[to4-t0762-10402] err wv .e . SRO ne NOs Oe Fem emer em Mee eet ee aanI one eo Pen ee pe mete ee MEMORANDUM FOa: Chief, wH/h . 1 February 1961 i. 1961 to the effect that Mamel ARTIME Buesa may be a Commmist agent, AnTIME's file was reviewed for the purpose of unsevering any information which might gapport DIAZ* allegation. he be 3. ley these points: ae | TMRA meeting in October 1959 precipiated his defection. Subject could “— wot as beware 8 : Mame) AxTIME Buesa - seview of File Initiated on seceint of , Derogatory Information on Subfect ‘rom Pedro DIAZ Lanz } Because of the comments nade by Pedro Luis DIAZ Lanz on 13 Jamary 008s Open Lo queebion are ime Mbsessng; Commnist Party Affiliation of Subvectts Father: As noted by Martha afr, oubjest a rang his polygraph examination that his father "nad belonged to the Commmist Party during the Spanish Civil War, H had gone to cpain during the war, but had not been a neaber of the \ Communist Party since 1939. This subject was not pursued by the poly~ ; \ graph operator. Subject gave somewhat varying accounts for the reasons i for hia fathe--'s quitting the Party: during the polygraph examination, ! he explained that the Party had intended to send his father to fusala for training, and also had ordered Lis fatuer to inform on his friends; { when bis father refassd, ths Party expelled him. Later, in an auto- i biography, subject stated that his father had lert the Party because of the “treason which they committed acainst his intimate friend, | FECHAEDS. Martines. ‘This "treason" was not further detailed. subject ; eather? s wet 3 f resics ~ 33 ; Stated that his fether’s exmnlsion for resignation) w sported in ‘RETURNTO¢ CIA Hoy at the tise. Background Use Re on the October 1999: Tis Meeting: Subject reported that the Not Repr open aduiss.ons of vommamism nace ty Fidel at al during a closed-door Do mot, however, remember the dates of the mestiog. At (list he reported that it toox place during the last week in October 1959. (Hie letter te Fidel stating hia reasons for defection, which was widely circulated after his exfiltration, was dated 25 October.) He later corrected this. to 7-8 October. During the polygraph examination, he stated he could mot resenber the dates, but thet it was a tuo-day meeting, on a + Saterday and Sunday, some time in mid-Gctober. The follewine aetions were taken Sp an attest te seesive doubts raised Communist Affiliation of Father. ' (1) Mames of parent were traced in aID, with negative results. . _ (2) Reames and/ | 12 Stree ovaries gh soeineetenedaRlne + Ree sas a
14-00000 be (2) . () (4) Actual Dates of the Alleged Secret DLA Meeting. erence neanonne emer a (1). G) —&) meeting against news ateries in contemporary isscaz Rames and biographic data on subject's parents were gubmitted to the Bureau fo. tracing in their files. The Bureau reported that these individuals were not identified in Bureau files. Green Liats on Subject's parents were submitted to FI/D. Results were negative. An attempt was nade to procure copies of the news- paper (Foy, 1939) which might have carried the story of Subject's fathar's exoulsion from the Party. It was determined that no Cuban nswepapers are kept on file jn the | Agency. (Library Acquisie papeeey Boa ecbieas 5 woag "Cees p Srombsy ial. Daly aly oa Op 8 Ge, Oh queried.) Because of time limitations, no attempt was made to procure the papers from enother Agency or from the Library of Congress. 4s indicated above, back issues of Cdban newspapers ere not availeble within the Agency. It was there- fore impossible to check Subject's story about the ef Ravelucion, which he said wae given = mews releese on the second day of the neeting. A review of FBID Daily Summaries for Octeber 1959 uag requested of FBID for the purpose of unearthing any overt broadcast reporting on the meeting. FSID, Latin americau branch, Mr. codney Levine, advised that it wag mot possible fer that office to conduct such e review at this tine. ‘These summaries are available for review at 1717 H Street, and will be screened if the tine and effort invelved. are con= eldered worthwhile. WE/L/PI (Barbara Edeunda) advised that no report lag om this October Ica meeting had been received other than thet from 47D. Tt ie noted that Saturdays and Sundays 4m October 1959 fell on 3-1, 10-11, 17-18, and 2h825 Oeteber, and 31 Octoder - 1 WOverber. Therefore at least one of - . Subject's accounts of the dates involved is <aiees facil” o , 7 « eon * * fsanemtemenemensetonenranfetemstonanent tare sre RL AER IPNRA SAAMI Ir Sem NT re Many «A ne th mente eer tet fe ontenr ner memset SHEER A eee py enrgreaw eerste ace pear se serene we mrt or ereeneenpsitiest aspen I ne top 4 ad