CABLE REPORT THAYER WALDO REPORTED AS STRINGER FOR DREW PEARSON IN URUGUAY 1948 WHERE HE WAS KNOWN FOR INACCURATELY REPORTING EMBASSY EVENTS.
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: DIRECTOR
To: WITHHELD
Document date: 8/11/67
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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FOLLOVING INFO FROM WOFACT AND LNPURE FIELD REPORTS!

TRAYER WALDO REPORTED AS STRINGER FOR DREW PEARSON

URUGUAY. 1948 HERE HE XBOVY FOR INACCURATELY REPORTING EMBASSY:

EVENTS

HE ALLEGEDLY FRIENDLY WITH GROUP OF SPANISH COMMUNISIS

IN URUGUAY®

REPORT FROM URUGUAY ALSO DISCLOSED THAT

WALDO MADE

DEROSALORI

RENARS RESARDES IS POLICYXIN LATIN AMERICA AND

EXPRESSED RINSELF-AS SYMPATHITER WITH SOVIET POLITICS RELIABIL

ITY OF ABOVE REPORT CAS SIT BE JUGED SINCE NOT AVAILABLE, IN "

FILES•

IN ECUADOR AND COLONIA-DER BEE IS COR SO CUADO FOR PRESEN

SIDENT GALO PLAZA, SISJECI TOOK STEPS IN 1950-TO RENOUNCE U.SO

CITIZESHIP. AFD OSTAIN ECUADORAD CITIZENSHIPSIN ORDER ADVANCE

OFFICIAL POSITICS WITH LAITER GOVERNMENT. LATER DECIDED RETAIN

U S• CITIZENSHIP

MO: 1953 SEBJECT WAS ADMINISTRATORED SOL

1ST DALES ARL IS THE LAUNCHEDE HER PACIFIC

POST NEVSPAPER IN ECUADOR, SUSJECT CONSIDERED UNRELTABLE, DISHONEST,

AHD: UNSAVORY SY AMERICANS AND ECCADORANS JUNE 1953 WALDO DEPORTED

FROM ECUADOR BY PRESIDENT JOSE MARIA VELASCO IBARRA FOR WRITING

DEROGATORY ARTICLES CONCERRING ECUADORAN GOVERNMENT HE THEN

SPENT ONE MONTH IS CALIS COLOMBIA WHERE HE RE ISSUED U.S. PASSPORT:

WIPE RELENT

A HISARIAN

BATIONAL, JOINED SUBJECT IN CALI, TRAVELL

ING FRON QUITO ON IRO PASSPORT.

JANUARL 19CE, HAVANA STATION REPORTED WALDONAS AMERICAN

NEUSMAN FROM MEXICO CITY IN HAVANA WHO MIGHT BE OFFERED EDITORSHIP

OF ENGLISH LAISEASE TIMES OF HAVANA LATE JANUARY 1960, MEXICO

STATION REPORTED SUBJECT DISCISSED SIX WEEK TOUR OF CUBA VITH

EMBASSY OFFICIALSO HAS FILES INDICATE VALDO RESIDED MEXICO CITY

IVO YEARS PRIOR LATE 1968 AT CALLE COLIMA: 107.

DO LATEST INFO AVAILABLE HESIS MEXICO CITY 9266 INDICATING

WALDO PUBLIC RELATICUS HEAD OF UTIV OF AMERICAS AS OF 3

• AUG 63.

SUGGEST ADDRESSEES PASS.

IN: TOUCH ITH SUBJECT.

ABOVE INFO TO EMBASSY OFFICERS UNO

So: FOR MEXICO CITTE:

REQUEST TRACES ON SUBJECT®

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