(404-10234-10438 4 . ad she a wtp ’ * cement Chintrek | I rr) 28 August 1964 SUBJECT: Meeting with AMWHIP/1, New York City, 20 August 10964 1. Meeting Time/Place/Purpose. This meeting was held in the offices oF AWWHYIP/T from IZ00 until 1430 and from 1815 until 2000 on 20 August 1964. The purpose was to discuss HMHAPRON matters and to brief him for his coming trip to Europe and the expected re-contacts with AMLASH/2 and UNSNAFU/19. 2. Details of Meeting. a. “El Mago" ROBREXNO, According te ROBRENO’s futher who is presently living in exile in New York City, El MAGO ia presently living in Madrid at Pension HISPANA, Ave. . Jose Antonio 44, Plaza del Callao; telephene No. not known. . A/1 will go Madrid to see EL MAGO on HHAPRON rqms, and then (| take him te Paris for a few days, if he is willing. (EL ; BAGO should be useful for gleaning information from the Embassy types while im Paris.) b. Jewelry Deal. According te AMWHIP/1, there have not been any transactions since the initial ones of 300,000 . and 10,500 in June 64. He had expected to receive a packet A of jewelry per month worth ca. 50,000 dollars. A/1 also Bey wrote somo time age (June 64) to UNSNAFU/19, but hes net ree * * ceived an answer to date, It is not known at this time i whetner the lack of further jewelry packets ig just poor aduinistrative procedures on the part of the Cubans, or yf whether perhaps A/l is suspect for some reason by the Cubans. mi This should be resolved when next A/1] meets with 0/19. e. FAL Equipment. A/1 stated that he felt one of the first things EL MAGO would ask him was about the FAL equip- ment which AMLASH/1 has requested. A/l was told that the Silencer for the FAL did not exist and that it probably was not feasible to attempt to adapt @ make-shift one, according to weapon authorities. The matter of a telescopic sight was Ma " tte fee SEY) Se en Caer ar eee nee as es oc eset cece coca ate Ohta eta ectctecematratetedcersiethSiecteeih ee contain Moat SNe mite teenie teh RrRpt's “REFER eA CEES = PCRS. MD eMR: Hao ates eens Ant ? . . te 4 - wee ¢ a teneatreserentepgesteinsngoane weciaknvtanpneannnecananceitetOCtde do NE Ney spines A eReAw IS ceee par Shite Bre SONNES tas we GREY oO RAAPO Or wn mr EnAETEEO ERS ERO we sie eet rie PE ERED PU? ep er Str EEA Pe eyafstttetetNr 1 3 . . ven ee 8 tt eres ieee ne } weaeR Riad g
14-00000 wt miele Soho 6 AE rifle euch as the FAL was difficult to procure as the weapon was designed primarily as a general-purpose combat : weapon, not for special tasks. A/l then asked about the i possibility of purchasiag a special voapon ia Europe and ‘ have EL MAGO take it back with him, He was told that such epecial rifles (probably for hunting big game)were un- doubtedly available in Europe, but that this did not solve the biggest problem of how to get it into AMLASH/1. He was told that such a gun or any part of it would undoubted- ly be highly suspect if EL MAGO tried to bring any such items into Cuba. It is apparent, however, that this topic @ill continus to be one of concern to all persons connected i with the AMLASH/1 operation until it is resolved. Perhaps ! the best bet would be to level with AHLASH/1 at the next : meeting and tell him that such equipment will net be forth- | eoning fres KUBARK or ODYO<E sources, together with the not discussed. A/l was told that special equipment fo- a | ' i i reasons why not. d. fequieition of Cuban Pesos, A/1 stated that he had : eslled Ricardo "s son in lphia several times J - (confirmed by telecons earlier between undersigned and Afi . ua ie New York) but that im each case, the son had etated that -. Be bad received no packages from hig father from Hexico during the latter's last time in that city. A/1 thought this indeed strange. The undersigned opined that perhaps it was difficult to obtain pesos today due to the stringent , currency controls now in force in Cuba. We suggested to ve AMWHIP/1 that he not pursue this problem with BORDO further, ae as any over-zealous efforts on his part to obtain the “7 curreacy might come to the attention of the Cuban authorities. : Of course, if BORDO does produce the pesos at a