ae ot ty Ce ee Be The Cuban chegs" testy which defeatad’ its Maxics. ‘city cpbonenta, ; a ‘ es os - 4s scheduled to go to Saltillo for another. tourriament and then : — , - to Canada, All team mewtbers visited the Embasay’ ‘the night of : ee re 19 March, One ofthe team menbers, a milato, mentioned. having . . co played chess in Czechoslovakia. In Mey the Mexico City team _ plats to visit. Cuba for a reematch, The newspaper Novedades, ; issue of 19 Mar, lists-all the team-menvers, (THIS INFO FOLTOWED big BY CABLE EXCHANGE WITH DIR AND WAVE) Le? feels that it would be a "fine thing" if we could convince one or siore of these chess . players that they should not go back to Cuba. ‘ tp we Be. A Cuban named Herrera (one of the chess players ute not clear) en - ' hag-an errand to do here in Mexico for Luis BAEZ of the newspaper ~ ~ ee 0: Revolucion in. Cuba which involves obtaining copies of July 1983, ; editions of LIFE masasine corcérning the Playa Giron invasica, : . > ‘ These } magazines are fos the general staff of the Cuban anny, g Go Manuel Gaia array vho. is "ettached" to the chess team from are was at the airport on 20 March on his way back to tusa. He : / was Loaded dawn with two large boxes ‘full of baseballs -- said — / that he had come to Maxicd especially to buy baseballs for Fidel ‘ GASTRO, He said he would be back soon, probably 23 March, When Le? remarked that "they micht not let you out again," GONZALEZ | laughed and said he was a big wheel — "Don't forget, I an superintendent of atl official telephoues in Cuba," 0 told L=9 that Fidel CASTRO-is "muy rajadere," explaining that Castro has a wlid idea thet alfalfa is better cattle food than balanced feed and that ag a result he will provably start planting alfalfa everywhere, Le? faels that G must feel pretty sure of himself te dare to refer to _ Castro as "majadero" «= foolish} (REPORTED BY CABLE » FIRST PART) ad, Nico Garcia should be back i perhaps on 23 March, gi ~ @, The Chinese would-be defector is named Tang PaneChi and ig staying 7 ; at the San Diego Hotel, (RSPORT!D BY CARLE) iar Ler | - .£5- On 16 March an American Nevro boy named Roy BELTON. (phonette) was at the Embassy, He is from,Milwausee, Fe said that he wanted to ‘ go to Cuba, was tired, of serving the inperialis @ Was accompanied by a Puerlo Rican, BOLTON was close to.tears during ‘his visit. On 16 March a blond Canadian, . about 55 years old, was at the’ Cuban ge Consulate, Le? had no further details, . ae ef] : AM vee we PobOT9 . = \ am 72 2 ™s me COPY be
aro be tied wp. with the. é t Lesst entd2 8 fetoek {pame)o : . a wu Be 4. r} Y ot 4 ~ “ 9 had’ tn’ his: posseasicn 2 Letter aaaréssed ‘tof "ng Rafaél i ty tesla del Consulado de. Cuba. "en MexiS0 eo it ad been "and ‘carried fron Wabana-by sorecge on the ¥ plaie that day (20 Mar) “and L-9 was asked ‘to turn it over, ) APARICIOg The letter, which ae -.. was Sealed, was. ‘fron /br, Pericles RxUiCO Ornes in Cuba. L-9 was told ; - that itwas very importent an tab Should be required to . cone by te pick it up -- it shouic not be mailed to him, CALVENTI Ce gould be reached at Calle Jose Azucta 25=5 or 23-5, Mexico City, ° _ (No ATTEMPT WAS MADF TO OPEN TER LETIFR = Le9 WAS INSTRUCTED TO GET Te IT T0 APARICIO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE) ; ‘vr. "Z, Thinking back to the recent christening of Nice G Se a, ' apd:the presence at this affair of Ladislgo Onelig Er “"  ~ that. he f6lt.that. ‘PING: Feowld ba.had." Sqne years - oe -'' number of other