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1. TRANSMITTED UNDER SEPARATE COVER VIA FLEXOWRITER IS A COPY
OF THE WAVE MEMO TO ACSI AS PRESENTED TO ACS ON 19 JANUARY 1965.
2. THE "CAS SOURCE'' MENTIONED THROUGHOUT THE MEMORANDUM IS
AMICE-14. THE **SUB-SOURCE'' IN PARAGRAPHS 11 THROUGH 14 AND THE
**SUB-SOURCE'' IN PARAGRAPH 24 ARE THE SAME PERSON, IDEN A OF REFS.
3. LATER DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE PASSING OF THIS MEMORANDUM
ARE THAT BOTH THE WIFE OF AMTRUNK-9 AND AMICE-14 HAVE IDENTIFIED
**JORGE'' AND "TORRES'' AS THE SAME PERSON FROM A PHOTOGRAPH PRO-
VIDED BY ACSI AND, PER PARAGRAPH 27, THAT THE WIFE OF AMTRUNK-9
/WHO NOW BELIEVES HER HUSBAND TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN PRISONER/ IS
EXERTING PRESSURE UPON ACSI FOR ODYOKE TO NEGOTIATE THROUGH DIPLO-
MATIC CHANNELS FOR HER HUSBAND'S RELEASE. REPORTEDLY, THE WIFE OF
AMTRUNK-9 HAS ASKED FOR AND RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM TORRES' TO
WRITE A LETTER TO THE WIFE OF GPIDEAL PLEADING HER HUSBAND'S CASE.
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INFILTRATION INTO CUBA BY
MODESTO ORLANDO CRCZCO BASULTO
1. AT ABOUT 1800 HOURS, 29 DECEMBER 1964, MRS. JOSEFINA LOPEZ
ANGULO DE CROZCC, WIFE OF MODESTO ORLANDO ORCZCO BASULTO AKA 'BEBO'',
TELEPHONED A CAS SOURCE WHO HAS BEEN FRIENDLY WITH GROZCO FOR
SEVERAL YEARS. MRS. OROZCO ASKED THE CAS SCURCE TO VISIT HER AT HER
HOME THAT EVENING.
2. THE CAS SOURCE ARRIVED LATER THAT EVENING. MRS. OROZCO
ASKED THE CAS SOURCE IF HE KNEW THAT HER HUSBAND HAD LEFT FOR CUBA.
CAS SOURCE REPLIED THAT HE HAD HEARD RUMORS TO THAT EFFECT.
MRS.
OROZCO SAID THAT SHE WAS VERY WORRIED ABOUT HER HUSBAND BECAUSE
SHE HAD NOT HEARD A WORD FROM OR ABOUT HIM SINCE HE LEFT WITH 2
OTHERS 3 DAYS PREVIOUSLY, ON 21 DECEMBER 1964. OROZCO HAD PLANNED
TO RETURN IN A WEEK. MRS. OROZCO ASKED CAS SOURCE TO TRY TO FIND
OUT SOMETHING ABOUT CROZCO THROUGH HIS FRIENDS IN CUBA''. CAS
SOURCE SAID THAT HE WOULD TRY SINCE HER HUSBAND HAD BEEN A GOOD FRIEND
OF HIS BUT THAT HE WOULD NEED SOME DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED TRIP TO
HELP HIM IN HIS INVESTIGATIONS.
3. MRS. OROZCO SAID THAT HER HUSBAND HAD GONE INTO CUBA TO
RESCUE JOSE VASQUEZ NEREY AND 3 OTHERS WHO WERE HIDING IN THE HOME
OF AWOMAN NAMED GLORIA CABRERA WHO LIVED AT NO.72 27TH STREET BETWEEN
**N** AND "10", APT. 3, VEDADO, HAVANA. MRS. OROZCO SAID THAT THE
ADDRESS HAD BEEN GIVEN TO OROZCO BY HORTENSIA ORIZONDO MENESES
/ACSI SCURCE NO. 180/. MRS. OROZCO ADDED THAT BOTH SHE AND HER
HUSBAND HAD KNOWN GLORIA CABRERA IN THE SIERRA MAESTRAS AND THAT
SHE /MRS. CROZCO/ DID NOT TRUST HER BECAUSE **SHE HAD BEEN COMPLETELY
WITH THE REGIME UNTIL ONLY A FEW MONTHS AGO''.
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4. MRS. OROZCO TOLD CAS SOURCE THAT HER HUSBAND HAD BEEN
VISITED ABOUT FIVE TIMES BETWEEN MID-NOVEMBER AND MID-DECEMBER 1964
BY A PUERTO RICAN WHO IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS **JORGE** IT WAS
** JORGE** ACCORDING TO MRS. OROZCO, WHO TOLD HER HUSBAND OF THE
PLIGHT OF JOSE VASQUEZ NEREY. DURING THE SECOND OR THIRD MEETING,
**JORGE'* MENTIONED THE NAME OF **HORTENSIA', LATER IDENTIFIED AS
HORTENSIA ORIZONDO MENESES, AND, AGAIN ACCORDING TO MRS. CRCZCC,
ORIZONDO WAS FROM THAT TIME OROZCO'S CONTACT IN THE VASQUEZ AFFAIR.
