Originator: CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
From: CIA
To: HQ
Document date: 08/30/1962
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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CIA LIAISION MATERIAL

JESUS DE IRAGUEN OWNER OF THE MOTOR LAUNCH DON

AQUILINO

DOCUMENT TYPE:

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION :

Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 1B

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

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O Cuban, Paupage, Detivities in Uniled States

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declassillication

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WASHINGTON 25, D.C.

CIA HAS NO PRIESTION TO :

DECL AGA

RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION

IN THIS DOCUMENT. EXCEPT BRACRODSAUG 196₴

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FROM

SUBJECT

Director

Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Attention:

Mr. S. J. Papich,

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Deputy Director (Plans)

Betassi,

Jesus de IRAGUEN, Owner of the Motor Launch

YANDON AQUILINO"

DAOR

1.

The following information was received by a field

representative of this Agency.

Irom an official source in

Trinidad](5)

On 26 June 1962 the motor launch "DON

AQUILINO"

registered in Venezuela and flying a

anamanian Ilag, arrived in trinidad with a cre

of nine, including the owner;

Jesus de, tRAGUEN.

De IRAGUEN, reputedly a wealthy Cuban citizen,

The vessel left Trinidad

on 26 June 1962 cleared for Martinique, but was

expected to call at other islands, including

Puerto Rico.

b. From previous information and from the

debriefing of a crew member, Angel Alfonsor TORRES;

who was discharged upon arrival of the launch,

source gathered that de IRAGUEN, a strong supporter

of CASTRO,

is traveling around the area on the

pretext of fishing, but is actually spreading

Communist doctrine

and distributing Communist

literature at the various ports of call, includ

ing La Guaira, Venezuela.

C.

TORRES was born on 2 August 1934 at La

Victoria in the State of

-enezuela.

is single and resides a

Aragun Pascaul, La

Aque mada do. - barrias caracas.

TORRES stated

that he is a seaman by profession and embarked

on the "DON AQUILINO" as an unpaid crew member

because he

was unemployed at the time and had

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no money and would at least be able to eat.

2. An official British source Ir

informed this Agency's

representative that in 1961, BOTTERWEG, Chief of Police in

Curacao, reported that a Cuban by the name of Jesus de

IRAGUEN

was engaged in pro-Castro activities in collabora-

tion with a seaman named Nicolaas Lourens, ENGELHARDT,= aka

Lorenzo at the bie i as heleven tre Neesex ense e

Netherlands West

clandestinely shipping Cubans around the Caribbean There

were two boats. involved, the SPORTSMAN" and the MELVA"

3. This office has no further information on the above

individuals and would appreciate receiving any information

the addressees may have or may develop on them.

Any addi-

tional information which may come to the attention of this

Agency will be forwarded to the addressees.

CSCI-3/772,452

CC:

Commissioner of Customs

Immigration and Naturalization Service

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