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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER:

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

ARMY

198-10005-10018

CALIFANO PAPERS

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FROM:

TO :

TITLE:

MULTIPLE

DATE: 00/00/0000

PAGES: 123

SUBJECTS :

ARMS SMUGGLING, CUBA

LATIN AMERICA SECURITY

CUBAN SPONSORED SUBVERSION

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 10/07/1997

OPENING CRITERIA :

COMMENTS : Califano Papers, Box 6, Folder 30. Assorted documents related to Cuban material support of

Communist subversives in Latin America.

JFK Records Review

Debeclassio the ExcluE 152 6

5 Exclude El Exempl

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ARMS SHIPMENTS - TOI

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SECRET

Ams mugging is one of the "facts of lure" in lotte

Arerica and has hora engaged la by itoctorat stementa for mony years,.

Reporte of Contro involvnent in those octivittes have beca frequent alace

furly biter his solaure of gower earty in 1959. Done of these seporte

has ever beca prove

Westla

the animal of lungo quantittes of Soviet Bloc

can 1o 1981, Cuto zecoverd 01) U.S, era da the hande of the pomlaco

end nate it a ento munishable by deash to bove pessonaton ol' soapons of

1.0, m

U,S. ams furnished undon the MAP tO foner Cuban

thor truth those collocted by Castro provide the Costare

untes coula be shined de mitrezotve groups

Identifiantion of thase amo vitt Cuba Moula to

La other courtetes;

mely difficult.

2

Jenai2, of ached ef. Ox0z0t1os

Tito Dob containe dive item: (1) To zoposts alleging amos

simpating by finhoman and by noans of food protots ahized to

Latin Anorion; (2) A roport whleh indeptes that a Cahas erna

dache discererod

In Branta do not of Cubna erietny and (3) Tro

reports concerning s

Cuban ezeena? pumportedly being used to

supply ore for an invanton of pome Cartbbean coustry or an

Laveston of Bout laested;

303

Tho Lot

ETALLE

a ninter of items roporting on sugaling to

Bondisas;

As Cas

pay Panama, Venesels, Pritish dutons and

Ixeni1, Note vertletterty the top tten in which the Britteh

Asidente the minerous royoto on arms snuselina to British

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Culms one vithout foundatton and the second, itea wntch

refuton the rogort contained in the Idle lugaine artiale

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TELEGRAM

INFORMATION REPORT

TELEGRAM

COUNTRY

SUBJECT

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

material contains information altecting

the transmission or revelation of which

hida in any conne fo the univorited

berson is Drohibited

of the Espionage bams, Fille 18, U.S.G Secs.

GLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLS

LHTCO-N-F-I-D-E-N-I-1-AI

CONTROLLED DISSEM

CUBA/ LATIN

AMERICA

REPORT NO. TDCS DB 3/653, 152

• DATE DISTR.

6 FEBRUARY 1963

POSSIBLE CONCEALMENT OF WEAPONS

FOR SHIPMENT TO LATIN AMERICA

PRECEDENCE

ROUTINE

DATE OF

Caries

LATE 1962

REFERENCES

IN.

62553

35871

INFO.

PLACE &

UNITED STATES (4 FEBRUARY 1963)

DATE ACO.

APPRAISAL

FIELD REPORT NO.

THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.

SOURCE

U.S. OWNER (C) OF A MARINA,

FROM A FORMER CUBAN AIR FORCE OFFICER,

FROM THE BROTHER OF AN EMPLOYEE OF A CANNERY IN SAN CRISTOBAL.

C

1. IN LATE 1962 A DAY-SHIFT EMPLOYEE AT A CANNERY IN SAN

CRISTOBAL. 1

PINAR DEL RIO PROVINCE, FOUND A HAND GRENADE WRAPPED

IN NYLON AND BEDDED IN SHREDDED COCONUT IN A CAN WHICH HAD FELT

UNUSUALLY HEAVY. (FIELD COMMENT: IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE

CAN HAD GONE THROUGH THE CANNING PROCESS AND HAD BEEN SEALED.)

AS A RESULT OF HIS DISCOVERY THE WORKER WAS ALMOST FIRED. ONE

OF THE MILITIA GUARDS AT THE CANNERY SAID THAT AMMUNITION AND

OTHER EQUIPMENT IS REGULARLY CANNED AND SHIPPED TO LATIN

AMERICAN COUNTRIES. A SPECIAL NIGHT SHIFT WORKS AT THE PLANT.

2. (FIELD COMMENT: AN UNTESTED SOURCE REPORTED IN EARLY

OCTOBER 1962 THAT IN JULY 1962 A STORY WAS CIRCULATING IN SAN.

CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLS

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GROUP 1

Encluded from outomals

doungrating and

declassificaton

CONTROLLED DISSEM

ARMY/ACSI NAVY AIR

SECDEF NSA NIC XXX USIA

STATE/INR

STATE/DiR

TELEGRAM

ORR

REPCINCLANT

INS

FBI

EXO

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(15-20)

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IN

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TDCS DB-3/653,152

35871

PAGE

ANDRES. AN ISLAND POSSESSION OF COLOMBIA, THAT A PISTOL 'HAD

BEEN FOUND EARLIER. CONCEALED INSIDE A FROZEN CHICKEN WHICH

HAD BEEN PART OF A SHIPMENT RECEIVED FROM CUBA.)

3. FIELD DISSEM:

CINCARIB, CINCLANT.

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An airs cache of vospons and amunition recently discovered at the

Igns Camponesan guerrilla training center in the intertos of the

Erasiltan state of Colas 16 believod by US Irbosay and CAS officero to

bo of Brestlinn rather than Cuban ers, despite & Braillen neuspeper

suggention that they vero Cuben, There vere aled alecovered about 125

copted of Commntst publiostions inoluding Che Quevara's sall-lnowa

treatise en "Guerrilla Vertore", The training center was described as

organiaed secording to that book. A confidantial report on the discoveries

added that "nembore of the center vant to be the Breailtan eguivalent

of those who fought in the Sierre Hoostre and so bring the hard Chinese»

Cuban type revolution to Banzil," Sone 90 to 95 persons in the locality

are reported menbore of on sympathetic to the lena Camponetas activities,

but onty 2 of the 24 for whom verrents were iseued have yet been talen

into custody, (Am Enb, Rio de Janétra 1122, 10 Decenber, CONFIDENTAL,

and CIA, Brasilto, IN 33026, 11 December, SUCHY NOTORN)

SECRET

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FORMATION

"DRU

CENTRAL IN'ELIGENCE AGENCY Ey part

rev.

unauthorised parson la projibite

by daw.

S-E-C-R-E-T

NO FOREIGN DISSEM

c'it

COUNTRY

Cuba/USSR/Latin America

REPORT NO.

CS -3/530,898

11 December 1962

SUBJECT

÷1.

Use of Soviet Fishing Boats

DATE DISTR

to Transport Arms to Latin

America

2.

NO. PAGES

Belgian Arms Dealer in Habana

Paras.

1 & 2:

October 1962;

REFERENCES

Para.

3:

August 1962

RD -W-2107

RD-A0Q-01258

JATE OF

Paras.

1,

2:

france,

Paris;

NFO.

Para. 3:

Spain,

Madrid

LACE &

Paras.

1, 2:

23 November 1962;

• 38957

PATE ACQ.

Para.

THIS IS

3:

12 October 1962

FIELD REPORT NO.

UNEVALUATED INFORMATION, SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.

¡OURCE:

Paras.

1 & 2:

An official French servicé; Para. 3:

CC-1197,

Cuban refugee (F), a former employee of the Cuban diplomatie

service, who visited Santiago de Cuba in August 1962,

Appraisal of Content: 3.

3.

Soviet fishing boats, under cover of fishing Atlantic waters,

are transporting contraband arms to Latin American countries.

The boats are met outside the territorial waters of those

countries,

arms are transferred in small quantities.

On board the Soviet boats

are only Soviets and a very few

Cubans or other Latin Americans who talk with those who

pick up the arms.

The arms being delivered are of American

manufacture,

including those obtained during the Batista

regime and those taken during the Playa Giron

invasion.

Soviet fishing boats also carry propaganda and pamphlets

containing. military instructions,

the same type of material

being sent by diplomatic pouch from Mexico.

A Belgian in Habana who says he represents a Belgian firm,

has offered the Cuban Government any type and nationality

of arms for payment in dollars:

The Belgian has made a

Similar offer of sale of arms to a representative of an

anti-Castro group in Habana.

In August 1962 a fisherman in Santiago de Cuba said that

on several occasions he had been forced by the Government

to use his boat for transporting small groups of men, in

civilian clothes, and supplies of arms:

He also knew of

other fishermen who had been forced to do the same. The men

and arms were carried to small islands or transferred to other

boats at sea.

Such trips sometimes lasted as long as four or

five days.

The fisherman did not know

the purpose of

destination of the men and arms.

NO

S-E-C-R-E-T

FOREIGN DISSEM

STATE

X

ARMY

X/ NAVY

AID

NSA

REPCINCLANT CINCARIB #

COAST GUARD

(Notes Washington distribution indieated by ey, Field distribution by fas

X

JOcR

RM

ATION

REPURI

COURT

damprading,

declensitration

DIA

X

FBI

TANG X

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SECRET

SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM

CIA INFORMATION REPORT

0S-3/532,138

COUNTRY: CUBA

26 December 1962

SUBJECT: IDENTIFICATION OF CUBAN VESSELS ALLEGEDLY PREPARED TO INVADE A

CARIBBEAN COUNTRY

DATE OF INFO: 28 NOVEMBER 1962

SOURCE: TRAVELING SALESMAN (F)

APPRAISAL OF CONTENT: 3

HEADQUARTERS COMMENT: ACCORDING TO TDCS-3/530,589, DATED 6 DECEMBER 1962, AS

OF MID-NOVEMBER TWO CUBAN SHIPS LOADED WITH PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT WERE SAMX

SAID TO BE PREPARED FOR AN INVASION OF HAITI. SOURCE SAID HE WOULD PROVIDE THE

NAMES OF THE SHIPS AND THEIR DEPARTURE DATE.

THE FRUCUBA AND THE FUNDADOR, CUBAN-FLAG VESSELS, WERE DOCKED AT THE ARSENAL

DOCKS IN CASABLANCA (HABANA) IN LATE NOVEMBER. THESE MIKE VESSELS WERE SCHEDULED

TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INVASION OF SOME CARIBBEAN COUNTRY.

SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM

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AIMS SHIPMENTS

CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDLNTIAL

CUBA -

Stockpilo of liar datastel for Inter.

America (C)

I9 Janary 1952

Larly Jannery 1952

Habunay c/aT January 6a

I83 326/35-6-62

303

20J 43062

Zo. Sourco roports an arcanal or stadmiling of man materiel at casablends, e

Habana Districty portheast chore of Echund Raja Scbana Frosinco.

Zo Souroe has houid this matariol 11 targetod fos an Invasion oi Sosta accica®

DONORADED A2 32 YEE3

PUNKS NOT AST

METICALLY DECTISSIFIDO

• DUD DIR 5200.10

CONFIDE ILL

OPNS.:

BRANCH

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C

Venezuela Uncovers Communist. Arms lacne

The Venezuelan Government -- in a raid on a small

village near Caracas on 5 January - uncovered &

large cache

of arms and equipment which it clains

belonged to the pro-Castro Armed Forces of National

Liberation, reputed to be emerging as a

para-

military arm of

the Venezuelan Communist Party.

Several tons of explosivas and large quantities

of hand bombs, arms, and ammunition were

seized as well

nearby clandestine

Communist radio

transmitter.

(SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM)

SOURCE:

TDCS 533,071 (S/ND); FBIS (OUO); PRESS

C

10 Jan 63

DIA Intelligence Bulletin

(REVERSE BLANK)

SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM

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ARMS SHIPMEUIS

12 Feb 63 "AlI the information available to Her Majesty'e Goverment

and to the Britich authoritles in British Cudens indicates that there 1e

no truth wastever ta the contaming reporte that arne are being shipped

to the colony from Cuba. Sintlar stories have appeared fron time to time

In the past, but upon examination all have been found to be without

foundation."

(British Enbassy in US to Reuters,

AP

and UPI).

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12 Vobruary 170

Sopouezo(u) aepotee arora pitoiene trioo Cubesen le don aa

me a pabruaay tes coaua du alo aacoieiae aeety ox Deda voea

tha bollene eootare suoee phato ous taaalee oeee:

sus recigotd abrasd the S/08

C0AHES 614 tiso

sbape put out (rom aursol (Oubo) anfytaat wook with bolde

loaded with woapone sem bi Caetro to Dritleh Gulana."

2.

A cabrte?

ropmt ofa Cuban naloral who orrived at Port Everzladre

on 23 Jasuoty (963 espkated kee follewine

etmfaem Gb$d

PEwan told by co soalatare ellp Inapector foy the Port of Harana

that on 14 Jarary 1963 tue taunchas Captalnod by A man with Mhat

appeneró to be an icalten ascont had Caparco d froti the La Coubre

vhart Olarapa). Manitent on chap iodicated tho continetion sa

Eridlab Cstana,

rmen en, the tidp ineuector had boen told by tha

etwvadoraa at Lhn shory Cot Go lasrched varo Toaded uito azic4

and the truo denuradlon sao Veaacueit

TD/OC- M-3249316 DTQ 2018952

3. Tho follovins inforpation mnay rofer lo thia arme siipmact,

Rested CLA courpo, a ziembor of the Communist Party of Colombte iu

Cals, ban stated Cet darina a convorsadion on S Jamuary 196) Metweea

Azrado de

10sod Cupitta

Cer ber ofsho Departnont of Ville Regional)

Commitsro Ai she Corimuntrt Party of Gotosle (PCC), and Por- 2aes,

a Cuban deey-cover agert wor king withr the hevonth of Junuary Wootos-

Stadent

- Poasant Movarest (MOXG), In Colombla and Yersrualeo

MElata

oala that the MOso t cra local movemont bus racher a vart neo tatia

Amerisso concept wnier do tuing axststod by Castro and the Caban Guvespe

M oNit

Mo bedd ho has, boundn Call tor one veut on a apocial aosteziee"

fron tha too leadara ta Cuba eo neo that armo, propageada, and tontiooa

tione from Vonosuoln, Origiating in Cuba, ge? Into the bando of the MOFC

агора.

4.

Ptacu axo ax operrare setcorne fos MOGC je due to arrige frome

Varecsota cr Cacua ri Erte Aoruea3o Uopeua, cocttat pi the bedarto

•xnc nd pt 210 0 6 40 04

Coctobiae ve do tho Venemselan berder dee

lod troatranptces

anno duoy heczoon tas too codrarieeri.

CUI Reperi CS-N/ENE%

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5. Another report may aloe refer to talo ormo chipment, Aeeording

to information dated 1 Jobrenry 1962 from a ClA senree sad apprateed

by the CLA preparing alico se posolblo one. Pedro MATOS, whe

Begether with tho throomambor roglenal cummend enmitted of the

Partido Commuta do Vocansela (19V), ta 8ho otato el Balle 1o

rospenaible for PCV asino meraro la that osage, ond roconly that

the party lo avalang a dipucas el astoo 880si Cuba sel Ponsma Lul

càng tha cunas daêo of assával lo call ualmocia.

CiA Report TDCS-3/986, 948, CB 9 Uch 68 Bot D: 66016

6. Meplies to DIA SICR'o en tile onbject frem NSA and CNO do not

indiento say vossels departlng levana en co aner l Jamary bound

foz Bridal Oulens, nor do Bate Department orien to Georgetown,

Britieh Gulana Indiente ths arsival el any orms.. No reperta lavo

been sessived trom serviso attachoo la Venessela or tres benrces in

Panama sontorning this partieras snatter.

Poles Orleggi

Can Bertea

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DIEUECRAMGINEORMATION REPORT TENGRAVI

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Cubi

Pronominaion or revelation

National Defense of the

which in any, mannor lo an unauthoried person

emon i her mbiting

CONFIDENTIAL

CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLS

(Whom Filled 1161

NO FOREIGN

CHON

COUNTRY NICARAGUAD

HONDURAS-/ COSTATRICA / CUBA

SUBJECT

PLANS TO LAND ARMS FROM CUBA IN HONDURAS

DATE OF

• 9 JANUARY 1963

Export

REPORI NO: TDES, 3/534,035

DATE DISTR. 16 JANUARY 1963

PRECEDENCE

ROUTINE

INFO.

REFERENCSS

1N.50511

PLACE &

"NICARAGUA, MANAGUA (15 JANUARY 1963)

DATE ACO.

APPRAISAL 3

FIELD REPORT NO.

ANM-729:

SOURCE

THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.

A NICARAGUAN. JOURNALIST (C) FROM A NICARAGUAN

CESAR AUGOSTO VILLAREAL GABEZAS

ACTION 'CUP) IN: SAN JOSET FROM

page

OPERATIONS AREA

1. ON'9 JANUARY 1963 CESAR AUGUSTO VILLAREAL CABEZAS, A NICARAGUAN

REVOLUTIONARY LIVING IN SAN JOSE, SAID THAT HE WAS AWAITING INSTRUC

PIONS TO GO TO PUERTO CORTES, HONDURAS TO RECEIVE A SHIPMENT OF ARMS

WHICH WILL COME FROM CUBA ON THE "CORK_C", A MERCHANT VESSEL OF UNKNOWN

REGISTRY. HE SAID THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS: TO GO TO PUERTO CORTES WILL

COME FROM CUBA THROUGH DR. EMILTO ORTEGA TAPIA.

• 2. ° THE "CORK_C" WILL UNLOAD THE ARMS AT CAYO COCHINO WHERE THEY:

WILL BE RECEIVED BY GRIFFIN (FNU), WHO LIVES IN PUERTO CORTES.

GRIFFIN WILL DELIVER, THE ARMS TO VILLAREAL AT PUERTO CORTES.

THE ARMS WILL BE: TAKEN FROM PUERTO CORTES TO PUEBLO NUEVO,

CONFIDENTIAL

hurr

STATE/INA

DI

SU NAVY

dCS

SECDEF

STATE/DIR

TELEC

DA

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NICARAGUA BY VILLAREAL, JULIO VELASQUEZ VELEZ, AND 'DR. HERNAN SILVA

ARGUELLO WHERE, THEY WILL BE TURNED OVER TO DR. EMILIO FLORES OBREGON.

4. ESOURCE COMMENT: THE DATE OF ARRIVAL OF THE "CORK C" IS UN_

KNOWN. CARLOS FONSECA AMADOR, NICARAGUAN CONMUNIST GUERRILLA LEADER

IN HONDURAS,: HAS RECEIVED ARMS FROM CUBA BY THE SAME SYSTEM )

FIELD DISSEM: STATE: ARMY CINCARIB CINCLANT

ACTION:

INFO

DA IN

ACSI,

DCSOP

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NAVY, AF, JCS, OSD

CONFIDENTIAL

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NFORMATION

REPORT TELEGRAM

CENTRAL INTESLIGENCE AGENCY

Urited Sister

contains information

no 794, the transmissior

vationg of which in one thanner to an unauthorized

CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLS

SECRET

(When Filled 172)

1953 FED 9 11 41

of the Espionage Lamo, Tollo 18. US C) Sees

NTRY

REPORT NO. TDCS-3/536,942

VENETUELA

DIAAP-3

PC:: BLE SHIPMENT

OF

ARMS

FROM CUBA AND

DATE DISTR

9 FEBRUARY 1963

PANAMA TO WESTERN

VENEZUELA.

PRECEDENCE

ROUTINE

OF

1 FESSUAR: 1963

REFERENCES

IN 64876

VE:".JELA: MARACAIBO (1 FEBRUARY 1963) •

38 &

DATE ACO.

SPRAISAL

FIELD REPORT NO. HVC-2651

THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.

DURCE

" MEMBER (C) OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VENEZUELA IN MARACAIBO.

1. PEDRO MATOS, WHO TOGETHER WITH THREE MEMBER REGIONAL COMMAND

COMMITTEE OF THE PARTIDO COMUNISTA DE VENEZUELA (PCV, COMMUNIST PARTY

OF:VENEZUELA, IN THE STATE OF ZULIA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR POV ARMS MATTERS

IN THAT STATE, SAID RECENTLY THAT THE PARTY IS AWAITING A SHIPMENT OF •

ARMS FROM CUBA AND PANAMA BUT THAT THE EXACT DATE OF ARRIVAL IS STILL

JUNKNOWA

OURCE COMMENT: ALTHOUGH THE LOCATIONS OF ARMS ARE KNOWN

A ONLY TO MATOS AND THE REGIONAL COMMAND COMMITTEE, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE

AREA AROUND LA CONCEPCION AND LA PAZ, "TOWNS APPROXIMATELY SOUTHWEST

ND WEST, RESPECTIVELY, OF MARACAIBO CITY IN THE DISTRICT OF MARACAIBO,

ARE

SITES). (FIELD COMMENT: ACCORDING TO SOURCE, THE REGIONAL

CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLS

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DIA

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STATE/INA

STATE/DIR

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IN 64876

PAGE

OMMITTEE OF THE POV IN THE STATE OF ZULIA HAD BEEN DISSOLVED AS OF EARLY

8'63 AND A THREE MEMBER REGIONAL COMMAND COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED) .

2. FIELD DISSEM:STATE ARMY NAVY AIR CINCLANT CINCARIB.

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CONEIDENTIAL

DEPARTHENT OF THE AIR FONCE

STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION

INCOMING MESSAGE

• RETRANSMITTED TO: SAC, TAC

AF IN: 50955 (24 Feb 62) X/eld

ACTION: CIN-17 (18)

CONAD, AFSC,

MATS

(per req Mr Kerp-CIN

25reb62)

RC 41/24 FEB 62

A/D: • ARMY-2, NAVY-2,

CMC-7,

JCS-45, OSD-15

CIA-11

NSA-7

RQ/RO/RQ

XPD-3, •ISI 22

IDS-2

PRIORITY

Mr Kerp-CEN 25Reb62)

2318412

FM USAIRA MEXICO CITY

TO CSAF WASH DC •

1127 USAF FAG FT BELVOIR VA//PROTECTED//.

INFO CIARC ALBROOK AFB CZ

USAIRAS GUATEMALA BRAZIL VENEZUELA

BT

CONFIDENIIAL XX CITE CHARLIE DASH NINE SGD HARRIS: PARA

MILITARY REP OF EURHPEAN WESTERN NATION ACCREDITED MEXICO,

REPORTED TWO TWO. FEB HAVING RECD INFO FROM, TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES,

THAT CUBAN SHIPLOAD OF ARMS HAD DEPARTED ÉITHER SANTIAGO DE CUBA

OR BAHIA DE NIPE TWO XERO DEGREE FOUR FIVE MINUTES NORTH SEVEN FIVE

DEGREES FOUR XERO MINUTES WEST DURING WEEK. OF ONE ONE TO ONE SEVEN

FEB PD SHIP REPORTEDLY HEADED FOR BRITISH GUIANA OR NORTHEAST BRAZIL

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The British consul in Sentiago de Cube has Informed Washington

aid the Governor of British Culone that two alleged IS eitizensy.

John AUran Johnson, aged 53, and his vife Margaret Trances Johnson,,

tvere leaving Cuba on 31 December on the Cuban vasael BATTA DE DANAMA

destined for Georgetown, Britieh Guiane. On board with then wore 17

choes in their nemo, Inciding tuo large wood tratee understood to be

"very similor to those recently unloaded from a Soviet Union ship

In Sentlago de Cube." The Iritish consul notes the untikelihood of

US citizena! leaving Cube in this mnet, and the resulting doubt aa to

theiz real Identities and intentions. (British Foreign Office to

Vashington, No. 9759, 31 December, 1962 (EBORDE))

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This material contains. information affecting the National. Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Lows,: Title

18, U.S.C. Secs: 793 and 794, the tronsmission or revelation of which

in ony manner so on snouthorized person is. prohibited by low.

C-O-I-I-I-D-EN-I-I-A-I

COUNTRY

Cuba/British Guiana

REPORT NO.

SUBJECT

shiyment of Wespons to British Guiana

DATE DISTR.

00-K-3,210,102

21. Feb

• 62.

NO. PAGES

One

REFERENCES

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DATE OF

INFO.

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DATE ACQ

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-; Dec 1962

SOURCE:

THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION

Cuban national, A 12 884 576, who arrived la the US on 3 Feb 1962.

Source 1s an electrical engineer and advisor to underground groups 1n Cuba.

[Tais report was developed by an Ary representative assigned to the office

0I preparation. 1

I was advised by a Cuban merchant marine officer that the Cuban freigater,

"Bahta de Nipe" left Cuba for British Guiana on 22 Dec 1961 with a cargo

shimment of weapons, The boxes containing this equipment were stored

In the bottom of the ship's hold and covered with mattresses and canvas.

A cargo of sugar bags was placed on top of the weapons.

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CU LONG TVERAM Department of State

INDICATE, I COLLIO

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TO THIS MESSAGE BY CITE NUMBER

WILL BE DESIGNATED EFTO

ino Feb 8 edition of lIfE contains story on Cuba with following

caption undar photo of Russian freighters

QUOTE

But refugoes aboard the Slirley lykes said two ships put out from

Mariel (Cuba) only last wook with holds loaded with weapons sent by

Castro to British Gulana.

UNQUOTE

Would appreciate any available comment.

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Rec'd:

February 7, 1963

12:57 PM

FROM:

Georgetown

TO: Secretary of State

NO:

245, February 7, NOON

Reference: Department's 286

February 6.

Neither harbor master nor shipping companies have any

knowledge Cuban ships en route Georgetown. Guiana Import-

Export agents for sales rice Cuba, states it is always

notified as soon as rice ships leave Cuba so that necessary

arrangements at RMB wharf can be made. It denies having

receivéd any notice recently. Governor also reports

negative results his inquiries.

CONGEN has had numerous inquiries AP story mentioned TOUSI

18. Appreciate any clarification (not for release to press)

Department can give.

MELBY

TEK/18

CONFIDENTIAL

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PARIS AFP IN ENGLISH TO THE FAR EAST 1905 7 FEB 63 E

(EXCERPI) GEORGETOWN--BRITISH GUIANA IN A STATE OF NEAR PANIC.

TODAY AFTER NEWSPAPERS AND RADIO STATIONS PUT OUT A

WASHINGTON NEWSPAPER REPORT THAT CUBA WAS SENDING TWO SHIPS

FULL OF SOVIET ARMS TO THIS COUNTRY® PREMIER CHEDDI JAGAN CALLED

THE REPORT FROM THE WASHINGTON EVENING STAR FANTASTIC AND UNFOUNDED.

A SPOKESMAN IN THE HOME AFFAIRS MINISTRY SAID THE GOVERNMENT

EXPECTED NO ARMS FROM THE

SOVIET UNION OR CUBA®

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intelligence

Washington terretlast agencies have no information to confirm

alleged munitions shipments from Cuba to Georgetown.

Story originated with caption current edition Life Magazine to

effect two Russian ships carrying munitions from Mariel, Cuba to BG.

O'Leary of Washington Evening Star apparently seized on life story

as basis Evening Star article. Unlikely any responsible US official

confirm story as O'Leary alleged in article.

Is repeat if Department 1s asked by press, we plan say we have

no information but are making inquiries.

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SUBJECT

DATE OF

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PLACE &

DATE ACQ

SOURCE:

INPORAAWION

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United Sloles wishin the meoning of the Espionage Laws, Title

18, U/S.C. Secs. 793 ond 794, the transmission or revelation of which in

any manner lo on unauthorized

person is prohibited by law:

6-0-N-I-I-D-S-IT-T-I-A-I.

Britisa Guiana/Cuna

REPORT NO.

Jagan's Political Econonic Viewpoints, x- DATE DISTR:

propricuion of Foreign Properties Linica

to Foreiga lia/Futility of Jagan's 5-Jeur NO. PAGES

Plan/Peoples Progressive Party Infiltration

of United Front Arms Snugglius trom Cural REFERENCES

Filariasis Disease Common in Curana faci

00-B.-3,2117,344

11 Jan

63

Thru Oct 62

British Guiana/Thru Oct 62

THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION

Us national, executive 10 a US aluninui company,

Source has trequently traveled

to and within hritish Guiana In connection

with geological surveys for his conpany.

He has known Jagen for about

nine years, and on his latest triy iad several conversations vith Jagan.

3

2

tue basis oi vany conversations with Chechs Jagan (nostly concerning

possible lavestents by my cougany in Britisa Quiana), I an convinced

tiat he is not & Conmunist.. In laçü, Jagan does not know what he is.

He is sinply looking for anyoning new that will help to pull ip nis

icople quickly. In this context he sees Soviet and Chinese Connunist

as the to principal Trentieth Century economic experiments

--/aud as

econonic experiments be is willing to try the...

2.:

In talking with ne, Jagan has naüe clear that he is not a "Castro Iype."

wants help fron aaybody. Fue one thing tust udgut in the future

seriously hinder ila getting econonic aid fron the USSR is that ie

demands that aid be without strings.

30:

Eota Jagan and his Irale Miaister, Ironis Hubbara, nave told se that

Jagan would hesitate to do anything (such as confiscating ioreign pro-

perties in an attempt to incresse revenues which would ofiend the us

or the IN for fear of ruining any fubura chances of obtaining US or UN

Jagan is of course quite conscious that ne la still under the UK

and that it Is therefore unconstitutional for him to expropriate anything.

After British Gulans achieves inuependence, I au confident Jagan would

not expropriate anything if he is getting aid from the US or

that 1s, until the money is spont.

Jagan is receiving no such aid and has no prospects of receiving such

Liü, then anything could happen. I would, lovever, touper this souewhat

üepressing estimate of Jagan by comenting that in 1953 when he entered

office, he was something of a will-ayeu fanatic without direction.

Since then he has matured considerably.

rosenes

4.

The PPP capability for increasing the industrial wealth of British

Guiana is hopeless.

Jagan Indiscriminately wants all kinds of factories.

His "Five Yoar Plan" 18 no piao at all.

In bis eagerness to do sonething

for British Gujana, agan thinks he ought to build any kind of factory

that, the country does not have.

Winenevor he thinks of sonathing, he

Just telle é subordinate to add

it to the Plan.

But there is no one in

the Jagan soverument whe has done or can no the marketing research, ete.,

which is necessary for any such investment.

C-O-N-I-I-D-F-N-T-I-A-I

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downgrading and

declassifcation

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ARMY

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INFORMATION

REPORT

INFORMATION

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In the last elections Jagan ordered some of his (Indian) Peoples

Progressive Party (PPP) supporters to join the United Front farty

(UTP) in order to impress the worlà in general and the US in particular

that democracy In British Guiana was working.

By virtue of the fact

that the UNP membership was "growing,

" It was "obvious" that Jagan

was not a dictator. I was told this by two Indian Guianese who were

working for Jegan.

I was in British Guiana

for about 12 months on my latest trig.

Since much of this time

was devoted to geological surveying in the

hinterland, I was accompanied by an Indian Guianese doctor. A well-

educated man of the upper-middle class, he told me that arms were

being smuggled into the country from

He did not go into any

detail on the subject, but he did mention that his sons, who were

members of the Progressive Youth Organization (PYO) frequently brought

arms into their home,

kept them for a while, and then disposed of them.

The doctor was so much concerned

-- and pessimistic - about the

situation that he emigrated from the country shortly after I departed.

Malaria Is not a factor

now.

less than 1 percent incidence.

filariasis presents a problem. At first I did not believe it when my

Indian Guianese doctor said that mosquito bites incurred in the day

time were harmless but mosquito bites at night would infect with

filariasis.

After several months in the back country I believed him.

The disease seems to affect women more than men, causing women's legs

to sweld.

But the disease's affect on men's sexual organs was not

exactly encouraging. - I never did understand why, but my doctor said

that to be effective in detecting the disease a blood test must be

rade at night (preferably between 11 p.m. and l a.m.), and analyzed

quickly.

If filariasis is treated promptly, a man's sexual prowess

can be saved. We lound that the disease

is very common throughout

the country:

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INFORN

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.

AION REPORT

This material contains. information affecting the National. Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws. Title

18, U.S.C. Secs: 793 and 784, the transmission or revelation of which. in any manner to on unouthorized person is prohibired by law.

C-0-N-F-I-D-E-N-I-I•A-I

COUNTRY

Cuba/British Guiana

REPORT NO

SUBJECT

Shigment of Weapons to British Guiana

DATE DISTR.

00-K-3,210, 102

21 Feb 62

NO. PAGES

One

REFERENCES

CD/00 Case

36159 H2/05676/G5

Case

35662

78/IWW/DOM-81/cx

DATE OF

INFO.

PLACE &

DATE ACQ.

Dec 1962

-; Dec 1962

SOURCE:

THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION

Cuban national, A 12 884 576, who arrived In the US on 3 Feb 1962.

Source is an electrical engineer and advisor, to undergroudgroups in Cuba.

[This report was developed by an Army representative assigned to the office

of preparation.]

I was advised by a Cuban merchant marine officer that the Cuban freighter,

"Bahia de Nipe" left Cuba for British Gulans on 22 Dec 1961 with a cargo

shipment of weapons. The boxes containing this equipuent were stored

in the bottom of the ship's hold and covered with mattresses and canvas.

A cargo of sugar bags was placed on top of the weapons.

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There 1s Little Infomatien amilable on the Costro/Corntet •

comicacion notunt vita Latia Angeto: Oron the past yeare teare

are tamarous rogorto indicating that commutestione nov

counted to

visitore to end tron Cuta, that Chan Iiisastes covo de commitratien

potato for Castro/Contet numentve crope in verlous coutrier;

one that dircationg to mibrarsire groups we tronitted by clandestina

santo tron

ters in Cites Frecedlag ttams on racto propaganda and

ãs abiguete; are shtypento, and the training of pergomol in

Caba are clobly relatod to commentions. Infontion on Commist

cremiestione inê the Commiet agratus also are seisted to tho

questios at comication.

There have beco sino niferences to fartnictioue from Cums; however,

fuch culcouca da

are craliabla and copteo of these donments nado

mallatte in the post souts not utthstani scutiny.

243

Stone

Bis Tab contadao these Stene: (1) A peperal cocent en electrtesi

conuntentions; (2) An tton Inficuttas tho

sautoute tudio

Stations fur comtenttonas and (5) A isport of a clandastine

arcalming states sa the Doutnican Deputie,

202UE

This too coutatos an item rafurzine to doomanto obtaíned cron tho

alone cra

tally, the fenniao procs and Penanaz

costetade indicated

those docicarta provol Castro/Corantet, sponsor-

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chip of a revolution in Baail; horvor, the Biazilion Corrobt

no not tot jabite note of the docum

Constend

Thís tib contains 1Uuntrativo sozarto of trivellens to and frot

Cuba tho may act as courters. This ite le elonoly salatel to

intoratton bn individunts ond fros

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MESESSIE CONUALECANTONS

Tere on mmerous reporte of a highly clasified nature doneumdng

@lectroaton conmntontions botoon Cubo and tho 3100, withtn Cubay and

betricon Cubs apd. Tatin Ansuica, Cone repurte infer Chet Prensa Istita

toallattea ny do uead for ather thin dens purposes ond thare aaa

frequent zeporto of clandestine todio fustrettone to Intia Amaton tiron

Cuba and betweon clantoottne stations in latin Anatesi.

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ELECTIONIC COMMUNTCATTOTS

CONFIDENTIAL

CORFIDENIILI

C034

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30 danuary 1562

Fono

I520 5452057 1962

Mancho Doyaros, Jan 62

Cra3

30J 316/3707-52

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Submicans zonents that tho Goverant of Cuba had plannes to inmagurato a

In seton radio tramitting station at tho Rancho Boreros Airporty COut 0i

mus chic, on the 19ta on 2003 of Jarung 1952

Tho porpoco of the siation was to bo corcunication batreco Caba ord

Tegucigaloo, loudursa, es tho 2011 dauercy

TOMATOS AT 12 JEA

INVAS 20S 400

KATICALLY DUNLIDED

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ORMATION

REPORT

This material contains Information affecting the Natlonal Defense of the United States Within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title

18, U.3.0. Secs. 703 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to ar. unauthorized person is prohibited by law.

S-E-C-R-E-T

NO FOREIGN DISSEM

COUNTRY

Dominican Republic/Cuba

SUBJECT

Clandestine Radio Receiving

Station in Santo Domingo

REPORT NO.

DATE DISTR.

NO. PAGES

C5-3/535, 788

1 February 1963

1

REFERENCES

RD

DATE OF

22 January 1963

INFO.

PLACE &

Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo

DATE ACQ. 22 January 1963

FIELD REPORT NO. HDC-553

THIS IS UNEVALUATED

INFORMATION, SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.

SOURCE:

Foreign businessman (B) with good contacts in Dominican

political circles. Appraisal of Content: 3.

One of. the under-cover receiving stations for radio messages

from Habana is believed to be in a house at Calle Espaillat 56.

The house is occupied by Johnson (fnu), who has an electrician's

repair shop there.

Headquarters. Comment.

Johnson (fnu) is probably identifiable

with the Johnson (fnu) reported by another source as a Com

munist member of the Agrupacion Politica Catorce de Junio

(APCJ - 14th of June Political Group). See CS-3/511, 814, 0f

24 May 1962. Also see CS-3/528,287, of 14 November 1962, from

an official British service, which reports on a clandestine

group of pro- Castro Dominicans who are in radio contact with

Habana from a repair shop in Santo Domingo..

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The CIA station in Rio de Jenetro has reported that some efforte

may be nado to put pressure on Prosident Goulart to pubitely take some

note of the Cubin Intervention in Denil'o internel affatr, allegedly

shom by some 16 sages of Spanish-luiguage docunente found in the

Verts plane ersh which coried a Cuten delegation to thetz doaths in

Moverber. The documants ero considered by a Arostisan dourcé tho made

then eratiable to the CIA station to be "explosive, since tley prove

the Cubans ice aponsoring revolution in Brazil." Paraphrases of those

documente have appeared in the Lins areas; but it le unlikely that

Prestdent Contart v11l sive my support to publictzing then. (CIA,

Rio de Jeetro, IX 43586, l Jenuery, SECRET NOTORIT)

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This material contains information affecting the Natlonal Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title

i8, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation

of which' in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.

S-E-C-R-E-T

NO FOREIGN DISSEM

COUNTRY

Paraguay/Cuba

REPORT NO.

CS -3/536

45-1

SUBJECT

Paraguayan Travelers to and

From Cuba

DATE DISTR.

7 February 1963

NO. PAGES

2

REFERENCES

RD

DATE OF

INFO.

PLACE &

DATE ACQ.

SOURCE:

December 1962 - 20 January 1963

Paraguay: Asuncion

24 January 1963)

FIELD REPORT NO. HYA-833

THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.

Paraguayan security officer (B) from a member of the Paraguayan

Communist, Party (C): Appraisal of Content: 2.

1: On about: 20 January 1963 Cantero: a leader of the Partido

Comunista Paraguayo (PCP - Paraguayan Communist Party) in

Paraguay, I met with five rural leaders of the PCP from he

areas of Villarrica, Concepcion, Piribebuy: Tebycuarymi, and

Guarambare:

These leaders received political instructions

from

the PCP for their trip to Cuba, where they will receive

milirary and polifical training in rural organizatien.

Lopez (fnu)2 is the leader fron Piribebuy and Ignacio Acosta3,

is the leader from Tebycuarymi.

2.

Federico Tatter, a retired ensign in the Paraguayan Navy:

entered Paraguay from Cuba in the firs: balf of December

assume military direction of the Frente Unido de Liberacion

Nacional (FULNA* United Front for National Liberation):

3,

Anibal Garcete4 bas ceturned to Paraguay from Cuba to organize

the sugar- cane workers.

Garcete is a PCP member masquerading

-'"as a member of the Colorado Party.

1.

Field Comment,

Cantero is the PCP pseudonym of a person

whose true name is unknown,

Source

_Comments

2. Lopez was born about 1937.

3. Acosta is a cousin of Wigberto Acosta, a long-time

member of the PCP

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* Corneat.

^Fe Deer

Wigberso

Acosta was reported in June 1960

nones aebive in the labor dispute

in

colving the sugar cane worker's

onand for higher salaries.

Source Comment.

CoccascOr

the Peders:

farte was mentioned in confidential

which time he was an officer

in

or bear Cane Workers.

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On 4 December Brastlian President Goulart telephoned General Alves,

conmender of the Furst Amy with headquarters in Rio de Janetro and

the highest ranktos extrene leftist in the Brantitan amed torcos.' to

told Alves to choose four or ftve Juntor officers of his absolute cot

ridance to escort certato people who vere univing fron Cuba via Bolivia.

doulart enta the people were coning with "much materiat." (CIA, So

Paulo, IN 30353, 6 Decenter, SENSE IOFЭTUY)

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Eight Dominican pro-Castro leaders vero aboarä the Czech airlines

211ght to Cuba Which transited Shannon Alrport on 14 December, nocording

to en official Irish service, The Donindent Included Mauino Lopos

Moltna; Tons Parvento Ertetoon, and Quatavo Ricart, leadere of the

outlaved Domindoan Popter Hovenent (MPD), one of the moat ective pro-

Countat groups in the Donintean Republe. Tho eight. Dominionne were

among the ten to vere deported from the Doninica Republie to Irance

enrider the yest. Anothez source reported last Novsmber that the Cuban

abancedor in Perie had & necting with the ten Dominican deportees to

(iscuss helping them travel to Cube without paasports. (CIA Dahlia,

TDCS-3/532,991, 21 December; SECRIX/J0 FORBICH DISONA)

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Proner Castro 1a to deliver the elosing apeech at the Congreas

of Women of the Americes on 15 January in Havane, Havona Radio

announced that the congreos, acheduled to begin I1 Jonary, will be

attended by more then 200 delegates from Istin Anerton, the U. 8.,

and Canade, sa vell as by queute fron many other non-American countries.

Delegations fron Comnist Chinty Albania, Czechoslovakta, Worth lorea,

and forth Vlethan arrived in Havana on 9 Jamary. (FBIG 03 and 51,

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A manber of

achs of abotagn have boen comitted in vurtous latin

Americon states,

• to no conolusive evidenoe ovaltable to Mal

these sets

of sabotago vito the Contro/Commudati apparatio.

Portions on trining inteste that sabotage ie being teught to

tratneso in Cabo»

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The Tab contatus four itena: (2) A zeport that Cuba ta trotsing

Dericonel for sabotage miasions in the U.8.j (2) A zeport that

Donutcans ere leaving Cuba to abotage cane f1010d in the

Dominican Degubltes (3) A report on the coutroversdal sabotage of

the Narcotto oil flolds in Venezuela, (let substantlated by

evidence availabde to the U.S.)i and (4) Report of an unsuccenshil

abtengt to sabotage a bridge ta. Venezucla.

bles

mis Jab containe an iten reporting Chetro/Coumntet Inaytred

tarrorist activittee in Veranuela linted to the Maracuido anbotage.

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An expert Cuban electrical technteian in the Borjita euger nili

hao told & fonzer close senociate who ta nou a rogular landentine

solace that Cuss to training personnel in the techniqueblof using

explosives prior to vending them to the United States on sabotage missione.

It is tohanded that auch percone will go in the guloe of enti-Commudet

refugeea, and the sabotage v11l be so azzanged that in sone coses te vi1)

be tekon to be morely acoldente: the electrical technician added that

there to e largo Commiet ceptonage ring operating with a ting in the

Gatted otaton acrons the border, with several plans already under vey.

(CIA DOP EV 29577, 4 Decenber; SECRET BOTORY)

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SECREN,

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A Dominion extle la Cuba raportedly tole a sourte tho uns there

about mid-Denmber that Dominican Comnists are leuring Cure for the

Dominicon Repubile to sabotage the cane fields there. (CIA, Ponena

City, IN 48599, 12 Jamary, SUCREE ROFORE)

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COMING TELEGRAM

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Rec'd :

NOVEMBER 3,1962

11:29 P..M.

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FROM: CARACAS

TO: Secretary of State

NO: 548, NOVEMBER 3, 9 P.M.

NIACT

DEPARTMENT PASS CINCARIB, CINCLANT

FOREIGN MINISTER FALCON BRICENO INFORMS ME HE WILL ARRIVE

WASHINGTON SUNDAY NIGHT TO MAKE SPECIAL SPEECH IN DAS/OC

MONDAY RE CUBAN SITUATION UNDERSCORING CUBAN INSPIRED

SUBVERSION AND SABOTAGE AGAINST VENEZUELA.

HE WILL PRESENT INTERCEPTED CABLE TO VENEZUELAN STUDENTS

AND OTHER EVIDENCE WHICH HE HOPES OBTAIN FROM INTERIOR

MINISTRY. HE ASKS IF DEPARTMENT CAN PROVIDE HIM SUNDAY

AT VENEZUELAN EMBASSY WITH TRANSCRIPT. RAUL CASTRO'S

STATEMENT. AFTER MARACAIBO SABOTAGE IN WHICH PRESS CLAIMS

RAUL TOOK CUBAN CREDIT FOR INCIDENT.

SUGGEST DEPARTMENT MAKE THIS AND ALL OTHER USEFUL FBIS

INTERCEPTS AS WELL OTHER EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO HIM.

FALCON'S ARRIVAL NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON WILL BE AVAILABLE

VENEZUELAN' EMBASSY THERE. PLEASE EXTEND COURTESIES.

HE PLANS STAY US ABOUT EIGHT DAYS.

STEWART

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MESSRS. MOSKOWITZ: BOWDLER AND ALLEN (ARA) NOTIFIED

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CONFIDENTIAL

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NATIONAL GUARD; PARA 2: U.S. BUSINESSMAN (B) WITH EXCELLENT CONTACTS IN THE

VENEZUELAN MILITARY.

1: ON THE EVENING OF 8 FEB 63 NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS WHO WERE PRO-

-TECTING THE CARACAS-LA GUAIRA TURNPIKE SURPRISED A GROUP OF MEN AT THE

ENTRANCE TO TUNNEL NUMBER 1. WHO WERE ATTEMPTING. TO DESTROY TURNPIKE

BRIDGE NUMBER 1. FIRE WAS EXCHANGED FOR ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES. BETWEEN:

THE SOLDIERS: AND THE MEN IN THE TUNNEL AND LATER A BOX CONTAINING ABOUT: O

10D POUNDS OF DYNAMITE WAS FOUND BELOW THE BRIDGE.

19-03

.2. TWO CAR LOADS OF GUERILLAS ATTACKED THE NATIONAL GUARD HEADQUARTERS.

AT. DABAJURO, À PIPE LINE OUTPOST BETWEEN AMUAY, IN THE PARAGUANA

PENINSULA: AND LAKE MARACAMBO, , STATE OF ZULIA, IN WESTERN VENEZUELA,

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3. (FIELD COMMENT: TERRORIST ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN INCREASING IN

VENEZUELA. SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE FUERZAS ARMADAS DE LIBERACION

NACIONAL (FALN, ARMED. FORCES OF NATIONAL LIBERATION) TOOK TEMPORARY

POSSESION: OF: THE OFFICE OF THE PREFECT: IN THE TOWN OF SAN DIEGO DE

LOS ALTOS, ABOUT 2D MILES FROM CARACAS, ON 4 FEB. THEY TIED UP THE

POLICEMEN ON GUARD, STOLE A FEW RIFLES, AND PAINTED THE WALLS WITH ANTI-

GOVERNMENT, SLOGANS. ON. 5 FEB, AN ATTACK WAS MADE ON THE HOME OF COLONEL

JOSE ANTONIO GONZALEZ, COMMANDER OF THE MILITARY TRIBUNAL, LOCATED.

IN A WELL-TO-DO RESIDENTIAL AREA OF CARACAS. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER

ATTACK ON 12 FEB WHICH RESULTED IN THE GOVERNMEUT ESTABLISHING ROAD

LOLOCKS AND SENDING TROOPS AND POLICE INTO THE AREA. ON THE

MORNING OF 9: FEB AN ARMED ATTACK WAS MADE ON THE AMERICAN (PORTION

GARBLED WILL FWD) WHERE OFFICES WERE SET ON FIRE AND EQUIPMENT DESTROYED,

AND ON THE NIGHT OF 9 FEB SEARS WAREHOUSE IN ANTIMANO WAS COMPLETELY

DESTROYED BY MEMBERS OF THE FALN, THREE BRIDGES ON THE PAN AMERICAN

HIGHWAY, BARQUISIMETO AREA, STATE OF LARA, WERE DAMAGED BY BOMBS..

