eo OC. (SECRET | 06H No. 0474/63, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY: (Of2ice of Current, Intolligoacso ... | oo "7. RO January 1963 Sia CURRENT INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM = os SUBJECT; Tho Training of Latin Americans Am ‘Cuba .. ; L. It is estimated, that at‘ least 1,000: and perhaps °as many as 1,500 “individuals. from other: Latin American countries were in Cuba Lor varylag periods of time during 1962 to receive ideologicud. indoctrination or guerrilla warfare training. * Many of them are still there. ‘In ad@ition, during - 1962 there were, 60 to 70 traincss fron British | Guiana and an undetermined. number, perhaps 100,° — fxom various African countries, . including Angolans, Kenyans, Zaazibaris, and Negre nationalists sen tho Republic. of South Africa. Most ok the trasneos are young--in their toons, twenties, and early | thirties.. A sizable proportion had attonded uni- versities or secondary schools in homo countries. 2. Ina public address, on 9 June LOGL,:. PAdod Castro amhounced that his government intended to grant 1,000 scholarships to “poor students” Lrom other Latin American countries for the noxt. school ¢erm,and 100 scholarships to students frem Othor. countries of. the world... By. this moans, Castro kas explained, the students wii} bo equipped te partic= Spate in the Yeonstruction of socialism” in. their homo countries agtor the “Iuevitablo antiqiaporsaLios rovolutions” eecur there. . j ' 3. ‘A portion of tho students 2von" other Latig: . | American countries come. to Cuba vith the idea that” . - , oO , ; —=—<—“wrhe estimates ‘of total numbers of trainees ia Cuba excludes those whose visits have been tiod to -g@ curticular evyont in Cuba such as tho 2 January - anniversary colebrations and who have 20t ronagiaed more than a week or two. Also excluded aro’ these woo have moreoly gassed through: Cuba oD POUSO CO CRO. Sino-Soviet bloc, as well as the many Cemmunist or: - pro=-Castro party gunctionarioes . wae VABAS Guba .220e . GUCBELY. 25, 5 Te —_ ok . h WE $0959 . Docla: 32423995, Page.64. 2 me HW 56899 Docld:32493640 Page 8? Rebs PLL ID: re ah
eR SECRET © C) _ they are to take standard courses at Cuban univere © sities or other institutions in such subjects as ae "4 agronomy, irrigation techniques, industrial manages | ment, etc. ‘ Even if their: courses in Cuba are aS 1 represented to them before theis arrival, they are - undoubtedly given heavy ideological indoctrination | ae f and, like Cuban students, expected to MWoluntee?” ”, oO i for various emergency tasks such as picking corres and harvesting sugar. Many eg these, probably also receive training in cuerrilia tactics and other techniques of subversion. a 4, ‘Other students are grankly told before they leave their home countries: for Cuba that their . i. - ¢paining in Cuba will be. in guerrilla warfare tacties > ee that it will be a rigorous program, and that they re will’ be required to maintain strict standards of COd> 4 duct and security. ro - 5, There have been & number of reports--from a clandestine sources in Cuba, from sources in contact with the trainees after. they have returned from Cuba, Zrom Cuban refugees, and from a. few. of the trainees a . themselves--concerning the typos of training which uO 4 the young non-Cubans undergo in Cuba. The guorrillo coe C) _ training programs for Latin Americans: in. 1961 and - : ny . 1962 do not appear to have’ been particularly wel — organized. in some instances, the. trainees Wee - moved to protest the fact that there wore long poricds when they were doing little or nothing; 42 other .ine. stances they. were disgruntled over what, they felt was harsh treatment, oF when they thought. too much was expected of therm. Gre majority: of the trainees, hove @Ver, probably took the experience in stride. 6. ‘Included in the guerrilla training prograns have been long marches through the forests and MOUB= tains, especially in the Sierra Maestra mountains where Castro carried on his guerrilla campaign against Batista. Students often are required to hike to, tho + . top of Pieo,Turquino, Cuba's highest mountain G, 230 = feet). During the hikes, they engage in simulated ~ . guerrilla defensive and offensive exercises, are. taught how to fend for themselyes in’ the wilderness, how to find directions with compasses and maps, and — now to assure the security ‘of their encampmnents. " Pack in their camps, they are taught: suck subjects. ot a 25 means of communications among euorrilla bands, y¢ strategy ané tactics of the guerriLia LAgator, BABS oo t nansbip, sad weapons Zamiliarigzation. Ga0 TeoHLBoo “ 1 gee eee apeteee ot ‘pa 50955 péora:324 399950 ms fH 50955 Doera:s242g6o8y eee Bee! HW oc1d:32423640 ‘Page 83
oO SECRET | 74 He 50955. Rocld: 32423995, Rage 63r5, .0.te52 paige: a . ne see SU ee Ee petra pk en witty" Dies HW 56329 . we el De Docld: 3274273640 Page 64 ov oe OT Ne Be red reported that they were given instruction only in US weapons. The instructor explained to them that guerrillas they must capture and use the arms of the enemy and in Latin America the authorities “use US weapons, They are 2lso given instruction. ia Cemolition of bridges and other structures , in.- the manufacture of explosives and the construction of Folotov cocktails. . de Scattered, throughout the entire course are periods of ideological indoctrination, some= times given in the training camps and sometines for large groups in Havana. . They are also given instruction in.the general ‘strategy of the “anti~. imperialist struggle” and often specific advice on how. best to carry out the struggle in: their ine dividual.countries. A group of students from El Salvador, for instance, visiting Cuba Last October, «. were told that they should give more emphasis to the penetration and control of gpoups ‘at the National University and to the control of the Labor ‘movement. {t was explained to them that they should initially seek as wide support as possible from all political factions and. that when the initial stages of the revolution had been accomplished the non-Communists . _ could be eliminated. 8. The instructors are mostly. Cubans, but. . there have: been some Spaniards and a gew Algerians. reported among the instructors .: General Enrique Lister, Spanish Communist veteran of the Spanish -civil war who subsequently received military training in the USSR, is in Cuba, He reportedly assists in the: guerrilla training program. — None of the reports on the subject give credible evidence of Soviet or other bloc instructors for these trainees. However, - a small portion of those trained in Cuba subsequentty - go on to the Sino-Soviet bloc where they may bo sube= jected to further, training. One report states that the experiences of guerrilla fighters in Algeria and in Southeast Asia have been used to expand on the Cuban experience to permit a proader, study of tho Mare” of guerrilla warfare ,in Cuba. « 9, -Fidel Castro and Che Guevara evidently take a personal interest im the guervilla training — ‘of other Latin Americans. A number of tao tralaces 4n-Cuba have been troated) to porsonsl pop tatlss grem _ ~hese, 3s well as otess,- Cuban leadesb > °. N ta ogo 7
© HW 56329 ‘ and “complimentary visas" to enter Cuba... He ar= "to assure them that thoir program would shortly “political exile in Cuba who apparently had some ‘ degree of authority over the Argentine trainees: HW 50955 Docld: 32423995, Page, 4) oe sos yace te ae Docld: 327473640 Page 635 10. An Argentine trainee who arrived in Cuba _ carly lass duly and left in late December has d@o= Scribcd in some detail his experiences in.Cuba curing this period. He was first approached by an Argentine pro-Castro leader last June as to. ‘whether he would be interested in taking courses in Cuba on guerrilla warfare and “city fighting.” | After several days he agreed, With three ether Argentines, none .of them orthodox Communists but all of them radicals, he left Buenos Aires on oo about 1] July... He traveled by way of Uruguay, . _ 2 Chile, Brazil; and Trinidad to Cuba. In Chile,. the Cuban emhassy supplied him with travel money rived sin Havana on 5 July. . During ‘most of July he had little to do as a group of about fixty gradually collected at a -tamp near Havana, They eventually protested this lack of action and were visited by Fidel Castro, who apparently camo get underway, On 30 July they began a series of marches into the woods somewhere in the Organoes mountains in Pinar del. Rio province under the mos command of two Cuban officers: Most of’ his activity between August and October seems to have beon con]= cerned with guerrilla training. Training with bin. were 34 others, most if not all of them-apparently . - Argentines.- There were political disputes among ok them, particularly concérning the pro-Communist. oo } Argentine Peronist leader John William Cooke, a So Tt er eet ene soe ene mene sow pee * but who was resented. by them. ll. During the October crisis tho entire . . | group “volunteered” to join the militia in defense Co, | of the Cuban revolution “tareatened by Yankee in-= co, vasion.” After the crisis cased, they began classes in "political economy"¢aught by a Spaniard’ named . "Guillen." .These classes were.held daily for elgebt Gays until ‘5 November, when the ‘group was again’ — : \ sent into the field for guerrilla training. They ‘os | engaged in firing practice, with various types oF | a : ‘weapons, including rifles and bazookas, On 14 | November they were moved to a new area Yor a new course in “guerrilla tactics.” This iacluded prace wire Gavtanglenents, as well es exercises in. the wountcias., During this period, some members of the i tice in hanging hammocks, digging trenches, making i | , t -groun rebelled agains: taking another loug march in _ the rain, The Cubana officers tsied to disedpline . "4 no} ; wotles Lo vee . “ § ee ae tne ewer een eos 4
