(404-10196-10230 wet ND Ged cde OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Thie material contains taformation affecting the Metional Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Eaplonage Lawa, Title t8, USC Bece 783 and 794, the transmission of revelation of which in gay manne? to an unauthorised pereom te prokibited by law. SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM COUNTRY Cuba : REPORT NO. —- CSCI-316//01234-64 suaect Jose Miguel FERNANDEZ’ Roa "DATE DISTR. 7 October 1964 ‘w) 49 Ow | . 2 AN Pee NO. PAGES ge coor or? REFERENCES | CSCI-316/00254-64 ect Oe 20. July 1964 pare of 1964 pe . INO. Washingt D.C , ; piace a Washington, D. C. . DATE Acq. October 1964 _ FIELO REPORT NO. THIS 16 UNEVALUATED (INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 1S TENTATIVE. 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. ror au8 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. Source has now identified a passport photograph of Jose Miguel FERNANDEZ Roa as being identical with Miguel ROA (see reference). Source has known FERNANDEZ for five years, having met him when both were members of the Cuban Police. The last time source saw FERNANDEZ was in Mexico in March 1963, FERNANDEZ lives beyond his means and likes the easy life.12,3,4,5,6,7 Headquarters Comments i. In a report dated 19 December 1956, an untested source reported that the Juventud Socialista (Cuban’Communist Youth Organization - JS) at the University of Habana was promoting Jose Miguel FERNANDEZ Roa in the School of Philosophy and Letters for the exccutive committee of the Federacion Estudiantil Universitaria (Universiry Students Federation - FEU). + In a report dated 27 April 1963, it was reported by. a usually reliable source that Jose M. FERNANDEZ Roa, carrying Cuban Diplomatic passport 634214, arrived in Mexico from Habana. 5 4 SECRET oF —_ 3 NO FOREIGN DISSEM a wee |} CC” TT Oca Far 2]. . “TENS (Note: Field distribution Indwated by “5 ~.) . . LX ~ 1817 | .O PROJECT CAMMUG/1 i SCI-316/01234-44 oP sera ue
6. A fairiv reliable source SECRE SE XO FOREIGN DISS im a report dated Embassy in Mexico. On Lt Was 1963, source said that Jose FERNANDEZ Roa, Mexico, is married to the Cuban Embassy ina A usually reliable source in Mexico City. ~2o M CScl-31le OL234-c4 3 May 1962. stated that Jose FERNANDEZ Roa as the Third Secretary af tke Cuban another fairly reltable L e, in a report dated 17 May 1963, Jose FERNANDEZ Roa 1s the Second Secretary of the Cuban Embassy the nealy appointed diplomat and has one child. said that A former Cultural Attache and Cuban Intellagence Service officer gave the following ififormation on Miguel FERNANDEZ Roa in a report dated 24 August 1963: Source first met FERNANDEZ in 1954 during the early days of the organization of the 26th of July Movement in Cuba; - FERNANDEZ was one of the organizers of the Movement. He later heard that FERNANDEZ was a member of the Cuban Intelligence Service in the Cuban Exbassy in Mexico City. In 1954-55, FERNANDEZ attended the University of Habana, where he studied philosophy and was a leader of the student group “Luchando en In 1959 he returned to Cuba from Mexico la Fila Ortodoxo.” and was designated Comandancia General de la Policia in Habana. He was later named assistant to Efigepnio ALMEJEIRAS Delgado; when Ramiro VALDEZ replaced ALNEJEIRAS as Chief of Police, FERNANDEZ remained in his same position. in Manzanillo, Oriente Province, one time worked at t FERNANDEZ is an intellectual type and liked to live an easy a about 1935. FERNANDEZ was born His father at he Central Estrada Paima in Manzanillo. life. He was not in accord with the Revolution, but was r. He is married, but has a reputation FERNANDEZ is about 135 pounds, five feet Communist sympathize for woman~-chasing. four inches tall, has fair complexion. brown wavy hair, broan eyes, and a A usually reliable source. in a report dated 23 January 1964, said that Jose Miguel FERNANDEZ Roa was the Third Secretary and Press Attache of the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City. In a report from this Agency’s representative in Mexico, 16 June 1964, it was reported that Miguel ROA and Jose Miguel FERNANDEZ Roa, Third Secretary and Press Attache of the Cuban Embassy in The description of in the above referenced report fits that of FERNANDEZ with the exception of the hair color; FERNANDEZ’ blond. FERNANDEZ Roa is known by the Cuban Embassy staff in Mexico as ROA. Nexico City, are believed tao be identical. ROA given by the source. hair is dark rather than SECR NO FOREIGN ET DISSEM