“that its leader, Luiz Carlos Prestes, a veteran in the Communist movement in Latin -2- SECRET SECRET America, left on 7 February on a trip to Moscow, Prague, and Havana to build a counter-fire against the dissidents. Ac- cording to two reliable covert sources in the regular party”
“ferences between NW 66000 Docld:32629803 Page 2 SECRET ها NW 66000 Docld:32629803 Page 3 SECRET ! 2. it and China. Both the Cuban and Venezuelan representatives took a "neutral position," that is, they did not support the Soviets. ((Veteran high-level Venezuelan Communist, FALN l”
“LEFTIST SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES-Sovlet Directed Insurgency. Monthly CI Report (S) (Gp-1) A Soviet Embassy official in Mexico City, OSI District 30 Nikolai S. LEONOV, is allegedly actively planning an insur May 1963 gent movement in Latin America. LEONOV left Mexico for the USS”
“r to be drifting in the right direction. NW 66000 Docld:32629803 Page 6 SECRET { . -5- SECRET SECRET 1. In Brazil an increasing number of leftists have been appointed to positions of impor- tance in the government. The government has recently been loosening its traditional ties w”
“14-00000 IN TOCS -314/02002-67 PAGE 2 ORAL PAGES SECRET 1retasstrcntioma /(direomn NO FOREIGN eontenie) DISSEM REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS iVEBEZUZIA, GUATEMALA, COLOMBIA, AID ALL or CZat ‘7 AMERICA. THE SOVIETS HAVE saunuir INFLUENCE I CHILE, ARGEIRINA, ALD vixIcO. -.”
“SECRET-NO FOREIGN DISSEM SUPPLEMENT THE VENEZUELAN SITUATION A number of high-ranking Cuban leaders since the first of the year have publicly called for revolution in other Latin American countries, with Venezuela singled out as a country with top priority. Coinciding w”
“reliably reported to have been furnished. Cuban leaders have also called with increasing frequency for open rebellion as the "only road" to liberation for the Americas; they have been especially vociferous since the first of the year. Leading officials, such as Castro, Blas R”
“14-00000 ov. - % 1 - POLITICAL MOTIVES BEHIND COLOMBIAN KIDNAPPINGS Source: El Tiempo, 25 July 1969 Day before yesterday the Lima daily La Tribuna, the most prestigous newspaper in Peru, charged on the basis of information obtained from Interpol that the reasons behi”
“14-00000 1 ' ..A - NL The money which Moscow has been supplying with criminal objectives against the democracies of Latin America, especially against Venezuela and Colombia, throws off the mask and shows that "communist unity" be tween Russia and Castro with respect to ”
“present is highest in Venezuela, Peru, and--in the form of largely non-political ban ditry—Colombia. There is sporadic guerrilla activity in and around Nicaragua and Guatemala, and a guerrilla potential in Ecuador and Brazil. SECRET NW 50955 DocId: 32283208 Page 5”
“One of the FAL rifles found in the hands of „the guerrillas Pos sessed the same specifications as those foundin the I November Venezuelan arms cache, It is be- lieved to b3 of Cuban origen. 9 2. Bolivia Cuban subversive activity in Bolivia has been centered on attempts ”
“AND THE MAJORITY 07 TiGM SY-TEIZE WIA AND SUPPORS 282 ARMED STRUGGLE. B. VENEZUELA. BOIR rue CMMUNIST PARTY AND THE MOVEMENT C3 THE REVOLUTIONARY LEPr (MIR). LAUNCHED THE APMED STRUGGLE, BUT BOTH : - HAVE NOW ARADONED rr. BoTH MOVEMENTS CONFINED TUSIR EFFORTS MOSTLY TO THE C”
“'PAGE 2 RUEAIIA 9327 SE =2=5 NOFNRN WNINTEL o • POLISH DIPLOMATS. (SOURCE: A VENEZUELAN BUSINESSMAN WITH CONTACTS AMONG SECURITY OFFICIALS AND WHOSE REPORTING IS GENERALLY (S) SECRET RELIABLE.) 5. VENEZUELAN EXTREME LEFTIST GROUPS INCLUDE THE BANDERA ROJA (BR); THE BAND”
“SECRET -3- Villalon has stated that his plan calls for expanding and accellersting subversive activities in Argentine culminating in a complete take over within two years. There is no indica- tion that Peron himself has agreed to this plan. It has been reported that leader”
“SECRET 2. One of our established sources of proven reliability, high in the ranks of the Venezuelan Communist Party ((a veteran • party member and leader of the FALN)), says the Central Committee agreed in Jan uary that a ’'peaceful solution to the present situation in V”
“SECRET ANNEX F - VENEZUELA Venezuela is the top priority target for Cuban subversion. A campaign Of terror is in full swing. Castro, Che Guevarra, Blas Roca and other high-ranking Cuban officials have, as recently as January 1963, told various visiting Latin American Comm”
“reprecussions stemming fron the unprecedented dis covery of the huge Cuban arms cache in Venezuela on 1 November 1963, the failure of the terrorist campaign to disrupt the December national elections 9 and the presently increased capabilities of the Venezuelan military and ”
“14-00000 SIGNALCENT RUSE ONL LU rr 908 co* TM ueo OP Pots • e4 • OMF 0. 0 0 a 0 a -q-• 1 SECRET —STINT Maltuwo inoicatOA blJMToeou• cea ser mee **Ce*um68n STAFF CONF: c/uHs INFO: FILE 2122582 LIPAN ADU/Do, c/osal1e2 C/018c/55 3 0 0 0 mbea 458246 wo more DISSE”
“14-00000 COMMUNISTS PROMOTE VIOLENCE IN LATIN COUNTRIES Source: La Republica, 25 July 1969 The kidnapping of which the noted' doctor and rancher Ernesto Gonzalcz. Caicedo was recently the victim in Cali has served to confirm, tragically, the existence of a vast communis”
“recently in Colombia, and it was precisely after their stay here that the kidnappings and acts of violence re ferred to erupted.• Providing an abundance of detail, the major periodical Ya, published in Madrid, Spain, also analyzed the communist plot against Colombia and the ”
“rica, Tecause of the urgency of the thre Venezuela should be given fizat priority in this effort. :: b. Strengthen on-site pograns to increase the anti- subvorsien capabilitן גן אho Latin Amorican countries, At present, the Cozamist end Castrotte groups in most Latin American cou”
“SECREN NO FOREIGN DISSEM CM Report £1 Dec 62 Rome Translation of report dated 6 Dec 62 from Italian Embassy Havana to Foreign Ministry in Rome. "As I noted in my 9 November report is is difficult for Castro to remain calm. Therefore the revolutionary regime will continue wi”
“:.Menendez Rod:iruez, qulen “separados” en cuanto a la sub Por ahora, esti raprebada” y una vez mas burl a ) pl.eia version armada, mostrando al lista la tercera mision “eco- venezolann, es activamente so distador de Cuba ecmo cl gran nomica" hacia el pais venezo- Neitado en C”
“agreed in January that a "peaceful solution, to the pres ent situation in Venezuela is out of the question." This same source reported that Communist guerrilla and terrorist operations in Venezuela were placed un der a unified command in late 1962, which coordinates activi”
“SECRET-NO FOREIGN DISSEM Cuban Developments Following Fidel Castro’s call for revolution in Latin America in his 2 January speech, other Cuban speakers are emphasizing the same theme. Che Guevara told a group of Central American delegates in Havana recently that they must ”
“SECRET-MO-FOREIGN DISSEM Extremist And Police Activities In Venezuela Venezuela has been afflicted over the past several months with a rash of Castro-Communist terrorist actions. Many incidents, involving shootings and robberies, are. connected with the Movement of the Revo”
“P20= 1- P52 nn A 7AT =0 AR n3 n8 3 (R - nA SEcKEI-NO FOREIGN D1SSEN Peruvian Communist Elements Coordinating.Their Activities Orthodox Communists in Peru are apparently putting aside their differences and moving toward closer co-operation with the extremist Trotskyist fact”
“como recurso y tactica la supuesta division entre dos bandos. la action de cada uno esta bien distribuida y ubicada. Uno encubre al otro y ambos engadan a los f a credulos y tontos utiles al aparecer como contrapuestos. Es innegable y es obligante remarcarlo que va va cundie”
“13-00000 * TOP SECRET DINAR CUBAN SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES: 7 The Chilean 08 ambassador , 4~ in Venezuela is convinced of the accuracy of Venezuelan charges of Cuban subversion. (Page 11) - @ There is an additional report on the use of a Cuban trans ”
“■ SECRET - 3 - 3. : Movement of Guerrillas and Arms Argentina Extremist members of the Peronist Party, apparent ly under the leadership of such figures as Hector Villalon and John William Cooke, were reported to be receiving encouragement and promises of large sums of mon”
“ang .SECRET 6 - -now begun to develop a following. The second organisation, the Movi- miento Democratico Cristiano (MDC), is described as oriented along -' traditional Christian democratic-lines. It ip’anid to have a mastional coordinator, a national executive, provincial,”
“13-00000 SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM 3. What emerged from these and other Cuban pronouncements was the apparent conviction of Castro and his aides that further Communist revolu tions in Latin America are inevitable, that Cuba can speed up the process, and that in Cuba’s own ”
“Mexican to the two countries in question were destined for .the Colombian bandit leader "Tiro Fijo," but subsequent documentation proves that the sum delivered on this occasion by the Soviet Union is ap proximately 200,000 dollars, part of which is to go to the armed groups ”
“13-00000 SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM as a political instrument probably presages a gradual increase of terrorist incidents. Riots in mid-May led by Communist-dominated students took place in Caracas, San Cristobal, and Merida. At the same -time, one successful student-led ro”
“below.” . - ' "* - ■ ~" ’ 2. Cuerrilla activity within the country is presently confined to the follow- -.. 1 lag geographical locations. The Army of National Liberation (ELN) is oper-- ating in Departemento Santander Del Sur at a point nearest the Venezuelan • . - . border..”
