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ORDER BEIWG INTERPRETED AS APPLICABLE ALL EXILES AND AS

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2. A:-:EuD-1 STATED IHIS HAS CREATED MOST CRITICAL S ITUATION

FOR BOTH nM~UO ORG AN IZATION AND HI ~5EL f PERSO~~LLY , DOES NOT
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KENNEDY o~ RESOLUTIONS OF CON GRESS WHICH ENCOUnAU EO THE CUDAN

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RES ERV E S?ACE fOR HI~ IN LOCAL JAIL AS HAS NO INTENTION Of

A CC~P il~( TRAVEL RESTRICTION,

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WOULD CONTINUE INTERNAL RESISTENCE.

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IN LATIN tt~ERICA AND ADDED THAT CO~MANDO RAIDS HAVE VALUE IN

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a.cber1 and P&J' )he llhlkr•.
2) VAT.I va!l\I IU to oodrol and pa7 th• 11ld1v14uAl. '1hiber1 &nd. Ml Joined.
\h• h 1111• wt th the &J'OllP.
)) YA'r. noo~4ed outtln« oft r•l&Uon11 vHb th• eroup anleu the7 ~099
io h.al. F.ovonr, VAll: fears that th• t;J"Otq> mlcht retaliate b7 publhhiac
eome 4oo1 vh.lch th• group hint• at Iv.Yin& and vhioh collld oob&rraH u1 •
.t.) Th• propow to ent•r th• exile buildlllcS h •~e1ted. in ardor to &et
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a .au.bu ot other eat• plaoea, 1noluj!nc: homo• ot group lea.deraf
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cro\IP ~" and their .rr~ and• amo~ tM exile1 r
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REF.l::RENCES A. \'IAVE 8961, dated 24 September 1962/1-t: ffe1....vi-v 4 '1'
B. WAVE 9169 1 dated 26 September 1 962 , k.<; /\..L-6'.._.. ~..t., 1 1
C. WAVE 9343 1 dated 2 October 1962...-fc.:. 1 1..L( ,,<.,· A~ ·
D. - 4 0 9 7 5, dated 6 October 1962("7'-4' ../.....-( ..<; ~; 1
· . B. 14417, dated 4 Jdarcb 1964 ,, i-v r-<--{ ...«· .J~/
I. INTRODUCTION. In Refe rence E, JltlYAVE forwarded a review
of the nature of i{e relationship wit~ Thia review
indicates .that the relationship with evolved from thnt
action which wne taken in September 1 o ns ure that a security
breach would not o ccur as a result of nn investigation which wns
being carried out~ relative to the fnct that the
establishment of wae being l<ept from tbe ft!Pa
"W' • p • a s a · resu o security restrictions wh,.llclh•w•clrlie•iln Bome
way related ·to While the relationship with,.
etenxmed from the remedial action which had been taken in a crisis
14tuatio1!J,jhe establishment of a working r e lationship with W _
• +••., waa nn objective which JMWAVE hnd always hoped to obtain .
As a matter ot fact, in Reference A, the recommendation was matle -
that JMWAVE be given approval 1o contact ·
in an ·a ttempt to work out a re a ons ip
h would insure that they did not turn the
on those KUBARK nctivitica in South Flori a.)V
c me eir attention." Thus, when a relationship was established
with it was carefully cultivated in order that JMWAVE
- might be able to use this contact~as~men f
achieving the objective of baving ~h ,
which would einml taneously ins he .secur1 t of J?JW.A e o ern ons
and ive JMWAVE an outlet

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m..'lde the sug-r;ea ti on tlla t ho introduce 4!Hi'f"e to
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ngrced to , · s eua~estion, and,
hos.tcd a lunc;eono;; 12 December 1962 atiftthe Club in the I~·
lioJgl ...!:'.&hll;busJ.2!I.:.::.im..Florida, at which , ~"-introduced
~to~- As a result of tb s nit ul meeting on
~::m9!F 19G2, a..n operational relutionsllip has developed with
~ nnd it is believod that this relationship contributes
to the :fulfillment of the over-all J),J11J\.v.E mission, In view of
this, a special uctivities report is being submitted to cover the
·.·:. nature of JJJ\YAVE 'a relationship with4!ll&lll II' during the
period December 1962 to March 1964, · .

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ontattn£Iler1.ca, but be ia "CFoVeiOPi;;( his knowlodc:c on the area
nnd, n.t the mo1nent, he givea every indication of wnnting to bo a
lon~-ter atin American specialist. ~hus Q~~~_questioned
nUo and he bus indicated tha~ia rec-nrded
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nn extremely iWeablefCliow wlio hna
a keen min but who lacks experience in depth on Lntin American
affairs. } ! ~s. . a opinion that. given nn appropriate lnpse
of time, ~w~ll develo Jn o one of the lea~inLntin
Americnn spec "lists · ~ Iii# I t
has a working cormnand nt y a Fempting
to _im rove hi.a language fluency. Jt is S' 1JJlti'9'a opinion that
· ·. has developed rapidly as a LatTn American specialist,
a\le'.Wii1 continue to grow ~n
this field. Thus, he is a contact
who should be developed and harnessed for exploitation, bearing
in mind that he does have long-term potential.

