OOO) woe SECRET 4 Maroch 1964 aetensts Ee nes beet enh ' MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD: SUBJECT : AMWHIP/1 Meeting, New York City, 28-29 Feb 1964. 1. Meeting Time/Place: “AMMHIP/1's office, 31 W. 47th St., New York City, Friday, 28 Feb. and Saturday, 29 Feb. Accounting below is composite of the two meetings. DEAL etd + se et beeen o 2. Purpose of Meeting. To discuss course of actioa by AMVHIP in reeponse to his receipt of word from AMLASH via : a letter sent from Paris by Carlos Jorge ROBRENO, aka “El Mago", : 8. Details of Meeting. a. On J? Feb, A/l called the writer via sterile phone to say thet he had received a letter from ROBRENO (R) postmarked 25 Feb., Paris, In one paragraph, R stated that he had been given several “encargos" from AMALSH for A/1 to be “tranemitted personally” (see attached copy of letter). Since the above information was not mentioned in the clear over the phone, it was decided that the writer should meet with A/1 io order to see the letter personally and to guide A/1 im any , subsequent steps. The writer arrived at A/l's office at oa 1240, 28 Feb. b. It was A/l's impression that the *encargos®” cited in the letter included things beyond personal requests, but he was not absolutely certain of this interpretation due to the brevity of the paragraph. To resolve this expeditiously ae requested in the letter, it was decided that A/l should call Paris and talk directly with R, avoiding, of course, any phone call to the Cuban Embassy there. To achieve this, it firet was necessary to call Luis FERNAND&2 Ruiz, aka “El Inglais* (8), at GAL-9913) and ask him to get in touch with Luis Enrique TRASANCOS (9), who in turn could pass a message to R asking him to call A/l in New York. No interest of an ops nature was revealed here, as the Paris group was told only (and truthfully) that R had written to A/l in New York and that part of his letter was unclear in its meaning, thus A/1 wished to talk directly with R in order to clarify this. (A phone call was not at all unusual in this case, given A/ltea normally extensive use of the phone, plus the fact that the letter indicated some urgency and did not include a return address.) PERNANDEZ readily agreed to the request even though it was after 2200 Paris time. A/l waited in his NYC office until ‘ Systems
74-90000 é SECHET 0100 Paris time, but received no return call. : e. During the period subsequent te the call te PERNANDEZ, the writer discussed the situation with A/l. It was agreed that there was little we could do until we had heard from R hisself. The writer also took thie opportunity to let A/l know that we were rather concerned over the arrival of R with a message from AMLASII, particularly if indeed it has any connection with AMLASH's future plans. (Je knew alse at this time via the PARI cable, but did not so state to A/1, thet BR had revealed to TRASANCO that he also expected another *“sourier", Jose Alberto IBARRA Martin, aka “El Loco", to arrive next week with additional word from AMLASH.) A/1l was aleo told that the arrival of these messages from AMLASH was further clouded by the fact that AMLASH was tin touch with ws through another channel. oo tame see nln eT Sartmmeets hess eatin net a. In reply, A/l agreed that there may be sone cause for concern, but in fact he was not too apprehensive ea he felt both men were "100%" behind AMLASH. A/1 went on to. gay that by this he meant that both men hed been for a long time associated with the circles in which AMLASH had been a leager, and could be regarded as “loyal” ¢e AMLASH. However, he did speculate that both men were perhaps closer friends with each other than either was with AMLASH. A/1 also etated that both AMLASH and he did not personally care for the two men (R and IBARRA), but that AMLASH did feel that at least R was @ good “action type" and could probably be fitted into AMLASH's plans at some point. (This was reported also in A/l Contact Report dated 23 Oct 1962) A/l went on to describe R as euch the smarter of the two; IBARRA being not too intelligent. A/l also stated that both men drank quite a bit, turning into belligerent and talkative drunks. le stated that this over-indulgence, with ite resulting belicosity, was undoubtedly responsible for R's shooting of the American in a bar brawl over a tomato in Havana several years ago. According to A/i, IBARBA ig nore commonly known as "EN Bianco", after the nawe of hie step-father, Lino Blanco, to whom IBARRA's mother is now married. a tebe we eR puee 1% eye tog rr rrr "Ses eae va yale es wa wont ete cane wa yee i bree e wen at , IR e. At ca 1630 LMT (New York), on 29 Feb, TRANSANCO and R returned A/l's call. Iu brief, R stated that he had some items to discuss with A,/1, but that it was "nothing dmmediate.” He stated that he had written a subsequent letter to A/l containing more information and which should arrive im New York the next Monday or Tuesday (meaning the 2nd or Srd of March). 8 also stated that IBARRA was cowing to Paris the following week (week of 1 March) and should bring with him additional details. A/l said that he was quite busy at PAE we he gees Bah MAY gt Be mh eve ae eon decease cane wee wee enim tera viene etn ater comp Santen Sy 2. . ate a | | | ; | | ap ener eo gine eta shat 4 evden moans wo sneer ge erent eer ne oe eee eee : Bee ee sinc ort Se ee & waar net 8 A Rhea acetals wine oe
14-00000 SECRET . present and preferred to postpone coming to Europe at this time if it wasn't absolutely necessary. R gaid that he felt it could wait at least until IBANRA arrived; then the matter could be re-considered. R said he could ke reached at the following telephone No. 783-2952, at :east for the next few days (A/i failed to ask for an address or for the location - owner - of the phone). R also stated that he planned te ; visit Spain a “little later", but did not disclose to A/1l the nature of the trip. The conversation ended with A/l stating te R that he would be in touch with him later after he had received the letter from R. He alse esked R to let hia know whem IBARRA arrived in Paris. : ; f. A/l will contact the writer as scon as he gets the letter from R and will mail it to the accommodation addrees he regularly uses. 4. Security. The writer left A/l's office for the leet time oa , #9 Feb 1964, No incidents of a security nature were noted. It is noted for the record, however, that A/l has given AMSPORT/1 a temporary job in his fira, and the writer's presence was observed by AMSPORT during this series of meetings. End of Report ee ret tte His ape obatte tbe” | bine TPO Fan alleen eRe Enae at aR Aspeiemetaba