(tog-tote5-t0728 ry ae sf > ne ry . . - * : ’ - ‘ a , . Y CENTRAL INTELUGENCE AGE ENCY “ese eerie This material coutelue lufermation adecting the National D..cse Wf the United States within the meaning <f the Captonace Laws, Tite 3& US sera Ted and te4, che tranamlastosd or fereatiog of hah ia wy manner to 44 Ube. 2 Tlatd Fidwa La prokixial Sy jaw. SECRET NO FORSIGN DISSEX “wm ene ee oem counray Cuba REPORT NO. €§ CI 316/00643-64 «SUJET Guillermo ARASTAGUIA DATE pista, 11 August 1964 NO. PAGES 2 . REFERENCES CSCI~3/779 803 . CS-311/00115-64 DATE GF ; INFO. 1964 : pices g, Fashington, D. C. DATE_ACG. August 1964 FIELD REPORT NO, iis 1S UNSVALUATED INFORMATION, SOVACE CAkOINGS ARE OLFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT [§ TENTATIVE, source: 4 former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cubaa Intelligence Service until April 1964. . y Headquarters Comments . fhe following report is one of a sories containing personality : information provided by the source and includes supplemental information from the records of this Agency. ‘ye. “VE sane a. It is requested that the addressees take no action on any of the individuals mentioned in the porsonality reports without : first checking with this Agescy. : . 1. Guillewmo ARASTAGUIA, pseudonym "Rene," is the chief of the ra Dopartment of Technies] Operationzal Support (MI) in the ‘ io Direceion General de Inrelizencia (General Directorate of RETURN TO CIA : Intelligence = DGI). He was forserly the secretary of Background Lise Only Ranairo VALDES in the Departanente de Seguridad dol Estado : (DSopartment of State Security - DSE), but ARASTAGUIA was a. Do Not Reprouuce follower of Anibal ESCALANTS and because of a problen concerning ESCALANTE and because ARASTAGUIA was believed to bea a homosexual, VALDES transferred him to the DGI. ARASTAGUIA went to the Youth Festival in Helsinki as a representative of the DGI and has traveled to Moscow three times. 2. ASAST.U.GUIA was born in 1934, is about five feet seven inches in height, has blond hair and green eyes. He is fat, has a chin that juts out, lips that are somewhat sunken, ard has a vather high pitched voice and seems effcminate. ry ~ . a ~ Neadcuartes Comments lL. A& vepore dated 6 October 1900, fron an| y source, provided a list or “Cuban Communists. One Guillermo F nyou ARRASTIA, aka "Rene," coss sibly identical with Guilletn svekes ~S 3 ARASTAGUIA, was includ fed and described as a first lieutenant, 2 i bt 65 06 de OF i cia LN~iesl NO SROJECPTTAEMUGSS CSCI-S 1S /O0343-34 ww e oe _BIAISSN « 1 re hin Os 7,(1), WE 1 (2), Cl4, RID : a Pree fag Pat ates fa “p fe / . ih OR a wuss De a 3 i Lofty AN L. | ' fot DRANG Soe aee uy foe
14-00000 iv AROS ead Wee me ea He eee em le ee ele ee oes ene Tt Tee ee ete ema & St a say fo AREAS settee case wee nam seme an eee Or rtd Oe RE Ee oa oe ae ee execuriive, in G-2. ARRASTIA was ropurted to have the confidence of Kaul CASTRO and Ramiro VALDES; and he was VALDES‘ righthand man in Ge2, ° an official roster listing the military staff personnel comprising the intelligence BDenartmont, G2, of tho Cuban clinistry of the armed Yorces (AiNPAR) was received by a representative of this agency from an untested source an a report dated 1 March 1961. ncluced on this list was one First Licutenant Guillermo | : ASRASTIA Fundora, possibly identical with Guillermo ARRASTAGUIA. ‘ In a report dated 28 October 1962, a list of identified and suspected Cuban intelligence officers was ineluded, the list was . - received from an| pif one First Lieutenant GuillcFroO ARRATIA (or Fundora was included . ‘4 on the list and described as an identified intelligence officer on the G-2 Headquarters staff. SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM