(404-10196-10109 BAUS pe GENCE AGENCY : INTELLI Tdie material erataine infermation aFecting the MNetimal Nefonse of the Unite @mre uUNRia the meaning of the Eeplonage Laws, True AETURN TO CIA: CBC Bece T03 and 796 ths tranuplasion or reewatne of which if any Hanmer to am uaeuthorisrd pereon te prohibited ty law. nackground Use Only S$-E-C-R-E-T Do Not Reproduce <0 FOREIGN DISSEN ee ee REPORT NO. CS$~311/04298-64 COUNTRY Cuba 12 October 1964 SUBMIECT Selection and Training of Cuban BATE O6STR. Intellipeace Agents Abroad . NO, PAGES 1¢ REFERENCES - CS-311/00115-64 , Bate GF 1963-1964 INFO. . PLACE OATE ACG. June 1964 RRS RORY NO. THIS 1$ UNEVALUATED INFORMATION, SOURCE GRADINGS ARE OFRINITRE APFEAISAL OF CONTENT 15 TENTATIVE. source: A former Cuban intelligence officer who served with the Cuban Inteliigencs Service uatil April 1964. . ; Introduction 1. The Cuban foreign intellagence service, the General Directorate of Intelligence (Direccion General de Intelivencia - DGI), in dis- charging 1ts function of protecting Cuban interests and security and pranoting the religics ef the Cuban Government, employs agents of many natkhonalities, Although its activities extend to Europe and Africa, itS principal agent strength is in Latin America, Agents have in general two types of assignments: collection of tufermation on the locai government and the local situation, and promotion of reveluttoniry activity, including guerrilla warfare, Ali DGI agents abread are therefore divided into two basic cate-~ gories according to function: antelligence agents charged with collection ef wunformation and penetration of local governments and organizations, who are truly clandestine, i.¢., are not” known in their target countries as Cuban agents: and guerrilla warfare and Sabotage agents, charged with directing and Supporting revolution- ary activities, who are often known as Cuban agents to the local Communist and leftist groups with which they work, The two types of agents are traincd separately and are controlled by different departments im the DGL neadquarters in Havana, intelligence agents by the Tllegal Department (Departamento Liegal,called Ilegal) And guerrilla agents by the LN or National Liberation Department (Departamento Liberacicon Nacional), Agent Selection ae nen cna Re ECT On 2, The DGI employs sowe agents of Cuban nationality, as opposed to staff members working abroad, 1,.0., clandestine agents under the Illegal Department, and are S-E-C-R-E-T fates NO FOREIGN DISSEN iercagensg ond {ertoretecomen 1 Amat ANCSO # IANS NP (AMMUC-1) CS-311/01298-6 ad Cror_AF OS}, ACST, OST, SY, FBI, DIA 2 soromarina| Ae ‘ 27, RID AN 1, WH/SA 46 (5), SR 4,055" 5 wT 8 FE 12 NE 11 (19), FI Filer They function as intelligence agents,
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S~-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM - 2- CS-311/04298-64 recruited by that department. Of three known agents in this cate~¥ gory, one was a member of the Cuban internal security service, the Department of State Security (Departarmcnto de Seguridad del Estado -. DSE), Julio Damaso Vasquez. We was a trained parachutist Br the time of his recruitment, Two other known agents, Rafael Guzman and “Chino” (name unknown), were recruited because they were friends of one of the Illegal Department officers, Saul Gonzalez, One criterion for recruitment is that the agent sball not have a wide circle of acquaintance, Agents of other nationalities are usually recruited by agreement - between a OGI officer and the local Communist or leftist organiza- tion to which the person belongs, but there are other possibie sources, . Foreigners visiting Cuba. Must foreign visitors to Cuba are handled by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples (Institute Cubano del Amistad con, los Pueblos - ICAP), which arranges for their travel to Cuba; their itineraries, lodging, and entertainment while there; and their return travel to their homes or other destinations. The DGI has an arrangement with ICAP under which members of the DGI MO Department (Department of Illegal Centers ~ Departamento Centros LIlegales) meet and interview forcign visitors for the purpose of extract-. ing any information of value to Cuba and of assessing them as potential agents. Contacts are so well camouflaged as normal ICAP courtesies that few of the visitors realize that they ure in touch with an intelligence agency, The DGI does not deal with forcign diplomats, who ure the responsibility of the DSE, If the MO Depart- but it has access to any other foreigners. ment considers any visitor a potential agent, especially if he shows a Marxist or extreme leftist attitude, it reports his name and whatever it has learned about him to either the Tllegal Department of the DGI, which handles intelligence agents not in contact with local Communist or leftist groups, or the LN Department, which works with guerrilla agents in contact with such groups. Referral is made on the basis of membership in or attachment to an organized group. In no case does the MO Departament recruit the agent; that privilege is reserved for the operational departments, b. Foreigners resident in Cuba. The BC Section (Colonial Bureau - Rure Colonial) of the SI‘ Department (Department of Information Services - Departamento Servicios de Informacion) of the DGI is responsible for screening foreigners residing in Cuba (except diplomats) for potential agents, Like the MO Depart- ment, the BC Section makes no actual recruitments, but reports potential agents to the [llegal or LN Department, according to whether they are or are not affiliated with an organized group. Persons volunteering information from ubroad, The MO Depart- ment is also responsible for screening letters from persons abroad who volunteer information or support to the Cuban Government, Its principal aim is to extract any useful in- formation from such letters, but it also notes any persons who appear to have agent potential and refers them to the proper operational department for consideration. Members of Communist Parties and organized leftist groups in Latun America, The group recommends to a DGI contact--an officer on a trip to the area, a local representative or agent, S-F-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM
14-00000 ~ 3 - . CS-411 °01298-64 ec? & headquerters officer ar Cuba if a group official is waSiting ther: --any of ats members as candidates fer guerrilla traintog in Cuba er an their own country. The DCE and the Kroup agres on which ef tho candidates are most suttable, A DGI agent »eecking with the group may alse recomrend merbers for training, g-nerally as guerrilla fighters but possibly @lgo a4 clardecting tntelliigence agents; in the first instance, the recormnastion is known to the group, but in the second is kept g:or-t from it. Recruited agents sent to Cuba for guerrilla warfare training. DGE offacirs obvarve guerrilla warfare and sabotage agents during their training in Cuba and select those cf special potentias foc recruitment a8 unilateral intelligence: agents, e. f. Agents of ctrer intelligence services, The DGI sometimes re- ecruits a- deuble agents employesas of hestile intelligence SCrviacid vitn whem it comes inte centact, FfSuch agerts may BlSe be tcresed cver to the and ¢ecrudtcd them, - When an agent .ardidaty is preposed, the Illegal or LN Department reviews th avairi@atis information about him. If ts as an Cuba, it may roques' the DSE to conduct an investigation; the DGS : Inspection D.partre:t (Departamento Intpeccion), which deals Primaridy wath OGY start personnel], has torms for subrissi0ea to the DSE requesting, an investigation, Sinecn the DG dees not re- veal the sd-rtaties of its irtélligence (illegai) agints to the DSE, not ail tgent ea: dadates ave thus investigated, The opera- tional departaents select their agents on the basis of all the infecmation or a personal recommendation from a DGI Stait member or trusted agent. The candidate is then recruited. Cuban agents 2:5 aware of tre government ugeney for which they are working, but ugects of offer pationalities ar? net: guerrilla agentS ars recrsit-d te wark for theic own organig:* ion, costenasi- bly, and inte Lliigtnoy ayentS ary usually aware oniy that they are Working for th. Cuban Government. They may belirve that they are under the jurisdiction of tues Cuban army becaus? miiitary person- nel give gers «at hs instruction, and tha mete sophisticated may believe they ar* under the DSE, which is widely known as an in- telligence organ, Qva.iable When a Cuban agent is recruited, a schedule for his training is arranged ab cick a way that ho can continue his aermal minner of. living. Ff be i8 employed in an office cr factory, h. continues in his rogular job, and the training is set up fer his fre time. Tf he is canumplcsedy ne goes ca living jus? as he has bifere, and the training is wchstduied for heurs when his absence: from has usual haunts 18 «ot neticeable, Agents fier foreign ccantriss ar? usually brought te Cuba for training in cather antetiiperce Cr gutrrilbla-esatoetag? activities, The DG] 1s netitied of the agent's selection through channels from the fi¢ld, and the Central Processing (Tramirsa;: Sectien of the LN Department handles arrangements for this trtve?d te and from Cuba, Sormally the agent candidate uses his own travel docu- ments, but scr.fimos the group to which he belongs provides a passport beicrpirs to a fellow citizen whe has already been to Cuba, He must obtain his Cuban visa through the nearest Cuban S-£.C-R-E-T NG FOREIGN DISSEMW DGI by the DSE if it has riecgnized - 3