(404-10196-10280 3 fv eo 9 GS dm OR (Mote: Field distributlon ladxated by ~ °°.) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY This material containe information affecting the National Defense of the Untted States within the meaning of tae Eepionege Laas, Titte 18 UBC Recs. 7 end 184, the tranemiaion of revelation of which in any manger to aa unauthorierd perven te probitlted by law. SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSE REPORTNO. CS CI~316/00683-64 | COUNTRY Cuba SuusecT. Elpidio INTERIAN Comezanas . vate oistr, 913 August 1964 7 ; NO. PAGES 2 : _ REFERENCES pare of 1964 : ; ". INFO. ‘PLACE & Washington, D. Cc. pare acq. August, 1964 FIELD REPORT NO. MIS IS UNEVALUATED TNEQRMATION, BOURCE OEADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF COPITENT 13 TENTATIVE, eee ee source. A former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban Intelligence Service until April 1964. Headquarters Comments The following report is one of a series containing personality information provided by the source and includes supplemental information from the records of this Agency. a It is requested that the addressees take no action on any of the individuals mentioned in the personality reports without first checking with this Agency. 1. Elpidio INTERIAN Comezanas is a servant in the Cuban Embassy " dn Mexico City. Source saw INTERIAN at the Embassy in March 1964; one day when source went to the second floor of the ‘Embassy to see Rogelio RODRIGUEZ, INTERIAN answered the door. INTERIAN, ROPRIGUEZ, and the Cuban Consul were having a conference. 8 Headquarters Comments 1. In a report dated 6 February 1964, it was stated that i Elpidio INTERIAN Comezanas, attache at the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City, was a Cuban Intelligence Service officer and code clerk. He was born in approximately 1930. His wife is Gilberta JORGES Caceres, INTERIAN has two brothers, one, Guadencio INTERIAN Comezanas, born in Habana on 18 February 1927, is a diplomatic courier, the other brother, neme unknown, is believed to be in Cuba and a medium level PURS official. 2. <A report dated 12 February 1964, stated that Elpidio INTERIAN Comezanas is the holder of passport D/63/427; his wife, Gilberta JORGE Caceres, is the holder of passport D/63/428; daughter Esther is included on, wife’. — OR D : oo oS 60 he Ep Stare BIA ARMY NAVY Alg , ° > REP N AN A omy. RN WH/SA/MOB? LW ADR 3LLIEY x0 PROJECT (AMMUGY 1) TWH SA/R_ i es fas ——— | CSCI-316/00683-B4 placer taf Jeandait fy ee | ; COORD MAT IFe sep paisa/c1 [4 —__—___-_Rin/AN rOTays Liaison WUK:LD:shk | CL/R&A, i ML’SA 7 (1) WE 1. (2) Cl 4 RID *
14-00000 1h ae os ey SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM passport; and daughter Dolores is holder of passport D/63/429. INTERITAN ‘ s brother, Guadencio, is a diplomatic courtier and was born on 18 February 1927; in May 1963 he traveled to. Switzerland, in October 1963 to Zurich and Prague, and from 14 to 16 January 1964 traveled to Djakarta, Canton, and Hanoi. His brother Armando was the secretary general of the Guanabacoa Regional Committee of the Partinda Socialista Popular (PSP). Armando spoke at a meeting of the Juventud Socialista in Regla and condemned the- landing of United States troops in Lebanon, praised Soviet policy, and called upon the Cuban Conmunists to initiate an intensive propaganda campaign against the United States/United Kingdom intervention in the Near East. In September 1963, Armando was reportedly the leader of the Organizaciones - Revoluctonarias Integradas. A group of Cuban emigre's trained in the techniques of information collection avid who have provided useful reports for two years said in a report dated 19 March 1964, that lpidio INTERIAN Comezanas is a G-2 agent in the Cuban Embassy in Mexico who deals directly with the Ambassador. INTERIAN was described as a rough, reserved individual with a sickly wife who is rarely seen. In a report dated 9 July 1964, from a resident of Mexico | who has reported reliable information for about three years it was learned that Cubana air passages were authorized by Habana for Elpidio INTERIAN Comezanas and his family. INTERIAN and his family arrived in Mexico in July 1963. Source said that with the departure of INTERIAN, the Cuban Embassy would have a new code clerk. SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM a