o Dee rnc rere are renenenne ea 8 mR Por oe mCP eect a NRE So cea (04-10072-10323] Chief of Station, JMWAVE 7. _ NSS CE ns [eeacr Operational /TYPIC/MHSPAUN/ALOT a °- pirectorship, Finances and Activities of the Cuban Exile Newspaper j E.ACTION REQUIRED - REFERENCES “Mundo Americano, Published in New Yor | coe . i , ° OSE og * i 1.. The following information.on the Cuban exile news- | paper Mundo Americano, published in. New York, was submitted | ey » by the AHOTs in LE-4463 of 16 November 1965. The information | | gaa ohtainead during October and November hy AMOT source oe ra _ Distribution: oo OS Gu cco | - LB8 = WH/C w/atta_ 49 (1 cy) 13 Dec 1965 Investors ., a 2an@ne of the principal investors in the Mundo Americano is Jose¢LOPEZ Vilaboy (201-215815), who was President of the — Compania Cubana de Aviacion (Cubana Airlines) and, owner of the newspaper Manana in Cu ‘rom 1962 to 1958 LOPEZ was a henchman of ex-Cuban President Fulgencio BATISTA Zaldivar.. LOPEZ contributed, the sum of $40,000, however, it is believed that these funds are not LOPEZ' own money since it is rumored that he is not in a good financial position at present. 3. <uanuel GARCIA dal Busto (201 -353892) and a group of persons trysted by RolandoVHASFERRER Rojas (201-042669) and igls Serafin RN PEREZ Carril (20}-294538) contributed $75,000 .¢ 44 Co , These three persons currently have financial control of the are | newspaper .> . | | ena . 4. During September 1965, the newspaper suffered a oo i financial crisis and one of the persons who put up MONEY, Bt. _.--—ewem f ; ny ee PLE Gt Attachments: dé "4. Photo of “Jimmy” HW 2,. Copy of AP cable HW oe * Mundo Americano version of cable HW Leonie ‘EditorTal praising JOHNSON's action HW Articles by Rolando HASFERRER Rojas attacking CIA HW Hundo Americano attack on SOMOZA family HW | - ke Z i bdeo c arr Actor mn mane? eye snce ct Wena) er sennemnnr rere aan ne canon wera EE Fo | CROSS REFERENCE TO 7 en f CSSPATCH SYMBOL AKO MUMEOER if _UFGA-24005 = | qi HEADQUARTERS FLE GER i. | 18-6-95/4 PE a Dern rine tie ens rnc nerve wean tes antes SIT =o DTIOR ARSRTURE 6) e € ~ |
' CONTINUATION OF ee acieiene DISPAYCH SECRET UFGA-24005 that time was an American citizen named "Jimmy", who controls . the "bolita" game in Brooklyn, New York. A photograph of + “Jimny” ig.fgorwarded as Attachment Ro. 1. As this photograph was removed rom the private files of the newspaper and source ' could be traced through it, it is requested that it be given careful handling in order not to compromise source. ° Wy a vay Wa Ake che Uabeg & dha Gi Leow Reds RB «ef 5. . The following persons are in charge o operations: ; , = pa - (Weds Gee é ne pact General Manager: Ceferino R, PEREZ Carril..(on 19 Septem—. _ber 1965 replaced/Dy, Francisco #CASADO. . Remedios, aka "Frank", who was que of Editors: . Jose LOPEZ Vilaboy (Director) : Manuel GARCIA del Bysto (Vice-President) Executive Editor: Rolando MASFERRER Rojas , oo Assistant Editor: Jose u, SPEREZ (ane_of*LOPEZ Vilaboy's trusted men. Puerto Richt. Has not been working for the newspaper since 1 19 September 1965.) Advertising Directon: Frank Muaunpyago_(onosexual) Unternational. Policy: © Armando@eRuz Cobo (has stated - he worked for KUBARK in Venezuela and ~~ a Peru) ~ 4 we A a Jesus SGONZALEZ Scarpetta” - L / Luis E. POU Enriquez fe ' Local Policy: . Juan Angel * BRAS fo = f 4 Chief of Stafte~’ Enrique PIZZI de Porras (one of -4/ a hove ae ’ . A's most trusted men) - _y, Carlos Rene #RCABRERA Vazquez! | Secial Nows:. . - Wilfredo /RMORAN Beole Sports: Ricardo GJMMENOCAL Beole «= * . Shop (Pross) : Carlos DIAZ-VERSON Rodriguez 2 Eoxmat: url, . Pedro WYANEZ (member -of the New_York : se Executive of the MIRR,; connected with 4 i ; the ‘purchase of armament for the MIRR) Circulation; +z,‘ Facundo POMA Soler (one of most . trusted men« € Eusebio MUJAL Barniol, _ Leader in the Cuban Labor Confedera- tion in Exile) Photography: /* Mario MZAYAS 4 rf ba weer b> Rodolfo WWADAL Tayafa , Most of the other pergons on the payroll are linotypists and typesetters who draw wages prescribed by the Union. Source estimates that. there are 30. employees in addition to . the Directora. i me . 4 : . 6, Offices of Mundo Americano: | _ : te . . | a, Staff and Management: 701 7th Ave, at 47th St., ay Now York, N.Y. " yo | 8 ; Phone: 757-8515 wapapér’s | Jc LOPEZ Vilaboy's trusted men), Sryeud sey : hae sen « BRD REPRODUCTIONS — us ee 8 oor nae ntheatieretovee: cesnats Bs sare nee ranean as
