ICCCA: FIRST PROGRESS REPORT, SUBCOMMITTEE ON CUBAN SUBVERSION
Originator: ARMY
From: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR.
To: ICCCA
Document date: 04/17/1963
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TITLE: ICCCA: FIRST PROGRESS REPORT, SUBCOMMITTEE ON CUBAN SUBVERSION

DATE: 04/17/1963

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SUBJECTS:

IMPEDING TRAVEL TO CUBA

ICCCA - SUB-COMMITTEE ON CUBAN SUBVERSION

MOVEMENT OF SUBVERSIVES AND SUBVERSIVE

TRAINEES - CUBA

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Califano Papers, Box 6, Folder 11. Memo from Califano to Wheeler, Zumwalt, Abrams, Wendt,

Carpenter, Elwood re: attached Sub-Committee on Cuban Subversion first progress report which

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SUB-COMMITTEE ON CUBAN SUBVERSION

30 March 1963

MEMORANDUM FOR THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATING

COMMITTEE ON CUBAN AFFAIRS

SUBJECT:

First Progress Report, Sub-Committee on Cuban

Subversion

ENCLOSURE: Progress Achieved in Impeding Travel to Cuba

1. On 8 March the President approved certain actions proposed to

combat Castro-Communist subversion in Latin America. Subsequently,

the related departments and agencies undertook to execute those

decisions. This is the first report of progress achieved.

2. The three-week period covered by the report has been sufficient

to set the program in motion and to bring about the following principal

developments, which come within the purview of the sub-committee:

a. In addition to the program on control of subversive travel,

approved by the President on 8 March, four companion action pro-

grams have also been completed and forwarded or approval.

covering the movements of arms, the movement of propaganda

materials, the exchange of intelligence, and surveillance of the

Caribbean.

b. Action programs on the control of the movement of funds

for subversive purposes and the training of Latin Americans in

the United States are in preparation.

c. Preparations have been made, including the development of

a set of action objectives, for use in the ministerial meeting on

security in Managua on 3 April.

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d. Tangible progress is evident in the effort to impede and

monitor the travel of subversives through Mexico. That country,

as a result of efforts by the Department of State and the Central

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Intelligence Agency, is now taking informal, though useful, steps

to regulate travel to and from Cuba, and has agreed to prohibit

the introduction by Cubana Airlines of Russian-made aircraft on .

the Mexico-Havana route.

3. Specific actions taken to date by each department and agency

concerned are summarized in the enclosure. Subsequent reports will

be submitted on the first day of each month. These reports will cover

further progress achieved in the now on-going program to control

subversive travel, and in implementing decisions, as they are taken,

on the additional anti-subversion programs which have been submitted

by the sub-committee for approval.

For the Sub-Committee:

mexican

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Major General, USMC

Chairman

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PROGRESS ACHIEVED IN IMPEDING TRAVEL TO CUBA

1.

The Department of State has:

a. Determined that a Committee of the Council of the

Organization of American States has prepared a program

of travel control measures which will be recommended for

implementation to member governments within the next

several weeks.

b. Consulted our Ambassador in Mexico concerning the

possibility of institution by that country of adminis-

trative procedures to delay, or otherwise make difficult,

the carrying of passengers to Cuba.

The Ambassador has

reported that essentially all feasible control measures,

short of discontinuing Cubana flights, are being taken

by the Mexican government.

c. Determined that Mexico is now requiring that visas

for Cuba be placed securely in passports of all travelers

departing for that country, and is stamping passports to

Indicate that a person has

departed or arrived from cuba.

d. Determined that Mexico is prepared to furnish

manifests of all carriers departing for or arriving

from Cuba to Latin

American countries which request

them.

e. Forwarded a memorandum to the President recom-

mending that we seek action in the council of the

Organization of American States to prohibit Latin American

ships from serving Cuba and to prohibit member countries

from granting overflight or landing rights to Soviet

aircraft.

I. Persuaded Mexico, through the good offices of

Senator Mansfield, to refuse to permit Cubana Airlines

to employ Soviet-made Ilyushin 18 aircraft on the

Havana-Mexico route.

8. Pursued arrangements for a conference at Managua

on 3 April, to be attended by representatives of the

Isthmian states and the United States, for the purpose

• of considering measures to control Castro-Communist

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subversive activities to include development of action

topics for presentation at the meeting as well as prepa-

_ration of background material for the U.S. delegates.

h. Informed Venezuela, Colombia,

Jamaica, Trinidad

and the Dominican Republic of plans to consult with

Isthmian countries at the San Jose Conference in regard

to increasing the Caribbean surveillance

effort with U.s.

training and material support, and stated U.s. willing-•

ness to provide

similar assistance to the countries

addressed. Replies from Trinidad and Venezuela have been

negative. Other countries have not yet responded.

2. The Department of Defense has:

a. Continued U,S. air and sea surveillance of the area

surrounding Cuba.

b. Continued the improvement of communications in

Latin America by: (1) installation of a multi-channel

Honduras, Colombia and Ecuador, (4) commencing installa-

tion of a submarine cable between Fort Sherman, Canal

Lone,

and Jamaica,

to be completed about 1 April, (5)

leasing six channels in this cable for communication

the .U.S. and the Canal Zone, and (6) making minor

improvements in radio facilities previously installed

in Bolivia and Guatemala.

c. Initiated a study, to be completed during the first

week in April, on the feasibility and desirability of

establishing intelligence centers at Caribbean Commana

and Caribbean Sea Frontier Headquarters for rapia pro-

cessing and dissemination to countries concerned, via

the American Ambassadors, of the intelligence on

movement of subversives.

d. Directed

establishment of a U.S, military alerting

system for the Caribbean area,

by which intelligence on

subversive movement can be rapidly transmitted to United

States Ambassadors in countries

concernea.

CINCARIB

has

sufficient communication facilities to initiate the

system, and improvement of these facilities is continu-

ing.

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e. Developed modified military assistance guidance to

provide selected countries with necessary small patrol

craft, training and logistical support for patrol of their

coasts.

f. Taken the following actions. to provide training

assistance as required to improve coastal patrol capa-

bIlities of Latin American military forces:

(1) Commenced appraisal of a proposal by CINCARIB

to establish a Small Craft Training and Inspection

Facility in the Canal Zone.

(2) Established liaison with the Coast Guard in

regard

to training assistance.

The Coast Guard has

stated that it can provide a Mobile Training Team,

as an interim measure, and can loan two 40-foot utility

boats for training in the Canal Zone until replacement

craft are provided under the Military Assistance

Program.

3.

The Central Intelligence Agency has:

a. Informed 21 stations in Latin America of the program

approved by the President and designated a Senior Officer

at each station to supervise implementation at highest

priority.

b. Intensified efforts throughout Latin America to

discourage travel to Cuba. Progress in each country is

summarized as follows:

(1) Argentina: Station has urged the local security .

service to reintroduce travel impediments, such as a

requirement that good-conduct certificates be obtainea

before. leaving the country; and is attempting to per-

suade the Argentines to stamp passports

travel to Cuba"

Liaison services appear mildly recep-

tive.

Advance information on Cuban travel by Argentines

through Mexico will be sought from that country.

Plans

nave been made to send two agents to Cuba to seek in

formation on the mechanics of travel.

Propaganda against

Cuba subversion is being intensified.

(2) Bolivia: Efforts to discourage travel to cuba

through liaison with the Bolivian government have been

unsuccessful.

The station is concentrating on the

penetration of Castro-Communist groups.

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(3) Brazil: Because of Government policy, efforts

through the Brazilian National Government have shown

little promise.

The Station is working through the

armed forces and friendly State security services to

arrange travel impediments as feasible.

The possi

bility of requiring state good-conduct certificates

prior to travel is

being explored.

Propaganda assets

are being utilized by the Station to support its

actions.

(4) Chile: Station is attempting to persuade the

Chilean Government

to limit travel on Chilean pass-

ports to countries specified before departure.

Clandestine collection of information on travel to

Cuba 1s being intensified.

(5) Colombia: Through local services, and covertly.

through the Foreign Office, the Station is exploring

means of impeding

travel to Cuba. Arrangements have

been made for passing selected information on travel

to the Colombians.

Coverage of Colombian-Cuban

institutions and attempts to identify and interrogate

Colombians who have traveled to Cuba are being ex-

panded.

(6) Costa Rica: Station is making arrangements

to pass

information on Cuba travelers to the Costa

Rican Government on a regular basis and to provide

guidance and

covert support.

(7) Dominican Republic: Both the President and

the Security Service have been approached in regard

to preventing travel to Cuba, and both seem willing

to cooperate fully.

(8) Ecuador: Since the Government of Ecuador makes

Iittle effort to control travel to Cuba, the Station

Is relying on covert assets, including some in the

police, to impede and harass travelers. Efforts

continue to persuade the government to take restric

tive measures.

(9) El Salvador: Station liaison has resulted

in

the arrest of several returnees from Cuba.

Informal arrangements already exist for denying or

delaying exit permits

to persons going to Cuba and

for harassing returnees.

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(10) Guatemala: Efforts to identify illegal

travelers and methods employed have been increased.

Arrangements have been made to facilitate proces-

sing of travel information received

from Mexico.

(11) Haiti: The status of our relations with the

Duvalier Government has precluded cooperation.

Station has instructed assets to report Cuban travel

information.

(12) Honduras:

"The Station has proposed to the

Ministry of the Interior a travel control system,

including card indices. Unilateral assets have

intensified intelligence collection efforts related

to travel with a view to passing selected information to the

President and the Security Police.