ON 12 FEB AND AN ATTEMPT, WAS MADE ON THAT DAY TO BLOW UP A CREOLE OIL. LINE

IN CATIA LA MAG, FEDERAL DISTRICT, BUT ONLY ONE SMALL BOMB EXPLODED:

CAUSING MINOR DAMAGES).

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Extremist And Police Activities In Venezuela

Venezuela has been afflicted over the past several

months with a rash of Castro-Communist terrorist actions:

Many incidents, involving shootings and robberies, are

connected with

the Movement of the Revolutionary Left,

the Venezuelan Communist Party, and the Armed Forces

of National Liberation -

the Castro-Communist group

credited with the destruction at the Maracaibo oil

fields during the Cuban crisis.

These activities are

probably designed to discredit and weaken the Betan

court Government.

The police have demonstrated considerable proficiency.

in preventing major outbreaks and in acting rapidly

to

arrest terrorists.

They have rounded up extremists

responsible for the holdup and looting of a printing

supply warehouse and the burning of the Dupont paint

warehouse and have captured

the Communist leader of

guerrilla bands operating in the Falcon area of

northwestern Venezuela:

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SECRISE

CONNUNTED OFGADIZANION FOR LATIN AMERICA

Inforetion on the Commniet apparatus for latin America and ite

rolationship with Gube and the Sino Soviet Bloe Le largoly derived from

highly classified Intelligence which is movided separately. From the

reports contatned in this section, it may be concluded that the ongonine-

tionn? linke vary fron country to country dayending upon, mong other

factors, the legal otatus of the Comuntet party, whothes aiplonatie

representation in located in a country, the relative strength of Commist

alliences with other loftist or oppooltion parties, and the choreoter of

current goverment lendorahip in these countries. Nost attached de an

unclaneilled report prepared in October for release an a Vhite Paper.

Although thie payer vas not relented due to the miastle eriais, it repre-

sents en agreed summy (State, DOD, CIA and USIA) of the Commiet

apparatus in Latin Anerica, The report contatne brlefs on Comtot

activities in each of the Latin Averlean countries,

The reporte vory with respect to the country priority for Caatro/

Comniet ection in Latin Anories. Bronil, Venenuele, and British Gulena

are montioned nost frequently as the llkely priority targeti. There are

also conflicting reporte on the relative indopendence of Castro tron the

Soviet Union and Indicatione that the publteized Sino Soviet disagreemento

are reflected in loosl Coumniet organientione throughout Tatin Anarios,

JAB 1

Cuban Relationshius and Foliates Jovert latte Anertes

This tab contoine relevant exceryts fron the draft INtE

now under prepartion. (USID 19 noting on this Itém and

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JAB.

BECKELL

the most current agreed positions will be made avallable

to you in the event there la any significunt ebange.) Aleo

Included at this tab are i nunber of significent reports

indiesting the probable orientation of Castro/Communiet actions

directed tovard letin Anerice. The last Item at this tab

eurmarizes the unsuccesaful armed ineuraions of 1959 (Panana,

carague, and Dominican Republic).

Soviet Aetivities and Conflicta

Inis tab containe & number of ltens Indicating possible Cuben-

Sovtet conflicte as reflected in Istin Anerios, The last two

items reflect the concern attached to the poseible establish

ment of a Soviet fishing port in Cuba.

Situation In latin Americs

Thle tab containo a number of current situation and portinent

background reports on various Latin American countries In the

following order; Central Amerios, Panana and Menieo; Bolivia)

Braa11 (4)) Colonbia) Costa Rica; Ecundor; Helt1; Mexico) Panamaj

Feru (4); and Venezuela (3).

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NEMORANDU!:

4 October 196e

Cuban Subversion in Other: latta Amertean Countries

I. General

1. The Castro regine dentes that matertal support le being given

any anti-regime group outaide Cuba, Castra eletu that euch assiatence is

unnecessary since the

people of these countrtes, thinks to Cube's example,

are becontog aware of their revolutionary potentia.

Ise publicly stated

position of the Cubon leaders is thet their country,

"the first soctoliet

state in America, " hus become the emmple, the "pescon".

In fact, hovever,

Cuba's moral and material support to Cominist and Commniat-influenced

groups has been felt in vorying degrees in every one of the 19 other latin

Amertoon repolice.

The Castro regime bas becone an effective instrument

of the Sino-Soviet ottort to weaken and eventually destroy demperatic

politiesl inctitutions in Iatin America,

Cuban subversion has become more nubtle since 1959, whon a Cuban-

mounted expedationary force van launched agatust the Dominicon Republle and

euniler "Invasion forcon" left Cuba for abortive attacke on the goverumente

of Fanama, Mceragua, and Isiti, Now Cubon subversive efforto generally fall

in three cotogortes:

The indoctrination end training of hundreds of latin

Americans in Cuba;

b.

The Intenaive propaganda beined at lotin America by Cuban

radio stations and pirculated through printed material and

the Cuban cubeidized internattomi "nevs" agency, anô;

C.

The covert matertal support given subversive groups in

other countries.

II.

Cuben Subversive Progrem

A. Training o8 latin Amentcans in Cube:

3:

Tidel Castro announced on 9 June 196l that his goverment would

frant. 1,000 scholarship to "poor atudento from other latin Averican

countries for the next school teim and 100 scholarships to studente from

other countries of the worlds Hundreds of youns Iatin Americans have been

subjected to Communist indoctrination.

In addition to whatever formal

trining they receive in auth, many of them recelve training in guerrilla

portere and other techniques of zevolution.

Cuben refugees who have arrived recently in the United Stated häve

provided detailed inforation os the training prograns offered to some of

these young latin Apericans.

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one refugee; & deserter iron castro's army, reported from

persone: novleage that in late 190l there were a number of students fron

Chile, Ecuador, Argentina, (uatemala, end Brazil Living in a Havana suburo

ho regularly attended closes in Harxien-Leninion, propaganda techaiques,

ano other mubjecte to prepare them for active revolutionazy roles la theis

AgueLands, de reported that. those male etudente tho were betreen 16 and 20

yeare of age vere sout as part of their training to the lines del Trio

training center in Oriente province, During this phase of their training they

received familiarization in the use of enall erma and hitted to the top of

Cubs 'a highost nountaia, Pico Turquino, In the Sterre Mestra, the locale of

Cantro's guerrilla virture agatust the Batista dictatorship.

Another zorugee, tho lived in Oriente province, leumed from

conversations with nilitie mon in the area and from lotin" Americons training

there that continuous training of studente fron other latin American countries

te going on at las Arenso, Oriente, The trainees receive instruction in

nilitary toettes, suerilla vartare, subversiou, sobotage, propoganda, and

Communiot ideology:

"the refugee did not loow how many latin Americans were

Involved, but bolloved the duration of each course van about eight weeks, after

which another group replaced the one that had been trotning.

Nuch of the travel of Iatin American studente to Cute for trainins

and indoctrination is handled by the Instituto Cubano de Amtetad con los

Puebios (ICAP « Cuban Institute for Frtendahip with Feoples):

Cube ta also a major tateoti point for latin Anerleans traveling to

and. from the Sino: Soviet bloo.

Over 400 latin Americans retumed tron last

July"e Comniet-ponsored Youth Festival in Holetnid aboard a Soyiet nassenger

vessel with the 400-mon Cuban delegation.

Tody digenbarked in Havana end

stayed 1n Cuba tone weeks before some of them begn returning to their home

countries:

othore my well be remining in Cuba for some tine.

Cuben Propaganda a

International broalcaate by Cuban radio statione mintain o

relatively constast propaganda lovel at all times, with regularly acheduled

end special broadcoate to epecific countries as vell as general tranemissions

to all of Latin America,

The general theme of ell these broadcats 1e

that "the Cuban osample" 10 awakening the

"poople" of latin America to

the opportunity for revolutionary action against the "corrupt" regimes in

pover and agotast "Yenkee importalian" which allegedly supports then.

Thore are regular progrons beamed by Havens radio to Vicaragus,

the Dominican Republic, Cuntemla, Peru, and Endures.

They aro a21

subversive in content and freguently incite to rebellion.

These programa

to specifio countries are apparently Wirected and produced vith the

cuttonce of exiles from the countries concerned resident in Cuba.

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The program to the Dominican Repubile, for Instance, 1e announced

as the progren of the Donnican Iberation Movement (M.D), and the progran

1a entitled Petrie Libre:

At present, Redto Havene beane the 20 minute

Patris Libre progron to the Dominican Republic on Thursdrye and Saturdeya.

Just prior to the progran, the Radto levana announcor explains that the.

station to noking its focilities evallable to the MUD for 1ts program.

There are some areas in the Dominican Republie where, due to the cbsence

of local redio stotiona, the Cubon broadcasts ore the only ones heard.

Last July, the subversive content of theme broadcante to the Dontaican

Republic led the Dominican government to proteet to the Organization of

Americon States:

The content of euch broodenete is areplified in the statod goals

of the "Volee of Revolutionary Nicarague,

" the progran which le regularly

besnod by Redio Havana to Nicaragus: On 31 /ugust, thie program celebrated

its fired anniversery by repeating ite original statement of ite purposes:

"The Votce of Revolutionary Itcarague hed set itoels the goal

of contributing to pointing out the rent way to Ncaragua"s

Iberation from the dominton of Yankee ingerialiam and the

Somoze tyranny: Electione (scheduled for next lebruary to

choose President Sonoze's succeanor) with the Somozas in pover,

and under the State Department'a econonte and political control

of Nicarague, vill be & farce.

Without a pitor revolutionary

overthrow of the Sonosa tyrenny there con be no free elections

1n Nicaragua nor con e popular government be establiched.

program will be at the service of the revolutioneries and

against the electioneero: The Volce of Revolutionary Nicerugua

will defend the Cuben revolution because it is an important

part of the Lotin Americon people'a Liberating revolution."

12. Cuban propogando l0 also dioseminated through the officos of

Prosna. latins,

the Cuban-subsidized international "news ageacy" which

has close vorking relation with IAss, the ley Chins lews Agency, and other

propagande medie for the Sino-Soviet bloc.

12, Cuban printed material le circulated throughout the hemlapheres

Cho Guevara's bool on guerrille varfare has recoived vide distribution.

Perfodically, the Mexteen government, most recently last Auguet, has been

obliged to conflocate large quentities of propangenda materials from Latin

Americans passing through that country enroute from Cubs to their homelands.

C. Cuben covert support for subvereive fouga:

13: Cuban covert eupport for Comniet or pro-Commiet groups In

other Latin Averton countries is provided in a nuber of ways.

In the five

Latin American countries where Cuban diylonstle nissions are still rasident

(Mexico, Brail, Uruguay, Chile, and Bolivia), these miestons have often

been the channel.

The Cuban enbassy in Maxico 1e know to have provided

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fréquent esaistance to extles from Guatennia, Nicarague, and other Central

Amerlean countries living in Mexico. In other instences, assistance 15

provided through travelera coming from Cuba and through Prense Latina

representetives.

The sasistance la woully financial. The Cubans appear to have

beer careful since 1959 to avold being caught in a blatant act of subversion

that could be used to justify concerted later-American setion.

Financial

essistance 2o often just as usefu and wich lose risky than actua wespons

deliveries: In & number of Anerican countles, amalt ers and other vespons

are availeble for a price.

Unscrupulous or cureless erns dealers in the US

have also contributed to the arna traffic from which pro-Cestro groups have

benefitted, directly or indirectly.

15. As the following country-by-country rundown indicates, Cuban support

for subveraive activity has alfected in varying degrees every one of the 19

other Latin Aner lan colatried.

Argentina:

Ernesto "Che" Cuevara, an Argentine by birth,

han zeteined his deep interest in Argentina's political affairs. On 25 May,

the Argentine national boliday, he addressed the group of Argentine citiseus

resident in Cube and told then that he hoped that nect

colebrating in Argentine under "tho flag of socialion" ear they would e

At another point

in this addrece he said! "Our revolution ie one which needs to expand its

1deas. and other people are helping we. Let the other peoples of the hemisphere

get angry and take up irs or seize power and old un in this task which is

the task of the entire hentephere and of humanity."

The Argentine commity in Cuba last April organized the

"Cuban-Argentine Iriendship Institute" with beodquarters in Havens.

One

of the leaders is dahn Willion Cooke, who was for a time chief of former

Argentine dictator Peron's political

machine in Argentina. Cooke continues

active in that faction of the Peronista party wich seeks concerted action

with the Argentine Commalats: Cooke maintaine reguler contact with syupathizers

Inside and outside Argentina through travelers and through his wife,

Altele Iguren de Cooke, a renident of Monteviãeo, Uruguey, who apparently

has regular nans of communiestion with Individuale in Argentina. Argentine

eitizens have been recruited through this channel to go to Cube for training.

There are elso strong indications thet terrorist activittes by Argentine

Peronisto and Commniats have been encouraged and perhaps assisted through

this channel:

Prior to the diplonatie break between Argentina and Cuba

last February, the Cuban embassy in Buenos Atres provided financial aselstance

to anti goverment groupe there.

An Argentine Journalist who has contacts in

the comurlet party there reported lost Decenber, for intence, that the

Argentine Comminist party had receired the sun of 50,000 pedos from the

cuben embassy as a contribution to the railway workers who were then on

strtke in the province of Cordobe.

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Though the fuban embassy 10 no longer in Buenos Aires, Cuban

clandestine assistance to Argentine Peronfet-Communist groups continues:

On

19 July of thie year the federa golice in Buenos Atres reported the un-

earthing of a center of Communiot and Peronist activities in the capital.

Two Buenos Aires policenen were shot and killed at a surburban warehouse in

June. Investigations revealed that e quantity of explosives and propagande

were stored in the varehouse.

The trail led to the arrest of one Jose

Maria Aponte, a journalist and known Peronist setiviat, and one Mario

Maest, owner of the firn which oned the warehouse.

It was revealed that

Massi bad been maintaining contect vith Cuben Commnists, with John W1l1lem

Cooke, and with an unidentified voman associated with the Criban embassy in

Uruguay who was probably Alicie Iguren de Cooke referred to above. According

to the Argentine police investigation, come 150 Agentine eltisens had been

sent fron Argentina to Cube (through Uruguay and Mexieo) for training in

guerrilla varfare.

On thel? return to Argentina, these men were to be uned

In planed activities in the provinces of Formose, Tucumen, Salta, and the

wooded areas of eastern Argentina. A number of other individuals were appre-

hended by the Argentine police in connection with the subversive activity

revealed in these inveetigations.

Bollvie: Bolivia has been the recipient of spectel Cuban

attentions. The number of Bolivians receiving "scholarshipa" in Cube this

year-between 130 and 150-- appeara disproportionately higk. The Bolivian

government felt objiged to request the departure of Cuben Arbassador Tebares

In 1900 and of Cuban Charge Gorcia Iriane In 1961 for blatent Intervention

in internel Bolivian estairs, including support for Bolivian Commniate and

attempta to Incite extreme leftist mbers of the governing IR party to leave

the party. In June 1961, the Bolivian governent publiahed a sertes of

documente linking the Cuban embessy vith a Commniet conspiracy to seize

control of the government.

One of these documants, a statement by an arrested

Bolivian agitator who had been in close contact with the Cuben embeasy,

gave the names of & number of bolivians who had recelved financial support

from the Cuban embassy. This evidence vas uced to justify the request for

the Cuban charge'e recall.

The present Cuban charge In Bollvie, Ranon Aja, has aleo been

active though perheps a bit more disereet than his predecessors. He has

been particularly energette in cultiveting relations with Bolivian campeninos.

The peasant unton in the Clize Velley of Bolivie has been reported te be the

recipient of Cuban finencial assistance.

