(404-10185-10131 3y/ a ne cn AR fn Rann CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Tunla materia! tonte13 infomation afecti: 7: the National Deiwsss of she United States within the ouwaning cf the Espicnase Lawa, Tine 18. USS. Gece. 83 aad fst, the beusmission OF TerTO.aticn Of whch 1a auy Manmef 26 8M UnaUlhorizas pera os prea: Dated, By lew. SECRET - a . ; - NO. FOREIGN DISSEM : , Country Cuba REPORT NO. = CS CI-310,'60580-64 suuECT Alfredo GARCIA Almeira - DATE DISTR, = 7 July 1964 NO. PAGES 3 REFERENCES ‘pare or §=—« 1984 iNFO. PLACE & Washics ston, D.C. CATE ACG. BS ae | sa : ; FiO REPORT NO. 23 13 UNEVALUATED INFORMATION, SOURCE GRASINGS ARE DEMNITIVE. APPRAISAL GP CONTENT rs TENTATIVE, souace. A former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban intelligence wat Service until April 1964. Headauarters Comments , ~ 1, The following repcrt is one of a series containing personality information provided by the source and includes supplemental information from the records of this Agency. 2 tis requested that the addressees take no action on any of the individuals mentioned in the personality reports without first checaing with this Agency. 4 redo GARCIA Almeira, pseudonym "Aranja, " resiaes on Calle 25, Sumber 716 entre Septima y Novena, Mirarmar, Habana, Cuba, GaRCIA was in Venezuela when it brose relations with Cuba. He was iaiter involved in an attempted recovery of documents from a . plane crash in Peru, which led to his expulsion from Chile. He is now the Venezuelan desk officer in the Departamento Liberacion Nacional (LN - National Liberation Department) of the Direccion General de Inteligencia (DGI - General Directorate of Intelligexce). “ae DGI considers its Venezuelan operations the most successful in South America. 1 92, 3,4, aa fy - Headouariers Comments — 1, As an attachment to a document dated 10 May 1961 there was a letter from one Lisandro GALVEZ, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to alfredo GARCIA Almeida, Mayor 111, entre Central y Suarez, Luyano, Habanz, Cuba, and dated 4 May 1961. Inciuded in the letter was a check for $365, 43 for GARCIA , SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM 1 Away. | avy | are - | NSA D CINCLANT  CINCSO # I&NxS ot &> Od oh th ot 8.5 G63 ole ty WEISAEOEL SETS? iCi7Tis ye sure Nie 1 WE7TADRTE, CITRE Sil 2701 bt { JRID/AN WHS AVE Toraus 1 WERESOe WH/SA 7 1), WE 1 (2), CI4, RID1 MAL. SIS 9G
14-00000 2. o ome papers from the bank concerning cther checks to GARCIA and one Jose CARILLO Garcia. GARCIA and CARILLO were Cuban ciplomats in Honduras unti! diplomatic relaticns were suspended in April 1961, $3 33 £25 4th "A document dated’ 5 October 1962 included a List of Cuban personrel assigned.to the Cuban Embassy in Santiago, Chile. Alfredo GARCIA Almeyda was included on the list zs Second Secretary, his date anc place of birth were given as 1£33 in Cuba and his passport number was listed as Diplomatic 423/62, In a regort dated 21 December 1962 from a esually reliable | source, it was stated that the personal efiecis of Alfredo GARCIA Almeyda, Second Secretary of the Cuban Embassy in Chile and _ &@ suspected Cuban G-2 official, were aboard the Swedish ship, | Birgit Bengt Sjosten, when it sailed from Crile to Cuba on 14 December 1962, Early in the morning on 25 March 1983 a local Santiago radio broadcast an:cunced that the Cuban Second Secretary, Alfredo . GARCIA Almeyda, had been declared persona ron grata by the Chilean government for misrepresenting himself to Chilean authorities while trying to reach the site of 2 plane crash in Peru. Talis information was later confirmed by the Chilean Undersecrei.vy for Foreign Affairs who said that GARCIA told the governor of Arica that he (GARCIA) was 2 Chilean journalist and that he rad forgotten his identification dccements. GARCIA was accompanied by the Chilean Communist Deouty, Luis VALENTE Rossi, who vouched for GARCLA's story. VALENTE tried to convince the Peruvian Border Authorities that he was a Brazilian journalist, The two were denied entry into Peru and thus did rot reach the site. This information was takea from a document dated 25 March 1863. In another Document dated 25 March 1963 it was reported that Alfredo GARCIA Almeyda, Second Secretary of the Cuban Embassy im Santiago, would leave by plane, Canadian Pacific, on 27 March 3 for Mexico. SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM
14-00000 TG Ste e A 26 March 1963 repert stated tha: Aliredo GARCIA Almevda left Santiago on 26 March 1963 via Iberia Airlines enroute to Madrid. Originally he was to leave Santiago on 27 March 1963 for Mexico via Canadian Pacific, but the Chilean gov ernment demanded he leave on the 26th of M arch. Ausually reliable source in a document dated 25 March 1963 advised that Allredo GARCIA Almeyda, Cubana Charge in Santiago, entered Peru on two occasions using aliases. The first occasion was on 19 March 1$63 when GARCIA traveled to Tacna, Peru, using the alias, Moises GOMEZ Paredes. GARCIA was accompanied by a Chilean Communist Party Deputy from Arica. A Chilean news- ‘paperman from Arica advised source of their true identities and source, in turn, advised the Peruviz: authorities who expelled both men to Chile. On 21 March 1963 GARCIA went to Charana, Peru, _ using the alias Federico GARCIA, A 29 March 1963 document reported zhat Alfredo GARCIA Almeyda__ Geparted Madrid for Paris on 27 March 1963 enroute to Habana via . Prague. An il April 1963 document gave the following biographic data on Aliredo GARCIA Almeyda: . GARCIA was born on 3 August 1938 in Cuba. He carried diplomatic passport number D/€2/413 issued on 3 August 1962. He is married to Delfina (niczzame Nanf) QUIETIAN Fernandez de GARCIA who was born on 29 August 1928, They have one son, Alfreco GARCIA Guietian who was born on 9 April 1962. GARCIA and his family arrived in Santiago on 4 August 1962 from Mexico and while in Santizzo resided at Padre Restrepe 2615. GARCIA was declared persona non grata by the Chilean government for using Zz!se Chiiean credentials in crossinzs the Chilean-Peruvian sorder. GARCIA and his family left Chile on 26 March 1633 for Madrid; he planned to travel to Prazue and then to Habana. , SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSE “Se