MFR- MEETING WITH AMBANG/1.
Originator: CIA
From: ALFONSO RODRIGREZ.
To: MFR
Document date: 02/12/1964
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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12 February 1964

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT: Meeting with AMBANG/1

A.

Loss of Cache - AMBANQ/1 voluntarily raised

the subjoct of the loss of the cache of material on the

Island of Caja de los Muertos.

The loss arose from a

failure

to cache these materials on an island south of

Cuba in

the area of Camaguey Province. The JURE

controlled ship,

the #/V VENUS, sailed Iron Puerto Limon

during the month

of Janurry with the intent of caching

these

materials,

Including some 200 lbs. of the C-4

which had been made available to A/l.

On resching the

cache area the ship

was survellled by a small, commercial-

type aircraft,

resulting in a decision on the part of

the VENUS Captain to proceed to Puerto Rico rather than

risk the Joss of the

matorials to the Cubans. A/l

stated that he interviewed each member of the crew

separately and each told essentially the same story.

Upon arriving in the area of Ponco, Puerto Rico, a cache

was made on the Island previously mentioned with the

Intent of retrieving the materials in about thrco days

after tho ship was refueled and cortain repair work

done.

The location of the cache on Caja de los Huertos,

which is normally inhnbitod only by turtles, but

unfortunatoly.

• Pucrto RIcan soarching lor turtle eggs

spotted the disturbed sand covoring the cache, and

eventually the cache, which he reported to puorto Rican

authorities.

According to All the materials recovored

are belloved to be in san Juan, Puerto Rico, now in the

hands of the Puerto Rican police.

A/1 has talkod to

can to roturn

It 18 A/l's opinion

stands a 50/50 chance of retrioving the materials.

t 18 A/1'3 opinion that the JURE had not been implicateo

In the cacho and that the crow of the VENUS have kept

appropriately sflent.

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JURE Purchase of One Ton of Pentolite - A/1

Informed me that the JuRE had purchased a ton of Pentolito,

a high explosive, which is not as desirable for use as

C-3 Or C-4; but

nevertheless, & good material for them.

My first reaction was to ask where A/l had this material.

I reconsidered this request, stating that I hoped it was

well hiddon.

All assured me that it was. I gathered

from my conversation with All that this material was

not in place in Costa Rica.

In view of WAVE's report via AMTAUP/2, speclfically

1n WAVE 1463 (IN 11718), Para. 1,

"Alants said large

sun money has been spent in purchase nodern C-3

explosives and some C-4 which was in CISNEROS' home

there subsequent from Costa Rica," I discussed this

matter of explosives with cos, wavE.

This discussion

was predicated actually on my

telephonic discussions

on this same subject with C/SAS.

On the basis of

this background,

on 5 February 1964, I called A/1 in

san Juan, Puerto Rico.

Based on a carefully prepared

Iine which Shackley and I had agreed on, I told A/1

that he had better move all such material immediately

Including Puerto Rico.

sponking of Puerto

out of the United States', advised A/1 that despito:.

RIco,

his influentlal friends, he was bound to get into

trouble 11 he did not get out of that area and move

his operations to Costa Rica without further delay.

I also warned All that the setting up of communications,

that 15, a radio station in Kland,

would almost.

certainly got him into trouble with United States

authorities and result in the confiscation of his

equipment.

A/1 was obviously unsettlod by my

statements and asked me if I could not intervene

with appropriate authoritles for time to move the

materials.

I told him that I could not so intervene

as each arn of the Government had its role to play

and its duties to ful11ll

and these could not. be

Influenced. All stated that ho would nove an fast

as humanly possible to take the materials out.

JURE PlanA. - According to AMBANG/1, ho plaar

the infiltration of two teams into Cuba within the nex

six weeks.

The f1rst team, of from two to four individuals,.

was projected within the next two weeks as of this date.

