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CONTROL OF TRAVEL TO AND FROM CUBA
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CONTROL OF TRANSFER OF FUNDS
CONTROL OF MOVEMENT OF CUBAN PROPAGANDA
CONTROL OF CLANDESTINE MOVEMENT OF GUERRILLAS
AND ARMS
EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE ON CUBAN SUBVERSION
SURVEILLANCE OF CUBAN DIPLOMATIC, COMMERCIAL
AND CULTURAL MISSIONS
STRENGTHENING OF COUNTER-INSURGENCY
CAPABILITIES
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Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 6. Draft report concerning control of access to and surveillance of
Cuba.
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Control of Travel to and from Cuba
Central Intelligence Agency
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Developed highly useful information on frequency
of Cuban "chartered" flights to Brasil, names and nationalities
of passengers and crew, and lax seasures of control followed
by Brazilian authorities. Transmitted this information to
gation chiefs in the Latin American countries of the non-
Braziliens travelling on these flights.
Maintained close watch over travel to and from
Cubs. See Annex B for table of known travel of Latin Americans
during July and August.
As a result of information furnished by him by the
CIA Station in Buenos Aires and with the Station's urging, the
Argentine Minister of Interior indicated that he would make
every effort to prevent Argentine delegates from attending the
International Union of Architects Congress in Havana.
At the urging of the CIA Station and the Embassy
the Bolivian Minister of Interior issued in mid-July an order
prohibiting the granting of travel permits to Cuba on other
bloc countries to Bolivien nationals.
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Partly as a result of the efforts of the CIA
station in Santiago, the Government of Chile prohibited the
entry into Chile of organizers of the Cuban sponsored Second
Latin American Youth Congress, which had been scheduled to take
place in Santiago in August. This one one of the factors which
led to postponement of theCongress.
£. After considerable prodding by the CIA Station
and the Embassy the Minister of Public Security of Costa Rica
presented legislative proposals to the Costa Rican Assembly
which will require all persons intending to travel Communist
countries to have their travel approved by a newly created
Ceata Mean security egency.
CIA Station in Mexico City developed information
concerning the clandestine arrival of passengers in Vera Crua
on Cuban merchant ships. Ifforts are being made to obtala more
information and to encourage stricter controla by the Mexican
authorities.
Department of State
Instructed Embassy Conakry to try to persuade
Guinean authorities to deny use of airport facilities by flights
on Habana-Moscow route. These efforts achieved a temporary
withholding of permission for future regular flights, at least
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until such time as the Soviets develop their own refueling facilities
at Conakry.
b. Instructed Embassy Rio to approach Brazilian
authorities to express our deep concern at the growing frequency
of Cuban non-scheduled flights to Brazil and request their
cooperation in curbing them. Also instructed our Embassies
in several Latin American countries to work with CIA station
chiefs in furnishing the names of nationale of those countries
travelling on these flights to local authorities and urging
them: (1) to institute tighter controls on their own citizens
velling to Cube, and (2) to express their concern to the
IN Government
mancazzet Brazil'bver Cuban use of Braell as a way station
for transporting subversives.
As a result of representations made to the British
goverment about Cuban flights to the Cayman Islands carrying
Latin American subversives, the British developed an administrative
scheme which will effectively prohibit the use of British
Caribbean dependencies by Cubana as transit points for passengers.
The British intend to require transit visas of passengers passing
through their areas, and to reject applications for such visas
except in certain special cases. Persous not possessing vioas
would be prevented from leaving their aircraft, or would be
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returned to their point of origin.
Instructed Embassy Mexico City on August 29
inform the Mexican airline Q that the United States is
opposed to a proposal that CMA operate charter flights to carry
refugees from Havana to Central America.
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as a result,
stated that they had no intention of proceeding further with
this project.
