ares 3/py naa agate ay Bree) 6 ES av oh j a 4 F g £ q i "Phate' shatedest HAUS, Sed, 3 ana TL ibd trenataleslon OF revcietida, of LIGEN LIEN “CENTRAL: INTE = AGE NCY - _Saaréins insommation accetiag: the National Defensa of the Uktud states within the meaning Of the Esptonace Lawa, Tite my fwhick in any manner to an unauthorioed person is prowikites Sr law, . SECRET NO -FORSIGN DISSEW “ corny ORDA REPORT NO. CS CI-316/0CS2¢-64 i . sussect Jose POSADA Torres’ : DATE DISTR. iv August 1934 . oo . “NO: PAGES 2 ; Dota ce REFERENCES — ae a ae re es AUR TO C1 BK re 08 1964, ne : . ... 1°. Background Use Only NO ms " nt Bo Not Reproduce place's Wa ashiugton, D. ce ’ DATZ AES. G.Aueust “1964: . vet "FIELD REPORT. No. | Lee “THis is. UNSVALUATED — (NFOMMATION, SOURCE GRADINGS A&RE BerINATIVE. APCRAISAL OF CONTENT is TeNTaTe,. “ounce: A fotner Cuban: Ys officer: who served with the Cuban’ 7 Intelligence Service ‘until: April. 1964... # eadquarters Comments: an sO - . eo “The following report is one of a‘series containing personality information. provided by the source and includes supplemental inforszation from the records of this Agency} It is requested that the addressees take no ‘action on any of the individuals mentioned in the personality reports without first checking with this Ageacy. ° Jose POSADA Torres, pseudoaym “Calixto," is the Cuban Consul at Tampico, Mexico, He as an officer of the Dircccson ‘ General de Inteligencia (Generai Directorate of Intelligence - : DGI). POSADA was originally, agszeged to Vera Cruz, but ; was reassigned to Tampico. Feadeuarters Comments Then the source of the above information was queried 7 i. i concerning proof of POSADA's association with the DGI i anc the Cuban Intelligence Service, source said he had i lie docuses ntary proof. However, he said he xnew of | POSADA's affiliation from his own trip to Mexico, from 4 observations. at the DGI Headquarters, a and fron general. . “shopvalk. , 2. A fairly reliable source in a report dated 20 June 1962 ' provided .ssitive identification of Cuban G-2 agents abroad. Included on the list for agents in Mexico was a one (incu) POSADA, the Cuban Consul in Vera Cruz. POSADA. 3 was described as having been born about 1936, five feet 2 SECRET 4 NO FOREIGN DISSEM STATE | o:a _t asay | Navy bar {i xsa KOERG OS 1 ocr Fst 2 REP CINCLANT CINCSO # | TENS : (Note: Field distesbution inciceted by “22 — ren: avy rr ta ree racer = a as Oa CC La w RE LK SPL Qe a OR IR PP aA wy ae Eas a bore s/s 3 z vy/ A io ¥ + ee — - —- A Bip LT A ene 21 "330 larry rf NO PROJECT P2LLUGCLT S/Sia ia. = — WN i_CSCI-316/0C534-s4 [ese Lac | vr mi [__ i ! f0e5 “P* [ravens ob ts: i t OOROATING Ronis [er es WE/SA 7 Gi), WE 1 (2), CI 4, RIDBD ANN + i Tess NO. 4 neat wae aenssstn noes auee 201-334245
1 . . ° CE a a See a ee re +s we 3. aA yeport from a usually reliable course doted oF Telly 1962, SECRET NO YOREIGN DISSEX » eight inches tall, having brown hair, a this brown nustache, - and being obese. This same source in a Fepart dated 4 July 1962, added the following” information: POSADA also has ‘urisciction over Isla Muheres'’ where (fau) ‘NONES, an. - Old tine G-2 mewter, is stationed. * POSADA weighs about 150 pounds, has a white complexion, and: as very careless: in his dress. . stated that the Cuban Consul in Vera Cruz, Mexico,” is Jose Luis POSADA. : - , he Information dated July 1962 revealed the. ‘totlowing ‘inforaation 7 on Jose L. POSADA Torres :. Assigned to vora Cruz in’ Decesber 1960, POSADA . is reportedly also engaged in' the. distribution of — propaganda and ‘the suvervision of the Cuban espionage | ‘Service in Mexico. Ke has - ‘been. ‘identified by a source. of sdetermined reliability as either a member of ~ he ‘Communist Party or a party adhérent. He is known . to have been in contact. with General -eriberto Jara. _ Coroza, formey president of the Mexican Peace Movement; a’ Communist-front: organization. POSADA. reportedly . " spent two years training in Moscow. * 3. It was reported on 14 June 1963 that’ Jose Luis’ POSADA, the Cuban Consul at Vera Cruz, Mexico, . was departing for Cuba on 28 June 1963. SECRET |. NO FOREIGN DISSEM Fee mts ee ee ee me ne er ee