(404-10217-10181 Revie ee . Q REP RO. {La f RepoRT COVER SHEET - §SRCRET UFG-6745 4 Fo Bite OF aE ORT q JMWAVE a) 23 February 1965 sapere in cpg ere seer aero wanmpaioge sven La tee pa REPORTING OFFICER Henry J, SLOMAN \ A REPORTS OFFICER Pe ona Margaret R ANKA uta ip ij y ° Paget a ea BACKGROUND DATA AND SOMMENTSs TYPIC Source: AMFIX-1 in AMOT DD-1266, dated § February 1965, AMFIX-1 recently returned to Miami after having been in the Dominican Republic from 2 December to 28 January where he had contact with the SFNE, the MRR and JURE, AMDECK-1 reported on 7 February 1965 that, according to Osiel GONZALEZ, former SFNE captain, that after the capture of GUTIERREZ, two MiG aircraft from Cuba flew over the SFNE training bases, When the Dominican Air Force saw the MiGs, they sent up two jets ne, ‘which opened fire on the Cuban planes, The Cuban planes \ 22portedly then returned to Cuba. GONZALEZ claimed he obtained ~ this information from the SFNE office in Miami, but could. not say just who saw the incident in the Dominican Republic, RID: No index, serene tempce amt caren ma OH rote cone capone ar Pee _ereentonay kG AM LAIN TIT Mader We. Group 1: Excluded from bare Fa . Automatic Downgrading oN fy and Declassification ON. ey ra OPTIONAL: ENnTRITG BELOW HEED NOT BE FILLED tt IF DUPLICATED tN ACCOMPANYING REPORT DISTRIBUTION 4m y 1 cy, each to Miami reps. of: 1 = 0o/C State, USCG, BORDER PATROL 2 - Santo Domingo 3 5 3 2 — Port-au-Prince I&NS, FBI, and Customs 2 ~ JMBARR , KO. OF ENCLOSURES sp ERAGE eS u rome sqgy ee Ades oA Sat a autre. 3 0 b Seas at Beg cence Regt cai SAR ah LRAT M te eats oe Rb et a0 atane Lapterds remnsieGaa'-e odd ty arene pa aR phn etuetmantaiaia ANE se pers alsa eee pecan ramen . @ +
14-00000 _— FIELD NFORMATION REPORT =} GRADING OF SOURCE: A: Completety refiabie. 6; Usually reliable. C: Fairty retiante, O: Net ususity relledta, g& Met rellabta, (Agptied . . te sources of Goubttul honesty or loyalty, regerdiess of their competence), Fs Rellability cannot be fudged (Applied te untested or inautiiclentay . tested sources). eo: APPRAISAL OF CONTENT: ih Confirmed by other independent and reilebie sources. & Probably true, 3: Possibly true. “4: Doubtful, & Probably (.- false. 6: Cannot be judged, CONFIDENTIAL CONTROLLED DISSEM country Cuba/Dominican Repub} ic fhe | REPORT NO, Des $2 6-B/Ia . REPORT 23-February—1965 Trice to Cuba on 17 and 2 Decerber by ; Eloy GUTLEkEEZ Menoyo, SFE Leader iES <a 2» Recruitment of Men by Emilio Vera Leyva for Overthrow of Frangcis Duvalier ; NCES DATE of ZV ~ 22 December ivus pice 4 United States, Miami pare aco. (10 Pebruary 1965) ; UPG-6745 THIS fh UNEVALUATED INFORMATION, SOURCE GRABINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAIBAL OF CONTENT iS TENTATIVG. Source: A member of a group of Cuban émi grés trained in the techniques of information collection, The Group has provided useful reports Since 1961, ent ’ 1. Eloy Gutierrez Benoyo, copéused military leader of the Segunde Frenté Nacional del Escambray (SFNE, Second National Front of the fo Bacambray), isssaid to have made his first trip to Cuha on 17 i December 1964 én the 23-foot SEA BIRD, He, returned to the le Dominican Repu fe,on About,,20, December “Pin 22—-Becemgter ke again deft for Cuba peas according to Cuban Broadcasts,’ "was captured.] Gutierrez had Planned to make the trip on &@ boat owned by the Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil (DRE, Studenta’ Revolutionary Directorate), but it was not possible beca use 7 ‘3 J craft was out of commission, 2. Canadian-built Dominican navy corvettes and jet aircraft painted 3. Emilie Vera Le va, & Cuban exile residing in Puerto Plata in the Dominican Repu jic, knew of Gutierrez! plans and, although he : Was net associated with him, offered Gutierrez hig contacts in the . *.:. Bawaces area, Oriente Province, Vera is said to have contact in | vo the Dominican Republic with the captain of Coast Guard Cutter Ko. + sweeney 4. Vera is allegedly involved with Eladio del Valle Gutierrez,” sks" oe - "Tali toy," in recruiting personnel for an ope; on directed toward - the overthrow of Haitian dictator Francois Duvalier, €) de Field Comment: When Gutierrez appeared on Cuban radio and G@levision on 2 February, he alléged” that he had entered Cuba on 28 December and WaS captured on 23 January 1965, two days before his capture was announced by the Cuban Government, . 2 Sle a bag nelie Cremer t , FCS DS a1s/s otar-ér, Gabe ais me oe t= b. q BD BS ay Yop hate 207947 LS