e fun (404-10216-10398 TF ee peewee OME Uap aE, at RAR ot pity : ; Pere te Ee me lee v2] ET aby 15 February 1965 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Meeting with AMLASH-1 in Paria, 31 January to 3 February 1965 1, AMNLASH-1 returned from Rome to Parig on 31 Jan 1968 and was met for a very brief meeting the sane night by ONTRICH in order to arrange @ meeting for the following day. The following subjects were discussed at the two meetings on 1 and 2 February 1965: &. The primary reason for again meeting AMLASH~} before his planned return to Cuba was to brief him on the possible capture of Modesto Orlando Orozeo Basulto AKA Bebo Orozco, who infiltrated into Cuba on 21 Dec 1964, Orozco, according to his wie, went to Cuba to rescue ‘and three others who were hiding in the. home of a woman named [__ ; who lived at [J |Havana. Orozco's capture, if he has been captured, presents an indirect threat to the security of AMLASH~1 and a more direct threat to the security of AMTRUNK-10 Since Orozco in Jan 1964 exfiltrated through the rat line established by AMICE-14 (Higuelito), Upon his return to Cuba, AMLASH-1 will check the above with AMTRUNK-10; and, 4f Orozco is under the control of the security service, will Still in hiding. If the letter to UNSNAFU-9 mentions a good and pleasant return trip, this will mean that Crozeo ig not under the control of the security service, If the letter talks abouth long, tiring trip, this will indicate that Orozco has been arrested. AMLASH-1 was also requested to send a report on the above and any complications which have developed or Gay develop from Orogco' gs infiltration, b. AMLASH-1 Suggested that his nom de guerre "Charles," which we have beea using for the. past three years, be changed to "Gerardo,"
Oe REE. eo ets ees te es vee TOSS Seer teeta Be: emcee mente TOM nee heal erent, Wis made, kegel a ede a DAadak Ber ee stent 5 wemivmroniiay w ete ey ‘4 Be Supply of S/W e AMLASH-1 wag Siven a re pills and carbon, S/W material reviewed with back with him to Havana. UNSNAPU-9 and reninded UNSNAFU-~9 Case officer ali letters regardless AMLASH-1 to either UNSNAF to his parente-in-law, out in letters addressed to | business partner) in Geneva GF Rone turn over to his Paria of how received from that may be addres ed to send S/w U=-9 or lott AMLABH-] alen an ANWHIP-) was briefed — received from led to AMWHIPe } ably find it ately air mag 1 will prob in New York, Since AMLA RSCessAary some time net to in hig true Dane, Sign the le AHWHIP-] wag algo br to New York any let im and signed by a ter recetved from person unknown to to forward Cuba addressed to h him, 8/W letters t © AMNLASR~) shou d continue to be addressed to gency a letter can also Sent to AMLASH-]? @. éVLASH-] Was a been put down for him had previously reporte the questions in the WAS Gent from Paria to H-) wag requested his channel or through how much o¢ the radio e been recovered from the 6. AMLASH-1 wag asked Cuba whom he could recruit the Cuban Intelligence Sery to get the DGr to assign this man AMLARH } could ¢ known ag in gain debriefed on the cache that had He repeated what he ¢ to answer most of A cable on this info WAVE, on in Matanzas, d and attempte Headquarter s 8/W channel d other materi to Caracas, ly one possibility, SH-1 has full an individual aS previously been app ean atill get hingelf re Sent on a mission Who also knows » hopefully to Caracag, Will provide t © New York, ) mation upon his ¥6 urn ¢ pcoming FEU @lections ' £, AMLASH-7 reported on the u on 160 February 1965, president of the Coamau a sttet er me oN ee A G4 ah ag Stee Pp ted that Crombet, the will become the new | AMLASH-1 gta Hist Youth, ~-
