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ICCCA: REPORT ON STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTIONS DESIGNED TO COUNTER
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ICCCA - SUBCOMMITTEE ON CUBAN SUBVERSION
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RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL TO AND FROM CUBA
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Califano Papers, Box 2, Folder 25. Memo from Califano to Wheeler, Sloan, Alger, Wendt, Carpenter,
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26 NOV 1963
MEMORANDUM NO. 61 FOR GENERAL EARLE G. WHEELER (JCS)
SUBJECT:
MR. FRANK R. SLOAN, Dep Asst Sec/Def ISA
(Regional Affairs)
MAJOR CENERAL J. D. ALCER, USA
REAR ADMIRAL W. F. A. WINDT, USN
MAJOR GENERAL J. W. GARPENTER, III, OSAP
BRIGADIER GENERAL C. J. QUILTER, USMC
Interdepartmental Coordinating Committee of Cuban Affairs:
Report on Status of Implementation of Actions Designed to
Counter fubversion (U)
Reference: DA Memo 404, subject as above, dated September 19, 1963
Attached herewith te a final draft of the Report to the President of
the Subcommittee on Cuban Subversion on Progress Made During September
1963 in Curbing Cuban Subversion in Latin America.
It is requested that comments, if any, be provided this office by
1200 house. 2 December 1963. The Department of Defense portion of
subject report is based on subrcissions provided in response to referenced
merorandum.
Enclosure
As Stated
CC:
Mr. Yarmolinsky (OSD)
Lt Col Haig
Mr. Califano
Signed
Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
General Counsel
ASG
OSA, ASG Control No. 27074
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REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE
on CUBAN SUBVERSION
ACTION TAKEN DURING SEPTEMBER 1963 IN CURBING.
CUMAN SUBVERSION IN LATIN AMERICA
ASA ASG Control No. 2207#
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I. Control of Travel to and From Caba.
Department of State
Instructed Embassy Tunis to call to the attention
of the Foreign Ministry our concern at increased evidence
of Aeroflot attempts to establish North Africa routes to
Cuba, especially through Algeria, and our conviction that
Tunisia has a valid case in thwarting any Bloc civil air
penetration of Africa.
b.
Instructed Embassy Conakry to contact Guinean Govern-
ment officials, reminding them of their past assurances
that no Aeroflot flights to Cuba would be permitted to
use Conakry facilities, and to express our concern at
recent indications that Aeroflot was preparing to establish
app indeferovital cities Paki
service to Cuba via Conakry.
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Instructed Consulate Fort au France to investigate
and report on alleged landing and refuelling of Cubana
aircraft at Guadeloupe. Also double-checked directly
with the Shell Company, the supplier of the fuel.
Instructed Embassy Paris to query the French Goverment
about alleged Cubana use of the Guadeloupe facility, and
to express our concern at this evidence of Cuba's attempt
to use French Caribbean dependencies for flights to and
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from Latin America.
d.
Instructed Embassy Rio to make a new approach to
the Brazilian Foreign Ministry to express our concern
at Cuba's continuing use of "charter" flights to Brazil
and the laxity of Brazilian officials in the control of
passengers. During the course of the month the Brazilian
Government began tightening controls against Cubana
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flights. Specifically, all requests for landing permission
were henceforth to be processed by the Foreign Office,
with appropriate delays. Also tighter passenger, crew
and cargo controls were to be instituted when a Cubana
flight is permitted to use Brazilian facilities.
e. Determined that the U.K. had specifically warned
Cubea that no avlation fuel was available in Barbados and
that H.M.G. would, in the future, respect Shell Company's
decision to deny fueling to Cubana planes.
£. Continued inter-Departmental efforts to prevent
resumption of ferry service between Cuba and the U.S.
which a British citizen, Harold Derber, has been attempt-
ing to establish during the past several month.
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Instructed Consul Georgetown to investigate and
report on evidence the Department received which indicates
that Cuba is planning to sell merchant vessels to British
Guiana in order to facilitate the establishment of
regular service for passengers and cargo.
Central Intelligence Agency
In connection with the Seventh Congress of the
International Union (UIA) held in Habana September 29
October 3, 1963 the Buenos Aires Station:
(1) encouraged the Argentine National Federation
of Architects to oppose Argentine attendance at the
Habane meeting, with the result that 25 of the 39
practicing architects who had planned to attend can-
celled their participation;
(2) arranged to prevent the attendance of any
officially authorized Argentine delegation at the Habana
meeting, but encouraged the attendance of an official
Argentine delegation of anti-Communist coloration at en
international architecta necting to be held in Mexico
14 October;
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(3) delivered a memorandus to the Minister of
Interior concerning Cuban charter flights to Brazil which
supported the Ambassador's request that the Argentine
government express concern over such flights.
b. Rio de Janeiro Station continued to furnish
the Embassy with data on Cubana flights to Brazil used
in representations to the Brazilian Foreign Office.
Also induced Rio airport officials to impose stringent
passport control and baggage efforts. These efforts
contributed to the Brazilian Government' failing to
issue landing permits for Cubana flights on September
21, 24 and 25, 1963 forcing their cancellation. When
Cubana, because of harassment et Rio, began using the
landing facilities in Sao Paulo where controls were
non existent, CIA iniciated and obtained a local liaison
agreement for similar harassment in the event of future
Cubans Flights to Sao Paulo.
Mexico City station inspired a press campaign
of hoof and mouth and smallpox epidemics in Cuba, prior
to the Architects Congress to discourage participation
in the Habana meeting. The resulting quarantines and
innoculations
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innoculations were a factor in discouraging $2 of the
60 Mexican professional architects who were expected to
go to Habana from attending the Congress.
Control of Novement of Propaganda
Measures to comit aus.
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Control of Clandestine Novement of Guerrillas
and arms
Derartment of State
Made the necessary arrangements through Embassy
Tegucigalpa with the Coveriment of Honduras for the
dispatch of three U.S. helicopters to give logistical
assistance to the Honduran Army in its effort to locate
and eliminate the band of guerrillas allegedly operating
in the Patuca River area along the Honduran-Nicaraguan
border
Department of Defense
Three 0-13 helicopters from USSOUTHCOM supported
Honduran armed forces conducting counter-insurgency
operations in the Patuce River area. A total of 27 sorties.
were flown resulting in delivery of 3920 pounds of supplies,
evacuation of 12 sick Honduran soldiers, airlift of 19
passengers to polats in the operational eres, and
recovery of 400 pounds of supplies from the operational
ared.
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Control of Transfer of Funds
Department of State
Instructed Embassy Mexico City to inform the
Mexican airline SAESA that their proposal to purchase
surplus Cuban aircraft would in fact result in the
accrual to Cuba of a simificant amount of hard currency,
and the U.S. would have to oppose the transaction.
Further, if dollars were involved in the purchase,
it would be a violation of the Cuban Assets Control
Regulations.
b. Informed Department of Treasury, Foreign Assets
Centrol Office, of the activities of Somondelp Enterprises,
a Miami firm engaged in sending remittances to persons
in Cabe in violation of the Cuban Assets Control
Regulations.
Instructed Consulate, Belize to inform
Mr. Richard Joyce, an American national, that his
commercial transactions with Cuba were in violation
of the Cuban Assets Coatrol Regulations and that he
* is prohibited from engaging in such trade.
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V. Strengthening of Counter-Insurzeney Capabilities
Department of Defense
Thirteen Latin American officers graduated from
the counter-insurgency Operations Course of the U.S.
Army School for Latin America in the Panama Canal Zone
on 20 September. During the month, a total of 91 Latin
American officers encolled in courses stressing counter-
insurgency at the Army Canal Zone school.
b. Eight U.S. Ammy counter-insurgency mobile
training teams were providing training to the Armed
Forces of five Latin American countries during the period.
U.S. Air Force counter-insurgency training teams were
in two countries.
In the Canal Zone, 15 students from five countries
were under instruction in the eperation of coast guard
utility patrol craft used for coastal surveillance.
Siz students from two countries were undergoing similar
training in the United States
d. A U.S. Navy counter-insurgency training team
is in Venezuela to assist in improving the security
of oil installations in Lake Maracaibo.
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Costa Rica and Honduras were provided one
Geesna 185 aircraft each for medical civic action and
Internal security purposes.
f. On May 25, 1953, three M-43B KAMAN helicopters
were provided to the government of Colombia on a 90-day
The Colombian Government requested an extension
of the loan and a 90-day extension has been approved.
Central Intelligence Agency
Loun Counts.
Guantanamo City Station has recruited, on a
trial basis, a former member of the 13 November guerrilla
group and debriefings are in process. Negotiations
continue with the Government of Guatemala for the
formation of a new internal security service.
Lima Station has agreed to furnish the Peruvian
Investigations Police (PIP) with an outboard motor
to increase their patrol capability on rivers crossing
the Bolivian frontier. Our information is that the
rivers crossing this frontier have provided the primary
avenues for recent attempts to gain clandestine entry
of personnel and weapons into Peru.
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Department of Defense
Engineering installation work continued on radio
stations for Managua, Nicaragua and Tegucigalpa,
Honduras. No further progress has been made in reaching
agreements with Colombia and Ecuador for rights to
establish radio stations in those countries.
Installation
of the new trans-istimien commercial cable in Panams
is nearing completion.
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA Stations continued their exchange of intelligence
information with local intelligence Agencies. The
following actions are of special significance:
The GIA Station in Buenos Aires furnished the
Argentine State Intelligence Service (SIDE) with
information on the travel of Argentines to Caba, and re
quested that SIDE provide name traces and debrief these
travellers on their return whenever feasible. SIDE
provided the traces, but did not conduct any debriefings.
The Station has not felt it feasible to try to remedy
this omission in view of the personel changes expected
within SIDE after the new government is installed on
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As a result of information passed by the Bogota
Station to the Administrative Department of Security
(DAS) concerning Colombian cravellers to Cuba, a number
of passport violations have been discovered in which
travellers to Cuba are using passports issued to other
persons. There is a reluctance, however, on the part
of the Colombian Government to prosecute this type
of violation.
c. At the urging of the CIA Station in Line, the
National Intelligence Service (SIN) instructed one of
its penetrations of leftist groups to campaign for a trif
to Cube in order to receive guerrilla warfare training.
This asset has been offered, and has accepted, an opportunity
to make the trip by the Leftist Revolutionary Movement
(IIR), primary vehicle of Cuban subversive activities
in Peru. Briefing and debriefing of the asset will be.
done by the SIN.
The Peruvian Naval Intelligence Service (FNIS) has,
in response to the efforts of the Station in Lima, sent
one of its agents to Chile where he will sign aboard a
Chilean freighter calling at Habana. The asset has been.
given specific intelligence requirements to fulfill.
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The Prime Minister and Minister of Government and
Police has requested from the CIA representative in
Lima any information that he might supply on subversive
elements posing a threat to the Government of Peru.
This request has opened an additional channel to the
highest level of the Government with a concomitant
prospectfor effective action when needed.
d. Through regular liaison channels, the Venezuelan
General Directorate of Police (DICEPOL) has been provided
by CIA with the names of all Venezuelans known to have
travelled to Cuba from February through August 1963.
This activity will be carried out on e continuing basis;
the names are now being integrated into the regular
watch list kept at international airports in Venezuela.
Thus far, at least three retumises have been arrested
on the basis of the information supplied to DIGIPOL.
DICEPOL has indicated its appreciation of the data
being supplied and desires that the arrangement be
continued.
VII. Surveillance of Cuban Dialomatic. Commercial and Cultural
No special actions to report.
