(404-10196-10226 wat ND GO die OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY This materiel contains informetien aferting the Nettonas Defense of the Calted avaves etitin ihe meaning of the Eaplonage Lewes, Title %, USC Sere TH and fra, the transmission of rerelation of whith ia any macaw W 5 UBeUthoriged person te prohibited by flaw. ‘ SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSE REPORT NO. CSCI~316/01239-64 country Cuba SuBECTNorberto HERNANDEZ Curbelo - gate mst, 12 October 1964 \Pa NO. PAGES 2 et yan c ow e bs) REFERENCES packs gproue pare of 1964 no Ne INFO. pce g Washington, D. €.° - pate acq.October 1964 ALO REPORT NC. THIS §$ UNEVALUATED ([NFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT I$ 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. 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. Norberto HERNANDEZ Curbelo, pseudonyms "“Bucareli” and "Noel," is the officer in charge of the Guatemalan Desk in the Departamento de Liberacion National (National Liberation Department - LN) in the Direccion General de Inteligencia (General Directorate of Intelligence - DGI). 2. Source first met HERNANDEZ in 1959 when they were ; introduced by Ramon VAZQUEZ Montenegro. In mid-1959, HERNANDEZ started working for the Cuban G-2 under the command of VAZQUEZ and Eduardo DELGADO.. When DELGADO was replaced as Chief of the Check Up and Vigilance Bureau in 1960, HERNANDEZ-was also discharged from the G-2. . 3. In late 1960 or early 1961, HERNANDEZ started working for the Cuban Electric Company as a simple laborer for street work along with another former G-2 member, "Pelencho.” In 1960 or 1961, there was a public demonstration by the cmployees of the Cuban Electric Company who were dismissed because they were suspected as counter-revolutionaries; HERNANDEZ attacked the demonstrators by hitting them with guns and arresting some of them. In front of the Electric Company was a Communist Party, site and HERNANDEZ visited these offices frequently and wis usually seen in the company of new and old Communists. GIST SECRET i coopeteg od NO FOREIGN DISSEN Sesteeteeree [Srate DIA LARAY NAVY LAIR |____._REP__CINCLANT _CINCSO # _I&NS Loner Feld detetvhon indeated by "2 ".} it SCI-316/01239-64 WHSA-R-LY = PWASUA Re “faa (eH ; i te ot $3 GS de oR HIL/SA/EOB 1 WR/3/R_ TE] LT LX - 1821 2) = "We wusa/vop Ly weysape| [eter /ess Fl i [0 PROEJCT(AMMUG/1) pw /SA.CL ab af WIL-WAVE ; ; __ COORDINATING REL E ieee [erin sa 7 (1), WE 1 (2), CI 4, RID 1 SEANO WMK : LD fuk We.
14-00000 SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM CSCI-316/01239-64 a2= 4. In December 1960, Ramiro VALDES formed a group of twenty-five men who were former members of the 26th of July Movement in Habana ‘and former G-2 members. VALDES formed this group on the pretext of an expected invasion from Guatemala and this group was to stay with him if the invasion should take place. HERNANDEZ was a wember of . the group. 5. HERNANDEZ was transferred from the Cuban Electric Compang to the Departamanto de Seguridad del Estado (Department of State Security « BSE) and later to the DGI. 6. In September 1963, HERNANDEZ spent a day in. Jamaica in order’ to establish contact with some Deminicans who were, according to source's information, to be transportéd to Cuba. He once tried to get to Mexico, but was denied a visa. -HERNANDEZ studied for a time ina "Revolutionary Instruction" School in Habana; he seems to be very ‘convinced about the government. 7. HERNANDEZ was born about 1939, is six feet one inch ctall, ~ 145 pounds, has a slim build, a fair complexion, and short hair. He is married and has a daughter who was born in 1962 or 1963. HERNANDEZ * father lives in Camaguey Province, his mother is dead. HERNANDEZ‘ address is 70th Street #908, between 9th and 11 Streets, Habana, Cuba; his telephone number is 29-5927. Headquarters Comment 1. The records of this Agency reveal no identifiable information on HERNANDEZ. SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM Pad