CONTACT WITH ROBERTO SALAS, CUBAN PHOTOGRAPHER
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: DIRECTOR
To: MEXI
Document date: 11/12/63
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Case#:NW 53199 Date:

06-13-2017

ORIGINATOR:

CIA

FROM

: MEXI

TO : DIRECTOR

TITLE

CONTACT WITH ROBERTO SALAS, CUBAN PHOTOGRAPHER

DATE

11/12/63

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SUBJECTS : SALAS, ROBERTO

CUBAN

PHOTOGRAPHER

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DISPATCH

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TO

INFO.

Chiff, SAS

Chief, WHD

Chief of Station. INVAVI

FROM

Chief of station. Mexico Clis

SUBJECT

TYPIC - DEGRIP - Contact with Roberto *SAIAS, Cunn photographer

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MICROFILM

1. During his most recent trip to Mavona, incrap established

a Cuban photographer nanca Roberto +222A5, a

abric o Muortel upö of

revolutionist who is now residing in Havana where he works for the news ager

Revoludion, SALAS claimed to have buon sorcine in New York City during t5o

insurroctionary days of Fidel CASTRO. In 1959 he was arrested by American

authorities, accused of Illegal carrying of firears and espionage activities.

He says that the House Comnittee on Un American Motivities zeroed in on him

at this timo. He was released on $5,000 bail postedhy Cuban Ambassador (fru)

BISEE, and soon thereafter left the country, Jumping ball.

He admits to

having been guilty of just asout everything ho vas charged with.

From: the

US he went to Guatemala and was in that country it the tine an 11l-faa

CASTRO-organized expeditionary force invaded Punena.

SALAS put on an exhibit of his photocraphs in Havena during DORIP's

presence there and Insisted

upon taking DEGriP to see his work. The princed

exhibit program revealed

that SAlAS was born in Now. York in 1940 of Cuban

parents, studied in the US and Cuba, worked as i photographer, worked for

the revolucionary newspaper Sierra Mecatra in Now Yori, and later retuined

to Cuba where he now works for the newspaper Revolucion and the nazazine

Cuba.

WIllard C. CURTIS

Distribution:

2 - C/SAS

2 - C/WHD

2 = COS WAVE

2 - Files

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declarication

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CROSS REFERENCE TO

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HMMA 22477

CLASSIFICATION

SECRET

DATE

12 November 1963

HQS FILE NUMBER

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