“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 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 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”
“•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”
“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”
“% 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”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“SECRET B. But by and large, our evidence shows that Cuba is not now attempting a large program of physical support for Latin American rev olutionaries. It is, rather, concentrating on supplying the inspiration, the guidance, the training, and the communications and techn”
“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”
“(). 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 Opa-locka, Florida. This informations secured entirely from un- 4 trained observers and is presented partly as original unconfirmed data and partly as a supplement to intelligence already received from controlled reliable sources. All CAC information is screened for”
“While the network of informants protects the home front, officials of the National Directorate of the IntegratedRevolutionary Organization (ORI) are increasingly occupied with the export of Castroist- communism to the Western Hemisphere. Flight manifests of Cubana Airline”
“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 -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”
“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”
“y 1960 NW 65924 Docld:32359440 Page 2 SECRET I. SECRET ANTI-CASTRO ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES 1 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 shiy of a revolution ih Bengil; however, the Brazilian Government has not taken public note of the document. 3 CemLezs This To contains illustrative reports of travellers to and trot Cuba vhx may act as couriers. This iten is closely related to 'information on indi”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“( 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 ”
“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”
“involved in the strike violence at La Oroya, Peru, last December, which culminated in several million dollars worth of damage to the smelter of the American-owned Cerro de Pasco mining company. One of these Cubans has also been directing the armed invasions of big ranches in”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“SECRET, expecting to leave for Cuba in the near future for training. CIA has increased its personnel assigned to travel control functions- at the Panama City airport, now permitting a three- man detail for each eight-hour shift. Station is continuing its pressure on Panamani”
“penetration of the Cuban Intelligence Cervico [ and the APCJ. 7. Information on Doninicans being trained in Cuba, not only in guerrilla training, but as a. ents. r ■”
“DECEIT -12- 1. Civic Action MTTe were sent to Guatemala, Bolivia, Coloobia, £1 Salvador, Jamaica and Ecuador. 6. Exchange of Intelligence on Ciben Subversion General Intelligence Asonox CIA Stations throughout Latin America continued in a great majority of countries to fur”
“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 con”
“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”
“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”
“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 ”
“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”
“13-00000 SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM attention, which is given through the Cuban embassy- acMontevideo. Some FULNA members have received guerrilla training in Cuba. A once-weekly pro-Castro broadcast in the Guarani language has been heard in Paraguay since mid-November 1963”
“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 ”
“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”
“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”
“SECRET 6. The guerrillas committed themselves to field operations prematurely in 1962 and, denied support or sympathy by the peasantry who are strongly pro-Betancourt, were rounded up or dispersed. A total of 139 were tried by special military courts last fall following th”
“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”
“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 ”
“13-00000 SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM begun training small groups of party members, but they appear to have no immediate plans for anti- government action. Much of the pro-Castro acti- vity in Costa Rica appears to have been directed against neighboring Nicaragua. Cuba-traine”
“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 ”
“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”
“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”
“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”