ese array YY am ON ”~ ar : ae tot, LA at Nahas ey ft . . . them by tiakine away trclr food, but.then all the © ombers of the Sroup wert protest. Discipline ther have broken cown, were no longer motivate ‘and, most other member and arrived in Pr on 2 hunger strike in. appears generally to the trainees got their way but d to study. The source S of his group left, Cuba | ague on 23 Deconber,. At his firss cpportunity, he lezt Czechoslovakia and reported his experiences to officials in a West European country, 12, This source’s tota in Cuba was’ approximately s aa traineés have gone for. periods of three months or. less.” An unknown number ha year or’more and Cuba indefinietl of the numerous » in Soma i yo. The lat groups of n Latin American countries Wi cadres. being groomed. for ev countries, perhaps "after t l period of training ix months. Other ve probably remained. a nstances, ‘remain in ter sometimes join ono ationals from particular ich, in effect, Yorn entual return to their he revolution,” 13, Information from all available: sources .., indicates’that nationals of all nineteen other f 2) Latin American countries, ception of Uruguay, have be guerrilla training in Cuba © 1962. Venezuelans seem mos of them are estimated to ha Cuba during the past year, | have also céme from Peru, E Solivia. ae ee nee ena Bn aed Oe 14, Prior to the Octob going to Cuba usually trave airlines or, On Some occasions, by specially charterad: Cuban commercial planes, ' Those coming from South ‘ America generally went via Uruguay, Chile, or Brazil to Trinidad or Curacao and from there by regularly scheduled Cubana or KLM planes to Havana. . Those ‘coming from Midd Mexico and then planes to Havana le America’ by Mexiéana o With the ‘Cuba by KLM, Mexicana, Iber lines after 23 October, the between Mexico’ City and Hav zect and regular air connec : rest of Lavin America, -The erease in recent C) South America en invitec Zor the 2 SAQUaLTY annavorsary coLobratioss a weeks :of ¢ with the possible ex- en among those receiving during the course of t numerous; some 200 ve ¥ecoived trainiig in Relatively large humboxrs - cuador, Argéntina, and. nee MERRIE, eer pn wos er. crisis, the trainees led by regular commercial generally traveled througa .or. Cubana commercial cessation of service to ia and other ‘Western airs regular ‘Cubana service | aha remains the only di- tion between Cuba and the re has been a Sharp ine rayelers to Mexiee 2rom eoute to Cuba, : Many Of these vere ? \ ’, 7 . SEGRET . HW 50955 DoclId:32423995 (Page 85 HW 56329 Docld: 32423640 Page 56 ve
| . oo a .- ; . ! . ia Cuba, but others may, bave vemained gor training. a - | | 15. Trainee transit. through Mexico usually: ine volves ‘special procedures by the Cuban embassy there.’ i a . The,.trainees, who travel as tourists, report first ' to the Cuban embassy. There they are given special | Cuban entry papers; no entry is made ia thoir pacse ' ports. - They are given pseudonyms " 20F travel out of — \ and back invo Mexico--appareatly & volatively ren 7 : cent innovation. — oe so, . ; i : i 16, Some of the Bvitish Guianeso trainees ia Cuba have arrived zboard the Cuban merchant Ships ' pringing, Guianese rice to Cuba. 327, Some: of the Latin American traliees aro vive in Cuba via Czech or Cuban plancs rem PFAGUO o it is not clear whether this routo to Cuba is aise ’ tated by difficulties of getting thore. by way "Os tlexico. or wnether the students involved Wore Ale yeady in Europe. an oi ‘ . : ee . - ” | - a , i. la : . eee em ee rs mato ae t \ \ \ aE 7 a 50955 DocIa 132 423995, Pate. 8 ge 56829 Docld:32423640 Page 87 4 oe
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naps CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY \ (oem Z. 7 This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the mean _ 18, 0.5.0; Becs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of whicb in any manner to ap unsuthoy CA . §-E-C-R-E-T q- NO. FOREIGN DISSEM . 33/535, 176 oe Coc DATE DISTR. January 1963 © ( NO. PAGES 6 ; . ; . : REFERENCES, pe “au . 4 DATE OF July - December 1962 4 . A m rey a - INFO. DO, GAA . PLACE & “Spain, Madrid Puan DATE ACQ. (7 January 1963) ; FIELD REPORT NO. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 1S TENTATIVE, : ” THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. “An official [___|service, from an Argentine who took ‘SOURCE: . + part in the course. Appraisal of Content: 3. are ‘;,A group of Argentines, varying in number between 34 and 50, “and including Peronists, Trotskyites, and Vanguard Social- -ists, attended a six-month course in guerrilla warfare in . ‘Cuba from July to December 1962. Part of the group‘ . ., traveled from Buenos Aires to Cuba by way of. Chile where a they received courtesy visas for Cuba and financial assistance from the Cuban Embassy. They had been told ‘by Reinaldo Frigerio, leftist Peronist, that they would "be met by John William Cooke, leftist Peronist residing; “2, in Cuba,~ but instead were met in Habana by a member of Cuban G-2 and taken to the Hotel Riviera, where they ‘later met Cooke. Cooke toid them that it was necessary ‘to train expert guerrillas who could carry out the, — ‘revolution in Argentina. He-insisted that General Juan ‘Peron knew. about the training. From the hotel the. trainees were transferred to the Tabare .finca, behind the Buen Pastor Seminary. After several weeks of inactivity they were visited on 20 July by ; . Fidel Castro who promised that they would soon begin their training. They were transferred the next day to ' Rio Cistal and on 24 July they were visited by Comandante ‘yEscalona . (fnu)., who was responsible for the zone of Pinar del Rio,” where they were to spend some time : . marching and camping out. Co : 7.08" gon 30 July the 34 men who were to take the course marched _-, from the town of Artemisa into the woods; they were under the command of two Cuban lieutenants. Seven more trainees to points within Pinar del _, joined the group on its march S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM - REPCINCLANT CINCARIB 4 j (Note: Washington distribution indicated by '"X") Field NW 50955 DocId:32423995 P 88 HW 56329 sli gots dse%8 Page 89
HW 56329 S$-E-C-R-E-T ° | NO. FOREIGN DISSEM . ~ -.2 - ‘CS-3/535,176 : . Rio; the march lasted about one month. .On 26 August the ... -. 41 men returned to Tabare. . a "San Antonio," at kilometer no. 18, Arroyo Arenas, t Toucezt Masfera. From 28 August to 10 September, when classes began, training consisted mainly of Communist films which they were taken to see several times. From .- 10. September to 14 November classes were held in the 7 following subjects: weapons.and explosives, ballistics, — communications, strategy, tactics, marksmanship, Zs sanitation, and closed and open drill. Manolo (lnu), _.a Cuban, gave classes in explosives; Guillen (fnu) taught economics; Angel Martinez taught the class in an “. guerrilla tactics and strategy; :an unidentified mulatto instructed the class in communications; a 17-year old .' youth named Jose (lnu) taught marksmanship; and a man - known as "Cara de.Goma" (Rubber Face), a Cuban, served as political commissar, Weapon practices were made De _with 22-calibre Mauser rifles, Garand rifles, Thompson .\.- submachine guns, Browning and Husine rifles, bazookas, and 8l-mm mortars. They also practiced with a 57-mm .. recoilless cannon... , “| Aldeia Eguren de Cooke, John William Cooke's wife, - visited the school at San Antonio; on one occasion She - told the students in a speech that they had to forget. - Peron and Peronism since they had to organize a = guerrilla army, an Army of Liberation. “de Echeverria," five kilometers from the town of Pan.de -Guajaibon (N ‘22-48, W 82-21), Pinar del Rio Province. : They dug trenches and individual foxholes and studied “mines and fuses, illumination with infrared rays, and ' Bengal lights, and the construction of electrified and Simple wire entanglements. On 17 November, under the . @Qirection of a Cuban lieutenant known as Manolo Nunez, .i they carried out two sighting exercises. Later that “— day they carried out two more sighting exercises and ~ made a march with topographic maps of the area; the : march did not turn out well because of errors of calcu~ “Jation on.the map. Daily training from 18 November shrough 25 November was as follows: = '18 November..~ Rested and studied. 19 November - Made observations from a hillock, "* 99 November’ - Practiced defense exercises and fighting . «*’ from individual foxholes; explored and vant ee in the hills, taking notes with regard pgp to an attack, . } 21 November HW 50955 DoclIda:32423995 Paye 89 Docld: 3274273640 Page 90 On 3 September, the trainees were moved to a house called’ © ~-~" Habana Province. The house had belonged to Celia Rosa OT “: On 14 November the trainees were moved to "Las Mil: Lomas” *- ‘studied, and made a scouting-type march. © ‘located elements of a simulated barracks - Studied plan of attack, on the encampment.
