HW 53199 AGENCY RECORD NUMBER RECORD. SERIES AGENCY FILE NUMBER AGENCY ORIGINATOR FROM TO TITLE DATE PAGES SUBJECTS Date: 12/28/04 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM ~ : IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION Released under the John Kennedy CIA . . 104-10074-10234 Wssassination Records JFK Ollection Act of 1992 80TO01357A (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:NW 53199 Date: 6-08-2017 DOCUMENT INFORMATION CIA DISMISSAL OF TERESA PROENZA PROENZA, CUBAN CULTURAL ATTACHE IN MEXICO CITY. : 01/30/1964 2 MEXICO CITY CUBAN ATTACHE ROA, RAUL PROENZA, TERESA 1 DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER CLASSIFICATION : SECRET . RESTRICTIONS : 1A CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED IN PART PUBLIC - RELEASED WITH DELETIONS DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/19/93 COMMENTS : JFK16 : F70 : 1993.07+19.18:07:44:460150 \ \ ~--------+----- +--+ ------+------------------------------------------------- [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10074-10234 DocId: 32350557 Page 1
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY phar This matertal contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, tite! 18, U.S.C. Secs, 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an. unauthorized person | is prohibited by tay COUNTRY Cuba/Mexico REPORT NO. CS-3/571, 336 —sussect Dismissal of Teresa Proenza , _—DATE DISTR. +=. 30 January “1964 Proenza, Cuban Cultural Attache Fe "in Mexico City — / NO, PAGES © 2 REFERENCES - DATE OF December 1963 - January 1964. INFO. oe , PLACE & Mexico, Mexico city i ne DATE ACQ. (2 and 16 January 1964) | FIELD REPORT NO. ; THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION: SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS. TENTATIVE. Source: Paras. 1. and 2: ‘Latin American official in Mexico City who has oe regular contact with Cuban Embassy personnel; he has been a re- a liable reporter for about a year and a half. Para. 3: Resident .. . Of Mexico who has teported reliable information for. about three “years. Lo woe ‘Teresa Proenza Proenza, Cultural Attaché at the. Cuban Embassy in® - about 10 ‘or 12 December 1963, The dismissal was evidently brought ' dismissal was known to the Embassy personnel, but it was not being .. discussed. In late December. Proenza continued to Show up at. (the. ee STATE DODS 1 SAS/CI | 2 } BE roTs.sDISSEM SEC 1, IE 2, Cl 5, FI 3, CA 1, LIAISON rts KA | SAS 11 (1), WH 3 (2)? WE 1 (2) Ay.| ‘NO FOREIGN DISSEM oO Mexico City, was dismissed from her job as a result of an open cable received from Raul Roa Garcia, Cuban Foreign Minister,- on by a remark Proenza madé to the sister-in-law of Roa'to the ex “ect that Roa's strong note to the Mexican Government regarding. cae detention of Silvia Duran was a diplomatic error. ‘Broenza’,” who appeared to be greatly ‘disturbed, attributed her dismissal to the fact that she was a Communist and Roa was not. Proenza visited General Heriberto Jara in Veracruz to plead her case and. reported Subsequently that Jara was furious at the “injustice.” On 24 December Proenza made a brief appearance at an Embassy dinner, Slightly drunk, and said that she had just. come from a visit ‘with General L4zaro C4rdenas, The fact of her Embassy. ‘almost daily, staying for. only. a few minutes. On 15 January 1964 a one-way ticket to Cuba’ for Proenza was re~ - ceived by the Cubana Airlines office in Mexico City. Apparently. - having just returned from a-vacation, Proenza spoke with Jcaquin: Hernandez Armas, Cuban Ambassador, on the evening of 15 January and told him that: she would be prepared to. travel on 20 January; 7 the Ambassador approved her departure date. FLE 2 291 SS ‘NO FOREIGN DISSEM [cee declossification | DIA | ARMY _| NAVY | NSA pA 7 BI. é | [REPCINCLANT _CINCSO-# TREASURY USIA _—‘T&NS 7 = (Note: Field distribution indicated by “#’’.) . : SAS BOR | ASAS7S1 WH, PACY WE/5/R_ [J _—*MEXJ-8319, 7615, 7802 | TSAS/WAVE [1 |WH/R HtrWE/MADR | 4 (IN-634906, 91 : | aASAS/SO/HH hier lee dO ar MEXI___|1/ CI/OPS/W oe ae Cd ae OBSOLETE PREVTOMS FDITIONS. HW 53199 DocId:32350557°-Page--2 © ---- eee em ne cen tee er eee ne ae ae stern nen eee cnn arma ee ane a . cages leapt mete Me AM Meee Maes
HW 53199 — Headquarters Comment: = Proenza left’ ‘Mexico for Habana by air on 23° January 1964, with. Diplomatic Passport 63/109. are a a a 2 eo a * CS-3/571, 336 Source ‘Comment. _During. Proenza! s visit. to Cuba’ in late. -. January -and- early: ‘February."1963, she was refused an inter~ _ viewrby: Roa, who told.wher to see: Ramiro del Rio. Perez, . of the: ‘Consejo: ‘Nacional: de Cultura (National Co uncil of Culture; : 7 regarding: ‘her- problems. & Nw ae ‘Docid: :32350557 Page 3 Y eects neces en et a