ESPINOSA ALLEGATIONS
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: WH/C/SP
To: CHIEF, WHD FOR CUBA
Document date: 1/1/65
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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MEMORANDU FOR: Chief, WHD for Cube

8 Topiaon Allcgations

1.

Bennitivity! Regardions of accuracy,. they

present & problem bocaise of their laving been

presented to other government agencies;

..B.

in view of matters touching on U.". seewity,

are delicate and could have unfavorable repercumalon

1 repeated to newsmen by the complainat or

his

mesociates (whose independent, previous thrents vere

0S: (renter potential embarrasment);

C. affect the reputation and the security os our

personnel at Madrid and(Paris?

Aetion: In view of the foregoing, the mllegation

mhould be put in proper per-pective. 1.e.

not

Ignored becaume of the potential embarrasament but

considered in the light of what we already know

Leost 6ll of them are repetitions of previou

charges and reports, known well to both the lackid

and (PeriB)stations and to Hendgutters officer

concerned with" the IlliSil group, whore members'

rollabillty, reputation and good faith are question-

Bbie.

Two of the charges - about Earle and

"Tota"

And abOUt ANWHIP-L ANd CARRILLO - ASO NEN.);

3.

should be treated no an to protect un agalaut uny

charge of Innity and no an to establin the facto but,

• the same time, treated no as to noid attrtbuting

to then more importance tuna they deserve;

"hould be kept in mind as examples of other

I group to other governmental encles of to

other

governmente or Po news nodie. (in the. jant

connection recall the implied threat of publlahits

ODTOKE reponmibility, an reported prevloumiy by

MAD 3726, 8N 386340)8

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hould bo examined together with all the other

svallable reports so that we may

(1) clarily our oun objectives and wishes with

rempect to all the AMLASH group (and trie includen

(3)

nort out which people, 1f any, are worth our

time in the futuro;

(8) tnte appropriate mansures, including Inter-

rogation and polygraphing, to clarily doubte and

then, when nscessary, terminate those who are

working for un but are not worthwhile;

(1) tighten up our own operation! and curity

procedures in connection "ith the AMLASH rOUD.

Tellaimr

Analysis: As pointed out in = preliminary"

minis of the AHLASt complex, made in March 1966 when I w

proparing for travel to ladrid in connection with the quaopg-i

CIe:

•There 1s no convincing evidence

that the group 1e

working either for or agalnit the regine of Fidel CAsTRO.

Reporte on their contacts with us and their discusions among

themselves

are at variance.

In 1962 Fidel CASTRO, reportedly

knowing that they were plotting againt him, talked tO AMLASH-1

und seven nembers of his group to enliut thelr mupport agalost..

Antbal ESCALANTS Deliunde and the communists in Cube. Puasibly

they are playing both ends aginat the middle.

they certainly

invo been and are in contact with the two enda."

The following

comments nre hoyed to mutters rained by ESPINOSA:

A. The AMLASH compiracy - An detailed by HADR-3716

(IN 28834) on 6 April 1965, GUSPORT-l reporting on a meting

of the AMIAH croup, Including AMNHID-1 mentioned the following

•inficant pointe:

(1) MUBARK un criticined for "fooling around fo=

soira" Without sulpiRs lad 80r jeopardisilag tho operation,

(9)

the group was to be prepared to denounce

CDYOXY As rasporible 1& the operation lalla and belloved that

Bhe resulting acadal would aske the Bay Of PigA Hoen 10B1gl1-

Pieant, and

(3) AЛA8Н-Д WI.

in touch wits Cubnn Intelligence

a entablished by coded mungen which se exhibited..

No reported by PARI 1632 (IN 82939) on 4 June 1000, based ou

mootingo with BEPINOM, the problem coon by Darlo 10 that

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Aran at

"the AMLASH eircle le wide and ench new friend of vio" ve letra

soong to have hoylige vi che blan.". I believe: that the ::

problem la a more serlors and baale

one. As indicated 1a

paragraph 3 of the present semorindum, Fidel CASTRO biaself

reportedly knew as far back as 1962 that the group was plotting

against him and, knowing 1t, enliated its support..: Hence we

cannot rule out the prasibility of provocation.

Assassination,

obvioualy, is a dangerous sane,

not merely to the plotters in

• physical sense,

but to a sponsoring governsent which may

muffer severe political repercunnions at home and abroad if ita

involvement fr. made known.

In

the instant case, the riake of

o*posure of the ODYOKE hand would appear high, whether there in

• provocation

or not.

Considering the individuals who are

involved directly, their contacte with KUARK Officers, and their

reported plan to expose ODYOKE, perminting la the plan could

De bignly embarrassing to MUBARl. (Thia 1n even more the came

now that ESPINOSA has talked to ODENVY and ODURGE,

although

fortunately the tenor of hia complaint was that KURARK had got

Biven adegunte support to the pian.)

The contaet at Paris and the untters affecting

the (Paria) Station. - The recruitment" of Mureen had been the

mubject of

an exchange of cables between Paris and Headquartere

ind of discusions at Headquarters batween wH/C and WE (See

PANL-1071 (IN 66557) and DIS-10955)

The annoying thing in

thim connectior now is tbat ISPINOSA has talked about it te

ODINVY and ODURGE and the danger that, 1f he in indiscreet,

his story about this (and the other atters) could rench some

curdous newspapernan.

(In this connection, It appeare that the

uestionable decision tr put Maureen in touch with the AMLASH

(roup the made without the knowledge of STOCEWOOD.) LAPINOSA

Eld not reporz any critician of the kusarkera it Paria but 1t

10 evident

that the AMLASH group knows more about then than

might w1nh.

What 10 new and of concern from ESPINOSA about.

tters 1n

Parls

1o his mtory of AMIHIP 1 and UNBRAIU-10

de

Дg8.

The

questiona rained about AlWHIP I are of mutual

exn mino to Headquarters which ban been running him and

Andrid which he has vialted often.

(On the occasion of my

Ovious trip to Madrid on the YOP-1 case, CROVERY had voiced

ain doubte absut the whole group and pecifically about AlI 1

and him concestion with UNSKAFU-19.)

At issue are twu basie

polate.

the

knowledge on the part of UNSNAFU-19 about kUDARK's

connotion with ANWHIP-I and the charge that ANWHIP-1 has beon

defraudiag susAnk in the jewelry transction. Almo to be kept

Im mind In the fact that ODENVY has an office In Paris which

woll right havo busr inforned co the allegations and which uight

have been naked for commenta - although ODENVY policy always

hai boon to miny auny from any inventigation of otber coverseni

aponelon unlean apectficelly directed by the Attorney General

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the gary sate od tated are not en

Criticin of thechadrid)Station - Critician of

not. Dew. ANLASH 2

but the

Beatlon has

bad reservations about seeing them.

The Statlon han

been lovolved

indirectly because.or roporting by its sourcen

about and involven

ent of Station targete with both the AlLAs

AEd ANWORLD oporation (both handled fron Hendquarters).

(Be•(MADR-8988 (IN 72258) and (MADH-2998 (IN 73094) (both EYBAT).!

HOOtINES NEONE QUBPORT, YUSHITT-T, ANHIP-I ANd AMLASH SIgUrE

produced conflicting raparts which previoumly vere dincured =t

MadrAd)end at Headquartero. Jusofar na CHOISRY DImel! 1n

concerned, If must be kept 10 mind that he do a natural target

on whom the AllAH group would be inclined to focus dea com-

plaints.

#1la recard to the specifle complaint abour 'Tota"

CHOIRY han sdontilled her an USMITT-? and has reported thai

Do maltes from the Station over had contret with her.

MURDEr INVOlVOMINE Of BAPINOBA: On 10 June ODIVY

metilled JUsT at How York that dilat-a and telephoned

EVIISA to far whether he hac nucceeded in contacting

"tha

coper people" - d.e..

responsible AUBARI reprementatives - and

to sequent notico of the resulting arrangement:

ANHIP-18 Our plan calle for meeting him next week

to obtain PRO Information ind to obtala clarification of the

rolen played by thore involved with hin in the Allist operation.

Him dealinge with UNSNAJO 10 aleo 111 be emered. Follerg

this, an ICHUTTER examination in planed.

This my help to

determine whether he ham bees truthlul la hin reporting.

arold Y. Swenmon

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