ORESTES GUILLERMO RUIZ PEREZ
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: THE RECORD
To: CHRIS HOPKINS, TASK FORCE "K"
Document date: 11/1/76
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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TITLE

: ORESTES GUILLERMO RUIZ PEREZ

DATE

11/01/1976

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SUBJECTS : JFK ASSASSINATION

RUIZ PEREZ

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SECRET

vember 1976

Orestes Guillermo RUIZ Perez

201-735296

DGI. - Photos available

1930

1950's

1957

1957

Born 10 February, in Cuba.

Primary and secondary education in private

institutions.

Reportedly well-educated

with degree in political economics from

University of Havana.

Communist since before Castro; father is

militant Communist.

RUIZ emigrated to U.S. travelling throughout

East Coast and holding minor jobs.

RUIZ' wife, Nilda VECIANA, lived in New

York for five years in the 1950's: 49th

st., 3 blocks from Times Square.

RUIZ said he spent five years in the U.S.

(years not stated). See OSMA 26343, 19

June 1970.

RUIZ began to work as an apprentice butcher

for a Polish-American, Alexaader SAMKO,

who had a grocery store on Flagler St.,

"Fruit Center" (grocery, meat market and

fruit store.) RUIZ did

so well attracting

Latin-American customers to the store that

he soon began to distribute meat in the

area for SAMKO.

In Miami RUIZ and another Cuban exile, Maj.

Jose Maria MOLEON Carreras, were in contact.

with an American of Cuban descent, known as

racket in Tampa.

RUIZ said LUIS offered

RUIZ and close associates $800. a month,

plus car and expenses, to supervise "collection"

in Miami. LUIS even asked them to kill a

man named FERNANDEZ, who was involved in

the numbers game in

1 Miami, for $5,000.zach.

During the Batista regime, RUIZ was in asylum in Mexico,

involved in the Triple A movement of Dr. Aureliano

SANCHEZ Arango®

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RUIZ

1958

1957/58 -

1959

1959-62 -

1963

1964

1984 -

RUIZ left Miami in February 1958 with

Harry VILLEGAS Tamayo (contact of PINEDRO,

DGI Chief; also served as guerrilla with

Che GUEVARA in Bolivia) and three other

members of the 26th of July Movement,

and reportedly enteed Cuba clandestinely.

When RUIZ left Miami in 1958 he reportedly

turned over to his brother (name not noted)

a house

in North Miami, a brand new car,

and over a thousand dollars in the bank.

RUIZ, said that he was living in the U.S.

illegally.

In Havana RUIZ was involved with a group

in sabotage activities;

planting bombs

and other terrorist acts, against Batista

regime.

Prior to 1959 RUIZ was reportedly operating

clandestinely in the D.R. trying to over-

throw TRUJILLO regime.

TRUJILLO wAnted

to get RUIZ. RUIZ escaped and went to

Cuba.

Chief of Dept. of Construction, Expenses

Studies, Office of Financial Statistics,

Ministry of Treasury. Also reported to be

G2.

1 August - appointed Commercial Counselor

at Cuban Embassy Mexico City. Reportedly

DGI and sent there to infiltrate counter-

revolutionary group.s

22

November - RUIZ flew from Mexico. City to

Havana. Returned to Mexico City on 29 Nov.

January - received correspondence from Andy.

BUCKNER, a U.S. citizen of Sherman, Texas,

who referred to November 1963

Into. he had

-given RUIZ.

May 1961 - AMMUG-1 reported that RUIZ, in

Mexico City, was case officer for CUIS

operations targetted against

some nearb y

area.

Appointed Vice-Minister for Economics of

Ministry of Foreign Trade which he held until

he went to Spain.

Between 63 and 67 RUIZ reportedly held

positions of confidence in CubanGovt in

the fields of economics and commerce:

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RUIZ

1957 -

1968

1969

1970 -

1971 -

•December, RUIZ went to Madrid as new Cuban

Ambassador.

Had family with him and much

money. Was living high on the hog.

VERYHIGH.

March 18 - David JACOBUS, an American,

contacted RUIZ in Madrid at Cuban Embassy.

(see LIENVOY tapes.)

24 April, RUIZ advised officer at Embassy,

Oristides DIAZ Roverosa, to disguise self

for good organization, becausehe was already

clandestine.

RUIZ comments that he was

arrested only once but it was only a joke.

Asile from that, he says they never caught

him.

22 July - Memo for the Record, refers to

RUIZ' residence in the U.S., Haiti, and

the D.R.

RUIZ arranged camouflaged trip to Cuba

for ALLENDE.

CIA had Alexander SAMKO go to Madrid in

1970 to reestablish friendship with RUIZ.

(Wouldn't surprise me it SAMKOdidn't tell

RUIZ of arrangement.) Shortly thereafter

RUIZ returned

to Cuba. We terminated interest

in SAMKO.

RUI& was with MINREX office of Scientific

Technoligic Affairs in Havina.

Chris Hopkins'

Task Force "K"

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