HY SECRET. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY _ OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY WASHINGTON 25, D.C. May 9, 1963 p NOTE FOR MR. VANCE 0955 Docld:32424016 Page 2 Attached is copy of Second Progress Report of the Sub- committee on. Cuban Subversion, The Services and ASD/ISA have concurred in this report with a few minor nonsubstantive sugges. tions (these a are noted in ink). - CLA and USIA have concurred, -State, however, has objected on the grounds that certain actions have been. taken with respect to the Alerting System. ‘without sufficient authority. Another meeting of the Subcommittee has been scheduled for . Friday afternoon in order to resolve this difference. I plan to attend and ‘will report any substantive actions. Spans K, Patchell - Lt. Colonel USA Attachment As Stated AD NOTED BY ARMY SECRETARY OF THE ARM 7 " EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC RECRADING SECRET DOD DIR 5200:10 DOES NOT APPLY | Mb Bu — antl eae emnentine $f Ai ana SE, * : . :
SECRET . HW 450955 SECRET ee EXt aes om 7 | ~DOWNGRABING AND DECLASSIFICATI LON _ SUB-COMMITTEE ON. CUBAN SUBVERSION — 4 MAY 1963 MEMORANDUM. FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS “Subject: Second Progress Report. of the: Siub- Committee eo Le Attached. for coniment is a. aratt of the Second Progress Report, Sub- Committee. on Cuban Subversion, which provides an: a -aecount of the actions. taken during the month of April by - the, a several departments and agencies in executing ‘the actions on - approved by the President on 8.March 1963. The enclosure to . _the report. is an essentially verbatim recording. of Individual: agencies. 2, ‘It is requested ‘that. your comments on the draft Gree port be provided. by 1700 hours, 7 May 1963, If there are none of substance, wé will go to press:on the smooth ‘version, and send it. to the Cottrell Committee without further meeting. : of our group. If substantive suggestions are made, we will - have to have a meeting. nL tothe V. Hs. KRULAK Major General, USMC Chairman. © eRoup-1 1 Ay e ROM AUT OMATIC Doclda: 327474016 Page 3
SEORET | - SUB-COMMITTEE ON CUBAN SUBVERSION. | MEMORANDUM FOR: tHE ‘INTERDEPARTMENTAL. ‘COORDINATENG | COMMITTEE | | | ON CUBAN-AFFATRS | aungeats - sks Progress: Report, ‘Sub- Committee. on Cuban ara ee Subversion ne — a a aeerre Pa SP es ENCLOSURE: Progress Achieved during April In Impeding travel 7 oo te.. Cuba oe 1. ‘The enclosure. hereto, summarizes: progress: cade by ‘the several . - departments. and. agencies, ‘during the month of. April, “in “executing ene. actions approved by the President - ‘on 8 March. 1963, to ce oe the movement oF. subversives. and subversive trainees’ t6 and from Cuba... 2, In addition to the program: ‘on. “control of subversive travel, = ‘action programs’ were. ‘completed in: all’ of the. ‘companion. areas; ‘and were forwarded: for approval on the dates. indicated: below: . ae Controls on Movenent of opaganda Wcortar - = “1h waren 63. . Controls: con. Movement. of: Arms = Ly March. 163. Sas ey The: Organization | of a caribbean surveillance sno : 15: March 163. a ~ a a. The: Exchange of Intelligence = 25 March 163. 3G Controls. on. the Movement: of. Funds + 10 April 163. (f£, Training of Latin Americans in the: United States, meee. 26 April 163, : 3. A Significant development during : the month oF pet. bearing | on the action programs’ proposed by. the: Sub- Committee Was: ‘the. Ministerial Meeting. hela in Managua, Nicaragua on Zale April. - The Managua meeting produced. a..set: of eight reslutions whieh ie BY when implemented, will proceed along the game mes: action: progranis proposed by the Sub- Committee. An | Anterdepartmental beam As currently visits ing the ‘Tethman Gap SL ts 1B consulting. wit bh: venues ae. the, | Ministers: of. ‘government and. authorities: designated by. them, dn the’ en “SECRET. HW 50955 DBoclda: 32424016 Page 4
(SECRET ‘fields of. immigration control, customs control, coastal surveillance -and. the? organization, of a. local, -counter- subversive agency _ For the Sub-Committee; 9° 0. Ve. HY _KRULAK | | Major General, . > Chairman .. es a} HY 50955 DBocld: 324274016 Page 5
ENCLOSURE 7: PHOORISS. ACHESVAD: DURING APRIL. EN INES TRAVEL, TO CUBA. ote The ‘Department. of State has: Participated in the drafting of a resolution passed | at. teat 32 A April, Managua, Meeting respecting discouragement of. “travel of-Latin. ‘Americans | to. Cuba. for training. ‘in. subversio ‘The text. of ‘the: ‘resolution is, appended, hereto be “Headed . an nterdepartmental team currently: visiting the oo gab capitals whith the: objective of securing. the: ful: “and quickest Amplementation of all. the recommendations agr eC om, at. Managua ‘Prior. to the departure of. the. team: Depa extent: of technical assistance “ait: would. be most useful: fo “United § States to. furnish, a | | - | es 8. Caused to ‘be noted in Ue Se ‘passports since. 1 “April that: they are not. valid for travel to. Cuba, —— as Following: an. indication that. ‘the: Bolivian. Government might be. willing, to increase. efforts to: impede travel of. its oe “nationals. to. Cubays instructed. the. U. Ss Embassy. to. recommend. ~ that the GOB: a | 7 BO i —Y) Ban toavel to Cue. by elt netonals GIDE for official or special purposes. approved by the: GOB;. “and. establish’ tegal penalties, for violations; | 2). Require Bolivian citizens tO. shave a passport < or. ee ees other. GOB document to, travel abroad; a | a ; 3) Make. such document invalid for travel to ‘cuba. unless specially. endorsed; : , ; | A) Seek arrangements with. third. countries which are . important transit points under which third, countries will: assist. the. GOB in. preventing. unauthorized travel by Bolivians HW 50955 DBoclda: 32424016 Page 6
‘SECREL and will help. identify violators. a . - @)@ Drawing: on. the ‘recommendation ‘in the paper. on. “me oe  Movenient sof Subversives and Subversive Trainees". -and. other: S sources; instructed the. non-= isthmian posts: to. encourage host - : governments. to Take, additional. counter - subversion steps. | Fach, instruction was. tailored ‘to. the local. situation in, URES | the, recipient: country and ineluded. appropriate, suggestions as to strategy, which might be used. ‘in. securing implementation Of the. desired actions. — per Requested. posts. in Latin America to encourage host _ governments: to. take appropriate measures. ‘to discourage, "participation of their nationals. in, ‘Cuba? 'S. May: Day, sae bration, and. to prevent charter flights: from their. country | to. Cuba: for’ the. celebration, 7 ee Through, efforts with. varlous Latan ‘American and bother oe arity congress. »UsSs efforts contributed to. Limi tang, the | success of the, Congress from. the, Castro: Communist point. of view. 2, The Department. of, Defense. has: a. Continued the US sea and air: surveillance of the a . - area surrounding Cuba | until 25 April. 1963, at the ‘same rate and with the same. emphasis as existed prior to that. date. Since 25 April 1963 additional sea surveillance has been realized between Cuba and. Haiti, due to the». ~ HW 450955 stationing of the Caribbean.Ready Amphibious. Squadron at the entrance of the Gulf. of Gonaives occasioned’ by the’ | . deterioration of. internal conditions within Haiti. “Reports of subversive movement, or “suspe scted subversive “movement, (obtained. by. US surveillance are. available for. immediate: cransmittal through the us. milit ary alerting system, Doclda: 327474016 Page 7
by ‘Continued agtion, at. high. priority, on, the install a ation Of) military communications facilities in. latin. America. AS: of 1 April, a commercial. submarine cable: ‘fron: Florida — tO: Panama became operational. This. cable gives reliable _ voice and. ‘teletype communications to: CINCARIB Aneluding both: classified: teletype and ‘voice. “Negotiations: are. -eontinuing. in Honduras, ‘Colombia and. Ecuador for ‘the: | Installation of military radio facilities. Installation ae = of a multi ‘channel radio station has, been ‘completed. An costa F Rica. A similar, facility | in.  