“, 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 ”
“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”
“(). 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”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“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 ”
“• 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 ”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“() 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”
“-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”
“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.”
“•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 -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”
“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”
“;"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”
“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 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 -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”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“$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”
“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 ”
“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”
“o Cuba has been dramatically reduced in recent weeks. SECRET NW 66000 Docld:32424012 Page 8 4 SECRET Station and Embassy are continuing pressure on Cuban government in this regard. Names of travellers to Cuba are being passed to the Ambassador, who furnishes them to President Ale”
“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”
“Urged the Government of Guatemala to submit evidence of communist activity to the OAS. 7. Surveillance of Cuban Diplomatic, Commercial and Cultural Missions Department of State Instructed Embassy La Paz to follow up closely on charges of involvement by the Cuban mission in ”
“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”
“SEGRET -2- e. Fartly as a result of the efforts of the CEA 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. ”
“nd the greater implementation of stricter travel controls. 2. Movement of Cuban Propaganda Guatemala According to an unconfirmed report received in July, a Bureau of Information of the Communist Party of Guatemala is being formed in collaboration with Prensa Latina and is to be m”
“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”
“version prepared by Uruguayan Military Intelligence Service for the National Council of Government. 4. The U. S. Information Agency has: a. Sent circular instructions to all USIS field posts in Latin America advising each to stimulate publicity in the local press and radio, to en”
“version prepared by Uruguayan Military Intelligence Service for the National Council of Government. 4. The U. S. Information Agency has: a. Sent circular instructions to all USIS field posts in Latin America advising each to stimulate publicity in the local press and radio, to en”
“SECRET 1 .'- Control of Travel to and from Cuba . Central Intelligence Agency a. Developed highly useful information on frequency of Cuban ’'chartered'’ flights to Brazil, names and nationali- ties of passengers and crew, and lax measures of control 1 followed by Brazilian”
“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”
“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”
“o Cuba has been dramatically reduced in recent weeks. SECRET NW 65990 Docld:32401396 Page 7 4 SECRET Station and Embassy are continuing pressure on Cuban Names of travellers to Cuba government in this regard. are being passed to the Ambassador, who furnishes them to President Ale”
“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”
“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 ”
“SECRET 1. Control of Travel to and from Cuba Central Intelligence Agency a. Developed highly useful information on frequency of Cuban ’'chartered" flights to Brazil, names and nationali ties of passengers and crew, and lax measures of control followed by Brazilian authori”
“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”
“SECRET against Cuban Embassy is being used by a newly created Chilean surveillance team in checking out purpose of travel projected and in following up on returnees from Cuba. The station has an agent in daily contact with leaders of the extreme militant left and is explorin”
“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”
“DRAFT SECRET- .2 of. 9 copies Txeluded GROUP T % "nng radiaroma«dautomatin classing 4630 1. Control of Travel to and from Cuba lfication X Central Intelligence Agency wold a. Developed highly useful information on frequency of Cuban "chartered flights to Brazil, names and ”