(104-10186-10271 3[iod me ND GO oe OR CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY This material contains loformation effecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Baplonage Lawe. Title 18. USC. Bere 773 and 194, the tranamiasion of revelation of which ta @ny meaner © Ba UNathotierd perma ie prohibited by law. SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM REPORT NO. CLI-~316/ 00697464 country Cuba sussect Jose Autonio GARCIA Lara DATE DISTR. 27 August 1964 - NO. PAGES 4 . REFERENCES ‘ AT ro. 1964 PLACE & Wasrington, D.C. pate acg. Augys’ 1964 FIELD REPORT NO. . THIS 1S UNEVALUATED INFORMATION, SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 1% TENTATIVE, gouace. -\ fcrmer Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban Ictciiigence Service until Aprai 1964. Headquarters Comments: e The following report is one of 4 series containing personality information provided by the source and includes supplemen*’al tnformation from the records of this Agency. tt is requested thut the addressees take no ection on aay of the individuals mentioned in the personality reports withour first checking with this Agency. Source identified a photograph of Jose Antonio GARCIA Lira, - ake "Nico," as a Cuban Intelligence Officer of the Direccion Gezeral du Inteligencia (General Directorate of Intelligence <- DGI) in Mexico. He is the Commercial Attache it the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City. 1, 2, #4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, LL, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Headouerters Comments: 1. A report dated 17 January 1962, from three untested suurces. Stated that Antonio Gareiaza was one of severil Cuban G-2 agents now (January 1962) 1n Mexico and plenuning to go to tbe United States. = 2. A fairly reliable source, in a report dated 22 May’ 1962, stated that Jose Antonio "Nico”’ GARCIA Lara is assigned to the commercial office of the Cuban Embassy in Mexico | City, however, he does Little work for this section. He is ¢ member of the Cuban G- 2 and an oppcrtunist aith a - very bad reputation, . 5 SECRET 4 NO FOREIGN DISSEM ~——seuT 3 . lEachedod Hawt ootemere 2 seer i Stale Voi ARMY AVY 7 Tair NSA ! Tt RAK To Ak loce CT FBI 2 2 REP “CINCLANT “GINCSO # [&NS Nate F Feld duteibution indwated ‘by! oy ICSCL-318. ‘OMG - . ‘ eh KAO MK iiD: TCE ORAA I Wt bon H . raid » .RID 1 WE 1 (2), CI 4. TOTraas Wii/SA 7 (1),
14-00000 tam ee ae sme Bees 5. see RE TS NO FOUr ae GES’ oi? ng . . . at . Ptabeber martes, In a report ated 9 deae Peat. Geom woueualls rol it was sPited thes Amp era Nice’ GARCIA Jara is Cas Cian Commercial Afteche gu Mexiea. GARCTA ts cobered. msrricd to a white virl aad is eatiemely rece COuscbous. Furiug tie revolution ke was bu oexaie iu Wexitco. GARCHA tee scaree Chat Ihe was anta-Cocungaisi. He said that CASTRO ade enetisded by Communists and cannot Beve. ind that Cuba as an bed pngoe. GARCIA has a sister who as a Nun ta the Usated States. Ina 20 Juns 1962 report thas some source positively adeaiatied GARCLA as a Cuban GS-2 «gent ia Venico am sddea that GARCTA aso a ciose friead of Osacnr CLENFLEGOS and Yanocl PINETRY, Deputy Chict of G-2. On 4 July 1962, a usually relaisble source gave fhe fullowing - biographic information on Antonie GARCIA Lara: GARCIA, 9 G-2 cgent working in Mexico, arrived ina Bexico in early May P9Gl as the Commercial Attache of the Caban Fmbassy. He is a close friend of Osmanz CLENFUEGOS, Haunuel PINEIPQ. and Ramon CUFRNCA. GARCIA is a Negro. about sta feet tall. i709 pounds, and 35s marracd to a . P whife girl named Nelly. He belongs to the Juventud : Autentico and is knoan by the pseudonym Naco GARCIA. He arrived in Mexice wath specific instructicirs from CLENFUEGOS to recruit Mexican technicians aud to provade, them with necessary funds. Tt seems probable chat thas is only a guase and that the mea are betng taken to Gaba solely to be trained as agitators. GARCIA spends Little time in his cfface, bal is basy most of the Gav wixing contacts op the street. Since he Lived in Mexteo tor year avd a huif previously, he anows a goud deal aboul He alsa as tn contact with members of the students a the country... Spaaish and Mexican Communist Parties and with ot leftist affilaations. A usually reriabie source wath good contacts an the Cubau Embassy an Mexaeue Catty gave the fobiewing anformation on Antonio GARCTA Lava; the report was dated 13 July 1962; r Antonio GARCIA Lava, Commercial Attache of the Cuban Embassy an Mexico Caty. arrived in Mexico on 23 Aprai 1962. Belore comtag to Mexico, CARCIA heid umportact positions with the Cubag government tu Havana. He worsxed for the Minastry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Fablic Works © (WISGP3. GARCIA is a member of the Cuban G-2 bat dad not ava attend th, Cuban G-2 school. He did attend the diplomatic SECRET NO FOREIGN DOISSEM ‘
10. SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM ~3- schosl, but was assigned to Mexico before he was graduated. One of GARCIA’s duties in Mexico was to assis: the Cuban Embassy ina hiring fechnical experts to go to Cuba. He was alsa to handle Commetcial matters and investigate the manipulation of $200,000 (U.S.) 1n connection with the purchase of automobile parts, — \ camertis, etc. An unknown source, in a report dated 25 July 1962. said that Jose Antonio GARCIA Lara, aka ‘Nico’ GARCIA, ts the Cuban Commercial Attache in Mexico. GARCIA was born about 1929. His mother, who is seventy-six years old. resides in Habana, his father ts deceased. ( He hos three sisters, one (fnut GARCIA is a Nun Living in the . United States, the other two Live in Habana. GARCIA was married ia Habana in 1960 to Maria Elena LARIA Baluja (white), they have one ehild, Tatiana, and-.are expecting another His brother-in-law, Hector Rimon LARIA Baluja. resides st 305 West 98th Street, : Apartment number 6054, New York City. GARCIA was previously employed by the Army G-2 (with wnich he 1s no longer affiliated, according to him!, Manastry of Agriculture and the Manistry of Obrissublicas. He his a secondary scnoot education and attended the ‘Escueds cde Drotlomacia,” but did not finish as he was transferred to Wexico. GARCIA entered Mexico in 1957 in exile and returned to | Cuba in 1959. We arrived in Mexico in his present capacity on ; 23 April 1962. His address 1s San Borja 1357. Col Del Valle, i Mexico, D. F. in a & August 1962 report, from a usually reltable source, it was stited thee Antonio GARCIA Lara returved to Mexico from Habana on 3 Angus? 1962. GARCIA told source thet he returned to Mexico of with orders to take over the commercial activities from Ramon CUENCA Nontote. : A usuaily reliable source, in a report dated 20 November 1962, stated that Jose Antonio GARCIA Lara, his wife and their two Children were leaving Mexico for Habana on 20 November 1962 via Cubana Airlines. GARCIA planned *o stay in Habana approximately three weeks. A reported dated 27 November 1962 stated that GARCIA actually teft Mexico on 23 November 1962. Jose Antonio GARCIA Lara, according to a usually reliable source in a report dated 24 January 1963. arrived in Mexico from Habana on 21 January 1963. Tn a report dated 16 April 1963, from a usually reliable source, it was stated that Jose Antonio GARCIA Lara, passport number 62-213, and his wite left Meckico on 15 April 1963 for Habana. GARCIA SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM