JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION Peleased under the John Kennedy Wssasgsination Records oOllection Act of 1992 AGENCY : CIA RECORD NUMBER : 104-10103-10107 RECORD SERIES. : JFK AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 80T01357A (44 USC 2107 Note). eee ee ee eee ee ee eee ase#: NW 53294 Date: DOCUMENT INFORMATION ne-13-2017 AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : DAVIES, ALBERT C. TO : MEMO FOR THE RECORD TITLE : MEMO FOR THE RECORD RE MEETING ON 6 FEBRUARY 1963. DATE : 02/07/1963 PAGES : 11 SUBJECTS : CUBA ANTI-CASTRO WITHHELD LEONARDO PLAN GEORGE VOLSKY SZULC, TAD DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER CLASSIFICATION : SECRET RESTRICTIONS : 1B CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED IN PART PUBLIC ~- RELEASED WITH DELETIONS DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/21/93 COMMENTS : JFK36 : F16 : 1993.07.21.18:23:57:090470 : ATTACHMENT OPERATION "LEONARDO" ATTACHED, DATED 3 FEB 1963, MIAMI; INCLUDES COVERING TAB SEPARATOR {R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10103-10107 HW 53294 Bocld:32356972 Page 1
a arte a February. 1963., MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Meeting with [acarE-1, 6 ‘February 1963 TAD. SzuLe. cee © ‘The undersigned met. with ANCAPE-1;at his residence a Tuesday evening, 6 February. 1963. . § CUAL. The main purpose of the contact was £o discuss an lan to "split the x regime" gurfaced by AMCAPE-1 sist TODACIN (soe Attachment A).. aI advised, :AMCAPE-1!/ that I had -yead. the plan and we were. ‘interested in” fully ‘exploring its possibilities. |AMCAPE-1/stated. that he discussed.the plan i » Monday . evening with Messrs. COTTRELL and HURWITCH and felt — . sure? that’ ‘we. would: get the plan for comment although he - -* gid not expect such. fast action.” His first thought was to ot bring: the plan to GPIDEALJag_ he has had a standin _invitatio .. McGeorge BUNDY. He decided against BAL GUFOCUS J that the. normal channel tothe Coordinating Group would be more abT “proper. Initially, AMCAPE~1. /was. reluctant to reveal who kha VED originated the LEONARDO PLAN but did say that. Dr. Nestor MORENO wrote a good portion of it.°: We stated that in . « order to decide.on a course of action we would need more - detail. It was pointed out. that-the plan was not clear 2-8 to who would.crew the ships, run communications, conduct necessary training, and that it. would be most desirable to talk to those. responsible for the plan. /AMCAPE-1, agreed and stated he was going to "level" with mé although he realized that revealing his contact would compromise his source. of information. Ue said he would rely on our dis- cretion to safeguard his source and treat it as secret and, in his judgment, the importance of the LEONARDO PLAN warranted such disclosure. He then contacted his source by ‘telephone in my presence, ,
rs 2 ' ANCAPE~1 : identified the person he was calling as - "George" and said that he had taken his ‘plan up with his | friends here in Washington, and that it was [AMCAPE~l/e =~. suggestion that "George" and whoever he thought he ‘should bring along should: come up to Washington for consultation, _ He asked if a trip this weekend would be convenient and "George" apparently agreed. When questioned as to who else "George should bring along, he said that outside of Dr, MORENO the other 3 closely involved would be out of their |, -eloment dealing with Washington representatives, \AMCAPE-1 | then revealed that "George", nicknamed "Chico", was, in Ho fact, George VOLSKY, a friend of his for the past 3 years, ~ S> He stated that he considered VOLSKY one of the most “"" dnformed exiles on Cuban internal affairs and that he was, . oan fact, his contact for most.of his important information | emanating from inside Cuba, He referred to him as to "our . man in Havana’ even though he is residing in Miami, Florida, \ANCAPE-V' related a short biographical sketch of VOLSKY,. . George VOLSKY (apparently true name) is a 36-year old male, . born.in Poland. He was‘in the Polish air force, was captured - by the Russians and interned in a Russian prison camp. _.,Later, he joined the Royal Air Force and, while in England, | met a Cuban girl who ig the daughter of the RON ROVERO '  (phoenetic) family whom he subsequently married, went to Cuba where he acquired Cuban citizenship. His wife's family set up. VOLSKY in a Sign business (neon signs, Coca Cola sign painting contracts and the like) in which he prospered, By the nature of his business, ho traveled extensively throughout the provinces of Cuba and made many _.., friends. “Like others, VOLSKY becane disenchanted with the _ |: Castro regime when. they. intervened both his wife's family ne and his own business