404-10185-10119 ° OMNIS Moe me ve 22 Steen em ce acre conten = MNS RETA PO er . : : . 7 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY m1 ; si ater manne itsemsion asec th Raion! Date ofthe Cid Se wit te eae of We emacs fan Tu 1 TSS asck Te) and 104, the atenens at eerelation of wile im any manner to oo unAUIbERAl.§ pepeon pr pecnubived OF. 18 i SECRET - : xO FOREIGN DISSEM countzy Cuba re Toe cata226/00801~64 - ; . susiget « aadaca FAMIVA ore piste 18 august 1964 7 j REFERENCES : ; - pats or” 2964 | a a . oe PLACE & tashington, ‘ 8 Ae A former Cuban 1s officer who “served with the Cotas 2 Recon tte are page eta tk oer ene peg Zatelligence Service until April 1964. a Ct r Headouarters Comments : AS Line ey Cra The following report is one of a series containing =| Sackaround Vee Cnty personality information provided by the source and i. Ge Nok Rapides, seer rs cpap includes supplemental information from the records of this aAgency.. we ae menage . 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. _ Andres ARMONA, pseudonym “Eraesto," is the officer in enarse of the Haiti Desk in the Seecion Central (Central gaeriean Section) of the Departamento de Liberacion . ; Nacional (The National Liberation Departmeat - LN) of the ‘ reccion General de Inteligerncia (General Directorate of Intelligence ~ DGT). ARMONA #43. SorestThy the Cuban Commercial Attache in Mexico.4 7,3,9 . ae Seadcuarters Comments @ se 1. <A veport cated 8 August 1961, from a fairly reliaple source, stated that ome Andres ARMONA Ramos had bee ‘ issued a diplomatic visa by the Costa Rican Embassy. in Habana. ARMONA was newly appointed as secretary first-class to the Cuban Enbassy in San Jose; pe was also expected to serve as temporary charge d‘affaires in the Embassy. . . -5 SECRET . t 3 NO FOREIGN DISSEM ‘ /4 . aes! Jy [stare 3.4 [army ° | Nav? 1 aig Thea [abs | ocz a iNete: Fiera eat eas inc‘ected hy “2%.) See ORE PS RO arn irre SNR: POR | ; u . K- 1600 Ala? wwf a/R VW CI/ za yi . ; CEES we 7 ZADR 2 CI/RS Kise> i iNO PROJECT (AMUUG 3 LAs — [esc <1-315/00601764 LEADRDINAT IMS KREWE “o* is ' MK: uD: sak 7 qe RRS: 7 1) WEL (2. cl 4 etn? i * ! iCI/REs | 3/py j LUsmaddaee ——t FO NO. 9 MSOLRTE PPEVIOUS LOTIONS | Rnd ASSO og .
a rs mesures oe nor agcafatiays & 4m: ar Cnet er es 4 bid . $. a . . SECRET . NO FORE: iGN DISSEM Brew eliszble source with yood “contacts(3n. the —_ geported that one (fau) ARMONAS wos a Cudaa Gaz agent —- Sears w Cuban Embassy in San Jose. ARNONAS reportedly vas” ve senior official who went te Cosia Rica wkth instrudetions ~ te reorganize al} ee date Suban fronts. This inforaation, wag received 1a a report da 2 august: 1961. cou. a “sane soyree, in 3 répors dated 1 Scpteaber 3861 stated: as (finn) ARUONAS, the Cuban G-2 agoat in Gosta-Riea, Golived a sSeetane at a meeting on 21 August 1961, sponsored by the Cudans. Mo spuke particularly to’a group of. Communist syupathizers . aud militants whe were chosen te ge te Guba Saying she. Wee en: startang 27 AL anit 1961, ie. nhhwdws oi eokics aaeteuetion a & &m in guerrilla activities in the Provinée of Las Yes. Cn & Septenber i961, ‘a usually reliable source reported that Augres Nicolas ARSONA Ramog, diplomatic passpore member D/GI/175, - arrived in Lexico on 15 Nay 1651, departed. Scxtes “for. abana om 5 June 1981, returned to Yexico on 28 July 1061;,-.anH. éegarted Nexico for. San Jose on 30 July 1961. ARMONA “1 cescribed ae haying. ‘been: bera in 1918, a aulattoy ang ‘mae In the 7 Auguct 1962 ; issue ‘@f the San Jose daily newspaps Pe Hora, it was reported that Andres Nicolas ARONA @amos, the. Cutan Charge d'Affaires, was replacing: Cuban Anbassador | Juan ‘ Jose FUXA Saenz. & report dated 29 August 1962, from a usualiy-reliable source,-. stated that Andres ARMONA Ranos, the new Cuban Commercial  . | Counselor of the Cuban Embassy in Mexico, arrived in Mexice me on 24 August 1962, and would replace Ramon CUENCA Montote. . a Nen.can businessman with close contacts in coumercial and shino:ug circles stated, in a report dated 23 October 1962, that thera had been no evidence that Andres ARMONA Ramos had reSlaced CUENCA as chicf of G-2 in Mexico, According to tLe source, ARMONA is highly intellectual and has no undere stancing of commercial activities. CULNCA suggested that ARLONA be transtferreg to the Cultural Section and source believes that this will be the case. Docanentary information received in a report dated 25 June 1963, . from a representative of this agency in Siexico revealed : the co ae following information: ; —_ OF audres ARLCNA Ramos, & Negro who was born in Habana, Caba, of 30 November 191S, is' the Commercial Attache at the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City. He holds : passport number D/62/490. His wife, Ima MILAN Olivera de Arnona, holds passport number E/62/637 . ARNMONA has two children, Fidel ARMONA Milan and Margarita ARNONA silan. In Mexico City, ARNONA and his family reside ° SECRET ° NO FOREIGN DISSEM ; ; . a Se Bee Fe
14-00000 i eas Ct. ae ee ; SECRET .! . ; NO FOREIGN DISSIN . -3= : &2 Pachuca 127. . re A report dated £3 a:r2il 1964, from a fairly reliable souree, \ stated [oat andres ARUONA, formerly of the Commercial Office .— f the ~sban Envasse in “avian, 36 ta treedie fa Cuba for = havicg sept such Foor records of expenditures; a6. came. .: Les close is beliag thecua inte jazi. Ke has now been ralegated srs. Clearly demoted. He left things at the office in Xexico Caty, people g to strwighten out his accounts. rv os & g fs r 4 3 rm) se rs <4 rar) u he £3 & * there are still tryi SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM TP memes ame em or