(1o4-107185- torz4] BARKS Se fo te ite en ne areett Rte Bets NS te ete ae Mesh te ies 7 : ” s s aaunaEC Sinaninaar fedineiiemnerecaeertaenaie Ieremneansos arenterowen nme . CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY This material oiateins Lafvormation affecting the National Detracze- ef the Caitea Stages witnie the ‘tainting of the Eaptonsce: Laws, nite ‘ 16, U.6.C. Seca. 793 and 734, the Ursnsmisaion of revelation of which in aay manner te an Jubautboriged person | is Brobshited cidw.--, SECRET. ° "NO FOREIGN. DISSEM. couNtay Cuba: De ' REPORT NO. SusEct “Alfredo MIRABAL Diag Co __ DATE piste, 14. just 1964 SO “NO. PAGES 3 oe REFERENCES i DAT OF 1964 | en PLACE & Washington, D. e. Too. vo DATE ACQ. . Oe. A tet a ' FIELD REPORT NO. so0kee A former Cuban. 1s officer who served with the cuban ae rs Intelligence Service until April 1964. . fee ete Headquarters Cc. sents ; . The following report is one of a series containing péersonalizy information provided ‘by the source and includes supplemental information from the records of this Agency. — It is requested that the addressees take no action on any of the individuals mentioned in the personality reports without first checking with this Agency. Alfredo MIRABAL Diaz, pseudonym "Federico," is the enief Cuban Intelligence officer in Mexico City as of . : Jaruary 1964. Although Manuel. VEGA is. replacing NIRABAL as chie2, MIRABAL possibly will continue in Mexico.. 2,3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Headauarters Comments l, in September 1947, a usualiy reliable source reported hat Alfredo LIRABAL, director of the Sugar Workers’ | Union of Central Stewart and Colonies anc delegate of Central to official and management organizations, was | active in the Partido Socialista Popular (Cuban Communist Party ~ PSP) in the Province of Camaguey. ; . 2. In the 12 April 1953, issue of the publication Ko . . an interview with Alfredo MIRABAL Diaz, financia secretary of the Sherwin Williams Worxers‘' Union, was printed with reference to the workers’ demands. -§ § 4 4 ; SECRET ee : i NO FGREIGN DISSEM srenraacg ond i CUARK Voce TFBS REP CINCLANT CINCSO # {Motes Field distribution indicated by “#“.) VH/SA/2081 UWL SLR Ly cy/iia {_'LX-1636 e/ss vies “apn 2 cree. ea ( YO PROJECT (AMNNUG/1} wefathR 12 (TASS | CSCI-316/60685-~64 poet iz | inyn/ay 4 Ti wt /MAVS ee {|_JOOORDIMATING: RE LE ASN \ TerAus WH/SA 7 (1), WEL (2), CI 4, RID1 Rha Oey Ih otk re Mf +] 12! pee ORE i ‘aT yps bee A . j ONV FATINA ike
14-00000 ares . «. . . or. . as usually reliab le “gouree a ed that in Sépteuber i335, ontion. of the Service ¢e Ir ci elligence: ‘Serviee = sy re brothers, Alfredo MISABAL Dias ‘and Rafael EIRASAL Diaz, eiployed by the _ : -Sherwon/ Williass ‘Company of .Cuba, had Marxist ideas. an ' _ a Rye astigatiog yovegled thet is August 1946, when Alfredo oor MIRABAL was ‘director of the Sindicato de Trabajadores “ dAsucaveros dé) Cantral Stewart ¥ sus Colonias (Union of ' Sugar Workers of Central Stewart), he was arrested ona . ee O33 charge: ‘of agusing. an-illicic. ‘strike - ‘at the Central. Oa: ‘ Do : ” he day. of: his arrest hé was awarded a prize by’ the. PSP’ for having @istinguished himself in the work doae. Oa Bos - 7 1 October 1955, a SIM agent interviewed Alfredo MIRABAL a and he. (altredo) adhitted to having been affiliated with ; Pe the PSP but, ‘denied being a Comzunist. He said that he. ‘boionged to the: PSP nerely as a laborer; believing that - _ . workers. ‘Should? belong. to ‘thet Party. The investigation: re aiso disélosed. ‘that. Alfredo. MIRABAL was the “Delegate Se ' Official and ‘Managemest Organizations" (sic) of the +. 0.” _.. Lol -Sindicato de- ‘Trabajadores ae. la Fabrica de Pinturas _ 0 . : . . Sherwin Williams. (Union of Sgervin Williams Workers). Ee was described ‘as white, divorced, a-mative of Habana, . the son of Rogelio ‘and Sofia, and a resident of Calle E, .. Number 302 » Reparto Satista, ves . nr port. dated 29 June 1955, ulied to the ; a Lilitar Gdilitary “ My # 7 oa . + be wa $e tf, te een. J vee Beg ee em am oo ‘ oe a ee SLL NLT CO gh TREN A LT VN 8 My ine aT RPE a UE ee 23 . uy oye ais an ob Anothes. otfice of this Agency, ima ‘yeport Gated 28 May 1962, - gtated that an’untested source said that one (fnu) MIRABAL was the chief of G-2 in Caibarien. ke was -bhorn in 1932, — -ais five feet five inches tall, and weighs 160 pounds. ore ' , . cine snk, One oe se stem ane oe 5 In September 1963, it was resorted that Alfredo MIRABAL Diaz, born in 1923, arrived in Mexico as the Cuban Consul on 2 September 1963. Reportedly, he did not’ know his job as Consul and was held in contemst by his staff for his incompetence..— “ Om ee mee aos Fe woe ai 28 . 2: 6. In October 1963, it was reported. that the.aunt of Alfredo. MIRASAL Diaz stated that Alfredo NIRABAL had been appointed “TO Tae Cuban Consulate in Mexico. Ee was reportedly an . Old-line Communist under BATISTA “and he was probably trained in Moscow. . . awe bear oe Ati oe 7. 4 {aban businesenan in Mexico City with good contacts in the Cuban Embassy jand who has reported reliable information for about two years stated in a report dated: 17 February 1964 that on 23 January 1964 Alfredo M. MIRAB AL‘ Diaz, Consular’ Attache of the Cuban Exibassy in Mexico City, sent the following eable to the Administration Section gf the Cuban Ministry — of Foreign Relations: 1 Leet nee ees oe rete rene - Oo tee cts eee at me Se ne eh ene
ao one ’ 4 Sana ve . eee wines ane th PON widest, no VOR ROR FREE STS C TOT AREY OF th Ap able AER ET A Ke a et oe i oa : . oe ewes jae the "Ceisa del Agua 1 Institute" for: Some time. ” NO FOREIGN DISSEN-. ~ oa, _=Be oe “Yt is urgehtly necessary, ‘that + 'you ‘Send’ this ‘Consulate: s | allotment for the months of. December anc Januayy. - “Itvis ins. i possivle to operate without. money, I.consider it: absolutely” ea inperative’tc increase the allotment ‘beginning: in-January. “Sor 4 Today. I am pouching a projected estimate for this year... urge your rapid attention." as ot Kk Cuban with contacts among: Cavan diplonats stated, “tn aA report: i me dated 12 June 1964, that Alfredo HIRABAL Diaz, in charge. Of the ed Cuban Consulate in Mexico City, was born about 1929, has’ been married twice, and. has'a-very poor education.. ALL his life-he. 0. has been a Communist “arid everyone . in. His: fanily is ‘Communist . Soo He belongs ty the. syndicate of the tin ‘factory. in Luyaas, Kabana, ..” a where ‘both re and his brothérs. worked: for.-years. - He also worked * 2°". a) SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM