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14-00000 = sugust £555 , heport cr Hiawas lease anvoLvensnt. an Arriva: cf BARKED FOR MEERNG Pedro BDL'Z Lanz in tas US : 10) INDEXING REQUIRED act eare seed ; . POGING CAN $F JUDGED atChe €¥ QUAUFIED FO. DESK ONLY REFERE Sec Este i. This office wes first informed of the arrival of suvies in the! US on Wednesdey, i Juiy 1959. Eswever, since it was not ves clear whet the CIA role would . te, there were no instructions a3 of that time. 2. On tie afternoon of.2 July I wes inforned vy Yalow +het elthoich no clear indication hed yet been ziven as to the uitimete Gisposition of s.bfect, I was to attenst immediately to contact hin, conducts a preiininary interrisation, and to render tc nin whatever essistence I sudzed to ve proper. Within a Tey minutes c? that cone vergation with LAGANGW, I rezeived a eel. from ir. Zawerd AHHS, District Direstor of TiS, who said that he hed Susject end the other members of Fe narty in mustody end offv-sed se access to nim for whatever purposes I considered ecproprizcte. 3- Eefore going to F2NS I cheeked in with the F2I to see ‘7 they had yet ' interrogated subgect and if sc to whet extent and aicng what lires. I discovered . the Zureau was et thet very tine interr:cating DI4Z and had comzleted a rether tncrough interrozation, ali of which wes immediately reported to ¥asaington. I then proceeded to Mr. AHNEIS' cPPice end vas introduced ts DIAZ end a's party. which was cocgrised of DIAZ; his wife Tania,.Sereio DIAZ Bruewi, and Carlos ECHEGCYEN. hk, I spoxe briefly with DIAZ alone, primeritw for the pursese of Seternining his disposition toward cocreretion with US officieis and intelligence pechle parti- culerly and to detercine whether’or not he was in ressession of emy documents. vhich minat be of value. With recerd to the first, he stated that he had every: intention: of cooperating fully with 211 US officiais and thet he was eager to make xnown his. own views on the Castro government. With the excep.ion of a cory of the statenent which he had released to the press pric to leaving Cuba, he was carryingino dscuments. I shen talked to him about his imediete plans and he said that =e was placing himself J , ccxpletely at the disposal of US officials but that he was concerned abouts his crotner Marcos end was hépeful that he sould conceal his wheres zo-ts until informa- : ticn wes avallazle of Marces' situation. I also discussed with aim the effect that . ‘| the measures teing teken et thet monent to find hin sight heave <1 the general a : poruiation. He said that ne felt that the impact of these messures would! ce very great since it would make the people realize how serious the government there viewed . the resignation of a senior official vased on charges of Commun:.st tendencies in. “he government. In deference to these feelings on the part cf the subject and being et the moment still unsure as to the ultinate hendlicg of him, 1+ seened desirable ‘that his presex@ein the US not become yuolic informetion for the time veiling. 9- I discussed this with AHRENS end aszed what his intentions were vith ‘regard to reteining or releasing the rarty. He said that under cormal ei tances BRUELL, who is an Americen citizen, would be released forthwith tnd that She others would ce paroled as soon as the paper work was completed. I pointed out hin .- the desirability of keeping this party under wraps and asked if he would! be will thet they reuain in the I°%S offices overnight, durine which tim I could make  Srrengements to remove thex to some other secure plere. AHRENS seid that), insofar * as he was concemed, he wus willing but that he would have to "neke a chebk”. Tt is assumed that he telephoned Washinctea or some other superior 2:fice, in any case in a few minutes saii that he would be willinz' to do as I esxed provgded I would prepare a statement requesting this action, to te simed iy the four senbvers . of She purty and oy myseir. The folicowiag statemens was trepares and sighed: wo ok. - : "We the undersi-mned. request that in the interests of our persons. safety ve be : : pernitted to renain cn thesa premises cver night." (In the lickt off what’ came atter, it micht ce weil to renencer that had not this acticn been teker, DIAZ and his party woud Nive been releused and elnost certainly he would have been exmosed and imme. dfetely sudjected to. oress interviews.) Having taken this step, I bec preoccupied a et ee oe | with a) rigging the fazflistes for keepine these individuals overnight; abi b) pre- s . eriny @ plan *> move +} er of wen the next morninz. Not wishine to al.cw any mend CASSIS AP eg : AE POTWIOGS ES Om vt 8Oe ee es oe ALES FOE ws §F A |