enterprises, and he spent the latter «part of 1959 and most of 1960 actively supporting the “underground” activities. LAMCAPE-1,\ of his own knowledge, knew of instances of VOLSKY transporting explosives and hand and shoulder weapons in VOLSKY's private car. During the May 1961 G-2 roundup, VOLSKY was imprisoned in Cabana prison and when a quantity of these prisoners were released, ‘VOLSKY luckily was able to leave Cuba with his wife by virtue of having a valid United States visa in his passport, /AMCAPE~1.,. through Paul BETHEL, then USIA field station chief “in Miami, procured a jJéb for VOLSKY as a contract employee — of USIA in their Miami office. VOLSKY hag kept his internal \Cuban contacts snd passes on the information to /AMCAPE-1.,| VOLSKY's sister-in-law is and has been a lifelong friend of 1 fey isuanita CASTRO)and furnishes, what’ AMCAPE-1/ considers.vital . Pnformation, by means of this friendship to VOLSKY, JAMCAPE- 1... paran aaee HW 53294 -Docld:32356972 Page.3
_ mo allegience nor did it. , onfind the ORC and that itdid not want to deal with KUBARKers.! AGT _ revealed thet Major PINIEHO’ (red beard) No. 2 man in the Ministry of the Interior was in contact with VOLSKY when he, PINIENO, telephoned to Miami during the Octo in and stated, in effect, that"Fide) CASTRO was mad as he - elt the Russians had sold the Cubans down the river." - Continuing on with VOLSKY, /AMCAPE-1 istated that VOLSKY is _ masterminding the LEONARDO PLAN and is mainly assisted by ‘Dr, MORENO, Dr, MORENO was once a 26th of July Movement Member and was also part of Faure Chomon's Second Front of . the Escambrey Group. (AMCAPE=listated?ilatly that the == / LEONARLO PLAN was not sponsored by any one group. It owed Want contact with Miro CARDONA BERN cc ADEs Pe SRI Se BA IE Ne ND CPP OE BPS cae ee in the F 4,. )AMCAPE.1/said that he would explain to VOLSKY and pr. MORENO that the operational professionalism needed in _ support of their plan would, of necessity, be furnished by _ KUBARK, He did not anticipate any difficulty in this regard. It was then agreed that KUBARK representatives _ _ Would meet with /AMCAPE and the two LEONARDO PLANers thi _ ' coming weekend here in Washington to further explore the fe cr Dbhin nn feasibility of their plan. .§, AMCAPE-] returned to the subject of Juanita CASTRO and gtated that she was presently in Mexico but would return to Havana this coming Saturday. He said, of his own knowledge, he knew that Juanita CASTRO had been sympathetic to anti-regime forces and had lent discreet help to then mainly by keeping her eyes and ears open. He related_an . incident which occurred about June of 1960 when two ODENVY / agents (accredited as attaches to the U. S. Embassy) hamed — PRETTYMAN and SWEET were picked up by the G-2. (AMCAPE-J' ¢ | first knowledge of this came from Juanita CASTRO directly | to ANCAPE-1 and stated as a warning that if any of his friends were engaged in anti-government activities, he should i warn then. 6. AMCAPE-1 asked if I had geen last Sunday's (3 February) "New York Times" article under his by-line | about Castro's igland fort. I stated that I had not received it as yet so he let me read his only copy. I complimented him on his article and he stated it was very helpful that he was able to check out with ug most of the salient points. TF ate ae Mt Te
freedom eo that Cuban people may once more govern themselves". This phrase is the Leit-motif of "Leonardo" . 2: ‘xoDUS OPERANDI:. © ae  opponapne , | Amreune:- ZL LEONARDO I: Two men, Enrique Cayade Rivera 24, and Antonio Garcia Perez 29, would disembark near Punta _ wijira, between Boca de Jaruco and Santa Cruz del Norte. Sl At tite very. Place’ Punta Jijira). a small farm, property of ‘antonio Garcia Perez is. located, “yhere his father ‘and a iocal “laborer are “Living. Garcia father’ Ss car is always on the premises and would pe used to take the two men to Havana, -. Barique Cayado's family is in Havana and one of. his friends, . Blga’ Marin Negrin, secretary of Jose. Rebellon, leader of _ University Students Yederation (FEU), can be counted to. serve aiso as.his cover and guide. In. order to determine the present attitude of military and civilian officials who have | possibilities: to organize or speed up the internal uphedvel, | - the. following contacts would be used: (A) Jorge Vals; - (B) Comandante Jose Duarte; (c) Mise Juanita Castro uz. Jorge Vals and Jose Duarte have widespread _ contacts within the Governnent and it is known that Juanita Castro, Fidel Castro! 8 sister, ig also helping the under~ ground. She is currently in. Mexico, Enrique Cayado and Antonio Garcia would return — to the U. 8. after two or three weeks, with messages, "opinions and. suggestions from their contacts in Cuba.
