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14-00000 *y VIA aif Gpeetty Ag ac Sen Fouch) SECKE! CLASS FICATION 10 Chiet, wid ; , pUATE 13 Decertar 1957 - VIo- 23 FROM Chief of Bose, Hantiazo de Guba | “nfo: CO3, Zzbana_ COS, [-2zacas > jenmRaL Cperational )le~ oo isrecnic = Flight to Caracas 1. On 2 December 1957, Solandd Listlss239, a Crban | senator who is noted for gengster-type setivities, and La an TM .-sDs ch i aa | ase 2M wm LL en se -~ we ee me - Ce = erate or ~~ me AP he Sa Te nr an Ee feat eb ete we he th, th aft tee tte, : ayn int flew to csricas. fais, iumedistsry, targa the ton -in an wetoar, and Famers regeriing the-Teasons for tue trip becem so rampant ciat during the next wees, it was iccossible to serszate truth fron fiction. The cost prevalent rucur of ali «as thet JuSFERRSR ani T2aRRa had tazefi a sillion cesses of custom deposits and had zone to Caracas ft, Siltion’geses' of exston dessiies s but tiiz, the base believes, naz a> basis in Pact. , 2. The true reasen for their txip sgexs to be sore along the follo.ins lines - During the recent trouble in Sextiago de Cuba, IB.RHs, wuo is soxetizes said to te the true sorernmeant tess in town, becaue frigotened of rebel reprisals, 223 he sand- begged his ntuse and ststioned en armed suard in front. This, however, did wot quite setisry him, and ce scught erotection from iagorsa-cR, who, it is claized, mgizteins bands of armed thugs. The latter gave IZAnaa.a squad oo men, and tery ii ed in . T8arki's garage, After a fex deys of tis arrangement, 4} EBA ER told ITBanaa 7oat he did rot have enough noney to vay tiese men and that it would te necessary for IBa=. to foot the dill. TssnRA, however, claimed that ne was shezt of money, 30 in order to obtain en operating fund, a rlan was yut into effect whereby LASFERRER's aan staged a series of robberies in Santiazo de Cuba. The man on tka street reintains that these were 33 tosteries in one week, bus a more conservative estimsta would be Detween 12-15. in addition ta this, iasyuUndGR and IBaiz4 extorted various sums “Gage -999 51-28A a . oo
em re oe ’ enter ed ' ee Ne ee ee bee GRO em EET 6 cae Sem GeepIEE iN me EES + . a ™ ~ afin ; | a . Do SECREI Cias3}140 . - . . Page 2 of wonev from local ooney lenders, saying tnat tue money was for "nigner authoritizs", i.oe., Gener-1 alterte UuL 10 Chaviano, the militery commander for Orients Frovince. hen word of tais dual action - tne robbezies ana tis extortion - reached 2UL 220, he became very angry end called ida cuorlif2 é.d LFP.ahe and after . chewing 728m cut, forced them to retuyn hc money ta the aoney ‘lenders. on lesvizz the militar barraces, pepe is said to have corcztlained to [3ackhi that it waa izsozsiblo to conduct business with Dol :t0 in cherze of the ares, and tnsbt serious toouspt should ce given t > "elimir-cing" nin. Untortun stely for LacronalR, it is said thet -ais stavecent got back to cli 3.0, and consequently, there wasn't any comercial] aviation leaving wantia; o de Cuta fast enough, so they requisitioned the private plene and flow to Caracas, 3. As stated treviously, it is auite difficult to separate fact from fict.on on tris aatter, cut this is probably the best eccount of the trip that tL: base has been able to find. Tr nrnhahiv rates an overall evaluatio2l of U-3. under ordinary circumstances here, MS3SFinzse and IBsREs vrobably could have gotton auay with their operation, cus theiz timing was wrong. Unenown to trea, they staged the robberies and extortion at a time 1..en DLL KIO was up for promotic. - Colonel to Brigadier Generel - and wuen he heard what. they were Going he thousht tris would reflect avainst nis command , and therefore he put an end to thelr operation. Distritution: 3 = eran ‘ures Lllgrake oo oo fe Jol. “f? GEg