14-00000 ae Arg nfo AN Aine DAM ERR AE MCE SECRET MEMORANDUM 30 Decemter 1066 TO 3 Chie? of Station BPW » 1273 FROR : PP/FABSIE Distribution SUBJECT: TYFIC/OPERATIONAL 1 « Pw/PABSIEZ ANBASAL ~ Frogress” Report 1 = PY/Chrono 1 OGstober =~ 31 Decexzber i866 1 @ BEG A. OPERATIONAL HIGHDIGHTS 1, Printed Propagende - During the period under review this operation produced a tetel of 4,513 pieces of writtes prepagenda fer distribution as follows: e. Cube ¢ 6800 copies of the AMBASAL sewuletters &. Latin America s 4,000 copies of the AMBASAL bulletin; ae the treatment of political prisoners, executiong, violations of legal and humans rights, ete. These releases wore the baseg for reporta that appeared ino Diario Lag Americes and ia the AMAI¥ bulletin. 2. Correspondence vith International Organizations - ’ Correspon- denee was maiataised and exchanged with the Intersaticnel Commisaion of jurists, the Americas Fund for Free Jurista, and the UN and OAS ieternational Commigsione of Humas Bighte. The subject matter of this correspondence was identical with the esubjecte mentioned ia paragraph ic ebove. 3. Impact - In ean effort to focus attention on the Cubaa political prisoners issue, AMBASAL/1 prepared a 15 page documeat on thie subject which he pregamted in pergsos in October 1666 to the Ce Press Relenges: 13 releases dealing with suck eubjecta Humas Righte Commission of the 04S. The president of the coumiasiog told AMBASAL/1 that this decument gaa the best he hed seen on the gubject end the commiagioa, after discussion, agreed to contiaue eiforte to get permission te trave)] to Cuba to investigate the eharges contained in the documeat., AHBASAL/1 alse visited the UN Human Righte Commission, the Interawerican Federation of Lavyers, the American Fund for Free Juriets, and the president of the Intere matioual Red Cro@e. All ig sil, the effort to focus attention on the political prisorers issue wae succesaful and resulted ie wire gervice, redio, and press ceversge. A tetal of 23 clippiage, @ealisg with AMBASAL/i‘s activities ia this regard, was seat te Beadquarters. UBaUP 1 Cashaded fray aytamat.e SECRET esaeeratar a) a eT ntsc cl Bea i. 4 i 4 4 oe edhe anole vat enti ant an be tenaabSe nye oad 3 i 4 t tubeless wentetten.
= 2m Ye vee ee 4, Radio - The weekly AMBASAL radio programs were carried by JHHOPE” and tapes of each program were sent to SWBULL/1 for . ; re-broadcast. The content of these programa was in line with : the juridical nature of the AMBASAL organization, although editorial comment was frequantiy made on current themes not Specifically related to the legal field. . . . ‘ woe oge 7 edn uapla Bea ocesnt Etrontlhbavcitavan. -elatomabel dheaicibeaithe deen. sateen tities B. ADMINISTRATION 5. The 1967 fiscal year budget for AMBAGAL is $43,000.00. On a quarterly basis the allotted figure ie $10,750.00, During - thie quarter AMBASAL expenses amounted to $11,760.72, a total of $1,010.72 in excess of the allotted figure. Of the overail “quarterly expenses of $11,760.72, agent salaries accounted for $7,000.00, radio expenses amounted to $1,901.72 and $2,859.00 oes was spent on printed propaganda, operational travel, and niscel- : laneous office expenses. Total operational expenses for the first six months of FY 1967 were $23,987.28, an excess of $2,487.28 over the $21, 500.00 ellocated for the first half of the fiscal ahs ail aon antares aes cee are Net ae a 7 -~ ¥Oar 6 t * 4 comcutrith amercssiDebeteatctnat, GBI RE gay PBker Limit mts _ €, PROBLEMS - | vad : 6. Termination of the principal agent may be difficult. 7 -- Consideration ie being given to the pessible future use of : A. _ AMBASAL/1 as a singleton agent. The alternative is to assist his i “| ‘in finding suitable employment; a difficult task given hia: age | d 4 4. “4 4 (42), complete lack of English, and aspects of his personality and character. 7. We do not anticipate any other probleus relative to the termination of this operation. The AMBASAL newsletters sent i to Cuba were stopped with the October issue and the monthly i bulletin with the November issue. Four of the AMBASAL personnel ~ were terminated 31 December and the radio programs were stopped a in December. ' D9, PLANS FOR THE NEXT QUARTER 8. Three AMBASAL employees will be terminated effective ; i $1 January 1967 and the AMBABAL office will be closed during that ~ i month. It is planned to permit AMBASAL/1 to retain some of the ‘ equipment now in his office to encourage him in his plans. to con- : tinue to operate on a scaled-down, independent basia.. will . wo eontinue to pay a monthly salary to AMBASAL/1 through wag ‘ch 1967 ; whije attempting to-‘solve his personal situation discussed jin the preceding section. ” tog , ad