later date (with no additional prompting from A/1), they will be readily “j accepted. © he fee hehe ov doth a 4 se. ° - ‘ c. a? Ke wy toe, ob wee bat Than bet “ee e. Eduardo PERNAS. A/} stated that he believed long- - | : time Commie Vincentina Antuna was the mistress for many seweteretrvneetebetrirnncan este ifiee tremens ma Ratt ete teat A ta AANA ENEMA CE UES Oa SOs teh St et sm ete ak ho Ane te Hh ames San aeey years of Eduardo PERNAS, a jeweler acquaintance of A/l'‘s @ho owned (until intervened several weeks ago By the Castro government) part of the jevelry firm of Pernas Gomez y Cia de emer cene te cde ceca mesa ay She ee sae ermine me ais 8 on (Consulado) located on the corner of San Miguel and San . 7 Rafael Ste, Havana, PERNAS also had a store in Mexico City. ; According to A/l, PERNAS is now out of Cuba im Mexico, and _°.  ,. t@hould have some interesting information to provide, since fi. he was gee close to ANTUNA for many years. PERNAS can be f reached at his store, Plaza de la Constitucion 7, Mexico a City, telephone No, 13-32766. (Hes traces on one Eduardo / PERNAS, pousibly identical with abowe PERNAS are attached.) i | | t° , . . pO nt Med os
14-00000 + at Coane RID ere PERNAS is originally of Spanish national « This iead : has been passed to the MuxBRGN shop for Tollow-up. A/1 : atated that he believed +eRNAS’s business was protected from interveption up to thi:. time through the inter- ! cession of NYUNA (AMNHIP commented that hia business glong with those of most of his friends suffered their fate quite some time ago.) | £. Raymundo TORRES ("El Guaviro"). TORRES called A/1i froa Wexico City with a cosfs Yrom AMLASH/1 for A/1l (eee below). At that time, TORRES out from Cuba on a trip, was staying at the Hotel Guardiola, Ave, Madero i and San Juan de Letran, phone 218580. Later he moved to Hornes 74, Apt 304, Mexico, D.F. A/l stated that TORRES was all right and apparently was trusted enough by AMLASH/1 to deliver an inocuous message and letter, the latter being : mot so harmless. A/1l stated that TORRES wae g.ven to -! drinking and took dope upon occasion. (No identifiable _— traces on TORRES). a* ‘ “, mailed by TORRES from Mexico, The text is self-explanatory. It has been decided that there would be too much room for suspicion if KUBARK tried to have LASH invited to the cited . Rational assembly of Surgeons. A/1l has an acquaintance “ with one Manuel RODRIGUEZ, who was in 1959 a medical student and President of the Mexican F.E.U. He suggested that if he could locate RODRIGUEZ, he might be able to have his formally invite AMLASH to the Assembly, as the latter desires. A/l has not seen RODRIGUEZ (on whom there are no identi- fiable traces) for about three years, but believes tiat —— there ig no risk in attempting to locate his and asking this favor. It is perhaps worth the effort, although admittedly i . at is a long shot. It should be noted that RODRIGUEZ *s — father is believed to be a communist, but that, according » to A/1, RODRIGUEZ is not. (This would adually not be a problem, providing RODRIGUEZ believed that he wes just doing a favor for A/l who desires to see his old friend LASH.) The note added to LASH's letter from "Marzo" is from . Marcelino ARTIME Vega, who was used as a cut-out for mail ae between LASH and A/l prior to the October 62 Crisis. MARZO ig a former phys. Ed instructor in the Batista eza , and is presently employed at Loe Hermanos store selling jewelry. He ic trusted by LASH and A/T, needless to say. bcevw scares vaneceee tall nneisae ee ete cone soe H i f i i i | | | g@. AMLASH/1. LASH sent A/l the accompanying letter 4 aall. ne pA RN none spn APO ae ent nee gra aE mw 3, There were no incidents of a security nature which _eame to the attention of the undersigned. A/1 will be contacted telephonically concerning arrangements and advice on the AMLASH/1 letter. If necessary, @ personal meeting will be arranged prior wv 4 LM ER, oi Nae Chet te we oR ites +. . eee * ro ge Tae 8 re road
\ "hs os . ° ay - . : : rd @ ~ ; é Fy { to A/l‘s departure for Europe the weekend of 29 August. i Distribution: ; Orig - A/1l f% 2 = EOS chrono St Bare