(404-10224-10020 a Se 9 em Nae ane TenLente  ae E OK en CEREAL tna Woke cg hd “CONTACT REPORT » cy DATE: 30 June“1972 | Peter S. JASUTIS AGENT: TusTEER/1,” So _CASE OFFICER: ' PLACE: “Westward Ho Restanrant,. 2 SWB St..and 49th, Ave. " Ae ttn eens aera tates a tte, Ae! Cardenas, ~ Cardenas’ was” previ usly. describéd. by FUSTEER/1 as ‘ 4 oo an individual who. once worked for ‘the Agency both: in Miami and | ‘ . the Congo. He fs. a friend. of Harker, of the’ Washington ‘breakin CS “scandal. Cardenas. was" unemploydd until . carly .1972 but now, : suddonly, he is. traveling to South America and ‘has become -af- fluent. YUSTEER/1 speculated that Curdenas may be dealing in narcotics. . ; , i 2, Also note a Now York Times article of 28 June concerning i : the Washington’ breaktn atfair, “This article states that an ' individual appeared on the Miami scene about two. months aga and recruited the team for the breakin, The recruiter was deserfbed as a "pipe smoker’ who used a code name during the recrultments. Cardenas sciokes ‘a pipe abd the tine according to TUSTEER/1. 3. LUSTEER/1 ig sceptical of the NYT article, 4s written, ‘because in his opinion no Cuban could be recruited by an unknown individual using a code name.’ Considering the clandestine/ operational mentality of tha many Cubans in the Miami. area, oo 7 poe : OL re pat a: : - le Contact was: _dndtiated with’ 1USTEER/A” to discuss. Roberto. i ! | | J ruiter with ade - réecruitments could only be made by a known rec quate bona fides, ‘4. Information on Cardénas supplied by LUSTEER/1 3 In 1954 he was a he was arrested in ine Due to politteal ired fron his position, 939. . : a. Cardenas was born about 1919 captain with Cubana Airlines. In. 1954-55 Havatia by 4 Hajor Ochoa for snaupge ling coca pull Cardenas was not prosecuted but was fi ‘He retired to his farm in Cuba from 1954-1 r i) b. From 1959 to 1960 he was in the Castro airforce. There he met Fiorini, also invaived in the Washington breakin scandal. In 1960, in Miami, PUSTERR/1 wos visiting in tha Plorini home when Cardenas dropped in. Alse present was "5,4 gy nine LANZ, former Chief of the Castro airforce. Cardenas was $: fares ee ap DnGREY ots L
then working closely with, ‘Barker in Cuban axtle. (unity) ce, | _ activity on behalf of Artime.. At the-tine Cardenas met — - rn i .| TUSTEER/1 at the Figrind home, he told, TUSTEER/1- to go te So, . ' a house on Brickell Ave, FUSTEER/I did- and there he. mot | i Artine for the first time. a i } I i | A : Ce (At. this time a Case Officer named. “Jimmy! “Was “ey handiing both Barker and ‘Cardenas, - “Jimny” spoke ‘excellent. - i Cuban Spanish. ) ; oe . a. From 1962 1965 Cardenas. Morked | with the * Ageney ; ‘under the cover 1962 20.13 enas? ‘. f Case Officer during | ‘this. Period wa po ET on “0a. Tn 1965 the Agancy. sent Cardenas to TUSTERR/i for duty in the Congo. — In the Congo ¢ -ardenas claimed to’ have 4 heart attack anid was hospitalized, He. ‘was. later proven med ically sound and released from his Congo assignment, , £, During 1967- 1968 Cardenas drove a truck in the. Miami area, . Betweén 1969 and. 1999- “fh Cardenas sold mutual: 7 funds in South Anerica (GRANCO and others), This ended when nae the funds wont bankrupt. . . oe g. in i 971 Cardenas was econo ically down: In early L672 he sturted trayve line again and becane affluent, IUSTERR/} 5 ; believes Cardenas is involved in drugs,