(404-10196-10258 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY This tuatertal comtaing laformation affecting the Ketional Defense of the United States withis the meaning of the Eepionage Lawa Tre * 18, USC. Seca, 733 and TM, the tranamilesion of reTeiation of which in any manner to am uneulhorieed permoa te prohibited By cae. s SECRET NO FORN DISSEM countey = Cuba , REPORT NO. CS CI-316/00716-64 ‘, SUBJECT - Luis Jesus PEREZ Martinez DATE DISTR. «4g September 1964 . # . . NO. PAGES 8 che ‘ REFERENCES gt0 ow * DATE.OF eB Ron en? INFO: 1964 eee Woe PLACE Washington, D.C. pe DATE .ACQ. Sopte sber_1984 FIELD REPORT NO. THIS 1$ UNEV UATED (INFORMATION. SOUECE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 1$ TENTATIVE, SOURCE: A former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban Intelligence Service until April 1964, Headquarters. Comments The following report is one of a-series containing personality information provided by the source and includes supplemental information from the records of this Agency. 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. Luis Jesus PEREZ Martinez is the First Secretary of the Cuban Embassy in Bolivia and a staff officer of the Direccion General de Inteligencia (General Directorate of Intelligence - pon, J» 2+ 3. 4, 5, 6 7, 8, 9, 10, 1 Headquarters Comments 1, Ina report dated 8 April 1961, an untested source reported that he had talxed with one Captain Luis PEREZ, a G-2 officer, whe, in a conversation after a few drinks, volunteered information on Cuban troop movements. PEREZ is a staunch CASTRO follower. 2. Anuntested source, ina report dated 27 April 1962, gave “ a run-down on the Cuban G-2, In so doing he identified ore ‘ Captain Luis PEREZ as the executive officer and plans officer SECRET - . eee B bem Gupte Bn aE ont SG GS ode Fe NO _FORN DISSEM CX-T55 NO PROJECT: AMMUG- Ta 71 a u PT Tescl- 218,995 -88 WHE WAVE DL | [RIAN [a et Tora j Leatson WADA LD mi TIRE WH/SA 7 (1), WE 1 (2), Cl4, RID 1 ' CIPREA FORM NO. 4 : OBSOLETE PNEVICUS EDITIONS DAT. FROG
wads SE RET CSECI- 316/007 16-64 NO FOREION DISSEL - ~2e of the G-2 Represion, the new name for the Departamento de ‘ Investigaciones del Ejercito Rebeldo (DIER). 3. On 15 July 1962, an untested source stated that Captain Luis PEREZ, who fought with CASTRO in the mountains: has a high post in an intelligence unit such as DIER or G-Z 4. An untested source who was a captain in the Csban rebel army: fron 1 January 1959 to 29 June 1960, reported on 8 August 1962, that . Captain Luis PEREZ Was the Deputy Chief at G- 2 Headquarters. He _, described: PEREZ as having been born about 1932, being about five . ‘ ‘feet eight inches tall, 160 pounds, having a medium build, a ruddy - complexion, and thick, curly blond hair. He. was a.law student, came from a very wealthy family, ‘is married, and has two chifdren. He is very serious, was educated at the. Belen School, and “wag formerly the Cuban Military Attache in Venezuela. 5. A fairly reliable source reported that Luis PEREZ Martinez, a Cuban Diplomat, transited Arica, Chile, enroute to La Paz, Bolivia, on 31 August 1962. PEREZ, who carried Cuban passport D/G62-496, was born in 1930. . : 6. According to a travel manifest one Luis Jesus PEREZ Martinez, Secretario Adscrite at the Cuban Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia, left Santiago, Chile, for La Paz on 6 December: 1962. A source which has proved to be fairly reliable gave the following information on Luis PEREZ; aj PEREZ was the Cuban Military Attache in Haiti and later (1961) in Venezuela; he left both countries when they broke diplomatic relations with Cuba. In December 1961, PEREZ traveled to Washington, BD. C., with Jose MOLEON Carreras, the Cuban delegate to the Inter~American Defense Staff of the OAS. He was a captain in the Cuban rebel army. Source was not certain PEREZ belonged to the Communist Party, “He was born about 1928, is about five feet nine inches tall, 160 pounds, has dark hair, light eyes, and is white. 8&8. The following travel information on Luis Jesus PEREZ Martinez, Secretario Adscrito of the Cuban Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia, was taken from fort ipial] travel manifests: SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM \. a 8 acy {64