198-10007-10021) - AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : . COMMENTS : JFK Assassination System Date: 6/24/201 Identification Form Agency Information ARMY _ — 198-10007-10021 CALIFANO PAPERS Document Information ICCCA CHMN, SUBCMMT ON CUBAN SUBVERSION MEMBER OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT FOR JULY-AUGUST ON ACTIONS TAKEN TO COMBAT CASTRO-COMMUNIST SUBVERSION 09/30/1963 23 ENHANCEMENT OF INTELLIGENCE ON CUBAN SUBVERSION STRENGTHENING OF COUNTER-INSURGENCY CAPABILITIES CONTROL OF TRAVEL TO AND FROM CUBA CONTROL OF TRANSFER OF FUNDS SURVEILLANCE OF CUBAN DIPLOMATIC, COMMERCIAL AND CULTURAL MISSIONS CONTROL OF CLANDESTINE MOVEMENT OF GUERILLAS AND ARMS , CONTROL OF MOVEMENT OF CUBAN PROPAGANDA PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B; 4 Redact 04/08/1998 Califano Papers, Box 2, Folder 26. Memo from Chairman, Subcommittee on Cuban Subversion to the _ members of the Committee re: Report for July-August on Actions Taken te Combat Castro-Communist Subversion, partment of the Army EO 13528 Mibectessiy Exclude © Exempi Authority = Refer To ___ Review Date a 20/5 py ES . v9.1 HW 50955 DoclTd: 324274014 Page 1
ww HY 0955 Alt SECRET September 30, 1963 TO: Members of Subcommittee on Castro-Comaunist - Subversion, FROM: Chairman, Subcommittee on Cuban Subversion SUBJECT: Report for July - August on Actions Taken to Combat Castro-Commmist Subversion. Attached ig a draft of the Subcommittee's report for July and August on actions taken te counteract Castro- commmnist subversion in the hemisphere. The draft hae been prepared on the basis of the material which you furnished with certain modification, The CIA mexbers will note that I have extracted from his submission the iteus of action taken and pleced these in the body of the report. The intelligence information contained in the subuission I have made into an annex. I think it is very useful to have the intelligence data fom part of the report, and request that ia the future the CIA member prepare his subalsiiion in two partes. May I have your comments on the dyatec by close of business Octeber 1, 1963, Coples to: CIA - Mr. Wheeler (2) DOD ~ Col, Haig (are ar 7 USIA » Mr. Wagley (1) BAR « Mr. Hart (1) Justice - Mr, Geogheghan (1) 2lbP G3 ~ ch Slap adivid tle POY 7-8 lhe Sify Gey — Py ARA:WGBowdler: se co] GROUP jf 9/30/63 downers from atftomatig — “8Classification ae SECRET Bocld: 327474014 Page 2?
DRAPE LY. ef _f cop lea Droluded tree cae keluded from ~y downgrading =o declassificatiog - g & Developed highly useful information on frequency ef Cuban “chartered” flighte to Bragil, wamee and natlonalities of pessengers and orew, and leas meceures of centre] follawed by Brazilian authorities. Tranemitted this information to dation chiefs in the Letin American countries ef the non Brazilians travelling on these flights. &. Haintatned clese watch over travel to and from Cuba. See Annex B for table of known travel ef Latin Americans duxing July and Augeet. ¢. As @ result of information furnished by him by the €ia Station in Buenos Abres | | | indicated that he would make every effort to prevent Argentine delegates from attendine the international Uniden ef Acchitects Congress in Havana. d. At the urging ef the CIA Station and the Eubesay the Bolivien Minister of Interior issued in mid-July an order prohibiting the granting of travel permite to Cube on other | blee coutries to Rolivien nationale. HY 50955 DBoctd: 327424014 Page 3
HY 0955 @, | ete Goverment of Chile prohibited the — mtey into Chile ef organizers of the Cuban sponsored Second latin dmerican Youth Cengress, which had been echedvled to teke pleee in Santiago in Sugust. Thiea wie one ef the faetere which led to postponexent ef theCongrese.. £, After considexable prodding by the CIA Statioa and the Eebessy the Minister of Public Sec uriey of Costa Rica tme- presented legislative proposals to the Goata Rican Asseably which will require ali persons intending to travel be Communiet -@ounteies to have their tzevel epproved by e newly created Costs Efecan security agency. lexieo Clty éeveloped inforsation eve iu Vera Cruz eonterning the clandestine @erival of pascene on Cuban werchant ships. Biferts ate being made to obtain more oi to encourage stricher control by the Houlcen authorities. @, Ineteueted Inbaasy Comskry to wry te persuade Guinean authorities to deny use of eivport fecilities by flights on Habawa-Meseod. route, These efferte achieved a tenporary withholding of permission for future ragular flighte, at least BDoctld: 327474014 Page 4
