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1. Following are the results of the debriefing of AMFAUNA-14 in
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3。 AMFAUNA-14 did not leave her apartment all day Sunday, 6 Oct.
On Monday, 7 October, she went to work as usual. When she arrived, she
found a letter waiting for her which had been forwarded to her office
from her accommodation address; it was in AMFAUNA-1's handwriting and
contained nothing of any interest, so she was sure there was a secret
writing message on it.
3. At 1255 hours two men arrived at the office, one about 45 years
old and short, who from his appearance might have been a bus driver,
and the other a very young dark-skinned man. They walked into the
office vestibule and told the guard that they wanted to see AMFAUNA–14.
The guard came into the office to give AMFAUNA-14 the message, and the
two men followed right behind. They told AMFAUNA-14 that she had to
come with them to identify an arrested person. AMFAUNA-14 said that
she would have to ask her supervisor for permission to leave, because
it was not yet closing time. She turned to go back into the office,
and the two men followed her in. The supervisor told her that it
would be all right for her to go, but said that she should check in by
phone if there were any difficulty. AMFAUNA 14's father and uncle,
both of whom work in the same office, asked whether they could come
with her. The men said no, because she would be coming right back;
they said they were taking her to "G-2" headquarters in La Vibora.
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AMFAUNA-14 tried to dispose of the letter she had just re-
ceived from AMFAUNA-1 by leaving it on the desk of a fellow employee
Bether with some potatoes and a carrot for cover, but the men would
not let her. She did, however, manage to destroy a page from her note-
book containing telephone numbers.
5. At the DSE headquarters in Villa Maristas, AMFAUNA-14 was
turned over to a militiawoman who had her strip and performed a body
search on her. She was fingerprinted and photographed and her biographic
data were taken down, after which she was locked in a cell which had
an adjoining private bath. Nothing else of importance happened for
the rest of the day.
7.20201-31262)
Francisco ABAD:
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6. During her four-day detention period, AMFAUNA-14 was handled
by the following DSE officers: C. ITC-BA
01915 CCTS AGENT
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•AHOVANA, CUTA
AMFAUNA-14 believes that this is his
real name, He did not Introduce himself, but she saw the name on her
release papers which he signed. He was born about 1918 and is about
5'4" tall, weighs about 160 pounds, and haz a fat build, aquiline nose,
greenish eyes, dark skin, grey-brown wavy hair, rough laborer's hands,
and two teeth missing from the lower jaw. He smokes both cigars and
cigarettes, his manner was soft and kindly, and AMFAUNA-14 believes
he is probably poorly educated. He is married, but AMFAUNA-14 did not
learn whether he has children or what his address is. He wears civilian
clothes and drives a black 1956 Pontiac with a grey roof. Discussing
this man later in the AMCOG household, AMFAUNA-14 was told by Pedro
CARRILLO (who is a brother of Justo CARRILLO) that Pedro knows ABAD.
According to Pedro, ABAD is part Jewish and an old Communist who worked
to the Havana Underground on behalf of Fidel CASTRO during the Batista
nexiod. Pedro CARRILLO thinks that ABAD may now have some regrets
about the course he has taken.
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(b) "Carlos" aka "Samuel": AMFAUNA-14 does not know his true
nane. He was born about 1942 or perhaps a little earlier. He is
about 5'6" tall, weighs about 150 pounds, and has a muscular build,
drooping eyelids, light olive skin, wavy chestnut hair with a widows
peak. He is a nervous pacer, and walks with his head bent forward and
tilted slightly to one side. An expression which he frequently used
was "O.K. pronounced "OKAH" with the accent on the first syllable.
He told AMFAUNA-14 that he had been a student in the Commercial School
of Havana, that he had worked clandestinely under the Batista regime,
had been arrested by Col. Esteban VENTURA Novo, had been released due
to the influence of his father, and had gotten out of the country with
the aid of the Méxican Ambassador to Cuba, coming then to the United
States. He drives a 1959 black and white Chevrolet Corvair, wears
1 civilian clothes, and carries a pistol, sometimes a .45 and sometimes
a .38. AMFAUNA-14 believes him to be a 100% Communist. She thinks he
may have been somewhat better trained than Francisco ABAD and may have
been somewhat superior in rank, although this was never clearly evident,
There seemed to be a little professional jealousy between the two men.
If she told one man something which she had been unable to remember
for the other, the second would show signs of jealousy or resentment.
"Carlos" subsequently told AMFAUNA-14 to phone 61-4319 and ask for
"Samuel" when she wanted to reach him. She phoned him at this number
about ten times in all. The phone was always answered by the same
waan, except for once when a boy answered and then called for his
mother to come and take the phone. AMFAUNA-14 would ask for "Samuel"
and the woman would invariably reply that he was not there. AMFAUNA-
14 would then ask the woman to take a message for him to please call
"Dolores." The woman would always reply "Yes, Comrade." Discussing
this person later within the AMCOG household, AMFAUNA-14 was told by
Israel @PADILLA) that he thought "Carlos" was Samuel RODILES.
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match that of Bamuel RODILES Plana. Telephone number: 61-4319 is
listed in the 1962 Havana telephone directory to one Maria Antonia
CARCANO Araujo, Artes 47, Casablanca, Havana, WAVE traces on this
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name include HCSA-09896 of 23 April 1963 showing that one Maria CARCANO
Arujo (born 7 December 1935) travelled to Chile in March and April 1963
on a diplomatic passport. An AMOT report of 27 September 1962 mentions
one Antonia CARCANO Araujo as a communist in charge of vigilance, and
living at 47 Artes St., Casablanca. There also appears to be a Maria
ARAUJO (born about 1902) who is an old-time Communist living at Artes
47.
AMPAUNA-1 has been given the names of several former residents of
this neighborhood in hopes of finding a relative of the CARCANO or
ARAUJO families whose physical description matches that of "Carlos.
AMFAUNA-1 has also interviewed Col. VENTURA in the WAVE area. VENTURA
remembers case similar to that of "Carlos" but does not remomber the
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boy's name. He says that he seems to remember that the boy's father
was connected with one Jose LOPEZ Villaboy (on whom WAVE has numerous
traces) and that he was assisted in getting to Mexico by a Mexican
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14's interrogation. The never heard his name at this time, but later
saw him on television interrogating AMSIGH-2 and he was identified
then as Jose Antonio FERNANDEZ Menert. She does not believe that this
is his true name, beaduse it is her understanding that DSE officers use
aliases in their public appearances. He is about 5'11" tall, slender,
with darkish skin and black hair combed straight back. He has very
large green cold eyes. He was born about 1939 and appears to be un-
educated, with a cynical and vulgar manner. He wears civilian clothes.
NHAVANA.
7. At about 1600 or 1700 hours on Tuesday, 8 October, AMFAUNA-14″
was brought into ABAD's office for her first interview. ABAD began
by asking if she knew why she was there. AMFAUNA-14 replied that she
had no idea. ABAD observed that that was strange, because he had
judged her to bo an able and intelligent woman.
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8. Honestly believing that she might have been denounced by the
jealous wife of her lover, Manuel *COMPANIONI, AMFAUNA-14 suggested
that it might be a personal matter: X
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9. ABAD said that it was not. He then fuked her if she knew
Luis Braulion VILLAR Negret. AMPAUNA-14 said that she did not. ABAD
said that this was strange, because VILLAR Negret knew her. He asked
if she knew one Angel *BRINGAS. AMFAUNA-14 said that she did. ABAD
asked why, if she knew BRINGAS, she would deny knowing his cousin NEGRET
A textile factory.
