“10 A6666______ , '104-10338-10018 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM OCI No. 1586/64 - CI7 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Office of Current Intelligence V • 4 June 1964 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDU”
“the DRAFT BRIEFING NOTES SECRET 18 Februar Cida CUBAN SUBVERSION IN LATIN.'AMERICA I. Introductory Statement The public pronouncements of Cuban leaders, the daily record of events in Latin America, and reports from our intelligence sources within Communist and other l”
“ENTAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON CUBAN AFFAIRS Subject: Overview Paper on Castro-Communist Subversion 1. At a recent meeting the members of the Sub-Committee on Cuban Subversion discussed the critical need for an overview of the Castro-Communist subversion situation in Latin Ameri”
“4 October 1962 MEMORANDUM: Cuban Subversion in Other Latin American Countries I. General Summary 1. The Castro regime denies that material support is being given any anti-regime group outside Cuba. Castra claims that such assistance is unnecessary since the people of these ”
“SECRET 25 February 1963 .CUBAN SUBVERSION IN LATIN AMERICA I. Introduction The public pronouncements of Cuban leaders, the daily record of events in Latin America, and reports from our intelligence, sources within Communist and other left-extremist elements throughout th”
“SECRET EXCERPT FROM DRAFT NIE 85-63, 4 FEBRUARY 1963 32. Nonetheless, Castro continues his appeal for revolution in Latin America on the Cuban model. Those Latin Americans who are committed to violent revolution continue to look to Castro for help, particularly from his tr”
“SECRET 2 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Memorandum % CUBAN TRAININ G OF LATIN AMERICAN SUBVERSIVES 27 March 1963 A SECRET HW 50955 DocId: 32283208 Page 2”
“SECRET been unable to establish any Cuban connection, as in the case of the 139 guerrillas tried in Venezuela last fall. 4. In the absence of a comprehensive statis- tical approach, information on arrests, trials, and the involvement of Cuban trainees in subversive activi”
“SECRET-NO FOREIGN DISSEM SUPPLEMENT • THE CASTRO.THREAT TO LATIN AMERICA Despite diminished prestige, especially among government leaders, Castro retains great influence over politically - unsophisticated Latin Americans. He is also supported by Western Hemisphere Communis”
“SECRET OCI No. 0515/63 27 March 1963 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY MEMORANDUM: Cuban Training of Latin American Sub versives SUMMARY 1. We estimate that at least 1,500 to 2,000 Latin Americans have received guerrilla training or political indoctrination in Cuba. 2. We”
“SECRET A relative of a leading Communist in Cuba (who has previously given reliable advance information Of important developments) expressed the opinion on 30 Novesber that there will be revolts in Caribbean countries which will masquerade as "national revolutions" so as to ”
“SECRET 27 March 1963 CUBAN TRAINING OF LATIN AMERICAN SUBVERSIVES SUMMARY 4 .Page 1 DISCUSSION A. Recruitment of Trainees • • .2 B. Travel. • . . 2 C. Numbers of Trainees ft 4 D. Training. 5 E. Subsequent Employment and Countermeasures 0 6 F. Purpose and Propaganda.”