Thig team

18 to inilltrate 1n Las Villas Provinco and

w1ll hoad for the area of the city of Santa Clara. The

second team, approxinately four woks lator, will bo

Inliltrated into Oriente Province. Lach toam will carry

a supply of weapong and high explosivos and communications

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equipmont.

They will also carry the f1rst 20 of 60

radio recolvery and one transultter.

It 18 Intended

that the remaining do recediers and

one additlonal

transmitter will be Infiltrated later.

The equipment

1s to be used

In sabotage ops in Oriente, Las villas.

and eventually Havam Provinces.

According to Al, the

first tro teams infiltrated vill not be met bj JURE

personnel

on

the inside of Cuba; but will proceed on

their own to establish their contacts once inside.

D. JURE Strength Inside Cuba - I asked A/1 if it

vero true that lour members of the executive council of

the JURE were actually inside Cuba.

Ho stated that of

• the nine principal officers of the JURE,

four are Inside

Cuba and five are outside.

It should be noted here that

we have information to the offect that the executive

council of the JURE is. so dirided and located.

Indicated to me that the JURE has made contact with

06 FRustino PEREZ, who is presently lairector of the 08

Institute

of Hydralic Resources

In addition A/1

statod that he has

likerise sade contact with his former

O8 sub-socretary of Public Works, an Individual whos he

aid not identify; but sho, sccording to him, st1ll maintalns

in the cuban government.

advised me that FaustRo PEREZ had Indicated his

continuing sympathy and apparont willingness to participate

In a program of resistance to Castro.

A/l Informed e

of these developments inside Cuba in a matter of fact way.

The ELC Joins the JU'RE - All gave me a copj of

the ELC statement joining the JURE.

The ELC, according

to A/1, 1s now dissolved and becomes a part of the jurE.

accord, reached on the lith of January 1964, brings

Into the JURE the best forer rebel army officers in

exile and should gire the JuRs a military background

and support second to sone in the exile community. al

advised mo

that the SLC did not bring any great sun of

money into the JURE, but it did bring a certain number

of arms and equipment.

A Now Drive for funds - All gave me a bond,

number 3590,

which is presently being used in a campaign

to raiso additional funds by the JurE.

For $92 tho

donor rocolves one of these bonds with the understanding

used in seator the beration od amun lon seated

that this campaign has been inordinately successful and

that thoy are expecting to raise a sum botreen $10, 000

and $70,000.

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G.

Other Preparatlung Being Made by the JURE - A/1

showed ne a chart which wus

in essence

& sork schedule,

wnich 1s a suide ins iur tie preparation of their

connunication facilities to be used betseen Latin America,

Puorto Rico, and the U.s.A.

This chart also included

the development and preparation of all the electrical

gear to be

infiltrated into Cuba.

The chart was an

orderly presentation of the

to be done, the time

•In which to do it, the cost involved, the equipment

needed, and man hours roquired to

time.

The time

span of the chart covered Doccmber 1963

through Harch 1964, causing me to bellove that, 11 1t

were achered to, the JURE should be in reasonably good

shape so far as its electrical explosive plans in general

are concerned.

• • H. AKBANG/1's Considering Aerial Re-Supply - A/1

had many questions at this lime regarding the

Teasibility

of eventually using an aircraft to re-supply his efforts

He wondered about radar offects and potential

on low Ilying aircraft.

I mentioned to his that there

were varlous fino commercial type aircraft which had

unusual potential for clandestine operatiors,

I knew of none

that had the capacity for a round-trip

fron points as far away as Puorto Rica and Venezuela

All arvised me that he had the pilots necessary.

to engage in such missions and that he was nost interested

In considering this capability; not only because of the

purpose it could serve in re-supply, but also in the

psychological effect that such opcrational independence

would givo their movemont.

A/1 Asks for Whatever Guidance 15 Possiblo on

Cuban Radar Capability - A/I indicated a great intorest

In receiving any information we can make available

regarding radar capability along the Cuban coasts. I

advised him that I would attempt to provide this Information

but that I could not be sure that we

knew the location

of every radar site available on tho Cuban coasts.

Documentation for A/l'g Return to Cuba - 1 took

with me to this meeting Your documents preparod by TSD

for A/1 in order that he night sign these before returning

them for TSD nuthentication and aging.

A/1 was nost

pot al do anted be a ra clothing a rationa)

X. Reply to Questions Raised Regarding High Explosives

and Electrical Fquipment - I revicied with Al detalled

replich by TSD to questions raised by A/l regarding tho

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All has an obviously good grasp of radio

devices, and of the chararteristics of explosives: but

same timo it da obvious that he depends upon more

technically compotent porsonnel for working with these

materials.

statoo that he has engineers in the jure

who hare a famillurity with radio and explosive materjals.

All's Continued Nerotiation with the Second

- At stated that while he renain:

yet reached the point in his negotiations which will

bring that group into the Jure.

All Indicated his

opinion that within approximatoly six wets be sill have

worked out a progran porhaps bringing this groups into

the JURE.

2. Comments - Insofar as the activities of the JURE

in U.S. territory

are concernod, l belleve it is important

to point out certain facts.

A.

Whereng various AMTAUP/2 reports have indicated

varlous activitios and statements on the part of the JURe

representative in Miami, Rogello CISNIROS, against this

Agency, there hag not bon any overt proof of these

activities. Nor has thero been ans overt proof of a

propaganda

drivo, black lotters of any sort, adverse

radio propaganda,

or evon a progran based on a person-

to-person

basis.

No should take note of the fact that

CISNEROS's talking has boen restricted to his orn little

coterio of clandestino cronies.

I discussed the matter

of ANTAUP/2's reporting it great length

with Tony Sforza

and Harren Frank.

1 indicated an interest in proof

that CISNEROS 1g'

behind a donigration progran against tho

Agency tolling them that we would not tolerate such a

progran, II In

inct, wo could prove its existence.

specifically pointed out tho caso recently reported of

the choice of ono DiOniNto SUAREZ Esquirel, who reportedly

has beon chosen to do to Latin America and carry out a

program of denigration of the Agency in universitles, as

& case which no could and should follon in order to

satisfy oursolvos that the JURE 1s working against us.

B.

The AXOTS and tho JURE - 1 satisfled aysell in

talking to Tony Sforza that the AHOTS in general are

politically opponod to the JURE and that the reporting

•I this group, to which ANTAUp/z belongs, must be

considered in

Isght of lla projudices and lack oi

objectivity insofar no tho JUrE is concerned.

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C. The Position

of Royclio CISNIKOS - Despite

what may be the naturo or AUTAlPi2's reporting, and ve

must sumit that he appears to report pretty nuch what

he hoars, the activities of Rogello CISNEROS 1n Miami w11l

sooner of later, unless ay varning to AlBANG/l has some

effect, Involvo

the JURE with U.S. authorities. This

development is somethink that me should expect and the

time may be hero when it becomes necessary to tell

AMBANG/1 that CISNEROS had bettor leave the U.S.A.

Financial Matters - AMBANG/l received a total of

35 thousand dollars.

Ten thousand of this sun is understood

to be for the assistance of those elements not aligned with

would so contents

of bonds as

SAS/SO

Catanic:

2. is, ialesio!

y. N.3.

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Sanplo Bund

Atlachaent to

krau sor the Record

dared 12 feb

64

JURE

JUNTA

REVOLUCIONARIA

CUBANA

Certificado!

3590

Homos rocíbido do

la cantidad de $12.00 (Noventa y dos dólares) destinados e un rifle con su parque para

la guerra conira la tiraria comunisto.

TESOREL

POR LA DIRECCION TROTONIL

e IMarabotto

Monoel Rusy

FONDO INSURASTION EXCLUSIVO PA

CIEMBRE 190U A FASTO 1901

RA EQUIPOS INDIVIQUAES DE COMBATE - PECAONDO DE BI.

POR UNA CUBA CUBANA

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