S-E-C-R-E-T 7 NO FOREIGN DISSEM , -3- CS-3/535,176 . . one ! . 7 -22 November - Studied ‘plan of attack on the encamp-_ ; . ‘ment; marched in the rain, camping. in .the woods. : _ 23 November ~ Practiced hanging and taking down . -hammocks; studied tactical manual, 924 November’ -"Practic¢éd security and emergency~plan | of the encampment, an 25 November - Studied tactical manual. - On 26 November, during an exercise to practice security: . ..on the march, the advance and rear guard groups got lost ~~ - ' cin the woods. AS a result there was criticism of poor - ’. leadership, and the instructor ordered them to repeat . the operation. Several men refused; and the instructor=) ~~ : ordered that they not be given: ‘anything to eat. Because’ ‘ of the order, the rest of~the men refused to eat but : _ were eventually persuaded to do so. a . white they were studying on 27 November, Lt. Manolo “Nunez arrived from Habana with news that the course: would be intensified because some of the group had a .fixed date for their departure from Cuba for Argentina. During the day a conversation was overheard in which a Trotskyite said that the Cuban Government ought not to allow those who wanted to leave to do so since they : might be dangerous when they got to Argentina. The oS conversation waS repeated to members of the Peronist group, one of whom loaded'a rifle, intending to shoot the Trotskyite. The shooting was prevented. but .the atmosphere was so tense that the two groups were ready’ ‘to fight. At that moment the lieutenant instructor “. appeared and took away the rifles and ammunition; he !: immediately went to Habana to report the incident. ‘By night the five Trotskyites were separated from . their group. On 29 November Cooke arrived and urged the immediate withdrawal of the Peronists and the Vanguard Socialists -So that they could return to Argentina. That evening the trainees left for Habana, where they were housed in “a residential building on Calle Septima. On 30 November the trainees, because of their semi-abducted situation, ', became’ very concerned and put on civilian clothes instead .: of their military uniforms. On 1-December some of the 'men left the housé without permission, intending to take ..a Walk; they were told by Ulises (lnu), a Negro member ‘s. of G-2, that. they could not go out without the permission .. of the Cuban Government. They said that they wished to deal directly withithe Cuban Government concerning their 2. yeturn home since they did not wish.to have anything to “# do with Cooke, who-they thought was deceiving them. ’ Ulises immediately asked them for a written, personal | f..,xeport, including 1) their regard for and opinion of - ‘: John William Cooke;'2) the type of work which they ‘'gesired to do when they arrived in Argentina; 3) their : political affiliations; and 4 the impress tons proquces.. HW 50955 DocId:32423995 Page 90 HW 56829 Docld:32423640 Page 91
by ‘the’ cuban | Revolution: 10," Even after ‘the reports were ‘submitted the rule’ against . * leaving the building. continued in effect, so they then .- a talked with the political commissar who went to see , : about the matter. ‘When he returned he said that he - had not been able to put the case before higher - . authorities. . 11.° On 6 December one Guidi (1nu),4 someone Cooke's wife.” ; had met in Montevideo, took several of the trainees to: have their photos taken for the visa required for.‘ leaving Cuba. The Vanguard Socialists refused to . .89 because of the man's connection with Cooke; they~ “ wished to deal with the Cuban representatives. When yr .. °*“ one of the: trainees. who was taken.to see Cook explained ..° ..°: | a . ‘his position, stating that he no longer would obey orders’... uo | .from anyone but General Peron; Cooke replied that he_ should be careful what he said, especially since the‘ ‘Cuban Revolution had taken a turn toward the. Chinese policy in view of the behavior of the Soviet Union. Guillen, the Spanish instructor, | said that he had spent. an entire afternoon ‘in the Albanian Embassy trying to : _ obtain aid for the Argentine guerrilla army. : ' During the period when the events described above took > place,5 Hector Villalon, an emissary from General. Peron arrived with instructions to demand the immediate. a . departure from Cuba of all those who were studying ‘in ' the schools; in this he was supported by the Vanguard Socialists. ' ; aa “The first group of trainees left Habana for their | "- - veturn home vida Prague on 11 December. Themen, in’ ' some cases, were given two passports, one Cuban and> one Ecuadorean.: In Prague they were .interviewed by | “Vila (fnu), who is.in charge of Cubana Airlines .flights in Prague. His assumed name is Velasquez. ~ .: The last aSsignment given the students in Habana was to “-gend a telegram after their arrival in Argentina to .. 'Yolando Perez, Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los ‘ . Pueblos (ICAP, Cuban Institute for Friendship with: the ‘People) with the’ message "I could not accept the invitation," which would indicate safe arrival. “Instructions were also given to return the passports : . ~' to Miguel Angel, No. 844-50 Calle Maldonado, Apartment 503, or to Calle Reconquista 354/56, apartment 205, : in. Montevideo, Uruguay. During the training. and political . instruction in Cuba = the men. were organized in squads which were composed : as follows:6 | ot Squad’ No. 1 - Alberto Alvarez, Ricardo Arenas, Frederico Krause (sought by the Argentine police under the. name of Elias Seman)? Roberto Garcia, _ Pedro Ibanez, Jose M. Villar, Romulo Aganagay, 3 and Campos (fu). ee S-E~-C+R-E-T _ NO FOREIGN DISSEM HW 50955 Docld:32423995 Page 91 HW 56829 Docld:32423640 Page 92
HW 56329 ‘ “. Cordoba, Argentina, figured; he belongs to the Tres as "Marelli;" "Mellin," and "Belaz," followers of Cooke, ’ Headquarters Comments. . va" i | S-E-C-R-E-T \ _. NO FOREIGN DISSEM -5- ' CS+-3/535,176 ~ -Squad No, 2 ~ Jorge Monti, Mariano Penaroza, Julio Peralta, Alberto Albi, Ernesto Moranzo, Jorge Soteli, Ismael Fierro y Rodriguez. Squad No. 3 - Cesar Vallejo, Ricardo Valdes, . or Enrique Viamonte, Ismael Valle, Alejando Camposanto, .. - Ramon Ravero, Fredoy Rivera, Hugo Decuco, and — Angel Rameriz, director of the Trotskyite periodical Palabra Obrera, published‘in Argentina. 7 Squad No. 4 - Manuel Ordonez, Antonio Velasquez, Roberto Franco, Carlo Rivero, Juan J, Montenegro, Luis Bermudez, Jose. Sanchez (Spaniard), and Santiago D'Alessio, Vanguard Socialist. Squad No. 5 - Juan. Jimenez, Jose Falcon, Rodrigo Beitran, Sergio Martinez, Alberto Ruiz, Jaime Adri, ‘Jorge del la Fuente, Ricardo Canteca, Ireneo Ribas, a Catholic from La. Plata and a Peronist. : In addition, there was a group which made up the general Staff in which the acquaintances of one “Lucero” from Banderas Party, of neo-Peronist ideology. _ Persons known’ were also associated with the general staff. 1;:: TDCS-3/523,106, dated 21 September 1962, reported . '° that Cooke had left Madrid on 20 September 1562, apparently without seeing Peron who had made it , -known that he would not receive Cooke. . The 1958 edition of the Habana telephone directory “listed a Buen Pastor Conv. at Avenida 49 No’. 8007, Marianao, Habana, : rs Major Dermidio Escalona has previously been : L identified as military chief of Pinar del Rio Province. — According to a usually reliable source in Montevideo, .. - . Luis Guide, an Argentine Peronist, went .to Cuba in ‘ October. 1962. - . The time referred to is apparently about 6 December.: *~ - It is presumed that the names below are. aliases “~ yather than:.true names. \ ; ~ . In September 1962 a usually reliable source listed Dr. Elias Seman, Socialist, among Argentine organizers —— - for the Second Latin American Youth Congress, then |. ‘scheduled to be held in Santiago, Chile, in-January 1963. The date for the congress has since been ‘changed to February. Mo, In February 1960 Palabra Obrera listed its editor as ‘Abel Bengochea. In a report furnished by an official “Argentine service in April 1962, Angel Bengochea was listed among seven leaders of the. Palabra Obrera (Trotskyist) Party who had gone to. Cuba, for guerrilla training. The others were. Ernesto Gonzalez, Hugo YS) SupeGeR-B<T. > | - .NO FOREIGN DISSEM . HW 50955 DocId:32423995 Page 92 DoclId: 32423640 Page 93
