¢ * 1104-10216-0007]. ‘y .- % RS ccm : é : ° . fe a i ro noe 36 = 5 a b. a Lf : oS ‘ Est 6 NOV 1964 fs 2012256391, 71 anes apis (; Oe 201549956" “Q0T-252734 261-276773 geragrysi-“t vo. BAPIS LRFO: MADRID [| IM AVE re cay eae GUT pe noe cones Pf wist 3 wee, YD - aa vi } Rofae unr y filer 10 Pee FO MapR[ [WAVE cere §& 24 E 2 74 TYPIC MHAPRON AMWHIP/1 AMLASH/1 YORTTE UNSNAFU/19 Let 5. PEF: PARI 7404 (IN 18538) ; rT ae 1. RE REF PARA 3, IN OCT 1963 SHE 300 TO 500 CUBAN MILITARY “PERSONNEL PLUS LIMITED AMOUNT MILITARY EQUIPMENT TRAVELED TO ALGERIA _ Ot TWO _OR THREE CUBAN CARGO VESSELS, PURPOSE WAS TO ASSIST ALGERIA IN WAR WITH MOROCCO. IN JAN 1964 SOME RETURNED CUBA AND ESTIMATE | LAST OF GROUP RETURNED APRIL 1964 ABOARD SOVIET PASSENGER AND CUBAK — “IN LATE SEPT 1964 RUMOR BEGAN MAKING DIPLOMATIC CIRCUIT HAVANA - THAT CONTINGENT CUBAH TROOPS HAD RECENTLY DEPARTED FOR ALGERIA WITR POSSIBLE ULTIMATE DESTINATION CONGO OR VIET NAM, EQS CHECKED THESE 7 “0°. ALLEGATIONS AND FOUND THAT ONLY ONE CUBAN VESSEL COULD HAVE TAKEN. ; f: cH . ” SHIS CONTINGENT WITHIN TIME FRAME OF REPORTS AND IT T-APPEARS THIS | nate oe VESSEL DID NOT TAKE ANY PASSENGERS. CANNOT YET TOTALLY RULE OUT > =: | POSSTRILITY SOME CUBANS MAY HAVE TRAVELED BY SOME CIRCUITIOUS AIR tee ROUTING. SINCE INTRODUCTION EVEN SMALL CONTINGENT TRAINED TROOPS - ENO CONGO WOULD BE CRITICAL, HQS HAS PRIORITY REQUIREMENT CONFIRM |. OR DENY ANY CUBAN TROOPS NOM ALGERIA FOR ANY REASGN, aa oe wf ffi nL ASH / f, fe "os REPRODUCTION | by OTHER THAN THe ISSUING OFFICE 1S PROHIBITED, Fanedl mee of magni ae co ya o Eee : “ee bigs 332 a Semen * ‘ie Fae efigt rogers) 3 a eeon a Tet gi
REET Sia bg ‘& Ra eA TT TO ER TAR da 00000 Peete COME g + me - _ ” are) i? __ EP UNSNAFU/19 OR NARANJO COMMENT ON CUBAN MILITARY ALGERIA, BOS ___, NUMBERS MENTIONED? DID SNAFU/19 SAY ANYTHING FURTHER ABOUT CUBAN ' MILITARY EFFORTS ALGERIA? -, “1 Gs ,,IS FERNANDEZ MEL EXPECTED PARIS? SANDELIO HERMINIO (DIAZ) GARCIA, PERHAPS KNOWN TO AMWHIP, REPORTED -  GROIP, CAN AMENIP COMMENT ON THIS? PACGL IL . - cof - . cag a - [3g tHe e : 5S ECRET _ ore ees ao oF Fe as ot hie NO Ne eet cme tp ee seme. . erg a7 TO} Es GFEC7OR 8 Le PRES a SOTET ag F See e a pmeege: moa 4 ‘ ~ a “met B a ed thm INFO citon G2 Wi a 3. IN CONNECTION WITH THE ABOVE, PLS CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: A. OSCAR (FERNANDEZ) MEL CRIEF OF STAFF WESTERN ARMY. HEADED MILITARY DELEGATION TO ALGERIA POR 1 NOV INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS. HOW DID UNSNAFU/19 KHOW THIS SINCE TO OUR KNOWLEDGE DELEGATION : TRAVELED VIA MADR? | _ B. WHAT PROMPTED UNSNAFU/19 TELL AMWHIY ABOUT THE suvisrar WHAT WAS WORD ACTUALLY USED IM REFERRING TO CUBAN TROOPS AKD WERE “D. DOES AMWHIP KNOW HIM? FERNANDEZ REPORTED  PROAREGIME, CLOSE TO ERNESTO *CHE® GUEVARA, DIFFICULT TARGET. HOWEVER, ONE SOURCE, Ii JULY 1963 IN MIAMI THAT FERNANDEZ MEL IS A GOOD FRIEND OF QOTE. EFIGENTO (AMELJEIRAS) DELGADO AND PART OF LATTER'S ABLASE-CONRECTED —. UF AMNHIP AND FERNANDEZ MEL KNOW EACH OTHER AND MEET, OR a ALGERIA ANY COMMENTS eooenematinge overceRs cone 4 Fg . ved ckiesiad eveiccs °* Tsesaded fru sehen AeTecaticatigs | . teravuticstan OFs ieee weedy * dte> REPROOUCTION. BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE: oS PROHIGITED,
74-00000 , : : >. . : . t - (ek  PAGE OLLI ke SL An es at aw “tp es cnr’ ° - o Pee ae ~ 1 a :- ee” . rae ° , : . ees Lt SECRET po a z* : oO ead re Reremaine “worsen venen 9 auc, <= arate am tm re 3 3 3 7” ~ ee ” aan Fue OS Fle pens em fe me * ~ cee ae epee eset cre Jove FEW. owen snes | z ' £ ye oe rake geout, DRECTOR to - INFO CITE DIR E2Y6>_— 4 ON MILITARY FIGURES OR POSITIONS IN GUBA, RELATIVE IMPORTANCE g OF THE POSITIONS, MORALE OF MILITARY, ET./WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW OF ANY COMMENTS O€ RUMORED RECENT ARRPSTS. OF MANY STAPF a = B,LF AMMHIP KROUS PEREANDEZ MEL AND LATTER PART AMELJETRAS* GROUP, HQS QUULD LIKE ANY COMMENTS DROPPED RE THIS GROUP AND 7 rRpage Se a art B&G LS Road s Boe: “y G. RARAKRJO CONSIDERED BY AMLASH/AMWHIP AS A GOOD FRIEND. | PLS ASK AMWHIP GET NARANJO TO COMMENT ON CUBAN EXILE GROUPS SUCH 8 | . ~ Tis POR FTPY OF PF PS nde Pe SAS MAROLO RAY, MANUEL ARTIME, ERNBIDO OLIVA, ELOY GUTIERREZ HENOYO, =) - JUAN MANUEL SALVAT (OF STUDENT DIRECTORATE) AND ON FEELINGS of Goc- ". 9. ASK AMWHIP WHETHER KARANJO SEES AMLASH/1? ANY COMMENTS ON :. ‘§HIS? WEAT IS AMLASH DOING, THINKING, PLANNING? Semen a a . Y, NARANJO SAYS THE REGIME FALLING APART BUT THAT 1: IS” = “". SWECKING WITH THE REGIME. Hy? ESPECIALLY SINCE THE SITUATIQ. a8 "3S DETERIORATING. IS THIS LOYALTY TO RAUL CASTRO? WOULD HARANJO = - AGT AGAINST AMLASH/1 IF HE LEARNED OF ANY OF THE LATTER'S ACTIVITIES? Tet ~ Te > = sg Beh 4 tar 82 ee Can 44T of 6 aa a rare ‘ vit BMhuat Wo nbn d ft ot § os : SOCROIGATING CRFICERS eaour 4 Eg MEREASERS Oreicge foctses Sen automatic AutuEatTicaving SECRET atnddtertend orricaa ans TS “REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE §% PROHIBITED. . we i ; j 4 } 4 4 :
ae ® - . . . . * a \: ‘ea. __ PAGE Ty Hi at “ve Cl RE IN ES ES, . rence Tite: GRECTOR. re MID = INFO ce pin Ze PAC. 3. J. ATTEMPT GET AKY COMMENTS NARANJO, FERNANDEZ MEL (IF THERE), ; . LECHUGA, AND SNAFU/19 MAY MAKE ABOUT ANY PBPRIME/PBRUMEN RAPPROCUES EIT. 3. GREATLY APPRECIATE STATIONS EFFORTS ON ABOVE. 0 "F8 ah care oa & Aad watts. beets, oat. FLY - . on oa aon END OF MESSAGE a a ihe Tees BAA ee © Meets ran eke ae ¢ ‘ oa t : ete * a re we ¥, DISSEM PER year Ty vic ys inj, _ “h Meeene yoy a DY DS or pap eee SOW RO raga 4. . eA BN tee Poa PgR BE, : . THOMAS F. C/A fs Lit _ SEs kasens OFFreee . / ; oa as ECREY REPRODUCTION 8Y OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE « PROHIBITED, COCREIMATING OFricges Astnauricariag - G@FFteaea - a ~- . ~ 4 -n, ‘ ve ete betetteneg aft hge ! Lie slew Fe eat awe neta? “A woe wo ‘po ne . it » - OO Ae aire. srcuticat ny oP abeeisete wrs!