MEMO:AMWHIP/1 MEETING, NEW YORK CITY, 21 APRIL 1964
Originator: CIA
From: WH/SA/EOB
To: THE RECORD
Document date: 04/23/1964
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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23 April 1964

MEMORANDUX FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT:

ANWHIP/1 Meeting, New York City,

21 Apr11 1964

.1.

Meeting Time/Place: AWWIIP/l's office, New York

City,

1215-1605 hours, 2I April 1964.

(See previous

reports for address, etc.):

purpose of Neeting.

Brief A/1 for his forthconing

trip to Europe,

Which includes stops at Paris, Geneva, and

3. Datails of Meeting:

a.

A/l was met in New York in order to provide him

with

contact instructions for Paris and Geneva, and to

brief him on his missions in those cities.

contact instructions may be found in related cable

traffic in A/I's 201, but for the sake of completeness,

they are included here and are as follows:

A/l will stay at the Franklin Hotel as

usual.

He is to contact

"Roberto" by telephone on

Monday morning, 27 April, between 090J-1000 bours

on ANJOU 4700, etx. 6168, a number A/l has used

in the past.

He will expect a short meeting

dentify himself as &

the name used by

undersigned when calling All's

NYC office (and also used in past in Europe when

arranging meetings. for A/l with C/O's he has not

met previously).

"Roberto" is to arrange details

of meeting.

A/1 ETA Paris 1s 26 April.

According to instructions received fron

Geneva

Genevi is to stay at any hotel; to contact

"Ben Damer" (Lapsley) at the Hotel de l'Ancre,

phone 32 05.40.

Latter will set up neeting

Geneva

is circa

29-30 doril.

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A/l was requested to meet Carlos Jorge

ROBRENO Marquez aka

"El Mago" who has communicated

with All by letter and phone fron Paris on several

occasions, having brought a "personal" message from

AMLASH/1 for A/1. A/1 15

also to get a good assessmeat

of "El Mago", including a

determination his reasons

is possible that

recruftment; although as

particularly palatable.

of both ANLASH, and A/1; but as an see reporte os

he may

h suitable for specific tasks.

28-29 February 1964 Meeting?

A/l was told to bear

in mind that a person of this type could have been

co-opted by the DSE in return

for dropping of possible

in the previous contact report,

criminal charges for public brawlel Mago" drinks

As discussed

heavily to the extent that he upon more

occasion has gotten

into serious brawls, including

the one several years ago in which he shot an American

citizen for alleged

advances to a girl friend of his.

('El Mago's" motives and true allegiance remain clouded,

to say the least.)

According to letters i In " Blanco,

expected to Rolan lage paris; and he too

has additional information

from AMLASH.

"El Loco" has not arrived in Paris.

("El Loco"

is. of the sane ilk, same crowd, as "El Mage,

.. but not

very bright.) A/1

was also asked to debrief him'in town.

assess, and report if he showed up while A/l was

об

d. According to letter from (RASANCOS)(Paris

Embassy vice consul U9), Ambassador CARRILLO (U/19)J 01

was most anxious tờ

see and dine with A/l.

Then, just.

he received a

from Havana

IGLASIAS (also a lawyer and

Prague to appraise and arrange for the sale of a large

quantity of jewelry taken from the Batistianos at the

end of the revolution.

300,000 dollars

the jewelry.

so to Plague as

standing with

Immigration Service.

said he understood and would relay A/l's ansver.

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Sonetime later the sane day, IGLESIAS called back to

the jewelry

would be taken to Paris and placed

in the care of CARRILLO, who was empoxered to close the

deal on the spot if the price were right.

During this

meeting with the undersigned All stated that he was

interested in looking into

if we had no

objections,

as deking remembered seeing the Jewelry in

Havana in 1960 at which time he assessed it as being

worth in the vicinity of some 250,000 dollars.

also commented that he thought this particular batch of

jewelry was that which "Che" GUEVARA had taken into his

personal possession at the time.

A/1 was told that

there were no objections from KUBARK, as loag as A/1 was

aware of all the possible ramifications. A'l was asxed

to get all the particulars

on the transaction and its

background. Paris is to keep Hqs. informed of this as

developed by A/1.

A/l was requested to spend the minimum time

necessary in Paris

to accomplish

the above

missions,

fly to Geneva to assist LAPSLEY at the UNCIAD activities.

Upon being shown a list of the known delegates,

he stated

that he did not know any of them personally,

but through

several mutual friends and other ploys, he felt that he

could inject himself into their circles to a useful degree.

A/l has valid reason to be in Stitzerland as hu often

goes there in connection with jewelry parchases, and to

see his business

partner, AVWAIP/2, who resides in Geneva.

A/1 also volunteered to check in with the Rone Station in

the event there was something he could do for then.

was asked to return to Paris in a reasonable amount of

time in order

to follow up with his contacts

with "El Mago",

CARRILID, and possibly with "El Loco Blanco."

f. It was stressed to A/l that his actions in all

meetings with Castroites should be consistent with his

reputation as a basically apolitical businessman who

maintained friendly relations with his old acquaintances

and friends

still with the Castro governnent and/or

resident in Cuba.

We believe that he is fully aware of

and will proceed

with sufficient caution

as not to

jeopardize his

entre into Castro government circles in

Cuba and abroad.

The meeting,

next door to A'l's office, terminated at 1605.

which included luich at the restaurant

told to contact the undersigned on the sterile

number if

there vere any further developments or changes in A/l's

travel plans.

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The gist of this briefing was forwarded to Paris

Station in DIR 16696 for Its use

in handling A/l.

Geneva

Base was also advised as appropriate. Also el rams; see Dir.

Security:

There were no incidents of a security

of. which WVI or the undersigned were aware.

It should be

however, that ANSPORT/l again observed the undersigned in A/l's

.offices.

End of

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