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10. AMFAUNA-14 said that she knew the man as Luis *NEGRET and had
not recognised the name VILLAR Negret.
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ABAD wanted to know what
AMFAUNA-14 said that
11. ABAD told AMFAUNA-14 that NEGRET was
had implicated AMFAUNA-14 in his confession.
ANTAUNA-14's connection with NEGRET had been.
NEGRAT had been in her house once, and once in her mother's.
18.
At this point in the interrogation, ABAD was called away and
AMFAUNA-14 was returned to her cell. Two hours later the interrogation
was resumed.
13. ABAD picked up where he had left off, and asked AMFAUNA-14
what connection she had had with Angel BRINGAS. AMFAUNA-14 said that
she had known BRINGAS no better than she had known NEGRET. ABAD said
that she was lying and urged that she cooperate. AMFAUNA-14 promised
that she would cooperate. ABAD said that NEGRET had told the DSE that
AMFAUNA-14 had had sexual relations with BRINGAS, and AMFAUNA-14 denied
the allegation.
14 The interrogation was again interrupted, and AMFAUNA-14 was
returned to her cell. When she returned to the interrogation room,
she saw that ABAD had an envelope containing what she recognized to be
papers taken from her apartment, including airline passenger manifests,
deciphering material, instructions for using the deciphering material,
and insurance policies and personal papers belonging to AMFAUNA-1.
AMPAUNA-14 now realized that it was time for her to pretend to
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cooperate with the DSE, as AMFAUNA-1 had briefed her to do in such
situation.
15. ABAD began by telling her that she was in a very serious
situation, because he knew that she had had very close connections
with a KUBARK agent. ABAD asked whether AMFAUNA-1 was identical with
"Julio," AMFAUNA-14 said that AMFAUNA-1 had been known as "Julio,"
ABAD then wanted to know whether NEGRET had been working with "Julio."
AMPAUNA-14 denied this. ABAD asked whether NEGRET had known "Julio."
AMPAUKA-14 denied this too, but volunteered the information that "Julio'
had provided NEGRET with mail facilities, and that AMFAUNA-14 had been
the cutout between them. Did NEGRET know of "Julio's" existance, ABAD
wanted to know. AMFAUNA–14 said that he and not, that she had brought
NEGRET mail and money which she had gotten from "Julio," and had picked
mail up from him and delivered it to "Julio, " but that NEGRET had
never known "Julio's" identity.
16.
The truth about AMFAUNA-14's relations with NEGRET and BRINGAS
according to her statements to her KUBARK case officer in November 1963
in the JMWAVE area, is as follows:
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(a) In about mid-1962, AMCOG-2 asked AMFAUNA-14 to serve as
outout between herself and an unidentified agent, and AMFAUNA-14
agreed. AMFAUNA-14 was driven to the meeting site, which was on the
sidewalk in front of a textile factory near Calle 100 in Marianao, by
ANCOG-2's chauffeur, a Spaniard named "Segundo," This agent introduced
himself to AMFAUNA-14 only as "El #NEGRO", and AMFAUNA-14 described
herself to him as an employee of an unidentified embassy. For contact
purposes, "El Negro" gave her the telephone number 29-4900 or 20-4900.
(b) Later, when AMFAUNA-14 began to trust "El Negro" more,
she gave him the telephone number of her mother. She learned that
"R1 Regro's" true name was This Braulio VILLAR Negret, and that he
lived in a small room in the rear of the textile factory. The telephone
number which he had given her was always answered by a woman whose
name she learned to be "Maximina."
(c) VILLAR Negret was born about 1928, and was about 5'11"
tall with broad shoulders and a strong build. He had black wavy hair,
brown eyes, an olive skin, and a face marked by acne. AMFAUNA-14
never learned anything about his family directly from him, but DSE
officers told her that he was married with one child, and that
parents lived on a farm in Pinar del Rio Province, D., the in
FAB PIC 297045.
(d) VILLAR Negret was a member of the Accion Revolucionaria
Democratica, which AMFAUNA-14 understands to be a successor organization
to the AAA of Aureliano SANCHEZ Arango. He had formerly belonged to
an action component of this organization, but more recently had de-
。voted himself to intelligence collection. AMFAUNA-14 brought him in-
structions and money from AMCOG-2, and picked up his intelligence
reports which she delivered to AMCOG-2. She understands that AMCOG-2
seat these reports via diplomatic channels to Frank PAEZ in Miami FLA, USA
abo, in turn delivered them to an individual identified only as "EI
The last contact which AMFAUNA-14 had had with
"El Negro" was in mid September 1963 when he passed her a report which
he said concerned & Rigaile base, and a book on Communist infiltration
in Colombia.
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(0) Once when "El Negro" was sick, he sent his cousin to
meet with AMPAUNA-14. This cousin was Angel BRINGAS, an employee of
X-ray equipment company at 23rd and 0, 1 Rampa, Vedado, telephones
7-8870. On various other subsequent occasions, BRINGAS Filled in
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(f) According to what the DSE officers told her, "El Negro"
was arrested about 1 October and was to be shot. AMFAUNA-14 asked her
ESE interrogators whether it would not be possible to reindoctrinate
"El Negro" instead of shoot him, but they told her that it was not
worth the trouble because "El Negro" was a person of low morals who
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be shown to Angel BRINGAS when and 11 he is caught.
(g) On 12 or 13 October 1963, after AMFAUNA-14 had been re-
leased, she was telephoned at her place of employment by Angel BRINGAS
who told her guardedly that "El Negro" had been arrested and said that
he would like to send a female cousin of his to talk to AMFAUNA-14. A
meeting was arranged in the home of AMFAUHA-14's mother. The female
cousin, whose name was "Gladys", told AMFAUNA-14 that BRINGAS had gone
into hiding and wondered whether "the family with which she worked"
(the AMCOGS) could help him get into asylum. AMFAUNA-14 said that shë
doubted this. "Gladys" told AMFAUNA-14 that, in case it were possible
to do anything for BRINGAS, she should telephone "Gladys" with an
innocent message. It was understood that a meeting would take place at
1800 hours on the same day of the telephone call at the Ten Cent Store
Bird between 10th and 18th in Vedado. AMFAUNA-14 does not remember
Gladys' telephone number which was left with her mother.
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(h) In spite of what AMFAUNA-14 told the DSE, AMFAUNA-1 had
had nothing to do with NEGRET. AMFAUNA-14 had told this story to pro-
tect ANCOG-3. NEGRET had known that AMCOG-2 was involved, and had once
had a meeting with her in her home. Nevertheless, AMFAUNA-14 briefed
ANCOG-2 on the cover story which she had told the DSE and told her that,
in case she were ever arrested and questioned, she should admit having
talked to NEGRET in her home, but deny having been involved in the
communications channel or knowing anything about it.
Station Comment: Luis Braulio VILLAR Negret appears to be
identical with Luis #NEGRE Villar (born 4 November 1930 in Consolacion
del Sur, Pinar del Rio), who is carded as ACSI source No. 492 and
appears in AMBUD correspondence as National Coordinator of the Accion
Revolucionaria Democratica. "El Guajiro Bermudez" appears to be iden-
tical with Gerardo Jose *QUESADA Vasquez (201-292022) (born 9 May 1919,
Pinar del Rio), President and founder of Accion Revolucionaria Democratica.