LEONARDO Il: Three disembarcation posits are plapned for this operation: a) the outer keys off Santa — Clara Bay. Glatanzas province), b) | keys. off Caibarien, ©) keys off Corralillo area (Las Villas province). ‘Santa Clara : Bay keys are thought most advisable as they are inhabited | by. fishermen and charcoal workers only | and military patrols visit then very infrequently, because of extremely difficult “ving: conditions there. Two men “employed in this ‘mission: a oe Dr. Nestor Moreno 4l, and Miguel Diaz y _Selgue 23, would anit we a I a : perenne ener use one of the fishermen (who are known to he willing to work against Castro and had worked with them before), Pae) to. the, mainland and. proceed to Cardenas with the. message to - arrange a meeting with Comandante Ramon Guin. or a. person he designates. ‘The round trip to Cardenas might take two or three days. ‘If conditions are favorable and a meeting can. be arranged at once, the two men would go inland. However, 4g the ‘rendezvous with, Cuban ‘contacts cannot. take place " dnmediately, they “would have to return to Key Sal or any other base and go back on the date or dates previously fixed by the message, Thro ough Comandante Guin, who works in INRA eee and travels around the country, and through anti-Castro army ‘and civilian elements already active in Cardenas and Marti, the following army officers would be. contacted initially: Comandante Guerra, Comandante Parra, Comandante Jose Pinares, Capitan Manuel Avila, ‘Capitan Layton. 1. From there on the ~ contacts: would be enlarged.
o., veo, . . mo 7 A “ r “e . . . _ - A . - . Pa . . . - + The above mentioned officers were an- 4 _ - pronched before Pig! Ss Bay and agreed ‘to participate in Re~ _ : bel ‘Atmy uprising in Las Villas province as a part of in _ ternal. -external anti- Castro plan, After Play Giron, which. “upset that plan, they remained in the Governnent and are . said to be Aisposed | to do it again. © . Be 3.> BUQUPMENT: | A 25 or 27 Speed boat which can navigate dn shallow waters and can: cruise at 40 knots. Identifica.. _ tion documents, Cuban money and small amount of arms. @ Data ‘about Cuban sea patrols in Havana and latanzas provinces, | onutpaont for communications, “once contacts are established; | a GENERAL OBSERVATIONS: - _ “Ut is considered that although the major~ ' 7 _ ity, of officials whom the participants: of the missions plan Lod to talk to. have no political ambitions and will act against 7 Castro for purely ideological reasons, mininum of assurances | and promises. have to: be offered. It is also a concensus o£ , opinion; that once initial steps are successfully. accomplished an additional number of persons shoujd be used for the devel~ opment of "Leonardo", working always in operational coordin- ation. Each of them are known to have frictds within the ' Cuban Government and their Personal and representative Hw 53294 Docld: 32356972 Page 8 elon
e interventton could help swaying many men of the Regime who would fapst more the seriousness of. the enterprise. ‘The following nen are ? suggested for participation in the next i stages: of "Leonardo" ; | ~ ld Dr. Reul Chibaa, ex-Rebel Arny Major. (2) Raul Barandels, ex-Rebel Army — Captain, Hubert Matos group. a Enrique Barroso ‘Dorta, _ox-Rehel Army Lieutenant. (5) Julio Cesar Alonso, a ex-Cuban Navy Captain. Mario Fontela, ex-CTC leader, has contacts with Rebel Army . and agrarian leaders in the provinces. 1) “Reinaldo Cruz (Simon); ‘ex-Cuban ‘Air Force capt. (8) ‘Francisco Ilias, ex-Militia Captain. /(9) Dr. Antonio de la ‘Carrere, ex-secretary of , former president Manuel Urrutia. ae 7 (10) Humberto Armade, ex-captain Cuban Army and ow AP Force. — ~ay Antonio Perez, ex-Cuban Marine officer. (22). Alvare Romero, ox-ltebel Army captain. (a3) Pablo Campos, ex-Rebel Army captain, < (14) Gutierrez Menoyo, ex-Rebel Army Major. (15) Berta Ferrer, ex-member of anti-Batista underground, knows a large number of Rebel Army officers having beet in Sierra Maestra. | / 8) Jose Lopez Castillo, ¢ ex-Rebel Army captain, .- ; 7 QD Alberto Padilla, ex-INRA functionary. 7 / -g) Dr. Hiram Sahchez, ex-Rebel | Army captain. (19) Dr. Manuel Marinas, a negro anti~Batista leader, hag great prestige among, Ravana former underground, | An additional we en..be furnished upon request.
rors . ot - on : a : AW of the above are former members of 26 of July Mov. , Students! Directorate (DRE) and +e | Escambray Front, ‘and have friends in Havana and in the Provinces, | . | ‘The details of this operation have been "discussed oply with Dr. Nestor Moreno and ‘Enrique Cayada, Miami, February 3, 1963 8 RR om m | ~G- wee En 5200 4,-Renkarg9a56s72- Page WUT RTS > aa