authorities to exprssa cur deep concern at the growing fxeque uben nom-ccheduied flights to Brawll and request thete  <Coeperation in curbing them, Alse ingtructed our Eubassies is: several latin Auerican countries te work with CIA atation chiefs in furnishing the nawes of nationale of those eountries | thams £2) to dneeitute tighter controls on theiz own cltizens travelling to Cuba, ead (2) to express thety conre: gn Gove RNmMENT wee Bracil/over Cuban use of wa to the fvhl aa a way station for transeo ‘ting subversives, &. As a result of representations made te the British flights to the Cayewan Islende carrying bversives, the British develeped an adel: hene whieh will effectively prohibit the use of Sritieh Caribbem dependencies by Cubana as transie polate for passengers. fhe British tatend te vequixe teanelt vleae of pasdengers paseing through thely arenes, and to eeject applications for auch visas ene: spt in certain epectel cases, Perseus not possessing vicas would bea prevented from leaving theles adrereaft, ox would be Boclda: 327474014 Page 5 pistrative rs
veturned to their point of origin, 4. Insteueted Imbascy Mexico City on Augest 29 to iaform the Mexican airline CMA thet the Ualted States is opposed te a proposal that GA operate charter flights to carry eefugees from Havana to Central america, €MA, as a reault, stated thet they had ne intention of proceeding further with ” this project. e, Inetrusted 0.8. Missions im Curaceo and the Ha gue to investigate e report that ELM was planning te venew sb. echeduled Curaceo-Habane flights and to reiterate US opposition . fed our Embassy that there ip no plan to initiate service, schede to resumption of air service to Cuba, BEIM avaw scheduled, te Habana, £, Instructed Eabassy Ottawa to axpresa owe etrong objection te a proposal that a Cubans charter flight pick up & eeeond growp ef U.8, etudents im Montreal te fly them to Cuba. hovized. | Tre flight wis net aut &. Instructed Consulate Gaorgetowm to investigate Subene approaches te secure flight feciiities. Mission reported ment vegarding landing rights for Cubana planes, ‘The Governor Vinee a oa nein! HY 50955 DBoctd: 327424014 Page 6
Guiana Governments had raieed the issue of isndi £.2.G. bh. Urged the government: aad the Nether lands | to refuse te assies the Cuban government id here route for retuenjf the Se Agee who illegally travelled to Cuba, Also informed Pan Givesys that we were oppesad to a Cuban request for # PAA charter flight te fly the students fvon Rabens co Bow York, me of Cuban interest . im the use of thele aviation fsediietes. aiecussed with the Yoveiga Seevetary axious legal moves available that widld enable wencnte of eixerefe within their territory, csamples of euch controle fastituced by Bm  Babasoy Fort of Spain ptiveness to the proposal that suggeotions be meade avatiable ta the aviation effictals ting period Ewhassy Santiago Bocld: 327474014 Page 7
HY 0955 wxged the government of Chile te refuse visas to Cuban delegatéc Se & preparatory necting pianaing for the TI Latin Amexicon Youth Congress echeduled fer August in the Chilean capital. ieabliity of Cuban delegates to cbtsin Chil@im vieae for this meeting ie one ef the contributing factors to the Cuban agousera anaouncing during August that the meeting kad been postponed. hk Bent general inetructions to our missions im countries which partieipate tm the International Unien af Architects acking fesmmental auchorities ie tien to wre the sooneveatie preventing or discouraging the eattendanc the VEE UIA Congress iu Rabens, Septenber 29-Oeteber 4, 1963. wed this up with fnstructiens te 4 whore feasible to dissuade architects from fr ring on the jury fer the selectd adivideal peste to try ee world ceunteies a of w Bay of Pigs dion Government to bleck a plea te Me BDocld: 327474014 Page 68
HY 0955 police ot the State of Cuenabara seized large quantities of prape~ ganda brought inte Brazil by peesengers on the special Cubana flights. Fer exemple, some §6 pounds of printed propaganda was taken from the various passengers whe arrived on the 16 duguet Cubenea flight. ‘Sneneceempercereetrttanet a. Continued surveillance of the ares surromding Cuba during the month of July at the eeme cane end with the same emphasis as prier to 1 July 1963. &. Continued to maintein U.S. Forees, orimarily from within the Atlentic ¢ comane, available te assist other Caribbean goverumente aay ties. intercaptiou et guepieieus exate in terri ce rial WRITS g. ae alg a ce be vequested. Re gveb. Teques se exe ey veceived from any other goverment during the period covered by this report. However, U.S, Porees did keep track of the iecation of the Sav et merehant freighter MITCHURINGE, which Boctld: 327474014 Page 9
