13-00000 a mY - ’ te “a - “Cont 1d.6,-- the main) organize the library of the Communist throughout Cube | ..His unclé told him that Kruschev promised Fidel Castro that he that the Russians have spies in the Pentagon that pull for Fide? | Castro; and they have already plenty of agents bel nging to the Communists in all branches of importance of the U. S. Gov't.e, even in” the CIA. ‘He’ said that_all people in Cuba that worked 11 the. GIA were picked up ‘through their agents and those presently | a , . have missles in Cuba(this was a few months ago). Also, his unc’ | 1 | | i] working with same are being watched closely. told ne th! 3) he is kind of suspicious of Eugenio, his being Cuban and because a. sort, of sixth’ sense, as he calls Atecnmn--- =e is August, 19/61 | : ce “Bart told me last week that Juez. Gareeren was the one that sent ° | letter you’ received to Carlos Prio ashe recognized the handwrit on both ‘envelopes. The above judge bold Bart that some have bee: " given Salvo. Conductos to Mexico and ‘that ‘the Italian Embassy is emptying’ out some. This judge is ‘the’ one that made the list of | people held up in ‘the Italian Embassy, that you received from Bar j-Bart told me that he thought that Alberto Del Junco(NDC),that I « in touchsvith is getting aid from someone from the Ue Se Govite < Del Junco's sister saw him this past Friday night at his hore anc ! gave him $5,000.00 in U. S- Dollars(money) to send through the Po to Cuba to be given to her brother dow theres She didn't want t disclose to Bart where and from hom she received the money, and | only said that it was from his group(HDC) here. Bert thinks that this is not true. Ee sent the money down already. ~Enclosed(marked in pencil, #7) find photostatic copies of letters sent to Oscar Diaz from former F.Castro Prese Urrutia and from a ‘Macaroni that Bart kno ws. It is self explanatory in Spanish and Bart says that he knows that the air strips shovm on enclosed mep ‘ i | i i 4 are truely in existence. Part’ received these photostatic copies | to his suggesting same to Oscar Diaz upon delivery. I couldn't tr this letter to you a few nights ago as he had to deliver seme in = pour, of the time I visited hime However , ZI suggested his trying t stend by when the letter wags Openede Oscar Diag liked Part'!s ides making photostatic copies of sme, 9 and Bert asked for e for himdc | oe TT | Been} ee ee
13-00000 of ithe Frente due to lack of funds, sty s Dre Fidez. However, a: having tried | to find out whether this Captain Dospain was Ernest: we were not suree Having been introduced upon our Qnd- visit las | Friday, 9:30 A. M.(first visit was 2 days previously at 9:30 Ae!’ we were presented to. Ernesto Despain, the person we were lookin no some tinie ‘ho w(due to “his relations with Coferino Alvarez(G-2) en Josefina: Socarras(Ceferino! s girl friend, of whom I have been wr: | -abo ut for © me ‘time now). We started to get places, with all fv - cooperation,the first: time there as we spoke only to Dr. Fideze | second time, with Despain present, we felt that we should not fo many details. Dre Fidez. told us that Despain was planning on s- him. wth a delegation to Puerto Rico. . I feel, as well as Frank, this Dr. F!dez. (around 60 yrs.’ 01d) is a person that could very « _ organize his office to be of very. valuable service against Castro ‘his Communists here in the States, as well as in Latin Anerica wh _. they already have their own agents operating. it is felt that De is trying to get Dre Fldez. out of the way because he recognizes | importance of the planned Intelligence Service the Frente , throu: Fideze, sam which could produce a very strong arm afainst Castro. | Dre Fideze says that they ere now working on the ABC form as used against a former president of Cuba known as Machado. Enclosed is ‘an idea of how this group functions and are placed into many walks life of importance to this causes. Their work is mainly of Intell Service and in @ form of cooperating with the U.S.Gov't. in all we possible wittout trying to get monies, if-possible, to function. I presently trying to get donations | to: $300.00 ‘to keep his office fo’ for a month. Upstairs din the same building, they have radio opers! (very well. experienced) continuously monitoring all phases of inno ance in Cuba(sugar mills, etc.). Frank Asked Despain if the file ° had in his hands was for uss: Despain was caught a little off bounds as he became somewhat unnerved, but soon rallied and opened the fil snowing data on boats, but taking great pains to keep us from secin ‘the contents. I didn't want to press the point arousing any suspic. Dre Fideze introduced me as a Joe Anderson, FBI mane I had former] cautioned, him apainst, oe Shin en cme we sie bee cos we fs See oe Se ce me ame oon a re efor spin &_ ko _me es anything Special, when hea f
! oo 7 , f ~~ | : . 3) conta. 8---g-aia anywaye let it go at thet to see the ‘developments as it we | no ‘use to refute him again. However, when we parted, I aia nent. him agein that he should not do so at rendom as I did not think 4 necessary nor what we had agreed upone Dre Fideze did say sO 9S iritroduced us to Despain as his Jefe(ch ulef) and. wanted to show ht loyalty at the. same tine explaining to him that he wes cooperatin 2 oe with us in ‘all ways possible against Castro and Coynmunism, which . | platy ‘seen that Despain didn't like at alle Despain sat silent ‘no questions asked, hard, eyeing us as if. weiting to see how far FBI had gotten into matters of the Frente. I did not ask the Dr. _ He questions I wanted to end only said that I would like to be in to oe |} with him at all times. Enclosed you will fina photostatic copies letters sent by Cubans here to Prague and the answers of somes ¥ told me to ask him how he got this information. Idid not feel th vot ‘should have done so at.the moment. However, I will be in touch © Dr. Fideze again soon as I said I woulde r will not go to the of: of this Intell. again. as I was elmost seen by a Frank Paez, Pepe | Aguero's friend. Pepe Aguero is Paula Grau's husband, now here. turned my head. away, I think, in timee Dre Fdeze says that he ha || of more information to give me and that loads of stuff reaches hi: ‘| daily, all of which he can turn over to me for study. He said th “| wi get for me Cla files that the Frente has hidden and vent to > with him. I feel, if Despain, is out of the way,. I could do much Getting vhat is needed of them. I do not feel safe with him arow “|x may be wrong, but that is the way L feel at ut security with h I promised to return the enclosed photostatic coples but feel tha: Sores ns cman of: the-files-can-be taken over for copy for the askingy as Dr. F!. i said he would cooperate to the fullest. — Dre Jose. Julio Fernandez: Office(9 to 11 A.M.) :FR-1-5153 ———-----—. Home (from 8 Pele to 8 Ae ie )3il=4= 1853 Frente(from 11:30 A.il.e to 1 Pelle): Oo . FR-4~2650-58=59 He holds a Frente Carnet No. 102, Frente Revolucionario Domocratir (F.ReDe), Delegacion de: #1 Salvador(Rescate) and receives §200.0¢ the Frentee
13-00000 4 ele od _ jp August 19/61 Lo | “ i | Foak Arias has given nme the following information (aes! Desf 2 oO |. e . / : . . o _ Caytain(Lieutenent, known formerly as) Ernesto Despain, head of ¢ | Frente Intelligence Service at Es aun Lone, Misi, with, ontranc if in back of building at,l5th Street, off Brickell Ave., vorked for | with Ceferino Alvarez(G=2, known as) in Government Insurance (Seg Gobierno) ed formerly in the now non-existent BANSECO(branch of” National Bank of Guba). Josefina Socarras worked With them also : ‘Seguro del Gobierno . I have written of Josefina before through ' findings of Frank, who knew them all in Cuba(not Despain directly, only his family). This Captain Despain is an intimate ‘friend of Ceferino and Josefina(planning to go to New York soon). Ghe has t trying to get omething started here, as reported vefore, It is strongly urged thet this Josefina be ‘surveilled constantly as I, roe | | de ag well as Frank, think that she is affiliaged with Castro's eland | an) activities here in the States. She received monthly checks from +! | | Centro Refugi ado, Cap tain Despain is planning on going to join t: U. S. Army. He 1s definitely strongly suspected of giving everyth: | of Intelligence to Castro and is tied in with the Cormunist ond Cea: } groups heres He may even goon plan to disappear from the scene -and aan - - “| should not be allowed to get off easily. He has been keeping Dre | | | Jose Julio Fernandez from organizing his anti-Castro and Anti-Coiual | ‘files due to lack of funds(says Despain). It seems thatrhis was jv an excuse before end was done to keep the ball functioning, as.shoul bee :I think that this Dr. Jose . Julio Fernandez is very sincere am: is innocently Siving everything into the hands of Despain without | knowing. How Despain got into this position is not Imown by us vet. | As far as we are concerned he is a Castro penetration into the Freni land Ue Se activities. The above is the, result of being sent to see Dr. Jose Julio Fornande | | pos \| head of Inteblisence Servence of the Frente(as told us by Fomucr cuban Gri. Socallanes, friend of Frank}x I went with Frank to try t ( find out abo ut a woman whose Sonlone of two of them) had talzen date and pictures. for Castro of al military end naval installations in t State of Florida. ee eer atid wah mee oe ae eg a, Don ane on om oe eases
13- 00000 ; . va, ' oon ae . . . ory ee Seen} ow gt Coa: . . Sc , ' =nclosed find the Groups belonging to the Frente that was writte for me by this Dre Fldeze “Enclosed find(# 33) marked) "Reporte and ‘Informe"(2 sheets) Given me Dre Fideze to. show what they are doing now. Dr. Didez. informed me of the following: “(aje A Communist militants Alberto Iglesias, 425 Cedar Laney ©: _ Meadow, New York(Phones: IV-1-4368 and LV-G=4547). He is a Resident of. the U. S. for more than 20 years. - He has his business," American Welding and Boiler Yorks Coe". This i: man to be watched as he even uses his business as a front. Ab)s Mario Garcia, liiami Ventilated Awning Coe, Ine. (works at): . presently’ asking Immigration permission to go to Cuba and considered'as one of Fidel Castro's heads here. with a gre: many tiese | Enclosed. find a break down of expenses of the Frente Intell. offi | eiven me ‘by. Dre Fide zes my asking him for same. Frank fries is | helping the Dre fet funds for the maintenance of this office for least enother months tr think that this set up should be taken in studye  -coseen= | August B1/61 : Enclosed find marked #9, 2 documents, given me by Emanuel Carvajo. ‘last night which are self-explanatory in Spanighe One is a list exiles in their Costa Rican Embassy in Havama, and the other is « cocument(copy) signed and given today to the Minister of Foreim Relations of Cuba in Havana. It seems that there was very much discussions concerning sane amongst the foreign diplomats. in Guba The Egyptian Embassador(RAUsSyria, etc.) went to the first meetin. the diplomats had in Habane concerning the new monetary exchenses He first agreed strongly with the rest and promised to sign the enclosed type document concerning the new $ exchange in Cuba. ™ first meeting was held last Monday, Aug.l3th, and they met again ° ‘a second time on Thurdday in order to signe He (name not Jeno wm br Carvajal) then refused to sign and did not even show up which ind: ted to the remeinder of the diplomats that his money must have ber exchanged in the full anount to keep him off the list of simature The Swiss Charge D'Affairs informed at the same meeting, to the Diplomats, that he received information from his Government that ¢ Swiss Gov't. was checking all present: Cuban bank accountants exist in Switzerland and were readying themselves to act accordingly in case the Cuban Gov't. should not reach any agreement in regards to the ‘exchange with the Diplomats. FRY So men ee eee ume ee eo <a | aren A A Oe Me. OR Gt OR ATR er mew a a acs Weetee ee fone oO .
13-00000 fe “ ry e ‘ oe fa . : e - - The Japanese Embassador said he informed his Gov't. about the se di ffioulties as a protest against. the behavior of the Guben Gov! “mis he told. at the Diplomatic meeting. | ~~“ About a week agp ; there was a hunger strike at the Brazilian int by the exiles there. How ever y they gave up as a gesture to onlr ~- obedience to the ‘Enbassador. They protested against not reccivi salvo conductos and other thingse ~ This. caning week, Mondey or Tuesday, the Diplomats again are Cen: together at a meeting to protest before the Cuban Gov't. abous | lax end puxposefutk designing ways of handling this affair, and _ remind the Gov't. of their obligations” “in extending the courtesy | "according. ‘Internati onal. agreement se > - Carvajal asked me not to mention this, but later said that he informed us about Embassador Quiros ‘leaving Havena this Thursday | _as he wag being recalled. by the Costa Rican Gov't. for onsultati “Carvajal, will be in charge | of the Embassy for the time, mat said od _he didn't expect the Enbassador to return as he. is beleing ! his fa: and house hold items. | He elso told me seein that, Eduardo Odio, Gosta Rican Consul in. Havana, was a person not to ‘be trusted ‘by many experiences they . already ‘had with hime | . — be wor entree . Cees MOS o Oo AF calles Losi peek egen fe BAT R&0 Cody Tieeek | RIUM ap hoy en ors ep Hivhegl ae WF v2 Lhe CES Pree Po tres MEO. Syences £ T hove | It Lo an ug? (A BA tw tat ¥O Fert a2 hs | . Vid, } (Ute pee SOL pe ahi fos eee! WOOL feces dye divic Ly t . t | i | i i os adh | heleenelenabenenetanenmbeter sitar ee eewat ome ac 6 en oe @ meee PY