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LUSA 77526
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CITE LUSAKA 77526
TO:
IMMEDIATE DIRECTOR.
FOR:
LIMIT LA/CCGEO INFO CIC/LA, AF/SG, CIC/AF
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WNINTEL VPJAUNTY
SUBJECT: VPJAUNTY/1 CONTINUED CONTACT WITH CUBAN CHARGE
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DIRECTOR 277135 93 3844003
1. ACTION REQUIRED: COMMENTS ON RECENT EVENTS IN
VPJAUNTY/1 ASSESSMENT/DEVELOPMENT OF CUBAN CHARGE CARLOS
ACEVEDO.
2. AFTERNOON OF 17 SEP 93, C/O BECKNAP MET WITH VPJAUNTY/1
(J/1). J/1 SAID HE HAD HAD DINNER WITH CUBAN CHARGE CARLOS
((ACEVEDO)). AND SPOUSE AT LATTER'S HOME ON 9 SEP 93. DURING
THE DINNER, J/1 SAID HE FELT HE WAS BEING TESTED BY ACEVEDO.
HE SAID ACEVEDO RAISED THE QUESTION OF HIS PREVIOUS CONTACT
WITH PNINFINITE EMPLOYEES. HE SAID HE MET AN EMBOFF IN LAGOS
WHOM HE ASSUMED TO BE PNINFINITE. (ACEVEDO DID NOT PROVIDE J/1
WITH THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL). ACEVEDO SAID THAT THIS AMCIT
OFFERED TO SELL HIM A CASE OF BEER FOR ONE DOLLAR. WHEN J/1
SAID THAT THE AMERICAN WAS PROBABLY ONLY BEING FRIENDLY,
ACEVEDO SAID THAT HE KNEW IT WAS BUSINESS AND NOT FRIENDSHIP
WHICH WAS BEHIND THE GENEROUS OFFER. ACEVEDO THEN RAISED THE
ISSUE OF A PUBLICATION WHICH LISTED PNINFINITE EMPLOYEES AROUND
THE WORLD. ACEVEDO ALSO RAISED THE BAY OF PIGS AND THE
*<ASSASSINATION>OF<PRESIDENT KENNEDY,>STATING THAT HE KNEW THEM
TO BE PNINFINITE OPERATIONS. ACEVEDO COMPLAINED THAT HE DID
NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE U.S WAS OBSESSED WITH CASTRO. ACEVEDO
STATED THAT CUBA COULD OVERRUN THE AMERICAN BASES IN CUBA IN 5
MINUTES IF THEY WANTED TO DO SO. HE ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE TRADE EMBARGO. HE
BRAGGED ABOUT CUBA, PRAISING ITS DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.
ACEVEDO WAS OBVIOUSLY TOUTING THE PARTY LINE VERY CLOSELY
DURING THIS SESSION. DURING THE CONVERSATION, ACEVEDO SAID
THAT HE WOULD NOT VISIT ANY U.S. OFFICIAL'S HOME, ALTHOUGH HE
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MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM TALKING TO
AMERICANS, AND NAMED C/O'S DERSOOKIAN AND BECKNAP WHOM HE HAD
MET THROUGH J/1.
3. DURING THE CONVERSATION, J/1 SAID HE HEARD AN AUDIBLE
"CLICK" WHICH HE IS SURE WAS THE SOUND OF A TAPE RECORDER
SHUTTING OFF. J/1 SAID HE IGNORED THE SOUND, BUT BOTH HIS HOST
AND HOSTESS WERE SHOCKED BY THE NOISE. J/1 SAID THAT ACEVEDO
SEEMED TO BE ALL BUSINESS THAT EVENING, ASKING QUESTIONS AND
LEADING THE CONVERSATION. WHEN J/1 PHONED HIM ON 13 SEP WITH A
PHONE NUMBER HE HAD REQUESTED, ACEVEDO SEEMED TENSE. ON 15
SEP, ACEVEDO CAME BY TO SEE J/1 AT HIS OFFICE, AGAIN REFERRING
TO HIM AS HIS BROTHER. ACEVEDO WAS BACK TO HIS PREVIOUSLY
FRIENDLY SELF AND ASKED J/1 WHAT HE WAS DOING OVER THE WEEKEND
AND J/1 SAID HE WAS VERY BUSY. J/1'S IMPRESSION IS THAT HE WAS
BEING TESTED AND THAT HE PASSED THE TEST. C/O SAID SHE WOULD
CONSULT THE WASHINGTON EXPERTS AND ADVISE J/1 AT NEXT MEETING
WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR 1500 ON 24 SEP. WOULD APPRECIATE HQS
COMMENTS PRIOR TO THAT MEETING.