“( I i 277/ the WH Division budget I - Probably Castro’s attempt to export his revo lution reached its peak in 1962. The first Castro- inspired guerrilla action in Latin America occurred in March of that year, when Indians in the interior of Peru attacked the towns of ”
“13-00000 SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM Guiana, and other countries. Indeed, on at least two recent occasions, Che Guevara was quoted as restating familiar Cuban views on revolution. In an interview published in an Italian newspaper in March, Guevara reiterated that the road to”
“SECRET C. In any event, we know of only two coun- tries—Mexico and Uruguay-where Castro appears inclined for the time being to forego inciting violence, and this only because he wants a favorable climate for his operations into other countries. II. Even before the October”
“% SECRET to fight a pitched battle with regular military for mations which might have required more advanced weap ons than small arms, grenades, mines, and machineguns. In many ways, Cuba under Castro is the Latin version of the old Comintern, inciting, abetting, and sus”
“ment" (serial 109- 480-107). (15) State Department document, page 2, no caption (serial 140-0-3319). (16) CIA report, CS-58861, dated 3/17/55 (2 pages) captioned "Communist Influence in the FEV, Havana University" (serial 64-200-210-1329). (17) CIA report CS-77501 dated 11/7/55 (”
“SECRET something effective by way of a revolu tionary movement in your homeland, if your guerrillas come down out of the hills and confront regular armed forces, then we may consider more concrete forms of assist ance.*’' D. So far, it should be noted, none of .the mov”
“for this group’s growing terrorist efforts in George- town. Another source reports some Guianese were receiving guerrilla training in the interior of the country in November 1963, presumably for the newly-formed Guyana Liberation Army. -------- 229% 5. Chile ■ The Cuban ”
“13-00000 SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM police to an arms cache which was to be used to sup port guerrilla operations in Peru. Bolivian authori- ties have uncovered and dispersed at least three pro Castro guerrilla groups in this area in the past year. 3. Brazil Before the ”
“() SECRET -16- b. In response to standing Agency instructions to give special attention to developments related to Cuba-based subversion, USIS posts in Latin America were prompt in reporting incidents and in providing editorial comments from the Latin American press”
“provisional Council of State, which is preparing the country for its first free elections this December in more than 30 years, has been a major target for Cuban subversion. A cadre of Dominican Communists is headquartered in Cuba, and clandestine con- tact is probably maintai”
“13-00000 SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM 9. Ecuador Since the 11 July 1963 military coup, the Ecuadorean government’s careful monitoring of anti-government activities has hampered Cuban ef- forts there. When the junta began to exile Com munists and pro-Castro extremists last f”
“SECRET this level of activity is not the sort of thing that will bring down the government unless the president or other high officials are assassinated. The FALN has not reached a point where it stands up to the armed forces, or seizes and holds government build ings. W”
“13-00000 SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM A clandestine source Miihas gdod oonercts with Chileans tudentsui Cuba reported in February that tamrecently returned student said some 40 Chileans would soon be leaving Cuba to return to Chile. The source said these Chileans"had recelve”
“362744 Page 4 (Summary) 15 January 1960 SECRET SEGRET I. ANTI-CASTRO ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES Efforts of Cuban exiles based in the United States since the fall of Batista and the assumption of power by the Castro regime on 1 January 1959 have been characterized by continu”
“■ - SECRET - 15 * > the communist bloc and had postponed its plans to . industrialize. c. On September 27, the Agency issued a circular instruction to alllits Latin American posts urging . . greater attention to opportunities for publicizing Cuban- ostimulated subversion,”
“6 SECRET 4. The U.S. Information Agency; A. Issued a detailed information policy guidance to all its Washington media divisions on March 28 setting forth the basic themes to be followed and types of materials to be developed in exposing Castro Communist subversive activiti”
“tion available to government on Cuban subversion, but in getting Bolivia to do something about it. - 3) Brazil Information on Brazilians who have received subversive training in Cuba has been made available to the Brazilian Foreign Office, through the American Ambassa- dor, and t”
“frequent assistance to exiles from Guatemala, Nicaragua, and other Central American countries living in Mexico. In other instances, assistance is provided through travelers coming from Cuba and through Prensa Latina representatives• 3 .14. The assistance is usually financial.”
“categories: a. The indoctrination and training of hundreds Of Latin Americans in Cuba; b. The intensive propaganda beamed at Latin America by Cuban radio stations and circulated through printed material and the Cuban-subsidized international "news" agency, and; C. The cover”
“ssist the GOB in preventing unauthorized travel by Bolivians 3 NW 66000 DocId:32424696 Page 6 SECRET and will help identify violators. 5) Drawing on the recommendation in the paper on "The Movement of Subversives and Subversive Trainees" and other sources, instructed the non-isth”
“ssist the GOB in preventing unauthorized travel by Bolivians 3 NW 66000 Docld:32424016 Page 6 SECRET and will help identify violators. e) Drawing on the recommendation in the paper on "The Movement of Subversives and Subversive Trainees" and other sources, instructed the non-isth”
“sist the GOB in preventing unauthorized travel by Bolivians 3 NW 66000 Docld: 32424017 Page 6 SECRET and will help identify violators. 5) Drawing on the recommendation in the paper on "The Movement of Subversives and Subversive Trainees" and other sources, instructed the non-isth”
“MNvejet -16- t. In response to standing Agency instructions to give special attention to developments related to Cuba-based subversion, USIS posts in Latin America were prompt in reporting incidents and in providing editorial ecments from the Latin American press, all of wh”
“Bocanegra, who also prints propaganda for the Chilean Communist party. This activity has been going on for some time. As long ago as August, 1961, Chilean officials investigating political agitation and resulting unrest in the Salamanca area learned that after a visit to the ”
“that Bolivia and Peru. were one thing, but what about Colombia, Venezuela, and Guatemala? The undersigned told him that these so-called - revolutionary movements had badly suffered in the last few months. The control the Cubans claimed to -exercise over - these movements was”
“- SECRET - 15 2 the communist bloc and had postponed its plans to industrialize. C. On September 27, the Agency issued a circular instruction to alllits Latin American posts urging .- greater attention to opportunities for publicizing Cuban- stimulated subversion, suggest”
“13-00000 SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM 14. Mexico The Castro regime has been careful in the past to avoid antagonizing the Mexican government, in view of the importance to Cuba of maintaining its embassy and its civil air connections through Mexico. The Cubans continue to use”
“$230 monthly each from the Cuban embassy in Uruguay to finance clandestine pro-Castro activities in Uruguay, according to a Paraguayan exile in Uruguay who is in close touch with FULNA. q. Peru: At least eight Peruvians traveled to Cuba by way of Mexico last June to receive t”
“training in Cuba. "Four of these were VAN - members. Another group of recently-returned trainees was reliable, reported in early May to be seeking to establish a new revolutionary group in Panama and to launch revolutionary activities in the near f ut ure. ---------------- -”
“SECRET :a 14 ey B. The Voice of America Spanish broadcasts to Latin America during September carried a total, of 20 news - analyses, commentaries, press round-ups, and interviews : • ’related to the subject of Cuban subversion. Some of -* the developments treated included ”
“609**4 d * e e * * * te r-e -s ty -n e r. SECRET -2- - Ecuador" a trI f e t 27,410 The CIA Station in Quito reports that the military junta, which assumed power in Ecuador on 11 July, can be expected to follow the guidance of the Embassy and- the Station in controlling ”
“through out Latin America for placement in the local newspapers and- the Voice of America Spanish broadcasts to 'Latin America 09987 carried a total of 28 commentaries and features on the subject: of Cuban-based subversion. These stories were designed to 265 alert people in”
“l penalties for violations; 2) Require Bolivian citize ns to have a passport or other GO B d ocument to travel abroad; 3) Make such document invalid for travel to Cuba unless specially endorsed; 4) Seek arrangements with third countries which are important transit points under wh”
“propaganda. A Nic araguan found with an arms cache in April 1962 reportedly told interrogators the arms had come from Cuba, A Nicaraguan who had gone to Cuba in mid-1962, ostensibly for a surgical opera tion, was caught shortly after his return with supplies of explosives”
“SECRET them mortars. It is always possible, of course, that he is fabricating to build up the morale of his units, but we must also conclude that if he is indeed making this up, he risks inevitable disillusionment. In summary, we have evidence that in principle Cuba is not”
“funds for further activity. 9uba has established some contact with bandit gangs infesting.. the Colombiancountryside. Army troops who are fighting the bandits have found Cuban propaganda in the possession of these bandits. Some bandit leaders may have had guerrilla training ”
“1**13• NLL01-09. -4-5 ( SECRET (4) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY - WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 1 11 April 1963 EYES ONLY MEMORANDUM FOR: The Director of Central Intelligence SUBJECT: Activities of Cuban-Trained Peruvian Guerrillas': 3: 1 The information in this memorandum come”
“January 1960 SECRET SEGRET I. ANTI-CASTRO ACTIVITIES IN TH E UN ITED STATES Efforts of Cuban exiles based in the United States since the fall of Batista and the assumption of power by the Castro regime on 1 January 1959 have been characterized by continu- ally shifting alliances”