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MEMORANDUM PORT
Deputy Director (Plans)
SUBJECT
Report on Cuban Operations
for Feried 1-15 september 61
This is the second summary report of activities in Cahan
operations, and covers the period 1-15 September 1961. This
report will consist of a breakdown of such operations into the
principal sategories of activity,
A. 01-07 Activity
1. Reporting to Headquarters. There was a total of twenty-
eight reports received during the period, and they
consisted of the following:
From debriefings conducted in the Mig ezea, two via the
Nina from Ef sources,
open mail, and the reports via diplomatie courier.
fifteen
tionally, eleven CI reports were passed to the FBI, and
1,017 CI name checks were processed for IEAS.
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2. Meent Activition and Developments
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There was a total of eighteen agents within Cuba at
the beginning of the reporting period sad puenty-four
by the period's close.
These
Casuent: of the seven agents dispatched legally
during the period, one agent was a reuzrase.
agents should provide increased coverage of anti-
Castro groups, activities at the airport and noU
entress into the diplomatie community,
Four agents were recruited and two agents were termi-
nated furing the period.
In ecoperation with the Comman deak, where initiated
en operation to debrief Cuban sailors who pass through
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Clearances have been obtained for two
Cubans who will act as coordinators for the operation.
a. AVCELT-1, a Uruguayan diplomat, has been recruited
and has agreed to act as a courier for the intel net
in Cuba. The agent is currently on his way to Cuba
via boat.
2. AHOY-34, the principal agent/WT operater, using signal
plan OGAKIK, returned to Cuba via legal means en 6
September and was once again in radio communication
with us as of 10 september. He is in contact with
AMUREN-1, the principal agent of what remains of our
intelligence cet in Cuba.
8.
Control of the CGARIE H/T communication link was
passed to WAVE from Headquartors effective 14 Sep
tomber.
b. APALM-1 was dispatched to Coneve to attempt to
recruit Raul CENTRO Bonilla, Minister of the Eational
Bank of Cuba, who is presently attending the sugar
conference in Switherland.
1. Jesus LOPEZ Cuerrara, Cubau airline pilot the is
disaffected with the Castre regime, is in contact
with the Madrid station and has agreed to cooperate
and remain in place.
1.
AtTangonents are being made for a enclinical survail.
Lance of the charge office in the Cuban Embase7;
Montevideo.
9. Propaganda Activity
1. Hater Efforts
a.
Operation Bolivar. Designed to place sixty student/
agents of the Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil
(BRX) exile group la universities throughout the
Western Hamalsphere. Progress: Three in place and
twenty-ene are processing.
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Operation Virgen del Cobre. Designed to exploit the
8 September amiversary of the Cuban patron saint as
a day of mourning expressing opposition to Castro's
attacks upon the church, religious freedom, and Cuben
freedom. krogress: All local and Vestern Hemisphere
ausets alerted 
for the 8 September campaign. Sixty-
five thousand pieces of propagands were distributed
for mailing throughout Latin America. The Cruzada
Feminina Cubems (CFC) wasan'a group sent eight cables
and 130 letters in the Latin American area. Through
the joint efforts of the CPC and Catholics, mess and
henediction services wore held before 25,000 people
in the Miami stadium. It was said to be a huge success.
After the recent Castro executions, menesty campaign
was 
initiated on behalf of political and military
prisoners. Progress: Que himdred and eight cables
and 220 letters were sent to Latin America by the Cuben
affiliate groups..
Broadunste
b.
The Avence newspaper sponsored twenty-four thirty
minute programs over WIE, Eloul, targeted against
northern Ravens and Matanzas provinces en general mti-
Castro 
thonas, sum broadcasts ten and one kalf hours
daily over short and medium wave.
Ho support a. Cuben maile group producing a weakly
thirty minute tape for distribution to a number of
Caribbean basin stations, and a weekly fifteen minute
tape for distribution through LAAD channels to Central
and South American stations, At present some seventy
stations participate in this operation.
VAVE has assumed contact role with local offices of
Swan and radio broadcaster Luis CONTE Aguero through
cutout.
d. Beginning 11 septembar, Luis CONTE Agnero began short
wave broadcasts of thirty minutes daily on five fro
quencies beamed to all Central and South America and
Caribbean basin.
