(to4-t0186-10324] ou NS GO oe Of CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY That material contains information affecting the Matianal Defenses of ine Uatied fetes within the meaning of the Eupsomage Lawn Tite 14, TAC. Seca TH and Tet the traneminstom er reveiation of which tm any @aanet to an ubauthorized perros te probinnted ty tae. COUNTRY SUBJECT DATE OF INFO. PLACE & $-E-C~R-E-T NO FORFIGN DISSEM Cuba : REPORT NO. CS -311/00115-64 The Organization of the General DATE DISTR. 8 July 1964 Directorate of Intelligence. (Direccion General de NO. PAGES 19 Inteligencia - DGI) REFERENCES RETURN TO CIA 1964 Background Use Only Do Not Reproduce DATE ACQ. June -1964 _ FIELD REPORT NO. SOURCE: STAale REPCINCLANT = CINCSO = iNote: Field duribyion indicated by “2t'.) : er a : for ve Distribution See ac ag ' - | - cris? for asfcsi sy, tt, a5i, Ci, 2: THIS 1$ UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS Age OEFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. | A former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban [ntelli- gence Service until April 1964, Headquarters Comment. The following information, as reported by Source during a debriefing, includes a description of the General Directorate of Intelligence (Direccion Gentral de Inteligencia - DGI), a break-down of each of 1¢s departments, the functions of each department, a diagram (Chart A} of the organization of the DGI, and a map (Chart B) of the DGI com- pound in Habana, Introduction. The General Directorate ‘of Intelligence (Direccion General de Inteligsncia ~ DGI) is the Cuban external inteiligence agency, charged with maintaining Security, collecting information, and promoting Cuban Government intelligence policies abroad, It is part of the Ministry of Interior (Minascerjo del tnte- rior), and was éstablished sometime in mid-1961, tt is con- cerned only with operations abroad. The collection cf intelligence within Cuba, counterintelligence, and security are the responsibility of the Department of State Security (Departamento de Seguridad del Estado ~ DSE). The two agencies are independent but maintain liaison and coordination on cer- tain matters. The DGL, also known as "M," or "M Department," is organized under a director general and his deputy; its compunents are amain headquarters with administrative and personnel offices eight departments, and the director's office (see organizaticna chart of page 14).2 ft is closely cennected with Ramire Valdes Menendez, the Minister of Interior, and is also of continuing interest te Fidel Castro, Raul Castro,. and Ernesto “Che”. Guevara. 5 - 4 S-E-C-R-E-T Sor 3 NO FOREIGN DISSENM oo cite o ; 1 oa 1 AgMY ODre8
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SECRET SQ FORN DISSEM -2.- CS-311°00115-64 The Director's Office. The director general of the DGf is Manuel PINEZLRO Losada, known as “Red Beard” (Barba Roja).* lie is closely associated with Rasiire VALDES, to whom he has direct access at any time; he is required to report regularly to Fidel CASTRO and to coordinate with him all expenditures of large sums: and he also has direct eentact with GUEVARA, Raul CASTRO often visits PINEIRO's of fice; his principal interest appears to be the guerrilla schools (see below), but he may have others in the DGI. PINEIRO also handled the principal contacts with the Soviet advisors of the DGI. His direction of the DGI is handled through a deputy, but he also has direct contact as desired with department chiefs and lowere level personnel: chiefs of field stations report directly to him, although other field-station business is handled through the departments responsible for field work, PINEIRO himself has trained some important agents in field work and has subsequently acted aw. their handling officer. PINEIRO has his office in his residence at dist Avenue and LSth Street in the Miramar district of Habana. There he keeps funetional files of everything concerning the DGI: other files from individual sections are brought to him for review and then returned to the department or section that maintains them, There is a daily courtier service between his house and the DGI headquarters. The house has at least two separate telephones, one personal and one official, the latter proviaing direct com~- munication with all_government agencies. One of the telephone numbers is 29-1257. The outside entrance of the house always has two guards in olive-green uniforms; they are probably from the DSE. In addition, PINEIRO has a bodyguard staff of six, also prokably from the DSE, Three of them are always with him on 24- hour shifts! one acts as chautfeur when he goes out, while the others two follow in a second car. He keeps three cars, all 1961 Oldsmobiles, one blue, one beige, and one black. In his home office PINEIRO has an aide, pseudonym "Castor ,"6 who handles the office work but does not attend private interviews. In Cuba he stays in the office and does not accompany PINEILRO outside the office. When PINEIRO travels abroad, "Castor" ac- conpanies him, as for example on his visit to Moscow in April 1964. At the main DGI headquarters, PINEIRO also has a secre- tary. pseudonym "Vidalina.” and a clerk-typist. pseudonym “Zoraida'; they occupy desks in the executive office of the DGI deputy chief but work strictly for PINEIRO. “Vidalina”’ handles alk incoming and outgoing correspondence and cable traffic and distributes it both within DGI headquarters and abroad. PGI Main Headquarters. The main headquarters of the directorate is known as “Department NT of the Ministry of Interior. but very few people know any- thing about it or are even aware ol its existence. It occupies a house and grounds which were formerly the property of the GOMEZ Mena family. it covers a whole city block bounded by 49th and Sist Avenues and 78th and S0th Streets in the Larrazabal section of the Marianao suburb of Habana. The block is 4 compound sur= rounded by a concrete wall, with trees planted completely around it tnside, There are two eatrances: a main entrance with wooden SECRET XQ FORN DISSEM