MEMORANDUM FOR: The Review Staff © ont AUG BFE ATTENT TON: . Me. Walter Elder _— | 'SA/DDO: (John Waller) SUBJECT :. - Documentation of Castro Assassination Plots | REFERE 1 NCE: Review Staff 75/1696 . ‘Per referent request, we have conducted a review of our files on incidents and individuals mentioned in.the report given by Fid the re el Castro to Senator McGovern... This memorandum -contains sults of. our traces on the. alleged assassination plots and the Cuban individuals mentioned in the report... It must. be. borne. in. min and no d that our files. are keyed primarily. to names ‘of. individuals t.by incidents or plots, thereby making the retrieval process “difficult. No project. file. bearing specifically on the.subject of -assass ties C ination has been located. Nonetheless, what follows is keyed “to the chronological order’ of the plots as described in Castro's _ Feport. ss Se oe : As Mid 1960. Nothing has been located’ in records which IA | // ,/to-this incident... oo PT Me tte (1). Armando CUBRIA Ramos.....-According to CIA traces, CUBRIA: was a long-time sabotage expert arnd:member of-Castro's 26th of Jul He was agains y. Movement until 1960, when ‘he apparently turned on Castro. arrested in.1960. for organizing underground: activity t the Castro regime and ‘was.sentenced to 30 years. imprison- ment for conspiracy. There is no. record of CIA.contact. with CUBRIA. 1960 i n Havana where he was:caught unloading :arm$ clandestinely introduced into Cuba. ‘There -is no. record. of CIA contact. with him. 7 /-- RETURN TO CIA Background Use Only b Do.Not Reproduce “4h v
ae Be March 1961.-°A number of the \Cubans ‘mentioned in the incident were indeed employed. by this Agency in..the. fields of intelligence collection and paramilitary activities. against greener duran eres Cuba. There is nothing in the files reviewed to_substantiate that their mission was to assassinate Castro. Some of those _ af mentioned were in fact invelved in clandestine: infiltration - Jf into Cuba for the purposes of gathering intelligence and. — oa eee CL) Humberte: SORI Marin. . There isa 201 file | ma on the individual.. In. November: 1960. SORI,.a: disaffected Cuban. a . government employee, contacted a Cuban working on our behalf { and advised him of his. desire to work against the Castro: government. On 1 December 1960 SORI was placed under house - .arrest by the Cuban Government but escaped with the. assistance 4 of unidentified friends.on 21.December 1960;. He was exfiltrated 4 - to the Miami area, without CIA involvement, on:19 February 1961. an _ He was met by a CIA case officer .on 2 March 1961 and “debriefed on his activities in Cuba. A Provisional Operational: Approval (POA) was requested for his use as an. intelligence. source and subsequently granted in March 1961. He Was met again by a CIA case officer on 5 March 1961, : He returned. to Cuba clandestinely on or about 11 March 1961 without CIA assistance. Shortly after his return to Cuba he was arrested and. taken to La Cabana Prison on 11 April. 1961.. On 20 April.1961 he: was. executed by the Cuban militia. De (2) Rogelio GONZALEZ Corcho. ‘There is a: 201 file on the individual. Our files: indicate that he: was. .: . Secretary General of the Revolutionary Recuperation Movement yO, (MRR) in May 1960. .He was. granted a POA for contact and> assessment onl July 1960. In. August 1960 he was met bya CIA case officer in the Washington area.to be debriefed.. He was subsequently trained by CIA in radio communications. ‘and paramilitary operations. Ile was. infiltrated into-Cuba on. 6 September 1960 as part of a CIA. paramilitary operation. He ‘Was provided with funds, arms, and. explosives. "In March 1961 .. he was instructed to step up paramilitary: operations. in Northern Cuba. He was captured on or about 19 March 1961. and was executed 20. April 1961 by Cuban militiamen .at: La Cabana:Prison.. . (3) Manuel Lorenzo. PUIG Miyar:. There is a 201 file on the individual. He. was granted a-POA-for use.in. paranilitary operations on 29 November 1960. “On.or. about: 20 March 1961 he was captured and executed on 18 April. 1961. wher
oe tate esteem bet a a enteariainniiaen — e°* military activities for CIA. mG OF » se es ae (4) [Renesio RODRIGUEZ art our only” record of subject indicates that he was invo ved: in. para- ‘ (5) Gaspar. Dominguez TRUEBA’ Varona: “There 4s: , a 201 file on. the: individual. He was granted a-POA 15 March © (1961 for use as a legal traveler to Cuba. and support .agent in intelligence collection and paramilitary operations. He was trained in- intelligence gathering. and communications techniques. He was arrested-3. April 1961 by the Cuban G-2, tegether with. 600. other prisoners... ‘He - was’ executed 19 April 1961. at. La Cabana Prison. ~~ . (6) Bufemio Jose “FERNANDEZ Ortega. There is a 201 file on the individual. . There is no-known CIA involvement with subject. A one-time Chief of the Cuban National .Secret - Police, he was arrested: on trumped-up - charges| ‘in April 1961. He was executed on 20 April 1961. ‘together with “Humberto: SORT Marin and others. . , (7) Rafael DIAZ Hanscom... There: is a 201 £ite on the individual. A POA was granted 25. January 1961 for use in intelligence collection and paramilitary: operations. He received intelligence and paramilitary training.: He was’. involved in the March 1961: CIA paramilitary: operation and — was. captured by the Cubans. ‘He. was’ executed on. 20: ApraL: 1961. (8). Gabriel RIANO Zequeiro. one: Gabriel RIANO| appeared on a list of prisoners in Guanajay Prison. as of. May 1971. There is no. known Agency. connection. with. RIANO. (9) We have no: identifiable information. or: indication of CIA involvement with: Dionisio ACOSTA Hernandez; Oreste FRIAS Roque; Eduardo. LEMUS. Perez; Narciso, PERALTA. Soto; or | Pedro de. CESPEDE Company. ~ “s a ree wee  C. June. 1961... Nothing has. been: located in records which ties CIA. to. this incident. o ay oe eee oS ee (1). Juan BASIGALUPE Hornedo. ° We. have no’ ‘pertinent _ identifiable information on. this. individual. | canes ae TR meee aay Guillermo. “COULA. (aka. CAULA). \Rerrers”. “we: ‘have -n0-partinent identifiable: information on th ndividual, ~ “(3) ‘Higindo MENENDEZ ‘peltran “name -appeared © on a list of prisoners: in Guanajay: Prison. in. Pinar. ‘del. Rios ‘Cuba. There | is: no indication. he: had’ any. ‘Felationship. with | CIA... © eS
14-00000 a - - De. July 1961. Some of the individual's mentioned . in the report were indeed employed by .this Agency in para- military activities dirécted against.Cuba. There is no | confirmation in the. retords rds reviewed that their-mission was. assassination of Castrow ii a rs mo -- ¢13Gmilio Adolfo RIVERO Caro._)Thero is a.201 ~ file on this individual. He was granted a. POA 30 January 1961 for support of paramilitary operations. against Cuba. Ile was clandestinely infiltrated into Cuba in a..CIA-operation-on | 3 March. 1961.. He: was. arrested: on. or about’ 9: March 1961. As. of November 1972 he was. believed to be held prisonén in Cuba, ___ (2) Adolfo MENDOZA.. He is: probably identifiable with Adolfo GONZALEZ Mendoza. There is a 201. file ion the — individual. An Operational: Approval (OA) was. granted for his vob use in paramilitary operations against. Cuba.’ .He worked as a _F.. . . vadio operator for infiltration teams. »He left :Cuba via the “oS - “ Chilean Embassy and traveled. Mexico/Panama/Chile. Ne later. ~—ioas=an dedt--Ghite-for Honduras. There has been no, contact with hin : - since 1962... DPE ee | . Be BY a eee cg. , 03) [Jorge GARCIA Rubio Caro.) There is a 201. - £ile on. the individual. A.POA was granted 30. January 1961 | for use in supporting paramilitary operations. He was i infiltrated into Cuba in a CIA. operation on 3 March 1961. _He was. arrested on or about 9 May 1961,. re . we 2S Reach natal oe nbc ttae sahil mbar sue sae teauel ibaa elt eteaeh ot 2 es : grt? —_ (4) : ay There is a - of 201 file on the individual. We was working for CIA at the : ine tine of his arrest ong august 1961. First: recruited in =. r’. ~° 1960, a POA was..granted on: 5 . January 1961: for use in para- - military operations. There is no.’ information contained in the files reviewed which. indicate he was. involved ‘in:assassi- nation attempts. . a ee ree . ~ . €5) ‘There is.a:201 file on” . the individual. “ne was recruited n: 1960. for use: in- intelligence gathering. In September 1960 he: was’ trained by’ CIA-in-paramilitary ‘operations and infiltrated into Cuba'on 29 September 1960, when. . he began organizing resistance groups-at.CIA direction.:.He.° returned to. the.U.S. in: February 1961°‘for debriefing and... | returned to Cuba in May 1961.. In July1961 he’ reported: that - Sabotage operations -were being planned for26 ‘July-1961.- A ee Cuban refugee confirmed his-arrest’ in July: 1961. There:is ‘no. information in the files reviewed. to: indicate :that‘he was ” directed to attempt to assassinate Castro. 2) woe ee a ree 2 ba oe ie mele