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X-400 18 listed to Karael LABATUT MÁY. 3º #4117, Marianso; JMWAVE
has no traces on him. There is no listing under 70-5570. However,
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ABAD appeared to be particularly interested in how NEGRET and
"Julio" obtained their funds, and kept returning to this subject during
the interrogation.
18.
ABAD then addressed himself to the contents of the envelope
and a suitcase found in AMFAUNA-14's apartment. He commented that all
these things appeared to belong to AMFAUNA-1 and his son, and asked how
they happened to be there. AMFAUNA-14 replied that AMFAÚNA-1 and his
son, together with AMFAUNA-3, had been hiding for a few days in her
apartment because their usual hiding place had become unavailable.
19. ABAD wanted to know how and when AMFAUNA-14 had first met
ANFAUNA-1. AMFAUNA-14 replied that she had met AMFAUNA-1 in about
February 1962, that AMFAUNA-1 had regularly parked his car in a lot near
her office and that they had seen each other on the street frequently,
that ANFAUNA-1 had finally spoken to her, and that a friendship had
developed which finally turned into a love affair. (Comment: This was
a lie told to conceal the fact that it had been AMCUTLER-¿ who had in-
troduced them.) She said that AMFAUNA-1 had been her lover until about
July 1962 when she broke up with him because he was too busy with
clandestine work to pay the proper amount of attention to her.
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20. ABAD asked what part AMFAUNA-14 had played in AMFAUNA-1's
clandestine activities. AMFAUNA-14 replied that AMFAUNA-1 would some-
times telephone her late at night to invite her to go out for a ride,
and she would then find that AMFAUNA-1 was going out to have agent
meetings and wanted her along for cover. ABAD asked whom AMFAUNA-1 had
boon meeting. AMFAUNA-14 mentioned a person known as "Gustavo" and
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gave the physical description of AMFAUNA-24, whom she knew to be safely
out of Cuba. (She never knew AMFAUNA-24's true name.) She also mentioned
Manolo *VILLAMANAN, the true name of AMFAUNA-13 (whom she had known
only as AMFAUNA-1's business partner but when she thought she could
safely mention now that he was out of Cuba.) For good measure she added
a notional name and physical description.
31. Referring back to AMFAUNA-1's automobile, ABAD asked what
kind of a car he had driven. AMFAUNA-14 replied that it was a gray
Chevrolet Impala. She repeated that AMFAUNA-1 had formerly parked it
near her office, but said that she had not seen it recently. ABAD
asked where AMFÁUNA-1's red car was, and she said she did not know.
asked what the license number on this car was, and she said she did not
know. He never asked anything about the third car which AMFAUNA-1 had
obtained.
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22. ABAD commented that the DSE had observed AMFAUNA-1 in his
automobile in the Havana dock area on 1 January 1963, having a meeting
with another person. (AMFAUNA-14 recalls that this other person was
AMFAUNA-24, and that he and AMFUANA-1 had rendezvoused in the dock area
after an attempt to pick up AMFAUNA-1's radio.
23. With reference to the KUBARK agent known as "Julio", whom
they had recently identified with AMFAUNA-1, ABAD said that he knew
that "Julio" had left Cuba in October 1962 and believed that he had
gone to Europe, but he said he did not know whether "Julio" had gone
clandestinely or legally.
24.
AMFAUNA-14 was asked about AMFAUNA-1's subsources in other
ABAD said he was
provinces, but she said she knew nothing about them.
sure that ANFAUNA-1 had a good source on the Tale of Pines. Whose war
name might be "Raul". ABAD also mentioned the name of a person who had
been shot about two weeks previously and who he believed had been work-
ing with AMFAUNA-1. (AMFAUNA-14 does not remember the name of this
person.)
25. ABAD asked if AMFAUNA-1's son had helped him in this clandes-
time work. AMFAUNA-14 replied that the son had been with AMFAUNA-1
frequently, but that she thought it was only because he was helping
AMPAUNA-1 with his business and that the son probably had had nothing
to do with clandestine work.
26.
ABAD again turned to the envelope of papers found in AMFAUNA-14 a
apartment, and maid he could see she was not cooperating with him. She
was not volunteering information, he said, but waiting to be asked
questions. ABAD said he was sure that there was much that AMFAUNA-14
could tell him spontaneously, and he intimated that there might be a
chance for her to rehabilitate herself.
27. ABAD asked her where the passenger lists came from. AMFAUNA-14
replied that they had been left in her apartment by AMFAUNA-1, who
intended to instruct her later by SW what to do with them. She said
that ANFAUNA-1 had trained her in this system, and had left her his
materials, so that he could use her as a stop-gap communications link
while he was trying to reorganize his net. CIT:CURA ACUDA
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28.
ABAD told her that this was plainly not true, because some of
the lists were dated later than AMFAUNA-1's departure date. He said he
supposed they had been brought to AMFAUNA-14's apartment by AMCUTLER-2,
who had been observed coming there on 5 October with Lolint CORREOSO.
(This was true, according to AMFAUNA-14. AMCUTLER-2 and Lolin CORREOSO
had brought the passenger manifests to AMFAUNA-14's house at about 1630
or 1700 hours on 5 October, and had stayed about fifteen minutes. AT
1400 hours that same day, AMFAUNA-14 had had a meeting with AMFAUNA-39,
the first in two weeks, initiated by AMFAUNA-39 by means of a telephone
call to AMFAUNA-1's mother who was serving as cutout between them.
ANFAUNA–39 had called the meeting to ask whether she had received any
instructions from AMFAUNA-1 as to how to act in case of an internal
uprising, which a number of people in Cuba seemed to be expecting about
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(The DSE interrogators never at any time mentioned AMFAUNA-39, or åsked
her about this earlier meeting, so ANFAUNA-14 concludes that she had not
been under intensive surveillance that day; either AMCUTLER-2 had been
under surveillance on 5 October, or she herself had been under some kind
of periodic spot check.)
39. ABAD asked AMFAUNA-14 how she had become acquainted with
ANCUTLER-3, and AMFAUNA-14 replied that she had met AMCUTLER-2 through
AMFAUNA-15, the wife of a cousin of AMFAUNA-14 who is a prisoner on the
Isle of Pines.
30.
ABAD then asked AMFAUNA-14 where her SW materials were, which
surprised AMFAUNA-14 because she had thought they had been found during
her house search and were part of the incriminating envelope which ABAD
was holding. AMFAUNA-14 told ABAD where to look for the materials, and
he ment somebody to get them.
31. ABAD wanted to know how AMFAUNA-1 and AMFAUNA-3 had gotten out
of Cuba. AMFAUNA-14 said she did not know. She said she understood they
were to get their instruction on the street once they had left her apart-
ment.
33. ABAD abruptly asked AMFAUNA-14 whether she knew anybody in
Luyano. AMFAUNA-14 said she did not. ABAD then produced a photograph
of AMFAUNA-14 together with AMFAUNA-1 and AMWEE: 291 and told her that she
had been in AMWEB-2's home in Luyano with AMFAUNA-1 on Saturday, 7 September
He asked AMFAUNA-14 whether AMWER: 2 were employed in an embassy. AMFAUNA
14 said she did not know but that she thought so. She said she knew
AMEER 3 to be a personal friend of AMFAUNA-1, and thought that he might
occasionally have helped AMFAUNA-1 with his mail. (It was true that
AMFAUNA-14 had gone to AMWER- 2's house on 7 September with AMFAUNA-1.