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VIII. Other Special Actions
United States Information Arenew
We Bet K
The Agency's press service transmitted seven
articles relating to Cuban subversion on its wireless
file service to USIS offices throughout Latin America
for placement in the local newspapers. Developments
reported in these articles included demands by the Bolivian
Senate for the ouster of the Cuban Chargé d'Affaires,
terrorism and goverment counteraction in Venezuela,
the seizure in Ecuador of an arms and explosives cache
reportedly received from Cuba, several articles on the
International Union of Architects Congress in Habens
(emphasizing the intent of the Castro regime to use the
Congress as a forum for its propaganda claims), and
Assistant Secretary Martin's Los Angeles speech in which
he pointed out the regime's affinity for Chinese communist
doctrine and its continued emphasis on violent revolution
and subversion. In all, the press service transmitted
27 articles and commentaries during September on the
subject of Cuba, the other articles dealing for the most
part with economic and political conditions inside the.
country as evidenced by the regime's own admissions and
the reports of refugees.
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The Voice of America Spanish broadcaste to Latin
Amarica during September carried a total of 20 news
analyses, commentaries, press round-ups, and interviews
related to the subject of Cuban subversion. Some of
the developgents treated included the following:
corentary on commmmist embaseles as chamels for
subversion; a news analysis on the U.S. students who
visited Cuba; Assistant Secretary Martin's Los Angeles
„speech; a neve analysts on Cuban subversion as an obstacle
in the normalization of U.S.-Soviet relations; a three-
part series on university autonomy in Latin America;
a feature on the letter of a Colombian student who
went to Gaba on a scholarship and was disillusioned by.
he communist indoctrination; a commentary on Che Guevara'
recent article on revolutionary strategy; and a commentary
on guerrilla training in Cuba. Many of these items were
repeated several times in the broadcasts. The "Rendezvous
with Cuba" hour carried four or five commentaries firm
Gal and interviews nightly on economic and political
developments inside Cube. Of special note, the Cuban
radio and Castro himself reseted angrily to Voice of
Aprica broadcaste about Che Caevara'a article and to coa-
centaries that Cuba had accepted en agricultural role in
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the communist bloc and had postponed its plans to
industrialize.
On September 27, the Agency issued a circular
Instruction to alllite Latin American posts urging
greater attention to opportunities for publicizing Cuban-
attulated subversion, suggesting the various types of
information activities to support this effort, and requesting
monthly reports of field actions taken to implement the
instruction. This was done as a follow-up to the original
instruction on Cuban subversion which was issued April 3,
1903.
Central Intelligence Agengy
CIA in Braziloassisted in the defection and
exploitation of a Cuban athelete Roberto Perez Ondarse
in Porto Alegre on 4 September 1963. Perez was a member
of the Cuban basket-ball team which participated in the
World University Gaues (FISU) held in Porto Alegre
Brazil in early September 1963.
b. Assistance was given to the overnment of
Cantemala in the interrogation of some of those vio
ware errested in commection with the Communist Party
documents that were confiscated in late May 1963.
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Only one of those interrogated admitted to any involvement
with the captured documents, the Commmist Party,
guerrilles, or angthing else that could be construed
as incriminating. The one who did adalt knowledge
denied that he was involved in any way. The Goverment
of Guatemala wants to interrogate this person again at
a later date.
CIA Station in Montevideo arranged for an
interview between an Uruguayan military intelligence
officer and a recent defector from the Montevideo
Cuban Embassy during which extensive information regarding
Cuben subversive activities was ravealed. The Uruguayan
officer prepared a report containing this data and
presented it to the National Council of Government which
has been slow to indicate concern over comunist sub-
versive activity in Uruguay. As a result of this report,
the NCC has directed the Minister of Interior to appoint
a special commission to study the problem of Consmeist
subversion and to make recommendatious as to what course
of action should be taken by the Uruguayan Government..
Should the Governmzat wish to press for passage of
stronger
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stronger anti-subversive legislation the Station has tatton
steps to prepare Uruguyan public opinion by planning
simultaneous local press releases of the salient
features of the defector report with similar press
reporting in the United States where the defector willbe
brought to light..
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