ba eg a SE SRST . Chief, Task Force W [ceca] o te Chief of Station, JMWAVE ‘ IW: OF ewes cco tna’ Opera tions 1/GYROSE ee Agreed Activities , BETION REQUIRED » REFERENCES 1. INTRODUCTION, As a follow up to reference, Haj. Watlington arrived in Wiami on 6 June 1962. After Maj. Watlington had an op- portunity to discuss the local situation with Lt. Col, Carles Causes * ‘the local ACSI representative, arrangements were made for a lengthy session on the subject of Agreed Activities. It tas agreed that this discussion would take place at 1000 hours on 7 June 1962 at a JMWAVE safehouse facility. This meetang subsequently took place as ._gcheduled and was participated in by Lt. Col. Causes, Kaj. Vatlington, Budley R. JENTONS, Charles B..WIESINGER and Andrew K. REUTEMAN. The specific points which were outlined in this discussion are covered in the following paragraph. 2. DISCUSSIONS, In the course of the 7 June 1962, conversations with ACSI representatives the following topics worthy of recording were discussed. a. Opa Locha Refugee Referral Precedures. Maj. Watlington made the point that in accordance with the agreements which had been reached between ACSI and KUBAGX, local procedures were to be agreed upon in order that ACSI might obtain refugee referrals fron —- . Opa Locka which could be used as a basis upon which to mount OB collection operations. Maj. Watlington under- scored the point that ACSI had no interest or charter to run other than OB collection operations. At the cane time if any of their operations produced intelli- gence on subject matter other than OB, this intelligence would be reported via existing ACSI reports channels. REUTEMAN indifated that JMWAVE, acknowledged the validity of ACSI' ‘ wnesion in the OB field, and we were therefore ; willing GaT gore ggerate: fully in this regard. On the other : of uma ye t eved that it was essential that certain +, : eo Gabe 7 Yok S/o ae 2 fone 4 108 pCn-% oy 4 ooo / SCRE AY Ah ; GATE wR i ay 7 fea” TES ERY = . ‘tribution: . 3 Chief, TEW 3, JULY 1962 a lied Aimee ORT RET GA” ; he. : - ; Background Use Only ci Do Nek Repreduca > 7 % Qj :
a | 4 ‘SOnrin CLagmiPIcATION ” MATION OF.” Pf BISPATEH . > STN * ; i SECRET oofeguards bo built into any Opa Locka r@gferral in.order that we could minimize the possibilities for duplication ‘of effort and/or wire crossing. This concept was readily accepted by Maj. Watlington. It did not, however, atrike a totally responsive chord in Lt. Col. Causes. This was noted but in order to proceed with preliminary arrange- mnonts, REUTENAN put forth the proposal that ACSI register a, list of ‘gent requirements with Opa Locka and that this ‘last could then be used as a basis upon which refugee screenings could be conducted. It was suggested that Col. Kail would be the logical point of reference in Opa Locka through which the referral system could be managed. In op “this connection it was pointed out that once Col, Kail 2 identified an individual whom he considered to ‘be pri- — marily of ACSI interest, he could arrange for this indi- vidual to be referred to Lt. Col. Causes' covert unit, At the same time Col. “ail would make arrangements to pass to KUBARK representatives at Opa Locka and to Station JMWAVE a copy of the Opa Locka debriefing of the individual who had been referred to ACSI. Upon receipt of this in- formation KUBARK representatives at Opa Locka and at Station JMWAVE would review the referral, I this review . revealed that the individual was not of operational interest to JMWAVE and his primary access was not in fields other than OB, no objections would be expressed relative to ACSI retention and full exploitation of the body, Maj. Watlington expressed satisfaction with this proposal and “gtated that he would be prepared to discuss it further onee he had an opportunity to personally review the func- tioning of the Opa Locka center. * : 4 ECr ABO eR Reuse by ancther US. dgiuty: due 6) CY? 0 Antonio “CUESTA Vatic. “Gorn 13 June 1926. Lt.Col. Causes asked If wo could cTarify the current status of our relationship with Cuesta. As this name did not ring a bell with any of the JMWAVE representatives, Lt. Col. Causes was asked for further details, This produced the ptatement that ACSI was interested in Cuesta, And wanted to use him in an infiltration cperaticn: ACSY had allegedly previously traced Cuesta with Station siMVAVE and had re- coived the reply that’ KUBARK had been in touch with the individual but had terminated him because he was unreliable. in view of this response Lt. Col, Causes wanted to know whether we would recommend the reuse of Cuesta by ACSI. Ve responded te this by stating that we would review our files and would forward a written reply to Lt. Col. Causes within the next few days. . yo vet | 2g f- RP OEAVT GR Re di by ancUes YS gency Gee >. Laurcano *BATYSTA Palla. Born 1 May 1935. . Lt. Col, Causes asked i¥%We stiYY retained an operational interest in Batistal Ef we did not ACSY was interested - in using this individual in an suviitration operation and _ 8S 0, vesuit wanted JLVAVE'’s opinion-as to Batista’s eapability and reliability. We advised Lt. Col. Causes that we would check our files and would forward a written reply relative to Batista within a matter of a few days. “- ds Antonio S*ORDONEZ Hernandez. Born 24 August 1918. Lt. Col. Causes asked if We Were Currently in touch with Ordonez. Ag this name rang a bell with REUTEMAN we remy sponded by stating that?@éubject vas of interést to val In this connection we indicated we were{ willing to reexaning]s | Gur relationship with OrdénéZjin order to detérmine His ~ 4 full potential or capability, and if his capability was . ‘greater in the OF field than in figids which wer@ of interest_- a eB Apogee i vet ore * re ERUPT MTS mn opener eee Map AGENTS TT Rad CERT ETF. ite tate ARTE neem en 2 rar mer E Ne +6 on se pe pamerennnenryn tert yianrastste ee et Ao Jaa ere, MER F Se So. ok eae gate ie ag A at Oe OI dap SERRE ka POE Ee
AGO ease = pence rt enema ; . — okey en ne ' GLASBIFICATION . CCEAATCM GYRKEOL AAD PR EEER one 4 milo eonmeayation 8 - -. res i -"¢ pispated SECRET. UFGA-4322 ts eet ecg NE AON te ATCT NN Lt. Col. Causes stated that he felt thav ho had established his equity in Ordonez through the namo 5 trace procedure. Despite this, he had found that Ordonez had disappeared from circulation; and, there- fore, he assumed that we were debriefing this man. ACSI representatives whether they were currently in touch with any third country diplomats. aj. Watlington stated that\ACSI had previously tried to harness thep €apabilities of th eo eny RT Nope par ineee Rg RL RRR RT Coordination of these actrivitics — ‘ ¥ silted in ACSI's being denied the use hg of these facilities. As a result Maj. Watlington stated that at thy present time ACSI was not: in touch with any third coun/jry, diplomats. On the other hand, ACSI was iditerested in pursuing the third country diplomatic channel pfs a means of establishing communications with inside dssets. At this point Lt. Col. Causes stated that he was very disappointed at KUBARK's refusal to allow him to use the facilities of the pte was indicated” that KRUGARK unaer=— ce olelé may Gra ©: 0p areas v reaction; however, the KUBARK positioi: was based on sound security principles and could not be altered. The additional explanations which were made relative to the security implications which were inherent in the use of third country diplomats and how misuse could affect long standing government to government or service to service agreements between ODYOKE and free world countries did not make any impact on Lt. Col. Causes. This gentleman was predisposed to ' y | e. Third Country Diplomats, REUTEMAN asked the | i i | i | wip prepa noes ae coh prem mem eRe te t interpret KUBARX's refusal to allow him to use certain le 2 shanneis as a clear indication that Ie One-G6F - kg primary responsibilities in the Hiani : area was to restrict and inhibit ACSI operational activity. Gnce this attitude was identified no further attempts were made to persuade Lt, Coil. Causes that our actions had been taken in the best interests of‘ the intelligence community. as STL ar aeee €. Wavitime Yafiltrvation of ACSI Agents. A dis- cussion of thoae Gupport Gervices which KUEARKK might render to ACSX operations revealed that Lt. Col. Causes waG SELLL interested in having JMWAVE infiltrato two of his egents into PBRUMEN, In this connection the point ~ was made by ACOY that under optimum circumstances they would prefer that JMVAVE assume responsibility. for the agents in. the Miami area and then deliver them through a secure mechanism to Havana. if this were not possible ACSY would reiuctantly accept infiltratibn of their agents into any point in PBRUMEN. Lt. Col, Causes was toid in ; very precise terns that JLAWAVE would not undertake to infiltrate any of his agents into Havana, On the other hand, we would consider any proposal for the infiitration Lanne Stare rt of selected agents to a beach areca in PBBRUMEN, The point was made that in this connection Lt. Col. Causes had to - understand that our maritime capabilities were limited and we were currently committed to the full exploitation of these assets for at Ieast six weeks in advance. As a result any operational plan which he might subnit to us should be keyed to the agsumption that approximately siz to eight ‘weeks would pags before we could realistically consider the servicing of his request. Lt. Col. Causes agreed to project his operational plans within this Yrame a of reference. 3 o.
