“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”
“, customs control, coastal sur- veillance and the organization of a local counter-subversive agency. For the Sub-Committee: SECRET NW 65990 Docld:32401396 Page 3 1 V. H. KRULAK Major General, USMC Chairman 2 SECRET PROGRESS ACHIEVED DURING APRIL IN IMPEDING TRAVEL TO CUBA 1. The ”
“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”
“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 ”
“operating between Colombia and Cuba and has mounted an operation to uncover his Colombian contacts. 6) Costa Rica Station reports little pro-Castro activity during April. No recorded travel to or from Cuba has taken place. Local authorities appear inclined to cooperate in control”
“ittee. An interdepartmental team is current ly visi ting the Isthmian capitals, consul tin g with Mi nisters of government and authorities designated by them in the SECRET NW-66000-Docld: 32424696-Page-4- SEGRET fields of immigration control, customs control, coastal surveillance”
“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”
“ISECNET «2e e. Partly as a result of the efforts of the CIA station in Santiago, the Government of Chile prohibited the entry into Chile of organizers of the Cuban sponsored Second Latin American Youth Congress, which had been scheduled to take place in Santiago in August.”
“operating between Colombia and Cuba and has mounted an operation to uncover his Colombian contacts. 6) Costa Rica Station reports little pro-Castro No recorded travel to or from activity during April. Cuba has taken place. Local authorities appear inclined to cooperate in control”
“OSURE DRAFT PROGRESS ACHIEVED DURING APRIL IN IMPEDING TRAVEL TO CUBA 1. The Department of State has a. Participated in the drafting of a resolution passed at the 3-4 April Managua Meeting respecting discouragement of travel of Latin Americans to Cuba for training in subversion. ”
“eral, USMC Chairman SECRET DRAFT ENCLOSURE PROGRESS ACHIEVED DURING APRIL IN IMPEDING TRAVEL TO CUBA 1. The Department of State has: a. Participated in the drafting of a resolution passed at the 3-4 April Managua Meeting respecting discouragement of travel of Latin Americans to C”
“eral, USMC Chairman SECRET DRAFT ENCLOSURE PROGRESS ACHIEVED DURING APRIL IN IMPEDING TRAVEL TO CUBA 1. The Department of State has: a. Participated in the drafting of a resolution passed at the 3-4 April Managua Meeting respecting discouragement of travel of Latin Americans to C”
“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”
“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. ---------------- -”
“le channels. c. The CUIS does not know the full extent of the information provided by the defector d received from the defector available to each o the co affected and has encouraged cach country to take appropri measures to defend itself against Cuban subversion an against are p”
“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 ”
“SECSET -12- 1, Civic Action MTTs were sent t Guatemala, Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Jamaica and Ecuador. 6. Exchange of Intelligence on Cuban Subversion Central Intelligence Asenez CIA Stations throughout Latin America continued in a great majority of countries to furn”
“() 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”
“4. - SECRET €) w.d. • to follow the guidance of the Enbasay and the Station in .controlling travel to and from Cuba and the Soviet bloc. activities of Caban subversives in Ecuador, at lease for the 2‘w % - 10 s L-v • • % -Cat CS* • —4 *) wiCad b othat abn — soy 6.A-m So-kla”
“DRAFT SECET 2 of 9 copies' „ - - GROUP I _ Excluded fromAndautor downgrading Oactlal and doclassification , 1. Control of Travel to and from Cuba Central Intelligence Apency 1 a. Developed highly useful information on frequency of Cuban "chartered" flights to Brazil, na”
“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”
“believes it has identified a courier operating between ••Colombia and Cuba and has mounted an operation to uncover his Colombian contacts. One station asset is now in Cuba attending guerrilla warfare training, another is being debriefed after his recent return from Cuba, and ”
“-16- b. In response to standing Agency instructions to give special attention to developments related to Cuba-based subversion, USIS posts fat Latin Amorica were prompt in reporting incidents and in providing editorial comments from the Latin American press, all of which was”
“$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”
“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”
“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”
