MEMO:CIA INVOLVEMENT IN CUBAN COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES - ARREST OF ROLANDO CUBELA SECADES AND RAMON TOMAS GUIN DIAZ
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: HELMS. DEPUTY DIRECTOR
To: DEAN RUSK. SECRETARY OF DOS
Document date: 3/7/66
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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MEMORANSUN FOR:

SUBJECI

The Honorablo Dean Rusl:

The Secuitary of State

CIA Involvament is Cabar Couster-

revolutionasy Activitico--irest of

Rolando CUBILA Secades and

Ration Tanas CUIN Diaz

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1. With refererce to the Habara Prensa Latina news ralcase

of 5 March 1965, alleging GiA involvement with Rojanco CUDELA

Secades and Ramon Iomas CUIN Diss in counterravolutionary

activities, the following outlines the Agency's contact with these two

persons.

2. GUIN was recruiied by a CIA agent in August 1953 inside

Cuba as a Principal Agent to recruit high-level military lezders.

He has had no contact wita ClA stafi personnel.

3. CUBELA, the more important of the two men, has been

in contact with this Agoncy during the period 1961-1965. The last

Agency coutact with CUS ELA was in Icbruary 1965. He has had

direci contac with sevaral Agency officials and, in addition, is

known to have been in cortact with Cuban exilos, including Manuel

ARTIME. CIA's contact and relationship with both CUBBLA and CUIN

-12s for toe cagress purpose of using thera to colleci intelligence on

military activities and objectives in Cuba. The Agency was not

involved with either of these tvo men in a ploi to ascassinate fidel

Castro, as claired in the Prensa Latira news release, nor did it

ever

escourage either of taese two persons to atterapt such an act.

€. BAI.

mentioned in the press rclease, is a

Spain, and was

in contact with both Odor Alvarez de la CAMPA and Jose Luis

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GuNzAlal, Gallarict, as noted in to piaos ralease. The

purpose of this contast was limitad sesalically to obscining

incoligence information. There is no truth to the allegation tast

CiA paià $100,000 of any other sigeable sum of monoy to diaher

of s20se lauriduals.

5. The Agency has also hre limited discot and indiraa:

contaet with Jorge ROLLINO, Alberto SLINiCO Ramires, ead

Carlos TRUNDINO, ucted in the press siease. Agais, thase

contacts were rectzicted to obtaining intelligence.

1s/ Richard Folas

Richard Helms

Deputy Director.

Signature Recommended:

S/ Thazas d. Keemsines 7 - 1nn sas

A Deputy Director for Plans

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