4. DURING THE MEETING, ACEVEDO TOLD J/1 THAT HE WANTED THE
BIBLE FOR HIMSELF SINCE HE WAS CATHOLIC. HE SAID THAT
PREVIOUSLY, PARTY MEMBERS COULD NOT BE RELIGIOUS AND REMAIN
PARTY MEMBERS. HOWEVER, THINGS HAD LIBERALIZED TO THE POINT
WHERE HE COULD NOW HAVE A BIBLE. (J/1 DID ADMIT THAT HE FORGOT
TO ASK WHY, IF THINGS WERE MORE LIBERAL NOW, ACEVEDO COULD NOT
GET HIS OWN BIBLE FROM CUBA.)
5. J/1 SAID THAT BASED ON HIS ASSESSMENT OF ACEVEDO,
STATION WOULD NOT GET FAR WITH HIM USING OFFICIAL AMERICANS.
HE SAID HOWEVER, THAT A SOUTH AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN INTERESTED
IN TRADE IN CUBA (SPECIFICALLY IMPORT/EXPORT) WOULD BE OF
INTEREST TO ACEVEDO AS HE HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN LEAVING
THE GOVERNMENT AND INVOLVING HIMSELF IN BUSINESS DEALINGS.
ASSESSES ACEVEDO AS BEING INTERESTED IN MONEY (HENCE THE
INTEREST IN BUSINESS), BUT STILL RETAINING AN INTEREST IN
J/1
POLITICS. C/O TOLD J/1 THAT STATION AND HQS STILL HAD AN
INCOMPLETE PICTURE OF ACEVEDO'S PERSONALITY AND THAT HE SHOULD
CONTINUE WITH HIS ASSESSMENT. C/O AGAIN TRIED THE PLOY OF
HAVING J/1 WRITE A LETTER TO C/O DESCRIBING ACEVEDO AS IF C/O
HAD NEVER MET HIM. J/1 SAID HE WOULD TRY TO DO THAT.
6. STATION ASSESSMENT OF THESE RECENT EVENTS IS TWOFOLD.
IT IS LIKELY THAT ACEVEDO HAS REPORTED HIS CONTACT WITH C/O'S
· DERSOOKIAN AND BECKNAP. IT IS POSSIBLE THEN THAT A SECURITY
OFFICIAL INSISTED THAT ACEVEDO CONFIRM HIS VERSION OF THE
CONTACT WITH THE SOURCE OF THE CONTACT, J/1. THE EVENTS OF 9
SEP WOULD SUPPORT THIS THEORY, ESPECIALLY THE OBVIOUS AGENDA
AND THE SHOCK AT THE MIX-UP WITH THE TAPE RECORDER (THIS IS NOT
A TRAINED PROFESSIONAL CONDUCTING A TEST.) ANOTHER POSSIBILITY
IS THAT THIS WAS A TEST FOR J/1, A SORT OF VETTING EXERCISE.
SINCE ACEVEDO CAME BACK TO J/1 AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, IT
WOULD APPEAR THAT J/1 PASSED THE TEST. THE QUESTION REMAINS AS
TO WHO WAS ABLE TO REVIEW THE TAPE IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF
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TIME (9-15 SEP). IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IN LUSAKA WAS
ABLE TO EVALUATE THE TAPE. OTHERWISE, THE MOST LIKELY PLACE
FOR SUCH AN EVALUATION TO TAKE PLACE WOULD BE IN HARARE.
STATION'S VPKINGPIN CUBAN FILE DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY INFORMATION
ON TRAVEL OF CUBANS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, MOST RECENT
INFORMATION IS FROM LATE AUG 93. WILL ADVISE ANY INFORMATION
ON SUCH TRAVEL WHEN KNOWN.
7. WOULD APPRECIATE HQS READOUT OF ABOVE AS WE BELIEVE
THIS HAS POTENTIAL CI IMPLICATIONS FOR THIS CASE. PLEASE
PROVIDE COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS PRIOR TO HQS COB 23 SEP. REGARDS..
8. FILE: VPJAUNTY/1. INDEX: ((ACEVEDO)). DECL OADR DRV
HUM 4-82.
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