(toe ivee-10rt °¢ one i 2 tyne aan Fo SECRET WH/C 65-3172 & SEP Ere &ZMORANDUM FOR: Chief, WH Diyision SUBJECT : Meeting arith Lais CONTE ero; Date: September 1965; eae : Officer: we coemmmane Maar ne cre oe i, A&A three hour meeting was held with Subject this morning, The purpose of the meeting was to impress upon Bubject the need to follow KUBARK direction concerning the aftermath of recent developments in the Dominican Republic, 2, Subject reported the following: He talked by telephone on 31 August with McGeorge Bundy. Subject's 4nterpretation of this conversation was that McGeorge Bundy invited him to come to Washington, He also stated that he had asked Bundy to. arrange. for a meeting for him with the President of the U, 5. He did not explain to Bundy the real ourpose for wishing. a meeting with the ; President. All he told Bundy was that hoe wanted to give : the President the original copy of Imbert's resignation, What Subject really wants is to tell the President that Imbert has a proposal for provoking an attack upon the Cuban Government involving the Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic. Imbert's personal message to the President (which Subject is to convey) is that the Dominican Armed Forces are ready to sngage in war against Cuba, if the Dominican Armed Forces have covext U. 8. support. 3. . Subject said that as of 1330 hours today he had not heard from Bundy, but he had heard from Robert A. Stevenson cf ARA/CCA and he was to- meet with Stevenson a GAS gome time this afterncon, As for the meeting planned i: with Stevenson, Subject was completely indifferent since 4 he did not consider Stevenson sufficiently high in U, 8, , RETURN TO CIA arour ¢ { Is acl! from satan’ ck ound e Only ate Po Not Reproduos SECRET See SE HE OF a a Bd me REL a BET é ee ree wma ne Dake Bae RTE SOW me Pare es Lane eee oer ;
i a i i \ c $ i SECRET officialdom to be of real use. Similarly, Subject said that he would not. reveal Imbert's proposal to McGeorge Bundy, but would only deliver this preposal orally to the President. 4. The Case Officer persuaded Subject to give his a copy of the Imbert resignation (attached herewith with photos and newspaper clippings) and told Subject that the Case Officer would sead these by messenger to the White House and would inform the President that Subject has a proposal to convey to the President from Imbert. The Case Officer impressed upon Subjoct that it was not at ~ @ll likely a meeting could be arranged with the President, Finally, Subject said he would wait until tomorrow after= moon or not later than Saturday and, if no meeting could be arranged, he would return to Miami,  §, Um the course of the conversation it became apparent that Subject's personal reason for desiring a meeting with the President is not go much to convey the Zmbert message but to have himself photog.aphed with the President and to derive publicity which would enhance Subject’'s personal prestige among the members of the exile Cuban community. 6. The Case Officer berated Subject, who responded good naturedly, on his uncoordinated and unilateral action as outlined above and told Subject that he was only hurting his position with KUBARK, particularly if it became known among newspapermen that he was a KUBARK agent, Subject said he was sure this would not become known and he could handle this aspect of the problem, Subject also said that if his Case Officer in Miami was unhappy with his behavior, Subject was willing to resign. He said further he tad just recently received an offer for a combined radio/television program from a Caracas, Venezuela station making an offer of $5,000 per month, €Subject's KUBARK suiary if $3,000 per month,} 7, Subject finally agreed that ha would coordinate with the present Case Officer in Washington prior to any discussions with newspapor people here ur with Govern- ment people and that ho would report on mon tings to the Case Officer, ee nn er re tn ero tr ad
¢ Sait, -3- 8. Stevenson has beex informed by WH/C that he i is to tell Subject (if a meeting takes place) that : Subject is to coatact his Case Officer in Washington. 4nother meeting is scheduled with Subject before his departure for Miar?, As the situation now stands it is unlikely that Subject will have any contacts with Government officials with the possible exception of Stevenson. The present Case Officer has impressed upon Subject the lack of wisdom in his Present benavior, the danger of blowing himself and the consequences that would follow. Subject appeared to have understood the gravity of the situation and expressed willingness to cooperate, at least for the present. oe JOHN T, FLYNN ae rer ADC/WH/C Attachments: Resignation Photos Newspaper clippings SECRET ee eo é TEMAS Cee sett metmnaeetithe® SOL NONI A I afk ETE TAP TRE, fee ater meee annem ee ree er ne