DEBRIEFING ON TARGET PERSONALITIES IN OPERATION.
Originator: CIA
From: CHIEF, FI BRANCH
To: CHIEF, PM BRANCH
Document date: 1963-02-19 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY : CIA

RECORD

NUMBER

: 104-10102-10241

RECORD SERIES

JFK

AGENCY FILE NUMBER

: 80T01357A

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR : CIA

FROM

: CHIEF, FI BRANCH

TO : CHIEF, PM BRANCH

TITLE

DEBRIEFING ON TARGET PERSONALITIES IN OPERATION.

DATE

:

02/19/63

PAGES

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SUBJECTS

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DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION

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DATE OF LAST REVIEW

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HEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

Date:

19 February 1963

TO

: Chief, Pil Branch

ATTN

: Irving

N. PEGGINS

FROM

Chief, FI Branch

CASE OFFICER:

A.B. WELDRAKE NEV

SUBJECT

Debriefing of AMLEO-3 on target personalities ir

ANTRUNK peratIon

On 15 February 1963 the case officer was asked

Inving N. Peggins of the Pl Branch

interview

AMTRUNK target personalities.

These names were to be mixed into

AMLEO-3.

or persons that

are currently being discussed with

On the night of 15 February AMLEO-3 was questioned ra

individuals including the AMTRUNK targets.

The following

information was obtained from AMLEO-3 on the AWTRUNKS:

JuSe REVELLON - A-3 first heard of REVELLON

was a Captain in the REbel army serving with Rolando CUBELA in

the Escambry area fighting against Batista. A-3 did not work

directly with REVELLON during this period.

After the Castro

victory REVELLON returned to his studies in the University of

Habana and became active in student affairs and Secretary of

the FEU.

While in this position ne once invited A-3 to come to

the University and give a talk to a student group which à-3 did.

A-3 does not believe REVELLON is a Communist, but he should

definitely be considered a pro "Fidelista"

REVELLON graduated

in Ostober of 1962, was still in habana When

A-3 leit,

but A-3 is not knowledgeable of REVELLON's current

activities in Cuba since his graduation.

A-3 does not consider

him to be very important in Cuban oificial circles.

B. Jorge VALS Or VALLS - A-3 does

not know this individu

JOSe DUARTE - AMLED-3 knows quite a bit about this

individual although ne does

not consider him

to be a personä!

A-3 stated that DUARTE was once arrested in Maroneck,

N.J. for arms suggling for anti-Batista groups in the early

1950's (he does not remember what year), but because of his war

rocord and U.S, citizenship he was able

to talk himself out of 2

He was later involved in a very shady deal somewhe

in the SW

United States

(Texas) involving anti-Batista groups

collecting funds .for

their work.

One Candido De La

Torre was

involved and some $200,000.00

disappeared somewhere in the deal.

oscurred sometime

or 1956.

(A-3 is not sure of the

was given wide publicity in the u.s.

January 1959 DUARTE showed up in Havana

of the Castro

and before Castro came into Habana,

victors'"commandante Pepe' DUARTE" and appointed himself Military

himself

Chief of the jth Military district of habana.

On the arrival of

CaMillo CIENFUEGOS in Habaua-ha find DuDEs on his seif appointé

DuaaTE apparently 4a9

abathe Rabel army in

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the sitis and nad

no clain io such rank or position.

DEARTS Was

Incer sivon ajob in the "Banco de seguros Sociales" (1-3 not

ühe exact name of the bank) where he worked tor a

time unüil be becamo involved in some trouble

involving

funds it the bank,

and as a result was fired from this position.

"ok went out

that he was not ever again to hold any official

the Cuban government.

DUARTE was or still is an

American citizen since he was

the U.S. armed forces during

He was very

the American veterans groups in

Habana in the

A-3 considers him

to be a politica

opportunist with

no real political belieis: but not a Communist

perfect

English and Spanish.

A-3 considers

DUARTE tO

convince a person of anything after a 15 minute conversationould

he a porloat "con" man type who has a winning personality

a tremendous bluff,

but who can be extremely convincing when

a point.

He is an

over perfect dresser, never wearing clothes or

ties with mismatched colors, and is always

correct' in dress.

A-3 feels that DUARTE could

never be trusted in anything involving

money or opportunities for versonal gain on his part.

He once

worked for a lawyer named Raimundo MENOCAL in Habana in 1945.

A-3 last saw him in mid 1962 at a bar in Habana, but has no idea

what he is doing now, or where he works.

D. Commandante Ramon GUIN - Commandante

neighvor of A-3's in Hajay, Habana province and Lives som

200 yards down the road from A-3's home in Wajay.

The AMLEOS

and the GuIns were and are persenal friends and got together

socially from time to

time but were not extremely close.

about 37 or 38 years of age,

is married, and has

two sons about

14 and 3 years of age. A-3 believes that GUIN is detinitely are

Communist but probably still pro

"Fidel'

His wife is Anti-Cokmun

ind anti-Fidel.

GUIN is an agronomist and the manager of a large

GOC farm called "Unidad" located at

"Guira de Melena"

; near San

Antino air

base in Habana Province.

A-3 believes. that GUIN's

" life is the farm, and that he has little other contact ur accass

to people in high government office, although 1-3 is not positive

of this.

A-3 considers GUIN to be a good friend, a good person;

a family man, and one who kept his hands

clean in the aitermath

the Castro victory not participating in "war crimes" trials,

persecutions,

and had no contact with the G-2.

GUIN served

1-3 in

the hills in the group of Camillo CIENFUEGOS and is a comb:

buddy,

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