404-10196-10277 mee /sa 7 1), WEL (2), CL, Boeca Use Onl Do Not Reproduce ”: CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Thig mstertel containa inforaating agecting the National Defenae ef the United Bletes @ithia the meaning of the Seplonage Laws, Title 18 TEC Bece WS and 794, the (ranamission o¢ cereiation Of which in any manner te an wunautheriand peran is prohibited oy taw. SECRET . : ‘NO FOREIGN DISSEM : a Country Cuba - oo REPORT NO, = CSCI- 316 '00687-64 SUWECT Benigno Carlos CASTELLAR Sanchez bate bibme 18 August 1964 © ° NO. PAGES {3 a, my . REFERENCES So Po BATE OF 1964 RACES Wishitigton, db. Cc. a CATE ACQ. August 1964 - FIELD REPORT.NO, . TH 18 UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE ORADINGS ARt DEFINITIVE, APPRAISAC OF CONTENT iS) TENTATIVE, SOURCE A former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban Intelligence Service until April 1964 . ' . og ; : r Headquarters Comments The following report is one of a scrios containing personality infurmation provided by the source and includes supplemental information from the records of this Agency. It is requested that the addressees take no action on any of the individuals mentioned in the personality reports without first checking with this Agency. 1. Benigno Carlos CASTELLAR Sanchez was scen in Cuba by source prior to April 1964. Previcusiy CASTELLAR was in Mexico on behalf of the Direccion General de Inteligencia (General Directorate of Intelligence - DGI). It is not known for sure if he was chief of the DGI in Mexico, but he was at least a DGI Officer there. It is believed that he is still connected with the DG!. 2. CASITELLAR was bern about 1936, ts tall, weaghs about TPS9 1,5,6,7,8 pounds, has a strong build, black hair and black -eyes,. 3,4,5,6, Headquarters Comments - 1. The records of this Agency reveal that on the night of 7 September 1958, one Benigno CASTELLAR Sanchez, pessibly identical with the above Subject, was one of twenty-seven | , Cubans attending a meeting at the home of Emilio Alfredo” de Jesus ARAGONES y Navarro, a Cuban exile, at Atoyac ~~ 25, Mexico, D. F. This information is documentary. , . & 2. A source, untested, in 2 report dated “99 October 1962, 4 stated that one Berignu CASTELLAR, the Cuban Commercial 4 cate f SECRET (Sees 2 NO FOREIGN DISSEM EES 1 jorare DIA ARMY NAVY TAR NSA ! REP _CINCLANT _CUINCSO # TENS i wate. Field distribution Indicated by “#”.) _. 3/RA
es Co ee ee Bey Lak, cel Oo, . 5 tae te Soe an - SECRET awe oo. NO FOREIGN DISSEM - CL UCT Of - me Attache in Mexico and possibly identical with Benigno Carlos ‘ _ “CASTELLAR Sanchez, was responsible for buying products in . Mexico for ‘Cuban USE. 3. AIO February 1963, report stated that Benigno CASTELLAR Sanchez was the Cuban. Commercial Attache in Mexico-and a suspected G-2 agent. ® a vs ‘Benigno Carlos - CASTELLAR Sanchez, Cuban:-Commerical Attache, . - depar ted: Mexico for Habana via Cuban Airlines on 22 March 1963, Slate. : with his. wife ‘and child. He stated that he expected to return - -o- Be, - to Mexico. This’ information was received on 25 March 1963, . | ‘ a 7 us . ‘from a fairly reliable.source. A report dated 13 June. ce 7 vote 1963, ‘stated that. CASTELLAR | returned to Mexico on 4 June 1963. 3S. A sally ‘Yeliable source, in a report dated 17 June 1963, atated that Benigno. CASTELLAR Sanchez, the Commercial Attache of. the Caban Embassy . in Mexico and in charge of buying; was > bedtag replaced by’ Oscar CONCEPCION Mendoza. CONCEPCION was ; ‘expected to arrive in Mexico City on 17 June 1963, and CASTELLAR ‘planned to leave fifteen days later. 6. The following biographic information on Benigno Carlos CASTELLAR , i Sanchez was received by a representative of this Agency in Mexico in a report dated 27 June 1963; Benigno Carlos CASTELLAR Sanchez, the Commercial Attache at the Cuban Embassy in Mexico, was born about 1940, He cerried vassourt number D/62/479. His wife, Ada HATING. Fernandez de Castellar, carried passport number D/G2/528,. His son, Rafael CASTELLAR MARTINEZ, carried . passport number D/63/4. CASTELLAR arrived in Mexico on 27 August 1962, and resided at Alvaro Obregon 123-605, Mexico, D. F. He was a suspected G2 Agent. 7. °A usually reliable source with good access to travel information 'Yeported that on 27 August 1963, Benigno CASTELLAR, diplomatic “‘gassport number 62/479; Ada MARTINEZ, diplomatic passport number . 62/528; and Ratael CASTELLAR, infant ‘diplomatic passport number 62/528, left Mexico City for "Habana. : 8. In a report dated August 1963, from a group of Cuban enmigre's . trained in the techniques of information collection and who have ‘provided useful reports for two years, provided the following information on Benigno CASTELLAR Sanchez: SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM Se ee ctemmet onan tome Ge wee Se eS te eT ee or
SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM 3. cs Nb fle ¢ > 7 A Commerical Attache at the Cuban Embassy in Mexico, born about 1937, is five feet ten inches tall, 180 pounds, white, with black hair and black eyes. He has a strong athletic build and wore a large but well trimmed mustache, CASTELLAR is a serious, very quiet, dincreet, and intelligent man and was frequently: | in the company of Carlos RODRIGUEZ Yauget.. He was \ an active-member of the Deparj&mento de Seguridad del Estado (Departmen*® of State Security - DSE) until he was appointed Commercial Attache. He was always . armed with a pistol. . ez i SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM