“recruitment. If one recalls RUIZ' constant warnings that his office is bugged by Seguridad, tl,e discussion about TORROBA clearly exposes him to m action by the Spanish authorities._ e rse 21. RUIZ himself is the target of what appears to be na control by Juan Antonio”
“TODET (3) Cmdte. Raul Diaz Arguelles, Chief of Artillery of the Occidental Army. i (4) Elpidio Baes Bigo. According to AMLASH-1, Baez is a trusted Fidelman, (5) Luis Manuel Cantillo Toirac. Assigned to the Cuban Embassy in Madrid and one of the security people. He was fo”
“14-00000 cant 00.1 : 11911 oggnncu** USNG acnoN DISPATCH SEC RET intro Ki mwetum6 (w DING 81009810 :___ Chief, Western Hemisphere Division. Iomr Omrud KSI M3 Chief, Europe Division :RCM Chief of Station, WH/Mimm .lou Juegt INDIES ___ Chief of Station, Madrid micau”
“Aragones holds an important position as the organizational secretary of the PURS. He is the official who was always at the office of the National Directorate of the Party and has contact with all the officials in the regime. He. plays an important coordinating role. Faure Ch”
“SEC.._. -4- b. Enrique RODRIGUEZ Loeches: RODRIGUEZ was born about 1012 and is presently Cuban Ambassador to Morocco. RODRIGUEZ was involved for a long time in revolutionary attempts to overthrow the BATISTA and pre- vious regimes in Cuba. He was with CASTRO during the 1”
“CONTINUATION OF PAGE 2 DISPATCH SK CRKT CSMA 25692 Para poder resolverte ol planteamiento que ze haces do manejar por esta embajada la salida de los -—:—, to ruego me aclares ol concepto del porque es ha producido un mal entendido. Todo lo que laplique esta mas que alusivo ”
“Aragones holds an important position as the organizational secretary of the PURS, He is the official who was always at the office of the National Directorate of the Party and has contact with all the officials in the regime. He plays an important coordinating role. Faure Cho”
“14-00000 -4- (3) Cadte. Raul Diaz Arguelles, Chief of Artillery of the Occidental Army. (4) Elpidio Baez Bigo. According to AMLASH-1, Baez is a trusted Fidelman. (5) Luis Manuel Cantillo Toirac. Assigned to the Cuban Embassy in Madrid and one of the security people. He w”
“child to make his First Communion also if he wanted to. Then Ruiz says that his other son "ALEJAUDRO, is inclined to remain in Spain, and he is willing to let him if this is what the boy wants. He says that those things have to come from one’s own self, and if they are oppos”
“happy with the regime that allows him to lead his own life. Would not consider defection unless the regime changed its attitude toward him, which is not likely, according to Source. !6.2/ 33791 3. Jose Antonio RABAZA Vasquez. RABAZA is, in Source’s belief, a homosexual (con”
“FORMATIC b: REPOR Tl irftigt ,Y CENTRAL INTELLIGEN Taismatr-st (0*9,2 siefermanon offacttng the National Defarse ef the United $1. -.'..,« aju.s.C Sec1 753 aso /14, tra tes miiot or revelation of which in any macaqe to an unauloree CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CoF >. SECR”
“14-00000 J. . 06 AMLASH-1 again reported that he feels Orlando Blanco, Consul of the Cuban Embassy in Bern, is approachable since he is unhappy with the Cuban regime. AMLASH-1 also feels that (Enrique Rodriguez Loeches,co Cuban Ambassador in Rabat, is approachable if appr”
“)000 SECRET. -7- Nothing is known about unofficial contacts with other diplomats in Madrid except that he is. close to and exchanges information with the Algerian Ambassador. At times he tries to give the impression, and this might be true, that he enjoys the full 1 p”
“1 4-00000 gidh • se / IS. Nevertheless, RUIZ has several times mentioned that he holds his really important conversations at home, and that he would rather see more people at his home instead of at his of f ice , (In this connection, it is noted that the house next door ”
“com- eye mercial treaty negotiations with Spanish authorities. In a u -iz communication directed to Raul LEON Torres (201-725624) (Under is xi Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Commerce) and in rather -- n strong language, RUIZ defended his right to be informed ”
“on cultural matters in outlining his plans for the Embassy's activities.He has shown a certain intellectual restlessness, a desire to keep abreast of events in the world .outside of Cuba and a willingness to accept whatever he deems to be good or useful from that exterior wo”
“14-00000 CHES trees" -3- reserved, Intelligent, and probably something of an operator. He was Bon Bella’s chief of cabinci before joining the Foreign Office in 1964, and he functions more on special assignment than as part of the chain of command. He was a member of the ”
“father has' betrayed then. They also mention an ambassador. who has left(for Cuba-7) and took watches as gifts to everyone in the Ministry. Ruiz thinks that some of them will remain here in Spain as .they have a great deal going for them there. Report No.3^2 26 Juno 1970 Ruiz’ is”
“, permanent injury that would cause him to limp. 3. His desire to work in industry. 9/23/69 IN 50288 Ruiz arr. from Havana to Madrid 18 Sept. Cbl 8/13/69 IN 22647 Juan Antonio Curbelo Lemus, DOB 3/8/30, acting Charge of Cub Emb Madrid while Ruiz on home leave. Curbelo former 2nd ”
“11-00000 O% J 2-5 - 8 - treated by the Embassy ’ s Spanish doctor VILLALANDA (fnu), who prescribed cortisone. His condition was diagnosed as incurable, since it was doubted that'the injury to his spine could be corrected by an operation. RUIZ was further told that, the ”
“94577 1 CLASSIFIED MESSAGE SECRET IN. PA GE PAGE 2 ACCR 8228 SECRET D. EnRiGE RODRIGUES LOMECCHES, AMBASSADOR RABAT SINCE ABOUT 1963, IS CONSIDERED REACTIONARY BY ALMOST EVERYONE. WAS D TORIO MEMBER IN UNIVERSITY BUT NO OTHER "APPROVED" CONNECTIONS KNOWN. WISE HAS MANY R”
“8690009 "I SEODCT -6- 8. AMLASH-1 again reported that he feels Orlando IBlanco, Consul of the Cuban Embassy in Bern, is I approachable since be is unhappy with the Cuban regime. ! AMLASH-1 also feels that Enrique Rodriguez Loeches, /Cuban Ambassador in Pabat, is approach”
“position he held as Deputy Director of Consular Affairs (in the Spanish Foreign Ministry) was actually that of advisor on consular matters but he exorcised no authority. The idea of helping him in his work is apt and could be carried to the point where some officer like himse”
“the fields of economics and cormorco, such as Commercial Counselor in Mexico She and Vico-linister in the Ministry of Foreign Trado, first in ad- ministration and afterwards in economy, it can be presumed that he has complete knowledge of the commorcial policies of the Cuba”
“-11- Report No. 352(continued0 that the Minister doesn’t want to receive him or listen to him when he goes there. Horacio says that the worst of it is that here in Spain there is always some personality from "there that they have to e tertain, someone important, and that th”
“14-00000 %. Nel arrival In France in January 1962, he received permission from French" authorities to travel to and reside in Martinique. It appears that he left France on 31 January 1962 en route to Martinique. This service would appreciate having the results of aay debr”
“CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH SECRET OSMA-24,212 1. As an individual, RUIZ has appeared in QUDOZE/QUTIMID as nervous, capricious, quick tempered. In contrast to his pleasant public appearance and his ■ usually acceptable telephone language, his private conversation is vulgar, l”
“Martinez, was to have been a secretary to Ambassador Ricardo ALARCON Quesada. ELGIN said that GARCIA and ARROYO will not be coming to New York; their assignment has been cancelled. ARROYO currently is working in the Cuban Foreign Ministry (MINREX), but GARCIA has been sacked ”
“is always trying to interfere with the Embassy in Madrid, a situation which results in a lack of coordination and cooperation. RUIZ directs the same criticism against his staff in Madrid, because his personnel lack qualifications for the jobs they hold. He once told an associ”
“of Comrierce in Madrid. This however, wou Id involve spending and would not be worth it to them economically. ROVIRA told him that he wanted to go to California. He wants to be close to Cuba and learn the future development of the Cuban production. Nilda says that they he vo”
“that he likes things this way in all his relations, personal as well as professional). 8. Little appears concerning RUIZ unofficial contacts with other diplomats in Madrid, except that he is close to and exchanges information with the Algerian Ambassador. (Accord ing to current”
“nfo Ruiz with Minerex Office of Scientific- technologic Affairs in Havana. CSDB-312/02338-69 10/8/69 Re: rejection of purchase of Britannia aircraft to Cubana Airlines. Ltr written by Ruiz. OSMA-25453 9/15/69/s/ Philip Kentland MINCEX vice minister until late 1967, when MINCEX re”
“14-00000 SECRET. NO FOREIGN DISSEM FURMANUEL -2- RID/MIS Hr 13 12 V7TM ‘65 WAR 2Z 355# 2661 A fairly reliable' source in a document dated 4 March 1964 3. said that Rogelio RODRIGUEZ, at the 18 January 1964 Cuban' -Embassy staff meeting, was given the assignment as Polit”
“the latter to be his. char force. He seems fanatic on the subject of not having any Spanish personnel in the building. (Note that one Sr. VILLARROYA, of Constructions Aznar in Madrid, is handling the real estate operation.) J 17. RUIZ is particularly aware of what he calls ”
“BAWaATATRAAVAR • Report No. 263. 31 Jan. 1970 There is another unidentified Cuban in the office. When RUIZ is left alone with her, he says that he feels like an exile, that he has been out for two years and. is tired. There are many who want to be out of Cuba, he continue”
“4-00000 came - RSi/b ,SAso39, -7- uz%2c Wze Report No. 259 (Cont’d). 7 * I told her that I personally regretted it. as an Individual and as Cuban, but that as a diplomat I could not do her any favor because she had left Cuba voluntarily, in flight, and that I could not ”
“abscence. as Charge’do Affairs, and if he.returns he will notify the Spanish government officially. He wants sembles or models of the passports to take with him, and then he tells Horacio that if he has not returned by the 18th of July, that he should represent him at the officia”
“1 ] tie 0 T A222 3 SECRET -2- Political affiliations and attitude: It has been reported that Sub ject is a member of the' Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and a staunchsympathizer of the Cuban regime. There is in formation to the effect that in 1958, Subject was in exile ”
“14-00000 « PAGE 4 MEXICO CITY 8458 S E C R E T 995a - * it ! IS TO REMAIN MEXICO LONG ENOUGH CLEAN UP ADMINISTRATIVE MESS HE CREATED DURING HIS TOUR. HIG'4EL LOZANO VILLALOBOS TOLD LIRING/3 IN HAVANA HE WOULD NOT BE COMING BACK TO MEXICO CITY. DID NOT KNOW WHERE HE WOULD ”
“00000 dush s EC R ET -2- FE-8119, 5 Doc. 1967 SUBJECT: Francisco CALZADILLA’s replacement in Spain (cont.) prosentative in Spain a specialist in international commerce. As such, ho can not only fertilize the' ground for the above purpose but also, tako a principal part ”
“PROCESS::G 1:Or 30 DISPATCH SECRET MADETD som ImpEXiO Chief, Western Hemisphere Division X *o pEEING REQUIRED 38% Chief, European Division om.v QUALIFIED CESn Chief of Station, JMCOBRA CAN JUDGE IDE RNG Feo Chief of Station, Madrid de wiceofills b / Operational/TYPIC/”
“5000 -4- Report No. 345(continued) proposed' getting a substitute for De La Nuez, but only because of his administrative inefficiency, and for no other reason. If Ruis had suspected anything he world have put him on a plane and sent him back there. A person from the Ferl”
“sparked their quarrels were RUIZ’s dispute with Emilio ROMERO, editor of the newspaper Pueblo, and the distribution of Che GUEVARA’S Diary. 2, A QUDOZE Report of 2 July 1968 outlined a hot discussion that ensued when RUIZ went into a rage over a phone call GALLO had received”
“SECRET •9 - Evidently this last cable upset him so much that he was nervous and particularly. security-conscious. Less than a week later, he called Raul LEON Torres and requested penhission to go to Cuba, ostensively to . settle a "personal problem with my son." When he ”
“mger vea) Defense o the Lived Sega *• Laised m/sp-mimwrF p 94 the bonim/sivs $ wCowe to cuomieg or tove-Dom a ohk> la muy FAFosoN - n:n f. ri ANA T’A or NO FOREIGN DISSEM/CONTROLLED DISSEM PAGE 1 OF 2/PAGES King Stoief : - THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALL”
“Embassy,. presumably as a result of the fact that Belgium had represented Cuba when there was no Cuban representative in Karachi. During 1961, however, his social contacts were almostexclusively with Soviet, satellite and Chinese Communist diplomatic personnel. - * In late ”
“0E CR ET Report 0 cc-650, cuitonyeD, 28 May 64_(cont.) UFGA16346/1 W.S ORDRGUEZ rones. Rooulios (DIP DP-D-63/454) 201-332665 4FONnlgvnz open. Rogolia: Lift Mexico on 15 May 61, diplomatic visa.(Source: puseonger list from "friends.") Loft Mexico on 7 May 62, diplomatic visa”
“which he says that his father has betrayed them. They also mention an ambassador who has left(for Cuba-7) and took watches as gifts to everyone . in the Ministry, Ruiz thinks that some of them will, remain here In Spain as they have a great deal going for them there. Report ”
“14-00000 CONTINUATION OF PAGE 2 DISPAICH S-E-C-R-E-T- OSMA-26409 Imagine that Havana Would question him .on that score.. However, if there were problems that Havana felt he lacked the ability to resolve, ■ he should simply be removed "because Comandanto - - Guillermo Ruiz”
“CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH SECRET OSMA-21, 112 ought to be in the place of work where he is able to do the most. "Unt 11 now, I have a Iways done 6 and have always gone where the revolution sent me...6 with my present limitation of criteria, I should not be here”. He repeate”