I ¥ \ mG NN \ , ae an CORRELATION SUMMARY Main File No: 105-72630” See also: 2-1566 - 22-1597 ~ 39-2656 - : 46-46398 ~ . 105-83331 | 100 -4.29505 a = Subject: Pedro Luis Osear Diaz’Lanz Date Searched: 5/23/69 One Diaz* Nee All logical variations of subject's name and aliases were searched and identical references were found as set out on page 2. Also searched as Oscar Diaz. See page 72 in summary. This is a summary of information obtained from a review of | all "see" references to the. subject in Bureau files under the names “> c-and aliases listed on page 2. All references under these names -.+ | “s¢ontaining data identical with the subject have been included except » \..any indicated at the end of this summary under the heading REFERENCES :NOT INCLUDED IN THIS SUMMARY. References indicated in the block as sI contain the same information as the foregoing serial although — he information may have been received from a different source, » Coordinator Approved ¥ | Josephine Telleri Lawrence W. Brady *Not yscarched. See page 161 of search slip. i | tOSURE HOPED ACLS hap | REG: —ar— ~ wok ~f=ENGLOS | EBYCEPY s snow Al plas ee 16 1970 i . ah JOTIERWISE ~~ CLASSIFIED By: Sag mpeiuad DEC 1 - Onl fihevif) BLP DeRSE DECLASSIFY on Pp JN 5 |) hitch Lapa Gaby” | (CF N Bet 1 i971 | . pibad j :39908283° Page 2000.00 0 Part agg 8
Pei ine & On 1/20/59, Confidential Informant MM 639-S (134-6356) advised that Carmen Villamia, wife of Mario Villamia*, talked to Juanita Castro, sister of Fidel Castro, while recently in Havana. Carmen informed Juanita that MM 639-S was put out of Cuba by Pedro Luis Diaz Lanz. Juanita, who was a friend of informant, talked to Raul Castro concerning this. Raul was upset by Diaz! action, as informant was highly regarded by. Raul. 13456356718 *July 26 Revolutionary Movement member. » Mario -Rosado Amat, 790 SE 6th Place, Hialeah, Fla., uncle of Hipolito Adolfo Canal Rosado (97-4329), advised that he visited in Cuba in February, 1959, and Hipolito was in Cuba at that time attempting to contact Pedro Luis Diaz Lanz who was then in charge of the CAF, relative to painting work. Diaz Lanz did not want to do business except with military personnel. _ 97-4329-20 p.B,1l (537 CIA furnished a copy of the undated de-briefing memorandum of Olga Georgina Goicochei Salas (105-129981) who stated that she and her husband were eating in the Pekin Restaurant, Vedado, Cuba, in March, 1959, when Fidel Castro entered. It was then that she learned of Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo's interest in the revolutionary activities of other countries. She indicated that she asked Castro for weapons with which to aid the anti\-Somoza guerrillas in Nicaragua. Castro instructed him to see Pedro Iuis Diaz Lanz then Air Force Chief, and to take 800-odd weapons which Diaz Lanz had available. [ (U) oO 105-129981-11 encl. p.5 we ASAE FEM The 3/31/59 issue of "Diario Las Americas", a Spanish language daily newspaper published in Miami, Fla., carried an article captioned "Organized Executive Committee of Aid to Cuba in the County-Prominent Personalities in the Campaign to Collect (continued ) | pocla: 32308283 Page 3
On June, 10, 11 and 12,‘1959, Captain Francisco Rodriguez Y Tamayo, (105-78976) Cuban Army Captain, and his attorney cousin Francisco Maria Rodriguez Couceiro, stated that Pedro Luis Diaz Lanz was sympathetic with the anti-Castro. move- _ ment and that they both knew that Diaz Lanz was in fear of his life. They stated that recently Diaz Lanz took leave from the Air Force, claiming to be sick with typhus. They believed that Diaz Lanz was suspected of sabotaging an airplane carrying Raul _Castro which crashed in the Cuban marshes approximately three weeks oe Tt defore. It was noted that leading collaborators who were secret members of the Crusade of Revolutionaries Against Communism (no date) included Diaz Lanz. 105-78976-13 encl. p.12,14 | ' Captain Francisco Rodriguez Tamayo advised on ‘June, 10,11,12, 1958 that the underground movement of Crusade of Revolutionaries Against Communism (CRAC) (97-3856) made considerable ! progress. Important government and military leaders of the Castro regime were secret members of CRAC, one of whom was Major Pedro Iuis Diaz Lang. 97 -3856-9 p.16 (25,00) MM 635 advised on 6/16/59 that Major Juan Almeida, who fought with Fidel Castro in the Sierra Maestra, as of above date,,. was Acting Chief of the CAF in the absence of Pedro Luis Diaz Lanz, who went on sick leave recently. On 6/15/59, Diaz asked Almeida for his office back and he replied that Diaz would have to wait until the Cuban Army and Air Force were united under Castro. Diaz was anti-communist and pro-US. In the absence of Diaz, Almeida removed between forty and forty-three pilots and co-pilots from the Air Force. Diaz decided to stay with the Air Force thirty days more and then reaccept leadership only on the condition that he would not serve under Raul Castro. Air Force staff members loyal to Diaz planned an emergency escape from Cuba. Castro informed Diaz to get the Air Force ready for an attack on the Dominican (continued) Docld: 323082783 Page 4
tate TN FEN ~~ ( Gi lt ali C) w= Roberto M. Lands, Sales Manager, Cine Revista magazine, Havana, Cuba. (protect identity), advised that Guillermo Ramirez, a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary Air Force, stated that four Russians, names unknown, were giving training to Cuban military personnel at a farm known as "El Cortijo"” on the outskirts of Havana. Pedro Luis Diaz Lanz, who resigned on. 6/30/59 was head of the CAF, in his letter of resignation he stated in part that communist elements ‘exerted pressure to achieve a plan of indoctrin- ation in a school that functioned at the above-mentioned farm © and that they knew well who they were, where they were, and what ends they pursued. (2 24 too (25/65) -210-520 encl. Dp. a + - ‘During the first part of July, 1959, Armando Carmelo Lopez Frega (97-3863) advised that several individuals were ordered back to Cuba for questioning. Lopez believed that this questioning was intended to determine the extent of sympathy toward Pedro Luis Diaz Lanz, former Chief of the FAR who fled from Cuba on 7/1/59, charging that the Castro Government and military forces were communist-influenced. : Lopez stated that Jorge Merlo, former Chief of Maintenance of the fighter squadron of the FAR, was a friend of Pedro Diaz. 97 - 3863- p.5,7 nt I 3862-2 P. 2 The following references in the main files of the individuals listed below set out information to the effect that these individuals were officers or members of the Cuban FAR which was headed by Pedro Luis Diaz Lanz as of January, 1959, who resigned as Chief and defected to the US on 7/1/59. These individuals also left the FAR and returned to the US. — INDIVIDUAL REFERENCE SEARCH SLTP | | PAGE NUMBER Eduardo Alberto Felix 97-4168-249 p.12,33 (27592)— Ferrer Y Del Castillo (continued ) Docld: 32308283 Page 5
(continued ) INDIVIDUAL Confidential Informant ~ MM 635-S Manuel Joaquin Diaz, Raul Manuel Rebenga Fernandez James Linwood Gentry, Jr. Paul Joseph Hughes Douglas Leftbright / Carlos Lazaro Hernandez Lopez Fernando Estanislao German Franea Y Martinez Gregorio Enrique Hernandez Moya CO ogehkh 0 REFERENCE 134-5991-11 p.1 -19 105-75110-10 p.3,5 105-149783-1 enel. p.12 105-78365-6 encl. -10 encl. p.4. -53 p.41,42,45,46 (Interview p.41,42 8/23/60) -90 p.20, 22,23, 34 -92 p.5 105-72805-64 p.3 105-81194-2 p.2,3 105-84950-8 p.5 105-173084-1 encl. p.2 105-178132-6 encl. p.2 (continued) Ce peg, -12- 5 prolf [lio SY app nn tmnt Ue é aa Docld: 323082783 Page 6 SEARCH SLIP PAGE NUMBER Ce As ae (spcbey | sy ae