[toa-tozts-t02t6 3 e - 3 . wee . § ® , an wd S-E-C-R-E-T ® “y NO FOREIGN DISSEM : a CONTENTS . Introduction EXPLANATORY NOTES 4 i Unit 1 BASIC BIOGRAPHIC DATA -_ Unit 2 — CURRENT POLITICAL BELIEFS 7 Unit 3 PRIOR POLITICAL BELIEFS P Unit 4 ATTITUDE TOWARD REGIME oe ) Unit 5 . REGIME'S ATTITUDE TOWARD SUBJECT t i | Unit 6 FINANCIAL STATUS Es | Unit 7 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND j i. Mit 8 - MILITARY BACKGROUND . : | Unit 9 - FOLLOWING WITHIN THE MILITARY y Unit 10 OTHER PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND | Unit 11 FAMILY BACKGROUND F in . Unit 12 MARTTAL STATUS AND CHILDREN . ; | Unit 13 EXTRA-MARITAL ACTIVITIES AND/OR ABERRATIONS 4 Unit 14 PERSONAL HABITS : Unit 15 SPORTS, HOBBIES, SPECIAL SKILLS i | Unit 16 CONTACTS IN CUBA % ‘ i i Unit 17 oo CONTACTS OUTSIDE CUBA x Unit 18 . TRAVEL ‘ | : Unit 19 CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS 3 4 Unit 20 SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS Unit 21 MOTIVATION : Unit 22 STRENGTHS * i : Unit 23 ‘ WEAKNESSES : i j Unit 2k FIELD ESTIMATE 3 : Fd “ 4 i pes S-E.~C«R-E-T RO FOREIGN DISSEM feta seg tn: ot wanes SET EET Naa wed NS ee ie dale 9G benbeehe eet eee g FY :
S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM j 8 % neme is the one “capitalized and will appear as , 7 ; Juan GOMEZ Dfaz, or GOMEZ Diaz, Juan _S-E-C-R-E-T . (continued) EXPLANATORY NOTES i In order that they may make maximum use o!: this dossier, users are ; | * . urged to become familiar with the following information. 4 4 Military Ranks in Cuba po | As reported 27 September 1963, ranks of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces are as follows: i a Major in Chief (Comandante en Jefe) ed | Army Major (Comandante de Ejército) : | Corps Major (Comandante de Cuerpo) — | Major (Comandante) ' ee i i : | First Captain (Primer Capitdn) 4 oh Captain (Capitan) t ‘ ~opeeen po} t i First Lieutenant (Primer Teniente) Fo | Hi Lieutenant (Teniente) i 3 i | Sub-lieutenant (Sub Teniente) } | Sergeant First Class (Sargento de Primera) : mo Sergeant Second Class (Sargento de Segunda) / 4 3 as | Sergeant Third Class (Sargento de Tercera) | ot | * Corporal (Cabo) i o Private (Soldado) / ; : | Spanish Names : Poo oo ; Much of the confusion concerning Spanish names can be eliminated if ; , . one basic fact is clearly understood: Spanish speaking people use their as mother's maiden neme (matronymic) after their last name (patronymic). ! For example, Fidel Castro's full name is Fidel Castro Ruz--Ruz being i the matronymic (and in this case seldom used). In this dossier the last i anger otra hemes it * NO FOREIGN DISSEM . . ee. Seu haere, “tatty ncaa S oF ete abit uaa the 9am ALLEGAN ESE th SEAT Capac” Rane, 8 oe Ft Feat atch ai ho Rank § 1 Ca tad wala & Raat
& £ a é LS TORS etree, metre ised TE OFAN Feeds tie - S-E-C-R-E-? a Ng. 0 FOREIGN DISSEM we BREED pot ee new, . a CUBA (Lazaro) Rolando CUBELA Secades RANK: Comandante —_ of October 1963. POSITION: Most recently a student at Alliance | Francaise in Paris, France. 4 ‘ DPOB: 19 January 1933, Cienfuegos, Las Villas x ” Province. g RELIGION: - LANGUAGES: Spanish (native); English (fair to good); French (probably ay good). Bo ¥ HEIGHT: 5° 11" fo ; RACE: Caucasian COLOR HAIR: Dark, wavy, thinning noticeably on top. COLOR EYES: Brown DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: Eyes rather small for his face, small nose, almost petulant mouth, feir complexion, hair usually needs combing. Expression is tense unless he is bored or fatigued at which time his left eyelid droops. Dresses informally by preference, and is prone to wearing a jacket without a tie. When properly dressed, presents a good appearance in a masculine Ways RAT! cd zg LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: Casa Cubana, Paris, France. Wovember 1963 Unit 1 S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM
Pee Ty. ee anete w arnstentan te beet eM an win iae, SOR AE eben Sia SEG oon eo adag 12 the te me tee ne CURRENT POLITICAL RELIEFS: Until 1961-62 Subject showed a pronounced anti Communist, pro-Castro bias. information indicating is thinking of leaving Cuba, thinking is visible in the following extracts. ~ é 1959: A US resident of Cuba who leader reported that the Federation (Federacidén. Es by the décision made at t member of the Commumist-run International Union of (However, the FEU ulso retained ‘its association wit S~E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM that he does n The progression of Se source was a Cuban youth ; swing to the left of the University Students tudiantil Universitaria ~ FEU) was confirmed he end of November 1959 to become a full Secretariat, of the National Union of Students - COSE >) Editorial Note: Since this swing to the left only @ month or so after Subject became it does not, seem likely that he could predominantly Catholic un vice presidents, Jos€ VENEGAS Valdes the Latin American Department of the was organizing departments in 1959-60 March 1960: An anti-Commmist student. was neither pro-~ nor anti-Communist, only desire was to prevent discord @ president. March 1960: \\ f hos Subject and othe Red Chinese students in Havana. In late March a Mixed Commission a of Havana met to discuss’ the establishment of Disci The president of objected, saying becduse more modern and efficien the commission and it was only lo was promulgated before establishi had no effect on Subject and Ange had never seen so many Catholics “attempting to deny the existence expression." He added that, "everyone knows that no one is more opposed the commission, the old discipl hg new tribunals. 1 QUEVEDO Valdivia. and anti-Communists present on campus of fréedom of speech and written S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM of the FEU happened president of that organization have so quickly influenced the On the other hand, one of the FEU Pino, was by November headirg FEU, an indication that the FEU its area departments along the exact lines of the area the Cuban Ministry of State (Foreign Ministry). rv FEU leaders entertained a group of ieader said that Subject The source felt that Subject's uring his term of office as FEU Continued CUBELA Secades, (t&zard) Rolando Unit 2 -US and: pro- More recently, however, there hac been _ ot bold to his former views and his political ~ Students (IUS)}. h the Coordinating t the University " Plimary Tribunals. Rafael SANTCS Jimenez, and others inary councils had been suspended gislation was being studied by gical to wait until this legislation All the arguments Subject said he were ot teen amen aoe me Smet eerie as fe Dp Paitiad Taso ten:
714-00000 poate a Be ae fey S-E-C-R-F-T rome, ; NY no FOREIGN DISSEM . CURRENT TOLTEICAL BELLEFS: (Cont ‘d) than we are to coercion and violence." Subject and Quevedo won when Santos changed his vote, and the tribunals were immediately established. May 1960: Subject told a general assembly of university stucents that Communist Professor Carlos Rafael RODRIGUEZ Rodrfguez was doing ‘his duty and must be given the same respect as other professors, He closei the meeting by scoring the counterrevolutionary attitude of some students and said that the university could not be for "those : . i traitors who prefer foreign intervention in Cuba," : : ca mg tana tenes memantine setiae em AaRE BET LE May 19602 Subject and his followers in the FEU leadership held the floor at the macabre “burial” of the newspaper Diario de la Marina and not only turned it into a vicious anti-American display but also ; condemned the anti-Communist students at the university as enemies of the revolution. fr opens ée May 1 : The paper Informacion published a letter from Joaquin PEREZ Rodriguez, vice secretary of the School of Agronomy at the University of Havana, in which he stated that so-called "terroristic activities" of anti-Communist students were nothing more than a pre-~ : i fabricated pretext on the part of Subject's clique to justify or . rationalize strong-arm methods against,all who opposed the Communist . oe E wincrity. He asked how, if Subject's leadership deplored violence, it , . could remain impassive when the Communist. youth from the Instituto de i ‘ ie Habara entered the university grounds fully armed and perpetrated ; acts of violence against him (Pérez). He also asked what moral . authority Subject and Quevedo might hope to invoke when they vent ; | - &Cross campus carrying arms in direct violation of university ! regulations. i. f Jane 1960: Subject was in Uruguay as a guest of the Pro- i i Commuunist- Federation of Uruguayan Students, He held talks with 4 Communists and gave press conference statements which included such io Coumunist-line items as “Fatherland or Death," "Death to Traitors ," . “Anti-Castro students serve bastard interests," War criminals are being trained at the Yankee base of Guantanamo," etc. 4 F i Octoter 1960: After a short trip to New York City with the Cuban delegation to the United States a responsible US consular official said that his presence in the United States was prejudicial te the national interest and recommended that his valid visa be revoked. | i October 1960: A State Department despatch noted that Subject 's | action regarding the Embassy evacuation notice, his violent denunciation of that notice, and his denunciation of the Embassy itself in the local press clearly pointed out his anti-US bias. Continued Secades, ( Lazar-) Rolando . Unit 2 S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM *. Pease ica aK APE iG SmR Rone nnn nhac eecsecect a et . emp St emaee amen cvemness ca “ges ree tabbdeate caddies Ve Lamy Th eet teenie seem 4 4
a mer Py Pe pereat hoy aac ame Re teen UE REE Ee ; Cuba,. pany pay S-E-C-K-E-T oom, FFF | NO FOREIGN DISSEM ; CURRENT POLITICAL BELIEFS: (Cont'd) December 1960; It was stated that Subject had gained prominence - in the FEU through Raul CASTRO, It was allegedly common knowledge that Subject had sold out morally and politically to Castro who had forced him on the FEU as president after his lack of character and political force became known. Between January 1959 and the time he became president of the FEU (October 1959) he served as a sort-of mediator between Communist and non-Communist groups in the University of Havana, January 1961: Subject was reportedly to go to Spain in the near future under a fictitious name and without his beard, He was allegedly going to be chief of an action group penetrating Spain fron March 1961: Subject was reportedly arrested attempting to flee Cuba but this was alleged to be a trap for anti-Castroites, with Subject's participation. Lf May 1961: Subject was a delegate to the Latin American Conference on National Sovereignty, Economic Independence, and Peace, in Mexico City, This conference was sponsored by Mexican Communist Lazaro CARDENAS del Rfo, Subject subscribed to the Charter of México, a éccument containing anti-US resolutions, 1962: In May a report from Bern, Switzerland said Sub ject wanted to flee Cuba and would try to get permission to visit some European country and defect, In August his ex-wife was allegedly telling friends that Subject did not intend to return to Cuba from Helsinki, which he was then visiting. Also in August Subject reportedly said that he was thoroughly disgusted at present with the situation in Cuba and plannéd to do something about it. He stated that: "foreign-controlled Cubar assets" had tried to contact him but “he avoided them," He did, however, plan to contact someone on his next trip out of Cuba, 1962; The US Army reported that Subject controlled the students at the University of Havana. This report said that his loyalty to the Communist Party was uncertain. It has been said at times that he has conspired against,Castro. It has also been stated that he speaks against the United States to please Fidel Castro. ~ ~ . (tdzarc) Rolando Unit 2 S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM ba DUE yA oe Segue yh. a wt a Dee te ET a Een ne Bae EAM a a eee ee ee wt cin walomegleneieg pening en say xe + even
14-00000 spake patanr) cea RO ©-P-O.R-R. ay ey © -E-C-R-E-T “— NO FOREIGN DISSEM - PRIOR POLITICAL BELIEFS; At the time of the Batista coup on 10 March 1952 Subject was one of the first to start working against the Batista regime in Havana . University together with José Antonio ECHEVERRIA Blanchi (now a deceased), Fructuoso ROPRIGUEZ (now deceased), Faure CHOMON ¥ , Mediavilla, Juan Pedro CARBO Servia (now deceased) and José MACHADO (now deceased), , . enn Nnre TS TUS Tae S . At the time of the 1955 border incident between Costa Rican and Soa Nicaraguan troops, Subject went to Costa Rica together with other i : members of the University Students Federation to defend Costa Rica. 4s When he returned to Cuba he rejoined the fight against the Batista . . : - . regime, ; J , i i In 1956 Subject participated in the assassination of Lt. Col. os f i Antonio ELANCO Rico of Batista's Military Intelligence (SIM), He defended this in a 1959 press conference, calling Batista a dictator, ; : assassin, despoiler of the riches of Cuba which ieft the revolutionary ooo So, government a legacy of a Cuban national debt of one billion dollars, ; i From January 1958 until Batista's cverthrow a year later Subject i fought in the Escambray Mountains as one of the leaders of the i Revolutionary Directorate (Directorio Revolucionario - DR) which had oo | made a formal pact with forces of the 26th of duly Movement and with bo the Second Front of the Escambray to work together until Batista was overthrown, i ' i i CUBELA Secades, (4zarc) Rolando Unit 3 S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM eee Ret edt aes 4 | & 2 tpl at eee i econ ert mae” ho, Bere ee ae Fane he TE ASN ete Cine, donate
