= capttarsttithaatEEts Eas Oley ante ay tts wae Sees CAE Senet cheese MEERA ly ane “EE APB SI nw sO SPUR Sy oy OAD Deel pT, ASLO sn LNA SE TTC I I oO Ne . hours 26 Aug 26 LeY , Ce fo |. SUBIECT + Nesting with LITANTL9, 25. August 196 7 1. A meeting was held with Leg from 2030 hours 25 Aug until 0025 at B's hanes reported es folleus: The Enbassy has a large new shield (escudo) which will probably “*be installed over the front gate soen. The last ene there was stolen over a year ago,.L~9 thinks it wauld be a good idea to steal this one, too, Whm he was reminded that police are always on duty outside the building, even late at night, he said that - we could create a diversion long encugh to sratch the shield which probably represents a considerable financial outlay. Dra, MACHADO is “still completely fed up with the Ambassador and js determined to return to Cuba despite the Amb's having offered to her the post of Cultural Counselor “diLle APARICIO i@ out sick, She -told the Amb flatly, "I don't want te be @ecommaxk Cultural Counselor," . APARICTO ig still quite 111 -~ no=cne seans to know just what his trouble is, has multiple, complex symptens (this confirms what LISiCLS, whe is ore of A's physicians, has told vs). Le? believes that A ig suffering primarily from the effecte of the Station's press campaign against him, There was no staff meeting on, Saturday the 1th, The Erbassy ie still short-handed and is having trovble manning the gate. Three Cubana pilots were on the plane which came in 15 Aug == ARMENCOLD, SEMIDEY and one other (rame not known to Le9) who appeared to be a very nice end friendly person. All three were quite interested in possibilities of a break in relations between Mexico and Cuba == seemed worried about thise On Sunday, 16 Aug, Dra. FAGHADO, Serta PINO, Clara CARSOUNEL de HESNADEZ, and the Spanish wife of the cede clerk fron Chile were at the Lacunilla market in the Mebessy Cadillac -- Le? chanced .upon thes, The Spanish wiman greeted Le? effusively, said she was very worried about "everything that is going on’ and seemed to be quite passimistic, oO Cn 25 Auc, about 1230 or 1200 hours, an American bey and girl (atont 17 and 16 years old, resp., blond) came to the Embassy andi asked if they might see it -. wanted to see the truth. they appeared ‘to be cleanecut American kids, not the usual beatnik typess nade 6 good iypression on the Embassy staff end were taken on & tour of the building. SECRET
74-00000 . Te re . OR eS TNA, Me CEA TATIONT A, 3 tm ALS ia al LL NETO so: ; tee iH a ad : ot . woe . . . . . a my . nT 1 i " . a . iinet nt ean cone dein ft ah cr ee A onsrttttde oth natant fe etna ~ 8 am . . . ars . 2 Bete lege geet oe ls he. | Jaina cancra Terres of the Publications Departiant: TUM 4 . = ’ planning to: publish a manuscript by Alejo CARPENTIERs ‘Carelata . “> secretary: ds Alicia “PANDO, Tele 8-53-38 wo . 4e Two-Cuban diplowite (man and wife) attached to the Cuban UN  delépation. wentcto. the American Embassy with L<9 on 18 Aug.to ; _get visas, IL-9 -has made‘ -similar visits to the AnEnb, These LS a ; pergons’ were Martin’ ANELLO Meijides and Josefina MARTIN Mejias, _* oe While they, vere waiting for issuance of the.visas they were seated _ ‘. fn the IV waiting room +. full of Cuban refugees loudly damring . the Castro regime, L-9 secretely. enjoyed watching the two squirm unconfortably. de Le9 cama across the American musician from Washington, DeCe (name wiinown) mentioned in the last (R «= ran¥ into hin on the streate This man mentioned being a friend of Guillermina BRAVO, ae ke According to APARICIO's wife, Amb, HERNAKDFZ Armas 1s expected to return to Cuba (parranently?$ in September «= had originally planned te return in Aug 64, Sha told this to Le? on 19 Auge oO 2, On 20 Aug a yenne Mexican Communist named Raul. “ESPEJEL,. wag at pee! the Embassy to borrow two filma «= Rogelio RODRIGUEZ authorized the loan, . - &,» An American chess player named Larry EVANS was at the door of the ' os Exbassy on 21 Aug, Wilfrido GONZALEZ pointed him out to Lea and identified him ee a chess champs, me ko staff meeting on Saturday 22 Aug, "Pipo"™ FLORES, father-ine law of Mariano GARCIA, and the courier TATO were both at the ' Enbassy that day. On 18 Aug L-9 heard Guillermo VELA broadcasting about the | arrival of Cubans from Santiago de Chile but VELA nistakenly ‘gaid they were fron Santiago de Cuba, VELA rentioned Ramon STNOBA S by namo, bramling him as a notorious Communist, 6n 19 Aug UREIETA told L-9 that he is worried about his son in SS aba and wants to get him a Mexicen viea because the boy cantt ~ put w with things in Cuba any longer, He once earned $ 350 a month with Olivetti, ‘when the company was intervened he set up his om tyrewriter business, ‘When this got going it, toa, 3 was intervened and the boy (really a man) is now earning only ° . £120 monthly, He wants to get married and get out of Cuba soon, (POSSIBLY EXPLOITAELE STTUATION) mo Qe A Nicaraguan naned Livaadro SH CHAVEZ Alfaro, winner of a prize given mo by the Casa de Las Americas, was at the Smbassy on ¢1 Aug looking - an for a copy of his own book == he had mm out of copies, Was given one. ani cello player Cn 21 Aug a French orchestra/directer named TCRTELTER cane to ; the Eshassy and announced that he would like to donates 200 ea dollars to the people of Cuba, He said that he rai rade sinilar ~ donations after directing in Berlin, London end Paris, Le9 went with him to the Hotel Alamela rhea he was ledged and received two $100 bills which he, 1-9, turned over to the Anbassador, TOATELIER ofa eGase Suvenlis VICLATiCa WO FIELD DISTRIBUTION SECRET é -