404-10185-10155] . . * ye me ee ee oe - cere ny ce eRe ae = Nn am wines a te ey ‘ ‘ es 2 3 . 2 a 2 ! N ye nN be ~ 2 “ ae 8 he 2 ¢ i va eae] CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Thia material contains inlommation execting the Natiosal Defonse of the Valted States within the meaning of the Baptonage Lewes, Tite 18, U.8.C. deca, 703 and Se, the tranamiasion of revelation of which in any manner to 0& UnsUtborized persom ta prohiaited oy law. SECRET | NO FOREIGN DISSEM countay, Cuba REPORT NO. CS C1~8/7814,989 susect (fnu) CHAIN, pseudonym “Agusto" DATE DISTR. 26 June 1964 NO. PAGES + 4 REFERENCES ASTURN To Cla - | Background U Orte OF 1964 . ; Use INFO. * Do Not Reproduce Onty LACE & Washington, D.C. . BATE ACO. May, 1964 THIS 1S UNEVALUATED INFORMATION, SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE, FIELO REPORT NO. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 18 TENTATIVE. . A former Cuban IS officer who servéd with the Cuban Intelligence service until April 1964, Headquarters Commeat. The following report is one of a series ! a Gontaining personality information provided by the source and ; ; includes supplemental information from the records of this Agency. SOURCE: (fnu) CHAIN, pseudonym "Agusto", resides in Cuba and is the Deputy Chief of the Direccion General de Inteligencia (DGI = General Directorate of Intelligence) under Manuel PINEIRO, CHAIN works out of "M" Headquarters and handles large * expenditures for the DGI, approval of false passports for travelexss and watters concerning South America. ‘he title *inspector’™ is often used as a cover for travel of DGI and ‘Pepartamento de Seguridad del Estado (DSE ~- Department of State Security) officers abroad. When PINEIRO is not in Cuba CHAIN handles all matters.4,2,3,4,5, Headquarters Comments. 1. Source was questioned concerning the possibility of (fnu) CHAIN being identical with Carlos Sixto CHAIN Soler, but source did not know the name or if “Agusto" was ever °, assigned to the- Cuban delegation to the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, D.C. The subjects of the following nane traces, therefore, may possibly be identical with (fnu) CHAIN, pseudonym “Agusto", of the above report. ‘ 2, Ina document dated 15 September 1958 a fairly reliable source reported the following information on a Carlos 3 CHAIN (Gustavo): : 3 ; 2 SECRET : i NO FOREIGN DISSEM : EXXAX REP CINCLANT CINCSO #  IE&NS. (Note: Field distribution ladicated by “3".) - / fa fiiv SVEOBTIMWE/a/1 iy €r/Lis TTisd " ts. — = OL [SEZs 8 OB! WE/MADR 13 RSA IS TIE/ [ij INO PROJECT fuae/S./ i a ae i |r (ANMUG~1) ae 3: /CI 1! RID/AN i t_[CSCI-3/781 , 989 WEAN AVE | a a COORDINATING! RE LE ASINE | Frere LtAdon PWex: LD: db 9 WH/SA 7 (1), WE 1 (2), CY 4, RID 1 « | [CESey ' . MAR 201+3459576 pave oy FOE NO g ARGAT TTS Serra enemas
14-00000 wate ates TO -2- OL LU I a. On 30 August 1955 CHAIN, national coordinator of the . 26th of July Revolutionary Siovement and whose responsib- ility it was to effect unity among Cuban political ° opposition groups, was arrested at the Santiago central check point when a soldier identified hin as a former rebel; he was returning from a meeting with Raul CASTRO. The Cuban army was unaware of CHAIN's connection with the 26th of July Movement. - * b. On 11 September 1958, after proloaged interrogation’ by military authorities, CHAIN confessed he had been a commander in the forces of Raul CASTRO, but did not - confess his connection with the rebel movereat. Kenbers of the 26th of July Moverent feared CHAIN would be put to death by the autkorities.