(404-10183-10252 a ‘ ob * SECRET ." a: a é 4 March 1964 a MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD: SUBJECT : AMWHIP/1 Meeting, New York City, 28-29 Feb 1964, ~ l. Meeting Time/Place: AMWUIP/I's office, 31 W. 47th St., New York City, Friday, 25 Feb. and Saturday, 29 Feb. Accounting below is composite of the two meetings. 2. Purpose of Meeting. To discuss course of action _ by AMBHIP in response to his receipt of word from AMLASH via . a letter sent from Paris by (Carlos Jorge ROBRENG, aki "EL Mago") oG 3. Details of Meeting, ob a. On 27 Feb, A/1 called the writer via sterile phone to say that he had received a letter Srom (ROBRENO }(R) postmarked 25 Feb., Paris. In one paragrapl, Wistated that he had been given several “encargos" from AMALSH for A/1 to be “transmitted personally" (see attached copy of letter). Since the above information was not mentioned in the clear over the phone, it was decided that the writer should meet with A/1 in order to see the letter personally and to guide A/l in any subsequent steps, The writer arrived at A/l's office at cu 1246, 28 Feb. b. It was A/i's impression that the "encargos" cited in the letter included things beyond personal requests, but he was not absolutely certain of this interpretation due to the brevity of the paragraph. To resolve this expeditiously as requested in'the letter, jt_was decided that A/l should call Paris and talk directly with|R}*avoiding, of course, any phone call to the Cuban Embassy there, To achieve this, it first 6 as necessary to call (Luis FERNANDEZ Ruiz, aka "El nglais"] 3), and ask him te get in touch with [Luis Enrique o6 FRASANC Who -in turn could pass a message to Jagking him to call A/l in,New York, No interest of an ops nature was revealed here Was: the Paris group was told only (and: truthfully) that(R)had written to A/l in New York and that part of his letter was Unclear in its meaning, thus A/1 wished to talk directly with{Rjin order to clarify this. (A phone call was not at all unusuaPbin this case, given A/1's normally extensive use of the phone, plus the fact that the letter jndicated some urgency and did not include a return address.) ob FERNANDED readily agreed to the request even though it was after 2200 Paris’ time. A/l waited in his NYC office until GPoe? 1 Faetatee Usa astcmat< sane “f° T deorgres og and SEG if dev aes.-catee
14-00000 -oCofr[ Kjwith a messace i 0100 Paris time, but received no return call. ob ce, During the period subsequent to the call to FERNANPEZ] the writer discussed the situation with A/1. was agrecdothat there was Little we could do until we had heard from R)himself. The writer also took this opportunity to let Afl kiow that we were rather concerned over the arrival - . from AMLASH, particularly if indeed it: Si’s,future plans. (We knew also tate to A/l, it has any connection with AMLA at this time via the PARI cablepSbut did not so 8 o6 that Ryhad evealed to (TRASANCO) that he ulso expecte another 8) 06 responsible for{R's o¢(BARRA is more commguly known a SEL, co Jose “Alberto IBARRA Martin, aka "El Loco",} toe 0 arrive mext week with additional word from AMLASH.) A/l was also told that the arrival of these messages from AMLASH was further clouded by the fact that AMLASH was in touch with us through another channel. "courier", d. Imnireply, A/l agreed that there may be some cuuse for concern, but in fact he was not too apprehensive as he felt both men were "100%" behind AMLASH, A/1l went on ta suy that by this he meant that both men had been for a long time associated with the eircles in which AMLASH had been a leader, and could be regarded us "loyal" to AMLASH, However, he did speculate that both men were perhaps closer friends with each other than either was with AMLASI. A/t also stated phat ho AMLASHL, and he did not personally care for the two met ryan [1BARRADS but that AMLASH did fcel that at Least b fOwas a g6od “action type" and could probably be fitted into ILASH's plans at some point. (This was reported aiso in 1. Contact Report dated 23 Oct 1962) A/L went on to aeneeinelR a6 ag much the smarter of the two, LBARIA) } ing “not too intelligent. A/l also stated that both men drank qui & a bit, turning into belligerent and talkative drunks. lie stated that this over-indulgence,, with its resulting belicosity, was undoubtedly s}shoot ing of the American in 4 bar brawl over wg. tomato in Havana several years, 289. scording to A/1, iar of after the name of hid step-father, \Lino oe ol, to whom LBARRA‘s) mother is oO now murried. a ob oG e. At ca 1630 LMT (New York 06 oy 29 Feb, (iraxsasco) and(R)returned A/i's call. In brief, (R)stated that he had soue tems to discuss with A/1l, but that it was “nothing immediate." He stated that he had written a subsequent letter to A/1l containing more information and which should arrive in New York the yext Monday or, Tuesgay (meaning the 2nd or Sra of March) 9° ERfalso stated that BARRA) cas coming to Paris the following week ‘(week of 1 March) and Mould bring with him additional details. A/?t said that he was quite busy at 2. a r 71 SEGEET Eagtadeg inant estse ate ret Messe 4 FOr ath eevee
s & ww ee Vig \ Oy hp MS following telephone No@ dy ~ SECRET - present and preferred ‘to postpone coming ed Europe at this . time if it wasn't absolutelydnecessary. CRjeaid that he felt it could wait at least il (IBARRAJarrived; then the matter could be re-considered kkaid he could be reached at the at least for the next few days (A/l fuiled toe ask for an address or for the location = owner - of the phone)$ wiso stated that he planned to visit Spain a “little ldter", but did not disclose to A/l the nature of the trip. The conversation ended with A/l stating obta (iy that he would be in,.touch with him@ lajer after he had recejyed the letter from RJ He also asked to let him know when ( IRARRA}arrived in Pwris? “a . . - A/l will contact the writer us soon as he gets and will mail it to the accommodation address 0 f. the letter from(H) he regularly uses.°U ~ 4, Security. The writer left A/l's office for the last time ca 1730, 29 Feb 1964. No incidents of a security nature were noted, It is noted for the record, however, that A/i has given AMSPORT/1 a temporary job in his firs, and the writer's presence was observed by AMSPORT during this series of meetings. End of Report cacw ¢ Excteged tro-e astamate, Soagvaceg og SERIE now SECiET