ALTHOUGH **JORGE** DID NOT AT ANY TIME REPRESENT HIMSELF AS CIA,
MRS. OROZCO ASSUMED THAT HE WAS SENT BY CIA. THIS ASSUMPTION SHE
PASSED ON TO CAS SOURCE. **JORGE" NEVER IDENTIFIED THE ORGANIZA-
TION WHICH HE REPRESENTED BUT HE DID TELL MRS. CROZCO THAT HE WAS
NOT FROM CIA. **JORGE' DID, HOWEVER, CONTINUE TO REPRESENT HIMSELF
AS HAVING OFFICIAL BACKING FROM THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
**JORGE** WAS DESCRIBED AS 5' 6'' TO 8'', MEDIUM BUILD, DARK BROWN
SLICKED-BACK HAIR WITH NO PART, DARK BROWN EYES, CLIVE COMPLEXION,
ABOUT 33 YEARS OLD, AND SPEAKING NEAR-PERFECT SPANISH.
5. THE CAS SOURCE REMARKED THAT A TRIP OF THIS NATURE REQUIRED
A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY AND SUPPLIES. WHO HAD HELPED OROZCO
TO GET THE BOAT, TO EQUIP IT AND FUEL IT AND TO PROVIDE THE OTHER
NECESSITIES? MRS. OROZCO REPLIED THAT THE FINDING, EQUIPPING AND
READYING OF THE BOAT HAD BEEN HER HUSBAND'S RESPONSIBILITY BUT THAT
CRIZONDO HAD PROVIDED THE FUNDS. AS WILL BE SEEN BELOW, THIS
ALLEGATION THAT ORIZONDO WAS THE PAYMASTER FOR OROZCO'S TRIP IS
SUPPORTED BY A SIMILAR STATEMENT BY ANOTHER CAS SUB-SOURCE TO WHOM
OROZCO TALKED QUITE FREELY ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE/.
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6. CAS SOURCE ASKED MRS. OROZCO INTO WHICH AREA DID HER
HUSBAND INTEND TO INFILTRATE CUBA. MRS. CROZCO SAID THAT HE
PLANNED TO GO INTO NORTHEASTERN MATANZAS PROVINCE TO THE MARTI AREA
WHERE HE HAD SEVERAL CONTACTS WHO HAD HELPED HIM IN THE PAST. CAS
SOURCE PRESSED FOR OTHER DETAILS OF THE ACTUAL SITE OF INFILTRATION
BUT MRS. GROZCO PROTESTED IGNORANCE OF FURTHER DETAILS. SHE SAID
THAT HER HUSBAND HAD WITH HIM AN EXPERT NAMED “MATED" WHO
KNEW THE AREA COMPLETELY. /''MATED'' HAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS
ALBERTO GONZALEZ ORTIZ. CAS FILES INDICATE THAT GONZALEZ HAS MADE
A NUMBER OF CLANDESTINE TRIPS TO CUBA WHILE CONTRACTING TO BRING
OUT RELATIVES OF EXILES FOR MONEY. HIS REPUTATION IS UNSAVORY
BASED UPON THE GENERALLY-ACCEPTED FACT THAT HE HAS ACCEPTED LARGE
SUMS OF MONEY TO BRING FAMILIES CUT AND HAS FREQUENTLY FAILED TO
MAKE GOOD. HIS PROMISES. IT IS ALSO A COMMONLY-ACCEPTED FACT AMONG
THE EXILE FISHERMEN THAT GONZALEZ WILL NEVER UNDERTAKE SUCH A TRIP
UNLESS HE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY PAID OR IS COMPLETELY CERTAIN THAT THE
MONEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON HIS RETURN/.
7. MRS. CROZCO SAID THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW THE NAME OF HER
HUSBAND'S INTENDED PRIMARY CONTACT IN THE MARTI AREA. SHE MENTIONED
ONE CANDIDO'' DIAZ, A FISHERMAN, AND ONE PEDRO BARBI, THE OWNER
OF THE BATE MARINO RESTAURANT IN CARDENAS. OROZCO HAD TOLD HIS WIFE
THAT HE INTENDED TO SEE THESE PERSONS TO HELP HIM WITH TRANSPORTATION
TO HAVANA AND TO PROVIDE HIM WITH FUNDS / MRS. OROZCO CONTENDS--AND
IT IS A SORE POINT WITH HER--THAT OROZCO LEFT WITH ONLY A FEW
COUNTERFEIT PESOS/. ONCE IN HAVANA, CROZCO PLANNED TO GO FIRST TO
THE HOME OF MARIO GIL GONZALEZ /HIS PATRONYMIC HAS ALSO BEEN SPELLED
''HILL''/ FROM THERE, OROZCO PLANNED TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE
ADDRESS OF THE CABRERA WOMAN WHICH HE HAD RECEIVED FROM ORIZONDO,
PICK UP VASQUEZ AND GROUP AND LEAVE.
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8. MRS. OROZCO SAID THAT HER HUSBAND TOLD HER THAT HE WOULD
SEND A TELEGRAM TO HER AS SOON AS HE REACHED HAVANA SAFELY. SHORTLY
BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE, HE WOULD SEND ANOTHER CABLE IN PRE-ARRANGED
CODE TO INDICATE THAT HE WAS ON HIS WAY OUT. MRS. CROZCO WAS THEN
TO CALL ORIZONDO WHO WAS TO ARRANGE AN AIR SEARCH FOR THE BOAT.
AS LATER TOLD BY MRS. CRCZCO, INCLUSION OF THE WORD "BIEN" /GOOD/
IN A CABLE INDICATED THAT OROZCO WAS SAFE IN HAVANA. INCLUSION OF
THE WORD "SALIO" /LEFT OR DEPARTED/ WOULD INDICATE THAT HE WAS
ON HIS WAY OUT.
9. MRS. OROZCO SAID THAT ORIZONDO HAD CALLED HAVANA CN 30
DECEMBER 1964, PRESUMABLY TO THE CABRERA WCMAN'S HOME. VASQUEZ
HIMSELF HAD ANSWERED THE PHONE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO NEWS
FROM OROZCO OR FROM ANYONE ELSE. VASQUEZ AND THE GROUP WERE STILL
WAITING FOR CONTACT.
10. CAS SOURCE ASKED MRS. OROZCO HOW MUCH MONEY OROZCO HAD
LEFT BEHIND FOR HER SUPPORT. SHE REPLIED THAT HER HUSBAND HAD LEFT
$50.00 BUT THAT HE HAD TOLD HER TO RE-CONTACT ORIZONDO IF SHE
SHOULD NEED MORE.
11.
A CAS SUB-SOURCE REPORTED THAT OROZCO HAD COME TO HIS
HOME ON 12 DECEMBER AND HAD TOLD HIM THAT HE PLANNED TO GO TO CUBA
TO RESCUE VASQUEZ. OROZCO SHOWED SUB-SOURCE A RECEIPT FOR .41.00
FOR REPAIR TO AN OUTBOARD MOTOR. OROZCO SAID THAT THE BOAT WAS NOT
FAST BUT QUITE SEAWORTHY. OROZCO SAID THAT ORIZONDO HAD PAID THE
BILL FOR THE MOTOR REPAIRS AND HAD PROVIDED THE OTHER NECESSARY
FUNDS. OROZCO NAMED GRIZONDO AS A PERSON WHOM HE /CROZCO/. HAD
BROUGHT OUT OF CUBA AND WHO HAD WORKED IN CUBA UNDER ONE DAVID
CABEZAS. AS REPORTED BY SUB-SOURCE, GROZCO TOLD HIM THAT CRIZONDO
HAD TOLD HIM OF VASQUEZ' DANGER AND ASKED FOR HIS HELP IN RESCUING
HIM. CROZCO TOLD SUB-SOURCE THAT HE HAD REPLIED THAT HE WOULD DO
ANYTHING TO HELP HIS FRIEND VASQUEZ BUT THAT HE WANTED TO KNOW WHO
THE PEOPLE WERE BEHIND HER /ORIZONDO/. GRIZONDO HAD REPLIED THAT
SHE WAS GOING TO PUT HIM IN TOUCH WITH A PERSON WHC SPOKE FLUENT
SPANISH BUT WAS NOT. CUBAN. THIS WAS 'JORGE'' AND FROM WHAT SUB-
SOURCE IS ABLE TO RECONSTRUCT OROZCO MET ''JORGE' IN A BAR ON
FLAGLER STREET ON THURSDAY MORNING, 10 DECEMBER 1964. /HERE THE
ACCOUNT OF THIS SUB-SOURCE IS SCHEWHAT AT VARIANCE WITH WHAT
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12. OROZCO TOLD SUB-SOURCE THAT GRIZONDO HAD SET UP THE MEET-
ING FOR WESNESDAY MORNING, 9 DECEMBER, WITH THE TWO PERSONS WHO
WOULD ACCOMPANY HIM ON THE TRIP. CROŹCO MET THEM ON FLAGLER STREET
AT A SPECIFIC CORNER WHICH CRCZCO DID NOT MENTION TO SUB-SCURCE.
13. OROZCO SAID THAT HE HAD ASKED FOR A RECEIVED $400.00 FOR
EACH MEMBER OF THE CREW / IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER CROZCO ACTUALLY RE-
CEIVED THIS SUM OF MONEY FOR HIMSELF AS WELL/ PLUS A PROMISE TO
TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THEIR FAMILIES IF THEY DID NOT RETURN.
14. OROZCO CALLED SUB-SOURCE BY TELEPHONE LATE ON THE EVENING
OF 14 DECEMBER TO TELL HIM THAT HE HAS ON HIS WAY TO THE KEYS**
OROZCO TOLD SUB-SOURCE THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MONEY AND THE
ASSURANCES TO TAKE CARE OF THE FAMILIES HAD BEEN AGREED UPON.
15. AT A SECOND MEETING BETWEEN MRS. ORCZCO AND CAS SCURCE ON
8 JANUARY, MRS. OROZCO TOLD CAS SCURCE THAT SHE HAD COME INTO THE
POSSESSION OF SOME INFORMATION FROM AN UNNAMED FISHERMAN WHO HAD
RECENTLY COME OUT OF CUBA. THIS INFORMATION INDICATED THAT SEVERAL
ARRESTS HAD BEEN MADE IN THE SAME AREA IN WHICH HER HUSBAND INTENDED
TO INFILTRATE. MRS. CROZCO SAID THAT SHE HAD ALSO HEARD A RADIO
BROADCAST THE DAY BEFORE, 7 JANUARY, STATING THAT 4 INFILTRATORS
HAD BEEN PICKED UP IN THE CARDENAS/MATANZAS AREA OF MATANZAS PROVINCE.
MRS. OROZCO HAD CALLED GRIZONDO AND INSISTED UPON SEEING **JORGE''
TO GIVE THIS INFORMATION TO HIM PERSONALLY.
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16.
**JORGE** AND ORIZONDO ARRIVED AT HER HOME ABOUT 2000
HOURS, 7 JANUARY. MRS. ORCZCO SAID THAT SHE TOLD **JORGE'' THE
INFORMATION ABOUT ARRESTS IN THE AREA AND MENTIONED A PERSON NAMED
**PEDRO** MRS. CROZCO SAID THAT "JORGE' HAD PRICKED UP HIS EARS
AT THE MENTION OF THE NAME "PEDRO''. **JORGE'' ASKED MRS. OROZCO
THE LAST NAME OF **PEDRO'' MRS. CROZCO REPLIED THAT SHE DID NOT
KNOW. **JORGE" ASKED WHAT BUSINESS THIS **PEDRO WAS IN.
MRS.
OROZCO SAID THAT SHE THOUGHT THAT **PEDRO' OWNED A RESTAURANT IN
CARDENAS, MATANZAS PROVINCE. ACCORDING TO MRS. OROZCO, ''JORGE''
THEN IDENTIFIED "PEDRO'' AS PEDRO BARBI /OR BALBI/ FEBLES AND
SAID THAT BARBI DID NOT "WORK WITH THE AMERICANS'' OR WITH ANY
ORGANIZATION BUT THAT HE HAD HELPED MANY PEOPLE. MRS. GROZCO SAID
THAT THIS PIECE OF NEWS WORRIED HER GREATLY BECAUSE HER HUSBAND
HAD TOLD HER HE INTENDED TO CONTACT THIS PERSON. ACCORDING TO MRS.
OROZCO, ORIZONDO THEN BROKE INTO THE CONVERSATION TO DECLARE THAT
**WE'' / PRESUMABLY MEANING SHE AND JORGE''/ HAD DONE ALL THE
PLANNING FOR OROZCO'S TRIP AND THAT CROZCO WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO
CONTACT BARBI ACCORDING TO THIS PLAN. MRS. CROZCO REPORTED THAT
**JORGE** DID NOT COMMENT ABOUT ORIZONDO'S USE OF THE TERM **WE**
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17. THE LICENSE NUMBER OF THE AUTOMOBILE IN WHICH JORGE**
AND ORIZONDO ARRIVED WAS NOTED AS A NEW YORK PLATE, BU-5523. THE
CAR WAS DESCRIBED AS A LARGE FIAT. THIS LICENSE NUMBER WAS TRACED
AND IT WAS REPORTED BY THE NEW YORK MOTOR VEHICLE AUTHORITIES THAT
IT WAS REGISTERED TO ONE LEWIS BURNS, 75 EAST PARADE AVENUE,
BUFFALO, NEW YORK. THE ONLY OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE
MOTOR VEHICLE RECORDS. INDICATED THAT BURNS WAS BORN 11-10-98, THAT
HE WAS RETIRED AND THAT THE AUTOMOBILE REGISTERED UNDER THIS NUMBER
HAD BEEN A 1950 BUICK. MRS. CROZCO SAID SHE THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS
THE SAME CAR JORGE'' HAD USED ON PREVIOUS VISITS.
18. MRS. OROZCO SHOWED CAS SCURCE A NOTE WHICH MRS. OROZCO
IDENTIFIED AS HAVING BEEN WRITTEN BY CRIZONDO TO HER HUSBAND
/ SEE ATTACHMENT A/. THE NOTE WHICH WAS NOT DATED STATED THAT THE
ACCOMPANYING $500.00 WAS FOR OROZCO TO USE TO BEGIN PREPARATIONS
FOR HIS TRIP. ANOTHER $200.00 WAS FORTHCOMING BUT SHE ADVISED
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CREW MEMBERS
. THE NOTE MENTIONED A PERSON ARMED ALDC' AND ALSO
**JORGE**
MRS. 
CROZCO SAID SHE DID NOT THINK ORIZONDO REALIZED
THAT SHE MRS. ORCZCO/ HAS STILL IN POSSESSION OF THIS NOTE.
19. MRS. OROZCO REPORTED THAT ORIZONDO HAD RETURNED TO HER
HOUSE 
THE MORNING 
AFTER HER VISIT WITH **JORGE**
THAT ORIZONDO HAD BEEN VERY WATCHFUL AND THAT IT SEEMED TO MRS.
MRS. GROZCO 
SAID
OROZCO THAT THE 
PURPOSE OF ORIZONDO'S TRIP WAS TO ATTEMPT TO WHITE-
WASH JURGE** OF 
ANY CONNECTION WITH ORCZCO'S TRIP. / THIS
INFORMATION 
WAS VOLUNTEERED FREELY TO CAS SOURCE AS AN OBSERVATION
OF MRS. OROZCO/. 
DRIZONDO TOLD MRS. OROZCO THAT ''JORGE'' HAD
ONLY COME ALONG 
WITH HER THE PREVIOUS EVENING BECAUSE HE WAS INTEREST-
ED IN WHAT HAD HAPPENED 
TO OROZCO AND THAT HE "JORGE'' HAD HAD
NOTHING WHATEVER 
TO DO WITH OROZCO'S TRIP. MRS. ORCZCO REMINDED
ORIZONDO THAT 
IT HAD BEEN ''JORGE'' WHO HAD ORIGINALLY COME TO SEE
CROZCO TO TELL HIM 
ABOUT VASQUEZ'S PLIGHT AND THAT "JORGE'' HAD
VISITED OROZCO 
SEVERAL TIMES THEREAFTER.
**JORGE** HAD NOTHING TC DC WITH CROZCO'S TRIP, ASKED MRS. OROZCO.
HOW 
WAS IT POSSIBLE THAT
CRIZONDO PROTESTED THAT ''
JORGE ** WAS ONLY INVOLVED IN TRYING TO
GET INFORMATION ABOUT 
VASQUEZ.
20. MRS. CROZCO REMARKED SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT SHE
DID NOT 
KNOW IF 
GRIZONDO CONSIDERED HER A COMPLETE FOOL BUT SHE
/MRS. OROZCO/ KNEW 
THAT SUCH A TRIP REQUIRED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT
OF MONEY, AT LEAST $
1000.00, AND THAT SHE WAS CERTAIN THAT CRIZONDO
CAD NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF 
MONEY OF HER OWN.
REPLIED THAT SHE HAD RAISED THE MONEY FROM FRIENDS.
CRIZONDO REPORTEDLY
PERSISTED 
AND STATED THAT SHE WAS COMPLETELY SURE IN HER OWN MIND
MRS. OROZCO
THAT IT HAD BEEN 
THIS GENTLEMAN JORGE'' WHO HAD SUPPLIED THE
MONEY. ORIZONDO DID 
NOT ANSWER. /SEE PARA 26 BELOW IN WHICH MRS.
OROZCO CLAIMED TO HAVE 
OVERHEARD A CONVERSATION BETWEEN "JORGE''
AND GROZCO IN WHICH '
'JORGE'' STATED HE COULD NOT SUPPORT OROZCO'S
TRIP DIRECTLY BUT COULD 
SUPPLY FUNDS/.
21.
MRS. OROZCO TOLD ORIZONDO THAT SHE WAS STILL UNCERTAIN OF
**JORGE'S'
' CREDENTIALS. 
MRS. GROZCO TOLD ORIZONDO THAT HER
HUSBAND HAD HAD GREAT 
TRUST IN ORIZONDO AND SHE /MRS. OROZCC/
REALIZED THAT ANYTHING 
ORIZONDO WAS INVOLVED IN WAS TO HER HUSBAND'S
BEST ADVANTAGE BUT AT THE 
SAME TIME SHE COULD NOT BRING HERSELF TO
FEEL THE SAME CONFIDENCE IN "
JORGE" AS SHE FELT IN ORIZONDO,
ORIZONDO TOLD MRS. 
OROZCO THAT ''JORGE'' WAS NOT CUBAN BUT PUERTO
RICAN, AN AMERICAN 
CITIZEN WHO WORKED FOR THE **PENTAGON''
ORIZONDO SAID 
THAT SHE HERSELF WAS NOT ACTIVELY WORKING FOR THE
**PENTAGON'' ANY LONGER BUT 
THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN HER FORMER
EMPLOYERS NEED 
HELP AT WHICH TIMES THEY CALL UPON HER /ORIZONDO/
MRS. CROZCO SAID THAT HER 
HUSBAND HAD TOLD HER THAT BOTH ORIZONDO
AND JORGE'' 
WORKED FOR THE 'PENTAGON**.
22. CRIZONDO TOLD MRS. OROZCO THAT SHE WOULD PROVIDE TO MRS.
OROZCO 
ANY MONEY THAT 
SHE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY.
JANUARY, 
CRIZONDO HAD GIVEN MRS. OROZCO $100.00 TO PAY HER RENT
ON 4 
CR 5
/FOR WHICH SUM MRS. 
OROZCO DID NOT SIGN A RECEIPT/.