peoples ‘Alfredd:zad Leone oPeternn, : : “a fellow ‘iiamed "Toto," -~ vere ‘all Stonding/around chatting when Cnelfo. said of Fidel CASTHO in a very worried manner: “here: is that _ man going to take us?! =. meaning the Guban people, At that menent Le? “understood” ‘that. PINO was not "ytth't Castro end decided that: ho would probably somedsy break with Castros L-? related all this to Barker in an attempt to insin fe that we should have a go at | PING, . - 3, NEXT MFETING: 2 April 196k. . ltt eu ; Ely fl Teer en . x oe PB Qol— 3BSiGuy _ SECRET ae feet LS fo ol
. ‘ ‘ oo . . > . - SEORANDIM: FOR He" ASLORD ; rr ae oe 2 FRONT i“ Lawreboe Fy Ba Barker . ve co 1 ‘SUBIECT Meeting with LI TAMIL =9y 3 april 1 1964 - rere a - ne le rr thrdechour bieatysatnite:neeting was. hel@ with L-9.on the aignt, - _ of: 2 ‘Apri, ‘at. Bis. hoite c= “Hrs, 8 neneing ‘the’ gates: ‘No. security broblens., ; : yo Bs Led was ‘tn excelieat spirits and felt” even: better when he was pre- : eatited. with the artists Sipplies sent” “by HOS an: tesponse té'a Station * .daspateh | ao he was- overjoyed & at Peesiving’ this patat and thanked: B: repeatedly L throughout: the noetings os : ; Ue S25. 3, he ‘first part of the néeting was devoted to seruttiy, af LIFRODE ne _Photis from Which Las ‘made a larger percentage of identifications thai: “esuale ye hb, Le9 reported as. fettowis * 7 ; “to Mg Am Embassy. steft: ineeting WS hela Tuesdey 2h March at which time \ ; : the Arbassador addressed the group regarding the trial of Marces i ole RODRIGUEZ Alfonso, © ‘DETAILS REFCRTED BY INTEL CABLE 2 April. i} i “"s Be At the same nectiiig the Amb spoke out about the dangers of foo apres (of 7. electronte evesdropping devices and cautioned the staff to be \ ane very careful of such diabolical tocls which are being used : constantly by the.. inperialists: "At this very moment someone ‘ may be listening-Behind that door." The Amb said that it ¢ . be assured that "wa are surrounded by Listening appans . he said that a special meeting would be held on @6 Mar/to discuss qb > ; .: this ratter at length, L-9 retarked, as he Midd? th a button ; a aN on his coat, that he had read that a secret transmitter could be built right’ into a button, .Othere made similar recarks and everyone - .geemed to be fully spooked, Elpidio INTERIAN waa observed watching everyane closely to see their reactions, The Amb said that the imperialists play very dirty and have some very refined gadgetry, He said that care should be taken that names are not mentioned in sensitive conversations and reminded everyone that the telephones were not to he trusted, According to L-9, itis assumed that all Embassy phones are tapped, és @, At tha same meeting GrillermoRUIZ spoke out a couple of times, saying that "this EniSee-TS noe Functioning properly." He sugcested 4 . that the steff should. begin clipping newspapers in order to set up ° personality files on Mexicans -- these files should show their 4 . activities, attitudes toward Cuba, and similar detail, APARICIO v ‘one said he was not in favor of the idea, that it would take up too much tine, that the steff.is too small for such doings, The Amb Q 7 C4 then spoke out in favor of RUIZ and squashed APARICIO as he seems to eatoy doing {Le9 says the Amb doesn't like APARICIO -=| the reeling . ie mutual), Once the Amb had taken RUIZ! side everyone else fell inte line, L-9 hag noticed that RUIZ is outspoken and that he seems to get his way most of the times that evea the Amb semis to @ afraid to eross hin “— ~ Breen ad, At the sane neeting the Amb announced that a limit of 600 foreign - SECRET | PabO9 MICROFILMED SEP 2 i¥04 BDO. MicRE, SER. SPL as G fr MAVA-23287F —_ . Z pnie
