AFR hee (foat07-t0251 fo pe meee ttn og cee eee OF ey me pO eee as ree fae ty bed do ON CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Thts materiel eomtame infurmeathw a@eating tie Nathal Defense of the Vatted States Bithin the meaning of th’ Espionage Laws, Title 1% VAC Bere TY and 194 the tranmmiwan cf Ieetiation of hich in any manner to am wuautheriged pereum fs prohibited by law. SECRET. NO FOREIGN DISSEM REPORT NO. C$ C1-316/01206-64 COUNTRY Cuba DATE DisTe. 15 September ito os ws SusJECT Cesar ALARCON Fonseca : _ | NO. PAGES 2 ant sear | e Sas REFERENCES ae CATE OF 1964 - . ‘ piace a Washington, Dd. Cc. \ . \ DATE ACG. September 1964 ; FIELD REPORT NO. . . ; - THIS 18 UNEVALUATEO INFORMATION. wouRce GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 15 TENTATIVE, ‘ source: A former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban intelligence’ Service until April 1964. ° Headquarters’ Comments The following report is one of a series containing personality - ' information provided by the source and includes supplemental information from the records of this Agency. ne 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’. Source identified Cesar ALARCON Fonseca as the captain of the plane on the Habana/Canada flight on 21 April 1964.1,2,3,4,5,6 Headquarters Comments l. A report dated 28 October 1959, from a fairly reliable source stated that the Cuban government was planning to purchase as many as 100 MIG-18'’s and included in the purchasing mission were Cesar ALARCON Fonseca, a Cuban aviation company pilot and protege of Major Raul, CASTRO Ruz, and Captain Victor PINA Cardodo, an officer of the Fuerzas Acreas Revolucionarias (Cuban Revolutionary Air Force ~- FAR). 2. Another office of this Agency, in a report dated April 1960, reported that Cesar ALARCON Fonseca rgceived pilot training about 1955 in Cuba for Cubana Airlines, but was considered only an average pilot. 3. On 8 August 1960, an extremely reliable source informed an¢ther office of this Agency through a sensitive source that Cesar Me ALARCON, newly appointed Chief of Operations of the Cubana 4 SECRET .  Gerapogen ocd t NO FOREIGN DISSEM NSA, | MEX | oca IFB{ 2 | STATE OIA ARMY i NAVY AIR REP CINCLANT CINCSO # I&NS | iMate. Field distwibution ndaaed by “2S *.) hehe tenants WH WH LSALNOR LL MASA — AF WHSAKE. iniSAZch roves? wH/SA 7 (1), WE 1 (2), CI 4, RID I may 9g9g8t
14-00000 @ oY SECRET ; . hO FOREIGH DISSE — CSCI-216/91206-6¢ wt =m 2am Airlines Office, International Airport, New York, is in fact the new resident agent for the Cuban Intelligence Service in the New York area. ALARCON is an old employee of the Cubana Airlines and ‘flies as co-pilot. ALARCON is a member of the Cuban Partido — _Socialista Popular. His address in New York City was the Century Hotel, 111. West 46th Street. . 4. <A member of a group of Cuban emigres trained in the techniques of le we ' information collection reported, in October 1961, that Cesar ALARCON was a Communist whe holds a high position at the airport in Habana. “5S The following biographic information on Cesar ALARCON Fonseca was recélyed from several sources during 1962; a ALARCON was born on 10 October 1925 in Ortente, Cuba. He was a captain and chief pilot for QGibana Airlines (ECCA) and a captain in the Cuban Revolutionary Air Force. He is about six feet tall, 185 pounds, is a mulatto with blond hair oo and blue eyes. He was described as a dedicated Marxist and a . Communist., a staunch Fidelista, and a personal aide to both - Raul and Fidel CASTRO., He has been dascribed as the top . Communist in Cubana Airlines and very anti-United States. He has also been described as being a Marxist and a Communist for convenience rather than by conviction. In October 1962 he reportedly left for Russia to attend a course in handling Soviet civilian planes. 6. An untested source, in a report dated 13 February 1964, stated that Cesar ALARCON Fonseca, Chief of Operations for Cuban Airlines at the Rancho Loyeros Airport, is a Communist and very close to Raul CASTRO. aere 1 SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM °