104-10506-10030 no a 6 * SECRET ae June 1977 SUBJECT: Julio SALABARRIA Aquiar (AMTURVY-4) 201-89013 1. Brother of Mario SALABARRIA Aquiar.
13- 00000 AMTURVY-OPERATION FILE 19-688 a _ é “a, The AMTURVY Operation was designed for the. ~ purpose of conducting sabotage operations against Cuha. ‘It. consisted.of a net of 13 AMTURVY assets whose primary function, apart from sabotage, was the preparation of. a target studies. and analysis of sabotage operations. The i oS files contain only one reference to. assassination, that in 1963 and the continuation of the same, plan. through to  1965.- Based on-a review of the files, it is apparent that the following assassination plan could have been known to the Cubans, including the overall purpose of the AMTURVY Operation. 2. ASSASSINATION.PLAN -  AMTURVY-13. , AMTURVY-13 (Mario SALABARRTA) was closely - "acquainted with Fidel Castro as far back as 1947 and there is son some indication that they both may have been involved in the 49474 plan. ‘to topple the Trujillo Government - ‘in. the Dominican Republic. “However, in 1948, SALABARRIA was responsible for the arrest of Fidel Castro, this due to the latters agitation. | oh behalf oF one Emilio TRO. . Salabarria was later sentenced to ‘30 Yeats in p¥ison for having | murdered TRO/ He remained = Se Prison until 1961 when he appealed for parole to one Lionel SOTO Prieto (201- 055332). As Salabarria had once | r - saveid Soto! Ss ‘Life; the latter appealed the case to Raul . Castro, Salabarria. was subsequently released from prison in Febropsy; 1961. The terms of his release from jail are unknown. | | OO | 3, By the sunmer ‘of 1963 Salabarria was. “seeking. ---- Weapons . and funds for a proposed assassination attempt against 2 f wsemwona wee tee ome
on sought contact with AMTURVY- or Salabarria. had. known AMTURVY - i's | Baiabarria said he was. a member of a group plotting Castro! s “death, ‘and needed money and weapons in order to carry out the | pian ‘CANICROAK- 1 was also a member of this (group). In “Feta For. this assistance, ‘Salabarria. offered té earry out | Winey Sabotage Operations. ‘for AMTURVY - “L's "American contacts" tole him): with Salabarria’ Ss. bona fides. wel” (the Agency. ). managed to was. receiving: materials from the’ Agency through the pouch. of. the] finbasay in Havana. AMTURVY - 4 was being assisted in this. matter by QuawTuw- sb Whether or not ‘the materials _ pouch is unknown. of 28 December 1964, the debriefing of AMTURVY - 1 who was az pumene dine retutnirs2) Fidel Castro. Through his confidant, AMTURVY- 4e Salabartia 7 be Ca dtuto mii? yesus VeRO A fv0.tse) | "brother, AMCONCERT - 1 for prenty. years and assumed that AMTURVY - 1 was in ‘totich: with the AGENCY chow Aft assumed this is unknown) . At his first. meeting with AMTURVY - 1, in the summer of 1963, a (how: he knew: ‘Of these "contacts" is unknown, unless, AMTURVY - 1 4a In October, 1963; when the Agency was satisfied get. ‘a few. pistols, revolvers, and sabotage materials into © Salabarria' Ss hands, through AMTURVY - 4.0 At this timé AMTURVY-4 2+ eee sec ene { for. Salabarrias asSassination pian came through the | ft The. following is an excerpt £¢om UFGA J92}4, 28 NIC. 1464 re "successfully e: exfiltrated from. Cuba in October 1964: eg aee fer)
13-00000 aw] | : : | 6. By early 1964, however, the Agency had hecome | dissatisfied with Salabarria and his proposed assassination . plan, and had notified the AMTURVY net (in particular | AMTURVY-1, AMTURVY - 4, end! ANCRAAK-1) to cease working on 7 ‘the assassination. idea. Salabarria's later attempt to | asSass inate Fidel Castro was not approved by the Agency, . | and he was in fact informed of the Agency's opposition wk | to his plan. a | | 7.. COMMENTS | | If as the file shows, the Agency approved ae - toe . 7 oe mee . a - oe soe . . a | of Salabarria's plan to assassinate Fidel Castro and provided : | Salabarria with the weapons (this in October of 1963), Castro ; ‘Could have been aware Of the plan; especially as Salabarria's | Casé presents certain CI: considerations. Salabarria had been ~~ yeleased “from jail following a personal apeal through Raul Castro; and this when Fidel Castro was well aware of the — fact that Salabarria was responsible for the death of a close friend; Emilio TRO; not to mention the fact that. Salabarria was responsible for Castro's arrest in 1948. What deal, if any, was. made with Salabarria in return for his release from jail is unknown. Nonetheless, Rax Fidel Castro has a recorded history of not being one to forgive, 7 -- especially when he has been affected personally as was the case with Mario Salabarria. g Weal wae fender Calan