ie ia6-024 ay " CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Thte material contains informatinn aferting the Mational Defense of the Caced States Gitaia the meaning of the Hapsonage Law, Tug 18, URC Beca TAS and Me, the trensniesson ce perelation ef @hich i ar Emaaet to 84 Ubeulhoriand person fs precited Bye tee, SECRET NO FOREIGN DISS=% COUNTRYCuba Oo mePORT NO. CS CI-316/01213-64 SUWECT Arsenio FRANCO Villanueva “DATE DISTR, 16 Septender 1964 NO. PAGES 2 REFERENCES RETURN TO CIA Background Use Only won Do Not Reproduce ptace @ Washington, B. C. ; DATE ACO.September 1964 FELD REPORT NO. at THIS 0S UNEVALUATED (nfOamanOm, SOUECE GAAbINGS ANE SEFUUTIVE, APPMAIGAL OF CONTENT #6 aaa ° SOURCE: A former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban ini gFiatye Service until April 1964. go LES Headquarters Comments a = x? LS SF The following report is one of a series containin Bersohia HELIty, information provided by the source azd includes gronontal information from the records of this dgency. “ay 4 ; -  € 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. ARSENIO FRANCO Villanueva holds the rank of captain and is Chief of the Patrol Section of the Departamento ge Sgeyridad del Estado (Department of State Security - DSE). Heaccuurters Comments 1. In a report dated 1 December 1961, an untested source said that sometime in 1960 he Here the MRR and was, assigned to the Sabotage Section under (Jorge Francisco DIAZ 6 His MRR group was penetrated by a captain of the Municipal Police of Habana, Arsenio FRANCO Villanueva. FRANCO reported the groups activities to G-2 during the Playa Giron landing. 2. In a report dated 2 October 1962, an untested source proviced a list of G-2 agents, Communists aad individuals connected with the Communists. Included on this list was Arsenio FRANCO, alias “El Gallego,” who was reportedly a captain in G-2. Source ssid he was born about 1937, was between 150 and 160 pounds, about six feet tall, had a white complexion, brown hair, and green eyes. a a . 3. An\lofficialltravel manifest revealed that on 5 October 1962, 5 5 3 Arsenio F CO Villanueva, an active Communist Party menber, 4 . — g 2 SECRET (Sass a 1 NO FOREIGN DISSE¥ suemenee 1 —_._-REP_._CIN. tote: Beid dutebuten ladscated by * 2°) YO PROJECT ( 210i7G,1) LSA +L Li = L§ CSCI-316-02213-64 / , jOOO AID 1NA Tan Neal ’ Sow 6 1 ON eas dP
so F SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM  CSCI-316/01213~-64 arrived in Madrid from Habana. He was greeted at the airport by ESTEVEZ, an employee of the Cuban Embassy in Madrid. A membor of a group of Cuban emigres trained in the techniques of information collection and who have provided useful reports for two years said, in a report dated 14 May 1963, that Arsenio FRANCO Villanueva, a Cuban Police Captain, was 4 menber of the Cuban Delegation to the San Paulo games. An untested source in a report dated 4 May 1964, said that Arsenio “FRANCO Villanueva, was a captain in the Departamento de Seguridad del Estado (DSE) and tn charge of all DSE patrol cars in Habana. His office was located at Las Maristas, La Vibora, Habana. FRANCO, a Sierra Maestra veteran and formerly a Habana municipal police captain, was transferred to the DSE in 1963. He is married and his wife works at the municipal JUCEI in Habana. They live on 26th Street, Miramar, Habana, a block from "Che" GUEVARA. FRANCO had & reputation for ruthlessness and smoking marijuana cigarettes. Source described him as Caugasion, born about 1938, six feet tall, 160 pounds, dark complected, with dark eyes and brown hair. : co SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM