- the possibilities of sending three station assets to oe Cuba for training and intelligence missions. A Cuban First Secretary was declared personal non ‘grata during  apedd for using false identity: documents, and the Cuban | “charge d'affaires was subsequently recalled by. his own “government . 5) Colombia ~ ‘Chief of Customs has. indicated to station | pte | willingness: to institute an improved travel control. © system. . 0 One station asset. expects to travel to Cuba in the near future. Station believes it has. identified | a courier operating between. Colombia and Cuba and has - 2% itounted an. operation to uncover. his Colombian contacts, oo 6) Costa Rica -. “Station reports little pro- Castro OS getavaty during April, No recorded travel to or from Cuba has taken place, _ Local authorities appear inelified ‘to. cooperate in control program, 7) Dominican Republic - Efforts to get Juan ‘Bosch to a take active steps against Communists and travellers to mat and from Cuba have been fruitless ‘to date, as. have been. “efforts to: establish a new and. effective internal security . . organization in the: Dominican Republic., ' “Boseh appears. te. have lost his previously stated enthusiasm | for. such | ye oar service, but . efforts to persuade him to approve a ys préposed budget for the - service are continuing. : | 8). Ecuador ~ Station reports. that; largely as.a result ae o ~ of both overt and covert propaganda activities. of QU, Ss. _ agencies in. Ecuador, the public awareness, of Cuban subs me version. has changed. fron apathy ‘to genuine concern. are government, : however, is no more. ‘tnelined. to. thke action. than before. The: National ‘Director: of Inmigration has en! stated. ‘that. he personally would. dike to do. whatever he. O° gmoppm “oases
ean to stop ‘travel to Cuba,. which he ‘realizes is for subversive purposes >» but present laws do not permit him - to impede travel via third countries, He is ‘exploring ' possibilities of reprisals: against. citizens who return - from Cuba. “He has, checked. a list of names, and ‘passport “numbers obtained by CIA from airline manifests in Mex ‘leo, and reports | that) not one name or passport number Corres~ - "ponds with official Eucadoran ‘recordp, indicating the possibility | of fabrication of passports by Cuba. _ A ‘recent Eouadpran returnee from Cuba, recruited by a the station,. ‘lost ‘his hand in testing a homemade bomb - made in accordance with instructions received in Cuba. He made a public statement. and wide publicity was - . arranged by the station and .USIS. Plans are to keep this © ‘ineident alive as propf of revolutionary training given — oe in Cuba for terrorist activity in Eeuador. . . The Station chief has accompanied the American - — Ambassador on visits to. the Eouadoran - Ministers of Defense, / +. and Government. to stress the threat, of Cuban. backed | | subversion. Co . Approximately 7,000 pounds of Communist propaganda ane being. destroyed ‘monthly as. a result of a unilateral “operation of the CIA Base in Ghayaquil, . 9) Haits ~ ‘Station reports that several assets have “travelied to. points outside Port-au-Prince. in. an.effort — to learn of possible travel. to. and from. Cuba, Reports: _ from areas of Capt Haitien,.. Port de Paix, and, Ta Gonave: ae and La Tortue Islands, were negative, 10). Honduras. ~ _ The government has | shown: little s ineltnation coe to. tighten. up on travel, control. | “A travel control syaten a presented to the Minister. of. Government. thas, been, fully. (SECRET J Oe MOT Ee HW_50955 Docld:39494696 Page 13
approved by him, but not yet. put” ‘inte effect. Several known. Honduran Communists have ‘recently travelled. to. . Cuba. ‘Information as to: their identities is: ‘being. fur- _—pihed to: President Villeda through the U.S. Ambassador, . 11) Mexico =A ‘CIA source states. the cuban Embassy. has _- issued 10-15 visas during April On Pieces of paper . . separate from the passport, but. the government's. practice oe of s stamping all. passports to. show. trayel to. or from Cuba has. largely nullified this effort. by. travellers to. avoid. the stigma of travel to Cuba ; All Cubans. arriving in Mexico, whether in transit or otherwise. must. have Mexican — visas. ‘This is not. true of other nationalities, who. need Ono: visa if in transit. The government. continues to “confiscate propaganda material from Cuba sporadically at the airport. The government. recently refused “visas to five Cuban. doctors who .wished to. attend. a. Urology Congress: : in: Mexico, ‘Several station assets have recently travelled to Cuba, for intelligence purposes, (12) Panama = At the urging of station, the. duardia “ “Nacional has has. been ordered to increase its vigilance. concern tne returnees. from Cuba and to. prevent them from establis sh- O ing an. effective (organization. Several recent returnees 7 from Cuba are. being debriefed regarding their. training and oo =i contacts, . and several CIA assets are expecting to Leave - — for Cuba. in. the near future for training. OIA. RAS ee *: snereased: its- personnel assigned to travel. control functions eo at, the: Panama City airport, now. permitting a three-man ve | |. detadt for . each . eights hour shift. ) Station: is: continuing its. pressure. on Panamanian | officials: to. ‘tdghten’ travel . controls. SECRH? eo Se UE