“f Latin Americans to Cuba for training in subversion. The text of the resolution is appended hereto. b. Headed an interdepartmental team currently visiting the Isthmian capitals with the objective of securing, where feasible, the fullest and quickest implementation of all the rec”
“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”
“• 1-71 f’ 1 -H1 cliolusi ) -2- e. Partly as a result of the efforts of the CIA station in Santiago, the Government of Chile prohibited the entry into Chile of organizers of the Cuban sponsored Second Latin American Youth Congress, which had been scheduled to take place ”
“the Ecuadoran Ministers of Defense. and Government to stress the threat of Cuban backed subversion. Approximately 7,000 pounds of Communist propaganda are being destroyed monthly as a result of a unilateral operation of the CIA Base in Guayaquil. 9) Haiti Station reports that sev”
“f Latin Americans to Cuba for training in subversion. The text of the resolution is appended hereto. b. Headed an interdepartmental team currently visiting the Isthmian capitals with the objective of securing, where feasible, the fullest and quickest implementation of all the rec”
“SECRET -10- the Latin American press, all of which was used in the Agency’s radio and press, output. The main developments treated in the Agency’s radio and press coverage included Castro’s July 26 speech urging revolutions in Latin America, the discovery of terrorist wea”
“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”
“a. A summary of actions by country is provided below: 3 SECRET NW 66000 Docld:32424012 Page 7 SECRET 1) Argentina - Station, in conjunction with the Embassy, has continued to press the Argentine govern- ment to enact effective travel control legislation and to adopt measures reco”
“(). 7 seo/vt. . ‘ -12- i. Civic Action MTTs were sent to Guatemala, Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Jamaica and Ecuador. 6. Eft-change of Intelligence Nt. han Scoversion Central Intelligence Agency CIA Stations throughout Latin America continued in a great majority”
“SECRET steady campaign against Cuban activities, and the Costa Rican Security Service, at the urging of the CIA station", has destroyed tons of propaganda brought into the country from Cuba. 7. Dominican Republic - Efforts to get Juan Bosch to take active steps against Commu”
“;"77, ,‘10 .SECRET- -10- the Latin American press, all of which was used in the Agency’s radio and press output. . The main developments treated in the Agency’s radio ■ } I and press coverage included Castro’s July 26 speech urging why revolutions in Latin Americ”
“ideology. The refugee did not know how many Latin Americans were involved, but believed the duration of each course was about eight weeks, after which another group replaced the one that had been training. 5. Much of the travel of Latin American students to Cuba for training ”
“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 ”
“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”
“o the Ecuadoran Ministers of Defense and Government to stress the threat of Cuban backed subversion. Approximately 7,000 pounds of Communist propaganda are being destroyed monthly as a result of a unilateral operation of the CIA Base in Guayaquil. 9) Haiti Station reports that se”
“a. A summary of actions by country is provided below: SECRET 3 NW 65990 Docld:32401396 Page 6 SECRET 1) Argentina Station, in conjunction with the Embassy, has continued to press the Argentine govern- ment to enact effective travel control legislation and to adopt measures recomm”
“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 -8- 6. Exchange of Intelligence on Cuban Subversion Central Intelligence Agency CIA Stations throughout Latin America continued in a great majority of countries to furnish to the local internal security organizations with whom they are in liaison informa tion conce”
“•0*• * CTCrTA Llet L- 0 2 Mva y 1961 :..: .C...U V As indicated by the combined INR/ONE estimate, anti-Castro activity within Cuba will probably be muted at least for the next several months. Most individuals whose loyalty is in any way suspect have been arrested”
“SECRET - 2 - Ecuador 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 travel to and from Cuba and the Soviet bloc. The activities of Cub”
“place--- We should act efficiently so as to precipitate the death of imperialism. ■ Because of this we are ready to help anyone who may decide to struggle against imperialism anywhere." Cuban propaganda media have sought through publicising the activities of the 13 November ”
“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 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 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”