CABLE: (DELETION) BROUGHT UP AMLASH AFFAIR AT LUNCH
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: WITHHELD
To: DIRECTOR
Document date: 3/11/66
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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3CR RE I 1114512

DIR CITE (GADR 7456

KEYWAY PERUMEN

DIR 8669%

•1. GUANTUSE GROUGHT UP ALASH AFFAIR AT LUNCH MITH OLSEN

11kan65 kan65473160

10 MAR•

HANDED OLIEN COPY OF FULL COMMUNIQUE WHICH HE RECD

5Y POUCH FROM HABANA. REMARKED WHOLE THING SMELLS FISHY TO

HIM AND HE SUSPECTS IT MAY BE CAREFULLY WORKED OUT PROPAGANDA

SPECTACULAR ON PARI CASTRO GOVT. SAID HE THINKS ROBRENO HAS

PROBABLY BEEN WORKING FOR CASTRO ALL ALONG.

ALSO CONSIDERS.

HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS CUBELA'S REQUEST TO BE PUT UP TO THE PAREDON

AND CASIRO'S MAGNANIMITY IN COMMUTING DEAIN SENTENCES.

O1 ZO AS FAR AS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST KUBARX AND OLIEN CONCERNED

(@ 50) CO:PLETELY UNCONCERNED. WHEN OLIEN COMMENTED ANY INSINUATION

EITHER HE OR RUBARX INVOLVED IN ASSASSINATION CONSPIRACY COMPL-

LETELY FALSE COJEAGLE SAID HE SURE OF THAI BUT ADDED NE LiXEVISE

CONVINCLE THERE ARE PEOPLE CLOSE TO CASIRO NAO MOULD LOVE TO

3. (E SE)INEN LAID GULY PARE OF CONSUALÖUR UNSCH INTERESTS

NIM. 1S THE REFERENCE TO SABOTAGE

SECRET ASK. THIS CONTANED

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IN TWO PARACRAPHS WHICH

SECRETO LION BROUGHT A QUANGZE

OF DYNAMITE FROM THE UNITED STATES WHICH VAS TO BE USED

TO SABOTAGE SHIPS BEING BUTLE IN SPANISH, SHIPYARDS FOR CUBA.

AMONG THEM THE "EL JIGUE." THAI GALLAREIA DELIVERED THIS DYNAMITE

TO. "EL MAGO" ROBRENO.

4. OLIEN ASKED IF THERE AS ANY INDICATION THAT DYNAMITE

HAD BEEN ÜSED IN ANY OF ACCIDENTS SUFFERED BY CUBAN SHIPS.

(@30) SAID NO, BUT HE THOUGH INE WORD WAS BEING USED IN A VERY

GENERAL SENSE AND THAI TERM COULD INCLUDE ANY TYPE OF INCENDIA

HE SAID THERE EVIDENCE THAT POWERFUL INCENDIARY HAD BEEN USED

IN SABOTAGE NO FISHING VESSEL PARGO.

5• OLIEN THEN POINTED OUT THAT THE COMMUNIQUE STATES

THAT THE DYNAMITE WAS DELIVERED TO ROBRENO. OLIEN SAID HE

PRESUMED SPANIST AUTHORITIES WOÜLD CALL, ORERENO IN AND ASK

HIM WHAT HE DID WITH THE DYNAMITE. (@ 38)SAID THIS WAS UP TO

QUOTA/A8 AND SAID HE HAD GOTTEN THE DISTINCT IMPRESSION FROM

Ol (QUOTALA8) THAT HE VASN'T 100 INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING UP THESE

LEADS. QUOTA/ 48) LAD TOLD HIM HE THOUGH ROBRENO MIGHT HAVE

BEEN USED AS AN ACENT OF ONE OF THE SECTION'S OF HIS ORGANIZATION.

