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# DISPATCH## Chief of Station, Mexico City## Chief of Station, Guatemala City## Chief of Station, Motor City## Chief, Western Hemisphere Division### JMTEAK### Jose Alberto Cardona Aguilar (201-042303)ACTION: Guatemala City, see paragraph 6.1. Attached for Mexico City and Guatemala City Stations is a Guatemalan Personality Report (GPR) on Jose Alberto CARDONA Aguilar (201-042366). The GPR covers his activities up to 25 March 1969. In preparing this GPR, we have noticed a few items which addressees may wish to review with information, as it may become available, to supplement the available information on CARDONA.2. We would appreciate Station Mexico City furnishing addi- tional information on CARDONA's local standing in Mexico. For subsequent immigration material (on CARDONA or his wife), please determine if CARDONA ever informed the Mexican authorities of his departure from Mexico following his obtaining political asylum there on 22 June 1966. Note re face sheet of 27 September 1961 destined for Guatemala. Further, the Immigration Department, as of August 1967, had no intention of granting him any immigration documents.3. Following are some questions concerning CARDONA's health. In addition to his heart ailment, does he also have (or did have) liver trouble? This is raised by phone LTL/9212-13 reported in EGG-4509, CS-311/10765-67, dated 18 October 1967, that CAPDONA, while in the USSR, was to receive medical treatment for a liver ailment according to statements made by Fernando ARCADIO Monzon, Secretary General of the PDC. On the other hand, LARR/IL-2 reported that CARDONA was travelling to the USSR and would remain there for three months to undergo medical treatment for an ailing heart. As for the murder and the significance of CARDONA's heart attacks, the following questions are raised: Has his health affected his attitude and motivation towards his involvement and dedication in NUF activities? Will any medical assistance remedy or control his problem? What exactly is his illness? Who are the doctors in Mexico and the USSR who are treating CARDONA?4. Following are questions concerning CARDOCA's attitudes towards his family which may have a bearing on his motivation.CONTINUED...| CROSS REFERENCE TO || ------------------ || 201-160430         || 201-821311         || 201-828917         || DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER || -------------------------- || HGGW-4744                  || CLASSIFICATION             || SECRET                     || DATE              || ----------------- || 6 May 69          || HQS FILE NUMBER   || :---------------- || 201-042366        || OFFICE          | OFFICER    | ORIGINATING | TYPIST         | EXT. || --------------- | ---------- | ----------- | -------------- | ---- || WH/2/CJ         | M. Osborne | bjr         | 201-132/391438 |      || OFFICE SYMBOL   | DATE       |             |                |      || :-------------- | :---       |             |                |      || WH/2/G          |            |             |                |      || WH/1            |            |             |                |      || OFFICE SYMBOL || ------------- || AC/WHI/2      || DATE          || :---          ||               |RELEASING OFFICER'S SIGNATUREJohn C. Murray