‘S-E-C-R-E-T NO. FOREIGN DISSEM - 6 - CS-3/535,176 “~~ Bressano, Daniel Pereyra, Juan .Pundiz, Orellano " .. (fmu), and Anibal Tesoro, Cf. ;CS-3/509,420. HW 50955 Docld:32423995 Page 93 HW 56829 bocld:32423640 Page 94
HW 56329 "This material contains Information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Ti 3 U8.C, Becs. 7 end ‘T04,. the ‘tranamission or revelation of which in any manner to an unsuthorized person is prohibited by inw. . S-E-C-R-E-T ; NO. FOREIGN .DISSEM "REPORT NO. CS -3/535,576 countay .Cuba/Latin America re SUBJECT 1, Guerrilla Training for Latin» DATE DISTR. 30 January 1963° a Lee | Americans in Cuba ; 3 tO, 2. ~Plans for Revolutionary NO. PAGES . 3 i Activity in Latin America a! REFERENCES RD _w.2107 oo oe dn CS-3/535,575 “+ DATE OF August - Mid-Novembe! 3 196% bere CS-3/535,577 _ 7 INFO, ; . ~ , PLACE & Argentina, Buenos Aires ™ ~;. DATE ACQ. (15 December 1962 FIELD REPORT NO. THIS IS_ UNEVALUATED _INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. = - a a ee - An official Argentine service, from an Argentine Communist’: 7 ' who visited Cuba. Appraisal of Content: 6. ws / Intensive training is. being given in Cuba to large groups: Sof ..Latin Americans, especially from Central America, Brazil, .Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Panama; there are also some : groups from Argentina and Uruguay. Instruction includes courses in guerrilla leadership andthe manufacture of . explosives and their use in- acts of Sabotage. aa" In this connection contact between Cuba and other countries -: is maintained through the members of the Committees for : 7; Solidarity-W with the Cuban Revolution and the Communist . Parties of the respective countries, and the corresponding : _-Organizations in Cuba. =. The. following people are responsible in their respective ., countries for arranging travel to Cuba for training: in ‘Peru, Guillermo Carnero Hoke; in Nicaragua, Dr. Mario Flores Ortiz, who is in’ Cuba at present and is head of. the military — organizations’ of freedom, and Francisco Bravo; in Ecuador,:. Osvaldo Yuyasamin; in. Venezuela,. Mario Fonseca; in Chile, -Luis Enrique Munoz;.in Paraguay, Orlando Rojas; in Argentina ‘Ernesto Sabattini and Jesus Mira; in Uruguay, Victorio : Casardelo; in Brazil, Dante Dacosta Fonseca; and in El aa Salvador, Luis Contreras Vargas, who is in Cuba at.present — and is a leading member of the United Front for. Revolutionary , Action (FUAR) , which maintains the clandestine guerrilla “organization .in. the: mountains. of El Salvador. through means". .. Provided by Cuba. i ‘S-E-C-R~E-T HW 50955 DocId:32423995 Page 94. Docld: 3274273640 Page 95
. S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM -2- 7 CS-3/535,576" *, Josef Hokes, former Czech Ambassador to Mexico, plays an‘ ole in Cuba's revolutionary activity in Latin - He is allegedly connected in Peru with Hugo “Blanco, ‘a revolutionary leader who lives in the mountains , of Cuzco,. to whom he has sent economic assistance and°* “armaments. He is said to have carried out similar actions. for Alljo de Fleitas, a priest and guerrilla leader of Brazil. oe . - /Invasions - are not contemplated as a part of the revolutionary ‘program in Latin America unless there are first internal up- ~.. risings. |. These ‘could: possibly be carried out, because... equipment for. such’ uprisings is already stored in strategic Places. . 6, cokes was | present at a reception. which | the Czech ‘Embassy ‘in ; Habana gave for Fidel Castro and other Cuban officials. Among - wthose invited were Manuel Galich, of Guatemala, and Aleksandr, vIshkov, Minister of Fisheries of the USSR.” ‘Latin American leaders who wished to ‘speak “with ‘Hokes in order ‘to obtain assist “and Luis. Suarez. ce . Chinese leaders _are-démanding. that Cuba invade Guatemala, - "Nicaragua, El- Salvador, Costa Rica, and Puerto Rico, and — - bombard-Panama . They are also demanding. that Cuba issue ordérs that.the Communist and liberal soldiers in Venezuela : “overthrow the government and take power, and that the’ ~~ a Sguerrilla organizations in Chile, Colombia, and Peru prepare ~ ‘for the declaration of a general revolutionary strike. As for ‘Mexico, there ‘they will only await an occasion when the military ‘supporters ‘of General Lazaro Cardenas and other active groups a will take over power ‘by means of a passive insurrection. . “Cardenas and his supporters would ‘rely upon receiving decisive. ‘assistance from the internal and external revolutionary organizations resulting from the coalition of Communist and. revolutionary parties of Central America and Mexico which was’ carried out in Mexico in August 1962 and in which the Mexican jJeaders exercised control and supervision through Arnoldo © Martinez Verdugo, a member of the central committee and .the political commission of the Partido Comunista Mexicano (PCM,” _-Mexican Communist Party). The coalition is made up of the ’ PCM, the Partido Guatemalteco de Trabajadores (PGT, Guatemalan.. Communist Party), the Partido Socialista de Nicaragua (PSN,,. : Nicaraguan Communist Party), the Vanguardia de Accion ‘Nacional (VAN, pro~-Cuban revolutionary group), the Partido” Communista Salvadoreno (PSC, Salvadoran Communist Party), ‘Partido: Comunista de Honduras (PCH, Communist Party of- ‘Hondurasy, Partido de los. “Trabajadores: de Honduras. (PTH, | Honduran Workers Party)., -and other leftist groups. |The administrative ‘Secretary of -the organization works in the _ building. of the Mexican-Czech Institute of Culture, at | .Calles ‘Insurgentes, and Reforma and in its Political Bureau “"at Calle Londres 252, The-coordinator is the international . -+ Communist’ Max Aub Mohrenwitz, a resident of Mexico who works © .for } ee National University of Mexico, Also, Emilio Portes Gil,’ former" ‘president: of Mexico, is ‘involved. in this. mo gh o-RsEaT NO. FOREIGN: DISSEM . ons HW 50955 Docld:32423995 Page 95 HW 56529 DociId: 32473640 Page 96
ee SS Se : — ad m so, . 7 . S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM -3- CS~3/535,576 ia coalition and relies upon the support of soldiers on active: duty and on the National Front of Liberation. ‘ . The coalition has arms which were disembarked at Vera Cruz,” - Mexico, from the Soviet vessel TARKA (phonetic spelling) ’ during late September..or early. October 1962. Arms have : also allegedly been unloaded, in accordance with the plans: . - -referred to, somewhere along the coasts of Peru and Chile, » ~ “...and possibly in Brazil, in spite of the fact’ that the — ; ‘coalition did not include Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, . Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil. , 11. In addition to General Cardenas and the PCM, Mexican "°°: organizations associated with the coalition include the . ~"- Partido Obrero-Campesino Mexicano (POCM, Mexican Worker-~-. : Peasant Party), the Federacion Obrera: Revolucionaria (FOR, --/'. 2° Revolutionary Workers Federation), and the Movimiento a ". Revolucionario del Magisterio (MRM, Revolutionary Teachers" ~ Lo -Movement); they have allegedly been organized into a 7 fee , permanent association. at Galle.Salvador No. 30-301, © . profiting by the passive attitude of the official ce _ intelligence organizations, a portion of whose personnel | also belong to this Communist conspiracy. oe 7 PRR S TET Headquarters Comments 1.” Hokes left Mexico on 4 October 1962. 2....Fleitas is probably identical with Alipio de Freitas, who .. has made many speeches favoring revolution along Cuban lines. . ‘Source did not provide the date of the reception; presumably * it was in October 1962. Te re i *) Suarez is probably identical with Luis Suarez Lopez, — - naturalized Mexican of Spanish origin, who is a Communist newspaperman. Recently Portes Gil publicly denounced Cardenas and charged: :”...[ that he is working for'a foreign power. . uc De, . §-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM NW 50955 Decld:32423995 Paye 96 HW 56629 Docld: 32473640 Page 97?
