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14-00000 ” OFFICIAL DISPATCH vias Air Fouch CLASSIFICATION DISPATCH Ne, TKH-A-263 - SECRET vara, 13 February 1948 vo ©, Chief, Foreign Branch T (¢4Ptr) ; reo . Chief of Station, Habana, cube’, oe SUBJECT: GENERAL - Operational wv ae é weanc- Rolando MASFERRER Rojas = Perscnal History Lata Fe aaaasaaemmetateaieiaiaeameemincaimenahinbienlidititieai is eat noel In accordance with Field Memorardum No. 6 . there is attached biograrhical data available at the present. time concerning subject individual, as other irnfornation becomes available it will be forwarded immediately to headquarters. . $ ~~ $ : Attached: Personal History Data on subject (#34) : (4 pr. in dupl. . Dictated by Walter D. Shane ; . me . ' dje ; : ; .
14-00000 | ey et es : an 1. 26 3e - 4A, 5. Ve SECRET Encl. to TKH-4-263 i 13 February 1948 KASFERRER Rojas, Rolando Home address ~ Calle Jovellar #118 Second Flicor Habana, Cuba Presently resides Miramar section, Mawtewan  nann Haken Cuba. Birth - - ~-— Habana, Cuba: now 35 years of age. Citizenship ~ Cuban, by birth. . . Edueation ~ Known to have graduated from University of Habana with degree Docter of Law. Date unknown. ; ‘Occupation -«- Newsrarerman employed by. "Tempo en Cuba®, Calle Aguiar #601, Habana, Cuba. Also holds a professorship in English at the Instituto Marianao. This is "“botella" and MASTEARER performs no work in order to be remunerated. Financial ~ Not believed to possess any funds or Status - personal income other than that received from his employment descrited above. : Organizations of which he is a rember - The only organization he is known to be affiliated with at the. present time is the Movimiento ... $o0eialista Revolucionario (H.S.R.). He is eonsidered to be one of the leaders of this organization.- ; Organizations of which he has been a. member | - . For seven or eight years prior to 1945 he was a member of the Partido Socialista Popular (Communi st Party of. Cuba). Se secrer st BSee Y2GEF
14-00000 rer cael nthe ev etatemin mie ae Ag merit! Enel. to TKi-~A-263 13 February 1948 t “enommione woot = #34 9. Religion - - — None 30, Political ~ Movimiento Socialista Revolucionario. This Affiliations organization is considered a political party, Formerly member of B.5.P, omtil 1945, ll, Acquaintances- This man has numerous friends and acquain- or Friends tances represent ng all phases of life in . Brea. txmatrit, ~ aa aan, at atqvcintc? with the President of “Cuba, “Ramén GRad San Martin, and with the Minister without Porte folio, José Manuel ALEMAN. 5y the same token, he is well acquainted with many *sampesinos" 1: Cuba, particularly in Oriente Province. ; 12. Physical Description - Height - - - - - --- 5164" Weight -~----~ - 160% .». , Build «- = ===. © Muscular - Eyes = -- = - «+ ~ = Brown Hair = «= = «= = - = = Brcwn Complexion - - = = « Dark with ruddy tinge Race -~ -« = «© » + « = Hhite Sears - = = = «= = = Bullet wound scer on heel of either right or left foot. Has other scars on ‘body received in fighting . in Spanish Civil War 193 wt Eyeglasses - = - = + Outdoors constantly wears so : . heavy shell-rirzed colored glasses. 4lso wears steel- - vYimmed glasses as he is : near sighted. . Distinguishing = , . me ge tees eee ep Characteristics ~ - Usually aggressive in speech. ' _ Picture available - No , ae 13. Hobbies - - - Firearcs and their use. : Sports mm: Unknorn. 2 “ , SEGRET ,
14-00000 Encl. to TKH-f£-263 13 February 1546 % 4 14, bifficulties encountered ~ None known. 15. Enemies - - = In the Latin American sense this man has innumerable enemies ranging from a forter close collaborator, Eufemio FERNANDEZ, to Général Geauvevo PEREZ Ddmera, Chief of the Cuban army. There are lots nore in between them, apcluding every leadirg official of the P.5.F. 16. Marital - - = Married Status _¢ Wife - Name unknown. Netionality = Cuban Citizenship - Cuban, by birth Education - - Attended University of . Habana and lacks cnly credit for course in English for doctorate in . ? political science and diplomacy. Date and place marriage - Unknown. Previous marriage - Not believed to have been previously married. 17. Children - ~ = One child, name unimown. Age - infant atcut _ one year of age. 18. Foreign Travel-In Spain about 1938. Reason ~ In order to . engage on Loyalist side in armed forces. Innumerable visits to the United States for many years past. 19. ‘Miseellaneous- This man speaks and understands Englisk with . a feir degree of proficiency. His ability to a, . : reac English is better than his ability to t Sehnert ooo oo speak and understand it. UASPERRER, as , . Tek a , stated above, holds a professorship. Bt EN nn ae eee Le. Instituto de’ Segunda Ensefianza de Marianao. ; , . - . . H SECRET wae- LEE I ast
14-00000 (Cont'd.) Encl, to TKE-A-263 ' 13 February 1643 19. Miscellaneous- He has won the national award for attorneys, known as the Ricardo Dolz asard, given by the Naticnal University of Habana, In the past he susplemented his inceme by the practice of law, although it is net believed that he is devoting much time to this at present, He is regarded as a cultured individual, He has a liking for good music and is a member of good standing of the Bar in Cuba. MASFERRER, who had been a mexber of the P.S.P. . since 1933, was exoelled in exgust of 1945, together sith four other leading Communists. MASFERRER state4 that the leaders of the P.S.P. had collaborated with capitalists and - had thereby deviated from the Lenin-Harz Communist line. The President claims “that he is a Socialist. a lon ne nn nn