretary of the Cuban Embassy Ottawa, Osvaldo
[904]RELOVA, visited Kingston from 14-21 October 1963,
[905]purpose unexplained. While there he lived in the
[906]Consulate the entire stay.
[908]HABA 12,838 dated 5 November 1963
[910]Report concerning unofficial irregular air service
[911]established between Cuba and Brazil, for transportation
[912]of political rather than commercial travelers.
[914]POSN 0340 (IN 54917) dated 5 November 1963
[916]On 25 October 1963 a Russian plane arrived in Pointe-
[917]A-Pitre, Guadeloupe, with 60 passengers. 41 transferred
[918]to Panama for Rio; the remainder left on the "Russian"
[919]plane. / COMMENT: note on cable states that the Cubans
[921]were returning from architects congress./
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[926]AMCOVE Operation 19-6-93/2,3,4
[928]WAVE 7356 (IN 58343) dated_10 November 1963
[930]Re security crackdown in Cuba, largest since early
[931]1961. Believed to be due to discontent among Cuban
[932]populace re economic failures, and CASTRO's fears of
[933]impact of recent raids on Cuba which would increase
[934]spontaneous sabotage inside Cuba which he may interpret
[935]as meaning U.S. Government has stepped up activities to
[936]overthrow his regime. CASTRO plans to counter these
[937]aspirations by USG with full use of police powers and
[938]repressive measures.
[940]TDCSDB 3/658,075 dated 27 November 1963
[942]All Cuban combat units were confined to bases
[944]effective 23 November 1963. Following news of death
[945]of President Kennedy, Defense Committee members and
[946]personnel at certain work centers in Cuba began to
[947]celebrate event.
[948]. AMCOVE-1 SW Message #60 dated 24 November 1963
[949]Reported strange activities at the Brazilian Embassy
[950]in Havana following news of President Kennedy's death
[952]22 November 1963.
[954]wood
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[958]AMCOVE-I SW Message #66 dated 5 December 1963
[960]Report giving names of travelers from Prague on
[962]22 November 1963; travelers from Spain on 23
[963]November 1963. Also, report that high figures of
[964]CASTRO regime were very nervous on the day of
[965]Kennedy's death. This information came from
[966]AMCOVE-11 who obtained it from a doctor friend,
[967]who obtained it from a Navy Comandante who was not
[969]a sympathizer of the regime.
[971]AMCOVE-1 SW Message #68 dated 6 December 1963
[973]AMOOVE-11 fOr. Pedro Antonio RODRIGUEZ Inigo} reported
[974]"yumors in Cuba that Lee OSWALD, assassin of Kennedy,
[976]was photographed in Varadero and Pinar del Rio, and
[978]that his (sic) sister, employed at Cuban Embassy Mexico,
[980]was a prisoner in Dallas, Texas, with personal documentation
[981]of OSWALD and $65,000 dollars. Swiss Ambassador Havana
[982]told employees that Lee OSWALD was an associate of
[984]Fidel CASTRO."
[986]AMCROAK Operation 19-6-97
[988]MADR 9866 (IN 74333) dated 5 December 1963
[989]AMCROAK-1 (Dr. Bernardo MILANES Lopez) discussed an
[991]operational plan with AMOT-2 (Joaquin SANJENIS Perdomo)
[993]oc
[996]UaUiial i el
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[1003]which consisted of elimination of high GOC personalities.
[1004]MILANES had not mentioned the plan to the case officer.
[1005](MILANES was recruited by CIA in Madrid in December 1963.
[1006]“At the time of recruitment he was involved with a
[1008]group planning to kill CASTRO, a completely extra- CIA
[1010]affiliation.)
[1012]MADR 9928 (IN 78595 dated 11 December 1963
[1014]The above plan mentioned by MILANES concerned the
[1015]physical. elimination of Fidel CASTRO, Raul CASTRO,
[1017]and ''Che'’ GUEVARA. MILANES said that seven persons
[1019]were involved in the plan and that they had studied
[1021]it for eight months. The case officer told MILANES that
[1022]the USG did not look with approval on such activities,
[1023]but he would pass the information on. /to his supervisors{
[1024]DIRECTOR 88949 dated 12 December 1963
[1026]In discussions with MILANES he was to be told that
[1028]a coup against CASTRO resulting in ouster of CASTRO and
[1029]the Commmist regime was an internal affair for which
[1030]only Cubans could be responsible. That in the event of a
[1031]real coup against the CASTRO regime, the U.S. Government
[1032]was prepared to render full support, upon invitation,
[1034]UFGA 13793 dated 27 January 1964
[1035]When discussing the plan with MILANES, the case officer
[1037]No bee S| eb oud de
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[1041]_ learned that Mario SALABARRIA Aguiar was one of
[1043]the principal planners. When the case officer told
[1044]MILANES that the US Government did not condone such
[1045]actions, MILANES replied that in view of our lack of
[1046]support of this undertaking, he considered it not
[1047]prudent to reveal further details, but added that he
[1048]actually did not know the names of any other possible
[1049]participants and had only a general idea of the scheme
[1051]which was to waylay CASTRO as he was leaving an apartment.
[1053]UFGA 13794 dated 28 January 1964 (JMWAVE to Hgs.)
[1055]In January 1963 Fidel CASTRO asked MILANES what he
[1056]thought of President Kennedy and his relationship
[1057]with Fidel. MILANES replied that Fidel probably
[1058]underestimated Kennedy, that the latter by no means was
[1059]illiterate or the imbecile Fidel often described him
[1060]to be, and in the long mm Kennedy would be Fidel's
[1061]undoing. Fidel laughingly replied that he would be
[1062]the one who ruined Kennedy because within eight months
[1063]Fidel would have Latin America burning. Fidel made an
[1064]obscene motion and said he would have Kennedy "in the
[1065]air."
[1067](COMMENT: Mario SALABARRIA, who worked closely with
[1069]MILANES, reportedly drew up the assassination plans
[1071]tos Gd eae Ep Ne ee
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[1075]and allegedly obtained money and weapons from the U.S.
[1076]MILANES and SALABARRIA were arrested in mid-1965.
[1077]SALABARRIA was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment. As
[1078]of May 71 his name appeared on a list of prisoners
[1080]of Guanajay Prison, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. MILANES,
[1081]according to one of his sub-sources, served only a
[1083]few years of his sentence because of collaboration with
[1084]the Cuban Government. As of 1973 MILANES reportedly
[1085]was living in Miami, Florida and had been singléd out
[1086]for elimination by members of the Cuban exile community
[1088]in Miami. 7
[1090]CUBANA Airline Manifests (non-CS) No File
[1092]The Cubana Airline Manifest for 27 Noveinber 1963,
[1093]showing air travel from Mexico City to Havana, lists
[1094]one Gilberto LOPEZ PP #310162. /See separate file
[1095]on Gilberto POLICARPO Lopez, both the 201-741600, and
[1096]the file set up ‘by LAD/JFK Task Force./
[1098]Cuban Army of Liberation 19-9-17
[1100]DBA 80042 (FBI). dated 14 July 1964
[1102]Concerns an interview of Julio LOBO in July 1964,
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[1106]nie)
[1107]fou, Wale Wh
[1109]- 23 -
[1111]LOBO claimed he was contacted by Teofilo BABUN and asked
[1112]to contribute $100,000.00 toward a plot to assassinate
[1113]Fidel CASTRO and other Cuban leaders. The assassins
[1114]were described as three or four "Chicago-type Cosa
[1115]Nostra" individuals who would be going to Havana, Cuba
[1117]on other legitimate business.
[1119]CUBAN Developmental Operations 19-120-40
[1121]UFGA 4176 dated 31 May 1962
[1122]Dispatch from JMNAVE Station to Headquarters Task
[1124]Force W, concerning. the debriefing of Dr. Jaime CARBONELL
[1125]Rivero, former nightclub operator in Havana, about two
[1126]proposals by him to assassinate Fidel CASTRO. Both plans
[1127]were considered amateurish and not acceptable by CIA
[1129]officers in Miami.
[1131]CUBAN Foreign Relations 19-9-2
[1133]DBF 47612 (FBI) dated 27 April 1960
[1135]This document deals with Luis CONTE Aguero, a former
[1136]JMNAVE Station asset, and controversial personality.
[1138]CONTE, in the U.S. as of April 1960, among other things
[1140]Hai tca sy Nee a
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[1144]associated himself with the White Rose Organization
[1145]through his nephew Carlos RIVERO Collada. /COMMENT:
[1146]RIVERO was one of the ransomed returnees from the Bay
[1147]of Pigs, December 1962. In 1978 he defected to Cuba,
[1148]saying he had been a CASTRO agent and penetration of
[1149]exile organizations in the U.S. all the while.7
[1150]/COMMENT: OONTE in 1960 was attempting to be placed
[1152]in charge of anti-Cuban programs of the "Voice of the
[1153]Americas.'' Hgqs. has speculated that CONTE Aguero
[1154]might be iden/with Bernardo MORALES, recipient of a
[1155]letter dated 29 November 1962 from a Jose MENENDEZ in
[1156]Cuba concerning a plot to assassinate President Kennedy.
[1157]See LAD/JFK Task Force folder on CONTE/.
[1159]The FBI informant learned that a person by the name of
[1160]Roberto had requested biographical and personal information
[1161]from the Cuban Foreign Ministry on a fnu BEATON and
[1162]CONTE Aguero for writing of articles concerning:-these
[1163]persons, for the "Fact Sheet." Roberto may be iden/w
[1164]Robert TABER listed in a 6 April 1960 New York Times
[1165]article as a member of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.
[1166]TABER reportedly had made trips to Havana, Cuba from
[1168]New York City to confer with Fidel CASTRO.
[1171]13-00000
[1173]CUBAN GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES IN MEXICO 50-9-12
[1175]Mexico City Station Telta eration Against
[1177]Cuban Embassy - LIENVOY) (Job #64-518/84)
[1179]FOLDER #20 (Covers Teltap Traffic 20 Aug - 2 Sept 63)
[1180]30 Aug 63 - Incoming call to Embassy. OSVALDO with
[1182]JORRIN. OSVALDO says he is one of the scholarship
[1184]holders and wants to speak with AZCUE.
[1186]FOLDER # 22 (Covers 24 Sept - 3 Oct. 63)
[1188]HMMA 22252 dated 4 October 1963
[1190]24 Sept 63 - Call to Embassy at 1707 hours from Prensa
[1191]Latina reporter to Fernandez ROA. Asks if Embassy has
[1192]any statement about the supposed attempt against CASTRO.
[1193]ROA says they have no declaration; it's the work of the
[1195]sick mind of the pseudo-Cubans in Miami. (Item #18).
[1197]24 Sept 63 - Cali from Embassy at 2007 hours from Raul
[1199]to OSVALDO, saying Saturday they are having a party. (Item #290).
[1201]24 Sept 63 - Call to Embassy at 1835 hours. Luis PRIETO
[1203]calling in to Luisa asks her if what they are saying about
[1204]Fidel is true; he has been so alarmed that he has called
[1205]everyone. Luisa says if they kill Fidel or do something
[1207]it's worse yet because what remains is terrible. (Item #574).
[1211]whe es
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[1219]Erne, Caw
[1221]- 26 -
[1223]24 Sept 63 - Call to Embassy at 1258 hours. Woman
[1225]calling in asks LLAGOSTERA (Cuban Embassy gardner) if
[1227]. he knows about the attempt against CASTRO. LLAGOSTERA
[1229]says he knows nothing. She asks if the news comes from
[1231]Miami. He says yes. (Item #272).
[1233]25 Sept 63 - Call to Embassy at 1731 hours. OSVALDO
[1234]calling in asks to speak with AZQUA, so that he will get
[1235]the medicine for them and LLAGOSTERA. After informing
[1236]OSVALDO that he isn't there, suggests that he call the
[1237]Condesa Pharmacy, ask for the medicine and pass the
[1238]bill to the Embassy. OSVALDO accepts. (Item #343).
[1240]25 Sept 63 - Call to Embassy at 1754 hours. Woman from
[1241]the Condesa Pharmacy says that they made a request for
[1242]Sr. Osvaldo HERNANDEZ of Chiapas 148, but as it concerns
[1243]about $300 (pesos) she wants to know if she should
[1244]supply it. LLAGOSTERA says he will let Srita. MECHE
[1246]know if she should dispatch it. MECHE accepts. (Item #404).
[1248]25 Sept 63 - Call to Embassy from male university student
[1249]to man in Embassy, to tell him that a few minutes ago
[1250]they heard news that Fidel had died and they wanted to
[1251]know if it were true. He says it is news from Miami
[1252]going around a few days ago; that yesterday's newspaper
[1253]from Havana says Dr. Fidel CASTRO is enjoying perfect
[1254]health. (Item #954).
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[1259]26 Sept 63 - Call from Embassy at 1721 hours. Raul in
[1260]Embassy talks with Osvaldo. Osvaldo talks to him about the
[1261]exams he's having all this week and next. Osvaldo asks
[1262]if,. they are collecting tomorrow, Saturday's the party.
[1264]That about the dirty thing will be left until next week.(Item 714
[1266]27 Sept 63 - Call to Embassy at 1054 hours. Silvia talks
[1267]with Guillermo RUIZ (DGI). RUIZ still has not been able
[1268]to speak with the Consul and that's why he hasn't called
[1269]her. Silvia asks him to give her the Consul's number
[1270]because there isn't any time for that. RUIZ says don't
[1271]get angry; and asks if she wants to speak directly with
[1272]him. Silvia says yes. RUIZ says it's 11-28-47. She
[1273]says fine. (Item #191).
[1275]2 Oct 63 - Call from Embassy at 1206 hours. Teresa
[1276]talks with Sra. Neus and says the Ambassador wants
[1277]the History of the CIA, all the latest books, a copy
[1279]of each one. Neus says they will be sent. (Item #452).
[1281]/COMMENT: The name "Osvaldo" is mentioned in several
[1282]conversations. In one he gave his name as Osvaldo
[1283]HERNANDEZ and resided at the same place as the Cuban
[1284]Ambassador, whose last name is also HERNANDEZ. It is
[1285]speculated that they might be related. Traced Osvaldo
[1286]HERNANDEZ, but could not positively identify him for
[1287]lack of more data.7 /COMMENT: Above is the only call
[1289]made by or to Silvia (DURAN) on the 27th of September
[1291]Sake Gan Cee oie
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[1295]the day on which Lee Harvey OSWALD reportedly came
[1297]to the Cuban Embassy, according to Washington Post
[1299]article dated 26 Nov 76.
[1301]FOLDER #25 (Covering teltap from 15 Nov - 30 Nov 63)
[1303]22 November 1963
[1305]ITEM 038 Page 1
[1306]1648 hours - Long Distance call from Vera Cruz.
[1308]Caller (SAMA) (Ovilio SAMA, Cuban Vice Consul in Vera Cruz).
[1310]Receiver Ambassador HERNANDEZ Armas.
[1312]HERNANDEZ :
[1314]HERNANDEZ :
[1316]HERNANDEZ :
[1318]HERNANDEZ :
[1320]Tells SAMA that tomorrow's meeting will have
[1322]to be postponed until another Saturday at the
[1323]same time because he has another invitation and
[1324]possibly will have to leave.
[1326]Accepts and asks if there is any instructions
[1327]regarding the recent incident.
[1329]Says no, all is perfectly well.
[1331]Says yes, there is some instruction concerning
[1332]Kennedy's death.
[1334]Says no, that the thing is very lamentable, but
[1335]"we are here as always."
[1337]Says that the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps will
[1338]call at eight in the evening to go give their
[1339]condolences, but they will not go.
[1341]Gives him the reason, and asks that he explain
[1344]13-00000
[1346]to the Dean that they cannot go because of the
[1347]lack of diplomatic relations between the two
[1349]countries.
[1351]ITEM 084 Page 2
[1352]Hour not specified - Call to the Embassy.
[1354]Caller (Guillermo OCHOA de Novedades), spoke with
[1356]Receiver (PEREGRINA) inside the Embassy.
[1358]OCHOA : Called to say that that afternoon he went to
[1359]the Embassy to see if there was an article for
[1360]the newspaper regarding Kennedy's death.
[1362]PEREGRINA: Told OCHOA that the Ambassador had been invited
[1363]to a dinner and that OCHOA should call back at
[1364]5 o'clock in the evening at which time she will
[1365]tell him something about the matter. PEREGRINA
[1366]tells OCHOA to wait a minute, then says that the
[1367]Ambassador has not arrived yet and up to now has
[1368]not said anything. She tells OCHOA he can call
[1369]back later if he wishes.
[1371]OCHOA : Said that he would call that night.
[1373]ITEM 101 Page 2
[1374]1730 hours - Call to Embassy.
[1376]Caller (Unidentified man) calls LUISA (inside Embassy)
[1378]Caller : Asks if she knows the latest news.
[1380]LUISA :  Jokingly said "yes, of course, I knew about it
[1381]almost before Kennedy ."
[1383]Caller : Laughs and comments that that is very bad.
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[1388]LUISA
[1389]CALLER
[1391]LUISA
[1392]CALLER
[1394]LUISA
[1395]CALLER
[1397]LUISA
[1399]CALLER
[1401]In principle they thought it was one of those
[1402]reactionary extremists who was against the
[1403]integration and all ... but it seems that they
[1404]apprehended a man who is nothing more than the
[1405]president of one of those Fair Play for Cuba
[1406]Committees.
[1408]Says she also knows that.
[1410]As of yet nothing is confirmed but it appears
[1411]that whoever did it was crazy, independently
[1412](so deranged) that he could have blamed that
[1414]to Kennedy... say the international conditions
[1415]and internal conditions in the United States...
[1416]because...
[1418]And more external principally.
[1420]That's why I say international... one can see
[1422]a sufficient effect and not suffer a big change,
[1423]with a change of President or with a thing of
[1424]this type ... above all...
[1426]Was it a gringo (American) that killed him?
[1427]Yes, but he said he had been in Russia, that he
[1428]wanted to become a Russian citizen, but Russia
[1429]didn't want to give him the citizenship.
[1430]Surprised...said listen, how do they know those
[1431]things over there?
[1433]He knows Russian well, and moreover this fellow
[1435]went with Fidel's forces into the mountains,
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[1440]LUISA
[1441]CALLER
[1442]LUISA
[1444]CALLER
[1446]LUISA
[1448]CALLER
[1450]LUISA
[1452]or wanted to go, something like that. Who
[1453]knows how the thing was?
[1455]Serious.
[1457]Asks how much more they know over there?
[1458]Almost precisely that. They heard about it
[1459]sometime ago and now they are ...
[1461]That is very bad. He was eating with some
[1462]friends and commenting on the magazine
[1463]Politica which had just come out, when one
[1464]arrived and gave ‘them the news. That really
[1465]surprised him and he thought they were being
[1466]kidded.
[1468]She was looking at the magazine but her friend
[1469]must have accidentally taken it away.
[1471]Said his friend commented that a Mexican
[1473]had killed him (Kennedy) because he (the
[1474]Mexican} realized that the United States had
[1475]taken Texas from them and he killed the
[1476]President for vengeance; that it was all a
[1477]joke but they didn't believe him until he said
[1478]that they should turn on the radio; that's
[1479]when they heard about it. The last thing he
[1480]heard, a little while ago, is that the fellow is|
[1481]someone named OSWALD. They believe he is the
[1482]one but he hasn't confessed anything.
[1484]But they already know that he speaks Russian
[1486]and belongs to a pro-Cuba committee. They
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[1491]CALLER
[1493]LUISA
[1494]CALLER
[1496]LUISA
[1497]CALLER
[1498]LUISA
[1500]CALLER
[1502]LUISA
[1504]CALLER
[1506]LUISA
[1508]- 32 -
[1509]know that he wanted to be naturalized, but the
[1511]man hasn't confessed.
[1513]Says the reason may be they are trying to find
[1514]out something about the man, because...
[1516]Says wait a mimute, can you tell me?
[1518]We thought that if it had been, or appeared
[1520]to the public to be one of the segregationist
[1521]or those opposed to integration that had
[1522]assassinated Kennedy, that there mig lt be a
[1523]Civil struggle, or a Civil War in the United
[1524]States. Considering the critical situation
[1525]the country is going -through, they will find
[1526]a resolution to that man, no? Already it is
[1527]more international. Are they going to find out
[1528]for certain, who knows? Let's see what happens.
[1529]Laughs and asks what will happen.
[1531]Who knows?
[1533]Figuratively, one, two, three, and already
[1534]there are three. (She laughs). What barbarians!
[1535]That will probably be the topic of conversation
[1536]at Silvia's party today.
[1538]It was cancelled because they couldn't go.
[1540]Asks why.
[1542]"So they can later say that we were celebrating
[1543]Kennedy's death" (sic). /COMMENT: appeaxs that
[1544]transcriber left out negative -!can not say/.
[1546]Silvia agreed to change the party to next week,
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[1551]CALLER
[1552]LUISA
[1554]CALLER
[1555]LUISA
[1557]CALLER
[1558]LUISA
[1560]CALLER
[1561]LUISA
[1563]CALLER
[1565]but not to coincide with the funeral (laugh).
[1566]One must take that into consideration.
[1568]What will be after the sorrow, the mourning,
[1569]and all that junk.
[1571]Asks where she is going to stay now.
[1573]Says that she plans to move to the doctor's
[1574]house tonight.
[1576]Asks. if all is known there. ’
[1577]Says yes, but she doesn't know how everything
[1578]is or if they have to stay at the Embassy;
[1579]however, she believes that it will not be
[1580]possible today, because everyone left for the
[1581]airport and there isn't a car at the Embassy.
[1582]Possibly tomorrow morning, instead of going to
[1583]the study group, she will move.
[1585]Said he would talk to her tomorrow.
[1587]Said that he should inquire at the Embassy or
[1588]at the house. It she doesn't stay at the
[1589]Embassy, she will go to her house, where she
[1590]will be by 10.
