Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, NY
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 04/25/1969
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

6/5/2015

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10285-10252

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 105-180256-129

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Note!.

Case#:NW 55355 Date:

11-24-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: SAC, NY

TO : DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE: 04/25/1969

PAGES:

18

SUBJECTS :

MR, INTV, PEDROSO, EMILIO ECHARTE, REL, ASSOC, TRA,

CUBAN INTEL ACT, US, MX

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C; 4

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 06/11/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF NSA

COMMENTS: INC LHM

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OPTIONA

MAY 1962 EDITION

GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.8

UNITED STATES GOY

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Memorandum

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DIRECTOR, FBI (105-180256)

DATE:

4/25/69

FROM

SAC, NEW YORK (105-95685) (P)

FATNED

SUBJECT:

CHANGED

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO POM"

MILIO ECHARTE PEDROSO, AKE

OTHERW SE

A LUWN A.

POMPI

AS-CUBA:

RELEASE OF CIA A/OATSELY CLAIMING GIrIZENSHIE

IN

THIS DOCUMENT. Jm 4-3-91

113/69 ars

Title has been "Changed" to include the code names;

10-16-97

, which were briefly assigned to the subject

JFK by Cuban intelligence.

ReNYairtels to the Bureau, 4/4/69 and 4/18/69.

Enclosed for the Bureau are 9 copies of an LHM dated a

captioned as above, setting forth results of 4/3/69 interview

subject.

(2-9023) 1341-1

(9-09223)

0-1

W9IDV

Along with the three copies of the LHM enclosed for

San Juan are two photographs, one each of the subject and his wife

FIDELIA ABIGAIL BALSINDE Y MOYA.

Yecd

-Bureau (Encls. 9) (RM)

I-Legat, Mexico City)

(105-7049)

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1-Legat,

Ottawa) (105-3400)

1-105-92239 MIGUEL ROCHE MONROY)

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(RAMON RODRIGUEZ,

aka

"POCHO'""

-Miami (105-15880) (Encls. 4) (RM) .

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(1-105-7247) (RAMON RODRIGUEZ,

105-11384)

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(1-105-335)

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EMILIO ECHARTE

May!

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RAMON RODRIGUEZ, aka "POCHO"

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NY 105-95685

The attached LHM has been classified "Secret" inasmuch

as it contains admissions of a Cuban intelligence agentkand in view

the double agent potential

The Bureau may wish to limit dissemination of the attached

LIM tO CIA onlyfor the time being, inasmuch as previous LHMS

setting forth statements made by the subject on 2/5 and 7/69, were

those limited in distribution.

It will be noted that the subject, whose current code

, now states he was in Puerto

Rico in about June 1964. This information relates very closely

Investigation at San Juan, which is set forth in the

attached LHM was conducted by SA VINCENT MILACCIO, JR.

REQUESTS OF THE BUREAU

Legat, Mexico City should be alerted that subject

claims he telephonically contacted "MICKEY" (ENRIQUE MIGUEL CICARD

LABRADA) at the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City in about November

or early December, 190%, again around the end of December, 1907,

or early January, 1960,

and then finally about February or March,

1968. In doing so, the subject used his code name "POCHO"

If Legat, Mexico City has sources through which these contacts

could be confirmed, it shoula be done go 4)

Legat, Mexico City should also note subject now states

he was to meet Cuban G-2 agent "JACOBO" in Canada about October, 1967,

and not at Mexico City as he previously stated (am)

CIA has advised that one CARLOS ENRIQUEZ RODRIGUEZ,

a high level DSE official, traveled to Mexico from

Cuba on 4/1/67 and returned 4/3/67. /If Legat, Mexico City can make

available a photograph of CARLOS ENRIQUEZ RODRIGUEZ, it should be

forwarded to NYO to be shown to the subjects lu)

It is requested that Legat, Ottawa ascertain through the

RCMP whether or not CARLOS ENRIQUEZ RODRIGUEZ.,

mentioned above;

visited Canada any time around mid-October, 1967:l /if there is no

(S)

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NY 105-95685

record of any Canadian visit by this individual, then Legat,

description of Cuban G-2 agent,

5'9"

, 170 pounds, straight black hair) visited Canada about

october, 190%.

