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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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: Chief, Contact Division
ATTN: Support Branch (Crowley)
FROM
: Chief, Minneapolis Office
SUBJECT: Cuban Refugee Group
1.
DATE:
31 August 1962
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Enclosed are three names provided by (George Hauer -
of Cleveland, Ohio. These apparently are the leaders of the
Cuban group which you and I 
have discussed in some detail.
For the record, Hauer 
got in touch with me because we had
some rather extensive 
debriefing sessions in 1959, and
apparently he 
prefers to continue that relationship for the
present. Headquarters' 
records will show, however, that
he was interviewed by Gene 
Rittenburg in September 1960.
2.
The Cubans listed on the enclosure are the leaders
of a small 
group 
which is shuttling back and forth to Cuba
for the purpose of 
establishing reception groups, taking in
medical supplies, ammunition and 
weapons, and to bring out
other Cubans who wish to 
leave the country.
from our 
discussions
As you know
supplies, etc. (Hauer) understands that no help will be given
2 
they are seeking help in the form of
without some measure of control 
by our Agency, and he
agreed to provide 
the names for Agency consideration.
third man on 
the list is in Cuba at the present time. Hauer-
specifically requested that 
we treat any on-the-street
investigation 
with great care.
The
3. Please expedite any checking you might do and give
me your 
expression of 
interest as soon as possible. Hauer] 06
is not an exceptionally 
patient man, and I certainly expect
to receive an inquiry 
from him in the near future.
he is 
genuinely motivated and quite capable, and in his
present position 
of recruiting executive personnel for
Ernst & Ernst he 
could be quite useful to the Agency.
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Enclosure
I believe
Vernon K. Sando
VERNON R. SANDO
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Ernesto Rodrigues y Moreno
es Service Station
Marathon Shores Florida
Caureano
married three chil
owner of gas sta
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Son
Street
inent and reputable Havana banker Augustin Batista:
Victor Paneque.
Age 42.Former July 20th Commander
Presently in Cuba.
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