[1592]Concurs.
[1594]ITEM 118 Page 2
[1595]1721 hours - Call to the Embassy.
[1597]CALLER (identity unknown) wants to talk with FERNANDEZ Roa.
[1599]RECEIVER (PEREGRINA) says he is outside of Mexico and there
[1601]utes | eee
[1603]is no one there from the news department.
[1608]13-00000
[1610]CALLER : Says he is from the revolutionary newspaper
[1611]and would like the opinion of Dr. Roa regarding
[1612]the assassination of Kemedy.
[1614]PEREGRINA : Repeats that Roa is in Havana, and with
[1615]regards to Kennedy, they can't say anything
[1616]because they know nothing about it and the
[1618]Ambassador isn't around at the moment.
[1620]ITEM 159 Page 3
[1621]1744 hours - Call to the Embassy.
[1623]CALLER (Norma) tells Bertica (in the Embassy) that at this
[1624]moment the following news story is appearing
[1625]on the teletype: "Interrogation of young
[1626]OSWALD who assassinated President Kennedy, says
[1627]that he was in the Soviet Union, married a
[1628]Soviet woman, wanted Soviet citizenship but
[1629]wasn't granted it. He is president of a pro-
[1630]Cuban committee called PERPLEX (Fair Play)
[1631]for Cuba. The note says that these committees,
[1632]pro-Cuban, are committees that fight ... without
[1633]sympathizers of Fidel CASTRO and make
[1635]propaganda for the Cuban Government."
[1637]ITEM 205 Page 3
[1639]Hour unknown - Call to Embassy.
[1641]CALLER (female) Asks LLAGOSTERA (Cuban Embassy gardner)
[1642]if he has the radio turned on.
[1644]LLAGOSTERA: Says yes.
[1646]ea al
[1648]at
[1650]LG acd Uae aW
[1653]13-00000
[1655]are Free rey a
[1656]- 35 -
[1658]CALLER : Asks if LLAGOSTERA heard the news that an
[1659]attempt was made on life of Kennedy.
[1661]LLAGOSTERA: Says no. He changed the conversation and said
[1662]that his wife and son, Pepito, were arriving
[1663]the coming month.
[1665]CALLER : Said that is good and asked LLAGOSTERA
[1667]to turn on the radio at 1,000 because that's
[1669]where the news was given.
[1671]LLAGOSTERA: Agrees.
[1673]ITEM 236 Page 3
[1674]1319 hours. - Call to Embassy.
[1676]CALLER (COTY) Asks LLAGOSTERA if he is listening to the
[1677]the radio.
[1679]LLAGOSTERA: Says yes.
[1681]COTY : Asks if it is true that Kennedy has been killed.
[1683]LLAGOSTERA: Says no, but that an attempt was made against
[1684]his life.
[1686]COTY : Says there is no radio where he is and he
[1687]doesn't know what is going on. They say that
[1688]he was shot three times and died. At that
[1689]moment it was being given in a bulletin and that
[1690]LLAGOSTERA should turn on the radio to hear the
[1691]news. |
[1693]LLAGOSTERA: Says he will.
[1695]Ube vind, Cuacivdddil
[1697]13-00000 .
[1699]ITEM 275 Page 4
[1701]yutbua i y rma acid
[1703]- 36 -
[1705]Hour not given - Call to the Embassy.
[1707]ROGELIO
[1709]CALLER
[1710]ROGELIO
[1712]ITEM 294 Page 4
[1714]CALLER (Female) Asks ROGELIO to come to see her right away
[1716]because she has something very important
[1717]to tell hin.
[1719]Asks if it is to tell him that Kennedy was
[1720]killed.
[1722]Says yes.
[1724]Says he already knows it.
[1726]1340 hours - Call to Embassy.
[1728]CALLER (Alejandro) Advised LLAGOSTERA that he will be in the
[1730]LLAGOSTERA
[1731]Alejandro
[1735]Alejandro
[1737]LLAGOSTERA
[1739]ITEM 302 Page 4
[1741]Foreign Relations office in case the man
[1742]calls.
[1744]Says that's fine.
[1746]Said ''you know that your patron died, no?"
[1747]Yes, very well.
[1749]That there was an attempt against Kennedy's
[1750]life, and it seems that he died.
[1752]Said he did not know that. That he will
[1753]call back later. .
[1755]1350 hours - Call from Embassy to Tele # 35-54-12.
[1757]Jorge ROJAS
[1759]Asks his wife, Cachita, if she knew about the
[1761]news.
[1764]13-00000
[1766]Cachita
[1768]ROJAS
[1769]Cachita
[1771]ROJAS
[1772]Cachita
[1774]Cachita
[1776]- 37 -
[1778]: Said yes, that they were just giving it on the
[1779]radio.
[1781]: Said what a dreadful thing.
[1783]: Replied what imbeciles, what do they gain with
[1784]terrorism.
[1786]: Who knows what will happen now.
[1788]: Changed the subject and told her that "the
[1789]airplane arrives after four" and that he is
[1790]going over there right now.
[1792]: Said she will wait for him.
[1794]ITEM 317 Pages 4 & 5
[1795]1400 hours - Call to Embassy
[1797]CALLER (COTY) Asks LLAGOSTERA if it's confirmed.
[1799]LLAGOSTERA
[1801]LLAGOSTERA
[1803]LLAGOSTERA
[1805]: Said yes, that's correct, may his soul
[1806]rest in peace.
[1808]: Asks if the plane arrived.
[1810]: Said the plane will arrive at 4:15.
[1812]: Said it was strange that LANDRIAN or MENA
[1813]had not called him, because he had some
[1814]things of theirs.
[1816]: Said that's correct.
[1819]13-00000
[1821]Se oo. Et
[1822]Wh Uaiind | Gai.
[1823]- 38 -
[1825]ITEM 339 Page 5
[1826]1402 hours - Call to Embassy
[1828]CALLER (PENA) Asks for ROGELIO.
[1830]LLAGOSTERA : Said he wasn't in.
[1832]PENA : Said he called to tell him the news.
[1834]LLAGOSTERA : Said they already know it.
[1836]PENA : Said then he is happy.
[1838]LLAGOSTERA : Said no, the only thing they desired, was
[1839]to make hima ..... of flowers.
[1841]PENA : Laughed and agreed.
[1843]ITEM 347 Page 5
[1844]1405 hours - Call to Embassy.
[1846]CALLER (CONCEPCION's wife) Tells LLAGOSTERA that when
[1847]her husband, (Oscar CONCEPCION) arrives, tell
[1848]him that he left some candies "here".
[1849]/The CUIS had a commo drop in Mexico City
[1850]referred to as Candy./
[1852]LLAGOSTERA : Said he will, but if Oscar arrived at home
[1853]first, to tell him that the airplane arrives
[1854]at 4:15.
[1856]CONCEPCION's wife : Agreed and said that the problem is
[1857]that she bought some candies to send to VEGA
[1859]but her husband forgot them.
[1863]Wied | Vase
[1865]13-00000
[1867]Wuakeb
[1869]LLAGOSTERA
[1872]Wife
[1874]LLAGOSTERA
[1877]Wife
[1879]LLAGOSTERA
[1882]Wife
[1884]we
[1886]- 39 -
[1888]: Said, today a good man died.
[1890]Asks who.
[1892]: Responded, Kennedy.
[1894]Laughs.
[1896]: Said, poor man, may God have him in glory.
[1898]Laughs again.
[1900]ITEM 522 Page 8
[1901]1330 hours - Call to Embassy.
[1903]CALLER (Female unidentified) Asks if LUISA knows about the
[1905]LUISA
[1906]CALLER
[1908]~ LUISA
[1910]CALLER
[1912]LUISA
[1914]CALLER
[1916]LUISA
[1918]CALLER
[1920]news of Kennedy's death.
[1922]: Surprised, says it is a lie and asks who.
[1923]: Said in an attempt in Texas.
[1925]: Again surprised, LUISA questions if the news
[1927]is official and asked when it occurred.
[1929]: It happened at 1300 hours.
[1930]: Becomes joyful and says “how great!"
[1932]: Langhs and indicates that his (Kennedy's)
[1934]brother and wife were also injured.
[1936]: Laughs and says again, “how great, nevertheless,
[1938]I don't believe it."
[1940]: Says turn on the radio.
[1943]13-00000
[1945]LUISA
[1947]CALLER
[1949]LUISA
[1951]CALLER
[1953]LUISA
[1954]CALLER
[1956]LUISA
[1957]CALLER
[1959]LUISA
[1961]CALLER
[1963]LUISA
[1965]CALLER
[1967]LUISA
[1969]CALLER
[1971]: Asks for her husband whom she hasn't seen.
[1972]: Said "he was here, but he left."
[1974]: Said she has been waiting for him for a while
[1976]because she has to give him a list of people
[1978]to review (or revise).
[1980]: Told LLAGOSTERA that he should turn on the
[1982]radio.
[1984]: Again rejoices and says how great it is.
[1986]: Became serious and asked if LUISA knows the
[1988]consequences.
[1990]: Says "good."
[1992]: Said she felt sorry because he was a man
[1994]and the father of a family.
[1996]: Said she felt sorry because he was a father,
[1998]but he was ''a degenerate, unfortunate, an
[2000]aggressor."
[2002]: Apart from his politics with Cuba, she
[2004]didn't believe anything had been resolved;
[2006]"one must now wait to see what will happen."
[2008]: After asking her to wait, asked what more was
[2010]said.
[2012]: Said they have now been given the news; he
[2014]has died, was shot three times in the face.
[2016]: Said perfect. Now I'm going to come down.
[2018]: Replied, good.
[2021]13-00000
[2023]ITEM 571 Page 9
[2024]1344 hours - Call to Embassy.
[2026]NICO (Called in) Asked if any calls had come for him.
[2028]LUISA
[2029]NICO
[2030]LUISA
[2032]NICO
[2033]LUISA
[2035]NICO
[2037]LUISA
[2039]NICO
[2041]LUISA
[2043]NICO
[2045]BLU Ceri e
[2047]: Until now, nothing.
[2048]: Asked if VACILIO had called.
[2049]: Said, no, only SOLORAZANO called saying
[2051]it was not possible for him to send the note
[2052]because of a problem. For major reasons it
[2053]was not possible that day; maybe not until
[2054]Monday. If he wishes to speak with him, he
[2056]will be at 21-35-70 until one in the afternoon.
[2058]: Correct.
[2060]: Said that NELA just called to give her the
[2062]news of Kennedy's death and the wounding of
[2063]his brother; that it happened in Texas. Asked
[2065]what NICO thought about it.
[2067]: "can you imagine!"
[2069]: Laughs and adds that that is all for now;
[2071]that the list is almost ready, she is finish-
[2073]ing the last page.
[2075]: Says okay. Asks what time the airplane will
[2077]arrive.
[2079]: Says.at 4 and that at 4:30 they must be at the
[2081]airport.
[2083]: Says okay.
[2086]13-00000
[2088]ITEM 594 Page 9
[2089]Hour not given - Call to Embassy.
[2091]CALLER (YOYA) Asks LUISA if she has already heard the
[2093]news.
[2095]LUISA : Says yes.
[2097]YOYA : Asks what she thinks of it.
[2099]LUISA : "Well, I don't know. I still don't know what
[2101]opinion to have about it."
[2102]YOYA :"What brutes. A good shot, Direct. Listen,
[2103]now they are going to say that it was from
[2105]here; that it was some Quban."
[2107]LUISA :"That is possible, then if they don't say it,
[2108]they will die."
[2110]YOYA : "That is certain."
[2112]LUISA ot Changed the conversation and asked how her
[2113]mother is.
[2115]YOYA : Said she is better; that when she arrived
[2117]at the house, she received the news and it
[2118]caught her by surprise.
[2119]LUISA : That even he was caught by surprise.
[2120]YOYA :"Yes, well if he was alerted, they would
[2121]have done nothing; what brutes! What is going
[2122]to happen today, is that it was some Cuban."
[2123]LUISA: “That it will be a problem for world politics.
[2124]It is a large problem; enormous."
[2125]YOYA :"It is going to be that."
[2126]LUISA :"Now no way, it already happened, and it
[2128]happened in Dallas, Texas."
[2131]13-00000
[2133]FOLDER #25 -
[2135]SMT] Canewa lil
[2137]- 43 -
[2139]25 NOVEMBER 1963
[2141]ITEM #93 Page 1
[2142]0946 hours - Call to Embassy.
[2144]’ CALLER
[2146]RECEIVER
[2147]CALLER
[2149]JORRIN
[2150]RETTY
[2152]JORRIN
[2154]FOLDER #25
[2156]Asks for ROA.
[2158](JORRIN) Replied that he wasn't in.
[2159]Identified self as John RETTY, BBC
[2160]Correspondent from London. Asked receiver
[2161]if he had read the report in that day's
[2162]EXCELSIOR (Mexico City newspaper), about
[2163]the presence in Mexico in September of the
[2164]presumed assassin of Kennedy.
[2166]Said he hadn't read anything.
[2168]Said that OSWALD was here in Mexico and went
[2169]to the Cuban Embassy asking for a visa to go
[2170]to the Soviet Union; and that he also
[2172]was in the Soviet Embassy. RETTY asked if
[2173]JORRIN could confirm the story.
[2175]Said RETTY would have to call the Consulate
[2176]later on 11 28 47 -- 55.
[2178]27 NOVEMBER 1963
[2180]ITEM #26 Page 1
[2182]1026 hours - Call to Embassy.
[2184]CALLER (Male) From Ultimas Noticias says that they have had
[2187]13-00000
[2189]CHELO
[2191]CALLER
[2193]CALLER
[2195]PEREGRINA
[2196]CALLER
[2197]PEREGRINA
[2199]oF a he i Ra his a ae
[2201]a cable from Havana stating that an employee
[2202]of the Foreign Relations Office of the
[2204]embassy had been badly treated with regard.
[2206]to finding out about OSWALD's passport; OSWALD,
[2208]Kennedy's assassin. That they would like to
[2209]confirm if it is true.
[2211]Ignores him, since they had not received the
[2212]cable directly from Havana.
[2214]Said Cuba had protested against Mexico for
[2215]that action.
[2217]Said, wait a moment. The embassy has no news
[2218]concerning that particular --
[2220]Tells PEREGRINA that the cable is from Miami.
[2221]A radio transmission from Havana was picked
[2222]up. Minister Raul ROA announced that he had
[2223]delivered a protest to Ambassador Gilberto
[2224]BOSQUES of Mexico against the Mexican
[2225]authorities who had arrested Silvia DURAN, an
[2226]employee of the Cuban Embassy, supposedly
[2227]concerning OSWALD's passport.
[2229]Said they had no news with regard to that.
[2230]Asked if the arrest took place.
[2232]Said no, they have no news of that.
[2234]13-00000
[2236]CUBAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES 19-5-1
[2238]OOA 3/215,189 dated 27 March 1962
[2240]Concerns Fidel CASTRO*ts intelligence service that
[2241]operated out of the 13th floor of the INRA Bldg., in
[2242]Havana. Appears that its mission was to infiltrate
[2243]counter-revolutionary groups operating in Cuba and the
[2244]U.S. Juan ORTA was head of it before he defected to the
[2245]U.S.
[2247]OOA 3/215,192 dated 27 March 1962
[2249]Concerns agents of Fidel CASTRO's intelligence service.
[2250]Luis TACORNAL made several trips to the U.S. on missions
[2251]for Fidel. TAQORNAL told Juan ORTA he was recruited by
[2252]Rolando MASFERRER to form resistance unit in Havana.
[2253]ORTA told TACORNAL to carry out mission to see how many
[2254]counterrevolutionaries he could get to join the
[2256]resistance unit.
[2258]DBA 67028 (FBI) dated 24 March 1964
[2260]Concerns interview of Harry DEAN in California on
[2262]10 December 1963. DEAN said he was connected with July
[2263]26th Movement as early as 1958; visited Havana and saw
[2264]Juan ORTA personally in June 1960; and on return to
[2265]Chicago joined the FPCC (Fair Play for Cuba Committee)
[2267]at the instigation of Cuban Consul in Chicago. DEAN
[2270]13-00000
[2272]met in Cuba man by the name of Frank VEGA who spoke
[2273]perfect English, and is believed to have identified
[2274]himself as G-2; was disturbed that DEAN saw ORTA
[2275]before seeing him (VEGA).
[2277]CUBAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES - General 19-5-1
[2279]CSCI 3/764 ,016 dated 20 February 1961
[2280]Jose PAZ Novas, an exile formerly with the G-2, reported
[2282]that Juan ORTA worked for the Premier's group; a group
[2283]of intelligence operators who worked directly under
[2285]Fidel CASTRO with offices on the 18th floor of the INRA
[2287]" Building.
[2289]CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL (CRC) 19-124-25
[2291]UFGA 3926 dated 1 May 1962
[2292]Dispatch from JMWAVE Station to Headquarters. Noted
[2294]that the Station had major concern with regard to the
[2295]extent and scope of non-CIA support, in the clandestine
[2297]field, to the Cuban exiles and to the Cuban underground.
[2299]WAVE 6617 (IN 98730) dated 1 April 1963
[2301]Cable from WAVE to Headquarters, states widespread
[2303]anti-Kennedy, anti-U.S. reaction to U.S. State Dept.
[2305]red | Cssuill
[2307]13-00000
[2309]ban on travel of Cuban exiles outside Dade County, Fla.
[2311]DGI_ (GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE) Organization,
[2313]Functions, Policies, Standards (Soft File)
[2315]CSCI 3/777,001 dated 10 July 1963.
[2317]Bureau. "N'' in the National Section of the G-2 was
[2318]charged with controlling six targets including hotels,
[2320]casinos and former gambling groups.
[2322]DGI - Targets and Assignments (Soft File)
[2324]Cross-reference fom, 3 September 1963 (FBI doc?)
[2326]. Subject of document - Alwin Artilano ODIO TAMAYO y Suarez.
[2327]"Target of greatest importance was to penetrate Cuban
[2328]Army of Liberation to determine date of any possible
[2329]invasion of Cuba. Leaders were to be identified to be
[2331]assassinated later."
[2333]DGI_- Guerrilla and Miscellaneous Training of Foreigners
[2334]Soft File
[2336]TDCSDB 3/657,936 dated 18 Nov 1963
[2338]Source AMTURVY-1 (Arturo Maria de Jesus VERONA Alonso),
[2339]from sub-source, a militiaman: As of 17 November 1963
[2340]rumors were circulating that Fidel CASTRO may have left
[2342]Cuba for China or the Soviet Union.
[2345]13-00000
[2347]- Ag -
[2349]DSE - DEPARTMENT OF STATE SECURITY A-13 - General
[2350]Non-Official file - No file no. - Soft File
[2352]TDCSDB 3/656,765 dated 20 September 1963
[2354]A Bogota [idfoapsource reported that Manuel PINEIRO
[2355]said that the Cubans were aware of two CIA agents among
[2356]delegation of U.S. students; also, that the CIS was
[2357]aware of an assassination plot against Fidel CASTRO by
[2359]a group in the GOC being directed by CIA.
[2361]DSE - Soft File
[2363]CSCI_3/779,828 dated 4 February 1964
[2365]Report on Mario GUTIERREZ, nicknamed 'Mayito'', a Cuban,
[2366]who in February 1964 was residing in the U.S. In 1959
[2367]he. was working in hotels and night clubs and acting as
[2368]a penetration agent for the Cuban Intelligence Service.
[2369]GUTIERREZ and Manola ALVAREZ worked for the Chief
[2371]of "N' Bureau of the National Section of the G-2 Secret
[2373]Aparat in Havana.
[2375]AMDOSE Project _19-6-77/2-4
[2377]OSMA_ 14727 Att. A. dated 2 January 1962
[2378]SW message from agent, AMDOSE-1, dated 7 December 1962,
[2380]includes the statement "the majority of us hope that
[2382]Kennedy finishes with Fidel before Christmas." /Seems to be
[2384]BOT ones Voge
[2386]13-00000
[2388]more a statement of mood or feeling rather than fact.7
[2390]AMEMBER Operation 19-6-116/2,3,4
[2391]Memorandum to the DCI from the DDP dated 10 June-1964 _
[2393]Concerns plans of Cuban exiles to assassinate selected
[2394]Cuban Government leaders. Persons, who were parties to
[2395]this action, advised Agency officers of plans to
[2396]assassinate certain Cuban leaders. Further advised there
[2397]was tie-in with elements of Cosa Nostra with on-island
[2398]contacts who could do the job. Agency officers made
[2399]clear that the U.S. Government would not ‘condone such
[2401]action.
[2403]AMFAUNA Project 19-6-50/3
[2404]UFGA 10,085 dated 24 July 1963
[2405]Dispatch from JMWAVE Station to Headquarters, advised
[2407]that AMFAUNA-1 reported that a friend of AMFAUNA-7
[2408]was planning to assassinate Fidel CASTRO before the 26th
[2410]of July and wanted financial support.
[2412]SW Message from AMFAUNA~1 received 30 July 1963
[2414](Mge #134 dated 15 July 1963)
[2415]AMFAUNA-7 reportedly asked AMFAUNA-1 to inform the
[2417]latter's friend abroad (CIA) about A-7's plans to
[2420]13-00000
[2422]- 50 -
[2424]assassinate CASTRO and to request financial support. A-1
[2425]said he was one of the five persons who knew the identity
[2426]of the person who was organizing it, but could not reveal
[2427]it, even to CIA, because those Cubans believed that
[2429]U.S. policy toward Cuba had been so wrong that the U.S.
[2430]Government agencies must have been penetrated by traitors
[2431]to democracy. A-1 said he did not believe in assassination
[2432]but felt it was his duty to report it. A-1 said the
[2433]conspirators didn't know him (A-1) at all, that they knew
[2434]only A-7, but they did know that the above information
[2435]reached CIA.