Instructed U.S. Missions in Curaces and the Ela gue
to investigate a report that KUI was planning to renew ab
scheduled Curacao-Habana flights and to reiterate US opposition
to resumption of air service to Cuba, KIM assured our Embassy
that there is no plan to initiate service, scheduled or non-
scheduled, co Rabans.
f. Instructed Embassy Octava to express our strong
objections to a proposal that a Cubans charter flight pick up
a second group of U.S. atudents in Montreal to fly then to Cuba.
The flight was not authorized.
Instructed Consulate Georgetown to investigato
Cubans approaches to secure flight facilities.
Mission reported
on August 1 that the Governor had no knowledge of any talks
between the B.G. Minietry of Communications and the Cuban Govern-
ment regarding landing rights for Cubans planes. The Governor
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Indicated his intention to inquire further and to keep us
advised. Landon reported that malther the Cuban sor the British
Gulane Govermente had raised the issue of landing sights with
2.2.0.
b. Urged the goverments of Mondeo, Canada, Jamaica
and the Netherlands to refuse to assist he Cuban
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in its efforts to find a short route for return
students who illegally travelled to Cuba. Also informed Pan
American Airways that we were opposed to a Cuban request for
a PAA charter flight to fly the students from Habana to New York,
4. Instructed our missions at Port of Spain and
Barbados on several occasions to approach these governments
express the concem of the U.S. at Indleathons of Cuban Interest
in the use of their aviation facilities.
Embassy Port of Spain discussed with the Foreign Secretary
of Trinidad various legal moves available that would enable
to control movements of aircraft vithin their territory,
citing examples of such controls instituted by Mexico, Canada
and Ireland. Ila indicated receptiveness to the proposal that
the list of suggestions be made available to the aviati
fficiale
3. During a previous reporting period Embassy Santiago
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urged th
at of Chile to refuse visas co Cuban delegatés
reparatory meeting planning for the II Latin American
Youth Congress scheduled for August in the Chilean capital,
Inability of Cuban delegates to obtain Chilean visse for this
meeting is one of the contributing factors to the Cuban sponsors
nnouncing during August that the meeting had been postponed.
Sent general instructions to our missions in countries
which participate in the International thion of Architects acking
then to urge the cooperation of govermental authorities in
preventing or discouraging the attendance of their citizens to
the VII UIA Congress in Rabana, September 29-October 4, 1963.
Followed this with instructions to individual posts to try
where feasible to dissuade architects from from world countries
from serving on the jury for the selection of a Bay of Pige
Urged Canadian Government to block a plan to
commence food parcel shipments to Cuba, on a frommercial basis,
that would have required the establishment of scheduled weekly
charter flights by Canadian planes.
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Control of Movement of Cuban Propaganda
Central Intelligence Agency
Responding to the urging of the CIA Station police
of the State of Guanabara seized large quantities of prope-
gande brought into Brazil by passengers on the special Cubena
flights. For example, some 50 pounds of printed propaganda
was taken from the various passengers who arrived on the 16
August Cubana Flight.
3. Control of Clandestine Movement of Guerrillas end Arus
Department of Defense
Continued surveillance of the area surrounding Cuba
during the month of July at the same rate and with the came
emphasis as prior to 1 July 1963.
b. Continued to maintain U.S. Forces, primarily from
within the Atlantic Command, available to assist other Caribbean
governments in the interception of suspicious craft in
territorial waters, as might be requested.
No such requests were
received from say other government during the period covered by
this report.
However, U.S. Forces did keep track of the
location of the Soviet merchant freighter MITCHURINSK, which
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was suspected of carrying subversives and arms from Cuba te
British Guiana in mid-July. MITCHURIMSK was under U.S.
surveillance from its departure from Nevena until United
Kingdom forces assumed the task of keeping this ship under
surveillance upon its approach to Georgetown, British Culana.
Subsequently, British police search of MITCHURINSK in British
Gulane vaters revealed nothing of a suspicious nature.