* “7 *"SGNTINTANON OF ~~ =.  DIBPATCH. 14-00000 . _ “ SECRET . b. Printing Press: 76 Gerry St. Brooklyn, N.Y¥. on Phones: -EV 7-4026 - OO a EV 74025 e Circulation and Opere.tional’ Costs of the Newspaper | . 9. The newspaper has a daily circulation of -23,000 to 25,000, There are plans’ to increase circulation to 40,000. ye aan , : 8. Each issue of the newspaper costs between $2,500 and $3,000, The printing press is rented for $2,200 weekly. This rental fee includes the cost of ink, paper and lead for the linotypes. < ° - 7 9, Until September 1965, Mundo Americano banked with the Bankers Trust Company and the newspaper ’s checks were signed. by Ceferiho R. PEREZ Carril and Frank CASTRO. During the financial crisis in September 1965, Mundo Americano issued a check in payment of wages to the order of Amado GARCIA drawn against the Bankers Trust Co. This check was - returned to GARCIA for insufficient funds. Since early October 1965, payroll checks have been drawn against the Banco de Ponce, 164 East 116 St., New York, N.Y. These checks” are signed by Ceferino R. PEREZ and Jose LOPEZ Vilaboy. Ideology and Control of ‘the Newspaper ote _10, Mundo Americano is conpleteély under the control of ‘ BATISTA oriented groups and its articles and editorials fol- low the line dictated by these groups. The newspaper attacks iy the U.S. Government, and especially the CIA, daily. Forwarded, as Attachment No. 2, is a copy of an AP cable, dated 25 October 1965, reporting a statement by the White House Press Chief ; and J. Edgar Hoover that the news published in the New York « Herald Tribune stating that the President had authorized the FEY to gather intelligence abroad is not true, The Mundo x Americano “published a distorted version of the cable (see Attachment chment No, 3) and also an editorial praising President Johnson's action against CIA (see Attachment No. 4). 11. Rolando MASFERRER Rojas writes a column in the Mundo Americano using the pen name "Policarpo Pineda", in which he Yrequently attacks CIA. Copies of MASFERRER's column are attached as Attachment No, 5. Blackmail . : . * 12. On 26 October 1965, Mundo Americano published an article entitled "Opposition to the Dynasty of the Somozas" _ (see Attachment No. 6).'’ On 2 November 1965, another article appeared on the front page of Mundo Americano reporting that General SOMOZA was gravely ill in a BaYtinore, Maryland, hospital. According to conversations overheard by source, after the appearance of these articles, the directors of the newspaper, including Rolando MASFERRER, were summoned to the Niciraguag Embassy in Washington, D.C. At the meeting the _ Ambassador, from Nicaragu@ pointed out that the news appearing in the paper was false, An argument between the Ambassador — and MASFERRER ensued and MASFERRER was thrown out of the meet- <* ing. After that, a second meeting took place betwedn the Nicaraguan Ambassador and the directors of the newspaper and _gince the second meeting, the newspaper hag. not attacked the SOMOZAs, The directors of Mundo Americano have insinuated that there has been ‘some financial arrangement. ° ca ae - ° ao a Bo °
——~ EGNTINGATION-OF “BISPAYCH 2 SECRET | ¥FGA-24005 inside Struggles c ‘ 13. . When Mundo Americano was first published, Jose LOPEZ Vilaboy had financial control of the newspaper. Currently, however, control is in the hands of Rolando HASFERRER Rojas and Ceferino R, PEREZ Carril. In Cuba, PEREZ Carril campaigned AW politically for BATISTA. and ‘was a Cuban Army Captain during y the BATISTA Regime. a ee t4. Since the newspaper was first published, it's policy has been controlled by the group having financial control, Although MASFERRER's and_ LOPEZ Vilaboy's groups both follow the BATISTA line, LOPEZ is in favor of a soft line and HASFERRER * - ig in favor of a hard line, attacking groups and persons with . | which he docs not agree. Since MASFERRER and PEREZ have ey ‘ obtained control of the newspaper, it has constantly attacked the U.S. Government and the CIA, LOPEZ is not in favor of attacking the U.S, Government, the CIA or the Spanish Govern- ment. MASFERRER, however, states that LOPEZ can do nothing about it because he no longer controls the newspaper. financially. As a result of the recent shift in power, two of LOPEZ' men, Frarftcisco CASADO Remedios and Jose M, PEREZ, were rove from their