(404-10165-10004] - “ ‘ pre eri a eo oy A Be Am REDORT 4 On Friday. 19 June. departed Yiami for Kingston. Jewaice via - Pan terican. leaving Viesi at 0400 awl arriving Lineston via “Uentezo Bay at 1:15 AM. This flizht contites to om to “an—tuan. Fuerte Rico. and Latin ; passengers are coumonplace. ‘Im passing through immizration ard customs. it * is necessary to give the immigration iuspector tke naue of a specific botel «op address at-ehich you can be reached in Jamaica. Obtained rental ear from ifertz Car Renial and departed Kingston Airport at 10:45 AM via Highway A-t for Fert Antonie of the north coast. Aish- way A-1 follows the eva3t around tbe eastern tip of the island. Tkere is auo ther route to Fort Antonio. over tbe wouniaing. tut it is net recomended. is shown en the standard highway nap of the island. where is a guall cove atoui seven | miles east of Pert Antiouio desiguated as “blue Hole”. The cove is rovzhly 200 feei wide by 500 feet long, and completely protected from the open sea aad weather. The cove is extremely deep. and is reported to save @ tinimun depth of six feet at the entrance. jidal range appeara to be very saall. per- hare one to tivo feet. : When I arrived at Blue Mole. which is about 2-1/2 hours be read fron Kingston, Robin Veore was Lot available; [ went into Port Antonio - and secured a room at tLe Bonnie Vue Yotel. I revsrned to blue Hole about _ five otclock and there vet Robin Moore. lr. Meore owns most of the land - surrounding Blue Hole. with ihe Jamaican goverment owning the balance. Ou the beach facing ihe sea, Voore bas built acd operates a bar-restaurant which he catls the Teahouse of the blue Lazoon. Yais accounts for the couiusion ; between Blue Hole and Blue Lageon. Gu the side ef the mountain descexding to. - the water. Moore has tuilt and Lives in a suall studio aparment. He also owns enother saall house overlooking Blue Hole. Yais ~ouse Bas oceupied tenp- ‘evariiv bv agirl who was introduced to me ag his fiancee. Uargot Palzer. and ~ ker moiher, Rita Palner. They are supposed to retcrn to their hore in Vancouver, B.C.,. about the end of June. : .- Abeut five o'clock I introduced myself io Moore as a friend of Amtenie de la Carrera, and gave him the este with the recognition syubol. We talked from five o'clock until aboat 7:30 at whieh time ve bad dianer aud parted until the next woraing at 11:50. : I spent the night at the Bonnie Vue Hotel and noted in passing — that aU. S. destroyer escort based at Guantanamo Bay was anchored in the harbor for the weekend, with the sailors being given liberty in Port Antonio: This seens to bea common occurrence. aud could perbaps be a source of inforna- tion about Caban pairol practices slong the south coast. _ i. . ' Saturdar sorniug, 20 June. met Moore atain. and continued our: discussion of the previous day. Durirg our comcersation. he intreduced me to Fred Barrett. a native Jazaican {eolured). ste is in charge of the operation - ef the bar-restauraut, T lef: ir. Moore and Blue Hole about 2:00 o'clock and drove te Kingston, catching the 6:30 fan dmericam flight Lack to Wieni, vias Yontego Bay. Lo 4 Follewing ry two serious courersations with Yeore. plus ay ‘| ebservations of the mau hiuself, plus ny rececoaissance ef the site iiself.: I suteit ithe following iteus of inforation as bein: of significance: . j nv ametone Manimet ee aamne = «nent be oe arate setae tet andl were h oka mene Eatin wer ety Pele Met tg OTT Be erp ete mesaecepin arrestee PENNE EAP Ts 7 mee Mee He RY FS ee tae Oo
° j ¥ \ men alten vegeta 1 ee, N Aa. j 1. Hobin Moore i 7 fhe Moore has. just returned frow Viet Nam where ke partict- pated in the combat operations of the American Special Forces im Viet Sasa. after he had gone through about eight months of training at the Special Forces school at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Sore understandim: uf Meore's personality may be entained from reading au interview he{ween bin and the magazine U. 5. News and orld Report. which was published recently. and copy of which was left with Varia, Further understandings and ivpressiona of Yoore may te obtained from .. reading his previously published took about Jack Youngblood. an American who participated in the events leading te Castro's overthrow of battista. ‘ nt bath & EP este b. In my opinion. Moore has a burning desire to be known | as a tough, two-fisted. rip roarinz soldier of fortune. He has participated iu real war in Viet Naa. and has received shat is probably the best traiuing in the world for guerilla fighters. uamely. the UT. S. Special Forces. Tais includes training as a parachutist. ie is inclined to bray. and is probably inclined to intercperate use of alcobyl and woren. and his judzement of in- -portant matters is probably immature. However. he definitely understands aud is experienced in wuerilla fichtiug. is experienced in nilitary operations, and must surely understand military securit:. Pt ak aes c. He is definitety willing to help, but cannot contribute cash directly; is willing .to furnish the use of the cuest house on his property for linited periods of time. Is williug to participate and aid in an operation to land people on the seuth coast of Cuba, tut is not willing to commit the ue of his Property and facilities as a stagiug area for resupply in the future. teas ae te oe a4 Patanitver- Orme a « . dad Is “willing to come to Mimi, for conferences if his expenses are paid. : 2. Site Evaluation a. Blue Hole is an excel lent hartor; protected avainst all weather. and with six feet of waiter at ine bar. Is surrounded by very steep slopes, heavily wooded. Dock facilities are presently very meager, - but could be quickly and easily iuproved. \o fuel for a boat is avaiiabie at Blue Hele. and at Fort Antonio (the closest source). the fuel available is diesel fuel or autonotive gasoline; no warice white gasoline is available auywhere ia the area. This is a most significant factor in selecting a suitable boat. — b. The nearest source of food aud other supplies is Port | Autonio; Fred Barrett. manager of the Blue Lagoon Club. orders and hauls f supplies frog Pert Antovio constantly, and could deliver whatever supplies | were desired, Firearms and explosives are not obtainable on the island. i they would have to be smuggled in illegally. uf cay Bn cena, AB or Baa ale At Sate ABD Are i ORD at AO 2 are SPRANG i th OoPPtan c. A suall station wagon is available for transportation.’ provided expenses are paid by users. 3. Mincellaueous Information : : a. “A local nan. George Muurve. is reported to be a very | a . Re experienced suall boat captain and one whe has + brought beats down fre Miamt | ; ie coos ethene tatty aa
alee on five different occusions. He is reported to be available to rere a8 captain on a fishing boat. aud te train a cree. D ereede atte snaphlbaintpi dure b The SS. Frangeline saile every two weeks from ‘iami > direct to Port Antonio, and could be ewploved for the delivery of supplies and even a toat to Robin Moore. se tre sometime en mahntite ARAN iE 8 yy Setacrte r 4 ec. Fred Barrett. manager ef the bar-restaurnt. seexs te i be a very capable wan. and for an additional 10 per week added to his regular pay. would be quite willing toe assist any operation. * I d. AMr. Anthony Gason. a retired British army colonel, : is the Jamaica representative 1 TROJAN boats, at a place called Turtle Cove, : between Port Antonio and Blue dole. : ‘ e. ‘The immigration chief for Jessica is a man ty the name - of George Eubcuks. whe is the forner chief of police at Port Antonio: Voore = claims that they are very close personal friends. . a. Moore is acquainted with a ran ty the name of ‘ike Hedges, who is a nephew of Burke Hedges. the Anerican who becars Cuba's acbassador to- H Chile ccne years ago. ‘fike lives iu Kingsion, and, if he is not a battista © i 4 sympathizer. might prove to be a very valuable connection. The fazily is re-; : i: ported ie be quite wealthy, and would establish an excellent cover. : 4.° Operational Considerations . : . . a@. In order ts avoid the use of sicnificant uames. I “ustructed Woore to refer to anole as George Ling. aud the operatias of landing hin in Cuba would be referred to as Operatiouking. The crest likely acheme seems to be to establish a suitable boat al Biue Hele. sith the cover | story to be that it belongs te \nerican frieuds of Robin Yoore. Housrzg is | available locally for a limited comber of Cutans, with Moore being able to accommodate up to six ou his ovu property. The local boat captain. Leorge Munroe. could be employed as captain initially. to. train the Cuban crew in the local marine conditions, a3 well ay serving a5 au effectite server. In: my opinion. it will net be too difficult for persons to enter Jamaica without difficulty, provided they know a certain ninizum amount of English. : wo : a : j i | { i ‘ I think a suitable locatiyn could t found for redio | transmission and reception facilities ou the bills surroundiug Blue ols. bud this would have to be examined by someone skilled in radio techniques. ated would be excellent. 7 ; | i € | In summary, I would say that Robin Moore aud his property ana! , ; buildinrs at Blue Hole would servé as an excellent tase of operations. but tat : ‘ the boat necessary for the operation wuld have te be acquired and equipped in the statea and shipped down there, except for the renote pussiblility that; a suitable boat could be found in hinston. ‘| think a headquarters could be, established at small cost through ‘Wwore's good offices, and I think that Rudy would be a good choice to coordinate the initial operatians there, 4 ore on cn gp tt : \ Kp S Phe wee