CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ‘Tits material coutathd informetinn afecting the Matioual Defenar of the Catted Atates within the seaming of the Geplenage Lawes, Tike 18, USC. Seca. 183 ang 104, the tranamtaoe o¢ revelation of which if any manger to en unauthoried peraca to proki-ited by Rew, SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM . x & counter Cuba/Haiti REPORT NO. CSc 1-316 / 02627 ~64 SUBJECT . Rane DEPESTRE, Haitian DATE DISTR. «= «17 December” 1964 Communist Leader ’ NO. PAGES q REFERENCES pare of 1964. INFO. PLACE & Washington, D. C. _DATE aca. OctGBbér 1964  . FIELD REPORT NO. THIS 3S UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. souRce. GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPHAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE, source: A former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban Intelligence Service until April 1964, wt ye ye? ; Headguarters Comments & x The following report is one of a series containing perso, efieye information provided by the source and includes suppleme ay? information 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 Agency. 1 .c4source identified the name Rene DEPESTRE, a Haitian, from an jofficiai|travel manifest. He advised that DEPESTRE and-his wife, Edith, are living in Habana, where DEPESTRE is, in effect, a salaried employee of Radio Habana, broadcasting a program in Creole to the Haitian populace. Source was asked if he xnew if DEPESTRE had a group of men for an invasion of Haiti; source advised that DEPESTRE had no invasion group, but believed that DEPESTRE was scheduled to accomppny one Jean Norbert MONTERO to Oriente Province in January or February 1964 to scout the province for guerrilla trainee recruits, but source does not know if DEPESTRE actually went. 2. When queried regarding DEPESTRE’s contacts in Moscow, source replied that he believed DEPESTRE had been in Moscow and, therefore, would presumably have contacts there; but source could not name any specific persons. Ay SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM } grate | ota 7] ARMY wavy Tair REP CINCLANT CINCSO # me he Go oe bn me 89 C8 om OF KX we Zaz ier Lia ie yp LX-1829 yE GLADE} R He PROJECT ( AMMUGY 1) iL. WASH] EL j-OSCI~316/02627-6H SA/C : ae Abs : MOSA 8 (1), WH/2/H 3, WE 1 (2), CE 4, RID I | «  fwu2/8 BS :LDrs 1
104-10186-10218 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY The caatertad contains ribose decting’ ine Wattonal Defense or ine. Catted §tates within the miraning ay ihe Batons tows; Tite a eBC. Gece. < ‘783 and Te “tbe (randmission on perelation of whet ta any manner to- on, “unsuthotised peteon pronivited or tae, SECRET -NQ_ FOREIGN: DISSEM a ‘COUNTRY Cuba/its eA RepowT NO. CSC4-916/02627-64 ser patie £ DATE DISTR. © .17- December 1964 ke! NO PAGES ae . REFERENCES 2 Z FIELD “REPORT: NO.«. * THIS 1S: UREVALUATED_ INFOMATION, source GRADINGS Ane DeRiNITiVE. APPRAISAL OF. CONTENT a TENTATIVE. 73 source: A former Cuban 1s ‘officer who’ se¥ ved with’ the Cuban _ Intelligence Service until April” 1964. Headquarters ‘Comments The following report iso of. a series containing personality information provided by the ‘source and includes supplemental information from the records of this Agency. It is requested that. the sddressees take no action on any of the individuals mentioned in the personality reports without first checking with this Agency. 1. Source identified the name Rene DEPESTRE, a Haitian, from an official travel manifest. He advised that DEPESTRE and his wife, Edith, are living in Habana, where DEPESTRE is, in-effect, a salaried employee of Radio Habana, broadcasting . a program in Creole to the Haitian populace. Source was -asked-if he xnew if DEPESTRE had a group of men for an invasion of Haiti; source advised that DEPESTRE had no invasion group, but believed that DEPESTRE was scheduled to accomppny one Jean Norbert MONTERO to Oriente Province in January or February 1964 to scout the province for guerrilla trainee recruits, but source does not know if DEPESTRE actually went. 2. ‘When queried regarding DEPESTRE's contacts in Moscow, source replied that he believed DEPESTRE had been in Moscow and, therefore, would presumably have contacts there; but source could not name any specific persons. SECRET rs SPT NO FOREIGN DISSEM senegratieg ond STATE ola REP  CINCLANT CINCSO # (Mote: Field dutribution indicated by “#".) : pa corte Ooty, em eat ithe Met aoa a Neath bk SecatainL oe ax a ah ek Leakwamecse ss SO PROJECT ( AMMUG/ 2) SCI-316/02627-6) COO RD jou T tA ~— Ww" WH/2/H BS:LD:s n_draft| Cl Popa NOY OBSOLETE PARVIOUS EDITIONS. _ 201-17697 -