| | fr | ? | } : | f FIELD INFORMATION REPORT C forte sonsblg 0 Net vowels celable Eo Net veletie  Angted Gaaning o soueci-a Complore’, reieue 8 Uras'lg se ere : # @eben.+y canmso’ Be me iges (ape ed te untesiod @ cmadi-g som.’ 6 sowses of Gowtited ‘heneety o s9biy rege tiles of thew 62% petem o tered sow res APPRAISAL OM COrifest 1 Canlsmed by oer mdegendem ent -etahle cewres 2 Probably tye fsise = 8 Cane be pet ged., . 5 Fowdte tee b Comeid § Protabty CONELDENTIAL/HO FOREIGN DISSEM PEPORT NO HMM-10,628 Courstay Mexico SUBECT (Popular Soctalint Party DATE oF RIFORT 24 Aupurt 19C6 Skepticinm Concerning the Arreat of Victar Rico Galan And Others NO PAGES 3 REFLRENCES | oan of 17 August 1966 HO . piace g Mexico, Mexico City DATE ACQ (19 Aupust 1906) - . . THO 1& Ul MALUATEO 10 OWMA O% SOURCE GOSD OvB BP! OLE NT Vi APPEA BAL OF CONTEST 1H TTNTARSE SOURCE 1, (Summary: Popular Socialist Party (PPS) attitudes toward the arrest of Yictor Rico Galan and others on charges of conspiring ageinst the Government remain unsympathetic and the Party intends to stay outside the entire matter although PPS Sece- retary General Vicente Lombardo Toledano may aeize the oppor- tunity to strike back at some of his enemies by issuing ae atatement condemning the plans attributed to Rico Galan, @ithin the Party there ia considerable akepticium about the truth of the published charges. While several Party leaders do mot doubt that there is some truth to the charges they aro quite cenvinced that there was no danger of imminent rebollion and that Mexican inetitutions satecd in no peril from Rico Galan and his friends. Given the energy and efficiency with which the Hexican Government has dealt with lean melodramatic threats in the past, one cannot but muspect that it is merely a tried and truco Government maneuver. Also, it is believed in the PPS that police accounts of their role in the matter have, been exaggerated to enhance the veputation of the police both with the President ond with the public, The rumor that the Guatesalan Governzont may have asked the Mexican Government to silence Bico Galan because of hia violent attacks against the new Guatemalan administretion ia generally discounted ginee the complaints of Guatemalan officials are certainly ef no concern to Mexico.) | Os TRigulon CORFIDENTIAL/NO FOREIGH DISSE nfo es ante Soren racacaaede ceamee memes seats ott act ne oe penartnnetr sehen hater eve —eepnsterprwnw fra truse evi, i t | | |
14-00000 Bags *% es ar gat hone pee aot pt eo oe ey a RAiies A hel Be OS URUAM RET OTe BAG EN gees STEER BSE aes car pets dd Dare CONYIDENTIAL/NO FOREICN DISSEM ae "Qe ve Aas 2. Victor Rico Galan and bia esasociates can expect neither sya- pethy nor holp from the Popular Socialint Party (PPS - Partido Popular Socitaliate). Although no official decision haa yet been made by the Party, PPS iesders who have coaumented un- officially on the matter have said that for the monont the . Party will no doubt stay completely outaide the whole affair, thue proving ita totel inck of interest in this type of revo- lutionary activity.,. It is