* PICO, ‘page 2 ents noe . 7 oo Npieneb oo PLLTGShSS © -- 9/30/69 Memo Internal , | Requests: that:0A: for-Pico,.be:amended-for one-time. reporting: on the October 1969 Quito meeting of the Councilof the L.AMerican Confederation of Christian Trade Unions. -- Cable 1/9/69 IN 68106 Indicates AMICE-31 received salary of $300monthly from AMICE payroll untilproject teminated in 1967. ~- Cable Cite68107 1/23/69 IN nis%8___ [1594 describes AMICE-31 as virile and vain; wife left him; e Titerally kidnapped his son to venezuela | sed game of Douglas Pomeroy iwth A-3]. (jas merican who sent A-31 to Santo Domingo from Miami in 1968. A-31 knew previous contact as Pablo. -- Cable JMWAVE 2626 6/5/68 IN 25149 Indicates AMICE-31 would require $500 monthly to live modestly here- perhaps too expensive. - -~- Cable 5/7/68 IN 05038 —— AMICE-31 to attend consejo beginning 5/13 in Santo Domingo ~~ Cable 9/30/66 IN 07300 __ Indicates AMICE-31 at JMDEVIL. Threat that he will be "unmasked by Diogenes Gutierrez as penetrator for U.S. -- 2/16/65 Internal memo RE PRQ I and II Part I - lias Elvis Presley Small scar over left eye == healthy Brown hair; blue eyes, 190 Ibs; round face' strong build; 6*1" 2 Member FORDC Brigade member Worked for Auto buses Moderno 1957-60; Juventud Obrera Catolica 1952-56 Contact: First contacted by Keith G. BOngiyno in May 1964 after his trip to Venezuela. . Knows. Bongirno as Mr. Johns and AMCLATTER-1 in true name. Subject. receives $300 monthly salary via AMICE payroll. Knows only Bongirno and. ANCLATTER- 2 Subject “dynamic, “resourceful, and gets things done. Good psea! Leadership. qualities. No patience or flair for office work/ Has "enemies because of his "defection" as Playa Giron prisone (Refused return Cub a w/ rest of prisoners delecation sent to !
PICO page 3° BBE Poe, ges ~~ Request for approvs] or provisional action 6/2/64. use as PA?PROP asset for use ‘in covert ops. . deadline 6/64 ~~ PRQ part I dob 7/21/33 Businessman -- Provisional Operational Approval C-85445 POA granted 10/14/60 - extended 14/61 ~~ Previenat Request for Approval or investigation 9/21/60 Project JMARC wep For use in JMARC PM activities program ‘ PART IT -- Unidentified memo *(portion) ca. 1969 Indicates Pico runs a sale promotion business that is promoting a raffle for a Venezuelan Army chaplain. He also operates as public relations chief for the newspaper run by a Copei Congressman, and he also hawks books written by REv. Padre Frixedo that he (Pico) gets from Juan Manuel Iglesias of CLASC.. Author indicates Pico claims to work for Minsiter of the Interior, but comments that with Pico, it's difficult to determine where the bluff . ends and the truth begins. nN (Note: author also makes comment about Cuban exile named Luis Posada, allegedly employed in the Ministry of the INterio denounced as CIA agent but cleared by Vasquez) ~~ Cable Secret 7/17/69 IN 05005 INdicates no interést in use of AMICE-31 ~~ Cable 10/16/69 IN 67171 Secret Indicates AMCLEVE-15 mutual friend of AMICE-31 and author ~- UFGA 17332 Bio data - Pico 7/21/33 DOB - Regia, Havana, Cuba Junior high school graduate Ke 1947 Joined: JOC: G be 1949/50Cuban labor Youth (JOC) courses, Havana 1951 Deleagte to 10th JOC.Congress in Costa Rica Labor leaders training course 1953 Delegate JOC Center American Congress 1954 First JOC Labor Leaders Seminar 1956 =Third JOC seminar, Havana
toe page 4 . ae 11110952 1957/8 National JOC Propagandist for Costa Rica 1958 Aotive member 26th July Movement 1959 ‘Instructor at seminars for UTC leaders in Colombia Appointed delegate of Metropolitan Buses Workers Union Secretary Foreign relations National Transport Federation Joined FORDC after leaving Cuba in 1959 National Coordinator MRR 1960 As FORDC delegate conducted lectures for UTC in Colombia 1960/1 Member FORDC * 1961. Member Brigade 2506; Prisoner of Playa Giron 1962 Organized “Organizacion Revolucionaria de’ Transporte and “Alianza de Trabajadores de Cubanos" (Both now pee with FORDC) 1964 Joined FORDC FORDC delegate May 1 Anniersary, Caracas FORDC delegate Congress Social Security, Asuncion, P aguay 1965 CLASC indicated that it wanted him aboard in antici- pation salary funds within a few months. 1966 Attended CLASC conference in Medellin CBTC delegate to CLASC congress - President of Organizacion Regional de Transporte (OF CLASC affiliate and member FORDC) é } Travel ‘ 3/10/64 U.S./Venezuela - 1 week 7/14/64 U.S/Venezuela - 15 day visa 8/1/64 U.S /Dom. Rep. - 10/14/64 U.S./Venezuela - 10 day visa . 1/21/65 Venez./ Chile - 15 “ " 2/9/65 Chile/Venezuela - 15 day visa 8/14/65 U.S./Brazil - 3/2/67 U.S./Venezuela - 30 day visa 8/30/67 Guatemala/Honduras 9/12/67. U.S./Latin America -- Xerox of card for Pico noting POA‘s. etc. Note: Uséd “in-AMICE: KUWOBF<ops. OA granted 2/4/66 -- Cable Secret 1/9/69 IN 68106 | Aes Indicates llast JMWAVE case officer _— 2 -~ Cable Secret 1/25/65 _IN ese7e,{ iB -CIA 7co | ne 7 a _-*-*Indicates/consideration of/taking job, if offered . _ . by CEASC official, Maspero, but depends on job offered.
+. «+ PICO, page :5’ : 4s - Pes HALGS53 -- Cable from JMWAVE 1/19/65 IN 62266 Hanwritten note: Subject was fluttered. Union leader in Cuba when __ Castro took over. Successfully fought Communist takeover in his union. Eventually left Cuba, became member of Cuban forces and was captured during the Bay of Pigs. One of prisoners sent to negotiate for tractor deal in exchange for prisoners. Defected uning negotiation trip. Used by WAVE in PW - Member of FORDC- POA expired 1/15/65 becasue of failure to submit PRQ part II - 3 had POA reinstated. ~- -- C-300 Archives 2/8/66 CC1700 Bio data “Indicates DD-231 2? Meeting between Manuel Ray Rivero and sever persons, in Mimi 6/29/63 Wife: Alica Lugo Valdez Chief of Action.and Sabotage in Havana area for 26th July Left FORDC from 4/61 until 3/64 DD-505 Finction in honor of Jose Ignacio Rivero Hernandez, in Miami, 11/17/63 ~- Appilcation for Belgian visa 8/5/65 for ten day visit beginning 10/12/65 to stay with Auguste Vani- stendael and Monseigneur J. Cardyn, 78 Blvd Poincare’ é i Visa made from Sanitago-de-chile 8/11/05 -- -019-300-004 UFG-04575 2/6//64 Doc x-fer was approached by 201-353107 of JURE and asked to join JURE and become tranport sector. Re to recruitment efforts, trainging attempts of JURE to activiate Costa Rica training base -- Dispatch UFGA-2315 from coc, JMWAVE 9/20/61 RE: defection from prisoner's commission. Believes he may have been put on list of prisoners which Castro refuses to return -- Cable IN 2212 from JMWAVE “ 5/21/61 Prisoner's commission arrived. William pawley helped arrange fc hotel accomodations at Fontainebleau -- Cable IN -20230 12/21/60 from WAVE _ Requests visa assistance fir Reinaldo Pico and Angel rnandez for use in clandestine ops. _
PICO, page 6. Shoes $4110960 -- Cable 9/4/60 from Havana IN 47826 Indicates Pico to be exfiltrated from Cuba with CIA help. -- BIO DATA for Pico undated, unmarked Recommended by Manuel Artime for the position of Minister of Labor -~ 019-300-002 WAVE 07479 11/14/63 Pico advised Pepe Valdez of Alianza approached 13 Nov by unidentified members of 2505 Brigade for support of claimed 400 Brigade members planning protest demonstration during President's visit Miami Nov. 18 BY ~- 201-042669 UFGT 06553 =: 10/25/63 According to Pico, Paulino A. Sierra claimed to receive funds from Van Gorkon. Re to relationship bewtween Sierra and some Americna nationals -- 019-009-012 UFG 03871 10/17/63 Source of info re. Cuban exiles interested in the acts of Paulino Sierra's group. -- 019-300-004  UFG -3986 11/5/63 WAVE 07048 Has been appraoched several times by Mauel Ray Rivero . seeking unification of their two groups. -- 019-300-004 UFG 04041 11/15/63 Pico called by Maria Antonio Garcia, Miami chief of - JURE for prupose of joining 2 groups in one effort re t to plans of subject 201-239298 ans 201-353107 to infiltrate Cuba soon. wv ° -LOOSE DOCUMENTS: -- Memo )) A 3187652 Internal 5/24/61 RE: arrival and idspostition of prisoner's commission to negotiate trade of prisoners for tractors.