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a. Anctrow r'.P.TlON0 Cnmps. In llrtrch 1963 Andrew •OTIIXJNO

'crunps, DPOB 30 September 1914, Glbara, Cuba, A 121 837 617 arrived
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in !Jla:roi o.nd was given routine CAC processing. The details of this
processing are contained in 1llA1l--0085.t... d!l ted 12 March 1903. After
boing released by CAC OR.DONO was ~-
~If~ n view o JJ.lITJ\Yll
tr eu;;~ing, Tllis e:ffort was not productiv<
..... thua~waa asked to locate OIUXJNO, 4111 !T T did locate '
ORDONO in Houston, Texas. See WAVE-6307 1 datedS March 19G3 for
·.; details. · '

b; Discrediting Ca.rlos BJ\NDIN ot the 11RR Splinter Group,

In . . .2555 1 dated 13 September 1963 1 Headquarters sugi;estcd tliat
JJ.mAVE m:lght be able to d:lscredi t Carlos Dll.l!Dlll Cruz (201-309Gll)
of the 1lRR splinter group as a result of BANDIN's overinflated clnima
relative to .his faction invading Cuba. Ilendquarters' interest in
discrediting BANDIN was also stimulated by the fact that BAND!li '.,
irresponsible publicity stunts were causing problems for~
As a result of Headquarters• interest in this matter, - I " l " a d -
a lunc.heon session with ~on 24 September 1963, at wh:L.ch
. ~~was advised that the IJAJ:!DIH !action of the 11RR was. less
t an accurate in its "claims relative to its activities in Cuba .. _

6 • . OPERATIONAL INTfiliLIGEl!CE. In the period February 1963

to February 1964, fi?YPPbas furnished Jl!WAVE with operatiorral
intelligence as outlined below:

a. In 1'/J\Yll. 4836, dated 21 February 1963, ~

reported thnt ~was back in 1liami and was the object of
a great deal of press interest in view of ~s release from
a llavana prison. ~also indicate tha'.tftf~\vould
probably be a knowledgeable source on the current aciVfics of the
un in Cuba. This operational intelli~ence wns most helpful in
terms of keeping J1nYAY!l informed on~ ¥¥s movements, Subsequent
developments revealed that @p' could not contact ::z?!Hf!!l
and thus \\RJJ!l)s return to the United States did not cause e
publicity BTrr thn t wna ini ti:i.lly anticipated.

. b. In WAVE 6176 dated 22 l!n.rch 1963, ~~

reported that ~waa.. atteropting to r~.search !'full. """"""
°feature a r t l c l e o n e : ; : ; e Pigs~invaeion. ·The intW"t ·ot ·tnfll""·
. article was to furnish a recapitulation of ~~e...e!?:t~e ~gl-~··
·situation, In this connection, ~pointed t>uf~llll'I
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c. ··In WAVE 0904, dated 9 July 1963 advised

J1!WA VE that 1.lr. Trevor *Aill!BfiISTllR, an ussocl.ato editor for tho
Saturday Evening Post, was in llio.mi during July 1963 attempting
to research a story regarding the possibility that strategic
missiles were hidden in Cuban caves. 'I11is information enabled
J].!WAVE to keep I!eadquarters informed on sensational-typo articles
which might he appearing relative to Soviet missiles in Cuba,

d. · In 'WAVE 4701, dated 20 September 1963 -

gve .J1!WAVE his· resume of the discussions which he' had with
J""AfP at the J.liami Playboy Club on 19 September 1963, This
in ormn.Tron was useful in obtaining an insight into what~
wa.a - -
e. · In WAVE 5661, dated 10 October 1963, -
.~rted on a d.iscusaion that he ·had had on 10 Oct~ith
r·. ~a i~u~!!~s r~}a~!:~~n:'~uBA~i~a~f=~~t!~n~~ !~!~111if'U$i' ••
representatives were telling the outside world about thei, ~c
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-op-erat;lonal activities. ·
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in~ormed J1!WAVE

vessels which were located ed KUBAnK

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information alerted JMW

ing, J1IWAVE ·vias. ab e to act on .

