(toa-f0zt5-t0184 TRANS PAITTAL OF TOCS INFORMATION REPORY CL/OPS 2, CI/tC, i ri, FI/bD, FL/INT 6, IW, CA 2, CA/PEG, DODDS, WE 4, WH 6, SR 4 Hy i DISSEMINATION | shee [3 feasysrT tT Ta AC we/S/pl 4} LGRE-0708 (IN- 17547) : | SAS/Tni 21 SAS 3/ HAP a E ii seb NP (AMLASH . | -pSbs/eob 1 sas/sosmm (1 iseyep 2 HAE olen ®) : i [EVACUATION ' : REQUESTED | ' } i i H NO FOREIGN DISSEM , RECOMMEND FOR EXO . SECRET FE] : Crone FLED ops} : 4. : | oe tx-3 ORICRE TE FeEReLS compe sm ane7 ve & Bee 2
14-00000 e Ug INFORMATION REPO CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY : This material conteins Informetion oHecting the Matianed Detaveg eo f ‘W93 ana 794, the transmission or roveistion of whah i gay 9 nner the Usited States witha the meaning of the Espronage Loews, Tete 16 USC Secs ‘ 12 28 uaevitorsed geren is prakibited by tow ; CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM CUBA/USSR we - REPORTNO. TDCS -3/558 ,848 COUNTRY _ SUMECT 1, INFORMATION ON SOVIET MILITARY DATE DISTR. 11 SEPTEMBER 1963 PERSONNEL IN CUBA 2. TRAINING OF CUBAN MILITARY PER. PRECEDENCE ROUTINE SONNEL DATE OF REFERENCES in- 17547 INFO, EARLY SEPTEMBER 1963 D-ACG-03238 - PLACE & ‘BATE ACO. (11 SEPTEMBER 1963) EN ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR TSE PAST TEN MONTHS AND WEO HAS GOOD CONNECTIONS AMONG PROVI- NENT CUBAN OFFICIALS. TO DATE, SOURCE'S RELIABILITY HAS NOT BEEN i ESTABLISSED, APPRAISAL FIELD REPORT NO. { THis is UNEVALUATED irormation. source GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. | SOURCE A HIGH-RANKING CUBAN MILITARY OFFICER WEO HAS BE 1. AS OF EARLY SEPTEMBER 1963 THE SOVIET PERSONNEL IN CUBA COULD BE DIVIDED INTO Tro GENERAL CATEGORIES: (A) SOVIET MILITARY UNITS WHICH MAN SURFACE-TO-AIR (SAM) SITES, CRUISE MISSILE SITES, AND RADAR AND COMMUNICATIONS SITES. THESE UNITS ARE COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF SOVIET PERSONNEL, INCLUDING MECHANICS AND SECURITY GUARDS. THEY DO NOT FRATERNIZE WITH i : H . CUBANS AND LIVE IN THEIR OWN CAMPS AND AREAS. F ' (8B) HIGHER~CALIBER TECHNICIANS AND OFFICERS WHO TRAIN  &k CUSANS AND ACT AS ADVISERS DOWN TO AND INCLUDING DIVISION LEVEL IN THE REBEL ARMY. (HEADQUARTERS COMMENT: SOURCE HAS NO CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS S-E-C--R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM REPCINCLANT “NPY TREASURY D a t fa 1Kb OBSOLETE PREVIOUS EDITIONS. oo quam) Shi RC Reevntre REE A oe 7 ee DIL Ee ONE TORTS oe cont, ctl emcee BERT ba ace ae ne weet Rabe Rothe tie A etedeteb act ede he eat 7 Bea 9 apnaniee netcthonn ar eremrstann epee Get ' "
14-0000» $ CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS 5-E-C~R-E-T TDOCS ~3/558 , 848 NO FOREIGN DISSEM CONFIRMED INFORMATION CONCERNING THE NUMBER OF SOVIETS IN CUBA. SOME ARE LEAVING BUT SOME ARE ALSO ARRIVING. SOURCE IS NOT AWARE nn oe OF ANY SOVIET INFANTRY OR ARNORED COMBAT UNITS. PRESENTLY “IN CUBA. | HE STATED THAT ANY UNITS WHICH MAY HAVE FITTED THIS CATEGORY LEFT WITH THE IR3M'S IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1962. HE IS CERTAIN THAT. _ i ALL IRBM'S AND BOMBERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT.) | 2. CASTRO CONTINUES TO BE UNHAPPY WITH THE SOVIETS AND WILL NEVER FORGET THE TREATMENT HE