HW 56329 Cad - “. COUNTRY * . SUBIE . & This moterisl contains information effecting the Netional Defense of the United States wit! mo U.S.C Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an uneuthorized person is prohibited by law. *" Questionnaire Filled Out: by “Peruvians Being Trained in .. Peruvian (F) recently returned _. Appraisal of Content: 2. , wie ay 5, hin the meaning of ‘the Esplonage Laws, Titl 7 NO FOREIGN DiSSEM . oe - Peru/Guba - REPORT NO. ©. CS -3/534,909_ a DATE DISTR: | «25 January. 1963 - corsa NO. PAGES 3 REFERENCES . RD CS-3/534,910 Late 1962 - | - @§-3/534,911 “DATE OF | ea a | -C-RR2-60251 *.. pateaca, Peres Lina {7 January 1963) eto rerorT NO. HPL-2719 +. THIS I$ UNEVALUATED INFORMATION, ‘SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT ts -TENTATIVE, / ‘Investigator (F) employed by a large American company, from a’ from guerrilla training in Cuba... { “The following is a questionnaire which Peruvians taking . : - guerrilla training in Cuba were required to fill out during . their stay: u . . True, nane 2.~Pseudonym | | Where worked; at what; how ong? - Profession; nerital atatus; date and place of birth. . Addresses in Peru eason for leaving; othex type of work per forned Parents, brothers, and sisters, uncles and aunts, _ grandparents, whether alive or dead; closest living. - relatives, etc. - Sn | Fréends of intimate political trust; names and addresses .. Friends of different, political ideology; names and... | addresses a - ‘Grade of education _ Past and present menvership in political parties ength of meabership and reason for leaving past - political parties . Jave you held any Government post? What type? “Why did you leave; or continue? How long did you. 1. Berve? . ‘ . : to Have you held any post in amass organization, union, . ! sports, social, or cultural club? What position, ~ . “how long?. ‘ ; , ot “15, Political leaning of the organization; who assist in _  S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSES — HW 50955 DoclIda:32423995 Page 97 DoclId: 32423640 Page 98
HW 56329 "S-E-C-R-E-T i ? NO FOREIGN DISSEM CS-3/534, 909 ‘carrying out duties; their (political), tendencigs and names? Poe: Revolutionary organizations of your base. Who. are .- ve the leaders? Names, and political affiliation. Experience in clandestine struggles Lota Have you ever been deported? Why? . How long? When? - , Have you ever been arrested? How many times? How |. - long? Reason? How were you released? © es ‘Give run-down on political situation in: Peru; mt ~ predominant’ parties, and the people. oe wpe ' Boundaries of your country / Political divisions po Military regions ‘Religious sects : Organization of police and investigative ‘agencies of repression ' Chiefs, of repression, | hated by the people~-names, | ranks, etc. ., Personnel of repression in your base,.- Chiefs. What means of mobility do they have available? What means of communication; possible reinforcements? | What kind of informer organizations exist? Formation - and chiefs Possibility of guerrilla warfare in your region Morale of the people for the struggle; organizations 3. What is the situation on the frontiers of your ‘+3. gcountry~=population and official control methods? .. Give names aad methods of persons engaged in smuggling. . How do, we get 45 touch with them? Give names of those whom we can trust. , Morale cf the Arny~-Lts state of preparedness. for be t pee anti~-guerrilla warfare. ; Do you have friends in official circles--1f 50, 7 do they think of anti-guerrilla warfare? . _. Morale of the police; working conditions,. and sal . What, ‘would . be the attitude of the police rank . and . file toward «a revolution? ; . Requirements for entry into the country Once. inside the country, can one obtain personal . docunientation for cash? How? Can a: foreigner buy a house? mo Is it possible to establish a commercial firm? | hoe _How can one obtain eredentials for an accredited | _ institution? . “Where do officials meet? Where do the governing classes meet? Form of entry; requirements. (it is possible ‘that | this refers to entry‘to social meetings. ) a . a .Can one gain entry to these places.of reunion by a. cash payment? _ -- Can one obtain a credential from someone to ‘buy “+ admission to such meetings? ., -, 51....How many people know that you are in Cuba? ... 62... When. and how were they made witting? ., 53. Have you done military service? How long? Where? | Rank? - . . 54, Grade: “an military instruction : 55. Aircraft in the country; location; number of planes . ...56, .Army..posts in the. country;. location; number of soldiers - §7.. Naval and river bases . a 58. Locations of military bases, and their potential. syne Luis’ ‘Perez had. ‘brought: with him fron Lima a map of Peru, On '. * this map each member of ‘the group marked the military installa- - ‘tions with which he was familiar, as well as bridges, rivers, - and Anything. else which was of importance An mal skery strategy. NW 50955 Docld:32423995 Page 98 Docld: 324273640 Page 99
HW 56329 S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM ao oe --3 -: aw) €8-3/534, 909 a, ’ - All these questions (the 58) had three principal motives: ‘to know the future guerrilla fighter better; and, above.all, his needs and limitations for the struggle; and, generally, ‘his personal problems and those of morale. Time given for is’that of introducing arms by smuggling, as, for example, in “the case or relatives who work on the borders, such as comrades ’ from Cuzco; also, in the case of Comrade Betancurt (pseudonym) -. who is from the town of Ayabaca, Piura, and who has facilities ‘o°. for smuggling. arms, since his community. borders on Ecuador, “ where large-scale smuggling of arms has developed. Also, the ~experiences of soldiers, such as Vallejos, who have served in such localities, show considerable practice in effecting such: contraband. : ‘1, Source Comment. In the question regarding: possibilities ‘ OF guerrilla warfare, the Cubans asked about possibilities . that this questionnaire has been filled out by at least -100 Peruvians who have gone to Cuba. Among those who have _ enlarged on these topics, the range is from lawyers down “.. to those who can barely write their names. Likewise, from ' the interest they. are showing in Peru, it is presumed that . many Cubans can introduce themselves into. the country, | passing as Mexicans or Panamanians, and set up profitable. ’ the questions had been in Brazil. The Cubans took two. photos “but: without cap.- NW 50955 Docld:32423995 Page 99 Docld: 324273640 Page 100 *. answering each question was unlimited. One of the possibilities | — of supply by air~-suitable drop-zones, etc. It is possible... . businesses and commercial firms. One of those who presented .-— - of those -in training, front and profile, in militia uniform, °:_.
ma -’ CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ‘ ‘material coviains information affecting -the National Defense of the United’ States withia the. meaning: of. the Espionaze Laws, $ Ma, U.S.C, Secs, 793 and” 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an cnauthoriced person ‘ts. prohibited by “ Ts. Visit, of: Salvadoran Delegation to DATE DISTR. 27 November 1962 . - .- Headquarters of.Cuban Troop Battalion SL ok REFERENCES RD” 053/528, st so Serer EE 3 9503 /829,536 CS-3/229, 338 7 October 1962 0 ee / OOS" 08~3/525, 512... BL Sélvader, Soa Salvador. areas . Ost : FIELD REPORT NO.- HSS-128 . SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. 