104-10071-1019¢ ===" DERE TTA Arba ~ “EP ORT. NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE | Am emg ee ee ee 2 earn eee _ ~ - cece a : ere eli i bn, pe Bagh 0? 70 §-BoC-R=B-F - ‘ ‘ REPORT NO : ee . oo oo DATE DISTR. 23 February 1968 COUNTRY Costa Rica. 7 bor (és Fobruary 1968 sussect Negotiations Between Ludwig Starke , _ and Rolando Masferrer with a View Uo Toward Mutual Support for Projecte Revolutionary Movements . 22 Costa Rica, San Jose ~ ce : . 1 : (15 - 23 February 1968) FIELD NO (ars}4099 source A high-level member of the National Liberation Party (PLN) who has access to and the confidence of top leaders of his party. His strong identification with the PLN and the knowledge that his reporting will reach U.S. official circles probably cause him to present his reporting to the- best advantage of the PLN. He has submitted reliable in- formation during the past year, but he has been known to withhold pertinent information. He received the informa- tion from Daniel Oduber. . 4 & &. ps x a s 2 uf of a 3 . a7 nope oe 4, GPiold Comment: TDCB-314/01006-68 reported that Ladwig Starke Jimomez, & right-ving extremist who is the leader of tha escurity forces of the Movimiento Coata Rica Libre QaCRL) nti-Comuniet businesamen's group, had in- formed Daniel Gdubor Quiros, of the Hational Liberation Party (FL), that he wis caking plana and ceeking eupport for ® posaible wove against the Costa Bican Goverment in the event that {t should appear to bo in éanger of pasaing into the hands of leftists. To that end Starke was nego- tiating with aympathetic groups cutaide of Costa Bica. He gag im indirect contact with Rolando Essferrer, a Cuban exile involved in plotting against’ tho Governments of Haiti and Cubs, through Fernando Helo Vontanills, & Cuban oxile in Costa Rica who was in touch with a priost associated with Basferrer .) - (2 yeyyt ) wir & ba [aad 2. In mid-February Oduber said that he had contacted Helo, whom ho had known for como time, in an effort to learn more about the negotiations betwoon Starke and Hasferrer, in which Helo had been acting as an intermediary. Helo said that the objective of the negotiations waa to work out a plan whereby Haitian and Cuban exilea, with Starke'a Pr ne eae AAU EA BMS SNS AAFC cp arta rene IRIE IE peer apne DISTRIBUTION me PRP ad ATE SAN TEIIS SY BERS ES I AENEID PTS AES SAR
7 ae Ly o oo my we 8-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM ~2Q- cooperation, would use Costa Bican soil ag a ataging area for an invasion of Haiti, to overthrow President Rene Davalier. if successful, Yaaforrer and hig Haitian cohorts would then supply funda ‘and arpasent to Starke for his projected move againet the Trejos government. pale eRe 3. eid “water informed Oduber that he was planning to go to Hew York City on 31 Pebruary, ostensibly to visit mos- bers of hia family. However, the true purpoce of his vigit is to talk with Hasforror and Pather Diego Hamel Abilio Hadrigal Alvarez, the priest who has repressated Hasferrer n the nogotiations, through Kolo, with Starke. Helo haa been commisaioned by Starke to accertain the quantity and gource of arma that the Macsforrer group will make available to Starke if the group succeeds in overthrowing Duvalier. . Holo aleo ia to find out what other aggigtance the Hasferrer group will provide to Starke, how m&iny Haitian and Cuban @zilea Hasferrer will send to Coata Rica, and when they will arrive. No 20 . 4. Bele caid Skat a Cogta Bican v vies already hag been obtained for Jacques Boringlans, @ Haitian, who will be the first of the group of Haitian and Cuban exiles to come to Costa Hica to cet up their staging areca, “Horinglane's vies r) “by Btarke through Hodrigo Arauz Bonilla, who until recently was the chief So lerk (ofzieTat es mayor) of the Himistry of Pu Lic Security. “ 5. (Piola Connont : Hele bas ‘the roputation locally of being on inveterate intriguer and a braggart. Therefore, bis veracity is open to question. It is possible that the infor- wation he bas given to Oduber is to some extent exaggerated er distorted. It ig algo possible that Starke will find Helo to be a less than trustworthy intermediary.) SSNS D ie aaa esrtnteat baci ee Ze DRA Rae AI at Pet Re Aero FMA CEN EAS URI PERI RE ARERR ECE 6. Field Disses: State Army CIRCSOUTH (2120 sent (Managua) and (Port-au-Prince) . (Gz (o-b a SEO aN RO Sis ene Aeon ha SPA ee Ta ree eS