“ Doc ID: 6598283 Bn DATE: Conia Pace: 1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM ‘ - IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : NSA RECORD NUMBER : 144-10001-10158 RECORDS SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 44USC2107(5)(g)(2)(D) ORIGINATOR : NSA oe in FROM : TITLE a SPAINSH COUNSELOR IN HAVANA DECLARED PERSONA NON GRATA ._DATE : ial PAGES : SUBJECTS TRANSLATED MESSAGE DOCUMENT TYPE : CABLES (USE FOR CABLES, TELEGRAMS, WIRES, AIRGRAMS) CLASSIFICATION : S- RESTRICTIONS : 1B CURRENT STATUS : X DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/01/97 OPENING CRITERIA : ORIGINATING AGENCY'S DETERMINATION REQUIRED COMMENTS : —EON-FAENS SENSE COMPAR HEN-FEB ENF ORMAFEON- ay gy Released on 11-02-2017 under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2017 Note) CR] ITEM IS RESTRICTED : Derived From: NSA/CSSM 123-2, ae , - Dated 3 September 1991° ° ' Declassify On: Source Marked "OADR" | | Date of source: 3 Sep 91
. ‘ + Suny . Z es ID: 6498283 . @ YE i L 7] Lo . 2x7 T1663~66 oe | | Is mm 19552 Pp Dist: HCF Coenen ny ect Were 0/15748~-66 . SPANISH COUNSELOR IN HAVANA DECLARED PERSONA NON GRATA 28 May 66 2 AN Urgent ‘ see aN ee . : oo 44USC2107(5)(g)(2)(D) I am transcribing below, for your information-and for - - biii) appropriate purposes, the text of the note delivered this morning, Saturday, to the Spainish Embassy in Cuba. "Havana, 28 May 1966 "Chargé d'affaires: a () if "I have the honor of addressing you on a matter which: the Government of Cuba considers of the utmost importance and gravity, . GROUP 1 — Pace of 1.2, PAGE(s) EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC Ter DOWNGRADING AND DECLASSIFICATION at : oe | 64-220 2/6 “loi BUREAU” SOURCE blube oe NOT Bieomoee — ve Cuban ; | | en WS 42637-0000 2 | Z4USC2107(VNEND) (ii) INDEXED PAGE __ L__.of 12 PAGE(s) 4 ‘ 2: . eae: E ‘a: aes . Released on 11-02-2017 under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2017 Note) | ;
a : af \a .| “Doc ID: 6598283 -, @ ap Ve | 2x/o] —_|r1.663~-66 ‘ : 4USC2107(5)(g)(2)(D) Ein that have been carried out against the integrity and stability: of the state by Mr. JAIME CALDEVILLA YOCARCIA“VILLAR, Press tate rt Counselor: of the ‘Spanish: Embassy, who intolerably abused the diplomatic immunity and privileges granted him and used them for purposes, like those cited, that are very different from the functions assigned to him, | } os } i ho. i ! "With the purpose of documenting what has already been indicated, I take the liberty of informing you below in detail, of ’ the charges which have been brought against: ‘Counselor. JAIME’ CALDEVILLA | proved in an authentic and irrefutable.manner, and which compel . _ us to formally and expressly request his immediate departure from _ the country persona non grata, _ "The main activites of Counselor JAIME CALDEVILLA are directed toward the search, by illicit means, for information of a \ . \ 2 at L2  PAGE(s) . NAAR GROUP 1 2 of 12 PAGE(s)
+ * Doc ID: 6598283 @ 2x/ we . of 1163-66 44USC2107(5)(g)(2)(D) (iii) ~ 0/15748~66 military, economic and political nature, the fulfillment of tasks of ideological diversionism and the recruitment of agents and |, counterrevolutionaries for the- Central Intelligence Agency, tasks in which he has availed himself of the very close collaboration of “ his Secretary, Miss CARMENTJIMENEZ~G0MEZ((A)), "Since February 1959, Counselor CALDEVILLA has undertaken the job of recruiting members of the then Rebel Army, among them the traitor ALDO‘VERA((A)), MARTO™MARRERO((A)), and: AGUSTIN“RARRADA((A)). The latter, once his activities were discovered, found “it propitious: to flee the country to avoid prosecution, "Along this same line, he also used the aforementioned Miss CARMEN JIMENEZ, GOMEZ,. instructing her to infiltrate student organizations for the purpose of creating diversionism in the ideological order, and she established, for this purpose, intimate relations with Mr. PEDRO LUIS BOITELL((A)), ex~President of the PAGE__3.__ of __PAGE(s) GROUP 1 EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC TE DOWNGRADING AND DECLASSIFICATION Paw) PAGE 3 of 2 PAGE(s)
ee oe | ( : * Doc ID: 6598283 . @ 2x/0) —_|11663-66 - 4USC2107(5)(g)(2)(D) En 0/15748-66 ! University of Havana School of Engineering, When the latter was . arrested and sentenced to imprisonment on the Isle of Pines, Miss JIMENEZ GOMEZ went there and carried out military and political espionage activities, The data and information that she obtained on that occasion were transmitted to Counselor JAIME CALDEVILLA, and included microfilms. "In February 1960 Counselor CALDEVILLA conceived a plan for an attempt against the life of the then- First Deputy Chairman of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Mr. ANASTAS MIKOYAN,, a guest in Cuba, for which purpose he delivered arms to a group: of counterrevoluticnarly elements, It was not executed, according to what Counselor CALDEVILLA himself claims, because of the cowardice of the assassins, He also sought refuge and protection in the home of his collaborator JOSE LUIS’RODRIGUEZ((A)), for Mr. ISRAEL ~ZAMORAPEREZ((A)), a fugitive from Cuban authorities for plotting an attempt against the life of the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, Commander RAUL CASTRO RUZ, . <7 PAGE 4 of 19. PAGE(s) GROUP 1 EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC 4. of 12 PAGE(s)
” Bosc2t07@yxeney0) bili 0/15748-66 as well as a plan to create an incident at the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo, Later, Counselor CALDEVILLA arranged for the mentioned ISRAEL ZAMORA PEREZ to take asylum in the Colombian Embassy in Havana, . “ur f- . “In May 1962 he instructed his agents CARMEN’ JIMENEZ GARCIA and ALFREDO “SERRA” ECHEVARRIA((A)), an accountant at the Embassy, as well as other individuals, to infiltrate different organizations and offices of the Cuban State. The former went to work in the offices of the National College of Architects, where she established contacts with numerous professionals. to induce them to desert, as well as to obtain data and information from the Congress of the International Union of Architects, where she worked as a simultaneous interpreter, “The latter worked at the National Institute of Agrarian Reform Where, if a break in diplomatic relations between Spain and Cuba occurred, he would be in charge of obtaining confidential information GROUP 1 CS — , PAGE 5 of - 19 _PAGE(s) EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC oe DOWNGRADING AND DECLASSIFICATION PAGED of. 2 PAG E(s)
Doc ID: 6598283 ax/of |) 1663-66 44USC2107(5)(g)(2)(D) I. | | 4 | (iii) 0/15748~-66 ; / . a to supply to the enemy. In July and October of 1962 he distributed ‘correspondence with instructions, received by diplomatic pouch, for the counterrevolutionary organization, the Revo Lutionary Student Directorate with which he maintained close relations through BLANCA MARTINEZ DED“Hoyo((A)), JORGE MED INA“BRINGULER((A)), and LUIS*FERNANDEZ“ROCHA((A)), The first two were national coordinators for civic resistance and strengthening of the Revolutionary Student Directorate, and the latter, a CIA agent, Sa eee es < "It has also been proved that Counselor CALDEVILLA's wife, at his suggestion, has maintained relations with relatives of political prisoners and counterrevolutionaries, inciting them to ‘send letters of protest to foreign embassies and international organizations, "On the occasion of the arrest of counterrevolutionary GENARO “ FERNANDEZ FOLGUEIRAS, national leader of the counterrevolutionary “organization, the National Union of Revolutionary Institutions, he PAGE 6 of, 12 PAGE(s) GROUP 1 memes Semmes EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING AND DECLASSIFICATION re A eA OR A A ee eens eronuururevperennisenntsiuttrvnttamamancantes | a PAGE. 6 _of 12 PAGE(s)
| Doc ID: 6898283 a a ee ~——-DOWNCRADING_AND_DECLASSIEICATION Stated and offered evidence that Counselor JAIME CALDEVILLA was to recruit him and give him training in arms and explosives, even within the Spanish Embassy, and instruct him in organizing an: espionage network for the illicit procurement: of military, economic and political information and in penetrating the Cuban-Spanish Friendship Society, whose building he was to occupy in the event the United States Government launched an armed aggression against Cuba. He was to be given arms and equipment at the opportune moment. In like manner FOLGUEIRAS was instructed by the former to distribute arms and relay guidance to counterrevolutionary Sroups in the event of this aggression, The espionage ring organized by the aforementioned is made up of eight persons who receive for said task the amount of 250,00 US dollars monthly and the promise of a deposit of 500,00 US dollars’in an account’in their names in a .. Miami bank, "Miss CARMEN JIMENEZ GOMEZ, for her part, was entrusted by ‘Counselor CALDEVILLA with the mission of directing an extensive PAGE 7 of 12 PAGE(s) - GROUP 1 EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC PAGE 7 of ~—s12_— PAG E(s)
Doc ID: 6598283 @ 7 | | 2x/o| _|71663-66. 44USC2107(5)(g)(2)(D) (iii) Pe et 0/15748-66. __ espionage network in various State organizations, such as the Ministries of the Sugar Industry, Industries, Foreign Trade and Education, and the National Bank of Cuba. Miss JIMENEZ GOMEZ , on one occasion, supplied him with a directive of the nickel industry as well as a plan and a report with specifications on the type of arms, location, and personnel of the military installations of Managua. and Matanzas which were delivered by LUIS ANTONIO COLLAZO RENNISN((A)), who is a deserter from the Armed Forces, © Ces : "In April 1963, when the Achives was pentrated by CIA agent RAMON-GRAU7ADSIN((A)) who directed an espionage ring, a note was “found which confirmed that a certain message had been delivered to Counselor CALDEVILLA, In June of the same year, photostatic copies of the motions of the Student Congress on the Struggle of Peoples _. Against Colonialism were delivered to him by CARMEN JIMENEZ GOMEZ, "During the celebration in Havana of the First Solidarity Conference of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, PAGE 8 of 2 PAGE(s) GROUP 1 EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC a DOWNGRADING AND DECLASSIFICATION PAGE. 8 of 12 PAGE(s)