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OR (QUOTA/48) HAREORS ANY SUSPICION KUBARX INVOLVED IN SABOTAGE

•OF SHIPS, HE NOPES QUOT

DROUGH TUIT STIGATION

AND ESTABLISH ONCE AND FOR

SAID HE PERSONALLY IS CONVINCED KUBARK NOT INVOLVED BUT HE IS

NOT TELLING (QUOTA/A8)UHAT HE SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT DO. 21T.

WAS LEARNED FROM QUSPORT i THAT QUOTA) CALLED ROSRENO TU OM

NIGHT OF 10 MAR FOR QUESTIONING. HE WAS PERMITTED RETURN HOME

BUT TOLD HE UST REPORT AGAIN NEXT DAYS.

6. OLIEN THEN TOLD QUANTUM/38)OF INTERVIEW BEIVEEN DOM AND

OFFICIALS OF FOREIGN OFFICE. WHEN OLIEN SAID HE THOUGH SAGAZ

REFERENCE TO "FREQUENT VISITS OF OLIEN TO BILBAO WHERE SABOTAGE

OF CUBAN SHIPS HAS TAKEN PLACE WAS A LOW BLOW, (QUANTÜM/38) SAID

HE SURE SAGAZ WASH "ONLY FISHING" AND MERELY INTERESTED IN Of

HOW DEN WOÜLD REACI TO STATEMENT.. OLIEN INFORMED (QUANTUM/30)

THAT FACT IS HE HASN'T BEEN IN BILBAO IN OVER IWO YEARS:

(QUANTUN/30*9 REACTION TO FORNOFF APPORACH WAS ONE OF AMUSEMENT.

%. OLIEN DOES NOT FEEL PUBLICITY HARMFUL TO AGENT OPERATIONS;

UP TO NOW. STRONG POSSIBILITY (OUSPORT/I WILL BE CALLED IN TO

EXPLAIN HIS ALLEGED IVOLVEMENT. IF SO HE WILL DENY SPECIFIC SECRET

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SECRET

CHARGE hE PROVIDED CUELLA A SUM OF MONEY BUT WILL ADMIT

CAS LIAISON UNDOUSTEDLY KNOWS THAT HE HAS HAD "CASUAL

CONTACTS MITH KUBARK OFFICERS INVOLVED IN CUBAN MATTERS®

S. UNFORTUNATE ASPECT OF AFTER AS FAR AS KUBARK/LIAISON

RELATIONS CONCERNED IS REFERENCE TO SABOTAGE OF CUBAN SHIPS

IN SPANISH PORTS® IN SPITE OLIEN'S BEST EFFORT HE FEELS IMERE

BARING SUSPICION ON PARI OUR LIAISON FRIENDS THAT WE KNOW

MORE ABOUT THESE ALLEGED SABOTAGE INCIDENTS THAN VE PRÉPARED

TO TELL. COULED WITH THIS, AND TO AN EXTENT COUNTERBALANCING

II, IS PERAJPRS AN ADMIRATION FOR THE SUCCESS WHICH THEY FEEL

KUBARX HAS HAD IN MASSIVE PENETRATION OF THE CUBAN COMPLEX,

INVOLVING EVEN PEOPLE CLOSE TO CASTRO HIMSELF•

SECRET

ol

CENS 7456 86697 (QUANTUM/38) AMLASH OLIEN 1B HABANA CASTRO

ROBRENO EUEELA'S OLIEN 6038 @ 38)SPAIN CUCO LEON UNITED STATES

CUBA "EL JIGUE" GALLAREIA "EL MAGO" (038) SAID NO PARGO

ROBRENO (038 QUOTA 48 48 48) QUEAGLE 48 KUBARK OLIEN (& 38 48 01

30 NOT INVOLVED NOT TELLING (AB)NOT DO (OUSPORT/S 18(38) DCM

SAGAZ BILBAD (58) SAGAZ DOM OLIEN (38) BILBAO(J0'3) NOT FEEL

COUSPORI/I CUBELA CASTRO SECRET

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