© OPERATIONAL SUMMARY: HW 53294 DoclId: 32356561 Page 5 “, a he ; Ta, -4-- , iv 7. The highlights of CUBELA'S reaction to this — proposal were: a. The majority of the Cuban people are against Castro, but mainly because of fear they | did nothing about it. Castro's primary support — comes from the young teenage militia group. b. Many high ranking military officers are anti-Communist and many are convinced Castro must go but they are afraid to organize or even talk against Castro to other people. This fear and Castro's control of the Government apparatus (security, military, defense committee, economy, etc.) make it extremely difficult to organize a coup against him. , : ce. If-Castro falls, the military will probably break up into four or five groups. Without Castro, the present regime will dis- integrate. Unless there is strong and immediate support, the situation can easily become chaotic. Nothing of an operational nature was discussed at this meeting. After the meeting, CUBELA stated he was satisfied with the policy discussion but he now desired to know what. technical support we could provide him. : oe 8. On 19 November 1963 it was decided at Headquarters that we would advise CUBELA would receive a cache inside Cuba. If he requested it, the cache would include sabotage material, C-4 and equipment, high power rifles with scopes, hand grenades, pistols, etc. 9. On 22 November 1963, "Sanson" met CUBELA who -. asked for 20 hand grenades, two high powered 'yifles with scopes and approximately 20 pounds of C-4 and related equipment in the cache. He had refused to carry any in- crimiuating eyuipmeucwithi—nim on his-return to Cuba. CUBELA spoke again about Guin and _his concern for Guin's security (it had never been admitted to CUBELA that Guin was ": recruited by Diaz). When the meeting broke up, "Sanson" ~and-CUBELA were—informed snout President Kennedy's assassination. CUBELA was © visibly moved and esked: "Why do suoh.things “happen to good people?" At this as well as earlier meetings, CUBELA was given small sums of money to cover personal expenses. Sane Gat Am 11D Be.
ar OPERATIONAL SUMMARY: Docld:32356561 Page 6 10. 11. 12. ’ - On 17 March 1964, the following items were included in-two-caches~put~—down for~CUBELA.” . 2 Belgain FAL rifles and ammo 2 UZI 9 mm. SMG and ammo - 2 Browning pistols with silencers and ammo 10 handgrenades (fragmentation) _ 10 handgrenades (white phosphorous) 20 lbs of C-4 with firing devices and allied equipment including time pencils and clocks. On 3 May 1964, CUBELA asked for an FAL Silencer. According to the news, the cache was discovered by a small boy. .In February |. 1965, CUBELA said portions of the cache were recovered by a fisherman. The pesos were not usable due to type. He never received any part of the cache, he said. On 30 August 1964, Jorge Carlos ROBRENO (AMLASH/2 "El Mago", a-Cuban refugee in Madrid, and Cdte. Efigenio Ameifeiras, Vice Minister of Special Affairs MINFAR, put out feelers to AMWORLD saying they were out of step with the regime and wanted to talk to AMBIDDY/1 (Artime). ROBRENO was staying with Jose Luis GONZALEZ Gallarreta (QUHOPS/1), an attache at the Cuban Embassy in Madrid. Then Alberto BLANCO Romariz (AMLASH/3) arrived in Madrid on .2 September 1964 as a refugee. ‘He talked to Mr. James.Noel and Anthony Sileo on 15 September 1964 with Gonzalez Gallarreta making the introduction. He _ spoke vaguely about CUBELA' S plan to ‘assassinate Castro. He said that Tepedino was. responsible for delivering. into Cuba one FAL with Silencer. CUBELA was. to be the , trigger man with the support. of: unidentified military officers. Noel and Sileo reprimanded BLANCO and said their conversation was all a waste (of time. - oY Qai Arprezgey
; 6. OPERATIONAL SUMMARY: 13. On 11 November 1964, CUBELA went to Prague ‘ as a special guest of the International Union of Students (IUS). His trip was arranged at his request by Jose VENEGAS Valdespino, a Cuban vice president of IUS OS and a personal friend. On 13 November Co _ Artime agreed to talk to Cubela, as the - outside contact of the internal 26th of July and DR internal dissidents. At a meeting with "Sanson" on 6/7 December, Cubela told’ sees one nee tae ae a tee et SADSON" he was. going to meet_Artime... The. meeting with Artime took place on 27 December ‘1964. Present were CUBELA, ARTIME, Jorge - Carlos. ROBRENO, Alberto BLANCO Romariz, Nilo- Messer and Miguel "Cuco" de Leon. During the meeting, after they were alone, CUBELA explained his position, plans, needs, etc., to Artime and an agreement was reached. Artime provided Cubela with a silencer for. an FAL. 14. On 1/2 February 1965, Cubela requested $10,000 from "Sanson" to finance his operations. It was refused on 3 February. Instead Tepedino gave Cubela $7,000, $5,000 of which had been provided ‘by KUBARK and $2,000 by Tepedino. 15. Cubela. returned to Cuba on 23 February 1965. me CIA has had no further direct contact with, Cubela, and he has not utilized his SW | to us since that time... , 16. On 23 February 1965, CA/PA passed a letter through the AMSNEAK operation to UNSNAFU/25 implying that Cubela, i.e., "one of the _Comandantes" had recently received an additional 35,636 in nis secret. bank account. ant @O 77 7” HW 53294 Docld:32356561 Page ?f