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of. wel ee --27 February 1976 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD | SUBJECT: : SOA U, Employee oe i vd yA GY" 1. called on 26 February to advise that in his judgment DCD’s roll in this matter is finished. has sent. this material to John Kennedy, NARCOG, who has advised Joha Werner, Drug Enforcement Agency, who will contact , directly. 2. jhas cohtacted directly and notified see him that) [Will be calling Hig” We, therefore no further action by DCD in this matter, andf has ~been so advised. _ Deputy Chief of Operations, DCD. ‘Distribution: Orig. - OC/DCD Chrono «1 - Control ; . . E 2 IMPDET CL BY 018877 is
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erp reeem aren fi | ee eer) NFL~003-7¢ . ' Chiat, Donestie Callection Division = - -:13 January 1976 ATTN : Oaguty Chief of Operations ; * ‘ . \ : Publication of Teens Relating to Cuban Operations [Fh f7- ; pr, i. We not with] | retired Agency ets eta taft eaployes, a |’) Ga. 7 Jamssry 1976 a Bis home In Tampa, Florida. head raquested the mmetd ag through contact with OCC. One ites of Interest ‘p+ - Sonera ok Ss to-write on Cuban operations during “.-" periied. 1961+ urrently is im the process of preparing © one -. “book (on! tha. aay OF Pigs) for publication. Recently, however, he  epoke - with George Crile, who ie writing a book on Watergate burglera Bugenia Martines and Bernard Barker. Crile indicated he and co-author faylor Branch plan to fallow thar book with one on the Agency's Cubao operations, and focus on two major figures. an the Bay of Pies invas Sinee Hartines wae deeply involved with uring the Bsy of Pigs and in subsequent operations againat Cuba, he will be the primary sourea tor the book, -2[_]netteves the story Martiney will provide will be somewhat. web ae inaceurate bees ly aaw..developments-frem the- vantage point “of &@ ship eaptain. (whe se cohort Robertson ie deceased) believes only be eax provide an accurate recounting. The Martinee book is scheduled for printing im the summer of 1976. wuld Lika to beat Crile and Branch to the punch. Indeed, he ves they will not publigh their tney know he 1a going to publish one on the. sana gubjecr. What ishes is: ‘an indication of ganeral Agency reaction to any tamiseript te might - write on the period. | jwiebes to write about the operations of the AMLILAC . oe ; fmandos Mombieet) duxing the period 1961-67, when oe, conduered about 100 infiltration and exftitragion operations ia Cuba. , Any mumecript he dréfta will, of coures, ba submitesd to the Agency for review. He does not wish to get into the writing job, however, if there ie a blanket prohibition on describing Agency operations which cecurred in tha! that ‘Period: and place. He notes that Marriner, soc ‘ferrered Ly -Aganey restrictions, ‘will provide Crile and Branch with his recollections, [____ believe» he can cover the material in a way which will not hurt anyone or expose anything. He hed ne intentions of gett*ng intro the commando raid Fecounting business. until he heard from Crile Pacently. : ; i : i H ! 2 IAPDET cL BY 011668
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14-00000 7 | | | COMFIDES®T IAL 8620902 DEC 75 STAFF. CITE Deo n3e34 pcp . . _ <ATTs DEPUTY CHIEF OF OPERATIONS oo - SUBJe | TANPA, FLORIDA ) : : REF 1 TELECON |16 DECENBER 1973, SANE SuBJECT. I TALKED WITH SUBJECT BY TELEPHONE THIS AFTERNOOK. HE WILL BE INTERVIEVED IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE AND WE VILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A FULL REPORT, £2 IMPDET CL BY GLI6és COMFIDEWTIAL tee, ene et ster eee me ee ee ny,
er DIARY, 16 December 1975 1. called this date to advise that ex-CIA \ employee (now retired told lover the telephone that. he wants to consult with & CIA otficer on Some-undefined probters concernina other ex-CIA employees. It seems that who was ~ fnvolved in the Bay of Pigs operation and fs an_open pro agonist of | CIA, is writina'a book. He fs in contact with| respect to OGC's need to review the boek before it fs published. | vino believes thal pay be connected with TENELIA Friolovees Association, askec if we could have a OCD officer L. ivist : _where-he is ‘now living, and listen to his story. some importance and, urgency to his’ request and in weuld be advantageous: for the Agency to remain on acod terns | Dave Philtps*. «43.1 told him would pass his request_on to higher OCD authority and let him kaow what is decided. f 5s] ¥
Lo . . CONFIDENTIAL ae o. . twhen filled in} - . > . PROCESS SHEET FOR DCD COLLECTIONS oreme vA SVBJECT and ania CONTACT Name, bitte, Oryenrastion, Address} sdURCE (Newe, Teele, Oegor sation, Address) $uUB-SOURCE (Nome, Title, Organizetrun, Address} ME THOS OF COLLECTION en en THIP REPORT INTER Wt we OTHER BOs yee ee stam (Speedy below} DIRECTED TO FIELD COMMENTS We decided 00-A(S) would be the most appropriare format for this informetion since AKULE has (according to Source) had Ja long relationship with the general. Any follow-up request for verification twould likely go through that route. Source has not. previously passed the information to an Agency representative. oe 7 RIG GRADE | INDIVIDUAL KO. in a os aa tag in Pig Ke ON | Seite 6s 61162165, eee ee ae a CONFIDe: Fan 25 essoce re PREWIOUS FOITIONS 7-78 ‘ ime 1G Ge eT OFFICER tral | COUNTRY ital zs, 7et77 fra yee lA, OSA [ SNOIVIDYAL NO. ORGANIZATION NO. Eulugio Cantillo/Claim of High Quality Uranium Deposits in Cuban Mine wee ces Stee FB eo apeTrire {= # or 18S E tale NATED acl rere oe | OE a! . SNAP HITT, VARS, PUBLICATIONS, AE PORTS, OF MER [| suesecr |x 2, SUPP MCN LY BELL FOE 2. 100 cimemaL | 3..CaTA SLPPLES ar creee 3 SUPE CENT _ PAT EREST EXCHANGES {SOL. 38) ms = ' i TeE XCHANGE 3. COMMERCIAL TBILATERAL [4 ARTICLE IY HEAGQUARTERS C Ont ENTS A KYLE | ARETE BRAVO SECTION € mee . | 6g roa tt fezees Tee “ay 0066
me a prommnneeeee tee canteen eee : . i i CLASSIBICATION a . | Leone: aI-DEN-ToE tac | — ; REPORT NO. OO-A(S)-322/00270-76 OPERATIONS ‘DATE _ 13 Jennary 1976 SUBJECT Bulugio Cantillo/Clain of Rich | REFERENCES _ * Wuality Uranium Deposits fa” - Cuban Hine This eeport is believed to contain. information of operational interest and may not be disclosed to. personnel outsi¢e the Oirectorate of Operations withaut the prior permission of the Domestic Collection Bivision. 1. Eulusto Centilie, is a former Cuban general. In 1956, when wes ¢ of the Cuban. Air Force under Cuban dictator Batista, Cantille’s uncle cems to him with an ora sample the uncle had - wunecovered in an abandoned former Spanish mine in Cuba. The uncle suspected the ore was uranium. Cantillo brought the specimen to the US, where it ws assayed by an unnamed US survey company as being the richest uranium eunple the firma had ever tested. Cantilie and the mele, who were the only individuals aware of the location’ ef the wine, recognized archale Cuban lave did not protect their ; find, so the general attempted to get Batista to ebancse the mining _ Statutes. Batista suspacted tha ganeral had come across somthing simificent, andkhe sant a team of; men to tha Pinar del Rie aréa for six months on a search. The team uncovered nothing. Batista — also tried to work out a deal where he would be a partner in the . venture ag a pre-condition to changing the mining lavs. He was de ; meuécessful. in convincing Cantillo to perait him to become a ; | partner. At that time, the revolution reached full intensity, and— ef oa Batista left the country. 2; Cantillo's uncle is still in Caba. ' Despite Cantélle's imprisonment by the Fidel Castro. regime for nine years, he has never told anyone. about. bis uncle's Fisd. Avproximately one year ago, Cantillo approached a retired Agency staff employee and informed hin of the uncle's find. He did se after all ithesa years because of the ; ‘ey developing relations between the US and Cuba. Cantillo feels the — .US.say be able to make use of information. that Castro does not posdess about the riches that exist in his own, nation, and that . Castro and the USSR would capitalize on the find if they vere to * become avare of it. In his view, the 0S shoula know of this potent before it conducts negotiations with Castro. The general . is willing to provide the name of the assay company, so that . documentation ean be obtained on the purity of the uranium. 3. The’ general's US contact notes Gantitto is not the sort of man who ; j 5 speaks inaccurately aboot thingd sich aa this. He deseribed Cantille 3 | 4 as a "solid my", and says the information Cantilio has provided 4 i ; probably ie reliable. : ; i A i one aman eB em mma a ened _ = i {i seek O im «sz, eeozstaa lategey : : bi t jf osan trwmeive te deter wmne cate of i H - i : _Beteenata erctaned tere or 1 : ot B2pq OBSOLETE PAE OUS ~ GrQrte RoI eS: oMTrEstch__ - ~ me iy F Ol PONS !