TOLD MRS. OROZCO 
THAT ''JORGE'' WOULD BE OUT OF TOWN FOR AN UN-
SPECIFIED PERIOD.
ORIZONDO ALSO
23. OROZONDO PAID MRS. OROZCO ANOTHER VISIT ON 11 JANUÁRY.
ACCORDING 
TO MRS. CROZCO
, ORIZONDO NOW CLAIMED THAT NEITHER SHE
NOR JORGE'' HAD 
HAD ANYTHING TO DC WITH CROZCO'S TRIP, THAT IN
FACT THEY HAD BOTH TRIED TO 
TALK HIM OUT OF MAKING THE TRIP.
24.
ANOTHER SUB-SCURCE PAID A SOCIAL VISIT TO MRS. CROZCO ON
THE EVENING 
OF 11 
JANUARY. MRS. CROZCO SHOWED THIS SUB-SOURCE THE
SAME NOTE WHICH INDICATED 
THAT ORIZONDO HAD GIVEN ORCZCO $500.00
FOR THE INITIAL 
PREPARATIONS FOR HIS TRIP. MRS. OROZCO TOLD THIS
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SUB-SOURCE THAT BOTH CRIZONDO AND ''JORGE' WORK FOR THE PENTAGON
AND ALSO MENTIONED ORIZONDO'S VISITS ON 8 AND 11 JANUARY IN WHICH
GRIZONDO ATTEMPTED TO DISCLAIM ANY PART FOR HERSELF GR ''JORGE'' IN
OROZCO'S TRIP. MRS. CROZCO TOLD THIS SUB-SOURCE THAT SHE WAS GOING
TO PUT PRESSURE UPON THESE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PENTAGON
/GRIZONDO AND ''JORGE'', TO EITHER GET HER HUSBAND OUT OF CUBA OR
FAILING THAT TO BUY HIM OUT.
25.
**JORGE'' PAID AN UNANNOUNCED VISIT TO MRS. CROZCO ON 13
JANUARY. DURING THIS VISIT, HE CONFIDED TO MRS. CROZCO THAT HIS
NAME WAS NOT ''JCRGE'' BUT ''TORRES** ''TORRES** SAID THAT HIS
ORGANIZATION HAD NOT BEEN INTERESTED IN VASQUEZ BUT IN TWO AGENTS
THE USED THE TERM "AGENTES''/ WHO WERE IN HIDING IN THE SAME HOUSE
WITH VASQUEZ. AT WHICH POINT MRS. CROZCO ASKED **TORRES HOW HE
HAPPENED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS IF HIS CLAIM WERE TRUE THAT HE HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH HER HUSBAND'S TRIP. **TORRES MADE NO REPLY,
ACCORDING TO MRS. OROZCO.
26. MRS. CROZCO THEN COMMENTED THAT SHE KNEW FROM PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO RAISE EVEN A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS
IN THE EXILE COMMUNITY. SHE SAID THAT SHE KNEW CRIZCHDO DID NOT HAVE
THE $1000.00 CR MORE WHICH HAD BEEN SPENT FOR HER HUSBAND'S TRIP.
THIS LED HER TO THE CONCLUSION, MRS. OROZCO SAID, THAT **TORRES**
AND HIS ORGANIZATION HAD SUPPLIED THE FUNDS. AGAIN THERE WAS NO
REPLY FROM "TORRES'' 7 ON 11 JANUARY 1964, MRS. GROZCO TOLD SAME
CAS SCURCE MENTIONED IN INITIAL PARAGRAPHS THAT SHE HAD OVERHEARD A
CONVERSATION BETWEEN HER HUSBAND AND "TORRES'' A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE
OROZCO'S DEPARTURE IN WHICH **TORRES** TOLD ORGZCO THAT HE COULD
NOT SUPPORT HIS TRIP DIRECTLY'' BUT COULD PROVIDE MONEY WHICH
OROZCO COULD USE TO MAKE HIS OWN PREPARATIONS/.
27. MRS. OROZCO SAID THAT SHE HAD HAD TWO SPECIFIC PROPOSALS
TO BRING UP TO TORRES'' ONE, THAT IF WORD WERE RECEIVED FROM HER
HUSBAND THAT HE WAS STILL HIDING OUT, TORRES' "' ORGANIZATION
SEND A BOAT IN TO HELP HIM EXFILTRATE. THE OTHER WAS THAT IF IT
BECAME CONFIRMED THAT HER HUSBAND WAS A PRISONER, "TORRES' **
ORGANIZATION NEGOTIATE FOR HIS RELEASE THROUGH DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS.
AS PART OF THIS LAST PROPOSAL, MRS. OROZCO SUGGESTED THAT SHE BE
PROVIDED WITH SUFFICIENT MONEY TO TRAVEL TO MEXICO TO TAKE UP HER
HUSBAND'S CASE PERSONALLY WITH THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO. **TORRES**
SAID THAT HE HAD TO TAKE THE MATTER UP WITH HIS ORGANIZATION.
**TCRRES' RE-EMPHASIZED THAT HE PERSONALLY HAD HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH HER HUSBAND'S TRIP. HE WAS STILL ATTEMPTING TO USE ALL THE
RESOURCES AT HIS COMMAND TO FIND OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO ORCZCO
AND WHILE HE WAS VERY SCRRY ABOUT HER HUSBAND'S MISFORTUNE, HE
STATED THAT IT HAD BEEN CROZCO'S OWN DECISION TO GO ON THIS TRIP.
28. UPON LEAVING, MRS. OROZCO TOOK NOTE OF THE LICENSE
NUMBER ON **TORRES' BLACK VOLKSWAGEN. SHE ASSUMED BUT COULD NOT
BE CERTAIN THAT IT WAS A FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE, NO.68D1304 OR 680
1344. ACCORDING TO A CAS' INVESTIGATION, THE PREFIX ''680'
REPRESENTS A PLATE BLOCKED AT THE TALLAHASSEE LEVEL FOR THE COVERT
USE OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
29.
ORIZONDO VISITED MRS. OROZCO LATER THAT SAME EVENING OF
13 JANUARY. SHE SEEMED SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT **JORGE** HAD
VISITED MRS. OROZCO EARLIER THAT DAY. ORIZONDO ATTEMPTED TO CON-
VINCE MRS. OROZCO THAT THE "JORGE'' MENTIONED IN A NOTE SHE HAD LEFT
FOR OROZCO WAS ONE JORGE MAYO /OR MALLO/ CARDOSO, A FRIEND OF
OROZCO'S IN THE REBEL-ARMY-IN-EXILE GRGANIZATION EJERCITO
LIBERTADOR' TO WHICH ANOTHER CLOSE FRIEND OF CROZCO'S, JOSE LOPEZ
LEGON AKA "PEPE EL TORO BELONGS. MRS. OROZCO REMARKED TO
ORIZONDO THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW HOW STUPID GRIZONDO CONSIDERED HER TO
BE BUT THAT SHE WAS COMPLETELY CERTAIN THAT THE **JORGE" MENTIONED
IN THE NOTE WAS THE SAME **JORGE'' WHO HAD VISITED HER AND HER
HUSBAND. MRS. OROZCO ALSO TOLD ORIZONDO THAT "JORGE'' HAD TOLD
HER THAT HIS NAME WAS "TORRES''. ORIZONDO CONFIRMED THAT THIS
WAS HIS NAME.
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30.
IN ATTEMPTING TO RE-CONSTRUCT HOW MUCH MONEY WAS SPENT TO
PREPARE THE BOAT AND EQUIPMENT FOR GROZCO'S TRIP, IT APPEARS LIKELY
THAT GROZCO WAS EXAGGERATING WHEN HE SAID THAT HE HAD ASKED FCR
AND RECEIVED $400.00 FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE CREW. MRS. GROZCO HAS
STATED THAT OROZCO HAD GIVEN THEM EACH $200.00 AND SHE THOUGHT BUT
WAS NOT 
COMPLETELY CERTAIN THAT HE HAD LATER GIVEN EACH OF THEM AN
ADDITIONAL 
UNSPECIFIED SUM. STARTING WITH THE FIGURE OF $700.00
WHICH IS MENTIONED 
IN THE ATTACHED NOTE FROM CRIZONDO, IT APPEARS
SAFE TO SAY THAT 
MOST IF NOT ALL OF THAT SUM WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID
OUT FOR FUEL / 
AT LEAST 50 GALLONS SINCE IT HAD BEEN A 50-GALLON TANK
WHICH HAD EXPLODED 
AND HAD TO BE REPLACED/, FOOD FOR ONE WEEK, THE
ITEMS/KNIVES, 
PONCHOS, CANTEENS, FATIGUE UNIFORMS, AMMUNITION, ETC./
WHICH MRS. OROZCO CLAIMS OROZCO 
BOUGHT IN AN ARMY/NAVY STORE PLUS
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS 
BOAT ITEMS. ADD TO THIS $700.00, THE $200.00
APIECE FOR THE TWO 
FISHERMEN /WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN MORE/, THE
$41.00 FCR THE REPAIR 
OF THE BOAT ENGINE, THE ESTIMATED S100,00 TO
REPLACE THE 50 GALLON 
FUEL TANK, THE $100.00 GIVEN TO MRS. CROZCO
BY CRIZONDO, AND THE 
TOTAL /A CONSERVATIVE ONE AT THAT/ AMOUNTS TO
APPROXIMATELY 51341.00. 
MRS. CROZCO SAID THAT SHORTLY BEFORE HER
HUSBAND'S DEPARTURE, ONLY 
$125.00 REMAINED OF THE INITIAL SUM.
THE GROUP LEFT FOR THE MARATHON 
AREA A DAY BEFORE THEIR ACTUAL DE-
PARTURE AND HAD TO RETURN TO 
MIAMI BECAUSE THEY HAD FORGOTTEN THE KEYS
TO THE BOAT. MRS. CROZCO SAID 
THAT THE $50.00 SHE RECEIVED FROM
HER HUSBAND WAS TAKEN FROM THE 
REMAINING $125.00 AND SHE ASSUMES THAT
THE BALANCE OF $75.CO WAS SPENT 
FOR MOTEL ROOMS IN THE KEYS AND FOR
OTHER LAST-MINUTE PURCHASES. THE 
ONLY ITEMS FURNISHED TO OROZCO,
ACCORDING TO HIS WIFE, WERE AN 
M
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1 RIFLE AND AN M-1 CARBINE WHICH
ORIZONDO HAD GIVEN HIM /MRS. 
CROZCO THOUGHT THAT THEY HAD HAD TO
BUY THE AMMUNITION FOR THESE 
WEAPONS/, AND A PISTOL OF UNIDENTIFIED
MAKE BY LAUREANO BATISTA FALLA 
OF THE MDC/CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC
MOVEMENT/ WHO ALSO GAVE OROZCO 
A MEANS OF ENTREE TO THE FRENCH
AMBASSADOR IN CUBA IF HE 
SHOULD RUN INTO UNFORESEEN DIFFICULTIES.
CROZCO ALSO BOUGHT OR RECEIVED 
FROM SOME UNNAMED SOURCE AN UNKNOWN
AMOUNT OF COUNTERFEIT PESOS.
31. AS ATTACHMENT B TO THIS MEMORANDUM, A COPY OF ANOTHER
NOTE 
FROM ORIZONDO TO OROZCO 
RECOMMENDING AN INDIVIDUAL WHO COULD
PROVIDE A BOAT FOR HIS INFILTRATION 
IS APPENDED FOR YOUR REFERENCE.
THIS INDIVIDUAL IS BELIEVED TO BE ACSI 
SOURCE NO. 693.
32. CAS WOULD APPRECIATE ACSI COMMENTS ON THE ABOVE PARAGRAPHS,
PARTICULARLY 
AS THESE CONTAIN CERTAIN 
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST "JORGE'*
AND ORIZONDO. SINCE IT IS NOW 
APPARENT THAT ''JORGE'' AND ''TORRES**
ARE ONE AND THE SAME, IT IS 
BELIEVED THAT FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO
THE IDENTITY OF THIS INDIVIDUAL IS 
UNNECESSARY.
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I AM LEAVING YOU $500 SO THAT YOU CAN GO TO SEE ALDO EARLY AND
BEGIN THE PREPARATIONS. TONIGHT I WILL HAVE $200 MORE AND I WILL
TRY TO OBTAIN THE REST. FIND OUT IF THEY OBTAINED SOME MONEY, I
DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BUT IT WOULD BE CONVENIENT ANYWAY.
JORGE WAS HERE TONIGHT. YOU CAN COME TOMORROW NIGHT TO ARRANGE ALL
THE DETAILS.
TAKE CARE OF THE TANK AS YOU THINK IS BEST. SINCE YOU ALREADY
PAID FOR IT, YOU CAN PICK IT UP AND TELL THE BOYS THAT DUE TO THE
BAD WEATHER IT IS BEST TO WAIT. IN ORDER TO AVOID HAVING THE
"'RUMOR'' SPREAD DOWN FLAGLER STREET, I DON'T THINK IT IS CONVENIENT
TO SAY ANYTHING ON THIS OTHER MATTER TO THE BUYS UNTIL LATER ON.
THINK ABOUT IT AND SEE WHAT IS BEST ON THIS MATTER.
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1 CAME TO SEE YOU BECAUSE I HAD TO SPEAK TO YOU. I DON'T
KNOW HOW MUCH PROGRESS YOU HAD IN THE NEGOTIATIONS, BUT I WANTED
TO TELL YOU THAT I HEARD OF A MAN, HUMBERTO VERGARA, CALLED
VERGARITA.
HE WAS RECOMMENDED TO ME AS A VERY SERICUS PERSON,
AND IT IS SAID THAT HE HAS A BOAT READY TO SAIL. MAYBE YOU KNOW
HIM. AS I CANNOT SEE YOU OR DO ANYTHING DURING THE DAY, I MADE
THE FOLLOWING ARRANGEMENTS TO SAVE TIME. I TOLD HIM TO GO TO
THE FLAGLER BRIDGE, TOWARDS DOWNTOWN AND TO STOP ON THE LEFT SIDE
/NATURALLY GOING TOWARDS DOWNTOWN/ AT 1200 NOON. YOU CAN THEN
APPROACH HIM AND ASK HIM IF HE IS VERGARITA, AND YOU IDENTIFY
YOURSELF AS MARQUIES. HE IS A YOUNG MAN, HAS ONE TOOTH MISSING.
IF YOU THINK HE IS GOOD, SPEAK TO HIM, FIND OUT WHAT HE HAS AND
HOW MUCH HE ASKS FOR THE TRIP.
IN ANY EVENT, WHEN YOU GET HOME AND YOU READ THIS NOTE, CALL
ME AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO SEE HIM. ALSO LET ME KNOW
WHETHER YOU HAVE ARRANGED SOMETHING ELSE.
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