c/a: Aol ‘6/08 Aol: c/o A=ls C/oe Anls C/o% Awl c/o Aeals C/os Awl: C/O: Ael?t C/o: Aols C/o: Ao-ls c/os “Aelt C/O% Aol? C/O: Santana? (Rolando SANTANA Reyes) Aels “Docld: 32349750 Page & ‘(sogurided), For example, recently they issued new Soourity credentials, replacing all thé old onen, and thay sent one to my home all filled cut, Here or in Habana? In Habana, - What do you do for "M"? Little jobs from time to time, Pamging out money, for example, X 4s going to Paris co I meot him on a street corner at right and hand him an envelope with 2,00) dollars in 1t == that sort - of thing, What olse? That's about i¢, Ie Villavicenoio with "M°? (Pussled expression, looking to AMNIP) Who? Enrique VILIAVICENCIO Argudin, Oh! No, he ie not with "™", (Breaking into wide grin) He does apeoial work, — What kind of speotal work? You know. . The game thing Interian (Elpidio INTERIAN Comezanas) used to do? Thee right. What Sardinas (Armando SARDINAS Garcia) did before that? Right, | - ® Where is Sardinas now? In Yugoslavia, By the way, he got into some trouble when he was here == fell in love with some gift] in Bolivia where he was bofore he camo here--wanted to marry her == trouble was he already had a wife in Cuba, He's older than he looks == about 51 == but he sure was in love with that Bolivian girl, (Thia information oonfinns data from LIMUD and LICARD=1) . 2 Have Villavicencio's wife and sun arrived yet? Yea, they arrived just recently, (Confirms LIFIRE and LITAMIL=-9 reports ) a : . Was Nico (Jose Antonio GARCIA Lara) with "M7? Yes, but he did work of even less importance than I do, What ever happened to Earle PEREZ Friman? He's in the Uruguayan Embasay in Habana, When he came through here he gave us some oookeandebull story about having been kide napped == said his gun was taken away from him but he had another one tucked in his belt and got away from his captors (Same story told to LITAMIL-9), Just before he loft here he got a call at the Embassy from some. foreigner who claimed to be a Canadian, I took the call (Call was made by a Station officer), I escorted ‘PEREZ to Cuba as a prisoner, Over there they put him in the Presidente Hotel for a couple of months == told him to sit tignt while they investigated his story, Then gofeone told him that Security had a case on him and he slipped into the Uruguayan Embassy just in time, Ho's a crazy kid == sandwiohes, three lies in between each two truths, He got into trouble when another guy, a Granma expeditionary from Montevideo, defected hore in Mexico en route home, , - oo Right, Santana never was anything, A real nullity. ‘ a - | . aS AE i PS AnER mattis, iJ Ae,
peRPATEH ayy * a as) weg *% } --:156 «In the course of tho ecnversation, AMSESS wae asked a number of queations oP abcut officers in the Embasay and gave the following roplies: . . en ele C/o: What in Asouc (Busoblo AZCUE Lppes) doing now? oa took over the Cultural Counell replncing that Communist woman, ft te interesting to note that Leahiga, who is not a Conmunist, replaced a Commnist, (Confirms LITAMIL@9 reports) C/o Where 4s Teresa Proenza? (Teresa PROENZA Proenza) — Ael: In Cuba, Probably in: bed with some other "mardimacha,” (lesbian), She works in the Casa de Las Amerioas, She was pulled cut beoause .of her notoriety as a losbian, Habana got tired of hearing complaints about her from people who came through here on tripo, (Confirms LITAMIL=9 reports) : Awls We io working with Lechuga (Carlos LECHUGA Hovia) who recently | C/O: When 1s Buenaventura (Buenaventura REYES Adosta) coming back? = | ‘ Aels It looks like he won't, for two réasons, He is having trouble getting a visa (Mexiean) and, more important, his fatier lives { in Puerto Rico, (ConZirms LIMUD information, Notes the report i of MEXI 0679 to the effect that REYES was back in Mexico was erroneous ) . Los 7 C/O’ The Ambassador (Joaquin HERNANDEZ Armas) is due to go back soon | and there are reports from Habana that he might be fired, Is this true? | Aeli He was scheduled to go back Sunday but got a oable telling him | to wait a couple of weeks, He will take his wife and daughter : with him when he goes, He came here under a bit of a cloud == seems he made some statements in Bragil at the time of the October Crisis (1962) that were not too well received in Habana, He ms done some things wrong here, too, He has a very geod -reputation as a lawyer in Pinar del Rio, He was married before, | began playing around with Clara (Clara CARBONEL Reyes, his present wife) aid his first wife divorced him, Clara is not 4 | Communist, The Ambassador is an old PSP type, (Confinne . LICLOD=1 reports), | C/O: When is Dra, Machado (Margot MACHADO Padron) leaving? Is Bertica (Berta PINO Machado) going with her? . a Awl: She 1s keaving very soon, probably on the next plane, and will a very good friend, Vega ig a most unusual type of Communist, (During the conversation Ae=l mentionedthree or four times his ‘€riendship with Vega), take Berta, She has been unhappy here, By the way, Aparicio | (Raul APARICIO Nogales) just got cabled orders to go home, His wife doesn't want to go, she likes it here in Mexico better, C/o} What is the news on Sinobas? (Ramon SINOBAS Casado) We hear | , from Habana that he is coming here again, 4 hel: That's right, he will be here very soon, He ia going to replace a Dra, Machado, BE ; C/Os Is Camilo (Camilo DOMENECH Gadea) still around? . . eB. Ael: Yes, he is.my boss, (Awl appeared little disposed to talk about = Domenech) , . . Be C/O: How do you get along with Vega? (Manuel VEGA Perez) im Ael: Fine, I like Vega a lot, He is a nice person and I consider him | Ret i i i 4 16, When the matter of an additional meeting was discussed, AMSESS said that he ae would be willing to meet the C/O and AMNIP in December or January (1965). The C/o : BH gaid that he was unable to see why it should take AMSESS so long to make up his mind, . ; that he, the C/O, could come back to Mexico to see AMSESS at any time, and that he - would like to see AMSESS soon after AMSESS' return from Cuba, AMSESS repeated his eonoern about needing time to think things through and said he could not possibly i meet egain before November, He was invited to pick a date and chose 10 November \ to which the C/O readily agreed, Although the matter never came up for discussion, | - the C/O had the impression that AMSESS in interested in seeing whioh way the elections $3199 DocId: 32349780 Page 9 CLASSE a TION ] aGt NO
| - Qa the United States go before having further sonteot 17, Tho C/O suggosted that. the next mooting take place at some outcofmtheuway |. restaurent and was about to suggest the Reataurant Jardin in Ville Obregen when by | eeiasidense AMSBSS auggested the same place, explaining that he and hia wife had eaten there a fow times ond that 4% seemed to be a good spot for holding an unobserved meeting, Tho ecntest plan as agreed upon ia as followss On or goon after 10 Bovember after 2000 hours, AMNIP or the C/O will phone ANGUES at home and toll him that "de parts 40 Jaime, lag medicinas llegaron bien,” Xf AMBEGS’ reply is favorable or positive, cuch as “Me alegre mucho que hayan llagado" the meeting will take place the next day at 1400 hours at the Jardin, If his reply 1a nogative, such as "Gzento. gue Bo he pedido sander mag® he will be unable to make the meoting the next day but, will be at the Jardin two days later at the hour ‘indicated, AMBESE cautioned the C/o and AMNIP not to leave any mossages for him with hie maid, “18, One problem whieh had been bothering AMMESS since AMNIP firnt made contact eoneermned the advisability of reporting to hia superiors that AMNIP had contacted — him, He brought this up. repeatedly, saying that he felt he must report the contact to over himself in ease the two had been seen together, however he wo olearly ‘undeeided, At one point he said, "If I do report it before I go to Cuba they will probably never believe that AMNIP did not recruit ma and might keep mo in Cuba;® After this thought had occurred to him he opined that he should probably report the contact to Vege after his return from Cuba, Both the C/O and AMNIP advised him not to report the contact and at the very end of the meeting. he seemed to have ascepted this advice, As he was walking away from the table he turned around, came back to AMNIP and said, "Please, for God's sake, don't mention a word of this to anyone." 19, Although only a partial success at beat, the meeting seemed to ‘go well, AMNIP toid the C/O later that he felt that the case was much more promising than the LICOZE oase at the same stage when LIOOZE asked for two months to think things through, AMNIP aleo noted as a good sign the fact that AMSESS was very friendly with the C/O whereas AMNIP had expected AMSESS to be somewhat standoffish in his | initial dealings with a KUBARKER, 20, The C/O represented himself as coming from ZRMETAL, This fiotion was supported by appropriate props such as book matches, whioh AMSESS noted, as well. as by AMNIP's remarks, At the same time the C/O displayed considerable lmowledge ~~ |} of Mexico City and goings on in Habana and the Cuban Embassy; this was done in an j effort to convince AMSESS of the omniscience of KUBARK and to reinforce the state- i monte that many of AMSESS' oolleagués were already cooperating, A number of . questions were phrased in such a way as to cause AMBESS to believe that the dnformation itn the C/O's possession came from sources in Habaga, ot 23, AMSESS conveyed an impression of sincerity to both the C/O and AMNIP. He 1c a strong personality, quite sure of himself. and ready to face the consequences of his scts, He has a welledeveloped sense of humor, The information he provided makes him a tantalizing prospect for future development since he is obviously in a muah better position than LITAMIL-9 to furnish information of value, Much of the information he supplied 1a confirmed by other sources and no evidence can be found of deception, AMNIP feels that AMSESS would not have imparted so much detail had he not already made up his mind to cooperate and that with the continued exercise of patience in dealing with AMSESS his recruitment would appear to be assured,’ At thin time AMSES8 cannot be considered as recruited, He expects to remain at his present post until June 1965 and the Station hopes to persuade him to cooperate in place and accept transfer to Habana after the completion of his tour, The matter of finanotal compensation has not yet been broached, ; 22, Depending on the outoome of the November meeting, the Station may wish to bring the father of AMSE88' wife to Mexico, If he is unable to obtain a Mexican visa by his om efforts, it is felt that he should probably be brought to Mexico on . _ Puerto Rican documentation since Station efforts to obtain him a visa through Mexican © goverment channele might possibly jeopardize the security of the operation, 23, It ie requested that AMNIP be made available to the Station for the follows up contact in November, AMNIP and AMSESS are close friends and AMNTP's presence in the initial stages of the operatian will do mich to insure AMBESS' cooperation, The “gtation would appreciate it 1f he can be scheduled to travel to Mexico on 9 November, CLASSIAIC ATION
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