© etagen mans . ae rer - * ° . «,' “ te . ~ . _ 3 . Sh oo a $6. APARICTNs new fone phone is 5 4257289," He is kesing ‘ehitis De ‘ so, ”. : he's ericans’ a won't hear about at and : - bas: 3a 9 > pices “ap: the’ Cuban, angravings,. stored at: Po athe: ‘Ta ler MecGrafica” Populst, , ana took ‘then to the: Institute: Ds ; was: to turn then over to Max ROJAS who 1s going to. cS axhipit ‘there; RCJAS did. not - show up on. échedules “Lael thinks that. ROUAS 1@ eigagéd in sore sort of deliberate 81 oWv-dowt. (tortugitiene) and told B, "I think he my be one - ; of us," . . - ” a Ke Manuel VEGA returned on 15 July fron a trip to , danpteo, He oo . brought gré#tings for L<9 from friends there, VEGA and Le} } : get along very well, VAGA is very friemily. . ; heey we i on’ B July L-9 attended an exposition as the Amb!s repre- ae : sentative, at the Museo Nacional de Pedagogia, Tha person . vy. in charge of this museum is Profesora Dolores URI3E Torres, — “2 -Multifamiliar Libertad A-1, Depto. 103, Mexieo 2, D.F. ~ Om 16 July Le? went to see her at her home, She told him at. that time ‘that she bad been (past tense) a manter of tha Communist Party of- HWexice and said that she knows Carlos “Rafael RODRIGUEZ: and Edith GARCIA Buchaca and other Cuban ; . ; Communists very well. 7 Attached is a photo of her which appeared in EXCELSIOR on oe 2 July. On 16 duly a Dr, CiDENA cama to the Fmbassy to see APARICIO, .He represents, along with Dr, CAMARILLO from Veracrur, the FIRST LATINAMERICAN CONGRESS OF REHABILITATION which is scheduled to take place from 6 to 12 September in Maxico City. The meating is to be sponsored by the Latin American Medical Association of Rehabilitation, offices at Reforma y -Liejas CADENA said that he waa disturbed because no reply had been recaived from Habana in response to an invitation iy sent’ “there, APARICIO will look into this matter, CAMARILLO Ot seens to be very friendly with Cuban officials in Veracruz. ke Le9 turned over a nunber of ‘carbon copies of reports he has prepare. .or Habana and for the Ambassador, These will be filed with thio CR, It is interesting to note how he reported on the recent Soviet art exhibition, which he told B he considered terrible and without any artistic merit whatever. His report to te <~Amb. he refers“ to “great and noble: proportions,” to "preoccupations of Sovie artists that their work reach the masses," etce, etc, A fine snow job, Judging from these reports, L-9 turns in quite a bit cf paper to his government, The Ambassador, who takes. the credit,-finds this very satisfactory. ; ? 5. A short session ensued regarding L=#9's cover and the "image" he pre, cts to his confreres, Apparently he 1a doing an excellent job, is highly esteen.. -and: respectad by his co leagues. a 6 It was disturbing. té: see LS in pain at this meeting, He was spain - encouraged to seek good medical care without delay, If there were just some way to sneak this artistic soul. off te sea the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, the SECRET
14-00000 BS. “patririea forest; cteey it would probably. ada years ‘to his . ion with the Embassy, which to him “could be ‘simmed > fhe heavily ‘on hin. Perhaps next: year for‘his =~ ‘t treat him te a quick” tour of some of the et L i 8 NEXT. SCHEDULED MEETINGS 28° July’, Polanco. “De On 21 July L-9 called for a meeting with 8 and. was picked up near the oo Bookstore on Reforma Lorias,- ‘The meeting lasted from 2115 to 2220 hours in B's cars 4 So Le9 reported as follovss . . . . i Ge ‘Three or “four couriers were in the Embassy and one told L-9 on the morning of 21 July that he:was very tired because he couldn't sleep : oo the night before, Le9 felt that this may have indicated that tne . a man was working around the Embassy that night. (B later phoned . - NIARCHOS and errangéed for LIOMEN not to be lit off the next day). . ” Subsequent information ‘revealed to the Station that these were 0. 28 . . , fide couriers; one pair had been forced to turn back from Santi: 9, ‘ Chile because of bad weathér, In any event, L-9's action was well teken_and he was commended for hig quick work in notifying his C0. “be Cn i7 ‘July Ing. (nu) PUENTE, whose father lives in Tampico, reported 1 . ‘+ to the Embassy that the Mexican Government had refused to allow local : ; supporters of CASTRO to-put on a pro-Cuban demonstration in Tampico a - on 26 July, According to PUENTE, Jorge CARRION was told, "You stop : any plens for action or we will clobber you.' . Ge On 17 July the "crazy" American Swimmer Fred: S{1DASARE was at the Embassy again asking if there were any news frem Cuba regarding hia : visa application. Ne news, APARICIO wae very nice to BALDASARE; . treated him like a VIP,.°: oa, d,. No Saturday staff meeting on 15 July, 7 - @ On 19 July Le9 went to Texcoco to officiate at the awarding of tie "7 ews 4. d6g@ Marti cup to local athletic champs, L-9 explained that this “~_. session was cf no importance whatever —~ “nothing but a lot of little Inc\Jans in attendance" -- but that since he was the only _ Enbassy rep there he would balloon the publicity to make it look . important and thus gain some credit with the Amb, . ff. On 20 July Dra, MACHADO told Le9 that she was going to leave Mexico, _ ; _. vi.  “€. | She pointed to the Amb'a office, said,"I can't take any more from that ‘ man in there -— the only thing he is interested in is buttering up GOROSTIZA (the Foreign. Minister)," @e On 20 July L-9 was visiting the Taller de Grafica Popular and spied -a number of folios of engravings about the Mexican Revolution that this concern piblished a few year: ago, L=9 remenbered that when they brought him ea copy to lcok at hs rretended to assume that it was a gift and proceeded to keep it, never offering to pay for it, Late .. on he. thought that perhaps the Grefica Popular people might hav. ‘ ehalked him up, 48.a.moccher so on 20 July he offered to take six of SECRET
14-00000 4 Ae wh the flo to “the 9 Fabasoy: te see: if ‘he conld ‘sell. thems ‘the uit j price: is ‘§- io but. ‘the: ‘Taller: ‘told’ Ad he could sé11 then for =. $100 each at the: Embassy ‘Leo proceeded to. Sell a1] six =< even eS wee SE ARGUEDAS was- theres On the kay back the Amb and Camilo DOMENECH =} i tn . wal “commented on the recent’ freezing of. fanco del Atlantico finda, SL a (THIS WAS REPORTED . TO HQS BY CABLE # INTEL). Later L-9 invited the : i c-Amb for coffes and the: ‘two. chatted for about an hour about unimportant - ; matters, L-9 feels he nade Points. with the Ainbs ; ; Cn 21 July a representative ef the Cine Club ce los Periodistas was ‘at the Embassy looking for films to show. L-9 does not know what the outcome of this request was, 4 , - Jo On 21 July L-9 overheard APARICIO-revealing hie new home phone et . ‘. mumber in a telecon at the offices, L-9 told B that since the secret a 2 was now out we should feel free to harrass APARICIO as we see fit on this new phone, aoe. a. ~ _ Ke On 21 July Lie, ANZURES of the Ministerio Publico reported that he vo ; still could not release the § mail sacks of books and other material being held at the airport. 1, “On 21 duly at about 1200 hours APARICIO went to see Ambassador - , ALVAREZ Acosta (Hexican official with Ambassadorial rank), ' : 10, As opposed to the L-9 of 16 July, st this meeting he was in excellent : spirits and high humor, He laughed a let and seemed not to be having any liver trouble, - He Sugg ested that it would be a wonderful idea to steal all the Cuban engravings on exhibit at the. institute -- they are scheduled to go to Czechoslovakia later = and roared-with laughter contemplating the chaos that would be created by such a master stroke, Li, WEST MEETING: 28 July, Polanco, Lourcseeg £ [oA we 12, (ADD) At the meeting of -21 July L«9 showed his C/O a letter he had just - pecelived from Teresa PROFNZA in which she inforned him that she had talked over with his sistereinelaw-the matter Le9 and Teresa discussed in Mexico (this refers to an Led trip to Habana) and that the geie} thought it wes a great idea and hoped to ses him in Cuba soon. - This letter, flap unsealed, was delivered to L-9 by . Manuel VEQA who, of course, read it, l-$ felt that Teresa's careful wording, making the whole matter look 4 ‘bit mysterious, was good in that it helped maintain the aura of rystery about him, He felt, however, that in view of the late date he would probabiy not act an invitation to the 26th of. July celebration, sO | LFL>.