“SECRET 109 Phone (Area 202) 544- 606b mbh area now Ie by the. Nemi Seatfowr DO A There are no domestic activities at all WE ■KM Of All Cuban activities have been moved back here to Headquarters. The Minmi-Station now is completely 5 and solely involved in the intell”
“13-00000. 1 ( VII. AGENT SUMMARIES The scope and nature of the Agency’s Foreign Intelli gence operations is most clearly seen in the character, personal ambition and caprice of the human material present, namely the agents involved. The following sketches of the individu”
“^h^r^fa s 109 P hone (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 b .Q 1 : area now by the Miami Station? 2 s A There are no domestic activities at all in the Miami Station. All Cuban activities have been moved back 4 : here to headquarters. The Miami Station now is completely 5 . a”
“we 410 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 20 , find out where relatives and these types of people are, we 21 will ask this career agent or instruct him to go contact 22 these people, be it New York, New Jersey, Chicago, or what- 231 ever. 24 | So you use Cuban,”
“tlhm-u H. Am I 109 Phone (Area 202) 544-600b 0 1• ri. area now by the Miami Station? 2 1 A There are no domestic activities at all in the Miami Station. All Cuban activities have been moved back 4 - here to Headquarters. The Miami Station now is completely 5 and sol”
“S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 20 1! find out where relatives and these types of people are, we 21 will ask this career agent or instruct him to go 'contact 22 these people, be it New York, New Jersey, Chicago, or what- 23’1 ever. 24 So you use Cuban, now citizens or alie”
“4 SECRET 55 Phone (A rea 2 0 7 ) 9 4 4 -6 0 0 0 1! Q Which of these activities, if any of them were 2"| ‘actually being conducted within the Cuban community in Miami? i A Well, the collection of foreign positive and probably' A‘! ‘t •; I: counterintelligence. 1 Q So”
“and we 4 1 0 F irs t S tre e t, S .E ., W a s h in g to n , D .C . 2 0 0 0 3 20; find out where relatives and these types of people are, we 21. will ask this career agent or instruct him to go contact 22 these people, be it New York, New Jersey, Chicago, or what- 231 eve”
“And Jan mt it the F 109 bh P hone (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 6 6 1 : area now by the Miami Station? 2 : A There are no domestic activities at all in the Miami Station. All Cuban activities have been moved back 4 J here to Headquarters. The Miami Station now is completel”
“the Miami Beach Police, the University of Miami, and the Coast.Guard/GSA. From 1968 to Present. The focus was on communicating with CIA agents in-place on the island of Cuba or in Latin America. Communications links were established with foreign police authorities in sever”
“% ;2 SECRET 59 Phone (A rea 202) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 0. And these people were Cuban exiles? A. . Cuban exiles. Q. How large an outfit were the0000028827 A. Well, at one tine - I can give you the exact figures : t: but I know it well exceeded over 100, probably closer to ”
“SECRET 107 oh 13 Phone (A rea 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 A No. D Q We received some correspondence and I have seen some articles that suggest that the Cuban community is sort of a resource that is occasionally tapped by the CIA for various 5 operations in this country. ”
“S. A-1 did not elaborate as to the difficulty, however, it appears to be a matter of uit having the proper papers. B. A-1 said he is very pleased by the intelligence section in Miami, particularly the debriefing of Cuban exiles. M-1 promised to give Headquarters copies of al”
“1 k-52:42 .. Axes. .5 TOP SECRET 98 Pnone (Area 202) $44-6000 and detained, and if he then asked to be in contact with us, M the case would be looked at at that particular point and if he had a Saturday Night Special, you know, there would not be any intervention on”
“SECKET 55 P hone (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 1 Q Which of these activities, if any of them were 2 actually being conducted within the Cuban community in Miami? o A Well, the collection of foreign positive and probably 4 counterintelligence • 5 1 So the Agency was co”
“Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 TOP SECRET 118 © Mr. Halley. I do not know if your question means the same thing to me. I would prefer to say we had a liaison relation D ship with the FBI, that is, on matters dealing with counter- 6 intelligence matters. There was a regular e”
“SECKET 55 P hone (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 1 Q Which of these activities, if any of them were 2 actually being conducted within the Cuban community in Miami? o A Well, the collection of foreign positive and probably 4 counterintelligence. 5 i Q So the Agency was ”
“SECKET 55 P hone (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 1 Q Which of these activities, if any of them were 2 actually being conducted within the Cuban community in Miami? 3 A Well, the collection of foreign positive and probably 4 counterintelligence. 5 I Q So the Agency was ”
“TOP SECRET - 2 * i1 This would enable us to make a judgment as to whether we should en- gage in covert activity based partly upon this information -- informa- tion which would tell us what help in specific terms would be required and what we could expect from these groups.”
