(toe-tormt01a a ep Smee Gua ed BYALA ASE RS PIR MAS CYROSE /Orerational | © AMDENIV-1" Sropress Report - 13 Aupust 1962 ACTON REQURED NOL NCTY REF: UFGA-4425 dated 19 June 1962 _'. SUMMARY: In the period since ref prorress report AMDENIN-1L has been primarily encaged in keeping his fences mended with the various exile croups in-the area in anticipation of. nov-. ing inta.a.pesition in the AMBUD-l-orranfzation in which he will Be resnonsible for coordinating ‘the sele’tion of paramilitary  ~ idates from'these groups. In additién to this he has prepared a numer of reports providing backeround information,-and on cur- rent activities in the local PR®UMEN community and mounting . ' Operation Antonico I, dn effort to establish contact with PBRUMEN ' fishermen thru his own fisherman contacts. Details follow: OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS 2. In response to a Station request subject provided an estimate of the current situation in PBRUMEN. This report atressed the points that the farmers and the fishermen, in PBRUMEN are the most willing and capable of providine support to resis- tance activities as a result of their having suffered the most at the hands of the current administration after being largely ; responsible for its obtaining power. He also provided a general strategic blan of Oriente Province in which he defined the main —_ -areas in which guerrilla elements can survive and how they can be eet - reached fron coastal resupply points. His ability to do this is _ based upon his being a native of the area and one who has been primarily interested in its geography due to his former large. ‘agriculture holdings there, m - ene 3. He has had one meeting with AMBUD-2 for the purpose of maintaining contact. His main question to AMBUD-l ‘was with regard ‘to the latter's ability to actually control the feople on his staff.) , He was disappointed by the reply which though positive could not be’ supported with an example of where AMBUD~1 had actually brought’ = [> DATE OcSParoelo Garg TYPED bo cor ' =~ 13 Aug. 62 Aus ev rad Distribution: - Fences mereninc 7 “sere OcSPATCH SYMEOR AND EGER 3. -. Addressee ' UFGA-5212 ; é Pia ana 201-251853 HEADQUARTERS POLE PARES 2976S 3 RETURN TO CIA ckground Use Only Do Not Reproduce
—_—_ (rr etOs Bree AND Pecty UPGA=$212 CRAB RE OL ATO Ay SECRET CONTINUATION OF _ DISPATCH about the dismissal of anvone who had proved to be Ineffective, AMDENIM-l is a rood friend of AMAUNeL as a result of his father's long standing relationship with hin, but at this point has very - little respect fer him as a result of, as he says, AYBUDel's failure to actually make his orranization into an effective body and to enpare in activities which actually detract fron the success of the current PSRUYMEN regime. It remains that he is willine t Sain ANaMsoa"y Ovpanicetion anc at cemp! tu create Unity among the. -iilitary sections of the xen er gtounps at such time ag KUHARK Rives. him the go ahead, a © nme nn 6 een Penns see . 4. Following his belief that the most insortant job at hand is the development and maintenance of maritime reception points ce, ; - along the north coast of PBRUMEN, AMDENIMel hag devoted considerable time to readving assets anong his exiled fisherman friends to make contact with their former fisherman associates still’ based in a ce PBRUMEN. The foundation for this activity is uite: tenuous as a ae panne result of a variety of factors which make it difficult: to arrance Sea rendezvouses in the absence of radio contact. - Severs: i have been made to the Anguila Key area for this purpose, the last of which’was su Ported by_KUSARK. and was called Operation Antonico___ i. This attempt was unsuccessful due to- the failure of the inside contact to appear, It developed that the woman and child who were to be exfiltrated on this operation appeared in the JMVAVE area two days later, having obtained permission to leave PBRUMEN by air, | They carried the message that someone had- stolen theport chief's to depart on schedule due to the implementation of .temporary re= oS re : strictions until the theft had been investigated. 