Names of returnees

from Cuba will be screened and an

effort made to

expand patrols on the north coast.

(13) Jamaica: The Jamaican Government already

effectively controls travel to and from Cuba.

travel control program has been discussed with

Jamaican security officials, who will cooperate.

(14) Mexico: Station has

arranged for harassment

of Cuba travelers and for stamping passports to show

travel to Cuba.

Airport travel lists are obtained

and passed to other stations.

Efforts are being

intensified to identify disaffected travelers who

might provide information.

(15) Nicaragua:

Station is pressing efforts

to develop travel information.

(16) Panama: Arrangements have been made to

interview at least ten persons who have returned

from Cuba. Station will pass selected information

to Panamanian officials.

(17) Paraguay: The Paraguayan Government already

discourages travel by threat of arrest, questioning

and surveillance.

Station has emphasized the

potential threat of Cuban subversive activities

with good results.

(18) Peru: A Peruvian source recently returned

from insurgency training in Cuba has been developed

and 1s providing valuable intelligence.

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possibility of harassing and impeding travelers to

Cuba has

been discussed with Peruvian officials.

Efforts to promote greater cooperation are being

made, to include passing of selected information.

(19) Trinidad: Station will attempt to collect

information on travel and seek cooperation of local

security service, although the attitude of the

government in regard to establishing a travel con

trol program is not highly promising.

(20) Uruguay: Uruguayan law permits travel to any

country.

Clandestine assets have agreed to arrange,

on request, administrative delays of as much as two

months.

A plan is being developed to pass derogatory

information to the

Mexican Ambassador on prospective

travelers

to Cuba via Mexico.

Argentine travellers

using false passports have been identified.

(21) Venezuela: The need to improve travel con

trols has been

impressed upon Venezuelan security

services. Station has influenced the Venezuelan

Government to establish a commission to study

colombian border crossing controls.

Establishment

oI a special Irontier police organization is under

consideration.

Station regularly exchanges infor

mation with local security services and is expand-

Ing efforts

to obtain travel information.

4. The U. S. Information Agency has:

a. Issued News Policy Notes providing guidance to

public information media designed to further attain-

ment of the following objectives:

(1) Alert the Hemisphere to the dangers of

subversive training in Cuba of nationals of other

countries,

(2) Discredit those who have received sub-

versive training,

(3) Discourage prospective trainees, and

(4) Impress Latin American governments and

peoples with the need to halt travel to cuba.

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b. Initiated preparation of a Circular Instruction

to the Fleld, based on the News Policy Notes mentioned

above, to be completed by 3 April 1963.

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MAR 2 7 1963

REGIORANDUM POR: THE SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE SECRUTARY OF TUE ARMY

SUBJECT: Movement of Subversive Trainees te aud from Cube (U)

1. Referenees:

Memorandun for the Special Assistant to the Secretary of

the Arny, 20 Warch 1963, subject: Interdepartmental Coordinating

Comitteo of Coban Affairs (TOCOCA): Report on tho Status of Imple

montation of Actiont Approved by the Vresident.

Secretary of the Arny

. Neno ramota,

15 Karch

1960, subject:

JSCUCA: hoveront ot Fubversivas and subversige Traineel.

2.

No nen actions have been initiated te implement the messures

which were proposed by the IOC0cr Subcoonittee en subversion and approved

by the Fresident.

Sowever, the Ary is contiming its progren to

contribute to improvesent of latin Apericon laternal security by

increasing the intolligence and counterintelligonce espabilities of

Gazia American arnies.

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MON W. AL

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Assistant Deputy Chiet of

Stait for Military Operations

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March 27, 1963

MEMORANDUM FOR MAJOR GENERAL KRULAK

SUBJECT: Status Report of Actions Accomplished by Elements

of the Department of Defense

Reference:

SecArmy memo to multiple addressees, Subj: ICCOCA:

Movement of Subversives and Subversive Trainees,

March 5, 1963

Attached are copies of Project Control Sheets on those actions

which are the primary responsibility of the Department of Defense.

At Tab A through Tab D are apecific reports provided by the

Joint Staff, ASD/ISA, Array, Navy and Air Force. The Marine Corps

representative indicated by telephone today that the accomplishments

of the Marine Corps are incorporated in the report of the Joint Stall.

In reference memorandum, the responsible elements within

the Department of Defense were directed to assist and support, as

neceasary, the implementation of those portions of the program within

the primary responsibility of other Government departments and agencies

to insure that those portions of the program are carried out effectively.

The Army report at Tab & specifically indicates the continuation of its

program to contribute to the improvement of the intelligence and counter -

intelligence capabilities of the Latin American countries.

Signed

1130 9,91 105°

James K. Patcholl

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