MEMO:AMMUG/1 DEBRIEFING - TYPED REPORT PAGES 48-53A
Originator: CIA
From: PICCOLO. WH/C/RR/OS
To: THE RECORD
Document date: 03/11/1965
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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ayuc/1 Debriting Regort 12278

Luisa RODRIGUEZ Calderon/ Photograph

Surveillance of Cuban Consulate Mexico

City.

On 9 February 1C65, ANMUG/1 identified a

photograph of Luisa RODRIGUEZ Calderon, who he stated

had been connected with the DGI (Directorio General de

Inteligencia) and the former Set

ciary of the Young Com-

raunists in the Cuban Ministr

exterior Commerce.

According to AMMUGL, \ing Cuban Government thought

RODriGUEz had been

recruited i the United States

Government worleyn

Nylexico so sh

amas recaled to cuba.

AMMUG/10

Sonsure na

details but recalled something

ved a letter from an American.

further, almiues

outed something abcut an American

student who visited Cuca who was supcosed to have made a

recruitment pitch to RODRIGUEZ or been associated in some

manner with a pitch madle to her. AMMUG/1 did not know

the source of these alleged pitches.

2. This photograph is part of the surveillance of the

Cuban Consulate in Mexico City and was taken from Film

No. 893, Photograph 16, dated 12 December 1953.

3. WH/C/RR/CS Comment: The

sograph of Luisa

CALDERON Carralero (201-734274

Jached to HMMIA-21312

was compared to the ajorement ones, photograph with the

result that both photos seem

/piccolo

WH/C/RR/OS

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Colombia

Raul

Vier

He had formerlyose

Cuba

at

the

f

Ecuador

whose pseudonym is "Gomez."

True name unknown, but his pseudonym

is "Julio."

Paraguay

True name unknown,

pe his pseudonym 15 "Sizvano."

Peru

Last name

use

an apprentice,

ps

Prewdonym "Jordan."

He has

is "Bernabe."

Venezuela

Alfredo

Almeida Garcia, whose pseudonym is

"Armando Arana."

He was stationed in Venezuela at the time

it broke relations with Cuba and was later stationed in Chile.

He was expelled from Chile for trying to recover

some Cuban

documents from the crash of an airplane in Peru. He had an

office staff consisting of "s

whose pseudonym is "Marcia.

Benito).

B. Mexico

DGI operations

RODUCTI

e

"Gary," and a secretary,

given name of "Saul" is

We

xi

other Western

Hemisp

here

different from those in any

Country, because of the special

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relations

between it

Cuba

the DGI general policy

guidance directiv

the tran

Mexico is not mentioned

specifically

Vin

balysis directive an entire section

As devoted to intellagonce la Mexico (Annex B). It points

out the need for information, particularly on"

current develop-

ments. Attention is called to following the guidance of

headquarters policy directives, since the DGI overseas office

in Mexico has ample contact posst

Lities at the proper levels

with Mexican political bodies

Emphasis is placed first, on

consolidating relation

to Latin AmericaD

oh Mexico

as an important channel

Improv

contacts in official bodies;

second, on obtaining

orpation on political elements,

especially extreme leftist groups; and third, on organizing

and using effectively the sources of infornation available

1n: Mexico and placing less dependence on sources in Cuba:

Cuban objectives in Mexico are strongly influenced by

the fact that Mexico is the only country with which Cuba

maintains diplomatic relations and as such is invaluable

as an operations base into other I

American areas, &

point of contact for all latipamerica,

and the toute by

which everything moves betwè

the rest of the

continent.

The

DGI

uses

Mexic

into other countries

with all extreme leftist

legal base for operations

Staison center for relations

oxBanizations from all over the

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world which hay

presentatives in Mexico. DGI activities

in Mexico

der the jurisdiction of Pedro Farinas Diaz,

whose

Otoniel." He is head of the DGI head-

quart

ent of Legal Centers (Departamento Centros

Legales,

the MS Department, which administers all

DGI overseas offices. There is no DGI Headquarters

officer

for Mexico in the department, since overseas

act as their own headquarters country

of

and are directly in touch with the DI

ect,

Pineiro.

Because of its proximity to Cuba

and

mportance as

a contact point, the DGI maintains its largest legal over-

seas office, about ten officers, in Mexico. The size is

due to the extensive work being done from there.

