~ ~ — RECT Te 7h. Sana CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH aarantereennscnereriemen—sintensanenarecnreencnacnnn ands their men be trained, just prior to the scheduled beginning of the training they requested that they -be permitted to add one man and that two men be included in the class from the Direccion Federal de Seguridad (OFS). In the latter case. they submitted tnree names but said that only two of As it turned out all thre of the latter group turned up, thus . bringing the cl . - one civilian from the LIESVOY group, and the three DFS men. Following is a list of the trainees: . Q) sooo 2) a: (3) (4) (3) (5) 3. The training objective of the program was to familiarize the trainees with the basic tradecraft principles and techniques involved in the conduct of clandestine activities, with primary emphasis on the work and activities of security services. largely tutorial in nature, including two live problems which will bec axplained Mexico City, later in this dispatch, techniques involved in surveillance, counter-sur meetings, déaddrops, interrogation, and investigation, included discussion and reading material on opp activities, organization and functions of a security physical and organization Security; cover, concealment personal, and compartmentation, as we observation, description, casing, surveillance, and interviewing. clandestine communications, as well as on agent acquisition and agent handling. 4, With the agreement of LITEMPO-12 {who said verbally that he had consulted with LITENPO-4) and LIENVOY-2, the three DFS trainees detained Hector SENTIES Rodriguez, who is known to have ‘had clandestin was detained on the street 4 February 1969 and interroga the Palo Alto, The other six (45) trainees were able to ove rogation but did not actually take par did not see SENTIES, ‘ the discussions and reading material, great value to them. Also. on 3 Febru along to MYLECHRAINE a good lead concerning Carlo @ young Mexican who also Unfortunately, only one- Red BS | f 2. The LIESVOYs had originally requested that five (5) of cea eace enna ene cnonecneenieee sit = sane green ee, eee ane, SSSI T SS ~ ee FREE RO 5 : ; ~ ez: S3e@ WEL Pads See atta i i CONTINUED TEPATCHM SYMEO AM NU MEER HMMA-3643 1 SECRET . RYBAT_ i | an However, upon arrival in Mexico City and the three would be expected to attend the class. ass to nine (9) students, five (5) Army officers, Felix LOZANO Rangel. DFS, age 35. Javier MANCERA Fuentes, DFS, age 33. Esteban GUBMAN Salgado, DFS, age 33. Leonardo LOPEZ y LOPEZ, age 23, Felipe TREJO Gonzalez, Lt. Col., Mexican Army, age 16. Mariano CHANTRES Molina, Captain, Mexican Army, age 39. Ladislao SALINAS Alor, Captain, Mexican Army, age 31. Jorge MARGAIN Ortiz, Captain, ‘Mexican Army, age 29. Rogelio Rafael GARZA Hernandez, Lieutenant, Mexican Army, age 26, Although humerous exercises were conducted in to further familiarize the trainees with the veillance, personal The course ogition to clandestine service. tl as the basic operational skills of and elicitation Considerable time was spent on reporting and set with the Sovicts, for interrogation. He near his home on the early morning of ted throughout the day at a motel, located at Ka 14 on the Mexico City-Tolucahighway,. rhear the entire inter- t for security reasons, They nor did the latter see them. In line with this live interrogation was 8 ary 1969 LIENVOY-2 passed i s PEREZ Aguirre, has contact with the Soviets and Cubans, half day could be spent on investigating ¢ con ce ne ne rer cee eens ce nerene eee eect me mace memmen canes manent «
DISPATCH RYBAT HMMA-36431 TE TAF ARE ST UA, ANY NUMER CONTINUATION OF SECURE this lead, but even this was of value to the trainees. One trainee was required to make a pretext telephone call, another team of two made a notghborhood check, and the remainder were divided into teams to check with Transito, the Ministry of Defense, the Social Security Institute and the Metropolitan Police, Except for the last team, all picked up some information of value, and the information and its significance in terms of the projected investigation of PEREZ was discussed with them. 5, The performance of the class as a whole was remarkably good. The threc DFS men, -because of their previous truining and experience, were ablo to absorb and understand the lectures and reading material much more quickly than the others, None of the others had any previous training or experience in intelligence or security work... However, they were keenly interested, actively participated in classroom discussions and field exercises, and all prepared their written work in an acceptable manner, The instructor reviewed all written work with them, as woll as plans for meetings, etc., and this proved most helpful. Somewhat unusual for Latins, all students wore punctual; there were some very small and unimpor- tant delays, but for the most part these were due to the exceedingly difficult traffic situation in Mexico City or to other reasons apparently beyond their control, No student was absent from classes during the ontire training period, and no student was late for more than 45 minutes or an hour. G6, In summary, the instructor and the Station feel that the training objective was accomplished, and that the trainees, although ot yet experlenced operators, have a sufficient enough understanding of the busic tradecraft principles and techniques to permit tham to begin operations, They are all intelligent and alert men, and except for LOPEZ y LOPEZ all have an Army background, CHANTRES is quite imaginative and resourceful, but. also quite cautious and concerned about the possibility of flaps and compromises. He gets along woll with all his fellow workers, and undoubtedly has real leadership qualities, TREJO is somewhat talkative, opinionated and argumentative, and may have trouble supervising others, but he, too, demonstrated considerable imagination and resourcefulness, GARZA, the youngest of the Army group, appeared to be the most pro- American, is very imaginative, and possesses considerable drive and energy. On one occasion he had the instructor out to lunch at his home, where he lives with his wife (they have no children). He commented on numerous occasions about his many (almost annual) shopping trips to San Antonio, where his wife has a number of close relatives, GARZA, it is believed, would probably be the most susceptible to development and possible recruitment of the group, 7, Except for the remarks in paragraph 6 above, no individual assessment will bo forwarded herewith, The instructor has prepared a memorandum on each man, including the DFS group, setting forth his observations and opinions, as well as any information he was able to obtain on the trainees. 8, MYLECHRAINE used the name “Sr, Tomas" with the trainees; so far as is known they did not learn his true name, nor were they aware where he was living in Mexico City. Likewise, they are not aware that he has served previously in Mexico, There were no incidents involving security during the training period, and no other incidents or events that should be reported. , > a ‘ »Yy CC Grek a cette < ao Willard C, CURTIS cen ste net wm 7 ~ TO Shade ety SS SECRET TNO} THREE 530 USE PALS EOTTION RYBAT Vex rsuep | 7 a nein
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