Later the same day AMFAUNA-1 took her to Miramar to introduce her to
Decause the DOE Rater capressed any interest in ANFAUNA-30,
AMFAUNA-14 concluded that they had not observed this meeting, and that
therefore it had been AMWKE) - 2 who had been under surveillance on 7
September and not herself or AMFAUNA-1. She also concluded that the DSE
had been inefficient in not transferring their surveillance to herself
and AMFAUNA–1.)
33. ABAD again changed the subject suddenly. "Where is the radio?"
he asked. "Could ANTER- have it?" AMFAUNA-14 said she did not know
anything about a radio. "Where is the camera?" asked ABAD. AMFAUNA-14
admitted having seen AMFAUNA-1 with a Minox camera, but said she did not
know what AMFAUNA-1 had done with it. She said she had hoped that
ANFAUNA-1 would leave it with her, and pretended to be hurt that he had
not done so. ABAD asked her whether she had ever seen one like it in
the ACOG house, and AMFAUNA-14 said that she had. Throughout the
interrogation, ABAD kept reverting to the subject of the camera and the
radio.
34.
ABAD asked AMFAUNA-14 what her connection was with the AMCOG
family. She replied that her grandmother was the cousin of AMCOG-3's
nother. ABAD said that the whole family had been under observation for
long time, and mentioned an organization (name not remembered by
ANFAUNA-14) which AMCOG-2 had worked with during the Batista era. What,
he wanted to know, was ANCOG-3 doing. AMFAUNA-14 said that she did not
think he was doing anything clandestine. ABAD replied that the DSE was
positive that ANCOG-3 was doing secret work. AMFAUNA-14 said that the
DEB should not delude itself, that the entire family was too selfish to
engage in anything of the kind.
35. ABAD asked what the diplomatic visitors to the AMCOG household
talk about. AMFAUNA-14 said that they never talk politics. ABAD asked
about the attitude of "the Doctor" (AMCOG-3's uncle), and AMFAUNA-14 said
that he was waiting for the situation to settle.
36. "What about AMFAUNA-3?" asked ABAD. "Did she work with
AMFAUNA-1?" AMFAUNA-14 said that she did not, but that she sometimes
gave him information. ABAD wanted to know whether AMFAUNA-3 had been
working with some one in Florida. AMFAUNA-14 answered that AUFAUNA-3
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had been involved somehow with her sister who lives in Florida. ABAD
asked whether AMFAUNA-14 had been a good friend of AMFAUNA-3, and she
said that she had been. ABAD asked whether AMFAUNA-14 had ever heard
AMFAUNA-3 speak about the Escambray insurgents. AMFAUNA-14'said that
she had not. ABAD asked whether AMFAUNA-3 had had contacts with any
embassy people, for example the Spanish Embassy. AMFAUNA-14 said that
she did not know of any such contacts.
37.
"How about AMCUTLER-27" asked ABAD. "We know that she spends
8 lot of time there." AMFAUNA-14 said she did not know.
38. ABAD asked AMFAUNA-14 if she were a revolutionary. AMFAUNA-14
said that she was not, but that neither was the against the revolution.
She said that she had joined the militia early in the revolution; but
had soon dropped out because there were some things about the revolution
which she did not understand. For instance, she could not understand
why there should be so many shortages and rationing, whereas before the
revolution there had been plenty. ABAD explained that the shortages were
the result of the imperialist blockade of Cuba. AMFAUNA-14 said that
she could understand this, but that it did not explain why there should
be a shortage of coffee when Cuba grew its own. ABAD said that coffee
was in short supply because Cuba was sending coffee to the Soviet Union
in gratitude for Soviet assistance in overcoming shortages caused by the
imperialist blockade. AMFAUNA-14 replied that this was very logical
now that it had been explained to her, and said she wondered why the
revolutionary government did not publicly say so in order to put an end
to public grumbling on the subject.
39. Early in the morning of 9 October, ABAD produced the letter
which AMFAUNA-14 received from AMFAUNA-1 on 7 October and held up the
letter to the light, examining it carefully for traces of SW. AMFAUNA-
14's developer pille were brought, and she was told to develop the latter
which she did in the presence of ABAD, "Carlos," and a third man whom
she was unable to get a good look at. All were very surprised and
disappointed when no secret writing appeared. They kept asking her if
she were sure she was doing it right, and began intimating that she was
deceiving them. (Station Comment: It is indeed surprising that no
secret writing appeared, because this letter was almost undoubtedly the
one containing SW message no. 1 to AMFAUNA-14.)
40. AMFAUNA-14 also explained the use of her carbons. The only
accommodation address she gave away was AMFAUNA-1's JMWAVE area post
office box. She deliberately protected the Rosa JUSTIZ address (the
home of AMPAN-2), not knowing whether this was a real or a fictitious
person.
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41. "Carlos" and ABAD now invited AMFAUNA-14 to work with them. She
replied that she might be willing to do so, but first wanted to know
what work would be expected of her. For instance, she said, she would
not inform on people in her office. They told her that this would not
be asked of her, because that sort of work is done by the Defense
Committees, Her work, they said, would be much more important, namely
maintaining a link between themselves and KUBARK. She said that would
be all right, but she was afraid that it would not last long because
KUBARK would probably put her on ice as soon as they learned that she
had been arrested. They told her not to worry about that.
43.
* "Carlos" and ABAD suggested to her that AMFAUNA-1 had briefed
her to agree to cooperate with them. She denied this, claiming that she
had not really wanted to work with AMFAUNA-1 at all, but had merely let
herself be imposed on for old times sake. They asked whether they
could trust her. She said she thought so, and asked whether she could
trust them to keep their promises. They assured her that she could,
and said she would be released the following day.
She
43. In the morning of 10 October, after being told that she was to
be released, AMFAUNA-14 was moved to a smaller cell without a bath.
sent for ABAD and complained that he had double-crossed her. He told
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original cell was needed for some new prisoners who were expected. He
said that the DSE had received advance word that a boatload of refugees
were going to try to leave Cuba that night. Many of them were women,
and one of these was pregnant, so he wanted the larger cell with bath
for them.
44. ABAD always trented AMFAUNA-14 kindly and considerately.
When she had a headache, he ordered aspiring for her. He saw to it that
she received soft drinks when she wanted them, and he seemed to be
honestly distressed whenever she wept. AKTAUNA-14 believes that it had
been the DSE's intention from the very beginning to recruit her, be-
cause she doubts that all DSE prisoners are treated as well.
45. The first SW message which AMFAUNA-14 wrote while under DSE
control was dated 10 October, the day of her release. The DSE officers
asked her what her control signal was, and she replied that it was a
rubric, but also included her true control signal. She deliberately
numbered her first controlled SW message no. 2, to conceal the fact
that she had already written several messages containing intelligence
reports. _
46. In all she wrote three SW messages under control. She was
obliged to write each one in duplicate, one of which was mailed and the
other given to the DSE for study. One day "Carlos" came to her very
angrily, said he doubted that her carbons were anything more than
ordinary paper because he had been unable to develop anything that she
had written, and threatened her with rearrest. AMFAUNA-14 told him
that she did not know anything about it, but that if by chance he had
tried to develop the letters she had written with the pills he had
taken from her, it would not work. This surprised "Carlos," and
AMFAUNA-14 explained that there were two different SW systems, one for
outgoing mail and the other for incoming. "Carlos" then asked her if
there were any significance to the size of envelope used, or to the way
the letter paper was folded. AMFAUNA-14 said she did not think so.
AMFAUNA-14 feels that "Carlos" and ABAD never completely believed that
she had an SW system, because none of the letters which she received
disclosed SW when developed, and none of the letters which she wrote
showed any traces of SW when held up to glancing light.
47.
"Carlos" was the DSE officer who maintained contact with
AMFAUNA-14 after her release. For two or three weeks he saw her every
day at her apartment, sometimes for only twenty minutes, and sometimes
staying for several hours, frequently late at night. Occasionally he
called her at her office. Finally AMFAUNA-14 told him that she had to
get up early in the morning to go to work, and asked him to visit her
early in the evening, which he agreed to do. At the time of the in-
tercepted ANGLOSSY landing in Pinar del Rio, "Carlos" did not visit
*ANFAUNA-14 for five days. When he finally returned, he was dirty,
sweaty and tired. He dictated an SW letter he wanted AMFAUNA-14 to
send to KUBARK, and while she was writing it he fell asleep.
48.
AMFAUNA-14 had to prepare written reports for him, which she
signed with the pseudonym "Dolores." He told her never to call him at
DSB ñeadquarters, because he was never there. Once he brought her a
book on Marxism to read, and promised to take her someday to visit a
collective farm in Pinar del Rio Province.
49.
Despite his occasional efforts to get her to pick up the threads.
of the AMFAUNA net, AMFAUNA-14 believes that the primary target she was
intended to work against was the AMCOG household. From remarks made by
both ABAD and "Carlos", she deduced that they already had an informer
in the house, but that they were not satisfied with his production.
Toward the end of her period of DSE -controlled activity, she felt that
the DSB was becoming relatively less interested in AMFAUNA-1 and
his
net, and more in the AMCOG household.
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They asked her about one Vicente LAGO, who is a regular guest.
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They also wanted to know what diploma vinit the AMCOGS. When she
mentioned the Liberian Consul (Tomas *QUESADA), they exclaimed and said
they were very interested in him, and asked whether she could arrange
invitations to his house. Other diplomatic personnel AMFAUNA-14 mep
tioned as visitors to the AMCOG panahon WAR VAR FOSCHINI (the
wife of an Italian diplomat), Firfe #BOISSKVAIN (The wife of the Duton
Amhanandon), Brazilian Ambassador Inis BASTIAN Pinto, a female
secretary of the United Arab Republic Embassy
Wife of a former
Japanese Ambassador. Fortunately, during the four weeks following
AMFAUNA-14's release from DSE custody, no diplomats visited the AMCOG
house:
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81. With the knowledge and encouragement of the DSE, ALFAUNA-14
visited the ANCOG house nearly every day. Her first visit took place
at noon on 11 October and she stayed until about 1800 hours, during
which time she told AMCOG-3 the entire story. He listened and took a
few notes, but kept most of the story in his memory. He encouraged
and calmed AMFAUNA-14, told her to follow DSE instructions to the letter
and assured her that KUBARK would send her instructions.
AMFAUNA-14's immediate preoccupations were AMCUTLER-2 and
AMBER 3 (whom she knew to be blown to the DSE as KUBARK agents),
ANFAUNA-39 (who was not yet identified but had her telephone number and
sight call her at any moment with damaging results to himself), and
the possible arrival of SW,messages from KUBARK naming other agent
personnel.
53. On 11 October, the day after her release, AMFAUNA-14 sent a
HUDDAH i ARCUTLER-
1-2 via ANNAUNA-15 and the mother of Mancle WILLAMANANI
warning her that she had been arrested. She also asked AMCOG-2 to send
a warning to AMWEE 2.
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54.
On 13 or 14 October, COG-2 went to the home of Albertina
O'FARRILL where she met Wands FOSCHINI whom she asked merely to warn
ANWER-8 that the DSE had AMWEE 2 identified. Two or three days later,
Wanda FOSCHINI reported back to AMCOG-3 that AMWER -2 evidently was not
taking the warning seriously. By this time, however, AMFAUNA-14 was:
sure that AMWER-3 knew that something was wrong, because he had tele-
phoned AMFAUNA-I's mother asking for "Soledad and had been told that atculc
"Soledad" was unknown. (Regarding Albertina "O'FARRILL'S knowledge of
these developments, AMFAUNA-14 believes that she probably knew nothing-
more than that AMFÁUNA-14 had been arrested and then releases.)
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85. On 13 October AMFAUNA-14 sent a warning telephone call
AMFAUNA-39. She dialled (20-6192) and told the woman who answered "Please
tell Manolo that Soledad called band that he should not telephone me
because I am going to be out of Havana and will call him when I return
ANPAUNA–14 is not sure now whether AMCOG-3, whom she consulted on the
best way to do this, had noted the telephone number.
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(Manuel COMPANIONI) whose warname Alejandro Unbeknownst to
AMCOG-3, she sent a message to COMPANIONI via AMCOG-3's chauffeur
telling him to stay away from herpb but asking him to telephone her
occasionally.
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On 20 October when she arrived home from work, AMFAUNA-14
found "Carlos" waiting downstairs for her. Trying to divert his atten-
tion from the mail box, she invited him to come right in, but he asked
her why she did not open her mail box first. She did so and found two
letters from AMFAUNA-1, dated 19 and 25 September. They both contained
veiled references to names like "Carmina" (AMCUTLER-2), "Edgardo,"
(AMFAUNA-37), "El Grande" (AMFAUNA-25), and g ('Igor") (ANWEE) 2):1 One of
them instructed AMFAUNA-14 to have "Carmina" introduce her to "Edgardo"
and the other intimated that (CICor: ":) had something for her.
58. "Carlos" ordered her to develop these letters, and she did so.
No secret writing appeared, which did not surprise AMFAUNA-14 because
the letters themselves contained instructions for her, but it did
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surprise "Carlos" who again began to accuse AMFAUNA-14 of double-
crossing him. AMFAUNA-14 explained the absence of SW by saying that
KUBARK was probably testing its communications channels and waiting
for things to quiet down before sending messages.
59.
"Carlos" then told AMFAUNA-14 to get in touch with AM WEE- 2
and get the package which he was holding for her. She telephoned
01 AMWER, 2 from her office and said she wanted to see him. 01 AMWEE 2 agreed
to a meeting, but stipulated that it be after 1700 hours and in his
office. AMFÁUNA-14 reported this conversation to "Carlos" who told
her to proceed with the meeting.
。 60. AMWER) 2 took AMFAUNA-14 into a small room, where she quickly
explained the situation (she felt she should not spend much time in
AMEER 2's office because she was afraid the DSE had her under surveil-
_ lance; this was confirmed later when "Carlos" asked her casually how
much time she had spent in AMWEE-2's office, apparently trying to
catch her out in a lie). AMWEE 2 seemed surprised, and worried, and
told her to take care of herself. She told AMWEE 2 that the reason
the DSE had wanted her to meet with him was to pick up a package which
they believed he was holding for her.| AMWEE 2 replied that he was no
longer in a position to receive or send packages, because the diplomat
with whom he had been cooperating had been declared persona non grata.
61. "Carlos" also told AMFAUNA-14 to contact AMCUTLER-2 to arrange
the introduction to "Edgardo. AMFAUNA-14 telephoned AMCUTLER-2's
number, expecting to be told that AMCUTLER-2 was not there, and was
very surprised when AMCUTLER-2 herself came to the telephone. AMFAUNA-
14 fold ANCUTLER-2 that she wanted to see her, but AMCUTLER-2 said she
had a bad case of asthma and could not see anybody. AMFAUNA-14 re-
ported this conversation to "Carlos."
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AMBEUVE-14 decided that AMCUTLER 2 had either not received or
had not understood the warning message sent to her, so she sent
NCUTLER-2 two more oral messages via AMFAUNA-15 and one via Lolita
✓ FORMOSO explicitly advising her to hide or take asylum.
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63. "Carlos" continued to press AMFAUNA-14 to see AMCUTLER-2, and
ANCUTLER-2 showed no signs of heeding AMFAUNA-14's warnings. AMFAUNA-14
therefore sent one more message, this time a written one, via Lolita
of FORMOSO saying that she really must see AMCUTLER-2 in the latter's
home for the purpose of coordinating cover stories. AMCUTLER-2 then
paid a visit to the home of Lolita (FORMOSO to pass the message that she
agreed to the meeting.
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64.
On 3 November, with the knowledge of "Carlos," AMFAUNA-14 went
to ANCUTLER-3's house. "Carlos" briefed her to obtain an introduction
to "Edgardo", to find out where AMCUTLER-2's coffee shops were located,
and to find out whether AHCUTLER-1 was a close friend of Eloy GUTIERREZ
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65. AMCUTLER-2 told AMFAUNA-14 to tell the DSE that AMCUTLER-1 was
not a close friend of GUTIERREZ Menoyo. She said to add that she was
very angry with AMCUTLER-1 and thinking of divorcing him.
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66. AMPAUNA-14 and AMCUTLER-2 devised the following cover stories
for the protection of the source of the airline passenger manifests
(AMFAUNA-18, whom AMFAUNA-14 does not know) and of "Edgardo" (AMFAUNA-
87, whom AMPAUNA-14 does not know):
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(a) Before leaving Cuba, AMFAUNA-1 had asked AMCUTLER-2 to
look out for his mother, and to pass on to AMFAUNA-14 anything that
might come addressed to "Betty. One day, a colored woman called at
ASCUTLER-3's coffee shop on Calle San Rafael with a package addressed
'to "Betty", The coffee shop employees had thought that the package was
intended for an employee whose name is "Ketti" and had given it to her,
but she said it was not hers, and there matters rested until one day
hen ARCUTLER-2 visited the coffee shop and was told about the incident. /p/
She told her employees that she knew who the package was intended for,
and took it sway with her.
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October saying that she would receive a visit from a person known to her
who would introduce himself as "Edgardo", and asking her to introduce
"Edgardo" to AMFAUNA-14. This person has not yet arrived, and AMCUTLER-
2 does not know who he is.
87.
AMCUTLER-2 agreed to stick to these stories in case she is
interrogated, and to brief "Ketti" to support the coffee shop story.
She also told AMFAUNA-14 she had decided to go into hiding immediately.
AMFAUNA-14 asked her not to do it so soon after her visit, but AMCUTLER-
2 said that AMFAUNA-14 should provide her with cover by telling the DSE
that AMCUTLER-2 had spoken of taking a holiday at Varadero.
68. Making her report to "Carlos" after this meeting, AMFAUNA-14
told these cover stories as though they had just been revealed to her
by A CUTLER-2.
69.
A fourth letter arrived from AMFAUNA-1, consisting of two
pages of overt text. AMFAUNA-14 was sure that it contained SW because
of the banalities in the cover letter. Before turning it over to
"Carlos" she took it to AMCOG-3 who had somebody make a literal copy
of it and then destroyed the original. AMFAUNA-14 turned the copy over
to "Carlos" who had her develop it, and was again disappointed and angry
when no SW showed up. (Station comment: this letter had contained SW
number groups for OWVL reception.)
70. On or about 10 November 1963, AMFAUNA-14 prepared a written
report for the DSE on the visitors to the AMCOG household. This report
was actually dictated by AMCOG-3 to AMFAUNA-14 who took it down on the
typewriter. She then made a handwritten copy of the report to turn in
to the DSE, keeping the typewritten copy for self-briefing. She brought
the typewritten copy out with hor. Following is a litoral translation:
B. (Dr.) Ernesto & MANTI and his wife Lolita: I do not know them
All I can say about them is what I have heard, that they
are old friends of the family, and that the doctor took a trip to Mexico
with AMCOG-3's uncle after the latter's election,
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b. Sr. Pedro ACARRILLO and his wife Margot: He is a brother of
✓ Justo *CARRILLO and has been a friend of the family for a long time.
They sympathize with the Revolution in some aspects, but their daughter
(who I think is engaged to the son of AMCOG-2) left Cuba for exile, and
this caused them to change. I do not know why their daughter had to
take asylum.
C. 'Dr. Oscar *PINA and his wife Margarita: Within the family
she has the nickname "Petite. He is a judge. "Until very recently he
was neutral, but now it seems that they have loaded him with work and
he is in a very bad mood because I believe he has the work of eight
cases. She does not sympathize much with the Revolution. They have no
children, but almost all of her family is abroad which I think is her
principal reason for being discontented.
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V2.201 d. Sra. Nenita de F*CARAMES: She is the wife of Inu CARAMES,
the former Chief of Police of Havana. She has a daughter by him whom
she brings to lunch every Sunday, and she is also caring for a son of
CARAMES who is insane and in an asylum. I do not believe that at the
moment she is on good terms with her husband who is abroad, and there-
fore she is neither against nor in favor. Actually I believe she is
afraid that the situation will change and her husband will return.
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father of an Intimate friend of AMCOG-2, who out of pity has given him.
a standing invitation for every Sunday: To be sure, the poor fellow
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f Elsa DIAZ Biart: Her family has been friendly with the
AMCOG family for many years. They were school friends. She has a
sister abroad and a brother who is in prison. Her father and mother
seldom come to the house. A sister of herr is a doctor of some farm.
All she does is obtain medicines for the prisoners, thereby causing
a lot of trouble for AMCOG-2, AMCOG-3 and the old man, and
ES SANCHEZ and his wife Sara: (According to what I
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have heard, he is a travelling salesman for some laboratory. His wife
is the sister of the wife of the old man's two nephews, Pancho and
AMCCG-3 (sic). I have also heard that she is always trying to get
medicine for her son who, from what I have heard, is abnormal.
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father and mother when she was thirteen years old, and the AMCOG family
took her in as an adopted daughter. The old man paid for her education.
She is like a daughter to him, and like a sister to the nephew and niece.
She works in the emergency hospital. She is not openly opposed to the
regime, but nevertheless the separation from her brother and her relatives
has greatly affected her.
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1. (Dr. Vicente (*LAGO and his wife Maria Julia: His brother
Roberto LAGO, who died some years ago, was Pola's first husband. They
have two sons abroad. From what I have heard, he devotes himself ex-
clusively to his profession, and it is she who is most upset by the
separation from her children.
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STEFFANI, except that she is a woman who is a very good friend of the
ANCOG-2's husband, and is in the same situation with her relatives
abroad. She is just one more of the many refugees in search of warmth
and friendship, with no friends left in Cuba.
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k. Julio BRAVO: A long-time friend of Pancho, all his family
is abroad. He is another case of warmth and friendship, he uses the
swimming pool a lot, he is alone, I have even seen him cutting trees
with AMCOG-3, a typical case of an unhappy man, in the afternoons he
playe chess with the old man, and I have never heard him say anything
bad about anybody, not even about the situation, the only thing as is
natural he misses his daughters and his wife.ff19
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ACASAGRAN: The widow of the Director of Culture in
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the Grau Government, Jesus CASAGRAN, and sister of Raul LAZARO who was
military aide to both Grau and Prio. She is very highly regarded by
the family. I have never heard her express herself in any way against
the Government; I would call her neutral.
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she comes to the house with her two daughters and hermother who is a
cousin of Bra. Paulina. AMCOG-2 helped her a lot in hiding her husband
during the Batista tyranny. I have also heard that AMCOG-3 helped her
with her divorce. Apparently she does not sympathize with the Revolution,
although I believe that it is out of spite against her husband. Her
mother's name is Leopoldina SANCHEZ Vda. de Crecente, and her nickname
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[case of family warmth, because after all her family had left she came
to the house in search of friendship. She has wanted to leave Cuba
many times, but was never able to. This is her principal obsession
and that of her mother as well. She has been coming to the house a lot
for the past three years, and has become a very good friend of the
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sister abroad and a brother who is in prison, Her father and mother
seldom come to the house. A sister of hers is a doctor of some, farm.
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a lot of trouble for AMCOG-2, AMCOG-3 and the old man, and 1-294718 1
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have heard, he is a travelling salesman for some laboratory. > His wife
is the sister of the wife of the old man's two nephews, Pancho and
AMCOG-3 (sic). I have also heard that she is always trying to get
medicine for her son who, from what I have heard, is abnormal.
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father and mother when she was thirteen years old, and the AMCOG family
took her in as an adopted daughter. The old man paid for her education.
She is like a daughter to him, and like a sister to the nephew and niece.
She works in the emergency hospital, She is not openly opposed to the
regime, but nevertheless the separation from her brother and her relatives
has greatly affected her.
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Roberto LAGO, who died some years ago, was Pola's first husband. They
have two sons abroad.. From what I have heard, he devotes himself ex-
clusively to his profession, and it is she who is most upset by the
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STEFFANI, except that she is a woman who is a very good friend of the
ANCOG-2's husband, and is in the same situation with her relatives
abroad. She is just one more of the many refugees in search of warmth
and friendship, with no friends left in Cuba.
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k. Julio BRAVO: A long-time friend of Pancho, all his family
is abroad. He is another case of warmth and friendship, he uses the
swimming pool a lot, he is alone, I have even seen him cutting trees
with AMCOG-3, a typical case of an unhappy man, in the afternoons he
plays chess with the old man, and I have never heard him say anything
bad about anybody, not even about the situation, the only thing
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1. Raquel ACASAGRAN: The widow of the Director of Culture in
the Grau Government, Jesus CASAGRAN, and sister of Raul LAZARO who was
military aide to both Grau and Prio. She is very highly regarded by
the family. I have never heard her express herself in any way against
the Government; I would call her neutral.
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m. Olga CRECENTE: Former wife of Jose Maria de la Aguilera,
she comes to the house with her two daughters and hermother who is a
cousin of 8ra. Paulina. AMCOG-2 helped her a lot in hiding her husband
during the Batista tyranny. I have also heard that AMCOG-3 helped her
with her divorce. Apparently she does not sympathize with the Revolution,
although I believe that it is out of spite against her husband. Her
mother's name is Leopoldina SANCHEZ Vda. de Crecente, and her nickname
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Hilda FEO: Cousino Armando EEO who is a close friend of
Frank PARZ and of Jose AGUERO the husband of Polita. She is another
case of family warmth, because after all her family had left she came
to the house in search of friendship. She has wanted to leave Cuba
many times, but was never able to. This is her principal obsession
and that of her mother as well, She has been coming to the house a lot
for the past three years, and has become a very good friend of the
family, though in reality it was her cousin who was a better friend
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two children who are really hers from her first marriage, Manolito and
Lourdes. He has a cleaning shop in Havana, and I know that she has
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before she married J. AGUERO. Politically speaking, she follows the
Grau line. She is more or less neutral, and devotes herself to her
teaching work. He devotes himself exclusively to his work..
P. Manuel *COMPANIONI and his wife Alicia: They have been
acquaintances of ARCOG-2 and AMCOG-3 for many years, although it was not
a close friendship, rather a friendship of Montmartre, Tropicana, etc.
A daughter of theirs is abroad. He too was a very good friend of Armando
FEO who used to be a friend of the family, and now in the course of time
they have become closer friends of the family. In other words it is
another case of friendship caused by being abandoned by others. He has
a small deodorant factory in the same house where they live. They both
have their mothers here.
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very good friend of the family for many years, and she was a school
friend of the two nieces of the old man. This couple have always been
friends of the family, the more so now that so many of their friends
have left Cuba.
71.
AMFAUNA-14 turned this report over to "Carlos" on 11 or 12
November. At this meeting he asked her to try to make contact with
AMFAUNA-3's brother who he said had been transferred to a hospital in
Las Villas. AMFAUNA-14 said she would try, but thought it would be
difficult. This was the last time she saw "Carlos. He telephoned her
again on 16 November to ask what was new, and this was their last
telephone contact.
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72. When AMFAUNA-14 arrived at AMCOG-3's house at about 2000 hours
on 15 November 1963 for the regular Friday night supper, he took her
aside and said he wanted to speak to her privately later. At about
2330 hours she went to his room. There he told her that he had received
orders that she was to leave Cuba the following week. He said that
precise instructions were to come on 16 and 17 November, so he made a
lunch date with her for Sunday noon at his house.
73. AMFAUNA-14 was frightened by this. She did not sleep well
Friday or Saturday nights, and spent Saturday in her home.
74.
Sunday afternoon in AMCOG-3's house, AMCOG-3 told her that she
was to leave the following day. She said that she did not want to.
ANCOG-3 responded that this was an order. He said that the DSE would
probably arrest her again soon, and for her own safety and that of others
she must leave. He added that there were others who were to leave too,
whose departure had been made conditional upon her own.
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75. AMFAUNA-14 asked whether AMCUTLER-2 were one of these other
people who were to leave too, and AMCOG-3 replied that she was.
14 told him that she thought AMCUTLER-2 would not agree to leave.
said that he thought she would because the orders had been couched in
very strong terms.
76. He then showed her the instructions, both for herself and for
ANCUTLER-2. He had her type her instructions on a piece of paper, and
then memorize them.
77.
Then AMCOG-3 gave AMFAUNA-14 the following verbal messages to
deliver when she reached JMWAVE:
(a) A colonel fnu LANDEIRA, a tank expert who had been in the
Cuban Army under GRAU and PRIO, is a prisoner on a farm in Havana Pro-
vince. He is given three days off per week to go home. His wife knows
in advance when he will be coming out. AMCOG-3 does not know the wife
but has indirect contact to her. AMCOG-3 says the man is honest and
intelligent and a real soldier, and if we want him out AMCOG-3 can
arrange it.
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had been moved to a new hiding place. AMCOG-3 was considering trying
to help the young man into asylum in the Uruguayan Embassy through a
certain CHP: Poping) whose identity is not known to AMFAUNA-14 but who she
thinks is an Uruguayan attache.
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AMCOG-3 is out of one-time pads and needs a resupply.
(d) It is very possible that AMCU0-3 may be able to obtain
and forward a copy of AMFAUNA- 14 DSE dossier.