Brazil: During the pasttwo years the Castro rogine has

developed increasingly close ties with Franciaco Julloo, solf-proclaimed

Marxist and leader of the Peasant Leagues in the troubled northeast region

of Brazil. Juliao, wbose wife and children are resident in Cube, has

traveled there on several occasione, and a nuber of his essociates and rank

and-file menbers of the Leagues have gone to Cube for agricultural

training which le undoubtedly heavily lerded with ideological indoctrination.

Transportation direct from northeast Brazil to Cube has been provided by

Subana airlines on at least one occeston..

Cireumatantial evidence strongly

suggests that Juliao has received financial assistance for his movement from

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Juliao'o Peasent Léngues have received not only money but also

shipmento of small army from Cube.

These Brazilien Cormnist leadero also

said thet the reason Julioo sent bie fantly to Cuba was hie feer that they

night be endengered in the civil war he expects to erupt shortly in Braall.

The Cuhan goverment has also during the past year cultivated

particularly close relations vith leaders of the dissident Communiet Party

of Breatl (CPB): One of the CPD lenders who had visited Cuba lost May

told a friend of a long conversation be hed had with Fidel Castro in late

May. Castro expressed identity of feeling with the digsident Breatllan

Commnlots and eritieized the regular Commiat party for its fallure "to

take o strong revolutionary line" in accordance with the decision of the

22ad party congress of the Communist porty of the Soviet Undon.

Castro

approved the insurrectionary polley of the CPB and urged the leaders to

organise guerrilla activities and stort the revolutionary movement in Braail

"ao soon as poasible." Castro adviced them that goverment reprisale against

revolutionary ation in Brazil would serve only to increase popular dis

content in Breatl and swell the ranke of the revolutionaries. He advised

CPB leaders to give special emphasie to securing civride a base es possible

anong agricultural vorkers and the inhabitante of rural areas.

The Cuban embassy in Rio de Jenetro, like Cuban embassies

elsevhere in Latin America, has been a source of assistente to Communiet und

pro Commist elemente. Last May leaks to the Brazilien press reported 110-

cussions in the Brazilian cabinet on the subversive activities being directed

by Cuban arbesandor Josquin Hernandes Armse.

The Navy and Army Ministers are

reported to heve expressed partioular concern over Hernandez' activities.

chute.

Senator Salvador Allende, leader of Chile's

Communist doninated popular front and o leading preaidential spirant, has

made at least two tripe to Cube:

The Cuben enbassy in Santiago la the source of propaganda

ouport for pro-Commniat groups, mostly those associated with Allende, who

are intent on coming to pover in Chile through elections or revolution.

Orlando Prendes, cultural attache of the Cuban embassy, te known to be super-

veing the printing of Cuban propegande on a clendestine printing press in

the home of Jullo Bocenegra, who also prints propaganda for the Chilean

Communist party.

This activity has been going on for gome time. As long

ago as August, 1961, Chileen officiale investigating political agitation

and resulting unrest in the Salamanca ares learned that after a vialt to the

aros by & Cuban diplomat the previous month, pro-Cuben propagande wee being

dietrtbuted in the cres, and Cominists and pro-comunists there were saying

"The mountains of Salamance are going to be the Chilean Sierra Maestre."

Last March, when Cuban Minister of Education Armando Fart

went to Cille for an Internationel conference he took with him several sacke

of propagande.

Colombia: The United Freut for Revolutionary Action (TUAR),

organized early this year by Colombian extremists, is belleved to have

received finoncial assistance from Cube to promote its objective of creating

• guerrille novement almed at the overthroy of the govarment. A Colombian

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eitizen who has contacte among FUAR membere reported last June that Fidel

• Castro had just given the group $15,000 and promised further financtal

aid semi-annually.

Gloria Gaiton de Valencle, the wife of a FUAR leader

and

the deughter of the Colombian leader Galtan whose ascessination in

1948 sparked the disastrous Bogote rioting, 1e e long-time personal friend

of Fidel Castro. He has visited Cube frequently and probably returns to

reluctance to engage in ipen revolutionary action.

Costs Rics!

The all Conta Rican Coummiet party, the

Popular Vanguard party (PVP), le cherged by the Cuban government with the

solection of young men to be trained in Cuba, Riboberto Carmone and Jose

Murillo, PVP membera, left Costa Rica last June for tonining under thie

program, and PVP leaders had plans for organtaing querrille troining progrons

In Costa Rice under the direction of the Conta Ricans who had received training

in Cuba.

Tho Dominicen Republlo;

the proviaional Coretl of State,

which te preparing the country for Its firut free elections this December

In more then 30 years, has been a njor target for Cuban subversion.

codre of Dominican Communists de beadquartered in Cuba, end clandestine con-

tact is probably maintained with sympathizero taside the Doninican Republic.

Broadcaste to the Dominican Republie fron Cuba bare helped Inoite the

frequent riote in Santo Domingo, The faet that broadcaste from Cuba have on

occasion referred to very recent events in the Doninican Republie strongly

suggeate the presence of clandestine radio contacts between the tuo countries.

h. Ecuador: The Comminist party of Ecuador has formed the

nucleus of a snell guerrille organization.

this group wes drawn largely from

the pro-Castro Revolutionary Union of Ecuadorean Youth (URJE), which vas

involved in a two day battle vith government forces leat April. The leader

of the April affeir, as well as several other Ecuadoreans Involved in sub

vereive activities, has received guerrilla training in Cuba. A URJE leader

told a friend last June that this organization has so fur in 1962 received

$22,000 in financial ald from the Cuban goverment.

Manuel Araujo Hidalgo, pro-Cormnist former Scundorean Minister

of Interior who has visited Cuba and who recently traveled in Communist

China, aypears to be working with the URJE. He io reported to have received

a considerable anount of money fron the Cuban soverment for hio efforts,

according to a private statement by the URJE leader.

1. El Salvadort On 1 March 1961, the Salvadoren goverment

broke relations with the Cantro regime after it had received evidence of

conversation betveen the Cuban charge, Roberto Lassalle, and leading Salvadoran

Communiste in which lassale urged inereased revolutionary activity.

Guatenala: On § March 1962, a Cuben arrived in Mexico with a

message for a leader then in Menico of the Cutemalen Commnist-Influenced

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13 Novenber group, which had recently engeged in guerrila activity in

Guatenala.

The Cuben gave him 44, 000 wick he seid was the firet Install-

ment of a total of $10,000 to be used to establish a new guerrille front

La Guatemala, On 8 March, Castro's entasary gave the Guatemalans the balanne

of the $10,000 and told one of the 13 Novenber leadere that the decision 10

provide them with the money was taken by Fidel Castro poreonaly

ho said, had sent instructions that the group did not have to account for

the money was apent, that no strings vere attached, and that he hopes they

are successful so he can provide them with additional asaistence. Leter the

Cuban entosary net with leaders in Menieo of the orthodox Cuatenalen

Commniot party.

These Guetemalan Comunists had apporently comploined that

the Cuban noney was not going to them.

They were told that Castro winted

the money to go to the 13 November group because thie group hod demonstrated

Ito capacity to fight the lustenalan goverment, a copacity which the

Gustenalan Commiets had not shown.

The Cuban said:

"It is not a natter

of standing around with Arab fatalien waiting for events to take place-

We should ant efficiently so as to precipitate the death of importalian.

Recouse of this wo are ready to help anyone no my decide to struggle agenet

Imperiallen anywhere.

Cubin propaganda medie have sought through publicizing the

activitles of the 13 Hovenbor group to increase ite prestige and chances for

success:

A Prence Latina reporter published an alleged interview wit

13 November leader Yon Soss-

Isits: A cadre of Haltion Communiote led by Rene Depestre 1s

resident in Cuba, and many thousends of Hastian citizens llving in eastern

Cuba are now being subjected to Commiet regimentation and indoctrination:

1. Honduras: Prior to the break in Cuben-Honduren diplonatic

relations in Ayril 1961, Cuban personnel under the cover of consular and

diplomatic offices engoged in proselyting in the north coast region of

Honduzze •

hondures now is the target of a partleularly vicious regular radio

progrom beened especially to Honduras by Railio Havane, Many Hondurans are

in Cube under the "scholarshiy" progra.

Merida, and the

*Cuben-Mexican Cultural Center" La Merida have all 3

Tho Cuben enbassy in Mexico City, the consulate 1u

engaged in propoganda activities desiened to encourage the pro-commmiet cause

particularly the Comntet-influenced National Itberation Move

wat (Mew). Honor car whator to last porton is repro by pero

In close contact with MUl lenders to have concluded an agreement whereby

some of the money sent by lavans to cover the expense of the embassy to ear

marked as a contribution to the Mul. Mexicon offlelale were disturbed et the

participation of Cuben embossy officiale in inciting the anti-us demon-

stratione by Mexican students in July and August 1960. Mexican suthorities

have periodically impounded quantities of Cuban propagande being sent through

Mexico to other Latin Averican countries. The most importent aspect of

Mexico in Cuban propaganda and subversive operations in Latin Amertos 10 Ita

use by the Cubans us a way station or Juming off plece between Cubs itself

and the rest of Latin Americe.

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Niceragua: A codre of Nicarsguan Comantets is based in

Contact between them and pro-Castro Nicaraguans in Nicarague and in

exile in other countrios of the Caribbean area is mintained at least on s

aporadle basis. A mmber of Nicarnguans periodicolly have traveled to Cube

and some have received training there in guerrilla tactles:

fellable reporte

Indionte that some of these Cuba-trained Nicer guans have been among the

sno]? guerrilla bands that have infiltrated Nicaragun across the lergely wa-

guarded Hondruen border.

The Ulcaroguan goverment is the target of e

regularly broedcast Recto Havana program to Nicaragua which is ennonced ae

the progran of "froe Niodraguans."

Cuban finencial assistance le belteved to be

channeled to the pro-Comnist Hotional Action Vanguard (VAll) in Panema. One

of the VAN leoders, Deputy Thelma King, te a frequent traveler to Cuba end

claime to be a personal friend of Fidel Castro:

Paraguay; Paraguayen exibes in Uruguay and Brazil have

received Cuben financial essistence.

Fow members of the United Front for

National Liberation (FULNA), @ Conmnist Paraguayan extle group in uruguey,

receive the equivalent of $230 monthly each from the Cubau embossy ia

Urugusy to finance clandestine pro Castro sctivities in Uruguay, according

to a Paraguayan exile in Uruguey who is in close touch with FULNA.

Peru: At least eight Peruvians traveled to Cuba by way of

Mexico lest June to receive training and Indoctrination in that country.

Other Peruvian Communists or pro-Commmiate have long been in Cuba and s

regularly broadcast Redio Havuna program la bened to Peru.

Uruguay:

The Cuban embassy in Montevideo has been engaged

In pronoting pro-Castro propogande. In January 1961 the Uruguayen gover-

ment was obliged to declare the Cuban ambassador pornona non grada for

Intervening In internal Urugunyan affairs.

6. Venezuela:

The Coatro regime has been extremely vitzlolic

in its propagande blaste egalost the Betonecurt administration In Venezuela.

Cuben assistence has been channeled to members of the militant opposition

Leftist Revolutionary Movenent (MIR), which le attenyting to develop a

guerrilla movement in Venezuele with the ald of its ally, the regular Vene-

zuelan Commniat party. While there in little evidence to Indicate direet

Cuban involvenent in this Communiot effort, a significant number of the leed-

ing figures tavolved, Inoluding Fabricto Ojeds, are Inown to have travelod

to Cuba, vhere they probably recolved financial and other ansistance in

addition to official encouragement and propagands support for their activities.

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Policies Toward Latin America

42.

Here Castro has more capability for independent

action than in any other field encept the internal politica of Cuba.

Gastro is deeply committed to a policy of armed insurrection

throughout Latin America. Because of his own experience he has

a deep-seated belief that only through insurrection can revolution

be promoted in Latin America. Further, he apparently believes that

a successful revolution in another Latin American country would give

great impetus to the revolutionary movement and would also consoli-

date hie own regime in Cuba. In trying to foment insurrections, he

apparently does not bolieve it crucial that he cannot now give direct

military asstatance to them, nor does he seera to consider it impor -

tant whether he has or has not Soviet support. For the Soviets,

however, such an infesible approach emacke of the Chinese position

and causes great problems in dealing with other Latin American

Communists. Most importent, however, It is probable that the

Soviete believe such a posture will damage Soviet prospecte for

penetration of Latin America and inevitably bring about a confronta-

tion with the US.

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18. Cuban overscas military capabilities remain severely

limited by lack of the requielte air or sea lift. The Cubans could

probably not undertake an overseas operation on a osale larger than

one battalion. For political as well as military reasons, the Castro

regime lo most unlikely to undertake military operations of thie nature.

It would prefer to concentrate on rendering clandeatine aupport to

local insurgents.

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31. The decline of bie preetige has at leaat for the moment

reduced Castro'e capability for subverting popular groups and

moving them into action againat their own governments and

against US intereste., Local fidelistas have encountered greater difficulty

in mobilizing mass support for anti-government strikes and demonstrations

on other than local issues.

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32. Nonetheless, Castro continues his appeal for revolution in

Latin America on the Cuban model. Those Latin Americans who are

committed to violent revolution contimue to look to Castro for help.

particularly from his training program in Cuba and hie large scale

dissemination of printed and broadcast propaganda. Communist

agitators are concentrating their efforts incrensingly in rural area,

as they have done in Peru recently. In addition, there has been an

increase in sabotage and other violence perpetzated by extremists.

of the sort not requiring the participation of large popular groups, yet

designed to provoke drastic countermeasuzes by governments and to

increase popular anti-government sentiment. These widespread

activities have demonstrated that the ability of local Communiste to engage

In terrorist and subversive activities and their willingness to accept Cuban

and Sovlet support do not dpend upon Castro-s prestige or upon their

opinion of hin doctrines and policies.

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Cho Guevara'e nother, who ltres in Argontina, told & clandetine

source in mid-December that during her recent vialt to Cuba her son

told her that Cuban londero now fool they will have to rely more end

nore on thele ova efforte to pronote Commnist penetration in South

America, Guertllas vill be wed on a lorge scale attor they beve

received training in Cuba, Quevate said. He explained to hie mother that

this te necescary cince both he and Castro feel Thrushcher "lot them

down" and has no further interost in epmading Comunten in South Amertee.

Quevaza added that he and Castro belleve they and the Chinese are

better Commichs than Irishcher; (CIA DD/P Buenos Atren, 19 Decembar,

BRENTS)

Corment: Thts raport to consistent with recent pubile speecheo by

Guevers which have enhastaed the important role of Cuba with ropect

to the "anti-importalist revolution" in latin Americe:

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CIA Report 21. Dec 62 Rome

Translation of report dated 6 Dec 62 Prom Italian Embassy Havana tO

Foreign Mintstry in Rome. "As I noted in my 9 November report is 1e

aifficult for Castro to remain calm. Therefore the revolutionary regime

v111 contioue with all neans at its disposition to Aisseminate subversive

propagaade in the whole continent, as demonstrated by the fact that all the

states of Letin America (Including Mexico) are taking etrong measures

ageinst the dissenination of this propaganda. But it 1s doubtrul that

today Castro cen do much more and that/constitutes a real menace to the

security of other countries, if only because be lacks the necessary funds.

I tend to share the opinion of the Ambassador to Braail that the Cuban

lendera are tryine to concentrate all their subversive efforts in one

country, and that they have selected Venezuela for scious reasons, in-

cluding the old 111 feeling between Caatro and Betencourt. I note in

passing that, according to what was told we by the aforementioned

Ambossador, during the recent meeting of the OAS the Venesuelan representative

accused the Cubans of promoting the recent attempts in his country but, when

asked to furnieh proof, he mus unable to do so."

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A miative of e leading Communint In Cube (who has proviously

diven reltable advenge Inforation of Importent develogente) expressed

the option on 30 Moveuber that there wil be revolta da Coribbea

contrios unich viza noquerade he "nationna revolutiona" so as to

hogate the accusetion of Cuban complicity,

In fact, korever, those

revolutiona vill be Aracted fron Cube through rovoluttonies from

various countalas vo me now beins troined la Cuba. (CIA DD/P IN 40727,

32 January, SI020T)

Coment: Tis points up what is probably the moot offective

moons of Cuban subveraton In Istin Anorice - the troining of hundreds

ond perhaps thousande of latin Amorieane In Cuba,

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The rocent spate of publie addresses. by loading Cuban offtetals

on the subject of Insurrection in other latin Angrican countries reflects

a moro oscrocive stence than prior to the "nastle erists" and suggests

that à decision to step up Cuban support for subversive groups in other

Latin Anerican countates my be undor Atecuseton within the inner cirele

of Cuban leaders.