74-00000 . r ~-3— president and that his man, Laghro Mora, would be one of the vice-presidents, (A cable on this subject was sent to Headquarters from Paria.) g. AMLASH-1 was requested to check with Fizzolo regarding the precautions being taken to prevent sabotage of the lodotives being shipped from France to Cuba; epecifically, how carefully do they check the placement ef the seals, are they special seals or regular lead serais, are there going to be any additional checks once the locomotives reach Cuba, will they drain the o11 and lubricants from the factory to the port, and do they rus the locometives under their own power or are they towed. AMLASH~-1 agreed to attempt to develop answers to the above requirements and pass the information to his contact in the Paris Station. AMLASH-1 also agreed to attempt to find out and pass to the Paris Station through UNSNAFU-9 the names of the Cuban techs training at La Rochelle. h. In a general discussion regarding the persons with whom AHLASH-1 had been in contact either personally or through letters, AMLASH~1 mentioned Alfredo Portela. AHLASH-1 stated he had received a letter from Portela and had in turm written to Portela. He considers Portela a friend which was the only reason for writing to him. i, AMLABE-1 was debriefed on Cuban Intelligence Service pergonnei. A cable on this subject was sent from Paris to Headquarters, §. A Gable was sent from Paris to Headquarters suggesting WAVE send a S/W letter to AMTRUNE-10 stating: "Este tranquilo. Carlos regreea pronto," &. AMLASH-1 was asked for information on the fol- lowing persons: (1) Samuel Gonzalez Rodriguez-Planes. AMLASH-1 reports he is a member of the Ameijeiras group and ig a good and brave man, (2) Antonio Lusson y Batlle, Chief of Operations of the General Staff of the Occidental army. AMLASH-1 reports Lausson if an independent and rare type individual whe keepa to himpelf and doesn't involve himself in political matters. AMLASH-1 has heard nothing bad about Lusgon. ib act SSSTRL ab Lele es Set ACE Sad hte asses aE bay Higatinwee west 6 eine ean, ay arab benpape bbes hice en bi as haloes cons ob A La RES eceetee rls eae ment nare* Briiflactade bern sest Teer Cake Aen TE se tee oe PETG tr mie Ye eae cn tee
14-00000 opts every ate EAI on ethene inmemertnemesntlteeaeene alten Rey Bent teh or writer arrenater pusaunistetnene ethene or enerepeeewiefit nates ean cu tes Powe se sts to esi git ears seme et ee te Soe PRWEB ren te 6 tng ae han ‘yeite rene ba te ot ree ny ¥ ferns 3 wen PeuRR SAT ee Fe RET dea (3) Cudte. Raul Diaz Arguelles, Chief of Artillery of the Occidental Army. (4) Elpidio Baes Bigo. According to AMLASH-1, Baez is a trusted Pidelman, (5) Laie Manuel Ceantillo Toirac. Assigned to the Cuban Embassy in Madrid and one of the security people, He was formerly assigned to Brazil, is young and hag for several yeare been with Pinero and the Cuban 18. (6) Enrique Oltuski Osacki. Oltuski is a cloge friend of Faustino Perez and his stock with the regime Pises or falle as does that of Faustino, . (7) Sergio Tolfon. Code clerk in the Embassy in Paris. TolYon is staying in Paris at the request of ambassador Carrillo, 1. Gastro enteritis, water pollution and unsanitary conditions. AMLASH-1 states there are no real problems, although the scarcity and lack of a balanced diet do cause some problems. The purification of water has been @ problems which probably hag been the cause of some of the eicknegs in the country. m, AMLASH-1 did not believe that Aragones had invited him to fly back to Havana with him in order to get him back because of any serious security matter. AMLASH-1 did etate that Aragones was concerned that AMLASH~1 may not return to Cuba. Since Aragones cleared AMLASH-1 for hig trip abroad, he is in a way responsible that AMLASH-1 doas mot defect and returns to Cuba. AMLASH-1 feels Aragones does not want any problema with Fidel in case AMLASH~1 decides to stay out. m. AMLASH-1 was unable to provide any information on the political developments in Cuba in mid-November and Deeesber since he had been out of the country since early November. ANLASH-1 was asked to check on the probless between the opposing factions in the Cuban leadership and explained the issues, the background and personalities isveived. : © Soviet advi or influence in political and econonic matters creates re tment among the middie and higher level Cuban officials. Basically, the Sovietea are not respected. SECRET amt we ee mTe te ee a we Le ee a: ao ene ENTREE Tererones tks 7 ste 9 ebeeeetetet nD tee ited eine A He wn 1st Abemibomderove wma amu gnu eerese are eecn oaue @iee 4 So cena i atin Maegan IND <A ATER SG TES TEETER OF KADEN ONAN Ne PAR vt Wek Ie UME A Hah tno Sen 7 YO8 rece ee RAPER 4 art Goat abe nee wr, Ma TAP
hese en nd at J epstahanens emnenaD fnrve fatmaren SAT e Aeon Se DARA am ft ne Oe RIENCE NCUA Alnh.cte Simeon dime ot tee He Nene nee mega erste er it 8 Can he ebay 5 z 2 eee Vanpclest Sian tan oS ne 2 1te © pd eRe ee TEE oe LAE sie wes a eemae é : err? % were eo Bae ’ i p. Rank of Cuban officials under Fidel in teras of i their influence in making national policy. Reul ia still i the heir apparent to Fidel. Next to Ravl is Che Guevara, After that, no other official, according to AHLASH-1, has any great influence in the making of Cuban national policy. President Dorticos' relationghip with Fidel is gvod since he is a hard and serious worker, has good administrative ability and t@ able to work within the general outline laid Gown by Fidel. Raul Castro has sone political influence | and control in Oriente where he has placed his men in } positions of influence, but only Fidel personally has any poBtical influence in the rest of Cuba. Even withia the military Fidel selects and appoints high army officers. Che Guevara is still strong in the economic field and has not suffered a decline in his influence and authority because of hig eurlier policy of industrialization, Guevara restricts himself to the econonie field and plays @ very small role in the political field, He is serious and very hard worker, one of the few, according to AMLASH-1, who has worked seven days a week without leave since the revolution, Emilio Aragones holds an important position as the organizational secretary of the PURS. He is the official who was always at the office of the National Directorate of the Party and has contact with all the officials in the regime, He plays an important coordinating role, Faure Chomon has been accused of organiging former 13th of March Revolutionary Directorate people, but, according to AMLASH-1, this probably based on the fact that Chomon always gives jobs in the ministry he heads to DR people. Because of this Chomon today controls to 3 large degree the Ministry of Transportation. Of all the sinietries, the DR’s stronghold ig in the Ministry of Transportation, Other DR people who continue to hold important positiocas in the regime are Alberto Mora, Ambassador Carrillo and Jose Naranjo. er re q. AMLASH-1 and AMWHIP-1 were unable to develop any specifics, but from their conversations with Ambassador Carrillo got the impression that Carrillo would prefer and welcome a transfer from the Embassy in Paris to the Enbagsy.in Madrid, . &. Ascording to Emilio Aragones, Anibal Escalante is being considered for a job outside Cuba. The job will probably be in the commercial/economic field, but a decision had not been made as of November 1964 ag te location. ‘ e mE nate aa ae ARG thts Sart te Re Bas cata sao
RP etapa? + e wa g4-O0000 ‘ ‘. fn i os, + 4 . _ ov, ‘ - “ ¢ tose . a . : . 3 é 8. AMLASH-1 again reported that he feels Orlando Blanco, Consul of the Cuban Embagay in Bern, is approachable since he is uphappy with the Cuban regime. | AMLABH-1 also feels that Enrique Rodriguez Loeches, | Cuben Ambassador in Pabat, is approachable if approached and developed by the right person, Marina Garcia Gonzalez assigned to the commercial section of the Cuban Embassy ip Rabat, AMLASH-1 feelg is also approachable and feels money can be used as an inducement. Ambassador Carrillo, AHLASH-1 feels, if the proper person developed him, could robably be compromised with Fidel, He is a charactér ' gto AMLASH-1 in ' : & comproniging situation, Ambassador Carrillo is a close : @pd of Lucy Echevarria, ae pverreer Cr re 3, AMLASH-1 was also asked information on a long list of other requirements on Cuba. On hany he was unable to pro- vide information and cables were sent to Headquarters on the réquirements on which he did provide information. Restor D. Sanches PRIS RRR RATT ta th enon P Ot a RW a ener snr uments eet anes ere tr enero PEPE fat ate : . WH/ SA/ AMWORLD Pile: AHLASH-1 201 Internal Op i : - . il . i ; * . ee ee reas SI eee Rin Senta A a5 cpt Lig eet