[2437]WAVE 2086 (IN 91617) dated 2 August 1963
[2438]On 23 July 1963 an unidentified individual said he was
[2440]raising money for the purchase of more dynamite to use in the
[2441]assassination of Fidel CASTRO. He said that he was one of
[2442]six men plamning to kill Fidel. RENGO (fnu), formerly
[2444]an official of the CASTRO Government, was leader of the
[2446]group. They planned to trigger an explosion in a sand truck
[2447]when Fidel went by. If not killed by the explosion, Fidel was
[2448]to have been shot by five of the group who would close
[2450]in on hin.
[2452]WAVE 2316 (IN 95289) dated 8 August 1963
[2454]SW Message #143 dated 1 August 1963
[2455]Reported information from a Bernardo ALVAREZ Mon, that
[2457]an attempt on CASTRO's life had been prepared for 26 July
[2459]_ ten: hoo
[2460]See ac ee
[2462]13-00000
[2465]banquet at the Presidential Palace. A large caliber
[2466]machine gun on a tripod had been discovered behind a
[2467]curtain. AMFAUNA-1 said that this had nothing to do
[2468]with AMFAUNA-7's plan which was still pending.
[2470]UFGA 13428 dated 15 January 1964
[2472]Dispatch from JMWAVE Station to Headquarters, reported
[2473]information from fis. Xe-iJon 8 Jan 64 indicating that
[2474]there had been a general roundup in Cienfuegos, which
[2475]began on 26 Dec 63, possibly in connection with a
[2476]suspected plot against the life of Fidel CASTRO. At
[2477]least 17 persons were arrested. One person appeared to
[2478]be AMLAME-5 (Luis PUIG Tabares 201-329604). Neither
[2479]AMFAUNA-26 nor AMLAME-5 were believed to be involved
[2481]in any plot against the life of Fidel, but could have been
[2483]high on the general suspect list.
[2485]FRENTE REVOLUCIONARIO DEMOCRATIOO 19-9-11/1
[2487](Democratic Revolutionary Front)
[2489]UFGA 1933 dated 24 July 1961
[2490]Dispatch from JMWAVE to Headquarters, transmitting an
[2492]operational plan presented to WAVE Base by Raul F.
[2494]HERRERO Morales, Member of the Executive Board, Frente
[2495]Revolucionario Jose A. ECHEVARRIA. HERRERO was told
[2496]by a WAVE Base contact that the Agency could not help
[2497]him. The plan called for the physical elimination of
[2499]Fidel CASTRO, several members of the Cuban Communist
[2502]13-00000
[2504]Party, the Soviet Ambassador in Cuba, a few members
[2505]of the Minister's Council and some other 2,000 persons
[2507]connected with the Commmist Party or Cuban Government.
[2509]‘FRENTE REVOLUCIONARIO DEMOCRATICO (FRD) 19-9-11 (General)
[2511](Revolutionary Democratic Front)
[2512]DBF 71256 (FBI) dated 15 January 1962
[2514]On 19 January 1961 Thomas Frank MIKA and Thomas Lawrence
[2515]KANE told the Chicago FBI office the following: KANE said
[2516]he was recruited into the CASTRO movement in Miami in May
[2517]59, went to Cuba, became disillusioned and returned to
[2518]the U.S. in December 1959. He visited the FRD office in
[2519]Chicago, and was advised of a plan to assassinate the
[2520]principal members of the CASTRO regime; Fidel CASTRO,
[2521]Raul CASTRO, and ''Che" GUEVARA. Allegedly members of the
[2522]FRD sounded out KANE for participating in such an attempt.
[2523]If the mission could be successfully executed, the
[2525]members participating would be paid $500,000.00.
[2527]AMHIM Project _19-126-41/3,4
[2529]UFGA_ 15383 dated 8 May 1964
[2530]Dispatch from JMWAVE Station to Headquarters. AMHIM-2
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[2535].
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[2540]- 53 -
[2541]learned during a visit to San Juan, Puerto Rico
[2542]9 in late March 1964 that Manuel RAY Rivero, leader of
[2543]JURE (Cuban Revolutionary Junta), planned to infiltrate
[2544]Cuba. Included in RAY's plans was a plot to kill Fidel
[2545]CASTRO.
[2547]‘JUNTA REVOLUCIONARIA CUBANA (JURE)
[2548](Cuban Revolutionary Junta) _.
[2549]SJAN 0884 (IN 44753) dated 4 January 1963
[2551]_ Manuel RAY Rivero, head of JURE, told SKDIKE-1
[2552](San Jose Station source) that JURE was then concentrating
[2553]( on infiltrating Cuban militia through which he hoped
[2555]: ultimately to effect the assassination of the Cuban
[2557]! hierarchy.
[2559]WAVE 7824 (IN 05509) dated 13 June 1964
[2561]‘Manuel RAY Rivero on 11 June 1964 denied to AMCARBON-1
[2562](JMWAVE Station contact) that he and JURE were receiving
[2563]CIA help. He indicated, however, that he was getting
[2564]non-specific help from Tad SZULC of the New York Times,
[2565]Karl MEYER of the Washington Post, and Sam HALPER of
[2567]Time.
[2569]Waves; wee de a
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[2577]The ZRKNICK section, because of its
[2578]classification - TOP SECRET UMBRA - is
[2579]included as an annex. According to Mr. King,
[2580]Richard King, the Comint Control Officer for
[2581]the Office of Sigint Ops, the material should
[2583]retain that classification.
[2585]peace:
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[2593]- 55 -
[2595]AMLACE Operation 19-6-62/2,3,4
[2596]Memorandum to Chief, TFW/FI from{ FW. Flott]dated
[2598]1 October 1962
[2600]AMLACE-1 was asked about succession in the event
[2601]of CASTRO's death. He responded in October
[2602]1962 that in the event of CASTRO's death, even
[2603]the gusanos (worms) say it would be useless to
[2604]kill Fidel. No one thinks that his death would
[2606]be useful to the counter-revolution.
[2608]AMLEG Operation 19-6-80/2 3,4
[2610]DIRECTOR 33866 dated 19 April 1963
[2612]Cable from Headquarters to the Hague, stating
[2613]that approval has been granted for sabotage
[2614]of Cuban ships ranging from delaying ship
[2616]to putting ship out of commission.
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[2621]LGiiad | Uiawwl
[2622]- 56 -
[2624]DIRECTOR 34099 Dated 20 April 1963
[2625]Cable from Hqs. to the Hamb..and Fran, stating sabotage
[2626]program against Cuban shipping of suffictently high
[2628]priority to require utilization any appropriate asset.
[2630]HAGU 3698 (IN 22804) Dated 22 April 1963
[2631]Proposed that AMLEG-29 place a four hour delay explosive
[2633]"CLAM to one of 34 drums of "TETRAHYDROFURAN" which
[2634]to be loaded on the deck of the HAVANA.
[2636]DIRECTOR 35006 Dated 24 April 1963
[2637]Cable from Hqs. to HAGU, BRUS, HAMB, FRAN, CASB, RABA
[2639]stating U.S. Govt policy calls for all feasible forms
[2640]pressure on CASTRO Regime to inhibit its success and
[2641]culminate in disorder leading to its downfiall. Realize
[2642]motivation of assets will be major key to success ops,
[2643]and that difficulties will be encountered due their
[2644]interpretation USG policy, Burden of positive motivation
[2645]thus rests on case officers involved who must decide each
[2646]case on own merits and use considerable judgement to
[2648]induce cooperation.
[2650]DIRECTOR 41673 Dated 21 May 1963
[2652]Sabotage operation failed for reasons yet unclear.
[2653]Prohibition on use explosives or incendiary devices has
[2655]been removed. All addressees now urged consider utilization
[2657]full range sabotage and harrassment techniques against Cuban
[2660]13-00000
[2662]Ue viibd | Ceicoidive
[2663]- 57 -
[2664]ships and cargoes. Now appears AMLEG agents generally
[2666]unsuited for violent sabotage.
[2668]DIRECTOR 39186 Dated 11 May 1963
[2670]Restriction on sabotage applies only to explosive
[2672]and incendiary type actions such as limpets and shape
[2673]charges. Wish to explore possibility of non-violent
[2674]methods of sabotaging Cuban ships. Wish to minimize ~
[2675]USG sponsorship of sabotage acts whenever possible.
[2677]This program is to be held on stict need to know basis.
[2678]Therefore, no briefing of State personnel without prior
[2679]Hqs. approval. Request for approval in most cases will
[2680]be denied. Rationale for revision is that State fully
[2681]represented in approval this program and may brief their
[2682]Chiefs of Mission thru own channels if they wish.
[2683]/RESEARCHER COMMENT: In view of large number of persons
[2684]briefed on the program in a short period of time, it
[2685]appears likely that the Gov't of Cuba could have possibly
[2686]learned of the program by June 1963, some four months |
[2687]before the assassination of President Kennedy. The State
[2688]Dept. approved the operation and Ambassadors were to be
[2689]informed on a strictly "need to know basis.'' There was
[2691]a minor flap when it was learned that Amb. McArthur
[2693](Belgium) was informed of the program./
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[2703]- 58 -
[2705]AMLEO Operation 19-6-75/2,3,4
[2707]UFGA 15995 Dated 2 June 1964
[2709]In February 1963 AMLEO-3 (Capt. Jose Ricardo RABEL
[2710]Nunez) Cuban defector, in debriefing claimed that he
[2711]had high-level anti-Communist contacts in the GOC
[2713](whom he refused to name) who would listen to Rebel
[2714]Army exiles but would take no positive action with them
[2715]unless they demonstrated their power by eliminating
[2716]Fidel or carrying out other strong action that would
[2717]prove they had strong outside backing. RABEL said that
[2718]the death of Fidel would be the best way to change
[2720]the Government of Cuba. / | COMMENT : RABEL was used
[2722]in relation to the AMTRUNK Operation. He returned to
[2723]Cuba on his own in 1965. RESEARCHER COMMENT: Appears
[2724]possible RABEL may have been CIS provocation agent
[2725]whose mission was to convince the CIA or some exile group
[2727]to try to undertake a plot to assassinate Fidel./
[2729]LIAISON with Department of the Army (ACSI) re Cuba_19-2-12
[2731]WAVE 1196 (IN 07492) Dated 20 June 1964
[2732]A letter from AMSHOT-1 (now SLFREE-1) on-island, dated
[2734]8 January 1964, advised that one Francisco BLANCO
[2735]was arrested on 17 Oct 1963 for involvement in a planned
[2736]assassination of Fidel CASTRO. BLANCO was employed by the
[2738]Office of Planificacion (sic) JUCIPLAN. JMWAVE Station
[2741]13-00000
[2743]provided a copy of the letter to local FBI office.
[2745]LIAISON WITH OTHER U.S. AGENCIES 19-2-4
[2747]DIRECTOR 03964 Dated 8 December 1962
[2749]Hqs. CIA Cabled Secret Service, FBI and State Dept.
[2750]Security, giving text of a letter from Havana, dated
[2752]27 November 1962, concerning a plot to assassinate
[2753]President Kennedy. Letter also stated that Fidel was
[2754]very anxious to know how plans were progressing. Letter
[2755]was addressed to a Post Office Box in Miami belonging
[2757]to the Radio Libertad La Voz Anti-Comunista de America.
[2758]Since the addressee was unknown to members of Radio
[2759]Libertad, one of their Maimi reps. passed the letter to
[2760]a contact of JMWAVE Station. Addressee was Bernardo’
[2761]Adalberto MORALES-Rivero. /COMMENT: See CUBAN Foreign
[2762]Relations 19-9-2, DBF 47612, 27 Apr 1960.7
[2764]DIRECTOR 04013 Dated 8 December 1962
[2766]Hqs. CIA provided White House Secret Service, FBI and
[2767]State Dept Security with traces on Bernardo MORALES,
[2768]above, who entered the U.S. in May 62 on fraudulent visa.
[2769]DBA 28980 (FBI) Dated 12 December 1962
[2771]Advised the Agency that the FBI had no information iden/with
[2772]MORALES-Rivero, intended recipient of the above letter,
[2774]or Jose MENENDEZ, the sender.
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[2778]13-00000
[2780]phd agp Geiaeoe LRG
[2782]Ws Seiad
[2783]- 60 -
[2785]UFGA 15233 Dated 20 April 1964
[2786]JMWAVE Station forwarded to Hqs. Special Affairs Staff,
[2788]copy of a report on Byron CAMERON which it had sent
[2789]locally to the FBI. A usually reliable source reported
[2790]that CAMERON said he was representing an unidentified
[2791]group of persons who had made contact with two Cuban
[2792]gangsters who were willing to kill Fidel CASTRO.
[2794]DIRECTOR 23308 Dated 22 May 1964
[2796]Hgs. CIA sent to State Dept. EYES ONLY to CRIMMINS and
[2797]BOWDLER, message which Harvey SUMM asked CAS Miami Station
[2798]to transmit to Office of Coordinator of Cuban Affairs,
[2799]‘Dept. of State. During visit to SUMMS office 21 May, .
[2800]Tad SZULC mentioned conversations he had had with Manuel
[2801]RAY of JURE within past few days. RAY expressed appreciation
[2802]for help he had received thus far from USG, and said he
[2803]could use more. |
[2805]DBA 73544 (FBI) Dated 8 June 1964
[2807]Memo from FBI Newark, N.J. office. Reportedly man or
[2808]men working for H.L. Humt, Texas millionaire, discussed
[2809]the possibility of doing away with Cheddi Jagan or CASTRO
[2810]or both. Was on private basis; not in any way connected
[2811]with U.S. Government. Reportedly the CIA knew about it
[2812]though.
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[2817]Melita dj Gael d
[2818]- 61 -
[2820]DIRECTOR 61320 Dated 2 November 1964
[2822]Cable from Hqs. to WAVE, stating FBI requested
[2824]declassificatin of pages 1,8,10 and 11 of FBI
[2826]Miami Report, 20 December 1963, File # 105-8342,
[2828]Subj: Lee Harvey OSWALD, based on WAVE info. dated
[2830]7,11,12 December 1963. Material required for use
[2832]Warren Commission.
[2834]AMLILAC Operation 19-132-29/1,3,4
[2836]UFGA 13775 dated January 1964
[2837]Dispatch from JMWAVE Station to Hgs. Special Affairs
[2839]Staff providing a list of sabotage and caching attempts
[2840]and the results, conducted during January 1963 through
[2841]January 1964. There were 7 successes out of 25 attempts;
[2842]several failures; most were cancelled for one reason or
[2843]another. .
[2845]MEMORANDUM Dated 3 June 1964
[2847]Lists following sabotage operations (raids) run by CIA
[2848]from 1 August 1963 to date of memo. Those from Aug to
[2849]Nov were:
[2851]19 Aug 63 - attack on sulphurig acid plant at Santa
[2852]Lucia, Pinar del Rio Province; considerable fire damage.
[2853]30 Sep 63 - sabotage operation to destroy a lumber mill
[2854]in Baracoa, Oriente. Heavy damage was inflicted.
[2856]21 Oct 63 - an underwater demolition team attacked a
[2858]dredge in La Isabela harbor, Las Villas Province. Vessel
[2861]aap ORS Or ETT ES
[2863]13-00000
[2865]was sunk.
[2867]15 Nov 63 - had information that Cuban defense forces
[2868]were on the alert and possibily forewarned of upcoming
[2869]operations.
[2871]23 Nov 63 - sabotage operation against sawmill postponed
[2873]indefinitely.
[2875]AMLISP Project __19-6-59/3
[2877]SW Message #352 dated 24 January 1964, from AMLISP-1
[2878]reported an attempt on life of Fidel CASTRO that failed
[2880]because one of the conspirators talked. Was to have been
[2881]carried out at meal in Jagua Castle. Many persons in
[2883]Cienfuegos allegedly were executed.
[2885]SW Message. # 44 dated 18 March 1964 to AMLISP-1
[2887]Agency requirements were sent to asset for more details
[2888]on all assassination attempts and plots against CASTRO
[2890]by civilians or disaffected military.
[2892]SW Message #390 dated 14 March 1964 from AMLISP-1
[2894]Reported conversation with a Cuban military officer
[2896]who said "they can prepare it (a coup d'etat) but when
[2897]its ready the government will pull the string and squash
[2898]it, because everything was under control." It is unknown
[2899]whether this information was sent to the FBI or other
[2901]agencies.
[2904]13-00000
[2906]AMLOAN Operation 19-6-79/3
[2908]EGGA 3171 Dated 2 November 1964
[2910]Dispatch from Hamburg Base to Hqs. On 15 Oct 1964,
[2911]after publication of the Warren Commission Report,
[2912]untested source Prof . Pater SIMON] reported the
[2913]following to AMLOAN-1 (@vitheim Bernhardt John KESSLER. J
[2914]Fnbstorcaine the information from well-known Cuban
[2915]scientist APIAGAS (fnu) in Havana on 23 November 1963.
[2916]APIAGAS claimed he was at the Havana Airport, by chance,
[2917]on 22 Nov 63 when at 1700 hours an aircraft with
[2918]Mexican markings landed and parked at the far side of the
[2919]field. Two men whom he recognized as Cuban "gangsters"
[2920](identities not given), alighted, entered the rear
[2921]entrance of the administration building and disappeared
[2922]without going through the normal customs procedures.
[2923]APIAGAS learned that the aircraft had just arrived from
[2924]Dallas, Texas via Tijuana and Mexico City. The plane
[2925]had been forced to land at Tijuana due to engine trouble.
[2926]By combining the date, the origin of the flight, and the
[2927]known reputation of. the two men, APIAGAS theorized that
[2928]the two men must have been involved in the assassination
[2929]of President Kennedy. APIAGAS speculated that Lee
[2930]Harvey OSWALD had acted in the pay of CASTRO, and that
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[2937]- 64 -
[2938]the two Cubans had been in Dallas to organize or
[2939]oversee the operation. APIAGAS said he had been greatly
[2941]distressed by what he had seen and heard.
[2943]CSCI 316/02545-64 dated 15 December 1964
[2945]Provided the foregoing information to the FBI. It
[2947]did not include the name of APIAGAS (fnu) or[Prof. & 5”
[2948]Walter SIMON] but did state that ems |
[2949]impossible because the source ((stNon)] had since
[2951]passed away.
[2953]DBA 94347 dated 31 December 1964 (FBI)
[2955]The FBI responded that "in view of the geographical
[2956]location of Tijuana in relation to Dallas and Mexico
[2957]City, it seemed unlikely the aircraft would have landed
[2958]there due to engine trouble if it was on a flight from
[2959]Dallas to Mexico City. Also, that due to the distances
[2960]between Dallas and Tijuana, Tijuana and Mexico City,
[2961]and Mexico City and Havana, the aircraft would have
[2962]had to leave Dallas a number of hours before the
[2963]assassination of President Kennedy to arrive in Havana
[2964]at 5 p.m." The FBI suggested that CIA may wish to
[2966]determine at the airport in Tijuana whether any aircraft
[2968]Co er
[2969]Coe we Candave
[2971]Zhe
[2973]13-00000
[2975]landed there from Dallas on 22 November 1963 reporting
[2976]engine trouble and then proceeded on to Mexico City.
[2977]The FBI advised it was making no investigation of the
[2978]matter in the absence of further information from
[2980]CIA.
[2982]/COMMENT: There is no no game trace record of
[2984]APIAGAS (fnu), Walter YF smn] or his widow. Since
[2986]é; [stvon’ s]widow had beén willing to provide information
[2988]in the first interview, a subsequent interview after
[2989]her husband's death might have yielded results. In
[2990]view of vagueness of original report, its receipt a
[2991]year after the assassination, and lack of CIA assets
[2993]in Tijuana, Headquarters decided not to follow-up./
[2995]Close jee walilll
[2997]13-00000
[2999]MISCELLANEOUS - Cuba 19-500
[3001]DBF 54461 Dated 4 August 1960 (FBI)
[3002]Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin WARENSAJOLD advised the FBI
[3004]Honolulu office on 1 August 60 that on 29 July 60
[3006]an unidentified male, said to be Cuban, whom they met
[3007]at Canlis Broiler Cocktail Lounge Honolulu, said the
[3008]U.S. would find its President with a bullet hole in
[3010]his head and that Cuba would get even with the U.S.
[3012]for what this country did to Cuba in the sugar field.
[3013]Unidentified Cuban was described as: ca. 30 years old,
[3014]5'10" tall, 160 lbs., black hair, brown eyes, prominent
[3015]teeth, well built, handsome and prosperous looking.
[3017]Said he was in the sugar business.
[3019]DBA 72715 Dated 21 May 1964 (FBI)
[3021]On 12 May 1964 one Orlando Antonio Salomon DIAZ Canal,
[3022]Cuban, appeared at Dallas, Texas FBI office; hada
[3023]scrapbook which reflected he had plans to go to Cuba for
[3024]the purpose of assassinating Fidel CASTRO. /COMMENT:
[3025]traces show that he claimed (in 1963) to be founder
[3027]of organization called ''Suicide Battalion" with 200 men
[3028]in U.S. and about 50 in Cuba, with purpose to assassinate
[3030]CASTROL
[3032]UFGW 4420 Dated 12 October 1964
[3033]Dispatch from Hqs. SAS to JMWAVE Station requesting
[3035]WAVE Station reaction to request from FBI to declassify for
[3039]13-00000
[3041]release to public by Warren Commission, report believed
[3042]to have been passed to FBI Miami by WAVE Station.
[3043]Concerned information from a Western diplomat alleging
[3044]that the assassination of President Kennedy was the
[3045]result of a plot prepared and executed jointly by
[3046]Chinese Communists and Fidel CASTRO through
[3047]intermediaries. The intermediaries were alleged
[3049]to be Ramon B. CORTES, Mexican-American, and
[3050]FERNANDEZ Feito (fnu), a Cuban, both located in
[3051]Dallas, Texas. It was also alleged that these men
[3052]were financed through an unidentified bank at 14 Wall
[3054]Street, New York City.