SECRET 13) Uruguay ~ ‘Station has. made arrangements. with local service’ ‘to. pigeonhole or "lose" applications for. good “., Conduct certificates - which are, ‘needed to. sécure pass-. | ports, and must.be renewed every. six. months - in Cases - - where information from the CIA station or from. the Uruguayans own sources indicated intention of travelling to Cuba. Pertinent information from. CIA ‘unilateral operations is. being passed regularly to. "cooperating Uruguayan. officials. Station nas a further check in that . the. Nextean Ambassador CO. Uruguay is now “checking all applicants for Mexican visas with the “station. On’ the basis of information furnished to. hin, he held ‘up. visa applications of Uruguayan. Communist _ Labor delegates who planned to attend May Day celebrations a in Havana . Creation. ‘Of this bottleneck may force some ..- travellers to abandon the Mexican route to Cuba and turn to the longer and. far more expensive route. via Prague; _ Information on Past travel to Cuba by. Uruguayans, . furnished. Service for the National Council of Government... in. in. of . The: U.S. Information. A enc. by the station, was ineluded ina study of Cuban. sub-° ‘version : ‘prepared by Uruguayan. Military Intelligence ee ene as: a. Sent circular instructions to all uUSIS. field posts. latin America advising each to stimulate publicity the local. ‘press, and radio, toe: encourage taentitication a Cuban: trainees: through personal- -contact work with. students a and labor; to. report | promptly evidence of Cuban aided. subversion in each country, to. report statements, by  Loeal leaders and editorial comment , _ and to. publicize : economic conditions in. Cuba as means of discrediting’ ee 7 7 od travellers to. Cuba. ‘the Agency! Washington media SO cE were issued. a detailed guidance onithe subject, on. 28 SECRET gn March, HW-50955-—Docld: 32424696. Page i5
‘b. In addition to the regular news’ reporting (voR) “of the Managua Ministers! Meeting, broadcast 15 commen- taries and features jon the subject of Cuban subversion to Latin America during the month of April. | Among these were a dramatization: based on the story of an Ecuadorean - boy who was attacked) by communists in Guayaquil for carrying © _ anti-communist film, a chronology. of subversive. acts : involving Cuban diplomats, and a history of subversion | oe > from the Trojan horse through Nazi. fifth columns to a (ee > present- ~day Cuban . subversion. Cc. Transmitted by 'teletype 13 articles. on Cuban .. Subversion during April to USIS. posts, throughout latin Of - American for placement in the local press, - _Thege _ included news. stories, commentaries, and backgrounders. Among the subjects. treated were the Managua Meeting, the | Guayaquil incident, the story of an Ecuadorean terrorist 7 trained in Cuba who. was wounded. by his own. explosives, Assistant Secretary Martin's. ‘Pan American Day speech, — : and several commentaries on training in Cuba. The ~ Agency's. publications center in: Mexico also published og pamphlet: based on the defection. of ‘the Guatemalan. ~ ex-communist leader Carlos Manuel . Pellecer, dneluding_ ‘letters. in. which he. ‘revealed communist. t subversive 9 tactics, wpe SEGRE HW 50955 Docld:32494696 Page 16 TTR tne oe acreage omni anette
| APPENDIX 6 _» The Meeting of Ministers of Government, ‘Interior and Security -.° @onvoked pursuant to the pertinent section of the Declaration > -RESOLUTTON. I PASSED AT THE 3-4 APRIL MANAGUA MEETING. OF wots of Central America signed by the . Presidents of the seven. countries | vy ors San Jose, Costa ‘Rica on March 19, 1963. - | ae AGREES | “To recommend . to. their Governments. that they adopt; within’ : , the limitations of their respective constitutional provisions, a oo measures ‘to be put: into, effect immediately, to prohibit, . os | restrict and discourage the movement of their nationals to and» from Cuba, To this end, “they ‘Propose: the adoption of the . following measures: - | ay Provide,. as a general, rule, that every. passport or. other travel document which may ‘be ‘issued carry a stamp "which indicates that. said passport is. not” valid for | travel ~ to Cuba, oe | | ne (2) Declare officially that nationals who are permitted . . to. travel ‘to Cuba should have the Permission duly inseribed. an a their official travel document. . . . | | (3) Promulgate regulations restricting the granting, of : visas to foreigners who have travelled to Cuba within . a: "stipulated period of ‘time, — _ (4). Notify travel agencies and transport companies of these. measures for due compliance. and inform the governments. a of other countries through. the most appropriate means, . . (5): Request the Governments of the Hemisphere: | a) not to allow the nationals of signatory countries’ a to travel. to ‘Cuba unless they possess, a. valid: passport or) - - other document, issued PY, their eountry of. origin, valid for such, travels.”
‘b): not to accept visas, tourist cards or ‘other: 5: documents issued to, their nationals. for travel. to cuba’ whiten: do. not form an. ‘integral (non-detachable) part of. . “their passports: or other. travel ‘documents; — | ce) to observe ‘the. ‘Limitations placed in the passports Se om other travel, documents of. the nationals of signatory. “governments and. not allow them to depart for Cuba; a) to. inform. the signatory. countries. through appropriate ‘hamnsis of refuasia $0 ailow obe at thets nationals to. depart, for Cuba; and - | -e). to: provide ‘the signatory governments: ‘the. names. of their nationals which may appear, on: ‘the’ ‘paséenger list oa of. any” airplane « or. "ship going to. or * coming from Ouba.. d: 3274294696 HW 50955 Doc Page 18