FIELD INFORMATON REPORT: "NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN LUDWIG STARKE AND ROLANDO MASFFERER WITH A VIEW TOWARD MUTUAL SUPPORT FOR PROJECTED REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS"
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: WITHHELD
To: HEADQUARTERS
Document date: 02/23/1968
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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FLUTES INTELLENCE

REPORT NO.

DATE DISTR.

23 February 1968

COURTRY Costa Rica.

DOI

February

1968

SUBJECT

Negotiations Between Ludwig Starke

U

and Rolando Masterrer

with a View

Toward Mutual Support for Projected

Revolutionary Movements

ACO

SOURCE

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FIELDNO.

CaRS 4099

Costa Rica, San Jose

(15 - 23 February 1968)

A high-level member of the National Liberation Party (PLN)

who has access to and the confidence of top leaders of his

party.

His strong identification with the PLN and the

knowledge that his reporting will reach U.S, official

circles probably cause him to present his reporting to the

best advantage of the PLN. He has submitted reltable in-

formation during the past year, but he has been known to

withhold pertinent information. He received the informa-

tion from Daniel Oduber.

T0C8-314/01090-68 reported that

a right-ving entrendat who 1a the

lender ol tha socurity forces of the Morialento Coota Blea

Party (F), that ho mo maiins plans and booking sapport

for a possiblo movo against the Costa Bican Covermont 1n

the ovont that it should oppons to ba in dangor of passing

To that ond drarto me pogo

tinting with synpathotic groups outaldo of Costa Bica.

Ho

mo in indirect contact with Rolando Ssaferror, a Cuban

ontle involved in plotting against the Covermento of Eattl

and Cuba, through Fernando Molo Vontanillo, a Cuban ostle

1n Costa Bica who wa in touch with a priost associated

with kasforrer.)

2. In ald-February Oduber said that ho had contacted

BEte

Molo, whos ho had known for sons time, in an effort to learn

more about the nogotiationa botwen Starke and kaalerter, in

which tolo had been acting as an intormediary. Molo said

that the objective of the negotiationa as to work out a

plan whoreby Haitian and Cuban exiles, with Starke'a

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starke

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cooperation, would use Costa Bican soil so a staging area for

an invasion of Haiti, to overthrow

Pronident Bene Davallor.

If succossiul, Hasferrer and hig Haitian cohorte gould then

supply funde and aresent to Starke for his projected nove

againat the Trejos government.

3.

Hold lator informod Oduber that ho was planning to

go to New York City on 31 Dobruary, ostonaibly to vialt non-

bers of his family.

however,

the true purposa of his vialt

1g to talk with Masorror and Pathor Diogo lamel Abilio

Madrigol Alvaroz, the priost who has roprosanted lasierrer

in the nogotiations, through Molo, with Starko. Halo has

boon commienioned by Starto to ascortain the quantity and

sourco of ara that the lasiortor group will nato available

to Starko 11 tho group succoods in overthrowing Duvalier.

Bolo also la to find out what othor asslatance the inserter

group vill provido to Starke, how many Haitian and Cuban

exilos kapporter will sand to Coate lice, and when thay will

4.

Molo sald hot a Costa Bican visa already bag been

obtainod for Jacques Hortuglane, & Maltion, to w1l1 be the

f1rat of the group of haltion and Cuban outlos to come to

Conta lica to not up thoir araging arca.

_ Moringlane' & 1e

ud obtlined by tarte through lodrigo Aranz Bonilla, who

until recontly mas the chiol clert (official mayor) of the

(Fiold Commont:

Boto has the roputation locally of

boing an invotorate intriguer and a boggart.

Tboroforo, bla

vorscity la open to quention. It lo posaible that the infor-

nation ho has siven to Odubar la to sono estont emegeratod

or dintorted.

It 1o also ponsiblo that Starke will 11nd Belo

to ho a loss than trustorthy intornodiary.)

Fiold Disses:

(Managua) and (Port-au-Pince).

Btate Aray CINCSOUTH (also sent

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