If so, obtain identity and forward photo, if

available, to NYO for

exhibition to the subject faXS)

If either Legat Mexico City or Lega

Ottawa have

any other photographs of suspected G-2 agents which they woulc

like to have shown to the subject for possible confirmation of

Cuban intelligence affillation forward same to NYo

LEADS

Note that any pertinent information developed in

connection with this case should be incorporated in an LHM with

consideration given to classifying same as "Secret" and alerting

the Bureau that limited dissemination may be desirable.

MIAMI

At Miami, Florida

Interview CARLOS FERRET and ascertain whether or not

he ever traveled to Mexico with the subject. If so, obtain

details of the trip and identification of contacts made during

subject told him he had traveled to Mexico with FERRET*

It is noted that PEDRO SANTIESTEBAN has advised Miami

Office that one PEDRO MARTINEZ was one of the individuals who

arrived in the boat, "Leda", with the subject. Attempt to locate

and interview MARTINEZ concerning circumstances under which he

happened to escape in the "Leda"

and determine what he knows of

subject's background and activities.

Consider obtaining through SANTIESTEBAN and PEDRO

MARTINEZ the

in the "Leda" Identities of other individuals who fled Cuba

and conducting similar interviews concerning their

knowledge of subject's background and activities.

Subject stated in the interview of 4/3/69 that he had

contacted SANTIESTEBAN almost immediately upon arrival in Miami

and through him obtained a room in the building next to the garage

where SANTIESTEBAN was working.

Subject also said he remained

in Miami 35 to 40 days and used the garage telephone for calls to.

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activities were, what reasons he stated for being in Puerto Rico,

and what personal data he revealed concerning himself, and also

how she became acquainted with him.

Attempt to ascertain where HERMINIO CASANOVA

MACHADO, aka "TITO, the Barber."

"s had his barber shop in NYC

and when he moved his residence ánd business to Puerto Rico.

Recontact PELAYO FRAGA SEOANE, of Maiz and Fraga, Stop 23 -

** Ponce de Leon Avenue, Santurce, who is a cousing of MANUEL.

RODRIGUEZ SEONE Determine whether or not he and MANUEL RODRIGUEZ

SEOANE are related to JORGE LUIS FRAGA Y DE ARMAS, a LOng-tIme

CASTRO sympathizer and SI subject of NYO who resides at 113 West

goth St., NYC, and is employed as a barber in the Majestic

Barber Shop located at 2554 Broadway, NYC. II PELAYO FRAGA

knows this individual, also determine whether or not JORGE LUIS

FRAGA was ever known by the nickname,

"TITO""'

For your information,

JOSE LUIS FRAGA waS born on 10/7/23 at Serro, Havana, Cuba, ano

is married to ROSA VELASCO.

He has refused to talk to Bureau Agents

in the past and has referred them to his attorney.

TAMPA (INFO)

For the information of Tampa, subject now stateasthathwhen

MANUEL RODRIGUEZ SEOANESOf Cuban G-2, mentionea

"TITO, The Barber"

(an unidentified Cuban G-2 agent) in late 1963 or early 1964, he

said that "TITO,

was located in New York. Therefore

if FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ was not in New York at that time (late 1963

or early 1964), he probably is not identical with "TITO, The Barber".

In the event FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ was in New York at that

so advise NYO and additional data concerning the subject will

be furnished Tampa.

NEW YORK

At New York, New York

(1) Will recontact Warden's Office at FCI, Danbury, Connecticut,

for polygraph testing of subject, and will advise Bureau of any

change in administrative policy in this regard.

(2) Will give consideration to another interview of subject.

(3) Will cönsider interviewing subject's wife.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

New

York,

New York

April 25, 1969

1/7/98

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HERROR GUIS!

-. SD

CLASSIFIED BY 566&-Sis/nde

OTHERWISE

DECLASSIFY ON: 25X

824326

2/4/98 - 51)

Emilio

Echarte Pedroso

SPSMAMIGEL

0A3N 5/1/84

Internal Security • Cuba;

Falsely Claiming Citizenship

(JFKD to 1194 On February 20 and 24, 1969, a check of the records of

the Holiday Inn,

Isla Verde, San

Juan, Puerto Rico, for guests

registered during 1967 disclosed

no registration record in

subject's true name or known aliases.

