14-00000 Ge (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) NO FORN DISSEM -~ 9- CS-511,00115-64 Dominican Republic, headed by Roberto Lazare SANTIESTEBAN Casanova, pseudonym “Rafacl," who was formerly at the United Kations in New York and was arrested for attempting sabotage. Guatemala, headed by Norberto HERNANDEZ, pseudonym "Noel," assisted by an apprentice, (fnu) PENA, pseudonym “Lorenzo.” As noted above, the Guatemalan operations are considered among the most successful in Central America. Haiti, headed by Andres ARMONA Ramos, pseudonym “Ernesto,” formerly commercial attaché in Mexico but not likely te receive another field assignment because of problems during his service there. Honduras, headed by Felix SUAREZ, pseudonym "Santiesteban." Niearagua. Panama, headed by Fernando RAVELO, pseudonym “Fermia."” El Salvador. South America Section (Seccion Sur) has no regular chief, but the DGI deputy, CHAIN, directs its activities. It deals with guerrilla activities in South American countries. There are desks for: . (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Argentina, headed by Oreste VALERA, British Guiana, headed by (fnu) GINES, pseudonym "Gil," assisted by two apprentices, pseudonyms “Jorge” and “Rudy. ae Colombia, headed by Raul VIERA Linares, pseudonym "Gomez," formerly stationed in Bolivia, from which he returned at the end of 1963, but unlikely to receive another for- eign assignment because of difficulties in the field. Ecuador, headed by pseudonym "Julio." Paraguay, headed by pseudonym "Salvano." Peru, headed by (fnu) JOA, pseudonym “Jordan,” assisted by an apprentice, pseudonym "Bernabe," Venezuela, headed by Alfredo ALMEIDA Garcia, pseudonym “Aranja," who was in Venezuela when it broke relations. with Cuba and was later involved in an attempted re- covery of documents from a plane crash in Peru, which led to his expuision from Chile. His assistants are Benito (inu), pseudonym "Saul." and pseudonym “Gary"; his secretary is pseudonym "Marcia." The DGI considers its Venezuelan operations the most successful in South America. SECRET NO FORN DISSEM
14-00000 ent - SECRET y . ’ SO FORN DISSEM ‘ - 10.- CS~311/00115-64 Operational Support Departments. ZL. The operational support departments of the DGI are Technical . Operational Support (MI). Illegal Centers (M0). Special Schools (EE), and Information Services (SI). Thev handle such functions as spotting prospective agents, providing operational information, . training both intelligencd agents and guerrillas, providing clan-. destine communications between headquarters and agents in the field, procuring operational funds and supplies, etc. 22. The Department. of Illegal Centers (Departamento Centros Llegales'« WO). The depar (ment is not. as S name implies, concerned w operation of illegal field stations. but is an information cole | -hection and agent candidate spotting department. It has three major’ responsibilities:'. collection of information from foreigners ' wisiting Cuba; assessment of visiting foreigners for candidates ‘for intelligence agents3:and screening of letters from abroad volunteering information, both to extract any useful data and to assess the writers as possible candidates for intelligence use. ‘Among visiting. foreigners, the MO Department does not concern it ao , ‘self.with diplomats, they are left to the DSE, nor with foreigners who -are established residents of Cuba. who are the responsibility of the Colonial Bureau (see below). In debricfing foreign visite tors, the department often works through ICAP, which makes arrange-~ ments for many visits to Cuba; in many instances, the visitors supply information unwittingly and are never aware that they are in contact with Cuban intelligence, The MO Department does not itself recruit agents; it only watches for, screens, and evaluates foreign contacts as agent candidates. If the persons it selects are members of a Communist Party or leftist organization. they are referred to the LN Department; if they are not members of ‘such groups, they are referred to the Illegal Department; one of those two units does the actual recruiting. . \ 23. The Department of Special Schools (Departamento Escuclas Especinies ~ EE). This department is responsible for training in guerrilla warfare and related subjects. It is headed by Luis PIREZ, pseudonym "Bruno Diaz," who is a DGI officer but also a captain in the Cuban Army. He has a deputy, pseudonym “Aristides”; an office assistant, pseudonym "Armando"; and a courier, pscudonym “Garcia." The department staff, numbering more thin 50, is made up entirely of Cuban Army personnel on indefinite assignment to the BGI; they are directed by the DGI but continue to be paid by the Army, which also provides all sup- port for the department. The main office of the EE Department, which is mainly administrative, is a residence at 178th Street and and 3ist Avenue, telephones 21-8426 and 21-8262,7 in the Barandilla section of the Marianao suburb of Habana. Training is conducted at permanent school sites in Habana (none outside), including guerrilla warfare schools at 310 Sist Avenuc, in the Country Club district, and three in the Marianao suburb: one in the western part of the Arroyo Arenas section, one in the western part of the San Agustin section, and one in the area bounded by 214th and 226th Streets and 7th and 15th Avenues in the Biltmore section. In addition there are technical training schools (Escuclas Entrenamiento Tecnico) on East Street between Parque and 37th Streets in the Alturas del Vedado section of Habana, where Venezuclans and Salvadorans have been trained, and on 26th Street between Ist and 3rd Avenues in the Miramar SECRET - NO FORN DISSEM
