CABLE: ON 7 MAY WODISH HQS INFORMED THEY HAD REPORT FROM LOCAL SOURCE THAT A MAJOR FELIX GUIN
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From: DIRECTOR
To: WITHHELD
Document date: 05/11/1969
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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1. ON 7 MAY WODISH HOS INFORMED THEY HAD REPORT FROM

LOCAL SOURCE THAT A MAJOR FELIX GUIN, HIGH OFFICER MINFAR,

WAS IN MEXICO AND WISHED DEFECT. SOURCE, WHO REPORTEDLY GOT

INFO FROM GUIN'S BROTHER-IN-LAW IN CHICAGO, SAID GUIN HAD

ARRIVED MEXICO RECENTLY ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS AND WISHED DEFECT

BECAUSE FEARED PURGES AT HOME. SAID GUIN STAYING AT HOTEL

PANUCO IN MEXICO CITY, AND ADDED BROTHER-IN-LAY HAD DISCUSSED

MATTER WITH DEPT STATE MORNING 7 MAY.

2. HQS UNABLE IDENTIFY MAJOR FELIX GUIN, AND INFORSAL DU LE

CHECK WITH STATE INDICATED NO ONE THERE AWARE OF CASE. IN

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FURTHER ATTEMPTING IDENTIFY FELIX GUIN, HQS PULLED FILE ON

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FILE SINCE MARCH 66 IS VISA ACTION REQUEST FROM ANEME MADRID T2

WHICH APPARENTLY FILED DIRECTLY IN RID AND NOT FORWARDED DESKIN SI

VISA ACTION REQUEST DATED 10 MAR 69 AND NOTATIONS THEREON

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INDICATE NO DEROG TRACE RETURNED TO STATE 21 MARCH.

3. WODISH SOURCE RECONTACTED 8 MAY TO DOUBLE CHECK

NAME FELIX. SOURCE SAID GUIN'S FRIEND'S KNEW HIM AS FELIX

BUT BELIEVED REAL FIRST NAME WAS RAMON. CHECK OF PHONE

• BOOKS REVEALS THERE IS A HOTEL PANUCO IN MEXICO CITY BUT

NONE IN MADRID.

4. BACKGROUND ON RAMON GUIN DIAZ FOLLOWS. RECRUITED IN

CUBA APR 63 ON BEHALE WOFIRM BY ANCHALK-S, DIRECTED TO REPORT

ON DISSIDENT MILITARY OFFICERS VIA SW. GUIN APRARENTLY MADE

LITTLE OR NO USE OF SW BECAUSE OF LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN SYSTEM.

LATER BECAME INVOLVED WITH ROLANDO CUBELAS, ANOTHER WOFIRM

AGENT. CUBELAS BECAME INVOLVED IN MANUEL ARTINE PLOT WHICH

WAS NOT WOFIRM SPONSORED) TO ASSASSINATE FIDEL CASTRO, AND WAS

ARRESTED IN EARLY 66 ALONG WITH GUIN AND OTHERS.

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HONENT DETERMINE SENTENCE, BUT THIAL TRANSCHIPT REVEALS

PROSECUTION REQUESTED 30 YEARS FOR BOTH CUBELAS AND GUIN.

5. HAVE NO TRAVEL RECORD RASON GUIN DIAZ, BUT HAVE

RECORD OF ONE RAMON GUIN ARENAL TRAVELING HAVAÑA-MADRID

19 JAN 69 ON CUBAN PP 012262. FROM GUIN'S VISA REQUEST

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"EYTIONED PARA 2 ABOVE, ARENAL IS HIS WIFE'S PATRONYMIC.

6. REQUEST (QUKETCH AND LICONET OR OTHER APPROPRIATE

STATION ASSETS BE REQUESTED ATTEMPT LOCATE IND INTERVIEW RAMON

GUIS DIAZ WITHOUT SHOWING U.S. COVT INTEREST. AS BEST WE CAN

PIECE TOGETHER AT THIS POINT, SUBJ APPARENTLY ARRIVED MAURID

19 JAN, APPLIED FOR U.S. VISA, THEN TRAVELED MEXICO AND IS AT

HOTEL PANUCO THERE. MOST OBVIOUS QUESTION WE WOULD LIKE

ANSWERED IS HOW AND WHY GUIY GOT OUT OF JAIL, GOT PASSPORT

AND WAS ALLOWED TO LEAVE CUBA. ALSO INTERESTED CURREST STATUS

CUBELAS.

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ALSO REQUEST MADRID CHECK WITH EMBASSY ON PARA 2

VISA REQUEST AND DETERMINE WHAT ACTION TAKEN ON IT.

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