404-10195-10140 e we ia an” COUNTRY SUBIECT DATE OF INFO, PLACE & » DATE ACQ. THIS ‘SOURCE: 5 4 3 3 i em iia ald ava ce rey age di iL SAZ EOL Rai i Pet R iy He SAIC neers nectar ~ STARS pas ES RS fares sis ee CENTRAL wtettoence a AGENCY ape SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM meter ie, conte informatica effecting the Hationel Defence of Ue Unived @tates @fthia the meaning cr the Restonsgs Laws, Tive Rae “Gt and MM the erenemigewn of revralatum of ebikh {8 any maaner te am Wnautburised pera le prohibited by jaw SEFORT NG. €SCI-316/00368-64 Cuba Pedro FARINAS Diaz DATE OISTR. 29 July 1964 NO. PAGES 2 NTO CIA REFERENCES ound Use Only roduce 1964 {Do Not Rep “ ashington, D.C, FIELD REPORT NO. i$ UNEVALUATED INFORMATION SQURCE GHADINOS ARE DEFINITIVE APPEAILAL OF CONTENT I$ TENTATIVE, ~ A former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban Intelligence - Service until April 1964. Headquarters Comments 1. The fcllowing report ts one of a sertes containing personality , information provided by the source and includes supplemental . infurination from the records of this Agency. 2. 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. Pedro FARINAS Diaz, pseudonym “Otontel," is the chief of the Centres Leyales (MS - Legal Centers) of the Direccion General de Inteligencia (DGI - General Directorate of Intelligence) in Cuba, The MS Department handles all incoming and outgoing material to und from legal field stations. Source met FARINAS at the DGI Headquarters in Cuba and through conversation with FARINAS found out that he was a DGI officer in Bolivia where he was an attache at the Cuban Embassy. Source saw FARINAS at the Cuban Embassy in Mexico on or about 21 or 22 March 1964; one day around 22 March 1964 they went sightseeing together. FARINAS travels frequently - and he was possibly in transit to Chile and Bolivia when source saw him in Mexico, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Headquarters Comments 1. [na report dated 12 February 1963 it was stated that one Pedro FARINAS Diaz, a Cuban who was born on | February 1940, traveled from Lima to Santiago on 31 January 1963 by Canadian SECRET . ce NO FOREIGN DISSEM | seewareting sod | wee E. MAD@ Hi 2046728234 \ Re ka ee Pent ne Sa ; T MMU G-l ICSCI-316/00268- foogapiuat ine MELAS mang Cihieon [WM KLE WH,SA 7 (1), WE 1 (2), CLA RID'L | * IC .
14-00000 a . oo. SECRET a NO FOREIGN DISSEM 3. vA Pacific. He carried diplomatic passport number D-63/2 and his residence was listed ay the Cuban Embassy, Santiago, A document dated I March 1669 reported that FARINAS traveled from Santiago ty La Paz or 7 February 1963 and his passport number was recorded as Dery 12, | A fairly reliable source ina report dated 21 hlay 1963 told a representative of this Agency on 19 May 1963 that Pedro FARINAS Diaz, a Cuban intelligence officer tn. the Cuban Embassy in La Paz, contacted him and told him to begin a search for men who could be used to transmit.arms from Bolivia to Peru. FARINAS alsy told source he should try to find a safe route from Bolivia to Pera-in the area.of Madre de Dios where burder crossings could be made. A previous attempt to find a safe route ended in failure, &3 3. Anuntested source tia Feport dated 19 Jane 1963‘stated that _Pedru FARINAS Diaz, attache at the Cuban Embassy in La Pag and a suspected member of the Cuban intelligence service, left y¢ La Paz on Lloyd Aereu Boliviano on 18 June 1963 for Arica, Chile. 4. In a document dated 18 June 196] {t was stated that Pedro FARINAS Diaz, Cuban Intelligence officer, is to return to Habana in the ; near future, possibly during the week of {7 June 1963. FARINAS ° planned tu return to La Paz in two or three months, ' fA 5. A report dated 24 March 1944 stated that Pedro FARINAS Diaz, a Cuban intelligence officer formerly assigned to La Paz, departed La Paz ona permanent change of station in June 1963. This Agency's representatives suspected FARINAS to be traveling . e ona special mission, 6. Ina 22 April 1964 report it was stated that Pedro FARINAS Diaz, Cuban diplomat assigned to La Paz, left Santiago for La Paz on - 5 April 1964. ‘ SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM AS te? ~