404-10195-10149 RT 2 . Sy . aa CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Tha matertal containa information affecting the Naltogal Defense a: chr Cuited States wttiim the meaning of the Keplonage Lawn, Title 1k CAC. Secs. 793 and Te, the trazmnmlestem of revelation of which 2: ang manoer to am weauiheriaed person fe probibited ey lew. $-E-~C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEN COUNTRY Cuba | . REPORT NO. CS -311/00115-64 SURECT «= The Organization of the General . OATE DISTR 8 July 1964 Directorate of Intelligence \ 7 (Direccion General de NO. PAGES 1f Inteligencia - O0GI) SO REFERENCES . . _RETURNTOCIA DATE OF 61964 ’ \ : “around tise oe | to oy Piotr PLACE & "FIELD REPOAT NO. DATE ACQ. June 1964 ” THIS 13 UNEVALUATED fXRORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ate CEANITIVE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT’ is TENTATIVE source: A former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban InteLli- gence Service: until April 1964, , The following information, as reported © ? Headquarters Comment. by Source during a debriefing, includes a description of the Gencral Dirceturate’ of Intelligence (Direccion General de inteligencia - DGI}, a break-down of each of its départments, the functions of vach department, a diagram (Chart A) of the organization of the DGI, and a map (Chart B} of the DGI com- pound in Habana, Introduction. 1. The General Directorate of Intelligence (Direccion General de Inteligencia - DG) ts the Cuban external intelligence agency, charged with maintaining Security, collecting information, and promoting Cuban Government intelligence policies abroad, It is part of the Ministry of Interior (Ministerio del Inte= rior), and was established sometine in mid-L961, t is con- cerned only with operations abroad. The collection cf intelligence within Cuba, counterintelligence, and security are the responsibility of the Department of State Security (Departamenta de Seguridad del Estado ~ D&E). The two agencies are independent but maintain liaisen and coordination on cere- tain matters, 2. The DGI, also known as "M,"” or “K Department,” is organized under a director general and his deputy; its components are amain headquarters with administrative and personnel offices,, eight departments, and the director’s office (see organization chart of page 14)? [t is closely ccennected with Ramiro Valdes Menendez, the Manister of Interior, and is also of continuing Pi interest to Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, and Ernesto "Che" Guavara, 5 .4 4 3 S-E-C-R-E-T or 3 2 NO FOREIGN DISSEM egos | 2 ] Sectasefegnon: i STATE } pea i MAVY REPCINCLANT CINCSO = I&ENS (Hote: Fell duwibution indicated by “#".) ° NP (AMMUG- 1) CS-311/00115-64 Ltaigoes
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The Director's Office. SECRET KO FOR BISSEM - 2. CS-311 0115-64 s The director general of the DGI is Manuel PINEIRO Lesada. known _as ‘Red Beard” (torba Koja) .- He is closely associated with Ramire VALDES, to whem he has direct access at any time; he is required to report regularly to Fidel CASTRO and to coordinate ‘with him all expenditures of large sums; and he also has direct contact with GUEVARA, Raul CASTRO often visits PINELTRO’s office; his principal interest appears to be the guerrilla schovls (see below), but he may have others in the DGI, PINEIRO also handled the principal contacts with the Soviet advisors of the DGI. His direction of the BGI is handled through a deputy. but he also has direct contact as desired with department ehiefs and lower- level personnel: chiefs of field stations report directly to hin, although other field-station business is handled through the departments’ responsible for field work. PINELRO himself has trained some important agents in field work and has subsequently" acted as their handling officer... PINEIRO has his office in his residence at 41st Avenue and ._. 18th Street in the Miramar district of Habana.. There he keeps - functional files of everything concerning the DGI; other files from individual sections are brought to him for review and then returned to the department or section that maintains them. There is a daily courier service between his house and the DGI headquarters. The house has at least two separate telephones, one personal and one official, the latter providing direct com- munication with all government asencies. One of the telephone numbers is 29-4257. The outside entrance of the house always has two guards in olive-yreen uniforms; they are probably from the DSE, In addition, PINEITRO has a bodyguard staff of six, also probably from the DSE. Three of them are always with nim on 