Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1993 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-2017 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld: 32337922 Page 1 TITLE : JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90139-10049 HQ CR 109-12-210-3089 Document Information FBI MM HQ 05/16/1961 8 CIA LIAISON MATERIAL POLITICAL MATTERS CUBA PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B; 1C; 4 Redact 09/28/1998 INDEFINITE LHM Date: 4/17/201
‘Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Colledtion Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 T DATE: _ ii 14- 2017 ~ = 5 seine ( C: _ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE | FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to File No. « oe 10521747 ALL INFORMATION. CONTAINED HEY EEA 1S WNOLASSETESD EXCEPT whens stOWN ONMRNASEy MAY 16 1961 Res: Foreign Political Matters - wen MM Tel, with we no previous contact has been had, but who has hadi ese contact with several Castro government re eres my oor urnished the following information, ‘Om may Oe ) a Special Agent of the FBI: Deseri ption of Raul Roa a Cubam Secretary of State Raul. Roa is an od idealist, with deep-rooted complexes, but is not a Commmist. He closes his eyes amd mind to what he . does not want to see, or take cognizance of. fjust » before departing for his January, 1961, appearance before the United Nations Security Council, he stated: L. Russian Intelligence had informed the Cuban govern= | ment that the United States intended to attack Cuba and change its government before January 20, 1961, sO that outgoing President. Eisenhower would not leave this problem to incoming President Kennedy for solution] U) . Source recalled that students used to tease Roa when he was a professor at the University, by tell- — ing him he “should rum for president, and Roa actually believed the students were serious , and still dreams that he’ may be president... eee ee Docld: 32337922 Page 2?
is considered by source to be & strong possibility that _ he will be maintained there to!"further his education" and to help assure that Roa dees not get out of Line. ole of Russian, Czech, and Chinese Technicians x AY . Source had no indication that any Russian, Chinese, or Czech technicians actually participated in firing the guns in the recent invasion, but they | were very close by, directing the movement of artillery and personnel. He stated he understood the Cubans — : achieved good hits on. the anti-Castro planes: because the antiaircraft guns automatically sight in by a radar screen mounted on the gua itself, but he stated he is no military man and knows nothing about this by first hand chservance. (QL iu After additional reflection, source furnished K Passports and Selection of Cuban Foreign the follewing details on May 11, 1961: : _.2ntelligence Personnel (¢ . . Special passports are issued. to{Cuban agents , |S) generally, but this is not a conclusive test; some may carry diplomatic passports. Also, special passports are issued to purchasers, or representatives sent abroad on commercial missions, and the usual "Cuban friendship deal," wherein special passports are issued to personal friends of high government officials in order to expedite obtaining a visa from the country it is desired to visit, and give the bearer a certain ree of real or imagined importance and protection.( On. Friday |following the end-of the invasion in Cuba, which source believed was April 21, 1961, OR). = 5 o . 4 . ; CONRDENTAL SEG! ‘ Nee, . Sloe ete eee ee meee ott Docld: 32337922 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hota ry. DATE: 11-14-2017 - Res Foreign Political Matters - Cuba SCRE! 7 7 3 ae CONFIBENTIAL irst name unknown, who is a Cuban Communist. oyking out. of the Ministry of State, went 1 the [Cubana ané which arrives there | Je carried { special Cuban passport, A, and source_believes he [is engaged in intelligence . _W activities,|S)Source described him as. about thirty-eight years of age, 5 feet 9 inches tall, over 200 pounds, & APPR Foz 3 very fat, large, round yin’ and pis complexion. He stated the Cuban Embassy/in MexicoP%s the busiest of is prepared there all Cuban Embassies, as propaga: for all of Latin america. (' There is an acute problem in the selection of personnel for foreign posts, both from the stand- a point of loyalty, and, also plain lack of discretion, due to Cuban loquaciousness. The personnel for foreign posts are being carefully selected and screened by members of the Communist Party, who are themselves carefully selected through. the aid of Russian technicians, oN to avoid defections by the Cubans. All those selected finally are interviewed by a Russian.who speaks very | poor Spanish, name unknown to source. @& ) vu). MM T-1 does not feel that Cuban propaganda efforts. in Latin America are financed by Russia. There have been indications that the Russians do not even | approve of the Cuban methods... The Russians have advised | the Cubans on several occasions that they are pushing too fast, and to be more subtle and less violent and open in their propaganda efforts ANE UW) Youth Education Program | | From 1,000 to 2,000 Cuban youths from eighteen | to twenty-two years of age have been sent to Czechoslovakia | and. Russia. Some have returned, disgusted, and. deploring 2° 6e Docld: 32337922 Page 4