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minimized me~ wP!~"ff:~s
the publicity
repercussions from n renewed press interest in

g. In WAVE7671, dated 16 November 1963, tl\iJJiiJiLlilqp,!19

reported to J1!WAVE the fact that he had received al<ltf!lr from
Peru which contained an interesting operational lend to one
Co.rlos 110NTALYANO inP~\ ~ This lead was examined by Jl\WAVE,
Headquarters and @il/il..:;..._ This examination revealed
that the letter was wr en y a crackpot; thus, there was no
rcn1 operational pot~~l in this lead. Thia incident did undersco~e
the fact t h a t ' is willing to. bring potentially BillJlif icant
operational leaas to JMWAVE's attention. :

h, In WAVE 1614, dated 6 February 1964, 'iillll!N$Hij9

advised Jl!WAVE that he had received numerous telephone·.calla .....
indicating that Armando Andree GUIROLA Forte, who had defected
•· .from a Cuban· fishing vessel might oo._an,·lndiv:idual who hn<J,,J;>>:.qy;ioual --• ·
been seen in Minmi during November or December 1963. At the same
time dlll ~pointed out that he was suspicious and thought .
that' tll"llseOie; one calla indicated that GUIROLA was not a bon~. ·
tide detector, but was either a G-OC agent or a. KUllARK plant~:WhO'~ ,;,,,, ,
waa b<Jing used as a me.ans ot creating tu> incident which wouid
embarrass the GOC, as a result of their Lishing boats penetrating

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it was hii;hly unlik<>ly that GUITIOLA w a agent. As a result Tc
o::t. ti1is conversation, u.rrnngcmonts 'Were made for J1.!IVAYE to check
ortain as ects o! the GUITIOLA stor ,

a. ~ The ~defection story originally

surfaced in t~~area on~ber.19G3via the Diario de
1aa Americas, which played up an API releo.se from ).1ontevidoo.
'l'be API Montevideo story highlighted ~s information
relative to GOC activities in Uruguay. ~ory in the Dial'.io
de las Americas had an extremely limited impact on Spanish renders
in the ).{in.mi area . . As_ a result, it was decided to do a series
o! feature .etories"on~pointing up the fact that ~f!iiBQJ
was typlcnl ()f the vet~ the Grruuna expedition, who e t
they had l>een betrayed l>y CASTTIO nnd had been relegated to posit.ions
of obscurity·once the revolution had put CAS 0 ln

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b. CharJ.es GRIFFIN Shrimp. ,__:_On .~6 ..Fehru:i.~y 1964

Ii J_M.Yi'Ay.E; .• ;i.earne · a w... ~n. __r ...... ll;r ~-'': --· .. s !_;ons·~"'iil'-t~»-1?.ll'
to"llf~l'J.aim the· hijacked shrimp boat t "JOl!NNY Rfilli'::.!.11".Y :found 'that
I seledt':;ic tems .. _wer_e·Jiiissing from the boat when .!!..J''.Jl-S tur~c.,'l.r~X!l~;:-;c"
I to;><_. :thel!(F,; ::It· .wi;s ·£e 1 ieved that .. th.~a ,_Ll\,~llla t.MiA.Jmllld . .mak<l»le'ogood
burnan :,thterost .story. whlch .J:_i.IWAVK !f;UiQt·a';could use;:J;<?~ter GOG. .....
propaganda claims· that Unitetl''Sta tes·,;Qfficials ba<:J>'ll.t.9.:re.!1 i terns
:rrolii"..t)1e Cuban· :Cishing boatsf,~hich'-1fti'd''V161.ated United::Stat . , ..
teriitor~a waters. ~.

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 8, POSITIVE INTELLIGENCE, Attempts havo been made to
obt11in dissomiua6Ie positive lntellirrcnco fromG flll
~this
durinc;
the period covered by re t. This n.ttcmpf11as !'.ltcn r,-oncrnlly
unsuccessful, in tho.t does not lmve a great number ot
contacts in Latin America w10 would give him 11ccess to wortl1wi>Uo
intelligence apprecinbly in advance o:r the in:forrn11tion 11ppcarinc;
in the overt press, As a rosult, ~is usually not aware of \j1
inside developments in any Latin Arner can C<:untry; consequently,
be is not a wort~hwhile
source of positive intelligcnco. As a

~i'@Rp
m11tter o! fact, is less valuable as a source ot positive
intelligence ·than This is o.ttributable sololy
to bis lack of long-standing contacts in the Latin 1\roorican political
scene, lt is believed that ~will ultimately overcomo
thia shortcoming; thus, we wi cont nue to attempt to hnrness him fr r
the collection of positive intelligence,

9, C01ThillNT •· In the period covered by this report, ti!N§SSij

bas been found to be a straight-forward individual who is bonest,
cooperative.and.who understands the need for security. Our
relationship also indicates tbat ftPp is an accurate reporter
of that information which he passc to KUBAnK, In view of this,
JJJITAVE plans·to continue to harness~ 0 in the same manner
tbat he has been used in tbe past. I~~elfeved that our rela-
tionship with' E ii !iil!W&enhances our nbilit to conduct our
0 erat onul mission in a secure a

result of our continuing relationship with

activities repor.t will be forwarded at appropr .
10. It is requested that a 201 number be assigned..........,
and that JJJWAVE
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advised of the number,

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