14-00000 an . ° . -stuients aibuld be ta cb ata ay one. eae on sabi = .. tie staff showla ‘be frank’ with ‘would-be "hocddos" 20-telling - . then that: ‘their: “chant 23 of ‘petting a..fres oducation ‘in ‘Cubs’ are” oat NWS oo gli,’ Only-in.+ excsntional cases. ahould stuiaite be ‘mieotiraged * ; ye wo) when &h icy show on esting - sciola¥ships. fhe Fasteiction eéans: “te ~. ‘to be econaile =< L-9 feels. that ‘500. co a very small nutber fora - a Sane seats the, oAeS of Culley * ; , Litip “he ‘het ‘Petdaded those present t that v4 ‘the | “Amperialiste- wil . to. disclose this Tiiich information on their — “methods and ébuceies in ‘the field it must ‘be. coficluded that they © " have’ ever Tiare - fancy ‘things up.their ‘sledves” whieh they are not _ phe “talicing abotitis The-anb gad4- that each pérson in. the: Erbassy should | oe - , an keep to his -own work and not ingtiire ints that of the others ‘(coms fo Be partmentation) and said that he was not satisfied with the gatherings . ‘ '. - > and bull segstons at the entrance: to the Embassy whére tod mich wag © oe being said and too nuch was being seen by too mny — these sessions . ‘would have-to stop -- it is nobody's business who comes to visit the BO - Embassy, At this point Rogélio RODRIGUEZ and Buenaventura REYES fe ; spoke up and said they had sem a "tubo moving behind a curtain in’ 6 . a house across from the consulate," (THIS IS PROBABLY A DISCOVERY OF Xt A LIEROBS CAMERX) It wag agree] thet people coming to the Embassy are probably being photographed, The Amb then told the following ° atory: "Don't forvet the case of the textile vendor who went to the American Exbassy for a visa, They refused to give hima visa @- | told hin that he had visited the Cuban Embassy, Then they proved ' it to him by. showing him a picture of himself entering the Embassy eee * heres He wag really shocked!" (DON'T KNOW THE BACKGROUND OF THIS i - ‘TALE += CHECKDIG)« f. It was announced at this 26 Mar meeting an tee TERA will . _ ‘ not be returning to Mexico, He will reanain In Habana %o works at Zh MINREXs ; an Salinas . i Ze Sone cone$rn was shom at the meeting about the disappearance of . ~~ 'Lieha’ who ha d left at noon Wednesday and had not returned, (L-9 L - : gaid that he thousht she was now back to work — probably took off 974 on a Holy-Week bender in good Mexican fashion.) . | he On 21 March Le? briefly saw a man with a pocknarked face and several days' growth of beard in the Embassy «= about 30-35 years old, He heard someone call to him: ARAGON, No further details, te On 21 March a man named Jorecttociil. fron. the San Ignacio Textile plant in Puebla called and asxel for Nico Beaned SOme~ g4 “nat dfstussed that COGHAL had called Nico and impatient tly teld 18 ; the girl taking the call to inform COGHAL that Nico was not in. (He was still in Cuba at the tims), - - jo Le9 turned over the FRANCO=CALVENTI ettae toe item 2,k, L=9 CR - _', Covering 20 Mar meeting) to MIRABAL/(/77RAgsL, seened to feel he had « hot potate. on his hands, was very uncoafortable and even a bit seared and said, "I'll have to discuss this with the Ambassador," 7 Joss Le? notes that LORABAL 1s, Gowan die ths mug snot at all like his ‘ | Geo nates AZCUE who was the ep E of salt con: pELdence and COALraLs an : ocy ' oe 2- SEORED ! '