14-00000 ae] ott, eget gtr ee i pa care tty's, - mene S-E-C-R-EoT me NO PORSIGN DISSEM AGTiTUDE TU"ARD REGIME: i 1959: During the early spring Subject reportedly frankly “ : 4 expressed to Fidel CASTRO his dissatisfaction with the regime. 1959: Prior to September Subject reportedly told intimtes that he was so disgusted with Castro that if he, Subject, did not get out of Cuba soon he would kill Castro himself, Early in October his _. ‘feelings reportedly had not changed, ; Stata on ane raat atl er NDE Cah ce cee March 1960: Following a near riot among university students when Comaunist and Radical elements, despite the efforts of the Cathclic groups, prevented by mass force the entry of anti-Communist, well- : : known commentator Luis CONTE Aguero into television station CMQ over . : ‘ . which he was to read an oppositicn letter to Fidel Castro eoncerning i ; : Comnunist infiltration, Subject declared that anti-Governnent . - i i political demonstrations would not be permitted within the university and that still less would denonstrations organized by students who aided the counterrevolution be permitted to ascend the university - steps. If they did so, he said, they would not te able to return to vos ; ‘ the university for they would te judged before the Disciplinary ; Tribunals ard condemned as traitors to the fatherland and the i revolution. ‘ May 1960: He told a general assembly of university students i ' that Communist Professor Carlos Rafael RODRIGUEZ Rodriguez was doing ; : bis duty and must be given the same respect as other professors, He : } closed the meeting by scoring the counterrevolutionary attitude of : some students and said that the university cannot be for those : ; traitors who prefer foreign intervention in Cuba. : ' pee ee pene May 1960: Subject and his followers in the FEU leadership held the floor at the macabre “burial” of the newspaper Diario de la , : Marina and not only turned it into a vicious anti-US display but also , : used it to condemn anti-Communist students a+ the university as . enemies of the revolution. August 1960: An article in The Reporter stated that Subject haa said; “The university cannot stand aside from the nation. The revolution must enter the university. Incompetent, immoral and : ' counterrevolutionary professors must go." , ¥ Continued , 7 CUBELA Secades, we (L4zarc) Rolande i i 1 Unit 4 S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM Se Se ne pee
SHAE ake « C7 aA §-E-C-8-2.7 NO FOREIGN DISSEM aowet weet a bak remit ATTITUDE TOWARD RESIME: (Cont'd) August 19603 A Cuban businessmas reported that a fake anti- government movement headed by Subject tad been initiated by followers of the regime for the purpose of. infiltrating trus anti-government groups. He was reportedly using as agents José ABRAHANTES Fernandez ; of the 26th cf July Movement and Yiilio Jaime FIGUERES y Amis, liaison i o-. <. Offfcer between G-2 and the Ministry c? State and a member of the Communist Popular Socialist Party (FSP), Politically, confirmed. antiCastro individuals, Subject's “bey friend” in common gossip. December 1960: It was said that he had gained prominence in the University Students Federation (Federacién Estudiantil Universitaria - vr. FEU) through Rail Castro, to vhom he hai sold out morally and February 1961: A report during this month stated that Subject had made overtures to various Enbassies for asylum. This has not been March 1961: Subject was reportedly arrested attempting to flee Cuba, dis attempted departure was alleged to be a trap with Subject 's witting Participation, and it resulted in the arrest of several April 1961: A Cuban civil engineer in the United States said he had received a message on 1] April frex Dr. Armando de CARDENAS y Aranguren (who defected to the United States ir August 1961) that Subject wanted to defect but was under close surveillance and needed &n excuse to leave Cuba by legal means. Dr. Cardenas was called August 1961; Subject told an intieate friend prior to departure for a tour of the USSR, the Soviet Bloc, India, Japan, Italy, Spain and France that he knew his useruiness te the regime was over ani that if he remiined in Cuba he would te liquidated in the very near future. He said that he had had serious arguments with Fidel CASTRO and with Ernesto “Che" GUEVARA de la Serna over his successor as president of the FEU. Subject wanted to name his own successor ard hot accept their choice of the Ccourunist Ricardo Alarcon, secretary | i q i t | - Beneral of the FEU when Subject was its president. i he’ was too involved with the actions cf the Government of Cuba to q i i i i become a defector like José PARDO Llaja, but hoped to remain in France at the completion of the above-mentioned tour to take pest- graduate medical work in a school in France. Continued LA Secades, : . (L4zaro) Rolando Unit & S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM Pea TR Agee Subject also said sot te piece all