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CONTINUATION OFDISPATCH                                                                                                                                                            SECRET                                                                    OSMA - 26417called the embassy to-advise the duty officer that he(AMAUTO-1) would be leaving for the Amusement Park. Therewere no QUTIMID reports supporting this theory.). The factthat the telephone call was made soon after SAMKO's arrivalleads us to suspect that the call was made to establish asurveillance of SAMKO and AMAUTO-1 at the park. As notedin references SAMKO was specifically briefed on this possi-bility and was alerted to report any absence of AMAUTO-1from the room.6. We were confident that AMAUTO-1 would be the first   to ask the cover questions, but instead his wife asked both   questions: What are you doing here? and How did you get our   address? SAMKO repeated the cover story and at the end of   the second - how did you get our address - AMAUTO-1 said that it   was quite possible. (AMAUTO-1's wife remained cool and sus-   picious throughout the initial confrontation, but later reacted   warmly toward SAMKO.) As we noted above, SAMKO embellished the   story to his satisfaction. He also shed a few tears when he   repeated the story of his wife's death and the doctor's'   recommendation that he take a vacation. He continued his   softening approach of AMAUTO-1 by adding: "Bill, when my wife   took ill some years ago, she asked me to divest myself of all   business interests, but if you were there with me, Bill, you   could have handled my affairs and you might have been a   millionaire today." SAMKO sensed that AMAUTO-1 and his wife   were moved by this comment and were literally drooling with   the thought of being millionaires. The wife asked a number   of questions regarding SAMKO's wealth, his real estate activity,   collection of silver and his success in general. The wife   was astounded with the simple explanation of how SAMKO went   about building and financing apartment houses. SAMKO made   a suggestion that AMAUTO-1 invest in silver because the scarcity   of this metal would eventually raise the market value. He   explained to AMAUTO-1 that he was collecting all silver coins   stamped prior to 1965. The next couple of hours were spent   at the amusement park where, on arrival, AMAUTO-1 steered   SAMKO to a cafeteria near the main entrance. In short order   two men arrived on the scene, friends of AMAUTO-1. They were   introduced to SAMKO, but SAMKO could not remember the names.   After a few moments a couple arrived and they, too, were   introduced to SAMΚΟ. (SAMKO could not identify the persons   he met from the photographs in our mug book.) AMAUTO-1's   friends took a number of photographs of SAMKO and AMAUTO-1 and   after a short while together, they left. The conversation at   the park was aimless. They discussed the kids and SAMKO repeated   how delighted and proud he was to know that one of AMAUTO-1's   children was named Alexander - his namesake. AMAUTO-1 had   a wide grin while SAMKO was talking about Alexander. He asked   AMAUTO-1 about the oldest boy. AMAUTO-1 replied that the oldest   was in Havana studying civil engineering. SAMKO suggested to   AMAUTO-1 that he should give his children the best education and   have them stay away from politics and political courses but   concentrate on the professional fields, engineering, law,   medicine, etc. AMAUTO-1 admitted that his intention was to   keep his children away from a political career. SAMKO said he   would send Alexander some commercial slides of Cape Kennedy   and other points of interest in Florida.