‘(04-10786-10284 oe > 8 Ptgg, d oo “em 99 Go de Oh CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY “This matertal contains tafarmation affecting the Notional Defense of the United States within the meantng of the Eapionage Laws, Title 18, US. Seca 103 and 104, the tramemission o¢ reveiation of which ip any manner to 4m Uneuthorterd pertoa fs prohivited by few, SECRET. NO FOREIGN DISSEM country Cuba \ | REPORT NO, CS CI. 316 /00643-64 SUBJECT Guillermo ARASTAGUIA pate oiste, 11 August 1964 9 cih yy NO. PAGES 2 pene a ise only gore a Veguc® REFERENCES CSCI-3/779 ,803 Bac eer CS-311/00115-64 DATE OF Eo f INFO. 1964 PLACE & Washington, Dd. c. DATE ACQ. August 1964 , FIELD REPORT NO. . THIS 1S UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 13 TENTATIVE. me source: A former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban Intelligence Service until April 1964. ° Headquarters Comments The following report is one of a series containing personality information provided by the source and includes supplemental information from the records of this Agency. {it is requested that the addressees take no action on any of the individuals mentioned in the personality reports without first checking with this Agency. 1. Guillermo ARASTAGUIA, pseudonym "Rene," is the chief of the Department of Technical Operational Support (MI) in the . Direccion General de Inteligencla (General Directorate of Intelligence - DGI). He was formerly the secretary of Ramiro VALDES in the Departamento de Seguridad del Estado (Department of State Security - DSE), but ARASTAGUIA was a follower of Anibal ESCALANTE and because of a problem concerning ESCALANTE and because ARASTAGUIA was belleved to be a homosexual, VALDES transferred him to the DGI. ARASTAGUIA went to the Youth Festival in Helsinki as a representative of the DGI and has traveled to Moscow three times. 2. ARASTAGUIA was born in 1934, is about five feet seven inches in height, has blond hair and green eyes. He is fat, has a chin that juts out, lips that are somewhat sunken, agd has a rather high pitched voice and seems cffeminate. 2, . Headquarters Comments 4\ i. t dated 6 October 1960, from an provided a list of Cuban Communists. One Guillermo ARRASTIA, aka “Rene,” possibly identical with Guillermo ARASTAGUIA, was included and described as a first lieutenant, SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM AIR TNsa ~~ Y REP CINCLANT CINCSO # 1&NS INate: Field distribetion Indicated by “#".} but BS GP od ER | ¢NO PROJECT (AMMUG/] 44 CSCI-316/006 43464 {
14-00000 Bice a oes ote ets , erecutive, SECRET NO PORBIGN DISSE in G-2. ARRASTIA was reported to have the confidence ef Raul CASTRO and Ramir.s VALDES; and he was VALDES’ righthand wan in G-2,. An official roster listing the military staff personnel comprising the Intelligence Departaent, G-2, of the Cuban Ministry of the ‘Armed Forces (HINFAR) #as received by a represectative of this Agency from an untested source in a report dated 1 March 1961. Included on this list. was.one First Lieutenant Guillerno ARRASTIA Fundora, ” possibly identical with Guillermo ARRASTAGUIA. In a report dated 28 October 1962, a list of ideatified and suspected Cuban -intelligence officers wag included, the list was received from an . Qne First \\ Lieutenant Guillermo ARRATIA (or ARRASTTR Fundora was included . on the list and described as an identified intelligence officer on the G-2 Headquarters staff. ; SECRET NO FORSIGN DISSEM