2 Salvadoran student (C) who had access to the notes of one of the returning delegates. Appraisal of Content: 3. Os ere On 7 Ostoba® 1962 the officer in eoumand of batell Loi 192 of the Tadado | gone of Hekaia invited the Salvadoran Celegitice to the First Latin. _dnerican Usivaratty Catias: to meat with the. ‘Woop CL thAS battalion. | ‘The officer infésmed bie troops that the Calvadorim delegation had geile ' to Caba tO sae the Gaban Fevela tionary ‘ movendit: in sction and thit the ~ _Salvaderams would be given a variety Of “antormbhlon concerming guerrilla ‘warfare. Rail San Rowan Gowstles,“a Lisatenact ii the Cuban nili tia, xis acted as x gaide for the Sakvadorai delegation, seid thet the Salvadoran - ' delegates would have a special program because @2l wers menbers Of the. Frente Unide de Aockos Reeluciataria (FUAR = United Front for Revoln- - tionary Action), a Coumitiet front, ‘and bessase the Union of Cuban Comm~ nist Youth had recomended that this delegetioa receive training in — ve o* the officer in amend of Ratellion 192 explatzed to the Sslvedorms thet all revolutionary groups mat Le reinforced in their. early stages of = orgenization by the recruitment of persons of different political views. end that wham the revolutdon is om its way to success snyous ‘yho does..n0t. accept Commmist leaderairip can be expelled from the group. He aaid. . : further that this tastie can be used in El Salvador, The officer also. recomended that the Salradorans anew up plans which indicate points of . strategic interest in El Salvador, including important intersections :-. azas), bridges which could be sabotaged ,. terrain suiteble for guerrilla. activity, end airfields, He also said that thay shovld acqaire information, . as t© the type of weapors used by the Sdlvedoram ammed' forces amd as tO >. nomaal troop meveusats. The officer poluted: out, however,’ that in organize. ing ea effective gacrrllia novenent particular attentioa mist be paid to ine rcnlecleal dvinetrination of maura of the novanent so that each. meaber is convinesd that lie is figiting for e jast case. If he believer tds, there will be B® norale probleme . 4": vow te The officer then showed the delegate’ & lasge mep 6f Ceutral and South _ Qrierica, This map contained the lecatlon of militery forces of the Central - : gad South Americas comtries, the distenca betwean major cities, ead kay . highweya and bridgese~It also ghowad the camters of guerrilla activity in Guatensla, Colombia, end Venesggigey In addition, the mp contained XTarmy  #] Xi_navy i REPCINCLANT CINCARIB # AEC | NSA 1X | OCR _- HW 50955 Docld:32423995 Page Dhetd: 3342 640 Page 101. “00 HW 56329
HW 56329 4nformation: as to the numerical strength of the armies, airforces, navies, and rural police forces of many countries. They also had information as_ .' to the types of weapons in use in the Central American countries, most of " : the ‘surplus weapons from the Second World War. The Panama Canal was =. ’ shown’on a large map which had’marked all access routes to the canal from wedede _ both the Atlantic’ and Pacific Oceans,as well as the normal shipping and air routes. There werd also large photégraphs which showed the locks of © . _. the canal’ and also 4 special diagram showing the types of ships which can ~ ’ pass through the canal, ‘ Lt ‘ye . Some members of the Salvadoran delegation received training in the use of ." Belgian (FAL) rifles during their visit with troops of Batallion 192. ” Beeld Comment. : Salvadoran. delegates: to” the: First Latin American University” ”. * Games included Jose.-Luis Enriquez, Carlos: Rafael Baires, Armando. Rafael Morales,.Danilo“Armando Castro, Ricardo. Ayala Kroufts, Jose Alfredo - ‘Hernandez, Rafaél Mario. (aka: Rafael. Onofre, aka Rafael Salvador). Cuenca, Eliseo: Antonio’. itiel; Carlos. Antonio Madriz, ‘and Felix Rodolfo | ‘ (eee ee , i t i | | WW 50955 Docld:32423995 Page 101 Docld: 3274273640 Page 102
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' | TON NFOR WS, 2 dal Kee REP Ole i hay tee Ni eesti ervatee : C cenTRAL Trea GENCE AGENCY This raaterial contains information affecting the National’ Defense: of the United States within. the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title if, US, ‘Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or. ‘revelation of which in any manner to. an unauthorized Person is prohibited by law. ak, C-O-N-P-I--D-E-N-T-I~A-L. CS auunmay — euader /Cuba | — REPORT-NO. CS -3/534, 979 7 ma can Return of First Member of DATE. DISTR. .24 January 1963 as : Revolutionary Youth: to : ae - ne Receive Guerrilla Trainimgy .- WO, PAGES 1 ; , ; Cuba — “ — REFERENCES  =RD vee oF '. Late December 1962 oe . | PLACE & , pate AcQ, _ Ecuador, Guayaquil (6 January 1963) FIELD REPORT NO, HEG-2101 SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT [S TENTATIVE. Sent eer SOURCE:  =Member (C) of the Revolutionary Union of Ecuadorean Youth. Appraisal of Content: 2. Victor Leon, a member of the Revolutionary Union of Ecuadorean . Youth (URJE) from Esmeraldas, returned to Ecuador from Cuba on 22 December 1962, He is the first member of URJE to return ' from Cuba after receiving ¢ guerrilla training” in” that’ country. He wént via Nexico to Cali, Colombia, by air and then overland to Guayaquil. After his arrival in Guayaquil. Leon said that he was the only URJE member in the group with which he was trained and therefore he did not know when the other UNJE members undergoing training would return to Ecuador. Source*Comment, Evidently Leon did not bring any money nr back from Cuba because he asked for a loan so that he , wd. could go to his home in Esmeraldas. Leon is not. 4 - particularly intelligent and therefore was not trained e : as an organizer. However, he is eager to start guerrilla activities in Ecuador, | 2S SS ST eT HW 50955 Docld: 32423995 Page 103 AW 563279 DBocld:324273640 Page 104
| AW 509 HW 56829 ENT OF THE ARMY INICATIONS_OS=ICE' : \ ae Tey PS wo a mo CAN wy A. ‘ i) WN * y ED ‘A? 12 ymah ; POP AMTONATICALLY DECLASST i DOD DIR. 5200. 10 eof anal ae a: _fi SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM REUS DA 923579 SINCE CASTRO. REGIN. SEITED | NER ESTING? Bs 399-359 SALVADORAN STUDENTS HAVE VISITED CUBA. “CURR RENTLY S-12 THERE. AND. ESTINATE ED 6 REPORTEDLY BEHIND IRON CURTAIN. a -—" VISITS MADE” GENERALLY BY. WAY OF MEXICO. SOME STUDENTS TO BE APPLIED ON RETURN TO EL SALVALOR.} No FACTUAL INFOR MATION  AVALLA BLE.ON WRICH STUDENTS HAVE’ RECEIVED TRAINING AND IND CTRINATION. STi MATED! 5 OR 6 STUDENTS ZACH ARE CURRENTL Y WORKING AT COFFEE FENCAS © NEAR .ARUACHA! Pans SONSORATEs AND BERLIN N FOR PURPOSE OF SUBVERTING co, . fh fang! ‘ % & 7 Ly Yee ceanh iy - Pa omg na6) y) a bp 4 ., My ONY. Ler BEE : oo 0B, he cihwagys ( . co, . } : a mere ee ee inecemarea ne oe rn _ ‘ . "ACTION: “ACSI 55 Docld:32423995 Page 104 Docld: 324273640 Page 105 Pe ee een nn en ne apne Neng erent ane
r a eprint “CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY This materlai contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the mesning of the Espionage Laws, Title - 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in eny manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. S-E-C-R-E~T NO FOREIGN DISSEM BY COUNTRY Paraguay/Argentina/Cuba REPORT NO. CS-3/536 ,455 suBJecr. Return of Paraguayan Leftist to - DATE DISTR. 7 February 1963 Argentina from Cuba | NO. PAGES 1 : REFERENCES RD | DATE OF 9 January 1963 ‘INFO. ' PLACE& Paraguay, Asuncion. DATE ACQ.24 January 1963 FIELD REPORT NO. HYA-834 THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 1S TENTATIVE. source: Paraguayan security officer (B) from a Paraguayan Government , official in Formosa, Argeneina. Appraisal of Content: 2. : Retired Captain Guerrero Padin (fnu),1 a member of the left- LO wing group of the Paraguayan Febrerista Party, was seen in| Formosa, Argentina, on about 9 January 1963. Since October 1962 Guerrero Padin had been in Habana, Cuba, where he received . guerriila training. Guerrero, who is separated from his family,” spends as much time in Buenos Aires as he does in Formosa. z 1. Field Comment. Guerrero Padin is probably identical with rt Rafael Guerrero Padin. F . Headquarters Comment. . In September 1962 a usually reliable J Source with good contacts in exile groups, reported that ij Guerrero Padin (fnu), a former captain in the Paraguayan Lj Army, was an instructor in guerrilla warfare at a training f ¢ camp near Habana. The source received this information from 4 a member of the United Front for National Liberation (FULNA) Z ‘who had recently returned. 43 + Be Field Comment. According to a usually reliable source, 14 . Guerrero Padin is legally separated from his wife, Benefrida, pie. - who Lives on Calle Caballero, between Tte. Farina and | Manuel Dominguez, Asuncion, Paraguay. a 5 4 HW 50955 DoclId:32423995 Page 105 HW 56329 Docld: 32423640 Page 106
3 3 3 fy 4 Ba fe ba con ha H " RA ¥ ‘STP i { 1 ; C ecu muaney. -CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY - 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized perton is prohi bited by lew SECRET (When Filled In) CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS COUNTRY ARGENTINA / URUGUAY / cuss Oo - REPORT. NOL THCS --3/537, 168 ”” SUBJECT ACTIVITIES OF ‘ARGENT INE PERONIST oo "DATE DISTR. 13 FEBRUARY 1963 . a TERRORISTS : PRECEDENCE _ ROUTINE DATEOF 10 FEBRUARY. 1963. a REFERENCES IN-67191 - “INFO, oo Co a > PLACE& ~uRUGUAY, MONTEVIDEO (11 Fepruary 1963, - DATE ACQ, , ( 7 3) ments) - APPRAISAL 2 (THAT THE SUBSOURCE’ MADE THE REPORTED STATE/ FIELD REPORT NO. . HUM=2202 _THIS Is UNEVAL.UATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. : SOURCE. 4 PERSON IN CONTACT WITH PERONISTS IN URUGUAY (8) FROM A CONTACT (F) IN PERONIST: oO -. CIRCLES. “NORMA KENNEDY AND FIVE OTHER ARGENTINE TERRORISTS ARE IN MONTEVIDEO HAVLNG RECENTLY. ARRIVED FROM CUBA WHERE HEY INDERWENT GUERRILLA WARFARE TRAINING. “THEY PLAN TO GO TO IN THE NEAR FUTURE: WHERE THEY WILL ORGANIZE GUERRILLA ° renrase 0 OPERATIONS, (FIELD COMMENT: KENNEDY AND HER GROUP WERE PORTED" UPON | BY THE SAME SOURCE IN AUGUST 1962 WHEN. THEY ARRIVED aN URUGUAY CLANDESTINELY FROM ARGENTINA ENROUTE TO CUBA, ) (SOURCE, a ~Cowmen: KENNEDY» AND HER GROUP MAY BE HIDING ON A RANCH NEAR C——FRAY BENT OS, URUGUAY, “OWNED ‘BY JULIO GALLEGO SOTO, ARGENTINE «GROUP Eacluded trom aviamotc downgrading ond declosuhcanon CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS. _ _ SECRET | " pee Ke cosoug na EDITIONS. a Ses OS tee ET Leap ee Steen SS Ra ale ee tage, (2830) so cette ak eet ne te bine siete ees cament me ernem tem ae NW 50955 Docild:32423995 Page 106 HW 56329 Docld:32423640 Page 107 : This materiat contains information attecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Lows, Title 18, USC Secs. > |
‘ CLASSIFICATION _- DISSEMINATION CONTROLS CER pemnaiees ISEC RET 7 Tos -3/537,168 2 (When Filled In) ; int - PERONI ST. AND CASTRO “SYMPATHIZER.) (FIELD COMMENT: GALLEGO MAY a4 ae BE: THE: INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN THE CUBAN EMBASSY,.IN MONTEVIDEO AND i { ALSO. KNOWN AS . re] THE PERONIST GROUP HEADED BY JOSE LUIS ALBAMONTE, /4 AMERICO wy “BARRIOS. ~ DURING THE FALL OF 1962 GALLEGO WAS RELIABLY REPORTED apf. ie “TO BE.IN TOUCH WITH CUBAN EMBASSY “IN. MONTEVIDEO AND TO HAVE “TRAVELLED” TO BUENOS ARES ON .AN UNSPECIFIED MISSION FOR THAT “EMBASSY, y: Sorel Ns ae 2a. ALICIA -EGUREN DE COOKE, ARGENT INE TERRORIST AND GUERRILLA 2 “RECRUITER ‘AND WIFE OF TERRORIST JOHN WILLIAM COOKE, 1S CURRENTLY | “IN MONTEVIDEO. SHE PLANS TO REJOIN HER HUSBAND IN CUBA, POSSIBLY | 4 le IN LATE FEBRUARY 1963. | a “3. 0 . (FNU) GUIDE, ARGENTINE PERONIST, |S CURRENTLY IN steve HAVING RECENTLY ARRIVED F ROM CUBA, (FIELD COMMENT: . an |" QUIDE MAY POSSIBLY BE IDENTICAL WITH ALFREDO. OMAR GUIDI.,MILI TANT | PERONIST.)- ye Lo | a cL Ws AN UNIDENTIF 1ED PERON|ST WHO ESCAPED FROM. AN ARGENTINE. PRISON SIN LATE 1962, WHERE HE-HAD BEEN IMPRISONED FOR SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES || “SPENT SEVERAL DAYS IN MONTEVIDEO BEFORE BEING SMUGGLED’ BACK INTO | | ARGENTINA BY ALBAMONTE. IN LATE JANUARY OR EARLY FEBRUARY 1963: a 5. THE’ PERONIST (GROUP OF JOSE LUIS ALBAMONTE’ HAS “COMMITTED “VTSELE TO ‘AIDING FUTURE, GUERRILLA ACTIVATY: IN ARGENTINA -AND’ THERE- FORE, nwst ‘ACCEPT CUBAN AID. THE. KENNEDY: GROUP, ALICIA DE DA LIN. 16839.» cpm apeitne nee | ] | | t | tps oe i —— = —SLASsFTeaTION — bisehnATTON 4 } 4 t HW 50955 Docld:32423995 Page 107 HW 56629 Docld:32473640 Page 103
CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS 7|SECRET _ (When Filled In) tocs -3/537,168. “COOKE, “AND GUIDE ARE ALL IN CONTACT WITH ALBAMONTE.. cg FIELD DISSEM: STATE ARMY NAVY AIR CINCARIB: CINCLANT ACTION: © ACSI, NAVY AEs wes, osp. Con “INFO: - . DCSOP” on ‘DA IN seas. a END. oF. Messace “GLASSIFICATION ~ - DISSEMINATION CONTROLS IsecreT | HW 50955 DocId:32423995 Page 108 HW 56329 DBocld:32423640 Page 109
HW 56329 Docld:32423640 Page 110 NW 50955 SEORET wily reliable Commmist Party source in Brazil, Ascording to & usus two Bragdifens, Carlos Dandelld and Angelo Arroyo, have recently returned from Guba where they received training in guerrilla werfare. Both. bave been relieved of ali party activities to allow ‘them to concentrate wrilis activities tn Brazil. ‘The National Reecutive exclusively on guer Commtesion of the Dissident. Commnist Party of Brasil (CPB) planned to meet in Rio de Janeiro on 16 and 27 Janvary to diseues @ report to be gubmitted by Donielli ‘and Arroyo regarding their training. (CIA, TRS 3/534,448,. 17 January, SUCRE) SECRET Docla: 32423995 Page 109
La HW 50955 DoclId: 32423995 Page 110 HW 56829 DocId: 32423640 Page 111 COUNTRY © Gonador/USSR/Cuba SO CREPORTNO, | CS 78/534, 946 YATE OF "NFO. ne TATE “ACQ. Mouador, Guayacuil (Mece: aber 1962 - JanuilftD REPORT NO. HEG=2104 HOURCE Ecuadorean Teenie (By with access to travel information, oe . of Content: - oo. rs Cc CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY he menning of the Esnionage Laws, Title thorized person is prohibited by law. ‘ormation affecting the National Defense of the United States within th 34, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unau * DATE DISTR. © 24 January 1963 NO.PAGES Ss I REFERENCES . RD SO , Saar seember 1962 - ~ January G62 THIS 18 UNEVALUATED INFORMATION, SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT I5 TENTATIVE. Appraisal By the Cormumist Party of Ecuador (fCE}, returned to Guayaquil from the Soviet Unione mo, oo ae During carly Jonusry 1963 Antond © Ruiz Flores, a nember of the | PUR whe had been in’ the Sovict union t cov six months , roturned to ilegre. ne wing ate December 19 562 fotty Romo Loreux Giron, a member of . OO Cn 1b Jenuery 1563 Cesar Murioz Vieutia, a member of the Pou, was to traved. to Moscow. to under talia studies in civil enginceringe As Ga 12 or 15° january” 1963 B uador Padilla ‘ond Alfredo Almeida. 1 f. ol Varnes y wombers of | the PCE fron Milagro, were schedulee to travel | 7 to Cubs. So Julio Gine do: “yudiog : ‘Gonz ales zy Antonio Mosquera - Anchundia,’ 3 Jose Inis Cardenas Pinto, and’ Carles. Baste Casti ilio, members of the - PCR, Were - select ed by. % che PUR to travel to Cuba during the last hait OF: January. °19636° : Cote es Gow 4 ‘| Excluded trom automatic} downgrading and declaesiftcatlon emcee Ty
LEOR MAT rr a ey oa CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ‘ This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the Unit ‘18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in an Travel of Colombians to Cuba . 81 December 1962 Mexico, Mexico City (31 December 5 o62) THIS IS) UNEVALUATED SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE, . The following Colombians left if -on 31 December 1962: Luis enrique Gomez Restrepo 1 Eduvino Mateus Porras dorge Albornoz Fanny Puentes. de Cruz Cecilia Porras de Child - Manuel Tiberio Rozo Duque2 Prieto Guevara ~  — Maria Dalila Sierra Robon de Arcila Libia Colombia de Benavides “Clotilde Guerrero de Dorado3. . Camilo Doninguez Carlos Vicente Nunez Obondano Santiago Londono Londono “Aivaro Echandial Silvio Agrédo Yepez * Justo Castellanos 1 Jesus Antonio Villegas5 Jaime Rafael Altamar Pios Valentina Colombiana Arocha ° Jorge Chila@ Velezi Antonic Becerra Becerra Hernan Lozano Mahechal Eacuardo Kronfly Sara de Bejarano6 | Helena Garavito de Garavito Maria L. Villaseca Jorge Vargas . Ana Victoria Fajardo de Silva7 | Cristina Zambrano . Maria Irene avila Barrera All _had_enannias 3 See cate ee meee tne Sane lata ifanie canna ee nnn Pree pamere DA ey Sesh oes eh wassavanbe Docld: 32423995 DoclId: 32423640 eT, EINE OR WA ATION | O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I=A-L_. ‘Colombia/Cuba REFERENCES ed States within the meaning of the Espionage. Laws,’ Title y manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. REPORT NO. C5 ~3/534,1338 DATE DISTR. 16 January 1963 NO. PAGES 2 FIELD "REPORT NO. ~ ) ' Passport Person (5) with good access to travel information, Appraisal of Content: Passport | Passport Passport PassrOrt Passport Passport Passport Passport Passport Passport Passport Passport Passport Passport Passport Passport Passport Passport Passport Passport Passport } . Passport Paspport Passport Passport ‘Passport ' Passport Passport Passport | APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 1S TENTATIVE, Mexico City by air en route to’ 33145 588669 55834 (359708 692256 59845 064694 61694 69206 59816 8864 48938 TQ 39586 71069 55712 38610 50833 70758 30437 . 59607 88613 88687... 59880 — 59751 59440 ~- not given 59848 _ 59618 Gkour 1.
—_ : a ee C-O0-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-T-A-=L. bs ~-2- CS=3/534,133 a . Field Comment These people probably attended the celebration | NL in observance of the fourth anniversary of the Castro regime. j ' It is possible that Some of them may remain in Cuba for the : a Latin American Women's Congress. i. . Headquarters Comments . 1. Members of the extremist Segment ‘of, the Liberal Revolutionary a ieee os. (~Movement. . - a _ 2. Rozo was arrested by the Colombian authorities in May 1963 « ° during a raid on a Communist meeting. At that time he was uo a student at Universidad Libre. 3. In March 1959 Guerrero was reported as a member of a preparatory i Committee to organize a Communist-front women's organization in 4 So Colombia. 4. Londono has a long record of Communist and Communist- front .. activities. <A cancer specialist, he attended a cancer conference in the Soviet Union in February.1962. He visited . Habana in tate December 1961. \ 5. Villegas is labor secretary of the ‘gentral executive committee .of the Communist Party of Colombia. ~ 7@ 6. Bejarano was reported in August 1962 as a member of the’ Union “N DS of Democratic Women, a Communist-front organization. | a oF, De Silva has a- long record of Communist activities. 6 RW 50955 DocId:32423995 Page 112 HW 56629 Docld:32423640 Page 113
ne oo: CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE A AGENCY /materiat contains information affecting the National. Oofense of the United States within’ the meaning of the Espionsge.Lews, Titte 16, U.S.C Sec Rr and 294, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to en unauthoried oerion it prohibited by law. \ . CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS REIGH DISSE exuiRY DCMINTOAL 3 Saray S . Ver - REPORT NO. ;TOCS ~3/551,991 a ot to Sar ees Tae ao TUCHERIGALMCOMONIG? DEXCNEEES «CATE DISTR, 22 WRORNTER Lge . ho . PRECEDENCE OUTING GUA DRUEMEER T2 | . "|." REFERENCES . TRELALD, , SALT (17 & 20 DECEMAER 3962) ‘ ! ‘ sat i pe. ONALE DECTIGER 1962 A CZECH ATLTES oon) FLQE 4 mie (Setar , ae OUED TG UABANA, CUBA, FROM PRucu 13, OZBCHOS, cova: thio Sete E o RIG ET YOMINICA ¥ core: WIEST Ss FO LOFEZ ; NOTA BAS REINTO SP IONGON ALVATE uz eee REMAGID: - (LES CRENCMTED as Seer, a | SL 4G.) HUG FRANCISCO CABRMRA GARCIA ra ee a SUN GHP Te AR + TAT eb EG SCRAVO FEDER TOO 2 [CART RIGA Eacluged trom oviomote dpengroding ond ‘ declosfication CLASSIFICATION = DISSEMINATION CONTROLS Oo, Gaowr | E-E-C-R-H-T/NO PORMIGH DIE: pug eee Le eel eee ee at ie iy athe ke p/T Ta bo Earns IP Pad | napa! E3" “1Kb HY 50955 DoclId:32423995 Page 113 HW 565329 DBoocld:32423640 Page 114
CLASSIFICATION DISSEMINATION CONTROLS TDCS ~3/531,991 i. iv S-E-C-R-E~T/NO FOREIGN DISSEM | OTHER PASSENGERS WERE 21 CZECHS, THREE EAST GERMANS ,-™! © SPANIARDS, TWO. AANA ONE PIM, AND ON: ALGERIAN. THE CARGO INCLUDED AIRCRAFT SPARES AND DIPLOMATIC 3. HEADQUARTERS COMMENT: ‘THE ABOVE DOMINICAN COMMUNISTS ARE EIGHT OF THS TEN WHO Gan DEPORTED FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO FRANCE ON ABOUT 1 NOVEMBER 1962. MAXIMO LOPEZ MOLINA Is SECRETARY CENERAL OF “PEE MOVIMIENTO.:-POPULAR, DOMENICANO (QD - 082 SIHICAN AB te me eee Vecou POPULAR MOVEMENT), A LEFTIST PARTY DOMINATED BY COMMUNISTS s ISLANDER SELIG DELMONTE AND i Fas PARMENIO ERICKSON ALVAREZ ARE MPD LEADERS; JOSE. ESTRELLA JACOBO ARMACH IS THE Ni / Ne COMMUNIST LEADER OF FE NEPIA , ‘THE DOMINICAN GOVERIMENT EMPLOYEES UNION; GUSTAVO . : ae (Qomntoo nscane RICART RICART IS A MEMBER OF THE MPD; ANOTHER SOURCE HAS REPORTED THAT JUAN JOSE aa " \usT08 RIVERA IS SUSPECTED COMMUNIST AND AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE AGRUPAGTON POLITICA yy CATORCE DE JUNIO (APOJ - 14TH OF JUNE FOLITICAL GROUP), A A PRO-CASTRO GROUP, SEE 1008-3/528, 562 OF 17 NOVEMBER 1962, FROM ANOTHER SOURCE, WHICH. REPORTED A MEETING my a : 2 ae enema ergs cree cents mee ‘Pais BETWEEN THE” CUBAN AMBASS ADR’ 10 JRAICE AD ABOUT Toh DONTNTOANS 10 Discs. TH. 2G ee a omead AS; SIBILITY OF HELPING TH 10, co TO CUBA WITHOUT PASSPORTS. 2 ae VED DISSE: “CieaRIB, ‘CINCLANT.. END OF MESSAGE : ae ere en tne HW 50955 DocId:32423995 Page 114 HW 56329 DoclId: 32423640 Page 115
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HW 56329 Mario Vera Arrata, was one of fowr Eouaderssns who on 22 November threw Guayaquil, according to the source. The camp where Mario Vera is training is the URJE's intelligence officer, acgording to the source, and is the " CONFIBENTIAL An Beuadoredin youth whe returned from Cuba on 18 November 1962 hes spent. mdet of his time since then training guerrilla candidates in Rounder, according to @ fairly reliable source vho is a member of » ‘the Revolutionary Union of Eousdorenn Youth (URJE), The youth involved, of dynamite at. the USA ID mission office mitiding in guerrillas is said to be Ideated near a awall béach resort some 70 miles. pradtice, the use of camouflege, and hand-te-hend combat. Mario Vera pringipal courier for instructions coming directly from Cuba, (CIA {11 C8~3/551,084, 31 Decender, COME HW 50955 DoclId:32423995 Page 116 Docld: 3274273640 Page 117
NO FORFIC:: DISSEM dma repoyte that three young Peruvian extremists shot and Killed i & eae in Galleo on 11 January. One of them wad @ Sivil guard fre Miguel Tauro de Mela, a young Communit leader who attended the Latin Ameri¢an Youth Congress im Havena in 1960, He te said to be boasting after hia arrest te days leter that he pulled the triggér, end to be threatening other attacks on the euthorities, A second one of the trio, got, attended the People's Conference Jorge Sefer, who te stil. being vou in Havana early lest year, No tie to Cuba has yet been reported for the third Willer, Fernando Samaniego Perdiz, who has been arrested in time, (CTA, Ima EY 49651, 14 January, SECURE NOFORN) NO FOREIGN DISSEM NW 50955 DoaclId:32423995 Page 117 HW 563279 DBocld:324273640 Page 118
“CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE . AGENCY ".‘Thia material - contains information affecting the “Notional Defense of the United States within ise meaning of the Eopionage Laws, Title - -18, USC. Sees, 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which iq any manoer to an. - Unauthorized peroon is prohibited by lw. , SeE-CoR-E-T COUNTRY Costa Rica/Cuba |  ppORT NO.) CS =3/535, 911s . ‘4. February 1963; SUBJECT” “Inclusion of Militia Training .-° "|, DATE DISTR. |. ee ain Communist Party Program 0 ot NO. PAGES ° oy REFERENCES” RD oh DATE OF Mid-January 1963 . “INFO. me -VpLACe @ Costa Rica, San José ‘” DATE_ACQ, (27, January 63). . oe ; z SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 15 TENTATIVE, | 50 source, ‘ Costa Rican (B) with good contacts in Comminist: Party circles, " who talked with Lopez's mother. Appraisal of Content: 3. ae Militia training will be included in new courses’ of ‘Instruction soon to be: . Started Ly the Partido Vanguardia Popular (PVP-—Costa Rican Communist Party), "Alvaro Lopez Vargas, a PVP. member who was formerly ai employee of Public . Works, was sent to Cuba in June 1962 to be trained in militia organization, ‘Upon his. return, to Costa Rica Lopez whl help: conduct, sinilar courses din? Costa Ricae: ; HW 50955 Docild:32423995 Page 118 HW 563279 DBocld:324273640 Page 119
Pe Sh tr rn ome Bel oe SIO cas 80) Oo Red ana CRETE TS ee eee wow TI ot tee TL CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY oe : : This material containe information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title an : 18, U.8.0, Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any menner to an unauthorized pereon !s prohibited by law. H S-E-C-R-E-T “4 : _ ot eg met re A tt eee . | COUNTRY Cuba/Nicaragua. REPORT NO. CS  _3/534,165 =. >, SUBJECT Cuban Training of Guerrillas DATE DISTR. 16 January 1963 | _ for Landing in Nicaragua : ye : - . NO. PAGES 1 To = ee REFERENCES RD_w_2107 : DATE OF Mid-1962 | INFO, ; ° PLACE& Belgium, Antwerp © - DATE ACQ. a6 . FIELD REPORT NO. THIS 1S. UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF-CONTENT 1S TENTATIVE. “SOURCE: Cuban naval officer (F) who left Cuba in January 1963, from ° : a Cuban G-2 officer who disappeared from Habana, reportedly | ce deserting, in November 1962. ° Appraisal of Content: 3. C me Apout July 1962 four hundred men, including Mexicans, a Nicaraguans; and Cubans,were being trained in Cuba as a guerrilla unit which was to be landed in Mosguito, Nicaragua. | oe Field Comment. The Cuban naval officer did not know when ' nH i the landing in Mosquito was to take place. ye — i ne ae Ome Aon fet Ce Ban tt /, ao) On) f CF GDF Bah Cte a Satta Baeitanenh OG tate! ye i rn cons “4 . 5 u . r A ° ' ' Se , : ; Z a . . . : om ; ; ' on , - Co, - - ‘ ; 4 J : 4 ” . t wy tw J sinlituiniiindinasensaet aeons HW 50955 Docld:32423995 Page 119 HW 563279 DBocld: 324273640 Page 120
lyse oF £ the YWeraton Loeton” £4 Cuba. “Peyse yubliekty abroad about the formition of a Foreign Legion ‘to fight for Cestne aay have given o Saiewhat misleading demre mericans and persons from. other ovitmmant, udually under the - Cinseitete of Priendihte for Fooples). Ba a8 a tent piace, Rwy wore Pomeed, grtaon thinean statente sett hone vere mobiLized without any cugertunity to decline the honur, “Rey duened some ey duis: dhiah, ‘tha Soho lensing. thay came to Guba on had gatedied,. S of Praeident mber of the Posedeneis: sho have tele. Sa webldence tn of the noel fervent int ‘WOULS he Pleased with the des of Highting ‘thie oo ve delcetion ef bei Sines the Hovebuttos ame teva believers: for the couse (though. Khey might feaet té actual comet), Sens nis ire, of outa, nilsan Secretary told ZGUIR BENTIAL DocId: 32423995 Page 136 ) Docld: 324273640 Page 137