positions in Mundo Americano on 19 September 1965. ' 15, The following are Station file traces on persons mentioned in this report: , , a. Amado GARCIA Torres: QRPLUTO candidate for - labor training seminar, - Dropped because of his youth and inexperience (UFGA-17392, 26 August 1964). b. Frank MALDONADO: Probably identical with Francisco MALDONADO Iglesias, WH CE cards indicate that MALDONADO arrived in Guatemala from the Dominican Repub- lic in August 1960 as-an agent of TRUJILLO, and contacted Cuban exiles to try to set up the Movimiento Integracion Nacional (HIN), an anti-Castro organization, Subject, who was travelling without documents, was deported from Guatomala to Miami. DBA-19283 of 14 August 1962 reported that Subject, born circa 1928, residing Apt. 13-A, aed Olimpo Street, Santurce, Puerto Rico, advertising sales- ~ man, was anti-Castro and an unpaid informant of the SIM (Military Intelligence Service). c. Juan Angel BRAS: Subject may be identical with Juan A, BRAS who appears on WH CB cards as residing i 729 7th Ave., New York 19, N.Y., in February 1960 and me working at Falcon Bron, Co,, 101 Maiden Lane, New York, according to information of 10 October 1960, According . to the card, BRAS, a U.S, citizen, is considered by oseph MIRANDA as a top levol consultant to the FRD ‘ Democratic Revolutionary Front) and someone worth cul- tivating by the Agency. He has been active in Cuban uffaire since 19032 and was director of public relationa e and radio for the 26 of July Movement in New York, as ~. well as adviser to Harold Janis, Director of Special x Events Voice of America frott1942 to 1948. d. Enrique PIZZI de Porras is probably identical - with Honrique PIZZI de Poreas of 1139 Ridgewood Road, West Palm Beach, who is in correspondence with former President BATISTA who is now residing in Madeira. - . (OPL-719, 13 November 1959.) “ x 6. Carlos Rene’CABRERA Vazquez: Formér owner and director in Cuba of Radio Aeropuerto and Radio Voz news programs now intervened. Now Th New York working | Hones OF OFT TN 8 BEA Ubon nF bin Renn SARMAANOR DT oT
wo. > & - an . at « . ae + (cea tition + hm eahannemcntinn ena = teen ma acm 2 ee van punt ennm ng neem ns wee en eran mem « Gee re wee ATS a e ® - ° cam ONTINUATIONG? | CKAGSIPIEATION | aan ca oR | oO . BISPATCH ° , SECRET. ’ UFGA-24005 ; : Report of 8 August 1962). According to a card dated 7 | . 15 December 1962, Subject was inducted into the U.S. Army. - . . ° e. Carlos DIAZ-VERSON Rodriguez, born 21 February 1914 in Havana, is a member of the FRD in Miami (un- | . dated card) . -£,. Pedro YANEZ: Subject, a journalist affiliated with Bohemia Libre, met with members of Libertarios : ae in New York on 28 May 1965 (UFG-7389, 20 July 1965). em * g. Facundo POMAR Soler: WAVE files contain the following traces on Subject, in addition to a WH/CE . card which contains references to Subject's activities in Cuba as an official of the National Federation of Transport Workers and the Syndiate of Omnibus Aliados. (1) Probable participant in the formation’ of a provisional Cuban Government in exile or a pro- visional council which will seek recognition of the U.S. and Latin American“countries, (DBF-80328, 22 June 1961.) a 8 (2) On a list of useable Cuban labor leaders of union prestige. Leader of Transport; a real stronghold in his sector; has never been a poli- tician or held public office. (Undated memorandum, oy _ AMICE Personnel.) (3) CTC leader; excluded from FORDC and un- acceptable. (WAVE-5313, 6 April 1961.) (4) UFG-2872, 21 May 63 contains information . regarding Subject's attempts to unify the Cuban - exile community. ot : a : . Va : f (5) Cuban labor transport leader in exile ; and a favo¥ite disciple of Eusebio MUJAL, Has jent himself to all MUJAL's tricks. Has no per~- , sonal criteria, (AMDENIM-1 report, 29 July 1962.) (6) _ Will be a head of a graup now being formed called the Obrero Anti-Comunista Inter-. nacional (The International Anti-Communist Laborer). = , 6 January 1964.) h. Mario ZAYAS: Possibly identical with Mario ZAYAS Monzon, A 12 834 473, Cuban press photographer, (CK-00246, 29 August 1962.) . 5 16. WAVE files contain no traces identifiable with Francisco CASADO Remedios, Armando CRUZ Cobo, Jesus GONZALEZ Scarpetta, Luis BE, POU Enriquez, Wilfredo MORAN Beole, ad - Ricardo G, MENOCAL Beole, Rodolfo NADAL Tarafa, or Jose M. PEREZ. . i é sh ph as Jy? Swot be me’ ' Philip G. ELMARD