INFORMATION REPORT: ORESTE VARELA (ALIAS 'ODON')
Originator: CIA
Document date: 02/10/1965
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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CSCI-316/00252-84

21 July 1964

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• SUBJECT Oreste VARELA (al1a8 "Odon").

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FIELD REPORT NO.

NES IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION.

SOURCR ORADINOS ARE DEFINITIVE.

APPRAISAL OR CONTENT IS TENTATIVE

SOURCE,

A former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban Intelligence

Service untll Aprll 1964.

Headquarters Comments

The following report is one of a series containing personality

information provided by the source and includes supplemental

information fron the records of this Agency.

It is requested that the addressees take no action on any of

the individuals mentioned in the personality reports without

first checking with this Agency.

1. Oreste VARELA, allas "Odon," 1s the Argentine desk officer

in the Direccion General de Inteligencia (General Directorate of

Intelligence - Del). He was a former radio announcer.

VARELA

1s a captain in the

Cuban army and was stationed in Habana and

she Sierra Maestra.

was born about 1930, 1s live feet

eight inches

VARELA, a Caucasias 150 pounds, and has short, brown hair. I

tall, weighs

Headquarters Comments

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report,

this Agency has no additional identifiable information

on VARELA.

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