Che Guevaza and Elucation Minletor Armando Fart bave been in the

toretront since late Noverber in publialy expensing the view that the

only Fond to the

"iberation" of the latin Averton Jeoples ta the road of

inaurrection. Mdel Castrote earlter public line hod been to deny che

necessity for Cube to "export" ite revolutiony Cuboto"example" was

sufficlent. This Iine 10 Eiven only perfunctory attention in the recent

Guevara and Hart speoches. The line emerging in these speeches oppeare

oven tronger than that copoused in the "Second Denderation of Hovena"

pronulgated last Febrary which sucested that in cortein etrcumtances

Commindet-doninated coslitions could cone to povor by pesceful means.

The

thole tenor of the rocent speeches suggeato that Cuba intends to provide

every assiatence within ito meanó to Iatin Anoricon insurgents. The

attention given in the Cuben press to developments ta Venezuele in recent

weeko strongly sugeceto e more than acadento intercat in developments there.

Canadian Anbassador Ktad, epeculating on the rotatay-lise dediention

to pamanent revolution" apparent. in e 21 Movesher speech by Armando Isrt,

connented that Cuban leadero my be etterpting to counter "the hunt)l-

ation of the withdravad of the fuscion nisetted" by mating reneved etforts

to "jight revolutionary fren in neiehboring countries," (Comment on:

Canadion Imbsesy, Havano, 23 Novenber, COMPTOMNIAL) (SNCREN/NO POREICN

DESSER)

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SUPPLEMENT

THE CASTRO THREAT TO LATIN AMERICA

Despite diminished prestige, especially among government

leaders, Castro retains great influence over politically

unsophisticated Latin Americans.

He is also supported by

Western Hemisphere Communist

parties and the vast majority

of extreme leftists.

Castro's main appeal lies in his claim

to be

the leader of

a successful revolution against "Yankee

imperialism" and in the support he is ready to provide

subversive activities throughout Latin America.

The degree to which Cuba is involved in current

hemisphere unrest is not

clear.

Antigovernment nationals and

Communists of various Latin American countries, however,

have made frequent visits to Cuba to receive pro-Castro

indoctrination and propaganda. During 1962, 1,000 to 1,500

are believed to have received

intensive education and training

in sabotage and guerrilla warfare:

Significant representation

has

been noted from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru,

Bolivia, Paraguay, and Nicaragua. There is no definite

proof that Cuba is now exporting arms to any dissident groups,

but propaganda materials, explosives, and financial support are

reliably reported to have been furnished.

Cuban leaders have also called wiih increasing frequency

for open

rebellion as the "only road" to liberation for the

Americas; they have been especially vociferous

since the first

of the year. Leading officials, such as Castro, Blas Roca,

Che Guevara, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Juan Marinello are

among those calling for revolutionary violence. The

"Betancourt tyranny" in Venezuela has been designated a

primary target, but Peru and Chile apparently also have high

priority. • The use of the Prensa Latina organization and

the agent network already in existence makes it virtually

sure that Havana will intensify its clandestine activities..

Latin American governments are generally now more alert to

Castro's threat.:

Inadequate security forces and widespread

poverty throughout the area, however, make it almost certain

that Cuban-supported insurgency will have an effect out of

proportion to the number of people involved.

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Cuban Developments

Following Fidel Castro's call for revolution in

Latin America in his 2 January speech, other Cuban

speakers are emphasizing the same theme.

Che Guevara

told

a group of Central American delegates in Havana

recently that they must prepare for simultaneous

revolutions

in all Central American countries and

pointed

to Venezuela and Chile as major targets for revolution.

Long-time Communist leader Blas Roca, on 23 January,

praised Venezuelan Communists for their recent

acts of sabotage and pledged continued Cuban

support for the struggle of the people against the

Betancourt "tyranny."

Venezuela has long been a

major Castro-Communist target, and Blas Roca's

remarks imply Cuban

support for the present upsurge

of Communist activity there.

28 Jan 63

DIA Intelligence Bulletin

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AUG. 1960)

DEPARLMEVT OF SLAMS WELLE PAPER OF CUBA ISSUED

2. Armed Incursions-

No sooner had the Revolutionary Government of Cube taken power

than it leunched s progran for exporting its revolution to other countries

In the Hemisphere, particularly in the Caribbean area. The memories of

the Invasions and attempted invasions of Penane, of Nicaragua, and of

the Dominican Republic; following clovely upon one nother in the spring

and summer of 1959 are still fresh, Support of Cuban officials for

military expoditions against the Governments of these countries, although

vehemently denied, hes been establlehed beyond reasonable doubt. With

the invasion of the Dominican Republto came the realtration among the

American Rejiblies that international tensions in the Caribbean area,

to which Cuba had significantly contributed, had risen to the extent that

& Meeting of Coneultation of Ministers of Foreign Alfnirs of the Anerican

States was necessary:

The Investigating Comittee appointed by the Council of the OAS;

acting provisionally as Orgen of Consultation under the Inter-Auerican

Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, in the Panam cose in June, 1959 con-

cluded "that the Republic of Panana was the victim of an invasion,

orgenized abroad, that sailed from a Cuban port and was couposed almost

entirely of foreigners". The Cormittee report stated that the Chairman

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were cuband. Further, the Government of Panamn, Drior to the departure

of the invasion group fron Cuba Infored the Cuban Government of reporte

shout this imperding event, Invoking the 1928 Habana Convention on the

Duties and Righto of Stetes in the Event of Civil Strife. The Cuben

Foreign Minister In turn aecured Paname that the Cuban Government would

take the necessary preventive measures:

In connection vith several of the invasions or sttenpted invasions

of Nicaragus from Coote Rica and Honduras in June, 1959, end the

tadividuale orgenting them, documentary and other types of evidence

which cine to light demonstrated Cuben officiale support in the for of

anne and flamcial contributions.

official Cuban complicity in the lavasion of the Dominican Repubile

In the some month was clear. The expedition was orgonized, trained, and

equipped in Cuba with the undoubted assistance of Cuban officials- An

officer on active duty with the Cuben Rebel Army was one of the expedi-

tion's leaders. The Cuban blavy escorted the three landing craft used

by the tuvading force on their voyage to the Doninican Republic.

Even during the Fifth Meeting of Consultetion in Santiago, Chile,

a roport was received of the lavesion of Heitt on Auguat 13, 1959 by &

group of armed men coming from Cuba, The Initien Goverment after the

Sentiago meeting expressed its fears of further tuvasion attempte.

It

charged that the August 13 Investon from Cube was & violation of the

1928 Habana Convention on Duties and Rights of States in the Event of

Civil Strife. The basistance of Cuban officiale, including the Cuban

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Ambassador to Halt and his five militory attaches, in the attent to

overtbrow the Keitian Government was denounced by that Government,

The

Cuben Government, though atnitting that the invasion was lunched in

Cube and all but one of the participants were Cubans, conveniently d10-

avored the acte of the Cuban citizens involved.

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33. There have been indications of disapproval of Castro-s

policies on the part of those Latin American Cormunist parties

which are committed to a more gradual and less violent approach to

revolution. Castro has shown himself willing to collaborate with any

group, Communiat or not, willing to rosort to violence and in so doing

to circumvent some of the regular Communist parties. Some of the

latter resent such tactica and have appealed to the Soviets against

Castro. It secrad likely that the question of relations with other

Ilstin Amedian Communist parties, as well as the question of tactics,

te likely to hamper Communist revolutionary efforts in Latin America

and cause strains in Soviet-Cuban relatione.

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29. ... Among much of the revolutionary left, discueston han

tended to shift to the need for indigenous, nationaliet revolutions, and

away from internationaliem and alliance with Moscow oriented

Communists and fidelistas.

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Panamentan Commniat Porty (FDP) leader Ruporto Thonas* recent

trip to Cuba wao évidently an effort to persuado Coatro to mumport the

PDP rather then the nore sctiviat Panemanian yro-Comniet VAN group.

Then he retumed to Panam on 14 December, Thoms reportedly sotd that

Jorge Tumer, vho also went to Ilevans, In Septenber and has not returned,

and other VAT leaders are otill compadoning againet the EDP In Cube:

However, the Cubona clain to have told VAll lenders they mut cooperate

trith the FDP to set Ceetro support.

The Castro goverment seans conolstently to favor the VAN vith

finds and international trips. The Cubens nay Listrust the PDP's poor

organiastion and belteve VAN cherges thet the FDP 1e Infiltrated. However,

the VAN 1a a rother unsteble group and the Cubans ano probably trying to

keep on good termi with both. Tome noid he received no military training

but waa taught & few things like hou to dientle a inchine gun.

Thoms crmented that to pertlouter prop sneed to be in comund

In Cubn, reoulting in such Aloonder that it was a wonder the revolution

lind survived. He believes the ORI le merely a mechartem.

Merdeo would not isave Thonas a visa, so he retumed to Panana Via

Prague whore he talked with Czech Commnist officials and noy have

pleaded. the FDP ense against VAN with thon. (CIA Paneno City TDCS-3/

531,754, 20 DeG, SECREE)

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C

Cuban Anniversary Celebrations (See pictures following)

The Cuban Armed Forces parade in Havana yesterday

included infantry, naval, artillery, armor, and air

formations.

The

most significant display was that

of SA-2 missiles and possible cruise missiles.

Ground units included 15 companies of the 2d Western

Army: units of the National Militia,

and other

infantry onits in a

"new parade

step" resembling the

goose step.

The artillery unit had antitank guns,

artillery,

multiple rocket launchers and

AA artillery.

Ihree battalions of medium tanks, heavy tanks and

assault guns, along with the surface-to-air and possible

cruise missiles made up the final unit of the parade.

The air formations included helicopters, propeller-

type training planes, and MIG-15's, 19's

and 21's.

Soviet participation in the parade has not been

established,

alihough Soviets and Czechs may have piloted some of

the aircraft.

Premier Castro's speech following the parade brought

no surprises aside from its unusual brevity.

He

made an effort to indicate Cuban control of the air

defense system, including the SA-2's, and, in a

probable reference to US reconnaissance flights, said

there could be an incident "at any time".

and hone

Castro reiterated the five demands he first made

after the announcement that the Soviets would

withdraw offensive missiles from Cuba. He

included his usual anti-US statements

and slurs at

President Kennedy and made a low-keved appeal for

2th the minis, plod see call asts

revolution in Latin America,

on Venezuela, and cited Cuba's

"historic task ..

Of-serving as an exemple" for that revolution.,

In the USSR, Cuban and Soviet spokesmen lauded Cuban-

Russian friendship and unity, and the Soviet

spokesman, suslov, pledged that his country would

"never leave Revolutionary Cuba alone in distress."

(CONFIDENTIAL)

SOURCE: VARIOUS

3 Jan

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reportodly continues, the threat of retaliatory action trom forces

rallying around deposed Air Force Chief Lemus has apparently

diminished,

and the majority of the armed forces still supports

President Ydigoras.

The President's intention with regard to

leitist ex-President Arevalo, who plans to return and seek the

presidency in next December's elections, is an unsettling factor.

The armed forces universally oppose Arevalo.

Some factions want

to replace Ydigoras with

a civilian-military junta and call new

elections before Arevalo becomes eligible to run in March.

Should

Arevalo return, the military will probably move to prevent his

candidacy and the coming months may be critical.

Honduran President Villeda Morales, although not a strong

leader, is expected to complete his term.

The ruling Liberal

Party will probably retain the Presidency in the October elections,

and maneuvering for the nomination has begun. Rodas Alvarado,

President of the Congress and one of the three leading contenders,

has used

his position to build up strength, but the armed

forces

regard him as

the least desirable and a developing anti-Rodas

coalition may prevent his nomination. Either of the three leading

candidates would probably follow

present government's policies,

including its relatively soft Communist stand.

The Communists,

while not

yet a direct threat, are

steadily increasing their

influence in the labor field

and

are exploiting the country's

discouraging political, economic, and social conditions.

El salvador, faced with a serious Communist threat about

two years ago, continues to show political and economic progress,

but there are

clouds on the horizon.

President Rivera, who

assumed control last summer in a full return to constitutional

government, still has

widespread support and military backing.

The government is moving ahead with its reform program, but

there is

some resistance to the proposed new income taxes.

Communist activities have been curbed, but the Communists

still

retain

a subversive capability particularly among labor and

student groups.

There is concern over the likely election of a

pro-Communist as rector of the university, a center of sub-

version and intrigue.

Costa

Rica continues to be one of the most democratic and

politically stable. countries in Latin America but there are

reverberations of unrest stemming from the deteriorating economic

situation.

The

Fuling National Liberation Party, which was

returned to powei in last year's election in

a bitterly contested

but peaceful

election, represents

the liberal left, although it

includes a number of

moderates such

as President Orlich and some

members of his cabinet. The Communist Party is small and illegal

bus wall organized and effectively led.. It recently instigated

disorders in the banana zone and,

nas

long-range potential should

while not an immediate threat,

economic conditions worsen.

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Panama is relatively quiet. Although Panama has failed to

receive any commitment for a long-sought renegotiation of the

Canal lone treaty, continuing talks on areas of disagreement and

some concessions

have eased tensions and softened violent anti-US

propaganda.

Public emotion

so you pay anal to you so estant

the Supreme

has also indicated he expects to press for increased compensation

during the forthcoming talks.

• events to the ,

On the internal scene, President

Chiari has

failed to provide a strong administration. Corruption

continues; the cabinet is divided by conflicting loyalties

and

ambitions; badly needed reforms have not yet been adopted; and

the chronically depressed economy remains stagnant.

The stability which has marked the 30-year dominance of

Mexico's Party of Revolutionary Institutions (PRI) is gradually

being eroded.

Extreme

right and left factions of the PRI are

vying for domination.

In attempting to placate both, President

Lopez Mateos has adopted inconsistent and vacillating policies,

pleasing neither group.

Forces outside the PRI also pose an

increasing threat - particularly the recently formed Independent

Peasant Central (CCI) with which leftist ex-President Cardenas is

associated.

The Cel, organized to exploit unrest among the land.

less peasants, may also attempt to challenge the PRI politically.

animpt en

To undercut the CCI, the government plans to complete the land

distribution program by the end of Lopez Mateos' term late next

Although this may alleviate discontent in the agrarian

sector, rising population and mounting unemployment will continue

to be major problems.

(SECRET)

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Construction of the fishing port in the Bay of Havana, whose

ennouncement as a Soviet undertaking coused ao much concom last fally

will be dizected by e team of Soviet techniciane and Cuban engineere

and vill start in Debruary - eccording to a Havage radio announcement.

The port te to be completed by the end of 1963 and ta to eost 12 million

pose, which will be net by a loan fron the Soviet Unlon, to be anortized

over 10 yoere, The port is expected to serve 130 vessels of the Soviet

f1ahing fleet and from 24 to 30 of the Cuben fleet, It will have

installatione such as freezer planta for 10,000 tons of flah, factorten

for processing ses producte, nachinery for making no less thin 30 tons

of 100 a day, a fleeting dock to repair ships of up to 2,500 tons, and

vell-equipped, repair shops. The announcement emphasized that the port is

to be operated by and will be the "abeolute property of the Cuban etate."

It hse aleo been ennounced that Poland has now formlated plane for

building the shtpyard envlonged in the port of Mariel, The installation

will be managed by Cuban technicians who are presently receiving training

in Poliah chipyards on the Baltie, Ship contruction will reportedly

reach a level of 70,000 tons per year. (BIS 58, 17 Jenary, and Dalzx

Roport, 16 Jemary, OFFICIAL USE ONLY)

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Permanent Secretary External Affairs Ministry told Embassy

today that GOJ concerned over reports it had received that

torpedo boats and submarine chasers.

supplied ships as having potential adverse effect on Jamaican

fishing industry as well as presenting possible security

problem.

He asked whether US could provide nore detailed

information on these ships which would operate from Soviet-

built "fishing base" in Cuba.

