14-00000 see amelnantepeen cn oe ee mene « id, . SECRET KO FORN DISSEM 4 « CS-311/00115-64 - The Inspection Department, headed by pseudonym “Dario,” which is responsible for discipline in the directorate and for investiga= tions of staff personnel, probably before hiring, has 10 to 12 members. Both department.chiefs are prcbably former members of the DSE, and sose of the office ataff are also forser DSE members. Soviet Advisors. Attached to the DGi headquarters is a group of Soviet advisors, -who occupy offices ia M Building. Their presence and identities are kept as secret as-possible, even among the officers who work with them, and they are known only by pseudonyms. They have | ; especially close contacts with Manuel PINEIRO and CHAIN, and” * with the Illegal Department, whose officers can consult directly. -with thom at any time. Ordinary desk officers in other depart- ‘mantis caa consult the Soviet advisors only at their offices. in “M Buliding, where no special security precautions are observed, -Hut they do not see much of ‘them except when visiting the _ ¥2Legal Department whéa the-advisors are working there. The - Soviets can visit any department whenever they wish. '-2.° YaFotmation obtained by DGI agents abroad can be passed to the ~~ 4 Soviet advisors.® The five known are the following: — a. “Sl Frances" (The Frenchman), PINEIRO's personal advisor., is apparently the chief Soviet advisor in Cuba. He has an office in M Building and frequently visits PINEIRO's house. He was born between 1909 and 1914; is about five feet seven inches tall and of medium build; has very grey hair; has blue eyes with bags under them; and wears at all times gold-framed glasses with small-to-medium round. lenses, “His Spanish is fairly good. He has a car assigned by the ‘Cuban government and drives it binself. be A Soviet man, name unknown, accompanies "El frances." He 4s five feet eight inches tall, is of medium to thin build, weighing about 145 pounds, and is clean shaven. An officer who saw him frequently at DGI headquarters hever heard him speak. c. “Juan,” who shares an M Building office with "Bl Frances" “but works principally in the Illegal Department, is the consultant on illegal operations, directs the recruitment and handling of agents, arranges their entry and cover, and maintains files. At one time he spent sbout six months in France; the general impression is that he was toere aS an illegal resident rather than in the Soviet Embassy. He speaks excellent Spanish with very little accent and ap~ parently has known the language a long tice. He too has a ear assigned by the Cuban-government and drives it hinself. Ho was born between 1919 and 1924 and 18 an active, athletic man, about six feet tall and weighing a husky 200 pounds, with biue eyes. He looks young, although his haic is grey, as is the short-clipped mustache he wears icw on his Lip. ad. & Soviet woman, nama unknown, works in the Repartment of Technical Operatiosal Supnort (47). She was horn tatween 1929 and 1934, is five feet seven ort aight inches tall, is stout but not fat, has blue eyes ard eirast sheulder-length _ SECRET KO FORN DISSE
14. 15. 16. 17. . SLCRET NG PORN DISSEM -6- CS-311/00115-64 ee American countries usually goes first to Mexico and is ferwarded from there, Mexico is also a meeting place for operations of-— ficers from Cuba and agents trom Central and South America; Canada simiiarly serves as a meeting place for agents from the United States. Legal field stations do not normally deal with _dllegal agents except in a great emergency. In all legal field stations, the DGI representative is charged. with keeping track of, checking, and reporting on the political activities of the other members of the mission to which he is attached. DGI officers also assist with the political classes and lectures held periodically for members. of the mission, but this is a task shared by all mission members and is not assigned to any officer specifically. Physical security, such as techni- cal examination of Cuban premises for audio surveillance devices, is not a DGI responsibility; it is performed by the DSE. In countries with which Cuba does not have diplomatic relations, DGI activities are handled by agents stationed permanently: in the country as illegal agents or as members of Communist Parties and leftist groups. Their assignments are sabotage. subversion, selection and training of guerrilla warfare candidates and other’ agents or groups in Latin America primarily. The DGI regards ? Guatemala and Venezuela as the countries in which its operations have been most successful. Such field operations are run from Cuba or from an adjacent country. The Department of Legal Centers (Departamento Centros Legales - NS)T The MS department is headed by Pedro FARINAS Diaz, pseu- donym "Otoniel," and has a staff of 15 to 20 persons. Its offices are not in the. M Building compound, but in a building at the corner of 3lst Avenue and 64th Street in the Marianao suburb of Habana. The department is in charge of the field stations, known as legal centers, in cach country with which Cuba has diplomatic relations or where she maintains commercial missions. Its personnel are not assigned abroad as a rule: they act as the service group at headquarters for field person- nel drawn from any part of the DGI. Ficld station chiefs, as noted above, report directly to PINEIRO; the MS Department takes care of all paper work fer the field stations, including photo~- graphing incoming and outgoing documents; maintaining files of field correspondence; and handling coded radio communications. Coded radio messages prepared by desk officers are photographed and sent to the field on microfilm and messages on microfilm received from the field are decoded and passed to the proper department; MS does not do the decoding itself. The department does not have its own radio station. [t does not run any agents abroad; it does, however, assign dead drops and explain their use to ficld agents, mostly those of the Illegal Department. The [llegal Department (Departamento Ilegal). The department is headed by pseudonym “Lucic.* who directs ‘operations rather than dealing directly with agents: his deputy is Santiago PEREZ, pseu- donym "Rolo." The staff of about 20 persons is responsible for handling “illegal” agents, that is. agents of all nationalities whose activities and connections with Cuba are secret. The de- partment recruits the agent; arranges for his training. means of clandestine communication. and travel to his assigned area; and thereafter directs, supports, and maintains communication SECRET NO FORN DISSEM