14-00000 4. on . My POSE Pe EGS Es -~ 2+ CS-331/00866-64 Issuance of diplomatic passports in alias is an automatic process whonévor an IS staff employee travels on assignment abroad, The employee involved provides the following itena, which he selects personally, to one "Felix Rafael," in the rwards the material to the Foreign Ministry: The diplomatic title chosen by the staff employee is double- checkgd by the Foreign Ministry to avoid conflicts or dis- erépaAcies with real assignments. For instance, Source chose’ the. gitle.of "Consular Inspector" (Inspector Consular) for his diplomatic passport and the Foreign Ministry determined that nofother Consular Inspector was scheduled to travel trough ‘tYe same area about that ‘time. .The Foreign Ministry official arged with: Assuing alias diplomatic passports for IS persgn~ ek is. one Otero; Chief of. the Diplomatic Passport Section.*.. a ro does the work on short order, even completing a jab on- the sane date the request” is received, if necessary. sua tl groups, Fer instance, Source traveled to Mexico in rly 19@4-#ith a group 6f six or seven ‘etaff employees, all ading diplomatic passports. | Low, . “f ‘There arg no distinguishing features, either in the passport sérial number,. the diplomatic title, or any other entry in a diplomatic passport issued in, alias to ) distinguish it from a bona~ ~fide document, ~ Cuban Ordindry Passports oye qT. ay : eludin by the’ Cuban Foreign Ministry in much the Same way as in the casej/of diplomatic passports, In addition to the bearer's. phote graph, an agent provides cover information on himself for ise ‘in the passport which conforms as closely as possible ‘to his réal life. As an example, Source cited his own case, Sayidg that he furnished a cover story containing his true daté of birth, but Jisting him as single, even though he is maryvied. Typical octupations shown on ordinary passports used by IS agents are ) Student” (estudiante) and “laborer” (obrero). oyree The only distinguishing feature for differentiating between a Cuban ordinary passport issued in‘alias to an IS.agent and. a Pona-fide document is a special code for the serial number. Soirce thinks that alias passports for IS agents bear five- . digit, serial numbers while bona-fide passports bear six- : ae oe serial numbers, Source's theory was based on the fact. t his ordinary passport issued in alias bore a five-digit n mber while the bona-fide passport issued to his wife bore th occasional discrepancies, in which a new set of acces- s;on numbers is used each year. Thus, serial numbers will b@ lower on passports issued at the beginning of the year than on _those issued later in the same year. The serial , aT ee §-E-C-R-E-T me, . . No FOREIGN DISSEM  __. y Cuban Presnar’ passports are issued in alias to IS agents, in- Hy .ai|Six~digit number, This premise is in direct contradiction “ ‘with a study of the numbering system: found to be in use on - , sich ordinary passports, A pattern in numhering is found, & bFrequont1p. _I84personnel- using diplomatic passports travel tis Cubans and ‘nationals of other Latin American countries, a ree me an . ae ar) & oP Sy Se BPO! FE ET FO ey SEM Rs Ae rep emt site we Ee a ra TNS maton gover pre pmpmeeee tame oe te
14-00000 ened ere Sr Cran . + ; a - NO FOREIGN PiSSEM -2- CS-311,00866-64 numbers are generally in a five-digit pattern, although. it was nered that from June _to Decenber 1962 they ascended to Six-dicit numbers 9, Source’s ordinary passport issuec in alias was allegedly ob- tained in January 1964, but was given an issuance date of 23 August 1963 and bears a Serial nauzber consistent with the accession pattern for the latter issuance date. Likewise, five other Cuban ordinary passports issued in 1963 in alias for use by agents under Source’s supervision dear serial numbers adhering to the accession pattern corresponding to™ their particular dates of issue. 10. Grommets ‘recently ceased to he used on photographs in Cuban ordinary passports. . ; Bona-fide Visas, Vaccination Certificates, and Passages - - . ; 11. Diplomatic visas for use in Cubaa diplomatic passports in alias -—- ye are applied for directiy—by~the Cuban Foreign Ministry to the’ ar : foreign nissicn concerned in Havana. In Source's case appli-~- cation was first‘ made in March 1964 fcr a Chilean visa ‘and later for a, Mexican visa, even though no travel to Chile was contemplated. The reason for this was awareness by Cuban authorities of Mexican Suspicion of Cuban diplomatic personnel. The Cuban authorities believed the Mexican Embassy in Havana would be less suspicious of a passport containing a visa from another Latin American country. 12, Passage bookings and international vaccination certificates for use by staff employees and agents using Cuban alias pass- ports are also obtained, through the Cuban Foreign Ministry. Vaccination certificates are obtained from the Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos (ICAP). IS personnel's passages are always booked on Cubana Airlines because such fares are payable. in Cuban pesos. No passages are booked on Soviet or Czech Airlines because these require payment in ~ U.S. dollars, which are scarce for the Cuban Government. 13, After a Cuban diplomatic passport has been used for one round trip, an exit permit from the Cuban Foreign Ministry, known as "Visto Bueno," is required:for each subsequent departure from Cuba. The Foreign Ministry issues these to personnel : uSing alias passports in the same way as they would. for bona- fide docunents. 14. Foreign visas in ordinary passports issued in alias to IS agents are applied fer directly by the. agents to the foreign missions concerned in Havana, : Types of Foreign Passports Used by IS Agents 15. The Cuban IS makes use of valid passports from a number of countries, including Mexico, all Central American countries, Argentina, British Guiana, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela, for document- ing itS agents. The IS hed no access to, nor need for, pass- ports from Spain and the United States. Source specified that the IS does not use Uruguayan passports because the Cuban Government does not wish to endanger its good relations with that country. Valid filled-in and blank passports from S~E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN - DISSE’