[3056]Memorandum to the FBI from CIA (SAS) Dated 7 Dec 1963
[3058]Reported the above information to the FBI. Also noted
[3059]that reportedly Fidel CASTRO was extremely worried
[3060]about the current probings taking place into the
[3061]assassination of President Kennedy and about the
[3062]possible findings. The utterances about the plot
[3063]came from SAAVEDRA (fnu), allegedly a close friend of
[3064]Celia SANCHEZ. It further states that there appeared
[3065]to have been no Soviet participation in the plot
[3066]because at that time the Soviets were too close to
[3067]the Americans. We advised the FBI of no Agency traces
[3068]on CORTES and FERNANDEZ, but cited a Robert NIETO
[3070]then living in Miami who could give details on CORTES
[3072]Wisden ll; ene ward WH
[3074]13-00000 -
[3076]and FERNANDEZ. CIA advised the FBI that the Agency
[3077]was taking steps to further develop the information
[3078]and to identify the original source and additional
[3080]data would be provided the FBI immediately.
[3082]DBA 88772 dated 23 October 1964 (FBI)
[3084]FBI Miami Office, reported that one John H. WILLINGHAM
[3085](true name Virdell WILLINGHAM) at that time lived in
[3086]Charlotte, North Carolina. He had served 10 months
[3087]in U.S. Penitentiary Atlanta, Georgia for mailing a
[3088]letter threatening the life of the President of the
[3089]U.S. WILLINGHAM wrote a letter to the Assistant
[3090]Secretary of Defense in August 1964 stating that he
[3091]would be released from prison in a few months and
[3092]would like a pass so that he could go directly from
[3093]the U.S. to Cuba. He added that he would try to join
[3094]the Cuban military service and would not be returning
[3096]from Cuba.
[3098]MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICES A/2
[3100]American Embassy Havana Document #1347 dated 24 Mar 60
[3101]Juan ORTA and another officer in CASTRO's office made
[3103]arrangements in which Cuban Col. Damasco MONTESINO
[3104]was arrested March 1960 for attempting to leave Cuba.
[3106](The other officer was Alfredo GUERRA).
[3108]Ubu. wektwkl
[3110]13-00000
[3112]MINISTRY OF INTERIOR A/3 (Job #70-540 - No File Number)
[3114]DBF 95904 Dated 8 December 1961 (FBI)
[3116]Sent to Secret Service, IGNS, State Department Security,
[3117]and CIA, Stated that I§NS Office in Honolulu was
[3118]requested by I&NS Regional Office in San Pedro, Calif.,
[3119]4 December 1961 to place lookout notice on Aldo Pedro
[3120]MARGOLLES Duenas. MARGOLLES was reported to be son of
[3121]Chief of National Police in Cuba, and attempting to
[3122]enter the U.S. to meet with CASTRO agents to
[3124]assassinate President John Kennedy.
[3126]WAVE 0793 (IN 13094) Dated 18 January 1962
[3127]WAVE advised it had photos of MARGOLLES and Emilio
[3129]ARAGONES (also involved in plot) and would attempt to
[3131]develop further information on the assassination plot.
[3133]UFGA 3134 Dated 23 January 1962
[3134]JMWAVE Station forwarded to Hqs. photos and bio. data
[3136]on MARGOLLES and ARAGONES.
[3138]DIRECTOR 38056 (OUI 94877) Dated 27 January 1962)
[3140]Cable to Latin American Stations and Bases concerning
[3141]plot by MARGOLLES and ARAGONES. Requested any info
[3143]their current whereabouts, on priority basis.
[3145]MEMO WAS 50/7 Dated 29 January 1962 to Regional
[3146]Commissioner from District Director, Wash., D.C.
[3147]To Regional Intelligence Officer giving information
[3149]on Raul DIAZ Arguelles. DIAZ reportedly trained in
[3151]Bhi pUl
[3153]13-00000
[3155]ities L
[3157]~70 -
[3158]Czech. to be head of political police of Cuba.
[3159]Reportedly took refuge in Brazilian Embassy Havana
[3160]which appeared to be cover-up to carry on secret
[3161]activity. Attended school in U.S. for several years
[3162](believed to be military school in Georgia) and to
[3163]be a graduate of the University of Havana. His
[3164]father reportedly lived in Miami at this time. (1962).
[3165]An uncle by the same name,living in Cuba in 1962,
[3166]is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. In 1962
[3167]DIAZ was head of the Department of Technical
[3168]Investigation (DII) of the Rebel Army. A know
[3169]terrorist, he is said to be capable of use of
[3170]explosive bombs and automatic weapons. Is believed
[3171]to have directed assassinations in the past from
[3173]somewhere in Mexico. A good friend of Rolando CUBELA.
[3175]MEXI 0092 (IN 26086) Dated 10 February 1962
[3177]According tof Mexico inmigration] records, MARGOLLES and
[3178]ARAGONES arrived Mexico City by air on 27 June 1957:
[3179]as political refugees from Batista regime. Both sought
[3181]political asylum in Mexican Embassy Havana in mid-1957.
[3183]MEMO For The Secret Service from William McClare
[3185]Dated 13 February 1962 —
[3186]Gives summary of information on Raul DIAZ Arguelles.
[3188]( it
[3189]Torin ey woreda
[3191]13-00000
[3193]Although DIAZ has a position of great influence in
[3194]the DII, he is poorly regarded. He is (62) reportedly
[3195]working with former U.S. gangsters who were deported
[3196]from the U.S. and also affiliated with the narcotics
[3197]racket. Is believed to be inwmplete charge of
[3199]“any activity as contemplated by Aldo Pedro MARGOLLES-
[3200]Duenas, which involved a plot to assassinate the
[3202]President of the United States."
[3204]UFGA 3302 Dated 16 February 1962
[3205]JMWAVE Station advised Hqs. of information on DIAZ,
[3207]MARGOLLES and ARAGONES that it had sent to U.S. Secret
[3209]Service Miami, Florida.
[3211]CICS 3/769,904 Dated 26 March 1962
[3212]CIA provided U.S. Secret Service, FBI and I§NS
[3213]information on MARGOLLES and ARAGONES.
[3215]Unofficial Memo « Mr. Alfred Cox from Ernest Aragon
[3216]Undated
[3218]States ARAGONES is believed to be General Coordinator
[3219]of the National 26th of July Movement and National
[3221]Chief of CASTRO's militia. Is one of CASTRO's right
[3222]hand men and accompanies CASTRO in all public
[3223]appearances. ARAGONES is coordinator of alleged plot
[3224](against President Kennedy.) Both ARAGONES and MARGOLLES
[3226]have fanatical tendencies.
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[3232]UFGA 15107 dated 8 April 1964
[3234]Transmitted to Headquarters Target Personality
[3236]Study on Aldo Pedro MARGOLLES Duenas (201-315161).
[3238]MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRATICO CRISTIANO (CDM) 19-120-13
[3239](Christian Democratic Movement)
[3241]U.S. Embassy Foreign Service Dispatch, Havana,
[3242]#1614 dated 9 May 1960 (837 ,432/5-2460)
[3244]Reported that the Revolutionary Government has
[3245]skillfully maneuvered Rolando CUBELA, the President of
[3246]the FEU, and his pro-Commmist cohorts into a position
[3247]of power. First, on May 7, it was CUBELA who was given
[3248]the task of inciting the mob and bruiting the fact
[3250]that the powers-that-be disapproved of Aureliano SANCHEZ
[3251]Arango. Commmist "goon-squad" tactics had become so
[3252]vicious that even many students who had heretofore been
[3253]circumspectly apolitical are afraid to attend classes.
[3254]The Vice-Secretary of the School of Agronomy asked how
[3255]it was that if CUBELA leadership so deplored violence
[3256]that it had remained impassive in the face of the
[3257]physical violence perpetrated against his person by
[3258]members of the Commmist Youth from the Instituto de la
[3259]Habana, who had entered the University grounds completely
[3260]armed. CUBELA and Angel QUEVEDO, went about the campus
[3261]carrying arms, in direct violation of the University
[3263]regulations.
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[3277]MOVIMIENTO REVOLUCIONARIO del PUEBLO (MRP) 19-120-22
[3279](Peoples .Revolutionary Movement)
[3281]Memo to Cleve (Dr. Cleveland C. Cram) from[(M. Oldfield |
[3283]Dated 8 November 1961
[3285]Concerns a Cuban Government report published in the
[3286]press which claimed that the Peoples Revolutionary
[3287]Movement directed and supplied by the U.S. CIA and
[3288]Department of State, planned acts of sabotage and
[3289]more recently planned an attempt to assassinate
[3290]Fidel CASTRO and other government leaders early in
[3291]October. The attempt on Fidel allegedly was
[3293]discovered the day before it was due to take place.
[3295]Moscow TASS in English to Europe 8 November 1961
[3296]Reported the information in the 8 November 1961
[3298]Memorandum, above, and cited it as new proof of
[3299]American imperialism's criminal conspiracy against
[3301]free Cuba.
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[3312]- 74 -
[3314]MOVIMIENTO de RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIO (MRR) 19-120-18
[3316](Revolutionary Recovery Movement)
[3318]UFGA 4948 Dated 18 July 1962 Report No. AA 134
[3319]One Juan FALCON Tamar, alleged National Coordinator
[3321]of the MRR in Cuba was interviewed on Quban "Radio
[3322]Rebelde" Station 17 July 1962. He said he planned the |
[3323]assassination of Carlos Rafael RODRIGUEZ. He also
[3324]talked about a plot to assassinate Raul CASTRO on 26
[3325]July 61, a plot he attributed to the CIA. He also
[3326]mentioned the assassination of Fidel at the same time.
[3327]FALCON claimed that the plot against Raul was invented
[3328]by the CIA, and that the CIA provided financial
[3330]support to MRR activities./No indication FALCON worked for €IA./
[3332]WAVE 5879 (IN 30751) Dated 18 July 1962
[3334]WAVE Station advised that FALOON's presentation appeared
[3335]previously taped and poorly rehearsed. Cable is slugged
[3336]AMBRONC-5 complex. /AMBRONC-5 was an Agency asset
[3338]executed by the Cuban Government. 7
[3340]Memo to Chief, Task Force W from COS, JMNAVE, 16 Aug 62
[3341]The Ops That Failed/MRR
[3343]Concerns interview 14 Aug 62 of Victor MARTINEZ Zambrano ,
[3344]a former hot-shot activist of the MRR in Havana who was
[3345]an asylee in the Argentine and Brazilian Embassies and
[3347]left Cuba. In Sept. 61 he organized the operation which
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[3356]-75 -
[3357]failed, the plan to assassinate Carlos Rafael
[3358]RODRIGUEZ. Reportedly one of the persons involved
[3359]pulled the pin of the hand grenade prematurely, it
[3360]exploded, one man was killed and another critically
[3361]injured. MARTINEZ escaped, went into hiding, and
[3363]later came to the U.S.
[3365]MOVIMIENTO de RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIO (MRR) 19-300-11
[3366](Revolutionary Recovery Movement)
[3368]‘TDCSDB 3/656,595 Dated 12 September 1963
[3370]On 7 September 1963 the Movimiento Insurreccional de
[3371]Recuperacion Revolucionaria (MIRR-Insurrectional Movement
[3372]for Revolutionary Recovery) made an abortive attempt to
[3373]bomb a target in Cuba. On 8 September 1963, Jack GRIFFIN
[3374](U.S. citizen), an unidentified American, and a Cuban
[3375]described only as a demolition expert and former
[3377]member of Brigade 2506, bombed a sugar plant and dropped
[3378]6,000 leaflets near Moron, Camaguey Province. Five of
[3379]the six bombs exploded with violent force, and started
[3380]several fires in the sugar mill. There was estimated
[3382]50% destruction. This was done in the name of the MIRR.
[3383]An American by the name of Bill Johnson, reportedly had
[3384]full control over all MIRR operations. Money was
[3385]supplied by Orlando BOSCH Avila, obtained from Chiri
[3387]MENDOZA. Johnson worried for fear that their next planned
[3391]13-00000
[3393]Gtincocn Wwe
[3394]- 76 -
[3395]raid, target of a military nature, could cause
[3396]international repercussions and/or bring them under
[3397]prosecution on the neutrality act. BOSCH and MENDOZA
[3398]were collaborating with Jose Mario ''Pepin'' BOSCH Lamarque
[3399]and two former sugar mill owners to back a daylight
[3401]raid on a Cuban MIG base with two rocket-firing P-51's,
[3403]AMMUG Project (Cuban DGI Defector) 19-6-102
[3405]Memo for the Record dated 4 June 1964
[3407]Re Debriefing Report #119 of AMMUG-1 (Vladimir
[3408]RODRIGUEZ Lahera). He did not recognize photo of
[3409]Braulio MARTINEZ Alfonso, Cuban born naturalized
[3411]U.S. citizen. MARTINEZ returned to Cuba after the
[3412]fall of Batista. Also known as ''SUAREZ" and Francisco
[3413]De RAVIRICH, he has been reported as an intelligence
[3415]officer.
[3416]HHTA 3782 dated 16 June 1964
[3418]Dispatch from Tegucigalpa to Mexico City. A.
[3420]: 2
[3421]Tegucigalpa Station asset assigned to/monitor
[3422]certain Honduran ham radio operators fof interest to
[3424]the Station, reported the following, most unusual,
[3427]wed pUie WG
[3429]13-00000
[3431]i oti waded We
[3435]conversation. On 14 June Mexico came in very clear
[3437]and by chance picked up a strange conversation from
[3439]a ham station in Cuba. The Cuban station was talking
[3440]to Mexico ham radio operator named Alfonso, call letters
[3441]XRIWA. Cuban station told Alfonso to contact a famous
[3442]band leader named Antonio Maria Romero and kept
[3443]referring to "El Corsario Negro.'' The Cuban station
[3444]instructed Alfonso that once he contacted Romero he
[3446]should have him record 'Tres Lindas Cubanas."
[3448]Memo for C/WH/PO/A from C/WH/SA/CI dated 15 Oct 1964
[3449]19-6-102/3 AMMUG-1 Debriefing Report #203.
[3451]AMMUG-1 said when President Kennedy died "Augusto"
[3452]DGI Deputy Chief, Carlos Sixto CHAIN Soler, arranged
[3453]a meeting at the National Liberation Building in
[3454]Havana. He asked the National Liberation officers to
[3455]urgently prepare commo system for a message to their
[3456]agents to be transmitted by Radio Havana. Musical
[3457]recording to accompany message was 'Three (or Six)
[3459]Beautiful Cubans."
[3461]HHTW 1721 dated 15 October 1964
[3463]Dispatch that transmitted the foregoing information
[3465]to Tegucigalpa from Hqs. WH/SA.
[3467]/COMMENT: The AMMUG information duplicates that recorded
[3469]under ZRKNICK./
[3471]- oy
[3473]ie, eld
[3475]13-00000
[3477]NATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL INSIDE CUBA 19-9-13
[3479]Memo to Chief, Contact Division, OO from Chief,
[3480]Washington Field Office, 31 July 1961
[3482]Julio HUERTEMATTE, Vice-President of National Bank
[3484]of Washington, told 00 on 25 July 61 that a Cuban
[3485]underground leader (identity unknown) who had been
[3487]in prison in Cuba and recently come to Miami, told
[3488]HUERTEMATTE that CIA agent Pedro QUJELLAR had denounced
[3489]five underground leaders to the CASTRO authorites.
[3490]/COMMENT: This confirms previous information that
[3491]CUELBAR was a double agent. He reportedly caused
[3493]the execution of a mmber of counter~revolutionaries
[3494]operating in Cuba. CUELLAR's dependents have been
[3495]paid under Project (SusTIPEND] since the early 1960's.
[3496]In view of evidence that CUELLAR was not executed
[3498]by the cast as publicized in the Washington Post
[3500]in the early 1960's, it has been recommended to the
[3501]Commercial Cover Staff that administers the [sustipEND/
[3502]Project, to further investigate the case and stop
[3504]payments if possible.7
[3506]WAVE 7900 (IN 39024) dated 14 Sept 61; and DIRECTOR
[3508]13231 (OUR 99328) dated 20 Sept 61
[3510]Both these cables discuss CIA support to AMBLESS-1
[3512](Alberto Ne Mesa) one of the Agency's best
[3514]Gcce cues j CTs Dc
[3517]13-00000
[3519]controlled on-island CA asset. We provided financial
[3520]and other support for on-island operations. fi Comment :
[3521]if brought to the attention of the GOC, such activities
[3522]might have prompted the GOC to consider retaliatory
[3524]action against the U.S. Government.7
[3526]OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE 19-126-4
[3528]Memo to C/WH/4 from Dave Phillips dated 2 July 1960
[3530]Concerns propaganda action to be taken against visit
[3532]of Nikita KHRUSHCHEV to Guba re 25th of July
[3533]celebration, including rumor of attempted assassination
[3534]against KHRUSHCHEV. Speculation on the assassination
[3535]attempts was to be surfaced on WRUL program, in AMPACA's
[3537]paper, etc.
[3539]Memo to Director of Central Intelligence from C/WHD
[3540]dated 5 July 1960
[3542]In effort to prevent or counteract KHRUSCHEV's visit
[3544]to Cuba, Hqs. proposed prop action to instigate a rumor
[3545]or Tumors that KHRUSHCHEV's life woud be in danger while
[3546]in Cuba, from a well-planned assassination attempt. This
[3548]would be propagated from other Latin American countries.
[3550]DIRECTOR 84642 dated 22 November 1963
[3551]Prop guidance to WAVE Station for media assets. Requested
[3553]they use tape excerpts of appropriate portions of
[3555]are f Race GS UE
[3557]13-00000
[3559]- 80 -
[3561]Kennedy speech to LA newspaper conference held in
[3562]Miami that week, and to note in broadcasts that
[3563]President's last major address directed to kA audience
[3564]concentrated on Cuban freedom. This was to be broadcast
[3565]over JMHOPE with tributes and appropriate comment on
[3567]25 November, and have JMHOPE stress religious theme
[3569]on Sunday 24 November.
[3571]AMOT Project (Later Became SLIGO Project) 19-5-3
[3573]TDCSDB 3/655 ,033 dated 12 June 1963 (UFG 3021)
[3575]Report that members of Cubanos Libres (Free Cubans)
[3576]left Florida on 6 June 63 With mission to infiltrate
[3577]Cuba and assassinate Fidel CASTRO Ruz. Was intercepted
[3578]by Cuban boat, exchanged gunfire, and returned to
[3579]Florida. Mission was unsuccessful. Manuel QUIZA Docal,
[3580]leader of Cubanos Libres, a Cuban exile action group,
[3581]had officially committed himself to JURE for. any
[3582]executive action which JURE might undertake against
[3584]CASTRO's Cuba. /QUIZA was not connected with CIA.7
[3586]UFG 5099 dated 4 May 1964 19-6-95/4 (AMOT Report)
[3587]Concerned a plot discovered by the DSE (Department of
[3589]State Security) on 9 or 10 March 64 to assassinate
[3590]CASTRO. The assassination was planned for 13 March when
[3591]Castro was expected to visit the CMQ Radio and TV
[3593]Studio in Havana.
[3595](moms
[3597]13-00000
[3599]DIRECTOR 31178 dated 25 June 1964
[3601]This referenced documents (UFGA 15954 and WAVE 7129
[3603](IN 93714) having to do with plot to assassinate CASTRO.
[3604]This information was dissemed to the Special Group and
[3605]other key officials. The Special Group was concerned
[3606]about the matter and referred it to the Dept. of Justice
[3608]as a matter of law enforcement.
[3610]WAVE 9168 (IN 26320) dated 12 July 1964 Cable to Hqs.
[3611]Zz
[3612]AWHAX-1 (Oscar FERNANDEZ Viega) and (UOAMBER-2 (Miguel
[3614]Guillermo TRUYOLGimeno} were independently interviewed
[3616]by local FBI reps. concerning plot to assassinate CASTRO.
[3618]Both denied any knowledge of or participation in any
[3620]plan to assassinate CASTRO. For Hqs. FYI: "Regarding
[3621]7% .
[3623]AMWAX-1 and [UQAMBER-2, WAVE wishes emphasize that
[3625]both sources clearly understand they have no sanctions
[3627]from WAVE to directly or indirectly promote, sponsor,
[3629]or support such plan or any similar plans regardless
[3631]of person against whom they directed."
[3633]WAVE 5446 (IN 32990) dated 1 Dec 1964
[3635]AMOT Report DD-1206 dated 19 Nov 1964 stated that as
[3636]part of plan to assassinate CASTRO, a rumor was to be
[3637]floated that one of the organizations belonging to the
[3639]alliance was fighting inside Cuba. The rumors were
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[3644]13-00000
[3648]- 82 -
[3650]expected to impress U.S. Government officials who were
[3651]already having talks with Manuel URRUTIA Lieo, and
[3653]willing to provide financial assistance to him.
[3655]PLOTS TO ASSASSINATE THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. 100-300-12
[3657]DIRECTOR 03964 dated 8 December 1962
[3659]Cable from Agency to Secret Service, FBI and State
[3660]Dept. Security forwarding text of a letter from Havana,
[3661]dated 27 Nov 62, to Miami, concerning plot to
[3662]assassinate President Kennedy. Letter was addressed
[3664]to a Post Office Box in Miami belonging to the Radio
[3665]Libertad La Voz, Anti-Comimista de America. Since the
[3666]addressee was unknown to members of Radio Libertad, one
[3667]of their Miami reps. passed the letter to a contact of
[3668]JMWAVE Station. Addressee was Bernardo Adalberto
[3670]MORALES~Rivero.
[3672]DIRECTOR 4013 dated 8 December 1962
[3673]Cable from Agency to addressees cited above. Provided
[3674]traces on Bernardo Adalberto MORALES-Rivero who entered
[3676]the U.S. in May 62 on a fraudulent visa.
[3678]UFGA 6884 dated 10 December 1962
[3679]Dispatch from JMWAVE Station to Hqs. Stated that letter
[3681]similar to 27 Nov 62 one cited above, possibly written by
[3683]a
[3685]Goer Void
[3688]13-00000
[3690]same author, was in possession of Treasury Dept.,
[3691]Wash., D.C. by official who was in contact with CIA
[3692]on the matter. JMWAVE forwarded the 29 Nov 62 letter,
[3693]from Jose MENENDEZ to Bernardo MORALES in Miami, and
[3694]suggested that Hqs. pass it to the Treasury Dept. for
[3695]technical handling. JMWAVE was anxious to receive
[3696]results of both of the letters on the grounds that
[3697]they may be part of a planned G-2 PW operation in the
[3699]U.S. or against U.S. targets.
[3701]DERECTOR 04538 dated 11 December 1962
[3703]Hqs. CIA cabled to Secret Service, FBI and State Security,
[3704]traces on Olga DUQUE de Heredia and Aida MAYO, Miami reps.
[3705]of the org. Radio Libertad La Voz Anti-Commista de
[3706]America, address to which letter to MORALES was addressed.
[3707]DUQUE and MAYO turned the letter over to a contact of
[3708]CIA, since MORALES was reportedly unknown to them. DUQUE
[3709]was married to Humberto LOPEZ Perez, operator of Radio
[3710]Libertad, Caracas, Venezuela; Aida MAYO was a close
[3711]friend of Fidel CASTRO and was believed to act
[3713]occasionally on behalf of the Cuban Government.
[3714]DIRECTOR 04501 dated 12 December 1962
[3716]Hqs. advised JMWAVE Station that Hqs. in disseming
[3717]Y
[3718]information did not reveal (Cesar Augusto GAJATE Puig]
[3719]as intermediary between WAVE and DUQUE and MAYO. Suggested
[3721]be
[3723]Y
[3724]WAVE advise Secret Service of (GAJATE ' s] role since Secret
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[3729]C2O7ZE pam et ce
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[3733]om CERT £
[3735]- 84 -
[3737]Service investigation would surface him anyway. Asked
[3739]that the Secret Service protect his identity.
[3741]WAVE 2266 (IN 33425) dated 11 December 1962
[3742]WAVE cabled to Hqs. traces on DUQUE, MAYO and Radio
[3744]Libertad.
[3746]Memo dated 12 December 1962 re Information from
[3748]Sedret Service
[3750]Gives information from a usually reliable source on
[3752]Jose MENENDEZ Ramos. MENENDEZ, born in Cuba, was a
[3754]baker in Tampa, Fla., and member of Executive Committee
[3756]of the FPCC. After Oct. 61 his wife defected to Cuba with
[3757]the children, and Jose left to join her shortly thereafter.
[3758]Jose was later seen in Cuba by people who said he had
[3760]a top job there. Jose also was reported to be
[3762]connected with INRA, (Agrarian Reform Institute).
[3764]PRO-GOBIERNO CONSTITUCIONAL de CUBA (PGCC) 19-9-15
[3766]UFGA 2242 dated 30 August 1961
[3767]A sub-agent of JMWAVE Station outside unit (AMOT's)
[3769]reported on 22 Aug. 61 a statement by Dr. Jose MIRO
[3770]Cardona that Kennedy was still backing him and was
[3771]going to give him immediately the sum of four million
[3773]dollars for sabotage and propaganda.
[3776]13-00000
[3778]or Ft ae
[3781]- 85 -
[3783]WAVE 9026 (IN 18296) dated 6 November 1961
[3785]WAVE cabled Hqs. info. from independent sources
[3786]following meetings between HURWITCH, PASSAVOY and MIRO
[3787]Cardona. AMCLATTER-1 (Bernard Barker of Watergate
[3789]fame) reported that HURWITCH and a CIA official were
[3790]discussing revolutionary affairs with MIRO Cardona, and
[3791]that CARDONA and his group were backed by President
[3792]Kennedy. It was further reported that CARDONA had full
[3793]powers from President Kennedy and was in a position
[3795]to give orders to CIA which would be on a secondary
[3796]level. In addition CARDONA reportedly stated that he had
[3797]U.S. Government support to direct CASTRO underground
[3798]activities, and that all other groups must join him to
[3799]get support . Other groups not interested in joining
[3800]CARDONA, because his ideology was different from their's.
[3801]CARDONA had never come out strongly as anti-CASTROITE.
[3803]UFGA 3806 dated 20 April 1962
[3805]Concerned plans of Central American countries for
[3806]action against Cuba. One General SOMOZA (President of
[3807]Nicaragua) stated that CIA would be handling the
[3808]intelligence ramifications taward organizing a Cuban
[3809]military group in Central America. The dispatch deals
[3810]with additional U.S. Government aid. Also, one YDIGORAS
[3811](President of Guatemala) was to be in Wash., D.C. on
[3813]28 April 62 as a guest of President Kennedy, at which
[3816]13-00000
[3818]time he expected to present the Cuban-in-exile plan.
[3820]UFK-16 dated 15 May 1962
[3821]Reported information from GARCERAN, leader of the
[3823]Pro-Gobierno Constitucional en el Exilio (an anti-Castro
[3824]organization operating out of Miami, Fla.) GARCERAN
[3825]stated that lawyer Geno NEGRETI had made an appointment
[3826]to see him stating that a Mr. WARBELL wanted to see him,
[3827]NEGRETI made his appointment on 8 May 62. It was
[3828]GARCERAN's understanding that WARBELL was the go-between
[3829]for a Mr, TROUTMAN from Atlanta, Georgia, who had been
[3830]the boy friend of President Kennedy's sister (the one
[3831]who had died). WARBELL indicated that he wanted the
[3832]appointment to see what GARCERAN's needs were and what
[3833]aid and assistance GARCERAN wanted for carrying the
[3835]war to Cuba.
[3837]Department of State Memo dated 14 July 1965
[3838]Had attached to it a PGCC memo to the Department.
[3840]It contained a quote of Fidel CASTRO that he wanted
[3842]to arm Cuba with the most modern equipment (ams,
[3843]planes, etc.) capable of stopping the United States,
[3844]and the Latin American countries as well, "before they
[3845]discover our strategic plans. To that end I need from
[3846]hundreds of thousands of light infantry arms to planes
[3848]and long range artillery. Every country in the
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[3853]ui Grit, canwibawl
[3854]- 87 -
[3855]Continent must be the target of our guns, from New
[3856]York and Washington to Santiago de Chile and Buenos
[3857]Aires." On 2 Jan 61 CASTRO asked Latin Americans to
[3858]take arms against their own governments; on 26 July
[3859]62 he demanded a continental revolutionary drive; in
[3860]1963 he predicted that Venezuela and Guatemala would
[3861]surrender the said year. CASTRO's sister Juana
[3862](Juanita) arrived in Mexico City from Cuba on 20 June
[3863]64. Although she was considered a defector of the
[3864]CASTRO regime, she had been an agent (CIA) for the
[3866]prior two and a half years.
[3868]AMPUNCH Project 19-6-118/2,3,4
[3870]23 November 1963 open text letter from asset, in Cuba,
[3871]Filed in SW Chrono June 63 -Dec.
[3873]Acknowledged the death of President Kennedy.
[3875]AMQUAR Project 19-124-28/1-4
[3877]HAMB 3879 (IN 50361) dated 30 Oct 63; HAMB 3880
[3879](IN 50478) Identities /
[3881]Concerns debriefing of [CASATLOR-25 Jon 24 and 25 Oct 63,
[3883]reins
[3891]13-00000
[3893]- 88 -
[3895]He reported that Faustino PEREZ, born ca. 1923,
[3896]commander in CASTRO's army in Havana Hgs., Granma
[3897]veteran and former minister in CASTRO's Government,
[3898]told<C-25/in August 1963 that CASTRO must be killed
[3899]and all resistance groups organized. C-25 ‘described
[3900]PEREZ as an opportunist who would need promise of
[3902]advantage in return for help.
[3904]AMRANGE Project __19-6-81/1-4
[3906]Memo for Chief TFW from DC/TFW/FI re DEGRIP Report
[3908]‘dated 28 August 1962
[3910]Concerns one Vasco CECCHI, proprietor of the MONTECATINI
[3911]Restaurant in Vedado quarter of Havana frequented by
[3912]Fidel CASTRO and his entourage. | Employees of the
[3913]restaurant reportedly were anti-Castroites. Source of the
[3914]report called attention to closet, partly under stairs
[3915]used for storage, but which he believed could be used
[3917]to hide man comfortably. On one of the floors above
[3919]the restaurant lived a certain Lt. RAMOS who was
[3920]evidently an intimate of Fidel CASTRO. CASTRO often
[3921]visited him. /COMMENT: See File "Plots to Assassinate
[3922]the President of the U.S.'100-300-12, Memo from Secret
[3924]Service dated 12 December 1962, concerning one Jose
[3926]MENENDEZ Ramos who may be identifiable with Lt. RAMOS/.
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[3932]crates
[3935]Cas le di
[3937]- 89 -
[3939]€ wy MEXI’.6844 (IN 57745) dated 8 November 1963
[3941]Cable to Hqs. DEGRIP reported that CASTRO visited
[3942]restaurant at least once a month and was "a sitting
[3944]duck.'"' CECCHI reported to be cowardly type."
[3946]MEXI 0880 (IN 73754) dated 14 Sept 1964
[3948]Cable to Hqs. reported that CECCHI was arrested
[3949]and imprisoned in La Cabana Fortress and to be tried
[3950]for plotting against life of Fidel CASTRO. “Prosecutor
[3951]to ask for 30 year sentence. Employees of reataurant
[3952]in mid-Aug 64 told source CECCHI was arrested for
[3953]illegal currency transactions. /COMMENT: No 201
[3955]€ eee file on CECCHI. Preliminary traces do not indicate
[3957]connection with CIA.7
[3959]AMRAPT Project - La Voz de Guba 19=126-10
[3961]WAVE 0662 (IN 44282) dated 13 April 1965
[3963]In April 1965 Francisco CHAO Hermida revealed to a
[3965]WAVE case officer his "grand plan" for which he requested
[3966]CIA support. Plan was to recruit trusted men in Miami,
[3967]infiltrate Cuba, surveil CASTRO, and at opportune time,
[3968]assassinate him. C/O told CHAO CIA was not interested
[3970]and could not do business with him.
[3973]13-00000
[3975]RESCATE (MOVIMIENTO de RESCATE CONSTITUCIONAL DEMOCRATICO )
[3976](Cuban Revolutionary Democratic Rescue Committee) 19-120-39
[3978]ry
[3980]Anti-Castro revolutionary group; one of among groups
[3981]forming FRD (Democratic Revolutionary Front) and
[3982]subsequent CRC (Cuban Revolutionary Council). Was
[3983]controlled by Antonio de VARONA with Hqs. in Miami.
[3984]RIMM 4359 (IN 2330) dated 8 April 1961
[3986]Radio message from on-island agent. Concerns fact that
[3987]Cuban by name of Hilly PATTEN, who was in exile in Miami
[3988]a year previously, belonged to Rescate group and
[3989]apparently would be bringing arms in from Venezuela
[3990]soon. Agent said his personal opinion was that Tony
[3991]VARONA wanted to produce armed action before other
[3993]groups and for that reason had purchased arms on his own,
[3995]DBA 5681 dated 28 March 1962 (FBI)
[3997]Stated that Sergio APARICIO, Sec. Gen. of Rescate in
[3998]New York City advised State Dept. rep. that Rescate had
[3999]purchased about 30 weapons which were delivered to Miami
[4000]and then by boat to the underground in Cuba. Jose F.
[4001]GONZALEZ, associated with Rescate and VARONA, called
[4002]APARICIO to Wash., D.C. on 2 March 62 and told him not
[4003]to engage in collection of funds for purchase of any
[4005]arms or munitions, because there was nothing the Cubans
[4007]wavs i UWhiswadll
[4009]13-00000
[4011]are Tye a ee
[4013]Cece) Oaniwii
[4014]- 91 -
[4016]could do in a military way which would be capable
[4018]of overthrowing the present Government of Cuba. An
[4020]FBI source advised on 16 Mar 62 that APARICIO and Rescate
[4022]were making arrangements to picket the White House on
[4024]14 Apr 62 for several hours to ask President Kennedy
[4026]to keep his word re assisting the Cuban exiles in
[4028]overthrowing the CASTRO Government. APARICIO described
[4030]the 30 weapons as M-1's delivered to Miami and taken to
[4032]Cuba by boat and distributed among the underground.
[4034]APARICIO stated that they had been attempting to supply
[4036]Osvaldo RAMIREZ, who was in the Escambray Mountains.
[4038]The weapons were reportedly delivered to Cuba by
[4040]Commandante AUGUSTO, war name for Ramon RUISANCHEZ,
[4042]brother-in-law of Tony VARONA.
[4044]DBA 23967 dated 28 September 1962 (FBI)
[4046]Reported that a small group of Cuban exiles living in
[4048]Panama was plaming to assassinate highest Cuban Gov't
[4050]official attending 9th Central American Games in Kingston
[4052]and hoped that it would be Fidel CASTRO. Plotters
[4054]were reported to be: Rene MARSELLA Garaboto, Conrado’
[4056]RODRIGUEZ Sanchez, Eulogio LOPEZ, Antolin SANCHEZ Govin,
[4058]and Jose Julio FERNANDEZ. Garaboto planned to leave
[4060]Panama for U.S. 3 Aug 62 to present plan to Manuel
[4062]Antonio de VARONA, ranking member of CRC (Cuban
[4064]Revolutionary Council), request financial arid visa
[4067]13-00000
[4069]STERN TE cre ae
[4071]care
[4073]assistance and moral support. MARSELLA said that he
[4074]worked actively in a clandestine manner for Rescate.
[4075]VARONA did not give much encouragement to the plan;
[4077]in fact, said he could not sanction or assist in
[4079]assassination plan.
[4081]REVOLUTIONARY JUNTA OF NATIONAL LIBERATION 19-9-12/1
[4082](Right-wing Anti-Castro Gr in Exile
[4084]‘Prérisa Latina Havana Broadcast 21 July 1961
[4086]Reported that "Cuban Counterrevolutionary Council, headed
[4087]by Dr. Jose MIRO Cardona, was liquidated together with
[4088]the mercenary brigade of the CIA in the Playa Giron (Bay
[4089]of Pigs} disaster. However, a new team has emerged ~
[4090]which intends to form a government in exile to be
[4092]supported and recognized by the U.S. New York
[4094]' Congressman Victor L. ANFUSO, intimate friend of former
[4096]Cuban dictator Fulgensio BATISTA is principaF promoter
[4098]of idea, which is based on uniting all counterrevolutionary
[4099]groups established inthe U.S."" /COMMENT: ANFUSO planned
[4100]to call a meeting in Washington in a few days to set up
[4102]the new government. List of participants had not been
[4103]announced, but included among those believed to be
[4105]present was Guillermo ALONSO Pujol. DGI defector
[4108]13-00000
[4110]i
[4114]SLIPSTREAM-1 in Nov 71 said that ALONSO was a Cuban
[4116]Gov't agent. He had high USG contacts back then Cin 60/61)
[4117]and knowledge of U.S. Government/CIA cover for activities.
[4119]ALONSO was used as a cut-out, or intermiediary, supposedly
[4121]unwittingly, in sensitive Agency operations, in the late
[4123]60's and early 70's.7
[4125]ZRRIFLE Project Job # 69-S-551 - No File Number
[4127]ZRRIFLE/Administrative Financial Folder
[4129]{C OIRT)2173 dated 13 October 1960, Att. Top Secret
[4130](DEPTGRAM, Italian} Interpol representative,
[4132]and spotter for Corsicanss Altman to pick his brain
[4134]and pinpoint his ability to do this job for us, but
[4135]once selection made, (DEPIGRAM‘to be cut out of the operation.
[4137]Memo to C/FI from William Harvey, 27 June 1963
[4139]"As far as ZRRIFLE aspects this op, which have been
[4140]covered under the QUWIN authorization for security
[4141]reasons and with which Fletcher Knight is fully
[4143]familiar, except for one precautionary 'life“line',
[4144]aspects of this case have.been terminated and need
[4146]no longer be considered part of this project."
[4148]Folder entitled Personality Sketches
[4149]Tab M - Harold MELTZER
[4151]Harold MELTZER with aliases was involved in the rackets
[4157]13-00000
[4159]po ~ < with upper echelon "hoodlums" throughout the U.S.
[4161](pg. 1 Encl. 3 dated 19 Dec 1960.} "In 1959 he furnished
[4162]information to our QUWIN California office but has
[4164]not since cooperated with us. N.B. He has the back-
[4165]ground and talent for the matter we discussed but it is
[4167]not known whether he would be receptive."
[4169]Tab Y ~ Hanna YAZBECK
[4171]YAZBECK lived in Beurit and worked for QJWIN's office
[4172]intermittendly during the past 10 years (dates not
[4173]given - possibly 51-61). YAZBECK's chief bodyguard
[4174]from 50-58 (not named) was a convicted murderer.
[4176]The bodyguard was murdered. States that YAZBECK
[4178]has an available pool of assassins.
[4182]JMROC Project (Travel of President Johnson to Purita
[4184]del Este, Uruguay in 1967) 200-6-351/9
[4185]Memo CO-2-39,887 to Mr. James Ludlum Liaison Officer
[4187]CI Staff, dated 7 March 1967
[4188]Concerns individual by name of Jose PEREZ, Colombian.
[4189]Document shows undetermined association with
[4191]assassinations in Guatemala.
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[4195]Blue. | ee
[4197]13-00000
[4199]c. Dawa
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[4203]- 95 -
[4205]CP-9212 dated 10 March 1967
[4207]Concerns Jaime CARDONA-Londono, Colombian, arrested
[4208]in New Orleans in May 64 for trespassing. He had in
[4209]his possession typewritten document which purported
[4210]to be proposed constitution for new super world
[4211]government with provisions to condemn to death various
[4212]personages including L. Johnson, daughter of L.
[4213]Johnson, and Mrs. J. Kennedy. When interviewed
[4214]12/22/64 he did not indicate any interest in
[4216]the death of the President.
[4218]Me-1
[4219](Caracas 6104 (IN 8778) dated 25 February 1967
[4221]A usually reliable source reported to CIA that well-known
[4224]13-00000
[4226]OTON?T? oo
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[4232]- 96 -
[4234]Venezuelan terrorist, Carlos SAVELLI Maldonado,
[4236]by own admission met-on 30 April and 1 May 1965
[4238]with leftist extremist reps. to discuss assassination
[4239]of,. among others, American ambassador (presumably
[4241]American ambassador: to Venezuela).
[4243]AMSANTA Project _19-6-73/3
[4245]MEMO for the Record dated 10 July 1963 by Lou De Santi
[4246]Concerns FBI informant Victor Thomas VICENTE, Puerto
[4248]Rican citizen, who penetrated Communist Parties in
[4250]New Work City, left New York for Cuba via Mexico as
[4251]guest of ICAP (Cuban Peoples Friendship Institute).
[4253]Was debriefed by CIA staffer Lou DeSanti upon return
[4255]to the U.S. in July-Aug 63. VICENTE stated he had had
[4256]intertiiews with CASTRO and Che GUEVARA. VIOENTE
[4257]penetrated the FPCC, the Casa Cubg, and Jose Marti Club
[4258]in New York City. /COMMENT: Page 127 of IG 1967 report
[4259]mentions unnamed Puerto Rican who claims he participated
[4260]in CASTRO inspired assassination plot in Dallas. Don't
[4262]know if VICENTE could be that individual.7
[4265]13-00000
[4267]AMSLOUCH Project 28-6-33
[4269]RIOD 2944 (IN 83322) dated 18 December 1963
[4271]Mario Rogerio MESTRINHO de Mello, official in
[4272]Brazillian Embassy Havana, reported the following
[4274]to Rio Station contact in Rio on 13 December 1963:
[4276]a) wide rumor of assassination attempt against Fidel
[4277]CASTRO after his TV appearance 6 Dec resulting in
[4278]killing of man next to him. CASTRO uninjured. Would
[4279]be killer at large.
[4281]b) wide rumor Cuban Jose ''Pepe'’ LLANUZA met Lee. OSWALD
[4283]in Mexico before Kennedy assassination,
[4285]’ AMSOUR Project 19-6-70
[4287]SW Message #27 from agent dated 11 October 1964
[4289]"On the assassination attempt against Fidel, we know
[4290]they took two civilians wounded by shooting to the
[4291]€alixto Garcia Hospital. Moments later, two soldiers
[4292]from Fidel's guards presented themselves in said
[4293]hospital taking away the wounded. We do not have
[4295]more details."
[4298]13-00000
[4300]CSDB 312/01128-64 dated 19 November 1964
[4302]In late September 1964 a Cuban soldier guarding the .
[4303]Algerian Embassy in Havana attempted to assassinate
[4304]Premier Fidel CASTRO Ruz, who was in the embassy at
[4306]the time. The soldier killed another sentry before
[4307]being shot on the spot by the security forces. By
[4308]early October 11 &ficers and men involved in the
[4310]attempt on Fidel's life were apprehended while trying
[4312]to escape and were executed without trial. /COMMENT:
[4314]In Aug 64 there were rumors of uprising and plots
[4315]against the Castro regime, some within the armed forces,
[4316]which reportedly lead to summary arrests and secret
[4317]executions. During this period underground sources
[4318]reported that 70 Guban Army officers had been arrested
[4319]in connection with a plot to topple CASTRO's regime; the
[4320]plot allegedly had been discovered by a CASTRO agent
[4321]who pretended to be a participant. (Could this have been
[4322]the AMTRUNK Operation. 27
[4324]AMSPELL Project - Directorio Revolutionario Estudiantil
[4325](Student Revolutionary Directory) 19-124-26 (Project)
[4326]and _19-120-19 Subject File
[4328]Memorandum dated 22 May 1962 in 201-316766 (Luis
[4330]FERNANDEZ-Rocha Rodriguez) File
[4332]Last para of page 2 "Jose I. LASAGA has returned from
[4334]Reena Ula we dM
[4336]13-00000
[4338]Washington and is very depressed. He claims that
[4339]JFK has decided on the co-existence line and that
[4340]everything is going down the drain. He states that
[4341]present American policy is to work towards an
[4342]acceptance of Castro."
[4344]WAVE 9060 (IN 29221) dated 26 September 1962
[4345]FERNANDEZ has accepted bid to appear on nationwide TV
[4346]networks and is leaving for NYCity morning 26 Sept.
[4347]Publicity schedule included how DRE 24 Aug attack on
[4348]Teatro Blanquita was planned, and adverse reaction
[4349]within Cuba to President Kennedy's definition of
[4350]defensive arms.
[4352]Contact Report dated 16 Nov 1962 (201-316766)
[4353]Contact with AMHINT-2 and FERNANDEZ
[4355]FERNANDEZ mentioned meeting in Wash., D.C. in which
[4356]broad proposal for AMBARB funding (Prop. projec€ Yo
[4357]place students in universities in Latin America) /was
[4359]discussed. FERNANDEZ mentioned "negotiation" underway
[4361]‘with "three industrialists" in Texas who. were
[4363]sympathetic and would provide AMBARB delegates in
[4364]these countries (Latin American countries?) with Agency
[4366]representations for their products.
[4368]UFGW 1595 from TFW to JMWAVE dated 18 January 1963
[4369]Forwarded answer from State Dept. to the DRE letter
[4371]written to President Kennedy.
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[4374]riya wos WE Ynt-
[4377]13-00000
[4379]DIRECTOR 8214 to WAVE dated 2 January 1963
[4380]HURWITCH (State Dept. Cuban Coordinator) replying
[4382]briefly to AMSPELL letter to President Kennedy
[4383]by referring DRE organization to President Kennedy's
[4384]29 December Miami speech as latest official
[4386]statement of U.S. policy.
[4388]"Using DRE 26 Dec coded broadcast over WMIE as opening
[4389]wedge, NEWBY reprimanded FERNANDEZ for failure report
[4390]unusual substance text. Also pointed out this flagrant
[4391]violation FCC regulations thus placing CIA in
[4392]embarrassing position. FERNANDEZ apologized but said
[4393]it urgently necessary alert Cuba DRE to penetration
[4394]danger. This was first time existence of penetration
[4395]was reported by FERNANDEZ or other DRE member. To
[4396]inquiry why FERNANDEZ withheld such info. from CIA, although
[4397]known to DRE for months, FERNANDEZ replied DRE merely
[4398]suspected penetration before but only now certain.
[4399]Avoided giving specifics. /COMMENT: After four years
[4400]as chief of CIA subsidized DRE group, FERNANDEZ resigned
[4402]July 64 to pursue medical studies.7
[4404]UFGA 7383: from JMWAVE to Hgs. dated 28 January 1963
[4405]Stated that Jorge MEDINA Bringuier, Sec. Gen. of the DRE
[4406]in Cuba, was G-2 agent. That MEDINA was in contact with
[4407]FERNANDEZ while in Cuba and planned to use FERNANDEZ to
[4408]establish his bona fides with CIA.
[4411]13-00000
[4413]WAVE 4222 (IN 17952) dated 12 September 1963
[4414]IMMEDIATE Action: Stated that Nov 63 issue of See
[4416]Magazine already on newsstands contained wanted poster
[4418]of Fidel CASTRO on front cover. Poster read "wanted.
[4420]dead or alive, Fidel CASTRO for crimes against
[4422]humanity, 10 million dollars reward." Same copy
[4423]highlighted these stories with top billing given story
[4424]titled ''The CIA needs men - can you quality?" The
[4426]wanted poster was part of a story, gist of which was
[4428]DRE offers 10 million dollar reward "to person or
[4430]persons who with the help of the DRE will assassinate
[4431]Fidel CASTRO.'' Offer alleged that reward was on
[4433]deposit with Banco de Santo Domingo, and was signed by Luis
[4434]FERNANDEZ -ROCHA Rodriguez. /COMMENT: FERNANDEZ
[4436]first came to the U.S. in May 1960. Was polygraphed Mar
[4437]62, suspected of being G-2. Clearance granted 18 Apr 62
[4438]for use in DRE; encrypted AMHINT-53. Featured on Channel
[4439]4 TV 26 Sept 62 as having been organizing DRE underground
[4440]Cuba since 20 May and having directed attack 24 Aug
[4442]on Teatro Blanquita./
[4444]AMSPILL Project 19-6-76/2-4
[4446]Ops Folder July 62 - May 64: SW Outgoing Mge #7, 5 Dec 62
[4448]"can you confirm or deny through contacts in medical
[4450]Ulu: jweesvd Wed de
[4452]13-00000
[4454]field about assassination attempt of Lazaro PENA by
[4455](sic) on? Fidel?" /COMMENT: Message #46 from A-1 was
[4456]dated 13 Sept 63. Next message in file is ¥56 dated
[4457]27 Dec 63. File has a gap of 10 messages which are
[4458]unaccounted for. Message #58 dated 27 Dec 63 mentions
[4459]interruption of contact. A-1 did not specify how long
[4460]he was without contact. It may be that contact was
[4461]indeed non-existent from 13 Sept to 27 Dec but the
[4462]numbering system should have picked up and continued
[4464]from the last number.7
[4466]PLSLSTEEL-1 Project 68-6-147
[4468]TDCSDB 3/651,885 dated 25 Oct 1962 filed 68-6-147/4
[4470]Minister MOLYAKOV told a Bloc diplomat that he thought
[4471]the U.S. action fmissile crisis/ was an "election affair";
[4472]that President Kennedy discovered that his popularity
[4473]had dropped and undertook the Cuban measure to "become
[4475]the leader again."
[4477]GNVA 4357 (OUT 53779) 25 Oct 1963 filed 68-6-147/4
[4478]MOLYAKOV commented that the USSR would not let the
[4479]American move go without retaliation. That with this
[4481]measure he /President Kennedy7 had become the "man
[4484]13-00000
[4486]- 103 -
[4488]of the nation" again, and the nation was in a
[4490]state of hysteria behind him.
[4492]GNVA 4376 (OUT 53800) 27 Oct 1962 filed 201-9239
[4494]At a dinner party on 25 Oct 62 in Geneva attended by
[4495]orbit officials, MOLYAKOV reportedly stated that
[4496]KHRUSHCHEV was aware that Kennedy was mad, an
[4497]adventurer, and must not be allowed to pull strings,
[4498]meaning, to retain initiative or control pace in
[4500]the current international situation.
[4502]GNVA 4470 (OUT 53909) 19Nov 62 (TDCSDB 2/652,244)
[4504]Filed 68-6-147/4
[4506]Reported the following on he probable reaction of
[4507]Fidel CASTRO and his principal associates to the Soviet
[4508]withdrawal of offensive missiles from Cuba and to
[4510]U.S. demands re the withdrawal of Soviet IL-28 aircraft
[4511]and on-spot inspection: Source said that CASTRO's
[4512]vanity was immense and no matter how it had been
[4513]explained to him by MIKOYAN or other Soviet officials,
[4514]he must have been furious at the fact that the Soviet
[4515]Union had "backed down" before the U.S. and was
[4516]negotiating with the U.S. on an independent basis.
[4517]CASTRO must have considered himself as being in a
[4518]desperate situation. Source said that CASTRO was
[4519]dominated by vanity, had megalomaniacal tendencies,
[4521]and possessed a compulsion for revenge which was
[4523]notorious; on occasion his compulsion caused him to
[4526]13-00000
[4528]reach back as far as twenty years to revenge
[4530]actions taken against him at that time. Source
[4531]added that in the current situation CASTRO was fully
[4532]capable of undertaking an act of desperation, for
[4533]example the aerial bombardment of the U.S. or some
[4535]gross act against the Soviet Ambassador in Cuba.
[4537]GNVA 5006 (OUT 54584) 28 Mar 1963 (TDCSDB 3/653, 939)
[4539]Filed 68-6-147/4
[4541]At the height of the October 62 Cuban crisis, CASTRO
[4542]haranged a Soviet commander about the "impossibility"
[4543]of permitting U.S. planes to photograph Cuba. The
[4544]Soviet succumbed to CASTRO's persuasiveness and took
[4545]action which resulted in shooting down a U-2 plane.
[4546]The Soviet command was furious and the Soviet officer
[4548]was returned to the USSR under arrest.
[4550]GNVA 6022 (IN 79271) 12 Dec 63 filed 68-6-147/3
[4552]Report that there was no speculation among orbit or
[4553]Soviet officials re implications of Johnson's
[4554]accession. There was a special alert status ordered
[4555]for Cuban Missions as a result of the assassination
[4556]of President Kennedy. The alert was still in effect
[4558]9 December 1963.
[4560]Cire ices | Ucn wed li
[4562]13-00000
[4564]GNVA_6029 (OUT 65853) 12 Dec 63 (TDCSDB 3/658 ,469)
[4565]Filed 68-6-147/4 __
[4567]Report that circa 2 days after the assassination
[4569]of President Kennedy, Cuban dip missions abroad began
[4570]to receive a series of messages placing them on a
[4571]special alert status. These messages were obviously
[4572]due to apprehension by the Cuban Government that the
[4573]circumstances surrounding the assassination of
[4574]President Kennedy might lead to hostile activity
[4575]directed against the missions. They were instructed,
[4576]among other things, to be certain that there were
[4578]"no compromising documents on the premises."
[4580]GNVA 6313 (IN 30483) 2 March 1964 filed 201-9293
[4581]Source reported at 29 February meeting that CASTRO
[4583]was concerned that Johnson would not follow Kennedy's
[4584]course which might have lead to negotiations.
[4585]KHRUSHCHEV was convinced that CASTRO's Caribbean
[4586]Peace must be strengthened.
[4588]/COMMENT: Ref. IG Memo dated 25 April 1967 SECRET
[4589]EYES ONLY, Page 112 - Discussion of Assassination at
[4590]High-Level Government Meetings. HURWITCH of State,
[4591]and McGeorge BUNDY, White House, among others,
[4592]attended 10 Aug 62 Special Group (Augmented) meeting
[4593]at Dept. of State. Bill Harvey attended with McCone
[4594]for CIA. Remember Harvey's Mafia contacts. Also, keep
[4596]in mind that Tad SZULC allegedly had access to Hurwitch,
[4598]wee
[4600]Rah cas His fh ae dj Chew
[4602]13-00000
[4604]one an
[4608]- 106 -
[4610]both President and Attorney General Kennedy, and
[4611]McGeorge Bundy. Could he have learned or heard of
[4612]the plot and let the word out? McCone recalled that
[4613]liquidation of CASTRO, and other regime officials, was
[4614]mentioned at JCS op room meeting 8 or 9 August 1962.
[4615]It was later determined that McCone's recollection was
[4616]probably faulty, that assassination came up for
[4618]discussion at the 10 August State meeting.7
[4620]AMSWEEP Operation 19-6-69
[4622]SW Message #45 from Agent (undated)
[4623]Expressed deepest sympathy for death of President
[4625]Kennedy. Added that death of Kennedy produced great
[4626]nervousness and concern’ in CASTRO and his close
[4627]associates. Further, that there was a great
[4629]mobilization of troops throughout the country.
[4631]SW Message #14 from AMSWEEP-12 dated 19 Nov 1964
[4632]Reported attempt against Fidel CASTRO's life at
[4634]odontological building located at 23rd Street;
[4636]one of his bodyguards was killed.
[4639]13-00000
[4642]ULULE jp Ud swall
[4643]- 107 -
[4645]AMTRUNK Operation 19-6-84/1-4
[4647]UFGA 11375 dated 30 September 1963
[4648]AMLEO-3 (Jose Ricardo RABEL Nunez) defected to the
[4650]U.S. in December 1962, became a JMWAVE asset, and was
[4651]used to screen names for the AMIRUNK Operation. His
[4652]wife reportedly had direct contact with Fidel CASTRO
[4653]on 7 September 1963 and requested permission for
[4654]herself and children to join RABEL in the U.S. CASTRO
[4655]reportedly expressed knowledge that RABEL phoned his
[4656]wife in Cuba every day. RABEL was terminated in
[4657]July 1964, reportedly due to conflict with JMWAVE Station
[4658]for not having exfiltrated his wife and children. He
[4659]returned to Cuba on his own in 1965, arrested, and set
[4660]free in July or August 1967. There are two firm
[4661]accusations that he was a CASTRO agent as early as
[4662]July 1963. If true, he could have been providing
[4663]CASTRO information on the AMTRUNK Operation.
[4665]UFGA 11829 dated 18 October 1963
[4667]Tad SZULC wrote an article on changing trends among
[4668]high-level personnel within the GASTRO Government, which
[4669]appeared in a major daily newspaper, and which he
[4671]told a high-level U.S. Government official was sourced
[4673]to Dr. MORENO, the AMIRUNK team leader. Debriefing of
[4675]Cmte, vm wud
[4677]13-00000
[4679]Cloned | wine baat
[4680]- 108 -
[4682]MORENO produced information of considerable variance
[4683]to that in the article. He admitting talking to SZULC
[4685]' but denied that article was based on information he
[4686]provided. The article (not in: files) created considerable
[4687]furor in Washington, D.C. /COMMENT: If true, SZULC'
[4688]article(s) could have been used as a channel for
[4689]providing information to the Cuban Government, wittingly
[4691]or unwittingly.7
[4693]WAVE 7300 (IN 58037) dated 9 November 1963
[4695]A radio message to the AMIRUNK's in Cuba on 9 November
[4696]1963 asked if they had developed any leads into the
[4697]higher echelons of the Rebel Army, and who at higher
[4698]levels appeared to be good prospects for recruitment.
[4699]It cited rumors that persons in top positions of the
[4700]army were dissatisfied to the point that they may have
[4701]been thinking of plotting against Fidel. / COMMENT:
[4702]There is no proof that this information came to the
[4703]attention of CASTRO; however, if the AMIRUNK operation
[4704]was penetrated, as it appears it might have been,
[4706]this information could have reached him./
[4708]WAVE 9630 (IN 87039) dated 25 December 1963
[4709]AMTRUNK-9 (Modesto OROZCO): reported in an SW Message
[4710]dated 6 November 1963, that during the early part of
[4712]November Fidel CASTRO, in the course of a private
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[4717]- 109 -
[4719]conversation ; expressed fear of the possibility of
[4720]"Commando Insurrections" which might take place on a
[4721]large scale in Cuba, as the Cuban economy was such
[4722]that he could not maintain a state of military alert
[4723]for a long time. He indicated that any prolonged
[4724]period of military alert might cause discontent among
[4725]the troops, a situation which would be dangerous and
[4726]create irreparable consequences. So as to negate the
[4727]possibility, CASTRO was undertaking an intensive
[4728]propaganda campaign to give confidence to his troops
[4730]and to limit the occurrence of any internal uprising.
[4732]MEMORANDUM for the Record by Mike Maney dated 23 Jan 1961
[4733]Rufo LOPEZ Fresquet allegedly leaked confidential
[4735]information re U.S. Government backing of provisional
[4736]government in Cuba, following invasion, given to him
[4738]by President Kennedy in strictest confidence.
[4740]/COMMENT: Tad SZULC reportedly had a standing invitation
[4741]for direct contact with President Kennedy, Robert
[4743]Kennedy and McGeorge Bundy, since November 1961. SZULC
[4744]reportedly kept abreast of all important AMTRUNK operational
[4745]developments but took no active part in the operations.
[4746]SZULC was in touch with George VOLSKY, one of the
[4747]operations planners, who was in touch with Manuel
[4749]PINEIRO (DGI) at the time of the missile crisis in 1962.
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[4760]Aldo VERA Serafin, then in Miami, formerly with the
[4761]Department of Technical Investigation (of the DIER -
[4762]Department of Investigations of the Revolutionary
[4763]Army), was considered for use in the AMIRUNK Operation.
[4764](VERA was assassinated in October 1976 in San Juan,
[4765]Puerto Rico.) VERA reportedly was receiving financial
[4766]aid from Santos TRAFFICANTE and the Mafia for arms and
[4767]ammmition, but there is no indication that such
[4769]activity was related to the Agency./
[4771]AMTABBY Operation 19-132-30
[4773]Part of the net, a major PM operation consisting of
[4774]numerous sabotage operations against on-island targets,
[4775]was wrapped up by CASTRO in November 1962. Through
[4776]captured agents, CASTRO learned that the operations
[4777]were approved at the highest levels of the U.S.
[4778]Government and that the major sabotage operations were
[4779]approved by President Kennedy. The captured agents
[4780]appeared on TV. The Cubans referred to operation CUPID
[4781](true) and to Robert Wall (CI Staff.) /We wonder how
[4782]the agent knew the operational crypt. The Cubans
[4783]believed Wall to be a close friend of Robert Kennedy.
[4784]Mr. Wall said he had never met Kennedy, but that the
[4785]agent's case officer phoned him once in the agent's
[4787]presence, and referred to Wall by true name./7
[4790]13-00000
[4792]AMIAUP Operation 19-132-19
[4794]SW Message #32 from Agent - Undated
[4796]Sent condolences on death of President Kennedy
[4798]and added that"the traitors rejoiced with the news.
[4800]The radios never turned off the happy music. When
[4802]they learned through the news services the background and
[4803]history of the assasin they were preocaupied and on the
[4804]same Friday they placed all troops on alert and also |
[4806]all the doctors were alerted and kept at the hospitals."
[4808]AMTHEO Project 19-6-99
[4810]SW Message #14 from agent, undated
[4811]Reported that "relatives of neighbors of a sub-source
[4813]in Santiago de Cuba were arrested for being involved
[4814]in a frustrated plot to kill Fidel when a bomb was
[4815]found under the floor of the house in which Fidel
[4817]was to be the guest on the occasion of the celebration
[4818]of 26th of July."
[4820]SW Message #28, undated
[4822]Reported that a sub-source confirmed the frustrated
[4823]assassination of Fidel at the corner of 10th and 23rd
[4824]Streets (Vedado) in which one of Fidel's bodyguards
[4825]was killed.
[4827]“
[4829])
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[4840]- 112 -
[4842]THIRTIETH OF NOVEMBER GROUP 19-120-37
[4844]Specific document_not cited
[4845]/RESEARCHER COMMENT: "Of interest is the fact that a
[4847]delegation of MRIN members held a meeting in Dallas,
[4848]Texas in May 63. They complained about the fact that the
[4849]U.S. Government was prohibiting further hit and run
[4850]raids on Cuba and stated that if within 30 days these
[4851]raids were not allowed to continue, the organization
[4852]would conduct a protest march to Washington, D.C.
[4854]Most of the documents in the file are from the FBI.7
[4856]2506 BRIGADE 19-300-2
[4858]Memo for Attorney General Robert F.Kennedy from
[4859]John A. McCone, Director, ‘CIA 25 January 1963
[4861]Concerned interrogation:of members of 2506 Brigade
[4862]ransomed and returned to the U.S. in December 1962.
[4863]One individual interviewed (A 13 310 184) said he
[4864]was very mad at Mr. Stevenson, Mr. Rusk and Mr:
[4865]Kennedy, the President of the U.S. for denying needed
[4867]support. (By this he meant, by air and Naval gunfire}.
[4869]Meher ea
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[4877]- 113 -
[4879]Memo for the Record dated 28 January 1963 by Robert
[4880]MORONEY, Office of Security Subj: Roberto PEREZ San Roman
[4881](201-282287)
[4883]PEREZ was to speak with HURWITCH of State Department.
[4885]PEREZ had a dinner appointment with Robert Kemnedy
[4887]at Kennedy's Palm Beach home 26 Jan 1963. Kennedy was
[4889]to explain in detail plans for future use of the Brigade
[4890]which emerged from a high-level meeting Friday 25 January
[4891]1963.
[4893]’ WAVE 3068 (IN 45935) dated 8 January 1963
[4895]Concerned 5 Jamary 1963 meeting between ZAMKA (Dave
[4896]Morales) CIA and Manuel ARTIME for purpose of re-recruiting
[4897]ARTIME, debriefing him on brigade activities, and to
[4898]provide guidance. RUIZ-Williams reportedly told ARTIME
[4899]that Robert Kennedy instructed RUIZ, OLIVA and Jose
[4901]PEREZ, not to accept any money from the CRC or CIA;
[4903]that Kennedy was setting aside $25 ,000 dollars from families
[4904]committee funds for brigade leadership use for trips,
[4905]expenses, etc. WAVE Station had no other information
[4907]to confirm or deny this statement by Robt. Kennedy to
[4909]RUIZ. WAVE Station commented that within the present
[4910]policy framework the CRC could engage in: full spectrum of
[4911]prop and political action activities; intell. collection;
[4912]military training of officers and enlisted men via
[4914]current DOD program; counter-insurgency training;
[4916]Vee, Cena
[4918]13-00000
[4920]leadership development training, etc. Should USG
[4921]policy become more aggressive re Cuba, they could
[4922]also have commando raids on Cuban coast, attacks
[4923]on Bloc shipping going to or from Cuba, and
[4925]sabotage operations in Cuba.
[4927]WAVE 3103 (IN 46462) dated 8 January 1963
[4929]. Reported that Brigade leaders asked families committee
[4931]for $25,000 ops funds which they claimed Robert
[4932](PEREZ)
[4934]Kennedy indicated to RUIZ Williams and Roberto/SAN ROMAN,
[4935]should be made available to them through establishment
[4936]of joint bank account between committee and the Brigade.
[4937]The families committee turned down the Brigade request
[4938]but was disturbed that the request was made.