Moaragua is ‘scheduled for completion. by. 1, July. 1963. Ce Established. an Intelligence Center. at CARIBCOM Heaa- a quarters, in: ‘connection with- the program of. surface. surveillance of the Caribbean, for. rapid, progessing and "dissemination to. countries concerned, “via. the American’ HW 50955 Ambassadors , of intelligence on the movement of subversives, “Study of the establishment of intelligence. centers in. the: Caribbean revealed’ that the. Intelligence Center should be 7 “established at: Caribbean ‘Command. Headquarters ‘and. that a center. need. “not: be established at. Headquarters, Caribbean ~~ Sea Frontier. dd, ‘Established on 11 April a Ue s. military alerting system operated by. CINCARIB and CINCLANT. “Pursuant to the request of: the Interdepartmental Coordinating Committee” on. Cuban Affairs the Department of Defense has suspended . the. use of the Military Groups: in. the: alerting system. and: is working: ee . with CIA to reduce. duplication or. effort toa minimin, /.@, Alerted U.S, forces, for the most. pat ae within the Atlantic Command, to. be prepared to provide US. assistance ~ “in the final interception of shipping in -ter ritorial waters. Boclad:327474016 Page 6
- upon request by the country concerned, - Currently; forces. are@.assigned. by. the unified commander involved, te. meet the singular problett. encountered. Preparations. have: been made / to respond to 2 possible requirement in the case of. the. Venezuelan ship FERRYMAR IIT. uss Poe DY. CurkeNTLY WAS UNDER SUCVEILL AN CE, | f, Ordered . to. the Canal Zone. a: Coast’ Guard Mobile. ‘Training ‘Team ‘for a period. of. six months, ‘beginning, 15) May 1963; to. provide training, in. Spanish, in boat ae - handling and maintenance together with surveillance - “techniques to. those Central American . countries. having Ho foot Coast. Guard. Utility Boats. In addition, the Mobile. ‘Training Team will assist as required in. establishing a. permanent Sia craft Training and . ‘Inspection Facility : ain the Canal Zone. One 10. foot. vatility. boat . has: ‘been. permanentiy | 3. The Central. Intelligence A enc assigned to: the U. iS. -Naval. ‘Station, Rodman, Canal. Zone for. “use. by the . rr and” will. be ‘delivered there about 20: June. has: a. Completed its. efforts. to. improve U. 5. government , comminications in Latin America ‘by the installation of ' the remaining’ two.commercial..leased circuits into. ~ Guatemala City and Managua, and the stationing.on a permanent . basis of CIA radio operators: in. Latin “America| in replacement, of temporary. duty. personnel. ~ In November. 1962 ,. CIAts: active radio. facilities in[_ |eatin _ American capitals were augmented with. on-line erypto- _- graphic facilities. and. temporary personnel to handle’ the. HW 450955 bulk of. all U. 8. government. communications in. the area. These facilities, known as Joint Communications: Centers, are. now being operated by, CIA on &@ 24shour basis, as a service to all U.S. government. agencies, latin Americar traffic handled by the CIA base radio station near Doclda: 327474016 Page 3
SECRET Washington | has: increased, from 3,,000,.000 groups handled in October. 1962 to.. 159 000, 000 groups. handled. in March 1963. bd. ‘Increased its. efforts designed to control the. move-_ ment of persons, arms and propaganda. materials. to: and oe oy from Cuba. “A summary of actions by country is provided ~ below: or Argentina. - Station, ‘in. conjunction with the a Embassy, has. continued. to. press the Argentine govern- Seourity, 5 omient to. enact ‘effective travel control legislation _ and to. adopt. measures recommended by” the: Special on SULTATVE ComMITIEG of. the OAS. Information on Argentines travelling. to. Cuba . 4B being furnished to the Argentine government by. the station. ‘Several - potential. travellers to Cuba have been. spotted, and — are being assessed. by the station. “Information from three. recent returnees from Cuba: ‘is being . obtained through debrief ings. Station. reports. that. because’ of increased Mexican controls, all truly clandestine - travel to Cuba. from Argentina is now via Prague. Che. Guevara's. mother was arrested on 23 April upon. her return to Argentina for importing. Castro propaganda. 2). Bolivia ~ Station: and Embassy. have been curging » Bolivian government to. adopt stricter travel controls, without apparent results ‘go. far, Names of travellers known to. have ‘returned ‘Prom Cuba are being” furnidhed © to the Bolivian government. ‘Thus far,-no, action is known to have been taken by the Bolivian government on the strength of such information, . Station comments: that — problem with Bolivia is not in lack of ' information available to government On Cuban. subversion, but in “getting. Bolivia to do something about it. SECRET nr HW 50955 Doclda: 32424016 Page i0 \
HW 450955 3) Brazil - Information on Brazilians who have received subversive training in Cuba has been made available to the Brazilian. Foreign .0ffice, through the American Ambassador, and to.the National Security Council through CIA liaison with the NSC's Security Service. An asset of the CIA station in Rio is in a position, _ to harass. and delay Cuba-beund travellers in. those. instances. where the Station is. able to. tip him off "regarding their. destination, He can also harass. returnees when informed in advance, The. Station is” taking steps . to: get appropriate. information to. hin “promptly. _4) Chile - Chilean internal security authorities, at urging of station, are trying. to. impede dnd harass travellers to and from Cuba. Government is now. requiring passport applicants | to state destination, and . passports: ‘must be turned in.after travel. The Foreign Minister “has stated much progress ts. being made, with .cooperation of the Mexican government, .and that travel of Chileans to “Cuba has. been dramatically. reduced in recent.weeks. | ‘Station and. Embassy are continuing pressure.on Cuban government in. this regard, Names of travellers to Cuba . are being passed ‘to the. Ambassador, .who furnishes them to-President Alessandri (who. has asked that this collab- oration be kept seeret), Information from CIA unilateral operations against ‘Cuban Embassy is. being used. by anewly. created Chilean surveill an ce. team in checking oub purpose of travel projeéted and in. ‘Pollowing: up on retur Tees. from | Cuba. ‘The station has an agent in ‘aaily contact with leaders of the extreme militant. left and is exploring Doclda: 327474016 Page iL
SECRET the possibilities of sending three station assets to Cuba for training and intelligence missions, A Cuban First. Secretary was declared personal non grata during April for using false identity documents, and the Cuban charge d'affaires was subsequently recalled by his own government . . 5) Colombia - Chief of Customs has indicated to. station . his willingness to institute an improved travel control system. One station asset expects to travel to.Cuba in the near future. Station believes it has identified a-courier operating between Colombia and Cuba and has mounted an operation to uncover his Colombian contacts. 6) Costa Rica - Station reports little pro-Castro activity during April. No recorded travel to or from Cuba has taken place. Local authorities appear inclined to .cooperate in control program. 7) Dominican: Re ublic - Efforts to get Juan Bosch to ‘take active steps against Communists and travellers tO and from Cuba have been fruitless to date, as have been efforts to.establish a new and effective intemal security organization in the Dominican Republic. Bos¢eh Appears to have lost his previously stated enthusiasm for such | a service, but efforts to persuade him to approve a proposed budget for the service are continuing. 8) Ecuador = Station reports that, largely as a result of both overt and covert propaganda. activities of U.S. agencies in Ecuador, the public awareness of Cuban Sub+ version has changed from apathy to genuine concern. The government, however, is no more inclined to t&ke action. t han before. The National Director of Immigration has stated that he personally would like to do whatever he SECRET 9 HW 450955 Doocld:324274016 Page i2
SECRET ean to. stop travel to Cuba, which he realizes is for subversive purposes, but present laws do not permit him onl oh to impede travel via third countries. He is exploring possibilities of reprisals against citizens whe return jt a2) ch if € from Cuba, He has.checked a 1! PE names and. passport numbers obtained by CIA from airline manifests in Mexico a and reports that not one name or passport number corres~+ ponds. with official Eucaderan record®B, in@icating the uba, 3 possibility. of fabrication of passports by A recent Ecuadpran returneéee fron.Cuba, recruited by the station, lost his hand in testing a homemade bomb made in accordance with instructions received in Cubes . He made -a public statement and wide publi ity wes arranged. by the station and USIS. Plans are to keep this incident alive as propf of revolutionary tréining given in Cuba for terrorist activity in Beuador. The station chief has accompanied the American “Ambassador on visits to the Keyadoran Min isters of Defense and Government. to. stress the threat.of Cuban. backed subversion. Approximately 7,000 pounds of Communist propagarida are being. destroyed monthly as a result of 6 unilateral operation of the CIA Base in Guayaquil. 9) Haiti + Station reports that several assets have travelled to points outside Port-au-Prince in an effert % 6 to learn of possible tra 4. jel to and from Cuba, . Reports Fre am ak be ‘eas oF Gapt Haitien, Port de Paix, and La Gonave ame tf u|e and La Tortue Islands, were “~ 2+ . ~ ea Te x se cast TA rates “Pt de Bigs my 7” ar 7 = tag 10}. Honduras - The government has shown little Taciination bata . conapet pepyy een A benyet aankeat ewator to tighten up on travel contrel., A travel control system presented to the Minister of Government has been Pully SEC IRET , LO AW 50955 Docld:324294016 Page 13
approved by him, but not yet put into. eff fect. Several fy known Honduran Communists have recently travelled to 11). Mexico - A GTA source states the Cuban Embassy, has separate from the passport, but the government's practice of stamping all. passports to shew trae] to.or from Cuba has largely nullified this effort by travellers to avoid the stigma of travel te Cuba, Ali Cuba ims arriving in Mexico, whether in transit or otherwise must have Mexican ‘ visas. This is not true of other nationalities, whe need ck Pa om no visa if in transit. .The government conti nus 4 er confiscate propaganda mate rial from Cuba sporadically at. the airport. .The government. recently refused visas te five Cuban doctors who wished to attend a Urology Congress in Mexico, .Several station. assetS have recently travelled to Cuba for intelligence purposes. .12) Panama ~ At the urging of station, the Guardia Nacional has been ordered ts increase its vigilance concerns ing. returnees from Cuba and to: prevent them from estadlish-~ ing an effective organization. Several recent returnees from Cuba are being debriefed regarding their training and contacts, and several CIA assets are expecting to leave for Cuba in the near future for training. CIA has increased its persennel assigned te travel. cantrol gunetidne at. the Fanama City airpert, now permitting a three-man detail for each ¢ight-heur shift, Station is. continuing SECREL LL Ran onamen tenia RM HW 350955 DBocld:327424016 Page 14
HY "SECRET 0955 13) Uruguay ~ Station has made arrangements with local service to. pigeonhole or "lose" applications for good conduct certificates - which are needed to secure passe ports, and must.be renéwed every Six menths - in tases where information.from the CIA station or. from the Uruguayans' own sources indicated intention of. travelling to Cuba. Pertinent information from CTA unilateral operations is being passed. regularly. to cooperating. Uruguayan officials. Station has a further check in that .the Mexican Ambassador to Uruguay is now checking all applicants for Mexican visas with the | station, On.the basis of infermation furnished to. him, he held up. visa applications ef Uruguayari.Communist Tabor delegates who planned to attend May Day eelebrationes in Havana. Creation of this bottleneck may force some | travellers te abandon the Mexican route te Cuba and turn to.the longer-and far more expensive route via Prague. Information on past travel to Cuba py. Uruguayans, . furnished by the station, was included in a study of Cuban sub- version :prepared by Uruguayan Military Intelligence Service for the National Council of Government . 4, The U.S. Information Agency, has: a. Sent circular instructions te all USIS field posts in.Latin America advising each to stimulate publicity in the local press and radio, to encourage identification of Cuban trainees through personal-contact work with students and labor, to report promptly evidence of Cuban- aided subversion in each eoquntry, to report statements. by local leaders and. terial comment, and jele om & econoiie conditions in Guba as means of discrediting “travellers to Cuba. ‘The Agency’s Washington media were issued a detailed guidanee onthe subject on 28. March. fed nM SECRET Doctld:32424016 Page 15
b. In addition to the regular news reporting (VOA) ‘of the Mandgua Ministers! Meeting, broadcast 15 commen- taries.and features on the subject of Cuban subversion to Latin America during the month of April. Among these were a dramatization based on the story of an Ecuadorean -boy. who. was attacked. by communists in Guayaquil for carrying. anti-communist film, a chronology, of subversive acts | involving Cuban diplomats, and 4@ history of subversion from the Trojan horse through Nazi.fifth .columns toe presént-day Cuban subversion... | ec. Transmitted by teletype 13 articles on Cuban , subversion during April to USTS posts throughout Latin American for placement in the local press, These included news stories; commentaries, and backgrounders . Among the subjects treated. were the Managua Meéting, the Guayaquil incident, the story of an Ecuadorean terrorist trained in Cuba who was wounded by his own explosives. Assistant Secretary Martin's Pan American Day Speech, “and several commentaries. on training in Cuba. The Agency's publications center in Mexico also published @ pamphlet based on the defection of the Guatemalan ex-communist leader Carlos.Manuel Pellecer, ineluding ‘letters in which he revealed communist subversive tactics. ft Ca HW 350955 Docld:327424016 Page 16
laced - APPENDIX RESOLUTTON I PASSED AT THE 3-4 APRIL MANAGUA MEETING OF MINISTERS — The Meeting of Ministers of-Government, Interior and Security. i convoked pursuant to the pertinent section of the Declaration of Central America signed by the. Presidents of the seven. countries in San Jose, Costa Rica on March 19, 1963. oo | | AGREES To recommend to their Governments that they adopt, within © the 13 imitations of their respective constitutional provisions, . measures to be put into effect immediately, to prohibit, restrict and discourage the movement of their nationals to and “from Cuba... To this end, they propose the adoption of. the. TOLL owing measures: (1) Provide, | as a general rule, that every passport on — other travel document which may be issued | carry a stamp | “which indicates that said passport | is not valid for travel to Cuba. (2) Declare officially that nationals who are permitted to. travel to Cuba should have the permission duly inscribed in their official travel document.. | | (3) Promulgate regulations restricting the granting of ‘visas to foreigners who have travelled to Cuba within a | stipulated period | of time. (4). Notify, ‘travel agencies and transport companies of these measures for due compliance; and inform. the governments. of other countries through. the most, appropriate. JROEaNS . (5) Request the dovernment s af. the. Hemisphere: a) not to allow ‘the nationals of signatory éountries. | to travel. to Cuba unless they, possess a valid passport | or other document issued by, their country of origin.valid for such travel; SECRET. | 14 HW 350955 Docld: 32424016 Page if
HY ‘SEORET- v) ‘not to accept visas, tourist cards or. other “documents. issued to their. nationals: for: ty paved to Cuba “whieh - ao not form an integral (non- detachable) part of "their passports | or other travel documents oe), to observe. the Limitations placed in the: passports: ae other travel documents OF the: nationals of signatory  ehannede of refusals to allow: one: of. their. nationals: to On - governments: and. not allow them to. depart for Cuba ; a): to. inform the. signatory. éountries through appropriate - “Sepa for Cubaj. and “), to. provide the. signatory governments ‘the names a their. nationals which may. appear, on. the passenger dst of any, airplane. or ship going ‘to Or coming from Cuba. oe 0955 Bocld: 32474016 Page 16