104-10216-10175 : : \ ‘ sgl 4 . a Neate ET ote According to AMWHIP/1, "El Mago" 1s the type of person known by { everyone and with the ability of talking to or going enywhere he pleases; this being part of the ma.'s totally extrovert personality. .. Because of this trait, AMWHIP/1 feels that "El Mago" will be able to develop information of interest. "El Mago" talked to AMWHIP/1 about the Cuban government's concern that the mails are being used for intelligence purposes and also the need for postal controls mentioned by Domingo PORTELA Placeres, Vice Minister of Communications. AMWHIP/1 did not ask "El Mago" for details but reported that "El Mago” | had stated the following: In order to try and control the problem, ‘Habana has been divided into postal zones; each zone is issued and selle a different series of stamps. The government tries to establish patterns and tries to isolate zones from which suspicious letters are mailed. They then intensify their efforts in the areas from which these letters are mailed. The censors are especially alert for patterns of suspicious incoming letters to a given address. Based on an arrival pattern of suspicious letters, a more thorough investigation is then made of the family living at that address. » (AMWHIP/1 could not f411 in any of the details regarding the above but will question "El Mago" further on this subject the next time he sees him.) ' 10. According to "El Mago", the old PSP members control many of the operations of the DSE. They have this control because they. organized and placed their people throughout the DSE structure. The DSE has offices under cover in all parts of Habana. “El Mago" wentioned the use of a seamstress shop, for example. It is espe- cially in these small deep cover segrents where the old PSP exercias 4 ' . . i NE LE LLL LL LLL LCA LCL OLLI A LE OLE IT ATCA A STE CA Sere AOA CNOT CE SNC “tN tN me SOARS EEN BANGS EOI oe a eee eres on ene 2 “ ¥ 4 ‘ . ~5- a ae
104-10216-10175 . "a ANSE pan tee = oo Glee Eee | Oe Hed teas attatbec oan mem, control. According to "El Mago" even Ramiro VALDES does not realize the extent that his organization is penetrated by the old Commun’sts. Justo HERNANDEZ, who was recently in Paris, is a member of the DSE and one of Ramiro VALDES! secretaries. He is approximately 38-40 years old; born in Cienfuegos. il. Juan DAVID Fogada: JDP is Cultural Attache, Paris. AMWHIP/1 assesses DAVID as anti-comie, antieregime and possibly recruitable provided the right person is used to make the contact, AMWHIP/1 , has a gift (tablecloth) from Juan DAVID which he asked AMWHIP/1 to give to his brother-in-law, Raul GONZALEZ Jerez (a Bay of Pigs veteran) who lives in Miami and is the ower of the"21 Club" on Venetian Way, Miami Beach. AMWHIP/1 was requested to personally deliver the present to Raul-and assess Raul as the man we should use ; in approaching DAVID. I£ we get a good assessment from AMWHIP/1, : ‘Raul can then be approached independently of AMWHIP/1 (to protect AMWHIP/1) and asked if he is willing travel to Paris and attempt to recruit his brother-in-law (DAVID) in place. 12. Jose IGLESIAS; AMWHIP/1's jeweler friend in Habana. IGLESIAS, eccording to AMWHIP/1 is the source of the information regarding Fidel CASTRO's bank account (26P) in the Beo. Nacional de Cuba. IGLESIAS was the man in Habana who contacted AMWHIP/1 in regard to Ness tee tec ep eye fe cate sere vere f nies aye ae : the jewelry which Pidel CASTRO wanted to sell. When CASTRO found f out that IGLESIAS was the man who arranged the deal,he called s _ IGLESIAS to his office, gave him $1,000.00 in cash and a bank : 4 : draft from the Bco. Nacl de Cuba on which was written "Cuenta : (account) Fidel Castro Ruz 26P to the name of Jose IGLESIAS $9,006.00, _ : Banque Nord d'Europe, IGLESIAS was told by CASTRO to present this aS Ps F + > 2 & wore , CE POSTE TEEN ARO CER RE NON 8 ‘ncaa EIEIO 8 17 REIT 2 MORTONNIES 9 MWY Te recat: esr remem ire: ~ weer ~ : ‘ : ’ LANA gt ene ada Rp Oe tyy taitamerenes ot ce al ae “wW green oe meh Fe
104-10216-10175 r i § Lgl aperoute sting dy Mate arte att draft at the Banque Nord d'Zurope where he would be given the $9,000.00. CASTRO informed IGLESIAS that this money was to be spent in any way IGLESIAS so desired and was being given ® him for arranging the jewelry deal with AMWHIP/1. IGLESIAS was also given @ trip to Europe where AMWHIP/1 was in contact with him. According to AMWHIP/1, IGLESIAS, before Castro, owned the largest jewelry store in Habana. His business was confiscated by the State and ‘IGLESIAS filed a suit against the government. During his visit with CASTRO, IGLESIAS was asked by Fidel what he was doing, to which IGLESIAS answered, "nothing since you took my business away from me." Fidel then went on to say how stupid the people running the Consolidedos were and promised IGLESIAS he would arrange for his business to be returned to him after he returned from Europe. In addition to 4,700 pkgs of jewelry which the government has cone fiscated, they also have original oil paintings and a stamp collection valued at $230,000.00 per the latest Scott catalog. According to IGLESIAS, an English firm offered 91,200,000.00 for the jewelry, _paintings, stamp collection, and a collection of gold coins but Fidel refused. Because of the bungling by his underlings, Fidel end Celia Sanchez are personally handling this little project. The jewelry, paintings, etc. are kept in vaults in the Beco. Nacl. de Cuba. In the bank it is Pepin SANCHEZ, Celia's brother-in-law, who ie approximately 45-50 years old, who helps Fidel and Celia in this project. According to IGLESIAS, Pepin SANCHEZ, regardless of title, is the man who runs the Beo. Nacl de Cuba. Pepin is also the man who personally handles the P26 bank account and approves .. or disapproves sales. The Cubans want to cont inue to send packages se par eens - TA A cen ne ee eR pt Be ey ne
104-10216-10175 % of jevelry valued at approximately $50,000.00 each to AMWHIP/1 through the Embassy in Paris. AMWHIP/1 paid 1,287,000 Sw fres. for the first package of Jewelry which he bou ht. In addition to the package which was valued at $300,000, there was an addi- tional package of jewelry valued at $10,500.00 which AMWHIP/1 also bought. The Cuban Embassy in Paris ‘deposited the Swiss’ francs in the Banque Nord d'Europe on either 12 or 19 May 1964, (AMMHIP/1 was not sure of the exact date.) In the Cuban Embassy — in Paris, TOLON, the code clerk, was the actual custodian of the jewélyy, , (TOLON = married; colored. Lives with his wife in the Embassy. He has been in Paris approxi- mately eight months but AMWHIP/1 did not know . |. exactly.) He seldom leaves the Embassy. According to AMWHIP/1, he is the custodian of the Embassy and the code clerk. AMWHIP/1 says he is a simple, good- natured sort of pYeasant. AMWHIP/1 had the opportunity of talking to him several times as the jewelry he in- ySpected and later bought was kept at hs Embassy by TOLON. ) PO Oe Te ek When AMWHIP/1 decided that he would buy the jewelry, the Ambassador (CARRILLO) did not have the authority to close the deal. A cable was sent to Pepin SANCHEZ in Habana for approval... According to CARRILLO and IGLESIAS, Fidel has boxes of gold (no details), which he wants to make into objects of art and sell. He feels this way hg-can expect better returns from at, CASTRO wants AMWHIP/1 to -8. i re dS ~aa glee. a > othe ene, “Cnn Ce 4 SOR OS a ee ab et ee
104-10216-10175 s 5 j advise him what he can do along these lines. In order to give CASTRO some answer AMWHIP/1 informed them that probably the : best they could do would be to mint gold medals which could then be sold outside of tuba. (AMWHIP/1 feels even this would be difficult for them to arrange but felt he had to give some kind of an answer.) CASTRO has extended an invitation to AMMHIP/1 to visit Cuba for 15 days so they could discuss the above business - (AMWHIP/1's comment: "Thanks, but no thanks.") Before and after discussing the details of his jewelry deals, AMWHIP/1 asked that the record be made abundantly clear that he would not and will not buy any more jewelry if he is so asked by the USG (1.e., if USG doesn't want him to do so), AMWHIP/1 states that these deals have and will continue to give him an excellent entree with the Cubans but for the record he also wishes to state he does make a profit + amen Jae bee wr mctaihll LR cae te Basen oe we ated ptre cn aaltabes + creer ans from it. 13. Ambasgsadoy CARRILLO: AMWHIP/1 does not feel we could success- fully approach CARRILLO at this particular time. CARRILLO is very twuch impressed with higposition and the confidence CASTRO has ; placed in him. CARRILLO is responsible for the coordination of oS Py Le oo the work of all of the other embassies in Western Europe, what could be called the Supervisory Ambassador for Europe. Hie contact with the Spanish Embassy in Paris is extensive and he is piaying a wajor role in expanding Cuba's trade with Europe, especially Spain. CARRILLO is opposed to and speaks against the old line commumists, especially Anibal ESCALANTE and Blas ROCA. (AMWHIP/1 feels CARRILLO is very pro-Spanish and anti-communist but at this time ot anti- ; FIDEL.) Regarding the role recently played by CARRILLO regarding to ESRI Rete cutee aaatennn ginny: 20 7 elm an pwd Oe green pte ees onse mt Heme Mase ig «Je rere : Eyerawet cha §
104-10216-10175 ® 1 « e DO teenie me 8 a Ae Bm oe Ee Te sae ‘ US-Cuban relations, AMWHIP/1 is certain that CARRILLO was acting According to AMWHIP/1 in such matters as this, no one in Cuba today, including CARRILLO, would dare act on his own. Upon his return from Cuba, CARRILLO was much less interested in the subject of reaching an understanding with the - U.S. AMWHIP/1 again interprets this as orders from Fidel. When AMWHIP/1 asked CARRILLO about the subject after his return, CARRILLO passed it off by stating that as long as the U.S. con- on orders from Fidel, tinued its aggressive moves against Cuba, nothing could be done until they were willing to sit down and discuss the matter as equals. 14, The Marcos-Rodriguez Trial: AMWHIP/1 stated most of the info he received on this subject from ROBRENO should be one one of the tapes. In summary, ROBRENO told AMWHIP/1 that Faure Chomon got the letter which he later made public from his contacts inside ee ee the DSE, Fidel was furious with CHOMON for making the letter public eee but once he had and the trial developed, Fidel took CHOMON's side fn the affair. After the end of the trial, CHOMON and AMLASH/L epent two days at Varadero with Fidel fishing. Because of the circumstances, Fidel was forced into the position of siding with CHOMON but according to "El Mago" ,CHOMON is not deceived that Fidel will ever forgive him for ‘rocking the boat" and causing the Uproar in the PURS. There never has been and never will be any love lost between CHOMON and Fidel. (On the surface Faure CHOMON came out unhurt from the latest crisis, If anybody was hurt, it was the old Line comminists, especially Edith GARCIA Buchaca. ) ee ee ee Re. eee OS ea : aessnainemcen-tes nat
104-10216-10175 +7 ‘S LY ry . x ra . sostunry Pe las tke eK ieh lamented ae et i . 15. Cuban Real Estate in Paris: CARRILLO is planning to move out of the Embassy Building and into an apartment for whicl: CARRILLO has already offered $600 a month. The real estate agent who talked to CARRILLO about the apartment on 24 May 1964 spoke English and looked like an American. The Cubans plan to move the Consulate into the Embassy Bldg. and hope to get $25,000.00 for the key rent. ' on the Consulate Bldg. According to CARRILLO, the Chicoms have offered $5,000,000.00 for a suilding on Av. Foch, 1 or 2 blocks toward the Eifel Tower from the Cuban Embassy. The house is pink, has a large: garden in the front, covers one whole block. 16. UNSNAFU/9: AMWHIP/1 is ccncerned over UNSNAFU/9's attitude and loose talk. He talked to him about it but feels he accomplished: very little. Even "El Mago” got into the act and nearly had a fight with UNSNAFU/9. Regarding MORALES, AMWHIP/1 believes he has contact with the French. He is a B008 | person and the same type as UNSNAFU/9, According to AMWHIP/1 chey’sinply ao we have enough sense to know when to keep their mouths ehut. Because of the way they act, AMWHIP/L 4s surprised they have been able to keep their jobs as long as they have. AMWHIP/1 stated that UNSNAFU/9 was used for all sorts of fobs in the Embassy and feels that if he used his head he could do much more for us than he is doing. AMWHIP/1 drew a rough floor plan of the Embassy and feels UNSNAFU/9 can get the information on the part of the Embassy that he did not visit and where TOLON, the code clerk, works. , | . dest elesleecusbe wate Fann We Sree Dra ore ea wee ba tet AAR hace + cues
104-10216-10175 x , * t 17. AMWHIP/1 plans another trip to Europe the end of June 1964, to see Jose IGLESIAS before he returns to Cuba. Also, for further discussions on his jewelry deals. If he does go, he would Like to have a detailed plan onwhst we want him to do for us. 18, Ways and means of getting to IGLESIAS were discussed at length as AMWHIP/1 assesses him as anti-commmist and antieregime, AMWHIP/1 also states that it is very important to get the right person to establish contact with IGLESIAS. He could come up with no suggestions except himself, AMWHIP/1 feels that IGLESIAS would be a good man to be in contact with, especially now that he is working closely with Fidel, Celia and Pepin SANCHEZ on the jewelry business. It was agreed that we eodta like to establish a working relationship with IGLESIAS but our concern is keep AMVAIP/1 uncontaminated. A : covert business relationship was suggested to AMWHIP/1 as one possible avenue. AMWHIP/1 wanted to think this possibility over as his first feeling was that it would be difficult to develop. 19,  Sugaxt According to CARRILLO, the Cubans expect this year's | suger crop to be in excess of last year's. In four to five years they expect the crop to top the five million ton mark and up to ten million tons in seven to ten years. (Cuban pipe dreams). CARRILLO ie See re also talked about a long term sugar contract with Tunis for 11¢ per lb. The recent sugar purchase of 10,000 tons by the Cubans was a Te PEAR Ete Ro 18 planned ploy to raise the sugar price. 12a TRE Hy Spey Bas onan ysttecge centr etter, eee na ce eT ee stl TRIER A NA Rr et ‘
104-10216-10175 =: Lf ee Rate. Go vey 20. ABRAHANTES: According to "El Mago", Abrahantes has been moved off of Fidel's personal security detachment and back full time «ith the DSE working on internal security matters. 21. Ambassador CARRILLO is very conscious about the Embassy being bugged and the telephones being tapped. In talking to AMWHIP/1, he suggested they be careful what they discussed as “we do not know what may be in here.” In discussing the recent news about the mikes in the American Embassy in Moscow, CARRILLO \ mentioned to AMWHIP/1 that they had recently discovered mikes in their Gabassy in Canada. CARRILLO also stated that two months age the technical people had swept the Embasay in Paris and found nothing. . 22. Geneva: AMWHIP/1 stated he felt the trip to Geneva was - totally unsuccessful and, even though he made every effort, could see no possibilities of establishing contact with Cubans who were there. He stated that CAMEJO (INDEVOUT/3) was a sour type and an felt he woul! ave been wasting his time trying to get close to hia. 23. According to "El Mago", AMLASH/1 planned an attempt against Fidel in early 1964, The site he had selected was the stadium in | Habana. AMLASH/1, according to "El Mago", at the last minute decided the effort was not feasible at this location. 24. Jose IGLESIAS plans to return to Cuba in late 1964. His address in Cuba is Moro 7 altos, Habana; tel: A 0392, IGLESIAS is visiting his mother who lives in Spain at Pravia Penaullan in Oviedo, Espana. He can be reached at Andres Torrejon #4, Madrid c/o Ma. Alvarez, a niece, aw Be neater et med were ~B3 . . tart ne ee - Nee eer + Sanne een wm pacar, a
104-10216-10175 ° * 2 i PD. were ett we ape eS 25, According to CARRILLO, Fidel plans using the money received from the recent sale of jewelry to buy lab equipment for a hospital in Habana. Dr. (Curie-tkourl.or-Khoury) is in Paris and authorized to purchase this equipment. 26. Angel HORA Riestra (home tel 6-5836, Mgr. of Banco Nacional de Cuba, Habana) --- According to AMWHIP/1 who spent several days with MOKA in Paris, is a decent person, anti-commumnist and gets the distinct impression , based strictly on his general cdnversa~ tions with him, that uch can be approached. AMWHIP/1 could not provide any leads to HORA. HOLA has two daughters. 27. Jose VENEGAS, VP of the Int. Union of Students in Prague --- AMWHIP/1 was informed that VENEGAS had telephoned UNSNAFU/9 from Prague and had told him that AMLASH/1 was unhappy that he had not received an answer to his letter, that VENEGAS was writing to TRASANCOS and also was trying to telephone AMWHIP/1 in Rome. AMWHIP/1L believes AMLASH/1 is trying to get an answer to his last message but does not believe that AMLASH/1 has cut VENEGAS in. AMWHIP/1's feeling is based on his conversations with AMLASH/1 in November 1963 and their meetings with VENEGAS at that time. AMWHIP/1 feels AMLASH/1 would not cut VENEGAS in at this stage although he plans to use him Later.’ . 27. Security: No security problems were encountered. As AMSPORT/1 works in AMWHIP/1's office, an exchange of pleasantries with him was unavoidable as I had previously wet him in Paris. AMWHIP/1 thinks AMSPORT/1 is a nice fellow but a little on the lazy side. 26 ghey oeheaetyn es Ha ERR to fe pbb je ries
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