HY 0955 wes suspected of carryiag subversives and arms fram Guba to British Gaiens in mid-July. MITCBURINSE was under U.S. surveillance fcom ite departure frem Havana until Uaieed Kingdom forces eesumed the tack of keeping thie ehip under surveillance upon its approach to Georgetown, Britich Cotena. Subsequently, British police search of METCHURTNSE in Beteish bing of e suspieious nature. the Peruvian Government law in Auguet published « new enti~ terrorists law providing a penalty of ag less than five yearea imprisoment for pergeas who pareteiete in » weilla activities ox in the lliegel manefacture of weapone or explosives. the Femivien National Inteli4geence Service is working on a lead fern: abed | eonesrning « 200 ton vessel caportedly involved in ares tratfice. investigate ceports that commercial carg iliteit axes traffic out of Cuba) had developed between British — Guiana end Cubs. Investigetions te date have been negative. BDocld: 327474014 Page i0
HY - Wearagu 0955 baring: ends ppd CE ee cn tem, ce DS Se hn eS Coape the Treasury Department in devel. respect to Cuba which went into effect on July 9, 1963. a. Continuad the inetallation of military communica. tions Tanili¢ies in Letin America. Gpexational dates for the “pe be installed in Menagua, muiti<chennsi radio stations a oud Tegucigalpa, Uondurea have been delayed ta 15 Ceteber 1963 and 15 Desether 1963, respectively becau: be ol new engineering and contractual cequixexents. Negotiations are continuing with Colombia and Beusder for tastallacion of 0.8. military radio facilities. Coupletion @f &@ new eoemercial temic a cable in the Panemwa Canal Zone within the eaming month ie expected to inpreve militery commmicetions withia the United States and the Goumand oreineChief, U.S. Southern Command. u. Continued the eurvedllance of Cubs by U.S. Foreas, eaporting a¢ before to U.8. cowmandere, organdsatioas and agencies. Docld: 327474014 Page it
HY whieh wou Ge Reports of survelilanee have been disseminated te ali who have @ requirenent te imow. e. Heteblished 4 24 hour per day, 7 deys per week duty mateh at the U.S. Milden Caribbean countries in y Groupe Im the conjunction with ime) ementetion of the ellitery alerting system. Continued offerte ¢e etaff the U.8. Southern Coumand Intelligence Center with properly cleared, tealnead pereonnel (thie ceater is che military focal point for relaying information conceraing the overent of gubversives). Filled, partially, the authorized billets tm the 0.9. Southern Commaad intel lisence Center and took wider consideration the problem ef an inéreage in the biliet etrueture ia the Center. ‘the ¢ oumanter-in~Chiel, 0.8. Seutherm Command tegether with hie intelligence efffeer visited Honduras and Nieerague end determined that no oignifleant problems existed id interfere with effect perations in those | eometries. 0955 €reft Inspection and Traiaing Team (8¢ @. detion previously initiated by the Covmander, U.6.- Nevai Forees, Southern Command (COMUSNAVS®) co establish a Small ATT) £6 @ contributio  Surveliienee Syatem te progressing satiafeetorily. BDocld: 327474014 Page i2
HY 0955 i. Giwie Action MiTs were gent te Guatemala, Bolivia, Colowbia, BL Salvede iC % Ja bakee GIA Stations throughout, Latina fnawies coutinued ie a great majority of countries te fuwaiely iaforme= tion concerning travelers te end from Guba, ae well as auch information as eae te CIA's attention contnrning the movement et funds, aes aad propaganda eaterial. In meny ineteances, the furnishing of inforry sCion te the internal security service by | |was paralleled by th ) tuenighing of eimiler information te the foreign office by the Awbaseadar or his representstive. The respente te thie information has varied greatly. The Central Anewics 1 count general, begen to pay attention to the information and: cake aetion on it. At the . a curing the roperting sexled ether exteeme, the Bresiiien Covers to follow up om the information, ‘Be Reiterated to the Foreign Minteter of Pex interest in having the fact BDocld: 327474014 Page 14 sont/showed Little tnejdnation.
