Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination 
Records Collection Act of 1992 
(44 USC 2107 Note) 
NW 53295 6/15/17
104-10162-10176 a ihe arnancy TDs! 33636 22 Lecexser 1959 kh. Durin= the canferecoe tho diy before {t bad bean a reed to restrict the polycruph issees to the followings . \ ae To estadlish Suaject's bone fides. be To estentish that Sabject actually was presest ata meetin: in which proof of Civr.J's Comemmst intentlos were ooteinsd. Ce That the letter to ba published b7 Subject was renuine and an accurate picture of the neetin: and te porpese af wich was not a provocation to emeorreass <5 United States. ad, That Saysect waa sot an are7t af CAsTEDs vhose mission was to unesTer clandsstins assets of the Vnitet Stetaq, The following questions and their nodifications were asred wajecte . 21. is your baptiswl nase ? Oo Ola. Have rou ever used any otrer nase pesisas[ Ignacio | in clamiastine work? Answers Woe 04 102. Were you bara on (January 19327] answer: Tes. 103 Ware you orn fered, comacnay] Cuba? Yoh. Were you a member of Agrupacion Catolica Univers: tario? - Anszerz Tose 105. tere you a sember of the revolution since October - ; 199687 Answer: Yase oF 106. ‘vere you the[eceond chief of sone 22| on paper? Arnswort Yes. og WSa5 Did or coosider you to be [first calef of sane 227 Araver: fete 107. Were you a close scquaintance of CAS 0s? Angwert Soe wee me ot heer e et te Meret ete os lee ne a hey an tn lean cate si SA net Slog) ~~
104-10162-10176 .° .. | 3 ‘ TED# 386% - \ 22 December 1939 : ; : 106. Are you hiding anything fron us of peril to the United States? Answers Ko. Gl. Did anyora pesides [Pathe ‘sscaradg] (sx/tep) help you write the letter? Answers wo. 202, Did DRA have a meeting in the aiddle of October? ansver: Yes. 03 - 20h. Were you presest at the meeting? Answers [tes.] 20a, ‘were you at the second meeting of INRA? Answers ‘Al 205. Does the l<tter generally report what occurred at the meeting? Answers Yes. 205a. Is everything contained in the letter the truth? Answers Yes. 301. Did CASTRO know whan you left Cuda? peace Hoe 302. Bid CASTRO zive you any help to leave Cuba? Anssers Ho. 503. you ts contest anyone is éha Imi¢ad se tatae ; ; . ‘ or Mexico for CASTRO? Answers Ho. 30k. Are you on a secret mission for C:sTHO? Answer: Ho. 305. Is the letter desicned to xbarrass the United States? Answers Ho. 306. Have you left CASTHO for sone other reason pdesides continuing your ficht against Communien? Anavert HO. 30T. Did you leave Cuba because of any Kind of truble? i Answers No. 7 4 During the polygraph testing stronz polysrapa evidence was" “obtained i - to support Sudject's contentions of fact nanelys - ‘ : , 1. Swject's bona fides a ot Lene ere ee oe fo b, Tat DOL hed’ a mooting around-the midile of October. 3. That Subject was present at the meeting. ana idrcnbettinnD Oi, NetiXt A 6: ete A a gigalt bin Aberilad etngge ent tes
104-10162-10176 Lepesant TRDF 38636 22 December 1959 fit eb awthe ae eee hb. That Sudject wrote the content of the letter himself and that it is ,enerally sccuraie in reportin the TERA meeting. S. That Sudject is cot an azent of CASMRO's but, rather, he fs a oona fids defector. | ‘The examiner believes that Susject was truthful in the above matters. . OPERATIONAL DF ORMATION 1. Phe following information was chtained froa Sup ject both during pro=polyrrarh ara post-polysraph discussions. It represents the devriefing of Sbitect which was necessary in order +3 cosxtuct intedipdae poo nice tootingn. Geviect cave his place and date of birth tho sae a3 contained in his record, In disassing 145 Caiay life, Subject related thet his father had eaicrated to Cuba fron Spain when he was 15 years of age. Swiject's father cana froa the nerthern part of Spain from a place called Manzanert. Sudo ject stated what his mother and Sather are now residin: in Camazuey, mentioned that nis father had favored tne Spanish Reudlic when the revolutionary difficalt:2s occurred in Spain. As 4 ‘yesult Supject gtated that his lather joined the Carunist Party for a period of six or seven years. The Party att. ucted his father vecause he wante ed to help the Spanish Reocolic and was active in wnat part of she Party which aided the Ssanish Republicans. Arocad 1939 the Party wanted to send Sudject's father to Russa cor sraining and also wanted nia to infers on ots friends, Swject svared that his father refused 4a ect as an informant and vas then puolicly throw out of ie Party. Subject related that this as puolicly recorded in the Corsrunist nevepaper y= Gudject related hew his Cather then vecaze violently anti-Cormsunist and raised Subject with this prejudice. 2. Subject mentioned that his father has twenty caballeros of ‘amd which ha selieves Will now oe confiscated oecause of his de- ‘fection. Suvject was an snly child and educated in the local public gehoo] in Canazuey an3 went to dJaldor Hirh School whare he was under - the influence of Fatner Marine Peres TURAN (HR/iRD),S.Je, end in : 199 entered the University of Havana to stady nedicine. S.idject was president of tha Catholic Action oroups and when CASTRO began his revolutionary activities, Subject verongzal to another revolutionary grovp plotting arainst SATISTA. Thouch CAS RO's sroup continued its activities while other -roups were siow to act, Susject atili did not join CAs iRO's group since there were apparently so any Com-unists in it. However, a close friemi of Susject's, Peaire Arnando Leds é ; (m/LD), S.J, went to visit Fidel CASZR) who was hiding in the 7 S8e be Melee Ne ty oth el eat te 4 fee
104-10162-10176 IRDG 38636 ; : 22 Decemer 1959 # : Sierra Macstra Mountains. When LORUNT: returned, he advised Sject to join CASO sa ing that it was obvious CAS 40's croup was isfiltrated with Comunists but it did not sem that CASIN. himself was Communist. Therefore it wouli be wise for anti-Comzunists like Suoject and his group to join C45 oO to counteract the influence of the Coorm:nists. Accordingly Suoject went into the mountains in October 1958 where he was accepted oy CASINO. Suoject served as a judge advocate renaral's aide and engaced in three oattles, After the fi hting was over and the revolution was successful, many of the Comnunists stayed in the mocntains to organize the farmers, loving this Subject requested to ei... in the nountains as an orvanizer of the farmers in order to cocsat the Cosranist influence on tie farnars, Susject here orzanized “.. Commandos Ruralos, a Catholic Action Sroup, . Manzanilla vas the ce: ter of the Comandos Rurales work. Tie groups were quite sucessful and stirred up considerable opposition froa the Communists, For example on May Day last Hay the Mayor of Manzanilla asked Subject to bring fore ane ta the Mo-r Trav Bavata, Rus dare. hraneht Piva ta atv ¢honsand Coamandos Rurales’ with banners of anti-Communist Slovans resel<i.g in a cable to Raoul CASTRO accusing Suojcet of revisionism, Consequently the chief of the Comnmnist Party of neishboring Hafo came to Manzanilla to work with the carmers and +o oppose Sudject's ETOAPS » Sudject stated that there are 146 Cativiic Action Groups ranzinz fron 6& to 200 persons per croup all of «hos Sudject claims are loyal to hia and anti-Coamunists. dSusject clains to oe a chief of the Catholic Acticn Revolutionary Group with aany clandestine activities and perscmel i.volved. Subject became a memper of the sroup in 159. 3. ‘After the £4; ghting of the revolution wes over, Suoject >azan to work in INRA. Su.ject stated that the Agrarian Reform Act was to be elzned publicly in the plaza in Hanzanilla in the mountains. Subd- ject's chief, General Jorgs MARIN (UR/IRD), was disenchanted with the Communists in CA> ‘RJ's aray and was this retired. At the puolic Signing of the A-rarian Reforn Act, therefore, Subject was present with his Cousandos Rurales instead of MARIN. CASTRO inspected ihe Camandos Rurales and asxed to speak with Subjcct as their comander. ‘Subject recalled this hsrpened in Jime or July of this year. After a short talk, CASTRO invited Subject oe Havana to speak more sot the Comuandos Rurales which he cid eight days later. At this nceting CAS RO asked Suoject if he would like a “position in INRA. Sudject agreed, It must oe recalled that at this time Subject thoucht Fidel CAST .2 néeded the help of nen-Comunist rebels to fisht azainst the Cocsnunists. Su5ject sated that ha found out his orror later. Because i Subject wanted to prescrve the freodo: of the ‘farmers ani to xeep down i the Communists influence, he accepted CAs RO's offer and explained to : CASTRO what his plans were for establishing a cooperative in whioh the ; _farner vould own his om land. Subdjoct stated that CASTRO asced him. how mich soney he neodei to begin ani when Sudject said $60,000, CASTRO. whic “Se se ee He Bee Aimy A VE he neta aad ie a 0 Ape ema ten gee ©
104-10162-10176 ee eras Tebg 35535 22 Decesper 1759 gave hia a check for tha: emount. Surject stated that he spent the money for seed and farm anicsis. Cuss was divided into six provinces and 24 gones were carved out of these ;ro- inces, viwiJ) ( full ame pivea py Sudject out forzotica by the exauiner) at first was male chief o* rone 22 and Surjcct acrved as his aide. Two months later VALLEJO (uk/i D) sccame cries of Jriente srovince and ousject vecanme actual chief of zone 22 ani vas 59 corsicered ay everyone. Nowaver din the record susjuct vas stili the aide $9 ValicdJ who nosainally held two tities, chief of “rienta provices and chief of zone 22. Sudjeet velieved the reason for shis was .:a. Fidel did not want suaject to ba listed as actual chief of sone 22 secasse Suoject bad a history of anti-Comrunis: imi in g0ce 22 where Cocmunists were atrong this nicht cause wrest. Suarject recalled that he was male aids to JALLzJd) in ceptemoe;r Invioverser) TALIS 2 told Suvjoct that Tene bed bad g mentinre VA aad) had attended the first nesting and hai reported to Sapject s-ne Of the Bhs b varies ide cele SAT recarding have campaigns azaiust the United states and Communist infiltration. Suvject, on one oF shese occasions, asked @ALLJS when the crops waild 2¢ divided among the farnzers since they were acing adout ils and YALLio3 told Suoject to delay the request of the farmers in tis regard. VaLicJQ told Subject he had asxed CAST) to promote Susject to captain and although Cac 2 seemed © fevaraply disposed nothing happened as a result. be In the alddle of Octover when the aeconl acotings of Tsra was beld VALLI) took Surjecs along. Suoject recslied that *he meeting was two days. ia lencth, on a Saturday ani Sunday to tha .est of his recollection. Susject ig not sure o° the dates out ae Lieves it.cas somewhere in the cidile of the nouiile Susject cumereced sl of the pecpie who were present, ani the -éraon3 be listed were She gaze a3 those he had written down earlier for the station. Sardject recalled tha: at the meeting there were three Chilean Comuunists whose names he does not knw. pusject recalled speaciny to oae of then casually out could not eves recall a first natte S. Sudject recalled also that a sewspaper photographer from a majasine pudlished in Cua (“Agriculture he belioves is the nane) took a photosraph of Suvject, VAudadd, and soveral other sono chiefs of Oriento frovince. Supject stared that tne photocraphor took the newes of the personas photo.raphed and iniicated tat the photograph would oe published in this MAlBBIDB. OUrject stated that newspapers ‘fully covered the mooting and tre names of all the persons present ‘Gnelnading nia own were Listed avi are part af the puslic record. Suaject estiuated that ajout ons hundred persons were present at the peetings Surject also Biated that no newspaper aon were allowed into ‘the meoting except during s recesea oa tha secomd afternoon when a press release as given to a reporter froa the Revolucion, After the recess the kevolucioa reporter was digaissea api tho business resuned. 3 es oe i - ters dentin Ab Saban as novit acta, si iA ect BO, BAR lawn can
104-10162-10176 IEDs 38636 /% 22 Deoemer 1959 6- Subject stated tha. ct the tine of the meeting he vas the only second chief in a.l the 26 cones of. INRA, Havever, one Captain 1 FESAS (iYiRD) is now a seccad chief of ane of the sones, 7e Sudject stated that durin- the to day neetins he spake two or three times durin warch he asked Gis7h) how auch land each farmer could own, durin: wilen he told Ch BE) caternillar tractors were cest, and nace a cormeat aout tha estaslishnent of psoplsst Storms in the countryside. Scdject stated tha: VAG.) answored Ch. E33 questions soout the sone althscca VALID occasionally conmiited with Scaject about an ansver, surject stated that he Spoke at the ond o” the secomi day vith CAR) Very orlelly in the company. of five or six others. ce Sigs oaeud bine 6 Ab ine & .ricnd of Udéo.2.0's nor even amore than the most casual of acquaintances. ; 9s Subject stated thet after the meeting he retirned to zane 22 emi continuct kis work, Suojcct stated that around this time he ceca to stren-then hie Cocrmndes Rurales and plan a revoluticnery © arainst CAs73), Unon the arrest of Bopert 14°05 GE/TRD), the Commis: Party in Handanilla se-an to Say that Subject would be arrested nexte ‘TALIS at this tine stationed tao Gorrunists to wark in nie orfice ani on 2 Novemer 1959 vAlL s3 ordercd Sadject to dissolve his Camanios Rursles, Suojoct -sve $20 anlece of his om moacy to the Cosmndes Kurales ami told then to eo to iavana and Sizit orders, Suvject tol VALLoJO his nother was sick and wanted 3 sce Mer in Gosacucye Sid Se igsd hia io leave Gouda since she felt he world be arrested shortly like IS, 10. Surject svated that while he was sot in any consplracy with - MATS he was a close friend and had asked hin three times to join hie revolutionery group withoct assent vy NATO. Ve Sudgeet then went to Eavana whom he spake clansestinaly With the Commandos Rurnales ant his university friends. vhe first ‘plan was +o sect political asylna tonether at the sane tins at an embassy and then to -o abroad frag there, Houever, after spsatcins with the Spanish ampassator Sed ject decidad that ho could nos optain safe conduct since he was a member of the eray and was not eli-ible Ab Bie al! go titty wewwbeanint die pang “. for the safe cuxrtket. A Speah :-hip was chree weeks late and offered . qeiegs axit trae Cuba. when word reached 309§-ct that the Ce xontsts in Mamzanilla had roported him as a dafectar, Suoject called VAL/GJ2 and esxeid for a leave cxtonsion since his nother was still ill, Then S:ipject took refuge with four friends in a Jesuit house in Ste Stanislaus Novitlate. With Surject was Koderte de VAKXIA (at /in) - who ves Sab ject's chief of the Comanios Kurales, ‘roa the Jesuit Movitiate they went clandestinely to a Capuchin church where thay “7 IE sninente Ohi mes oo ob het dptete nnemmeel ig = =: on,
104-10162-10176 “. ‘ TEDS 36636 22 Decemer 1959 posed as priests. One of the Capuchin priests took Smject to a foreign priest who put Suoject in contact with our station personcel. Suaject waa kept by station personne! in a safe house for a month after unick Subject was exfiltrated on a ship controlled oy our station personnel, 22, Sudject stated that he has a man in the Cuban Ge2 who reported that Tagil CASINO was on Subject's trail and .catRagul had asked the police’to checs all ensassies for the wherearouts Of Sarject. Scrject's i photograph wae ~iven to tha police oy G-2. Surject stated that bis . friend, Roserto de VARINA, on the 17th of December had telephoned i - ¢hyrea friends in Miani wno bad asked for Sudject's whereabouts. hen told by VARONA that Sioject was in another cozntry, the three friends said that Pather O'7ARSELL (NR/IRD) told then Suoject. had oecn in Miexi snd was now in wasnhinston, D.C. Susject stated, however, that . no one knows where hs is except de VARONA with whon Sasject is going ; to cut off relatiorsnip. ; ; . 13. Subject stated that he has $500 left having given $509 to VAROGA. Suojact atated that wien he left Cusa Jose Antonio Prik QR/TRD) had given him $1500 in cash. Suoject stated that he was the head of tho Catholic kevolutionary Group and what PMA was the treasurer. Sudject stated tha: the croup's money cane froa rich Cubans who supplied the sreup vith morey. Suvject thought that the ‘grou had asout $10,000 in cash at present for just cuch emer zencies es Sudject's necessity to escape ana that A1cn money was availzvie for the croup when it begins its revolutiona-y activities in the future. Suodject estisated that three persons in Cubs alone contri- buted about $100,000 ami it does not include soncy from persons exiled from Cuda cor the aid of a “comtry* which Suoject did not name, Sudject cesires from the Unite States support in training instractora to train nis men in canbat technics end propaganda material, Sugject stated he felt he could get aras ani mowey from other sources. : Yh. Subject stated that he was told to co to Mexico am! get in touch with the editor of Universal Graphics (name unmnown) who vould _ help Sasject publish his letter most effectively. Sarject stated : that the Spanish masassy gave hia this direction... Surject stated 4 also that when he pets to Mexico he will contact Ricardo LoRIS ; - \\ (MR/IRD), a former commandant of CASIRD's. Saoject also plans to 1g0 to Costa Rica for help and glans to contact former SATISTA people for help. rere i 315. Subject also stated that he has a plan to attack CASTRO militarily and that his first attempt will 26 to rescue MATOS fron ae prison. Subject etaved that he had a national organisation which | i * oF a VE ar 2 ne Menai ata eciehe Ain toe 5 tytn melts ge . ton on eee en EE ET RE im I mma ree rae nn eet oe