of course possible that PPS Secretary et Géneral Vicente Lombardo Toledano will seize the opportunity to , . issue ea statement condéaning the entire affair as Trotskyist, criminal, and utopian. Loubardo may decide to use this oppor= tunity to strike back at tho Rational Liberation Movement (MLE - Hovisiento de Liberacion Nacional) and others who have attacked hig. 3. Among leaders of both the PPS and the General Union of Yorkers and Peasants of Mexico (UGOCH - Union General de Obreros. y Campesinos de Mexico), there is a4 certain skepticiam about the. truth of the matter ea it has been presented in the press. - It is probably true that orms and materials for manufacturing ‘euplogives were confiscated. it is probably true that indoc- trination sesaions' on political and revolutionary matters probably were. held in ths housea where the arrests were made. And probably the group did have some kind of plan for action. But, it ig simply not true that there was the alightest danger of immediate and formidable rebellion from Rico Galan and his friends. * 4. This. latter conclusion ia based on the fact that Rico Galan WD, is no guerrilig leader. He is an aggressive intellectual, a wa radical, but he is not in jail for what he haa done but for ‘ \ his ideas. As for-Baul Ugalde Alvarez, named with Rico Galan $s: as one of the leaders o @ group, he has the reputation of “¢ being fugzy-minded, a leftist adventurer and certainly neither brave nor dedicated, Further, and Rico Galan ig well aware of thin, popular support is essential to the success of rebellion. None exists. The peasants are divided. The workers are controlled by the Governmmant, and the middle-~clasa ts content with the way things are. Also, there is the formidable precedent of Govern- ment action ageingt any kind of rebellion, trade union, armed, and particularly any sort of activity which is Cuban~connected, “The Governnent has always moved with energy, epeed, and effi-~ clency to coabat such threats as, for example, during the Rallway Workers Strike of 1959, Several leaders of that strike ara etill in jail and likely to remain there. Another example is the September 1965 attack on a military camp at Ciudad Maders, Chihushia. While the Government did not feel that his incident posed any real. threat to it, it did not want the bad interna~ tienal publicity, so vigilance was increased, activities of would-be guerrillas were blocked, seme were bought off with | BONY , others with prowises and the agtter was promptly and : efficiently controlled. 6 i | t i 8&8 There no doubt is a degree of truth to police charges, but _the melodramatic, almest childish character given to the Rico Galan movement, the Ilsck of any proven connection between the movement and jeftiat/Communiat orgenizationa, Rico Gelan's open and woll-Enown connections with Guatemalan guerrilla leaders and his public support of the Quban revolution, make it vory hard to discount the suspicion that thie is simply a Government gmanouver. 4&lso, while the police no doubt did confiscate ores and other asteriala, the suapicion exiats that the police Rave inflated thetr rele in order to make theaselves leok goud both to the Presidwat and te public opinion. CONVIDENTIAL/NO POREIGN DIBSEM en abit et ae sea Bae ation AN oe aE net TRE. SE tenant sta Eine nantes “eGR abeetoon ta Sta eABAE ane stone Sa Ae ae atentnee tne nn Bee meROEeR NALA: Beda tie cutee Oat nti gt al nae
CONFIDENTIAL/NO FOREIGN DISSEN : t : y- g There is even a rumor that because of Rico Galan’s harsh attacks on the new Guatomalan administration, the Guatemalan Government asked the Mexican Governuent to denl with Rice Galan, This rumor however ia regarded on rather ridiculous since the Mexican Gevernment certainly cares nothing for the opinion of Guatemalan officials. Field Comment: HMM-10,014 reported carlier PPS reaction to the arrests. COAFIDENTIAL/SOD FORRICH DISBEM Rett ert - innclameNterirteenn ce satnttens ante eh | egret! Ste sen ta oe atlain netinth rree 2 ete ete nape natok memset Ubeves tsk tee 5 eters mate eetcaett anes ge at einonttae teenie hnet temic ad ttomssraes,
14-00000 + f yay (O78 ORNS TE erreRA spHATAT CLASSIFICATION . TRANSMIT wa . oF. SECRET TOCS INFORMATION REPORT UNIT ty TRE RE EXT, 2483. CATE 4 : 3966 aa “a TDCS -314/10194-66 amit COPIES cS8/D0, CI/OPS, CI/1C, Fi, FI/D, FI/INT 6, IW, CA 2, CA/PEG, DO 2, DO/H 4, EUR 4, WH 13 | . DATE © Ribu . ~ PRECEDENCE 24 August 1966 _ | 4 rounne | BASED ON cho. RPT., PROJ.) MEXI-8310 (IN-79989) LIRING (LIRING-3) ATE VATUATION REQUESTED STATE —__._ OF HANDLING INSTRUCTION NO FOREIGN DISSEM | G SUNTERMAL Ute ONLY weak “ar 4) 2, ey a a a“ Aap tect YU - ‘ att Lele LEG 27 foee o/s (4 ke pee J / AUTHENTICATING CRFICER COORDINATING OFFICERS WH/1/R (in draft) tascficalion no RELEASING OFFI ; [ere SECRET [sss] [oo Peng FEL OP tr? C/WH/C/RR 1 jCCPY NO, Oa Bae
“s a CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ROUTINE Intelligence Information Cable  -79989 PAGE 1 OF 3 PAGES . STATE/ite | BIA NAVY AIR ARMY Jc& BECOEF NSA NIG y $00 ONE OSCR ORR OCBo CGSB’ Cia/mmcE . REPCINCLANT a __ . , This maverti contains Information afectin, the Matichel Betencs of f the United States within the ‘meaning of the age Laws, Tite 18, 08.0, ‘ ° Secs. 102 abd Tet, the tranumisdin or 8408 ef ebich ia ig Shy manher team unauthorized person i prokimived few. °° . NO FOREIGN DISSEM eeE=4 ‘ _THIS 13 AN: INFORMATION REPORT. NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTEILIGENCE. “TWOCS-314/ 10194-66 $-E-C-R-E-T f ; a 18 15 2 bist 24 AUGUST 1966 cOUNTRY CUBA/MEXICO pol 18 AUGUST 1966 SUBJECT EVIDENCE OF CONFLICT IN THE CUBAN EMBASSY IN MEXICO CON- CERNING THE CASE OF VICTOR RICO GALAN Aca MEXICO, MEXICO CITY (20 AUGUST 1966) FIELD NO. SOURCE 1, HEADQUARTERS COMMENT: ACCORDING TO PRESS ACCOUNTS, "VICTOR RICO GALAN, A SPANISH- BORN JOURNALIST RESIDING IN MEXICO “CITY, WAS ARRESTED BY THE MEXICAN POLICE ON i2 Sane neOna MEN AND 5 WOMEN AND CHARGED WITH “CONSPIRACY ON A NATIONAL SCALE’ THE GROUP WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE HELD MEETINGS TO PLAN SUBVERSIVE . TACTICS AND ACTIVITIES AGAINST THE NATION'S INTERNAL SECURITY. "POLICE ALSO CLAIMED THAT THE MEMBERS HAD BEEN IN RADIO CONTACT WITH ORGANIZATIONS IN CUBA. THE 17 AUGUST EDITION OF EL UNIVERSAL ' GRAFICO NOTED THAT THE POLICE WERE INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBILITY o-E-C-R-E-T XO FOREIGN DISSEM felas tRoalion, (dure m oontendtst
