(404-10179-10025 RETUSN To. CA Ckground bin $9 4 o * G0 Not. re “a eye B Noveuter 1960-7 - MYORARTEH BOR TEE RCRD : ‘ SURJECT: Contact Report on Mecting with AKRUML =O / 1. On § Novexber at 1130 hours, .MRUNG-1 and =I\CECYER were met at the veshington Airoort by undersigned. They were then taken by taxi to the “ay flower Petel, where a room had been reserved ... for their use. ier having lunch at the hetel, the carty sdfoprned to the room, where AGENG.l was givens stort briefing a Coons fT operator who wag scheduled to meet ASSTNG-T a Francisco's training, or any aspects that -MPUNGel sight wish to OUP So : 2. At 14CO hours, the under: Bat to the lotty of the hotel where Frencisco was waiting ta his escort officer. j 0 was instructed to bring tothe roa. It was : . in advance of this that all srincinals would with draw from oc... { the room to rive AYRUNG.] an o mity to talk with Francisco alones’ mt “f } Forever, it was sugrested thad turn a half hour before the i i interview was terminated to cléaF U3 any points as to the natura of } : olarify. ‘The interview vith Francisco was terminated stout 1510 : hours, as AMETNG.1 stated he would be clenseod to have Francisco ‘ ‘ assicned to hix. AL indications were that a happy racport was esta- : blished between the srineipals and a comleto understanding was - . : reached as to the future role of Traneisco ag the «./T operator for ; i the AMYUH grevo in Cuba, > | : 3, At avoroxinately 1535 nowrap is hie appearance | at the room and was introduced to APET as My, Rodrick, Prior to i this meeting, “RVRG.l was told that Mr. Rodrick was the coordinator for operations and would lire to dise:ss some of the sere ssecifie aspects with hin, orior to hig return to Cuba, |Ceeil Cartwrigh , who OF . had escorted ANAUNG ngton, asked to sit in an this ting . . along with "eters ee he felt that MASH sheald be fully ne informed on watever ] matters were discussed with AMRURO-2 Te I { : effective future coordiyistion between Headquarters and MASH. } : ANLS indicated no ebjections to this and stated he was glad to have - | | t in at this moot ines &. In substance, covered nost of the highlights dentng” a with orevicus atte> aply the ASTIN group wit aras and ammo, and alramaritime overations currently being olanned. In this connection, °S0NGal was highly pleased to learn that a ~,000 pound — , SECRET be at te ee meee Oe a eee Te ee pret etn ae sane ete 4 (6K
SECRET | age shipzent hud been successfully infiltrated to his group during ris absence and Arain urged that rows ench aricrents should bo etepped ur in the Suture. of then briefly discussed tho SIN“: . operaticn and asked sYAUNG-1 Af he , thank this area fer the (2 wa. already "Llown? due to the number of people whe alr-ady knew of his o,@ration, (This includes © other people besides alXUMel and A RUNG.1.) AMAUNGe] stated he was not sure, but vould inve:tigate thig upen his return. However, he felt that this wag an excele lent DZ site and should he utiiized for any our sequent airdrop acheduled in . the Pinar del Rio province dy nforred AV HUNGel that his overlays cn various LZ's and C2's had bedH-FéeGived and were being reviewed by the opera- ticns peo, le. He corpligented AN:UNG-l on the excellent work of his earto~ grcpher and expressed the view. that these TZ aroas would be tut to good use. Finally, he assured aN.UNGel that no stona is heing left unturned to provide his grov, with the nasessary materiel sup-ort «iich 4s critically necded and thal this sup.ort «ill be step ed up as our infiltraticn capabilities are ine creased both by air and sea. In parting, he csuticned a iUxGel not to take any unnecess ry chances when he resuned operaticnal activities in Cuba, since his leadership in the AUYUM group was vi ir overall interests. The reeting was terminsied about 1720 hours 4 and Petere took their deo parture,. Os 5. Sore of the more significant hi, hlirhts of the conv-rsaticns whieh - tock place betwen AV AUNG=1 undersigned prior to his meetings with the W/T operator (Francisco) andy are noted herewith: Be be Eecurity: Castro has taken stringent seti n in tirhtening up his internal security a, ainst counterercvoluticnary forces inside Cuba. The riiitia arr being uven to search heus<es for concasled weapons (ustailly hy a hlock system), and anyone failing te produce proper identification is removed for questicning by the NSER. Hence, AVSUNG-] ani his organizatii« are laryely confining their ettivities te the duyli:ht hours from 0700 to 2000 hours. Re considers night operaticns © particularly on the st:ects of Havana - as highly dancerous inasmuch as the SJ:R (security orrans) are . ecnstantly on the alert to stop individuals en the street to check their identification decuments,. Documentati:a of A,ents in Cuba: A¥YAUIGe) surgested using an identiricati a card tasued by the Havana University for their students. He had a sazple copy in his ;ossession, which he cleizs- was reallly accepted by Castro security forces as being valid. Sirdlariy, a driver's license prozerly authenicated along ‘with a — health certiricate were cenyidored to he gocd ®"eover® docurents Go for ueents cperating in the Havana area, A gup;ly of blank identi~ - fiecaticn cards wi:i be turned over to the Statien by AVAUNC-1 for. trenarittal to headquarters for any suta: quent accurentation of .° SECRET RTE AO er es cate ee arte + = semen coated Srcnagenpancnnnyenetnteets acreeere aie « Pa ete a ne + rem nce lep aerator Ae mp nee. ee
14-00000 Ren eee neem ESE QO Paap AFL AT SNE GS EADS ACES NED a 90 TTR al late at Sot ae ™ Se d. Se BR ‘$ : SECRET — “+ agente whe can be passed off as students at the Havana University. (He suggested preparing cane for his w/T ozerator (Francisco). Operaticnal Expenditures: CQue:ied on this aspect, L*SUKG-1 stated his organigati n-wculd need a pinimur of 50 to 60,00 pesos a month to cover their overall operaticnal expenses. These funds are being used for aafehouse raintenance, travel e>penses, purchase of vehicles and gaecline, ailozaticn of funds to varicus sub. - . diviaions of the AMYUK organizaticn located in varicus provinces of Cuba, and purchase of focd and sup ort of varicus arents whose families may be in dire need of food and medical surrlies. w/T o.erators: To date, both A”PANIC}e14 and A*CLEX-) have net mot the requirements for effective cornunica'ien with us on AYYUK- operat.cns. However, APNG.) feels that AFPANIC.1% has not been compromised or turned by the 015 and ounce he rets cover his nervous state, it is possible he can still be used, Siriiariy, altheurh - AYGLENel ds considered to be a po d w/T operator, AYAUNG.] fecle his usefulness to hie has been considerably nejatat by the nature of hig assignment at the Naval base end bis recent restrictions to this base by orders of the Castro recive. In stert, AYRUNG-L feels com-unicaticn ia the weabest link in his current eperatic ne and that direet com-unicati:ns with the Embassy is growing ine creasingly hazardous, due to the fact that Embassy seracnnel cre under close surveillance by the Castre cecurity ferees. For this reason he fecls that Francisco will fill a seriecus wld in thie respect, once he is infiltrated inte the ANYUKN organisation in Cuba. Support for other anti-Castro props in Cubas aNSTNG=2 stated that all materiel sup,ort srculd bo funneled directly te his organizae ticn for dietrituticn to other anti-Castro g¢ro.pe in cuba. In his view thig would serve as a e-ntrol factor in unifying the over. all effort of the varicus splinter ,roups seeking sveh suppcrt in - Cuba and ould also enhance the pfestice of the MRE as the spear. head for the FRINTE.. He then went cn to acd that he was fully —— aware of our efforts to supsert other groups in. Cuba, which he — assumed we were operating sith | on a unilateral basis, (i.e., he sited Nino Dias in Oriente), AMiWNG.l felt this wis a serious. pistuke, as this unilateral suport would affect the leadership and directicn new being provided by the ¥AR throughout Coda. . The- . undersigned told AMalNGel that he arreed on the desiramiiity of . a cocrdinate d effort on the part of all counter-revoint: onary groups seeking to overthrow Castro using the FRENTE as the rallye - ing center, However, the question of supcort being die -ted |” through one channel namely: his organization in Cubs, was neither feasible ner practical. The fset that Castro had tightened up aecurity throughout the varicus previnces of Cuha, woold make it difficult or iw possible for the AMTUM greup te ship ares and other equipsent fron Havans te the eastern rost provinces iie@ay Las SECRET
SECRET oohben Villas, Camaguay of Oriente) without jeopardizing both shipsents and person el. Hence, tha need for unilateral action on our part to eup.ay these fighting groups tn these provinces, This explamaticn appeared te satisfy AWEUNG21, however he still ineisted that his organizati n should at lrast be appraised of any raterie support provided other groups in Cuba, Re was assured that wa would take his request under consideration. f. abDIDPY¥-1: AVYRUNG.1 feels that no useful purzose would be served {a sending his a-scciate to join forces with him in Havana, He feels that AFBID0Y-1 should continue te r-present the AY YOM faction in the FAD and when the counter-r:veiutivr-ry forces aro fully prepared to everthrew the Castro regive, a¥PIDTY-1 will be brought into the Pinar del Rio to direct the AVYY forces in this province. g. Kanolo Ray: ALAUNG-1 considers RAY as a higrly dan-erous individ because of his great arb.ticn to play a preranent role in any gubsoquent Cuban gov rnsent following the overthrow of the Castro regine, In his opinion, RAY poses a seri.ua threat to VANCNA's Jesdership and the FRD inside Cuba. He is atterrting to draw various dissident groups to hie bannere and appesrs to have eupro from the riddle class represented by business interests, politicd and the professicnal class. Should 2iY te persuaded to join forees with the FKD, AXAUNG~1 thinks he wi:l continue to operate on @ unilateral basis while seeking to supercede the FRD with his om crganizaticn in Cuba, ° he Tony Varona_and the FRD: Although AFRUNG.L reccgnizes the neod to aupport the FRO as a political front for rallying counter- revolutionary grou,s againat the Castro r-gi-e, he n- netheless o feels that the FHENIE and Tony VEiCNA hive lost eensiderable face 1 e wal as 4n Cuba by inaction and political maneuv- ring. Be further pointed out that he ie aware that thousands of dollars tad been poured into the FRralz, but dissident groups in Cuba hve scen no evidence of any of this money to aup ort their efforts to cverthrow Castro. Bence, cconfidence in the F'D is at a relatively low ebb amcnz the people in Cuba and a new shot in the arm in the form of materiel and financial support is needed to restera this eonfidence,. Ac- cording to AFRUNG-] this cup, ort must be fortt.coring soon because euch peo;le as Fanolo RaY ere taking the initistive and will soon contrcl the entirs counter-revolut onary movement in Cuba. John D. Peters SECT 2 eRe SRA CTRL LCCC OT Sn +P SAR NCEA GD SRE As eNO ot Or tt nearness ache ene atte Saneear cect en, 4