MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH HERBERT NICE, DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION.
Originator: CIA
From: T.J. FLORES
Document date: 1959-07-10 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Memorandum of Conversation.

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DATE: 10 JUly 1959

SUBJECT

Teleçione Conversation with serpert Nice, ¿irector of Intelligence,

Bureaz of Inmigration.

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PARTICIPANTS: Herbert dice and 2. J. Flores

COPIES TO !

lo At 1690 on 9 July I returned Kr. ice's call.

He said that they

had been told by the Stave Departrent that Pedro Luis DIAZ Lazz, former

chief of the Diban Revolutionary Air Force,

was no longer available to the

people uho wanted to see bin.

lie said trator leial stand of DiS on the

maller io ¿nai DiàZ lans has been adaitted as à restient allen and that

I'S cannot be excected to keep track of him since tais 1s-a free country.

He also sald ttst unofficially he vanied to infora ne that DIAZ Lans la

ander subpoena to the Senate Internal Security Subcarmittee and that wa

could get in touch with his by contacting the Comitted's officos. I ?

thanked hia for the Intomation and said that I would refer the matter

to xy supervisors innediately.

2. I soticed that the conversational tune used by Nice in telline

no the above kas sonenhat formal, and bellove tbat lils call was obviously

for the record. Re-enforcing my belief 1s the fact that Nice said he bad

called no outside of custonary liaison channels because ho wanted to nake

sure that the ren who would have to do the vort inrolved could be avare

or the situation.

30: I asked. bin then 11 his meandog was that ve could invite DIAZ

lans to be our reluntary fiest fos the dertod of tine necessary for thei

Intelligence comunity to debrief him, anl he afroed that tils uas the ?

case.. I told his that we had only lested that Dias was being brought

to mashington yesterday afternoon and that there vera nany intelligenod

requirements Involved in the natter which we had not had sufficient oly

to pouch to our aan in Hiard.

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do to debo the chill off the conversation, I thanked Nice for the

cooperation ve hed received fron bis and hla bureau on the matter of tba

afiltration of the firo former tril offlelala Iron Cuba, I also astod

bín 1f a lettor of aparociation on tila natter mígit be velcone.

He :

replled that 18 mipht be better 11 I consulted the Allen branch of tha

Office of Secarity on this sinco too sany lothers of this sort might

couse eyebross to be ralsed at lis = and thet there vore risors that ha

de, be bored to her delete be a tet are not do hear

auerding job.

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