- "Doc ID: 6598283 0/15748-66 Counselor CALDEVILLA attempted to obtain the names and activities of the delegates, guests, and journalists attending, as well as reports on its development and agreements. . "In February 1966, he gave refuge in his residency to counter-:-- revolutionary fugitive ALDO“ABREUSRACALLAO((A)), a convicted saboteur, "The Cuban authorities. have also learned through the statements - of several arrested persons, that Counselor’ JAIME CALDEVILLA uses the pouches and enciphered Embassy cables to receive and transmit instructions, reports, requests for information, and correspondence related to illicit activities and is personally in charge of deciphering messages in an office on the second floor of the chancery, next to the office of his Secretary, and is also in charge of . reviewing and approving all of the material obtained in the country by his numerous agents and contacts before sending it abroad. f 12 GROUP 1 amen month? AGE(S) | PAGE - 9 of 12 PAGE(s)
+" Doe ID: 6598283 4USC2107(5)(g)(2)(D b(iii) "We were also able to prove the connection between Counselor JAIME CALDEVILLA and the ex-official of ‘the Spanish Embassy ~ALEJANDRO“VERGARA((A)), whose departure from the [5G] it was also necessary to request, as well as the participation of both in crimes against the integrity of the State and the illegal removal of foreign currency and jewels from the country. Both kept as refugees in the Spanish headquarters two telegraph operators in charge of intercepting transmitted radio telegraph communications by means of radio sets, They also recruited a telegraph operator from the Ministry of Communications: who was in charge of the espionage work of that organization, At that time Counsellor JAIME CALDEVILLA was personally concerned with verifying the reports supplied by these two individuals, with the aid of an employee of the Embassy;~ADELA-RODIL RODRIGUEZ((A)), and CARMEN JIMENEZ GOMEZ, He give direct orders to the latter, a ae te i eee ree emee ye “Both VERGARA and Counselor CALDEVILLA have known of the plans for sabotage and assassinations, including those against the Prime cnyarsmesgemgegeeey PAGE JO of 12  PAGE(s) GROUP 1 ‘ iD s EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC | NOWNGRADING AND DECLASSIFICATION re. way OS _ PAGE 10 of 1.2 PAGE(s)
i i | ! Doc ID: 6598283 @ 2x/o| | r1663-6 - 44USC2107(5)(g)(2)(D) b (iii) DSCC CONN AER RIE Minister af the Revolutionary Government, ‘Major FIDEL CASTRO RUZ.~. Both were exposed by leaders 6£ counterrevolutionary organizations, having offered, on’ one occasion, to supply to one group rifles- with telescopic sights, The authorities ‘have proof that one or the other maintains relations with the well-known counterrevolutionary leader MANUEL ARTIME, «whom.Mr. VERGARA visited in Miami. sometime before the mercenary invasion was crushed at Playa Giron, in: April 1961, with the knowledge of Counselor JAIME CALDEVILLA, > "Tt-has been known that Counselor JAIME CALDEVILLA ‘has been - dedicated, furthermore, for some time, to the: illegal removal from the- country through the diplomatic pouches of the Spanish Embassy —. of jewels and foreign currency ‘delivered to him by different persons, on a basis of 20 percent of its-value. In this way, the removal from the country of the possessions of ALVARO GONZALEZ “GORDON ((A)) . and his wife MARTA TERESA-VELASCO*SARRA((A)) was facilitated, RIAD 11 12 ps, GROUP 1 PAGE of PAGE(S} EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC CORE DOWNGRADING AND DECLASSIFICATION PAGE Ll of 12 page(s)
Do * c 1D: 6598283 0/15748-66 . Tone HY oy will agree with me-on the importance of this matter, both painful and regrettable, since it is the question of an official of the diplomatic representation of a country-with which Cuba maintains: normal relations.,. We trust that your understanding: and : collaboration will help conclude this affair as soon as possible, We also trust that the Spanish Government will adopt pertinent measures to prevent acts of this nature from recurring, ~ "TI take advantage of this opportunity, Mr, Charge’ d' Affaires, to reiterate to you the testimony of my highest considerations," ((A)) Personal names not verified, as in text, f PAGE(s GROUP 1 PAGE 12 ° 12 (s) EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING AND DECLASSIFICATION Attention PAGE 12 of 12  PAGE(s) SERRE TRAN SEI