. C) c \ SECRET In early October. 1964, the Alliance of the MRP - SFNE (105-112098) - Alpha 66 Cuban exile group was planning to initiate armed action in Cuba and its paramilitary organization had been moved from the US (place not indicated) to prepare for infiltration of Cuba. . Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo, military leader of the Alliance, had issued strict instructions that there should be no collaboration at any level with the MRR or the JURE during the process of infiltration. Gutierrez had no faith in the ability or willingness of Manuel Artime , or Manuel Ray to adhere to a joint infiltration program. Once in Cuba, however, limited tactical collaboration would be encouraged. CX) u) A delegation of the MRR, headed by Artime, was expected to arrive in Caracas in early October to seek Support from the Venezuelan Government Z f Lod (ew | (cra, 12/3/ou R(4) aes 105-112098-540 Fh.) iC (9° GB add gh ez sh — “Wael4z | On 10/24/64, Firmin Joseph, representative of a group of Haitian exiles dedicated to the overthrow of Dictator Francois — Duvalier, said that the schedule for an invasion of Haiti would be forthcoming after the US elections. Joseph said that a house in northwest Miami, which currently was being used to billet some of his men, was visited recently by a Cuban whom Jose believed was from Manuel Artime Buesa's group, the MRR. (CIA) W) 4 2-1622-273 p.2 3 Carlos Zarraga Martinez (protect identity), Key Source - Cuba,/ £954 S.W. 16th Terrace, Miami, Florida, who was attempting to form a unity group,Jadvised on 12/1/64 that the political activities of this group would be to offset the "right wing conservatism" of Manuel Artime Buesa. ; As of mid-December, 1964, Artime continued to head the MRR. Some exiles felt that recent scandals (not further identified) (continued) -~719- oti HW 50953 DBocld:32303569 Page 13
<continuea) SECRET in Costa Rica involving Artime had discredited the anti-Castro move- ment, which might result in the withdrawal of support of Cuban exiles by the American people and the US Government. (No source given). LA Add. info. a. 109-584-4114 p.3,4,8 (19 63y- Robert Dennis Arrington (105-96912) of Los Angeles, a US citizen. who had entered Nicardgua on 12/8/64, was arrested by Nicaraguan officials on 12/17/64 for alleged possession of illegal arms and plotting the overthrow of the Nicaraguan Government. He had come to the attention of Nicaraguan authorities when he tried to make contact in Managua with anti-Castro Cubans in an attempt to interest them in buying the arms he was carrying. In Managua, . at the Gran Hotel (date not indicated) Arrington met an unnamed Cuban who promised to take him to see Manuel Artime who was expected. : momentarily; however, this Cuban never came back to see Arrington. Foregoing information on Artime is covered in the following references: . (A REFERENCE _ SEARCH SLIP PAGE NUMBER | 9T-H9UB-7 p12 , | (aye | 105-81431-12 p.12 (39a : 105-96912-9 p.9 | (Aye 7 { | gv . On ba/sn, MM 639-8 Ja vised that the MRR (97-4133) con- tinued to be headed by Manuel Artime Buesa, a Cuban exile doctor who , ' traveled continuously in the US, Central America and the Caribbean. if On 12/10/64, MM 639-S advised that different Cuban exile leaders continued to claim that Artime and- the MRR were making a livi » (continued) -80- ari core > en, HW 50953 DBocld:32303569 Page 19
C . | _ va ve (continued) SEbac off the Cuban revolutionary activities; were engaged in smuggling instead of anticommunist warfare; and were misappropriating funds designed for commando and infiltration activity against the present government of Cuba. MM 639-S continued that it was claimed that Artime's men returned from Central America very disenchanteg, or with large sums of money earned through illegal activity. “) According to reports from the Costa Rican newspaper "La Nacion", there was a training camp in Costa Rica, and in November 1964, Customs Authorities found Cubans smuggling large shipments of whiskey from Panama into Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Santiago Alvarez Rodriguez (protect identity), Miami, a Cuban exile and leading figure in the MRR, advised on 12/17/64, that after the November scandals concerning the alleged smuggling activities of the MRR, Artime reportedly visited with Costa Rican President Francisco J. Orlich (place not indicated). The MRR claimed that Orlich signed a declaration exonerating the MRR from all allegations concerning that organization's activities and smuggling. UY . | Lo 97 -4133-123 encl.p.1,2,4 ’ According to reported comments of Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar (62-70441) as of mid-January 1965 had not been in | contact with Manuel Artime Buesa. . (CIA). 63 Ul een Aypncays as he Lb Wy () 62-70441-270 p.2 At the request of the Department of State the Bureau con- “ducted an investigation of an attack on the Spanish vessel "Sierra Aranzazu" (2-1877) on 9/13/64, off the eastern tip of Cuba. It was 7 alleged that this attack was carried out by representatives of a group receiving US backing, known as the MRR and headed by Manuel Artime. The Secret Organization of Continental Action (OSAC) initially claimed responsibility for the attack. Newspaper accounts indicated . that Artime denied responsibility for the raid and in a statement from Panama suggested the Castro government was responsible in an attempt ‘to discredit the MRR. On 10/5/64, Rolando Masferrer Rojas, 42-46 VY IP 3 on ths pa. AND I3t Baaeleey | 6N PG. 82 ‘Is (Yutnssiris Bone oP, e ; abp . Pept. 1e7weN DD SF 20-7) “4 ~ ~ HW 50953 DBocld:32303569 Page 20
