Aire 404-10103-10349 _ | suaect Operational/TYPIC/ ANLEO ACTION REQUIRED - REFERENCES wot a re |X [no moexine requeo | pISPATCH Ech E/T ee 7s SECRE Ty) . ONLY QUALIFIED ; P HEADQUARTERS DESK [CAN JUDGE INDEXING a \ Wt SSS ea Qperational Progress Report AMLEO-3 “ U _ ACTION REQUIRED: None; FYI ve ‘ ' REFERENCES: A, UFGA-10496, 6 August 196 . Ag . ".  . B, WAVE-4034, 8 September 1963 , C. UFGW-2379, 6 August 1963 ; - D,. UPGA~7858, 25 February 1963 OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS oO, 1. This report will cover the period 30 July 1963 through 13 September 1963 and is a follow-up report to reference 4. EFFORTS TO LEGALLY EXFILTRATE AMLEO-3 FAMILY FRM CUBA | "2, Since transmission of reference A to Headquarters several ‘developments occurred which effectively eliminated several alternate _ Solutions to the problem of the AMLEO~3 family in Cuba. The alternate solutions that. were eliminated, as found in paragraph 3 of reference A, were (a) "Maintain Status Quo as a Family attempting Leave Cuba via Offices of Swiss Embassy as Part of the ‘American Repatriation Program"; (b) "Have AMLEOQ-3 Family ‘Withdraw Papers From the Swiss Embassy and American Repatriation Program and Attempt Leave Cuba. as Normal Refugees via Mexico Or Spain"; and (e) "Have the AMLEG@ Family Case Taken up With the - GOC Through the ‘Donovan’ Channel for Possible Legal Exfiltration". - Elimination of the above alternates left only two solutions that were at all feasible; (c) "Have the AMLEO-3 Family Take Asylum in either the Uruguayan or Mexkan Embassies in Havana", or (d)."Have the AMLEO-3 Family Exfiltrated black in a Maritime Operation by either a KUBARK or Independent Maritime Tean." - Because of the inherent risk involved in a black exfiltration, it was decided that the AMLEO-3 family should be put into asylum in either the Uruguayan or Mexican embassies with all possible speed. , , (CONTINUED) Distribution: _ 3-Headquarters w/att USC DATE DISPATCHED - Attachment: © ,USC em ee oe oe er ee] , cH aetna! ' : ess grt on UFGA=11375 t, Ae : . aeciao “HEADQUARTERS FILE NUMBER ——- CLASSIFICATION . SECRET 4 19~-§-75/3 me am am — oe em ee a ee aR a aee a : SEI LES SINT bee NN Ie ON ON eden ie eat TP neo
ae ee een RCE * ° . CONTINUATION OF — _” DISPATCH 7. jLater during the conversation AMTHUG-1 asked . _ Mre. AMLEO«3 if her. husband still had the presentation Soviet pistol that he had given him in 1961, and Mra. AMLEO<-3 ‘4nformed hist that her husband had taken it with him when he defected and asked AMTHUG-1 if he wanted it returned to him. AMTHUG-1 did not reply to the question. Later on, while i: discussing her conversation with AMTHUG-1 with Identity B, | AMLEO-3 also screened additional ANTRUNE leads and KUTUBE Ambageador to » Algeria. Identity B suggested to Mre, AMLEO-3 that she request AMLEO~3 ‘to send the pistol back to AMTHUG-1 via Ambassador LECHUGA at the United Nations, NYC. Identity 8B added that the return of the pistol might help matters aince the loss of the pistol had been one of the things that bothered AMTHUG-1 most when - AMLEO-3 defected. (i.e. AMLEO-3 has noted that these special presentation Soviet pistols were given by AMTHUG-1 to probably. less. than ten people in Cuba, and their presentation had a very special meaning for AMTHUG<-1 since the recipients were supposed ‘to be his very personal and close friends. AMLEO-3 claims that not even AHLOUT-~1 had received one of these special “presentation pistols from AMTHUG-1.) Consideration is being given to AMTHUG-l'a request, if it would assist Mrs, AMLEO-$ in. ber efforts to leave Cuba, but for the time being the pistol will be held by KUBARK. 8. AMTHUG-1 also told Mrs. AMLEQ-3: that her husband had g@telen a light plane when he fled and implied (although she does not so state directly) that he would like to see it returned, -The balance of Mra. AMLEO~3's letter concerned her desire to leave Cuba, mentioned the necessity for a@lmuness by both she and her husband with no rash actions, and without giving any additional facts stated that her conversation with ANTHUG-1 had been a long one but that she could not get him to make any promises re her departure, _ DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATIONAL LEADS TO DISRFFECTED CUBANS 9. During the operational period one of AMLEO-3's operational leads, whom he had written a report on for the AMTRUNK. PM operation::, was recruited via the recently successful AMTRUNK infiltration operation and given the crypt of AMTRUNK~10, military leads during the period and was able to submit reports on some four individuals for these operations. All such | leads were fed to him mixed in with many other Cuban names. AMLEO-3 is presently preparing reports on PHS target studies. Major Felipe | GUERRA Matos and Major Jorge SEGUERA, Cuba n . 10, AMLEO-3 also assisted in the handling of AMLEO-5's wife during the period when she established direct telephonic communication with her husband in Cuba, and tried to cémvince him that she wanted to return to Cuba with her children, . but stipulated to A-5 that he would have to meet her in a third ‘country first and resolve their personal family problems. AMLEG=~3 baby sat for the wife during these calls, since we . Only knew. what day the calls would be coming in and never the ‘hour. He alge assisted Mrs. AMLEOQ-§ in recording the last telephone conversation she had with her husband. In this game operation , ‘AMLEQ-3 algo assisted the Case Officer in the conversations held with the mother of AMLEO-5 while she was in the United FORM bso 53a : USE PREVIOUS EDITION, . 6 ECRET | [dd (403 States, although he was never allowed to establish direct \ ‘-contact with the mother. We had hoped that the mother of iN “AULEO-5 would attempt to establish contact onher own with ‘AMLEO<-3, but to WAVE Station knowledge she never attempted to dco so. If she had, we would have allowed ANLEQ-3 to respond to her contact efforts (maintaining his cover as being disassociated with: ODYOKE) . - ; ll. ‘During ‘the period fragmentary information has been ‘received from the wife of AMLEO-3 (utilizing nicknames or other - GLASSIFICATION , PAGE NO. “3
14-00000 _asked "But he calls you every day." ee CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH 5 ae See ett . | CLASGIFICATION DISPATCM SYMBOL AND NUMBER SECRET UFGA-LL375 3. jfo this end steps were initiated in on 24 July 1963 . to put the AMLEO-3 family and AMLEO-2 into asylum in the Mexican Embassy in Havana. The AMLEO-3 family and AMLEO-2 were advised via the AMWER=3 OWVL channel on 4 August 1963 to prepare themselves for asylum and to await further orders via the same channel, KUSARK Station in Mexico City, meanwhile, took urgent action through its Mexican @ig@isen channels to have the Mexican Foreign Ministry obtain visas for the AMLEZO-3 family and AMLEOQ-§2; and then send word to the Mexican Embassy in Havana, Cuba that the AMLEO-3 family and AMLEO-2 should be granted asylum when they appeared at the Mexican Consulate under cover of obtaining their visas. The visa portion of the operation was aatisfactorily completed and notification of same was sent into the Mexican Embassy in Havana; but word re asylum for the AMLEO@-3 fumily and AMLEO-2 was not sent to the Mexican embassy due to insecure commo channels and lack of trusted couriers, and -to date no secure method has yet been found to notify the Mexican Embassy in Havana that asylum should be granted to the AMLEQs. 4, As a’result of the above, word was sent to AMVWEESD. via OWVL on. 11 September requesting he detemine whether or not Identity A “would be willing to act as intermediary to receive the AMLEO-3 family and AMLEO-2 into asylum at a specific tine and date at the. Mexican consulate. WEG=1 asked for clarification on the manner of approaching Identity A on the case on 13 September via pouch, and more detailed guidance on the matter was sent to him via CWVL on 14 September. A final reply re possibilities for action via this channel is expected from SMWEE-=I momentarily. If the MMWEE=] reply is favorable, then he will be told to arrange the meeting at the Mexican consulate between the AMLEOs and Identity A so that they can be taken into asylum by the Hexicans. 5S. As noted in reference B, if the AMDYEE report is a negative one, then consideration will be given to having the AMLEQs take asylum in the Uruguayan Embassy in Havana. The test case utilizing AMCANOL~3, mentioned in paragraph 5 A of reference B, is to be attempted on or about 21 August 1963, and if this attempt at asylum is successful then arrangements will be made to have the AMLEOs enter the Uruguayan Embassy in the same manner, 6. As noted in paragraph 1 of reference B, the wife of AMLEO-3 finally made a direct contact with ANTHUG~1 on 7 September 1963, while he was at his Santa Maria beach house, and appealed too him for permission to leave Cuba with her childrei and rejoin her husband AMLEO-3 in the United States, On 14 September 1963 AMLEO-3 received a letter from his wife giving more details on the above mecting. The wife of AMLEO-3 had been visiting the beach home of a family friend, situated next to that of AMTHUG~1 on Santa Maria beach, gon a daily basis hoping to see AMTHUG-1. Finally, on 7 September 1963, she saw him swimming alone in the ocean and promptly went into the water, introduced herself , and requested prmission to talk to hin. AMTHUG-1 granted tis permission, and during their conversation -AMTHUG-1 made it clear he would not grant Mrs. AMLEOQ=-3 permission to depart Cuba at this time, stating that the tine was not propitious due to the attacks and raids being carried out against Cuba, and that Mra, AMLEO-3 would just have to wait. tiers. AMLEO-3 then told hiw she did not see why he was holding her and her children responsible for what her husband did; that she Ab ‘feared her husband might forget her and their children completely ‘Af the separation continued, and that if AMLEO-3 was left much longer alone he would find a woman to replace her. ANTHUG-1_ ‘ replied by asking her "Do you consider yourself a burden to your husband?" The wife replied "It is possible", and AHTMUG-1 then | ‘CLASSIFICATION _JfSE PREVIOUS EDITION. , | rrr nce tn attention
14-00000 eS PU | CLASSIFICATION _ DISPATCH SYMBOL. AND NUMBER f ‘CONTINUATION OF ; DISPATCH SECRET | UFGA~11375 code phrases for individuals) indicating that Identity B has continued to be very helpful to her by supplying her with binackmarket food, loaning her her automobile, and other-~ ' wise assisting her with hor problems. Identity B may be carrying out such actions on a genuine friendship basis, (she has even been denounced by the neighborhood defense committee “as assisting gusanos") or she may be buying insurance for the future, The possibility also exists that she is remaining a confidant of Mrs. AMLEOQ-3 on orders of AMTHUG-1 and is reporting on all developments to AMTHUG-1. In early September 1963 Raul PRIMBLLES (201-327902) arrived at Identity B's home for a visit while Mra. AMLEO-3 was present. Mr and Mrs. PRIMELLES ignored the presence of Mra. A-3 and did not speak to herewhile greeting Identity B. Because of this Identity B promptly turned her back on her visitors and did not answer them, continuing her conversation with Mrs. AMLEO=-3, Mr. and Mre. PRIMELLES were thrown into some confusion by this reception and departed from the area, { 12. Mrs. AMLEO-3 has also mentioned that @RSNAFU-12 wag most kind to her during her recent home leave in Cuba, and made it quite clear she was anxious to get in touch with AMLEO-3. During the latter part of August Mra. A~-3 again nentioned to her husband that WNSNAFU-12 had written Identity B from Paris stating she was surprised at not having heard fron. AMLEO~3. ATTITUDE, MORALE, AND PERFORMANCE OF ANLEO-3 13. During the reporting period AMLEO-3 has consistently * been cooperative with his C/O and has maintained a good attitude towards his work. During the latter part of Agust 1963 AMLEO-3 began to lose his patience with the slow progress in getting his wife into asylum, and began requesting permission to return to Cuba himself in order to exfiltrate his wife black. AMLEO-3 became quite demanding in this regard and claimed that KUBARK 'a time had run out, and since he had waited patiently for nine months he now felt it was his turn to try his luck. AMNLEO-3 is extremely confident of hig own ability in action situations and operations and extensive argumentation was needed to persuade him that such a course of action would be suicidal for his wife and children and that his wisest courge of action would be to give us additional time to bring the asylum operation ! to a successful conclusion. Because of AMLEO-3's faith in higher authority, COS JMWAVE, Andrew EB. RRUTEMAN visited AMLEO-3 on & September 1963 for the purpose of convincing him that any vuAilateral action on his part would only be counterproductive and playing right into AMTHUG-1's hands. KUBARK‘s limited commitments to AMLEO-3 were also reviewed along with the history of our actions to help his wife and children leave Cuba legaliy. j After some frank exchanges of facts AHLEC=3 was finally convinced that the only productive course of action left to him was to continue to sweat out the asyluwna proposition and hope for the best. Absolutely no further commitments were made to AMLEO-3 during these discussions and alternate courses of action if the asylum attempts fail were not discussed but instead left in abeyance, OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AND PLANNING 14, As previously mentioned in paragraph 13 of reference A, AMLEO-3 went to ZRMETAL during the period 26-30 July 1963 for the purpose of obtaining a French visa for his alias documentation, AMLFO-3 successfully obtained the French visa during this trip, and his alias passport now contain valid vigag . for travel to Spain and Frances
14-00000 querying WAVE. DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER CONTINUATION OF UFGA-11375 DISPATCH SECRET | GLASSIFICATION 15. 1 WAVE Station regrets that reference C has not been - answered to date. In reply we can only state FO iS was thoroughly briefed on the limitations of his alias documentation when said documentation was issued to him. He was told that the credit card documents could never be used for identification or credit purposes. He had algo been warned to avoid situations where he would be asked for positive identification, such as renting. a car, and by attempting to procure a rental car in ZRMETAL pe Mas SSting sontrary to ingtiructions given to him ie a ne was cas ated for his actions, - ‘and again briefed on the limitations of hfs alias documentation, In order to strengthen his alias documentation an I.D. card document identifying him as an employeceof “Charles 8. Willison Associates" has been issued to him, as suggested by _ (Chester D, DAINOLD tn conversations with AMLEO-3 in ZRMBTAL. In regard to pointe a and b in paragraph 2 of reference C, the KURIOT representative in WAVE Station states that the Florida drivers cense issué o Joseph A, Reese Is a valid, backstoppea drivers license for actual uge by the Subject and the address a legitimate safehouse with backstopped rental cover. Subject's cover story was that he recently moved to the Miami area from New Orleans, Louisiana (which city the Subject lived m for @geveral years and has relatives residing there). The Sub jpct‘'s documentation is therefore correct for his cover story. The spelling of “instalment” on the National Credit Card waa correctly cepied from the original document reproduced by KURIOT and we must point out that “instalment” ia not only correct according to the ci dictionaries but is the spellingesof the word which is now frequently _ preferred, : (The Wall Street Journal invariably prints the word co as’ "instalment" with one "I") It would be appreciated . Headquarters would in the future coordinate with KURIOT in Headquarters on questions which deal with AQUATIC matters prior to COSTS 16. AMLBO-3 continues to receive a flat salary of five hundred dollars ($500.00) per month, and also is paid approximately one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month for purchase of foodstuffs since he is encouraged to eat his meals in the KUBARK gafehouse and stay out of public places. We have also continued to pay the wife of AMLEO-5 the amount of one hundred and twenty five dollars ($125.00) per month for subsistance for herself and her two children toe supplement the $120.00 per month she receives from the Cuban Refugee Center, The C/O has continued his efforts to find part-time employment for Mra. AMLEOQ-5 so that KUSBARK “could be relieved gf the necessity to support her, but to date we have been unsuccessful in our efforts primarily because Mrs. . AMLEO-5 has never worked in her life and has no work skills whatsoever. No other financial expenditures of note were made during the period, and no financial assistance is presently contemplated for any other AMLEOs. INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION “17. During the reporting period no positive intelligence reports were disseminated by the AMLEO group since none of the active agents are located in the target area, nor do they circulate. in Cuban exile circles. 18, We are continuing to utilize AMLEO-3 as @ , consultant on the MHAPRON program, and to this end are planning to have - him expand his reporting of personality information on selected || FORM 5-60 individuals and to utilize him to explain interconnections between various individuals and groups | as they take shape i " MHAPRON research. . , ELASSIFICATION. OT "") PAGE NO. 58a °° suse PREVIOUS EDITION. _ SECRET Nx & we CONTINUED
14-00000 FORM CONTINUATION OF 3-60 53a USE PREVIOUS ED . : “aay , ev eoumron SECRET CO CONTINUED a CLASSIFICATION DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER SECRET | UFGA.11975 DISPATCH FUTURE PLANS — o ‘ 49. Wuture plans for operational exploitation of ANLEO-3 continue to remain the game ag outlined in detail in reference D, The operational use of AMLEO-3 in defection/recruitment operations will not be permitted until his wife and children are successfully put into asylum in one of the Latin American Embassies in Havana. - 20. WAVE Station will continue to work on AMLEO-3 developmental cases concentrating on MIAPRON leads, and attempt to build two- ‘way communications channels into such leads. AMLEO-6 is still considered to be the beat qualified lead by AMLEO-3 to act as principal agent and recruiter of other disaffected military personnel in Cuba. Details on these developmental operations will be reported via separate dispatch. END OF DISPATCH PAGE NQ. 6. CLASSIFICATION