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"Former Contorte Havana
Station
In my mind be
It will be a real loss to
I have met few mon
able personal courage, good security and common sense.
is the 
ideal type of Latin American agent.
the Agency if we lose sight or contact with adolfo.
more 
dedicated and more loyal.
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5. [Ramon USTEGUI Lezama. AMFAN-3. Recruited by HPA-2 and so
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close to each other that we referred to them as the "Sold lust Twins.
Ramon 
was in the shipping business in Havana and eventually had to
leave. He lost his 
hore. cars, furnishings, etc. His im is now
planning 
to send him to Nicaragua, and I have recommended him to the
Nicaragua 
desk : Prental] He has all the qualities ascribed to
Adolfo SAN FELAYO (see above) 
except that he has ever been an American
citizen. 
He speaks excellent English. He is dedicated, courageous and
most anxious to maintain 
contact with the Agency. It will be our loss
if this is not done
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6. Bernard L. Barker. AMCLATTER-1. Wife: Clara. Barker is &
Cuban
-Azerican. Ex-
Captain in the U.S.A.P. See PKQ and 201 for full
bio data. 
I recruited Barker in 1959, and he served feithfully until
had to 
exfiltrate him sometime in 1960. He recruited a number of
valuable agents for the Station (including AMCLATTER-5, which see) and
bad an 
amazing encyclopedic knowledge of Cuban persons, events and con-
tacts in all walks 
of life. Be was a boxing manager and know intimately.
all Cuban personalities 
engaged in the sporting industry. He had a puppy-
dog loyalty to his 
case officers and to the Agency. His biggest weakness
was his lack of 
discretion. He was such a loyal Americas (actually if
not 
technically) that he would fight at the drop of a hat if anyone cast
aspersions on the United 
States or its leaders. In the atmosphere of
Castro's Cube I might say that that was quite often. are in the
process of helping him recover his lost American citizenship. When the
Station reopens I would certainly recommend that we continue to maintain
contact 
with Earker. If nothing sine he would make e vonderful leg-man
for the 
Chief of Station. His wife is an attractive Daten gel who is bi-
lingual 
and as belligerently "imention" as he is.
bs and
by language, could pass either as an American or a uban - a genuine
asset 
if he could be taught to submerge his Americanimo.
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7. [Kanolo_VEGA Abril. I ret Manolo through Jorps ALONSO PROL
(now 
a 
prisoner in Cuba as a result of the 17th of April invasion).
Manolo is working for us now in Miami, and I presume we have full bts
data on him. Manalo's family owned, along with Eepuriis Steel, the big
steel plant 
in Havana which was nationalized by the Cestro regime (Cia.
Antillan 
de Acero, 3.A.). Manolo has a brother, benigno who would
also be worth cultivating. Through his business and fully connections
Manolo knew 2 great many people of onerational interest, One of bia
friends 
was David SALVADOR, although Manolo did not ware SALVADOR'
political thinking (extreme left and anti-A-erican). tanele wo
objective a reporter as I have ever encountered among lat'
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