SECPry On 2/23/65, the New York Office advised that on 1/8/65 and fai 1/26/65, NY 4533-S furnished information that the Soviet Intelligence Service in the US wanted to obtain any information available on the organizations: (1) Alfa 66; (2) Movimento Revolucionario Popular; (3) Movimento Renosadoz Revolucionario; and (4) Representacion Cubana En El Exilio. New York advised that the Movimiento Renosadoz Revolucionario might be identical with.the Movimiento Recuperacion Revolucionario (MRR) headed by Manuel Artime Buesa. Ww 105-]37715-2 enc&cp. | (asap | PSI Gerardo Soler, Tampa, Florida, advised that on 3/6/65, Pedro Jose Leal Flores (105-141019) and some of his friends went to Miami to try to see the military commander of RECE*, whose name was believed to be Oliva, and also to try to see Manuel.Artime, leader of the MRR. The reason for this trip was not known, but Soler said he believed that Leal wanted to associate the Porfirio Ramirez Brigado Comando #1 with one of the larger anti-Castro orsantzationd QVM) This reference stated that Leal was leader of the anti- Castro organization known as the Porfirio Ramirez.Brigado Comando #1, a group of young Cubans who had received Army training at Fort Jackson South Carolina and who met weekly in Tampa at 1515-10th Avenue. ) fennel “Ly 7 *Representation of Cubans in Exile. le 4) On 3/1/65, MM 639-S¥adbiged that Cuban exiles were dis- couraged frustrated with the failures of exile leaders like Manuel Artime Buesa, who had been ineffective. and would have to ' discontinue military operations in the near future. LA As of mid-March. 1965, Manuel Artime Buesa continued as head of the MRR and traveled extensively in the US, Latin America, and Europe. He was criticized severely by other anti-Castro leaders, S ‘ae (continued) Bh. HW 50953 DBocld:32303569 Page 21
SECRET On 5/20/65, Nilo Messer, 27 N.W. oN YY 47th Street, Miami, advised that he had been Manuel Artime Buesa's secretary and as such traveled thousands of miles with Artime in the US, South. America and Europe. He said that he was planning to leave this secretarial position and had obtained another job. On 7/23/65, PSI . exile who traveled frequently er Artime continue ad of the "MER (97-4133). previously both LA Act 6 (1) (B) “| (protect identity), a Cuban entral America, advised that ~About two weeks rand Artime were ain Nicaragua... However the MRR then had no offices or operations in that country. LL _dneara from Cuban exiles in Nicaragua that the MRR reportedly fa WO unidentified airplanes available to them in Panama. However, there was no indication that the MRR planned any raids against Cuba either by using these planes or an operation by sea. (yn) General Luis Somoza in Nicaragua to d| ss |that. Artime's operations there had been eliminated almost cpmp _the US Government's attitude toward the MRR. Fz y because of On 7/23/65, CIA, Miami (protect identity) advised that organization no longer had ay ' leader, Manuel Artime Buesa. 632" SI as par.l 97-4133-139 (329° SI as par. 109- | (156 JEK-Act 6 (1) (B) erational interest in the MRR or its Ger agence Weta, Lr - YK) () U) 9782337143 p-lj;encl.p.1,2 On 7/23/65, rst[_____ advised that the MRR (97-4133) om f\ continued to receive money reorganizing the MR u) info. ” ca Add. -88- and that Manul Artime Buesa was - HW 50953 DBocld:32303569 Page 22
. _ WY AJFK Act 6 (1) (B) ASECRES On 7/29/65, ws advised that Concepcion Maria Fernandez Planas* (105-982017 had been married for a couple of months to a Cuban exile named Alfredo Cepero, a lawyer who was. believed to be employed in Virginia. During the first days of the Castro regime, she had dated Jose Machado Ventura, who served as Castro's Minister of Public Health in Cuba. At one time (date not indicated) Fernandez also dated Manuel Artime of the.,famed Brigade 2506 which had invade Cuba during April of 1961. WF \S was aware that Artime had CS traveled to Washington, DC for the ‘sole p oge of visiting Fernandez -at her residence (address not given). ~ wep stated that Ceperol$) was extremely jealous and he was almost cértain that Fernandez had not revealed her past association with Machado and Artime to cepero( 105-98201-13 encl.p.2 (455—" - *Cuban National employed at: the Pan American Union, Washington, DC. (see 105-98201-8), fe ( (u) Documents furnished by OACSI-Army included a G-2 USARSOUTHCOM report advising that an unnamed source who was Chief of the Presidential Guard, Republic of Panama (RP), indicated on 8/16/65, that source had been visited in