brought to the attention ef the OAS, end urged thet thie aetion be tsken es soon as pasethle. b. Urged o se Goverment of Guatemala & mmlee aetivity te the GAS. HY 50955 DBocld: 327424014 Page 145
Ingteueted Erbasay La Pas te follew up clogely on charges ef tavelvement of Guben mission in internal politics ee Bolivia, and, et the Eubas ay's dtecretion, to: point out to Bolivien officials the opportunity: for a possible break in.’ relations with Cube. Eubassy Le Pax wae not. able te presa ak when the evidence of Osban intervention did not for a prove te be e2 conclusive ap originally reported.; a. Obteined setion by the COAS oa July 3 on the Lavelle oe Committee Repert treneminting the decument te the cevernaments and urging them to iuplement the specific end general recom= mendations contained therein es soon ag possibte. b. Through Embassy Managua informed the Nicaraguan ernment of the matters which we wanted to have considered during the informal meeting ef the Minieters ef Security and interier of the Isthmian countries held in Managua, August 26-28 in preparetion for the second formal meeting of the Hanagua Security Conference countries later thie year. ; 4 HY 50955 DBocld: 327424014 Page 16
HY 0955 e. Reaseured President Schick of Nicaragua in the moat emphatic tems that the Mucleer Peet fan Teaaty did pot mean that our ateleuds pastro has altered in the Glightest, aul etressed our interest ta seeing steady proeresa menting the recemends- tions of the Menagea Security Coaference to block Cuban eubvyereive efferts. é. Explained in detail the nature of the Cuben threat ang the velated policy objectives of the 0.5., during eonversa- period transmitted 12 articles, commentaries, and backeroundera Wixeless file services te USTA poets throughout £ on ite Aoaskes for place wat in the lee, newepapers aud the Volee of fmeviee careied a total of émevica Spanieh breadeante to Lacia niect of Cuban-based 28 commentaries end features oa the eu subversion in addition te the regular reporting of developments in the hourly neweases. Docld: 327474014 Page it
HY 6» In response to standing Agency inet: cuctLone to give special attention to developments related to Cube-bacand subversion, USIS posts in Latin dmartes were eromt in teperting ineidente and in proviiekag editertal commentre £ the mein developments treated in the Agency's radio and press coverage ingluded Castro's July 26 speach urging revolu> 0955 Shecovery of terrecisn weapons tiong in, Latin America, che mumlorean Viee President’ s. accuahen snolbiliey for teevertem, che stare : nent by Greta Bapartment Press Offieer Rickard Phillis thet “perenarial te the ¢ subveralva agente” from Cuba uwibbesn aree wore paseing : pulsion of a folivien youth leader ) Cobe, Cactzo-trained terreriats in Iona roost ivan protests againet weddling by the tm the winer's Guban Embassy of Awerieas roving reporter in Docld: 327474014 Page 18
HY 0955 stea'e cepert of himeeté ta sons be eevacent ied by Cuban dabor onder Gastro, and on fate oe political prigouses in will be reproduced ond étetribubed in quantiey chrovehoct, ‘the | GRAZ. BDocld: 327474014 Page i9 g that he contwadieted . o wo ex ra. thea coupleted, chase penphiers oS
HW 0955 wea ee iy Sean ts Guba for Longer por: ed some had probably GROUP T - Exeluded from automata! downgrading and. declassification. P93 Bra y ba x major meee of t exanape orting eeenetienan Eat ‘ieane to and from Cubs, Th é The five auch £lighte eince Iite July hawe carried nearly 400 aon-Cubsns, The fivet af the recent caries «+ on 25 Jily «= brought snarl oan | Pasgongers te Havana for the 26 July celebra~ £ nae ingreed ~~ on 15, 22, 28 owl 29 August «- } ie Amorieans to Brasil frou Uovens.. . Surned toe Cuba with gualler  Micnongars eany of “the 200 latin. Anetienn passengers iclenaree to the 26 fuly eerenonies, but others had Papi the passengers on these four flights oh Beasdi, wae evidently designed to help they had been fe Cuba, arins y Hernandes  Saléeae wes is | imeem to have been sent te Cuba for Z ‘a wag fave instructor, She a bean in ae & Rican passenger wee on, forner head of the Costa Rican Soekety of e Cuban . Revolution, whe had been im Cuba since : adorn on oat ae can be connected BDocld: 327474014 Page 20