“JEWKE I 107 bh 13 Phone (Area 202) $44-6000 1 : A No. 2 2 We received some correspondence and I have seen some 5 articles that suggest that the Cuban community is sort of 4 a resource that is occasionally tapped by the CIA for various! 5 operations in this country. 6 ”
“:a1 TO P SECRET 50 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000; 1 6 so that they could keep them from going. 2 If that is what you are referring to, somebody like Alpha 65 3 or Commando L or somebody like that, they were not a part of 4 the CIA apparatus. 5 Mr. Baron. Although you might”
“(TCP 18 317 ‘i har .• 21 . BiusenaX prohien. ree utense, “Cuil .imelt, Socata: fr ~ 12 r 34 :* o >onft; nasperted e, t gi • : A rr:. Me. *tin- "I. * >. wole M. 1.5 7. t natr: % *E reentanlne :n: : : t. & H glaqyax azl-w* 3 th.. $ recall one case where we detected a Cuba”
“have also considered reports issued by the Special Consultative Committee on Securit of the Council of the Organization of American States and the Cuban Revolution- ary Council. In addition, the Subcommittee staff has made an extensive investigation and has thus far intervie”
“Phone [Arua 202) 544-6000 BY MR. MANFREDI: 0. I am sorry for the interruption but over the long . 51 think probably I saved you some time. i We are talking about newspaper editors when we were inte : rupted — or when I invited the interruption. I guess I ough 6 to be f”
“Secret Support Activities in the Miami Area Communications Prior to 1968. From the late 1950s through 1968, CIA communications activities in the Miami area supported DDO covert action against the Cuban government. The CIA radio station transmitted and received encipher”
“SECRET 17 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 n activities conducted by the Special Activities Staff during 2 your -- and subsequently the Cuban Operations Group during ,your 9-year tenure with those groups. A Well, there was — it was an across-the-board 3 : intelligence operat”
“SECRET 4 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 1■ Most of my operations were run out of Europe. 2 i 2 Run out of — 3 A Europe. Some were run out of Miami but the big ones 4 were run out of Europe. 5 Q Well, in the course of your activities with respect 6 I to Cuba did you have o”
“11s government? . 1 2 in. Halley. F nt anine have to get a *- n. r definition from you of what is highly ' placed. If you . are alking about Fidel Castro and his immediate entourage *8 4 Mr, Wallach. ■ People who could possibly have been in - - 5 -igs or dinner with C”
“SECRET 4 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 1 , Most of my operations were run out of Europe. 2 I Run out of — Q 3 ; A Europe. Some were run out of Miami but the big ones 4 were run out of Europe. 5‘ Q Well, in the course of your activities with respect 6 to Cuba did you have ”
“JEWKE I 107 0 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 1 No. 2 2 We received some correspondence and I have seen some 3 !i articles that suggest that the Cuban community is sort of 4 ‘ a resource that is occasionally tapped by the CIA for various 5 operations in this country. 6 You ”
“14-00000 SECRET be ruined if the doctored parts accidentally got in-1 314/ to the wrong channels. In the wake of the ill-fated Bay of Pigs in- 1/08 vasion of 1961 and the active years of 1962-1964, anti-Castro operations began to diminish in 1965. Operations continued ”
“49 © TOP SECRET Phone (A rea 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 1 with the Station a moment ago. think we may have created a. 2 misimpression that the only people involved in CIA operations 3 were people who were paid by the Agency. Isn't it also true 4 that there were many members ”
“< SECRET 110 C o 5 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 1 A Right. 2 Just like foreign associates would do. 3 A Exactly. 4 Are there any more people like Bernard Barker who Q 5 are contract employees of the Agency who still work in the 6 Miami-Cuban community? 7 A No. None”
“supporting these organizations it was acknowledged by the DO that we could release generic operational activities such as publishing journals or financing goodwill tours by prominent exile Cubans to Latin America The DO reminded us that in reviewing these relationships with Cub”
“gr2- d. Coverage of Latin American exile groups in the United States would be the responsibility of the FBI since CIA had ceased the extensive coverage formerly '* targeted against these groups since it was now considered an internal security function. . FK ()(B)of .9.S.”
“4 CLENNING:mal 1 -Ar some core e^ part arsa fig mbh 58 P h o n e (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 AFTERNOON SESSION Thereupon, WILLIAM C. STURBITTS, called as a witness by Counsel for the Commission on CIA Activities, and having been first duly sworn by the Notary P”
“1! ‘14 0 WIES 71 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 A. Not to PV knowledge. 2 0. What else did they do, this larger group o £92,6 Ml BSt that was not doing debriefings? 4 A. Well, when they were trained in trade craft we would: 5 send them to other countries, in Europe and wi”
“Naturalization Service is particularly close and harmonious at the Miami Field installation where the bulk of the cases involving persons of operational interest to us originates. Reports provided on a regular basis by the National Security Agency have been a source of opera”
“Phone (Area 202) 544 0000 Q. And again with particular reference to the Miami 2 area? 5 A. Yes. Q. Was there also Cuban activity of this sort elsewhere in the United States? I am asking now particularly with i reference to New Orleans. A. There was some Cuban presenc”
“SECRET 4 Phone (Arca 202) 544-6000 1' :Most of my operations were run out of Europe. 2 Q Run out of — 53 A Europe. Some were run out of Miami but the big ones were run out of Europe. 5 Q Well, in the course of your activities with respect 5 to Cuba did you have occa”
“SL 03289/73 8 May 1973 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD / SUBJECT: Summary, Special Programs Division (SPD), -.Office of Communications, Operational - Contacts with Other U.S. Government Agencies OK ARD 1. Prior to 1969 theLoc .COMINT intercept unit, which was then in Miami, h”
“410 First Street, S.E., Washington, O.C. 20003 'have been run through Florida into Cuba? to O Mr. Halley. No. to You know, the Agency is a highly compartmented mechanism. CQ 0 You know, let us dispel one thing very promptly here. If you to are asking me was I awar”
“.bh 14 SECRET 103 Phone (A rea 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 1 A Not to my knowledge. 2 0 Are you familiar with the appendix that was attached 3 to Mr. Colby?s statement? 4 • A Yes. 5 Q Did you have some role in drafting that? 6 A You mean the Miami Station thing? - 7 Q ”
“DE KER 17 Phone (Area 202) 544 6000 1 1 i activities conducted by the Special Activities Staff during your — and subsequently the Cuban Operations Group during your 9-year tenure with those groups. 4 - A Well, there was — it was an across-the-board S ! ;intelligence o”
“TOP SECRET 4.6 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 1 we did work out through the entire state, and I did not want 2 you to feel that I was being less than candid with you, and 3 you keep saying south Florida, I want to say to you that we 4 operated in the state of Florida, men mov”
“1972. In May 1974 the special DDO contract facility that monitored Cuban communications, located in Homestead, Florida, was closed. At the same time, the secure communications circuitry between the DDO cover office responsible for name traces was also terminated. Liaison wa”
“ty )39. g a Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 TOP SECRE 19 CM I was a regular visitor to Washington, but always for one or two days at a time when there was always a full agenda of events Gl to be discussed that related to the Station in Miami. I did not carry here, I did n”
“TOP SECRET Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 49 1 Mr. Wides. With any CIA offices in New York. Was your 2 impression that the only contact that he had with CIA was all o the way back through Miami? ' 4 Mr. Sarno. I believe that was the case, yes, sir. 5 Mr. Wides. You had no u”
“'SECRET . DOMESTIC REAL PROPERTY LISTING Location Street Address Personnel Purpose Florida A. Overt 6 Nominal Properties - , Key West, Fl U.S. Naval Base (FBIS) 5 Foreign broadcast station Coral Gables, Fl ' RGN Bldg., 299 Alambra Cir. (EOP) 6 U.S. resident contact B. Off”
“DECKET 54 Phone (Area 21)2) 544-6000 Q And this particular Station, then, was under the 2 supervision of the group we have been discussing? 3 A Yes. They were staffed within the Cuban Operations. 4 When did the Western Hemisphere Division resume Q 5 responsibilities for t”