(404-10196-10273 3p mo fh Ged > CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETy This material contains information affecting ibe Natinna Owhess vf tne Lalved States within the meaning of the kepinnag 3, KO aN TO oF oy; wB CEC Sere TE and Te the ansmiasion ce fevelating af shah ta any manner to ag unadthorwed pera te onan ENDO qd Use o A SECRET ot Repreagct Only NO FOREICN DISSEM . country Cuba REPORT NO, = CSCI~ 316/00695-64 SUBJECT Ramiro RODRIGUEZ Gomez oaATE O18te, 25 August 1964 NO. PAGES 3 REFERENCES pare of 1964 INFO. PLACE & Washington, DBD. C. pate. aca, August 1964 FIELD REPORT NO. TMi$ 18 UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOUBTE GRADINGS ARE OLFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 19 TENTATIVE, source, A former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban Intelligence Service until April 1964, Headquarters Comments: ' ; f The following report is one of a series containing personality 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. Ramiro RODRIGUEZ Gomez is the Chief of the Direccion General de Inteligencia (General Directorate of Intelligence ~ DGI) in Brazil. Although source knows hig gensgngl yyy ge could provide no additional information. Headquarters Comments 1. In a report dated 8 June 1955, a representative of this . Agency obtained the following information from an official Cuban Service: The Match Industry Workers’ Union, prior to 1951, was in the hands of the Communists with Ramiro RODRIGUEZ Gomez as Secretary General; since 1953, it has been controlled by the Progressive Labor Bloc. Source said that RODRIGUEZ, an active Party member and director of the Comate de Lucho, was a former candidate for councilman for the Partido Socialista Popular (PSP). We has not been admitted into the union. ; 5 4 : 3 NO FOREIGN DISSEM “ak 1 State iNote Figkd drare- Ep-& ie bee SCS TOE TOTS ROOD Pom si SA MOB}. !WE/MADR :2! LRLE MSAK Haar od BSS WH SA. cca ~p RinéaN——1—-—.—--— aan eeneenens Lop WH. WAVE ; tf I pe WH/SA AS (2), WEL (2), C1 4, 81D 1 en ae WAIK 7 LD: H i tinea | 201-331829 FORM NO state _—
t/pd SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM a2 A usually reliable source, in a report dated 2 March 1962, reported on the travel of Cubans through Rio de Janeiro during November and December 1961, Included on the list was Ramiro RODRIGUEZ Gomez whovarrived from Habana on 27 November 1961. He carried Diplomatic Passport Number 570 with Visa number D-407 issued in Habana on 07 December 1961. His date and piace of birth were given us 11 March 1928, in Habana. A usually reliable source, in a report dated 23 April 1962, stated that Ramiro RODRIGUEZ Gomez was the First Secretary of the Cuban Embassy in Rio de Janeiro. . An unknown source, in August 1962, reported that Ramiro RODRIGUEZ, who urrived in Brazil on 28 December 1961, as First Secretary, was formerly the First Secretary of the Guban Embassy in Venezuela — and wus identified as a G-2 agent there. He was born 6n |. 11 March 1928. He was Secretary General of the Match Industry — Workers’ Union before 1961, at a time when it was in the hands of the Communists. In a report dated 20 December 1962, a fairly reliable source gave. Pa the following information on Ramiro RODRIGUEZ, Charge d'Affaires of the Cuban Embassy in Rio de Janeiro. He is about five feet eight inches tall, 150 pounds, has a &mall mustache, black hair, a swarthy complexion, dresses well, is very poised socially, has a quick mind and is rather introverted. He was born about 1927. ~ mf J an a report dated 28 pecenbor 1962, sai a amiro omez is suspected Cuban intelligence. Since December 1961, he has been the First Secretary .at the Cuban Embassy in Rio de Janeiro. He was formerly the First Secretary at the Cuban Embassy in Caracas and was said to be head of G-2 there and responsible for organizing the November 1961 attacks on Cuban exiles in Caracas. In a report dated June 1963 an unknown source said that his assistant was told by Ramiro RODRIGUEZ that there would be almost a complete changeover of personnel shortly; he added that only the Commercial Attache, Camilo DOMENECH Gadea, would not be returning soon to Cuba. It was reported in August 1963, that Ramiro RODRIGUEZ, former Charge d'Affaires of the Cuban Embassy in Rio'de Janefro, was still in Rio de Janeiro; apparently he had not completely briefed the new ambassador. SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM
Ypy ; SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM ~3< $8. A fairly reliable source, in: a report dated 2 January 1964, stated that Ramiro RODRIGUKZ Gomez, First Secretary of the Cuban Embassy in Rio de Janciro, departcd Rio de Janeiro on 18 August 1963, for Cuba and returned to Rio de Janeiro on .23 November 1963. Source observed that RODRIGUEZ has been ‘in a bad humor since his return and is rude to his former friends, including Nivea BRASIL. wife of the Communist, Colonel Jocelyn BRASIL. RODRIGUEZ and Mrs. BRASIL were on very intimate terms (according to source, adulterous), but RODRIGUEZ spurns her attempts at being chummy again. Source ‘feels that RODRIGUEZ is up to something special and notes ‘that he is in close contact with General. Luiz Gonzaga LEITE, the organiza r of tho Cuba Solidari Cc . to RODRIGUE 24 [ was born on f arch 1928, in Habana. 8 wife is [set DOMINGUEZ de Armas and they have one daughter, Eva RODRIGUEZ Dominquez, who was bora , about 1950. hae SECRET NO FORBIGN DISSEM