[4939]Memo for the Record dated 24 January 1964
[4940]Subj: Roberto PEREZ San Roman (201-282287
[4941]In his 23 January meeting with Robert Kennedy, PEREZ
[4942]remarked that he had discussed Brigade problems,+in
[4943]general, with the writer (Office of Security) whom he
[4944]apparently identified only as his Agengy contact.
[4945]According to PEREZ, the Attorney General asked for the
[4947]writer's identity, which PEREZ, who knows the writer
[4949]only as "'Bob'', was unable to give. (Was Robert F. Moroney).
[4951]Cm
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[4960]- 115 -
[4962]AMNARM Operation,. _19-6-57
[4964]SW Message #45 from Agent dated 1 December 1963
[4966]Sent condolences on untimely passing of President
[4967]Kennedy arid speculated that CASTRO was not entirely
[4968]out of the planning if Moscow had anything to do with
[4969]it, although it could have been one of his (CASTRO's)
[4971]unpredictable. movements which is backfiring.
[4973]‘Radio Message #64 to Agent dated 4 April 1964
[4975]Requested any information the agent had picked up
[4976]on plots against Fidel and others, and identity
[4978]of those behind the plots.
[4980]|
[4981]AMIEE] Operation 19-6-68/2-4
[4982]WAVE 9577 (IN 35284) dated 6 Oct 1962
[4983]U
[4984]ANNEE-1]on Sept. visit to Miami reported that on 11
[4986]September Cuban Army trucks delivered large trunks to
[4988]ZK so ma
[4989]pouse across the street from him] (Nr. fi16 Calle 18
[4991]Miramar) Havana), at that time occupied by a Chilean
[4992]technician. From other activities in front of house,
[4993]infiEE-i/ concluded that house was being used as LP
[4995]target probably for the house of Cuban Supreme Cour
[4997]‘go |
[4999]Chief Luis M. BUCH who lived around the. corner /from A-1.
[5001]me Toa . .
[5002]T4aEt J be ok
[5003]we et aves
[5005]Sac
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[5009]The Chilean technician threw out a corrugated box
[5010]brought there a few days previously by an Army truck
[5011]escorted by the G-2. A-1 retrieved the box and noted
[5012]it contained the address Acoustic Research, Inc.
[5013]Cambridge, Mass. (The Agency checked with the firm and
[5014]learned that the firm dealt in manufacture of high
[5015]fidelity components for home consumption. Firm official
[5016]said if box found its way to Cuba it no doubt was used
[5017]for second time and original contents removed).
[5019]("In [Don Reathy22 March 1977 Memo on Miami Station Action
[5020]to Aid USG Investigation of Murder of John F. Kennedy,
[5021](ites said [AMWEE-i/reported that on the night of the
[5022]day of the Kennedy assassination ey saw Osmani
[5023]CIENFUEGOS drive up to the house [across ‘the street] at
[5024]about 0100 hours; he stayed several hours. The house
[5025]at that time was occupied by an American expatriate
[5026]technician who built audio surveillance gear for the
[5028]CUIS. 7
[5030]WAVE 2171 (IN 92822) 3 Aug 1963 19-6-68/3 Folder #2
[5033]A letter intended for Fidel CASTRO was given tofAMWEE-i]
[5034]“
[5035]in exico] on 2 August. He was to mail it within a day
[5037]or two after return to Cuba on 2 August.
[5039]WAVE 2286 (IN 95047) 7 Aug 1963 19-6-68/3 Folder #2
[5041]fweE-i7 was given letter on 2 August for wife of
[5043]AMUEO-3, returned to Cuba that day, and was instructed
[5045]ye
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[5049]Betesrry
[5050]- 117 -
[5052]to deliver the letter to her soonest. Included in
[5053]the letter was the name of the Mexican Ambassador
[5054]in Cuba given as an emergency contact for wife of
[5055]AMLEO-3. /COMMENT: If AMLEO-3 was an agent of
[5056]CASTRO, as suspected, this information could have
[5057]fallen into the hands of CASTRO.7
[5059]WAVE 3331 (IN 06371) dated 23 Aug 1963 19-6-68/3 Folder #2
[5061]States that DIRECTOR 63497 instructed[AWWEE-TJnot to use
[5062]W/T set except for urgent messages such as report on
[5064]Fidel CASTRO's death and related momentous developments.
[5065]We purposely did not tell (a-1/ that his radio reportedly
[5067]was blown.
[5069]DIRECTOR 72045 from Hqs. to WAVE 30 Sept 63 filed
[5070]19-6-68/3 Folder #2
[5072]Para 2 states "see CASTRO reference in 28 September
[5074]speech to money caches."
[5076]WAVE 2329 (IN 81847) dated 26 Sept 1964 filed W/T Chrono
[5078]19-6-68/3 Vol. #3 mK Wy
[5080]‘(ote message #2. (my government (Italiany has
[5082]intervened violently re imprisonment of Vasco CECCHI,
[5083]Italian citizen who owned Montecatini Restaurant,
[5084]Havana. Requests immediate release or else will take
[5086]severe measures.
[5090]Pde eee peed
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[5096]WAVE 8316 (IN 70529) dated 30 Nov 1963 19-6-68/3 Folder #4
[5097]Para 1 gave translation of WAVE 8279 (IN 69695) Mge. 45
[5098]‘from fimze-i)to Case Officer: "Our condolences on death
[5099]President. MAURI (Mario MAURI, Italian diplomat)
[5101]reports on 22 Nov the Cubana aircraft delayed its
[5102]departure five hours from 1700 to 2200 waiting for an
[5103]important passenger who arrived Mexico City Airport in
[5104]private twin motor aircraft at 2130 hours Mexi time
[5105]transferring directly from his plane to the Cubana plane
[5106]without going through customs or immigration. Travelled
[5107]in pilot's cabin. MAURI returned on same aircraft
[5109]to Cuba. I shall come out 29 Nov but do not imow
[5111]whether I can stay. Best that you come to the airport
[5112]that day. Here there is great movement of troops
[5114]toward Pinar del Rio."' /COMMENT: See AOCOVE Operation
[5115]Memo, AMCOVE-1 SW Mge #71, dated 10 Dec 63. Crpreported
[5116]that Mario MAURI flew from Mexico to Havana on 23 November.
[5119](AWEE-1/ Production Folder #6 Oct 63 thru May 65: 19-6-68/4
[5121].There is nothing between 24 Oct 63 and 4 Dec 63 (void).
[5122]WAVE 8100 (IN 67217) 23 Nov 63 contains no requirements
[5123]to (AMNEE-1 re assassination, nor do subsequent messages
[5125]through 30 December 63.
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[5131]a entnea
[5133]ue oT TT |
[5134]- 119 -
[5135](
[5136](AMWEE-1) sw Chrono 14 Jan 63 thru 20 Apr 65 Folder #9
[5137]19-6-68/3
[5139]There are no messages between SW #119 dated 12 Nov 63,
[5140]received Miami 20 Nov 63, and SW #124 dated 15 Apr 1964,
[5141]received Miami 20 April 1964. ' Four messages are missing
[5143]from this file.
[5145]Message to Agent “CIN 04498) dated 12 June 64
[5146]Asked if agent had learned. the name of the young man
[5147]in peasant clothes who rides Cubana plane to Mexico
[5149]and back every Friday.
[5151]' Message from Agent (IN 81847) dated 26 Sept 64
[5153]States that Vasco CECCHI was arrested "some months ago"
[5154]and charged with dollar dealings and being part of a
[5155]plot against CASTRO.7
[5158][AMWEE-1/ Operational File 19-6-68/3 Vol. #4
[5160]Memo dated 4 November 1964
[5161]Shows that 8 names gleaned from the "Warren Commiséion
[5162]documents'' were checked in WH/SA/IOS (Cuba Desk) files
[5164]with negative results. Reports traces attached.
[5167]13-00000
[5169]Wee ;, ieee
[5171]- 120 -
[5172]AMWORLD Operation 19-124-27
[5174]Memo for the Record by Henry Hecksher, 10 July 1963
[5175]Washington, D.C. Meeting with ARTIME (BOX 18)
[5177]ARTIME related events prior to the Bay of Pigs invasion.
[5178]Manuel RAY had just arrived in the U.S. from Cuba. He
[5179]enjoyed strong Department of State support. It was his
[5180]intent to get the U.S. to withdraw support from the FRD
[5181]and to obtain control over the training camps himself.
[5182]VARONA's and CARILLO's intention was to see the FRD go
[5183]down. Hecksher said he masterminded RAY's defeat and
[5185]RAY knew it.
[5187]Memo by Henry D. Hecksher on AMNORLD Meeting in
[5189]Washington 7 to 10 Nov 1963 Subj: Dr. La Saga (BOX 18)
[5190]LaSaga was the MRR delegate in the U.S. while ARTIME
[5192]was imprisoned in Cuba (following the Bay of Pigs
[5193]invasion.) ARTIME demoted LaSaga. LaSaga described
[5194]by Hecksher as one of the most intelligent men he had
[5195]ever met. It was LaSaga's firm position that while
[5196]President Kennedy was in power it would be impossible
[5197]to defeat CASTRO.
[5199]WAVE 6925 (IN 89430) dated 23 May 1964
[5201]Concerns Tad SZULC' articles in the New York Times
[5203]19, 20 and 21 May which AMCARBON-1 believes were
[5204]fabricated and violated newsbeat agreement he had with
[5206]AMCARBON-1.
[5209]13-00000
[5211]Memo for Chief, Special Affairs Staff, by Henry
[5212]Hecksher dated 3 September 1963 19-124-27/3 (Box 28)
[5214]A Tad SZULC article in a special to The New York Times
[5215]datelined Key West, 1 Sept(1963) quotes ''the judgement of
[5216]authoritative quarters in Cuba'" that Washington
[5218]tolerance of small refugee groups that are identified
[5219]with political factions objectionable to most Cubans ,
[5221]specifically the groups that apparently operate from
[5223]- Nicaragua and are identified with ARTIME, works against
[5225]the emergence of meaningful opposition. /Hecksher
[5226]comment: I wonder who is actually behind what looks
[5228]to me like a concerted denigration campaign?/
[5230]DBA 42843 dated 3 June 1963 (FBI) 19-124-27 (Box 29)
[5232]From interview of Santiago ALVAREZ Rodriguez on 23 May
[5233]1963 and information from his contact in April 1963
[5235]with attorney Paulino A. SIERRA. SIERRA planned to go to
[5236]Miami, from Chicago, to help establish a unity movement
[5237]mmong Cuban political groups. SIERRA wanted ALVAREZ to
[5238]meet an American arriving in Miami from Chicago (name
[5239]unknown) who claimed to have $30,000,000. available to
[5240]donate to Cuban exiles to establish unity and
[5241]provisional government in exile. The American said the
[5242]money would be given on condition that the unity would
[5244]be established, and that the group he represented would
[5247]13-00000
[5251]be given certain concessions in Cuba in the future. The
[5252]American claimed he did not represent the U.S. Government
[5253]but had good contacts with the government. It was not
[5254]known what he meant by the term concessions ~ whether
[5255]that was with reference to gambling concessions, business
[5256]franchises or possible business contracts with the
[5258]Cuban Government. ALVAREZ concluded that the American
[5259]was completely unreliable. The American was described
[5260]as white, male, about 45 years old, 5 ft. 10 inches,
[5262]180 1lbs., well-dressed, businessman type who spoke a
[5264]‘little Spanish and obviously had been in Havana at one
[5266]time. The American indicated that he was from Chicago.
[5268]WAVE 1013 (IN 78067) dated 11 July 1963 (Box 29)
[5270]Concerns activities of Cuban Committee for Liberation
[5271](CCL) sparked by Guillermo ALONSO Pujol 21 May 1963.
[5272](Agency learned from DGI defector SLIPSTREAM-1 in Nov 71
[5273]that ALONSO was a Cuban intelligence agent.) Cable
[5275]goes on to state that Enrique RUIZ Williams-had apparently
[5276]been inactive, at least in Miami circles, since denying
[5277]via local press on 22 May that he was hand-picked by
[5279]Attorney General Kennedy to unify anti-Castro exiles.
[5281]CSDB 3/656,611 dated 13 September 1963 (Box 29)
[5282]Indicates that SIERRA's actions relating to Cuba
[5284]Committee for Liberation would lead to chaos and anarchy.
[5286]13-00000
[5288]At a meeting 20 Aug 1963 members of the group decided to
[5289]report SIERRA's irregularities to the group's financiers
[5290]in Chicago. Calls were made to Chicago to VANDERBUILT
[5292](fm) and Dillon BRADEN.
[5294]WAVE 8562 (IN 74653) dated 5 Dec 1963 (Box 29)
[5296]Reports that PRIO's declarations wherein he accused the
[5297]U.S. Government of agreement with Russia to replace
[5298]CASTRO with Tito-type government originated with
[5299]Guillermo ALONSO Pujol in Washington. It was received
[5300]by PRIO through Guillermo BELT. Pujol has friendly
[5301]relations with certain members diplomatic circle Washington
[5302]and thinks he is well informed although he lives in
[5303]Europe. Guillermo MARQUEZ, publisher of New York weekly
[5304]Ahora and Carlos MARQUEZ Sterling are both part of
[5305]PRIO's plan and allegedly have become associated with
[5306]Richard NIXON in accordance with Republican Party plan
[5308]to bring up Cuban case before the elections.
[5310]WAVE 8563 (IN 84654) dated 6 Dec 1963 (Box 29)
[5312]Information from Francisco CHAO Hermida, who attended
[5314]10 Nov 63 meeting with Miguel A. ''Cuco" LEON - involved
[5315]PLAN JUDAS. LEON told CHAO that while in Wash., D.C., he
[5316]met with Enrique RUIZ Williams. RUIZ informed him that he
[5317](RUIZ) was to lead new Cuban republic and had been so
[5318]named by Robert Kennedy who had gone to New York to
[5320]interview him. Kennedy allegedly said that RUIZ could
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[5328]i wee tj Grito wid
[5330]- 124 -
[5332]work with any or every sector he wished but important
[5334]point was that RUIZ was to be the boss.
[5336]Memo for the Record by Alfonso RODRIGUEZ dated
[5337]23 June 1964 re Telecon with Tad SZULC (Box 29)
[5339]SZULC stated that the detention of RAY was due to
[5340]"“double'' nature of U.S. policy; meaning by that that
[5341]the U.S. Government was anxious to depose Fidel CASTRO,
[5342]but would not permit anyone to act against Cuba.
[5343]RODRIGUEZ pointed out to SZULC that RAY as well as
[5345]"all of the other fellows" have been constantly
[5346]reminded that they cannot use U.S. territory as a
[5348]base but apparently they. have got to lose all of their
[5350]assets before they realize that this is a serious policy.
[5352]AMWREN Operation _19-6-51/1-4
[5354]AMWREN-1 Report dated 5 February 1962 19-6-51/4
[5355]Report that during a speech on 4 February 1962 Fidel
[5357]stopped reading the text prepared by the Communist
[5359]Party and, on his own, referred to Kennedy as "impudent".
[5360]He tried to separate himself from the text and continue
[5361]on his own, but was brought back in line by Carlos
[5362]Rafael RODRIGUEZ and Anibal ESCALANTE.
[5364]On 1 February 1962 AMTURVY-1 reported that Rolando
[5365]CUBELA and other prominent government figures were
[5367]under arrest in La Cabana Fortress and were kept
[5371]waded
[5374]13-00000
[5376]- 125 -
[5378]separated from the other prisoners.
[5380]AMYUM Operation 19-132-32
[5381]UFGA 8466 dated 12 April 1963 19-132-32
[5383]Transmitted intelligence debriefing reports on Operation
[5384]FINA exfiltrees. Debriefing of Caridad MACIAS Rodriguez.
[5385]On 26 July 1961 MACIAS was involved in an action to kill
[5386]Fidel CASTRO at the 26th of July ceremony at the Plaza
[5387]Civic. The action was to kill Fidel CASTRO by firing
[5389]a bazooka shell at the speaker's platform. This action
[5390]failed because of a defective firing device on the
[5391]bazooka. The G-2 had had persons involved, working in
[5392]resistance, under surevillance for some time. MACIAS
[5393]was connected with the MRR. A G-2 interrogator said that
[5394]the Cuban security forces knew everything that was going
[5395]on in the resistance movement. | They permitted these
[5396]resistance organizations to organize and exist until
[5398]it was decided to roll up the group. She seemed to be
[5399]connected with AMBRONC-5 (a CIA on-island asset) who
[5401]was arrested and executed the latter part of August 1962.
[5403]‘weeny eereesr'T
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[5407]ATTACHMENT B
[5409]” TNOWH VW
[5411]List of Task Force Participants
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[5416]LAD/JFK Task Force Participants
[5418]William Sturbitts
[5419]Chris Hopkins
[5421]Jane Zerance
[5422]3
[5423][Felipe Acevedo
[5424]Zs
[5425][Kathleen Blevins)
[5426]3
[5428]{taylor (Mike) Belcher/
[5430](Baryi ceisiey]
[5432][Martin Miller)
[5436]Task Force Supervisor
[5438]Group leader
[5440]Researcher and Administrative back-up
[5441]to Ms. Hopkins. Served from mid-Oct
[5442]@ 1976 to mid-February 1977.
[5444]Researcher and Translator
[5445]Served from mid-October 1976 to
[5446]mid-February 1977.
[5448]Researcher and Translator
[5449]Served from mid-October 1976 to
[5450]mid-February 1977.
[5452]Researcher (Strong along CI lines)
[5453]Served from mid-October 1976 to
[5454]January 1977, prior to PCS assignment.
[5456]Researcher
[5457]Served from mid-October 1976 to
[5458]mid-November 1976. (Part-time due
[5459]to personal tragedy).
[5461]Researcher
[5462]Served approximately 3 weeks from
[5464]January to mid-February 1977.
[5468]13-00000
[5470]3
[5471]{Barbara Boyle/ Researcher
[5472]Served approximately three weeks
[5474]from January to mid-February 1977.
[5476](Alva fing] Researcher
[5477], Served approximately 2 weeks in
[5478]2 February 1977.
[5479][Howard Brubaker] Researcher
[5481]Served approximately 2 weeks in
[5482]February 1977.
[5483]Annie Goodpasture . Recalled from retirement by the IG
[5484]Staff. |
[5485]Served with LAD Task Force from
[5486]mid-March to mid-May 1977. See
[5487]following paragraph on Ms. Goodpasture.
[5488]Based on her long tenure at the Mexico City Station which
[5489]spanned the critical period, September to November 1963, Ms.
[5490]Goodpasture was recalled by the IG Staff in February 1977 to
[5491]answer numerous questions which focused primarily on Mexico City
[5492]Station activities. The IG Staff has written a statement regarding
[5493]Ms. Goodpasture's review of the Mexico City Station files. After
[5494]assisting the IG Staff, Ms. Goodpasture then joined the LAD Task
[5495]Force from mid-March to mid-May 1977. Her contribution during that
[5496]period consisted primarily of the following:
[5497]a) Recall, review and translation from Spanish to
[5499]English (when not provided) of microfilm of Mexico City Station
[5502]13-00000
[5504]teltap take against the Soviet Embassy during the period September
[5506]through November 1963, to determine a possible Soviet link with
[5507]OSWALD.
[5509]b) Preparation of report on Cubana flights and flights
[5510]from Mexico City to Havana based on research and translations by
[5511]other members of the Task Force.
[5513]c) Preparation of report on Gilberto Policarpo Lopez
[5514]based on research and findings by other LAD Task Force members.
[5516]d) .Reviewed at Headquarters and Warrenton] photo coverage
[5517]of the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City for pictures of the
[5518]"unidentified man." |
[5520]e) Reviewed 8 boxes of policy material for possible
[5522]findings.
[5525]13-00000
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[5531]13-00000
[5533]SC-O175S5-77A
[5535]CONTROL NO.
[5537]Access to this document will be restricted to
[5538]those approved for the following specific activities:
[5540]Warning Notice
[5541]Sensitive Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved
[5543]NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
[5544]Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions
[5546](Securit Sifie(gti
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[5549]DET
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[5558]| 10 SECRET -UMBRE
[5559]ZRKNICK Operation 200-5-38 (FBI Monitoring of
[5560]Cuban Espionage Net in Miami, International in Scope)
[5562]BOX I - Non-CS Documents Filed AMAPOLA (Juan AMESTOY Folder)
[5564]On 8 April 1963 the FBI intercepted an SW message from
[5565]ZRKNICK agent in Miami to CUIS Headquarters in Havana.
[5566]Said Juan ARMESTOY /should read AMESTOY; ‘was CIA agent}
[5567]told ZRKNICK agent about a trip he planned to Cuba with
[5568]other Cubans. That an internal uprising was being
[5569]prepared and six men, four Cubans and two foreigners,
[5570]had already arrived in Cuba to assassinate Fidel. "Ricardo
[5571]CABRERA told RIN last night that from now until
[5572]December 63 many things are expected in Cuba and that
[5573]the American Government will take advantage of the
[5574]ee opportunity of the attack on the Russian boat to control
[5575]the gusanos (worms) who work on their own and then ini
[5576]the work of CIA in its job of infiltration. ARMESTOY
[5577]says that they always take an American with them and
[5578]it is he who gives the orders and communicates by
[5579]radio with the airplanes which explore the foute. ARMESTOY
[5580]took eleven thousand five hundred pesos to Cuba. Be
[5581]‘careful. Regards.'' /COMMENT: ZRKNICK at request of
[5582]CUIS Havana, continued to report on AMESTOY. AMESTOY
[5583]was later arrested and killed in a gun battle or executed
[5585]by the Cuban Government.7
[5588]13-00000
[5590]SC-01755-77A
[5592]CSCI 3/776,625 Dated 19 June 1963 Memo to FBI from CIA
[5593]Subject: Ricardo CABRERA Amoedo
[5595]Attached memo dated 30 April 1963 states that Ricardo
[5596]CABRERA Amoedo aka "Cayo" who lived in the _U.S., returned
[5597]to Cuba when CASTRO assumed power in January 1959,
[5598]returned to Miami in 1960 as an active G-2 member and
[5599]continued to work as an informer for CUIS. During 1960
[5600]he went to Cuba and had an interview with VALDES, Fidel
[5601]CASTRO, NARANJO and Juan ORTA, then secretary to Fidel.
[5602]In Miami CABRERA worked for the G-2, together with PIMENTAL
[5603](fnu) and Pepe NOVA, who were chiefs of G-2 in Miami.
[5605]Was a man who would sell his mother. Became an American
[5607]citizen and used to brag about being a member of CIA.
[5609]VOLUME II (Box I) Summary of Relations with FBI
[5611]TOP SECRET DINAR
[5613]On 15 March 1963 the FBI's ZRKNICK supervisor met with
[5614]CIA personnel for discussion of the case and promised to
[5615]keep CIA Headquarters informed of all developments. The
[5616]FBI provided text of SW message from AMAPOLA letter drop
[5617]indicating travel of one Evaristo FERNANDEZ to Costa Rica
[5618]in connection with some kind of operation. CIA sent
[5620]the information immediately to Costa Rica in view of
[5622]President's trip.
[5625]13-00000
[5629]VOLUME II (Box I} Memo from FBI to CIA dated 12 Aug 1963
[5630]Memo attached text of intercepted message; although
[5632]in code, deciphered, it said the following: "Antonio .
[5633]ROJAS told me the following. CIA is still recruiting
[5634]people but they are warned before hand that they have to
[5635]accept Huber MATOS as their leader. -My friend, Luisito
[5636]AQUIAR, who was second in conmand to Tom DIQUE, was
[5637]recruited and he will soon be sent to Cuba. RID told
[5638]me the following: my prison mate Ernesto SANTANA, was
[5639]also recruited a few days ago and sent by CIA and
[5640]transferred to another place for his preparation. Tony,
[5641]no good, and I believe the attempt (on the life) of the
[5642]horse would be more effective, tell us how the check-out
[5644]is going."
[5646]Memorandum for Chief of Station, Mexico dated 3 Sept 1963
[5647](Box I) TOP SECRET DINAR
[5649]Page S para 7 A states that AMAPOLA / crypt for CUIS/
[5650]with outstation located in the Miami area, has for its
[5651]main objective the penetration of CIA and exile
[5652]organizations directed against Cuba. One important agent,
[5653]possibly the P/A /Jose CARBONNEL Marrero/ has been
[5654]identified by the FBI and is a naturalized U.S. citizen of
[5655]Cuban birth. The FBI is currently reading his S/W
[5656]messages, and CIA is interrogating a WAVE asset (?)
[5658]who has an unexplained connection with the agent. Another
[5660]WAVE asset (name unknown) who has had contact with the agent
[5662]2
[5665]13-00000
[5669]has been interrogated and found to be clean. A third
[5670]WAVE asset (identity unknown) in contact with the agent,
[5671]has been turned over to the FBI for possible use against
[5675]the agent."
[5677]VOLUME III (Box I) Intercepted Message from Cuba to
[5679]ent in Miami, Dated 24 Nov 1963 TOP SECRET DINAR
[5681]Asked following questions:
[5683]1. Whether there is concentration of the Yankee Amy.
[5684]2. Whether there is a concentration of mercenaries.
[5685]3. Whether there is an increase in pressure on those
[5687]sympathetic to Cuba and the left.
[5689]4. Whether active counter-revolutionaries are disappearing.
[5691]5. To inform fully via(CaNDI Y(qurs clandestine drop in
[5692]Mexico City) the reaction of the Gusanos and the
[5694]ublicans to the death of Kennedy.
[5696]VOLUME III (Box I) Memo for Chief, JMWAVE from SAS/CI
[5697]Dated 11 March 1964 ~- TOP SECRET DINAR -
[5699]Memo attached copies of ZRKNICK intercepts provided
[5700]CIA by the FBI:
[5702]25 Dec 63 plain text letter (translated from Spanish
[5703]to English) to Irma SUAREZ in Cuba. Para 6 states "'I
[5704]will tell you about Kennedy's death in the other letter
[5706]when I am in New Jersey. All that is a ?."
[5708]REG Gis
[5710]13-00000
[5712]ea
[5714]5 .
[5715]SC-O1755-27A
[5717]30 Dec 63 letter from Miami to Irma in Cuba. Para 3
[5719]states "Irma, I certainly did not forget those medicines
[5720]you asked me for. I was very sure that they would give
[5721]them to you and that you would be able to go to Camaguey
[5723]to see Pepe."
[5725]VOLUME. IV - FBI Summaries TOP SECRET DINAR (Box 1)
[5727]Letter to Irma SUAREZ in Cuba from H. DIAZ in Miami,
[5729]dated 17 Oct 63. Second para. of SW text states "Irma,
[5730]do not bother asking Manolo GARCIA about the letters which
[5731]he has sent me, since I turned them over to CONTE AGUERO
[5732]and he has read them." /COMMENT: This appears to be
[5734]Luis CONTE Aguero, a former JMWAVE Station asset
[5735]terminated in 1969. His file indicates that he is (was)
[5737]a suspected CASTRO agent. He reportedly got the Cuban
[5738]vote for President-elect Carter and was in Wash., D.C.
[5740]in December 1976 with the Carter transition team./.
[5742]BOX 2 - "NOE" FOLDER - TOP SECRET DINAR
[5744]25 November 1963 intercept of message from Cuba to agent
[5745]in Miami. "In view of the assassination attempt in the
[5746]U.S., report the reaction in that city, commentaries
[5748]in government circles, right and left. Report change,
[5749]accelleration, or maneuvers of any kind with regard to
[5751]the aggression plan against Cuba."
[5754]13-00000
[5756]AF] SC-OL755-77A
[5758]SJOS 6429 (IN 68164) Dated 26 November 63 (BOX 2)
[5760]Cable from San Jose to Headquarters. "Costa Rican
[5761]Deputy Julio SUNOL Leal (ZRKNICK suspect, Communist
[5762]fellow traveller and pro-CASTRO propagandist) planned
[5763]depart 24 Nov to attend Peace Conference in Poland.
[5764]Delayed departure and now planning leave San Jose
[5766]by air for Poland 26 Nov. Plans stop en route in Texas
[5767]repeat Texas. Then will travel on to Poland. Station
[5768]suspected SUNOL will attempt gather data in Texas for use
[5769]in pro-Commmist CASTRO propaganda re assassination
[5770]Kennedy. SUNOL travelling with dip. passport."
[5772]MEXI 7085 (IN 68561) Dated 27 November 1963
[5774]Cable to Headquarters from Mexico City. "Subject arrived
[5775]Mexico Taca Fit. 772 1600 26 Nov. Leaving KLM Flt. 684
[5776]for Amsterdam 27 Nov. Flt. stops Houston and Montreal
[5778]en route."
[5780]HZPA 13,960 Dated 3 December 1963 (BOX 4)
[5782]Dispatch from Panama City to Headquarters. “At 22
[5784]Nov 63 Esterline-HYSAGE-1 meeting, news
[5785]was received of President Kennedy's death. This had
[5786]a profound effect on H-1. Her first reaction was that
[5787]it must have been done by racial extremists and she
[5788]spent a considerable time extolling the virtues of
[5789]President Kennedy, and what he had been trying to do.
[5791]At the 27 Nov 63 Esterline-HYSAGE-1 meeting, H-1
[5793]“FOP SEORET UABRA
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[5797]7 SC-01755-77A
[5798]+eP-SEERE HRA
[5799]made quite a point of saying that she was absolutely
[5801]positive that Fidel CASTRO could have had nothing to
[5803]do with the act.
[5805](BOX 10) TOP SECRET DINAR - Intercepted Message from Cuba
[5806]to Agent in Miami dated 27 Oct 1962
[5808]Stated "Principal objective is the physical elimination
[5809]of counter-revolutionary scum and the destruction of their
[5810]centers. The less important ones you can beat up and
[5811]request their expulsion from the country. Keep the
[5812]material secured from the Yankee Embassy in a safe place
[5814]until receipt of further instructions."
[5816](BOX 10) PAMELA Folder - Periodic Activity Report
[5818]Presumably dated December 1963
[5819]PAMELA Folder (CUIS agent). 'In addition to the regular
[5821]bi-weekly schedules held on 10 and 24 November, a special
[5822]schedule was held on 29 November, as was done in the case
[5823]of AMAPOLA (CARBONNEL).. Among various matters dealt with
[5824]in the message transmitted on 10 November, one in particular
[5825]was of high interest. This was the request for a man
[5827]to be chosen to handle commo in cases of emergency inasmuch
[5828]as it would be more difficult to accomplish this. as "the
[5829]struggle worsens."' An exhaustive report on all aspects of
[5830]counter-revolutionary groups and activities was also
[5831]requested of the agent.'' On 24 Nov 63, as in the case of
[5832]AMAPOLA, a special code was set up to enable "A--CH
[5834](illegible) to report by cable directly to drops in Cuba
[5836]SFOP-SEGREUMSRAS
[5838]13-00000
[5840]_ SC-02755-27A
[5842]on the situation in Puerto Rico after the assassination
[5844]of President Kennedy. SANTOS, the agent who actually
[5846]receives all messages transmitted to PAMELA was to
[5848]contact AB--N (illegible) and have him report on the
[5850]development of any of the following situations:
[5852]a. if a contingent of gusano (worm) Cubans has
[5853]arrived there;
[5855]b. if mobilization of resident gusano Cubans is noticed;
[5857]c. if mobilization of U.S. forces is noticed;
[5859]d. if the Cubans who arrived and those who were there
[5860]before have "developed circulation;"
[5862]e. if activities of repressive organs against popular
[5863]forces have increased.
[5865]A special transmission was scheduled for the following
[5867]Thursday at the same time. As there were no adverse develop-
[5869]ments in the situation after the President ts death,
[5871]this subject was not dealt with in the special transmission
[5873]made on 29 Nov (1963).
[5875](BOX 10) SEPIO File
[5877]The "SEPIO' file contains a letter from MENENDEZ
[5879]in France to Oliva LOPEZ, Mexico. /OOMMENT: believe
[5880]letter may have been written by the MANENDEZ who wrote
[5881]letter to a Bernardo MORALES in Miami 27 Nov 62, discussing
[5882]plans for assassination of President Kennedy. See
[5884]MENENDEZ shadow file.7
[5886]STE Te
[5887]—I0P SEGRE triarerioe
[5889]13-00000
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[5892]“ SC-O17S55-?77A
[5894](BOX 10) "ROBERTO Folder" Periodic Activity Report
[5895]' Dated (presumably) December 1963
[5897](— « On 25 November (63) the agent was asked to report on the
[5898]reaction of the assassination of President Kennedy by
[5899]governmental right-wing and left-wing circles. The agent
[5900](Roberto) was also asked to report on the status of plans
[5902]> of aggression against Cuba:
[5904](BOX 10) Memo to Chief of Station, JMWAVE from C/SAS/CI
[5905]Dated 6 December 1963. _.
[5906]Cites memos of 22 and 29 November 63 attached (which are
[5907]not attached to document). 22 Nov 63 memo reportedly
[5908]included an intercepted SW message which mentioned one
[5909]Ricardo IRURETA Goyena who worked at the Hotel
[5910]Fontainebleau in Miami. The 29 November 63 memo reportedly
[5911]i contained an intercepted SW message, a letter addressed
[5913]to Irma SUAREZ in Cuba in both open text and in secret
[5915]writing, and another letter which apparently was intended
[5917]for Manolo GARCIA, also both in open text and secret
[5919]writing.
[5921]ZRKNICK Unnumbered Box - VOL. III
[5923]PACY 1073 (IN 48464) dated 26 October 1963
[5925]Cable from Panama City to Headquarters. ‘Hope you
[5926]understand that PONCHAY (Jake Esterline) and Station CI
[5927]group as dissatisfied with unresolved aspects HYSAGE Ops.
[5929]ten as is Hqs. Do not, however, at this point, see spectre
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[5934]SC-01755~77A
[5936]of Soviets or massive provocation efforts directed by
[5938]Soviets and/or CASTRO in progress. /COMMENT: PONCHAY
[5940]“Kssembly and personal friend of Fidel CASTRO. Recruited
[5942]by Fidel Aug 62 to perform espionage mission in Panama.7
[5944]MEXI 6969 (IN 64256) Dated 19 Nov 63 L. IIT)
[5945]Cable from Mexico to Hqs. 'l6 Nov. LICOOKY-1 with
[5947]J LINLUCK-1\visited Maj. Alfonso PRERA Sierra, employed by
[5948]Francisco ''Paco" AMADO at Maquinas Coloso. "Paco" still
[5949]involved Guatemala guerrilla ops and receives money from
[5950]Cubans to pass to Guats. ''Paco's"' wife says ''Paco"
[5951]now in U.S. but Alfonso thinks he either in Guatemala or
[5953]Cuba. Alfonso's brother Enrique still firmly pro-Cuban."
[5955]DIRECTOR 84449 Dated 21 November 1963 L. III)
[5956]Cable from Hqs. to WAVE. "Hgs. has sensitive information
[5958]indicating that Cuban Intelligence Service is targetting
[5960]against person employed in State Dept. office in Miam
[5962](Matter discussed with the FBI.)
[5964]DIRECTOR 84791 Dated 22 November 1963 (VOL. III)
[5966]Cable from Headquarters to Panama City. "HYSAGE~-2
[5968](Victor Augusto NAVAS-King \) turned plane ticket over to
[5970]"MEDINA" on 22 Nov. Ticket ires 7 Dec 63. Has decided
[5972]Ne remain U.S. ov as holidays. Wants to raise grade at
[5974]OP SECRET UREA!
[5976]13-00000
[5978]a
[5980]SC~OL755-77A
[5982]Georgetown (University). Was much affected by death
[5984]of President and did not want to talk much.
[5986]DIRECTOR 85343 Dated 27 November 1963 (VOL. III)
[5988]Cable from Hqs. to WAVE and Panama City. 'Hgs. suspects
[5989]Blanca Alicia FRANCO may be spearhead of penetration
[5991]of AMOT/CIA ops on behalf ZRKNICK complex. AMOTS /JMWAVE
[5992]Station Ops.7 in direct contact with FRANCO. FRANCO,
[5994]suspect Cuban agent, in. contact with AMOT-110. (orberto >
[5996]~~ Felipe MARTINEZ Garcia
[5998]HDCA 3405 Dated 29 November 1963 (VOL. III)
[6000]Dispatch from Santo Domingo to Hqs.concerning one Eduardo
[6001]TAVARES Justo. TAVARES queried EMGLUE-1 ( )
[6003]on 2 Oct 63 about his experiences in the U.S. but did not
[6005]give any indication that he was going there. On 9 Oct.
[6006]five days after TAVARES departure, EMGWUE-1 reported th
[6007]TAVARES had not gone to Canada as planned, but to New York.
[6008]On 22 Nov 63 EMGLUE-1 reported that as of 17 Nov TAVARES
[6010]was still in New York. E-1 believed TAVARES a Commmist, or at
[6012]least has Communist ideas.
[6014]HMMA 22632 Dated 18 December 1963 (VOL. IIT)
[6016]Dispatch from Mexico City to Hqs. "On 21 Nov 63 LICOOKY-1
[6017]obtained following info re Francisco AMADO. For past year
[6018]AMADO has continued to receive visits from emissaries of
[6019]Fidel CASTRO and to make mysterious trips. On each occasion
[6021](sic) eceives money for various expenditures,
[6023]Peay bees,
[6024]Ad Utes
[6027]13-00000
[6029]i
[6031]LZ
[6033]Right after receiving these visitors and the money, AMADO
[6035]SC-O1755-77A
[6037]goes on trips. AMADO was in Cuba for a while last year.
[6038]He may be working for the Govt of Cuba in intelligence
[6039]work, . AMADO's wife was educated in the U.S. She has
[6040]friends in Washington and also at the U.S. Embassy in
[6041]Mexico. As of this date, AMADO has been outside Mexico
[6042]for some time. His wife explains that he is in the U.S.
[6043]Last year when AMADO went to Guatemala, taking funds from
[6044]CASTRO for the guerrillas, he applied for membership in
[6045]the Guatemalan Commmist Party. He has CASTRO's canfidence
[6047]and performs services for the Communists."
[6049]DIRECTOR 90507 Dated 20 December 1963 VOL. III)
[6051]Cable from Hqs. to Panama City and Bern. "Appears likely
[6052]someone may have used HYSAGE-1 ticket. Can Panama City
[6053]identify? Was HYSAGE-1 in Panama 4-17 Dec?
[6055]DBA S7414 (FBI) Dated 21 November 1963 100-5-14 (VOL. IV)
[6056]Page 11, para 3, mentions a Manolo GARCIA who had in his
[6057]possession driver's license in-name Manolo RODRIGUEZ. /This
[6058]Manolo RODRIGUEZ may be iden/ with one Manuel RODRIGUEZ
[6059]Seoane (201-920072) Cuban DSE officer in 1964 responsible
[6060]for recruiting Emilio ECHARTE Pedroso. ECHARTE's mission
[6061]was to enter the U.S. for the purpose of assassinating
[6063]Cuban exile, Manolo RAY. DIRECTOR 501359, 15 Jan 747 .
[6066]13-00000
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[6070]i
[6071]4
[6073]SC-01755-77A
[6075]ZRKNICK Continued -
[6076]PACY 4074 (IN 30576) dated 17 July 1964 (Vol. VII)
[6077]Cable from Panama City to Hgs. "Station wili do everything
[6078]possible to get additional answers and clarification from
[6079]HYSAGE-1. If H-1 trying to divert attention from more
[6080]important target or activity any of the following
[6081]possibilities may be considered:
[6083]c. H-1 may be involved in or aware of impending
[6084]action. Perhaps a golpe de Estado (coup d'etat) or
[6085]assassination, and is trying detract attention from persons
[6087]actually involved."
[6089]BOGO 4761 (IN 41774 dated 3 August 1964 (Vol. VII)
[6091]Cable from Bogota to Has. 'On 28 July 64 a State Dept.
[6092]officer received information that there was a pro-CASTRO
[6093]group in the Civil Aeronautics Administration and names
[6094]Alvaro REYES Nieto as a member of the group. REYES, a
[6095]Colombian, is a radio technician, now in Wash., D.C. area
[6096]on ODWIFE (International Corporation Administration)
[6097]training grant. Hernando REYES Nieto, believed to be
[6098]Alvaro's brother, reportedly travelled to Cuba via Mexico
[6099]in January 1962. CSDB 3/654,557 lists him as architect
[6101]in employ of the Cuban Government.
[6103]¢ HHTWS1721 dated 15 October 1964 (Vol. VIII)
[6105]NN
[6106]Dispatch from Has. to( Tegucigalpa. "When President Kennedy
[6107]died, Augusto (DGI) directed officers in National
[6109]Liberation Bldg., to prepare radio communication using
[6112]13-00000
[6114]14
[6116]SC-O1755-77A
[6118]song "Three Beautiful Cubans'"' or "Six Beautiful
[6120]Cubans," which could be transmitted by Radio Havana,
[6121]Cuba and be used to send easily understood ciphered
[6122]messages. AMMUG-1 (DGI defector) believed that Norberto
[6123]HERNANDEZ Curbelo (DGI) officer chose the musical
[6124]recording. Augusto is believed to be iden/with Carlos
[6125]Sixto CHAIN Soler, Deputy to Manuel PINEIRO, Chief of
[6126]the DGI.
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[6133]ATTACHMENT C
[6135]Outline of the Complete LAD/JFK Task Force Files
[6137]and Description of Their Contents.
[6139]4
[6140]a
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[6142]i
[6144]Vol.
[6145]Vol.
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[6150]Vol.
[6152]Vol.
[6154]Vol.
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[6158]Vol.
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[6160]Vol.
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[6162]Vol.
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[6165]Vol.
[6167]Vol.
[6169]II
[6170]III
[6171]IV
[6173]VI
[6174]VII
[6176]VIII
[6178]IX
[6180]XI
[6181]XII
[6182]XIII
[6183]XIV
[6185]XVI
[6186]XVII
[6187]XVIII
[6188]XIX
[6190]LAD (Cuba) Task Force to Investigate
[6191]Assassination of President Kennedy
[6193]019-604-001
[6195]Administrative - Background Working
[6197]Administrative - Background Working
[6199]Administrative - Background Working
[6201]Press Clippings
[6203]Interagency Memoranda
[6205]Interagency Memoranda
[6207]Terms of Reference - Folders 1 thru
[6209]Interim Report on AMTRUNK Operation
[6211]to Split Castro Regime
[6213]Memoranda (Draft) - Operational and
[6215]Negative Findings A thru H
[6217]Memoranda (Draft) - Operational and Subject |
[6219]Negative Findings I thru Z
[6221]Memoranda
[6222]Memoranda
[6223]Memoranda
[6224]Memoranda
[6226]Memoranda
[6228]' Memoranda
[6230]Memoranda
[6231]Memoranda
[6233]Memoranda
[6235]with
[6236]with
[6237]with
[6238]with
[6239]with
[6240]with
[6241]with
[6242]with
[6244]with
[6246]Findings
[6247]Findings |
[6248]Findings
[6249]Findings
[6250]Findings
[6251]Findings
[6252]Findings
[6254]Findings
[6256]Findings
[6258]Attached
[6259]Attached
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[6267]Attached
[6269]Papers
[6270]Papers
[6272]Papers
[6274]34 Cuba/Mexico
[6275]and Operation -
[6276]» Files
[6278]Subject.
[6280]Files
[6284]Vol. XX Memoranda on Personalities Checked - A thru N
[6285]Vol. XXI Memoranda on Personalities Checked - O thru Z
[6286]Vol. XXII Final Report - How Research was Conducted -
[6287]Chronology of Findings
[6289]List of Participants
[6291]Outline of LAD/JFK Official Files