78. On Monday morning, 18 November, AMTAUNA-14 dressed as she had
been instructed, and stuffed a pair of slacks and sneakers into the
straw handbag which she had been told to carry. At 1300 hours she left
her office and proceeded on foot to the corner of Atares and Arango in
Reparto Luyano, arriving there at 1400 hours. Here she exceeded her
instructions, waiting for AMCUTLER-2 not five minutes but fifteen. She
then walked very slowly toward Calzada Luyano, hoping that AMCUTLER-2
might overtake her. This consumed another ten minutes, and by the time
she reached the Calzada Luyano it was too late for her to walk the re-
mainder of the distance, so she took a taxi.
78.
AMFAUNA-14 discharged the taxi one block before the Parque de
la Virgen del Camino and walked the rest of the way. She went to the
shrine where she prayed for a few minutes, and then sat on a bench
from which she could see the whole park.
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At 1510 hours a 1954 Buick taxi arrived at the park. The
driver stayed in the car, and two men a colored man and a fair-haired
BAD - got out and walked around for about ten minutes. Finally they
approached her and gave the challenge, to which she gave the correct
response. One of the men then said simply "Follow me". They took her
back to the taxi and put her in the back seat with one of the men, the
other two riding in front.
81. They headed out of the city. When the reached the Carretera
de Varadero, one of the men asked her politely if she would mind keeping
her eyes directed down toward the floor and not look out the window.
She rode this way for about two hours. By then it was dark, and she was
told she could look up again. She took advantage of the opportunity to
change into her slacks and sneakers.
82. Finally the car stopped, and she and her two escorts got out.
They walked a long time. At one point, whistle signals were exchanged
with someone in the darkness, and two other men appeared, one of whom
was ANTE 2. AMFAUNA-14 and AMWERKE: 32 greeted each other politely, but
pretended not to know each other. of
83.
They did a lot more walking and joined up with another man, who
turned out to be the radio man. He had a lot of equipment with him,
and AMFAUNA-14 and AMEKEKEKEY: 2 helped to carry it.
84.
They now reached the mangrove and began to walk through water.
At one point their guide became briefly lost, but found his way again
almost immediately. When they came to the open water, one of the guides
went forward and signalled. The boat came in in response to the signal.
AMFAUNA-14\ALWEE) 2, and the radio man walked out into knee-deep water
and climbed into the boat, which already had a crew of two.
85.
The boat proceeded out to an unidentified key. The crew con-
cealed it in the mangrove, cleverly lacing and tying branches together
over it to form a camouflage cover. There they went to sleep.
86.
The following day, 19 November, was spent at this spot.
radio message was received during the day. At night the boat put out
for Cayo Megano. The waves were enormous, and AMFAUNA-14 was terribly
seasick. The boat remained at the rendezvous point until 1045 hours,
with AMFAUNA-14 pleading for the crew to return to land, saying she
would rather be shot than remain so seasick. Finally the crew did put
back, saying that the ship probably would not come because the sea was
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Wednesday, 20 November, was spent on the same key.
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long radio message was received during the day. AMFAUNA-14 and AMWEE-2
both helped the radio man to decipher it, and their combined efforts
took about three hours. Then they put out again for the Cayo Megano
rendezvous point. By this time their drinking water was all gone.
The boat was overloaded, so much of the food and equipment was left
behind on the key. Again no ship appeared. This time, instead of
returning to their original hiding place, the crew took the boat to
Cayo Mosquito.
88. Here they spent the remainder of the night, and all of Thursday,
21 November. Their water was gone, there was very little food left,
and there was only enough gasoline left for one more one-way trip
out to the rendezvous point. At 1400 hours on 21 November another
radio message was received with the combined efforts of the radio
xan, AMFAUNA-14 and AMWE), it took between two and three hours to
decipher it. Everybody was very optimistic; they were all sure that
they would be picked up that night.
89. Promptly at 2300 hours the ship was seen approaching. The
boat put out immediately, and its passengers were taken aboard the ship
AMFAUNA-14 was taken into the sick bay where she was given a pill, a
little water, and somewhat later some warm broth.
90. From the moment she stepped into the boat on 18 November, unti
she was hauled out by the armpits on 21 November, AMFAUNA-14 never left
the boat. Her side and legs were bruised from the pounding of the
waves against the boat. A little blood vessel in her right eye was
broken by a twig snapping in her face as she walked through the man-
grove. This was treated by the ship's doctor.
91. AMFAUNA-14 says that the AMHICK team performed very well. The
pickup in the park was done excellently. The slight delay while they
looked her over, she says, was due to the fact that the men had ex-
pected another woman to be with her, and they were waiting a few minutes
in case the other woman should show up. The AMHICK team said that they
had also been briefed that she would be wearing her hair in a bun.
She had not been briefed accordingly, and she was wearing her hair
down her back in a pony tail. This discrepancy did not cause any con-
fusion, because every other item of the visual recognition signals
tallied perfectly, and the AMHICK team were well briefed on all of them.
92. AMFAUNA-14 was impressed by the precise timing of the team's
movements, by the fact that everybody was where he was supposed to be
at the time indicated. She expressed admiration for their seamanship,
and their ability to pick out one spot of mangrove from another in
the pitch darkness.
93.
She says that, during these trying days, the team members were
always in calm control of the situation, and never failing in their
courtesy to her.
94. Regarding AMCUTLER-2, AMFAUNA-14 is sure that the exfiltration
instructions reached her. They were taken, she said, by Lolita FORMOSO
who had been standing by for them from Friday to Sunday. What Lolita
did with them, AMFAUNA-14 does not know. She knows that we had
suggested that Lolita take them to AMFAUNA-1's mother, but she also
knows that we had indicated to AMCOG-3 that AMFAUNA-1's mother might
be under surveillance, so she thinks Lolita might have taken them
directly to AMCUTLER-2. In any case, she knows that messages sent
proviously by AMCOG-3 to AMCUTLER-2 reached the latter, and she sees
no reason to assume that these instructions did not.
95. It does not surprise AMFAUNA-14 that AMCUTLER-2 did not follow
the orders. ANCUTLER-2, she says, plays her own game with little con-
sideration for others. Between the time that AMFAUNA-1 left Cuba on
11 September, and the time that AMFAUNA-14 was arrested on 7 October
AMCUTLER-2 had visited AMFAUNA-14's apartment twice. On both occasions,
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AMFÀUNÀ–14 had asked her to remove the suitcase that AMFAUNA-1 had left
behind, but on both occasions AMCUTLER-2 had found some excuse not to
do so.
When AMFAUNA-14 visited AMCUTLER-2 in her home in Guanabacoa
on 3 November for the purpose of coordinating their cover stories,
AMCUTLER-2 did not seem very interested in coordinating stories or
anything else. AMFAUNA-14 believes that AMCUTLER-2 may be working for
the-Second Front of the Second Front of the Escambray, because her
very close friend Lolin *CORREOSO is the fiancee of Hipolito LARRAURI
who was a collector for this organization. Among other reasons
possibly keeping AMCUTLER-2 in Cuba, AMFAUNA-14 says that AMCUTLER-2's
mother is sick with cancer, and there may to something wrong between
AMCUTLER-1 and AMCUTLER-2.
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96. AMFAUNA-14 also had her reasons for not wanting to leave Cuba.
Besides the dangers of the trip, she would he leaving her mother and
father in a dangerous position, because the DSE had forced her to
sign a confession implicating them. While the appears to be trying not
to be overly critical of AMCUTLER-2, she has commented that AMCUTLER-2
knows far more members of the AMFAUNA net than she herself does, so
that the reasons requiring the exfiltration of AMFAUNA-14 should be
even more compelling for AMCUTLER-2.
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