The DGI Mexico office is headed by a senior officer

who acts as chief of intelligence. The position was held.

in 1963, until Octobery by Manuel Vega Perez whose pseudonym

is "Marcos"; his

successor was Alfredo Mirabal Diaz, whose

pseudonym is

Other DGI officers known to have

been assigned

embassy overseas office at some

•100

are Jose Antonto Nico" Garcla Lara, a commercial attaché;

Rosella Rodrigue Lopez, pseudonym "Casimiro" and fore

Antonio," who in 1963-1964 was in charge of operations in

Central America, - second secretary; Oreste dulleso luiz

Perez, the commercial counselor; and Ramon Cesar Cuenca

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Montoto, who in

of the Illega

was head of the Central American Section

Department a

at headquarters.

• represent

the

con:

Cuba

Óns

The DGI is also

utside

xico City by Jose Luis Posada Torres

Tampico; Jose Lain Martin-Gonzalez

¿Merida; and Ovidio Sama Viamonte,

they

Cubar

consul in

Veracruz.

Among the functions of DGI officials

the Me

are provision of financial, material, and

@office

rt to

Central and South American operations; liaison

with extreme

leftist elements in Mexico; assistance to travelers to and

from Cuba; and collection of information on the Mexicah

situation. Besides contacts with non-Maxican leftist groups,

the DGI officers have some contacts with officials in various

parts of the Mexican government. The DGI office in Mexico also

maintains contacts with the Mexican Connunist Party for

Itaison and information collecting purposes.

One of the principal functions of the DGI office in

Mexico City

is relaying communications. All the Central

American operation

§have cover addresses in Mexico;

procurement of

suitable mail addresses is one

¡office's

tasks.

After mail from agents is picked up by

the country

intermediary, it is sent to the Cuban embassy,

, where

the

responsible officer photographs the agent

reposts

and for-

wards them to Cuba by diplomatic pouch, sometimes adding his

SSO

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own comments

from agent

Mexic

MOI

officers also receive reports in person

ng Mexico. Diplomatic pouches between

ana are available twice a week, on the

flights of Cubana airline.

The

exico

às radio communication directly wi

head-

quarte

with an alternate channel through

an

Republic if direct transmission is interr

Outside the Embassy, the DGI hask

contacts

representing each Central American

cou

sometimes a

single-leftist group of the country with which the DGI has

connections.

These persons are citizens of their own countries

residing permanently in Mexico City. They are usually un-

witting of the operations they support, and even of the

agent relationships and act mostly as intermediaries

between their countries and the Cuban intelligende officers

in the Embassy.

witting of the

of operatio

The Salva

Party

like the Salvadoran intermediary, are

Lationships

and some of the

details

t; they are in effect Dana

agents.

nember of the El Salvad

'Guatemalan serving

assisted

caraguan

operations are

Front (Frente de Liberacion Nacional' -FIN) and probably the

Nicaraguan Communist Party. In April 1964, the FLN repre-

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sentative in

the DGI

oper

acting

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Mex

residity was the principat

agent in one of

jons

he made trips to Nicaragua and Honduras,

for instructions and funds to FLN

es of the intermediaries include ser

ong cover

addresses

and

arranging contacts with DGI off

or visiting

agents from their home countries.

Some

agent candidates and trainees en rovesh

or providing lodging and funds for

rme diarie

Shelp

Cubal

Franging

hey wait for

transportation. An intermediary for a

country

performs any

services the DGI requires of him; a representative for a

single organization usually works only on matters concern-

ing that group.

When Jose Mig

he was the conta

Roa was Press Attache in Mexico,

etween the DGI and the extreme left

wing press

is

cont

gecan writer for the magazine "Siempre"

between the Mexican Communist Party.

(PCM)

and

the

Di

C. El Salvador

In the DGI general policy guidan

ect

fOr

Central

Amarica, El Salvador is the only gol

ically

mentioned:

it is singled out as the pile

t country for the

Alliance for Progress (Annex C).

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The aim

of

revolution

with a

offers

vides arms

erations in El Salvador is torst

a

and replace the existing government

fav

-ab

to Cuba. For this púrpose, the DGI

Salvadoran guerrillas in Cuba

and pro-

talsupport revolutionary activity in ri salvador.

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