se Background Use Only Do Not Reproduce (tog 10247-10097 ae "Wy . 4a be be sf?-t Ch 18 February 1 965 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT; Meeting with AMLASH-1 in Paris, 31 January to 3 February 1965 rs i. SH} returned from Rome to Paris on 3) Jan 1965 ; and was met for a very brief meeting the Same night by ONTRICH - in order to @rrange a meeting for the following day. The following Subjects were discussed at the two meetings on } and b 1968; . Bebo Orozco, who infiltrated into Cube on 21 Dee 1964, Oro é ng to his We, went to Cuba to rescue (Jose nd three other hiding in the .% o &@ woman na _ no lived at(No. 72 oF Grocasrs between ——— —— DHSeaa. Czco's Capture, if he has been captured, Presents an indirect threat to the security of AMLASH=1 and &@ more direct threat to the Security of ANTRUNK~109 S8ince Orozco indicate whether Orozco hag been §frested or whether he ie Still in hiding, rf the letter 3 AFUR9 mentions a g00d and Pleasant return trip, this will mean that Orozco 4g not under the control of the security Service, rf the letter talks abouth long, tiring trip, this wil} indicate that Orozco has been arrested, AULASH-} Fas also T@ouested b, AUMLASH-1 Suggested that his nom de guerre “Charles, which we have beay using for the Past three years, be changed ts "Gerardo,"
14-00000 =Qun ¢. AMLASH-1 was given g resupply of S/W developer pills and carbon. He planned to take the S/W material 5-4 rien anita him to Bavang. 0c AMLASH-1 again reviewed with | ot WNENAFU-9 and reminded (GNSNAFU-9 to turn over to his (Part case officer ail letters regardiesa of how received {rou AMLASH-1 to either QSNAFU-9 or letters that may be addressed to his parents-in-law5? AMLASH-} algo agreed to send 8/# “ out in letters addressed to Juan Ventura (AMWHIB-]' gs -*, business Partner) in Geneva or -Rome, AUVHIP-1 was briefed to inform Ventura that any letters he recéived from ; AMLASH-1 ghould be inmediately air mailed to AMWEHIP-1 - -in New York. - Since AHLASH-1 wilt probably find it ; hecessary some time not to sign the letters to Ventura i in his true name, AMWHIP-1 was also briefed to tnfora . Ventura to forward to New York any letter received from . Cuba. addressed to him and Signed by a person unknown to ! hould cont int hist, S/W letters to . AMLASH-) show! 5 i - addressed to | ; \ 0&0 ia ; ‘Ta°an emergency a letter can algo : Ben o SH-1's mother, : -d. AMLASH-1 was again debriefed on the cache that had 1 been put down for him in Matanzas. He repeated what he ‘ had previously reported and attempted to answer most of the questions in the iAVB cable, A cable on this subject : was sent from (Parts) to Headquarters, info WAVE, on 2 Feb, -- AMLASH-1 was requested to send a message either through : . his channel or through ANTRUNK-10's S/W chennel reporting how much of the radio equipment and other material had been recovered from tha cache, ®, AHLASH-1 was asked if he knew of any individual in Cuba whom he could recruit and who could be inserted into the Cuban intelligence Service with the idea of attempting to get the DGI to assign this man to Caracas, Venezuela. AMLASH-1 coui ¥Y On@ possibility, an individual known a AHLASH-1 has full cong idence bn and a& previously been approached on ‘Be castdéas by Pinero to work for hia. Upon hig 06 return to Cuba AMLASH-1 will check to find out if Las can still get himself recruited by Pinero and thea bé Neat sent on a mission abroad, hopefully to Caracas. (AMWHID..1, fe. who also snore tars tl pruvide the background infor< ‘ mation upon his Féturn to New York, ) ft. AMLASH-1 reported on the upcoming FEU elections on 10 February 1965, AKLASH-1 Stated that Crombet, the president of the Comsunist Youth, will become the new \r .
14-00000 (G4 "the Paris’ Station). AMLASH«1. also agreed to attempt to find ‘out. and pass to- the (Paris Statiom through (UNBNAFU-9 the = president and that his man, Lagiro Mora, would be one of the vice-presidents, _ (A cable on this subject was sent to Headquarters from (Paris, . 6 @. AMLASI-1 was requested to check vith] wm : regarding the precautions being taken to pre 4 tage : of the i tives being shipped from France to Cuba; j specifically, how carefully do they check the placeneat - of the seals, are they special seals or regular lead seals, are there going to be any additional checks once : the locomotives reach Cuba, will they drain the of] and i lubricants from the factory to the port, and do they run ; the locomotives under their own power or are they towed. : @MLASH-1 agracd to attempt to develop answers to the above requirements and pars.the information to his contact in t names of the-.Cuban techa, training at La Rochelle. h. In @ general discussion regarding the persona with whom AHLASH-1 had been in contact either personally or through letterg, AMLASH-1 mentioned Alfredo Portela. AHNLASH-1 stated he hdd received a letter from Portela and hed in ¢urn written to Portela. He considera Portela a “friend which was the only reason for writing to him, : - i, AMLASH-1 wes debriefed on Cuban Intelligence Service personnel. A cable on this eubject was sent from (Pariadto Headquarters. { i j. A cable was sent from Garis) to Headquarters suggesting ¥AVE send a S/¥ letter to AMTRUNK-10 stating: “Este tranquilo, Carlos regresa pronto." k, AMLASH-1 was asked for information on the fale lowing persons: (1) Samuel Gonzalez Rodriguez-Planes. AMLASH-1 reports he is a member of the Ameijeiras group and i@ a good and brave man. (2) Antonio Lusgon y Batlle, Chief of Operations of the General Staff of the Occidental Army. AMLASH-1 reports Lugson is an independent and rare type individual who keeps to himself and doesn’t davolve himself in political matters, AMLASH~1 hag beard nothing bad about lussona,
14-00000 -qea (3) Cadte. Raul Diaz Arguélles, Chief of Artillery of the Occidental ‘ray. (4) Blpidio Baex Bigo, According to ANLASH-1,— Baez is a trusted Fidelman. - (5) Luis Manuel Cantillo Toirac. Assigned to the Cuban Embassy in Madrid and one of the security people. He was forserly assigned to Brazil, is young and has for several years been with Pinero and the Cuban IS. (6) Enrique Oltuski Osacki. Oltuski is a close friend of Faustino Perez and his stock with the regine rises or falla as does that of Faustino. (7) Sergio Tollon, Code clerk in the Eabassy in Paris, Tollon ie staying in Paris at the request of Ambassador Carrille. 1. Gastro enteritis, water pollution and unsanitary conditions, AMLASH-1 states there are no real problems, although the scarcity and lack of 8 balanced diet do cause some problems, The purification of water has been a problem which probably has been the cause of some of the sickness in the country. m, AMLASH-1 did not believe that Aragones had invited im to fly back to Havana with hia in order to get hin ack because of any serious security matter. AKLASH=1 did state that Aragones waa concerned that AMLASH-1 may not return to Guba, Since Aragones cleared AMLASH-} for his trip abroad, he is in a way responsible that AMLASH-1 does not defect and returns to Cuba. ANLASH-1 feels Aragones does not want any problems with Fidel in case AMLASH~1 decides to stay out. n, AMLASH-1 was unable to provide any information on the political developments in Cuba in mid-November and December since he had been out of the country sfnce early November. AMLAS-1 was asked to check on the probleus between the opposing factions in the Cubana leadership and explained the issues, the background and personalities involved, o. Soviet advise or influence in political and economic matters creates resentment among the aiddle and higher level Cuban offtetals. Basically, the Soviets are not respected,
74-90000 ro hes ‘and. @ } positions ‘of Giévara restricts hi ‘and very hard worker, one of the few, accor ~S< p. Rank of Cubaa officials under Fidel in tera of their influence in makiag national: policy. Raul is still the heir apparent to Fidel. Next to Raul ts Che Guevara. : After that, no other official, according to AMLASH-1, has ; i any gréat influence in the aking of Cuban national policy. * President Dorticos* relationship with Fidel is good since : he te a hard and serious worker, has good sdainistrative — : ability aid is able to work Within the general outline laid moe down: by Fidel, Raul Castro has some political influence - i outrol io Oriente where he has placed his men in. - 4 ai gngluence, but only Fidel personally has any poltical itnfluencé in the rest of Cuba. Even within the. “4 military Fidel selects and appoints high army officera. -... Che Guevara ié.still strong in the ecoromic field and — has ‘not suffered a decline in his influence and authority because of bie earlier policy of industrialization. mself to the economic field and plays a very small role in the political field. He is serious ding to AMLASE-1, who has worked eeven days a week without leave since the revolution, Emilio Aragones holds as important position as the organizational secretary of the PURS. He ia the official who was always at the office of the National Directorate of tho Party and has contact with all the officials in the regime. He plays an important coordinating role, Faure Chomou has been accused of organizing former 13th of March Revolutionary Directorate people, but, according to AMLASH-1, this probably based on the fact that Chomon always gives jobs in the ministry be heads to DR people, Because of this Chomon today eontrols to a large degree the Ministry of Transportation. Of all the ministries, the DR’s stronghold is in the Ministry of Transportation. Other DR people who continue to nold important positions in the regime are Alberto Mora, Ambassador Carrillo and Jose Naranjo. q. AMLASH-1 and AMWHIP-1L were unable to develop any specifics, but from their conversations with Ambassador Carrillo got the impression that Carrillo would prefer and welcome a transfer from the Embassy in Paria to the Embassy in Madrid. rv. According to Emilio Aragones, Anibal Escalante ig being considered for a jab outside Cuba. The job will probably be in the commercial/economic field, but a decision had not been made as of November 1964 as to location.
74-90000 ow, Gfal -6~ s.. AMLASH-1 again reported that he feels Consul of the Cuban Exibassy i ee approachable ince he is oy with the regime. ae AMLASH-1 also feels that . , Cuban Asibassador in is approachable if a@ hed a, and developed. by the rig person. ~ .. apgigned to the commercial section of the an a in AHLASH-1 feels is also approachable and feels money | be ised as an tnducement. Ambassador Carrillo, | AMLASH-2 feels, if -the proper pérson developed his, could | probably be éompromised with Fidel. . He is-a charactor ‘Mand could easily be entangled according to AMLASE-1 in a compromising situation. Ambassador Carrillo is a close friend of Lucy Echevarria. ‘ 2. AMLASH-1 was also asked information on a long list of other requirements on Cuba. On many hé.was unable to pro- vide information and cables were sent to Hoadquarters on the requirements Ob which he did provide information. Mestor D, Sanchez WH/ SA/ AMWORLD ec: wWH/SA/EOR tt [sap eH File: AMLASH-1 201 Internal Op