DISPATCH: AMBUD BENEFIT PAYMENTS
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: DEPUTY CHIEF, WHD FOR CUBA
To: CHIEF OF STATION, JMWAVE
Document date: 8/2/65
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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DISPATCH

CHLOT OF StaLLOn, USMAVE

MORES 100 pit ridi

574,96

50 2 84 5,9

Deguty Chies, WilD for Cuba

• TYPIC/ANBUD Benollt Payments

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Tho following concludlone have been reachad

on the

of discussions with Alico U. CAPONONG at leadquartore

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The present program for vocational rohabilitation

of wounded

the Brigado will be continued wIthout

change until its normal tormination date.

Medical rchabilita

tIon will continue aithout intorruption.

Prosent payments to the dependents of imprisoned

Brigade members will be continued without interruption uottl

the prisonors can be recovered from onomy bands.

C.. Payments to dependents of imprisoned porsone on

the "Heroes and Martyrs" rolla will be continued without

interruption until theso are recovored fron enemy bande.

Those listed as mising from anony Brigade

members and "Heroes and Martyrs" rolla must now

be considered

k1llod in actlon.

We #1ll undertako an investigation of the circum-

stancos of

all persoos receiving, payments as depondents of

dead or missing Brigade and/or

"Heroen and Vartyrs" lists to

determine whether continued financial assistanco 1e still

warranted.

2.

The investigation should be initlated with a

questionnaire

to be sent by ANTIKI/l to each recipient of -

assistance requiring him (or her) to provide information on

his (or her) current marital status, incone, living conditions,

dependents, etc

shen Topilos to the questionnalres havo boon

received, tho ASTIKl/1 office will undertake an investigation

of each case.

It 1e contemplated that the investigations will

actually be carried out by Cuban social case workers of the

Refugee Center working under direction of a genior American

official of the lefusce Centor.

For the purposes of this

investigation, the investigatorg will operate as employees of

the ANTIKI/l niiice.

Station JANAVE 1a requested to attempt :

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CONTINUATION OF

DISPATCH

BECRET

BINGOL ANONUSE

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to arrange: for this

with tho kofugee Conter elthor on a free

or a reimbursable bosla.

the lefugee Center Is

unable to

provide

thia personnel, JAVE will thou seek asslalanco from

the Floride

Blade welfare dueen mos an. Cordon Balch ui the

Florida Stato Vocatdonal Achabilitation Office.

Station JaWAVE wil) also utilize Ita Independont

Assota to run

bank and cirdit chocks to supplemont the inueetl

• ratione conductod by the social workore.

4.

Tho American social worker from the Refugee Center

will, in conjunction

with the ainul caso officer, preparo

Individual recommondatlons for continuation or tormination of

assistanco veing

the rosulta of the investigation and the

credit and bank checks.

In general, the criteria to be used

for recommendiog termination or continuation of benefits

will

be the following:

Widows who have remarried or who have contracted

stable common law marriages,

will noreally not bo eligible

for further benefite.

If these womon have minor children,

these will continue to recelve benefits at a scale to be

dotermined.

B. Parente of Brigade and/or "Iloroes and Martyrg"

dead are-to bo evaluated' for furthor assistance on the basis

of other income, are and health.. Recommendationg: in each caso

W111 be governed by individual circumstances.

C.. Other relatives or persong recolving depondency

benefits will be recommonded for tormination except in cases

of demonstrable hardship.

Minor children will contiauo to

recolve assistance until age 18.

When the investigationg and

recommendations have been

cumpleled, Siation JawAVs will forward these to Headquarters

which will, 1f warranted,

make appropriate proposals to the

303 Conalttee for authority to carry out the recommendations.

Edward D. SABETAY

Distribution:

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