his home, on both the preceding Friday and Saturday, by Cuban revolutionary Manuel Artimes. Source said that Artimes was a friend of General Somoza, Chief Director of the Nicaraguan National Guard, and of source's sister-in-law, Mrs. Yolanda de Corrales; also, that Artimes knew source's brother-in-law, Lt. Gumberto Corrales, Assistant to General Somoza. Artimes, who had been unable to contact President Robles, asked source to confidentially inform the President that a conspiracy was being planned for the purpose of assassinating the Presidents of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the RP. Files of the 470th INTC Group, Fort Amador, Canal Zone, revealed background data on Manuel F. Artimes Buesa, born 1/29/32, Camaguey Province, Cuba. His father was shown as Manuel Artimes F. and his mother as Otilla B. de Artimes. It was suspected that Artimes’ wanted to meet President Robles to obtain from him a letter of introduction, for unknown | reasons, to Jack Vaughan, former US Ambassador to RP and present US Assistant Secretary of State. | ontinued ARMY Info (LAST iP) Unct ASIFED | a | (continued ) Pea uT& Dad. raful e Speasalorci~ tofofag — Pau ,3a6 a SEE Iq0- hdd 4-286 AN Veg - me has a HW 50953 DBocld:32303569 Page 23
(continued) operating from Paul's Barber Shop, Palms Plaza, 16772 South Dixie Highway, Perrine, Florida. This involved barbers Lestegas and Pablo Emilio Moncada Luna, sub- — Ane ject of Bureau file # 105-136705, who were alleged to SEOR Er have mentioned tentative plans to assassinate Artime, MM ee g Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo and.Pedro Diaz Lanz. (See 105-136704-1). Li) Luis Posada (protect identity), former member of JURE (105-114543), 750 N.W. 15th Street, Miami, advised on 9/23/65 that general opinion of the Cuban exiles strongly indicated that both Manuel Ray of JURE and Manuel Artime, MRR leader, no longer were regarded as important figures in the anti-Castro movement .(_, 105-114543-261 p.10 (5e9” | _PSI (134-14494) was interviewed _ on 11/12/65, at Opa-locka Processing center, Opa-locka, Florida. indicated that she came to Miami from New York in about mid- - itt was in Miami that she met her second husband, Ernesto | Martinez Dominguez, where they both were active in the anti-Castro group of Manuel Artime Buesa:- who was a personal friend of hers. At ; the meetings of this group, she gave first aid classes for a period ‘ of two weeks in 1963. In October, 1965, Montano and her husband made a trip to Cuba in an effort to bring relatives out of Cuba. while there, she was approached by the Cuban Government to engage in intelligence activities in the US on behalf of Cubans. Included with a information she was expected to report was any information concerning Artime and his activities. In Cuba, she was introduced to a man named "Orlando" whom she recognized as a man who was in Miami during 1962 and 1963, working with Artime's group. She and her husband departed Cuba for Miami on 11/8/65. [sai her husband had told her the Cuban Government might..nhave had reason to believe_he was a CIA agent, because at one time he had worked for Artim ee ) FEE SEK Act 6 (1) (B) (WF 6, 05 5 \ HW 50953 DBocld:32303569 Page 24
Se, CLA communication dated 6/15/66,furnished a letter dated 3/18/66, from Gilberto Navarro R, a resident of San Pedro Sula, . x) Honduras, Central America, to Manuel Artime, Director of the Cuban ~ Revolutionary Front in Exile, Miami, Florida. This letter advised F Artime to get in contact with the CIA to deport from Los Angeles, ur Calif. 3 Sisters, Nora, Oneyda and Marina Amaya Cabrera, and to ° order the American Consul in San Pedro Sula to cancel the visa of © ; another sister, Lila Amaya Cabrera V de Lopez, who planned to trans- fer her residency. to Los Angeles. Navarro said these Sisters were first cousins of the dangerous international communist, Eliceo Mejia Cabrera o Rovelo (105-129943) who was located in Havana, Cuba. ! Dd (i) 3 (Copy of letter and of trans ACR from Spanish attached) 105-129943-3 (LAF Shey 3 ra vfusuods adviSed that on 3/28/66)\he learned from the wife: of Carlo eperino that he had been put in Charge. by Manuel Artime, of the contact and interview with Rolando Cubelas* in Paris. This woman stated that she saw Felipe Llaudy in company with Pepin Naranjo prepared to be a great Fidelista) together with Cubelas in Paris (sic). No further details). K) This reference identified Felipe Llaudy as.an official of YU, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations and a known intelligence agent( an encl.p.2 Re ( *In early March. 1966, Rolando Cubela Secades was on trial in Cuba, charged with plotting to assassinate Fidel Castro. (See 109-12-210-5407), >. On 6/22/66, Felipe Rivero Diaz, head of the Cuban Nationalist Association, charged that if the US Government had its way, it would. install propagandists Conte Aguero and Dr. Manuel Artime as the next 7 rulers of Cuba. (Source not clear). 109. 34-409 p.ll , on HW 50953 DBocld:32303569 Page 25
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