(404-10196-10303 oD Ged oe OR CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Thte material containg information affecting the Matimal Defense ef the United States within the meaning of the Kapicnage Loewe, Title 18, C&C Gera MO and 794, the trenwmtadon of revelation of which im Any manger 10 an Loeuthoruned perce ls prohibited by lew. SECRET NO FORKIGN DISSEM REPORT NO. CS CI-3/781, 989 26 June 1964 count Cuba. Suaect. (fnu) CHAIN, pseudonym “Agusto™ DATE DISTR. NO. PAGES 4 , . RETURN TO CIA REFERENCES Background Use Only ; eproduce pate or 1964 Do Not Rep INFO. PACE & Washington, D.C. . ‘ FIELD REPORT NO. DATE ACQ. May 1964 Fors #§ UNEVALUATED (NFOMAATION. SOuacl GaadInes AR DEPINITIVE APPRaIgAL OF CONTENT I$ TENTATIVE. A former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban Intelligence Service until April 1964. Headquarters Comment. 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. 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 travelers and matters concerning South America. The title "inspector" is often used as a cover for travel of DGI and Departamento de Seguridad del Estado (DSE - Department of State Security) officers abroad, When PINBIRO is not in Cuba CHAIN handles all matters.1,2,5,4,5, 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 namé traces, therefore, may possibly be identical with (fnu) CHAIN, pseudonym “Agusto", of , the above report; 2. In a document dated 15 September 1958 a fairly reliable source reported the following information on a Carlos CHAIN (Gustavo): SECRET Gowngronsg ond NO FOREIGN DISSEM | oa AIR REP CINCLANT _CINCSO #  I&NS_ . {Mates Field distribense ladkered by “$3 a —4 (AVMMUG-1) ——— $8034 #81, 989 isons acueasin cine lw: °f, WH/SA/CI 4 pe (/WAVE il! TOraas 1 werfda FF fer weoF FN ny
14-00000 »skECRh NO FOREIGN DISSEN On 30 August 1958 CHAIN, national coordinator of the 26th of July Revolutionary Mouvement and those responsib- tility it was to effect unity among Cuban political - opposition groups, was arrested at the Santiago centrai check point shen a soldier identified him as a former rebel; he was réturning- from a meeting with Raul CASTRO. The Cuban army was unaware of CHAIN's connection with the 26th of July Movement. . On 11 September. 1958, after prolonged interrogation by military authorities, CHAIN cunfessed he had been a commander in the-<forces of Raul CASTRO, but did not “ gonfess his counection with the rebel moverent. Membera ‘of the 26th of July Moverent feared CHAIN would be--gut to death by the authorities. A usually reltable source in a report dated § January 1963 stated that Carlos CHAIN Soler departed Cuba by air for Mexico City on | 22 February 1962. During a debriefing of a Cuban source on 19 December 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 CHAIN, who held the rank of captain, was a security officer (sic) from the Cuban Ministry of Interior. He acted as deputy to Carlos LECHUGA Hevia, the head of the Cuban delegation 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 messeges from CHAIN. CHAIN sent coded messages by teletype or by a machine at the Delegation which transmitted messages directly to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) in Habana. Both open and coded messages were sent in this manner. Messages were also relayed through the Mackay radio system. aA machine at the Delegation relayed the message to the Mackay radio system. CHAIN often sent messages via the Mackay radio which were not known to LECHUGA, ESCARRA told Source that the ‘code systems used for MINREX messages and fer 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 us@€. CHAIN. used the name "Augusto" in signing messages. SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM