CONTINUATION OF , "DISPATCH SECRE LASSIFICATION Fy “bh SPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER UFGA=11829 | PW Branch beamed at the Cuban Rebel Army. During the re- porting —period two S/W messages weré received from AMTRUNK-11 and S/W messages were sent. to AMTRUNK-10, AMTRUNK~11 (2) and AMTRUNK~12. One OWVL message was sent to AMTRUNK-~9, Transmitted herewith are several other attachments to help bring the record of AMTRUNK activities up to date, Attachment B is the account of the August-+ itration as” written by AMICE-27.. In this account, ("Leon") is AMICE-27,,. (Davia is AMICE-14, Attachment Cis a “iior thorough de-~> b g of the AMICEs on their initial contacts on the in= side. Attachment D lists the main operational contacts of AMTRUNK-10, as obt®ined from debriefing AMICE-14 and 27. Attachment E is a paper written. b AMICE-27 attempting to — outline Diseddeas, following the discussions held in ZRMETAL. AMTRI Kai told PEGGINS that this paper was origina y about twelve pages long, but that he had helped AMICE-27 cut it down, A=1 didn't think much of the paper, just a he p fenace ae. : a aes fee Pen ; case office se officers hat He,” too, has” bé balloon since the latter's ZRMETAL’t ) | 7 INTELLIGENCE REPORTING UFG-3596, 1l September 1963, Unexplained Presence of Soviets at Playa Menendez & Presenéé of r tura visors aj nea Hatuey, UFG-3608, 12 September 1963, Militia Outposts and Patrols in the Area of the Coastal. Keys North o “t Lt ~ 3. OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES " Salaries . AMICE~27 | -, $350.00 AMICE—~14 — - "$850.00 AMTRUNK~7 . “$200.00 AMTRUNK-8 | . $200.00 _Expenses (safehouse and - operational including . -- AMICE.27 ZRMETAL and New 7 York City trip): $493.87 “Mileage : | $126.00 GRAND TOTAL —: | $1,619.87 ‘Pesos oe | AMICE-14 | — B %00,00 © AMTRUNK-9 | P 2,000.00 Peso Total =: “- B 2,700.00 : os + RM loon : 0 838a°-- Usk PREVIOUS EDITION, } NNR Esai Docld; 323739814
cand dates for inf. AMTRUNK-13 and -14, “to prepare the raft training during the latt sont nued planning for the propaga bed against.the Rebel Army, J nth of Octobe ‘ ion, ene the c ming month. ~ be explored with : one or several radio operators - communications with. the inter formation of one action team © be infiltrated for an indefinite period, — mt . END OF DISPATCH CLASSIFICATION...
LOG OF SEPTEMBER OPERATION cH ete s se ATTACHMENT "A" _ Tr: 2 AP TACHEEN : 14 September 1963 ‘a om oil. We were left ater miles from La Empalizgada. on the 9th of September at. 2210 hour the 10th, finding Isaac#l message with him. to Ton as to make contact as Soon as” pos obtained information on- the area. 2. Tony and Cando. arrived at 2000 hrs. on the rote vet ceived more information_on_the AAR 4 A hour and. place where’ Jose x ) “would be picked up. They took Dayid (AMICE=Tr4y RUNK~7) in the boat, to .. dry land, leaving Tomas _ (AMTRUNK-8) in chargé of the boat with Jose. 3. David and Carlos arrived at Antoni orrgt s house 2400 hours on the 10th, and Antonio agreed to ttake Luis. ¢ < . his brother) to the place indicated by David and Carlos, where) they. - would wait for the exfiltress. 4 4. Iuis arrived: ‘at 0600 hours on the llth, agreeing to go to. the point where Julio, Richard and Hortensia (the AMFAUNA exfiltrees) would be picked up, having ‘been informed of the place, time and countersign as well as the place to where they were to be taken as. soon as they arfived. It was also agreed that on his return he. would take Jose \ope who would. be picked up by car at 0530 on. the. 12th at a point already agreéd upon with Cando Diaz. | 5. At 0800 on the llth David and Carlos returned to the boat. 6. At.2000 on the llth David, Carlos, Tomas and Jose. took the . boat to dry land, landing at 2100 hrs. on the Lith. At 2230 hrs. on _the 11th we made contact with Luis and the group of exfiltrees,: leav~ eg OS ae 45 4 Om . mee/t YE CA FOF ys isan ing sone with Luis to infiltrate. sane aA ee TT eel 7. At 2300 hrs. on the 11th we began leaving the area of infil by boat. At 0230 hrs. on the 12th we arrived at the mouth of La Empalizada, beginning our trip towards the’U.S. We arrived in the U.S. at 1130 hrs. on the 12th of September. 8. Information from September infiltration: a. According to information submitted by the fisherman Isaac Moreno, a helicopter was seen searching the area on 9 September. b.. On the lith and 12th planes flew over the area con- stantly about every two hours. Tanta! 32373816 Page 7
canal of. mand Cried Manuel On the 10th two boats, armed, sailed through the bahia of Santa Clara. - On the 12th two boats, 19 ft. and 28 ft., entered La Palma river at 11 o'clock and left at 14 hrs. The militia searched the land -and embankment. around Rio la Palma on the Oth, loth, Lith and 12th. : All the planes flew at ‘about 2000 ft. They were single engine and twin motor planes but no other a identifying marks could be observed. Conclusion: ‘These seaxches were due to the. fact” that a boat from Miami had come to pick up some 30-0. persons. One of — a had abandoned his car in the | "San Matet{....This boat was under the com-— MILIAN. {At some time during s-occupants were picked up ) by the ‘GOC and MILIAN was caught.) AW 53320. Doclda:32373816 Page 6
cree weed wh ae < 2 ae nt for 3940,, Doeya:35373816° Paye”.9 ‘7 : ATTACHMENT "B" Vos a Cn OPERATION, neon et 9 SZ) The group formed by Léon, i vsavid ale 2 “2 otnell™ left from Florida at dawn of 11 August.on the mothership "Kilo", -towing the boat to be uséd in the infiltration, which we will call "pedro". ° The mother ship went near the banks of Cay Sal, anchoring and re- maining there until mid-afternoon. We proceeded in examining "Pedro", finding that the drain corks were out of place and that there was ap- proximately 5 inches of water in the boat. . We took out. the-water and put the corks in their places. We tried out the main motor and placed the gasoline tanks under the seat of the helmsman and under the dateral seats (total of 3). At. sundown, "Kilo" went towards the destination point, arriving at about 10 p.m. to the chosen point, that is, approximately. 2. miles north ofthe narrow channel called Empalizada. Here we installed the remain- ing gas tanks, the silent motor and the equipment. We left for the en- ‘trance of the channel using the silent motor which, due to poor func~ - tioning in the intake of gasoline, stopped several times, so we decided — to use the main motor. . = After an exploration necessary to locate the channel again, because the boat drifted while we were stopped, we entered it and followed the — pre-established route. We only encountered two boats which were quite — far away, at the entrance of the Santa Clara bay. Once there, we went. to. the Concunil lagoons where we ran into a white fishing boat with a- sail mast (it was later proved that it belonged to a militia informer), so we decided to go to the nearest point of the entrance to firm land, through the so-called Three Towers. lagoon (Tres Torres), which joins the Santa Clara Bay by the narrow channel called Lolo. In this place,~ an entrance was selected (away from the principal lagoon). This en= trance was approximately as wide as the boat, and its shores were covered with high and thick mangroves that covered the boat pretty well. As an additional precaution, we used them to camouflage the boat by making a roof for it. The boat was located in the middle of a mangrove swamp without firm land, approximately 1.5 kms from the Santa Clara Bey and 2 2 kms from firm land. ee In the afternoon of the 13th, the entrance of a fishing boat. was detected. It had a motor of the type called: "planta". (1. cylinder 12 h.p.), about 18 feet long, with a 3 member crew, and also a small -“chapin" type boat (punt or dory), which the fishermen usuglly use for their bei in that area... The owner of the boat “identi 4 -Isaac#MORE 2 f by a peoher. Since these people were known to us, we. ‘approached-them and upon learning that they were willing to help us in our etivities, they were asked to fish that day, and go to their departu: oint, which was Menendez beach, where they were to contact Oscar®DEAZ and send him to the lagoon, The exact location of our boat was not re-. vealed. to them. ; MICROFILMED MAR 16 1965 ee EE iS es eco Beet ee ,