3 sai nog oe oo next rendezvous was scheduled for 12 August, howevé mminent bad me a, weather forestalled any chance of making this rendez uss. es Cn effort to establish contact continues on the basis that,-once a OAS system can be set up, if will be comparatively. easy 0 @§= : a ablish further rendezvouses and thus develop ratlines into the goo. ' $. Coincidentally with the above AMDENIM-1 is 4 his ¢ 3 to come up with radio operator candidates: candidates for infiltration, Based upon past exterien effort is being made more selective in that.the need for more self sufficient personnel ig greater than ever, _ The increasing diffi- wees culty of covering people inside makes it necessary t oo size of. the infiltration parties and to have people 4 stand j é rigors of existing on minimum supplies unt establish themselves with natives who are willing to: with a base of operations. Most of the people who: infiltrate at this point are of. the type who want immi and are unwilling ‘to take the time to establish a clandest: from which they can methodically. develop the assets in=pla are essential to the growth and refinement of a resistang He has a number of people on tap who aré qualified as for small guerrilla teams, but who are not capable of. intaining =». _ themselves Clandestinely until the time for guerrilla’a tion rrives, |” i 6. FUNDS EXPENDED: | _ oF It-. a. $200. was piven to maintenance until_hi comes throughs It. | is intended that will be an investipator of . . operational leads ang an assistant to AMDENIN~F in — the handling of his fishermen and operational candidates. _ j b. $300. was given to SMDENIM-1 for passage to the widow of AMGLAD-1. He is the channel for this payment until such time as HOs arrives at @ settlement figure and this obligation can be disposed of. ° CLASSAICA TIO raze Ne YON i USE PREMOUD EOrnons S ECR eT lex) CONTINUED a
se §3ea USE PREVIOUS EOINON. OS 4lCH SRR AMD NUmenE UPCA=$212 CAMB GUC AT ote SECRET CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH ¢. $325, was siven to AMDENI'-1 in support of Gperation Antonico [, which operation is described under para praph 4&, . 7. INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION: AMNDENIM-1 has provided a number of memoranda on developments within the various exile @roups in the JHWAVE area, none of which qualify as intellipep information but all of which Gowtripate to the Station's bétter understanding of local politics, Specifically, he haS provided info on the ihe “political beliefs and backrround of most of the PBRUMEN exiled labor leaders and the activities of -the Bequer proud. He has also koen helpful in clarifving the picture as to the movements within the UR at this time while the Station is trying to determine how best to orpanize this group in order to be able to take over its more ‘worthwhile features without becoming unduly committed to giving it special prominence in the exile community. He is being counted. on to help bring the UR into the AMBUD-1 organization as a means of creating the appearance of greater unity among the exile community. . 8. COMMENTS AND FLANS: While no spectacular achievements are resulting from AMDENIM-l's efforts at this point he is steadil ceptible to KUBARK control and more becoming more and more sus J ‘professional in-tis efforts. Wt recent-éxample is the critique he lizing more information out of the gave his fishermen for not rea refugecs they met at Anguila Key while waiting for their inside contact, They had failed to adequately debrief two young men, who had succeeded in surviving in PBRUMEN for over two.months on their own, on the basis that they were too young to be knowledgeable, As it turned out the two refugees had used the -cover-of' sponge salesmen and had been able to travel from Havana to. Santiago de Cuba without being stopped once. On learning of this',) AMDENIM-1 was reminded of a good cover he has heard about, namely. fighting cock fanciers, which activity seems to be on the increase asa result of the greater amount of spare time available -to.the people. The sport is actually becoming a year around proposition rather — than being restricted to the winter months as in the. past... It. ig: planned to have’ AMDENIM-1 continue his present pursuits on the——~ basig tha e is free to move as the Station esires and can have Sh overall sengtvonnsas effect on the j~l organization a 2 | th. the Fishermen and ~fime desired, He will continue his efforts wi he ad. will provide candidates for infiltration as they beconie “available | and cah be. accepted by the Station. Operation Antonico III-is ~~. scheduled for 27 August using a Magnolia (boat) to éstablish: ~ contact with fishermen living on a key in the Caibarien area, There is a possibility that he will journey to Jamaica'to make .--. contact with an old associate who is now.a’ prominent ni mbér of the ' -PBRUMEN governmént asa means of eliciting information: on‘current © regime policy and plans.” CLASSIICAT HOMO SECRET