Central Intelligence Agency
At the repeated urging of the CIA Station in Lima
the Peruvian Government lat in August published a new anti-
terrorists law providing a penalty of no less than five years
imprisonment for persons who particiate in guerrilla activities
or in the illegal manufacture of weapons or explosives.
The Peruvian National Intelligence Service is working
on a lead furnished by the CIA Station in Lima concerning a
200 ton vessel reportedly involved in arme traffic.
Department of State
Instructed our Consulate General in Georgetown to
investigate reports that commercial cargoes (which could conceal
illicit arms traffic out of Cuba) had developed between British
Gulans and Cuba. Investigations to date have been negative.
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4.
Control of Transfer of Funds
Bepartment of State
Cooperated with the Foreign Assets Control Office of
the Treasury Department in developing blocking controls with
respect to Cuba which went into effect on July 9, 1963.
5. Strengthening of Comter-Insurgency Capabilities
Department of Defence
Continued the installation of military communicas
tions facilities in Latin America. Operational dates for the
multi-channel radio stations to be installed in Menagua,
Nicarague and Tegucigalpa, Honduras have been delayed to 15
October 1963 and 16 December 1969, respectively because of new
engineering and contractual requirements. Negotiations are
continuing with Colombia and Ecuador for installation of U.S.
military radio facilities. Completion of a new commercial trans-
Isthmian cable in the Panama Canal Zone within the coming moath
is expected to improve military communications within the
United States and the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command.
b. Contimed the surveillance of Cuba by U.S. Forces,
reporting as before to U.S. commanders, organisations and agencies.
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Reports of surveillance have been disseminated to all who have
a requirement to know.
Established a 24 hour per day, 7 days per week duty
watch at the U.S. Military Groups in the Caribbean countries in
conjunction with implementation of the military alerting system.
Continued efforts to staff the U.S. Southern Command Intelligence
Center with properly cleared, trained personnel (this center is
the military focal point for relaying information concerning
the movement of subversives). Filled, partially, the authorized
billets in the U.S. Southern Command Intelligence Coater md
took under consideration the problem of on increase in the billet
ectueture in the Center. The Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern
Command together with his intelligence officer visited Honduras
and Nicarague and determined that no significent problems existed
which would interfere with effective operations in those
countries.
d. Action previously initiated by the Commander, U.S.
Naval Forces, Southern Command (COMUSNAVSO) to establish a Small
Craft Inspection and Training Team (SCIATT) as a contribution to
the Caribbean Surveillance System is progressing satisfactorily.
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Permanent assigment of U.S. Coast Guard personnel to SCIATT
in the Canal Zone has been approved and the D.S. Coast Guard
has taken appropriate implementing actions.
During the period of this report, the SCIATT con-
ducted en on-the-job training course at Puntarenas, Costa
Rica. Training wes given to 13 members of the Guardia Civil
of Costa Rica who were either newly assigned to the 40 foot
Coast Guard utility beats (CGUBC) or were to be assigned as
replacement crew members.
A quarterly inspection and evaluation of the CGUBS
provided other Central American countries was conducted during
the period 17 to 31 August by a mobile training team (1)
made up of GCIATT personnel.
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Continued efforts to improve the internal security
of Latin American armies through the provision of Intelligence
Advisors. Presently there are such advisors assigned to 14
Latin countries, emphasizing counterintelligence and counter-
subversion.
h. During the reporting period MTTs conducted training
in counterinsurgency for the armed forces of Colombia, Bolivie,
Venezuela, Peru and El Salvador.
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1. Civic Action MITe were sent to Guatemale, Bolivia,
Colombia, El Salvador, Jamaica and Ecuador.
6. Exchange of Intelligence on Cuban Subveraion
Central Intelligence Agency
tion concerning travelers to and from Cub
CIA Stations throughout Latin America continued in a
great majority of countries to furniab co che local faternal
security organizations with whom they are in liaison informa-
as well as such
information as came to CIA's attention concerning the movement
of funds, arms and propagande material. In many instances, the
furnishing of information to the Internal security service by
the CIA Station was paralleled by the furnishing of similar
information to the foreign office by the Ambassador or his
representative. The response to this information has varied
greatly. The Central American countries, in general, began to
pay attention to the information and take action on it. At the
during the reporting period
other extreme. the Brazilian Government/showed little inclination
to follow up on the information.
Department
State
Reiterated to the Foreign Minister of Perú our
interest in having the facts of the Puerto Maldonado incident
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brought to the attention of the OAS, and orged that this netisa
be taken as soon as possible.
b. Urged the Government of Quatezala to submit evidence
of communist activity to the QAS.
7.
Surveillance of Cuben Diplomatic. Commerical and Cultural
Nissions.
Central Tatelligency ArSECT
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Deportent of State
Instructed Embassy La Paz to follow up closely on
charges of involvement of Cuban mission in internal politics
of Bolivia, and, at the Embassy's discretion, to point out to
Bolivian officials the opportunity for a possible break in
relations with Cuba. Embasby La Paz was not
to press
for a break when the evidence of Cuban intervention did not
prove to be so conclusive se originally reported.
Other Special Actions
Department of State
Obtained setion by the COAS on July 3 on the Lavalle
amittee Report transmitting the document to the governmente
and urging them to implement the specific and general recom-
mendatione contained therein as soon as possible.
b. Through Embassy Managua informed the Nicaraguan
Coverment of the matters which we wanted to have considered
during the informal meeting of the Ministers of Security and
Interior of the Isthmian countries hold in Managua, August
26-28 in preparation for the second formal meeting of the
Managua Security Conference countries later this year.
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Reassured President Schick of Nicaragua in the
most emphatic terms that the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty did not
mean that our attitude toward Castro has altered in the
olightest, and stressed our interest in seeing steady progress
by all the Isthmian countries in inpleasating the recomenda-
tions of the Managua Security Conference to block Cuban
subversive efforts.
Explained in detail the nature of the Cuban threat
and the related policy objectives of the U.S., during conversa-
efon in London and in Washington with Ms. Adam Watson, newly
appointed British Ambassador to Cuba.
United States. Information Acency
The Agency's press service during the reporting
period transmitted 12 articles, commentaries, and backgrounders
on its wireless file service to USIA posts throughout Latin
America for placerent in the local newspapers and the Voice of
America Spanish broadcasts to Latin Americe carried a total of
28 commentaries and features on the subject of Cuban-based
subversion in addition to the regular reporting of developments
in the hourly newscasts.
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In response to steading Agency instructions to give
special attention to developments related to Cube-based
subversion, USIS posts in Latin America were prompt in reporting
incidents and in providing editorial comments from the Latin
American press, all of which was used in the Agency's radio and
press cutput.
The main developments treated in the Agency's radio and
press coverage included Gestro's July 26 speech urging revolu-
tions in Latin America, the discovery of terrorist ceapons
factories in Guayaquil, the Ecuadorean Vice President's accussion
#2 Cuben responsibility for terrorism, the statement by State
Department Press Officer Richard Phillips that "potential
subversive agenta" from Cuba to the Caribbean area vere passing
through Gran Cayman, the expulsion of a Bolivian youth leader
for receiving funds from Cuba, Castro-trained terrorists in
and
Honduras,/Bolivian protests against meddling by the Cuban Embassy
in the miner's strike. A Voice of America roving reporter in
Latin Americs provided several reports afzfzuztes on the.
cubversion picture in countries he visited.
Is support of the Agency's effort on Cuban-based
subversion, the publications center in Mexico began work on
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three pamphlets during the period based on Castro's report of
his visit to the Soviet Union (showing that he contradicted
himself in some of his extravagant claims of Soviet progress),
the losses auffered by Cuban Labor under Gastro, and the fetè
of political prisoners in Cubs. When completed, these pamphlets
will be reproduced and distributed in quantity throughout the
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