> joe ee - PROCESSING i : 7 = Ed m4) PISHID Dry QUaLIeh HEADQUARTERS DCSE Yj CAR 1UDEE 1RODUING ‘ = filtrati Chief of Stat‘on, pera tion/GYROSE/RUCAGE/ANH /Report..of Independent DRE I AG TION BL QUIRED - RES LRENCLE on Operation. L. Action: FYI and files Ref : A. WAVE 3852 RET pa oy — (0 By WAVE 3911 . a Backgroun CIA = ; ; if 1. According to AMHINT-42, on 20 May 1963 oe Sfout 2200 hours, local, the Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil (DRE), mounted’ an operation independent of JMWAVE support,. infiltrating AMHINT=40 and |. AMHINT-53 [at “Kawama , Varadero Beach .(2313N-8116W)| The two-man ~ 10 team was dunched successfully and observed as they moved up the beach and across a field to a lighted dwelling which is an operational AMHINT safehouse, However, after the team were safehoused arid during. — recovery of the launch dinghy. by the parent craft JUANIN I, a L2-man militia patrol discovered them and challenged. During the brief fire~ ‘ fight that ensued, the JUANIN I crew reported that two to four militia~ fo! -. men were. observed to drop under their fire. (According to reference , B confirmation of this operation there were no militia casualties, | - and .the local militia ‘post also reported they had d§@flicted two to. o three casualties “on the escapees".) |The JUANIN I suffered no casualtiep odes |. or- hits, retired. from the beach at speeds up to 30 knots and returned foo 7 fF. to their base in Key Marathon without incident. -. - Distribution: 3..- C/TFW 14- 1rd ~ JQ ooh DAIE DASPATCHED. ; WAY 31 1962 - DISPATCH BYMEGR AND NUMBER ” UFGA-4186 DATE TYPED 128 May 1962 ee ale HEADQUARTERS FILE HUMBER 19-120-19/3 yee
areas wi ae " S-E-C-R-E-T | UFGA~4186 CONTINUATION OF - OSPATCH : Se eee en et ee hee er cen. mmencern meee 2. At 1515 hours on 2] May, the DRE offices in Miami received a. commercial cable in prearranged code indicating the team had arrived Safely in Varadero, Later, at about’ 3620 hours, a télephone cali indicated that the team were in safehouses in Havana since barly ot morning 21 May, On 22 Mayr, a legal traveler, ‘arrived in Miami and reported to DRE_offices @ FHIRE Chis operation. (Subject of a following dispatch. )0} is the safehsuse owner who eeceived the team, provided change of clothing, food, shelter, sent the cable confirming Safe arrival and later transported them to Havana. Subject did not witness’ the beach encounter, but heard the. fire-fight and overheard reports of the encounter during a visit to the Militia post the following morning, 3, The most Significant operational factor of this mission..is that the militia post has reported the incident as an “escape” and has not suspected that an infiltration operation has taken -place, Therefore, no search or readblocks were set up and it can: be assumed “that AMHINT safehousing in. that area is gtill-intact. It is also im- ' portant. to. note that,. although conjecture at this point, apparently . the GOC has net given this Clash the propaganda treatment given the patrol encounter. of their ‘CV-28 with the SUSAN. ANN because it. was - reported as an “escape”: and therefore any casualties inflicted on escappes would not make sympathetic propaganda. Also, there were reportedly no militia casualties to give this clash propaganda value, ; 4. . This operation was. mounted by orders of ANHINT-~53 who was ‘becoming understandably despérate about DRE internal conditions, Subject had been scheduled for infiltration three times over the past three months and cancelled for reasons ranging from mission reception - hazards to reassessment and requirements for further training. This, coming after a long history of DRE internal support problems and obstacles,- some of which resulted in costly operational losses and compremises, prompted AMHINT~53 to mount the infiltration at any cost, Subject's primary mission is to identify and confirn appointments within clandestine apparat at national’ and provincial levels. OQpera- tional losses through arrest and KIA or execution during past four, months has resulted in almost two complete turnovers in leadership at national levels, His. secondary mission is. to organize the National Reception Committee for materiel supply. and infiltration. of paramilitar instructors, radio operators and ‘intelligence agents. For this purpose AMHINT-40, who has operated as National Reception Committee Organizer for almost: two years, formed the team with AMHINT-53. These Preparatiohs within PBRUMEN should he ready by the time their radio operator, ; AMHINT-52. completes his training. . , 5. Some of the pertinent operation details follow: a. The JUANIN I is a new, 30-foot, BERTRAM built “Noppy", recently purchased by the DRE. for their infiltration and supply operations. They have trained their crew and equipped their vessel with the idea of offering it to JMWAVE in return. for W/T communications} and armament support for their missions, Such a support agreément has been approved in principle by JMWAVE and details are being worked out by the Maritime Section, JMWAVE, . b. On this operation, the vessel crew was as follows: AMHINT-42, Captain AMHINT-43, Navigator AMBOUY-2. regionl intelligence and guide Bernabe PENA Ballate, gunner ; Manvel -QUISA, gunner IR