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@ ROUTINES 7 Catelligence Information (ble WARNING NOTICE \ 5 IN: 976393 SENSTHVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED ; STATE/INR NMCC/MC (DIA) CIA/NMCC NIC NSA TREAS SDO ONE CRS PAGE 1 OF 5 PAGES DIRECTORATE OF ©” CoN oO ~ EXO DDI OPERATIONS =~ torfiatic Declassificiation.. Recorded Reporting Officer. Exempt from General Declassification Schedule of £.0. 11652 Exemption Category 5B (1), (2). Impossible fe , Determine Date ¢ or SOREIGN DISSEM : Se oe ey X THIS 1S AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE | SECRET CA HAS NO COJECTION | CITE TDFIR -314/05985-73 - Fie aWIATION DIST 46. JULY 1973 IN Tis HY | “C0 mae eens _ feel - DOL = EARLY wuLY 1973 SUBJECT s¥atus OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR: RE- cESTABLISHMENT | S LATIONS. 28; TMEEN. VENEZUELA AND. CUBAMHI-CH. Lelie thesia sen, RE. VENEZUELA TO. PROVIDE ARR AN GEME NT z cme aile we THE. (e_cuBANARARLST LAN babs mt | DEMOCRAT MOVEMENT a | AL Fa ron ON CONTAINED” | (4 e —_ yp Ra geen nl/ KS FSA! SOURCE A BUSINESSMAN WITH A BROAD RANGE, OF POLITICAL, 5 BUSINESS, AND. SOCIAL CONTACTS, Se ON ole 4059" * To TOP LEADERS OF THE SOCIAL CHRISTIAN (COPE) “<== “am PARTY. HIS RELIABILITY HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHEB2 JUL 27 1973 . | HE RECEIVED THE 1 NF OR MA TY ON FROM A TOP COPE! LEADER; 7 VENEZUELA IS, AGREEABLE. TO AND IS PLANNING TO] | PROVIDE OIL TO CUBA AS. PART. OF THE AGREEMENT WHICH 9” KS WILL ESTABLISH “DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO: eg oe | Se: a 7 ~ eae ns oe ) by 40953 Doctd: TAY seca atecad 3229660274 Page 2 + od
EDITIONS : oe “. he ee Pe oo 70 TDFIR =514/05985-75._ , WARNING NOTICE mo . a meg ae SENSITIVE. INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED . PAGE: 2 OF 5- PAGES © vt oA moe SECRET.” NO FOREIGN BISSEM | (elasstficatton) 7 (dtssem: controls) COUNTRIES, ACCORDING | To. HIGHe “RANKING ogg toraL. OF: THE GOVERN ING VENE 2UEL ANAROC IAL curt St iin (COPEL) Leo oo, “PARTY. WHO: ALSO. 1s INTIMATELY ANY OL VED IN THE. CURRENT a - | ae NEGOTIATIONS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF’. su cH” RELATIONS. i mat ey Bank ate THIS OFFICIAL SAID IN EARLY JULY 75" FARE NESOT Tt LNs BETWEEN THE THO COUNTRIES NOW HAVE ADVANCED TO: THE STAGE WHERE IT IS APPROPRIATE, AND NECESSARY THAT tHey BE CONDUCTED AT THE CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT, LEVEL, ACCORDINGLY, VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT RAFAELAC AL DER A AC INGL Ys VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT WILL STOP BRIEFLY IN CUBA -ON HIS. WAY BACK NQOM ATTEND> ONTEL STOP BRIEFLY IN CUBA ON HIS. WA ) rTEND= ING THE UNITED. NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY: MEETING IN NEW YORK IN SEPTEMBER TO PERSONALLY DISCUSS VENEZUEL AN/ eee CUBAN RELATIONS WITH CUBAN PRIME MINISTER FIDEL ~” CTDE DB-315/06639-73) CASTRO RUZ, (FIELD COMMENT: HVC= 6750). FROM THIS S) SAME SOURCE AND A USUALLY RELIABLE SECURITY SERVICE OT 7 SOURCE, REPORTS CALDERA'S PLAN To ‘STOP IN CUBA,) —— a 2. THE SHIPMENT OF. VENEZUELAN. OIL TO. CUBA | | WELL BE, NE OF THE PRINCIPAL TOPICS T0 BE DISCUSSED) = sw BY THE THO LEADERS, AL THOUGH THIS OIL WILL BE FOR | = CONSUMET TON IN CUBA, VEN E UELA WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR : wy Co wo ~C . a HY 50953 Boctld: 322796674 Page 3