<5 ey ia ts one S Pane es Suds c ae 1 pers 1 by atte dt GR at bits Sra ted SOEs yy PAS LE i: IN=79989 TOCS$ -314/10194-66 PAGE 2 OF 3 PAGES G-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM . , felasstfretion ) (disse conivote) : OF "FOREIGN INVOLVEMENT” IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT RICO GALAN WAS READY TO BOARD A CUBANA FLIGHT WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED, FURTHER RE- PORTS CLAIMED -THAT 48 PERSONS WERE DETAINED AS A RESULT OF THE ROUNDUP, FOR EARLIER REPORTING ON THIS CASE, SEE TDCS-314/10486-66, ° ee 20 AUGUST 1966, TDCS-314/10419-66, 18 AUGUST 1966, AND TDCS- 314/10347-66, 15 August 1966, 2, ON 18 AUGUST ABELARDO CURBELO PADRON, CUBAN CONSUL IN MEXICO city, SAID THAT THE SENDING OF ‘AN: OLD DC-4 AIRCRAFT TO Read AN oh MEXICO FROM CUBA ON 16 AUGUST WAS OSTENSIBLY A SPECIAL SERVICE ie 4 i PROVIDED FOR JOSEPHINE BAKER TO TRANSPORT HER AND HER 16 CHILDREN TO MEXICO, ACCORDING TO CURBELO, HOWEVER, THIS PLANE ALSO GAVE THE CUBANS ‘AN EXCUSE FOR NOT EVACUATING THE MEXICANS IMPLICATED IN THE RICO GALAN CASE WHO WERE PRESSING THE CUBAN EMBASSY FOR SANCTUARY IN CUBA TO AVOID ARREST, CURBELO INDICATED THAT THE CUBANS WERE VERY FEARFUL FOR CUBAN-MEXICAN RELATIONS IN VIEW OF THE RICO GALAN CASE AND DID NOT WANT TO BE ACCUSED BY THE MEXICANS OF GRANTING ASYLUM TO GUILTY PARTIES, 3. ON 15 AUGUST JULIAN LOPEZ DIAZ, CUBAN PRESS AND CULTURAL ATTACHE, HAD ADVISED A FRIEND NOT TO TAKE THE 16 AUGUST FLANE TO CUBA BECAUSE THERE WERE GOING TO BE SEVERAL MEXICANS ABOARD TO ESCAPE ARREST IN THE RICO GALAN CASE, AS IT TURNED OUT, HOWEVER, eS-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM fel set fos tions [ois POR ons yt ¢ od aa
14-0000 a ' i ‘. . IN~79989 TOCS -314/10194-66 PAGES OF 3 PAGES: §.E-C-R-E»T NO FOREIGN DISSEN ; (elaasification j (Gieegon sontocts) : ONLY FIVE PERSONS FLEW TO CUBA IN THE DC-4 AND NO MEXICANS WERE AMONG THEM, (SOURCE COMMENT: IT IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR CUBANA TO CARRY ONLY FIVE PASSENGERS ON ITS MEXICO-TO-HAVANA RUN.) WHEN ASKED WHY HE DID NOT DO MORE IN CULTURAL PRESS WORK FOR CUBA, LOPEZ REPLIED THAT IT WAS NOT INPORTANT, BUT WHAT WAS IMPORTANT WAS ASSISTING THE REVOLUTIONARY FORCES IN MEXICO, (SOURCE COMMENT: LOPEZ IS PROBABLY A SECURITY OR INTELLIGENCE REPRESENTATIVE AT THE CUBAN EMBASSY, SINCE HE IS VERY CLOSE TO RICO GALAN AND AP- PEARED TO FEEL THAT THE MEXICANS CONNECTED WITH THE CASE WHO HAD NOT YET BEEN ARRESTED SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN PASSAGE TO CUBA.) 4, ON 12 AUGUST FERNANDO RICO GALAN, VICTOR'S BROTHER, WAS OBSERVED IN THE CUBANA OFFICE IN MEXICO CITY ATTEMPTING TO ARRANGE FOR A FLIGHT TO HAVANA. THE FLIGHT DID NOT COME TO MEXICO CITY THAT DAY AND FERNANDO WAS LATER ARRESTED IN THE ROUNDUP, ALSO ON 12 AUGUST ONE: NOEL BARRA ZENIL WAS OBSERVED ATTEMPTING TO AR- RANGE PASSAGE TO CUBA, (SOURCE COMMENT: BARRA IS A RABID CON- MUNIST REVOLUTIONARY WHO IS CLOSE TO RICO GALAN AND UNTIL RECENTLY WAS A LONG-TIME RESIDENT OF HAVANA.) (HEADQUARTERS COMMENT: A USUALLY RELIABLE SOURCE REPORTED THAT IN MAY 1956 ALVAR NOEL BARRA ZENIL WAS LISTED AMONG PERSONS CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE PARTIDO OBRERO-CAMPESINO MEXICANO (POCM, MEXICAN WORKER-PEASANT PARTY), A SMALL MARXIST SPLINTER GROUP, SEE CS- PO2909, 18 SEPTEMBER 1956.) fesarsthoation) fdisser contratn) dose trestle A a cab ENCLANT. S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM
74-00090 soces CPves (no Suaseiry TO @tkE BE. RMEP VO FILE WO. sure aio) wer. ro saancn [J eeeracy Caio, el nd ° * ; ___ELASSEFIED MESSAGE NS Tova COPie PERSON/S UNIT MOT IP Igo easbur i action yt" FILE ‘ef ‘ t t nee i : DIRECTOR ; 1g REF E DIRECTOR 29859 Be, act ~ bi” 1, BELIEVE EST way TO exPLorYAie0/ ent CASE PEP REF WOULD 3E TO TIE IT Li!TO OTHER EXAMPLES OF CASTRO REVOLUTLONA2Y ACTIVITY LH LA COUNTRIES UNDER GENERAL THENE OF “IT CAN EVEN HAPPEN IN MEXICO,” HOST FERTILE SURFACING AREAS FOR THIS PURPOSE WOULD APPEAR BE EN ce mere an mene een Bt VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA, AND GUATEMALA BUT HOS MAY WISH EXPAND THIS Peer, SEST FOLLovrna meu me EDS r OP CAMPALC: (4) FSSENTIAL BACKGROUND OF 4 i 8 1CO GALA : A9S OG Z BE CASLED‘ADOVE STATIONS CAND OTHERS 1 t a: HL separ ATES &S BASS MODIA EXPLOLTATION AND OTHER FEASISLE iis : ies ‘ it .T4L ACTION C2.G., RE LIAISON) PEGGED TO CURRENT CASTRO 9 ETUE ACTIVITIES RESPECTIVE AREAS. BACKGROUND COULD [NCLUDE Ce 2ess7> Lg NEXECS CITY SQ41 IFO PLUS LATER DEVELOPNENTS AS REPORTED LOSAL OL 2SS ACCOUNTS FONVARDID UMDEP HMMA-29305 (LATEST LOCAL SDLTCMLAL COMMENTARY ‘BEING POUCHED 25 auGuST). (3) TO TIE THIS To “CASTRO-CXPORTS-REVOLUTION" THEME [8 CONTEXT LOCAL COUNTRY SITUA- . 7 ye ; pe ~ - a a TIONS, ABOVE SACKGROUND MATERIAL SHOULD BE SUPPLEMENTED BY ALL SECR , es 4 te AVAILABLE ine ON RECO GALAN AND HIS GROUP WHICH LUDICATES CASTRO a SCF aye -
«ER SR Q OOUE PASE 2 HENICO CITY 9354 § SECRET INVOLVENENT. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE NEWS ITEMS oN RICO'S USE OF CHE GUEVARA TEXTS IN HIS CLANDESTINE GROUP, HIS PAST CONNECTIONS WITH CASTRO AND THE CUSAN EMBASSY, KIS TRIPS TO YOU SOSA ON BEHALF CULLED FROM CURRENT MEXICAN Nee cane ape nira es CASTRO, ETC. “BEL LEVE WITH Suck LTENS HATERGAL TAKEN FROM KMMA+26883, 3 AUGUST 1965 PRESS, PLUS RELEVANT ™ PORTRAIT" ae RICO GALAN AND TWO MENOS TO-LIRAMA ON RICO FORVARDED NORE RECENTLY “UNDER HMA -29791, STATIONS WOULD HAVE GOOD BASIS a ers FOR LOCAL REPLAY AND EXPLOLTATION, - AS FURTHER SEVELOPNENTS IN RICO GALAN CASE UNFOLD HERE, THIS ha we INITIAL GUIDANCE COULD BE SUPPLEMENTED AS APPROPRIATE BY ADDITIONAL ~ . ° i Scot eeee Me taintnee 8.8  rnee tie Or tettseymaennats on CASLE GUIDANCES, BASIC GUIDANCE CABLE j 4, IF HES CONCURS, STATION WILL PREPARE j } ALONG PAPA 2@ LINES FOR H&S RELAY TO APPROPRIATE STATIONS, Lo Nee yne : 7 ‘ a ° , wee > D i; SECRET aa : ar ; i : £2 EEN | d H , i i : ‘ fy (