he hext morning, a fishing boat, about 20 feet 1 : with ‘iotox.. towi g a “chapin" entered, e lagoon. On it were Oscar”DIAZ, Antonio 2 DI (his son) and Candi DIAZ, who were the people we had sent for. We explained the cooperation needed from them and how to carry out the activities that would be entrusted to them. They happily accepted everything and showed their willingness to cooperate in every way they could. « Through them we sent two m ges. Candido DIAZ \would go to Cardenas:and would.talk to. Pedro I to arrange for gur transportation from the area to Havana; and Anton DIAZ would arrang ur landing on firm land, to the houses of Antonio GARCIA ZARCIA or ' Francise ARCS AU and move us to Itabo or Marti. lagoon after having established contacts with Ferm NZALEZ Fernan~ dez. Using the "chapin" towed by the boat, Leon, David and one of the guides that accompanied us from the exterior, oved to the end of the mangroves, where the swamp area begins, adjacen} to an abandoned salt - pit. The three men went to the farm of Antoni. CIA where at dawn ako, who passes through: coe hy Mh 8 The boat carrying Antonio IAZ and Candidc TA tasted to ene gilt that area as he has relatives livi g there We arrived at that farm at 5: ides: m., time agree& upon, but due. to an interpretation error, the car didn't arrive until after 7 in the morning and didn't stop at the agreed place, o the three persons above mentioned went back to where the boat was higden and waited to estab- lish new. contact. The next afternoon Juan PEREZ came to the lagoon BAT that he had prepared a new p for nightfall . Difing the crossing of the lagoons, hie met ‘a “"chapin" manipulated \ by. Juan Manuel and Luis* ‘Garcia, the latter a brother of Antonio Garcia.. The car wag to come to Antonio's farm, and he offered himself to be “used: as: permanent contact point, as he was moving with his wife to that “farm within ‘the next 10 days, in an independent house that would not have. dogs. The group formed by Leon, David and the guide arrived at the farm at nightfall, where they were received by Antonio Garcia. Moments later the car arrived and the infiltrees went to a mechanic's workshop lo- cated in the town of Itabo, where Fermin worked. On the patio of the mentioned workshop, away. from public sight, the infiltrees switched to “Fermin's car, in which Com were taken to the~ ipuzcoa sugar factory, to the house of ido’ ldo". Aldo is a negro taxi driver who usually travels out of the area... Besides the mentioned chauffeur and the infiltrees; there was also a cousin of the driver, Angel, also a negro. (6 ud The departure for Havana was at ol p-in.; the trip was made without any incidents, without searches or checks or any type of vigilance on the highway. eo WW 533920. Docld:32373816 Page 10
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» ATTACHMENT. D : O . a é 27 September 1963 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD nn MICROFILMED SUBJECT: .Contacts of AMTRUNK-10 MAK 163965 . SOURCE : AMICE-~14 and AMICE-27 boc. MICRO. SER. WES 1. The following are the most significant contacts of - AMTRUNK-10 as discussed with AMTRUNK-10 by AMICE-~27 and ~14 during their August 63 infiltration. The background infor- mation on these Le from personal knowledge of both AMICEs. we A. Rolande“CUBELA Secades, Subject of 201-252234 eg etter CUBELA was born in 1933, in Placetas, Las Villas ~ Province? His mother’ ‘and father are divorced. He has.” one sister, no brothers. AMICE-~14. met CUBELA while both students at Havana University. CUBELA WiS"in his 6th year of medical school (med school is 7 straight years) . when he assassinated fnu BLANCO Rico, Chief of SIM, in 1956. This assassination was accomplished with the help of two compatriots of CUBELA's in the Directorio Revolucionario, one CARBO Servia (shot shortly thereafter for his part in the affair) and Jose FERNANDEZ Cossio, who . drove the getaway car. .CUBELA hid out in Havana for about 4 months while being actively sought by Batista police C HOR ON | } and then fled to the United States where he, Faure CHAUMONT, 2 - AMICE-~14 and several others shared a home. Se In January 1958,. CUBELA re-infiltrated into Cuba with the 2l-~man- "Directorio Expeditionary Force" under ESE . the command of Faure CHAUMONT. CUBELA was 2nd-in-command.— The group infiltrated at Nuevitas, Camaguey Province. CHAUMONT split from the group at Nuevitas and proceeded to Havana to organize the underground while CUBELA took the rest. of. the. group to the Escambray. CUBELA remained in the Escambray for the rest of the war. After the revolution was accomplished, CUBELA re- -tarned to medical school in 1959. AMICE-14 comments that with his war record and his position as President of the ~#-- University of Havana Student Association (which includes : “ all 13 colleges of the university), none of the professors eT ‘were disposed to give him anything but passing marks. . yp ee eet CUBELA finished med school in 1961. Wil aa Silk wid 87 9
-In 1962, CUBELA was an intern at Mercedes Hospital in Havana and now, according to AMICE-14, is in private practice. AMICE~14 says that CUBELA has no official position in the government but that he is quite influ- ential because of his close ties with Jose Antonio. NARANJO Morales aka "Pepin", Mayor of Havana; Faure CHAUMONT Mediavilla, Minister of Communications and ©: ex-Ambassador to the USSR; Jose LLANUSA Gobel aka "Pepe", Minister of Sports & Recreation; Alfredo YABOR. Maluf, Minister of Justice; and Cdte. Raul DIAZ Arguelles, Chief of "Departmento Technico de Investigation" (DTI). : According to AMICE~14, whose information comes also from AMTRUNK~10, CUBELA is not a communist, is not even particularly, politically conscious but he is where he is because. he hag gone too far to turn back. and because: he enjoys the fruits of life as a member of Fidel's hierarchy. Se Arig TESTO _B. Faure ccnauuonn Mediavilla “Oe TCS 1 AMICE~14_ states that "CHAUMONT" is his legal ame but that he Signs it “CHOMON". CHAUMONT was born 23 Febru~ ary 1929 in Victoria de- las Tunas, Oriente. He has one — brother, Florial, who was“a radio announcer for "Radio Reloj" and also for a Cuban station in U.S. Florial is now back in Cuba, present job unknown. CHAUMONT supposedly studied in the School of Adminis-. trative Law at Havana University, but never graduated. AMICE~14 cannot recall ever having seen him attend class. CHAUMONT was apparently an agitator first, using the forum of the University to make a name for himself, and a student second. 1957=—CHAUMONT was in ‘the US for about 6-9 months after the failure of the assault on the Presidential Palace (ob— jective--assassinate Batista) where he was wounded in the leg and arm. January, 1958~--~Returned to Cuba as commander of the "Directorio Expeditionary Force" of 21 persons. The group was. infiltrated at.Nuevitas, Camaguéey, where CHAUMONT. split off from the group and CUBELA, the 2nd~in-command, took the rest to the Escambray. CHAUMONT proceeded to Havana to or- ganize the underground but some of his weapons were discovered and he was forced to flee back to the Escambray where he fought (and distinguished himself) until the end of the war. E T HW. 53320 Docld:32373816 Page 13