(404-10183-10235 ‘city, 1215-1605 hours, ST April 1964. (See previous » - RETURN TO CIA ° Background Use Only Do Not Reproduce SECRET 23 April 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD . SUBJECT: AMWHIP/1 Meeting, New York City, a 21 April 1964 : _l. Meeting fTime/Place: AMWdAIP/1's office, New York * reports for address, ete.j: 2, Purpose of Meeting: Brief A/1 for his forthcoming: , trip to Europe, Ghich includes stops at Paris, Geneva, and wee Rone. i petails of Meeting: a, A/i was met in New York in order to provide him with contact instructions for Paris and Geneva, and to brief him on his missions in those cities. These contact instructions may be found in related cable traffic in A/1's 201, put for the sake of completeness, © they are included here and are as follows: Paris: A/l will stay at the Franklin Hotel as usual. He is to contact “goborte” by telephone on Monday morning , 97 April, between 0903-1000 hours on ANJOY 4700, etx. 6168, a number A/i has used in ee in the past. He will expect a short meeting to . es aoe establish contact with the Paris c/o, who will ; . an identify himself as a "griend of Bill Thompson's"... , the name used by undersigned when calling A/L‘s NYC office (and also used in past in Europe when arranging meetings. for A/i with C/O's he has not met previously). Roberto" is to arrange details of meeting. A/1 ETA Paris is 26 April. Geneva: According to instructions received from Geneva, A/1 is to stay at any hotel; to contact. “Ben Damer™ (Lapsley) at the Hotel de l‘Ancre, phone 32 05.40. Latter will set up meeting arrange- ments, establish identity at meeting by indicating ne is a “friend of Bill Thompson's.” A/i's ETA Geneva is circa 99.39 April. : SECRET
. SECRET -2= . b. A/1 was requasted to meet Carlos Jorge -. ROBRENO Marquez aka “El Mago” who has communicated . with A/l by letter and phone from Paris o1 several, oS occasions, having brought 2 “personal"™ message fron AMLASH/1 for A/1. A&/1 is also to get a good assessneat of "EL Mago", including a determination his reasons for Téaving Cuba, or considering so, permanantly. it is possible that "£1 Mago” may be a good prospect for récruithent;: although as an individual, he is not particularly palatable. This opinion is also that of both AMLASH and A/1; but as an action type, he may be suitable for specific tasks. (See report of 28-29 February 1964 Meeting) A/L was told to bear in mind that a person of this type could have been co-opted hy the DSE in return for dropping of possible criminal charges for public brawls, etc. As discussed in-the previous contact report, "EL Mago" drinks heavily to the extent that he upon more than one occasion has gotten into serious brawls, including the one several years age in which he shot an Anerican citizen for alleged advances to a girl friend of his. ("EL Mago'ts" motives and true allegiance remain clouded, to say the least.) c. According to letters from “El Mago," Jose Alberto IBARRA Martin, aka "El Loco Blanco", is expected to follow "El Mago" to Paris; and he too has additional -information from ANLASH. At this writing, “El Loco" has not arrived in Paris. ("EL Loco" is. of the same ilk, same crowd, as "EL Mago," but n01 very bright.) -A/i was also asked to debrief him, assess, and report if he showed up while A/1 was in town. Qo 06 d. According o°% letter from fRASANCOS)(Paris Embassy vice consul]fUJ9), Anbassador CARRILLO (u/19)} Ol wus most anxious to see and dine with A/i. Then, just . prior to A/l's departure for Paris, he received a call from Havana from an old friend and former jeweler, _Jose IGLESIAS (also a lawyer and university professor) @io said that the Cuban government wished A/l to go to Peague to appraise and arrange for the sate of a large quantity of jewelry taken from the Batistianos at the end of the revolution. The government wis asking 300,000 dollars for the jewelry. A/1 said he refused to go to Prague as it would possibly jeopardize his standing with the U.S. Imnigration Service. IGLESIAS said ne uaderstood and would relay A/il's answer. SECRET . 7 et rs ak . ce a
SECRET Sonetime later the same day, IGLESIAS called back to say that the jewelry would be taken to Paris and placed in the care of CARRILLO, who was enpoxered to close the deal on the gpot if the price were right. During this meeting with the undersigned A/i stated that he was interested in looking into the deal, if we had no objections, 45 he had remembered seeing the qewelry in Havana in 1960 at which time he assessed it as being worth in the vicinity of sone 250,009 dollars. A/1 also commented that he thought this particular patch of jewelry was that which tche’ GUEVARA had taken into his personal possession at. the time. A/1 was told that there were no objections from KUBARK, 45 loag as A/1 was aware of all the possible ramifications. to get all the particulars on the transaction and its background . Paris is to keep Has. informed of this as developed by A/1. e. A/1 was requested to spend the minimim time , necessary in Paris to accomplish the above missions, then fly to Geneva to assist LAPSLEY at the UNCTAD uctivities. Upon peing showa 4 list of the Known delegates, he stated that ne did not know any of them personally, but through several mutual friends and other ploys, he felt that he could inject himself into their circles to 4 useful degree. A/1 has valid reason to pe in switzerland 35 he often goes there in connection with jexelry purchases, and to see his pusiness partner, AMWAIP/2, who resides in Geneva. A/1 also volunteered to check in with the Rone Station in the event there was something he could do for them. A/i was asked to return to Paris in 2 reagonable amount of time in order to follow uD with -his contacts with "EL Mago", CARRILLO, and possibly with "E1 Loco Blanco." f. It was stressed to A/1 that his actions in all meetings with Castroites should be consistent with his reputation as a pasically apolitical businessman who maintained friendly relations with his old acquaintances and friends still with the Castro government and/or resident in Cuba. We believe that he is fully aware of this, and will proceed with sufficient caution as not to jeopardize his entre into Castro zovernment eircies in Cuba and abroad. g. tne meeting, which included duach at the restaurant next door to A/L's office, terminated at 1605. A/1l was told to eoatact the undersigned on the stevile number if there were any further developnents oF changes in A/i's travel plans. SEepey
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