In view of reports, he planned to urge Cabinet to take early

action on deciding end publicizing limits of Jamaican territosial

waters in order to avoid incidents with Soviets and Cubans.

He is considering recommending to Cabinet that Jamaica claim

territorial waters of six-and-six miles. Jamaica now apparently

claims three-mile limit.

Although COJ obviously counting on receipt US military equip.

ment, seems unlikely that this expression GOJ concern motivated

primarily by desire to speed up delivery. Embassy inclined

to view Jamican approach as healchsome indication GOJ at

technical level beginning to appreciate ramifications of

Cuban problem.

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THE SITUATION IN CENTRAÏ AMERICA, PANAMA, AND MEXICO

Central America is relatively stable. Preparations are

under way for President Kennedy's scheduled meeting with

the Chiefs

of State of these countries at San Jose, Costa Rica, on 18 and 19

March.

Tensions

are rising,

however,

in those countries having

elections scheduled this year; Mexico's political stability is

threatened; and

the Cuban subversive potential remains a problem

throughout

the area.

During the forthcoming meeting, an attempt will be made to

center discussions on areas of common interest. Economic integra-

tion of the Central American region - one of the major objectives

of the Alliance for Progress Program -- will undoubtedly be em-

phasized.

Central America, which has been moving toward greater

political

unity, has begun to take steps toward economic integra-

tion, and presently envisages the creation of a Common Market by

1965.

The Cuban

subversive

threat is also likely to be given top

priority.

All of the Central American countries regard this as

one of the major problems and are seeking ways to meet it.

the

On 3 February, Nicaraguans

are scheduled to cast ballots for

first time in

nearly 30 years for a Presidential candidate

is not a member of the Somoza family. Rene Schick - the

government's Liberal Party (PLN) candidate and hand-picked by the

Somozas -- is expected to win easily, however.

Effective oppo

sition to Schick collapsed when the

major opposition party --

Traditionalist Conservative (PCT) - boycotted the elections

because the

government refused to permit OAS supervision.

only opponent is

Diego Manuel Chamorro Bolanos, a last-minute

candidate of the splinter Nicaraguan Conservative Party (PCN),

whose entry into the race seems

to have been engineered by the

government to provide a semblance of opposition.

Communist elements, militant conservatives and others may attempt

to create disorders

before or during the elections, but the

Nicaraguan National Guard is believed capable of controlling

any. troubles short of a general uprising or well-coordinated

rebel invasion - neither of which seems likely.

Anti-Somoza Nicaraguans have alleged fraudulent registra-

tions and may attempt to challenge the

elections.

Although

Schick may not turn out to be a

Somoza puppet, opposition

suspicions will be reinforced with the likely retention of

General Anastasio Somoza as Director of the National Guard.

Repercussions in Guatemala from the recent abortive Air

Force revolt have not been too serious. Although plotting

28 Jan 63

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to plado dafsoras mito a eteiion militare tunca ena cello pov.

clo ctionsibe tore arevalo bccomes di gisto to cun 1o artis

a Suoid

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and maneurer ing for the nomination has begur. lodas unanado.

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In Sluence en the labor field and are antoltane ile operare

discontasa political, economie, epe sodia) conditrono.

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President Mingiap

annos contro last summer in a runo raturm.cor cons

ne dove minstitis noving ahead withts retorm mostes

thoreria some resastance. to the proposed new noometasos

Comunist actarios bave been curbod, puttue Conhmists V1

retain a stoversive capability particutarte amone labos aha

student Enbups.

Tuere 1s pongert over the dakel election of a

pro Conmunistreccor of the unversitsd a center essun-

Ven don alla noriter

obera luca aprifinior to be one of the most denoer tia ande

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Campesino Strike Scheduled in Bolivia

A planned Campesino (peasant) strike in Bolivia today

could lead to violence if it. occurs.

The Government

reportedly piano to block all entrances into La Paz,

and campesinos loyal to the government are assembling

and arming to counter the strikers who are led by

pro-Communist Torribio Salas.

A government spokesman

claims

that the Cuban and Czechoslovak Embassies are

financing the strike and that the Cubans are training

campesino militia in other areas as well.

President Paz has reportedly aaid be will do every-

thing to prevent

the strike but will call on loyal

campesinos

for aid 11 he fails. If arned conflict

develope

between the two groups of campesinos,

the Armed forces would probably be forced to step in.

President. Paz night also have to take action against

trouble makers like salas, something he has tried to

avoid.

(CONFIDENTIAL)

SOURCE: ARMA LA PAZ CX-11 (C)

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Three top

antiten Cormnict Party offloiale, Including Inle

Carton Preten, are reported leaving for Cube vie Prague prior to

I$ January to atscuss cortain political problens with the Cubnn

Comundata responsible for pro-Cuban sotivities in the @leferent Latin

Averten countries: Fatore leaving they planned to be brieted by e

Braillen Communtat: Furty naber who has Just returned from e viait to

party leaders In Uruguey, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Bolive to get their

opintone about holding the latin Avertain Congress in Support of Cuba,"

now rescheßiled for March, In Rio or Sao Poulo, (CIA, Rio de Jenairo,

tv 42868, 31 Decenber, sucrur NOFORN)

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The Ilotional Executive Conniseton of Erastl'e orthodox Cormniet

Party (PCs) reportedly planned to neet on 7 January to discuse the

party position ta relation to Francioco Jl1s0, Breatlian Peasant-lengue

lender who has been closer to Brazil's Alseident hard-Lino Commintat

Party than to ite orthodox group (CPS), The PCB leaders plemed to

consider the possibility of soning a hign-level party delegation to

Cuba to confer with Fidel Castro, not only to improve relatione but.

to protoot e report that Castrol to supporting Juliao, (CIA Sao Paulo,

NDGS-3533404, 9 Jenuary, SECREE)

Conment: Cuba has for sore tine had a divisive intluence on

Broilien Commist affairo. The Alanident Cormniat Party fomed in

late 1961 hao - Ilite Juliao - favored a nore revolutionary Iine nue has

apparently received considorably more support fron Cuba than has the

orthodox party. Another indication of the divisive influence of Cubo

1o the report that Frencloco Iolves Otero, FCE loader resyonsible

for

matters pertaining to Cube, attacied party subservience to the CPSU at

a hational PCB conference on 29 Novenber, Leivea minteined that the

PCB should Liseuse the Sino-Soviot atyute with complete independence,

rather thon mintain silence on it es lt had beon dotag. (SHERAI)

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TO DISCUSS WITH LOPEZ MATEOS.

2. ' LOMBARDO GAVE ROMERO THE FOLLOWING REASONS FOR HIS TRIP TO

BRAZIL. HE SAID THAT A GROUP OF BRAZILIAN PERSONALITIES AND

INTELLECTUALS HAD CONVOKED A CONGRESS WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD.

IN RIO DE JANEIRO IN MARCH 1963.

HE SAID THE TWO PRINCIPAL AIMS

OF THE CONGRESS ARE:

LA.: TO CREATE AN ORGANIZATION IN DEFENSE OF CUBA.

B.: TO EXAMINE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS EXISTING IN LATIN

AMERICAN COUNTRIES IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN AMERICA.

•LOMBARDO SAID THAT SOMETHING WENT WRONG IN BRAZIL BECAUSE,

APART: FROM THE COMMITTEE WHICH CONVOKED THE CONGRESS, A SECOND

SEPARATE COMMITTEE HAD SPRUNG UP WHOSE AIMS ARE THE SAME, AND

THAT A SORT OF RIVALRY HAS DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS.

LOMBARDO SAID THE RESULT WAS "THAT MY COMRADES IN EUROPE HAVE

ASKED ME TO GO TO BRAZIL TO INTERVENE: IN THE MATTER, TO TRY TO ORGANIZE

A SINGLE UNITED COMMITTEE, AND MAKE DEFINITE PREPARATIONS FOR THE

HOLDING OF THE CONGRESS IN ORDER TO ENSURE ITS SUCCESS. " LOMBARDO

SAID "THE COMRADES IN EUROPE" SHOULD HAVE SENT AN ARGENTINE, A CHILEAN;

A URUGUAYAN, OR SOMEONE NEARER BRAZIL, BUT THEY INSISTED ON SENDING

HIM BECAUSE HE HAS EXPERIENCE, AND THEY ARE CONVINCED THAT HE CAN

STRAIGHTEN THINGS OUT SATISFACTORILY.

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THOSE." ROMERO REMARKED THAT LOMBARDO IS A MAN OF WORK. LOMBARDO

SAID, "' GO TO ORGANIZE SO THE CONGRESS WILL NOT FAIL, THAT IS MY

MISSION, NOTHING MORE, AFTER THAT ANY ONE FROM MEXICO CAN ATTEND. "

5. (FIELD COMMENT. LOMBARDO'S PLAN TO LEAVE MEXICO ON 13 FEBRUARY

FOR PANAMA AND RIO DE JANEIRO HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED.)

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They said that their firm, following a practice instituted some years

ago of periodically sampling worker sentiment in their plants, had

just finished a small survey conducted very informally by trusted

Brazilian employees among 55 or 60 of their semi-skilled workers

to discover how the latter would feel about the establishment in Brazil

of a communist system of government. The result of this survey was

so shockingly different from that of earlier pulse-taking that these

executives thought the Consulate General should know about it. Eighty

percent of the workers approached had indicated that while they did not

pretend to know much about communism, they thought they would be

better off under a communist regime than they are at present. Among

the reasons most commonly given were

beitet things were so bad in

Brazil that any change would be for the set and that communism

would put an end to the rascality (malandragem) which is so prevalent.

The other twenty percent thought that communism would be bad for the.

country,

L§ Names withheld at their request.

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Iwo straws in the wind that have come recently to my atten

tion indicate the existence of an unhealthy attitude toward communism

on the part of at least some segments of São Paulo's working and

managerial classes.

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The company executives attributed the pro-communist

sentiment.as revealed, mainly to the economic difficulties ex-

perienced by low-income families as a result of the rampant.

inflation.

They said their labor relations were good, that while

their pay scales were not as high as those in some other industries,

some popular fringe benefits were provided, and that to the best of

their knowledge there had been no communist agitators at work

among their employees.

Not long before this visit I was lunching one day at the

Jockey Club with Sr. Paulo Ayres Filho, a Brazilian banker and

pharmaceutical manufacturer who is the spark-plug of IPES

(Instituto de Pesquisas Economicas e Sociais), the principal demo-

cratic action group in the local business world. Looking around him

at the other tables, occupied by a good many well-known figures of

São Paulo's conservative upper classes, Si. Ayres said to me,

"Apart from the two of us, there isn't a man in this dining room who

'is seriously concerned over the communist danger in Brazil."

No conclusions, obviously, should be drawn from such

slender indications.: It has been my observation, however, that

most Brazilians either believe that a communist take-over would

be impossible in Brazil, or believe that even if it occurred, it

would take a relatively mild form with which they could live.

The

Brazilian's boasted calm, which is genuine and in most circumstances

a virtue, could in the present state of affairs be the cause of his undoing

Daniel M. Braddock

Minister Consul General

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18, U.3.0. Seos. 793 and 794, the transmission or revolomon of Which in any manner to on unauthorized person is probibited by law.

S-E-C-R-E-T

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Colombia/Cuba

Cuban Support of Guerrillas

in Colombia

REPORT NO.

DATE DISTR.

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REFERENCES

CS:-3/536,069

4 February 1963

1

RD

DATE OF

October 1962

INFO.

PLACE 8:

Germany, Munich

DATE ACQ. (14 December 1962)

FIELD REPORT NO.

THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.

SOURCE:

An Official German service, from "a fairly reliable source

with contacts in Buenos Aires." Appraisal of Content: 6.

1. Maximo Gruber, a major in the Cuban Army and one of the

leaders of the G-2 section, has been appointed technical leader

of the Communist guerrillas in Sumapaz, Colombia.1 Gruber,

a Polish Jew, was formerly a commissar

in Spain.

His wife

is European.

His son Maximo is a graduate of the Lenin

Institute in Moscow. On his frequent trips to Bolivia,

Uruguay, and Cuba he carries a Bolivian diplomatic pass-

port identifying him as "traveling inspector of the

Bolivian Foreign Ministry."

2. Gruber is being assisted in his tasks in Colombia by

Jaime Guerra, also known as Captain Veneno.

liaison officers to the Communist Party of Colombia is

Blanca Diaz y Collazo, a lawyer and former member of the

'Cuban Embassy in Bogota, who was trained in Prague in 1952.

•1. Headquarters Comment.

An official British service

reported in April 1961 that Maximo Grobart, nationality

unknown, was training guerrillas in the Sumapaz area;

Grobart, who claimed to be of Hungarian origin, had a

Cuban passport in the name of. Jose Blanco and might

have had other passports of different nationalities.

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or revelation

any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by

SaY-C-R-E-T

COUNTRY Costa Rica/Cuba

SUBJECT

Departure of Costa Rican Communist to

Live in

Cuba

REPORT NO.

DATE DISTR.

NO. PAGES

REFCRENCES

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22

January 1963

RD

DATE OF November 1962

INFO.

PLACE &

Costa Rica, San José

DATE ACQ. (23 November 62)

FIELD REPORT NO. HRS-3006

SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.

SOURCE:

Costa Rican (B) with good contacts in Costa Rican Communist Party

circles. Appraisal of Content:

Carlos Guillen Fernandez, Costa Rican Communist no was formerly very

active in the Sociedad de Amigos de la Revolucion Cubana (Society of

Friends of the Cuban Revolution), left Costa Rica on I4 November, on his

way to Cuba, where he planned to remain indefinitely and to work.

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18, U.S.O, Secs. 783 and 704, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person ta prohibited by law.

C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L

COUNTRY Ecuador/Cuba/Latin America

REPORT NO.

SUBJECT

Request by Cuban Diplomat in

Chile to Member of the

Revolutionary Union of Ecuadorean

Youth for Information on Leftist

Activity in Ecuador

DATE DISTR.

NO. PAGES

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1

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DATE OF

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Mid-January 1963

PLACE &

DATE ACQ. Ecuador,

Guayaquil (22 January 1963)FIELD REPORT NO. HEG-2108

THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.

SOURCE: 1

Member (C) of the Revolutionary Union of Ecuadorean Youth.

Appraisal of Content: 3.

Alfredo Vera Arrata, a member of the National Executive Council

of the Revolutionary Union of Ecuadorean Youth (URJE) until his

expulsion from URJE during its National Convention held in early

January 1963, has received a letter from Pedro Martinez Pirez,

First Secretary of

In santiago.

Chile, in

current leftist activity in Ecuador.

Vera plans to send

Jaime Galarza Zavala, also expelled from URJE, if funds can be

raised for the trip

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SOURCE, AN OFFICER (B) OF NEWS DISTRIBUTING MEDIA; FROM A COLLEAGUE OF EUSEBIO MUJAL BARNIOL

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FROM CERTAIN CUBANS IN EXILE. ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ Y ECHAZABAL,

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26 JULY MOVEMENT IN PUERTO PRINCIPE UNTIL JANUARY 1959 WHEN HE WAS

NAMED AMBASSADOR TO HATTI BY FIDEL CASTRO RUZ:

IN LATE 1959

RODRIGUEZ MANAGED TO ESCAPE ASSASSINATION) .

3.": EUSEBIO MUJAL BARNIOL OF THE CONFEDERACION DE TRABAJADORES DE..

CUBA EN EXILIO (CTCE-CONFEDERATION OF CUBAN WORKERS IN EXILE)

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OR TRE PARTIDO DEL PUEBLO (PDP - PEOPLE'S PARCE • COGNACIEN, BAED TOE

A-TDE, ER IS LA 003A RO MAD CORTEED THE POO TO ACCEPO A PROPOSAL MADE

BY THE CUBANS, WHO PROPOSE TO ESTABLISH AN ESPIONACE NEC IN PANAMA,

PARCETED AGAINST UNITED STATES MILITARY INSPALIATIONS IN THE CANAI ZONE,

TO BE FUNDED THROUCH THE PDP. THOMAS SAID INS CUBANS ARE EXTRETELY INZERISDED

IN THE MOVELENTS OF MILITARY SHIPS. TROUCH THE PANAMA CANAL, AND DEAT THEY

TOLD HOY THAT THE NET WOULD REQUIRE TWO MEN, ONE A RADIO DECIDICIAN, MIS

CERER A CODE EXPERT.