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Maritime broadcasts were cancelled for pariod for
vessel maintenance. An electronic engineer has been
hired and construction of TV intrusion equipecut has
begun. This equipment will be used on the maritime
broadcast and be targeted against the Havana ares.
Cuban Freedom Commition funded and directed two
hours daily over WGBS, Missi, and six hours daily
over WKNF, Key West.
3. Leaflets/Pamphlets.
Production and distribution through-
out the Wosters Merlaphore by sources:
8.
Cuban exile grozos:
1) DRE
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2) CPC - 13,000
3) FORD - 20,000
NAVE printed 4,000 Grandes Mentiras (Big Lies) as first
of 
a series.
4. Feriodicals
b.
8.
Avence, weakly newspaper: Two editions, 40,500 WH
circulation.
Information newsletter, waskly: Two editions, 4,540
circulation.
BRE Trinchera: One edition, 2,500 WR circulation,
d. APJ Bulletin: Two editions, 16,000 WH eirculation.
DMR Bulletin: One edition, 5,000 WH eirculation.
f. FORD Bulletin:
Ons edition, 3,000 WY circulation.
8. 51 Mundo, weekly newspaper: 3,000 per weak in homini-
con Republic,
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Bohemia Libre, weekly magazine of over 170,000 WH
circulation.
5. Tours and Treval
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Cuben Group Representation
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Two tours covering Brasil, Eruguay, Argentine,
and Chile.
CFC.
Two tours covering Chile, Bolivia, Argentina,
Fera, Ecuador, Colombia and Fanana.
Farique MUZITA. To Kio medical congress.
d. Arrangements are in process to send a small variety
troupe to Yaies for propaganda valus. The perfor-
cunce will be filmed on 15 m for subsequent general
use throughout Latin America.
Arrangements were made with the State Department by
Wh/4/security for the facilitation of re-entry into
the United States of long-term Coban assets dispatched
on propaganda tours of Central and South Americs.
Other Activities. Headquartors representative mat with
Rojas Santamarina, and discussed his plan for PRAITOR:
project, i.c., satablishment of phantom cells inside
Ceba through modius of propaganda chain letters. Head-
quarters is studying the ides with a view to possible
trial-run on a small seale.
C. political Action Activity
1.
CRC. A meating was held 9 September with Dr. Miro Cardena
at which time be was advised by bigher authority that our
Government regards the CRC as the control point of contact
in its dealing with the Cuban exile and underground
activity. A basic administrative belget will be allocated,
and it will be in the neighborhood of a million dollars
per year, All other allocations of money will be on the
hasis of specific projects submitted by the Council and
approved by the United States. The Cuban Council will
continue to broaden its bese allowing entry of all sub-
stantial exile groups not identified with Batista or with
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Commun. Groups not willing to work with the Council
will be dealt with bilaterally (the United States and
the grom involved), but Dr. Miro will be kept informed
of these activities. Such information will be kept in
the strictest secrecy by Dr. Miro and his specially
appointed assistent. If this arrangement should prove
inuscure, such contacts will terminate, All problems
arising from Council activities will to discussed bemER
the CBC and the Bureau of ARA of State Department. Dr.
Miro will maintain his contact with the White House for
cases Merein be considers such contact to be urgently
necessary.
2. Additional political Developmenta. After high lovel
United States consideration and decision, Dr. Miro was
informed, at a meeting on 16 September, that the respon
aibility for the organization and plans for exile Cuban
jurists and lawyers would be hia. In addition, to bis
future funding "salaries" of the existing ALABAU organi
Ration, $5,000 par month would be provided in. Miro or
his designee retreactive to 1 hugust to support Dr. Mire's
faction of lawyers to whom he has a long utstding
commitment. It was supisised that this transfer of
responsibility must be accomplished harmoniously, without
edveras press reaction, or support of this work would be
withdrawn. Col. Wendell Johnson was hired and will ba
placed in contact with Dr. Miro prior to 1 October. Pse
will function as the day-to-day contact between Dr. Miro
and this Agency and the United States CovermeQND. It was
made clear to br. Miro that his demand for responsibility
as exclusive charmel to the other professional groups,
1.8., students and labor, was rejected. He was told that
aný proposals te might wish to make in the student and
labor fields would a welcomed as promoting harmony and
eventual slty of Cubas exile anti-Castro elements,
Paramilitary Activity
1. Merifice Activity
3.
Right vessels, four Agency med and four Coben owned,
are available to support this activity. Of the eight
vessels, five were operational and three were undergoing
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repairs during the period. The principal activity
during the 
period revolved around preparation and
support 
of operation TEABAC, to be implemented 16
September.
b. The LCI, BARBARA J, is now awiting additiona 1
engineering and electrical work at the Jan Juan
Drydock Company. Polay has been caused by the lack
of 
priority and the induction of several Navy ships
requiring 
urgent répairs.
c. Captain TIRADO has spotted a complete creu for the
BARBARA 
J and crew nases and biographic date have
been 
submitted to Headquarters for clearance.
d. The Cover and Commercial Staff is engaged in pre- ·
viding for the 
ships registration, name change, and
covar 
mechanism to allow for future funding and
operation.
2. Last Activition and Developments
8.
There was a total of forty-twe M assets involved in
activities during the period. Inside Cuba there were
two 
agents, & principal agent and a radio oporator.
Externally
, there were forty agent assets composed of
thirty-five PM 
types and five radio eperators.
6. Approval was granted for the passage of RS-6 radio
gear 
complete with signal plan, pads and crystals
into 
Cuba via AMELESS-3 channels which atilize a
foreign diplomatic courier.
c. Approval was granted for the conduct of operation
STIKE, an erfiltration operation to be implemented 21
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On 9 September seven WWE agents were terminated
leaving 
a total of thirty in the group.
The internal FA/WT operator ERRIQUE using signal plan
MUTLOX reports 
that his group has been operating a
clandestine 
radio broadcast elece 12 September (Radio
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We are
attempting to varify this clain, and an amounetan g
will be made over Voice of America as to the existence
of the broadcasts..
1. Atenta trained by close of period 15 September
8. Total number of agents trained: 15
b. Total number of agents in training: 25
2. FI-EX
3. Agents trained in 34: 2
b. Agents trained in tradecraft:
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a. Agesto trained in exit/prop: A
b. Agents in training in agit/prop: 9 (Includes two
W/T redops.)
6. Agents ready for training: 12
A. Parmilitary
A. Agents in training: 17
b. Type of training: Small boat handling, reception,
reconnaissance techniques.
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G. Support
1. Basel
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HAVE. Ninetem staff ægmts were processed at
Headquarters and dispatched PC3 to MAPS bringing
the total of PCS personal to 23 at the close of
the period. The renovation of new offices at HAVE
1's complete.
Now hea responsibility for relaying all
traffle to and from WAW and crypto relay resumsi-
bility for all BGR traffic. The office of Com
cations has received their approved 8/0 for hit and
have commenced personnel actions on approximately
fifty personnal assigned at this installation.
The transfer of DVIG to the Office of Logisties
1) Mr. Glen Laney, WH/4/Logistics, is now at JNFIC
for the purpose of adjusting the inventory
panding arrangements to be sade to transfer all
Mi material held by BFIO to Supply Division,
Office of Logistice.
2) The Planning Staff, Office of Logisties, has
actad as coordinator in matters portalving to
personnel, finmes, cover and security, the
majority of which have been or will be settled
shortly.
3) Fresent plans contemplate the release of INVIO
to the office of Logistics on 1 October 1961.
d. All materiel at ATIDE has been inventoried and pre-
pared for shipment. Although the intended earrim,
the ship JOHAN, arrived at ETIDE on 13 September,
loading was delayed due to the presence of foreiga
shipping in the area. It is anticipated that loading
will commence on or about 18 September and will be
completed within four days.
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property has been prepared and forwarded to the amET
of the real estate for final approval.
2. FinancO
Answers have been received from various sources re-
garding our queries for new Cubem pesos. Two sources.
are in the process of procuring pesos in the esount of
$10,000 8.2. dollars.
b. The funding for NSK is in process. Mr. Hall,
WE/4/Pinge, is at HAVE to establish a commercial
set of records for maintenance by the field office.
Total FY 1962 ebligations through 13 September for
Coban operations are $4,675,933.00. Of this total,
$1,676,775.00 represents payments for the maintenance
of the CBC and payments for dependents of the strike
fores through September.
There is a special intelligence mumes to this report, "Counter»
rewolutionary Activities in Cuba," for the period 1-15 September,
issued separately..
J. C. KIM
Chief,
Western Hemisphore Division
DAP/HI/4/Plans:W.R.Dinsmuroibh (27 Septembar 1961)
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