On February 24, 1969, the records of the San Jeronimo Hotel,

Condado Beach, San Juan, were similarly searched.

The records

indicated that Emilio Echarte,

3300 16th Street,

Northwest,

Washington, D. Coo

registered at that hotel on October 13, 1967.

He was accompanied

by another person who was not identified on

the registration card.

They departed the hotel on October 16,

1967.

The bill indicated that Echarte was registered in Room

307.

Two local telephone calls were charged to this room, but no record

was made of the numbers called.

On October 14, 1967, a long distance

call was charged to Room 307 at a cost of $14,50. On October 15,

1967, a long distance call costing $7.50 was charged to the

room.

The hotel records indicate that the Detober 14, 1967 call

was

placed by Mrs. Echarte at 1:35 p.m. to telephone number

462-8916, Washington, D. C. There is no record of the October 15,

1967 telephone

call.

he hotel records further indicated that on October 14, 19670.

Mrs, Echarte sent a 21 word RCA cablegram to Juana MariamPedroso,

Havana.

Cuba.

additional information

The charge for this cablegram was $4.41.

available regarding this cablegram.

[sp(u)

by routing slip for

Vato

Hate_4/4/T3

action

letter 2/27/98 croup 1

Excluded from

Mede.

automatic downgrading

_and declassification

This document

contains neither recommendations

nor conclusions of

the FBl.

It is the property

of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and

its contents are not to be distributed

outside

your agency.

+05-180256-129

ENCLOSURE

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FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

SECREI

Emilio Echarte Pedroso

Date- 4/15/69

On April 3, 1969, EMILIO ECHARTE PEDROSO read and

signed a Rights Waiver form printed in Spanish.

He was then

interviewed in English by Special Agents FRANCIS I. LUNDQUIST

and JOSEPH T. CORRIGAN who identified

themselves to him as Special

Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). ECHARTE

then voluntarily furnished the

following information:

After ECHARTE and his companions fled Cuba in the boat,

"Leda"

, they encountered an English ship about 27 miles off the Florida

coast.

They were

taken aboard this vessel and the United States

Coast Guard was notified. Soon thereafter, the United States Coast

Guard removed ECHARTE and his companions and took them ashore.

ECHARTE's boat,

"Leda", was

towed

into Key West, Florida, and

ECHARTE subsequently sold it for $1,000.

Fea Cula

Almost immediately after ECHARTE arrived in Miami, he

placed a telephone call to PEDROZSANTIESTEBAN who was then working

in a garage.

The garage telephone number was located through a

-telephone directory.

ECHARTE took a taxi to the garage, business

name unrecalled, and SANTIESTEBAN toOk ECHARTE to the building next

door which was 729½ North

Miami Avenue, and

assisted ECHARTE in

arranging to rent a room in that building.

Shortly thereafter, ECHARTE telephoned his mother and OLGA.

PEREZ VALLE, his mistress, in Cuba, and advised them of the address

the was rooming at in Miami. He informed his mistress that he would

CAVE HAVE X DROUS DAME here rete eterne when he s

who

was

ECHARTE's superionsin Cuban

called. so that he

scheduled call from the garage where SANTIESTEBAN was employed

and was thereby

able to speak toxMRS*without placing a direct call

to him. He believes he repeated this procedure a second time

while in Miami and thus

kept in contact withyMRS.

On 4/3/69

Federal Correctional

Institution

_at_

Danbury, Connecticut

_File #

SAS JOSEPH T. CORRIGAN and

•FRANCIS I: LUNDQUIST/mfW

Date dictated

4/9/69

This documini conleis indir recripadaion noi onelusionis el the Fli l's in properly of ire fal and i loined in sir egen:

it and its contents are not to be distributed

outside your agency.

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ECHARTE said he wrote two letters while he was in Miami

to his mistress which she in turn carried to MRs These letters

were intended to keep MRS informed

of his (ECHARTE'S) whereabouts CA

MECHARTE Sodes weither decret inks nor sassere used in these

Instead, he conveyed his messages through the use of

(ouble-meaning phrases. )

ECHARTE remained in Miami about 35 to 40 days before

proceeding to washington.

D. Co

During

this time he made a number

of trips to Key West while trying to sell the "Leda"

He believes he

made the flight to Washington D. C. via Eastern Air Lines and upon

arrival in Washington, D.

he moved in with his wife in a first

floor apartment at 3648 16th Street, Northwest. His wife was then

working as a domestic for a Mrs. MAHAM (phonetic). ECHARTE, while

in Washington, D. C., worked for a few days as a laborer with a

construction company, name now unrecalled.

He said that he placed

one telephone call from his wife's telephone to his mother in Cuba,

but that he made no telephone calls to his mistress while he was

in Washington, D. C.

ECHARTE stayed in Washington, D. C. for approximately 20 to

30 days, then took a one-way flight from National Airport to San Juan

via Eastern Air Lines, he believes.

In Puerto-Rico, he

resided in

a rented room in Santurce, Puerto

Rico.

He is uncertain of the

exact

street address there, but

believes it was Monserrate #708. He

obtained these accommodations in Santurce by walking the streets

looking for a rental, without help from anyone.

He said he had made

no arrangements to make any intelligence meet in Puerto Rico and

did not meet anyone for this purpose.

However, in Puerto Rico, he

met two fromer Cuban acquaintances, CARLOS CRUZ and JORGE (last name

unknown). CRUZ was encountered on a bus, and ECHARTE met JORGE

(last name unknown) by chance on the street.

engineer in one of the departments of MUNOZ MARIN's Government. He

did ascertain through a telephone directory that RAY was then residing

at Urbanization Roosevelt in Rio Piedras, and one day he did walk

through this area hoping to see RAY and

to observe the specific area.

However, he did not see RAY that day, never made any further attempt

to

locate RAY, and never actually saw RAY at any timewhile he was in

Puerto Rico.

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While ECHARTE was in Puerto Rico, he wrote one or two

letters to his mistress who, he knew, would transmit them toMRSCh

In the letters he indicated

ne was proceeding with his assignmen

In ruerto rico, although this was actually untrue. No code ol

secret inks were used

in his letters, only double-meantng phrases. ls)

- ChAkit sald that incone of his letters to his mistress.

he indicated, for the information ofaMRs that the mission (the plotch

to assassinate MANOLO RAY) was impossible, and he was abandoning

He said he subsequently told MRS gia telephone

that every time

he saw RAY at his residence, RAY had his children

with him, and he

could not assassinate RAY without killing the children, and he did

not want to do this, as it would adversely arouse public opinion.

ECHARTE said that although he used this excuse to MRs it was completely

false, and that when he left Cuba he had no intention of assassinating

He insists he only accepted the assignment as a means of

getting out of Cuba.

ECHARTE stated he received no phone calls or letters back

from his mistress or MRSwhile he was in Puerto Rico. He also asserted

he had no contact with anyone from

the Movimiento Bro Independencia

Puerto Rico (MPIPR) or any other Puerto Rican independence

organization.

After 20 to 25 days in Puerto Rico, he returned to Washington via

Eastern Air Lines on a one way ticket purchased in Puerto Rico.

In about June, 1964, he returned to Puerto Rico and

registered at the Americana Hotel. The purpose of this trip, he said,

was

to spend

time with

a Dominican woman

in whom he had become

romantically interested

during his

first trip to Puerto Rico.

identified the woman as DULCE MARIANgINEDA who resided in the

vicinity of Fernandez Juncos and 11th Street, Santurce, Puerto

He stated he was unable to recall this woman's

and insists that his contacts with her had nothing whatsoever to

exact address

do with Cuban intelligence.

ECHARTE remained in Puerto Rico about 45 days on this

occasion.

He said he

neither received nor sent any messages during

this stay in Puerto Rico, and made no Cuban intelligence contacts

with either. Cubans or Puerto Rican Independists. He believes he

traveled via Eastern Air Lines both ways between Washington, D. C.

and Puerto Rico.

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peasant or hillbilly type who had advanced rapidly to high

According to ECHARTE, "JACOBO" impressed in as being a

responsibility in

He described BAcOBO"

as a white male, about age

none antino traume at ceo rents i care one docke

was either a nickname

name.

and insists he does not know this individual's true full name.

"JACOBO" wasdressed in civilian clothes on both occasions ECHARTE met

this individual.

After ECHARTE had received telephonic instructions from

MRSIto meet with "JACOBO" in Canada, ECHARTE then

went

to the

Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) office in

Washington,

D. C. to arrange for a re-entry permit so that he could return to

the United States after this proposed meet with "JACOBO".

CHARTE was unable to make the necessary arrangements with ans

laced another telephone call from Washington, D. C. tofuRStinC

He informed MRsshe was unable to make the trip to Canada in

time

to meet "JACOBO".

ECHARTE then suggested toMR that he might be able to ki

travel to Mexico within a monthor two. &MRSindicated this woulde.

e satistactory, and that when ECHARTE arrived there, he shoul

contact "MICKEY"

at the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City. *MRSvindicatedls

"MICKEY" would be alerted to expect a contact from "POCHO"

(Cuban G-2 code name for ECHARTE). * MRS&told ECHARTE that "MICKEY"

was a former acquaintance of ECHARTE, and furnished sufficient

information

se that ECHARTEwas able to recall "MICKEY" as the former

bodyguard of MANUEL PINE IRO LOSADAI

also known as Red Beard" (s)

In about November or early December, 1967, ECHARTE placed

telephone call from Washington, D.

to "MICKEY"

at the Cuban

Embassy in Mexico City.

ECHARTE identified himself as "POCHO" in

making this call, and

indicated he would soon make personal contact in

Mexico City.

"MICKEY did not seem surprised to receive this phone

call and was apparently expecting contact from "POCHO".

"ECHARTE said he was

not surprised to learn that an

official of the cuban Embassy in Mexico City was a Cuban G-2 agent.

To the contrary, he stated, he would really be surprised to find

thetany official

assigned to any Cuban Embassywas not a Cuban G-2

agent.

He said it was the policy of the Cuban Government to send

Cuban G-2 agents to official Cuban establishments outside of cuba

and this included those individuals who were assigned to the

official

establishments as porters, handymen, and chauffeurs.

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When ECHARTE and YURI arrived in Los Angeles shortly

before Christmas, they found that ECHARTE's wife and childhad

already arrived by air.

They all spent Christmas day, December 25,

1967,

in an unrecalled hötel in the Los

Angeles area.

A total of

about four days were spent in Los Angeles, and shortly after

Christmas, they all departed in ECHARTE'S

car for Mexico City.

ECHARTE insists he made

no intelligence contact with anyone in

California, and that the entire stay there was spent shopping and

having fun.

ECHARTE said he traveled to Mexico City by Mexico Route #1

and passed

and Mexicali.

his wife used their own truetmamestion in crossing the border, and

•hat

i neve the identification

He asserted that he and

he did not, at that time, have the identification papers of

VISAMARRERO.

He and his wife claimed birth in Puerto Rico.

In Mexico City, ECHARTE and his companions registered

at the Maria

Isabel Hotel,

and shortly after arrival, ECHARTE, using

his code name, "POCHO", telephonically contacted "MICKEY" to

him know he had arrived in Mexico

City.

ECHARTE recalls that he

and his companions spent New Year's Eve,

December 31, 1967, at the

Maria Isabel Hotel. ECHARTE conferred with "MICKEY"

occasions at the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City, and met him once or

twice on the street at the Maria

Isabel Hotel.

YURI happened to

appear one time when ECHARTE was talking with

"MICKEY" on the street

"MICKEY" and

at the hotel" EDDIE".

"EDD ECHARTE introduced them to each other simply ascula

ECHARTE identified a photograph of [ENRIQUEXEI CARD LABRADAKS)

as being identical with "MICKEY"

stated he believes

"МІСКЕУ"

had the rank of Lieutenant in Cuban G-2. ECHARTE said his wife never

met "MICKEY".

ECHARTE estimated that he and his companions

stayed in

Mexico City about 7 to 10 days..