“14-00000 OUTGOIN" MS tee ... F00 00 0 0 1 sE CRET Date.fine Amotm inse STAFF CONF: c/wit6 0INFO: FILE ( 15/0,0/053.0/01 215392/ C/S135 457557 0. DISSENT B7: 35 0.(eo+opes o marimyso PER* 0* if To: PRIORITY CARACAS, LA PAZ- QUITO, BOGOTA- MONTEVIDEO, BRASILIA, ”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET DINAR CUBAN SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES - cont’d Although this is the first report on the possibility of a Cuban-sponsored Venezuelan government-in-exile, the Cuban radio and press have been emphasizing the slogan that the Betancourt gover”
“SECRET -3- 3. Movement of Guerrillas and Arms Argent ina Extremist members of the Peronist Party, apparently under the leadership of such figures as Hector Villalon and John William Cooke, were reported to be receiving encouragement and -promises of large sums of money fro”
“CLAngiricAtIon DISPATCH 47MBOL AND NUVOLA CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH SECRET UFGA 19537 b. AMSCROLL optimistically sees the start of a counter offen sive against the rampages of Communism in Latin America. Examples *3 cited were Castello Branco's action in Goaiz Province, Bra”
“cit support for an anti-Castro movement. They also have attempted to organize units in Venezuela.(3) There is no firm evidence that these efforts have suc - ceeded. However, Santiago REY's group in Mexico has supported Castro are successful.(4) General Pedraza, in the Dominican N”
“spartment of Valle Pegional’’ t. Committee «.4: the Crinmunist Party of Coloi-bia PCC). G) and P.1. inata, uban deep-cover agetd wor kang with the Seventh of January Worker Student - Peasant Movement (MOEC) in In Colombia and Venezuela, Plata nota oral said that the MOT: La ”
“1 4-00000 "HARIA,. MIPAD RrVCtUCION1PIA" (W.R U.L.) November 16, 19-5: "The Rio Meeting of Foreign Ministers".- A content on the II Extraordinary Meeting of In ter-Amrican Foreign Ministers, which will convene tomorrow, Nov. 17, in tho city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The mi”
“13-00000 SEGRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM President Juan Lechin. Through its embassy in La Paz, Cuba reportedly has given Lechin and his sup porters some arms and money to aid his bitter strug gle with President Paz Estenssoro for political =-- of the country andlotheriederemi”
“Extremist And Police Activities In Venezuela Venezuela'has been afflicted over the past several. .months with a rash of Castro-Communist terrorist actions. Many incidents, involving shootings.and robberies, are connected with the Movement of the Revolutionary Left,2 the Vene”
“SECRET -3- Information on the guerrilla force is scanty and conflicting. It is apparently composed of members of the National Liberation Front (FLN), a Commamist-dominsted and Cuban-supported revolutionary organization active primarily in Honduras and Nicaragua since the f”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET DINAR CUBAN SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES cont’d 24 The embassy)stated that "everything leads to the belief that" the arms recently discovered in Venezuela had come from Cuba. According to one of the (Chilean Embassy ‘s sources, two ships h”
“e May Day celebrations in Cuba, was assigned this responsibility by the Costa Rican Communist Party. Honduras The Honduran armed forces began to move against a group of pro-Castro guerrillas operating against the Nicaraguan Govern- ment and active in the vicinity of the Nicaragua”
“Manuel Morulanda, better ‘ known as "Tiro Tijo". This group is dedicated to and followers of the Moscow line. 6. All ‘ members of ELN and FARC are known to be Colombian nationals. The. leaders ‘ ■ of each organization have been trained in Cuba or in the Soviet Union. F 6. Mo”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET DINAR CUBAN SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES; The Venezuelan Government has announced the discovery of a large cache of weapons of Cuban origin; this provides the best evidence in recent years of major Cuban support for Latin American subversi”
“use shaped charges to sabotage vulnerable oil pipe lines-. Earlier attempts had involved more conventional explo sives. The paramilitary apparat of the Venezuelan Com munist Party, which is directly charged with the mis sion for continuing terrorism in the urban areas, h”