THOMAS WISHED TO KNOW WETHUR A RADIO TRANSNOS22R COURS

BE BOUCHE IN PANAMA.

THOMAS SAID THAT 22 HAD RUPORTED THE CUBAN PROPOSAL TO THE NATIONAJ ISCUIVE

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COMMITORE (OENT) OF THE 203 ON 16 DECRIGER BUS THAD ED HAD NOD JOLD IX2. O2N

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ABOUT ISE HATTER BECAUSS AT DEE 16 DECINDER MORNINO MEGUES PORCELE,

NATIONE SECRETARY OF ORCANIZATION ON THE PEE, HAD OFFOSED THE IDEA. KE

DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE PD? SHOULD ENGAGE IN SUCH ACTIVINI AND SAID THAT

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- RUBEN SOUZA, NATIONAI, SECRETARY-CENERAD OF THE PDE, DESACODID WIRE DOROTEL:

AN ORATION FE BELIEVED THE CUBAN PROPOSE SSOULD BE ACOUPIED, THE SUBJECT

WAS TO BE DISCUSSED FULTY AT THE CAN MASTING SCHEDULED TO BE 2BED

18 DECEMBER 12520 (FIBID COMANNI: THOMAS VIVE TO CUBA I, S2P92E 2ES

RETURNED TO PANts

DECATES OF THOMAS: JUROPEAN TRAVAL.)

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REPORT NO. TDCS -3/537,185

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FIELD REPORT NO. HPL 2756

THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.

COMPETENT AMERICAN OBSERVER (B).

1" MAJOR GUILLERMO HINOSTROZA, WHO WAS NAMED AS THE GUARDIA CIVIL

JUDGE TO TAKE THE STATEMENTS OF THE COMMUNISTS ACCUSED OF

PLOTTING SUBVERSION, DECIDED ON 12 FEBRUARY 63 THAT HE COULD NOT ASSUME

RESPONSIBILITY FOR BRINGING THE COMMUNISTS TO TRIAL: HE INTENDS TO

RELEASE, THEM ON 15 FEBRUARY IN THE ABSENCE OF A DECISION BY THE

GOVERNING JUNTA (FIELD COMMENT: THE PRESS REPORTED HINOSTROZAS

APPOINTMENT AS AD HOC JUDGE OR MAGISTRATE FOR THE SECOND POLICE

JUDICIAL ZONE IN THE ARRAIGNMENT PROCESS. IT ALSO REPORTED THAT

COLONEL ENRIQUE DIEZ CANSECO WAS THE GUARDIA CIVIL LEGAL ADVISOR

IN THE CASE.: ACCORDING TO A USUALLY RELIABLE SOURCE. WITH GOOD

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THAT DIEZ CANSECO IN THE CASE BECAUSE HE WAS A COMMUNIST SYMPATHIZER

WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE PARTY IN THE NINETEEN FORTIES. PARTY

RECORDS FURNISHED BY. THE POLICE IN 1958 SHOW ACTUALLY THAT HE WAS

A PARTY MEMBER).

2. NAVY CAPTALN ENRIQUE CARBONNEL, CHIEF OF THE SERVIÇIO DE

INTELLIGENCIA NACIONAL,. PLANNED. TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION WITH

THE PRESIDENT OF THE JUNTA::: AND URGE HIM TO PREVENT THE RELEASE

OF THE COMMUNISTS.: JAVIER CAMPOS MONTOYA, CHIEF OF THE STATE

SECURITY DIVISION OF: THE POLICIA DE INVESTIGACIONES DEL PERU, INSISTS

THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS AMPLE EVIDENCE, INCLUDING SOME CONFESSIONS,

ON WHICH: TO CONVICT. THE COMMUNISTS. CAMPOS EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT

AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE JUDGE, WHOM HE DESCRIBES AS WEAK,

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Puro Cubna antitonate hove benn loontrted, aneurates to a uselly

reltable shi compotent bource,

anong the leadena of the 17 Decenber

strike vtolence de the lo»amod Cerro do Pusco nito la la Oroys, Per

One of tho throo Cubana hes also been netive ta pronting the selauro

Terarton highlands ly Antasn Indians,

Castem sat-lod

Tallena voro

cata to here plomo to bynchronine a bujor new netaure

too violence against Carto de 73aa0,

to buch inoidents

have been mported yet. (31017S)

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Peruvian Communist Elements Coordinating Their Activities

Orthodox Communists in Paru are

apparently putting

aside their differences and

moving toward closer

co-operation with the extremist Trotskyist faction, '

believed to be leading the recent outbreak of

disorders.

The groups are reportedly co-ordinating

previously random plans to carry out extensive

destruction of industrial and agricultural

installations and to provoke uprisings

Cubans and

other Latin American nationals as well as Havana

and Moscow-trained

Peruvians

are said to be

instrumental in this latest development.

Members of the Peruvian junta have expressed

serious concern

over the internal situation

and hinted that they favor

strong action.

Although

constitutional guarantees have been: suspended. in a

fourth department and several Army units have been

moved into the areas of disordors, the junta has

taken no further action.

It has reguested riot

control equipment from the US and says it is

ready to embark on an anti-Communist program upon

assurance that the equipment is forthcoming.

(SECRET)

SOURCE: EMB LIMA 612 and 613 (S); AIRA LIMA C-1 (C)

Jan 63

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Peruvian Junta Makes Firm Anti-Communist Move

Continued Communist-incited disorders and an alleged

Havana-Moscow plan to take over the government

prompted the military junta to suspend constitutional

guarantees in Peru and institute

nationwide state

of siege early on 5 January.

Military commanders

assumed political control in

their respective zones,

and a

reported 800 Communist Party leaders

and pro

Communist subversives have been arrested.

The

Lima headquarters of

several Communist and

Communist-tront organizations, as were as their

publications, have been closed.

According to the Communise plan, subversive activity

was to have been intensified between 15 and 20

January in all parts of Peru, with assaults

on

banking and commercial institutions, military

garrisons, vital communications facilities,

and

universities. A clandestine radio station

operating

on the Bolivian border allegedly was to direct

and co-ordinate this activity.

The junta has regarded members of the leftist but

non-Communist American Popular

Revolutionary

Alliance (APRA) a greater danger than the

Communists and originally tended to blame

them

for the disorders.

There

is no proof that APRA

has been involved

in anything but legitimate

strike activity.

Suspension of constitutional

guarantees would enable the junta to strike at

APRA do discredit and

weaken

it before the scheduled

elections next June. (SECRET)

SOURCE: EMB LIMA 622 (S), 623 (LOU) and 624 (U)

Jan 63

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SUPPLEMENT

THE VENEZUELAN SITUATION

A number of high-ranking Cuban leaders since the first of

the year have publicly called for revolution, in other Latin

American countries, with Venezuela singled out as a country

with top priority.

Coinciding with these appeals have been reports that the

Venezuelan Communist Party

(PCV) planned to step up terrorist

activity to discredit President Betancourt before his US

visit.

The recent incidence of terrorism, which has included

attacks on the US Chamber of Commerce office building and

burning of Sears, Roebuck warehouses, is apparently part

of this campaign.

Involved in the current terrorism is the Armed Forces of

National Liberation (FALN).

The FALN, although purporting to

represent all of the opposition, includes some proninent

Communists and is emerging as a

paramilitary force of the PCV

with its main strength in the Caracas area.

Guerrilla bands also operate in western Venezuela, but

there is no firm evidence that

their activity is coordinated

with that in the Caracas area.

Venezuelan army units, with

air support, have been used in a recent campaign against

these

guerrillas.

The armed forces are generally capable of maintaining

internal security and of defending the nation's borders

against neighboring countries.

The vast majority supports

constitutionality and is loyal to the Betancourt government.

The armed forces would not hesitate, however, to take over the

government in order to maintain order or to forestall a

Communist uprising. The armed forces were earlier greatly

frustrated over the government's inaction against Communist-

instigated disorders.

Betancourt's recent willingness to

take more vigorous

action, however, coupled with

the strong

support given the US during the Cuban crisis, has overcome

much of this dissatisfaction, and armed forces' support of

the government is greater now than it was six months ago.

The officer corps is generally free of Communist

penetration, although there has been some infiltration in the

Marine corps, two or three battalions having been involved

in leftist-led revolts during the spring of 1962.

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Extremist And Police Activities In Venezuela

Venezuela has been afflicted over the past several

, months with a

rash of Castro-Communist

terrorist actions.

Many incidents, involving shootings and robberies, are

connected with

the Movement of the

Revolutionary Left,'

the Venezuelan Communist Party, and the Armed Forces

of National Liberation - the Castro-Communist group

credited with the destruction at the Maracaibo oil

fields during the Cuban crisis.

These activities are

provably designed to discredit and weaken the Betan-

court Government.

The police have

demonstrated considerable proficiency

in preventing major outbreaks and in acting rapidly

to arrest terrorists.

They have rounded up extremists

responsible for the holdup and looting of a printing

supply warehouse and the burning of the Dupont paint

warehouse and have

captured the Communist leader of

guerrilla bands operating in the lalcon.

area of

northwestern Venezuela. (CONFIDENTIAL

SOURCE: VARIOUS

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Venezuelan Communists Plan to Increase Violence

As part of its terrorist campaign, the Venezuelan

Communist Party reportedly plans

to mark the fourth

anniversary of Betancourt's presidency on 13 February

by guerrilla bombings in the Caracas area.

Other

Communists are to see to it that the capital is

flooded with propaganda that day. According to un-

confirmed

reports, Venezuelan authorities have

charred the Castro covernment with ordering the recent

terrorism in both Venezuela and Colombia under an

extensive plan to create collective panic and insecurity

in both countries.

Colombian military authorities

have reportedly crawn up a plan to prevent terrorism

in Colombia's cities.

(SECRET)

SOURCE: TDCS 3/537,117 (S) ; FBIS (U)

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SUBJECT: Alternetive US Public Poature on Subversion in Latin America

1. Although our public posture on subversion in Latin Anerica may

be too fIrmly estoblished for Instant and radical revision, the following

enalysis is offered on the assumption that some change in emphasis 1s

both possible anû desirable, not or at some time in the future.

2. Given the existence of a Cormunist state, of either mnjor per-

suasion, what 1s the likellhood that It vill engage in subversion toward

neighboring states?

a. Total. All emperience of the pest forty years demonstrates

*that a Communist state emenates subversion as the sun emanatés heat.

b. But lot us be clear that two kindo of subversion are involved:

(1) Hardwere-centered - that is, funda, guns, tools of

sabotage.

(2) Egalitarian and libertarian Ideale.

3. How much does this fact of Inevitable subversion raise the prob

ability of Conmunion spreading to target countries?

Subversion is never a sufficient condition and frequently

not a necessary one?

b. I subversion is really dangerous to & target state, there

1s per se something seriously wrong In that state. (Franca"s "Nosser

Tallacy" of 1956; France emberted on the Suez adventure on the assumption

that 1i Nasser were disposed of, tie trouble in Algeria would magically

disapped:".

Although the gane was not played cut, few vould dispute the

conclusion that Trance's assumption was wrong; or, fox that matter,

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that france would have been in an even deoper noress if her military

forces had managed with the British to cocupy Cairo.)

How feasible is it to control subversion at the source without

destroying the Communist State?

Usually it 15 infeasible to do so or the costs are prohibitive.

For instance, the costs of a protracted tight quarantine which

could prevent the export both of herdire oriented and idea subversion,

would be very high, even if the activity vere accepted by Cube and the

soviet Union.

This would mean inspecting every vessel, searching every

travoier, forcing planes down for inspection, etc. We submit (a) that

ideas would still be exported and (1) that by so doing we ould magnify

the Importance of Cuba beyond inagination. It would become a kind of

forbidden fruit. The analogy with prohibition in this country comes to

This course involves an increment of prestige and lure to Cuba

which would be likely to outweigh the doubtless desirable diminution in

the export of trained subversives and associated hardrare. Furthermore,

given the success of such an effort, the obvious soviet counter would be

to une other channels which we could not survell without major Faet-

West

confrontation, The Cuban subversion export organization night wel

move to Moscow, Prague and or even Pelping.

Therefore, to take & public

stance opposed to cuban subversion vithout having resolved on Invasion

ls to be cormitted to a policy bound to demonstrate US impotence.

5. Is we want to control subrorsion at the source by destroying

the Communist State, Cuba, how usedll, 10 1t for us publicly to emphasize

hardwre-centered subversion no the renson?

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For many people outside of the Us, even the export of

subversion by forcê and sabotage also involves ideas and dedication,

as woll as funds, arms, end other coulament. (lie, for example, are

not ashaned of the Bay of Pigs expedition except that it failed.)

b. Usually attitudes toward violent subversion depend on

attitudes toward thetarget. (Example:

acts against Jiminez, IrajIllo

ala not offend US/ nost of Latin Arrica/ most of the world; the paral-

lel todry: Somoza, Yalgoras, Stroesser): We run the danger of falling

into the USSR projection of the US as the "world gendarme." Subversion

directed agalast the Dutch goverment would outrage not only all Americans,

but also all non-Communist Europoone, its legitinacy 18 total,. But the

sane can not be said for nost IA goveronents, The difference is decisive

and perhaps sometimes neglected.

c. Most people generally recognize that when violent subversion

Is powerful, it 1s because it tops funömental sources of discontent.

d. We In the US tend to 100k at subversion In Latin America

from the point-of-view of hardwire. But a great deal of the

subversion

In Intin America is or at least appears an idea centered, not hardware-

centered. The export of "ared sagression" by dedicated revolutionaries

1s only i part of the process. Another part, which is at least as inpor...

tant, and probably nore so, is the export of propaganda.

This, however,

to wuch of the world, Including Latin Anerica outside öf the oligarchies,

will appear as an export of idens and idenla perhaps wrong, but never

thelese ideas). Our approach, then, tends to pass rather than neet the

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Iatino vierpoints. We are very clone to putting ourselvee into the

position of the Tsarist gendarmes who tried to use brute force against

the power of lders. the trep le that we way seem thereby to be aclot

ledging the decline and imminent fall of our own ideas.

One consequence of this line of reasoning would be that,

11 we ever find it necessary to Invade Cuha, we should do so "to stop

the firing squado," "to guarantee tree elections," -- but not to save

somora:

6. How feasible is it for us to control both kinde of subversion

at the target rather then at the source?

aw. It i1s often feasible. This is how we have in fact success

fully controlled subversion except in the dubious case of S. Vietnam.

Even in the difficult case of Greece, we succeeded by a combination of

miltary and economic measures.

D. The point is not that this 1s alvays a feasible way of hand.

11ng the problem, rather 15 le oiten practicable and also often the most

desirable way.

7. Suppose that wa decided to Invade Cuba to control subversion

with the result (three cases):

That we restored the statur quo ante Castro,

ba: That for reasons of expediency no try to maintain Castro's

"refoma" - 1.a., what many Lotinoes would regard as "socialism."

c. That ve gave the Cuban people an obvious free choice, no

matter what ensued.

How would the prospecte for Commuism In the western Hemlophere

be affected?

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Case A: Boomerang - we would almost certainly enhance the

prospects 10I Cormunism.

Case b: Thore would be strong popular latin American support,

some governmental outrege, but the prospecte fos Commulen would be

aiminished.

Case C: Paradosically, the result would depend on what ensued,

because nost Latin Americans do not trust the US (and particularly would

be akeptical of "free elections" 1f US soldiers were present).

CONCLUSIONS

1. Conditions in nost parte of Latin America ere such that sub-

version (Cuban or Bloc or both, le really dangerous.

2. Since this 1o so, the us public posture should not recognize

this; and we should abstain fron public pronouncements that subversion

1e conceivably a casus belli.

3. The roint of-vlew set forth in this paper, Insofar as 1ù con

be made operative, may tend to bring a fundamental allanment between the

US pubile posture and LA opinion.

I. The us course of sotion towards any In country has to weigh the

advantages and disadvantages, in any given case at any given time,.

subversion control (e) at source or (b) au point of impact.

5. The same principles would apply if another Comnist oriented

goverument were to come to power in any part of Latin Anerica.

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