During this period,

"MICKEY"

noried, ECHARTE that Cuban G-2. headquarters wanted him to assassinate

FELIPE RIVERO, leader of the Cuban Nationalist Movement, an

anti-

CASTRO organization. ECHARTE insists that "MICKEY" gave him no

money and passed him no messages to deliver to anyone in the

United States.

However, ECHARTE gave "MICKEY" a pistol he was

carrying and which ECHARTE claims he had "bought on the street"

months earlier, from an acquaintance, name unknown, in Washington,

D. C. He described this gun as

a Japanese-made PPK 9mm. pistol.

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brand but he never did.

well-made Cive band radios, no specific Ca

any of his messages.

He essagedi vule a tempeed to explain the see no been taught

be enciphered

Tys cause only the irst seven lettersoft

the basic

ormat used which, he said,

he beTieved looked as follows:

O'R'G'A'N'I'Z'A R'E'

4

1(5)

He said he distinctly recalled that the word ORGANIZARES

as placed across the topiand that there were three numeralson th

left side SHe believed these numerals

were 92 and 4 and the

(encoded any message

appeared in the ordifter he completed his training, and that

consequently he cannot now recall the steps to be taken

developing the numerical substitution, necessary to encipher áimessage.s)

ECHARTE identified a photograph MRstaken in 1960.

as 68

being identical witheMswho was his superior in Cuban G-2.Cx

ECHARTE was asked if he knew or had heard of any other

agents sent to the United States by Cuban G-2. He denied knowing

the identity of any such agent, but said he had no doubt that some Cuban

agents had

been infiltrated into the

United

States under the quise

of refugees. He said he would be most suspicious of able-bodied males

of military age who had been granted permits to leave Cuba.

He added

he also suspected that he was

not the only G-2 agent who had ever

plans for ECHARTE's "escape"

ECHARTE to believe that this was not the first time urshad Go

helped evolve such plans, and that probably

such arrangements

had been made

on previous occasions to infiltrate G-2 agents into

the United States.

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ECHARTE said that many personal associations in the

Cuban Revolutionary Government are.

Cuban ever oring relation are sen sEcond aRe and Messince

Cuban G-2 were based on his prior friendship with them He said

he believed that even

today, were he not incarcerated, he could

re-establish telephonic contact with MRS and re-establish himself

with Cuban G-2.

He was unale to name anyone else

in Cuban G-2 that

he could effectively contact today other than possibly "MICKEY" in the

Cuban Embassy in Mexico City.

With regard to the Cuban establishments in Canada and the

Cuban

Mission to the United Nations in New York, ECHARTE stated that

there

was no doubt in his mind that the personnel assigned to these

establishments are Cuban G-2 agents, but he said he never knew any

of them in Cuba and that, therefore,

this was his opinion and he

was not in a position to prove it to be a fact.

He indicated

that

had he known anyone at the Cuban Mission to the United Nations in New

York,

he would not have traveled to Canada and had he any previous

relationship with anyone in the Canadian establishments, he probably

would not have had to return to the united states.

With regard to DAVIDItEE in Washington. D._C.., ECHARTE

said he used

to frequent LEE's restaurant because LEE had a Spanish

group of musical entertainers.

ECHARTE enjoyed their music and as often

as twice a week went to the restaurant to eat, drink

and to hear the

Spanish group play.

LEE recognized ECHARTE as a fairly steady

customer and apparently was

Friendly, with EChARTE to encourage his

business.

ECHARTE claims he has known Let about two years, and that

their relationship was never more than customer-owner friendliness.

ECHARTE said that LEE had

wind tourist prior to CASTRO's advent to power..

indicated the had been

to Cuba as

However, his conversations

with LEE never disclosed any mutual Cuban

He also said that

He added that he had never met anyone through LEE.

ECHARTE stated LEE impressed him as a successful, well-to-do

capitalistwho would have no time for Castroism or Communism.

• He

stated that if LEE made money in any way other than through

his

restaurant business, illegally or otherwise, he was not aware of it.

ECHARTE repeated tha his wife did not borrow money from LEE to

post his bond with INS in 1968.

this was fabricated so that

INS would not become aware of his resources and make the bail.

considerably higher.

SEGRET

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