MEMO:MEETING WITH AMWHIP/1, NEW YORK CITY, 20 AUGUST 1964.
Originator: CIA
From: WH/SA/EOB
To: THE RECORD
Document date: 08/28/1964
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

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28 August 1964

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT:

Meeting with ANWHIP/1, New York CIty, 20 August 1964

1.

Neeting Time/Place/Purpose.

This meeting was held in

the offices oï AWHIP/I from 1200 until 1430 and from 1815 until

2000 on 20 August 1964.

The purpose was to discuss sHAPRON

matters and to brief him for his

coming trip to Europe and the

expected re-contacts with AHLASH/2 and LNSNAFU/19.

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2. Details of Meeting. 06

who is presently Tiving in exile in New York City,

is presently living in Madrid at Pension HISPANA,

.Jose Antonio 44,

Plaza del Callad; telephone No.

not known.

1/1 will go Madrid to see EL MAGOon MlipRoN rons, and ibe

cake him to Paris for a few days,

MAGOshould be useful for gleaning information from the

Embassy types while in Paris.)

b. Jewelry Deal.

According to AMIHIP/1,

there have

transactions since the initial ones of 300,000

and 10,500 in June

le had expected to receive a packet

wrote some time ago (June 64)

of jewelry per month worth ca. @uNSNAFu/19, but has not re-.

ceived an answer to date.

. It is not known at this time

whether the lack of further jewelry packets is just poor

administrative procedures on the part of the Cubans, or

This should be resolved win next a note one tu cubans.

to weapon authorities.

SEGRET

10/ps

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A/1 was told that special equipment for a

not discussed the FAL was difficult to procure as the

suck. as

weapon was designed primarily as a general-purpose combat

weapon, not for special tasks.

All then asked about the

possibility of purchasing a special weapon in Europe and

06 have EL SAGO take it back with him,

He was told that such

special rifles (probably for hunting big gane) were un-

doubtedly available in Europe, but that this did not solve

the biggest problem of how to get it into AMLASH/1.

was told that such a gun or any part of it would undoubted-

items into Cuba.

will continue to be one of concern to all persons connected

with the AMLASH/l operation until it is resolved.

the best bet would be to level with AMLASH/l at the next

neeting and tell him that such equipment will not be forth-

coming from KUBARK OF ODYOKE sOurCes, together with the

reasons why not.

d Acquisition of Cuban Pesos. A/1 stated that he had

called Ricardo BONDO'S son in Philadel una seemed endea

(confirmed by telecons earlier between undersigned and A/1

in New jerk) but that in each case, the son had stated that

be had received no packages from bis father from lexico

during the latter's last time in that city.

A/l thought

this indeed strange.

The undersigned opined that perhaps

it was difficult to

obtain pesos today due to the stringent

currency controls now in force in Cuba.

He suggested to

3WHIP/I that he not pursue this problem with BORDO further,

is any over-zealous efforts on his part to obtain the

currencs alga gordo) does produce the pesos at a

come, to the attention of the Cuban authorities.

Of course,

later date

additional prompting from A/1), they will be readily

A/1 stated that he believed long-

reached at his store

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il tending

This lead

rom intervention up to

This time through the inter-

ession of VENTUÑA (A'WHIP commented that his business

along with those of most of his friends suffered their

fate quite some time ago.)

Raymundo TORRES ("El Guaitro"). TORRES called

A/1 from Mexico City with a message from ANLASH/1 for

W/i (see below). At that time,

TORRES out from Cuba on

a trip, was staying at the Hotel Guardiola, Ave. Madero

and San Juan de Letran, phone 218580.

Later he noved to

Hornes 74, Apt 304, Mexico, D.F.

All stated that TORRES

was all right and apparently was trusted enough by ANLISH/1

to deliver an inocuous message and letter, the latter being

not so harmless..

A/l stated that TORRES was given to

drinking and tock dope upon occasion. (No identifiable

traces on TORRES).

AMLASH/L.

LASH sent A/l the accompanying letter.

mailed by TORRES

The text is self-explanatory.

It has been decided that there would be too much room for

suspicion if KUBARK tried to have LASH invited to the cited

National assembly of surgeons•

A/l has an acquaintance

with one Manuel RODRIGUEZ,

who was in 1959 a medical student

and President of the Mexican F.E.U.

He suggested that if

he could locate RODRIGUEL, he might be able to have him

formally Invite AMLASH to

the Assembly, as the latter desires.

A/l has not seen RODRIGUEZ (on whom there are no identi-

fiable traces) for about

three years, but believes that

there is no risk in attempting to locate him and asking this

It is perhaps

worth the effort, although admittedly

a long shot.

It should be noted

that RODRIGUEZ'S

father is believed to be a connunwould adually not be

but that, according

to A/1, RODRIGUEZ is not.

providing RODRIGUEZ believed that he was just doing

O6 (Marcelino ARTIME Vega, who was. used as a cut-out for mail

between LASH and A/l prior to the October 62 Crisis.

selling jewelry.

came to the retention of the undersigned.

nature which

There were no incidents of a securifi will be contacted

telephonically concerning arrangements and advice on the AlLisHl/l

letter.

If necessary, a personal meeting will be arranged prior

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to A/1's

departure

for Europe the weekend of 29 August.

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