— A usually reliable source in a report dated 8 January 1963 stated that Carlos CHAIN Soler departed Cuba by air for Mexizo City on 22 February 1962. During a débriefing of a Cuban source on 19 Decerber 1962 the following information was provided on Carlos CHAIN Soler, First Secretary of the Cuban delegation to the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, D.C. until February 1962 when Cuba. was expelled from the OAS: Re aalnN, Who held the rank of captain, was a security officer (sic) from the Cuban Ministry of Interior. Ee acted as deputy to Carlos LECHUGA Hevia, the head of the Cuban delezation to the OAS. One of his duties involved the sending of messages from the Delegation to Cuba. Eugenio ESCARRA, a Third Secretary to the Delegation, was the code clerk who received -his orders for sending messages from CHAIN. b. CHAIN sent coded messages by teletype or by a machine at the Delegation which transmitted messages directly to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs GIINREX) in Habana. Both open and coded messages were sent in this maaner. Messages were also relayed through the Mackay radio systen. A machine at the Delegation relayed tne message to the Mackay radio syster.. CHAIN often sent messages via the Nackay radid which were not known to LECHUGA. ESCARRA told Source that, the code systezs used for MINREX messages and for the Presidential Palace messages were quite different. He said the Mackay radio system was a more secure system which the Soviets had assisted in providing and had also given the instructions for its use, CHAIN used the name “Augusto" in Signing messages. SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM
4 ease woe mle wee we a . ete. Source was not sure if NOLEON worked under the “> CHAIN was in contact with an Australian (name unknown) © in Washington, D.C., whose friend was allegedly the head of an anti-Castro organization. On one occasion in 1961 CHAIN gave Source $100.00 to sive to the Australian: te- travel to Coral Gables, Florida, to meet a contact ~ reporting en ents-Cfestro activities. When the Austrailan returned to Washington, D.C., he gave Source a large envelote which Source turned over to CHAIN. \ The ee Australian turned over Sinilar material tora contact in the Cuban Embassy: - CHAIN worked closely with Jose MOLEON Carreras, the Cuban ‘ delegate.to the Inter~American Defense Staff of the OAS in Washington; D,C, .MOLEON was actively engaged i : gathering information and in buying publications concerne ing southern U.S. ports, U.S. Defense Department books, direction of CHAIN, Source recalled that CHAIN often appeared as though he were. afraid. of ESCARRA who was a "Vieja Guardia" (ld Guard ‘Gotmunist).. Source felt that CHAIN was not a member of the Party. - . ad CHAIN graduated from high school in Santiago de. Cuba, and, aithough he entered the University there as an engineering student, he did not complete his studies. He worked in his father’ S grocery store in Palma Soriano, Oriente Province and was a school teacher at the Escuela de Cuadres Femeninos in Habana. In 1957. he was in the Sierra Maestra mountains as a captain in the Rebel Army. In 1958 he was in the Isle of Pines ‘prison. In early 1959 he was appointed “Coordinator Provincial de Oriente," In this position he maltreated the people of Santiago de Cuba, and an appeal was made directly to Fidel CASTRO who made a trip to Santiago de Cuba to personally investigate the trouble. As a result of CASTRO's visit, CHAIN was transferred from Santiago de Cuba to a rempté location in the eastern part of Oriente Province. The transfer was made only to appease the populace of Santiago de Cuba and did nét mean that CHAIN claims to be é¢lose friends with Fidel CASTRO and Carlos Rafael RODRIGUEZ Rodriguez. \ SECRET .. NO FOREIGN DISSEM comes Fe
a -<- . CI LVI IS A §. Source identified CHAIN ss being born about 19335 in Palma Soriano, Oriente Province, Cuba, being five feet five inches tall, Wweighang about 124 — 130. pounds, naving dark eyes and black hair and a slim build. CHAIN is married and has one child, a boy. a usually reliable source in report dated 5 June 19354 stated that (fnu) CHAIN worked for the Department of Regional Politics in the Foreign Office in 1962 and also worked with Cudan intelligence. Prior to 1962 he attended the Departaxento de Seguridad del Estado (DSE - Department of Stase Security) training course. Source said that CHAIN was bora about 1940. A source with good access to travel information resorted that one Carlos CHAIN Soler, carrying diploratic passport nurber D/64/355, arrived in Mexico City on 1 June 1964 and was traveling as an inspector of Embassies. On 13 June 1964 he left Mexico City for Babana.