(04-10186-10131 Fe tp oe ne ae RETURN To CIA! Background Use Only ‘Do Not Reprod + ob BD Gb oe oR aN “17 ©) . TO Re oe nena = enemy cent mE se AN fein ne MR SesemaPaS He mt ete me deg TENUROIRI VASA 0G CENIRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY _ Tikte material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United Atates wtteie the mesning of the Espionage Laws, Titlg 48, USC. Beca 783 and TH, the trenamianion oF revelation of which in ony @aneer te en umaulboriged fermmn ts probieiied by Jew, "SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSE COUNTRYCubAa REPORT NO, CS C1-316/01213-64 ‘SUMECT Arsenio FRANCO Villanueva DATE DISTR, ‘16 September 1064 7 NO. PAGES 2 REFERENCES ‘BATE OF 1964 . ; INFO, ; piace @ Washington, D..¢. , . | FIELD REPORT NO. . DATE ACQ.September 1964 THis ¢$ UINEVALUATED. INFORMATION. | souRCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TEMTATVE. SOURCE: 'A former Cuban 138 officer who served with the Cuban Intelligence “Service until April 1964, / Headquarters Comments 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. ARSENIO FRANCO Villanueva holds the rank of captain and is Chief of the Patrol Section of the Departamento ge Sgsyridad del Estado (Department of State Security - DSE).+12.5+4;, Heaccuurters Comments 1, In a report dated 1 December 1961, an untested source said that sometime in 1960 he joined the MRR and was assigned te the Sabotabe Section under Jorge Francisco DIAZ. His MRR -Y group was penetrated by a captain of the Kunicipal Police : of Habana, Arsenio FRANCO Villanueva. FRANCO reported the groups activities to G-2 during the Playa Giron landing. 2. -In a report dated 2 October 1962, an untested source provided | ° a list of G-2 agents, Communists and individuals connected ; i with the Communists. Included on this list wag Arsenio FRANCO, alias "El Galldgo," who was reportedly a captain in G-2, “Source said he was born about 1937, was between 150 and 160 pounds, about six feet tall, had a white complexion, , brown hair, and green eyes. z : 3. An(officiai) travel manifest revealed that on & October 1962, § Arsenio FRANCO Villanueva, an active Communist Party menber, 1 4 Seow t 3 SECRET wengee | 2 NO FOREIGN DISSEM geste Arere 1 h NAVY ala (Note: Fieid dutribution Indicated by “#.) mi Zs M on ADR 12 [ci /R&s Ia. TEs Fae mie WH/SA 2 ee 7: Hu =] 7 Ss 0 es 0 ee roveut HH/BA 7 (1), WE 1 (2), Ccr4, RID1
14-00000 oP ero . one wba ice o 8. al SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM . CSCI-316/01213-64 arrived in Madrid from Habana. He was greeted at the airport by ’ ESTEVEZ, an cmployee.of the Cuban Eabassy in Madrid. A wember of a group of Cuban enigres trained in the techniques of information collection and who have provided useful reports for | <two years said, in a report dated 14 May 1963, that Arsenio FRANCO Villangeva,; a Cuban Police Captain, was & member of the Cuban Delegation to the San Paulo- games, 7 An untested source.in a report dated 4 May 1964, said that Arsenio FRANCO Villanueva,: WAS @ captain in the Departamento de ‘Seguridad ‘del Estado (PSE) and: in charge of all DSE patrol cars in Habana. | His office was located at Las Maristas, La Vibora, Habana. ‘FRANCO, a Sierra Maestra veteran and formerly a@ Habana municipal police . captain, was transferred to the DSE in 1963. He ig married and his “——"—wi fe works at the municipal JUCEI in Habana. They live on 26th Street, Miramar, Habana, a block from “Che GUEVARA. FRANCO had a reputation for ruthlessness and smoking marijuana cigarettes. Source described him as Caugasion, born about 1938, six feet tall, -160 pounds, dark complected, with dark eyes and brown hair. SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSE