MEMO:CIA INVOLVEMENT IN CUBAN COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES - ARREST OF ROLANDO CUBELA SECADES AND RAMON TOMAS GUIN DIAZ
Originator: CIA
From: HELMS. DEPUTY DIRECTOR
To: DEAN RUSK. SECRETARY OF STATE
Document date: 1966-03-07 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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HELMS. DEPUTY DIRECTOR

DEAN RUSK. SECRETARY OF STATE

MEMO: CIA INVOLVEMENT IN CUBAN COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY

ACTIVITIES - ARREST OF ROLANDO CUBELA SECADES AND

RAMON TOMAS GUIN DIAZ

03/07/1966

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SUBJECTS: CUBELA SECADES

GUIN DIAZ

ANTICASTRO PLOT

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MEMORANDUM FOR:

SUBJECI

The Monorablo Dean Rubl

The Secrotary of State

: CLA Javolvement in Cuban Counter-

revolutionary Activitios--Mirost of

Rolando CUDELA Secades and

Ration Ionas CUIN Dias

1. With refezence to the Habana Prensa Latira news zelease

of 5 March 1965, alleging CIA involvement with lolando CUDELA

Secades and Ration Tornas CUIN Diaz in countersevclutionary

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

persons•

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

Cuba as a Principal Agent to iccruit high-level military leaders.

He has had no contact with CIA staff personnel.

3.

CUBELA, the more important of tho two men, has been

in contact with this Agency during the period 1961-1965. The laot

Agency castact with CUBELA was in Icbruary 1965. He has had

direct contact with several Agency officials and, in addition, is

knowa to have been in contact with Cuban exiles, including Manual

ARTIIE. CIA's contact and relationship with both CUBBLA and GUIN

-was for the express pazpose of using them to collect intelligence on

military activities and objectives in Cuba. The Agency was not

involved with cither of these to mon in a plot to ascassinate fidel

Castro, as claimed in the Prence Latine nows zelease, nor did it

evez encourage either of these two persons to atterapt such an act.

4. Mt. James Noel, mentioned in the prese release, is a

CIA cificial stationed in the U.S, Embassy in Madrid, Spain, and was

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

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CONZAULE Callarictra, as notod in too pases release. Fae

purpose of this contest was limited specifically to obtaining

incelligence information. Thera is no truth to the allogation Mat

CLA paid 9100,000 or any other siveable bum of monoy to cucher

of those incaviduals.

5. The Agency has also had lanited Cirect and indicac:

contact with Joage ROBRANO, Albests 32M%CO Ramires, and

Carlos TIPESINO, noted in the pacos zolcase. Again, these

contacts were restricted to obtaining intelligence.

/s/ Richard Tolns

Richard Helms

Deputy Director

Signature Recommended:

S/ Thomas I. Karamessines

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A Deputy Director for Plans

SBON3T

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