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15 June 1964

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Per his request, 2nd Lt. Oliverio Antonio TOMEU Vasallo was recontacted on 8 June 64 at his place of resid- ence. He provided additional detail on Carlos and Ana Gloria de VARONA, and identified Owiel GONZALEZ and one "COCO" as possible leads to Jose LLANGRA Gobel.)

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15 me 1964

CONTACT REPORT

SUBJECT: Recontact of Oliverio A. TOKKU Pasallo. (201-283206)

  1. At 1730 bours, & June 64, the undersigned vas advised at his residence that a Mr. TOMEU (Subject) had called the security number given hin (351-6161) and left the message that he would like to talk again with Paul Stroud (the undersigned). anytine after 1800 hours, & June.

  2. Upon arriving at TOMEU's apartment (Apt. 303, 1028 Vahler Place SR, High Point Apartsent House, Washington, D. C.). 1830 hours, 8 June, TOMEU indicated to his two daughters he would like to have some privacy and they and his wife, Caridad, left the apartment.

  3. TOMEU apologized for not having recalled the name "de VAROMA" as that of Anz Gloria de VAROMA, He reiterated thet, while in hiding to escape capture by the Cuban Governmeat enbooquent to his infiltration, he know only the first names of the persons with whom he came in contact, but then added he knew Ana Gloria de VARONA, in whose house he was hiding, because she was the sister of Carlos de VARONA, one of his infiltration team sombers. (This Carlos de VARONA may be identical with oke Carlos Manual de VARCHA Segura, 201-289985; or one Carlos Arturo VABONA Arjona, 301-283209.)

  4. On several ocoarions, according to TOMEU, he was seated at the table in Ann's house with several other people. One of these individuals, known to TOMEU only as "COCO," was described as the secretary to Jose LLARULA Gobel. There was not, however, any discussions in which TOMEU recalls LLANUZA or his political sympathies having been discussed. According to TOMEU's recol- lestion it was "COCO" who was associated with LLANUZA, and he vos tot aware of any relationship betesee and Although TOREJ had no information as to what finally happened Carlos 40 VAROMA, his infiltration toen mate, he suggested that if Carlos or And vero available they may be able to identify "Co00* and provide data on his accessability for contact.

  5. One Caiel CORALES, forner Chief of the Havana Fire Department, was identified by TOMKU as another possible load

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who would know LLANUZA. TONKU affirmed Owiel was previously with MENOTO Gutierrez in the Second Front of Escambray. Osiel vas under asylum in the Brazilian babassy (sic, Argentine Embassy?), when TOMU gained political asylum. when Osiel finally received his safe conduct from the imbassy, he vent to Puerto Rico and, TOMEU postulates that Owiel is now again with MEFOTO in either the United States or Puerto Rico.

  1. Tvo snap shots (to be returned) vere provided by TOMEU of himself and six other individuals who were in asylun at the some tine. Be identified these, in the photograph in which Monsignor Eduardo DOZA Kasvidal is seated, ss, from left to right: Manuel VILLANANAN, Oliverio TONKU, Wils DIAZ (believed to be in US), Publio RUIZ (US), Jorge Del VALLE (Mex?), and Quiel GONZÁLEZ (US or Puerto Rico?).

  2. Upon completing the debriefing, Stroud and TOMKU "exchanged small talk" for a while until TOMEU finally stated that he still wished there was something more he could do to help free Cuba, and asked "What do you think I should do?" Stroud replied that no person could really make that type of decision for another individual, and countered by asking TOMEU what alternatives he had in mind, other than remaining in the 68 Army as a career military officer.

  3. TOMEU replied that, of course, he was once an agriculturalist, but that there were few job opportunities in which he could apply his past experience. His sister had also ssked him if he felt he and his family would want to live with bor in Spain or Kexico, but he didn't think too much of this idea. He then stated that he had been asked by Manuel ARTINK to take a job as an instructor. Without indicating any association of even awareness of ARTIME's activities, or of ARTINE's contact with TOMEU (as indicated in TOMEU's 201), TOMEU was asked what he thought of ARTINE's proposition. TOMEU stated that he would no longer follow any man as za individual or as a leader, because a man's ideals, outlook. and objectives change with time. For example, the people of Cuba followed Fidel because of the ideals he advocated. When Fidel took over, his accomplishments gradually becane quite different from the ideals he had espoused. TOMEU continued by saying he would "no longer follow a man, One could only trust his ideals or an organization which followed those ideals, since a good organization would be less likely of being controlled by a single man." When saked for an example of the type of organization he had in mind, TOMKU replied he Vas most favorably inclined towards the ideals and goals of the JURE. (The JURE or JRC is an organization crested by Manolo RAY Rivero around a nucleus of former. 26 July Movement leaders, Bee memo and attachment dated 23 July 1963 from John Bugh Cranmins, Coordinator of Cuban Affairm, ARA, Departmens af State in TOMKU's 201-283206.) biluar 1

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SECRET • 9. It should, perhaps, be noted here that in an informal exchange with Mrs. Donald WEBSTER, TOKIU's supervisor at the Defense Language Institute, Anacostia Naval Annex, 4 June 64, Mrs. VERSTER volunteered the information that "all of the other 'Brigade students here' have told me they think very highly of TOKKU, and that he is a very brave nan, because he and his family vere very wealthy in Cuba and he gave it all up to go into exile and fight the Castro Regins."

i ; WR/3A/80/3 C. PAUL PLUND, A.

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