24~ hour shifts: one acts as chauffeur when he goes out. while the other two follow in a second car, He keeps three cars, all 1961 Oldsmebiles, one blue, one beige, and one black. In his home office PINEIRO has an aide, pseudonym "Castor ,"6 who handles the office work but does not attend private interviews. In Cuba he stays in the office and does not accompany PINEIRO outside the office. When PINEIRO travels abroad, "Castor" ac~ companies him, as for example on his visit to Moscow in April 1964, At the main DGI headquarters, PINEIRO also has a secre~ tary, pseudonym "Vidalina," and a clerk-typist, pseudonym "“Zoraida'; they occupy desks in the executive office of the DGI deputy chief but work strictly for PINEIRO. “Vidalina” handles all incoming and outgoing correspondence and cable traffic and distributes it both within DCI headquarters and abroad. DGI Main Headquarters. The main headquarters of the directorate is known as “Department M" of the Ministry of Interior, but very few people know any- thing about it or are even aware of its existence. It occupies a house and grounds which were formerly the property of the GOMEZ Mena family. It covers a whole city block bounded by 49th and 5ist Avenues and 78th and 80th Streets in the Lorrazabal section - of the Marianao suburb of Habana. The block is a compound sur= rounded by a concrete wall, with trees planted completely around it inside, There are two entrances:, a main entrance with wooden SECRET NO FORN DISSEM
14-00000 ~ 3 - CS-331/00115-64 gates located near the center of the block on 80th Street and a back entrance with steel doors located directly through the block on 78th Street. The main entrance is manned by guards armed with PPShA machineguns; the rear entrance is kept locked and is used only in emergencies. No pass or identification is required to enter the grousds, ‘The headquarters compound (see diagram on page 15) contains alk the DGI offices excépt PINEIRO's home office, the three opera~ tional departments. and the Special Schools Department. described below. The main building, called M Building, is situated near the center of the compound but off the main axis between the gates. It houses most of-the offices in its two stories and also contains a ‘canteen, public telephones, and a police radio for the city and the Ministry of Interior. There are no large assembly rooms; conferences are held in small rooms. Within the compound, separated from M Building by driveways and parking lots, are several other structures: i ' a. A two-story building housing the Personnel Department on the , first floor and the Inspection Department on the second, i b. Three one-story service buildings: a guard office with sleeping quarters for 20 to 25 guards, a food-storage ware- house, and a clothing-storage warehouse. The guard office and the Personnel-Inspection building flank the main entrance, on 80th Street. | c. A two-story building, in the angle of the grounds formed by | 78th Street and 49th Avenue, housing the Technical Operational Support Department. Two of its sections, the Photographic Laboratory and the Concealment Device Section, occupy indi- vidual buildings in the compound. General administration of the DGI is handled from the M Building, where PINEIRO'’s deputy, (fnu) CHAIN, 7 pseudonym “Agusto," has his office. Besides acting as director general when PINEIRO is away from Cuba. CHAIN is responsible specifically for management of large expenditures, South American affairs, and the approval of false passports for travelers. He signs, in pseudonym, all notices and circulars issued to the directorate. His secretary has the pseudonym "Georgina." CHAIN's office, through "Vidalina," distributes cable traffic to the DGI departments. Incoming and outgoing cabic traffic and diplomatic pouch traffic are received at this office from the Central Ciphering Service (Servicio Central de Cifrados - SCC), which is a communal coding and de- coding service operated by the DSE. CHAIN's office apparently also acts as a receiving and distributing center for clandestine radio traffic but does not itself send or receive radio messages; the actual transmission is possibly controlled by the Communist Party. Directly under the deputy director are two administrative depart- ments for staff members. Personnel (Departamento de Personal) and Inspection (Departamento de Inspeccion), which occupy a separate building in tne headquarters compound. The Personnel Department, headed by pseudonym "Pelayo," which handles all matters concerning ‘staff member administration (selection, hiring, pay, promotion, dismissal, social security, ete.), has about 14 or 15 members. SECRET NO FORN DISSEM