MANUEL ARTIME BUSEA - REVIEW OF FILE INITIATED ON RECIPT OF DEROGATORY INFORMATION ON SUBJECT FROM PEDRO DIAZ LANZ.
Originator: CIA
From: WITHHELD
To: CVHIEF/WH/4
Document date: 02/01/1961
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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104-10162-10064,

2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

MADRADES FO3: Chief, Wah:

1 February 1961

SABULOT: Manuel darTE Buesa -

Leven of tie Initiated on Receipt o1

verogatory Irforsation as Subject iron Pedro DIAZ Lan

Because o. the coments sade by Pedro Luis DILl Lanz on 13 i2ma-

19S1 to the etiect that Warrel AIMS Fiesa say be i Comest agest, lettE's

"ie was retiered for the cupose of acorering any inforzation winich rigat

support DIAZ' allegation.

2o breas opes to guestice are the following:

lo comest Party Lindiation of Surject's Father: As noted by Marti

had gore to Spain inting the war, but had not been à meaber cô lee

Commaist Party since 1939.

His subject was not pursued cy te say-

praya aperator.

Subject gaTe suericat varjing accounts for tire reasos

for ins lather's giting the Fart: Gring ine polygrach erati-acios,

he eralained ticat ice Farty hai i=-erced to sená his father to Essia

for training, ari aiso had ordered his father to inion on his trieds;

when bis father reinged, the Part eDelled him.

Later, in as anta

biozzny: abject stated that hie father had leit the Party beszage

of te

"treason inick they coritied against his intivate prions,

FEFfiLDE, Kartirez.

his "tressa=" was not funther detailed. Szeject

stated that his face's exalsica (or resignation) vas repores in

Eos at the time.

Repart on the October 195p DRi Yeating:

Sabject reported that sce

oes adaissious di amiss Fade eyecel et al during a closei-door

INFA meeting in Ceibes 1959 precipiated his cafection.

Sabjec: coric

rot, horeter, reverber tre dales a the reeting.

At first he regoried

that it too place iuring the asi sees in October 1959.

(His letter

to Fidal stating his reasons ior carection, which was widely circulates

efter his exfiltratica, was dated 29 October.)

He inter correcied this

to 7-3 October.

During the polyg-1ck examinatico, he stated ie conid:

not renember the dates, kut that i: was a tro-day meeting, on a Saturday

and surday, sone sine in nid-Cetobar.

• Tne Sallowing actions vere taxen in an attenot to resolve coubts ruise

I these points

Communist Affillation of Fatker.

(1) Dares of parents vare traced in RID, with negative resalts.

SEGET

(2) Manes and/ 1

701-267437

DO NOT REPRODUCE

RETURN TO CLA

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(2) Janes and biogriphic data on Sabject's parents

vere simited -o the Bureas ior tacirz ir

their les.

Ze Fureau reported that these

indirionals vere not identified in Bureau ?Iles.

(3) Green Ilsis on Sabject's parents were sabritted

to Ti/D. Leral-s were negatite..

(1:)

An zirenst sas sade to procure copies of tice neig-

aper (3ct, 193i) tin. waht tate carried th

tory ci Subject's father's exulsion ira= tr.

Party. It has ¿eventined tat no dubar teaspagers

are sept on tile in the lgency.

(Libray dogalsi-

ad i=/uPtop dere

was mace to procre ice papers iron another bgency

or tro the libaiT o? Conaress.

3.

Actua? Estes c' ie LUleged Secret IP% Meetieg-

(1) 1s inäcated abore, baci issues of Crban neuspapers

are no. arailable iicin the Agenoy.

It sas there-

Fare impsesibie to creci Subject's story asout the

meeTiE agatal Leis stories in contesporay issues

of ZeTicsion, inica de said las given a reis release

on Zoe second day of the meeting.

(2)

A series oi 33D Ially Samaries for October 1959 was

reggESted O Ia jor the purpose

of unearthing any

oret troadcast resorting on the zeetirz. Z2D),

satin inerican brach, MI. Rodey Letias, acrised

that it has sot possible foi that offica to canduct

such a lenies ão tis tiro.

These stuaries are

arailable for revies at 1717 E Street, and will be

screezed i! the lite and effort involved are cor-

sidered nantastile.

(3)

"I/Ve (Barbara Bumunds) advised that so reporting

on his Osiocer lich neeting had been receited othe

than tha" 1I0n A3I7N3.

(4)

It 1s sotod trai Saturcars and Surdazs in O-tober 1959

fell a 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, and 21-25 Octoker, and 31

October - 1 20 ember.

Sabject's accounts of the dates invaired is false.

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intruitti

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1. Corclusions.

Results of this rerien of Sablect's file do sot support ie

allegations nade by DIll Lanz. Iltionga the tro sajor areas of crico

rerain

screwbat unresolred, tice reight of evidence would seem to te

in the Sabject's lavor.

a. Agency and Bureau Mles contain no identifiable resavi

of Sabject's father.

b. l'TINZ hissel? volmteered Inioration corcering bos

the cited areas opes to possible questior. he Scbieei

had etery reason to beliere that the information le

valunteered (i.e. tat zis father's expuision fros tie

Party has reported in Fol, ad that the Is reetieg

was covered by a reporter iron Perolucioz) could be

easily verified.

C.

The reccid of All's polygraph erzination stated

that strong polygraçà ericance cad been cotaineá that

Subject was a bona side arsi-Castro and anti-lommis:

defector; that ITA hai heid a reeting around the

midale of October at mich Subject was present; and

that the lotter o? resignation addressed to fidel as

written iy hin ard tcat it ras gereraliy ascarate in

reporting the DEd meeting.

do There has been no eridence in FI/D that ARMR is

other than what he clairs to be.

5- Corrent.

DaTe Morales, «NATE,CI, has additionally comented tuat zere

Is Do joTe lost betiren AKI ard DIAZ Lanz and that the latter's

allegations against the fornet are probably false. In ried of DIlI

Lanz' feelings against dizat, it is noi unlisely tat he is enceator-.

ing to badld hirself up in the ejes of his case officer by discrediting

ARTIAR.

03

clark W. Simon

Chief, SH/MCI

Distribation:

Orig & 1 Addressee

1 - 1H/WPA

1 - H5/W/FX

ist: missistan

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