‘(104-10195-10092 ae athe ONE RY SRO Eg eat oe Op perme 4 an J+ : Steet at CUS Ss see wee Dee oe ate Sati SF iNZO. PLACE & EWE ace. Septe..cer 196% 1 oh y ¢ ee aie REPORT NO. C5 Ci-3 26/01206- 64: ATE O.STR. 15 September 1964. SO. PAGES . 2 RETURN To cia. - ae : ssscences -: Background Use Only ya ® Do-Not Reproduce oo TER og ae, Cesar ALA.CON Fonseca spa . Vashington, D.C. ‘ : oS . : FELD REPORT NO. : ott ve os oo Tus i$ UNSVALUATED INSSRMATION, SCucSe GAADINGS al SLANTIVE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 1S TENTATIVE, s former Cuban 15 officer wao served with the Cuban Intelligence a8 Service until Asril 1964. co ; Ee Sn que rters Comments Tne following report is one of a pa ontainiag personality : . information provided by the sour 3nd neludes supplemental : at aarto rmation froma the recorés of chs Agency. vot - a 7 Iz is requested that the addressees take no action on any” (Of ° gt The individuals mentioned ia the personality reports without first checking with this Ageacy. , Source ideniafied Cesar ALARCON Fonseca as the captain of the t piane on the Habana/Canada flight on 21 April 1964.1,2,3,4,5,.6 . ; 2adquarters Comments . 1. & veport dated 28 October 1959, from a fairly relicble source stated that the Cuban sovernnent was planning to purchase as many as 100 NiG-18‘'s and included in the purchasing mission were Cesar ALARCON Fonseca, i Cudan aviation company pilot and protege of Mujcr Baul CASTRO Ruz, and Captain Victo~ Bina Cavdodo, an officer of the Yuerzas Aereas Revolucionarias (Cuban Revolutionary air Foree - FAR). 2 another office of this Agency, in a report dated April 1960, revorted that Cesar ALARCON Sonseca rsceived pilor training alvut 1955 in Cuba for Cubana Airlines, but was con ‘sidered Only an average pilot. 3. On § August 1960, an informed an¢ ther 5 office of this Agency hat Cesar og * ALARCON, newly appoin ? je 3 pe Cubana 4 ° . + Gesur 3 3 2 SECRET ftwvseieronnen| 9 . Beragres-2g ond 1 NO FOREIGN DISSEY Lees | y * Stat oF AIRY ix ear, ; a SEP CINCLANT CE xe80 = TNS : \Neta: £¢ 3 elt-a.tan indicated by “s2%) : ' OS > a Nor Tog “ Lots oT ee pee Et ee neat _— j penatas od eS ae Racers ~ (EEEEggras Supe corn 2 PROJECT (e641) CSCL-316/ 0. 205- Get ° = = a myryn/ssy Bi) \ Se ae i WE 1 (2), CI 4, 31D 1 WIRISON ' % ant 229981 _ eal ” a
14-00000 a ce a. ery S " Ra oan due - . wil ae 20 FONAIGE DINSKU Coo PHC / OL PIG > a@aviines Ovfice, taternational AMirooxvt .- New Yor's <, is an fact the. : oa 00 snow Fosident avent.for the Cuban Intelldvence Service in the xew . VOPR Grea, &LSiCON isan old cuployee oa the CuSana Airlines -and : glies as: co-3,lot. ALARCON is & Wombsér of ‘the Cuban Partics . Socialiista Popular. His sduress in New ‘Yor: City’ was the Century. - Be . hoter,. til West 46th Strect. | ; ae Geo A soabes or a group of Cuban’ onigres trained in the techni ques of | = a Dj aBforkation collectiod reported, in October 1961, that Cesar .” “ay fo A =ARCON Was: a: Couninist: who holds a AER ‘position: at vhe Airport an a s ,;. an Nabana. - “ : i a Ea weld: i : EA 5. The. following biographic information on ‘Cosar ALARCON Fonseca. > Wags Fee. ceived” iron s@veral sources during 1962: . “s ALARCON wes’ Born on. 10. October ‘¥D25 ‘in Oriente, Cuba. ee Me He was a captain and chief piict - for: Cubana Airlines (EECCA). ...: = ‘and a cagtain in the Cuban: ‘Revolutionary Air Foree. | ‘He is. about six feet tall, 185 pounds, is- ‘armulatto with blond. hair ~ and blue eyes. Ke was déscribed as. a ‘dedicated Marxist ‘and - aan -Comaunist , «% stauich Fidelista, and & personal aide‘to both - - Raul and Fidel CASTRO. Ke has been dascribed as the top so Comsunist in Cubana Airlines and very anti-United States. He. Z a as also been described as being a Marxist and a Communist~< ° a. ne _ £6% convenience rather than by conviction. In-October 1962 nn 4 ho. soe he reportedly left for Russia to attend a course in handling note a Ta Soviet civilian pianes. . i an untested source, in a report dated 13 February 1964, stated “pelt 47) % thaz Cesar ALARCON Fonseca, Chief of Operavions for Cuban Airlines. . : + at the Rancho Boyeros Airport, is a Communist and very close to . . = ? Raul CASTRO. . ah 2 $ y) - & | ? - 4 ° : . SECRET ; NO FOREIGN BISSEM & . ‘ £ g :