CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Tals waterteal containa Information aSerting the Metional Defense of the ‘Cattea Sates within the meaning of the Eaplonage Lawes, Title 18. UG. Geos. THE and Th, the tranamission or revelation of which im any manner to am unautherized person ts prohibited by lew. SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEX COUNTRY. Cuba . REPORT NO.  CSC1-3/7£2,060 SUNECT Manuel VEGA Perez pate oisTR, © «29 June 1964 ‘ NO. PAGES 2 ° _ REFERENCES DATE OF 1964 INFO, PLACE & Washington, D.C. OATE ACG. June 1964 FIELD REPORT NO. THIS {S UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GAADINGS ARG DEMMITIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 18 TENTATIVE. ; a, ° SOURCE. A former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban Intelligence Service until April 1964, Headquarters Comment. The following report is one of a series containing personality information provided by the source and includes supplenental information fron the records of this Agency. Manuel VEGA Perez, pseudonyr “Marcos,” is the intelligence chief of the Direccion General de Inteligencia (DGT ~ General Directorate of Intelligence) in Mexico Cit VEGA replaced Alfredo MIRAEEL in this capacity.1,2,3,4,95, Headquarters Comments. 1. A document dated 22 May 1962 from a fairly reliable source identified Manuel VEGA Perez as the Diplomatic Attache of the Cuban Embassy in Mexico and a forrer teacher at the Cuban G-2 school, « 2. A fairly reliable source in a report dated 20 June 1962 said that (fnu) VEGA, aka "Marcos," is the Press Attache of the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City and was formerly an instructor at the Cuban G«2 school. Source said, he believed VEGA to be the deputy chief of the Cuban G~2 in Mexico. 5 4 ; SECRET aT NO FOREIGN DISSEM iw (meweseg ond REP CINCLANT CINCSO # I&NS {_ More: Field distribytton indicated by “at ”.) | stare Tota 1 aRaY Twavy Tata [wea Tax X Toca - FBI Se 1-1 SO Oh Eh ih pd PSA BMAD R —.2 wi SA7CE 4 wy vex i. {1 RIN/AN > £4 By be: : BOR: 2 Ei * (AMMUG - 1 ) Ct oo. ie
34-0000 - oo oRER DT a . NO: FOREIGN DISSEN 28 RY ve 3. A fairly retiable source was debriefed on 17 June 1962 : concerning Ge-2 training, instruction and students. Source i attended the school for seven weeks in late E961. He reported the following information on (fn) MARCOS, probably identical With Manuel VEGA Perez, aka. "Marcos," who was-one of the , instructora: . . ; a (fnu) MARCOS was born in approximately 1927 in Luyane, ‘Habana. He is tall and has’ a heavy build: brown hair, ‘ and. eyes; a round, clean-shaven face; and walks slowly and bends slightly forward as he walks. MARCOS, who ia a poorly educated, instructed classes in intelkigence. He » "> 7° a8) now “Press Attache at the Cuban. kmbassy in Mexico City “. and is understood to be the deputy chief of G-2 in Mexico. “+ .-@.. Avresgident of Mexico who has. reported reliable information, for - about three years said, in a report dated I8 May 1963, that _ Manuel. VEGA is: the head of Cuban intelligence at the Cuban ' Embassy in Mexico City. y F. 5, Ina report dated 22 June 1963 the following inforcation was. given on Manuel VEGA Perez: : Manvel VEGA Perez, the Diplomatic. Attache at the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City, was born in approximately 1912. He holds Cuban passport number D/167 and arrived in | Mexico in April 1962, He is single and resides at the Hotel Agnes, Saltillo 67, Mexico City. He is known to - be chief of the Cuban. G-2 in Mexico. &. A286 April 1964 report stated that Manuel VEGA Perez, third | secretary at the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City. and a known ; _ Cuban intelligence officer, returned to Mexico on 16 April; (ao ¥964 to replace Rogelio RODRIGUEZ, Lopez for an unspecified - period of time, an cs ee FS f ox) a BC . SECRET — Se . | | | - NO FOREIGN DISSEM oe a Tes ae ee ee