(104. 10186. 10119) cd % pETURNTO CIA Background - DoN& iv HANH INERT REPORT OMA ES CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ‘This materials contains infermeting effecting the Netional Defenasd of the Uaited States within the meaning of the Zepicnsge Lawn, Title 18, 0.86. Geos, 198 and 764, thd Veosmiaiion oF gerelation of which in ony manner te Ga wheutbertesd person is prokinited by tae, WARE OUR AMA AN TP ODINI SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM countay Cuba Report No. | CSCI-316/01 290-64 susiect. Felix PITA Astudillo - pate oiste. ~—-«S: October 1964 NO. PAGES 2 REFERENCES | pate of 1964 INFO. PLACE & Washington, BD. C. DATE acQ. October 1964 | FIELD REPORT NO. _ THIS aS UNEVALUATED IMPORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT I$ 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 Use @ Only individuals mentioned in the personality reports without first me he to am oh checking with this Agency. Source identified a photograph of Felix PITA Astudillo as being a member of the Direccion goneras da Inteligencia (General Directorate of Intelligence ~ DGI), 1,2,3,4,5 Headquarters Comments 1. In a report dated 11 August 1962, Felix PITA was identified as the Cultural Attache at the Cuban Embassy in Rio de Janeiro. 2. In a report dated 14 January 1963, it was reported by a group of Cuban emigre’'s trained in the techniques of information collection and who have provided useful reports for two years, that Felix PITA Astudillo is an assistant (sic) at the Cuban Embassy in Rio de Janeire. 3. A defected Cuban intelligence officer, in a report dated 1 February 1963, stated that Felix PITA Astudillo is the son of Felix PITA Rodriguez, the Communist poet. During the Batista regime PITA lived in Venezuela. In 1961 he attended the MINREX Diplomatic School, he also attended the Escuela de Cuadros Politicos (the Communist Party political SECRET ee NO FOREIGN DISSEM Seaenee STATE OIA AMAY NAVY Ai RSA TRB T oce I FBI 2 | (Meta: Field distribution Indicated by “2.3 INFORMATION REDOIRI Lf X - 1695 3 PROJECT (AMMUG, 7 wash OL |_CSCI-316/01230-¢ . Hi al | ! & a [| [ “samarma eG ny, suave bes ” . Lorca t “ Wwe
14-00000 eee anttsnnttnanansmnemet cemrtennsinenasrat a= Rs a #°= is ALS Se re parame owen ne sa rs Soe Ae me ems ee en ete ne Re ee ee aD aE CORED ae rm OED GaN yet oe Set an Oc ntncmnetetee fe 4 omane amaan Atom me atte om 8 . Pee oem eae oe, pounds, having light cyes, medium-dark hair, a slim build, and white. ‘ 4.- ‘ newspaperman, and possibly a, Communist. PITA was born about 1941, “. ‘PETA passed through Mexico City enroute to Latin America as a . . Cultural Attache about April or May 1962. Source also stated that SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM CSCI-316/01230-64 on Que indoctrination school). Source described PITA as having been born about 1941 in Cuba, being about five feet cight inches tall, 130 Source did not know his Communist Party status. A fairly reliable source, from a report dated 16 February 1963, stated that Felix PITA is the son of Felix PITA Rodriguez, author, PITA was rather cowardly’ and timid, that. he was afraid to leave the embassy premises and would not go out on the streets alone. PITA appeared to be an opportunist rather than a Communist or pro-Castro and possibly obtained his job through his father's influence, In a report dated 12 March 1963, Felix PITA was identified as a Cuban intelligence officer under cover as the Cultural Attache in the Cuban Embassy in Rio de Janeiro. ; . SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM mee fn nee moe ne ety ene ee ne