Relé@ased wider the John F . Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of , DATE: 11-14-2017 | . : C) / . . ey fo a RE: |CUBAN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES IN THE UNETED STATES | , ain sane appears to be able to obtain any t ! information which he is asked to acquire. (G-1 1992? (44 USC 2107 Hote). mh by i. eens - to have a good facility to become knowledgeab e of the 7 A activities of the anti-CASTRO groups in(Miamifund has furnished precise information concerning them in 2ffPossible Imprisonment Yea (uy Source does not know for sure whether (G- the past. 1 1l} has ; ever been imprisoned in the United States. Source does 7 recall that during the time he was active in the DGI in Havana there were two or three cases in which Cuban agents were jailed in the United States. The circumstances Surrounding these Cuban agents’ imprisonment never had anything do with their CIS involvement. These periods Ciba a of detention have always been for,short per EROMOELGAD Ciba. ; ELGADO, 6. | For example, source pointed out, LEPIFAN (ROMER > ate eee a ‘who operated until late 1969 as a Cuban Cuban agent, was in a = United States prison for about,six “months. Source cannot definitely recall whether/G-1ll{*was thus detained. Source said, BRO. Geditas it is his impression that in addition 1 to[ROMERO, G=-1 as possibly imprisoned for a of time, but not for. intelligence activities. a fe y(U In ad NG) to the in viduals who first recruited and sisted in the training of{G-11, JACOBO and OCTAVIO, . Among those G-liYwas handled by personnel from the Cy i who handled (c-13 were: . (30 BY) ( { JESUS JIMENE . OBAR (DGI cc code wee sTAR) (GI code n TEBA PEDRO LUI (einen x IRIN (DGI code. ham .¢ ALEJANDRO) "ie 2 saeiaiieal DocId: 323404383 Page 12 LAZARO EDDY (fer Boner tne | ES eg (A)
Released under the dohn F. Kennedy Assassination Records C ollection Act of 1992 (4 pate: apne | {44 use 2107 Hote). DocId: 32340383 Page 13 3 Soy ote ° SECRET RE: {CUBAN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES ie IN THE UNITED STATES (DGT code code inane OAR ) {so ARN was probably used primarily as an emergency contact fo ~111G) Additionally, source has previous] noted that[G-lilgmade a_mee with (MENENDEZ and. OCTAVI uring a trip te New York in 968) The Souree believés that[G-1l's current pri ipal. VICTOR MANUEL, GONZALEZ VALDEZ (Gl ode name, ILLO rid his ANUBL GON P {heip is > REDO ye ILA DE{ARMAS (DGI code names sof PhiLnD) LoD) Ce Re ortin ana Met od of Contact pe-7 In the event the DGI wished fo instructions to[G-1if" the normal method utilized “is (radio me ages IS) Source recalls at sometime late in 1a 9, Gadio me pared a (Fadio eat or (Giitin ich he authorized (G-1 CTAVIOW a (city directory © he Miami, horizea[( aréa.. GCTAVIGS as concerne Sfos the time whether the(d (directory was vers This message was sent to aT . the (G20. oor ost. by me ith © (G50 instruction that he should purchase th m (book ake it available_to e DGI. . ‘Apparently [G-1 (boo bir dy described the |bookyand its value and ha -teld OCTAVIOPUL the cost. _These(Fadio transmissions) sre | sent in a code. Subsequently Gi » ptained appa directory of (GS) Miami. Source believes he either carr the directory to New York City or sent it by mail. ine directory {S$) . reached the DGI in Havana sometime in 19770. This directory contained thefnames, addresses, and occupations of residents [s) Miami. It alsg contained a(eross reference se ion) of (Eerephone numbersk®) Source believes(the direct as itled("Polk's City Directory. This director roved extremely useful to t GI. ubsequently,the DGI received a second(city soe a ei, editio ejenien source — believes was also obta ed by LG- R 12. wig ECR | | ; i
Released under the John F. Kennedy Bseaseination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 . , | roe fe Oo RE: | CUBAN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES Beef | IN THE UNITED STATES Source explained that [6-11] cour have carried, (fhe directorjfur any other report, to New Yerk to be delivered during a meet with a DGI officer. The ~ | pessibility also exists that he could have sent it to a P. 0. - ‘box in New York City. The,DGI maintains just such a P. 0. a box solely for the use of [G-ll'sffeports. This P. 0. box. is serviced by a well-trusted pérson in the New York City area. If any material is received in the P. 0. box, this ' person notifies the CMUN by a pre-arranged signal and an official picks up the material. This is the most important and best P. 0. box maintained by the DGI.fS<_{f At this point in the interview ethe_gource was | ne asked if he recognized the name /EUSEBI Hauoegpand he ot advised that he did not. The seurce”advised that an No he | agent who utilized such a P. O. box can mail his reports-—_CC ; without notification to the case officer if the report _ | contains nothing urgent. If the report has material which is considered important and urgent, the agent notifies - his case officer at the CMUN by coded telephone call. No jlls are made by agents directly te the CMUN nor do the DGI officials at the CMUN call from the CMUN to the agent's -home telephone. Any telephone calls. between principal and agent are conducted through the use of public telephones and are pre-arranged. These plans are carefully coordinated. If the DGI in Havana gives instructions to [G-11\it will . coordinate these instructions by ngtify,ing the. CMUN. Also, — | if the CMUN gives instructions tofG-11)Sthis is coordinated od with Havana. The only time this plan would not be utilized ae is in the event of an emergency and in that case, the notification. is given to the other office as quickly as - possible. pet of puttingfchalk marksf‘tr other simple[signals on sidewalks_}5) » for the DGI officers, signifying that all is ready fora  . . meet to take place or if danger exists. The exchange ones) , (c-iitas be nstructed to (gienai a coded system, 13. Docld: 32340383 Page i4
Released ander the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act DATE: 11-14-2017 Bole a. Po, a SEC | | RE: [CUBAN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES ul IN THE UNITED STATES | of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). fo . G6) information in (New York between G-13] and his principal . is done either hrough a|dead drop or a brush mee) At a oo least two officers are utilized in making the meet. One _ is used to make the actual meet and the other to watch for FBI surveillances. Additionally, the second officer accompanies the principal in order to provide protection to the principal. This is especially true if the agent i i. ae well known or trusted, as in the case of [EPIFANIO ROMERO. 6) dealing with such a person, the officers arm themselves. J 4! i in lof course, was completely trusted and was often met alone by a principal but the usual practice was to use a second man to detect surveillances. Sometimes officer who accompanies the principal is going training and orientation in this type of work. Source id in the past (no equipment FBI surveillancedpt New York City, but h has planned to (ptitize sophisticated equipmen possible surveillances. He does not know if currently in use. Bi Nee In order to send routi reports directly t ing reports. (photographsf the educesyhe ontinues Havana, (G-11 types an enciphere message, and through the use of an(enlarger, message to itsismallest possible size. G-1 as been utilizéd by DGI officers in. he understands that. uipmenteto DGI © t is- the second long for y ) to detect o detect this/[proces or a second and third time with the resulting ttixedtto 2 {ame afpositive print. This positive print™s 4 js ffixe o afsmall Stamp dipped}*in a(Chemi¢al solutio and thefstamped impressionPput on a specific page in a 3 magaZine] and then mailed an accommodation address inC$ | Havana. The{type,of film ed in this (Fits ion is 4 furnished to|G-liffrom Havana since the by experts 0 (6: ih. GOs it would cal attention to(G- 4. | GNC 14, SE iT { DocId: 32340383 Page 15 films only used unnecessary