m (G@eTUATION OF = | “ye be BISPAVCR 7 | SECRET UFGA-4322 en CLADDIFICATION —* GIBPATC Ie GYIALOL ABD ReaReDER matte tea EET a: problem reTLative to agent infiltrations revealed that at * the noment ACSI did not have any.documentation problems “if 7 . Ge Documontation. A discuasion of the documentation — | which they felt warranted discussion at this session. se Ge natal 5 ane me Se ager e epnh grat yt OR PB . h. * Coordinatioa Forms. The discussion of opsra- tiopal coordination revealed that ACSI was willing for = : JLWAVE to coordinate locally those operational. proposals _—— af which might be received from,Lt. Col. Causes. Once this _ § coordination was effected and if there were disagreoment, ~~. BS then the operation could be referred to the Washington , : headquarters of both ACSI and JMWVAVE, Maj. Watlington ; » stated that the forms for effecting coordination in ac- cordance with procedures which had been agreed upon at = Washington would be sent to both JMWAVE and the ACSI unit v4 in Viami in the near future. In view of this Maj. . i Watlington suggested that we not initiate the coordination Ho mechanism until these forms were on hand circa 1 July 1962. Sis gists deol fn tie ne at yabeo, ae i. W/T Assets. The discussion of the use of W/T facilities in terms of PBRUMEN operations revealed that the Miami ACSY unit did not have any W/T assets in PDRUMEN at this time, On the other hand, Lt. Col. Causes was” interested in establishing W/T assets in PBRUMEN. In , of view of his he asked if JMWAVE would continue to assess, polygraph and train those individuals that ACSI thought . were Guitable W/T candidates, It was indicated that we * were cortainly prepared to review all appropriate cases and would render whatever support was required. This then resulted in a discussion of whether JMWAVE would be willing to monitor ACSI W/T transmissions from PBRUHEN in those instances where the W/T operator had not been assessed, polygraphed or trained by KUBARK. We indicated that we / would be glad to moniter,;such transmiscions if we were told in advance of the date, time and frequencies on which i the broadcasts were to be made. This then led to a dis~ f eussion of whether JMWAVE would be willing to transmit \ C/V messages for ACSY agents. Here again, we stated that ee wo would favorably consider any requests for C/V trans- miccGions providing that we knew the content of the message, the identity of the agent who was to reccive it, and the « agent's location and equipment which he might be using. Lt, Col. Causes stated that in view of this discussion we could anticipate that he would be levying requirements on us in the near future for support in the W/T field, gore at ee I po SIME ALE TACT CEST ST ETT ge eR jo Secret Writing. A discussion of S/W teéhniques e revealed that TY a@ réquest for the issuance of S/W were received from their Hianl representative it would be re- viewod, and if ACSY approved the operation KUBARK would be asked to issue a system. If JMWAVE agreed via lecal coordination that the operation in question required the use of S/W, then this recommendation would be cabled to our Washington Headquarters where coordination would be effected with ACSI. Once this was accomplished, LUBARK Washingtgn would cable to JMWAVE the number of the system t which was\to be issued. JMWAVE would then issue the _ gsyatem to the ACSI representative in Miami. 3. COMMENT. At the conclusién of the above discussion arrange- monts were made for lunch, but Lt. Col, Causes chose not to partici- pate in the luncheon session. During -the luncheon conversation "Maj. Watlington indicated that he did not believe that Lt. Col. . Causes vould cooperate within the spirit of the DCID's. Aa a result he asked that JMWAVE be extremely patient with ACSI until such time - “aa Lt. Col. Causes retired and could be replaced. Maj. Watlington &
T prematCn GYEECOL 66D MUMEES UFGA-4322 Clagumicanon * *¢ “ SECRET indicated that the retirenont was scheduled to take place at the ond of Sdptember 1962. At the end of thé luncheon session ar- Frangonents were made noe JENTONS to take Maj. Watlington on a ~ tour of Opa Locka. sed on this tour additional discussions wore to be held aith. tag . Watlinggon. particularly in regard to the development of proceduves for referral of agents to ACSI from the Opa Locka flow. 4. OPA LOCKA, Wag. Watlington and JENTONS subsequently went out to the Interrogation center at Opa Locka. Here they had an interview with Col. Kail, “the tenor of which was, on the part of Maj. Watlington, to assure himselfg that the ACSI repre- sentative, Francasi, was having adequate access to operational leads. Col, Kail said that operational leads were shared ac- , cording to their abilities between the KUBARK representative and the, ACSI man. However, there were occasional difficulties in assuring that the men best qualified received the body in question, In addition, he said KUBARK. occasionally pulled a man out of the Center without his completing the full treatment which precluded the ACSI representative's getting his hands on someone who might . be well qualified for their operations, Maj. Watlington believed that assurance that the ACSI representative got a fair deal might be achicved through a more complete briefing of Col, Trudencio Ulibarri, who is in charge of the preliminary screening so that he would more fully understand what was needed. JENTONS said that this would be a very good idea, but that it would be better if it were a dual briefing with a KUBARK representative being present as well. Maj. Watlington said that he would ask his headquarters for permission to have such a briefing given. Coil, Kail expressed his opinion that the assignment of JENTONS to formal liaison with the ACSI representatives would do much to eliwinate present difficulties and all present echoed this pious thought. 5S. AGREEMENT, When JENTONS turned Maj. Watlington over to Lt. Col. Causes ufter the meeting at Opa Locka, the two ACSI representatives said that they belleved that, for the time being, it would be better to’ continue the system as "at present, pending JENTONS' permanent arrival at the beginning of July 1962 As. Lt. Col. Causes is obviously skeptical about the outcome, this wag agreed to as a stopgap measure. END OF DISPATCH