HY ~ SECRET “NO: FOREIGN DISSEM | Nene ape ae Eh plete tee catia tt: eae —— ne a | "WARNING NOTICE ee : SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED o PAGE 3 OF 5 “PAGES. . felassi/ieation d. _tatssém controts) agin prog anneal Cee tect opians aarahtoe © OS cent neh fat I BY. A.THIRD COUNTRY, (SOURCE COMMENT: THE: OFFICIAL DID NOT IBENTLEY. THE THIRD. COUNTRY.) (FIELD: COMMENT! | —_ : Gicversif” TDFI R= 314/ 04600 #73) 18. THE MOST RECENT REPORT ON SOVIET NEGOTIATIONS WITH VENEZUELA ‘FOR PURCHASE OF PETROLEUM FOR SHIPMENT TO CUBA. BASED ON THIS AND PREVIOUS REPORTS): THE THIRD COUNTRY REFERRED 70 By THE 00 PEI. ‘OF FICE AL IS PROBABLY THE USSR.) | ALTHOUGH CUBA HAS LITTLE THAT COULD ADEQUATELY COMPEN= SATE VENEZUELA FOR OIL, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMERCIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES IS PLANNED PRIOR TO THE. ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS » | 3. (FIELD COMMENT! A SOURCE WHO TS BELIEVED TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INF ORMATI PORTED IN EARLY JULY | : | THAT HE HAD BEEN TOLD BY wae 0 VA Ry HEAD OF THE | saga aE SST RY ents nt dna heen enngnetntentenemgatitmecnttthiet ane es SENATE COMMISSION ON MINES AND HYDROCARBONS» THAT ONE OF PRESIDENT” CALDERA'S OBJECTIVES IN MAKING THE Yoyy, “TECHNICAL STOP IN CUBA IS TO DISCUSS THE SALE OF ~ VENEZUELAN PETROLEUM’ TO CUBA. HE SATD DISCUSSIONS ON THE SALE HAVE BEEN HELD ALREADY BUT THE VENEZUELAN 9 ae GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO POSTPONE ANY ACTION ON THE’ | | SECRET 50953 Dactd: 322796624 Page 4
ioe ~ WARNING NOTICE. OTE ng es po SENSITIVE 1 INTELLIGENCE SOURCES, AND. ) METHODS INVOLVED SECRET, 7 vat _{elasstfteation) ‘NO FOREIGN. DE SsEM : (atssem controls) Ase Beans layne NEGOTIATIONS UNTIL THE CALDERA STOP IN CUBA TAKES PLACE, oy THE VE NE 2U EL AN. @ OVER NM EN T. -EX:PE CTS. THAT: CASTRO. WELL Co 7 | RAISE THE SUBJECT DURING Hts. TALK WOTH CALDERA: AND THE LATTER PLANS. TO RESPOND POSITIVELY 70. THE CUBAN PROPOSITION. FOR SUCH A SALEs TOVAR SAID. COPEL. HAS, ARRANGED FOR THE MEETING. BETWEEN THE TWO) LEADERS WITH CAMPAIGN. BENEFINS * FOR. THE DECEMBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN MINDs HE SAID. GONZALO Meust tetas, VENEZUELAN AMOASSADOR To. THE oRoamanly OF AMERICAN STATES, | i care TER nt a THE PERT OL EUM SALE « d. 1s. HANDLING THE: ARRANGEMENTS: ON: ONE. POINT. WHICH HAS. NOT YET: BEEN: RESOLVED: wd IN. CONNECT ION WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS IS THE STATUS OF: THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS. IN CUBA» AND-THIS ALSO WILL” * BE DISCUSSED BY. JHE. TWO LEADERS. IDEALLY, VENEZUELA DESIRES THAT THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT LEGALIZE THE | STATUS “OF. THE. CHRISTIAN. DEMOCRATIC: MOVEMENT IN ‘CUBA. BUT. wth ne he cnet tied a Fagin oarsmen VENERUEL A Us: JNOT.-SANGUINE ABOUT THE PROSPECTS FOR THIS, CALDERA. THEREFORE, IS: PLANNING. TO ASK” ‘CASTRO “THAT HIS GOVERNMENT REMOVE THE RESTRICTIONS IT HAS” 7 4 PLACED ON THE MOVEMENT AND ON THE ACTIVITIES OF CERTAIN So Cote OQ - oe HY 50953 Boctd: 322796674 Page 5
a P4273, VyYur “EDITIONS: , SECRET y “NO: FOREIGN DISSEM felerteation) _fdissem controls) PROMINENT CUBAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS, “SOME OF WHOM: WARNING NOTICE TR NE “SENSITIVE, INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED | | PAGE 5 OF 5. PAGES . Rau tt Sed coapwten sfoimnnnfencen Rao CURRENTLY ARE IMPRISONED IN CUBA, THE. LIFTING OF SUCH RESTRICT IONS WOULD INCLUDE PERMITTING THE DEPARTURE OF THESE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS FROM CUBA IF ANY OF THEM $0 DESIRED, ANY AGREEMENT REACHED CONCERNING THESE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS WILL NOT BE PUBLICLY REVEALED AS THIS 1S BEING NEGOTIATED AS A CONFIDENTIAL FAVOR. REQUESTED BY THE VENEZUELANS FROM THE CUBANS « $)_ (FIELD COMMENT + (EV c+ 6662f, FIRDB-312/02058-73 .-/> FROM THE SOURCE OF THIS REPORT» COVERS COPEL NEGOTIATIONS WITH CUBA CONCERNING THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS.) : | ! 5, FIELD DISSEM! EMBASSY AT CARACAS, | REPORT CLASS SECRET/WARNING NOTICE*SENSITIVE INTELL{GNECE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED/ NO FOREIGN DISSEM | CLASSIFIED BY RECORDED REPORTING OFFICER, EXEMPT FROM DECLASS= i FICATION SCHEDULE OF €.0, 14652 EXEMPTION CATEGORY 5B (2). a IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE DATE OF AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION: , SECRET HY 50953 Dactd: 32296624 Page 6