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FIELD INFORMATION REPORT _ EVALUATION OF SOURCE, A, Compictety rofisble. 6: Usualty raliobie, C: Fairty religble. D: Mot usually sefiedle, €: Mot relisbte. (A & 68 dsubttal honesty or . sogeniiags of thelr csexpetesoe). f. Reliability cannot be judged \{ Applied ts untested er APPRAISAL OF CONTENT: 1: Confirmsd by other independent end relishle sources. 2: Probably true, 3: Possibly true, 4. Doubtful. §: Probably faica, 6 Cannot be helene. Docuppantary Besad on orginal Gocumart - . “SECRET/OFoR! - : : - ~ ; ~ : : ~ COUNTRVexico/Cuba SO ,REPORT NO. IBM-5 348 SUBJECT Jose Xavier CORTES fernandez 2 DATE OF REPORT 16 December 1960 NO. OF PAGES 1 _ . . ~ v “ , ee . ‘ | REFERENCES 1NM-$321 pel Of; Decenber 1960 . ' PLACE @ Mexico, Mexico City (8 December 1960) -| SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 16 TENTATIVE, NOTE FORCONG EXPLANATION, SOURCE: Person with good connections, in . on 8 Deponter 1960 Jos i who represents himself as @ BE ge ie told Jose Antonio JOUDO V Y, cuban Ambassador to Mexico, that information that “the thing they were working on" had gotten underway and had produced a tremendous reaction in Cuba.? Ile said that a friend, who ‘ia Roman Cagholic but very liberal, had returned from a visit to Cuba, where he said the Knights of Columbus were pretty well entrenched. Fos this reason, = CORTES said he felt it would be necessary to “take the bull by the horns® and begin things or the Knights of Gdlumbus would gain the advantage. @ 2. PORTUONDO said that the bombing of the church of Father BOZA in Cuba had definitely been an act of “auto-agresasion” and was clumsily done. Ile said oa red flag with hammer and siskle was found in the debris. PORTUGNDO told CORTES that-Carlos OLIVARES, Under-secretary of Forelgn Affairs, had not gaid any- thing, but, since he, PORTUONDO, was going to Cuba at the end of “December, he , believed that OLIVARES would wait until his visit. 3 o 3. CORTES sald that. he would like to go to Cuba and sea for himself how. - thingo were going. Field Comment 1. . According to an untested Louree in the Raman Catholic Church, CORTES. ‘ fernandez was never @ priest. It was previously reported that Atisbos, Mexico City newspaper, had reported that CORTES a Catholic priest and a member of the Jesult onder Pwned 1950 when he’ the order because ; of his “sebellious and enarcbit, spirit". oe, 2 It is believed that CORTES ‘Hernandez, who belongs to a schismatic Catholic. church, called the Mexican Apostolic Catholic Church, is interested. in . establishing & schismatic church in Cuba. °, 3. Source Comment. " PORTUONDO's remark about of ARES came after he and CORTES ; een discussing Gertaan Lence, Custrista priest who has been atopped by episcopal sanction from his ministry in Oriente province. ee, SECRET/WOFORN | ; . 4 — CONTINUED CONTROL ' ff me Cyban Enbasoy (3). Appraisal of Contents’ @. *, MEMO Sesion Santa Wie Seine op dene Sy SRS aa  eare tye BAUR GES GU e2 GLeaete Fa Hun bee eoe
oo ? ® & . _eoveaitaxsco/emne , —  . . tapORT NO. M-5 348 SONNET Jose: Xavier CORTES Nernandez ” -, DATE OF REPORT 16 December 1960. . } s . ~ ‘G : a NO. OF PAGES 1 N ee ¥ 8 __ REFERENCES M5380 DATE - , INFO. OF; December 1960 . . . PLACE @ Me xico, Mexico City. (8 December 1960) 1. On 8 Degember 1960 Jose ag ile _Who represents himself as @ 2 stile told Jose Antonio POR dor, cuban Ambassador to Mexico, that " information that "the thing they were working on" had gotten underway . and had produced a tremendous reactfon in Cuba.? Ife said that a friend, who _is Roman Catholic but very liberal, had returned from a visit to Cuba, where he said the*Knights of Columbus were pretty well entrenched. For this reason, CORTES said he felt it would be necessary to “take the bull by the horns” and begin things or the Knights of @plumbus would gain the advantage. 2. PORTUONDO caid that the bombing of the church of Father BOZA in Cuba had definitely been an act of “auto-agression" and was clumsily done. Ile said a red fleg with hammer and siskle was found in the debris. PORTUONDO told CORTES that.Carlos OLIVARES, Under-secretary of forelgn Affairs, had not said any- thing, but, since he, PORTUONDO, was going to Cuba at the end of* ‘Décenber, he , believed that OLIVARES would wait until his visit. 3 ’ Sg 3. CORTES said that he would like to go to Cuba and see for himsolf how things were going. Field Comments = = _ ‘ 1. According to an untested source in the Roman Catholic Church, CORTES. ‘Hernandez was never @ priest. It vas previously reported that Atisbos, Mexiao City newapaper, hed reported that CORTES was a Catholic priest and: a@ member of the Jeoult omer yntil 1950 when he lett the order because of his "sebellious and anarchic spirit". 3 2. It ia believed that CORTES Hernandez, who belongs to a schiamatie Catholic. church, called the Mexican Apostolic Catholic Church, is interested in establishing @ schiomatic church in Cuba. « - ; m thas RS 3. Source Comment. " PORTUONMG's renark about ohwvares came after he and 6 een ai.scussing German Lence, Castrista priest who has been stopped ty ‘episcopal sanction from his ministry in | Oriente province. é ee wags eee ST me 7 SECRET/iOFORN CONTINUED CONTROL | 2 4S Ho es ao Se ae re tre bat Fp ba celina Sirca Se bs Uh Gato CAME asset "a veal SS es bee tet ang te rad oe