Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination 
Records Collection Act of 1992 
(44 USC 2107 Note) 
NW 53217 6/20/17
104-10218-10054 jigs TS wee Tg . . 5 CONTINUATION OF i DISPATCH SECRET _HMMA-33125 CLASSIFICATION UISPATICH SYVEO. AND NUMBER so Seba, A nay air: GuATEMALA 3. Ricardo *MIRANDA Aldana (201-787306), Guatemalan Communist who received guerrilla training in Cuba February - October 1962, MIRANDA has said that he was in contact with Subject when he was in Mexico in January ~ February 1962 on his way to Cuba. MIRANDA also said that he had met Subject before wher Subject was witu Ausatis MIKCYAN ia Cuba (in February 1960). MIRANDA has said that Subject has been a close friend of Guatemalan Communist leader Bernardo LEMUS Mendoza (P-5025, 201-091575) since 1953 (when Subject first came to Mexico). (Source: captured documents), On 7 December 1966 a “friend from Guatemala" called Subject's office, saying that he already knew Subject but that Subject did not know that he was in Mexico and that he did not want to go to Subject's office or use the telephone. He was told to call back the next day. The next day "MIRANDA" (probably Ricardo MIRANDA Aldana) called Subject's office, and Subject asked him to come to his house {Same as office) the following day at 1000 hours, (Source: LIFEAT). ste n ene ee hee piano 4. Liliam JIMENEZ Consuegra de LEIVA (P~5169, 201-228386), . Salvadoran Communist employed at the Imprenta Madero to proof-~ ; read the Soviet Information Bulletin and paid by the Soviet i Press Office, She is married to Raul LEIVA Munoz, a Guatemalan ‘ Communist writer, Liliam has been occasionally reported asking for an appointment with Subject in order to discuss unspecified matters, For example, on 22 September 1967 she said she had an urgent matter to discuss with Subject, and Subject agreed to see her at her house at 0900 hours on Monday, 25 September . (Source; LIBEAT) «CaS EOC! EbtTOR 4:4 EK 2O 5, Ldose MariaX ALVAREZ Posada (P-4415) is a Spanish Com- munist omployed by the Soviet Press Office as aun editor for nose their Bulletin, He seems to be very active among Spanish Communists in Mexico and also frequently sets up meetings be~- tween Subject and Juan REJANO Porras (P-1027, 201-109935). The latter is one of the leaders of the Spanish Communist Party in Mexico but also has close ties to other Communist groups, particularly the Cubans and Czechs as well as the : Mexicans, and on at least one occasion he was seen going to the Cuban Embassy with one of the leaders of the Guatemalan _ Communist Party in Nexico. REJANO is in almost daily contact with ALVAREZ Posada, often says that he needs to see Subject, urgently, has several times asked about scholarships to the : USSR for unidentified persons. On 21 July 1967 it was reported y that Subject had given ALVAREZ Posada a letter that was to be returned to REJANO, but often Subject arranges to see REJANO personally at the latter's house. (Source: LIFEAT). 6. In view of ALVAREZ Posada's apparent acting as a cute ; ; out for Subject, as described above, the following item may . - also be connected with Subject. On 29 June 1967 "Max" told uo ; ALVAREZ Posada that there was a letter "there" from Guatemala ; i that had been there since 22 June but "Max" had not been able } to reach ALVAREZ Posada before. ALVAREZ Posada said he would | -be home after 1600 hours (so that "Max" could bring him the letter). (Source: LIFEAT). Although it is pure guesswork, ; the Station suggests that "Max" might be Maximiliano *SALAZAR ; j Garcia (201-183293), a Guatemalan Communist living in Mexico. - i - Pa 4: : SALAZAR has been very quiet recently, but on 14 July 1965 he Pog meee fy - 2° Was reported in contact with Carlos ILLESCAS Aguirre (cf. below) ‘ j { ; about finding housing and a job for an unidentified boy, and it is entirely possible that he continues to. be active behind ; the scenes in Guatemalan exile affairs. —~ . : L&I continues’ + CLASSIFICATION = are . * rx! sie
104-10218-10054 4 a a s a6 of Y) . : o ke . v E CLASSIFICATION CLPaICh SYMBOL AND HUMBER 7, is CONTINUATION OF ss DISPATCH ; 8EC HMMA-33125 7. Since June 1965 until as recently as March 1967 Subject has been reported receiving telephone calls from a "Carlos" with 2 non-Mexican accent. Normally Subject and . "Carlos" simply agree to meet, without naming the place. ; an a i Twice “Senor Jacobo" has been mentioned in an unclear context Peal | ; during their conversations, (Source: LIFEAT). Although "Carlos" fo ‘ . a8 a name is not much of a lead, the Station suggests that he i il might be identical with Carlos.ILLESCAS Aguirre (Hernandez) (P-~1901, 201~764855), Guatemalan Communist living in Mexico. | Although ILLESCAS has been very quiet since 1964, when the ete abate tes EET Mexican authorities clamped down on him, he is known to have i . been used by the Soviets in the past and probably still works with them. In 1953, when ILLESCAS was still working at the Guatemalan Embassy in Mexico, he reportedly was very active . as a courier for the Soviets (Source: LINLUCK). In 1959 ILLESCAS was reported in contact with Nikolay Vasilyevich 2 AKSENOV (201-106469) ,\suspect KGB officer who was then Assistant Soviet Cultural Attache,a job later taken over by Subject (Source: LIFEAT). In 1961-62 ILLESCAS was reported to be still in contact with the Soviets in regard to guerrilla plans for Guatemala (Source: LINLUCK). On 23 August 1967 it was reported that ILLESCAS passed 22,000 Mexican pesos to one of the Guatemalan Communist leaders in Mexico, This money was described as a monthly subsidy from either the Cubans or the Soviets intended to help the Guatemalan Communists in jail in _ Mexico. (Source: LIREBEL-2},. The above references to "Senor Jacobo" might possibly bave meant Jacobo ARBENZ Guzman, former : president of Guatemala; unfortunately the tapes of the conver- sations have been erased and the exact context in which this name was mentioned can no longer be reconstructed. 8. Hava (Eva) (P-11484), wife of Guatemalan Communist ' Sergio de la PENA, was reported to have met Subject in May 1965, {On 29 May 1965 Subject invited Hava to dinner, apparently at the suggestion of Enrique SEXO Calev, Nexican Communist leader. Subject told Hava that he was interested in her contacts with other embassies and particularly asked her to put him in touch with Americans, Hava was subsequently reported having Subject and his wife to dinner on several occasions. (Source: LIFEAT). (It seems obvious that Subject was fishing for leads through ! Hava; however, Hava's Guatemalan contacts may well have been of : no interest to Speck. >): . 9. Victor RICO Galan (P-7354, 201-336474), Spanish-born Mexican Communist journalist, <agent of Cuban government known to have been sent by the Cubans to talk to Guatemalan guer- : rillas in 1963, in prison since August 1966 for subversive _ : activities ailegediy directed against the Nexican_ government ,- } was in.frequent contact with Supject in 1965-66. They usually simply arranged to see each other to discuss undisclosed matters, and Subject apparently called RICO from a pay phone rather than from his office. (Source; LIFEAT) (Subject has apparently provided RICO with propaganda for news articles, but they appear to have had other common interests as well, one of which could well have been RICO's guerrilla activities.) oa Te Lye ° ar are ; for/Bernard A. EDGEBROOK ES Copy CLASSIFICATION woe