124-10239-101 AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10239-10171 RECORD _ SERIES: MX. AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  105-3702-464 ORIGINATOR: FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECT: DOCUMENT TYPE: ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: ‘STATUS COMMENTS: DOCUMENT INFORMATION FBI TRENT, ROLAND E. LEG, MX 03/13/1964 4 LHO, POST-RP, ASSOC, BKG, LIAISON WITH MX AUTHORITIES PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 12/17/1998 Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(B) HY 50953 Docld: 32183961 Page 1 NEW CLASSIFICATION: UPDATE DATE: 02/14/2001
"4 o Lae .* é- MAY gt OSTION * " 22 * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT _™~ wa k —— EESEIN 1S UNCLASSIFIED - | Lefer arracne memcof\ | <7 ap | 2xCEeT MERE SEO rac WW oe x -ELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION ¢ Lek : THiS DOCUMENT A$ SAal(71:2 Jed Toys SECRET. oh IED BY . A ee de a RR age . . TA we a roy yee gg OPTIONAL FORM NG. 10 C wio-10803 a . ae wf U@A GEN. REG. NO. 27 3- * Memorandum TO > Legat, Mexico (105=3702) DATE: nb . eee a rr? pou ‘FROM ? 8 SA Roland E. Trent Ret. Fattegation ef PEDRO: GUTIERREZ. vaLENCaW( 71) So SEL a On 3=1356l,,° MARGARITA’ MUNGUIA, Vasa Section, WaSe, Embassyg. 9° exces :DsFay made avatlable.visa-file data concerning ERNESTO: 00° J' MITRANI LEVY, holder of-Cuban passport No. 26367, issued in December, . . 1959, with expiration date in 196. W(7\ | crs ‘Addresses for’ this individual were’ given as Miguel Aleman | ~ ( #259, Apartment #301, MMXEXEK Colonia. Romay.Mexicoy DeFey and —— ~s Calle Arellano Esqiina "C", #269, Havana, Cubas(/ ye _ ,MITRANT'sS date of birth is shown as December '20,-.1936,, at er | Havana, Cuba, and he. is further described as ‘fair.complexion, ~- oR 5' 7"3 176 lbs.3 Cuban national, no scars of warks, browi- hair 0 00 and greén eyes, The visa file data“elso shows MITRANI. to be... - ” G of Turkish. extractione PLU a “ens MITRANT secured a one éntry Be2 visa on Jx27@61 valid-through’ |; l27m61, for the, alleged purpose of a pleasure trip-to' Los Angeles, - California, BEE gah ae The visa file card contains a photograph of ERNESTO MT TRANT oo and this card indicated his employment as of \January, 1961, as a merchant and manufacturer of plastics, uw ° 1, was for a non-inmigrant visa to visit the U.S.. in Janusry, rh oF REP Declgésify-en: HAWN. . os - “1 The application made by MITRAYI as the U.Se Embassy, Mexico, Wea) x CLASS. & EXies. REASON-FCIM IT, DATE Of REVI . * sey “¢ a BY SP BFEK/RAL AHL 9-£°7F rh 4.2 5, &7iQN ANS/OR, rho i / SS jets
| to be fupkher disseminated yithouk specific authority of the CIA,J Mexico City Station} Ke: - As of 7-6=61 oné Ey, MITRANT was working in the Cuban Consulate, Mexico, D.F.,fand had reportedly offered to cooperate with anti-Castro persons in Mexico, D. (¢) The E, MITRANI, mentioned above was subsequently identified as ERNESTO HITRANI (Yu) _— " identified as ERNESTO MITRANI LEVY, who in about December, 1959 ‘Was employed fi an "Auxiliary Consular Clerk" in the Cuban Embassy, r Mexico, D.le { ERNESTO MITRANI LEVY had reportedly been. helpful to antieCASTRO forces in Mexico. Jose ANT 0uro- PoaTuon 20 » , On October 2l,,°1960, MITRANI received a telegram recalling him to Havana, Cubag however, he did nbb want to return to Cuba, and reportedly, went to the then Ambassador PORTUMONDO, and explained that he planned on marrying a Mexican girl: that his father had offeryéd him employment in Mexico, and for these reasons he did. not want to return to Cubae PORTUWONDO reportecly counseled AKEXEH MITRANI to write to the Cuban Foreign Cffice in avana and explain his problem, which km MITRANI reportedly did, ' At that time MITRANI was the holder of Cuban Diplomatic passport No. 480 and also held a regular passporte’™. - bu) MITRANI, reportedly had arrived in Mexico on December 15, 1959; he was a vafchelor at the time of his arrival, and his father ~ ~ was reportedly engaged in business in Mexico. His residence in about 1960 was given as residing at the corner of Avenida nsurgentes Sur and Wiaducto Miguel Aleman, Mexico, D.F. , telephone Nog.J]-96—11, The telephone and address data was as nf 10—2))—60 W.) : MITRANI was reportedly in contact with the USIA, U.S. Embassy, wlexico,; Dele, in 1960 in retard to his desire to remain in Mexico -, HITRANT »v eportedly never publically denounced the Cuban regime although CIA file data reflects that someone wrote to the Cuban , Embassy in 1960 stating thgt MITRANI was a "spy" and cooperating with anti-CASTRO f orces (3 e The CIA, [iexico,Cit gistied Ns no data on file concerning ™~ MITRANI since 8=13=-62, wm Above CIA data secured from DAVID PHILUTPS «We ) * eo a HY 50953 Docld: 32183961 Page 3 The folLowing information is classified"SECRET" and not I SECKEL ERNESTO MITRANI aka E, Mitrani, mentioned above, was subsequently
| f becrat ‘we File review concerning ERNESTO MITRANI revealed thefollowing: fe (Bufile’105@8908l.) fentitled U ‘coMMUNTST PENETRATION DIPLOMATIC ESTABL HMENTS 3] FOREIGN POLITICAL MATTERS » CUBA" contains letterhead memorandum dated 10-2),—60 stethich indicates that ERNESTO MITRANT LEYI was then afr“Assis tant “ Consul, Cuban Embassy, Mexiao, D.F paclassied "spore von ¢ CIA, Mexico City Station |S “4 : - 2 Ge Fite pa Sev, 18, Pa. 3, and Ser. 19, &3 oF CUBAN 4 MC File 109@70, Ser. 850, (BUfile 109={12=210) enttiled "FOREIGN POLITICAL MATTERS =CUBA", Report of SA JOSEPH T, GENCO, 1lel2=51, at Mexico contains information from PSI. PELTX VALDES (MC File 13h -eioad hat (FNU) MITRANT, an assistant in the Cuban Consulate, Mexico, D.F.e, was contemplating defecting and. leaving his position. As of L561, according to the (8 PST; MITRAN TI was reportedly still working at the Cuban Consulate 4% i HY 50953 Docld: 32183961 Page 4