(404-10196-10259 om DCO a Ch CENTRAL INTELUGENCE AGENCY Thia matertal contains tnformatia afecting the Hatimel Defease of the United Bates withia the meaning af the 1a UBC. Secs, 133 end TH, the transmission of rereleuca of which tu any manner to én unauihorien? pereoe is probibited by law. tawe, Tith COUNTRY Cuba : , REPORT NO. CS CI-316/Y0715-64 SUMECT = Julio DAMASO Vasqiies ° - DATE DISTR, §—--§ September 1964 > . ‘ . ° \ , NO. PAGES =. G os eee : REFERENCES a ws oo « ° - Sok Se DATE OF 1964 age INFO, Poe PLACE & Washington, D.C. DATE ACQ. ntembe FIELD REPORT NO, ‘e THiS 0$ UNEVALUATED INPQRMATION, S$OuRCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 19 TENTATIVE. SOURCE: A former Cuban JS officer who served with the Cuban Intelligence Service until April 1964, Headquarters Gomments The following report is one of a series containing personality information previded by the source and includes supplemental information from the records of this Agency. It is requested that the addressees take no action on any of the individuals mentioned in the personality reports without first checking with this Agency. An individual whose true name is not known but uses the name of Julio DAMASO Vasquez, pseudonym "Sergio," is a Cuban Intelligence staffer, He has been trained for an assignment to Central America in parachuting, secret writing codes, ciphers, and radio, but who until : very recently, was still in Cuba, 1, 2,3, 4, 5,6 Headquarters Comments 1, The following traces are possibly identical with the Julio DAMASO Vasquez above, 4 2, Ina report dated 28 April 1959, there was included a list of 87 names . provided by the Guardia Nacional of persons aboard the fishing ; STATE OIA ARMY NAVY Al@ u {Mober Fleid dluribution Indicated by “2%.) WE 1 (2), C14, RID 1 S9OT-TERAQS ancl 1O.8.19 3)6R “" WH/SA 7(1),
14-00000 a er ccna teeter pete ek MAS EN & ROMs gly CVs sO @ * NO FORN DISSEM -2- vessel, Mayari, when tt landed near Mandinga, Playa Colorado, San Blas Tertitory, I Panama, on 25 April 1959, The Guardia Nacional did not reveal their source, however, newspaper accounts indicated that the “Guardia found a list of the 87 names on the reverse side of a United States Naval chart aboard the Mavari, Included on the list was one Julio NUSCARO Vasquez, possibly identical with Julio DAMASO Vasquez. A fairly reliable source, in a report dated 15. May 1959, stated that 8 he initial questioning of the Cuban youths who were captured at Portobelld*during the invasion of Panama, He identified one of - the youths as Julio Damaso VASQUEZ, born about 1996. He was 2 medical student who had one year of study left before he could get his degree. He _ joinéd-the Sierra Morena rebel forces and was made an army doctor and given the rank of captain, 4, Ausually reliable source, ina report dated 29 August 1960, said that Julio Damaso VASQUEZ was working for Cuban <G-2 and had offered a friend in Panama a position with Radio Rebeldp. 5. Ina report dated 2 June 1962, an untested source reported that Julio DAMASO was the administration chief at the Moa Bay Nickel and Cobalt Plant and a Communist. He sald that DAMASO participated , in the Cuban attempt to invade Panama, Source described DAMASO as having F been born about 1935, being about five feet nine inches tall, having a medium build and white, 6. An untested source, in a report dated 22 December 1963, said that Julio DAMASO Vasquez was a lieutenant in the Departamento de Seguridad del Estado (Department of Sfate Security - DSE) detailed to Minas de Moa, Baracoa, Oriente Province, Cuba, DAMASO was a close friend of Ramon VAZQUEZ Montenegro, a known Cuban Intelligence Service officer, SECRET NO FORN DISSEM a ate. team, a . ; “ ‘ ay