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13 August 1962
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ABSTRACT
1. SUMMARY: In the period since ref progress report
AMDENIN-1 has been primarily engaged in keeping his fences mended
with the various exile croups in the area in anticipation of mov-.
ing into a position in the AMSUD-1 organization in which he will
be responsible for coordinating the selection of paramilitary
✓ candidates from these groups. In addition to this he has prepared
a number of reports providing 
background information, and on cur-
rent activities in the local PRRUMEN community and mounting
Operation Antonico I, an effort to establish contact with PBRUMEN
fishermen thru his own fisherman contacts. Details follow:
OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
2. In response to a Station request subject provided an
estimate of the current situation in PBRUMEN. This report
stressed the points that the farmers and the fishermen in PBRUMEN
are the most willing and capable of providing support to resis-
tance activities as a result of their having suffered the most at
the hands of the current administration after being largely
responsible for its obtaining power. He also provided a general
strategic plan of Oriente Province in which he defined the main
areas in which guerrilla elements can survive and how they can be
reached from coastal resupply points. His ability to do this is
based upon his being a native of the area and one who has been
primarily interested in its geography due to his former large.
agriculture holdings there.
3. He has had one meeting with AMBUD-1 for the purpose of
maintaining contact. His main question to AMBUD-1 was with regard
to the latter's ability to actually control the people on his staff.
He was disappointed by the reply which though positive could not be
supported with an example of where AMBUD-1 had actually brought
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about the dismissal of anyone who had proved to be ineffective.
AMDENIM-1 is a good friend 
of AMBUD-1 as a result of his father's
long standing relationship 
with him, but at this point has very
little respect for him 
as a result of, as he says,
failure to actually 
make his organization into an effective body
AMBUD-1's
and to engage in 
activities which actually detract from the success
of the current PBRUMEN regime
. It remains that he is willing to
As 
organization and attempt to create unity among the
military 
sections of the member 
groups at such time as KUBARK Rives.
him the go ahead.
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4. Following his belief that the most important job at hand
is the 
development and 
maintenance of maritime reception points
along the north coast 
of PBRUMEN, AMDENIM-1 has devoted considerable
time to readying assets 
among his exiled fisherman friends to make
contact with their former 
fisherman associates still based in
PBRUMEN. The 
foundation for this activity is quite tenuous as a
result of a variety of factors which 
make it difficult to arrange
sea rendezvouses in the 
absence of radio contact. Several trips
have been made to the 
Anguila Key area for this purpose, the last
of which was supported 
by KUBARK and was called Operation Antonico
1. This attempt was unsuccessful due 
to the failure of the inside
contact to 
appear. It developed that the woman and child who were
to be exfiltrated on this operation 
appeared in the JMWAVE area
two days later, having obtained 
permission to leave PBRUMEN by air.
They carried the message 
that someone had stolen the port chief's
personal boat as a result 
of which the inside contact was unable
to depart on 
schedule due to the implementation of temporary re-
strictions until the theft had 
been investigated.
next 
rendezvous was scheduled for 12 August, however imminent bad
She said the
weather forestalled any 
chance of making this rendezvous.
effort to establish 
contact continues on the basis that, once a
Commo system can be 
set up, it will be comparatively easy to es-
tablish further rendezvouses 
and thus develop ratlines into the
north coast.
The
5. Coincidentally with the abové AMDENIM-1 is continuing
his efforts 
to come up 
with radio operator candidates and to obtain
candidates for infiltration. 
Based upon past experience this
effort is being 
made more selective in that the need for more self
sufficient personnel 
is greater than ever..
culty of 
covering people inside makes it necessary to reduce the
The increasing diffi-
size of the infiltration 
parties and to have people
establish themselves with natives who are willing to provide them
they can'
with a base of operations. 
Most of the people who are willing
stand the rigors of existing on minimum supplies unt can with-
infiltrate at this point are of the type who want immediate act, N
and are unwilling to take the time to establish a clandestine base
from which they can 
methodically develop the assets in place who
are essential to the growth 
and refinement of a resistance base.
He has a number of 
people on tap who are qualified as candidates
for small guerrilla teams, 
but who are not capable of maintaining
themselves clandestinely until 
the time for guerrilla action arrives
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a. $200. was given to Heriberto SARDINAS Campo as
maintenance until his clearance comes through.
It
is intended that [SARDINAS] will be an investigator of
operational leads and an 
assistant to AMDENIM-1 in
the 
handling of his fishermen and operational candidates.
b. $300. was given to ANDENIM-1 for passage to the
widow of AMGLAD-
1. He is the channel for this payment
until such time 
as HOS arrives at a settlement figure
and this 
obligation can be disposed of.
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c. $325. was given to AMDENIM-1 in support of Operation
Antonico I, which operation is described under para-
graph 4.
INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION: ANDENIM-1 has provided a number
of memoranda on developments within the various exile groups in the
JMWAVE area, none of which qualify as intelligence information but
all of which contribute 
to the Station's better understanding of
the local politics. Specifically, he has provided info on the
political beliefs and background of most of the PBRUMEN exiled labor
leaders and the activities of the Bequer group. He has also been
helpful 
in clarifving the picture as to the movements within the
UR at this time while the Station is trying to determine how best
to organize this group in order to be able to take over its more
worthwhile features without becoming unduly committed to giving
it special prominence in the exile community. He is being counted.
on to help bring the UR into the AMBUD-1 organization as a means
of creating the appearance of greater unity among the exile
community.
who
8. COMMENTS AND FLANS: While no spectacular achievements are
resulting from AMDENIM-1's efforts at this point he is steadily
becoming more and more susceptible to KUBARK control and more
professional in his efforts. A recent example is the critique he
gave his fishermen for not realizing more information out of the
refugees they met at Anguila Key while waiting for their inside
contact. They had failed to adequately debrief two young men,
had 
succeeded in surviving in PBRUMEN for over two months on their
own, on the basis that they were too young to be knowledgeable.
As it turned out the two refugees had used the cover of sponge
salesmen and had been able to travel from Havana to Santiago de
Cuba without being stopped once. On learning of this, A AMDENIM-1
was reminded of a good cover he 
has heard about, namely fighting
cock fanciers, which activity seems to be on the increase as a
result of the greater amount of spare time available to the people.
The sport is actually becoming a year around proposition rather
than being restricted to the winter months as in the past. It is
_planned to have AMDENIM-1 continue his present pursuits on the
basis that he is free to move as the Station desires and can have
an overall constructive effect on the AMBUD-1 organization at the
time desired. He will continue his efforts with the fishermen and
will provide candidates for infiltration as they become available
and can be accepted by the Station. Operation Antonico III is
scheduled for 27 August using a Magnolia (boat) to establish
contact with fishermen living on a key in the Caibarien area
There is a possibility that he will journey to Jamaica to make
contact with an old associate who is now a prominent member of the
PBRUMEN government as a means of eliciting information on current
regime policy and plans.
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