(404-10196-10260 one Od ho CP CENTRAL L INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Thte meatertal contdine informatinn affecting the Nathweal Defenses of ihe United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws. THe 8h VAC Sere, TRE and 194, the tranemiaioe ef reveativon of which in any manner to an unauthertesd pereca te prohiolied by lag. SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSE REPORT NO. CXI-316/00699-64 _ Country Cuba suaect Julian NOVAS Fernandez | DATE OISTR. «27 August 1964 . . RETURN TO CIA NO. PAGES 2 Background Use Only. | REFERENCES Do.Not Reproduce . oi . pate og 1964 - ' , ; PLACE & Washington, D. C. . oe cate ACQ. August 1964 FIELD REFORT_NO. THIS I$ UNEVALUATED (tMPORMATIOM SOU'%CE ORADINGS AGE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 1$ TEMYATIVE. source: A former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban Intelligence Service until April 1964. . f Headquarters Comments ° The following report is one of a series containing personality information provided 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. . Source was shown a photograph of Julian NOVAS Fernandez and source identified him as a Cuban fintelligence Officer. Source saw NOVAS at the Cuban Embassy~in Mexico City ig March 1964 and assumed he was a functionary there. 4» “» 3, 4, 5, Headquarters Comments 1. Although source saw Julian NOVAS Fernandez at the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City in March 1964, the records of this Ayenvy revenl that source was probably in error in assuming that NOVAS was assigned to that Embassy and it is more likely that he was just passing through. The following traces by this Agency is the basis for this conclusion. 2. An in -d report dated 24 March 1964, st [UNA TUTTE NUVAS andez arrived in Kingston, Jamaica, on 18 March 1964, to take up his duties at the i, Cuban Consulate in Kingston as Commercial Attache. Source Hy said that NOVAS has the appearance of an American and Speaks excellent English. Since his arrival he. has been espe¢ially occupied with girls. It should be noted that 8. . 4 SECRET : 3° NO FOREIGN DISSEM — reese | 2 dectatete amen i Terare Lota aP ARMY may A a ra nse __ toca REP CINCLANT CINCSO # tens , 1 More. Feld distrebeton indicated by “#') ' | WMK :- LD: dwk . : wu 'Sa 7 tN wR yo gy oy 4 RTNn } { i tomy foes
14-00000 & & _ SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM as t -2- his wife did not accompany him and source speculated that her arrival may be delayed in view of NOVAS' present inclination for feminine diversion. . ; 3. .In a report dated March 1964, this same source said that " Julian NOVAS Fernandez, the Cuban Commercial Attache at the .. Cuban Consulate in Kingston, Jamaica, was born on 2 September 1938, .. tim Habana, Cuba. We carried diplomatic passport D/64/90 which waS issued in Habana on 20 February 1964.° His home address was : given as Carman No. 18, Vibora. He arrived in Kingston from Mexico on 18 March 1964, on Mexicana Flight Number 305. * 4. ‘This same source, in a report dated 28 April 1964, stated that _' >.the wife of Jultan:NOVAS Fernandez, the recently arrived Cuban ~.* ‘ Commercial Attache, arrived in Kingston on 22 April 1964, via Mexico. Her name is Amarilis Marta VALDES Hijuelos and she was born on 19 May 1937, in Jiquani, Oriente, Cuba. VALDES has been indisposed since her arrival in Kingston; this is probably due to her advanced pregnancy. Her home address it Cuba is Avenida 31, Number 3622, Habana. She carried diplomatic passport D,64,/239, issued in Habana on 9 April 1964. 5. This same source, ina report dated 9 May 1964, noted that the salary and allowances of the new Cuban Commercial Attache, ‘Julian NOVAS Fernandez, suggests that he is the new Cuban Intelligence Service chief in Jamaica, succeeding Gerardo SANCHEZ Robert. ' SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM ae pment * oe