24. 25. XO FORN DISSEM - Ll ~ US-3iL OOL1S-64 district. The schools give military courses of all types. lasting three to six months, depending on the subject matter: all instruce tors are Cuban Army personnel. No Cubans are trained in the schools, only foreigners: these are kept separate by nationality. During training. students are observed and assessed for possible use as intelligence agents: those selected receive additional individual training from the MI Department. The Department of Technical Operational Support (Wi). (it has no Spanish title, only NY.) This department is basically re- sponsible for training . indavidual intelligence agents and pro- viding them technical operational support such as clandestine ‘communications systems. false documents, etc.: it also provides technical support to DGI staff members. The départment chief is Guillermo ARASTAGUIA. pseudonym “Rene.” who was formerly the sec- retary. of Ramiro VALDES, There are about 80 employees. including | amain office staff. consisting of a secretary. pseudonym "Mayra"; two assistants, pseudonyms “Carmen” and “Maria Antonia"; and an administrative officer, pseudonym “Victor.” The NI Department receives requests for training or support from the operational departments; gives the training or provides or arranges for the support outside the operational department framework; and con-= tinues to process technical communications for the departments after the agents have gone into the field. [It has. however, ‘ nothing to do with the darection of agents; it is only a training and support mechanism.’ The MI Department also does not supply equipment, for example, for clandestine radio communication, but tells ayents what to procure and lets them make their own purchases in their home countries with funds supplied by the operational department directing them. As the main technical department of the DGI. MI has most of the directorate's tech- nical cquipment, which it services and repairs in its own es- tablishment, the buildings within the M Building compound. All kinds of professlonal technicians and semi-skilled laborers are available for such duties: they are all Cubans. The MI Department has five sections, with the following responsibilities: a. Chemical Laboratory (Laboratorio Quimico - LQ). LQ, which is headed by pseudonym “Contreras, provides chemical secret writing systems and any other type af communications or operational support requiring chemical action or analysis. Although it supplics ayents the systems or devices, it does not train agents, but forwards the material to the training section, which then fdastructs the agent. LQ also services messages in secret writing for the operational departments. b. Photographic Laboratory (Laboratorio Fotocrafico - LF). LF is headed by pseudonym “Nedina® and has a photographer, pseudonym "Beltran." [t takes photographs fer operational documents such as false passports and identity cards and prepares both photographs and paves of documents where changes are needcd, In addition, it provides microdet and microfilm systems for clandestine communications and processes in- coming and outgoing microdeot and microfilm messages. ce. Technical Training Section (Seccion Tecnica - ST). The chief, who is also an instructor. is pseudonym "Teabalde.” The SECRET KO FORN DISSEM
14-00000 26, so : SECRET é NO FORN DISSEM , ~ 12 - . CS-311/00115-64 person in charge of radio training, also a radio instructor, is pseudonym “Aldo. The ST Section is responsible for training agents in any technical field, such as communica- tion by SCeieci weatiug,, maceOGut or micrufiim, radio sending and receiving. codes, etc. The section has a training radio station but does not handle actual radio communications to and from agents in the field. fae. d. Travel and Passport Section (Viaje y Pasaporte). The section has only one officer, pseudonym ‘onso,” who provides travel and other documents for all personnel of the directorate, agents and staff, such as extra Cuban passports, forged pass- ports of other countries, other identification documents, and‘other necéssary papers. He makes false entries in pass-@ ports. such as arrival and departure stamps for points out- side Cuba. e. Concealment Device Section (Seccion Embutido ~- EMB). The chief is pseudonya - “Maceo.” he ection is responsible for: Providing any sort of concealment device required for agent activities, especially those permitting the agent to carry with him on his travels instructions, information, or small objects so that they are- not discovered in customs or other examination. It also provides concealment devices for the forwarding of microfilm or other clandestine materials. Department of Information Services (Departamento Servicios de Informacion — he cpartment is headed by Major Guillermo 3 ’ “pseudonym “Javier,” the tnird most important person in the DGI (after PINEIRO and CHAIN), who also directs some of the LN Department operational activities. The department is responsi-~ ble for collecting information and maintaining up-to-date records of operational information in every field affecting the security of Cuba. It has three sections: a. Operational Information Section (Seccion Informacion Operativa = I0). The section, which has about [2 members, collects all information necessary for placing and maintaining an agent in a foreign country, such as the travel and identity documents required and their dates of validity, data for legal and illegal travel of staff personnel’ and agents, maps of infiltration and exfiltration routes for operational areas, and up-to-date information on the general situation in each country where the DGI operates or plans to operate. The operational and other departments evaluate information they acquire and send to the IO Section of the SI Department what- ever they think useful; the I0 Section issues no formal re- quirements. Most of the information comes from the Illegal and LN Departments, but the MS Department may also supply information. The IO Section sometimes debriefs staff members returning from foreign tou.s or short trips for operational information or data on foreign governments, but it does not debrief agent trainees arriving in Cuba. It has one other function, the publication of false information on people and countries. One of its members is a translator, Antonio CARCEDO Ferrer, pseudonym “Andres.” b. Colonial Bureau (Buro Colonial ~ BC), formerly called the MOI Section. The BC is responsible for assessing foreign SECRET NO FORN CISSEM