104-f0217-10184 Mb Th ‘ A ee tye, gates oe a oar ates get EN sone yom we? wom ares tot \ ae hep + conn TE PERE y ei acae «Che oye Fy pntenn the eh rte enhem sends . “faction of Alpha-66" wae passing a plea for assistance te Subject. a = - ‘presumably appreved by the Special Group, date unkeown. } : owe WH/EA 65-35 MEMOBANDUM FOR: Deputy Director i:r Plane SUBJECT s Bley GUTIERREZ Meneye (ACSI ED 8033) 3. On 25 January 1965 WH/8A received an BW meseage from @ resident ascet whe oa behalf ef two alleged members of am on-isiand Gince Subject had for some years been a registered ACSI contact, a WH/SA representative met with Captain Ted Carr, ACSI, oa 25 Jasuary. to discuss the operations! implications ef the SW meeasage. 2 The meeting resulted ia a aumber ef interesting dicclosurea, the most important of which are cited below: i, a) ACSI belleved Sebject te be im Cuba, though Captain Carr declared that he did act haow when or how Sebdjece iafit- trated the feland; where he was, how many men had acceme panied him er what equipment er arms Sabject hed taken with liz. b) ACSI has, ia the past, had direct staff officer contact: . with Sublect but has sewer given hiss “sigelficant" Hunagecliel : - assistance, er military or maritime materiel. . e) The activity under which Subject eperated had been ': eeerdinated (F/DC/15-63, 14 July 1963) and called becically Sow the infiltratien of Rafael HUGUET del Valle (SBD 11076), to - geake a congact with Secead National Freut of the Eecambray (SNF E} elements inside. Subject hae long been the keyman ia SNFE. The mission: Te lecate, obtain and exilitrate Treasure Hest iteme (military hardware). According te ACSI’s plas. . Sabject wae te serve as “general coordinater for the activities”. ’ (Mete: A plea generally similar to thie wae eubmitted te asd
14-00000 a Te RI OTIC IG Bal EE ENT FS that Subject ia fact had celle or aets of supporters in Cuba. Further, a0 evidence that Subject could communicate with aupporters on the island by means other than commercial cable, © telephone or open code mail, ACSI does not eoatrol Subjeect’s . communications, sor, appareatiy, doce it moniter them. af ‘ an ~" Captain Carr admitted that the operation ac approved had not ~ 3 3] taken place, and that a “new paper was being prepared” to 4 meet the changed circumstances. Present ACSI planning calls . i for HUGUET to be infiltrated by Alpha-66 or SNFE facilities to 4 : serve ae Subject'’s communicator. Timing of the infiltratier is | ‘ to be determined by Subject, unilaterally. Captain Carr believed { ‘ that Subject would activate HUGUET “almost any minute’. ; | HUGUET hae been trained vy ACSI in two-way WT and SW aad re E i will communicate with ACSI base Station, Miami. He has been AE a i. on a “retainer” for several months. we i t : 1 i d) Captain Carr eaid that ACSI had no flrm evidence d | “ . if | Los 3, in summary, Captain Carr averred that ACSI maintains ef j | os most a loose, advisory tie to Subject and that even with reepect to "| a HUGUET, ACSI's role was reetrictod to training and “minor” financial 4 oo support. Allegedly, HUGUET has been rigorously disinclined to 4 : , divulge hie or Subject's plans to ACSL 4 Po. ae  @ Some hours after the conclusion of the meeting with Ceptala ==. E aS. : Corr, ACSI requested of FI/ Liaieon that aa “urgent meeting" be held a gf nm 27 January to discuss Subject and bia eperation. This meeting was ; 4 1 ne cancelled on the basis of an announcement by Havana Radio, on the - } Ho. . .. ewening of 25 January, that Subject and two unidentified colleagues had 4 Hl been arrested by the GOC in Oreste. , . 4 7 & ; _ DDP/ WH/SA/EDE lemp (26 January 1965) 1 Distribution: ; Liou 2S Orig. and 1 - DDP «8» DC/WH (SA) ” SEeRey Tae Tots 1 - WH/SA/EDE } - WH/SA/ESC