RECEIVED FROM THEM IN THE FALL OF 1962. CASTRO IS MICH CLOSER TO THE CHINESE LINE BUT REALIZES HE CANNOT J | EXIST WITHOUT SOVIET AID, HE INSISTS THAT THE CUBANS BE TRAINED AND ASSUME CONTROL OF ALL SOVIET EQUIPMENT IN CUBA. BECAUSE CASTRO BECOMES ENRAGED OVER BEING CALLED ANYONE'S STOOGE AND FEELS SO STRONGLY AND PROUD OF THE INDEPENDENT POSITION HE HAS TAKEN, SUCH AS NOT AUTHORIZING GROUND INSPECTION AND NOT SIGNING THE PARTIAL TEST BAN TREATY, IT IS BELIEVED THAT HE WILL INSIST THAT THE SOVIETS i LEAVE WHEN TEBE CUBANS ARE TRAINED AND CAN HANDLE THE EQUIPM=.T. po. 3. MIG-19 PILOTS HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN BOTH THE SOVIET UNION ahve te yen = N 6 i ° . H AND CHINA. SOME, SUCH AS PRENDES AND VERONITA (SIC), RECSIVED . “A ; i ' MIG-21 TRAINING EARLY IN CUBA AND MORE PILOTS ARE PRESENTLY TRAINING IN CUBA, (HEADQUARTERS COMMENT: PRENDES IS PROBABLY CAPTAIN ALVARO PRENDES QUINTANA; VERONITA IS POSSIBLY IDENTICAL WITH CAPTAIN ENRIQUE VARONA,) THE MIG-21'S ARE CONTROLLED BY THE CUBANS, BUT THE SOVIETS REMAIN AS ADVISERS, - ne har srspsrreqettec suse en an mnt ag nn nent yan haan Oe CLASSIFICATION ~ DISSEMINATION CONTROLS S~E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM FORM Kele USE PREVIOUS - ceesias . 469 "= GONTINUATION OF TDCS INFORMATION REPORT D . "oetem mer anctannnsbe datas co mete TT Rae ATI ty gett rman mn eee 8 eeaeeeeeets pamenagee epee Tn hegen ste Uae My Seta eeinmrne stent A vay nad Mie ON Te Aednememgtm mandi Baar atom estimate ii aR AHR ES. MaRS
we ener ievetee 6 oe eee sina RIMES Te ENO athe apts peamocnir & + "mm cop cme CLASSIFICATION = DISSEMINATION CONTROLS iN @ 17547 S-E-C-R-E-T TDCS~3/558 , 848 NO FOREIGN DISSEM . & sweet oy tnt Me rite Sa ne | 4. THE KOMAR VESSELS ARE CONTROLLED AND MANNED BY THE CUBANS | WITH SOVIET ADVISERS. . ; Oe i 5. THE CUBANS ARE BEING TRAINED TO HANDLE THE CRUISE MISSILES. 7 (HEADQUARTERS COMMENT: SOURCE IS. NOT CERTAIN BUT BELIEVES THAT THE CRUISE MISSILES ARE ALREADY UNDER CUBAN CONTROL. ) 6. THE CUBANS ARE NOW RECEIVING CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION IN THE OPERATION OF SAM'S IN PINAR DEL RIO. THE SAM'S ARE STILL UNDER SOVIET CONTROL. : , 7. THE CUBANS ARE ALSO RECEIVING COMMUNICATIONS AND RADAR ; TRAINING. CASTRO HAS TAKEN ENGINEERING STUDENTS OUT OF THE UNIVER- SITY OF HABANA FOR TRAINING, WHICH IS INDICATIVE OF TE 7'%.:ORTANCE , HE ATTACHES TO THE TRAINING OF CUBANS AND THEIR ASSUMING CONTROL. 8. THE CUBAN ARMY IS ORGANIZING AN ARMORED DIVISION WHICH | WILL BE UNDER THE COMMAND OF MAJOR ASEVEDO, (HEADQUARTERS COMMENT: POSSIBLY IDENTICAL WITH ROGELIO ACEVEDO GONZALEZ WHO WAS PROMOTED | TO MAJOR IN EARLY JANUARY 1363.) NEW TANKS WITH INFRARED. FIRING DEVICES HAVE ARRIVED IN CUBA WITHIN THE PAST THREE TO FOUR MONTHS, aw IT IS ASSUMED THAT THESE TANKS A&E FOR THIS DIVISION, F 9. NO SOVIET TROOPS HAVE PARTICIPATED OR ARE PARTICIPATING IN , | THE CUBAN ARMY ANTI- INSURGENT OPERATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. REGULAR . ARMY DIVISIONS ARE PERMANENTLY STATIONED AT CAMPS THROUGHOUT THE | ISLAND, AND MILITIA DIVISIONS ARE ORGANIZED OR ACTIVATED AS THE NEED ARISES. CLASSIFICATION = DISSEMINATION CONTROLS S-E-C-R-E-T
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