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BIA HAS NO UBJECTION TO RELEASE OF Cid fury: 4 Soy reare P IN THiS UeovintitiG ip ANTI - FIDEL castro ACTIVITIES + IS -¢ DECLASSIFY ON: 25x ately | . eure TORE ss. DIRECTOR, FBT (109-584) SAC, NEW vorK (105-35253) nterests of the United States, The enclosed information Miami i is being submitted for the guidance of the Bureau, and WFO relative to the above captioned subject matter, Dr. ERNESTO ARAGON.Y GoDoy, 233 East 69¢n Street, New York City, forner member of che Cuban Revolutionary Council (CRC) ana Close associate of Dr. JOSE MIRO CARDONA of the RC, on 7/30/63 advised that he had difficulty in obtaining . employment since the disbanding of Che CRC in April, 1963, after MIRO CARDONA resigned ag President of the CRE. | ARAGON stated that in submitting to an interview with . ce companies, he had been nformed by them in letters Stating their Aire him because he Was too closely identifiea With the KENNEDY Administration and tnese co i , I relationship would be’ harmful to his employment with the companies NA, (a an interview with A ttormey At tormey Gene (2-" Bureay 13825384) Rit) eetassity on. Uns l-~ Miami (105-1742 INFO) soa l- Washingto Field 05-29995 (INFo) (RM) le Hew York 34-7027 Ma) te New York (105-352599 Ya) lef ja $a VEERERO Nor eecossny’” FIO: eng : (5) . i ah = 6 i @ fo) ® é ce] @ jute é & pes & é 5 aR ct & fey) f.) wd & é i?) @ re 6 Q a cr & er @ +o) io B cr ct ¢ O CRIGINAL Fr pp w/d FT a — y 7A S CONDE an 202 SEP 25 1963 HW 50953 Docld:32318864 Page 2
N¥ 105~-35253 ARAGON also advised on 7/30/63 that he had taken an examination in Washington, D.C. during the latter part of July, 1963, at the United States Department of State in order to obtain a job from this department as an interpreter and translator. ARAGON advised that he had just received word that Jie had passed the examination and the the State Departnrient? contemplated utilizing his services within the next few weeks. ARAGON also advised that this job as an interpreter and translator for the’ United States Department of State would entail his travelling with visitors from Latin America to various states and to various universities throughout the United States. ARAGON advised the he would receive a fixed daily amount plus $20.00 a day expenses for each day he worked for the State Department in the capacity of a translator and interpreter. Qi(i ARAGON further stated on 7/30/63 that due to his past close association with the Bureau ,and his confidence and trust in the Bureau. although he had been instructed not to disclose his association, nevertheless, he. wanted the Bureau_to know that as of 8/1/63 he would be placed on the payroll of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), at the sum of $300.00 per month plus expenses. ARAGON advised that he had been asked to perform certain assignments for CIA and had been told that he may, at times, have to travel for the agency to meet and interview certain people for them. ARAGON requested that his connection with CIA be held in the strictest of confidence andwnder no circumstance should the fact that. he disclosed this connection be mentioned to CIA. R/U) ARAGON on 9/4/63, was contacted at which time ne stated that he already had had one assignment from the State Department to travel with a couple of students from Bolivia who were visiting in Washington, D.C. He also stated that he expected another assignment from them within axweek or two. Ku ARAGON also advised on 9/4/63,that he has made two trips to Toronto, Canada, for CIA in orde QO conta ) WW 50953 Bocld:32319904 Page 3
NY 105-35253 Cracow aeatea that Fo had eoutasted] ——pince FetrowEt J (a RAGON stated that he had i pince h he mew (C BS) him from Havana and through t a whereby the CIA my be’ in Fegular cont act with who also works for 5 | no is now living in Toronto, canada. x P54] | ARAGON advised from his various meetings with’ representatives of the United States Department of State, CIA and the Department of Defense and from contacts among Cuban exile groups, that he is of the opinion that the Anti-CASTRO fiovementr> at the present time is back in the same situation it was in prior to the invasion of . Cuba in April, 1961. ARAGON advised, that by this statement, he meant that. once again the CIA is — acting independently of octher Governmental Agencies and. that their activities at the present time are greatly increased and they report to no one and only advised responsible individuals after a certain mission has been carried.out. ARAGON stated once again the United States State Department is confined to matters of a political and economic nature relative to Cuba while the Department of Defense is closely watching any military activity, ) in Cuba. ARAGON advised that from his own knowledge he is absolutely positive that the following organizations are being completely supported by the CIA: 1. Unidad Revolucionaria - This organizations is headed by JOSE F. RODRIGUEZ ESPADA and MARIO SEIGLE.. ARAGON stated that this organization, \ in recent months, has done a tremendous job in Ku getting out a newspaper, booklets and various forms of propaganda which are sent all over Latin America and are printed in both English and Spanish. ARAGON also advised that they have put out a booklet - listing the arrivals and departures of all foreign — ships to and from Cuba. ARAGON stated that the work done by the organization is very impressive and undoubtedly it has cost a large sum of money which obviously comes from: CIA. HW 50953 Docld: 32310364 Page 4